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Hear<00:11:07.860><c> O</c><00:11:08.059><c> Israel,</c><00:11:08.519><c> the</c><00:11:08.659><c> Lord</c><00:11:09.019><c> our</c><00:11:09.360><c> God</c><00:11:09.799><c> is</c><00:11:10.179><c> one</c><00:11:10.559><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:11:15.279><c> you</c><00:11:15.460><c> can</c><00:11:15.759><c> stretch</c><00:11:15.899><c> your</c><00:11:16.019><c> head</c><00:11:16.139><c> and</c><00:11:16.200><c> think,</c>

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that's<00:11:18.960><c> a</c><00:11:19.080><c> statement.</c>

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Because<00:11:25.960><c> implicit</c><00:11:26.500><c> in</c><00:11:26.799><c> that</c><00:11:27.240><c> is</c><00:11:27.899><c> the</c><00:11:28.200><c> obedience</c><00:11:28.799><c> that</c><00:11:29.039><c> goes</c>

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with<00:11:29.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:11:34.840><c> what</c><00:11:35.059><c> that</c><00:11:35.440><c> means</c><00:11:36.019><c> is</c><00:11:36.299><c> that</c>

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and<00:11:37.200><c> therefore</c><00:11:37.759><c> you</c><00:11:38.220><c> will</c><00:11:38.539><c> worship</c><00:11:39.080><c> only</c><00:11:39.620><c> one</c><00:11:39.899><c> Lord.</c>

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You<00:11:41.700><c> will</c><00:11:42.159><c> serve</c><00:11:42.799><c> only</c><00:11:43.620><c> one</c><00:11:43.960><c> Lord.</c>

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It's<00:11:45.899><c> a</c><00:11:46.580><c> natural</c><00:11:47.399><c> corollary</c><00:11:48.539><c> to</c><00:11:49.259><c> their</c><00:11:49.559><c> being</c><00:11:49.879><c> only</c><00:11:50.259><c> one</c><00:11:50.620><c> God</c>

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that<00:11:51.840><c> therefore</c><00:11:52.259><c> in</c><00:11:52.539><c> your</c><00:11:52.860><c> life,</c><00:11:53.600><c> in</c><00:11:53.860><c> your</c><00:11:54.139><c> way</c><00:11:54.399><c> of</c><00:11:54.700><c> life,</c>

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you<00:11:55.559><c> will</c><00:11:55.860><c> recognize</c><00:11:56.620><c> that</c><00:11:57.059><c> one</c><00:11:57.299><c> God</c><00:11:57.700><c> and</c><00:11:58.259><c> only</c><00:11:58.679><c> Him.</c>

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And<00:12:01.059><c> so</c><00:12:01.480><c> having</c><00:12:02.139><c> a</c><00:12:02.659><c> God</c><00:12:03.059><c> means</c><00:12:03.720><c> that</c><00:12:03.960><c> we</c><00:12:04.100><c> ought</c><00:12:04.279><c> to</c><00:12:04.460><c> obey</c><00:12:04.720><c> Him.</c>

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Obedience<00:12:05.559><c> is</c><00:12:05.840><c> implicit</c><00:12:06.580><c> in</c><00:12:06.779><c> that</c><00:12:07.200><c> statement.</c>

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We<00:12:07.799><c> ought</c><00:12:08.019><c> to</c><00:12:08.200><c> worship</c><00:12:08.539><c> Him,</c><00:12:08.799><c> we</c><00:12:08.899><c> ought</c><00:12:09.120><c> to</c><00:12:09.340><c> serve</c><00:12:09.639><c> Him</c><00:12:09.940><c> alone.</c>

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And<00:12:11.840><c> if</c><00:12:12.039><c> we</c><00:12:12.620><c> realize</c><00:12:13.159><c> brothers</c><00:12:13.440><c> and</c><00:12:13.679><c> sisters</c><00:12:13.919><c> that</c><00:12:14.179><c> God</c><00:12:14.559><c> has</c>

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then<00:12:24.019><c> at</c><00:12:24.539><c> our</c><00:12:24.759><c> baptisms</c><00:12:25.559><c> we</c><00:12:26.220><c> have</c><00:12:27.179><c> accepted</c>

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He<00:13:24.700><c> was</c><00:13:24.980><c> committed</c><00:13:25.440><c> to</c><00:13:25.740><c> his</c><00:13:25.980><c> God,</c><00:13:26.419><c> he</c><00:13:26.460><c> was</c><00:13:26.679><c> led</c><00:13:27.019><c> by</c><00:13:27.360><c> his</c><00:13:27.620><c> God,</c>

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weighed<00:13:36.720><c> upon</c><00:13:37.120><c> Abraham.</c>

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He<00:13:38.000><c> took</c><00:13:38.259><c> his</c><00:13:38.639><c> God</c><00:13:38.840><c> into</c><00:13:39.240><c> account</c><00:13:40.059><c> in</c><00:13:40.700><c> everything.</c>

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Abraham<00:14:00.120><c> recovered</c><00:14:00.720><c> Lot</c><00:14:01.120><c> and</c><00:14:01.340><c> all</c><00:14:01.559><c> the</c><00:14:01.779><c> inhabitants</c><00:14:02.139><c> of</c><00:14:02.500><c> Sodom</c>

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and<00:14:02.840><c> all</c><00:14:03.080><c> their</c><00:14:03.279><c> goods</c><00:14:03.539><c> and</c><00:14:03.820><c> possessions</c>

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and<00:14:04.659><c> was</c><00:14:04.899><c> invited</c><00:14:05.320><c> as</c><00:14:05.840><c> a</c><00:14:05.860><c> result</c><00:14:06.240><c> by</c><00:14:06.480><c> the</c><00:14:06.620><c> king</c><00:14:06.740><c> of</c><00:14:06.960><c> Sodom</c>

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He<00:14:21.039><c> would</c><00:14:21.279><c> give</c><00:14:21.500><c> no</c><00:14:21.899><c> occasion</c><00:14:22.539><c> to</c><00:14:22.820><c> the</c><00:14:22.960><c> king</c><00:14:23.159><c> of</c><00:14:23.480><c> Sodom</c>

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or<00:14:23.960><c> the</c><00:14:24.179><c> inhabitants</c><00:14:24.620><c> of</c><00:14:24.919><c> Sodom</c><00:14:25.399><c> to</c><00:14:25.879><c> be</c><00:14:26.080><c> able</c><00:14:26.259><c> to</c><00:14:26.600><c> say,</c>

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we<00:14:27.580><c> made</c><00:14:27.860><c> Abraham</c><00:14:28.240><c> rich.</c>

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You<00:14:30.080><c> can</c><00:14:30.240><c> see</c><00:14:30.340><c> where</c><00:14:30.539><c> his</c><00:14:30.759><c> riches</c><00:14:31.000><c> came</c><00:14:31.279><c> from.</c>

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He<00:14:31.700><c> owes</c><00:14:31.879><c> that</c><00:14:32.120><c> to</c><00:14:32.340><c> us.</c>

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Never<00:14:34.139><c> would</c><00:14:34.379><c> they</c><00:14:34.559><c> be</c><00:14:34.740><c> able</c><00:14:34.919><c> to</c><00:14:35.139><c> say</c><00:14:35.320><c> that.</c>

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If<00:14:35.899><c> Abraham</c><00:14:36.340><c> was</c><00:14:36.679><c> ever</c><00:14:36.980><c> going</c><00:14:37.179><c> to</c><00:14:37.340><c> be</c><00:14:37.500><c> rich,</c><00:14:37.860><c> brothers</c><00:14:38.019><c> and</c><00:14:38.220><c> sisters,</c>

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it<00:14:38.879><c> was</c><00:14:39.080><c> because</c><00:14:39.419><c> his</c><00:14:39.820><c> God</c><00:14:40.179><c> had</c><00:14:40.460><c> made</c><00:14:40.620><c> him</c><00:14:40.860><c> rich.</c>

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And<00:14:41.279><c> if</c><00:14:41.440><c> his</c><00:14:41.659><c> God</c><00:14:42.000><c> decided</c><00:14:43.059><c> that</c><00:14:43.299><c> Abraham</c><00:14:43.519><c> would</c><00:14:43.759><c> not</c><00:14:43.940><c> be</c><00:14:44.139><c> rich,</c>

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then<00:14:44.639><c> a</c><00:14:44.860><c> poor</c><00:14:45.000><c> man</c><00:14:45.179><c> he</c><00:14:45.279><c> would</c><00:14:45.500><c> be</c><00:14:45.600><c> and</c><00:14:45.779><c> equally</c><00:14:46.080><c> content</c><00:14:46.759><c> to</c><00:14:47.220><c> be</c>

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Abraham<00:15:06.919><c> was</c><00:15:07.200><c> not</c><00:15:07.399><c> interested</c><00:15:07.820><c> in</c><00:15:08.039><c> that.</c>

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He<00:15:08.639><c> had</c><00:15:09.139><c> given</c><00:15:09.539><c> himself</c><00:15:10.320><c> wholly</c><00:15:10.860><c> into</c><00:15:11.159><c> the</c><00:15:11.340><c> hands</c><00:15:11.519><c> of</c><00:15:11.700><c> his</c><00:15:11.919><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:17.019><c> he</c><00:15:17.259><c> accepted</c><00:15:17.779><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:15:28.799><c> something</c><00:15:29.059><c> that</c><00:15:29.440><c> I</c><00:15:29.759><c> suspect</c><00:15:30.299><c> we</c><00:15:30.740><c> haven't</c><00:15:31.179><c> grasped</c><00:15:31.860><c> very</c>

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well,<00:15:33.059><c> frankly.</c>

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We<00:15:37.620><c> ought</c><00:15:38.059><c> to</c><00:15:38.740><c> obey</c><00:15:39.080><c> God.</c>

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If<00:15:40.559><c> we</c><00:15:40.940><c> have</c><00:15:41.200><c> a</c><00:15:41.460><c> God,</c><00:15:42.399><c> then</c><00:15:42.580><c> we</c><00:15:42.860><c> ought</c><00:15:43.080><c> to</c><00:15:43.379><c> be</c><00:15:43.820><c> committed</c><00:15:44.259><c> to</c><00:15:44.539><c> Him,</c>

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led<00:15:45.980><c> by</c><00:15:46.360><c> Him,</c><00:15:47.440><c> dependent</c><00:15:47.940><c> upon</c><00:15:48.320><c> Him</c><00:15:48.519><c> in</c><00:15:48.700><c> that</c><00:15:48.919><c> way.</c>

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Abraham<00:15:50.940><c> felt</c><00:15:51.220><c> like</c><00:15:51.580><c> that</c><00:15:51.759><c> because</c><00:15:52.299><c> God</c><00:15:52.820><c> had</c><00:15:53.240><c> said</c><00:15:53.480><c> to</c><00:15:53.720><c> Abraham,</c>

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and<00:15:54.320><c> you</c><00:15:54.759><c> know</c><00:15:55.080><c> the</c><00:15:55.259><c> words</c><00:15:55.500><c> very</c><00:15:55.879><c> well</c><00:15:56.159><c> from</c><00:15:56.379><c> Genesis</c><00:15:56.779><c> chapter</c><00:15:57.139><c> 15,</c>

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after<00:15:58.860><c> these</c><00:15:59.179><c> things,</c><00:15:59.840><c> the</c><00:15:59.879><c> word</c><00:16:00.059><c> of</c><00:16:00.240><c> the</c><00:16:00.399><c> Lord</c><00:16:00.700><c> came</c><00:16:01.000><c> unto</c><00:16:01.240><c> Abraham</c><00:16:01.639><c> in</c>

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a<00:16:02.159><c> voice</c><00:16:02.440><c> saying,</c>

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Fear<00:16:03.559><c> not,</c><00:16:04.039><c> Abram,</c><00:16:04.399><c> I</c><00:16:04.759><c> am</c><00:16:05.080><c> thy</c><00:16:05.620><c> shield</c><00:16:06.299><c> and</c><00:16:07.059><c> thy</c><00:16:07.340><c> exceeding</c>

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great<00:16:08.200><c> reward.</c>

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And<00:16:10.940><c> Abraham</c><00:16:11.100><c> believed</c><00:16:11.440><c> it.</c>

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He<00:16:12.659><c> just</c><00:16:13.519><c> believed</c><00:16:14.019><c> that.</c>

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He<00:16:14.700><c> just</c><00:16:15.039><c> accepted</c><00:16:15.639><c> that.</c>

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And<00:16:17.659><c> brothers</c><00:16:17.840><c> and</c><00:16:17.980><c> sisters,</c><00:16:18.159><c> the</c><00:16:18.320><c> same</c><00:16:18.480><c> is</c><00:16:18.700><c> true</c><00:16:18.860><c> for</c><00:16:19.059><c> us,</c>

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isn't<00:16:19.399><c> it?</c>

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God<00:16:19.940><c> has</c><00:16:20.259><c> said</c><00:16:20.480><c> that</c><00:16:20.740><c> to</c><00:16:20.940><c> us.</c>

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I<00:16:21.480><c> am</c><00:16:21.740><c> thy</c><00:16:22.120><c> shield.</c><00:16:22.759><c> What</c><00:16:23.000><c> else</c><00:16:23.200><c> do</c><00:16:23.460><c> you</c><00:16:23.519><c> need?</c>

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I<00:16:24.559><c> am</c><00:16:24.779><c> thy</c><00:16:24.980><c> exceeding</c><00:16:25.740><c> great</c><00:16:25.960><c> reward.</c>

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Just<00:16:27.340><c> put</c><00:16:27.559><c> your</c><00:16:27.799><c> life</c><00:16:28.039><c> into</c><00:16:28.860><c> my</c><00:16:29.340><c> hands.</c>

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That's<00:16:31.440><c> what</c><00:16:31.600><c> God</c><00:16:31.799><c> asks,</c><00:16:32.340><c> brothers</c><00:16:32.460><c> and</c><00:16:32.679><c> sisters.</c>

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Why<00:16:33.759><c> do</c><00:16:33.960><c> we</c><00:16:34.159><c> so</c><00:16:34.460><c> find</c><00:16:34.580><c> it</c><00:16:34.840><c> so</c><00:16:35.139><c> hard</c><00:16:35.399><c> to</c><00:16:35.700><c> do?</c>

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Why<00:16:37.100><c> do</c><00:16:37.200><c> we</c><00:16:37.299><c> have</c><00:16:37.419><c> to</c><00:16:37.580><c> take</c><00:16:37.759><c> the</c><00:16:38.019><c> law</c><00:16:38.159><c> that</c><00:16:38.419><c> matters</c><00:16:38.659><c> into</c><00:16:38.899><c> our</c>

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own<00:16:39.259><c> hands</c>

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and<00:16:40.059><c> be</c><00:16:40.340><c> like</c><00:16:40.600><c> little</c><00:16:40.940><c> Jacobs</c><00:16:41.299><c> who</c><00:16:41.600><c> wrestle</c><00:16:42.000><c> with</c><00:16:42.279><c> God</c><00:16:42.460><c> all</c>

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our<00:16:42.940><c> life</c><00:16:43.179><c> long</c>

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to<00:16:43.980><c> try</c><00:16:44.340><c> and</c><00:16:44.559><c> obtain</c><00:16:45.039><c> by</c><00:16:45.299><c> hook</c><00:16:45.500><c> or</c><00:16:45.679><c> by</c><00:16:45.980><c> crook</c><00:16:46.399><c> what</c><00:16:46.799><c> God</c><00:16:47.059><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:16:47.519><c> give</c><00:16:47.600><c> us</c><00:16:47.799><c> anyway?</c>

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Why<00:16:50.299><c> do</c><00:16:50.460><c> we</c><00:16:50.580><c> have</c><00:16:50.740><c> such</c><00:16:50.980><c> a</c><00:16:51.399><c> difficulty</c><00:16:51.820><c> with</c><00:16:52.139><c> this?</c>

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And<00:16:55.320><c> all</c><00:16:55.620><c> this</c><00:16:55.879><c> is</c><00:16:56.200><c> bound</c><00:16:56.460><c> up,</c><00:16:56.879><c> brothers</c><00:16:56.940><c> and</c><00:16:57.200><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:17:02.500><c> all</c><00:17:02.659><c> involved</c><00:17:03.299><c> in</c><00:17:03.559><c> the</c><00:17:03.840><c> doctrine,</c><00:17:04.440><c> the</c><00:17:04.660><c> teaching</c><00:17:05.160><c> about</c>

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the<00:17:06.019><c> unity.</c>

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our<00:17:14.720><c> lives</c><00:17:15.519><c> ought</c><00:17:16.200><c> to</c><00:17:16.500><c> be</c>

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All<00:17:22.579><c> that</c><00:17:22.839><c> really</c><00:17:23.220><c> flows</c><00:17:23.799><c> from</c><00:17:24.720><c> the</c><00:17:25.059><c> doctrine</c><00:17:25.599><c> of</c><00:17:25.859><c> the</c><00:17:26.019><c> unity</c>

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of<00:17:26.500><c> God.</c>

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It<00:17:26.640><c> just</c><00:17:26.859><c> shows,</c><00:17:27.299><c> doesn't</c><00:17:27.339><c> it,</c><00:17:27.420><c> how</c><00:17:27.720><c> practical</c><00:17:28.480><c> our</c><00:17:28.920><c> doctrines</c><00:17:29.619><c> are</c><00:17:30.319><c> or</c>

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ticked<00:17:34.440><c> off</c>

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And<00:17:42.059><c> that</c><00:17:42.480><c> flows</c><00:17:43.079><c> from</c><00:17:43.819><c> the</c><00:17:44.059><c> doctrine</c><00:17:44.440><c> of</c><00:17:44.740><c> the</c><00:17:45.039><c> unity</c><00:17:45.559><c> of</c><00:17:46.480><c> our</c>

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Heavenly<00:17:47.019><c> Father.</c>

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is<00:17:52.440><c> true,</c><00:17:52.680><c> isn't</c><00:17:52.859><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:17:53.440><c> obviously</c><00:17:53.960><c> eminently</c><00:17:54.839><c> true</c><00:17:55.380><c> in</c><00:17:56.279><c> the</c><00:17:56.579><c> life</c><00:17:56.859><c> of</c><00:17:57.099><c> the</c><00:17:57.160><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:17:57.680><c> Christ.</c>

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It's<00:17:58.500><c> supremely</c><00:17:59.660><c> true</c><00:17:59.960><c> there,</c><00:18:00.400><c> isn't</c><00:18:00.579><c> it?</c>

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The<00:18:02.099><c> Lord</c><00:18:02.259><c> says,</c><00:18:03.200><c> my</c><00:18:03.259><c> kingdom</c><00:18:03.619><c> is</c><00:18:03.880><c> not</c><00:18:04.099><c> of</c><00:18:04.380><c> this</c><00:18:04.680><c> world.</c>

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Jesus<00:18:22.799><c> Christ.</c>

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He<00:18:23.279><c> says</c><00:18:23.420><c> that</c><00:18:23.640><c> in</c><00:18:23.779><c> chapter</c><00:18:24.039><c> two.</c>

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And<00:18:24.740><c> then</c><00:18:24.859><c> in</c><00:18:25.019><c> chapter</c><00:18:25.240><c> three</c><00:18:25.500><c> he</c><00:18:25.660><c> goes</c><00:18:25.859><c> on</c><00:18:26.079><c> to</c><00:18:26.259><c> say,</c>

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for<00:18:26.740><c> our</c><00:18:27.240><c> conversation,</c><00:18:28.000><c> our</c><00:18:28.160><c> way</c><00:18:28.440><c> of</c><00:18:28.779><c> life,</c><00:18:29.140><c> our</c><00:18:29.440><c> manner</c><00:18:29.799><c> of</c><00:18:30.200><c> behaviour,</c>

