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sorry,<00:19:12.319><c> verse</c><00:19:12.460><c> eight</c><00:19:12.680><c> wherein</c><00:19:12.940><c> he</c><00:19:13.259><c> hath</c><00:19:13.460><c> abounded</c>

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bread.<00:19:36.319><c> Chapter</c><00:19:36.599><c> two</c><00:19:36.920><c> focuses</c><00:19:37.380><c> on</c><00:19:37.680><c> the</c><00:19:37.920><c> work</c><00:19:38.119><c> of</c><00:19:38.339><c> Christ.</c><00:19:39.099><c> So</c>

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through<00:19:47.039><c> Christ</c><00:19:47.420><c> Jesus.</c><00:19:47.920><c> Verse</c><00:19:48.160><c> ten,</c><00:19:48.700><c> in</c>

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me.<00:20:08.480><c> Verse</c><00:20:08.980><c> eight,</c>

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me,<00:20:10.240><c> I.</c><00:20:10.720><c> Get</c><00:20:10.880><c> the</c><00:20:11.099><c> idea?</c><00:20:11.940><c> So</c><00:20:12.200><c> that's</c><00:20:12.539><c> how</c><00:20:12.799><c> the</c><00:20:13.059><c> emphasis</c><00:20:13.460><c> shifts</c><00:20:13.980><c> from</c>

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any<00:20:41.079><c> surprise</c><00:20:41.559><c> when</c><00:20:41.740><c> you</c><00:20:41.960><c> consider</c>

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saint<00:20:48.700><c> doesn't</c>

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responsibility<00:20:56.500><c> for</c><00:20:56.900><c> moral,</c><00:20:58.339><c> a</c><00:20:58.700><c> moral</c>

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way<00:20:59.160><c> of</c><00:20:59.460><c> life.</c><00:21:00.240><c> Paul</c><00:21:00.440><c> says</c><00:21:00.740><c> in</c><00:21:00.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:01.240><c> five,</c><00:21:01.740><c> verse</c><00:21:01.900><c> three,</c>

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to<00:21:02.440><c> live</c><00:21:03.400><c> as</c><00:21:04.420><c> becomeeth</c><00:21:05.539><c> saints.</c><00:21:07.940><c> And</c><00:21:08.480><c> the</c>

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believers<00:21:09.579><c> are</c><00:21:09.980><c> addressed</c><00:21:10.259><c> as</c><00:21:10.720><c> saints</c><00:21:11.019><c> in</c><00:21:11.259><c> the</c><00:21:11.480><c> opening</c><00:21:11.779><c> salutation</c><00:21:12.460><c> in</c>

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Romans,<00:21:13.859><c> Corinthians,</c><00:21:14.740><c> Ephesians,</c>

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Philippians,<00:21:16.240><c> Colossians.</c><00:21:17.960><c> That's</c><00:21:18.299><c> how</c><00:21:18.500><c> the</c><00:21:18.640><c> apostle</c><00:21:18.920><c> Paul</c>

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saw<00:21:19.619><c> the</c><00:21:19.920><c> believers.</c><00:21:21.799><c> The</c><00:21:21.940><c> question</c><00:21:22.279><c> is,</c><00:21:22.680><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:21:23.059><c> sisters,</c><00:21:24.299><c> is</c><00:21:24.460><c> that</c><00:21:24.680><c> how</c><00:21:25.039><c> you</c><00:21:25.359><c> see</c><00:21:25.740><c> yourself?</c><00:21:29.619><c> He</c><00:21:29.819><c> says</c><00:21:30.059><c> in</c>

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peace<00:21:33.519><c> from</c><00:21:33.819><c> God</c><00:21:34.059><c> our</c><00:21:34.319><c> Father.</c><00:21:35.039><c> You</c><00:21:35.140><c> know,</c><00:21:35.259><c> it</c><00:21:35.400><c> just</c><00:21:35.660><c> seems</c><00:21:35.880><c> like</c><00:21:36.119><c> such</c><00:21:36.319><c> a</c>

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trite<00:21:36.720><c> thing,</c><00:21:37.079><c> doesn't</c><00:21:37.279><c> it?</c>

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You<00:21:37.980><c> know,</c><00:21:38.359><c> grace</c><00:21:38.640><c> be</c><00:21:38.839><c> to</c><00:21:39.000><c> you</c><00:21:39.140><c> and</c><00:21:39.299><c> peace</c><00:21:39.500><c> from</c><00:21:39.700><c> God</c><00:21:39.880><c> our</c><00:21:40.140><c> Father.</c><00:21:41.099><c> It's</c>

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the<00:21:41.960><c> watermark</c><00:21:42.519><c> of</c><00:21:42.680><c> the</c><00:21:42.859><c> apostle</c>

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Paul.<00:21:44.319><c> And</c><00:21:44.460><c> yet</c><00:21:44.619><c> what</c><00:21:44.799><c> I</c><00:21:46.119><c> want</c><00:21:46.559><c> us</c><00:21:46.839><c> to</c><00:21:47.099><c> help</c><00:21:47.259><c> to</c><00:21:47.660><c> appreciate,</c>

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this.<00:21:50.660><c> What</c><00:21:50.819><c> he's</c><00:21:51.160><c> saying</c><00:21:51.359><c> here</c><00:21:51.720><c> is,</c><00:21:52.240><c> I</c><00:21:52.240><c> wish</c><00:21:52.619><c> you</c><00:21:53.140><c> the</c><00:21:53.720><c> very</c><00:21:54.400><c> best</c><00:21:55.559><c> blessing</c><00:21:56.039><c> I</c>

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could<00:21:56.519><c> possibly</c><00:21:57.000><c> give.</c>

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Grace.<00:21:59.619><c> Not</c><00:21:59.980><c> just</c><00:22:00.880><c> undeserved</c><00:22:01.559><c> favour</c><00:22:01.920><c> but</c><00:22:02.359><c> the</c><00:22:03.140><c> grace</c><00:22:03.619><c> that</c>

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comes<00:22:04.420><c> from</c><00:22:04.839><c> Jesus</c><00:22:05.420><c> Christ.</c><00:22:07.700><c> John</c><00:22:07.960><c> wrote</c>

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Jesus<00:22:22.400><c> Christ</c><00:22:22.799><c> for</c><00:22:23.019><c> man's</c><00:22:23.500><c> salvation.</c>

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all.<00:22:47.359><c> Yet</c><00:22:47.640><c> not</c><00:22:47.960><c> I</c><00:22:48.539><c> but</c><00:22:49.319><c> the</c>

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be<00:22:59.519><c> with</c><00:22:59.859><c> them</c><00:23:00.319><c> all</c><00:23:01.579><c> that</c><00:23:02.339><c> love</c><00:23:03.019><c> our</c><00:23:04.039><c> Lord</c><00:23:04.319><c> Jesus</c><00:23:04.720><c> in</c><00:23:05.019><c> sincerity.</c>

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I've<00:23:25.259><c> got</c><00:23:25.359><c> to</c><00:23:25.480><c> say,</c><00:23:26.380><c> I</c><00:23:26.500><c> don't</c><00:23:26.660><c> know</c><00:23:26.900><c> how</c><00:23:27.099><c> many</c><00:23:27.299><c> times</c><00:23:27.579><c> I've</c><00:23:27.759><c> read</c><00:23:27.880><c> this</c><00:23:28.140><c> epistle</c><00:23:28.519><c> to</c>

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think,<00:23:40.079><c> I</c><00:23:40.220><c> don't</c><00:23:40.319><c> know</c><00:23:40.359><c> what</c><00:23:40.480><c> he's</c><00:23:40.660><c> actually</c>

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it.<00:24:25.900><c> So</c><00:24:26.299><c> what's</c><00:24:27.000><c> the</c><00:24:27.140><c> point</c><00:24:27.299><c> here</c><00:24:27.539><c> brothers</c><00:24:27.779><c> and</c><00:24:28.039><c> sisters?</c><00:24:29.319><c> Well</c><00:24:29.319><c> the</c><00:24:29.619><c> word</c><00:24:29.819><c> means</c><00:24:30.160><c> to</c>

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Father.<00:24:53.980><c> And</c><00:24:54.299><c> so</c><00:24:54.440><c> it</c><00:24:54.599><c> was</c><00:24:54.720><c> with</c><00:24:54.940><c> the</c><00:24:55.140><c> Apostle</c>

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Paul.<00:24:56.720><c> He</c><00:24:57.019><c> speaks</c><00:24:57.359><c> of</c><00:24:57.960><c> three</c><00:24:58.480><c> blessings</c><00:24:58.960><c> here</c><00:24:59.400><c> and</c><00:24:59.660><c> just</c><00:24:59.940><c> keep</c>

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Christ.<00:25:24.279><c> And</c><00:25:24.579><c> that</c><00:25:25.200><c> word,</c><00:25:25.519><c> that</c><00:25:25.779><c> Greek</c>

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heavenlies?<00:25:44.299><c> Well</c><00:25:44.460><c> it's</c><00:25:44.660><c> helpful</c><00:25:44.940><c> if</c><00:25:45.140><c> we</c>

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it's<00:26:23.240><c> used</c><00:26:23.519><c> in</c><00:26:23.980><c> the</c><00:26:24.180><c> other</c><00:26:24.380><c> verses</c><00:26:24.859><c> in</c><00:26:25.220><c> Ephesians.</c><00:26:26.220><c> So</c><00:26:26.579><c> why</c>

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does<00:26:27.160><c> Paul</c><00:26:27.420><c> use</c><00:26:27.759><c> it?</c><00:26:28.279><c> Why</c><00:26:28.500><c> does</c><00:26:28.700><c> Paul</c><00:26:28.880><c> keep</c>

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because<00:26:35.460><c> he</c><00:26:35.799><c> wants</c><00:26:36.079><c> to</c><00:26:36.759><c> make</c>

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it's<00:26:50.180><c> apparent</c><00:26:50.420><c> that</c><00:26:50.599><c> there</c><00:26:50.759><c> was</c><00:26:51.019><c> antagonism</c>

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so<00:27:01.259><c> what</c><00:27:01.420><c> I</c><00:27:01.599><c> think</c><00:27:01.740><c> is</c><00:27:02.039><c> we</c><00:27:02.200><c> have</c>

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we<00:27:05.380><c> have</c><00:27:05.579><c> this</c><00:27:05.880><c> contrast</c><00:27:06.380><c> between</c><00:27:06.799><c> the</c>

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principalities<00:27:07.799><c> and</c><00:27:08.099><c> powers</c><00:27:08.519><c> and</c><00:27:09.519><c> the</c><00:27:09.819><c> saints</c><00:27:10.160><c> in</c><00:27:10.599><c> the</c><00:27:10.779><c> heavenlies.</c><00:27:11.819><c> They</c>

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places.<00:27:19.460><c> Let</c><00:27:19.579><c> it</c><00:27:19.819><c> not</c><00:27:19.980><c> be</c><00:27:20.220><c> once</c>

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young<00:27:34.660><c> people</c><00:27:34.900><c> because</c><00:27:35.240><c> it</c><00:27:35.460><c> is</c>

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doctrinal<00:28:01.019><c> point</c><00:28:01.279><c> of</c>

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abstain<00:28:08.779><c> from</c><00:28:09.000><c> eating</c><00:28:09.259><c> meats.</c><00:28:10.000><c> The</c><00:28:10.220><c> very</c><00:28:10.480><c> doctrines</c><00:28:10.940><c> that</c><00:28:11.099><c> are</c><00:28:11.319><c> taught</c><00:28:11.460><c> by</c>

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they<00:28:20.700><c> are</c><00:28:21.220><c> apostles</c><00:28:21.980><c> but</c><00:28:23.619><c> are</c><00:28:23.880><c> not.</c><00:28:24.440><c> That's</c><00:28:24.799><c> exactly</c><00:28:25.299><c> what</c><00:28:25.740><c> the</c><00:28:26.119><c> Roman</c><00:28:26.380><c> church</c><00:28:26.720><c> claims.</c><00:28:27.680><c> So</c>

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in<00:28:27.900><c> your</c><00:28:28.019><c> own</c>

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time<00:28:28.339><c> you</c><00:28:28.420><c> might</c><00:28:28.680><c> like</c><00:28:28.880><c> to</c><00:28:29.019><c> have</c><00:28:29.140><c> a</c><00:28:29.200><c> look</c><00:28:29.299><c> at</c><00:28:29.420><c> those</c><00:28:29.640><c> verses.</c><00:28:29.920><c> I</c>

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found<00:28:30.259><c> them</c><00:28:30.420><c> very</c><00:28:30.640><c> interesting.</c><00:28:31.759><c> By</c>

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them.<00:28:56.299><c> But</c><00:28:56.500><c> those</c><00:28:56.819><c> blessings</c><00:28:57.500><c> were</c><00:28:58.299><c> only</c><00:28:58.599><c> available</c>

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Christ.<00:29:56.319><c> So</c><00:29:56.579><c> let's</c><00:29:56.779><c> have</c><00:29:56.980><c> a</c><00:29:57.059><c> look</c>

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at<00:29:57.279><c> these</c><00:29:58.099><c> three</c><00:29:58.579><c> blessings</c><00:29:58.960><c> just</c><00:29:59.279><c> by</c><00:29:59.500><c> way</c><00:29:59.680><c> of</c><00:29:59.980><c> overview.</c><00:30:02.920><c> In</c>

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:06.200
verses<00:30:03.259><c> 4</c><00:30:03.519><c> to</c><00:30:03.619><c> 6</c><00:30:03.980><c> he</c><00:30:04.140><c> talks</c><00:30:04.460><c> about</c><00:30:05.079><c> adoption.</c>

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12<00:30:13.839><c> he</c><00:30:14.500><c> tells</c><00:30:14.799><c> them</c><00:30:14.980><c> how</c><00:30:15.299><c> they've</c>

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been<00:30:16.200><c> called</c><00:30:16.519><c> to</c><00:30:16.799><c> be</c><00:30:17.000><c> God's</c><00:30:17.519><c> heritage.</c><00:30:20.500><c> And</c><00:30:20.740><c> as</c><00:30:20.900><c> I</c><00:30:21.099><c> said</c><00:30:21.839><c> chapter</c><00:30:22.619><c> 1</c><00:30:23.119><c> the</c>

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focus<00:30:24.500><c> of</c><00:30:24.740><c> it</c><00:30:24.880><c> is</c><00:30:25.079><c> on</c><00:30:25.440><c> God's</c>

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operation.<00:30:27.200><c> When</c><00:30:27.200><c> you</c><00:30:27.880><c> read</c><00:30:28.140><c> through</c><00:30:28.380><c> and</c><00:30:28.559><c> you</c><00:30:28.779><c> highlight</c><00:30:29.119><c> the</c><00:30:29.759><c> references</c><00:30:30.140><c> to</c>

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God's<00:30:30.960><c> will</c><00:30:31.200><c> it's</c><00:30:32.039><c> God</c><00:30:32.400><c> being</c>

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the<00:30:33.140><c> architect</c><00:30:33.759><c> of</c><00:30:35.079><c> doing</c><00:30:35.519><c> the</c><00:30:35.900><c> adopting.</c><00:30:36.819><c> It's</c><00:30:37.039><c> all</c><00:30:37.180><c> done</c>

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through<00:30:37.640><c> Christ</c><00:30:37.940><c> but</c><00:30:38.099><c> it's</c><00:30:38.339><c> God</c><00:30:38.599><c> the</c><00:30:38.920><c> architect</c>

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that<00:30:39.539><c> is</c><00:30:39.799><c> driving</c><00:30:40.220><c> this</c><00:30:40.539><c> process</c><00:30:41.380><c> of</c><00:30:41.940><c> creating,</c><00:30:43.180><c> of</c><00:30:43.519><c> uniting</c>

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all<00:30:44.480><c> in</c><00:30:44.859><c> Christ.</c><00:30:45.819><c> So</c><00:30:46.119><c> we</c><00:30:46.380><c> have</c><00:30:46.859><c> God</c><00:30:47.460><c> at</c>

