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well,<00:10:09.899><c> we</c><00:10:10.000><c> need</c><00:10:10.120><c> someone</c><00:10:10.279><c> to</c><00:10:10.500><c> coach</c><00:10:10.639><c> you.</c><00:10:10.759><c> Would</c><00:10:10.799><c> you</c><00:10:10.899><c> do</c><00:10:10.940><c> it?</c>

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I'm<00:11:01.940><c> sure</c><00:11:02.039><c> we</c><00:11:02.179><c> will</c><00:11:02.259><c> at</c><00:11:02.480><c> some</c><00:11:02.679><c> point.</c>

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The<00:11:03.379><c> theater.</c>

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Well,<00:11:05.159><c> there</c><00:11:05.279><c> they</c><00:11:05.340><c> are.</c>

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There's<00:11:05.779><c> some</c><00:11:06.120><c> ancient,</c><00:11:07.059><c> some</c><00:11:07.379><c> archaeological</c><00:11:07.940><c> digs</c><00:11:08.399><c> of</c><00:11:09.240><c> theaters</c><00:11:09.720><c> in</c>

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various<00:11:10.659><c> different</c><00:11:10.980><c> places.</c>

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Amazing.

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Again,<00:11:13.840><c> these</c><00:11:14.639><c> are</c><00:11:14.960><c> thousands.</c>

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Amazing.

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They<00:11:26.139><c> really</c><00:11:26.600><c> were</c><00:11:26.840><c> advanced.</c>

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partly<00:11:42.620><c> while</c><00:11:42.919><c> she</c><00:11:43.080><c> were</c><00:11:43.279><c> made</c><00:11:43.500><c> a</c><00:11:43.820><c> gazing</c><00:11:44.159><c> stock</c><00:11:44.559><c> both</c><00:11:45.059><c> by</c><00:11:45.340><c> reproaches</c><00:11:45.919><c> and</c><00:11:46.399><c> afflictions</c>

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gazing<00:11:54.820><c> stock,</c>

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is<00:11:55.639><c> the</c><00:11:55.840><c> Greek</c><00:11:56.120><c> word</c><00:11:57.059><c> theotaiso.</c>

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Theotaiso.

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Basically,<00:12:00.200><c> it's</c><00:12:00.379><c> the</c><00:12:00.480><c> word</c><00:12:00.639><c> theater.</c>

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So<00:12:01.539><c> the</c><00:12:01.580><c> word</c><00:12:01.860><c> theater</c><00:12:02.340><c> is</c><00:12:02.899><c> used,</c><00:12:03.320><c> as</c><00:12:03.500><c> it</c><00:12:03.659><c> were,</c><00:12:04.080><c> in</c><00:12:04.480><c> our</c><00:12:04.659><c> New</c>

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Testament<00:12:05.100><c> scriptures</c><00:12:05.480><c> there.</c>

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And<00:12:05.779><c> there's</c><00:12:06.100><c> a</c><00:12:06.200><c> particular</c><00:12:06.580><c> one</c><00:12:06.879><c> at</c><00:12:07.440><c> Ephesus,</c><00:12:08.460><c> the</c><00:12:08.720><c> theater</c>

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at<00:12:09.259><c> Ephesus.</c>

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previous<00:12:15.340><c> pictures,</c>

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the<00:12:16.299><c> arrangements</c><00:12:16.759><c> of</c><00:12:17.019><c> the</c><00:12:17.179><c> seats</c><00:12:17.379><c> kind</c><00:12:17.659><c> of</c><00:12:17.840><c> circular</c><00:12:18.159><c> around</c>

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the<00:12:18.759><c> center</c><00:12:18.980><c> there.</c>

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for<00:12:25.419><c> theater.</c>

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The<00:12:26.480><c> Greek</c><00:12:26.860><c> word</c><00:12:27.179><c> is</c><00:12:27.480><c> theater.</c>

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Here's<00:12:30.139><c> our</c><00:12:30.379><c> modern</c><00:12:30.720><c> theaters.</c>

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Do<00:12:33.139><c> you</c><00:12:33.259><c> have</c><00:12:33.500><c> Cineplex</c><00:12:34.340><c> Odeon</c><00:12:34.779><c> down</c><00:12:35.659><c> here?</c>

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This<00:12:36.580><c> is</c><00:12:36.799><c> big</c><00:12:37.100><c> in</c><00:12:38.139><c> Canada</c><00:12:38.539><c> anyway,</c><00:12:39.240><c> Cineplex</c><00:12:39.779><c> Odeon.</c>

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Notice<00:12:41.039><c> their</c><00:12:41.299><c> symbol.</c>

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It's<00:12:43.639><c> actually</c><00:12:43.980><c> based</c><00:12:44.419><c> on</c><00:12:44.960><c> the</c><00:12:45.679><c> theaters</c><00:12:46.039><c> of</c><00:12:47.039><c> ancient</c><00:12:47.320><c> Greece</c>

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and<00:12:47.860><c> so</c><00:12:48.000><c> on.</c>

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You<00:12:48.120><c> can</c><00:12:48.299><c> see</c><00:12:48.399><c> it's</c><00:12:48.539><c> sort</c><00:12:48.620><c> of</c><00:12:48.679><c> like</c><00:12:48.799><c> these</c><00:12:49.000><c> rings.</c>

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And<00:12:51.740><c> the</c><00:12:52.259><c> Latin</c><00:12:52.539><c> word</c><00:12:52.919><c> for</c><00:12:53.580><c> theater</c><00:12:53.879><c> is</c><00:12:54.139><c> Odeon.</c>

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So<00:12:56.019><c> they've</c><00:12:56.480><c> picked</c><00:12:56.600><c> it</c><00:12:56.759><c> right</c><00:12:56.899><c> up</c><00:12:57.059><c> and</c><00:12:57.159><c> they</c><00:12:57.259><c> said,</c>

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okay,<00:12:57.620><c> people</c><00:12:57.899><c> used</c><00:12:58.200><c> to</c><00:12:58.360><c> go</c><00:12:58.519><c> and</c><00:12:58.899><c> watch</c><00:12:59.259><c> the</c><00:12:59.519><c> show</c><00:13:00.019><c> out</c><00:13:00.600><c> in</c><00:13:00.700><c> the</c>

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open<00:13:01.059><c> there</c>

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with<00:13:01.460><c> the</c><00:13:01.679><c> amphitheater</c><00:13:02.159><c> all</c><00:13:02.419><c> around</c><00:13:02.700><c> and</c><00:13:03.039><c> what's</c><00:13:03.360><c> going</c><00:13:03.519><c> on</c>

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down<00:13:03.919><c> on</c><00:13:04.259><c> the</c><00:13:04.620><c> stage</c><00:13:04.960><c> there.</c>

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Well,<00:13:06.039><c> we've</c><00:13:06.340><c> got</c><00:13:06.460><c> the</c><00:13:06.659><c> same</c><00:13:06.860><c> thing</c><00:13:07.039><c> today.</c>

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Newer<00:13:08.379><c> technology,</c><00:13:09.480><c> all</c><00:13:09.679><c> that</c><00:13:09.919><c> kind</c><00:13:10.100><c> of</c><00:13:10.259><c> thing.</c>

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But<00:13:12.340><c> here</c><00:13:12.620><c> we</c><00:13:12.860><c> are.</c>

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So<00:13:13.740><c> we</c><00:13:13.899><c> have</c><00:13:14.039><c> our</c><00:13:14.259><c> Odeons</c><00:13:14.620><c> too.</c>

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They<00:13:15.080><c> get</c><00:13:15.240><c> their</c><00:13:15.519><c> shape</c><00:13:15.679><c> from</c><00:13:15.879><c> the</c><00:13:16.100><c> logo,</c>

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the<00:13:16.580><c> shape</c><00:13:16.720><c> of</c><00:13:16.919><c> the</c><00:13:16.980><c> seating</c><00:13:17.080><c> of</c><00:13:17.200><c> the</c><00:13:17.299><c> original</c><00:13:17.559><c> theater</c><00:13:17.820><c> in</c><00:13:18.059><c> Ephesus.</c>

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So<00:13:18.519><c> there</c><00:13:18.679><c> it</c><00:13:18.820><c> is,</c><00:13:20.080><c> you</c><00:13:20.080><c> know,</c><00:13:20.779><c> idol</c><00:13:20.940><c> worship</c><00:13:21.340><c> as</c><00:13:21.559><c> it</c><00:13:21.759><c> were.</c>

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First<00:13:22.740><c> century,</c><00:13:23.299><c> 21st</c><00:13:23.840><c> century,</c><00:13:24.639><c> same</c><00:13:24.840><c> thing.</c>

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They<00:13:25.139><c> even</c><00:13:25.259><c> have</c><00:13:25.379><c> the</c><00:13:25.620><c> same</c><00:13:25.879><c> name,</c><00:13:26.740><c> theater</c><00:13:27.200><c> and</c><00:13:27.899><c> Odeon.</c>

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Now,<00:13:29.980><c> Paul's</c><00:13:30.600><c> little</c><00:13:31.240><c> comment</c><00:13:31.860><c> there</c><00:13:32.460><c> says,</c><00:13:32.679><c> you</c><00:13:32.799><c> know,</c><00:13:32.899><c> we</c><00:13:33.139><c> were</c><00:13:33.379><c> made</c><00:13:33.779><c> a</c>

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gazing<00:13:34.820><c> stock.</c>

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You<00:13:35.759><c> know,</c><00:13:35.779><c> we</c><00:13:36.059><c> were</c><00:13:36.159><c> sort</c><00:13:36.340><c> of,</c><00:13:36.600><c> we</c><00:13:36.840><c> were</c><00:13:37.000><c> their</c><00:13:37.220><c> show,</c><00:13:38.220><c> right?</c>

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Like<00:13:38.799><c> they</c><00:13:38.940><c> brought</c><00:13:39.139><c> Samson</c><00:13:39.500><c> in</c><00:13:39.620><c> to</c><00:13:39.720><c> make</c><00:13:39.940><c> sport.</c>

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They<00:13:40.740><c> rushed</c><00:13:41.879><c> into</c><00:13:42.120><c> the</c><00:13:42.379><c> theater.</c>

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And<00:13:43.100><c> in</c><00:13:43.259><c> fact,</c><00:13:43.460><c> Paul</c><00:13:43.639><c> wasn't</c><00:13:43.879><c> allowed</c><00:13:44.179><c> to</c><00:13:44.419><c> go.</c>

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They<00:13:45.259><c> held</c><00:13:45.600><c> him</c><00:13:45.840><c> back.</c>

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And<00:13:46.759><c> he</c><00:13:46.860><c> says,</c><00:13:47.019><c> you</c><00:13:47.100><c> know,</c><00:13:47.179><c> this</c><00:13:47.399><c> was</c><00:13:47.720><c> all</c><00:13:48.080><c> because</c><00:13:48.379><c> of</c><00:13:48.500><c> what</c>

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we<00:13:48.899><c> preached.</c>

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You<00:13:50.120><c> know,</c><00:13:50.480><c> we</c><00:13:50.980><c> were</c><00:13:52.240><c> on</c><00:13:52.679><c> show</c><00:13:53.080><c> before.</c>

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They<00:13:53.720><c> wanted</c><00:13:53.919><c> to</c><00:13:54.159><c> hear</c><00:13:54.299><c> the</c><00:13:54.500><c> words</c><00:13:54.700><c> as</c><00:13:54.879><c> it</c><00:13:54.960><c> were.</c>

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But<00:13:55.620><c> some</c><00:13:55.860><c> were</c><00:13:56.019><c> sincere</c><00:13:56.480><c> and</c><00:13:56.620><c> some</c><00:13:56.919><c> weren't.</c>

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So<00:13:57.639><c> we</c><00:13:57.759><c> ask</c><00:13:57.940><c> ourselves</c><00:13:58.240><c> sort</c><00:13:58.500><c> of</c><00:13:58.559><c> which</c><00:13:59.360><c> side</c><00:13:59.700><c> of</c><00:13:59.820><c> that</c><00:13:59.919><c> are</c><00:14:00.080><c> we</c><00:14:00.259><c> on?</c>

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Are<00:14:01.299><c> we</c><00:14:01.620><c> preaching</c><00:14:02.039><c> the</c><00:14:02.340><c> word</c><00:14:02.539><c> such</c><00:14:02.759><c> that</c><00:14:02.960><c> sometimes</c><00:14:03.259><c> people</c>

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might<00:14:03.620><c> think</c><00:14:03.779><c> it's</c><00:14:03.919><c> a</c><00:14:03.960><c> bit</c><00:14:04.120><c> strange,</c>

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you<00:14:05.840><c> know,</c><00:14:06.019><c> kind</c><00:14:06.179><c> of</c><00:14:06.399><c> think</c><00:14:06.600><c> we're</c><00:14:06.860><c> putting</c><00:14:07.019><c> on</c><00:14:07.139><c> a</c><00:14:07.200><c> bit</c><00:14:07.279><c> of</c><00:14:07.500><c> a</c><00:14:07.580><c> show,</c>

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maybe<00:14:08.379><c> even</c><00:14:08.580><c> laugh</c><00:14:08.879><c> behind</c><00:14:09.279><c> our</c><00:14:09.559><c> back.</c>

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Have<00:14:10.980><c> we</c><00:14:11.200><c> made</c><00:14:11.480><c> ourselves</c><00:14:11.940><c> known</c><00:14:12.279><c> in</c><00:14:12.460><c> that</c><00:14:12.679><c> way?</c>

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And<00:14:13.120><c> whatever</c><00:14:13.580><c> it</c><00:14:14.120><c> might</c><00:14:14.320><c> be,</c><00:14:14.500><c> whether</c><00:14:14.659><c> at</c><00:14:14.919><c> school,</c><00:14:15.279><c> whether</c>

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at<00:14:15.679><c> work,</c>

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whether<00:14:16.059><c> it's</c><00:14:16.200><c> with</c><00:14:16.360><c> a</c><00:14:16.519><c> neighbor,</c><00:14:17.379><c> whatever</c><00:14:17.679><c> place</c><00:14:18.019><c> we</c><00:14:18.279><c> are,</c>

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are<00:14:18.700><c> we,</c><00:14:19.659><c> as</c><00:14:19.860><c> it</c><00:14:19.960><c> were,</c><00:14:20.379><c> cast</c><00:14:20.500><c> into</c><00:14:21.000><c> the</c><00:14:21.720><c> limelight</c><00:14:22.139><c> there</c><00:14:22.419><c> to</c>

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put<00:14:23.340><c> forth</c><00:14:23.580><c> what</c><00:14:23.740><c> we</c><00:14:24.039><c> believe?</c>

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Or<00:14:25.879><c> would</c><00:14:25.960><c> we</c><00:14:26.059><c> rather</c><00:14:26.179><c> be</c><00:14:26.320><c> the</c><00:14:26.539><c> spectator</c><00:14:27.240><c> watching</c><00:14:27.820><c> someone</c>

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else's<00:14:28.600><c> performance</c>

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in<00:14:29.620><c> one</c><00:14:29.779><c> of</c><00:14:29.960><c> these</c><00:14:31.019><c> places?</c>

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You<00:14:33.899><c> know,</c><00:14:34.000><c> let's</c><00:14:34.120><c> not</c><00:14:34.259><c> kid</c><00:14:34.399><c> ourselves.</c>

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The<00:14:36.580><c> ideas</c><00:14:37.159><c> that</c><00:14:37.360><c> are</c><00:14:37.480><c> put</c><00:14:37.740><c> forward</c><00:14:38.220><c> in</c><00:14:38.980><c> whatever</c><00:14:39.379><c> show</c><00:14:39.799><c> it</c>

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might<00:14:40.179><c> be,</c>

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whether<00:14:40.600><c> it's</c><00:14:40.899><c> live</c><00:14:41.179><c> theater</c><00:14:41.559><c> or</c><00:14:41.799><c> movie</c><00:14:42.200><c> theater</c><00:14:42.559><c> or</c><00:14:42.860><c> whatever,</c>

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it's<00:14:44.179><c> the</c><00:14:44.440><c> philosophies</c><00:14:45.120><c> of</c><00:14:45.620><c> man</c><00:14:46.179><c> that</c><00:14:46.679><c> are</c><00:14:46.779><c> being</c><00:14:46.919><c> put</c><00:14:47.120><c> forward.</c>

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You<00:14:47.960><c> know,</c><00:14:48.120><c> yeah,</c><00:14:48.259><c> some</c><00:14:48.440><c> of</c><00:14:48.539><c> them</c><00:14:48.659><c> have</c><00:14:48.899><c> some</c><00:14:49.139><c> good</c><00:14:49.340><c> lessons.</c>

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We<00:14:49.799><c> say,</c><00:14:49.899><c> well,</c><00:14:50.039><c> at</c><00:14:50.159><c> least</c><00:14:50.159><c> that</c><00:14:50.259><c> one</c><00:14:50.320><c> had</c><00:14:50.460><c> no</c><00:14:50.779><c> swearing</c><00:14:51.179><c> in</c><00:14:51.320><c> it.</c>

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And,<00:14:51.820><c> you</c><00:14:52.019><c> know,</c><00:14:52.299><c> we</c><00:14:52.580><c> watch</c><00:14:52.879><c> these</c><00:14:53.179><c> things.</c>

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But<00:14:54.759><c> primarily,</c><00:14:55.220><c> if</c><00:14:55.480><c> we</c><00:14:55.620><c> were</c><00:14:55.720><c> really</c><00:14:55.919><c> honest</c><00:14:56.220><c> with</c><00:14:56.440><c> ourselves,</c>

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these<00:14:57.159><c> things</c><00:14:57.340><c> are</c><00:14:57.559><c> putting</c><00:14:57.820><c> forth</c><00:14:58.360><c> to</c><00:14:58.659><c> the</c><00:14:58.879><c> glory</c><00:14:59.100><c> and</c><00:14:59.299><c> honor</c>

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of<00:15:00.120><c> men</c><00:15:00.320><c> and</c><00:15:00.440><c> women.</c>

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Or<00:15:01.200><c> they're</c><00:15:01.320><c> just</c><00:15:01.620><c> outright,</c><00:15:02.039><c> you</c><00:15:02.220><c> know,</c><00:15:02.500><c> licentious</c><00:15:02.960><c> and</c><00:15:03.320><c> immoral.</c>

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But<00:15:04.379><c> even</c><00:15:04.559><c> the</c><00:15:04.700><c> ones</c><00:15:04.779><c> that</c><00:15:04.960><c> have</c><00:15:05.100><c> good</c><00:15:05.340><c> lessons</c><00:15:06.019><c> in</c><00:15:06.399><c> them,</c><00:15:07.000><c> you</c><00:15:07.220><c> know,</c>

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we<00:15:07.659><c> have</c><00:15:07.860><c> to</c><00:15:08.039><c> really</c><00:15:08.360><c> watch,</c><00:15:09.220><c> you</c><00:15:10.320><c> know,</c><00:15:10.559><c> what</c><00:15:10.700><c> we</c><00:15:10.940><c> watch.</c>

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And,<00:15:12.379><c> of</c><00:15:12.500><c> course,</c><00:15:12.639><c> the</c><00:15:12.720><c> thing</c><00:15:12.840><c> about</c><00:15:13.019><c> these</c><00:15:13.320><c> places,</c>

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and<00:15:13.919><c> you</c><00:15:14.179><c> must</c><00:15:14.480><c> have</c><00:15:14.700><c> them</c><00:15:14.799><c> where</c><00:15:14.940><c> there's</c><00:15:15.200><c> like</c><00:15:15.600><c> 10</c><00:15:15.779><c> or</c><00:15:15.899><c> 15</c><00:15:16.659><c> screens</c><00:15:17.320><c> in</c>

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one<00:15:17.679><c> of</c><00:15:17.779><c> these</c><00:15:18.000><c> places,</c>

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you<00:15:18.460><c> know,</c><00:15:18.460><c> you</c><00:15:18.580><c> walk</c><00:15:18.820><c> in</c><00:15:19.019><c> and,</c><00:15:19.379><c> you</c><00:15:19.519><c> know,</c><00:15:19.620><c> you</c><00:15:19.740><c> might</c><00:15:19.840><c> be</c><00:15:19.980><c> going</c><00:15:20.139><c> to</c>

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see<00:15:21.059><c> one</c><00:15:21.559><c> particular</c><00:15:22.100><c> show,</c>

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but<00:15:23.000><c> you</c><00:15:23.100><c> go</c><00:15:23.299><c> in</c><00:15:23.440><c> there</c><00:15:23.559><c> and</c><00:15:23.679><c> you're</c><00:15:23.940><c> bombarded</c><00:15:24.440><c> with</c><00:15:24.679><c> the</c><00:15:24.860><c> world.</c>