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is<00:18:31.200><c> in</c><00:18:31.559><c> heaven</c><00:18:31.960><c> from</c><00:18:32.880><c> whence</c><00:18:33.220><c> also</c><00:18:33.519><c> we</c><00:18:33.779><c> look</c><00:18:33.960><c> for</c><00:18:34.160><c> the</c><00:18:34.359><c> Saviour,</c><00:18:35.059><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:18:35.460><c> Jesus</c><00:18:35.880><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:18:36.359><c> know,</c><00:18:36.779><c> brothers</c><00:18:36.880><c> and</c><00:18:37.079><c> sisters,</c><00:18:37.319><c> we've</c><00:18:38.119><c> joked,</c><00:18:38.640><c> and</c><00:18:39.140><c> it's</c>

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been<00:18:39.579><c> good</c><00:18:39.839><c> fun,</c>

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hasn't<00:18:40.200><c> it,</c><00:18:40.359><c> this</c><00:18:40.519><c> week,</c><00:18:40.799><c> about</c><00:18:41.000><c> the</c><00:18:41.200><c> Aussies</c><00:18:41.480><c> and</c><00:18:41.599><c> the</c><00:18:41.740><c> New</c><00:18:41.940><c> Zealanders</c>

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and<00:18:42.880><c> the</c><00:18:43.160><c> Brits</c><00:18:43.460><c> and</c><00:18:43.700><c> the</c><00:18:43.980><c> Americans.</c>

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But<00:18:44.740><c> we're</c><00:18:45.039><c> not</c><00:18:45.299><c> American.</c><00:18:45.759><c> We're</c><00:18:45.940><c> not</c><00:18:46.059><c> British.</c><00:18:46.319><c> We're</c><00:18:46.440><c> none</c>

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of<00:18:46.759><c> those</c><00:18:46.940><c> things.</c>

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We<00:18:47.400><c> are</c><00:18:47.720><c> citizens</c><00:18:48.279><c> of</c><00:18:48.539><c> heaven,</c><00:18:49.059><c> actually,</c><00:18:49.480><c> aren't</c><00:18:49.720><c> we?</c>

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When<00:18:50.740><c> it</c><00:18:50.819><c> comes</c><00:18:51.119><c> down</c><00:18:51.339><c> to</c><00:18:51.440><c> it,</c><00:18:51.539><c> we</c><00:18:51.660><c> know</c><00:18:51.920><c> that</c><00:18:52.140><c> in</c><00:18:52.339><c> our</c><00:18:52.519><c> heart</c>

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of<00:18:52.920><c> hearts,</c><00:18:53.240><c> don't</c><00:18:53.380><c> we?</c>

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It's<00:18:54.259><c> fun</c><00:18:54.480><c> to</c><00:18:54.660><c> joke</c><00:18:54.859><c> about</c><00:18:55.099><c> the</c><00:18:55.279><c> other</c><00:18:55.460><c> things.</c>

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But<00:18:58.000><c> we</c><00:18:58.099><c> don't</c><00:18:58.259><c> have</c><00:18:58.420><c> any</c><00:18:58.579><c> rights</c><00:18:58.900><c> here.</c><00:18:59.900><c> We</c><00:19:00.119><c> don't</c><00:19:00.299><c> belong</c><00:19:00.660><c> here.</c>

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We're<00:19:02.440><c> not</c><00:19:02.660><c> Americans</c><00:19:03.180><c> or</c><00:19:03.359><c> British,</c><00:19:04.200><c> or</c><00:19:04.400><c> anything</c><00:19:04.640><c> else.</c>

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Not<00:19:06.279><c> even</c><00:19:06.539><c> New</c><00:19:06.779><c> Zealanders.</c>

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We're<00:19:09.779><c> citizens</c><00:19:10.259><c> of</c><00:19:10.500><c> the</c><00:19:10.700><c> kingdom</c><00:19:11.000><c> of</c><00:19:11.259><c> heaven.</c>

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We're<00:19:13.400><c> pilgrims</c><00:19:14.000><c> and</c><00:19:14.400><c> strangers</c><00:19:15.000><c> on</c><00:19:16.019><c> a</c><00:19:16.220><c> journey.</c>

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We<00:19:18.619><c> follow</c><00:19:18.940><c> a</c><00:19:19.220><c> man</c><00:19:19.519><c> who,</c><00:19:20.559><c> when</c><00:19:20.740><c> he</c><00:19:20.859><c> was</c><00:19:21.180><c> reviled,</c><00:19:22.839><c> reviled</c><00:19:23.119><c> not</c><00:19:23.339><c> again.</c>

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When<00:19:25.339><c> he</c><00:19:25.559><c> suffered,</c><00:19:26.680><c> he</c><00:19:26.880><c> threatened</c><00:19:27.140><c> not.</c>

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But,<00:19:29.200><c> and</c><00:19:29.420><c> this</c><00:19:29.579><c> is</c><00:19:29.740><c> Peter</c><00:19:29.960><c> speaking,</c>

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committed<00:19:31.500><c> himself</c><00:19:32.359><c> to</c><00:19:33.220><c> him</c><00:19:33.460><c> that</c><00:19:33.759><c> judgeth</c><00:19:34.299><c> righteously.</c>

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That's<00:19:35.940><c> all</c><00:19:36.200><c> we</c><00:19:36.400><c> need</c><00:19:36.579><c> to</c><00:19:36.740><c> do,</c><00:19:36.900><c> isn't</c><00:19:37.079><c> it,</c><00:19:37.400><c> to</c><00:19:37.700><c> commit</c><00:19:38.039><c> ourselves,</c>

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to<00:19:38.859><c> give</c><00:19:39.019><c> ourselves</c><00:19:39.579><c> into</c><00:19:39.839><c> the</c><00:19:40.160><c> hands</c><00:19:40.539><c> of</c><00:19:41.220><c> him</c><00:19:41.480><c> who</c><00:19:41.740><c> judgeth</c><00:19:42.180><c> righteously,</c>

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of<00:19:43.000><c> him</c><00:19:43.279><c> who</c><00:19:43.700><c> is</c><00:19:44.039><c> always</c><00:19:44.519><c> right,</c><00:19:44.819><c> who</c><00:19:44.980><c> cannot</c><00:19:45.240><c> be</c><00:19:45.420><c> anything</c><00:19:45.640><c> else.</c>

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That's<00:19:46.240><c> the</c><00:19:46.420><c> definition</c><00:19:46.900><c> of</c><00:19:47.240><c> God,</c><00:19:47.539><c> isn't</c><00:19:47.640><c> it?</c><00:19:47.759><c> God</c><00:19:48.000><c> is</c><00:19:48.220><c> right.</c>

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Whatever<00:19:49.380><c> he</c><00:19:49.500><c> does</c><00:19:49.740><c> is</c><00:19:49.980><c> right.</c><00:19:50.599><c> He</c><00:19:50.779><c> is</c><00:19:51.000><c> right</c><00:19:51.279><c> and</c><00:19:51.420><c> he</c><00:19:51.619><c> is</c><00:19:51.720><c> righteous.</c>

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He<00:19:53.240><c> cannot</c><00:19:53.539><c> deny</c><00:19:53.940><c> himself.</c>

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We<00:19:55.380><c> commit</c><00:19:55.579><c> ourselves</c><00:19:56.039><c> into</c><00:19:56.279><c> his</c><00:19:56.480><c> hand,</c>

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and<00:19:57.220><c> we</c><00:19:57.319><c> commit</c><00:19:57.579><c> ourselves</c><00:19:58.039><c> to</c><00:19:58.160><c> him</c><00:19:58.339><c> that</c><00:19:58.599><c> judgeth</c><00:19:58.940><c> righteously.</c>

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It<00:19:59.720><c> doesn't</c><00:19:59.859><c> mean</c><00:20:00.119><c> that</c><00:20:00.279><c> life</c><00:20:00.480><c> will</c><00:20:00.700><c> always</c><00:20:00.920><c> be</c><00:20:01.180><c> comfortable,</c>

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and<00:20:01.819><c> a</c><00:20:01.880><c> bed</c><00:20:02.000><c> of</c><00:20:02.240><c> roses,</c><00:20:02.460><c> of</c><00:20:02.680><c> course,</c><00:20:02.880><c> it</c><00:20:03.119><c> doesn't.</c>

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But<00:20:04.460><c> it</c><00:20:04.619><c> means</c><00:20:04.839><c> that</c><00:20:04.980><c> it</c><00:20:05.119><c> will</c><00:20:05.259><c> always</c><00:20:05.460><c> be</c><00:20:05.720><c> right.</c>

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Whatever<00:20:06.960><c> he</c><00:20:07.180><c> brings</c><00:20:07.380><c> into</c><00:20:07.660><c> our</c><00:20:07.900><c> lives</c><00:20:08.299><c> will</c><00:20:08.779><c> be</c><00:20:09.099><c> right.</c>

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We<00:20:10.859><c> may,</c><00:20:11.119><c> of</c><00:20:11.279><c> course,</c><00:20:11.559><c> suffer</c><00:20:11.819><c> the</c><00:20:12.200><c> consequences</c><00:20:12.700><c> of</c><00:20:13.240><c> our</c><00:20:13.480><c> own</c><00:20:13.799><c> stupidity,</c>

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our<00:20:15.119><c> own</c><00:20:15.480><c> foolishness</c><00:20:16.339><c> along</c><00:20:16.799><c> the</c><00:20:17.079><c> way,</c>

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but<00:20:18.019><c> we</c><00:20:18.279><c> shall</c><00:20:18.400><c> only</c><00:20:18.859><c> receive</c><00:20:19.359><c> of</c><00:20:19.539><c> our</c><00:20:19.720><c> Heavenly</c><00:20:20.119><c> Father</c><00:20:20.759><c> that</c>

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which<00:20:21.559><c> is</c><00:20:21.920><c> right.</c>

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And<00:20:23.839><c> all</c><00:20:24.220><c> this,</c><00:20:24.720><c> brothers</c><00:20:24.839><c> and</c><00:20:25.000><c> sisters,</c><00:20:25.799><c> is</c><00:20:26.059><c> involved,</c><00:20:26.799><c> it</c>

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seems<00:20:27.240><c> to</c><00:20:27.420><c> me,</c>

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in<00:20:28.160><c> we</c><00:20:28.819><c> ought</c><00:20:29.000><c> to</c><00:20:29.200><c> obey</c><00:20:29.400><c> God</c><00:20:30.200><c> rather</c><00:20:31.380><c> than</c><00:20:31.660><c> men,</c>

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be<00:20:33.460><c> they</c><00:20:33.720><c> other</c><00:20:34.000><c> men</c><00:20:34.740><c> or</c><00:20:36.299><c> ourselves,</c>

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our<00:20:38.440><c> own</c><00:20:38.660><c> heart,</c><00:20:40.160><c> the</c><00:20:40.339><c> thinking</c><00:20:40.579><c> of</c><00:20:40.880><c> our</c><00:20:41.099><c> own</c><00:20:41.460><c> flesh</c>

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that<00:20:43.140><c> all</c><00:20:43.519><c> too</c><00:20:43.740><c> easily</c><00:20:44.160><c> dominates</c><00:20:45.339><c> and</c><00:20:46.019><c> directs</c><00:20:47.500><c> our</c><00:20:47.720><c> movements.</c>

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Well,<00:20:52.019><c> Acts</c><00:20:52.200><c> chapter</c><00:20:52.559><c> 5</c><00:20:53.420><c> and</c><00:20:54.319><c> the</c><00:20:54.779><c> verses</c><00:20:55.160><c> that</c><00:20:55.440><c> we've</c><00:20:55.660><c> looked</c>

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at<00:20:56.220><c> there,</c>

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where<00:20:56.740><c> we</c><00:20:56.740><c> ought</c><00:20:56.980><c> to</c><00:20:57.220><c> obey</c><00:20:57.539><c> God</c><00:20:57.960><c> rather</c><00:20:58.460><c> than</c><00:20:58.819><c> men,</c>

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is<00:21:01.839><c> written</c><00:21:02.279><c> or</c><00:21:02.740><c> recorded</c><00:21:03.200><c> by</c><00:21:03.539><c> Luke</c><00:21:03.759><c> on</c><00:21:04.099><c> the</c><00:21:04.460><c> back</c><00:21:04.940><c> of</c><00:21:05.519><c> the</c><00:21:05.799><c> incident</c>

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concerning<00:21:06.980><c> Ananias</c><00:21:07.759><c> and</c><00:21:08.039><c> Sapphira.</c>

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And<00:21:10.579><c> this,</c><00:21:11.279><c> as</c><00:21:11.460><c> far</c><00:21:11.700><c> as</c><00:21:12.019><c> the</c><00:21:12.460><c> record</c><00:21:13.059><c> of</c><00:21:13.319><c> the</c><00:21:13.500><c> acts</c><00:21:13.839><c> of</c><00:21:14.279><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:21:14.599><c> Jesus</c><00:21:14.980><c> Christ</c>

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through<00:21:15.539><c> the</c><00:21:15.759><c> apostles</c><00:21:16.160><c> is</c><00:21:16.559><c> concerned,</c>

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at<00:21:17.799><c> least</c><00:21:18.079><c> at</c><00:21:18.599><c> the</c><00:21:18.759><c> beginning</c><00:21:19.119><c> of</c><00:21:19.359><c> the</c><00:21:19.519><c> record</c><00:21:19.900><c> of</c><00:21:20.259><c> the</c><00:21:20.519><c> work</c>

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here<00:21:21.039><c> in</c><00:21:21.220><c> the</c><00:21:21.299><c> New</c><00:21:21.480><c> Testament,</c>

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this<00:21:23.000><c> is</c><00:21:23.400><c> the</c><00:21:23.680><c> preeminent</c><00:21:24.319><c> example</c><00:21:25.059><c> of</c><00:21:25.539><c> disobedience,</c><00:21:26.880><c> isn't</c><00:21:26.880><c> it?</c>

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Ananias<00:21:28.039><c> and</c><00:21:28.279><c> Sapphira</c><00:21:28.799><c> is</c><00:21:29.579><c> the</c><00:21:30.079><c> foremost,</c><00:21:30.960><c> the</c><00:21:31.359><c> classic</c><00:21:31.799><c> example</c>

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of<00:21:32.859><c> those</c><00:21:33.160><c> who</c><00:21:33.319><c> did</c><00:21:33.539><c> not</c><00:21:33.720><c> obey</c><00:21:34.019><c> God,</c>

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who<00:21:36.759><c> did</c><00:21:37.059><c> not</c><00:21:37.339><c> commit</c><00:21:37.680><c> their</c><00:21:37.900><c> lives</c><00:21:38.180><c> to</c><00:21:38.380><c> God</c><00:21:38.740><c> in</c><00:21:39.180><c> the</c><00:21:39.339><c> way</c><00:21:39.500><c> we</c>

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have<00:21:39.799><c> been</c><00:21:40.039><c> describing.</c>

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And<00:21:41.559><c> it's</c><00:21:41.859><c> Peter</c><00:21:42.140><c> who</c><00:21:42.400><c> is</c><00:21:42.980><c> instrumental</c><00:21:43.799><c> in</c><00:21:44.380><c> bringing</c><00:21:44.880><c> the</c><00:21:45.339><c> judgments</c>

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upon<00:21:46.259><c> Ananias</c><00:21:46.859><c> and</c><00:21:47.059><c> Sapphira</c><00:21:47.539><c> that</c><00:21:47.940><c> resulted</c><00:21:48.480><c> in</c><00:21:48.700><c> the</c><00:21:48.940><c> death</c>

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of<00:21:50.079><c> each</c><00:21:50.299><c> of</c><00:21:50.440><c> them.</c>

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Now,<00:21:52.299><c> that's</c><00:21:52.660><c> quite</c><00:21:52.859><c> a</c><00:21:53.079><c> thing,</c><00:21:53.240><c> isn't</c><00:21:53.380><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:21:54.559><c> quite</c><00:21:54.759><c> a</c><00:21:54.920><c> thing,</c><00:21:55.140><c> I</c><00:21:55.140><c> think,</c><00:21:55.440><c> when</c><00:21:55.779><c> we</c><00:21:56.000><c> come</c><00:21:56.240><c> to</c><00:21:56.440><c> this</c><00:21:56.579><c> in</c>

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our<00:21:56.940><c> readings</c><00:21:57.259><c> in</c><00:21:57.500><c> Acts.</c>

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The<00:21:58.059><c> Lord</c><00:21:58.240><c> Jesus</c><00:21:58.640><c> Christ</c><00:21:59.099><c> has</c><00:21:59.759><c> undertaken</c><00:22:00.299><c> hardly</c><00:22:00.980><c> any</c><00:22:01.480><c> act</c>

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of<00:22:02.019><c> violence</c><00:22:02.359><c> at</c><00:22:02.640><c> all,</c><00:22:02.900><c> has</c><00:22:03.039><c> He?</c>

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I<00:22:03.279><c> suppose</c><00:22:03.700><c> driving</c><00:22:04.759><c> the</c><00:22:05.680><c> money</c><00:22:06.079><c> changers</c><00:22:06.559><c> out</c><00:22:06.740><c> of</c><00:22:06.920><c> the</c><00:22:07.119><c> temple</c>

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and<00:22:07.700><c> cleansing</c><00:22:08.180><c> the</c><00:22:08.440><c> temple</c><00:22:08.819><c> on</c><00:22:09.339><c> two</c><00:22:09.579><c> occasions,</c><00:22:10.319><c> in</c><00:22:11.000><c> John</c><00:22:11.299><c> 2</c>

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and<00:22:11.740><c> then</c><00:22:12.099><c> at</c><00:22:12.480><c> the</c><00:22:12.619><c> end</c><00:22:12.799><c> of</c><00:22:13.000><c> the</c><00:22:13.200><c> ministry</c><00:22:13.559><c> in</c><00:22:14.279><c> the</c><00:22:14.500><c> other</c>

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synoptic<00:22:15.799><c> gospel</c><00:22:16.119><c> records,</c>

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I<00:22:16.640><c> suppose</c><00:22:16.819><c> that's</c><00:22:17.180><c> the</c><00:22:17.319><c> nearest</c><00:22:17.619><c> we</c><00:22:17.920><c> come</c><00:22:18.240><c> to</c><00:22:18.880><c> any</c><00:22:19.500><c> kind</c><00:22:19.980><c> of</c>

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violent<00:22:20.700><c> act</c><00:22:21.079><c> at</c><00:22:21.380><c> all.</c>

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And<00:22:24.059><c> Jesus</c><00:22:24.400><c> was</c><00:22:24.599><c> the</c><00:22:24.779><c> one</c><00:22:24.960><c> who</c><00:22:25.099><c> would</c><00:22:25.440><c> restrain</c><00:22:26.079><c> James</c><00:22:26.500><c> and</c><00:22:26.740><c> John</c>

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in<00:22:27.259><c> wanting</c><00:22:27.519><c> to</c><00:22:27.759><c> call</c><00:22:27.920><c> down</c><00:22:28.180><c> fire</c><00:22:28.480><c> from</c><00:22:28.720><c> heaven,</c><00:22:29.480><c> for</c><00:22:29.779><c> example,</c>

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and<00:22:31.000><c> consume</c><00:22:31.779><c> those</c><00:22:32.359><c> who</c><00:22:32.519><c> would</c><00:22:32.740><c> not</c><00:22:32.960><c> receive</c><00:22:33.539><c> their</c><00:22:33.779><c> Master.</c>

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But<00:22:36.339><c> here</c><00:22:36.660><c> in</c><00:22:36.859><c> Acts</c><00:22:37.160><c> 5</c><00:22:37.900><c> we</c><00:22:38.299><c> have</c><00:22:38.660><c> this</c><00:22:39.359><c> violent</c><00:22:40.819><c> act,</c>

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this<00:22:41.799><c> judgment</c><00:22:42.319><c> upon</c><00:22:42.799><c> these</c><00:22:43.299><c> two</c><00:22:43.859><c> who</c><00:22:44.720><c> lied</c><00:22:45.299><c> against</c><00:22:45.960><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:22:46.460><c> Spirit,</c>

