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measurement<00:22:05.880><c> of</c><00:22:06.180><c> divine</c><00:22:06.519><c> wisdom.</c><00:22:07.819><c> The</c><00:22:08.079><c> measurement</c><00:22:08.299><c> of</c><00:22:08.500><c> the</c>

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let's<00:22:15.299><c> notice</c><00:22:15.759><c> what</c><00:22:16.000><c> that</c><00:22:16.319><c> measurement</c><00:22:16.680><c> is</c><00:22:17.160><c> because</c><00:22:17.559><c> we've</c>

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Corinthians<00:22:32.640><c> 6</c><00:22:33.059><c> verse</c><00:22:33.359><c> 12.</c><00:22:34.960><c> All</c><00:22:35.039><c> things</c><00:22:35.339><c> are</c>

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1<00:22:47.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:47.720><c> 6</c><00:22:48.039><c> verse</c><00:22:48.259><c> 12</c><00:22:48.619><c> again.</c><00:22:51.039><c> And</c><00:22:51.279><c> those</c>

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words<00:22:51.920><c> if</c><00:22:52.079><c> you</c><00:22:52.259><c> put</c><00:22:52.420><c> them</c><00:22:52.619><c> together</c><00:22:53.019><c> reveal</c><00:22:54.140><c> to</c><00:22:54.339><c> us</c><00:22:54.559><c> a</c><00:22:55.119><c> three</c><00:22:55.440><c>-fold</c><00:22:55.900><c> test</c><00:22:56.559><c> of</c><00:22:57.599><c> proving</c><00:22:58.160><c> all</c><00:22:58.880><c> things.</c><00:22:59.460><c> A</c>

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test.<00:23:01.960><c> First</c><00:23:02.220><c> of</c><00:23:02.460><c> all</c><00:23:02.900><c> the</c><00:23:03.240><c> test</c><00:23:03.559><c> of</c><00:23:03.859><c> personal</c><00:23:04.319><c> advancement.</c>

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that<00:23:10.779><c> the</c><00:23:10.900><c> word</c><00:23:11.099><c> expedient</c><00:23:12.099><c> means</c><00:23:13.240><c> that</c><00:23:13.819><c> which</c><00:23:14.240><c> advances,</c>

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that<00:23:15.380><c> which</c><00:23:15.660><c> assists</c><00:23:16.359><c> the</c><00:23:17.079><c> forward</c><00:23:17.460><c> process.</c><00:23:19.759><c> And</c><00:23:19.900><c> then</c>

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2<00:23:21.519><c> the</c><00:23:21.960><c> test</c><00:23:22.319><c> of</c><00:23:22.619><c> ecclesial</c><00:23:23.099><c> relationship.</c><00:23:24.740><c> Not</c><00:23:24.799><c> all</c><00:23:25.579><c> things</c>

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edify<00:23:27.140><c> or</c><00:23:27.380><c> build</c><00:23:27.660><c> up.</c><00:23:29.059><c> And</c><00:23:29.119><c> then</c><00:23:29.380><c> 3</c><00:23:29.700><c> the</c><00:23:30.099><c> test</c><00:23:30.420><c> of</c>

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authority<00:23:31.119><c> but</c><00:23:31.519><c> I</c><00:23:31.700><c> will</c><00:23:31.900><c> not</c><00:23:32.059><c> be</c><00:23:32.259><c> brought</c><00:23:32.480><c> under</c><00:23:32.680><c> the</c><00:23:32.900><c> power</c>

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of<00:23:33.400><c> any.</c><00:23:35.119><c> Now</c><00:23:35.279><c> it's</c><00:23:35.519><c> those</c><00:23:35.720><c> three</c><00:23:35.900><c> things</c><00:23:36.119><c> we</c><00:23:36.339><c> have</c><00:23:36.500><c> to</c>

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think<00:23:36.940><c> about.</c><00:23:38.539><c> Think</c><00:23:38.779><c> first</c><00:23:39.079><c> of</c><00:23:39.220><c> all</c><00:23:39.339><c> of</c><00:23:39.500><c> the</c><00:23:39.660><c> test</c><00:23:39.880><c> of</c><00:23:40.119><c> spiritual</c><00:23:40.579><c> advancement</c><00:23:41.299><c> or</c>

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personal<00:23:42.519><c> advancement.</c>

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Not<00:23:44.000><c> all</c><00:23:44.240><c> things</c><00:23:44.480><c> are</c><00:23:44.819><c> expedient.</c><00:23:46.880><c> I've</c><00:23:47.119><c> said</c><00:23:47.220><c> already</c><00:23:47.579><c> something</c><00:23:47.859><c> about</c>

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the<00:23:48.380><c> word.</c><00:23:48.519><c> I</c><00:23:48.720><c> will</c><00:23:48.900><c> say</c><00:23:49.099><c> a</c><00:23:49.240><c> bit</c><00:23:49.339><c> more</c>

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about<00:23:49.859><c> it</c><00:23:50.019><c> now.</c><00:23:50.640><c> Expedient.</c><00:23:51.839><c> In</c><00:23:52.000><c> our</c><00:23:52.359><c> day</c><00:23:52.539><c> of</c><00:23:52.819><c> course</c><00:23:53.059><c> the</c><00:23:53.220><c> word</c><00:23:53.500><c> expedient</c><00:23:54.079><c> has</c>

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come<00:23:54.519><c> to</c><00:23:54.660><c> mean</c><00:23:54.799><c> the</c><00:23:55.019><c> thing</c>

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principle.<00:24:02.819><c> It's</c><00:24:03.000><c> a</c><00:24:03.099><c> word</c><00:24:03.279><c> which</c><00:24:03.519><c> has</c><00:24:03.740><c> become</c>

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important<00:24:04.960><c> in</c><00:24:05.359><c> politics.</c><00:24:08.980><c> But</c><00:24:09.119><c> it</c><00:24:09.440><c> also</c><00:24:09.880><c> therefore,</c><00:24:11.640><c> therefore</c><00:24:12.460><c> it</c><00:24:13.019><c> has</c>

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connotation.<00:24:18.279><c> In</c><00:24:18.339><c> the</c><00:24:18.539><c> Bible</c><00:24:18.799><c> it</c><00:24:18.980><c> hasn't</c><00:24:19.339><c> that</c><00:24:19.559><c> meaning.</c><00:24:20.240><c> In</c>

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understand<00:24:31.660><c> that</c><00:24:32.440><c> the</c><00:24:32.619><c> very</c><00:24:32.980><c> closest</c>

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translation<00:24:33.880><c> of</c><00:24:34.099><c> the</c><00:24:34.200><c> word</c><00:24:34.339><c> in</c><00:24:34.519><c> English</c><00:24:34.980><c> is</c><00:24:36.640><c> really</c><00:24:37.799><c> profitable.</c><00:24:40.440><c> And</c><00:24:40.640><c> Paul</c>

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not<00:24:46.220><c> all</c><00:24:46.420><c> things</c><00:24:46.660><c> are</c><00:24:46.980><c> profitable.</c><00:24:48.420><c> That</c><00:24:48.539><c> is</c><00:24:48.779><c> to</c><00:24:48.960><c> say</c>

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advance<00:24:53.359><c> the</c><00:24:53.799><c> cause.</c><00:24:55.640><c> In</c><00:24:55.819><c> this</c><00:24:56.099><c> sense</c><00:24:56.400><c> lawful</c>

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things<00:24:58.079><c> may</c><00:24:58.559><c> very</c><00:24:58.960><c> well</c><00:24:59.259><c> therefore</c><00:24:59.819><c> have</c><00:25:00.099><c> the</c><00:25:00.400><c> appearance</c><00:25:00.839><c> of</c>

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evil.<00:25:04.519><c> They</c><00:25:04.660><c> are</c><00:25:05.099><c> hindrances</c><00:25:05.960><c> on</c><00:25:09.200><c> the</c><00:25:09.440><c> journey.</c>

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Weights<00:25:17.680><c> which</c><00:25:17.920><c> ought</c><00:25:18.119><c> to</c><00:25:18.299><c> be</c><00:25:18.539><c> shared</c><00:25:18.720><c> or</c><00:25:19.099><c> laid</c><00:25:19.299><c> aside.</c><00:25:21.900><c> And</c><00:25:22.099><c> also</c><00:25:22.559><c> they</c><00:25:22.839><c> are</c><00:25:23.000><c> very</c><00:25:23.299><c> personal</c><00:25:23.700><c> in</c><00:25:24.000><c> a</c>

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what<00:25:24.940><c> is</c><00:25:25.299><c> expedient</c><00:25:25.819><c> for</c><00:25:26.000><c> you</c><00:25:26.200><c> may</c><00:25:26.400><c> not</c><00:25:26.619><c> be</c><00:25:26.839><c> expedient</c><00:25:27.380><c> for</c><00:25:27.619><c> me.</c><00:25:28.180><c> What</c><00:25:28.380><c> is</c>

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a<00:25:28.720><c> hindrance</c><00:25:29.140><c> to</c><00:25:29.259><c> you</c><00:25:29.440><c> may</c><00:25:29.660><c> not</c><00:25:29.819><c> be</c>

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a<00:25:30.099><c> hindrance</c><00:25:30.500><c> to</c><00:25:30.700><c> me.</c><00:25:32.500><c> But</c><00:25:32.859><c> they</c><00:25:33.200><c> are</c><00:25:33.339><c> things</c><00:25:33.880><c> that</c><00:25:34.640><c> sap</c><00:25:34.839><c> the</c>

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strength<00:25:35.539><c> and</c><00:25:35.799><c> they</c><00:25:36.039><c> halt</c><00:25:36.200><c> development.</c>

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think<00:25:53.019><c> of</c><00:25:53.240><c> the</c><00:25:53.380><c> test</c><00:25:53.839><c> of</c><00:25:54.380><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:54.839><c> relationship.</c>

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The<00:25:58.640><c> apostle</c><00:25:58.900><c> said</c><00:25:59.160><c> not</c><00:25:59.440><c> all</c><00:25:59.799><c> things</c><00:26:00.359><c> edify</c><00:26:00.900><c> or</c><00:26:01.160><c> build</c><00:26:01.440><c> up.</c>

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Think<00:26:05.460><c> first</c><00:26:05.819><c> of</c><00:26:06.059><c> another</c><00:26:06.319><c> word</c><00:26:06.539><c> of</c><00:26:06.720><c> Paul.</c><00:26:07.000><c> I'm</c><00:26:07.180><c> going</c><00:26:07.279><c> to</c><00:26:07.460><c> remember</c><00:26:07.680><c> a</c><00:26:07.900><c> word</c><00:26:08.180><c> in</c><00:26:08.500><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:26:09.099><c> 10</c><00:26:09.660><c> verse</c><00:26:10.059><c> 24.</c>

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Let<00:26:14.559><c> no</c><00:26:14.799><c> man</c><00:26:15.000><c> seek</c><00:26:15.279><c> his</c><00:26:15.500><c> own</c><00:26:15.599><c> but</c><00:26:15.779><c> every</c><00:26:16.059><c> man</c><00:26:16.279><c> his</c>

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neighbor's<00:26:17.019><c> good.</c><00:26:18.579><c> Let</c><00:26:18.740><c> no</c><00:26:19.059><c> man</c><00:26:19.359><c> seek</c><00:26:19.680><c> his</c><00:26:20.000><c> own</c><00:26:20.380><c> but</c><00:26:20.619><c> every</c><00:26:20.940><c> man</c><00:26:21.180><c> his</c><00:26:21.339><c> neighbor's</c><00:26:22.000><c> good.</c><00:26:24.480><c> And</c><00:26:24.799><c> then</c><00:26:24.920><c> there's</c><00:26:25.180><c> a</c>

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word<00:26:25.579><c> in</c>

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1<00:26:29.359><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:29.960><c> 12</c><00:26:30.559><c> verse</c><00:26:30.920><c> 25.</c><00:26:32.180><c> I'm</c><00:26:33.019><c> remembering</c><00:26:33.460><c> this.</c>

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:38.859
1<00:26:35.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:35.779><c> 12</c><00:26:36.059><c> verse</c><00:26:36.319><c> 25.</c><00:26:38.000><c> Members</c><00:26:38.200><c> should</c><00:26:38.440><c> have</c><00:26:38.599><c> the</c>

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:40.779
same<00:26:39.099><c> care</c><00:26:39.400><c> one</c><00:26:39.599><c> for</c><00:26:39.839><c> another.</c>

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:48.339
Well<00:26:43.960><c> now</c><00:26:44.599><c> this</c><00:26:45.579><c> again</c><00:26:46.140><c> is</c><00:26:46.559><c> a</c><00:26:46.759><c> limitation</c><00:26:47.279><c> of</c><00:26:47.519><c> a</c><00:26:47.720><c> disciple's</c>

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:52.680
liberty.<00:26:50.240><c> In</c><00:26:50.500><c> other</c><00:26:50.720><c> words</c><00:26:50.980><c> the</c><00:26:51.359><c> lawfulness</c><00:26:51.900><c> of</c><00:26:52.220><c> legitimate</c>

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:56.099
things<00:26:53.059><c> must</c><00:26:53.319><c> be</c><00:26:53.599><c> measured</c><00:26:53.819><c> by</c><00:26:54.039><c> how</c><00:26:54.259><c> they</c><00:26:54.539><c> build</c><00:26:54.779><c> up</c><00:26:55.000><c> my</c><00:26:55.319><c> brother.</c>

00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:01.400
Side<00:26:58.119><c> by</c><00:26:58.380><c> side</c><00:26:58.660><c> for</c><00:26:58.819><c> the</c><00:26:59.039><c> necessity</c><00:26:59.440><c> of</c><00:26:59.700><c> my</c><00:26:59.920><c> own</c><00:27:00.220><c> personal</c><00:27:00.680><c> progress</c><00:27:01.140><c> in</c>

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:04.700
Christ,<00:27:02.519><c> side</c><00:27:02.759><c> by</c><00:27:03.039><c> side</c><00:27:03.339><c> with</c><00:27:03.640><c> that</c><00:27:04.039><c> is</c><00:27:04.480><c> my</c>

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:08.440
anxiety<00:27:05.279><c> about</c><00:27:05.559><c> the</c><00:27:05.779><c> progress</c><00:27:06.059><c> of</c><00:27:06.299><c> my</c><00:27:06.519><c> brother's</c><00:27:08.119><c> standing</c>

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:12.839
and<00:27:08.819><c> advancement</c><00:27:09.220><c> in</c><00:27:09.599><c> Christ.</c><00:27:11.640><c> And</c><00:27:11.839><c> the</c><00:27:12.079><c> thing</c><00:27:12.420><c> which</c>

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:19.000
though<00:27:13.160><c> it</c><00:27:13.539><c> may</c><00:27:13.819><c> be</c><00:27:15.920><c> not</c><00:27:16.279><c> evil</c><00:27:16.599><c> for</c><00:27:16.859><c> me,</c><00:27:17.039><c> it</c><00:27:17.240><c> may</c><00:27:17.339><c> do</c><00:27:17.559><c> me</c><00:27:17.799><c> no</c><00:27:18.059><c> harm,</c><00:27:18.839><c> if</c>