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There's<00:15:27.500><c> everything</c><00:15:27.840><c> in</c><00:15:27.980><c> there,</c><00:15:28.080><c> every</c><00:15:28.299><c> kind</c><00:15:28.480><c> of</c><00:15:28.700><c> entertainment,</c><00:15:29.220><c> every</c><00:15:29.419><c> kind</c><00:15:29.679><c> of,</c>

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and,<00:15:30.139><c> of</c><00:15:30.259><c> course,</c><00:15:30.460><c> they're</c><00:15:30.740><c> all</c><00:15:30.960><c> very</c><00:15:31.259><c> graphically</c><00:15:31.679><c> portrayed.</c>

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So<00:15:32.740><c> you</c><00:15:32.820><c> might</c><00:15:32.960><c> be</c><00:15:33.080><c> going</c><00:15:33.200><c> to</c><00:15:33.360><c> see</c><00:15:33.740><c> this</c><00:15:34.120><c> particular</c><00:15:34.639><c> movie,</c>

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you<00:15:35.279><c> know,</c>

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that's<00:15:35.460><c> a</c><00:15:35.620><c> family</c><00:15:35.980><c>-rated</c><00:15:36.259><c> movie,</c><00:15:36.899><c> but</c><00:15:37.080><c> the</c><00:15:37.279><c> R</c><00:15:37.460><c>-rated</c><00:15:37.620><c> one</c><00:15:37.799><c> is</c>

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right<00:15:38.220><c> there</c><00:15:38.419><c> with</c><00:15:38.559><c> its</c><00:15:38.879><c> advertisement</c><00:15:39.500><c> poster.</c>

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You<00:15:41.039><c> know,</c><00:15:41.179><c> we're</c><00:15:41.200><c> just,</c><00:15:41.460><c> and</c><00:15:41.600><c> we</c><00:15:41.740><c> take</c><00:15:41.879><c> our</c><00:15:42.059><c> children</c><00:15:42.299><c> right</c>

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into<00:15:42.759><c> there.</c>

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You<00:15:43.200><c> have</c><00:15:43.340><c> to</c><00:15:43.519><c> really</c><00:15:44.120><c> wonder,</c><00:15:44.759><c> you</c><00:15:45.860><c> know,</c><00:15:46.100><c> what</c><00:15:46.360><c> it</c><00:15:46.519><c> is</c><00:15:46.740><c> that</c>

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we're<00:15:47.419><c> thinking</c><00:15:47.659><c> we're</c><00:15:47.960><c> accomplishing</c><00:15:48.399><c> by</c><00:15:48.659><c> doing</c><00:15:48.980><c> so.</c>

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So<00:15:50.720><c> that's</c><00:15:51.159><c> the</c><00:15:51.360><c> theater.</c>

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Well,<00:15:52.340><c> we'll</c><00:15:52.519><c> move</c><00:15:52.659><c> on</c><00:15:53.299><c> to</c><00:15:53.779><c> the</c><00:15:54.059><c> arena.</c>

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Fairly<00:15:58.039><c> sort</c><00:15:58.259><c> of</c><00:15:58.440><c> similar</c><00:15:58.980><c> idea,</c><00:15:59.600><c> I</c><00:15:59.720><c> guess,</c><00:15:59.879><c> to</c><00:16:00.059><c> the</c><00:16:00.220><c> Coliseum.</c>

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But<00:16:01.080><c> the</c><00:16:01.299><c> arena,</c><00:16:01.559><c> as</c><00:16:01.620><c> we</c><00:16:01.700><c> know,</c><00:16:01.860><c> is</c><00:16:01.899><c> where</c><00:16:02.080><c> they</c><00:16:02.480><c> took</c><00:16:03.100><c> believers.</c>

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All<00:16:04.799><c> right,</c><00:16:05.000><c> and</c><00:16:05.159><c> they</c><00:16:05.279><c> were,</c><00:16:07.019><c> well,</c><00:16:07.500><c> believers</c><00:16:07.740><c> and</c><00:16:08.039><c> others,</c>

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and<00:16:08.940><c> they</c><00:16:09.000><c> were</c><00:16:09.360><c> put</c><00:16:09.500><c> on</c><00:16:09.620><c> a</c><00:16:09.740><c> show,</c><00:16:10.120><c> it</c><00:16:10.200><c> was</c><00:16:10.360><c> a</c><00:16:10.480><c> bloodthirsty</c><00:16:11.340><c> show.</c>

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This<00:16:12.580><c> one</c><00:16:12.720><c> would</c><00:16:12.899><c> probably</c><00:16:13.100><c> make</c><00:16:13.279><c> more</c><00:16:13.539><c> sense</c><00:16:13.840><c> in</c><00:16:14.379><c> Canada,</c><00:16:14.759><c> I</c>

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guess,<00:16:15.620><c> but</c><00:16:15.840><c> there's</c><00:16:16.120><c> the</c><00:16:16.320><c> arena</c><00:16:16.519><c> today.</c>

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That's<00:16:17.659><c> the</c><00:16:17.759><c> Air</c><00:16:17.899><c> Canada</c><00:16:18.240><c> Centre.</c>

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Toronto's<00:16:20.039><c> now</c><00:16:20.259><c> famous</c><00:16:20.620><c> for</c><00:16:20.899><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:22.539><c> again,</c><00:16:22.919><c> just</c><00:16:23.039><c> sort</c><00:16:23.159><c> of</c><00:16:23.279><c> looking</c><00:16:23.539><c> at</c><00:16:23.879><c> the,</c><00:16:24.759><c> you</c><00:16:24.840><c> know,</c><00:16:25.139><c> there's</c><00:16:25.659><c> the</c><00:16:25.799><c> same,</c>

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probably<00:16:26.200><c> about</c><00:16:26.399><c> the</c><00:16:26.600><c> same</c><00:16:26.820><c> dimensions</c><00:16:27.299><c> as</c><00:16:27.580><c> well.</c>

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And<00:16:29.440><c> it's</c><00:16:30.320><c> about</c><00:16:30.620><c> seeing</c><00:16:31.120><c> a</c><00:16:31.460><c> good</c><00:16:31.639><c> show.</c>

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And<00:16:33.100><c> if</c><00:16:33.539><c> you</c><00:16:33.659><c> happen</c><00:16:33.779><c> to</c><00:16:33.860><c> like</c><00:16:34.039><c> hockey,</c><00:16:34.700><c> I</c><00:16:34.779><c> guess</c><00:16:34.960><c> it</c><00:16:35.100><c> is</c><00:16:35.559><c> a</c>

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pretty<00:16:35.820><c> good</c><00:16:35.980><c> show.</c>

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Notice<00:16:36.759><c> up</c><00:16:37.039><c> here</c><00:16:37.259><c> what</c><00:16:37.379><c> we've</c><00:16:37.639><c> got</c><00:16:37.740><c> hanging</c><00:16:37.980><c> in</c><00:16:38.320><c> the</c><00:16:38.519><c> banners</c>

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are<00:16:40.000><c> all</c><00:16:40.360><c> the</c><00:16:40.600><c> idols</c><00:16:40.980><c> and</c><00:16:41.440><c> all</c><00:16:41.899><c> the</c><00:16:42.100><c> superstars,</c>

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all<00:16:44.039><c> the</c><00:16:44.480><c> people</c><00:16:44.720><c> that</c><00:16:44.860><c> are</c><00:16:44.919><c> getting</c><00:16:45.100><c> honoured.</c>

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They're<00:16:45.460><c> the</c><00:16:45.600><c> gods</c><00:16:45.840><c> of</c><00:16:46.059><c> today.</c>

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We<00:16:46.480><c> give</c><00:16:46.620><c> them</c><00:16:46.840><c> honour.</c>

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We<00:16:47.419><c> retire</c><00:16:47.879><c> their</c><00:16:48.100><c> numbers.</c>

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We,<00:16:49.440><c> you</c><00:16:49.700><c> know,</c><00:16:49.799><c> put</c><00:16:49.980><c> them</c><00:16:50.120><c> in</c><00:16:50.200><c> a</c><00:16:50.360><c> place</c><00:16:50.519><c> of</c><00:16:50.799><c> prominence.</c>

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We<00:16:51.580><c> list</c><00:16:51.840><c> all</c><00:16:52.039><c> their</c><00:16:52.299><c> accomplishments.</c>

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It's<00:16:54.000><c> giving</c><00:16:54.220><c> honour</c><00:16:54.559><c> to</c><00:16:54.879><c> men's</c><00:16:55.460><c> accomplishments.</c>

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That's<00:16:57.340><c> what</c><00:16:57.460><c> it's</c><00:16:57.600><c> all</c><00:16:57.820><c> about.</c>

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And,<00:16:58.960><c> you</c><00:17:01.100><c> know,</c><00:17:01.240><c> just</c><00:17:01.460><c> to</c><00:17:01.700><c> harken</c><00:17:01.860><c> back</c><00:17:02.139><c> a</c><00:17:02.240><c> little</c><00:17:02.360><c> bit,</c><00:17:02.480><c> I</c><00:17:02.519><c> guess,</c>

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to<00:17:03.919><c> what</c><00:17:04.079><c> we</c><00:17:04.279><c> talked</c><00:17:04.420><c> about</c><00:17:04.539><c> in</c><00:17:04.680><c> the</c><00:17:04.819><c> first</c><00:17:05.039><c> class,</c>

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are<00:17:06.019><c> we</c><00:17:06.259><c> willing</c><00:17:06.440><c> to</c><00:17:06.759><c> sacrifice</c><00:17:07.539><c> ourselves,</c><00:17:08.279><c> our</c><00:17:08.480><c> children,</c>

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to<00:17:09.940><c> this</c><00:17:10.200><c> kind</c><00:17:10.359><c> of</c><00:17:10.500><c> place?</c>

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It's<00:17:13.039><c> challenging</c><00:17:13.460><c> for</c><00:17:13.740><c> sure.</c>

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Because<00:17:15.200><c> when</c><00:17:15.359><c> we</c><00:17:15.519><c> compare</c><00:17:15.859><c> what</c><00:17:16.140><c> we've</c><00:17:16.480><c> been</c><00:17:16.720><c> called</c><00:17:16.920><c> to</c><00:17:17.319><c> in</c>

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1<00:17:17.660><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:18.059><c> 1,</c>

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you<00:17:19.200><c> know,</c><00:17:19.380><c> it's</c><00:17:19.559><c> not</c><00:17:19.819><c> that</c><00:17:20.019><c> we,</c><00:17:20.559><c> it</c><00:17:20.559><c> says,</c>

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see<00:17:21.119><c> your</c><00:17:21.339><c> calling,</c><00:17:21.619><c> brother,</c><00:17:21.740><c> not</c><00:17:21.880><c> many</c><00:17:22.119><c> wise,</c><00:17:22.539><c> not</c><00:17:22.680><c> many</c>

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mighty,<00:17:23.579><c> not</c><00:17:23.740><c> many</c><00:17:23.960><c> noble.</c>

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We're<00:17:24.700><c> not</c><00:17:24.960><c> called</c><00:17:25.180><c> to</c><00:17:25.339><c> these,</c><00:17:25.539><c> these</c><00:17:25.720><c> things</c><00:17:25.960><c> are</c><00:17:26.140><c> all</c><00:17:26.299><c> the</c>

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human<00:17:26.900><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:17:27.839><c> makes</c><00:17:28.519><c> people</c><00:17:28.960><c> feel</c><00:17:29.220><c> good</c><00:17:29.480><c> about</c><00:17:29.700><c> themselves.</c>

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God's<00:17:31.680><c> chosen</c><00:17:31.859><c> the</c><00:17:32.059><c> foolish</c><00:17:32.299><c> things</c><00:17:32.559><c> of</c><00:17:32.680><c> the</c><00:17:32.819><c> world</c><00:17:32.940><c> to</c><00:17:33.119><c> confound</c><00:17:33.480><c> the</c><00:17:33.700><c> wise.</c>

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God<00:17:34.119><c> has</c><00:17:34.279><c> chosen</c><00:17:34.460><c> the</c><00:17:34.720><c> weak</c><00:17:34.900><c> things</c><00:17:35.140><c> of</c><00:17:35.299><c> the</c><00:17:35.420><c> world</c><00:17:35.559><c> to</c><00:17:35.700><c> confound</c><00:17:36.019><c> the</c>

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things<00:17:36.319><c> that</c><00:17:36.440><c> are</c><00:17:36.579><c> mighty.</c>

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All<00:17:37.900><c> right?</c>

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So<00:17:38.480><c> there's</c><00:17:39.140><c> a</c><00:17:39.400><c> great</c><00:17:39.839><c> difference</c><00:17:40.240><c> between</c><00:17:40.660><c> what</c><00:17:40.960><c> God</c><00:17:41.339><c> honours</c><00:17:41.920><c> and</c>

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what<00:17:42.880><c> society</c><00:17:43.339><c> honours.</c>

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And<00:17:44.359><c> we</c><00:17:44.500><c> have</c><00:17:44.640><c> to</c><00:17:44.759><c> really</c><00:17:44.960><c> see</c><00:17:45.180><c> where</c><00:17:45.880><c> our</c><00:17:46.960><c> alliance</c><00:17:47.359><c> lies,</c>

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our<00:17:48.359><c> allegiance</c><00:17:48.720><c> lies.</c>

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It<00:17:50.380><c> says</c><00:17:50.460><c> he's</c><00:17:50.680><c> chosen</c><00:17:50.839><c> the</c><00:17:51.079><c> basings</c><00:17:51.339><c> of</c><00:17:51.500><c> the</c><00:17:51.619><c> world</c><00:17:51.759><c> and</c><00:17:51.920><c> the</c>

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things<00:17:52.119><c> which</c><00:17:52.319><c> are</c><00:17:52.500><c> despised,</c>

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the<00:17:53.740><c> things</c><00:17:53.880><c> which</c><00:17:54.119><c> are</c><00:17:54.299><c> not</c><00:17:54.420><c> to</c><00:17:54.640><c> bring</c><00:17:54.799><c> to</c><00:17:54.920><c> naught</c><00:17:55.000><c> the</c><00:17:55.180><c> things</c><00:17:55.319><c> that</c><00:17:55.539><c> are.</c>

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And<00:17:55.980><c> the</c><00:17:56.140><c> reason,</c><00:17:56.579><c> and</c><00:17:56.720><c> this</c><00:17:56.819><c> is</c><00:17:56.940><c> the</c><00:17:57.059><c> key</c><00:17:57.240><c> point,</c>

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1<00:17:58.240><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:58.660><c> 1</c><00:17:59.500><c> verse</c><00:17:59.779><c> 29,</c><00:18:00.519><c> that</c><00:18:00.759><c> no</c><00:18:01.099><c> flesh</c><00:18:01.460><c> should</c><00:18:01.680><c> glory</c>

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in<00:18:02.079><c> his</c><00:18:02.279><c> presence.</c>

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That's<00:18:02.960><c> the</c><00:18:03.160><c> point.</c>

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And<00:18:04.420><c> all</c><00:18:04.640><c> those</c><00:18:04.799><c> other</c><00:18:04.960><c> things</c><00:18:05.160><c> we</c><00:18:05.319><c> were</c><00:18:05.460><c> looking</c><00:18:05.700><c> at,</c><00:18:06.380><c> all</c>

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the<00:18:07.000><c> sporting</c><00:18:07.400><c> accomplishments,</c>

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the<00:18:08.579><c> gold</c><00:18:08.900><c> medals,</c><00:18:10.019><c> the</c><00:18:10.619><c> world</c><00:18:11.160><c> series</c><00:18:11.559><c> championships,</c><00:18:12.619><c> the</c>

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little<00:18:13.279><c> league</c><00:18:13.539><c> championships,</c><00:18:14.839><c> you</c><00:18:14.839><c> know,</c>

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the<00:18:15.420><c> little</c><00:18:15.640><c> local</c><00:18:16.059><c> whatever</c><00:18:16.440><c> championship,</c><00:18:17.039><c> it's</c><00:18:17.339><c> giving</c>

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glory<00:18:18.000><c> and</c><00:18:18.220><c> honour</c><00:18:18.619><c> to</c><00:18:20.359><c> people,</c>

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to<00:18:21.460><c> men,</c><00:18:21.940><c> to</c><00:18:22.019><c> women,</c><00:18:22.420><c> to</c><00:18:22.480><c> boys,</c><00:18:22.819><c> to</c><00:18:22.900><c> girls.</c>

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And<00:18:24.099><c> God</c><00:18:25.119><c> has</c><00:18:25.339><c> arranged</c><00:18:25.660><c> things</c><00:18:26.140><c> that</c><00:18:26.440><c> no</c><00:18:26.859><c> flesh</c><00:18:27.339><c> should</c><00:18:27.900><c> glory</c><00:18:28.240><c> in</c>

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his<00:18:28.599><c> presence.</c>

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I've<00:18:30.960><c> been</c><00:18:31.099><c> harping</c><00:18:31.299><c> on</c><00:18:31.579><c> the</c><00:18:32.200><c> sports</c><00:18:32.500><c> quite</c><00:18:32.779><c> a</c><00:18:32.920><c> bit,</c>

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which<00:18:33.339><c> probably</c><00:18:33.980><c> takes</c><00:18:34.380><c> out</c><00:18:34.519><c> most</c><00:18:34.740><c> of</c><00:18:34.920><c> the</c><00:18:35.339><c> males</c><00:18:35.680><c> in</c><00:18:35.880><c> the</c><00:18:36.019><c> audience,</c>

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feeling<00:18:36.920><c> kind</c><00:18:37.180><c> of</c><00:18:37.319><c> low,</c><00:18:38.019><c> kind</c><00:18:38.160><c> of</c><00:18:38.200><c> like</c><00:18:38.220><c> I've</c><00:18:38.339><c> been</c><00:18:38.440><c> beaten</c><00:18:38.640><c> on</c><00:18:38.920><c> you.</c>

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One<00:18:40.400><c> thing</c><00:18:40.559><c> I</c><00:18:40.660><c> should</c><00:18:40.740><c> say,</c><00:18:40.839><c> I</c><00:18:40.880><c> was</c><00:18:40.940><c> going</c><00:18:41.099><c> to</c><00:18:41.220><c> preface</c><00:18:41.359><c> this</c>

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whole<00:18:41.680><c> thing</c><00:18:41.880><c> saying,</c>

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don't<00:18:42.559><c> think</c><00:18:42.720><c> I've</c><00:18:42.960><c> got</c><00:18:43.039><c> this</c><00:18:43.240><c> all</c><00:18:43.440><c> figured</c><00:18:43.680><c> out.</c>

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What<00:18:45.079><c> I'm</c><00:18:45.259><c> giving</c><00:18:45.500><c> you</c><00:18:45.880><c> today</c><00:18:46.640><c> is</c><00:18:48.259><c> one</c><00:18:48.579><c> person</c><00:18:48.960><c> struggling</c>

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with<00:18:49.660><c> these</c><00:18:49.920><c> things.</c>

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You<00:18:50.740><c> know,</c><00:18:50.859><c> I</c><00:18:50.980><c> love</c><00:18:51.200><c> sports</c><00:18:51.440><c> as</c><00:18:51.640><c> much</c><00:18:51.759><c> as</c><00:18:51.880><c> the</c><00:18:51.920><c> next</c><00:18:52.140><c> person.</c>

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I<00:18:52.819><c> coach</c><00:18:53.099><c> basketball</c><00:18:53.579><c> back</c><00:18:53.900><c> home.</c>

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You<00:18:54.720><c> know,</c><00:18:55.099><c> I</c><00:18:55.640><c> don't</c><00:18:55.900><c> claim</c><00:18:56.119><c> to</c><00:18:56.279><c> have</c><00:18:56.440><c> all</c><00:18:56.980><c> the</c><00:18:57.640><c> answers</c><00:18:57.859><c> and</c><00:18:57.980><c> I</c>

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certainly<00:18:58.339><c> don't</c><00:18:59.400><c> figure</c><00:18:59.839><c> it</c><00:18:59.980><c> out.</c>

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But<00:19:00.240><c> I</c><00:19:00.440><c> do</c><00:19:00.660><c> know</c><00:19:00.740><c> we've</c><00:19:01.039><c> tried.</c>

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We've<00:19:01.759><c> pulled</c><00:19:01.859><c> our</c><00:19:02.059><c> son</c><00:19:02.140><c> out</c><00:19:02.299><c> of</c><00:19:02.440><c> hockey.</c>

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You<00:19:03.359><c> know,</c><00:19:03.740><c> that</c><00:19:03.799><c> was</c><00:19:03.960><c> just</c><00:19:04.259><c> the</c><00:19:05.420><c> commitment</c><00:19:05.819><c> to</c><00:19:05.980><c> that</c><00:19:06.079><c> was</c>

