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want<00:14:31.580><c> to</c><00:14:31.840><c> follow</c><00:14:32.059><c> along,</c><00:14:32.399><c> you</c><00:14:32.519><c> can</c><00:14:32.659><c> do</c><00:14:32.799><c> this</c><00:14:32.940><c> if</c><00:14:33.080><c> you</c><00:14:33.259><c> want</c><00:14:33.399><c> to,</c>

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or<00:14:34.019><c> just</c><00:14:34.240><c> listen</c><00:14:34.519><c> to</c><00:14:34.919><c> what</c><00:14:35.139><c> Paul</c><00:14:35.460><c> says</c><00:14:35.679><c> to</c><00:14:35.899><c> the</c><00:14:36.059><c> Philippians</c>

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as<00:14:36.659><c> it's</c><00:14:37.019><c> expressed</c><00:14:37.320><c> here</c><00:14:37.559><c> in</c><00:14:38.580><c> this</c><00:14:38.799><c> translation.</c>

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And<00:14:43.159><c> just</c><00:14:43.639><c> another</c><00:14:44.220><c> word</c><00:14:44.799><c> of</c><00:14:44.960><c> warning,</c><00:14:45.580><c> too,</c><00:14:45.720><c> about</c><00:14:46.059><c> this</c><00:14:47.559><c> NIV.</c>

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If<00:14:48.100><c> you</c><00:14:48.240><c> happen</c><00:14:48.500><c> to</c><00:14:48.820><c> get</c><00:14:49.000><c> a</c><00:14:49.159><c> hold</c><00:14:49.279><c> of</c><00:14:49.419><c> one</c><00:14:49.600><c> of</c><00:14:49.679><c> these</c><00:14:50.700><c> study</c><00:14:51.720><c> Bibles,</c><00:14:53.940><c> some</c><00:14:54.080><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:54.259><c> information,</c><00:14:54.659><c> again,</c><00:14:55.179><c> is</c><00:14:55.500><c> quite</c><00:14:55.740><c> helpful.</c>

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But<00:14:57.580><c> like</c><00:14:57.779><c> all</c><00:14:58.179><c> commentaries,</c><00:14:58.700><c> some</c><00:14:58.940><c> of</c><00:14:59.039><c> it</c><00:14:59.159><c> is</c><00:14:59.419><c> terrible.</c>

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So<00:15:00.980><c> just</c><00:15:01.220><c> be</c><00:15:01.559><c> warned,</c><00:15:02.159><c> brethren</c><00:15:02.279><c> and</c><00:15:02.460><c> sisters,</c><00:15:02.779><c> and</c><00:15:02.860><c> look</c><00:15:03.039><c> at</c>

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this<00:15:03.679><c> through</c><00:15:04.399><c> the</c><00:15:04.600><c> eyes</c><00:15:04.799><c> of</c><00:15:04.960><c> the</c><00:15:05.240><c> truth,</c>

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and<00:15:06.960><c> you'll</c><00:15:07.179><c> see</c><00:15:07.320><c> some</c><00:15:07.580><c> glaring</c><00:15:08.000><c> things</c><00:15:08.360><c> that</c><00:15:08.759><c> will</c><00:15:09.080><c> make</c><00:15:09.200><c> you</c>

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want<00:15:10.399><c> to</c><00:15:10.600><c> shudder</c><00:15:10.840><c> a</c><00:15:11.019><c> bit.</c>

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Philippians<00:15:12.960><c> chapter</c><00:15:13.480><c> one,</c><00:15:14.299><c> and</c><00:15:14.360><c> just</c><00:15:14.720><c> going</c><00:15:14.960><c> in</c><00:15:15.159><c> at</c><00:15:15.320><c> verse</c>

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three,<00:15:15.919><c> and</c><00:15:16.039><c> just</c><00:15:16.220><c> listen</c><00:15:16.419><c> to</c><00:15:16.620><c> this.</c>

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It's<00:15:17.080><c> as</c><00:15:17.279><c> though</c><00:15:17.720><c> Paul</c><00:15:18.039><c> were</c><00:15:18.539><c> speaking</c><00:15:19.120><c> right</c><00:15:19.620><c> out</c><00:15:19.840><c> and</c><00:15:20.360><c> encompassing</c><00:15:21.000><c> us</c><00:15:21.179><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:21.519><c> words.</c>

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He<00:15:22.519><c> says,</c><00:15:22.799><c> I</c><00:15:22.799><c> thank</c><00:15:23.159><c> my</c><00:15:23.539><c> God</c><00:15:23.980><c> every</c><00:15:24.600><c> time</c><00:15:24.940><c> I</c><00:15:25.220><c> remember</c><00:15:25.480><c> you.</c>

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In<00:15:27.000><c> all</c><00:15:27.340><c> my</c><00:15:27.700><c> prayers</c><00:15:28.000><c> for</c><00:15:28.340><c> all</c><00:15:28.600><c> of</c><00:15:28.759><c> you,</c><00:15:29.480><c> I</c><00:15:29.899><c> always</c><00:15:30.500><c> pray</c><00:15:30.799><c> with</c>

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joy<00:15:31.399><c> because</c><00:15:31.700><c> of</c><00:15:31.919><c> your</c><00:15:32.179><c> partnership</c><00:15:33.019><c> in</c><00:15:33.600><c> the</c><00:15:33.799><c> Gospel</c>

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from<00:15:34.779><c> the</c><00:15:35.100><c> first</c><00:15:35.379><c> day</c><00:15:35.600><c> until</c><00:15:35.919><c> now,</c><00:15:36.759><c> being</c><00:15:36.980><c> confident</c><00:15:37.419><c> of</c><00:15:37.679><c> this,</c><00:15:38.899><c> that</c>

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he<00:15:39.279><c> who</c><00:15:39.519><c> began</c><00:15:39.899><c> a</c><00:15:40.179><c> good</c><00:15:40.419><c> work</c><00:15:40.720><c> in</c><00:15:41.019><c> you</c>

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will<00:15:42.059><c> carry</c><00:15:42.419><c> it</c><00:15:42.639><c> on</c><00:15:42.740><c> to</c><00:15:43.039><c> completion</c><00:15:43.519><c> until</c><00:15:44.360><c> the</c><00:15:44.559><c> day</c><00:15:44.759><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:15:45.320><c> Jesus.</c>

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I<00:15:47.200><c> think</c><00:15:47.340><c> that's</c><00:15:47.620><c> marvelous,</c><00:15:48.500><c> brethren</c><00:15:48.620><c> and</c><00:15:48.840><c> sisters.</c>

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Praying,<00:15:50.940><c> always</c><00:15:51.500><c> praying</c><00:15:52.039><c> with</c><00:15:52.899><c> joy</c><00:15:53.679><c> for</c><00:15:54.559><c> the</c><00:15:54.720><c> brethren</c><00:15:54.919><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:15:55.440><c> that</c><00:15:55.580><c> are</c><00:15:55.759><c> part</c><00:15:55.899><c> of</c><00:15:56.039><c> the</c><00:15:56.240><c> family</c><00:15:56.500><c> of</c><00:15:56.779><c> God.</c>

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There's<00:15:57.960><c> a</c><00:15:58.120><c> great</c><00:15:58.279><c> lesson</c><00:15:58.559><c> in</c><00:15:58.740><c> that</c><00:15:58.860><c> for</c><00:15:59.059><c> us,</c><00:15:59.259><c> and</c><00:15:59.379><c> it</c><00:15:59.500><c> tells</c>

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us<00:15:59.840><c> something</c><00:16:00.120><c> about</c><00:16:00.659><c> Paul,</c><00:16:01.220><c> doesn't</c><00:16:01.419><c> it?</c>

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It<00:16:02.679><c> tells</c><00:16:02.879><c> us</c><00:16:03.039><c> that</c><00:16:03.279><c> number</c><00:16:03.620><c> one,</c><00:16:03.860><c> he</c><00:16:04.000><c> is</c><00:16:04.200><c> a</c><00:16:04.379><c> man</c><00:16:04.580><c> of</c><00:16:05.000><c> prayer.</c>

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That's<00:16:08.080><c> where</c><00:16:08.159><c> it</c><00:16:08.360><c> begins</c><00:16:08.679><c> for</c><00:16:09.000><c> Paul,</c><00:16:09.340><c> the</c><00:16:09.679><c> thankfulness</c><00:16:10.279><c> of</c><00:16:10.740><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:16:11.720><c> the</c><00:16:12.000><c> recognition</c><00:16:12.419><c> that</c><00:16:12.620><c> the</c><00:16:12.879><c> Father</c><00:16:13.139><c> is</c><00:16:13.399><c> overseeing</c><00:16:13.860><c> all</c><00:16:14.240><c> things.</c>

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What<00:16:20.320><c> was</c><00:16:20.519><c> it,</c><00:16:20.840><c> brethren</c><00:16:20.980><c> and</c><00:16:21.240><c> sisters,</c><00:16:21.419><c> that</c><00:16:21.559><c> he</c><00:16:22.379><c> remembered,</c><00:16:24.220><c> would</c><00:16:24.419><c> you</c><00:16:24.600><c> say?</c>

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Because<00:16:24.960><c> we've</c><00:16:25.519><c> read</c><00:16:25.679><c> that</c><00:16:25.820><c> he's</c><00:16:26.179><c> remembering</c><00:16:26.659><c> without</c><00:16:27.240><c> ceasing.</c>

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Now<00:16:28.379><c> we</c><00:16:28.480><c> just</c><00:16:28.659><c> go</c><00:16:28.860><c> on</c><00:16:29.080><c> and</c><00:16:29.220><c> think</c><00:16:29.360><c> about</c><00:16:29.559><c> what</c><00:16:29.720><c> he</c><00:16:29.899><c> remembered</c>

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all<00:16:30.580><c> the</c><00:16:30.860><c> time</c><00:16:31.399><c> about</c><00:16:32.299><c> our</c><00:16:32.600><c> brothers</c><00:16:32.919><c> and</c><00:16:33.279><c> sisters</c><00:16:33.580><c> here</c>

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because<00:16:34.259><c> you</c><00:16:34.440><c> see</c><00:16:34.519><c> there</c><00:16:34.679><c> are</c><00:16:34.799><c> three</c><00:16:35.039><c> things,</c><00:16:35.399><c> aren't</c><00:16:35.679><c> there?</c>

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There<00:16:36.799><c> is</c><00:16:37.080><c> faith,</c><00:16:38.659><c> there</c><00:16:38.720><c> is</c><00:16:38.980><c> love,</c><00:16:39.659><c> and</c><00:16:40.600><c> there</c><00:16:40.759><c> is</c><00:16:40.940><c> hope.</c>

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I<00:16:42.620><c> think</c><00:16:42.740><c> that's</c><00:16:43.039><c> the</c><00:16:43.159><c> right</c><00:16:43.399><c> order.</c>

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It's<00:16:44.559><c> not</c><00:16:44.720><c> out</c><00:16:45.399><c> of</c><00:16:45.639><c> sequence</c><00:16:46.019><c> here.</c>

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You<00:16:47.500><c> take</c><00:16:47.659><c> away</c><00:16:47.940><c> faith</c><00:16:48.259><c> and</c><00:16:48.480><c> love</c><00:16:48.700><c> and</c><00:16:48.799><c> you'll</c><00:16:49.019><c> have</c><00:16:49.139><c> no</c><00:16:49.379><c> hope.</c>

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So<00:16:52.039><c> it's</c><00:16:52.259><c> faith,</c><00:16:52.779><c> love,</c><00:16:53.120><c> and</c><00:16:53.360><c> hope.</c>

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And<00:16:53.919><c> it's</c><00:16:54.019><c> very</c><00:16:54.240><c> important</c><00:16:54.639><c> that</c><00:16:54.779><c> we</c><00:16:54.919><c> get</c><00:16:55.100><c> hold</c><00:16:55.320><c> of</c><00:16:55.519><c> these</c>

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three<00:16:56.620><c> things.</c>

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This<00:16:57.100><c> is</c><00:16:57.259><c> the</c><00:16:57.539><c> work</c><00:16:57.899><c> ethic</c><00:16:58.379><c> of</c><00:16:59.120><c> discipleship</c><00:17:00.080><c> that</c><00:17:00.379><c> Paul</c><00:17:00.620><c> is</c>

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talking<00:17:01.080><c> about</c><00:17:01.379><c> here.</c>

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And<00:17:02.039><c> it's</c><00:17:02.639><c> not</c><00:17:02.879><c> only</c><00:17:03.139><c> here,</c><00:17:03.559><c> it's</c><00:17:03.799><c> all</c><00:17:04.259><c> through</c><00:17:04.799><c> the</c><00:17:05.140><c> writings</c>

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of<00:17:05.619><c> our</c><00:17:05.779><c> brother</c><00:17:06.000><c> Paul.</c>

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You'll<00:17:07.000><c> remember</c><00:17:07.200><c> the</c><00:17:07.380><c> famous</c><00:17:07.720><c> last</c><00:17:08.039><c> words</c><00:17:08.259><c> of</c><00:17:08.480><c> 1</c><00:17:08.660><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:09.180><c> 13.</c>

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It's<00:17:10.720><c> the</c><00:17:10.859><c> 13th</c><00:17:11.380><c> verse,</c><00:17:11.619><c> isn't</c><00:17:11.799><c> it?</c>

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When<00:17:12.359><c> he</c><00:17:12.440><c> says,</c><00:17:12.900><c> Now</c><00:17:12.900><c> abideth</c><00:17:13.619><c> faith,</c><00:17:14.640><c> hope,</c><00:17:15.440><c> love,</c><00:17:16.059><c> these</c><00:17:16.460><c> three.</c>

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And<00:17:17.680><c> the</c><00:17:17.859><c> greatest</c><00:17:18.099><c> of</c><00:17:18.359><c> these</c><00:17:18.619><c> is</c><00:17:19.299><c> love.</c>

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So<00:17:20.859><c> that's</c><00:17:21.480><c> a</c><00:17:21.680><c> recurring</c><00:17:22.240><c> theme.</c>

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I'll<00:17:23.700><c> just</c><00:17:23.880><c> tell</c><00:17:24.059><c> you,</c><00:17:24.480><c> I</c><00:17:24.519><c> can</c><00:17:24.680><c> give</c><00:17:24.759><c> you</c><00:17:24.880><c> the</c><00:17:25.019><c> references</c><00:17:25.319><c> later</c><00:17:25.680><c> if</c>

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anybody<00:17:26.160><c> wants</c><00:17:26.440><c> them,</c><00:17:26.599><c> but</c><00:17:26.700><c> we</c><00:17:26.819><c> won't</c><00:17:27.099><c> go</c><00:17:27.480><c> through</c><00:17:27.680><c> them</c><00:17:27.839><c> now.</c>

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But<00:17:28.259><c> it's</c><00:17:28.440><c> in</c><00:17:28.660><c> Romans,</c><00:17:29.700><c> it's</c><00:17:29.859><c> here</c><00:17:29.980><c> in</c><00:17:30.180><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:17:30.920><c> it's</c>

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in<00:17:31.160><c> Galatians,</c><00:17:32.299><c> Colossians,</c><00:17:33.160><c> Hebrews,</c><00:17:33.920><c> and</c><00:17:35.119><c> it's</c><00:17:35.279><c> in</c><00:17:35.480><c> Peter's</c><00:17:35.880><c> writings</c><00:17:36.079><c> as</c><00:17:36.380><c> well.</c>

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So<00:17:38.400><c> it's</c><00:17:38.500><c> all</c><00:17:38.720><c> through</c><00:17:38.900><c> the</c><00:17:39.000><c> New</c><00:17:39.180><c> Testament.</c>

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But<00:17:40.779><c> it's</c><00:17:41.180><c> not</c><00:17:41.539><c> just</c><00:17:42.140><c> faith,</c><00:17:43.099><c> love,</c><00:17:43.440><c> and</c><00:17:43.859><c> hope.</c>

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It's<00:17:45.460><c> not</c><00:17:45.660><c> just</c><00:17:45.940><c> that.</c>

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He<00:17:47.259><c> opens</c><00:17:47.500><c> it</c><00:17:47.740><c> out</c><00:17:47.900><c> to</c><00:17:48.099><c> us.</c>

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These<00:17:49.039><c> are</c><00:17:49.220><c> not</c><00:17:49.380><c> just</c><00:17:50.240><c> abstract</c><00:17:51.119><c> terms</c><00:17:51.640><c> here,</c><00:17:52.119><c> brethren</c><00:17:52.259><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:17:52.680><c> that</c><00:17:52.880><c> we're</c><00:17:53.380><c> dealing</c><00:17:53.779><c> with.</c>

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We<00:17:54.240><c> say</c><00:17:54.519><c> to</c><00:17:54.700><c> somebody,</c><00:17:54.920><c> we've</c><00:17:55.099><c> got</c><00:17:55.180><c> to</c><00:17:55.259><c> have</c><00:17:55.460><c> faith.</c>

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That<00:17:57.299><c> doesn't</c><00:17:57.460><c> say</c><00:17:57.680><c> anything</c><00:17:57.859><c> about</c><00:17:58.200><c> how</c><00:17:58.660><c> faith</c><00:17:59.039><c> works.</c>

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And<00:18:01.339><c> that's</c><00:18:01.500><c> what</c><00:18:01.680><c> Paul</c><00:18:01.900><c> is</c><00:18:02.099><c> talking</c><00:18:02.380><c> about</c><00:18:02.700><c> here.</c>

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This<00:18:03.440><c> is</c><00:18:03.660><c> a</c><00:18:03.819><c> well</c><00:18:04.079><c>-defined</c><00:18:04.559><c> thing</c><00:18:04.920><c> that</c><00:18:05.059><c> the</c><00:18:05.240><c> Apostle</c><00:18:05.599><c> Paul</c><00:18:05.859><c> is</c><00:18:06.079><c> developing.</c>

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When<00:18:07.779><c> he</c><00:18:07.980><c> talks</c><00:18:08.220><c> about</c><00:18:08.559><c> faith,</c><00:18:08.920><c> it</c><00:18:09.039><c> is</c><00:18:09.279><c> the</c><00:18:09.559><c> work</c><00:18:09.720><c> of</c><00:18:10.039><c> faith.</c>

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Their<00:18:11.859><c> work</c><00:18:12.200><c> of</c><00:18:12.420><c> faith</c><00:18:12.720><c> was</c><00:18:13.000><c> that</c><00:18:13.200><c> they</c><00:18:13.279><c> had</c><00:18:13.559><c> turned</c><00:18:13.880><c> from</c><00:18:14.279><c> idols</c><00:18:14.759><c> to</c>

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serve<00:18:16.579><c> the</c><00:18:16.759><c> living</c><00:18:16.980><c> and</c><00:18:17.240><c> true</c><00:18:17.380><c> God.</c>

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He's<00:18:19.599><c> talking</c><00:18:19.880><c> about</c><00:18:20.099><c> the</c><00:18:20.359><c> direction</c><00:18:20.759><c> of</c><00:18:21.000><c> a</c><00:18:21.160><c> life,</c><00:18:22.519><c> a</c><00:18:22.779><c> faithful</c><00:18:23.099><c> life,</c>

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that<00:18:24.279><c> kind</c><00:18:24.559><c> of</c><00:18:24.779><c> work</c><00:18:24.960><c> in</c><00:18:25.140><c> it.</c>

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We<00:18:25.640><c> might</c><00:18:25.839><c> say,</c><00:18:26.240><c> brethren</c><00:18:26.380><c> and</c><00:18:26.519><c> sisters,</c><00:18:26.799><c> keying</c><00:18:27.079><c> off</c><00:18:27.299><c> of</c><00:18:27.440><c> this,</c><00:18:27.799><c> which</c><00:18:28.000><c> way</c>

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are<00:18:28.299><c> we</c><00:18:28.480><c> facing</c><00:18:28.859><c> in</c><00:18:30.039><c> our</c><00:18:30.259><c> lives?</c>

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I<00:18:32.259><c> mean,</c><00:18:32.400><c> can</c><00:18:32.740><c> we</c><00:18:32.900><c> develop</c><00:18:33.240><c> it</c><00:18:33.420><c> that</c><00:18:33.700><c> way?</c>

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Which<00:18:34.079><c> way</c><00:18:34.319><c> do</c><00:18:34.539><c> we</c><00:18:34.799><c> face?</c>

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Because<00:18:36.559><c> if</c><00:18:36.779><c> you</c><00:18:37.019><c> turn</c><00:18:37.279><c> from</c><00:18:37.619><c> idols</c><00:18:38.019><c> to</c><00:18:38.359><c> face</c><00:18:38.579><c> the</c><00:18:38.799><c> living</c><00:18:39.000><c> and</c>

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true<00:18:39.400><c> God,</c><00:18:39.880><c> your</c><00:18:40.000><c> back</c><00:18:40.240><c> is</c><00:18:40.460><c> on</c><00:18:40.640><c> those</c><00:18:40.940><c> things</c><00:18:41.140><c> of</c><00:18:41.319><c> the</c><00:18:41.480><c> world.</c>

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Your<00:18:42.940><c> focus</c><00:18:43.259><c> is</c><00:18:43.519><c> upon</c><00:18:43.819><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:18:46.039><c> the</c><00:18:46.240><c> direction</c><00:18:46.519><c> of</c><00:18:46.740><c> our</c><00:18:46.940><c> lives.</c>

