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recognise<00:14:01.049><c> either</c><00:14:01.750><c> faction</c><00:14:02.370><c> here.</c><00:14:03.789><c> He</c><00:14:03.950><c> doesn't</c><00:14:04.169><c> recognise</c>

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Jesus,<00:14:26.450><c> which</c><00:14:26.509><c> were</c><00:14:26.610><c> at</c><00:14:26.769><c> Philippi.</c><00:14:28.029><c> No,</c><00:14:28.269><c> he</c><00:14:28.470><c> says</c><00:14:28.730><c> to</c>

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continue<00:15:26.509><c> with</c><00:15:26.769><c> you</c><00:15:27.350><c> all</c><00:15:28.070><c> for</c><00:15:28.889><c> your</c><00:15:29.149><c> furtherance</c>

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and<00:15:30.450><c> joy</c><00:15:30.850><c> of</c><00:15:31.309><c> faith.</c><00:15:32.190><c> Chapter</c><00:15:32.509><c> 2</c><00:15:33.149><c> and</c><00:15:33.389><c> verse</c><00:15:34.029><c> 17,</c><00:15:35.929><c> yea,</c><00:15:36.549><c> and</c><00:15:36.750><c> if</c>

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I<00:15:37.149><c> be</c><00:15:37.309><c> offered</c><00:15:37.529><c> upon</c><00:15:37.789><c> the</c><00:15:38.090><c> sacrifice</c><00:15:38.450><c> and</c><00:15:38.629><c> service</c>

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of<00:15:38.990><c> your</c><00:15:39.110><c> faith,</c><00:15:39.549><c> I</c><00:15:39.710><c> joy</c><00:15:39.970><c> and</c><00:15:40.210><c> rejoice</c><00:15:40.730><c> with</c><00:15:41.029><c> you</c><00:15:41.809><c> all.</c><00:15:43.710><c> And</c><00:15:43.909><c> chapter</c><00:15:44.230><c> 4</c>

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and<00:15:45.750><c> verse</c><00:15:46.350><c> 21,</c><00:15:49.309><c> salute</c><00:15:49.850><c> every</c><00:15:51.289><c> saint</c>

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in<00:15:52.289><c> Christ</c><00:15:52.590><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:53.190><c> every</c><00:15:53.570><c> saint,</c><00:15:55.110><c> all</c><00:15:55.690><c> the</c><00:15:56.009><c> saints.</c><00:15:57.230><c> So,</c><00:15:57.549><c> you</c>

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know,<00:15:57.710><c> all</c><00:15:57.990><c> the</c><00:15:58.049><c> way</c><00:15:58.210><c> through</c><00:15:58.450><c> this</c><00:15:58.730><c> epistle,</c>

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you<00:15:59.809><c> know,</c><00:16:00.070><c> there's</c><00:16:00.330><c> this</c><00:16:01.450><c> emphasis.</c><00:16:02.169><c> He's</c><00:16:02.370><c> talking</c><00:16:02.690><c> about</c>

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unity,<00:16:03.669><c> the</c><00:16:03.789><c> importance</c><00:16:04.090><c> of</c><00:16:04.230><c> being</c><00:16:04.389><c> of</c><00:16:04.529><c> the</c><00:16:04.690><c> same</c>

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mind.<00:16:05.750><c> And</c><00:16:06.029><c> just</c><00:16:06.190><c> to</c><00:16:06.470><c> reinforce</c><00:16:07.210><c> that,</c><00:16:07.649><c> he's</c><00:16:07.970><c> emphasizing</c>

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the<00:16:08.690><c> word</c><00:16:08.889><c> all</c><00:16:09.590><c> from</c><00:16:10.129><c> the</c><00:16:10.309><c> very</c><00:16:10.669><c> first</c><00:16:11.230><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:16:12.590><c> of</c><00:16:12.750><c> course,</c><00:16:13.169><c> the</c><00:16:13.429><c> point</c><00:16:13.970><c> is</c><00:16:15.049><c> really</c><00:16:15.370><c> made</c><00:16:16.169><c> emphatically</c>

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in<00:16:17.149><c> chapter</c><00:16:17.370><c> 2</c><00:16:17.710><c> verse</c><00:16:18.009><c> 5.</c><00:16:19.029><c> And</c><00:16:19.289><c> this,</c>

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I<00:16:20.129><c> would</c><00:16:20.370><c> say,</c><00:16:20.690><c> is</c><00:16:20.850><c> probably</c><00:16:21.210><c> the</c><00:16:21.470><c> key</c><00:16:21.850><c> verse</c><00:16:22.470><c> in</c><00:16:23.129><c> the</c><00:16:23.409><c> entire</c>

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epistle.<00:16:25.169><c> The</c><00:16:25.529><c> focus</c><00:16:25.929><c> of</c><00:16:26.149><c> the</c><00:16:26.350><c> entire</c><00:16:26.610><c> epistle,</c>

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the<00:16:27.110><c> epitome</c><00:16:27.730><c> of</c><00:16:27.950><c> everything.</c><00:16:28.970><c> 2</c><00:16:29.250><c> verse</c><00:16:29.509><c> 5,</c><00:16:30.509><c> let</c><00:16:30.809><c> this</c><00:16:31.190><c> mind</c>

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be<00:16:31.769><c> in</c><00:16:31.970><c> you,</c><00:16:32.870><c> which</c><00:16:33.049><c> was</c><00:16:33.269><c> also</c><00:16:33.909><c> in</c><00:16:34.929><c> Christ</c><00:16:35.509><c> Jesus.</c>

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So,<00:16:42.490><c> Philippians</c><00:16:42.730><c> then.</c><00:16:43.330><c> We're</c><00:16:43.429><c> just</c><00:16:43.590><c> looking</c><00:16:43.789><c> at</c><00:16:43.929><c> the</c><00:16:44.110><c> first</c>

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part<00:16:44.629><c> now.</c><00:16:45.190><c> We're</c><00:16:45.429><c> not</c><00:16:45.610><c> going</c><00:16:45.750><c> to</c><00:16:45.850><c> be</c><00:16:45.950><c> able</c>

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Did<00:16:54.809><c> you</c><00:16:54.970><c> notice,</c><00:16:55.470><c> by</c><00:16:55.710><c> the</c><00:16:55.870><c> way,</c><00:16:56.309><c> when</c><00:16:56.490><c> we</c><00:16:56.730><c> read</c><00:16:56.909><c> the</c><00:16:57.029><c> very</c><00:16:57.370><c> first</c><00:16:57.769><c> verse,</c><00:16:58.409><c> he</c>

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introduces<00:16:59.149><c> himself</c><00:16:59.610><c> as</c><00:16:59.870><c> Paul,</c>

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but<00:17:01.830><c> he</c><00:17:01.950><c> doesn't</c><00:17:02.250><c> tell</c><00:17:02.470><c> them</c><00:17:02.610><c> he's</c><00:17:02.830><c> an</c><00:17:03.009><c> apostle.</c><00:17:04.369><c> Usually</c><00:17:04.829><c> he</c>

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did.<00:17:05.950><c> Paul,</c><00:17:06.509><c> an</c><00:17:06.630><c> apostle</c><00:17:06.990><c> of</c><00:17:07.170><c> Jesus</c><00:17:07.529><c> Christ,</c>

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he<00:17:08.130><c> sets</c><00:17:08.250><c> his</c><00:17:08.549><c> office</c><00:17:09.190><c> before</c><00:17:09.809><c> the</c><00:17:10.410><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:10.849><c> to</c><00:17:11.069><c> which</c><00:17:11.170><c> he's</c>

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writing.<00:17:12.670><c> But</c><00:17:12.890><c> he</c><00:17:12.950><c> doesn't</c><00:17:13.150><c> do</c><00:17:13.269><c> it</c><00:17:13.430><c> here,</c>

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and<00:17:13.690><c> he</c><00:17:13.769><c> doesn't</c><00:17:13.930><c> do</c><00:17:14.069><c> it</c><00:17:14.170><c> to</c><00:17:14.289><c> the</c><00:17:14.430><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:17:15.910><c> because</c>

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they<00:17:16.950><c> accepted</c><00:17:17.529><c> his</c><00:17:17.849><c> apostleship.</c>

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It<00:17:18.849><c> was</c><00:17:19.230><c> a</c><00:17:19.269><c> lovely</c><00:17:19.650><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:20.069><c> in</c><00:17:20.210><c> many</c><00:17:20.450><c> ways.</c><00:17:20.670><c> He</c><00:17:20.710><c> didn't</c><00:17:20.930><c> need</c>

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whereas<00:17:23.950><c> other</c><00:17:24.210><c> ecclesians,</c><00:17:24.609><c> he</c><00:17:24.730><c> did</c><00:17:24.950><c> need</c><00:17:25.109><c> to</c><00:17:25.289><c> make</c><00:17:25.390><c> that</c><00:17:25.690><c> point.</c><00:17:25.930><c> So</c>

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here<00:17:26.289><c> it's</c><00:17:26.509><c> just,</c><00:17:27.069><c> in</c><00:17:27.170><c> this</c><00:17:27.289><c> lovely</c><00:17:27.549><c> way,</c>

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Paul<00:17:28.130><c> and</c><00:17:28.250><c> Timotheus,</c><00:17:28.950><c> the</c><00:17:29.089><c> servants</c><00:17:29.329><c> of</c><00:17:29.869><c> Jesus</c><00:17:30.210><c> Christ.</c><00:17:30.450><c> So</c>

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there's<00:17:30.809><c> his</c><00:17:30.990><c> opening</c><00:17:31.369><c> greeting.</c>

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Then,<00:17:33.250><c> in</c><00:17:33.509><c> verses</c><00:17:33.789><c> 3</c><00:17:34.130><c> to</c><00:17:34.309><c> 11</c><00:17:34.650><c> of</c><00:17:34.869><c> chapter</c><00:17:35.269><c> 1,</c><00:17:36.390><c> his</c><00:17:36.690><c> thanksgiving</c><00:17:37.289><c> for</c><00:17:37.470><c> their</c><00:17:37.750><c> fellowship,</c>

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his<00:17:39.630><c> affection</c><00:17:40.069><c> for</c><00:17:40.410><c> them,</c><00:17:40.569><c> and</c><00:17:40.730><c> also</c><00:17:40.990><c> his</c><00:17:41.369><c> prayer</c><00:17:41.869><c> for</c><00:17:42.009><c> their</c>

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spiritual<00:17:42.910><c> fruitfulness.</c>

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Then,<00:17:46.450><c> from</c><00:17:46.670><c> verse</c><00:17:47.029><c> 12</c><00:17:47.450><c> of</c><00:17:47.670><c> chapter</c><00:17:47.970><c> 1</c><00:17:48.250><c> through</c><00:17:48.549><c> to</c><00:17:48.750><c> verse</c><00:17:48.970><c> 26,</c>

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he<00:17:49.869><c> shows</c><00:17:50.190><c> how</c><00:17:50.410><c> his</c><00:17:50.750><c> imprisonment</c><00:17:51.210><c> had</c><00:17:51.529><c> furthered,</c>

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rather<00:17:52.910><c> than</c><00:17:53.170><c> hindered</c><00:17:53.589><c> the</c><00:17:53.769><c> progress</c><00:17:54.089><c> of</c><00:17:54.289><c> the</c><00:17:54.430><c> gospel.</c><00:17:55.329><c> If</c>

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necessary,<00:17:56.109><c> he</c><00:17:56.349><c> says</c><00:17:56.509><c> he's</c><00:17:56.710><c> willing</c><00:17:56.910><c> to</c><00:17:57.089><c> be</c><00:17:57.369><c> martyred,</c>

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but<00:17:58.690><c> actually</c><00:17:59.109><c> he</c><00:17:59.490><c> expects</c><00:17:59.750><c> to</c><00:17:59.910><c> be</c><00:18:00.089><c> delivered</c><00:18:00.470><c> from</c><00:18:00.890><c> prison</c>

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and<00:18:01.390><c> have</c><00:18:01.549><c> the</c><00:18:01.710><c> opportunity</c><00:18:02.470><c> of</c><00:18:03.390><c> further</c><00:18:03.630><c> preaching.</c>

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And<00:18:06.089><c> then,</c><00:18:06.450><c> finally,</c><00:18:06.849><c> for</c><00:18:07.069><c> now,</c><00:18:07.430><c> when</c><00:18:07.589><c> we</c><00:18:07.750><c> get</c><00:18:07.950><c> down</c><00:18:08.170><c> to</c><00:18:08.329><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.589><c> 1</c><00:18:08.849><c> verse</c><00:18:09.109><c> 27</c>

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through<00:18:10.349><c> to</c><00:18:10.549><c> chapter</c><00:18:10.829><c> 2</c><00:18:11.069><c> verse</c><00:18:11.410><c> 16,</c>

