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who<00:17:13.660><c> then</c><00:17:14.000><c> pays</c><00:17:14.319><c> no</c><00:17:14.700><c> attention</c><00:17:15.359><c> to</c><00:17:15.839><c> the</c><00:17:16.099><c> words</c><00:17:16.400><c> that</c><00:17:16.759><c> that</c><00:17:17.079><c> prophet</c><00:17:17.599><c> speaks</c><00:17:18.539><c> in</c>

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Disobeying<00:17:47.680><c> the</c><00:17:48.119><c> prophet</c><00:17:48.619><c> would</c><00:17:49.539><c> be</c><00:17:50.559><c> like</c><00:17:51.039><c> disobeying</c><00:17:51.900><c> God.</c>

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on<00:24:42.839><c> specific</c><00:24:43.680><c> apostolic</c><00:24:44.700><c> missions,</c><00:24:45.900><c> just</c><00:24:46.279><c> as</c><00:24:46.599><c> Old</c><00:24:47.039><c> Testament</c>

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prophets<00:24:48.460><c> were</c><00:24:49.019><c> sent</c><00:24:49.279><c> by</c><00:24:49.539><c> God</c><00:24:49.799><c> as</c><00:24:50.039><c> his</c><00:24:50.299><c> messengers</c><00:24:51.019><c> to</c><00:24:52.079><c> the</c><00:24:52.420><c> disciples</c><00:24:53.000><c> who</c><00:24:53.279><c> were</c><00:24:53.480><c> to</c>

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become<00:24:54.000><c> the</c><00:24:54.339><c> apostles</c><00:24:54.819><c> after</c><00:24:55.319><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Jesus<00:24:57.160><c> said,</c><00:24:59.180><c> Peace</c><00:24:59.339><c> be</c><00:24:59.660><c> with</c><00:24:59.960><c> you.</c><00:25:01.259><c> Just</c><00:25:01.559><c> as</c><00:25:02.079><c> the</c><00:25:02.339><c> Father</c><00:25:02.779><c> has</c>

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sent<00:25:03.799><c> me,</c><00:25:05.559><c> I</c><00:25:06.039><c> also</c><00:25:07.059><c> send</c><00:25:07.880><c> you.</c>

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So<00:25:10.220><c> again,</c><00:25:10.680><c> this</c><00:25:11.119><c> key</c><00:25:11.940><c> word</c><00:25:12.599><c> of</c><00:25:13.140><c> being</c><00:25:13.920><c> sent</c><00:25:14.599><c> in</c><00:25:14.940><c> this</c><00:25:15.339><c> case,</c>

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the<00:25:16.980><c> Father</c><00:25:17.640><c> sends</c><00:25:18.539><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:25:21.259><c> Jesus</c><00:25:22.039><c> will</c><00:25:22.799><c> send</c><00:25:23.380><c> the</c><00:25:24.200><c> apostles.</c>

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On<00:25:26.059><c> the</c><00:25:26.380><c> Damascus</c><00:25:27.000><c> Road,</c><00:25:28.039><c> Christ</c><00:25:28.380><c> said</c><00:25:29.079><c> to</c><00:25:29.500><c> the</c><00:25:30.640><c> apostle</c><00:25:31.420><c> Paul,</c><00:25:33.180><c> who</c>

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was<00:25:34.000><c> Saul</c><00:25:34.359><c> who</c><00:25:34.799><c> persecuted</c><00:25:35.799><c> the</c><00:25:36.339><c> church,</c><00:25:37.380><c> but</c><00:25:37.480><c> had</c><00:25:37.759><c> a</c><00:25:38.240><c> direct</c>

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revelation<00:25:39.859><c> by</c><00:25:41.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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He<00:25:43.579><c> said</c><00:25:43.880><c> to</c><00:25:44.140><c> me,</c><00:25:45.099><c> Go,</c><00:25:46.380><c> because</c><00:25:46.759><c> I</c><00:25:47.140><c> will</c><00:25:47.599><c> send</c><00:25:48.099><c> you</c><00:25:48.740><c> far</c><00:25:49.220><c> away</c>

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to<00:25:50.480><c> the</c><00:25:50.680><c> Gentiles.</c>

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In<00:25:52.980><c> Second</c><00:25:53.740><c> Corinthians,</c><00:25:55.279><c> Paul</c><00:25:55.599><c> says,</c><00:25:56.619><c> We</c><00:25:56.779><c> are</c><00:25:57.140><c> therefore</c>

