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And<00:11:15.320><c> he</c><00:11:15.419><c> says,</c><00:11:15.580><c> it's</c><00:11:15.720><c> not</c><00:11:15.860><c> for</c><00:11:16.059><c> you</c><00:11:16.159><c> to</c><00:11:16.279><c> know</c><00:11:16.419><c> the</c><00:11:16.639><c> times</c><00:11:16.980><c> or</c><00:11:17.159><c> the</c><00:11:17.419><c> seasons</c><00:11:17.740><c> which</c><00:11:17.980><c> the</c><00:11:18.200><c> Father</c><00:11:18.460><c> has</c><00:11:18.679><c> put</c><00:11:18.860><c> in</c>

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There<00:11:38.000><c> is</c><00:11:38.240><c> no</c><00:11:38.460><c> delay</c><00:11:38.720><c> in</c><00:11:38.879><c> the</c><00:11:39.059><c> purpose</c><00:11:39.259><c> of</c><00:11:39.539><c> God.</c>

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We<00:11:51.659><c> know</c><00:11:51.860><c> this</c><00:11:52.139><c> well</c><00:11:52.360><c> from</c><00:11:52.539><c> the</c><00:11:52.700><c> seventeenth</c><00:11:53.080><c> chapter</c><00:11:53.379><c> of</c><00:11:53.580><c> the</c><00:11:53.740><c> Acts.</c>

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Well,<00:12:02.240><c> Paul</c><00:12:02.480><c> says</c><00:12:02.820><c> the</c><00:12:03.159><c> times</c><00:12:03.639><c> and</c><00:12:03.919><c> the</c><00:12:04.179><c> seasons</c><00:12:04.659><c> are</c><00:12:05.559><c> things</c>

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but<00:13:57.360><c> the</c><00:13:57.879><c> day</c><00:13:58.340><c> when</c><00:13:58.679><c> the</c><00:13:58.919><c> Jewish</c><00:13:59.179><c> age</c><00:13:59.639><c> should</c><00:13:59.879><c> come</c><00:14:00.080><c> to</c><00:14:00.259><c> its</c><00:14:00.519><c> end.</c>

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In<00:14:04.320><c> Jude,</c><00:14:04.480><c> it's</c><00:14:04.759><c> the</c><00:14:04.980><c> great</c><00:14:05.220><c> day.</c>

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Sometimes,<00:14:07.299><c> as</c><00:14:07.460><c> it</c><00:14:07.580><c> is</c><00:14:07.820><c> here</c><00:14:07.960><c> in</c><00:14:08.120><c> this</c><00:14:08.299><c> letter,</c><00:14:08.879><c> it</c><00:14:09.039><c> is</c><00:14:09.299><c> simply</c>

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that<00:14:10.539><c> day.</c>

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They<00:14:12.820><c> should</c><00:14:13.019><c> know</c><00:14:13.220><c> what</c><00:14:13.399><c> it</c><00:14:13.559><c> is,</c><00:14:13.879><c> brethren</c><00:14:14.059><c> and</c><00:14:14.220><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:14:14.799><c> should</c><00:14:15.039><c> know</c><00:14:15.220><c> what</c><00:14:15.399><c> it</c><00:14:15.580><c> is.</c>

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Our<00:14:16.419><c> focus</c><00:14:16.740><c> should</c><00:14:16.940><c> be</c><00:14:17.139><c> upon</c><00:14:17.399><c> the</c><00:14:17.700><c> day.</c>

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And<00:14:19.299><c> he</c><00:14:19.519><c> says</c><00:14:19.720><c> they</c><00:14:20.100><c> knew</c><00:14:20.639><c> perfectly,</c><00:14:22.620><c> exactly,</c><00:14:23.980><c> diligently,</c>

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that<00:14:25.460><c> that</c><00:14:25.759><c> day</c><00:14:26.080><c> comes</c><00:14:26.519><c> as</c><00:14:26.879><c> a</c><00:14:27.059><c> thief</c><00:14:27.220><c> in</c><00:14:27.440><c> the</c><00:14:27.600><c> night,</c><00:14:27.779><c> he</c><00:14:28.019><c> says.</c>

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Have<00:14:29.799><c> any</c><00:14:29.879><c> of</c><00:14:29.960><c> you</c><00:14:30.000><c> ever</c><00:14:30.220><c> had</c><00:14:30.299><c> an</c><00:14:30.600><c> experience</c><00:14:30.860><c> with</c><00:14:31.019><c> a</c><00:14:31.240><c> thief?</c>

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It's<00:14:34.379><c> almost</c><00:14:34.539><c> a</c><00:14:34.740><c> silly</c><00:14:34.919><c> question</c><00:14:35.279><c> in</c><00:14:35.440><c> this</c><00:14:35.639><c> day</c><00:14:35.799><c> and</c><00:14:35.960><c> age,</c><00:14:36.279><c> isn't</c><00:14:36.360><c> it?</c>

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Cars<00:14:37.139><c> broken</c><00:14:37.539><c> into</c><00:14:37.779><c> on</c><00:14:38.019><c> a</c><00:14:38.120><c> regular</c><00:14:39.059><c> basis,</c><00:14:39.980><c> stolen</c><00:14:40.320><c> away,</c><00:14:41.620><c> and</c>

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houses<00:14:42.200><c> broken</c><00:14:42.600><c> into.</c>

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I<00:14:44.519><c> used</c><00:14:44.860><c> to</c><00:14:45.120><c> live</c><00:14:45.299><c> in</c><00:14:46.139><c> Rhode</c><00:14:46.600><c> Island.</c>

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I<00:14:47.360><c> had</c><00:14:47.600><c> a</c><00:14:48.460><c> brother</c><00:14:48.700><c> in</c><00:14:48.960><c> Christ,</c><00:14:49.860><c> an</c><00:14:50.120><c> uncle</c><00:14:50.320><c> that</c><00:14:50.480><c> lived</c><00:14:50.620><c> across</c>

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the<00:14:51.240><c> street.</c>

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His<00:14:52.899><c> house</c><00:14:53.120><c> was</c><00:14:53.340><c> broken</c><00:14:53.559><c> into,</c><00:14:53.860><c> I</c><00:14:53.960><c> think,</c><00:14:54.159><c> eight</c><00:14:54.519><c> times.</c>

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He<00:14:56.960><c> said</c><00:14:57.039><c> he</c><00:14:57.240><c> reached</c><00:14:57.460><c> the</c><00:14:57.700><c> point</c><00:14:57.840><c> where</c><00:14:58.000><c> he</c><00:14:58.059><c> just</c><00:14:58.299><c> felt</c><00:14:58.659><c> that</c>

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he<00:14:58.840><c> should</c><00:14:59.000><c> hang</c><00:14:59.220><c> a</c><00:14:59.440><c> sign</c><00:14:59.600><c> on</c><00:14:59.779><c> the</c><00:14:59.919><c> door</c><00:15:00.080><c> that</c><00:15:00.220><c> said,</c>

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the<00:15:00.419><c> key</c><00:15:00.620><c> is</c><00:15:00.779><c> under</c><00:15:00.980><c> the</c><00:15:01.179><c> mat,</c><00:15:01.679><c> you</c><00:15:02.179><c> know,</c><00:15:03.240><c> because</c><00:15:03.460><c> of</c><00:15:03.580><c> the</c><00:15:03.759><c> damage</c><00:15:04.000><c> that</c><00:15:04.120><c> was</c><00:15:04.279><c> done</c><00:15:04.460><c> each</c><00:15:04.820><c> time,</c><00:15:05.059><c> and</c><00:15:05.240><c> it</c>

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seemed<00:15:05.460><c> to</c><00:15:05.639><c> just</c><00:15:06.440><c> go</c><00:15:06.679><c> on.</c>

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It's<00:15:08.620><c> the</c><00:15:08.759><c> age</c><00:15:08.940><c> in</c><00:15:09.039><c> which</c><00:15:09.179><c> we</c><00:15:09.419><c> live,</c><00:15:10.399><c> but</c><00:15:10.639><c> everybody</c><00:15:11.019><c> knows</c><00:15:11.379><c> what</c><00:15:12.039><c> the</c><00:15:12.340><c> thief</c><00:15:12.480><c> is</c><00:15:12.740><c> like.</c>

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I'm<00:15:13.039><c> sure</c><00:15:13.200><c> that</c><00:15:13.399><c> none</c><00:15:13.539><c> of</c><00:15:13.600><c> us</c><00:15:13.840><c> received</c><00:15:14.200><c> a</c><00:15:14.600><c> phone</c><00:15:14.860><c> call</c><00:15:15.200><c> saying,</c><00:15:15.879><c> hello,</c>

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I'm<00:15:16.320><c> the</c><00:15:16.539><c> thief.</c>

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Tonight,<00:15:18.759><c> around</c><00:15:19.320><c> 2</c><00:15:20.039><c> a</c><00:15:20.220><c>.m.,</c><00:15:20.320><c> when</c><00:15:20.460><c> it's</c><00:15:21.100><c> pitch</c><00:15:21.360><c> dark,</c><00:15:22.320><c> I'm</c><00:15:22.559><c> going</c><00:15:22.659><c> to</c>

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break<00:15:22.960><c> into</c><00:15:23.120><c> your</c><00:15:23.320><c> house.</c>

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It's<00:15:25.059><c> never</c><00:15:25.259><c> happened,</c><00:15:25.779><c> has</c><00:15:25.899><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:15:27.620><c> the</c><00:15:27.740><c> whole</c><00:15:28.019><c> figure</c><00:15:28.399><c> of</c><00:15:28.980><c> the</c><00:15:29.240><c> thief</c><00:15:29.480><c> in</c><00:15:29.679><c> the</c><00:15:29.840><c> night.</c>

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That's<00:15:31.179><c> why</c><00:15:31.340><c> it</c><00:15:31.379><c> has</c><00:15:31.559><c> such</c><00:15:32.039><c> significance</c><00:15:32.539><c> and</c><00:15:32.840><c> meaning</c><00:15:33.100><c> to</c><00:15:33.379><c> us.</c>

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The<00:15:34.120><c> coming</c><00:15:34.279><c> of</c><00:15:34.480><c> the</c><00:15:34.700><c> thief</c><00:15:34.799><c> is</c><00:15:35.019><c> unexpected.</c>

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It<00:15:36.899><c> disrupts</c><00:15:37.440><c> the</c><00:15:37.620><c> life.</c>

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It<00:15:39.039><c> destroys</c><00:15:39.500><c> things.</c>

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It<00:15:40.440><c> steals</c><00:15:40.860><c> away</c><00:15:41.299><c> things.</c>

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It<00:15:42.539><c> takes</c><00:15:42.820><c> away</c><00:15:43.100><c> the</c><00:15:43.340><c> things</c><00:15:43.480><c> that</c><00:15:43.639><c> are</c><00:15:43.779><c> most</c><00:15:44.080><c> precious.</c>

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Quite<00:15:48.120><c> often</c><00:15:48.399><c> we</c><00:15:48.539><c> see</c><00:15:48.700><c> this</c><00:15:48.960><c> figure</c><00:15:49.120><c> in</c><00:15:49.259><c> the</c><00:15:49.320><c> New</c><00:15:49.480><c> Testament,</c>

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don't<00:15:50.179><c> we?</c>

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The<00:15:51.840><c> coming</c><00:15:52.019><c> of</c><00:15:52.240><c> Christ</c><00:15:52.639><c> as</c><00:15:52.919><c> a</c><00:15:53.179><c> thief.</c>

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Let's<00:15:54.179><c> just</c><00:15:54.320><c> go</c><00:15:54.580><c> back</c><00:15:54.820><c> and</c><00:15:55.080><c> keep</c><00:15:55.299><c> your</c><00:15:55.559><c> place</c><00:15:55.740><c> here</c><00:15:56.019><c> in</c><00:15:56.519><c> First</c>

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Thessalonians,<00:15:57.700><c> Chapter</c><00:15:58.120><c> 5,</c>

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but<00:15:59.159><c> let's</c><00:15:59.320><c> just</c><00:15:59.500><c> go</c><00:15:59.700><c> back</c><00:15:59.879><c> again</c><00:16:00.120><c> into</c><00:16:00.299><c> Matthew.</c>

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We<00:16:00.799><c> should</c><00:16:00.960><c> have</c><00:16:01.080><c> stayed</c><00:16:01.340><c> there</c><00:16:01.600><c> and</c><00:16:01.679><c> looked</c><00:16:01.820><c> at</c><00:16:01.960><c> this,</c><00:16:02.620><c> but</c>

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in<00:16:02.980><c> the</c><00:16:03.360><c> 24th</c><00:16:04.179><c> chapter</c><00:16:04.500><c> of</c><00:16:04.659><c> Matthew,</c>

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just<00:16:08.440><c> the</c><00:16:08.500><c> way</c><00:16:08.620><c> the</c><00:16:08.779><c> Lord</c><00:16:08.980><c> Jesus</c><00:16:09.379><c> outlines</c><00:16:09.940><c> this</c><00:16:10.600><c> whole</c><00:16:10.919><c> idea</c>

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about<00:16:11.740><c> the</c><00:16:12.340><c> coming</c><00:16:12.600><c> of</c><00:16:13.779><c> the</c><00:16:14.399><c> thief</c>

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and<00:16:14.840><c> its</c><00:16:15.059><c> relationship</c><00:16:15.639><c> to</c><00:16:15.879><c> His</c><00:16:16.159><c> coming,</c>

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Matthew,<00:16:17.940><c> Chapter</c><00:16:18.340><c> 24,</c><00:16:19.019><c> and</c><00:16:19.759><c> just</c><00:16:20.080><c> look</c><00:16:20.240><c> again</c><00:16:20.399><c> at</c><00:16:20.620><c> Verse</c><00:16:21.480><c> 42.</c>

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Just<00:16:23.080><c> when</c><00:16:23.179><c> you're</c><00:16:23.379><c> reading</c><00:16:23.639><c> this,</c><00:16:23.840><c> just</c><00:16:24.059><c> think</c><00:16:24.240><c> about</c><00:16:24.679><c> what</c>

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is<00:16:25.279><c> the</c><00:16:25.559><c> key</c><00:16:25.820><c> word</c><00:16:26.120><c> here?</c>

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What<00:16:28.299><c> is</c><00:16:28.799><c> the</c><00:16:29.600><c> major</c><00:16:30.019><c> point</c><00:16:30.399><c> that</c><00:16:30.539><c> we</c><00:16:30.659><c> want</c><00:16:30.779><c> to</c><00:16:31.039><c> draw</c><00:16:31.240><c> off</c><00:16:31.500><c> of</c><00:16:31.659><c> this?</c>

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I<00:16:31.899><c> know</c><00:16:32.059><c> there</c><00:16:32.159><c> are</c><00:16:32.279><c> a</c><00:16:32.340><c> number</c><00:16:32.539><c> of</c><00:16:32.799><c> things,</c><00:16:32.980><c> but</c><00:16:33.139><c> just</c><00:16:33.679><c> look</c>

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for<00:16:33.980><c> the</c><00:16:34.200><c> key</c><00:16:34.419><c> things.</c>

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Verse<00:16:35.799><c> 42.</c>

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He<00:16:38.440><c> says,</c><00:16:38.679><c> Watch</c><00:16:39.019><c> therefore,</c><00:16:40.500><c> for</c><00:16:40.620><c> ye</c><00:16:40.840><c> know</c><00:16:41.019><c> not</c><00:16:41.379><c> what</c><00:16:41.700><c> hour</c>

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your<00:16:42.200><c> Lord</c><00:16:42.460><c> doth</c><00:16:42.679><c> come.</c>

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But<00:16:44.340><c> know</c><00:16:44.620><c> this,</c><00:16:46.179><c> that</c><00:16:46.240><c> if</c><00:16:46.379><c> the</c><00:16:46.559><c> good</c><00:16:46.759><c> man</c><00:16:47.000><c> of</c><00:16:47.139><c> the</c><00:16:47.340><c> house</c><00:16:47.539><c> had</c>

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known<00:16:48.120><c> in</c><00:16:48.320><c> what</c><00:16:48.620><c> watch</c><00:16:48.899><c> the</c><00:16:49.159><c> thief</c><00:16:49.340><c> would</c><00:16:49.659><c> come,</c>

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he<00:16:51.039><c> would</c><00:16:51.259><c> have</c><00:16:51.440><c> watched</c><00:16:51.919><c> and</c><00:16:52.759><c> would</c><00:16:53.019><c> not</c><00:16:53.159><c> have</c><00:16:53.399><c> suffered</c><00:16:53.580><c> his</c>

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house<00:16:54.059><c> to</c><00:16:54.220><c> be</c><00:16:54.399><c> broken</c><00:16:54.639><c> up.</c>

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Therefore<00:16:56.759><c> be</c><00:16:57.120><c> ye</c><00:16:57.360><c> also</c><00:16:57.740><c> ready,</c><00:16:58.919><c> for</c><00:16:59.100><c> in</c><00:16:59.320><c> such</c><00:16:59.480><c> an</c><00:16:59.799><c> hour</c><00:16:59.980><c> as</c><00:17:00.279><c> ye</c>

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think<00:17:00.820><c> not</c><00:17:01.340><c> the</c><00:17:02.399><c> Son</c><00:17:02.620><c> of</c><00:17:02.840><c> Man</c><00:17:03.500><c> cometh.</c>

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Now<00:17:05.859><c> what's</c><00:17:06.160><c> the</c><00:17:06.359><c> key</c><00:17:06.579><c> word</c><00:17:06.859><c> there,</c><00:17:07.359><c> brethren</c><00:17:07.519><c> and</c><00:17:07.799><c> sisters?</c>

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I'm<00:17:11.579><c> going</c><00:17:11.700><c> to</c><00:17:11.779><c> tell</c><00:17:11.920><c> you</c><00:17:12.019><c> that</c><00:17:12.119><c> it's</c><00:17:12.299><c> not</c><00:17:12.759><c> the</c><00:17:13.200><c> hour.</c>

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It's<00:17:15.079><c> not</c><00:17:15.319><c> the</c><00:17:15.539><c> focus</c><00:17:15.859><c> that</c><00:17:16.019><c> we</c><00:17:16.180><c> might</c><00:17:16.400><c> have</c><00:17:16.660><c> on</c><00:17:16.819><c> the</c><00:17:17.099><c> time.</c>

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The<00:17:19.059><c> key</c><00:17:19.359><c> word</c><00:17:19.619><c> is</c><00:17:19.940><c> watch.</c>

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The<00:17:21.619><c> key</c><00:17:21.859><c> idea</c><00:17:22.299><c> is</c><00:17:22.599><c> be</c><00:17:22.859><c> ready.</c>

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That<00:17:24.240><c> takes</c><00:17:24.579><c> care</c><00:17:24.799><c> of</c><00:17:24.940><c> the</c><00:17:25.119><c> problem</c><00:17:25.400><c> in</c><00:17:25.599><c> itself.</c>

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We<00:17:27.059><c> watch,</c><00:17:28.180><c> we're</c><00:17:28.440><c> prepared,</c><00:17:29.240><c> we</c><00:17:29.579><c> are</c><00:17:29.920><c> ready.</c>

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That's<00:17:31.359><c> the</c><00:17:31.519><c> idea.</c>

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Do<00:17:36.319><c> you</c><00:17:36.359><c> want</c><00:17:36.519><c> to</c><00:17:36.660><c> set</c><00:17:36.779><c> the</c><00:17:37.019><c> time?</c>

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You<00:17:45.900><c> will</c><00:17:46.039><c> be</c><00:17:46.259><c> right.</c>

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That's<00:17:48.000><c> what</c><00:17:48.160><c> Jesus</c><00:17:48.500><c> is</c><00:17:48.720><c> teaching</c><00:17:48.980><c> us</c><00:17:49.240><c> here.</c>

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Somehow<00:17:51.000><c> the</c><00:17:51.380><c> life</c><00:17:51.680><c> has</c><00:17:51.940><c> to</c><00:17:52.119><c> be</c><00:17:52.420><c> set</c><00:17:52.819><c> in</c><00:17:53.400><c> preparation</c><00:17:54.000><c> for</c><00:17:55.140><c> the</c>

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This<00:17:57.880><c> is</c><00:17:58.079><c> the</c><00:17:58.180><c> lesson,</c><00:17:58.440><c> isn't</c><00:17:58.660><c> it?</c>

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Just<00:18:00.339><c> look</c><00:18:00.519><c> at</c><00:18:00.619><c> one</c><00:18:00.700><c> other</c><00:18:00.960><c> place.</c>

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Second<00:18:02.299><c> Peter.</c>

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Second<00:18:04.140><c> Peter</c><00:18:04.420><c> chapter</c><00:18:04.859><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:18:15.440><c> there</c><00:18:15.559><c> at</c><00:18:15.700><c> verse</c><00:18:15.920><c> 10</c><00:18:16.099><c> of</c><00:18:16.220><c> that</c><00:18:17.160><c> letter</c><00:18:17.460><c> we</c><00:18:17.700><c> read,</c>

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But<00:18:18.140><c> the</c><00:18:18.359><c> day</c><00:18:18.660><c> of</c><00:18:18.799><c> the</c><00:18:18.940><c> Lord</c><00:18:19.380><c> will</c><00:18:20.039><c> come</c><00:18:20.319><c> as</c><00:18:20.559><c> a</c><00:18:20.839><c> thief</c><00:18:21.000><c> in</c><00:18:21.220><c> the</c><00:18:21.400><c> night,</c>

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In<00:18:22.619><c> which</c><00:18:23.000><c> the</c><00:18:23.319><c> heavens</c><00:18:23.579><c> shall</c><00:18:23.859><c> pass</c><00:18:24.200><c> away</c><00:18:24.420><c> with</c><00:18:24.619><c> a</c><00:18:24.819><c> great</c><00:18:25.000><c> noise,</c>

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And<00:18:26.160><c> the</c><00:18:26.359><c> elements</c><00:18:26.680><c> shall</c><00:18:26.980><c> melt</c><00:18:27.220><c> with</c><00:18:27.539><c> fervent</c><00:18:27.880><c> heat,</c>

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The<00:18:28.839><c> earth</c><00:18:29.099><c> also</c><00:18:29.500><c> and</c><00:18:29.640><c> the</c><00:18:29.839><c> works</c><00:18:30.039><c> that</c><00:18:30.319><c> are</c><00:18:30.519><c> therein</c><00:18:30.960><c> shall</c>

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Seeing<00:18:33.519><c> then</c><00:18:33.980><c> that</c><00:18:34.200><c> all</c><00:18:34.700><c> these</c><00:18:35.160><c> things</c><00:18:35.660><c> shall</c><00:18:35.980><c> be</c><00:18:36.240><c> dissolved,</c>

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What<00:18:37.880><c> manner</c><00:18:38.200><c> of</c><00:18:38.579><c> persons</c><00:18:39.099><c> ought</c><00:18:39.539><c> ye</c><00:18:39.700><c> to</c><00:18:39.900><c> be</c><00:18:40.200><c> in</c><00:18:40.579><c> all</c><00:18:40.839><c> holy</c><00:18:41.240><c> conversation</c><00:18:42.099><c> and</c><00:18:42.839><c> godliness,</c>

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Looking<00:18:44.299><c> for</c><00:18:44.640><c> and</c><00:18:44.880><c> hasting</c><00:18:45.279><c> unto</c><00:18:45.480><c> the</c><00:18:45.779><c> coming</c><00:18:46.019><c> of</c><00:18:46.200><c> the</c><00:18:46.319><c> day</c><00:18:46.500><c> of</c><00:18:46.720><c> God,</c>

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Wherein<00:18:48.259><c> the</c><00:18:48.460><c> heavens</c><00:18:48.660><c> being</c><00:18:48.940><c> on</c><00:18:49.259><c> fire</c><00:18:49.480><c> shall</c><00:18:49.740><c> be</c><00:18:50.039><c> dissolved,</c>

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And<00:18:51.180><c> the</c><00:18:51.420><c> elements</c><00:18:51.700><c> shall</c><00:18:52.000><c> melt</c><00:18:52.299><c> with</c><00:18:52.640><c> fervent</c><00:18:52.980><c> heat,</c>

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All<00:18:53.960><c> the</c><00:18:54.160><c> things</c><00:18:54.460><c> that</c><00:18:54.660><c> exist</c><00:18:55.039><c> as</c><00:18:55.259><c> we</c><00:18:55.420><c> know</c><00:18:55.559><c> it</c><00:18:55.799><c> now.</c>

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He<00:18:56.640><c> says</c><00:18:56.700><c> they're</c><00:18:56.880><c> going</c><00:18:57.000><c> to</c><00:18:57.259><c> pass</c><00:18:57.519><c> away,</c><00:18:57.799><c> they're</c><00:18:57.980><c> going</c><00:18:58.079><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:58.359><c> dissolved.</c>

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And<00:19:01.380><c> Peter</c><00:19:01.559><c> says,</c><00:19:02.259><c> seeing</c><00:19:02.839><c> that</c><00:19:03.119><c> we</c><00:19:03.279><c> know</c><00:19:03.559><c> this,</c>

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Are<00:19:04.900><c> we</c><00:19:05.000><c> going</c><00:19:05.140><c> to</c><00:19:05.359><c> allow</c><00:19:06.180><c> the</c><00:19:07.839><c> Lord's</c><00:19:08.319><c> coming</c><00:19:08.539><c> to</c><00:19:08.779><c> be</c><00:19:09.019><c> for</c><00:19:09.240><c> us</c>

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as<00:19:11.000><c> a</c><00:19:11.240><c> thief,</c>

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To<00:19:12.759><c> disrupt,</c><00:19:14.119><c> to</c><00:19:14.420><c> spoil,</c><00:19:15.480><c> to</c><00:19:15.920><c> steal</c><00:19:16.440><c> away,</c><00:19:17.119><c> brethren</c><00:19:17.799><c> and</c><00:19:18.019><c> sisters,</c><00:19:19.460><c> our</c>

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eternal<00:19:20.019><c> life?</c>

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Are<00:19:22.380><c> we</c><00:19:22.500><c> going</c><00:19:22.619><c> to</c><00:19:22.740><c> allow</c><00:19:22.880><c> that</c><00:19:23.099><c> to</c><00:19:23.339><c> happen?</c>

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What<00:19:24.019><c> manner</c><00:19:24.460><c> of</c><00:19:24.880><c> persons,</c><00:19:25.400><c> he</c><00:19:25.680><c> says,</c><00:19:26.700><c> what</c><00:19:26.859><c> manner</c><00:19:27.240><c> of</c><00:19:27.660><c> persons</c><00:19:28.160><c> ought</c>

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he<00:19:28.720><c> to</c><00:19:28.980><c> be?</c>

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That's<00:19:30.380><c> the</c><00:19:30.579><c> question,</c><00:19:30.960><c> isn't</c><00:19:31.140><c> it?</c>

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And<00:19:34.880><c> there</c><00:19:35.000><c> are</c><00:19:35.079><c> two</c><00:19:35.259><c> kinds</c><00:19:35.500><c> of</c><00:19:35.740><c> people</c><00:19:35.980><c> illustrated</c><00:19:36.500><c> here</c><00:19:36.819><c> when</c><00:19:36.940><c> we</c>