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just<00:19:06.500><c> too</c><00:19:06.759><c> great.</c>

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So,<00:19:08.920><c> but</c><00:19:09.039><c> at</c><00:19:09.140><c> the</c><00:19:09.259><c> same</c><00:19:09.480><c> time,</c><00:19:10.000><c> that's</c><00:19:10.359><c> maybe</c><00:19:10.660><c> more</c><00:19:11.200><c> of</c><00:19:11.339><c> the</c>

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male<00:19:11.559><c> thing.</c>

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So<00:19:11.920><c> we'll</c><00:19:12.160><c> move</c><00:19:12.380><c> along</c><00:19:12.839><c> to</c><00:19:13.339><c> the</c><00:19:13.660><c> first</c><00:19:13.900><c> century</c><00:19:14.160><c> where</c><00:19:14.319><c> they</c>

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had<00:19:14.579><c> them</c><00:19:14.819><c> all.</c>

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Now,<00:19:22.319><c> that</c><00:19:22.500><c> may</c><00:19:22.680><c> be</c><00:19:22.900><c> a</c><00:19:23.079><c> caricature</c><00:19:23.559><c> that</c><00:19:24.180><c> women</c><00:19:24.619><c> have</c><00:19:24.799><c> more</c>

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trouble<00:19:25.200><c> with</c><00:19:25.359><c> them</c><00:19:25.559><c> all.</c>

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I<00:19:26.460><c> like</c><00:19:26.599><c> going</c><00:19:26.799><c> shopping</c><00:19:27.079><c> too,</c><00:19:27.539><c> you</c><00:19:27.680><c> know,</c><00:19:28.099><c> and</c><00:19:28.240><c> so</c><00:19:28.819><c> it's,</c>

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but<00:19:29.880><c> perhaps</c><00:19:30.500><c> in</c><00:19:31.019><c> the</c><00:19:31.140><c> sort</c><00:19:31.299><c> of</c><00:19:31.579><c> stereotype</c><00:19:32.039><c> we've</c><00:19:32.799><c> got</c><00:19:32.920><c> them</c><00:19:33.099><c> all.</c>

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And<00:19:33.359><c> here</c><00:19:33.480><c> we</c><00:19:33.579><c> go.</c>

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This<00:19:33.880><c> is</c><00:19:34.680><c> the</c><00:19:34.819><c> mall</c><00:19:35.039><c> at</c><00:19:35.299><c> Philippi.</c>

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A<00:19:36.480><c> lot</c><00:19:36.660><c> of</c><00:19:36.779><c> these</c><00:19:36.920><c> slides,</c><00:19:37.140><c> by</c><00:19:37.299><c> the</c><00:19:37.380><c> way,</c><00:19:37.420><c> I</c><00:19:37.539><c> got</c><00:19:37.660><c> from</c><00:19:37.799><c> Brother</c>

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Jonathan<00:19:38.299><c> Bowen.</c>

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He<00:19:38.779><c> did</c><00:19:39.079><c> a</c><00:19:39.440><c> study</c><00:19:39.660><c> up</c><00:19:39.779><c> in</c><00:19:39.940><c> Manitoulin</c><00:19:40.839><c> on</c><00:19:41.500><c> the</c><00:19:41.759><c> letters</c><00:19:41.960><c> to</c><00:19:42.160><c> the</c>

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Seven<00:19:42.460><c> Ecclesias.</c>

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So<00:19:43.180><c> he</c><00:19:43.420><c> went</c><00:19:43.680><c> through</c><00:19:43.900><c> and</c><00:19:44.019><c> gets</c><00:19:44.220><c> these</c><00:19:44.500><c> pictures</c><00:19:44.900><c> from,</c><00:19:45.220><c> you</c><00:19:45.220><c> know,</c>

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some<00:19:45.380><c> of</c><00:19:45.380><c> the</c><00:19:45.559><c> various</c><00:19:45.859><c> Seven</c><00:19:46.079><c> Ecclesias.</c>

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And<00:19:47.359><c> it</c><00:19:47.839><c> was</c><00:19:48.000><c> a</c><00:19:48.220><c> great,</c><00:19:49.400><c> we</c><00:19:49.680><c> did</c><00:19:49.819><c> it</c><00:19:49.900><c> the</c><00:19:50.019><c> same</c><00:19:50.119><c> year</c><00:19:50.240><c> we</c><00:19:50.299><c> did</c><00:19:50.819><c> Josiah</c><00:19:51.400><c> at</c>

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kids<00:19:51.720><c> camp.</c>

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And<00:19:52.200><c> it</c><00:19:52.200><c> was,</c><00:19:52.559><c> there</c><00:19:52.799><c> was</c><00:19:52.900><c> a</c><00:19:53.019><c> good</c><00:19:53.299><c> segue,</c><00:19:53.559><c> one</c><00:19:53.740><c> from</c><00:19:53.940><c> the</c><00:19:54.119><c> other.</c>

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But<00:19:54.720><c> here</c><00:19:54.859><c> we</c><00:19:54.920><c> go.</c>

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They<00:19:55.039><c> had</c><00:19:55.160><c> all</c><00:19:55.359><c> the</c><00:19:55.480><c> different</c><00:19:55.799><c> stalls</c><00:19:56.279><c> and</c><00:19:56.440><c> you</c><00:19:56.539><c> could</c><00:19:56.660><c> go</c><00:19:56.900><c> along.</c>

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If<00:19:57.559><c> you</c><00:19:57.660><c> walked</c><00:19:57.920><c> along</c><00:19:58.220><c> the</c><00:19:58.440><c> way</c><00:19:58.799><c> and</c><00:19:59.599><c> each</c><00:20:00.099><c> of</c><00:20:00.299><c> the</c><00:20:00.680><c> people</c>

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sold<00:20:01.279><c> their</c><00:20:01.480><c> different</c><00:20:01.700><c> wares</c>

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in<00:20:02.140><c> the</c><00:20:03.619><c> different</c><00:20:04.019><c> stalls.</c>

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You<00:20:05.920><c> could</c><00:20:06.059><c> have</c><00:20:06.180><c> anything</c><00:20:06.440><c> you</c><00:20:06.660><c> wanted</c><00:20:06.799><c> as</c><00:20:06.980><c> you</c><00:20:07.079><c> went</c><00:20:07.160><c> there.</c>

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And,<00:20:07.440><c> of</c><00:20:07.519><c> course,</c><00:20:07.640><c> today</c><00:20:07.900><c> they</c><00:20:08.059><c> look</c><00:20:08.180><c> a</c><00:20:08.279><c> little</c><00:20:08.440><c> bit</c><00:20:08.660><c> different.</c>

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They<00:20:09.440><c> might</c><00:20:09.579><c> look</c><00:20:09.759><c> something</c><00:20:09.980><c> like</c><00:20:10.259><c> that.</c>

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But<00:20:12.539><c> they're</c><00:20:12.779><c> all</c><00:20:13.119><c> there</c><00:20:13.480><c> and</c><00:20:13.660><c> it's</c><00:20:13.900><c> the</c><00:20:14.140><c> mall.</c>

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We<00:20:15.119><c> call</c><00:20:15.660><c> it</c><00:20:15.839><c> the</c><00:20:16.000><c> mall.</c>

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We<00:20:16.319><c> go</c><00:20:16.559><c> shopping,</c><00:20:17.000><c> the</c><00:20:17.180><c> shopping</c><00:20:17.440><c> mall,</c><00:20:18.279><c> whatever</c><00:20:18.500><c> the</c><00:20:18.700><c> case</c>

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might<00:20:19.099><c> be.</c>

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Bigger,<00:20:19.779><c> better,</c><00:20:20.259><c> grander.</c>

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They're<00:20:21.480><c> just</c><00:20:22.339><c> unbelievable</c><00:20:23.619><c> edifices.</c>

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And<00:20:26.059><c> what's</c><00:20:26.680><c> it</c><00:20:26.819><c> all</c><00:20:27.019><c> to?</c>

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It's<00:20:28.400><c> to</c><00:20:28.579><c> the</c><00:20:28.759><c> almighty</c><00:20:29.059><c> dollar.</c>

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It's<00:20:30.740><c> to</c><00:20:30.980><c> turn</c><00:20:31.119><c> a</c><00:20:31.359><c> profit.</c>

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You<00:20:33.619><c> know,</c><00:20:33.819><c> it's</c><00:20:34.240><c> capitalism.</c>

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And<00:20:36.140><c> we</c><00:20:36.619><c> can't</c><00:20:37.519><c> pretend</c><00:20:37.819><c> it</c><00:20:37.940><c> doesn't</c><00:20:38.180><c> affect</c><00:20:38.480><c> us.</c>

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Just<00:20:39.680><c> recently</c><00:20:40.039><c> in</c><00:20:40.359><c> the</c><00:20:40.619><c> readings</c><00:20:41.039><c> at</c><00:20:41.880><c> the</c><00:20:41.980><c> end</c><00:20:42.119><c> of</c><00:20:42.220><c> last</c><00:20:42.420><c> year,</c>

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we<00:20:42.599><c> were</c><00:20:42.720><c> reading</c><00:20:42.940><c> through</c><00:20:43.339><c> Job.</c>

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Just<00:20:43.720><c> turn</c><00:20:43.880><c> back</c><00:20:44.099><c> to</c><00:20:44.259><c> Job</c><00:20:44.500><c> chapter</c><00:20:44.859><c> 31.</c>

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Because,<00:20:47.420><c> again,</c><00:20:47.460><c> we</c><00:20:47.720><c> tend</c><00:20:47.980><c> to</c><00:20:48.279><c> probably</c><00:20:48.680><c> think</c><00:20:49.000><c> that,</c><00:20:49.299><c> you</c>

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know,<00:20:49.500><c> we're</c><00:20:49.680><c> doing</c><00:20:49.880><c> okay.</c>

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You<00:20:51.319><c> know,</c><00:20:51.920><c> we're</c><00:20:52.559><c> not</c><00:20:52.819><c> committing</c><00:20:53.099><c> adultery.</c>

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We<00:20:53.700><c> haven't</c><00:20:53.740><c> murdered</c><00:20:54.079><c> anybody</c><00:20:54.420><c> recently.</c>

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You<00:20:56.680><c> know,</c><00:20:57.019><c> that</c><00:20:57.180><c> we</c><00:20:57.339><c> kind</c><00:20:57.599><c> of,</c><00:20:58.299><c> we</c><00:20:58.839><c> group</c><00:20:59.259><c> things.</c>

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And<00:21:00.720><c> especially,</c><00:21:01.160><c> you</c><00:21:01.200><c> know,</c><00:21:01.200><c> we</c><00:21:01.380><c> don't</c><00:21:01.599><c> have</c><00:21:01.799><c> the</c><00:21:02.019><c> problem.</c>

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There<00:21:02.420><c> might</c><00:21:02.599><c> be</c><00:21:02.759><c> some</c><00:21:02.940><c> people</c><00:21:03.160><c> who</c><00:21:03.299><c> have</c><00:21:03.380><c> the</c><00:21:03.599><c> problem,</c><00:21:03.759><c> but</c>

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it's<00:21:04.319><c> not</c><00:21:04.539><c> us.</c>

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But<00:21:05.940><c> we've</c><00:21:06.119><c> got</c><00:21:06.220><c> to</c><00:21:06.359><c> see.</c>

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And<00:21:06.599><c> we</c><00:21:06.700><c> saw</c><00:21:06.859><c> those</c><00:21:07.019><c> lists</c><00:21:07.220><c> of</c><00:21:07.380><c> the</c><00:21:07.539><c> works</c><00:21:07.720><c> of</c><00:21:07.880><c> the</c><00:21:08.119><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:21:08.720><c> idolatry</c><00:21:09.119><c> was</c><00:21:09.279><c> mentioned.</c>

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Covetousness<00:21:10.960><c> was</c><00:21:11.140><c> mentioned.</c>

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You<00:21:11.599><c> know,</c><00:21:12.180><c> things</c><00:21:12.259><c> that</c><00:21:12.460><c> exclude</c><00:21:12.700><c> from</c><00:21:12.880><c> God's</c><00:21:13.180><c> kingdom.</c>

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It's<00:21:13.640><c> coming</c><00:21:13.799><c> up</c><00:21:14.099><c> over</c><00:21:14.500><c> and</c><00:21:14.619><c> over</c><00:21:14.859><c> and</c><00:21:14.960><c> over</c><00:21:15.160><c> again.</c>

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And<00:21:15.900><c> here</c><00:21:16.059><c> in</c><00:21:16.319><c> Job</c><00:21:16.839><c> chapter</c><00:21:18.259><c> 31,</c><00:21:20.119><c> let's</c><00:21:22.220><c> go</c><00:21:22.559><c> over</c><00:21:22.859><c> to</c><00:21:24.279><c> verse</c><00:21:24.819><c> 24.</c>

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And<00:21:27.180><c> he's</c><00:21:27.660><c> talking</c><00:21:27.980><c> about</c><00:21:28.319><c> the</c><00:21:28.579><c> kind</c><00:21:28.779><c> of</c><00:21:29.099><c> parameters</c><00:21:29.339><c> he</c><00:21:29.579><c> set</c>

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on<00:21:29.759><c> his</c><00:21:30.000><c> own</c><00:21:30.180><c> life,</c>

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the<00:21:30.539><c> kind</c><00:21:30.619><c> of</c><00:21:30.819><c> lifestyle</c><00:21:31.099><c> he</c><00:21:31.460><c> lived.</c>

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He<00:21:31.779><c> says</c><00:21:32.160><c> in</c><00:21:32.700><c> Job</c><00:21:32.839><c> 31,</c><00:21:33.140><c> 24,</c>

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If<00:21:34.319><c> I</c><00:21:34.539><c> have</c><00:21:34.720><c> made</c><00:21:35.099><c> gold</c><00:21:35.599><c> my</c><00:21:35.960><c> hope,</c><00:21:36.900><c> Or</c><00:21:37.019><c> have</c><00:21:37.240><c> said</c><00:21:37.440><c> to</c><00:21:37.839><c> fine</c><00:21:38.200><c> gold,</c><00:21:38.599><c> Thou</c><00:21:38.960><c> art</c>

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my<00:21:39.799><c> confidence,</c>

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If<00:21:41.279><c> I</c><00:21:41.519><c> rejoiced</c><00:21:42.200><c> because</c><00:21:43.720><c> my</c><00:21:44.079><c> wealth</c><00:21:44.339><c> was</c><00:21:44.700><c> great,</c><00:21:45.579><c> And</c><00:21:45.700><c> because</c><00:21:46.019><c> mine</c>

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hand<00:21:46.559><c> had</c><00:21:46.799><c> gotten</c><00:21:47.099><c> much,</c>

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If<00:21:48.759><c> I</c><00:21:48.960><c> beheld</c><00:21:51.220><c> the</c><00:21:51.460><c> sun</c><00:21:51.720><c> when</c><00:21:51.859><c> it</c><00:21:52.140><c> shined,</c><00:21:52.460><c> Or</c><00:21:52.519><c> the</c><00:21:52.700><c> moon</c><00:21:52.980><c> walking</c><00:21:53.400><c> in</c><00:21:53.980><c> brightness,</c>

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And<00:21:54.940><c> my</c><00:21:55.160><c> heart</c><00:21:55.359><c> hath</c><00:21:55.539><c> been</c><00:21:55.920><c> secretly</c><00:21:56.420><c> enticed,</c><00:21:57.220><c> Or</c><00:21:57.319><c> my</c><00:21:57.480><c> mouth</c>

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has<00:21:58.000><c> kissed</c><00:21:58.220><c> my</c><00:21:58.559><c> hand,</c>

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This<00:22:00.220><c> also</c><00:22:00.660><c> is</c><00:22:00.900><c> an</c><00:22:01.059><c> iniquity</c><00:22:01.359><c> to</c><00:22:01.480><c> be</c><00:22:01.680><c> punished</c><00:22:01.980><c> by</c><00:22:02.220><c> the</c><00:22:02.440><c> judge,</c>

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For<00:22:03.279><c> I</c><00:22:03.440><c> should</c><00:22:03.619><c> have</c><00:22:03.819><c> denied</c><00:22:04.299><c> the</c><00:22:04.559><c> God</c><00:22:05.000><c> that</c><00:22:05.319><c> is</c><00:22:05.500><c> above.</c>

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Do<00:22:06.140><c> you</c><00:22:06.140><c> notice</c><00:22:06.200><c> where</c><00:22:06.319><c> he's</c><00:22:06.519><c> just</c><00:22:06.619><c> lumped</c><00:22:06.920><c> together?</c>

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A<00:22:08.099><c> bunch</c><00:22:08.279><c> of</c><00:22:08.480><c> things.</c>

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So<00:22:09.839><c> worshiping</c><00:22:10.240><c> the</c><00:22:10.460><c> sun,</c><00:22:10.680><c> moon,</c><00:22:10.900><c> and</c><00:22:11.099><c> stars</c><00:22:11.299><c> in</c><00:22:11.460><c> some</c><00:22:11.660><c> sort</c>

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of<00:22:12.000><c> pagan</c><00:22:12.460><c> heathen</c><00:22:13.180><c> ritual</c>

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is<00:22:16.359><c> as</c><00:22:16.799><c> equally</c><00:22:17.980><c> reprehensible</c><00:22:18.660><c> to</c><00:22:19.000><c> Job</c><00:22:19.420><c> as</c><00:22:20.119><c> trusting</c><00:22:20.440><c> in</c><00:22:20.779><c> gold</c><00:22:20.960><c> and</c>

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silver<00:22:21.420><c> and</c><00:22:21.500><c> his</c><00:22:21.680><c> wealth.</c>

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So<00:22:23.180><c> again,</c><00:22:23.259><c> it's</c><00:22:23.460><c> all</c><00:22:23.579><c> a</c><00:22:23.660><c> matter</c><00:22:23.779><c> of</c><00:22:23.920><c> where</c><00:22:24.039><c> our</c><00:22:24.380><c> trust</c><00:22:24.599><c> is.</c>

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All<00:22:25.940><c> right?</c>

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So<00:22:26.240><c> if</c><00:22:26.740><c> I</c><00:22:27.299><c> said</c><00:22:27.579><c> to</c><00:22:28.079><c> gold,</c><00:22:28.539><c> you</c><00:22:28.720><c> are</c><00:22:28.920><c> my</c><00:22:29.160><c> confidence,</c><00:22:29.619><c> I've</c>

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just<00:22:30.079><c> replaced</c><00:22:30.900><c> God,</c>

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because<00:22:32.099><c> God</c><00:22:32.400><c> is</c><00:22:32.559><c> to</c><00:22:32.640><c> be</c><00:22:32.740><c> our</c><00:22:32.920><c> confidence.</c>

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Now<00:22:33.799><c> that's</c><00:22:33.940><c> not</c><00:22:34.039><c> to</c><00:22:34.220><c> say</c><00:22:34.299><c> we</c><00:22:34.400><c> may</c><00:22:34.640><c> not</c><00:22:34.859><c> have</c><00:22:35.119><c> money.</c>

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Abraham<00:22:36.279><c> was</c><00:22:36.680><c> a</c><00:22:36.799><c> rich</c><00:22:36.940><c> man.</c>

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There's<00:22:37.220><c> all</c><00:22:37.359><c> kinds</c><00:22:37.500><c> of</c><00:22:37.700><c> examples,</c><00:22:38.019><c> but</c><00:22:38.180><c> it's</c><00:22:38.680><c> where</c><00:22:38.859><c> is</c><00:22:38.960><c> your</c><00:22:39.160><c> trust?</c>

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Where<00:22:39.680><c> is</c><00:22:39.779><c> your</c><00:22:40.000><c> confidence?</c>

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And<00:22:41.000><c> only</c><00:22:41.140><c> you</c><00:22:41.259><c> can</c><00:22:41.380><c> answer</c><00:22:41.579><c> that</c><00:22:41.720><c> for</c><00:22:41.900><c> yourself</c><00:22:42.559><c> where</c><00:22:43.559><c> you're</c><00:22:43.900><c> at</c><00:22:44.000><c> in</c>

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that<00:22:44.640><c> regard.</c>

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The<00:22:45.819><c> point</c><00:22:46.019><c> being</c><00:22:46.299><c> here</c><00:22:46.799><c> that</c><00:22:47.160><c> covetousness,</c><00:22:48.339><c> greed,</c><00:22:49.180><c> or</c><00:22:49.480><c> worshiping</c><00:22:49.960><c> the</c><00:22:50.160><c> stars</c>

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and<00:22:50.579><c> bowing</c><00:22:50.920><c> down</c><00:22:51.099><c> to</c><00:22:51.359><c> idols,</c><00:22:52.440><c> Job</c><00:22:52.599><c> lumps</c><00:22:52.799><c> them</c><00:22:52.980><c> all</c><00:22:53.160><c> together.</c>