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That's<00:18:47.799><c> what</c><00:18:47.900><c> it</c><00:18:48.039><c> was</c><00:18:48.140><c> for</c><00:18:48.319><c> these</c><00:18:48.559><c> people.</c>

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And<00:18:50.619><c> it's</c><00:18:50.819><c> the</c><00:18:51.039><c> work</c><00:18:51.220><c> of</c><00:18:52.339><c> faith,</c><00:18:52.880><c> singular,</c><00:18:54.380><c> the</c><00:18:54.619><c> work</c><00:18:54.819><c> of</c><00:18:55.099><c> faith.</c>

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He's<00:18:55.440><c> talking</c><00:18:55.720><c> about</c><00:18:55.980><c> our</c><00:18:56.619><c> life's</c><00:18:57.460><c> work,</c><00:18:58.440><c> not</c><00:18:58.720><c> works,</c><00:18:59.900><c> not</c>

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works<00:19:00.480><c> here.</c>

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Works<00:19:01.319><c> are</c><00:19:01.599><c> important,</c><00:19:02.559><c> all</c><00:19:02.880><c> the</c><00:19:03.119><c> various</c><00:19:03.400><c> aspects.</c>

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When<00:19:04.759><c> he</c><00:19:05.799><c> talks</c><00:19:06.119><c> about</c><00:19:06.339><c> the</c><00:19:06.599><c> fruit</c><00:19:06.759><c> of</c><00:19:06.900><c> the</c><00:19:07.240><c> Spirit,</c><00:19:08.819><c> I've</c><00:19:09.279><c> heard</c><00:19:09.380><c> people</c><00:19:09.680><c> say</c>

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the<00:19:10.160><c> fruits</c><00:19:10.460><c> of</c><00:19:10.700><c> the</c><00:19:11.019><c> Spirit.</c>

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It's<00:19:13.000><c> singular.</c><00:19:13.599><c> It's</c><00:19:13.779><c> the</c><00:19:14.019><c> fruit</c><00:19:14.220><c> of</c><00:19:14.380><c> the</c><00:19:14.680><c> Spirit,</c><00:19:15.279><c> which</c><00:19:15.500><c> is,</c><00:19:15.920><c> as</c>

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he<00:19:16.279><c> outlines</c><00:19:16.619><c> this</c><00:19:16.819><c> in</c><00:19:16.920><c> Galatians</c><00:19:17.359><c> 5,</c><00:19:19.000><c> the</c><00:19:19.299><c> fruit</c><00:19:19.480><c> of</c><00:19:19.640><c> the</c><00:19:19.900><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:19:21.819><c> all</c><00:19:22.079><c> these</c><00:19:22.339><c> things</c><00:19:22.519><c> are</c><00:19:22.759><c> part</c><00:19:22.940><c> of</c><00:19:23.140><c> it.</c>

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All<00:19:24.900><c> the</c><00:19:25.160><c> aspects</c><00:19:25.500><c> of</c><00:19:25.799><c> discipleship</c><00:19:26.339><c> that</c><00:19:26.519><c> make</c><00:19:26.700><c> up</c><00:19:26.880><c> our</c><00:19:27.099><c> lives</c><00:19:27.299><c> are</c>

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part<00:19:28.220><c> of</c><00:19:28.420><c> the</c><00:19:28.700><c> work</c><00:19:29.079><c> of</c><00:19:29.740><c> faith,</c><00:19:30.019><c> which</c><00:19:30.180><c> is</c><00:19:30.400><c> our</c><00:19:30.599><c> life's</c><00:19:31.079><c> work.</c>

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Just<00:19:33.700><c> turn</c><00:19:34.000><c> over</c><00:19:34.259><c> a</c><00:19:34.359><c> page</c><00:19:34.539><c> to</c><00:19:34.859><c> the</c><00:19:35.099><c> second</c><00:19:35.420><c> letter</c><00:19:35.700><c> to</c><00:19:36.059><c> the</c><00:19:36.380><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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Obviously,<00:19:41.579><c> we</c><00:19:41.579><c> have</c><00:19:41.859><c> to</c><00:19:42.460><c> dip</c><00:19:42.740><c> into</c><00:19:42.960><c> this</c><00:19:43.140><c> from</c><00:19:43.380><c> time</c><00:19:43.640><c> to</c><00:19:43.839><c> time.</c>

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It's<00:19:44.299><c> the</c><00:19:44.440><c> same</c><00:19:44.619><c> people.</c>

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Just<00:19:46.160><c> another</c><00:19:46.400><c> letter,</c><00:19:47.059><c> but</c><00:19:47.160><c> you'll</c><00:19:47.339><c> see</c><00:19:47.420><c> the</c><00:19:47.660><c> same</c><00:19:47.960><c> thoughts</c>

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are<00:19:48.980><c> carried</c><00:19:49.380><c> in</c><00:19:49.680><c> along</c><00:19:49.900><c> with</c><00:19:50.079><c> some</c><00:19:50.220><c> other</c><00:19:50.460><c> things.</c>

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But<00:19:51.660><c> in</c><00:19:51.819><c> the</c><00:19:51.980><c> first</c><00:19:52.220><c> chapter</c><00:19:52.619><c> there,</c><00:19:54.880><c> talking</c><00:19:55.099><c> about</c><00:19:55.319><c> the</c><00:19:55.599><c> time</c><00:19:55.839><c> when</c><00:19:56.740><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:57.319><c> Jesus</c><00:19:57.740><c> shall</c><00:19:57.960><c> be</c><00:19:58.220><c> revealed</c><00:19:58.640><c> from</c><00:19:58.920><c> heaven</c><00:19:59.180><c> with</c><00:19:59.380><c> his</c>

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mighty<00:19:59.839><c> angels,</c>

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and<00:20:01.279><c> he'll</c><00:20:01.460><c> come</c><00:20:01.720><c> in</c><00:20:02.299><c> the</c><00:20:02.440><c> power</c><00:20:02.819><c> and</c><00:20:03.019><c> the</c><00:20:03.240><c> glory</c><00:20:03.519><c> of</c><00:20:03.940><c> God,</c><00:20:05.339><c> in</c>

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verse<00:20:05.680><c> 10</c><00:20:05.920><c> he</c><00:20:05.980><c> says,</c>

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when<00:20:06.299><c> he</c><00:20:06.519><c> shall</c><00:20:06.660><c> come</c><00:20:06.880><c> to</c><00:20:07.019><c> be</c><00:20:07.299><c> glorified</c><00:20:07.839><c> in</c><00:20:08.019><c> his</c><00:20:08.319><c> saints</c><00:20:08.819><c> and</c>

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to<00:20:09.940><c> be</c><00:20:10.140><c> admired</c><00:20:10.500><c> in</c><00:20:10.740><c> all</c><00:20:10.960><c> them</c><00:20:11.119><c> that</c><00:20:11.440><c> believe</c><00:20:12.059><c> in</c><00:20:13.099><c> that</c><00:20:13.500><c> day.</c>

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I've<00:20:14.660><c> skipped</c><00:20:14.859><c> over</c><00:20:15.140><c> the</c><00:20:15.299><c> parentheses.</c>

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He<00:20:17.359><c> says,</c><00:20:18.339><c> they'll</c><00:20:18.480><c> be</c><00:20:18.740><c> admired</c><00:20:19.160><c> by</c><00:20:19.559><c> all</c><00:20:19.799><c> that</c><00:20:20.140><c> believe</c><00:20:20.539><c> in</c>

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that<00:20:21.359><c> day</c><00:20:21.920><c> because</c><00:20:22.500><c> our</c><00:20:22.880><c> testimony</c><00:20:23.440><c> was</c><00:20:23.940><c> believed.</c>

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That's<00:20:25.619><c> the</c><00:20:25.819><c> point.</c><00:20:26.440><c> That's</c><00:20:26.799><c> the</c><00:20:27.500><c> parenthetical</c><00:20:28.259><c> thought</c>

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that<00:20:28.839><c> the</c><00:20:29.000><c> apostle</c><00:20:29.359><c> slips</c><00:20:29.700><c> in.</c>

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Our<00:20:30.519><c> testimony</c><00:20:31.160><c> was</c><00:20:31.859><c> believed.</c>

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And<00:20:34.079><c> that's</c><00:20:34.279><c> why</c><00:20:34.480><c> the</c><00:20:34.720><c> saints</c><00:20:34.859><c> are</c><00:20:35.079><c> part</c><00:20:35.240><c> of</c><00:20:35.380><c> this</c><00:20:35.680><c> scene.</c>

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He<00:20:36.519><c> says,</c><00:20:36.819><c> wherefore</c><00:20:37.339><c> also</c><00:20:37.779><c> we</c><00:20:38.099><c> pray</c><00:20:38.400><c> always</c><00:20:39.000><c> for</c><00:20:39.319><c> you</c><00:20:40.039><c> that</c>

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our<00:20:40.960><c> God</c><00:20:41.160><c> would</c><00:20:41.440><c> count</c><00:20:41.680><c> you</c><00:20:41.960><c> worthy</c><00:20:42.259><c> of</c><00:20:42.460><c> this</c><00:20:42.779><c> calling</c>

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and<00:20:44.019><c> fulfill</c><00:20:44.380><c> all</c><00:20:44.759><c> the</c><00:20:44.960><c> good</c><00:20:45.160><c> pleasure</c><00:20:45.539><c> of</c><00:20:45.640><c> his</c><00:20:45.900><c> goodness</c><00:20:46.400><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:47.539><c> work</c><00:20:47.700><c> of</c><00:20:48.099><c> faith</c><00:20:48.619><c> with</c><00:20:49.220><c> power,</c>

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that<00:20:49.799><c> the</c><00:20:50.000><c> name</c><00:20:50.220><c> of</c><00:20:50.440><c> our</c><00:20:50.619><c> Lord</c><00:20:50.839><c> Jesus</c><00:20:51.359><c> Christ</c><00:20:51.960><c> may</c><00:20:52.279><c> be</c><00:20:52.579><c> glorified</c><00:20:53.180><c> in</c><00:20:53.359><c> you</c>

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and<00:20:54.359><c> ye</c><00:20:54.579><c> in</c><00:20:54.779><c> him</c><00:20:55.319><c> according</c><00:20:55.940><c> to</c><00:20:56.099><c> the</c><00:20:56.339><c> grace</c><00:20:56.559><c> of</c><00:20:56.759><c> our</c><00:20:57.000><c> God</c><00:20:57.240><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:57.559><c> Lord</c><00:20:57.740><c> Jesus</c><00:20:58.259><c> Christ.</c>

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What<00:20:59.440><c> a</c><00:20:59.700><c> marvelous</c><00:21:00.059><c> picture.</c><00:21:00.339><c> This</c><00:21:00.460><c> is</c><00:21:00.660><c> the</c><00:21:00.920><c> final</c><00:21:01.220><c> outcome</c>

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of<00:21:02.240><c> the</c><00:21:02.440><c> work</c><00:21:02.599><c> of</c><00:21:02.920><c> faith,</c><00:21:03.720><c> the</c><00:21:04.000><c> final</c><00:21:04.359><c> picture</c><00:21:04.680><c> when</c><00:21:04.819><c> it's</c><00:21:05.079><c> complete,</c>

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when<00:21:06.359><c> the</c><00:21:06.599><c> saints</c><00:21:06.759><c> have</c><00:21:06.980><c> been</c><00:21:07.740><c> joined</c><00:21:08.299><c> together</c><00:21:08.740><c> with</c><00:21:09.019><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:21:11.839><c> name</c><00:21:12.079><c> of</c><00:21:12.279><c> our</c><00:21:12.480><c> Lord</c><00:21:12.720><c> Jesus</c><00:21:13.519><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.019><c> may</c><00:21:14.220><c> be</c><00:21:14.519><c> glorified</c><00:21:15.420><c> in</c>

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us<00:21:17.019><c> as</c><00:21:18.380><c> well</c><00:21:18.579><c> as</c><00:21:18.720><c> in</c><00:21:18.900><c> them,</c><00:21:19.759><c> my</c><00:21:19.920><c> dear</c><00:21:20.059><c> brethren</c><00:21:20.339><c> and</c><00:21:20.559><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:21:25.339><c> so</c><00:21:25.500><c> he</c><00:21:25.619><c> talks</c><00:21:25.859><c> about</c><00:21:26.099><c> the</c><00:21:26.400><c> labor</c><00:21:26.700><c> of</c><00:21:27.059><c> love,</c><00:21:28.759><c> the</c><00:21:29.059><c> labor</c><00:21:29.359><c> of</c>

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love<00:21:30.339><c> back</c><00:21:31.059><c> in</c><00:21:31.259><c> the</c><00:21:31.359><c> first</c><00:21:31.619><c> chapter</c><00:21:32.180><c> of</c><00:21:32.839><c> the</c><00:21:33.000><c> first</c><00:21:33.240><c> letter.</c>

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I<00:21:35.759><c> work</c><00:21:35.920><c> with</c><00:21:36.099><c> a</c><00:21:36.220><c> man</c><00:21:36.420><c> that,</c><00:21:38.380><c> not</c><00:21:38.539><c> a</c><00:21:38.660><c> Christadelphian,</c><00:21:39.359><c> I'm</c><00:21:39.720><c> fortunate</c><00:21:40.059><c> to</c>

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work<00:21:40.460><c> with</c><00:21:40.599><c> a</c><00:21:40.700><c> number</c><00:21:40.900><c> of</c><00:21:41.880><c> our</c><00:21:42.059><c> brethren,</c>

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but<00:21:44.180><c> this</c><00:21:44.400><c> man</c><00:21:44.539><c> doesn't</c><00:21:44.740><c> happen</c><00:21:44.980><c> to</c><00:21:45.180><c> be</c><00:21:45.359><c> one</c><00:21:45.539><c> and</c><00:21:46.079><c> oftentimes</c>

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during<00:21:47.119><c> the</c><00:21:47.339><c> course</c><00:21:47.539><c> of</c><00:21:47.720><c> just</c><00:21:47.980><c> about</c><00:21:48.359><c> every</c><00:21:48.779><c> day,</c>

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I<00:21:51.140><c> hear</c><00:21:51.279><c> this</c><00:21:51.440><c> little</c><00:21:51.759><c> statement</c><00:21:52.099><c> come</c><00:21:52.319><c> out</c><00:21:52.519><c> from</c><00:21:52.700><c> the</c><00:21:53.140><c> room</c>

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where<00:21:53.599><c> he</c><00:21:53.779><c> works.</c><00:21:54.099><c> He</c><00:21:54.099><c> says,</c><00:21:54.819><c> you</c><00:21:55.000><c> think</c><00:21:55.259><c> it's</c><00:21:55.519><c> easy?</c>

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Well,<00:21:57.619><c> that's</c><00:21:57.839><c> his</c><00:21:58.019><c> philosophy</c><00:21:58.539><c> of</c><00:21:58.839><c> everything.</c><00:22:00.440><c> It's</c><00:22:00.579><c> nothing</c><00:22:00.839><c> easy.</c>

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It's<00:22:04.539><c> not</c><00:22:04.640><c> like</c><00:22:04.880><c> that</c><00:22:04.980><c> for</c><00:22:05.180><c> us,</c><00:22:05.539><c> brethren</c><00:22:05.619><c> and</c><00:22:05.799><c> sisters</c><00:22:06.000><c> in</c><00:22:06.259><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:22:09.720><c> yet</c><00:22:09.799><c> no</c><00:22:09.960><c> one</c><00:22:10.140><c> said</c><00:22:10.319><c> that</c><00:22:10.480><c> it</c><00:22:10.559><c> was</c><00:22:10.759><c> easy</c><00:22:11.180><c> to</c><00:22:12.079><c> take</c><00:22:12.279><c> up</c><00:22:12.460><c> the</c>

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cross<00:22:13.759><c> daily</c><00:22:14.519><c> in</c><00:22:15.759><c> service</c><00:22:16.019><c> to</c><00:22:16.200><c> him</c><00:22:16.440><c> today.</c>

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No<00:22:18.339><c> one</c><00:22:18.519><c> said</c><00:22:18.700><c> that</c><00:22:18.799><c> it</c><00:22:18.839><c> was</c><00:22:19.039><c> easy.</c><00:22:20.799><c> But</c><00:22:20.940><c> there's</c><00:22:21.200><c> love</c><00:22:21.420><c> attached</c><00:22:21.920><c> to</c><00:22:22.119><c> the</c>

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labor<00:22:22.559><c> that</c><00:22:22.740><c> we're</c><00:22:22.980><c> involved</c><00:22:23.400><c> in.</c>

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It's<00:22:24.559><c> a</c><00:22:24.779><c> labor</c><00:22:25.019><c> of</c><00:22:25.359><c> love.</c><00:22:25.660><c> And</c><00:22:25.759><c> when</c><00:22:25.819><c> he</c><00:22:26.019><c> talks</c><00:22:26.240><c> about</c><00:22:26.619><c> labor,</c>

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he's<00:22:28.119><c> using</c><00:22:28.319><c> a</c><00:22:28.579><c> word</c><00:22:28.720><c> that</c><00:22:29.359><c> really</c><00:22:29.859><c> means</c><00:22:30.180><c> labor.</c>

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It's<00:22:31.819><c> a</c><00:22:31.940><c> word</c><00:22:32.119><c> that</c><00:22:32.759><c> suggests</c><00:22:33.259><c> toil,</c><00:22:33.779><c> that</c><00:22:34.039><c> reduces</c><00:22:34.599><c> the</c><00:22:35.079><c> strength.</c>

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There's<00:22:36.700><c> a</c><00:22:37.039><c> giving</c><00:22:37.259><c> of</c><00:22:37.559><c> ourselves</c><00:22:38.039><c> in</c><00:22:38.720><c> this</c><00:22:38.940><c> labor</c><00:22:39.299><c> of</c><00:22:39.599><c> love.</c>

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By<00:22:40.880><c> the</c><00:22:41.019><c> way,</c><00:22:41.160><c> the</c><00:22:41.279><c> word</c><00:22:41.440><c> love</c><00:22:41.720><c> there</c><00:22:42.279><c> is</c><00:22:42.759><c> agape.</c>

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So<00:22:44.579><c> there's</c><00:22:45.059><c> that</c><00:22:45.480><c> sacrificial</c><00:22:46.160><c> aspect</c><00:22:46.700><c> of</c><00:22:46.920><c> love</c><00:22:47.099><c> that's</c><00:22:47.700><c> brought</c><00:22:47.920><c> to</c>

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bear<00:22:48.319><c> on</c><00:22:48.480><c> this</c><00:22:48.619><c> as</c><00:22:48.839><c> well.</c>

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This<00:22:49.720><c> labor</c><00:22:50.039><c> of</c><00:22:50.299><c> love,</c><00:22:51.480><c> the</c><00:22:51.740><c> toil</c><00:22:51.960><c> that</c><00:22:52.220><c> reduces,</c><00:22:52.880><c> it</c><00:22:53.059><c> comes</c><00:22:53.279><c> from</c><00:22:53.500><c> a</c>

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verb<00:22:53.940><c> that</c><00:22:54.180><c> means</c><00:22:54.380><c> to</c><00:22:54.720><c> chop</c><00:22:55.119><c> or</c><00:22:55.460><c> to</c><00:22:55.759><c> beat</c><00:22:55.960><c> the</c><00:22:56.299><c> breast</c><00:22:56.579><c> in</c><00:22:57.000><c> grief.</c>

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Now,<00:22:58.579><c> that's</c><00:22:58.819><c> not</c><00:22:59.019><c> our</c><00:22:59.180><c> life</c><00:22:59.339><c> and</c><00:22:59.480><c> the</c><00:22:59.720><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:23:00.940><c> it</c><00:23:01.099><c> reminds</c><00:23:01.319><c> me</c><00:23:01.500><c> of</c><00:23:01.579><c> what</c><00:23:01.700><c> Paul</c><00:23:01.980><c> says</c><00:23:02.180><c> to</c><00:23:02.359><c> the</c><00:23:02.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:02.900><c> when</c><00:23:03.059><c> he</c><00:23:03.180><c> says</c><00:23:03.299><c> that</c><00:23:03.480><c> he</c>

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pummels<00:23:04.019><c> his</c><00:23:04.319><c> body</c><00:23:04.680><c> and</c><00:23:05.119><c> keeps</c><00:23:05.359><c> it</c><00:23:05.640><c> under.</c>

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He<00:23:06.720><c> recognizes</c><00:23:07.259><c> the</c><00:23:07.619><c> flesh</c><00:23:07.779><c> for</c><00:23:07.960><c> what</c><00:23:08.079><c> it</c><00:23:08.279><c> is,</c><00:23:09.119><c> and</c><00:23:09.700><c> he</c><00:23:09.900><c> keeps</c>

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it<00:23:10.420><c> down.</c><00:23:10.660><c> He</c><00:23:10.839><c> keeps</c><00:23:11.039><c> it</c><00:23:11.259><c> in</c><00:23:11.319><c> its</c><00:23:11.539><c> place.</c>

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And<00:23:12.920><c> he</c><00:23:13.319><c> labors.</c><00:23:14.500><c> And</c><00:23:14.880><c> here</c><00:23:15.500><c> there</c><00:23:15.640><c> is</c><00:23:15.819><c> this</c><00:23:16.160><c> labor</c><00:23:16.519><c> of</c><00:23:16.819><c> love,</c>