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there<00:18:12.710><c> is</c><00:18:12.910><c> an</c><00:18:13.170><c> appeal</c><00:18:13.470><c> for</c><00:18:13.829><c> the</c><00:18:14.049><c> Philippians</c><00:18:14.470><c> to</c><00:18:14.730><c> live</c><00:18:14.869><c> worthy</c>

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lives<00:18:15.869><c> and</c><00:18:16.430><c> be</c><00:18:16.730><c> united</c><00:18:17.150><c> in</c><00:18:17.450><c> humility</c><00:18:18.029><c> and</c><00:18:18.309><c> love,</c>

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following<00:18:19.789><c> the</c><00:18:20.130><c> example</c><00:18:20.789><c> of</c><00:18:21.569><c> the</c><00:18:21.710><c> Lord</c><00:18:21.930><c> Jesus</c><00:18:22.410><c> Christ.</c>

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Well,<00:18:24.509><c> it's</c><00:18:24.670><c> this</c><00:18:24.910><c> last</c><00:18:25.309><c> section</c><00:18:25.730><c> that</c><00:18:25.890><c> we</c><00:18:26.029><c> just</c><00:18:26.269><c> want</c><00:18:26.410><c> to</c><00:18:26.609><c> have</c><00:18:26.730><c> a</c>

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look<00:18:26.990><c> at</c><00:18:27.150><c> now,</c><00:18:27.410><c> or</c><00:18:27.549><c> at</c><00:18:27.589><c> least</c><00:18:27.930><c> part</c><00:18:28.309><c> of</c><00:18:28.450><c> it.</c>

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The<00:18:30.250><c> apostle</c><00:18:30.670><c> Paul's</c><00:18:31.369><c> appeal</c><00:18:31.589><c> for</c><00:18:31.910><c> unity</c><00:18:32.329><c> in</c><00:18:32.509><c> the</c><00:18:32.670><c> Philippian</c>

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ecclesia<00:18:33.549><c> is</c><00:18:33.769><c> actually</c><00:18:34.230><c> reinforced</c>

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he<00:18:43.670><c> gets</c><00:18:43.910><c> into</c><00:18:44.210><c> chapter</c><00:18:44.589><c> 2.</c>

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So,<00:18:45.829><c> first</c><00:18:46.069><c> of</c><00:18:46.190><c> all,</c><00:18:46.269><c> come</c><00:18:46.490><c> back</c><00:18:46.670><c> to</c><00:18:46.750><c> chapter</c><00:18:47.029><c> 1</c><00:18:47.250><c> verse</c><00:18:47.490><c> 27,</c><00:18:48.250><c> where</c><00:18:48.390><c> he</c><00:18:48.569><c> says,</c>

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only<00:18:49.750><c> let</c><00:18:50.069><c> your</c><00:18:50.410><c> conversation,</c><00:18:51.130><c> your</c><00:18:51.230><c> manner</c><00:18:51.490><c> of</c><00:18:51.750><c> life,</c><00:18:52.349><c> be</c>

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as<00:18:52.650><c> it</c><00:18:52.849><c> becomeeth</c><00:18:53.170><c> the</c><00:18:53.309><c> gospel</c><00:18:53.630><c> of</c><00:18:53.849><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:18:54.950><c> whether</c><00:18:55.190><c> I</c><00:18:55.369><c> come</c><00:18:55.650><c> and</c><00:18:55.910><c> see</c><00:18:56.069><c> you</c><00:18:56.289><c> or</c><00:18:56.450><c> else</c><00:18:56.589><c> be</c><00:18:56.829><c> absent,</c><00:18:57.410><c> I</c>

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may<00:18:57.809><c> hear</c><00:18:58.029><c> of</c><00:18:58.190><c> your</c><00:18:58.430><c> affairs,</c>

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that<00:18:59.589><c> ye</c><00:18:59.890><c> stand</c><00:19:00.329><c> fast</c><00:19:00.650><c> in</c><00:19:01.069><c> one</c><00:19:01.450><c> spirit,</c><00:19:02.789><c> with</c><00:19:03.029><c> one</c><00:19:03.549><c> mind,</c><00:19:05.089><c> striving</c><00:19:05.430><c> together</c><00:19:05.970><c> for</c>

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the<00:19:06.369><c> faith</c><00:19:06.549><c> of</c><00:19:06.690><c> the</c><00:19:06.809><c> gospel.</c>

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One<00:19:08.210><c> spirit,</c><00:19:09.329><c> one</c><00:19:09.650><c> mind,</c><00:19:10.609><c> striving</c><00:19:11.150><c> together,</c><00:19:11.670><c> he</c><00:19:11.869><c> says,</c><00:19:12.089><c> for</c>

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the<00:19:12.470><c> faith</c><00:19:12.809><c> of</c><00:19:13.390><c> the</c><00:19:13.549><c> gospel.</c>

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Now<00:19:14.589><c> come</c><00:19:14.809><c> to</c><00:19:14.930><c> chapter</c><00:19:15.230><c> 2</c><00:19:15.589><c> and</c><00:19:15.769><c> verse</c><00:19:16.049><c> 2,</c><00:19:16.390><c> where</c><00:19:16.529><c> this</c><00:19:16.730><c> is</c><00:19:17.130><c> reinforced</c><00:19:17.990><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:19.170><c> example</c><00:19:19.450><c> of</c><00:19:19.609><c> the</c><00:19:19.730><c> Lord</c><00:19:19.890><c> Jesus</c><00:19:20.329><c> Christ.</c>

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Fulfill<00:19:22.329><c> ye</c><00:19:22.490><c> my</c><00:19:22.809><c> joy,</c><00:19:23.250><c> that</c><00:19:23.349><c> ye</c><00:19:23.549><c> might</c><00:19:23.869><c> be</c><00:19:24.470><c> like</c><00:19:24.890><c>-minded,</c><00:19:25.410><c> be</c>

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of<00:19:26.029><c> the</c><00:19:26.230><c> same</c><00:19:26.450><c> mind,</c><00:19:27.309><c> having</c><00:19:27.589><c> the</c><00:19:27.910><c> same</c><00:19:28.170><c> love,</c>

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being<00:19:29.130><c> of</c><00:19:29.589><c> one</c><00:19:29.890><c> accord,</c><00:19:30.630><c> of</c><00:19:30.950><c> one</c><00:19:31.170><c> mind.</c><00:19:32.269><c> Let</c><00:19:32.470><c> nothing</c><00:19:32.789><c> be</c><00:19:32.990><c> done</c>

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through<00:19:33.670><c> strife</c><00:19:34.130><c> or</c><00:19:34.349><c> vain</c><00:19:34.589><c> glory,</c>

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but<00:19:35.509><c> in</c><00:19:35.869><c> loneliness</c><00:19:36.170><c> of</c><00:19:36.509><c> mind,</c><00:19:36.769><c> that</c><00:19:36.890><c> each</c><00:19:37.190><c> esteem</c><00:19:37.569><c> other</c>

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better<00:19:38.109><c> than</c><00:19:38.309><c> themselves.</c>

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Look<00:19:39.549><c> not</c><00:19:39.789><c> every</c><00:19:40.049><c> man</c><00:19:40.230><c> on</c><00:19:40.349><c> his</c><00:19:40.549><c> own</c><00:19:40.849><c> things,</c><00:19:41.670><c> but</c><00:19:41.829><c> every</c><00:19:42.089><c> man</c>

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on<00:19:42.529><c> the</c><00:19:42.710><c> things</c><00:19:43.309><c> of</c><00:19:44.470><c> others.</c>

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And<00:19:46.670><c> so</c><00:19:46.910><c> he</c><00:19:47.170><c> says,</c><00:19:48.390><c> let</c><00:19:48.549><c> nothing</c><00:19:48.930><c> be</c><00:19:49.190><c> done</c><00:19:49.410><c> through</c><00:19:50.029><c> strife.</c>

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The<00:19:51.869><c> word</c><00:19:52.069><c> means</c><00:19:52.549><c> contention,</c><00:19:54.670><c> rivalry,</c>

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faction.<00:19:58.670><c> Let</c><00:19:58.829><c> there</c><00:19:59.089><c> be</c><00:19:59.329><c> no</c><00:19:59.910><c> factions</c><00:20:00.789><c> in</c><00:20:01.690><c> the</c><00:20:01.970><c> ecclesia.</c><00:20:04.250><c> Let</c><00:20:04.509><c> nothing</c><00:20:04.849><c> be</c>

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done,<00:20:05.230><c> he</c><00:20:05.490><c> says,</c>

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through<00:20:06.369><c> vain</c><00:20:06.890><c> glory,</c><00:20:07.569><c> that</c><00:20:07.750><c> is</c><00:20:08.029><c> empty</c><00:20:08.549><c> glory,</c><00:20:09.589><c> pride,</c><00:20:10.950><c> conceit.</c><00:20:12.670><c> But</c>

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in<00:20:13.230><c> loneliness</c><00:20:13.569><c> of</c><00:20:13.950><c> mind,</c>

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that<00:20:15.650><c> each</c><00:20:15.829><c> esteem</c><00:20:16.170><c> other</c><00:20:16.289><c> better</c><00:20:16.589><c> than</c><00:20:16.829><c> themselves.</c><00:20:17.670><c> Loneliness</c><00:20:18.049><c> of</c><00:20:18.349><c> mind,</c><00:20:18.549><c> that</c><00:20:18.789><c> speaks</c><00:20:19.069><c> of</c><00:20:19.329><c> humility,</c>

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having<00:20:20.990><c> a</c><00:20:21.250><c> humble</c><00:20:21.549><c> opinion</c><00:20:22.029><c> of</c><00:20:22.250><c> oneself.</c><00:20:24.089><c> We're</c><00:20:24.250><c> not</c><00:20:24.430><c> humble</c>

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by<00:20:24.970><c> nature,</c><00:20:25.390><c> are</c><00:20:25.630><c> we?</c><00:20:26.630><c> You</c><00:20:26.630><c> know,</c>

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human<00:20:27.130><c> nature</c><00:20:27.609><c> is</c><00:20:28.170><c> puffed</c><00:20:28.490><c> up</c><00:20:28.609><c> with</c><00:20:28.890><c> pride</c><00:20:29.390><c> frequently,</c><00:20:30.609><c> but</c>

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we<00:20:31.630><c> must</c><00:20:31.890><c> be</c><00:20:32.230><c> Christ</c><00:20:32.769><c>-like</c><00:20:33.289><c> in</c><00:20:33.589><c> our</c><00:20:33.849><c> lives.</c>

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Loneliness<00:20:35.589><c> of</c><00:20:35.950><c> mind,</c><00:20:36.410><c> he</c><00:20:36.549><c> says,</c><00:20:36.849><c> esteeming</c><00:20:37.390><c> other</c><00:20:37.509><c> better</c>

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than<00:20:38.730><c> ourselves.</c><00:20:40.309><c> We</c><00:20:40.589><c> have</c><00:20:40.750><c> to</c><00:20:40.869><c> be</c><00:20:41.069><c> humble</c><00:20:41.349><c> men</c>

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and<00:20:41.750><c> women.</c><00:20:42.710><c> Now</c><00:20:43.029><c> if</c><00:20:43.130><c> you</c><00:20:43.289><c> just</c><00:20:43.490><c> keep</c><00:20:43.630><c> your</c><00:20:43.849><c> finger</c><00:20:44.089><c> in</c><00:20:44.410><c> Philippians</c><00:20:44.990><c> 2,</c><00:20:46.230><c> I'd</c>

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like<00:20:46.569><c> you</c><00:20:46.710><c> to</c><00:20:46.849><c> come</c><00:20:47.069><c> back</c><00:20:47.269><c> with</c><00:20:47.430><c> me</c>

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the<00:20:47.710><c> book</c><00:20:47.869><c> of</c><00:20:48.109><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:20:49.009><c> and</c><00:20:49.490><c> chapter</c><00:20:49.750><c> 8.</c><00:20:53.349><c> Because</c><00:20:53.549><c> if</c><00:20:53.730><c> we</c>

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want<00:20:54.049><c> to</c><00:20:54.230><c> know</c><00:20:54.410><c> what</c><00:20:54.809><c> humility</c><00:20:55.349><c> really</c><00:20:55.789><c> is,</c>

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it<00:20:57.390><c> is</c><00:20:57.690><c> set</c><00:20:57.869><c> before</c><00:20:58.309><c> us</c><00:20:58.529><c> in</c><00:20:58.730><c> a</c><00:20:58.829><c> couple</c><00:20:58.990><c> of</c><00:20:59.250><c> verses</c><00:20:59.549><c> in</c><00:20:59.750><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:21:00.349><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.670><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:21:04.630><c> there's</c><00:21:04.750><c> a</c><00:21:04.869><c> very</c><00:21:05.109><c> important</c><00:21:05.509><c> principle</c><00:21:06.009><c> here.</c><00:21:08.369><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:21:08.829><c> chapter</c>

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8<00:21:09.849><c> and</c><00:21:10.170><c> verse</c><00:21:10.569><c> 2,</c>

