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party<00:16:32.669><c> were</c><00:16:32.909><c> invited,</c><00:16:33.850><c> if</c><00:16:34.070><c> any</c><00:16:34.230><c> had</c><00:16:34.450><c> any</c><00:16:34.629><c> word</c><00:16:34.809><c> of</c><00:16:35.049><c> exhortation,</c><00:16:35.730><c> to</c><00:16:35.970><c> say</c><00:16:36.250><c> on.</c>

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in<00:16:46.389><c> the</c><00:16:46.590><c> gospels</c><00:16:47.169><c> you</c><00:16:47.269><c> may</c><00:16:47.529><c> remember</c><00:16:48.070><c> that</c>

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Lord<00:16:48.850><c> Jesus</c><00:16:49.409><c> Christ</c><00:16:49.909><c> after</c><00:16:50.350><c> reading</c><00:16:50.730><c> from</c><00:16:51.049><c> the</c><00:16:51.450><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:52.029><c> scroll</c><00:16:52.649><c> as</c><00:16:53.029><c> recorded</c><00:16:53.409><c> in</c>

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your<00:17:01.490><c> ears.</c>

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Now<00:17:03.509><c> does</c><00:17:03.769><c> this</c><00:17:04.130><c> contrast</c><00:17:05.089><c> between</c><00:17:05.710><c> the</c><00:17:05.910><c> way</c><00:17:06.029><c> the</c><00:17:06.230><c> Lord</c><00:17:06.410><c> Jesus</c>

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handled<00:17:07.210><c> the</c><00:17:07.410><c> situation</c>

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and<00:17:08.789><c> the</c><00:17:08.950><c> way</c><00:17:09.130><c> Paul</c><00:17:09.750><c> dealt</c><00:17:10.390><c> with</c><00:17:10.609><c> it,</c><00:17:11.869><c> does</c><00:17:12.069><c> it</c><00:17:12.309><c> perhaps</c><00:17:12.630><c> indicate</c><00:17:13.269><c> that</c>

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himself<00:17:15.609><c> seen</c><00:17:15.950><c> and</c><00:17:16.309><c> heard?</c><00:17:19.049><c> There's</c><00:17:19.809><c> something</c><00:17:20.009><c> else</c><00:17:20.390><c> here.</c>

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in<00:17:25.789><c> the</c><00:17:26.009><c> incident</c><00:17:26.450><c> recorded</c><00:17:27.150><c> in</c><00:17:27.430><c> verses</c><00:17:27.750><c> 8</c><00:17:28.410><c> through</c><00:17:28.869><c> 18,</c><00:17:31.650><c> the</c>

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people<00:17:32.210><c> of</c><00:17:32.509><c> Lystra</c><00:17:33.470><c> mistook</c><00:17:34.630><c> Paul</c><00:17:35.109><c> and</c><00:17:35.349><c> Barnabas</c><00:17:35.730><c> for</c>

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gods.<00:17:37.849><c> Their</c><00:17:38.230><c> perception</c><00:17:38.869><c> was</c><00:17:39.529><c> that</c><00:17:39.910><c> Barnabas</c><00:17:40.410><c> was</c><00:17:40.609><c> the</c><00:17:40.829><c> leader</c><00:17:41.049><c> of</c>

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they<00:17:49.210><c> called</c><00:17:49.529><c> Paul</c><00:17:50.329><c> Mercurius</c><00:17:51.470><c> or</c><00:17:51.990><c> Hermes,</c>

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I<00:18:06.450><c> think</c><00:18:06.589><c> it</c><00:18:06.809><c> tells</c><00:18:07.069><c> us</c><00:18:07.349><c> that</c><00:18:07.609><c> Barnabas</c><00:18:08.089><c> was</c><00:18:08.269><c> a</c><00:18:08.390><c> much</c><00:18:08.650><c> bigger</c>

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man<00:18:09.349><c> than</c><00:18:09.630><c> Paul</c>

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because<00:18:11.829><c> that</c><00:18:12.210><c> fits</c><00:18:12.470><c> the</c><00:18:12.789><c> names</c><00:18:13.150><c> which</c><00:18:13.630><c> they</c><00:18:13.910><c> were</c><00:18:14.109><c> given</c><00:18:14.390><c> according</c><00:18:14.829><c> to</c>

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Greek<00:18:15.230><c> mythology.</c>

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large,<00:18:23.150><c> retiring,</c><00:18:24.130><c> gentle</c><00:18:24.569><c> man,</c><00:18:25.869><c> a</c><00:18:26.109><c> big</c><00:18:26.470><c> bear</c><00:18:26.769><c> of</c><00:18:27.089><c> a</c><00:18:27.170><c> fellow,</c>

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lovable.<00:18:29.529><c> And</c><00:18:30.029><c> he</c><00:18:30.130><c> was</c><00:18:30.390><c> accompanied</c><00:18:30.829><c> by</c><00:18:31.230><c> this</c>

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material<00:18:32.210><c> little</c><00:18:32.549><c> character</c><00:18:33.009><c> with</c><00:18:33.250><c> the</c><00:18:33.369><c> gift</c><00:18:33.569><c> of</c><00:18:33.789><c> the</c><00:18:34.009><c> gab,</c>

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he<00:18:44.809><c> records</c><00:18:45.230><c> the</c><00:18:45.529><c> fact</c><00:18:45.730><c> that</c><00:18:45.970><c> the</c><00:18:46.210><c> Corinthians</c><00:18:46.650><c> had</c><00:18:46.950><c> said</c><00:18:47.190><c> of</c>

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powerful,<00:18:51.309><c> his</c><00:18:51.690><c> bodily</c><00:18:52.170><c> presence</c><00:18:52.690><c> was</c><00:18:53.109><c> weak</c><00:18:53.609><c> and</c><00:18:54.769><c> his</c><00:18:55.049><c> speech</c>

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was<00:18:55.690><c> contemptible.</c><00:18:58.009><c> Now</c><00:18:58.210><c> that</c><00:18:58.349><c> was</c><00:18:58.529><c> obviously</c>

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a<00:18:59.210><c> denigration</c><00:18:59.910><c> of</c><00:19:00.329><c> Paul</c><00:19:00.670><c> and</c><00:19:02.490><c> the</c><00:19:03.390><c> phrase</c><00:19:03.609><c> about</c><00:19:03.890><c> his</c><00:19:04.190><c> speech</c>

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being<00:19:04.710><c> contemptible</c><00:19:05.369><c> was</c><00:19:05.609><c> clearly</c><00:19:05.970><c> false,</c>

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wasn't<00:19:06.730><c> it?</c><00:19:07.390><c> Because</c><00:19:07.569><c> he</c><00:19:07.670><c> was</c><00:19:07.829><c> a</c><00:19:08.109><c> great</c><00:19:08.390><c> orator</c><00:19:08.930><c> and</c><00:19:09.490><c> he</c><00:19:09.789><c> achieved</c><00:19:10.029><c> considerable</c><00:19:10.710><c> effect</c><00:19:11.470><c> preaching</c><00:19:12.529><c> in</c><00:19:12.750><c> the</c>

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was<00:19:15.569><c> not</c><00:19:16.490><c> contemptible,</c><00:19:17.329><c> but</c><00:19:18.450><c> his</c><00:19:18.690><c> bodily</c>

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presence<00:19:19.470><c> may</c><00:19:19.730><c> well</c><00:19:19.970><c> have</c><00:19:20.190><c> been</c><00:19:20.369><c> weak</c><00:19:20.690><c> in</c><00:19:20.910><c> the</c><00:19:21.089><c> sense</c><00:19:21.230><c> that</c><00:19:21.410><c> he</c>

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imposing<00:19:23.930><c> figure</c><00:19:24.269><c> at</c><00:19:24.589><c> all.</c><00:19:29.069><c> So</c><00:19:29.390><c> it</c><00:19:29.670><c> seems</c><00:19:30.430><c> from</c><00:19:31.210><c> the</c><00:19:31.829><c> circumstantial</c><00:19:32.490><c> evidence</c>

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in<00:19:33.089><c> the</c><00:19:33.250><c> record</c><00:19:33.710><c> that</c>

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own<00:19:39.670><c> eyes,</c><00:19:40.049><c> wasn't</c><00:19:40.390><c> he?</c>

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must<00:19:46.670><c> have</c><00:19:46.950><c> been</c><00:19:47.210><c> because</c><00:19:47.470><c> as</c><00:19:47.710><c> we</c><00:19:47.950><c> proceed</c>

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with<00:19:48.490><c> our</c><00:19:48.710><c> review</c><00:19:48.950><c> of</c><00:19:49.190><c> the</c><00:19:49.349><c> events</c><00:19:49.589><c> of</c><00:19:49.789><c> the</c><00:19:49.970><c> first</c><00:19:50.170><c> missionary</c>

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journey,<00:19:51.829><c> we</c><00:19:51.970><c> find</c><00:19:52.170><c> that</c><00:19:52.430><c> Paul</c><00:19:52.569><c> gets</c>

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himself<00:19:53.130><c> into</c><00:19:53.430><c> all</c><00:19:53.930><c> kinds</c><00:19:54.289><c> of</c><00:19:54.630><c> trouble</c><00:19:54.910><c> because</c><00:19:55.230><c> he</c><00:19:55.390><c> was</c><00:19:55.529><c> the</c>

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chief<00:19:55.930><c> spokesman.</c><00:19:58.730><c> Acts</c><00:19:59.069><c> chapter</c><00:19:59.490><c> 14</c><00:20:00.150><c> verse</c><00:20:00.690><c> 19,</c>

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there<00:20:05.130><c> came</c><00:20:05.650><c> thither</c><00:20:06.170><c> certain</c><00:20:06.670><c> Jews</c><00:20:07.230><c> from</c><00:20:07.670><c> Antioch</c><00:20:08.210><c> and</c><00:20:08.410><c> Iconium,</c><00:20:09.869><c> that</c>

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who<00:20:13.109><c> persuaded</c><00:20:13.670><c> the</c><00:20:13.950><c> people</c><00:20:14.210><c> and</c><00:20:14.450><c> having</c><00:20:14.789><c> stoned</c><00:20:15.450><c> Paul</c><00:20:15.869><c> drew</c>

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him<00:20:16.509><c> out</c><00:20:16.690><c> of</c><00:20:16.809><c> the</c><00:20:16.950><c> city,</c><00:20:17.190><c> supposing</c><00:20:17.670><c> he'd</c><00:20:17.930><c> been</c><00:20:18.150><c> dead.</c>

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well?<00:20:26.230><c> Have</c><00:20:26.369><c> you</c><00:20:26.470><c> ever</c><00:20:26.650><c> thought</c><00:20:26.869><c> about</c><00:20:27.190><c> that?</c>

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And<00:20:29.480><c> I'm</c><00:20:29.740><c> sure</c><00:20:30.059><c> the</c><00:20:30.400><c> lesson,</c><00:20:31.420><c> sorry,</c><00:20:31.759><c> the</c><00:20:31.940><c> reason</c><00:20:32.339><c> lies</c><00:20:32.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:33.400><c> reconstruction</c><00:20:33.960><c> that</c><00:20:34.240><c> we've</c><00:20:34.579><c> suggested,</c>

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that<00:20:36.680><c> Barnabas</c><00:20:37.160><c> was</c><00:20:37.380><c> the</c><00:20:37.559><c> more</c><00:20:37.839><c> gentle</c><00:20:38.279><c> and</c><00:20:38.700><c> retiring</c><00:20:39.359><c> of</c><00:20:39.619><c> the</c>

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and<00:20:42.480><c> Paul</c><00:20:42.980><c> being</c><00:20:43.400><c> chief</c><00:20:43.759><c> speaker</c><00:20:44.339><c> was</c><00:20:44.940><c> the</c><00:20:45.220><c> high</c><00:20:45.579><c> profile</c><00:20:46.059><c> member</c><00:20:46.380><c> of</c>

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that<00:20:46.759><c> little</c><00:20:46.980><c> group.</c>

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And<00:20:49.920><c> these</c><00:20:50.160><c> opponents</c><00:20:50.660><c> of</c><00:20:50.880><c> the</c><00:20:51.099><c> gospel</c><00:20:51.680><c> thought,</c><00:20:52.319><c> well</c><00:20:52.380><c> if</c><00:20:52.480><c> we</c>

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can<00:20:52.819><c> just</c><00:20:53.140><c> knock</c><00:20:53.400><c> out</c><00:20:53.700><c> the</c><00:20:53.920><c> ringleader,</c>

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they<00:20:59.440><c> stoned</c><00:20:59.980><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:21:02.640><c> it's</c><00:21:02.839><c> still</c><00:21:03.039><c> true</c><00:21:03.180><c> to</c><00:21:03.339><c> this</c><00:21:03.559><c> day,</c><00:21:03.940><c> brethren</c><00:21:04.079><c> and</c><00:21:04.339><c> sisters,</c><00:21:04.579><c> isn't</c>

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it?<00:21:04.960><c> Even</c><00:21:05.220><c> in</c><00:21:05.460><c> our</c><00:21:05.599><c> own</c><00:21:05.799><c> community,</c>

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chief<00:21:06.740><c> speakers</c><00:21:07.259><c> do</c><00:21:07.619><c> get</c><00:21:08.000><c> stoned</c><00:21:09.059><c> and</c><00:21:09.460><c> I</c><00:21:09.599><c> don't</c><00:21:09.740><c> mean</c><00:21:09.920><c> they</c><00:21:10.119><c> get</c><00:21:10.240><c> at</c>

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the<00:21:10.619><c> sherry</c><00:21:10.839><c> bottle</c><00:21:11.099><c> from</c><00:21:11.420><c> time</c><00:21:11.700><c> to</c><00:21:11.940><c> time.</c>

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Stoned<00:21:14.640><c> in</c><00:21:14.920><c> the</c><00:21:15.180><c> sense</c><00:21:15.480><c> that</c><00:21:15.799><c> high</c><00:21:16.099><c> profile</c><00:21:16.599><c> members</c><00:21:17.019><c> have</c><00:21:17.299><c> to</c>

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face<00:21:17.759><c> the</c><00:21:18.019><c> brick</c><00:21:18.299><c> bats</c><00:21:18.500><c> and</c><00:21:18.720><c> the</c><00:21:18.880><c> other</c>

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criticisms<00:21:19.700><c> that</c><00:21:19.940><c> are</c><00:21:20.079><c> hurled</c><00:21:20.279><c> at</c><00:21:20.339><c> them</c><00:21:20.519><c> by</c><00:21:20.779><c> their</c><00:21:20.960><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:21:21.460><c> sisters</c><00:21:21.740><c> because</c><00:21:22.140><c> they're</c><00:21:22.480><c> up</c><00:21:22.700><c> front</c>

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and<00:21:24.619><c> it's</c><00:21:24.900><c> happening</c><00:21:25.099><c> all</c><00:21:25.460><c> the</c><00:21:25.740><c> time</c>

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and<00:21:28.599><c> it's</c><00:21:28.900><c> a</c><00:21:29.019><c> very</c><00:21:29.400><c> sad</c><00:21:30.339><c> fact</c><00:21:30.880><c> and</c><00:21:31.359><c> aspect</c><00:21:31.759><c> of</c><00:21:31.980><c> our</c><00:21:32.180><c> human</c><00:21:32.480><c> nature.</c>

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However,<00:21:36.240><c> getting</c><00:21:36.500><c> back</c><00:21:36.720><c> to</c><00:21:36.880><c> the</c><00:21:37.039><c> story</c><00:21:37.279><c> here,</c><00:21:37.980><c> the</c><00:21:38.200><c> Jews</c><00:21:38.480><c> failed</c><00:21:38.920><c> in</c>

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their<00:21:39.440><c> purpose</c><00:21:40.039><c> because</c><00:21:40.519><c> Paul</c><00:21:40.940><c> recovered</c>

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miraculously<00:21:42.400><c> and</c><00:21:42.799><c> the</c><00:21:43.119><c> little</c><00:21:43.299><c> band</c><00:21:43.559><c> of</c><00:21:43.920><c> disciples</c><00:21:44.400><c> then</c><00:21:44.700><c> continued</c><00:21:45.079><c> their</c><00:21:45.339><c> journey</c><00:21:45.640><c> to</c><00:21:45.940><c> Derby.</c>

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End<00:21:49.779><c> of</c><00:21:49.920><c> verse</c><00:21:50.079><c> 20,</c><00:21:51.380><c> the</c><00:21:51.619><c> next</c><00:21:51.980><c> day</c><00:21:52.279><c> Paul</c><00:21:52.619><c> departed</c><00:21:53.180><c> with</c><00:21:54.160><c> Barnabas</c><00:21:54.799><c> to</c>

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Derby<00:21:55.980><c> and</c><00:21:57.200><c> when</c><00:21:57.579><c> they</c><00:21:57.779><c> had</c><00:21:58.019><c> preached</c>

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the<00:21:58.400><c> gospel</c><00:21:58.700><c> to</c><00:21:58.920><c> that</c><00:21:59.200><c> city</c><00:21:59.640><c> and</c><00:22:00.279><c> taught</c><00:22:00.500><c> many,</c><00:22:01.799><c> they</c><00:22:02.019><c> returned</c><00:22:02.440><c> again</c>

