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individuals<00:15:35.960><c> separate</c>

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from<00:15:36.960><c> each</c><00:15:37.240><c> other.</c><00:15:37.659><c> No</c><00:15:37.799><c> man,</c><00:15:38.679><c> no</c><00:15:38.879><c> brother</c><00:15:39.100><c> or</c><00:15:39.360><c> sister</c><00:15:39.659><c> is</c><00:15:39.840><c> an</c><00:15:40.000><c> island</c><00:15:40.220><c> to</c><00:15:40.379><c> themselves.</c><00:15:41.480><c> We</c><00:15:41.840><c> come</c><00:15:42.139><c> to</c><00:15:42.360><c> a</c><00:15:42.600><c> living</c>

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stone,<00:15:44.179><c> verse</c><00:15:44.539><c> 5,</c><00:15:45.840><c> and</c><00:15:46.059><c> then</c><00:15:46.720><c> ye</c><00:15:47.200><c> also</c><00:15:47.820><c> as</c><00:15:49.100><c> lively,</c><00:15:49.799><c> again</c><00:15:50.159><c> the</c>

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word,<00:15:51.259><c> or</c><00:15:51.759><c> living</c><00:15:52.100><c> stones</c><00:15:52.740><c> are</c><00:15:53.539><c> built</c>

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up<00:15:54.440><c> a</c><00:15:55.019><c> spiritual</c><00:15:55.899><c> house</c><00:15:56.840><c> and</c><00:15:58.419><c> holy</c><00:15:59.139><c> priesthood</c><00:15:59.940><c> to</c><00:16:01.059><c> offer</c><00:16:01.500><c> up</c>

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spiritual<00:16:02.600><c> sacrifices</c><00:16:03.480><c> acceptable</c><00:16:04.259><c> to</c>

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God<00:16:04.740><c> by</c><00:16:05.019><c> Jesus</c><00:16:05.379><c> Christ.</c><00:16:07.620><c> Here</c><00:16:07.919><c> again,</c><00:16:08.860><c> the</c><00:16:09.019><c> allusion</c><00:16:09.440><c> to</c><00:16:09.720><c> the</c>

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Exodus<00:16:10.139><c> experience.</c><00:16:11.980><c> Call</c><00:16:12.200><c> that</c><00:16:12.340><c> of</c><00:16:12.539><c> Egypt.</c>

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Crossed<00:16:13.960><c> through</c><00:16:13.960><c> the</c><00:16:14.039><c> Red</c><00:16:14.399><c> Sea,</c><00:16:15.679><c> baptized,</c><00:16:16.059><c> a</c><00:16:16.299><c> new</c><00:16:16.480><c> life</c><00:16:16.799><c> began,</c><00:16:17.980><c> turned</c><00:16:18.139><c> their</c><00:16:18.360><c> back</c><00:16:18.580><c> on</c>

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Egypt,<00:16:19.559><c> called</c>

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into<00:16:20.019><c> the</c><00:16:20.200><c> wilderness,</c><00:16:21.019><c> brought</c><00:16:21.340><c> to</c><00:16:21.679><c> Sinai,</c><00:16:22.759><c> sealed</c><00:16:22.980><c> by</c><00:16:23.200><c> the</c>

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covenant,<00:16:24.419><c> the</c><00:16:24.659><c> blood</c><00:16:24.919><c> of</c><00:16:25.440><c> sprinkling,</c>

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the<00:16:26.399><c> call</c><00:16:26.580><c> to</c><00:16:26.899><c> sanctification,</c><00:16:27.840><c> and</c><00:16:28.899><c> then</c><00:16:29.600><c> the</c><00:16:30.360><c> time</c><00:16:30.620><c> needed</c>

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to<00:16:31.299><c> prove</c><00:16:31.519><c> and</c><00:16:31.740><c> test</c><00:16:31.960><c> their</c><00:16:32.259><c> faith.</c><00:16:33.600><c> Israel's</c>

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faith<00:16:34.399><c> was</c><00:16:34.779><c> proven</c><00:16:35.120><c> and</c><00:16:35.659><c> tested</c><00:16:36.019><c> in</c><00:16:36.360><c> the</c><00:16:36.539><c> wilderness.</c><00:16:37.940><c> The</c><00:16:38.179><c> brothers</c><00:16:38.379><c> and</c><00:16:38.620><c> sisters</c><00:16:38.860><c> in</c>

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Asia<00:16:39.320><c> Minor,</c><00:16:40.159><c> their</c>

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faith<00:16:40.740><c> was</c><00:16:41.019><c> to</c><00:16:41.179><c> be</c><00:16:41.440><c> tested</c><00:16:41.759><c> and</c><00:16:42.100><c> tried</c><00:16:42.340><c> in</c><00:16:42.559><c> Asia</c><00:16:42.759><c> Minor.</c><00:16:44.299><c> Scattered</c><00:16:44.679><c> in</c><00:16:45.019><c> aliens</c><00:16:45.299><c> in</c>

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a<00:16:45.759><c> strange</c><00:16:46.019><c> environment,</c>

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Israel<00:16:47.559><c> in</c><00:16:47.740><c> the</c><00:16:47.860><c> wilderness</c><00:16:48.159><c> of</c><00:16:48.480><c> sin.</c><00:16:49.679><c> The</c><00:16:49.899><c> places</c><00:16:50.139><c> were</c><00:16:50.419><c> different,</c><00:16:50.940><c> the</c>

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process<00:16:51.740><c> and</c><00:16:52.120><c> the</c><00:16:52.340><c> goal</c><00:16:52.720><c> was</c>

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the<00:16:53.759><c> same.</c><00:16:54.919><c> And</c><00:16:55.179><c> here,</c><00:16:56.000><c> we</c><00:16:56.220><c> are</c><00:16:56.399><c> to</c><00:16:56.580><c> see</c><00:16:56.799><c> ourselves</c><00:16:57.600><c> not</c><00:16:58.299><c> as</c><00:16:58.600><c> islands</c><00:16:59.000><c> to</c>

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ourselves,<00:17:00.379><c> but</c><00:17:00.600><c> as</c><00:17:01.259><c> living</c>

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stones<00:17:02.399><c> brought</c><00:17:03.620><c> together</c><00:17:04.079><c> for</c><00:17:04.279><c> the</c><00:17:04.460><c> purpose</c><00:17:04.740><c> of</c><00:17:05.000><c> becoming</c><00:17:05.359><c> a</c>

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habitation<00:17:06.339><c> of</c><00:17:06.559><c> God,</c><00:17:08.519><c> individually</c>

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as<00:17:09.200><c> a</c><00:17:09.440><c> family</c><00:17:09.759><c> at</c><00:17:10.059><c> home,</c><00:17:11.400><c> collectively</c><00:17:11.740><c> as</c><00:17:12.180><c> an</c><00:17:12.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:17:12.960><c> in</c><00:17:13.559><c> our</c><00:17:13.779><c> own</c><00:17:14.019><c> cities.</c><00:17:15.259><c> But</c><00:17:15.619><c> more</c><00:17:15.900><c> than</c><00:17:16.119><c> that,</c><00:17:16.839><c> a</c><00:17:17.019><c> whole</c>

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community<00:17:17.940><c> around</c><00:17:18.380><c> the</c><00:17:18.680><c> world</c><00:17:19.160><c> as</c><00:17:19.759><c> the</c><00:17:20.140><c> believers</c><00:17:20.579><c> in</c><00:17:21.000><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus<00:17:21.740><c> wherever</c><00:17:22.240><c> they</c><00:17:22.500><c> might</c><00:17:22.740><c> be,</c><00:17:24.319><c> potentially</c>

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a<00:17:25.880><c> holy</c><00:17:26.200><c> habitation</c><00:17:26.819><c> of</c><00:17:27.079><c> God,</c><00:17:28.279><c> but</c><00:17:28.539><c> now</c><00:17:29.140><c> a</c><00:17:29.559><c> dwelling</c><00:17:29.799><c> place</c><00:17:30.240><c> for</c><00:17:30.519><c> God.</c><00:17:31.460><c> On</c>

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the<00:17:32.019><c> basis</c><00:17:32.400><c> of</c><00:17:32.759><c> accepting</c><00:17:33.059><c> these</c>

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spiritual<00:17:33.880><c> conditions</c><00:17:34.460><c> and</c><00:17:34.859><c> purging</c><00:17:35.240><c> ourselves</c><00:17:35.799><c> with</c><00:17:36.039><c> God's</c>

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help<00:17:36.880><c> from</c><00:17:37.200><c> the</c><00:17:37.480><c> pollutions</c><00:17:37.819><c> of</c><00:17:38.019><c> Egypt.</c>

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See<00:17:40.279><c> the</c><00:17:40.500><c> thought</c><00:17:40.759><c> that</c><00:17:40.900><c> is</c><00:17:41.099><c> useful</c><00:17:41.420><c> then</c><00:17:41.660><c> to</c><00:17:41.799><c> brothers</c><00:17:42.039><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:17:42.539><c> facing</c><00:17:42.940><c> persecution.</c><00:17:45.140><c> The</c><00:17:45.400><c> readers</c>

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in<00:17:46.460><c> Asia</c><00:17:46.779><c> Minor</c><00:17:47.420><c> were</c><00:17:47.960><c> to</c><00:17:48.200><c> consider</c><00:17:48.720><c> carefully</c><00:17:49.440><c> that</c><00:17:50.339><c> although</c><00:17:50.539><c> they</c><00:17:50.700><c> were</c><00:17:50.839><c> going</c><00:17:50.980><c> to</c>

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suffer<00:17:51.339><c> persecution</c>

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and<00:17:52.359><c> difficulties,</c><00:17:54.079><c> they</c><00:17:54.380><c> were</c><00:17:54.559><c> to</c><00:17:54.700><c> be</c><00:17:55.039><c> welded</c><00:17:55.380><c> together</c><00:17:56.299><c> closely</c><00:17:56.980><c> as</c>

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a<00:17:57.500><c> family.</c><00:17:58.740><c> They</c><00:17:59.059><c> were</c><00:17:59.220><c> to</c><00:17:59.420><c> see</c><00:17:59.700><c> themselves</c>

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as<00:18:00.599><c> an</c><00:18:00.859><c> ecclesia</c><00:18:01.339><c> or</c><00:18:01.779><c> as</c><00:18:02.000><c> a</c><00:18:02.259><c> community</c><00:18:02.539><c> all</c><00:18:02.859><c> over</c><00:18:03.039><c> the</c><00:18:03.200><c> world,</c>

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the<00:18:03.740><c> Roman</c><00:18:04.019><c> world</c><00:18:04.259><c> at</c><00:18:04.440><c> that</c><00:18:04.640><c> time,</c><00:18:05.559><c> as</c>

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one<00:18:06.420><c> large</c><00:18:07.019><c> dwelling</c><00:18:07.380><c> place</c><00:18:07.920><c> for</c><00:18:08.240><c> God.</c><00:18:09.839><c> That</c><00:18:10.180><c> was</c><00:18:10.460><c> meant</c><00:18:10.640><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:10.960><c> an</c><00:18:11.299><c> encouragement</c><00:18:11.839><c> to</c><00:18:12.140><c> face</c><00:18:12.420><c> persecution</c>

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and<00:18:13.400><c> trial.</c><00:18:14.660><c> Now</c><00:18:14.980><c> how</c><00:18:15.140><c> would</c><00:18:15.259><c> that</c><00:18:15.500><c> help</c><00:18:15.680><c> them?</c><00:18:16.420><c> Well</c><00:18:16.640><c> let's</c>

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consider.<00:18:17.880><c> It's</c><00:18:18.180><c> an</c><00:18:18.359><c> exhortation</c><00:18:19.019><c> to</c><00:18:19.359><c> unity</c>

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and<00:18:20.980><c> there</c><00:18:21.180><c> is</c><00:18:21.440><c> strength</c><00:18:21.799><c> in</c><00:18:22.099><c> numbers.</c><00:18:23.279><c> It's</c><00:18:23.519><c> an</c><00:18:23.720><c> exhortation</c>

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for<00:18:24.480><c> the</c><00:18:24.660><c> brothers</c><00:18:24.880><c> and</c><00:18:25.160><c> sisters</c><00:18:25.599><c> to</c>

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see<00:18:26.380><c> themselves</c><00:18:26.819><c> as</c><00:18:27.180><c> stones</c><00:18:27.599><c> that</c><00:18:27.819><c> must</c><00:18:28.099><c> be</c><00:18:28.380><c> cemented</c><00:18:29.059><c> together.</c><00:18:31.220><c> Not</c><00:18:31.460><c> based</c><00:18:31.759><c> on</c>

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a<00:18:32.119><c> human</c><00:18:32.299><c> foundation,</c>

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but<00:18:33.160><c> based</c><00:18:33.480><c> on</c><00:18:33.640><c> the</c><00:18:33.880><c> cornerstone.</c><00:18:35.160><c> Based</c><00:18:35.500><c> on</c><00:18:35.819><c> the</c><00:18:36.079><c> master</c><00:18:36.579><c> stone</c><00:18:37.000><c> from</c><00:18:37.240><c> which</c><00:18:37.400><c> we</c>

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measure<00:18:38.000><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:18:38.740><c> take</c><00:18:38.980><c> our</c><00:18:39.259><c> shape.</c><00:18:40.299><c> The</c><00:18:40.700><c> living</c><00:18:41.460><c> stone,</c><00:18:42.539><c> disallowed</c><00:18:43.160><c> in</c>

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deed<00:18:43.400><c> of</c><00:18:43.640><c> men,</c><00:18:44.400><c> but</c><00:18:44.680><c> elect</c><00:18:45.240><c> or</c><00:18:45.740><c> chosen</c><00:18:46.119><c> of</c><00:18:46.339><c> God.</c>

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God<00:18:48.000><c> called</c><00:18:48.359><c> out</c><00:18:48.640><c> the</c><00:18:48.880><c> first</c><00:18:49.220><c> stone,</c><00:18:49.759><c> Jesus</c><00:18:50.220><c> Christ,</c><00:18:50.759><c> and</c><00:18:51.140><c> placed</c><00:18:51.339><c> him</c>