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where<00:21:12.730><c> Moses</c><00:21:13.089><c> is</c><00:21:13.390><c> saying</c><00:21:13.509><c> to</c><00:21:13.710><c> Israel,</c>

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Now<00:21:45.130><c> that,</c><00:21:46.130><c> brethren</c><00:21:46.309><c> and</c><00:21:46.549><c> sisters,</c><00:21:46.690><c> in</c><00:21:46.869><c> those</c><00:21:47.130><c> two</c><00:21:47.410><c> verses,</c>

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provides<00:21:49.250><c> the</c><00:21:49.609><c> basis</c><00:21:50.250><c> for</c><00:21:50.750><c> Biblical</c><00:21:51.490><c> humility.</c>

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The<00:21:53.009><c> basis</c><00:21:53.349><c> of</c><00:21:53.509><c> Biblical</c><00:21:53.930><c> humility</c><00:21:54.569><c> is</c><00:21:54.769><c> the</c><00:21:55.029><c> recognition</c><00:21:55.829><c> that</c><00:21:56.430><c> we</c>

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do<00:21:56.990><c> not</c><00:21:57.410><c> live</c><00:21:58.049><c> by</c><00:21:58.490><c> material</c><00:21:59.049><c> things,</c>

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but<00:22:00.450><c> we</c><00:22:00.750><c> live</c><00:22:01.269><c> by</c><00:22:01.869><c> what</c><00:22:02.130><c> comes</c><00:22:02.390><c> from</c><00:22:02.609><c> God.</c><00:22:03.910><c> Now</c><00:22:04.150><c> the</c><00:22:04.250><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:22:04.890><c> Christ</c><00:22:05.309><c> fully</c><00:22:05.609><c> understood</c><00:22:06.210><c> this,</c>

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and<00:22:07.549><c> actually</c><00:22:07.930><c> this</c><00:22:08.289><c> passage</c><00:22:08.650><c> of</c><00:22:08.869><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:22:09.470><c> was</c><00:22:09.630><c> one</c><00:22:09.849><c> of</c>

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those<00:22:10.609><c> that</c><00:22:10.849><c> he</c><00:22:11.190><c> quoted</c><00:22:11.670><c> when</c><00:22:12.329><c> he</c><00:22:12.630><c> faced</c><00:22:12.869><c> his</c>

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wilderness<00:22:13.529><c> temptations.</c><00:22:15.750><c> If</c><00:22:15.769><c> we</c><00:22:16.089><c> truly</c><00:22:16.470><c> believe</c><00:22:17.130><c> that</c><00:22:17.369><c> we</c>

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live<00:22:17.789><c> by</c><00:22:18.009><c> what</c><00:22:18.269><c> comes</c><00:22:18.509><c> from</c><00:22:18.769><c> God,</c><00:22:19.529><c> that</c><00:22:19.630><c> he</c><00:22:19.869><c> supplies</c>

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of<00:22:24.130><c> life</c><00:22:24.309><c> in</c><00:22:24.609><c> Christ,</c><00:22:25.789><c> then</c><00:22:25.849><c> it</c><00:22:26.049><c> must</c><00:22:26.309><c> affect</c><00:22:26.670><c> our</c>

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whole<00:22:27.549><c> outlook</c><00:22:28.130><c> and</c><00:22:29.430><c> our</c><00:22:29.690><c> attitude</c><00:22:30.289><c> to</c><00:22:30.730><c> our</c><00:22:30.950><c> brothers</c><00:22:31.190><c> and</c><00:22:31.490><c> sisters.</c><00:22:33.130><c> So</c>

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we<00:22:33.490><c> come</c><00:22:33.650><c> back</c><00:22:33.890><c> then</c><00:22:34.130><c> to</c><00:22:34.309><c> Philippians</c>

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chapter<00:22:35.150><c> 2.</c><00:22:36.650><c> In</c><00:22:36.849><c> humility,</c><00:22:37.410><c> verse</c><00:22:37.809><c> 3,</c><00:22:38.890><c> let</c><00:22:39.029><c> each</c><00:22:39.430><c> count</c><00:22:39.890><c> others</c><00:22:40.309><c> better</c><00:22:40.690><c> than</c><00:22:40.890><c> themselves,</c>

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looking<00:22:42.630><c> not</c><00:22:43.230><c> simply</c><00:22:43.549><c> to</c><00:22:43.769><c> our</c><00:22:43.970><c> own</c><00:22:44.170><c> interests,</c><00:22:45.470><c> but</c><00:22:45.630><c> those</c><00:22:45.930><c> of</c>

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others.<00:22:47.910><c> Now</c><00:22:48.190><c> of</c><00:22:48.309><c> course</c><00:22:48.470><c> the</c><00:22:48.670><c> words</c><00:22:48.869><c> of</c>

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very<00:22:51.490><c> familiar</c><00:22:51.890><c> to</c><00:22:52.210><c> us,</c><00:22:53.029><c> but</c><00:22:53.190><c> as</c><00:22:53.410><c> with</c><00:22:53.589><c> many</c><00:22:53.829><c> scriptural</c>

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principles,<00:22:55.710><c> the</c><00:22:55.890><c> words</c><00:22:56.130><c> are</c><00:22:56.390><c> far</c><00:22:56.710><c> easier</c><00:22:57.109><c> to</c><00:22:57.609><c> say</c><00:22:58.109><c> than</c><00:22:58.730><c> they</c>

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they've<00:23:13.049><c> handled</c><00:23:13.569><c> difficulties</c><00:23:14.230><c> and</c>

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writer,<00:23:44.529><c> why</c><00:23:44.789><c> not</c><00:23:45.069><c> write</c><00:23:45.369><c> letters</c><00:23:45.769><c> to</c><00:23:46.069><c> some</c><00:23:46.289><c> of</c><00:23:46.430><c> our</c><00:23:46.569><c> new</c><00:23:46.789><c> brothers</c><00:23:46.990><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:23:47.509><c> who</c><00:23:47.690><c> were</c><00:23:47.849><c> English</c><00:23:48.130><c> speaking</c>

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in<00:23:49.109><c> Eastern</c><00:23:49.490><c> Europe,</c><00:23:50.190><c> Ukraine</c><00:23:50.569><c> and</c><00:23:50.690><c> Russia.</c><00:23:51.890><c> So</c><00:23:52.109><c> she</c><00:23:52.250><c> started</c>

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doing<00:23:52.869><c> that.</c><00:23:53.390><c> She</c><00:23:53.609><c> wrote</c><00:23:53.869><c> letters</c><00:23:54.210><c> to</c><00:23:54.529><c> them,</c>

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they<00:23:54.970><c> wrote</c><00:23:55.190><c> letters</c><00:23:55.549><c> back,</c><00:23:56.410><c> she</c><00:23:56.650><c> told</c><00:23:56.829><c> them</c><00:23:57.009><c> about</c><00:23:57.250><c> the</c><00:23:57.529><c> truth</c><00:23:57.650><c> she</c>

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fascinated<00:24:00.410><c> that</c><00:24:00.789><c> she</c><00:24:00.930><c> was</c><00:24:01.130><c> such</c><00:24:01.329><c> a</c><00:24:01.509><c> great</c><00:24:01.710><c> age,</c><00:24:02.690><c> because</c><00:24:02.769><c> generally</c><00:24:03.029><c> speaking</c><00:24:03.349><c> in</c>

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Eastern<00:24:03.769><c> Europe</c><00:24:04.170><c> people</c><00:24:04.529><c> don't</c>

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live<00:24:05.289><c> so</c><00:24:05.710><c> long.</c><00:24:06.450><c> But</c><00:24:06.609><c> there</c><00:24:06.890><c> was</c><00:24:07.049><c> an</c><00:24:07.269><c> example</c><00:24:07.609><c> of</c><00:24:07.910><c> someone,</c><00:24:08.750><c> even</c><00:24:08.809><c> at</c>

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that<00:24:09.150><c> age,</c><00:24:09.589><c> who</c><00:24:09.769><c> was</c><00:24:09.970><c> looking</c><00:24:10.450><c> for</c><00:24:10.970><c> ways</c><00:24:11.309><c> in</c><00:24:11.509><c> which</c>

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she<00:24:11.849><c> could</c><00:24:12.109><c> serve</c><00:24:12.470><c> the</c><00:24:12.670><c> Lord.</c><00:24:13.410><c> And</c><00:24:13.609><c> we</c><00:24:13.750><c> look</c><00:24:13.950><c> at</c><00:24:14.130><c> brothers</c><00:24:14.349><c> and</c>

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in<00:24:28.670><c> various</c><00:24:29.029><c> ways.</c><00:24:30.450><c> Perhaps</c><00:24:30.710><c> they're</c><00:24:30.970><c> difficult</c><00:24:31.470><c> to</c>

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engage<00:24:32.089><c> in</c><00:24:32.390><c> conversation,</c><00:24:33.630><c> they</c><00:24:33.950><c> don't</c><00:24:34.250><c> converse</c><00:24:34.690><c> very</c><00:24:35.009><c> easily.</c><00:24:36.150><c> Those</c><00:24:36.470><c> who</c>

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temperaments.<00:24:43.710><c> As</c><00:24:43.970><c> we</c><00:24:44.150><c> said</c><00:24:44.289><c> before,</c><00:24:44.670><c> it's</c><00:24:44.750><c> only</c>

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the<00:24:45.190><c> call</c><00:24:45.309><c> of</c><00:24:45.470><c> the</c><00:24:45.630><c> Gospel</c><00:24:45.910><c> that's</c><00:24:46.170><c> brought</c><00:24:46.349><c> many</c><00:24:46.650><c> of</c><00:24:46.769><c> us</c><00:24:46.990><c> together,</c><00:24:47.910><c> but</c>

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we<00:24:48.230><c> have</c><00:24:48.390><c> to</c><00:24:48.630><c> recognise</c><00:24:49.230><c> that</c><00:24:49.450><c> we</c><00:24:49.650><c> are</c>

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all<00:24:50.690><c> the</c><00:24:51.109><c> Lord's</c><00:24:51.730><c> disciples.</c><00:24:53.410><c> Esteeming</c><00:24:54.049><c> others</c><00:24:54.309><c> better</c><00:24:54.630><c> than</c><00:24:54.869><c> ourselves</c><00:24:55.450><c> can</c>

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the<00:25:00.789><c> right</c><00:25:01.069><c> attitude</c><00:25:01.549><c> of</c><00:25:01.869><c> mind</c>

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towards<00:25:02.950><c> our</c><00:25:03.230><c> brethren</c><00:25:03.470><c> and</c><00:25:03.750><c> sisters</c><00:25:04.289><c> and</c><00:25:04.930><c> at</c><00:25:05.089><c> the</c><00:25:05.329><c> same</c><00:25:05.670><c> time</c>

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in<00:25:15.329><c> honour,</c><00:25:16.509><c> preferring</c><00:25:17.150><c> one</c><00:25:17.410><c> another.</c><00:25:18.670><c> And</c><00:25:18.809><c> as</c><00:25:18.970><c> Paul</c><00:25:19.109><c> says</c>

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here<00:25:19.569><c> in</c><00:25:19.730><c> Philippians</c><00:25:20.109><c> chapter</c><00:25:20.470><c> 2,</c><00:25:20.789><c> it's</c><00:25:20.970><c> about</c>

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developing<00:25:22.009><c> the</c><00:25:22.349><c> mind</c><00:25:22.569><c> of</c><00:25:22.829><c> Christ</c><00:25:23.269><c> and</c><00:25:23.750><c> it's</c><00:25:24.049><c> Christ's</c><00:25:24.809><c> supreme</c><00:25:25.069><c> example</c><00:25:25.849><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:25:26.670><c> considers</c><00:25:27.250><c> next</c><00:25:27.710><c> in</c><00:25:27.930><c> this</c>

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chapter.<00:25:28.869><c> Just</c><00:25:29.089><c> come</c><00:25:29.250><c> to</c><00:25:29.369><c> verse</c><00:25:29.650><c> 5.</c><00:25:31.549><c> Let</c><00:25:31.769><c> this</c><00:25:32.130><c> mind</c><00:25:32.509><c> be</c><00:25:32.809><c> in</c><00:25:33.009><c> you,</c><00:25:33.769><c> which</c><00:25:33.990><c> was</c><00:25:34.190><c> also</c><00:25:34.430><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:25:35.009><c> Jesus,</c>

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who<00:25:36.789><c> being</c><00:25:37.089><c> in</c><00:25:37.329><c> the</c><00:25:37.569><c> form</c><00:25:37.750><c> of</c><00:25:38.049><c> God,</c><00:25:38.430><c> thought</c><00:25:38.490><c> it</c><00:25:38.690><c> not</c><00:25:38.890><c> robbery</c>

