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readily<00:12:29.840><c> accept.</c>

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What<00:12:37.539><c> was</c><00:12:37.720><c> he</c><00:12:37.799><c> doing</c><00:12:38.059><c> when</c><00:12:38.259><c> he</c><00:12:38.720><c> told</c><00:12:39.039><c> them</c><00:12:39.220><c> they</c><00:12:39.399><c> must</c><00:12:39.759><c> bear</c>

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their<00:12:40.259><c> cross</c><00:12:40.500><c> daily?</c>

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He<00:12:41.639><c> was</c><00:12:41.940><c> inviting</c><00:12:42.539><c> them</c><00:12:43.200><c> to</c><00:12:43.600><c> a</c><00:12:43.919><c> call</c><00:12:44.279><c> to</c><00:12:44.659><c> suffering.</c>

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He<00:12:46.799><c> was</c><00:12:47.039><c> inviting</c><00:12:47.340><c> them</c><00:12:47.580><c> to</c><00:12:47.860><c> participate</c><00:12:48.559><c> with</c><00:12:48.820><c> him</c><00:12:49.059><c> in</c><00:12:49.259><c> the</c>

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did<00:12:54.740><c> before</c><00:12:55.220><c> the</c><00:12:55.460><c> crown.</c>

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to<00:13:06.539><c> accept</c><00:13:07.100><c> the</c><00:13:07.700><c> natural</c><00:13:08.240><c> course</c><00:13:08.759><c> of</c><00:13:09.139><c> suffering</c><00:13:09.799><c> preparatory</c>

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ourselves<00:13:28.360><c> with</c><00:13:29.299><c> the</c><00:13:29.580><c> crucifixion</c><00:13:30.299><c> pattern</c><00:13:30.679><c> of</c><00:13:30.840><c> the</c><00:13:30.960><c> Lord</c><00:13:31.159><c> Jesus</c><00:13:31.559><c> Christ,</c><00:13:31.980><c> and</c><00:13:32.179><c> we</c>

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crucifixion<00:13:37.139><c> principle.</c>

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7,<00:14:00.320><c> have</c><00:14:00.759><c> our</c><00:14:01.860><c> faith</c><00:14:02.759><c> purified.</c>

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The<00:14:12.019><c> suffering</c><00:14:12.320><c> of</c><00:14:12.500><c> the</c><00:14:12.700><c> master</c><00:14:13.039><c> is</c><00:14:13.440><c> the</c><00:14:13.860><c> only</c><00:14:14.360><c> master</c><00:14:14.899><c> key</c><00:14:15.240><c> that</c><00:14:15.500><c> Peter</c><00:14:15.799><c> uses</c><00:14:16.379><c> to</c>

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make<00:14:17.519><c> sense</c><00:14:17.919><c> of</c><00:14:18.279><c> suffering.</c>

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It's<00:14:24.039><c> the</c><00:14:24.240><c> reason</c><00:14:24.700><c> why.</c>

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Here<00:14:26.299><c> he</c><00:14:26.500><c> says</c><00:14:26.740><c> in</c><00:14:26.899><c> verse</c><00:14:27.139><c> 7</c><00:14:27.679><c> that</c><00:14:28.039><c> the</c><00:14:28.220><c> trial</c><00:14:28.519><c> of</c><00:14:28.740><c> our</c><00:14:29.039><c> faith</c><00:14:29.240><c> is</c><00:14:29.440><c> something</c><00:14:29.779><c> that</c><00:14:29.960><c> is</c><00:14:30.139><c> a</c><00:14:30.340><c> precious</c>

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process.

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life<00:14:38.919><c> daily.</c>

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Says<00:14:45.679><c> Paul</c><00:14:46.039><c> in</c><00:14:46.279><c> Hebrews,</c><00:14:47.639><c> he</c><00:14:48.179><c> learned</c><00:14:48.580><c> obedience</c><00:14:49.480><c> by</c><00:14:49.820><c> the</c><00:14:50.100><c> things</c><00:14:50.600><c> which</c><00:14:51.379><c> he</c><00:14:52.940><c> suffered.</c>

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Obedience.

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By<00:14:59.639><c> suffering.</c>

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time<00:15:04.720><c> overcame</c><00:15:05.220><c> victoriously,</c><00:15:06.679><c> he</c><00:15:07.080><c> learned</c>

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obedience.

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welded<00:15:12.940><c> together.</c>

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inclinations<00:15:19.740><c> of</c><00:15:19.919><c> our</c><00:15:20.100><c> own</c><00:15:20.259><c> hearts</c><00:15:20.500><c> and</c><00:15:20.740><c> minds</c><00:15:21.000><c> are</c><00:15:21.259><c> prone</c><00:15:21.480><c> to</c><00:15:21.779><c> evil.</c>

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wickedness,<00:15:27.620><c> adulteries,</c><00:15:28.159><c> fornication.</c>

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Instead,<00:15:31.879><c> like</c><00:15:32.059><c> the</c><00:15:32.299><c> master</c><00:15:32.580><c> from</c><00:15:32.759><c> the</c><00:15:32.960><c> time</c><00:15:33.120><c> of</c><00:15:33.279><c> his</c><00:15:33.440><c> youth,</c>

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our<00:15:40.059><c> personal</c><00:15:40.379><c> weaknesses,</c>

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through<00:15:41.740><c> the</c><00:15:42.080><c> trial</c><00:15:42.320><c> of</c><00:15:42.559><c> our</c><00:15:42.840><c> faith,</c><00:15:43.879><c> our</c><00:15:44.159><c> faith</c><00:15:44.360><c> is</c><00:15:44.700><c> purified</c>

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and<00:15:45.559><c> the</c><00:15:45.960><c> impurities</c><00:15:46.440><c> are</c><00:15:46.840><c> taken</c><00:15:47.039><c> off.</c>

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The<00:15:48.059><c> analogy</c><00:15:48.440><c> there</c><00:15:48.679><c> in</c><00:15:48.820><c> verse</c><00:15:49.000><c> 7</c><00:15:49.299><c> is</c><00:15:49.500><c> from</c><00:15:49.659><c> that</c><00:15:49.759><c> of</c><00:15:49.919><c> a</c><00:15:50.120><c> refiner,</c><00:15:50.600><c> as</c><00:15:50.720><c> I'm</c>

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sure<00:15:51.039><c> you</c><00:15:51.240><c> well</c><00:15:51.460><c> know,</c><00:15:52.519><c> where</c>

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the<00:15:52.840><c> gold</c><00:15:53.139><c> is</c><00:15:53.460><c> processed</c><00:15:54.019><c> through</c><00:15:54.340><c> a</c><00:15:54.460><c> very,</c><00:15:54.740><c> very</c><00:15:55.120><c> hot</c><00:15:56.019><c> fire</c>

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underneath<00:15:57.159><c> until</c><00:15:57.720><c> finally</c><00:15:58.000><c> the</c><00:15:58.259><c> impurities</c>

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come<00:15:58.879><c> to</c><00:15:59.039><c> the</c><00:15:59.159><c> surface</c><00:15:59.419><c> and</c><00:15:59.519><c> they're</c><00:15:59.759><c> skimmed</c><00:16:00.100><c> off.</c>

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It's<00:16:00.940><c> the</c><00:16:01.139><c> only</c><00:16:01.500><c> way</c><00:16:01.799><c> to</c><00:16:02.039><c> remove</c><00:16:02.299><c> the</c><00:16:02.639><c> impurities</c><00:16:03.080><c> that</c><00:16:03.519><c> are</c>

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mixed<00:16:03.919><c> in</c><00:16:04.080><c> with</c><00:16:04.220><c> the</c><00:16:04.399><c> gold</c><00:16:04.740><c> and</c><00:16:05.600><c> through</c>

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the<00:16:06.080><c> trials</c><00:16:06.360><c> and</c><00:16:06.539><c> the</c><00:16:06.740><c> afflictions</c><00:16:07.100><c> that</c><00:16:07.259><c> the</c><00:16:07.440><c> master</c><00:16:07.759><c> faced.</c>

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His<00:16:09.480><c> faith</c><00:16:09.840><c> and</c><00:16:10.120><c> his</c><00:16:10.360><c> obedience</c><00:16:10.980><c> was</c><00:16:11.340><c> welded</c><00:16:11.620><c> that</c><00:16:11.960><c> much</c><00:16:12.179><c> more</c>

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closely<00:16:12.820><c> to</c><00:16:13.019><c> the</c><00:16:13.200><c> Father.</c>

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It<00:16:13.500><c> was</c><00:16:14.279><c> an</c><00:16:14.580><c> educative,</c><00:16:15.840><c> disciplining</c><00:16:16.120><c> process</c><00:16:16.720><c> for</c><00:16:16.919><c> the</c><00:16:17.059><c> master.</c>

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He<00:16:18.019><c> learned</c><00:16:18.480><c> obedience</c><00:16:19.159><c> by</c><00:16:19.419><c> the</c><00:16:19.580><c> things</c><00:16:19.740><c> which</c><00:16:19.919><c> he</c><00:16:20.159><c> suffered.</c>

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And<00:16:21.980><c> so</c><00:16:22.159><c> brothers</c><00:16:22.399><c> and</c><00:16:22.659><c> sisters,</c><00:16:23.240><c> that's</c><00:16:23.519><c> why</c><00:16:24.179><c> Peter</c><00:16:24.659><c> constantly</c><00:16:25.500><c> through</c>

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this<00:16:26.019><c> epistle</c><00:16:26.360><c> introduces</c>

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the<00:16:27.500><c> background</c><00:16:28.179><c> of</c><00:16:28.779><c> Christ's</c><00:16:29.639><c> personal</c><00:16:30.059><c> sufferings</c><00:16:30.740><c> to</c><00:16:31.100><c> these</c><00:16:31.299><c> believers</c><00:16:32.039><c> in</c>

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Asia<00:16:32.519><c> Minor.</c>

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His<00:16:34.059><c> constant</c><00:16:34.500><c> frame</c><00:16:34.759><c> of</c><00:16:35.100><c> reference</c><00:16:35.360><c> is</c><00:16:35.559><c> to</c><00:16:35.679><c> go</c><00:16:35.879><c> back</c><00:16:36.100><c> to</c><00:16:36.240><c> the</c>

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cross<00:16:36.879><c> to</c><00:16:37.179><c> make</c><00:16:37.440><c> sense</c><00:16:37.740><c> of</c><00:16:38.399><c> current</c><00:16:38.779><c> problems.</c>

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And<00:16:40.320><c> he's</c><00:16:40.500><c> really</c><00:16:40.860><c> telling</c><00:16:41.080><c> them</c><00:16:41.340><c> that</c><00:16:41.620><c> suffering</c><00:16:41.919><c> is</c><00:16:42.139><c> nothing</c><00:16:42.379><c> new,</c>

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nor<00:16:43.620><c> is</c><00:16:43.779><c> it</c><00:16:43.940><c> necessarily</c><00:16:44.460><c> an</c><00:16:44.679><c> indication</c>

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that<00:16:45.279><c> something</c><00:16:45.539><c> is</c><00:16:45.799><c> wrong,</c><00:16:46.659><c> although</c><00:16:46.919><c> that</c><00:16:47.139><c> may</c><00:16:47.340><c> be</c><00:16:47.539><c> the</c><00:16:47.679><c> case.</c>

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It<00:16:48.899><c> is</c><00:16:49.100><c> an</c><00:16:49.240><c> indication</c><00:16:49.759><c> rather,</c><00:16:50.639><c> brothers</c><00:16:50.779><c> and</c><00:16:51.019><c> sisters,</c><00:16:51.320><c> that</c><00:16:51.480><c> something</c><00:16:51.740><c> is</c>

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very<00:16:52.220><c> right.</c>

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Hebrews<00:16:53.360><c> chapter</c><00:16:53.740><c> 12.</c>

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We've<00:16:55.240><c> been</c><00:16:55.419><c> to</c><00:16:55.519><c> this</c><00:16:55.700><c> chapter</c><00:16:56.000><c> a</c><00:16:56.080><c> number</c><00:16:56.299><c> of</c><00:16:56.480><c> times</c><00:16:56.639><c> this</c><00:16:56.860><c> week,</c><00:16:57.019><c> haven't</c><00:16:57.200><c> we?</c>

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Once<00:16:58.500><c> again,</c><00:16:58.779><c> we</c><00:16:58.940><c> return</c><00:16:59.399><c> to</c><00:16:59.679><c> it</c><00:17:00.000><c> to</c><00:17:00.360><c> compliment</c><00:17:00.759><c> Peter's</c><00:17:01.379><c> thoughts.</c>

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See<00:17:03.460><c> how</c><00:17:03.620><c> it</c><00:17:03.860><c> makes</c><00:17:04.019><c> sense</c><00:17:04.359><c> of</c><00:17:04.539><c> this</c><00:17:04.740><c> suffering</c><00:17:05.140><c> theme.</c>

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Hebrews<00:17:10.579><c> chapter</c><00:17:11.180><c> 12.</c>

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Verse<00:17:18.039><c> two</c><00:17:18.640><c> of</c><00:17:19.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:19.839><c> 12,</c><00:17:21.339><c> looking</c><00:17:21.519><c> unto</c><00:17:21.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:23.180><c> the</c><00:17:23.559><c> author,</c><00:17:24.240><c> and</c>

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the<00:17:24.740><c> margin</c><00:17:24.980><c> tells</c><00:17:25.259><c> you</c><00:17:25.400><c> that</c>

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means<00:17:25.859><c> the</c><00:17:26.160><c> beginner.</c>

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He's<00:17:27.180><c> the</c><00:17:27.299><c> one</c><00:17:27.420><c> who</c><00:17:27.579><c> went</c><00:17:27.680><c> ahead.</c>

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Looking<00:17:28.920><c> unto</c><00:17:29.200><c> Jesus,</c><00:17:29.740><c> the</c><00:17:30.039><c> author</c><00:17:30.359><c> and</c><00:17:30.660><c> finisher</c><00:17:30.920><c> of</c><00:17:31.160><c> our</c><00:17:31.400><c> faith.</c>

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Who?

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For<00:17:32.619><c> the</c><00:17:33.640><c> joy</c><00:17:33.900><c> that</c><00:17:34.039><c> was</c><00:17:34.259><c> set</c><00:17:34.440><c> before</c><00:17:34.839><c> him</c><00:17:35.680><c> endured</c><00:17:36.279><c> the</c><00:17:36.579><c> cross,</c><00:17:37.299><c> despising</c><00:17:38.240><c> the</c>

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shame,<00:17:40.500><c> and</c><00:17:40.880><c> is</c><00:17:41.079><c> set</c>

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down<00:17:41.480><c> at</c><00:17:41.619><c> the</c><00:17:41.740><c> right</c><00:17:41.980><c> hand</c><00:17:42.200><c> of</c><00:17:42.359><c> the</c><00:17:42.500><c> throne</c><00:17:42.640><c> of</c><00:17:42.880><c> God.</c>

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Carefully<00:17:44.160><c> consider</c><00:17:44.559><c> the</c><00:17:44.819><c> thoughts,</c><00:17:45.160><c> brothers</c><00:17:45.339><c> and</c><00:17:45.579><c> sisters.</c>

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Jesus,<00:17:47.660><c> like</c><00:17:47.839><c> a</c><00:17:48.019><c> runner,</c><00:17:48.380><c> has</c><00:17:48.539><c> gone</c><00:17:48.980><c> before</c><00:17:49.420><c> us</c><00:17:49.660><c> bearing</c><00:17:49.960><c> the</c><00:17:50.259><c> torch.</c>

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He<00:17:51.519><c> was</c><00:17:51.700><c> the</c><00:17:51.900><c> beginner</c><00:17:52.200><c> of</c><00:17:52.400><c> the</c><00:17:52.559><c> race,</c><00:17:52.859><c> and</c><00:17:53.000><c> he's</c><00:17:53.200><c> really</c><00:17:53.480><c> the</c>

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finisher<00:17:53.960><c> of</c><00:17:54.160><c> it.</c>

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Revelation<00:17:55.480><c> says</c><00:17:55.880><c> he</c><00:17:56.019><c> is</c><00:17:56.200><c> the</c><00:17:56.400><c> Alpha</c><00:17:56.599><c> and</c><00:17:56.700><c> the</c><00:17:56.819><c> Omega</c><00:17:57.180><c> on</c><00:17:57.640><c> the</c>

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pattern<00:17:58.000><c> of</c><00:17:58.180><c> the</c><00:17:58.299><c> father.</c>

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Who,<00:17:59.779><c> for</c><00:17:59.880><c> the</c><00:18:00.099><c> joy</c><00:18:00.339><c> that</c><00:18:00.480><c> was</c><00:18:00.720><c> set</c><00:18:00.940><c> before</c><00:18:01.299><c> him,</c><00:18:01.859><c> the</c><00:18:02.079><c> glory</c>

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that<00:18:02.740><c> Peter</c><00:18:03.000><c> keeps</c><00:18:03.359><c> mentioning</c><00:18:03.700><c> in</c><00:18:03.859><c> his</c>

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epistle,<00:18:05.160><c> for</c><00:18:05.319><c> that</c><00:18:05.640><c> glory,</c><00:18:06.500><c> Jesus</c><00:18:07.019><c> endured</c><00:18:07.460><c> the</c><00:18:07.740><c> cross.</c>

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If<00:18:08.940><c> that</c><00:18:09.240><c> happened</c><00:18:09.400><c> to</c><00:18:09.559><c> the</c><00:18:09.720><c> master,</c><00:18:10.119><c> it</c><00:18:10.259><c> must</c><00:18:10.480><c> happen</c><00:18:10.759><c> to</c><00:18:10.980><c> us.</c>

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For<00:18:12.019><c> the</c><00:18:12.180><c> joy</c><00:18:12.359><c> that</c><00:18:12.539><c> is</c><00:18:12.660><c> set</c><00:18:12.859><c> before</c><00:18:13.240><c> us,</c><00:18:13.759><c> we</c><00:18:13.960><c> must</c><00:18:14.299><c> endure</c><00:18:14.720><c> our</c><00:18:15.099><c> cross.</c>

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He<00:18:17.240><c> despised</c><00:18:17.859><c> the</c><00:18:18.160><c> shame.</c>

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In<00:18:19.099><c> other</c><00:18:19.339><c> words,</c><00:18:20.799><c> for</c><00:18:20.960><c> the</c><00:18:21.200><c> master,</c><00:18:22.460><c> following</c><00:18:22.740><c> the</c><00:18:22.980><c> Lord</c><00:18:23.299><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:24.119><c> end,</c><00:18:25.000><c> always</c><00:18:25.500><c> entailed</c><00:18:26.160><c> some</c>

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degree<00:18:27.039><c> of</c><00:18:27.720><c> tension.</c>

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There<00:18:29.160><c> was</c><00:18:29.660><c> shame</c><00:18:30.259><c> put</c><00:18:30.559><c> upon</c><00:18:30.940><c> Christ.</c>

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Christ<00:18:33.160><c> told</c><00:18:33.400><c> his</c><00:18:33.599><c> disciples</c><00:18:33.960><c> in</c><00:18:34.140><c> John's</c><00:18:34.619><c> gospel</c><00:18:34.940><c> that</c><00:18:35.119><c> the</c>

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world<00:18:35.460><c> would</c><00:18:35.680><c> hate</c><00:18:35.859><c> them</c><00:18:36.440><c> for</c><00:18:36.799><c> what</c><00:18:36.980><c> they</c>

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were.