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go<00:19:37.200><c> back</c><00:19:37.460><c> to</c><00:19:38.339><c> 1</c><00:19:38.579><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:19:39.339><c> Chapter</c><00:19:39.640><c> 5.</c>

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Two<00:19:40.980><c> kinds</c><00:19:41.279><c> of</c><00:19:41.579><c> people.</c>

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We<00:19:42.980><c> might</c><00:19:43.140><c> say</c><00:19:43.319><c> it's</c><00:19:43.579><c> they</c><00:19:43.819><c> and</c><00:19:44.259><c> us.</c>

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And<00:19:46.079><c> we</c><00:19:46.299><c> see</c><00:19:46.480><c> that</c><00:19:46.700><c> as</c><00:19:46.859><c> we</c><00:19:46.960><c> go</c><00:19:47.140><c> through</c><00:19:47.400><c> this</c><00:19:48.079><c> chapter.</c>

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Two<00:19:49.559><c> kinds</c><00:19:49.859><c> of</c><00:19:50.079><c> people.</c>

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I'm<00:19:51.440><c> going</c><00:19:51.500><c> to</c><00:19:51.680><c> illustrate</c><00:19:52.079><c> that</c><00:19:52.359><c> with</c><00:19:52.779><c> an</c><00:19:53.119><c> overhead</c><00:19:53.420><c> in</c><00:19:53.599><c> just</c>

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And<00:19:54.319><c> you'll</c><00:19:54.460><c> see</c><00:19:54.519><c> that</c><00:19:54.660><c> there</c><00:19:54.779><c> are</c><00:19:54.920><c> two</c><00:19:55.200><c> directions</c><00:19:55.660><c> for</c><00:19:55.940><c> these</c><00:19:56.579><c> two</c>

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In<00:19:58.559><c> Verse</c><00:19:58.779><c> 3</c><00:19:59.059><c> he</c><00:19:59.259><c> says,</c><00:19:59.660><c> For</c><00:19:59.660><c> when</c><00:20:00.099><c> they</c><00:20:00.640><c> shall</c><00:20:01.079><c> say,</c><00:20:02.140><c> Peace</c>

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and<00:20:02.859><c> safety,</c>

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Then<00:20:04.559><c> sudden</c><00:20:04.900><c> destruction</c><00:20:05.559><c> cometh</c><00:20:05.859><c> upon</c><00:20:06.240><c> them,</c>

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As<00:20:07.240><c> travail</c><00:20:07.680><c> upon</c><00:20:08.000><c> a</c><00:20:08.200><c> woman</c><00:20:08.400><c> with</c><00:20:08.680><c> child,</c><00:20:09.240><c> and</c><00:20:09.359><c> they</c><00:20:09.500><c> shall</c>

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Who<00:20:12.700><c> is</c><00:20:12.920><c> the</c><00:20:13.119><c> they</c><00:20:13.380><c> here?</c>

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Who<00:20:15.539><c> is</c><00:20:15.720><c> it</c><00:20:15.839><c> that</c><00:20:15.940><c> is</c><00:20:16.059><c> saying,</c><00:20:16.680><c> Peace</c><00:20:17.000><c> and</c><00:20:17.319><c> safety?</c>

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Well,<00:20:20.000><c> what</c><00:20:20.140><c> I'm</c><00:20:20.319><c> going</c><00:20:20.420><c> to</c><00:20:20.559><c> do,</c><00:20:20.819><c> brethren</c><00:20:20.940><c> and</c><00:20:21.140><c> sisters,</c><00:20:21.400><c> is</c>

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just<00:20:21.779><c> read</c><00:20:21.920><c> you</c><00:20:22.079><c> a</c><00:20:22.140><c> little</c><00:20:22.339><c> excerpt</c>

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It's<00:20:28.660><c> the</c><00:20:28.799><c> writings</c><00:20:29.000><c> of</c><00:20:29.200><c> our</c><00:20:29.339><c> brother</c><00:20:29.539><c> Thomas,</c><00:20:31.019><c> 140</c><00:20:31.619><c> years</c><00:20:32.039><c> ago</c><00:20:32.319><c> or</c><00:20:32.559><c> so.</c>

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Elpis<00:20:34.400><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:20:36.000><c> just</c><00:20:36.420><c> read</c><00:20:36.859><c> to</c><00:20:37.160><c> you</c><00:20:37.539><c> words</c><00:20:37.980><c> that</c><00:20:38.180><c> I</c><00:20:38.380><c> think</c><00:20:38.579><c> are</c><00:20:38.900><c> as</c><00:20:39.339><c> timely</c>

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How<00:20:42.579><c> appropriate</c><00:20:43.039><c> they</c><00:20:43.420><c> are</c><00:20:43.720><c> and</c><00:20:43.940><c> how</c><00:20:44.240><c> enlightening.</c>

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Again,<00:20:47.019><c> I</c><00:20:47.160><c> would</c><00:20:47.380><c> say</c><00:20:47.619><c> to</c><00:20:47.759><c> you</c><00:20:47.859><c> that</c><00:20:48.779><c> if</c><00:20:49.259><c> you</c><00:20:49.460><c> haven't</c><00:20:49.720><c> read</c>

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Listen<00:21:04.680><c> to</c><00:21:04.819><c> what</c><00:21:04.960><c> Brother</c><00:21:05.160><c> Thomas</c><00:21:05.559><c> writes,</c><00:21:05.960><c> and</c><00:21:06.099><c> I'll</c><00:21:06.279><c> just</c>

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give<00:21:06.519><c> you</c><00:21:06.640><c> the</c><00:21:06.839><c> page</c><00:21:07.019><c> where</c><00:21:07.140><c> this</c><00:21:07.359><c> is.</c>

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You<00:21:07.579><c> may</c><00:21:07.759><c> want</c><00:21:07.900><c> to</c><00:21:07.960><c> go</c><00:21:08.180><c> back,</c><00:21:08.380><c> and</c><00:21:08.500><c> I've</c><00:21:09.279><c> kind</c><00:21:09.440><c> of</c><00:21:09.720><c> strung</c><00:21:09.940><c> together</c><00:21:10.299><c> a</c>

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few<00:21:10.640><c> things.</c>

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It's<00:21:11.160><c> all</c><00:21:12.539><c> a</c><00:21:12.839><c> quote,</c><00:21:13.740><c> but</c><00:21:14.180><c> it</c><00:21:14.500><c> doesn't</c><00:21:14.779><c> run</c><00:21:15.619><c> right</c><00:21:16.740><c> straight</c><00:21:17.000><c> through.</c>

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I've<00:21:18.140><c> just</c><00:21:18.220><c> kind</c><00:21:18.380><c> of</c><00:21:18.559><c> taken</c><00:21:18.720><c> some</c><00:21:18.980><c> pieces</c><00:21:19.279><c> here.</c>

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This<00:21:20.640><c> is</c><00:21:20.839><c> on</c><00:21:21.039><c> page</c><00:21:21.339><c> 114</c><00:21:22.259><c> and</c><00:21:22.420><c> page</c><00:21:22.819><c> 115.</c>

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He<00:21:25.940><c> writes,</c><00:21:27.019><c> I</c><00:21:27.359><c> say,</c><00:21:28.440><c> these</c><00:21:28.960><c> peace</c><00:21:29.480><c>-criers</c><00:21:29.859><c> are</c><00:21:30.099><c> the</c><00:21:30.299><c> enemies</c>

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of<00:21:30.880><c> God.</c>

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For<00:21:32.460><c> with</c><00:21:32.619><c> all</c><00:21:32.799><c> their</c><00:21:33.019><c> profession</c><00:21:33.539><c> of</c><00:21:33.900><c> piety,</c><00:21:34.960><c> they</c><00:21:35.180><c> are</c><00:21:35.380><c> at</c>

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peace<00:21:35.759><c> with</c><00:21:36.019><c> the</c><00:21:36.259><c> world</c>

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and<00:21:37.500><c> in</c><00:21:37.700><c> high</c><00:21:38.000><c> esteem</c><00:21:38.500><c> and</c><00:21:38.779><c> friendship</c><00:21:39.240><c> with</c><00:21:39.480><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:40.960><c> whosoever</c><00:21:41.480><c> says</c><00:21:41.680><c> the</c><00:21:41.960><c> scripture</c><00:21:42.240><c> is</c><00:21:42.420><c> a</c><00:21:42.619><c> friend</c><00:21:42.779><c> of</c><00:21:42.960><c> the</c>

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world<00:21:43.500><c> is</c><00:21:43.839><c> the</c><00:21:44.059><c> enemy</c><00:21:44.299><c> of</c><00:21:44.599><c> God.</c>

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The<00:21:46.359><c> unscriptural</c><00:21:47.119><c> cry</c><00:21:47.420><c> of</c><00:21:47.660><c> peace</c><00:21:48.079><c> and</c><00:21:48.400><c> safety</c><00:21:48.940><c> is</c><00:21:50.000><c> the</c><00:21:50.259><c> world's</c><00:21:50.740><c> cry.</c>

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We<00:21:52.240><c> accept</c><00:21:52.740><c> it</c><00:21:52.900><c> as</c><00:21:53.160><c> such.</c>

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It<00:21:54.619><c> is</c><00:21:54.819><c> the</c><00:21:55.059><c> cry</c><00:21:55.259><c> of</c><00:21:55.440><c> the</c><00:21:55.640><c> world</c><00:21:55.880><c> which</c><00:21:56.180><c> echoes</c><00:21:56.519><c> in</c><00:21:56.819><c> tones</c><00:21:57.039><c> of</c>

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thunder<00:21:57.779><c> in</c><00:21:58.640><c> the</c><00:21:58.839><c> ears</c><00:21:59.019><c> of</c><00:21:59.200><c> the</c><00:21:59.400><c> true</c><00:21:59.559><c> believers.</c>

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It<00:22:01.240><c> is</c><00:22:01.500><c> a</c><00:22:01.680><c> cry</c><00:22:01.859><c> in</c><00:22:02.039><c> the</c><00:22:02.339><c> providence</c><00:22:02.619><c> of</c><00:22:02.920><c> God</c><00:22:03.160><c> which</c><00:22:03.299><c> is</c><00:22:03.500><c> a</c><00:22:03.660><c> great</c>

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sign<00:22:04.640><c> of</c><00:22:04.839><c> the</c><00:22:05.079><c> times,</c>

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announcing<00:22:06.640><c> that</c><00:22:06.839><c> the</c><00:22:07.059><c> Lord</c><00:22:07.380><c> standeth</c><00:22:07.940><c> at</c><00:22:08.039><c> the</c><00:22:08.259><c> door</c><00:22:08.500><c> and</c><00:22:08.839><c> knocks,</c>

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and<00:22:10.579><c> is</c><00:22:10.740><c> about</c><00:22:10.960><c> quickly</c><00:22:11.440><c> and</c><00:22:11.759><c> unexpectedly</c><00:22:12.640><c> to</c><00:22:13.079><c> appear.</c>

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It<00:22:14.579><c> is</c><00:22:14.779><c> the</c><00:22:15.099><c> world's</c><00:22:15.579><c> cry</c><00:22:15.819><c> as</c><00:22:16.079><c> the</c><00:22:16.279><c> cry</c><00:22:16.460><c> of</c><00:22:16.640><c> a</c><00:22:16.779><c> woman</c><00:22:16.980><c> in</c><00:22:17.220><c> travail</c>

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which<00:22:18.180><c> has</c><00:22:18.339><c> been</c><00:22:18.619><c> extorted</c><00:22:19.160><c> by</c><00:22:19.579><c> sudden</c><00:22:20.160><c> and</c><00:22:20.759><c> tormenting</c><00:22:21.380><c> pains.</c>

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It<00:22:23.519><c> blows</c><00:22:23.779><c> a</c><00:22:24.099><c> trumpet</c><00:22:24.440><c> in</c><00:22:25.079><c> the</c><00:22:25.299><c> wise</c><00:22:25.640><c> and</c><00:22:25.900><c> understanding</c><00:22:26.480><c> ear,</c>

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sounding<00:22:28.119><c> the</c><00:22:28.539><c> approach</c><00:22:28.799><c> of</c><00:22:29.019><c> the</c><00:22:29.259><c> day</c><00:22:29.440><c> of</c><00:22:29.619><c> the</c><00:22:29.799><c> Lord</c><00:22:30.000><c> as</c><00:22:30.220><c> a</c><00:22:30.480><c> thief</c><00:22:30.599><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:30.920><c> night.</c>

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For<00:22:32.240><c> so</c><00:22:32.559><c> it</c><00:22:32.779><c> cometh,</c><00:22:34.000><c> and</c><00:22:34.119><c> when</c><00:22:34.259><c> they</c><00:22:34.420><c> shall</c><00:22:34.619><c> say,</c><00:22:35.660><c> Peace</c><00:22:35.660><c> and</c><00:22:36.180><c> safety,</c>

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then<00:22:38.019><c> sudden</c><00:22:38.319><c> destruction</c><00:22:39.000><c> cometh</c><00:22:39.359><c> upon</c><00:22:39.720><c> them</c><00:22:40.200><c> as</c><00:22:40.720><c> travail</c><00:22:41.220><c> upon</c><00:22:41.559><c> a</c>

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woman<00:22:41.940><c> with</c><00:22:42.200><c> child,</c>

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and<00:22:43.700><c> they</c><00:22:43.839><c> shall</c><00:22:44.039><c> not</c><00:22:44.240><c> escape.</c>

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So<00:22:46.660><c> writes</c><00:22:46.839><c> our</c><00:22:47.019><c> brother</c><00:22:47.240><c> Thomas,</c><00:22:49.220><c> 1848.</c>

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Still<00:22:51.619><c> timely,</c><00:22:52.220><c> brethren</c><00:22:52.299><c> and</c><00:22:52.599><c> sisters,</c><00:22:52.759><c> today,</c><00:22:53.180><c> isn't</c><00:22:53.359><c> it?</c>

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Sudden<00:22:55.380><c> destruction</c><00:22:56.099><c> comes.</c>

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Could<00:22:58.799><c> this</c><00:22:59.099><c> happen</c><00:22:59.420><c> to</c><00:22:59.640><c> us,</c><00:23:00.140><c> brethren</c><00:23:00.259><c> and</c><00:23:00.500><c> sisters?</c>

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Could<00:23:01.779><c> it?</c>

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Sudden<00:23:04.660><c> destruction</c><00:23:05.259><c> for</c><00:23:05.559><c> us.</c>

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Just<00:23:08.079><c> keep</c><00:23:08.279><c> your</c><00:23:08.559><c> place</c><00:23:08.759><c> here</c><00:23:08.980><c> again.</c>

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There's<00:23:09.339><c> just</c><00:23:09.539><c> something</c><00:23:09.819><c> that,</c><00:23:10.460><c> I</c><00:23:10.500><c> mean,</c><00:23:10.660><c> the</c><00:23:11.059><c> link</c><00:23:11.279><c> of</c><00:23:11.480><c> the</c>

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words<00:23:12.099><c> in</c><00:23:12.720><c> the</c><00:23:12.980><c> prophecy</c><00:23:13.319><c> of</c><00:23:13.660><c> Amos</c>

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are<00:23:14.980><c> so</c><00:23:15.460><c> tied</c><00:23:15.680><c> into</c><00:23:15.920><c> the</c><00:23:16.180><c> things</c><00:23:16.319><c> that</c><00:23:16.480><c> we're</c><00:23:16.619><c> talking</c><00:23:16.900><c> about</c>

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here<00:23:17.440><c> that</c><00:23:17.539><c> we</c><00:23:17.740><c> need</c><00:23:17.859><c> to</c><00:23:18.039><c> look</c><00:23:18.140><c> at</c><00:23:18.299><c> these</c><00:23:18.599><c> things.</c>

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Just<00:23:19.700><c> briefly,</c><00:23:20.519><c> in</c><00:23:20.720><c> the</c><00:23:20.960><c> book</c><00:23:21.059><c> of</c><00:23:21.259><c> Amos,</c><00:23:22.059><c> prophecy</c><00:23:22.299><c> of</c><00:23:22.500><c> Amos,</c>

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the<00:23:23.900><c> fifth</c><00:23:24.200><c> chapter,</c>

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what<00:23:25.119><c> a</c><00:23:25.480><c> sad</c><00:23:25.720><c> picture</c><00:23:26.079><c> for</c><00:23:26.299><c> Israel</c><00:23:26.940><c> is</c><00:23:27.559><c> depicted</c><00:23:28.039><c> here.</c>

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How<00:23:29.200><c> sad</c><00:23:29.579><c> a</c><00:23:29.779><c> picture</c><00:23:30.000><c> it</c><00:23:30.099><c> would</c><00:23:30.299><c> be</c><00:23:30.460><c> if</c><00:23:30.599><c> this</c><00:23:30.839><c> was</c><00:23:31.200><c> applicable</c>

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to<00:23:31.859><c> the</c><00:23:32.160><c> Israel</c><00:23:32.440><c> of</c><00:23:32.660><c> God.</c>

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But<00:23:34.099><c> look</c><00:23:34.259><c> at</c><00:23:34.400><c> Amos,</c><00:23:34.859><c> chapter</c><00:23:35.000><c> five.</c>

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Just<00:23:41.619><c> a</c><00:23:41.819><c> few</c><00:23:41.940><c> verses</c><00:23:42.299><c> there,</c><00:23:42.759><c> going</c><00:23:42.839><c> in</c><00:23:43.019><c> at</c><00:23:43.140><c> verse</c><00:23:43.359><c> 18.</c>

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We<00:23:45.500><c> read</c><00:23:45.720><c> there,</c><00:23:46.319><c> Woe</c><00:23:46.480><c> unto</c><00:23:46.660><c> you</c><00:23:46.880><c> that</c><00:23:47.119><c> desire</c><00:23:47.539><c> the</c><00:23:47.700><c> day</c><00:23:47.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:48.279><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:23:50.619><c> brethren</c><00:23:50.740><c> and</c><00:23:50.839><c> sisters,</c><00:23:52.319><c> that</c><00:23:52.559><c> desiring</c><00:23:53.079><c> of</c><00:23:53.259><c> the</c><00:23:53.440><c> day</c>

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of<00:23:53.759><c> the</c><00:23:53.920><c> Lord</c>

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should<00:23:54.359><c> be</c><00:23:54.579><c> the</c><00:23:54.839><c> desire</c><00:23:55.180><c> of</c><00:23:55.440><c> the</c><00:23:55.859><c> hearts</c><00:23:56.140><c> of</c><00:23:56.400><c> every</c><00:23:56.619><c> one</c><00:23:56.779><c> of</c><00:23:56.859><c> us</c><00:23:57.059><c> here.</c>

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We<00:23:58.299><c> desire</c><00:23:58.839><c> that</c><00:23:59.160><c> day,</c><00:23:59.819><c> we</c><00:24:00.160><c> love</c><00:24:00.279><c> his</c><00:24:00.539><c> appearing,</c><00:24:01.440><c> we</c><00:24:01.799><c> long</c>

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for<00:24:02.440><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:04.359><c> Amos</c><00:24:04.519><c> says,</c><00:24:04.900><c> as</c><00:24:04.900><c> far</c><00:24:05.279><c> as</c><00:24:05.740><c> Israel</c><00:24:06.119><c> of</c><00:24:06.299><c> old</c><00:24:06.460><c> was</c><00:24:06.680><c> concerned,</c>

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Woe<00:24:08.579><c> unto</c><00:24:08.720><c> you</c><00:24:08.920><c> that</c><00:24:09.119><c> desire</c><00:24:09.440><c> the</c><00:24:09.640><c> day</c><00:24:09.819><c> of</c><00:24:09.980><c> the</c><00:24:10.099><c> Lord.</c>

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To<00:24:10.480><c> what</c><00:24:10.839><c> end</c><00:24:11.079><c> is</c><00:24:11.259><c> it</c><00:24:11.460><c> for</c><00:24:11.700><c> you?</c>

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The<00:24:12.759><c> day</c><00:24:12.980><c> of</c><00:24:13.119><c> the</c><00:24:13.299><c> Lord</c><00:24:13.460><c> is</c><00:24:13.779><c> darkness</c><00:24:14.559><c> and</c><00:24:15.460><c> not</c><00:24:15.720><c> light.</c>

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As<00:24:17.039><c> if</c><00:24:17.220><c> a</c><00:24:17.380><c> man</c><00:24:17.539><c> did</c><00:24:17.839><c> flee</c><00:24:18.019><c> from</c><00:24:18.279><c> a</c><00:24:18.460><c> lion</c><00:24:18.660><c> and</c><00:24:18.880><c> a</c><00:24:19.079><c> bear</c><00:24:19.240><c> met</c><00:24:19.460><c> him.</c>

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Just<00:24:20.539><c> picture</c><00:24:21.339><c> this</c><00:24:21.720><c> scene,</c><00:24:22.640><c> fantastic</c><00:24:23.200><c> scene</c><00:24:23.539><c> in</c><00:24:23.720><c> the</c><00:24:23.880><c> word</c>

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of<00:24:24.279><c> God.</c>

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A<00:24:25.240><c> person</c><00:24:25.660><c> fleeing</c><00:24:26.259><c> for</c><00:24:26.519><c> their</c><00:24:26.740><c> life</c><00:24:26.940><c> from</c><00:24:27.160><c> a</c><00:24:27.380><c> lion.</c>

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And<00:24:28.759><c> with</c><00:24:28.940><c> a</c><00:24:29.059><c> great</c><00:24:29.299><c> sigh</c><00:24:29.480><c> of</c><00:24:29.700><c> relief</c><00:24:29.920><c> he</c><00:24:30.059><c> says,</c><00:24:30.740><c> I'm</c><00:24:31.400><c> free,</c>

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I've<00:24:32.200><c> made</c><00:24:32.400><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:33.700><c> there's</c><00:24:33.859><c> a</c><00:24:34.079><c> bear</c><00:24:34.319><c> confronting</c><00:24:34.799><c> him,</c><00:24:35.039><c> standing</c><00:24:35.319><c> right</c><00:24:35.599><c> in</c>

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front<00:24:35.900><c> of</c><00:24:35.940><c> him</c><00:24:36.039><c> to</c><00:24:36.319><c> tear</c><00:24:36.460><c> him</c><00:24:36.640><c> to</c><00:24:36.819><c> pieces.</c>

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That's<00:24:39.539><c> the</c><00:24:39.599><c> way</c><00:24:39.700><c> it</c><00:24:39.859><c> is</c><00:24:39.940><c> if</c><00:24:40.079><c> we</c><00:24:40.259><c> desire</c><00:24:40.619><c> this</c><00:24:40.839><c> day</c><00:24:41.019><c> of</c><00:24:41.180><c> the</c><00:24:41.359><c> Lord</c><00:24:41.559><c> and</c>

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it<00:24:41.940><c> turns</c><00:24:42.140><c> out</c><00:24:42.380><c> to</c><00:24:42.500><c> be</c><00:24:42.700><c> darkness</c><00:24:43.220><c> for</c><00:24:43.519><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:24:45.460><c> meaningless.</c>

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So<00:24:48.440><c> he</c><00:24:48.559><c> goes</c><00:24:48.660><c> on</c><00:24:48.880><c> to</c><00:24:49.079><c> say,</c><00:24:49.619><c> or</c><00:24:49.700><c> if</c><00:24:49.839><c> he</c><00:24:49.920><c> went</c><00:24:50.000><c> into</c><00:24:50.200><c> the</c><00:24:50.460><c> house</c><00:24:50.740><c> and</c><00:24:51.220><c> leaned</c><00:24:51.640><c> his</c><00:24:51.940><c> hand</c><00:24:52.119><c> upon</c><00:24:52.359><c> the</c><00:24:52.640><c> wall</c><00:24:52.799><c> and</c><00:24:52.960><c> a</c>

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serpent<00:24:53.440><c> bit</c><00:24:53.619><c> him.</c>

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Shall<00:24:56.279><c> not</c><00:24:56.539><c> the</c><00:24:56.700><c> day</c><00:24:56.839><c> of</c><00:24:57.000><c> the</c><00:24:57.160><c> Lord</c><00:24:57.339><c> be</c><00:24:57.559><c> darkness</c><00:24:58.359><c> and</c><00:24:59.359><c> not</c><00:24:59.599><c> light,</c><00:25:00.759><c> even</c><00:25:01.079><c> very</c><00:25:01.559><c> dark</c><00:25:01.839><c> and</c>

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no<00:25:02.420><c> brightness</c><00:25:02.819><c> in</c><00:25:03.079><c> it?</c>

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That's<00:25:05.500><c> the</c><00:25:05.619><c> way</c><00:25:05.740><c> Amos</c><00:25:06.319><c> depicts</c><00:25:07.000><c> the</c><00:25:07.579><c> day</c><00:25:08.039><c> when</c><00:25:08.240><c> the</c><00:25:08.500><c> judgments</c><00:25:08.779><c> of</c><00:25:09.079><c> God</c>

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are<00:25:09.519><c> poured</c><00:25:09.660><c> out.</c>

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We<00:25:09.980><c> know</c><00:25:10.119><c> it</c><00:25:10.259><c> had</c><00:25:10.380><c> to</c><00:25:10.519><c> do</c><00:25:10.599><c> with</c><00:25:10.759><c> Israel</c><00:25:11.099><c> of</c><00:25:11.339><c> old.</c>

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We<00:25:11.759><c> know</c><00:25:11.940><c> it</c><00:25:12.039><c> had</c><00:25:12.160><c> to</c><00:25:12.359><c> do</c><00:25:12.460><c> with</c><00:25:12.579><c> that</c><00:25:12.799><c> northern</c><00:25:13.059><c> kingdom.</c>

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But<00:25:14.359><c> the</c><00:25:14.559><c> words</c><00:25:14.740><c> are</c><00:25:14.980><c> so</c><00:25:15.279><c> timely</c><00:25:15.640><c> and</c><00:25:15.880><c> so</c><00:25:16.140><c> applicable</c><00:25:16.460><c> to</c><00:25:16.680><c> our</c>

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own<00:25:17.019><c> situation</c><00:25:17.660><c> as</c><00:25:18.099><c> we</c><00:25:18.339><c> desire</c><00:25:18.859><c> the</c><00:25:19.079><c> day</c><00:25:19.259><c> of</c><00:25:19.440><c> the</c><00:25:19.599><c> Lord,</c><00:25:19.819><c> aren't</c><00:25:20.059><c> they?</c>

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What<00:25:21.859><c> a</c><00:25:22.119><c> sad</c><00:25:22.299><c> picture</c><00:25:22.599><c> for</c><00:25:22.779><c> Israel.</c>

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What<00:25:24.539><c> an</c><00:25:24.740><c> awful</c><00:25:24.980><c> picture</c><00:25:25.420><c> if</c><00:25:25.500><c> it</c><00:25:25.619><c> should</c><00:25:25.799><c> ever</c><00:25:26.079><c> be</c><00:25:26.319><c> applied</c><00:25:26.680><c> to</c>

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us,<00:25:27.259><c> brethren</c><00:25:27.420><c> and</c><00:25:27.660><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:25:29.960><c> see,</c><00:25:30.039><c> there</c><00:25:30.140><c> are</c><00:25:30.319><c> two</c><00:25:30.500><c> kinds</c><00:25:30.920><c> of</c><00:25:31.720><c> people,</c><00:25:32.460><c> two</c><00:25:32.700><c> classes</c>

