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disadvantage,<00:11:00.399><c> it</c><00:11:00.720><c> need</c><00:11:01.080><c> not</c><00:11:01.519><c> be.</c>

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thou<00:13:43.799><c> hast</c><00:13:44.200><c> known</c><00:13:44.480><c> the</c><00:13:44.679><c> holy</c><00:13:44.899><c> scriptures.</c>

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verse<00:13:56.220><c> 21,</c>

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for<00:13:57.200><c> even</c><00:13:57.820><c> hereunto</c><00:13:58.419><c> were</c><00:13:58.779><c> ye</c><00:13:59.019><c> called</c><00:13:59.340><c> because</c><00:14:00.100><c> Christ</c><00:14:01.120><c> also</c>

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suffered<00:14:02.740><c> for</c><00:14:03.059><c> us,</c><00:14:04.340><c> leaving</c><00:14:04.559><c> us</c><00:14:04.799><c> an</c><00:14:05.019><c> example</c>

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that<00:14:06.179><c> ye</c><00:14:06.379><c> should</c><00:14:06.659><c> follow</c><00:14:07.159><c> his</c><00:14:07.620><c> steps,</c><00:14:08.440><c> who</c><00:14:09.000><c> did</c><00:14:09.460><c> no</c><00:14:09.899><c> sin,</c><00:14:11.500><c> neither</c><00:14:11.759><c> was</c>

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any<00:14:12.360><c> guile</c><00:14:13.019><c> found</c><00:14:13.580><c> in</c><00:14:13.919><c> his</c><00:14:14.220><c> mouth,</c>

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who<00:14:15.299><c> when</c><00:14:15.440><c> he</c><00:14:15.600><c> was</c><00:14:15.899><c> reviled,</c><00:14:16.399><c> reviled</c><00:14:16.799><c> not</c><00:14:17.019><c> again,</c><00:14:17.360><c> when</c><00:14:17.519><c> he</c>

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suffered<00:14:18.039><c> threatened</c><00:14:18.480><c> not,</c>

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but<00:14:19.580><c> committed</c><00:14:19.940><c> himself</c><00:14:20.440><c> to</c><00:14:20.639><c> him</c><00:14:20.919><c> that</c><00:14:21.179><c> judges</c><00:14:21.639><c> righteously.</c>

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also<00:14:28.440><c> from</c><00:14:28.779><c> a</c><00:14:29.100><c> child</c><00:14:29.460><c> knew</c><00:14:29.799><c> the</c><00:14:30.000><c> holy</c><00:14:30.259><c> scriptures?</c>

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Thou<00:14:31.559><c> wakest</c><00:14:32.080><c> mine</c><00:14:32.399><c> ear,</c><00:14:33.259><c> morning</c><00:14:33.600><c> by</c><00:14:34.000><c> morning</c><00:14:34.580><c> it</c><00:14:35.159><c> was</c><00:14:35.440><c> said</c>

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of<00:14:35.899><c> the</c><00:14:36.039><c> Lord.</c>

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Well<00:14:36.620><c> go</c><00:14:36.759><c> to</c><00:14:36.919><c> the</c><00:14:37.019><c> beginning</c><00:14:37.360><c> of</c><00:14:37.580><c> 1</c><00:14:37.799><c> Peter</c><00:14:38.080><c> chapter</c><00:14:38.480><c> 2,</c>

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wherefore<00:14:40.120><c> laying</c><00:14:40.379><c> aside</c><00:14:40.799><c> all</c><00:14:41.139><c> malice</c><00:14:41.480><c> and</c><00:14:41.740><c> all</c><00:14:42.059><c> guile</c><00:14:42.720><c> and</c>

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hypocrisies<00:14:43.919><c> and</c><00:14:44.299><c> envies</c><00:14:44.740><c> and</c><00:14:45.059><c> all</c><00:14:45.480><c> evil</c><00:14:46.240><c> speakings</c>

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it<00:14:52.340><c> again</c><00:14:52.620><c> in</c><00:14:52.820><c> a</c><00:14:52.960><c> moment,</c>

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that<00:15:00.100><c> ye</c><00:15:00.340><c> may</c><00:15:00.519><c> grow</c><00:15:00.860><c> thereby,</c>

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and<00:15:02.139><c> Peter</c><00:15:02.500><c> uses</c><00:15:03.240><c> the</c><00:15:03.779><c> same</c><00:15:04.100><c> word,</c><00:15:04.820><c> from</c><00:15:05.039><c> a</c><00:15:05.399><c> child</c><00:15:06.220><c> thou</c><00:15:06.620><c> hast</c>

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Now<00:15:10.419><c> we're</c><00:15:10.700><c> inclined</c><00:15:11.159><c> to</c><00:15:11.519><c> say,</c><00:15:11.879><c> and</c><00:15:12.100><c> of</c><00:15:12.299><c> course</c><00:15:12.480><c> it</c><00:15:12.639><c> is</c><00:15:12.879><c> true,</c>

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that<00:15:14.320><c> here</c><00:15:14.960><c> Peter</c><00:15:15.419><c> is</c><00:15:15.759><c> speaking</c><00:15:16.059><c> of</c><00:15:16.259><c> those</c><00:15:16.759><c> who</c><00:15:17.220><c> have</c><00:15:17.419><c> been</c><00:15:17.899><c> reborn</c><00:15:18.820><c> by</c>

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but<00:15:34.720><c> of</c><00:15:34.960><c> incorruptible,</c>

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But<00:15:40.480><c> if</c><00:15:40.639><c> you</c><00:15:40.799><c> think</c><00:15:41.039><c> about</c><00:15:41.299><c> it,</c><00:15:41.460><c> it's</c><00:15:41.620><c> only</c><00:15:41.919><c> possible</c><00:15:42.460><c> for</c><00:15:42.759><c> that</c><00:15:43.080><c> teaching</c><00:15:43.519><c> to</c>

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faith,<00:16:13.500><c> which</c><00:16:13.580><c> is</c><00:16:13.799><c> in</c><00:16:14.080><c> Christ</c><00:16:14.500><c> Jesus.</c>

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in<00:16:47.759><c> Timothy,</c>

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else,<00:17:25.960><c> is</c><00:17:26.140><c> your</c><00:17:26.619><c> unfeigned</c><00:17:27.500><c> faith.</c>

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in<00:17:32.779><c> thy</c><00:17:32.960><c> grandmother</c><00:17:33.440><c> Lois,</c>

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the<00:17:44.519><c> apostle</c><00:17:44.819><c> wrote</c><00:17:45.180><c> about</c><00:17:46.259><c> something</c><00:17:46.720><c> else</c><00:17:47.059><c> and</c><00:17:47.240><c> under</c>

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But<00:17:49.140><c> here,</c><00:17:49.619><c> fully</c><00:17:49.940><c> persuaded</c><00:17:50.559><c> in</c><00:17:50.700><c> his</c><00:17:50.920><c> own</c><00:17:51.200><c> mind,</c><00:17:51.720><c> I</c><00:17:51.940><c> am</c><00:17:51.980><c> persuaded</c><00:17:52.640><c> it's</c>

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Persuaded,<00:17:55.500><c> why?</c><00:17:55.960><c> Why?</c><00:17:56.220><c> By</c><00:17:56.339><c> the</c><00:17:56.579><c> evidence.</c>

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streets,<00:18:03.660><c> they'd</c><00:18:03.920><c> walked</c><00:18:04.099><c> the</c><00:18:04.359><c> hills,</c>

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they'd<00:18:05.039><c> been</c><00:18:05.259><c> through</c><00:18:05.500><c> the</c><00:18:05.680><c> wilderness,</c><00:18:07.440><c> they'd</c><00:18:07.700><c> been</c><00:18:07.859><c> in</c>

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they'd<00:18:08.940><c> been</c><00:18:09.119><c> before</c><00:18:09.480><c> the</c><00:18:09.779><c> rabble,</c><00:18:11.079><c> they'd</c><00:18:11.299><c> been</c><00:18:11.440><c> before</c><00:18:11.880><c> critics,</c>

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they'd<00:18:13.519><c> been</c><00:18:13.700><c> in</c><00:18:13.900><c> the</c><00:18:13.920><c> midst</c><00:18:14.140><c> of</c><00:18:14.359><c> brethren</c><00:18:14.579><c> and</c><00:18:14.960><c> sisters,</c>

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they'd<00:18:16.099><c> shared</c><00:18:16.359><c> their</c><00:18:16.799><c> joys,</c>

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they'd<00:18:18.839><c> grieved</c><00:18:19.079><c> with</c><00:18:19.279><c> them</c><00:18:19.440><c> over</c><00:18:19.660><c> their</c><00:18:20.039><c> sorrows,</c><00:18:20.579><c> and</c><00:18:21.000><c> through</c><00:18:21.359><c> it</c><00:18:21.700><c> all,</c>

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Timothy's<00:18:23.579><c> faith</c><00:18:24.720><c> shone</c><00:18:25.700><c> preeminently.</c>

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I<00:18:27.000><c> am</c><00:18:27.220><c> persuaded</c><00:18:27.839><c> that</c><00:18:28.160><c> in</c><00:18:28.440><c> thee</c><00:18:28.799><c> also,</c><00:18:29.900><c> this</c><00:18:30.519><c> faith,</c>

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a<00:18:33.180><c> faith</c><00:18:33.380><c> which</c><00:18:33.660><c> almost</c><00:18:34.119><c> uniquely</c><00:18:34.799><c> here</c><00:18:35.460><c> is</c><00:18:36.359><c> called</c><00:18:36.779><c> unfeigned.</c>

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Something<00:18:39.839><c> which</c><00:18:40.039><c> couldn't</c><00:18:40.240><c> be</c><00:18:40.660><c> disguised,</c><00:18:42.599><c> it</c><00:18:42.819><c> shone</c><00:18:43.160><c> forth,</c>

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but<00:18:44.559><c> furthermore,</c><00:18:45.759><c> and</c><00:18:45.920><c> this</c><00:18:46.099><c> is</c><00:18:46.220><c> the</c><00:18:46.420><c> wonder</c><00:18:46.759><c> of</c><00:18:46.960><c> this</c><00:18:47.180><c> word</c><00:18:47.400><c> unfeigned,</c>

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it<00:18:48.140><c> does</c><00:18:48.400><c> mean</c><00:18:48.660><c> that</c><00:18:49.500><c> he</c><00:18:49.980><c> couldn't</c><00:18:50.400><c> disguise</c><00:18:50.799><c> it,</c><00:18:51.359><c> it</c><00:18:51.460><c> was</c><00:18:51.700><c> evident</c><00:18:52.019><c> to</c>

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anybody<00:18:52.579><c> who</c><00:18:52.859><c> met</c><00:18:53.059><c> him,</c>

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but<00:18:54.859><c> it</c><00:18:55.099><c> also</c><00:18:55.740><c> means</c><00:18:56.779><c> that</c><00:18:58.559><c> there</c><00:18:58.720><c> was</c><00:18:58.880><c> no</c><00:18:59.299><c> play</c><00:18:59.779><c> acting</c><00:19:00.539><c> in</c><00:19:01.799><c> Timothy.</c>

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This<00:19:03.380><c> was</c><00:19:04.079><c> real</c><00:19:04.759><c> faith.</c><00:19:06.180><c> This</c><00:19:06.259><c> wasn't</c><00:19:06.599><c> mock</c><00:19:06.980><c> faith.</c>

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This<00:19:08.619><c> was</c><00:19:09.059><c> the</c><00:19:09.460><c> proper</c><00:19:10.000><c> stuff.</c>

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This<00:19:12.220><c> was</c><00:19:13.119><c> faith</c><00:19:13.559><c> in</c><00:19:13.920><c> action,</c><00:19:15.240><c> which</c><00:19:15.400><c> of</c><00:19:15.619><c> course</c><00:19:15.859><c> is</c><00:19:16.000><c> what</c><00:19:16.319><c> faith</c><00:19:17.019><c> ultimately</c><00:19:17.759><c> is.</c>

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Just<00:19:20.259><c> notice</c><00:19:20.500><c> how</c><00:19:20.680><c> the</c><00:19:20.880><c> same</c><00:19:21.099><c> word</c><00:19:21.339><c> is</c><00:19:21.579><c> used.</c>

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If<00:19:21.799><c> we</c><00:19:21.940><c> turn</c><00:19:22.099><c> back</c><00:19:22.279><c> to</c><00:19:22.420><c> the</c><00:19:22.460><c> letter</c><00:19:22.660><c> to</c><00:19:22.839><c> the</c><00:19:23.019><c> Romans</c><00:19:23.299><c> in</c><00:19:23.500><c> chapter</c><00:19:23.799><c> 12.</c>

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Romans<00:19:28.480><c> 12,</c><00:19:31.920><c> speaking</c><00:19:32.180><c> now</c><00:19:32.400><c> about</c><00:19:32.599><c> another</c><00:19:33.019><c> quality</c><00:19:33.480><c> we</c><00:19:33.720><c> should</c><00:19:33.880><c> be</c><00:19:34.200><c> developing,</c>

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this<00:19:37.759><c> is</c><00:19:37.880><c> what</c><00:19:38.019><c> the</c><00:19:38.200><c> apostle</c><00:19:38.480><c> has</c><00:19:38.799><c> to</c><00:19:39.119><c> say.</c>

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He's<00:19:40.359><c> trying</c><00:19:40.559><c> to</c><00:19:40.700><c> give</c><00:19:40.839><c> advice,</c><00:19:41.539><c> isn't</c><00:19:41.900><c> he?</c>

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And<00:19:43.640><c> talking</c><00:19:43.839><c> about</c><00:19:44.059><c> the</c><00:19:44.319><c> different</c><00:19:44.599><c> gifts,</c><00:19:45.220><c> this</c><00:19:45.400><c> is</c><00:19:45.640><c> verse</c><00:19:46.019><c> 6,</c>

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having<00:19:47.839><c> spoken</c><00:19:48.240><c> of</c><00:19:48.359><c> us</c><00:19:48.519><c> all</c><00:19:48.759><c> being</c><00:19:49.059><c> members</c><00:19:49.740><c> with</c><00:19:50.559><c> different</c><00:19:51.019><c> gifts,</c>

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members<00:19:51.859><c> of</c><00:19:52.039><c> the</c><00:19:52.220><c> one</c><00:19:52.420><c> body</c><00:19:52.700><c> in</c><00:19:52.980><c> Christ,</c>

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having<00:19:54.259><c> then</c><00:19:54.640><c> gifts</c><00:19:55.119><c> differing</c><00:19:56.519><c> according</c><00:19:56.900><c> to</c><00:19:57.099><c> the</c><00:19:57.299><c> grace</c><00:19:57.539><c> that</c><00:19:57.680><c> is</c>

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whether<00:19:59.039><c> prophecy,</c><00:20:00.759><c> well</c><00:20:00.920><c> let</c><00:20:01.079><c> us</c><00:20:01.380><c> prophesy</c><00:20:01.880><c> according</c><00:20:02.180><c> to</c>

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or<00:20:04.859><c> ministry,</c><00:20:06.259><c> let</c><00:20:06.380><c> us</c><00:20:06.579><c> wait</c><00:20:06.920><c> on</c><00:20:07.279><c> our</c><00:20:07.619><c> ministering,</c>

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or<00:20:09.180><c> he</c><00:20:09.359><c> that</c><00:20:09.680><c> teacheth</c><00:20:10.220><c> on</c><00:20:10.579><c> teaching,</c><00:20:11.079><c> or</c><00:20:11.180><c> he</c><00:20:11.299><c> that</c><00:20:11.680><c> exhorteth</c>

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he<00:20:13.759><c> that</c><00:20:14.000><c> giveth,</c><00:20:14.380><c> let</c><00:20:14.539><c> him</c><00:20:14.680><c> do</c><00:20:14.859><c> it</c><00:20:15.039><c> with</c><00:20:15.319><c> simplicity,</c><00:20:16.839><c> or</c><00:20:17.099><c> liberality</c><00:20:17.799><c> as</c>

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it<00:20:18.500><c> more</c><00:20:18.799><c> accurately</c><00:20:19.259><c> is,</c>

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he<00:20:20.319><c> that</c><00:20:20.680><c> ruleeth</c><00:20:21.140><c> with</c><00:20:21.420><c> diligence,</c><00:20:21.980><c> he</c><00:20:22.140><c> that</c><00:20:22.460><c> showeth</c><00:20:22.819><c> mercy</c>

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That's<00:20:41.960><c> what</c><00:20:42.119><c> the</c><00:20:42.380><c> apostle</c><00:20:42.660><c> is</c><00:20:42.940><c> saying.</c>

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His<00:20:48.220><c> faith</c><00:20:48.599><c> was</c><00:20:49.200><c> unfamed.</c>

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And<00:20:59.700><c> you</c><00:20:59.779><c> notice</c><00:21:00.039><c> what</c><00:21:00.220><c> the</c><00:21:00.420><c> apostle</c><00:21:00.660><c> is</c><00:21:00.960><c> saying</c><00:21:01.099><c> in</c><00:21:01.319><c> those</c>

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verses<00:21:01.819><c> that</c><00:21:02.039><c> I've</c><00:21:02.200><c> just</c><00:21:02.440><c> read.</c>