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He<00:18:38.740><c> said,</c><00:18:38.960><c> I</c><00:18:38.980><c> send</c><00:18:39.220><c> you</c><00:18:39.359><c> out</c><00:18:39.460><c> among</c><00:18:39.700><c> wolves</c><00:18:40.220><c> as</c><00:18:40.880><c> sheep.</c>

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He<00:18:42.440><c> anticipated</c><00:18:43.160><c> tribulation</c><00:18:43.920><c> and</c><00:18:44.180><c> difficulties.</c>

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Paul<00:18:45.380><c> told</c><00:18:45.599><c> the</c><00:18:45.859><c> believers</c><00:18:46.200><c> in</c><00:18:46.660><c> the</c><00:18:46.880><c> Acts,</c><00:18:47.140><c> it</c><00:18:47.200><c> is</c><00:18:47.420><c> through</c><00:18:47.599><c> much</c><00:18:47.900><c> tribulation</c><00:18:48.519><c> that</c><00:18:48.660><c> we</c>

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must<00:18:49.000><c> enter</c>

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And<00:18:51.640><c> brothers</c><00:18:51.759><c> and</c><00:18:52.019><c> sisters,</c><00:18:52.279><c> if</c><00:18:52.420><c> we</c><00:18:52.640><c> haven't</c><00:18:52.819><c> yet</c><00:18:53.180><c> experienced</c><00:18:53.640><c> that</c><00:18:53.900><c> tribulation</c><00:18:54.500><c> from</c><00:18:54.779><c> without,</c>

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it<00:18:55.279><c> may</c><00:18:55.599><c> yet</c><00:18:55.880><c> occur</c><00:18:56.339><c> before</c><00:18:56.720><c> Christ</c><00:18:57.079><c> returns.</c>

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And<00:18:58.920><c> if</c><00:18:59.019><c> it</c><00:18:59.180><c> doesn't</c><00:18:59.380><c> occur</c><00:18:59.779><c> from</c><00:19:00.119><c> sources</c><00:19:00.500><c> from</c><00:19:00.799><c> without,</c><00:19:02.180><c> it</c>

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ought<00:19:02.640><c> to</c><00:19:02.799><c> be</c><00:19:03.039><c> occurring</c><00:19:03.400><c> from</c><00:19:04.480><c> within.</c>

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And<00:19:05.940><c> we</c><00:19:06.160><c> say,</c><00:19:06.619><c> ought</c><00:19:06.940><c> to</c><00:19:07.180><c> be</c><00:19:07.460><c> occurring</c><00:19:07.799><c> advisedly.</c>

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Because,<00:19:09.960><c> brothers</c><00:19:10.059><c> and</c><00:19:10.299><c> sisters,</c><00:19:10.619><c> when</c><00:19:10.759><c> you</c><00:19:10.980><c> read</c><00:19:11.140><c> in</c><00:19:11.299><c> Romans</c><00:19:11.519><c> chapter</c><00:19:12.140><c> 7</c><00:19:12.519><c> of</c>

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Paul's<00:19:13.519><c> tensions,</c><00:19:14.799><c> as</c>

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he<00:19:15.279><c> works</c><00:19:15.539><c> out</c><00:19:15.740><c> his</c><00:19:15.960><c> salvation</c><00:19:16.539><c> and</c><00:19:16.859><c> experiences</c><00:19:17.400><c> the</c><00:19:17.779><c> war,</c>

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he<00:19:18.400><c> says,</c><00:19:18.700><c> that</c><00:19:18.839><c> was</c><00:19:19.059><c> within</c><00:19:19.279><c> him,</c><00:19:20.720><c> the</c>

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warring<00:19:21.319><c> against</c><00:19:21.700><c> his</c><00:19:22.000><c> soul,</c><00:19:22.460><c> the</c><00:19:22.579><c> pull</c><00:19:22.819><c> to</c><00:19:22.940><c> do</c><00:19:23.160><c> right</c><00:19:23.440><c> versus</c>

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the<00:19:23.960><c> pull</c><00:19:24.099><c> to</c><00:19:24.259><c> do</c><00:19:24.359><c> wrong.</c>

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The<00:19:25.920><c> tensions</c><00:19:26.220><c> that</c><00:19:26.420><c> are</c><00:19:26.599><c> set</c><00:19:26.880><c> up</c><00:19:27.180><c> by</c><00:19:27.599><c> an</c><00:19:27.859><c> individual</c><00:19:28.319><c> wishing</c>

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to<00:19:28.920><c> serve</c><00:19:29.119><c> God</c><00:19:29.500><c> and</c><00:19:29.680><c> the</c><00:19:29.880><c> pattern</c><00:19:30.099><c> of</c><00:19:30.319><c> Christ,</c>

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drawn<00:19:31.920><c> and</c><00:19:32.400><c> constantly</c><00:19:32.839><c> antagonized</c><00:19:34.000><c> by</c><00:19:34.319><c> the</c><00:19:34.480><c> weakness</c><00:19:34.700><c> of</c>

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our<00:19:35.099><c> own</c><00:19:35.339><c> pull</c><00:19:35.740><c> and</c><00:19:36.240><c> the</c><00:19:36.420><c> pull</c><00:19:36.539><c> of</c><00:19:36.700><c> the</c><00:19:36.900><c> world,</c>

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a<00:19:37.680><c> warfare</c><00:19:38.759><c> is</c><00:19:39.059><c> generated.</c>

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Tensions<00:19:40.339><c> are</c><00:19:40.619><c> set</c><00:19:40.819><c> up.</c>

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Personal<00:19:41.859><c> suffering</c><00:19:42.359><c> and</c><00:19:42.700><c> stress</c><00:19:43.039><c> is</c><00:19:43.420><c> experienced.</c>

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Not<00:19:45.519><c> only</c><00:19:45.779><c> is</c><00:19:46.079><c> experienced,</c><00:19:47.039><c> but</c><00:19:47.359><c> must</c><00:19:47.720><c> be</c><00:19:48.079><c> experienced.</c>

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If<00:19:49.240><c> we</c><00:19:49.500><c> don't</c><00:19:49.759><c> feel</c><00:19:50.000><c> that</c><00:19:50.299><c> kind</c><00:19:50.539><c> of</c><00:19:50.799><c> stress</c><00:19:51.180><c> within</c><00:19:51.559><c> us,</c><00:19:51.940><c> brothers</c><00:19:52.019><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:19:53.380><c> that</c><00:19:53.599><c> is</c><00:19:54.019><c> telling</c>

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us<00:19:54.579><c> something</c><00:19:54.920><c> about</c><00:19:55.279><c> the</c><00:19:55.599><c> battle</c><00:19:55.839><c> we're</c><00:19:56.079><c> waging.</c>

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The<00:19:58.039><c> master,</c><00:19:58.740><c> because</c><00:19:59.160><c> he</c><00:19:59.319><c> was</c><00:19:59.579><c> trying</c><00:19:59.839><c> to</c><00:20:00.059><c> do</c><00:20:00.339><c> right</c><00:20:00.660><c> with</c>

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God's<00:20:01.400><c> help,</c><00:20:02.500><c> automatically</c><00:20:03.160><c> experienced</c>

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tensions<00:20:04.480><c> within</c><00:20:04.859><c> him.</c>

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That<00:20:06.299><c> was</c><00:20:06.539><c> a</c><00:20:06.680><c> type</c><00:20:06.819><c> of</c><00:20:07.079><c> suffering,</c><00:20:07.680><c> too,</c><00:20:07.859><c> as</c><00:20:08.039><c> a</c><00:20:08.160><c> result</c><00:20:08.339><c> of</c><00:20:08.440><c> his</c><00:20:08.599><c> mortality.</c>

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That<00:20:09.799><c> was</c><00:20:10.000><c> a</c><00:20:10.259><c> suffering</c><00:20:10.519><c> from</c><00:20:10.799><c> within.</c>

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And,<00:20:12.339><c> brothers</c><00:20:12.460><c> and</c><00:20:12.700><c> sisters,</c><00:20:12.920><c> as</c><00:20:13.119><c> we</c><00:20:13.400><c> grow</c><00:20:13.599><c> from</c><00:20:13.900><c> faith</c><00:20:14.180><c> to</c>

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faith<00:20:14.640><c> and</c><00:20:14.859><c> more</c><00:20:15.180><c> and</c><00:20:15.180><c> more</c><00:20:15.559><c> keenly</c><00:20:16.019><c> desire</c>

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to<00:20:17.359><c> follow</c><00:20:17.759><c> the</c><00:20:18.079><c> example</c><00:20:18.480><c> of</c><00:20:18.700><c> the</c><00:20:18.799><c> Lord</c><00:20:19.039><c> Jesus</c><00:20:19.440><c> Christ,</c><00:20:20.680><c> and</c>

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more<00:20:21.039><c> perfectly</c><00:20:21.539><c> follow</c><00:20:22.180><c> the</c><00:20:22.740><c> principles</c>

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he<00:20:23.599><c> has</c><00:20:23.900><c> set</c><00:20:24.079><c> down,</c><00:20:24.819><c> we,</c><00:20:25.319><c> day</c><00:20:25.519><c> by</c><00:20:25.740><c> day,</c><00:20:26.240><c> will</c><00:20:26.480><c> find</c><00:20:26.859><c> an</c><00:20:27.400><c> intensifying</c><00:20:28.380><c> experience</c><00:20:29.099><c> of</c><00:20:29.319><c> suffering.</c>

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Blessed<00:20:31.339><c> are</c><00:20:31.480><c> those</c><00:20:31.720><c> who</c><00:20:31.960><c> mourn.</c>

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Matthew<00:20:32.759><c> chapter</c><00:20:33.119><c> 5.</c>

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Do<00:20:34.480><c> you</c><00:20:34.720><c> mourn?</c>

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Do<00:20:35.720><c> I</c><00:20:36.019><c> mourn?</c>

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For<00:20:37.519><c> the</c><00:20:37.859><c> degeneracy</c><00:20:38.500><c> that</c><00:20:38.640><c> we</c><00:20:38.799><c> see</c><00:20:38.920><c> in</c><00:20:39.039><c> the</c><00:20:39.200><c> world?</c>

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Do<00:20:40.359><c> we</c><00:20:40.599><c> find</c><00:20:40.859><c> that</c><00:20:41.000><c> the</c><00:20:41.119><c> more</c><00:20:41.279><c> we</c><00:20:41.559><c> appreciate</c><00:20:42.160><c> the</c><00:20:42.660><c> hope</c><00:20:42.839><c> of</c>

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Do<00:20:50.900><c> we</c><00:20:51.140><c> mourn</c><00:20:51.680><c> for</c><00:20:51.880><c> those</c><00:20:52.140><c> who</c><00:20:52.339><c> are</c><00:20:52.460><c> around</c><00:20:52.619><c> us</c><00:20:52.920><c> that</c><00:20:53.039><c> have</c><00:20:53.200><c> left</c><00:20:53.380><c> the</c>

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faith,<00:20:53.859><c> or</c><00:20:53.980><c> those</c><00:20:54.299><c> who</c><00:20:54.500><c> are</c><00:20:54.680><c> obviously</c>

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sisters<00:21:05.720><c> as</c><00:21:06.099><c> Paul</c><00:21:06.400><c> agonized.</c>

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Paul<00:21:10.779><c> talked</c><00:21:11.140><c> about</c><00:21:11.299><c> himself</c><00:21:11.720><c> agonizing</c><00:21:12.420><c> in</c><00:21:12.680><c> prayer</c><00:21:12.900><c> for</c><00:21:13.099><c> his</c>

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How<00:21:17.660><c> seriously</c><00:21:18.319><c> do</c><00:21:18.579><c> we</c><00:21:19.119><c> receive</c><00:21:19.779><c> the</c><00:21:20.039><c> difficulties</c><00:21:20.539><c> and</c><00:21:20.779><c> the</c>

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apostle's<00:21:26.599><c> shoulder</c><00:21:26.960><c> is</c><00:21:27.720><c> not</c><00:21:27.900><c> something</c>

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Caring<00:21:31.359><c> for</c><00:21:31.539><c> the</c><00:21:31.740><c> whole</c><00:21:32.019><c> community,</c><00:21:33.759><c> caring</c><00:21:33.980><c> for</c><00:21:34.259><c> all</c><00:21:34.539><c> the</c><00:21:34.799><c> stones</c><00:21:35.079><c> in</c>

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the<00:21:35.420><c> living</c><00:21:35.660><c> building,</c><00:21:37.000><c> caring</c>

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unified<00:21:44.099><c> building.</c>

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Care<00:21:45.140><c> for</c><00:21:45.380><c> that</c><00:21:45.640><c> job.</c>

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Care<00:21:46.680><c> for</c><00:21:46.839><c> that</c><00:21:47.140><c> kind</c><00:21:47.319><c> of</c><00:21:47.579><c> loyalty.</c>

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Desiring<00:21:48.819><c> to</c><00:21:49.140><c> generate</c><00:21:49.539><c> that</c><00:21:49.880><c> kind</c><00:21:50.099><c> of</c><00:21:50.339><c> unity</c><00:21:50.640><c> will</c><00:21:51.500><c> generate</c>

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tensions<00:21:52.680><c> and</c><00:21:53.099><c> disappointments.</c>

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It<00:21:54.519><c> will</c><00:21:54.740><c> generate</c><00:21:55.220><c> anxieties.</c>

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are<00:22:17.279><c> pressured</c><00:22:17.579><c> and</c><00:22:18.019><c> being</c><00:22:18.259><c> pushed</c><00:22:18.559><c> into</c>

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the<00:22:19.019><c> world's</c><00:22:19.380><c> mold</c><00:22:19.880><c> unless</c><00:22:20.380><c> they</c><00:22:20.619><c> resist,</c><00:22:21.740><c> it</c><00:22:22.059><c> will</c><00:22:22.380><c> generate</c>

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suffering<00:22:23.359><c> and</c><00:22:23.660><c> difficulty.</c>

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Within<00:22:25.140><c> us,</c><00:22:25.380><c> we</c><00:22:25.519><c> will</c><00:22:25.700><c> begin</c><00:22:25.960><c> more</c><00:22:26.299><c> and</c><00:22:26.400><c> more</c><00:22:26.539><c> to</c><00:22:26.839><c> agonize</c><00:22:27.240><c> with</c><00:22:27.400><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:22:27.900><c> and</c><00:22:28.299><c> more</c><00:22:28.640><c> keenly</c><00:22:29.079><c> appreciate</c>

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the<00:22:29.819><c> need</c><00:22:29.980><c> for</c><00:22:30.180><c> the</c><00:22:30.299><c> coming</c><00:22:30.500><c> Kingdom,</c><00:22:31.299><c> more</c><00:22:31.579><c> keenly</c><00:22:32.059><c> appreciate</c><00:22:32.519><c> the</c><00:22:32.740><c> perfection</c><00:22:33.259><c> and</c>

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the<00:22:33.599><c> victory</c>

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that<00:22:34.140><c> Christ</c><00:22:34.440><c> achieved,</c><00:22:35.440><c> more</c><00:22:35.779><c> keenly</c><00:22:36.319><c> appreciate</c><00:22:36.900><c> the</c><00:22:37.420><c> need</c>

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that<00:22:38.160><c> in</c><00:22:38.400><c> the</c><00:22:38.460><c> midst</c><00:22:38.680><c> of</c><00:22:38.960><c> weakness</c><00:22:39.400><c> we</c>

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need<00:22:40.200><c> strength.</c>

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You<00:22:41.539><c> see,</c><00:22:41.640><c> it's</c><00:22:41.779><c> a</c><00:22:41.920><c> divine</c><00:22:42.180><c> operation,</c><00:22:42.859><c> isn't</c><00:22:43.000><c> it?</c>

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Paul<00:22:44.200><c> explained</c><00:22:44.700><c> that</c><00:22:44.920><c> three</c><00:22:45.140><c> times</c><00:22:45.579><c> he</c><00:22:45.859><c> besought</c><00:22:46.220><c> the</c><00:22:46.400><c> Lord</c>

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that<00:22:46.759><c> the</c><00:22:47.039><c> thorn</c><00:22:47.259><c> in</c><00:22:47.380><c> his</c><00:22:47.680><c> flesh</c><00:22:47.900><c> might</c>

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be<00:22:48.400><c> removed.</c>

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And<00:22:49.619><c> his</c><00:22:49.819><c> conclusion</c><00:22:50.400><c> at</c><00:22:51.480><c> the</c><00:22:51.599><c> end</c><00:22:51.700><c> of</c><00:22:51.839><c> that</c><00:22:52.099><c> pleading</c><00:22:52.400><c> was,</c>

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as<00:22:53.240><c> he</c><00:22:53.519><c> explains</c><00:22:53.799><c> in</c><00:22:54.059><c> his</c><00:22:54.279><c> letter</c><00:22:54.460><c> to</c><00:22:59.400><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:23:01.240><c> his</c><00:23:01.240><c> strength</c><00:23:01.920><c> is</c><00:23:02.339><c> made</c><00:23:02.720><c> perfect.</c>

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In<00:23:04.900><c> the</c><00:23:05.079><c> midst</c><00:23:05.259><c> of</c><00:23:05.440><c> his</c><00:23:05.680><c> personal</c><00:23:06.039><c> tensions,</c><00:23:06.720><c> in</c><00:23:06.740><c> the</c><00:23:06.900><c> midst</c>

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of<00:23:07.259><c> his</c><00:23:07.400><c> sense</c><00:23:07.660><c> of</c><00:23:07.859><c> weakness,</c><00:23:08.900><c> the</c><00:23:09.059><c> experience</c>

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of<00:23:09.880><c> Paul's</c><00:23:10.460><c> thorn</c><00:23:10.680><c> in</c><00:23:10.839><c> the</c><00:23:11.099><c> flesh</c><00:23:11.480><c> generated</c><00:23:12.440><c> a</c><00:23:12.819><c> keener</c><00:23:13.079><c> appreciation</c><00:23:13.839><c> for</c>

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divine<00:23:14.400><c> principles,</c>

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a<00:23:15.960><c> keener</c><00:23:16.240><c> appreciation</c><00:23:16.940><c> of</c><00:23:17.279><c> his</c><00:23:17.640><c> weakness</c><00:23:18.059><c> and</c><00:23:18.359><c> inadequacy</c>

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to<00:23:19.259><c> meet</c><00:23:19.420><c> the</c><00:23:19.660><c> trial,</c><00:23:20.619><c> a</c><00:23:20.940><c> keener</c><00:23:21.200><c> appreciation</c>

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to<00:23:22.039><c> get</c><00:23:22.200><c> down</c><00:23:22.460><c> on</c><00:23:22.579><c> his</c><00:23:22.779><c> knees</c><00:23:23.019><c> and</c><00:23:23.279><c> pray</c><00:23:23.619><c> for</c><00:23:23.920><c> strength,</c><00:23:25.180><c> a</c><00:23:25.519><c> keener</c><00:23:25.759><c> appreciation</c><00:23:26.680><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:27.180><c> fact</c><00:23:27.400><c> that</c><00:23:27.599><c> Paul</c>

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himself<00:23:28.420><c> as</c><00:23:28.660><c> a</c><00:23:28.819><c> human</c><00:23:29.000><c> being</c><00:23:29.259><c> was</c><00:23:29.559><c> weak.</c>

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There's<00:23:31.740><c> the</c><00:23:32.019><c> positive</c><00:23:32.559><c> side</c><00:23:32.900><c> of</c><00:23:33.119><c> suffering.</c>

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That's<00:23:34.440><c> the</c><00:23:34.779><c> positive</c><00:23:35.279><c> benefit</c><00:23:35.799><c> that</c><00:23:36.059><c> the</c><00:23:36.299><c> Master</c><00:23:36.660><c> gleaned</c>

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from<00:23:37.319><c> his</c><00:23:37.539><c> own</c><00:23:37.779><c> personal</c><00:23:38.099><c> experience.</c>

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Let's<00:23:39.440><c> continue</c><00:23:39.779><c> here</c><00:23:40.000><c> in</c><00:23:40.140><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:40.359><c> 12.</c>

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He<00:23:42.119><c> says</c><00:23:42.319><c> in</c><00:23:42.480><c> verse</c><00:23:42.740><c> 4,</c><00:23:46.740><c> ye</c><00:23:46.880><c> have</c><00:23:47.160><c> not</c><00:23:47.579><c> yet</c><00:23:47.859><c> resisted</c><00:23:48.559><c> unto</c>

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blood,<00:23:51.119><c> striving</c><00:23:51.839><c> against</c><00:23:53.400><c> sin.</c>

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There's<00:23:55.819><c> an</c><00:23:56.079><c> insight</c><00:23:56.539><c> into</c><00:23:56.900><c> the</c><00:23:57.200><c> Master's</c><00:23:57.759><c> life.</c>

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Do<00:23:59.220><c> you</c><00:23:59.519><c> strive</c><00:23:59.880><c> against</c><00:24:00.259><c> sin?</c>

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Do<00:24:01.539><c> I</c><00:24:01.740><c> strive</c><00:24:02.059><c> against</c><00:24:02.420><c> sin?</c>

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Is<00:24:03.220><c> it</c><00:24:03.380><c> a</c><00:24:03.619><c> striving?</c>

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Is<00:24:04.259><c> it</c><00:24:04.420><c> a</c><00:24:04.559><c> warfare?</c>

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Sin<00:24:06.279><c> is</c><00:24:06.619><c> present</c><00:24:06.880><c> in</c><00:24:07.059><c> our</c><00:24:07.279><c> members.</c>

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We<00:24:07.819><c> know</c><00:24:08.079><c> that.</c>

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Weakness<00:24:09.460><c> is</c><00:24:09.680><c> there,</c><00:24:09.980><c> as</c><00:24:10.220><c> Paul</c><00:24:10.480><c> discloses</c><00:24:11.019><c> in</c><00:24:11.160><c> his</c><00:24:11.299><c> own</c><00:24:11.539><c> biography</c><00:24:11.980><c> in</c><00:24:12.180><c> Romans</c><00:24:12.460><c> 7.</c>