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who<00:22:47.720><c> lied</c><00:22:48.220><c> to</c><00:22:48.660><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:50.660><c> Peter</c><00:22:50.920><c> it</c><00:22:51.200><c> is</c><00:22:51.400><c> who</c><00:22:51.579><c> is</c><00:22:51.799><c> instrumental</c><00:22:52.420><c> in</c><00:22:53.099><c> passing</c><00:22:53.559><c> that</c><00:22:54.000><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:22:55.839><c> it's</c><00:22:55.920><c> not</c><00:22:56.099><c> an</c><00:22:56.200><c> easy</c><00:22:56.460><c> incident</c><00:22:56.859><c> to</c><00:22:57.140><c> understand.</c>

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We<00:22:58.400><c> have</c><00:22:58.720><c> no</c><00:22:58.960><c> problem</c><00:22:59.359><c> with</c><00:23:00.119><c> the</c><00:23:00.759><c> strictness</c><00:23:01.339><c> of</c><00:23:01.680><c> the</c><00:23:01.940><c> judgment,</c><00:23:02.359><c> I</c><00:23:02.579><c> don't</c><00:23:02.880><c> think,</c>

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in<00:23:03.279><c> the</c><00:23:03.480><c> sense</c><00:23:03.700><c> that</c><00:23:04.160><c> this</c><00:23:04.380><c> is</c><00:23:04.559><c> very</c><00:23:04.819><c> much</c><00:23:05.019><c> the</c><00:23:05.180><c> New</c><00:23:05.359><c> Testament</c><00:23:05.759><c> counterpart</c>

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to<00:23:07.319><c> the</c><00:23:07.880><c> man</c><00:23:08.160><c>-gathering</c><00:23:08.599><c> sticks</c><00:23:08.819><c> on</c><00:23:09.039><c> the</c><00:23:09.259><c> Sabbath</c><00:23:09.460><c> in</c><00:23:09.700><c> the</c><00:23:09.799><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:23:10.380><c> perhaps.</c>

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And<00:23:12.420><c> it's</c><00:23:13.220><c> a</c><00:23:13.519><c> case</c><00:23:13.859><c> of</c><00:23:14.539><c> sheer</c><00:23:14.859><c> disobedience,</c><00:23:15.759><c> isn't</c><00:23:15.839><c> it?</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:17.059><c> our</c><00:23:17.819><c> judgments</c><00:23:18.380><c> and</c><00:23:19.039><c> our</c><00:23:19.359><c> values,</c><00:23:20.059><c> our</c><00:23:20.220><c> standards</c>

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of<00:23:20.920><c> judgment</c>

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are<00:23:22.319><c> not</c><00:23:22.799><c> right,</c><00:23:23.299><c> are</c><00:23:23.420><c> they?</c><00:23:23.579><c> They</c><00:23:23.799><c> are</c><00:23:24.220><c> perverted</c><00:23:24.779><c> by</c><00:23:25.200><c> human</c><00:23:25.700><c> thinking.</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:27.559><c> we</c><00:23:28.319><c> punish</c><00:23:28.740><c> our</c><00:23:29.200><c> children</c><00:23:29.619><c> quite</c><00:23:30.119><c> wrongly</c>

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because<00:23:31.920><c> of</c><00:23:32.279><c> the</c><00:23:32.779><c> value</c><00:23:33.160><c> of</c><00:23:33.400><c> the</c><00:23:33.640><c> article</c><00:23:33.940><c> broken</c><00:23:34.519><c> or</c><00:23:34.779><c> something</c>

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rather<00:23:35.900><c> than</c><00:23:36.180><c> whether</c><00:23:36.400><c> it</c><00:23:36.539><c> was</c><00:23:36.799><c> a</c><00:23:36.980><c> question</c><00:23:37.400><c> of</c><00:23:37.720><c> obedience</c><00:23:38.259><c> or</c><00:23:38.619><c> disobedience.</c>

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Sometimes<00:23:40.240><c> we</c><00:23:40.579><c> punish,</c><00:23:41.500><c> as</c><00:23:41.680><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:41.960><c> says,</c>

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our<00:23:43.380><c> fathers</c><00:23:43.779><c> chastened</c><00:23:44.279><c> us</c><00:23:44.500><c> after</c><00:23:44.700><c> their</c><00:23:44.920><c> own</c><00:23:45.180><c> pleasure</c>

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because<00:23:46.039><c> we</c><00:23:46.319><c> are</c><00:23:46.480><c> tired</c><00:23:47.039><c> or</c><00:23:48.440><c> because</c><00:23:49.599><c> we're</c><00:23:51.559><c> upset,</c><00:23:53.500><c> we're</c><00:23:54.000><c> distressed,</c>

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something<00:23:55.599><c> precious</c><00:23:56.420><c> got</c><00:23:57.160><c> broken</c><00:23:57.660><c> or</c><00:23:58.059><c> whatever.</c>

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And<00:23:59.059><c> even</c><00:23:59.259><c> when</c><00:23:59.400><c> it's</c><00:23:59.599><c> an</c><00:23:59.779><c> accident,</c><00:24:00.480><c> a</c><00:24:00.619><c> pure</c><00:24:00.880><c> accident,</c>

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we<00:24:02.420><c> may</c><00:24:02.700><c> still</c><00:24:02.940><c> be</c><00:24:03.119><c> very</c><00:24:03.400><c> angry</c><00:24:03.819><c> about</c><00:24:04.180><c> it.</c>

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But<00:24:06.099><c> God's</c><00:24:06.640><c> standards</c><00:24:06.900><c> are</c><00:24:07.299><c> right.</c>

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Here<00:24:07.900><c> is</c><00:24:08.299><c> disobedience</c><00:24:09.299><c> that</c><00:24:09.700><c> has</c><00:24:10.099><c> to</c><00:24:10.299><c> be</c><00:24:10.500><c> punished,</c><00:24:11.000><c> that</c>

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needs<00:24:11.779><c> dealing</c><00:24:12.279><c> with.</c>

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I<00:24:13.140><c> don't</c><00:24:13.299><c> think</c><00:24:13.420><c> the</c><00:24:13.660><c> problem</c><00:24:13.940><c> lies</c><00:24:14.259><c> there</c><00:24:15.119><c> so</c><00:24:15.500><c> much</c><00:24:15.960><c> as</c><00:24:16.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:17.299><c> fact</c>

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that<00:24:18.640><c> Luke</c><00:24:18.920><c> records</c><00:24:19.440><c> the</c><00:24:19.700><c> incident</c><00:24:20.039><c> and</c><00:24:20.220><c> tells</c><00:24:20.380><c> us</c><00:24:20.539><c> nothing</c>

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else<00:24:20.960><c> about</c><00:24:21.220><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:22.240><c> we</c><00:24:22.380><c> know</c><00:24:22.579><c> nothing</c><00:24:22.960><c> about</c><00:24:23.299><c> the</c><00:24:23.579><c> repercussions.</c>

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Now<00:24:24.579><c> it's</c><00:24:24.859><c> amazing</c><00:24:25.200><c> if</c><00:24:25.380><c> there</c><00:24:25.599><c> were</c><00:24:25.839><c> none,</c><00:24:26.920><c> and</c><00:24:27.619><c> perhaps</c>

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there<00:24:28.119><c> weren't.</c>

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But<00:24:31.599><c> why</c><00:24:32.240><c> did</c><00:24:32.500><c> not</c><00:24:32.759><c> the</c><00:24:32.980><c> leaders,</c><00:24:33.400><c> the</c><00:24:33.599><c> religious</c><00:24:33.980><c> leaders,</c>

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do<00:24:34.599><c> something</c><00:24:34.960><c> about</c><00:24:35.299><c> this?</c>

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Because<00:24:38.960><c> in</c><00:24:39.299><c> their</c><00:24:39.640><c> eyes,</c><00:24:40.039><c> brothers</c><00:24:40.339><c> and</c><00:24:40.599><c> sisters,</c>

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Peter<00:24:41.460><c> would</c><00:24:41.660><c> almost</c><00:24:42.059><c> be</c><00:24:42.279><c> guilty</c><00:24:42.559><c> of</c><00:24:42.799><c> murder,</c><00:24:43.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:43.380><c> he?</c>

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They'd<00:24:44.000><c> be</c><00:24:44.180><c> able</c><00:24:44.460><c> to</c><00:24:45.099><c> lay</c><00:24:45.720><c> the</c><00:24:46.259><c> deaths</c><00:24:46.759><c> of</c><00:24:48.480><c> Ananias</c><00:24:48.900><c> and</c><00:24:49.019><c> Sapphira</c>

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at<00:24:50.119><c> Peter's</c><00:24:50.700><c> feet,</c><00:24:50.960><c> wouldn't</c><00:24:51.160><c> they?</c>

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Pretty<00:24:52.000><c> well,</c><00:24:53.619><c> not</c><00:24:53.859><c> direct</c><00:24:54.359><c> evidence,</c>

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but<00:24:55.259><c> pretty</c><00:24:55.519><c> good</c><00:24:55.779><c> circumstantial</c><00:24:56.599><c> evidence,</c><00:24:57.059><c> one</c><00:24:57.180><c> would</c><00:24:57.420><c> think.</c>

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Why<00:24:57.980><c> did</c><00:24:58.220><c> that</c><00:24:58.500><c> not</c><00:24:58.779><c> happen?</c>

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And<00:25:01.220><c> the</c><00:25:01.460><c> suggestion</c><00:25:01.960><c> of</c><00:25:02.480><c> one</c><00:25:02.839><c> commentator</c><00:25:03.519><c> is</c><00:25:04.019><c> quite</c><00:25:04.319><c> interesting</c>

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that<00:25:05.279><c> maybe</c><00:25:05.819><c> Ananias</c><00:25:06.440><c> and</c><00:25:06.680><c> Sapphira</c><00:25:07.299><c> were</c><00:25:07.940><c> part</c><00:25:08.579><c> of</c><00:25:09.180><c> the</c><00:25:09.839><c> spies</c>

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whom<00:25:11.500><c> the</c><00:25:11.779><c> religious</c><00:25:12.160><c> leaders</c><00:25:12.619><c> were</c><00:25:13.220><c> now</c><00:25:13.839><c> feeding</c><00:25:14.259><c> into</c><00:25:14.759><c> the</c><00:25:15.059><c> church</c>

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by<00:25:16.079><c> means</c><00:25:16.359><c> of</c><00:25:16.700><c> infiltration,</c><00:25:17.799><c> the</c><00:25:17.980><c> kind</c><00:25:18.240><c> of</c><00:25:18.400><c> thing</c><00:25:18.599><c> that</c><00:25:18.980><c> you</c><00:25:19.180><c> know</c>

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the<00:25:19.720><c> Apostle</c><00:25:20.160><c> Paul</c><00:25:20.579><c> speaks</c><00:25:20.940><c> about,</c><00:25:21.400><c> for</c><00:25:21.539><c> example,</c><00:25:22.339><c> in</c><00:25:22.480><c> Galatians</c><00:25:23.019><c> 2</c>

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or<00:25:24.160><c> the</c><00:25:24.380><c> reason</c><00:25:24.759><c> why</c><00:25:25.119><c> Jude</c><00:25:25.500><c> wrote</c><00:25:25.799><c> his</c><00:25:26.059><c> letter.</c>

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There<00:25:28.940><c> were</c><00:25:29.259><c> men</c><00:25:29.980><c> come</c><00:25:30.819><c> in</c><00:25:31.259><c> privily,</c><00:25:32.160><c> Paul</c><00:25:32.559><c> says,</c>

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to<00:25:33.920><c> spy</c><00:25:34.200><c> out</c><00:25:34.559><c> their</c><00:25:34.799><c> liberty</c><00:25:35.240><c> in</c><00:25:35.579><c> Christ</c><00:25:35.859><c> Jesus,</c><00:25:36.220><c> to</c><00:25:36.500><c> see</c><00:25:36.680><c> what</c>

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was<00:25:37.119><c> going</c><00:25:37.359><c> on.</c>

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Men<00:25:38.000><c> who</c><00:25:38.240><c> were</c><00:25:38.420><c> baptized</c><00:25:38.980><c> for</c><00:25:39.339><c> no</c><00:25:39.579><c> better</c><00:25:39.859><c> reason</c>

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than<00:25:40.700><c> that</c><00:25:40.980><c> they</c><00:25:41.319><c> just</c><00:25:41.599><c> wanted</c><00:25:41.759><c> to</c><00:25:42.039><c> know</c><00:25:42.259><c> what</c><00:25:42.440><c> was</c><00:25:42.680><c> going</c><00:25:42.920><c> on</c>

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and<00:25:43.460><c> try</c><00:25:43.700><c> and</c><00:25:44.259><c> undermine</c><00:25:45.059><c> the</c><00:25:45.440><c> work</c><00:25:45.619><c> of</c><00:25:45.819><c> the</c><00:25:45.980><c> Apostles.</c>

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If<00:25:47.160><c> the</c><00:25:47.480><c> religious</c><00:25:47.779><c> leaders</c><00:25:48.140><c> knew</c><00:25:48.799><c> that</c><00:25:49.440><c> their</c><00:25:49.819><c> threats</c>

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were<00:25:50.400><c> going</c><00:25:50.539><c> to</c><00:25:50.799><c> have</c><00:25:51.119><c> no</c><00:25:51.619><c> effect</c><00:25:52.099><c> on</c><00:25:52.400><c> Peter</c><00:25:52.700><c> and</c><00:25:52.980><c> John</c>

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and<00:25:53.440><c> the</c><00:25:53.579><c> other</c><00:25:53.779><c> Apostles,</c><00:25:55.619><c> then</c><00:25:55.619><c> they</c><00:25:56.880><c> would</c><00:25:57.099><c> try</c><00:25:57.339><c> other</c><00:25:57.599><c> means,</c>

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fair<00:25:59.599><c> or</c><00:26:00.000><c> foul,</c><00:26:01.740><c> of</c><00:26:02.000><c> getting</c><00:26:02.279><c> at</c><00:26:02.539><c> these</c><00:26:02.759><c> early</c><00:26:03.119><c> converts,</c>

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:07.940
of<00:26:04.140><c> stopping</c><00:26:04.460><c> this</c><00:26:04.920><c> movement,</c><00:26:05.700><c> gaining</c><00:26:06.099><c> ground</c><00:26:06.920><c> as</c><00:26:07.400><c> it</c><00:26:07.640><c> so</c>

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obviously<00:26:08.359><c> was</c>

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now<00:26:09.519><c> that</c><00:26:09.740><c> the</c><00:26:09.940><c> numbers</c><00:26:10.240><c> were</c><00:26:10.500><c> beginning</c><00:26:10.859><c> to</c><00:26:11.180><c> multiply.</c>

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And<00:26:13.160><c> maybe</c><00:26:13.380><c> that's</c><00:26:13.839><c> what</c><00:26:14.039><c> Ananias</c><00:26:14.519><c> and</c><00:26:14.740><c> Sapphira</c><00:26:15.119><c> were.</c>

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Maybe<00:26:15.839><c> they</c><00:26:16.099><c> were</c><00:26:16.480><c> put</c><00:26:16.740><c> up</c><00:26:16.980><c> to</c><00:26:17.200><c> this.</c>

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That's<00:26:18.339><c> one</c><00:26:18.640><c> suggestion,</c><00:26:19.440><c> certainly.</c>

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And<00:26:20.680><c> it</c><00:26:21.279><c> certainly</c><00:26:21.559><c> accounts</c><00:26:22.019><c> for</c><00:26:22.259><c> the</c><00:26:22.440><c> fact</c><00:26:22.599><c> that</c><00:26:22.839><c> there</c>

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were<00:26:23.660><c> apparently</c>

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no<00:26:24.799><c> questions</c><00:26:25.660><c> from</c><00:26:26.039><c> the</c><00:26:26.380><c> authorities</c><00:26:27.019><c> about</c><00:26:27.720><c> the</c><00:26:28.000><c> deaths</c><00:26:28.259><c> of</c>

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these<00:26:28.859><c> two.</c>

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And<00:26:30.160><c> that</c><00:26:31.359><c> suggestion,</c><00:26:32.259><c> that</c><00:26:32.680><c> theory,</c><00:26:33.460><c> is</c><00:26:33.680><c> attractive</c><00:26:34.180><c> also</c>

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because<00:26:35.240><c> it</c><00:26:35.960><c> explains</c><00:26:36.640><c> perhaps</c><00:26:37.200><c> the</c><00:26:37.660><c> otherwise</c><00:26:38.359><c> apparent</c><00:26:39.099><c> contradiction</c>

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:43.839
in<00:26:40.519><c> chapter</c><00:26:40.819><c> 5,</c><00:26:41.700><c> verses</c><00:26:42.000><c> 13</c><00:26:42.480><c> and</c><00:26:42.660><c> 14.</c>

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Acts<00:26:44.619><c> 5,</c><00:26:45.160><c> verse</c><00:26:45.380><c> 13,</c>

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And<00:26:47.099><c> of</c><00:26:47.319><c> the</c><00:26:47.599><c> rest,</c><00:26:48.779><c> dost</c><00:26:48.880><c> no</c><00:26:49.339><c> man</c><00:26:49.700><c> join</c><00:26:50.039><c> himself</c><00:26:50.559><c> to</c><00:26:50.900><c> them,</c>

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but<00:26:51.880><c> the</c><00:26:52.099><c> people</c><00:26:52.400><c> magnified</c><00:26:53.119><c> them,</c>

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:55.680
and<00:26:53.759><c> believers</c><00:26:54.119><c> were</c><00:26:54.339><c> the</c><00:26:54.480><c> more</c><00:26:54.680><c> added</c><00:26:54.900><c> to</c><00:26:55.079><c> the</c><00:26:55.279><c> church,</c>

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multitudes<00:26:56.700><c> both</c><00:26:57.019><c> of</c><00:26:57.140><c> men</c><00:26:57.259><c> and</c><00:26:57.380><c> women.</c>

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That<00:26:58.900><c> doesn't</c><00:26:59.099><c> make</c><00:26:59.259><c> a</c><00:26:59.299><c> lot</c><00:26:59.440><c> of</c><00:26:59.579><c> sense,</c><00:27:00.019><c> brothers</c><00:27:00.059><c> and</c><00:27:00.240><c> sisters,</c><00:27:00.500><c> does</c><00:27:00.599><c> it,</c>

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:03.019
when<00:27:00.839><c> you</c><00:27:00.980><c> read</c><00:27:01.140><c> it</c><00:27:01.420><c> first</c><00:27:01.619><c> off</c><00:27:01.839><c> like</c><00:27:02.160><c> that?</c>

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No<00:27:03.619><c> man</c><00:27:03.940><c> dared</c><00:27:04.160><c> join</c><00:27:04.460><c> himself</c><00:27:04.920><c> to</c><00:27:05.220><c> them,</c>

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:08.920
and<00:27:06.119><c> yet</c><00:27:06.400><c> multitudes</c><00:27:07.240><c> were</c><00:27:07.940><c> added</c><00:27:08.200><c> to</c><00:27:08.380><c> the</c><00:27:08.559><c> church,</c>

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:12.039
and<00:27:09.420><c> believers</c><00:27:09.839><c> became</c><00:27:10.579><c> more</c><00:27:11.079><c> and</c><00:27:11.079><c> more</c><00:27:11.259><c> numerous.</c>

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:15.880
There<00:27:13.319><c> seems</c><00:27:13.640><c> to</c><00:27:13.859><c> be</c><00:27:14.019><c> a</c><00:27:14.299><c> contradiction</c><00:27:14.980><c> there</c><00:27:15.420><c> somehow</c>