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of<00:25:33.519><c> people</c><00:25:33.900><c> that</c><00:25:34.180><c> are</c><00:25:34.400><c> outlined</c><00:25:34.720><c> here</c><00:25:34.960><c> in</c><00:25:35.079><c> this</c><00:25:35.299><c> fifth</c><00:25:35.500><c> chapter.</c>

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Two<00:25:36.220><c> attitudes.</c>

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Two<00:25:38.599><c> ways</c><00:25:38.980><c> of</c><00:25:39.279><c> life,</c><00:25:39.579><c> we</c><00:25:39.779><c> might</c><00:25:40.000><c> say.</c>

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I'm<00:25:41.319><c> just</c><00:25:41.500><c> going</c><00:25:41.660><c> to</c><00:25:41.839><c> illustrate</c><00:25:42.240><c> that</c><00:25:42.519><c> for</c><00:25:42.720><c> you</c><00:25:42.940><c> on</c><00:25:43.660><c> the</c><00:25:43.940><c> overhead.</c>

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I<00:25:44.559><c> hope</c><00:25:44.700><c> you</c><00:25:44.819><c> can</c><00:25:45.039><c> see</c><00:25:45.220><c> this.</c>

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I<00:25:46.359><c> had</c><00:25:46.500><c> a</c><00:25:46.579><c> little</c><00:25:46.700><c> bit</c><00:25:46.920><c> of</c><00:25:47.000><c> trouble</c><00:25:47.160><c> trying</c><00:25:47.400><c> to</c><00:25:47.599><c> adjust</c><00:25:47.839><c> this</c><00:25:48.200><c> beforehand.</c>

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I<00:25:52.640><c> don't</c><00:25:52.759><c> know</c><00:25:52.819><c> if</c><00:25:52.859><c> that's</c><00:25:53.039><c> any</c><00:25:53.259><c> better</c><00:25:53.440><c> or</c><00:25:53.599><c> not.</c>

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It<00:25:53.900><c> seems</c><00:25:54.059><c> as</c><00:25:54.200><c> though</c><00:25:54.259><c> there's</c><00:25:54.480><c> some</c><00:25:54.720><c> parts</c><00:25:54.960><c> that</c><00:25:55.180><c> aren't</c>

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quite<00:25:56.400><c> clear.</c>

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But<00:25:57.680><c> this</c><00:25:57.859><c> is</c><00:25:58.019><c> the</c><00:25:58.220><c> mindset</c><00:25:58.640><c> that's</c><00:25:59.039><c> illustrated</c><00:25:59.519><c> in</c><00:25:59.779><c> First</c>

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Thessalonians,<00:26:01.359><c> fifth</c><00:26:01.539><c> chapter,</c><00:26:02.039><c> verse</c><00:26:02.339><c> three</c><00:26:02.680><c> through</c><00:26:02.900><c> nine,</c><00:26:03.660><c> and</c>

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the<00:26:04.299><c> results</c><00:26:04.599><c> of</c><00:26:04.839><c> that</c><00:26:05.079><c> mindset.</c>

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We<00:26:06.759><c> say</c><00:26:06.980><c> mindset.</c>

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We're<00:26:07.759><c> talking</c><00:26:07.980><c> about</c><00:26:08.200><c> a</c><00:26:08.480><c> set</c><00:26:08.579><c> of</c><00:26:08.740><c> the</c><00:26:08.940><c> will,</c><00:26:09.740><c> a</c><00:26:09.980><c> direction</c><00:26:10.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:10.700><c> life.</c>

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Let's<00:26:12.160><c> just</c><00:26:12.400><c> read</c><00:26:12.500><c> it</c><00:26:12.700><c> together.</c>

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First<00:26:13.279><c> of</c><00:26:13.460><c> all,</c><00:26:13.579><c> we'll</c><00:26:14.140><c> just</c><00:26:14.400><c> see</c><00:26:14.579><c> how</c><00:26:14.759><c> this</c><00:26:15.079><c> is</c><00:26:15.839><c> so</c><00:26:16.119><c> well</c><00:26:16.400><c> laid</c>

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out<00:26:16.859><c> here.</c>

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Third<00:26:18.619><c> verse,</c><00:26:19.240><c> we're</c><00:26:19.339><c> reading</c><00:26:19.539><c> down</c><00:26:19.900><c> through</c><00:26:20.140><c> the</c><00:26:20.319><c> ninth</c><00:26:20.579><c> verse.</c>

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We<00:26:23.299><c> read,</c><00:26:23.660><c> For</c><00:26:23.660><c> when</c><00:26:23.920><c> they</c><00:26:24.180><c> shall</c><00:26:24.359><c> say</c><00:26:24.640><c> peace</c><00:26:25.099><c> and</c><00:26:25.480><c> safety,</c><00:26:26.720><c> then</c><00:26:27.000><c> sudden</c><00:26:27.339><c> destruction</c><00:26:27.920><c> cometh</c><00:26:28.240><c> upon</c><00:26:28.640><c> them</c><00:26:28.819><c> as</c>

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travail<00:26:29.480><c> upon</c><00:26:29.779><c> a</c><00:26:29.980><c> woman</c><00:26:30.160><c> with</c><00:26:30.460><c> child,</c><00:26:31.740><c> and</c><00:26:31.819><c> they</c><00:26:32.000><c> shall</c><00:26:32.180><c> not</c><00:26:32.440><c> escape.</c>

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But<00:26:33.740><c> ye,</c><00:26:34.059><c> brethren,</c><00:26:34.940><c> are</c><00:26:35.140><c> not</c><00:26:35.319><c> in</c><00:26:35.559><c> darkness.</c>

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Now,<00:26:36.880><c> let</c><00:26:37.000><c> me</c><00:26:37.180><c> stress</c><00:26:37.519><c> that</c><00:26:37.799><c> to</c><00:26:37.940><c> you,</c><00:26:38.140><c> brethren</c><00:26:38.299><c> and</c><00:26:38.500><c> sisters.</c>

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When<00:26:39.799><c> we</c><00:26:40.000><c> read</c><00:26:40.160><c> about</c><00:26:40.380><c> the</c><00:26:40.680><c> coming</c><00:26:40.799><c> of</c><00:26:40.980><c> the</c><00:26:41.140><c> Lord</c><00:26:41.359><c> and</c><00:26:41.599><c> this</c><00:26:42.079><c> business</c><00:26:42.960><c> of</c>

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a<00:26:43.759><c> thief</c><00:26:43.880><c> in</c><00:26:44.039><c> the</c><00:26:44.200><c> night,</c><00:26:44.680><c> that</c><00:26:44.779><c> should</c><00:26:45.119><c> not</c><00:26:45.519><c> apply</c><00:26:45.960><c> to</c><00:26:46.279><c> us.</c>

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If<00:26:48.839><c> it</c><00:26:49.140><c> applies</c><00:26:49.440><c> to</c><00:26:49.720><c> us,</c><00:26:49.940><c> it</c><00:26:50.079><c> means</c><00:26:50.279><c> our</c><00:26:50.579><c> lives</c><00:26:50.880><c> are</c><00:26:51.160><c> involved</c>

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in<00:26:51.859><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:26:53.720><c> what</c><00:26:53.859><c> he's</c><00:26:54.079><c> saying</c><00:26:54.299><c> is,</c><00:26:55.000><c> but</c><00:26:55.119><c> ye,</c><00:26:55.619><c> brethren,</c><00:26:56.380><c> are</c><00:26:56.640><c> not</c><00:26:56.859><c> in</c><00:26:57.119><c> darkness.</c>

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That's<00:26:58.579><c> not</c><00:26:58.779><c> part</c><00:26:58.960><c> of</c><00:26:59.119><c> your</c><00:26:59.279><c> life.</c>

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This<00:27:00.980><c> is</c><00:27:01.180><c> the</c><00:27:01.220><c> way</c><00:27:01.339><c> it</c><00:27:01.500><c> should</c><00:27:01.640><c> be</c><00:27:01.819><c> in</c><00:27:02.019><c> Christ</c><00:27:02.339><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:27:04.200><c> says,</c><00:27:04.440><c> ye,</c><00:27:04.740><c> brethren,</c><00:27:05.180><c> are</c><00:27:05.339><c> not</c><00:27:05.539><c> in</c><00:27:05.819><c> darkness,</c><00:27:06.319><c> that</c><00:27:06.519><c> that</c>

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day<00:27:07.039><c> should</c><00:27:07.299><c> overtake</c><00:27:07.799><c> you</c><00:27:08.079><c> as</c><00:27:08.319><c> a</c><00:27:08.500><c> thief.</c>

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Ye<00:27:09.960><c> are</c><00:27:10.200><c> all</c><00:27:10.380><c> the</c><00:27:10.619><c> children</c><00:27:10.799><c> of</c><00:27:11.000><c> light</c><00:27:11.440><c> and</c><00:27:12.039><c> the</c><00:27:12.240><c> children</c><00:27:12.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:12.839><c> day.</c>

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We're<00:27:14.200><c> not</c><00:27:14.380><c> of</c><00:27:14.539><c> the</c><00:27:14.759><c> night</c><00:27:15.440><c> nor</c><00:27:15.799><c> of</c><00:27:16.079><c> darkness.</c>

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Therefore,<00:27:18.460><c> let</c><00:27:18.599><c> us</c><00:27:19.099><c> not</c><00:27:19.440><c> sleep</c><00:27:20.059><c> as</c><00:27:20.759><c> do</c><00:27:20.980><c> others,</c><00:27:22.259><c> but</c><00:27:22.339><c> let</c><00:27:22.500><c> us</c>

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watch<00:27:23.319><c> and</c><00:27:23.559><c> be</c><00:27:23.819><c> sober.</c>

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For<00:27:25.539><c> they</c><00:27:25.740><c> that</c><00:27:26.039><c> sleep,</c><00:27:26.660><c> sleep</c><00:27:27.039><c> in</c><00:27:27.200><c> the</c><00:27:27.319><c> night,</c><00:27:28.640><c> and</c><00:27:28.720><c> they</c><00:27:28.900><c> that</c><00:27:29.059><c> be</c>

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drunken<00:27:29.640><c> are</c><00:27:29.960><c> drunken</c><00:27:30.279><c> in</c><00:27:30.480><c> the</c><00:27:30.619><c> night.</c>

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But<00:27:32.220><c> let</c><00:27:32.460><c> us,</c><00:27:33.779><c> who</c><00:27:33.920><c> are</c><00:27:34.039><c> of</c><00:27:34.160><c> the</c><00:27:34.400><c> day,</c><00:27:35.720><c> be</c><00:27:35.980><c> sober,</c><00:27:36.900><c> putting</c><00:27:37.079><c> on</c>

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the<00:27:37.579><c> breastplate</c><00:27:38.039><c> of</c><00:27:38.279><c> faith</c><00:27:38.559><c> and</c><00:27:38.819><c> love</c><00:27:39.039><c> and</c><00:27:39.279><c> foreign</c><00:27:39.500><c> helmet</c>

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the<00:27:40.519><c> hope</c><00:27:40.720><c> of</c><00:27:41.019><c> salvation.</c>

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For<00:27:43.240><c> God</c><00:27:43.500><c> hath</c><00:27:43.660><c> not</c><00:27:43.859><c> appointed</c><00:27:44.240><c> us</c><00:27:44.619><c> to</c><00:27:44.900><c> wrath,</c><00:27:46.299><c> but</c><00:27:46.400><c> to</c><00:27:46.619><c> obtain</c>

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:52.099
salvation<00:27:48.059><c> by</c><00:27:48.859><c> our</c><00:27:49.140><c> Lord</c><00:27:49.420><c> Jesus</c><00:27:49.940><c> Christ,</c><00:27:50.660><c> who</c><00:27:50.839><c> died</c><00:27:51.200><c> for</c><00:27:51.420><c> us.</c>

00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:56.500
That<00:27:52.359><c> whether</c><00:27:52.559><c> we</c><00:27:52.839><c> wake</c><00:27:53.059><c> or</c><00:27:53.420><c> sleep,</c><00:27:54.039><c> we</c><00:27:54.099><c> should</c><00:27:54.299><c> live</c><00:27:54.559><c> together</c><00:27:55.000><c> with</c><00:27:55.259><c> him.</c>

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Now,<00:27:57.720><c> I</c><00:27:57.779><c> think</c><00:27:57.920><c> we</c><00:27:58.059><c> can</c><00:27:58.240><c> see</c><00:27:58.400><c> that</c><00:27:58.519><c> there</c><00:27:58.660><c> are</c><00:27:58.819><c> two</c><00:27:59.039><c> ways</c><00:27:59.519><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:59.960><c> can</c><00:28:00.180><c> go.</c>

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This,<00:28:02.140><c> Paul</c><00:28:02.240><c> is</c><00:28:02.500><c> writing</c><00:28:02.700><c> to</c><00:28:03.000><c> our</c><00:28:03.279><c> brethren</c><00:28:03.619><c> and</c><00:28:03.859><c> our</c><00:28:04.140><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:28:05.119><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:28:05.779><c> so</c><00:28:05.920><c> it</c><00:28:06.240><c> applies</c><00:28:06.460><c> to</c><00:28:06.660><c> us</c><00:28:06.859><c> as</c><00:28:07.079><c> well.</c>

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The<00:28:08.319><c> ways,</c><00:28:08.740><c> of</c><00:28:08.740><c> course,</c><00:28:09.099><c> brethren</c><00:28:09.380><c> and</c><00:28:09.559><c> sisters,</c><00:28:09.799><c> are</c><00:28:09.920><c> well</c>

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:13.420
illustrated<00:28:10.720><c> in</c><00:28:11.200><c> the</c><00:28:11.339><c> words</c><00:28:11.480><c> of</c><00:28:11.640><c> the</c><00:28:11.720><c> Lord</c><00:28:11.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:12.319><c> aren't</c><00:28:12.599><c> they?</c>

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Not<00:28:13.720><c> my</c><00:28:14.119><c> will,</c><00:28:14.420><c> but</c><00:28:14.579><c> thine</c><00:28:14.859><c> be</c><00:28:15.099><c> done.</c>

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There<00:28:15.980><c> is</c><00:28:16.220><c> my</c><00:28:16.519><c> will.</c><00:28:17.299><c> It's</c><00:28:17.640><c> the</c><00:28:17.759><c> way</c><00:28:17.900><c> of</c><00:28:18.180><c> death.</c>

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:22.599
There<00:28:19.640><c> is</c><00:28:19.900><c> the</c><00:28:20.099><c> will</c><00:28:20.220><c> of</c><00:28:20.440><c> God,</c><00:28:20.779><c> the</c><00:28:20.880><c> will</c><00:28:21.019><c> of</c><00:28:21.200><c> the</c><00:28:21.440><c> Father,</c><00:28:22.299><c> which</c><00:28:22.400><c> is</c>

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the<00:28:22.700><c> way</c><00:28:22.859><c> of</c><00:28:23.099><c> life.</c>

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It's<00:28:24.339><c> very</c><00:28:24.640><c> clearly</c><00:28:24.900><c> outlined</c><00:28:25.339><c> to</c><00:28:25.539><c> us</c><00:28:25.740><c> here.</c>

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:29.440
We<00:28:26.559><c> see</c><00:28:26.759><c> the</c><00:28:27.119><c> elements</c><00:28:27.460><c> of</c><00:28:28.059><c> my</c><00:28:28.519><c> will.</c>

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:33.420
We<00:28:30.259><c> see</c><00:28:30.480><c> the</c><00:28:30.819><c> elements</c><00:28:31.119><c> of</c><00:28:31.680><c> that</c><00:28:32.019><c> way</c><00:28:32.259><c> that</c><00:28:32.519><c> leads</c><00:28:32.759><c> to</c><00:28:33.119><c> death</c>

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or<00:28:33.640><c> destruction,</c><00:28:34.299><c> as</c><00:28:34.480><c> he</c><00:28:34.740><c> says</c><00:28:34.859><c> here</c><00:28:35.200><c> in</c><00:28:35.539><c> the</c><00:28:35.680><c> Thessalonian</c>

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letter<00:28:36.519><c> in</c><00:28:36.720><c> this</c><00:28:36.940><c> chapter.</c>

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It's<00:28:38.539><c> the</c><00:28:38.740><c> peace</c><00:28:38.940><c> and</c><00:28:39.200><c> safety</c><00:28:39.539><c> idea.</c>

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:43.220
Now,<00:28:41.859><c> we</c><00:28:41.940><c> can</c><00:28:42.099><c> take</c><00:28:42.339><c> hold</c><00:28:42.480><c> of</c><00:28:42.640><c> that</c><00:28:42.799><c> as</c><00:28:43.019><c> well.</c>

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:45.240
We<00:28:43.339><c> can</c><00:28:43.500><c> be</c><00:28:43.880><c> lulled</c><00:28:44.200><c> by</c><00:28:44.440><c> these</c><00:28:44.779><c> things.</c>

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:48.819
We<00:28:45.940><c> can</c><00:28:46.220><c> sit</c><00:28:46.420><c> back</c><00:28:46.700><c> and</c><00:28:46.759><c> say</c><00:28:46.880><c> it's</c><00:28:47.059><c> a</c><00:28:47.180><c> good</c><00:28:47.339><c> time</c><00:28:47.619><c> to</c><00:28:47.859><c> relax.</c>

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But<00:28:49.339><c> if</c><00:28:49.500><c> we</c><00:28:49.720><c> carry</c><00:28:49.960><c> this</c><00:28:50.240><c> on,</c><00:28:50.880><c> we</c><00:28:51.000><c> see</c><00:28:51.200><c> that</c><00:28:51.380><c> it</c><00:28:51.460><c> has</c><00:28:51.700><c> to</c><00:28:51.839><c> do</c><00:28:51.940><c> with</c><00:28:52.099><c> sudden</c><00:28:52.400><c> destruction,</c><00:28:53.160><c> doesn't</c><00:28:53.319><c> it?</c>

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It<00:28:54.819><c> involves</c><00:28:55.400><c> walking</c><00:28:55.859><c> in</c><00:28:56.240><c> darkness.</c>

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There's<00:28:56.980><c> no</c><00:28:57.240><c> connection</c><00:28:57.740><c> with</c><00:28:58.279><c> the</c><00:28:58.559><c> light</c><00:28:58.720><c> of</c><00:28:58.880><c> God's</c><00:28:59.400><c> truth</c>

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dwelling<00:29:00.039><c> in</c><00:29:00.359><c> us</c><00:29:00.680><c> and</c><00:29:01.059><c> motivating</c><00:29:01.619><c> us</c><00:29:01.880><c> and</c><00:29:02.140><c> directing</c><00:29:02.460><c> us</c><00:29:02.779><c> and</c>

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shining<00:29:03.660><c> forth</c><00:29:04.119><c> from</c><00:29:04.339><c> our</c><00:29:04.579><c> lives.</c>

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It's<00:29:05.740><c> darkness.</c><00:29:06.819><c> It's</c><00:29:07.079><c> of</c><00:29:07.240><c> the</c><00:29:07.440><c> night.</c>

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:10.380
It<00:29:08.720><c> has</c><00:29:08.940><c> to</c><00:29:09.079><c> do</c><00:29:09.160><c> with</c><00:29:09.480><c> sleep.</c>

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It<00:29:10.960><c> has</c><00:29:11.220><c> to</c><00:29:11.380><c> do</c><00:29:11.480><c> with</c><00:29:11.619><c> the</c><00:29:12.099><c> drunken</c><00:29:12.740><c> stupor</c><00:29:14.079><c> of</c><00:29:14.640><c> one</c><00:29:14.880><c> whose</c><00:29:15.180><c> mind</c><00:29:15.519><c> is</c>

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muddled<00:29:16.500><c> and</c><00:29:16.599><c> they</c><00:29:16.740><c> don't</c><00:29:16.940><c> have</c><00:29:17.140><c> a</c><00:29:17.380><c> clear</c><00:29:17.619><c> thought</c><00:29:17.960><c> and</c><00:29:18.140><c> a</c>

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clear<00:29:18.500><c> direction.</c>

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And<00:29:20.740><c> as</c><00:29:21.059><c> such,</c><00:29:22.140><c> as</c><00:29:22.319><c> such,</c><00:29:22.940><c> brethren</c><00:29:22.960><c> and</c><00:29:23.180><c> sisters,</c><00:29:23.779><c> it's</c><00:29:24.099><c> appointed</c><00:29:24.599><c> to</c><00:29:25.339><c> wrath.</c>

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There<00:29:26.759><c> is</c><00:29:27.039><c> no</c><00:29:27.400><c> life</c><00:29:27.720><c> in</c><00:29:27.940><c> this</c><00:29:28.200><c> way.</c>

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It's<00:29:29.440><c> a</c><00:29:29.539><c> way</c><00:29:29.660><c> of</c><00:29:29.960><c> death.</c>

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But<00:29:31.259><c> the</c><00:29:31.519><c> elements</c><00:29:31.880><c> there</c><00:29:32.180><c> are</c><00:29:32.480><c> things</c><00:29:32.740><c> that</c><00:29:32.880><c> we</c><00:29:33.000><c> can</c><00:29:33.220><c> take</c><00:29:33.519><c> hold</c><00:29:33.779><c> of</c>

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and<00:29:34.180><c> things</c><00:29:34.380><c> that</c><00:29:34.559><c> we</c><00:29:34.700><c> can</c><00:29:34.900><c> do</c><00:29:35.160><c> in</c><00:29:35.500><c> our</c><00:29:35.720><c> lives.</c>

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:40.640
Now,<00:29:38.440><c> look</c><00:29:38.640><c> at</c><00:29:38.779><c> the</c><00:29:38.859><c> other</c><00:29:39.119><c> side</c><00:29:39.299><c> of</c><00:29:39.440><c> the</c><00:29:39.579><c> picture.</c>

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But<00:29:40.819><c> there</c><00:29:41.000><c> are</c><00:29:41.339><c> those,</c><00:29:42.859><c> by</c><00:29:43.200><c> the</c><00:29:43.420><c> grace</c><00:29:43.619><c> of</c><00:29:43.839><c> God,</c><00:29:44.140><c> my</c><00:29:44.279><c> dear</c><00:29:44.440><c> brethren</c><00:29:44.720><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:29:45.180><c> we</c><00:29:45.380><c> are</c><00:29:45.920><c> in</c><00:29:46.400><c> this</c><00:29:46.799><c> category,</c><00:29:47.480><c> aren't</c><00:29:47.660><c> we?</c>

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There<00:29:50.160><c> are</c><00:29:50.440><c> those</c><00:29:50.700><c> who</c><00:29:50.819><c> will</c><00:29:51.059><c> follow</c><00:29:51.200><c> a</c><00:29:51.359><c> way</c><00:29:51.480><c> of</c><00:29:51.720><c> life.</c>

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There<00:29:53.259><c> are</c><00:29:53.559><c> those</c><00:29:53.839><c> who</c><00:29:54.039><c> will</c><00:29:54.460><c> know</c><00:29:54.880><c> perfectly</c><00:29:55.420><c> because</c><00:29:55.779><c> they</c>

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diligently<00:29:56.579><c> search</c><00:29:57.019><c> out</c><00:29:57.279><c> this</c><00:29:57.559><c> word</c><00:29:57.799><c> to</c><00:29:58.220><c> understand</c><00:29:58.740><c> the</c><00:29:59.000><c> principles</c><00:29:59.420><c> and</c>

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:03.200
the<00:29:59.779><c> purpose</c><00:29:59.980><c> of</c><00:30:00.279><c> God</c><00:30:00.619><c> and</c><00:30:01.099><c> conform</c><00:30:01.700><c> their</c><00:30:01.980><c> lives</c><00:30:02.359><c> to</c><00:30:02.559><c> these</c><00:30:02.839><c> things.</c>

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This<00:30:03.859><c> is</c><00:30:04.079><c> our</c><00:30:04.240><c> desire.</c>

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They<00:30:05.619><c> won't</c><00:30:05.880><c> be</c><00:30:06.099><c> overtaken,</c><00:30:06.559><c> he</c><00:30:06.720><c> says.</c>

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They<00:30:07.500><c> will</c><00:30:07.799><c> not</c><00:30:08.019><c> be</c><00:30:08.259><c> overtaken</c><00:30:08.920><c> because</c><00:30:10.000><c> the</c><00:30:10.259><c> light</c><00:30:10.460><c> of</c><00:30:10.619><c> God's</c>

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truth<00:30:11.319><c> is</c><00:30:11.839><c> enlightening</c><00:30:12.559><c> and</c><00:30:12.819><c> shining.</c>

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As<00:30:14.339><c> Brother</c><00:30:14.599><c> John</c><00:30:14.839><c> pointed</c><00:30:15.119><c> out</c><00:30:15.519><c> the</c><00:30:15.680><c> other</c><00:30:15.880><c> night,</c><00:30:16.259><c> the</c><00:30:16.500><c> word</c>

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is<00:30:17.019><c> the</c><00:30:17.339><c> enlightener.</c>

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This<00:30:19.359><c> is</c><00:30:19.500><c> what</c><00:30:19.640><c> the</c><00:30:19.819><c> word</c><00:30:19.960><c> of</c><00:30:20.119><c> God</c><00:30:20.359><c> is</c><00:30:20.579><c> to</c><00:30:20.720><c> us.</c>

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We're<00:30:22.059><c> of</c><00:30:22.220><c> the</c><00:30:22.460><c> day.</c>

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We're<00:30:24.480><c> watchful.</c>

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We're<00:30:26.039><c> sober.</c><00:30:26.680><c> Our</c><00:30:26.759><c> minds</c><00:30:27.059><c> are</c><00:30:27.480><c> clear.</c>

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:30.380
We're<00:30:27.900><c> able</c><00:30:28.079><c> to</c><00:30:28.440><c> think</c><00:30:28.619><c> on</c><00:30:28.880><c> these</c><00:30:29.240><c> things</c><00:30:29.460><c> and</c><00:30:29.660><c> to</c><00:30:29.900><c> direct</c><00:30:30.079><c> our</c>

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lives<00:30:30.640><c> accordingly.</c>

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And<00:30:32.119><c> as</c><00:30:32.500><c> such,</c><00:30:33.900><c> the</c><00:30:34.019><c> Apostle</c><00:30:34.420><c> Paul</c><00:30:34.700><c> says</c><00:30:35.160><c> we</c><00:30:35.839><c> ought</c><00:30:36.059><c> to</c><00:30:36.220><c> obtain</c><00:30:37.119><c> salvation.</c>

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There<00:30:41.359><c> are</c><00:30:41.500><c> the</c><00:30:41.619><c> two</c><00:30:41.759><c> directions,</c><00:30:42.220><c> brethren</c><00:30:42.539><c> and</c><00:30:42.759><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:47.180
well<00:30:43.799><c> laid</c><00:30:44.000><c> out</c><00:30:44.220><c> in</c><00:30:44.400><c> this</c><00:30:45.079><c> first</c><00:30:45.359><c> letter</c><00:30:45.559><c> in</c><00:30:45.720><c> the</c><00:30:45.839><c> fifth</c><00:30:46.019><c> chapter,</c><00:30:46.900><c> well</c>