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The<00:24:13.920><c> things</c><00:24:14.119><c> that</c><00:24:14.279><c> I</c><00:24:14.400><c> would</c><00:24:14.599><c> do,</c><00:24:15.000><c> I</c><00:24:15.240><c> do</c><00:24:15.480><c> not,</c><00:24:15.819><c> he</c><00:24:16.059><c> says.</c>

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O<00:24:18.019><c> wretched</c><00:24:18.380><c> man</c><00:24:18.700><c> that</c><00:24:18.859><c> I</c><00:24:19.039><c> am,</c><00:24:19.240><c> who</c><00:24:19.500><c> shall</c><00:24:19.799><c> deliver</c><00:24:20.140><c> me</c><00:24:20.339><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:20.759><c> body</c><00:24:21.000><c> of</c><00:24:21.180><c> this</c><00:24:21.420><c> death?</c>

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He<00:24:22.140><c> pleads</c><00:24:22.539><c> in</c><00:24:22.799><c> Romans</c><00:24:23.099><c> chapter</c><00:24:23.559><c> 7.</c>

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He<00:24:24.920><c> describes</c><00:24:25.319><c> this</c><00:24:25.519><c> as</c><00:24:25.720><c> a</c><00:24:25.900><c> vile</c><00:24:26.220><c> body.</c>

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He<00:24:27.039><c> talks</c><00:24:27.319><c> about</c><00:24:27.539><c> the</c><00:24:27.859><c> infirmity</c><00:24:28.240><c> of</c><00:24:28.380><c> his</c><00:24:28.660><c> flesh.</c>

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Brothers<00:24:30.720><c> and</c><00:24:30.980><c> sisters,</c><00:24:31.420><c> it</c><00:24:31.539><c> underscores</c><00:24:32.319><c> the</c><00:24:32.859><c> extent</c><00:24:33.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:33.660><c> Apostles'</c><00:24:34.160><c> struggle.</c>

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And<00:24:35.440><c> here</c><00:24:35.619><c> in</c><00:24:35.779><c> verse</c><00:24:36.059><c> 4,</c><00:24:36.519><c> there</c><00:24:36.599><c> is</c><00:24:36.880><c> a</c><00:24:37.059><c> kind</c><00:24:37.440><c> of</c><00:24:37.720><c> suffering</c><00:24:38.079><c> that</c><00:24:38.359><c> we</c><00:24:38.660><c> experience,</c>

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or<00:24:40.039><c> we</c><00:24:40.460><c> should</c><00:24:40.700><c> be</c><00:24:41.039><c> experiencing</c><00:24:41.500><c> from</c><00:24:41.859><c> within.</c>

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And<00:24:43.579><c> the</c><00:24:43.859><c> extent</c><00:24:44.180><c> to</c><00:24:44.400><c> which</c><00:24:44.559><c> we</c><00:24:44.920><c> experience</c><00:24:45.339><c> those</c><00:24:45.640><c> personal</c><00:24:46.160><c> tensions</c>

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is<00:24:47.160><c> a</c><00:24:47.359><c> measure</c><00:24:47.740><c> of</c><00:24:48.019><c> the</c><00:24:48.279><c> extent</c><00:24:48.579><c> to</c><00:24:48.779><c> which</c><00:24:48.920><c> we're</c><00:24:49.220><c> tuned</c><00:24:49.500><c> in</c><00:24:50.240><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:50.839><c> Lord</c><00:24:51.039><c> Jesus</c><00:24:51.420><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:24:53.099><c> extent</c><00:24:53.359><c> to</c><00:24:53.539><c> which</c><00:24:53.680><c> we</c><00:24:53.839><c> are</c><00:24:54.140><c> trying,</c><00:24:54.400><c> with</c><00:24:54.599><c> God's</c><00:24:55.019><c> help,</c>

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to<00:24:55.460><c> adopt</c><00:24:55.859><c> divine</c><00:24:56.259><c> principles</c><00:24:56.700><c> in</c><00:24:56.880><c> our</c><00:24:57.059><c> life</c><00:24:57.220><c> and</c><00:24:57.480><c> pattern</c>

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ourselves<00:24:58.259><c> after</c><00:24:58.599><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:25:00.160><c> an</c><00:25:00.460><c> index</c><00:25:00.880><c> in</c><00:25:01.779><c> terms</c><00:25:02.059><c> of</c><00:25:02.240><c> how</c><00:25:02.420><c> much</c><00:25:02.640><c> tension</c><00:25:02.920><c> is</c><00:25:03.140><c> generated.</c>

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If<00:25:04.400><c> very</c><00:25:04.700><c> little</c><00:25:04.880><c> is</c><00:25:05.059><c> generated,</c><00:25:05.519><c> there's</c><00:25:05.799><c> very</c><00:25:06.079><c> little</c><00:25:06.240><c> struggle.</c>

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If<00:25:07.400><c> you</c><00:25:07.579><c> don't</c><00:25:07.740><c> experience</c><00:25:08.259><c> that</c><00:25:08.539><c> kind</c><00:25:08.819><c> of</c><00:25:09.039><c> tension,</c><00:25:09.440><c> brothers</c><00:25:09.599><c> and</c><00:25:09.839><c> sisters,</c>

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then<00:25:10.680><c> it</c><00:25:10.880><c> says</c><00:25:11.059><c> something</c><00:25:11.440><c> about</c><00:25:11.720><c> the</c><00:25:12.059><c> extent</c><00:25:12.259><c> to</c><00:25:12.440><c> which</c><00:25:12.539><c> you're</c><00:25:12.880><c> striving</c><00:25:13.279><c> against</c><00:25:14.000><c> sin.</c>

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Verse<00:25:15.799><c> 5.</c>

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Have<00:25:16.599><c> you</c><00:25:16.799><c> forgotten</c><00:25:17.200><c> the</c><00:25:17.460><c> exhortation,</c><00:25:17.940><c> he</c><00:25:18.140><c> says,</c>

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which<00:25:19.000><c> speaketh</c><00:25:19.420><c> unto</c><00:25:19.559><c> you</c><00:25:19.759><c> as</c><00:25:19.900><c> unto</c><00:25:20.039><c> children?</c>

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My<00:25:21.640><c> son,</c><00:25:23.259><c> my</c><00:25:23.960><c> son.</c>

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He's<00:25:27.019><c> speaking</c><00:25:27.279><c> to</c><00:25:27.519><c> us.</c>

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And<00:25:29.119><c> it's</c><00:25:29.240><c> on</c><00:25:29.440><c> the</c><00:25:29.559><c> basis</c><00:25:29.839><c> of</c><00:25:30.400><c> the</c><00:25:30.660><c> son,</c><00:25:31.119><c> in</c><00:25:31.319><c> fact.</c>

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My<00:25:32.599><c> son,</c><00:25:33.200><c> despise</c><00:25:33.640><c> not</c><00:25:34.000><c> the</c><00:25:34.259><c> chastening</c><00:25:34.680><c> of</c><00:25:34.859><c> the</c><00:25:35.019><c> Lord,</c>

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nor<00:25:35.579><c> faint</c><00:25:35.880><c> when</c><00:25:36.079><c> thou</c><00:25:36.220><c> art</c><00:25:36.420><c> rebuked</c><00:25:36.859><c> of</c><00:25:36.940><c> him.</c>

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For<00:25:38.359><c> whom</c><00:25:38.579><c> the</c><00:25:38.799><c> Lord</c><00:25:39.059><c> loveth,</c><00:25:39.640><c> he</c><00:25:39.900><c> chasteneth.</c>

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And,<00:25:42.700><c> language</c><00:25:43.160><c> of</c><00:25:43.319><c> the</c><00:25:43.519><c> cross,</c><00:25:44.839><c> scourgeeth</c><00:25:45.900><c> every</c><00:25:46.660><c> son</c><00:25:47.259><c> whom</c>

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he<00:25:49.099><c> receiveth.</c>

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Now,<00:25:52.799><c> that's</c><00:25:53.099><c> something</c><00:25:53.299><c> that</c><00:25:53.480><c> has</c><00:25:53.720><c> to</c><00:25:53.859><c> be</c><00:25:54.059><c> faced,</c><00:25:54.380><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:25:54.819><c> sisters,</c>

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very,<00:25:55.920><c> very</c><00:25:56.400><c> realistically.</c>

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He<00:25:58.019><c> is</c><00:25:58.339><c> saying</c><00:25:58.619><c> that</c><00:25:58.900><c> if</c><00:25:59.119><c> we</c><00:25:59.339><c> are</c><00:25:59.539><c> part</c><00:25:59.819><c> of</c><00:26:00.099><c> divine</c><00:26:00.519><c> sonship,</c>

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:06.039
we<00:26:01.380><c> will</c><00:26:01.700><c> experience</c><00:26:02.859><c> scourging,</c><00:26:05.200><c> figuratively.</c>

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.839
What<00:26:06.619><c> does</c><00:26:06.779><c> he</c><00:26:06.920><c> mean</c><00:26:07.019><c> by</c><00:26:07.200><c> that</c><00:26:07.440><c> scourging?</c>

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:11.339
What<00:26:08.859><c> kind</c><00:26:09.200><c> of</c><00:26:09.480><c> chastening</c><00:26:09.799><c> is</c><00:26:09.980><c> he</c><00:26:10.180><c> referring</c><00:26:10.500><c> to?</c>

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.839
Back<00:26:11.940><c> to</c><00:26:12.119><c> verse</c><00:26:12.359><c> 4.</c>

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:15.559
On<00:26:13.259><c> the</c><00:26:13.480><c> basis</c><00:26:13.720><c> of</c><00:26:13.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:26:14.279><c> it's</c><00:26:14.539><c> interpreted.</c>

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:21.559
Ye<00:26:16.880><c> have</c><00:26:17.140><c> not</c><00:26:17.579><c> yet</c><00:26:17.839><c> resisted</c><00:26:18.559><c> unto</c><00:26:19.019><c> blood,</c><00:26:20.359><c> striving</c><00:26:20.720><c> against</c><00:26:21.180><c> sin.</c>

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:24.200
That's<00:26:22.319><c> a</c><00:26:22.500><c> reference</c><00:26:22.740><c> to</c><00:26:22.980><c> Gethsemane,</c><00:26:23.539><c> brothers</c><00:26:23.660><c> and</c><00:26:23.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:27.599
where<00:26:24.759><c> in</c><00:26:25.420><c> striving</c><00:26:25.759><c> against</c><00:26:26.200><c> sin</c><00:26:26.480><c> in</c><00:26:26.619><c> his</c><00:26:26.900><c> final</c><00:26:27.200><c> hour,</c>

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:31.319
it<00:26:28.180><c> finally</c><00:26:28.539><c> precipitated</c><00:26:29.519><c> great</c><00:26:30.079><c> drops</c><00:26:30.539><c> that</c><00:26:30.779><c> came</c><00:26:30.960><c> off</c><00:26:31.180><c> of</c>

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:34.400
his<00:26:31.519><c> brow</c><00:26:31.740><c> like</c><00:26:32.240><c> drops</c><00:26:32.740><c> of</c><00:26:33.480><c> blood.</c>

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:37.779
And<00:26:35.279><c> it</c><00:26:35.519><c> also</c><00:26:35.859><c> was</c><00:26:36.119><c> pointing</c><00:26:36.319><c> to</c><00:26:36.559><c> the</c><00:26:36.759><c> cross,</c>

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:40.960
who,<00:26:38.359><c> when</c><00:26:38.579><c> he</c><00:26:38.740><c> was</c><00:26:39.039><c> finally</c><00:26:39.500><c> victorious</c><00:26:40.140><c> in</c><00:26:40.359><c> his</c><00:26:40.680><c> striving</c>

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.359
against<00:26:41.420><c> sin,</c>

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he<00:26:43.140><c> died</c><00:26:43.460><c> and</c><00:26:43.799><c> the</c><00:26:44.079><c> result</c><00:26:44.299><c> of</c><00:26:44.480><c> that</c><00:26:44.640><c> whole</c><00:26:44.880><c> process</c>

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:49.259
meant<00:26:46.240><c> the</c><00:26:46.519><c> drawing</c><00:26:46.700><c> out</c><00:26:46.940><c> of</c><00:26:47.240><c> blood</c><00:26:47.519><c> from</c><00:26:47.819><c> his</c><00:26:48.059><c> body</c><00:26:48.319><c> literally.</c>

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:51.720
Now,<00:26:49.859><c> we</c><00:26:49.980><c> may</c><00:26:50.160><c> never,</c><00:26:50.420><c> ever</c><00:26:50.640><c> experience</c><00:26:51.119><c> that</c><00:26:51.460><c> literally,</c>

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:54.539
but<00:26:51.900><c> that's</c><00:26:52.160><c> not</c><00:26:52.299><c> what</c><00:26:52.460><c> the</c><00:26:52.619><c> apostle</c><00:26:52.940><c> is</c><00:26:53.140><c> talking</c><00:26:53.440><c> about</c><00:26:53.960><c> as</c>

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:56.259
being<00:26:54.759><c> the</c><00:26:55.019><c> necessary</c><00:26:55.579><c> experience.</c>

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It's<00:26:56.599><c> the</c><00:26:56.880><c> chastening.</c>

00:26:58.200 --> 00:27:01.640
Verse<00:26:58.440><c> 7,</c><00:26:58.799><c> he</c><00:26:59.160><c> bids</c><00:26:59.380><c> us</c><00:26:59.640><c> to</c><00:26:59.880><c> endure</c><00:27:00.440><c> that</c><00:27:00.880><c> chastening.</c>

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:07.200
He<00:27:02.460><c> tells</c><00:27:02.759><c> us</c><00:27:03.000><c> down</c><00:27:03.140><c> in</c><00:27:03.339><c> verse</c><00:27:03.579><c> 11</c><00:27:04.039><c> that</c><00:27:04.880><c> it</c><00:27:04.980><c> has</c><00:27:05.180><c> a</c><00:27:05.400><c> positive</c><00:27:06.000><c> benefit.</c>

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:11.279
No<00:27:08.099><c> chastening,</c><00:27:08.799><c> verse</c><00:27:09.099><c> 11,</c><00:27:09.519><c> for</c><00:27:09.700><c> the</c><00:27:09.960><c> present</c><00:27:10.359><c> seemeth</c><00:27:11.079><c> to</c>

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be<00:27:11.500><c> joyous.</c>

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Of<00:27:12.900><c> course</c><00:27:13.119><c> not.</c>

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But<00:27:14.500><c> grievous.</c>

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Nevertheless,<00:27:17.599><c> afterward</c><00:27:18.339><c> it</c><00:27:19.660><c> yieldeth</c><00:27:20.480><c> the</c><00:27:20.940><c> peaceable</c><00:27:21.640><c> fruit</c><00:27:22.119><c> of</c><00:27:22.559><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.480
Don't<00:27:25.799><c> forget</c><00:27:26.079><c> the</c><00:27:26.259><c> last</c><00:27:26.500><c> sentence.</c>

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:33.480
On<00:27:28.500><c> to</c><00:27:28.900><c> them</c><00:27:29.299><c> which</c><00:27:29.900><c> are</c><00:27:30.599><c> exercised</c><00:27:31.940><c> thereby.</c>

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:37.000
Now,<00:27:34.980><c> verse</c><00:27:35.059><c> 11</c><00:27:35.380><c> needs</c><00:27:35.700><c> careful</c><00:27:36.160><c> thought</c><00:27:36.440><c> in</c><00:27:36.619><c> light</c><00:27:36.839><c> of</c>

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.400
Peter's<00:27:37.359><c> epistles.</c>

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Brothers<00:27:39.039><c> and</c><00:27:39.319><c> sisters</c><00:27:39.579><c> in</c><00:27:39.779><c> Asia</c><00:27:40.019><c> Minor,</c>

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:44.440
ready<00:27:41.319><c> to</c><00:27:41.599><c> face</c><00:27:41.859><c> impending</c><00:27:42.519><c> persecution</c><00:27:43.240><c> from</c><00:27:43.519><c> without,</c>

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:49.380
going<00:27:45.220><c> to</c><00:27:45.480><c> face</c><00:27:45.720><c> the</c><00:27:46.099><c> challenge</c><00:27:46.460><c> of</c><00:27:46.759><c> apostasy</c><00:27:48.140><c> from</c><00:27:48.440><c> within,</c>

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:54.299
and<00:27:50.140><c> the</c><00:27:50.420><c> natural</c><00:27:50.759><c> experience</c><00:27:51.559><c> of</c><00:27:52.039><c> tensions</c><00:27:52.420><c> and</c><00:27:52.740><c> difficulties</c><00:27:53.299><c> within</c><00:27:53.680><c> themselves</c>

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:58.140
as<00:27:54.740><c> they</c><00:27:54.960><c> try</c><00:27:55.180><c> to</c><00:27:55.359><c> work</c><00:27:55.539><c> out</c><00:27:55.700><c> their</c><00:27:55.960><c> salvation</c><00:27:56.460><c> with</c><00:27:56.680><c> fear</c><00:27:56.980><c> and</c><00:27:57.279><c> suffering.</c>

00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:02.140
He<00:27:59.039><c> says</c><00:27:59.400><c> to</c><00:27:59.579><c> them,</c><00:28:00.079><c> as</c><00:28:00.240><c> Paul</c><00:28:00.519><c> says</c><00:28:00.799><c> here</c><00:28:01.019><c> in</c><00:28:01.240><c> Hebrews,</c>

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:06.019
that<00:28:02.980><c> chastening</c><00:28:03.500><c> is</c><00:28:03.799><c> necessary</c><00:28:04.440><c> if</c><00:28:04.640><c> you're</c><00:28:04.900><c> a</c><00:28:05.059><c> son</c><00:28:05.240><c> or</c><00:28:05.400><c> a</c><00:28:05.640><c> daughter</c><00:28:05.880><c> in</c>

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.539
the<00:28:06.200><c> divine</c><00:28:06.440><c> family.</c>

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:12.519
He<00:28:08.700><c> tells</c><00:28:08.940><c> us</c><00:28:09.200><c> that</c><00:28:09.880><c> this</c><00:28:10.519><c> kind</c><00:28:11.059><c> of</c><00:28:11.380><c> tension</c><00:28:11.720><c> and</c><00:28:12.160><c> suffering,</c>

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:14.500
if<00:28:13.019><c> viewed</c><00:28:13.220><c> properly,</c>

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:18.579
yieldeth<00:28:15.400><c> the</c><00:28:15.799><c> peaceable</c><00:28:16.539><c> fruit</c><00:28:17.000><c> of</c><00:28:17.400><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:25.660
Only<00:28:20.420><c> on</c><00:28:21.079><c> to</c><00:28:21.339><c> them</c><00:28:21.980><c> that</c><00:28:22.819><c> are</c><00:28:23.380><c> exercised</c><00:28:24.460><c> thereby.</c>

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:30.299
In<00:28:26.259><c> some</c><00:28:26.539><c> cases,</c><00:28:27.099><c> when</c><00:28:27.220><c> we</c><00:28:27.480><c> experience</c><00:28:28.079><c> stress</c><00:28:28.660><c> and</c><00:28:29.140><c> difficulties,</c>

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:32.240
whether<00:28:30.700><c> it's</c><00:28:30.900><c> loss</c><00:28:31.160><c> of</c><00:28:31.400><c> health,</c>

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:34.519
whether<00:28:32.599><c> it's</c><00:28:33.240><c> difficulties</c><00:28:33.700><c> in</c><00:28:33.940><c> the</c><00:28:34.119><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:36.900
disagreements<00:28:35.299><c> with</c><00:28:35.519><c> brothers</c><00:28:35.740><c> and</c><00:28:36.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:39.220
family<00:28:37.299><c> strife,</c><00:28:38.079><c> disappointments</c><00:28:38.480><c> with</c><00:28:38.660><c> our</c><00:28:38.880><c> children,</c>

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:41.000
or<00:28:39.700><c> a</c><00:28:39.859><c> personal</c><00:28:40.180><c> lack</c><00:28:40.480><c> of</c><00:28:40.700><c> health,</c>

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:44.660
or<00:28:41.740><c> personal</c><00:28:42.119><c> failure,</c><00:28:42.680><c> as</c><00:28:42.940><c> Peter</c><00:28:43.200><c> knew</c><00:28:43.400><c> it</c><00:28:43.579><c> himself</c><00:28:44.079><c> when</c><00:28:44.460><c> he</c>

00:28:44.660 --> 00:28:46.980
denied<00:28:44.900><c> the</c><00:28:45.119><c> Master</c><00:28:45.519><c> that</c><00:28:46.160><c> night.</c>