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:20.660
it<00:27:19.200><c> harms</c><00:27:19.440><c> my</c><00:27:19.779><c> brother</c><00:27:20.000><c> and</c><00:27:20.160><c> if</c><00:27:20.259><c> it</c><00:27:20.359><c> doesn't</c>

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:24.819
build<00:27:20.900><c> up</c><00:27:21.140><c> his</c><00:27:21.440><c> spiritual</c><00:27:21.740><c> life.</c><00:27:22.599><c> Indeed</c><00:27:22.819><c> perhaps</c><00:27:23.160><c> it</c><00:27:23.299><c> may</c><00:27:23.539><c> discourage</c><00:27:24.200><c> him,</c><00:27:24.359><c> perhaps</c><00:27:24.660><c> it</c>

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.900
may<00:27:25.960><c> encourage</c><00:27:26.539><c> him</c><00:27:26.720><c> to</c>

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:30.339
sin<00:27:27.019><c> against</c><00:27:27.420><c> his</c><00:27:27.640><c> own</c><00:27:27.920><c> conscience,</c><00:27:29.240><c> perhaps</c><00:27:29.599><c> causes</c><00:27:29.960><c> him</c><00:27:30.160><c> to</c>

00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:33.039
lose<00:27:30.559><c> faith</c><00:27:30.880><c> in</c><00:27:31.079><c> the</c><00:27:31.299><c> truth</c><00:27:31.539><c> or</c><00:27:31.740><c> loses</c><00:27:32.380><c> activity</c>

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:36.240
or<00:27:33.339><c> interest</c><00:27:33.619><c> in</c><00:27:33.839><c> the</c><00:27:34.079><c> ecclesia.</c><00:27:34.940><c> The</c><00:27:35.140><c> thing</c><00:27:35.339><c> that</c><00:27:35.519><c> does</c><00:27:35.799><c> that</c>

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:38.940
therefore,<00:27:36.940><c> though</c><00:27:37.200><c> it</c><00:27:37.720><c> may</c><00:27:38.039><c> seem</c><00:27:38.299><c> to</c><00:27:38.440><c> be</c><00:27:38.640><c> lawful</c>

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:42.279
for<00:27:39.099><c> me,</c><00:27:39.339><c> it</c><00:27:39.579><c> ceases</c><00:27:39.900><c> to</c><00:27:40.099><c> be</c><00:27:40.240><c> lawful</c><00:27:40.579><c> really</c><00:27:41.119><c> because</c><00:27:41.819><c> though</c>

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:44.380
we<00:27:42.599><c> judge</c><00:27:42.779><c> it</c><00:27:42.980><c> to</c><00:27:43.039><c> be</c><00:27:43.220><c> a</c><00:27:43.359><c> lawful</c><00:27:43.680><c> thing</c><00:27:43.900><c> it</c><00:27:44.079><c> has</c>

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:51.440
the<00:27:44.680><c> appearance</c><00:27:45.240><c> of</c><00:27:45.539><c> evil</c><00:27:45.660><c> if</c><00:27:45.799><c> it</c><00:27:45.980><c> harms</c><00:27:46.220><c> my</c><00:27:46.519><c> brother.</c><00:27:50.740><c> So</c><00:27:51.019><c> that</c><00:27:51.180><c> was</c>

00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:54.160
the<00:27:51.619><c> second</c><00:27:51.960><c> test,</c><00:27:52.380><c> the</c><00:27:52.480><c> test</c><00:27:52.859><c> of</c><00:27:53.880><c> ecclesial</c>

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:59.119
relationship.<00:27:57.039><c> And</c><00:27:57.180><c> then</c><00:27:57.339><c> the</c><00:27:57.519><c> third</c><00:27:57.819><c> test,</c><00:27:58.700><c> and</c><00:27:58.819><c> remember</c>

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:01.759
what<00:27:59.339><c> the</c><00:27:59.779><c> theme</c><00:27:59.960><c> is,</c><00:28:00.640><c> prove</c><00:28:00.640><c> all</c><00:28:00.940><c> things,</c>

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:09.039
test<00:28:02.779><c> all</c><00:28:03.099><c> things.</c><00:28:03.339><c> The</c><00:28:03.599><c> third</c><00:28:03.920><c> test</c><00:28:04.359><c> was</c><00:28:05.099><c> the</c><00:28:06.339><c> test</c><00:28:06.619><c> of</c><00:28:06.880><c> authority,</c><00:28:08.839><c> that</c>

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:11.019
is<00:28:09.539><c> but</c><00:28:09.980><c> I</c><00:28:10.180><c> will</c><00:28:10.420><c> not</c><00:28:10.619><c> be</c><00:28:10.819><c> brought</c>

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:19.519
under<00:28:11.140><c> the</c><00:28:11.380><c> power</c><00:28:11.660><c> of</c><00:28:11.920><c> any.</c><00:28:16.559><c> It's</c><00:28:17.039><c> not</c><00:28:17.299><c> obvious</c><00:28:17.759><c> in</c><00:28:18.059><c> the</c><00:28:18.220><c> English</c><00:28:18.519><c> tongue</c><00:28:18.859><c> but</c><00:28:19.000><c> there's</c><00:28:19.359><c> a</c>

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play<00:28:19.619><c> on</c><00:28:19.880><c> words</c><00:28:20.200><c> here,</c>

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:22.660
I<00:28:20.980><c> don't</c><00:28:21.220><c> know</c><00:28:21.319><c> whether</c><00:28:21.440><c> you</c><00:28:21.619><c> know</c><00:28:21.759><c> this</c><00:28:21.940><c> but</c><00:28:22.059><c> there's</c><00:28:22.359><c> a</c><00:28:22.500><c> play</c>

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:24.900
on<00:28:22.920><c> words</c><00:28:23.319><c> here.</c><00:28:23.519><c> This</c><00:28:23.740><c> sometimes</c><00:28:24.160><c> occurs</c><00:28:24.579><c> in</c><00:28:24.779><c> the</c>

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:29.819
Bible<00:28:25.279><c> and</c><00:28:26.440><c> what</c><00:28:26.759><c> Paul</c><00:28:27.119><c> says</c><00:28:27.539><c> is,</c><00:28:28.500><c> all</c><00:28:28.539><c> things</c><00:28:28.779><c> are</c><00:28:28.960><c> in</c><00:28:29.079><c> my</c><00:28:29.400><c> power</c><00:28:29.640><c> but</c>

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.640
I<00:28:29.960><c> will</c><00:28:30.140><c> not</c><00:28:30.279><c> be</c><00:28:30.460><c> brought</c><00:28:30.660><c> under</c><00:28:30.900><c> the</c><00:28:31.099><c> power</c><00:28:31.359><c> of</c>

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:35.640
any.<00:28:32.200><c> There's</c><00:28:32.420><c> a</c><00:28:32.539><c> play</c><00:28:32.680><c> on</c><00:28:32.859><c> the</c><00:28:33.039><c> word</c><00:28:33.240><c> there,</c><00:28:34.420><c> power</c><00:28:34.720><c> and</c><00:28:34.980><c> power.</c><00:28:35.460><c> All</c>

00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:37.759
things<00:28:35.880><c> are</c><00:28:36.099><c> in</c><00:28:36.160><c> my</c><00:28:36.460><c> power</c><00:28:36.920><c> but</c><00:28:37.279><c> I</c><00:28:37.440><c> will</c><00:28:37.619><c> not</c>

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:42.579
be<00:28:37.839><c> brought</c><00:28:38.079><c> under</c><00:28:38.319><c> the</c><00:28:38.519><c> power</c><00:28:38.799><c> of</c><00:28:39.039><c> any.</c><00:28:40.440><c> If</c><00:28:40.920><c> a</c><00:28:41.099><c> man</c><00:28:41.220><c> is</c><00:28:41.480><c> mastered</c><00:28:41.779><c> by</c><00:28:42.059><c> Christ</c><00:28:42.440><c> he</c>

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.640
cannot<00:28:42.819><c> be</c><00:28:43.059><c> mastered</c><00:28:43.400><c> by</c>

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anything<00:28:43.920><c> else.</c><00:28:45.380><c> And</c><00:28:45.680><c> if</c><00:28:45.920><c> on</c><00:28:46.059><c> the</c><00:28:46.160><c> other</c><00:28:46.359><c> hand</c><00:28:46.539><c> lawful</c><00:28:46.960><c> things</c>

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:50.039
mastered<00:28:47.779><c> him</c><00:28:48.339><c> then</c><00:28:48.880><c> they</c><00:28:49.259><c> really</c><00:28:49.640><c> cease</c><00:28:49.859><c> to</c>

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:53.599
be<00:28:50.240><c> lawful</c><00:28:50.519><c> if</c><00:28:50.660><c> they've</c><00:28:50.980><c> mastered</c><00:28:51.299><c> him</c><00:28:51.960><c> because</c><00:28:52.779><c> no</c><00:28:53.079><c> man</c><00:28:53.319><c> can</c>

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:57.839
serve<00:28:53.819><c> two</c><00:28:54.099><c> masters.</c><00:28:55.559><c> One</c><00:28:55.799><c> is</c><00:28:56.019><c> your</c><00:28:56.279><c> master,</c><00:28:57.460><c> even</c>

00:28:57.839 --> 00:29:03.660
Christ.<00:29:00.380><c> And</c><00:29:00.599><c> let</c><00:29:00.859><c> once</c><00:29:01.400><c> the</c><00:29:01.960><c> innocent</c><00:29:02.380><c> thing,</c><00:29:03.000><c> the</c><00:29:03.240><c> lawful</c>

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:06.579
thing<00:29:03.859><c> become</c><00:29:04.180><c> master</c><00:29:04.539><c> and</c><00:29:04.740><c> it</c><00:29:04.980><c> ceases</c><00:29:05.279><c> to</c><00:29:05.500><c> be</c><00:29:05.700><c> innocent.</c>

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:10.839
That's<00:29:07.640><c> the</c><00:29:07.700><c> message.</c><00:29:08.940><c> If</c><00:29:09.160><c> the</c><00:29:09.440><c> lawful</c><00:29:09.759><c> thing</c><00:29:09.980><c> comes</c><00:29:10.380><c> to</c><00:29:10.660><c> have</c>

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:13.900
dominion<00:29:11.259><c> over</c><00:29:11.559><c> you,</c><00:29:12.539><c> be</c><00:29:12.660><c> it</c><00:29:12.859><c> ever</c><00:29:13.059><c> so</c><00:29:13.339><c> lawful,</c>

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:18.000
if<00:29:14.220><c> it</c><00:29:14.400><c> has</c><00:29:14.680><c> dominion</c><00:29:15.259><c> over</c><00:29:15.559><c> you</c><00:29:16.039><c> then</c><00:29:16.460><c> it</c><00:29:16.819><c> really</c><00:29:17.299><c> ceases</c><00:29:17.799><c> to</c>

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:20.240
be<00:29:18.160><c> lawful</c><00:29:18.519><c> and</c><00:29:18.799><c> it</c><00:29:19.099><c> becomes</c>

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:26.619
or<00:29:22.599><c> it</c><00:29:22.839><c> has</c><00:29:23.059><c> the</c><00:29:23.319><c> appearance</c><00:29:23.680><c> of</c><00:29:23.960><c> evil.</c><00:29:24.460><c> Let</c><00:29:24.720><c> me</c><00:29:24.960><c> illustrate</c><00:29:25.400><c> what</c><00:29:25.599><c> I</c><00:29:25.819><c> mean.</c>

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:33.539
Take<00:29:28.680><c> this</c><00:29:29.440><c> ten</c><00:29:29.799><c>-rand</c><00:29:30.019><c> note,</c><00:29:31.539><c> well</c><00:29:31.740><c> when</c><00:29:31.900><c> I</c><00:29:32.160><c> say</c><00:29:32.319><c> take</c><00:29:32.619><c> it.</c>

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:45.339
Do<00:29:43.039><c> you</c><00:29:43.480><c> know,</c><00:29:43.740><c> brother</c><00:29:43.859><c> president,</c><00:29:44.380><c> a</c><00:29:44.500><c> man</c><00:29:44.680><c> said</c><00:29:44.900><c> to</c><00:29:45.059><c> me</c><00:29:45.119><c> once,</c>

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:49.019
Dennis<00:29:45.680><c> never</c><00:29:46.000><c> do</c><00:29:46.220><c> that</c><00:29:46.440><c> at</c><00:29:46.579><c> the</c><00:29:46.680><c> fraternal,</c><00:29:47.140><c> you'll</c><00:29:47.339><c> get</c><00:29:47.559><c> trampled</c><00:29:47.839><c> to</c><00:29:48.079><c> death.</c>

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:59.440
I<00:29:54.920><c> told</c><00:29:55.160><c> him</c><00:29:55.299><c> he</c><00:29:55.400><c> was</c><00:29:55.579><c> utterly</c><00:29:55.859><c> wrong.</c><00:29:57.640><c> Now</c><00:29:57.960><c> take</c><00:29:58.519><c> this</c><00:29:59.200><c> ten</c>

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.640
-rand<00:29:59.640><c> note.</c>

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You<00:30:02.359><c> know</c><00:30:02.720><c> and</c><00:30:02.900><c> I</c><00:30:03.160><c> know</c><00:30:03.700><c> that</c><00:30:04.220><c> it</c><00:30:04.440><c> is</c><00:30:04.700><c> lawful.</c><00:30:05.779><c> In</c><00:30:05.980><c> itself</c><00:30:06.779><c> there's</c><00:30:07.740><c> naught</c><00:30:07.940><c> wrong</c><00:30:08.160><c> in</c><00:30:08.359><c> it.</c>

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:13.339
Perfectly<00:30:09.900><c> lawful</c><00:30:10.299><c> thing,</c><00:30:10.599><c> a</c><00:30:10.779><c> ten</c><00:30:10.900><c>-rand</c><00:30:11.079><c> note.</c><00:30:12.559><c> But</c><00:30:12.880><c> I</c><00:30:13.099><c> could</c>

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:17.500
so<00:30:13.700><c> use</c><00:30:14.019><c> that</c><00:30:14.359><c> ten</c><00:30:14.700><c>-rand</c><00:30:14.960><c> note</c><00:30:15.220><c> that</c><00:30:15.420><c> it</c><00:30:15.660><c> masters</c><00:30:16.119><c> me.</c>

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:24.720
And<00:30:19.000><c> in</c><00:30:19.259><c> the</c><00:30:19.380><c> day</c><00:30:19.539><c> of</c><00:30:19.799><c> judgment</c><00:30:20.160><c> it</c><00:30:20.420><c> would</c><00:30:20.759><c> condemn</c><00:30:21.140><c> me,</c><00:30:22.299><c> how</c><00:30:22.599><c> I'd</c><00:30:22.880><c> used</c><00:30:23.059><c> it.</c><00:30:24.180><c> I</c>