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of<00:25:41.450><c> no</c><00:25:41.630><c> reputation</c><00:25:42.410><c> and</c><00:25:42.650><c> took</c><00:25:42.829><c> upon</c><00:25:43.089><c> him</c><00:25:43.269><c> the</c><00:25:43.410><c> form</c><00:25:43.549><c> of</c><00:25:43.769><c> a</c><00:25:43.930><c> servant</c><00:25:44.329><c> and</c>

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was<00:25:45.069><c> made</c><00:25:45.230><c> in</c><00:25:45.390><c> the</c><00:25:45.549><c> likeness</c><00:25:45.890><c> of</c><00:25:46.069><c> men.</c>

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And<00:25:47.549><c> being</c><00:25:47.730><c> found</c><00:25:48.009><c> in</c><00:25:48.289><c> fashion</c><00:25:48.529><c> as</c><00:25:48.690><c> a</c><00:25:48.769><c> man,</c><00:25:49.009><c> he</c><00:25:49.089><c> humbled</c><00:25:49.329><c> himself</c><00:25:49.930><c> and</c>

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became<00:25:50.950><c> obedient</c><00:25:51.329><c> unto</c><00:25:51.589><c> death,</c>

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even<00:25:53.049><c> the</c><00:25:53.230><c> death</c><00:25:53.349><c> of</c><00:25:53.509><c> the</c><00:25:53.730><c> cross.</c><00:25:54.009><c> You</c><00:25:54.369><c> know,</c><00:25:54.549><c> you</c><00:25:54.690><c> read</c><00:25:54.930><c> through</c><00:25:55.170><c> these</c>

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words<00:25:55.769><c> and</c><00:25:55.930><c> there's</c><00:25:56.190><c> real</c><00:25:56.549><c> beauty,</c>

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isn't<00:25:57.470><c> there,</c><00:25:57.890><c> in</c><00:25:58.170><c> them.</c><00:25:58.509><c> In</c><00:25:58.690><c> fact,</c><00:25:58.809><c> it's</c><00:25:58.990><c> been</c><00:25:59.150><c> suggested</c><00:25:59.569><c> that</c><00:25:59.789><c> this</c><00:26:00.009><c> passage</c><00:26:00.609><c> all</c><00:26:01.289><c> the</c><00:26:01.410><c> way</c><00:26:01.529><c> up</c>

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to<00:26:01.869><c> verse</c><00:26:02.130><c> 11</c><00:26:02.930><c> was</c>

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an<00:26:03.710><c> early</c><00:26:04.089><c> hymn.</c><00:26:05.549><c> Amongst</c><00:26:05.950><c> other</c><00:26:06.150><c> things,</c><00:26:06.549><c> the</c><00:26:06.849><c> parallelism</c>

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in<00:26:07.529><c> the</c><00:26:07.730><c> phrases</c><00:26:08.210><c> and</c><00:26:08.829><c> the</c><00:26:09.029><c> rhythmical</c><00:26:09.670><c> style</c><00:26:10.369><c> has</c><00:26:10.890><c> given</c>

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rise<00:26:11.529><c> to</c><00:26:11.789><c> such</c><00:26:12.009><c> a</c><00:26:12.269><c> suggestion.</c><00:26:14.109><c> Let</c><00:26:14.390><c> this</c><00:26:14.769><c> mind</c><00:26:15.109><c> be</c><00:26:15.430><c> in</c><00:26:15.630><c> you,</c>

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which<00:26:16.809><c> was</c><00:26:17.029><c> also</c><00:26:17.430><c> in</c><00:26:17.890><c> Christ</c><00:26:18.309><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:19.470><c> And</c><00:26:19.670><c> this</c><00:26:19.809><c> is</c>

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as<00:26:39.069><c> Paul</c><00:26:39.390><c> reminds</c><00:26:39.890><c> us</c><00:26:40.109><c> in</c><00:26:40.269><c> verse</c>

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God.<00:26:48.250><c> Now</c><00:26:48.609><c> that</c><00:26:49.130><c> phrase</c><00:26:49.809><c> has</c><00:26:50.069><c> very</c><00:26:50.369><c> important</c>

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doctrinal<00:26:51.569><c> implications.</c><00:26:53.049><c> Many</c><00:26:53.369><c> in</c><00:26:53.670><c> the</c><00:26:53.950><c> churches</c><00:26:54.230><c> around</c>

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us<00:26:54.750><c> have</c><00:26:54.970><c> chosen</c><00:26:55.250><c> to</c><00:26:55.529><c> see</c><00:26:55.670><c> in</c><00:26:55.789><c> these</c><00:26:56.069><c> words</c>

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support<00:26:57.329><c> for</c><00:26:57.529><c> the</c><00:26:57.710><c> doctrine</c><00:26:57.990><c> of</c><00:26:58.190><c> the</c><00:26:58.390><c> Trinity.</c><00:26:59.829><c> So</c><00:27:00.029><c> we</c><00:27:00.109><c> just</c><00:27:00.230><c> need</c><00:27:00.349><c> to</c><00:27:00.470><c> think</c><00:27:00.609><c> about</c><00:27:00.849><c> it</c><00:27:01.029><c> for</c><00:27:01.630><c> a</c><00:27:01.750><c> moment.</c>

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you've<00:27:22.349><c> got</c><00:27:22.509><c> the</c><00:27:22.670><c> doctrine</c><00:27:23.029><c> of</c><00:27:23.250><c> Christ's</c><00:27:23.930><c> pre</c><00:27:24.130><c>-existence.</c>

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The<00:27:26.470><c> American</c><00:27:26.930><c> revises,</c><00:27:27.930><c> however,</c><00:27:28.630><c> disagreed</c><00:27:29.549><c> with</c><00:27:29.750><c> that</c>

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marginal<00:27:30.509><c> note,</c><00:27:31.509><c> and</c><00:27:31.769><c> quite</c><00:27:32.269><c> rightly.</c><00:27:33.490><c> Because</c><00:27:33.869><c> the</c><00:27:34.089><c> same</c><00:27:34.490><c> term,</c><00:27:35.609><c> being,</c><00:27:36.450><c> is</c>

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used<00:27:36.970><c> by</c><00:27:37.269><c> the</c><00:27:37.450><c> apostle</c><00:27:37.769><c> Paul</c>

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in<00:27:38.549><c> Romans</c><00:27:38.890><c> 4</c><00:27:39.230><c> verse</c><00:27:39.450><c> 19,</c><00:27:39.970><c> for</c><00:27:40.170><c> instance,</c><00:27:40.450><c> of</c><00:27:40.650><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:42.049><c> being</c>

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about<00:27:42.609><c> a</c><00:27:42.750><c> hundred</c><00:27:42.930><c> years</c><00:27:43.230><c> old.</c><00:27:44.170><c> Well,</c><00:27:44.450><c> clearly</c><00:27:44.710><c> he</c>

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wasn't<00:27:45.109><c> suggesting</c><00:27:45.589><c> there</c><00:27:45.890><c> that</c><00:27:46.109><c> Abraham</c><00:27:46.390><c> was</c><00:27:46.670><c> originally</c><00:27:47.369><c> a</c>

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hundred<00:27:48.210><c> years</c><00:27:48.549><c> old,</c><00:27:48.910><c> was</c><00:27:49.029><c> he?</c><00:27:50.009><c> So,</c><00:27:50.490><c> you</c><00:27:50.609><c> know,</c><00:27:50.890><c> that</c>

00:27:51.250 --> 00:27:56.049
marginal<00:27:51.670><c> note</c><00:27:52.130><c> is</c><00:27:52.769><c> deceptive</c><00:27:53.769><c> here</c><00:27:54.089><c> in</c><00:27:54.309><c> Philippians</c><00:27:54.690><c> chapter</c><00:27:55.109><c> 2.</c><00:27:55.809><c> The</c>

00:27:56.049 --> 00:27:58.430
verb<00:27:56.369><c> that</c><00:27:56.569><c> is</c><00:27:56.789><c> used</c><00:27:57.450><c> occurs</c><00:27:58.029><c> nearly</c>

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50<00:27:58.890><c> times</c><00:27:59.329><c> in</c><00:27:59.509><c> the</c><00:27:59.569><c> New</c><00:27:59.789><c> Testament,</c><00:28:01.069><c> where</c><00:28:01.230><c> its</c><00:28:01.529><c> meaning</c><00:28:01.970><c> is</c>

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simply<00:28:03.130><c> being</c><00:28:04.109><c> or</c><00:28:05.430><c> existing.</c><00:28:07.890><c> Well,</c><00:28:08.029><c> that</c><00:28:08.190><c> takes</c><00:28:08.410><c> us</c>

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a<00:28:08.730><c> little</c><00:28:08.910><c> way</c><00:28:09.150><c> on,</c><00:28:10.130><c> but</c><00:28:10.190><c> in</c><00:28:10.390><c> what</c><00:28:10.690><c> sense</c><00:28:11.269><c> was</c><00:28:11.670><c> Jesus</c><00:28:12.210><c> in</c><00:28:12.490><c> the</c>

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form<00:28:12.930><c> of</c><00:28:13.250><c> God?</c><00:28:14.869><c> Well,</c><00:28:15.109><c> the</c><00:28:15.289><c> Greek</c><00:28:15.529><c> term</c><00:28:15.910><c> translated</c>

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form<00:28:17.410><c> here</c><00:28:18.210><c> is</c><00:28:19.130><c> used</c><00:28:19.690><c> only</c><00:28:20.349><c> three</c><00:28:20.690><c> times</c><00:28:21.109><c> in</c><00:28:21.289><c> the</c><00:28:21.349><c> New</c><00:28:21.569><c> Testament.</c><00:28:22.650><c> Two</c><00:28:22.910><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:23.269><c> occasions</c><00:28:23.630><c> are</c><00:28:23.829><c> here</c><00:28:23.950><c> in</c>

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of<00:28:30.650><c> a</c><00:28:30.849><c> servant.</c><00:28:31.849><c> And</c><00:28:32.009><c> the</c><00:28:32.150><c> other,</c><00:28:32.369><c> just</c><00:28:32.569><c> for</c><00:28:32.730><c> complete,</c><00:28:33.170><c> this</c>

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is<00:28:33.450><c> in</c><00:28:33.609><c> Mark</c><00:28:33.829><c> 16</c><00:28:34.250><c> verse</c><00:28:34.509><c> 12,</c><00:28:34.930><c> which</c><00:28:35.089><c> I've</c>

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put<00:28:35.710><c> on</c><00:28:35.869><c> the</c><00:28:36.150><c> screen</c><00:28:36.390><c> there,</c><00:28:37.890><c> tells</c><00:28:38.150><c> us</c><00:28:38.349><c> that</c><00:28:38.549><c> after</c><00:28:38.789><c> Christ's</c>

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unto<00:28:42.789><c> two</c><00:28:43.089><c> of</c><00:28:43.309><c> them</c><00:28:43.690><c> as</c><00:28:44.369><c> they</c><00:28:44.769><c> walked.</c><00:28:45.849><c> So</c><00:28:46.049><c> those</c><00:28:46.190><c> are</c><00:28:46.349><c> the</c><00:28:46.470><c> three</c><00:28:46.809><c> occasions.</c><00:28:47.730><c> But</c>

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I<00:28:48.109><c> think,</c><00:28:48.329><c> you</c><00:28:48.470><c> know,</c><00:28:48.670><c> it's</c><00:28:48.950><c> the</c>

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double<00:28:49.509><c> use</c><00:28:49.970><c> of</c><00:28:50.250><c> the</c><00:28:50.470><c> word</c><00:28:50.869><c> form</c><00:28:51.630><c> here</c><00:28:52.150><c> in</c><00:28:52.369><c> Philippians</c><00:28:52.829><c> 2</c><00:28:53.549><c> that</c><00:28:54.069><c> best</c><00:28:54.450><c> helps</c><00:28:54.750><c> us</c>

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to<00:28:55.250><c> understand</c><00:28:55.930><c> what</c><00:28:56.369><c> the</c><00:28:56.609><c> apostle</c>

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is<00:28:58.250><c> saying.</c><00:28:59.450><c> You've</c><00:28:59.730><c> got</c><00:29:00.009><c> being</c><00:29:00.329><c> in</c><00:29:00.509><c> the</c><00:29:00.690><c> form</c><00:29:00.849><c> of</c><00:29:01.130><c> God,</c><00:29:02.410><c> and</c><00:29:02.630><c> you've</c><00:29:02.990><c> got</c><00:29:03.670><c> being</c><00:29:04.250><c> in</c><00:29:04.450><c> the</c><00:29:04.710><c> form</c><00:29:05.309><c> of</c><00:29:05.630><c> a</c><00:29:05.789><c> servant.</c>