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recognizing<00:23:18.500><c> that</c><00:23:18.779><c> things</c><00:23:18.980><c> must</c><00:23:19.180><c> be</c><00:23:19.579><c> controlled,</c><00:23:20.500><c> that</c><00:23:20.579><c> there</c><00:23:20.720><c> is</c><00:23:20.920><c> a</c>

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toil<00:23:21.339><c> related</c><00:23:21.779><c> to</c><00:23:22.039><c> it.</c>

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But<00:23:23.319><c> there</c><00:23:23.420><c> is</c><00:23:23.579><c> the</c><00:23:23.740><c> great,</c><00:23:24.440><c> shall</c><00:23:24.599><c> we</c><00:23:24.680><c> say,</c><00:23:24.880><c> the</c><00:23:25.039><c> love</c><00:23:25.180><c> of</c><00:23:25.519><c> God</c>

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who<00:23:27.180><c> gave</c><00:23:27.539><c> his</c><00:23:27.980><c> son.</c>

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That's<00:23:28.740><c> that</c><00:23:29.359><c> word</c><00:23:29.779><c> love</c><00:23:30.099><c> from</c><00:23:30.720><c> John</c><00:23:31.160><c> 3</c><00:23:31.500><c> and</c><00:23:31.619><c> 16,</c><00:23:32.220><c> isn't</c><00:23:32.380><c> it?</c>

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And<00:23:34.559><c> that's</c><00:23:34.779><c> the</c><00:23:34.839><c> way</c><00:23:34.900><c> it</c><00:23:35.039><c> was</c><00:23:35.160><c> for</c><00:23:35.359><c> our</c><00:23:35.519><c> brethren</c><00:23:35.720><c> and</c><00:23:35.960><c> sisters</c><00:23:36.220><c> here.</c>

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He<00:23:37.519><c> knew</c><00:23:37.660><c> from</c><00:23:37.880><c> experience</c><00:23:38.420><c> what</c><00:23:38.559><c> he</c><00:23:38.680><c> was</c><00:23:38.839><c> talking</c><00:23:39.099><c> about,</c>

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brethren<00:23:39.640><c> and</c><00:23:39.859><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:23:41.279><c> he</c><00:23:41.559><c> worked</c><00:23:41.799><c> behind</c><00:23:42.319><c> the</c><00:23:42.619><c> scenes</c><00:23:43.400><c> with</c><00:23:44.079><c> that</c><00:23:44.259><c> ecclesia.</c>

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There<00:23:45.400><c> was</c><00:23:45.619><c> no</c><00:23:45.920><c> way</c><00:23:46.119><c> he</c><00:23:46.259><c> was</c><00:23:46.400><c> going</c><00:23:46.480><c> to</c><00:23:46.599><c> be</c><00:23:46.900><c> chargeable</c><00:23:47.279><c> by</c><00:23:47.519><c> that</c><00:23:47.720><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:48.099><c> to</c>

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say<00:23:48.440><c> that,</c><00:23:48.680><c> well,</c><00:23:48.680><c> we've</c><00:23:48.920><c> got</c><00:23:49.039><c> to</c><00:23:49.380><c> support</c><00:23:49.640><c> Paul</c><00:23:50.000><c> while</c><00:23:50.839><c> he</c>

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preaches<00:23:51.420><c> amongst</c><00:23:51.799><c> us.</c>

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Just<00:23:53.700><c> look</c><00:23:53.900><c> at</c><00:23:55.819><c> kind</c><00:23:56.220><c> of</c><00:23:56.460><c> the</c><00:23:56.819><c> philosophy</c><00:23:57.480><c> of</c><00:23:57.779><c> Paul,</c><00:23:58.019><c> if</c><00:23:58.180><c> you</c>

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will,<00:23:58.460><c> on</c><00:23:58.660><c> this.</c>

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Let's<00:23:59.500><c> go</c><00:23:59.660><c> back</c><00:23:59.960><c> into</c><00:24:00.160><c> the</c><00:24:00.380><c> Acts,</c><00:24:01.500><c> 20th</c><00:24:01.859><c> chapter.</c>

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When<00:24:12.500><c> I</c><00:24:12.640><c> talk</c><00:24:12.799><c> about</c><00:24:12.980><c> a</c><00:24:13.140><c> labor</c><00:24:13.319><c> of</c><00:24:13.519><c> love,</c><00:24:14.000><c> I'm</c><00:24:14.039><c> very</c><00:24:16.039><c> much</c><00:24:17.359><c> in</c><00:24:17.599><c> tune</c><00:24:18.059><c> with</c><00:24:19.440><c> the</c><00:24:19.700><c> things</c><00:24:19.940><c> that</c><00:24:20.099><c> it</c><00:24:20.240><c> takes</c><00:24:20.660><c> to</c><00:24:22.079><c> put</c><00:24:22.980><c> a</c>

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Bible<00:24:23.420><c> school</c><00:24:23.680><c> together,</c><00:24:24.299><c> brethren</c><00:24:24.480><c> and</c><00:24:24.680><c> sisters.</c>

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I'm<00:24:26.480><c> very</c><00:24:26.700><c> much</c><00:24:26.880><c> in</c><00:24:27.079><c> tune</c><00:24:27.299><c> and</c><00:24:27.500><c> aware</c><00:24:27.799><c> of</c><00:24:27.960><c> the</c><00:24:28.099><c> things</c><00:24:28.279><c> that</c><00:24:28.720><c> it</c><00:24:28.819><c> takes.</c>

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There<00:24:31.359><c> is</c><00:24:31.819><c> toil</c><00:24:32.240><c> that</c><00:24:32.579><c> reduces</c><00:24:33.079><c> the</c><00:24:33.539><c> strength,</c><00:24:34.400><c> I</c><00:24:34.859><c> can</c><00:24:35.059><c> tell</c>

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you<00:24:35.319><c> that.</c>

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But<00:24:37.259><c> it</c><00:24:37.440><c> also</c><00:24:37.759><c> is</c><00:24:38.039><c> a</c><00:24:38.200><c> great</c><00:24:38.579><c> labor</c><00:24:39.099><c> of</c><00:24:39.420><c> love.</c>

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And<00:24:41.019><c> the</c><00:24:41.240><c> benefits</c><00:24:41.599><c> for</c><00:24:41.839><c> those</c><00:24:42.079><c> that</c><00:24:42.259><c> are</c><00:24:42.380><c> involved</c><00:24:42.759><c> in</c><00:24:42.900><c> this</c>

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work,<00:24:43.599><c> as</c><00:24:43.660><c> well</c><00:24:43.859><c> as</c><00:24:43.980><c> those</c><00:24:44.200><c> that</c><00:24:44.400><c> partake</c><00:24:44.839><c> of</c><00:24:45.000><c> it,</c><00:24:46.539><c> are</c><00:24:46.700><c> things</c>

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that<00:24:47.019><c> we</c><00:24:47.119><c> can't</c><00:24:47.339><c> put</c><00:24:47.460><c> any</c><00:24:47.700><c> value</c><00:24:47.980><c> on.</c>

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They're<00:24:49.160><c> without</c><00:24:49.460><c> price.</c><00:24:50.859><c> They're</c><00:24:51.079><c> our</c><00:24:51.299><c> heritage</c><00:24:51.920><c> in</c><00:24:52.819><c> Christ</c><00:24:53.140><c> Jesus.</c>

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The<00:24:54.740><c> strength</c><00:24:55.039><c> that</c><00:24:55.200><c> we</c><00:24:55.359><c> derive</c><00:24:55.680><c> from</c><00:24:55.920><c> these</c><00:24:56.279><c> things</c><00:24:56.579><c> is</c><00:24:57.940><c> invaluable.</c>

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As<00:25:00.940><c> you</c><00:25:01.059><c> can</c><00:25:01.200><c> see,</c><00:25:01.660><c> it</c><00:25:01.900><c> means</c><00:25:02.160><c> a</c><00:25:02.339><c> lot</c><00:25:02.420><c> to</c><00:25:02.660><c> me.</c>

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I<00:25:03.759><c> was</c><00:25:04.019><c> at</c><00:25:04.200><c> the</c><00:25:04.380><c> first</c><00:25:04.700><c> Wilbrahan</c><00:25:05.380><c> back</c><00:25:05.960><c> in</c><00:25:06.359><c> 1946</c><00:25:07.440><c> and</c><00:25:09.019><c> almost</c>

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every<00:25:09.859><c> one</c><00:25:10.660><c> down</c><00:25:11.420><c> up</c><00:25:12.000><c> to</c><00:25:12.160><c> the</c><00:25:12.299><c> present</c><00:25:12.500><c> time.</c>

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So<00:25:14.339><c> it</c><00:25:14.359><c> means</c><00:25:14.579><c> a</c><00:25:14.759><c> lot</c><00:25:14.859><c> to</c><00:25:15.039><c> me</c><00:25:15.259><c> and</c><00:25:16.140><c> I</c><00:25:16.400><c> think</c><00:25:16.539><c> it's</c><00:25:16.740><c> had</c><00:25:16.859><c> a</c><00:25:16.920><c> lot</c><00:25:17.099><c> of</c>

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effect<00:25:17.559><c> on</c><00:25:17.819><c> me</c><00:25:18.019><c> and</c><00:25:18.220><c> probably</c><00:25:18.559><c> shaped</c><00:25:19.240><c> my</c><00:25:19.599><c> thinking</c><00:25:19.799><c> in</c><00:25:20.460><c> many,</c>

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many<00:25:21.059><c> ways.</c>

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A<00:25:23.640><c> labor</c><00:25:23.880><c> of</c><00:25:24.059><c> love</c><00:25:24.380><c> back</c><00:25:24.700><c> in</c><00:25:24.900><c> Acts,</c><00:25:25.220><c> chapter</c><00:25:25.420><c> 20.</c>

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This<00:25:28.759><c> is</c><00:25:28.980><c> that</c><00:25:29.279><c> heart</c><00:25:29.700><c>-wrenching</c><00:25:30.299><c> time</c><00:25:30.680><c> when</c><00:25:30.920><c> Paul</c><00:25:31.299><c> is</c><00:25:31.599><c> to</c><00:25:31.880><c> leave</c><00:25:32.220><c> the</c>

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elders<00:25:32.799><c> of</c><00:25:33.059><c> Ephesus.</c>

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And<00:25:35.720><c> there</c><00:25:35.859><c> in</c><00:25:36.599><c> that</c><00:25:36.839><c> chapter</c><00:25:37.160><c> at</c><00:25:37.359><c> verse</c><00:25:37.619><c> 34</c><00:25:38.079><c> and</c><00:25:38.279><c> 35</c><00:25:38.859><c> he</c><00:25:39.019><c> says,</c>

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Yea,<00:25:40.640><c> ye</c><00:25:40.859><c> yourselves</c><00:25:41.380><c> know</c><00:25:41.740><c> that</c><00:25:41.960><c> these</c><00:25:42.339><c> hands</c><00:25:42.660><c> have</c><00:25:43.019><c> ministered</c><00:25:43.500><c> unto</c><00:25:43.720><c> my</c>

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necessities<00:25:44.740><c> and</c><00:25:45.099><c> to</c><00:25:45.299><c> them</c><00:25:45.480><c> that</c><00:25:45.660><c> were</c><00:25:45.799><c> with</c><00:25:46.000><c> me.</c>

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In<00:25:46.839><c> other</c><00:25:47.039><c> words,</c><00:25:47.160><c> he</c><00:25:47.319><c> looked</c><00:25:47.619><c> after</c><00:25:47.980><c> his</c><00:25:48.259><c> own</c><00:25:49.339><c> care</c><00:25:49.759><c> and</c><00:25:49.960><c> his</c>

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own<00:25:50.480><c> welfare,</c><00:25:51.160><c> his</c><00:25:51.319><c> own</c><00:25:51.700><c> hands</c><00:25:52.359><c> labored</c><00:25:53.200><c> and</c><00:25:53.480><c> ministered.</c>

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He<00:25:54.940><c> says,</c><00:25:55.180><c> I've</c><00:25:55.440><c> showed</c><00:25:55.579><c> you</c><00:25:55.920><c> all</c><00:25:56.319><c> things</c><00:25:56.619><c> how</c><00:25:56.880><c> that</c><00:25:57.140><c> so</c><00:25:57.420><c> laboring,</c><00:25:58.579><c> ye</c><00:25:58.720><c> ought</c><00:25:58.900><c> to</c>

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support<00:25:59.579><c> the</c><00:25:59.819><c> weak.</c>

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That's<00:26:00.660><c> the</c><00:26:00.759><c> same</c><00:26:00.960><c> word,</c><00:26:01.180><c> by</c><00:26:01.420><c> the</c><00:26:01.539><c> way,</c><00:26:01.660><c> as</c><00:26:01.779><c> we</c><00:26:01.940><c> have</c><00:26:02.059><c> back</c><00:26:02.359><c> in</c>

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First<00:26:02.980><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:26:04.019><c> the</c><00:26:04.220><c> laboring.</c>

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He<00:26:05.460><c> ought</c><00:26:05.599><c> to</c><00:26:05.880><c> support</c><00:26:06.319><c> the</c><00:26:06.599><c> weak.</c>

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There's<00:26:08.160><c> what</c><00:26:08.319><c> we</c><00:26:08.720><c> labor</c><00:26:08.960><c> for.</c>

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He<00:26:09.940><c> says,</c><00:26:10.259><c> And</c><00:26:10.259><c> to</c><00:26:10.380><c> remember</c><00:26:10.859><c> the</c><00:26:11.079><c> words</c><00:26:11.319><c> of</c><00:26:11.500><c> the</c><00:26:11.640><c> Lord</c><00:26:11.880><c> Jesus</c>

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how<00:26:12.579><c> he</c><00:26:12.920><c> said,</c><00:26:13.519><c> It</c><00:26:13.519><c> is</c><00:26:13.700><c> more</c><00:26:14.019><c> blessed</c><00:26:14.319><c> to</c><00:26:14.680><c> give</c><00:26:14.880><c> than</c><00:26:15.039><c> to</c><00:26:15.279><c> receive.</c>

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I<00:26:18.660><c> hope</c><00:26:18.839><c> some</c><00:26:19.059><c> of</c><00:26:19.140><c> you,</c><00:26:19.380><c> brethren</c><00:26:19.480><c> and</c><00:26:19.740><c> sisters,</c><00:26:20.000><c> will</c><00:26:20.079><c> come</c>

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and<00:26:20.440><c> tell</c><00:26:20.599><c> me</c><00:26:20.819><c> where</c><00:26:21.839><c> that's</c><00:26:22.259><c> found.</c>

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Where<00:26:23.660><c> the</c><00:26:23.779><c> Lord</c><00:26:23.960><c> Jesus</c><00:26:24.299><c> said</c><00:26:24.500><c> it</c><00:26:24.619><c> is</c><00:26:24.839><c> more</c><00:26:25.099><c> blessed</c><00:26:25.440><c> to</c><00:26:26.140><c> give</c>

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than<00:26:26.759><c> to</c><00:26:27.019><c> receive.</c>

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Because<00:26:28.839><c> Paul</c><00:26:29.079><c> says</c><00:26:29.279><c> you'll</c><00:26:29.599><c> remember</c><00:26:29.799><c> that</c><00:26:30.460><c> and</c><00:26:31.539><c> perhaps</c><00:26:32.160><c> you'll</c><00:26:32.359><c> tell</c><00:26:32.579><c> me</c>

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where<00:26:32.859><c> that</c><00:26:33.420><c> is</c><00:26:33.599><c> in</c><00:26:33.700><c> the</c><00:26:33.839><c> Gospel.</c>

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A<00:26:34.160><c> little</c><00:26:34.220><c> bit</c><00:26:34.960><c> of</c><00:26:35.079><c> homework</c><00:26:35.480><c> for</c><00:26:35.799><c> you</c><00:26:36.039><c> here</c><00:26:36.240><c> while</c><00:26:36.440><c> you're</c><00:26:36.660><c> at</c>

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Bible<00:26:37.119><c> school.</c>

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You<00:26:38.440><c> can</c><00:26:39.240><c> search</c><00:26:39.559><c> that</c><00:26:39.880><c> out</c><00:26:40.079><c> and</c><00:26:40.819><c> tell</c><00:26:41.019><c> me</c><00:26:41.180><c> where</c><00:26:41.359><c> it</c><00:26:41.420><c> is,</c><00:26:41.640><c> where</c><00:26:41.799><c> Jesus</c><00:26:42.400><c> said</c><00:26:42.720><c> it.</c>

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But<00:26:44.799><c> back</c><00:26:44.960><c> in</c><00:26:45.160><c> First</c><00:26:45.380><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:26:47.539><c> just</c><00:26:47.539><c> having</c><00:26:47.859><c> seen</c><00:26:48.059><c> the</c>

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way<00:26:48.359><c> Paul</c><00:26:49.000><c> actually</c><00:26:50.140><c> took</c><00:26:50.420><c> this</c><00:26:50.839><c> whole</c><00:26:51.160><c> thing</c><00:26:51.400><c> to</c><00:26:51.759><c> heart</c><00:26:52.000><c> and</c>

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made<00:26:52.799><c> it</c><00:26:52.980><c> an</c><00:26:53.200><c> operative</c><00:26:53.500><c> thing</c><00:26:53.700><c> in</c><00:26:53.839><c> his</c><00:26:54.000><c> own</c><00:26:54.180><c> life.</c>

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Back<00:26:55.180><c> in</c><00:26:55.440><c> First</c><00:26:55.660><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:26:57.460><c> in</c><00:26:59.859><c> the</c><00:27:00.119><c> second</c><00:27:00.400><c> chapter,</c>

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see<00:27:02.420><c> the</c><00:27:02.519><c> same</c><00:27:02.839><c> thought</c><00:27:03.099><c> continuing</c><00:27:03.599><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:27:05.079><c> 9,</c><00:27:06.279><c> he</c><00:27:06.480><c> says,</c><00:27:06.779><c> For</c><00:27:06.779><c> ye</c><00:27:07.000><c> remember,</c><00:27:07.680><c> brethren,</c><00:27:08.039><c> our</c><00:27:08.259><c> labor</c><00:27:08.599><c> and</c>

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prevail<00:27:09.279><c> for</c><00:27:09.599><c> laboring</c><00:27:10.140><c> night</c><00:27:10.440><c> and</c><00:27:10.680><c> day,</c><00:27:11.539><c> because</c><00:27:11.799><c> we</c><00:27:11.980><c> would</c>

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not<00:27:12.460><c> be</c><00:27:12.759><c> chargeable</c><00:27:13.380><c> unto</c><00:27:13.660><c> any</c><00:27:14.079><c> of</c><00:27:14.279><c> you.</c>

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We<00:27:15.339><c> preached</c><00:27:15.640><c> unto</c><00:27:15.880><c> you</c><00:27:16.099><c> the</c><00:27:16.339><c> Gospel</c><00:27:16.740><c> of</c><00:27:16.960><c> God.</c>

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Laboring<00:27:18.759><c> night</c><00:27:19.220><c> and</c><00:27:19.500><c> day,</c><00:27:19.700><c> he</c><00:27:19.960><c> says,</c><00:27:20.319><c> not</c><00:27:20.579><c> going</c><00:27:20.700><c> to</c><00:27:20.799><c> be</c><00:27:21.059><c> chargeable.</c>

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This<00:27:22.079><c> is</c><00:27:22.240><c> all</c><00:27:22.380><c> in</c><00:27:22.480><c> the</c><00:27:22.640><c> background,</c><00:27:23.160><c> wasn't</c><00:27:23.359><c> it?</c>

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The<00:27:24.819><c> work</c><00:27:24.940><c> in</c><00:27:25.160><c> the</c><00:27:25.299><c> ecclesia,</c><00:27:25.779><c> the</c><00:27:26.059><c> preaching,</c><00:27:26.500><c> the</c><00:27:26.720><c> building</c>

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up<00:27:27.180><c> of</c><00:27:27.319><c> the</c><00:27:27.519><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:27.900><c> as</c><00:27:28.519><c> a</c><00:27:28.839><c> solid</c><00:27:29.259><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:29.799><c> with</c><00:27:29.960><c> a</c><00:27:30.160><c> good</c><00:27:30.359><c> foundation</c><00:27:30.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:31.339><c> principles</c><00:27:31.619><c> of</c><00:27:31.799><c> the</c><00:27:32.039><c> truth.</c>

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That<00:27:33.559><c> was</c><00:27:33.720><c> out</c><00:27:34.140><c> front,</c><00:27:34.380><c> but</c><00:27:34.480><c> the</c><00:27:34.700><c> laboring,</c><00:27:35.500><c> this</c><00:27:36.619><c> care</c><00:27:36.819><c> for</c>

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himself<00:27:37.859><c> night</c><00:27:38.819><c> and</c><00:27:39.119><c> day</c><00:27:39.400><c> so</c><00:27:39.559><c> that</c><00:27:39.619><c> he</c><00:27:39.660><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:39.880><c> be</c><00:27:40.200><c> chargeable</c><00:27:40.539><c> was</c><00:27:40.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:41.000><c> background.</c>

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An<00:27:42.160><c> amazing</c><00:27:42.559><c> man,</c><00:27:42.900><c> our</c><00:27:43.019><c> brother</c><00:27:43.220><c> Paul.</c>

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Sounds<00:27:46.079><c> like</c><00:27:46.279><c> quite</c><00:27:46.440><c> a</c><00:27:46.700><c> task,</c><00:27:46.960><c> doesn't</c><00:27:47.180><c> it,</c><00:27:47.299><c> when</c><00:27:47.440><c> we</c><00:27:47.579><c> start</c>