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the<00:30:47.960><c> centre</c><00:30:48.180><c> who</c><00:30:48.400><c> is</c><00:30:48.680><c> driving</c><00:30:48.980><c> that</c><00:30:49.299><c> process.</c><00:30:52.019><c> And</c><00:30:52.240><c> so</c><00:30:52.380><c> we</c><00:30:52.579><c> find</c><00:30:52.839><c> in</c>

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verse<00:30:53.279><c> 5</c><00:30:53.599><c> it</c><00:30:53.799><c> says</c><00:30:54.160><c> according</c><00:30:54.900><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:55.279><c> good</c><00:30:55.380><c> pleasure</c><00:30:55.799><c> of</c><00:30:56.720><c> his</c><00:30:57.380><c> will</c><00:30:58.220><c> they</c><00:31:00.039><c> were</c><00:31:00.240><c> going</c><00:31:00.339><c> to</c><00:31:00.539><c> be</c>

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redeemed<00:31:01.240><c> according</c><00:31:01.680><c> to</c><00:31:01.920><c> the</c><00:31:02.079><c> riches</c><00:31:02.359><c> of</c>

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his<00:31:03.660><c> grace.</c><00:31:06.039><c> And</c><00:31:06.599><c> they</c><00:31:06.720><c> were</c><00:31:06.880><c> going</c><00:31:07.019><c> to</c><00:31:07.220><c> become</c><00:31:07.539><c> God's</c><00:31:08.019><c> heritage</c><00:31:08.319><c> according</c><00:31:08.720><c> to</c><00:31:09.539><c> his</c>

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purpose.<00:31:11.160><c> So</c><00:31:11.259><c> God</c>

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is<00:31:12.160><c> the</c><00:31:12.380><c> focus</c><00:31:12.720><c> of</c><00:31:12.960><c> chapter</c><00:31:13.299><c> 1.</c><00:31:15.500><c> Let's</c><00:31:15.779><c> ask</c><00:31:15.980><c> the</c><00:31:16.160><c> question</c><00:31:16.539><c> are</c>

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these<00:31:17.220><c> just</c><00:31:18.000><c> random</c><00:31:18.700><c> blessings</c><00:31:19.119><c> that</c><00:31:19.319><c> he</c><00:31:19.500><c> happened</c>

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to<00:31:19.940><c> pick?</c><00:31:20.240><c> Could</c><00:31:20.380><c> he</c><00:31:20.559><c> have</c><00:31:20.759><c> picked</c><00:31:20.900><c> some</c><00:31:21.240><c> other</c><00:31:21.839><c> blessings</c><00:31:22.279><c> to</c>

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refer<00:31:22.859><c> to?</c><00:31:23.019><c> Well</c><00:31:23.200><c> of</c><00:31:23.279><c> course</c><00:31:23.440><c> he</c><00:31:23.559><c> could</c><00:31:23.740><c> have.</c>

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But<00:31:24.599><c> you</c><00:31:24.859><c> see</c><00:31:25.000><c> what</c><00:31:25.160><c> we</c><00:31:25.480><c> find</c><00:31:25.720><c> later</c><00:31:26.039><c> in</c><00:31:26.259><c> the</c><00:31:26.460><c> epistle</c><00:31:26.759><c> is</c><00:31:27.299><c> he's</c>

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going<00:31:28.160><c> to</c><00:31:28.539><c> elaborate</c><00:31:29.039><c> on</c><00:31:29.400><c> each</c><00:31:29.680><c> of</c><00:31:29.839><c> these</c>

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three<00:31:30.420><c> things.</c><00:31:31.579><c> Why</c><00:31:31.859><c> did</c><00:31:31.980><c> he</c><00:31:32.160><c> chose</c><00:31:32.400><c> those</c><00:31:32.779><c> three</c><00:31:33.079><c> things?</c>

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Because<00:31:34.420><c> they</c><00:31:34.819><c> were</c><00:31:35.019><c> the</c><00:31:35.259><c> very</c><00:31:35.720><c> things</c>

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that<00:31:37.220><c> the</c><00:31:37.619><c> Judaizers</c><00:31:38.359><c> contended</c><00:31:39.140><c> against.</c><00:31:40.799><c> You</c><00:31:40.940><c> see</c><00:31:41.059><c> the</c><00:31:41.279><c> Judaizers</c><00:31:41.819><c> believed</c><00:31:42.240><c> that</c><00:31:43.099><c> the</c><00:31:43.400><c> Gentiles</c>

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were<00:31:44.079><c> not</c><00:31:44.460><c> part</c><00:31:44.759><c> of</c><00:31:44.960><c> the</c><00:31:45.160><c> adopted</c><00:31:45.559><c> family.</c><00:31:46.960><c> There's</c><00:31:47.299><c> no</c><00:31:47.559><c> way</c>

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Gentiles<00:31:48.900><c> could</c><00:31:49.220><c> be</c><00:31:49.559><c> redeemed</c><00:31:50.039><c> or</c><00:31:50.299><c> forgiven.</c>

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And<00:31:51.640><c> the</c><00:31:51.799><c> Gentiles</c><00:31:52.279><c> could</c><00:31:52.519><c> never</c><00:31:53.000><c> ever</c><00:31:53.920><c> be</c><00:31:54.359><c> heirs</c><00:31:54.859><c> with</c><00:31:55.920><c> the</c>

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Jews.<00:31:57.500><c> Well</c><00:31:57.700><c> this</c><00:31:57.859><c> is</c><00:31:58.019><c> what</c><00:31:58.160><c> the</c><00:31:58.339><c> apostle</c>

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Paul<00:31:58.880><c> has</c><00:31:59.099><c> to</c><00:31:59.319><c> say</c><00:31:59.700><c> elsewhere</c><00:32:00.420><c> in</c><00:32:00.660><c> the</c><00:32:00.799><c> epistle</c><00:32:01.059><c> and</c><00:32:01.220><c> he</c><00:32:01.480><c> elaborates</c><00:32:01.960><c> on</c><00:32:02.160><c> these</c><00:32:02.519><c> three</c><00:32:03.359><c> blessings.</c><00:32:04.640><c> Ye</c>

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are<00:32:05.099><c> no</c><00:32:05.420><c> more</c><00:32:05.720><c> strangers</c><00:32:06.259><c> but</c><00:32:07.500><c> of</c><00:32:07.680><c> the</c><00:32:07.980><c> household</c><00:32:08.500><c> of</c><00:32:08.819><c> God.</c><00:32:10.700><c> But</c><00:32:11.039><c> now</c><00:32:11.599><c> ye</c>

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Gentiles<00:32:13.420><c> are</c><00:32:13.900><c> made</c><00:32:14.480><c> nigh</c>

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by<00:32:15.559><c> the</c><00:32:15.740><c> blood</c><00:32:15.900><c> of</c><00:32:16.059><c> Christ.</c><00:32:18.819><c> And</c><00:32:19.039><c> in</c><00:32:19.160><c> chapter</c><00:32:19.359><c> 3</c><00:32:19.599><c> verse</c><00:32:19.839><c> 6</c><00:32:20.500><c> he</c>

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speaks<00:32:21.180><c> of</c><00:32:21.440><c> the</c><00:32:21.599><c> Gentiles</c><00:32:22.259><c> being</c><00:32:23.000><c> fellow</c><00:32:23.900><c> heirs.</c>

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So<00:32:25.059><c> these</c><00:32:25.319><c> three</c><00:32:25.599><c> things</c><00:32:25.940><c> that</c><00:32:26.180><c> the</c><00:32:26.319><c> apostle</c><00:32:26.599><c> picks</c><00:32:26.859><c> out</c><00:32:27.140><c> in</c><00:32:27.720><c> this</c><00:32:28.019><c> group</c><00:32:28.200><c> of</c><00:32:29.000><c> verses</c><00:32:29.299><c> in</c><00:32:29.519><c> chapter</c><00:32:29.819><c> 1</c><00:32:30.220><c> he's</c>

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going<00:32:30.839><c> to</c><00:32:31.059><c> elaborate</c><00:32:31.420><c> on</c><00:32:31.759><c> later.</c><00:32:38.980><c> So</c><00:32:39.539><c> he</c><00:32:39.759><c> speaks</c><00:32:40.000><c> of</c><00:32:40.140><c> the</c><00:32:40.299><c> first</c><00:32:40.500><c> of</c><00:32:40.700><c> these</c><00:32:40.839><c> in</c><00:32:41.039><c> verses</c><00:32:41.319><c> 4</c>

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to<00:32:41.819><c> 6.</c><00:32:44.539><c> He</c>

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to<00:32:45.599><c> summarize</c><00:32:46.299><c> the</c><00:32:46.660><c> blessing</c><00:32:47.039><c> well</c><00:32:47.619><c> let's</c><00:32:47.819><c> read</c><00:32:48.019><c> verses</c><00:32:48.279><c> 4</c><00:32:48.539><c> to</c>

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6.<00:32:49.240><c> According</c><00:32:49.880><c> as</c><00:32:50.140><c> he</c><00:32:50.299><c> hath</c><00:32:50.480><c> chosen</c>

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us<00:32:51.039><c> in</c><00:32:51.299><c> him</c><00:32:51.480><c> before</c><00:32:51.799><c> the</c><00:32:52.000><c> foundation</c><00:32:52.519><c> of</c><00:32:52.720><c> the</c><00:32:52.920><c> world</c><00:32:53.339><c> that</c><00:32:53.859><c> we</c>

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should<00:32:54.339><c> be</c><00:32:54.700><c> holy</c><00:32:55.079><c> and</c><00:32:55.859><c> without</c><00:32:56.200><c> blame</c><00:32:56.480><c> before</c>

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him<00:32:57.059><c> in</c><00:32:57.299><c> love.</c><00:32:58.279><c> Having</c><00:32:58.680><c> predestinated</c><00:32:59.579><c> us</c><00:33:00.160><c> unto</c><00:33:00.539><c> the</c><00:33:00.940><c> adoption</c><00:33:01.319><c> of</c><00:33:01.640><c> children</c><00:33:01.980><c> by</c>

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Jesus<00:33:02.779><c> Christ</c><00:33:03.220><c> to</c>

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himself<00:33:03.960><c> according</c><00:33:05.000><c> to</c><00:33:05.259><c> the</c><00:33:05.519><c> good</c><00:33:05.759><c> pleasure</c><00:33:06.140><c> of</c><00:33:06.380><c> his</c><00:33:06.660><c> will</c><00:33:06.960><c> to</c>

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the<00:33:08.140><c> praise</c><00:33:08.420><c> of</c><00:33:08.619><c> the</c><00:33:08.799><c> glory</c><00:33:09.000><c> of</c><00:33:09.200><c> his</c>

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grace<00:33:09.799><c> wherein</c><00:33:11.160><c> he</c><00:33:11.500><c> hath</c><00:33:11.680><c> made</c><00:33:11.920><c> us</c><00:33:12.259><c> accepted</c><00:33:12.980><c> in</c><00:33:13.740><c> the</c><00:33:13.940><c> beloved.</c><00:33:16.079><c> In</c><00:33:16.380><c> summary</c><00:33:16.880><c> we</c>

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have<00:33:18.099><c> been</c><00:33:18.500><c> chosen</c>

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for<00:33:19.880><c> adoption.</c><00:33:21.579><c> Note</c><00:33:21.960><c> when</c><00:33:22.319><c> we</c><00:33:22.500><c> were</c><00:33:22.680><c> chosen</c><00:33:22.980><c> it</c><00:33:23.140><c> was</c><00:33:23.440><c> before</c>

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:26.480
the<00:33:24.359><c> foundation</c><00:33:25.019><c> of</c><00:33:25.279><c> the</c><00:33:25.460><c> world</c><00:33:25.799><c> that</c>

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refers<00:33:26.880><c> right</c><00:33:27.220><c> back</c><00:33:27.420><c> to</c><00:33:27.599><c> the</c><00:33:27.720><c> beginning</c><00:33:27.980><c> when</c><00:33:28.279><c> sin</c><00:33:28.460><c> entered</c>

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the<00:33:29.039><c> world.</c><00:33:30.279><c> How</c><00:33:30.519><c> incredible</c><00:33:31.039><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:33:31.579><c> sisters</c><00:33:32.140><c> that</c><00:33:32.819><c> 6</c><00:33:33.200><c>,000</c><00:33:33.500><c> years</c><00:33:33.779><c> ago</c><00:33:34.640><c> God</c><00:33:35.339><c> had</c><00:33:36.500><c> you</c><00:33:36.680><c> in</c><00:33:36.920><c> mind,</c>

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had<00:33:37.880><c> me</c><00:33:38.119><c> in</c><00:33:38.299><c> mind.</c><00:33:38.460><c> Isn't</c><00:33:38.640><c> that</c><00:33:38.799><c> a</c><00:33:38.900><c> remarkable</c>

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thing<00:33:39.519><c> to</c><00:33:39.720><c> contemplate?</c><00:33:41.380><c> This</c><00:33:41.619><c> is</c><00:33:42.279><c> the</c><00:33:42.500><c> scriptural</c><00:33:42.960><c> principle</c><00:33:43.619><c> of</c><00:33:44.180><c> election.</c><00:33:45.579><c> Does</c>

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it<00:33:45.900><c> mean</c><00:33:46.079><c> we're</c>

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destined<00:33:46.740><c> to</c><00:33:46.940><c> be</c><00:33:47.200><c> saved?</c><00:33:49.039><c> No</c><00:33:49.240><c> it</c><00:33:49.319><c> doesn't.</c><00:33:50.279><c> For</c><00:33:50.460><c> Peter</c><00:33:50.700><c> says</c>

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give<00:33:51.900><c> diligence</c><00:33:52.440><c> to</c><00:33:52.720><c> make</c><00:33:52.859><c> your</c><00:33:53.180><c> calling</c><00:33:53.480><c> and</c>

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election<00:33:54.160><c> sure.</c><00:33:55.480><c> So</c><00:33:55.759><c> what</c><00:33:56.059><c> then</c><00:33:56.259><c> is</c><00:33:56.519><c> the</c><00:33:56.759><c> idea</c><00:33:57.259><c> behind</c><00:33:57.759><c> this</c>

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word<00:33:58.700><c> predestinated</c><00:33:59.700><c> that</c><00:33:59.859><c> we</c><00:34:00.079><c> read</c><00:34:00.240><c> of</c><00:34:00.440><c> in</c>

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verse<00:34:00.940><c> 5?</c><00:34:02.019><c> Well</c><00:34:02.200><c> the</c><00:34:02.319><c> word</c><00:34:02.480><c> simply</c><00:34:02.859><c> means</c><00:34:03.559><c> predetermined.</c><00:34:05.420><c> So</c>

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what<00:34:05.980><c> has</c><00:34:06.259><c> been</c><00:34:06.599><c> predetermined?</c><00:34:08.619><c> Well</c><00:34:08.840><c> it's</c>

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not<00:34:09.159><c> that</c><00:34:09.280><c> we'll</c><00:34:09.539><c> be</c><00:34:09.840><c> saved</c><00:34:10.260><c> but</c><00:34:10.940><c> there's</c><00:34:11.239><c> two</c><00:34:11.619><c> things</c><00:34:12.019><c> that</c><00:34:12.139><c> have</c><00:34:12.360><c> been</c><00:34:12.579><c> predetermined</c><00:34:13.340><c> and</c><00:34:13.460><c> I</c>

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want<00:34:13.659><c> you</c>

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to<00:34:14.000><c> take</c><00:34:14.159><c> note</c><00:34:14.320><c> of</c><00:34:14.480><c> it.</c><00:34:15.400><c> The</c><00:34:15.579><c> first</c><00:34:15.800><c> is</c><00:34:16.420><c> the</c><00:34:17.119><c> process</c><00:34:17.940><c> by</c><00:34:19.019><c> which</c>

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we<00:34:19.380><c> can</c><00:34:19.559><c> be</c><00:34:19.860><c> saved.</c><00:34:21.199><c> The</c><00:34:21.440><c> process</c><00:34:21.960><c> by</c><00:34:22.239><c> which</c>