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Christ's<00:25:58.779><c> ambassadors.</c>

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Here's<00:26:00.519><c> this</c><00:26:01.039><c> term</c><00:26:01.720><c> of</c><00:26:02.839><c> representatives,</c><00:26:04.460><c> as</c><00:26:04.619><c> though</c><00:26:04.859><c> God</c>

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were<00:26:05.500><c> making</c><00:26:05.940><c> his</c><00:26:06.599><c> appeal</c><00:26:07.480><c> through</c><00:26:08.680><c> us.</c>

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We<00:26:10.640><c> implore</c><00:26:11.279><c> you</c><00:26:11.619><c> on</c><00:26:11.940><c> Christ's</c><00:26:12.500><c> behalf,</c><00:26:13.200><c> be</c><00:26:13.579><c> reconciled</c><00:26:14.279><c> to</c><00:26:14.440><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:16.420><c> then</c><00:26:16.799><c> in</c><00:26:17.160><c> Galatians</c><00:26:17.779><c> 1,</c><00:26:18.980><c> Paul,</c><00:26:19.400><c> an</c><00:26:19.660><c> apostle</c><00:26:21.680><c> sent</c><00:26:22.759><c> not</c><00:26:23.480><c> from</c><00:26:23.960><c> men,</c><00:26:25.160><c> nor</c><00:26:25.480><c> by</c>

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man,<00:26:27.859><c> but</c><00:26:27.859><c> by</c><00:26:28.220><c> Jesus</c><00:26:28.779><c> Christ</c><00:26:29.700><c> and</c><00:26:30.440><c> God</c><00:26:30.960><c> the</c><00:26:31.380><c> Father.</c>

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Sent<00:26:33.460><c> by</c><00:26:34.279><c> God</c><00:26:34.640><c> the</c><00:26:34.859><c> Father</c><00:26:35.559><c> and</c><00:26:36.339><c> Jesus</c><00:26:37.319><c> Christ.</c>

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These<00:26:40.839><c> are</c><00:26:41.339><c> really</c><00:26:42.599><c> key</c><00:26:43.000><c> terms</c><00:26:43.460><c> here.</c><00:26:44.380><c> Sent</c><00:26:44.839><c> by</c><00:26:45.480><c> God,</c><00:26:46.960><c> this</c><00:26:47.160><c> new</c><00:26:47.559><c> word</c><00:26:48.000><c> apostle,</c><00:26:49.039><c> not</c><00:26:49.359><c> a</c>

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prophet<00:26:50.299><c> per</c><00:26:50.559><c> se,</c><00:26:50.720><c> although</c><00:26:51.000><c> that</c><00:26:51.259><c> could</c><00:26:51.480><c> be</c><00:26:51.759><c> true,</c><00:26:52.859><c> and</c><00:26:53.240><c> was</c>

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in<00:26:53.920><c> the</c><00:26:54.079><c> case</c><00:26:54.359><c> of</c><00:26:54.619><c> John</c><00:26:55.240><c> on</c><00:26:56.059><c> Patmos.</c>

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An<00:26:58.019><c> apostle</c><00:26:58.440><c> can</c><00:26:58.900><c> be</c><00:26:59.259><c> a</c><00:26:59.460><c> prophet</c><00:26:59.700><c> and</c><00:27:00.619><c> is</c><00:27:01.339><c> a</c><00:27:01.559><c> prophet</c><00:27:01.799><c> because</c>

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they're<00:27:02.359><c> speaking</c><00:27:02.700><c> God's</c><00:27:03.220><c> word</c><00:27:03.680><c> and</c><00:27:04.000><c> recording</c><00:27:04.559><c> God's</c><00:27:05.160><c> word.</c>

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And<00:27:05.779><c> here</c><00:27:06.079><c> is</c><00:27:06.359><c> the</c><00:27:06.500><c> meaning,</c><00:27:06.900><c> a</c><00:27:07.000><c> lexical</c><00:27:08.619><c> definition</c><00:27:09.859><c> of</c><00:27:10.460><c> the</c>

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word<00:27:10.920><c> apostle</c><00:27:11.619><c> from</c><00:27:13.019><c> the</c><00:27:13.319><c> lexum</c><00:27:13.720><c> theological</c><00:27:14.839><c> workbook.</c>