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He<00:21:04.559><c> said,</c><00:21:04.619><c> whatever</c><00:21:05.039><c> aspect</c><00:21:05.660><c> of</c><00:21:05.880><c> the</c><00:21:06.119><c> work</c><00:21:06.380><c> it</c><00:21:06.700><c> is</c><00:21:06.980><c> that</c><00:21:07.140><c> you</c>

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then<00:21:10.160><c> do</c><00:21:10.599><c> it</c><00:21:10.880><c> with</c><00:21:11.180><c> your</c><00:21:11.599><c> might.</c>

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If<00:21:31.000><c> it's</c><00:21:31.240><c> in</c><00:21:31.480><c> teaching,</c><00:21:32.980><c> then</c><00:21:33.400><c> teach.</c>

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Use<00:21:35.640><c> that</c><00:21:36.160><c> gift</c><00:21:36.539><c> that</c><00:21:36.779><c> is</c><00:21:37.079><c> yours</c><00:21:37.640><c> to</c><00:21:38.160><c> the</c><00:21:38.460><c> fullest</c><00:21:38.740><c> extent,</c>

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speaking<00:21:59.119><c> first</c><00:21:59.720><c> of</c><00:21:59.880><c> all</c><00:22:00.059><c> about</c><00:22:00.359><c> the</c><00:22:00.680><c> tongue</c><00:22:01.000><c> and</c><00:22:01.200><c> how</c><00:22:01.400><c> we</c><00:22:01.619><c> should</c><00:22:01.819><c> use</c><00:22:02.180><c> it,</c>

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and<00:22:02.839><c> it's</c><00:22:03.099><c> interesting</c><00:22:03.720><c> in</c><00:22:04.420><c> connection</c><00:22:04.940><c> with</c><00:22:05.700><c> Timothy,</c>

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whose<00:22:07.460><c> tongue</c><00:22:08.200><c> we</c><00:22:08.839><c> never</c><00:22:09.359><c> ever</c><00:22:10.079><c> hear</c><00:22:10.559><c> wagging</c><00:22:11.240><c> at</c><00:22:11.500><c> all.</c>

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but<00:22:28.779><c> the</c><00:22:29.099><c> wisdom</c><00:22:29.539><c> that</c><00:22:29.779><c> is</c><00:22:29.920><c> from</c><00:22:30.160><c> above</c><00:22:30.619><c> is</c><00:22:31.019><c> first</c><00:22:31.420><c> pure,</c>

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then<00:22:32.859><c> peaceable,</c><00:22:34.119><c> gentle</c><00:22:34.519><c> and</c><00:22:34.859><c> easy</c><00:22:35.180><c> to</c><00:22:35.380><c> be</c><00:22:35.660><c> entreated,</c>

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full<00:22:36.519><c> of</c><00:22:36.799><c> mercy</c><00:22:37.160><c> and</c><00:22:37.400><c> good</c><00:22:37.700><c> fruits,</c><00:22:38.559><c> without</c><00:22:39.059><c> partiality,</c>

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and<00:22:41.579><c> without</c><00:22:42.200><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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And<00:22:44.500><c> that's</c><00:22:44.940><c> the</c><00:22:45.059><c> same</c><00:22:45.299><c> word</c><00:22:45.720><c> as</c><00:22:46.480><c> unfamed,</c><00:22:47.900><c> without</c><00:22:48.440><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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So<00:22:50.240><c> if</c><00:22:50.400><c> we're</c><00:22:50.619><c> trying</c><00:22:50.940><c> to</c><00:22:51.940><c> grasp</c><00:22:52.599><c> the</c><00:22:52.960><c> qualities</c><00:22:53.500><c> which</c><00:22:53.920><c> were</c>

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true<00:22:54.519><c> of</c><00:22:54.839><c> Timothy,</c>

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here<00:22:55.539><c> they</c><00:22:56.299><c> are</c><00:22:56.599><c> described</c><00:22:57.180><c> to</c><00:22:57.420><c> us</c><00:22:57.599><c> by</c><00:22:57.900><c> James.</c>

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Timothy,<00:23:01.619><c> having</c><00:23:02.059><c> from</c><00:23:02.220><c> a</c><00:23:02.539><c> child</c><00:23:02.819><c> known</c><00:23:03.160><c> the</c><00:23:03.380><c> Holy</c><00:23:03.599><c> Scriptures,</c>

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had<00:23:04.319><c> been</c><00:23:04.660><c> introduced</c><00:23:05.220><c> to</c><00:23:05.420><c> the</c><00:23:05.579><c> wisdom</c><00:23:05.880><c> that</c><00:23:06.099><c> is</c><00:23:06.279><c> from</c><00:23:06.460><c> above,</c>

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which<00:23:07.640><c> is</c><00:23:08.039><c> first</c><00:23:08.619><c> pure,</c><00:23:10.339><c> then</c><00:23:10.660><c> peaceable,</c><00:23:12.180><c> gentle,</c><00:23:13.420><c> easy</c><00:23:13.720><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:14.180><c> entreated,</c>

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full<00:23:15.200><c> of</c><00:23:15.559><c> mercy</c><00:23:16.059><c> and</c><00:23:16.440><c> good</c><00:23:16.779><c> fruits,</c><00:23:17.740><c> without</c><00:23:18.380><c> partiality,</c>

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and<00:23:20.539><c> without</c><00:23:21.119><c> hypocrisy.</c>

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No<00:23:23.619><c> wonder</c><00:23:24.140><c> he</c><00:23:24.700><c> was</c><00:23:24.920><c> well</c><00:23:25.220><c> reported</c><00:23:25.680><c> of</c><00:23:25.940><c> by</c><00:23:26.180><c> the</c><00:23:26.359><c> brethren</c>

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which<00:23:27.460><c> are</c><00:23:27.680><c> at</c><00:23:27.839><c> Lystra</c><00:23:28.480><c> and</c><00:23:29.160><c> at</c><00:23:29.380><c> Iconium.</c>

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You<00:23:31.720><c> see</c><00:23:31.880><c> the</c><00:23:32.160><c> faith,</c><00:23:32.920><c> this</c><00:23:33.299><c> unfamed</c><00:23:34.119><c> faith</c><00:23:34.579><c> was</c><00:23:34.839><c> so</c><00:23:35.160><c> important,</c>

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if<00:23:36.440><c> you</c><00:23:36.559><c> turn</c><00:23:36.740><c> to</c><00:23:36.859><c> 1</c><00:23:37.099><c> Timothy</c><00:23:37.440><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.980><c> 1,</c><00:23:39.579><c> the</c><00:23:39.759><c> Apostle</c><00:23:40.220><c> says,</c>

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it's<00:23:41.720><c> exactly</c><00:23:42.359><c> that</c><00:23:42.900><c> faith,</c><00:23:43.460><c> Timothy,</c><00:23:44.799><c> which</c><00:23:44.980><c> you</c><00:23:45.160><c> must</c><00:23:45.400><c> seek</c>

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to<00:23:45.839><c> inculcate</c><00:23:46.480><c> in</c><00:23:46.779><c> others.</c>

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By<00:23:48.619><c> the</c><00:23:48.960><c> example</c><00:23:49.480><c> of</c><00:23:49.680><c> your</c><00:23:49.980><c> own</c><00:23:50.240><c> life,</c><00:23:51.740><c> let</c><00:23:51.880><c> them</c><00:23:52.200><c> see</c><00:23:52.539><c> that</c><00:23:52.900><c> faith,</c>

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let<00:23:54.119><c> them</c><00:23:54.279><c> be</c><00:23:54.539><c> aware</c><00:23:54.880><c> of</c><00:23:55.039><c> it,</c><00:23:55.160><c> let</c><00:23:55.279><c> them</c><00:23:55.519><c> feel</c><00:23:55.799><c> its</c><00:23:56.099><c> warmth</c><00:23:56.619><c> and</c>

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its<00:23:57.200><c> strength,</c>

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and<00:23:59.019><c> then</c><00:23:59.240><c> they</c><00:23:59.400><c> will</c><00:23:59.720><c> seek</c><00:23:59.900><c> to</c><00:24:00.180><c> develop</c><00:24:00.400><c> it</c><00:24:00.579><c> for</c><00:24:00.779><c> themselves.</c>

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So<00:24:02.859><c> when</c><00:24:03.119><c> Timothy</c><00:24:03.480><c> was</c><00:24:03.720><c> left</c><00:24:04.019><c> in</c><00:24:04.339><c> Ephesus,</c>

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with<00:24:06.059><c> the</c><00:24:06.279><c> task</c><00:24:06.640><c> of</c><00:24:06.819><c> dealing</c><00:24:07.079><c> with</c><00:24:07.420><c> that</c><00:24:08.099><c> superstitious</c><00:24:09.000><c> city,</c>

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and<00:24:10.579><c> who</c><00:24:10.759><c> can</c><00:24:11.039><c> doubt</c><00:24:11.359><c> that</c><00:24:11.579><c> Timothy</c><00:24:11.920><c> was</c><00:24:12.220><c> chosen</c>

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because<00:24:13.480><c> he'd</c><00:24:13.660><c> been</c><00:24:13.900><c> brought</c><00:24:14.180><c> up</c><00:24:14.400><c> in</c><00:24:14.559><c> one</c><00:24:14.920><c> superstitious</c><00:24:15.539><c> city,</c>

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and<00:24:16.759><c> is</c><00:24:17.140><c> now</c><00:24:17.359><c> left</c><00:24:17.700><c> to</c><00:24:18.059><c> work</c><00:24:18.299><c> in</c><00:24:18.519><c> another,</c>

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then<00:24:19.720><c> this</c><00:24:20.180><c> charge</c><00:24:20.440><c> is</c><00:24:20.619><c> given</c><00:24:20.819><c> him</c><00:24:21.039><c> by</c><00:24:21.279><c> the</c><00:24:21.420><c> Apostle.</c>

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1<00:24:23.240><c> Timothy</c><00:24:23.539><c> chapter</c><00:24:24.019><c> 1</c><00:24:24.579><c> and</c><00:24:24.960><c> verse</c><00:24:25.240><c> 5,</c><00:24:25.680><c> now</c><00:24:25.819><c> the</c><00:24:26.000><c> end</c><00:24:26.400><c> of</c><00:24:26.619><c> the</c><00:24:26.859><c> commandment,</c>

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this<00:24:28.319><c> is</c><00:24:28.559><c> the</c><00:24:28.779><c> task,</c><00:24:29.119><c> Timothy,</c><00:24:30.039><c> which</c><00:24:30.180><c> is</c><00:24:30.380><c> given</c><00:24:30.559><c> to</c><00:24:30.799><c> you,</c>

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the<00:24:31.079><c> end</c><00:24:31.420><c> of</c><00:24:31.619><c> the</c><00:24:31.839><c> commandment</c><00:24:32.319><c> is</c><00:24:32.700><c> love,</c>

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out<00:24:34.900><c> of</c><00:24:35.059><c> a</c><00:24:35.359><c> pure</c><00:24:35.619><c> heart</c><00:24:36.319><c> and</c><00:24:37.059><c> of</c><00:24:37.319><c> a</c><00:24:37.440><c> good</c><00:24:37.640><c> conscience,</c><00:24:39.160><c> oh</c><00:24:39.559><c> yes,</c>

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and<00:24:41.220><c> of</c><00:24:41.880><c> faith</c><00:24:42.920><c> unfamed.</c>

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Love<00:24:45.579><c> out</c><00:24:46.339><c> of</c><00:24:46.519><c> a</c><00:24:46.720><c> pure</c><00:24:47.039><c> conscience,</c><00:24:49.099><c> out</c><00:24:49.240><c> of</c><00:24:49.319><c> a</c><00:24:49.519><c> pure</c><00:24:49.740><c> heart</c>

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and<00:24:50.119><c> of</c><00:24:50.259><c> a</c><00:24:50.319><c> good</c><00:24:50.519><c> conscience</c><00:24:50.940><c> and</c><00:24:51.180><c> of</c><00:24:51.460><c> faith</c><00:24:51.779><c> unfamed.</c>

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Turn<00:24:52.519><c> to</c><00:24:52.640><c> chapter</c><00:24:52.960><c> 3,</c><00:24:55.480><c> where</c><00:24:55.720><c> Timothy</c><00:24:56.059><c> is</c><00:24:56.319><c> now</c><00:24:56.619><c> speaking</c>

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about<00:24:57.400><c> those</c>

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who<00:24:57.880><c> should</c><00:24:58.019><c> be</c><00:24:58.240><c> elders,</c><00:25:00.500><c> and</c><00:25:00.640><c> you'll</c><00:25:00.900><c> notice</c><00:25:01.440><c> that</c><00:25:01.740><c> one</c><00:25:01.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:02.240><c> things</c>

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which<00:25:02.799><c> was</c><00:25:03.000><c> necessary</c><00:25:03.619><c> amongst</c><00:25:04.059><c> elders,</c><00:25:05.299><c> verse</c><00:25:05.640><c> 9,</c>

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is<00:25:06.220><c> that</c><00:25:06.279><c> they</c><00:25:06.519><c> should</c><00:25:06.779><c> hold</c><00:25:07.519><c> the</c><00:25:08.059><c> mystery</c><00:25:08.700><c> of</c><00:25:08.980><c> the</c><00:25:09.259><c> faith</c><00:25:09.819><c> in</c>

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a<00:25:11.099><c> pure</c><00:25:11.619><c> conscience.</c>

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Just<00:25:14.000><c> the</c><00:25:14.339><c> thing</c><00:25:14.940><c> which</c><00:25:15.680><c> Timothy</c><00:25:16.000><c> was</c><00:25:16.240><c> to</c><00:25:16.420><c> show</c><00:25:16.660><c> them,</c>

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love<00:25:18.259><c> out</c><00:25:18.480><c> of</c><00:25:18.619><c> a</c><00:25:18.839><c> pure</c><00:25:19.059><c> heart</c><00:25:19.460><c> and</c><00:25:19.559><c> of</c><00:25:19.740><c> a</c><00:25:19.819><c> good</c><00:25:19.980><c> conscience</c>

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and<00:25:21.480><c> of</c><00:25:21.839><c> faith</c><00:25:22.519><c> unfamed.</c>

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Or<00:25:25.079><c> 2</c><00:25:25.339><c> Timothy</c><00:25:25.740><c> chapter</c><00:25:26.200><c> 2</c><00:25:27.680><c> and</c><00:25:29.500><c> verse</c><00:25:29.819><c> 22,</c>

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and<00:25:32.160><c> again</c><00:25:32.440><c> it's</c><00:25:32.740><c> mentioning</c><00:25:33.119><c> the</c><00:25:33.480><c> youth</c><00:25:33.779><c> of</c><00:25:34.039><c> Timothy,</c>

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let<00:25:34.740><c> no</c><00:25:35.059><c> man</c><00:25:35.259><c> despise</c><00:25:35.960><c> thy</c><00:25:36.180><c> youth,</c><00:25:37.140><c> here,</c><00:25:37.680><c> verse</c><00:25:37.819><c> 22,</c>

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flee<00:25:40.740><c> also</c><00:25:41.380><c> youthful</c><00:25:42.279><c> lusts,</c><00:25:43.099><c> and</c><00:25:43.480><c> follow</c><00:25:43.880><c> righteousness,</c>

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faith,<00:25:45.980><c> love,</c><00:25:46.740><c> peace,</c><00:25:48.339><c> with</c><00:25:48.559><c> them</c><00:25:48.819><c> that</c><00:25:49.200><c> call</c><00:25:49.480><c> on</c><00:25:49.680><c> the</c><00:25:49.839><c> Lord</c>

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out<00:25:50.579><c> of</c><00:25:50.740><c> a</c><00:25:50.960><c> pure</c><00:25:51.519><c> heart.</c>

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There<00:25:56.160><c> are</c><00:25:56.279><c> perhaps</c><00:25:56.500><c> not</c><00:25:56.680><c> many</c><00:25:56.920><c> people</c><00:25:57.279><c> of</c><00:25:57.480><c> whom</c><00:25:57.599><c> it</c><00:25:57.700><c> can</c><00:25:57.900><c> be</c><00:25:58.160><c> said,</c>

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their<00:25:59.559><c> conscience</c><00:26:00.279><c> is</c><00:26:01.440><c> completely</c><00:26:02.119><c> clear,</c>

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and<00:26:05.380><c> yet</c><00:26:05.539><c> it</c><00:26:05.819><c> seems</c><00:26:06.059><c> it</c><00:26:06.240><c> could</c><00:26:06.400><c> have</c><00:26:06.559><c> been</c><00:26:06.779><c> said</c><00:26:06.940><c> of</c><00:26:07.160><c> Timothy,</c>

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young<00:26:09.539><c> though</c><00:26:09.779><c> he</c><00:26:10.039><c> was,</c><00:26:11.480><c> here</c><00:26:11.559><c> was</c><00:26:11.779><c> one</c><00:26:12.039><c> who</c><00:26:12.339><c> stood</c><00:26:12.619><c> with</c>

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clear<00:26:14.099><c> conscience,</c>

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cleansed<00:26:17.480><c> by</c><00:26:17.720><c> the</c><00:26:17.880><c> washing</c><00:26:18.119><c> of</c><00:26:18.400><c> water,</c><00:26:19.740><c> by</c><00:26:19.960><c> the</c><00:26:20.180><c> word.</c>