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we<00:34:22.559><c> can</c><00:34:22.739><c> be</c><00:34:23.239><c> saved</c><00:34:23.500><c> is</c><00:34:23.900><c> predetermined</c><00:34:24.780><c> and</c><00:34:25.500><c> secondly</c><00:34:25.940><c> our</c><00:34:27.059><c> opportunity</c><00:34:27.699><c> to</c>

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participate<00:34:28.599><c> in</c><00:34:28.760><c> it.</c><00:34:29.599><c> So</c><00:34:29.860><c> to</c>

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:35.679
use<00:34:30.500><c> an</c><00:34:30.739><c> analogy</c><00:34:31.280><c> election</c><00:34:32.400><c> is</c><00:34:33.360><c> like</c><00:34:33.519><c> being</c><00:34:33.840><c> chosen</c><00:34:34.300><c> to</c><00:34:34.619><c> participate</c><00:34:35.179><c> in</c><00:34:35.420><c> an</c>

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apprenticeship.<00:34:37.239><c> Successful</c>

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completion<00:34:38.199><c> of</c><00:34:38.440><c> the</c><00:34:38.679><c> apprenticeship</c><00:34:39.119><c> requires</c><00:34:40.159><c> action</c><00:34:40.659><c> on</c>

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our<00:34:41.179><c> part.</c><00:34:42.079><c> So</c><00:34:42.260><c> the</c><00:34:42.539><c> apprenticeship</c>

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has<00:34:43.800><c> been</c><00:34:44.179><c> predetermined.</c><00:34:45.360><c> There's</c><00:34:45.599><c> no</c><00:34:45.800><c> other</c><00:34:46.019><c> way.</c><00:34:47.079><c> What's</c>

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also<00:34:47.659><c> been</c><00:34:47.960><c> predetermined</c><00:34:48.500><c> is</c><00:34:48.639><c> that</c><00:34:48.780><c> you've</c>

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been<00:34:49.219><c> given</c><00:34:49.420><c> the</c><00:34:49.599><c> opportunity</c><00:34:50.079><c> to</c><00:34:50.380><c> start</c><00:34:50.579><c> that</c><00:34:50.820><c> apprenticeship.</c><00:34:52.320><c> Whether</c><00:34:52.539><c> you</c>

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finish<00:34:53.099><c> it</c><00:34:53.840><c> is</c><00:34:54.280><c> uncertain.</c><00:34:55.500><c> That's</c>

00:34:55.820 --> 00:35:00.579
up<00:34:56.039><c> to</c><00:34:56.119><c> you</c><00:34:56.340><c> and</c><00:34:56.559><c> I.</c><00:34:58.699><c> And</c><00:34:59.000><c> that</c><00:34:59.159><c> action</c><00:34:59.500><c> involves</c><00:34:59.960><c> conforming</c>

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:02.880
to<00:35:00.760><c> the</c><00:35:00.940><c> likeness</c><00:35:01.320><c> of</c><00:35:01.460><c> Jesus</c><00:35:01.880><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:07.059
So<00:35:03.360><c> what</c><00:35:03.559><c> does</c><00:35:03.780><c> election</c><00:35:04.199><c> do?</c><00:35:05.320><c> It</c><00:35:05.420><c> puts</c><00:35:05.679><c> us</c><00:35:06.000><c> on</c><00:35:06.219><c> the</c><00:35:06.460><c> pathway</c>

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:11.079
to<00:35:07.920><c> adoption.</c><00:35:09.519><c> It</c><00:35:09.599><c> provides</c><00:35:10.019><c> an</c><00:35:10.260><c> opportunity.</c>

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:14.579
What<00:35:11.820><c> has</c><00:35:12.139><c> been</c><00:35:12.380><c> predetermined</c><00:35:12.980><c> is</c><00:35:13.159><c> the</c><00:35:13.380><c> process</c><00:35:13.920><c> by</c><00:35:14.380><c> which</c>

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:17.699
we<00:35:14.719><c> can</c><00:35:14.880><c> be</c><00:35:15.179><c> saved</c><00:35:15.519><c> and</c><00:35:16.679><c> our</c><00:35:17.019><c> opportunity</c>

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:22.239
to<00:35:18.440><c> participate</c><00:35:18.980><c> in</c><00:35:19.239><c> it.</c><00:35:20.699><c> The</c><00:35:20.980><c> process</c><00:35:21.360><c> by</c><00:35:21.619><c> which</c><00:35:21.800><c> we</c><00:35:21.940><c> are</c><00:35:22.099><c> to</c>

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:24.760
be<00:35:22.460><c> saved</c><00:35:22.699><c> is</c><00:35:23.079><c> conforming</c><00:35:23.800><c> to</c><00:35:24.019><c> the</c><00:35:24.300><c> likeness</c>

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:29.400
of<00:35:25.000><c> Christ</c><00:35:25.559><c> and</c><00:35:26.780><c> we're</c><00:35:26.960><c> given</c><00:35:27.119><c> this</c><00:35:27.380><c> opportunity</c><00:35:28.320><c> according</c>

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:32.380
to<00:35:29.599><c> the</c><00:35:29.860><c> good</c><00:35:30.099><c> pleasure</c><00:35:30.500><c> of</c><00:35:31.000><c> God's</c><00:35:31.519><c> will,</c>

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:36.360
not<00:35:32.500><c> because</c><00:35:32.900><c> of</c><00:35:33.079><c> anything</c><00:35:33.380><c> special</c><00:35:33.880><c> about</c><00:35:34.179><c> ourselves.</c><00:35:36.139><c> And</c>

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:39.539
what<00:35:36.500><c> ought</c><00:35:36.619><c> to</c><00:35:36.780><c> be</c><00:35:36.980><c> our</c><00:35:37.139><c> response?</c><00:35:39.139><c> As</c><00:35:39.219><c> it</c><00:35:39.420><c> says</c>

00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:45.179
in<00:35:39.739><c> verse</c><00:35:39.940><c> 4</c><00:35:40.639><c> that</c><00:35:41.260><c> we</c><00:35:41.440><c> ought</c><00:35:41.659><c> to</c><00:35:41.880><c> be</c><00:35:42.159><c> holy</c><00:35:42.699><c> and</c><00:35:43.699><c> without</c><00:35:44.099><c> blame.</c>

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:54.179
What<00:35:49.659><c> is</c><00:35:50.059><c> holiness?</c><00:35:51.679><c> Well</c><00:35:51.920><c> very</c><00:35:52.280><c> simply</c><00:35:52.559><c> brothers</c><00:35:52.860><c> and</c><00:35:53.099><c> sisters</c><00:35:53.360><c> to</c><00:35:53.579><c> me</c>

00:35:54.179 --> 00:36:00.260
it's<00:35:54.780><c> like</c><00:35:55.019><c> this.</c><00:35:59.079><c> It's</c><00:35:59.679><c> an</c>

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example<00:36:00.260><c> of</c><00:36:00.260><c> our</c><00:36:00.360><c> life</c><00:36:00.719><c> in</c><00:36:00.880><c> the</c><00:36:01.179><c> context</c><00:36:01.960><c> of</c><00:36:02.539><c> being</c><00:36:03.059><c> servants</c>

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of<00:36:04.260><c> God.</c>

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Moving<00:36:08.320><c> on</c><00:36:08.579><c> then</c><00:36:08.719><c> to</c><00:36:08.860><c> the</c><00:36:09.099><c> second</c><00:36:09.380><c> of</c><00:36:09.559><c> the</c><00:36:09.739><c> blessings</c><00:36:10.119><c> that</c><00:36:10.400><c> Paul</c><00:36:10.599><c> speaks</c><00:36:10.960><c> of</c>

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:13.699
in<00:36:11.320><c> verses</c><00:36:11.619><c> 7</c><00:36:12.019><c> to</c><00:36:12.199><c> 10.</c><00:36:13.599><c> Let's</c>

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:16.360
just<00:36:13.960><c> read</c><00:36:14.059><c> that</c><00:36:14.280><c> together.</c><00:36:14.840><c> In</c><00:36:14.880><c> whom</c><00:36:15.219><c> we</c><00:36:15.519><c> have</c><00:36:15.699><c> redemption</c>

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:18.960
through<00:36:16.679><c> his</c><00:36:17.000><c> blood,</c><00:36:17.820><c> the</c><00:36:18.039><c> forgiveness</c><00:36:18.380><c> of</c><00:36:18.699><c> sins</c>

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:22.579
according<00:36:19.340><c> to</c><00:36:19.599><c> the</c><00:36:19.800><c> riches</c><00:36:20.059><c> of</c><00:36:20.280><c> his</c><00:36:20.519><c> grace,</c><00:36:21.800><c> wherein</c><00:36:22.039><c> he</c><00:36:22.400><c> hath</c>

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:24.820
abounded<00:36:23.059><c> toward</c><00:36:23.500><c> us</c><00:36:23.780><c> in</c><00:36:23.980><c> all</c><00:36:24.199><c> wisdom</c><00:36:24.539><c> and</c>

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:29.880
prudence,<00:36:25.800><c> having</c><00:36:26.039><c> made</c><00:36:26.420><c> known</c><00:36:26.760><c> unto</c><00:36:27.019><c> us</c><00:36:27.280><c> the</c><00:36:27.519><c> mystery</c><00:36:27.860><c> of</c><00:36:27.980><c> his</c><00:36:28.280><c> will</c><00:36:28.619><c> according</c><00:36:29.539><c> to</c>

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his<00:36:30.179><c> good</c><00:36:30.480><c> pleasure</c>

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:35.880
which<00:36:31.599><c> he</c><00:36:31.820><c> hath</c><00:36:32.119><c> purposed</c><00:36:32.639><c> in</c><00:36:33.059><c> himself,</c><00:36:34.400><c> that</c><00:36:34.519><c> in</c><00:36:34.739><c> the</c><00:36:34.940><c> dispensation</c><00:36:35.519><c> of</c><00:36:35.739><c> the</c>

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.920
fullness<00:36:36.099><c> of</c><00:36:36.440><c> times</c>

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:40.539
he<00:36:37.579><c> might</c><00:36:37.860><c> gather</c><00:36:38.139><c> together</c><00:36:38.559><c> in</c><00:36:38.860><c> one</c><00:36:39.039><c> all</c><00:36:39.480><c> things</c><00:36:39.760><c> in</c><00:36:40.039><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:43.280
both<00:36:41.199><c> which</c><00:36:41.460><c> are</c><00:36:41.719><c> in</c><00:36:41.900><c> heaven</c><00:36:42.239><c> and</c><00:36:43.039><c> which</c>

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:49.260
are<00:36:43.519><c> on</c><00:36:43.699><c> earth,</c><00:36:44.820><c> even</c><00:36:45.260><c> in</c><00:36:45.840><c> him.</c><00:36:47.460><c> So</c><00:36:47.840><c> just</c><00:36:48.079><c> as</c><00:36:48.219><c> our</c><00:36:48.460><c> election</c><00:36:48.820><c> was</c><00:36:49.079><c> in</c>

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Christ,<00:36:50.539><c> so</c><00:36:50.920><c> too</c><00:36:51.159><c> is</c><00:36:51.460><c> our</c><00:36:51.699><c> redemption.</c>

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:57.980
He<00:36:52.619><c> says</c><00:36:53.019><c> in</c><00:36:53.360><c> whom</c><00:36:53.820><c> we</c><00:36:54.559><c> have</c><00:36:54.739><c> redemption.</c><00:36:56.800><c> In</c><00:36:56.880><c> verse</c><00:36:57.099><c> 7</c><00:36:57.340><c> it</c><00:36:57.500><c> appears</c><00:36:57.800><c> to</c>

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:59.199
be<00:36:58.159><c> saying</c><00:36:58.519><c> that</c><00:36:58.840><c> forgiveness</c>

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:04.320
of<00:36:59.539><c> sins</c><00:36:59.719><c> is</c><00:36:59.940><c> a</c><00:37:00.079><c> definition</c><00:37:00.559><c> of</c><00:37:00.840><c> redemption.</c><00:37:03.340><c> How</c><00:37:03.599><c> are</c><00:37:03.880><c> we</c><00:37:04.119><c> to</c>

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:06.619
understand<00:37:04.820><c> this?</c><00:37:05.159><c> What</c><00:37:05.340><c> is</c><00:37:05.599><c> redemption?</c>

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:14.800
It<00:37:08.639><c> is</c><00:37:09.000><c> a</c><00:37:09.440><c> release</c><00:37:09.780><c> on</c><00:37:10.260><c> payment</c><00:37:10.599><c> of</c><00:37:10.900><c> a</c><00:37:11.079><c> ransom.</c><00:37:12.280><c> A</c><00:37:12.519><c> release</c><00:37:12.840><c> from</c><00:37:13.099><c> what?</c><00:37:14.199><c> Well</c><00:37:14.320><c> from</c><00:37:14.480><c> two</c>

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.380
things,<00:37:15.159><c> from</c>

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:22.099
the<00:37:15.579><c> power</c><00:37:15.920><c> of</c><00:37:16.239><c> sin</c><00:37:16.579><c> and</c><00:37:17.500><c> the</c><00:37:17.760><c> condemnation</c><00:37:18.440><c> of</c><00:37:18.739><c> sin</c><00:37:19.280><c> and</c><00:37:20.079><c> mortality.</c><00:37:21.840><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:37:22.239><c> to</c><00:37:22.420><c> just</c><00:37:22.579><c> go</c><00:37:22.739><c> through</c>

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:26.739
these<00:37:23.639><c> fairly</c><00:37:23.980><c> quickly</c><00:37:24.320><c> in</c><00:37:24.500><c> the</c><00:37:24.719><c> interest</c><00:37:24.880><c> of</c><00:37:25.119><c> time,</c><00:37:25.480><c> brothers</c><00:37:25.519><c> and</c><00:37:25.780><c> sisters.</c><00:37:26.460><c> So</c>

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:27.780
it's<00:37:27.059><c> a</c><00:37:27.059><c> release</c><00:37:27.519><c> from</c>

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:33.440
the<00:37:28.119><c> power</c><00:37:28.539><c> and</c><00:37:29.119><c> the</c><00:37:29.559><c> consequences</c><00:37:30.099><c> of</c><00:37:30.519><c> sin.</c><00:37:32.380><c> In</c><00:37:32.739><c> what</c><00:37:33.039><c> sense</c>

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:36.559
are<00:37:34.440><c> we</c><00:37:34.619><c> ransomed?</c><00:37:35.599><c> To</c><00:37:35.880><c> be</c><00:37:36.119><c> ransomed</c>

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:40.800
is<00:37:36.760><c> to</c><00:37:36.940><c> be</c><00:37:37.199><c> purchased.</c><00:37:38.659><c> We</c><00:37:39.039><c> read</c><00:37:39.260><c> that</c><00:37:39.460><c> we've</c><00:37:39.739><c> been</c><00:37:40.039><c> purchased</c>

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:45.360
by<00:37:41.619><c> Christ's</c><00:37:42.579><c> blood.</c><00:37:44.679><c> We</c><00:37:45.360><c> read</c><00:37:45.360><c> that</c>

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:50.000
so<00:37:45.800><c> then</c><00:37:46.019><c> we</c><00:37:46.199><c> can</c><00:37:46.500><c> think</c><00:37:46.760><c> of</c><00:37:47.300><c> redemption</c><00:37:47.800><c> as</c><00:37:48.159><c> encompassing</c><00:37:48.880><c> but</c><00:37:49.079><c> not</c><00:37:49.360><c> limited</c><00:37:49.679><c> to</c>

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forgiveness.<00:37:51.239><c> So</c><00:37:51.440><c> what</c><00:37:51.599><c> has</c>

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God<00:37:52.039><c> done</c><00:37:52.280><c> to</c><00:37:52.599><c> achieve</c><00:37:52.920><c> that?</c><00:37:53.920><c> As</c><00:37:54.019><c> we</c><00:37:54.340><c> read</c><00:37:54.780><c> in</c><00:37:55.039><c> verse</c><00:37:55.360><c> 8</c><00:37:55.659><c> and</c>