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A<00:27:16.700><c> messenger,</c><00:27:18.779><c> a</c><00:27:19.200><c> messenger,</c><00:27:20.460><c> one</c><00:27:21.299><c> sent</c><00:27:21.859><c> in</c><00:27:23.420><c> the</c><00:27:23.599><c> New</c><00:27:23.819><c> Testament,</c><00:27:24.380><c> especially</c><00:27:25.119><c> those</c>

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sent<00:27:26.539><c> out</c><00:27:27.279><c> by</c><00:27:27.880><c> Jesus</c><00:27:28.400><c> to</c><00:27:28.720><c> preach</c><00:27:29.140><c> the</c><00:27:29.460><c> gospel.</c>

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Now<00:27:31.460><c> in</c><00:27:31.700><c> my</c><00:27:32.019><c> research,</c><00:27:33.039><c> and</c><00:27:33.579><c> maybe</c><00:27:34.359><c> some</c><00:27:34.660><c> of</c><00:27:34.839><c> you</c><00:27:35.039><c> have</c><00:27:35.240><c> read</c><00:27:35.539><c> stuff</c><00:27:35.940><c> I</c>

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haven't<00:27:36.799><c> been</c><00:27:37.160><c> exposed</c><00:27:37.700><c> to,</c><00:27:38.700><c> but</c><00:27:38.960><c> my</c><00:27:39.420><c> research,</c>

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I've<00:27:42.460><c> not</c><00:27:42.740><c> been</c><00:27:42.940><c> able</c><00:27:43.160><c> to,</c><00:27:43.539><c> or</c><00:27:43.720><c> what</c><00:27:43.900><c> I</c><00:27:44.079><c> have</c><00:27:44.259><c> been</c><00:27:44.460><c> able</c><00:27:44.660><c> to</c><00:27:44.880><c> find,</c><00:27:45.740><c> is</c>

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that<00:27:46.380><c> the</c><00:27:46.920><c> word</c><00:27:47.339><c> possible,</c><00:27:48.579><c> apostle,</c><00:27:49.859><c> in</c><00:27:50.039><c> the</c><00:27:50.299><c> time</c><00:27:50.500><c> of</c><00:27:50.799><c> Christ,</c><00:27:51.960><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:52.359><c> Hellenistic</c><00:27:53.059><c> world,</c>

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was<00:27:55.640><c> hardly</c><00:27:56.440><c> ever</c><00:27:56.799><c> used.</c><00:27:57.700><c> If</c><00:27:57.940><c> you</c><00:27:58.140><c> look</c><00:27:58.440><c> at</c><00:27:58.779><c> outside</c><00:27:59.519><c> of</c><00:28:00.059><c> the</c>

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church,<00:28:01.059><c> at</c><00:28:01.380><c> writers</c><00:28:01.819><c> of</c><00:28:02.220><c> the</c><00:28:02.460><c> time,</c><00:28:04.559><c> in</c><00:28:04.799><c> and</c><00:28:05.140><c> around</c><00:28:05.660><c> the</c><00:28:06.059><c> era,</c><00:28:07.640><c> you'll</c><00:28:09.519><c> be</c>

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hard<00:28:10.240><c> pressed.</c>

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For<00:28:11.220><c> example,</c><00:28:11.779><c> Josephus,</c><00:28:13.920><c> if</c><00:28:14.700><c> I</c><00:28:14.940><c> remember</c><00:28:15.299><c> correctly,</c><00:28:15.779><c> he</c><00:28:16.079><c> might</c><00:28:16.420><c> use</c><00:28:16.759><c> it</c>

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one,<00:28:17.720><c> very</c><00:28:18.160><c> rare.</c><00:28:19.200><c> It's</c><00:28:19.359><c> just</c><00:28:19.880><c> a</c><00:28:20.259><c> rare</c><00:28:21.140><c> word</c><00:28:21.859><c> in</c><00:28:22.660><c> the</c><00:28:22.859><c> Hellenistic</c><00:28:23.920><c> world</c><00:28:25.299><c> at</c>

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that<00:28:25.900><c> time,</c>

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with<00:28:27.059><c> Rome</c><00:28:27.460><c> occupying</c><00:28:28.579><c> that</c><00:28:29.019><c> time,</c><00:28:29.619><c> and</c><00:28:29.980><c> in</c><00:28:30.140><c> and</c><00:28:30.420><c> around</c><00:28:30.660><c> those</c><00:28:31.279><c> few</c>