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to<00:27:47.880><c> look</c><00:27:47.980><c> at</c><00:27:48.099><c> some</c><00:27:48.279><c> of</c><00:27:48.400><c> these</c><00:27:49.000><c> principles</c><00:27:49.519><c> of</c><00:27:49.720><c> the</c><00:27:49.859><c> Word</c><00:27:49.980><c> of</c><00:27:50.240><c> God</c><00:27:50.380><c> and</c><00:27:50.539><c> we</c>

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say,<00:27:51.079><c> well,</c><00:27:51.079><c> these</c><00:27:51.380><c> ideals</c><00:27:51.740><c> are</c><00:27:52.000><c> really</c><00:27:52.299><c> high.</c>

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It's<00:27:53.940><c> really</c><00:27:54.319><c> hard</c><00:27:54.740><c> to</c><00:27:55.460><c> come</c><00:27:56.039><c> up</c><00:27:56.200><c> to</c><00:27:56.319><c> this</c><00:27:56.640><c> kind</c><00:27:56.880><c> of</c><00:27:57.220><c> standard.</c>

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Well,<00:28:00.140><c> just</c><00:28:00.319><c> think</c><00:28:00.460><c> of</c><00:28:00.599><c> this,</c><00:28:00.940><c> brethren</c><00:28:01.039><c> and</c><00:28:01.220><c> sisters.</c>

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Just<00:28:01.599><c> keep</c><00:28:01.779><c> your</c><00:28:02.059><c> place</c><00:28:02.279><c> in</c><00:28:02.680><c> First</c><00:28:03.000><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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Obviously,<00:28:04.079><c> we're</c><00:28:04.220><c> coming</c><00:28:04.440><c> back</c><00:28:04.799><c> here</c><00:28:05.039><c> from</c><00:28:06.059><c> time</c><00:28:06.400><c> to</c><00:28:06.619><c> time.</c>

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But<00:28:07.660><c> in</c><00:28:08.079><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:08.859><c> and</c><00:28:10.920><c> at</c><00:28:11.140><c> chapter</c><00:28:11.480><c> 6,</c><00:28:13.460><c> again,</c><00:28:13.740><c> the</c><00:28:13.980><c> same</c><00:28:14.299><c> word</c>

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for<00:28:15.140><c> labor</c><00:28:15.519><c> is</c><00:28:15.779><c> found</c><00:28:16.039><c> there.</c>

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The<00:28:20.059><c> same</c><00:28:20.259><c> expression.</c>

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And<00:28:21.880><c> this</c><00:28:22.039><c> is</c><00:28:22.180><c> in</c><00:28:22.299><c> verse</c><00:28:22.619><c> 10.</c>

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Here's<00:28:26.099><c> the</c><00:28:26.299><c> outcome</c><00:28:26.619><c> of</c><00:28:26.799><c> this</c><00:28:27.079><c> kind</c><00:28:27.319><c> of</c><00:28:28.500><c> work</c><00:28:28.779><c> ethic</c><00:28:29.059><c> of</c><00:28:29.400><c> discipleship.</c>

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:35.759
Verse<00:28:31.859><c> 10,</c><00:28:32.240><c> he</c><00:28:32.240><c> says,</c><00:28:32.579><c> for</c><00:28:32.599><c> God</c><00:28:32.920><c> is</c><00:28:33.220><c> not</c><00:28:33.480><c> unrighteous</c><00:28:34.339><c> to</c><00:28:34.940><c> forget</c><00:28:35.299><c> your</c>

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work<00:28:36.039><c> and</c><00:28:36.319><c> labor</c><00:28:36.599><c> of</c><00:28:36.940><c> love,</c><00:28:38.019><c> which</c><00:28:38.119><c> he</c><00:28:38.240><c> have</c><00:28:38.460><c> showed</c><00:28:38.740><c> toward</c>

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his<00:28:39.480><c> name</c><00:28:39.759><c> and</c><00:28:39.900><c> that</c><00:28:40.019><c> you</c><00:28:40.119><c> have</c><00:28:40.359><c> ministered</c><00:28:40.619><c> to</c><00:28:40.839><c> the</c><00:28:41.099><c> saints</c>

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and<00:28:42.339><c> do</c><00:28:42.539><c> minister.</c>

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The<00:28:44.099><c> same</c><00:28:44.240><c> expression,</c><00:28:45.119><c> the</c><00:28:45.359><c> same</c><00:28:45.579><c> word,</c><00:28:46.160><c> labor</c><00:28:46.519><c> of</c><00:28:46.819><c> love.</c>

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:49.779
It's<00:28:47.579><c> the</c><00:28:47.779><c> ministration</c><00:28:48.380><c> to</c><00:28:48.559><c> the</c><00:28:48.799><c> saints.</c>

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:54.079
But<00:28:50.880><c> more</c><00:28:51.079><c> than</c><00:28:51.299><c> that,</c><00:28:51.579><c> brethren</c><00:28:51.759><c> and</c><00:28:51.960><c> sisters,</c><00:28:53.160><c> the</c><00:28:53.380><c> principle</c><00:28:53.779><c> that</c><00:28:53.960><c> we</c>

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:58.640
should<00:28:54.319><c> never</c><00:28:54.599><c> lose</c><00:28:54.920><c> sight</c><00:28:55.180><c> of,</c><00:28:56.440><c> the</c><00:28:56.680><c> things</c><00:28:56.900><c> that</c><00:28:57.099><c> are</c><00:28:57.299><c> done</c>

00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:02.180
for<00:28:59.500><c> and</c><00:28:59.779><c> to</c><00:28:59.980><c> one</c><00:29:00.200><c> another</c><00:29:00.480><c> are</c><00:29:00.819><c> things</c><00:29:01.079><c> that</c><00:29:01.240><c> are</c><00:29:01.380><c> done</c><00:29:01.779><c> for</c>

00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:06.160
and<00:29:02.440><c> to</c><00:29:02.640><c> our</c><00:29:02.940><c> God</c><00:29:03.180><c> and</c><00:29:03.559><c> for</c><00:29:03.920><c> and</c><00:29:04.180><c> to</c><00:29:04.339><c> the</c><00:29:04.460><c> Lord</c><00:29:04.640><c> Jesus</c><00:29:05.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:08.359
This<00:29:07.039><c> is</c><00:29:07.180><c> the</c><00:29:07.259><c> way</c><00:29:07.359><c> God</c><00:29:07.640><c> viewed</c><00:29:07.880><c> this.</c>

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:11.599
He'll<00:29:09.359><c> never</c><00:29:09.619><c> forget</c><00:29:10.079><c> the</c><00:29:10.339><c> work</c><00:29:10.539><c> and</c><00:29:10.720><c> labor</c><00:29:11.000><c> of</c><00:29:11.200><c> love</c><00:29:11.400><c> which</c>

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:17.319
you've<00:29:12.220><c> shown</c><00:29:12.579><c> toward</c><00:29:13.380><c> his</c><00:29:13.799><c> name</c><00:29:14.440><c> in</c><00:29:15.099><c> that</c><00:29:15.200><c> you've</c><00:29:15.599><c> ministered</c><00:29:15.980><c> to</c><00:29:16.099><c> the</c><00:29:16.299><c> saints.</c>

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:23.200
That's<00:29:19.259><c> the</c><00:29:19.400><c> labor</c><00:29:19.619><c> of</c><00:29:19.880><c> love,</c><00:29:21.359><c> ministering</c><00:29:21.819><c> to</c><00:29:21.960><c> the</c><00:29:22.220><c> saints.</c>

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:26.980
And<00:29:24.200><c> isn't</c><00:29:24.319><c> an</c><00:29:24.579><c> interesting</c><00:29:24.960><c> thing</c><00:29:25.240><c> that</c><00:29:25.599><c> the</c><00:29:25.819><c> very</c><00:29:26.039><c> next</c><00:29:26.279><c> verse</c><00:29:26.539><c> there</c><00:29:26.759><c> in</c>

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:29.880
Hebrews<00:29:27.460><c> is</c><00:29:28.140><c> the</c><00:29:28.259><c> very</c><00:29:28.500><c> next</c><00:29:28.819><c> consideration</c><00:29:29.359><c> that</c><00:29:29.539><c> we</c><00:29:29.740><c> have</c>

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back<00:29:30.140><c> in</c><00:29:30.400><c> First</c><00:29:30.640><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:35.519
We<00:29:31.859><c> desire</c><00:29:32.380><c> that</c><00:29:32.619><c> every</c><00:29:32.940><c> one</c><00:29:33.099><c> of</c><00:29:33.220><c> you</c><00:29:33.339><c> do</c><00:29:33.640><c> show</c><00:29:33.859><c> the</c><00:29:34.140><c> same</c><00:29:34.440><c> diligence</c><00:29:35.039><c> to</c>

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:39.559
the<00:29:35.759><c> full</c><00:29:35.940><c> assurance</c><00:29:36.420><c> of</c><00:29:36.779><c> hope</c><00:29:37.500><c> unto</c><00:29:38.259><c> the</c><00:29:38.519><c> end.</c>

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:42.099
That's<00:29:40.319><c> the</c><00:29:40.420><c> perspective</c><00:29:40.900><c> of</c><00:29:41.140><c> our</c><00:29:41.299><c> Thessalonian</c><00:29:41.819><c> brethren</c>

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.759
and<00:29:42.319><c> sisters.</c>

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Their<00:29:43.480><c> focus</c><00:29:43.900><c> was</c><00:29:44.140><c> upon</c><00:29:44.480><c> the</c><00:29:44.799><c> coming</c><00:29:44.940><c> of</c><00:29:45.140><c> the</c><00:29:45.339><c> King.</c>

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:50.079
Hope<00:29:46.339><c> unto</c><00:29:46.619><c> the</c><00:29:46.900><c> end,</c><00:29:47.599><c> full</c><00:29:47.819><c> assurance</c><00:29:48.259><c> of</c><00:29:48.500><c> hope</c><00:29:48.660><c> unto</c><00:29:48.900><c> the</c><00:29:49.140><c> end.</c>

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:52.480
And<00:29:50.819><c> that's</c><00:29:51.000><c> the</c><00:29:51.059><c> next</c><00:29:51.259><c> thing</c><00:29:51.420><c> we</c><00:29:51.619><c> see</c><00:29:51.819><c> here,</c><00:29:52.079><c> isn't</c><00:29:52.240><c> it,</c><00:29:52.339><c> in</c>

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this<00:29:52.660><c> third</c><00:29:52.900><c> verse.</c>

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Patience<00:29:54.299><c> of</c><00:29:54.539><c> hope,</c><00:29:55.700><c> patience</c><00:29:56.119><c> of</c><00:29:56.440><c> hope.</c>

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It's<00:29:59.980><c> a</c><00:30:00.119><c> hard</c><00:30:00.259><c> thing</c><00:30:00.460><c> for</c><00:30:00.559><c> me</c><00:30:00.660><c> to</c><00:30:00.819><c> talk</c><00:30:00.980><c> about</c><00:30:01.299><c> patience,</c><00:30:03.019><c> brethren</c><00:30:03.140><c> and</c><00:30:03.339><c> sisters.</c>

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I<00:30:04.059><c> think</c><00:30:04.380><c> that</c><00:30:05.859><c> knowing</c><00:30:07.940><c> myself</c><00:30:08.359><c> the</c><00:30:08.519><c> way</c><00:30:08.619><c> I</c><00:30:08.859><c> do</c><00:30:09.000><c> that</c><00:30:09.180><c> it's</c><00:30:09.980><c> a</c>

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characteristic<00:30:10.640><c> that</c><00:30:10.819><c> I've</c><00:30:11.000><c> got</c><00:30:11.059><c> to</c><00:30:11.240><c> work</c><00:30:11.380><c> very</c><00:30:11.799><c> hard</c><00:30:12.079><c> on.</c>

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It's<00:30:12.559><c> got</c><00:30:12.619><c> to</c><00:30:12.759><c> be</c><00:30:12.880><c> a</c><00:30:13.000><c> labor</c><00:30:13.220><c> of</c><00:30:13.500><c> love</c><00:30:14.000><c> directed</c><00:30:14.819><c> inward</c><00:30:15.279><c> when</c>

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:17.559
it<00:30:15.619><c> comes</c><00:30:15.759><c> to</c><00:30:15.940><c> this</c><00:30:16.140><c> subject</c><00:30:16.420><c> of</c><00:30:16.720><c> patience.</c>

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:20.700
A<00:30:17.920><c> couple</c><00:30:18.039><c> of</c><00:30:18.220><c> years</c><00:30:18.400><c> ago</c><00:30:18.559><c> in</c><00:30:18.700><c> New</c><00:30:18.859><c> England</c><00:30:19.079><c> they</c><00:30:19.900><c> assigned</c><00:30:20.339><c> me</c>

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a<00:30:20.960><c> subject</c><00:30:21.259><c> for</c><00:30:21.440><c> the</c><00:30:21.559><c> fraternal</c><00:30:21.960><c> gathering</c><00:30:22.400><c> there.</c>

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And<00:30:23.839><c> it</c><00:30:23.940><c> was</c><00:30:24.220><c> entitled</c><00:30:24.579><c> patient</c><00:30:25.140><c> through</c><00:30:25.440><c> tribulation.</c>

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I<00:30:27.759><c> looked</c><00:30:27.900><c> at</c><00:30:28.079><c> this</c><00:30:28.200><c> and</c><00:30:28.319><c> just</c><00:30:28.500><c> shook</c><00:30:28.599><c> my</c><00:30:28.859><c> head</c><00:30:28.980><c> and</c><00:30:29.119><c> said</c><00:30:29.180><c> they've</c><00:30:29.380><c> got</c>

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the<00:30:29.680><c> wrong</c><00:30:29.839><c> man</c><00:30:30.160><c> here.</c>

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Perhaps<00:30:32.140><c> the</c><00:30:32.319><c> most</c><00:30:32.579><c> impatient</c><00:30:33.079><c> of</c><00:30:33.700><c> people</c><00:30:34.119><c> that</c><00:30:34.319><c> there</c><00:30:34.539><c> is.</c>

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So<00:30:36.059><c> we</c><00:30:36.259><c> need</c><00:30:36.359><c> the</c><00:30:36.559><c> lesson,</c><00:30:37.000><c> don't</c><00:30:37.099><c> we?</c>

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I<00:30:38.299><c> need</c><00:30:38.460><c> the</c><00:30:38.700><c> lesson.</c>

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We<00:30:39.700><c> all</c><00:30:39.920><c> do,</c><00:30:40.039><c> I'm</c><00:30:40.339><c> sure.</c>

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Patience<00:30:42.039><c> here,</c><00:30:42.539><c> though,</c><00:30:42.779><c> is</c><00:30:43.259><c> endurance.</c>

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Cheerful<00:30:46.220><c> endurance.</c>

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That's<00:30:47.640><c> what</c><00:30:47.779><c> the</c><00:30:47.920><c> word</c><00:30:48.059><c> means.</c>

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I<00:30:49.759><c> think</c><00:30:49.940><c> Paul</c><00:30:50.180><c> is</c><00:30:50.339><c> almost</c><00:30:50.660><c> saying</c><00:30:50.859><c> to</c><00:30:51.019><c> these</c><00:30:51.259><c> brethren</c><00:30:51.460><c> and</c>

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:55.599
sisters<00:30:51.900><c> we've</c><00:30:52.180><c> got</c><00:30:52.259><c> to</c><00:30:52.480><c> kind</c><00:30:52.619><c> of</c><00:30:53.259><c> smile</c><00:30:53.660><c> and</c><00:30:53.980><c> hang</c><00:30:54.240><c> on.</c>

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:58.660
Of<00:30:56.380><c> course,</c><00:30:56.559><c> the</c><00:30:56.720><c> reason</c><00:30:56.940><c> is</c><00:30:57.140><c> that</c><00:30:57.279><c> the</c><00:30:57.420><c> King</c><00:30:57.559><c> is</c><00:30:57.859><c> coming.</c>

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:01.299
That's<00:30:59.400><c> the</c><00:30:59.599><c> reason,</c><00:31:00.039><c> brethren</c><00:31:00.140><c> and</c><00:31:00.400><c> sisters.</c>

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Smile<00:31:01.859><c> and</c><00:31:02.200><c> hang</c><00:31:02.480><c> on.</c>

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And<00:31:07.019><c> he</c><00:31:07.140><c> says</c><00:31:07.240><c> it's</c><00:31:07.500><c> hope,</c><00:31:07.859><c> isn't</c><00:31:07.980><c> it?</c>

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.319
The<00:31:08.519><c> patience</c><00:31:08.779><c> of</c><00:31:09.079><c> hope.</c>

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:15.359
Last<00:31:09.880><c> night</c><00:31:10.019><c> we</c><00:31:10.140><c> had</c><00:31:10.440><c> a</c><00:31:11.119><c> marvelous</c><00:31:11.539><c> look</c><00:31:11.960><c> at</c><00:31:13.539><c> a</c><00:31:13.859><c> tremendous</c><00:31:14.559><c> work</c><00:31:15.099><c> by</c>

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:16.319
our<00:31:15.539><c> brother</c><00:31:15.740><c> Thomas.</c>

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Elpis<00:31:17.000><c> Israel.</c>

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Elpis<00:31:20.099><c> is</c><00:31:20.579><c> the</c><00:31:20.880><c> hope</c><00:31:21.099><c> here.</c>

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.539
The<00:31:22.220><c> hope</c><00:31:22.359><c> of</c><00:31:22.599><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.440
That's<00:31:24.220><c> what</c><00:31:24.359><c> the</c><00:31:24.519><c> word</c><00:31:24.660><c> is.</c>

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.240
Elpis.

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:28.119
It<00:31:26.500><c> means</c><00:31:26.740><c> more</c><00:31:27.000><c> than</c><00:31:27.160><c> hope,</c><00:31:27.539><c> brethren</c><00:31:27.720><c> and</c><00:31:27.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:28.160 --> 00:31:30.019
I'm<00:31:28.359><c> sure</c><00:31:28.500><c> we</c><00:31:28.740><c> understand</c><00:31:29.220><c> that.</c>

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:32.579
It<00:31:30.359><c> means</c><00:31:30.519><c> to</c><00:31:30.720><c> anticipate</c><00:31:31.339><c> with</c><00:31:31.640><c> pleasure.</c>

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:34.720
It<00:31:32.799><c> means</c><00:31:32.900><c> there</c><00:31:33.059><c> is</c><00:31:33.180><c> an</c><00:31:33.480><c> expectation.</c>

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:37.099
It<00:31:34.920><c> means</c><00:31:35.099><c> there's</c><00:31:35.539><c> confidence</c><00:31:36.000><c> in</c><00:31:36.279><c> this.</c>

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:40.200
All<00:31:37.440><c> these</c><00:31:37.720><c> things</c><00:31:37.920><c> are</c><00:31:38.220><c> bound</c><00:31:38.460><c> up</c><00:31:38.660><c> in</c><00:31:38.819><c> this</c><00:31:39.019><c> idea</c><00:31:39.460><c> of</c><00:31:39.920><c> hope.</c>

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.559
Elpis.