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as<00:18:51.680><c> the</c><00:18:51.920><c> cornerstone.</c><00:18:53.539><c> And</c><00:18:53.720><c> the</c>

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foundation<00:18:57.299><c> is</c><00:18:57.660><c> set</c><00:18:58.059><c> on</c><00:18:58.380><c> the</c><00:18:58.619><c> basis</c><00:18:59.119><c> of</c><00:18:59.599><c> his</c><00:19:00.019><c> accuracy</c><00:19:00.480><c> and</c><00:19:00.920><c> perfection</c><00:19:01.460><c> as</c>

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the<00:19:02.200><c> model</c><00:19:02.519><c> stone.</c><00:19:03.420><c> And</c><00:19:03.559><c> all</c>

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of<00:19:03.839><c> us,</c><00:19:04.359><c> shoulder</c><00:19:04.440><c> to</c><00:19:04.720><c> shoulder</c><00:19:05.180><c> throughout</c><00:19:06.019><c> the</c><00:19:06.299><c> world,</c><00:19:06.880><c> measure</c><00:19:07.299><c> ourselves</c><00:19:07.880><c> and</c>

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fit<00:19:08.500><c> ourselves</c>

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according<00:19:09.779><c> to</c><00:19:09.980><c> that</c><00:19:10.180><c> pattern.</c><00:19:10.880><c> So</c><00:19:11.279><c> that</c><00:19:11.380><c> we</c><00:19:11.500><c> might</c><00:19:11.720><c> become</c><00:19:12.880><c> living</c><00:19:13.619><c> stones</c><00:19:14.119><c> in</c>

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a<00:19:14.799><c> living</c><00:19:15.059><c> house.</c><00:19:16.619><c> Growing</c>

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from<00:19:17.779><c> faith</c><00:19:18.380><c> to</c><00:19:18.640><c> faith</c><00:19:18.880><c> and</c><00:19:19.240><c> growth</c><00:19:19.480><c> is</c><00:19:19.740><c> essential.</c><00:19:20.680><c> Look</c><00:19:20.839><c> at</c>

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how<00:19:21.099><c> that's</c><00:19:21.519><c> stressed.</c><00:19:22.240><c> Back</c><00:19:22.480><c> to</c><00:19:22.660><c> verse</c>

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2.<00:19:24.240><c> As</c><00:19:24.599><c> newborn</c><00:19:25.180><c> babes</c><00:19:25.599><c> desire</c><00:19:26.079><c> the</c><00:19:26.359><c> sincere</c><00:19:26.680><c> milk</c><00:19:26.960><c> of</c><00:19:27.119><c> the</c><00:19:27.319><c> word,</c><00:19:28.279><c> that</c><00:19:28.400><c> ye</c>

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may<00:19:29.059><c> grow</c><00:19:29.740><c> thereby.</c><00:19:31.700><c> He</c>

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anticipates<00:19:32.599><c> that</c><00:19:32.740><c> we</c><00:19:32.880><c> will</c><00:19:33.119><c> not</c><00:19:34.079><c> be</c><00:19:34.539><c> stagnant.</c><00:19:35.680><c> He</c><00:19:35.960><c> anticipates</c><00:19:36.420><c> the</c><00:19:36.559><c> necessity</c><00:19:37.079><c> for</c>

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stagnant.<00:20:25.000><c> There</c><00:20:25.180><c> is</c><00:20:25.440><c> never</c><00:20:25.640><c> a</c><00:20:25.880><c> time</c><00:20:26.099><c> when</c>

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we<00:20:26.579><c> stop</c><00:20:26.880><c> in</c><00:20:27.180><c> our</c><00:20:27.400><c> growth.</c><00:20:28.359><c> If</c><00:20:28.460><c> we</c><00:20:28.700><c> perceive</c><00:20:29.059><c> ourselves</c><00:20:29.700><c> as</c><00:20:30.779><c> living</c><00:20:31.220><c> stones,</c><00:20:32.099><c> we</c>

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perceiving<00:20:48.660><c> ourselves</c><00:20:49.319><c> as</c><00:20:49.960><c> living</c><00:20:50.519><c> stones?</c>

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tabernacle,<00:23:14.039><c> the</c><00:23:14.259><c> movement</c><00:23:14.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:14.799><c> pillar</c><00:23:14.980><c> of</c><00:23:15.299><c> fire,</c><00:23:16.200><c> all</c><00:23:16.599><c> reinforcing</c><00:23:17.380><c> the</c><00:23:17.819><c> association</c>

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with<00:23:18.839><c> light</c><00:23:19.359><c> to</c><00:23:19.799><c> dispel</c><00:23:20.160><c> the</c><00:23:20.400><c> darkness</c><00:23:20.779><c> within</c><00:23:21.079><c> them.</c>

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And<00:23:22.460><c> here,</c><00:23:22.759><c> brothers</c><00:23:22.819><c> and</c><00:23:23.079><c> sisters,</c><00:23:23.359><c> we</c><00:23:23.640><c> see</c><00:23:24.220><c> that</c><00:23:24.660><c> we</c><00:23:24.839><c> have</c><00:23:25.000><c> been</c><00:23:25.380><c> called</c><00:23:25.619><c> to</c><00:23:25.859><c> become</c><00:23:26.099><c> a</c>

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house,<00:23:27.319><c> a</c><00:23:27.720><c> family</c>

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welded<00:23:28.859><c> together</c><00:23:29.359><c> on</c><00:23:29.619><c> the</c><00:23:29.740><c> basis</c><00:23:30.039><c> of</c><00:23:30.279><c> divine</c><00:23:30.619><c> principles</c><00:23:31.380><c> so</c>

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that<00:23:32.640><c> when</c><00:23:33.079><c> we</c><00:23:33.380><c> do</c><00:23:33.700><c> face</c><00:23:33.980><c> persecution</c><00:23:34.799><c> from</c><00:23:35.259><c> without,</c>

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so<00:23:36.799><c> that</c><00:23:37.359><c> when</c><00:23:37.819><c> we</c><00:23:38.140><c> do</c><00:23:38.660><c> face</c><00:23:39.440><c> the</c><00:23:39.859><c> problems</c><00:23:40.220><c> of</c><00:23:40.519><c> apostasy</c><00:23:41.140><c> within,</c><00:23:42.059><c> we</c>

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have<00:23:42.500><c> the</c><00:23:42.880><c> strength</c><00:23:43.200><c> as</c><00:23:43.539><c> an</c><00:23:43.720><c> ecclesia</c>

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or<00:23:44.539><c> the</c><00:23:44.880><c> strength</c><00:23:45.140><c> as</c><00:23:45.460><c> a</c><00:23:45.680><c> community</c><00:23:46.099><c> to</c><00:23:46.839><c> withstand</c><00:23:47.880><c> those</c><00:23:48.460><c> pressures</c><00:23:48.900><c> and</c>

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that<00:23:49.660><c> stress.</c><00:23:51.079><c> See,</c><00:23:51.220><c> it</c><00:23:51.359><c> is</c>

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a<00:23:51.460><c> building</c><00:23:51.920><c> constructed</c><00:23:52.640><c> of</c><00:23:52.900><c> stones</c><00:23:53.440><c> that</c><00:23:54.319><c> is</c><00:23:54.619><c> under</c><00:23:55.240><c> pressure.</c><00:23:57.940><c> The</c><00:23:58.259><c> strength</c><00:23:58.539><c> depends</c><00:23:59.079><c> on</c><00:23:59.359><c> all</c>

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the<00:23:59.960><c> stones.</c><00:24:02.059><c> The</c><00:24:02.380><c> strength</c><00:24:02.619><c> depends</c><00:24:03.299><c> on</c><00:24:03.660><c> the</c><00:24:03.900><c> cement</c><00:24:04.319><c> that</c>

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holds<00:24:04.940><c> those</c><00:24:05.299><c> stones</c><00:24:05.700><c> together.</c><00:24:06.940><c> There's</c>

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only<00:24:07.359><c> one</c><00:24:07.579><c> cement</c><00:24:07.880><c> that</c><00:24:08.059><c> holds</c><00:24:08.259><c> us</c><00:24:08.460><c> together,</c><00:24:08.819><c> brothers</c><00:24:09.000><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:24:10.819><c> The</c><00:24:11.019><c> principles</c><00:24:11.480><c> of</c><00:24:11.720><c> the</c><00:24:11.980><c> truth</c><00:24:12.160><c> as</c>

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expressed<00:24:12.900><c> in</c><00:24:13.079><c> the</c><00:24:13.220><c> word</c><00:24:13.319><c> of</c><00:24:13.539><c> God,</c><00:24:13.920><c> which</c><00:24:14.200><c> here</c><00:24:14.559><c> in</c><00:24:14.839><c> Peter</c><00:24:15.059><c> is</c>

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reckoned<00:24:15.960><c> as</c><00:24:16.160><c> a</c><00:24:16.359><c> divine</c><00:24:16.720><c> seed.</c><00:24:17.880><c> That</c><00:24:18.039><c> is</c>

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cementing<00:24:19.299><c> force</c><00:24:19.640><c> which</c><00:24:19.900><c> will</c><00:24:20.220><c> hold</c><00:24:20.440><c> us</c><00:24:20.680><c> together</c><00:24:21.000><c> as</c><00:24:21.220><c> a</c><00:24:21.440><c> community,</c><00:24:22.680><c> as</c>

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an<00:24:23.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:23.519><c> or</c><00:24:23.819><c> as</c><00:24:24.000><c> an</c><00:24:24.319><c> individual</c>

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family<00:24:25.279><c> when</c><00:24:25.680><c> problems</c><00:24:26.259><c> and</c><00:24:26.740><c> stress</c><00:24:27.319><c> beset</c><00:24:27.740><c> us.</c><00:24:29.279><c> The</c><00:24:29.500><c> psychologists</c><00:24:30.099><c> in</c><00:24:30.259><c> this</c>

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country<00:24:30.740><c> and</c><00:24:30.880><c> around</c>

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the<00:24:31.319><c> world</c><00:24:31.559><c> have</c><00:24:31.700><c> done</c><00:24:31.819><c> a</c><00:24:31.880><c> lot</c><00:24:32.039><c> of</c><00:24:32.299><c> research</c><00:24:32.579><c> recently</c><00:24:33.220><c> on</c><00:24:33.700><c> the</c>

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problem<00:24:34.140><c> of</c><00:24:34.420><c> stress.</c><00:24:36.319><c> And</c><00:24:36.500><c> one</c><00:24:36.599><c> of</c><00:24:36.759><c> the</c><00:24:36.859><c> things</c>

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psychologists<00:24:37.740><c> have</c><00:24:38.059><c> noted,</c><00:24:39.359><c> that</c><00:24:39.519><c> for</c><00:24:39.680><c> once</c><00:24:39.839><c> is</c><00:24:40.059><c> perhaps</c><00:24:40.400><c> accurate</c><00:24:40.759><c> anyways,</c><00:24:42.579><c> is</c>

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that<00:24:43.420><c> stress</c>

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is<00:24:44.039><c> often</c><00:24:44.579><c> brought</c><00:24:44.920><c> on</c><00:24:45.200><c> by</c><00:24:45.440><c> people</c><00:24:45.859><c> having</c><00:24:47.079><c> a</c><00:24:47.299><c> sense</c><00:24:47.640><c> of</c><00:24:47.920><c> lack</c>

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of<00:24:48.420><c> control</c><00:24:48.779><c> over</c><00:24:48.980><c> their</c><00:24:49.180><c> situation</c><00:24:49.640><c> in</c>

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life.<00:24:51.000><c> And</c><00:24:51.180><c> they</c><00:24:51.299><c> often</c><00:24:51.640><c> associate</c><00:24:52.259><c> that</c><00:24:52.559><c> problem</c><00:24:52.960><c> with</c><00:24:53.559><c> a</c>

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person<00:24:54.059><c> being</c><00:24:54.359><c> isolated.</c><00:24:55.700><c> And</c><00:24:55.819><c> they</c><00:24:56.000><c> talk</c>

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about<00:24:56.500><c> the</c><00:24:56.740><c> naked</c><00:24:57.079><c> city,</c><00:24:58.259><c> people</c><00:24:58.579><c> living</c><00:24:58.859><c> in</c><00:24:59.140><c> large</c><00:24:59.400><c> cities</c>

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and<00:24:59.960><c> places</c><00:25:00.200><c> where</c><00:25:00.339><c> they</c><00:25:00.460><c> have</c><00:25:00.599><c> no</c><00:25:00.819><c> sense</c>

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of<00:25:01.240><c> identity,</c><00:25:01.619><c> no</c><00:25:01.779><c> sense</c><00:25:02.000><c> of</c><00:25:02.259><c> community,</c><00:25:03.079><c> where</c><00:25:03.240><c> people</c><00:25:03.460><c> don't</c><00:25:03.720><c> care</c>

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about<00:25:04.220><c> them,</c><00:25:05.519><c> where</c><00:25:05.799><c> people</c>

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today,<00:25:06.420><c> for</c><00:25:06.680><c> example,</c><00:25:07.259><c> neglect</c><00:25:07.640><c> their</c><00:25:07.859><c> own</c><00:25:08.180><c> parents</c><00:25:08.680><c> once</c><00:25:09.220><c> they</c><00:25:09.480><c> are</c><00:25:09.759><c> free</c><00:25:10.220><c> to</c>

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work<00:25:10.799><c> and</c><00:25:10.940><c> leave</c><00:25:11.160><c> the</c><00:25:11.319><c> house.</c>

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And<00:25:12.799><c> older</c><00:25:13.039><c> folks</c><00:25:13.279><c> have</c><00:25:13.519><c> to</c><00:25:13.660><c> be</c><00:25:13.859><c> looked</c><00:25:14.119><c> after</c><00:25:14.500><c> by</c><00:25:14.720><c> other</c><00:25:15.019><c> people</c><00:25:15.339><c> other</c><00:25:15.579><c> than</c>

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in<00:25:15.799><c> the</c><00:25:15.980><c> family.</c><00:25:16.740><c> Society</c>