00:30:47.180 --> 00:30:49.539
defined<00:30:47.640><c> for</c><00:30:47.920><c> us</c><00:30:48.160><c> two</c><00:30:48.420><c> ways.</c>

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:57.420
And<00:30:52.579><c> he</c><00:30:52.700><c> tells</c><00:30:52.940><c> us</c><00:30:53.880><c> that</c><00:30:55.579><c> there's</c><00:30:55.759><c> a</c><00:30:55.980><c> battle</c><00:30:56.220><c> involved.</c>

00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:00.299
This<00:30:58.759><c> is</c><00:30:58.980><c> going</c><00:30:59.099><c> to</c><00:30:59.420><c> involve</c><00:30:59.640><c> a</c><00:30:59.920><c> battle.</c>

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:04.500
This<00:31:01.299><c> business</c><00:31:01.680><c> of</c><00:31:01.960><c> watching</c><00:31:02.400><c> and</c><00:31:03.480><c> being</c><00:31:03.799><c> sober.</c>

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:06.259
Children<00:31:05.140><c> of</c><00:31:05.400><c> light.</c>

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The<00:31:06.720><c> clothing</c><00:31:07.059><c> that</c><00:31:07.240><c> we</c><00:31:07.420><c> take</c><00:31:07.680><c> on</c><00:31:07.900><c> is</c><00:31:08.160><c> clothing</c><00:31:08.519><c> that</c><00:31:08.720><c> is</c><00:31:09.000><c> suitable</c><00:31:09.339><c> for</c>

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military<00:31:10.819><c> service</c><00:31:11.759><c> in</c><00:31:12.720><c> the</c><00:31:12.960><c> service</c><00:31:13.119><c> of</c><00:31:13.279><c> the</c><00:31:13.420><c> Master.</c>

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:16.279
It's<00:31:14.859><c> a</c><00:31:14.980><c> suit</c><00:31:15.079><c> of</c><00:31:15.339><c> armor,</c><00:31:15.579><c> isn't</c><00:31:15.759><c> it?</c>

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:19.960
We<00:31:16.920><c> know</c><00:31:17.099><c> this</c><00:31:17.259><c> is</c><00:31:17.440><c> a</c><00:31:17.500><c> very</c><00:31:17.799><c> familiar</c><00:31:18.079><c> metaphor</c><00:31:18.559><c> to</c><00:31:18.779><c> us</c><00:31:18.960><c> in</c><00:31:19.180><c> Scripture.</c>

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We've<00:31:20.119><c> no</c><00:31:20.279><c> doubt</c><00:31:20.500><c> seen</c><00:31:20.740><c> this</c><00:31:21.200><c> opened</c><00:31:21.460><c> out</c><00:31:21.640><c> many</c><00:31:21.960><c> times</c><00:31:22.220><c> and</c><00:31:22.299><c> we're</c><00:31:22.440><c> not</c><00:31:22.579><c> going</c><00:31:22.720><c> to</c>

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:25.500
spend<00:31:23.119><c> time</c><00:31:23.660><c> in</c><00:31:24.400><c> this</c><00:31:24.660><c> area.</c>

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:28.480
It's<00:31:26.640><c> used</c><00:31:26.819><c> in</c><00:31:27.059><c> many</c><00:31:27.299><c> places.</c>

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:32.039
Romans,<00:31:29.220><c> Corinthians,</c><00:31:29.779><c> you're</c><00:31:30.019><c> very</c><00:31:30.319><c> familiar</c><00:31:30.640><c> with</c><00:31:30.799><c> Ephesians</c><00:31:31.319><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.660><c> six,</c>

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:33.359
the<00:31:32.240><c> whole</c><00:31:32.559><c> armor</c><00:31:32.779><c> of</c><00:31:33.000><c> God.</c>

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:41.259
So<00:31:34.000><c> we're</c><00:31:34.059><c> not</c><00:31:34.180><c> going</c><00:31:34.319><c> to</c><00:31:34.640><c> go</c><00:31:34.759><c> into</c><00:31:34.900><c> this</c><00:31:35.059><c> at</c><00:31:35.200><c> this</c><00:31:35.420><c> point</c><00:31:35.579><c> in</c><00:31:35.839><c> time,</c><00:31:36.000><c> other</c><00:31:36.200><c> than</c><00:31:36.339><c> to</c><00:31:36.640><c> say</c><00:31:37.119><c> that</c><00:31:37.859><c> our</c><00:31:38.079><c> life</c><00:31:38.279><c> in</c><00:31:38.460><c> the</c><00:31:38.720><c> truth</c><00:31:38.859><c> is</c><00:31:39.220><c> depicted</c><00:31:39.579><c> as</c><00:31:39.940><c> a</c><00:31:40.259><c> warfare.</c>

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.799
The<00:31:43.200><c> Apostle</c><00:31:43.559><c> Paul</c><00:31:43.880><c> speaks</c><00:31:44.180><c> about</c><00:31:44.460><c> it</c><00:31:44.559><c> as</c><00:31:44.720><c> a</c><00:31:44.980><c> warfare</c><00:31:45.359><c> in</c><00:31:45.599><c> his</c><00:31:45.859><c> members.</c>

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:49.779
You<00:31:47.539><c> know,</c><00:31:47.720><c> that</c><00:31:47.859><c> very</c><00:31:48.160><c> familiar</c><00:31:48.480><c> area</c><00:31:48.819><c> in</c><00:31:49.019><c> Romans</c><00:31:49.319><c> where</c><00:31:49.539><c> he</c>

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:53.259
speaks<00:31:49.960><c> about</c><00:31:50.539><c> when</c><00:31:51.039><c> I</c><00:31:51.299><c> would</c><00:31:51.420><c> do</c><00:31:51.720><c> good,</c><00:31:52.539><c> evil</c><00:31:52.720><c> is</c><00:31:53.059><c> present</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.779
with<00:31:53.559><c> me.</c>

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.859
The<00:31:54.319><c> warfare</c><00:31:54.779><c> is</c><00:31:55.019><c> being</c><00:31:55.339><c> waged.</c>

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:59.299
But<00:31:56.200><c> let</c><00:31:56.380><c> me</c><00:31:56.460><c> just</c><00:31:56.680><c> tell</c><00:31:56.799><c> you,</c><00:31:57.039><c> brethren</c><00:31:57.160><c> and</c><00:31:57.359><c> sisters,</c><00:31:57.559><c> if</c><00:31:57.700><c> you</c><00:31:57.819><c> don't</c><00:31:58.160><c> feel</c><00:31:58.460><c> that</c><00:31:58.720><c> warfare</c><00:31:59.099><c> in</c>

00:31:59.299 --> 00:32:00.519
your<00:31:59.480><c> members,</c>

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:04.599
this<00:32:01.559><c> warfare</c><00:32:02.000><c> in</c><00:32:02.720><c> your</c><00:32:02.900><c> life</c><00:32:03.240><c> in</c><00:32:03.380><c> the</c><00:32:03.619><c> truth,</c><00:32:03.839><c> in</c><00:32:03.960><c> the</c><00:32:04.119><c> direction</c><00:32:04.440><c> of</c>

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.259
your<00:32:04.779><c> life,</c>

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:09.859
if<00:32:05.960><c> there's</c><00:32:06.140><c> no</c><00:32:06.380><c> battle</c><00:32:06.720><c> being</c><00:32:07.079><c> fought,</c><00:32:09.319><c> then</c><00:32:09.460><c> there</c><00:32:09.599><c> is</c><00:32:09.720><c> no</c>

00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:11.619
victory<00:32:10.259><c> to</c><00:32:10.460><c> be</c><00:32:10.680><c> won.</c>

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:17.480
There<00:32:12.440><c> will</c><00:32:12.619><c> be</c><00:32:12.859><c> no</c><00:32:13.440><c> saying,</c><00:32:13.839><c> as</c><00:32:14.039><c> the</c><00:32:14.220><c> Apostle</c><00:32:14.619><c> Paul</c><00:32:14.920><c> so</c><00:32:16.119><c> beautifully</c><00:32:16.619><c> expresses</c><00:32:17.119><c> it</c><00:32:17.299><c> to</c>

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.000
the<00:32:17.660><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:21.000
because<00:32:18.220><c> thanks</c><00:32:18.640><c> be</c><00:32:18.880><c> to</c><00:32:19.079><c> God</c><00:32:19.359><c> who</c><00:32:19.680><c> giveth</c><00:32:19.900><c> us</c><00:32:20.160><c> the</c><00:32:20.380><c> victory</c>

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through<00:32:22.059><c> our</c><00:32:22.299><c> Lord</c><00:32:22.500><c> Jesus</c><00:32:22.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:28.920
Without<00:32:23.940><c> the</c><00:32:24.220><c> battle,</c><00:32:25.900><c> without</c><00:32:26.180><c> the</c><00:32:26.480><c> warfare,</c><00:32:28.099><c> there</c><00:32:28.759><c> will</c>

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:30.259
be<00:32:29.099><c> no</c><00:32:29.259><c> victory.</c>

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So<00:32:31.880><c> these</c><00:32:32.000><c> are</c><00:32:32.160><c> very</c><00:32:32.660><c> serious</c><00:32:33.519><c> lessons</c><00:32:34.140><c> that</c><00:32:34.519><c> are</c><00:32:34.700><c> coming</c><00:32:34.880><c> to</c>

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.619
our<00:32:35.259><c> brethren</c><00:32:35.500><c> here</c><00:32:35.759><c> in</c><00:32:35.920><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:41.299
Very<00:32:37.460><c> serious</c><00:32:38.359><c> lessons</c><00:32:38.779><c> about</c><00:32:39.099><c> life,</c><00:32:40.380><c> practical</c><00:32:40.759><c> things,</c><00:32:41.299><c> we</c>

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:42.299
hope,<00:32:41.680><c> brethren</c><00:32:41.819><c> and</c><00:32:42.019><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:46.019
This<00:32:42.740><c> is</c><00:32:42.960><c> all</c><00:32:43.059><c> we've</c><00:32:43.319><c> tried</c><00:32:43.500><c> to</c><00:32:43.680><c> do</c><00:32:43.839><c> this</c><00:32:44.140><c> week</c><00:32:44.480><c> is</c><00:32:45.039><c> to</c><00:32:45.740><c> give</c>

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.420
you<00:32:46.200><c> some</c><00:32:46.460><c> practical</c><00:32:47.019><c> stuff</c>

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:51.339
that<00:32:47.799><c> hopefully</c><00:32:48.259><c> you</c><00:32:48.440><c> can</c><00:32:48.680><c> take</c><00:32:48.920><c> hold</c><00:32:49.119><c> of</c><00:32:49.420><c> and</c><00:32:50.000><c> apply</c><00:32:50.460><c> and</c><00:32:50.759><c> use</c>

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.599
day<00:32:51.839><c> in</c><00:32:52.079><c> and</c><00:32:52.180><c> day</c><00:32:52.400><c> out</c>

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:58.359
as<00:32:52.920><c> we</c><00:32:53.680><c> wait</c><00:32:53.880><c> up</c><00:32:54.740><c> for</c><00:32:55.339><c> the</c><00:32:55.480><c> Lord</c><00:32:55.660><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:57.319><c> because</c><00:32:57.579><c> this</c><00:32:57.740><c> we</c><00:32:57.940><c> plan</c><00:32:58.119><c> to</c>

00:32:58.359 --> 00:32:59.700
do,<00:32:58.500><c> don't</c><00:32:58.740><c> we?</c>

00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:03.579
Behind<00:33:00.180><c> it</c><00:33:00.440><c> all,</c><00:33:00.740><c> behind</c><00:33:01.000><c> all</c><00:33:01.359><c> these</c><00:33:01.880><c> words</c><00:33:02.279><c> about</c><00:33:02.619><c> the</c><00:33:03.299><c> armor</c>

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:05.359
that<00:33:04.380><c> he's</c><00:33:04.579><c> talking</c><00:33:04.859><c> about</c><00:33:05.119><c> here,</c>

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:08.259
this<00:33:05.660><c> armament</c><00:33:06.019><c> that</c><00:33:06.200><c> we're</c><00:33:06.279><c> to</c><00:33:06.460><c> put</c><00:33:06.599><c> on,</c><00:33:07.759><c> are</c><00:33:07.859><c> the</c><00:33:08.019><c> words</c>

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.819
drawn<00:33:08.559><c> from</c><00:33:08.779><c> Isaiah,</c>

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where<00:33:10.740><c> he</c><00:33:10.819><c> says</c><00:33:11.019><c> of</c><00:33:11.220><c> the</c><00:33:11.359><c> Lord</c><00:33:11.559><c> that</c><00:33:11.720><c> he</c><00:33:11.880><c> put</c><00:33:12.059><c> on</c><00:33:12.420><c> righteousness</c><00:33:12.880><c> as</c><00:33:13.259><c> a</c><00:33:13.480><c> breastplate</c>

00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:19.579
and<00:33:15.039><c> a</c><00:33:15.420><c> helmet</c><00:33:15.619><c> of</c><00:33:15.940><c> salvation</c><00:33:16.519><c> upon</c><00:33:16.880><c> his</c><00:33:17.200><c> head.</c><00:33:18.019><c> That's</c><00:33:18.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:18.559><c> 59</c><00:33:19.059><c> and</c><00:33:19.319><c> 7.</c>

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The<00:33:20.019><c> example</c><00:33:20.319><c> for</c><00:33:20.519><c> us</c><00:33:20.819><c> here,</c><00:33:21.500><c> the</c><00:33:21.779><c> armor</c><00:33:21.980><c> for</c><00:33:22.200><c> us</c><00:33:22.519><c> here,</c><00:33:23.200><c> is</c>

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:28.140
faith,<00:33:25.380><c> love</c><00:33:25.980><c> and</c><00:33:27.160><c> hope.</c>

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:33.220
Just<00:33:28.940><c> as</c><00:33:29.140><c> we</c><00:33:29.339><c> began,</c><00:33:31.099><c> it</c><00:33:31.460><c> seems</c><00:33:31.579><c> so</c><00:33:31.859><c> long</c><00:33:32.039><c> ago</c><00:33:32.240><c> now,</c><00:33:32.480><c> on</c><00:33:32.779><c> Monday</c>

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:35.759
in<00:33:33.900><c> the</c><00:33:34.039><c> first</c><00:33:34.279><c> chapter</c><00:33:34.660><c> in</c><00:33:34.819><c> the</c><00:33:34.940><c> third</c><00:33:35.200><c> verse.</c>

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Faith,<00:33:36.819><c> love</c><00:33:37.359><c> and</c><00:33:37.819><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:33:41.819><c> so</c><00:33:41.940><c> he</c><00:33:42.019><c> goes</c><00:33:42.200><c> on,</c><00:33:45.079><c> in</c><00:33:45.259><c> verse</c><00:33:45.420><c> 9</c><00:33:45.680><c> and</c><00:33:45.839><c> 10,</c><00:33:49.500><c> we</c><00:33:49.700><c> read,</c>

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For<00:33:50.039><c> they</c><00:33:50.339><c> that</c><00:33:50.680><c> sleep,</c><00:33:51.220><c> sleep</c><00:33:51.339><c> in</c><00:33:51.500><c> the</c><00:33:51.640><c> night,</c><00:33:52.900><c> and</c><00:33:53.079><c> they</c><00:33:53.339><c> that</c><00:33:53.500><c> be</c>

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.059
drunken<00:33:54.019><c> are</c><00:33:54.279><c> drunken</c><00:33:54.539><c> in</c><00:33:54.740><c> the</c><00:33:54.880><c> night.</c>

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But<00:33:55.240><c> let</c><00:33:55.460><c> us,</c><00:33:56.319><c> who</c><00:33:56.500><c> are</c><00:33:56.579><c> of</c><00:33:56.740><c> the</c><00:33:56.980><c> day,</c><00:33:57.299><c> be</c><00:33:57.500><c> sober,</c><00:33:58.700><c> putting</c><00:33:58.900><c> on</c>

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the<00:33:59.400><c> breastplate</c><00:33:59.839><c> of</c><00:34:00.039><c> faith</c><00:34:00.339><c> and</c><00:34:00.599><c> love,</c>

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and<00:34:00.900><c> for</c><00:34:01.059><c> a</c><00:34:01.279><c> helmet,</c><00:34:02.180><c> the</c><00:34:02.319><c> hope</c><00:34:02.500><c> of</c><00:34:02.819><c> salvation,</c><00:34:04.059><c> for</c><00:34:04.799><c> God</c><00:34:05.519><c> hath</c>

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not<00:34:06.140><c> appointed</c><00:34:06.619><c> us</c><00:34:07.019><c> to</c><00:34:07.319><c> wrath,</c>

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that's<00:34:08.219><c> verse</c><00:34:08.460><c> 9,</c><00:34:09.159><c> but</c><00:34:09.280><c> to</c><00:34:09.539><c> obtain</c><00:34:10.219><c> salvation</c><00:34:11.219><c> by</c><00:34:12.440><c> our</c><00:34:12.679><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:34:13.380><c> Christ,</c><00:34:14.019><c> who</c><00:34:14.219><c> died</c><00:34:14.599><c> for</c><00:34:14.880><c> us,</c>

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that<00:34:16.519><c> whether</c><00:34:16.679><c> we</c><00:34:16.960><c> wake</c><00:34:17.159><c> or</c><00:34:17.480><c> sleep,</c><00:34:18.539><c> we</c><00:34:18.760><c> should</c><00:34:18.960><c> live</c><00:34:19.199><c> together</c><00:34:19.599><c> with</c><00:34:19.820><c> him.</c>

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.960
That<00:34:22.719><c> tells</c><00:34:22.980><c> us</c><00:34:23.159><c> what</c><00:34:23.340><c> God</c><00:34:23.679><c> willing</c><00:34:24.019><c> means,</c><00:34:24.599><c> brethren</c><00:34:24.719><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:34:25.239><c> doesn't</c><00:34:25.559><c> it?</c>

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And<00:34:27.960><c> like</c><00:34:28.119><c> Brother</c><00:34:28.360><c> Peter,</c><00:34:28.719><c> I</c><00:34:28.840><c> think</c><00:34:28.960><c> he</c><00:34:29.119><c> just</c><00:34:29.280><c> mentioned</c><00:34:29.539><c> this</c><00:34:29.780><c> in</c>

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:31.840
the<00:34:30.079><c> question</c><00:34:30.360><c> period</c><00:34:30.699><c> during</c><00:34:30.960><c> the</c><00:34:31.119><c> course</c><00:34:31.300><c> of</c><00:34:31.500><c> the</c><00:34:31.579><c> week,</c>

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I<00:34:32.159><c> feel</c><00:34:32.440><c> the</c><00:34:32.639><c> same</c><00:34:32.860><c> way,</c><00:34:33.340><c> very,</c><00:34:33.920><c> very</c><00:34:34.300><c> uncomfortable</c><00:34:34.900><c> when</c><00:34:36.539><c> we</c>

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pray<00:34:37.539><c> for</c><00:34:37.880><c> a</c><00:34:38.119><c> place</c><00:34:38.360><c> in</c><00:34:38.539><c> the</c><00:34:38.739><c> kingdom</c><00:34:38.980><c> of</c><00:34:39.280><c> God,</c>

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:46.599
and<00:34:40.960><c> we</c><00:34:41.199><c> say</c><00:34:41.320><c> God</c><00:34:41.619><c> willing.</c><00:34:43.880><c> That</c><00:34:44.239><c> is</c><00:34:44.659><c> God's</c><00:34:45.119><c> will</c><00:34:45.239><c> for</c><00:34:45.500><c> us.</c>

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:50.519
We<00:34:47.539><c> have</c><00:34:47.699><c> an</c><00:34:48.019><c> appointment</c><00:34:48.539><c> with</c><00:34:49.219><c> the</c><00:34:49.380><c> Lord</c><00:34:49.579><c> Jesus</c><00:34:50.000><c> Christ</c><00:34:50.300><c> to</c>

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live<00:34:50.760><c> forever,</c><00:34:51.360><c> brethren</c><00:34:51.500><c> and</c><00:34:51.719><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:54.480
This<00:34:52.139><c> is</c><00:34:52.280><c> what</c><00:34:52.420><c> our</c><00:34:52.980><c> brother</c><00:34:53.199><c> Paul</c><00:34:53.480><c> is</c><00:34:53.739><c> telling</c><00:34:53.900><c> us</c><00:34:54.179><c> here.</c>

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:58.679
This<00:34:55.159><c> is</c><00:34:55.400><c> God's</c><00:34:55.880><c> will,</c><00:34:57.340><c> that</c><00:34:57.500><c> none</c><00:34:57.739><c> should</c><00:34:57.980><c> perish,</c><00:34:58.400><c> but</c><00:34:58.519><c> that</c>

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:00.460
all<00:34:58.840><c> should</c><00:34:59.019><c> come</c><00:34:59.199><c> to</c><00:34:59.420><c> repentance.</c>

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:05.099
He's<00:35:01.739><c> willing</c><00:35:01.920><c> that</c><00:35:02.400><c> all</c><00:35:02.719><c> should</c><00:35:02.920><c> be</c><00:35:03.179><c> saved.</c><00:35:04.260><c> It's</c><00:35:04.599><c> our</c><00:35:04.900><c> will</c>

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:06.920
that<00:35:05.340><c> keeps</c><00:35:05.539><c> us</c><00:35:05.840><c> out.</c>

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:12.619
And<00:35:09.500><c> it</c><00:35:09.500><c> tells</c><00:35:09.699><c> us</c><00:35:09.860><c> what</c><00:35:10.019><c> God</c><00:35:10.519><c> willing</c><00:35:10.780><c> is</c><00:35:11.000><c> all</c><00:35:11.219><c> about,</c><00:35:11.559><c> doesn't</c><00:35:11.760><c> it?</c>

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:15.300
An<00:35:12.920><c> appointment</c><00:35:13.320><c> to</c><00:35:13.619><c> live</c><00:35:13.880><c> with</c><00:35:14.199><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:19.519
Are<00:35:17.039><c> we</c><00:35:17.179><c> going</c><00:35:17.300><c> to</c><00:35:17.500><c> break</c><00:35:17.639><c> that</c><00:35:17.860><c> appointment,</c><00:35:18.380><c> brethren</c><00:35:18.539><c> and</c><00:35:18.739><c> sisters?</c>

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:25.500
Is<00:35:21.980><c> that</c><00:35:22.320><c> appointment</c><00:35:23.280><c> the</c><00:35:23.460><c> most</c><00:35:23.860><c> important</c><00:35:24.699><c> appointment</c><00:35:25.280><c> that</c><00:35:25.420><c> we</c>

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:28.260
could<00:35:25.780><c> possibly</c><00:35:26.199><c> imagine</c><00:35:26.719><c> for</c><00:35:26.960><c> our</c><00:35:27.179><c> lives?</c>

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:32.000
Are<00:35:30.340><c> we</c><00:35:30.420><c> going</c><00:35:30.519><c> to</c><00:35:30.679><c> keep</c><00:35:30.800><c> it?</c>

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:38.900
So<00:35:34.599><c> what</c><00:35:34.719><c> he's</c><00:35:34.860><c> speaking</c><00:35:35.119><c> about</c><00:35:35.380><c> here</c><00:35:35.599><c> in</c><00:35:35.760><c> verse</c><00:35:36.139><c> 9</c><00:35:36.420><c> and</c><00:35:36.599><c> 10</c><00:35:37.380><c> is</c>

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:40.500
atonement,<00:35:39.659><c> really,</c><00:35:39.880><c> isn't</c><00:35:40.039><c> it?</c>

00:35:40.780 --> 00:35:43.860
There's<00:35:40.980><c> not</c><00:35:41.099><c> much</c><00:35:41.440><c> said</c><00:35:41.639><c> about</c><00:35:41.940><c> this</c><00:35:42.199><c> in</c><00:35:42.900><c> the</c><00:35:43.079><c> letters</c><00:35:43.320><c> to</c>

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:47.019
the<00:35:44.000><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:35:45.000><c> but</c><00:35:45.559><c> it's</c><00:35:45.820><c> here.</c>

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:52.159
He's<00:35:47.599><c> talking</c><00:35:47.920><c> about</c><00:35:48.159><c> our</c><00:35:48.380><c> Lord</c><00:35:48.679><c> Jesus</c><00:35:49.219><c> Christ</c><00:35:49.599><c> who</c><00:35:50.059><c> died</c><00:35:50.460><c> for</c><00:35:50.699><c> us.</c>

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:57.300
Let<00:35:53.480><c> me</c><00:35:53.579><c> just</c><00:35:53.780><c> take</c><00:35:53.880><c> you</c><00:35:54.079><c> back</c><00:35:54.320><c> into</c><00:35:55.519><c> the</c><00:35:56.059><c> book</c><00:35:56.219><c> of</c><00:35:56.420><c> Romans.</c>

00:35:57.820 --> 00:36:00.860
Again,<00:35:58.139><c> there</c><00:35:58.280><c> is</c><00:35:58.519><c> such</c><00:35:58.719><c> a</c><00:35:59.079><c> parallel</c><00:35:59.400><c> that</c><00:35:59.780><c> it</c><00:36:00.099><c> bears</c><00:36:00.280><c> looking</c><00:36:00.639><c> at.</c>

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:04.059
I<00:36:01.000><c> think</c><00:36:01.099><c> it's</c><00:36:01.260><c> helpful</c><00:36:01.599><c> to</c><00:36:01.980><c> see</c><00:36:02.260><c> these</c><00:36:02.800><c> connections</c><00:36:03.340><c> in</c><00:36:03.539><c> the</c><00:36:03.760><c> scripture.</c>

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:06.800
They<00:36:04.760><c> tie</c><00:36:05.079><c> the</c><00:36:05.320><c> scripture</c><00:36:05.559><c> together</c><00:36:05.980><c> for</c><00:36:06.260><c> us.</c><00:36:06.400><c> They</c><00:36:06.539><c> make</c><00:36:06.639><c> it</c>

00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:08.079
come<00:36:07.000><c> alive.</c>

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:10.940
And<00:36:08.900><c> we</c><00:36:09.019><c> begin</c><00:36:09.119><c> to</c><00:36:09.360><c> see</c><00:36:09.460><c> that</c><00:36:09.599><c> this</c><00:36:09.780><c> isn't</c><00:36:10.000><c> just</c><00:36:10.300><c> one</c><00:36:10.619><c> place.</c>

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:14.119
We<00:36:11.159><c> don't</c><00:36:11.320><c> just</c><00:36:11.579><c> pick</c><00:36:11.780><c> and</c><00:36:12.059><c> choose</c><00:36:12.260><c> the</c><00:36:12.880><c> ideas</c><00:36:13.400><c> and</c><00:36:13.579><c> the</c><00:36:13.820><c> thoughts</c><00:36:13.980><c> that</c>

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:15.019
we<00:36:14.280><c> want</c><00:36:14.400><c> to</c><00:36:14.739><c> express</c>

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:18.619
and<00:36:15.420><c> come</c><00:36:15.699><c> up</c><00:36:15.880><c> with</c><00:36:16.059><c> some</c><00:36:16.340><c> great</c><00:36:16.900><c> doctrinal</c><00:36:17.519><c> concept.</c>