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:45.500
The<00:31:42.559><c> focus</c><00:31:42.839><c> of</c><00:31:43.119><c> the</c><00:31:43.579><c> Diaglot,</c><00:31:43.980><c> if</c><00:31:44.140><c> you</c><00:31:44.279><c> use</c><00:31:44.420><c> the</c><00:31:44.660><c> Diaglot,</c><00:31:45.180><c> you'll</c><00:31:45.319><c> see</c>

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:50.599
that<00:31:46.220><c> the</c><00:31:47.420><c> idea</c><00:31:47.819><c> is</c><00:31:48.079><c> not</c><00:31:48.460><c> to</c><00:31:49.140><c> hope</c><00:31:49.420><c> in,</c>

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:53.059
but<00:31:50.779><c> it's</c><00:31:51.099><c> hope</c><00:31:51.339><c> of</c><00:31:51.880><c> Jesus</c><00:31:52.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.759
Because<00:31:53.720><c> it</c><00:31:53.839><c> speaks</c><00:31:54.079><c> of</c><00:31:54.220><c> His</c><00:31:54.380><c> return.</c>

00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.519
That's<00:31:55.059><c> the</c><00:31:55.200><c> idea.</c>

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:59.180
It's<00:31:56.400><c> hope</c><00:31:56.640><c> of</c><00:31:56.880><c> the</c><00:31:57.000><c> return</c><00:31:57.400><c> of</c><00:31:57.619><c> Jesus</c><00:31:58.059><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.779
And<00:31:59.359><c> that</c><00:31:59.440><c> was</c><00:31:59.680><c> their</c><00:31:59.900><c> hope.</c>

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:04.980
And<00:32:02.400><c> then</c><00:32:02.500><c> if</c><00:32:02.559><c> you</c><00:32:03.339><c> go</c><00:32:03.559><c> a</c><00:32:03.559><c> little</c><00:32:03.740><c> further</c><00:32:04.039><c> with</c><00:32:04.240><c> this</c><00:32:04.420><c> in</c><00:32:04.799><c> the</c>

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.960
Diaglot,<00:32:05.539><c> which</c><00:32:05.799><c> I'm</c><00:32:06.000><c> sure</c><00:32:06.099><c> you're</c><00:32:06.259><c> familiar</c><00:32:06.599><c> with,</c>

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:09.680
you'll<00:32:07.380><c> see</c><00:32:07.579><c> that</c><00:32:07.819><c> it</c><00:32:08.140><c> leaves</c><00:32:08.519><c> out,</c><00:32:08.859><c> as</c><00:32:09.000><c> some</c><00:32:09.200><c> of</c><00:32:09.319><c> the</c><00:32:09.420><c> other</c>

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translations<00:32:10.160><c> do,</c>

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in<00:32:11.119><c> the</c><00:32:11.380><c> sight</c><00:32:11.539><c> of</c><00:32:11.779><c> God</c><00:32:12.140><c> and</c><00:32:12.420><c> our</c><00:32:12.700><c> Father,</c><00:32:13.039><c> which</c><00:32:13.200><c> is</c><00:32:13.799><c> the</c><00:32:14.279><c> last</c>

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part<00:32:15.000><c> of</c><00:32:15.119><c> that</c><00:32:15.359><c> third</c><00:32:15.640><c> verse.</c>

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:18.059
But<00:32:16.819><c> it's</c><00:32:16.960><c> in</c><00:32:17.160><c> some</c><00:32:17.440><c> manuscripts.</c>

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:20.980
There<00:32:18.759><c> certainly</c><00:32:18.980><c> is</c><00:32:19.160><c> no</c><00:32:19.420><c> violation</c><00:32:20.039><c> to</c><00:32:20.220><c> any</c><00:32:20.400><c> other</c><00:32:20.640><c> part</c><00:32:20.839><c> of</c>

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.000
the<00:32:21.180><c> scripture.</c>

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:25.180
And<00:32:22.200><c> we</c><00:32:22.380><c> take</c><00:32:22.519><c> it</c><00:32:22.700><c> at</c><00:32:22.940><c> its</c><00:32:23.240><c> face</c><00:32:23.480><c> value</c><00:32:23.799><c> as</c><00:32:24.039><c> it</c><00:32:24.160><c> is</c><00:32:24.299><c> in</c><00:32:24.579><c> the</c>

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authorized<00:32:25.680><c> version.</c>

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:30.079
Not<00:32:27.680><c> just</c><00:32:27.960><c> words,</c><00:32:28.819><c> brethren</c><00:32:29.000><c> and</c><00:32:29.200><c> sisters.</c>

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These<00:32:30.799><c> are</c><00:32:31.000><c> not</c><00:32:31.220><c> just</c><00:32:31.559><c> words.</c>

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:36.319
We<00:32:31.980><c> don't</c><00:32:32.180><c> want</c><00:32:32.359><c> to</c><00:32:33.039><c> just</c><00:32:33.759><c> kind</c><00:32:34.119><c> of</c><00:32:34.319><c> come</c><00:32:34.440><c> to</c><00:32:34.680><c> that</c><00:32:35.380><c> point</c><00:32:35.740><c> here.</c>

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Where<00:32:36.839><c> we</c><00:32:36.980><c> see</c><00:32:37.160><c> these</c><00:32:37.460><c> things</c><00:32:37.700><c> as</c><00:32:38.039><c> just</c><00:32:38.400><c> words.</c>

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:41.220
There's<00:32:38.960><c> much</c><00:32:39.200><c> more</c><00:32:39.480><c> to</c><00:32:39.640><c> it</c><00:32:39.740><c> than</c><00:32:39.920><c> that.</c>

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:45.460
This<00:32:41.759><c> is</c><00:32:42.759><c> faith</c><00:32:43.240><c> that</c><00:32:44.099><c> has</c><00:32:44.319><c> a</c><00:32:44.579><c> work.</c>

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:48.099
This<00:32:46.119><c> is</c><00:32:46.440><c> love</c><00:32:46.700><c> that</c><00:32:46.940><c> has</c><00:32:47.259><c> labor.</c>

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:52.039
This<00:32:49.019><c> is</c><00:32:49.559><c> hope</c><00:32:49.839><c> that</c><00:32:50.079><c> is</c><00:32:50.420><c> patient</c><00:32:50.759><c> and</c><00:32:51.059><c> enduring.</c>

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:55.559
So<00:32:53.539><c> there's</c><00:32:53.680><c> a</c><00:32:53.819><c> lot</c><00:32:53.980><c> to</c><00:32:54.180><c> it,</c><00:32:54.299><c> isn't</c><00:32:54.539><c> there?</c>

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:57.720
A<00:32:55.960><c> hope</c><00:32:56.140><c> in</c><00:32:56.359><c> the</c><00:32:56.680><c> truth.</c>

00:32:58.099 --> 00:33:02.839
That<00:32:58.720><c> we</c><00:32:59.039><c> dare</c><00:32:59.279><c> to</c><00:32:59.599><c> entertain</c><00:33:00.099><c> in</c><00:33:00.319><c> the</c><00:33:00.599><c> presence</c><00:33:00.880><c> of</c><00:33:01.259><c> God</c><00:33:01.559><c> Himself.</c>

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:05.900
So<00:33:03.660><c> when</c><00:33:04.099><c> we</c><00:33:04.279><c> speak</c><00:33:04.460><c> about</c><00:33:04.740><c> our</c><00:33:05.059><c> hope,</c>

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:09.400
when<00:33:06.859><c> we</c><00:33:07.000><c> give</c><00:33:07.099><c> that</c><00:33:07.420><c> ready</c><00:33:07.720><c> answer</c><00:33:08.059><c> for</c><00:33:08.240><c> the</c><00:33:08.460><c> hope</c><00:33:08.640><c> that</c><00:33:08.960><c> lies</c>

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:09.839
within<00:33:09.660><c> us,</c>

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for<00:33:10.000><c> the</c><00:33:10.160><c> things</c><00:33:10.339><c> that</c><00:33:10.460><c> we</c><00:33:10.640><c> call</c><00:33:10.880><c> the</c><00:33:11.019><c> things</c><00:33:11.160><c> of</c><00:33:11.339><c> the</c><00:33:11.599><c> truth,</c>

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:17.200
just<00:33:14.579><c> remember</c><00:33:14.880><c> that</c><00:33:14.980><c> we</c><00:33:15.119><c> do</c><00:33:15.299><c> this</c><00:33:15.480><c> in</c><00:33:15.619><c> the</c><00:33:15.819><c> sight</c><00:33:15.960><c> of</c><00:33:16.200><c> God.</c>

00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:20.039
All<00:33:17.740><c> things</c><00:33:18.140><c> in</c><00:33:18.299><c> the</c><00:33:18.539><c> sight</c><00:33:18.720><c> of</c><00:33:19.000><c> God.</c>

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.160
And<00:33:21.019><c> so</c><00:33:21.119><c> we</c><00:33:21.259><c> read</c><00:33:21.380><c> in</c><00:33:21.579><c> verse</c><00:33:21.819><c> 4,</c>

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:26.859
Knowing,<00:33:22.700><c> brethren,</c><00:33:23.220><c> beloved,</c><00:33:23.660><c> your</c><00:33:23.980><c> election</c><00:33:24.720><c> of</c><00:33:25.779><c> God.</c>

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:31.799
So<00:33:28.079><c> he</c><00:33:28.160><c> says,</c><00:33:28.400><c> we</c><00:33:28.680><c> know</c><00:33:29.140><c> that</c><00:33:29.359><c> God</c><00:33:29.640><c> has</c><00:33:30.000><c> chosen</c><00:33:30.339><c> you.</c>

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:33.700
You<00:33:32.279><c> should</c><00:33:32.460><c> always</c><00:33:32.839><c> remember</c><00:33:33.240><c> that</c><00:33:33.539><c> fact.</c>

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.920
God<00:33:33.980><c> has</c><00:33:34.359><c> chosen</c><00:33:34.680><c> us.</c>

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.539
You<00:33:36.359><c> take</c><00:33:36.539><c> the</c><00:33:36.700><c> word</c><00:33:36.839><c> election</c><00:33:37.319><c> and</c><00:33:37.480><c> you</c><00:33:37.660><c> put</c><00:33:37.799><c> an</c><00:33:38.500><c> S</c><00:33:38.819><c> on</c><00:33:38.980><c> the</c><00:33:39.180><c> front</c><00:33:39.319><c> of</c><00:33:39.420><c> it.</c>

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:42.319
We<00:33:40.240><c> might</c><00:33:40.440><c> get</c><00:33:40.599><c> a</c><00:33:40.720><c> better</c><00:33:40.940><c> idea</c><00:33:41.339><c> of</c><00:33:41.359><c> what</c><00:33:41.480><c> this</c><00:33:41.680><c> is</c><00:33:41.819><c> all</c><00:33:42.019><c> about.</c>

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.579
Selection.

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:46.299
We're<00:33:44.039><c> talking</c><00:33:44.240><c> about</c><00:33:44.480><c> the</c><00:33:44.799><c> divine</c><00:33:45.259><c> selection</c><00:33:45.759><c> of</c><00:33:46.079><c> God.</c>

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:48.299
That<00:33:46.539><c> God</c><00:33:46.740><c> has</c><00:33:46.960><c> made</c><00:33:47.079><c> a</c><00:33:47.339><c> choice.</c>

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:51.740
That<00:33:49.380><c> He</c><00:33:49.579><c> wants</c><00:33:49.920><c> you</c><00:33:50.160><c> and</c><00:33:50.259><c> He</c><00:33:50.420><c> wants</c><00:33:50.759><c> me.</c>

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:55.059
Now<00:33:53.180><c> that</c><00:33:53.220><c> doesn't</c><00:33:53.440><c> mean</c><00:33:53.619><c> we've</c><00:33:53.960><c> arrived,</c><00:33:54.480><c> brethren</c><00:33:54.640><c> and</c><00:33:54.819><c> sisters.</c>

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:56.960
We<00:33:55.500><c> can't</c><00:33:55.759><c> sit</c><00:33:56.000><c> back</c><00:33:56.299><c> on</c><00:33:56.500><c> that</c><00:33:56.700><c> and</c><00:33:56.839><c> say,</c>

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:59.559
well<00:33:57.160><c> that's,</c><00:33:57.759><c> God's</c><00:33:58.220><c> seen</c><00:33:58.240><c> something</c><00:33:58.599><c> so</c><00:33:58.900><c> wonderful</c><00:33:59.259><c> in</c><00:33:59.400><c> us</c>

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.839
that<00:33:59.700><c> we</c><00:33:59.740><c> can</c><00:33:59.920><c> just</c><00:34:00.079><c> put</c><00:34:00.200><c> our</c><00:34:00.460><c> feet</c><00:34:00.559><c> up</c>

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:04.400
and<00:34:01.660><c> just</c><00:34:01.960><c> wait</c><00:34:02.140><c> for</c><00:34:02.420><c> all</c><00:34:02.599><c> the</c><00:34:02.759><c> other</c><00:34:02.960><c> blessings</c><00:34:03.299><c> to</c><00:34:03.619><c> come.</c>

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:07.579
That's<00:34:06.019><c> not</c><00:34:06.140><c> it</c><00:34:06.279><c> at</c><00:34:06.440><c> all,</c><00:34:06.579><c> is</c><00:34:06.680><c> it?</c>

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:11.840
He's<00:34:09.480><c> speaking</c><00:34:09.639><c> about</c><00:34:09.880><c> responsibility</c><00:34:10.719><c> here.</c>

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:14.500
Just<00:34:13.380><c> open</c><00:34:13.619><c> this</c><00:34:13.820><c> out</c><00:34:13.900><c> a</c><00:34:14.019><c> little</c><00:34:14.139><c> bit</c><00:34:14.300><c> more</c>

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:18.219
by<00:34:14.639><c> just</c><00:34:14.860><c> going</c><00:34:15.019><c> back</c><00:34:15.340><c> a</c><00:34:15.500><c> couple</c><00:34:15.679><c> of</c><00:34:16.739><c> letters</c><00:34:17.159><c> of</c><00:34:17.320><c> the</c><00:34:17.519><c> Apostle</c><00:34:17.940><c> Paul</c>

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to<00:34:18.400><c> the</c><00:34:18.559><c> Colossian</c><00:34:18.960><c> letter.</c>

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:28.119
Just<00:34:25.280><c> see</c><00:34:25.440><c> the</c><00:34:25.539><c> way</c><00:34:25.639><c> that</c><00:34:25.780><c> he</c><00:34:26.219><c> says</c><00:34:26.420><c> it</c><00:34:26.639><c> there</c><00:34:26.860><c> in</c><00:34:27.059><c> the</c><00:34:27.360><c> third</c><00:34:27.599><c> chapter</c>

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:30.719
and<00:34:28.460><c> at</c><00:34:28.679><c> verse</c><00:34:29.179><c> 12.</c>

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:41.159
He<00:34:36.820><c> says,</c><00:34:37.179><c> put</c><00:34:37.179><c> on</c><00:34:37.500><c> therefore</c><00:34:37.960><c> as</c><00:34:38.380><c> the</c><00:34:38.860><c> elect</c><00:34:39.219><c> of</c><00:34:39.699><c> God,</c>

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:44.820
holy<00:34:41.760><c> and</c><00:34:42.199><c> beloved,</c><00:34:43.440><c> bowels</c><00:34:43.840><c> of</c><00:34:44.079><c> mercies,</c>

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:47.980
kindness,<00:34:46.239><c> humbleness</c><00:34:46.579><c> of</c><00:34:46.880><c> mind,</c><00:34:47.500><c> meekness,</c>

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:50.440
long<00:34:48.539><c>-suffering,</c><00:34:49.539><c> forbearing</c><00:34:49.980><c> one</c><00:34:50.219><c> another</c>

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and<00:34:50.739><c> forgiving</c><00:34:51.219><c> one</c><00:34:51.539><c> another.</c>

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:54.619
If<00:34:52.659><c> any</c><00:34:52.880><c> man</c><00:34:53.019><c> have</c><00:34:53.219><c> a</c><00:34:53.480><c> quarrel</c><00:34:53.739><c> against</c><00:34:54.059><c> any,</c>

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:57.340
even<00:34:55.320><c> as</c><00:34:55.599><c> Christ</c><00:34:56.059><c> forgave</c><00:34:56.599><c> you,</c>

00:34:57.340 --> 00:34:59.900
so<00:34:57.760><c> also</c><00:34:58.539><c> do</c><00:34:58.920><c> ye.</c>

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And<00:35:00.539><c> above</c><00:35:00.760><c> all</c><00:35:01.139><c> these</c><00:35:01.460><c> things</c><00:35:01.780><c> put</c><00:35:02.019><c> on</c><00:35:02.360><c> love,</c>

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:04.780
which<00:35:02.780><c> is</c><00:35:02.980><c> the</c><00:35:03.219><c> bond</c><00:35:03.420><c> of</c><00:35:03.860><c> perfectness,</c>

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.400
and<00:35:05.199><c> let</c><00:35:05.320><c> the</c><00:35:05.599><c> peace</c><00:35:05.760><c> of</c><00:35:06.000><c> God</c><00:35:06.199><c> rule</c><00:35:06.480><c> in</c><00:35:06.639><c> your</c><00:35:06.940><c> hearts,</c>

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:10.460
to<00:35:07.940><c> the</c><00:35:08.119><c> which</c><00:35:08.280><c> also</c><00:35:08.800><c> ye</c><00:35:08.960><c> are</c><00:35:09.199><c> called</c><00:35:09.440><c> in</c><00:35:09.739><c> one</c><00:35:10.019><c> body,</c>

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:12.360
and<00:35:10.940><c> be</c><00:35:11.179><c> ye</c><00:35:11.500><c> thankful.</c>

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:15.340
And<00:35:13.059><c> all</c><00:35:13.320><c> the</c><00:35:13.500><c> words</c><00:35:13.659><c> are</c><00:35:13.880><c> there</c><00:35:14.059><c> from</c><00:35:14.280><c> 1</c><00:35:14.539><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:17.739
All<00:35:16.000><c> the</c><00:35:16.179><c> words,</c><00:35:16.559><c> brethren</c><00:35:16.699><c> and</c><00:35:16.880><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:19.519
They're<00:35:18.300><c> all</c><00:35:18.599><c> there.</c>

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:22.039
And<00:35:20.519><c> what</c><00:35:20.639><c> an</c><00:35:20.920><c> ideal</c><00:35:21.280><c> for</c><00:35:21.619><c> us.</c>

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:24.500
What<00:35:22.360><c> a</c><00:35:22.639><c> responsibility</c><00:35:23.380><c> for</c><00:35:23.719><c> us</c>

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:27.340
as<00:35:25.500><c> the</c><00:35:25.699><c> elect</c><00:35:25.960><c> of</c><00:35:26.159><c> God.</c>

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:32.260
Knowing,<00:35:28.539><c> brethren,</c><00:35:29.019><c> beloved,</c><00:35:29.539><c> your</c><00:35:29.840><c> election</c><00:35:30.480><c> of</c><00:35:31.360><c> God,</c><00:35:31.679><c> he</c><00:35:31.940><c> says.</c>

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:35.739
And<00:35:32.820><c> so</c><00:35:33.019><c> Paul</c><00:35:33.340><c> in</c><00:35:33.519><c> verse</c><00:35:34.219><c> 2</c><00:35:34.900><c> through</c><00:35:35.159><c> 4</c>

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:38.039
expresses<00:35:36.320><c> his</c><00:35:36.760><c> thankfulness,</c><00:35:37.280><c> doesn't</c><00:35:37.579><c> he?</c>

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:41.179
For<00:35:38.480><c> the</c><00:35:38.679><c> brethren</c><00:35:38.880><c> and</c><00:35:39.139><c> sisters</c><00:35:39.619><c> in</c><00:35:39.960><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:44.320
In<00:35:41.639><c> verse</c><00:35:41.920><c> 5</c><00:35:42.280><c> through</c><00:35:42.500><c> 8</c><00:35:42.699><c> he</c><00:35:42.840><c> tells</c><00:35:43.059><c> us</c><00:35:43.280><c> why.</c>

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:47.739
All<00:35:45.400><c> right,</c><00:35:45.460><c> let's</c><00:35:45.639><c> just</c><00:35:45.880><c> read</c><00:35:46.079><c> through</c><00:35:46.260><c> this</c><00:35:46.480><c> together.</c>

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:50.480
Verses<00:35:48.139><c> 5</c><00:35:48.559><c> through</c><00:35:48.840><c> 8.</c>

00:35:51.400 --> 00:35:52.300
We<00:35:51.880><c> read</c><00:35:52.039><c> there,</c>

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:55.480
For<00:35:52.420><c> our</c><00:35:52.659><c> gospel</c><00:35:53.059><c> came</c><00:35:53.440><c> not</c><00:35:53.659><c> unto</c><00:35:53.860><c> you</c><00:35:54.079><c> in</c><00:35:54.300><c> word</c><00:35:54.559><c> only,</c>

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:58.099
remember<00:35:56.199><c> we</c><00:35:56.400><c> say</c><00:35:56.500><c> it's</c><00:35:56.679><c> not</c><00:35:56.840><c> just</c><00:35:57.079><c> words,</c>

00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:01.679
but<00:35:58.500><c> also</c><00:35:58.900><c> in</c><00:35:59.280><c> power</c><00:35:59.820><c> and</c><00:36:00.699><c> in</c><00:36:00.840><c> the</c><00:36:00.960><c> Holy</c><00:36:01.199><c> Spirit</c>

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.980
and<00:36:01.900><c> in</c><00:36:02.139><c> much</c><00:36:02.320><c> assurance,</c>

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:05.900
as<00:36:03.599><c> ye</c><00:36:03.820><c> know</c><00:36:03.980><c> what</c><00:36:04.219><c> manner</c><00:36:04.500><c> of</c><00:36:04.699><c> men</c><00:36:04.860><c> we</c><00:36:05.099><c> were</c><00:36:05.280><c> among</c><00:36:05.500><c> you</c><00:36:05.719><c> for</c>

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:07.280
your<00:36:06.300><c> sake.</c>

00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:10.780
And<00:36:07.739><c> ye</c><00:36:07.960><c> became</c><00:36:08.320><c> followers</c><00:36:08.860><c> of</c><00:36:09.059><c> us</c><00:36:09.760><c> and</c><00:36:10.159><c> of</c><00:36:10.340><c> the</c><00:36:10.500><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:13.219
having<00:36:11.059><c> received</c><00:36:11.579><c> the</c><00:36:11.820><c> word</c><00:36:11.960><c> in</c><00:36:12.219><c> much</c><00:36:12.440><c> affliction</c>

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:15.460
with<00:36:13.800><c> joy</c><00:36:14.119><c> of</c><00:36:14.280><c> the</c><00:36:14.420><c> Holy</c><00:36:14.659><c> Spirit,</c>

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:19.019
so<00:36:15.840><c> that</c><00:36:15.980><c> ye</c><00:36:16.219><c> were</c><00:36:16.420><c> in</c><00:36:16.840><c> samples</c><00:36:17.300><c> to</c><00:36:17.539><c> all</c><00:36:17.880><c> that</c><00:36:18.139><c> believe</c><00:36:18.500><c> in</c><00:36:18.780><c> Macedonia</c>

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:21.320
and<00:36:19.920><c> Achaia.</c>

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:23.900
For<00:36:21.679><c> from</c><00:36:22.119><c> you</c><00:36:22.360><c> sounded</c><00:36:22.760><c> out</c><00:36:23.059><c> the</c><00:36:23.199><c> word</c><00:36:23.360><c> of</c><00:36:23.500><c> the</c><00:36:23.679><c> Lord,</c>