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looks<00:25:17.319><c> after</c><00:25:17.619><c> parents.</c><00:25:18.819><c> And</c><00:25:18.980><c> psychologists</c><00:25:19.500><c> have</c><00:25:20.000><c> noted</c><00:25:20.380><c> that</c><00:25:20.819><c> that</c><00:25:21.019><c> sense</c><00:25:21.220><c> of</c>

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isolation<00:25:22.140><c> has</c><00:25:22.619><c> enhanced</c>

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the<00:25:23.319><c> problems</c><00:25:23.680><c> of</c><00:25:23.880><c> stress</c><00:25:24.160><c> in</c><00:25:24.319><c> this</c><00:25:24.460><c> country.</c><00:25:25.980><c> And</c><00:25:26.140><c> the</c><00:25:26.259><c> lack</c>

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of<00:25:26.940><c> control</c><00:25:27.519><c> over</c><00:25:27.819><c> situations</c><00:25:28.619><c> precipitates</c>

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stress.<00:25:31.460><c> But</c><00:25:31.640><c> how</c><00:25:31.920><c> much</c><00:25:32.160><c> more</c><00:25:32.440><c> useful</c><00:25:32.759><c> it</c><00:25:32.980><c> is</c><00:25:33.140><c> in</c><00:25:33.319><c> the</c><00:25:33.519><c> divine</c>

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scheme<00:25:34.319><c> to</c><00:25:34.660><c> face</c><00:25:35.119><c> stress</c><00:25:35.779><c> and</c><00:25:36.279><c> difficulties</c>

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when<00:25:37.779><c> you</c><00:25:38.059><c> stand</c><00:25:38.640><c> together</c><00:25:39.559><c> as</c><00:25:39.859><c> a</c><00:25:40.119><c> community.</c><00:25:41.299><c> When</c><00:25:41.480><c> you</c><00:25:41.779><c> are</c>

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facing<00:25:42.299><c> stress</c><00:25:42.740><c> or</c><00:25:42.940><c> I</c><00:25:43.240><c> am</c><00:25:43.440><c> facing</c><00:25:43.799><c> stress,</c>

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to<00:25:44.859><c> have</c><00:25:45.059><c> the</c><00:25:45.359><c> fellow</c><00:25:45.660><c> living</c><00:25:46.059><c> stones</c><00:25:46.579><c> there</c><00:25:46.980><c> to</c><00:25:47.220><c> support</c><00:25:47.619><c> you</c>

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and<00:25:48.119><c> shoulder</c><00:25:48.400><c> you</c><00:25:48.839><c> and</c><00:25:49.359><c> bring</c><00:25:49.599><c> you</c>

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through<00:25:50.039><c> those</c><00:25:50.359><c> trials.</c><00:25:51.339><c> We</c><00:25:51.839><c> need</c><00:25:52.079><c> to</c><00:25:52.259><c> know</c><00:25:52.400><c> that.</c><00:25:53.180><c> And</c><00:25:53.440><c> we</c><00:25:53.579><c> need</c><00:25:53.759><c> to</c>

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be<00:25:54.180><c> able</c><00:25:54.180><c> to</c><00:25:54.259><c> draw</c><00:25:54.460><c> upon</c><00:25:54.759><c> the</c><00:25:55.000><c> mutual</c>

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:57.940
strength<00:25:55.859><c> of</c><00:25:56.099><c> the</c><00:25:56.299><c> fellow</c><00:25:56.519><c> living</c><00:25:56.839><c> stones</c><00:25:57.220><c> in</c><00:25:57.400><c> our</c><00:25:57.599><c> Ecclesia</c>

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and<00:25:58.740><c> throughout</c><00:25:59.000><c> the</c><00:25:59.220><c> whole</c><00:25:59.440><c> community.</c>

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And<00:26:01.680><c> when</c><00:26:01.779><c> we</c><00:26:02.000><c> find</c><00:26:02.200><c> brothers</c><00:26:02.440><c> and</c><00:26:02.700><c> sisters</c><00:26:02.980><c> who</c><00:26:03.220><c> are</c><00:26:03.420><c> wandering</c><00:26:03.819><c> from</c>

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the<00:26:04.740><c> truth,</c><00:26:05.559><c> when</c><00:26:05.680><c> there</c><00:26:05.779><c> are</c>

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members<00:26:06.140><c> in</c><00:26:06.299><c> an</c><00:26:06.500><c> Ecclesia</c><00:26:06.799><c> that</c><00:26:06.960><c> are</c><00:26:07.180><c> dabbling</c><00:26:07.519><c> with</c><00:26:07.680><c> the</c><00:26:07.880><c> thoughts</c><00:26:08.039><c> of</c>

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apostasy,<00:26:09.559><c> when</c><00:26:09.700><c> the</c><00:26:09.880><c> basic</c><00:26:10.180><c> first</c>

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principles<00:26:11.000><c> are</c><00:26:11.299><c> being</c><00:26:11.980><c> dissolved,</c><00:26:13.700><c> when</c><00:26:13.880><c> the</c><00:26:14.140><c> importance,</c>

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the<00:26:14.839><c> central</c><00:26:15.180><c> importance</c><00:26:15.700><c> of</c><00:26:15.980><c> this</c><00:26:16.299><c> living</c><00:26:16.640><c> incorruptible</c>

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seed<00:26:18.059><c> is</c><00:26:18.519><c> being</c><00:26:18.819><c> put</c><00:26:19.079><c> down</c><00:26:19.380><c> or</c><00:26:19.640><c> neglected</c><00:26:20.200><c> by</c><00:26:20.619><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:21.680><c> it</c>

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weakens<00:26:22.740><c> the</c><00:26:23.079><c> strength</c><00:26:23.480><c> of</c><00:26:23.680><c> the</c><00:26:23.920><c> walls.</c><00:26:25.400><c> It</c><00:26:25.819><c> doesn't</c>

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allow<00:26:26.660><c> for</c><00:26:26.900><c> the</c><00:26:27.160><c> stones</c><00:26:27.579><c> to</c><00:26:28.500><c> mix</c><00:26:28.920><c> and</c><00:26:29.339><c> to</c><00:26:29.720><c> shoulder</c><00:26:30.039><c> together</c>

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and<00:26:31.220><c> stand</c><00:26:31.619><c> loyally</c><00:26:32.240><c> and</c><00:26:32.720><c> with</c><00:26:33.019><c> unity</c>

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to<00:26:34.079><c> face</c><00:26:34.339><c> the</c><00:26:34.539><c> mutual</c><00:26:34.920><c> trials</c><00:26:35.259><c> that</c><00:26:35.420><c> we</c><00:26:35.619><c> have.</c><00:26:36.700><c> To</c><00:26:36.880><c> bear</c><00:26:37.039><c> one</c>

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another's<00:26:37.720><c> burdens</c><00:26:38.059><c> is</c><00:26:38.299><c> really</c><00:26:38.619><c> to</c><00:26:38.920><c> shoulder</c>

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one<00:26:40.440><c> another's</c><00:26:40.859><c> burdens,</c><00:26:41.500><c> as</c><00:26:41.640><c> it</c><00:26:41.839><c> means</c><00:26:41.980><c> in</c><00:26:42.140><c> the</c><00:26:42.299><c> original.</c>

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being<00:26:45.680><c> able</c><00:26:46.000><c> and</c><00:26:46.299><c> willing</c><00:26:46.500><c> to</c><00:26:46.880><c> bear</c><00:26:47.200><c> the</c><00:26:47.619><c> strain</c><00:26:47.960><c> and</c><00:26:48.140><c> the</c><00:26:48.440><c> stress</c><00:26:48.700><c> that</c><00:26:48.920><c> someone</c><00:26:49.119><c> else</c><00:26:49.880><c> is</c><00:26:50.819><c> experiencing.</c>

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If<00:26:52.759><c> we</c><00:26:53.039><c> stand</c><00:26:53.259><c> as</c><00:26:53.460><c> a</c><00:26:53.660><c> living</c><00:26:53.839><c> house,</c><00:26:54.380><c> as</c><00:26:54.579><c> Peter</c><00:26:54.799><c> knew,</c><00:26:55.660><c> we</c><00:26:55.900><c> have</c>

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the<00:26:56.420><c> ability</c><00:26:56.839><c> to</c><00:26:57.299><c> withstand</c><00:26:57.779><c> those</c><00:26:58.180><c> trials</c>

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and<00:26:58.759><c> difficulties.</c><00:27:00.559><c> Let's</c><00:27:00.819><c> go</c><00:27:01.019><c> back</c><00:27:01.200><c> to</c><00:27:01.319><c> the</c><00:27:01.420><c> Old</c><00:27:01.599><c> Testament.</c>

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There<00:27:03.819><c> are</c><00:27:03.980><c> two</c><00:27:04.240><c> places</c><00:27:04.880><c> apart</c><00:27:05.519><c> from</c>

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our<00:27:06.980><c> references</c><00:27:07.420><c> to</c><00:27:07.660><c> the</c><00:27:07.880><c> twelve</c><00:27:08.220><c> stones</c><00:27:08.700><c> in</c><00:27:10.019><c> Israel</c><00:27:10.579><c> that</c><00:27:11.599><c> is</c>

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most<00:27:12.099><c> useful</c><00:27:12.460><c> to</c><00:27:12.680><c> understand</c><00:27:13.240><c> the</c><00:27:14.200><c> origin</c>

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of<00:27:14.619><c> the</c><00:27:14.819><c> Spirit's</c><00:27:15.279><c> thought.</c><00:27:15.720><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:16.099><c> chapter</c><00:27:16.539><c> 51,</c><00:27:18.980><c> a</c><00:27:19.119><c> little</c>

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passage<00:27:19.720><c> that</c><00:27:19.880><c> can</c><00:27:20.019><c> be</c><00:27:20.220><c> very</c><00:27:20.480><c> easily</c><00:27:20.740><c> neglected</c>

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but<00:27:22.579><c> very</c><00:27:23.000><c> much</c><00:27:23.240><c> relates</c><00:27:23.660><c> to</c><00:27:23.920><c> Peter's</c><00:27:24.359><c> thoughts</c><00:27:24.539><c> here.</c><00:27:26.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:26.440><c> chapter</c><00:27:27.059><c> 51,</c><00:27:34.019><c> verse</c><00:27:41.819><c> 1</c>

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of<00:27:44.619><c> Isaiah</c>

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51.<00:27:48.220><c> Harken</c><00:27:48.420><c> to</c><00:27:48.720><c> me,</c><00:27:49.019><c> says</c><00:27:49.099><c> the</c><00:27:49.319><c> prophet,</c><00:27:50.339><c> ye</c><00:27:50.440><c> that</c><00:27:50.740><c> follow</c><00:27:50.960><c> after</c><00:27:51.440><c> righteousness,</c><00:27:52.740><c> ye</c>

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that<00:27:53.319><c> seek</c><00:27:53.500><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:27:55.319><c> look</c><00:27:55.579><c> unto</c><00:27:56.059><c> the</c><00:27:56.559><c> rock</c><00:27:57.440><c> whence</c><00:27:58.420><c> ye</c><00:27:58.839><c> were</c><00:27:59.299><c> hewn,</c><00:28:00.940><c> and</c><00:28:01.180><c> to</c>

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the<00:28:01.700><c> hole</c><00:28:02.099><c> of</c><00:28:02.420><c> the</c><00:28:02.720><c> pit</c><00:28:03.220><c> whence</c><00:28:04.220><c> ye</c><00:28:04.559><c> were</c>

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digged.<00:28:06.319><c> Look</c><00:28:06.799><c> unto</c><00:28:07.140><c> Abraham</c><00:28:07.920><c> your</c><00:28:08.259><c> father,</c><00:28:09.180><c> and</c><00:28:09.440><c> unto</c><00:28:09.779><c> Sarah</c>

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that<00:28:10.920><c> bare</c><00:28:11.240><c> you,</c><00:28:12.359><c> for</c><00:28:12.680><c> I</c><00:28:13.200><c> called</c><00:28:13.559><c> him</c>

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alone,<00:28:15.619><c> and</c><00:28:15.960><c> blessed</c><00:28:16.259><c> him,</c><00:28:16.900><c> and</c><00:28:17.299><c> increased</c><00:28:17.960><c> him.</c><00:28:19.960><c> Now</c><00:28:20.200><c> the</c><00:28:20.299><c> language</c><00:28:20.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:20.960><c> King</c><00:28:21.200><c> James</c><00:28:21.720><c> is</c><00:28:23.119><c> perhaps</c>

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obscuring<00:28:24.299><c> several</c><00:28:24.759><c> key</c><00:28:25.059><c> points.</c><00:28:25.720><c> I'm</c><00:28:25.940><c> going</c><00:28:26.099><c> to</c><00:28:26.359><c> read</c><00:28:26.640><c> to</c>

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you<00:28:27.059><c> that</c><00:28:27.420><c> same</c><00:28:28.099><c> section</c><00:28:28.720><c> from</c><00:28:28.960><c> the</c><00:28:29.119><c> Jerusalem</c>

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Bible.<00:28:31.440><c> It</c><00:28:31.839><c> renders</c><00:28:32.059><c> it</c><00:28:32.240><c> this</c><00:28:32.440><c> way.</c><00:28:33.779><c> Consider</c><00:28:34.039><c> the</c><00:28:34.440><c> rock</c><00:28:34.859><c> you</c>

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were<00:28:35.559><c> hewn</c><00:28:35.839><c> from,</c><00:28:37.180><c> the</c><00:28:37.559><c> quarry</c><00:28:38.119><c> from</c><00:28:38.420><c> which</c>

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you<00:28:38.660><c> were</c><00:28:38.980><c> cut.</c><00:28:41.759><c> Consider</c><00:28:41.779><c> Abraham</c><00:28:42.579><c> your</c><00:28:42.960><c> father,</c><00:28:43.660><c> and</c><00:28:44.059><c> Sarah</c>

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that<00:28:45.099><c> begat</c><00:28:45.640><c> you,</c><00:28:46.980><c> or</c><00:28:47.140><c> gave</c><00:28:47.359><c> you</c><00:28:47.619><c> birth.</c>