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:52.359
Any<00:28:47.579><c> of</c><00:28:47.759><c> those</c><00:28:48.099><c> sources</c><00:28:48.500><c> of</c><00:28:48.720><c> tension</c><00:28:49.099><c> and</c><00:28:49.440><c> strife</c><00:28:49.920><c> that</c><00:28:50.240><c> generates</c><00:28:50.700><c> suffering</c><00:28:51.140><c> within</c><00:28:51.400><c> us,</c>

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:56.799
we<00:28:52.700><c> may</c><00:28:52.900><c> look</c><00:28:53.140><c> upon</c><00:28:53.839><c> them</c><00:28:54.180><c> and</c><00:28:54.619><c> conclude</c><00:28:55.119><c> that</c><00:28:55.380><c> something's</c><00:28:55.839><c> wrong.</c>

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:59.740
We<00:28:57.660><c> may</c><00:28:57.900><c> conclude</c><00:28:58.299><c> that</c><00:28:58.440><c> it</c><00:28:58.579><c> must</c><00:28:58.759><c> indicate</c><00:28:59.240><c> that</c><00:28:59.400><c> the</c><00:28:59.599><c> truth</c>

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.240
really<00:29:00.079><c> isn't</c><00:29:00.240><c> the</c><00:29:00.480><c> truth.</c>

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:03.759
We<00:29:01.759><c> may</c><00:29:01.980><c> conclude</c><00:29:02.299><c> that</c><00:29:02.440><c> it's</c><00:29:02.619><c> not</c><00:29:02.799><c> worth</c><00:29:03.019><c> being</c><00:29:03.240><c> part</c><00:29:03.480><c> of</c><00:29:03.619><c> the</c>

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:05.640
ecclesia<00:29:04.079><c> because</c><00:29:04.359><c> we</c><00:29:04.519><c> have</c><00:29:04.680><c> differences.</c>

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:09.160
We<00:29:06.119><c> may</c><00:29:06.359><c> conclude</c><00:29:06.779><c> that</c><00:29:06.980><c> because</c><00:29:07.519><c> we</c><00:29:07.799><c> see</c><00:29:08.019><c> some</c><00:29:08.400><c> problems</c><00:29:08.900><c> in</c>

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:11.759
our<00:29:09.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:09.839><c> environment</c><00:29:10.339><c> or</c><00:29:10.539><c> in</c><00:29:10.680><c> the</c><00:29:10.799><c> community,</c>

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.599
the<00:29:12.339><c> only</c><00:29:12.579><c> answer</c><00:29:12.839><c> is</c><00:29:12.940><c> to</c><00:29:13.039><c> get</c><00:29:13.200><c> out.</c>

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:16.319
We<00:29:14.480><c> may</c><00:29:14.759><c> conclude</c><00:29:15.079><c> that</c><00:29:15.279><c> therefore</c><00:29:15.599><c> the</c><00:29:15.779><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.119
don't<00:29:16.559><c> have</c><00:29:16.700><c> the</c><00:29:16.940><c> truth</c>

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:20.400
because<00:29:17.660><c> we</c><00:29:18.460><c> see</c><00:29:18.640><c> people</c><00:29:18.920><c> who</c><00:29:19.140><c> have</c><00:29:19.279><c> feet</c><00:29:19.420><c> of</c><00:29:19.640><c> clay.</c>

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.920
That's<00:29:21.359><c> not</c><00:29:21.579><c> the</c><00:29:21.720><c> right</c><00:29:21.880><c> conclusion.</c>

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:25.519
What<00:29:23.799><c> is</c><00:29:23.980><c> being</c><00:29:24.259><c> said</c><00:29:24.460><c> here,</c><00:29:24.880><c> brothers</c><00:29:24.980><c> and</c><00:29:25.240><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:31.000
is<00:29:25.720><c> that</c><00:29:25.839><c> we</c><00:29:25.960><c> are</c><00:29:26.160><c> to</c><00:29:26.500><c> anticipate</c><00:29:27.240><c> the</c><00:29:28.279><c> reality</c><00:29:28.799><c> of</c><00:29:29.180><c> these</c><00:29:29.519><c> tensions</c><00:29:29.980><c> and</c><00:29:30.339><c> difficulties</c>

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:35.779
and<00:29:31.579><c> that</c><00:29:31.720><c> the</c><00:29:32.019><c> Father</c><00:29:32.460><c> weaves</c><00:29:33.000><c> them</c><00:29:33.339><c> into</c><00:29:33.880><c> a</c><00:29:34.259><c> useful</c><00:29:34.700><c> purpose.</c>

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:39.099
We<00:29:36.519><c> must</c><00:29:36.799><c> view</c><00:29:37.099><c> this</c><00:29:37.380><c> as</c><00:29:37.579><c> a</c><00:29:37.819><c> necessary</c><00:29:38.319><c> process</c>

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:43.920
because<00:29:39.900><c> only</c><00:29:40.420><c> those</c><00:29:40.839><c> who</c><00:29:41.059><c> are</c><00:29:41.460><c> exercised</c><00:29:42.220><c> by</c><00:29:42.539><c> it</c>

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:49.599
experience<00:29:44.900><c> the</c><00:29:45.420><c> fruit</c><00:29:45.759><c> that</c><00:29:46.039><c> is</c><00:29:46.359><c> peaceable</c><00:29:46.980><c> that</c><00:29:47.319><c> comes</c><00:29:47.799><c> from</c><00:29:48.240><c> it.</c>

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:54.900
Back<00:29:49.980><c> to</c><00:29:50.180><c> Peter's</c><00:29:50.519><c> epistle.</c>

00:29:56.279 --> 00:30:00.279
Thus,<00:29:56.680><c> in</c><00:29:56.819><c> 1</c><00:29:57.039><c> Peter</c><00:29:57.680><c> chapter</c><00:29:58.960><c> 2,</c>

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:03.039
in<00:30:00.480><c> the</c><00:30:00.599><c> middle</c><00:30:00.779><c> of</c><00:30:00.960><c> a</c><00:30:01.059><c> discussion</c><00:30:01.579><c> about</c><00:30:02.019><c> suffering,</c>

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:06.700
he<00:30:04.140><c> reminds</c><00:30:04.700><c> us</c><00:30:05.180><c> that</c><00:30:05.440><c> the</c><00:30:05.640><c> key</c><00:30:05.960><c> to</c><00:30:06.279><c> suffering</c>

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:10.259
is<00:30:07.140><c> an</c><00:30:07.440><c> understanding</c><00:30:07.960><c> of</c><00:30:08.299><c> the</c><00:30:08.559><c> sufferings</c><00:30:08.859><c> of</c><00:30:09.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:16.640
Hence<00:30:10.839><c> again</c><00:30:11.079><c> we'll</c><00:30:11.220><c> look</c><00:30:11.380><c> at</c><00:30:11.519><c> verse</c><00:30:11.720><c> 21</c><00:30:12.339><c> of</c><00:30:12.559><c> 1</c><00:30:12.740><c> Peter</c><00:30:12.980><c> 2.</c>

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:21.380
Now<00:30:19.799><c> perhaps</c><00:30:20.200><c> that</c><00:30:20.440><c> makes</c><00:30:20.660><c> more</c><00:30:20.940><c> sense,</c>

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:24.720
looking<00:30:21.759><c> at</c><00:30:21.920><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:22.200><c> 12</c><00:30:22.680><c> as</c><00:30:22.880><c> a</c><00:30:23.099><c> complimentary</c><00:30:23.559><c> passage.</c>

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:28.059
We<00:30:25.720><c> are</c><00:30:26.079><c> called</c><00:30:26.319><c> to</c><00:30:26.519><c> this</c><00:30:26.720><c> because</c><00:30:27.019><c> the</c><00:30:27.259><c> Master</c><00:30:27.559><c> was</c><00:30:27.880><c> called</c>

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:29.140
to<00:30:28.240><c> it.</c>

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:31.740
Why<00:30:30.299><c> else</c><00:30:30.599><c> are</c><00:30:30.740><c> we</c><00:30:30.960><c> called</c><00:30:31.119><c> to</c><00:30:31.339><c> it?</c>

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:35.480
Because<00:30:32.359><c> it</c><00:30:32.599><c> has</c><00:30:33.420><c> therapeutic</c><00:30:34.240><c> value.</c>

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:37.380
We<00:30:35.960><c> use</c><00:30:36.180><c> that</c><00:30:36.440><c> word</c><00:30:36.640><c> advisedly.</c>

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:40.140
We'll<00:30:37.680><c> see</c><00:30:37.859><c> why</c><00:30:38.059><c> we're</c><00:30:38.240><c> using</c><00:30:38.400><c> that</c><00:30:38.660><c> term</c><00:30:38.819><c> in</c><00:30:38.980><c> just</c><00:30:39.160><c> a</c><00:30:39.319><c> moment.</c>

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.839
We'll<00:30:40.559><c> repeat</c><00:30:40.819><c> that.</c>

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:44.980
One<00:30:42.059><c> of</c><00:30:42.180><c> the</c><00:30:42.299><c> reasons</c><00:30:42.660><c> why</c><00:30:42.900><c> we're</c><00:30:43.240><c> called</c><00:30:43.599><c> to</c><00:30:43.940><c> suffering</c><00:30:44.259><c> and</c><00:30:44.640><c> stress</c>

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:48.259
is<00:30:45.319><c> because</c><00:30:45.720><c> it</c><00:30:45.920><c> has</c><00:30:46.339><c> therapeutic</c><00:30:47.079><c> value.</c>

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.319
Therapeutic<00:30:49.480><c> value?</c>

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:54.900
He<00:30:51.400><c> learned</c><00:30:51.779><c> obedience</c><00:30:52.619><c> by</c><00:30:52.980><c> the</c><00:30:53.259><c> things</c><00:30:53.539><c> which</c><00:30:53.779><c> he</c><00:30:54.079><c> suffered.</c>

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:58.380
There<00:30:55.539><c> was</c><00:30:55.700><c> a</c><00:30:55.920><c> positive</c><00:30:56.259><c> value</c><00:30:56.680><c> and</c><00:30:56.960><c> it</c><00:30:57.039><c> was</c><00:30:57.259><c> a</c><00:30:57.559><c> therapy</c><00:30:58.059><c> for</c>

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:59.660
Christ<00:30:58.779><c> in</c><00:30:59.079><c> that</c><00:30:59.339><c> sense.</c>

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:02.660
It<00:31:00.440><c> had</c><00:31:00.680><c> a</c><00:31:00.940><c> therapeutic</c><00:31:01.539><c> value.</c>

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.299
There<00:31:02.859><c> was</c><00:31:03.079><c> something</c><00:31:03.440><c> to</c><00:31:03.700><c> be</c><00:31:03.980><c> learned</c>

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:09.180
as<00:31:04.660><c> a</c><00:31:04.859><c> result</c><00:31:05.240><c> of</c><00:31:05.740><c> experiencing</c><00:31:06.240><c> stress</c><00:31:07.180><c> and</c><00:31:08.000><c> difficulty.</c>

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:11.680
What<00:31:09.640><c> other</c><00:31:09.880><c> kind</c><00:31:10.079><c> of</c><00:31:10.339><c> therapeutic</c><00:31:10.680><c> value?</c>

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:14.579
Paul<00:31:12.059><c> in</c><00:31:12.259><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:12.839><c> referring</c><00:31:13.359><c> to</c><00:31:13.599><c> the</c><00:31:13.819><c> thorn</c><00:31:13.980><c> in</c><00:31:14.140><c> his</c><00:31:14.359><c> flesh,</c>

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:16.200
which<00:31:14.740><c> we've</c><00:31:15.079><c> talked</c><00:31:15.240><c> about.</c>

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:19.460
In<00:31:17.200><c> my</c><00:31:17.839><c> weakness,</c><00:31:18.539><c> he</c><00:31:18.680><c> was</c><00:31:18.940><c> told,</c>

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:22.900
Christ's<00:31:20.680><c> strength</c><00:31:20.940><c> is</c><00:31:21.380><c> made</c><00:31:21.859><c> perfect.</c>

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:26.000
Paul<00:31:23.599><c> more</c><00:31:23.940><c> keenly</c><00:31:24.380><c> appreciated</c><00:31:24.880><c> his</c><00:31:25.200><c> personal</c><00:31:25.640><c> inadequacy,</c>

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:29.920
his<00:31:27.119><c> personal</c><00:31:27.660><c> weakness,</c><00:31:28.440><c> his</c><00:31:28.460><c> personal</c><00:31:29.039><c> need,</c>

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:33.420
and<00:31:30.099><c> the</c><00:31:30.500><c> sufficiency</c><00:31:30.960><c> of</c><00:31:31.240><c> the</c><00:31:31.500><c> Father's</c><00:31:31.900><c> power</c><00:31:32.339><c> to</c><00:31:32.660><c> overcome</c><00:31:33.079><c> it.</c>

00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.140
Therapeutic<00:31:34.460><c> value</c><00:31:34.940><c> to</c><00:31:35.339><c> suffering</c><00:31:35.720><c> and</c><00:31:36.059><c> stress.</c>

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:41.759
Because<00:31:38.539><c> we</c><00:31:38.700><c> are</c><00:31:38.960><c> told</c><00:31:39.200><c> in</c><00:31:39.359><c> verse</c><00:31:39.619><c> 21,</c><00:31:40.420><c> Christ</c><00:31:40.799><c> also</c><00:31:41.420><c> suffered.</c>

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:46.160
If<00:31:42.380><c> he</c><00:31:42.819><c> needed</c><00:31:43.059><c> to</c><00:31:43.319><c> learn</c><00:31:43.500><c> something</c><00:31:43.920><c> from</c><00:31:44.299><c> suffering,</c><00:31:45.000><c> the</c><00:31:45.220><c> Master,</c>

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:50.099
then<00:31:46.559><c> how</c><00:31:46.799><c> much</c><00:31:47.019><c> more</c><00:31:47.240><c> do</c><00:31:47.440><c> we</c><00:31:47.799><c> need</c><00:31:48.059><c> to</c><00:31:48.279><c> learn</c><00:31:48.460><c> something</c><00:31:48.920><c> from</c><00:31:49.160><c> suffering?</c>

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:53.640
So<00:31:51.019><c> to</c><00:31:51.200><c> brothers</c><00:31:51.500><c> and</c><00:31:51.779><c> sisters</c><00:31:52.099><c> scattered</c><00:31:52.519><c> throughout</c><00:31:52.880><c> Asia</c><00:31:53.240><c> Minor</c>

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:57.599
who<00:31:54.539><c> are</c><00:31:54.740><c> going</c><00:31:54.940><c> to</c><00:31:55.200><c> experience</c><00:31:55.680><c> all</c><00:31:56.019><c> of</c><00:31:56.160><c> these</c><00:31:56.400><c> trials</c><00:31:56.819><c> and</c><00:31:57.259><c> tensions</c>

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.839
from<00:31:57.900><c> without</c><00:31:58.299><c> and</c><00:31:58.579><c> from</c><00:31:58.839><c> within,</c>

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:03.200
by<00:32:00.559><c> the</c><00:32:00.839><c> pattern</c><00:32:01.099><c> of</c><00:32:01.299><c> the</c><00:32:01.440><c> Lord</c><00:32:01.660><c> Jesus</c><00:32:02.079><c> Christ,</c>

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:06.680
he<00:32:03.460><c> shows</c><00:32:03.720><c> them</c><00:32:03.880><c> that</c><00:32:03.980><c> this</c><00:32:04.220><c> is</c><00:32:04.480><c> a</c><00:32:04.680><c> divine</c><00:32:05.339><c> process.</c>

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.559
You<00:32:07.180><c> desire</c><00:32:07.500><c> the</c><00:32:07.720><c> glory.</c>

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:12.279
You<00:32:09.160><c> desire</c><00:32:09.460><c> the</c><00:32:09.660><c> reward</c><00:32:10.099><c> of</c><00:32:10.299><c> coming</c><00:32:10.519><c> out</c><00:32:10.799><c> through</c><00:32:10.980><c> an</c><00:32:11.200><c> exodus.</c>

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:16.279
You<00:32:12.960><c> desire</c><00:32:13.359><c> to</c><00:32:13.640><c> come</c><00:32:13.819><c> into</c><00:32:14.160><c> light</c><00:32:14.460><c> and</c><00:32:14.759><c> stay</c><00:32:15.079><c> in</c><00:32:15.359><c> light.</c>

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:18.299
Then<00:32:16.500><c> you</c><00:32:16.619><c> must</c><00:32:16.779><c> suffer</c><00:32:17.039><c> for</c><00:32:17.279><c> it.</c>

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:20.460
You<00:32:18.680><c> must</c><00:32:18.859><c> be</c><00:32:19.099><c> willing</c><00:32:19.279><c> to</c><00:32:19.579><c> bear</c><00:32:19.759><c> that</c><00:32:20.140><c> cross</c>

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:24.460
and<00:32:20.779><c> accept</c><00:32:21.279><c> the</c><00:32:21.619><c> crucifixion</c><00:32:22.440><c> principles</c><00:32:23.059><c> entailed</c><00:32:23.819><c> in</c><00:32:24.160><c> the</c>

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.700
cross<00:32:24.779><c> bearing.</c>

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.839
Let's<00:32:26.319><c> go</c><00:32:26.519><c> further</c><00:32:26.759><c> here.</c>

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:29.920
Verse<00:32:28.339><c> 22,</c><00:32:29.359><c> once</c><00:32:29.539><c> again,</c>

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:33.539
Who<00:32:30.200><c> did</c><00:32:30.500><c> no</c><00:32:30.799><c> sin,</c><00:32:31.140><c> neither</c><00:32:31.319><c> was</c><00:32:31.599><c> guile</c><00:32:31.900><c> found</c><00:32:32.200><c> in</c><00:32:32.339><c> his</c><00:32:32.579><c> mouth.</c>

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:35.559
Verse<00:32:34.359><c> 24,</c>

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:43.240
Who<00:32:36.180><c> his</c><00:32:36.519><c> own</c><00:32:36.960><c> self</c><00:32:37.359><c> bear</c><00:32:37.839><c> our</c><00:32:38.480><c> sins</c><00:32:38.880><c> in</c><00:32:39.740><c> his</c><00:32:40.440><c> body,</c><00:32:41.599><c> on</c><00:32:42.039><c> the</c><00:32:42.400><c> tree.</c>

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:47.880
That's<00:32:44.539><c> a</c><00:32:44.779><c> very</c><00:32:45.180><c> important</c><00:32:45.920><c> phrase,</c><00:32:46.420><c> brothers</c><00:32:46.619><c> and</c><00:32:46.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:50.579
and<00:32:48.619><c> somewhat</c><00:32:49.140><c> controversial.</c>

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:53.180
A<00:32:51.480><c> good</c><00:32:51.599><c> number</c><00:32:51.859><c> of</c><00:32:52.019><c> words</c><00:32:52.339><c> have</c><00:32:52.539><c> been</c><00:32:52.759><c> waged</c>

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:56.599
over<00:32:53.500><c> the</c><00:32:53.700><c> meaning</c><00:32:53.920><c> of</c><00:32:54.119><c> that</c><00:32:54.380><c> first</c><00:32:54.660><c> phrase</c><00:32:55.079><c> in</c><00:32:55.240><c> verse</c><00:32:55.480><c> 24.</c>

00:32:56.680 --> 00:33:00.200
What<00:32:56.900><c> does</c><00:32:57.180><c> it</c><00:32:57.380><c> mean</c><00:32:57.599><c> he</c><00:32:57.920><c> bear</c><00:32:58.279><c> our</c><00:32:58.759><c> sins</c><00:32:59.019><c> in</c><00:32:59.220><c> his</c><00:32:59.460><c> own</c><00:32:59.720><c> body</c><00:32:59.980><c> on</c>

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:01.240
the<00:33:00.460><c> tree?</c>

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:03.799
Does<00:33:01.880><c> it</c><00:33:02.039><c> mean</c><00:33:02.180><c> that</c><00:33:02.319><c> he</c><00:33:02.380><c> was</c><00:33:02.579><c> a</c><00:33:02.900><c> substitute?</c>

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.619
Does<00:33:04.660><c> it</c><00:33:04.839><c> mean</c><00:33:04.980><c> that</c><00:33:05.160><c> he</c><00:33:05.299><c> took</c><00:33:05.500><c> the</c><00:33:05.799><c> cross</c><00:33:06.099><c> instead</c><00:33:06.559><c> of</c><00:33:06.779><c> us?</c>

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:12.220
Does<00:33:08.000><c> it</c><00:33:08.240><c> mean</c><00:33:08.359><c> that</c><00:33:08.579><c> he</c><00:33:08.839><c> suffered</c><00:33:09.240><c> and</c><00:33:09.720><c> died</c><00:33:10.140><c> instead</c><00:33:10.920><c> of</c><00:33:11.339><c> us?</c>