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:27.640
could<00:30:25.059><c> use</c><00:30:25.359><c> it</c><00:30:25.660><c> in</c><00:30:25.920><c> such</c><00:30:26.180><c> a</c><00:30:26.440><c> way</c>

00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:34.299
as<00:30:28.619><c> to</c><00:30:28.859><c> ruin</c><00:30:29.160><c> me</c><00:30:30.220><c> or</c><00:30:31.799><c> start</c><00:30:32.200><c> me</c><00:30:32.400><c> on</c><00:30:32.559><c> the</c><00:30:32.779><c> path</c><00:30:33.039><c> to</c><00:30:33.339><c> ruin.</c>

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:39.480
Or<00:30:36.519><c> I</c><00:30:36.680><c> could</c><00:30:36.940><c> so</c><00:30:37.240><c> use</c><00:30:37.559><c> it,</c><00:30:37.819><c> my</c><00:30:38.099><c> comrades,</c><00:30:38.599><c> as</c><00:30:38.759><c> to</c><00:30:38.920><c> build</c><00:30:39.119><c> up</c><00:30:39.319><c> a</c>

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:42.039
good<00:30:39.660><c> foundation</c><00:30:40.259><c> against</c><00:30:40.740><c> that</c><00:30:41.079><c> day.</c>

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:48.119
And<00:30:43.440><c> that's</c><00:30:43.680><c> an</c><00:30:43.819><c> example</c><00:30:44.200><c> of</c><00:30:44.380><c> what</c><00:30:44.539><c> I</c><00:30:44.759><c> mean.</c><00:30:46.440><c> If</c><00:30:46.599><c> I'm</c><00:30:47.400><c> the</c><00:30:47.579><c> master</c><00:30:47.940><c> of</c>

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:49.579
that<00:30:48.400><c> note,</c><00:30:48.680><c> it</c><00:30:48.839><c> is</c><00:30:49.059><c> lawful.</c>

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:53.619
If<00:30:50.160><c> it</c><00:30:50.460><c> masters</c><00:30:50.960><c> me,</c><00:30:51.539><c> it</c><00:30:51.700><c> ceases</c><00:30:51.940><c> to</c><00:30:52.200><c> be</c><00:30:52.400><c> lawful</c><00:30:52.900><c> as</c><00:30:53.160><c> far</c><00:30:53.339><c> as</c><00:30:53.500><c> I</c>

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.759
am<00:30:53.819><c> concerned.</c>

00:30:55.039 --> 00:31:00.319
And<00:30:55.359><c> that</c><00:30:55.700><c> is</c><00:30:55.880><c> just</c><00:30:56.160><c> a</c><00:30:56.259><c> little</c><00:30:56.460><c> illustration.</c><00:30:58.299><c> And</c><00:30:58.579><c> that</c><00:30:59.740><c> seems</c><00:31:00.160><c> to</c>

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:02.240
me<00:31:00.539><c> to</c><00:31:00.819><c> be</c><00:31:01.099><c> the</c><00:31:01.440><c> scriptural</c><00:31:01.940><c> method</c>

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:08.259
of<00:31:02.519><c> proving</c><00:31:02.740><c> all</c><00:31:03.059><c> things</c><00:31:03.259><c> in</c><00:31:03.460><c> the</c><00:31:03.619><c> context</c><00:31:04.160><c> of</c><00:31:04.880><c> abstaining</c><00:31:05.400><c> from</c><00:31:06.220><c> all</c><00:31:06.799><c> appearance</c><00:31:07.259><c> of</c><00:31:07.539><c> evil.</c>

00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:13.980
Those<00:31:08.599><c> three</c><00:31:08.920><c> tests,</c><00:31:11.480><c> test</c><00:31:11.900><c> personal</c><00:31:12.799><c> advancement,</c><00:31:13.460><c> the</c><00:31:13.579><c> test</c><00:31:13.759><c> of</c>

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:15.299
a<00:31:14.059><c> clear</c><00:31:14.200><c> relationship</c>

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:22.259
and<00:31:17.220><c> this</c><00:31:17.859><c> last</c><00:31:18.339><c> test,</c><00:31:20.680><c> the</c><00:31:20.779><c> test</c><00:31:21.039><c> of</c><00:31:21.259><c> authority.</c>

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:31.900
And<00:31:25.420><c> I</c><00:31:25.900><c> am</c><00:31:26.519><c> saying</c><00:31:26.819><c> to</c><00:31:27.059><c> you</c><00:31:27.279><c> that</c><00:31:27.539><c> I</c><00:31:27.660><c> think</c><00:31:28.140><c> that</c><00:31:29.900><c> that</c><00:31:30.539><c> exposition</c><00:31:31.299><c> of</c><00:31:31.559><c> it,</c>

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.880
such<00:31:32.220><c> as</c><00:31:32.460><c> it</c><00:31:32.779><c> is,</c>

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:37.920
is<00:31:34.619><c> in</c><00:31:34.900><c> harmony</c><00:31:35.140><c> with</c><00:31:35.359><c> other</c><00:31:35.660><c> parts</c><00:31:36.059><c> of</c><00:31:36.380><c> the</c><00:31:36.519><c> fifth</c><00:31:36.819><c> chapter</c><00:31:37.299><c> of</c><00:31:37.700><c> 1</c>

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.259
Thessalonians<00:31:38.539><c> which</c><00:31:38.759><c> we</c><00:31:39.000><c> read.</c>

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:43.160
For<00:31:39.759><c> example,</c><00:31:40.299><c> verse</c><00:31:40.440><c> 11</c><00:31:40.799><c> said,</c><00:31:41.640><c> wherefore</c><00:31:42.000><c> exalt</c><00:31:42.319><c> one</c><00:31:42.539><c> another</c><00:31:42.880><c> and</c>

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:44.920
build<00:31:43.460><c> each</c><00:31:43.779><c> other</c><00:31:44.039><c> up.</c>

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:48.819
Wherefore<00:31:45.779><c> exalt</c><00:31:46.259><c> one</c><00:31:46.599><c> another</c><00:31:46.920><c> and</c><00:31:47.259><c> build</c><00:31:47.579><c> each</c><00:31:47.940><c> other</c><00:31:48.180><c> up,</c>

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:51.640
even<00:31:49.559><c> as</c><00:31:49.799><c> ye</c><00:31:50.000><c> also</c><00:31:50.420><c> do.</c>

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:56.119
Or<00:31:52.619><c> verse</c><00:31:52.920><c> 15,</c><00:31:53.700><c> see</c><00:31:53.859><c> that</c><00:31:54.140><c> none</c><00:31:54.420><c> render</c><00:31:54.900><c> to</c><00:31:55.259><c> anyone</c><00:31:55.519><c> evil</c><00:31:55.819><c> for</c>

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:58.579
evil,<00:31:56.460><c> but</c><00:31:56.640><c> always</c><00:31:56.960><c> follow</c><00:31:57.359><c> after</c><00:31:57.660><c> that</c><00:31:57.880><c> which</c><00:31:58.019><c> is</c><00:31:58.279><c> good,</c>

00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:02.559
one<00:31:59.339><c> toward</c><00:31:59.819><c> another</c><00:32:00.460><c> and</c><00:32:01.299><c> toward</c><00:32:01.759><c> all.</c>

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:07.200
See,<00:32:05.019><c> the</c><00:32:05.180><c> liberty</c><00:32:05.500><c> of</c><00:32:05.680><c> the</c><00:32:05.839><c> man</c><00:32:05.960><c> of</c><00:32:06.140><c> God</c><00:32:06.319><c> cannot</c><00:32:06.599><c> be</c><00:32:06.960><c> enjoyed</c>

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:08.980
in<00:32:07.480><c> isolation,</c>

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:12.759
always<00:32:09.740><c> it</c><00:32:10.000><c> is</c><00:32:10.259><c> subject</c><00:32:10.720><c> to</c><00:32:11.299><c> limitation</c><00:32:11.819><c> by</c><00:32:12.119><c> the</c><00:32:12.299><c> needs</c><00:32:12.539><c> and</c>

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:15.720
the<00:32:13.000><c> cares</c><00:32:13.440><c> of</c><00:32:14.099><c> God's</c><00:32:14.480><c> other</c><00:32:14.640><c> children.</c>

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:19.960
And<00:32:16.380><c> if</c><00:32:16.599><c> this</c><00:32:16.819><c> is</c><00:32:17.000><c> the</c><00:32:17.119><c> method,</c><00:32:18.140><c> now</c><00:32:18.559><c> what</c><00:32:18.900><c> we</c><00:32:19.079><c> have</c><00:32:19.240><c> to</c><00:32:19.380><c> think</c><00:32:19.619><c> about?</c>

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:24.539
If<00:32:20.339><c> we</c><00:32:21.579><c> can</c><00:32:21.779><c> agree</c><00:32:22.099><c> thus</c><00:32:22.400><c> far</c><00:32:22.640><c> that</c><00:32:22.779><c> it</c><00:32:22.980><c> seems</c><00:32:23.319><c> reasonable,</c>

00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:26.859
then<00:32:24.960><c> what</c><00:32:25.140><c> we</c><00:32:25.339><c> have</c><00:32:25.519><c> now</c><00:32:25.660><c> to</c><00:32:25.799><c> think</c><00:32:26.000><c> about,</c><00:32:26.180><c> if</c><00:32:26.319><c> that</c><00:32:26.519><c> is</c><00:32:26.720><c> the</c>

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:29.140
method,<00:32:27.700><c> what</c><00:32:27.940><c> is</c><00:32:28.140><c> the</c><00:32:28.299><c> motive?</c>

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:33.579
What<00:32:30.660><c> motive</c><00:32:31.180><c> will</c><00:32:31.480><c> keep</c><00:32:31.759><c> a</c><00:32:31.920><c> man</c><00:32:32.180><c> fast</c><00:32:32.640><c> and</c><00:32:32.799><c> hold</c><00:32:33.000><c> him</c><00:32:33.299><c> steady</c>

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:37.019
amid<00:32:33.779><c> the</c><00:32:34.039><c> currents</c><00:32:34.359><c> and</c><00:32:34.660><c> forces</c><00:32:35.079><c> of</c><00:32:35.740><c> our</c><00:32:36.000><c> daily</c><00:32:36.259><c> life</c>

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:47.039
in<00:32:40.500><c> this</c><00:32:41.099><c> anxiety</c><00:32:41.859><c> to</c><00:32:42.140><c> prove</c><00:32:42.380><c> all</c><00:32:42.779><c> things</c><00:32:43.339><c> and</c><00:32:44.559><c> to</c><00:32:44.839><c> abstain</c><00:32:45.180><c> from</c><00:32:45.420><c> every</c><00:32:45.700><c> appearance</c><00:32:46.140><c> of</c><00:32:46.380><c> evil?</c>

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:52.460
What<00:32:48.940><c> force</c><00:32:49.500><c> will</c><00:32:49.880><c> hold</c><00:32:50.119><c> him</c><00:32:50.400><c> steady</c><00:32:50.859><c> in</c><00:32:51.480><c> the</c><00:32:51.660><c> light</c><00:32:51.819><c> of</c><00:32:52.000><c> God's</c>

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:54.779
word,<00:32:52.759><c> I</c><00:32:52.759><c> mean,</c><00:32:53.180><c> in</c><00:32:53.220><c> the</c><00:32:53.380><c> light</c><00:32:53.579><c> of</c><00:32:53.799><c> God's</c><00:32:54.200><c> word,</c>

00:32:55.220 --> 00:33:00.420
within<00:32:55.460><c> the</c><00:32:55.720><c> orbit</c><00:32:55.900><c> of</c><00:32:56.079><c> its</c><00:32:56.279><c> power,</c><00:32:58.339><c> what</c><00:32:58.460><c> supreme</c><00:32:59.220><c> force</c><00:32:59.680><c> will</c><00:32:59.980><c> hold</c><00:33:00.240><c> a</c>

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.740
man<00:33:00.640><c> steady</c>

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:04.640
amid<00:33:02.799><c> the</c><00:33:03.079><c> currents</c><00:33:03.380><c> and</c><00:33:03.680><c> forces</c><00:33:04.000><c> of</c><00:33:04.259><c> life?</c>

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:11.640
Well,<00:33:05.660><c> my</c><00:33:05.720><c> next</c><00:33:06.119><c> reference</c><00:33:06.839><c> is</c><00:33:08.519><c> Galatians</c><00:33:09.559><c> chapter</c><00:33:10.440><c> 5.</c>

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:28.220
Galatians<00:33:21.980><c> chapter</c><00:33:22.380><c> 5,</c><00:33:25.539><c> verse</c><00:33:26.059><c> 22.</c>

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:30.440
A<00:33:29.119><c> well</c><00:33:29.440><c>-known</c><00:33:29.660><c> verse.</c>

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:35.420
Pastor<00:33:33.380><c> Paul</c><00:33:33.579><c> says,</c><00:33:33.960><c> the</c><00:33:33.960><c> fruit</c><00:33:34.180><c> of</c><00:33:34.359><c> the</c><00:33:34.559><c> Spirit</c><00:33:34.779><c> is</c><00:33:35.059><c> love,</c>

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:38.880
joy,<00:33:35.980><c> peace,</c><00:33:36.460><c> long</c><00:33:36.619><c>-suffering,</c><00:33:37.259><c> kindness,</c><00:33:38.000><c> goodness,</c>

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:42.660
faithfulness,<00:33:39.880><c> meekness,</c><00:33:40.539><c> temperance,</c><00:33:41.400><c> against</c><00:33:41.759><c> such</c><00:33:42.140><c> there</c><00:33:42.400><c> is</c>

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.740
no<00:33:42.920><c> law.</c>

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:51.740
See,<00:33:47.059><c> I'm</c><00:33:47.220><c> one</c><00:33:47.420><c> of</c><00:33:47.599><c> those</c><00:33:48.339><c> people</c><00:33:49.059><c> who</c><00:33:50.160><c> believe</c><00:33:50.960><c> that</c><00:33:51.519><c> there</c>

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:54.140
is<00:33:51.900><c> only</c><00:33:52.259><c> one</c><00:33:52.539><c> fruit</c><00:33:52.779><c> of</c><00:33:52.940><c> the</c><00:33:53.180><c> Spirit,</c>

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:59.220
only<00:33:54.940><c> one,</c><00:33:56.400><c> and</c><00:33:56.519><c> that</c><00:33:56.619><c> is</c><00:33:56.779><c> love.</c><00:33:58.319><c> And</c><00:33:58.480><c> all</c><00:33:58.660><c> the</c><00:33:58.779><c> other</c><00:33:58.920><c> things</c>

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.859
that<00:33:59.539><c> follow</c><00:33:59.740><c> in</c><00:33:59.920><c> that</c><00:34:00.160><c> catalogue</c>

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:06.819
are<00:34:01.359><c> the</c><00:34:01.579><c> flavors</c><00:34:01.980><c> of</c><00:34:02.200><c> the</c><00:34:02.400><c> one</c><00:34:02.839><c> fruit,</c><00:34:04.960><c> the</c><00:34:05.160><c> flavors</c><00:34:05.859><c> and</c><00:34:06.519><c> the</c>