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to<00:22:03.480><c> Lystra,</c><00:22:04.359><c> Iconium</c><00:22:05.019><c> and</c><00:22:05.640><c> Antioch,</c>

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confirming<00:22:08.240><c> the</c><00:22:08.539><c> souls</c><00:22:08.720><c> of</c><00:22:08.900><c> the</c><00:22:09.039><c> disciples</c><00:22:09.460><c> and</c><00:22:09.779><c> exhorting</c>

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them<00:22:10.319><c> to</c><00:22:10.519><c> continue</c><00:22:11.019><c> in</c><00:22:11.200><c> the</c><00:22:11.420><c> faith</c>

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and<00:22:12.359><c> that</c><00:22:12.519><c> we</c><00:22:12.779><c> through</c><00:22:13.019><c> much</c><00:22:13.519><c> tribulation</c><00:22:14.619><c> must</c><00:22:15.039><c> enter</c><00:22:15.380><c> into</c>

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the<00:22:15.819><c> kingdom</c><00:22:16.160><c> of</c><00:22:16.440><c> God.</c>

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I<00:22:18.960><c> don't</c><00:22:19.180><c> know</c><00:22:19.359><c> about</c><00:22:19.599><c> you</c><00:22:19.779><c> brethren</c><00:22:20.059><c> and</c><00:22:20.339><c> sisters,</c><00:22:20.519><c> but</c><00:22:20.680><c> if</c>

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I'd<00:22:21.019><c> been</c><00:22:21.279><c> there</c>

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and<00:22:23.140><c> had</c><00:22:23.279><c> got</c><00:22:23.440><c> to</c><00:22:23.740><c> retrace</c><00:22:24.339><c> my</c><00:22:24.779><c> steps,</c><00:22:26.460><c> I</c><00:22:26.759><c> should</c><00:22:26.980><c> have</c><00:22:27.099><c> said,</c>

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well,<00:22:28.339><c> we'll</c><00:22:28.599><c> just</c><00:22:29.059><c> skirt</c><00:22:29.339><c> around</c><00:22:29.880><c> Lystra.</c>

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You<00:22:31.740><c> know</c><00:22:31.859><c> what</c><00:22:32.000><c> they</c><00:22:32.220><c> did</c><00:22:32.380><c> to</c><00:22:32.579><c> me</c><00:22:32.799><c> there</c><00:22:33.059><c> recently,</c><00:22:34.099><c> I'm</c><00:22:34.380><c> not</c>

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going<00:22:34.720><c> to</c><00:22:34.859><c> risk</c><00:22:35.019><c> that</c><00:22:35.299><c> again.</c>

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into<00:22:41.279><c> that</c><00:22:41.559><c> city</c><00:22:41.759><c> to</c><00:22:42.039><c> consolidate</c><00:22:42.480><c> the</c><00:22:42.740><c> work</c><00:22:42.880><c> that</c>

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had<00:22:43.200><c> been</c><00:22:43.339><c> done</c><00:22:43.559><c> earlier</c><00:22:43.920><c> as</c><00:22:44.099><c> we've</c><00:22:44.279><c> just</c><00:22:44.539><c> seen</c><00:22:45.019><c> and</c><00:22:45.960><c> he</c><00:22:46.160><c> said</c>

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on<00:22:46.460><c> a</c><00:22:46.579><c> later</c><00:22:46.799><c> occasion,</c><00:22:48.740><c> none</c><00:22:48.940><c> of</c><00:22:49.200><c> these</c><00:22:49.500><c> things</c>

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move<00:22:50.220><c> me,</c><00:22:50.859><c> neither</c><00:22:51.160><c> can</c><00:22:51.500><c> I</c><00:22:51.759><c> my</c><00:22:52.339><c> life</c><00:22:52.720><c> dear</c><00:22:53.039><c> unto</c><00:22:53.359><c> myself</c><00:22:54.119><c> so</c><00:22:55.200><c> that</c><00:22:55.359><c> I</c>

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might<00:22:55.660><c> finish</c><00:22:55.980><c> my</c><00:22:56.339><c> course</c><00:22:56.539><c> with</c><00:22:56.920><c> joy</c>

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and<00:22:58.619><c> the</c><00:22:58.839><c> ministry</c><00:22:59.119><c> which</c><00:22:59.339><c> I</c><00:22:59.519><c> have</c><00:22:59.640><c> received</c><00:23:00.039><c> of</c><00:23:00.200><c> the</c><00:23:00.339><c> Lord</c><00:23:00.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:01.039><c> to</c>

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testify<00:23:01.839><c> the</c><00:23:02.059><c> gospel</c><00:23:02.400><c> of</c><00:23:02.619><c> the</c><00:23:02.799><c> grace</c><00:23:03.019><c> of</c><00:23:03.319><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:05.200><c> so</c><00:23:05.559><c> if</c><00:23:06.339><c> his</c><00:23:06.599><c> steps</c><00:23:06.799><c> took</c><00:23:07.039><c> him</c><00:23:07.240><c> to</c><00:23:07.339><c> Lystra</c><00:23:07.579><c> a</c><00:23:07.859><c> second</c><00:23:08.079><c> time,</c>

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well<00:23:08.619><c> then</c><00:23:08.859><c> to</c><00:23:09.000><c> Lystra</c><00:23:09.339><c> he</c><00:23:09.500><c> would</c><00:23:09.759><c> go.</c>

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Such<00:23:12.299><c> was</c><00:23:12.559><c> the</c><00:23:12.799><c> spirit</c><00:23:13.039><c> of</c><00:23:13.299><c> this</c><00:23:13.539><c> man</c><00:23:13.779><c> Paul,</c><00:23:14.140><c> the</c><00:23:14.339><c> great</c><00:23:14.559><c> apostle</c><00:23:14.960><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:15.339><c> Gentiles,</c>

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ambassador,<00:23:18.140><c> extraordinary</c><00:23:18.619><c> in</c><00:23:19.140><c> every</c><00:23:19.440><c> sense</c><00:23:19.700><c> of</c><00:23:19.920><c> the</c><00:23:20.059><c> word.</c>

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Then<00:23:22.599><c> they</c><00:23:22.839><c> continued</c><00:23:23.299><c> their</c><00:23:23.599><c> return</c><00:23:24.019><c> journey,</c><00:23:26.519><c> just</c><00:23:26.900><c> picking</c><00:23:27.099><c> it</c><00:23:27.279><c> up</c>

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on<00:23:27.539><c> the</c><00:23:27.680><c> map</c><00:23:27.819><c> again,</c><00:23:28.200><c> back</c><00:23:28.440><c> to</c><00:23:28.680><c> Perga</c>

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and<00:23:29.559><c> Atelier,</c><00:23:30.200><c> the</c><00:23:30.380><c> seaport,</c><00:23:31.440><c> and</c><00:23:31.559><c> then</c><00:23:31.700><c> we</c><00:23:31.880><c> picked</c><00:23:32.019><c> us</c><00:23:32.200><c> up</c><00:23:32.380><c> in</c>

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verse<00:23:32.900><c> 26</c><00:23:33.559><c> of</c><00:23:33.819><c> Acts</c><00:23:34.059><c> chapter</c><00:23:34.380><c> 14.</c>

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Thence<00:23:37.619><c> they</c><00:23:37.819><c> sailed</c><00:23:38.079><c> to</c><00:23:38.420><c> Antioch</c><00:23:39.140><c> from</c><00:23:39.500><c> whence</c><00:23:39.980><c> they</c><00:23:40.099><c> had</c><00:23:40.240><c> been</c><00:23:40.500><c> recommended</c><00:23:40.980><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:41.339><c> grace</c><00:23:41.579><c> of</c><00:23:41.839><c> God</c><00:23:42.059><c> for</c><00:23:42.240><c> the</c>

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work<00:23:42.579><c> which</c><00:23:42.779><c> they</c><00:23:43.059><c> fulfilled.</c><00:23:44.599><c> And</c><00:23:44.799><c> when</c><00:23:44.920><c> they</c><00:23:45.079><c> were</c><00:23:45.299><c> come</c>

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they<00:23:48.740><c> rehearsed</c><00:23:49.339><c> all</c><00:23:49.740><c> that</c><00:23:49.920><c> God</c><00:23:50.160><c> had</c><00:23:50.380><c> done</c><00:23:50.660><c> with</c><00:23:50.940><c> them</c><00:23:51.440><c> and</c><00:23:51.940><c> how</c><00:23:52.180><c> he</c>

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had<00:23:52.500><c> opened</c><00:23:52.779><c> the</c><00:23:53.019><c> door</c><00:23:53.220><c> of</c><00:23:53.519><c> faith</c><00:23:53.759><c> unto</c><00:23:54.039><c> the</c>

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Gentiles.<00:23:55.980><c> And</c><00:23:56.359><c> there</c><00:23:56.680><c> they</c><00:23:56.960><c> abode</c><00:23:57.440><c> long</c><00:23:57.960><c> time</c><00:23:58.519><c> with</c><00:23:59.079><c> the</c><00:23:59.380><c> disciples.</c>

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Now<00:24:03.259><c> I</c><00:24:03.460><c> reckon</c><00:24:03.779><c> brethren</c><00:24:04.140><c> and</c><00:24:04.460><c> sisters</c><00:24:04.720><c> that</c><00:24:05.119><c> we</c><00:24:05.539><c> have</c><00:24:05.839><c> to</c><00:24:06.240><c> slot</c><00:24:06.579><c> into</c><00:24:06.940><c> this</c><00:24:07.359><c> period</c><00:24:07.839><c> between</c><00:24:08.299><c> the</c>

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end<00:24:08.740><c> of</c><00:24:08.940><c> the</c>

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first<00:24:09.440><c> missionary</c><00:24:09.839><c> journey</c><00:24:10.259><c> which</c><00:24:10.500><c> we've</c><00:24:10.779><c> just</c><00:24:10.960><c> completed</c>

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in<00:24:11.799><c> Acts</c><00:24:12.059><c> chapter</c><00:24:12.420><c> 14</c><00:24:13.279><c> and</c><00:24:15.619><c> the</c><00:24:16.180><c> delegation</c><00:24:16.759><c> which</c><00:24:17.039><c> was</c>

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sent<00:24:17.500><c> up</c><00:24:17.799><c> to</c><00:24:18.099><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:18.640><c> in</c><00:24:18.940><c> Acts</c><00:24:19.140><c> 15</c><00:24:20.000><c> to</c><00:24:20.940><c> discuss</c><00:24:21.359><c> this</c><00:24:21.740><c> question</c><00:24:22.180><c> about</c>

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:25.019
circumcision.<00:24:24.059><c> But</c><00:24:24.200><c> in</c><00:24:24.400><c> between</c><00:24:24.680><c> those</c>

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:28.180
two<00:24:25.299><c> things,</c><00:24:25.880><c> the</c><00:24:25.940><c> end</c><00:24:26.079><c> of</c><00:24:26.220><c> the</c><00:24:26.359><c> first</c><00:24:26.619><c> journey</c><00:24:26.980><c> and</c><00:24:27.240><c> the</c><00:24:27.440><c> delegation</c><00:24:27.900><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:24:29.240><c> we</c><00:24:29.579><c> need</c><00:24:29.859><c> to</c><00:24:30.279><c> slot</c><00:24:30.519><c> in</c><00:24:31.000><c> the</c>

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events<00:24:31.640><c> described</c><00:24:32.400><c> in</c><00:24:32.700><c> Galatians</c><00:24:33.240><c> chapter</c><00:24:33.660><c> 2.</c><00:24:34.819><c> Would</c><00:24:34.980><c> you</c><00:24:35.140><c> just</c><00:24:35.380><c> come</c><00:24:35.559><c> with</c><00:24:35.759><c> me</c>

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:37.200
to<00:24:36.079><c> that</c><00:24:36.299><c> place</c><00:24:36.519><c> for</c><00:24:36.779><c> a</c><00:24:36.940><c> moment</c>

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please?<00:24:38.019><c> Galatians</c><00:24:38.700><c> chapter</c><00:24:39.420><c> 2.</c><00:24:42.660><c> Paul</c><00:24:43.099><c> is</c><00:24:43.680><c> rehearsing</c><00:24:44.539><c> the</c>

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:48.400
course<00:24:45.680><c> of</c><00:24:45.900><c> his</c><00:24:46.200><c> apostleship</c><00:24:47.160><c> and</c><00:24:48.079><c> he</c><00:24:48.279><c> says</c>

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something<00:24:48.759><c> interesting</c><00:24:49.500><c> in</c><00:24:49.839><c> verse</c><00:24:50.160><c> 11.</c><00:24:51.859><c> And</c><00:24:52.079><c> I'm</c><00:24:52.220><c> going</c><00:24:52.319><c> to</c>

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read<00:24:52.759><c> to</c><00:24:53.000><c> you</c><00:24:53.180><c> from</c><00:24:53.440><c> the</c><00:24:53.779><c> New</c><00:24:53.940><c> International</c><00:24:54.579><c> version</c>

00:24:55.039 --> 00:25:00.819
here<00:24:55.279><c> because</c><00:24:55.440><c> I</c><00:24:55.559><c> think</c><00:24:55.680><c> it</c><00:24:55.859><c> makes</c><00:24:56.000><c> it</c><00:24:56.180><c> a</c><00:24:56.259><c> little</c><00:24:56.420><c> bit</c><00:24:56.720><c> clearer.</c><00:24:58.880><c> So</c><00:24:58.880><c> Galatians</c><00:25:00.000><c> 2</c>

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verse<00:25:01.279><c> 11.</c><00:25:03.619><c> Paul</c><00:25:03.819><c> says,</c>

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When<00:25:05.420><c> Peter</c><00:25:05.900><c> came</c><00:25:06.299><c> to</c><00:25:06.579><c> Antioch,</c><00:25:08.140><c> I</c><00:25:08.420><c> opposed</c><00:25:08.819><c> him</c><00:25:09.059><c> to</c><00:25:09.220><c> his</c><00:25:09.579><c> face</c>

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:12.980
because<00:25:10.240><c> he</c><00:25:10.380><c> was</c><00:25:10.720><c> clearly</c><00:25:11.180><c> in</c><00:25:11.619><c> the</c><00:25:11.880><c> wrong.</c>

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:17.259
Before<00:25:13.900><c> certain</c><00:25:14.319><c> men</c><00:25:14.660><c> came</c><00:25:14.980><c> from</c><00:25:15.299><c> James,</c><00:25:16.460><c> he</c><00:25:16.619><c> used</c><00:25:16.920><c> to</c><00:25:17.079><c> eat</c>

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with<00:25:17.500><c> the</c><00:25:17.700><c> Gentiles.</c><00:25:19.039><c> But</c><00:25:19.339><c> when</c><00:25:19.660><c> they</c><00:25:19.980><c> arrived,</c>

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:24.240
he<00:25:21.640><c> began</c><00:25:21.880><c> to</c><00:25:22.140><c> draw</c><00:25:22.299><c> back</c><00:25:22.599><c> and</c><00:25:22.900><c> separate</c><00:25:23.220><c> himself</c><00:25:23.660><c> from</c><00:25:23.960><c> the</c>

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:28.119
Gentiles<00:25:25.319><c> because</c><00:25:25.900><c> he</c><00:25:26.140><c> was</c><00:25:26.380><c> afraid</c><00:25:26.779><c> of</c><00:25:26.960><c> those</c><00:25:27.299><c> who</c>

00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:33.339
to<00:25:28.460><c> the</c><00:25:28.680><c> circumcision</c><00:25:29.519><c> group.</c><00:25:31.720><c> And</c><00:25:32.099><c> then</c><00:25:32.400><c> we</c><00:25:32.619><c> have</c><00:25:32.900><c> another</c>

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:35.799
pointer<00:25:33.819><c> to</c><00:25:34.059><c> the</c><00:25:34.319><c> character</c><00:25:34.660><c> of</c><00:25:34.859><c> this</c><00:25:35.059><c> lovely</c><00:25:35.420><c> man</c>

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:44.579
Barnabas.<00:25:37.140><c> Verse</c><00:25:37.319><c> 13.</c><00:25:39.680><c> The</c><00:25:40.119><c> other</c><00:25:40.539><c> Jews</c><00:25:41.140><c> joined</c><00:25:42.019><c> Peter</c><00:25:42.380><c> in</c><00:25:42.619><c> his</c><00:25:42.839><c> hypocrisy</c><00:25:43.940><c> so</c>

00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:47.599
that<00:25:44.799><c> by</c><00:25:45.339><c> their</c><00:25:45.779><c> hypocrisy</c><00:25:46.759><c> even</c>

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:54.720
Barnabas<00:25:48.900><c> was</c><00:25:49.299><c> led</c><00:25:49.619><c> astray.</c><00:25:52.099><c> Now</c><00:25:52.299><c> that</c><00:25:52.440><c> little</c><00:25:52.680><c> verse,</c><00:25:53.200><c> brethren</c><00:25:53.319><c> and</c><00:25:53.500><c> sisters,</c><00:25:53.799><c> tells</c><00:25:54.079><c> us</c><00:25:54.279><c> quite</c><00:25:54.539><c> a</c>

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lot<00:25:54.900><c> I</c><00:25:55.119><c> think</c>