00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:14.220
Well,<00:33:12.880><c> certain</c><00:33:13.059><c> terms</c><00:33:13.359><c> in</c><00:33:13.519><c> the</c><00:33:13.579><c> New</c><00:33:13.759><c> Testament</c>

00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:16.779
could<00:33:14.700><c> possibly</c><00:33:15.240><c> be</c><00:33:15.559><c> construed</c><00:33:15.940><c> that</c><00:33:16.220><c> way.</c>

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:20.500
Language<00:33:17.559><c> such</c><00:33:17.859><c> as</c><00:33:18.019><c> him</c><00:33:18.220><c> dying</c><00:33:18.480><c> as</c><00:33:18.680><c> a</c><00:33:18.839><c> ransom,</c><00:33:19.759><c> that</c><00:33:19.819><c> he</c><00:33:20.019><c> died</c>

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:22.180
for<00:33:21.039><c> us.</c>

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:24.200
But<00:33:22.740><c> that's</c><00:33:22.980><c> not</c><00:33:23.240><c> the</c><00:33:23.440><c> sense.</c>

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:27.900
It's<00:33:24.920><c> contradictory</c><00:33:25.420><c> to</c><00:33:25.779><c> everything</c><00:33:26.200><c> we've</c><00:33:26.619><c> seen</c><00:33:26.740><c> in</c><00:33:26.960><c> Hebrews</c><00:33:27.240><c> 12</c>

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:31.140
and<00:33:28.319><c> in</c><00:33:28.599><c> the</c><00:33:28.680><c> lead</c><00:33:28.859><c> up</c><00:33:29.079><c> in</c><00:33:29.279><c> this</c><00:33:29.420><c> very</c><00:33:29.700><c> chapter</c><00:33:30.099><c> 2.</c>

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:33.579
It's<00:33:31.779><c> not</c><00:33:31.980><c> that</c><00:33:32.140><c> he</c><00:33:32.319><c> died</c><00:33:32.559><c> instead</c><00:33:32.960><c> of</c><00:33:33.160><c> us.</c>

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:35.160
Not<00:33:34.119><c> at</c><00:33:34.359><c> all.</c>

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:39.799
It's<00:33:35.740><c> not</c><00:33:35.980><c> that</c><00:33:36.220><c> he</c><00:33:36.599><c> bore</c><00:33:36.859><c> our</c><00:33:37.359><c> sins</c><00:33:37.819><c> in</c><00:33:38.579><c> some</c><00:33:38.880><c> mystical</c><00:33:39.380><c> sense</c>

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.880
that<00:33:39.960><c> he</c><00:33:40.099><c> went</c><00:33:40.220><c> up</c><00:33:40.380><c> to</c><00:33:40.500><c> the</c><00:33:40.700><c> cross,</c>

00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:43.799
took<00:33:41.119><c> all</c><00:33:41.319><c> the</c><00:33:41.460><c> sins</c><00:33:41.579><c> of</c><00:33:41.740><c> the</c><00:33:41.880><c> world</c><00:33:42.039><c> in</c><00:33:42.200><c> some</c><00:33:42.400><c> mystical</c><00:33:42.819><c> way,</c>

00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:45.720
removed<00:33:44.079><c> them</c><00:33:44.319><c> all</c><00:33:44.460><c> by</c><00:33:44.619><c> the</c><00:33:44.799><c> fact</c><00:33:44.940><c> that</c><00:33:45.059><c> he</c><00:33:45.140><c> was</c><00:33:45.339><c> nailed</c><00:33:45.519><c> on</c>

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.099
the<00:33:45.839><c> cross.</c>

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:48.440
Not<00:33:46.799><c> that</c><00:33:47.279><c> at</c><00:33:47.599><c> all.</c>

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:50.619
Notice<00:33:49.019><c> how</c><00:33:49.259><c> he</c><00:33:49.460><c> continues.</c>

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:58.299
That<00:33:53.240><c> we,</c><00:33:55.000><c> that</c><00:33:55.200><c> we,</c><00:33:56.259><c> now</c><00:33:56.480><c> the</c><00:33:56.779><c> application</c><00:33:57.339><c> to</c><00:33:57.680><c> ourselves</c>

00:33:58.299 --> 00:34:01.099
which<00:33:58.720><c> helps</c><00:33:59.059><c> us</c><00:33:59.440><c> to</c><00:33:59.680><c> interpret</c><00:34:00.279><c> the</c><00:34:00.680><c> sense</c>

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:04.220
of<00:34:01.680><c> Christ</c><00:34:02.039><c> bearing</c><00:34:02.339><c> our</c><00:34:02.680><c> sins</c><00:34:02.839><c> in</c><00:34:02.960><c> his</c><00:34:03.099><c> own</c><00:34:03.339><c> body.</c>

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:08.579
That<00:34:04.960><c> we,</c><00:34:06.160><c> being</c><00:34:06.599><c> dead</c><00:34:07.000><c> to</c><00:34:07.420><c> sins,</c>

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:13.320
who<00:34:10.239><c> his</c><00:34:10.420><c> own</c><00:34:10.699><c> self,</c><00:34:11.619><c> bear</c><00:34:11.900><c> our</c><00:34:12.199><c> sins</c><00:34:12.380><c> in</c><00:34:12.519><c> his</c><00:34:12.679><c> own</c><00:34:12.980><c> body</c>

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:15.840
on<00:34:13.800><c> the</c><00:34:14.099><c> tree,</c><00:34:14.440><c> for</c><00:34:14.619><c> what</c><00:34:14.800><c> purpose?</c>

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:20.139
That<00:34:16.599><c> we,</c><00:34:17.219><c> being</c><00:34:17.380><c> dead</c><00:34:17.679><c> to</c><00:34:18.019><c> sins,</c><00:34:18.219><c> should</c><00:34:18.480><c> live</c><00:34:18.659><c> unto</c><00:34:18.960><c> righteousness.</c>

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:24.059
In<00:34:21.539><c> other</c><00:34:21.780><c> words,</c><00:34:22.139><c> the</c><00:34:22.239><c> whole</c><00:34:22.539><c> purpose</c><00:34:22.920><c> of</c><00:34:23.139><c> Christ</c><00:34:23.440><c> going</c><00:34:23.840><c> to</c>

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.219
the<00:34:24.280><c> cross</c>

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:29.260
is<00:34:25.579><c> meant</c><00:34:26.159><c> to</c><00:34:26.940><c> pave</c><00:34:27.260><c> the</c><00:34:27.500><c> way</c><00:34:27.920><c> to</c><00:34:28.239><c> show</c><00:34:28.480><c> the</c><00:34:28.820><c> example</c>

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:32.440
of<00:34:29.579><c> how</c><00:34:29.840><c> we</c><00:34:30.119><c> must</c><00:34:30.400><c> follow</c><00:34:30.840><c> in</c><00:34:31.199><c> his</c><00:34:31.420><c> steps.</c>

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:36.820
It<00:34:33.179><c> draws</c><00:34:33.539><c> us</c><00:34:33.960><c> to</c><00:34:34.159><c> the</c><00:34:34.400><c> cross,</c><00:34:35.280><c> makes</c><00:34:35.480><c> sense</c><00:34:36.159><c> of</c><00:34:36.500><c> suffering</c>

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:37.559
and<00:34:37.139><c> trial,</c>

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:42.880
and<00:34:38.699><c> encourages</c><00:34:39.579><c> us</c><00:34:40.119><c> to</c><00:34:40.539><c> participate</c><00:34:41.260><c> and</c><00:34:41.920><c> identify</c>

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:45.719
with<00:34:43.599><c> what's</c><00:34:44.039><c> going</c><00:34:44.340><c> on</c><00:34:44.500><c> on</c><00:34:44.679><c> the</c><00:34:44.840><c> cross.</c>

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:49.619
And<00:34:46.639><c> when</c><00:34:46.860><c> we</c><00:34:47.119><c> accept</c><00:34:47.539><c> that</c><00:34:47.840><c> invitation</c><00:34:48.380><c> to</c><00:34:48.659><c> go</c><00:34:48.920><c> to</c><00:34:49.099><c> the</c><00:34:49.300><c> cross</c>

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:52.480
and<00:34:50.059><c> participate</c><00:34:50.800><c> in</c><00:34:51.099><c> the</c><00:34:51.340><c> process,</c>

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:55.739
then,<00:34:53.639><c> brothers</c><00:34:53.739><c> and</c><00:34:54.000><c> sisters,</c><00:34:54.380><c> there's</c><00:34:54.619><c> a</c><00:34:54.800><c> divine</c><00:34:55.179><c> process</c>

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:56.420
set<00:34:56.039><c> up</c>

00:34:56.420 --> 00:35:00.119
that<00:34:56.760><c> leads</c><00:34:57.219><c> the</c><00:34:57.480><c> way</c><00:34:57.719><c> to</c><00:34:57.980><c> us</c><00:34:58.440><c> being</c><00:34:58.780><c> looked</c><00:34:59.059><c> upon</c><00:34:59.420><c> as</c><00:34:59.679><c> righteous,</c>

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:03.719
being<00:35:00.739><c> imputed</c><00:35:01.340><c> as</c><00:35:01.940><c> righteous</c><00:35:02.420><c> in</c><00:35:02.760><c> the</c><00:35:02.900><c> language</c><00:35:03.139><c> of</c><00:35:03.400><c> Romans.</c>

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:10.420
Because<00:35:04.780><c> in</c><00:35:05.079><c> verse</c><00:35:05.300><c> 24,</c><00:35:06.860><c> it</c><00:35:06.940><c> causes</c><00:35:07.400><c> us</c><00:35:08.159><c> to</c><00:35:08.400><c> be</c><00:35:08.699><c> dead</c><00:35:09.079><c> to</c><00:35:09.480><c> sins,</c>

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:13.340
not<00:35:11.119><c> through</c><00:35:11.360><c> some</c><00:35:11.619><c> mystical</c><00:35:12.059><c> way,</c><00:35:12.559><c> brothers</c><00:35:12.679><c> and</c><00:35:12.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:16.039
not<00:35:14.019><c> through</c><00:35:14.280><c> a</c><00:35:14.599><c> substitutionary</c><00:35:15.519><c> process</c>

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:18.639
as<00:35:16.340><c> believed</c><00:35:16.619><c> by</c><00:35:16.880><c> many</c><00:35:17.139><c> people</c><00:35:17.400><c> on</c><00:35:17.539><c> the</c><00:35:17.659><c> outside,</c>

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:25.719
but<00:35:19.340><c> by</c><00:35:19.719><c> us</c><00:35:20.380><c> participating</c><00:35:21.360><c> in</c><00:35:22.139><c> that</c><00:35:22.840><c> very</c><00:35:23.440><c> cross</c><00:35:24.039><c> bearing</c><00:35:24.440><c> process.</c>

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:30.300
By<00:35:26.380><c> our</c><00:35:26.719><c> participation</c><00:35:27.420><c> in</c><00:35:27.619><c> it,</c><00:35:28.159><c> our</c><00:35:28.420><c> own</c><00:35:28.880><c> flesh</c><00:35:29.159><c> is</c><00:35:29.500><c> put</c><00:35:29.679><c> to</c><00:35:29.900><c> death.</c>

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:35.179
By<00:35:31.300><c> participating</c><00:35:32.099><c> in</c><00:35:32.460><c> it,</c><00:35:32.619><c> our</c><00:35:32.619><c> own</c><00:35:33.320><c> flesh</c><00:35:33.579><c> is</c><00:35:33.880><c> mortified.</c>

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:41.179
By<00:35:35.500><c> participating</c><00:35:36.320><c> in</c><00:35:36.500><c> it,</c><00:35:37.019><c> the</c><00:35:37.199><c> positive</c><00:35:37.880><c> fruits</c><00:35:38.440><c> are</c><00:35:39.159><c> developed</c><00:35:39.739><c> in</c><00:35:40.139><c> us.</c>

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:43.760
He<00:35:42.199><c> learned</c><00:35:42.519><c> obedience.</c>

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.420
Paul<00:35:44.780><c> learned</c><00:35:45.099><c> about</c><00:35:45.260><c> his</c><00:35:45.519><c> weakness.</c>

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:49.760
He<00:35:46.780><c> more</c><00:35:47.039><c> keenly</c><00:35:47.519><c> appreciated</c><00:35:47.960><c> the</c><00:35:48.300><c> overriding</c><00:35:48.800><c> power</c><00:35:49.280><c> of</c><00:35:49.460><c> God</c>

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:52.300
by<00:35:50.280><c> participating</c><00:35:50.920><c> in</c><00:35:51.079><c> that</c><00:35:51.280><c> process.</c>

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:55.099
And<00:35:52.719><c> by</c><00:35:52.920><c> us</c><00:35:53.179><c> participating</c><00:35:53.699><c> in</c><00:35:53.800><c> that</c><00:35:54.059><c> process,</c>

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:57.659
our<00:35:55.440><c> flesh</c><00:35:55.780><c> is</c><00:35:56.179><c> mortified,</c><00:35:56.860><c> put</c><00:35:57.000><c> to</c><00:35:57.280><c> death.</c>

00:35:57.659 --> 00:36:00.039
God's<00:35:58.840><c> righteousness</c><00:35:59.239><c> is</c><00:35:59.679><c> supreme,</c>

00:36:00.219 --> 00:36:02.039
and<00:36:00.219><c> his</c><00:36:00.420><c> power</c><00:36:00.719><c> lives</c><00:36:01.019><c> in</c><00:36:01.239><c> and</c><00:36:01.420><c> through</c><00:36:01.559><c> us.</c>

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:05.380
God<00:36:02.760><c> is</c><00:36:03.280><c> supreme</c><00:36:03.780><c> and</c><00:36:04.059><c> the</c><00:36:04.219><c> victor.</c>

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:09.980
And<00:36:05.840><c> in</c><00:36:06.199><c> that</c><00:36:06.519><c> process,</c><00:36:07.400><c> a</c><00:36:07.559><c> man</c><00:36:07.719><c> and</c><00:36:07.900><c> a</c><00:36:08.059><c> woman</c><00:36:08.260><c> more</c><00:36:08.619><c> keenly</c><00:36:09.059><c> appreciates</c>

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:13.400
the<00:36:10.320><c> need</c><00:36:10.559><c> for</c><00:36:11.000><c> dependency</c><00:36:11.559><c> on</c><00:36:11.860><c> the</c><00:36:12.019><c> arm</c><00:36:12.159><c> of</c><00:36:12.320><c> the</c><00:36:12.480><c> spirit.</c>

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:17.179
Thus,<00:36:14.099><c> what</c><00:36:14.340><c> we</c><00:36:14.559><c> read</c><00:36:14.679><c> in</c><00:36:14.880><c> verse</c><00:36:15.099><c> 24</c><00:36:15.579><c> must</c><00:36:15.920><c> not</c><00:36:16.380><c> be</c><00:36:16.739><c> separated</c>

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:19.219
from<00:36:17.360><c> what</c><00:36:17.500><c> he</c><00:36:17.679><c> says</c><00:36:17.840><c> in</c><00:36:17.980><c> verse</c><00:36:18.219><c> 21.</c>

00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:22.500
Those<00:36:19.980><c> who</c><00:36:20.300><c> have</c><00:36:20.539><c> erroneously</c><00:36:21.179><c> interpreted</c><00:36:21.719><c> verse</c><00:36:22.000><c> 24</c>

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:26.099
in<00:36:22.739><c> some</c><00:36:22.920><c> mystical</c><00:36:23.360><c> way</c><00:36:23.840><c> have</c><00:36:24.420><c> only</c><00:36:24.659><c> done</c><00:36:24.960><c> so</c><00:36:25.159><c> by</c><00:36:25.420><c> divorcing</c><00:36:25.940><c> it</c>

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:28.019
from<00:36:26.199><c> what</c><00:36:26.320><c> he</c><00:36:26.440><c> says</c><00:36:26.639><c> in</c><00:36:26.760><c> verse</c><00:36:26.940><c> 21.</c>

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.519
Let's<00:36:28.280><c> read</c><00:36:28.440><c> it</c><00:36:28.559><c> again.</c>

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:32.619
Hereunto<00:36:30.860><c> were</c><00:36:31.280><c> ye</c><00:36:31.659><c> called.</c>

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:34.900
That's<00:36:33.280><c> not</c><00:36:33.539><c> the</c><00:36:33.719><c> language</c><00:36:34.000><c> of</c><00:36:34.300><c> substitution.</c>

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:37.679
That's<00:36:35.659><c> the</c><00:36:35.860><c> language</c><00:36:36.219><c> of</c><00:36:36.539><c> participation.</c>

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:43.460
We<00:36:38.380><c> are</c><00:36:38.840><c> called</c><00:36:39.400><c> to</c><00:36:39.659><c> this</c><00:36:39.940><c> suffering</c><00:36:40.400><c> because</c><00:36:41.320><c> Christ</c><00:36:41.820><c> also</c><00:36:42.500><c> suffered,</c>

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:46.460
leaving<00:36:44.039><c> us</c><00:36:44.940><c> an</c><00:36:45.440><c> example.</c>

00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:49.659
That's<00:36:47.039><c> the</c><00:36:47.280><c> language</c><00:36:47.719><c> of</c><00:36:48.260><c> participation.</c>

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:52.059
Christ<00:36:50.420><c> didn't</c><00:36:50.739><c> die</c><00:36:51.159><c> as</c><00:36:51.440><c> a</c><00:36:51.599><c> substitute.</c>

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:56.400
He<00:36:52.460><c> died</c><00:36:52.860><c> as</c><00:36:53.059><c> a</c><00:36:53.260><c> representative</c><00:36:53.840><c> of</c><00:36:54.280><c> what</c><00:36:54.519><c> we</c><00:36:54.860><c> must</c><00:36:55.119><c> experience.</c>

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:58.820
Now,<00:36:57.199><c> let's</c><00:36:57.440><c> bring</c><00:36:57.679><c> this</c><00:36:57.940><c> around</c><00:36:58.199><c> practically</c>

00:36:58.820 --> 00:37:01.860
to<00:36:59.079><c> the</c><00:36:59.260><c> focus</c><00:36:59.619><c> of</c><00:37:00.079><c> need</c><00:37:00.340><c> here</c><00:37:00.639><c> in</c><00:37:00.739><c> this</c><00:37:00.960><c> epistle.</c>

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:03.760
Why<00:37:02.239><c> is</c><00:37:02.420><c> this</c><00:37:02.599><c> being</c><00:37:02.820><c> developed?</c>

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:06.480
Why<00:37:04.019><c> does</c><00:37:04.139><c> he</c><00:37:04.320><c> talk</c><00:37:04.579><c> about</c><00:37:04.880><c> Christ</c><00:37:05.260><c> and</c><00:37:05.380><c> the</c><00:37:05.599><c> cross?</c>

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:08.480
He<00:37:06.820><c> is</c><00:37:07.139><c> showing</c><00:37:07.340><c> us,</c><00:37:07.639><c> brothers</c><00:37:07.860><c> and</c><00:37:08.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:11.079
that<00:37:08.760><c> this</c><00:37:09.139><c> is</c><00:37:09.539><c> the</c><00:37:09.719><c> divine</c><00:37:10.079><c> pattern.</c>

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:14.219
Just<00:37:11.739><c> as</c><00:37:11.960><c> he</c><00:37:12.139><c> has</c><00:37:12.380><c> always</c><00:37:12.840><c> called</c><00:37:13.099><c> his</c><00:37:13.340><c> son</c><00:37:13.539><c> out</c><00:37:13.719><c> of</c><00:37:13.880><c> Egypt,</c>

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:18.420
he<00:37:14.820><c> now</c><00:37:15.239><c> always</c><00:37:15.980><c> calls</c><00:37:16.380><c> his</c><00:37:16.840><c> sons</c><00:37:17.320><c> and</c><00:37:17.880><c> daughters</c>

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:21.679
to<00:37:18.760><c> a</c><00:37:19.199><c> participation</c><00:37:20.000><c> in</c><00:37:20.760><c> suffering.</c>

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:27.260
For<00:37:22.320><c> positive</c><00:37:23.139><c> results,</c><00:37:24.760><c> it's</c><00:37:25.019><c> not</c><00:37:25.380><c> just</c><00:37:25.800><c> in</c><00:37:26.039><c> some</c><00:37:26.280><c> sadistic</c><00:37:26.860><c> way</c>

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:30.920
a<00:37:27.579><c> desire</c><00:37:27.940><c> to</c><00:37:28.199><c> see</c><00:37:28.400><c> us</c><00:37:28.699><c> writhe</c><00:37:29.159><c> and</c><00:37:29.360><c> experience</c><00:37:30.000><c> pain.</c>