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:19.400
between<00:27:16.319><c> verses</c><00:27:16.720><c> 13</c><00:27:17.180><c> and</c><00:27:17.380><c> 14</c><00:27:18.079><c> of</c><00:27:18.500><c> Acts</c><00:27:18.740><c> 5,</c>

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:24.119
unless<00:27:20.200><c> of</c><00:27:21.039><c> the</c><00:27:21.339><c> rest</c><00:27:21.720><c> means</c><00:27:22.240><c> of</c><00:27:22.640><c> the</c><00:27:22.940><c> rest,</c>

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:26.720
like<00:27:24.960><c> Ananias</c><00:27:25.519><c> and</c><00:27:25.680><c> Sapphira,</c>

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:29.079
of<00:27:27.240><c> the</c><00:27:27.480><c> rest</c><00:27:27.759><c> of</c><00:27:28.079><c> that</c><00:27:28.539><c> company,</c>

00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:32.519
of<00:27:29.339><c> the</c><00:27:29.539><c> rest</c><00:27:29.880><c> of</c><00:27:30.460><c> those</c><00:27:30.859><c> whom</c><00:27:31.079><c> the</c><00:27:31.319><c> leaders</c><00:27:31.640><c> had</c><00:27:31.880><c> put</c><00:27:32.099><c> up</c><00:27:32.339><c> to</c>

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:34.220
this<00:27:32.720><c> kind</c><00:27:33.039><c> of</c><00:27:33.259><c> thing,</c>

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:38.180
then<00:27:34.579><c> of</c><00:27:35.059><c> those</c><00:27:35.539><c> no</c><00:27:36.160><c> man</c><00:27:36.539><c> dared</c><00:27:36.819><c> join</c><00:27:37.180><c> himself</c><00:27:37.700><c> to</c><00:27:37.980><c> them,</c>

00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:41.740
having<00:27:38.519><c> seen</c><00:27:39.200><c> how</c><00:27:39.819><c> the</c><00:27:40.160><c> apostles,</c><00:27:40.759><c> by</c><00:27:41.000><c> the</c><00:27:41.240><c> power</c><00:27:41.420><c> of</c><00:27:41.640><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:27:41.940><c> Spirit,</c>

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:50.579
were<00:27:42.700><c> able</c><00:27:43.220><c> to</c><00:27:43.880><c> expose</c><00:27:45.039><c> falsehood,</c><00:27:46.819><c> lies,</c><00:27:48.519><c> fraudulent</c><00:27:49.140><c> behaviour,</c>

00:27:51.140 --> 00:27:54.460
and<00:27:51.380><c> of</c><00:27:51.880><c> the</c><00:27:52.079><c> rest,</c><00:27:52.700><c> dost</c><00:27:52.779><c> no</c><00:27:53.019><c> man</c><00:27:53.299><c> join</c><00:27:53.559><c> himself</c><00:27:54.019><c> to</c><00:27:54.299><c> them</c>

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:57.720
when<00:27:54.700><c> they</c><00:27:55.079><c> saw</c><00:27:55.519><c> that</c><00:27:55.779><c> that</c><00:27:56.019><c> was</c><00:27:56.359><c> the</c><00:27:56.599><c> case.</c>

00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:02.700
God<00:27:59.599><c> is</c><00:28:00.259><c> not</c><00:28:00.440><c> mocked,</c><00:28:00.859><c> brothers</c><00:28:01.119><c> and</c><00:28:01.279><c> sisters,</c><00:28:01.700><c> is</c><00:28:01.819><c> He?</c>

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.960
God<00:28:04.180><c> is</c><00:28:04.440><c> not</c><00:28:04.759><c> fooled.</c>

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:12.319
No<00:28:07.019><c> man,</c><00:28:07.579><c> our</c><00:28:07.839><c> Lord</c><00:28:08.140><c> said,</c><00:28:08.960><c> can</c><00:28:09.359><c> serve</c><00:28:10.140><c> both</c><00:28:10.700><c> God</c><00:28:11.119><c> and</c><00:28:11.779><c> mammon,</c>

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:16.380
as<00:28:13.019><c> Ananias</c><00:28:13.640><c> and</c><00:28:13.859><c> Sapphira</c><00:28:14.380><c> had</c><00:28:14.680><c> tried</c><00:28:14.920><c> to</c><00:28:15.119><c> do.</c>

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:22.920
And<00:28:17.380><c> so</c><00:28:17.579><c> again,</c><00:28:19.299><c> we</c><00:28:19.400><c> ought</c><00:28:19.579><c> to</c><00:28:19.799><c> obey</c><00:28:20.059><c> God</c><00:28:20.619><c> rather</c><00:28:21.759><c> than</c><00:28:22.099><c> men.</c>

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:27.299
And<00:28:23.359><c> this</c><00:28:23.940><c> incident</c><00:28:24.420><c> of</c><00:28:24.640><c> judgment</c><00:28:24.980><c> just</c><00:28:25.579><c> heightens</c><00:28:26.039><c> the</c><00:28:26.539><c> choice</c><00:28:26.920><c> once</c>

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.079
more,<00:28:27.779><c> doesn't</c><00:28:27.920><c> it?</c>

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:31.059
There<00:28:28.440><c> is</c><00:28:28.700><c> God</c><00:28:29.220><c> and</c><00:28:29.720><c> there</c><00:28:29.940><c> is</c><00:28:30.119><c> man.</c>

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:34.420
There<00:28:31.619><c> is</c><00:28:31.859><c> God</c><00:28:32.259><c> and</c><00:28:32.559><c> there</c><00:28:32.740><c> is</c><00:28:32.940><c> the</c><00:28:33.259><c> interests</c><00:28:33.720><c> of</c><00:28:34.099><c> man,</c>

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:36.480
be<00:28:34.640><c> it</c><00:28:34.980><c> mammon</c><00:28:35.259><c> or</c><00:28:35.440><c> whatever</c><00:28:35.880><c> else.</c>

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:39.680
Status<00:28:37.240><c> within</c><00:28:37.539><c> the</c><00:28:37.819><c> Church,</c><00:28:38.359><c> the</c><00:28:38.559><c> praise</c><00:28:38.839><c> of</c><00:28:39.059><c> the</c><00:28:39.240><c> apostles,</c>

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:42.539
for<00:28:40.140><c> which</c><00:28:40.299><c> no</c><00:28:40.519><c> doubt</c><00:28:40.779><c> Ananias</c><00:28:41.319><c> and</c><00:28:41.519><c> Sapphira</c><00:28:41.940><c> were</c><00:28:42.200><c> looking,</c>

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:45.380
particularly<00:28:43.380><c> when</c><00:28:43.640><c> you</c><00:28:43.859><c> read</c><00:28:44.099><c> straight</c><00:28:44.400><c> on</c><00:28:44.619><c> from</c><00:28:44.819><c> Chapter</c><00:28:45.099><c> 4</c>

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into<00:28:45.599><c> Chapter</c><00:28:45.940><c> 5,</c>

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:50.480
and<00:28:46.880><c> realise</c><00:28:47.220><c> that</c><00:28:47.380><c> it's</c><00:28:47.619><c> as</c><00:28:47.740><c> the</c><00:28:48.019><c> result</c><00:28:48.299><c> of</c><00:28:48.839><c> Barnabas'</c><00:28:49.720><c> generosity</c>

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:54.079
that<00:28:50.960><c> Ananias</c><00:28:51.539><c> and</c><00:28:51.740><c> Sapphira</c><00:28:52.359><c> are</c><00:28:52.779><c> provoked</c><00:28:53.140><c> into</c><00:28:53.400><c> the</c><00:28:53.599><c> action</c><00:28:53.900><c> that</c>

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:55.359
they<00:28:54.279><c> take.</c>

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But<00:28:57.039><c> there</c><00:28:57.299><c> is</c><00:28:57.480><c> again</c><00:28:57.839><c> this</c><00:28:58.099><c> simple</c><00:28:58.480><c> choice.</c>

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We,<00:29:01.759><c> brothers</c><00:29:01.900><c> and</c><00:29:02.140><c> sisters,</c><00:29:03.680><c> ought</c><00:29:03.819><c> to</c><00:29:04.059><c> obey</c><00:29:04.380><c> God,</c>

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:10.759
because<00:29:08.039><c> God</c><00:29:08.339><c> is</c><00:29:08.599><c> a</c><00:29:08.779><c> God</c><00:29:09.000><c> who</c><00:29:09.180><c> is</c><00:29:09.400><c> not</c><00:29:09.619><c> mocked.</c>

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:16.180
He<00:29:11.279><c> is</c><00:29:11.519><c> a</c><00:29:11.700><c> God</c><00:29:11.900><c> who</c><00:29:12.200><c> owns</c><00:29:12.640><c> all,</c><00:29:13.619><c> to</c><00:29:13.819><c> whom</c><00:29:14.019><c> belong</c><00:29:14.460><c> all</c><00:29:14.960><c> things,</c>

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:19.380
and<00:29:17.440><c> who</c><00:29:17.640><c> controls</c><00:29:18.140><c> all.</c>

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:24.519
And<00:29:21.059><c> yet</c><00:29:21.180><c> you</c><00:29:21.319><c> know,</c><00:29:21.759><c> even</c><00:29:22.019><c> that</c><00:29:22.259><c> is</c><00:29:22.680><c> a</c><00:29:22.880><c> double</c><00:29:23.299><c>-edged</c><00:29:23.839><c> sword,</c>

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isn't<00:29:24.859><c> it?</c>

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It<00:29:26.099><c> means</c><00:29:26.759><c> that</c><00:29:27.099><c> we</c><00:29:27.380><c> have</c><00:29:28.119><c> tremendous</c><00:29:29.019><c> freedom</c><00:29:29.880><c> when</c><00:29:30.420><c> we</c><00:29:30.680><c> belong</c><00:29:31.059><c> to</c><00:29:31.339><c> God.</c>

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:37.099
We<00:29:33.000><c> have</c><00:29:33.460><c> untold</c><00:29:34.079><c> privileges</c><00:29:34.700><c> and</c><00:29:35.099><c> blessings,</c><00:29:35.859><c> do</c><00:29:36.000><c> we</c><00:29:36.240><c> not?</c>

00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:39.660
The<00:29:37.359><c> blessing</c><00:29:37.720><c> of</c><00:29:37.980><c> our</c><00:29:38.480><c> fellowship</c><00:29:38.940><c> here</c><00:29:39.240><c> this</c><00:29:39.440><c> week</c>

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:43.380
is<00:29:39.839><c> just</c><00:29:40.279><c> one</c><00:29:40.640><c> of</c><00:29:40.920><c> the</c><00:29:41.279><c> many,</c><00:29:41.720><c> many</c><00:29:42.059><c> blessings</c><00:29:42.559><c> that</c><00:29:42.940><c> come</c><00:29:43.119><c> to</c>

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:45.200
us<00:29:43.920><c> in</c><00:29:44.460><c> God.</c>

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We<00:29:49.220><c> are</c><00:29:49.940><c> amply</c><00:29:50.480><c> blessed.</c>

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:54.180
We<00:29:51.039><c> are</c><00:29:52.299><c> abundantly</c><00:29:52.960><c> supplied</c><00:29:53.500><c> for,</c><00:29:53.799><c> aren't</c><00:29:53.960><c> we?</c>

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:58.559
We<00:29:54.339><c> are</c><00:29:55.119><c> richly</c><00:29:56.000><c> showered</c><00:29:56.559><c> upon</c><00:29:56.920><c> with</c><00:29:57.259><c> the</c><00:29:57.680><c> gifts</c><00:29:58.039><c> of</c><00:29:58.279><c> Heaven,</c>

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brothers<00:29:58.839><c> and</c><00:29:59.059><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:30:00.359><c> we</c><00:30:00.559><c> don't</c><00:30:00.920><c> perhaps</c><00:30:01.299><c> often</c><00:30:01.579><c> enough</c><00:30:01.960><c> stop</c><00:30:02.299><c> to</c><00:30:02.700><c> count</c>

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the<00:30:04.319><c> many,</c><00:30:04.680><c> many</c><00:30:05.019><c> blessings</c><00:30:05.599><c> that</c><00:30:05.960><c> are</c><00:30:06.220><c> ours,</c>

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:11.579
as<00:30:07.500><c> the</c><00:30:07.700><c> result</c><00:30:08.140><c> of</c><00:30:08.400><c> our</c><00:30:08.839><c> acceptance</c><00:30:09.299><c> of</c><00:30:09.720><c> this</c><00:30:09.940><c> adoption</c><00:30:10.380><c> of</c><00:30:10.700><c> sons,</c>

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:15.619
our<00:30:12.039><c> willingness</c><00:30:12.500><c> to</c><00:30:13.000><c> receive</c><00:30:13.740><c> this</c><00:30:14.119><c> calling</c><00:30:14.440><c> of</c><00:30:14.740><c> God.</c>

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:22.400
Just<00:30:17.400><c> turn</c><00:30:17.599><c> for</c><00:30:17.759><c> a</c><00:30:17.880><c> moment</c><00:30:18.059><c> to</c><00:30:18.240><c> the</c><00:30:18.319><c> words</c><00:30:18.519><c> of</c><00:30:18.799><c> Paul</c><00:30:19.140><c> in</c><00:30:19.480><c> 1</c><00:30:19.799><c> Corinthians,</c><00:30:20.420><c> Chapter</c><00:30:20.819><c> 10,</c>

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:26.059
and<00:30:23.099><c> see</c><00:30:23.279><c> what</c><00:30:23.440><c> I</c><00:30:23.640><c> mean</c><00:30:23.799><c> then</c><00:30:24.140><c> by</c><00:30:24.500><c> saying</c><00:30:24.839><c> that</c><00:30:25.039><c> this</c><00:30:25.299><c> is</c><00:30:25.819><c> a</c>

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double<00:30:26.299><c>-edged</c><00:30:26.740><c> sword.</c>

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God<00:30:33.240><c> owns</c><00:30:33.700><c> and</c><00:30:34.000><c> controls</c><00:30:34.500><c> all</c><00:30:34.859><c> things,</c>

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:38.539
and<00:30:35.799><c> therefore</c><00:30:36.420><c> the</c><00:30:36.740><c> Apostle's</c><00:30:37.299><c> argument</c><00:30:37.599><c> is</c><00:30:37.880><c> that</c><00:30:38.059><c> since</c><00:30:38.319><c> we</c>

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:40.799
are<00:30:38.740><c> Gods,</c><00:30:39.460><c> all</c><00:30:39.740><c> things</c><00:30:40.119><c> are</c><00:30:40.440><c> ours.</c>

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:45.880
We<00:30:41.359><c> are,</c><00:30:42.500><c> because</c><00:30:43.119><c> we</c><00:30:43.339><c> have</c><00:30:43.480><c> been</c><00:30:43.799><c> called</c><00:30:44.180><c> to</c><00:30:44.420><c> be</c><00:30:44.880><c> sons,</c>

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:49.680
we<00:30:46.000><c> are</c><00:30:46.480><c> heirs</c><00:30:46.799><c> of</c><00:30:47.000><c> God</c><00:30:47.259><c> and</c><00:30:47.680><c> joint</c><00:30:48.220><c> heirs</c><00:30:48.680><c> with</c><00:30:49.000><c> Christ,</c><00:30:49.500><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:30:50.059><c> says.</c>

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That's<00:30:51.460><c> the</c><00:30:51.700><c> magnitude,</c><00:30:52.339><c> brothers</c><00:30:52.640><c> and</c><00:30:52.819><c> sisters,</c><00:30:53.279><c> of</c><00:30:53.460><c> our</c><00:30:53.740><c> calling.</c>

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:58.319
That's<00:30:54.859><c> the</c><00:30:55.099><c> height</c><00:30:55.539><c> of</c><00:30:56.779><c> what</c><00:30:57.000><c> God</c><00:30:57.240><c> has</c><00:30:57.440><c> done</c><00:30:57.619><c> for</c><00:30:57.799><c> us.</c>

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:01.140
He<00:30:58.819><c> has</c><00:30:59.079><c> made</c><00:30:59.279><c> us</c><00:30:59.579><c> heirs</c><00:31:00.039><c> of</c><00:31:00.339><c> all</c><00:31:00.700><c> that</c><00:31:00.880><c> is</c><00:31:01.039><c> His.</c>

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:03.859
All<00:31:01.700><c> things</c><00:31:02.119><c> are</c><00:31:02.539><c> yours,</c><00:31:03.140><c> says</c><00:31:03.240><c> the</c><00:31:03.480><c> Apostle.</c>

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:09.680
We<00:31:04.380><c> are</c><00:31:04.839><c> joint</c><00:31:05.220><c> heirs</c><00:31:05.920><c> with</c><00:31:06.319><c> the</c><00:31:06.680><c> firstborn,</c><00:31:07.420><c> the</c><00:31:07.900><c> firstborn</c><00:31:08.819><c> Son.</c>

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:12.220
This<00:31:10.180><c> is</c><00:31:10.420><c> just</c><00:31:11.019><c> fantastic,</c><00:31:11.880><c> isn't</c><00:31:12.019><c> it?</c>

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:14.700
It<00:31:13.079><c> defies</c><00:31:13.920><c> description.</c>

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:21.640
It<00:31:15.619><c> beggars</c><00:31:16.079><c> our</c><00:31:16.440><c> ability</c><00:31:17.079><c> to</c><00:31:17.440><c> find</c><00:31:17.839><c> words</c><00:31:18.500><c> to</c><00:31:19.720><c> describe</c><00:31:20.460><c> it.</c>

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:27.319
And<00:31:22.400><c> so</c><00:31:22.599><c> he</c><00:31:22.759><c> says,</c><00:31:23.339><c> 1</c><00:31:23.500><c> Corinthians,</c><00:31:24.019><c> Chapter</c><00:31:24.359><c> 10,</c><00:31:25.220><c> and</c><00:31:25.339><c> Verse</c><00:31:25.579><c> 25,</c>

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:31.380
Whatsoever<00:31:28.740><c> is</c><00:31:29.079><c> sold</c><00:31:29.319><c> in</c><00:31:29.539><c> the</c><00:31:29.779><c> shambles,</c><00:31:30.640><c> that</c><00:31:30.819><c> eat</c><00:31:31.019><c> asking</c>

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.559
no<00:31:31.839><c> question</c><00:31:32.319><c> for</c><00:31:32.599><c> conscience'</c><00:31:33.460><c> sake,</c>

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:36.920
for<00:31:33.940><c> the</c><00:31:34.319><c> earth</c><00:31:34.559><c> is</c><00:31:34.799><c> the</c><00:31:35.200><c> Lord's</c><00:31:35.720><c> and</c><00:31:35.859><c> the</c><00:31:36.200><c> fullness</c><00:31:36.559><c> thereof.</c>

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:41.519
It's<00:31:37.839><c> all</c><00:31:38.420><c> God's,</c><00:31:39.180><c> and</c><00:31:39.299><c> because</c><00:31:39.759><c> it's</c><00:31:40.119><c> God's,</c><00:31:40.559><c> it's</c><00:31:40.900><c> all</c><00:31:41.279><c> ours.</c>

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:43.000
The<00:31:41.779><c> whole</c><00:31:42.059><c> earth</c><00:31:42.400><c> is</c><00:31:42.660><c> His,</c>

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.660
and<00:31:43.599><c> as</c><00:31:43.819><c> His</c><00:31:44.119><c> heirs,</c><00:31:45.180><c> we</c><00:31:45.240><c> can</c><00:31:45.440><c> have</c><00:31:45.700><c> any</c><00:31:46.019><c> part</c><00:31:46.319><c> of</c><00:31:46.480><c> it.</c>

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:49.039
You<00:31:46.859><c> can</c><00:31:47.079><c> eat</c><00:31:47.259><c> anything</c><00:31:47.700><c> you</c><00:31:48.000><c> like,</c><00:31:48.380><c> says</c><00:31:48.480><c> the</c><00:31:48.720><c> Apostle.</c>