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:59.320
9,<00:37:56.579><c> he's</c><00:37:56.900><c> abounded</c><00:37:57.320><c> toward</c><00:37:57.699><c> us</c><00:37:58.039><c> in</c><00:37:58.260><c> all</c><00:37:58.500><c> wisdom</c>

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:06.039
and<00:38:00.000><c> prudence.</c><00:38:02.179><c> In</c><00:38:02.440><c> verse</c><00:38:02.860><c> 10,</c><00:38:03.960><c> the</c><00:38:04.079><c> apostle</c><00:38:04.420><c> Paul</c><00:38:04.679><c> breaks</c><00:38:05.039><c> off</c><00:38:05.300><c> here</c><00:38:05.599><c> to</c>

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digress<00:38:06.500><c> for</c><00:38:06.780><c> a</c><00:38:06.940><c> moment</c><00:38:07.280><c> and</c>

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to<00:38:08.139><c> give</c><00:38:08.219><c> us</c><00:38:08.480><c> the</c><00:38:08.619><c> big</c><00:38:08.880><c> picture.</c><00:38:09.679><c> The</c><00:38:09.940><c> big</c><00:38:10.239><c> picture</c><00:38:10.519><c> of</c><00:38:10.659><c> what</c>

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he's<00:38:10.980><c> talking</c><00:38:11.239><c> about</c><00:38:11.559><c> in</c><00:38:11.760><c> this</c><00:38:12.079><c> first</c><00:38:12.699><c> half</c>

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:17.159
of<00:38:13.119><c> the</c><00:38:13.320><c> chapter.</c><00:38:14.400><c> So</c><00:38:14.659><c> he</c><00:38:14.860><c> says</c><00:38:15.380><c> that</c><00:38:15.920><c> in</c><00:38:16.079><c> the</c><00:38:16.380><c> dispensation</c>

00:38:17.159 --> 00:38:19.880
of<00:38:17.380><c> the</c><00:38:17.579><c> fullness</c><00:38:17.820><c> of</c><00:38:18.139><c> times,</c><00:38:19.059><c> he</c><00:38:19.159><c> might</c><00:38:19.559><c> gather</c>

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together<00:38:20.320><c> in</c><00:38:20.679><c> one</c><00:38:21.059><c> all</c><00:38:21.800><c> things</c><00:38:22.119><c> in</c><00:38:22.460><c> Christ.</c><00:38:24.900><c> That</c><00:38:25.199><c> is</c><00:38:25.599><c> the</c><00:38:25.739><c> purpose,</c><00:38:26.599><c> or</c>

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that<00:38:26.820><c> is</c><00:38:27.139><c> the</c><00:38:27.539><c> theme</c><00:38:27.820><c> if</c><00:38:28.019><c> you</c>

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like,<00:38:28.460><c> the</c><00:38:28.619><c> key</c><00:38:28.860><c> verse</c><00:38:29.159><c> in</c><00:38:29.420><c> chapter</c><00:38:29.760><c> 1.</c><00:38:30.079><c> You</c><00:38:30.119><c> might</c><00:38:30.380><c> like</c><00:38:30.579><c> to</c>

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highlight<00:38:31.099><c> it.</c><00:38:32.280><c> It</c><00:38:32.800><c> relates</c><00:38:33.239><c> to</c><00:38:33.500><c> the</c><00:38:33.659><c> theme</c>

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of<00:38:34.199><c> unity.</c><00:38:34.920><c> He's</c><00:38:35.460><c> introducing</c><00:38:36.000><c> this</c><00:38:36.440><c> theme</c><00:38:36.739><c> of</c><00:38:37.000><c> unity</c><00:38:37.440><c> for</c><00:38:37.920><c> the</c><00:38:38.119><c> first</c><00:38:38.420><c> time</c><00:38:38.639><c> in</c>

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verse<00:38:39.099><c> 10.</c><00:38:40.199><c> In</c><00:38:40.500><c> chapters</c>

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1<00:38:40.820><c> to</c><00:38:41.000><c> 3,</c><00:38:41.340><c> what</c><00:38:41.440><c> we</c><00:38:41.699><c> find</c><00:38:41.920><c> is</c><00:38:42.159><c> the</c><00:38:42.719><c> theme</c><00:38:42.980><c> of</c><00:38:43.260><c> unity</c><00:38:43.539><c> is</c><00:38:43.900><c> there</c>

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:46.599
but<00:38:44.219><c> it's</c><00:38:44.480><c> under</c><00:38:44.800><c> the</c><00:38:45.019><c> surface.</c><00:38:46.239><c> To</c><00:38:46.420><c> the</c>

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:48.480
readers<00:38:46.840><c> in</c><00:38:47.079><c> Ephesus,</c><00:38:47.460><c> when</c><00:38:47.599><c> they</c><00:38:47.739><c> were</c><00:38:47.840><c> reading</c><00:38:48.079><c> this,</c><00:38:48.300><c> they</c>

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would<00:38:48.679><c> have</c><00:38:48.739><c> picked</c><00:38:48.940><c> up</c><00:38:49.179><c> on</c><00:38:49.380><c> these</c><00:38:49.659><c> things.</c>

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:52.500
They<00:38:50.539><c> would</c><00:38:50.699><c> have</c><00:38:50.800><c> seen</c><00:38:51.000><c> the</c><00:38:51.260><c> context</c><00:38:51.659><c> and</c><00:38:51.800><c> the</c><00:38:52.019><c> relevance</c><00:38:52.280><c> of</c>

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:54.619
it.<00:38:52.980><c> For</c><00:38:53.179><c> us,</c><00:38:53.460><c> it's</c><00:38:53.659><c> a</c><00:38:53.760><c> little</c><00:38:53.920><c> bit</c><00:38:54.159><c> harder</c><00:38:54.360><c> to</c>

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see<00:38:54.800><c> that</c><00:38:55.019><c> but</c><00:38:55.579><c> be</c><00:38:56.000><c> assured</c><00:38:56.380><c> from</c><00:38:56.780><c> chapters</c><00:38:57.099><c> 1</c><00:38:57.340><c> to</c><00:38:57.420><c> 3,</c><00:38:57.820><c> the</c><00:38:57.920><c> theme</c><00:38:58.159><c> of</c>

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.880
unity<00:38:58.719><c> is</c><00:38:59.019><c> there.</c><00:38:59.559><c> We're</c><00:38:59.780><c> going</c>

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:04.139
to<00:39:00.059><c> summarise</c><00:39:00.440><c> this</c><00:39:00.820><c> on</c><00:39:01.760><c> a</c><00:39:02.000><c> slide</c><00:39:02.119><c> in</c><00:39:02.320><c> a</c><00:39:02.440><c> moment.</c><00:39:03.699><c> When</c><00:39:03.860><c> we</c><00:39:04.000><c> get</c>

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:05.559
to<00:39:04.320><c> chapter</c><00:39:04.539><c> 4,</c><00:39:04.900><c> it</c><00:39:04.920><c> comes</c><00:39:05.199><c> to</c><00:39:05.380><c> the</c>

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and<00:39:06.260><c> we</c><00:39:06.400><c> see</c><00:39:07.119><c> that</c><00:39:07.760><c> theme</c><00:39:07.920><c> very</c><00:39:08.380><c> clearly.</c><00:39:12.699><c> So</c><00:39:13.300><c> what</c><00:39:14.920><c> should</c><00:39:15.119><c> our</c><00:39:15.400><c> response</c><00:39:15.840><c> be?</c><00:39:17.139><c> If</c>

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we've<00:39:17.519><c> been</c><00:39:17.860><c> redeemed</c>

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from<00:39:18.780><c> the</c><00:39:19.019><c> power</c><00:39:19.280><c> of</c><00:39:19.619><c> sin,</c><00:39:20.980><c> then</c><00:39:21.139><c> we</c><00:39:21.400><c> ought</c><00:39:21.599><c> not</c><00:39:21.900><c> brothers</c><00:39:22.199><c> and</c>

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:24.920
sisters<00:39:22.719><c> and</c><00:39:22.940><c> young</c><00:39:23.119><c> people</c><00:39:23.579><c> to</c><00:39:24.219><c> be</c><00:39:24.380><c> the</c><00:39:24.639><c> servant</c>

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:29.360
of<00:39:25.199><c> it.</c><00:39:26.659><c> And</c><00:39:27.179><c> that's</c><00:39:27.460><c> what</c><00:39:27.659><c> the</c><00:39:27.900><c> Ephesians</c><00:39:28.400><c> were</c><00:39:28.659><c> failing</c><00:39:29.019><c> to</c>

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appreciate.<00:39:31.199><c> In</c><00:39:31.320><c> verses</c><00:39:31.619><c> 11</c><00:39:31.980><c> to</c><00:39:32.139><c> 12,</c>

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:37.179
he<00:39:32.719><c> talks</c><00:39:33.039><c> about</c><00:39:33.760><c> our</c><00:39:34.440><c> inheritance,</c><00:39:35.659><c> in</c><00:39:35.900><c> whom</c><00:39:36.159><c> also</c><00:39:36.679><c> we</c><00:39:37.000><c> have</c>

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obtained<00:39:37.679><c> an</c><00:39:38.139><c> inheritance,</c><00:39:39.300><c> being</c><00:39:39.659><c> predestinated</c>

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according<00:39:41.460><c> to</c><00:39:41.659><c> the</c><00:39:41.880><c> purpose</c><00:39:42.199><c> of</c><00:39:42.440><c> him</c><00:39:42.760><c> who</c><00:39:43.619><c> worketh</c><00:39:43.980><c> all</c><00:39:44.320><c> things</c><00:39:44.599><c> after</c>

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:47.380
the<00:39:45.199><c> counsel</c><00:39:45.619><c> of</c><00:39:45.840><c> his</c><00:39:46.099><c> own</c><00:39:46.519><c> will.</c>

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What<00:39:51.519><c> is</c><00:39:51.780><c> the</c><00:39:52.099><c> inheritance</c><00:39:52.619><c> of</c><00:39:53.500><c> verse</c><00:39:53.800><c> 11?</c><00:39:55.179><c> It's</c><00:39:55.599><c> the</c><00:39:55.800><c> Greek</c>

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word,<00:39:56.840><c> kleros,</c><00:39:57.099><c> which</c><00:39:57.340><c> means</c><00:39:57.599><c> to</c><00:39:57.940><c> determine</c>

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by<00:39:58.639><c> lot,</c><00:39:59.920><c> to</c><00:40:00.199><c> assign</c><00:40:00.500><c> by</c><00:40:00.880><c> lot,</c><00:40:01.400><c> to</c><00:40:01.739><c> make</c><00:40:02.639><c> an</c><00:40:02.960><c> heritage.</c><00:40:03.480><c> So</c><00:40:03.719><c> it's</c><00:40:03.920><c> not</c>

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actually<00:40:04.500><c> what</c><00:40:04.679><c> you</c><00:40:04.860><c> might</c><00:40:05.119><c> first</c>

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think.<00:40:05.760><c> It</c><00:40:05.900><c> means</c><00:40:06.239><c> to</c><00:40:06.940><c> make</c><00:40:07.559><c> an</c><00:40:07.820><c> heritage.</c><00:40:08.679><c> And</c><00:40:08.800><c> other</c><00:40:09.000><c> translations</c><00:40:09.599><c> apart</c>

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:12.300
from<00:40:10.980><c> the</c><00:40:11.280><c> KJV</c><00:40:11.840><c> pick</c><00:40:12.079><c> that</c>

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up.<00:40:12.480><c> For</c><00:40:12.639><c> example,</c><00:40:13.099><c> the</c><00:40:13.260><c> RV</c><00:40:13.440><c> says,</c><00:40:14.420><c> we</c><00:40:14.860><c> were</c><00:40:15.260><c> made</c><00:40:15.880><c> a</c><00:40:16.539><c> heritage.</c><00:40:16.880><c> So</c><00:40:17.079><c> it's</c>

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:19.420
not<00:40:17.480><c> talking</c><00:40:17.739><c> about</c><00:40:18.880><c> what</c>

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inheritance<00:40:19.900><c> we</c><00:40:20.260><c> can</c><00:40:20.440><c> get.</c><00:40:21.659><c> We</c><00:40:22.079><c> are</c><00:40:22.539><c> the</c><00:40:22.880><c> inheritance.</c><00:40:23.760><c> That's</c><00:40:24.139><c> the</c>

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:26.460
point.<00:40:25.260><c> The</c><00:40:25.460><c> emphasised</c><00:40:25.900><c> Bible</c><00:40:26.199><c> says,</c>

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in<00:40:26.639><c> whom</c><00:40:26.960><c> we</c><00:40:27.739><c> were</c><00:40:28.039><c> taken</c><00:40:28.639><c> as</c><00:40:29.179><c> an</c><00:40:29.420><c> inheritance.</c><00:40:30.300><c> And</c><00:40:30.420><c> the</c><00:40:30.539><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:30.980><c> Bible</c><00:40:31.420><c> says,</c><00:40:33.019><c> and</c>

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:34.380
it<00:40:33.219><c> is</c><00:40:33.619><c> in</c><00:40:33.980><c> him</c>

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that<00:40:35.099><c> we</c><00:40:35.460><c> were</c><00:40:35.780><c> claimed</c><00:40:36.159><c> as</c><00:40:36.760><c> God's</c><00:40:37.239><c> own.</c><00:40:38.639><c> And</c><00:40:38.800><c> so</c><00:40:39.019><c> in</c><00:40:39.280><c> verse</c><00:40:39.559><c> 11,</c><00:40:40.559><c> the</c><00:40:40.800><c> inheritance</c><00:40:41.239><c> is</c>

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:43.539
us.<00:40:43.179><c> And</c><00:40:43.420><c> what</c>

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we<00:40:43.780><c> find</c><00:40:43.960><c> is</c><00:40:44.139><c> that</c><00:40:44.300><c> these</c><00:40:44.519><c> three</c><00:40:44.739><c> blessings,</c><00:40:46.019><c> brothers</c><00:40:46.139><c> and</c>

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:49.199
sisters<00:40:46.559><c> and</c><00:40:46.780><c> young</c><00:40:46.940><c> people</c><00:40:47.300><c> that</c><00:40:47.480><c> we're</c><00:40:48.900><c> talking</c>

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:54.300
about,<00:40:49.840><c> adoption,</c><00:40:50.420><c> redemption</c><00:40:50.739><c> and</c><00:40:51.019><c> being</c><00:40:51.300><c> made</c><00:40:51.559><c> in</c><00:40:51.739><c> heritage,</c><00:40:53.440><c> are</c><00:40:53.519><c> typified</c><00:40:54.139><c> in</c>

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the<00:40:54.440><c> nation</c><00:40:54.699><c> of</c>

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Israel.<00:40:55.679><c> And</c><00:40:55.900><c> so</c><00:40:56.059><c> we've</c><00:40:56.260><c> got</c><00:40:56.380><c> a</c><00:40:56.480><c> couple</c><00:40:56.659><c> of</c><00:40:56.920><c> passages</c><00:40:57.159><c> there</c>

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on<00:40:57.559><c> the</c><00:40:57.619><c> bottom</c><00:40:57.820><c> of</c><00:40:58.000><c> the</c><00:40:58.139><c> slide</c><00:40:58.440><c> that</c><00:40:59.019><c> illustrate</c>

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that<00:40:59.980><c> point.</c>

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So<00:41:07.840><c> in</c><00:41:08.360><c> verse</c><00:41:08.619><c> 12,</c><00:41:08.980><c> he</c><00:41:09.139><c> says</c><00:41:09.440><c> that</c><00:41:09.800><c> we</c><00:41:09.980><c> should</c><00:41:10.179><c> be</c><00:41:10.400><c> to</c><00:41:10.539><c> the</c><00:41:10.800><c> praise</c><00:41:11.039><c> of</c>

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his<00:41:11.480><c> glory</c><00:41:11.920><c> who</c><00:41:12.760><c> first</c><00:41:13.400><c> trusted</c>