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And<00:22:55.799><c> he</c><00:22:55.960><c> sees</c><00:22:56.200><c> them</c><00:22:56.400><c> as,</c><00:22:56.819><c> what</c><00:22:56.940><c> is</c><00:22:57.140><c> it?</c>

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He<00:22:58.359><c> said</c><00:22:58.599><c> at</c><00:22:58.799><c> the</c><00:22:58.859><c> end</c><00:22:59.160><c> of</c><00:22:59.259><c> verse</c><00:22:59.400><c> 28,</c><00:23:00.319><c> if</c><00:23:00.460><c> I</c><00:23:00.680><c> do</c><00:23:00.880><c> these</c><00:23:01.140><c> things,</c>

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if<00:23:01.500><c> I</c><00:23:01.720><c> trust</c><00:23:02.019><c> in</c><00:23:02.500><c> gold,</c>

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if<00:23:03.460><c> I</c><00:23:03.599><c> trust</c><00:23:03.900><c> in</c><00:23:04.119><c> my</c><00:23:04.319><c> wealth,</c><00:23:04.859><c> if</c><00:23:05.059><c> I</c><00:23:05.240><c> bow</c><00:23:05.460><c> down</c><00:23:05.720><c> to</c><00:23:06.000><c> idols,</c><00:23:06.940><c> I've</c>

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denied<00:23:07.700><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:23:09.819><c> the</c><00:23:09.980><c> point.</c>

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And<00:23:10.900><c> in</c><00:23:11.039><c> our</c><00:23:11.240><c> lives,</c><00:23:11.420><c> we</c><00:23:11.559><c> have</c><00:23:11.680><c> to</c><00:23:11.779><c> be</c><00:23:11.960><c> careful</c><00:23:12.200><c> that</c><00:23:12.440><c> we</c><00:23:12.720><c> don't</c>

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deny<00:23:14.859><c> our</c><00:23:15.539><c> maker.</c>

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The<00:23:17.980><c> mall.</c>

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You<00:23:20.079><c> probably</c><00:23:20.339><c> can't</c><00:23:20.680><c> read</c><00:23:20.859><c> all</c><00:23:21.000><c> this.</c>

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I'll<00:23:21.440><c> read</c><00:23:21.559><c> it.</c>

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There's<00:23:21.720><c> a</c><00:23:21.859><c> little</c><00:23:21.940><c> comics</c><00:23:22.240><c> of</c><00:23:22.359><c> a</c><00:23:22.460><c> man</c><00:23:22.500><c> going</c><00:23:22.720><c> out</c><00:23:23.519><c> the</c><00:23:23.740><c> door</c>

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on<00:23:24.180><c> his</c><00:23:24.319><c> way</c><00:23:24.480><c> to</c><00:23:24.640><c> work,</c>

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and<00:23:25.240><c> his</c><00:23:25.359><c> wife</c><00:23:25.539><c> calls</c><00:23:25.799><c> after</c><00:23:26.160><c> him.</c>

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Remember,<00:23:27.180><c> Theodore,</c><00:23:27.720><c> it's</c><00:23:27.900><c> not</c><00:23:28.119><c> if</c><00:23:28.259><c> you</c><00:23:28.400><c> win</c><00:23:28.519><c> or</c><00:23:28.779><c> lose</c><00:23:28.960><c> that</c><00:23:29.180><c> counts,</c>

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but<00:23:29.779><c> how</c><00:23:29.960><c> much</c><00:23:30.119><c> money</c><00:23:30.319><c> you</c><00:23:30.539><c> make.</c>

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You<00:23:35.039><c> know,</c><00:23:35.240><c> that's</c><00:23:35.680><c> really</c><00:23:36.079><c> the</c><00:23:36.460><c> philosophy</c><00:23:37.099><c> of</c><00:23:38.079><c> our</c><00:23:38.319><c> age,</c>

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isn't<00:23:38.700><c> it,</c><00:23:38.799><c> brethren</c><00:23:39.000><c> and</c><00:23:39.180><c> sisters?</c>

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Jesus<00:23:40.519><c> said</c><00:23:40.859><c> this,</c><00:23:41.700><c> Luke</c><00:23:41.900><c> 12</c><00:23:42.220><c>.15.</c>

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Take<00:23:43.859><c> heed</c><00:23:44.140><c> and</c><00:23:44.339><c> beware</c><00:23:44.720><c> of</c><00:23:44.960><c> covetousness,</c><00:23:46.279><c> for</c><00:23:46.500><c> a</c><00:23:46.720><c> man's</c><00:23:47.220><c> life</c><00:23:47.900><c> consisteth</c><00:23:48.680><c> not</c>

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in<00:23:50.279><c> the</c><00:23:50.519><c> abundance</c><00:23:50.819><c> of</c><00:23:51.059><c> things</c><00:23:51.240><c> which</c><00:23:51.420><c> he</c><00:23:51.599><c> possesses.</c>

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I<00:23:54.180><c> would</c><00:23:54.339><c> suggest</c><00:23:54.579><c> to</c><00:23:54.859><c> you</c><00:23:55.099><c> the</c><00:23:55.359><c> mantra</c><00:23:55.720><c> of</c><00:23:56.799><c> our</c><00:23:57.259><c> world,</c><00:23:57.839><c> especially</c><00:23:58.000><c> our</c>

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Western<00:23:58.500><c> world,</c>

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is<00:23:59.240><c> that</c><00:23:59.460><c> a</c><00:23:59.640><c> man's</c><00:24:00.000><c> life</c><00:24:00.579><c> does</c><00:24:01.160><c> consist</c><00:24:01.859><c> in</c><00:24:02.140><c> the</c><00:24:02.319><c> abundance</c><00:24:02.519><c> of</c>

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things<00:24:02.859><c> that</c><00:24:03.019><c> he</c><00:24:03.140><c> possesses.</c>

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You're<00:24:04.400><c> measured</c><00:24:04.640><c> by</c><00:24:04.940><c> it.</c>

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The<00:24:05.700><c> kind</c><00:24:05.839><c> of</c><00:24:06.059><c> car</c><00:24:06.240><c> you</c><00:24:06.480><c> drive,</c><00:24:07.200><c> the</c><00:24:07.420><c> size</c><00:24:07.619><c> of</c><00:24:07.759><c> your</c><00:24:07.900><c> house,</c>

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how<00:24:08.740><c> much</c><00:24:08.940><c> money</c><00:24:09.140><c> you</c><00:24:09.400><c> make.</c>

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These<00:24:10.359><c> are</c><00:24:10.619><c> a</c><00:24:10.720><c> measure</c><00:24:11.119><c> of</c><00:24:11.599><c> you</c><00:24:11.920><c> as</c><00:24:12.200><c> a</c><00:24:12.339><c> man</c><00:24:12.700><c> or</c><00:24:12.980><c> a</c><00:24:13.099><c> woman,</c><00:24:14.059><c> of</c>

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your<00:24:14.539><c> accomplishments,</c>

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your<00:24:16.279><c> status,</c><00:24:17.500><c> what</c><00:24:18.019><c> degrees</c><00:24:18.839><c> you</c><00:24:19.140><c> have</c><00:24:19.460><c> or</c><00:24:19.740><c> letters</c><00:24:20.039><c> that</c>

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come<00:24:20.359><c> after</c><00:24:20.619><c> your</c><00:24:20.819><c> name.</c>

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This<00:24:21.579><c> is</c><00:24:21.759><c> how</c><00:24:22.079><c> people</c><00:24:22.339><c> measure</c><00:24:22.680><c> each</c><00:24:22.940><c> other.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:24.599><c> says</c><00:24:25.160><c> the</c><00:24:25.619><c> exact</c><00:24:26.799><c> opposite.</c>

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A<00:24:28.940><c> man's</c><00:24:29.339><c> life</c><00:24:29.579><c> consisteth</c><00:24:30.339><c> not</c><00:24:30.920><c> in</c><00:24:31.460><c> the</c><00:24:31.640><c> abundance</c><00:24:31.920><c> of</c><00:24:32.160><c> things</c><00:24:32.539><c> that</c>

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he<00:24:33.200><c> possesses.</c>

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The<00:24:34.960><c> common</c><00:24:35.240><c> phrase</c><00:24:35.539><c> today,</c><00:24:36.180><c> and</c><00:24:36.319><c> you've</c><00:24:36.480><c> probably</c><00:24:36.599><c> seen</c><00:24:36.759><c> this</c><00:24:36.900><c> on</c>

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T<00:24:37.279><c>-shirts</c><00:24:37.500><c> or</c><00:24:37.700><c> whatever,</c>

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he<00:24:38.500><c> who</c><00:24:38.599><c> dies</c><00:24:38.839><c> with</c><00:24:39.000><c> the</c><00:24:39.119><c> most</c><00:24:39.299><c> toys</c><00:24:39.539><c> wins.</c>

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That's<00:24:41.660><c> capitalism,</c><00:24:42.359><c> right?</c>

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He<00:24:42.839><c> who</c><00:24:42.839><c> dies</c><00:24:43.140><c> with</c><00:24:43.359><c> the</c><00:24:43.500><c> most</c><00:24:43.720><c> toys</c><00:24:44.000><c> wins.</c>

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The<00:24:46.299><c> nice</c><00:24:46.420><c> little</c><00:24:46.640><c> comeback</c><00:24:47.000><c> to</c><00:24:47.119><c> that</c><00:24:47.339><c> of</c><00:24:47.460><c> course</c><00:24:47.680><c> is,</c>

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he<00:24:48.900><c> who</c><00:24:49.000><c> dies</c><00:24:49.180><c> with</c><00:24:49.339><c> the</c><00:24:49.440><c> most</c><00:24:49.619><c> toys</c><00:24:50.220><c> still</c><00:24:50.859><c> dies.</c>

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Jesus,<00:24:54.359><c> as</c><00:24:54.559><c> we've</c><00:24:54.759><c> alluded</c><00:24:54.880><c> to</c><00:24:55.019><c> this</c><00:24:55.160><c> one</c><00:24:55.319><c> earlier,</c><00:24:56.160><c> he</c><00:24:56.440><c> said</c>

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you<00:24:56.680><c> can't</c><00:24:57.119><c> serve</c><00:24:57.400><c> two</c><00:24:57.619><c> masters.</c>

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You<00:24:58.299><c> love</c><00:24:58.559><c> the</c><00:24:58.819><c> one,</c><00:25:00.000><c> hate</c><00:25:00.180><c> the</c><00:25:00.319><c> one</c><00:25:00.440><c> and</c><00:25:00.519><c> love</c><00:25:00.640><c> the</c><00:25:00.819><c> other,</c>

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or<00:25:01.259><c> you'll</c><00:25:01.519><c> hold</c><00:25:01.640><c> the</c><00:25:01.799><c> one</c><00:25:01.920><c> and</c><00:25:02.079><c> despise</c><00:25:02.400><c> the</c><00:25:02.500><c> other.</c>

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You<00:25:03.200><c> cannot</c><00:25:03.579><c> serve</c><00:25:04.039><c> God</c><00:25:04.579><c> and</c><00:25:05.240><c> Mammon.</c>

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Now<00:25:06.160><c> Mammon</c><00:25:06.359><c> was</c><00:25:06.539><c> actually</c><00:25:06.859><c> the</c><00:25:07.039><c> Chaldean</c><00:25:07.980><c> god</c><00:25:08.500><c> of</c><00:25:08.920><c> wealth.</c>

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If<00:25:09.819><c> you</c><00:25:09.940><c> have</c><00:25:10.079><c> a</c><00:25:10.140><c> modern</c><00:25:10.480><c> translation,</c>

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Matthew<00:25:12.640><c> 6</c><00:25:12.900><c>.24</c><00:25:13.220><c> simply</c><00:25:13.599><c> says</c><00:25:14.019><c> you</c><00:25:14.480><c> cannot</c><00:25:14.819><c> serve</c><00:25:15.160><c> God</c><00:25:15.759><c> and</c><00:25:16.539><c> money.</c>

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You<00:25:18.259><c> can't</c><00:25:18.480><c> do</c><00:25:18.619><c> it.</c>

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We<00:25:20.039><c> like</c><00:25:20.220><c> to</c><00:25:20.480><c> try</c><00:25:20.740><c> though,</c><00:25:21.019><c> I</c><00:25:21.099><c> think,</c><00:25:21.380><c> and</c><00:25:21.819><c> we're</c><00:25:21.980><c> just</c><00:25:22.180><c> brought</c><00:25:22.400><c> up</c><00:25:23.500><c> in</c>

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our<00:25:24.140><c> world.</c>

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We<00:25:24.720><c> lack</c><00:25:25.019><c> for</c><00:25:25.259><c> nothing.</c>

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Money<00:25:26.660><c> is</c><00:25:26.940><c> seen</c><00:25:27.160><c> as</c><00:25:27.740><c> sort</c><00:25:27.960><c> of</c><00:25:28.759><c> the</c><00:25:29.099><c> ticket,</c><00:25:29.420><c> as</c><00:25:29.640><c> it</c><00:25:29.859><c> were,</c><00:25:30.160><c> to</c><00:25:30.500><c> a</c>

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good<00:25:31.039><c> life,</c>

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the<00:25:34.140><c> American</c><00:25:34.680><c> dream</c><00:25:35.059><c> as</c><00:25:35.220><c> it's</c><00:25:35.519><c> called.</c>

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Work<00:25:36.960><c> hard,</c><00:25:37.519><c> gain</c><00:25:37.640><c> money,</c><00:25:38.559><c> and</c><00:25:38.700><c> die</c><00:25:38.940><c> happy.</c>

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It's<00:25:41.200><c> a</c><00:25:41.460><c> false</c><00:25:42.059><c> premise,</c><00:25:42.920><c> brethren</c><00:25:43.059><c> and</c><00:25:43.279><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:25:44.240><c> it's</c><00:25:44.519><c> the</c><00:25:44.720><c> exact</c><00:25:44.819><c> opposite</c><00:25:45.279><c> of</c><00:25:45.400><c> what</c><00:25:45.539><c> Jesus</c><00:25:45.819><c> says.</c>

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:48.839
You<00:25:46.240><c> cannot</c><00:25:46.539><c> serve</c><00:25:46.799><c> God</c><00:25:47.099><c> and</c><00:25:47.839><c> Mammon,</c>

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and<00:25:49.420><c> a</c><00:25:49.559><c> man's</c><00:25:49.920><c> life</c><00:25:50.460><c> isn't</c><00:25:51.160><c> measured</c><00:25:51.599><c> based</c><00:25:52.039><c> on</c><00:25:52.599><c> the</c><00:25:52.960><c> abundance</c><00:25:53.240><c> of</c><00:25:53.440><c> things</c><00:25:53.619><c> which</c>

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he<00:25:53.940><c> has,</c>

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how<00:25:54.420><c> much</c><00:25:54.720><c> stuff</c><00:25:54.960><c> you</c><00:25:55.220><c> got</c><00:25:55.359><c> is</c><00:25:55.660><c> irrelevant</c><00:25:56.400><c> to</c><00:25:57.039><c> Jesus,</c>

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and<00:25:58.720><c> will</c><00:25:59.259><c> not</c><00:25:59.579><c> save</c><00:25:59.799><c> you</c><00:25:59.980><c> in</c><00:26:00.079><c> any</c><00:26:00.279><c> way</c><00:26:00.720><c> in</c><00:26:01.099><c> the</c><00:26:01.259><c> last</c><00:26:01.519><c> day.</c>

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But<00:26:03.059><c> it</c><00:26:03.180><c> could</c><00:26:03.359><c> take</c><00:26:03.579><c> you</c><00:26:03.980><c> away</c><00:26:04.539><c> from</c><00:26:05.380><c> a</c><00:26:05.539><c> hope</c><00:26:05.680><c> for</c><00:26:05.859><c> eternal</c><00:26:06.000><c> life.</c>

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All<00:26:06.460><c> right,</c><00:26:06.500><c> let's</c><00:26:06.660><c> move</c><00:26:06.859><c> on.</c>

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The<00:26:07.700><c> spa</c><00:26:07.960><c> and</c><00:26:08.140><c> the</c><00:26:08.319><c> gym.</c>

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There's<00:26:09.180><c> the</c><00:26:09.359><c> spa</c><00:26:09.539><c> at</c><00:26:09.700><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:10.059><c> and</c><00:26:10.200><c> the</c><00:26:10.339><c> gym</c><00:26:10.480><c> at</c><00:26:10.640><c> Sardis.</c>

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You<00:26:13.339><c> know,</c><00:26:13.440><c> it's</c><00:26:13.619><c> interesting.</c>

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Let's<00:26:13.940><c> just</c><00:26:14.099><c> go</c><00:26:14.240><c> over</c><00:26:14.440><c> to</c><00:26:14.900><c> 1</c><00:26:15.140><c> Timothy</c><00:26:15.420><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.980><c> 4.</c>

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:25.500
You<00:26:20.579><c> know,</c><00:26:20.759><c> this</c><00:26:20.880><c> is,</c><00:26:21.900><c> it's</c><00:26:22.599><c> interesting</c><00:26:23.099><c> that</c><00:26:24.019><c> people</c><00:26:24.480><c> used</c><00:26:24.799><c> to,</c>

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:28.220
you<00:26:25.759><c> know,</c><00:26:25.960><c> even</c><00:26:26.200><c> in</c><00:26:26.460><c> a</c><00:26:26.619><c> previous</c><00:26:26.960><c> generation</c><00:26:27.500><c> or</c><00:26:27.720><c> two,</c>

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worked<00:26:28.619><c> hard</c><00:26:29.160><c> in</c><00:26:29.660><c> an</c><00:26:29.799><c> outdoor</c><00:26:30.160><c> sort</c><00:26:30.359><c> of</c><00:26:30.920><c> environment,</c>

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agricultural<00:26:31.980><c> society,</c>

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and<00:26:33.579><c> they</c><00:26:33.880><c> didn't</c><00:26:34.140><c> need</c><00:26:34.359><c> the</c><00:26:34.619><c> spa</c><00:26:34.880><c> or</c><00:26:35.019><c> the</c><00:26:35.200><c> gym</c><00:26:35.400><c> to</c><00:26:36.000><c> get</c><00:26:36.220><c> physically</c><00:26:36.619><c> fit</c>

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because<00:26:37.539><c> they</c><00:26:37.740><c> just</c><00:26:37.980><c> were</c><00:26:38.140><c> by</c><00:26:38.500><c> the</c><00:26:38.940><c> nature</c><00:26:39.259><c> of</c><00:26:39.599><c> their</c><00:26:39.799><c> work.</c>

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:43.380
Now<00:26:41.000><c> in</c><00:26:41.160><c> our</c><00:26:41.319><c> sort</c><00:26:41.500><c> of</c><00:26:41.740><c> the</c><00:26:42.039><c> kind</c><00:26:42.220><c> of</c><00:26:42.400><c> society</c><00:26:42.740><c> we</c><00:26:42.980><c> live</c><00:26:43.140><c> in,</c>

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you<00:26:43.599><c> need</c><00:26:43.960><c> these</c><00:26:44.220><c> sort</c><00:26:44.359><c> of</c><00:26:44.480><c> places</c><00:26:44.880><c> to</c><00:26:45.940><c> get</c><00:26:46.339><c> into</c><00:26:46.559><c> shape</c>

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because<00:26:47.099><c> your</c><00:26:47.339><c> job</c><00:26:47.799><c> doesn't</c><00:26:48.119><c> help</c><00:26:48.380><c> you</c><00:26:48.539><c> get</c><00:26:48.619><c> into</c><00:26:48.819><c> shape.</c>

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So<00:26:49.220><c> we</c><00:26:49.319><c> have</c><00:26:49.480><c> all</c><00:26:49.700><c> kinds</c><00:26:49.900><c> of</c><00:26:50.119><c> places</c><00:26:50.299><c> you</c><00:26:50.400><c> can</c><00:26:50.460><c> go</c><00:26:50.579><c> to</c><00:26:50.700><c> the</c><00:26:50.880><c> spa</c>

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and<00:26:51.299><c> relax.</c>

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You<00:26:52.319><c> can</c><00:26:52.440><c> go</c><00:26:52.660><c> work</c><00:26:52.859><c> out</c><00:26:52.960><c> in</c><00:26:53.079><c> the</c><00:26:53.259><c> gym,</c><00:26:53.799><c> or</c><00:26:54.079><c> you</c><00:26:54.099><c> can</c><00:26:54.279><c> even,</c><00:26:54.400><c> you</c>

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know,<00:26:54.759><c> pump</c><00:26:54.880><c> some</c><00:26:55.099><c> iron</c><00:26:55.279><c> at</c><00:26:55.539><c> home.</c>