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:26.519
not<00:36:24.179><c> only</c><00:36:24.500><c> in</c><00:36:24.739><c> Macedonia</c><00:36:25.340><c> and</c><00:36:25.519><c> Achaia,</c>

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:30.400
but<00:36:26.980><c> also</c><00:36:27.300><c> in</c><00:36:27.559><c> every</c><00:36:27.880><c> place</c><00:36:28.239><c> your</c><00:36:28.539><c> faith</c><00:36:29.159><c> to</c><00:36:29.559><c> Godward</c><00:36:30.019><c> is</c>

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.840
spread<00:36:30.679><c> abroad,</c>

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:34.820
so<00:36:32.179><c> that</c><00:36:32.320><c> we</c><00:36:32.539><c> need</c><00:36:32.780><c> not</c><00:36:33.039><c> to</c><00:36:33.440><c> speak</c><00:36:33.699><c> anything.</c>

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:39.440
That's<00:36:36.940><c> why</c><00:36:37.099><c> he's</c><00:36:37.380><c> thankful</c><00:36:37.699><c> for</c><00:36:37.860><c> these</c><00:36:38.059><c> brethren</c><00:36:38.320><c> and</c><00:36:38.539><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:43.880
And<00:36:41.059><c> he</c><00:36:41.260><c> reminds</c><00:36:41.559><c> us</c><00:36:41.840><c> first</c><00:36:42.159><c> of</c><00:36:42.340><c> all,</c><00:36:42.679><c> brethren</c><00:36:42.800><c> and</c><00:36:43.059><c> sisters,</c><00:36:43.380><c> again,</c>

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:46.099
we<00:36:44.260><c> say</c><00:36:44.380><c> it's</c><00:36:44.599><c> not</c><00:36:44.840><c> just</c><00:36:45.139><c> words</c><00:36:45.480><c> here.</c>

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:49.920
Verse<00:36:46.800><c> 5,</c><00:36:47.119><c> it</c><00:36:47.219><c> came</c><00:36:47.559><c> not</c><00:36:47.860><c> in</c><00:36:48.219><c> word</c><00:36:48.639><c> only.</c>

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:53.860
He<00:36:50.420><c> says,</c><00:36:50.679><c> you</c><00:36:50.679><c> know</c><00:36:50.940><c> how</c><00:36:51.139><c> we</c><00:36:51.519><c> lived</c><00:36:51.719><c> among</c><00:36:52.059><c> you</c><00:36:52.219><c> for</c><00:36:52.460><c> your</c><00:36:52.920><c> sake.</c>

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:57.139
There's<00:36:55.039><c> the</c><00:36:55.380><c> principle,</c><00:36:55.980><c> isn't</c><00:36:56.099><c> it?</c>

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:58.780
The<00:36:57.440><c> power</c><00:36:57.920><c> of</c><00:36:58.199><c> example.</c>

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:00.059
That<00:36:59.460><c> says</c><00:36:59.739><c> it</c><00:36:59.940><c> all.</c>

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:03.639
He<00:37:00.420><c> lived</c><00:37:00.659><c> among</c><00:37:01.059><c> them</c><00:37:01.699><c> for</c><00:37:02.260><c> their</c><00:37:02.679><c> sake.</c>

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:06.320
And<00:37:04.360><c> the</c><00:37:04.559><c> power</c><00:37:04.820><c> of</c><00:37:05.139><c> example</c><00:37:05.420><c> is</c><00:37:05.599><c> something</c><00:37:05.860><c> that</c><00:37:06.000><c> we</c><00:37:06.139><c> never</c>

00:37:06.320 --> 00:37:07.800
want<00:37:06.519><c> to</c><00:37:06.940><c> diminish.</c>

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:10.300
We've<00:37:08.739><c> all</c><00:37:08.900><c> heard</c><00:37:09.059><c> the</c><00:37:09.400><c> expressions.</c>

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:13.559
I<00:37:10.960><c> can't</c><00:37:11.239><c> hear</c><00:37:11.380><c> what</c><00:37:11.519><c> you're</c><00:37:11.780><c> saying</c><00:37:12.099><c> because</c><00:37:12.320><c> of</c><00:37:12.480><c> what</c><00:37:12.619><c> you</c><00:37:12.960><c> are.</c>

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:15.320
You<00:37:14.440><c> know,</c><00:37:14.539><c> you've</c><00:37:14.800><c> heard</c><00:37:14.940><c> that.</c>

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:21.260
Or<00:37:15.679><c> someone</c><00:37:16.019><c> may</c><00:37:16.679><c> say,</c><00:37:19.960><c> people</c><00:37:20.019><c> may</c><00:37:20.280><c> forget</c><00:37:20.579><c> what</c><00:37:20.760><c> you</c><00:37:21.039><c> say,</c>

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:23.539
but<00:37:21.380><c> they'll</c><00:37:21.579><c> never</c><00:37:21.820><c> forget</c><00:37:22.139><c> what</c><00:37:22.320><c> you</c><00:37:22.599><c> do.</c>

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.599
You<00:37:23.699><c> know,</c><00:37:23.840><c> this</c><00:37:24.000><c> kind</c><00:37:24.280><c> of</c><00:37:24.460><c> thing.</c>

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.400
Actions<00:37:25.119><c> speak</c><00:37:25.380><c> louder</c><00:37:25.699><c> than</c><00:37:25.980><c> words.</c>

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:28.420
You've<00:37:26.960><c> all</c><00:37:27.099><c> heard</c><00:37:27.300><c> these</c><00:37:27.619><c> things.</c>

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:30.059
That's<00:37:28.820><c> the</c><00:37:28.900><c> way</c><00:37:29.000><c> it</c><00:37:29.179><c> is.</c>

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:32.820
The<00:37:30.579><c> power</c><00:37:30.900><c> of</c><00:37:31.199><c> example</c><00:37:31.500><c> is</c><00:37:31.780><c> tremendous.</c>

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.800
I'm<00:37:34.159><c> just</c><00:37:34.260><c> going</c><00:37:34.360><c> to</c><00:37:34.500><c> take</c><00:37:34.599><c> you</c><00:37:34.800><c> back</c><00:37:34.960><c> into</c><00:37:35.159><c> 1</c><00:37:35.380><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.340
Just<00:37:36.400><c> make</c><00:37:36.559><c> a</c><00:37:36.820><c> connection</c><00:37:37.079><c> there,</c>

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:40.940
and<00:37:37.480><c> then</c><00:37:37.719><c> for</c><00:37:37.840><c> the</c><00:37:38.119><c> most</c><00:37:38.340><c> part</c><00:37:38.519><c> we'll</c><00:37:38.699><c> just</c><00:37:38.940><c> stay</c><00:37:39.079><c> in</c><00:37:39.940><c> 1</c><00:37:40.280><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.239
and<00:37:41.079><c> the</c><00:37:41.119><c> bit</c><00:37:41.280><c> of</c><00:37:41.480><c> time</c><00:37:41.639><c> that</c><00:37:41.860><c> remains.</c>

00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:45.440
But<00:37:42.679><c> in</c><00:37:42.860><c> 1</c><00:37:43.059><c> Corinthians,</c><00:37:43.579><c> just</c><00:37:43.800><c> to</c><00:37:44.340><c> see</c><00:37:44.539><c> the</c><00:37:44.719><c> principle</c><00:37:45.139><c> upon</c>

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.679
which<00:37:45.679><c> Paul</c><00:37:46.019><c> worked,</c>

00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:50.519
1<00:37:47.179><c> Corinthians</c><00:37:47.760><c> chapter</c><00:37:48.219><c> 2,</c>

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:58.480
this<00:37:54.840><c> is</c><00:37:55.000><c> his</c><00:37:55.179><c> approach</c><00:37:55.800><c> going</c><00:37:57.139><c> in</c><00:37:57.280><c> at</c><00:37:57.440><c> verse</c><00:37:57.679><c> 4.</c>

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.219
He<00:37:59.059><c> says,</c>

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:02.760
And<00:37:59.360><c> my</c><00:37:59.780><c> speech</c><00:38:00.239><c> and</c><00:38:00.420><c> my</c><00:38:00.860><c> preaching</c><00:38:01.219><c> was</c><00:38:01.500><c> not</c><00:38:01.800><c> with</c><00:38:02.139><c> enticing</c>

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:05.219
words<00:38:03.400><c> of</c><00:38:03.639><c> man's</c><00:38:04.239><c> wisdom.</c>

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:07.780
How<00:38:05.920><c> we</c><00:38:06.119><c> see</c><00:38:06.260><c> that</c><00:38:06.559><c> today.</c>

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.539
Right?

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:11.099
Enticing<00:38:09.559><c> words</c><00:38:10.039><c> of</c><00:38:10.260><c> man's</c><00:38:10.800><c> wisdom.</c>

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:16.860
As<00:38:11.239><c> though</c><00:38:11.699><c> the</c><00:38:12.000><c> things</c><00:38:12.199><c> that</c><00:38:12.360><c> are</c><00:38:12.579><c> said</c><00:38:12.719><c> have</c><00:38:12.940><c> got</c><00:38:13.099><c> to</c><00:38:13.320><c> be</c><00:38:13.579><c> designed</c><00:38:14.460><c> so</c><00:38:15.940><c> delectably</c>

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:19.239
that<00:38:17.219><c> we</c><00:38:17.300><c> can</c><00:38:17.519><c> just</c><00:38:18.380><c> swallow</c><00:38:18.719><c> everything.</c>

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:21.260
Just<00:38:19.760><c> take</c><00:38:19.980><c> it</c><00:38:20.199><c> all</c><00:38:20.480><c> in.</c>

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:23.420
Enticing<00:38:22.079><c> words</c><00:38:22.380><c> of</c><00:38:22.579><c> man's</c><00:38:23.079><c> wisdom.</c>

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:25.179
That<00:38:24.099><c> wasn't</c><00:38:24.360><c> Paul's</c><00:38:24.760><c> approach.</c>

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.320
Not<00:38:25.800><c> at</c><00:38:26.039><c> all.</c>

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:26.920
He<00:38:26.800><c> says,</c>

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:29.559
But<00:38:27.079><c> in</c><00:38:27.400><c> demonstration</c><00:38:28.000><c> of</c><00:38:28.239><c> the</c><00:38:28.579><c> spirit</c><00:38:28.820><c> and</c><00:38:29.199><c> power,</c>

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:34.500
that<00:38:30.039><c> your</c><00:38:30.420><c> faith</c><00:38:31.099><c> should</c><00:38:31.619><c> not</c><00:38:32.059><c> stand</c><00:38:32.440><c> in</c><00:38:32.679><c> the</c><00:38:32.920><c> wisdom</c><00:38:33.219><c> of</c><00:38:33.500><c> men,</c>

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:36.840
but<00:38:34.780><c> in</c><00:38:34.940><c> the</c><00:38:35.239><c> power</c><00:38:35.500><c> of</c><00:38:35.800><c> God.</c>

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:39.039
My<00:38:38.219><c> dear</c><00:38:38.360><c> brethren</c><00:38:38.619><c> and</c><00:38:38.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:43.340
let<00:38:39.219><c> me</c><00:38:39.380><c> tell</c><00:38:39.559><c> you</c><00:38:39.679><c> that</c><00:38:39.880><c> our</c><00:38:40.179><c> faith</c><00:38:40.619><c> stands</c><00:38:41.179><c> in</c><00:38:41.500><c> the</c><00:38:41.800><c> power</c><00:38:42.099><c> of</c><00:38:42.440><c> God.</c>

00:38:43.860 --> 00:38:48.000
This<00:38:44.239><c> word</c><00:38:44.480><c> that</c><00:38:44.639><c> is</c><00:38:44.840><c> the</c><00:38:45.179><c> spirit</c><00:38:45.500><c> word</c><00:38:45.719><c> of</c><00:38:46.059><c> God</c><00:38:46.260><c> that</c><00:38:46.420><c> was</c><00:38:46.679><c> imparted</c><00:38:47.639><c> by</c>

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:49.539
his<00:38:48.400><c> power</c>

00:38:49.719 --> 00:38:54.579
when<00:38:50.260><c> men</c><00:38:50.599><c> were</c><00:38:50.940><c> moved</c><00:38:51.340><c> by</c><00:38:51.519><c> the</c><00:38:52.099><c> God</c><00:38:52.599><c>-breathed</c><00:38:53.820><c> spirit</c><00:38:54.340><c> word</c>

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:56.739
of<00:38:54.900><c> God</c><00:38:55.420><c> to</c><00:38:55.840><c> write</c><00:38:56.119><c> these</c><00:38:56.539><c> things,</c>

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:59.719
this<00:38:57.280><c> word</c><00:38:57.500><c> is</c><00:38:57.760><c> complete</c><00:38:58.119><c> and</c><00:38:58.300><c> we</c><00:38:58.579><c> have</c><00:38:58.760><c> it.</c>

00:39:01.260 --> 00:39:03.579
And<00:39:01.420><c> our</c><00:39:01.619><c> lives</c><00:39:01.800><c> should</c><00:39:02.000><c> be</c><00:39:02.300><c> shaped</c><00:39:02.539><c> by</c><00:39:02.780><c> this</c><00:39:03.019><c> word</c><00:39:03.199><c> of</c><00:39:03.440><c> God.</c>

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:06.739
Our<00:39:03.880><c> faith</c><00:39:04.119><c> should</c><00:39:04.320><c> be</c><00:39:04.659><c> demonstrated</c><00:39:05.300><c> by</c><00:39:05.880><c> this</c><00:39:06.119><c> word</c><00:39:06.300><c> of</c><00:39:06.559><c> God.</c>

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:09.780
It<00:39:07.019><c> should</c><00:39:07.340><c> stand</c><00:39:07.760><c> not</c><00:39:07.980><c> in</c><00:39:08.119><c> the</c><00:39:08.280><c> wisdom</c><00:39:08.519><c> of</c><00:39:08.719><c> men,</c>

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:12.340
but<00:39:10.400><c> in</c><00:39:10.519><c> the</c><00:39:10.699><c> power</c><00:39:10.980><c> of</c><00:39:11.219><c> God.</c>

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:15.500
That's<00:39:14.280><c> the</c><00:39:14.420><c> approach</c><00:39:14.699><c> of</c><00:39:14.860><c> our</c><00:39:15.019><c> brother</c><00:39:15.199><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:17.179
It<00:39:15.579><c> wasn't</c><00:39:15.820><c> for</c><00:39:16.039><c> himself.</c>

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:19.679
It<00:39:17.880><c> was</c><00:39:18.039><c> nothing</c><00:39:18.260><c> to</c><00:39:18.460><c> do</c><00:39:18.519><c> with</c><00:39:18.639><c> himself.</c>

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:23.139
It<00:39:20.039><c> was</c><00:39:20.179><c> just</c><00:39:20.360><c> for</c><00:39:20.519><c> the</c><00:39:20.739><c> manifestation</c><00:39:21.360><c> of</c><00:39:21.699><c> God</c><00:39:22.320><c> and</c><00:39:22.780><c> the</c><00:39:22.980><c> work</c>

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.659
of<00:39:23.380><c> God.</c>

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:26.480
Just<00:39:24.000><c> go</c><00:39:24.159><c> over</c><00:39:24.300><c> to</c><00:39:24.420><c> the</c><00:39:24.619><c> second</c><00:39:24.820><c> letter</c><00:39:25.019><c> to</c><00:39:25.260><c> the</c><00:39:25.500><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:28.579
It's<00:39:26.739><c> a</c><00:39:26.840><c> little</c><00:39:27.000><c> bit</c><00:39:27.219><c> more</c><00:39:27.440><c> of</c><00:39:27.579><c> the</c><00:39:27.780><c> same</c><00:39:28.000><c> here.</c>

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:31.139
In<00:39:29.099><c> the</c><00:39:29.239><c> fourth</c><00:39:29.539><c> chapter.</c>

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:40.400
And<00:39:38.400><c> there</c><00:39:38.539><c> in</c><00:39:38.619><c> that</c><00:39:38.840><c> chapter</c><00:39:39.099><c> at</c><00:39:39.300><c> verse</c><00:39:39.519><c> five,</c>

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.320
we<00:39:40.739><c> read</c><00:39:40.900><c> down</c><00:39:41.099><c> through</c><00:39:41.260><c> the</c><00:39:41.440><c> seventh</c><00:39:41.699><c> verse,</c><00:39:42.099><c> he</c><00:39:42.099><c> says,</c>

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:46.400
For<00:39:42.460><c> we</c><00:39:42.659><c> preach</c><00:39:42.940><c> not</c><00:39:43.219><c> ourselves,</c><00:39:44.440><c> but</c><00:39:44.599><c> Christ</c><00:39:45.079><c> Jesus</c><00:39:45.659><c> the</c><00:39:45.900><c> Lord,</c>

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:49.880
and<00:39:47.079><c> ourselves</c><00:39:47.679><c> your</c><00:39:48.360><c> servants</c><00:39:48.739><c> for</c><00:39:48.960><c> Jesus'</c><00:39:49.760><c> sake.</c>

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:52.880
For<00:39:50.579><c> God</c><00:39:50.880><c> who</c><00:39:51.059><c> commanded</c><00:39:51.320><c> the</c><00:39:51.579><c> light</c><00:39:51.719><c> to</c><00:39:51.980><c> shine</c><00:39:52.159><c> out</c><00:39:52.340><c> of</c><00:39:52.539><c> darkness</c>

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:56.440
hath<00:39:53.179><c> shined</c><00:39:53.500><c> in</c><00:39:53.699><c> our</c><00:39:53.940><c> hearts</c><00:39:54.500><c> to</c><00:39:55.099><c> give</c><00:39:55.239><c> the</c><00:39:55.500><c> light</c><00:39:55.639><c> of</c><00:39:55.820><c> the</c><00:39:56.019><c> knowledge</c><00:39:56.260><c> of</c>

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.380
the<00:39:56.619><c> glory</c><00:39:56.900><c> of</c><00:39:57.159><c> God</c>

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:59.860
not<00:39:57.579><c> in</c><00:39:57.619><c> the</c><00:39:57.760><c> face</c><00:39:58.000><c> of</c><00:39:58.219><c> Jesus</c><00:39:58.639><c> Christ,</c>

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:02.260
but<00:40:00.440><c> we</c><00:40:00.639><c> have</c><00:40:00.780><c> this</c><00:40:01.059><c> treasure</c><00:40:01.300><c> in</c><00:40:01.500><c> earthen</c><00:40:01.820><c> vessels</c>

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:08.139
that<00:40:03.199><c> the</c><00:40:03.460><c> excellency</c><00:40:03.820><c> of</c><00:40:03.960><c> the</c><00:40:04.199><c> power</c><00:40:04.420><c> may</c><00:40:04.659><c> be</c><00:40:04.800><c> of</c><00:40:05.039><c> God</c><00:40:05.699><c> and</c><00:40:06.579><c> not</c><00:40:06.760><c> of</c><00:40:06.880><c> us.</c>

00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:11.320
And<00:40:09.460><c> we</c><00:40:09.559><c> have</c><00:40:09.719><c> this</c><00:40:09.960><c> treasure</c><00:40:10.159><c> in</c><00:40:10.340><c> earthen</c><00:40:10.639><c> vessels</c><00:40:10.960><c> too,</c>

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:13.300
my<00:40:11.480><c> dear</c><00:40:11.639><c> brethren</c><00:40:11.960><c> and</c><00:40:12.199><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:18.739
But<00:40:15.000><c> the</c><00:40:15.159><c> power</c><00:40:15.420><c> of</c><00:40:15.659><c> God</c><00:40:15.860><c> had</c><00:40:16.000><c> better</c><00:40:16.480><c> find</c><00:40:16.960><c> its</c><00:40:17.219><c> resting</c><00:40:17.639><c> place</c>

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:22.960
within<00:40:19.159><c> these</c><00:40:19.539><c> earthen</c><00:40:19.960><c> vessels</c><00:40:20.380><c> deep</c><00:40:20.780><c> down</c><00:40:21.039><c> in</c><00:40:21.219><c> our</c><00:40:21.420><c> hearts,</c>

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:27.280
as<00:40:24.920><c> Paul's</c><00:40:25.380><c> desire</c><00:40:25.679><c> was</c><00:40:25.960><c> for</c><00:40:26.099><c> them.</c>

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:30.960
We<00:40:27.480><c> go</c><00:40:27.639><c> back</c><00:40:28.039><c> to</c><00:40:28.500><c> 1</c><00:40:28.739><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:41.400
So<00:40:39.380><c> at</c><00:40:39.480><c> verse</c><00:40:39.760><c> six,</c>

00:40:43.139 --> 00:40:45.699
we<00:40:43.179><c> read</c><00:40:43.400><c> there</c><00:40:43.639><c> that</c><00:40:43.739><c> ye</c><00:40:43.940><c> became</c><00:40:44.300><c> followers</c><00:40:44.840><c> of</c><00:40:45.039><c> us</c><00:40:45.380><c> and</c><00:40:45.519><c> of</c>

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.099
the<00:40:45.880><c> Lord,</c>

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:49.880
having<00:40:46.360><c> received</c><00:40:46.900><c> the</c><00:40:47.119><c> word</c><00:40:47.280><c> in</c><00:40:47.519><c> much</c><00:40:47.739><c> affliction</c><00:40:48.460><c> with</c><00:40:49.519><c> joy</c>