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in<00:41:14.199><c> Christ.</c><00:41:15.219><c> What's</c><00:41:15.460><c> he</c><00:41:15.679><c> talking</c><00:41:15.920><c> about</c><00:41:16.219><c> there?</c><00:41:16.400><c> Well,</c><00:41:16.559><c> I</c><00:41:16.659><c> think</c><00:41:16.820><c> he's</c><00:41:17.099><c> talking</c><00:41:17.360><c> about</c><00:41:18.239><c> the</c><00:41:18.679><c> Jewish,</c>

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the<00:41:19.179><c> first</c><00:41:19.500><c> century</c><00:41:20.900><c> Jewish</c><00:41:21.480><c> believers</c><00:41:21.940><c> who</c><00:41:22.159><c> were</c><00:41:22.400><c> the</c><00:41:22.599><c> first</c>

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to<00:41:23.260><c> hear</c><00:41:23.460><c> the</c><00:41:23.699><c> gospel.</c><00:41:25.239><c> And</c><00:41:25.420><c> so</c><00:41:25.539><c> he</c><00:41:25.659><c> goes</c>

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on<00:41:26.099><c> to</c><00:41:26.300><c> say,</c><00:41:26.699><c> in</c><00:41:26.699><c> whom</c><00:41:27.059><c> ye,</c><00:41:27.940><c> now</c><00:41:28.179><c> he's</c><00:41:28.420><c> changed</c><00:41:28.739><c> the</c><00:41:29.000><c> personal</c>

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pronoun<00:41:29.599><c> here,</c><00:41:30.019><c> hasn't</c><00:41:30.159><c> he?</c><00:41:30.400><c> He</c><00:41:30.500><c> talked</c>

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about<00:41:30.940><c> a</c><00:41:31.159><c> we</c><00:41:31.320><c> in</c><00:41:31.420><c> verse</c><00:41:31.699><c> 12.</c><00:41:32.719><c> But</c><00:41:32.900><c> now</c><00:41:33.119><c> in</c><00:41:33.300><c> verse</c><00:41:33.500><c> 13,</c><00:41:33.860><c> when</c><00:41:33.960><c> he</c>

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says<00:41:34.360><c> ye,</c><00:41:34.659><c> I</c><00:41:34.760><c> think</c><00:41:34.920><c> he's</c><00:41:35.440><c> speaking</c><00:41:35.739><c> more</c>

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specifically<00:41:36.619><c> now</c><00:41:37.000><c> about</c><00:41:37.239><c> the</c><00:41:37.440><c> Gentiles.</c><00:41:38.579><c> He</c><00:41:38.820><c> says,</c><00:41:39.179><c> in</c><00:41:39.280><c> whom</c>

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ye<00:41:39.940><c> Gentiles</c><00:41:40.960><c> also</c><00:41:41.619><c> trusted,</c><00:41:42.920><c> after</c><00:41:43.280><c> that</c>

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ye<00:41:43.559><c> heard</c><00:41:43.900><c> the</c><00:41:44.099><c> word</c><00:41:44.360><c> of</c><00:41:44.639><c> truth,</c><00:41:45.460><c> the</c><00:41:45.719><c> gospel</c><00:41:46.079><c> of</c><00:41:46.280><c> your</c><00:41:46.500><c> salvation,</c><00:41:47.880><c> in</c><00:41:48.079><c> whom</c><00:41:48.280><c> after</c><00:41:48.679><c> that</c><00:41:48.880><c> ye</c><00:41:49.199><c> believed,</c>

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ye<00:41:49.679><c> were</c><00:41:50.059><c> sealed</c><00:41:50.539><c> with</c><00:41:51.159><c> that</c><00:41:51.539><c> Holy</c><00:41:52.219><c> Spirit</c><00:41:53.019><c> of</c><00:41:53.639><c> promise.</c><00:41:54.340><c> What's</c><00:41:54.940><c> that</c>

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talking<00:41:55.480><c> about?</c><00:41:56.860><c> What's</c><00:41:57.199><c> this</c><00:41:57.579><c> sealing</c>

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and<00:41:59.119><c> the</c><00:41:59.880><c> Holy</c><00:42:00.099><c> Spirit</c><00:42:00.460><c> of</c><00:42:00.739><c> promise?</c><00:42:02.219><c> Well,</c><00:42:03.760><c> I</c><00:42:03.980><c> believe</c><00:42:04.079><c> what</c>

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:06.000
it's<00:42:04.440><c> saying</c><00:42:04.719><c> is</c><00:42:05.039><c> this,</c><00:42:05.280><c> and</c><00:42:05.440><c> keep</c><00:42:05.639><c> in</c><00:42:05.840><c> mind</c>

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:10.119
the<00:42:06.320><c> context</c><00:42:06.800><c> that</c><00:42:07.119><c> Paul</c><00:42:07.360><c> is</c><00:42:07.659><c> trying</c><00:42:07.860><c> to</c><00:42:08.139><c> assure</c><00:42:08.719><c> the</c><00:42:09.559><c> Gentile</c>

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believers<00:42:10.460><c> that</c><00:42:10.679><c> they</c><00:42:10.960><c> were</c><00:42:11.360><c> part</c>

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of<00:42:11.960><c> God's</c><00:42:12.239><c> purpose.</c><00:42:13.079><c> And</c><00:42:13.199><c> he</c><00:42:13.380><c> picks</c><00:42:13.579><c> out</c><00:42:13.780><c> an</c><00:42:14.119><c> important</c><00:42:14.639><c> point</c>

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of<00:42:15.260><c> proof</c><00:42:15.480><c> here.</c><00:42:16.599><c> As</c><00:42:17.059><c> we've</c><00:42:17.300><c> got</c><00:42:17.380><c> in</c><00:42:17.519><c> the</c><00:42:17.719><c> second</c>

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dot<00:42:18.099><c> point</c><00:42:18.280><c> there,</c><00:42:19.059><c> God</c><00:42:19.380><c> gave</c><00:42:19.679><c> the</c><00:42:19.960><c> Holy</c><00:42:20.219><c> Spirit</c><00:42:20.539><c> gifts</c><00:42:20.800><c> to</c><00:42:21.039><c> the</c><00:42:21.239><c> Gentiles</c><00:42:22.199><c> to</c>

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provide<00:42:23.380><c> indisputable</c>

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evidence<00:42:25.320><c> that</c><00:42:26.500><c> they</c><00:42:26.820><c> were</c><00:42:27.159><c> included</c><00:42:27.619><c> in</c><00:42:27.840><c> God's</c><00:42:28.239><c> purpose.</c><00:42:29.579><c> This</c><00:42:29.880><c> put</c><00:42:30.219><c> God's</c><00:42:31.159><c> seal</c><00:42:31.579><c> of</c>

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approval<00:42:32.460><c> upon</c>

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them.<00:42:34.159><c> It</c><00:42:34.340><c> didn't</c><00:42:34.500><c> mean</c><00:42:34.719><c> they</c><00:42:34.920><c> assured</c><00:42:35.400><c> salvation.</c><00:42:36.920><c> This</c><00:42:37.320><c> seal</c><00:42:37.559><c> was</c>

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:41.079
a<00:42:38.139><c> pledge</c><00:42:38.519><c> that</c><00:42:39.639><c> God</c><00:42:39.920><c> was</c><00:42:40.260><c> prepared</c>

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to<00:42:41.699><c> grant</c><00:42:42.039><c> them</c><00:42:42.300><c> an</c><00:42:42.539><c> inheritance</c><00:42:43.019><c> if</c><00:42:43.719><c> they</c><00:42:44.039><c> remained</c><00:42:44.420><c> faithful</c><00:42:44.920><c> to</c><00:42:45.159><c> his</c>

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:48.360
word.<00:42:46.820><c> So</c><00:42:47.059><c> the</c><00:42:47.340><c> seal</c><00:42:47.519><c> was</c><00:42:47.820><c> a</c><00:42:48.000><c> pledge</c>

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unto<00:42:49.119><c> their</c><00:42:49.460><c> redemption,</c><00:42:51.579><c> not</c><00:42:51.860><c> until</c><00:42:52.559><c> their</c><00:42:52.900><c> redemption.</c><00:42:56.340><c> So</c>

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when<00:42:58.360><c> you</c><00:42:58.579><c> think</c><00:42:58.760><c> about</c><00:42:59.000><c> it,</c><00:42:59.139><c> those</c><00:42:59.420><c> words</c><00:42:59.940><c> were</c>

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of<00:43:00.920><c> relevance</c><00:43:01.420><c> to</c><00:43:02.679><c> those</c><00:43:03.059><c> that</c><00:43:03.480><c> believed</c><00:43:03.760><c> the</c><00:43:04.179><c> Gnostic</c><00:43:04.639><c> teachings,</c><00:43:05.199><c> who</c><00:43:05.500><c> said</c><00:43:05.699><c> they</c><00:43:05.980><c> had</c><00:43:06.300><c> a</c>

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superior<00:43:07.239><c> knowledge.</c>

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Paul's<00:43:08.559><c> saying</c><00:43:08.820><c> here,</c><00:43:09.079><c> hang</c><00:43:09.260><c> on.</c><00:43:10.599><c> You</c><00:43:10.699><c> think</c><00:43:10.820><c> about</c><00:43:11.079><c> this.</c>

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:14.420
When<00:43:12.079><c> you</c><00:43:12.260><c> heard</c><00:43:12.400><c> the</c><00:43:12.599><c> Gospel,</c><00:43:13.480><c> God</c><00:43:13.880><c> sealed</c>

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:17.239
your<00:43:14.820><c> understanding</c><00:43:15.340><c> or</c><00:43:15.659><c> your</c><00:43:16.099><c> acceptance</c><00:43:16.480><c> by</c><00:43:16.780><c> giving</c><00:43:17.000><c> you</c>

00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:19.980
the<00:43:17.420><c> Holy</c><00:43:17.659><c> Spirit</c><00:43:18.000><c> gifts.</c><00:43:19.320><c> It</c><00:43:19.340><c> was</c><00:43:19.480><c> way</c><00:43:19.679><c> before</c>

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:26.400
you<00:43:20.139><c> had</c><00:43:20.300><c> this</c><00:43:20.980><c> idea</c><00:43:21.380><c> of</c><00:43:21.619><c> this</c><00:43:21.920><c> superior</c><00:43:22.739><c> revelation</c><00:43:23.579><c> that</c><00:43:24.760><c> was</c><00:43:25.139><c> God's</c><00:43:25.699><c> endorsement</c><00:43:26.219><c> of</c>

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their<00:43:26.619><c> understanding.</c>

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So<00:43:32.219><c> the</c><00:43:32.860><c> apostle</c><00:43:33.380><c> in</c><00:43:34.059><c> these,</c><00:43:35.420><c> in</c><00:43:35.679><c> this</c><00:43:35.880><c> first</c><00:43:36.159><c> half</c><00:43:36.320><c> of</c><00:43:36.460><c> the</c><00:43:36.619><c> chapter,</c><00:43:36.860><c> in</c>

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these<00:43:37.500><c> first</c><00:43:37.940><c> half</c><00:43:37.940><c> of</c><00:43:37.940><c> the</c>

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verses,<00:43:40.019><c> as</c><00:43:40.280><c> we</c><00:43:40.480><c> said,</c><00:43:40.599><c> he</c><00:43:40.699><c> speaks</c><00:43:40.960><c> of</c><00:43:41.219><c> adoption,</c><00:43:41.940><c> forgiveness,</c><00:43:42.599><c> and</c><00:43:42.679><c> being</c>

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made<00:43:43.900><c> a</c><00:43:44.280><c> heritage.</c><00:43:45.559><c> And</c>

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:50.340
it<00:43:45.860><c> has</c><00:43:46.219><c> an</c><00:43:46.400><c> underlying</c><00:43:46.820><c> relevance</c><00:43:47.519><c> to</c><00:43:48.079><c> the</c><00:43:48.360><c> theme</c><00:43:48.699><c> of</c><00:43:49.420><c> unity.</c>

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:53.780
The<00:43:51.039><c> adoption,</c><00:43:52.039><c> both</c><00:43:52.440><c> Jews</c><00:43:52.800><c> and</c><00:43:53.239><c> Gentiles</c>

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:57.519
needed<00:43:54.079><c> to</c><00:43:54.340><c> be</c><00:43:54.719><c> adopted.</c><00:43:55.159><c> Not</c><00:43:55.400><c> just</c><00:43:55.619><c> the</c><00:43:55.820><c> Gentiles,</c><00:43:57.079><c> but</c><00:43:57.320><c> the</c>

00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.880
Jews<00:43:57.719><c> also.</c><00:43:59.260><c> Both</c><00:43:59.619><c> Jews</c><00:44:00.019><c> and</c><00:44:00.380><c> Gentiles</c>

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:06.019
needed<00:44:01.219><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:01.780><c> in</c><00:44:02.119><c> Christ.</c><00:44:04.340><c> That</c><00:44:05.039><c> the</c><00:44:05.300><c> Gentiles</c><00:44:05.760><c> could</c>

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:07.940
be<00:44:06.280><c> forgiven</c><00:44:06.900><c> was</c><00:44:07.940><c> a</c><00:44:07.940><c> very</c><00:44:07.940><c> important</c><00:44:07.940><c> thing</c>

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and<00:44:08.440><c> a</c><00:44:08.440><c> mystery</c><00:44:08.599><c> that</c><00:44:09.000><c> Paul</c><00:44:09.239><c> had</c><00:44:09.559><c> revealed.</c><00:44:11.400><c> And</c><00:44:11.679><c> what</c><00:44:11.840><c> about</c>

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:15.380
in<00:44:12.340><c> heritage?</c><00:44:13.920><c> Well,</c><00:44:14.099><c> to</c><00:44:14.300><c> the</c><00:44:14.500><c> Gentiles,</c>

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who<00:44:15.800><c> were</c><00:44:16.119><c> not</c><00:44:16.400><c> descendants</c><00:44:16.800><c> of</c><00:44:17.099><c> Abraham,</c><00:44:18.280><c> who</c><00:44:18.619><c> had</c><00:44:19.000><c> no</c><00:44:19.480><c> pedigree,</c><00:44:21.219><c> how</c>

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much<00:44:21.800><c> it</c><00:44:21.960><c> would</c><00:44:22.059><c> have</c><00:44:22.179><c> meant</c>

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:26.820
to<00:44:22.559><c> know</c><00:44:22.679><c> that</c><00:44:22.860><c> God</c><00:44:23.079><c> had</c><00:44:23.400><c> chosen</c><00:44:23.719><c> them</c><00:44:24.340><c> as</c><00:44:25.119><c> his</c><00:44:25.760><c> inheritance.</c>

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In<00:44:29.500><c> verses</c><00:44:29.760><c> 15</c><00:44:30.159><c> to</c><00:44:30.320><c> 23,</c><00:44:30.840><c> we</c><00:44:31.159><c> have</c><00:44:31.719><c> what</c><00:44:32.159><c> we</c><00:44:32.320><c> might</c>

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:39.019
call<00:44:32.699><c> Paul's</c><00:44:33.280><c> prayer</c><00:44:33.559><c> for</c><00:44:34.199><c> their</c><00:44:35.440><c> greatest</c><00:44:35.800><c> spiritual</c><00:44:36.420><c> comprehension.</c><00:44:38.800><c> He</c>

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wants<00:44:39.300><c> them,</c><00:44:39.659><c> brothers</c><00:44:39.760><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:44:40.619><c> to</c><00:44:40.739><c> comprehend</c><00:44:41.679><c> these</c><00:44:42.559><c> three</c><00:44:43.139><c> blessings.</c><00:44:44.340><c> And</c><00:44:44.539><c> their</c><00:44:44.699><c> lack</c><00:44:44.940><c> of</c>

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comprehension<00:44:45.780><c> was</c><00:44:46.139><c> clouding</c>