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centuries.<00:28:32.759><c> The</c><00:28:32.960><c> word</c><00:28:33.180><c> apostle</c><00:28:33.660><c> is</c><00:28:34.059><c> just</c><00:28:34.720><c> not</c><00:28:35.579><c> in</c><00:28:35.960><c> common</c><00:28:36.859><c> use.</c>

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That's<00:28:39.559><c> something</c><00:28:39.839><c> to</c><00:28:40.099><c> take</c><00:28:40.359><c> note</c><00:28:40.599><c> of.</c><00:28:42.579><c> In</c><00:28:42.759><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:43.359><c> 1</c><00:28:44.819><c> and</c><00:28:45.539><c> 1</c>

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and<00:28:46.039><c> 2,</c><00:28:47.440><c> we're</c><00:28:47.700><c> told</c><00:28:47.920><c> that</c><00:28:48.160><c> God</c><00:28:48.519><c> spoke</c><00:28:49.119><c> to</c><00:28:49.460><c> our</c><00:28:49.980><c> ancestors</c><00:28:50.759><c> through</c><00:28:51.599><c> the</c><00:28:52.079><c> prophets,</c>

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at<00:28:53.740><c> many</c><00:28:54.099><c> times</c><00:28:54.519><c> and</c><00:28:54.700><c> in</c><00:28:54.960><c> various</c><00:28:55.299><c> ways,</c><00:28:56.440><c> but</c><00:28:56.599><c> in</c><00:28:56.799><c> these</c><00:28:57.160><c> last</c>

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days,<00:28:58.640><c> he</c><00:28:58.920><c> speaks</c><00:28:59.400><c> to</c><00:28:59.660><c> us</c><00:29:00.299><c> by</c><00:29:01.079><c> his</c><00:29:02.220><c> son,</c><00:29:03.380><c> whom</c><00:29:03.519><c> he</c><00:29:03.700><c> is</c><00:29:03.960><c> appointed</c><00:29:04.359><c> heir</c><00:29:04.700><c> of</c>

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all<00:29:05.339><c> things,</c><00:29:06.059><c> and</c><00:29:06.400><c> through</c><00:29:06.759><c> whom</c><00:29:07.039><c> he</c><00:29:07.579><c> also</c><00:29:08.140><c> made</c><00:29:08.440><c> the</c><00:29:08.740><c> universe.</c>

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And<00:29:10.059><c> then</c><00:29:10.460><c> note</c><00:29:10.700><c> this</c><00:29:11.059><c> in</c><00:29:11.279><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:11.680><c> 3,</c><00:29:12.039><c> and</c><00:29:12.279><c> I</c><00:29:12.559><c> hadn't</c><00:29:12.779><c> taken</c>

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note<00:29:13.339><c> of</c><00:29:13.519><c> this</c><00:29:13.839><c> before.</c>

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As<00:29:39.960><c> far</c><00:29:40.220><c> as</c><00:29:40.380><c> I</c><00:29:40.460><c> know,</c><00:29:40.640><c> this</c><00:29:40.839><c> is</c><00:29:41.099><c> the</c><00:29:41.259><c> only</c><00:29:41.619><c> time</c><00:29:42.160><c> the</c><00:29:42.859><c> Lord</c><00:29:43.099><c> Jesus</c><00:29:43.720><c> is</c><00:29:44.420><c> referred</c><00:29:44.940><c> to</c><00:29:45.640><c> as</c><00:29:46.039><c> an</c><00:29:46.299><c> apostle.</c><00:29:47.059><c> And</c><00:29:47.299><c> what</c><00:29:47.460><c> does</c><00:29:47.660><c> that</c><00:29:47.980><c> mean?</c><00:29:48.599><c> Going</c><00:29:48.720><c> back</c><00:29:49.039><c> to</c><00:29:49.240><c> our</c><00:29:49.460><c> lexical</c><00:29:50.099><c> information,</c><00:29:51.380><c> a</c>

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messenger,<00:29:53.099><c> one</c><00:29:53.740><c> sent.</c>