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For<00:28:49.859><c> he</c><00:28:50.440><c> was</c><00:28:50.720><c> all</c><00:28:51.160><c> alone</c><00:28:51.559><c> when</c><00:28:51.859><c> I</c><00:28:52.180><c> called</c><00:28:52.460><c> him,</c><00:28:53.359><c> but</c><00:28:53.599><c> I</c><00:28:53.940><c> blessed</c>

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and<00:28:54.859><c> increased</c><00:28:55.400><c> him.</c><00:28:56.740><c> Now</c><00:28:57.039><c> let's</c><00:28:57.160><c> think</c>

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about<00:28:57.640><c> those</c><00:28:57.960><c> thoughts</c><00:28:58.380><c> part</c><00:28:59.160><c> by</c><00:28:59.579><c> part</c><00:28:59.859><c> and</c><00:29:00.019><c> see</c><00:29:00.220><c> how</c><00:29:00.400><c> they</c><00:29:00.619><c> relate</c><00:29:01.059><c> to</c>

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the<00:29:01.700><c> exhortation</c><00:29:02.180><c> that</c><00:29:02.319><c> the</c>

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quarry<00:29:08.880><c> from</c><00:29:09.119><c> which</c><00:29:09.339><c> you</c><00:29:09.519><c> were</c><00:29:09.799><c> cut.</c><00:29:11.400><c> The</c><00:29:11.660><c> prophet</c><00:29:12.079><c> sees</c><00:29:12.480><c> us,</c>

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brothers<00:29:13.000><c> and</c><00:29:13.299><c> sisters,</c><00:29:14.059><c> as</c><00:29:14.480><c> rocks</c><00:29:15.039><c> that</c>

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have<00:29:16.119><c> been</c><00:29:16.440><c> hewn</c><00:29:16.779><c> and</c><00:29:17.160><c> cut</c><00:29:17.460><c> out,</c><00:29:18.599><c> measured</c><00:29:18.900><c> carefully</c><00:29:19.500><c> and</c><00:29:19.859><c> drawn</c><00:29:20.240><c> out</c><00:29:20.500><c> of</c>

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a<00:29:20.880><c> quarry.</c><00:29:22.799><c> Then</c><00:29:23.079><c> there's</c><00:29:23.319><c> a</c>

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parallel<00:29:23.980><c> thought,</c><00:29:24.960><c> which</c><00:29:25.119><c> is</c><00:29:25.339><c> meant</c><00:29:25.480><c> to</c><00:29:25.799><c> complement</c><00:29:26.279><c> the</c><00:29:26.559><c> idea</c><00:29:26.839><c> of</c>

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being<00:29:27.279><c> cut</c><00:29:27.559><c> as</c><00:29:27.920><c> stones</c><00:29:28.400><c> out</c><00:29:28.799><c> of</c><00:29:28.920><c> a</c><00:29:29.200><c> quarry.</c>

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And<00:29:31.039><c> the</c><00:29:31.279><c> second</c><00:29:31.460><c> part</c><00:29:31.740><c> then</c><00:29:31.960><c> of</c><00:29:32.079><c> this</c><00:29:32.319><c> section,</c><00:29:33.079><c> consider</c>

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Abraham<00:29:34.039><c> your</c><00:29:34.359><c> father,</c><00:29:35.259><c> and</c><00:29:35.619><c> Sarah</c><00:29:35.960><c> who</c>

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gave<00:29:36.279><c> you</c><00:29:36.700><c> birth.</c><00:29:38.059><c> Now</c><00:29:38.279><c> that's</c><00:29:38.740><c> in</c><00:29:39.099><c> parallel</c><00:29:39.440><c> with</c><00:29:39.779><c> the</c><00:29:39.960><c> analogy</c><00:29:40.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:40.660><c> quarry.</c><00:29:42.200><c> Consider</c><00:29:42.319><c> the</c><00:29:42.539><c> rock</c>

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from<00:29:43.140><c> which</c><00:29:43.380><c> you</c><00:29:43.519><c> were</c><00:29:43.779><c> cut.</c><00:29:45.059><c> Consider</c><00:29:45.220><c> Abraham</c><00:29:45.900><c> your</c><00:29:46.200><c> father.</c><00:29:47.599><c> You</c>

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have<00:29:48.039><c> come</c><00:29:48.380><c> from</c><00:29:48.700><c> the</c><00:29:49.019><c> rock.</c>

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You<00:29:50.200><c> have</c><00:29:50.539><c> come</c><00:29:50.859><c> from</c><00:29:51.140><c> Abraham.</c><00:29:53.059><c> The</c><00:29:53.500><c> quarry</c><00:29:54.059><c> from</c><00:29:54.299><c> which</c><00:29:54.579><c> you</c>

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were<00:29:55.039><c> cut</c><00:29:55.779><c> parallels</c><00:29:56.859><c> and</c><00:29:57.880><c> Sarah</c><00:29:58.279><c> who</c>

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gave<00:29:58.900><c> you</c><00:29:59.200><c> birth.</c><00:30:00.420><c> You</c><00:30:00.640><c> came</c><00:30:00.960><c> from</c><00:30:01.220><c> Sarah.</c><00:30:02.140><c> You</c><00:30:02.339><c> were</c><00:30:02.579><c> begotten</c><00:30:03.119><c> through</c>

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her.<00:30:04.359><c> You</c><00:30:04.859><c> were</c><00:30:05.140><c> taken</c><00:30:05.400><c> or</c><00:30:05.799><c> cut</c>

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out<00:30:06.220><c> of</c><00:30:06.359><c> the</c><00:30:06.619><c> quarry.</c><00:30:07.880><c> Now</c><00:30:08.059><c> let's</c><00:30:08.220><c> put</c><00:30:08.380><c> that</c><00:30:08.599><c> together.</c><00:30:10.279><c> Abraham</c><00:30:10.680><c> is</c><00:30:11.000><c> likened</c><00:30:11.200><c> to</c>

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that<00:30:11.680><c> rock</c><00:30:12.019><c> in</c><00:30:12.259><c> a</c><00:30:12.440><c> certain</c>

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sense<00:30:13.200><c> and</c><00:30:13.799><c> to</c><00:30:13.980><c> all</c><00:30:14.319><c> that</c><00:30:14.519><c> the</c><00:30:14.759><c> Abrahamic</c><00:30:15.440><c> figure</c><00:30:15.740><c> stands</c><00:30:16.299><c> for.</c><00:30:17.079><c> The</c>

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promise<00:30:17.599><c> of</c><00:30:17.839><c> a</c><00:30:18.039><c> seed,</c><00:30:18.900><c> the</c><00:30:19.079><c> promises</c>

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of<00:30:19.759><c> God's</c><00:30:20.140><c> abiding.</c><00:30:21.759><c> That's</c><00:30:22.240><c> the</c><00:30:22.440><c> rock</c><00:30:22.819><c> from</c><00:30:23.079><c> which</c><00:30:23.299><c> we</c><00:30:23.539><c> are</c>

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hewn.<00:30:25.079><c> The</c><00:30:25.420><c> quarry</c><00:30:25.900><c> from</c><00:30:26.119><c> which</c><00:30:26.359><c> we</c><00:30:26.579><c> are</c>

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cut<00:30:27.140><c> is</c><00:30:27.599><c> like</c><00:30:27.819><c> being</c><00:30:28.099><c> given</c><00:30:28.380><c> birth</c><00:30:28.700><c> through</c><00:30:28.960><c> Sarah.</c><00:30:30.319><c> For</c><00:30:30.619><c> as</c>

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it<00:30:31.099><c> continues</c><00:30:31.359><c> in</c><00:30:31.519><c> the</c><00:30:31.720><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:30:32.660><c> he,</c>

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Abraham,<00:30:33.640><c> was</c><00:30:33.660><c> all</c><00:30:33.960><c> alone</c><00:30:34.299><c> when</c><00:30:34.440><c> I</c><00:30:34.660><c> called</c><00:30:34.880><c> him,</c><00:30:35.619><c> but</c><00:30:35.779><c> I</c><00:30:36.119><c> blessed</c><00:30:36.400><c> and</c>

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increased<00:30:37.119><c> him.</c><00:30:38.599><c> That</c><00:30:39.019><c> passage</c>

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in<00:30:39.680><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:40.160><c> 51</c><00:30:41.140><c> therefore</c><00:30:42.200><c> likens</c><00:30:42.720><c> us</c><00:30:43.059><c> to</c><00:30:43.440><c> stones.</c><00:30:45.140><c> It</c><00:30:45.380><c> likens</c>

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us<00:30:45.980><c> to</c><00:30:46.220><c> stones</c><00:30:46.579><c> that</c><00:30:46.740><c> have</c><00:30:46.880><c> been</c><00:30:47.180><c> quarried</c>

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and<00:30:48.099><c> cut</c><00:30:48.559><c> from</c><00:30:49.259><c> solid</c><00:30:49.579><c> rock.</c><00:30:50.900><c> It</c><00:30:51.220><c> associates</c><00:30:51.940><c> the</c><00:30:52.539><c> source</c><00:30:52.960><c> of</c>

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those<00:30:53.539><c> rocks</c><00:30:54.000><c> with</c><00:30:54.559><c> Abraham</c><00:30:55.140><c> and</c><00:30:55.680><c> Sarah.</c>

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And<00:30:57.019><c> it</c><00:30:57.180><c> talks</c><00:30:57.420><c> about</c><00:30:57.660><c> Sarah</c><00:30:58.119><c> as</c><00:30:58.339><c> if</c><00:30:58.440><c> she</c><00:30:58.619><c> has</c><00:30:58.920><c> begotten</c><00:30:59.460><c> us.</c>

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And<00:31:00.380><c> it</c><00:31:00.579><c> talks</c><00:31:00.839><c> about</c><00:31:01.140><c> Abraham</c><00:31:01.900><c> as</c><00:31:02.339><c> though</c><00:31:02.500><c> he</c>

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were<00:31:02.920><c> our</c><00:31:03.240><c> father.</c><00:31:04.799><c> Now</c><00:31:05.039><c> the</c><00:31:05.220><c> language</c><00:31:05.740><c> there</c><00:31:06.039><c> of</c><00:31:06.240><c> course</c><00:31:06.500><c> merges</c><00:31:06.980><c> with</c><00:31:07.180><c> Paul's</c><00:31:07.619><c> language</c><00:31:07.900><c> in</c><00:31:08.140><c> both</c>

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Romans<00:31:08.640><c> and</c><00:31:08.880><c> Galatians.</c><00:31:10.259><c> Sarah</c><00:31:10.660><c> who</c><00:31:11.140><c> begat</c><00:31:11.720><c> you,</c><00:31:12.480><c> says</c><00:31:12.619><c> Paul.</c>

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:15.079
We<00:31:13.859><c> haven't</c><00:31:14.000><c> time</c><00:31:14.380><c> to</c><00:31:14.559><c> open</c><00:31:14.740><c> that</c><00:31:14.940><c> up</c>

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:20.940
in<00:31:15.319><c> Galatians,</c><00:31:15.839><c> but</c><00:31:15.940><c> there's</c><00:31:16.220><c> a</c><00:31:16.400><c> lot</c><00:31:16.579><c> more</c><00:31:16.880><c> there</c><00:31:17.359><c> for</c><00:31:18.240><c> examination</c><00:31:18.819><c> at</c><00:31:19.059><c> your</c><00:31:19.240><c> leisure.</c><00:31:20.440><c> Sarah</c><00:31:20.740><c> who</c>

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:26.640
has<00:31:21.220><c> begotten</c><00:31:21.680><c> us.</c><00:31:22.500><c> Galatians</c><00:31:22.980><c> chapter</c><00:31:23.380><c> 4</c><00:31:24.059><c> draws</c><00:31:24.539><c> upon</c><00:31:24.960><c> similar</c><00:31:25.319><c> language.</c><00:31:26.380><c> The</c>

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.059
thought,<00:31:27.059><c> brothers</c>

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:45.359
and<00:31:27.339><c> sisters,</c><00:31:28.619><c> is</c><00:31:28.660><c> that</c><00:31:28.859><c> we</c><00:31:28.920><c> are</c><00:31:29.259><c> living.</c><00:31:44.059><c> Abraham</c><00:31:44.700><c> and</c><00:31:45.059><c> Sarah</c>

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:47.259
are<00:31:45.660><c> running</c><00:31:45.980><c> parallel</c><00:31:46.619><c> with</c><00:31:46.859><c> those</c>

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:50.720
stones<00:31:47.619><c> and</c><00:31:47.960><c> quarry.</c><00:31:49.400><c> Now</c><00:31:49.640><c> does</c><00:31:49.859><c> Peter</c><00:31:50.140><c> do</c><00:31:50.339><c> that,</c><00:31:50.599><c> brothers</c>

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:57.039
and<00:31:50.960><c> sisters?</c><00:31:52.119><c> Does</c><00:31:52.400><c> he</c><00:31:52.779><c> stress</c><00:31:53.140><c> in</c><00:31:57.039><c> the</c>

00:31:57.039 --> 00:32:01.000
nature<00:31:57.519><c> of</c><00:31:57.779><c> our</c><00:31:58.019><c> hope?</c><00:31:58.880><c> He</c><00:31:58.900><c> does.</c><00:32:00.019><c> First</c><00:32:00.160><c> to</c><00:32:00.279><c> Peter</c><00:32:00.559><c> chapter</c>

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.599
2.<00:32:03.200><c> Once</c><00:32:03.240><c> again</c><00:32:03.619><c> to</c><00:32:03.779><c> look</c><00:32:03.940><c> over</c><00:32:04.119><c> the</c><00:32:04.339><c> same</c>

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:10.940
turns<00:32:05.079><c> now</c><00:32:05.480><c> for</c><00:32:05.680><c> a</c><00:32:05.859><c> different</c><00:32:06.039><c> purpose.</c><00:32:08.619><c> First</c><00:32:08.740><c> to</c><00:32:08.900><c> Peter</c><00:32:09.119><c> 2.</c>