00:26:56.579 --> 00:27:01.519
You<00:26:57.099><c> know,</c><00:26:57.559><c> they</c><00:26:57.779><c> say</c><00:26:58.480><c> that</c><00:26:58.940><c> if</c><00:26:59.019><c> you</c><00:26:59.339><c> spend</c><00:26:59.640><c> an</c><00:26:59.940><c> hour</c><00:27:00.259><c> a</c><00:27:00.480><c> day</c>

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working<00:27:01.960><c> out,</c>

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you<00:27:02.319><c> can</c><00:27:02.500><c> add</c><00:27:02.740><c> five</c><00:27:03.240><c> years</c><00:27:03.579><c> to</c><00:27:03.759><c> your</c><00:27:03.960><c> life.</c>

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Now<00:27:06.140><c> the</c><00:27:06.140><c> interesting</c><00:27:06.319><c> thing</c><00:27:06.539><c> is</c><00:27:06.640><c> through</c><00:27:06.740><c> the</c><00:27:06.880><c> calculation,</c>

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all<00:27:07.759><c> five</c><00:27:08.000><c> years</c><00:27:08.180><c> were</c><00:27:08.359><c> spent</c><00:27:08.680><c> exercising.</c>

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So<00:27:11.099><c> I</c><00:27:11.200><c> don't</c><00:27:11.279><c> know</c><00:27:11.319><c> what</c><00:27:11.420><c> you</c><00:27:11.599><c> accomplished.</c>

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You<00:27:13.900><c> know,</c><00:27:14.119><c> and</c><00:27:14.339><c> Paul</c><00:27:14.579><c> says</c><00:27:14.839><c> that</c><00:27:15.140><c> here</c><00:27:15.380><c> in</c><00:27:15.680><c> 1</c><00:27:15.960><c> Timothy</c><00:27:16.259><c> 4</c><00:27:16.700><c> verse</c><00:27:17.019><c> 8.</c>

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For<00:27:18.339><c> bodily</c><00:27:18.779><c> exercise</c><00:27:19.480><c> profiteth</c><00:27:20.180><c> little.</c>

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Actually<00:27:21.420><c> in</c><00:27:21.519><c> the</c><00:27:21.700><c> margin</c><00:27:21.859><c> it</c><00:27:21.960><c> says</c><00:27:22.059><c> profits</c><00:27:22.440><c> for</c><00:27:22.720><c> little</c><00:27:22.920><c> time.</c>

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:26.200
You<00:27:23.640><c> know,</c><00:27:24.200><c> we</c><00:27:24.359><c> should</c><00:27:24.539><c> be</c><00:27:24.759><c> encouraged</c><00:27:25.039><c> to</c><00:27:25.319><c> keep</c><00:27:25.539><c> our</c><00:27:25.759><c> body</c><00:27:25.940><c> in</c>

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shape<00:27:26.359><c> and</c><00:27:26.539><c> so</c><00:27:26.619><c> on</c><00:27:26.700><c> and</c><00:27:26.759><c> so</c><00:27:26.880><c> forth.</c>

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You<00:27:27.220><c> know,</c><00:27:27.259><c> I</c><00:27:27.319><c> think</c><00:27:27.359><c> that's</c><00:27:27.559><c> a</c><00:27:27.660><c> good</c><00:27:27.819><c> thing.</c>

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A<00:27:28.720><c> healthy</c><00:27:28.960><c> body</c><00:27:29.279><c> and</c><00:27:29.440><c> a</c><00:27:29.519><c> healthy</c><00:27:29.740><c> mind,</c><00:27:30.299><c> that's</c><00:27:30.680><c> all</c><00:27:30.880><c> good.</c>

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But<00:27:31.579><c> again,</c><00:27:31.720><c> it's</c><00:27:31.920><c> the</c><00:27:32.039><c> emphasis.</c>

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He<00:27:32.380><c> says,</c><00:27:32.660><c> look,</c><00:27:33.500><c> bodily</c><00:27:33.619><c> exercise</c><00:27:35.079><c> profits</c><00:27:35.579><c> for</c><00:27:35.940><c> little</c><00:27:36.220><c> time,</c>

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but<00:27:37.099><c> godliness</c><00:27:37.599><c> is</c><00:27:37.940><c> profitable</c><00:27:38.200><c> in</c><00:27:38.400><c> all</c><00:27:38.640><c> things,</c>

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having<00:27:39.819><c> promise</c><00:27:40.259><c> of</c><00:27:40.460><c> the</c><00:27:40.619><c> life</c><00:27:40.799><c> that</c><00:27:41.079><c> now</c><00:27:41.400><c> is</c><00:27:41.839><c> and</c><00:27:42.519><c> of</c><00:27:42.680><c> that</c><00:27:42.819><c> which</c><00:27:43.000><c> is</c>

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to<00:27:43.359><c> come.</c>

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I<00:27:44.200><c> thought</c><00:27:44.319><c> to</c><00:27:44.460><c> myself,</c><00:27:44.819><c> imagine</c><00:27:45.039><c> if</c><00:27:45.200><c> we</c><00:27:45.299><c> took</c><00:27:45.460><c> the</c><00:27:45.759><c> investment</c><00:27:46.119><c> of</c><00:27:46.420><c> time</c>

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that<00:27:46.900><c> we</c><00:27:47.440><c> take</c><00:27:47.819><c> in</c><00:27:48.880><c> exercising</c><00:27:49.799><c> ourselves</c><00:27:51.059><c> in</c><00:27:51.259><c> the</c><00:27:51.539><c> spa</c><00:27:51.740><c> or</c>

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the<00:27:52.140><c> gym.</c>

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If<00:27:53.279><c> we</c><00:27:53.579><c> applied</c><00:27:53.980><c> that</c><00:27:54.299><c> same</c><00:27:54.599><c> quantity</c><00:27:55.000><c> of</c><00:27:55.319><c> time</c><00:27:55.660><c> and</c><00:27:55.980><c> quality</c>

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of<00:27:56.640><c> time</c><00:27:56.880><c> to</c><00:27:57.059><c> the</c><00:27:57.140><c> things</c><00:27:57.279><c> and</c><00:27:57.460><c> the</c><00:27:57.619><c> truth,</c>

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what<00:27:58.200><c> would</c><00:27:58.319><c> the</c><00:27:58.500><c> return</c><00:27:58.660><c> on</c><00:27:58.859><c> that</c><00:27:59.099><c> investment</c><00:27:59.480><c> be?</c>

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It'd<00:28:00.880><c> be</c><00:28:00.960><c> huge,</c><00:28:01.259><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:01.400><c> it?</c>

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We<00:28:05.240><c> go</c><00:28:05.359><c> to</c><00:28:05.460><c> the</c><00:28:05.660><c> marketplace</c><00:28:06.259><c> in</c><00:28:07.640><c> Smyrna</c><00:28:08.000><c> there.</c>

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You<00:28:08.759><c> know,</c><00:28:08.859><c> yes,</c><00:28:09.079><c> we</c><00:28:09.180><c> need</c><00:28:09.380><c> to</c><00:28:09.660><c> buy</c><00:28:09.880><c> our</c><00:28:10.180><c> food</c><00:28:10.339><c> and</c><00:28:10.539><c> so</c><00:28:10.660><c> on</c><00:28:10.859><c> and</c>

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our<00:28:11.420><c> day</c><00:28:11.680><c>-to</c><00:28:11.779><c>-day</c><00:28:11.900><c> goods.</c>

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This<00:28:12.380><c> is,</c><00:28:12.579><c> you</c><00:28:12.700><c> know,</c><00:28:12.700><c> we</c><00:28:12.799><c> can't,</c><00:28:13.220><c> it's</c><00:28:13.380><c> not</c><00:28:13.640><c> quite</c><00:28:13.839><c> like</c><00:28:14.059><c> the</c><00:28:14.240><c> mall</c>

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where<00:28:14.599><c> you're</c><00:28:14.779><c> just</c><00:28:14.960><c> usually</c><00:28:15.200><c> window</c><00:28:15.559><c> shopping</c>

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because<00:28:16.000><c> you</c><00:28:16.079><c> can't</c><00:28:16.279><c> afford</c><00:28:16.539><c> any</c><00:28:16.720><c> of</c><00:28:16.880><c> the</c><00:28:16.920><c> stuff</c><00:28:17.059><c> that</c><00:28:17.180><c> you're</c>

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looking<00:28:17.519><c> at,</c>

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but<00:28:18.160><c> it's</c><00:28:18.279><c> just</c><00:28:18.420><c> kind</c><00:28:18.519><c> of</c><00:28:18.619><c> fun</c><00:28:18.779><c> to</c><00:28:18.880><c> go</c><00:28:19.000><c> and</c><00:28:19.119><c> look</c><00:28:19.240><c> anyway.</c>

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Now,<00:28:19.500><c> here</c><00:28:19.779><c> are</c><00:28:19.900><c> the</c><00:28:20.059><c> market.</c>

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.839
We<00:28:20.819><c> need</c><00:28:20.980><c> to</c><00:28:21.140><c> buy</c><00:28:21.500><c> things</c><00:28:21.779><c> that</c><00:28:21.960><c> we</c><00:28:22.119><c> need.</c>

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.500
And<00:28:23.099><c> we've</c><00:28:23.299><c> got</c><00:28:23.420><c> our</c><00:28:23.619><c> modern</c><00:28:23.920><c> markets</c><00:28:24.299><c> today.</c>

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.440
I<00:28:24.599><c> don't</c><00:28:24.700><c> know</c><00:28:24.779><c> what</c><00:28:25.019><c> place</c><00:28:25.180><c> this</c><00:28:25.339><c> is.</c>

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.559
It's<00:28:25.599><c> some</c><00:28:25.779><c> Walmart</c><00:28:26.180><c> or</c><00:28:26.359><c> something.</c>

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.619
It's<00:28:26.819><c> an</c><00:28:26.940><c> absolutely</c><00:28:27.579><c> massive</c><00:28:28.220><c> building.</c>

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:31.000
I<00:28:29.200><c> don't</c><00:28:29.299><c> know</c><00:28:29.440><c> how</c><00:28:29.680><c> many</c><00:28:29.980><c> acres</c><00:28:30.319><c> it</c><00:28:30.579><c> takes</c><00:28:30.740><c> up,</c>

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:33.000
but<00:28:31.359><c> you</c><00:28:31.460><c> can</c><00:28:31.619><c> see</c><00:28:31.720><c> a</c><00:28:31.819><c> little</c><00:28:31.920><c> bit</c><00:28:32.079><c> of</c><00:28:32.140><c> perspective</c><00:28:32.539><c> of</c><00:28:32.819><c> size.</c>

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I<00:28:33.220><c> mean,</c><00:28:33.220><c> here's</c><00:28:33.359><c> the</c><00:28:34.140><c> vehicles</c><00:28:34.440><c> parked</c><00:28:34.759><c> out</c><00:28:34.980><c> in</c><00:28:35.160><c> front.</c>

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:39.500
Mammoth<00:28:36.440><c> buildings</c><00:28:36.759><c> we</c><00:28:37.059><c> have</c><00:28:37.339><c> just</c><00:28:37.900><c> to</c><00:28:38.099><c> take</c><00:28:38.279><c> care</c><00:28:38.519><c> of</c><00:28:38.940><c> our</c><00:28:39.299><c> needs.</c>

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But<00:28:39.680><c> what</c><00:28:39.799><c> did</c><00:28:39.960><c> Jesus</c><00:28:40.319><c> say?</c>

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He<00:28:42.440><c> said,</c><00:28:42.619><c> take</c><00:28:42.640><c> no</c><00:28:42.900><c> thought</c><00:28:43.180><c> saying</c><00:28:43.440><c> what</c><00:28:43.660><c> shall</c><00:28:43.880><c> we</c><00:28:44.000><c> eat</c><00:28:44.079><c> or</c>

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.940
what<00:28:44.400><c> shall</c><00:28:44.539><c> we</c><00:28:44.740><c> drink</c>

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or<00:28:45.140><c> wherewithal</c><00:28:45.579><c> shall</c><00:28:45.700><c> we</c><00:28:46.180><c> be</c><00:28:46.359><c> clothed.</c>

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Does<00:28:46.619><c> that</c><00:28:46.759><c> mean</c><00:28:46.839><c> we</c><00:28:46.960><c> don't</c><00:28:47.180><c> bother</c><00:28:47.559><c> going</c><00:28:47.819><c> and</c><00:28:48.099><c> buying</c><00:28:48.240><c> our</c><00:28:48.480><c> stuff?</c>

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Certainly<00:28:49.039><c> not.</c>

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We<00:28:49.900><c> have</c><00:28:50.160><c> to,</c><00:28:50.660><c> you</c><00:28:50.880><c> know,</c><00:28:50.960><c> go</c><00:28:51.140><c> to</c><00:28:51.279><c> the</c><00:28:51.380><c> store</c><00:28:51.519><c> and</c><00:28:51.700><c> buy</c><00:28:51.819><c> it.</c>

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But<00:28:52.220><c> we're</c><00:28:52.460><c> not</c><00:28:52.640><c> taking</c><00:28:52.880><c> anxious</c><00:28:53.359><c> thought.</c>

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That's<00:28:53.779><c> not</c><00:28:53.940><c> what</c><00:28:54.019><c> we're</c><00:28:54.339><c> consumed</c><00:28:54.859><c> with,</c><00:28:55.799><c> you</c><00:28:56.579><c> know,</c>

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:58.940
what<00:28:56.799><c> we</c><00:28:57.000><c> shall</c><00:28:57.099><c> eat</c><00:28:57.359><c> or</c><00:28:57.500><c> what</c><00:28:57.680><c> we</c><00:28:57.900><c> shall</c><00:28:58.019><c> drink</c><00:28:58.319><c> or</c><00:28:58.500><c> what</c><00:28:58.640><c> we're</c><00:28:58.799><c> going</c><00:28:58.880><c> to</c>

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be<00:28:59.180><c> clothed</c><00:28:59.579><c> with.</c>

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Then<00:29:00.619><c> Jesus</c><00:29:00.859><c> says,</c><00:29:01.240><c> interestingly,</c><00:29:01.880><c> Matthew</c><00:29:02.660><c> 6,</c><00:29:03.200><c> 32,</c>

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for<00:29:03.880><c> after</c><00:29:04.279><c> these</c><00:29:04.640><c> things</c><00:29:04.920><c> to</c><00:29:05.099><c> the</c><00:29:05.319><c> Gentiles</c><00:29:05.839><c> seek.</c>

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:08.960
The<00:29:06.559><c> implications</c><00:29:07.119><c> are</c><00:29:07.640><c> that</c><00:29:08.059><c> we</c><00:29:08.319><c> shouldn't</c><00:29:08.500><c> be</c><00:29:08.779><c> seeking</c>

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after<00:29:09.279><c> these</c><00:29:09.539><c> things.</c>

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This<00:29:09.859><c> shouldn't</c><00:29:10.039><c> be</c><00:29:10.200><c> the</c><00:29:10.380><c> focus</c><00:29:10.660><c> of</c><00:29:10.859><c> our</c><00:29:11.000><c> life.</c>

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:15.019
For<00:29:13.259><c> your</c><00:29:13.400><c> heavenly</c><00:29:13.680><c> Father</c><00:29:14.039><c> knoweth</c><00:29:14.339><c> ye</c><00:29:14.440><c> of</c><00:29:14.559><c> need</c><00:29:14.700><c> of</c><00:29:14.880><c> all</c>

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these<00:29:15.279><c> things.</c>

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But<00:29:17.440><c> seek</c><00:29:17.920><c> ye</c><00:29:18.279><c> first</c><00:29:18.700><c> the</c><00:29:18.900><c> kingdom</c><00:29:19.180><c> of</c><00:29:19.319><c> God,</c><00:29:19.660><c> priorities,</c><00:29:21.119><c> focus.</c>

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What's<00:29:22.119><c> at</c><00:29:22.220><c> the</c><00:29:22.400><c> center?</c>

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Seek<00:29:23.500><c> ye</c><00:29:23.819><c> first</c><00:29:24.319><c> the</c><00:29:24.680><c> center,</c><00:29:25.480><c> the</c><00:29:25.680><c> proton</c><00:29:26.180><c> and</c><00:29:27.380><c> his</c><00:29:27.680><c> righteousness</c>

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:30.700
and<00:29:28.400><c> all</c><00:29:28.579><c> these</c><00:29:28.779><c> things</c><00:29:29.000><c> will</c><00:29:29.180><c> be</c><00:29:29.380><c> added</c><00:29:29.519><c> unto</c><00:29:29.759><c> you.</c>

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:32.859
You<00:29:30.819><c> know,</c><00:29:30.819><c> do</c><00:29:30.940><c> we</c><00:29:31.059><c> actually</c><00:29:31.380><c> practice</c><00:29:32.140><c> that,</c><00:29:32.519><c> brethren</c><00:29:32.660><c> and</c><00:29:32.799><c> sisters?</c>

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.160
You<00:29:33.019><c> know,</c><00:29:33.059><c> we</c><00:29:33.160><c> can</c><00:29:33.380><c> recite</c><00:29:33.640><c> that</c><00:29:33.900><c> passage.</c>

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:37.579
Our<00:29:34.420><c> children</c><00:29:34.660><c> in</c><00:29:34.859><c> Sunday</c><00:29:35.039><c> school</c><00:29:35.220><c> can</c><00:29:35.480><c> recite</c><00:29:36.119><c> verse</c><00:29:36.900><c> 33</c><00:29:37.400><c> of</c>

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Matthew<00:29:37.900><c> 6.</c>

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We<00:29:39.140><c> have</c><00:29:39.359><c> it</c><00:29:40.039><c> committed</c><00:29:40.279><c> to</c><00:29:40.500><c> memory.</c>

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But<00:29:41.779><c> do</c><00:29:41.940><c> we</c><00:29:42.099><c> actually</c><00:29:42.400><c> practice</c><00:29:42.759><c> it?</c>

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Do<00:29:42.980><c> we</c><00:29:43.119><c> try</c><00:29:43.440><c> and</c><00:29:43.579><c> put</c><00:29:43.720><c> it</c><00:29:43.819><c> into</c><00:29:44.019><c> practice</c><00:29:44.400><c> where</c><00:29:44.579><c> we</c><00:29:44.859><c> actually</c>

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make<00:29:45.519><c> an</c><00:29:45.740><c> effort</c>

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not<00:29:46.480><c> to</c><00:29:46.640><c> be</c><00:29:46.859><c> anxious</c><00:29:47.180><c> about</c><00:29:47.480><c> food</c><00:29:47.779><c> and</c><00:29:47.980><c> clothing</c><00:29:48.359><c> and</c><00:29:49.220><c> drinking?</c>

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Clothing<00:29:50.119><c> is</c><00:29:50.619><c> a</c><00:29:50.720><c> big</c><00:29:50.819><c> one,</c><00:29:51.000><c> especially</c><00:29:51.299><c> for</c><00:29:52.259><c> my</c><00:29:52.559><c> teenage</c><00:29:52.819><c> children</c><00:29:53.099><c> at</c>

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the<00:29:53.339><c> moment,</c><00:29:53.980><c> right?</c>

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It's<00:29:54.579><c> all</c><00:29:54.779><c> about</c><00:29:54.900><c> what</c><00:29:55.039><c> you</c><00:29:55.220><c> look</c><00:29:55.400><c> like</c><00:29:55.559><c> and</c><00:29:55.640><c> it's</c><00:29:55.880><c> a</c><00:29:56.039><c> focus,</c>

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all<00:29:57.779><c> right?</c>

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It's<00:29:58.240><c> an</c><00:29:58.400><c> obsession</c><00:29:58.880><c> at</c><00:29:59.339><c> times.</c>

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Unless<00:30:01.180><c> we</c><00:30:01.400><c> put</c><00:30:01.500><c> that</c><00:30:01.660><c> into</c><00:30:01.839><c> practice,</c><00:30:02.400><c> brethren</c><00:30:02.460><c> and</c><00:30:02.640><c> sisters,</c>

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it's<00:30:03.220><c> not</c><00:30:03.380><c> going</c><00:30:03.559><c> to</c><00:30:03.700><c> happen</c><00:30:03.859><c> by</c><00:30:04.140><c> default.</c>

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Just<00:30:05.180><c> being</c><00:30:05.380><c> able</c><00:30:05.599><c> to</c><00:30:05.799><c> recite</c><00:30:06.039><c> the</c><00:30:06.279><c> verse,</c>

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just<00:30:07.660><c> knowing</c><00:30:07.940><c> it</c><00:30:08.599><c> won't</c><00:30:09.220><c> make</c><00:30:09.559><c> it</c><00:30:09.759><c> automatically</c><00:30:10.180><c> happen.</c>