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:50.699
their<00:44:46.840><c> pathway</c><00:44:47.260><c> to</c><00:44:47.519><c> the</c><00:44:47.699><c> kingdom.</c><00:44:48.860><c> They</c><00:44:49.119><c> understood</c><00:44:49.679><c> the</c><00:44:49.960><c> blessings</c><00:44:50.300><c> in</c>

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theory,<00:44:52.000><c> but</c><00:44:52.280><c> not</c><00:44:52.480><c> in</c><00:44:52.739><c> practice.</c>

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:57.940
They<00:44:54.420><c> had</c><00:44:54.639><c> to</c><00:44:54.880><c> yet</c><00:44:55.099><c> appreciate</c><00:44:55.579><c> the</c><00:44:55.800><c> purpose</c><00:44:56.119><c> of</c><00:44:56.320><c> the</c><00:44:56.559><c> blessings</c><00:44:56.900><c> and</c><00:44:57.659><c> how</c>

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those<00:44:58.320><c> blessings</c><00:44:58.800><c> ought</c>

00:44:59.019 --> 00:45:02.579
to<00:44:59.239><c> have</c><00:44:59.400><c> shaped</c><00:44:59.840><c> their</c><00:45:00.139><c> lives.</c><00:45:01.420><c> And</c><00:45:01.639><c> therefore,</c><00:45:01.940><c> he</c><00:45:02.280><c> prayed</c>

00:45:02.579 --> 00:45:04.179
for<00:45:02.800><c> them</c><00:45:03.019><c> that</c><00:45:03.260><c> that</c><00:45:03.599><c> cloud</c><00:45:03.880><c> might</c>

00:45:04.179 --> 00:45:10.539
be<00:45:04.420><c> lifted.</c><00:45:06.260><c> And</c><00:45:06.440><c> so</c><00:45:06.619><c> he</c><00:45:06.820><c> says</c><00:45:07.000><c> in</c><00:45:07.199><c> verses</c><00:45:07.699><c> 15</c><00:45:08.219><c> to</c><00:45:08.400><c> 18,</c><00:45:09.400><c> wherefore</c><00:45:09.920><c> I</c><00:45:10.199><c> also,</c>

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after<00:45:11.019><c> I</c><00:45:11.280><c> heard</c><00:45:11.400><c> of</c><00:45:11.579><c> your</c>

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faith<00:45:12.179><c> in</c><00:45:12.760><c> the</c><00:45:12.940><c> Lord</c><00:45:13.119><c> Jesus</c><00:45:13.679><c> and</c><00:45:14.320><c> love</c><00:45:14.619><c> unto</c><00:45:14.900><c> all</c><00:45:15.260><c> the</c><00:45:15.500><c> saints,</c>

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cease<00:45:17.179><c> not</c><00:45:17.599><c> to</c><00:45:17.780><c> give</c><00:45:18.000><c> thanks</c><00:45:18.239><c> for</c><00:45:18.500><c> you,</c>

00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:22.780
making<00:45:19.659><c> mention</c><00:45:20.059><c> of</c><00:45:20.199><c> you</c><00:45:20.360><c> in</c><00:45:20.559><c> my</c><00:45:20.840><c> prayers.</c><00:45:21.960><c> That</c><00:45:22.099><c> the</c><00:45:22.360><c> God</c><00:45:22.599><c> of</c>

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:25.519
our<00:45:23.039><c> Lord</c><00:45:23.320><c> Jesus</c><00:45:23.800><c> Christ,</c><00:45:24.920><c> the</c><00:45:25.219><c> father</c>

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:29.960
of<00:45:25.679><c> glory,</c><00:45:26.480><c> there's</c><00:45:26.980><c> that</c><00:45:27.739><c> theme</c><00:45:28.039><c> of</c><00:45:28.380><c> fatherhood</c><00:45:28.699><c> again,</c><00:45:29.780><c> may</c>

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:31.800
give<00:45:30.139><c> unto</c><00:45:30.340><c> you</c><00:45:30.579><c> the</c><00:45:30.860><c> spirit</c><00:45:31.019><c> of</c><00:45:31.280><c> wisdom</c>

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and<00:45:32.559><c> revelation</c><00:45:33.119><c> in</c><00:45:33.420><c> the</c><00:45:33.619><c> knowledge</c><00:45:33.840><c> of</c><00:45:34.079><c> him.</c><00:45:34.940><c> The</c><00:45:35.260><c> eyes</c><00:45:35.500><c> of</c>

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your<00:45:35.980><c> understanding</c><00:45:36.639><c> being</c><00:45:36.980><c> enlightened</c>

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that<00:45:38.360><c> you</c><00:45:38.659><c> may</c><00:45:38.980><c> know</c><00:45:39.840><c> what</c><00:45:40.320><c> is</c><00:45:40.539><c> the</c><00:45:40.840><c> hope</c><00:45:40.980><c> of</c><00:45:41.159><c> his</c><00:45:41.400><c> calling,</c><00:45:42.420><c> the</c><00:45:42.639><c> riches</c><00:45:42.920><c> of</c>

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:45.219
the<00:45:44.159><c> glory</c><00:45:44.400><c> of</c><00:45:44.579><c> his</c><00:45:44.840><c> inheritance</c>

00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:49.840
in<00:45:45.420><c> the</c><00:45:45.639><c> saints,</c><00:45:46.739><c> and</c><00:45:47.400><c> what</c><00:45:47.760><c> is</c><00:45:48.360><c> the</c><00:45:48.559><c> exceeding</c><00:45:49.260><c> greatness</c><00:45:49.579><c> of</c>

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:52.699
his<00:45:50.099><c> power</c><00:45:50.300><c> to</c><00:45:50.639><c> us</c><00:45:50.900><c> would</c><00:45:51.019><c> who</c><00:45:51.360><c> believe</c><00:45:51.800><c> according</c>

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:54.980
to<00:45:52.820><c> the</c><00:45:52.960><c> working</c><00:45:53.340><c> of</c><00:45:53.559><c> his</c><00:45:53.780><c> mighty</c><00:45:54.039><c> power.</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:58.659
It's<00:45:56.639><c> a</c><00:45:56.699><c> bit</c><00:45:56.800><c> of</c><00:45:56.980><c> a</c><00:45:57.079><c> mouthful,</c><00:45:57.460><c> isn't</c><00:45:57.579><c> it,</c><00:45:57.739><c> brothers</c><00:45:57.960><c> and</c><00:45:58.199><c> sisters,</c><00:45:58.440><c> to</c>

00:45:58.659 --> 00:45:59.659
appreciate<00:45:59.179><c> that.</c><00:45:59.400><c> But</c><00:45:59.500><c> what</c>

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:04.820
he's<00:45:59.880><c> saying</c><00:46:00.039><c> in</c><00:46:00.260><c> verse</c><00:46:00.420><c> 17</c><00:46:00.840><c> is</c><00:46:01.059><c> that</c><00:46:01.380><c> he</c><00:46:02.179><c> prayed</c><00:46:02.679><c> that</c><00:46:04.599><c> they</c>

00:46:04.820 --> 00:46:06.900
might<00:46:05.039><c> receive</c><00:46:05.519><c> aids</c><00:46:05.900><c> for</c><00:46:06.119><c> their</c><00:46:06.380><c> comprehension.</c>

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:10.780
He<00:46:07.119><c> talks</c><00:46:07.340><c> about</c><00:46:07.679><c> the</c><00:46:08.000><c> spirit</c><00:46:08.260><c> of</c><00:46:08.559><c> wisdom,</c><00:46:09.960><c> knowledge,</c><00:46:10.619><c> and</c>

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:12.980
of<00:46:11.000><c> understanding.</c><00:46:11.579><c> What</c><00:46:11.739><c> are</c><00:46:11.860><c> those</c><00:46:12.139><c> things?</c>

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:16.119
The<00:46:13.619><c> word</c><00:46:13.840><c> knowledge</c><00:46:14.239><c> there</c><00:46:14.519><c> is</c><00:46:14.780><c> the</c><00:46:14.940><c> word</c><00:46:15.179><c> epignosis,</c><00:46:15.880><c> which</c>

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:20.400
means<00:46:16.599><c> a</c><00:46:17.519><c> full</c><00:46:18.059><c> knowledge</c><00:46:18.679><c> of</c><00:46:19.019><c> God</c><00:46:19.579><c> and</c><00:46:20.099><c> his</c>

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:26.800
will.<00:46:21.079><c> And</c><00:46:21.460><c> that</c><00:46:21.659><c> comes</c><00:46:21.960><c> not</c><00:46:22.280><c> by</c><00:46:22.519><c> reading.</c><00:46:24.519><c> It</c><00:46:24.699><c> comes</c><00:46:24.980><c> by</c><00:46:25.340><c> contemplation</c><00:46:26.260><c> and</c>

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:29.320
by<00:46:27.179><c> experience.</c><00:46:28.920><c> He</c><00:46:29.099><c> prays</c>

00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:35.139
for<00:46:29.539><c> wisdom,</c><00:46:30.000><c> the</c><00:46:30.260><c> ability</c><00:46:30.699><c> to</c><00:46:31.119><c> apply</c><00:46:31.579><c> that</c><00:46:31.900><c> knowledge</c><00:46:32.500><c> and</c>

00:46:35.139 --> 00:46:39.219
understanding.<00:46:36.699><c> The</c><00:46:36.900><c> word</c><00:46:37.099><c> means</c><00:46:37.559><c> deep</c><00:46:38.079><c> thought,</c>

00:46:39.619 --> 00:46:43.159
so<00:46:39.739><c> much</c><00:46:39.960><c> so</c><00:46:40.219><c> that</c><00:46:40.400><c> the</c><00:46:40.760><c> RV</c><00:46:41.000><c> renders</c><00:46:41.480><c> that</c><00:46:41.699><c> word</c><00:46:41.960><c> heart.</c><00:46:43.079><c> In</c>

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:47.139
other<00:46:43.360><c> words,</c><00:46:44.139><c> thought</c><00:46:44.780><c> that</c><00:46:45.380><c> arouses</c><00:46:46.000><c> passion.</c>

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:51.780
Those<00:46:47.440><c> things</c><00:46:47.840><c> the</c><00:46:48.099><c> apostle</c><00:46:48.559><c> prayed</c><00:46:49.159><c> that</c><00:46:49.699><c> they</c><00:46:51.360><c> have,</c><00:46:51.780><c> that</c>

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:55.300
they<00:46:51.980><c> might</c><00:46:52.219><c> appreciate</c><00:46:53.099><c> these</c><00:46:54.179><c> blessings.</c>

00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:01.500
In<00:46:58.079><c> other</c><00:46:58.300><c> words,</c><00:46:58.699><c> Paul</c><00:46:58.880><c> prayed</c><00:46:59.460><c> that</c><00:47:00.099><c> they</c><00:47:00.380><c> would</c><00:47:00.760><c> manifest</c>

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:06.659
an<00:47:02.659><c> intimate</c><00:47:03.099><c> and</c><00:47:04.579><c> passionate</c><00:47:05.340><c> knowledge</c>

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:10.260
of<00:47:07.000><c> God's</c><00:47:07.440><c> will</c><00:47:07.559><c> in</c><00:47:07.699><c> their</c><00:47:07.960><c> lives.</c><00:47:08.880><c> That's</c><00:47:09.219><c> what</c><00:47:09.380><c> he</c><00:47:09.579><c> was</c><00:47:09.780><c> praying</c><00:47:10.019><c> for,</c>

00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:11.179
those<00:47:10.500><c> three</c><00:47:10.800><c> things</c><00:47:11.019><c> to</c>

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:11.860
help<00:47:11.380><c> them.</c>

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:15.099
Well,<00:47:12.500><c> what</c><00:47:12.699><c> were</c><00:47:12.900><c> the</c><00:47:13.079><c> actual</c><00:47:13.400><c> things</c><00:47:13.820><c> that</c><00:47:14.480><c> he</c><00:47:14.699><c> was</c><00:47:14.920><c> wanting</c>

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:16.440
them<00:47:15.320><c> to</c><00:47:15.659><c> comprehend?</c><00:47:16.000><c> These</c><00:47:16.199><c> are</c>

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:20.199
the<00:47:16.679><c> aids</c><00:47:17.039><c> to</c><00:47:17.480><c> comprehending,</c><00:47:18.280><c> but</c><00:47:18.480><c> what</c><00:47:18.760><c> was</c><00:47:18.940><c> it</c><00:47:19.059><c> that</c><00:47:19.139><c> he</c><00:47:19.280><c> was</c><00:47:19.519><c> wanting</c><00:47:19.659><c> them</c><00:47:19.860><c> to</c>

00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:22.219
comprehend?<00:47:22.059><c> Well,</c>

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:27.820
I<00:47:22.320><c> think</c><00:47:22.460><c> it's</c><00:47:22.719><c> simply</c><00:47:22.980><c> this.</c><00:47:24.340><c> He</c><00:47:24.480><c> saw</c><00:47:24.719><c> these</c><00:47:26.099><c> themes</c><00:47:26.420><c> that</c><00:47:26.579><c> we've</c><00:47:26.880><c> spoken</c><00:47:27.139><c> about</c><00:47:27.559><c> as</c>

00:47:27.820 --> 00:47:28.519
themes<00:47:28.119><c> that</c><00:47:28.380><c> can</c>

00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:32.800
help<00:47:28.699><c> them</c><00:47:29.000><c> ascend</c><00:47:29.539><c> to</c><00:47:30.179><c> give</c><00:47:30.460><c> praise</c><00:47:30.940><c> to</c><00:47:31.139><c> the</c><00:47:31.360><c> glory</c><00:47:31.599><c> of</c><00:47:31.860><c> God.</c>

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:35.179
And<00:47:33.619><c> so</c><00:47:33.719><c> the</c><00:47:33.900><c> apostle</c><00:47:34.239><c> prays</c><00:47:34.800><c> that</c><00:47:34.920><c> they</c>

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:38.659
might<00:47:35.719><c> comprehend</c><00:47:36.360><c> what</c><00:47:36.539><c> is</c><00:47:36.760><c> the</c><00:47:37.019><c> hope</c><00:47:37.139><c> of</c><00:47:37.300><c> his</c><00:47:37.579><c> calling,</c><00:47:38.320><c> which</c><00:47:38.539><c> I</c>

00:47:38.659 --> 00:47:40.000
think,<00:47:39.079><c> brothers</c><00:47:39.099><c> and</c><00:47:39.360><c> sisters,</c><00:47:39.699><c> refers</c>

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:47.880
to<00:47:40.179><c> that</c><00:47:40.820><c> promise</c><00:47:41.519><c> of</c><00:47:41.840><c> adoption.</c><00:47:45.300><c> That</c><00:47:45.360><c> they</c><00:47:45.619><c> might</c><00:47:46.780><c> have</c><00:47:47.420><c> the</c>

00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:49.800
riches<00:47:48.179><c> of</c><00:47:48.460><c> the</c><00:47:48.659><c> glory</c><00:47:48.900><c> of</c><00:47:49.059><c> his</c><00:47:49.320><c> inheritance</c>

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:53.900
in<00:47:50.019><c> the</c><00:47:50.260><c> saints,</c><00:47:50.659><c> which</c><00:47:50.679><c> is</c><00:47:51.059><c> the</c><00:47:52.840><c> promise</c><00:47:53.199><c> of</c><00:47:53.400><c> a</c><00:47:53.559><c> heritage.</c>

00:47:54.119 --> 00:47:58.239
And<00:47:54.260><c> finally,</c><00:47:55.820><c> that</c><00:47:55.880><c> his</c><00:47:56.139><c> mighty</c><00:47:56.380><c> power,</c><00:47:58.000><c> which</c>

00:47:58.239 --> 00:48:01.300
he<00:47:58.519><c> wrought</c><00:47:58.719><c> in</c><00:47:58.920><c> Christ</c><00:47:59.260><c> when</c><00:47:59.440><c> he</c><00:47:59.780><c> raised</c><00:48:00.099><c> him</c><00:48:00.280><c> from</c><00:48:00.480><c> the</c><00:48:00.659><c> dead.</c><00:48:01.099><c> So</c><00:48:01.260><c> I</c>