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:34.139
It's<00:37:31.320><c> for</c><00:37:31.460><c> the</c><00:37:31.659><c> purpose</c><00:37:32.019><c> of</c><00:37:32.360><c> bearing</c><00:37:32.619><c> positive</c><00:37:33.219><c> fruit.</c>

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:36.599
Now,<00:37:35.280><c> brothers</c><00:37:35.420><c> and</c><00:37:35.699><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:39.280
when<00:37:37.300><c> we</c><00:37:37.619><c> experience</c><00:37:38.099><c> stress</c><00:37:38.519><c> and</c><00:37:38.800><c> difficulties,</c>

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:41.679
there<00:37:39.500><c> are</c><00:37:39.639><c> a</c><00:37:39.699><c> number</c><00:37:39.860><c> of</c><00:37:40.159><c> questions</c><00:37:40.519><c> that</c><00:37:40.679><c> are</c><00:37:40.940><c> often</c><00:37:41.159><c> generated.</c>

00:37:42.179 --> 00:37:44.019
These<00:37:42.420><c> are</c><00:37:42.599><c> only</c><00:37:42.800><c> but</c><00:37:43.000><c> typical.</c>

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:49.219
Often,<00:37:45.260><c> when</c><00:37:45.460><c> we</c><00:37:45.739><c> experience</c><00:37:46.440><c> difficulties</c><00:37:47.099><c> within</c><00:37:47.420><c> the</c><00:37:47.659><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:51.639
suffering<00:37:49.719><c> from</c><00:37:50.099><c> without,</c><00:37:50.460><c> perhaps</c><00:37:50.880><c> at</c><00:37:51.079><c> the</c><00:37:51.239><c> workplace</c>

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:53.860
where<00:37:52.139><c> we</c><00:37:52.360><c> might</c><00:37:52.579><c> be</c><00:37:52.820><c> unjustly</c><00:37:53.420><c> slandered</c>

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:55.519
because<00:37:54.159><c> of</c><00:37:54.340><c> our</c><00:37:54.539><c> convictions,</c>

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:58.559
when<00:37:56.360><c> we</c><00:37:56.659><c> experience</c><00:37:57.179><c> difficulties</c><00:37:57.699><c> with</c><00:37:57.940><c> our</c><00:37:58.159><c> children,</c>

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:00.599
disappointments<00:37:59.360><c> in</c><00:37:59.519><c> our</c><00:37:59.699><c> family,</c>

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:03.280
all<00:38:01.079><c> types</c><00:38:01.400><c> of</c><00:38:01.719><c> stress</c><00:38:02.019><c> and</c><00:38:02.380><c> trial,</c>

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:06.280
we<00:38:03.719><c> often</c><00:38:04.079><c> ask</c><00:38:04.500><c> at</c><00:38:04.659><c> least</c><00:38:04.900><c> three</c><00:38:05.219><c> questions.</c>

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:08.199
Why<00:38:07.039><c> me?</c>

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:09.579
Why<00:38:09.079><c> now?</c>

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:12.820
And<00:38:10.320><c> thirdly,</c><00:38:11.739><c> am</c><00:38:11.760><c> I</c><00:38:12.139><c> being</c><00:38:12.539><c> punished</c>

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:15.980
as<00:38:13.800><c> a</c><00:38:13.860><c> result</c><00:38:14.239><c> or</c><00:38:14.699><c> for</c><00:38:14.900><c> this</c><00:38:15.139><c> suffering?</c>

00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:19.599
Now,<00:38:17.039><c> in</c><00:38:17.219><c> view</c><00:38:17.380><c> of</c><00:38:17.539><c> all</c><00:38:17.780><c> that</c><00:38:17.920><c> we've</c><00:38:18.199><c> seen</c><00:38:18.440><c> from</c><00:38:18.679><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:19.059><c> 12</c>

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:22.219
and<00:38:19.980><c> Paul's</c><00:38:20.659><c> or</c><00:38:20.760><c> rather</c><00:38:21.019><c> Peter's</c><00:38:21.519><c> development</c><00:38:21.860><c> of</c><00:38:22.119><c> thought</c>

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:23.440
in<00:38:22.380><c> this</c><00:38:22.579><c> epistle,</c>

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:26.619
let's<00:38:24.239><c> see</c><00:38:24.460><c> how</c><00:38:24.659><c> it</c><00:38:24.920><c> helps</c><00:38:25.139><c> to</c><00:38:25.519><c> clarify</c><00:38:25.900><c> the</c><00:38:26.239><c> answers</c>

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.639
to<00:38:26.840><c> those</c><00:38:27.119><c> standard</c><00:38:27.539><c> questions.</c>

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:30.300
Why<00:38:29.260><c> me?</c>

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:32.900
It's<00:38:30.880><c> the</c><00:38:31.000><c> first</c><00:38:31.199><c> thing</c><00:38:31.360><c> we</c><00:38:31.539><c> say</c><00:38:31.719><c> to</c><00:38:31.920><c> ourselves.</c>

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:35.539
And<00:38:33.300><c> I</c><00:38:33.380><c> can</c><00:38:33.559><c> recall</c><00:38:34.039><c> quite</c><00:38:34.400><c> honestly,</c><00:38:34.960><c> brothers</c><00:38:35.000><c> and</c><00:38:35.239><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:37.380
myself<00:38:36.139><c> asking</c><00:38:36.539><c> this</c><00:38:36.820><c> question</c>

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:39.280
some<00:38:38.199><c> four</c><00:38:38.460><c> or</c><00:38:38.539><c> five</c><00:38:38.800><c> years</c><00:38:39.059><c> ago,</c>

00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:42.579
my<00:38:39.579><c> daughter</c><00:38:39.840><c> was</c><00:38:40.079><c> diagnosed</c><00:38:40.579><c> as</c><00:38:40.840><c> having</c><00:38:41.119><c> terminal</c><00:38:41.500><c> cancer.</c>

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:44.539
The<00:38:42.820><c> doctors</c><00:38:43.059><c> gave</c><00:38:43.280><c> her</c><00:38:43.440><c> two</c><00:38:43.599><c> months.</c>

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:47.980
And<00:38:46.000><c> when</c><00:38:46.099><c> we</c><00:38:46.260><c> went</c><00:38:46.380><c> through</c><00:38:46.559><c> that</c><00:38:46.800><c> crisis,</c><00:38:47.380><c> brothers</c><00:38:47.460><c> and</c><00:38:47.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:50.579
the<00:38:48.239><c> first</c><00:38:48.500><c> thing</c><00:38:48.659><c> we</c><00:38:48.860><c> asked</c><00:38:49.119><c> ourselves</c><00:38:49.500><c> is,</c><00:38:50.000><c> why</c><00:38:50.179><c> us?</c>

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.219
That's<00:38:51.219><c> what</c><00:38:51.380><c> Kathy</c><00:38:51.639><c> and</c><00:38:51.820><c> I</c><00:38:52.000><c> asked.</c>

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.780
Why<00:38:52.760><c> us?</c>

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.460
In<00:38:54.539><c> fact,</c><00:38:54.719><c> we</c><00:38:54.860><c> couldn't</c><00:38:55.039><c> understand</c><00:38:55.480><c> why</c><00:38:55.719><c> somebody</c><00:38:56.039><c> innocent</c>

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:58.440
in<00:38:56.619><c> our</c><00:38:56.840><c> family</c><00:38:57.059><c> who</c><00:38:57.219><c> had</c><00:38:57.320><c> not</c><00:38:57.539><c> yet</c><00:38:57.699><c> been</c><00:38:57.900><c> baptized</c>

00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:00.960
would<00:38:58.860><c> be</c><00:38:59.059><c> afflicted</c><00:38:59.400><c> with</c><00:38:59.559><c> terminal</c><00:38:59.880><c> cancer.</c>

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:03.739
Brothers<00:39:02.059><c> and</c><00:39:02.320><c> sisters,</c><00:39:02.739><c> as</c><00:39:03.000><c> never</c><00:39:03.219><c> before,</c>

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:06.820
I<00:39:04.000><c> found</c><00:39:04.260><c> myself</c><00:39:04.800><c> going</c><00:39:05.039><c> back</c><00:39:05.380><c> to</c><00:39:05.599><c> epistles</c><00:39:05.880><c> like</c><00:39:06.119><c> this</c><00:39:06.320><c> in</c><00:39:06.519><c> Peter</c>

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:09.179
to<00:39:07.639><c> the</c><00:39:08.000><c> experiences</c><00:39:08.500><c> of</c><00:39:08.699><c> the</c><00:39:08.860><c> master</c>

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.599
as<00:39:09.420><c> he</c><00:39:09.639><c> healed</c><00:39:09.840><c> certain</c><00:39:10.179><c> people</c>

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:12.320
and<00:39:11.039><c> explained</c><00:39:11.320><c> certain</c><00:39:11.739><c> principles</c>

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:14.320
in<00:39:13.019><c> conjunction</c><00:39:13.420><c> with</c><00:39:13.659><c> human</c><00:39:13.860><c> suffering.</c>

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:16.840
We<00:39:15.159><c> found</c><00:39:15.420><c> ourselves</c><00:39:15.860><c> going</c><00:39:16.099><c> into</c><00:39:16.300><c> the</c><00:39:16.559><c> Psalms</c>

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:18.280
looking<00:39:17.079><c> for</c><00:39:17.300><c> answers.</c>

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:21.059
Our<00:39:19.119><c> personal</c><00:39:19.579><c> experience</c><00:39:20.320><c> of</c><00:39:20.719><c> suffering</c>

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:24.139
had<00:39:21.320><c> a</c><00:39:21.659><c> therapeutic</c><00:39:22.219><c> benefit</c><00:39:22.739><c> to</c><00:39:22.960><c> Kathy</c><00:39:23.219><c> and</c><00:39:23.400><c> I.</c>

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.940
We<00:39:24.699><c> learned,</c><00:39:25.400><c> brothers</c><00:39:25.440><c> and</c><00:39:25.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:28.400
more<00:39:26.199><c> than</c><00:39:26.400><c> ever</c><00:39:26.679><c> before</c><00:39:27.079><c> to</c><00:39:27.179><c> get</c><00:39:27.300><c> on</c><00:39:27.480><c> our</c><00:39:27.599><c> knees.</c>

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:32.280
We<00:39:29.139><c> prayed</c><00:39:29.480><c> more</c><00:39:29.860><c> earnestly</c><00:39:30.280><c> during</c><00:39:30.639><c> those</c><00:39:30.940><c> hours</c><00:39:31.360><c> and</c><00:39:31.619><c> those</c><00:39:31.860><c> weeks</c>

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:34.960
while<00:39:32.699><c> certain</c><00:39:33.039><c> things</c><00:39:33.260><c> were</c><00:39:33.480><c> being</c><00:39:33.719><c> diagnosed.</c>

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.559
More<00:39:35.300><c> than</c><00:39:35.380><c> we</c><00:39:35.579><c> ever</c><00:39:35.900><c> had</c><00:39:36.099><c> before,</c>

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:39.900
we<00:39:36.960><c> leaned</c><00:39:37.260><c> on</c><00:39:37.460><c> the</c><00:39:37.719><c> Father</c><00:39:37.980><c> more</c><00:39:38.280><c> than</c><00:39:38.420><c> we</c><00:39:38.699><c> ever</c><00:39:39.019><c> had</c><00:39:39.159><c> in</c><00:39:39.320><c> our</c><00:39:39.500><c> lives.</c>

00:39:40.219 --> 00:39:42.280
And<00:39:40.380><c> so</c><00:39:40.500><c> did</c><00:39:40.579><c> our</c><00:39:40.760><c> fellow</c><00:39:41.000><c> family</c><00:39:41.340><c> members.</c>

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.920
And<00:39:42.500><c> so</c><00:39:42.699><c> did</c><00:39:42.800><c> our</c><00:39:43.000><c> fellow</c><00:39:43.179><c> brothers</c><00:39:43.420><c> and</c><00:39:43.659><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:45.880
We<00:39:44.199><c> know</c><00:39:44.380><c> that</c><00:39:44.820><c> for</c><00:39:45.079><c> sure.</c>

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:48.000
We<00:39:46.460><c> found</c><00:39:46.699><c> out</c><00:39:46.900><c> later</c><00:39:47.119><c> that</c><00:39:47.300><c> brothers</c><00:39:47.539><c> and</c><00:39:47.780><c> sisters</c>

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.380
from<00:39:48.199><c> a</c><00:39:48.380><c> very</c><00:39:48.679><c> wide</c><00:39:48.940><c> parameter</c>

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:52.000
had<00:39:49.900><c> been</c><00:39:50.079><c> aware</c><00:39:50.300><c> of</c><00:39:50.460><c> the</c><00:39:50.639><c> crisis</c><00:39:50.900><c> that</c><00:39:51.079><c> we</c><00:39:51.260><c> were</c><00:39:51.519><c> experiencing</c>

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.260
and<00:39:52.719><c> went</c><00:39:52.980><c> through</c><00:39:53.199><c> that</c><00:39:53.440><c> crisis</c><00:39:53.780><c> with</c><00:39:54.039><c> us</c>

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:55.800
in<00:39:54.480><c> one</c><00:39:54.659><c> way</c><00:39:54.860><c> or</c><00:39:55.019><c> another.</c>

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:59.300
You<00:39:56.099><c> see,</c><00:39:56.400><c> brothers</c><00:39:56.500><c> and</c><00:39:56.760><c> sisters,</c><00:39:57.519><c> it's</c><00:39:57.760><c> a</c><00:39:57.880><c> divine</c><00:39:58.179><c> process.</c>

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.760
Job<00:39:59.840><c> with</c><00:40:00.039><c> his</c><00:40:00.340><c> friends.</c>

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:04.679
Job<00:40:01.760><c> was</c><00:40:01.940><c> being</c><00:40:02.260><c> educated,</c><00:40:02.880><c> but</c><00:40:03.079><c> so</c><00:40:03.360><c> were</c><00:40:03.460><c> his</c><00:40:03.719><c> friends.</c>

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:07.739
And<00:40:04.980><c> it's</c><00:40:05.139><c> not</c><00:40:05.380><c> that</c><00:40:05.639><c> Job</c><00:40:05.800><c> had</c><00:40:06.019><c> necessarily</c><00:40:06.519><c> done</c><00:40:06.739><c> something</c><00:40:07.139><c> wrong.</c>

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:12.440
It's<00:40:08.420><c> that</c><00:40:08.739><c> Job</c><00:40:09.019><c> needed</c><00:40:09.360><c> further</c><00:40:10.000><c> education</c><00:40:11.260><c> spiritually.</c>

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:15.360
That<00:40:13.099><c> is</c><00:40:13.380><c> often</c><00:40:13.739><c> the</c><00:40:14.000><c> reason</c><00:40:14.219><c> for</c><00:40:14.519><c> trial.</c>

00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:18.139
There<00:40:15.739><c> are</c><00:40:16.039><c> times</c><00:40:16.340><c> when</c><00:40:16.519><c> people</c><00:40:16.760><c> are</c><00:40:17.000><c> being</c><00:40:17.280><c> punished,</c><00:40:17.679><c> perhaps.</c>

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:20.159
The<00:40:18.420><c> word</c><00:40:18.599><c> is</c><00:40:18.880><c> chastened</c><00:40:19.280><c> in</c><00:40:19.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:40:19.659><c> 12.</c>

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:22.280
There<00:40:20.800><c> are</c><00:40:21.139><c> times,</c><00:40:21.639><c> brothers</c><00:40:21.760><c> and</c><00:40:22.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:24.679
when<00:40:22.500><c> we</c><00:40:22.679><c> are</c><00:40:22.900><c> being</c><00:40:23.199><c> punished</c><00:40:23.519><c> and</c><00:40:23.800><c> drawn</c><00:40:24.159><c> back</c>

00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:26.719
by<00:40:25.219><c> the</c><00:40:25.400><c> Lord's</c><00:40:25.820><c> correction.</c>

00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:29.460
But<00:40:27.059><c> there</c><00:40:27.260><c> are</c><00:40:27.539><c> also</c><00:40:27.840><c> times</c><00:40:28.239><c> when</c><00:40:28.420><c> we</c><00:40:28.579><c> are</c><00:40:28.820><c> being</c>

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:31.639
therapeutically<00:40:30.400><c> educated,</c>

00:40:31.820 --> 00:40:34.059
as<00:40:31.980><c> Paul</c><00:40:32.380><c> with</c><00:40:32.579><c> his</c><00:40:32.820><c> thorn</c><00:40:32.940><c> in</c><00:40:33.059><c> the</c><00:40:33.280><c> flesh,</c>

00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:36.500
as<00:40:34.260><c> the</c><00:40:34.460><c> brothers</c><00:40:34.679><c> and</c><00:40:34.900><c> sisters</c><00:40:35.159><c> in</c><00:40:35.320><c> Asia</c><00:40:35.599><c> Minor,</c>

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:38.639
as<00:40:36.739><c> the</c><00:40:36.980><c> faithful</c><00:40:37.320><c> down</c><00:40:37.840><c> through</c><00:40:38.119><c> the</c><00:40:38.320><c> years,</c>

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.119
even<00:40:39.300><c> like</c><00:40:39.639><c> Peter</c><00:40:39.960><c> personally,</c>

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:43.219
who<00:40:41.659><c> fled</c><00:40:41.940><c> that</c><00:40:42.340><c> night,</c>

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:45.800
who<00:40:44.219><c> denied</c><00:40:44.500><c> his</c><00:40:44.780><c> Lord</c><00:40:44.960><c> three</c><00:40:45.320><c> times,</c>

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:49.900
only<00:40:46.559><c> to</c><00:40:46.780><c> be</c><00:40:47.039><c> educated</c><00:40:47.679><c> more</c><00:40:48.119><c> keenly</c><00:40:48.420><c> on</c><00:40:48.619><c> divine</c><00:40:48.900><c> principles.</c>

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:52.300
Peter<00:40:50.380><c> knew</c><00:40:50.699><c> what</c><00:40:50.840><c> it</c><00:40:51.079><c> was</c><00:40:51.320><c> to</c><00:40:51.579><c> suffer.</c>

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:54.500
He<00:40:52.780><c> knew</c><00:40:53.019><c> what</c><00:40:53.159><c> it</c><00:40:53.360><c> was</c><00:40:53.519><c> to</c><00:40:53.760><c> deny</c><00:40:53.960><c> his</c><00:40:54.260><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:57.320
He<00:40:55.039><c> knew</c><00:40:55.300><c> what</c><00:40:55.460><c> it</c><00:40:55.679><c> was</c><00:40:55.880><c> to</c><00:40:56.139><c> stand</c><00:40:56.420><c> before</c><00:40:56.780><c> the</c><00:40:57.019><c> Master</c>

00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:00.219
in<00:40:57.440><c> the</c><00:40:57.639><c> crucial</c><00:40:58.000><c> hour</c><00:40:58.400><c> and</c><00:40:58.699><c> deny</c><00:40:59.119><c> him.</c>

00:41:00.820 --> 00:41:02.639
And<00:41:01.019><c> the</c><00:41:01.239><c> language</c><00:41:01.519><c> he</c><00:41:01.920><c> employs</c><00:41:02.239><c> echoes</c>

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:04.199
his<00:41:02.900><c> own</c><00:41:03.119><c> personal</c><00:41:03.539><c> experiences,</c>

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:06.260
as<00:41:04.500><c> we'll</c><00:41:04.719><c> see</c><00:41:04.860><c> in</c><00:41:04.980><c> our</c><00:41:05.139><c> last</c><00:41:05.400><c> study.</c>

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:09.500
Why<00:41:07.500><c> me,</c><00:41:08.239><c> brothers</c><00:41:08.380><c> and</c><00:41:08.639><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:12.019
The<00:41:09.739><c> only</c><00:41:10.000><c> answer</c><00:41:10.280><c> to</c><00:41:10.440><c> that</c><00:41:10.599><c> is,</c><00:41:10.880><c> why</c><00:41:11.039><c> not?</c>

00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.760
Why<00:41:13.880><c> not?</c>

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:18.500
If,<00:41:15.800><c> brothers</c><00:41:15.800><c> and</c><00:41:16.099><c> sisters,</c><00:41:16.860><c> our</c><00:41:17.260><c> sonship</c><00:41:17.920><c> spiritually</c>

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:21.000
is<00:41:18.719><c> on</c><00:41:18.920><c> the</c><00:41:19.079><c> basis</c><00:41:19.320><c> of</c><00:41:19.480><c> us</c><00:41:19.619><c> going</c><00:41:19.860><c> through</c><00:41:20.139><c> this</c><00:41:20.340><c> process,</c>