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And<00:29:06.670><c> it's</c><00:29:06.789><c> that</c><00:29:07.170><c> second</c><00:29:07.589><c> phrase</c><00:29:08.329><c> that</c><00:29:08.990><c> helps</c><00:29:09.130><c> us</c><00:29:09.390><c> to</c><00:29:09.690><c> interpret</c><00:29:10.190><c> the</c><00:29:10.710><c> first.</c><00:29:11.930><c> So</c><00:29:12.109><c> just</c><00:29:12.309><c> for</c><00:29:12.470><c> a</c><00:29:12.569><c> moment,</c>

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think<00:29:12.990><c> about</c><00:29:13.269><c> Christ</c><00:29:14.009><c> as</c><00:29:14.569><c> being</c><00:29:14.890><c> in</c><00:29:15.069><c> the</c><00:29:15.309><c> form</c><00:29:15.650><c> of</c><00:29:16.170><c> a</c><00:29:16.329><c> servant.</c>

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Jesus<00:29:17.930><c> told</c><00:29:18.170><c> his</c><00:29:18.390><c> disciples</c><00:29:18.809><c> in</c><00:29:19.029><c> the</c><00:29:19.130><c> upper</c>

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room,<00:29:20.329><c> I</c><00:29:20.329><c> am</c><00:29:20.529><c> among</c><00:29:20.869><c> you</c><00:29:21.069><c> as</c><00:29:21.250><c> he</c><00:29:21.390><c> that</c><00:29:21.690><c> serveth.</c><00:29:23.529><c> So</c><00:29:23.769><c> what</c><00:29:23.890><c> was</c>

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he<00:29:24.150><c> saying?</c><00:29:25.089><c> He</c><00:29:25.269><c> was</c><00:29:25.470><c> saying</c><00:29:25.789><c> that</c><00:29:25.970><c> he</c><00:29:26.089><c> was</c><00:29:26.430><c> accepting</c>

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the<00:29:27.170><c> part,</c><00:29:27.950><c> he</c><00:29:28.089><c> was</c><00:29:28.369><c> accepting</c><00:29:28.789><c> the</c><00:29:29.170><c> status,</c><00:29:30.230><c> the</c><00:29:30.529><c> rank</c><00:29:31.069><c> of</c><00:29:31.849><c> a</c>

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servant.<00:29:33.230><c> It's</c><00:29:33.630><c> not</c><00:29:33.930><c> a</c><00:29:34.210><c> reference</c><00:29:35.009><c> in</c><00:29:36.430><c> this</c><00:29:36.789><c> context</c>

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to<00:29:37.549><c> his</c><00:29:37.789><c> nature,</c><00:29:38.569><c> is</c><00:29:38.730><c> it?</c><00:29:39.569><c> It's</c><00:29:39.890><c> saying</c><00:29:40.170><c> he</c><00:29:40.329><c> was</c><00:29:40.589><c> accepting</c><00:29:41.029><c> the</c><00:29:41.329><c> part,</c><00:29:41.769><c> the</c><00:29:41.970><c> status</c><00:29:42.450><c> of</c>

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a<00:29:43.009><c> servant.</c><00:29:43.509><c> Now</c><00:29:43.730><c> the</c><00:29:43.990><c> NIV</c>

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here<00:29:46.470><c> translates</c><00:29:47.049><c> this</c><00:29:47.349><c> as</c><00:29:47.849><c> being</c><00:29:48.470><c> in</c><00:29:48.750><c> very</c><00:29:49.069><c> nature</c><00:29:49.529><c> God</c><00:29:50.049><c> and</c>

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taking<00:29:51.509><c> the</c><00:29:51.750><c> very</c><00:29:52.029><c> nature</c><00:29:52.450><c> of</c><00:29:52.690><c> a</c><00:29:52.869><c> servant.</c>

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Well<00:29:55.190><c> what</c><00:29:55.289><c> does</c><00:29:55.450><c> that</c><00:29:55.690><c> mean?</c><00:29:56.589><c> A</c><00:29:57.029><c> servant's</c><00:29:57.509><c> nature</c><00:29:58.109><c> is</c><00:29:58.589><c> no</c>

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different<00:29:59.109><c> from</c><00:29:59.250><c> anybody</c><00:29:59.529><c> else's</c><00:30:00.029><c> nature.</c>

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It<00:30:01.289><c> doesn't</c><00:30:01.529><c> help</c><00:30:01.730><c> us</c><00:30:01.950><c> at</c><00:30:02.130><c> all.</c><00:30:02.990><c> And</c><00:30:03.230><c> it's</c><00:30:03.329><c> not</c><00:30:03.609><c> what</c><00:30:03.789><c> the</c><00:30:03.970><c> apostle</c><00:30:04.289><c> Paul</c>

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here<00:32:19.309><c> with</c><00:32:19.990><c> John</c><00:32:20.289><c> chapter</c><00:32:20.670><c> 13.</c><00:32:22.130><c> So</c><00:32:22.269><c> you</c>

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might<00:32:22.490><c> just</c><00:32:22.710><c> like</c><00:32:22.910><c> to</c><00:32:23.190><c> again</c><00:32:23.390><c> keep</c><00:32:23.650><c> a</c><00:32:23.869><c> finger</c><00:32:24.089><c> in</c><00:32:24.289><c> Philippians</c>

00:32:24.730 --> 00:32:26.309
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let's<00:32:47.869><c> go</c><00:32:48.069><c> in</c><00:32:48.210><c> at</c><00:32:48.369><c> verse</c><00:32:48.589><c> 3</c><00:32:48.890><c> then</c><00:32:49.130><c> shall</c>

00:32:49.349 --> 00:32:52.230
we?<00:32:49.650><c> John</c><00:32:49.950><c> 13</c><00:32:50.490><c> verse</c><00:32:50.750><c> 3.</c><00:32:50.849><c> We</c><00:32:51.150><c> know</c><00:32:51.329><c> this</c><00:32:51.529><c> chapter</c><00:32:51.829><c> very</c><00:32:52.130><c> well</c>

00:32:52.230 --> 00:32:54.029
I'm<00:32:52.410><c> sure.</c><00:32:52.730><c> It's</c><00:32:52.869><c> the</c><00:32:52.990><c> Lord</c><00:32:53.230><c> with</c><00:32:53.390><c> his</c><00:32:53.609><c> disciples</c>

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in<00:32:54.210><c> the</c><00:32:54.349><c> upper</c><00:32:54.569><c> room.</c><00:32:55.869><c> And</c><00:32:56.049><c> it</c><00:32:56.210><c> says</c><00:32:56.349><c> there,</c><00:32:57.230><c> Jesus</c><00:32:57.430><c> knowing</c>

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He<00:33:07.410><c> came</c><00:33:07.809><c> from</c><00:33:08.130><c> God</c><00:33:08.849><c> and</c><00:33:09.670><c> he</c><00:33:09.789><c> was</c><00:33:09.990><c> going</c><00:33:10.230><c> to</c><00:33:10.509><c> God.</c><00:33:11.089><c> That's</c><00:33:11.450><c> his</c>

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divine<00:33:12.009><c> status.</c>

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In<00:33:14.329><c> that</c><00:33:14.670><c> phrase.</c><00:33:15.410><c> That's</c><00:33:15.670><c> his</c><00:33:15.769><c> divine</c><00:33:16.109><c> status.</c><00:33:16.890><c> And</c><00:33:16.990><c> it's</c><00:33:17.170><c> there</c><00:33:17.490><c> again</c><00:33:18.049><c> in</c>

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disciples<00:33:21.450><c> for</c><00:33:21.650><c> the</c><00:33:21.690><c> way</c><00:33:21.829><c> they</c><00:33:22.049><c> spoke</c><00:33:22.269><c> to</c><00:33:22.430><c> him.</c><00:33:22.910><c> Ye</c><00:33:23.009><c> call</c><00:33:23.269><c> me</c><00:33:23.430><c> master</c><00:33:23.869><c> and</c><00:33:24.029><c> lord</c><00:33:24.309><c> and</c><00:33:24.569><c> ye</c><00:33:24.849><c> say</c><00:33:25.009><c> well</c><00:33:25.349><c> for</c><00:33:25.569><c> so</c><00:33:25.829><c> I</c><00:33:26.049><c> am.</c>

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He<00:33:26.369><c> was</c><00:33:26.549><c> the</c><00:33:26.690><c> son</c><00:33:26.789><c> of</c><00:33:27.009><c> God.</c><00:33:28.029><c> They</c><00:33:28.230><c> were</c><00:33:28.529><c> right</c><00:33:28.769><c> to</c><00:33:29.089><c> address</c><00:33:29.430><c> him</c>

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in<00:33:30.029><c> that</c><00:33:30.309><c> way.</c><00:33:31.869><c> That's</c><00:33:32.250><c> his</c><00:33:32.490><c> divine</c><00:33:32.809><c> status.</c><00:33:32.970><c> That</c>

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is<00:33:33.470><c> in</c><00:33:33.670><c> the</c><00:33:33.869><c> form</c><00:33:34.029><c> of</c><00:33:34.329><c> God</c><00:33:34.710><c> that</c><00:33:35.130><c> Paul</c><00:33:35.369><c> talks</c><00:33:35.789><c> about</c><00:33:36.269><c> in</c><00:33:36.750><c> Philippians</c><00:33:37.430><c> chapter</c><00:33:38.009><c> 2.</c><00:33:39.609><c> But</c>

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if<00:33:39.970><c> you</c><00:33:40.069><c> just</c><00:33:40.269><c> follow</c>

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down<00:33:40.609><c> the</c><00:33:40.829><c> chart</c><00:33:41.089><c> that</c><00:33:41.210><c> I</c><00:33:41.349><c> put</c><00:33:41.470><c> on</c><00:33:41.630><c> the</c><00:33:41.750><c> screen</c><00:33:42.009><c> there</c><00:33:42.230><c> you</c><00:33:42.309><c> can</c>

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see<00:33:42.829><c> he's</c><00:33:43.190><c> also</c><00:33:43.509><c> shown</c><00:33:43.710><c> to</c><00:33:43.869><c> be</c><00:33:43.970><c> in</c><00:33:44.069><c> the</c><00:33:44.190><c> form</c><00:33:44.329><c> of</c><00:33:44.529><c> a</c>

00:33:44.730 --> 00:33:55.250
servant.<00:33:47.289><c> Verse</c><00:33:47.529><c> 4</c><00:33:48.029><c> of</c><00:33:48.210><c> John</c><00:33:48.549><c> 13.</c><00:33:50.190><c> He</c><00:33:50.210><c> riseth</c><00:33:50.670><c> from</c><00:33:51.049><c> supper</c><00:33:51.650><c> and</c><00:33:52.190><c> laid</c><00:33:52.430><c> aside</c><00:33:52.849><c> his</c><00:33:53.190><c> garments.</c><00:33:54.990><c> He</c>

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laid<00:33:55.509><c> aside</c><00:33:55.910><c> his</c>

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garments.<00:33:57.849><c> And</c><00:33:58.069><c> that</c><00:33:58.309><c> is</c><00:33:58.769><c> paralleled</c><00:33:59.369><c> in</c><00:33:59.509><c> Philippians</c><00:33:59.990><c> 2</c><00:34:00.410><c> verse</c><00:34:00.690><c> 7</c>

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which<00:34:01.430><c> says</c><00:34:01.869><c> he</c><00:34:02.549><c> made</c><00:34:02.789><c> himself</c><00:34:03.230><c> of</c><00:34:03.410><c> no</c><00:34:03.650><c> reputation.</c>

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Or<00:34:05.150><c> as</c><00:34:05.329><c> the</c><00:34:05.470><c> revised</c><00:34:05.769><c> version</c><00:34:06.089><c> says</c><00:34:06.349><c> he</c><00:34:06.509><c> emptied</c><00:34:06.950><c> himself.</c><00:34:08.690><c> He</c>

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laid<00:34:09.130><c> aside</c><00:34:09.610><c> his</c><00:34:10.389><c> garments.</c>

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And<00:34:12.309><c> in</c><00:34:12.469><c> verse</c><00:34:12.730><c> 4</c><00:34:13.050><c> of</c><00:34:13.210><c> John</c><00:34:13.510><c> 13</c><00:34:14.030><c> he</c><00:34:14.210><c> took</c><00:34:14.449><c> a</c><00:34:14.750><c> towel</c><00:34:14.949><c> and</c><00:34:15.250><c> girded</c>

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himself.<00:34:16.070><c> So</c><00:34:16.349><c> he</c><00:34:16.730><c> girds</c><00:34:17.170><c> about</c><00:34:17.510><c> him</c><00:34:17.690><c> the</c>

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servant's<00:34:18.610><c> apron</c><00:34:19.030><c> and</c><00:34:19.869><c> he</c><00:34:20.070><c> washes</c><00:34:20.250><c> his</c><00:34:20.550><c> disciples</c><00:34:20.949><c> feet.</c><00:34:22.449><c> And</c>

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that<00:34:22.969><c> links</c><00:34:23.190><c> you</c><00:34:23.409><c> up</c><00:34:23.630><c> then</c><00:34:23.809><c> with</c><00:34:24.030><c> Philippians</c><00:34:24.409><c> 2</c>