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:20.679
But<00:36:19.079><c> this</c><00:36:19.219><c> is</c><00:36:19.360><c> all</c><00:36:19.539><c> over</c><00:36:19.719><c> the</c><00:36:19.880><c> Word</c><00:36:19.980><c> of</c><00:36:20.139><c> God.</c>

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:23.639
And<00:36:21.219><c> we</c><00:36:21.420><c> draw</c><00:36:21.599><c> our</c><00:36:21.880><c> information</c><00:36:22.320><c> and</c><00:36:22.500><c> our</c><00:36:22.739><c> belief</c><00:36:22.980><c> from</c><00:36:23.239><c> all</c>

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.559
sorts<00:36:23.900><c> of</c><00:36:24.179><c> areas.</c>

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:28.360
But<00:36:25.099><c> in</c><00:36:25.460><c> Romans,</c><00:36:26.440><c> and</c><00:36:26.840><c> you'll</c><00:36:27.480><c> remember</c><00:36:27.699><c> these</c><00:36:27.980><c> words,</c><00:36:28.239><c> but</c>

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.579
just<00:36:28.900><c> when</c><00:36:29.019><c> we're</c><00:36:29.239><c> reading</c><00:36:29.420><c> them,</c>

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:33.280
just<00:36:29.760><c> think</c><00:36:29.940><c> about</c><00:36:30.119><c> what</c><00:36:30.280><c> you</c><00:36:30.579><c> just</c><00:36:30.739><c> read</c><00:36:30.960><c> in</c><00:36:32.159><c> the</c><00:36:32.320><c> Thessalonian</c><00:36:32.900><c> letter.</c>

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:39.780
Romans<00:36:33.940><c> chapter</c><00:36:34.380><c> five</c><00:36:35.599><c> and</c><00:36:37.860><c> at</c><00:36:38.079><c> verse</c><00:36:38.980><c> eight.</c>

00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:47.980
And<00:36:43.900><c> remember</c><00:36:44.099><c> now,</c><00:36:44.260><c> we've</c><00:36:44.440><c> been</c><00:36:44.599><c> talking</c><00:36:44.860><c> about</c><00:36:45.079><c> the</c><00:36:45.420><c> appointment</c><00:36:45.940><c> of</c><00:36:47.000><c> God.</c>

00:36:48.340 --> 00:36:54.380
He<00:36:48.579><c> hasn't</c><00:36:48.920><c> appointed</c><00:36:49.280><c> us</c><00:36:49.519><c> to</c><00:36:49.760><c> wrath,</c><00:36:50.019><c> but</c><00:36:50.199><c> to</c><00:36:50.460><c> obtain</c><00:36:51.159><c> salvation</c><00:36:52.219><c> by</c><00:36:53.219><c> Jesus</c><00:36:53.739><c> Christ</c><00:36:54.099><c> who</c>

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:56.280
died<00:36:54.679><c> for</c><00:36:54.940><c> us.</c>

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:59.980
And<00:36:56.659><c> so</c><00:36:56.780><c> at</c><00:36:56.880><c> the</c><00:36:57.019><c> eighth</c><00:36:57.199><c> verse</c><00:36:57.460><c> of</c><00:36:57.619><c> this</c><00:36:57.880><c> fifth</c><00:36:58.119><c> chapter,</c><00:36:59.659><c> we</c><00:36:59.780><c> read,</c>

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:05.659
God<00:37:00.440><c> commendeth</c><00:37:01.380><c> his</c><00:37:01.679><c> love</c><00:37:02.000><c> toward</c><00:37:02.480><c> us</c><00:37:03.519><c> in</c><00:37:04.119><c> that</c><00:37:04.960><c> while</c><00:37:05.480><c> we</c>

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:07.360
were<00:37:05.760><c> yet</c><00:37:06.119><c> sinners,</c>

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:13.739
Christ<00:37:07.940><c> died</c><00:37:08.500><c> for</c><00:37:08.780><c> us</c><00:37:09.940><c> much</c><00:37:11.000><c> more</c><00:37:11.400><c> than</c><00:37:11.960><c> being</c><00:37:12.699><c> now</c><00:37:13.099><c> justified</c>

00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.739
by<00:37:14.099><c> his</c><00:37:14.400><c> blood.</c>

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:19.920
We<00:37:15.219><c> shall</c><00:37:15.400><c> be</c><00:37:15.820><c> saved</c><00:37:16.280><c> from</c><00:37:16.820><c> wrath</c><00:37:17.679><c> through</c><00:37:18.760><c> him.</c>

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:23.159
It's<00:37:21.360><c> the</c><00:37:21.500><c> very</c><00:37:21.760><c> same</c><00:37:21.920><c> message</c><00:37:22.280><c> that</c><00:37:22.440><c> we</c><00:37:22.619><c> have</c><00:37:22.760><c> when</c><00:37:22.900><c> we</c><00:37:23.019><c> come</c>

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:25.159
to<00:37:23.360><c> the</c><00:37:23.719><c> Thessalonian</c><00:37:24.280><c> letter,</c><00:37:24.519><c> isn't</c><00:37:24.760><c> it?</c>

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:28.260
The<00:37:25.400><c> very</c><00:37:25.800><c> same</c><00:37:26.539><c> thing,</c><00:37:26.920><c> brethren</c><00:37:27.079><c> and</c><00:37:27.260><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:31.500
I<00:37:29.739><c> believe</c><00:37:29.940><c> they</c><00:37:30.039><c> were</c><00:37:30.199><c> well</c><00:37:30.380><c> instructed</c><00:37:30.860><c> in</c><00:37:31.019><c> this.</c>

00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:35.699
And<00:37:31.900><c> maybe</c><00:37:32.139><c> we</c><00:37:32.659><c> may</c><00:37:32.940><c> feel</c><00:37:33.099><c> it's</c><00:37:33.539><c> a</c><00:37:33.699><c> scanty</c><00:37:33.980><c> bit</c><00:37:34.099><c> of</c><00:37:34.300><c> information</c><00:37:34.739><c> that</c><00:37:34.920><c> we</c><00:37:35.099><c> have</c><00:37:35.260><c> here</c><00:37:35.519><c> in</c>

00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:38.400
this<00:37:36.460><c> letter</c><00:37:36.679><c> of</c><00:37:36.840><c> the</c><00:37:37.000><c> Apostle</c><00:37:37.340><c> Paul.</c>

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:40.420
But<00:37:38.599><c> we</c><00:37:38.800><c> believe</c><00:37:38.940><c> that</c><00:37:39.119><c> they</c><00:37:39.219><c> were</c><00:37:39.400><c> well</c><00:37:39.639><c> instructed</c><00:37:40.139><c> when</c><00:37:40.280><c> he</c>

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.119
was<00:37:40.519><c> with</c><00:37:40.739><c> them,</c>

00:37:41.340 --> 00:37:44.079
when<00:37:41.440><c> he</c><00:37:41.760><c> reasoned</c><00:37:42.119><c> with</c><00:37:42.340><c> them</c><00:37:42.519><c> out</c><00:37:42.760><c> of</c><00:37:42.920><c> the</c><00:37:43.139><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:48.820
when<00:37:44.500><c> he</c><00:37:45.139><c> opened</c><00:37:45.380><c> the</c><00:37:45.659><c> Scriptures</c><00:37:46.099><c> and</c><00:37:46.639><c> alleging</c><00:37:47.199><c> that</c><00:37:47.460><c> Christ's</c><00:37:48.260><c> needs</c>

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:50.260
have<00:37:49.239><c> suffered.</c>

00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.000
Same<00:37:50.559><c> message.</c>

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:54.679
This<00:37:51.460><c> we</c><00:37:51.599><c> go</c><00:37:51.739><c> back</c><00:37:52.039><c> into</c><00:37:52.219><c> Acts</c><00:37:52.440><c> 17</c><00:37:52.900><c> and</c><00:37:53.139><c> read</c><00:37:53.300><c> this</c><00:37:53.519><c> and</c><00:37:53.699><c> refresh</c><00:37:53.960><c> our</c><00:37:54.239><c> minds,</c><00:37:54.440><c> but</c><00:37:54.579><c> we</c>

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:56.500
won't<00:37:54.800><c> take</c><00:37:54.980><c> the</c><00:37:55.179><c> time</c><00:37:55.320><c> to</c><00:37:55.559><c> do</c><00:37:55.659><c> it.</c>

00:37:56.500 --> 00:38:01.519
Opening<00:37:56.880><c> and</c><00:37:57.219><c> alleging</c><00:37:58.059><c> that</c><00:37:58.500><c> Christ</c><00:37:58.960><c> must</c><00:37:59.199><c> needs</c><00:37:59.599><c> have</c><00:38:00.000><c> suffered</c><00:38:00.460><c> and</c>

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:03.079
risen<00:38:01.800><c> again</c><00:38:02.139><c> from</c><00:38:02.380><c> the</c><00:38:02.599><c> dead</c>

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:07.559
and<00:38:03.940><c> that</c><00:38:04.139><c> this</c><00:38:04.440><c> Jesus</c><00:38:04.820><c> who</c><00:38:05.019><c> might</c><00:38:05.239><c> preach</c><00:38:05.559><c> unto</c><00:38:05.800><c> you</c><00:38:06.139><c> is</c><00:38:06.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:10.719
That<00:38:08.219><c> was</c><00:38:08.380><c> the</c><00:38:08.579><c> message</c><00:38:08.820><c> to</c><00:38:09.019><c> the</c><00:38:09.179><c> Thessalonians</c><00:38:09.920><c> back</c><00:38:10.360><c> in</c><00:38:10.519><c> the</c>

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:12.780
Acts<00:38:10.880><c> when</c><00:38:11.019><c> he</c><00:38:11.119><c> was</c><00:38:11.280><c> with</c><00:38:11.500><c> them.</c>

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.719
And<00:38:14.960><c> it's</c><00:38:15.159><c> a</c><00:38:15.320><c> marvel,</c><00:38:15.820><c> brethren</c><00:38:15.940><c> and</c><00:38:16.139><c> sisters,</c><00:38:16.420><c> when</c><00:38:16.539><c> we</c>

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:18.699
think<00:38:16.860><c> about</c><00:38:17.119><c> these</c><00:38:17.460><c> things</c>

00:38:19.119 --> 00:38:28.119
as<00:38:19.679><c> they</c><00:38:19.800><c> relate</c><00:38:20.199><c> to</c><00:38:20.400><c> us,</c><00:38:23.820><c> it's</c><00:38:23.960><c> a</c><00:38:24.099><c> marvel</c><00:38:24.800><c> that</c><00:38:27.420><c> he</c><00:38:27.579><c> died</c><00:38:27.900><c> for</c>

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:33.920
us<00:38:29.300><c> so</c><00:38:31.559><c> that</c><00:38:31.659><c> we</c><00:38:31.699><c> can</c><00:38:31.900><c> live</c><00:38:32.079><c> with</c><00:38:32.300><c> him.</c>

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:38.320
Isn't<00:38:35.519><c> that</c><00:38:35.739><c> something</c><00:38:36.019><c> that</c><00:38:36.239><c> is</c><00:38:36.739><c> an</c><00:38:36.960><c> amazing</c><00:38:37.320><c> thing</c><00:38:37.539><c> to</c><00:38:37.900><c> consider</c><00:38:38.139><c> when</c>

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:40.260
we<00:38:38.519><c> think</c><00:38:38.719><c> of</c><00:38:38.940><c> ourselves?</c>

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:46.039
While<00:38:40.760><c> we</c><00:38:40.940><c> were</c><00:38:41.139><c> yet</c><00:38:41.519><c> sinners,</c><00:38:42.980><c> Christ</c><00:38:43.519><c> died</c><00:38:44.239><c> for</c><00:38:44.659><c> us.</c>

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:49.519
Whether<00:38:46.780><c> we</c><00:38:47.000><c> wake</c><00:38:47.199><c> or</c><00:38:47.480><c> sleep,</c><00:38:47.840><c> we</c><00:38:47.960><c> shall</c><00:38:48.139><c> be</c><00:38:48.340><c> with</c><00:38:48.460><c> him.</c>

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:55.300
Obviously,<00:38:52.760><c> it's</c><00:38:52.900><c> not</c><00:38:54.000><c> automatic,</c><00:38:54.760><c> is</c><00:38:54.960><c> it?</c>

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:57.559
There's<00:38:55.780><c> nothing</c><00:38:56.019><c> automatic</c><00:38:56.619><c> in</c><00:38:56.820><c> this.</c><00:38:56.980><c> None</c><00:38:57.119><c> of</c><00:38:57.199><c> us</c><00:38:57.320><c> would</c>

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.920
think<00:38:57.739><c> this</c><00:38:58.039><c> way.</c>

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:04.159
The<00:38:59.260><c> rest</c><00:38:59.440><c> of</c><00:38:59.599><c> this</c><00:38:59.820><c> letter</c><00:39:00.059><c> here</c><00:39:01.099><c> to</c><00:39:01.440><c> the</c><00:39:01.900><c> Thessalonians</c><00:39:02.559><c> makes</c><00:39:02.780><c> that</c><00:39:02.980><c> very</c><00:39:03.380><c> clear,</c><00:39:03.659><c> doesn't</c><00:39:03.900><c> it?</c>

00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:09.260
There's<00:39:04.539><c> much</c><00:39:04.800><c> to</c><00:39:05.000><c> be</c><00:39:05.159><c> done</c><00:39:05.599><c> in</c><00:39:06.920><c> life,</c><00:39:07.800><c> practical</c><00:39:08.320><c> living</c><00:39:09.039><c> of</c>

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:11.619
the<00:39:09.500><c> principles</c><00:39:09.820><c> that</c><00:39:10.019><c> are</c><00:39:10.239><c> imparted</c><00:39:10.619><c> to</c><00:39:10.880><c> us.</c>

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:13.079
There's<00:39:12.119><c> much</c><00:39:12.360><c> to</c><00:39:12.519><c> be</c><00:39:12.699><c> done.</c>

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:16.900
And<00:39:13.679><c> so,</c><00:39:14.719><c> when</c><00:39:14.860><c> we</c><00:39:15.079><c> read</c><00:39:15.340><c> through</c><00:39:15.599><c> and</c><00:39:15.760><c> as</c><00:39:15.900><c> we</c><00:39:16.300><c> go</c><00:39:16.539><c> through</c><00:39:16.739><c> to</c>

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:18.199
the<00:39:16.960><c> end</c><00:39:17.099><c> of</c><00:39:17.239><c> this</c><00:39:17.460><c> letter,</c>

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:20.739
it's<00:39:18.840><c> almost</c><00:39:19.059><c> like</c><00:39:19.280><c> a</c><00:39:19.500><c> checklist,</c><00:39:19.900><c> brethren</c><00:39:20.340><c> and</c><00:39:20.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:23.960
We<00:39:20.900><c> could</c><00:39:21.099><c> almost</c><00:39:21.480><c> take</c><00:39:21.880><c> this</c><00:39:22.119><c> and</c><00:39:22.219><c> put</c><00:39:22.340><c> it</c><00:39:22.440><c> on</c><00:39:22.599><c> a</c><00:39:22.719><c> piece</c><00:39:22.860><c> of</c><00:39:23.059><c> paper,</c><00:39:23.420><c> verse</c><00:39:23.639><c> by</c>

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:25.639
verse,<00:39:24.260><c> as</c><00:39:24.659><c> we</c><00:39:24.920><c> have</c><00:39:25.119><c> it,</c>

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:29.000
and<00:39:26.119><c> just</c><00:39:26.280><c> kind</c><00:39:26.440><c> of</c><00:39:27.300><c> kick</c><00:39:27.480><c> off</c><00:39:27.739><c> these</c><00:39:28.099><c> things.</c>

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:32.619
Yes,<00:39:29.980><c> this</c><00:39:30.420><c> one</c><00:39:30.539><c> applies</c><00:39:30.880><c> to</c><00:39:31.059><c> me,</c><00:39:31.300><c> all</c><00:39:31.440><c> right,</c><00:39:31.559><c> I</c><00:39:31.699><c> do</c><00:39:31.900><c> it.</c>

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:36.300
Oh,<00:39:33.320><c> problem</c><00:39:33.579><c> here,</c><00:39:33.860><c> I</c><00:39:34.000><c> can't</c><00:39:34.380><c> put</c><00:39:34.579><c> a</c><00:39:34.760><c> check</c><00:39:34.920><c> mark</c><00:39:35.099><c> on</c><00:39:35.260><c> this</c><00:39:35.480><c> one.</c>

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.619
We<00:39:37.599><c> wonder</c><00:39:37.739><c> how</c><00:39:37.940><c> we</c><00:39:38.179><c> do.</c>

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:42.239
When<00:39:39.440><c> we</c><00:39:39.599><c> take</c><00:39:39.800><c> the</c><00:39:40.079><c> checklist</c><00:39:40.420><c> of</c><00:39:40.679><c> the</c><00:39:40.820><c> word</c><00:39:40.940><c> of</c><00:39:41.239><c> God,</c>

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:44.940
the<00:39:42.599><c> bright</c><00:39:42.940><c> light</c><00:39:43.219><c> of</c><00:39:43.400><c> the</c><00:39:43.539><c> word</c><00:39:43.719><c> of</c><00:39:44.000><c> God,</c><00:39:44.260><c> and</c><00:39:44.340><c> let</c><00:39:44.400><c> it</c><00:39:44.699><c> shine</c>

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:46.539
upon<00:39:45.239><c> our</c><00:39:45.539><c> lives.</c>

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:51.920
And<00:39:49.960><c> first</c><00:39:50.159><c> of</c><00:39:50.300><c> all,</c><00:39:50.500><c> those</c><00:39:50.539><c> words</c><00:39:50.739><c> of</c><00:39:51.000><c> comfort.</c>

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:54.699
He<00:39:52.679><c> tells</c><00:39:52.820><c> us</c><00:39:52.960><c> that</c><00:39:53.079><c> we're</c><00:39:53.239><c> going</c><00:39:53.360><c> to</c><00:39:53.639><c> interact</c><00:39:54.039><c> with</c><00:39:54.260><c> one</c><00:39:54.440><c> another.</c>

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:56.980
He<00:39:55.219><c> uses</c><00:39:55.500><c> the</c><00:39:55.739><c> word</c><00:39:55.880><c> together.</c>

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:58.940
One<00:39:57.420><c> another,</c><00:39:57.780><c> he</c><00:39:58.059><c> says.</c>

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:03.219
This<00:39:59.260><c> is</c><00:39:59.420><c> what</c><00:39:59.639><c> we</c><00:40:00.179><c> see</c><00:40:00.500><c> as</c><00:40:00.760><c> we</c><00:40:01.340><c> go</c><00:40:01.440><c> into</c><00:40:01.619><c> verse</c><00:40:01.900><c> 11.</c>

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:07.659
He<00:40:04.679><c> says,</c><00:40:04.940><c> wherefore,</c><00:40:05.519><c> comfort</c><00:40:05.940><c> yourselves</c><00:40:06.460><c> together</c>

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:11.699
and<00:40:08.460><c> edify</c><00:40:08.900><c> one</c><00:40:09.219><c> another,</c><00:40:09.539><c> even</c><00:40:10.099><c> as</c><00:40:10.619><c> also</c><00:40:11.000><c> ye</c><00:40:11.360><c> do.</c>

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:13.340
So<00:40:12.219><c> they</c><00:40:12.300><c> were</c><00:40:12.460><c> doing</c><00:40:12.659><c> these</c><00:40:13.019><c> things.</c>

00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:15.599
Isn't<00:40:13.719><c> it</c><00:40:13.880><c> an</c><00:40:14.099><c> interesting</c><00:40:14.420><c> thing</c><00:40:14.699><c> that</c><00:40:14.840><c> the</c><00:40:15.039><c> Apostle</c><00:40:15.440><c> Paul</c>

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:17.619
will<00:40:15.860><c> point</c><00:40:16.059><c> out</c><00:40:16.280><c> something</c><00:40:16.579><c> that</c><00:40:16.780><c> needs</c><00:40:16.980><c> to</c><00:40:17.159><c> be</c><00:40:17.340><c> done,</c>

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:20.940
and<00:40:18.059><c> then</c><00:40:18.199><c> we'll</c><00:40:18.400><c> say</c><00:40:18.639><c> to</c><00:40:18.760><c> them,</c><00:40:19.139><c> you're</c><00:40:19.420><c> already</c><00:40:19.699><c> doing</c><00:40:20.000><c> it.</c>

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:24.300
He's<00:40:21.960><c> got</c><00:40:22.039><c> to</c><00:40:22.219><c> be</c><00:40:22.440><c> saying</c><00:40:22.639><c> to</c><00:40:22.860><c> us,</c><00:40:23.079><c> brethren</c><00:40:23.239><c> and</c><00:40:23.460><c> sisters,</c><00:40:23.699><c> and</c><00:40:23.840><c> to</c><00:40:24.000><c> them,</c>

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:26.320
that<00:40:24.559><c> there's</c><00:40:24.900><c> always</c><00:40:25.280><c> room</c><00:40:25.579><c> for</c><00:40:25.880><c> improvement.</c>

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:28.360
We<00:40:27.039><c> can</c><00:40:27.239><c> always</c><00:40:27.559><c> do</c><00:40:27.739><c> a</c><00:40:27.920><c> bit</c><00:40:28.039><c> better.</c>

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:31.079
If<00:40:28.460><c> you're</c><00:40:28.619><c> doing</c><00:40:28.820><c> a</c><00:40:29.039><c> good</c><00:40:29.280><c> thing,</c><00:40:30.079><c> then</c><00:40:30.199><c> continue</c><00:40:30.639><c> it</c><00:40:30.920><c> and</c>

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:32.619
enlarge<00:40:31.599><c> it.</c>

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:34.280
That's<00:40:33.139><c> the</c><00:40:33.300><c> idea.</c>

00:40:35.199 --> 00:40:38.500
Obviously,<00:40:35.739><c> we</c><00:40:35.940><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:36.420><c> ever</c><00:40:36.820><c> think</c><00:40:37.079><c> of</c><00:40:37.340><c> saying,</c><00:40:37.780><c> well,</c><00:40:37.920><c> you've</c><00:40:38.239><c> done</c><00:40:38.360><c> a</c>

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.920
good<00:40:38.719><c> thing.</c>

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:40.860
You<00:40:39.039><c> can</c><00:40:39.260><c> sit</c><00:40:39.460><c> back</c><00:40:39.739><c> now,</c><00:40:39.900><c> and</c><00:40:39.980><c> you</c><00:40:40.059><c> don't</c><00:40:40.199><c> have</c><00:40:40.380><c> to</c><00:40:40.519><c> do</c><00:40:40.639><c> any</c>

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:42.260
more<00:40:41.019><c> good</c><00:40:41.280><c> things.</c>

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:45.139
I<00:40:43.300><c> mean,</c><00:40:43.300><c> that</c><00:40:43.420><c> would</c><00:40:43.519><c> be</c><00:40:43.639><c> a</c><00:40:43.760><c> ridiculous</c><00:40:44.159><c> approach,</c><00:40:44.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:44.840><c> it?</c>

00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:47.699
He's<00:40:45.739><c> saying,</c><00:40:45.940><c> go</c><00:40:46.079><c> on</c><00:40:46.300><c> with</c><00:40:46.460><c> it.</c><00:40:47.039><c> Keep</c><00:40:47.239><c> it</c><00:40:47.519><c> going.</c>

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:49.760
That's<00:40:48.139><c> our</c><00:40:48.380><c> job</c><00:40:48.639><c> in</c><00:40:48.780><c> the</c><00:40:49.000><c> truth.</c>

00:40:50.099 --> 00:40:51.880
We're<00:40:50.539><c> edifiers,</c><00:40:51.280><c> brethren</c><00:40:51.460><c> and</c><00:40:51.679><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:53.739
That's<00:40:52.239><c> the</c><00:40:52.420><c> word.</c><00:40:53.139><c> We're</c><00:40:53.300><c> edifiers.</c>

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:56.659
We're<00:40:54.239><c> not</c><00:40:54.420><c> a</c><00:40:54.679><c> wrecking</c><00:40:55.079><c> crew</c><00:40:55.480><c> in</c><00:40:56.019><c> the</c><00:40:56.159><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:40:56.659 --> 00:41:00.039
It's<00:40:57.599><c> not</c><00:40:57.760><c> like</c><00:40:58.039><c> this.</c><00:40:59.099><c> We're</c><00:40:59.199><c> not</c><00:40:59.440><c> a</c><00:40:59.639><c> wrecking</c><00:40:59.960><c> crew.</c>

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:03.599
When<00:41:00.280><c> he</c><00:41:00.440><c> talks</c><00:41:00.739><c> about</c><00:41:01.199><c> edifying,</c><00:41:02.340><c> he's</c><00:41:02.579><c> talking</c><00:41:02.800><c> about</c><00:41:03.039><c> being</c><00:41:03.300><c> a</c>

00:41:03.599 --> 00:41:05.300
house<00:41:04.340><c> builder.</c>

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:08.400
The<00:41:06.159><c> edifice</c><00:41:06.500><c> is</c><00:41:06.719><c> the</c><00:41:06.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:07.260><c> of</c><00:41:07.539><c> God.</c>

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:12.699
We're<00:41:09.119><c> living</c><00:41:09.400><c> stones</c><00:41:09.940><c> that</c><00:41:10.139><c> are</c><00:41:10.340><c> part</c><00:41:10.480><c> of</c><00:41:10.679><c> that</c><00:41:11.159><c> house</c><00:41:11.500><c> of</c><00:41:11.800><c> God.</c>

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:17.420
We<00:41:13.679><c> don't</c><00:41:13.860><c> work</c><00:41:14.099><c> in</c><00:41:14.239><c> the</c><00:41:14.360><c> house</c><00:41:14.519><c> of</c><00:41:14.760><c> God</c><00:41:14.920><c> with</c><00:41:15.119><c> a</c><00:41:15.360><c> sledgehammer,</c><00:41:15.900><c> do</c><00:41:16.139><c> we?</c>

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.599
There's<00:41:21.639><c> faith.</c>

00:41:23.300 --> 00:41:24.380
There's<00:41:23.460><c> hope.</c>

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:26.039
There's<00:41:25.019><c> love.</c>

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:30.079
As<00:41:26.659><c> builders</c><00:41:27.119><c> together,</c><00:41:27.880><c> it's</c><00:41:28.699><c> constructive.</c>

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:34.539
There<00:41:30.920><c> is</c><00:41:31.239><c> construction</c><00:41:32.079><c> work</c><00:41:32.539><c> going</c><00:41:32.880><c> on,</c><00:41:33.320><c> brethren</c><00:41:33.460><c> and</c><00:41:33.659><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:34.880 --> 00:41:36.760
And<00:41:35.019><c> actually,</c><00:41:35.300><c> they</c><00:41:35.460><c> were</c><00:41:35.559><c> doing</c><00:41:35.719><c> a</c><00:41:35.900><c> pretty</c><00:41:36.079><c> good</c><00:41:36.320><c> job,</c><00:41:36.579><c> he</c>

00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:38.699
says,<00:41:36.940><c> but</c><00:41:37.119><c> there's</c><00:41:37.300><c> room</c><00:41:37.539><c> for</c><00:41:37.840><c> improvement.</c>