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But<00:26:23.420><c> the</c><00:26:23.579><c> problem</c><00:26:23.880><c> you</c><00:26:24.180><c> see</c><00:26:24.480><c> in</c><00:26:24.859><c> these</c><00:26:25.160><c> verses</c><00:26:25.640><c> as</c><00:26:26.160><c> elsewhere</c>

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always<00:26:27.759><c> seemed</c><00:26:28.019><c> to</c><00:26:28.160><c> be</c><00:26:28.339><c> Timothy's</c><00:26:29.099><c> youth.</c>

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And<00:26:31.299><c> even</c><00:26:31.740><c> when</c><00:26:32.240><c> in</c><00:26:32.400><c> his</c><00:26:32.539><c> mid</c><00:26:32.799><c>-30s</c><00:26:33.940><c> he</c><00:26:34.279><c> was</c><00:26:34.519><c> sent</c><00:26:34.619><c> to</c><00:26:34.819><c> help</c><00:26:34.940><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia<00:26:35.480><c> in</c><00:26:35.720><c> Ephesus</c>

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and<00:26:36.400><c> put</c><00:26:36.599><c> it</c><00:26:36.680><c> on</c><00:26:36.839><c> a</c><00:26:36.960><c> better</c><00:26:37.200><c> foundation,</c>

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Paul<00:26:39.119><c> told</c><00:26:39.539><c> him,</c><00:26:39.799><c> well</c><00:26:40.220><c> turn</c><00:26:40.359><c> to</c><00:26:40.480><c> 1</c><00:26:40.720><c> Timothy</c><00:26:41.059><c> chapter</c><00:26:41.619><c> 5</c><00:26:42.859><c> and</c>

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verse<00:26:43.740><c> 1,</c>

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rebuke<00:26:46.000><c> not</c><00:26:46.519><c> an</c><00:26:47.019><c> elder,</c><00:26:48.940><c> because</c><00:26:49.180><c> in</c><00:26:49.420><c> terms</c><00:26:49.700><c> of</c><00:26:50.039><c> years,</c>

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Timothy<00:26:52.079><c> was</c><00:26:52.400><c> not</c><00:26:52.819><c> an</c><00:26:53.160><c> elder,</c><00:26:54.200><c> rebuke</c><00:26:54.579><c> not</c><00:26:54.799><c> an</c><00:26:55.039><c> elder,</c>

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:59.019
but<00:26:55.440><c> entreat</c><00:26:55.900><c> him</c><00:26:56.099><c> as</c><00:26:56.339><c> a</c><00:26:56.579><c> father,</c><00:26:57.519><c> and</c><00:26:57.759><c> the</c><00:26:57.960><c> younger</c><00:26:58.180><c> men</c><00:26:58.460><c> as</c><00:26:58.680><c> brethren,</c>

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:01.339
the<00:26:59.220><c> elder</c><00:26:59.539><c> women</c><00:26:59.819><c> as</c><00:27:00.019><c> mothers,</c><00:27:00.400><c> the</c><00:27:00.500><c> younger</c><00:27:00.759><c> as</c><00:27:00.980><c> sisters,</c>

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with<00:27:01.599><c> all</c><00:27:01.859><c> purity.</c>

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So<00:27:03.579><c> once</c><00:27:04.019><c> again</c><00:27:04.319><c> we</c><00:27:04.500><c> have</c><00:27:04.700><c> an</c><00:27:05.000><c> indication</c><00:27:05.500><c> of</c><00:27:06.099><c> Timothy's</c><00:27:06.599><c> age</c>

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at<00:27:07.140><c> this</c><00:27:07.400><c> time,</c>

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and<00:27:08.640><c> the</c><00:27:09.059><c> natural</c><00:27:09.920><c> elders</c><00:27:10.819><c> were</c><00:27:12.740><c> indeed</c><00:27:13.440><c> older</c><00:27:13.940><c> than</c><00:27:14.319><c> he.</c>

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:22.160
And<00:27:18.779><c> yet</c><00:27:18.880><c> what</c><00:27:19.079><c> we</c><00:27:19.359><c> read,</c><00:27:19.839><c> if</c><00:27:20.119><c> you</c><00:27:20.279><c> just</c><00:27:20.579><c> turn</c><00:27:20.799><c> right</c><00:27:21.039><c> to</c><00:27:21.220><c> the</c><00:27:21.420><c> end</c><00:27:21.680><c> of</c><00:27:21.940><c> 2</c>

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Timothy<00:27:22.559><c> chapter</c><00:27:23.039><c> 4,</c>

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and<00:27:25.359><c> the</c><00:27:25.480><c> little</c><00:27:25.740><c> note</c><00:27:25.960><c> that's</c><00:27:26.359><c> added,</c><00:27:26.720><c> and</c><00:27:26.940><c> remember</c><00:27:27.480><c> the</c><00:27:27.980><c> warning</c><00:27:28.380><c> which</c><00:27:28.700><c> I</c>

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mentioned<00:27:29.839><c> yesterday</c>

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that<00:27:30.740><c> this</c><00:27:31.000><c> is</c><00:27:31.180><c> not</c><00:27:31.420><c> part</c><00:27:31.700><c> of</c><00:27:32.019><c> inspired</c><00:27:32.519><c> scripture,</c>

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but<00:27:34.880><c> just</c><00:27:35.059><c> notice</c><00:27:35.420><c> what</c><00:27:35.599><c> this</c><00:27:36.000><c> says,</c>

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the<00:27:38.920><c> second</c><00:27:39.339><c> epistle</c><00:27:39.960><c> unto</c><00:27:40.299><c> Timotheus,</c>

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:47.779
ordained<00:27:42.900><c> the</c><00:27:43.319><c> first</c><00:27:43.779><c> bishop</c><00:27:44.319><c> of</c><00:27:45.240><c> the</c><00:27:45.460><c> church</c><00:27:45.880><c> of</c><00:27:46.180><c> the</c><00:27:46.359><c> Ephesians,</c>

00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:50.619
was<00:27:48.019><c> written</c><00:27:48.319><c> from</c><00:27:48.680><c> Rome</c><00:27:49.019><c> when</c><00:27:49.279><c> Paul</c><00:27:49.599><c> was</c><00:27:49.880><c> brought</c><00:27:50.140><c> before</c>

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Nero<00:27:51.039><c> the</c><00:27:51.359><c> second</c><00:27:51.700><c> time.</c>

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Well<00:27:53.240><c> the</c><00:27:53.380><c> last</c><00:27:53.779><c> part</c><00:27:54.099><c> of</c><00:27:54.259><c> that</c><00:27:54.660><c> we</c><00:27:55.140><c> can</c><00:27:55.400><c> say</c><00:27:55.660><c> amen</c><00:27:56.140><c> to,</c>

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:59.680
it<00:27:56.599><c> was</c><00:27:56.819><c> written</c><00:27:57.119><c> from</c><00:27:57.420><c> Rome</c><00:27:57.640><c> when</c><00:27:57.880><c> Paul</c><00:27:58.160><c> was</c><00:27:58.400><c> brought</c><00:27:58.779><c> before</c>

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Caesar<00:28:00.200><c> the</c><00:28:00.940><c> second</c><00:28:01.339><c> time,</c>

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:06.359
but<00:28:02.839><c> I</c><00:28:03.039><c> don't</c><00:28:03.259><c> think</c><00:28:03.420><c> it</c><00:28:03.599><c> is</c><00:28:03.839><c> true</c><00:28:04.200><c> that</c><00:28:04.559><c> Timothy</c><00:28:05.019><c> was</c><00:28:05.460><c> ordained</c><00:28:06.019><c> the</c>

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first<00:28:06.740><c> bishop</c>

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of<00:28:08.559><c> the</c><00:28:08.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:09.420><c> at</c><00:28:09.859><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:19.579
In<00:28:11.759><c> fact</c><00:28:11.960><c> it</c><00:28:12.079><c> might</c><00:28:12.319><c> just</c><00:28:12.559><c> be</c><00:28:12.779><c> worth</c><00:28:13.200><c> our</c><00:28:13.559><c> while</c><00:28:14.140><c> looking</c><00:28:14.819><c> at</c><00:28:15.720><c> Philippians</c><00:28:16.359><c> chapter</c><00:28:16.940><c> 1</c>

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:26.019
and<00:28:20.859><c> verse</c><00:28:21.339><c> 1</c><00:28:21.740><c> just</c><00:28:22.220><c> to</c><00:28:22.559><c> put</c><00:28:22.839><c> to</c><00:28:23.140><c> rest</c><00:28:24.039><c> a</c><00:28:24.359><c> very</c><00:28:24.779><c> common</c><00:28:25.220><c> fallacy</c>

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:30.180
in<00:28:26.859><c> the</c><00:28:27.119><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:28:27.980><c> world</c><00:28:28.339><c> around</c><00:28:28.819><c> us.</c>

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:33.940
Philippians<00:28:30.880><c> 1</c><00:28:31.359><c> and</c><00:28:31.759><c> verse</c><00:28:32.200><c> 1</c><00:28:32.539><c> says</c><00:28:32.819><c> this,</c>

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:37.819
Paul<00:28:34.619><c> and</c><00:28:35.000><c> Timothy,</c><00:28:36.380><c> the</c><00:28:36.539><c> servants</c><00:28:36.819><c> of</c><00:28:37.019><c> Jesus</c><00:28:37.440><c> Christ,</c>

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:42.960
to<00:28:38.099><c> all</c><00:28:38.279><c> the</c><00:28:38.539><c> saints</c><00:28:38.940><c> in</c><00:28:39.319><c> Christ</c><00:28:39.640><c> Jesus</c><00:28:40.019><c> which</c><00:28:40.299><c> are</c><00:28:40.559><c> at</c><00:28:40.900><c> Philippi,</c>

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with<00:28:43.619><c> the</c><00:28:44.220><c> bishop</c><00:28:44.759><c> and</c><00:28:46.299><c> deacons.</c>

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Oh<00:28:48.420><c> no,</c><00:28:48.640><c> it</c><00:28:48.700><c> doesn't</c><00:28:48.960><c> say</c><00:28:49.220><c> that,</c><00:28:49.559><c> does</c><00:28:49.640><c> it?</c>

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With<00:28:51.180><c> the</c><00:28:51.500><c> bishops,</c><00:28:53.740><c> plural,</c><00:28:55.160><c> and</c><00:28:55.799><c> deacons.</c>

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:02.059
Now<00:28:58.980><c> the</c><00:28:59.160><c> established</c><00:28:59.619><c> churches</c><00:29:00.279><c> believe</c><00:29:00.700><c> you</c><00:29:00.819><c> can</c><00:29:00.980><c> only</c><00:29:01.180><c> have</c><00:29:01.319><c> one</c><00:29:01.579><c> bishop</c>

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:05.859
in<00:29:03.059><c> any</c><00:29:03.319><c> area</c><00:29:03.799><c> and</c><00:29:04.440><c> a</c><00:29:04.599><c> number</c><00:29:04.920><c> of</c><00:29:05.259><c> deacons,</c>

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:10.980
but<00:29:06.079><c> it's</c><00:29:06.480><c> clear</c><00:29:07.019><c> from</c><00:29:07.500><c> this</c><00:29:08.019><c> that</c><00:29:09.220><c> that</c><00:29:09.619><c> is</c><00:29:09.819><c> not</c><00:29:10.039><c> in</c><00:29:10.240><c> fact</c><00:29:10.440><c> the</c><00:29:10.619><c> case.</c>

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:17.160
There<00:29:11.240><c> are</c><00:29:11.700><c> bishops</c><00:29:12.720><c> and</c><00:29:14.440><c> deacons,</c><00:29:16.339><c> plural.</c>

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:22.619
And<00:29:17.759><c> so</c><00:29:18.099><c> Timothy</c><00:29:18.480><c> was</c><00:29:18.799><c> not</c><00:29:19.240><c> the</c><00:29:19.619><c> first</c><00:29:20.299><c> bishop</c><00:29:20.880><c> of</c><00:29:21.859><c> the</c><00:29:22.059><c> church</c>

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at<00:29:23.000><c> Ephesus.</c>

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In<00:29:24.380><c> fact</c><00:29:24.640><c> it</c><00:29:24.859><c> will</c><00:29:25.039><c> be</c><00:29:25.140><c> an</c><00:29:25.380><c> interesting</c><00:29:25.779><c> discussion</c><00:29:26.240><c> to</c><00:29:26.519><c> have</c>

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:32.140
to<00:29:27.380><c> ask</c><00:29:27.660><c> ourselves</c><00:29:28.279><c> whether</c><00:29:29.019><c> he</c><00:29:29.440><c> was</c><00:29:30.019><c> a</c><00:29:30.440><c> bishop</c><00:29:30.920><c> at</c><00:29:31.619><c> all.</c>

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:36.319
Because<00:29:33.059><c> go</c><00:29:33.240><c> back</c><00:29:33.460><c> to</c><00:29:33.640><c> 1</c><00:29:33.859><c> Timothy</c><00:29:34.140><c> chapter</c><00:29:34.680><c> 3</c>

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:44.119
and<00:29:37.299><c> look</c><00:29:37.480><c> at</c><00:29:37.660><c> the</c><00:29:37.920><c> qualifications</c><00:29:38.819><c> for</c><00:29:40.259><c> bishops,</c><00:29:41.359><c> overseers.</c>

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:49.319
1<00:29:44.500><c> Timothy</c><00:29:44.799><c> 3</c><00:29:45.160><c> and</c><00:29:45.359><c> verse</c><00:29:45.559><c> 2,</c><00:29:46.000><c> a</c><00:29:46.000><c> bishop</c><00:29:46.460><c> then</c><00:29:47.059><c> must</c><00:29:47.460><c> be</c><00:29:48.059><c> blameless,</c>

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the<00:29:50.940><c> husband</c><00:29:51.500><c> of</c><00:29:51.839><c> one</c><00:29:52.119><c> wife,</c><00:29:53.660><c> vigilant,</c><00:29:54.619><c> sober,</c><00:29:55.160><c> of</c><00:29:55.319><c> good</c><00:29:55.579><c> behavior,</c>

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given<00:29:56.359><c> to</c><00:29:56.579><c> hospitality,</c><00:29:57.400><c> apt</c><00:29:57.619><c> to</c><00:29:57.880><c> teach,</c><00:29:58.619><c> not</c><00:29:58.839><c> given</c><00:29:59.059><c> to</c><00:29:59.339><c> wine,</c>

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:03.039
no<00:30:00.000><c> striker,</c><00:30:00.460><c> not</c><00:30:00.720><c> greedy</c><00:30:00.920><c> of</c><00:30:01.200><c> filthy</c><00:30:01.500><c> lucre,</c><00:30:02.519><c> patient,</c><00:30:02.880><c> not</c>

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a<00:30:03.220><c> brawler,</c>

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not<00:30:03.720><c> covetous,</c><00:30:04.200><c> one</c><00:30:04.359><c> that</c><00:30:04.579><c> ruleeth</c><00:30:05.039><c> well</c><00:30:05.279><c> his</c><00:30:05.720><c> own</c><00:30:06.000><c> house,</c>

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:09.299
having<00:30:06.539><c> his</c><00:30:06.859><c> children</c><00:30:07.119><c> in</c><00:30:07.359><c> subjection</c><00:30:07.819><c> with</c><00:30:08.000><c> all</c><00:30:08.240><c> gravity.</c>

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:12.420
Verse<00:30:09.900><c> 6,</c><00:30:10.180><c> not</c><00:30:10.339><c> a</c><00:30:10.579><c> novice,</c><00:30:11.059><c> lest</c><00:30:11.180><c> being</c><00:30:11.480><c> puffed</c><00:30:11.799><c> up</c><00:30:11.900><c> with</c><00:30:12.180><c> pride</c>

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:14.380
he<00:30:12.599><c> fall</c><00:30:12.779><c> into</c><00:30:13.000><c> the</c><00:30:13.240><c> condemnation</c><00:30:13.819><c> of</c><00:30:13.980><c> the</c><00:30:14.119><c> devil.</c>

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Moreover,<00:30:15.259><c> he</c><00:30:15.420><c> must</c><00:30:15.599><c> have</c><00:30:15.779><c> a</c><00:30:15.940><c> good</c><00:30:16.099><c> report</c><00:30:16.460><c> of</c><00:30:16.599><c> them</c><00:30:16.799><c> which</c>

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are<00:30:17.180><c> without,</c>

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lest<00:30:17.779><c> he</c><00:30:18.000><c> fall</c><00:30:18.200><c> into</c><00:30:18.440><c> reproach</c><00:30:19.200><c> and</c><00:30:19.559><c> the</c><00:30:19.839><c> snare</c><00:30:19.980><c> of</c><00:30:20.180><c> the</c><00:30:20.359><c> devil.</c>

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And<00:30:21.180><c> some</c><00:30:21.519><c> of</c><00:30:21.660><c> those</c><00:30:21.880><c> qualifications</c><00:30:22.859><c> Timothy</c><00:30:24.059><c> could</c><00:30:24.440><c> not</c><00:30:24.819><c> fulfill.</c>

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:27.079
He<00:30:25.660><c> did</c><00:30:25.900><c> not</c><00:30:26.140><c> have</c><00:30:26.279><c> his</c><00:30:26.519><c> own</c><00:30:26.740><c> house.</c>