00:34:24.730 --> 00:34:27.889
verse<00:34:24.969><c> 7.</c><00:34:25.429><c> He</c><00:34:25.429><c> took</c><00:34:25.650><c> the</c><00:34:25.849><c> form</c><00:34:25.969><c> of</c><00:34:26.150><c> a</c><00:34:26.309><c> servant.</c><00:34:27.630><c> That's</c><00:34:27.789><c> what</c>

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he's<00:34:28.050><c> doing</c><00:34:28.289><c> in</c><00:34:28.449><c> John</c><00:34:28.670><c> 13.</c><00:34:29.670><c> He's</c><00:34:29.969><c> taking</c><00:34:30.230><c> the</c>

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servant's<00:34:30.989><c> role</c><00:34:31.389><c> and</c><00:34:31.849><c> he</c><00:34:31.989><c> is</c><00:34:32.150><c> washing</c><00:34:32.670><c> their</c><00:34:33.409><c> feet.</c><00:34:34.909><c> In</c><00:34:35.070><c> John</c>

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13<00:34:35.730><c> verse</c><00:34:36.110><c> 5</c><00:34:36.989><c> he</c><00:34:37.789><c> poureth</c><00:34:38.309><c> water</c><00:34:38.610><c> into</c><00:34:38.889><c> a</c><00:34:39.110><c> basin</c>

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then<00:34:39.650><c> and</c><00:34:39.809><c> began</c><00:34:40.070><c> to</c><00:34:40.409><c> wash</c><00:34:40.809><c> the</c><00:34:41.289><c> feet</c><00:34:41.429><c> of</c><00:34:41.610><c> his</c><00:34:41.789><c> disciples.</c><00:34:43.969><c> What</c><00:34:44.309><c> a</c>

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humble<00:34:44.909><c> act</c><00:34:45.530><c> for</c><00:34:46.190><c> the</c><00:34:46.369><c> master</c><00:34:46.789><c> himself</c><00:34:47.510><c> to</c>

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perform.<00:34:49.829><c> And</c><00:34:50.030><c> the</c><00:34:50.210><c> humility</c><00:34:50.610><c> of</c><00:34:50.849><c> Christ</c><00:34:51.150><c> is</c><00:34:51.409><c> in</c><00:34:51.909><c> Philippians</c>

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2<00:34:52.909><c> and</c><00:34:53.150><c> verse</c><00:34:53.489><c> 8.</c><00:34:55.130><c> Being</c><00:34:55.489><c> found</c><00:34:55.809><c> in</c><00:34:56.070><c> fashion</c><00:34:56.289><c> as</c><00:34:56.510><c> a</c><00:34:56.650><c> man</c><00:34:56.789><c> he</c>

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humbled<00:34:57.809><c> himself.</c><00:35:00.690><c> So</c><00:35:01.090><c> yes</c><00:35:01.510><c> you</c><00:35:01.809><c> know</c><00:35:02.110><c> here</c><00:35:02.449><c> is</c><00:35:02.690><c> the</c><00:35:02.869><c> Lord.</c><00:35:03.610><c> He</c>

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has<00:35:03.969><c> a</c><00:35:04.230><c> divine</c><00:35:04.610><c> status.</c><00:35:05.150><c> He</c><00:35:05.250><c> has</c><00:35:05.510><c> the</c><00:35:05.710><c> status</c><00:35:05.929><c> of</c><00:35:06.190><c> a</c>

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servant.<00:35:08.309><c> His</c><00:35:08.610><c> divine</c><00:35:09.110><c> status</c><00:35:09.690><c> derived</c><00:35:10.170><c> from</c><00:35:10.389><c> the</c><00:35:10.590><c> fact</c><00:35:10.829><c> that</c>

00:35:11.050 --> 00:35:15.829
he<00:35:11.190><c> came</c><00:35:11.469><c> from</c><00:35:11.710><c> God.</c><00:35:12.909><c> God</c><00:35:13.369><c> literally</c><00:35:14.070><c> was</c><00:35:14.710><c> his</c><00:35:14.949><c> father.</c>

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And<00:35:16.269><c> when</c><00:35:16.530><c> we've</c><00:35:16.869><c> kind</c><00:35:16.969><c> of</c><00:35:17.309><c> grasped</c><00:35:17.789><c> this</c><00:35:18.150><c> key</c><00:35:18.730><c> it</c><00:35:19.690><c> opens</c><00:35:19.949><c> up</c>

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so<00:35:20.789><c> many</c><00:35:21.150><c> passages</c><00:35:21.690><c> in</c><00:35:21.929><c> the</c><00:35:22.010><c> New</c><00:35:22.190><c> Testament</c><00:35:22.630><c> that</c>

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can<00:35:23.530><c> seem</c><00:35:24.150><c> quite</c><00:35:24.710><c> difficult.</c><00:35:25.650><c> And</c><00:35:25.909><c> certainly</c><00:35:26.130><c> they're</c><00:35:26.510><c> rested</c><00:35:26.730><c> by</c><00:35:27.170><c> other</c><00:35:27.429><c> people.</c><00:35:28.570><c> For</c><00:35:28.769><c> example</c><00:35:29.130><c> in</c>

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John<00:35:29.449><c> chapter</c>

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6.<00:35:31.670><c> Well</c><00:35:31.809><c> if</c><00:35:31.949><c> you've</c><00:35:32.110><c> still</c><00:35:32.230><c> got</c><00:35:32.389><c> John</c><00:35:32.570><c> in</c><00:35:32.789><c> front</c><00:35:32.949><c> of</c><00:35:33.070><c> you</c><00:35:33.130><c> come</c>

00:35:33.329 --> 00:35:37.070
back<00:35:33.510><c> to</c><00:35:33.690><c> chapter</c><00:35:33.929><c> 6</c><00:35:34.690><c> verse</c><00:35:35.829><c> 38.</c>

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Here's<00:35:39.730><c> a</c><00:35:39.929><c> passage</c><00:35:40.130><c> that's</c><00:35:40.369><c> often</c><00:35:40.670><c> rested.</c><00:35:41.230><c> John</c><00:35:41.510><c> 6</c><00:35:41.909><c> verse</c><00:35:42.289><c> 38</c>

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where<00:35:44.309><c> Jesus</c><00:35:44.789><c> says,</c>

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I<00:35:46.349><c> came</c><00:35:46.710><c> down</c><00:35:46.949><c> from</c><00:35:47.150><c> heaven</c><00:35:47.650><c> not</c><00:35:48.650><c> to</c><00:35:48.829><c> do</c><00:35:48.969><c> mine</c><00:35:49.190><c> own</c><00:35:49.469><c> will</c><00:35:49.690><c> but</c>

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the<00:35:50.050><c> will</c><00:35:50.170><c> of</c><00:35:50.369><c> him</c><00:35:50.570><c> that</c><00:35:51.250><c> sent</c><00:35:51.550><c> me.</c>

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He<00:35:53.369><c> came</c><00:35:53.670><c> down</c><00:35:53.949><c> from</c><00:35:54.190><c> heaven.</c><00:35:55.610><c> How</c><00:35:55.929><c> did</c><00:35:56.110><c> he</c><00:35:56.250><c> come</c><00:35:56.469><c> down</c><00:35:56.730><c> from</c>

00:35:56.929 --> 00:35:58.789
heaven?<00:35:57.469><c> Well</c><00:35:57.650><c> not</c><00:35:57.769><c> in</c><00:35:57.969><c> the</c><00:35:58.110><c> sense</c><00:35:58.309><c> of</c><00:35:58.489><c> the</c><00:35:58.570><c> doctrine</c>

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of<00:35:59.010><c> the</c><00:35:59.050><c> Trinity.</c><00:35:59.449><c> It's</c><00:35:59.530><c> not</c><00:35:59.670><c> the</c><00:35:59.909><c> pre</c><00:36:00.090><c>-existence</c><00:36:00.409><c> of</c><00:36:00.610><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:01.289 --> 00:36:03.170
He<00:36:01.530><c> came</c><00:36:01.809><c> down</c><00:36:02.030><c> from</c><00:36:02.250><c> heaven</c><00:36:02.570><c> in</c><00:36:02.769><c> the</c><00:36:02.969><c> sense</c>

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set<00:36:03.449><c> out</c><00:36:03.690><c> for</c><00:36:03.849><c> us</c><00:36:04.010><c> in</c><00:36:04.150><c> Luke</c><00:36:04.389><c> chapter</c><00:36:04.769><c> 1.</c><00:36:06.369><c> When</c><00:36:06.650><c> the</c><00:36:06.949><c> Holy</c><00:36:07.210><c> Spirit</c><00:36:07.750><c> the</c>

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power<00:36:08.809><c> of</c><00:36:09.050><c> the</c><00:36:09.250><c> highest</c><00:36:09.630><c> descended</c><00:36:10.210><c> from</c>

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heaven<00:36:11.510><c> operated</c><00:36:12.329><c> upon</c><00:36:12.750><c> Mary</c><00:36:13.570><c> and</c><00:36:14.469><c> brought</c><00:36:14.670><c> about</c><00:36:15.050><c> his</c><00:36:15.369><c> birth.</c><00:36:15.989><c> He</c><00:36:16.150><c> was</c><00:36:16.389><c> born</c><00:36:16.590><c> as</c>

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a<00:36:17.130><c> direct</c><00:36:17.449><c> result</c><00:36:18.090><c> of</c><00:36:18.530><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:36:18.949><c> Spirit</c><00:36:19.329><c> power</c><00:36:19.849><c> of</c><00:36:20.210><c> God.</c><00:36:21.070><c> And</c><00:36:21.289><c> the</c><00:36:21.469><c> phrase</c><00:36:21.710><c> from</c><00:36:22.070><c> heaven</c>

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emphasizes<00:36:23.710><c> his</c><00:36:24.030><c> divine</c><00:36:24.309><c> origin.</c><00:36:25.110><c> God</c><00:36:25.389><c> literally</c>

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was<00:36:25.949><c> his</c><00:36:26.190><c> father.</c><00:36:26.949><c> It</c><00:36:27.150><c> also</c><00:36:27.449><c> emphasizes</c><00:36:28.050><c> the</c><00:36:28.369><c> divine</c><00:36:28.610><c> origin</c>

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of<00:36:29.090><c> his</c><00:36:29.329><c> teaching.</c><00:36:30.429><c> He</c><00:36:30.630><c> spoke</c><00:36:30.849><c> the</c><00:36:31.070><c> words</c><00:36:31.349><c> of</c>

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his<00:36:31.750><c> father</c><00:36:32.170><c> to</c><00:36:32.849><c> men</c><00:36:33.050><c> and</c><00:36:33.210><c> women.</c><00:36:34.289><c> He</c><00:36:34.429><c> was</c><00:36:34.590><c> the</c><00:36:34.829><c> manifestation</c>

00:36:35.550 --> 00:36:38.769
of<00:36:35.750><c> his</c><00:36:36.010><c> father</c><00:36:36.409><c> in</c><00:36:36.889><c> his</c><00:36:37.190><c> life</c><00:36:37.510><c> his</c><00:36:37.889><c> character</c><00:36:38.269><c> and</c><00:36:38.489><c> his</c>

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teaching.<00:36:39.570><c> He</c><00:36:39.650><c> perfectly</c><00:36:40.269><c> revealed</c><00:36:40.670><c> to</c><00:36:40.829><c> men</c><00:36:41.030><c> and</c><00:36:41.190><c> women</c><00:36:41.570><c> the</c>

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character<00:36:42.630><c> and</c><00:36:42.829><c> the</c><00:36:42.969><c> will</c><00:36:43.050><c> of</c><00:36:43.289><c> God</c><00:36:43.789><c> so</c><00:36:44.510><c> that</c><00:36:44.670><c> he</c><00:36:44.750><c> could</c>

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quite<00:36:45.369><c> truthfully</c><00:36:45.829><c> say</c><00:36:46.150><c> as</c><00:36:46.369><c> he</c><00:36:46.590><c> did,</c><00:36:47.750><c> he</c><00:36:47.789><c> that</c><00:36:47.989><c> hath</c><00:36:48.110><c> seen</c><00:36:48.389><c> me</c>

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hath<00:36:48.789><c> seen</c><00:36:49.090><c> the</c><00:36:49.309><c> father</c><00:36:49.949><c> and</c><00:36:51.269><c> I</c><00:36:51.969><c> and</c><00:36:52.130><c> my</c><00:36:52.369><c> father</c><00:36:52.969><c> are</c>

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one.<00:36:54.869><c> Words</c><00:36:55.190><c> which</c><00:36:55.510><c> beautifully</c><00:36:55.969><c> express</c><00:36:56.650><c> that</c><00:36:57.130><c> perfect</c><00:36:57.690><c> unity</c><00:36:58.090><c> of</c>