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:16.779
He's<00:32:12.859><c> introduced</c><00:32:13.299><c> in</c><00:32:13.500><c> verse</c><00:32:13.779><c> 4</c><00:32:14.640><c> the</c><00:32:16.539><c> thought</c>

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:21.720
that<00:32:16.960><c> we</c><00:32:17.119><c> have</c><00:32:17.299><c> been</c><00:32:17.599><c> brought</c><00:32:18.539><c> to</c><00:32:19.160><c> the</c><00:32:19.500><c> living</c><00:32:19.819><c> stone,</c><00:32:21.000><c> disallowed</c><00:32:21.519><c> indeed</c>

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:24.000
of<00:32:21.920><c> men</c><00:32:22.140><c> but</c><00:32:22.359><c> chosen</c><00:32:22.720><c> of</c><00:32:22.940><c> God.</c>

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:28.880
He<00:32:24.279><c> then</c><00:32:24.500><c> tells</c><00:32:24.779><c> us</c><00:32:24.980><c> in</c><00:32:25.119><c> verse</c><00:32:25.359><c> 5</c><00:32:25.759><c> that</c><00:32:25.940><c> we</c><00:32:26.099><c> are</c><00:32:26.500><c> ourselves,</c><00:32:27.700><c> living</c><00:32:27.880><c> stones,</c><00:32:28.579><c> built</c><00:32:28.680><c> up</c>

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.740
a<00:32:29.140><c> spiritual</c><00:32:29.559><c> house.</c>

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:35.180
And<00:32:31.319><c> immediately</c><00:32:31.940><c> in</c><00:32:32.200><c> verse</c><00:32:32.440><c> 5</c><00:32:32.880><c> merges</c><00:32:33.539><c> the</c><00:32:34.160><c> Israelite</c><00:32:34.920><c>-ish</c>

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:39.460
background<00:32:35.900><c> of</c><00:32:36.299><c> our</c><00:32:36.720><c> hope</c><00:32:37.000><c> and</c><00:32:37.420><c> calling.</c><00:32:38.940><c> He</c><00:32:39.140><c> talks</c>

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:43.599
about<00:32:39.640><c> us</c><00:32:39.859><c> being</c><00:32:40.019><c> a</c><00:32:40.319><c> holy</c><00:32:40.660><c> priesthood,</c><00:32:41.519><c> Israel,</c><00:32:42.880><c> offering</c><00:32:43.279><c> up</c>

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:46.619
spiritual<00:32:44.119><c> sacrifices,</c><00:32:45.279><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:52.859
Verse<00:32:46.960><c> 6,</c><00:32:47.900><c> behold</c><00:32:48.240><c> I</c><00:32:48.519><c> lay</c><00:32:48.660><c> in</c><00:32:49.019><c> Zion</c><00:32:49.380><c> a</c><00:32:49.900><c> chief</c><00:32:50.319><c> cornerstone.</c><00:32:51.819><c> The</c><00:32:52.180><c> stone</c><00:32:52.519><c> is</c>

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:55.400
laid<00:32:53.099><c> in</c><00:32:53.420><c> Zion.</c><00:32:53.960><c> Not</c><00:32:54.099><c> Mecca,</c><00:32:55.180><c> not</c>

00:32:55.400 --> 00:33:02.420
New<00:32:55.619><c> York,</c><00:32:56.559><c> not</c><00:32:56.779><c> Toronto,</c><00:32:57.579><c> but</c><00:32:57.859><c> Zion.</c><00:32:59.579><c> The</c><00:32:59.920><c> call</c><00:33:00.339><c> to</c><00:33:00.660><c> be</c><00:33:00.900><c> a</c><00:33:01.079><c> house,</c><00:33:02.240><c> the</c>

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:04.299
call<00:33:02.619><c> to</c><00:33:02.799><c> be</c><00:33:02.960><c> a</c><00:33:03.119><c> habitation,</c>

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:07.799
the<00:33:04.680><c> thought</c><00:33:04.839><c> of</c><00:33:05.000><c> being</c><00:33:05.240><c> constructed</c><00:33:05.839><c> as</c><00:33:06.140><c> living</c><00:33:06.420><c> stones,</c><00:33:07.299><c> shoulder</c><00:33:07.559><c> to</c>

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.940
shoulder<00:33:08.059><c> against</c><00:33:08.460><c> the</c><00:33:08.740><c> chief</c>

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:14.559
cornerstone<00:33:09.799><c> is</c><00:33:10.700><c> all</c><00:33:11.160><c> to</c><00:33:11.380><c> be</c><00:33:11.599><c> laid</c><00:33:11.880><c> ultimately</c><00:33:12.500><c> in</c><00:33:13.079><c> Zion.</c><00:33:14.420><c> And</c>

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:16.599
thus<00:33:14.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:15.220><c> 51</c><00:33:15.759><c> is</c><00:33:16.019><c> an</c><00:33:16.099><c> appropriate</c>

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:21.259
context<00:33:17.160><c> to</c><00:33:18.279><c> see</c><00:33:18.559><c> the</c><00:33:18.960><c> spirit's</c><00:33:19.720><c> thought</c><00:33:19.920><c> here</c><00:33:20.279><c> of</c><00:33:20.599><c> taking</c><00:33:20.980><c> us</c>

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:23.599
as<00:33:21.400><c> a</c><00:33:21.660><c> people</c><00:33:22.019><c> with</c><00:33:22.500><c> an</c><00:33:22.880><c> Israelite</c><00:33:23.480><c>-ish</c>

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:27.519
hope<00:33:24.039><c> and</c><00:33:24.859><c> bringing</c><00:33:25.180><c> us</c><00:33:25.460><c> together</c><00:33:25.779><c> as</c><00:33:26.099><c> a</c><00:33:26.299><c> habitation</c><00:33:26.859><c> of</c><00:33:27.140><c> God</c>

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.460
constructed<00:33:28.279><c> of</c><00:33:28.680><c> living</c><00:33:28.960><c> stones.</c><00:33:30.099><c> One</c><00:33:30.240><c> other</c>

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:37.400
passage<00:33:30.880><c> in</c><00:33:31.079><c> that</c><00:33:31.319><c> regard.</c><00:33:32.720><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:33:33.259><c> chapter</c><00:33:33.740><c> 32</c><00:33:35.160><c> complements</c><00:33:36.940><c> Isaiah</c>

00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:39.960
51<00:33:38.019><c> and</c><00:33:38.460><c> Peter's</c><00:33:38.980><c> thoughts.</c>

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:49.900
Deuteronomy<00:33:40.700><c> chapter</c><00:33:41.119><c> 32.</c><00:33:48.859><c> Really</c><00:33:49.059><c> these</c><00:33:49.240><c> are</c><00:33:49.480><c> beautiful</c>

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:51.980
thoughts,<00:33:50.299><c> aren't</c><00:33:50.460><c> they</c><00:33:50.599><c> brothers</c><00:33:50.839><c> and</c><00:33:51.059><c> sisters?</c>

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:55.339
To<00:33:52.480><c> think</c><00:33:52.660><c> of</c><00:33:52.819><c> ourselves</c><00:33:53.160><c> as</c><00:33:53.500><c> living</c><00:33:53.759><c> stones</c><00:33:54.359><c> cut</c><00:33:54.819><c> out</c><00:33:54.960><c> of</c><00:33:55.140><c> a</c>

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:57.539
quarry<00:33:55.839><c> and</c><00:33:56.240><c> to</c><00:33:56.440><c> think</c><00:33:56.539><c> of</c><00:33:56.700><c> the</c><00:33:56.940><c> associations</c>

00:33:57.539 --> 00:34:01.900
that<00:33:57.900><c> quarry</c><00:33:58.240><c> has</c><00:33:58.599><c> with</c><00:33:58.839><c> Abraham</c><00:33:59.380><c> and</c><00:33:59.740><c> Sarah</c><00:33:59.960><c> who</c><00:34:00.180><c> begat</c><00:34:00.519><c> us.</c>

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:07.200
Deuteronomy<00:34:03.039><c> chapter</c><00:34:03.460><c> 32,</c><00:34:06.019><c> verse</c><00:34:06.400><c> 17</c>

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:16.699
and<00:34:07.640><c> 18.</c><00:34:10.739><c> First,</c><00:34:13.639><c> speaking</c><00:34:13.739><c> of</c><00:34:13.940><c> Israel,</c><00:34:14.460><c> looking</c><00:34:14.599><c> back,</c><00:34:16.699><c> they</c>

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:19.019
sacrificed<00:34:17.440><c> unto</c><00:34:17.719><c> devils</c><00:34:18.179><c> not</c><00:34:18.460><c> to</c><00:34:18.719><c> God,</c>

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:23.579
to<00:34:19.440><c> gods</c><00:34:19.860><c> whom</c><00:34:20.059><c> they</c><00:34:20.300><c> knew</c><00:34:20.500><c> not,</c><00:34:20.940><c> to</c><00:34:21.179><c> new</c><00:34:21.440><c> gods</c><00:34:21.800><c> that</c><00:34:22.139><c> came</c><00:34:22.619><c> newly</c><00:34:22.960><c> up,</c>

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:25.960
whom<00:34:23.920><c> your</c><00:34:24.139><c> fathers</c><00:34:24.519><c> feared</c><00:34:24.860><c> not,</c>

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:32.480
of<00:34:26.900><c> the</c><00:34:27.360><c> rock</c><00:34:27.880><c> that</c><00:34:29.460><c> begat</c><00:34:30.500><c> thee.</c><00:34:31.059><c> Now</c><00:34:31.380><c> isn't</c><00:34:31.659><c> that</c><00:34:32.000><c> peculiar?</c>

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:36.119
How<00:34:32.860><c> can</c><00:34:33.079><c> a</c><00:34:33.440><c> rock</c><00:34:33.780><c> beget</c><00:34:34.440><c> anybody?</c><00:34:35.840><c> It</c>

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:40.659
seems<00:34:36.400><c> to</c><00:34:36.659><c> be,</c><00:34:36.820><c> instead</c><00:34:37.119><c> of</c><00:34:37.280><c> a</c><00:34:37.519><c> living</c><00:34:37.780><c> picture,</c><00:34:38.300><c> a</c><00:34:38.559><c> dead</c><00:34:38.880><c> picture.</c><00:34:40.360><c> But</c>

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:42.000
the<00:34:40.920><c> meaning</c><00:34:41.219><c> from</c><00:34:41.460><c> Isaiah</c>

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:48.960
51<00:34:42.780><c> beautifully</c><00:34:43.820><c> expands</c><00:34:44.599><c> this</c><00:34:45.059><c> very,</c><00:34:45.559><c> very</c><00:34:46.019><c> concise</c><00:34:46.519><c> thought</c><00:34:46.880><c> in</c><00:34:47.099><c> Deuteronomy.</c><00:34:48.619><c> The</c>

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.480
stone<00:34:49.559><c> or</c><00:34:49.900><c> the</c><00:34:50.179><c> rock</c>

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:55.039
associated<00:34:51.219><c> with</c><00:34:51.519><c> God</c><00:34:52.019><c> and</c><00:34:52.400><c> Christ</c><00:34:52.900><c> is</c><00:34:53.840><c> likewise</c><00:34:54.400><c> associated</c>

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:57.159
also<00:34:55.599><c> with</c><00:34:55.900><c> the</c><00:34:56.159><c> Abrahamic</c><00:34:56.840><c> figure</c>

00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:02.739
and<00:34:57.599><c> Sarah,</c><00:34:58.880><c> the</c><00:34:59.219><c> source</c><00:34:59.619><c> of</c><00:34:59.880><c> our</c><00:35:00.159><c> life,</c><00:35:01.239><c> the</c><00:35:01.579><c> promises,</c><00:35:02.320><c> brothers</c><00:35:02.460><c> and</c>

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:04.960
sisters,<00:35:03.039><c> which</c><00:35:03.280><c> are</c><00:35:03.679><c> life</c><00:35:03.980><c>-giving</c>

00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:13.099
coming<00:35:05.219><c> from</c><00:35:05.559><c> God,</c><00:35:06.840><c> climaxing</c><00:35:07.559><c> in</c><00:35:07.820><c> Christ,</c><00:35:08.440><c> but</c><00:35:08.679><c> given</c><00:35:09.079><c> to</c><00:35:09.599><c> Abraham</c><00:35:10.179><c> and</c><00:35:10.639><c> Sarah,</c><00:35:12.059><c> our</c><00:35:12.380><c> father</c><00:35:12.739><c> in</c>

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:16.699
the<00:35:13.360><c> faith,</c><00:35:13.719><c> our</c><00:35:14.019><c> mother</c><00:35:14.380><c> in</c><00:35:14.679><c> the</c><00:35:14.900><c> faith.</c><00:35:15.699><c> So</c><00:35:16.039><c> it</c><00:35:16.179><c> can</c><00:35:16.440><c> speak</c>

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:18.699
in<00:35:16.860><c> verse</c><00:35:17.139><c> 18</c><00:35:17.679><c> in</c><00:35:17.980><c> figurative</c><00:35:18.280><c> language</c>

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:24.420
of<00:35:18.900><c> the</c><00:35:19.179><c> rock</c><00:35:19.579><c> that</c><00:35:20.000><c> begat</c><00:35:20.699><c> us</c><00:35:21.159><c> or</c><00:35:21.599><c> begat</c><00:35:22.039><c> thee.</c><00:35:23.079><c> Thou</c><00:35:23.219><c> art</c><00:35:23.440><c> unmindful,</c><00:35:24.179><c> he</c>

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:26.460
castigates<00:35:24.960><c> Israel,</c><00:35:26.019><c> and</c><00:35:26.219><c> has</c>

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:33.239
forgotten<00:35:27.039><c> God,</c><00:35:27.920><c> notice,</c><00:35:29.019><c> that</c><00:35:29.460><c> formed</c><00:35:30.019><c> thee,</c><00:35:31.880><c> formed</c><00:35:32.179><c> thee,</c>

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.940
begat<00:35:34.000><c> thee.</c>