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:53.039
It's<00:31:49.339><c> all</c><00:31:49.660><c> yours,</c><00:31:49.980><c> all</c><00:31:50.200><c> things</c><00:31:50.440><c> are</c><00:31:50.680><c> yours,</c><00:31:51.200><c> and</c><00:31:51.400><c> you</c><00:31:51.599><c> are</c><00:31:51.839><c> God's.</c>

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:57.960
The<00:31:53.700><c> earth</c><00:31:53.880><c> is</c><00:31:54.099><c> the</c><00:31:54.400><c> Lord's</c><00:31:55.420><c> and</c><00:31:55.539><c> the</c><00:31:55.859><c> fullness</c><00:31:56.140><c> thereof.</c>

00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:00.619
All<00:31:58.519><c> of</c><00:31:58.660><c> it.</c><00:31:59.319><c> Enjoy</c><00:31:59.799><c> it.</c>

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:05.039
And<00:32:02.180><c> then</c><00:32:02.279><c> he</c><00:32:02.740><c> turns</c><00:32:03.099><c> to</c><00:32:03.319><c> the</c><00:32:03.440><c> flip</c><00:32:03.619><c> side</c><00:32:03.880><c> of</c><00:32:04.059><c> the</c><00:32:04.200><c> coin,</c>

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:08.259
and<00:32:05.359><c> he</c><00:32:05.480><c> says</c><00:32:05.619><c> in</c><00:32:05.819><c> Verse</c><00:32:06.039><c> 28,</c><00:32:07.039><c> and</c><00:32:07.160><c> this</c><00:32:07.440><c> needs</c><00:32:07.740><c> to</c><00:32:07.940><c> be</c><00:32:08.099><c> read,</c>

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brothers<00:32:08.559><c> and</c><00:32:08.740><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:12.319
with<00:32:09.259><c> a</c><00:32:09.740><c> slightly</c><00:32:10.119><c> different</c><00:32:10.619><c> emphasis</c><00:32:11.160><c> now,</c><00:32:11.579><c> doesn't</c><00:32:11.859><c> it?</c>

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:16.440
If<00:32:13.059><c> any</c><00:32:13.359><c> man</c><00:32:13.720><c> say</c><00:32:13.980><c> unto</c><00:32:14.220><c> you,</c><00:32:14.900><c> This</c><00:32:15.019><c> is</c><00:32:15.319><c> offered</c><00:32:15.579><c> in</c><00:32:15.880><c> sacrifice</c>

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.319
unto<00:32:16.799><c> idols,</c>

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:23.640
eat<00:32:17.940><c> not</c><00:32:18.380><c> for</c><00:32:18.700><c> his</c><00:32:19.039><c> sake</c><00:32:19.259><c> that</c><00:32:19.579><c> showed</c><00:32:19.779><c> it,</c><00:32:20.220><c> and</c><00:32:20.460><c> for</c><00:32:20.859><c> conscience'</c><00:32:21.680><c> sake,</c>

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:29.279
for<00:32:24.140><c> the</c><00:32:24.420><c> earth</c><00:32:24.660><c> is</c><00:32:24.980><c> the</c><00:32:25.380><c> Lord's</c><00:32:27.400><c> and</c><00:32:27.539><c> the</c><00:32:27.779><c> fullness</c><00:32:28.059><c> thereof.</c>

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:34.299
Verse<00:32:30.619><c> 26,</c><00:32:31.619><c> it's</c><00:32:32.039><c> the</c><00:32:32.299><c> earth</c><00:32:32.900><c> is</c><00:32:33.119><c> the</c><00:32:33.319><c> Lord's</c><00:32:33.779><c> and</c><00:32:33.980><c> the</c>

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:35.079
fullness<00:32:34.640><c> thereof.</c>

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:37.319
The<00:32:35.339><c> whole</c><00:32:35.700><c> lot,</c><00:32:35.940><c> that's</c><00:32:36.180><c> where</c><00:32:36.359><c> the</c><00:32:36.519><c> emphasis</c><00:32:36.759><c> goes,</c><00:32:37.140><c> isn't</c><00:32:37.160><c> it?</c>

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:40.539
The<00:32:37.579><c> earth</c><00:32:38.119><c> is</c><00:32:38.400><c> the</c><00:32:38.579><c> Lord's.</c><00:32:39.400><c> All</c><00:32:39.900><c> of</c><00:32:40.059><c> it</c><00:32:40.220><c> is</c><00:32:40.380><c> His.</c>

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:44.940
You<00:32:40.940><c> can</c><00:32:41.140><c> have</c><00:32:41.279><c> any</c><00:32:41.579><c> part</c><00:32:41.900><c> of</c><00:32:42.059><c> it.</c><00:32:42.359><c> It</c><00:32:42.539><c> all</c><00:32:42.839><c> belongs</c><00:32:43.299><c> to</c><00:32:43.680><c> you</c><00:32:44.259><c> by</c>

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.819
the<00:32:45.220><c> grace</c><00:32:45.400><c> of</c><00:32:45.680><c> God.</c>

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:50.900
But<00:32:46.039><c> in</c><00:32:46.160><c> Verse</c><00:32:46.339><c> 28,</c><00:32:47.519><c> it's</c><00:32:48.180><c> the</c><00:32:48.380><c> earth</c><00:32:48.579><c> is</c><00:32:48.839><c> the</c><00:32:49.200><c> Lord's.</c>

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:54.079
If<00:32:51.079><c> anyone</c><00:32:51.420><c> says</c><00:32:51.680><c> to</c><00:32:51.920><c> you,</c><00:32:52.440><c> Ah</c><00:32:52.440><c> yes,</c><00:32:53.039><c> this</c><00:32:53.299><c> meat</c><00:32:53.519><c> was</c><00:32:53.779><c> offered</c>

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:56.259
in<00:32:54.420><c> sacrifice</c><00:32:54.940><c> to</c><00:32:55.279><c> idols,</c>

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:58.880
then<00:32:56.519><c> just</c><00:32:56.779><c> remember</c><00:32:57.180><c> the</c><00:32:57.339><c> earth</c><00:32:57.539><c> is</c><00:32:57.799><c> the</c><00:32:58.160><c> Lord's.</c>

00:32:58.880 --> 00:33:03.299
It<00:32:58.980><c> doesn't</c><00:32:59.180><c> belong</c><00:32:59.460><c> to</c><00:32:59.700><c> idols.</c><00:33:01.299><c> The</c><00:33:01.460><c> emphasis</c><00:33:01.680><c> now</c><00:33:01.880><c> is</c><00:33:02.119><c> different.</c>

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:06.619
And<00:33:03.940><c> for</c><00:33:04.299><c> the</c><00:33:04.619><c> sake</c><00:33:04.900><c> of</c><00:33:05.299><c> the</c><00:33:05.599><c> brother's</c><00:33:06.079><c> conscience,</c>

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:11.279
for<00:33:07.500><c> the</c><00:33:07.859><c> sake</c><00:33:08.180><c> of</c><00:33:08.500><c> the</c><00:33:08.740><c> fact</c><00:33:09.019><c> that</c><00:33:09.299><c> the</c><00:33:09.539><c> earth</c><00:33:09.759><c> belongs</c><00:33:10.319><c> to</c><00:33:10.720><c> God,</c>

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:14.119
and<00:33:11.660><c> we</c><00:33:11.900><c> are</c><00:33:12.220><c> anxious</c><00:33:12.559><c> to</c><00:33:12.900><c> give</c><00:33:13.079><c> Him</c><00:33:13.539><c> glory,</c>

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:18.480
to<00:33:14.500><c> do</c><00:33:14.700><c> that</c><00:33:14.920><c> which</c><00:33:15.180><c> most</c><00:33:15.599><c> honours</c><00:33:15.880><c> His</c><00:33:16.359><c> name,</c><00:33:17.880><c> then</c><00:33:18.140><c> we</c><00:33:18.319><c> shall</c>

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.500
not<00:33:18.680><c> eat.</c>

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So<00:33:21.119><c> there</c><00:33:21.460><c> is,</c><00:33:21.960><c> brothers</c><00:33:22.019><c> and</c><00:33:22.220><c> sisters,</c><00:33:23.220><c> a</c><00:33:23.559><c> freedom</c><00:33:23.900><c> in</c><00:33:24.160><c> belonging</c><00:33:24.400><c> to</c><00:33:24.640><c> God.</c>

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:27.279
All<00:33:25.380><c> things</c><00:33:25.599><c> are</c><00:33:25.859><c> ours.</c><00:33:26.099><c> We</c><00:33:26.220><c> have</c><00:33:26.420><c> all</c><00:33:26.660><c> these</c><00:33:26.880><c> blessings.</c>

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:30.019
We<00:33:27.480><c> have</c><00:33:27.680><c> this</c><00:33:27.839><c> wondrous</c><00:33:28.240><c> freedom</c><00:33:28.599><c> in</c><00:33:28.859><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:35.180
But<00:33:32.140><c> it's</c><00:33:32.480><c> a</c><00:33:32.599><c> freedom</c><00:33:32.799><c> to</c><00:33:33.099><c> bite</c><00:33:33.319><c> the</c><00:33:33.539><c> tongue</c><00:33:34.079><c> when</c><00:33:34.900><c> we</c><00:33:35.079><c> would</c>

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:36.200
have<00:33:35.339><c> spoken.</c>

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It's<00:33:37.579><c> a</c><00:33:37.700><c> freedom</c><00:33:37.859><c> to</c><00:33:38.240><c> discipline</c><00:33:38.559><c> ourselves</c><00:33:39.240><c> when</c><00:33:39.940><c> we</c><00:33:40.119><c> would</c>

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.259
have<00:33:40.420><c> acted.</c>

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It's<00:33:42.519><c> a</c><00:33:42.759><c> freedom</c><00:33:42.980><c> to</c><00:33:43.359><c> restrain</c><00:33:43.859><c> ourselves</c><00:33:44.740><c> for</c><00:33:45.400><c> the</c><00:33:45.559><c> sake</c><00:33:45.680><c> of</c>

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.779
another's<00:33:46.259><c> conscience</c>

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:53.500
in<00:33:47.940><c> order</c><00:33:48.339><c> that</c><00:33:48.940><c> we</c><00:33:49.339><c> might</c><00:33:49.640><c> use</c><00:33:49.940><c> that</c><00:33:50.359><c> freedom</c><00:33:50.759><c> wisely</c><00:33:51.440><c> to</c><00:33:51.799><c> give</c><00:33:52.039><c> glory</c><00:33:52.799><c> to</c>

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:55.119
our<00:33:53.700><c> Heavenly</c><00:33:54.079><c> Father.</c>

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:57.660
It's<00:33:55.980><c> not</c><00:33:56.180><c> a</c><00:33:56.480><c> freedom</c><00:33:56.680><c> to</c><00:33:56.880><c> do</c><00:33:56.940><c> as</c><00:33:57.160><c> we</c><00:33:57.420><c> please.</c>

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:59.539
It's<00:33:57.940><c> not</c><00:33:58.119><c> a</c><00:33:58.440><c> recklessness,</c><00:33:59.160><c> is</c><00:33:59.220><c> it?</c>

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:05.880
There<00:34:00.420><c> is</c><00:34:00.740><c> a</c><00:34:00.859><c> responsibility</c><00:34:02.000><c> to</c><00:34:03.019><c> self</c><00:34:03.660><c>-discipline</c><00:34:04.960><c> because</c>

00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:08.480
we<00:34:06.559><c> love</c><00:34:07.220><c> God.</c>

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:15.179
And<00:34:09.780><c> all</c><00:34:10.000><c> this</c><00:34:10.320><c> too</c><00:34:10.719><c> is</c><00:34:11.760><c> involved</c><00:34:12.500><c> in</c><00:34:12.960><c> we</c><00:34:13.400><c> ought</c><00:34:13.619><c> to</c><00:34:13.840><c> obey</c><00:34:14.119><c> God</c>

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:17.659
rather<00:34:16.559><c> than</c><00:34:16.900><c> men.</c>

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:22.159
Now<00:34:19.820><c> I</c><00:34:19.900><c> don't</c><00:34:20.179><c> know</c><00:34:20.400><c> exactly</c><00:34:20.880><c> what</c><00:34:21.099><c> the</c><00:34:21.280><c> religious</c><00:34:21.539><c> leaders</c><00:34:21.820><c> thought</c>

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:25.719
about<00:34:22.460><c> what</c><00:34:22.699><c> Peter</c><00:34:23.000><c> and</c><00:34:23.199><c> John</c><00:34:23.400><c> said</c><00:34:23.639><c> to</c><00:34:23.860><c> them</c><00:34:23.980><c> that</c><00:34:24.219><c> day</c><00:34:24.480><c> in</c><00:34:24.659><c> Acts</c><00:34:24.860><c> chapter</c><00:34:25.159><c> 5.</c>

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:27.699
We<00:34:26.139><c> ought</c><00:34:26.320><c> to</c><00:34:26.559><c> obey</c><00:34:26.780><c> God</c><00:34:27.019><c> rather</c><00:34:27.340><c> than</c><00:34:27.559><c> men.</c>

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:31.619
It<00:34:28.260><c> sounds</c><00:34:29.280><c> rather</c><00:34:29.780><c> idealistic,</c><00:34:30.440><c> doesn't</c><00:34:30.519><c> it,</c><00:34:30.679><c> really?</c>

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:33.699
And<00:34:31.920><c> I</c><00:34:32.039><c> suppose,</c><00:34:32.679><c> brothers</c><00:34:32.719><c> and</c><00:34:32.920><c> sisters,</c><00:34:33.219><c> that</c><00:34:33.320><c> if</c><00:34:33.420><c> somebody</c>

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.820
said<00:34:33.980><c> that</c><00:34:34.260><c> to</c><00:34:34.460><c> us,</c>

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:37.340
if<00:34:35.559><c> in</c><00:34:35.820><c> some</c><00:34:36.059><c> situation</c><00:34:36.739><c> someone</c><00:34:37.119><c> said,</c>

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:39.340
ah,<00:34:37.639><c> well,</c><00:34:37.840><c> that's</c><00:34:38.300><c> fine,</c><00:34:38.500><c> I</c><00:34:38.659><c> hear</c><00:34:38.800><c> what</c><00:34:38.960><c> you</c><00:34:39.179><c> say,</c>

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:41.559
but<00:34:39.599><c> we</c><00:34:39.800><c> really</c><00:34:40.039><c> ought</c><00:34:40.179><c> to</c><00:34:40.320><c> obey</c><00:34:40.559><c> God</c><00:34:40.780><c> rather</c><00:34:41.099><c> than</c><00:34:41.300><c> men,</c>

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:45.059
we'd<00:34:42.420><c> smile</c><00:34:43.000><c> a</c><00:34:43.420><c> little</c><00:34:43.699><c> knowingly,</c><00:34:44.219><c> wouldn't</c><00:34:44.420><c> we,</c><00:34:44.780><c> and</c><00:34:44.880><c> say,</c>

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:47.780
yeah,<00:34:45.380><c> well,</c><00:34:45.559><c> that's</c><00:34:46.039><c> fine,</c><00:34:46.199><c> you'll</c><00:34:46.519><c> grow</c><00:34:46.639><c> up,</c><00:34:46.940><c> you'll</c><00:34:47.420><c> mature.</c>

00:34:48.260 --> 00:34:50.260
It's<00:34:48.559><c> not</c><00:34:48.860><c> quite</c><00:34:49.159><c> so</c><00:34:49.460><c> simple.</c>

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.780
It's<00:34:50.679><c> not</c><00:34:50.820><c> as</c><00:34:51.019><c> black</c><00:34:51.199><c> and</c><00:34:51.400><c> white</c><00:34:51.579><c> as</c><00:34:51.780><c> that,</c><00:34:52.280><c> is</c><00:34:52.519><c> it?</c>

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:56.880
You<00:34:53.000><c> know,</c><00:34:54.659><c> there</c><00:34:55.059><c> are</c><00:34:55.139><c> one</c><00:34:55.320><c> or</c><00:34:55.360><c> two</c><00:34:55.579><c> grey</c><00:34:55.880><c> areas.</c>

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:58.119
You'll<00:34:57.340><c> learn.</c>

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:02.260
That's<00:34:59.340><c> the</c><00:34:59.420><c> way</c><00:34:59.559><c> we</c><00:34:59.800><c> tend</c><00:35:00.059><c> to</c><00:35:00.340><c> react,</c><00:35:00.820><c> isn't</c><00:35:00.960><c> it?</c>

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:05.579
And<00:35:02.579><c> yet,</c><00:35:02.760><c> you</c><00:35:02.880><c> see,</c><00:35:03.119><c> as</c><00:35:03.300><c> far</c><00:35:03.500><c> as</c><00:35:03.679><c> Peter</c><00:35:03.860><c> was</c><00:35:04.119><c> concerned,</c><00:35:05.500><c> it</c>

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.900
wasn't<00:35:06.079><c> idealistic.</c>

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:09.940
It<00:35:07.539><c> was</c><00:35:07.980><c> as</c><00:35:08.360><c> simple</c><00:35:08.699><c> as</c><00:35:09.019><c> that.</c>

00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:14.599
And<00:35:10.679><c> here,</c><00:35:11.199><c> brothers</c><00:35:11.320><c> and</c><00:35:11.559><c> sisters,</c><00:35:12.320><c> in</c><00:35:12.920><c> the</c><00:35:13.360><c> record</c><00:35:13.760><c> of</c><00:35:14.099><c> the</c><00:35:14.320><c> Acts,</c>

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:19.099
here<00:35:15.139><c> is</c><00:35:15.539><c> the</c><00:35:16.340><c> cutting</c><00:35:16.719><c> edge,</c><00:35:17.139><c> if</c><00:35:17.380><c> you</c><00:35:17.599><c> like,</c><00:35:17.920><c> of</c><00:35:18.400><c> the</c><00:35:18.639><c> gospel.</c>

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:22.780
This<00:35:19.460><c> is</c><00:35:20.440><c> the</c><00:35:21.460><c> Ecclesiast's</c><00:35:22.059><c> first</c><00:35:22.440><c> love.</c>

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:26.900
This<00:35:22.980><c> is</c><00:35:23.739><c> the</c><00:35:24.760><c> zeal</c><00:35:25.400><c> of</c><00:35:25.599><c> this</c><00:35:25.800><c> early</c><00:35:26.059><c> church.</c>

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:28.579
This<00:35:27.099><c> is</c><00:35:27.280><c> how</c><00:35:27.380><c> they</c><00:35:27.699><c> saw</c><00:35:28.079><c> matters.</c>

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:31.019
They<00:35:28.860><c> saw</c><00:35:29.119><c> them</c><00:35:29.300><c> in</c><00:35:29.420><c> black</c><00:35:29.619><c> and</c><00:35:29.840><c> white</c><00:35:30.000><c> because</c><00:35:30.440><c> they</c><00:35:30.679><c> were</c>

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.960
black<00:35:31.280><c> and</c><00:35:31.579><c> white.</c>

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:35.000
They<00:35:32.599><c> really</c><00:35:33.059><c> were</c><00:35:33.280><c> as</c><00:35:33.579><c> simple</c><00:35:33.840><c> as</c><00:35:34.079><c> that.</c>

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:38.539
We<00:35:35.320><c> ought</c><00:35:35.559><c> to</c><00:35:35.760><c> obey</c><00:35:36.000><c> God</c><00:35:36.579><c> rather</c><00:35:37.260><c> than</c><00:35:37.679><c> men.</c>

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:45.539
And<00:35:40.500><c> if</c><00:35:41.179><c> that</c><00:35:42.380><c> first</c><00:35:42.820><c> love</c><00:35:43.260><c> is</c><00:35:43.599><c> something</c><00:35:44.079><c> that</c><00:35:44.539><c> we</c><00:35:44.940><c> find</c><00:35:45.280><c> it</c>