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:51.860
of<00:40:50.039><c> the</c><00:40:50.179><c> Holy</c><00:40:50.440><c> Spirit.</c>

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:54.599
Much<00:40:52.800><c> affliction,</c><00:40:53.280><c> he</c><00:40:53.440><c> says.</c>

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:57.940
Same<00:40:55.340><c> word</c><00:40:55.519><c> that</c><00:40:55.659><c> we</c><00:40:55.820><c> find</c><00:40:56.019><c> back</c><00:40:56.320><c> in</c><00:40:56.559><c> Acts</c><00:40:56.780><c> 14.</c>

00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:01.199
Sometimes<00:40:58.780><c> we</c><00:40:58.980><c> think</c><00:40:59.159><c> of</c><00:40:59.380><c> the</c><00:41:00.019><c> difficulties</c><00:41:00.559><c> of</c><00:41:00.760><c> the</c><00:41:01.019><c> truth</c>

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:04.159
and<00:41:01.360><c> we</c><00:41:01.679><c> think</c><00:41:01.880><c> of</c><00:41:02.340><c> these</c><00:41:02.599><c> men</c><00:41:02.840><c> and</c><00:41:02.960><c> we</c><00:41:03.039><c> think</c><00:41:03.179><c> of</c><00:41:03.340><c> the</c><00:41:03.579><c> persecution.</c>

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:06.059
We<00:41:04.400><c> spoke</c><00:41:04.639><c> about</c><00:41:04.860><c> that</c><00:41:05.099><c> yesterday.</c>

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.539
It's<00:41:06.659><c> not</c><00:41:06.780><c> always</c><00:41:07.099><c> that,</c><00:41:07.460><c> brethren</c><00:41:07.559><c> and</c><00:41:07.739><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:12.139
Sometimes<00:41:09.380><c> it's</c><00:41:09.699><c> affliction</c><00:41:10.280><c> that</c><00:41:10.760><c> is</c><00:41:11.159><c> pressure.</c>

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:15.599
Back<00:41:13.679><c> in</c><00:41:13.860><c> Acts</c><00:41:14.059><c> chapter</c><00:41:14.440><c> 14,</c><00:41:14.960><c> you'll</c><00:41:15.219><c> remember,</c>

00:41:15.820 --> 00:41:17.280
you<00:41:15.920><c> don't</c><00:41:16.019><c> need</c><00:41:16.219><c> to</c><00:41:16.340><c> turn</c><00:41:16.440><c> this</c><00:41:16.639><c> up,</c>

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:19.820
the<00:41:17.760><c> 22nd</c><00:41:18.500><c> verse</c><00:41:18.739><c> of</c><00:41:18.900><c> the</c><00:41:19.039><c> 14th</c><00:41:19.599><c> chapter,</c>

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:25.559
it<00:41:19.900><c> is</c><00:41:20.280><c> through</c><00:41:20.679><c> much</c><00:41:21.460><c> tribulation</c><00:41:22.440><c> we</c><00:41:23.039><c> must</c><00:41:23.420><c> enter</c><00:41:23.739><c> the</c><00:41:23.980><c> kingdom</c><00:41:24.239><c> of</c><00:41:24.500><c> God.</c>

00:41:26.380 --> 00:41:28.059
Tribulation<00:41:26.900><c> is</c><00:41:27.179><c> pressure.</c>

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:31.900
We<00:41:29.119><c> know</c><00:41:29.380><c> about</c><00:41:29.639><c> pressure</c><00:41:29.980><c> in</c><00:41:30.119><c> this</c><00:41:30.320><c> day</c><00:41:30.480><c> and</c><00:41:30.639><c> age,</c><00:41:30.820><c> don't</c><00:41:31.019><c> we?</c>

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:33.780
We<00:41:32.480><c> say,</c><00:41:32.699><c> I</c><00:41:32.699><c> got</c><00:41:32.920><c> pressure</c><00:41:33.320><c> at</c><00:41:33.619><c> work.</c>

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.800
I<00:41:33.940><c> got</c><00:41:34.139><c> pressure</c><00:41:34.559><c> here.</c>

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.820
I<00:41:34.920><c> got</c><00:41:35.079><c> pressure</c><00:41:35.440><c> there.</c>

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:37.820
There's<00:41:36.239><c> pressure</c><00:41:36.579><c> all</c><00:41:36.960><c> around.</c>

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:40.800
It's<00:41:38.360><c> the</c><00:41:38.559><c> world's</c><00:41:39.039><c> pressure</c><00:41:39.300><c> trying</c><00:41:39.599><c> to</c><00:41:39.960><c> press</c><00:41:40.139><c> us</c><00:41:40.340><c> into</c><00:41:40.539><c> its</c>

00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:42.019
own<00:41:41.000><c> mold.</c>

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:44.739
We<00:41:42.860><c> know</c><00:41:43.059><c> about</c><00:41:43.260><c> pressure.</c>

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:47.780
And<00:41:45.900><c> it's</c><00:41:46.059><c> through</c><00:41:46.260><c> much</c><00:41:46.619><c> tribulation,</c><00:41:47.340><c> pressure,</c>

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:49.900
that<00:41:47.940><c> we</c><00:41:48.079><c> enter</c><00:41:48.260><c> the</c><00:41:48.480><c> kingdom</c><00:41:48.699><c> of</c><00:41:49.000><c> God.</c>

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:55.539
And<00:41:51.800><c> you'll</c><00:41:52.099><c> remember</c><00:41:52.820><c> what</c><00:41:53.739><c> happened</c><00:41:54.019><c> in</c><00:41:54.239><c> Thessalonica,</c>

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:59.559
how<00:41:55.860><c> that</c><00:41:56.039><c> those</c><00:41:56.800><c> baser</c><00:41:57.780><c> fellows</c><00:41:58.320><c> there</c><00:41:58.659><c> from</c><00:41:58.840><c> the</c><00:41:59.099><c> marketplace,</c>

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:04.400
the<00:41:59.900><c> marketplace</c><00:42:00.559><c> boys,</c><00:42:01.699><c> assaulted</c><00:42:02.059><c> the</c><00:42:02.280><c> house</c><00:42:02.559><c> of</c><00:42:03.179><c> Brother</c><00:42:03.440><c> Jason.</c>

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:08.219
And<00:42:05.179><c> the</c><00:42:05.320><c> whole</c><00:42:05.639><c> city</c><00:42:05.880><c> was</c><00:42:06.079><c> in</c><00:42:06.179><c> an</c><00:42:06.460><c> uproar</c>

00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:12.199
because<00:42:09.360><c> the</c><00:42:09.679><c> power</c><00:42:09.920><c> of</c><00:42:10.199><c> God</c><00:42:10.340><c> had</c><00:42:10.519><c> been</c><00:42:10.820><c> expressed</c><00:42:11.159><c> amongst</c><00:42:11.539><c> them.</c>

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:16.519
And<00:42:13.199><c> the</c><00:42:13.980><c> ecclesial</c><00:42:14.380><c> was</c><00:42:14.599><c> established</c><00:42:15.199><c> amongst</c><00:42:15.639><c> them.</c>

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:19.940
And<00:42:17.260><c> the</c><00:42:17.639><c> joy</c><00:42:17.860><c> was</c><00:42:18.139><c> made</c><00:42:18.480><c> manifest</c><00:42:18.960><c> amongst</c><00:42:19.420><c> them.</c>

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.940
But<00:42:20.519><c> there</c><00:42:20.639><c> was</c><00:42:20.860><c> pressure.</c>

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:25.199
And<00:42:23.420><c> there</c><00:42:23.519><c> was</c><00:42:23.599><c> an</c><00:42:23.820><c> example</c><00:42:24.179><c> here.</c>

00:42:25.659 --> 00:42:28.360
The<00:42:25.980><c> example</c><00:42:26.280><c> is</c><00:42:26.639><c> to</c><00:42:26.820><c> be</c><00:42:27.079><c> followers</c><00:42:27.519><c> of</c><00:42:27.820><c> us,</c>

00:42:28.699 --> 00:42:32.099
to<00:42:28.880><c> be</c><00:42:29.059><c> a</c><00:42:29.380><c> follower,</c><00:42:30.300><c> an</c><00:42:30.619><c> imitator,</c><00:42:31.099><c> that's</c><00:42:31.300><c> what</c><00:42:31.440><c> the</c><00:42:31.639><c> word</c><00:42:31.800><c> means,</c>

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:35.900
same<00:42:32.480><c> word</c><00:42:32.699><c> from</c><00:42:32.860><c> which</c><00:42:32.980><c> we</c><00:42:33.139><c> get</c><00:42:33.300><c> the</c><00:42:33.420><c> word</c><00:42:34.159><c> mime</c><00:42:34.719><c> or</c><00:42:35.059><c> mimic.</c>

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:39.280
We<00:42:36.960><c> see</c><00:42:37.079><c> this</c><00:42:37.480><c> worked</c><00:42:37.760><c> out</c><00:42:37.960><c> very</c><00:42:38.280><c> well</c><00:42:38.400><c> in</c><00:42:38.559><c> our</c><00:42:38.780><c> families</c><00:42:39.079><c> with</c>

00:42:39.280 --> 00:42:40.360
the<00:42:39.480><c> children,</c><00:42:39.800><c> don't</c><00:42:39.980><c> we?</c>

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:44.800
The<00:42:40.739><c> way</c><00:42:40.880><c> that</c><00:42:41.159><c> the</c><00:42:41.980><c> children</c><00:42:42.500><c> mimic</c><00:42:43.380><c> the</c><00:42:43.820><c> parents.</c>

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:47.480
In<00:42:45.099><c> our</c><00:42:45.260><c> ecclesia,</c><00:42:45.659><c> there's</c><00:42:45.780><c> a</c><00:42:45.920><c> family</c><00:42:46.139><c> of</c><00:42:46.360><c> quite</c><00:42:46.880><c> a</c><00:42:47.039><c> few</c><00:42:47.159><c> children.</c>

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:49.000
I<00:42:47.579><c> think</c><00:42:47.760><c> there's</c><00:42:47.980><c> six</c><00:42:48.239><c> children</c><00:42:48.539><c> now.</c>

00:42:49.500 --> 00:42:51.320
The<00:42:49.659><c> oldest</c><00:42:49.880><c> boy</c><00:42:50.099><c> is</c><00:42:50.380><c> 12.</c>

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.500
His<00:42:51.619><c> father</c><00:42:51.880><c> walks</c><00:42:52.179><c> along</c><00:42:52.480><c> and</c><00:42:52.599><c> he</c><00:42:52.719><c> walks</c><00:42:52.840><c> right</c><00:42:53.039><c> behind</c><00:42:53.380><c> him,</c>

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:55.460
the<00:42:53.760><c> same</c><00:42:54.139><c> kind</c><00:42:54.460><c> of</c><00:42:54.659><c> walk</c><00:42:54.780><c> as</c><00:42:54.960><c> the</c><00:42:55.179><c> father.</c>

00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:58.480
Father<00:42:56.000><c> puts</c><00:42:56.199><c> a</c><00:42:56.420><c> hat</c><00:42:56.559><c> on,</c><00:42:57.019><c> he</c><00:42:57.199><c> puts</c><00:42:57.380><c> a</c><00:42:57.579><c> hat</c><00:42:57.719><c> on.</c>

00:42:59.099 --> 00:43:02.280
It<00:42:59.539><c> looks</c><00:42:59.719><c> like</c><00:43:00.320><c> twins,</c><00:43:00.800><c> a</c><00:43:01.039><c> big</c><00:43:01.199><c> one</c><00:43:01.340><c> and</c><00:43:01.440><c> a</c><00:43:01.739><c> small</c><00:43:01.940><c> one,</c>

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:04.699
but<00:43:02.800><c> identical</c><00:43:03.280><c> in</c><00:43:03.480><c> all</c><00:43:03.619><c> other</c><00:43:03.800><c> ways.</c>

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:06.300
What<00:43:04.960><c> a</c><00:43:05.219><c> responsibility.</c>

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:09.440
Tremendous<00:43:07.880><c> responsibility,</c><00:43:08.460><c> isn't</c><00:43:08.599><c> it?</c>

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:12.519
The<00:43:10.039><c> power</c><00:43:10.400><c> of</c><00:43:10.739><c> example</c><00:43:11.079><c> is</c><00:43:11.340><c> tremendous.</c>

00:43:13.400 --> 00:43:15.239
But<00:43:13.500><c> there's</c><00:43:13.659><c> an</c><00:43:13.820><c> interesting</c><00:43:14.179><c> thing</c><00:43:14.480><c> here</c><00:43:14.699><c> in</c><00:43:14.820><c> this</c><00:43:15.019><c> order</c>

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:15.679
of<00:43:15.480><c> business</c>

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:17.079
of<00:43:15.940><c> imitating,</c><00:43:16.360><c> brethren</c><00:43:16.679><c> and</c><00:43:16.880><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:18.460
It's<00:43:17.320><c> like</c><00:43:17.539><c> a</c><00:43:17.679><c> ladder.</c>

00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:21.960
It's<00:43:19.300><c> like</c><00:43:19.539><c> a</c><00:43:19.940><c> ladder</c><00:43:20.199><c> that</c><00:43:20.440><c> is</c><00:43:20.800><c> ascending.</c>

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:25.780
If<00:43:23.099><c> we</c><00:43:23.179><c> just</c><00:43:23.380><c> think</c><00:43:23.500><c> about</c><00:43:23.699><c> this</c><00:43:23.920><c> idea</c><00:43:24.320><c> of</c><00:43:24.420><c> being</c><00:43:24.619><c> an</c><00:43:24.920><c> imitator</c><00:43:25.320><c> now,</c>

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:30.480
the<00:43:26.280><c> believers</c><00:43:26.599><c> in</c><00:43:26.840><c> Macedonia</c><00:43:27.559><c> and</c><00:43:27.820><c> Achaia</c><00:43:28.840><c> imitated</c><00:43:29.460><c> the</c><00:43:29.719><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.380
This<00:43:31.059><c> is</c><00:43:31.179><c> what</c><00:43:31.260><c> we're</c><00:43:31.500><c> told.</c>

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:36.519
The<00:43:32.760><c> Thessalonian</c><00:43:33.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:33.960><c> imitated</c><00:43:34.800><c> the</c><00:43:35.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:35.480><c> in</c><00:43:35.760><c> Judea.</c>

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:38.460
Look<00:43:37.280><c> at</c><00:43:37.619><c> that</c><00:43:37.639><c> in</c><00:43:37.679><c> the</c><00:43:37.860><c> second</c><00:43:38.119><c> chapter.</c>

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.820
We<00:43:38.639><c> won't</c><00:43:38.780><c> take</c><00:43:39.000><c> the</c><00:43:39.139><c> time</c><00:43:39.320><c> to</c><00:43:39.500><c> do</c><00:43:39.599><c> that.</c>

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:41.739
We'll<00:43:40.139><c> come</c><00:43:40.360><c> to</c><00:43:40.460><c> that</c><00:43:40.659><c> anyway.</c>

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:47.679
The<00:43:42.940><c> Thessalonians</c><00:43:43.380><c> imitated</c><00:43:43.900><c> Paul,</c><00:43:45.539><c> as</c><00:43:45.699><c> did</c><00:43:45.820><c> the</c><00:43:46.019><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:46.440><c> and</c><00:43:46.739><c> others.</c>

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:51.019
All<00:43:48.039><c> believers</c><00:43:48.519><c> seem</c><00:43:48.800><c> to</c><00:43:49.039><c> imitate</c><00:43:49.500><c> their</c><00:43:49.940><c> leaders</c>

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:54.420
because<00:43:51.860><c> of</c><00:43:52.059><c> the</c><00:43:52.659><c> righteousness</c><00:43:53.059><c> manifested</c><00:43:53.820><c> by</c><00:43:54.099><c> the</c><00:43:54.280><c> leader.</c>

00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:55.739
That's<00:43:54.699><c> the</c><00:43:54.780><c> way</c><00:43:54.880><c> that</c><00:43:55.019><c> it</c><00:43:55.199><c> should</c><00:43:55.320><c> be.</c>

00:43:55.980 --> 00:43:57.920
Paul<00:43:56.260><c> imitated</c><00:43:56.780><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:01.519
He<00:43:58.320><c> says,</c><00:43:58.559><c> be</c><00:43:58.579><c> followers</c><00:43:59.039><c> of</c><00:43:59.260><c> me</c><00:43:59.440><c> as</c><00:43:59.559><c> I</c><00:43:59.820><c> also</c><00:44:00.119><c> am</c><00:44:00.260><c> of</c><00:44:00.400><c> Christ</c><00:44:00.739><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:11.019
And<00:44:05.159><c> all</c><00:44:05.420><c> of</c><00:44:05.519><c> us,</c><00:44:05.840><c> brethren</c><00:44:05.980><c> and</c><00:44:06.199><c> sisters,</c><00:44:08.940><c> are</c><00:44:09.079><c> imitators</c><00:44:09.559><c> of</c><00:44:09.800><c> God.</c>

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:14.440
As<00:44:12.219><c> Paul</c><00:44:12.420><c> writes</c><00:44:12.679><c> to</c><00:44:13.539><c> the</c><00:44:13.699><c> Ephesians,</c><00:44:14.239><c> he</c><00:44:14.320><c> says,</c>

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:18.500
be<00:44:14.659><c> followers</c><00:44:15.380><c> of</c><00:44:15.699><c> God</c><00:44:16.440><c> as</c><00:44:17.219><c> dear</c><00:44:17.480><c> children.</c>

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:20.659
So<00:44:18.860><c> it's</c><00:44:19.000><c> like</c><00:44:19.239><c> a</c><00:44:19.380><c> ladder</c><00:44:19.579><c> here.</c>

00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:23.679
The<00:44:21.380><c> principles</c><00:44:21.860><c> of</c><00:44:22.159><c> God</c><00:44:22.400><c>-manifestation</c><00:44:23.119><c> are</c><00:44:23.239><c> being</c><00:44:23.480><c> brought</c>

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:25.260
to<00:44:23.920><c> bear</c><00:44:24.059><c> into</c><00:44:24.280><c> our</c><00:44:24.519><c> own</c><00:44:24.800><c> lives.</c>

00:44:25.539 --> 00:44:27.920
The<00:44:25.780><c> principles</c><00:44:26.119><c> that</c><00:44:26.320><c> were</c><00:44:26.559><c> manifested</c><00:44:27.059><c> perfectly</c><00:44:27.619><c> in</c><00:44:27.800><c> the</c>

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:29.579
life<00:44:28.059><c> of</c><00:44:28.239><c> the</c><00:44:28.360><c> Lord</c><00:44:28.539><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:32.139
He<00:44:30.079><c> that</c><00:44:30.260><c> hath</c><00:44:30.500><c> seen</c><00:44:30.820><c> me</c><00:44:31.039><c> hath</c><00:44:31.219><c> seen</c><00:44:31.500><c> the</c><00:44:31.699><c> Father.</c>

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:34.519
You<00:44:32.460><c> want</c><00:44:32.639><c> to</c><00:44:32.739><c> know</c><00:44:32.820><c> what</c><00:44:33.059><c> God</c><00:44:33.360><c> is</c><00:44:33.619><c> like?</c>

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:37.599
Then<00:44:35.219><c> the</c><00:44:35.380><c> way</c><00:44:35.619><c> that</c><00:44:35.800><c> I'm</c><00:44:36.000><c> living,</c><00:44:36.559><c> the</c><00:44:36.679><c> things</c><00:44:36.900><c> that</c><00:44:37.059><c> I'm</c><00:44:37.280><c> saying,</c>

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:39.739
everything<00:44:38.019><c> that</c><00:44:38.219><c> I</c><00:44:38.440><c> do,</c><00:44:38.960><c> is</c><00:44:39.059><c> the</c><00:44:39.280><c> Father.</c>

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:42.400
It's<00:44:40.360><c> the</c><00:44:40.420><c> way</c><00:44:40.559><c> the</c><00:44:40.780><c> Father</c><00:44:41.039><c> does</c><00:44:41.320><c> it.</c>

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.639
God<00:44:43.460><c> manifests</c><00:44:43.980><c> in</c><00:44:44.139><c> the</c><00:44:44.400><c> flesh,</c>

00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:48.659
is<00:44:46.360><c> the</c><00:44:46.380><c> way</c><00:44:46.539><c> that</c><00:44:46.639><c> he's</c><00:44:46.960><c> described</c><00:44:47.239><c> to</c><00:44:47.440><c> Timothy.</c>

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:57.079
So<00:44:54.059><c> we</c><00:44:54.199><c> go</c><00:44:54.340><c> into</c><00:44:54.800><c> verse</c><00:44:55.099><c> 7,</c><00:44:55.460><c> and</c><00:44:55.559><c> we</c><00:44:55.679><c> see</c><00:44:55.840><c> that</c><00:44:56.039><c> they</c><00:44:56.179><c> were</c>

00:44:57.079 --> 00:45:02.199
ensamples,<00:44:58.000><c> as</c><00:44:58.179><c> it</c><00:44:58.380><c> says,</c><00:44:58.699><c> to</c><00:44:58.800><c> all</c><00:44:59.099><c> that</c><00:44:59.360><c> believe</c><00:45:00.059><c> in</c><00:45:00.860><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:05.320
Actually,<00:45:04.599><c> singular</c><00:45:04.980><c> here.</c>