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mind<00:36:58.650><c> and</c><00:36:58.969><c> purpose</c><00:36:59.349><c> that</c><00:36:59.690><c> existed</c><00:37:00.130><c> and</c><00:37:00.969><c> still</c>

00:37:01.170 --> 00:37:05.829
exists<00:37:01.849><c> between</c><00:37:02.510><c> the</c><00:37:02.769><c> father</c><00:37:03.130><c> and</c><00:37:03.750><c> the</c><00:37:04.010><c> son.</c><00:37:05.409><c> But</c><00:37:05.650><c> if</c><00:37:05.750><c> you're</c>

00:37:05.829 --> 00:37:08.530
still<00:37:06.050><c> with</c><00:37:06.210><c> me</c><00:37:06.409><c> in</c><00:37:06.489><c> John</c><00:37:06.710><c> chapter</c><00:37:07.070><c> 6</c><00:37:07.730><c> when</c><00:37:08.170><c> you</c><00:37:08.329><c> get</c>

00:37:08.530 --> 00:37:11.429
further<00:37:08.789><c> on</c><00:37:09.010><c> in</c><00:37:09.150><c> that</c><00:37:09.389><c> chapter</c><00:37:09.670><c> and</c><00:37:09.809><c> you</c><00:37:09.909><c> come</c><00:37:10.130><c> to</c><00:37:10.250><c> verse</c><00:37:10.510><c> 62</c>

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Jesus<00:37:12.050><c> says,</c><00:37:13.889><c> what</c><00:37:13.949><c> and</c><00:37:14.369><c> if</c><00:37:14.750><c> you</c><00:37:14.949><c> shall</c><00:37:15.150><c> see</c><00:37:15.389><c> the</c><00:37:15.590><c> son</c>

00:37:15.750 --> 00:37:22.710
of<00:37:15.969><c> man</c><00:37:16.210><c> ascend</c><00:37:16.690><c> up</c><00:37:17.550><c> where</c><00:37:18.650><c> he</c><00:37:18.989><c> was</c><00:37:19.610><c> before.</c><00:37:21.849><c> So</c><00:37:22.030><c> he</c><00:37:22.170><c> talks</c><00:37:22.449><c> now</c>

00:37:22.710 --> 00:37:27.150
about<00:37:22.949><c> his</c><00:37:23.210><c> ascension.</c><00:37:25.050><c> He</c><00:37:25.190><c> was</c><00:37:25.469><c> taken</c><00:37:25.750><c> up</c><00:37:26.050><c> to</c><00:37:26.269><c> heaven</c>

00:37:27.329 --> 00:37:32.510
now<00:37:27.690><c> no</c><00:37:27.989><c> longer</c><00:37:28.289><c> a</c><00:37:28.469><c> mortal</c><00:37:28.809><c> man</c><00:37:29.150><c> but</c><00:37:29.449><c> immortal.</c><00:37:30.289><c> His</c><00:37:30.590><c> body</c><00:37:31.090><c> energized</c><00:37:32.070><c> by</c>

00:37:32.510 --> 00:37:34.809
the<00:37:32.789><c> Spirit</c><00:37:33.030><c> power</c><00:37:33.289><c> of</c><00:37:33.489><c> God</c><00:37:33.809><c> and</c><00:37:34.190><c> in</c><00:37:34.489><c> that</c>

00:37:34.809 --> 00:37:39.570
way<00:37:35.309><c> the</c><00:37:35.869><c> Spirit</c><00:37:36.369><c> ascended</c><00:37:37.289><c> to</c><00:37:37.730><c> where</c><00:37:37.929><c> it</c><00:37:38.090><c> had</c><00:37:38.289><c> been</c><00:37:38.429><c> before.</c>

00:37:39.949 --> 00:37:41.949
It<00:37:40.130><c> came</c><00:37:40.409><c> down</c><00:37:40.690><c> from</c><00:37:40.869><c> heaven</c><00:37:41.110><c> in</c><00:37:41.250><c> Luke</c><00:37:41.489><c> chapter</c>

00:37:41.949 --> 00:37:49.889
1<00:37:42.690><c> as</c><00:37:43.269><c> the</c><00:37:43.489><c> Holy</c><00:37:43.789><c> Spirit</c><00:37:44.110><c> power</c><00:37:44.409><c> that</c><00:37:44.590><c> operated</c><00:37:44.969><c> upon</c><00:37:45.250><c> Mary.</c><00:37:46.190><c> It</c><00:37:46.769><c> went</c><00:37:47.130><c> back</c><00:37:47.809><c> to</c><00:37:48.289><c> the</c><00:37:48.510><c> father</c><00:37:48.969><c> in</c><00:37:49.429><c> a</c><00:37:49.670><c> different</c>

00:37:49.889 --> 00:37:56.309
form<00:37:50.429><c> as</c><00:37:51.269><c> the</c><00:37:51.449><c> son</c><00:37:51.630><c> of</c><00:37:51.849><c> man</c><00:37:52.369><c> made</c><00:37:53.349><c> immortal.</c><00:37:55.690><c> And</c><00:37:55.829><c> the</c><00:37:55.969><c> fact</c><00:37:56.090><c> is</c>

00:37:56.309 --> 00:37:58.230
brothers<00:37:56.530><c> and</c><00:37:56.809><c> sisters</c><00:37:57.050><c> the</c><00:37:57.329><c> Old</c><00:37:57.690><c> Testament</c>

00:37:58.230 --> 00:38:03.150
lays<00:37:58.550><c> a</c><00:37:58.750><c> foundation</c><00:37:59.590><c> for</c><00:38:00.230><c> this</c><00:38:00.690><c> exposition.</c><00:38:02.469><c> Just</c><00:38:02.750><c> think</c><00:38:02.969><c> for</c>

00:38:03.150 --> 00:38:07.070
example<00:38:04.130><c> of</c><00:38:05.489><c> the</c><00:38:05.670><c> words</c><00:38:05.909><c> in</c><00:38:06.070><c> the</c><00:38:06.150><c> last</c><00:38:06.469><c> chapter</c><00:38:06.789><c> of</c>

00:38:07.070 --> 00:38:12.190
Genesis,<00:38:07.329><c> Genesis</c><00:38:07.750><c> 50</c><00:38:08.409><c> where</c><00:38:09.409><c> Joseph</c><00:38:10.150><c> knowing</c><00:38:10.929><c> that</c><00:38:11.170><c> his</c><00:38:11.409><c> people</c><00:38:11.670><c> were</c><00:38:11.909><c> going</c><00:38:12.030><c> to</c>

00:38:12.190 --> 00:38:13.250
be<00:38:12.389><c> afflicted</c><00:38:12.809><c> and</c><00:38:12.949><c> then</c>

00:38:13.250 --> 00:38:18.230
delivered<00:38:13.769><c> looked</c><00:38:14.389><c> forward</c><00:38:14.889><c> to</c><00:38:15.070><c> their</c><00:38:15.409><c> deliverance</c><00:38:16.130><c> with</c><00:38:16.409><c> these</c><00:38:16.710><c> words.</c><00:38:18.010><c> He</c>

00:38:18.230 --> 00:38:21.090
said<00:38:18.570><c> God</c><00:38:19.309><c> will</c><00:38:19.650><c> surely</c><00:38:19.969><c> visit</c><00:38:20.610><c> you.</c>

00:38:21.329 --> 00:38:24.469
He's<00:38:21.530><c> going</c><00:38:21.690><c> to</c><00:38:21.869><c> visit</c><00:38:22.070><c> you</c><00:38:22.289><c> says</c><00:38:22.449><c> Joseph</c><00:38:22.969><c> and</c><00:38:23.389><c> bring</c><00:38:23.630><c> you</c><00:38:24.250><c> out</c>

00:38:24.469 --> 00:38:26.809
of<00:38:24.650><c> this</c><00:38:24.889><c> land</c><00:38:25.369><c> unto</c><00:38:26.010><c> the</c><00:38:26.230><c> land</c><00:38:26.349><c> which</c><00:38:26.510><c> he</c>

00:38:26.809 --> 00:38:32.829
Abraham,<00:38:27.989><c> Isaac</c><00:38:28.329><c> and</c><00:38:28.530><c> Jacob.</c><00:38:30.010><c> God</c><00:38:30.349><c> will</c><00:38:30.730><c> visit</c><00:38:31.050><c> you.</c><00:38:32.389><c> Now</c><00:38:32.610><c> in</c>

00:38:32.829 --> 00:38:35.130
due<00:38:33.050><c> course</c><00:38:33.449><c> just</c><00:38:33.769><c> a</c><00:38:33.969><c> page</c><00:38:34.170><c> or</c><00:38:34.329><c> two</c><00:38:34.530><c> on</c><00:38:34.690><c> when</c><00:38:34.849><c> we</c><00:38:34.969><c> get</c>

00:38:35.130 --> 00:38:39.630
into<00:38:35.389><c> the</c><00:38:35.670><c> early</c><00:38:35.909><c> chapter</c><00:38:36.190><c> of</c><00:38:36.349><c> the</c><00:38:36.369><c> book</c><00:38:36.550><c> of</c><00:38:36.849><c> Exodus,</c><00:38:38.090><c> Moses</c><00:38:38.230><c> was</c><00:38:38.489><c> raised</c><00:38:38.849><c> up</c><00:38:39.150><c> as</c><00:38:39.409><c> a</c>

00:38:39.630 --> 00:38:41.429
deliverer<00:38:40.389><c> and</c><00:38:40.869><c> God</c><00:38:41.170><c> said</c>

00:38:41.429 --> 00:38:45.250
to<00:38:41.630><c> Moses</c><00:38:42.090><c> in</c><00:38:42.329><c> Exodus</c><00:38:42.550><c> chapter</c><00:38:42.909><c> 3,</c><00:38:44.150><c> I</c><00:38:44.150><c> have</c><00:38:44.409><c> surely</c><00:38:44.650><c> seen</c><00:38:44.989><c> the</c>

00:38:45.250 --> 00:38:47.210
affliction<00:38:45.550><c> of</c><00:38:45.750><c> my</c><00:38:45.969><c> people</c><00:38:46.389><c> which</c><00:38:46.570><c> are</c><00:38:46.730><c> in</c><00:38:46.889><c> Egypt</c>

00:38:47.210 --> 00:38:52.449
and<00:38:47.489><c> have</c><00:38:47.670><c> heard</c><00:38:47.829><c> their</c><00:38:48.150><c> cry</c><00:38:48.750><c> and</c><00:38:49.650><c> I</c><00:38:50.110><c> am</c><00:38:50.389><c> come</c><00:38:50.809><c> down</c><00:38:51.409><c> to</c><00:38:51.769><c> deliver</c><00:38:52.030><c> them</c>

00:38:52.449 --> 00:38:55.969
says<00:38:52.750><c> God.</c><00:38:54.309><c> God</c><00:38:54.690><c> speaks</c><00:38:55.070><c> about</c><00:38:55.489><c> coming</c>

00:38:55.969 --> 00:39:00.409
down<00:38:56.409><c> from</c><00:38:56.730><c> heaven</c><00:38:57.369><c> to</c><00:38:58.010><c> deliver</c><00:38:58.329><c> his</c><00:38:58.630><c> people.</c><00:38:59.989><c> He</c><00:39:00.130><c> was</c><00:39:00.269><c> going</c>

00:39:00.409 --> 00:39:03.690
to<00:39:00.670><c> intervene</c><00:39:01.289><c> and</c><00:39:01.789><c> bring</c><00:39:01.989><c> about</c><00:39:02.289><c> their</c><00:39:02.550><c> salvation.</c>

00:39:04.590 --> 00:39:08.510
When<00:39:04.730><c> you</c><00:39:04.809><c> get</c><00:39:05.010><c> to</c><00:39:05.269><c> Psalm</c><00:39:05.510><c> 68</c><00:39:06.389><c> which</c><00:39:06.969><c> speaks</c><00:39:07.550><c> about</c><00:39:08.010><c> the</c><00:39:08.190><c> great</c>

00:39:08.510 --> 00:39:10.829
Exodus<00:39:08.989><c> from</c><00:39:09.289><c> Egypt</c><00:39:09.769><c> amongst</c><00:39:10.090><c> other</c><00:39:10.389><c> things</c>

00:39:10.829 --> 00:39:14.170
of<00:39:11.230><c> course</c><00:39:11.409><c> it</c><00:39:11.570><c> looks</c><00:39:11.789><c> further</c><00:39:12.250><c> ahead</c><00:39:12.670><c> than</c><00:39:12.889><c> that</c><00:39:13.030><c> but</c><00:39:13.269><c> it</c><00:39:13.510><c> talks</c><00:39:13.670><c> about</c><00:39:13.949><c> the</c>

00:39:14.170 --> 00:39:15.670
Exodus<00:39:14.449><c> from</c><00:39:14.750><c> Egypt.</c>