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:42.000
I<00:41:38.780><c> think</c><00:41:38.960><c> when</c><00:41:39.280><c> we</c><00:41:39.460><c> think</c><00:41:39.619><c> about</c><00:41:39.860><c> our</c><00:41:40.079><c> ecclesias,</c><00:41:40.619><c> think</c><00:41:40.820><c> about</c><00:41:41.059><c> our</c><00:41:41.320><c> homoclesias,</c>

00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:44.500
maybe<00:41:42.539><c> we</c><00:41:42.679><c> can</c><00:41:42.820><c> think</c><00:41:42.980><c> of</c><00:41:43.059><c> it</c><00:41:43.239><c> as</c><00:41:43.360><c> taking</c><00:41:43.659><c> these</c><00:41:43.980><c> principles</c>

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:49.519
and<00:41:45.159><c> getting</c><00:41:45.739><c> into</c><00:41:46.179><c> a</c><00:41:46.380><c> kind</c><00:41:46.519><c> of</c><00:41:46.719><c> home</c><00:41:46.960><c> improvement,</c><00:41:48.559><c> maintenance.</c>

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:52.380
You<00:41:50.320><c> may</c><00:41:50.500><c> have</c><00:41:50.719><c> committees</c><00:41:50.980><c> in</c><00:41:51.199><c> your</c><00:41:51.400><c> ecclesias,</c><00:41:51.780><c> as</c><00:41:51.980><c> we</c><00:41:52.159><c> have</c>

00:41:52.380 --> 00:41:52.699
in<00:41:52.559><c> ours,</c>

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:55.340
that<00:41:52.880><c> are</c><00:41:53.059><c> called</c><00:41:53.400><c> the</c><00:41:53.940><c> maintenance</c><00:41:54.360><c> committee.</c>

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.639
It<00:41:57.039><c> has</c><00:41:57.199><c> to</c><00:41:57.320><c> do</c><00:41:57.380><c> with</c><00:41:57.539><c> the</c><00:41:57.780><c> building.</c>

00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:01.179
It<00:41:59.059><c> has</c><00:41:59.219><c> to</c><00:41:59.340><c> do</c><00:41:59.420><c> with</c><00:41:59.579><c> our</c><00:41:59.780><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:00.179><c> hall.</c>

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:03.179
These<00:42:01.679><c> brethren</c><00:42:01.920><c> walk</c><00:42:02.159><c> around</c><00:42:02.400><c> the</c><00:42:02.559><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:02.940><c> hall,</c>

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:07.340
and<00:42:03.320><c> they</c><00:42:03.460><c> say</c><00:42:03.719><c> the</c><00:42:04.820><c> rain</c><00:42:05.260><c> gutters</c><00:42:06.000><c> falling</c><00:42:06.460><c> off</c><00:42:06.780><c> on</c><00:42:06.960><c> this</c><00:42:07.159><c> side.</c>

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:10.599
We've<00:42:07.559><c> got</c><00:42:07.699><c> to</c><00:42:08.260><c> fix</c><00:42:08.460><c> it.</c><00:42:08.619><c> We've</c><00:42:08.800><c> got</c><00:42:08.880><c> to</c><00:42:09.139><c> patch</c><00:42:09.320><c> it</c><00:42:09.480><c> up</c><00:42:09.639><c> here.</c>

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:14.820
How<00:42:12.300><c> about</c><00:42:12.400><c> a</c><00:42:12.639><c> maintenance</c><00:42:12.940><c> committee</c><00:42:13.300><c> for</c><00:42:13.559><c> the</c><00:42:14.340><c> spiritual</c>

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:16.380
house<00:42:15.219><c> that</c><00:42:15.400><c> is</c><00:42:15.579><c> the</c><00:42:15.780><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:18.280
the<00:42:16.820><c> real</c><00:42:17.019><c> ecclesia?</c>

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:21.019
That's<00:42:19.480><c> what</c><00:42:19.579><c> needs</c><00:42:19.780><c> the</c><00:42:19.980><c> maintenance,</c><00:42:20.519><c> brethren</c><00:42:20.599><c> and</c><00:42:20.800><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:24.079
And<00:42:21.179><c> this</c><00:42:21.280><c> is</c><00:42:21.400><c> what</c><00:42:21.500><c> the</c><00:42:21.699><c> Apostle</c><00:42:22.059><c> Paul</c><00:42:22.320><c> is</c><00:42:22.539><c> talking</c><00:42:22.820><c> about</c><00:42:23.099><c> here.</c>

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:25.800
We<00:42:24.340><c> are</c><00:42:24.460><c> to</c><00:42:24.699><c> edify.</c>

00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:28.599
We<00:42:26.239><c> are</c><00:42:26.400><c> to</c><00:42:26.699><c> build</c><00:42:26.900><c> up</c><00:42:27.539><c> together.</c>

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:31.579
So<00:42:29.199><c> we'll</c><00:42:29.380><c> run</c><00:42:29.539><c> through</c><00:42:29.760><c> this</c><00:42:30.079><c> checklist</c><00:42:30.559><c> fairly</c><00:42:31.079><c> quickly.</c>

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:33.739
We<00:42:32.159><c> don't</c><00:42:32.260><c> have</c><00:42:32.440><c> a</c><00:42:32.559><c> great</c><00:42:32.699><c> deal</c><00:42:32.860><c> of</c><00:42:33.119><c> time</c><00:42:33.300><c> remaining.</c>

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:39.619
And<00:42:34.559><c> each</c><00:42:35.139><c> item,</c><00:42:35.940><c> we</c><00:42:36.159><c> could</c><00:42:36.380><c> draw</c><00:42:36.539><c> off</c><00:42:36.699><c> each</c><00:42:36.980><c> one</c><00:42:37.099><c> as</c><00:42:37.280><c> a</c><00:42:37.420><c> powerful</c><00:42:37.780><c> excitation,</c><00:42:38.440><c> couldn't</c><00:42:38.639><c> we?</c>

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:44.579
Verse<00:42:40.719><c> 12,</c><00:42:42.460><c> just</c><00:42:42.699><c> take</c><00:42:42.900><c> verse</c><00:42:43.119><c> 12</c><00:42:43.420><c> and</c><00:42:43.539><c> 13</c><00:42:43.920><c> together.</c>

00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:49.329
And<00:42:45.619><c> we</c><00:42:45.760><c> beseech</c><00:42:46.139><c> you,</c><00:42:46.559><c> brethren,</c><00:42:46.860><c> to</c><00:42:47.139><c> know</c><00:42:47.400><c> them</c><00:42:47.639><c> which</c><00:42:47.900><c> labor</c><00:42:48.260><c> among</c><00:42:48.559><c> you,</c>

00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:52.960
and<00:42:49.559><c> are</c><00:42:49.719><c> over</c><00:42:50.019><c> you</c><00:42:50.199><c> in</c><00:42:50.320><c> the</c><00:42:50.500><c> Lord,</c><00:42:51.500><c> and</c><00:42:51.679><c> admonish</c><00:42:52.179><c> you,</c>

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:56.199
and<00:42:53.440><c> to</c><00:42:53.679><c> esteem</c><00:42:54.139><c> them</c><00:42:54.420><c> very</c><00:42:54.900><c> highly</c><00:42:55.179><c> in</c><00:42:55.500><c> love</c><00:42:55.719><c> for</c><00:42:55.860><c> their</c>

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:57.219
works'<00:42:57.039><c> sake,</c>

00:42:57.219 --> 00:43:02.079
and<00:42:58.099><c> be</c><00:42:58.679><c> at</c><00:42:58.980><c> peace</c><00:42:59.920><c> among</c><00:43:00.500><c> yourselves.</c>

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:15.360
Perhaps<00:43:12.679><c> he</c><00:43:12.900><c> is</c><00:43:13.579><c> talking</c><00:43:13.840><c> about</c><00:43:14.099><c> ecclesial</c><00:43:14.579><c> discipline</c><00:43:15.099><c> here,</c>

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:20.000
a<00:43:15.559><c> word</c><00:43:16.000><c> on</c><00:43:16.880><c> behalf</c><00:43:17.239><c> of</c><00:43:17.480><c> Timothy</c><00:43:17.860><c> or</c><00:43:18.460><c> those</c><00:43:18.780><c> that</c><00:43:18.940><c> would</c><00:43:19.099><c> be</c><00:43:19.400><c> left</c><00:43:19.639><c> in</c>

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.980
charge<00:43:20.199><c> of</c><00:43:20.360><c> the</c><00:43:20.539><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:23.760
A<00:43:21.380><c> word</c><00:43:21.500><c> for</c><00:43:21.679><c> us,</c><00:43:21.980><c> in</c><00:43:22.159><c> fact,</c><00:43:22.460><c> doesn't</c><00:43:22.639><c> it?</c>

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:28.139
That<00:43:24.559><c> those</c><00:43:24.860><c> who</c><00:43:25.980><c> lead</c><00:43:26.360><c> in</c><00:43:26.579><c> the</c><00:43:26.699><c> ecclesia,</c><00:43:27.219><c> that</c><00:43:27.800><c> sometimes</c>

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:30.119
we<00:43:28.340><c> say</c><00:43:28.440><c> they</c><00:43:28.659><c> take</c><00:43:29.019><c> the</c><00:43:29.260><c> role.</c>

00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:35.739
In<00:43:30.659><c> my</c><00:43:30.860><c> experience,</c><00:43:31.440><c> usually</c><00:43:31.800><c> the</c><00:43:33.360><c> role</c><00:43:33.780><c> of</c><00:43:34.320><c> leader</c><00:43:34.559><c> in</c><00:43:34.760><c> an</c><00:43:34.960><c> ecclesia</c>

00:43:35.739 --> 00:43:40.019
is<00:43:36.780><c> given</c><00:43:37.260><c> by</c><00:43:37.539><c> the</c><00:43:37.760><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:38.239><c> to</c><00:43:38.559><c> the</c><00:43:39.059><c> individual.</c>

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:42.619
They<00:43:41.400><c> are</c><00:43:41.679><c> appointed.</c>

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:44.579
Perhaps<00:43:43.159><c> you</c><00:43:43.340><c> have</c><00:43:43.579><c> a</c><00:43:43.940><c> ballot</c><00:43:44.179><c> system.</c>

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.940
They<00:43:44.739><c> are</c><00:43:44.960><c> elected.</c>

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:50.400
And<00:43:47.079><c> so</c><00:43:47.159><c> they</c><00:43:47.340><c> become</c><00:43:47.579><c> what</c><00:43:47.719><c> we</c><00:43:48.000><c> call</c><00:43:48.179><c> the</c><00:43:48.760><c> ABs,</c><00:43:49.500><c> the</c><00:43:49.719><c> arranging</c><00:43:50.119><c> board,</c>

00:43:50.460 --> 00:43:51.420
the<00:43:50.800><c> managing</c><00:43:51.099><c> board,</c>

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:53.199
whatever<00:43:51.679><c> term</c><00:43:52.039><c> you</c><00:43:52.139><c> like</c><00:43:52.340><c> to</c><00:43:52.579><c> use.</c>

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:56.579
Some<00:43:53.719><c> in</c><00:43:53.880><c> our</c><00:43:54.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:54.320><c> like</c><00:43:54.519><c> to</c><00:43:54.699><c> use</c><00:43:54.880><c> the</c><00:43:55.039><c> word</c><00:43:55.460><c> elder.</c>

00:43:57.039 --> 00:44:00.420
Makes<00:43:57.219><c> me</c><00:43:57.460><c> feel</c><00:43:57.639><c> real</c><00:43:57.980><c> good</c><00:43:58.239><c> when</c><00:43:58.400><c> they</c><00:43:59.519><c> call</c><00:43:59.820><c> me</c><00:43:59.960><c> one</c><00:44:00.119><c> of</c><00:44:00.219><c> the</c>

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:02.219
elders<00:44:00.679><c> of</c><00:44:00.900><c> the</c><00:44:01.079><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:04.539
But<00:44:03.639><c> that's</c><00:44:04.119><c> the</c><00:44:04.219><c> way</c><00:44:04.300><c> it</c><00:44:04.440><c> is.</c>

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:07.599
And<00:44:04.679><c> this</c><00:44:04.780><c> is</c><00:44:04.880><c> just</c><00:44:05.119><c> drawing</c><00:44:05.360><c> off</c><00:44:05.739><c> the</c><00:44:06.420><c> scripture</c><00:44:06.780><c> to</c><00:44:07.019><c> do</c><00:44:07.179><c> this.</c>

00:44:07.940 --> 00:44:09.639
And<00:44:08.099><c> it's</c><00:44:08.440><c> right</c><00:44:08.679><c> that</c><00:44:08.840><c> it</c><00:44:09.000><c> should</c><00:44:09.099><c> be</c><00:44:09.360><c> done.</c>

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:11.739
Also,<00:44:10.300><c> the</c><00:44:10.500><c> shepherds.</c>

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:16.019
But<00:44:12.320><c> what</c><00:44:12.500><c> Paul</c><00:44:12.760><c> is</c><00:44:12.980><c> saying</c><00:44:13.139><c> is</c><00:44:13.460><c> they're</c><00:44:13.960><c> over</c><00:44:14.280><c> you.</c>

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:18.039
Now,<00:44:16.420><c> maybe</c><00:44:16.619><c> we</c><00:44:16.900><c> chafe</c><00:44:17.099><c> at</c><00:44:17.219><c> that</c><00:44:17.360><c> a</c><00:44:17.400><c> little</c><00:44:17.639><c> bit.</c>

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:21.659
Maybe<00:44:18.820><c> it</c><00:44:18.960><c> becomes</c><00:44:19.280><c> a</c><00:44:19.500><c> them</c><00:44:19.659><c> and</c><00:44:19.820><c> us</c><00:44:19.940><c> situation</c><00:44:20.579><c> when</c><00:44:20.719><c> we</c><00:44:20.880><c> think</c><00:44:21.019><c> of</c><00:44:21.199><c> this.</c>

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:25.360
But<00:44:22.019><c> it's</c><00:44:22.340><c> over</c><00:44:22.599><c> you</c><00:44:23.659><c> in</c><00:44:24.300><c> the</c><00:44:24.519><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:26.400
That's<00:44:26.019><c> what</c><00:44:26.119><c> he</c><00:44:26.239><c> says.</c>

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:28.559
He<00:44:26.539><c> brings</c><00:44:26.719><c> it</c><00:44:26.900><c> right</c><00:44:27.039><c> into</c><00:44:27.280><c> perspective,</c><00:44:28.039><c> doesn't</c><00:44:28.159><c> he?</c>

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:31.099
He<00:44:29.300><c> rounds</c><00:44:29.619><c> off</c><00:44:29.940><c> the</c><00:44:30.179><c> picture.</c>

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:33.139
Over<00:44:31.960><c> you</c><00:44:32.440><c> in</c><00:44:32.639><c> the</c><00:44:32.860><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:33.579 --> 00:44:36.019
And<00:44:33.699><c> Paul</c><00:44:33.940><c> says</c><00:44:34.260><c> that</c><00:44:34.440><c> we</c><00:44:34.559><c> ought</c><00:44:34.719><c> to</c><00:44:34.920><c> know</c><00:44:35.199><c> them.</c>

00:44:36.239 --> 00:44:38.699
That<00:44:36.420><c> actually</c><00:44:36.760><c> has</c><00:44:37.260><c> to</c><00:44:37.579><c> do</c><00:44:37.679><c> with</c><00:44:37.900><c> vision.</c>

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:42.659
That's<00:44:39.139><c> what</c><00:44:39.139><c> the</c><00:44:39.360><c> idea</c><00:44:39.719><c> of</c><00:44:39.800><c> this</c><00:44:39.940><c> is,</c><00:44:40.059><c> to</c><00:44:40.260><c> see</c><00:44:41.000><c> or</c><00:44:41.719><c> to</c><00:44:41.880><c> be</c><00:44:42.119><c> aware</c><00:44:42.440><c> of,</c>

00:44:42.659 --> 00:44:43.920
to<00:44:42.900><c> take</c><00:44:43.199><c> note</c><00:44:43.420><c> of</c><00:44:43.599><c> them.</c>

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:47.980
It's<00:44:44.579><c> a</c><00:44:44.659><c> position</c><00:44:45.159><c> in</c><00:44:45.320><c> the</c><00:44:45.519><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:45.880><c> that</c><00:44:46.019><c> is</c><00:44:46.159><c> to</c><00:44:46.280><c> be</c><00:44:46.619><c> recognized</c><00:44:47.239><c> and</c><00:44:47.840><c> is</c>

00:44:47.980 --> 00:44:49.420
to<00:44:48.099><c> be</c><00:44:48.460><c> respected.</c>

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And<00:44:50.500><c> as</c><00:44:50.679><c> far</c><00:44:50.820><c> as</c><00:44:50.960><c> the</c><00:44:51.219><c> elders</c><00:44:51.500><c> are</c><00:44:51.780><c> concerned,</c><00:44:52.239><c> Peter</c><00:44:52.559><c> says</c><00:44:52.900><c> that</c><00:44:53.380><c> they're</c><00:44:53.539><c> to</c>

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:55.800
take<00:44:53.820><c> the</c><00:44:54.119><c> oversight</c><00:44:54.599><c> willingly.</c>

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And<00:44:56.500><c> others</c><00:44:56.719><c> are</c><00:44:56.920><c> to</c><00:44:57.159><c> submit.</c>

00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:01.880
Over<00:45:00.340><c> you,</c><00:45:00.599><c> he</c><00:45:00.860><c> says.</c>

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:06.340
It<00:45:03.460><c> means</c><00:45:03.599><c> to</c><00:45:03.860><c> stand</c><00:45:04.139><c> before,</c><00:45:05.300><c> to</c><00:45:05.579><c> preside.</c>

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:09.960
And<00:45:06.840><c> yes,</c><00:45:07.400><c> brethren</c><00:45:07.539><c> and</c><00:45:07.739><c> sisters,</c><00:45:08.219><c> it</c><00:45:08.460><c> means</c><00:45:08.679><c> to</c><00:45:09.019><c> rule.</c>

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:15.400
That's<00:45:11.519><c> not</c><00:45:12.019><c> giving</c><00:45:12.519><c> us</c><00:45:12.760><c> the</c><00:45:12.960><c> picture</c><00:45:13.239><c> here</c><00:45:13.539><c> of</c><00:45:14.300><c> rule</c><00:45:14.599><c> with</c><00:45:15.159><c> an</c>

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:17.699
iron<00:45:15.679><c> rod</c><00:45:16.000><c> kind</c><00:45:16.280><c> of</c><00:45:16.420><c> a</c><00:45:16.539><c> thing</c><00:45:16.639><c> or</c><00:45:16.739><c> anything</c><00:45:17.039><c> like</c><00:45:17.380><c> that.</c>

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:20.179
But<00:45:17.960><c> as</c><00:45:18.199><c> a</c><00:45:18.380><c> shepherd,</c><00:45:19.260><c> this</c><00:45:19.440><c> is</c><00:45:19.619><c> the</c><00:45:19.780><c> idea.</c>

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:23.639
And<00:45:20.699><c> the</c><00:45:20.920><c> shepherd</c><00:45:21.079><c> is</c><00:45:21.260><c> very</c><00:45:21.639><c> firm</c><00:45:21.900><c> to</c><00:45:22.360><c> bring</c><00:45:22.639><c> the</c><00:45:23.000><c> flock</c><00:45:23.179><c> back</c>

00:45:23.639 --> 00:45:26.380
into<00:45:24.380><c> the</c><00:45:24.619><c> pasture</c><00:45:24.980><c> where</c><00:45:25.219><c> it</c><00:45:25.360><c> is</c><00:45:25.860><c> safe</c>

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:29.699
and<00:45:27.019><c> to</c><00:45:27.340><c> protect</c><00:45:27.539><c> it</c><00:45:27.780><c> from</c><00:45:28.400><c> the</c><00:45:28.619><c> grievous</c><00:45:29.019><c> wolves</c><00:45:29.380><c> that</c><00:45:29.500><c> would</c>

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:30.219
enter<00:45:29.940><c> in.</c>

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That's<00:45:30.599><c> the</c><00:45:30.800><c> shepherd's</c><00:45:31.239><c> job.</c>

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:39.340
But<00:45:36.019><c> he</c><00:45:36.119><c> goes</c><00:45:36.320><c> on</c><00:45:36.519><c> to</c><00:45:36.639><c> say,</c><00:45:37.659><c> and</c><00:45:37.760><c> admonish.</c>

00:45:39.699 --> 00:45:42.480
So<00:45:39.880><c> sometimes</c><00:45:40.300><c> that</c><00:45:40.659><c> enters</c><00:45:40.920><c> into</c><00:45:41.199><c> it</c><00:45:41.320><c> as</c><00:45:41.480><c> well,</c><00:45:41.719><c> doesn't</c><00:45:41.900><c> it?</c>

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:46.679
Sometimes<00:45:43.380><c> it's</c><00:45:43.659><c> necessary.</c><00:45:44.300><c> Who</c><00:45:44.480><c> does</c><00:45:44.639><c> he</c><00:45:44.800><c> think</c><00:45:45.000><c> he</c><00:45:45.239><c> is?</c>

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:49.059
Right?

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:52.920
He's<00:45:50.820><c> been</c><00:45:51.019><c> appointed</c><00:45:51.280><c> by</c><00:45:51.559><c> the</c><00:45:51.719><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:45:54.219 --> 00:45:57.420
That's<00:45:54.719><c> the</c><00:45:54.820><c> position</c><00:45:55.159><c> that</c><00:45:55.340><c> we</c><00:45:55.500><c> take</c><00:45:55.719><c> on</c><00:45:55.920><c> before</c><00:45:56.239><c> God.</c>

00:45:58.380 --> 00:46:02.179
And<00:45:58.820><c> sometimes</c><00:45:59.260><c> it</c><00:45:59.420><c> requires</c><00:46:00.000><c> that</c><00:46:00.199><c> we</c><00:46:00.340><c> go</c><00:46:00.820><c> in</c><00:46:01.440><c> the</c><00:46:01.719><c> spirit</c><00:46:02.000><c> of</c>

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:05.519
Christ<00:46:02.880><c> and</c><00:46:04.480><c> we</c><00:46:04.719><c> speak</c><00:46:04.920><c> to</c><00:46:05.159><c> someone.</c>

00:46:05.739 --> 00:46:08.780
And<00:46:05.860><c> there</c><00:46:05.920><c> may</c><00:46:06.099><c> be</c><00:46:06.320><c> some</c><00:46:06.619><c> admonishing</c><00:46:07.139><c> that</c><00:46:07.380><c> takes</c><00:46:07.619><c> place.</c>

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:11.079
Paul<00:46:09.219><c> says</c><00:46:09.360><c> we</c><00:46:09.500><c> accept</c><00:46:09.840><c> these</c><00:46:10.159><c> things.</c>

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:14.800
This<00:46:12.039><c> is</c><00:46:12.480><c> the</c><00:46:12.719><c> order</c><00:46:13.059><c> of</c><00:46:13.340><c> things</c><00:46:13.519><c> that</c><00:46:13.760><c> God</c><00:46:14.000><c> has</c><00:46:14.179><c> put</c><00:46:14.320><c> in</c><00:46:14.619><c> place</c>

00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:16.579
for<00:46:14.960><c> the</c><00:46:15.139><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:15.500><c> of</c><00:46:15.739><c> God.</c>

00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:20.079
This<00:46:17.320><c> is</c><00:46:17.460><c> the</c><00:46:17.519><c> way</c><00:46:17.639><c> it</c><00:46:17.800><c> is.</c><00:46:18.019><c> We</c><00:46:18.219><c> accept</c><00:46:18.579><c> it.</c>

00:46:21.699 --> 00:46:24.179
But<00:46:21.840><c> when</c><00:46:21.960><c> the</c><00:46:22.159><c> admonishing</c><00:46:22.599><c> takes</c><00:46:22.940><c> place,</c><00:46:23.460><c> brethren</c><00:46:23.579><c> and</c><00:46:23.780><c> sisters,</c><00:46:24.019><c> in</c>

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:25.119
this<00:46:24.340><c> sense</c><00:46:24.539><c> of</c><00:46:24.719><c> the</c><00:46:24.900><c> word,</c>

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:30.340
it<00:46:25.619><c> simply</c><00:46:26.500><c> means</c><00:46:26.860><c> to</c><00:46:27.119><c> put</c><00:46:27.260><c> in</c><00:46:27.539><c> mind,</c><00:46:28.599><c> to</c><00:46:28.900><c> caution,</c><00:46:30.199><c> to</c>

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:32.539
reprove<00:46:31.239><c> gently.</c>

00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:37.440
So<00:46:33.860><c> there's</c><00:46:33.980><c> a</c><00:46:34.119><c> great</c><00:46:34.280><c> responsibility</c><00:46:34.940><c> for</c><00:46:35.159><c> the</c><00:46:35.400><c> brethren</c><00:46:35.639><c> that</c><00:46:36.280><c> are</c><00:46:36.659><c> involved</c><00:46:37.159><c> in</c>

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:39.239
this<00:46:37.719><c> sort</c><00:46:37.880><c> of</c><00:46:38.019><c> thing,</c><00:46:38.239><c> isn't</c><00:46:38.400><c> there?</c>

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:41.800
Again,<00:46:39.539><c> it's</c><00:46:39.699><c> not</c><00:46:39.920><c> the</c><00:46:40.179><c> sledgehammer</c><00:46:40.760><c> approach.</c>

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:44.199
It's<00:46:42.079><c> not</c><00:46:42.280><c> the</c><00:46:42.539><c> wrecking</c><00:46:42.980><c> crew</c><00:46:43.119><c> approach.</c>

00:46:44.619 --> 00:46:49.780
But<00:46:44.719><c> to</c><00:46:44.920><c> reprove</c><00:46:45.719><c> gently</c><00:46:46.519><c> in</c><00:46:47.280><c> every</c><00:46:47.699><c> case,</c><00:46:48.280><c> to</c><00:46:48.480><c> win</c><00:46:48.679><c> our</c><00:46:48.980><c> brother,</c><00:46:49.619><c> to</c>

00:46:49.780 --> 00:46:51.320
win<00:46:50.019><c> our</c><00:46:50.360><c> sister.</c>

00:46:51.519 --> 00:46:52.980
That's<00:46:51.860><c> the</c><00:46:52.019><c> idea.</c>

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:56.019
And<00:46:54.119><c> he</c><00:46:54.239><c> says</c><00:46:54.380><c> we're</c><00:46:54.519><c> to</c><00:46:54.699><c> know</c><00:46:54.920><c> our</c><00:46:55.159><c> brethren.</c>

00:46:56.380 --> 00:46:57.900
We're<00:46:56.480><c> to</c><00:46:56.639><c> know</c><00:46:56.860><c> them.</c>

00:46:58.039 --> 00:47:01.659
And<00:46:58.179><c> we're</c><00:46:58.400><c> to</c><00:46:58.460><c> esteem</c><00:46:59.079><c> them</c><00:46:59.420><c> highly</c><00:46:59.980><c> in</c><00:47:00.460><c> love</c><00:47:00.960><c> for</c><00:47:01.360><c> their</c>