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:59.279
about<00:25:56.359><c> the</c><00:25:56.579><c> character</c><00:25:56.859><c> of</c><00:25:57.079><c> this</c><00:25:57.339><c> good</c><00:25:57.599><c> man,</c><00:25:58.019><c> this</c><00:25:58.500><c> gentle</c><00:25:58.980><c> man</c>

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Barnabas,<00:26:01.220><c> son</c><00:26:01.400><c> of</c><00:26:01.740><c> consolation,</c>

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that<00:26:04.079><c> even</c><00:26:04.740><c> he</c><00:26:05.339><c> should</c><00:26:05.559><c> be</c><00:26:05.920><c> carried</c><00:26:06.200><c> away</c><00:26:06.579><c> by</c><00:26:06.920><c> their</c><00:26:07.180><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:26:08.839><c> It's</c><00:26:09.519><c> unthinkable</c><00:26:10.220><c> really,</c><00:26:10.660><c> Paul</c><00:26:10.960><c> is</c><00:26:11.299><c> saying,</c>

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:17.200
even<00:26:13.000><c> my</c><00:26:13.359><c> dear</c><00:26:13.640><c> old</c><00:26:14.019><c> friend</c><00:26:14.299><c> Barnabas</c><00:26:15.519><c> should</c><00:26:15.859><c> be</c><00:26:16.099><c> led</c><00:26:16.299><c> astray</c>

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.680
by<00:26:17.980><c> the</c><00:26:18.420><c> spirit</c><00:26:18.660><c> of</c><00:26:18.940><c> accommodation</c><00:26:19.480><c> to</c><00:26:19.799><c> Jewish</c>

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groupers,<00:26:21.619><c> which</c><00:26:21.680><c> is</c><00:26:22.039><c> sheer</c><00:26:22.359><c> hypocrisy</c><00:26:23.480><c> in</c><00:26:24.019><c> Christ.</c><00:26:26.799><c> And</c><00:26:26.920><c> of</c>

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:28.720
course,<00:26:27.480><c> this</c><00:26:27.480><c> kind</c><00:26:27.720><c> of</c><00:26:27.859><c> thing</c><00:26:27.960><c> can</c><00:26:28.119><c> so</c><00:26:28.339><c> easily</c>

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:33.480
happen,<00:26:29.500><c> can't</c><00:26:29.519><c> it?</c><00:26:31.140><c> It</c><00:26:31.440><c> happens</c><00:26:31.680><c> so</c><00:26:32.099><c> easily</c><00:26:32.460><c> to</c><00:26:32.700><c> gentle</c><00:26:33.180><c> men</c>

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and<00:26:33.700><c> women,</c><00:26:34.039><c> they</c><00:26:34.240><c> just</c><00:26:34.559><c> want</c><00:26:34.720><c> to</c><00:26:34.960><c> keep</c><00:26:35.180><c> the</c><00:26:35.500><c> peace</c>

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and<00:26:36.400><c> go</c><00:26:36.740><c> along</c><00:26:37.220><c> with</c><00:26:37.700><c> whatever</c><00:26:38.099><c> is</c><00:26:38.420><c> taking</c><00:26:38.799><c> place.</c><00:26:41.240><c> No</c><00:26:41.460><c> doubt</c>

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:44.359
Barnabas<00:26:42.160><c> had</c><00:26:42.339><c> a</c><00:26:42.500><c> great</c><00:26:42.700><c> respect</c><00:26:43.220><c> for</c><00:26:43.480><c> Peter,</c>

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:48.039
knew<00:26:44.839><c> of</c><00:26:44.980><c> his</c><00:26:45.220><c> work</c><00:26:45.400><c> among</c><00:26:45.660><c> the</c><00:26:45.900><c> Gentiles</c><00:26:46.539><c> back</c><00:26:46.799><c> in</c><00:26:46.960><c> Acts</c><00:26:47.220><c> chapter</c><00:26:47.480><c> 10,</c>

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.619
when<00:26:48.400><c> the</c><00:26:48.599><c> keys</c><00:26:48.759><c> of</c><00:26:48.940><c> the</c><00:26:49.099><c> kingdom</c><00:26:49.380><c> were</c>

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:54.859
to<00:26:50.000><c> open</c><00:26:50.339><c> the</c><00:26:50.660><c> door</c><00:26:51.200><c> to</c><00:26:51.519><c> Cornelius</c><00:26:52.039><c> and</c><00:26:52.259><c> his</c><00:26:52.460><c> household.</c><00:26:54.519><c> And</c>

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:58.119
so<00:26:55.000><c> when</c><00:26:55.259><c> Peter</c><00:26:55.599><c> came</c><00:26:55.980><c> from</c><00:26:56.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:56.920><c> to</c><00:26:57.279><c> Antioch,</c>

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:03.700
even<00:27:00.039><c> Barnabas</c><00:27:00.720><c> was</c><00:27:01.420><c> carried</c><00:27:01.740><c> away</c><00:27:02.079><c> by</c><00:27:02.420><c> their</c><00:27:02.779><c> dissimulation</c>

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:06.319
or<00:27:03.980><c> hypocrisy.</c><00:27:05.680><c> And</c><00:27:05.900><c> Paul</c><00:27:06.059><c> was</c>

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:09.099
horrified<00:27:06.779><c> to</c><00:27:07.000><c> think</c><00:27:07.099><c> that</c><00:27:07.259><c> his</c><00:27:07.400><c> right</c><00:27:07.740><c>-hand</c><00:27:07.940><c> man</c><00:27:08.460><c> had</c><00:27:08.799><c> been</c>

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undermined<00:27:09.740><c> by</c><00:27:10.019><c> the</c><00:27:10.200><c> Jewish</c><00:27:10.460><c> party,</c>

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:17.400
because<00:27:12.400><c> he</c><00:27:12.539><c> was</c><00:27:12.700><c> a</c><00:27:12.839><c> good</c><00:27:13.000><c> man,</c><00:27:14.059><c> full</c><00:27:14.240><c> of</c><00:27:14.380><c> the</c><00:27:14.599><c> Holy</c><00:27:14.839><c> Spirit</c><00:27:15.700><c> and</c><00:27:16.099><c> of</c><00:27:16.400><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:27:19.940><c> move</c><00:27:20.180><c> on</c><00:27:20.519><c> just</c><00:27:20.799><c> briefly</c><00:27:21.279><c> into</c><00:27:21.700><c> the</c><00:27:21.900><c> 15th</c><00:27:22.559><c> chapter</c><00:27:22.960><c> of</c>

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Acts,<00:27:23.759><c> please,</c>

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:30.599
which<00:27:27.720><c> outlines</c><00:27:28.259><c> the</c><00:27:28.619><c> dispute</c><00:27:29.079><c> which</c><00:27:29.380><c> then</c><00:27:29.700><c> arose</c><00:27:30.099><c> over</c><00:27:30.380><c> the</c>

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question<00:27:30.920><c> of</c><00:27:31.240><c> circumcision</c>

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:37.819
and<00:27:33.400><c> how</c><00:27:33.660><c> this</c><00:27:33.940><c> was</c><00:27:34.500><c> dealt</c><00:27:34.940><c> with</c><00:27:35.099><c> by</c><00:27:35.400><c> the</c><00:27:35.599><c> elders</c><00:27:35.819><c> of</c><00:27:36.059><c> the</c><00:27:36.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:36.519><c> in</c><00:27:36.759><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:40.819
And<00:27:38.960><c> there's</c><00:27:39.079><c> just</c><00:27:39.319><c> one</c><00:27:39.660><c> point</c><00:27:39.859><c> which</c><00:27:40.059><c> I</c><00:27:40.240><c> want</c><00:27:40.380><c> to</c><00:27:40.559><c> bring</c><00:27:40.660><c> to</c>

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your<00:27:41.039><c> attention</c><00:27:41.400><c> in</c><00:27:41.720><c> passing,</c>

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:47.759
which<00:27:42.220><c> I</c><00:27:42.460><c> find</c><00:27:42.680><c> rather</c><00:27:42.980><c> interesting.</c><00:27:45.819><c> We've</c><00:27:46.400><c> already</c><00:27:46.799><c> alluded</c><00:27:47.259><c> to</c><00:27:47.519><c> the</c>

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:49.519
fact<00:27:48.079><c> that</c><00:27:48.619><c> before</c><00:27:49.039><c> the</c><00:27:49.279><c> first</c>

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:52.640
missionary<00:27:49.980><c> journey</c><00:27:50.299><c> began,</c><00:27:50.880><c> the</c><00:27:51.019><c> order</c><00:27:51.220><c> of</c><00:27:51.440><c> the</c><00:27:51.599><c> names</c><00:27:51.839><c> was</c>

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:57.619
Barnabas<00:27:53.779><c> and</c><00:27:54.240><c> Saul.</c><00:27:56.200><c> And</c><00:27:56.480><c> it</c><00:27:56.579><c> then</c><00:27:56.799><c> became</c><00:27:57.279><c> Paul</c>

00:27:57.619 --> 00:28:01.279
and<00:27:57.839><c> Barnabas</c><00:27:58.500><c> once</c><00:27:58.819><c> the</c><00:27:59.099><c> work</c><00:27:59.740><c> for</c><00:28:00.339><c> which</c><00:28:00.539><c> the</c><00:28:00.799><c> Spirit</c><00:28:01.000><c> had</c>

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separated<00:28:01.720><c> them</c><00:28:02.200><c> had</c><00:28:02.579><c> begun.</c><00:28:04.420><c> Now</c><00:28:04.859><c> there</c><00:28:05.099><c> are</c><00:28:05.940><c> three</c>

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verses<00:28:06.779><c> in</c><00:28:07.019><c> these</c><00:28:07.240><c> chapters</c><00:28:07.619><c> we've</c><00:28:07.880><c> been</c><00:28:08.119><c> looking</c><00:28:08.400><c> at</c><00:28:08.680><c> in</c><00:28:08.839><c> which</c><00:28:09.000><c> that</c><00:28:09.319><c> order</c><00:28:09.559><c> is</c>

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again<00:28:10.079><c> reversed</c><00:28:10.500><c> to</c><00:28:10.740><c> the</c><00:28:10.960><c> original.</c>

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And<00:28:12.180><c> I</c><00:28:12.259><c> think</c><00:28:12.400><c> we</c><00:28:12.579><c> need</c><00:28:12.720><c> to</c><00:28:12.900><c> just</c><00:28:13.140><c> ask</c><00:28:13.440><c> ourselves</c><00:28:13.940><c> why.</c><00:28:16.480><c> The</c><00:28:16.720><c> first</c><00:28:16.920><c> you'll</c><00:28:17.319><c> find</c><00:28:17.579><c> back</c><00:28:17.859><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:28:18.380><c> 14</c>

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at<00:28:19.900><c> verse</c><00:28:20.180><c> 14.</c><00:28:23.799><c> We're</c><00:28:24.019><c> in</c><00:28:24.160><c> the</c><00:28:24.279><c> middle</c><00:28:24.480><c> of</c><00:28:24.700><c> the</c><00:28:24.960><c> incident</c>

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when<00:28:28.599><c> the</c><00:28:29.440><c> men</c><00:28:29.940><c> of</c><00:28:30.400><c> Lycaonia</c><00:28:31.859><c> regarded</c><00:28:32.759><c> Paul</c><00:28:33.559><c> and</c><00:28:33.779><c> Barnabas</c>

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as<00:28:34.759><c> gods</c><00:28:35.380><c> and</c><00:28:36.519><c> wanted</c><00:28:36.720><c> to</c><00:28:36.980><c> do</c><00:28:37.180><c> sacrifice</c><00:28:37.880><c> to</c><00:28:38.140><c> them.</c>

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Verse<00:28:40.660><c> 14,</c><00:28:41.380><c> which</c><00:28:41.740><c> when</c><00:28:42.079><c> the</c><00:28:42.339><c> apostles</c><00:28:42.859><c> Barnabas</c><00:28:43.700><c> and</c><00:28:44.180><c> Paul</c>

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heard<00:28:45.180><c> of,</c><00:28:46.160><c> they</c><00:28:46.480><c> rent</c><00:28:46.779><c> their</c><00:28:47.059><c> clothes</c><00:28:47.339><c> and</c><00:28:47.640><c> ran</c>

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among<00:28:48.140><c> the</c><00:28:48.380><c> people</c><00:28:48.599><c> crying</c><00:28:48.940><c> out</c><00:28:49.180><c> and</c><00:28:49.380><c> saying</c><00:28:49.500><c> look</c><00:28:49.799><c> don't</c><00:28:50.059><c> do</c>

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it.<00:28:52.599><c> And</c><00:28:52.799><c> I</c><00:28:52.980><c> think</c><00:28:53.119><c> the</c><00:28:53.500><c> order</c><00:28:53.779><c> in</c><00:28:54.019><c> that</c><00:28:54.339><c> verse</c>

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brothers<00:28:54.960><c> and</c><00:28:55.119><c> sisters,</c><00:28:55.700><c> verse</c><00:28:55.819><c> 14,</c><00:28:57.019><c> Barnabas</c><00:28:57.319><c> and</c><00:28:57.599><c> Paul</c><00:28:58.180><c> is</c>

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explained<00:29:00.559><c> by</c><00:29:00.779><c> the</c><00:29:00.980><c> point</c><00:29:01.140><c> which</c><00:29:01.339><c> we</c><00:29:01.599><c> made</c><00:29:01.779><c> earlier.</c>

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The<00:29:03.960><c> perception</c><00:29:04.619><c> of</c><00:29:04.880><c> the</c><00:29:05.140><c> local</c><00:29:05.660><c> people</c><00:29:06.279><c> was</c><00:29:06.880><c> that</c><00:29:07.319><c> Barnabas</c>

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:10.660
was<00:29:08.039><c> the</c><00:29:08.279><c> leader</c><00:29:08.539><c> because</c><00:29:08.859><c> he</c><00:29:09.039><c> was</c><00:29:09.200><c> the</c><00:29:09.400><c> big</c><00:29:09.660><c> fellow</c>

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and<00:29:11.539><c> Paul</c><00:29:11.920><c> the</c><00:29:12.180><c> chief</c><00:29:12.460><c> spokesman.</c><00:29:13.920><c> And</c><00:29:14.259><c> so</c><00:29:14.480><c> that</c><00:29:14.880><c> particular</c>

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order<00:29:16.319><c> is</c><00:29:17.539><c> the</c><00:29:17.819><c> perception</c><00:29:18.200><c> of</c><00:29:18.420><c> the</c>

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local<00:29:18.980><c> people</c><00:29:19.619><c> and</c><00:29:20.539><c> it's</c><00:29:20.880><c> maintained</c><00:29:21.480><c> for</c><00:29:21.740><c> the</c><00:29:21.900><c> duration</c><00:29:22.400><c> of</c>

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that<00:29:22.900><c> particular</c><00:29:23.539><c> incident.</c><00:29:26.279><c> Next</c><00:29:26.920><c> chapter</c><00:29:27.720><c> 15</c><00:29:28.220><c> verse</c><00:29:28.680><c> 12</c>

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we<00:29:33.559><c> read</c><00:29:33.819><c> that</c><00:29:33.980><c> all</c><00:29:34.180><c> the</c><00:29:34.339><c> multitude</c><00:29:34.779><c> kept</c><00:29:35.200><c> silence</c><00:29:35.900><c> and</c><00:29:36.200><c> gave</c>

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audience<00:29:37.380><c> to</c><00:29:37.759><c> Barnabas</c><00:29:38.119><c> and</c><00:29:38.380><c> Paul</c>

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declaring<00:29:40.420><c> the</c><00:29:40.759><c> wonders</c><00:29:41.019><c> and</c><00:29:41.599><c> the</c><00:29:41.819><c> miracles</c><00:29:42.140><c> and</c><00:29:42.420><c> wonders</c>

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God<00:29:43.019><c> had</c><00:29:43.220><c> wrought</c><00:29:43.400><c> among</c><00:29:43.640><c> the</c><00:29:43.880><c> gentiles</c>

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by<00:29:45.299><c> them.</c><00:29:46.740><c> And</c><00:29:47.119><c> you'll</c><00:29:47.380><c> find</c><00:29:47.579><c> that</c><00:29:47.859><c> order</c><00:29:48.039><c> again</c><00:29:48.359><c> in</c><00:29:48.539><c> the</c><00:29:48.700><c> 25th</c>

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verse<00:29:49.680><c> of</c><00:29:49.920><c> chapter</c><00:29:50.240><c> 15.</c>

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It<00:29:52.460><c> seemed</c><00:29:52.859><c> good</c><00:29:53.240><c> unto</c><00:29:53.480><c> us</c><00:29:53.779><c> being</c><00:29:54.019><c> assembled</c><00:29:54.400><c> with</c><00:29:54.619><c> one</c><00:29:54.859><c> accord</c><00:29:55.200><c> to</c><00:29:55.500><c> send</c>

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chosen<00:29:56.240><c> men</c><00:29:56.539><c> unto</c><00:29:56.859><c> you</c><00:29:57.140><c> with</c><00:29:57.519><c> our</c><00:29:58.019><c> beloved</c><00:29:58.799><c> Barnabas</c><00:29:59.960><c> and</c><00:30:00.640><c> Paul.</c>