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Jesus<00:29:55.960><c> was</c><00:29:56.519><c> sent</c><00:29:57.019><c> by</c><00:29:57.400><c> God,</c><00:29:57.980><c> as</c><00:29:58.220><c> we</c><00:29:58.559><c> saw.</c><00:29:59.859><c> And</c><00:30:00.059><c> here</c><00:30:00.279><c> he</c><00:30:00.440><c> is</c><00:30:00.759><c> called</c><00:30:01.180><c> an</c><00:30:01.759><c> apostle.</c><00:30:02.559><c> So</c><00:30:02.559><c> just,</c><00:30:03.039><c> you</c><00:30:03.240><c> know,</c><00:30:03.819><c> driving</c><00:30:04.099><c> home</c><00:30:04.480><c> that</c><00:30:04.900><c> point.</c><00:30:05.759><c> But</c><00:30:05.980><c> I</c>

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somehow<00:30:07.240><c> overlooked</c><00:30:07.839><c> this</c><00:30:08.220><c> in</c><00:30:08.480><c> Hebrews,</c><00:30:09.019><c> or,</c><00:30:09.700><c> you</c><00:30:09.859><c> know,</c><00:30:10.000><c> it</c>

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Apostles<00:34:48.260><c> in</c><00:34:48.760><c> his</c><00:34:49.300><c> Word,</c><00:34:50.320><c> which</c><00:34:50.960><c> we</c><00:34:51.280><c> hold</c><00:34:51.500><c> most</c><00:34:51.980><c> precious.</c>

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In<00:34:53.579><c> 2</c><00:34:54.019><c> Peter,</c><00:34:55.300><c> bear</c><00:34:55.360><c> in</c><00:34:55.820><c> mind</c><00:34:56.139><c> that</c><00:34:56.340><c> our</c><00:34:56.619><c> Lord's</c><00:34:57.159><c> patience</c><00:34:57.820><c> means</c><00:34:58.420><c> salvation.</c><00:34:59.820><c> Just</c><00:35:00.119><c> as</c>

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our<00:35:00.559><c> dear</c><00:35:00.780><c> brother</c><00:35:01.059><c> Paul</c><00:35:01.480><c> also</c><00:35:02.019><c> wrote</c><00:35:02.380><c> you</c><00:35:02.760><c> with</c><00:35:03.019><c> the</c><00:35:03.239><c> wisdom</c>

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that<00:35:03.960><c> God</c><00:35:04.199><c> gave</c><00:35:04.500><c> him,</c><00:35:05.079><c> he</c><00:35:05.440><c> writes</c><00:35:06.000><c> the</c><00:35:06.519><c> same</c><00:35:06.860><c> way</c><00:35:07.320><c> in</c><00:35:07.880><c> all</c><00:35:08.260><c> his</c><00:35:08.619><c> letters.</c>

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And<00:35:09.380><c> remember,</c><00:35:10.019><c> when</c><00:35:10.340><c> he</c><00:35:10.840><c> writes,</c><00:35:11.900><c> it's</c><00:35:12.079><c> the</c><00:35:12.340><c> Spirit</c><00:35:12.840><c> of</c><00:35:13.280><c> God</c>

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in<00:35:14.280><c> him</c><00:35:14.719><c> recording</c><00:35:15.800><c> the</c><00:35:16.420><c> accuracy</c><00:35:17.219><c> of</c><00:35:17.940><c> God's</c><00:35:18.480><c> Word</c><00:35:18.719><c> to</c><00:35:18.960><c> be</c><00:35:19.239><c> delivered</c><00:35:19.699><c> to</c>

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us.<00:35:20.980><c> His</c><00:35:21.179><c> letters</c><00:35:21.599><c> contain</c><00:35:22.219><c> some</c><00:35:23.000><c> things,</c><00:35:23.579><c> especially</c><00:35:24.000><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:35:24.599><c> Paul</c><00:35:24.820><c> for</c><00:35:25.039><c> me,</c><00:35:25.800><c> that</c><00:35:25.940><c> are</c><00:35:26.179><c> hard</c><00:35:26.500><c> to</c><00:35:26.920><c> understand,</c><00:35:28.159><c> which</c><00:35:28.420><c> ignorant</c><00:35:28.980><c> and</c>

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unstable<00:35:29.840><c> people</c><00:35:30.239><c> distort</c><00:35:30.820><c> as</c><00:35:31.099><c> they</c><00:35:31.320><c> do</c><00:35:31.559><c> other</c><00:35:31.940><c> scriptures</c>

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to<00:35:33.059><c> their</c><00:35:33.480><c> own</c><00:35:34.400><c> destruction.</c>