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:10.659
textures<00:34:07.339><c> and</c><00:34:07.920><c> the</c><00:34:08.179><c> colors</c><00:34:08.639><c> of</c><00:34:09.320><c> the</c><00:34:09.539><c> one</c><00:34:09.780><c> fruit.</c>

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:17.219
Now<00:34:13.059><c> notice</c><00:34:13.559><c> when</c><00:34:13.880><c> the</c><00:34:14.079><c> apostle</c><00:34:14.380><c> Paul</c><00:34:14.960><c> speaks</c><00:34:15.659><c> of</c><00:34:16.780><c> the</c><00:34:17.019><c> flesh,</c>

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:19.739
he<00:34:17.500><c> speaks</c><00:34:17.840><c> in</c><00:34:18.059><c> verse</c><00:34:18.360><c> 19</c><00:34:18.900><c> of</c><00:34:19.079><c> this</c><00:34:19.300><c> chapter,</c>

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:22.699
he<00:34:20.199><c> says,</c><00:34:20.599><c> the</c><00:34:20.599><c> works</c><00:34:20.940><c> of</c><00:34:21.179><c> the</c><00:34:21.340><c> flesh</c><00:34:21.500><c> are</c><00:34:21.840><c> manifest,</c><00:34:22.480><c> which</c>

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:26.559
are<00:34:23.000><c> these.</c><00:34:23.360><c> Notice</c><00:34:23.760><c> the</c><00:34:23.980><c> words</c><00:34:24.860><c> carefully,</c>

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:30.840
because,<00:34:27.920><c> well,</c><00:34:28.139><c> they</c><00:34:28.199><c> won't</c><00:34:28.420><c> say</c><00:34:28.639><c> it,</c><00:34:28.880><c> but</c><00:34:29.139><c> you</c><00:34:29.380><c> know</c><00:34:29.519><c> what</c><00:34:29.699><c> I</c><00:34:29.840><c> mean.</c>

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:39.400
He<00:34:34.019><c> says</c><00:34:34.460><c> emphatically,</c><00:34:36.320><c> the</c><00:34:36.420><c> works</c><00:34:36.860><c> of</c><00:34:37.099><c> the</c><00:34:37.300><c> flesh</c><00:34:37.559><c> are</c><00:34:37.840><c> manifest,</c><00:34:38.239><c> which</c><00:34:38.420><c> are</c><00:34:38.559><c> these.</c>

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:45.139
Categorically,<00:34:40.820><c> he</c><00:34:40.820><c> is</c><00:34:41.340><c> using</c><00:34:41.840><c> the</c><00:34:42.119><c> plural,</c><00:34:43.800><c> ah,</c><00:34:44.420><c> the</c><00:34:44.679><c> works</c>

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:47.260
of<00:34:45.420><c> the</c><00:34:45.579><c> flesh,</c><00:34:46.280><c> ah.</c>

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:49.900
But<00:34:47.599><c> when</c><00:34:47.820><c> it</c><00:34:47.920><c> comes</c><00:34:48.159><c> to</c><00:34:48.400><c> the</c><00:34:48.699><c> fruit</c><00:34:48.940><c> of</c><00:34:49.139><c> the</c><00:34:49.340><c> Spirit,</c><00:34:49.659><c> he</c><00:34:49.659><c> says</c>

00:34:49.900 --> 00:34:51.599
the<00:34:50.099><c> fruit</c><00:34:50.340><c> of</c><00:34:50.500><c> the</c><00:34:50.699><c> Spirit</c>

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:56.260
is,<00:34:52.320><c> is</c><00:34:52.719><c> moved</c><00:34:53.039><c> from</c><00:34:53.320><c> the</c><00:34:53.559><c> plural</c><00:34:53.719><c> to</c><00:34:53.940><c> the</c><00:34:54.179><c> singular.</c><00:34:55.840><c> Now</c><00:34:56.099><c> you</c>

00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:58.380
may<00:34:56.500><c> say</c><00:34:56.699><c> I'm</c><00:34:56.980><c> splitting</c><00:34:57.300><c> hairs,</c>

00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:04.059
but<00:34:59.139><c> can</c><00:34:59.360><c> I</c><00:34:59.519><c> tell</c><00:34:59.719><c> you</c><00:34:59.920><c> something?</c><00:35:02.059><c> The</c><00:35:02.380><c> apostle</c><00:35:02.719><c> Paul</c><00:35:03.019><c> is</c><00:35:03.260><c> never</c><00:35:03.480><c> careless</c><00:35:03.840><c> in</c>

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.500
his<00:35:04.199><c> use</c><00:35:04.340><c> of</c><00:35:04.579><c> language,</c>

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:09.900
and<00:35:06.239><c> you</c><00:35:06.460><c> know</c><00:35:06.739><c> well</c><00:35:07.079><c> how</c><00:35:07.420><c> he</c><00:35:07.760><c> deliberates</c><00:35:08.440><c> in</c><00:35:09.000><c> the</c><00:35:09.139><c> third</c><00:35:09.340><c> chapter</c><00:35:09.699><c> of</c>

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:11.980
this<00:35:10.079><c> Galatian</c><00:35:10.460><c> letter</c><00:35:10.820><c> about</c><00:35:11.340><c> the</c><00:35:11.639><c> plural</c>

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:17.679
and<00:35:12.280><c> the</c><00:35:12.539><c> singular</c><00:35:12.900><c> use</c><00:35:13.239><c> of</c><00:35:13.440><c> the</c><00:35:13.440><c> word</c><00:35:13.739><c> seed,</c><00:35:15.920><c> and</c><00:35:15.920><c> builds</c><00:35:16.519><c> a</c>

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:23.639
great<00:35:18.260><c> revelation</c><00:35:19.039><c> of</c><00:35:19.980><c> truth</c><00:35:20.340><c> on</c><00:35:20.780><c> that</c><00:35:21.360><c> fact,</c><00:35:22.679><c> seed</c><00:35:23.179><c> and</c>

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:28.980
seeds.<00:35:26.219><c> And</c><00:35:26.360><c> the</c><00:35:26.480><c> reason</c><00:35:26.739><c> why</c><00:35:26.980><c> I</c><00:35:27.179><c> emphasize</c><00:35:27.559><c> Galatians</c><00:35:28.039><c> 5</c><00:35:28.320><c> verse</c><00:35:28.539><c> 22</c>

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:33.699
is<00:35:29.219><c> this,</c><00:35:30.699><c> I</c><00:35:31.000><c> believe</c><00:35:31.719><c> that</c><00:35:32.880><c> the</c><00:35:33.079><c> only</c><00:35:33.360><c> motive</c>

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:38.119
which<00:35:33.920><c> is</c><00:35:34.139><c> sufficient</c><00:35:34.980><c> to</c><00:35:36.539><c> enable</c><00:35:36.980><c> a</c><00:35:37.139><c> man</c><00:35:37.340><c> to</c><00:35:37.599><c> abstain</c><00:35:37.940><c> from</c>

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.860
all<00:35:38.340><c> appearance</c><00:35:38.699><c> of</c><00:35:38.920><c> evil</c><00:35:39.119><c> in</c><00:35:39.280><c> the</c><00:35:39.380><c> way</c><00:35:39.559><c> we've</c>

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:44.980
tried<00:35:39.980><c> to</c><00:35:40.280><c> understand</c><00:35:40.599><c> it,</c><00:35:41.199><c> is</c><00:35:41.340><c> the</c><00:35:41.480><c> motive</c><00:35:41.719><c> of</c><00:35:41.980><c> love.</c><00:35:44.699><c> Now</c><00:35:44.860><c> if</c>

00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.800
you<00:35:45.179><c> could</c><00:35:45.380><c> just</c><00:35:45.639><c> accept</c><00:35:45.920><c> for</c><00:35:46.119><c> a</c><00:35:46.199><c> moment</c><00:35:46.380><c> that</c><00:35:46.539><c> there</c>

00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:50.000
is<00:35:46.940><c> one</c><00:35:47.239><c> fruit,</c><00:35:47.619><c> love,</c><00:35:48.579><c> and</c><00:35:48.820><c> all</c><00:35:49.059><c> the</c><00:35:49.199><c> other</c><00:35:49.380><c> things</c><00:35:49.619><c> are</c><00:35:49.840><c> the</c>

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:52.820
flavors,<00:35:50.480><c> textures</c><00:35:50.800><c> and</c><00:35:51.019><c> colors,</c><00:35:51.539><c> that</c><00:35:51.760><c> is</c><00:35:52.099><c> the</c>

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:55.980
things<00:35:53.519><c> that</c><00:35:53.820><c> follow</c><00:35:54.119><c> in</c><00:35:54.400><c> that</c><00:35:54.599><c> list.</c><00:35:55.099><c> If</c><00:35:55.199><c> you</c><00:35:55.300><c> think</c><00:35:55.539><c> of</c><00:35:55.659><c> it</c><00:35:55.760><c> for</c><00:35:55.900><c> a</c>

00:35:55.980 --> 00:36:01.139
moment<00:35:56.119><c> like</c><00:35:56.360><c> this,</c><00:35:58.019><c> think,</c><00:36:00.139><c> or</c><00:36:00.260><c> let</c><00:36:00.460><c> me</c><00:36:00.679><c> explain</c>

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:13.360
what<00:36:01.239><c> I</c><00:36:01.539><c> mean.</c><00:36:05.599><c> Fruit</c><00:36:05.599><c> of</c><00:36:05.739><c> the</c><00:36:05.940><c> Spirit</c><00:36:06.159><c> is</c><00:36:06.420><c> love,</c><00:36:10.800><c> and</c><00:36:10.940><c> joy,</c><00:36:12.480><c> well</c><00:36:12.780><c> joy</c><00:36:13.079><c> is</c>

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.139
love's<00:36:14.079><c> consciousness,</c>

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:21.880
and<00:36:17.059><c> peace,</c><00:36:18.199><c> well</c><00:36:18.380><c> peace</c><00:36:18.679><c> is</c><00:36:18.900><c> love's</c><00:36:19.539><c> confidence,</c><00:36:21.440><c> and</c><00:36:21.619><c> long</c>

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:24.420
-suffering,<00:36:23.039><c> well</c><00:36:23.179><c> long</c><00:36:23.460><c>-suffering</c><00:36:23.860><c> is</c><00:36:24.039><c> love's</c>

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:32.960
habit,<00:36:26.400><c> and</c><00:36:26.519><c> kindness,</c><00:36:27.840><c> well</c><00:36:28.099><c> kindness</c><00:36:28.559><c> is</c><00:36:28.860><c> love's</c><00:36:29.400><c> activity,</c><00:36:30.960><c> and</c><00:36:31.260><c> goodness,</c><00:36:32.239><c> goodness</c><00:36:32.679><c> is</c>

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.559
love's<00:36:33.500><c> quality,</c>

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:42.519
and<00:36:35.340><c> faithfulness,</c><00:36:36.699><c> faithfulness</c><00:36:37.420><c> is</c><00:36:37.639><c> love's</c><00:36:38.320><c> quantity,</c><00:36:40.260><c> meekness,</c><00:36:41.539><c> meekness</c><00:36:42.280><c> is</c>

00:36:42.519 --> 00:36:44.260
love's<00:36:43.199><c> tone,</c>

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:50.460
temperance,<00:36:46.219><c> temperance</c><00:36:46.760><c> is</c><00:36:46.980><c> love's</c><00:36:47.480><c> victory.</c><00:36:50.059><c> That's</c><00:36:50.280><c> what</c>

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:54.400
I<00:36:50.599><c> mean.</c><00:36:51.920><c> Everyone</c><00:36:52.699><c> in</c><00:36:53.159><c> a</c><00:36:53.340><c> way</c><00:36:53.619><c> that</c><00:36:53.940><c> follows</c>

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:59.920
is<00:36:54.900><c> related</c><00:36:55.360><c> to</c><00:36:55.599><c> the</c><00:36:55.840><c> first.</c><00:36:56.880><c> Everyone</c><00:36:57.400><c> is</c><00:36:58.300><c> love</c><00:36:58.619><c> mastered.</c><00:36:59.519><c> It's</c><00:36:59.760><c> a</c>

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:02.260
love<00:37:00.159><c> mastered</c><00:37:00.639><c> virtue</c><00:37:01.159><c> if</c><00:37:01.380><c> you</c><00:37:01.539><c> like.</c>

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:06.119
Now<00:37:02.519><c> what</c><00:37:02.679><c> I</c><00:37:02.880><c> want</c><00:37:03.059><c> to</c><00:37:03.219><c> do</c><00:37:03.340><c> before</c><00:37:04.000><c> we</c><00:37:04.320><c> come</c><00:37:04.460><c> to</c><00:37:04.599><c> the</c><00:37:04.699><c> end</c><00:37:04.880><c> of</c><00:37:05.019><c> this</c><00:37:05.260><c> address</c><00:37:05.500><c> is</c>

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:08.699
to<00:37:06.760><c> pick</c><00:37:07.639><c> on</c><00:37:07.820><c> one</c><00:37:07.940><c> or</c><00:37:08.019><c> two</c><00:37:08.280><c> of</c><00:37:08.500><c> those</c>

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:12.400
in<00:37:08.900><c> that</c><00:37:09.139><c> list,</c><00:37:09.719><c> because</c><00:37:10.079><c> there</c><00:37:10.320><c> are</c><00:37:10.500><c> one</c><00:37:10.619><c> or</c><00:37:10.800><c> two</c><00:37:11.000><c> of</c><00:37:11.219><c> those</c><00:37:11.480><c> which</c><00:37:12.059><c> have</c><00:37:12.260><c> a</c>

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:14.420
special<00:37:12.880><c> application</c><00:37:13.559><c> to</c><00:37:13.880><c> abstaining</c>

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:18.719
from<00:37:14.659><c> all</c><00:37:14.960><c> appearance</c><00:37:15.579><c> of</c><00:37:16.280><c> evil,</c><00:37:16.840><c> particularly</c><00:37:17.579><c> as</c><00:37:17.920><c> they</c><00:37:18.179><c> relate</c><00:37:18.460><c> to</c>

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:21.500
the<00:37:18.840><c> test</c><00:37:19.039><c> of</c><00:37:19.320><c> personal</c><00:37:19.940><c> or</c><00:37:20.679><c> ecclesial</c>

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:28.900
relationship.<00:37:23.820><c> Let's</c><00:37:24.019><c> think</c><00:37:24.260><c> of,</c><00:37:24.500><c> let's</c><00:37:24.780><c> pick</c><00:37:25.039><c> out</c><00:37:25.280><c> one,</c><00:37:25.780><c> peace.</c><00:37:28.539><c> Now</c>

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:32.619
pardon<00:37:31.500><c> me,</c><00:37:31.840><c> brother</c><00:37:31.920><c> president,</c><00:37:32.400><c> while</c><00:37:32.500><c> I</c>