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We<00:30:10.700><c> have</c><00:30:10.920><c> to</c><00:30:11.079><c> actually</c><00:30:11.420><c> make</c><00:30:11.660><c> an</c><00:30:12.000><c> effort</c><00:30:12.279><c> to</c><00:30:12.700><c> try</c><00:30:13.240><c> to</c><00:30:13.859><c> believe</c>

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:16.099
what<00:30:14.299><c> Jesus</c><00:30:14.599><c> said</c><00:30:14.839><c> there.</c>

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Another<00:30:18.640><c> one</c><00:30:18.799><c> of</c><00:30:19.079><c> Brother</c><00:30:19.319><c> Jonathan</c><00:30:19.720><c> Bowen's</c><00:30:20.400><c> slides</c><00:30:20.440><c> here.</c>

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And<00:30:21.720><c> this</c><00:30:22.279><c> is</c><00:30:22.619><c> to</c><00:30:22.779><c> the</c><00:30:22.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:23.299><c> at</c><00:30:23.839><c> Laodicea.</c>

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Jesus<00:30:25.859><c> says,</c><00:30:26.240><c> thou</c><00:30:26.240><c> art</c><00:30:26.380><c> neither</c><00:30:26.559><c> cold</c><00:30:26.960><c> nor</c><00:30:27.220><c> hot.</c>

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And<00:30:28.480><c> because</c><00:30:28.740><c> thou</c><00:30:28.920><c> art</c><00:30:29.099><c> warm</c><00:30:29.480><c> and</c><00:30:29.599><c> neither</c><00:30:29.759><c> cold</c><00:30:29.960><c> nor</c><00:30:30.140><c> hot,</c>

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I<00:30:30.339><c> will</c><00:30:30.660><c> spew</c><00:30:30.859><c> thee</c><00:30:30.980><c> out</c><00:30:31.099><c> of</c><00:30:31.200><c> my</c><00:30:31.380><c> mouth,</c><00:30:31.900><c> because</c><00:30:32.279><c> you</c><00:30:32.599><c> said</c>

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I'm<00:30:33.059><c> rich.</c>

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I'm<00:30:34.000><c> increased</c><00:30:34.319><c> with</c><00:30:34.579><c> goods.</c><00:30:34.799><c> I</c><00:30:34.940><c> have</c><00:30:35.039><c> need</c><00:30:35.099><c> of</c><00:30:35.319><c> nothing.</c>

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And<00:30:36.380><c> you</c><00:30:36.579><c> know</c><00:30:36.819><c> not</c><00:30:37.079><c> that</c><00:30:37.259><c> you're</c><00:30:37.619><c> wretched</c><00:30:38.099><c> and</c><00:30:38.799><c> miserable</c>

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and<00:30:39.960><c> poor</c><00:30:40.220><c> and</c><00:30:40.500><c> blind</c><00:30:40.900><c> and</c><00:30:41.619><c> naked.</c>

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And<00:30:43.019><c> he</c><00:30:43.200><c> counsels</c><00:30:43.539><c> them</c><00:30:43.700><c> to</c><00:30:43.900><c> go</c><00:30:44.180><c> and</c><00:30:44.559><c> get</c><00:30:44.859><c> the</c><00:30:45.099><c> things</c><00:30:45.279><c> that</c>

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really<00:30:45.740><c> matter.</c>

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And<00:30:47.400><c> to</c><00:30:47.740><c> me</c><00:30:47.900><c> that's</c><00:30:48.180><c> a</c><00:30:48.539><c> description</c><00:30:49.099><c> of</c><00:30:49.599><c> certainly</c><00:30:49.880><c> our</c><00:30:50.140><c> Western</c><00:30:50.599><c> world</c>

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in<00:30:52.220><c> general</c>

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and<00:30:53.700><c> Christadelfia</c><00:30:54.680><c> in</c><00:30:55.400><c> North</c><00:30:55.660><c> America.</c>

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That<00:30:58.019><c> can</c><00:30:58.259><c> happen,</c><00:30:58.599><c> that</c><00:30:58.799><c> we</c><00:30:58.960><c> can</c><00:30:59.200><c> feel</c><00:30:59.519><c> we've</c><00:31:00.180><c> taken</c><00:31:00.420><c> care</c><00:31:00.720><c> of</c>

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business<00:31:01.400><c> as</c><00:31:01.680><c> it</c><00:31:01.859><c> were.</c>

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:04.099
We've<00:31:03.160><c> got</c><00:31:03.240><c> it</c><00:31:03.420><c> all</c><00:31:03.619><c> figured</c><00:31:03.900><c> out.</c>

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:06.160
We're<00:31:04.299><c> like</c><00:31:04.480><c> the</c><00:31:04.720><c> man</c><00:31:04.920><c> building</c><00:31:05.220><c> the</c><00:31:05.440><c> bigger</c><00:31:05.619><c> barns.</c>

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:08.599
And<00:31:06.680><c> we</c><00:31:06.779><c> kind</c><00:31:06.920><c> of</c><00:31:07.059><c> see</c><00:31:07.400><c> things</c><00:31:07.640><c> stretching</c><00:31:07.980><c> on</c><00:31:08.200><c> before</c><00:31:08.420><c> us</c>

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:11.720
and<00:31:08.900><c> yeah,</c><00:31:10.339><c> it's</c><00:31:10.500><c> good.</c><00:31:10.900><c> It's</c><00:31:10.980><c> good.</c>

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.839
This<00:31:12.480><c> is</c><00:31:12.680><c> what</c><00:31:12.759><c> I'm</c><00:31:12.880><c> going</c><00:31:12.880><c> to</c><00:31:12.980><c> do.</c><00:31:13.059><c> It's</c><00:31:13.279><c> all</c><00:31:13.539><c> planned</c><00:31:13.680><c> out.</c>

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.660
It's<00:31:14.039><c> all</c><00:31:14.240><c> laid</c><00:31:14.420><c> out.</c>

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:16.579
I'm<00:31:15.200><c> rich.</c><00:31:15.359><c> I'm</c><00:31:15.559><c> increased</c><00:31:15.779><c> with</c><00:31:15.980><c> goods.</c><00:31:16.099><c> I</c><00:31:16.220><c> really</c><00:31:16.400><c> don't</c>

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.220
need<00:31:16.799><c> anything.</c>

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:20.140
And<00:31:17.599><c> in</c><00:31:17.799><c> a</c><00:31:17.839><c> materialistic</c><00:31:18.299><c> sense</c><00:31:18.519><c> that</c><00:31:18.740><c> may</c><00:31:19.019><c> be</c><00:31:19.279><c> true.</c>

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:22.980
The<00:31:20.539><c> problem</c><00:31:20.960><c> with</c><00:31:21.539><c> materialism,</c><00:31:22.559><c> brethren</c><00:31:22.660><c> and</c><00:31:22.839><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:25.940
the<00:31:23.220><c> problem</c><00:31:23.500><c> with</c><00:31:23.680><c> being</c><00:31:23.960><c> bombarded</c><00:31:24.519><c> in</c><00:31:25.039><c> a</c><00:31:25.240><c> society</c><00:31:25.640><c> that</c>

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.579
pushes<00:31:26.259><c> these</c><00:31:26.640><c> things</c>

00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:31.799
is<00:31:27.799><c> our</c><00:31:28.839><c> spiritual</c><00:31:29.640><c> sensibility,</c><00:31:30.500><c> our</c><00:31:30.839><c> spiritual</c><00:31:31.180><c> vitality</c>

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.859
can<00:31:32.460><c> become</c><00:31:32.859><c> dulled.</c>

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:38.480
The<00:31:34.920><c> abundance</c><00:31:35.480><c> of</c><00:31:35.720><c> all</c><00:31:35.940><c> these</c><00:31:36.259><c> things</c><00:31:36.680><c> actually</c><00:31:37.299><c> dulls</c><00:31:37.960><c> the</c>

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:40.000
spiritual<00:31:39.019><c> man.</c>

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.599
And<00:31:40.440><c> all</c><00:31:40.599><c> of</c><00:31:40.740><c> a</c><00:31:40.740><c> sudden</c><00:31:40.799><c> we</c><00:31:40.960><c> can't</c><00:31:41.299><c> see</c><00:31:41.539><c> things</c><00:31:41.819><c> as</c><00:31:42.119><c> clearly</c><00:31:42.380><c> as</c>

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:44.559
we<00:31:42.680><c> used</c><00:31:42.859><c> to</c><00:31:43.180><c> see</c><00:31:43.640><c> things.</c>

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:47.200
Things<00:31:45.099><c> can</c><00:31:45.319><c> sort</c><00:31:45.480><c> of</c><00:31:45.779><c> slip</c><00:31:45.960><c> under</c><00:31:46.220><c> the</c><00:31:46.440><c> radar</c><00:31:46.799><c> as</c><00:31:47.019><c> it</c><00:31:47.119><c> were</c>

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.240
because<00:31:47.440><c> we're</c><00:31:47.619><c> not</c><00:31:47.799><c> alert.</c>

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.180
We've<00:31:49.119><c> been</c><00:31:49.380><c> dulled</c><00:31:49.700><c> by</c><00:31:49.900><c> this</c><00:31:50.359><c> prosperity</c><00:31:51.160><c> that</c><00:31:51.380><c> we</c><00:31:51.519><c> live</c><00:31:51.660><c> in.</c>

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:55.599
And<00:31:52.940><c> I'm</c><00:31:53.140><c> no</c><00:31:53.339><c> different</c><00:31:53.779><c> in</c><00:31:54.119><c> that</c><00:31:54.299><c> matter</c><00:31:54.500><c> than</c><00:31:54.700><c> you.</c>

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.220
The<00:31:57.440><c> University</c><00:31:57.859><c> of</c><00:31:58.039><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:03.359
They<00:32:01.640><c> had</c><00:32:01.859><c> their</c><00:32:02.099><c> centers</c><00:32:02.380><c> of</c><00:32:02.640><c> learning.</c>

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:06.160
They<00:32:04.019><c> had</c><00:32:04.240><c> their</c><00:32:04.460><c> wisdom</c><00:32:04.720><c> of</c><00:32:04.940><c> their</c><00:32:05.220><c> world.</c>

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:08.579
Plato,<00:32:06.700><c> Aristotle,</c><00:32:07.400><c> Julius</c><00:32:07.680><c> Caesar.</c>

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:10.640
And<00:32:08.839><c> we're</c><00:32:09.259><c> no</c><00:32:09.400><c> different</c><00:32:09.720><c> today.</c>

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:12.259
And<00:32:10.859><c> does</c><00:32:10.980><c> that</c><00:32:11.099><c> mean</c><00:32:11.160><c> we</c><00:32:11.240><c> don't</c><00:32:11.420><c> go</c><00:32:11.559><c> get</c><00:32:11.660><c> an</c><00:32:11.819><c> education?</c>

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.420
It's<00:32:12.700><c> not</c><00:32:12.839><c> what</c><00:32:12.960><c> I'm</c><00:32:13.180><c> saying.</c>

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:17.140
And<00:32:14.299><c> I'm</c><00:32:14.500><c> sorry</c><00:32:14.720><c> if</c><00:32:15.519><c> you've</c><00:32:15.779><c> misunderstood</c><00:32:16.259><c> that.</c>

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:19.960
These<00:32:17.480><c> things</c><00:32:17.700><c> have</c><00:32:17.920><c> their</c><00:32:18.160><c> place,</c><00:32:18.299><c> but</c><00:32:18.400><c> we've</c><00:32:18.559><c> got</c><00:32:18.619><c> to</c><00:32:18.759><c> be</c><00:32:18.980><c> aware</c><00:32:19.519><c> of</c><00:32:19.700><c> them.</c>

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:21.740
And<00:32:20.339><c> anyone</c><00:32:20.480><c> who's</c><00:32:20.660><c> been</c><00:32:20.859><c> through</c><00:32:21.039><c> university</c><00:32:21.400><c> knows</c><00:32:21.599><c> you've</c>

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.920
got<00:32:21.819><c> to</c><00:32:22.000><c> be</c><00:32:22.099><c> on</c><00:32:22.279><c> your</c><00:32:22.559><c> guard.</c>

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:27.019
It's<00:32:23.700><c> so</c><00:32:24.000><c> easy</c><00:32:24.180><c> to</c><00:32:24.319><c> get</c><00:32:24.539><c> sucked</c><00:32:24.859><c> in</c><00:32:25.160><c> by</c><00:32:25.440><c> the</c><00:32:25.980><c> wisdom</c><00:32:26.460><c> of</c><00:32:26.640><c> this</c><00:32:26.880><c> world.</c>

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.859
And<00:32:27.180><c> what</c><00:32:27.259><c> did</c><00:32:27.400><c> Paul</c><00:32:27.559><c> say</c><00:32:27.759><c> about</c><00:32:27.900><c> the</c><00:32:28.079><c> wisdom</c><00:32:28.299><c> of</c><00:32:28.420><c> this</c><00:32:28.640><c> world?</c>

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:30.680
It's<00:32:29.700><c> foolishness</c><00:32:30.259><c> with</c><00:32:30.460><c> God.</c>

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:32.559
Let's<00:32:31.099><c> not</c><00:32:31.279><c> kid</c><00:32:31.460><c> ourselves.</c>

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:36.480
And<00:32:33.779><c> there's</c><00:32:34.000><c> a</c><00:32:34.119><c> bit</c><00:32:34.200><c> of</c><00:32:34.400><c> a</c><00:32:34.579><c> trend,</c><00:32:35.359><c> even</c><00:32:35.599><c> in</c><00:32:35.740><c> the</c><00:32:35.900><c> Brotherhood</c><00:32:36.200><c> today,</c>

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:39.839
that<00:32:36.859><c> brothers</c><00:32:37.200><c> who</c><00:32:37.559><c> have</c><00:32:37.940><c> PhDs</c><00:32:38.960><c> or</c><00:32:39.119><c> this</c><00:32:39.380><c> or</c><00:32:39.539><c> that</c><00:32:39.640><c> or</c><00:32:39.740><c> the</c>

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.259
other<00:32:40.019><c> thing</c>

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:44.019
are<00:32:40.779><c> somehow,</c><00:32:42.140><c> oh</c><00:32:42.380><c> boy,</c><00:32:42.480><c> they</c><00:32:42.779><c> write</c><00:32:43.019><c> better.</c>

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:46.259
And<00:32:44.240><c> there</c><00:32:44.559><c> are</c><00:32:44.700><c> articles</c><00:32:44.920><c> in</c><00:32:45.059><c> the</c><00:32:45.220><c> magazines,</c><00:32:45.720><c> well,</c><00:32:46.079><c> they</c>

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.880
just<00:32:46.500><c> make</c><00:32:46.700><c> more</c><00:32:46.980><c> sense.</c>

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.519
And<00:32:48.720><c> we</c><00:32:48.859><c> can't</c><00:32:49.420><c> think</c><00:32:49.859><c> that,</c><00:32:50.220><c> brothers</c><00:32:50.319><c> and</c><00:32:50.460><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:53.240
If<00:32:50.640><c> it's</c><00:32:50.859><c> not</c><00:32:51.119><c> based</c><00:32:51.500><c> on</c><00:32:51.740><c> God's</c><00:32:52.279><c> word,</c>

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:56.700
if<00:32:53.799><c> it's</c><00:32:54.000><c> not</c><00:32:54.619><c> a</c><00:32:54.700><c> brother</c><00:32:54.920><c> who's</c><00:32:55.220><c> had</c><00:32:55.259><c> his</c><00:32:55.519><c> mind</c><00:32:55.700><c> immersed</c><00:32:56.279><c> in</c>

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.359
God's<00:32:57.240><c> word,</c>

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:59.019
and<00:32:57.640><c> that's</c><00:32:58.359><c> what's</c><00:32:58.500><c> coming</c><00:32:58.740><c> forth,</c>

00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:01.579
if<00:32:59.420><c> it's</c><00:32:59.660><c> the</c><00:32:59.799><c> wisdom</c><00:33:00.059><c> of</c><00:33:00.240><c> this</c><00:33:00.500><c> world,</c>

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:06.279
then<00:33:03.140><c> no</c><00:33:03.579><c> matter</c><00:33:03.720><c> how</c><00:33:03.980><c> good</c><00:33:04.160><c> it</c><00:33:04.440><c> sounds,</c><00:33:05.220><c> it</c><00:33:05.420><c> may</c><00:33:05.599><c> not</c><00:33:05.759><c> be</c><00:33:05.940><c> right.</c>

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:09.940
And<00:33:07.059><c> we</c><00:33:07.279><c> really</c><00:33:07.500><c> need</c><00:33:07.680><c> to</c><00:33:07.900><c> just</c><00:33:08.339><c> watch</c><00:33:08.640><c> out</c><00:33:08.839><c> for</c><00:33:09.039><c> that.</c>

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:15.160
You've<00:33:13.799><c> been</c><00:33:13.880><c> really</c><00:33:14.119><c> good</c><00:33:14.480><c> keeping</c><00:33:14.759><c> on</c><00:33:15.059><c> time.</c>

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.900
I<00:33:15.279><c> think</c><00:33:15.500><c> I'm</c><00:33:15.680><c> okay</c><00:33:16.140><c> time</c><00:33:16.700><c>-wise.</c>

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.359
A<00:33:17.019><c> few</c><00:33:17.039><c> more</c><00:33:17.180><c> minutes</c><00:33:17.380><c> here,</c><00:33:17.680><c> Greg.</c>

00:33:18.420 --> 00:33:23.980
I<00:33:18.900><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:19.140><c> want</c><00:33:19.440><c> to</c><00:33:20.819><c> upset</c><00:33:21.720><c> your</c><00:33:22.299><c> great</c><00:33:22.720><c> effort</c><00:33:23.119><c> to</c><00:33:23.380><c> keep</c><00:33:23.500><c> things</c><00:33:23.740><c> on</c>

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.160
track<00:33:24.240><c> here.</c>

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:27.660
We've<00:33:25.539><c> covered</c><00:33:25.660><c> a</c><00:33:25.779><c> bunch</c><00:33:25.940><c> of</c><00:33:26.140><c> things</c><00:33:26.299><c> there,</c><00:33:26.599><c> brothers</c><00:33:26.640><c> and</c><00:33:26.839><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:30.519
and<00:33:28.319><c> hopefully</c><00:33:28.799><c> all</c><00:33:29.200><c> of</c><00:33:29.339><c> us</c><00:33:29.539><c> at</c><00:33:29.740><c> some</c><00:33:30.059><c> point</c><00:33:30.259><c> thought,</c>

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:33.359
ouch,<00:33:31.140><c> that</c><00:33:31.619><c> kind</c><00:33:31.799><c> of</c><00:33:31.880><c> hit</c><00:33:31.940><c> a</c><00:33:32.019><c> little</c><00:33:32.160><c> close</c><00:33:32.400><c> to</c><00:33:32.579><c> home.</c>

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.460
Because<00:33:33.779><c> it</c><00:33:33.900><c> does</c><00:33:34.079><c> to</c><00:33:34.279><c> me.</c>

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:38.660
Many<00:33:34.740><c> of</c><00:33:34.940><c> those</c><00:33:35.259><c> hit</c><00:33:35.500><c> very</c><00:33:36.000><c> close</c><00:33:36.460><c> to</c><00:33:36.680><c> home</c><00:33:37.059><c> for</c><00:33:37.740><c> me.</c>

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.839
Let's<00:33:40.180><c> just,</c><00:33:40.740><c> we</c><00:33:40.920><c> were</c><00:33:41.000><c> just</c><00:33:41.160><c> talking</c><00:33:41.380><c> about</c><00:33:41.640><c> this.</c>

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:44.140
The<00:33:41.980><c> wisdom</c><00:33:42.319><c> of</c><00:33:42.460><c> this</c><00:33:42.680><c> world</c><00:33:42.839><c> is</c><00:33:43.140><c> foolishness</c><00:33:43.599><c> with</c><00:33:43.779><c> God,</c>

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:46.180
1<00:33:44.599><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:44.900><c> 3</c><00:33:45.180><c> verse</c><00:33:45.420><c> 19.</c>

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:48.279
2<00:33:47.099><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:54.119
in<00:33:48.779><c> whom</c><00:33:48.960><c> the</c><00:33:49.200><c> God</c><00:33:49.660><c> of</c><00:33:49.980><c> this</c><00:33:52.019><c> world</c><00:33:52.440><c> hath</c><00:33:52.759><c> blinded</c><00:33:53.640><c> the</c><00:33:53.859><c> minds</c>

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.440
of<00:33:54.339><c> them</c><00:33:54.500><c> which</c><00:33:54.779><c> believe</c><00:33:55.039><c> not,</c>