00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:02.440
think<00:48:01.480><c> those</c><00:48:01.760><c> three</c><00:48:02.039><c> things</c><00:48:02.280><c> that</c>

00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:09.239
are<00:48:02.559><c> mentioned</c><00:48:02.880><c> there</c><00:48:03.199><c> in</c><00:48:04.980><c> verse</c><00:48:05.380><c> 18</c><00:48:06.579><c> and</c><00:48:06.739><c> 19</c><00:48:07.360><c> are</c><00:48:07.920><c> really</c><00:48:08.260><c> referencing</c><00:48:08.679><c> back</c><00:48:09.059><c> to</c>

00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:10.480
the<00:48:09.420><c> three</c><00:48:09.619><c> promises</c>

00:48:10.420 --> 00:48:12.880
that<00:48:10.719><c> he's</c><00:48:11.059><c> already</c><00:48:11.619><c> discussed.</c>

00:48:17.780 --> 00:48:22.139
In<00:48:17.940><c> the</c><00:48:18.059><c> last</c><00:48:18.320><c> few</c><00:48:18.539><c> verses</c><00:48:18.840><c> of</c><00:48:19.059><c> the</c><00:48:19.239><c> chapter,</c><00:48:21.380><c> in</c><00:48:21.480><c> verses</c><00:48:21.800><c> 20</c>

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:24.739
to<00:48:22.340><c> the</c><00:48:22.539><c> end,</c><00:48:23.760><c> Paul</c><00:48:23.940><c> draws</c><00:48:24.199><c> attention</c>

00:48:24.739 --> 00:48:30.619
to<00:48:24.980><c> the</c><00:48:25.260><c> power</c><00:48:25.579><c> of</c><00:48:26.639><c> God</c><00:48:27.199><c> in</c><00:48:28.940><c> raising</c><00:48:29.380><c> and</c><00:48:29.739><c> exalting</c><00:48:30.199><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:30.639 --> 00:48:33.940
And<00:48:30.800><c> he</c><00:48:30.920><c> draws</c><00:48:31.119><c> upon</c><00:48:31.519><c> Psalm</c><00:48:31.940><c> 100</c><00:48:33.019><c> and</c><00:48:33.679><c> Psalm</c>

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:37.519
8.<00:48:35.159><c> He</c><00:48:35.380><c> speaks</c><00:48:35.639><c> of</c><00:48:35.780><c> the</c><00:48:36.099><c> power</c><00:48:36.360><c> that</c><00:48:36.579><c> raised</c><00:48:36.840><c> Christ</c><00:48:37.139><c> from</c><00:48:37.360><c> the</c>

00:48:37.519 --> 00:48:39.980
dead,<00:48:38.400><c> that</c><00:48:38.659><c> exalted</c><00:48:39.000><c> him</c><00:48:39.260><c> to</c><00:48:39.420><c> the</c><00:48:39.679><c> Father's</c>

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:44.079
side,<00:48:41.199><c> that</c><00:48:41.400><c> gave</c><00:48:41.619><c> him</c><00:48:41.900><c> dominion</c><00:48:42.519><c> above</c><00:48:42.820><c> everything,</c><00:48:43.880><c> that</c>

00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:47.239
put<00:48:44.300><c> all</c><00:48:44.699><c> things</c><00:48:45.019><c> under</c><00:48:45.320><c> his</c><00:48:45.659><c> feet.</c><00:48:46.860><c> What's</c>

00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:51.679
the<00:48:47.400><c> point?</c><00:48:49.519><c> What's</c><00:48:49.820><c> that</c><00:48:50.099><c> got</c><00:48:50.280><c> to</c><00:48:50.519><c> do</c><00:48:50.659><c> with</c><00:48:50.940><c> our</c><00:48:51.219><c> redemption</c>

00:48:51.679 --> 00:48:53.699
and<00:48:52.139><c> release</c><00:48:52.599><c> from</c><00:48:52.840><c> the</c><00:48:53.079><c> power</c><00:48:53.300><c> of</c><00:48:53.579><c> sin</c>

00:48:53.699 --> 00:48:59.340
and<00:48:53.900><c> mortality?</c><00:48:55.679><c> Well,</c><00:48:55.900><c> quite</c><00:48:56.119><c> simply</c><00:48:56.480><c> this.</c><00:48:57.960><c> If</c><00:48:58.179><c> God</c><00:48:58.400><c> has</c><00:48:58.639><c> the</c><00:48:58.860><c> power</c><00:48:59.079><c> to</c>

00:48:59.340 --> 00:49:00.519
bring<00:48:59.440><c> a</c><00:48:59.659><c> man</c><00:48:59.820><c> back</c><00:49:00.059><c> to</c><00:49:00.320><c> life</c>

00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:04.300
who<00:49:00.679><c> was</c><00:49:00.920><c> dead</c><00:49:01.039><c> for</c><00:49:01.219><c> three</c><00:49:01.460><c> days,</c><00:49:03.059><c> to</c><00:49:03.360><c> deliver</c><00:49:03.659><c> him</c><00:49:03.880><c> from</c><00:49:04.059><c> the</c>

00:49:04.300 --> 00:49:07.500
power<00:49:04.539><c> of</c><00:49:04.880><c> sin</c><00:49:05.000><c> and</c><00:49:05.239><c> death,</c><00:49:06.659><c> to</c><00:49:07.019><c> exalt</c>

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:12.780
him<00:49:07.719><c> above</c><00:49:09.199><c> all</c><00:49:09.940><c> human</c><00:49:10.260><c> authorities,</c><00:49:11.719><c> now</c><00:49:11.980><c> and</c><00:49:12.219><c> in</c><00:49:12.360><c> the</c><00:49:12.559><c> age</c>

00:49:12.780 --> 00:49:15.900
to<00:49:13.019><c> come,</c><00:49:14.159><c> to</c><00:49:14.559><c> triumph</c><00:49:14.940><c> over</c><00:49:15.239><c> his</c><00:49:15.500><c> enemies</c>

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:20.260
and<00:49:16.559><c> put</c><00:49:16.760><c> them</c><00:49:16.900><c> under</c><00:49:17.099><c> his</c><00:49:17.440><c> feet,</c><00:49:19.039><c> then</c><00:49:19.159><c> is</c><00:49:19.420><c> there</c><00:49:19.800><c> anything</c>

00:49:20.260 --> 00:49:22.940
in<00:49:20.599><c> our</c><00:49:20.920><c> life</c><00:49:21.199><c> that</c><00:49:21.360><c> he</c><00:49:21.500><c> can't</c><00:49:21.920><c> overcome?</c>

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Is<00:49:24.159><c> there</c><00:49:24.519><c> anything,</c><00:49:25.099><c> brothers</c><00:49:25.219><c> and</c><00:49:25.480><c> sisters</c><00:49:25.719><c> and</c><00:49:25.900><c> young</c><00:49:26.059><c> people,</c><00:49:26.300><c> that</c><00:49:26.460><c> can</c>

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get<00:49:26.800><c> in</c><00:49:26.980><c> the</c><00:49:27.119><c> way</c><00:49:27.880><c> of</c><00:49:28.480><c> him</c>

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power<00:49:33.920><c> and</c>

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scripture.<00:49:38.159><c> Of</c><00:49:38.360><c> Israel</c><00:49:38.739><c> it</c><00:49:38.820><c> was</c><00:49:39.039><c> said,</c>

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Yahweh<00:49:40.480><c> brought</c><00:49:40.780><c> you</c><00:49:41.039><c> out</c><00:49:41.280><c> with</c><00:49:41.539><c> a</c><00:49:41.960><c> mighty</c><00:49:42.280><c> hand</c><00:49:42.860><c> and</c><00:49:44.380><c> redeemed</c><00:49:45.159><c> you</c><00:49:46.099><c> out</c>

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and<00:49:48.219><c> from</c><00:49:48.440><c> the</c><00:49:48.599><c> hand</c><00:49:48.800><c> of</c><00:49:49.039><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:49:49.340><c> King</c><00:49:49.480><c> of</c><00:49:49.679><c> Egypt.</c><00:49:51.659><c> The</c><00:49:51.840><c> Apostle</c><00:49:52.199><c> Paul</c>

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said,<00:49:54.039><c> I</c><00:49:54.179><c> have</c><00:49:54.460><c> suffered</c><00:49:54.719><c> the</c>

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of<00:50:02.139><c> his</c><00:50:02.340><c> resurrection.</c>

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Finally,<00:50:05.820><c> in</c><00:50:06.019><c> the</c><00:50:06.760><c> last</c><00:50:07.079><c> two</c><00:50:07.340><c> verses,</c><00:50:08.340><c> we</c><00:50:09.460><c> read,</c><00:50:11.039><c> and</c><00:50:11.039><c> he</c><00:50:11.139><c> hath</c>

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put<00:50:11.739><c> all</c><00:50:12.099><c> things</c><00:50:12.340><c> under</c><00:50:12.599><c> his</c><00:50:12.940><c> feet</c>

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and<00:50:13.340><c> gave</c><00:50:13.559><c> him</c><00:50:13.780><c> to</c><00:50:14.039><c> be</c><00:50:14.199><c> the</c><00:50:14.599><c> head</c><00:50:15.239><c> over</c><00:50:15.900><c> all</c><00:50:16.380><c> things</c><00:50:16.960><c> to</c><00:50:17.579><c> the</c><00:50:17.780><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:50:19.079><c> which</c><00:50:19.320><c> is</c>

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his<00:50:19.800><c> body,</c><00:50:21.099><c> the</c><00:50:21.360><c> fullness</c>

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chapter<00:50:28.099><c> introduces</c><00:50:28.880><c> that</c><00:50:29.739><c> beautiful</c>

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theme<00:50:30.579><c> of</c><00:50:30.800><c> the</c><00:50:31.019><c> Ecclesia</c><00:50:31.500><c> as</c><00:50:31.800><c> the</c><00:50:31.960><c> body</c><00:50:32.260><c> of</c><00:50:32.440><c> Christ.</c><00:50:34.420><c> The</c><00:50:34.599><c> last</c>

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thing<00:50:35.139><c> that</c><00:50:35.300><c> is</c><00:50:35.480><c> mentioned</c><00:50:35.880><c> is</c><00:50:36.179><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:50:36.739><c> will</c><00:50:36.980><c> be</c><00:50:37.340><c> the</c><00:50:37.679><c> head</c><00:50:37.800><c> of</c><00:50:38.000><c> the</c><00:50:38.139><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:50:39.619><c> The</c><00:50:39.780><c> Ecclesia</c>

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is<00:50:40.699><c> the</c><00:50:41.099><c> fullness</c><00:50:41.559><c> of</c><00:50:42.480><c> him</c><00:50:42.860><c> and</c><00:50:43.400><c> the</c><00:50:43.559><c> word</c>

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fullness<00:50:44.099><c> has</c><00:50:44.380><c> the</c><00:50:44.559><c> idea</c><00:50:44.880><c> of</c><00:50:45.280><c> completion.</c><00:50:46.159><c> In</c><00:50:46.300><c> other</c><00:50:46.539><c> words,</c>

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he<00:50:47.840><c> is</c><00:50:48.079><c> not</c><00:50:48.360><c> complete</c><00:50:49.059><c> without</c><00:50:49.960><c> the</c><00:50:54.599><c> Ecclesia</c>

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and<00:51:00.079><c> sisters</c><00:51:00.380><c> and</c><00:51:00.619><c> young</c><00:51:00.800><c> people</c><00:51:01.420><c> are</c>

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the<00:51:02.340><c> completion</c><00:51:02.880><c> of</c><00:51:03.159><c> his</c><00:51:03.440><c> work,</c><00:51:04.539><c> the</c><00:51:04.840><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:05.380><c> of</c><00:51:05.880><c> him.</c>

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The<00:51:07.159><c> Diagelot</c><00:51:07.559><c> says,</c><00:51:08.219><c> the</c><00:51:08.420><c> full</c><00:51:08.699><c> development</c>

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of<00:51:09.480><c> him.</c><00:51:10.699><c> In</c><00:51:10.860><c> other</c><00:51:11.079><c> words,</c><00:51:12.320><c> it</c><00:51:12.420><c> is</c><00:51:12.739><c> through</c><00:51:13.360><c> the</c><00:51:13.780><c> Ecclesia</c><00:51:14.340><c> that</c><00:51:15.360><c> he</c>

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fulfills<00:51:16.039><c> himself.</c><00:51:17.880><c> The</c><00:51:18.099><c> idea</c>

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of<00:51:18.639><c> what</c><00:51:18.800><c> Paul</c><00:51:19.000><c> means</c><00:51:19.280><c> here</c><00:51:19.500><c> may</c><00:51:19.679><c> be</c><00:51:19.840><c> gained</c><00:51:20.019><c> from</c><00:51:20.300><c> 1</c><00:51:20.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:51:21.039><c> 15</c><00:51:21.579><c> verse</c>

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28<00:51:22.340><c> where</c><00:51:22.559><c> Paul</c><00:51:22.820><c> says</c>

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that<00:51:23.900><c> at</c><00:51:24.139><c> the</c><00:51:24.199><c> end</c><00:51:24.320><c> of</c><00:51:24.500><c> the</c><00:51:24.619><c> millennium,</c><00:51:24.960><c> God</c><00:51:25.199><c> will</c><00:51:25.460><c> be</c><00:51:26.719><c> all</c><00:51:27.480><c> in</c>

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all.<00:51:29.900><c> And</c><00:51:30.000><c> so,</c><00:51:30.219><c> finally,</c><00:51:30.519><c> the</c><00:51:30.719><c> apostle</c>

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says<00:51:31.340><c> in</c><00:51:31.519><c> verse</c><00:51:31.739><c> 23,</c><00:51:33.199><c> he</c><00:51:33.280><c> filleth</c><00:51:33.800><c> all</c><00:51:34.179><c> in</c><00:51:34.500><c> all.</c><00:51:35.559><c> That</c><00:51:35.760><c> is,</c><00:51:36.159><c> the</c>

00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:38.639
spirit<00:51:36.619><c> or</c><00:51:36.800><c> the</c><00:51:37.019><c> disposition</c><00:51:37.380><c> of</c><00:51:37.639><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:51:38.860><c> to</c><00:51:39.000><c> be</c><00:51:39.219><c> seen</c><00:51:39.440><c> in</c><00:51:39.800><c> every</c><00:51:40.239><c> member</c><00:51:40.579><c> of</c><00:51:40.760><c> the</c><00:51:40.920><c> body.</c><00:51:42.699><c> If</c><00:51:42.900><c> any</c><00:51:43.179><c> man</c>

00:51:43.420 --> 00:51:45.579
have<00:51:43.639><c> not</c><00:51:43.880><c> the</c><00:51:44.139><c> spirit</c><00:51:44.320><c> of</c><00:51:44.539><c> Christ,</c>

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he<00:51:45.900><c> is</c><00:51:46.139><c> none</c><00:51:46.340><c> of</c><00:51:46.539><c> his.</c><00:51:48.119><c> And</c><00:51:48.420><c> this</c><00:51:48.559><c> is</c><00:51:48.699><c> a</c><00:51:48.760><c> wonderful</c><00:51:49.119><c> thought,</c><00:51:49.579><c> I</c>

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think,<00:51:50.380><c> brothers</c><00:51:50.599><c> and</c><00:51:50.840><c> sisters</c><00:51:51.119><c> and</c>

00:51:51.380 --> 00:51:58.599
young<00:51:51.539><c> people,</c><00:51:53.320><c> that</c><00:51:53.539><c> Christ</c><00:51:54.380><c> finds</c><00:51:55.099><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:55.820><c> in</c><00:51:56.219><c> us</c><00:51:57.039><c> when</c><00:51:58.280><c> we</c>

00:51:58.599 --> 00:52:02.960
are<00:51:58.800><c> filled</c><00:51:59.039><c> with</c><00:51:59.300><c> him.</c><00:52:02.320><c> Our</c><00:52:02.619><c> desire</c>