00:39:16.090 --> 00:39:19.269
It<00:39:16.409><c> speaks</c><00:39:16.730><c> as</c><00:39:16.949><c> though</c><00:39:17.170><c> God</c><00:39:17.769><c> having</c><00:39:18.190><c> come</c><00:39:18.550><c> down</c><00:39:18.809><c> from</c><00:39:18.989><c> heaven</c>

00:39:19.269 --> 00:39:21.809
to<00:39:19.489><c> deliver</c><00:39:19.730><c> his</c><00:39:20.030><c> people</c><00:39:20.250><c> was</c><00:39:20.429><c> actually</c><00:39:20.829><c> on</c><00:39:21.110><c> earth</c>

00:39:21.809 --> 00:39:25.429
marching<00:39:22.670><c> at</c><00:39:22.909><c> the</c><00:39:22.989><c> head</c><00:39:23.150><c> of</c><00:39:23.289><c> his</c><00:39:23.489><c> people</c><00:39:23.909><c> in</c><00:39:24.309><c> the</c><00:39:24.449><c> wilderness.</c>

00:39:25.869 --> 00:39:29.769
Psalm<00:39:25.949><c> 68</c><00:39:26.869><c> oh</c><00:39:27.349><c> God</c><00:39:27.730><c> when</c><00:39:27.909><c> thou</c><00:39:28.190><c> wentest</c><00:39:28.750><c> forth</c><00:39:29.130><c> before</c><00:39:29.489><c> thy</c>

00:39:29.769 --> 00:39:32.949
people<00:39:30.369><c> when</c><00:39:30.909><c> thou</c><00:39:31.289><c> didst</c><00:39:31.929><c> march</c><00:39:32.369><c> through</c><00:39:32.730><c> the</c>

00:39:32.949 --> 00:39:37.429
wilderness<00:39:33.510><c> the</c><00:39:34.070><c> earth</c><00:39:34.349><c> shook</c><00:39:35.309><c> the</c><00:39:36.230><c> heavens</c><00:39:36.510><c> also</c><00:39:37.130><c> dropped</c>

00:39:37.429 --> 00:39:40.230
at<00:39:37.630><c> the</c><00:39:37.929><c> presence</c><00:39:38.210><c> of</c><00:39:38.550><c> God.</c><00:39:39.710><c> So</c><00:39:39.849><c> when</c><00:39:40.010><c> the</c>

00:39:40.230 --> 00:39:42.690
psalmist<00:39:40.469><c> talks</c><00:39:40.730><c> about</c><00:39:40.989><c> the</c><00:39:41.210><c> Exodus</c><00:39:41.489><c> God</c><00:39:41.829><c> having</c><00:39:42.110><c> come</c><00:39:42.449><c> down</c>

00:39:42.690 --> 00:39:45.070
to<00:39:42.889><c> deliver</c><00:39:43.090><c> his</c><00:39:43.369><c> people</c><00:39:43.969><c> he</c><00:39:44.469><c> speaks</c><00:39:44.769><c> as</c><00:39:44.949><c> though</c>

00:39:45.070 --> 00:39:51.429
God<00:39:45.269><c> is</c><00:39:45.590><c> marching</c><00:39:45.969><c> at</c><00:39:46.190><c> the</c><00:39:46.250><c> head</c><00:39:46.389><c> of</c><00:39:46.570><c> his</c><00:39:46.769><c> people</c><00:39:47.309><c> and</c><00:39:48.090><c> then</c><00:39:48.650><c> once</c><00:39:49.130><c> that</c><00:39:49.510><c> deliverance</c><00:39:49.969><c> is</c><00:39:50.210><c> accomplished</c>

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:59.469
in<00:39:51.710><c> Psalm</c><00:39:52.130><c> 68</c><00:39:52.829><c> verse</c><00:39:53.210><c> 18</c><00:39:53.889><c> it</c><00:39:54.170><c> says</c><00:39:54.909><c> thou</c><00:39:55.730><c> hast</c><00:39:56.150><c> ascended</c><00:39:57.030><c> on</c><00:39:57.469><c> high.</c><00:39:58.849><c> God</c><00:39:59.210><c> as</c>

00:39:59.469 --> 00:40:03.289
it<00:39:59.710><c> were</c><00:40:00.210><c> went</c><00:40:00.730><c> back</c><00:40:01.230><c> to</c><00:40:01.469><c> heaven</c><00:40:01.929><c> again.</c>

00:40:04.210 --> 00:40:08.510
So<00:40:04.429><c> when</c><00:40:04.730><c> God</c><00:40:05.070><c> moved</c><00:40:05.550><c> to</c><00:40:05.750><c> help</c><00:40:05.969><c> his</c><00:40:06.269><c> people</c><00:40:06.829><c> in</c><00:40:07.150><c> the</c><00:40:07.289><c> Old</c><00:40:07.469><c> Testament</c><00:40:08.050><c> he</c><00:40:08.309><c> is</c>

00:40:08.510 --> 00:40:09.690
said<00:40:08.610><c> to</c><00:40:08.769><c> have</c><00:40:08.829><c> come</c><00:40:09.070><c> down.</c>

00:40:10.090 --> 00:40:12.750
Once<00:40:10.489><c> the</c><00:40:10.750><c> deliverance</c><00:40:11.090><c> was</c><00:40:11.349><c> accomplished</c><00:40:11.849><c> using</c><00:40:12.150><c> the</c><00:40:12.449><c> same</c>

00:40:12.750 --> 00:40:15.710
figure<00:40:13.309><c> God</c><00:40:14.010><c> is</c><00:40:14.349><c> said</c><00:40:14.449><c> to</c><00:40:14.650><c> have</c><00:40:14.829><c> ascended</c><00:40:15.250><c> again.</c>

00:40:15.710 --> 00:40:19.449
Now<00:40:16.489><c> the</c><00:40:16.710><c> Exodus</c><00:40:16.989><c> from</c><00:40:17.269><c> Egypt</c><00:40:17.550><c> as</c><00:40:17.730><c> we</c><00:40:17.929><c> know</c><00:40:18.309><c> is</c><00:40:18.750><c> presented</c><00:40:19.150><c> in</c>

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scripture<00:40:19.869><c> as</c><00:40:20.110><c> a</c><00:40:20.309><c> foreshadowing</c>

00:40:21.329 --> 00:40:27.530
of<00:40:21.849><c> God's</c><00:40:22.449><c> greater</c><00:40:22.809><c> work</c><00:40:23.349><c> through</c><00:40:23.690><c> Christ</c><00:40:24.309><c> in</c><00:40:25.130><c> bringing</c><00:40:25.409><c> about</c><00:40:25.750><c> redemption</c><00:40:26.329><c> from</c><00:40:26.690><c> death.</c>

00:40:27.789 --> 00:40:31.349
Consequently<00:40:28.469><c> you</c><00:40:28.730><c> have</c><00:40:29.010><c> exactly</c><00:40:29.510><c> the</c><00:40:29.789><c> same</c><00:40:30.050><c> kind</c><00:40:30.349><c> of</c><00:40:30.570><c> language</c><00:40:30.889><c> used</c>

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to<00:41:51.369><c> appreciate</c><00:41:51.969><c> these</c><00:41:52.269><c> great</c><00:41:52.650><c> truths</c>

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or<00:44:04.449><c> the</c><00:44:04.590><c> Lord</c><00:44:04.789><c> Jesus</c><00:44:05.210><c> Christ.</c><00:44:06.170><c> The</c><00:44:06.349><c> name</c><00:44:06.570><c> Jesus</c><00:44:06.989><c> rarely</c><00:44:07.530><c> occurs</c><00:44:08.050><c> on</c><00:44:08.389><c> its</c><00:44:08.630><c> own</c><00:44:08.989><c> in</c>

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the<00:44:09.610><c> epistles</c><00:44:10.110><c> and</c><00:44:10.409><c> where</c><00:44:10.610><c> it</c>

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does<00:44:11.170><c> it's</c><00:44:11.349><c> always</c><00:44:11.650><c> there</c><00:44:11.889><c> for</c><00:44:12.050><c> a</c><00:44:12.230><c> particular</c><00:44:12.670><c> reason</c><00:44:13.269><c> usually</c><00:44:13.650><c> to</c><00:44:13.869><c> emphasize</c><00:44:14.289><c> his</c><00:44:14.590><c> humanity.</c>

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I<00:44:16.570><c> think</c><00:44:16.750><c> you</c><00:44:16.929><c> know</c><00:44:17.030><c> from</c><00:44:17.210><c> this</c><00:44:17.750><c> we</c><00:44:18.349><c> can</c><00:44:18.610><c> see</c><00:44:18.730><c> that</c><00:44:18.889><c> the</c><00:44:19.010><c> early</c>

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disciples<00:44:19.690><c> did</c><00:44:19.969><c> not</c><00:44:20.210><c> presume</c><00:44:20.829><c> to</c><00:44:21.110><c> be</c><00:44:21.449><c> over</c><00:44:21.730><c> familiar</c>

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with<00:44:23.170><c> their</c><00:44:23.429><c> Lord</c><00:44:23.889><c> because</c><00:44:24.449><c> they</c><00:44:24.630><c> were</c><00:44:24.750><c> very</c><00:44:25.190><c> acutely</c><00:44:25.670><c> aware</c>

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of<00:44:26.829><c> his</c><00:44:27.170><c> greatness.</c><00:44:29.030><c> To</c><00:44:29.190><c> those</c><00:44:29.409><c> who</c><00:44:29.730><c> follow</c><00:44:29.949><c> him</c>

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he<00:44:30.469><c> is</c><00:44:30.849><c> truly</c><00:44:31.550><c> master</c><00:44:32.349><c> and</c><00:44:32.670><c> lord</c><00:44:33.010><c> and</c><00:44:33.690><c> we</c><00:44:33.909><c> need</c><00:44:34.070><c> to</c><00:44:34.289><c> follow</c><00:44:34.389><c> the</c>

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example<00:44:34.969><c> of</c><00:44:35.250><c> James</c><00:44:35.909><c> in</c><00:44:36.590><c> his</c><00:44:36.869><c> letter.</c><00:44:37.130><c> Well</c><00:44:37.309><c> there</c><00:44:37.550><c> you</c>

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have<00:44:37.929><c> a</c><00:44:38.110><c> man</c><00:44:38.570><c> who</c><00:44:38.969><c> must</c><00:44:39.269><c> have</c><00:44:39.449><c> known</c><00:44:39.650><c> the</c><00:44:39.909><c> Lord</c><00:44:40.210><c> so</c><00:44:40.809><c> well</c><00:44:41.230><c> personally</c><00:44:41.989><c> and</c>

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yet<00:44:42.829><c> he</c><00:44:43.110><c> still</c><00:44:43.389><c> speaks</c><00:44:43.730><c> of</c><00:44:43.869><c> him</c><00:44:44.090><c> as</c><00:44:44.789><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:44:45.369><c> Jesus</c><00:44:45.789><c> Christ</c><00:44:46.449><c> the</c><00:44:47.130><c> Lord</c><00:44:47.429><c> of</c><00:44:47.730><c> glory.</c><00:44:49.949><c> Reverence</c><00:44:50.369><c> is</c><00:44:50.570><c> so</c>

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important<00:44:51.449><c> in</c><00:44:51.650><c> fact</c><00:44:51.929><c> it's</c><00:44:52.489><c> essential</c><00:44:53.050><c> for</c><00:44:53.369><c> all</c>

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acceptable<00:44:54.329><c> prayer</c><00:44:54.949><c> and</c><00:44:55.610><c> praise.</c><00:44:56.989><c> God</c><00:44:57.250><c> said</c><00:44:57.469><c> through</c><00:44:57.650><c> his</c><00:44:57.869><c> prophet</c><00:44:58.130><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:58.670><c> to</c>

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this<00:44:59.550><c> man</c><00:44:59.710><c> will</c><00:44:59.869><c> I</c><00:45:00.130><c> look</c><00:45:00.550><c> even</c><00:45:01.269><c> to</c><00:45:01.429><c> him</c>

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that<00:45:01.670><c> is</c><00:45:01.909><c> poor</c><00:45:02.329><c> and</c><00:45:02.510><c> of</c><00:45:02.690><c> a</c><00:45:02.789><c> contrite</c><00:45:03.389><c> spirit</c><00:45:03.969><c> and</c><00:45:04.989><c> trembleth</c>

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at<00:45:06.469><c> my</c><00:45:06.809><c> words.</c>

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Well<00:45:09.530><c> God</c><00:45:09.750><c> willing</c><00:45:10.070><c> we'll</c><00:45:10.570><c> pick</c><00:45:10.789><c> up</c><00:45:10.969><c> the</c><00:45:11.190><c> threads</c><00:45:11.369><c> of</c><00:45:11.550><c> this</c><00:45:11.750><c> in</c>

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our<00:45:12.130><c> next</c><00:45:12.369><c> session</c><00:45:12.869><c> after</c><00:45:13.869><c> our</c><00:45:14.210><c> supper.</c>