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:30.359
So<00:30:27.279><c> far</c><00:30:27.579><c> as</c><00:30:27.779><c> we</c><00:30:27.940><c> are</c><00:30:28.200><c> aware,</c><00:30:28.740><c> he</c><00:30:28.779><c> did</c><00:30:29.039><c> not</c><00:30:29.259><c> have</c><00:30:29.440><c> his</c><00:30:29.660><c> own</c><00:30:29.920><c> wife.</c>

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:33.099
He<00:30:30.779><c> could</c><00:30:31.019><c> not</c><00:30:31.200><c> therefore</c><00:30:31.500><c> be</c><00:30:31.720><c> the</c><00:30:31.920><c> husband</c><00:30:32.240><c> of</c><00:30:32.500><c> one</c><00:30:32.740><c> wife.</c>

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But<00:30:33.779><c> probably</c><00:30:34.400><c> we</c><00:30:34.660><c> would</c><00:30:34.940><c> say</c><00:30:35.460><c> that</c><00:30:36.019><c> those</c><00:30:36.319><c> qualifications</c>

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:43.180
were<00:30:38.059><c> not</c><00:30:38.779><c> saying</c><00:30:39.240><c> necessarily</c><00:30:40.259><c> that</c><00:30:40.700><c> elders</c><00:30:41.099><c> must</c><00:30:41.759><c> be</c><00:30:42.160><c> married,</c>

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:48.900
but<00:30:44.779><c> perhaps</c><00:30:45.400><c> more</c><00:30:46.140><c> significantly</c><00:30:46.740><c> that</c><00:30:47.819><c> there</c><00:30:48.039><c> must</c><00:30:48.279><c> be</c><00:30:48.539><c> nothing</c>

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in<00:30:49.460><c> their</c><00:30:49.880><c> background</c><00:30:50.539><c> which</c><00:30:51.640><c> those</c><00:30:52.160><c> outside</c><00:30:53.099><c> could</c><00:30:53.539><c> point</c>

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the<00:30:54.160><c> finger</c><00:30:54.500><c> to</c>

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and<00:30:55.920><c> say</c><00:30:56.400><c> that</c><00:30:56.980><c> therefore</c><00:30:57.440><c> they</c><00:30:57.660><c> were</c><00:30:57.920><c> not</c><00:30:58.240><c> upholding</c>

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the<00:31:00.279><c> true</c><00:31:01.180><c> principles</c><00:31:01.880><c> of</c><00:31:03.079><c> the</c><00:31:03.339><c> faith.</c>

00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:09.319
In<00:31:05.299><c> other</c><00:31:05.539><c> respects,</c><00:31:06.019><c> of</c><00:31:06.299><c> course,</c><00:31:07.359><c> it</c><00:31:07.539><c> is</c><00:31:08.039><c> true</c><00:31:08.380><c> that</c><00:31:08.619><c> Timothy</c>

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:11.279
was<00:31:10.119><c> indeed</c>

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:15.059
an<00:31:11.900><c> elder</c><00:31:12.220><c> from</c><00:31:12.599><c> the</c><00:31:12.819><c> qualities</c><00:31:13.200><c> of</c><00:31:13.420><c> the</c><00:31:13.619><c> life</c><00:31:14.099><c> that</c><00:31:14.440><c> he</c><00:31:14.720><c> lived.</c>

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:19.180
But<00:31:15.619><c> if</c><00:31:15.839><c> he</c><00:31:16.099><c> were,</c><00:31:17.319><c> then</c><00:31:17.619><c> he</c><00:31:17.799><c> was</c><00:31:18.000><c> very</c><00:31:18.299><c> much</c><00:31:18.559><c> younger</c>

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:24.220
than<00:31:20.119><c> the</c><00:31:20.420><c> other</c><00:31:20.859><c> ecclesial</c><00:31:21.500><c> elders,</c><00:31:22.420><c> even</c><00:31:22.940><c> in</c><00:31:23.319><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:29.359
And<00:31:24.799><c> so,</c><00:31:25.460><c> unlikely,</c><00:31:27.039><c> in</c><00:31:27.519><c> fact</c><00:31:27.839><c> impossible,</c><00:31:28.640><c> I</c><00:31:29.019><c> believe,</c>

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:35.559
for<00:31:29.559><c> him</c><00:31:29.779><c> to</c><00:31:30.059><c> be</c><00:31:30.440><c> the</c><00:31:30.960><c> first</c><00:31:31.480><c> bishop</c><00:31:32.079><c> of</c><00:31:32.940><c> the</c><00:31:33.099><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:33.539><c> in</c><00:31:33.880><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:41.579
And<00:31:38.480><c> yet</c><00:31:38.579><c> there</c><00:31:38.720><c> is</c><00:31:38.940><c> something</c><00:31:39.200><c> else</c><00:31:39.619><c> in</c><00:31:39.900><c> Timothy's</c><00:31:40.420><c> life</c><00:31:40.680><c> which</c><00:31:40.980><c> comes</c><00:31:41.319><c> out</c>

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:47.720
and<00:31:41.740><c> in</c><00:31:41.859><c> his</c><00:31:42.160><c> character</c><00:31:42.940><c> which</c><00:31:44.799><c> in</c><00:31:45.099><c> addition</c><00:31:45.559><c> to</c><00:31:45.980><c> his</c><00:31:46.440><c> few</c><00:31:46.799><c> years</c>

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:53.599
caused<00:31:48.720><c> the</c><00:31:49.019><c> apostle</c><00:31:49.420><c> to</c><00:31:50.619><c> tell</c><00:31:51.279><c> those</c><00:31:52.240><c> to</c><00:31:52.500><c> whom</c><00:31:52.619><c> he</c><00:31:52.779><c> was</c><00:31:53.000><c> writing</c>

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:58.859
that<00:31:54.440><c> they</c><00:31:54.660><c> must</c><00:31:54.940><c> not</c><00:31:55.240><c> despise</c><00:31:56.039><c> him</c><00:31:56.579><c> for</c><00:31:57.319><c> his</c><00:31:57.700><c> youth.</c>

00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:04.279
You<00:32:00.099><c> may</c><00:32:00.299><c> recall</c><00:32:00.599><c> that</c><00:32:00.720><c> we</c><00:32:00.819><c> looked</c><00:32:00.940><c> at</c><00:32:01.119><c> this</c><00:32:01.359><c> verse</c><00:32:01.700><c> in</c><00:32:02.039><c> 1</c><00:32:02.319><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:02.779><c> 16</c>

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:08.799
where<00:32:06.140><c> the</c><00:32:06.440><c> apostle</c><00:32:06.740><c> says</c><00:32:07.180><c> to</c><00:32:07.559><c> the</c><00:32:07.700><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:08.059><c> in</c><00:32:08.420><c> Corinth,</c>

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:11.980
having<00:32:09.259><c> sent</c><00:32:09.559><c> Timothy</c><00:32:09.900><c> on</c><00:32:10.079><c> that</c><00:32:10.299><c> very</c><00:32:10.619><c> difficult</c><00:32:11.480><c> job</c>

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:16.339
to<00:32:12.240><c> try</c><00:32:12.460><c> and</c><00:32:13.359><c> deal</c><00:32:13.740><c> with</c><00:32:13.940><c> the</c><00:32:14.140><c> problems</c><00:32:14.579><c> that</c><00:32:14.819><c> there</c><00:32:15.000><c> were</c><00:32:15.220><c> in</c><00:32:15.640><c> Corinth,</c>

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.420
1<00:32:17.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:17.319><c> 16</c><00:32:17.859><c> and</c><00:32:18.019><c> verse</c><00:32:18.259><c> 10,</c>

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:24.119
Now<00:32:18.559><c> if</c><00:32:18.839><c> Timothy</c><00:32:19.220><c> come,</c><00:32:20.480><c> see</c><00:32:20.660><c> that</c><00:32:20.839><c> he</c><00:32:21.019><c> be</c><00:32:21.180><c> with</c><00:32:21.440><c> you</c><00:32:22.019><c> without</c><00:32:22.859><c> fear.</c>

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:28.640
You<00:32:24.799><c> see,</c><00:32:25.079><c> Paul</c><00:32:25.160><c> was</c><00:32:25.339><c> very</c><00:32:25.700><c> aware</c><00:32:26.440><c> that</c><00:32:27.319><c> Timothy</c><00:32:27.779><c> was</c><00:32:28.140><c> likely</c>

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:32.119
to<00:32:28.920><c> be</c><00:32:29.200><c> fearful</c><00:32:29.660><c> entering</c><00:32:30.200><c> into</c><00:32:30.519><c> that</c><00:32:30.799><c> situation.</c>

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:35.640
And<00:32:32.500><c> we</c><00:32:32.599><c> can</c><00:32:32.819><c> say,</c><00:32:33.380><c> well,</c><00:32:33.740><c> surely</c><00:32:33.980><c> anyone</c><00:32:34.579><c> would,</c>

00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:39.799
but<00:32:36.759><c> it</c><00:32:37.039><c> seems</c><00:32:37.460><c> especially</c><00:32:38.380><c> Timothy.</c>

00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:44.119
So<00:32:41.059><c> in</c><00:32:41.180><c> addition</c><00:32:41.599><c> to</c><00:32:41.920><c> him</c><00:32:42.220><c> being</c><00:32:42.779><c> Timothy,</c>

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:47.519
it<00:32:44.599><c> seems</c><00:32:44.900><c> he</c><00:32:45.039><c> was</c><00:32:45.380><c> also</c><00:32:46.299><c> Timorous.</c>

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:50.759
He<00:32:48.259><c> was</c><00:32:48.559><c> also</c><00:32:49.240><c> fearful.</c>

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:55.339
He<00:32:51.119><c> didn't</c><00:32:51.500><c> relish</c><00:32:52.599><c> at</c><00:32:53.019><c> all</c><00:32:53.339><c> going</c><00:32:53.599><c> into</c><00:32:53.960><c> situations</c><00:32:54.660><c> like</c><00:32:55.059><c> that.</c>

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:59.660
You<00:32:55.619><c> know,</c><00:32:55.759><c> there</c><00:32:55.880><c> are</c><00:32:56.079><c> some</c><00:32:56.339><c> people</c><00:32:56.839><c> who</c><00:32:57.839><c> love</c><00:32:58.319><c> problems.</c>

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:01.980
You<00:33:00.119><c> can</c><00:33:00.339><c> almost</c><00:33:00.640><c> see</c><00:33:00.819><c> them</c><00:33:00.980><c> rolling</c><00:33:01.279><c> up</c><00:33:01.519><c> their</c><00:33:01.720><c> sleeves</c>

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:04.779
because<00:33:02.140><c> they</c><00:33:02.299><c> just</c><00:33:02.460><c> want</c><00:33:02.599><c> to</c><00:33:02.740><c> get</c><00:33:02.859><c> into</c><00:33:03.259><c> it</c><00:33:03.680><c> and</c><00:33:04.039><c> deal</c><00:33:04.380><c> with</c><00:33:04.599><c> it.</c>

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:07.420
Timothy<00:33:05.119><c> was</c><00:33:05.380><c> not</c><00:33:05.640><c> like</c><00:33:05.940><c> that.</c>

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:12.079
Timothy<00:33:09.839><c> in</c><00:33:10.039><c> fact</c><00:33:10.160><c> was</c><00:33:10.400><c> a</c><00:33:10.500><c> much</c><00:33:10.759><c> more</c><00:33:11.160><c> humble</c><00:33:11.599><c> person,</c>

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:15.559
who<00:33:12.079><c> was</c><00:33:12.079><c> far</c><00:33:12.220><c> less</c><00:33:12.400><c> sure</c><00:33:13.240><c> of</c><00:33:14.240><c> himself</c>

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:19.700
than<00:33:16.380><c> others</c><00:33:16.920><c> with</c><00:33:17.400><c> far</c><00:33:17.759><c> less</c><00:33:18.079><c> reason</c><00:33:18.619><c> for</c><00:33:18.960><c> certainty</c>

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:22.619
would<00:33:20.319><c> feel</c><00:33:20.640><c> about</c><00:33:20.920><c> their</c><00:33:21.220><c> own</c><00:33:21.500><c> qualities.</c>

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:25.660
No,<00:33:23.119><c> Timothy</c><00:33:23.319><c> was</c><00:33:23.559><c> the</c><00:33:23.700><c> one</c><00:33:23.859><c> who</c><00:33:23.980><c> would</c><00:33:24.220><c> hold</c><00:33:24.519><c> back.</c>

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:32.200
And<00:33:26.619><c> so</c><00:33:26.759><c> if</c><00:33:27.039><c> Timothy</c><00:33:27.440><c> come,</c><00:33:28.819><c> see</c><00:33:28.940><c> that</c><00:33:29.099><c> he</c><00:33:29.240><c> be</c><00:33:29.400><c> with</c><00:33:29.660><c> you</c><00:33:30.279><c> without</c><00:33:31.019><c> fear.</c>

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:38.759
And<00:33:33.900><c> so</c><00:33:34.039><c> it</c><00:33:34.079><c> was</c><00:33:34.339><c> necessary,</c><00:33:36.039><c> and</c><00:33:36.180><c> this</c><00:33:36.380><c> is</c><00:33:36.759><c> 2</c><00:33:37.059><c> Timothy</c><00:33:37.420><c> 1,</c>

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:43.259
for<00:33:39.700><c> the</c><00:33:39.920><c> Apostle</c><00:33:40.420><c> to</c><00:33:40.740><c> write</c><00:33:41.079><c> to</c><00:33:41.359><c> Timothy</c><00:33:41.680><c> on</c><00:33:41.920><c> this</c><00:33:42.119><c> occasion.</c>

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:47.059
And<00:33:43.900><c> in</c><00:33:44.019><c> fact</c><00:33:44.140><c> there</c><00:33:44.779><c> are</c><00:33:45.119><c> suggestions</c><00:33:45.680><c> like</c><00:33:46.099><c> this</c>

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:50.400
sprinkled<00:33:47.900><c> throughout</c><00:33:48.440><c> the</c><00:33:48.720><c> letters</c><00:33:49.099><c> to</c><00:33:49.380><c> Timothy,</c>

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.920
that<00:33:51.299><c> because</c><00:33:51.720><c> he</c><00:33:51.960><c> was</c><00:33:52.259><c> naturally</c><00:33:52.880><c> of</c><00:33:53.119><c> that</c><00:33:53.440><c> state,</c>

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:56.140
naturally<00:33:54.900><c> Timorous,</c>

00:33:57.920 --> 00:34:03.079
that<00:33:58.119><c> Paul</c><00:33:58.240><c> writes</c><00:33:58.579><c> this</c><00:33:58.859><c> in</c><00:33:59.079><c> 2</c><00:33:59.339><c> Timothy</c><00:33:59.680><c> 1</c><00:34:00.920><c> and</c><00:34:02.220><c> verse</c><00:34:02.539><c> 6,</c>

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:05.799
Wherefore<00:34:03.559><c> I</c><00:34:03.839><c> put</c><00:34:04.039><c> thee</c><00:34:04.259><c> in</c><00:34:04.519><c> remembrance,</c>

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:10.900
that<00:34:06.200><c> thou</c><00:34:06.660><c> stir</c><00:34:08.159><c> up</c><00:34:08.659><c> the</c><00:34:08.960><c> gift</c><00:34:09.300><c> of</c><00:34:09.500><c> God</c><00:34:09.840><c> which</c><00:34:10.059><c> is</c><00:34:10.280><c> in</c><00:34:10.539><c> thee</c>

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:14.079
by<00:34:11.539><c> the</c><00:34:11.760><c> putting</c><00:34:11.980><c> on</c><00:34:12.219><c> of</c><00:34:12.440><c> my</c><00:34:12.760><c> hands.</c>

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:17.539
You<00:34:15.039><c> see,</c><00:34:15.199><c> Timothy</c><00:34:15.699><c> needed</c><00:34:16.300><c> from</c><00:34:16.619><c> time</c><00:34:16.960><c> to</c><00:34:17.199><c> time</c>

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:21.539
a<00:34:18.019><c> reminder</c><00:34:18.639><c> of</c><00:34:19.460><c> the</c><00:34:19.739><c> qualities</c><00:34:20.159><c> that</c><00:34:20.440><c> he</c><00:34:20.679><c> had.</c>

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.559
You<00:34:22.719><c> remember</c><00:34:22.860><c> those</c><00:34:23.099><c> verses</c><00:34:23.400><c> that</c><00:34:23.599><c> we</c><00:34:23.739><c> read</c><00:34:23.860><c> in</c><00:34:24.139><c> Romans?</c>

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:27.099
If<00:34:25.400><c> the</c><00:34:25.619><c> gift</c><00:34:25.900><c> is</c><00:34:26.320><c> for</c><00:34:26.559><c> teaching,</c>

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:31.519
well<00:34:28.119><c> then</c><00:34:28.539><c> teach,</c><00:34:29.719><c> and</c><00:34:30.099><c> teach</c><00:34:30.440><c> with</c><00:34:30.719><c> all</c><00:34:31.000><c> your</c><00:34:31.280><c> might</c>

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:33.280
and<00:34:31.780><c> all</c><00:34:31.920><c> your</c><00:34:32.260><c> main.</c>