00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:02.940
work's<00:47:02.059><c> sake.</c>

00:47:17.139 --> 00:47:19.820
Now<00:47:17.539><c> it</c><00:47:17.639><c> might</c><00:47:17.800><c> be</c><00:47:17.920><c> a</c><00:47:17.980><c> good</c><00:47:18.099><c> idea,</c><00:47:18.559><c> brethren</c><00:47:18.699><c> and</c><00:47:18.940><c> sisters,</c><00:47:19.420><c> as</c>

00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:24.159
we<00:47:20.019><c> look</c><00:47:20.260><c> at</c><00:47:21.039><c> verse</c><00:47:21.480><c> 12</c><00:47:21.960><c> and</c><00:47:22.139><c> verse</c><00:47:22.500><c> 13</c><00:47:23.039><c> here,</c>

00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:26.280
just<00:47:24.860><c> to</c><00:47:25.159><c> connect</c><00:47:25.400><c> a</c><00:47:25.579><c> couple</c><00:47:25.780><c> of</c><00:47:26.039><c> words.</c>

00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:28.280
I've<00:47:26.679><c> done</c><00:47:26.820><c> this</c><00:47:27.019><c> in</c><00:47:27.139><c> my</c><00:47:27.340><c> Bible</c><00:47:27.559><c> and</c><00:47:27.719><c> it</c><00:47:27.920><c> helps</c><00:47:28.099><c> me.</c>

00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:30.480
It<00:47:28.460><c> kind</c><00:47:28.539><c> of</c><00:47:28.719><c> brings</c><00:47:28.900><c> things</c><00:47:29.139><c> into</c><00:47:29.400><c> perspective.</c>

00:47:31.099 --> 00:47:34.820
In<00:47:31.539><c> verse</c><00:47:31.860><c> 12</c><00:47:32.179><c> it</c><00:47:32.300><c> says</c><00:47:32.420><c> we</c><00:47:32.599><c> beseech</c><00:47:33.000><c> you,</c><00:47:33.420><c> brethren,</c><00:47:33.780><c> to</c><00:47:34.099><c> know</c>

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:37.699
them<00:47:35.219><c> which</c><00:47:35.500><c> labor</c><00:47:35.820><c> among</c><00:47:36.139><c> you</c><00:47:36.340><c> and</c><00:47:36.500><c> so</c><00:47:36.780><c> on.</c>

00:47:38.139 --> 00:47:42.239
And<00:47:38.260><c> if</c><00:47:38.360><c> you</c><00:47:38.440><c> just</c><00:47:38.599><c> take</c><00:47:38.739><c> a</c><00:47:38.880><c> little</c><00:47:39.039><c> line</c><00:47:39.400><c> and</c><00:47:39.599><c> you</c><00:47:40.239><c> draw</c><00:47:40.400><c> it</c><00:47:40.579><c> down</c><00:47:40.840><c> from</c><00:47:41.059><c> the</c><00:47:41.239><c> word</c><00:47:41.440><c> know</c><00:47:41.860><c> to</c>

00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:45.139
the<00:47:42.420><c> word</c><00:47:42.739><c> esteem</c><00:47:43.980><c> in</c><00:47:44.300><c> the</c><00:47:44.460><c> next</c><00:47:44.679><c> verse,</c>

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:46.699
I<00:47:45.780><c> find</c><00:47:45.980><c> this</c><00:47:46.139><c> very</c><00:47:46.420><c> helpful.</c>

00:47:46.719 --> 00:47:48.440
I'm<00:47:46.880><c> not</c><00:47:47.019><c> telling</c><00:47:47.159><c> you</c><00:47:47.280><c> to</c><00:47:47.420><c> do</c><00:47:47.519><c> this</c><00:47:47.679><c> in</c><00:47:47.800><c> your</c><00:47:47.980><c> Bibles</c><00:47:48.239><c> now,</c>

00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:49.380
but<00:47:48.559><c> just</c><00:47:48.780><c> think</c><00:47:48.960><c> about</c><00:47:49.199><c> this.</c>

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:53.400
This<00:47:49.539><c> is</c><00:47:49.739><c> something</c><00:47:49.920><c> that</c><00:47:50.099><c> I've</c><00:47:50.320><c> done</c><00:47:50.639><c> and</c><00:47:51.239><c> it</c><00:47:52.159><c> kind</c><00:47:52.360><c> of</c><00:47:52.599><c> brings</c><00:47:52.820><c> things</c><00:47:53.119><c> into</c>

00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:54.659
perspective<00:47:54.039><c> for</c><00:47:54.380><c> me.</c>

00:47:54.659 --> 00:48:01.360
We<00:47:55.500><c> know</c><00:47:55.840><c> them</c><00:47:56.840><c> and</c><00:47:57.780><c> we</c><00:47:58.000><c> esteem</c><00:47:58.619><c> them</c><00:47:58.900><c> very</c><00:47:59.340><c> highly</c><00:47:59.860><c> in</c><00:48:00.800><c> love</c>

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:03.760
for<00:48:02.340><c> their</c><00:48:02.619><c> work's</c><00:48:03.000><c> sake.</c>

00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:06.219
There's<00:48:05.000><c> certainly</c><00:48:05.159><c> something</c><00:48:05.440><c> to</c><00:48:05.619><c> be</c><00:48:05.780><c> said</c><00:48:05.900><c> for</c><00:48:06.079><c> that.</c>

00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:08.260
And<00:48:06.400><c> be</c><00:48:06.559><c> at</c><00:48:06.860><c> peace,</c><00:48:07.159><c> he</c><00:48:07.320><c> says.</c>

00:48:08.539 --> 00:48:09.420
Be<00:48:08.699><c> at</c><00:48:09.019><c> peace.</c>

00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:17.360
He's<00:48:09.840><c> not</c><00:48:10.000><c> talking</c><00:48:10.239><c> about</c><00:48:10.500><c> just</c><00:48:10.739><c> being</c><00:48:11.019><c> quiet</c><00:48:11.699><c> or</c><00:48:12.340><c> just</c><00:48:12.820><c> restful,</c><00:48:14.139><c> but</c><00:48:14.260><c> the</c><00:48:14.460><c> idea</c><00:48:14.820><c> of</c><00:48:15.059><c> a</c><00:48:15.380><c> peacemaker.</c>

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:21.099
There's<00:48:18.139><c> great</c><00:48:18.400><c> blessing</c><00:48:18.800><c> in</c><00:48:19.000><c> this,</c><00:48:19.179><c> as</c><00:48:19.280><c> our</c><00:48:19.420><c> Lord</c><00:48:19.579><c> Jesus</c><00:48:19.960><c> tells</c><00:48:20.260><c> us.</c>

00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:24.480
And<00:48:22.059><c> so</c><00:48:22.239><c> the</c><00:48:22.480><c> checklist</c><00:48:22.820><c> continues.</c>

00:48:24.659 --> 00:48:27.579
We're<00:48:24.960><c> kind</c><00:48:25.159><c> of</c><00:48:25.400><c> hurrying</c><00:48:25.800><c> through</c><00:48:25.980><c> it</c><00:48:26.099><c> at</c><00:48:26.239><c> verse</c><00:48:26.480><c> 14.</c>

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:33.380
Let's<00:48:28.019><c> just</c><00:48:28.619><c> take</c><00:48:28.920><c> a</c><00:48:29.480><c> grouping</c><00:48:29.719><c> of</c><00:48:30.059><c> these</c><00:48:31.059><c> words</c><00:48:32.059><c> of</c><00:48:32.300><c> Paul</c><00:48:32.579><c> here.</c>

00:48:33.539 --> 00:48:37.639
Going<00:48:33.719><c> into</c><00:48:33.900><c> verse</c><00:48:34.179><c> 14,</c><00:48:34.719><c> we'll</c><00:48:34.880><c> read</c><00:48:35.039><c> down</c><00:48:35.300><c> through</c><00:48:35.539><c> verse</c><00:48:36.420><c> 18.</c>

00:48:39.440 --> 00:48:42.159
He<00:48:39.559><c> says,</c><00:48:39.800><c> Now</c><00:48:39.860><c> we</c><00:48:40.139><c> exhort</c><00:48:40.500><c> you,</c><00:48:40.920><c> brethren,</c><00:48:41.320><c> warn</c><00:48:41.719><c> them</c><00:48:42.019><c> that</c>

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:43.679
are<00:48:42.380><c> unruly.</c>

00:48:43.739 --> 00:48:45.519
Comfort<00:48:44.099><c> the</c><00:48:44.320><c> feeble</c><00:48:44.679><c>-minded.</c>

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:47.179
Support<00:48:46.079><c> the</c><00:48:46.400><c> weak.</c>

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:49.440
Be<00:48:47.800><c> patient</c><00:48:48.219><c> toward</c><00:48:48.500><c> all</c><00:48:48.900><c> men.</c>

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:54.659
See<00:48:50.360><c> that</c><00:48:50.659><c> none</c><00:48:50.980><c> render</c><00:48:51.539><c> evil</c><00:48:51.960><c> for</c><00:48:52.260><c> evil</c><00:48:52.559><c> unto</c><00:48:52.920><c> any</c><00:48:53.219><c> man,</c><00:48:54.420><c> but</c>

00:48:54.659 --> 00:48:58.260
ever<00:48:55.019><c> follow</c><00:48:55.380><c> that</c><00:48:55.639><c> which</c><00:48:55.800><c> is</c><00:48:56.079><c> good,</c><00:48:56.900><c> both</c><00:48:57.139><c> among</c><00:48:57.460><c> yourselves</c>

00:48:58.260 --> 00:49:00.440
and<00:48:58.940><c> to</c><00:48:59.219><c> all</c><00:48:59.440><c> men.</c>

00:49:01.599 --> 00:49:03.579
Rejoice<00:49:02.340><c> evermore.</c>

00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:06.219
Pray<00:49:04.579><c> without</c><00:49:05.099><c> ceasing.</c>

00:49:06.699 --> 00:49:11.360
In<00:49:06.960><c> everything</c><00:49:07.519><c> give</c><00:49:07.840><c> thanks,</c><00:49:09.000><c> for</c><00:49:09.179><c> this</c><00:49:09.400><c> is</c><00:49:09.599><c> the</c><00:49:09.780><c> will</c><00:49:09.940><c> of</c><00:49:10.320><c> God</c><00:49:10.760><c> in</c>

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:14.559
Christ<00:49:11.719><c> Jesus</c><00:49:12.559><c> concerning</c><00:49:13.380><c> you.</c>

00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:20.880
Well,<00:49:17.920><c> I</c><00:49:18.000><c> think</c><00:49:18.159><c> that's</c><00:49:18.400><c> very</c><00:49:18.679><c> revealing,</c><00:49:20.300><c> my</c><00:49:20.460><c> dear</c><00:49:20.599><c> brethren</c>

00:49:20.880 --> 00:49:25.500
and<00:49:21.079><c> sisters,</c><00:49:21.400><c> about</c><00:49:21.599><c> the</c><00:49:21.960><c> character</c><00:49:22.480><c> of</c><00:49:23.739><c> our</c><00:49:23.920><c> beloved</c><00:49:24.199><c> brother</c><00:49:24.480><c> Paul.</c>

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:28.179
It<00:49:26.119><c> tells</c><00:49:26.380><c> us</c><00:49:26.599><c> about</c><00:49:26.840><c> his</c><00:49:27.199><c> faith.</c>

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:31.179
It<00:49:29.219><c> tells</c><00:49:29.440><c> us</c><00:49:29.659><c> about</c><00:49:29.880><c> his</c><00:49:30.179><c> maturity.</c>

00:49:32.019 --> 00:49:34.199
It<00:49:32.260><c> tells</c><00:49:32.460><c> us</c><00:49:32.679><c> about</c><00:49:32.920><c> his</c><00:49:33.239><c> wisdom.</c>

00:49:34.659 --> 00:49:37.480
And<00:49:34.940><c> what</c><00:49:35.159><c> a</c><00:49:35.400><c> variety</c><00:49:35.820><c> of</c><00:49:36.139><c> things</c><00:49:36.400><c> here.</c>

00:49:37.539 --> 00:49:40.280
What<00:49:37.699><c> a</c><00:49:37.920><c> variety</c><00:49:38.300><c> of</c><00:49:38.739><c> responsibilities</c><00:49:39.420><c> that</c><00:49:39.699><c> we</c><00:49:39.980><c> have</c><00:49:40.159><c> and</c>

00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:42.780
that<00:49:40.380><c> we</c><00:49:40.679><c> share</c><00:49:40.840><c> together</c><00:49:41.380><c> in</c><00:49:41.960><c> Christ</c><00:49:42.280><c> Jesus.</c>

00:49:42.780 --> 00:49:45.599
Sometimes<00:49:43.820><c> we</c><00:49:43.980><c> look</c><00:49:44.139><c> at</c><00:49:44.320><c> these</c><00:49:44.559><c> things</c><00:49:44.760><c> and,</c><00:49:45.400><c> frankly,</c>

00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:47.280
they're<00:49:45.880><c> almost</c><00:49:46.239><c> overwhelming.</c>

00:49:47.539 --> 00:49:50.900
When<00:49:48.059><c> we</c><00:49:48.340><c> think</c><00:49:48.519><c> we've</c><00:49:48.800><c> got</c><00:49:49.059><c> an</c><00:49:49.280><c> area</c><00:49:49.480><c> taken</c><00:49:49.800><c> care</c><00:49:50.079><c> of,</c><00:49:50.699><c> well,</c>

00:49:50.900 --> 00:49:52.360
there's<00:49:51.159><c> another</c><00:49:51.400><c> one.</c>

00:49:52.820 --> 00:49:55.280
And<00:49:52.960><c> we</c><00:49:53.039><c> say,</c><00:49:53.159><c> I</c><00:49:53.159><c> really</c><00:49:53.400><c> have</c><00:49:53.579><c> a</c><00:49:53.739><c> problem</c><00:49:54.000><c> with</c><00:49:54.159><c> that</c><00:49:54.320><c> one.</c>

00:49:55.579 --> 00:49:57.579
But<00:49:55.719><c> I've</c><00:49:55.880><c> got</c><00:49:55.960><c> most</c><00:49:56.280><c> of</c><00:49:56.420><c> them.</c>

00:49:59.579 --> 00:50:01.260
There's<00:49:59.920><c> always</c><00:50:00.179><c> more,</c><00:50:00.579><c> isn't</c><00:50:00.699><c> there?</c>

00:50:01.699 --> 00:50:06.340
A<00:50:01.900><c> variety</c><00:50:02.380><c> of</c><00:50:02.980><c> responsibilities</c><00:50:03.679><c> to</c><00:50:04.360><c> be</c><00:50:04.780><c> like</c><00:50:05.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:50:06.559 --> 00:50:08.960
Because<00:50:06.820><c> this</c><00:50:07.000><c> is</c><00:50:07.099><c> what</c><00:50:07.199><c> he's</c><00:50:07.460><c> presenting</c><00:50:07.739><c> to</c><00:50:08.079><c> us.</c>

00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:12.480
This<00:50:09.760><c> is</c><00:50:10.000><c> the</c><00:50:10.079><c> life</c><00:50:10.239><c> of</c><00:50:10.519><c> Christ</c><00:50:10.840><c> here,</c><00:50:11.239><c> brethren</c><00:50:11.360><c> and</c><00:50:11.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:50:13.280 --> 00:50:16.460
The<00:50:13.539><c> checklist</c><00:50:13.960><c> for</c><00:50:14.300><c> him</c><00:50:14.639><c> is</c><00:50:15.460><c> perfect.</c>

00:50:19.380 --> 00:50:22.039
The<00:50:19.719><c> checklist</c><00:50:20.099><c> for</c><00:50:20.420><c> him</c><00:50:20.639><c> is</c><00:50:20.980><c> perfect.</c>

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For<00:50:23.579><c> us,</c><00:50:26.900><c> if</c><00:50:27.019><c> I</c><00:50:27.079><c> can</c><00:50:27.199><c> only</c><00:50:27.420><c> speak</c><00:50:27.619><c> for</c><00:50:27.860><c> me,</c><00:50:29.619><c> perhaps</c><00:50:29.820><c> you</c><00:50:29.940><c> would</c>

00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:32.119
feel<00:50:30.340><c> the</c><00:50:30.599><c> same</c><00:50:30.739><c> in</c><00:50:30.960><c> this.</c>

00:50:32.539 --> 00:50:37.460
But<00:50:32.940><c> for</c><00:50:33.159><c> me,</c><00:50:33.820><c> I'm</c><00:50:34.260><c> very</c><00:50:34.800><c> certain</c><00:50:35.340><c> that</c><00:50:36.780><c> Brother</c><00:50:37.000><c> Paul</c><00:50:37.260><c> would</c>

00:50:37.460 --> 00:50:39.099
write<00:50:37.639><c> to</c><00:50:37.780><c> me,</c>

00:50:39.179 --> 00:50:40.639
and<00:50:39.260><c> he'd</c><00:50:39.460><c> say,</c><00:50:39.519><c> I'd</c><00:50:39.699><c> like</c><00:50:39.800><c> to</c><00:50:39.920><c> get</c><00:50:40.079><c> together</c><00:50:40.360><c> with</c><00:50:40.500><c> your</c>

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:41.780
brother<00:50:40.840><c> Dave.</c>

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We're<00:50:41.900><c> going</c><00:50:42.019><c> to</c><00:50:42.340><c> talk</c><00:50:42.519><c> about</c><00:50:42.900><c> perfecting</c><00:50:44.219><c> some</c><00:50:44.480><c> of</c><00:50:44.599><c> the</c><00:50:44.800><c> things</c><00:50:45.000><c> that</c>

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are<00:50:45.360><c> lacking.</c>

00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:49.920
That's<00:50:47.639><c> what</c><00:50:47.699><c> he</c><00:50:47.880><c> wrote</c><00:50:47.980><c> to</c><00:50:48.239><c> these</c><00:50:48.579><c> brethren</c><00:50:48.840><c> and</c><00:50:49.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:53.000
I<00:50:51.119><c> think</c><00:50:51.239><c> he</c><00:50:51.380><c> would</c><00:50:51.500><c> write</c><00:50:51.639><c> that</c><00:50:51.840><c> to</c><00:50:51.980><c> me.</c>

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:55.320
I'd<00:50:53.719><c> rather</c><00:50:53.719><c> have</c><00:50:53.940><c> the</c><00:50:54.099><c> feeling,</c><00:50:54.519><c> brethren</c><00:50:54.579><c> and</c><00:50:54.820><c> sisters,</c><00:50:55.099><c> that</c><00:50:55.219><c> he</c>

00:50:55.320 --> 00:50:57.400
would<00:50:55.519><c> write</c><00:50:55.699><c> this</c><00:50:56.000><c> way</c><00:50:56.119><c> to</c><00:50:56.320><c> every</c><00:50:56.519><c> one</c><00:50:56.659><c> of</c><00:50:56.820><c> us.</c>

00:50:57.880 --> 00:51:00.599
We're<00:50:58.360><c> going</c><00:50:58.559><c> to</c><00:50:58.800><c> talk</c><00:50:59.059><c> about</c><00:50:59.340><c> the</c><00:50:59.639><c> things</c><00:50:59.840><c> that</c><00:51:00.000><c> are</c><00:51:00.239><c> lacking</c>

00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:03.280
and<00:51:01.500><c> work</c><00:51:01.739><c> on</c><00:51:01.920><c> those</c><00:51:02.219><c> areas.</c>

00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:05.039
This<00:51:03.639><c> he</c><00:51:03.780><c> did</c><00:51:03.900><c> with</c><00:51:04.099><c> them.</c>

00:51:05.059 --> 00:51:07.500
And<00:51:05.199><c> he</c><00:51:05.300><c> would</c><00:51:05.420><c> do</c><00:51:05.500><c> it</c><00:51:05.619><c> with</c><00:51:05.739><c> us</c><00:51:06.000><c> too,</c><00:51:06.159><c> I'm</c><00:51:06.420><c> sure.</c>

00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:12.860
We<00:51:10.340><c> won't</c><00:51:10.500><c> take</c><00:51:10.699><c> the</c><00:51:10.880><c> time</c><00:51:11.059><c> to</c><00:51:11.219><c> go</c><00:51:11.340><c> through</c><00:51:11.519><c> all</c><00:51:11.719><c> these</c><00:51:11.940><c> things,</c><00:51:12.280><c> brethren</c><00:51:12.400><c> and</c><00:51:12.599><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:12.900 --> 00:51:14.880
We<00:51:13.179><c> just</c><00:51:13.420><c> don't</c><00:51:13.679><c> have</c><00:51:13.880><c> it.</c>

00:51:15.820 --> 00:51:23.860
Verse<00:51:16.059><c> 19</c><00:51:16.539><c> and</c><00:51:16.699><c> 20,</c><00:51:18.139><c> he</c><00:51:18.179><c> says,</c><00:51:18.400><c> Quench</c><00:51:18.719><c> not</c><00:51:18.980><c> the</c><00:51:19.300><c> spirit,</c><00:51:21.179><c> despise</c><00:51:21.840><c> not</c><00:51:22.539><c> prophesying.</c>

00:51:24.820 --> 00:51:30.019
Perhaps<00:51:25.380><c> these</c><00:51:25.940><c> injunctions</c><00:51:26.619><c> have</c><00:51:26.900><c> to</c><00:51:27.059><c> do</c><00:51:27.219><c> with</c><00:51:28.059><c> actual</c><00:51:28.500><c> situations</c><00:51:29.239><c> within</c><00:51:29.480><c> the</c><00:51:29.739><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:51:30.139 --> 00:51:32.000
I<00:51:30.260><c> believe</c><00:51:30.500><c> that</c><00:51:30.679><c> they</c><00:51:30.840><c> do.</c>

00:51:32.019 --> 00:51:34.719
Evidently,<00:51:32.559><c> the</c><00:51:32.840><c> spirit</c><00:51:33.179><c> gifts</c><00:51:33.420><c> were</c><00:51:33.639><c> being</c><00:51:33.980><c> minimized</c><00:51:34.559><c> at</c>

00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:35.960
this<00:51:34.920><c> point</c><00:51:35.139><c> in</c><00:51:35.440><c> time.</c>

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:39.179
We<00:51:36.539><c> know</c><00:51:36.780><c> they</c><00:51:37.019><c> were</c><00:51:37.380><c> in</c><00:51:37.679><c> the</c><00:51:37.840><c> Corinthian</c><00:51:38.199><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:51:39.300 --> 00:51:42.800
We<00:51:39.420><c> know</c><00:51:39.619><c> that</c><00:51:39.920><c> the</c><00:51:40.559><c> gift</c><00:51:40.860><c> of</c><00:51:41.440><c> prophecy</c><00:51:41.820><c> had</c><00:51:42.059><c> been,</c><00:51:42.480><c> as</c><00:51:42.639><c> it</c>

00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:44.260
were,<00:51:43.440><c> pushed</c><00:51:43.659><c> down,</c>

00:51:44.460 --> 00:51:46.780
and<00:51:44.619><c> the</c><00:51:44.780><c> gift</c><00:51:44.980><c> of</c><00:51:45.320><c> tongues</c><00:51:45.599><c> had</c><00:51:45.800><c> been</c><00:51:46.340><c> elevated.</c>

00:51:46.860 --> 00:51:49.719
The<00:51:47.039><c> least</c><00:51:47.260><c> of</c><00:51:47.440><c> the</c><00:51:47.659><c> gifts</c><00:51:47.820><c> was</c><00:51:48.099><c> made</c><00:51:48.340><c> the</c><00:51:48.719><c> greatest,</c>

00:51:49.760 --> 00:51:52.860
and<00:51:50.239><c> things</c><00:51:50.380><c> were</c><00:51:50.659><c> all</c><00:51:51.460><c> touchy</c><00:51:51.980><c>-turvy</c><00:51:52.159><c> as</c><00:51:52.400><c> to</c><00:51:52.519><c> the</c><00:51:52.579><c> way</c><00:51:52.699><c> that</c>

00:51:52.860 --> 00:51:53.460
they<00:51:53.019><c> should</c><00:51:53.219><c> be,</c>

00:51:53.659 --> 00:51:55.119
and<00:51:53.820><c> Paul</c><00:51:54.099><c> seeks</c><00:51:54.360><c> to</c><00:51:54.559><c> make</c><00:51:54.639><c> it</c><00:51:54.880><c> right.</c>

00:51:55.380 --> 00:51:57.400
It<00:51:55.559><c> almost</c><00:51:55.860><c> seemed</c><00:51:56.099><c> as</c><00:51:56.260><c> though</c><00:51:56.340><c> they</c><00:51:56.519><c> were</c><00:51:56.679><c> saying</c><00:51:56.880><c> that</c><00:51:57.039><c> we've</c><00:51:57.239><c> got</c>

00:51:57.400 --> 00:52:01.039
to<00:51:57.960><c> stop</c><00:51:58.519><c> using</c><00:51:59.119><c> these</c><00:51:59.579><c> spirit</c><00:51:59.900><c> gifts,</c>

00:52:01.619 --> 00:52:03.960
especially<00:52:02.099><c> this</c><00:52:02.579><c> area</c><00:52:02.900><c> of</c><00:52:03.300><c> prophecy</c><00:52:03.599><c> here.</c>

00:52:04.099 --> 00:52:08.440
And<00:52:04.239><c> he's</c><00:52:04.380><c> saying,</c><00:52:04.699><c> don't</c><00:52:04.880><c> quench</c><00:52:05.199><c> the</c><00:52:05.579><c> spirit,</c><00:52:07.739><c> and</c><00:52:07.880><c> despise</c>

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not<00:52:08.900><c> prophesying.</c>

00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:14.420
Allow<00:52:12.239><c> the</c><00:52:12.719><c> forth</c><00:52:13.219><c>-telling,</c><00:52:13.619><c> because</c><00:52:13.840><c> I</c><00:52:14.000><c> think</c><00:52:14.159><c> that</c><00:52:14.300><c> this</c>

00:52:14.420 --> 00:52:15.960
was<00:52:14.619><c> its</c><00:52:14.960><c> main</c><00:52:15.380><c> impact</c>

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:19.539
of<00:52:16.139><c> the</c><00:52:16.300><c> work</c><00:52:16.400><c> of</c><00:52:17.079><c> the</c><00:52:18.199><c> gift</c><00:52:18.380><c> of</c><00:52:18.739><c> prophecy,</c>

00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:22.719
this<00:52:20.179><c> forth</c><00:52:20.619><c>-telling</c><00:52:20.840><c> of</c><00:52:21.039><c> the</c><00:52:21.260><c> principles</c><00:52:21.619><c> of</c><00:52:21.820><c> the</c><00:52:22.000><c> truth</c><00:52:22.139><c> of</c><00:52:22.440><c> God</c>

00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:26.019
to<00:52:23.400><c> edify</c><00:52:24.039><c> and</c><00:52:24.420><c> strengthen</c><00:52:24.739><c> and</c><00:52:25.119><c> establish</c><00:52:25.500><c> these</c><00:52:25.820><c> first</c>

00:52:26.019 --> 00:52:27.539
-century<00:52:26.340><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:52:28.659 --> 00:52:31.059
He<00:52:28.960><c> says,</c><00:52:29.039><c> don't</c><00:52:29.679><c> quench</c><00:52:30.000><c> that.</c>