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I<00:30:04.539><c> just</c><00:30:04.779><c> remember</c><00:30:05.460><c> where</c><00:30:06.559><c> this</c><00:30:06.799><c> incident's</c><00:30:07.299><c> taking</c><00:30:07.519><c> place.</c>

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It's<00:30:08.380><c> in</c><00:30:08.700><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:09.299><c> and</c><00:30:10.279><c> these</c><00:30:10.579><c> verses</c><00:30:11.019><c> show</c>

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the<00:30:11.839><c> esteem</c><00:30:12.700><c> in</c><00:30:12.880><c> which</c><00:30:13.119><c> Barnabas</c><00:30:13.539><c> was</c><00:30:13.839><c> held</c><00:30:14.339><c> amongst</c><00:30:14.880><c> the</c><00:30:15.119><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:15.460><c> members</c><00:30:15.799><c> of</c>

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Jerusalem.<00:30:17.039><c> When</c><00:30:17.259><c> he</c><00:30:17.400><c> was</c><00:30:17.599><c> back</c>

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on<00:30:18.140><c> home</c><00:30:18.460><c> ground</c><00:30:18.960><c> they</c><00:30:20.220><c> automatically</c><00:30:20.799><c> assumed</c><00:30:21.279><c> that</c><00:30:21.460><c> he</c><00:30:21.559><c> was</c>

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still<00:30:21.980><c> the</c><00:30:22.180><c> leader</c><00:30:22.380><c> of</c><00:30:22.619><c> the</c><00:30:22.859><c> pair.</c><00:30:23.819><c> He</c><00:30:24.119><c> was</c><00:30:24.339><c> the</c><00:30:24.539><c> one</c>

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who<00:30:24.940><c> originally</c><00:30:25.480><c> introduced</c><00:30:26.299><c> Saul</c><00:30:26.660><c> to</c><00:30:26.900><c> the</c><00:30:27.079><c> elders</c><00:30:27.259><c> of</c><00:30:27.500><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:30:28.039><c> in</c><00:30:28.279><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:28.779><c> after</c><00:30:29.160><c> the</c><00:30:29.400><c> conversion</c>

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on<00:30:29.960><c> the</c><00:30:30.119><c> Damascus</c><00:30:30.660><c> road.</c><00:30:31.799><c> It</c><00:30:31.799><c> was</c><00:30:31.980><c> Barnabas</c><00:30:33.420><c> who</c><00:30:33.720><c> took</c><00:30:33.940><c> Paul</c>

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to<00:30:34.859><c> the</c><00:30:35.140><c> elders</c><00:30:35.579><c> and</c><00:30:36.079><c> said</c><00:30:36.259><c> look</c><00:30:36.440><c> he's</c><00:30:36.779><c> all</c><00:30:37.019><c> right</c>

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his<00:30:38.059><c> conversion</c><00:30:38.519><c> is</c><00:30:38.799><c> genuine.</c><00:30:40.859><c> And</c><00:30:41.000><c> it</c><00:30:41.119><c> just</c><00:30:41.259><c> reminds</c><00:30:41.720><c> us</c><00:30:42.039><c> brethren</c><00:30:42.299><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:30:42.680><c> in</c><00:30:43.000><c> reviewing</c><00:30:43.339><c> this</c><00:30:43.640><c> situation</c>

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how<00:30:44.700><c> very</c><00:30:45.140><c> different</c><00:30:45.519><c> the</c><00:30:45.900><c> perceptions</c><00:30:46.460><c> of</c><00:30:46.819><c> men</c><00:30:47.039><c> and</c><00:30:47.359><c> women</c>

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are<00:30:48.319><c> from</c><00:30:48.900><c> the</c><00:30:49.200><c> mind</c><00:30:49.480><c> of</c><00:30:49.700><c> the</c><00:30:50.000><c> spirit</c><00:30:50.440><c> and</c><00:30:51.039><c> the</c><00:30:51.200><c> way</c>

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the<00:30:51.660><c> Lord</c><00:30:51.960><c> sees</c><00:30:52.400><c> things.</c><00:30:54.759><c> As</c><00:30:54.980><c> we</c><00:30:55.140><c> know</c><00:30:55.839><c> our</c><00:30:56.559><c> ways</c><00:30:56.859><c> are</c><00:30:57.079><c> not</c><00:30:57.240><c> his</c>

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ways<00:30:58.099><c> and</c><00:30:58.559><c> our</c><00:30:58.839><c> thoughts</c><00:30:59.099><c> are</c><00:30:59.319><c> not</c><00:30:59.480><c> his</c><00:30:59.799><c> thoughts</c>

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so<00:31:01.839><c> he's</c><00:31:02.079><c> so</c><00:31:02.559><c> far</c><00:31:02.859><c> above</c><00:31:03.240><c> us.</c><00:31:06.200><c> As</c><00:31:06.460><c> Paul</c><00:31:06.720><c> was</c><00:31:07.019><c> to</c><00:31:07.259><c> later</c><00:31:07.599><c> say</c><00:31:07.880><c> in</c>

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2nd<00:31:08.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:08.960><c> 10,</c><00:31:09.500><c> it's</c><00:31:09.579><c> not</c><00:31:09.779><c> what</c><00:31:10.039><c> men</c>

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think<00:31:10.660><c> that</c><00:31:10.920><c> matters</c><00:31:11.400><c> but</c><00:31:11.859><c> whom</c><00:31:12.119><c> the</c><00:31:12.380><c> Lord</c><00:31:12.700><c> commends</c><00:31:13.779><c> that</c><00:31:14.140><c> is</c>

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important.<00:31:17.400><c> Now</c><00:31:17.599><c> of</c><00:31:17.779><c> course</c><00:31:18.460><c> both</c><00:31:19.440><c> these</c><00:31:20.480><c> men</c>

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received<00:31:21.180><c> ample</c><00:31:21.599><c> commendation</c><00:31:22.240><c> in</c><00:31:22.420><c> the</c><00:31:22.519><c> book</c><00:31:22.660><c> of</c><00:31:22.880><c> Acts.</c><00:31:23.099><c> They</c>

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were<00:31:23.400><c> both</c><00:31:23.720><c> faithful</c><00:31:24.140><c> servants</c><00:31:24.619><c> of</c><00:31:24.839><c> the</c><00:31:25.000><c> Lord</c>

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but<00:31:26.000><c> as</c><00:31:26.220><c> far</c><00:31:26.380><c> as</c><00:31:26.519><c> the</c><00:31:26.720><c> leadership</c><00:31:27.019><c> was</c><00:31:27.339><c> concerned</c><00:31:27.799><c> the</c><00:31:28.119><c> spirit</c>

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had<00:31:28.640><c> decreed</c><00:31:29.019><c> that</c><00:31:29.160><c> it</c><00:31:29.380><c> should</c><00:31:29.539><c> be</c>

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Paul<00:31:30.700><c> and</c><00:31:31.259><c> Barnabas</c><00:31:32.440><c> and</c><00:31:32.980><c> it</c><00:31:33.079><c> was</c><00:31:33.200><c> only</c><00:31:33.460><c> the</c><00:31:33.640><c> thinking</c><00:31:33.839><c> of</c><00:31:34.099><c> men</c>

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in<00:31:35.579><c> chapters</c><00:31:35.819><c> 14</c><00:31:36.279><c> and</c><00:31:36.460><c> 15</c><00:31:36.859><c> which</c><00:31:37.180><c> reversed</c><00:31:37.539><c> that</c><00:31:37.900><c> order.</c>

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I<00:31:40.400><c> think</c><00:31:40.539><c> there's</c><00:31:40.759><c> a</c><00:31:40.880><c> lesson</c><00:31:41.059><c> in</c><00:31:41.279><c> that</c><00:31:41.400><c> for</c><00:31:41.539><c> us</c><00:31:41.839><c> too</c><00:31:42.019><c> isn't</c><00:31:42.319><c> there.</c><00:31:43.279><c> Our</c>

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perceptions<00:31:43.960><c> can</c><00:31:44.180><c> often</c><00:31:44.380><c> be</c><00:31:44.680><c> so</c><00:31:45.039><c> wrong</c>

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from<00:31:46.200><c> the</c><00:31:46.420><c> mind</c><00:31:46.640><c> so</c><00:31:46.900><c> different</c><00:31:47.240><c> from</c><00:31:47.440><c> the</c><00:31:47.660><c> mind</c><00:31:47.819><c> of</c><00:31:48.000><c> the</c><00:31:48.200><c> spirit.</c><00:31:50.460><c> Then</c>

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once<00:31:51.500><c> the</c><00:31:53.039><c> dispute</c><00:31:53.380><c> over</c><00:31:53.700><c> circumcision</c>

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had<00:31:54.640><c> been</c><00:31:54.920><c> settled</c><00:31:55.240><c> Paul</c><00:31:55.559><c> and</c><00:31:55.759><c> Barnabas</c><00:31:56.119><c> decided</c><00:31:56.619><c> that</c><00:31:56.799><c> they</c>

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would<00:31:57.099><c> go</c><00:31:57.420><c> back</c><00:31:57.660><c> over</c><00:31:57.920><c> the</c><00:31:58.160><c> ground</c><00:31:58.359><c> they</c><00:31:58.519><c> had</c>

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covered<00:31:59.000><c> earlier</c><00:31:59.500><c> on</c><00:32:00.019><c> their</c><00:32:00.240><c> first</c><00:32:00.559><c> missionary</c><00:32:00.920><c> journey.</c><00:32:02.519><c> We</c>

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read<00:32:02.759><c> about</c><00:32:03.019><c> this</c><00:32:03.240><c> in</c><00:32:03.400><c> verse</c><00:32:03.599><c> 36</c>

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.779
and<00:32:06.839><c> note</c><00:32:07.059><c> that</c><00:32:07.279><c> we're</c><00:32:07.519><c> back</c><00:32:07.680><c> to</c><00:32:07.839><c> the</c><00:32:08.099><c> correct</c><00:32:08.319><c> order</c><00:32:08.619><c> here.</c>

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:14.220
After<00:32:11.099><c> some</c><00:32:11.480><c> days</c><00:32:12.160><c> Paul</c><00:32:12.799><c> said</c><00:32:13.160><c> to</c><00:32:13.460><c> Barnabas,</c>

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:17.640
let<00:32:14.500><c> us</c><00:32:14.799><c> go</c><00:32:15.079><c> again</c><00:32:15.740><c> and</c><00:32:16.119><c> visit</c><00:32:16.299><c> our</c><00:32:16.579><c> brethren</c><00:32:16.859><c> in</c><00:32:17.180><c> every</c><00:32:17.400><c> city</c>

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:19.380
where<00:32:17.859><c> we</c><00:32:18.059><c> have</c><00:32:18.240><c> preached</c><00:32:18.500><c> the</c><00:32:18.660><c> word</c><00:32:18.799><c> of</c><00:32:18.980><c> the</c><00:32:19.140><c> Lord</c>

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:25.880
and<00:32:19.680><c> see</c><00:32:19.980><c> how</c><00:32:20.299><c> they</c><00:32:20.700><c> do.</c><00:32:23.940><c> Barnabas</c><00:32:24.539><c> determined</c><00:32:25.099><c> to</c><00:32:25.359><c> take</c><00:32:25.640><c> with</c>

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:29.519
them<00:32:26.160><c> John</c><00:32:26.900><c> whose</c><00:32:27.400><c> surname</c><00:32:27.880><c> was</c><00:32:28.539><c> Mark.</c>

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:32.960
He<00:32:30.619><c> obviously</c><00:32:30.960><c> feels</c><00:32:31.559><c> that</c><00:32:31.859><c> the</c><00:32:32.119><c> young</c><00:32:32.299><c> man</c><00:32:32.519><c> should</c><00:32:32.640><c> be</c><00:32:32.799><c> given</c>

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:35.140
another<00:32:33.279><c> chance</c><00:32:33.759><c> and</c><00:32:33.960><c> he</c><00:32:34.180><c> was</c><00:32:34.339><c> after</c><00:32:34.640><c> all</c><00:32:34.839><c> his</c>

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:41.279
cousin.<00:32:37.200><c> Verse</c><00:32:37.460><c> 38</c><00:32:38.160><c> but</c><00:32:39.079><c> Paul</c><00:32:39.680><c> thought</c><00:32:40.059><c> not</c><00:32:40.599><c> good</c><00:32:40.839><c> to</c><00:32:41.099><c> take</c>

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:43.640
him<00:32:41.380><c> with</c><00:32:41.680><c> them</c><00:32:42.039><c> who</c><00:32:42.500><c> departed</c><00:32:42.900><c> from</c><00:32:43.240><c> them</c><00:32:43.440><c> from</c>

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:49.299
Pamphylia<00:32:44.420><c> and</c><00:32:44.759><c> went</c><00:32:45.059><c> not</c><00:32:45.420><c> with</c><00:32:45.700><c> them</c><00:32:46.140><c> to</c><00:32:46.480><c> the</c><00:32:46.779><c> work.</c><00:32:48.339><c> And</c><00:32:48.720><c> then</c><00:32:49.039><c> one</c>

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:52.599
of<00:32:49.460><c> the</c><00:32:49.799><c> saddest</c><00:32:50.440><c> verses</c><00:32:50.920><c> in</c><00:32:51.180><c> the</c><00:32:51.299><c> book</c><00:32:51.460><c> of</c><00:32:51.740><c> Acts</c>

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:58.480
verse<00:32:53.920><c> 39</c><00:32:54.500><c> and</c><00:32:55.380><c> the</c><00:32:55.740><c> contention</c><00:32:56.279><c> was</c><00:32:56.700><c> so</c><00:32:57.259><c> sharp</c><00:32:57.559><c> between</c><00:32:58.039><c> them</c>

00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:01.579
that<00:32:58.960><c> they</c><00:32:59.200><c> departed</c><00:32:59.599><c> asunder</c><00:33:00.059><c> one</c><00:33:00.319><c> from</c><00:33:00.480><c> the</c><00:33:00.680><c> other</c>

00:33:01.950 --> 00:33:07.960
and<00:33:02.319><c> so</c><00:33:02.819><c> Barnabas</c><00:33:03.380><c> took</c><00:33:03.680><c> Mark</c><00:33:04.160><c> and</c><00:33:05.220><c> sailed</c><00:33:05.500><c> unto</c><00:33:05.839><c> Cyprus.</c><00:33:07.220><c> He</c>

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:10.019
decided<00:33:08.279><c> to</c><00:33:08.420><c> go</c><00:33:08.619><c> back</c><00:33:08.799><c> to</c><00:33:08.920><c> his</c><00:33:09.099><c> home</c><00:33:09.380><c> territory</c><00:33:09.819><c> where</c>

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:16.579
he<00:33:10.140><c> was</c><00:33:10.380><c> born</c><00:33:11.039><c> his</c><00:33:12.059><c> country</c><00:33:12.400><c> of</c><00:33:12.700><c> origin</c><00:33:13.240><c> and</c><00:33:14.740><c> Paul</c><00:33:15.160><c> chose</c><00:33:15.539><c> Silas</c><00:33:16.119><c> and</c>

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:18.839
departed<00:33:17.119><c> being</c><00:33:17.960><c> recommended</c><00:33:18.420><c> by</c><00:33:18.720><c> the</c>

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:22.420
brethren<00:33:19.160><c> unto</c><00:33:19.420><c> the</c><00:33:19.660><c> grace</c><00:33:19.920><c> of</c><00:33:20.220><c> God</c><00:33:20.579><c> and</c><00:33:21.319><c> he</c><00:33:21.619><c> went</c><00:33:22.059><c> through</c>

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:25.980
Syria<00:33:22.839><c> and</c><00:33:23.180><c> Cilicia</c><00:33:24.059><c> confirming</c><00:33:24.740><c> the</c><00:33:25.039><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:30.839
So<00:33:28.079><c> Paul</c><00:33:28.299><c> took</c><00:33:28.539><c> Silas</c><00:33:28.960><c> with</c><00:33:29.180><c> him</c><00:33:29.599><c> on</c><00:33:30.000><c> the</c><00:33:30.180><c> second</c><00:33:30.440><c> missionary</c>

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:34.640
journey<00:33:31.339><c> and</c><00:33:31.859><c> he</c><00:33:32.039><c> departed</c><00:33:32.380><c> without</c><00:33:32.859><c> Barnabas</c><00:33:33.619><c> his</c><00:33:34.279><c> right</c>

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:38.920
hand<00:33:34.839><c> man</c><00:33:35.200><c> who</c><00:33:35.339><c> had</c><00:33:35.500><c> been</c><00:33:35.680><c> so</c><00:33:36.079><c> supportive</c><00:33:36.400><c> on</c><00:33:36.579><c> the</c><00:33:36.779><c> first</c><00:33:37.039><c> missionary</c><00:33:37.400><c> journey</c><00:33:37.940><c> and</c>

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:40.960
he<00:33:39.000><c> was</c><00:33:39.220><c> going</c><00:33:39.599><c> back</c><00:33:40.180><c> over</c><00:33:40.579><c> the</c>

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:46.160
same<00:33:41.440><c> ground.</c><00:33:42.740><c> Let</c><00:33:43.319><c> us</c><00:33:43.460><c> go</c><00:33:43.619><c> to</c><00:33:43.779><c> all</c><00:33:44.039><c> the</c><00:33:44.240><c> cities</c><00:33:44.539><c> where</c><00:33:45.140><c> we</c><00:33:45.400><c> have</c><00:33:45.640><c> been</c><00:33:45.900><c> and</c>