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:36.559
Stir<00:34:34.000><c> up</c><00:34:34.400><c> the</c><00:34:34.599><c> gift</c><00:34:34.860><c> that's</c><00:34:35.219><c> in</c><00:34:35.380><c> you,</c><00:34:35.599><c> Timothy.</c>

00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:41.019
There<00:34:37.039><c> are</c><00:34:37.280><c> things</c><00:34:37.699><c> here,</c><00:34:39.159><c> and</c><00:34:39.280><c> you</c><00:34:39.440><c> were</c><00:34:39.619><c> committed</c><00:34:40.079><c> to</c><00:34:40.320><c> the</c><00:34:40.539><c> work</c>

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:45.159
by<00:34:41.760><c> the</c><00:34:41.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:42.380><c> in</c><00:34:42.639><c> Lystra</c><00:34:43.039><c> and</c><00:34:43.420><c> by</c><00:34:43.820><c> my</c><00:34:44.139><c> laying</c><00:34:44.460><c> on</c><00:34:44.679><c> of</c><00:34:44.860><c> hands,</c>

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:50.219
Paul<00:34:45.519><c> says,</c><00:34:46.840><c> and</c><00:34:47.179><c> you've</c><00:34:47.559><c> almost</c><00:34:48.019><c> lost</c><00:34:48.460><c> sight</c><00:34:48.840><c> of</c><00:34:49.079><c> that.</c>

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:53.380
Stir<00:34:51.019><c> up</c><00:34:51.320><c> the</c><00:34:51.500><c> gift</c><00:34:51.820><c> that</c><00:34:52.019><c> is</c><00:34:52.239><c> in</c><00:34:52.460><c> thee.</c>

00:34:54.139 --> 00:35:01.239
Verse<00:34:54.860><c> 7,</c><00:34:55.460><c> For</c><00:34:55.739><c> God</c><00:34:56.320><c> has</c><00:34:56.880><c> not</c><00:34:57.159><c> given</c><00:34:57.340><c> us</c><00:34:58.559><c> the</c><00:34:59.039><c> spirit</c><00:34:59.579><c> of</c><00:35:00.179><c> fear,</c>

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:04.900
which<00:35:01.860><c> I</c><00:35:02.159><c> detect</c><00:35:02.659><c> in</c><00:35:02.840><c> you</c><00:35:03.059><c> at</c><00:35:03.219><c> the</c><00:35:03.380><c> moment,</c><00:35:04.099><c> Timothy,</c>

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:08.940
but<00:35:06.000><c> he's</c><00:35:06.239><c> given</c><00:35:06.420><c> us</c><00:35:06.699><c> instead</c><00:35:07.260><c> the</c><00:35:07.519><c> spirit</c><00:35:07.880><c> of</c><00:35:08.199><c> power</c>

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:14.900
and<00:35:09.739><c> of</c><00:35:10.059><c> love</c><00:35:10.619><c> and</c><00:35:11.940><c> of</c><00:35:12.300><c> a</c><00:35:12.539><c> sound</c><00:35:13.159><c> mind,</c>

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:19.920
discipline,<00:35:16.579><c> a</c><00:35:16.900><c> disciplined</c><00:35:17.500><c> mind,</c><00:35:18.500><c> an</c><00:35:18.679><c> ordered</c><00:35:19.079><c> mind.</c>

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:24.179
Timothy,<00:35:20.780><c> apply</c><00:35:21.380><c> that</c><00:35:21.719><c> which</c><00:35:21.920><c> I</c><00:35:22.239><c> know</c><00:35:22.440><c> is</c><00:35:22.679><c> in</c><00:35:22.920><c> you.</c>

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:27.800
We're<00:35:24.679><c> beginning</c><00:35:24.880><c> to</c><00:35:25.079><c> learn</c><00:35:25.280><c> more</c><00:35:25.559><c> about</c><00:35:25.860><c> Timothy</c><00:35:26.239><c> now,</c><00:35:26.599><c> aren't</c><00:35:26.760><c> we?</c>

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:33.860
Timothy<00:35:28.639><c> had</c><00:35:29.079><c> a</c><00:35:29.460><c> certain</c><00:35:30.199><c> reasoned</c><00:35:31.940><c> logical</c><00:35:32.559><c> thought</c>

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:37.539
which<00:35:35.260><c> was</c><00:35:35.480><c> always</c><00:35:35.760><c> important</c><00:35:36.340><c> in</c><00:35:36.539><c> dealing</c><00:35:36.760><c> with</c><00:35:37.000><c> these</c><00:35:37.219><c> issues</c>

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:39.280
that<00:35:37.699><c> could</c><00:35:37.940><c> arise.</c>

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:42.719
Timothy<00:35:40.179><c> could</c><00:35:40.420><c> be</c><00:35:40.659><c> seen</c><00:35:40.820><c> to</c><00:35:41.000><c> be</c><00:35:41.099><c> the</c><00:35:41.260><c> one</c><00:35:41.460><c> who</c><00:35:41.639><c> would</c><00:35:42.079><c> analyze</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.780
exactly<00:35:43.460><c> where</c><00:35:43.860><c> the</c><00:35:44.119><c> position</c><00:35:44.599><c> was.</c>

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.920
He<00:35:46.739><c> wasn't</c><00:35:47.000><c> the</c><00:35:47.159><c> man</c><00:35:47.260><c> in</c><00:35:47.480><c> the</c><00:35:47.619><c> front.</c>

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:51.900
No,<00:35:48.780><c> he</c><00:35:48.880><c> was</c><00:35:49.320><c> the</c><00:35:49.460><c> man</c><00:35:49.900><c> behind,</c><00:35:50.659><c> perhaps,</c>

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:53.980
but<00:35:52.280><c> it</c><00:35:52.360><c> was</c><00:35:52.500><c> at</c><00:35:52.619><c> his</c><00:35:52.820><c> fingertips.</c>

00:35:54.820 --> 00:35:56.440
What<00:35:54.960><c> are</c><00:35:55.039><c> the</c><00:35:55.179><c> main</c><00:35:55.380><c> points</c><00:35:55.739><c> then,</c><00:35:56.039><c> Timothy?</c>

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:58.440
And<00:35:56.960><c> Timothy</c><00:35:57.260><c> would</c><00:35:57.500><c> have</c><00:35:57.699><c> them</c><00:35:57.940><c> all</c>

00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:02.460
and<00:35:59.400><c> would</c><00:35:59.599><c> be</c><00:35:59.739><c> able</c><00:35:59.900><c> to</c><00:36:00.219><c> articulate</c><00:36:00.880><c> them</c><00:36:01.079><c> without</c><00:36:01.480><c> any</c><00:36:01.820><c> difficulty.</c>

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:09.119
The<00:36:03.360><c> soundness</c><00:36:04.460><c> of</c><00:36:05.239><c> his</c><00:36:05.579><c> mind</c><00:36:06.400><c> was</c><00:36:07.559><c> something</c><00:36:07.960><c> which</c><00:36:08.280><c> attracted</c><00:36:08.780><c> him</c>

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:15.079
to<00:36:09.280><c> the</c><00:36:09.460><c> apostle</c><00:36:09.800><c> Paul,</c><00:36:11.860><c> who</c><00:36:12.239><c> himself,</c><00:36:14.219><c> having</c><00:36:14.300><c> been</c><00:36:14.599><c> brought</c><00:36:14.860><c> up</c>

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:20.420
at<00:36:15.199><c> the</c><00:36:15.420><c> feet</c><00:36:15.599><c> of</c><00:36:15.840><c> Gamaliel,</c><00:36:17.059><c> had</c><00:36:17.119><c> been</c><00:36:17.519><c> taught</c><00:36:17.920><c> these</c><00:36:19.559><c> principles</c>

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:24.519
of<00:36:20.820><c> analysis</c><00:36:21.760><c> so</c><00:36:22.980><c> that</c><00:36:23.059><c> it</c><00:36:23.139><c> was</c><00:36:23.300><c> possible</c><00:36:23.659><c> to</c><00:36:23.860><c> cut</c><00:36:24.179><c> through</c>

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:29.539
the<00:36:24.739><c> verbiage</c><00:36:25.920><c> and</c><00:36:26.579><c> see</c><00:36:26.820><c> the</c><00:36:27.099><c> real</c><00:36:27.480><c> point</c><00:36:27.820><c> that</c><00:36:28.019><c> had</c><00:36:28.139><c> to</c><00:36:28.340><c> be</c><00:36:28.579><c> attacked,</c>

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:32.039
the<00:36:30.059><c> real</c><00:36:30.400><c> point</c><00:36:30.659><c> that</c><00:36:30.960><c> needed</c><00:36:31.159><c> to</c><00:36:31.400><c> be</c><00:36:31.639><c> addressed,</c>

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:33.900
and<00:36:32.380><c> Timothy</c><00:36:32.719><c> was</c><00:36:32.980><c> like</c><00:36:33.320><c> that.</c>

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:39.280
Not<00:36:34.679><c> perhaps</c><00:36:35.119><c> the</c><00:36:35.460><c> advocate</c><00:36:35.800><c> or</c><00:36:36.059><c> the</c><00:36:36.320><c> orator,</c><00:36:37.840><c> as</c><00:36:38.000><c> the</c><00:36:38.219><c> apostle</c><00:36:38.619><c> was,</c>

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:44.599
nor<00:36:40.260><c> perhaps</c><00:36:40.960><c> also</c><00:36:41.900><c> the</c><00:36:42.500><c> careful</c><00:36:43.059><c> analytical</c><00:36:43.960><c> writer</c>

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:47.679
that<00:36:45.420><c> the</c><00:36:45.659><c> apostle</c><00:36:46.099><c> was.</c>

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:53.079
His<00:36:48.980><c> letters</c><00:36:49.500><c> are</c><00:36:49.840><c> powerful</c><00:36:50.639><c> and</c><00:36:51.039><c> weighty,</c><00:36:51.860><c> some</c><00:36:52.099><c> said,</c>

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:56.159
and<00:36:54.260><c> that</c><00:36:54.460><c> may</c><00:36:54.699><c> not</c><00:36:54.860><c> have</c><00:36:55.039><c> been</c><00:36:55.179><c> Timothy,</c>

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:58.800
but<00:36:56.599><c> it</c><00:36:56.820><c> didn't</c><00:36:57.039><c> mean</c><00:36:57.400><c> that</c><00:36:57.559><c> he</c><00:36:57.659><c> hadn't</c><00:36:57.940><c> analyzed</c><00:36:58.400><c> the</c><00:36:58.619><c> things</c>

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.619
in<00:36:58.980><c> his</c><00:36:59.239><c> mind.</c>

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:04.380
No,<00:37:01.119><c> for</c><00:37:01.320><c> God</c><00:37:01.619><c> has</c><00:37:01.820><c> not</c><00:37:02.039><c> given</c><00:37:02.219><c> us</c><00:37:02.719><c> the</c><00:37:02.960><c> spirit</c><00:37:03.159><c> of</c><00:37:03.480><c> fear,</c>

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:08.539
but<00:37:04.579><c> of</c><00:37:04.800><c> power</c><00:37:05.380><c> and</c><00:37:05.900><c> of</c><00:37:06.179><c> love</c><00:37:06.619><c> and</c><00:37:07.559><c> of</c><00:37:07.820><c> a</c><00:37:07.980><c> sound</c><00:37:08.219><c> mind.</c>

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.840
And<00:37:08.619><c> so,</c><00:37:09.159><c> verse</c><00:37:09.159><c> 8,</c>

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:15.579
be<00:37:10.400><c> not</c><00:37:10.719><c> thou</c><00:37:10.960><c> therefore</c><00:37:11.719><c> ashamed</c><00:37:12.739><c> of</c><00:37:13.699><c> the</c><00:37:13.940><c> testimony</c><00:37:14.599><c> of</c><00:37:14.980><c> our</c><00:37:15.199><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:18.199
You<00:37:15.760><c> see,</c><00:37:15.920><c> the</c><00:37:16.039><c> situation</c><00:37:16.579><c> had</c><00:37:16.760><c> been</c><00:37:17.079><c> reached</c>

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:21.599
that<00:37:18.639><c> Timothy's</c><00:37:19.280><c> natural</c><00:37:19.860><c> shyness</c>

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:26.300
and<00:37:22.760><c> his</c><00:37:23.179><c> fear</c><00:37:23.440><c> of</c><00:37:23.659><c> entering</c><00:37:23.920><c> into</c><00:37:24.280><c> a</c><00:37:24.679><c> controversial</c><00:37:25.179><c> situation</c>

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:31.219
had<00:37:27.400><c> reached</c><00:37:27.659><c> the</c><00:37:27.940><c> point</c><00:37:28.239><c> where</c><00:37:28.800><c> he</c><00:37:29.059><c> was</c><00:37:29.500><c> not</c><00:37:30.139><c> sufficiently</c>

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:36.579
giving<00:37:32.360><c> witness</c><00:37:33.239><c> to</c><00:37:34.380><c> the</c><00:37:34.659><c> truth</c><00:37:35.039><c> of</c><00:37:35.340><c> the</c><00:37:35.500><c> Gospel</c><00:37:35.920><c> message,</c>

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:39.719
and<00:37:37.380><c> it</c><00:37:37.559><c> could</c><00:37:37.900><c> almost</c><00:37:38.579><c> be</c><00:37:38.980><c> said,</c>

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:43.579
and<00:37:40.460><c> the</c><00:37:40.639><c> apostle</c><00:37:40.980><c> dared</c><00:37:41.420><c> to</c><00:37:41.760><c> write</c><00:37:42.000><c> it</c><00:37:42.320><c> to</c><00:37:42.579><c> him,</c>

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:47.460
Timothy,<00:37:44.599><c> you're</c><00:37:44.659><c> giving</c><00:37:44.920><c> the</c><00:37:45.199><c> impression</c><00:37:45.639><c> that</c><00:37:45.840><c> you're</c><00:37:46.159><c> ashamed</c>

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:49.400
of<00:37:48.079><c> the</c><00:37:48.320><c> testimony</c><00:37:48.760><c> of</c><00:37:49.039><c> our</c><00:37:49.199><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:51.199
I<00:37:49.639><c> know</c><00:37:49.719><c> it's</c><00:37:49.960><c> not</c><00:37:50.179><c> true,</c>

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:55.900
because<00:37:52.380><c> in</c><00:37:52.800><c> you</c><00:37:53.000><c> is</c><00:37:53.539><c> unfeigned</c><00:37:54.719><c> faith,</c>

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:58.679
and<00:37:56.420><c> faith</c><00:37:56.679><c> always</c><00:37:57.239><c> has</c><00:37:57.500><c> the</c><00:37:57.679><c> foundation,</c><00:37:58.360><c> doesn't</c><00:37:58.460><c> it?</c>

00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:00.619
Faith<00:37:59.019><c> comes</c><00:37:59.360><c> by</c><00:37:59.659><c> hearing,</c>

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:02.960
and<00:38:01.239><c> hearing</c><00:38:01.539><c> by</c><00:38:01.900><c> the</c><00:38:02.099><c> Word</c><00:38:02.280><c> of</c><00:38:02.539><c> God.</c>

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:07.880
What<00:38:03.639><c> was</c><00:38:04.019><c> not</c><00:38:04.360><c> happening</c><00:38:04.980><c> was</c><00:38:05.719><c> its</c><00:38:06.079><c> articulation,</c>

00:38:08.300 --> 00:38:12.699
and<00:38:08.980><c> so</c><00:38:09.420><c> Paul</c><00:38:09.739><c> now</c><00:38:10.179><c> seeks</c><00:38:10.500><c> to</c><00:38:11.000><c> stir</c><00:38:11.300><c> up</c><00:38:11.699><c> Timothy,</c>

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:16.619
and<00:38:13.699><c> it</c><00:38:13.900><c> could</c><00:38:14.079><c> be,</c><00:38:14.340><c> you</c><00:38:14.420><c> know,</c><00:38:15.280><c> that</c><00:38:15.599><c> we</c><00:38:15.840><c> are</c><00:38:16.000><c> like</c><00:38:16.219><c> that</c><00:38:16.420><c> from</c>

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:18.639
time<00:38:16.900><c> to</c><00:38:17.119><c> time.</c>

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.139
But<00:38:19.519><c> although</c><00:38:19.739><c> we</c><00:38:20.019><c> know</c><00:38:20.380><c> that</c><00:38:20.559><c> it</c><00:38:20.659><c> would</c><00:38:20.840><c> be</c><00:38:21.079><c> better</c>

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:25.480
to<00:38:23.039><c> stand</c><00:38:23.400><c> up</c><00:38:23.780><c> for</c><00:38:24.000><c> the</c><00:38:24.199><c> things</c><00:38:24.460><c> that</c><00:38:24.719><c> we</c><00:38:25.079><c> believe</c>

00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:28.199
and<00:38:25.880><c> speak</c><00:38:26.340><c> the</c><00:38:26.599><c> Word</c><00:38:26.840><c> in</c><00:38:27.219><c> season,</c>

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:30.340
the<00:38:28.639><c> opportunity</c><00:38:29.179><c> passes,</c>

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:34.360
and<00:38:31.440><c> we</c><00:38:31.639><c> have</c><00:38:31.880><c> not</c><00:38:32.119><c> allowed</c><00:38:32.500><c> the</c><00:38:32.760><c> gift</c><00:38:32.980><c> that</c><00:38:33.219><c> is</c><00:38:33.360><c> in</c><00:38:33.500><c> us</c><00:38:33.699><c> to</c><00:38:33.900><c> be</c>