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:47.420
hard<00:35:45.760><c> to</c><00:35:46.079><c> identify</c><00:35:46.880><c> with,</c>

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:51.440
if<00:35:47.659><c> we</c><00:35:48.559><c> find,</c><00:35:49.340><c> brothers</c><00:35:49.340><c> and</c><00:35:49.599><c> sisters,</c><00:35:49.960><c> in</c><00:35:50.159><c> our</c><00:35:50.599><c> experience</c>

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:53.719
and<00:35:51.719><c> in</c><00:35:51.900><c> our</c><00:35:52.179><c> service</c><00:35:52.539><c> of</c><00:35:52.800><c> God,</c>

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:58.599
a<00:35:53.920><c> discrepancy</c><00:35:55.139><c> with</c><00:35:55.960><c> what</c><00:35:56.239><c> is</c><00:35:56.800><c> here</c><00:35:57.059><c> recorded,</c>

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:04.099
then<00:36:00.639><c> we</c><00:36:01.280><c> need</c><00:36:01.519><c> to</c><00:36:01.679><c> ask</c><00:36:01.960><c> ourselves,</c><00:36:02.639><c> who</c><00:36:02.659><c> has</c><00:36:02.960><c> moved?</c>

00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:07.400
Who<00:36:06.000><c> has</c><00:36:06.300><c> moved?</c>

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:13.460
Let<00:36:09.139><c> me</c><00:36:09.239><c> just</c><00:36:09.599><c> illustrate</c><00:36:10.000><c> on</c><00:36:10.320><c> a</c><00:36:10.480><c> slide</c><00:36:10.800><c> what</c><00:36:11.420><c> I</c><00:36:11.679><c> think</c><00:36:11.940><c> happens</c><00:36:12.639><c> to</c>

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.840
first<00:36:13.760><c> love.</c>

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:18.400
Just<00:36:15.800><c> thinking</c><00:36:16.260><c> about</c><00:36:16.579><c> it</c><00:36:16.719><c> a</c><00:36:16.719><c> little</c><00:36:17.000><c> bit,</c><00:36:17.360><c> I</c><00:36:17.400><c> suppose</c><00:36:17.679><c> it's</c>

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.739
fairly<00:36:18.739><c> obvious,</c>

00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.659
but<00:36:20.059><c> just</c><00:36:21.260><c> have</c><00:36:21.460><c> a</c><00:36:21.659><c> little</c><00:36:21.900><c> read</c><00:36:22.159><c> through</c><00:36:22.440><c> that.</c>

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:24.559
I<00:36:22.820><c> suppose</c><00:36:23.039><c> I</c><00:36:23.099><c> should</c><00:36:23.300><c> have</c><00:36:23.480><c> covered</c><00:36:23.639><c> these</c><00:36:23.920><c> up</c><00:36:24.119><c> and</c><00:36:24.280><c> revealed</c>

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:26.679
them<00:36:24.760><c> one</c><00:36:24.900><c> at</c><00:36:25.059><c> a</c><00:36:25.239><c> time.</c>

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:33.559
But<00:36:26.840><c> I</c><00:36:27.739><c> hope</c><00:36:27.960><c> you</c><00:36:28.539><c> can</c><00:36:28.760><c> see</c><00:36:29.239><c> there</c><00:36:30.000><c> that</c><00:36:31.019><c> there</c><00:36:31.320><c> is</c><00:36:31.559><c> a</c><00:36:31.840><c> progression,</c><00:36:32.460><c> isn't</c><00:36:32.719><c> there,</c>

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:40.619
in<00:36:34.420><c> what</c><00:36:34.840><c> happens</c><00:36:35.360><c> to</c><00:36:35.980><c> our</c><00:36:36.360><c> zeal</c><00:36:36.800><c> and</c><00:36:37.460><c> enthusiasm</c><00:36:38.500><c> as</c><00:36:40.280><c> the</c>

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.400
years<00:36:40.840><c> pass.</c>

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:45.579
We<00:36:41.739><c> start</c><00:36:42.320><c> with</c><00:36:42.599><c> something</c><00:36:43.019><c> that,</c><00:36:44.239><c> in</c><00:36:44.380><c> any</c><00:36:44.880><c> walk</c><00:36:45.119><c> of</c><00:36:45.320><c> life,</c>

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:48.039
doesn't<00:36:45.860><c> have</c><00:36:46.119><c> to</c><00:36:46.260><c> be</c><00:36:46.360><c> with</c><00:36:46.579><c> the</c><00:36:46.739><c> Lord,</c><00:36:47.280><c> might</c><00:36:47.480><c> be</c><00:36:47.679><c> within</c><00:36:47.900><c> a</c>

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:49.960
marriage,<00:36:48.460><c> this</c><00:36:48.659><c> is</c><00:36:49.000><c> true.</c>

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:53.340
We're<00:36:50.300><c> anxious</c><00:36:50.559><c> to</c><00:36:50.860><c> please</c><00:36:51.159><c> and</c><00:36:51.460><c> love</c><00:36:51.679><c> is</c><00:36:52.059><c> strong</c><00:36:52.420><c> and</c><00:36:52.920><c> fervent.</c>

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:56.559
That's<00:36:53.639><c> what</c><00:36:53.940><c> first</c><00:36:54.219><c> love</c><00:36:54.420><c> is</c><00:36:54.639><c> about,</c><00:36:55.679><c> isn't</c><00:36:55.820><c> it?</c>

00:36:56.599 --> 00:37:01.320
And<00:36:56.860><c> then</c><00:36:57.000><c> as</c><00:36:57.139><c> it</c><00:36:57.420><c> matures,</c><00:36:58.480><c> it</c><00:36:58.639><c> becomes</c><00:36:59.079><c> confident</c><00:37:00.139><c> of</c><00:37:00.920><c> the</c>

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:03.099
love<00:37:01.519><c> it</c><00:37:01.780><c> receives.</c>

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:06.039
And<00:37:03.599><c> as</c><00:37:03.800><c> the</c><00:37:03.980><c> result</c><00:37:04.260><c> of</c><00:37:04.480><c> that</c><00:37:04.739><c> confidence,</c><00:37:05.300><c> it</c><00:37:05.460><c> doesn't</c><00:37:05.760><c> need</c>

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:08.079
to<00:37:06.440><c> impress</c><00:37:06.980><c> quite</c><00:37:07.519><c> so</c><00:37:07.800><c> much.</c>

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:12.739
So<00:37:08.659><c> there's</c><00:37:09.280><c> just</c><00:37:09.840><c> a</c><00:37:10.039><c> very</c><00:37:10.440><c> slight</c><00:37:11.360><c> letting</c><00:37:11.860><c> go,</c><00:37:12.440><c> isn't</c><00:37:12.559><c> there?</c>

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:18.639
A<00:37:12.960><c> very</c><00:37:13.280><c> slight</c><00:37:13.639><c> relaxation</c><00:37:14.599><c> of</c><00:37:15.460><c> that</c><00:37:15.860><c> first</c><00:37:16.199><c> love,</c><00:37:16.579><c> of</c><00:37:16.840><c> that</c><00:37:17.219><c> fervence.</c>

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:20.980
And<00:37:19.000><c> then</c><00:37:19.119><c> because</c><00:37:19.340><c> it</c><00:37:19.440><c> doesn't</c><00:37:19.760><c> need</c><00:37:20.119><c> to</c><00:37:20.360><c> make</c><00:37:20.519><c> the</c><00:37:20.760><c> effort</c>

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:24.380
and<00:37:21.460><c> it</c><00:37:21.800><c> recognises</c><00:37:22.380><c> that</c><00:37:22.639><c> the</c><00:37:22.800><c> other</c><00:37:23.000><c> one</c><00:37:23.280><c> still</c><00:37:23.639><c> loves</c><00:37:23.940><c> just</c>

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:24.900
as<00:37:24.659><c> much,</c>

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:27.639
love<00:37:25.179><c> is</c><00:37:25.420><c> still</c><00:37:25.639><c> coming</c><00:37:25.920><c> back</c><00:37:26.239><c> the</c><00:37:26.400><c> other</c><00:37:26.639><c> way,</c><00:37:26.880><c> this</c><00:37:27.079><c> is</c><00:37:27.320><c> always</c><00:37:27.500><c> a</c>

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:29.000
two<00:37:27.900><c>-way</c><00:37:28.059><c> thing,</c>

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:32.440
then<00:37:29.559><c> because</c><00:37:30.179><c> it</c><00:37:30.340><c> doesn't</c><00:37:30.619><c> need</c><00:37:30.860><c> to</c><00:37:31.079><c> make</c><00:37:31.260><c> the</c><00:37:31.460><c> effort,</c><00:37:32.159><c> it</c>

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.860
maybe<00:37:32.639><c> doesn't</c><00:37:33.039><c> make</c><00:37:33.340><c> the</c><00:37:33.539><c> effort.</c>

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:37.739
It<00:37:34.579><c> becomes</c><00:37:35.019><c> just</c><00:37:35.659><c> slightly</c><00:37:36.059><c> more</c><00:37:36.360><c> casual.</c>

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:42.119
Then<00:37:38.639><c> number</c><00:37:39.000><c> four,</c><00:37:40.000><c> that</c><00:37:40.059><c> the</c><00:37:40.239><c> same</c><00:37:40.500><c> love</c><00:37:40.820><c> is</c><00:37:41.659><c> received,</c>

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:45.320
so<00:37:42.340><c> that</c><00:37:42.599><c> encourages</c><00:37:43.260><c> further</c><00:37:43.960><c> relaxation</c><00:37:44.760><c> of</c><00:37:45.099><c> effort.</c>

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:51.440
And<00:37:45.840><c> at</c><00:37:46.079><c> stage</c><00:37:46.360><c> five,</c><00:37:48.260><c> we</c><00:37:48.719><c> rationalise</c><00:37:49.739><c> the</c><00:37:49.960><c> absence</c><00:37:50.460><c> of</c><00:37:50.860><c> first</c><00:37:51.159><c> love</c>

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:54.219
and<00:37:51.599><c> we</c><00:37:51.780><c> say,</c><00:37:52.099><c> oh</c><00:37:52.099><c> well,</c><00:37:52.500><c> it's</c><00:37:52.599><c> not</c><00:37:53.079><c> that</c><00:37:53.139><c> we</c><00:37:53.260><c> don't</c><00:37:53.460><c> love</c><00:37:53.639><c> as</c><00:37:53.840><c> much,</c>

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:56.440
I<00:37:54.500><c> mean,</c><00:37:54.719><c> you</c><00:37:54.840><c> know,</c><00:37:55.159><c> if</c><00:37:55.420><c> I</c><00:37:55.579><c> needed</c><00:37:55.760><c> to</c><00:37:55.940><c> do</c><00:37:56.039><c> something</c><00:37:56.239><c> about</c><00:37:56.320><c> it,</c><00:37:56.380><c> I</c>

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:57.179
could<00:37:56.599><c> do</c><00:37:56.679><c> it</c><00:37:56.820><c> immediately.</c>

00:37:57.420 --> 00:38:01.039
I<00:37:57.659><c> could</c><00:37:57.820><c> get</c><00:37:58.000><c> back</c><00:37:58.199><c> to</c><00:37:58.400><c> square</c><00:37:58.619><c> one</c><00:37:58.920><c> if</c><00:37:59.139><c> I</c><00:37:59.320><c> wanted</c><00:37:59.519><c> to,</c><00:37:59.900><c> straight</c><00:38:00.099><c> away.</c>

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:03.440
It's<00:38:01.599><c> like</c><00:38:01.860><c> habit</c><00:38:02.199><c>-forming</c><00:38:02.639><c> things,</c><00:38:03.119><c> isn't</c><00:38:03.280><c> it?</c>

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:05.940
I<00:38:03.780><c> could</c><00:38:04.019><c> give</c><00:38:04.179><c> up</c><00:38:04.360><c> smoking</c><00:38:04.639><c> tomorrow</c><00:38:04.980><c> if</c><00:38:05.260><c> I</c><00:38:05.480><c> really</c><00:38:05.719><c> wanted</c>

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:09.320
to,<00:38:07.179><c> until</c><00:38:07.500><c> you</c><00:38:07.719><c> try</c><00:38:08.000><c> it.</c>

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:16.260
And<00:38:11.420><c> then</c><00:38:12.099><c> we</c><00:38:12.300><c> find</c><00:38:12.719><c> that</c><00:38:13.440><c> it's</c><00:38:14.039><c> not</c><00:38:14.280><c> quite</c><00:38:14.579><c> so</c><00:38:14.780><c> easy</c><00:38:14.960><c> as</c><00:38:15.099><c> we</c><00:38:15.340><c> thought.</c>

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:19.800
There<00:38:17.260><c> is</c><00:38:17.500><c> this</c><00:38:17.840><c> downward</c><00:38:18.579><c> progression</c>

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:27.679
and<00:38:21.099><c> the</c><00:38:21.500><c> allaying</c><00:38:21.920><c> of</c><00:38:22.280><c> concern</c><00:38:22.920><c> just</c><00:38:23.760><c> hastens</c><00:38:24.440><c> the</c><00:38:24.780><c> slide</c><00:38:25.659><c> towards</c><00:38:27.280><c> a</c>

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:29.360
lessening<00:38:28.199><c> of</c><00:38:28.420><c> that</c><00:38:28.679><c> love</c>

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:33.880
and<00:38:30.099><c> of</c><00:38:30.440><c> ultimately</c><00:38:31.079><c> to</c><00:38:31.679><c> what</c><00:38:31.840><c> we</c><00:38:32.159><c> call</c><00:38:32.460><c> apathy.</c>

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:39.780
Apathy<00:38:34.639><c> is</c><00:38:35.980><c> the</c><00:38:36.360><c> opposite</c><00:38:36.699><c> of</c><00:38:37.380><c> sympathy</c><00:38:37.980><c> and</c><00:38:38.519><c> empathy.</c>

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:44.199
The<00:38:41.519><c> pathy</c><00:38:41.760><c> part</c><00:38:42.179><c> is</c><00:38:42.519><c> to</c><00:38:42.679><c> do</c><00:38:42.840><c> with</c><00:38:43.119><c> feeling.</c>

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:48.159
A<00:38:45.099><c>-pathy</c><00:38:45.599><c> means</c><00:38:46.159><c> there</c><00:38:46.440><c> is</c><00:38:46.860><c> no</c><00:38:47.280><c> feeling.</c>

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:53.260
It's<00:38:48.480><c> what</c><00:38:48.659><c> apathy</c><00:38:49.019><c> means,</c><00:38:49.539><c> without</c><00:38:50.300><c> feeling,</c><00:38:51.519><c> without</c><00:38:51.840><c> any</c><00:38:52.139><c> sensation.</c>

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:55.500
It's<00:38:53.519><c> like</c><00:38:53.679><c> the</c><00:38:53.920><c> leprosy</c><00:38:54.400><c> that</c><00:38:54.559><c> we</c><00:38:54.699><c> were</c><00:38:54.800><c> talking</c><00:38:55.079><c> about</c><00:38:55.400><c> the</c>

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:55.860
other<00:38:55.699><c> night,</c>

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.760
you<00:38:56.059><c> touch</c><00:38:56.340><c> it</c><00:38:56.480><c> and</c><00:38:56.579><c> there's</c><00:38:56.800><c> nothing</c><00:38:57.119><c> there.</c>

00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:00.980
That's<00:38:58.800><c> what</c><00:38:58.980><c> apathy</c><00:38:59.280><c> is,</c><00:38:59.679><c> brothers</c><00:38:59.800><c> and</c><00:39:00.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:04.460
You<00:39:01.420><c> touch</c><00:39:01.679><c> it,</c><00:39:02.500><c> there's</c><00:39:02.739><c> no</c><00:39:03.000><c> response.</c>

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:12.400
So<00:39:07.000><c> let's</c><00:39:07.559><c> not</c><00:39:08.360><c> be</c><00:39:09.300><c> too</c><00:39:09.699><c> clever</c><00:39:10.139><c> about</c><00:39:10.860><c> thinking</c><00:39:11.559><c> these</c><00:39:12.039><c> words</c>

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:14.780
of<00:39:12.679><c> Peter</c><00:39:13.000><c> sound</c><00:39:13.960><c> idealistic,</c>

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:17.039
even<00:39:15.059><c> if</c><00:39:15.260><c> we</c><00:39:15.420><c> hear</c><00:39:15.619><c> them</c><00:39:15.820><c> today.</c>

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:19.820
As<00:39:17.340><c> we</c><00:39:17.559><c> said,</c><00:39:17.940><c> this</c><00:39:18.099><c> is</c><00:39:18.519><c> the</c><00:39:18.739><c> cutting</c><00:39:18.980><c> edge</c><00:39:19.219><c> of</c><00:39:19.420><c> the</c><00:39:19.559><c> Gospel.</c>

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:21.900
This<00:39:20.079><c> is</c><00:39:20.300><c> where</c><00:39:20.460><c> we</c><00:39:20.800><c> ought</c><00:39:21.119><c> to</c><00:39:21.480><c> be.</c>

00:39:22.300 --> 00:39:23.980
This<00:39:22.639><c> is</c><00:39:23.139><c> first</c><00:39:23.559><c> love.</c>

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:28.420
It<00:39:24.340><c> should</c><00:39:24.800><c> be</c><00:39:25.179><c> for</c><00:39:25.400><c> us</c><00:39:25.800><c> that</c><00:39:26.340><c> simple</c><00:39:26.800><c> choice,</c><00:39:27.360><c> as</c><00:39:27.780><c> idealistic</c>

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.880
as<00:39:28.639><c> it</c><00:39:28.880><c> sounds,</c>

00:39:31.619 --> 00:39:36.239
we<00:39:32.300><c> ought</c><00:39:32.760><c> to</c><00:39:32.960><c> obey</c><00:39:33.260><c> God</c><00:39:33.920><c> rather</c><00:39:35.059><c> than</c><00:39:35.380><c> men.</c>

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:41.519
And<00:39:39.760><c> finally</c><00:39:40.099><c> this</c><00:39:40.380><c> morning,</c><00:39:40.900><c> brothers</c><00:39:40.940><c> and</c><00:39:41.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:44.800
perhaps<00:39:42.099><c> we</c><00:39:42.360><c> can</c><00:39:42.579><c> just</c><00:39:42.880><c> look</c><00:39:43.039><c> at</c><00:39:43.280><c> one</c><00:39:43.500><c> other</c><00:39:43.880><c> little</c><00:39:44.199><c> aspect</c>

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.500
of<00:39:45.119><c> this</c>

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:48.659
we<00:39:45.900><c> ought</c><00:39:46.199><c> to</c><00:39:46.400><c> obey</c><00:39:46.679><c> God</c><00:39:47.000><c> rather</c><00:39:47.400><c> than</c><00:39:47.699><c> men</c><00:39:48.019><c> phrase,</c>

00:39:49.119 --> 00:39:51.880
perhaps<00:39:49.500><c> a</c><00:39:49.739><c> slightly</c><00:39:50.059><c> more</c><00:39:50.659><c> sinister</c><00:39:51.199><c> one.</c>

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:58.119
An<00:39:53.159><c> aspect</c><00:39:53.699><c> of</c><00:39:53.940><c> it</c><00:39:54.139><c> which</c><00:39:55.179><c> is</c><00:39:55.900><c> very</c><00:39:56.599><c> prevalent</c><00:39:57.019><c> in</c><00:39:57.320><c> our</c><00:39:57.719><c> world</c>

00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:03.019
and<00:39:58.300><c> one</c><00:39:58.639><c> which</c><00:39:59.340><c> to</c><00:39:59.860><c> some</c><00:40:00.059><c> extent</c><00:40:00.599><c> we</c><00:40:01.000><c> fail</c><00:40:01.360><c> to</c><00:40:01.679><c> recognise.</c>