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:49.960
see<00:33:46.400><c> how</c><00:33:46.720><c> they</c><00:33:47.099><c> do.</c><00:33:49.059><c> Now</c><00:33:49.259><c> just</c><00:33:49.480><c> imagine</c>

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:52.740
what<00:33:50.180><c> must</c><00:33:50.460><c> have</c><00:33:50.640><c> happened</c><00:33:50.960><c> brethren</c><00:33:51.299><c> and</c><00:33:51.559><c> sisters</c><00:33:51.900><c> when</c><00:33:52.460><c> he</c>

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:54.839
arrived<00:33:52.920><c> at</c><00:33:53.059><c> the</c><00:33:53.240><c> various</c><00:33:53.539><c> Ecclesias</c><00:33:54.079><c> which</c><00:33:54.319><c> they</c><00:33:54.579><c> had</c>

00:33:54.839 --> 00:34:00.160
founded<00:33:55.299><c> and</c><00:33:55.759><c> tended</c><00:33:56.059><c> and</c><00:33:56.420><c> nurtured.</c><00:33:58.240><c> Wouldn't</c><00:33:58.660><c> the</c><00:33:58.859><c> brethren</c><00:33:59.119><c> and</c><00:33:59.380><c> sisters</c><00:33:59.619><c> say</c>

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.960
but<00:34:00.960><c> where's</c><00:34:01.420><c> Barnabas?</c>

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:08.039
Why<00:34:02.559><c> isn't</c><00:34:02.759><c> he</c><00:34:02.920><c> with</c><00:34:03.180><c> you?</c><00:34:04.779><c> Where</c><00:34:05.099><c> is</c><00:34:05.380><c> he?</c><00:34:07.200><c> And</c><00:34:07.440><c> when</c><00:34:07.579><c> Barnabas</c>

00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:11.099
went<00:34:08.260><c> to</c><00:34:08.579><c> Cyprus</c><00:34:09.139><c> his</c><00:34:10.239><c> home</c><00:34:10.539><c> country</c><00:34:10.880><c> where</c>

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:13.000
he<00:34:11.280><c> and</c><00:34:11.380><c> Paul</c><00:34:11.619><c> had</c><00:34:11.860><c> preached</c><00:34:12.079><c> don't</c><00:34:12.380><c> you</c><00:34:12.579><c> think</c><00:34:12.659><c> they</c><00:34:12.860><c> would</c>

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:15.000
have<00:34:13.139><c> said</c><00:34:13.300><c> to</c><00:34:13.360><c> him</c><00:34:13.679><c> what's</c><00:34:14.099><c> happened?</c>

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:20.539
Why<00:34:15.880><c> are</c><00:34:15.980><c> you</c><00:34:16.079><c> on</c><00:34:16.260><c> your</c><00:34:16.579><c> own?</c><00:34:17.880><c> What's</c><00:34:18.360><c> happened</c><00:34:18.500><c> to</c><00:34:18.820><c> Paul</c><00:34:19.139><c> where</c><00:34:19.440><c> is</c><00:34:19.739><c> he?</c>

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:27.360
And<00:34:22.179><c> that's</c><00:34:22.760><c> the</c><00:34:22.960><c> tragedy</c><00:34:23.420><c> of</c><00:34:23.719><c> parting</c><00:34:24.019><c> asunder</c><00:34:24.539><c> brethren</c><00:34:24.900><c> and</c><00:34:25.179><c> sisters.</c><00:34:26.400><c> The</c><00:34:26.619><c> effect</c><00:34:26.800><c> you</c><00:34:27.059><c> see</c><00:34:27.199><c> is</c>

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.599
not<00:34:27.559><c> only</c><00:34:27.920><c> on</c><00:34:28.139><c> the</c>

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:35.159
participants<00:34:29.280><c> but</c><00:34:31.119><c> on</c><00:34:31.420><c> others</c><00:34:31.760><c> who</c><00:34:32.079><c> love</c><00:34:32.280><c> them</c><00:34:32.500><c> as</c><00:34:32.800><c> well.</c><00:34:34.599><c> Often</c><00:34:34.960><c> on</c>

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:37.260
the<00:34:35.380><c> people</c><00:34:35.559><c> they're</c><00:34:35.739><c> not</c><00:34:35.960><c> even</c><00:34:36.260><c> aware</c><00:34:36.739><c> of</c>

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:45.320
the<00:34:37.980><c> little</c><00:34:38.380><c> people</c><00:34:38.699><c> in</c><00:34:38.940><c> the</c><00:34:39.119><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:39.559><c> the</c><00:34:40.139><c> casualties</c><00:34:41.059><c> whose</c><00:34:41.880><c> faith</c><00:34:42.199><c> suffers.</c><00:34:44.000><c> I</c><00:34:44.179><c> think</c><00:34:44.340><c> it's</c><00:34:44.639><c> this</c><00:34:44.880><c> that</c><00:34:45.059><c> we</c>

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:48.559
need<00:34:45.539><c> to</c><00:34:45.579><c> think</c><00:34:45.840><c> about</c><00:34:46.119><c> very</c><00:34:46.559><c> carefully.</c><00:34:48.300><c> There</c><00:34:48.380><c> have</c><00:34:48.460><c> been</c>

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:52.119
far<00:34:48.900><c> too</c><00:34:49.159><c> many</c><00:34:49.440><c> partings</c><00:34:49.940><c> asunder</c><00:34:50.400><c> in</c><00:34:50.619><c> our</c><00:34:50.900><c> community</c>

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:56.219
most<00:34:53.139><c> of</c><00:34:53.300><c> them</c><00:34:53.460><c> avoidable</c><00:34:54.119><c> and</c><00:34:54.559><c> so</c><00:34:54.820><c> often</c><00:34:55.139><c> caused</c><00:34:55.480><c> by</c><00:34:55.880><c> a</c><00:34:56.039><c> clash</c>

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:59.139
of<00:34:56.659><c> personalities</c><00:34:57.320><c> and</c><00:34:58.139><c> you</c><00:34:58.300><c> will</c><00:34:58.519><c> know</c><00:34:58.659><c> exactly</c>

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:03.679
what<00:34:59.320><c> I'm</c><00:34:59.559><c> talking</c><00:34:59.900><c> about.</c><00:35:01.619><c> Even</c><00:35:02.039><c> Barnabas</c><00:35:02.460><c> and</c><00:35:02.739><c> Paul</c><00:35:03.000><c> suffered</c><00:35:03.380><c> from</c>

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:05.739
it,<00:35:04.099><c> went</c><00:35:04.300><c> their</c><00:35:04.519><c> separate</c><00:35:04.860><c> ways</c><00:35:05.239><c> and</c>

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:12.260
people<00:35:06.300><c> must</c><00:35:06.699><c> have</c><00:35:07.099><c> noticed,</c><00:35:09.239><c> bound</c><00:35:09.559><c> to</c><00:35:09.860><c> have</c><00:35:10.079><c> noticed.</c><00:35:11.980><c> Just</c>

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:14.320
as<00:35:12.480><c> the</c><00:35:12.800><c> world</c><00:35:13.079><c> notices</c><00:35:13.599><c> that</c><00:35:13.860><c> there's</c><00:35:14.079><c> a</c><00:35:14.179><c> little</c>

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:16.599
group<00:35:14.579><c> of</c><00:35:14.739><c> crystal</c><00:35:14.980><c> dolphins</c><00:35:15.300><c> over</c><00:35:15.599><c> here</c><00:35:15.920><c> that</c><00:35:16.219><c> won't</c><00:35:16.420><c> have</c>

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:18.219
anything<00:35:16.860><c> to</c><00:35:17.079><c> do</c><00:35:17.159><c> with</c><00:35:17.320><c> another</c><00:35:17.579><c> group</c><00:35:17.820><c> of</c><00:35:17.980><c> crystal</c>

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:22.699
dolphins<00:35:18.500><c> over</c><00:35:18.800><c> there.</c><00:35:21.179><c> And</c><00:35:21.440><c> it's</c><00:35:21.619><c> a</c><00:35:21.780><c> terrible</c><00:35:22.119><c> indictment</c>

00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:24.780
isn't<00:35:22.920><c> it?</c><00:35:23.099><c> It</c><00:35:23.260><c> gives</c><00:35:23.500><c> the</c><00:35:23.840><c> enemies</c><00:35:24.119><c> of</c><00:35:24.300><c> the</c><00:35:24.400><c> gospel</c>

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:30.840
great<00:35:25.360><c> occasion</c><00:35:25.840><c> to</c><00:35:26.119><c> blaspheme</c><00:35:27.599><c> and</c><00:35:29.179><c> we're</c><00:35:29.480><c> the</c><00:35:29.659><c> ones</c><00:35:30.260><c> that</c>

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:32.539
cause<00:35:31.039><c> the</c><00:35:31.260><c> situation.</c>

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:36.519
If<00:35:34.579><c> that's</c><00:35:34.840><c> what</c><00:35:35.000><c> religion</c><00:35:35.300><c> is</c><00:35:35.420><c> all</c><00:35:35.599><c> about</c><00:35:35.780><c> I</c><00:35:35.880><c> don't</c><00:35:36.119><c> want</c><00:35:36.280><c> any</c>

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.400
part<00:35:36.780><c> of</c><00:35:36.920><c> it.</c><00:35:37.000><c> How</c><00:35:37.199><c> often</c><00:35:37.380><c> have</c><00:35:37.519><c> you</c><00:35:37.659><c> heard</c><00:35:37.820><c> that</c><00:35:38.139><c> said?</c>

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:42.110
If<00:35:38.780><c> that's</c><00:35:39.179><c> how</c><00:35:39.340><c> crystal</c><00:35:39.559><c> delphians</c><00:35:39.920><c> behave</c><00:35:40.360><c> I</c><00:35:40.699><c> want</c><00:35:40.920><c> none</c><00:35:41.119><c> of</c><00:35:41.260><c> it.</c>

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:49.900
We<00:35:43.360><c> give</c><00:35:44.000><c> the</c><00:35:44.539><c> enemies</c><00:35:44.840><c> of</c><00:35:45.039><c> the</c><00:35:45.159><c> gospel</c><00:35:45.679><c> all</c><00:35:47.019><c> the</c><00:35:47.280><c> evidence</c><00:35:47.579><c> they</c><00:35:48.000><c> need</c><00:35:48.559><c> to</c>

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reject<00:35:50.739><c> the</c><00:35:52.119><c> grace</c><00:35:52.380><c> of</c><00:35:52.619><c> God.</c>

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:57.659
It's<00:35:55.059><c> a</c><00:35:55.179><c> terrible</c><00:35:55.480><c> indictment</c><00:35:56.039><c> brethren</c><00:35:56.340><c> and</c><00:35:56.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:02.480
And<00:35:59.440><c> we</c><00:35:59.619><c> note</c><00:35:59.860><c> too</c><00:36:00.239><c> how</c><00:36:00.579><c> Paul</c><00:36:00.940><c> missed</c><00:36:01.239><c> out</c><00:36:01.619><c> Cyprus</c><00:36:01.980><c> on</c><00:36:02.280><c> the</c>

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.280
second<00:36:02.800><c> missionary</c><00:36:03.239><c> journey.</c>

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:08.460
He<00:36:05.380><c> went</c><00:36:05.559><c> a</c><00:36:05.780><c> different</c><00:36:06.059><c> route.</c><00:36:06.960><c> He</c><00:36:07.139><c> left</c><00:36:07.380><c> Cyprus</c><00:36:07.840><c> to</c><00:36:08.059><c> Barnabas</c>

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:12.840
and<00:36:08.619><c> John</c><00:36:09.019><c> Mark</c><00:36:09.500><c> and</c><00:36:11.219><c> we</c><00:36:11.460><c> don't</c><00:36:11.800><c> read</c><00:36:12.280><c> anything</c>

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:17.800
more<00:36:13.420><c> about</c><00:36:13.900><c> Barnabas</c><00:36:14.559><c> and</c><00:36:14.780><c> John</c><00:36:15.159><c> Mark</c><00:36:15.619><c> in</c><00:36:16.360><c> the</c><00:36:16.519><c> book</c><00:36:16.659><c> of</c><00:36:16.920><c> Acts.</c><00:36:17.539><c> They</c>

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:21.460
just<00:36:18.079><c> drop</c><00:36:18.280><c> out</c><00:36:18.500><c> of</c><00:36:18.619><c> the</c><00:36:18.820><c> record,</c><00:36:20.159><c> disappear.</c>

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:25.139
But<00:36:22.739><c> you</c><00:36:22.860><c> know</c><00:36:23.000><c> there</c><00:36:23.119><c> are</c><00:36:23.340><c> three</c><00:36:23.639><c> verses</c><00:36:24.079><c> in</c><00:36:24.360><c> the</c><00:36:24.559><c> epistles</c>

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:33.760
which<00:36:25.579><c> we</c><00:36:25.820><c> must</c><00:36:26.019><c> now</c><00:36:26.260><c> bring</c><00:36:26.460><c> together</c><00:36:26.860><c> to</c><00:36:27.159><c> fill</c><00:36:27.320><c> out</c><00:36:27.539><c> the</c>

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:37.480
and<00:36:34.139><c> I'd</c><00:36:34.500><c> like</c><00:36:34.639><c> you</c><00:36:34.800><c> to</c><00:36:34.940><c> come</c><00:36:35.099><c> there</c><00:36:35.320><c> now</c><00:36:35.619><c> please.</c><00:36:37.099><c> The</c><00:36:37.300><c> letter</c>

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:42.519
to<00:36:37.679><c> the</c><00:36:37.880><c> Colossians</c><00:36:38.579><c> and</c><00:36:40.800><c> the</c><00:36:41.039><c> fourth</c><00:36:41.260><c> chapter.</c>

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:49.500
Paul<00:36:46.960><c> is</c><00:36:47.199><c> writing</c><00:36:47.519><c> from</c><00:36:47.840><c> prison</c><00:36:48.219><c> in</c><00:36:48.639><c> Rome</c>

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:55.840
during<00:36:52.280><c> the</c><00:36:52.480><c> period</c><00:36:52.760><c> of</c><00:36:52.920><c> his</c><00:36:53.139><c> first</c><00:36:53.539><c> imprisonment</c><00:36:54.440><c> and</c><00:36:54.860><c> he</c><00:36:55.219><c> refers</c><00:36:55.559><c> to</c>

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:58.960
John<00:36:56.219><c> Mark</c><00:36:56.699><c> in</c><00:36:57.639><c> verse</c><00:36:58.099><c> 10</c>

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:05.539
of<00:37:00.179><c> Colossians</c><00:37:00.739><c> chapter</c><00:37:01.179><c> four.</c><00:37:03.599><c> He</c><00:37:03.760><c> says</c><00:37:03.960><c> Aristarchus</c><00:37:05.059><c> my</c>

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:07.579
fellow<00:37:05.960><c> prisoner</c><00:37:06.420><c> saluteeth</c><00:37:07.059><c> you</c>

00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:13.780
and<00:37:08.699><c> Marcus</c><00:37:09.420><c> sister's</c><00:37:10.940><c> son</c><00:37:11.059><c> to</c><00:37:11.280><c> Barnabas</c><00:37:12.619><c> touching</c><00:37:13.139><c> whom</c><00:37:13.500><c> ye</c>

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received<00:37:14.239><c> commandments.</c>

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If<00:37:16.199><c> he</c><00:37:16.519><c> come</c><00:37:16.760><c> unto</c><00:37:17.059><c> you</c><00:37:17.980><c> receive</c><00:37:18.679><c> him.</c><00:37:21.840><c> The</c><00:37:22.199><c> NIV</c><00:37:22.619><c> says</c><00:37:23.119><c> welcome</c>

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:28.840
him.<00:37:25.800><c> If</c><00:37:25.980><c> he</c><00:37:26.159><c> come</c><00:37:26.320><c> unto</c><00:37:26.659><c> you</c><00:37:27.280><c> welcome</c><00:37:27.820><c> him.</c>

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:34.960
So<00:37:31.320><c> there's</c><00:37:31.480><c> been</c><00:37:31.699><c> a</c><00:37:31.900><c> change</c><00:37:32.099><c> of</c><00:37:32.400><c> heart</c><00:37:32.599><c> hasn't</c><00:37:33.019><c> there?</c><00:37:34.780><c> This</c>

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:38.260
young<00:37:35.179><c> man</c><00:37:35.420><c> has</c><00:37:35.659><c> come</c><00:37:35.960><c> right.</c><00:37:37.360><c> He's</c><00:37:37.860><c> redeemed</c>

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:42.159
himself<00:37:38.739><c> in</c><00:37:39.039><c> Paul's</c><00:37:39.659><c> eyes.</c><00:37:40.639><c> Paul</c><00:37:40.800><c> is</c><00:37:41.019><c> now</c><00:37:41.219><c> able</c><00:37:41.460><c> to</c><00:37:41.739><c> tell</c><00:37:41.880><c> the</c>

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:44.639
Colossian<00:37:42.559><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:42.960><c> that</c><00:37:43.219><c> John</c><00:37:43.579><c> Mark</c><00:37:43.780><c> is</c><00:37:44.139><c> acceptable</c>