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.820
stirred<00:38:34.699><c> up,</c>

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:38.460
and<00:38:36.260><c> we</c><00:38:36.500><c> may</c><00:38:36.820><c> even</c><00:38:37.159><c> be</c><00:38:37.420><c> giving</c><00:38:37.599><c> the</c><00:38:37.880><c> impression</c>

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:42.539
that<00:38:39.460><c> we</c><00:38:39.679><c> are</c><00:38:39.820><c> ashamed</c><00:38:40.260><c> of</c><00:38:40.440><c> the</c><00:38:40.659><c> testimony</c><00:38:41.099><c> of</c><00:38:41.380><c> our</c><00:38:41.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:46.099
Now,<00:38:43.320><c> only</c><00:38:43.599><c> the</c><00:38:43.820><c> apostle</c><00:38:44.079><c> Paul</c><00:38:44.380><c> could</c><00:38:44.559><c> have</c><00:38:44.679><c> said</c><00:38:44.840><c> that</c><00:38:45.079><c> to</c><00:38:45.300><c> Timothy.</c>

00:38:46.980 --> 00:38:48.840
No<00:38:47.300><c> one</c><00:38:47.440><c> else</c><00:38:47.780><c> could,</c>

00:38:49.139 --> 00:38:54.159
because<00:38:49.519><c> of</c><00:38:50.039><c> Timothy's</c><00:38:51.780><c> stature</c><00:38:52.280><c> in</c><00:38:52.659><c> other</c><00:38:52.940><c> areas.</c>

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:56.880
But<00:38:54.440><c> here</c><00:38:54.559><c> was</c><00:38:54.739><c> a</c><00:38:54.900><c> father</c><00:38:55.139><c> talking</c><00:38:55.440><c> to</c><00:38:55.619><c> his</c><00:38:55.880><c> son,</c>

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:59.840
as<00:38:57.500><c> we</c><00:38:57.659><c> shall</c><00:38:57.820><c> have</c><00:38:57.960><c> to</c><00:38:58.139><c> think</c><00:38:58.280><c> in</c><00:38:58.500><c> a</c><00:38:58.579><c> later</c><00:38:58.820><c> session.</c>

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:02.880
So<00:39:00.179><c> don't</c><00:39:00.340><c> be</c><00:39:00.539><c> ashamed</c><00:39:00.840><c> of</c><00:39:01.000><c> the</c><00:39:01.159><c> testimony</c><00:39:01.420><c> of</c><00:39:01.639><c> our</c><00:39:01.820><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:06.980
It<00:39:03.300><c> was</c><00:39:03.539><c> easier</c><00:39:04.260><c> for</c><00:39:04.940><c> Timothy</c><00:39:05.219><c> to</c><00:39:05.480><c> take</c><00:39:05.679><c> a</c><00:39:05.840><c> back</c><00:39:06.139><c> seat.</c>

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:08.980
He<00:39:07.400><c> never</c><00:39:07.579><c> pushed</c><00:39:07.860><c> himself</c><00:39:08.219><c> into</c><00:39:08.539><c> prominence.</c>

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:10.980
He<00:39:09.219><c> always</c><00:39:09.519><c> deferred</c><00:39:09.900><c> to</c><00:39:10.159><c> others,</c>

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:13.800
even<00:39:11.420><c> when</c><00:39:11.579><c> they</c><00:39:11.739><c> were</c><00:39:11.860><c> less</c><00:39:12.179><c> qualified</c><00:39:12.760><c> than</c><00:39:12.960><c> he</c><00:39:13.300><c> was</c>

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:16.380
to<00:39:14.320><c> undertake</c><00:39:14.800><c> the</c><00:39:15.219><c> task.</c>

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:20.019
And<00:39:17.420><c> it</c><00:39:17.579><c> may</c><00:39:17.820><c> seem</c><00:39:18.199><c> that</c><00:39:18.320><c> there</c><00:39:18.500><c> was</c><00:39:18.639><c> some</c><00:39:18.860><c> excuse.</c>

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:23.219
As<00:39:20.320><c> we</c><00:39:20.539><c> know</c><00:39:20.679><c> that</c><00:39:20.860><c> the</c><00:39:21.019><c> apostle</c><00:39:21.260><c> Paul's</c><00:39:21.960><c> health</c><00:39:22.219><c> was</c><00:39:22.519><c> affected</c>

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:25.780
by<00:39:24.179><c> the</c><00:39:24.420><c> conditions</c><00:39:24.800><c> of</c><00:39:24.980><c> his</c><00:39:25.239><c> travels,</c>

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:29.699
there<00:39:26.760><c> is</c><00:39:26.960><c> that</c><00:39:27.159><c> passage</c><00:39:27.579><c> in</c><00:39:27.780><c> Galatians</c><00:39:28.219><c> chapter</c><00:39:28.500><c> 4</c><00:39:28.860><c> and</c><00:39:29.019><c> verse</c><00:39:29.219><c> 15,</c>

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:31.460
you<00:39:29.800><c> may</c><00:39:30.019><c> remember,</c><00:39:30.460><c> where</c><00:39:30.480><c> he</c><00:39:30.639><c> says,</c>

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:33.800
And<00:39:31.920><c> I</c><00:39:32.059><c> bear</c><00:39:32.280><c> you</c><00:39:32.480><c> record</c><00:39:32.760><c> that</c><00:39:32.900><c> you</c><00:39:33.059><c> would</c><00:39:33.260><c> have</c><00:39:33.340><c> plucked</c><00:39:33.679><c> out</c>

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.579
your<00:39:34.039><c> own</c><00:39:34.260><c> eyes</c>

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.760
and<00:39:34.780><c> given</c><00:39:34.940><c> them</c><00:39:35.119><c> to</c><00:39:35.360><c> me,</c>

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:38.760
perhaps<00:39:36.360><c> indicating</c><00:39:36.940><c> that</c><00:39:37.099><c> when</c><00:39:37.199><c> he</c><00:39:37.380><c> first</c><00:39:37.639><c> went</c><00:39:37.840><c> into</c><00:39:38.039><c> that</c><00:39:38.280><c> territory</c>

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:42.199
he'd<00:39:39.539><c> suffered</c><00:39:39.780><c> a</c><00:39:39.980><c> bout</c><00:39:40.119><c> of</c><00:39:40.340><c> malaria</c><00:39:40.860><c> that</c><00:39:41.079><c> had</c><00:39:41.199><c> affected</c><00:39:41.480><c> his</c><00:39:41.800><c> eyesight,</c>

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:45.760
which<00:39:42.900><c> could</c><00:39:43.159><c> even</c><00:39:43.440><c> have</c><00:39:43.659><c> been</c><00:39:43.920><c> the</c><00:39:44.639><c> thorn</c><00:39:44.980><c> in</c><00:39:45.099><c> his</c><00:39:45.440><c> flesh</c>

00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:49.300
which<00:39:46.000><c> he</c><00:39:46.320><c> sought</c><00:39:46.920><c> thrice</c><00:39:47.599><c> that</c><00:39:47.739><c> it</c><00:39:47.940><c> would</c><00:39:48.099><c> be</c><00:39:48.320><c> removed</c><00:39:48.719><c> from</c><00:39:49.000><c> him.</c>

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:52.659
And<00:39:49.840><c> it's</c><00:39:50.159><c> possible</c><00:39:50.579><c> too</c><00:39:51.099><c> that</c><00:39:51.639><c> Timothy's</c><00:39:52.320><c> health</c>

00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:56.400
also<00:39:53.219><c> may</c><00:39:53.519><c> have</c><00:39:53.699><c> been</c><00:39:54.000><c> damaged</c><00:39:54.860><c> during</c><00:39:55.539><c> his</c><00:39:55.920><c> traveling.</c>

00:39:56.820 --> 00:40:00.179
Because<00:39:57.099><c> we</c><00:39:57.320><c> read</c><00:39:57.519><c> this,</c><00:39:58.000><c> don't</c><00:39:58.000><c> we,</c><00:39:58.280><c> in</c><00:39:58.340><c> 1</c><00:39:58.559><c> Timothy</c><00:39:58.860><c> chapter</c><00:39:59.380><c> 5</c>

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:05.900
and<00:40:04.119><c> verse</c><00:40:04.420><c> 23,</c>

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:08.880
Drink<00:40:06.679><c> no</c><00:40:06.960><c> longer</c><00:40:07.219><c> water,</c><00:40:07.719><c> but</c><00:40:07.960><c> use</c><00:40:08.219><c> a</c><00:40:08.360><c> little</c><00:40:08.559><c> wine</c>

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:12.739
for<00:40:09.079><c> thy</c><00:40:09.360><c> stomach's</c><00:40:09.980><c> sake</c><00:40:10.159><c> and</c><00:40:10.420><c> thine</c><00:40:10.639><c> oft</c><00:40:10.980><c>-infermities.</c>

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:15.739
So<00:40:13.619><c> Timothy</c><00:40:13.900><c> was</c><00:40:14.099><c> not</c><00:40:14.320><c> a</c><00:40:14.480><c> healthy</c><00:40:14.840><c> young</c><00:40:15.119><c> man.</c>

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:18.840
He<00:40:16.559><c> was</c><00:40:16.860><c> often</c><00:40:17.579><c> sick.</c>

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:24.320
But<00:40:20.000><c> have</c><00:40:20.179><c> you</c><00:40:20.340><c> noticed</c><00:40:21.000><c> where</c><00:40:22.559><c> that</c><00:40:23.000><c> verse</c><00:40:23.500><c> appears?</c>

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:28.239
We<00:40:25.000><c> tend</c><00:40:25.280><c> to</c><00:40:25.519><c> read</c><00:40:25.719><c> it</c><00:40:26.400><c> in</c><00:40:26.900><c> splendid</c><00:40:27.300><c> isolation,</c>

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:31.380
and<00:40:29.500><c> yet</c><00:40:29.619><c> perhaps</c><00:40:29.980><c> we</c><00:40:30.219><c> ought</c><00:40:30.420><c> not.</c>

00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:34.519
Just<00:40:32.679><c> look</c><00:40:32.820><c> at</c><00:40:32.940><c> verse</c><00:40:33.119><c> 22.</c>

00:40:34.940 --> 00:40:39.260
Lay<00:40:35.280><c> hands</c><00:40:36.139><c> suddenly</c><00:40:37.039><c> on</c><00:40:37.980><c> no</c><00:40:38.300><c> man.</c>

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:43.840
This<00:40:39.940><c> is,</c><00:40:40.719><c> don't</c><00:40:41.119><c> make</c><00:40:41.380><c> a</c><00:40:41.659><c> novice</c><00:40:42.440><c> an</c><00:40:42.820><c> elder,</c>

00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:46.300
else<00:40:44.500><c> he</c><00:40:44.599><c> will</c><00:40:44.840><c> fall</c><00:40:45.079><c> into</c><00:40:45.340><c> the</c><00:40:45.599><c> snare</c><00:40:45.760><c> of</c><00:40:45.960><c> the</c><00:40:46.079><c> devil.</c>

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:48.679
That's<00:40:46.639><c> 1</c><00:40:46.860><c> Timothy</c><00:40:47.119><c> 3.</c>

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:50.800
Lay<00:40:49.079><c> hands</c><00:40:49.380><c> suddenly</c><00:40:49.739><c> on</c><00:40:50.019><c> no</c><00:40:50.239><c> man.</c>

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:54.639
Neither<00:40:51.380><c> be</c><00:40:51.599><c> partaker</c><00:40:51.960><c> of</c><00:40:52.119><c> other</c><00:40:52.280><c> men's</c><00:40:52.800><c> sins,</c><00:40:53.199><c> keep</c><00:40:53.420><c> thyself</c><00:40:54.119><c> pure.</c>

00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.920
Verse<00:40:55.059><c> 24,</c>

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:59.579
Some<00:40:56.699><c> men's</c><00:40:57.199><c> sins</c><00:40:57.500><c> are</c><00:40:57.820><c> open</c><00:40:58.239><c> beforehand,</c>

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:02.980
going<00:40:59.900><c> before</c><00:41:00.260><c> to</c><00:41:00.460><c> judgment,</c><00:41:00.980><c> and</c><00:41:01.280><c> some</c><00:41:01.619><c> men</c><00:41:01.880><c> they</c><00:41:02.119><c> follow</c><00:41:02.420><c> after.</c>

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:06.559
Likewise<00:41:03.960><c> also</c><00:41:04.400><c> the</c><00:41:04.559><c> good</c><00:41:04.760><c> works</c><00:41:05.019><c> of</c><00:41:05.239><c> some</c><00:41:05.380><c> are</c><00:41:05.659><c> manifest</c><00:41:05.920><c> beforehand,</c>

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:08.659
and<00:41:06.860><c> they</c><00:41:07.059><c> that</c><00:41:07.159><c> are</c><00:41:07.360><c> otherwise</c><00:41:07.699><c> cannot</c><00:41:08.099><c> be</c><00:41:08.460><c> hid.</c>

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:13.280
We<00:41:09.079><c> can</c><00:41:09.300><c> read</c><00:41:09.539><c> it</c><00:41:09.860><c> perfectly</c><00:41:10.219><c> well</c><00:41:10.599><c> without</c><00:41:10.980><c> verse</c><00:41:11.320><c> 23</c><00:41:11.860><c> being</c><00:41:12.199><c> there.</c>

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:20.039
And<00:41:15.199><c> so</c><00:41:15.460><c> why</c><00:41:15.780><c> was</c><00:41:16.039><c> verse</c><00:41:16.320><c> 23</c><00:41:17.039><c> just</c><00:41:17.500><c> inserted</c><00:41:18.280><c> into</c><00:41:18.719><c> the</c><00:41:18.980><c> record?</c>

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:22.760
You<00:41:20.840><c> see,</c><00:41:21.179><c> at</c><00:41:21.360><c> the</c><00:41:21.440><c> end</c><00:41:21.659><c> of</c><00:41:21.880><c> verse</c><00:41:22.079><c> 22,</c>

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:27.059
be<00:41:23.059><c> partaker,</c><00:41:24.739><c> don't</c><00:41:25.119><c> be</c><00:41:25.340><c> partaker</c><00:41:25.760><c> of</c><00:41:26.000><c> other</c><00:41:26.280><c> men's</c><00:41:26.880><c> sins,</c>

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:30.079
keep<00:41:27.699><c> thyself</c><00:41:28.960><c> pure.</c>

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.900
And<00:41:30.539><c> as</c><00:41:30.760><c> the</c><00:41:30.980><c> apostle</c><00:41:31.460><c> penned</c><00:41:32.059><c> those</c><00:41:32.320><c> words,</c>

00:41:33.300 --> 00:41:35.820
he<00:41:33.639><c> recognized</c><00:41:34.179><c> that</c><00:41:34.500><c> in</c><00:41:34.800><c> Timothy,</c>

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:39.099
as<00:41:36.440><c> there</c><00:41:36.739><c> can</c><00:41:37.099><c> be</c><00:41:37.360><c> in</c><00:41:37.679><c> us,</c>

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:47.440
it<00:41:40.119><c> is</c><00:41:40.460><c> possible</c><00:41:41.280><c> for</c><00:41:42.420><c> us</c><00:41:42.820><c> to</c><00:41:43.139><c> make</c><00:41:43.400><c> the</c><00:41:43.840><c> truth</c><00:41:44.320><c> a</c><00:41:44.840><c> matter</c><00:41:45.219><c> of</c><00:41:45.699><c> asceticism.</c>

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:53.579
That<00:41:48.679><c> means</c><00:41:49.000><c> that</c><00:41:49.199><c> we</c><00:41:49.380><c> treat</c><00:41:49.719><c> the</c><00:41:50.039><c> truth</c><00:41:50.380><c> as</c><00:41:50.900><c> a</c><00:41:51.139><c> process</c><00:41:51.780><c> of</c><00:41:52.260><c> denial,</c>

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:56.900
and<00:41:54.980><c> of</c><00:41:55.440><c> self</c><00:41:56.079><c>-denial.</c>

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:58.920
And<00:41:57.480><c> of</c><00:41:57.659><c> course,</c><00:41:58.000><c> to</c><00:41:58.139><c> some</c><00:41:58.400><c> degree,</c>

00:41:59.099 --> 00:42:02.539
it<00:41:59.179><c> is</c><00:41:59.480><c> right</c><00:41:59.880><c> that</c><00:42:00.159><c> that</c><00:42:00.380><c> is</c><00:42:00.480><c> what</c><00:42:00.739><c> the</c><00:42:01.019><c> truth</c><00:42:01.219><c> must</c><00:42:01.559><c> be.</c>

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:05.539
We<00:42:03.019><c> are</c><00:42:03.500><c> seeking</c><00:42:04.059><c> to</c><00:42:05.019><c> deny.</c>

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:11.179
We<00:42:05.739><c> are</c><00:42:06.059><c> seeking</c><00:42:06.579><c> to</c><00:42:07.260><c> crucify</c><00:42:08.059><c> the</c><00:42:08.420><c> affections</c><00:42:09.179><c> and</c><00:42:09.599><c> lusts</c><00:42:11.019><c> of</c>

00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:13.300
our<00:42:11.440><c> natures.</c>