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:39.880
All<00:35:35.139><c> from</c><00:35:35.420><c> a</c><00:35:35.639><c> rock.</c><00:35:37.539><c> In</c><00:35:37.619><c> human</c><00:35:37.900><c> terms,</c><00:35:38.179><c> it</c><00:35:38.280><c> makes</c><00:35:38.539><c> no</c><00:35:38.860><c> sense.</c>

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:41.780
On<00:35:40.340><c> the</c><00:35:40.619><c> spiritual</c><00:35:41.119><c> understanding,</c>

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:46.440
it<00:35:42.019><c> makes</c><00:35:42.320><c> perfect</c><00:35:42.719><c> sense.</c><00:35:43.980><c> We</c><00:35:44.059><c> are</c><00:35:44.380><c> living</c><00:35:44.679><c> stones</c><00:35:45.360><c> hewn</c><00:35:46.039><c> out</c>

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:48.820
of<00:35:46.960><c> the</c><00:35:47.199><c> great</c><00:35:47.400><c> and</c><00:35:47.760><c> precious</c><00:35:48.119><c> promises</c>

00:35:48.820 --> 00:35:53.420
brought<00:35:49.539><c> out</c><00:35:49.760><c> from</c><00:35:49.940><c> the</c><00:35:50.199><c> world,</c><00:35:50.980><c> cut</c><00:35:51.320><c> and</c><00:35:52.099><c> fashioned</c><00:35:52.480><c> according</c><00:35:52.960><c> to</c><00:35:53.199><c> the</c>

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:55.539
hope<00:35:53.579><c> that</c><00:35:53.760><c> is</c><00:35:53.940><c> there,</c><00:35:54.380><c> an</c><00:35:54.699><c> Israel</c><00:35:55.179><c>-lightish</c>

00:35:55.539 --> 00:36:00.719
hope.<00:35:56.599><c> More</c><00:35:56.780><c> than</c><00:35:57.000><c> that</c><00:35:57.159><c> though,</c><00:35:57.780><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:35:58.219><c> 32</c><00:35:58.739><c> verse</c><00:35:59.059><c> 4.</c>

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:06.059
Israel<00:36:01.179><c> was</c><00:36:01.460><c> first</c><00:36:01.760><c> reminded</c><00:36:02.239><c> in</c><00:36:02.420><c> this</c><00:36:02.639><c> chapter</c><00:36:04.260><c> of</c><00:36:04.760><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:05.239><c> 32</c><00:36:05.739><c> verse</c>

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:09.519
4,<00:36:07.300><c> he</c><00:36:07.579><c> is</c><00:36:08.199><c> the</c><00:36:08.579><c> rock.</c>

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:13.940
His<00:36:10.440><c> work</c><00:36:10.900><c> is</c><00:36:11.260><c> perfect,</c><00:36:11.900><c> for</c><00:36:12.139><c> all</c><00:36:12.460><c> his</c><00:36:12.639><c> ways</c><00:36:12.920><c> are</c><00:36:13.139><c> judgment.</c><00:36:13.760><c> A</c>

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.900
God<00:36:14.099><c> of</c><00:36:14.400><c> truth</c><00:36:14.719><c> and</c><00:36:15.039><c> without</c><00:36:15.239><c> iniquity,</c>

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:21.739
just<00:36:16.420><c> and</c><00:36:16.739><c> right</c><00:36:17.019><c> is</c><00:36:17.539><c> he.</c><00:36:18.760><c> A</c><00:36:19.000><c> true</c><00:36:19.179><c> stone.</c><00:36:20.179><c> Just</c><00:36:20.639><c> and</c><00:36:21.159><c> right</c><00:36:21.400><c> is</c>

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:24.880
he.<00:36:22.539><c> God</c><00:36:23.000><c> is</c><00:36:23.280><c> the</c><00:36:23.460><c> ultimate</c><00:36:23.860><c> rock.</c>

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:28.539
But<00:36:25.199><c> in</c><00:36:25.440><c> so</c><00:36:25.719><c> far</c><00:36:26.019><c> as</c><00:36:26.400><c> the</c><00:36:26.699><c> father</c><00:36:27.000><c> was</c><00:36:27.300><c> reflected</c><00:36:27.780><c> in</c><00:36:27.980><c> the</c><00:36:28.199><c> son,</c>

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:31.179
Jesus<00:36:29.400><c> is</c><00:36:29.800><c> a</c><00:36:29.980><c> rock.</c><00:36:30.420><c> Paul</c><00:36:30.679><c> tells</c><00:36:31.000><c> us</c>

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:34.659
in<00:36:31.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:31.840><c> about</c><00:36:32.639><c> the</c><00:36:33.019><c> rock</c><00:36:33.460><c> that</c><00:36:33.820><c> was</c><00:36:34.059><c> with</c><00:36:34.280><c> them</c><00:36:34.500><c> in</c>

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:38.440
the<00:36:34.840><c> wilderness.</c><00:36:36.820><c> So</c><00:36:36.980><c> brothers</c><00:36:37.219><c> and</c><00:36:37.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:42.960
those<00:36:38.820><c> associations</c><00:36:39.619><c> in</c><00:36:39.940><c> scripture</c><00:36:40.340><c> are</c><00:36:41.039><c> behind</c><00:36:41.679><c> the</c><00:36:41.980><c> background</c><00:36:42.440><c> of</c><00:36:42.679><c> the</c>

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:44.539
spirit's<00:36:43.480><c> thoughts</c><00:36:43.639><c> here.</c>

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:51.000
Let's<00:36:44.800><c> go</c><00:36:44.960><c> back</c><00:36:45.159><c> to</c><00:36:45.360><c> Peter.</c><00:36:47.960><c> Does</c><00:36:48.380><c> Peter</c><00:36:49.019><c> associate</c><00:36:50.239><c> us</c><00:36:50.679><c> with</c>

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:53.619
rocks<00:36:51.440><c> and</c><00:36:51.860><c> being</c><00:36:52.119><c> begotten?</c><00:36:53.360><c> Because</c>

00:36:53.619 --> 00:37:00.000
Isaiah<00:36:53.960><c> 51</c><00:36:54.579><c> does</c><00:36:55.579><c> and</c><00:36:56.440><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:36:56.980><c> 32</c><00:36:57.559><c> and</c><00:36:57.699><c> 18</c><00:36:58.380><c> also</c><00:36:59.059><c> associates</c><00:36:59.639><c> being</c>

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:02.260
begotten<00:37:00.960><c> and</c><00:37:01.320><c> the</c><00:37:01.659><c> idea</c><00:37:02.039><c> of</c>

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:11.019
being<00:37:02.420><c> a</c><00:37:02.579><c> rock.</c><00:37:04.360><c> Yes</c><00:37:04.579><c> he</c><00:37:04.699><c> does.</c><00:37:05.579><c> 1</c><00:37:05.719><c> Peter</c><00:37:06.239><c> chapter</c><00:37:07.079><c> 2</c><00:37:08.500><c> and</c><00:37:09.880><c> verse</c><00:37:10.219><c> 2</c><00:37:10.519><c> for</c><00:37:10.760><c> now</c><00:37:10.900><c> a</c>

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:12.420
different<00:37:11.360><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:18.139
He<00:37:12.940><c> has</c><00:37:13.199><c> talked</c><00:37:13.420><c> about</c><00:37:13.639><c> us</c><00:37:13.840><c> being</c><00:37:14.099><c> newborn</c><00:37:14.719><c> babes.</c><00:37:16.519><c> He</c><00:37:16.739><c> has</c><00:37:17.000><c> talked</c><00:37:17.219><c> about</c><00:37:17.460><c> us</c>

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:19.300
desiring<00:37:18.679><c> the</c><00:37:18.900><c> sincere</c>

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:24.039
milk<00:37:19.539><c> of</c><00:37:19.699><c> the</c><00:37:19.860><c> word</c><00:37:20.039><c> that</c><00:37:20.159><c> we</c><00:37:20.340><c> might</c><00:37:20.699><c> grow</c><00:37:21.480><c> thereby.</c><00:37:23.059><c> Growth,</c>

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:28.079
a<00:37:24.800><c> new</c><00:37:25.039><c> babe,</c><00:37:26.159><c> begotten</c><00:37:27.059><c> and</c><00:37:27.300><c> yet</c><00:37:27.480><c> the</c><00:37:27.699><c> analogy</c>

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:32.179
of<00:37:28.300><c> being</c><00:37:28.460><c> a</c><00:37:28.639><c> living</c><00:37:28.900><c> stone</c><00:37:29.400><c> later</c><00:37:29.820><c> on</c><00:37:30.039><c> in</c><00:37:30.199><c> verse</c><00:37:30.440><c> 5.</c><00:37:31.900><c> Chapter</c>

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:34.880
1<00:37:32.400><c> and</c><00:37:32.519><c> 23,</c><00:37:33.159><c> we</c><00:37:33.320><c> are</c><00:37:33.539><c> born</c><00:37:33.800><c> again,</c><00:37:34.659><c> not</c>

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.800
of<00:37:35.179><c> corruptible</c><00:37:35.679><c> seed</c><00:37:35.880><c> but</c><00:37:36.099><c> of</c><00:37:36.320><c> incorruptible</c><00:37:37.059><c> by</c><00:37:37.360><c> the</c><00:37:37.639><c> word</c>

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.099
of<00:37:38.079><c> God.</c><00:37:39.340><c> So</c><00:37:39.639><c> in</c><00:37:40.000><c> Peter's</c><00:37:40.539><c> epistles</c><00:37:40.840><c> you</c>

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:45.280
have<00:37:41.380><c> the</c><00:37:41.719><c> merging</c><00:37:42.059><c> of</c><00:37:42.280><c> these</c><00:37:42.519><c> thoughts.</c><00:37:43.739><c> Stones</c><00:37:44.280><c> and</c><00:37:44.940><c> being</c>

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:48.500
begotten.<00:37:46.659><c> And</c><00:37:47.179><c> then</c><00:37:47.539><c> the</c><00:37:48.000><c> thought</c><00:37:48.239><c> of</c>

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:51.000
being<00:37:48.880><c> living</c><00:37:49.159><c> stones</c><00:37:49.619><c> because</c><00:37:50.039><c> we</c><00:37:50.239><c> have</c><00:37:50.420><c> been</c><00:37:50.460><c> brought</c><00:37:50.800><c> from</c>

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:54.119
a<00:37:51.300><c> living</c><00:37:51.599><c> quarry.</c><00:37:53.780><c> Now</c><00:37:53.920><c> brothers</c>

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:56.820
and<00:37:54.380><c> sisters</c><00:37:54.679><c> there</c><00:37:54.900><c> are</c><00:37:55.019><c> some</c><00:37:55.239><c> important</c><00:37:55.659><c> questions</c><00:37:56.079><c> we</c><00:37:56.260><c> should</c><00:37:56.420><c> bring</c><00:37:56.599><c> to</c>

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:59.260
mind<00:37:57.000><c> here.</c><00:37:58.800><c> At</c><00:37:58.960><c> the</c><00:37:59.059><c> time</c>

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:02.900
of<00:37:59.460><c> our</c><00:37:59.679><c> pioneer</c><00:38:00.059><c> brethren,</c><00:38:00.579><c> way</c><00:38:00.880><c> back</c><00:38:01.179><c> in</c><00:38:01.340><c> the</c><00:38:01.440><c> days</c><00:38:01.599><c> of</c><00:38:01.840><c> old,</c>

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:05.320
seems<00:38:03.380><c> many</c><00:38:03.659><c> years</c><00:38:03.880><c> to</c><00:38:04.099><c> us</c><00:38:04.239><c> now,</c><00:38:05.219><c> there</c>

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:07.800
was<00:38:05.480><c> great</c><00:38:05.820><c> stress</c><00:38:06.099><c> in</c><00:38:06.300><c> our</c><00:38:06.480><c> early</c><00:38:06.739><c> writings</c><00:38:06.980><c> as</c><00:38:07.280><c> a</c><00:38:07.480><c> community</c>

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:10.420
on<00:38:08.480><c> the</c><00:38:08.820><c> Israelitist</c><00:38:09.519><c> nature</c><00:38:09.880><c> of</c><00:38:10.159><c> our</c>

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:14.719
hope.<00:38:12.099><c> The</c><00:38:12.340><c> whole</c><00:38:12.619><c> background</c><00:38:13.159><c> that</c><00:38:13.440><c> Peter</c><00:38:13.679><c> presents</c><00:38:14.199><c> to</c><00:38:14.420><c> us</c>

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:17.900
right<00:38:15.119><c> in</c><00:38:15.440><c> front</c><00:38:15.559><c> of</c><00:38:15.760><c> our</c><00:38:16.139><c> hope</c><00:38:16.599><c> is</c><00:38:17.559><c> on</c><00:38:17.739><c> the</c>

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:20.960
basis<00:38:18.139><c> of</c><00:38:18.480><c> Israelitist</c><00:38:19.000><c> promises</c><00:38:19.519><c> and</c><00:38:19.820><c> that</c><00:38:20.119><c> was</c><00:38:20.420><c> stressed</c><00:38:20.639><c> a</c>

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:22.320
great<00:38:21.199><c> deal</c><00:38:21.440><c> in</c><00:38:21.619><c> our</c><00:38:21.760><c> early</c><00:38:22.019><c> pioneer</c>

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:28.659
writings.<00:38:24.159><c> One</c><00:38:24.380><c> wonders</c><00:38:24.900><c> whether</c><00:38:25.599><c> our</c><00:38:26.420><c> more</c><00:38:26.639><c> recent</c><00:38:26.980><c> literature</c><00:38:27.500><c> and</c><00:38:28.460><c> the</c>

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:29.679
kind<00:38:28.880><c> of</c><00:38:29.159><c> stress</c><00:38:29.340><c> that</c><00:38:29.500><c> we</c>

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:33.239
sometimes<00:38:30.219><c> hear</c><00:38:30.840><c> at</c><00:38:31.480><c> different</c><00:38:31.679><c> parts</c><00:38:31.980><c> of</c><00:38:32.159><c> the</c><00:38:32.320><c> country</c><00:38:32.800><c> is</c>