00:52:31.460 --> 00:52:34.780
Let<00:52:31.579><c> that</c><00:52:31.920><c> work</c><00:52:32.119><c> in</c><00:52:32.280><c> the</c><00:52:32.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:52:32.780><c> be</c><00:52:33.159><c> strengthened</c><00:52:33.599><c> and</c><00:52:34.139><c> built</c><00:52:34.460><c> up</c>

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by<00:52:35.000><c> it</c>

00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:37.579
around<00:52:35.679><c> the</c><00:52:35.900><c> word</c><00:52:36.019><c> of</c><00:52:36.320><c> God.</c>

00:52:43.059 --> 00:52:45.340
And<00:52:43.500><c> so</c><00:52:43.619><c> the</c><00:52:43.860><c> checklist</c><00:52:44.159><c> continues.</c>

00:52:46.639 --> 00:52:49.320
How<00:52:46.940><c> are</c><00:52:47.019><c> you</c><00:52:47.059><c> making</c><00:52:47.300><c> out</c><00:52:47.480><c> so</c><00:52:47.780><c> far,</c><00:52:48.139><c> brethren</c><00:52:48.260><c> and</c><00:52:48.460><c> sisters?</c>

00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:52.659
I<00:52:51.500><c> mean,</c><00:52:51.519><c> this</c><00:52:51.739><c> checklist</c><00:52:52.019><c> is</c><00:52:52.300><c> for</c><00:52:52.460><c> you.</c>

00:52:52.659 --> 00:52:56.159
This<00:52:52.860><c> is</c><00:52:53.019><c> not</c><00:52:53.179><c> for</c><00:52:53.340><c> me</c><00:52:54.360><c> alone.</c>

00:52:56.260 --> 00:52:59.500
This<00:52:56.440><c> is</c><00:52:56.679><c> not</c><00:52:56.820><c> for</c><00:52:57.019><c> our</c><00:52:57.199><c> brethren</c><00:52:57.480><c> and</c><00:52:57.699><c> sisters</c><00:52:57.980><c> here</c><00:52:58.219><c> in</c><00:52:58.380><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:02.659
This<00:53:00.920><c> is</c><00:53:01.079><c> for</c><00:53:01.199><c> all</c><00:53:01.440><c> of</c><00:53:01.599><c> us.</c>

00:53:03.739 --> 00:53:06.199
How<00:53:04.159><c> are</c><00:53:04.239><c> you</c><00:53:04.320><c> making</c><00:53:04.519><c> out</c><00:53:04.719><c> so</c><00:53:05.079><c> far</c><00:53:05.280><c> when</c><00:53:05.460><c> you</c><00:53:05.800><c> read</c><00:53:06.000><c> through</c>

00:53:06.199 --> 00:53:07.559
these<00:53:06.539><c> things?</c>

00:53:09.619 --> 00:53:13.619
So<00:53:10.260><c> in</c><00:53:10.380><c> verse</c><00:53:10.639><c> 21,</c><00:53:11.079><c> he</c><00:53:11.199><c> says,</c><00:53:11.820><c> prove</c><00:53:11.820><c> all</c><00:53:12.219><c> things.</c>

00:53:14.099 --> 00:53:16.840
Hold<00:53:14.340><c> fast</c><00:53:14.659><c> that</c><00:53:14.920><c> which</c><00:53:15.079><c> is</c><00:53:15.380><c> good.</c>

00:53:16.900 --> 00:53:20.920
Abstain<00:53:17.400><c> from</c><00:53:17.719><c> all</c><00:53:18.119><c> appearance</c><00:53:18.920><c> of</c><00:53:19.860><c> evil.</c>

00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:27.940
So<00:53:24.119><c> we're</c><00:53:24.199><c> to</c><00:53:24.360><c> rejoice,</c><00:53:25.760><c> we're</c><00:53:25.820><c> to</c><00:53:26.019><c> pray,</c><00:53:27.000><c> we're</c><00:53:27.139><c> to</c><00:53:27.420><c> prove,</c>

00:53:28.219 --> 00:53:29.340
we're<00:53:28.340><c> to</c><00:53:28.559><c> hold</c><00:53:28.980><c> fast.</c>

00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:32.000
All<00:53:29.699><c> these</c><00:53:30.019><c> things</c><00:53:30.260><c> come</c><00:53:30.460><c> into</c><00:53:30.659><c> this,</c><00:53:30.880><c> don't</c><00:53:31.099><c> they?</c>

00:53:32.400 --> 00:53:35.300
We're<00:53:32.599><c> to</c><00:53:32.800><c> discern</c><00:53:33.320><c> and</c><00:53:33.599><c> test</c><00:53:33.920><c> and</c><00:53:34.320><c> examine.</c>

00:53:35.659 --> 00:53:39.480
Paul<00:53:36.139><c> says</c><00:53:36.360><c> to</c><00:53:36.440><c> the</c><00:53:36.659><c> Corinthians,</c><00:53:37.199><c> examine</c><00:53:37.679><c> your</c><00:53:37.980><c> own</c><00:53:38.380><c> selves.</c>

00:53:40.239 --> 00:53:41.820
That's<00:53:40.480><c> where</c><00:53:40.599><c> it</c><00:53:40.820><c> starts,</c><00:53:41.260><c> brethren</c><00:53:41.380><c> and</c><00:53:41.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:53:42.119 --> 00:53:43.800
And<00:53:42.340><c> hold</c><00:53:42.579><c> fast.</c>

00:53:44.260 --> 00:53:45.679
Hold<00:53:44.559><c> fast.</c>

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:48.960
Two<00:53:46.599><c> words</c><00:53:46.840><c> for</c><00:53:47.039><c> us,</c><00:53:47.320><c> one</c><00:53:47.619><c> word</c><00:53:47.820><c> in</c><00:53:47.980><c> the</c><00:53:48.179><c> Greek.</c>

00:53:49.059 --> 00:53:52.280
Hold<00:53:49.420><c> fast</c><00:53:49.820><c> or</c><00:53:50.559><c> hold</c><00:53:51.139><c> down.</c>

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It's<00:53:52.440><c> so</c><00:53:52.559><c> we</c><00:53:53.000><c> recognize</c><00:53:53.760><c> the</c><00:53:54.139><c> difficulties</c><00:53:54.559><c> and</c><00:53:54.719><c> the</c><00:53:55.000><c> problems</c><00:53:55.300><c> of</c><00:53:55.500><c> the</c><00:53:55.719><c> flesh</c>

00:53:56.099 --> 00:53:59.539
and<00:53:56.780><c> we</c><00:53:57.039><c> get</c><00:53:57.199><c> a</c><00:53:57.380><c> hold</c><00:53:57.519><c> of</c><00:53:57.619><c> them</c><00:53:57.760><c> and</c><00:53:57.900><c> we</c><00:53:58.420><c> pin</c><00:53:58.639><c> them</c><00:53:58.820><c> down</c><00:53:59.039><c> to</c><00:53:59.179><c> the</c><00:53:59.380><c> ground</c>

00:53:59.539 --> 00:54:02.800
and<00:53:59.719><c> we</c><00:53:59.940><c> hold</c><00:54:00.099><c> them</c><00:54:00.340><c> there</c><00:54:00.460><c> and</c><00:54:00.559><c> they're</c><00:54:00.679><c> not</c><00:54:00.820><c> going</c><00:54:01.019><c> to</c><00:54:01.199><c> overcome</c><00:54:01.519><c> us</c>

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because<00:54:03.519><c> the</c><00:54:03.760><c> things</c><00:54:04.000><c> of</c><00:54:04.139><c> the</c><00:54:04.460><c> spirit</c><00:54:04.659><c> are</c><00:54:04.820><c> going</c><00:54:04.920><c> to</c><00:54:05.179><c> rise</c><00:54:05.440><c> and</c><00:54:05.619><c> take</c><00:54:05.880><c> precedence</c><00:54:06.360><c> in</c>

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our<00:54:06.699><c> lives.</c>

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Hold<00:54:09.559><c> fast,</c><00:54:09.900><c> he</c><00:54:10.099><c> says.</c>

00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:15.920
And<00:54:12.519><c> abstain</c><00:54:12.820><c> from</c><00:54:13.539><c> even</c><00:54:14.199><c> the</c><00:54:14.539><c> appearance</c><00:54:14.860><c> of</c><00:54:15.159><c> evil.</c>

00:54:16.619 --> 00:54:18.820
It's<00:54:16.800><c> the</c><00:54:17.019><c> example</c><00:54:17.340><c> again,</c><00:54:17.659><c> isn't</c><00:54:17.800><c> it?</c>

00:54:19.139 --> 00:54:21.440
That<00:54:19.360><c> our</c><00:54:19.599><c> daily</c><00:54:19.940><c> lives</c><00:54:20.300><c> may</c><00:54:20.539><c> win</c><00:54:20.820><c> respect.</c>

00:54:21.639 --> 00:54:23.139
Do<00:54:21.719><c> you</c><00:54:21.719><c> remember</c><00:54:21.900><c> when</c><00:54:22.000><c> we</c><00:54:22.239><c> talked</c><00:54:22.400><c> about</c><00:54:22.699><c> this?</c>

00:54:23.599 --> 00:54:26.460
I<00:54:23.760><c> hear</c><00:54:23.920><c> people</c><00:54:24.219><c> say,</c><00:54:24.420><c> well,</c><00:54:24.559><c> God</c><00:54:24.780><c> looks</c><00:54:25.019><c> on</c><00:54:25.239><c> the</c><00:54:25.519><c> heart.</c>

00:54:26.780 --> 00:54:28.679
And<00:54:27.000><c> it's</c><00:54:27.280><c> true,</c><00:54:27.460><c> he</c><00:54:27.599><c> does.</c>

00:54:30.219 --> 00:54:33.820
But<00:54:30.760><c> sometimes</c><00:54:31.260><c> the</c><00:54:32.000><c> outward</c><00:54:32.360><c> appearance,</c><00:54:33.099><c> the</c><00:54:33.400><c> appearance</c>

00:54:33.820 --> 00:54:34.900
of<00:54:34.059><c> evil,</c>

00:54:35.780 --> 00:54:39.579
is<00:54:35.900><c> a</c><00:54:36.119><c> reflection</c><00:54:36.519><c> of</c><00:54:36.659><c> what's</c><00:54:37.579><c> deep</c><00:54:37.880><c> down</c><00:54:38.159><c> inside,</c><00:54:38.659><c> isn't</c><00:54:38.920><c> it?</c>

00:54:39.820 --> 00:54:43.900
And<00:54:40.059><c> it</c><00:54:40.139><c> just</c><00:54:40.460><c> manifests</c><00:54:41.000><c> itself</c><00:54:41.400><c> on</c><00:54:41.659><c> our</c><00:54:41.940><c> face</c><00:54:42.199><c> and</c><00:54:42.340><c> in</c><00:54:42.480><c> our</c><00:54:42.699><c> lives.</c>

00:54:45.579 --> 00:54:47.360
He<00:54:45.739><c> says</c><00:54:45.820><c> we're</c><00:54:46.000><c> to</c><00:54:46.219><c> abstain</c><00:54:46.619><c> from</c><00:54:46.820><c> that.</c>

00:54:47.679 --> 00:54:50.460
We're<00:54:47.780><c> to</c><00:54:48.039><c> hold</c><00:54:48.420><c> oneself</c><00:54:49.019><c> off.</c>

00:54:51.119 --> 00:54:54.039
As<00:54:51.260><c> though</c><00:54:51.440><c> we</c><00:54:51.719><c> see</c><00:54:52.019><c> the</c><00:54:52.300><c> flesh</c><00:54:52.519><c> for</c><00:54:52.639><c> what</c><00:54:52.780><c> it</c><00:54:52.960><c> is</c><00:54:53.079><c> and</c><00:54:53.239><c> we</c><00:54:53.840><c> just</c>

00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:54.820
hold<00:54:54.400><c> it</c><00:54:54.659><c> off.</c>

00:54:54.820 --> 00:54:57.719
We<00:54:54.940><c> don't</c><00:54:55.059><c> let</c><00:54:55.199><c> it</c><00:54:55.320><c> get</c><00:54:55.559><c> to</c><00:54:55.800><c> us</c><00:54:56.019><c> and</c><00:54:56.480><c> overwhelm</c><00:54:57.119><c> us</c><00:54:57.300><c> and</c><00:54:57.480><c> take</c>

00:54:57.719 --> 00:55:00.719
over<00:54:58.239><c> and</c><00:54:58.920><c> rule</c><00:54:59.239><c> in</c><00:54:59.500><c> our</c><00:54:59.699><c> lives.</c>

00:55:04.300 --> 00:55:08.880
And<00:55:04.400><c> then,</c><00:55:05.219><c> brethren</c><00:55:05.639><c> and</c><00:55:05.820><c> sisters,</c><00:55:06.380><c> like</c><00:55:06.579><c> a</c><00:55:06.880><c> prayer,</c><00:55:08.659><c> this</c>

00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:11.320
whole<00:55:09.260><c> thing</c><00:55:09.480><c> comes</c><00:55:09.739><c> to</c><00:55:09.880><c> its</c><00:55:10.059><c> conclusion.</c>

00:55:12.300 --> 00:55:15.780
Out<00:55:12.480><c> of</c><00:55:12.619><c> the</c><00:55:12.900><c> depth</c><00:55:13.199><c> of</c><00:55:13.420><c> his</c><00:55:13.699><c> love</c><00:55:13.880><c> for</c><00:55:14.079><c> them</c><00:55:14.480><c> and</c><00:55:14.960><c> for</c><00:55:15.260><c> us,</c>

00:55:16.019 --> 00:55:17.719
because<00:55:16.219><c> he's</c><00:55:16.480><c> answered</c><00:55:16.699><c> the</c><00:55:17.000><c> call,</c><00:55:17.219><c> hasn't</c><00:55:17.539><c> he?</c>

00:55:17.800 --> 00:55:21.659
The<00:55:17.960><c> man</c><00:55:18.139><c> of</c><00:55:18.380><c> Macedonia</c><00:55:18.940><c> that</c><00:55:19.159><c> said,</c><00:55:19.440><c> come</c><00:55:19.480><c> over</c><00:55:19.739><c> and</c><00:55:19.960><c> help</c><00:55:20.119><c> us,</c><00:55:20.579><c> Paul</c><00:55:20.820><c> is</c><00:55:21.159><c> gone.</c>

00:55:21.659 --> 00:55:25.360
And<00:55:22.400><c> he's</c><00:55:22.760><c> established</c><00:55:23.139><c> the</c><00:55:23.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:55:23.800><c> and</c><00:55:24.019><c> he</c><00:55:24.340><c> continues</c><00:55:24.980><c> to</c>

00:55:25.360 --> 00:55:29.159
nurture<00:55:25.659><c> and</c><00:55:25.840><c> to</c><00:55:26.139><c> cherish</c><00:55:26.380><c> that</c><00:55:26.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:55:29.539 --> 00:55:32.980
Out<00:55:29.639><c> of</c><00:55:29.760><c> the</c><00:55:29.980><c> depth</c><00:55:30.179><c> of</c><00:55:30.300><c> his</c><00:55:30.519><c> love</c><00:55:30.639><c> for</c><00:55:30.820><c> them</c><00:55:31.079><c> and</c><00:55:31.239><c> for</c><00:55:31.480><c> us,</c><00:55:32.940><c> we</c>

00:55:32.980 --> 00:55:34.079
read<00:55:33.139><c> in</c><00:55:33.340><c> verse</c><00:55:33.579><c> 23,</c>

00:55:34.219 --> 00:55:37.800
the<00:55:34.219><c> very</c><00:55:34.639><c> God</c><00:55:35.019><c> of</c><00:55:35.300><c> peace</c><00:55:35.920><c> sanctify</c><00:55:37.159><c> you</c><00:55:37.480><c> holy.</c>

00:55:38.179 --> 00:55:41.239
And<00:55:38.179><c> I</c><00:55:38.500><c> pray,</c><00:55:38.739><c> God,</c><00:55:39.119><c> your</c><00:55:39.280><c> whole</c><00:55:39.619><c> spirit</c><00:55:40.059><c> and</c><00:55:40.420><c> soul</c><00:55:40.619><c> and</c><00:55:40.920><c> body</c>

00:55:41.239 --> 00:55:43.579
be<00:55:41.880><c> preserved</c><00:55:42.579><c> blameless</c>

00:55:43.579 --> 00:55:46.820
under<00:55:44.179><c> the</c><00:55:44.420><c> coming</c><00:55:44.599><c> of</c><00:55:44.840><c> our</c><00:55:44.980><c> Lord</c><00:55:45.199><c> Jesus</c><00:55:45.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:52.260
Sanctified,<00:55:49.159><c> preserved</c><00:55:49.500><c> in</c><00:55:49.679><c> the</c><00:55:50.000><c> care</c><00:55:50.260><c> of</c><00:55:50.659><c> God,</c><00:55:51.320><c> the</c><00:55:51.500><c> God</c><00:55:51.699><c> of</c><00:55:51.920><c> peace.</c>

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:55.920
Every<00:55:52.800><c> aspect</c><00:55:53.260><c> of</c><00:55:53.440><c> our</c><00:55:53.659><c> life,</c><00:55:54.059><c> brethren</c><00:55:54.239><c> and</c><00:55:54.460><c> sisters,</c><00:55:55.280><c> our</c>

00:55:55.920 --> 00:55:59.800
breath,<00:55:57.059><c> our</c><00:55:57.340><c> mind,</c><00:55:58.300><c> our</c><00:55:58.400><c> life</c><00:55:58.599><c> itself,</c>

00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:02.880
preserved<00:56:00.940><c> in</c><00:56:01.099><c> the</c><00:56:01.340><c> care</c><00:56:01.500><c> of</c><00:56:01.719><c> our</c><00:56:01.960><c> Father.</c>

00:56:04.619 --> 00:56:06.960
Can<00:56:05.099><c> you</c><00:56:05.280><c> do</c><00:56:05.400><c> it</c><00:56:05.559><c> on</c><00:56:05.739><c> your</c><00:56:05.980><c> own?</c>

00:56:08.039 --> 00:56:10.179
Can<00:56:08.239><c> I</c><00:56:08.440><c> do</c><00:56:08.579><c> it</c><00:56:08.739><c> on</c><00:56:08.860><c> my</c><00:56:09.119><c> own?</c><00:56:09.300><c> Of</c><00:56:09.500><c> course</c><00:56:09.760><c> I</c><00:56:09.940><c> can.</c>

00:56:10.239 --> 00:56:11.880
And<00:56:10.360><c> you</c><00:56:10.500><c> can't</c><00:56:10.739><c> either,</c><00:56:11.099><c> brethren</c><00:56:11.260><c> and</c><00:56:11.460><c> sisters.</c>

00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:14.820
And<00:56:12.519><c> these</c><00:56:13.320><c> are</c><00:56:13.519><c> the</c><00:56:13.539><c> next</c><00:56:13.760><c> words</c><00:56:13.980><c> of</c><00:56:14.139><c> our</c><00:56:14.260><c> brother</c><00:56:14.500><c> Paul,</c>

00:56:14.860 --> 00:56:16.239
aren't<00:56:15.099><c> they?</c>

00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:23.119
Verse<00:56:16.820><c> 24,</c><00:56:17.400><c> he</c><00:56:17.400><c> says,</c><00:56:18.019><c> Faithful</c><00:56:18.280><c> is</c><00:56:18.420><c> he</c><00:56:18.659><c> that</c><00:56:18.940><c> calleth</c><00:56:19.340><c> you</c><00:56:19.659><c> who</c><00:56:20.099><c> also</c><00:56:20.800><c> will</c><00:56:21.320><c> do</c><00:56:21.619><c> it.</c>

00:56:23.760 --> 00:56:26.039
So<00:56:24.059><c> we</c><00:56:24.179><c> bring</c><00:56:24.340><c> our</c><00:56:24.559><c> Father</c><00:56:24.920><c> into</c><00:56:25.159><c> this,</c><00:56:25.460><c> don't</c><00:56:25.699><c> we?</c>

00:56:26.219 --> 00:56:28.179
And<00:56:26.340><c> our</c><00:56:26.480><c> Lord</c><00:56:26.679><c> Jesus</c><00:56:27.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:56:28.199 --> 00:56:32.159
And<00:56:28.400><c> that's</c><00:56:28.679><c> the</c><00:56:28.940><c> strength</c><00:56:29.300><c> and</c><00:56:29.619><c> that's</c><00:56:29.940><c> the</c><00:56:30.059><c> ability</c><00:56:30.480><c> to</c><00:56:30.980><c> succeed.</c>

00:56:32.300 --> 00:56:34.719
There<00:56:32.420><c> is</c><00:56:32.579><c> no</c><00:56:32.739><c> ability</c><00:56:33.159><c> on</c><00:56:33.440><c> our</c><00:56:33.639><c> own.</c>

00:56:36.980 --> 00:56:38.380
God<00:56:37.260><c> is</c><00:56:37.480><c> faithful.</c>

00:56:40.360 --> 00:56:43.559
This<00:56:40.840><c> is</c><00:56:41.039><c> the</c><00:56:41.239><c> final</c><00:56:41.480><c> word,</c><00:56:41.780><c> my</c><00:56:41.960><c> dear</c><00:56:42.099><c> brethren</c><00:56:42.380><c> and</c><00:56:42.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:56:44.639 --> 00:56:46.039
just<00:56:44.820><c> from</c><00:56:45.079><c> second</c><00:56:45.360><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:56:46.219 --> 00:56:49.559
And<00:56:46.239><c> we'll</c><00:56:47.699><c> let</c><00:56:47.840><c> this</c><00:56:48.019><c> be</c><00:56:48.159><c> the</c><00:56:48.480><c> conclusion</c><00:56:48.760><c> of</c><00:56:48.940><c> the</c><00:56:49.099><c> matter.</c>

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:53.699
As<00:56:50.119><c> far</c><00:56:50.260><c> as</c><00:56:50.360><c> this</c><00:56:50.639><c> study</c><00:56:50.840><c> that</c><00:56:51.059><c> is</c><00:56:51.280><c> merely</c><00:56:51.880><c> touched</c><00:56:52.599><c> on</c><00:56:52.780><c> the</c><00:56:53.039><c> surface</c><00:56:53.360><c> here,</c><00:56:53.539><c> I</c>

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understand<00:56:54.179><c> that.</c>

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But<00:56:56.019><c> hopefully</c><00:56:56.500><c> for</c><00:56:56.800><c> you,</c><00:56:57.179><c> as</c><00:56:57.300><c> it</c><00:56:57.500><c> has</c><00:56:57.659><c> been</c><00:56:57.820><c> for</c><00:56:57.980><c> me,</c><00:56:58.280><c> there</c>

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are<00:56:58.780><c> some</c><00:56:59.059><c> practical</c><00:56:59.539><c> things</c><00:56:59.880><c> that</c><00:57:00.039><c> we</c><00:57:00.139><c> can</c><00:57:00.360><c> use.</c>

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That<00:57:02.599><c> was</c><00:57:02.800><c> all</c><00:57:02.980><c> my</c><00:57:03.780><c> desire</c><00:57:04.260><c> and</c><00:57:04.420><c> my</c><00:57:04.679><c> hope</c><00:57:04.920><c> in</c><00:57:05.380><c> bringing</c><00:57:05.679><c> these</c>

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thoughts<00:57:06.980><c> to</c><00:57:07.260><c> you.</c>

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In<00:57:08.400><c> second</c><00:57:08.579><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:57:12.760><c> and</c><00:57:12.920><c> in</c><00:57:13.099><c> the</c><00:57:13.219><c> third</c><00:57:13.400><c> chapter,</c><00:57:13.900><c> we</c>

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read<00:57:14.300><c> these</c><00:57:14.599><c> words,</c><00:57:15.380><c> verse</c><00:57:15.639><c> three.</c>

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But<00:57:19.460><c> the</c><00:57:19.619><c> Lord</c><00:57:19.980><c> is</c><00:57:20.400><c> faithful,</c><00:57:22.159><c> who</c><00:57:22.300><c> shall</c><00:57:22.579><c> establish</c><00:57:23.159><c> you</c><00:57:23.559><c> and</c>

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keep<00:57:24.139><c> you</c><00:57:24.400><c> from</c><00:57:24.739><c> evil.</c>

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And<00:57:26.800><c> we</c><00:57:26.940><c> have</c><00:57:27.239><c> confidence</c><00:57:27.739><c> in</c><00:57:27.920><c> the</c><00:57:28.079><c> Lord</c><00:57:28.280><c> touching</c><00:57:28.639><c> you,</c><00:57:30.400><c> that</c>

00:57:30.480 --> 00:57:34.900
you<00:57:30.719><c> both</c><00:57:30.960><c> do</c><00:57:31.400><c> and</c><00:57:31.739><c> will</c><00:57:32.099><c> do</c><00:57:32.340><c> the</c><00:57:32.599><c> things</c><00:57:32.800><c> which</c><00:57:33.019><c> we</c><00:57:33.280><c> command</c><00:57:33.579><c> you.</c>

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And<00:57:36.039><c> the</c><00:57:36.199><c> Lord</c><00:57:36.500><c> direct</c><00:57:37.059><c> your</c><00:57:37.420><c> hearts</c><00:57:38.420><c> into</c><00:57:39.219><c> the</c><00:57:39.420><c> love</c><00:57:39.539><c> of</c><00:57:39.880><c> God</c>

00:57:40.559 --> 00:57:45.300
and<00:57:41.639><c> into</c><00:57:41.820><c> the</c><00:57:42.099><c> patient</c><00:57:42.760><c> waiting</c><00:57:43.360><c> for</c><00:57:44.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:57:46.559 --> 00:57:52.800
And<00:57:47.159><c> so,</c><00:57:47.480><c> my</c><00:57:47.519><c> beloved</c><00:57:47.780><c> brethren</c><00:57:48.079><c> and</c><00:57:48.340><c> sisters,</c><00:57:52.300><c> in</c><00:57:52.480><c> the</c><00:57:52.639><c> same</c>

00:57:52.800 --> 00:57:57.239
way<00:57:53.019><c> that</c><00:57:53.219><c> our</c><00:57:53.360><c> brother</c><00:57:53.559><c> Paul</c><00:57:54.739><c> concludes</c><00:57:55.920><c> both</c><00:57:56.639><c> his</c><00:57:56.920><c> letters</c>

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to<00:57:57.440><c> the</c><00:57:57.579><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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we<00:58:00.539><c> conclude</c><00:58:00.860><c> this</c><00:58:01.079><c> series</c><00:58:01.400><c> of</c><00:58:01.679><c> studies</c><00:58:01.880><c> together.</c>

00:58:05.300 --> 00:58:12.300
The<00:58:05.599><c> grace</c><00:58:06.280><c> of</c><00:58:06.920><c> our</c><00:58:07.059><c> Lord</c><00:58:07.539><c> Jesus</c><00:58:08.260><c> Christ</c><00:58:09.079><c> be</c><00:58:10.980><c> with</c><00:58:11.139><c> you</c><00:58:11.400><c> all.</c>

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Amen.