00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:09.800
And<00:40:03.860><c> that</c><00:40:04.039><c> is</c><00:40:04.559><c> the</c><00:40:05.280><c> impact</c><00:40:06.059><c> of</c><00:40:06.639><c> humanism</c><00:40:07.340><c> and</c><00:40:08.679><c> humanist</c><00:40:09.260><c> thinking</c>

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:14.460
upon<00:40:10.599><c> our</c><00:40:10.900><c> lives</c><00:40:11.539><c> and</c><00:40:12.579><c> upon</c><00:40:12.800><c> our</c><00:40:13.099><c> brotherhood.</c>

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:20.679
We<00:40:16.139><c> have</c><00:40:16.400><c> been</c><00:40:17.320><c> caught</c><00:40:17.639><c> up</c><00:40:18.380><c> sadly</c><00:40:18.980><c> to</c><00:40:19.780><c> some</c><00:40:20.000><c> extent</c>

00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:24.900
to<00:40:21.139><c> a</c><00:40:21.139><c> greater</c><00:40:21.340><c> or</c><00:40:21.659><c> a</c><00:40:21.840><c> lesser</c><00:40:22.000><c> degree</c><00:40:22.480><c> in</c><00:40:23.239><c> humanism.</c>

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:28.059
Humanism<00:40:25.380><c> is</c><00:40:25.559><c> that</c><00:40:25.699><c> which</c><00:40:26.019><c> glorifies</c><00:40:26.900><c> man.</c>

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:32.099
So<00:40:28.840><c> it's</c><00:40:29.400><c> diametrically</c><00:40:30.059><c> opposed</c><00:40:30.679><c> to</c><00:40:31.340><c> what</c><00:40:31.579><c> Peter</c><00:40:31.820><c> says,</c>

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:33.940
we<00:40:32.320><c> ought</c><00:40:32.519><c> to</c><00:40:32.679><c> obey</c><00:40:32.880><c> God.</c>

00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:37.320
Humanism<00:40:35.400><c> is</c><00:40:35.960><c> obeying</c><00:40:36.340><c> man.</c>

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:39.760
And<00:40:38.199><c> you're</c><00:40:38.500><c> well</c><00:40:38.980><c> acquainted</c><00:40:39.340><c> with</c><00:40:39.519><c> this</c>

00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:42.340
because<00:40:40.119><c> you've</c><00:40:40.639><c> even</c><00:40:40.900><c> got</c><00:40:41.079><c> it</c><00:40:41.199><c> in</c><00:40:41.340><c> the</c><00:40:41.480><c> American</c><00:40:41.780><c> Constitution.</c>

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:43.639
It's<00:40:43.239><c> there.</c>

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:47.940
It's<00:40:43.960><c> at</c><00:40:44.139><c> the</c><00:40:44.179><c> very</c><00:40:45.039><c> foundation</c><00:40:45.780><c> of</c><00:40:46.119><c> American</c><00:40:46.539><c> life.</c>

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:51.179
It's<00:40:49.260><c> spelled</c><00:40:49.380><c> out</c><00:40:49.800><c> in</c><00:40:50.199><c> black</c><00:40:50.519><c> and</c><00:40:50.760><c> white</c>

00:40:51.179 --> 00:40:53.599
in<00:40:51.800><c> the</c><00:40:51.980><c> Declaration</c><00:40:52.340><c> of</c><00:40:52.579><c> Independence.</c>

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:57.380
So<00:40:55.980><c> it's</c><00:40:56.239><c> something,</c><00:40:56.539><c> brothers</c><00:40:56.800><c> and</c><00:40:57.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:57.440 --> 00:41:00.420
that<00:40:57.800><c> we</c><00:40:58.860><c> need</c><00:40:59.480><c> to</c><00:40:59.699><c> be</c><00:40:59.920><c> aware</c><00:41:00.139><c> of</c>

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:04.019
and<00:41:00.579><c> perhaps</c><00:41:01.079><c> you</c><00:41:01.599><c> particularly</c><00:41:02.280><c> are.</c>

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:09.159
Humanism<00:41:05.940><c> is</c><00:41:06.639><c> not</c><00:41:06.920><c> something</c><00:41:07.280><c> that</c><00:41:07.500><c> happens</c><00:41:07.820><c> accidentally.</c>

00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:15.340
There<00:41:10.500><c> is,</c><00:41:11.179><c> I</c><00:41:11.500><c> believe,</c><00:41:12.739><c> an</c><00:41:12.739><c> orchestrated</c><00:41:13.940><c> undermining</c>

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:19.739
of<00:41:16.559><c> faith</c><00:41:17.260><c> in</c><00:41:17.760><c> God</c><00:41:18.119><c> in</c><00:41:18.480><c> these</c><00:41:18.780><c> days.</c>

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:23.460
In<00:41:20.480><c> various</c><00:41:21.599><c> walks</c><00:41:22.019><c> of</c><00:41:22.320><c> life,</c>

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:26.440
there<00:41:24.019><c> is</c><00:41:24.360><c> a</c><00:41:24.599><c> deliberate</c><00:41:25.400><c> perversion</c>

00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:32.940
and<00:41:27.420><c> deliberate</c><00:41:27.940><c> attempt</c><00:41:28.699><c> to</c><00:41:31.159><c> take</c><00:41:31.420><c> away</c><00:41:31.739><c> faith.</c>

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:36.900
All<00:41:34.539><c> the</c><00:41:34.719><c> talk</c><00:41:34.920><c> about</c><00:41:35.579><c> rights.</c>

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:41.300
We<00:41:37.960><c> don't</c><00:41:38.579><c> have</c><00:41:38.760><c> any</c><00:41:38.980><c> rights,</c><00:41:39.940><c> brothers</c><00:41:40.019><c> and</c><00:41:40.239><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:44.940
No<00:41:42.320><c> rights</c><00:41:42.619><c> at</c><00:41:42.880><c> all</c><00:41:43.239><c> in</c><00:41:43.659><c> this</c><00:41:43.940><c> world.</c>

00:41:46.219 --> 00:41:50.579
But<00:41:46.619><c> the</c><00:41:46.820><c> world</c><00:41:47.239><c> teaches</c><00:41:47.820><c> us</c><00:41:48.179><c> to</c><00:41:48.559><c> stand</c><00:41:49.159><c> on</c><00:41:49.480><c> our</c><00:41:49.780><c> rights,</c><00:41:50.260><c> doesn't</c><00:41:50.480><c> it?</c>

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.860
To<00:41:50.800><c> insist</c><00:41:51.460><c> on</c><00:41:51.699><c> our...</c>

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:54.019
You<00:41:52.099><c> have</c><00:41:52.380><c> a</c><00:41:52.559><c> right</c><00:41:52.739><c> to</c><00:41:52.980><c> this</c><00:41:53.119><c> and</c><00:41:53.300><c> a</c><00:41:53.440><c> right</c><00:41:53.619><c> to</c><00:41:53.820><c> that</c>

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:57.039
and<00:41:54.340><c> if</c><00:41:54.699><c> someone</c><00:41:55.199><c> invades</c><00:41:56.159><c> your</c><00:41:56.539><c> rights,</c>

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:59.719
then<00:41:57.880><c> you</c><00:41:58.340><c> seek</c><00:41:58.559><c> compensation.</c>

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.579
You<00:42:00.659><c> sue.</c>

00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:04.840
You<00:42:02.539><c> go</c><00:42:02.800><c> for</c><00:42:02.960><c> them</c><00:42:03.099><c> with</c><00:42:03.300><c> all</c><00:42:03.760><c> you've</c><00:42:04.039><c> got.</c>

00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:09.340
That's<00:42:06.260><c> the</c><00:42:06.420><c> attitude</c><00:42:07.079><c> of</c><00:42:08.280><c> almost</c><00:42:08.639><c> every</c><00:42:08.960><c> man</c><00:42:09.099><c> and</c><00:42:09.199><c> woman</c>

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.880
in<00:42:09.559><c> our</c><00:42:09.739><c> world</c><00:42:10.039><c> now,</c><00:42:10.420><c> isn't</c><00:42:10.519><c> it?</c>

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:13.739
The<00:42:11.599><c> health</c><00:42:11.860><c> service</c><00:42:12.280><c> in</c><00:42:12.679><c> Britain,</c><00:42:12.960><c> I</c><00:42:13.119><c> can</c><00:42:13.360><c> tell</c><00:42:13.519><c> you,</c>

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:16.199
is<00:42:14.320><c> in</c><00:42:14.579><c> tatters</c><00:42:14.920><c> and</c><00:42:15.179><c> one</c><00:42:15.400><c> of</c><00:42:15.619><c> the</c><00:42:15.800><c> reasons,</c>

00:42:16.579 --> 00:42:18.699
there<00:42:17.059><c> are</c><00:42:17.219><c> many,</c><00:42:17.619><c> but</c><00:42:17.719><c> one</c><00:42:17.960><c> of</c><00:42:18.119><c> the</c><00:42:18.199><c> reasons</c>

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:23.239
is<00:42:19.380><c> the</c><00:42:19.719><c> fear</c><00:42:19.980><c> now</c><00:42:20.579><c> that</c><00:42:21.039><c> the</c><00:42:21.159><c> practicing</c><00:42:21.659><c> doctors</c><00:42:22.139><c> and</c><00:42:22.360><c> nurses</c><00:42:22.719><c> have</c>

00:42:23.239 --> 00:42:27.039
of<00:42:23.820><c> being</c><00:42:24.320><c> sued</c><00:42:24.760><c> for</c><00:42:25.239><c> the</c><00:42:25.460><c> least</c><00:42:25.659><c> little</c><00:42:25.940><c> thing.</c>

00:42:28.940 --> 00:42:34.539
And<00:42:29.619><c> it's</c><00:42:29.900><c> not</c><00:42:30.219><c> just</c><00:42:30.880><c> rights</c><00:42:31.360><c> in</c><00:42:32.420><c> a</c><00:42:33.139><c> sort</c><00:42:33.280><c> of</c><00:42:33.840><c> global</c><00:42:34.199><c> sense,</c>

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.900
is<00:42:34.659><c> it?</c>

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:39.159
People<00:42:35.440><c> believe</c><00:42:35.980><c> that</c><00:42:36.199><c> they</c><00:42:36.440><c> have</c><00:42:36.840><c> a</c><00:42:37.019><c> right</c><00:42:37.219><c> to</c><00:42:37.539><c> happiness</c><00:42:37.920><c> too.</c>

00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:43.139
That<00:42:39.800><c> they</c><00:42:40.059><c> have</c><00:42:40.360><c> a</c><00:42:40.980><c> right</c><00:42:41.460><c> to</c><00:42:41.900><c> personal</c><00:42:42.539><c> gain</c>

00:42:43.139 --> 00:42:45.380
and<00:42:43.480><c> advantage</c><00:42:44.059><c> and</c><00:42:44.420><c> promotion.</c>

00:42:46.480 --> 00:42:49.880
And<00:42:46.840><c> they</c><00:42:46.980><c> have</c><00:42:47.179><c> a</c><00:42:47.340><c> right</c><00:42:47.559><c> to</c><00:42:47.880><c> be</c><00:42:48.340><c> in</c><00:42:48.699><c> any</c><00:42:49.219><c> circumstance</c>

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:51.460
that<00:42:50.239><c> makes</c><00:42:50.539><c> them</c><00:42:50.880><c> happy.</c>

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:53.500
The<00:42:51.940><c> world</c><00:42:52.159><c> will</c><00:42:52.519><c> usually</c><00:42:53.019><c> say,</c>

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:55.940
as<00:42:53.780><c> long</c><00:42:54.039><c> as</c><00:42:54.159><c> it</c><00:42:54.360><c> doesn't</c><00:42:55.039><c> affect</c><00:42:55.400><c> other</c><00:42:55.659><c> people,</c>

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:59.360
as<00:42:56.039><c> long</c><00:42:56.199><c> as</c><00:42:56.340><c> it</c><00:42:56.440><c> doesn't</c><00:42:57.699><c> undermine</c><00:42:58.059><c> their</c><00:42:58.320><c> happiness.</c>

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:04.039
And<00:43:01.619><c> that,</c><00:43:01.980><c> brothers</c><00:43:02.039><c> and</c><00:43:02.239><c> sisters,</c><00:43:02.579><c> leads</c><00:43:03.000><c> people</c><00:43:03.380><c> to</c><00:43:03.599><c> believe</c>

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:07.380
that<00:43:04.340><c> they</c><00:43:04.719><c> should</c><00:43:04.960><c> not</c><00:43:05.139><c> have</c><00:43:05.360><c> to</c><00:43:05.519><c> endure</c><00:43:05.980><c> any</c><00:43:06.420><c> pain.</c>

00:43:08.420 --> 00:43:10.639
They<00:43:08.539><c> should</c><00:43:08.800><c> not</c><00:43:08.980><c> have</c><00:43:09.199><c> to</c><00:43:09.400><c> endure</c><00:43:09.739><c> any</c><00:43:10.139><c> job</c>

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:14.659
that<00:43:11.079><c> they</c><00:43:11.380><c> feel</c><00:43:11.659><c> is</c><00:43:12.400><c> not</c><00:43:12.900><c> getting</c><00:43:13.119><c> them</c><00:43:13.280><c> where</c><00:43:13.400><c> they</c><00:43:13.559><c> want</c><00:43:13.739><c> to</c><00:43:13.900><c> go.</c>

00:43:14.780 --> 00:43:16.699
They<00:43:15.019><c> should</c><00:43:15.199><c> not</c><00:43:15.340><c> have</c><00:43:15.519><c> to</c><00:43:15.659><c> endure</c><00:43:15.860><c> any</c><00:43:16.139><c> relationship,</c>

00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:18.619
any<00:43:16.980><c> personal</c><00:43:17.360><c> relationship,</c><00:43:17.940><c> any</c><00:43:18.139><c> marriage</c>

00:43:18.619 --> 00:43:20.500
which<00:43:19.000><c> does</c><00:43:19.239><c> not</c><00:43:19.460><c> provide</c><00:43:19.739><c> them</c><00:43:19.900><c> with</c><00:43:20.079><c> the</c><00:43:20.260><c> happiness</c>

00:43:20.500 --> 00:43:22.079
they<00:43:20.800><c> feel</c><00:43:20.960><c> they</c><00:43:21.199><c> deserve.</c>

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:25.079
These<00:43:23.619><c> are</c><00:43:23.760><c> the</c><00:43:23.940><c> things</c><00:43:24.159><c> which</c><00:43:24.440><c> are</c><00:43:24.659><c> at</c><00:43:24.760><c> the</c><00:43:24.920><c> root</c>

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:29.559
of<00:43:25.699><c> so</c><00:43:25.699><c> many</c><00:43:26.059><c> of</c><00:43:26.179><c> the</c><00:43:26.420><c> problems</c><00:43:27.179><c> of</c><00:43:28.019><c> life</c><00:43:28.400><c> today.</c>

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:31.059
And<00:43:30.159><c> that,</c><00:43:30.559><c> brothers</c><00:43:30.639><c> and</c><00:43:30.820><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:34.380
has<00:43:31.460><c> spread</c><00:43:31.699><c> very</c><00:43:32.079><c> much</c><00:43:32.300><c> into</c><00:43:32.519><c> the</c><00:43:32.760><c> Church</c><00:43:33.179><c> too.</c>

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:37.619
Many,<00:43:35.340><c> many</c><00:43:35.739><c> so</c><00:43:36.019><c>-called</c><00:43:36.239><c> Christian</c><00:43:36.760><c> believers</c><00:43:37.199><c> today</c>

00:43:37.619 --> 00:43:39.900
believe<00:43:38.099><c> that</c><00:43:38.460><c> if</c><00:43:38.800><c> they</c><00:43:39.219><c> serve</c><00:43:39.539><c> God</c>

00:43:39.900 --> 00:43:41.679
and<00:43:40.039><c> if</c><00:43:40.199><c> they</c><00:43:40.400><c> love</c><00:43:40.659><c> the</c><00:43:40.780><c> Lord</c><00:43:40.960><c> Jesus</c><00:43:41.320><c> Christ,</c>

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:43.579
then<00:43:42.199><c> Jesus</c><00:43:42.519><c> will</c><00:43:42.800><c> make</c><00:43:43.000><c> them</c><00:43:43.219><c> happy</c>

00:43:43.579 --> 00:43:47.179
and<00:43:43.679><c> they</c><00:43:43.880><c> should</c><00:43:44.119><c> have</c><00:43:44.519><c> happiness</c><00:43:44.960><c> now</c><00:43:45.559><c> as</c><00:43:46.019><c> a</c><00:43:46.300><c> right.</c>

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:49.280
As<00:43:47.599><c> though</c><00:43:47.739><c> there</c><00:43:47.920><c> is</c><00:43:48.119><c> a</c><00:43:48.300><c> contract</c><00:43:48.800><c> there</c>

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:52.039
that<00:43:49.460><c> in</c><00:43:49.719><c> serving</c><00:43:50.000><c> Jesus</c><00:43:50.400><c> will</c><00:43:50.659><c> bring</c><00:43:50.900><c> its</c><00:43:51.139><c> own</c><00:43:51.360><c> reward</c><00:43:51.719><c> now.</c>

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:54.320
And<00:43:52.280><c> the</c><00:43:52.420><c> Bible</c><00:43:52.619><c> knows</c><00:43:52.880><c> nothing</c><00:43:53.179><c> of</c><00:43:53.440><c> that.</c>

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:58.719
There<00:43:55.380><c> are</c><00:43:55.679><c> blessings</c><00:43:56.199><c> untold</c><00:43:56.840><c> now</c><00:43:57.139><c> in</c><00:43:57.340><c> our</c><00:43:57.579><c> fellowship.</c>

00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:01.139
Houses<00:43:59.360><c> and</c><00:43:59.619><c> lands</c><00:43:59.920><c> and</c><00:44:00.239><c> mothers</c><00:44:00.539><c> and</c><00:44:00.800><c> brethren,</c>

00:44:01.300 --> 00:44:04.139
hundred<00:44:01.639><c>-fold</c><00:44:02.320><c> now</c><00:44:03.260><c> in</c><00:44:03.679><c> this</c><00:44:03.920><c> time,</c>

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:06.440
with<00:44:04.519><c> persecutions,</c><00:44:05.480><c> the</c><00:44:05.719><c> Lord</c><00:44:05.960><c> says,</c>

00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:11.280
with<00:44:07.179><c> persecutions</c><00:44:08.380><c> and</c><00:44:09.199><c> in</c><00:44:09.420><c> the</c><00:44:09.599><c> life</c><00:44:09.800><c> to</c><00:44:10.059><c> come,</c>

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:12.980
everlasting<00:44:11.860><c> life.</c>

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:19.619
One<00:44:17.019><c> of</c><00:44:17.179><c> the</c><00:44:17.320><c> dangers</c><00:44:17.739><c> of</c><00:44:18.420><c> science,</c><00:44:19.079><c> brothers</c><00:44:19.159><c> and</c><00:44:19.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:23.820
in<00:44:19.780><c> our</c><00:44:20.179><c> day</c><00:44:20.599><c> is</c><00:44:21.139><c> not</c><00:44:21.440><c> just</c><00:44:21.980><c> the</c><00:44:22.320><c> theory</c><00:44:22.599><c> of</c><00:44:22.860><c> evolution.</c>

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:26.139
We've<00:44:24.860><c> tended</c><00:44:25.039><c> to</c><00:44:25.280><c> put</c><00:44:25.420><c> a</c><00:44:25.480><c> lot</c><00:44:25.659><c> of</c><00:44:25.900><c> effort</c>

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:28.980
into<00:44:26.860><c> making</c><00:44:27.280><c> sure</c><00:44:27.760><c> that</c><00:44:27.960><c> our</c><00:44:28.159><c> kids</c><00:44:28.340><c> understand</c>