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.900
They<00:45:05.500><c> were</c><00:45:05.639><c> an</c><00:45:05.920><c> example.</c>

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:08.820
The<00:45:07.380><c> whole</c><00:45:07.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:11.440
The<00:45:09.960><c> NIV</c><00:45:10.380><c> expresses</c><00:45:10.880><c> it</c><00:45:11.079><c> this</c><00:45:11.320><c> way.</c>

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:15.860
It<00:45:11.639><c> says,</c><00:45:12.099><c> so</c><00:45:12.099><c> you</c><00:45:12.380><c> became</c><00:45:12.760><c> a</c><00:45:13.260><c> model</c><00:45:13.639><c> to</c><00:45:14.380><c> all</c><00:45:14.820><c> believers.</c>

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:20.420
There's<00:45:17.320><c> the</c><00:45:17.739><c> title</c><00:45:18.019><c> that</c><00:45:18.179><c> we've</c><00:45:18.440><c> drawn</c><00:45:18.639><c> off</c><00:45:18.980><c> for</c><00:45:19.360><c> this</c><00:45:19.559><c> series</c><00:45:19.880><c> of</c><00:45:20.199><c> studies,</c>

00:45:20.639 --> 00:45:21.320
brethren<00:45:20.760><c> and</c><00:45:20.960><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:24.400
A<00:45:21.960><c> model</c><00:45:22.480><c> for</c><00:45:22.980><c> all</c><00:45:23.340><c> believers.</c>

00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.340
That's<00:45:24.739><c> what</c><00:45:24.840><c> they</c><00:45:25.099><c> were.</c>

00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:26.639
They<00:45:25.860><c> were</c><00:45:26.059><c> an</c><00:45:26.300><c> example.</c>

00:45:26.739 --> 00:45:29.960
These<00:45:27.000><c> things</c><00:45:27.460><c> happen</c><00:45:28.019><c> for</c><00:45:28.260><c> examples,</c><00:45:28.760><c> he</c><00:45:29.000><c> says,</c><00:45:29.139><c> when</c><00:45:29.280><c> he</c><00:45:29.400><c> writes</c><00:45:29.639><c> to</c>

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:31.139
the<00:45:30.239><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.739
It's<00:45:31.639><c> an</c><00:45:31.820><c> interesting</c><00:45:32.179><c> word,</c><00:45:32.619><c> that.</c>

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:35.480
There's<00:45:32.920><c> just</c><00:45:33.139><c> a</c><00:45:33.260><c> couple</c><00:45:33.400><c> of</c><00:45:33.639><c> things</c><00:45:33.780><c> as</c><00:45:33.960><c> we</c><00:45:34.579><c> round</c><00:45:34.840><c> out</c><00:45:35.059><c> our</c><00:45:35.320><c> time.</c>

00:45:35.500 --> 00:45:37.940
Just<00:45:35.699><c> things</c><00:45:35.900><c> that</c><00:45:36.079><c> I'd</c><00:45:36.500><c> just</c><00:45:36.500><c> like</c><00:45:36.639><c> to</c><00:45:36.840><c> leave</c><00:45:36.980><c> you</c><00:45:37.139><c> with.</c>

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:40.480
This<00:45:38.239><c> idea</c><00:45:38.579><c> of</c><00:45:38.940><c> example</c><00:45:39.219><c> is</c><00:45:39.440><c> one</c><00:45:39.639><c> of</c><00:45:39.760><c> them.</c>

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:42.719
It<00:45:41.000><c> comes</c><00:45:41.239><c> from</c><00:45:41.820><c> a</c><00:45:42.019><c> word</c><00:45:42.280><c> that,</c>

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:45.079
well,<00:45:43.219><c> I</c><00:45:43.320><c> always</c><00:45:43.579><c> thought</c><00:45:43.739><c> that</c><00:45:43.920><c> it</c><00:45:44.179><c> only</c><00:45:44.420><c> meant</c><00:45:44.659><c> type,</c>

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:47.300
tupos,<00:45:46.440><c> type.</c>

00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:49.280
But<00:45:47.699><c> there's</c><00:45:47.880><c> more</c><00:45:48.219><c> to</c><00:45:48.320><c> it</c><00:45:48.440><c> than</c><00:45:48.659><c> that.</c>

00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:51.880
Because<00:45:49.940><c> when</c><00:45:50.139><c> we</c><00:45:50.719><c> research</c><00:45:51.239><c> that</c><00:45:51.659><c> word,</c>

00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:54.420
we<00:45:52.159><c> see</c><00:45:52.420><c> that</c><00:45:52.800><c> it</c><00:45:53.059><c> has</c><00:45:53.360><c> to</c><00:45:53.500><c> do</c><00:45:53.579><c> with</c><00:45:53.699><c> an</c><00:45:54.019><c> impression.</c>

00:45:54.420 --> 00:45:56.360
The<00:45:55.280><c> mark</c><00:45:55.699><c> of</c><00:45:55.860><c> a</c><00:45:56.099><c> blow.</c>

00:45:56.699 --> 00:45:58.599
The<00:45:56.840><c> impression</c><00:45:57.280><c> of</c><00:45:57.480><c> a</c><00:45:57.760><c> seal.</c>

00:45:59.179 --> 00:46:00.760
That's<00:45:59.500><c> the</c><00:45:59.599><c> idea</c><00:45:59.920><c> in</c><00:46:00.119><c> this</c><00:46:00.360><c> word.</c>

00:46:01.199 --> 00:46:02.739
When<00:46:01.280><c> he</c><00:46:01.460><c> says,</c><00:46:01.860><c> then,</c><00:46:01.960><c> sample.</c>

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:04.940
If<00:46:03.500><c> you</c><00:46:03.679><c> get</c><00:46:03.820><c> into</c><00:46:03.980><c> the</c><00:46:04.260><c> concordance</c><00:46:04.719><c> work,</c>

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:06.800
you'll<00:46:05.239><c> find</c><00:46:05.400><c> that</c><00:46:05.559><c> it</c><00:46:05.699><c> even</c><00:46:05.900><c> opens</c><00:46:06.059><c> out</c><00:46:06.280><c> a</c><00:46:06.380><c> little</c><00:46:06.539><c> more.</c>

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:08.539
Strong's<00:46:07.380><c> concordance,</c><00:46:07.800><c> for</c><00:46:08.000><c> example,</c>

00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:11.059
says<00:46:09.039><c> that</c><00:46:09.199><c> it</c><00:46:09.280><c> means</c><00:46:09.480><c> to</c><00:46:09.880><c> thump,</c>

00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:12.719
or<00:46:11.400><c> to</c><00:46:11.739><c> cudgel,</c>

00:46:12.820 --> 00:46:17.440
or<00:46:13.099><c> to</c><00:46:14.579><c> pummel</c><00:46:15.059><c> with</c><00:46:15.780><c> repeated</c><00:46:16.340><c> blows.</c>

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:20.219
That's<00:46:19.039><c> the</c><00:46:19.239><c> example</c><00:46:19.579><c> that</c><00:46:19.739><c> we</c><00:46:19.980><c> have.</c>

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:23.880
That's<00:46:20.820><c> the</c><00:46:21.059><c> example</c><00:46:21.300><c> of</c><00:46:21.440><c> Israel</c><00:46:21.800><c> that</c><00:46:21.920><c> we</c><00:46:22.139><c> have</c><00:46:22.219><c> in</c><00:46:22.420><c> 1</c><00:46:22.619><c> Corinthians,</c><00:46:23.099><c> Chapter</c><00:46:23.460><c> 10.</c>

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:25.719
He<00:46:24.219><c> says</c><00:46:24.400><c> these</c><00:46:24.699><c> people</c>

00:46:25.719 --> 00:46:28.340
were<00:46:26.119><c> in</c><00:46:26.360><c> sample</c><00:46:26.599><c> through</c><00:46:26.840><c> all</c><00:46:27.059><c> that</c><00:46:27.239><c> believe</c><00:46:27.440><c> in</c><00:46:27.679><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:29.820
The<00:46:28.900><c> rest</c><00:46:29.079><c> should</c><00:46:29.239><c> look</c><00:46:29.440><c> at</c><00:46:29.599><c> them</c>

00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:32.219
and<00:46:30.300><c> get</c><00:46:30.860><c> an</c><00:46:31.119><c> impression</c><00:46:31.519><c> from</c><00:46:31.760><c> that.</c>

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.539
It<00:46:32.679><c> should</c><00:46:33.000><c> thump</c><00:46:33.260><c> them.</c>

00:46:33.619 --> 00:46:36.340
They<00:46:33.739><c> should</c><00:46:33.900><c> say,</c><00:46:34.280><c> we</c><00:46:34.280><c> should</c><00:46:34.500><c> be</c><00:46:34.699><c> like</c><00:46:34.920><c> these</c><00:46:35.239><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:46:38.139><c> a</c><00:46:38.219><c> very</c><00:46:38.460><c> interesting</c><00:46:38.860><c> thing</c>

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:40.639
when<00:46:39.260><c> we</c><00:46:39.400><c> think</c><00:46:39.500><c> of</c><00:46:39.639><c> the</c><00:46:39.800><c> work</c><00:46:39.940><c> of</c><00:46:40.260><c> God</c>

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and<00:46:41.139><c> the</c><00:46:41.500><c> impress</c><00:46:41.960><c> that</c><00:46:42.179><c> it</c><00:46:42.320><c> makes</c><00:46:42.559><c> upon</c><00:46:42.900><c> us</c>

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:49.460
that<00:46:45.780><c> the</c><00:46:45.980><c> work</c><00:46:46.139><c> of</c><00:46:46.400><c> God</c><00:46:46.739><c> brought</c><00:46:47.400><c> His</c><00:46:47.960><c> Son</c>

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to<00:46:50.900><c> the</c><00:46:51.000><c> Hill</c><00:46:51.139><c> of</c><00:46:51.340><c> Calvary.</c>

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And<00:46:54.159><c> those</c><00:46:54.760><c> marks</c><00:46:55.340><c> in</c><00:46:55.460><c> His</c><00:46:55.760><c> hands</c>

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:58.219
that<00:46:56.320><c> are</c><00:46:56.559><c> called</c><00:46:56.780><c> the</c><00:46:57.099><c> prints</c>

00:46:59.099 --> 00:47:01.420
is<00:46:59.699><c> the</c><00:46:59.719><c> very</c><00:47:00.019><c> same</c><00:47:00.239><c> word,</c>

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tupos.

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The<00:47:04.619><c> impress</c><00:47:05.019><c> of</c><00:47:05.239><c> God</c><00:47:05.599><c> was</c><00:47:05.840><c> upon</c><00:47:06.159><c> Him</c>

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as<00:47:08.380><c> the</c><00:47:08.559><c> work</c><00:47:08.719><c> was</c><00:47:08.960><c> finished.</c>

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The<00:47:13.380><c> power</c><00:47:13.500><c> of</c><00:47:13.760><c> example</c><00:47:14.039><c> is</c><00:47:14.619><c> a</c><00:47:15.440><c> great</c><00:47:15.659><c> thing,</c>

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brethren<00:47:16.280><c> and</c><00:47:16.539><c> sisters.</c>

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All<00:47:18.099><c> of</c><00:47:18.219><c> us</c><00:47:18.400><c> know</c><00:47:18.559><c> with</c><00:47:18.940><c> our</c><00:47:19.400><c> Christadelphian</c><00:47:20.199><c> grapevine</c>

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:24.000
the<00:47:20.980><c> way</c><00:47:21.139><c> it</c><00:47:21.260><c> is</c><00:47:21.460><c> that</c><00:47:21.639><c> the</c><00:47:21.840><c> word</c><00:47:22.000><c> gets</c><00:47:22.280><c> around,</c><00:47:22.900><c> doesn't</c><00:47:23.019><c> it?</c>

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All<00:47:24.619><c> that</c><00:47:24.880><c> believe</c><00:47:25.099><c> in</c><00:47:25.360><c> Macedonia</c><00:47:26.039><c> and</c><00:47:26.300><c> Achaia</c>

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knew<00:47:26.840><c> about</c><00:47:27.159><c> the</c><00:47:27.380><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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There<00:47:29.599><c> was</c><00:47:29.719><c> no</c><00:47:29.940><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:30.280><c> before</c><00:47:30.679><c> them</c><00:47:30.880><c> except</c><00:47:31.179><c> Philippi.</c>

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:33.699
But<00:47:32.639><c> they'd</c><00:47:32.980><c> grown</c><00:47:33.119><c> in</c><00:47:33.280><c> the</c><00:47:33.500><c> faith,</c>

00:47:33.699 --> 00:47:35.239
and<00:47:33.820><c> as</c><00:47:34.000><c> the</c><00:47:34.119><c> other</c><00:47:34.320><c> Ecclesias</c><00:47:34.739><c> developed,</c>

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:38.159
they<00:47:35.900><c> all</c><00:47:36.199><c> knew</c><00:47:36.400><c> about</c><00:47:36.679><c> the</c><00:47:36.900><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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And<00:47:39.320><c> I</c><00:47:39.500><c> believe</c><00:47:39.679><c> the</c><00:47:40.059><c> principle</c><00:47:40.539><c> of</c><00:47:40.800><c> operation</c><00:47:41.300><c> for</c><00:47:41.639><c> them</c>

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was<00:47:42.960><c> that</c><00:47:43.199><c> which</c><00:47:43.360><c> is</c><00:47:43.619><c> stated</c><00:47:43.800><c> in</c><00:47:44.079><c> Romans.</c>

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How<00:47:44.599><c> beautiful</c><00:47:45.179><c> are</c><00:47:45.559><c> the</c><00:47:45.780><c> feet</c><00:47:45.900><c> of</c><00:47:46.079><c> them</c>

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:48.159
that<00:47:46.519><c> preach</c><00:47:46.659><c> the</c><00:47:46.920><c> gospel</c><00:47:47.280><c> of</c><00:47:47.559><c> peace</c>

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:51.440
and<00:47:48.840><c> bring</c><00:47:49.099><c> glad</c><00:47:49.440><c> tidings</c><00:47:49.880><c> of</c><00:47:50.420><c> good</c><00:47:50.840><c> things,</c>

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:54.619
right<00:47:52.019><c> out</c><00:47:52.199><c> of</c><00:47:52.360><c> Isaiah,</c><00:47:52.820><c> right</c><00:47:53.019><c> out</c><00:47:53.280><c> of</c><00:47:53.460><c> Nahum.</c>

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:58.260
That's<00:47:55.199><c> the</c><00:47:55.460><c> work</c><00:47:55.860><c> ethic</c><00:47:56.280><c> of</c><00:47:56.920><c> this</c><00:47:57.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:57.559><c> of</c><00:47:57.880><c> God,</c>

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my<00:47:58.780><c> dear</c><00:47:58.940><c> brethren</c><00:47:59.199><c> and</c><00:47:59.400><c> sisters.</c>

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So<00:48:01.340><c> I</c><00:48:01.380><c> think</c><00:48:01.519><c> we'll</c><00:48:01.679><c> just</c><00:48:02.320><c> kind</c><00:48:02.539><c> of</c><00:48:02.719><c> leave</c><00:48:02.840><c> it</c><00:48:02.980><c> at</c><00:48:03.039><c> this</c><00:48:03.340><c> point.</c>

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We'll<00:48:03.719><c> pick</c><00:48:03.880><c> up</c><00:48:04.019><c> a</c><00:48:04.179><c> few</c><00:48:04.340><c> threads</c><00:48:04.599><c> tomorrow.</c>

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I'll<00:48:05.840><c> just</c><00:48:06.059><c> tell</c><00:48:06.159><c> you</c><00:48:06.320><c> this.</c>

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When<00:48:06.739><c> we</c><00:48:06.920><c> talk</c><00:48:07.059><c> about</c><00:48:07.300><c> example,</c>

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as<00:48:08.639><c> far</c><00:48:08.860><c> as</c><00:48:09.019><c> they</c><00:48:09.159><c> were</c><00:48:09.300><c> concerned,</c><00:48:09.780><c> as</c><00:48:09.940><c> you</c><00:48:10.119><c> see</c><00:48:10.280><c> in</c><00:48:10.440><c> verse</c><00:48:10.659><c> 8,</c>

00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:13.739
from<00:48:12.219><c> you,</c><00:48:12.519><c> he</c><00:48:12.800><c> says,</c>

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:16.059
sounded<00:48:14.500><c> forth</c><00:48:14.940><c> the</c><00:48:15.239><c> word</c><00:48:15.420><c> of</c><00:48:15.760><c> God.</c>

00:48:16.059 --> 00:48:18.280
That's<00:48:16.719><c> a</c><00:48:17.019><c> marvelous</c><00:48:17.320><c> thing</c><00:48:17.559><c> to</c><00:48:17.760><c> think</c><00:48:17.960><c> about.</c>

00:48:18.739 --> 00:48:21.199
I<00:48:18.760><c> think</c><00:48:18.920><c> we'll</c><00:48:19.119><c> leave</c><00:48:19.239><c> it</c><00:48:19.400><c> at</c><00:48:19.460><c> this</c><00:48:19.699><c> point,</c><00:48:20.039><c> brethren</c><00:48:20.179><c> and</c><00:48:20.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:24.639
The<00:48:21.639><c> word</c><00:48:21.940><c> of</c><00:48:22.179><c> God</c><00:48:22.400><c> went</c><00:48:22.599><c> out</c><00:48:23.219><c> like</c><00:48:23.519><c> a</c><00:48:23.840><c> trumpet</c><00:48:24.099><c> call</c>

00:48:24.639 --> 00:48:27.480
to<00:48:25.679><c> sound</c><00:48:26.119><c> out</c><00:48:26.340><c> or</c><00:48:26.460><c> to</c><00:48:26.739><c> echo</c><00:48:27.000><c> forth</c>

00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:29.260
amongst<00:48:28.079><c> all</c><00:48:28.599><c> the</c><00:48:28.900><c> region</c>

00:48:29.260 --> 00:48:32.639
where<00:48:29.480><c> there</c><00:48:29.619><c> were</c><00:48:29.800><c> the</c><00:48:30.019><c> Ecclesias</c><00:48:30.460><c> of</c><00:48:30.920><c> Christ</c><00:48:31.360><c> and</c><00:48:31.539><c> of</c><00:48:31.760><c> God.</c>

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:34.480
So<00:48:33.260><c> they</c><00:48:33.420><c> knew</c><00:48:33.579><c> about</c><00:48:33.820><c> this</c><00:48:34.039><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:37.199
They<00:48:35.099><c> knew</c><00:48:35.340><c> about</c><00:48:35.659><c> faithful</c><00:48:36.000><c> brothers</c><00:48:36.320><c> and</c><00:48:36.619><c> sisters</c><00:48:36.860><c> there,</c>

00:48:37.199 --> 00:48:39.699
and<00:48:37.500><c> it</c><00:48:37.780><c> resounded</c><00:48:38.179><c> through</c><00:48:38.480><c> the</c><00:48:38.960><c> Roman</c><00:48:39.340><c> world,</c>

00:48:39.699 --> 00:48:43.340
and<00:48:39.800><c> it's</c><00:48:40.059><c> come</c><00:48:40.280><c> down</c><00:48:40.500><c> to</c><00:48:40.719><c> us</c><00:48:41.380><c> by</c><00:48:42.219><c> the</c><00:48:42.480><c> grace</c><00:48:42.699><c> of</c><00:48:43.000><c> God.</c>

00:48:43.820 --> 00:48:46.500
And<00:48:44.300><c> may</c><00:48:44.500><c> we</c><00:48:44.679><c> take</c><00:48:44.900><c> hold</c><00:48:45.059><c> of</c><00:48:45.219><c> this</c><00:48:45.400><c> example.</c>

00:48:46.860 --> 00:48:50.500
May<00:48:47.340><c> the</c><00:48:47.820><c> word</c><00:48:48.159><c> that</c><00:48:48.320><c> goes</c><00:48:48.599><c> forth</c><00:48:48.980><c> from</c><00:48:49.199><c> us</c><00:48:49.719><c> sound</c><00:48:50.179><c> out,</c>

00:48:50.679 --> 00:48:52.019
brethren<00:48:50.800><c> and</c><00:48:51.019><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:48:52.599><c> to</c><00:48:52.780><c> our</c><00:48:53.099><c> faithfulness,</c>

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as<00:48:54.739><c> to</c><00:48:54.960><c> our</c><00:48:55.179><c> love,</c>

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as<00:48:56.420><c> to</c><00:48:56.659><c> our</c><00:48:56.900><c> works,</c>

00:48:57.719 --> 00:48:59.340
as<00:48:57.880><c> it</c><00:48:58.099><c> was</c><00:48:58.300><c> concerning</c><00:48:58.699><c> these</c><00:48:59.039><c> people,</c>

00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:00.900
the<00:48:59.559><c> work</c><00:48:59.739><c> of</c><00:49:00.059><c> faith,</c>

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the<00:49:01.360><c> labor</c><00:49:01.619><c> of</c><00:49:01.860><c> love,</c>

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and<00:49:03.059><c> the</c><00:49:03.340><c> hope</c><00:49:03.500><c> in</c><00:49:03.699><c> the</c><00:49:03.840><c> Lord</c><00:49:04.059><c> Jesus</c><00:49:04.639><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:49:06.079><c> in</c><00:49:06.300><c> God</c><00:49:06.519><c> our</c><00:49:06.719><c> Father.</c>

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Thank<00:49:22.159><c> you.</c>