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:50.039
and<00:37:45.340><c> that</c><00:37:45.480><c> they</c><00:37:45.699><c> should</c><00:37:45.920><c> receive</c><00:37:46.260><c> him.</c><00:37:47.880><c> And</c><00:37:48.099><c> I</c><00:37:48.179><c> think</c><00:37:48.280><c> the</c><00:37:48.500><c> next</c><00:37:48.800><c> reference</c><00:37:49.199><c> establishes</c><00:37:49.900><c> the</c>

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matter<00:37:50.260><c> beyond</c>

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:56.699
and<00:37:51.800><c> you'll</c><00:37:52.079><c> find</c><00:37:52.280><c> it</c><00:37:52.440><c> in</c><00:37:52.599><c> second</c><00:37:52.920><c> Timothy</c><00:37:53.320><c> chapter</c><00:37:53.780><c> four</c><00:37:54.639><c> verse</c><00:37:55.199><c> 11.</c>

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The<00:37:57.760><c> second</c><00:37:58.420><c> letter</c><00:37:58.880><c> to</c><00:37:59.139><c> Timothy</c><00:37:59.519><c> the</c><00:37:59.820><c> fourth</c>

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:05.559
chapter<00:38:00.760><c> and</c><00:38:02.400><c> the</c><00:38:02.639><c> eleventh</c><00:38:03.019><c> verse.</c><00:38:04.500><c> Paul</c><00:38:04.699><c> is</c><00:38:04.940><c> now</c><00:38:05.179><c> in</c><00:38:05.400><c> prison</c>

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:08.159
for<00:38:05.760><c> the</c><00:38:06.019><c> second</c><00:38:06.320><c> time</c><00:38:06.860><c> and</c><00:38:07.179><c> what</c><00:38:07.380><c> he</c><00:38:07.659><c> says</c><00:38:07.880><c> to</c>

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Timothy<00:38:08.420><c> is</c><00:38:08.699><c> really</c><00:38:08.920><c> quite</c><00:38:09.280><c> extraordinary</c><00:38:09.980><c> when</c><00:38:10.219><c> we</c><00:38:10.500><c> consider</c><00:38:10.780><c> what</c><00:38:11.039><c> took</c><00:38:11.260><c> place</c><00:38:11.579><c> in</c>

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Antioch<00:38:12.840><c> back</c><00:38:13.300><c> in</c><00:38:13.539><c> Acts</c>

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chapter<00:38:14.079><c> 15</c><00:38:15.900><c> verse</c><00:38:16.320><c> 11.</c><00:38:17.880><c> Paul</c><00:38:17.940><c> says</c><00:38:18.239><c> only</c><00:38:18.780><c> Luke</c><00:38:19.179><c> is</c><00:38:19.480><c> with</c><00:38:19.760><c> me</c>

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but<00:38:21.239><c> take</c><00:38:21.739><c> Mark</c><00:38:22.260><c> and</c><00:38:22.860><c> bring</c><00:38:23.159><c> him</c><00:38:23.480><c> with</c><00:38:23.880><c> thee</c><00:38:24.159><c> for</c><00:38:24.420><c> he</c><00:38:24.719><c> is</c>

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profitable<00:38:25.679><c> to</c><00:38:26.019><c> me</c><00:38:26.559><c> for</c><00:38:27.000><c> the</c><00:38:27.320><c> ministry.</c><00:38:29.480><c> So</c><00:38:29.639><c> Paul's</c><00:38:30.059><c> changed</c>

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:33.679
his<00:38:30.539><c> mind</c><00:38:30.860><c> hasn't</c><00:38:31.219><c> he?</c><00:38:32.920><c> He</c><00:38:33.099><c> says</c><00:38:33.219><c> to</c><00:38:33.460><c> Timothy</c>

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please<00:38:34.219><c> try</c><00:38:34.480><c> to</c><00:38:34.659><c> bring</c><00:38:34.800><c> John</c><00:38:35.119><c> Mark</c><00:38:35.280><c> with</c><00:38:35.480><c> you</c><00:38:35.619><c> if</c><00:38:35.719><c> you</c><00:38:35.940><c> can</c><00:38:36.079><c> when</c><00:38:36.280><c> you</c>

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visit<00:38:36.599><c> me</c><00:38:36.840><c> I</c><00:38:37.019><c> would</c><00:38:37.280><c> love</c><00:38:37.500><c> to</c><00:38:37.760><c> see</c><00:38:37.960><c> him.</c>

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He's<00:38:39.599><c> profitable</c><00:38:40.019><c> to</c><00:38:40.300><c> me</c><00:38:40.500><c> for</c><00:38:40.659><c> the</c><00:38:40.880><c> ministry.</c><00:38:43.019><c> So</c><00:38:43.260><c> then</c><00:38:43.440><c> brethren</c><00:38:43.739><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:38:44.360><c> did</c><00:38:45.480><c> Paul</c>

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act<00:38:47.320><c> too</c><00:38:47.940><c> hastily</c><00:38:48.440><c> in</c><00:38:48.820><c> Antioch</c><00:38:49.139><c> do</c><00:38:49.380><c> you</c><00:38:49.440><c> think?</c><00:38:50.559><c> Was</c><00:38:50.780><c> he</c><00:38:51.199><c> wrong</c>

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in<00:38:51.780><c> his</c><00:38:52.079><c> assessment</c><00:38:52.480><c> of</c><00:38:52.739><c> John</c><00:38:53.059><c> Mark</c><00:38:53.280><c> when</c><00:38:53.480><c> that</c>

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:58.880
dispute<00:38:54.320><c> arose</c><00:38:54.920><c> between</c><00:38:55.360><c> himself</c><00:38:55.739><c> and</c><00:38:55.980><c> Barnabas?</c><00:38:57.559><c> We</c><00:38:58.000><c> can</c><00:38:58.260><c> often</c><00:38:58.579><c> be</c>

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wrong<00:38:59.059><c> about</c><00:38:59.440><c> people</c><00:38:59.780><c> can't</c><00:39:00.219><c> we?</c>

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Or<00:39:02.570><c> is</c><00:39:02.989><c> it</c><00:39:03.250><c> that</c><00:39:04.329><c> John</c><00:39:04.750><c> Mark</c><00:39:04.969><c> had</c><00:39:05.269><c> changed</c><00:39:05.909><c> in</c><00:39:06.130><c> the</c><00:39:06.349><c> intervening</c><00:39:06.809><c> period?</c><00:39:08.849><c> People</c><00:39:09.070><c> do</c>

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make<00:39:09.710><c> mistakes</c>

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particularly<00:39:11.110><c> young</c><00:39:11.510><c> people</c><00:39:12.230><c> and</c><00:39:12.909><c> then</c><00:39:13.150><c> when</c><00:39:13.309><c> they</c><00:39:13.630><c> realize</c>

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it<00:39:14.250><c> they</c><00:39:14.429><c> can</c><00:39:14.630><c> set</c><00:39:14.750><c> about</c><00:39:14.969><c> putting</c><00:39:15.210><c> matters</c>

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right.<00:39:16.570><c> I</c><00:39:16.670><c> think</c><00:39:16.769><c> we</c><00:39:16.949><c> need</c><00:39:17.150><c> to</c><00:39:17.409><c> remember</c><00:39:17.789><c> that</c><00:39:18.050><c> human</c><00:39:18.309><c> character</c><00:39:18.730><c> isn't</c>

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cut<00:39:19.369><c> in</c><00:39:19.829><c> stone</c><00:39:20.570><c> never</c><00:39:21.329><c> to</c><00:39:21.510><c> be</c><00:39:21.730><c> altered</c>

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that's<00:39:22.989><c> what</c><00:39:23.210><c> you</c><00:39:23.510><c> are</c><00:39:23.929><c> that's</c><00:39:24.510><c> what</c><00:39:24.710><c> you</c><00:39:24.889><c> will</c><00:39:25.130><c> remain.</c><00:39:26.570><c> Human</c><00:39:27.210><c> nature</c><00:39:27.670><c> does</c>

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change<00:39:29.150><c> in</c><00:39:29.510><c> fact</c><00:39:29.670><c> we're</c><00:39:29.909><c> all</c><00:39:30.090><c> changing</c>

00:39:30.489 --> 00:39:36.050
all<00:39:30.869><c> the</c><00:39:31.110><c> time.</c><00:39:32.710><c> Damage</c><00:39:33.230><c> can</c><00:39:33.530><c> be</c><00:39:33.769><c> repaired</c><00:39:34.510><c> and</c><00:39:35.170><c> faults</c><00:39:35.630><c> can</c>

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be<00:39:36.289><c> made</c><00:39:36.570><c> good.</c><00:39:38.929><c> So</c><00:39:39.269><c> Barnabas</c><00:39:39.690><c> was</c><00:39:40.010><c> probably</c><00:39:40.530><c> right</c>

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in<00:39:41.530><c> wanting</c><00:39:41.809><c> to</c><00:39:41.989><c> give</c><00:39:42.110><c> John</c><00:39:42.449><c> Mark</c><00:39:42.630><c> another</c><00:39:42.969><c> chance.</c><00:39:44.869><c> Hindsight</c><00:39:45.309><c> would</c><00:39:45.610><c> seem</c><00:39:45.829><c> to</c>

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indicate<00:39:46.590><c> that</c><00:39:46.809><c> this</c><00:39:47.050><c> is</c><00:39:47.309><c> so</c>

00:39:48.650 --> 00:39:52.570
but<00:39:49.369><c> Paul</c><00:39:49.809><c> may</c><00:39:50.170><c> also</c><00:39:50.730><c> have</c><00:39:50.969><c> been</c><00:39:51.289><c> correct</c><00:39:51.650><c> in</c><00:39:51.849><c> his</c><00:39:52.130><c> assessment</c>

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of<00:39:52.809><c> John</c><00:39:53.070><c> Mark's</c><00:39:53.550><c> character</c><00:39:53.829><c> at</c><00:39:54.170><c> that</c>

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time.<00:39:56.730><c> Perhaps</c><00:39:57.409><c> a</c><00:39:57.949><c> job</c><00:39:58.210><c> refusal</c><00:39:58.929><c> was</c><00:39:59.829><c> exactly</c><00:40:00.210><c> what</c><00:40:00.429><c> the</c><00:40:00.630><c> young</c><00:40:00.829><c> man</c>

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needed<00:40:01.389><c> to</c><00:40:01.650><c> set</c><00:40:01.829><c> him</c><00:40:02.329><c> thinking</c><00:40:02.690><c> along</c>

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right<00:40:03.389><c> lines.</c><00:40:05.889><c> What</c><00:40:06.090><c> a</c><00:40:06.349><c> pity</c><00:40:06.550><c> though</c><00:40:06.889><c> brethren</c><00:40:07.210><c> and</c><00:40:07.469><c> sisters</c>

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that<00:40:08.889><c> Paul</c><00:40:09.110><c> and</c><00:40:09.309><c> Barnabas</c><00:40:09.710><c> couldn't</c><00:40:10.070><c> resolve</c>

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this<00:40:10.809><c> matter</c><00:40:11.170><c> amicably</c><00:40:12.090><c> without</c><00:40:12.909><c> the</c><00:40:13.289><c> sharp</c><00:40:13.590><c> contention</c><00:40:14.190><c> which</c><00:40:14.449><c> split</c><00:40:14.710><c> the</c><00:40:14.949><c> Massunder.</c>

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And<00:40:17.690><c> there's</c><00:40:17.849><c> just</c><00:40:18.110><c> one</c><00:40:18.409><c> final</c><00:40:18.829><c> reference</c><00:40:19.489><c> in</c><00:40:19.889><c> the</c><00:40:20.090><c> epistles</c>

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that<00:40:20.650><c> we</c><00:40:20.849><c> need</c><00:40:20.989><c> to</c><00:40:21.250><c> look</c><00:40:21.449><c> at</c><00:40:21.610><c> and</c><00:40:21.750><c> it's</c><00:40:24.530><c> a</c>

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come<00:40:24.829><c> back</c><00:40:25.170><c> to</c><00:40:26.750><c> the</c><00:40:26.849><c> first</c><00:40:27.570><c> Corinthian</c><00:40:28.230><c> letter</c><00:40:28.869><c> and</c><00:40:29.429><c> chapter</c>

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9<00:40:30.590><c> and</c><00:40:32.429><c> it</c><00:40:32.730><c> provides</c><00:40:32.989><c> a</c><00:40:33.170><c> very</c><00:40:33.449><c> fitting</c><00:40:33.769><c> note</c>

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I<00:40:34.449><c> think</c><00:40:34.670><c> on</c><00:40:34.949><c> which</c><00:40:35.190><c> to</c><00:40:36.090><c> draw</c><00:40:36.469><c> our</c><00:40:37.010><c> study</c><00:40:37.409><c> to</c><00:40:38.070><c> a</c><00:40:38.289><c> conclusion.</c>

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First<00:40:40.570><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:41.010><c> chapter</c><00:40:41.469><c> 9.</c>

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When<00:40:45.650><c> Paul</c><00:40:46.070><c> wrote</c><00:40:46.469><c> this</c><00:40:46.809><c> letter</c><00:40:47.050><c> to</c><00:40:47.309><c> the</c><00:40:47.510><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:48.030><c> he</c><00:40:48.230><c> was</c>

00:40:48.349 --> 00:40:52.349
on<00:40:48.570><c> his</c><00:40:48.929><c> third</c><00:40:49.489><c> missionary</c><00:40:50.070><c> journey.</c><00:40:51.929><c> Now</c><00:40:52.210><c> we</c>

00:40:52.349 --> 00:40:55.570
know<00:40:52.690><c> this</c><00:40:53.050><c> because</c><00:40:53.949><c> the</c><00:40:54.190><c> Corinthian</c><00:40:54.610><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:54.989><c> was</c><00:40:55.230><c> founded</c>

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on<00:40:55.849><c> the</c><00:40:56.090><c> second</c><00:40:56.489><c> missionary</c><00:40:57.030><c> journey</c>

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so<00:40:58.670><c> when</c><00:40:58.809><c> he</c><00:40:58.929><c> wrote</c><00:40:59.130><c> to</c><00:40:59.309><c> them</c><00:40:59.489><c> he</c><00:40:59.630><c> was</c><00:40:59.889><c> clearly</c><00:41:00.409><c> on</c><00:41:01.190><c> his</c><00:41:01.530><c> third</c>

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journey<00:41:02.510><c> as</c><00:41:03.610><c> recorded.</c><00:41:05.510><c> And</c><00:41:05.690><c> in</c><00:41:05.969><c> between</c><00:41:06.590><c> the</c>

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second<00:41:09.030><c> and</c><00:41:09.250><c> third</c><00:41:09.590><c> missionary</c><00:41:10.050><c> journeys</c><00:41:10.469><c> factions</c><00:41:11.090><c> had</c><00:41:11.429><c> sprung</c><00:41:11.710><c> up</c>

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in<00:41:12.090><c> this</c><00:41:12.289><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:12.789><c> as</c><00:41:13.010><c> you</c><00:41:13.309><c> know</c>

00:41:15.070 --> 00:41:19.530
denigrating<00:41:15.750><c> Paul's</c><00:41:16.429><c> apostleship</c><00:41:17.289><c> questioning</c><00:41:17.909><c> his</c><00:41:18.250><c> authority</c><00:41:18.750><c> to</c><00:41:19.030><c> preach</c><00:41:19.309><c> and</c>

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to<00:41:19.789><c> teach</c>

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just<00:41:21.110><c> like</c><00:41:21.349><c> the</c><00:41:21.530><c> Jews</c><00:41:21.710><c> did</c><00:41:21.949><c> in</c><00:41:22.190><c> Jesus'</c><00:41:22.889><c> day.</c><00:41:24.250><c> And</c><00:41:24.550><c> in</c><00:41:24.789><c> chapter</c>

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9<00:41:25.409><c> Paul</c><00:41:25.670><c> is</c><00:41:25.929><c> defending</c><00:41:26.230><c> himself</c>

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against<00:41:27.010><c> these</c><00:41:27.349><c> charges</c><00:41:27.949><c> and</c><00:41:28.590><c> we</c><00:41:28.710><c> just</c><00:41:28.909><c> read</c><00:41:29.090><c> the</c><00:41:29.409><c> opening</c><00:41:29.650><c> verses</c><00:41:30.070><c> to</c>

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get<00:41:30.429><c> the</c><00:41:30.650><c> picture.</c>

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He<00:41:31.949><c> says,</c><00:41:32.909><c> Am</c><00:41:32.949><c> I</c><00:41:33.110><c> not</c><00:41:33.369><c> an</c><00:41:33.610><c> apostle?</c><00:41:34.250><c> Am</c><00:41:34.349><c> I</c><00:41:34.510><c> not</c><00:41:34.829><c> free?</c><00:41:35.710><c> Have</c><00:41:35.789><c> I</c>

00:41:35.969 --> 00:41:38.550
not<00:41:36.170><c> seen</c><00:41:36.389><c> Jesus</c><00:41:36.849><c> Christ</c><00:41:37.309><c> our</c><00:41:37.570><c> Lord?</c>