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:58.180
lest<00:33:56.039><c> the</c><00:33:56.279><c> light</c><00:33:56.480><c> of</c><00:33:56.640><c> the</c><00:33:56.799><c> glorious</c><00:33:57.079><c> gospel</c><00:33:57.480><c> of</c><00:33:57.640><c> Christ,</c>

00:33:58.599 --> 00:34:01.599
who<00:33:58.720><c> is</c><00:33:58.900><c> the</c><00:33:59.059><c> image</c><00:33:59.220><c> of</c><00:33:59.400><c> God,</c><00:33:59.720><c> should</c><00:33:59.880><c> shine</c><00:34:00.700><c> unto</c><00:34:01.180><c> them.</c>

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:04.220
The<00:34:02.359><c> God</c><00:34:02.640><c> of</c><00:34:02.799><c> this</c><00:34:03.140><c> world,</c><00:34:03.819><c> brothers</c><00:34:03.960><c> and</c><00:34:04.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:06.859
and<00:34:04.400><c> whichever</c><00:34:04.700><c> one</c><00:34:04.859><c> it</c><00:34:04.960><c> might</c><00:34:05.140><c> be</c><00:34:05.400><c> for</c><00:34:05.720><c> you,</c>

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:08.619
whichever<00:34:07.319><c> one</c><00:34:07.660><c> you're</c><00:34:07.940><c> struggling</c><00:34:08.320><c> with,</c>

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:12.000
whichever<00:34:09.039><c> idol</c><00:34:09.460><c> is</c><00:34:10.440><c> taking</c><00:34:10.920><c> the</c><00:34:11.219><c> place</c><00:34:11.440><c> of</c><00:34:11.659><c> God,</c>

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:15.199
the<00:34:12.559><c> Lord</c><00:34:13.099><c> of</c><00:34:13.460><c> your</c><00:34:13.719><c> life,</c><00:34:13.940><c> the</c><00:34:14.139><c> King</c><00:34:14.420><c> in</c><00:34:14.619><c> your</c><00:34:14.820><c> life,</c>

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:18.179
the<00:34:15.960><c> problem</c><00:34:16.320><c> is</c><00:34:16.719><c> it</c><00:34:17.099><c> blinds</c><00:34:17.760><c> us.</c>

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:19.039
It<00:34:18.380><c> can</c><00:34:18.659><c> blind</c><00:34:18.900><c> us.</c>

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:21.119
It<00:34:19.420><c> obscures</c><00:34:19.820><c> our</c><00:34:20.199><c> view.</c>

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:24.380
And<00:34:21.739><c> so</c><00:34:21.860><c> this</c><00:34:22.619><c> glorious</c><00:34:23.179><c> gospel</c><00:34:23.639><c> of</c><00:34:23.880><c> Christ,</c>

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:26.639
this<00:34:24.960><c> light</c><00:34:25.179><c> of</c><00:34:25.360><c> Christ</c><00:34:25.599><c> that</c><00:34:25.760><c> can</c><00:34:26.039><c> shine</c><00:34:26.360><c> for</c><00:34:26.539><c> us,</c>

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.139
is<00:34:26.780><c> a</c><00:34:26.880><c> light</c><00:34:27.019><c> that</c><00:34:27.320><c> shines</c><00:34:27.500><c> out</c><00:34:27.679><c> of</c><00:34:27.820><c> darkness,</c>

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.860
doesn't<00:34:28.820><c> shine</c><00:34:29.159><c> so</c><00:34:29.480><c> brightly.</c>

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:32.860
We've<00:34:30.539><c> got</c><00:34:30.679><c> too</c><00:34:30.920><c> many</c><00:34:31.099><c> other</c><00:34:31.360><c> things</c><00:34:31.579><c> sort</c><00:34:31.760><c> of</c><00:34:32.059><c> filtering</c><00:34:32.360><c> out</c>

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.679
that<00:34:33.360><c> light.</c>

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:37.159
And<00:34:34.440><c> we</c><00:34:34.659><c> just</c><00:34:34.780><c> have</c><00:34:34.860><c> to</c><00:34:35.099><c> really</c><00:34:35.360><c> honestly</c><00:34:35.679><c> ask</c><00:34:36.000><c> ourselves,</c>

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:39.579
are<00:34:37.500><c> we</c><00:34:37.780><c> blinded</c><00:34:38.139><c> by</c><00:34:38.380><c> these</c><00:34:38.639><c> gods?</c>

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:45.800
We're<00:34:41.400><c> going</c><00:34:41.699><c> to</c><00:34:42.019><c> talk</c><00:34:42.460><c> as</c><00:34:43.360><c> the</c><00:34:43.659><c> day</c><00:34:44.059><c> unfolds</c><00:34:44.679><c> about</c><00:34:45.039><c> how</c><00:34:45.519><c> we</c>

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.920
combat<00:34:46.280><c> these</c><00:34:46.639><c> things.</c>

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:50.059
I<00:34:47.519><c> don't</c><00:34:47.739><c> want</c><00:34:47.820><c> to</c><00:34:47.980><c> always</c><00:34:48.239><c> be</c><00:34:48.420><c> negative</c><00:34:49.119><c> in</c><00:34:49.460><c> all</c><00:34:49.920><c> this.</c>

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:53.559
It's<00:34:50.159><c> really</c><00:34:50.500><c> we</c><00:34:50.699><c> try</c><00:34:50.840><c> to</c><00:34:50.940><c> be</c><00:34:51.059><c> a</c><00:34:51.079><c> bit</c><00:34:51.739><c> stark</c><00:34:52.159><c> in</c><00:34:52.699><c> the</c><00:34:52.940><c> contrast.</c>

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.340
This<00:34:54.059><c> is</c><00:34:54.199><c> what</c><00:34:54.300><c> they've</c><00:34:54.519><c> done</c><00:34:54.619><c> in</c><00:34:54.840><c> the</c><00:34:54.980><c> past.</c>

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:58.039
We<00:34:55.679><c> kind</c><00:34:55.719><c> of</c><00:34:55.820><c> almost</c><00:34:56.039><c> laugh</c><00:34:56.460><c> at</c><00:34:56.639><c> the</c><00:34:56.800><c> imagery</c><00:34:56.940><c> of</c><00:34:57.079><c> people</c><00:34:57.300><c> bowing</c><00:34:57.760><c> down</c>

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.739
to<00:34:58.300><c> gods.</c>

00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:02.340
It<00:34:59.480><c> seems</c><00:35:00.039><c> so</c><00:35:01.079><c> primitive.</c>

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:05.800
So<00:35:03.659><c> we've</c><00:35:03.880><c> tried</c><00:35:04.019><c> to</c><00:35:04.239><c> really</c><00:35:04.500><c> sort</c><00:35:04.760><c> of</c><00:35:04.760><c> a</c><00:35:04.920><c> bit</c><00:35:05.059><c> of</c><00:35:05.300><c> shock</c><00:35:05.519><c> value</c>

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:07.860
that<00:35:05.980><c> these</c><00:35:06.239><c> things</c><00:35:06.420><c> are</c><00:35:06.679><c> still</c><00:35:06.920><c> here</c><00:35:07.159><c> with</c><00:35:07.360><c> us</c><00:35:07.559><c> today.</c>

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:09.239
And<00:35:08.199><c> this</c><00:35:08.500><c> is</c><00:35:08.719><c> one</c><00:35:08.880><c> of</c><00:35:09.039><c> those.</c>

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:12.159
You<00:35:09.619><c> may</c><00:35:09.860><c> want</c><00:35:10.079><c> to</c><00:35:10.579><c> turn</c><00:35:10.840><c> this</c><00:35:11.079><c> up.</c>

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.579
It's<00:35:12.659><c> in</c><00:35:12.860><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:35:14.079><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:14.639><c> chapter</c><00:35:15.059><c> 7.</c>

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.739
And<00:35:16.179><c> just</c><00:35:16.400><c> to</c><00:35:16.519><c> actually</c><00:35:16.719><c> see</c><00:35:16.940><c> it</c><00:35:17.099><c> on</c><00:35:17.159><c> your</c><00:35:17.460><c> page,</c>

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:20.360
although<00:35:17.960><c> I'm</c><00:35:18.099><c> going</c><00:35:18.159><c> to</c><00:35:18.280><c> have</c><00:35:18.440><c> the</c><00:35:18.639><c> passages</c><00:35:18.900><c> up</c><00:35:19.159><c> here,</c>

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:24.920
I<00:35:21.900><c> have</c><00:35:22.619><c> family</c><00:35:23.039><c> time</c><00:35:23.440><c> question</c><00:35:23.960><c> mark.</c>

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:28.760
And<00:35:25.699><c> I</c><00:35:25.780><c> guess</c><00:35:26.000><c> I'm</c><00:35:26.320><c> at</c><00:35:26.440><c> kind</c><00:35:26.539><c> of</c><00:35:26.659><c> the</c><00:35:26.800><c> stage</c><00:35:27.019><c> now</c><00:35:27.340><c> where</c><00:35:27.900><c> you've</c>

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.340
got<00:35:29.079><c> children,</c>

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:31.000
there's<00:35:29.639><c> things</c><00:35:29.940><c> to</c><00:35:30.159><c> do</c><00:35:30.239><c> with</c><00:35:30.440><c> your</c><00:35:30.760><c> kids,</c>

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:34.619
and<00:35:31.400><c> family</c><00:35:31.760><c> time</c><00:35:32.019><c> is</c><00:35:32.219><c> important,</c><00:35:32.760><c> quality</c><00:35:33.199><c> family</c><00:35:33.719><c> time.</c>

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:41.440
I<00:35:36.199><c> would</c><00:35:36.400><c> suggest</c><00:35:36.860><c> to</c><00:35:37.099><c> you</c><00:35:37.280><c> that</c><00:35:37.619><c> we</c><00:35:37.960><c> can</c><00:35:38.280><c> get</c><00:35:38.679><c> taken</c><00:35:39.920><c> away</c><00:35:40.780><c> by</c><00:35:41.179><c> this.</c>

00:35:41.579 --> 00:35:46.179
It's<00:35:41.820><c> another</c><00:35:41.980><c> one</c><00:35:42.159><c> of</c><00:35:42.460><c> the</c><00:35:43.079><c> world's</c><00:35:43.599><c> kind</c><00:35:43.719><c> of</c><00:35:45.059><c> ways</c><00:35:45.480><c> of</c><00:35:45.719><c> getting</c><00:35:45.880><c> at</c><00:35:46.099><c> you.</c>

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:48.440
They<00:35:46.440><c> say,</c><00:35:46.599><c> you</c><00:35:46.679><c> know,</c><00:35:47.179><c> if</c><00:35:47.280><c> you</c><00:35:47.400><c> can</c><00:35:47.519><c> spend</c><00:35:47.659><c> time</c><00:35:47.880><c> with</c><00:35:48.019><c> your</c><00:35:48.239><c> family,</c>

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:50.980
that<00:35:48.579><c> kind</c><00:35:48.800><c> of</c><00:35:49.099><c> justifies</c><00:35:49.559><c> everything</c><00:35:49.940><c> else.</c>

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:52.699
And<00:35:51.519><c> we</c><00:35:51.699><c> like</c><00:35:51.820><c> to</c><00:35:52.159><c> justify</c><00:35:52.460><c> things.</c>

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:56.019
So<00:35:53.099><c> here</c><00:35:53.360><c> in</c><00:35:53.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:35:53.860><c> chapter</c><00:35:54.199><c> 7,</c><00:35:54.619><c> verse</c><00:35:54.860><c> 16,</c>

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:58.679
therefore<00:35:56.920><c> pray</c><00:35:57.400><c> not</c><00:35:58.079><c> for</c><00:35:58.300><c> this</c><00:35:58.519><c> people.</c>

00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:00.219
This<00:35:58.880><c> is</c><00:35:59.079><c> God</c><00:35:59.340><c> speaking</c><00:35:59.639><c> to</c><00:35:59.900><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:02.159
Don't<00:36:00.840><c> pray</c><00:36:01.199><c> for</c><00:36:01.380><c> this</c><00:36:01.599><c> people,</c><00:36:01.800><c> he</c><00:36:02.000><c> says.</c>

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:04.199
Neither<00:36:02.380><c> lift</c><00:36:02.639><c> up</c><00:36:02.860><c> a</c><00:36:03.039><c> cry</c><00:36:03.179><c> or</c><00:36:03.400><c> prayer</c><00:36:03.579><c> for</c><00:36:03.800><c> them,</c>

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:09.659
neither<00:36:04.599><c> make</c><00:36:05.139><c> intercession</c><00:36:05.880><c> to</c><00:36:06.739><c> me,</c><00:36:08.000><c> for</c><00:36:08.179><c> I</c><00:36:08.300><c> will</c><00:36:08.460><c> not</c><00:36:08.639><c> hear</c><00:36:08.820><c> thee.</c>

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:12.440
Seest<00:36:10.519><c> thou</c><00:36:10.699><c> not</c><00:36:10.940><c> what</c><00:36:11.079><c> they</c><00:36:11.340><c> do</c><00:36:11.460><c> in</c><00:36:11.599><c> the</c><00:36:11.760><c> cities</c><00:36:11.980><c> of</c><00:36:12.239><c> Judah</c>

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:13.599
and<00:36:12.639><c> in</c><00:36:12.760><c> the</c><00:36:12.900><c> streets</c><00:36:13.059><c> of</c><00:36:13.300><c> Jerusalem?</c>

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.940
This<00:36:13.900><c> is</c><00:36:14.099><c> God</c><00:36:14.280><c> talking</c><00:36:14.519><c> to</c><00:36:14.699><c> Jeremiah.</c>

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.559
Open<00:36:15.340><c> your</c><00:36:15.460><c> eyes.</c>

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:17.139
Don't<00:36:15.699><c> you</c><00:36:15.900><c> see</c><00:36:16.019><c> what</c><00:36:16.139><c> they're</c><00:36:16.400><c> doing?</c>

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.760
The<00:36:18.019><c> children</c><00:36:18.500><c> gather</c><00:36:18.900><c> wood.</c>

00:36:19.780 --> 00:36:21.340
The<00:36:20.099><c> fathers</c><00:36:20.480><c> kindle</c><00:36:20.840><c> the</c><00:36:21.019><c> fire.</c>

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:25.500
The<00:36:22.019><c> women</c><00:36:22.260><c> need</c><00:36:22.480><c> their</c><00:36:22.780><c> dough</c><00:36:23.119><c> to</c><00:36:23.800><c> make</c><00:36:24.119><c> cakes</c><00:36:24.659><c> to</c><00:36:25.019><c> the</c><00:36:25.239><c> queen</c>

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.099
of<00:36:25.739><c> heaven</c>

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:29.079
and<00:36:26.699><c> to</c><00:36:26.920><c> pour</c><00:36:27.059><c> out</c><00:36:27.340><c> drink</c><00:36:27.619><c> offerings</c><00:36:28.000><c> unto</c><00:36:28.219><c> other</c><00:36:28.599><c> gods</c>

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:32.360
that<00:36:29.519><c> they</c><00:36:29.719><c> may</c><00:36:29.960><c> provoke</c><00:36:30.480><c> me</c><00:36:31.059><c> to</c><00:36:31.360><c> anger.</c>

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:35.960
This<00:36:33.360><c> was</c><00:36:33.539><c> family</c><00:36:33.940><c> time,</c><00:36:35.480><c> brethren</c><00:36:35.599><c> and</c><00:36:35.800><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.860
They're<00:36:36.199><c> all</c><00:36:36.360><c> involved.</c>

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.320
The<00:36:37.440><c> mom's</c><00:36:37.719><c> doing</c><00:36:37.820><c> her</c><00:36:38.099><c> thing.</c>

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:39.000
The<00:36:38.500><c> dad's</c><00:36:38.780><c> doing</c><00:36:38.860><c> his</c><00:36:38.960><c> thing.</c>

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.780
They're<00:36:39.159><c> all</c><00:36:39.320><c> coming</c><00:36:39.480><c> together.</c>

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:43.940
The<00:36:40.039><c> focus</c><00:36:40.440><c> is</c><00:36:41.539><c> to</c><00:36:41.900><c> bring</c><00:36:42.199><c> honor</c><00:36:42.400><c> and</c><00:36:42.559><c> glory</c><00:36:42.760><c> to</c><00:36:42.980><c> God,</c>

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:47.400
not<00:36:44.340><c> to</c><00:36:44.579><c> pour</c><00:36:44.840><c> out</c><00:36:45.280><c> drink</c><00:36:45.539><c> offerings</c><00:36:45.880><c> unto</c><00:36:46.139><c> other</c><00:36:46.500><c> gods.</c>

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:49.800
And<00:36:48.159><c> I</c><00:36:48.300><c> just</c><00:36:48.480><c> think</c><00:36:48.579><c> we</c><00:36:48.679><c> need</c><00:36:48.820><c> to</c><00:36:48.900><c> be</c><00:36:49.159><c> challenged</c><00:36:49.500><c> by</c><00:36:49.679><c> that.</c>

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:52.599
Just<00:36:50.000><c> because</c><00:36:50.280><c> we're</c><00:36:50.460><c> together</c><00:36:50.760><c> as</c><00:36:50.960><c> a</c><00:36:51.139><c> family</c><00:36:51.500><c> doing</c><00:36:52.019><c> something,</c>

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.420
calling<00:36:53.159><c> it</c><00:36:53.440><c> family</c><00:36:53.900><c> time,</c>

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:57.760
it<00:36:55.059><c> may</c><00:36:55.219><c> not</c><00:36:55.420><c> be</c><00:36:55.800><c> very</c><00:36:56.059><c> good</c><00:36:56.380><c> use</c><00:36:56.599><c> of</c><00:36:56.780><c> that</c><00:36:57.000><c> family</c><00:36:57.340><c> time.</c>

00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:00.920
And<00:36:58.280><c> we</c><00:36:58.579><c> think</c><00:36:58.860><c> of,</c><00:36:59.360><c> well,</c><00:36:59.719><c> the</c><00:36:59.860><c> sport's</c><00:37:00.159><c> a</c><00:37:00.199><c> classic</c><00:37:00.519><c> example,</c>

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:04.539
and,<00:37:01.559><c> you</c><00:37:01.780><c> know,</c><00:37:02.039><c> oh,</c><00:37:02.280><c> well,</c><00:37:02.480><c> I'm</c><00:37:02.780><c> taking</c><00:37:03.159><c> my</c><00:37:03.460><c> son</c><00:37:03.800><c> to</c><00:37:04.079><c> this</c><00:37:04.340><c> thing,</c>

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.900
so<00:37:04.739><c> it's</c><00:37:04.940><c> okay,</c><00:37:05.260><c> because</c><00:37:05.380><c> we're</c><00:37:05.599><c> together</c>

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:06.780
and<00:37:06.000><c> we're</c><00:37:06.159><c> involved</c><00:37:06.440><c> together.</c>

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:10.119
Now,<00:37:07.139><c> that</c><00:37:07.320><c> may</c><00:37:07.619><c> be</c><00:37:08.219><c> valuable</c><00:37:08.699><c> in</c><00:37:09.079><c> building</c><00:37:09.340><c> a</c><00:37:09.619><c> relationship,</c>

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:12.340
but<00:37:10.500><c> what</c><00:37:10.719><c> sort</c><00:37:10.840><c> of</c><00:37:10.900><c> things</c><00:37:11.139><c> do</c><00:37:11.639><c> you</c><00:37:11.760><c> talk</c><00:37:12.000><c> about?</c>

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:15.500
Do<00:37:12.940><c> you</c><00:37:13.099><c> talk</c><00:37:13.300><c> about</c><00:37:13.500><c> the</c><00:37:13.760><c> fact</c><00:37:13.980><c> that,</c><00:37:14.659><c> well,</c><00:37:14.900><c> okay,</c><00:37:15.199><c> you</c><00:37:15.420><c> know,</c>

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:17.059
we've<00:37:15.679><c> made</c><00:37:15.820><c> a</c><00:37:15.960><c> commitment</c><00:37:16.099><c> to</c><00:37:16.280><c> this</c><00:37:16.460><c> team</c><00:37:16.659><c> and</c><00:37:16.760><c> we'll</c><00:37:16.960><c> help</c>

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.280
them<00:37:17.159><c> out,</c>

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:20.559
but,<00:37:17.440><c> you</c><00:37:17.519><c> know,</c><00:37:17.599><c> if</c><00:37:18.019><c> their</c><00:37:18.280><c> game</c><00:37:18.739><c> is</c><00:37:19.440><c> during</c><00:37:19.880><c> youth</c><00:37:20.199><c> group</c>

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:22.300
or<00:37:21.000><c> on</c><00:37:21.119><c> a</c><00:37:21.159><c> Sunday</c><00:37:21.380><c> morning</c><00:37:21.599><c> during</c><00:37:21.780><c> Sunday</c><00:37:22.000><c> school,</c>