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:24.320
if<00:41:21.599><c> it</c><00:41:21.760><c> has</c><00:41:21.980><c> positive</c><00:41:22.639><c> therapeutic</c><00:41:23.280><c> value</c>

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:26.900
to<00:41:25.000><c> help</c><00:41:25.360><c> us</c><00:41:25.699><c> understand</c><00:41:26.139><c> our</c><00:41:26.440><c> weaknesses</c>

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:31.019
and<00:41:27.460><c> to</c><00:41:27.679><c> encourage</c><00:41:28.219><c> us</c><00:41:28.619><c> to</c><00:41:28.800><c> a</c><00:41:29.000><c> greater</c><00:41:29.300><c> dependency</c><00:41:29.880><c> on</c><00:41:30.019><c> the</c><00:41:30.219><c> Father,</c>

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:33.880
why<00:41:31.400><c> not,</c><00:41:32.639><c> brothers</c><00:41:32.780><c> and</c><00:41:33.039><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:36.119
And<00:41:34.380><c> what</c><00:41:34.539><c> about</c><00:41:34.760><c> why</c><00:41:35.119><c> now?</c>

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:40.639
What<00:41:37.800><c> we're</c><00:41:37.980><c> really</c><00:41:38.300><c> saying,</c><00:41:38.559><c> brothers</c><00:41:38.760><c> and</c><00:41:39.039><c> sisters,</c><00:41:39.559><c> is,</c>

00:41:40.739 --> 00:41:44.320
Father,<00:41:41.860><c> please</c><00:41:42.179><c> arrange</c><00:41:42.639><c> for</c><00:41:42.860><c> a</c><00:41:43.139><c> convenient</c><00:41:43.519><c> time</c><00:41:43.940><c> for</c><00:41:44.159><c> me</c>

00:41:44.320 --> 00:41:45.579
to<00:41:44.460><c> have</c><00:41:44.619><c> a</c><00:41:44.840><c> trial.</c>

00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:46.880
Could<00:41:45.800><c> we</c><00:41:46.119><c> arrange</c><00:41:46.420><c> it</c><00:41:46.679><c> together?</c>

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:50.000
Could<00:41:47.139><c> we</c><00:41:47.360><c> set</c><00:41:47.539><c> it</c><00:41:47.719><c> up</c><00:41:48.079><c> so</c><00:41:48.420><c> that</c><00:41:48.880><c> the</c><00:41:49.139><c> house</c><00:41:49.400><c> is</c><00:41:49.579><c> in</c><00:41:49.719><c> order,</c>

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:51.760
I<00:41:50.380><c> don't</c><00:41:50.539><c> have</c><00:41:50.679><c> any</c><00:41:50.940><c> tensions</c><00:41:51.219><c> at</c><00:41:51.500><c> work,</c>

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:54.679
and<00:41:52.300><c> the</c><00:41:52.440><c> children</c><00:41:52.699><c> are</c><00:41:52.980><c> grown</c><00:41:53.199><c> up,</c><00:41:53.679><c> and</c><00:41:53.800><c> the</c><00:41:53.940><c> house</c><00:41:54.119><c> is</c><00:41:54.340><c> paid</c><00:41:54.519><c> for,</c>

00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:56.760
and<00:41:54.780><c> I</c><00:41:54.860><c> have</c><00:41:55.000><c> no</c><00:41:55.219><c> financial</c><00:41:55.659><c> burdens</c><00:41:56.000><c> on</c><00:41:56.219><c> my</c><00:41:56.460><c> back,</c>

00:41:57.119 --> 00:42:00.099
then,<00:41:57.559><c> Father,</c><00:41:58.320><c> could</c><00:41:58.480><c> I</c><00:41:58.639><c> have</c><00:41:58.800><c> a</c><00:41:59.000><c> trial</c><00:41:59.159><c> then?</c>

00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:02.199
That's<00:42:00.800><c> really</c><00:42:01.019><c> what</c><00:42:01.159><c> we're</c><00:42:01.380><c> saying,</c><00:42:01.739><c> isn't</c><00:42:01.900><c> it?</c>

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:04.280
It's<00:42:02.539><c> implicit</c><00:42:02.900><c> in</c><00:42:03.099><c> our</c><00:42:03.320><c> complaint.</c>

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:07.099
And<00:42:05.179><c> such</c><00:42:05.360><c> a</c><00:42:05.639><c> trial</c><00:42:05.800><c> is</c><00:42:06.000><c> no</c><00:42:06.260><c> trial.</c>

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:10.760
Trials<00:42:07.739><c> aren't</c><00:42:08.000><c> trials</c><00:42:08.360><c> unless</c><00:42:08.780><c> they</c><00:42:09.119><c> come</c><00:42:09.320><c> at</c><00:42:09.599><c> inconvenient</c><00:42:10.199><c> times.</c>

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:12.659
And<00:42:11.159><c> they</c><00:42:11.380><c> always</c><00:42:11.760><c> do.</c>

00:42:12.679 --> 00:42:14.800
That's<00:42:13.039><c> what</c><00:42:13.260><c> makes</c><00:42:13.719><c> a</c><00:42:14.059><c> trial.</c>

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:18.699
Peter<00:42:15.760><c> was</c><00:42:16.099><c> tried</c><00:42:16.420><c> at</c><00:42:16.679><c> an</c><00:42:17.059><c> inconvenient</c><00:42:17.659><c> time.</c>

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:24.320
We<00:42:19.699><c> will</c><00:42:19.980><c> be</c><00:42:20.260><c> tried</c><00:42:20.619><c> at</c><00:42:21.139><c> inconvenient</c><00:42:22.179><c> times,</c><00:42:23.079><c> brothers</c><00:42:23.199><c> and</c><00:42:23.440><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:27.199
There<00:42:24.579><c> is</c><00:42:24.780><c> no</c><00:42:25.059><c> mutual</c><00:42:25.420><c> arrangement</c><00:42:25.860><c> here</c><00:42:26.079><c> with</c><00:42:26.239><c> the</c><00:42:26.420><c> Father.</c>

00:42:27.699 --> 00:42:32.440
Being<00:42:28.300><c> inconvenient</c><00:42:28.900><c> enhances</c><00:42:29.699><c> the</c><00:42:30.219><c> stresses</c><00:42:30.599><c> and</c><00:42:31.119><c> the</c><00:42:31.400><c> difficulties,</c>

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:36.000
emphasizes<00:42:33.639><c> the</c><00:42:34.059><c> need</c><00:42:34.300><c> to</c><00:42:34.519><c> get</c><00:42:34.619><c> on</c><00:42:34.840><c> our</c><00:42:35.039><c> knees</c><00:42:35.380><c> and</c><00:42:35.699><c> worship</c>

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.579
the<00:42:36.239><c> Father</c>

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:39.179
and<00:42:36.860><c> ask</c><00:42:37.179><c> for</c><00:42:37.300><c> His</c><00:42:37.599><c> guidance</c><00:42:38.019><c> and</c><00:42:38.159><c> His</c><00:42:38.360><c> help.</c>

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:41.900
Am<00:42:40.380><c> I</c><00:42:40.519><c> being</c><00:42:40.840><c> punished?</c>

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:44.659
It<00:42:43.139><c> could</c><00:42:43.360><c> be,</c><00:42:43.679><c> brothers</c><00:42:43.880><c> and</c><00:42:44.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:48.619
Every<00:42:45.820><c> father,</c><00:42:46.420><c> says</c><00:42:47.000><c> the</c><00:42:47.619><c> Proverbs,</c>

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:52.739
will<00:42:49.139><c> correct</c><00:42:49.500><c> his</c><00:42:49.800><c> son</c><00:42:49.960><c> with</c><00:42:50.199><c> the</c><00:42:50.440><c> rod</c><00:42:50.780><c> when</c><00:42:51.360><c> it</c><00:42:51.480><c> is</c><00:42:51.679><c> necessary.</c>

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:56.960
Spare<00:42:53.199><c> the</c><00:42:53.400><c> rod</c><00:42:53.699><c> and</c><00:42:54.119><c> spoil</c><00:42:54.420><c> the</c><00:42:54.639><c> child</c><00:42:55.059><c> is</c><00:42:55.460><c> a</c><00:42:55.639><c> divine</c><00:42:55.860><c> principle.</c>

00:42:57.639 --> 00:43:00.739
Correcting<00:42:58.079><c> a</c><00:42:58.219><c> child</c><00:42:58.480><c> is</c><00:42:58.739><c> necessary</c><00:42:59.239><c> as</c><00:42:59.460><c> part</c><00:42:59.679><c> of</c><00:42:59.820><c> a</c><00:42:59.880><c> divine</c><00:43:00.139><c> education.</c>

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:04.480
There<00:43:01.039><c> may</c><00:43:01.460><c> be</c><00:43:01.699><c> times</c><00:43:02.199><c> when</c><00:43:02.820><c> your</c><00:43:03.179><c> trials</c><00:43:03.539><c> and</c><00:43:03.760><c> other</c><00:43:04.059><c> trials</c>

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.900
are<00:43:04.900><c> intended</c><00:43:05.340><c> to,</c>

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:08.760
in<00:43:06.139><c> fact,</c><00:43:06.719><c> chasten</c><00:43:06.860><c> and</c><00:43:07.380><c> correct</c><00:43:07.639><c> in</c><00:43:07.860><c> discipline.</c>

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:11.340
And<00:43:09.440><c> there</c><00:43:09.559><c> may</c><00:43:09.679><c> be</c><00:43:09.800><c> some</c><00:43:09.980><c> negative</c><00:43:10.380><c> problem</c><00:43:10.820><c> in</c><00:43:11.000><c> our</c><00:43:11.199><c> life</c>

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:13.639
that<00:43:11.579><c> really</c><00:43:11.980><c> needs</c><00:43:12.280><c> an</c><00:43:12.579><c> abrupt</c><00:43:13.000><c> correction,</c>

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:15.179
and<00:43:13.960><c> we</c><00:43:14.099><c> must</c><00:43:14.300><c> receive</c><00:43:14.639><c> it.</c>

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:17.579
But<00:43:15.739><c> that's</c><00:43:16.059><c> not</c><00:43:16.300><c> always</c><00:43:16.480><c> the</c><00:43:16.659><c> reason.</c>

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:19.719
Sometimes<00:43:18.400><c> we</c><00:43:18.599><c> can,</c><00:43:18.840><c> in</c><00:43:19.019><c> a</c><00:43:19.199><c> certain</c><00:43:19.360><c> sense,</c>

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:23.980
crucify<00:43:20.400><c> ourselves</c><00:43:20.900><c> unnecessarily</c><00:43:22.460><c> in</c><00:43:23.019><c> a</c><00:43:23.280><c> negative</c><00:43:23.579><c> way,</c>

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:25.699
in<00:43:24.139><c> an</c><00:43:24.320><c> unuseful</c><00:43:24.840><c> way.</c>

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:26.679
Don't<00:43:26.059><c> get</c><00:43:26.179><c> me</c><00:43:26.420><c> wrong.</c>

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:28.980
We<00:43:26.960><c> are</c><00:43:27.260><c> to</c><00:43:27.500><c> crucify</c><00:43:27.960><c> ourselves.</c>

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:31.619
That<00:43:29.420><c> is,</c><00:43:29.619><c> with</c><00:43:29.760><c> God's</c><00:43:30.139><c> help</c><00:43:30.320><c> we</c><00:43:30.440><c> are</c><00:43:30.619><c> to</c><00:43:30.780><c> put</c><00:43:30.920><c> down</c><00:43:31.179><c> the</c><00:43:31.420><c> flesh</c>

00:43:31.619 --> 00:43:33.840
and<00:43:31.900><c> mortify</c><00:43:32.440><c> all</c><00:43:32.659><c> its</c><00:43:32.900><c> tendencies.</c>

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:38.920
But<00:43:34.480><c> it</c><00:43:34.679><c> may</c><00:43:34.980><c> not</c><00:43:35.219><c> be</c><00:43:35.639><c> that</c><00:43:35.820><c> a</c><00:43:36.119><c> trial</c><00:43:36.440><c> is</c><00:43:36.920><c> intended</c><00:43:37.340><c> to</c><00:43:37.760><c> punish</c><00:43:38.039><c> you.</c>

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:44.139
It<00:43:39.699><c> may</c><00:43:40.059><c> be,</c><00:43:40.400><c> and</c><00:43:40.519><c> is</c><00:43:40.800><c> more</c><00:43:41.039><c> likely,</c><00:43:41.980><c> what</c><00:43:42.079><c> we</c><00:43:42.320><c> see</c><00:43:42.480><c> in</c><00:43:42.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:43:42.900><c> 12.</c>

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:46.519
The<00:43:44.420><c> fruit</c><00:43:44.659><c> is</c><00:43:44.880><c> being</c><00:43:45.139><c> developed</c><00:43:45.559><c> in</c><00:43:45.699><c> your</c><00:43:45.940><c> life,</c><00:43:46.400><c> brothers</c>

00:43:46.519 --> 00:43:47.739
and<00:43:46.760><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:49.920
And<00:43:48.139><c> maybe</c><00:43:48.400><c> also</c><00:43:48.920><c> fruit</c><00:43:49.119><c> is</c><00:43:49.260><c> being</c><00:43:49.500><c> developed</c>

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:53.219
by<00:43:50.219><c> those</c><00:43:50.519><c> who</c><00:43:50.699><c> are</c><00:43:50.860><c> watching</c><00:43:51.219><c> your</c><00:43:51.579><c> crisis</c><00:43:51.940><c> and</c><00:43:52.239><c> difficulties.</c>

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:56.019
And<00:43:53.820><c> they</c><00:43:53.960><c> are</c><00:43:54.159><c> going</c><00:43:54.380><c> through</c><00:43:54.679><c> it</c><00:43:54.800><c> as</c><00:43:55.000><c> the</c><00:43:55.239><c> fellow</c><00:43:55.519><c> stones</c><00:43:55.860><c> of</c>

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:57.380
the<00:43:56.159><c> living</c><00:43:56.380><c> temple.</c>

00:43:57.699 --> 00:44:00.380
The<00:43:58.019><c> mortar</c><00:43:58.360><c> is</c><00:43:58.739><c> being</c><00:43:59.179><c> strengthened</c><00:43:59.659><c> and</c><00:44:00.079><c> dried</c>

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:03.460
so<00:44:00.639><c> that</c><00:44:00.780><c> you</c><00:44:00.940><c> are</c><00:44:01.260><c> sealed</c><00:44:01.460><c> more</c><00:44:01.860><c> closely</c><00:44:02.179><c> with</c><00:44:02.400><c> your</c><00:44:02.619><c> fellow</c><00:44:02.880><c> stones</c>

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:07.000
in<00:44:04.099><c> that</c><00:44:04.440><c> glorious</c><00:44:04.920><c> temple</c><00:44:05.280><c> now</c><00:44:05.559><c> being</c><00:44:05.780><c> made</c><00:44:06.079><c> up.</c>

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:09.199
And<00:44:07.579><c> the</c><00:44:07.760><c> chips</c><00:44:08.019><c> are</c><00:44:08.239><c> being</c><00:44:08.480><c> taken</c><00:44:08.800><c> off,</c>

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:11.340
and<00:44:09.440><c> the</c><00:44:09.639><c> rough</c><00:44:09.840><c> edges</c><00:44:10.079><c> are</c><00:44:10.300><c> being</c><00:44:10.619><c> smoothed</c><00:44:11.079><c> out,</c>

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:13.000
and<00:44:11.679><c> you're</c><00:44:11.960><c> being</c><00:44:12.239><c> purified,</c>

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:15.920
to<00:44:13.699><c> use</c><00:44:13.860><c> the</c><00:44:14.059><c> other</c><00:44:14.239><c> analogy</c><00:44:14.559><c> of</c><00:44:14.820><c> refining,</c>

00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:20.440
all<00:44:16.340><c> for</c><00:44:16.500><c> the</c><00:44:16.739><c> purpose</c><00:44:17.300><c> that</c><00:44:18.119><c> we</c><00:44:18.300><c> might</c><00:44:18.599><c> finally</c><00:44:19.079><c> stand</c><00:44:19.579><c> as</c><00:44:20.199><c> a</c>

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:22.059
glorified<00:44:21.079><c> people.</c>

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:25.219
And<00:44:22.460><c> perhaps</c><00:44:22.780><c> at</c><00:44:23.059><c> times</c><00:44:23.280><c> we</c><00:44:23.440><c> will</c><00:44:23.619><c> go</c><00:44:23.860><c> through</c><00:44:24.099><c> trials</c><00:44:24.460><c> vicariously.</c>

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:27.420
We<00:44:26.059><c> may</c><00:44:26.260><c> not</c><00:44:26.440><c> be</c><00:44:26.780><c> experiencing</c><00:44:27.119><c> them,</c>

00:44:27.519 --> 00:44:29.940
but<00:44:27.639><c> like</c><00:44:27.920><c> Job's</c><00:44:28.340><c> friends</c><00:44:28.519><c> we</c><00:44:28.679><c> may</c><00:44:28.920><c> see</c><00:44:29.119><c> what's</c><00:44:29.420><c> going</c><00:44:29.639><c> on</c><00:44:29.820><c> at</c>

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.960
a<00:44:30.099><c> distance.</c>

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And<00:44:31.739><c> again,</c><00:44:32.039><c> speaking</c><00:44:32.340><c> personally,</c>

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:35.320
after<00:44:33.920><c> some</c><00:44:34.280><c> year</c><00:44:34.639><c> had</c><00:44:34.860><c> gone</c><00:44:35.059><c> by,</c>

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:38.139
in<00:44:35.519><c> my</c><00:44:35.719><c> own</c><00:44:35.960><c> experience</c><00:44:36.300><c> with</c><00:44:36.480><c> my</c><00:44:36.679><c> wife</c><00:44:36.860><c> and</c><00:44:37.039><c> my</c><00:44:37.260><c> child,</c>

00:44:38.300 --> 00:44:39.800
we<00:44:38.480><c> received</c><00:44:38.800><c> a</c><00:44:38.980><c> letter</c><00:44:39.139><c> from</c><00:44:39.380><c> a</c><00:44:39.519><c> brother</c>

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:43.840
who<00:44:40.440><c> had</c><00:44:40.559><c> been</c><00:44:40.659><c> at</c><00:44:40.800><c> a</c><00:44:40.920><c> Bible</c><00:44:41.159><c> school</c><00:44:41.420><c> with</c><00:44:41.579><c> us</c><00:44:42.340><c> in</c><00:44:42.860><c> Indiana.</c>

00:44:44.099 --> 00:44:45.059
He<00:44:44.139><c> had</c><00:44:44.199><c> been</c><00:44:44.199><c> at</c><00:44:44.360><c> that</c><00:44:44.579><c> Bible</c><00:44:44.840><c> school,</c>

00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:47.880
only<00:44:45.260><c> introduced</c><00:44:45.639><c> himself</c><00:44:46.000><c> briefly</c><00:44:46.420><c> during</c><00:44:46.719><c> that</c><00:44:47.000><c> time.</c>

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:51.280
But<00:44:48.099><c> he</c><00:44:48.159><c> had</c><00:44:48.400><c> seen</c><00:44:48.679><c> our</c><00:44:49.000><c> daughter</c><00:44:49.280><c> on</c><00:44:49.539><c> the</c><00:44:49.739><c> process</c><00:44:50.039><c> of</c><00:44:50.260><c> being</c><00:44:50.440><c> mended.</c>

00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:53.860
He<00:44:51.900><c> wrote</c><00:44:52.139><c> back</c><00:44:52.460><c> three</c><00:44:52.679><c> months</c><00:44:52.960><c> after</c><00:44:53.219><c> the</c><00:44:53.400><c> time</c><00:44:53.539><c> of</c><00:44:53.679><c> that</c>

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.599
Bible<00:44:54.139><c> school,</c>

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:57.340
and<00:44:55.179><c> it</c><00:44:55.300><c> was</c><00:44:55.480><c> a</c><00:44:55.619><c> most</c><00:44:55.900><c> moving</c><00:44:56.340><c> letter</c><00:44:56.699><c> from</c><00:44:56.900><c> this</c><00:44:57.159><c> brother,</c>

00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:59.159
and<00:44:57.500><c> I</c><00:44:57.699><c> didn't</c><00:44:57.920><c> know</c><00:44:58.099><c> him</c><00:44:58.239><c> very</c><00:44:58.539><c> well</c><00:44:58.679><c> at</c><00:44:58.860><c> all.</c>

00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:01.420
The<00:44:59.920><c> substance</c><00:45:00.280><c> of</c><00:45:00.440><c> his</c><00:45:00.639><c> letter</c><00:45:00.820><c> was,</c>