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:39.440
be<00:37:32.780><c> a</c><00:37:32.900><c> little</c><00:37:33.159><c> personal,</c><00:37:34.000><c> all</c><00:37:34.239><c> right?</c><00:37:35.260><c> Look,</c><00:37:37.739><c> in</c><00:37:38.119><c> North</c><00:37:38.460><c> Oxfordshire</c><00:37:39.179><c> where</c>

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:42.559
Ruth<00:37:39.760><c> and</c><00:37:39.940><c> I</c><00:37:40.179><c> live,</c><00:37:41.960><c> which</c><00:37:42.199><c> I</c><00:37:42.400><c> may</c>

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:47.460
say<00:37:42.739><c> is</c><00:37:42.900><c> a</c><00:37:43.039><c> very</c><00:37:43.280><c> lovely</c><00:37:43.599><c> part</c><00:37:43.880><c> of</c><00:37:44.059><c> England,</c><00:37:46.280><c> across</c><00:37:46.599><c> the</c><00:37:46.920><c> meadow</c><00:37:47.179><c> from</c>

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:49.639
where<00:37:47.639><c> we</c><00:37:47.960><c> live</c><00:37:48.079><c> there</c><00:37:48.280><c> is</c><00:37:48.460><c> a</c><00:37:48.659><c> pool,</c>

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:56.579
and<00:37:51.380><c> at</c><00:37:51.780><c> that</c><00:37:52.199><c> pool</c><00:37:52.599><c> there</c><00:37:52.940><c> is</c><00:37:53.199><c> peace.</c><00:37:55.380><c> No</c><00:37:55.559><c> kingfisher</c><00:37:56.159><c> ever</c>

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:58.539
rustles<00:37:57.039><c> in</c><00:37:57.219><c> the</c><00:37:57.420><c> weeds,</c>

00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:03.619
no<00:37:59.239><c> fish</c><00:37:59.519><c> ever</c><00:37:59.780><c> breaks</c><00:38:00.039><c> the</c><00:38:00.300><c> surface</c><00:38:00.639><c> of</c><00:38:00.840><c> the</c><00:38:01.019><c> water.</c><00:38:02.940><c> Across</c>

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:07.840
the<00:38:04.840><c> surface</c><00:38:05.159><c> of</c><00:38:05.360><c> that</c><00:38:05.599><c> pool</c><00:38:05.840><c> there</c><00:38:06.099><c> is</c><00:38:06.420><c> a</c><00:38:07.500><c> thin</c>

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:11.840
green<00:38:08.980><c> covering</c><00:38:09.980><c> of</c><00:38:10.679><c> slime,</c>

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:21.780
and<00:38:15.059><c> there</c><00:38:15.360><c> is</c><00:38:15.659><c> peace</c><00:38:16.039><c> there.</c><00:38:17.760><c> It</c><00:38:17.900><c> is</c><00:38:18.500><c> peace</c><00:38:19.119><c> by</c><00:38:20.019><c> stagnation.</c>

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:31.599
Now<00:38:23.539><c> that</c><00:38:24.000><c> is</c><00:38:24.400><c> not</c><00:38:24.940><c> the</c><00:38:25.219><c> peace</c><00:38:25.880><c> of</c><00:38:26.340><c> God.</c><00:38:28.659><c> That</c><00:38:29.099><c> is</c><00:38:29.360><c> not</c><00:38:29.619><c> the</c><00:38:29.860><c> peace</c><00:38:30.159><c> which</c><00:38:30.440><c> is</c>

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:34.219
the<00:38:32.579><c> peace</c><00:38:32.920><c> of</c><00:38:33.579><c> this</c>

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:40.119
verse,<00:38:35.320><c> because</c><00:38:35.860><c> the</c><00:38:36.199><c> truth</c><00:38:36.519><c> is</c><00:38:37.039><c> when</c><00:38:37.679><c> this</c><00:38:38.059><c> man</c><00:38:38.340><c> said</c><00:38:38.780><c> peace,</c>

00:38:40.980 --> 00:38:45.579
he<00:38:41.159><c> was</c><00:38:41.800><c> referring</c><00:38:42.480><c> to</c><00:38:43.420><c> that</c><00:38:44.000><c> force</c><00:38:44.500><c> which</c><00:38:45.179><c> is</c>

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:51.920
able<00:38:46.039><c> to</c><00:38:46.559><c> harmonize</c><00:38:47.500><c> opposing</c><00:38:48.239><c> forces.</c><00:38:49.500><c> That's</c><00:38:49.860><c> peace.</c><00:38:51.659><c> The</c>

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:55.400
ending<00:38:52.280><c> of</c><00:38:52.920><c> strife,</c><00:38:54.000><c> that's</c><00:38:54.360><c> peace.</c>

00:38:57.500 --> 00:39:01.980
That's<00:38:58.099><c> the</c><00:38:58.239><c> essential</c><00:38:58.519><c> meaning</c><00:38:58.820><c> of</c><00:38:58.960><c> it.</c><00:39:00.059><c> Peace</c><00:39:00.199><c> is</c><00:39:00.739><c> the</c><00:39:01.360><c> harmony</c><00:39:01.699><c> of</c>

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:03.420
opposing<00:39:02.360><c> forces,</c>

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:07.900
and<00:39:05.039><c> sometimes</c><00:39:05.639><c> there</c><00:39:05.900><c> is</c><00:39:06.219><c> strife</c><00:39:06.519><c> in</c><00:39:06.719><c> the</c><00:39:06.920><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:11.780
and<00:39:09.400><c> when</c><00:39:09.559><c> there</c><00:39:09.760><c> is</c><00:39:09.980><c> strife</c><00:39:10.199><c> in</c><00:39:10.340><c> the</c><00:39:10.480><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:39:11.159><c> sometimes</c>

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:13.579
the<00:39:12.199><c> hatchet</c><00:39:12.500><c> is</c><00:39:12.739><c> buried.</c>

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:19.960
Now<00:39:16.300><c> one</c><00:39:16.480><c> of</c><00:39:16.619><c> the</c><00:39:16.780><c> troubles</c><00:39:17.219><c> about</c><00:39:17.559><c> burying</c><00:39:18.059><c> hatchets</c><00:39:18.639><c> is</c><00:39:18.920><c> that</c><00:39:19.119><c> people</c><00:39:19.460><c> tend</c><00:39:19.760><c> to</c>

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.980
mark<00:39:20.139><c> the</c><00:39:20.360><c> spot</c><00:39:20.500><c> where</c><00:39:20.679><c> they're</c>

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:31.960
buried.<00:39:28.739><c> That's</c><00:39:29.340><c> a</c><00:39:29.480><c> very</c><00:39:29.900><c> unfortunate</c><00:39:30.599><c> thing,</c><00:39:31.300><c> because</c><00:39:31.679><c> when</c>

00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.340
you<00:39:32.159><c> mark</c><00:39:32.400><c> the</c><00:39:32.539><c> spot</c><00:39:32.739><c> where</c><00:39:32.920><c> they're</c><00:39:33.139><c> buried,</c>

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:38.380
they<00:39:33.519><c> can</c><00:39:33.780><c> be</c><00:39:33.940><c> dug</c><00:39:34.139><c> up,</c><00:39:34.940><c> and</c><00:39:36.260><c> I</c><00:39:36.400><c> fear</c><00:39:36.619><c> that's</c><00:39:36.840><c> sometimes</c><00:39:37.219><c> what</c><00:39:37.420><c> happens.</c>

00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:44.300
The<00:39:41.719><c> peace</c><00:39:42.059><c> that's</c><00:39:42.340><c> made</c><00:39:42.639><c> by</c><00:39:43.000><c> burying</c><00:39:43.340><c> hatchets</c><00:39:43.820><c> and</c><00:39:43.880><c> marking</c>

00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:47.739
the<00:39:44.579><c> spot</c><00:39:44.880><c> is</c><00:39:45.679><c> not</c><00:39:46.260><c> really</c><00:39:46.880><c> the</c><00:39:47.079><c> peace</c><00:39:47.440><c> which</c>

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:52.380
we<00:39:47.820><c> are</c><00:39:48.079><c> concerned</c><00:39:48.579><c> about</c><00:39:48.880><c> now.</c><00:39:50.860><c> The</c><00:39:51.039><c> only</c><00:39:51.440><c> thing</c><00:39:51.820><c> that</c><00:39:52.019><c> makes</c>

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:58.699
for<00:39:52.719><c> real</c><00:39:52.980><c> peace,</c><00:39:55.400><c> understood</c><00:39:56.440><c> biblically,</c>

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:07.019
is<00:39:59.639><c> the</c><00:39:59.940><c> force</c><00:40:00.360><c> of</c><00:40:00.699><c> love.</c><00:40:01.679><c> That's</c><00:40:02.019><c> the</c><00:40:02.079><c> only</c><00:40:02.320><c> real</c><00:40:02.599><c> thing.</c><00:40:04.840><c> Look,</c><00:40:06.099><c> it's</c><00:40:06.400><c> love</c><00:40:06.760><c> for</c>

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:09.239
my<00:40:07.340><c> brother</c><00:40:07.739><c> in</c><00:40:08.219><c> spite</c><00:40:08.559><c> of</c><00:40:08.880><c> his</c>

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:14.159
failings.<00:40:11.179><c> It's</c><00:40:11.679><c> love</c><00:40:11.960><c> desiring</c><00:40:12.619><c> his</c><00:40:12.960><c> salvation</c><00:40:13.559><c> as</c><00:40:13.820><c> much</c><00:40:14.039><c> as</c>

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:18.320
my<00:40:14.380><c> own</c><00:40:14.760><c> salvation.</c><00:40:16.739><c> It's</c><00:40:16.980><c> being</c><00:40:17.340><c> very</c><00:40:17.860><c> careful</c>

00:40:18.320 --> 00:40:22.219
in<00:40:18.679><c> the</c><00:40:18.800><c> use</c><00:40:19.000><c> of</c><00:40:19.320><c> my</c><00:40:19.559><c> own</c><00:40:20.280><c> liberty,</c><00:40:20.800><c> lest</c><00:40:20.920><c> by</c><00:40:21.139><c> chance</c><00:40:21.380><c> my</c><00:40:21.699><c> brother</c><00:40:21.900><c> is</c>

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:24.940
harmed<00:40:22.539><c> because</c><00:40:23.019><c> Christ</c><00:40:23.500><c> died</c><00:40:23.880><c> for</c><00:40:24.099><c> him.</c>

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:41.940
It's<00:40:35.519><c> love</c><00:40:35.940><c> for</c><00:40:36.460><c> the</c><00:40:36.780><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:40:38.679><c> It's</c><00:40:39.280><c> love</c><00:40:39.500><c> for</c><00:40:39.739><c> the</c><00:40:39.880><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:40.400><c> and</c><00:40:40.699><c> it's</c><00:40:41.059><c> anxiety</c><00:40:41.719><c> for</c>

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:43.219
the<00:40:42.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:42.579><c> that</c><00:40:42.980><c> it</c>

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:46.260
should<00:40:43.420><c> be</c><00:40:43.699><c> won,</c><00:40:44.280><c> that</c><00:40:44.460><c> it</c><00:40:44.619><c> should</c><00:40:44.800><c> be</c><00:40:45.000><c> won</c><00:40:45.159><c> and</c><00:40:45.380><c> not</c><00:40:45.639><c> rent</c><00:40:45.920><c> by</c>

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:51.159
division.<00:40:48.139><c> Seeking</c><00:40:48.659><c> peace</c><00:40:49.039><c> for</c><00:40:49.340><c> love's</c><00:40:50.219><c> sake</c><00:40:50.420><c> it</c><00:40:50.699><c> is,</c>

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:57.599
because<00:40:51.960><c> peace</c><00:40:52.519><c> is</c><00:40:52.840><c> love's</c><00:40:53.519><c> confidence.</c><00:40:54.800><c> Peace</c><00:40:55.280><c> is</c><00:40:55.739><c> love's</c><00:40:56.460><c> confidence.</c>

00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:02.480
Or<00:40:59.000><c> you</c><00:40:59.199><c> could</c><00:40:59.460><c> think</c><00:40:59.639><c> of</c><00:40:59.840><c> long</c><00:41:00.079><c>-suffering.</c><00:41:01.900><c> That's</c><00:41:02.260><c> another</c>

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:04.539
one<00:41:02.760><c> in</c><00:41:02.900><c> the</c><00:41:02.980><c> list,</c><00:41:03.179><c> long</c><00:41:03.639><c>-suffering.</c>

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:15.039
Can<00:41:11.420><c> you</c><00:41:11.579><c> remember</c><00:41:12.099><c> one</c><00:41:12.360><c> of</c><00:41:12.559><c> the</c><00:41:12.719><c> things</c><00:41:13.079><c> that</c><00:41:13.460><c> Paul</c><00:41:13.860><c> says</c><00:41:14.139><c> about</c><00:41:14.480><c> love</c><00:41:14.760><c> in</c>

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:16.840
the<00:41:15.219><c> 13th</c><00:41:15.820><c> chapter</c><00:41:16.199><c> of</c><00:41:16.420><c> Corinthians?</c>

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:26.539
It<00:41:17.079><c> says,</c><00:41:18.760><c> love</c><00:41:18.760><c> suffereth</c><00:41:19.639><c> long.</c><00:41:22.780><c> See,</c><00:41:23.139><c> it's</c><00:41:23.320><c> right.</c><00:41:26.239><c> Love</c>

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:28.599
is<00:41:26.840><c> the</c><00:41:27.059><c> fruit</c><00:41:27.260><c> and</c><00:41:27.440><c> these</c><00:41:27.699><c> are</c><00:41:27.940><c> the</c><00:41:28.139><c> expressions</c>

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:35.199
of<00:41:28.840><c> it.</c><00:41:29.480><c> Love</c><00:41:29.960><c> suffereth</c><00:41:30.860><c> long</c><00:41:31.599><c> and</c><00:41:33.059><c> is</c><00:41:33.380><c> kind.</c><00:41:34.199><c> That's</c><00:41:34.579><c> the</c><00:41:34.760><c> marvel</c><00:41:34.980><c> of</c>

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:37.699
it.<00:41:36.599><c> I</c><00:41:36.739><c> suppose</c><00:41:36.940><c> so</c><00:41:37.199><c> often</c><00:41:37.380><c> have</c><00:41:37.599><c> we</c>

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:39.920
heard<00:41:37.880><c> the</c><00:41:38.119><c> opposite.</c><00:41:38.800><c> We've</c><00:41:39.039><c> heard</c><00:41:39.199><c> good</c><00:41:39.420><c> people</c><00:41:39.719><c> saying,</c>

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:42.360
look,<00:41:40.119><c> I've</c><00:41:40.320><c> put</c><00:41:40.539><c> up</c><00:41:40.679><c> with</c><00:41:40.840><c> this</c><00:41:41.079><c> long</c><00:41:41.280><c> enough,</c>

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:47.119
don't<00:41:43.659><c> they?</c><00:41:45.260><c> I've</c><00:41:45.699><c> put</c><00:41:45.739><c> up</c><00:41:45.940><c> with</c><00:41:46.079><c> this.</c><00:41:46.239><c> I've</c><00:41:46.599><c> had</c><00:41:46.679><c> this</c><00:41:46.900><c> for</c>