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:31.579
that<00:44:29.179><c> this</c><00:44:29.380><c> is</c><00:44:29.739><c> a</c><00:44:29.840><c> theory</c><00:44:30.119><c> and</c><00:44:30.440><c> not</c><00:44:30.780><c> fact.</c>

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:34.880
But,<00:44:32.380><c> to</c><00:44:32.519><c> be</c><00:44:32.699><c> honest,</c><00:44:33.300><c> the</c><00:44:33.480><c> greatest</c><00:44:33.800><c> danger</c><00:44:34.280><c> of</c><00:44:34.519><c> evolution</c>

00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:37.420
is<00:44:35.139><c> not</c><00:44:35.340><c> the</c><00:44:35.579><c> theory</c><00:44:35.780><c> itself,</c><00:44:36.239><c> I</c><00:44:36.440><c> suggest,</c>

00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:40.380
but<00:44:37.880><c> the</c><00:44:38.119><c> idea</c><00:44:38.659><c> that</c><00:44:39.039><c> science</c><00:44:39.420><c> has</c><00:44:39.659><c> put</c><00:44:39.860><c> about,</c>

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:44.300
that<00:44:40.820><c> science</c><00:44:41.579><c> can</c><00:44:42.260><c> answer</c><00:44:43.000><c> all</c><00:44:43.679><c> the</c><00:44:43.880><c> questions,</c>

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:48.320
that<00:44:44.780><c> given</c><00:44:45.159><c> time</c><00:44:45.980><c> the</c><00:44:46.840><c> answers</c><00:44:47.260><c> are</c><00:44:47.679><c> there</c>

00:44:48.320 --> 00:44:49.980
and<00:44:48.780><c> they</c><00:44:49.000><c> will</c><00:44:49.260><c> be</c><00:44:49.579><c> found.</c>

00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:52.840
Science<00:44:50.619><c> will</c><00:44:50.920><c> come</c><00:44:51.179><c> up</c><00:44:51.420><c> with</c><00:44:51.699><c> them.</c>

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:55.400
The<00:44:54.400><c> church</c><00:44:54.639><c> we've</c><00:44:54.880><c> referred</c><00:44:55.139><c> to</c>

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:58.559
and<00:44:55.760><c> the</c><00:44:55.980><c> churches</c><00:44:56.360><c> largely</c><00:44:57.619><c> in</c><00:44:58.139><c> Christendom</c>

00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:00.219
have<00:44:58.780><c> become</c><00:44:59.159><c> sidetracked,</c><00:44:59.860><c> haven't</c><00:45:00.039><c> they,</c>

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:02.320
with<00:45:00.460><c> the</c><00:45:00.599><c> idea</c><00:45:00.880><c> of</c><00:45:01.179><c> a</c><00:45:01.320><c> brotherhood</c><00:45:01.760><c> of</c><00:45:02.059><c> man.</c>

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:05.039
Do<00:45:02.579><c> you</c><00:45:02.679><c> notice</c><00:45:02.900><c> how</c><00:45:03.300><c> the</c><00:45:03.480><c> Pope</c><00:45:03.739><c> talks</c><00:45:04.099><c> about</c><00:45:04.420><c> this</c><00:45:04.599><c> now</c><00:45:04.820><c> all</c>

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:05.559
the<00:45:05.280><c> time,</c>

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:08.260
the<00:45:05.820><c> brotherhood</c><00:45:06.719><c> of</c><00:45:07.159><c> man?</c>

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:12.800
And<00:45:09.800><c> many</c><00:45:10.360><c> so</c><00:45:10.699><c>-called</c><00:45:10.960><c> Christians</c><00:45:11.380><c> have</c><00:45:11.679><c> become</c><00:45:12.000><c> sidetracked</c>

00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:14.920
into<00:45:13.059><c> dealing</c><00:45:13.320><c> with</c><00:45:13.579><c> humanitarian</c><00:45:14.340><c> crises.</c>

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.059
This<00:45:15.619><c> is</c><00:45:15.820><c> what</c><00:45:16.019><c> Christianity</c><00:45:16.500><c> is</c><00:45:16.800><c> about</c><00:45:17.079><c> now,</c>

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:20.719
the<00:45:18.659><c> humanitarian</c><00:45:19.420><c> crises</c><00:45:20.000><c> of</c><00:45:20.280><c> our</c><00:45:20.519><c> world.</c>

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:22.380
Not<00:45:20.960><c> that</c><00:45:21.099><c> we</c><00:45:21.239><c> shouldn't</c><00:45:21.579><c> be</c><00:45:21.900><c> concerned</c>

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.980
about<00:45:22.739><c> those</c><00:45:22.980><c> things,</c><00:45:23.340><c> brothers</c><00:45:23.500><c> and</c><00:45:23.659><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:26.099
Green<00:45:24.679><c> issues,</c><00:45:25.300><c> too,</c><00:45:25.320><c> is</c><00:45:25.460><c> another</c><00:45:25.639><c> one,</c><00:45:25.840><c> isn't</c><00:45:25.940><c> it?</c>

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:28.880
Environmental<00:45:27.079><c> concerns,</c><00:45:27.599><c> they</c><00:45:27.880><c> sound</c><00:45:28.320><c> right,</c>

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:31.639
and<00:45:29.199><c> it's</c><00:45:29.420><c> so</c><00:45:29.639><c> easy</c><00:45:29.840><c> to</c><00:45:30.059><c> be</c><00:45:30.360><c> sidetracked</c><00:45:30.900><c> into</c><00:45:31.119><c> those</c><00:45:31.360><c> issues.</c>

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:34.280
We<00:45:32.099><c> have</c><00:45:32.539><c> no,</c><00:45:32.980><c> contrary</c><00:45:33.440><c> to</c><00:45:33.760><c> popular</c><00:45:34.000><c> belief,</c>

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:36.420
we<00:45:34.460><c> have</c><00:45:34.860><c> no</c><00:45:35.480><c> responsibility,</c>

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:39.039
no<00:45:37.019><c> environmental</c><00:45:37.820><c> stewardship</c><00:45:38.400><c> of</c><00:45:38.679><c> this</c><00:45:38.880><c> world.</c>

00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:41.199
God<00:45:39.320><c> has</c><00:45:39.599><c> not</c><00:45:39.800><c> given</c><00:45:40.000><c> us</c><00:45:40.280><c> that.</c>

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:45.139
When<00:45:42.719><c> God</c><00:45:43.019><c> gave</c><00:45:43.360><c> Adam</c><00:45:43.679><c> and</c><00:45:43.900><c> Eve</c><00:45:44.059><c> dominion</c>

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:47.519
and<00:45:45.659><c> authority</c><00:45:46.340><c> over</c><00:45:46.699><c> all</c><00:45:46.820><c> that</c><00:45:46.960><c> He</c><00:45:47.139><c> created,</c>

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:49.079
that<00:45:47.760><c> was</c><00:45:48.019><c> prophetic.</c>

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:50.880
Hebrews<00:45:49.380><c> 2</c><00:45:49.739><c> says</c><00:45:50.280><c> that</c>

00:45:50.880 --> 00:45:54.300
we<00:45:51.300><c> see</c><00:45:51.619><c> not</c><00:45:51.940><c> yet</c><00:45:52.400><c> all</c><00:45:52.900><c> things</c><00:45:53.260><c> put</c><00:45:53.480><c> under</c><00:45:53.800><c> Him</c>

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:56.239
in<00:45:55.000><c> fulfillment</c><00:45:55.519><c> of</c><00:45:55.820><c> Psalm</c><00:45:56.039><c> 8.</c>

00:45:56.320 --> 00:45:57.219
It<00:45:56.340><c> is</c><00:45:56.639><c> a</c><00:45:56.840><c> prophecy.</c>

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:59.880
And<00:45:57.780><c> any</c><00:45:57.980><c> authority</c><00:45:58.460><c> and</c><00:45:58.659><c> dominion</c><00:45:58.980><c> that</c><00:45:59.199><c> Adam</c><00:45:59.440><c> had</c>

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:03.059
was<00:46:00.099><c> lost</c><00:46:00.559><c> when</c><00:46:00.760><c> he</c><00:46:01.000><c> sinned,</c><00:46:01.880><c> when</c><00:46:02.099><c> he</c><00:46:02.320><c> disobeyed</c><00:46:02.800><c> God.</c>

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:06.400
We<00:46:03.239><c> have</c><00:46:03.519><c> no</c><00:46:04.139><c> environmental</c><00:46:04.900><c> stewardship</c><00:46:05.599><c> responsibilities,</c>

00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:07.059
brothers<00:46:06.840><c> and</c><00:46:06.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:09.719
Of<00:46:07.559><c> course</c><00:46:07.860><c> we</c><00:46:08.039><c> shall</c><00:46:08.300><c> care</c><00:46:08.780><c> for</c><00:46:09.000><c> the</c><00:46:09.199><c> earth</c>

00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:11.239
in<00:46:10.219><c> a</c><00:46:10.699><c> wise</c><00:46:11.019><c> way.</c>

00:46:11.260 --> 00:46:14.320
Of<00:46:11.420><c> course</c><00:46:11.559><c> if</c><00:46:11.719><c> we</c><00:46:11.880><c> love</c><00:46:12.119><c> God,</c><00:46:12.480><c> we</c><00:46:12.559><c> love</c><00:46:12.800><c> what</c><00:46:12.960><c> He's</c><00:46:13.219><c> created.</c>

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:16.539
And<00:46:15.260><c> of</c><00:46:15.480><c> course</c><00:46:15.619><c> we</c><00:46:15.820><c> shall</c><00:46:15.960><c> be</c><00:46:16.219><c> moved</c>

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:18.940
by<00:46:17.300><c> the</c><00:46:17.659><c> crises</c><00:46:18.179><c> in</c><00:46:18.440><c> the</c><00:46:18.679><c> world,</c>

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:21.000
and<00:46:19.119><c> we</c><00:46:19.239><c> may</c><00:46:19.420><c> be</c><00:46:19.599><c> moved</c><00:46:19.739><c> to</c><00:46:20.019><c> give</c><00:46:20.360><c> financially</c>

00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:23.199
or<00:46:21.300><c> in</c><00:46:21.579><c> any</c><00:46:21.800><c> other</c><00:46:22.099><c> way.</c>

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:28.519
But<00:46:24.000><c> that's</c><00:46:24.619><c> not</c><00:46:25.519><c> what</c><00:46:26.360><c> the</c><00:46:26.719><c> truth</c><00:46:27.139><c> is</c><00:46:27.619><c> about.</c>

00:46:30.099 --> 00:46:32.059
We<00:46:30.420><c> ought</c><00:46:30.619><c> to</c><00:46:30.820><c> obey</c><00:46:31.059><c> God.</c>

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:35.019
We're<00:46:32.920><c> here</c><00:46:33.039><c> to</c><00:46:33.320><c> give</c><00:46:33.480><c> Him</c><00:46:33.920><c> glory.</c>

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:36.820
We're<00:46:35.360><c> here</c><00:46:35.559><c> to</c><00:46:35.980><c> honor</c><00:46:36.260><c> Him.</c>

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:41.360
That's<00:46:37.940><c> the</c><00:46:38.099><c> point</c><00:46:38.699><c> of</c><00:46:39.420><c> our</c><00:46:39.980><c> lives.</c>

00:46:42.860 --> 00:46:48.480
We<00:46:43.099><c> are</c><00:46:43.519><c> not</c><00:46:43.880><c> to</c><00:46:44.219><c> be</c><00:46:44.960><c> yoked</c><00:46:45.380><c> together</c><00:46:45.820><c> with</c><00:46:46.219><c> the</c><00:46:46.519><c> unbeliever.</c>

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:51.500
And<00:46:50.179><c> so</c><00:46:50.400><c> it</c><00:46:50.460><c> is</c><00:46:50.840><c> that</c><00:46:51.119><c> Peter,</c>

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:55.539
in<00:46:52.119><c> answer</c><00:46:52.599><c> to</c><00:46:53.000><c> the</c><00:46:53.320><c> leaders'</c><00:46:53.940><c> questions</c><00:46:54.519><c> of</c><00:46:54.820><c> his</c><00:46:55.159><c> day</c>

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:57.659
and<00:46:55.860><c> their</c><00:46:56.199><c> great</c><00:46:56.659><c> threats,</c>

00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:00.159
showed<00:46:57.980><c> them</c><00:46:58.260><c> no</c><00:46:58.719><c> disrespect.</c>

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:02.719
He<00:47:00.579><c> was</c><00:47:00.780><c> very</c><00:47:01.119><c> respectful,</c><00:47:01.920><c> brothers</c><00:47:02.159><c> and</c><00:47:02.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:02.739 --> 00:47:05.079
but<00:47:02.940><c> he</c><00:47:03.179><c> made</c><00:47:03.420><c> the</c><00:47:03.659><c> issue</c><00:47:03.940><c> plain.</c>

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:06.960
And<00:47:05.900><c> in</c><00:47:06.119><c> writing</c><00:47:06.420><c> his</c><00:47:06.679><c> letter,</c>

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:08.860
he<00:47:07.139><c> makes</c><00:47:07.440><c> it</c><00:47:07.719><c> plain</c><00:47:07.900><c> to</c><00:47:08.099><c> us,</c><00:47:08.800><c> too.</c>

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:12.079
He's<00:47:09.320><c> not</c><00:47:09.579><c> setting</c><00:47:09.860><c> out</c><00:47:10.280><c> particularly</c><00:47:10.900><c> an</c><00:47:11.559><c> order,</c>

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:14.039
but<00:47:12.820><c> he</c><00:47:13.159><c> makes</c><00:47:13.460><c> it</c><00:47:13.820><c> clear</c>

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:15.960
that<00:47:14.260><c> there</c><00:47:14.500><c> has</c><00:47:14.780><c> to</c><00:47:14.980><c> be</c><00:47:15.159><c> an</c><00:47:15.340><c> order</c><00:47:15.559><c> for</c><00:47:15.800><c> us.</c>

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:19.219
Above<00:47:16.199><c> all</c><00:47:16.679><c> things,</c><00:47:17.380><c> have</c><00:47:17.559><c> fervent</c><00:47:17.900><c> charity</c><00:47:18.360><c> among</c><00:47:18.619><c> yourselves,</c>

00:47:19.320 --> 00:47:22.480
for<00:47:19.519><c> charity</c><00:47:19.860><c> shall</c><00:47:20.059><c> cover</c><00:47:20.360><c> the</c><00:47:20.579><c> multitude</c><00:47:21.059><c> of</c><00:47:21.440><c> sins.</c>

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:24.659
And<00:47:23.179><c> then</c><00:47:23.380><c> he</c><00:47:23.579><c> says,</c>

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:32.920
we<00:47:27.780><c> need</c><00:47:28.179><c> to</c><00:47:29.000><c> fear</c><00:47:29.300><c> God,</c><00:47:31.559><c> honor</c><00:47:31.760><c> the</c><00:47:32.079><c> King.</c>

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:35.159
It's<00:47:33.980><c> not</c><00:47:34.079><c> an</c><00:47:34.280><c> order.</c>

00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:39.320
He's<00:47:36.239><c> not</c><00:47:36.539><c> setting</c><00:47:36.860><c> out</c><00:47:37.380><c> a</c><00:47:38.260><c> one,</c><00:47:38.539><c> two,</c><00:47:38.800><c> three,</c><00:47:39.000><c> four,</c>

00:47:39.340 --> 00:47:42.440
because<00:47:39.599><c> he</c><00:47:39.820><c> says</c><00:47:40.059><c> first,</c><00:47:40.960><c> honor</c><00:47:41.139><c> all.</c>

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:47.960
Love<00:47:43.239><c> the</c><00:47:43.500><c> brotherhood,</c><00:47:44.900><c> fear</c><00:47:45.199><c> God,</c><00:47:46.480><c> honor</c><00:47:46.619><c> the</c><00:47:46.900><c> King.</c>

00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:54.920
But<00:47:49.980><c> he</c><00:47:50.460><c> does</c><00:47:50.780><c> make</c><00:47:51.059><c> it</c><00:47:51.340><c> plain</c><00:47:51.659><c> that</c><00:47:52.039><c> for</c><00:47:52.280><c> us</c><00:47:52.699><c> there</c><00:47:53.099><c> is</c><00:47:53.639><c> that</c><00:47:54.000><c> order.</c>

00:47:55.619 --> 00:47:59.099
And<00:47:55.860><c> the</c><00:47:56.059><c> order</c><00:47:56.300><c> is</c><00:47:56.719><c> very</c><00:47:57.019><c> simple,</c><00:47:57.619><c> brothers</c><00:47:57.719><c> and</c><00:47:57.940><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:04.179
We,<00:48:01.599><c> because</c><00:48:02.440><c> we</c><00:48:02.719><c> have</c><00:48:02.880><c> a</c><00:48:03.059><c> God,</c>

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:09.119
ought<00:48:05.119><c> to</c><00:48:05.300><c> obey</c><00:48:05.559><c> God</c><00:48:06.480><c> rather</c><00:48:07.480><c> than</c><00:48:07.840><c> men.</c>

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:13.260
Let<00:48:11.920><c> us</c><00:48:12.039><c> pray.</c>

00:48:17.460 --> 00:48:23.900
Our<00:48:17.679><c> Father,</c><00:48:19.840><c> we</c><00:48:20.199><c> are</c><00:48:20.579><c> glad</c><00:48:21.059><c> to</c><00:48:21.360><c> acknowledge</c><00:48:22.099><c> Thy</c><00:48:22.539><c> supremacy,</c>

00:48:24.639 --> 00:48:27.739
to<00:48:25.119><c> know</c><00:48:25.340><c> that</c><00:48:25.739><c> Thou</c><00:48:25.960><c> art</c><00:48:26.380><c> God</c><00:48:26.719><c> and</c><00:48:26.980><c> Thou</c><00:48:27.280><c> alone,</c>

00:48:27.739 --> 00:48:30.500
and<00:48:27.900><c> there</c><00:48:28.099><c> is</c><00:48:28.559><c> none</c><00:48:28.980><c> like</c><00:48:29.460><c> Thee.</c>

00:48:30.780 --> 00:48:34.780
We<00:48:30.940><c> rejoice</c><00:48:31.639><c> that</c><00:48:31.880><c> Thou</c><00:48:32.099><c> dost</c><00:48:32.360><c> control</c><00:48:32.840><c> all</c><00:48:33.400><c> things</c>

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:37.900
by<00:48:35.539><c> the</c><00:48:35.840><c> word</c><00:48:36.139><c> of</c><00:48:36.360><c> Thy</c><00:48:36.539><c> power.</c>

00:48:39.480 --> 00:48:41.900
Grant<00:48:39.679><c> us</c><00:48:39.820><c> Thy</c><00:48:40.039><c> grace</c><00:48:40.420><c> and</c><00:48:40.619><c> Thy</c><00:48:40.840><c> blessing</c>

00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:45.559
to<00:48:42.880><c> put</c><00:48:43.119><c> Thee</c><00:48:43.420><c> first</c><00:48:43.820><c> in</c><00:48:44.039><c> our</c><00:48:44.280><c> affections,</c>

00:48:46.059 --> 00:48:48.659
to<00:48:46.340><c> sanctify</c><00:48:47.039><c> Thee</c><00:48:47.340><c> above</c><00:48:47.599><c> and</c><00:48:47.840><c> beyond</c><00:48:48.099><c> all</c><00:48:48.420><c> other,</c>

00:48:49.019 --> 00:48:53.739
to<00:48:49.179><c> worship</c><00:48:49.800><c> and</c><00:48:50.500><c> to</c><00:48:50.860><c> serve</c><00:48:51.300><c> only</c><00:48:51.840><c> Thee.</c>

00:48:53.739 --> 00:48:58.719
Through<00:48:54.880><c> Jesus</c><00:48:55.260><c> Christ,</c><00:48:55.780><c> our</c><00:48:55.940><c> Lord.</c><00:48:57.500><c> Amen.</c>