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:17.500
But<00:42:13.860><c> it</c><00:42:13.980><c> is</c><00:42:14.239><c> possible</c><00:42:15.119><c> to</c><00:42:15.940><c> go</c><00:42:16.300><c> too</c><00:42:16.780><c> far</c>

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:22.500
and<00:42:18.300><c> make</c><00:42:18.599><c> that</c><00:42:19.059><c> asceticism</c><00:42:20.119><c> something</c><00:42:20.619><c> on</c><00:42:21.099><c> its</c><00:42:21.460><c> own.</c>

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:25.360
And<00:42:22.940><c> that,</c><00:42:23.260><c> it</c><00:42:23.460><c> appears,</c><00:42:23.900><c> is</c><00:42:23.940><c> what</c><00:42:24.300><c> Timothy</c><00:42:24.719><c> was</c><00:42:24.980><c> doing.</c>

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:28.340
Keep<00:42:26.260><c> thyself</c><00:42:27.300><c> pure.</c>

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:30.599
And<00:42:28.739><c> so</c><00:42:29.000><c> the</c><00:42:29.159><c> apostle</c><00:42:29.480><c> says,</c>

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:34.659
and<00:42:30.860><c> in</c><00:42:31.079><c> doing</c><00:42:31.320><c> so</c><00:42:31.699><c> you</c><00:42:31.860><c> are</c><00:42:32.159><c> damaging</c><00:42:32.599><c> your</c><00:42:32.980><c> already</c><00:42:33.280><c> frail</c><00:42:33.719><c> health.</c>

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:37.719
You<00:42:35.340><c> really</c><00:42:35.739><c> ought</c><00:42:36.000><c> to</c><00:42:36.219><c> be</c><00:42:36.400><c> building</c><00:42:36.679><c> yourself</c><00:42:37.139><c> up,</c><00:42:37.619><c> Timothy.</c>

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:43.000
And<00:42:38.199><c> so,</c><00:42:38.659><c> although</c><00:42:38.980><c> you</c><00:42:39.219><c> have</c><00:42:39.440><c> decided</c><00:42:40.159><c> not</c><00:42:41.360><c> to</c><00:42:41.719><c> take</c><00:42:42.000><c> wine,</c>

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:47.539
really<00:42:43.639><c> you</c><00:42:43.900><c> ought</c><00:42:44.239><c> to</c><00:42:44.639><c> take</c><00:42:45.019><c> a</c><00:42:45.400><c> little</c><00:42:45.679><c> wine</c><00:42:46.119><c> for</c><00:42:46.300><c> thy</c><00:42:46.599><c> stomach's</c><00:42:47.199><c> sake</c>

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:50.579
and<00:42:48.420><c> thine</c><00:42:48.760><c> oft</c><00:42:49.099><c>-informities.</c>

00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:53.179
Well,<00:42:50.940><c> why</c><00:42:51.139><c> had</c><00:42:51.280><c> Timothy</c><00:42:51.559><c> decided</c><00:42:52.019><c> not</c><00:42:52.320><c> to</c><00:42:52.539><c> take</c><00:42:52.800><c> wine?</c>

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:55.300
Well,<00:42:54.179><c> we've</c><00:42:54.360><c> already</c><00:42:54.639><c> seen</c><00:42:54.840><c> this,</c><00:42:55.019><c> haven't</c><00:42:55.139><c> we?</c>

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:57.659
Back<00:42:55.519><c> in</c><00:42:55.699><c> 1</c><00:42:55.960><c> Timothy</c><00:42:56.239><c> chapter</c><00:42:56.659><c> 3,</c>

00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:03.159
one<00:42:58.500><c> of</c><00:42:58.619><c> the</c><00:42:58.880><c> qualifications</c><00:42:59.659><c> for</c><00:43:00.239><c> an</c><00:43:00.519><c> elder</c><00:43:00.940><c> was,</c><00:43:02.219><c> verse</c><00:43:02.659><c> 3,</c>

00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:07.340
that<00:43:03.500><c> he</c><00:43:03.679><c> should</c><00:43:03.940><c> not</c><00:43:04.260><c> be</c><00:43:04.920><c> given</c><00:43:05.460><c> to</c><00:43:06.260><c> wine.</c>

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:11.820
And<00:43:08.280><c> in</c><00:43:08.460><c> fact,</c><00:43:09.239><c> that</c><00:43:09.340><c> really</c><00:43:09.739><c> is</c><00:43:10.019><c> the</c><00:43:10.300><c> emphasis.</c>

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:15.420
Not<00:43:12.860><c> that</c><00:43:13.300><c> there</c><00:43:14.159><c> should</c><00:43:14.420><c> be</c><00:43:14.699><c> no</c><00:43:14.980><c> wine,</c>

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:19.579
but<00:43:15.860><c> that</c><00:43:16.000><c> one</c><00:43:16.199><c> should</c><00:43:16.500><c> not</c><00:43:16.739><c> be</c><00:43:17.539><c> given</c><00:43:18.000><c> to</c><00:43:18.480><c> wine.</c>

00:43:19.920 --> 00:43:22.579
And<00:43:20.179><c> Timothy,</c><00:43:20.739><c> it</c><00:43:20.739><c> seems,</c><00:43:21.059><c> had</c><00:43:21.199><c> decided</c><00:43:21.639><c> that</c><00:43:21.900><c> the</c><00:43:22.039><c> best</c><00:43:22.260><c> way</c>

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.699
to<00:43:22.820><c> fulfill</c><00:43:23.239><c> that</c>

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:26.739
would<00:43:24.320><c> be</c><00:43:24.719><c> not</c><00:43:25.139><c> to</c><00:43:25.460><c> touch</c><00:43:25.639><c> it</c><00:43:26.000><c> at</c><00:43:26.280><c> all.</c>

00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:30.719
And<00:43:27.460><c> he</c><00:43:27.579><c> is</c><00:43:27.659><c> not</c><00:43:27.800><c> the</c><00:43:27.980><c> only</c><00:43:28.199><c> person</c><00:43:28.760><c> who</c><00:43:29.400><c> has</c><00:43:29.559><c> made</c><00:43:29.760><c> that</c><00:43:30.039><c> decision</c><00:43:30.460><c> in</c>

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.400
his<00:43:30.980><c> life.</c>

00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:34.139
But<00:43:31.980><c> Paul</c><00:43:32.300><c> is</c><00:43:32.659><c> saying</c><00:43:32.840><c> to</c><00:43:33.119><c> him,</c>

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:39.139
that<00:43:34.940><c> in</c><00:43:35.219><c> fact</c><00:43:35.460><c> is</c><00:43:35.800><c> going</c><00:43:36.179><c> beyond</c><00:43:37.119><c> what</c><00:43:37.539><c> was</c><00:43:37.900><c> necessary.</c>

00:43:39.260 --> 00:43:41.280
And<00:43:39.420><c> in</c><00:43:39.679><c> Timothy's</c><00:43:40.219><c> case,</c>

00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:45.219
take<00:43:41.760><c> a</c><00:43:41.940><c> little</c><00:43:42.179><c> wine</c><00:43:42.559><c> for</c><00:43:42.780><c> thy</c><00:43:43.219><c> stomach's</c><00:43:43.820><c> sake</c><00:43:44.199><c> and</c><00:43:44.980><c> thine</c>

00:43:45.219 --> 00:43:46.460
oft<00:43:45.519><c>-informities.</c>

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:48.619
You<00:43:46.980><c> see,</c><00:43:47.059><c> if</c><00:43:47.179><c> we</c><00:43:47.280><c> just</c><00:43:47.400><c> turn</c><00:43:47.559><c> back</c><00:43:47.739><c> into</c><00:43:47.900><c> the</c><00:43:48.019><c> Old</c><00:43:48.219><c> Testament,</c>

00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:50.199
in<00:43:48.820><c> Leviticus</c><00:43:49.119><c> chapter</c><00:43:49.539><c> 10,</c>

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:57.280
there<00:43:50.780><c> was</c><00:43:51.000><c> a</c><00:43:51.179><c> reason</c><00:43:51.639><c> for</c><00:43:52.900><c> elders</c><00:43:53.579><c> not</c><00:43:54.460><c> being</c><00:43:55.179><c> given</c><00:43:55.739><c> to</c><00:43:56.179><c> wine,</c>

00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:01.320
because<00:43:58.440><c> we</c><00:43:58.679><c> read</c><00:43:58.820><c> this</c><00:43:59.079><c> in</c><00:43:59.219><c> Leviticus</c><00:43:59.659><c> 10,</c>

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:04.940
and<00:44:02.380><c> verse</c><00:44:02.639><c> 9,</c><00:44:04.139><c> verse</c><00:44:04.360><c> 8,</c><00:44:04.840><c> sorry,</c>

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:06.780
where<00:44:05.159><c> the</c><00:44:05.260><c> Lord</c><00:44:05.440><c> spake</c><00:44:05.800><c> to</c><00:44:06.039><c> Aaron,</c><00:44:06.619><c> saying,</c>

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:10.059
Do<00:44:07.480><c> not</c><00:44:07.920><c> drink</c><00:44:08.440><c> wine,</c><00:44:09.000><c> or</c><00:44:09.340><c> strong</c><00:44:09.739><c> drink,</c>

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:11.820
thou<00:44:10.420><c> nor</c><00:44:10.679><c> thy</c><00:44:11.000><c> sons</c><00:44:11.340><c> with</c><00:44:11.659><c> thee,</c>

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:15.119
when<00:44:11.980><c> you</c><00:44:12.119><c> go</c><00:44:12.280><c> into</c><00:44:12.500><c> the</c><00:44:12.699><c> tabernacle</c><00:44:13.420><c> of</c><00:44:13.739><c> the</c><00:44:13.940><c> congregation,</c>

00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:16.199
lest<00:44:15.400><c> ye</c><00:44:15.659><c> die.</c>

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:20.679
It<00:44:17.000><c> shall</c><00:44:17.139><c> be</c><00:44:17.440><c> a</c><00:44:17.599><c> statute</c><00:44:17.960><c> forever</c><00:44:18.519><c> throughout</c><00:44:19.039><c> your</c><00:44:19.400><c> generations.</c>

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:23.099
And<00:44:21.679><c> the</c><00:44:21.780><c> Apostle</c><00:44:22.159><c> of</c><00:44:22.260><c> Britain,</c><00:44:22.500><c> to</c><00:44:22.699><c> Timothy,</c>

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:29.079
telling<00:44:23.480><c> him</c><00:44:23.739><c> how</c><00:44:24.019><c> he</c><00:44:24.280><c> ought</c><00:44:24.460><c> to</c><00:44:24.679><c> behave</c><00:44:25.380><c> in</c><00:44:26.780><c> the</c><00:44:27.159><c> house</c><00:44:27.820><c> of</c><00:44:28.119><c> God.</c>

00:44:29.880 --> 00:44:32.340
And<00:44:30.059><c> Timothy</c><00:44:30.340><c> presumably</c><00:44:30.880><c> had</c><00:44:31.139><c> decided</c><00:44:31.579><c> that</c><00:44:31.820><c> living</c><00:44:32.019><c> in</c><00:44:32.179><c> the</c>

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:33.159
house<00:44:32.559><c> of</c><00:44:32.760><c> God,</c>

00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:36.719
like<00:44:33.699><c> Aaron</c><00:44:34.039><c> and</c><00:44:34.219><c> his</c><00:44:34.480><c> sons,</c><00:44:34.699><c> he</c><00:44:34.880><c> should</c><00:44:35.079><c> not</c><00:44:35.300><c> partake</c><00:44:35.639><c> of</c><00:44:35.840><c> wine.</c>

00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:41.019
And<00:44:37.780><c> of</c><00:44:37.980><c> course,</c><00:44:38.320><c> that</c><00:44:38.699><c> particular</c><00:44:39.880><c> command</c><00:44:40.420><c> was</c><00:44:40.739><c> given,</c>

00:44:41.019 --> 00:44:44.099
if<00:44:41.239><c> you</c><00:44:41.360><c> look</c><00:44:41.519><c> at</c><00:44:41.679><c> the</c><00:44:41.739><c> beginning</c><00:44:42.059><c> of</c><00:44:42.239><c> Leviticus</c><00:44:42.679><c> chapter</c><00:44:43.019><c> 10,</c>

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:49.340
following<00:44:45.179><c> the</c><00:44:47.199><c> failure</c><00:44:47.659><c> of</c><00:44:48.079><c> Aaron's</c><00:44:48.780><c> sons,</c>

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:52.639
Nadab<00:44:50.119><c> and</c><00:44:50.380><c> Abihu,</c><00:44:51.079><c> who</c><00:44:51.340><c> took</c><00:44:51.679><c> strange</c><00:44:52.199><c> fire,</c>

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:59.760
and<00:44:53.300><c> quite</c><00:44:53.780><c> possibly</c><00:44:54.539><c> did</c><00:44:55.219><c> so</c><00:44:55.900><c> under</c><00:44:56.780><c> the</c><00:44:57.219><c> influence</c><00:44:58.039><c> of</c>

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:01.579
strong<00:45:00.280><c> wine.</c>

00:45:02.039 --> 00:45:07.960
And<00:45:02.519><c> so</c><00:45:02.719><c> the</c><00:45:02.920><c> command</c><00:45:03.219><c> came</c><00:45:03.840><c> that</c><00:45:04.519><c> priests</c><00:45:05.159><c> on</c><00:45:05.860><c> service</c><00:45:06.480><c> should</c><00:45:07.539><c> not</c>

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:09.579
drink<00:45:08.420><c> wine.</c>

00:45:11.880 --> 00:45:15.159
Well,<00:45:12.480><c> why</c><00:45:12.739><c> should</c><00:45:13.000><c> Timothy</c><00:45:13.400><c> make</c><00:45:13.760><c> that</c><00:45:14.119><c> connection?</c>

00:45:15.659 --> 00:45:19.619
Well,<00:45:16.619><c> turn</c><00:45:16.860><c> to</c><00:45:17.000><c> 1</c><00:45:17.260><c> Timothy</c><00:45:17.559><c> chapter</c><00:45:18.119><c> 1,</c>

00:45:20.639 --> 00:45:23.639
where<00:45:20.739><c> the</c><00:45:20.980><c> Apostle</c><00:45:21.559><c> says</c><00:45:21.860><c> this</c><00:45:22.280><c> to</c><00:45:22.519><c> him.</c>

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:28.199
We've<00:45:25.579><c> read</c><00:45:25.719><c> this</c><00:45:26.000><c> verse</c><00:45:26.159><c> before,</c><00:45:26.739><c> but</c><00:45:26.880><c> not</c><00:45:27.179><c> this</c><00:45:27.519><c> particular</c>

00:45:28.199 --> 00:45:29.820
part<00:45:28.739><c> of</c><00:45:29.059><c> it.</c>

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:32.039
1<00:45:30.440><c> Timothy</c><00:45:30.820><c> 1</c><00:45:31.139><c> and</c><00:45:31.320><c> verse</c><00:45:31.659><c> 18,</c>

00:45:32.119 --> 00:45:38.679
This<00:45:32.440><c> charge</c><00:45:33.039><c> I</c><00:45:33.420><c> commit</c><00:45:33.699><c> unto</c><00:45:34.019><c> thee,</c><00:45:35.599><c> son</c><00:45:36.119><c> Timothy,</c><00:45:36.760><c> my</c><00:45:37.099><c> child</c><00:45:37.619><c> Timothy,</c>

00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:41.480
according<00:45:39.320><c> to</c><00:45:39.519><c> the</c><00:45:39.739><c> prophecies</c><00:45:40.079><c> which</c><00:45:40.260><c> went</c><00:45:40.480><c> before</c><00:45:40.940><c> on</c><00:45:41.199><c> thee,</c>

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:43.699
And<00:45:42.039><c> here's</c><00:45:42.280><c> a</c><00:45:42.400><c> little</c><00:45:42.559><c> phrase,</c>

00:45:44.199 --> 00:45:49.639
that<00:45:44.239><c> thou</c><00:45:44.599><c> by</c><00:45:45.079><c> them</c><00:45:45.380><c> mightest</c><00:45:46.619><c> war</c><00:45:47.380><c> the</c><00:45:48.019><c> good</c><00:45:48.500><c> warfare.</c>

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:52.480
And<00:45:50.440><c> I've</c><00:45:50.679><c> deliberately</c><00:45:51.000><c> read</c><00:45:51.199><c> that</c><00:45:51.420><c> from</c><00:45:51.579><c> the</c><00:45:51.760><c> revised</c><00:45:52.219><c> version,</c>

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:55.079
because<00:45:52.719><c> the</c><00:45:53.019><c> definite</c><00:45:53.300><c> article</c><00:45:53.760><c> is</c><00:45:54.039><c> there.</c>

00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:58.940
Thou<00:45:55.280><c> mightest</c><00:45:55.820><c> war</c><00:45:56.460><c> the</c><00:45:57.139><c> good</c><00:45:57.519><c> warfare,</c>

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:02.699
holding<00:46:00.139><c> faith</c><00:46:00.860><c> and</c><00:46:01.619><c> a</c><00:46:01.760><c> good</c><00:46:01.980><c> conscience.</c>