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:50.300
a<00:41:47.239><c> long</c><00:41:47.420><c> time</c><00:41:47.619><c> but</c><00:41:47.840><c> I've</c><00:41:49.239><c> had</c><00:41:49.380><c> enough.</c>

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:57.099
Now<00:41:51.579><c> that</c><00:41:51.820><c> is</c><00:41:52.139><c> not</c><00:41:52.820><c> the</c><00:41:53.340><c> love</c><00:41:53.940><c> which</c><00:41:54.599><c> is</c><00:41:54.820><c> a</c><00:41:54.920><c> fruit</c><00:41:55.039><c> of</c><00:41:55.219><c> the</c><00:41:55.400><c> Spirit.</c><00:41:56.719><c> Love</c>

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:59.440
is<00:41:57.340><c> the</c><00:41:57.619><c> over</c><00:41:57.900><c>-plus</c><00:41:58.059><c> of</c><00:41:58.440><c> patience.</c>

00:42:01.460 --> 00:42:03.539
And<00:42:01.639><c> can</c><00:42:01.840><c> you</c><00:42:02.059><c> think,</c><00:42:02.340><c> brothers</c><00:42:02.559><c> and</c><00:42:02.760><c> sisters,</c><00:42:02.900><c> of</c><00:42:03.099><c> any</c><00:42:03.320><c> force</c>

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:06.039
which<00:42:03.760><c> will</c><00:42:03.980><c> make</c><00:42:04.139><c> you</c><00:42:04.360><c> patient</c><00:42:04.719><c> with</c><00:42:04.940><c> your</c><00:42:05.139><c> brother,</c>

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:08.380
which<00:42:06.559><c> will</c><00:42:06.760><c> make</c><00:42:06.960><c> you</c><00:42:07.159><c> patient</c><00:42:07.420><c> with</c><00:42:07.619><c> your</c><00:42:07.820><c> brother</c><00:42:07.980><c> when</c><00:42:08.179><c> he</c>

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:10.760
is<00:42:08.559><c> holding</c><00:42:08.880><c> prejudices</c><00:42:09.699><c> which</c><00:42:09.980><c> you</c><00:42:10.260><c> do</c><00:42:10.539><c> not</c>

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:19.320
own<00:42:10.960><c> or</c><00:42:11.239><c> admit?</c><00:42:15.400><c> When</c><00:42:16.019><c> the</c><00:42:17.539><c> circumstances</c><00:42:18.099><c> need</c><00:42:18.539><c> to</c><00:42:19.079><c> limit</c>

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:21.860
your<00:42:19.659><c> liberty,</c><00:42:20.559><c> when</c><00:42:20.860><c> for</c><00:42:21.119><c> love's</c><00:42:21.679><c> sake</c><00:42:21.699><c> you</c>

00:42:21.860 --> 00:42:27.099
are<00:42:22.079><c> obliged</c><00:42:22.400><c> to</c><00:42:22.639><c> abstain</c><00:42:22.940><c> from</c><00:42:23.179><c> lawful</c><00:42:23.519><c> things</c><00:42:23.739><c> for</c><00:42:23.900><c> his</c><00:42:24.199><c> sake,</c><00:42:26.579><c> how</c>

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:28.679
can<00:42:27.360><c> you</c><00:42:27.559><c> do</c><00:42:27.860><c> it?</c>

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:34.900
I<00:42:31.059><c> am</c><00:42:31.280><c> saying</c><00:42:31.500><c> you</c><00:42:31.639><c> can</c><00:42:31.860><c> only</c><00:42:32.119><c> do</c><00:42:32.320><c> it</c><00:42:32.460><c> for</c><00:42:32.659><c> love's</c><00:42:33.340><c> sake.</c><00:42:34.320><c> For</c>

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:39.239
long<00:42:35.219><c>-temperedness</c><00:42:36.679><c> is</c><00:42:37.739><c> love's</c><00:42:38.340><c> habit.</c>

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:46.239
Well,<00:42:42.940><c> think</c><00:42:43.139><c> of</c><00:42:43.380><c> temperance.</c><00:42:44.980><c> That's</c><00:42:45.300><c> the</c><00:42:45.400><c> other</c><00:42:45.500><c> one</c><00:42:45.619><c> I</c><00:42:45.719><c> wanted</c><00:42:45.980><c> to</c>

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:47.940
think<00:42:46.420><c> about,</c><00:42:46.639><c> temperance.</c>

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:54.280
Now<00:42:49.179><c> the</c><00:42:49.320><c> usual</c><00:42:49.719><c> meaning</c><00:42:50.039><c> of</c><00:42:50.300><c> temperance</c><00:42:50.860><c> is</c><00:42:51.099><c> not</c><00:42:51.619><c> the</c><00:42:52.280><c> adequate</c><00:42:52.659><c> meaning</c><00:42:53.000><c> here.</c>

00:42:57.940 --> 00:43:02.599
I<00:42:58.440><c> personally,</c><00:42:59.239><c> I</c><00:42:59.840><c> will</c><00:43:00.000><c> make</c><00:43:00.219><c> a</c><00:43:00.480><c> confession,</c><00:43:01.559><c> I</c><00:43:02.059><c> personally</c>

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:05.380
am<00:43:02.780><c> not</c><00:43:03.079><c> a</c><00:43:03.280><c> total</c><00:43:03.539><c> abstainer.</c>

00:43:05.860 --> 00:43:09.519
As<00:43:06.380><c> you</c><00:43:06.559><c> know</c><00:43:06.780><c> I</c><00:43:07.079><c> said</c><00:43:07.300><c> already</c><00:43:07.659><c> I</c><00:43:07.760><c> like</c><00:43:08.019><c> a</c><00:43:08.159><c> glass</c><00:43:08.360><c> of</c><00:43:08.599><c> sherry,</c>

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:14.239
but<00:43:10.480><c> I</c><00:43:11.539><c> do</c><00:43:11.840><c> have</c><00:43:12.320><c> the</c><00:43:13.159><c> very</c><00:43:13.440><c> real</c><00:43:13.659><c> respect</c><00:43:14.039><c> for</c>

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:17.239
a<00:43:14.360><c> man</c><00:43:14.460><c> who</c><00:43:14.619><c> is</c><00:43:14.820><c> a</c><00:43:14.980><c> total</c><00:43:15.199><c> abstainer</c><00:43:15.679><c> for</c><00:43:15.800><c> the</c><00:43:16.000><c> right</c><00:43:16.179><c> reasons.</c>

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:20.940
In<00:43:19.159><c> passing</c><00:43:19.539><c> it</c><00:43:19.780><c> does</c><00:43:19.980><c> sometimes</c><00:43:20.539><c> seem</c><00:43:20.820><c> to</c>

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:25.679
me<00:43:21.099><c> that</c><00:43:21.280><c> men</c><00:43:21.500><c> are</c><00:43:22.619><c> temperance</c><00:43:23.539><c> workers</c><00:43:24.119><c> for</c><00:43:24.400><c> very</c><00:43:24.760><c> intemperate</c><00:43:25.239><c> reasons,</c>

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:28.300
but<00:43:25.940><c> still</c><00:43:26.360><c> that's</c><00:43:27.119><c> another</c><00:43:27.340><c> story.</c>

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:32.960
The<00:43:30.239><c> real</c><00:43:30.519><c> meaning</c><00:43:30.820><c> of</c><00:43:31.039><c> temperance</c><00:43:31.619><c> is</c><00:43:31.940><c> self</c><00:43:32.360><c>-control.</c><00:43:32.920><c> You</c>

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:35.739
will<00:43:33.199><c> know</c><00:43:33.380><c> this.</c><00:43:34.079><c> Temperance</c><00:43:34.559><c> means</c><00:43:34.860><c> self</c><00:43:35.280><c>-control,</c>

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:39.820
and<00:43:36.360><c> really</c><00:43:36.940><c> self</c><00:43:37.480><c>-control</c><00:43:37.880><c> is</c><00:43:38.059><c> at</c><00:43:38.239><c> the</c><00:43:38.480><c> heart</c><00:43:38.760><c> of</c><00:43:39.360><c> abstaining</c>

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:41.699
from<00:43:40.079><c> all</c><00:43:40.340><c> appearance</c><00:43:40.719><c> of</c><00:43:41.000><c> evil.</c>

00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:45.679
You<00:43:42.639><c> see,</c><00:43:43.360><c> let</c><00:43:43.559><c> me</c><00:43:43.659><c> put</c><00:43:43.840><c> it</c><00:43:43.980><c> to</c><00:43:44.019><c> you</c><00:43:44.219><c> frankly,</c><00:43:44.840><c> a</c><00:43:44.960><c> brother</c><00:43:45.179><c> comes</c><00:43:45.480><c> to</c>

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:46.260
me<00:43:45.800><c> and</c><00:43:45.900><c> he</c><00:43:46.039><c> says,</c>

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:50.739
I<00:43:46.639><c> do</c><00:43:46.900><c> not</c><00:43:47.079><c> think</c><00:43:47.260><c> what</c><00:43:47.480><c> you</c><00:43:47.619><c> are</c><00:43:47.699><c> doing</c><00:43:47.940><c> is</c><00:43:48.219><c> right,</c><00:43:48.760><c> it</c><00:43:48.920><c> has</c><00:43:49.139><c> the</c><00:43:49.400><c> appearance</c><00:43:49.739><c> of</c><00:43:50.019><c> evil.</c>

00:43:51.579 --> 00:43:58.019
Now<00:43:52.059><c> what</c><00:43:52.260><c> shall</c><00:43:52.460><c> I</c><00:43:52.519><c> say</c><00:43:52.780><c> to</c><00:43:52.940><c> him?</c><00:43:54.800><c> Well,</c><00:43:55.639><c> I</c><00:43:55.659><c> might</c><00:43:55.920><c> say</c><00:43:56.159><c> to</c><00:43:56.260><c> him,</c><00:43:56.960><c> look,</c><00:43:57.360><c> mind</c><00:43:57.619><c> your</c><00:43:57.860><c> own</c>

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:59.460
business,<00:43:58.519><c> old</c><00:43:58.659><c> chap.</c>

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:06.760
What<00:44:01.340><c> I'm</c><00:44:01.559><c> doing</c><00:44:01.800><c> is</c><00:44:02.039><c> perfectly</c><00:44:02.480><c> lawful,</c><00:44:04.179><c> and</c><00:44:05.960><c> perhaps</c><00:44:06.239><c> I</c><00:44:06.380><c> will</c><00:44:06.539><c> go</c>

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:07.900
on<00:44:06.940><c> doing</c><00:44:07.159><c> it,</c>

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:16.039
or<00:44:11.519><c> I</c><00:44:12.000><c> may</c><00:44:12.300><c> stop</c><00:44:12.579><c> doing</c><00:44:12.940><c> it,</c><00:44:14.079><c> but</c><00:44:14.559><c> it's</c><00:44:14.800><c> for</c><00:44:14.960><c> the</c><00:44:15.119><c> wrong</c><00:44:15.280><c> motive</c>

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:18.739
and<00:44:16.739><c> in</c><00:44:16.960><c> the</c><00:44:17.119><c> end</c><00:44:17.300><c> it</c><00:44:17.420><c> will</c><00:44:17.559><c> do</c><00:44:17.760><c> no</c><00:44:18.000><c> good,</c>

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:22.059
because<00:44:19.920><c> it's</c><00:44:20.400><c> likely</c><00:44:20.739><c> that</c><00:44:20.980><c> a</c><00:44:21.099><c> root</c><00:44:21.219><c> of</c><00:44:21.440><c> bitterness</c><00:44:21.760><c> will</c>

00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:23.000
spring<00:44:22.260><c> up.</c>

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:30.559
You<00:44:25.320><c> may</c><00:44:25.739><c> bear</c><00:44:26.039><c> his</c><00:44:26.420><c> rebuke</c><00:44:26.880><c> with</c><00:44:27.179><c> silent</c><00:44:27.539><c> dignity,</c><00:44:29.440><c> or</c><00:44:29.480><c> on</c><00:44:29.679><c> the</c><00:44:29.760><c> other</c><00:44:29.900><c> hand</c><00:44:30.039><c> you</c><00:44:30.179><c> may</c><00:44:30.400><c> be</c>

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:31.539
ever<00:44:30.800><c> sniping</c><00:44:31.199><c> at</c><00:44:31.320><c> him</c>

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:36.519
secretly,<00:44:33.719><c> but</c><00:44:33.900><c> whatever</c><00:44:34.219><c> it</c><00:44:34.420><c> is,</c><00:44:34.679><c> it's</c><00:44:34.860><c> the</c><00:44:35.079><c> wrong</c><00:44:35.380><c> motive.</c>

00:44:37.699 --> 00:44:39.880
But<00:44:38.039><c> supposing</c><00:44:38.659><c> he</c><00:44:38.860><c> comes</c><00:44:39.139><c> to</c><00:44:39.340><c> me</c><00:44:39.500><c> and</c><00:44:39.599><c> says,</c>

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:46.039
Dennis<00:44:40.460><c> or</c><00:44:41.400><c> Fred</c><00:44:41.800><c> or</c><00:44:42.000><c> whatever,</c><00:44:44.340><c> what</c><00:44:44.659><c> you</c><00:44:44.920><c> are</c><00:44:45.199><c> doing</c><00:44:45.480><c> may</c><00:44:45.820><c> be</c>

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:48.800
lawful,<00:44:46.900><c> but</c><00:44:47.099><c> it</c><00:44:47.440><c> has</c><00:44:47.679><c> the</c><00:44:47.960><c> appearance</c><00:44:48.320><c> of</c><00:44:48.599><c> evil,</c>

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:55.199
because<00:44:50.059><c> it</c><00:44:50.780><c> is</c><00:44:51.039><c> harming</c><00:44:51.300><c> somebody.</c><00:44:52.320><c> Please</c><00:44:52.760><c> be</c><00:44:53.079><c> careful.</c><00:44:54.219><c> You</c><00:44:54.559><c> may</c><00:44:54.880><c> be</c>

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:57.460
strong,<00:44:55.679><c> but</c><00:44:56.320><c> there</c><00:44:56.679><c> are</c><00:44:56.880><c> others</c><00:44:57.079><c> who</c><00:44:57.300><c> are</c>

00:44:57.460 --> 00:45:02.119
weaker.<00:44:59.019><c> They</c><00:44:59.219><c> may</c><00:44:59.440><c> be</c><00:44:59.739><c> harmed</c><00:45:00.019><c> and</c><00:45:00.300><c> discouraged</c><00:45:01.079><c> and</c><00:45:01.880><c> made</c>

00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:05.000
to<00:45:02.360><c> stumble.</c><00:45:03.480><c> And</c><00:45:03.659><c> then</c><00:45:04.039><c> think</c><00:45:04.320><c> of</c><00:45:04.480><c> the</c><00:45:04.679><c> children,</c>