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Are<00:41:39.030><c> not</c><00:41:39.429><c> ye</c><00:41:39.710><c> my</c><00:41:40.309><c> work</c><00:41:40.849><c> in</c><00:41:41.190><c> the</c><00:41:41.409><c> Lord?</c><00:41:42.789><c> If</c><00:41:42.989><c> I</c><00:41:43.150><c> be</c><00:41:43.289><c> not</c><00:41:43.449><c> an</c><00:41:43.650><c> apostle</c><00:41:43.949><c> unto</c><00:41:44.230><c> others,</c><00:41:45.309><c> yet</c><00:41:45.530><c> doubtless</c><00:41:46.030><c> I</c>

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am<00:41:46.630><c> to</c><00:41:46.949><c> you.</c>

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For<00:41:48.130><c> the</c><00:41:48.349><c> seal</c><00:41:48.489><c> of</c><00:41:48.730><c> mine</c><00:41:48.949><c> apostleship</c><00:41:49.750><c> are</c><00:41:50.210><c> ye</c><00:41:50.690><c> in</c><00:41:51.130><c> the</c><00:41:51.349><c> Lord.</c>

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My<00:41:52.849><c> answer</c><00:41:53.170><c> to</c><00:41:53.289><c> them</c><00:41:53.489><c> that</c><00:41:53.670><c> do</c><00:41:53.849><c> examine</c><00:41:54.190><c> me</c><00:41:54.409><c> is</c><00:41:54.590><c> this,</c>

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have<00:41:55.750><c> we</c><00:41:55.929><c> not</c><00:41:56.190><c> power</c><00:41:56.429><c> to</c><00:41:56.590><c> eat</c><00:41:56.789><c> and</c><00:41:57.070><c> drink?</c><00:41:58.050><c> Have</c><00:41:58.170><c> we</c><00:41:58.289><c> not</c><00:41:58.550><c> power</c>

00:41:58.750 --> 00:42:00.929
to<00:41:58.949><c> lead</c><00:41:59.090><c> about</c><00:41:59.369><c> a</c><00:41:59.610><c> sister,</c><00:41:59.989><c> a</c><00:42:00.170><c> wife</c><00:42:00.409><c> as</c><00:42:00.610><c> well</c><00:42:00.750><c> as</c>

00:42:00.929 --> 00:42:05.369
other<00:42:01.150><c> apostles</c><00:42:01.650><c> and</c><00:42:02.010><c> as</c><00:42:02.190><c> the</c><00:42:02.349><c> brethren</c><00:42:02.550><c> of</c><00:42:02.750><c> the</c><00:42:02.929><c> Lord</c><00:42:03.210><c> and</c><00:42:03.570><c> Cephas?</c><00:42:05.050><c> Or</c>

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I<00:42:05.690><c> only</c><00:42:06.010><c> and</c><00:42:06.349><c> Barnabas?</c><00:42:07.409><c> Have</c><00:42:07.570><c> we</c><00:42:07.769><c> not</c>

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power<00:42:08.389><c> to</c><00:42:08.590><c> forbear</c><00:42:09.070><c> working?</c><00:42:10.650><c> In</c><00:42:10.750><c> other</c><00:42:10.849><c> words</c><00:42:11.010><c> live</c><00:42:11.250><c> off</c><00:42:11.429><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:42:11.929><c> if</c><00:42:12.050><c> it</c><00:42:12.190><c> be</c><00:42:12.349><c> necessary.</c>

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And<00:42:14.730><c> that</c><00:42:15.190><c> sixth</c><00:42:15.590><c> verse</c><00:42:16.010><c> brethren</c><00:42:16.369><c> and</c><00:42:16.590><c> sisters</c><00:42:16.690><c> is</c><00:42:16.949><c> highly</c>

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significant.<00:42:18.030><c> It</c><00:42:18.469><c> tells</c><00:42:18.710><c> us</c><00:42:18.929><c> two</c><00:42:19.130><c> important</c>

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things.<00:42:21.269><c> In</c><00:42:21.409><c> the</c><00:42:21.630><c> first</c><00:42:21.849><c> place</c><00:42:22.150><c> it</c><00:42:22.269><c> was</c><00:42:22.489><c> written</c><00:42:22.849><c> long</c><00:42:23.250><c> after</c>

00:42:23.650 --> 00:42:26.690
the<00:42:23.909><c> dispute</c><00:42:24.210><c> in</c><00:42:24.590><c> Antioch.</c><00:42:25.929><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:26.070><c> had</c><00:42:26.369><c> long</c>

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since<00:42:27.030><c> gone</c><00:42:27.289><c> his</c><00:42:27.550><c> way</c><00:42:27.730><c> to</c><00:42:28.050><c> Cyprus</c><00:42:28.409><c> and</c><00:42:28.610><c> Paul</c><00:42:28.849><c> had</c><00:42:29.050><c> been</c><00:42:29.130><c> on</c><00:42:29.309><c> his</c>

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second<00:42:29.730><c> missionary</c><00:42:30.130><c> journey.</c><00:42:30.710><c> He's</c><00:42:31.010><c> now</c><00:42:31.190><c> on</c><00:42:31.369><c> the</c>

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third<00:42:31.889><c> journey</c><00:42:32.389><c> and</c><00:42:33.389><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:33.849><c> has</c><00:42:34.090><c> disappeared</c><00:42:34.510><c> from</c><00:42:34.869><c> sight</c>

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in<00:42:35.230><c> the</c><00:42:35.469><c> record</c><00:42:35.690><c> in</c><00:42:35.869><c> the</c><00:42:35.949><c> book</c><00:42:36.070><c> of</c><00:42:36.329><c> Acts.</c>

00:42:37.570 --> 00:42:47.030
But<00:42:38.170><c> not</c><00:42:38.769><c> from</c><00:42:39.289><c> Paul's</c><00:42:40.070><c> sight.</c><00:42:41.650><c> That's</c><00:42:42.110><c> the</c><00:42:42.309><c> point</c><00:42:42.610><c> here.</c><00:42:43.909><c> Paul</c><00:42:44.389><c> knew</c><00:42:44.949><c> what</c><00:42:45.349><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:45.789><c> was</c><00:42:46.090><c> doing.</c>

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He<00:42:48.449><c> knew</c><00:42:48.670><c> that</c><00:42:48.929><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:49.309><c> was</c><00:42:49.510><c> still</c><00:42:49.750><c> a</c><00:42:49.889><c> fellow</c><00:42:50.130><c> worker</c><00:42:50.510><c> laboring</c><00:42:51.070><c> on</c><00:42:51.309><c> in</c>

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the<00:42:51.650><c> vineyard</c><00:42:52.070><c> preaching</c><00:42:52.469><c> the</c><00:42:52.750><c> word</c>

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in<00:42:53.250><c> season</c><00:42:53.550><c> and</c><00:42:53.849><c> out</c><00:42:54.070><c> of</c><00:42:54.309><c> season.</c><00:42:55.190><c> I</c><00:42:55.489><c> only</c><00:42:56.010><c> and</c><00:42:56.409><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:57.170><c> he</c>

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says.<00:42:58.429><c> So</c><00:42:58.670><c> he</c><00:42:58.849><c> knew</c><00:42:59.130><c> what</c><00:42:59.389><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:59.829><c> was</c><00:43:00.050><c> doing.</c>

00:43:02.710 --> 00:43:05.449
So<00:43:02.869><c> Barnabas</c><00:43:03.230><c> was</c><00:43:03.389><c> still</c><00:43:03.670><c> carrying</c><00:43:03.949><c> on</c><00:43:04.190><c> his</c><00:43:04.389><c> mission</c><00:43:04.630><c> and</c><00:43:04.849><c> Paul</c><00:43:05.030><c> knew</c><00:43:05.210><c> all</c>

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about<00:43:05.690><c> him.</c>

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Kept<00:43:06.949><c> in</c><00:43:07.190><c> touch</c><00:43:07.369><c> somehow</c><00:43:07.989><c> and</c><00:43:08.369><c> he</c><00:43:08.449><c> was</c><00:43:08.670><c> therefore</c><00:43:09.210><c> able</c><00:43:09.650><c> to</c><00:43:10.150><c> cite</c><00:43:10.489><c> Barnabas</c><00:43:11.090><c> as</c>

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an<00:43:11.650><c> example</c><00:43:12.309><c> of</c><00:43:13.110><c> how</c>

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preachers<00:43:13.710><c> of</c><00:43:13.809><c> the</c><00:43:13.929><c> gospel</c><00:43:14.190><c> ought</c><00:43:14.409><c> to</c><00:43:14.590><c> behave.</c><00:43:15.889><c> He's</c><00:43:16.130><c> still</c>

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working<00:43:16.550><c> for</c><00:43:16.789><c> the</c><00:43:16.929><c> Lord.</c><00:43:17.150><c> He's</c><00:43:17.369><c> still</c><00:43:17.610><c> showing</c>

00:43:17.889 --> 00:43:21.170
the<00:43:18.130><c> same</c><00:43:18.369><c> spirit</c><00:43:18.670><c> of</c><00:43:18.929><c> devotion</c><00:43:19.329><c> that</c><00:43:19.989><c> characterized</c><00:43:20.590><c> Paul's</c>

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own<00:43:21.389><c> service.</c><00:43:22.750><c> Without</c><00:43:23.090><c> any</c><00:43:23.369><c> thought</c><00:43:23.630><c> of</c><00:43:23.949><c> glory</c>

00:43:24.369 --> 00:43:31.570
or<00:43:24.789><c> reward.</c><00:43:26.750><c> What</c><00:43:26.909><c> an</c><00:43:27.289><c> exemplary</c><00:43:27.829><c> disciple</c><00:43:28.289><c> this</c><00:43:28.550><c> man</c><00:43:28.769><c> Barnabas</c><00:43:29.250><c> must</c><00:43:29.530><c> have</c><00:43:29.789><c> been.</c><00:43:31.150><c> But</c><00:43:31.329><c> I</c>

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believe<00:43:31.769><c> that</c><00:43:31.989><c> this</c>

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verse<00:43:32.530><c> is</c><00:43:32.730><c> also</c><00:43:33.210><c> telling</c><00:43:33.489><c> us</c><00:43:34.010><c> that</c><00:43:34.369><c> Barnabas</c><00:43:34.829><c> was</c><00:43:35.070><c> more</c><00:43:35.449><c> than</c>

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just<00:43:35.929><c> a</c><00:43:36.090><c> disciple,</c><00:43:36.849><c> brethren.</c><00:43:38.289><c> And</c><00:43:38.429><c> that</c><00:43:38.630><c> Paul</c>

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evidently<00:43:39.429><c> regarded</c><00:43:39.789><c> him</c><00:43:39.949><c> as</c><00:43:40.090><c> one</c><00:43:40.289><c> of</c><00:43:40.449><c> the</c><00:43:40.590><c> Lord's</c><00:43:40.969><c> apostles.</c>

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Specially<00:43:41.969><c> chosen</c><00:43:42.550><c> and</c><00:43:43.130><c> sent</c><00:43:43.409><c> out</c><00:43:43.829><c> to</c>

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pioneer<00:43:44.690><c> the</c><00:43:44.989><c> preaching</c><00:43:45.230><c> of</c><00:43:45.469><c> the</c><00:43:45.610><c> gospel.</c><00:43:46.849><c> And</c><00:43:47.030><c> I</c><00:43:47.090><c> think</c><00:43:47.190><c> it's</c>

00:43:47.349 --> 00:43:49.309
worth<00:43:47.630><c> just</c><00:43:47.929><c> quickly</c><00:43:48.250><c> reviewing</c><00:43:48.710><c> the</c><00:43:49.030><c> evidence</c>

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for<00:43:49.570><c> Barnabas'</c><00:43:50.369><c> apostleship</c><00:43:51.210><c> as</c><00:43:51.590><c> we</c><00:43:51.809><c> bring</c><00:43:51.949><c> our</c><00:43:52.309><c> study</c><00:43:52.590><c> to</c><00:43:52.869><c> an</c>

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end.<00:43:56.090><c> Acts</c><00:43:56.349><c> chapter</c><00:43:56.730><c> one,</c><00:43:58.429><c> first</c><00:43:58.710><c> of</c><00:43:58.929><c> all</c><00:43:59.130><c> please.</c>

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Just<00:43:59.869><c> a</c><00:44:00.130><c> few</c><00:44:00.269><c> verses</c><00:44:00.630><c> to</c><00:44:00.909><c> flip</c><00:44:01.150><c> through</c><00:44:01.530><c> as</c><00:44:02.150><c> we</c><00:44:02.349><c> conclude</c><00:44:02.949><c> our</c>

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study<00:44:03.469><c> this</c><00:44:03.809><c> morning.</c><00:44:04.130><c> But</c><00:44:04.269><c> I</c><00:44:04.409><c> think</c><00:44:04.489><c> this</c><00:44:04.710><c> is</c>

00:44:05.690 --> 00:44:11.510
interesting.<00:44:08.610><c> In</c><00:44:08.690><c> Acts</c><00:44:08.929><c> chapter</c><00:44:09.170><c> one</c><00:44:09.429><c> you're</c><00:44:09.750><c> well</c><00:44:09.969><c> aware</c><00:44:10.530><c> of</c>

00:44:11.510 --> 00:44:14.869
this<00:44:11.789><c> situation</c><00:44:12.349><c> which</c><00:44:12.590><c> had</c><00:44:12.789><c> arisen,</c><00:44:13.230><c> verse</c><00:44:13.510><c> 21.</c>

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Wherefore<00:44:16.469><c> of</c><00:44:16.630><c> these</c><00:44:16.949><c> men</c><00:44:17.210><c> which</c><00:44:17.550><c> accompanied</c><00:44:17.909><c> with</c><00:44:18.150><c> us</c><00:44:18.329><c> all</c>

00:44:18.570 --> 00:44:20.730
the<00:44:18.809><c> time</c><00:44:19.150><c> that</c><00:44:19.309><c> the</c><00:44:19.469><c> Lord</c><00:44:19.670><c> Jesus</c><00:44:20.010><c> went</c><00:44:20.230><c> in</c><00:44:20.469><c> and</c><00:44:20.590><c> out</c>

00:44:20.730 --> 00:44:23.909
amongst<00:44:21.090><c> us,</c><00:44:21.989><c> beginning</c><00:44:22.269><c> from</c><00:44:22.530><c> the</c><00:44:22.710><c> baptism</c><00:44:23.050><c> of</c><00:44:23.250><c> John</c><00:44:23.550><c> to</c><00:44:23.710><c> the</c>

00:44:23.909 --> 00:44:26.530
day<00:44:24.070><c> he</c><00:44:24.150><c> was</c><00:44:24.389><c> taken</c><00:44:24.670><c> up</c><00:44:24.949><c> from</c><00:44:25.150><c> us,</c><00:44:25.650><c> must</c><00:44:25.969><c> one</c><00:44:26.269><c> be</c>

00:44:26.530 --> 00:44:31.949
ordained<00:44:26.929><c> as</c><00:44:27.150><c> a</c><00:44:27.250><c> witness</c><00:44:27.530><c> with</c><00:44:27.750><c> us</c><00:44:27.929><c> of</c><00:44:28.130><c> his</c><00:44:28.489><c> resurrection.</c><00:44:30.429><c> They</c><00:44:30.690><c> pointed</c><00:44:30.989><c> to</c>

00:44:31.949 --> 00:44:35.030
Joseph<00:44:32.750><c> called</c><00:44:33.349><c> Barnabas</c><00:44:34.130><c> who</c><00:44:34.329><c> was</c><00:44:34.690><c> so</c>

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named<00:44:35.590><c> Justice</c><00:44:36.550><c> and</c><00:44:37.690><c> Mathias.</c><00:44:39.429><c> And</c><00:44:39.750><c> you</c><00:44:39.929><c> know</c><00:44:40.190><c> that</c><00:44:40.389><c> the</c><00:44:40.530><c> lot</c>

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fell<00:44:40.929><c> upon</c><00:44:41.210><c> Mathias</c><00:44:41.849><c> and</c><00:44:42.010><c> that</c><00:44:42.210><c> the</c><00:44:42.349><c> candidacy</c>

00:44:43.190 --> 00:44:48.550
or<00:44:43.469><c> the</c><00:44:43.710><c> candidacy</c><00:44:44.630><c> of</c><00:44:45.349><c> Joseph</c><00:44:45.789><c> called</c><00:44:46.170><c> Barnabas</c><00:44:46.969><c> fell</c><00:44:47.329><c> away.</c>

00:44:49.130 --> 00:44:53.630
Or<00:44:49.389><c> did</c><00:44:49.550><c> it?</c><00:44:50.849><c> Why</c><00:44:51.530><c> bother</c><00:44:51.909><c> to</c><00:44:52.170><c> give</c><00:44:52.329><c> such</c><00:44:52.650><c> a</c><00:44:53.070><c> detailed</c>

00:44:53.630 --> 00:44:56.710
description<00:44:54.489><c> of</c><00:44:54.670><c> a</c><00:44:54.909><c> man</c><00:44:55.150><c> who</c><00:44:55.369><c> fears</c><00:44:55.630><c> to</c><00:44:55.949><c> disappear</c><00:44:56.269><c> from</c><00:44:56.530><c> the</c>