00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:07.400
ought<00:52:03.159><c> to</c><00:52:03.380><c> be</c><00:52:03.539><c> that</c><00:52:03.719><c> he</c><00:52:03.940><c> fills</c><00:52:04.340><c> all</c><00:52:04.679><c> of</c><00:52:04.820><c> us</c><00:52:05.619><c> with</c><00:52:06.179><c> all</c><00:52:06.420><c> of</c><00:52:06.559><c> him.</c>

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John<00:52:08.619><c> said,</c><00:52:09.480><c> and</c><00:52:09.699><c> of</c><00:52:09.880><c> his</c><00:52:10.179><c> fullness</c><00:52:10.659><c> have</c>

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we<00:52:11.719><c> received</c><00:52:12.480><c> and</c><00:52:13.199><c> grace</c><00:52:13.699><c> for</c><00:52:14.039><c> grace.</c><00:52:15.920><c> And</c><00:52:16.059><c> Paul</c><00:52:16.179><c> said</c><00:52:16.380><c> in</c><00:52:16.599><c> Colossians,</c><00:52:17.880><c> for</c>

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in<00:52:18.199><c> him</c><00:52:18.480><c> dwelleth</c><00:52:19.260><c> all</c>

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the<00:52:20.159><c> fullness</c><00:52:20.360><c> of</c><00:52:20.619><c> the</c><00:52:20.800><c> Godhead</c><00:52:21.179><c> bodily</c><00:52:21.579><c> and</c><00:52:22.659><c> in</c><00:52:22.980><c> him</c><00:52:23.760><c> ye</c><00:52:24.099><c> are</c>

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made<00:52:24.619><c> full.</c><00:52:26.340><c> So</c><00:52:26.739><c> let's</c><00:52:27.059><c> then</c><00:52:27.659><c> bring</c>

00:52:28.039 --> 00:52:32.199
our<00:52:28.260><c> thoughts</c><00:52:28.440><c> to</c><00:52:28.659><c> a</c><00:52:28.800><c> close</c><00:52:29.019><c> as</c><00:52:29.199><c> we</c><00:52:29.460><c> reflect</c><00:52:29.800><c> upon</c><00:52:30.440><c> the</c><00:52:31.300><c> underlying</c><00:52:31.699><c> theme</c>

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that<00:52:32.440><c> we've</c><00:52:32.739><c> seen</c><00:52:33.260><c> in</c><00:52:33.760><c> chapter</c>

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1<00:52:34.559><c> in</c><00:52:35.139><c> the</c><00:52:35.300><c> epistle</c><00:52:35.559><c> so</c><00:52:35.920><c> far.</c><00:52:37.380><c> God</c><00:52:37.780><c> chose</c><00:52:38.380><c> Jews</c><00:52:39.099><c> and</c><00:52:40.280><c> Gentiles</c>

00:52:41.260 --> 00:52:49.880
before<00:52:42.559><c> there</c><00:52:42.760><c> were</c><00:52:42.940><c> any</c><00:52:43.199><c> races.</c><00:52:49.119><c> We're</c>

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all<00:52:49.880><c> Jews.</c><00:52:50.679><c> Both</c><00:52:51.239><c> Jews</c><00:52:52.000><c> and</c><00:52:52.920><c> Gentiles</c><00:52:54.099><c> need</c><00:52:54.719><c> to</c><00:52:54.900><c> be</c><00:52:55.099><c> adopted.</c>

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Forgiveness<00:52:57.940><c> was</c><00:52:58.380><c> always</c><00:52:58.820><c> intended</c>

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for<00:52:59.500><c> Gentiles.</c><00:53:01.239><c> Hell</c><00:53:01.639><c> was</c><00:53:02.539><c> a</c><00:53:02.820><c> secret</c><00:53:03.460><c> until</c><00:53:04.179><c> revealed</c><00:53:04.579><c> by</c><00:53:04.840><c> the</c>

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apostles.<00:53:06.760><c> And</c><00:53:06.940><c> the</c><00:53:07.099><c> Gentiles</c><00:53:07.599><c> who</c><00:53:07.780><c> have</c>

00:53:07.980 --> 00:53:15.460
no<00:53:08.239><c> heritage</c><00:53:08.880><c> have</c><00:53:10.280><c> been</c><00:53:10.559><c> made</c><00:53:11.239><c> a</c><00:53:11.639><c> heritage.</c><00:53:14.340><c> So</c><00:53:15.139><c> what</c><00:53:15.300><c> does</c>

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that<00:53:15.679><c> mean,</c><00:53:15.860><c> brothers</c><00:53:16.139><c> and</c><00:53:16.400><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:53:17.139><c> young</c><00:53:17.440><c> people,</c><00:53:18.380><c> for</c><00:53:18.559><c> us?</c><00:53:22.900><c> We've</c><00:53:23.159><c> been</c><00:53:23.500><c> elected</c><00:53:24.059><c> for</c><00:53:25.159><c> adoption.</c><00:53:27.119><c> Every</c><00:53:27.480><c> brother</c><00:53:27.840><c> and</c>

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sister<00:53:28.500><c> in</c>

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this<00:53:29.079><c> hall</c><00:53:29.460><c> has</c><00:53:30.139><c> been</c><00:53:30.639><c> hand</c><00:53:31.739><c>-picked</c><00:53:32.380><c> by</c><00:53:32.820><c> God.</c><00:53:34.119><c> Think</c><00:53:34.400><c> about</c><00:53:34.760><c> that.</c><00:53:36.480><c> Are</c><00:53:36.780><c> we</c>

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holy<00:53:37.599><c> and</c><00:53:38.400><c> without</c><00:53:38.780><c> blame</c>

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before<00:53:39.460><c> him</c><00:53:39.659><c> in</c><00:53:39.880><c> love?</c><00:53:41.900><c> The</c><00:53:42.079><c> apostle</c><00:53:42.380><c> Paul</c><00:53:42.639><c> says,</c><00:53:43.099><c> you</c><00:53:43.119><c> see</c>

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your<00:53:43.719><c> calling,</c><00:53:44.280><c> brethren,</c><00:53:45.480><c> how</c><00:53:45.820><c> not</c><00:53:46.019><c> many</c>

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wise<00:53:46.780><c> men</c><00:53:47.079><c> after</c><00:53:47.360><c> the</c><00:53:47.619><c> flesh,</c><00:53:48.920><c> not</c><00:53:49.199><c> many</c><00:53:49.500><c> mighty,</c><00:53:51.380><c> not</c><00:53:51.619><c> many</c>

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noble<00:53:52.460><c> are</c><00:53:52.880><c> called.</c><00:53:54.719><c> And</c><00:53:55.039><c> when</c><00:53:55.139><c> you</c><00:53:55.280><c> think</c>

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about<00:53:55.639><c> it,</c><00:53:55.880><c> brothers</c><00:53:55.960><c> and</c><00:53:56.219><c> sisters,</c><00:53:56.940><c> and</c><00:53:57.199><c> I</c><00:53:58.579><c> from</c><00:53:58.960><c> time</c><00:53:59.159><c> to</c>

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time<00:53:59.440><c> reflect</c><00:53:59.820><c> upon</c><00:54:00.059><c> this,</c><00:54:01.219><c> how,</c><00:54:01.260><c> you</c><00:54:01.500><c> know,</c>

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how<00:54:02.260><c> few</c><00:54:02.780><c> of</c><00:54:03.000><c> us</c><00:54:03.260><c> there</c><00:54:03.500><c> is</c><00:54:04.219><c> compared</c><00:54:04.659><c> with</c><00:54:05.079><c> the</c><00:54:05.440><c> millions</c><00:54:05.780><c> upon</c><00:54:06.099><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:54:07.719><c> And</c><00:54:08.039><c> God</c><00:54:08.199><c> has</c><00:54:08.460><c> hand</c><00:54:08.760><c>-picked</c><00:54:08.900><c> you</c>

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and<00:54:09.340><c> I,</c><00:54:11.219><c> given</c><00:54:11.320><c> us</c><00:54:11.639><c> the</c><00:54:11.820><c> opportunity</c><00:54:12.579><c> to</c><00:54:13.800><c> participate</c><00:54:14.420><c> in</c><00:54:14.579><c> an</c>

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apprenticeship.<00:54:15.760><c> And</c><00:54:16.340><c> God</c><00:54:16.340><c> has</c><00:54:16.340><c> given</c><00:54:16.340><c> us</c>

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and<00:54:17.039><c> at</c><00:54:17.239><c> the</c><00:54:17.280><c> end</c><00:54:17.400><c> of</c><00:54:17.539><c> that</c><00:54:17.719><c> apprenticeship,</c><00:54:18.199><c> if</c><00:54:18.480><c> we</c><00:54:18.860><c> stick</c><00:54:19.079><c> at</c>

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it,<00:54:20.980><c> we'll</c><00:54:21.179><c> become</c><00:54:21.719><c> his</c><00:54:22.159><c> children.</c>

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Isn't<00:54:24.139><c> that</c><00:54:24.380><c> remarkable?</c><00:54:25.820><c> You</c><00:54:25.940><c> know,</c><00:54:26.039><c> I</c><00:54:26.139><c> think</c><00:54:26.260><c> of</c><00:54:26.400><c> a</c><00:54:26.579><c> couple</c>

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who<00:54:27.219><c> live</c><00:54:27.320><c> in</c><00:54:27.539><c> Adelaide</c><00:54:27.940><c> who</c><00:54:29.019><c> jumped</c><00:54:29.260><c> on</c>

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a<00:54:29.639><c> plane</c><00:54:30.099><c> and</c><00:54:31.139><c> they</c><00:54:31.280><c> went</c><00:54:31.360><c> to</c><00:54:31.599><c> India</c><00:54:32.219><c> and</c><00:54:33.920><c> they</c><00:54:34.119><c> went</c><00:54:34.239><c> into</c><00:54:35.519><c> that</c><00:54:36.500><c> seething</c><00:54:37.619><c> mass</c><00:54:38.000><c> of</c>

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people<00:54:38.960><c> and</c><00:54:40.099><c> they</c>

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grabbed<00:54:40.460><c> a</c><00:54:40.760><c> child</c><00:54:41.500><c> and</c><00:54:42.920><c> they</c><00:54:43.219><c> adopted</c><00:54:43.579><c> that</c><00:54:43.940><c> child</c><00:54:44.460><c> and</c><00:54:45.460><c> they</c>

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brought<00:54:45.739><c> it</c><00:54:45.940><c> back</c><00:54:46.500><c> and</c><00:54:47.179><c> made</c><00:54:47.320><c> it</c><00:54:47.500><c> part</c>

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of<00:54:47.760><c> their</c><00:54:47.900><c> family.</c><00:54:49.400><c> Out</c><00:54:49.519><c> of</c><00:54:49.639><c> all</c><00:54:49.800><c> that</c><00:54:50.300><c> seething</c><00:54:50.940><c> mass</c><00:54:51.199><c> of</c><00:54:51.460><c> people,</c><00:54:51.699><c> they</c><00:54:51.980><c> picked</c><00:54:52.460><c> one</c>

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child.<00:54:55.599><c> That's</c>

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what<00:54:56.260><c> he's</c><00:54:56.440><c> done</c><00:54:56.599><c> for</c><00:54:56.800><c> you</c><00:54:56.940><c> and</c><00:54:57.079><c> I,</c><00:54:57.360><c> brothers</c><00:54:57.440><c> and</c><00:54:57.699><c> sisters.</c><00:54:59.019><c> What</c><00:54:59.300><c> a</c>

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remarkable<00:55:00.239><c> privilege</c><00:55:00.679><c> that</c>

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we've<00:55:01.119><c> been</c><00:55:01.320><c> adopted.</c><00:55:01.659><c> And</c><00:55:01.739><c> God</c><00:55:01.920><c> says,</c><00:55:03.119><c> what</c><00:55:03.179><c> I</c><00:55:03.320><c> would</c><00:55:03.460><c> really</c>

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love<00:55:03.840><c> you</c><00:55:03.960><c> to</c><00:55:04.139><c> be</c><00:55:04.800><c> is</c><00:55:05.800><c> holy</c><00:55:06.260><c> and</c><00:55:07.440><c> without</c>

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blame<00:55:08.079><c> before</c><00:55:08.440><c> me</c><00:55:08.679><c> now.</c><00:55:11.800><c> God's</c><00:55:12.260><c> broken,</c><00:55:12.639><c> brothers</c><00:55:12.980><c> and</c><00:55:13.219><c> sisters,</c><00:55:13.599><c> our</c>

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addiction<00:55:14.119><c> to</c><00:55:14.440><c> sin.</c><00:55:16.480><c> Do</c><00:55:16.619><c> we</c>

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want<00:55:16.940><c> to</c><00:55:17.079><c> return</c><00:55:17.440><c> to</c><00:55:17.659><c> that</c><00:55:17.840><c> addiction?</c><00:55:18.860><c> Do</c><00:55:18.980><c> we</c><00:55:19.079><c> want</c><00:55:19.179><c> to</c><00:55:19.320><c> just</c>

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have<00:55:19.780><c> one</c><00:55:20.199><c> little</c><00:55:20.500><c> bit</c><00:55:20.760><c> more?</c><00:55:22.739><c> No</c><00:55:22.960><c> one</c><00:55:23.059><c> will</c>

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notice.<00:55:25.440><c> Do</c><00:55:25.659><c> we</c><00:55:25.800><c> let</c><00:55:26.260><c> sin</c><00:55:26.960><c> reign</c><00:55:27.300><c> in</c><00:55:27.480><c> our</c><00:55:27.659><c> mortal</c><00:55:27.880><c> body</c><00:55:28.139><c> now?</c>

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God<00:55:31.320><c> wants</c><00:55:31.619><c> us</c><00:55:31.880><c> to</c><00:55:32.099><c> be</c><00:55:32.280><c> his</c><00:55:32.579><c> inheritance.</c>

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We've<00:55:34.699><c> been</c><00:55:34.900><c> made</c><00:55:35.159><c> God's</c><00:55:35.579><c> heritage.</c><00:55:37.360><c> Are</c><00:55:37.539><c> we</c><00:55:37.900><c> recognisable</c>

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as<00:55:38.820><c> God's</c><00:55:39.320><c> children</c><00:55:39.639><c> now?</c><00:55:41.659><c> So</c><00:55:41.880><c> may</c><00:55:42.039><c> it</c><00:55:42.179><c> be,</c><00:55:42.579><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:55:42.820><c> sisters</c><00:55:43.079><c> and</c><00:55:43.280><c> young</c><00:55:43.480><c> people,</c><00:55:44.539><c> that</c><00:55:44.639><c> as</c><00:55:44.860><c> we</c><00:55:45.760><c> individually</c>

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contemplate<00:55:47.059><c> these</c><00:55:48.139><c> three</c><00:55:48.760><c> blessings,</c><00:55:49.300><c> that</c><00:55:49.440><c> we</c>

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see<00:55:49.980><c> that</c><00:55:50.619><c> they</c><00:55:50.920><c> should</c><00:55:51.059><c> have</c><00:55:51.239><c> a</c><00:55:51.380><c> personal</c><00:55:51.719><c> application</c><00:55:52.239><c> to</c>

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us.<00:55:53.920><c> But</c><00:55:54.179><c> we</c><00:55:54.280><c> need</c><00:55:54.380><c> to</c><00:55:54.539><c> see</c><00:55:54.619><c> them</c><00:55:54.760><c> in</c><00:55:54.860><c> the</c><00:55:55.059><c> context</c>

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of<00:55:55.659><c> the</c><00:55:55.840><c> epistle</c><00:55:56.320><c> and</c><00:55:57.139><c> see</c><00:55:57.340><c> that</c><00:55:57.480><c> these</c><00:55:57.800><c> three</c><00:55:58.019><c> things</c><00:55:58.320><c> are</c><00:55:58.559><c> part</c><00:55:58.820><c> of</c>

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God's<00:55:59.360><c> purpose</c><00:55:59.920><c> to</c><00:56:01.239><c> unite</c><00:56:01.679><c> all</c><00:56:02.619><c> in</c>

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Christ.