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:09.500
think<00:45:05.340><c> of</c><00:45:05.460><c> the</c><00:45:05.619><c> children.</c><00:45:06.320><c> What</c><00:45:06.559><c> they</c><00:45:07.860><c> say</c><00:45:08.059><c> you</c><00:45:08.300><c> do,</c><00:45:08.579><c> they</c><00:45:09.300><c> may</c>

00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:14.219
do.<00:45:11.579><c> Now</c><00:45:11.760><c> you</c><00:45:11.840><c> see,</c><00:45:12.239><c> that</c><00:45:12.460><c> is</c><00:45:12.699><c> the</c><00:45:12.880><c> only</c><00:45:13.219><c> lasting</c>

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:19.579
motive<00:45:16.039><c> really</c><00:45:16.440><c> for</c><00:45:16.639><c> self</c><00:45:16.980><c>-control.</c><00:45:17.780><c> Love</c><00:45:18.300><c> of</c><00:45:18.639><c> God's</c><00:45:19.320><c> other</c>

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:24.360
children,<00:45:21.559><c> love</c><00:45:21.820><c> of</c><00:45:22.039><c> the</c><00:45:22.219><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:22.679><c> where</c><00:45:23.000><c> Christ</c><00:45:23.440><c> is,</c>

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:30.880
love<00:45:24.699><c> of</c><00:45:24.920><c> the</c><00:45:25.139><c> little</c><00:45:25.360><c> ones</c><00:45:25.699><c> for</c><00:45:25.920><c> whom</c><00:45:26.119><c> he</c><00:45:26.320><c> died.</c><00:45:28.579><c> It's</c><00:45:29.019><c> not</c><00:45:29.260><c> really</c><00:45:29.739><c> very</c><00:45:30.000><c> natural</c><00:45:30.420><c> to</c>

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:32.039
abstain<00:45:31.239><c> from</c><00:45:31.400><c> things</c><00:45:31.619><c> which</c>

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:34.780
in<00:45:32.320><c> your</c><00:45:32.579><c> own</c><00:45:32.820><c> heart</c><00:45:33.039><c> you</c><00:45:33.199><c> feel</c><00:45:33.420><c> to</c><00:45:33.559><c> be</c><00:45:33.780><c> perfectly</c><00:45:34.159><c> lawful,</c>

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:37.480
but<00:45:35.239><c> for</c><00:45:35.460><c> love's</c><00:45:36.079><c> sake</c><00:45:36.199><c> you</c><00:45:36.500><c> will.</c>

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:43.880
That<00:45:38.019><c> is</c><00:45:38.280><c> the</c><00:45:38.360><c> secret</c><00:45:38.659><c> of</c><00:45:38.940><c> self</c><00:45:39.179><c>-control,</c><00:45:41.300><c> because</c><00:45:41.619><c> temperance</c><00:45:42.239><c> is</c><00:45:42.440><c> love's</c><00:45:42.840><c> victory.</c>

00:45:46.340 --> 00:45:50.539
In<00:45:46.900><c> the</c><00:45:47.460><c> eighth</c><00:45:47.800><c> verse</c><00:45:48.079><c> of</c><00:45:48.199><c> that</c><00:45:48.400><c> fifth</c><00:45:48.699><c> chapter</c><00:45:49.099><c> of</c><00:45:49.360><c> Thessalonians,</c>

00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:57.340
in<00:45:52.320><c> the</c><00:45:52.920><c> eighth</c><00:45:53.199><c> verse</c><00:45:53.460><c> the</c><00:45:53.639><c> apostle</c><00:45:54.039><c> Paul</c><00:45:54.340><c> reminds</c><00:45:54.900><c> us</c><00:45:55.599><c> that</c>

00:45:57.340 --> 00:45:58.739
he<00:45:57.719><c> says,</c>

00:45:59.219 --> 00:46:03.239
but<00:45:59.219><c> let</c><00:46:00.400><c> us,</c><00:46:00.800><c> since</c><00:46:01.099><c> we</c><00:46:01.320><c> are</c><00:46:01.480><c> of</c><00:46:01.659><c> the</c><00:46:01.840><c> day,</c><00:46:02.119><c> be</c><00:46:02.239><c> sober,</c><00:46:02.539><c> putting</c><00:46:02.780><c> on</c><00:46:03.000><c> the</c>

00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:05.780
breastplate<00:46:03.699><c> of</c><00:46:03.980><c> faith</c><00:46:04.380><c> and</c><00:46:05.300><c> love</c>

00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:09.280
and<00:46:06.619><c> for</c><00:46:06.820><c> a</c><00:46:06.980><c> helmet</c><00:46:07.199><c> the</c><00:46:07.400><c> hope</c><00:46:07.559><c> of</c><00:46:07.840><c> salvation.</c>

00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:18.260
He<00:46:13.639><c> is</c><00:46:14.340><c> reminding</c><00:46:14.820><c> us</c><00:46:15.260><c> that</c><00:46:15.679><c> love,</c><00:46:16.699><c> love</c><00:46:17.000><c> is</c><00:46:17.440><c> the</c><00:46:17.940><c> essential</c>

00:46:18.260 --> 00:46:19.860
part<00:46:18.579><c> of</c><00:46:18.760><c> the</c><00:46:18.960><c> disciple's</c><00:46:19.579><c> army.</c>

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:26.099
It<00:46:20.500><c> guards</c><00:46:20.880><c> the</c><00:46:21.239><c> breast,</c><00:46:23.239><c> that</c><00:46:23.340><c> is</c><00:46:23.719><c> the</c><00:46:23.860><c> place</c><00:46:24.199><c> where</c><00:46:24.559><c> he's</c><00:46:24.840><c> located,</c><00:46:25.320><c> the</c><00:46:25.460><c> very</c><00:46:25.659><c> center</c><00:46:25.920><c> of</c>

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:27.260
their<00:46:26.280><c> life.</c>

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:31.539
But<00:46:28.380><c> he</c><00:46:28.519><c> does</c><00:46:28.840><c> refer</c><00:46:29.639><c> to</c><00:46:29.800><c> two</c><00:46:30.019><c> other</c><00:46:30.199><c> forces,</c><00:46:30.679><c> faith</c><00:46:30.980><c> and</c><00:46:31.139><c> hope.</c><00:46:31.460><c> And</c>

00:46:31.539 --> 00:46:33.260
it's<00:46:31.739><c> in</c><00:46:31.840><c> this</c><00:46:32.039><c> last</c><00:46:32.360><c> minute,</c>

00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:39.179
I<00:46:33.860><c> just</c><00:46:34.219><c> want</c><00:46:34.400><c> to</c><00:46:34.559><c> dwell</c><00:46:34.679><c> on</c><00:46:34.860><c> this,</c><00:46:35.059><c> because</c><00:46:35.300><c> it</c><00:46:35.440><c> has</c><00:46:36.139><c> a</c><00:46:36.360><c> peculiar</c><00:46:36.840><c> significance</c><00:46:37.360><c> in</c><00:46:37.599><c> respect</c><00:46:37.920><c> to</c><00:46:38.960><c> the</c>

00:46:39.179 --> 00:46:44.699
ecclesia<00:46:39.559><c> at</c><00:46:39.760><c> Thessalonica.</c><00:46:43.099><c> The</c><00:46:43.559><c> Thessalonians</c><00:46:44.239><c> were</c><00:46:44.460><c> some</c>

00:46:44.699 --> 00:46:46.639
of<00:46:44.820><c> the</c><00:46:44.980><c> best</c><00:46:45.179><c> Christians</c><00:46:45.639><c> in</c><00:46:45.900><c> New</c><00:46:46.139><c> Testament</c>

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:51.239
times.<00:46:48.440><c> As</c><00:46:48.619><c> I</c><00:46:48.860><c> think</c><00:46:49.039><c> I</c><00:46:49.219><c> said</c><00:46:49.360><c> to</c><00:46:49.480><c> you</c><00:46:49.559><c> once</c><00:46:49.780><c> before</c><00:46:50.039><c> while</c><00:46:50.219><c> I've</c><00:46:50.380><c> been</c><00:46:50.519><c> here,</c><00:46:50.880><c> there</c><00:46:51.039><c> was</c>

00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:51.880
a<00:46:51.420><c> fine</c><00:46:51.619><c> bloom</c>

00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:59.280
on<00:46:52.079><c> their</c><00:46:52.340><c> characters</c><00:46:52.719><c> at</c><00:46:52.940><c> Thessalonica.</c><00:46:57.119><c> Remember</c><00:46:57.440><c> how</c><00:46:58.460><c> the</c>

00:46:59.280 --> 00:47:01.679
apostle<00:46:59.599><c> Paul</c><00:46:59.800><c> said</c><00:46:59.960><c> in</c><00:47:00.179><c> chapter</c><00:47:00.380><c> 1</c><00:47:00.559><c> of</c><00:47:00.659><c> this</c><00:47:00.880><c> letter,</c>

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:05.920
in<00:47:02.079><c> every</c><00:47:02.460><c> place,</c><00:47:03.000><c> it</c><00:47:03.239><c> was</c><00:47:03.460><c> in</c><00:47:03.599><c> verse</c><00:47:03.739><c> 8</c><00:47:03.980><c> if</c><00:47:04.119><c> you</c><00:47:04.239><c> want</c><00:47:04.380><c> the</c><00:47:04.599><c> reference,</c><00:47:05.480><c> chapter</c><00:47:05.699><c> 1</c>

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.480
verse<00:47:06.099><c> 8,</c>

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:11.260
in<00:47:06.960><c> every</c><00:47:07.320><c> place</c><00:47:07.820><c> your</c><00:47:08.480><c> faith</c><00:47:08.780><c> to</c><00:47:08.980><c> Godward</c><00:47:09.360><c> is</c><00:47:09.559><c> gone</c><00:47:10.039><c> forth.</c>

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:16.800
Your<00:47:12.139><c> faith</c><00:47:13.099><c> has</c><00:47:15.039><c> gone</c><00:47:15.519><c> forth.</c>

00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:22.360
The<00:47:17.860><c> word</c><00:47:18.079><c> of</c><00:47:18.280><c> God</c><00:47:18.519><c> had</c><00:47:18.940><c> reverberated</c><00:47:19.579><c> along</c><00:47:19.860><c> the</c><00:47:20.079><c> valleys</c><00:47:20.340><c> and</c><00:47:20.599><c> over</c><00:47:20.760><c> the</c><00:47:20.900><c> mountains</c><00:47:21.260><c> of</c><00:47:21.500><c> Macedonia</c>

00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:29.059
and<00:47:22.880><c> Achaia</c><00:47:23.260><c> because</c><00:47:23.579><c> of</c><00:47:23.900><c> the</c><00:47:24.199><c> faithfulness</c><00:47:25.519><c> of</c><00:47:25.960><c> the</c><00:47:26.119><c> Thessalonians.</c><00:47:28.059><c> Now</c><00:47:28.460><c> have</c><00:47:28.880><c> you</c>

00:47:29.059 --> 00:47:29.860
ever<00:47:29.320><c> pondered</c><00:47:29.679><c> why</c>

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:35.699
they<00:47:30.019><c> were</c><00:47:30.219><c> so</c><00:47:30.519><c> faithful?</c><00:47:33.760><c> Well,</c><00:47:34.199><c> we</c><00:47:34.400><c> read</c><00:47:34.840><c> today</c><00:47:35.280><c> why</c><00:47:35.500><c> they</c>

00:47:35.699 --> 00:47:39.159
were<00:47:35.940><c> so</c><00:47:36.239><c> faithful</c><00:47:36.719><c> in</c><00:47:37.579><c> the</c><00:47:37.719><c> fifth</c><00:47:37.860><c> chapter.</c>

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:43.780
Paul<00:47:39.980><c> said,</c><00:47:41.019><c> do</c><00:47:41.139><c> you</c><00:47:41.280><c> notice,</c><00:47:42.059><c> he</c><00:47:42.079><c> said,</c><00:47:43.039><c> but</c><00:47:43.139><c> concerning</c><00:47:43.539><c> the</c>

00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:45.119
times<00:47:43.960><c> and</c><00:47:44.239><c> seasons,</c><00:47:44.920><c> brethren,</c>

00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:49.400
you<00:47:45.679><c> have</c><00:47:45.880><c> no</c><00:47:46.099><c> need</c><00:47:46.219><c> that</c><00:47:46.440><c> I</c><00:47:46.579><c> write</c><00:47:46.940><c> unto</c><00:47:47.239><c> you.</c><00:47:48.519><c> Was</c><00:47:48.739><c> that</c><00:47:48.920><c> because</c><00:47:49.159><c> they</c>

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:51.139
were<00:47:49.679><c> exceptionally</c><00:47:50.199><c> good</c><00:47:50.599><c> at</c>

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:56.280
the<00:47:51.539><c> understanding</c><00:47:51.980><c> of</c><00:47:52.260><c> prophecy?</c><00:47:54.139><c> No,</c><00:47:55.619><c> they</c><00:47:55.840><c> weren't</c><00:47:56.000><c> very</c>

00:47:56.280 --> 00:47:57.760
good<00:47:56.440><c> actually.</c>

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He<00:47:59.400><c> said,</c><00:48:00.099><c> but</c><00:48:00.260><c> yourselves</c><00:48:00.739><c> know</c><00:48:01.000><c> perfectly</c><00:48:01.440><c> that</c><00:48:01.679><c> the</c><00:48:01.800><c> day</c><00:48:01.980><c> of</c><00:48:02.139><c> the</c><00:48:02.280><c> Lord</c><00:48:02.440><c> so</c><00:48:02.739><c> cometh</c><00:48:02.940><c> as</c><00:48:03.159><c> a</c>

00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:04.579
thief<00:48:03.500><c> in</c><00:48:03.739><c> the</c><00:48:03.880><c> night.</c>

00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:09.659
They<00:48:06.800><c> had</c><00:48:07.079><c> the</c><00:48:07.300><c> idea</c><00:48:07.619><c> and</c><00:48:07.760><c> they</c><00:48:07.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:08.199><c> budge</c><00:48:08.519><c> from</c><00:48:08.719><c> it</c><00:48:08.880><c> that</c><00:48:09.380><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:48:09.820><c> might</c><00:48:10.079><c> come</c><00:48:10.260><c> at</c><00:48:10.460><c> any</c><00:48:10.639><c> moment.</c>

00:48:11.480 --> 00:48:13.420
They<00:48:11.659><c> said</c><00:48:11.840><c> to</c><00:48:11.920><c> themselves,</c><00:48:12.300><c> well</c><00:48:12.460><c> we</c><00:48:12.559><c> don't</c><00:48:12.840><c> know</c><00:48:13.019><c> when</c><00:48:13.199><c> he's</c>

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coming<00:48:13.679><c> so</c><00:48:13.860><c> we</c><00:48:14.019><c> better</c><00:48:14.219><c> live</c><00:48:14.400><c> as</c><00:48:14.559><c> though</c><00:48:14.659><c> he</c><00:48:14.780><c> may</c>