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record<00:44:57.010><c> never</c><00:44:57.230><c> to</c><00:44:57.389><c> be</c><00:44:57.489><c> heard</c><00:44:57.670><c> of</c><00:44:57.869><c> again.</c>

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It<00:44:58.590><c> doesn't</c><00:44:58.849><c> make</c><00:44:59.090><c> sense</c><00:44:59.409><c> because</c><00:44:59.650><c> the</c><00:44:59.849><c> Bible</c><00:45:00.050><c> doesn't</c><00:45:00.349><c> waste</c>

00:45:00.630 --> 00:45:03.909
words.<00:45:02.289><c> But</c><00:45:02.469><c> there's</c><00:45:02.690><c> a</c><00:45:02.809><c> good</c><00:45:02.949><c> reason</c><00:45:03.269><c> to</c><00:45:03.489><c> do</c><00:45:03.670><c> this</c>

00:45:04.369 --> 00:45:06.650
if<00:45:04.730><c> we're</c><00:45:04.909><c> going</c><00:45:05.030><c> to</c><00:45:05.210><c> meet</c><00:45:05.349><c> the</c><00:45:05.570><c> man</c><00:45:05.710><c> again</c><00:45:06.010><c> within</c><00:45:06.230><c> the</c><00:45:06.469><c> space</c>

00:45:06.650 --> 00:45:08.150
of<00:45:06.849><c> a</c><00:45:06.969><c> few</c><00:45:07.110><c> chapters.</c>

00:45:08.429 --> 00:45:16.070
We<00:45:08.610><c> turn</c><00:45:08.750><c> over</c><00:45:08.949><c> to</c><00:45:09.130><c> chapter</c><00:45:09.429><c> four.</c><00:45:11.690><c> Chapter</c><00:45:12.050><c> four,</c><00:45:14.929><c> verses</c><00:45:15.429><c> 36</c>

00:45:16.070 --> 00:45:20.590
and<00:45:16.309><c> 37.</c><00:45:18.489><c> And</c><00:45:18.730><c> note</c><00:45:18.889><c> the</c><00:45:19.230><c> similarity</c><00:45:19.769><c> please</c><00:45:20.130><c> in</c><00:45:20.309><c> the</c>

00:45:20.590 --> 00:45:25.710
terminology.<00:45:22.929><c> And</c><00:45:23.329><c> Joseph,</c><00:45:24.369><c> who</c><00:45:24.510><c> by</c><00:45:24.650><c> the</c><00:45:24.829><c> apostles</c><00:45:25.130><c> were</c><00:45:25.409><c> so</c>

00:45:25.710 --> 00:45:29.070
named<00:45:26.010><c> Barnabas,</c><00:45:27.550><c> which</c><00:45:27.670><c> is</c><00:45:27.889><c> being</c><00:45:28.090><c> interpreted</c><00:45:28.730><c> son</c>

00:45:29.070 --> 00:45:34.389
of<00:45:29.349><c> consolation,</c><00:45:31.489><c> a</c><00:45:31.590><c> Levite</c><00:45:32.030><c> of</c><00:45:32.210><c> the</c><00:45:32.369><c> country</c><00:45:32.750><c> of</c><00:45:33.030><c> Cyprus.</c>

00:45:36.369 --> 00:45:40.030
Did<00:45:36.530><c> you</c><00:45:36.730><c> see</c><00:45:37.010><c> the</c><00:45:37.730><c> similarities</c><00:45:38.349><c> there?</c><00:45:39.329><c> Joseph</c><00:45:39.710><c> called</c>

00:45:40.030 --> 00:45:44.510
Barnabas,<00:45:40.929><c> Joseph</c><00:45:41.289><c> called</c><00:45:41.670><c> Barnabas.</c><00:45:43.750><c> And</c><00:45:43.969><c> the</c><00:45:44.130><c> proposition</c>

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is<00:45:44.769><c> that</c><00:45:44.889><c> we've</c><00:45:45.070><c> just</c><00:45:45.329><c> got</c><00:45:45.550><c> variant</c><00:45:46.090><c> spellings</c><00:45:46.530><c> of</c><00:45:46.710><c> the</c>

00:45:46.909 --> 00:45:53.809
names<00:45:47.449><c> in</c><00:45:47.670><c> the</c><00:45:47.869><c> Greek</c><00:45:48.090><c> here.</c><00:45:49.449><c> And</c><00:45:49.630><c> it's</c><00:45:49.809><c> one</c><00:45:49.949><c> and</c><00:45:50.090><c> the</c><00:45:50.289><c> same</c><00:45:50.510><c> man.</c><00:45:52.150><c> And</c><00:45:52.289><c> that</c><00:45:52.409><c> his</c><00:45:52.670><c> fine</c><00:45:52.909><c> character</c><00:45:53.409><c> is</c><00:45:53.610><c> the</c>

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reason<00:45:54.090><c> for</c><00:45:54.250><c> the</c><00:45:54.449><c> various</c><00:45:54.809><c> nicknames</c><00:45:55.449><c> given</c><00:45:55.750><c> to</c><00:45:55.909><c> him</c><00:45:56.030><c> in</c><00:45:56.170><c> the</c>

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record.<00:45:57.010><c> The</c><00:45:57.289><c> just</c><00:45:57.630><c> one,</c><00:45:58.230><c> the</c><00:45:58.510><c> righteous</c><00:45:58.929><c> one,</c>

00:45:59.349 --> 00:46:04.269
son<00:45:59.530><c> of</c><00:45:59.809><c> consolation,</c><00:46:00.670><c> son</c><00:46:00.889><c> of</c><00:46:01.190><c> exhortation.</c><00:46:03.170><c> There</c><00:46:03.690><c> are</c><00:46:04.010><c> all</c>

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sorts<00:46:04.489><c> of</c><00:46:04.750><c> nicknames</c><00:46:05.150><c> associated</c><00:46:05.889><c> with</c><00:46:06.269><c> these</c><00:46:06.610><c> titles</c>

00:46:07.929 --> 00:46:15.449
here.<00:46:09.530><c> Chapter</c><00:46:10.110><c> 14.</c><00:46:13.429><c> We</c><00:46:13.449><c> read</c><00:46:13.670><c> the</c><00:46:13.909><c> verse,</c><00:46:14.170><c> but</c><00:46:14.309><c> I</c><00:46:14.449><c> didn't</c><00:46:14.690><c> emphasize</c><00:46:15.170><c> the</c>

00:46:15.449 --> 00:46:17.280
point<00:46:15.650><c> when</c><00:46:15.809><c> we</c><00:46:16.050><c> touched</c><00:46:16.289><c> on</c><00:46:16.489><c> it.</c>

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Barnabas<00:46:18.389><c> is</c><00:46:18.690><c> actually</c><00:46:19.190><c> described</c><00:46:19.789><c> as</c><00:46:20.010><c> an</c><00:46:20.210><c> apostle</c><00:46:20.570><c> in</c><00:46:20.809><c> chapter</c><00:46:21.170><c> 14,</c>

00:46:22.010 --> 00:46:26.630
verse<00:46:22.250><c> 14.</c><00:46:24.789><c> And</c><00:46:24.849><c> when</c><00:46:25.250><c> the</c><00:46:25.710><c> apostles,</c>

00:46:26.889 --> 00:46:30.809
Barnabas<00:46:27.550><c> and</c><00:46:27.769><c> Paul</c><00:46:28.170><c> heard</c><00:46:28.469><c> of</c><00:46:28.610><c> it,</c><00:46:29.610><c> they</c><00:46:29.829><c> rent</c><00:46:30.030><c> their</c><00:46:30.329><c> clothes</c><00:46:30.630><c> and</c>

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ran<00:46:31.010><c> amongst</c><00:46:31.329><c> the</c><00:46:31.590><c> people.</c>

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And<00:46:33.190><c> the</c><00:46:33.349><c> reason</c><00:46:33.949><c> for</c><00:46:34.230><c> his</c><00:46:34.489><c> apostleship</c><00:46:35.090><c> residents,</c><00:46:35.550><c> as</c><00:46:35.650><c> I</c><00:46:35.849><c> would</c><00:46:36.050><c> suggest,</c><00:46:36.570><c> is</c>

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that<00:46:36.769><c> in</c><00:46:36.989><c> Acts</c><00:46:37.190><c> chapter</c><00:46:37.510><c> 12,</c>

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we're<00:46:38.150><c> told</c><00:46:38.309><c> that</c><00:46:38.610><c> James,</c><00:46:39.050><c> the</c><00:46:39.309><c> brother</c><00:46:39.550><c> of</c><00:46:39.789><c> John,</c><00:46:40.289><c> was</c><00:46:40.590><c> executed</c><00:46:41.110><c> by</c>

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Herod<00:46:42.210><c> and</c><00:46:43.170><c> that</c><00:46:43.469><c> Barnabas</c><00:46:44.130><c> had</c><00:46:44.329><c> been</c>

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appointed<00:46:45.070><c> to</c><00:46:45.349><c> replace</c><00:46:45.769><c> him.</c><00:46:47.369><c> Certainly</c><00:46:47.690><c> had</c><00:46:47.869><c> all</c><00:46:48.110><c> the</c><00:46:48.349><c> necessary</c><00:46:48.690><c> qualifications.</c><00:46:49.710><c> Acts</c>

00:46:50.010 --> 00:46:50.949
chapter<00:46:50.349><c> one</c><00:46:50.650><c> says</c>

00:46:50.949 --> 00:46:55.349
so,<00:46:51.510><c> if</c><00:46:51.730><c> we</c><00:46:51.909><c> write</c><00:46:52.210><c> it</c><00:46:52.369><c> about</c><00:46:52.570><c> our</c><00:46:52.909><c> reconstruction.</c><00:46:54.690><c> And</c><00:46:54.869><c> although</c><00:46:55.030><c> the</c>

00:46:55.349 --> 00:46:56.789
actual<00:46:55.590><c> appointment</c><00:46:56.090><c> isn't</c><00:46:56.429><c> mentioned</c>

00:46:56.789 --> 00:47:00.710
in<00:46:56.929><c> the</c><00:46:57.090><c> book</c><00:46:57.230><c> of</c><00:46:57.449><c> Acts,</c><00:46:57.670><c> it</c><00:46:57.769><c> was</c><00:46:57.909><c> very</c><00:46:58.369><c> soon</c><00:46:58.590><c> after</c><00:46:58.929><c> James</c><00:46:59.329><c> death</c><00:46:59.690><c> that</c><00:46:59.929><c> Barnabas</c><00:47:00.429><c> is</c>

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described<00:47:01.250><c> as</c><00:47:01.449><c> an</c><00:47:01.650><c> apostle.</c>

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And<00:47:03.230><c> then</c><00:47:03.550><c> finally,</c><00:47:04.429><c> that</c><00:47:04.710><c> passage</c><00:47:05.110><c> we</c><00:47:05.349><c> looked</c><00:47:05.590><c> at</c><00:47:06.230><c> in</c><00:47:07.369><c> Corinthians,</c><00:47:08.670><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:47:09.329><c> chapter</c><00:47:09.789><c> nine,</c>

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where<00:47:11.309><c> we</c><00:47:11.510><c> began</c><00:47:11.849><c> this</c><00:47:12.110><c> little</c><00:47:12.369><c> review.</c><00:47:13.329><c> And</c><00:47:13.550><c> the</c><00:47:13.789><c> argument</c>

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is<00:47:14.409><c> simply</c><00:47:14.789><c> this,</c><00:47:15.349><c> brothers</c><00:47:15.409><c> and</c><00:47:15.590><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:16.889 --> 00:47:21.789
The<00:47:17.150><c> whole</c><00:47:17.510><c> context</c><00:47:18.010><c> of</c><00:47:18.210><c> what</c><00:47:18.389><c> Paul</c><00:47:18.630><c> is</c><00:47:19.010><c> saying</c><00:47:19.329><c> in</c><00:47:19.769><c> 1</c><00:47:20.050><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:20.510><c> nine</c><00:47:21.030><c> is</c>

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apostleship.<00:47:23.909><c> What</c><00:47:24.329><c> true</c>

00:47:24.610 --> 00:47:28.429
apostles<00:47:25.130><c> did</c><00:47:25.449><c> and</c><00:47:25.690><c> did</c><00:47:25.949><c> not</c><00:47:26.269><c> do.</c><00:47:27.349><c> And</c><00:47:27.590><c> there'd</c><00:47:27.769><c> be</c><00:47:27.909><c> no</c><00:47:28.190><c> point</c>

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of<00:47:28.730><c> citing</c><00:47:29.030><c> Barnabas</c><00:47:29.630><c> as</c><00:47:29.809><c> an</c><00:47:30.110><c> example</c><00:47:30.510><c> along</c>

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with<00:47:30.989><c> himself</c><00:47:31.469><c> and</c><00:47:31.789><c> Cephas</c><00:47:32.090><c> and</c><00:47:32.250><c> the</c><00:47:32.389><c> other</c><00:47:32.590><c> brethren</c><00:47:32.849><c> of</c><00:47:33.090><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:47:33.630><c> and</c><00:47:34.389><c> the</c><00:47:34.610><c> other</c><00:47:34.929><c> apostles,</c><00:47:36.130><c> unless</c><00:47:36.849><c> Barnabas</c>

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really<00:47:38.070><c> was</c><00:47:38.349><c> an</c><00:47:38.570><c> apostle.</c><00:47:40.489><c> And</c><00:47:40.909><c> that</c><00:47:41.130><c> everybody</c><00:47:41.489><c> knew</c><00:47:41.769><c> it.</c><00:47:42.929><c> Because</c><00:47:43.170><c> otherwise</c><00:47:43.710><c> to</c>

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include<00:47:44.289><c> him</c><00:47:44.429><c> in</c><00:47:44.530><c> the</c><00:47:44.769><c> argument</c>

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would<00:47:45.250><c> simply</c><00:47:45.630><c> weaken</c><00:47:45.949><c> the</c><00:47:46.289><c> point</c><00:47:46.489><c> and</c><00:47:46.690><c> the</c><00:47:46.969><c> case</c><00:47:47.170><c> that</c><00:47:47.329><c> he</c><00:47:47.469><c> was</c><00:47:47.690><c> presenting.</c><00:47:49.510><c> And</c><00:47:49.690><c> so</c>

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I<00:47:50.030><c> believe</c><00:47:50.170><c> that</c><00:47:50.369><c> Barnabas</c>

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was<00:47:50.969><c> an</c><00:47:51.170><c> apostle.</c><00:47:52.449><c> And</c><00:47:52.570><c> this</c><00:47:52.710><c> honor</c><00:47:52.869><c> was</c><00:47:53.190><c> bestowed</c><00:47:53.489><c> upon</c><00:47:53.710><c> him</c>

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by<00:47:54.090><c> the</c><00:47:54.329><c> Spirit</c><00:47:54.510><c> because</c><00:47:54.809><c> he</c><00:47:54.929><c> was</c><00:47:55.110><c> a</c><00:47:55.269><c> good</c><00:47:55.469><c> man</c><00:47:55.829><c> full</c>

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of<00:47:56.130><c> the</c><00:47:56.329><c> Holy</c><00:47:56.590><c> Spirit</c><00:47:57.210><c> and</c><00:47:57.869><c> of</c><00:47:58.190><c> faith.</c><00:48:00.250><c> Nicknamed</c><00:48:00.889><c> son</c><00:48:01.170><c> of</c><00:48:01.489><c> consolation</c><00:48:02.110><c> or</c>

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exhortation<00:48:03.389><c> or</c><00:48:03.869><c> encouragement,</c>

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as<00:48:04.989><c> the</c><00:48:05.269><c> NIV</c><00:48:05.650><c> says.</c><00:48:06.730><c> Because</c><00:48:06.989><c> that</c><00:48:07.269><c> so</c><00:48:07.670><c> accurately</c><00:48:08.170><c> describes</c>

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the<00:48:09.550><c> character</c><00:48:10.050><c> of</c><00:48:10.630><c> this</c><00:48:10.989><c> fine</c><00:48:11.369><c> man.</c>

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And<00:48:13.630><c> brethren</c><00:48:13.829><c> and</c><00:48:14.050><c> sisters,</c><00:48:15.530><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:15.809><c> you</c><00:48:16.170><c> like</c><00:48:16.510><c> to</c><00:48:16.809><c> have</c>

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heard<00:48:17.269><c> an</c><00:48:17.570><c> exhortation</c><00:48:18.170><c> given</c><00:48:18.369><c> by</c><00:48:18.630><c> brother</c><00:48:18.869><c> Barnabas</c>

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at<00:48:19.510><c> the</c><00:48:19.710><c> breaking</c><00:48:19.949><c> of</c><00:48:20.230><c> bread</c><00:48:20.409><c> on</c><00:48:20.690><c> a</c><00:48:20.769><c> Sunday</c><00:48:21.050><c> morning?</c><00:48:22.969><c> I</c><00:48:23.210><c> know</c>

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I<00:48:23.750><c> would.</c><00:48:25.730><c> Perhaps</c><00:48:26.329><c> one</c><00:48:26.969><c> day</c><00:48:27.670><c> by</c><00:48:28.250><c> the</c><00:48:28.449><c> grace</c><00:48:28.610><c> of</c><00:48:28.849><c> God</c>

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we<00:48:30.809><c> shall.</c>