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:06.079
And<00:46:02.920><c> we've</c><00:46:03.099><c> seen</c><00:46:03.260><c> the</c><00:46:03.599><c> importance</c><00:46:04.019><c> of</c><00:46:04.340><c> faith</c><00:46:04.780><c> and</c><00:46:05.559><c> conscience</c>

00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:08.000
already,<00:46:06.820><c> haven't</c><00:46:07.059><c> we?</c>

00:46:08.659 --> 00:46:11.039
Now,<00:46:09.280><c> what</c><00:46:09.440><c> did</c><00:46:09.579><c> this</c><00:46:09.880><c> mean?</c>

00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:13.659
This<00:46:11.880><c> charge</c><00:46:12.300><c> I</c><00:46:12.619><c> commit,</c>

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:18.719
that<00:46:14.039><c> thou</c><00:46:14.559><c> by</c><00:46:15.400><c> them</c><00:46:15.960><c> mightest</c><00:46:16.599><c> war</c><00:46:17.119><c> the</c><00:46:17.699><c> good</c><00:46:18.199><c> warfare.</c>

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:20.960
Well,<00:46:19.000><c> that</c><00:46:19.139><c> little</c><00:46:19.440><c> phrase,</c><00:46:19.820><c> war</c><00:46:20.079><c> the</c><00:46:20.260><c> good</c><00:46:20.440><c> warfare,</c>

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:25.840
is<00:46:21.280><c> a</c><00:46:21.480><c> direct</c><00:46:21.719><c> quotation</c><00:46:22.460><c> out</c><00:46:23.420><c> of</c><00:46:23.639><c> Numbers</c><00:46:24.139><c> chapter</c><00:46:24.559><c> 4.</c>

00:46:26.239 --> 00:46:29.099
And<00:46:26.659><c> I</c><00:46:27.139><c> have</c><00:46:27.320><c> no</c><00:46:27.519><c> doubt</c><00:46:27.760><c> that</c><00:46:28.019><c> Timothy</c><00:46:28.380><c> knew</c><00:46:28.800><c> this.</c>

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:32.079
I<00:46:29.280><c> think</c><00:46:29.460><c> this</c><00:46:29.639><c> is</c><00:46:29.840><c> something</c><00:46:30.139><c> that</c><00:46:30.539><c> Paul</c><00:46:30.800><c> and</c><00:46:30.980><c> Timothy</c><00:46:31.300><c> discussed,</c>

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:34.679
as<00:46:32.659><c> they</c><00:46:32.800><c> were</c><00:46:33.000><c> travelling</c><00:46:33.300><c> between</c><00:46:33.739><c> city</c><00:46:34.059><c> and</c><00:46:34.260><c> city</c><00:46:34.480><c> on</c>

00:46:34.679 --> 00:46:35.300
their<00:46:34.900><c> journeys.</c>

00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:38.800
And<00:46:36.179><c> as</c><00:46:36.460><c> Timothy</c><00:46:36.719><c> said,</c><00:46:37.599><c> well,</c><00:46:37.840><c> Paul,</c><00:46:38.079><c> what</c><00:46:38.260><c> is</c><00:46:38.400><c> it</c><00:46:38.519><c> that</c><00:46:38.679><c> we</c>

00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:39.900
are<00:46:38.940><c> to</c><00:46:39.139><c> do?</c>

00:46:52.199 --> 00:46:56.039
Is<00:46:52.679><c> there</c><00:46:53.159><c> any</c><00:46:53.400><c> information</c><00:46:53.960><c> that</c><00:46:54.159><c> we</c><00:46:54.280><c> can</c><00:46:54.519><c> receive</c><00:46:55.019><c> as</c><00:46:55.320><c> to</c><00:46:55.639><c> how</c><00:46:55.860><c> we</c>

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:57.280
should<00:46:56.260><c> comport</c><00:46:56.760><c> ourselves?</c>

00:46:57.320 --> 00:47:00.219
What<00:46:57.539><c> should</c><00:46:57.699><c> we</c><00:46:57.960><c> do</c><00:46:58.480><c> when</c><00:46:58.739><c> we</c><00:46:58.880><c> get</c><00:46:59.059><c> to</c><00:46:59.239><c> this</c><00:46:59.400><c> next</c><00:46:59.840><c> city?</c>

00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:04.380
Is<00:47:00.719><c> there</c><00:47:00.880><c> any</c><00:47:01.179><c> principle</c><00:47:01.880><c> which</c><00:47:02.519><c> should</c><00:47:02.699><c> determine</c><00:47:03.280><c> how</c><00:47:03.800><c> we</c><00:47:04.079><c> work?</c>

00:47:04.380 --> 00:47:07.320
And<00:47:04.579><c> the</c><00:47:04.739><c> Apostle</c><00:47:05.119><c> would</c><00:47:05.320><c> say,</c><00:47:05.739><c> well,</c><00:47:05.800><c> yes,</c><00:47:06.400><c> Timothy.</c>

00:47:08.280 --> 00:47:11.059
Remember,<00:47:08.780><c> from</c><00:47:09.019><c> a</c><00:47:09.280><c> child</c><00:47:09.480><c> thou</c><00:47:09.679><c> hast</c><00:47:09.880><c> known</c><00:47:10.099><c> the</c><00:47:10.300><c> Holy</c><00:47:10.539><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:15.820
and<00:47:11.460><c> you</c><00:47:11.659><c> will</c><00:47:11.840><c> know</c><00:47:12.019><c> this</c><00:47:12.380><c> one,</c><00:47:13.599><c> Numbers</c><00:47:14.019><c> 4</c><00:47:14.480><c> and</c><00:47:14.760><c> verse</c><00:47:15.019><c> 21.</c>

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:18.860
The<00:47:16.480><c> Lord</c><00:47:16.760><c> spake</c><00:47:17.079><c> unto</c><00:47:17.300><c> Moses,</c><00:47:17.900><c> saying,</c>

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:21.719
Take<00:47:19.559><c> also</c><00:47:19.920><c> the</c><00:47:20.159><c> sons</c><00:47:20.300><c> of</c><00:47:20.480><c> the</c><00:47:20.480><c> sons</c><00:47:20.760><c> of</c><00:47:21.000><c> Gershon</c><00:47:21.400><c> throughout</c>

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:22.900
the<00:47:21.940><c> houses</c><00:47:22.139><c> of</c><00:47:22.360><c> their</c><00:47:22.599><c> fathers,</c>

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:27.559
by<00:47:23.159><c> their</c><00:47:23.420><c> families,</c><00:47:24.380><c> from</c><00:47:24.940><c> thirty</c><00:47:25.579><c> years</c><00:47:25.980><c> old</c><00:47:26.179><c> and</c><00:47:26.559><c> upward,</c>

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:31.960
until<00:47:29.380><c> fifty</c><00:47:29.920><c> years</c><00:47:30.360><c> old,</c><00:47:30.840><c> shalt</c><00:47:30.960><c> thou</c><00:47:31.239><c> number</c><00:47:31.579><c> them.</c>

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:38.079
All<00:47:33.159><c> that</c><00:47:33.559><c> enter</c><00:47:34.019><c> in,</c><00:47:36.199><c> now</c><00:47:36.500><c> read</c><00:47:36.679><c> your</c><00:47:36.940><c> margin,</c>

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to<00:47:39.059><c> war</c><00:47:39.659><c> the</c><00:47:40.360><c> warfare,</c><00:47:42.679><c> to</c><00:47:42.900><c> do</c><00:47:43.159><c> the</c><00:47:43.460><c> work</c><00:47:43.860><c> in</c><00:47:44.199><c> the</c><00:47:44.400><c> tabernacle</c>

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of<00:47:45.440><c> the</c><00:47:45.699><c> congregation.</c>

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And<00:47:49.360><c> I</c><00:47:49.519><c> wonder,</c><00:47:49.900><c> you</c><00:47:49.920><c> know,</c><00:47:50.099><c> when</c><00:47:50.400><c> the</c><00:47:50.619><c> Apostle</c><00:47:50.980><c> Paul</c><00:47:51.280><c> wrote</c>

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first<00:47:53.019><c> Timothy,</c>

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whether<00:47:55.460><c> Timothy</c><00:47:55.940><c> may</c><00:47:56.360><c> possibly</c><00:47:56.920><c> be</c><00:47:57.380><c> as</c><00:47:58.099><c> young</c><00:47:58.619><c> as</c><00:47:59.179><c> just</c><00:47:59.940><c> thirty.</c>

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And<00:48:02.400><c> he</c><00:48:02.559><c> said,</c><00:48:03.800><c> discharge,</c><00:48:04.739><c> Timothy,</c><00:48:05.599><c> I</c><00:48:05.840><c> give</c><00:48:06.159><c> you,</c><00:48:07.619><c> that</c><00:48:07.800><c> ye</c>

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war<00:48:09.619><c> a</c><00:48:10.099><c> good</c><00:48:10.659><c> warfare.</c>

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Oh,<00:48:12.800><c> it</c><00:48:12.860><c> would</c><00:48:13.039><c> be</c><00:48:13.179><c> fitting</c><00:48:13.380><c> if</c><00:48:13.599><c> it</c><00:48:13.800><c> was,</c><00:48:14.119><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:14.260><c> it?</c>

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Let<00:48:18.219><c> no</c><00:48:18.480><c> man,</c><00:48:18.820><c> Timothy,</c><00:48:20.199><c> despise</c><00:48:20.619><c> thy</c><00:48:20.880><c> youth,</c>

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because<00:48:22.480><c> now,</c><00:48:23.099><c> Timothy,</c><00:48:23.940><c> you</c><00:48:24.159><c> have</c><00:48:24.400><c> embarked</c><00:48:25.000><c> upon</c><00:48:25.219><c> the</c><00:48:25.519><c> work</c>

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:28.579
which<00:48:26.860><c> have</c><00:48:27.019><c> been</c><00:48:27.260><c> ordained</c><00:48:27.679><c> from</c><00:48:27.940><c> the</c><00:48:28.159><c> beginning.</c>

00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:33.820
And<00:48:29.039><c> now,</c><00:48:29.480><c> in</c><00:48:29.860><c> the</c><00:48:30.079><c> house</c><00:48:30.340><c> of</c><00:48:30.599><c> God</c><00:48:30.780><c> in</c><00:48:31.079><c> Ephesus,</c><00:48:33.199><c> you</c><00:48:33.400><c> are</c><00:48:33.619><c> to</c>

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fulfil<00:48:34.260><c> that</c><00:48:34.719><c> task.</c>

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So,<00:48:37.679><c> shy,</c><00:48:39.019><c> retiring,</c><00:48:41.000><c> fearful,</c><00:48:43.300><c> taking</c><00:48:43.619><c> a</c><00:48:43.880><c> back</c><00:48:44.280><c> seat,</c><00:48:44.699><c> Timothy,</c>

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Timothy<00:48:47.679><c> with</c><00:48:48.059><c> health</c><00:48:48.480><c> problems,</c><00:48:51.159><c> aren't</c><00:48:51.440><c> we</c><00:48:51.679><c> inclined</c><00:48:52.000><c> to</c>

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say,<00:48:52.760><c> oh,</c><00:48:53.119><c> why</c><00:48:53.300><c> use</c><00:48:53.619><c> him?</c>

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When<00:48:55.300><c> there</c><00:48:55.420><c> were</c><00:48:55.539><c> other</c><00:48:55.820><c> capable</c><00:48:56.280><c> brethren</c><00:48:56.619><c> available,</c>

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oh,<00:48:58.440><c> but</c><00:48:58.559><c> that</c><00:48:58.739><c> verse</c><00:48:59.039><c> eighteen</c><00:48:59.500><c> of</c><00:48:59.699><c> first</c><00:48:59.980><c> Timothy</c><00:49:00.260><c> chapter</c><00:49:00.659><c> one</c>

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tells<00:49:01.239><c> us</c><00:49:01.599><c> that</c><00:49:02.860><c> prophecies</c><00:49:03.619><c> went</c><00:49:04.059><c> before</c><00:49:04.900><c> on</c><00:49:05.579><c> Timothy.</c>

00:49:06.199 --> 00:49:08.059
Paul<00:49:06.440><c> was</c><00:49:06.780><c> directed</c><00:49:07.219><c> to</c><00:49:07.579><c> him.</c>

00:49:08.059 --> 00:49:14.400
Timothy<00:49:09.300><c> was</c><00:49:09.639><c> quite</c><00:49:10.059><c> prepared</c><00:49:10.900><c> to</c><00:49:11.659><c> be</c><00:49:12.159><c> the</c><00:49:12.860><c> under</c><00:49:13.400><c> oarsman,</c>

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as<00:49:14.960><c> we</c><00:49:15.239><c> thought.</c>

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And<00:49:16.820><c> interestingly,</c><00:49:18.940><c> in</c><00:49:19.159><c> connection</c><00:49:19.639><c> with</c><00:49:19.840><c> the</c><00:49:20.119><c> under</c><00:49:20.480><c> oarsman,</c>

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this<00:49:22.460><c> is</c><00:49:22.599><c> what</c><00:49:22.760><c> we're</c><00:49:23.039><c> told</c><00:49:23.320><c> about</c><00:49:23.659><c> those</c><00:49:24.039><c> great</c><00:49:25.099><c> triremes,</c>

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those<00:49:27.500><c> great</c><00:49:28.380><c> ships</c><00:49:28.880><c> with</c><00:49:29.159><c> the</c><00:49:29.480><c> three</c><00:49:29.659><c> banks</c><00:49:30.039><c> of</c><00:49:30.340><c> oars</c><00:49:30.940><c> that</c>

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we<00:49:31.739><c> thought</c><00:49:31.980><c> about</c><00:49:32.300><c> earlier</c><00:49:32.679><c> on.</c>

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You<00:49:34.760><c> see,</c><00:49:35.480><c> the</c><00:49:35.679><c> strongest</c><00:49:36.539><c> oarsmen</c><00:49:37.460><c> were</c><00:49:37.980><c> placed</c><00:49:38.320><c> on</c><00:49:38.559><c> the</c>

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upper<00:49:39.099><c> deck.</c>

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They<00:49:41.000><c> formed</c><00:49:41.420><c> a</c><00:49:41.679><c> high</c><00:49:42.000><c>-paid</c><00:49:42.360><c> and</c><00:49:42.860><c> privileged</c><00:49:43.500><c> caste.</c>

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Oarsmen<00:49:46.340><c> of</c><00:49:46.519><c> an</c><00:49:46.880><c> average</c><00:49:47.760><c> and</c><00:49:48.360><c> at</c><00:49:48.579><c> lower</c><00:49:48.820><c> ranks,</c>

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well,<00:49:50.519><c> they</c><00:49:50.739><c> were</c><00:49:50.940><c> named</c><00:49:51.179><c> differently</c><00:49:51.739><c> and</c><00:49:51.960><c> they</c><00:49:52.320><c> received</c>

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less<00:49:53.260><c> pay.</c>

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Only<00:49:59.260><c> during</c><00:50:00.320><c> battle,</c><00:50:02.420><c> only</c><00:50:02.800><c> during</c><00:50:03.360><c> warfare,</c><00:50:04.780><c> were</c><00:50:04.940><c> all</c><00:50:05.619><c> three</c><00:50:06.139><c> ranks</c><00:50:06.679><c> of</c>

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oars<00:50:07.639><c> worked.</c>

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Oh,<00:50:10.519><c> this</c><00:50:10.780><c> charge</c><00:50:11.119><c> I</c><00:50:11.400><c> give</c><00:50:11.579><c> thee,</c><00:50:12.019><c> son</c><00:50:12.199><c> Timothy,</c>

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that<00:50:14.320><c> thou</c><00:50:14.760><c> by</c><00:50:15.159><c> these</c><00:50:15.480><c> commandments</c><00:50:16.159><c> might</c><00:50:17.039><c> war</c><00:50:17.599><c> a</c><00:50:18.380><c> good</c><00:50:18.719><c> warfare.</c>

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And<00:50:21.340><c> so</c><00:50:21.639><c> Timothy,</c><00:50:22.940><c> who</c><00:50:23.039><c> took</c><00:50:23.260><c> the</c><00:50:23.500><c> place</c><00:50:23.760><c> of</c><00:50:23.940><c> John</c><00:50:24.280><c> Mark,</c>

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who<00:50:26.199><c> left</c><00:50:26.559><c> because</c><00:50:26.840><c> he</c><00:50:27.079><c> found</c><00:50:27.380><c> the</c><00:50:27.639><c> work</c><00:50:27.840><c> too</c><00:50:28.239><c> hard,</c>

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was<00:50:29.960><c> quite</c><00:50:30.320><c> prepared</c><00:50:30.719><c> to</c><00:50:31.000><c> take</c><00:50:31.239><c> the</c><00:50:31.500><c> place</c><00:50:31.800><c> in</c><00:50:32.119><c> the</c><00:50:32.280><c> lowest</c><00:50:32.800><c> thwart</c>

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and<00:50:35.500><c> war</c><00:50:35.780><c> a</c><00:50:35.940><c> good</c><00:50:36.079><c> warfare</c><00:50:36.679><c> that</c><00:50:38.239><c> ultimately</c><00:50:39.199><c> the</c><00:50:39.820><c> battle</c><00:50:40.579><c> might</c><00:50:40.980><c> be</c><00:50:41.219><c> won.</c>

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Thank<00:50:56.219><c> you.</c>