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come<00:48:15.099><c> at</c><00:48:15.280><c> any</c><00:48:15.460><c> moment.</c><00:48:17.539><c> Of</c><00:48:17.679><c> course</c><00:48:17.719><c> we</c><00:48:17.840><c> know</c><00:48:18.039><c> that</c><00:48:18.239><c> their</c><00:48:18.420><c> dates</c><00:48:18.800><c> were</c>

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:22.079
wrong<00:48:19.679><c> but</c><00:48:20.360><c> their</c><00:48:20.679><c> spirit</c><00:48:20.900><c> was</c><00:48:21.159><c> right.</c>

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They<00:48:22.760><c> lived</c><00:48:23.320><c> always</c><00:48:24.519><c> ready</c><00:48:24.880><c> for</c><00:48:26.500><c> the</c><00:48:26.679><c> last</c><00:48:27.260><c> moment.</c><00:48:28.719><c> Paul</c><00:48:29.059><c> said</c><00:48:29.280><c> they</c><00:48:29.400><c> were</c><00:48:29.579><c> sons</c><00:48:29.920><c> of</c>

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light<00:48:30.460><c> and</c><00:48:30.619><c> of</c><00:48:30.760><c> the</c><00:48:30.940><c> day.</c>

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:34.579
Everything<00:48:32.780><c> they</c><00:48:32.980><c> did</c><00:48:33.179><c> therefore</c><00:48:33.460><c> was</c><00:48:33.719><c> regulated</c><00:48:34.059><c> by</c><00:48:34.300><c> that</c>

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supreme<00:48:35.059><c> possibility.</c>

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Every<00:48:36.699><c> ambition</c><00:48:37.099><c> was</c><00:48:37.380><c> conditioned</c><00:48:37.820><c> by</c><00:48:38.179><c> the</c><00:48:38.840><c> supreme</c><00:48:39.219><c> ambition.</c><00:48:39.719><c> Every</c>

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exercise<00:48:40.940><c> of</c><00:48:41.360><c> lawfulness</c>

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:46.179
and<00:48:42.820><c> liberty</c><00:48:43.139><c> was</c><00:48:43.360><c> limited</c><00:48:43.699><c> by</c><00:48:44.000><c> love</c><00:48:44.179><c> and</c><00:48:44.400><c> expanded</c><00:48:44.960><c> by</c><00:48:45.260><c> love.</c>

00:48:46.380 --> 00:48:50.260
So<00:48:46.659><c> the</c><00:48:46.780><c> message</c><00:48:47.840><c> from</c><00:48:48.599><c> this</c><00:48:49.360><c> reading</c><00:48:49.880><c> today,</c>

00:48:50.260 --> 00:48:53.739
from<00:48:50.539><c> our</c><00:48:51.239><c> pondering</c><00:48:51.639><c> of</c><00:48:51.860><c> these</c><00:48:52.079><c> words,</c><00:48:52.460><c> our</c><00:48:52.579><c> message</c><00:48:52.980><c> which</c>

00:48:53.739 --> 00:48:56.280
reverberated<00:48:54.739><c> like</c><00:48:55.099><c> music,</c>

00:48:57.219 --> 00:48:59.679
calling<00:48:57.480><c> on</c><00:48:57.739><c> the</c><00:48:57.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:48:58.280><c> to</c><00:48:58.480><c> watch</c><00:48:58.780><c> and</c><00:48:58.940><c> look</c><00:48:59.159><c> up</c><00:48:59.320><c> in</c><00:48:59.519><c> hope</c>

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:01.579
and<00:48:59.880><c> calling</c><00:49:00.139><c> on</c><00:49:00.460><c> stricken</c><00:49:00.739><c> men</c><00:49:00.960><c> to</c><00:49:01.139><c> come</c><00:49:01.280><c> to</c><00:49:01.440><c> the</c>

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:05.340
city<00:49:01.800><c> where</c><00:49:02.019><c> no</c><00:49:02.280><c> night</c><00:49:02.480><c> is</c><00:49:03.000><c> and</c><00:49:03.280><c> find</c><00:49:03.619><c> solace</c><00:49:04.079><c> and</c><00:49:04.300><c> joy</c><00:49:04.480><c> and</c><00:49:04.679><c> protection.</c><00:49:05.039><c> It</c>

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reverberated<00:49:06.300><c> at</c><00:49:06.980><c> Thessalonica</c>

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and<00:49:08.360><c> into</c><00:49:08.539><c> Macedonia</c><00:49:09.340><c> and</c><00:49:10.360><c> God</c><00:49:10.739><c> knows</c><00:49:11.139><c> it</c><00:49:11.340><c> may</c><00:49:11.659><c> reverberate</c>

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in<00:49:12.719><c> Pinetown</c><00:49:13.219><c> today.</c>

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And<00:49:15.119><c> so</c><00:49:15.300><c> the</c><00:49:15.480><c> word</c><00:49:15.659><c> of</c><00:49:15.880><c> exaltation</c><00:49:16.440><c> from</c><00:49:16.659><c> our</c><00:49:16.860><c> brethren</c><00:49:17.159><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:49:17.760><c> at</c><00:49:17.920><c> Thessalonica</c>

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is<00:49:19.400><c> this,</c><00:49:19.920><c> seek</c><00:49:20.159><c> to</c><00:49:20.400><c> live</c><00:49:20.559><c> as</c><00:49:20.800><c> though</c><00:49:20.940><c> this</c><00:49:21.300><c> were</c><00:49:21.579><c> your</c><00:49:21.860><c> last</c><00:49:22.280><c> day.</c><00:49:24.599><c> Now</c><00:49:25.039><c> I</c>

00:49:26.380 --> 00:49:27.460
don't<00:49:26.579><c> know</c><00:49:26.699><c> whether</c><00:49:26.880><c> I</c><00:49:27.139><c> said</c><00:49:27.280><c> but</c>

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I<00:49:27.760><c> intended</c><00:49:28.119><c> to</c><00:49:28.420><c> say</c><00:49:28.559><c> at</c><00:49:28.719><c> the</c><00:49:28.840><c> beginning</c><00:49:29.119><c> of</c><00:49:29.320><c> this</c><00:49:29.480><c> address</c><00:49:29.719><c> that</c><00:49:29.900><c> it</c>

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was<00:49:30.199><c> a</c><00:49:30.420><c> difficult</c><00:49:30.739><c> address.</c>

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Perhaps<00:49:32.059><c> I</c><00:49:32.199><c> forgot</c><00:49:32.440><c> to</c><00:49:32.699><c> say</c><00:49:32.920><c> that</c><00:49:33.320><c> but</c><00:49:34.239><c> I</c><00:49:34.440><c> wanted</c><00:49:34.699><c> to</c><00:49:35.000><c> say</c><00:49:35.199><c> it</c>

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because<00:49:36.059><c> it</c><00:49:36.480><c> is</c><00:49:36.739><c> difficult.</c><00:49:38.099><c> It</c><00:49:38.320><c> was</c><00:49:38.599><c> especially</c>

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difficult<00:49:39.559><c> for</c><00:49:39.780><c> me.</c><00:49:41.719><c> It's</c><00:49:42.199><c> especially</c><00:49:42.619><c> difficult</c><00:49:43.119><c> for</c><00:49:43.280><c> me</c><00:49:43.500><c> to</c>

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exhort<00:49:44.139><c> you</c><00:49:44.340><c> to</c><00:49:44.480><c> live</c><00:49:44.659><c> as</c><00:49:44.840><c> though</c><00:49:44.940><c> this</c><00:49:45.179><c> were</c>

00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:49.699
last<00:49:45.780><c> day</c><00:49:46.019><c> because</c><00:49:46.300><c> to</c><00:49:46.579><c> tell</c><00:49:46.719><c> you</c><00:49:46.860><c> the</c><00:49:47.059><c> truth</c><00:49:47.599><c> so</c><00:49:49.019><c> often</c><00:49:49.260><c> I</c><00:49:49.480><c> do</c>

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not.<00:49:52.000><c> Too</c><00:49:52.280><c> often</c><00:49:52.519><c> at</c><00:49:52.739><c> the</c><00:49:52.880><c> parting</c><00:49:53.099><c> of</c><00:49:53.320><c> the</c><00:49:53.460><c> ways,</c>

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in<00:49:53.860><c> the</c><00:49:54.039><c> clear</c><00:49:54.260><c> shining</c><00:49:54.579><c> of</c><00:49:54.800><c> two</c><00:49:54.980><c> ways,</c><00:49:55.260><c> too</c><00:49:55.500><c> often</c><00:49:55.719><c> I</c><00:49:55.960><c> fear</c><00:49:56.219><c> I</c>

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take<00:49:56.880><c> the</c><00:49:57.039><c> way</c><00:49:57.159><c> which</c><00:49:57.400><c> is</c><00:49:57.599><c> wrong.</c><00:49:58.219><c> I'm</c><00:49:58.440><c> half</c><00:49:58.659><c> ashamed</c>

00:49:58.980 --> 00:50:03.599
to<00:49:59.280><c> tell</c><00:49:59.420><c> you</c><00:49:59.579><c> really.</c><00:50:01.679><c> I</c><00:50:02.019><c> have</c><00:50:02.260><c> not</c><00:50:02.480><c> always</c><00:50:02.860><c> abstained</c><00:50:03.380><c> from</c>

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every<00:50:03.940><c> appearance</c><00:50:04.380><c> of</c><00:50:04.659><c> evil.</c>

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If<00:50:08.420><c> I</c><00:50:08.639><c> pretended</c><00:50:08.980><c> I</c><00:50:09.280><c> did</c><00:50:09.400><c> I</c><00:50:09.519><c> should</c><00:50:09.699><c> be</c><00:50:09.900><c> a</c><00:50:10.039><c> hypocrite.</c><00:50:12.179><c> Sometimes</c><00:50:12.659><c> I</c><00:50:12.940><c> rise</c>

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with<00:50:13.360><c> hope</c><00:50:13.559><c> and</c><00:50:13.860><c> consecration</c><00:50:14.440><c> in</c>

00:50:14.619 --> 00:50:18.539
my<00:50:14.780><c> heart</c><00:50:15.280><c> and</c><00:50:15.760><c> ere</c><00:50:15.900><c> the</c><00:50:16.119><c> day</c><00:50:16.280><c> is</c><00:50:16.519><c> done</c><00:50:16.719><c> I</c><00:50:17.400><c> have</c><00:50:17.619><c> not</c><00:50:17.840><c> held</c><00:50:18.159><c> fast</c>

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to<00:50:18.739><c> that</c><00:50:18.900><c> which</c><00:50:19.059><c> is</c><00:50:19.340><c> good.</c>

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Now<00:50:22.380><c> I</c><00:50:22.440><c> know</c><00:50:22.639><c> this</c><00:50:22.840><c> is</c><00:50:23.059><c> true</c><00:50:23.199><c> for</c><00:50:23.380><c> me.</c><00:50:24.000><c> Whether</c><00:50:24.280><c> it</c><00:50:24.480><c> is</c><00:50:24.619><c> true</c><00:50:24.800><c> for</c><00:50:24.960><c> you</c><00:50:25.159><c> I</c>

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cannot<00:50:25.579><c> tell.</c>

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But<00:50:28.320><c> in</c><00:50:28.519><c> case</c><00:50:28.780><c> it</c><00:50:29.019><c> is,</c><00:50:30.239><c> this</c><00:50:30.519><c> is</c><00:50:30.780><c> the</c><00:50:30.940><c> last</c><00:50:31.260><c> word</c><00:50:31.579><c> of</c><00:50:31.780><c> this</c><00:50:32.000><c> address.</c>

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When<00:50:36.619><c> this</c><00:50:37.079><c> happy</c><00:50:37.440><c> day</c><00:50:37.699><c> is</c><00:50:37.960><c> over</c>

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and<00:50:40.860><c> we</c><00:50:41.000><c> have</c><00:50:41.239><c> scattered</c><00:50:41.579><c> to</c><00:50:41.820><c> our</c><00:50:42.019><c> homes</c><00:50:42.519><c> and</c><00:50:44.960><c> we</c><00:50:45.159><c> come</c><00:50:45.320><c> to</c><00:50:45.579><c> think</c><00:50:46.079><c> and</c>

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prepare<00:50:47.420><c> ourselves</c><00:50:48.039><c> for</c><00:50:48.340><c> the</c><00:50:48.579><c> Sabbath</c><00:50:48.820><c> day</c>

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and<00:50:50.420><c> the</c><00:50:50.599><c> worship</c><00:50:50.960><c> of</c><00:50:51.199><c> tomorrow,</c><00:50:52.760><c> let</c><00:50:52.880><c> us</c><00:50:53.239><c> each</c><00:50:53.579><c> one</c><00:50:53.980><c> investigate</c><00:50:54.739><c> our</c><00:50:55.059><c> own</c>

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hearts<00:50:55.820><c> as</c><00:50:56.920><c> to</c><00:50:57.079><c> whether</c><00:50:57.219><c> we</c>

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are<00:50:57.679><c> fulfilling</c><00:50:58.099><c> our</c><00:50:58.480><c> responsibility</c><00:50:59.179><c> to</c><00:50:59.519><c> the</c><00:50:59.760><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:51:01.599><c> to</c>

00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:05.059
the<00:51:02.000><c> truth</c><00:51:02.199><c> itself</c><00:51:02.860><c> and</c><00:51:03.920><c> to</c><00:51:04.219><c> God.</c>

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And<00:51:07.440><c> let</c><00:51:07.659><c> us</c><00:51:07.860><c> think</c><00:51:08.119><c> of</c><00:51:08.880><c> what</c><00:51:09.260><c> we</c><00:51:09.519><c> were</c><00:51:09.840><c> seeking</c><00:51:10.219><c> to</c><00:51:10.480><c> do</c><00:51:10.599><c> today.</c>

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Prove<00:51:12.480><c> all</c><00:51:12.780><c> things,</c><00:51:14.659><c> hold</c><00:51:15.059><c> fast</c><00:51:15.420><c> to</c><00:51:15.599><c> that</c>

00:51:15.739 --> 00:51:23.119
which<00:51:15.900><c> is</c><00:51:16.179><c> good</c><00:51:16.760><c> and</c><00:51:18.179><c> abstain</c><00:51:19.000><c> from</c><00:51:19.320><c> every</c><00:51:19.960><c> appearance</c><00:51:20.639><c> of</c><00:51:21.079><c> evil.</c><00:51:22.679><c> Now</c><00:51:22.900><c> in</c>

00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:25.019
that<00:51:23.440><c> solemn</c><00:51:23.699><c> exercise</c><00:51:24.360><c> as</c><00:51:24.599><c> we</c><00:51:24.800><c> have</c>

00:51:25.019 --> 00:51:29.780
tried<00:51:25.179><c> to</c><00:51:25.539><c> understand</c><00:51:25.940><c> it</c><00:51:26.639><c> in</c><00:51:27.079><c> these</c><00:51:27.300><c> minutes</c><00:51:27.780><c> this</c><00:51:28.059><c> afternoon</c><00:51:28.679><c> may</c><00:51:29.500><c> God</c>

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bless<00:51:30.119><c> us</c><00:51:30.679><c> everyone.</c>