00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:23.699
you're<00:37:22.800><c> not</c><00:37:23.000><c> going.</c>

00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:25.860
Do<00:37:24.280><c> we</c><00:37:24.460><c> use</c><00:37:24.599><c> the</c><00:37:24.760><c> opportunity</c><00:37:25.199><c> to</c><00:37:25.460><c> teach</c><00:37:25.639><c> them</c>

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.699
about<00:37:26.119><c> priorities</c><00:37:26.599><c> and</c><00:37:26.860><c> commitment?</c>

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:29.619
So,<00:37:27.980><c> like,</c><00:37:28.099><c> there's</c><00:37:28.380><c> family</c><00:37:28.659><c> time</c><00:37:28.860><c> and</c><00:37:28.980><c> there's</c><00:37:29.179><c> family</c><00:37:29.380><c> time.</c>

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:31.099
We<00:37:29.900><c> may</c><00:37:30.000><c> go</c><00:37:30.219><c> away</c><00:37:30.340><c> on</c><00:37:30.480><c> a</c><00:37:30.559><c> vacation,</c>

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:36.139
and<00:37:31.900><c> it</c><00:37:32.079><c> may</c><00:37:32.280><c> be</c><00:37:32.659><c> 100</c><00:37:32.960><c>%</c><00:37:33.619><c> indulgent,</c><00:37:34.699><c> but</c><00:37:34.880><c> it's</c><00:37:35.039><c> family</c><00:37:35.320><c> time.</c>

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:38.159
But,<00:37:36.579><c> boy,</c><00:37:36.619><c> it</c><00:37:36.679><c> was</c><00:37:36.860><c> fun,</c><00:37:37.260><c> and</c><00:37:37.420><c> we</c><00:37:37.440><c> did</c><00:37:37.579><c> all</c><00:37:37.800><c> the</c><00:37:38.000><c> things.</c>

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:41.500
We<00:37:38.320><c> looked</c><00:37:38.440><c> just</c><00:37:38.639><c> like</c><00:37:38.739><c> the</c><00:37:38.940><c> family</c><00:37:39.159><c> in</c><00:37:39.599><c> the</c><00:37:39.739><c> hotel</c><00:37:40.059><c> room</c><00:37:40.219><c> beside</c><00:37:40.579><c> us.</c>

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:46.239
Or<00:37:41.820><c> do</c><00:37:41.920><c> we</c><00:37:42.059><c> take</c><00:37:42.280><c> that</c><00:37:42.539><c> time</c><00:37:42.800><c> to</c><00:37:44.199><c> reinforce</c><00:37:44.880><c> some</c><00:37:45.300><c> family</c><00:37:45.719><c> values?</c>

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:48.340
Do<00:37:46.500><c> we,</c><00:37:46.679><c> you</c><00:37:46.780><c> know,</c><00:37:46.960><c> make</c><00:37:47.139><c> sure</c><00:37:47.260><c> the</c><00:37:47.480><c> readings</c><00:37:47.739><c> get</c><00:37:48.039><c> done?</c>

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:51.440
Do<00:37:48.880><c> we</c><00:37:49.239><c> contrast</c><00:37:49.760><c> what</c><00:37:50.159><c> else</c><00:37:50.460><c> is</c><00:37:50.820><c> going</c><00:37:51.019><c> on</c><00:37:51.199><c> out</c><00:37:51.320><c> there</c>

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.960
and<00:37:51.599><c> say,</c><00:37:51.840><c> look,</c><00:37:52.099><c> we're</c><00:37:52.300><c> not</c><00:37:52.579><c> going</c><00:37:52.699><c> to</c><00:37:52.820><c> go</c>

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.179
and<00:37:53.159><c> do</c><00:37:53.260><c> what</c><00:37:53.440><c> everyone</c><00:37:53.639><c> else</c><00:37:53.860><c> is</c><00:37:54.039><c> doing,</c>

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:57.920
even<00:37:54.400><c> though</c><00:37:54.579><c> we're</c><00:37:54.739><c> here</c><00:37:54.980><c> in</c><00:37:55.039><c> this,</c><00:37:55.500><c> you</c><00:37:55.739><c> know,</c><00:37:56.119><c> holiday</c><00:37:56.599><c> situation?</c>

00:37:58.300 --> 00:38:00.920
You<00:37:58.380><c> can</c><00:37:58.579><c> see</c><00:37:58.739><c> that</c><00:37:59.300><c> just</c><00:37:59.659><c> because</c><00:38:00.039><c> we're</c><00:38:00.199><c> with</c><00:38:00.460><c> family</c>

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:02.900
and<00:38:01.159><c> it's</c><00:38:01.380><c> called</c><00:38:01.579><c> family</c><00:38:01.900><c> time</c><00:38:02.079><c> doesn't</c><00:38:02.340><c> make</c><00:38:02.539><c> it</c><00:38:02.659><c> right</c>

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:05.159
because<00:38:03.199><c> it</c><00:38:03.280><c> wasn't</c><00:38:03.480><c> right</c><00:38:03.639><c> in</c><00:38:03.780><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:38:04.300><c> time.</c>

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:08.539
God<00:38:06.340><c> said</c><00:38:06.699><c> to</c><00:38:06.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:38:07.260><c> in</c><00:38:07.380><c> verse</c><00:38:07.519><c> 19,</c>

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:11.079
do<00:38:08.820><c> they</c><00:38:09.199><c> not</c><00:38:09.440><c> provoke</c><00:38:09.800><c> me</c><00:38:09.980><c> to</c><00:38:10.280><c> anger?</c>

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:12.860
Oh,<00:38:11.340><c> it</c><00:38:11.420><c> was</c><00:38:11.539><c> family</c><00:38:11.940><c> time,</c>

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:15.320
but<00:38:13.420><c> they</c><00:38:13.559><c> were</c><00:38:13.739><c> provoking</c><00:38:14.000><c> God</c><00:38:14.239><c> to</c><00:38:14.480><c> anger.</c>

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:16.920
And<00:38:15.739><c> that</c><00:38:15.800><c> was</c><00:38:15.940><c> a</c><00:38:15.940><c> rhetorical</c><00:38:16.260><c> question,</c><00:38:16.679><c> actually,</c>

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:18.920
and<00:38:17.019><c> he</c><00:38:17.159><c> said,</c><00:38:17.340><c> do</c><00:38:17.519><c> they</c><00:38:17.820><c> not</c><00:38:18.059><c> provoke</c><00:38:18.360><c> themselves</c>

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.199
to<00:38:19.079><c> the</c><00:38:19.239><c> confusion</c><00:38:19.500><c> of</c><00:38:19.619><c> their</c><00:38:19.760><c> own</c><00:38:19.960><c> faces?</c>

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:21.500
They<00:38:20.460><c> think</c><00:38:20.599><c> it's</c><00:38:20.820><c> all</c><00:38:21.039><c> okay.</c>

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:23.440
They<00:38:22.159><c> think</c><00:38:22.460><c> everything's</c><00:38:23.000><c> fine,</c>

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:27.219
but<00:38:24.039><c> they're</c><00:38:24.219><c> going</c><00:38:24.380><c> to</c><00:38:24.500><c> find</c><00:38:24.719><c> out</c><00:38:25.280><c> how</c><00:38:25.619><c> wrong</c><00:38:25.840><c> they</c><00:38:26.119><c> were.</c>

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:29.840
Two<00:38:28.500><c> more</c><00:38:28.719><c> slides.</c>

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:33.579
Judges<00:38:30.940><c> 3,</c><00:38:31.280><c> and</c><00:38:31.380><c> we've</c><00:38:31.619><c> got</c><00:38:31.840><c> the</c><00:38:33.039><c> banner</c><00:38:33.300><c> here.</c>

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:35.079
There's<00:38:33.820><c> nothing</c><00:38:34.079><c> new</c><00:38:34.280><c> under</c><00:38:34.519><c> the</c><00:38:34.699><c> sun</c><00:38:34.820><c> again.</c>

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.900
This<00:38:35.320><c> is</c><00:38:35.539><c> Judges</c><00:38:35.860><c> chapter</c><00:38:36.219><c> 3.</c>

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:39.219
The<00:38:37.320><c> children</c><00:38:37.559><c> of</c><00:38:37.619><c> Israel</c><00:38:38.000><c> dwelt</c><00:38:38.360><c> among</c><00:38:38.599><c> the</c><00:38:38.840><c> Canaanites,</c>

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:42.059
Hittites,<00:38:39.920><c> Amorites,</c><00:38:40.400><c> Parasites,</c><00:38:40.980><c> Hibites,</c><00:38:41.380><c> and</c><00:38:41.519><c> Jebusites.</c>

00:38:42.300 --> 00:38:44.739
Now,<00:38:42.440><c> I</c><00:38:42.500><c> don't</c><00:38:42.639><c> know</c><00:38:42.780><c> all</c><00:38:42.940><c> the</c><00:38:43.099><c> names</c><00:38:43.320><c> of</c><00:38:43.980><c> the</c><00:38:44.280><c> communities</c>

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:46.940
or<00:38:45.159><c> the</c><00:38:45.300><c> people</c><00:38:45.539><c> surrounding</c><00:38:46.019><c> us</c><00:38:46.380><c> here</c><00:38:46.619><c> today,</c>

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:48.579
so<00:38:47.599><c> fill</c><00:38:47.880><c> in</c><00:38:48.039><c> what</c><00:38:48.179><c> you</c><00:38:48.400><c> like.</c>

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:50.400
The<00:38:49.000><c> children</c><00:38:49.239><c> of</c><00:38:49.460><c> Israel,</c><00:38:49.699><c> the</c><00:38:49.880><c> people</c><00:38:50.059><c> of</c><00:38:50.260><c> God,</c>

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:53.619
the<00:38:50.599><c> Christadelphians</c><00:38:51.840><c> in</c><00:38:52.619><c> California,</c>

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:55.980
near<00:38:54.099><c> Los</c><00:38:54.440><c> Angeles,</c><00:38:55.039><c> dwelt</c><00:38:55.219><c> among</c><00:38:55.619><c> the,</c>

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:57.840
and<00:38:56.360><c> there's</c><00:38:56.619><c> all</c><00:38:56.739><c> the</c><00:38:56.840><c> list</c><00:38:56.960><c> of</c><00:38:57.159><c> all</c><00:38:57.300><c> the</c><00:38:57.480><c> communities</c>

00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:00.699
and<00:38:58.099><c> peoples</c><00:38:58.480><c> and</c><00:38:58.860><c> whatever</c><00:38:59.260><c> they</c><00:38:59.820><c> are.</c>

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:03.920
They<00:39:02.179><c> took</c><00:39:02.440><c> their</c><00:39:02.699><c> daughters</c><00:39:02.980><c> to</c><00:39:03.139><c> be</c><00:39:03.280><c> their</c><00:39:03.519><c> wives</c>

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:05.659
and<00:39:04.119><c> gave</c><00:39:04.340><c> their</c><00:39:04.559><c> daughters</c><00:39:04.820><c> to</c><00:39:04.980><c> their</c><00:39:05.199><c> sons</c>

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:08.219
and<00:39:06.159><c> served</c><00:39:06.679><c> their</c><00:39:07.219><c> gods.</c>

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:10.300
And<00:39:08.400><c> the</c><00:39:08.519><c> children</c><00:39:08.699><c> of</c><00:39:08.800><c> Israel</c><00:39:09.039><c> did</c><00:39:09.300><c> evil</c><00:39:09.679><c> in</c><00:39:09.860><c> the</c><00:39:10.019><c> sight</c><00:39:10.139><c> of</c>

00:39:10.300 --> 00:39:10.579
the<00:39:10.440><c> Lord</c>

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:12.000
and<00:39:10.820><c> forgot</c><00:39:11.159><c> the</c><00:39:11.340><c> Lord</c><00:39:11.480><c> their</c><00:39:11.659><c> god</c>

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:15.840
and<00:39:12.599><c> served</c><00:39:12.960><c> Balaam</c><00:39:14.059><c> and</c><00:39:14.579><c> the</c><00:39:14.800><c> groves.</c>

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:18.599
That<00:39:16.780><c> was</c><00:39:17.000><c> the</c><00:39:17.139><c> people</c><00:39:17.340><c> of</c><00:39:17.579><c> God</c><00:39:17.960><c> in</c><00:39:18.260><c> Judges,</c>

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:21.579
and<00:39:18.739><c> we're</c><00:39:18.940><c> saying</c><00:39:19.260><c> flash</c><00:39:20.280><c> forward</c><00:39:20.659><c> several</c><00:39:20.980><c> thousand</c><00:39:21.340><c> years.</c>

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:23.340
We<00:39:21.880><c> are</c><00:39:22.019><c> in</c><00:39:22.179><c> danger</c><00:39:22.440><c> of</c><00:39:22.599><c> doing</c><00:39:22.760><c> the</c><00:39:23.000><c> same</c><00:39:23.199><c> thing</c>

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:26.360
if<00:39:23.559><c> we</c><00:39:24.000><c> think</c><00:39:24.119><c> we</c><00:39:24.199><c> can</c><00:39:24.400><c> sort</c><00:39:24.480><c> of</c><00:39:24.719><c> intermingle</c><00:39:25.599><c> with</c><00:39:25.920><c> impunity.</c>

00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:27.679
We<00:39:27.099><c> can't.</c>

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:29.239
It<00:39:28.000><c> didn't</c><00:39:28.199><c> work</c><00:39:28.400><c> for</c><00:39:28.599><c> those</c><00:39:28.820><c> people,</c>

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.719
and<00:39:29.719><c> I</c><00:39:29.900><c> think</c><00:39:30.019><c> their</c><00:39:30.239><c> motives</c><00:39:30.420><c> were</c><00:39:30.679><c> probably</c><00:39:30.980><c> pure</c><00:39:31.179><c> to</c><00:39:31.380><c> start</c><00:39:31.519><c> with.</c>

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:33.519
They<00:39:32.280><c> probably</c><00:39:32.460><c> didn't</c><00:39:32.719><c> think</c><00:39:32.860><c> it</c><00:39:32.960><c> was</c><00:39:33.099><c> going</c><00:39:33.179><c> to</c><00:39:33.360><c> happen</c>

00:39:33.519 --> 00:39:37.739
that<00:39:33.619><c> they</c><00:39:33.719><c> would</c><00:39:33.900><c> be</c><00:39:34.079><c> taken</c><00:39:34.260><c> away</c><00:39:34.880><c> from</c><00:39:36.039><c> serving</c><00:39:36.860><c> God,</c>

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:39.840
but<00:39:38.519><c> slowly,</c><00:39:38.980><c> slowly,</c><00:39:39.440><c> slowly,</c>

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.300
as<00:39:40.099><c> their</c><00:39:40.280><c> resolve</c><00:39:40.679><c> was</c><00:39:40.920><c> whittled</c><00:39:41.139><c> away,</c>

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:43.699
as<00:39:41.519><c> their</c><00:39:41.920><c> eyes</c><00:39:42.219><c> became</c><00:39:42.679><c> blinded.</c>

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:46.219
And<00:39:43.980><c> how</c><00:39:44.440><c> serious,</c><00:39:45.019><c> when</c><00:39:45.139><c> we</c><00:39:45.260><c> have</c><00:39:45.420><c> the</c><00:39:45.880><c> phrase,</c>

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:48.559
we're<00:39:46.360><c> to</c><00:39:46.519><c> be</c><00:39:46.659><c> in</c><00:39:46.860><c> the</c><00:39:47.019><c> world,</c><00:39:47.280><c> not</c><00:39:47.340><c> of</c><00:39:47.559><c> the</c><00:39:47.739><c> world.</c>

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:50.000
That's<00:39:49.300><c> what</c><00:39:49.420><c> we</c><00:39:49.559><c> need</c><00:39:49.699><c> to</c><00:39:49.860><c> do.</c>

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.340
We<00:39:50.159><c> can't</c><00:39:51.119><c> help</c><00:39:51.340><c> the</c><00:39:51.519><c> fact</c><00:39:51.639><c> that</c><00:39:51.760><c> we're</c><00:39:51.880><c> surrounded.</c>

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.960
God<00:39:52.920><c> brought</c><00:39:53.260><c> them</c><00:39:53.400><c> into</c><00:39:53.559><c> this</c><00:39:53.820><c> land,</c>

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and<00:39:54.059><c> they</c><00:39:54.159><c> were</c><00:39:54.420><c> surrounded</c><00:39:54.940><c> by</c><00:39:55.179><c> all</c><00:39:55.340><c> these</c><00:39:55.440><c> other</c><00:39:55.599><c> people.</c>

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But<00:39:57.139><c> the</c><00:39:57.340><c> trouble</c><00:39:57.559><c> is,</c><00:39:57.880><c> they</c><00:39:58.159><c> became</c><00:39:58.460><c> in</c><00:39:58.679><c> the</c><00:39:58.900><c> world</c><00:39:59.199><c> and</c><00:39:59.760><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:00.300><c> world.</c>

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So<00:40:01.119><c> they</c><00:40:01.260><c> became</c><00:40:01.500><c> indistinguishable,</c>

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and<00:40:02.320><c> God</c><00:40:02.739><c> had</c><00:40:03.059><c> to</c><00:40:03.219><c> take</c><00:40:03.320><c> them</c><00:40:03.500><c> away.</c>

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Jesus<00:40:06.039><c> said,</c>

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when<00:40:08.320><c> the</c><00:40:08.480><c> Son</c><00:40:08.599><c> of</c><00:40:08.719><c> Man</c><00:40:08.880><c> comes,</c>

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shall<00:40:09.260><c> he</c><00:40:09.380><c> find</c><00:40:09.599><c> faith</c><00:40:09.880><c> on</c><00:40:10.059><c> the</c><00:40:10.159><c> earth?</c>

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We<00:40:10.860><c> have</c><00:40:10.900><c> to</c><00:40:11.019><c> be</c><00:40:11.260><c> challenged</c><00:40:11.539><c> by</c><00:40:11.719><c> that</c><00:40:11.960><c> passage.</c>

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What<00:40:13.000><c> could</c><00:40:13.179><c> it</c><00:40:13.480><c> possibly</c><00:40:13.900><c> be</c>

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that<00:40:14.820><c> there</c><00:40:14.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:15.159><c> be</c><00:40:15.360><c> faith</c><00:40:15.539><c> on</c><00:40:15.699><c> the</c><00:40:15.780><c> earth?</c>

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I<00:40:16.000><c> mean,</c><00:40:16.119><c> we</c><00:40:16.199><c> can</c><00:40:16.440><c> count</c><00:40:16.679><c> up</c><00:40:16.840><c> the</c><00:40:16.960><c> number</c><00:40:17.179><c> of</c><00:40:17.340><c> Christadelphians</c><00:40:17.880><c> there</c><00:40:18.179><c> are</c>

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in<00:40:18.840><c> this</c><00:40:19.320><c> small</c><00:40:19.559><c> area</c><00:40:19.840><c> here.</c>

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How<00:40:20.840><c> could</c><00:40:20.980><c> there</c><00:40:21.099><c> not</c><00:40:21.199><c> be</c><00:40:21.360><c> faith</c><00:40:21.559><c> on</c><00:40:21.719><c> the</c><00:40:21.780><c> earth?</c>

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And<00:40:22.079><c> yet,</c><00:40:22.619><c> Jesus</c><00:40:23.079><c> challenged</c><00:40:23.699><c> us</c><00:40:23.860><c> with</c><00:40:24.019><c> that</c><00:40:24.239><c> question.</c>

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Well,<00:40:25.719><c> it</c><00:40:25.820><c> may</c><00:40:26.059><c> be</c><00:40:26.400><c> that</c>

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we're<00:40:28.320><c> indistinguishable</c>

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from<00:40:29.239><c> the</c><00:40:29.739><c> communities</c><00:40:30.159><c> around</c><00:40:30.519><c> us,</c><00:40:30.699><c> as</c><00:40:30.820><c> it</c><00:40:31.000><c> were.</c>

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I<00:40:32.880><c> guess</c><00:40:33.119><c> the</c><00:40:33.360><c> challenging</c><00:40:33.820><c> question</c><00:40:34.340><c> to</c><00:40:34.800><c> end</c><00:40:35.139><c> with</c>

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for<00:40:35.940><c> this</c><00:40:36.119><c> one</c><00:40:36.239><c> is,</c><00:40:36.679><c> we</c><00:40:36.780><c> all</c><00:40:37.119><c> worship</c><00:40:37.619><c> something.</c>

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Who,<00:40:40.159><c> or</c><00:40:40.360><c> perhaps</c><00:40:40.699><c> what,</c>

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is<00:40:41.980><c> it</c><00:40:42.079><c> that</c><00:40:42.179><c> you</c><00:40:42.380><c> worship?</c>

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Thank<00:40:43.900><c> you.</c>