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:36.300
beginning<00:38:33.559><c> to</c><00:38:33.880><c> lose</c><00:38:34.260><c> that</c><00:38:34.659><c> kind</c><00:38:35.019><c> of</c><00:38:35.340><c> stress.</c>

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:40.880
At<00:38:37.139><c> times</c><00:38:37.420><c> it</c><00:38:37.619><c> seems</c><00:38:38.139><c> that</c><00:38:39.099><c> subjects</c><00:38:39.460><c> are</c><00:38:39.920><c> dealt</c><00:38:40.199><c> with</c><00:38:40.579><c> in</c><00:38:40.739><c> a</c>

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.800
way<00:38:41.039><c> that</c><00:38:41.260><c> makes</c><00:38:41.480><c> no</c><00:38:41.920><c> reference</c><00:38:42.300><c> to</c><00:38:42.500><c> the</c>

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:46.480
Israelitist<00:38:43.280><c> nature</c><00:38:43.539><c> of</c><00:38:43.739><c> our</c><00:38:43.900><c> hope</c><00:38:44.239><c> whereas</c><00:38:44.619><c> in</c><00:38:44.900><c> the</c><00:38:45.059><c> past</c><00:38:45.400><c> our</c><00:38:45.820><c> writings</c><00:38:46.159><c> on</c>

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.639
the<00:38:46.739><c> same</c><00:38:47.000><c> topic</c><00:38:47.380><c> would</c>

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:52.139
never<00:38:47.860><c> have</c><00:38:48.079><c> neglected</c><00:38:48.719><c> to</c><00:38:49.300><c> mention</c><00:38:49.619><c> and</c><00:38:50.139><c> bring</c><00:38:50.440><c> in</c><00:38:50.760><c> the</c><00:38:51.099><c> Israelitist</c><00:38:51.659><c> nature</c><00:38:51.960><c> of</c>

00:38:52.139 --> 00:38:53.360
our<00:38:52.260><c> background.</c>

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:57.280
Elpis<00:38:54.119><c> Israel,</c><00:38:54.760><c> the</c><00:38:55.099><c> hope</c><00:38:55.340><c> of</c><00:38:55.579><c> Israel</c><00:38:55.860><c> as</c><00:38:56.139><c> drawn</c><00:38:56.360><c> from</c><00:38:56.539><c> a</c><00:38:56.699><c> quotation</c><00:38:57.099><c> in</c>

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:59.420
the<00:38:57.500><c> Acts,</c><00:38:58.679><c> those</c><00:38:59.059><c> thoughts</c>

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:02.260
were<00:38:59.719><c> constantly</c><00:39:00.300><c> put</c><00:39:00.659><c> before</c><00:39:01.159><c> our</c><00:39:01.519><c> brothers</c><00:39:01.719><c> and</c><00:39:01.980><c> sisters'</c>

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:04.639
eyes.<00:39:03.500><c> There</c><00:39:03.599><c> is</c><00:39:03.780><c> a</c><00:39:03.900><c> need</c><00:39:04.079><c> back</c><00:39:04.440><c> home</c>

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:07.260
brothers<00:39:04.900><c> and</c><00:39:05.159><c> sisters</c><00:39:05.460><c> in</c><00:39:05.699><c> working</c><00:39:06.000><c> with</c><00:39:06.199><c> our</c><00:39:06.380><c> new</c><00:39:06.639><c> contacts</c>

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:09.400
and<00:39:07.900><c> in</c><00:39:08.079><c> bringing</c><00:39:08.260><c> up</c><00:39:08.440><c> a</c><00:39:08.579><c> new</c><00:39:08.739><c> generation</c>

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:14.099
of<00:39:09.940><c> young</c><00:39:10.179><c> people</c><00:39:10.659><c> and</c><00:39:11.159><c> as</c><00:39:11.380><c> older</c><00:39:11.619><c> members</c><00:39:11.920><c> to</c><00:39:12.159><c> remind</c><00:39:12.500><c> ourselves</c><00:39:13.039><c> of</c><00:39:13.679><c> the</c>

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:15.539
importance<00:39:14.519><c> of</c><00:39:15.000><c> constantly</c>

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:18.880
putting<00:39:15.900><c> the</c><00:39:16.219><c> first</c><00:39:16.460><c> principles</c><00:39:16.920><c> of</c><00:39:17.260><c> truth</c><00:39:17.559><c> in</c><00:39:18.039><c> the</c><00:39:18.340><c> context</c>

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:22.280
of<00:39:19.119><c> an</c><00:39:19.400><c> Israelitish</c><00:39:20.119><c> background</c><00:39:20.760><c> as</c><00:39:21.880><c> Peter</c>

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:26.780
does<00:39:22.599><c> through</c><00:39:22.820><c> the</c><00:39:23.059><c> Spirit's</c><00:39:23.500><c> guidance</c><00:39:23.739><c> right</c><00:39:24.059><c> here.</c><00:39:25.699><c> The</c><00:39:25.980><c> second</c><00:39:26.239><c> thought</c><00:39:26.500><c> that</c><00:39:26.679><c> we</c>

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:28.179
should<00:39:26.940><c> leave</c><00:39:27.239><c> with,</c>

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it's<00:39:28.880><c> all</c><00:39:29.059><c> right</c><00:39:29.219><c> to</c><00:39:29.380><c> look</c><00:39:29.559><c> at</c><00:39:29.679><c> this</c><00:39:29.920><c> kind</c><00:39:30.179><c> of</c><00:39:30.380><c> list</c><00:39:30.619><c> as</c><00:39:30.820><c> we</c><00:39:31.000><c> have</c><00:39:31.159><c> up</c>

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here<00:39:31.679><c> from</c><00:39:31.900><c> 1st</c><00:39:32.199><c> to</c><00:39:32.320><c> Peter</c><00:39:32.579><c> 2</c><00:39:33.099><c> and</c>

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say<00:39:34.960><c> yes,</c><00:39:35.380><c> I</c><00:39:35.699><c> understand</c><00:39:36.159><c> that</c><00:39:36.320><c> we</c><00:39:36.440><c> must</c><00:39:36.619><c> be</c><00:39:36.780><c> a</c><00:39:37.019><c> spiritual</c><00:39:37.360><c> house.</c><00:39:38.659><c> I</c><00:39:38.860><c> realize</c><00:39:39.119><c> we</c><00:39:39.280><c> must</c><00:39:39.500><c> be</c><00:39:39.719><c> a</c>

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holy<00:39:40.440><c> priesthood.</c>

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We<00:39:41.699><c> must</c><00:39:41.960><c> be</c><00:39:42.219><c> a</c><00:39:42.559><c> chosen</c><00:39:42.920><c> generation.</c><00:39:44.159><c> We</c><00:39:44.300><c> are</c><00:39:44.599><c> striving</c><00:39:44.880><c> to</c><00:39:45.079><c> be</c>

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:48.340
a<00:39:45.480><c> holy</c><00:39:45.719><c> nation.</c><00:39:46.940><c> We</c><00:39:47.000><c> were</c><00:39:47.260><c> once</c><00:39:47.539><c> not</c><00:39:47.940><c> a</c><00:39:48.119><c> people</c>

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:51.460
but<00:39:48.519><c> now</c><00:39:48.780><c> we</c><00:39:48.940><c> are</c><00:39:49.219><c> a</c><00:39:49.380><c> people.</c><00:39:50.079><c> But</c><00:39:50.219><c> what</c><00:39:50.420><c> does</c><00:39:50.579><c> that</c><00:39:50.800><c> imply</c><00:39:51.159><c> when</c><00:39:51.320><c> you</c>

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:53.019
go<00:39:51.699><c> back</c><00:39:52.000><c> home</c><00:39:52.239><c> brothers</c><00:39:52.519><c> and</c><00:39:52.780><c> sisters</c>

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:57.900
to<00:39:53.219><c> your</c><00:39:53.420><c> ecclesias?</c><00:39:54.920><c> Do</c><00:39:55.119><c> you</c><00:39:55.460><c> see</c><00:39:55.739><c> your</c><00:39:56.119><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:56.679><c> as</c><00:39:57.199><c> a</c><00:39:57.519><c> holy</c>

00:39:57.900 --> 00:40:02.099
priesthood?<00:39:59.239><c> Do</c><00:39:59.400><c> you?</c><00:40:00.400><c> Do</c><00:40:00.500><c> I?</c><00:40:01.739><c> Do</c><00:40:01.940><c> you</c>

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:05.219
look<00:40:02.280><c> upon</c><00:40:02.559><c> the</c><00:40:02.760><c> brothers</c><00:40:02.960><c> and</c><00:40:03.260><c> sisters</c><00:40:03.679><c> that</c><00:40:03.960><c> you</c><00:40:04.219><c> meet</c><00:40:04.380><c> every</c><00:40:04.719><c> Sunday</c><00:40:05.039><c> and</c>

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:11.119
Wednesday<00:40:05.579><c> and</c><00:40:05.780><c> all</c><00:40:05.940><c> the</c>

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:18.480
Do<00:40:11.280><c> you</c><00:40:11.519><c> see</c><00:40:11.699><c> yourself,</c><00:40:12.360><c> do</c><00:40:12.539><c> I</c><00:40:12.739><c> see</c><00:40:12.920><c> myself</c><00:40:13.579><c> as</c><00:40:15.099><c> a</c><00:40:15.639><c> priest</c><00:40:16.000><c> in</c><00:40:16.519><c> training?</c><00:40:18.000><c> A</c>

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royal<00:40:18.940><c> priest</c><00:40:19.559><c> in</c><00:40:20.000><c> training?</c>

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Do<00:40:21.280><c> we</c><00:40:21.480><c> see</c><00:40:21.679><c> ourselves</c><00:40:22.119><c> as</c><00:40:22.360><c> potential</c><00:40:22.860><c> kings</c><00:40:23.320><c> and</c><00:40:23.599><c> priests</c><00:40:23.920><c> on</c>

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:26.340
the<00:40:24.300><c> earth?</c><00:40:25.139><c> Do</c><00:40:25.320><c> we</c><00:40:25.639><c> talk</c><00:40:25.860><c> about</c><00:40:26.119><c> our</c>

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:29.239
brothers<00:40:26.579><c> and</c><00:40:26.880><c> sisters</c><00:40:27.260><c> in</c><00:40:27.539><c> a</c><00:40:27.719><c> way</c><00:40:27.900><c> that</c><00:40:28.139><c> reflects</c><00:40:28.659><c> the</c><00:40:29.000><c> fact</c>

00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:32.219
that<00:40:29.739><c> we</c><00:40:30.059><c> regard</c><00:40:30.380><c> each</c><00:40:30.679><c> other</c><00:40:31.019><c> as</c><00:40:31.400><c> a</c><00:40:31.800><c> living</c>

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:38.039
spiritual<00:40:32.940><c> house?</c><00:40:34.539><c> Are</c><00:40:34.840><c> we</c><00:40:35.079><c> caught</c><00:40:35.260><c> in</c><00:40:35.420><c> the</c><00:40:35.579><c> gossiping</c><00:40:36.199><c> problem?</c><00:40:37.300><c> Do</c><00:40:37.679><c> we</c>

00:40:38.039 --> 00:40:39.420
make<00:40:38.320><c> comments</c><00:40:38.760><c> about</c><00:40:39.019><c> brothers</c>

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:43.340
and<00:40:39.800><c> sisters</c><00:40:40.000><c> that</c><00:40:40.179><c> are</c><00:40:40.440><c> denigrating?</c><00:40:42.199><c> Do</c><00:40:42.440><c> we</c><00:40:42.699><c> participate</c>

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:46.800
in<00:40:43.780><c> slurring</c><00:40:44.260><c> brothers</c><00:40:44.559><c> and</c><00:40:44.820><c> sisters</c><00:40:45.199><c> ever</c><00:40:45.719><c> so</c><00:40:46.119><c> unintentionally</c>

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:51.360
perhaps<00:40:47.199><c> at</c><00:40:47.460><c> times?</c><00:40:48.019><c> If</c><00:40:48.400><c> we</c><00:40:48.679><c> do,</c><00:40:49.539><c> we've</c><00:40:49.960><c> lost</c><00:40:50.400><c> the</c><00:40:50.840><c> loftiness</c>

00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:54.019
of<00:40:51.619><c> the</c><00:40:51.840><c> call.</c><00:40:53.139><c> No</c><00:40:53.260><c> matter</c><00:40:53.440><c> what</c><00:40:53.699><c> a</c><00:40:53.820><c> brother</c>

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:57.280
or<00:40:54.139><c> sister</c><00:40:54.519><c> has</c><00:40:54.840><c> done,</c><00:40:55.480><c> as</c><00:40:55.760><c> long</c><00:40:56.000><c> as</c><00:40:56.139><c> they</c><00:40:56.300><c> are</c><00:40:56.500><c> still</c><00:40:56.820><c> part</c><00:40:57.119><c> of</c>

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:59.900
that<00:40:57.559><c> quarry,</c><00:40:58.699><c> as</c><00:40:58.880><c> long</c><00:40:59.139><c> as</c><00:40:59.239><c> they</c><00:40:59.440><c> are</c><00:40:59.599><c> part</c>

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:05.440
of<00:41:00.099><c> that</c><00:41:00.460><c> living</c><00:41:00.780><c> spiritual</c><00:41:01.400><c> house,</c><00:41:02.340><c> despite</c><00:41:02.780><c> their</c><00:41:03.079><c> weaknesses</c><00:41:03.400><c> and</c><00:41:03.639><c> their</c><00:41:03.900><c> failings,</c><00:41:04.659><c> they</c><00:41:04.860><c> are</c><00:41:05.119><c> part</c>

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:09.699
of<00:41:05.559><c> a</c><00:41:05.719><c> spiritual</c><00:41:06.420><c> house</c><00:41:06.880><c> in</c><00:41:07.139><c> the</c><00:41:07.340><c> process.</c><00:41:08.599><c> And</c><00:41:08.760><c> like</c><00:41:08.920><c> us,</c><00:41:09.239><c> they</c><00:41:09.440><c> are</c>