00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:05.099
Colin<00:45:01.840><c> and</c><00:45:02.079><c> Kathy,</c><00:45:02.579><c> you'll</c><00:45:02.699><c> never</c><00:45:03.139><c> know</c><00:45:03.719><c> how</c><00:45:04.300><c> much</c><00:45:04.599><c> my</c>

00:45:05.099 --> 00:45:06.300
personal<00:45:05.840><c> witness</c>

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:09.000
of<00:45:06.579><c> the</c><00:45:06.820><c> difficulties</c><00:45:07.320><c> you've</c><00:45:07.860><c> faced</c><00:45:08.159><c> as</c><00:45:08.420><c> a</c><00:45:08.619><c> family</c>

00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:11.139
have<00:45:09.639><c> purged</c><00:45:10.079><c> my</c><00:45:10.420><c> personal</c><00:45:10.739><c> weaknesses.</c>

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:13.039
And<00:45:11.360><c> that's</c><00:45:11.599><c> the</c><00:45:11.739><c> language</c><00:45:11.980><c> he</c><00:45:12.239><c> used.</c>

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:16.400
He<00:45:13.699><c> said,</c><00:45:14.000><c> you'll</c><00:45:14.139><c> never</c><00:45:14.340><c> know</c><00:45:14.559><c> how</c><00:45:14.739><c> I'd</c><00:45:15.059><c> come</c><00:45:15.139><c> to</c><00:45:15.340><c> that</c><00:45:15.519><c> Bible</c><00:45:15.860><c> school,</c>

00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:19.039
hung<00:45:16.920><c> up</c><00:45:17.159><c> on</c><00:45:17.340><c> my</c><00:45:17.579><c> own</c><00:45:17.880><c> personal</c><00:45:18.239><c> troubles</c><00:45:18.539><c> at</c><00:45:18.800><c> home,</c>

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:22.019
and<00:45:19.260><c> how</c><00:45:19.420><c> I'd</c><00:45:19.599><c> been</c><00:45:19.840><c> pitying</c><00:45:20.360><c> myself</c><00:45:20.719><c> far</c><00:45:21.019><c> too</c><00:45:21.260><c> much.</c>

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:25.599
And<00:45:22.360><c> as</c><00:45:22.519><c> a</c><00:45:22.679><c> result</c><00:45:22.920><c> of</c><00:45:23.219><c> seeing</c><00:45:23.420><c> somebody</c><00:45:23.960><c> else</c><00:45:24.340><c> having</c><00:45:24.539><c> gone</c><00:45:24.800><c> through</c><00:45:25.000><c> a</c><00:45:25.239><c> crisis,</c>

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:27.159
I<00:45:26.179><c> saw</c><00:45:26.380><c> that</c><00:45:26.559><c> I</c><00:45:26.639><c> was</c><00:45:26.780><c> a</c><00:45:26.960><c> fool.</c>

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:30.880
He<00:45:28.099><c> went</c><00:45:28.260><c> on</c><00:45:28.480><c> for</c><00:45:28.679><c> some</c><00:45:28.860><c> two</c><00:45:29.059><c> pages</c><00:45:29.460><c> to</c><00:45:29.820><c> explain</c><00:45:30.239><c> some</c><00:45:30.599><c> of</c><00:45:30.760><c> the</c>

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:31.900
problems,<00:45:31.320><c> I</c><00:45:31.579><c> guess,</c>

00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:35.159
that<00:45:32.340><c> he</c><00:45:32.559><c> obviously</c><00:45:32.920><c> had</c><00:45:33.280><c> experienced</c><00:45:33.699><c> in</c><00:45:33.880><c> one</c><00:45:34.019><c> way</c><00:45:34.199><c> or</c><00:45:34.380><c> another.</c>

00:45:35.739 --> 00:45:37.199
He<00:45:35.820><c> wasn't</c><00:45:36.079><c> all</c><00:45:36.559><c> that</c><00:45:36.800><c> specific,</c>

00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:40.980
but<00:45:37.400><c> it</c><00:45:37.480><c> was</c><00:45:37.780><c> obvious</c><00:45:38.119><c> he</c><00:45:38.320><c> had</c><00:45:38.519><c> learned</c><00:45:38.739><c> something</c><00:45:39.079><c> by</c><00:45:39.360><c> watching</c><00:45:39.659><c> from</c><00:45:39.860><c> a</c><00:45:40.099><c> distance,</c>

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.219
like<00:45:41.500><c> Job's</c><00:45:41.860><c> friends.</c>

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:44.079
Educated<00:45:43.199><c> from</c><00:45:43.420><c> a</c><00:45:43.659><c> distance,</c>

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:48.500
but<00:45:44.659><c> the</c><00:45:44.880><c> community</c><00:45:45.519><c> collectively</c><00:45:46.699><c> welded</c><00:45:47.340><c> together</c><00:45:47.920><c> as</c><00:45:48.440><c> a</c>

00:45:48.500 --> 00:45:49.639
result<00:45:48.739><c> of</c><00:45:48.920><c> that.</c>

00:45:49.940 --> 00:45:52.079
What<00:45:50.059><c> we're</c><00:45:50.199><c> going</c><00:45:50.340><c> to</c><00:45:50.519><c> see,</c><00:45:50.820><c> brothers</c><00:45:50.900><c> and</c><00:45:51.159><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:55.159
as<00:45:52.599><c> we</c><00:45:52.760><c> go</c><00:45:52.960><c> through</c><00:45:53.219><c> Peter's</c><00:45:53.679><c> epistles</c><00:45:54.019><c> in</c><00:45:54.199><c> the</c><00:45:54.260><c> next</c><00:45:54.480><c> few</c><00:45:54.699><c> studies,</c>

00:45:55.159 --> 00:46:00.219
Peter<00:45:55.960><c> is</c><00:45:56.199><c> now</c><00:45:56.400><c> going</c><00:45:56.599><c> to</c><00:45:56.880><c> draw</c><00:45:57.179><c> upon</c><00:45:57.639><c> allusions</c><00:45:58.300><c> to</c><00:45:58.599><c> the</c><00:45:58.840><c> prophecy</c><00:45:59.139><c> of</c><00:45:59.420><c> Daniel.</c>

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:04.400
He's<00:46:01.099><c> going</c><00:46:01.219><c> to</c><00:46:01.480><c> use</c><00:46:01.739><c> language</c><00:46:02.320><c> from</c><00:46:02.539><c> the</c><00:46:02.800><c> prophecy</c><00:46:03.159><c> of</c><00:46:03.340><c> Daniel</c><00:46:03.800><c> again</c>

00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:05.199
and<00:46:04.699><c> again</c>

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:09.139
to<00:46:06.320><c> illustrate</c><00:46:07.000><c> how</c><00:46:07.420><c> another</c><00:46:07.780><c> group</c><00:46:08.000><c> of</c><00:46:08.320><c> people</c><00:46:08.559><c> at</c><00:46:08.860><c> another</c>

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:10.219
time<00:46:09.519><c> and</c><00:46:09.780><c> place</c>

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:14.539
had<00:46:10.980><c> their</c><00:46:11.500><c> faith</c><00:46:11.940><c> refined</c><00:46:12.679><c> as</c><00:46:13.099><c> a</c><00:46:13.360><c> result</c><00:46:13.639><c> of</c><00:46:13.940><c> persecution</c>

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:15.780
and<00:46:14.980><c> trial.</c>

00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:18.059
If<00:46:16.940><c> you</c><00:46:17.119><c> have</c><00:46:17.219><c> your</c><00:46:17.400><c> notes</c><00:46:17.599><c> with</c><00:46:17.840><c> you,</c>

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:22.539
we'll<00:46:18.239><c> just</c><00:46:18.760><c> very,</c><00:46:19.360><c> very</c><00:46:19.760><c> briefly</c><00:46:20.639><c> nose</c><00:46:21.179><c> into</c><00:46:21.440><c> this.</c>

00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:27.860
The<00:46:26.000><c> first</c><00:46:26.179><c> page</c><00:46:26.440><c> of</c><00:46:26.599><c> our</c><00:46:26.739><c> notes,</c>

00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:32.639
we've<00:46:29.019><c> seen</c><00:46:29.159><c> how</c><00:46:29.500><c> useful</c><00:46:30.059><c> the</c><00:46:30.579><c> Exodus</c><00:46:30.880><c> experience</c><00:46:31.619><c> was</c><00:46:32.119><c> to</c>

00:46:32.639 --> 00:46:34.780
tie<00:46:32.960><c> Peter's</c><00:46:33.460><c> epistles</c><00:46:33.739><c> together,</c>

00:46:35.000 --> 00:46:39.519
how<00:46:35.360><c> the</c><00:46:35.820><c> Exodus</c><00:46:36.139><c> language</c><00:46:36.739><c> acts</c><00:46:37.139><c> as</c><00:46:37.360><c> a</c><00:46:37.500><c> kind</c><00:46:37.679><c> of</c><00:46:37.960><c> unifying</c><00:46:38.559><c> theme.</c>

00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:43.000
But<00:46:40.840><c> what</c><00:46:41.019><c> impressed</c><00:46:41.460><c> me,</c><00:46:41.840><c> brothers</c><00:46:41.960><c> and</c><00:46:42.219><c> sisters,</c><00:46:42.699><c> without</c>

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:44.360
looking<00:46:43.420><c> for</c><00:46:43.699><c> it,</c>

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:49.179
was<00:46:44.599><c> that</c><00:46:44.760><c> the</c><00:46:44.940><c> apostle</c><00:46:45.380><c> Peter</c><00:46:45.780><c> here</c><00:46:46.679><c> uses</c><00:46:47.179><c> language</c><00:46:47.780><c> and</c><00:46:48.059><c> allusions</c><00:46:48.440><c> to</c><00:46:48.719><c> Daniel</c>

00:46:49.179 --> 00:46:53.039
in<00:46:49.920><c> order</c><00:46:50.239><c> to</c><00:46:50.480><c> give</c><00:46:50.639><c> greater</c><00:46:51.059><c> force</c><00:46:51.579><c> to</c><00:46:51.920><c> his</c><00:46:52.320><c> encouragement</c>

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:56.179
against<00:46:53.780><c> persecution</c><00:46:54.500><c> and</c><00:46:54.800><c> personal</c><00:46:55.159><c> suffering.</c>

00:46:57.139 --> 00:47:00.900
On<00:46:57.239><c> the</c><00:46:57.420><c> first</c><00:46:57.639><c> page,</c><00:46:59.000><c> we've</c><00:46:59.219><c> listed</c><00:46:59.579><c> the</c><00:46:59.880><c> various</c><00:47:00.159><c> places</c><00:47:00.559><c> in</c>

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:01.400
the<00:47:01.039><c> epistle</c>

00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:06.440
where<00:47:01.599><c> the</c><00:47:01.780><c> language</c><00:47:02.119><c> of</c><00:47:02.420><c> affliction,</c><00:47:03.440><c> reproach,</c><00:47:04.659><c> reviling,</c><00:47:05.659><c> harming,</c>

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:10.699
persecution,<00:47:07.840><c> antagonism</c><00:47:08.519><c> are</c><00:47:08.920><c> used</c><00:47:09.260><c> in</c><00:47:09.559><c> the</c><00:47:09.760><c> epistle.</c>

00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:14.840
Now,<00:47:12.079><c> in</c><00:47:12.159><c> two</c><00:47:12.480><c> places,</c><00:47:13.320><c> brothers</c><00:47:13.480><c> and</c><00:47:13.739><c> sisters,</c><00:47:14.059><c> in</c><00:47:14.219><c> the</c><00:47:14.400><c> epistle,</c>

00:47:15.179 --> 00:47:19.039
he<00:47:15.579><c> uses</c><00:47:16.219><c> an</c><00:47:16.780><c> analogy</c><00:47:17.139><c> to</c><00:47:17.519><c> describe</c><00:47:17.900><c> persecution.</c>

00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:21.039
Let's<00:47:19.940><c> look</c><00:47:20.179><c> at</c><00:47:20.300><c> it.</c>

00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:23.320
1<00:47:21.400><c> Peter</c><00:47:21.719><c> chapter</c><00:47:22.139><c> 4</c><00:47:22.360><c> is</c><00:47:22.559><c> listed</c><00:47:22.840><c> for</c><00:47:23.099><c> you.</c>

00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:26.840
The<00:47:23.659><c> fiery</c><00:47:24.000><c> trial</c><00:47:24.440><c> which</c><00:47:24.659><c> is</c><00:47:24.840><c> to</c><00:47:25.039><c> try</c><00:47:25.260><c> you.</c>

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:29.440
1<00:47:27.199><c> Peter</c><00:47:27.519><c> 1</c><00:47:27.780><c> verse</c><00:47:28.019><c> 7</c><00:47:28.320><c> is</c><00:47:28.519><c> listed</c><00:47:28.820><c> as</c><00:47:29.079><c> well.</c>

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:33.199
He<00:47:29.900><c> talks</c><00:47:30.119><c> about</c><00:47:30.300><c> the</c><00:47:30.579><c> trial</c><00:47:30.760><c> of</c><00:47:30.920><c> your</c><00:47:31.179><c> faith,</c><00:47:31.840><c> tried</c><00:47:32.059><c> with</c><00:47:32.300><c> fire.</c>

00:47:34.019 --> 00:47:36.380
In<00:47:34.239><c> chapter</c><00:47:34.659><c> 5</c><00:47:35.179><c> of</c><00:47:35.340><c> the</c><00:47:35.440><c> first</c><00:47:35.699><c> epistle,</c>

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he<00:47:36.960><c> says</c><00:47:37.219><c> your</c><00:47:37.559><c> adversary</c><00:47:38.239><c> is</c><00:47:38.559><c> as</c><00:47:38.780><c> a</c><00:47:38.980><c> roaring</c><00:47:39.260><c> lion</c><00:47:40.360><c> seeking</c>

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whom<00:47:41.480><c> he</c><00:47:41.739><c> may</c><00:47:41.980><c> devour.</c>

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Stop.

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Ask<00:47:45.920><c> yourself.</c>

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Those<00:47:47.960><c> are</c><00:47:48.139><c> very</c><00:47:48.380><c> graphic</c><00:47:48.800><c> analogies.</c>

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Persecution<00:47:50.960><c> and</c><00:47:51.440><c> trial</c><00:47:51.760><c> being</c><00:47:52.139><c> likened</c><00:47:52.639><c> to</c><00:47:52.840><c> a</c><00:47:53.139><c> roaring</c><00:47:53.539><c> lion,</c>

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persecution<00:47:55.579><c> and</c><00:47:55.940><c> trial</c><00:47:56.300><c> being</c><00:47:56.940><c> likened</c><00:47:58.679><c> to</c><00:47:59.920><c> a</c><00:48:00.380><c> fiery</c><00:48:01.039><c> trial.</c>

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Now,<00:48:03.840><c> brothers</c><00:48:03.860><c> and</c><00:48:04.139><c> sisters,</c><00:48:04.599><c> the</c><00:48:04.840><c> spirit</c><00:48:05.099><c> is</c><00:48:05.360><c> the</c><00:48:05.579><c> same</c><00:48:05.880><c> author</c>

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all<00:48:06.619><c> through</c><00:48:06.920><c> the</c><00:48:07.119><c> written</c><00:48:07.360><c> record</c><00:48:07.659><c> of</c><00:48:07.900><c> scripture.</c>

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What<00:48:09.380><c> the</c><00:48:10.099><c> spirit</c><00:48:10.400><c> penned</c><00:48:10.860><c> in</c><00:48:11.000><c> the</c><00:48:11.139><c> Old</c><00:48:11.360><c> Testament</c>

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is<00:48:12.760><c> undoubtedly</c><00:48:13.219><c> intended</c><00:48:13.880><c> to</c><00:48:14.159><c> merge</c><00:48:14.460><c> with</c><00:48:14.639><c> what</c><00:48:14.780><c> he</c><00:48:15.000><c> writes</c>

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in<00:48:15.380><c> the</c><00:48:15.539><c> New.</c>

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It's<00:48:16.239><c> the</c><00:48:16.460><c> same</c><00:48:16.719><c> author.</c>

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Where<00:48:18.920><c> else,</c><00:48:19.139><c> we</c><00:48:19.340><c> might</c><00:48:19.559><c> ask,</c><00:48:19.940><c> in</c><00:48:20.119><c> the</c><00:48:20.320><c> divine</c><00:48:20.599><c> record,</c>

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do<00:48:21.940><c> we</c><00:48:22.280><c> find</c><00:48:22.860><c> trial</c><00:48:23.480><c> being</c><00:48:23.940><c> pictured</c><00:48:24.320><c> as</c><00:48:24.639><c> a</c><00:48:24.940><c> roaring</c><00:48:25.260><c> lion,</c>

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and<00:48:26.519><c> where</c><00:48:26.880><c> else</c><00:48:27.420><c> is</c><00:48:27.900><c> the</c><00:48:28.179><c> trying</c><00:48:28.420><c> of</c><00:48:28.760><c> faith</c><00:48:29.039><c> associated</c><00:48:29.940><c> with</c>

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a<00:48:30.400><c> burning</c><00:48:30.780><c> fiery</c><00:48:31.139><c> furnace?</c>

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Daniel.

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Those<00:48:34.480><c> two</c><00:48:34.800><c> passages</c><00:48:35.260><c> were</c><00:48:35.460><c> the</c><00:48:35.679><c> first</c><00:48:35.960><c> to</c><00:48:36.179><c> make</c><00:48:36.360><c> their</c><00:48:36.500><c> impression</c><00:48:36.940><c> on</c><00:48:37.159><c> my</c><00:48:37.420><c> mind</c>

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that<00:48:38.760><c> possibly</c><00:48:39.400><c> here</c><00:48:39.800><c> there</c><00:48:40.119><c> is</c><00:48:40.480><c> a</c><00:48:40.780><c> throwback</c><00:48:41.340><c> to</c><00:48:41.659><c> the</c><00:48:41.760><c> book</c>

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of<00:48:42.099><c> Daniel.</c>

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In<00:48:43.480><c> fact,</c><00:48:43.679><c> as</c><00:48:43.820><c> we</c><00:48:44.000><c> began</c><00:48:44.199><c> to</c><00:48:44.519><c> peruse</c><00:48:44.780><c> Peter's</c><00:48:45.219><c> epistles</c><00:48:45.519><c> from</c>

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that<00:48:45.980><c> point</c><00:48:46.199><c> of</c><00:48:46.380><c> view,</c>

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we<00:48:47.000><c> were</c><00:48:47.300><c> amazed</c><00:48:47.659><c> to</c><00:48:47.940><c> find</c><00:48:48.139><c> how</c><00:48:48.480><c> many</c><00:48:48.860><c> times</c><00:48:49.360><c> the</c><00:48:50.019><c> exhortations</c>

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in<00:48:50.940><c> this</c><00:48:51.199><c> first</c><00:48:51.480><c> and</c><00:48:51.659><c> second</c><00:48:51.980><c> epistle</c><00:48:52.320><c> of</c><00:48:52.480><c> Peter</c>

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are<00:48:53.440><c> set</c><00:48:53.840><c> with</c><00:48:54.119><c> a</c><00:48:54.340><c> backdrop</c><00:48:54.840><c> of</c><00:48:55.420><c> Daniel</c><00:48:55.820><c> and</c><00:48:56.059><c> his</c><00:48:56.300><c> three</c><00:48:56.539><c> friends.</c>

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We're<00:48:58.260><c> going</c><00:48:58.360><c> to</c><00:48:58.519><c> pursue</c><00:48:58.840><c> that,</c><00:48:59.219><c> brothers</c><00:48:59.280><c> and</c><00:48:59.539><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:49:00.380><c> it</c><00:49:00.659><c> shows</c><00:49:00.900><c> us</c><00:49:01.440><c> a</c><00:49:01.900><c> practical</c><00:49:02.420><c> backdrop</c><00:49:03.079><c> for</c>

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suffering<00:49:03.860><c> persecution,</c>

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helps<00:49:05.460><c> to</c><00:49:05.820><c> interpret</c><00:49:06.099><c> its</c><00:49:06.360><c> meaning,</c><00:49:07.039><c> and</c><00:49:07.320><c> most</c><00:49:07.659><c> importantly,</c>

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shows<00:49:09.119><c> us</c><00:49:09.760><c> how</c><00:49:10.400><c> Daniel</c><00:49:10.880><c> and</c><00:49:11.159><c> his</c><00:49:11.360><c> faithful</c><00:49:11.840><c> believers</c><00:49:12.619><c> faced</c><00:49:13.219><c> apostasy</c>

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with<00:49:15.179><c> that</c><00:49:15.500><c> view</c><00:49:15.880><c> in</c><00:49:16.219><c> mind.</c>

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Thank<00:49:39.820><c> you.</c>