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:11.860
growing.<00:41:10.599><c> We</c><00:41:10.760><c> must</c><00:41:11.079><c> talk</c><00:41:11.440><c> about</c><00:41:11.679><c> our</c>

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:15.300
brothers<00:41:12.059><c> and</c><00:41:12.320><c> sisters,</c><00:41:13.139><c> treat</c><00:41:13.519><c> our</c><00:41:13.820><c> brothers</c><00:41:14.099><c> and</c><00:41:14.360><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:17.519
think<00:41:15.619><c> about</c><00:41:15.820><c> our</c><00:41:16.019><c> brothers</c><00:41:16.260><c> and</c><00:41:16.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:22.039
pray<00:41:17.960><c> for</c><00:41:18.199><c> one</c><00:41:18.500><c> another</c><00:41:19.000><c> with</c><00:41:19.800><c> the</c><00:41:20.079><c> perspective</c><00:41:20.760><c> that</c><00:41:21.139><c> we</c><00:41:21.539><c> are</c>

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:25.159
a<00:41:22.400><c> holy</c><00:41:23.019><c> priesthood</c><00:41:23.820><c> in</c><00:41:24.199><c> the</c><00:41:24.460><c> training.</c>

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:30.239
And<00:41:25.840><c> if</c><00:41:26.019><c> we</c><00:41:26.260><c> keep</c><00:41:26.420><c> that</c><00:41:26.820><c> ideal</c><00:41:27.280><c> in</c><00:41:27.559><c> mind,</c><00:41:27.820><c> it</c><00:41:27.940><c> will</c><00:41:28.179><c> elevate</c><00:41:28.619><c> our</c><00:41:29.019><c> thoughts,</c><00:41:30.119><c> it</c>

00:41:30.239 --> 00:41:31.719
will<00:41:30.619><c> clear</c><00:41:30.960><c> our</c><00:41:31.340><c> language</c>

00:41:31.719 --> 00:41:37.380
of<00:41:31.920><c> some</c><00:41:32.099><c> of</c><00:41:32.219><c> the</c><00:41:32.460><c> clutter</c><00:41:32.800><c> that</c><00:41:33.880><c> creeps</c><00:41:34.380><c> in</c><00:41:34.480><c> when</c><00:41:34.599><c> we're</c><00:41:34.820><c> talking</c><00:41:35.119><c> about</c><00:41:35.579><c> brothers</c><00:41:35.960><c> and</c><00:41:36.340><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:40.719
And<00:41:37.960><c> it</c><00:41:38.059><c> will</c><00:41:38.280><c> help</c><00:41:38.500><c> us</c><00:41:38.760><c> to</c><00:41:39.039><c> strive</c><00:41:39.360><c> for</c><00:41:39.659><c> the</c><00:41:39.920><c> ideals</c><00:41:40.320><c> that</c><00:41:40.519><c> are</c>

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:43.239
set<00:41:40.960><c> before</c><00:41:41.380><c> us</c><00:41:41.719><c> despite</c><00:41:42.519><c> the</c><00:41:42.840><c> weaknesses</c>

00:41:43.239 --> 00:41:46.639
that<00:41:43.500><c> are</c><00:41:43.639><c> within</c><00:41:43.860><c> the</c><00:41:44.079><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:41:45.500><c> Now</c><00:41:45.739><c> reflect</c><00:41:46.139><c> over</c><00:41:46.440><c> the</c>

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:49.980
past<00:41:46.900><c> year.</c><00:41:48.500><c> What</c><00:41:48.679><c> have</c><00:41:48.920><c> you</c><00:41:49.219><c> done,</c><00:41:49.679><c> brothers</c>

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:53.960
and<00:41:50.260><c> sisters,</c><00:41:51.139><c> to</c><00:41:51.320><c> add</c><00:41:51.739><c> cement</c><00:41:52.239><c> to</c><00:41:52.480><c> the</c><00:41:52.719><c> Ecclesial</c><00:41:53.239><c> wall</c><00:41:53.679><c> that</c>

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:57.199
you<00:41:54.199><c> left</c><00:41:54.400><c> back</c><00:41:54.780><c> home?</c><00:41:56.300><c> What</c><00:41:56.719><c> have</c><00:41:56.900><c> you</c>

00:41:57.199 --> 00:42:00.920
done,<00:41:57.400><c> even</c><00:41:57.559><c> if</c><00:41:57.699><c> you're</c><00:41:57.820><c> in</c><00:41:58.000><c> isolation,</c><00:41:59.139><c> to</c><00:41:59.320><c> help</c><00:41:59.820><c> cement</c><00:42:00.519><c> the</c>

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:02.719
community<00:42:01.500><c> of</c><00:42:01.699><c> Christadelphians</c><00:42:02.380><c> around</c>

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:06.420
the<00:42:02.880><c> world?</c><00:42:04.099><c> And</c><00:42:04.420><c> ever</c><00:42:04.679><c> so</c><00:42:05.059><c> small</c><00:42:05.260><c> a</c><00:42:05.440><c> way,</c><00:42:05.619><c> whether</c><00:42:05.800><c> it's</c><00:42:05.940><c> working</c><00:42:06.199><c> with</c>

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:08.420
the<00:42:06.619><c> Isolation</c><00:42:07.099><c> Sunday</c><00:42:07.400><c> School,</c>

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whether<00:42:08.860><c> it's</c><00:42:09.159><c> preaching</c><00:42:09.579><c> in</c><00:42:10.079><c> your</c><00:42:10.260><c> own</c><00:42:10.460><c> local</c><00:42:10.760><c> area,</c><00:42:11.739><c> whether</c><00:42:11.980><c> it's</c><00:42:12.280><c> giving</c><00:42:12.460><c> a</c>

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word<00:42:12.780><c> of</c><00:42:13.059><c> encouragement</c>

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:18.460
to<00:42:14.340><c> the</c><00:42:14.440><c> new</c><00:42:14.659><c> brother</c><00:42:14.920><c> or</c><00:42:15.099><c> new</c><00:42:15.380><c> sister,</c><00:42:16.920><c> have</c><00:42:17.159><c> you</c><00:42:17.760><c> constantly</c>

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:21.380
helped<00:42:18.940><c> to</c><00:42:19.360><c> add</c><00:42:19.800><c> cement</c><00:42:20.440><c> to</c><00:42:20.739><c> those</c><00:42:21.019><c> walls</c>

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:25.380
that<00:42:21.579><c> you</c><00:42:21.800><c> might</c><00:42:22.000><c> become</c><00:42:22.280><c> a</c><00:42:22.719><c> stronger</c><00:42:23.079><c> house</c><00:42:23.559><c> to</c><00:42:24.099><c> face</c><00:42:24.340><c> the</c><00:42:24.659><c> stress</c><00:42:24.860><c> that</c><00:42:25.000><c> might</c><00:42:25.179><c> be</c>

00:42:25.380 --> 00:42:27.179
ahead?<00:42:26.380><c> Or</c><00:42:26.900><c> have</c>

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:29.960
you,<00:42:27.280><c> brothers</c><00:42:27.480><c> and</c><00:42:27.739><c> sisters,</c><00:42:28.000><c> been</c><00:42:28.239><c> caught</c><00:42:28.500><c> more</c><00:42:28.840><c> often</c><00:42:29.380><c> in</c>

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:32.420
carping<00:42:30.340><c> and</c><00:42:30.639><c> criticism?</c><00:42:31.860><c> Do</c><00:42:32.059><c> you</c><00:42:32.239><c> tend</c>

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:36.079
to<00:42:32.599><c> see</c><00:42:32.760><c> all</c><00:42:32.960><c> the</c><00:42:33.219><c> problems</c><00:42:33.619><c> with</c><00:42:33.840><c> no</c><00:42:34.099><c> solutions?</c><00:42:35.639><c> Are</c><00:42:35.860><c> you</c>

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.659
always<00:42:36.539><c> the</c><00:42:36.679><c> one</c><00:42:36.860><c> who's</c><00:42:37.119><c> pointing</c><00:42:37.380><c> out</c>

00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:41.619
the<00:42:37.920><c> imperfections</c><00:42:38.559><c> in</c><00:42:38.719><c> the</c><00:42:38.920><c> wall</c><00:42:39.219><c> rather</c><00:42:39.880><c> than</c><00:42:40.159><c> administering</c><00:42:40.679><c> the</c><00:42:40.840><c> mortar?</c>

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.480
Brothers<00:42:42.980><c> and</c><00:42:43.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:47.880
what<00:42:43.760><c> do</c><00:42:44.000><c> you</c><00:42:44.239><c> do</c><00:42:44.460><c> week</c><00:42:44.699><c> by</c><00:42:45.039><c> week</c><00:42:45.320><c> to</c><00:42:45.559><c> contribute</c><00:42:46.139><c> to</c><00:42:46.340><c> the</c><00:42:46.579><c> spiritual</c><00:42:47.039><c> walls?</c><00:42:47.699><c> Are</c>

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.800
you<00:42:48.059><c> a</c><00:42:48.199><c> Sunday</c><00:42:48.500><c> morning</c>

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:52.420
Christadelphian?<00:42:50.960><c> Are</c><00:42:51.280><c> you</c><00:42:51.420><c> only</c><00:42:51.639><c> there</c><00:42:51.840><c> Sunday</c><00:42:52.059><c> morning</c>

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:55.300
and<00:42:52.579><c> Sunday</c><00:42:52.840><c> evening?</c><00:42:54.000><c> What</c><00:42:54.300><c> about</c><00:42:54.539><c> the</c>

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rest<00:42:55.679><c> of</c><00:42:55.900><c> the</c><00:42:55.980><c> week?</c><00:42:56.900><c> How</c><00:42:57.199><c> can</c><00:42:57.380><c> you</c><00:42:57.659><c> possibly</c><00:42:58.239><c> know</c><00:42:58.559><c> the</c><00:42:58.860><c> sheep</c>

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and<00:42:59.360><c> know</c><00:42:59.619><c> them</c><00:42:59.760><c> by</c><00:43:00.119><c> name,</c><00:43:00.420><c> as</c><00:43:00.519><c> the</c><00:43:00.719><c> Master</c>

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does<00:43:01.260><c> in</c><00:43:01.420><c> John</c><00:43:01.739><c> 10,</c><00:43:02.219><c> and</c><00:43:02.420><c> be</c><00:43:02.619><c> able</c><00:43:02.800><c> to</c><00:43:03.000><c> help</c><00:43:03.159><c> them</c><00:43:03.380><c> if</c><00:43:03.519><c> you</c><00:43:03.719><c> only</c>

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see<00:43:04.300><c> them</c><00:43:04.500><c> twice</c><00:43:04.760><c> a</c><00:43:04.960><c> week?</c><00:43:06.239><c> How</c><00:43:06.380><c> many</c>

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times<00:43:06.840><c> do</c><00:43:06.980><c> you</c><00:43:07.000><c> have</c><00:43:07.139><c> brothers</c><00:43:07.380><c> and</c><00:43:07.579><c> sisters</c><00:43:07.800><c> in</c><00:43:07.960><c> your</c><00:43:08.159><c> home?</c>

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How<00:43:09.519><c> can</c><00:43:09.719><c> you</c><00:43:09.940><c> help</c><00:43:10.159><c> to</c><00:43:10.480><c> administer</c>

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the<00:43:11.199><c> mortar</c><00:43:11.539><c> on</c><00:43:11.940><c> the</c><00:43:12.179><c> wall,</c><00:43:12.480><c> brothers</c><00:43:12.739><c> and</c><00:43:13.000><c> sisters,</c><00:43:13.260><c> if</c><00:43:13.380><c> you</c>

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don't<00:43:13.760><c> know</c><00:43:13.960><c> the</c><00:43:14.179><c> stones?</c><00:43:15.300><c> We</c><00:43:15.639><c> apply</c><00:43:15.840><c> the</c>

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same<00:43:16.199><c> things</c><00:43:16.420><c> to</c><00:43:16.619><c> ourselves.</c><00:43:17.820><c> There</c><00:43:17.980><c> is</c><00:43:18.199><c> a</c><00:43:18.360><c> need</c><00:43:18.519><c> when</c><00:43:18.679><c> we</c><00:43:18.780><c> go</c>

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back<00:43:19.239><c> home,</c><00:43:19.579><c> brothers</c><00:43:19.659><c> and</c><00:43:19.960><c> sisters,</c>

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to<00:43:20.579><c> set</c><00:43:20.739><c> for</c><00:43:21.019><c> ourselves</c><00:43:21.440><c> in</c><00:43:21.599><c> this</c><00:43:21.820><c> coming</c><00:43:22.099><c> year</c><00:43:22.519><c> the</c><00:43:22.900><c> objective</c><00:43:23.619><c> of</c><00:43:24.039><c> adding</c><00:43:24.300><c> positive</c><00:43:25.019><c> mortar</c><00:43:25.360><c> to</c><00:43:25.599><c> the</c>

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ecclesial<00:43:26.159><c> walls,</c><00:43:27.300><c> and</c><00:43:27.559><c> making</c><00:43:27.820><c> a</c><00:43:28.099><c> positive</c><00:43:28.619><c> contribution</c><00:43:29.400><c> more</c><00:43:29.719><c> than</c><00:43:29.920><c> twice</c><00:43:30.179><c> a</c>

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week<00:43:30.760><c> to</c><00:43:31.840><c> the</c><00:43:32.099><c> stones</c><00:43:32.380><c> that</c>

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are<00:43:32.739><c> living</c><00:43:33.119><c> and</c><00:43:33.880><c> the</c><00:43:34.139><c> stones</c><00:43:34.599><c> that</c><00:43:35.039><c> need</c><00:43:35.159><c> the</c><00:43:35.480><c> application</c>

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of<00:43:36.360><c> the</c><00:43:36.679><c> incorruptible</c><00:43:37.440><c> word</c><00:43:38.000><c> that</c><00:43:38.420><c> we</c><00:43:38.599><c> might</c><00:43:38.820><c> all</c>

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grow<00:43:39.320><c> thereby.</c>

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Thank<00:43:50.940><c> you.</c>