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And<00:35:37.380><c> I</c><00:35:37.559><c> must</c><00:35:37.780><c> say,</c><00:35:38.099><c> I'm</c><00:35:38.119><c> a</c><00:35:38.260><c> little</c><00:35:38.420><c> bit</c><00:35:38.639><c> hesitant</c><00:35:39.199><c> to</c><00:35:39.659><c> bring</c><00:35:39.860><c> up</c>

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this<00:35:40.559><c> emphasis</c><00:35:41.260><c> tonight,</c><00:35:41.840><c> because,</c><00:35:44.019><c> you</c><00:35:44.260><c> know,</c><00:35:44.460><c> we</c><00:35:44.920><c> could</c><00:35:45.079><c> do</c>

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quite<00:35:45.480><c> a</c><00:35:45.619><c> few</c><00:35:45.719><c> more</c><00:35:45.980><c> classes</c><00:35:46.500><c> on,</c><00:35:47.340><c> there's</c><00:35:47.719><c> ramification</c><00:35:48.679><c> to</c>

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some<00:35:50.960><c> of</c><00:35:51.179><c> these</c><00:35:51.340><c> things</c><00:35:51.699><c> that</c><00:35:51.900><c> I'm</c><00:35:52.139><c> talking</c><00:35:52.519><c> about</c><00:35:52.820><c> tonight.</c>

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I'm<00:35:53.360><c> very</c><00:35:53.679><c> aware</c><00:35:53.960><c> of</c><00:35:54.219><c> James's</c><00:35:54.840><c> warning</c><00:35:55.300><c> not</c><00:35:56.199><c> to</c><00:35:56.460><c> be</c><00:35:57.059><c> teachers</c>

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because<00:35:58.239><c> you'll</c><00:35:58.619><c> receive</c><00:35:58.880><c> the</c><00:35:59.079><c> greater</c><00:35:59.340><c> condemnation.</c>

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And<00:36:01.000><c> so</c><00:36:01.500><c> I</c><00:36:02.059><c> say</c><00:36:02.380><c> this</c><00:36:03.099><c> and,</c><00:36:03.860><c> you</c><00:36:04.039><c> know,</c><00:36:05.019><c> I</c><00:36:05.019><c> introduce</c><00:36:05.559><c> these</c><00:36:05.920><c> ideas</c><00:36:06.420><c> to</c>

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you<00:36:06.760><c> as</c><00:36:06.940><c> a</c><00:36:07.059><c> point</c><00:36:07.239><c> of</c><00:36:07.519><c> emphasis.</c><00:36:08.599><c> I'm</c><00:36:08.880><c> not</c><00:36:09.320><c> sure</c><00:36:09.920><c> just</c><00:36:10.380><c> how</c><00:36:10.820><c> solid,</c><00:36:11.159><c> I</c><00:36:12.019><c> feel</c><00:36:12.320><c> like</c><00:36:12.579><c> I'm</c><00:36:12.860><c> on</c><00:36:13.039><c> solid</c><00:36:13.300><c> ground,</c><00:36:14.179><c> but</c><00:36:14.579><c> I</c>

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worry<00:36:15.480><c> that</c><00:36:15.840><c> there</c><00:36:16.019><c> might</c><00:36:16.239><c> be</c><00:36:16.539><c> some</c><00:36:17.199><c> error</c><00:36:17.659><c> in</c><00:36:17.920><c> it.</c>

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So<00:36:18.440><c> weigh</c><00:36:18.840><c> what</c><00:36:19.179><c> is</c><00:36:19.500><c> being</c><00:36:19.920><c> said</c><00:36:20.420><c> and</c><00:36:21.559><c> you</c><00:36:21.920><c> decide,</c><00:36:22.639><c> you</c><00:36:23.400><c> know,</c>

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if<00:36:23.860><c> this</c><00:36:25.579><c> emphasis</c><00:36:26.360><c> is</c><00:36:27.079><c> worth</c><00:36:27.659><c> emphasizing.</c>

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Because<00:36:32.480><c> there's</c><00:36:33.199><c> the</c><00:36:33.380><c> other</c><00:36:33.719><c> side</c><00:36:34.400><c> of</c><00:36:34.659><c> this.</c><00:36:35.659><c> We</c><00:36:35.880><c> have</c><00:36:36.239><c> prophets</c><00:36:36.940><c> that</c>

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Joel<00:36:38.380><c> speaks</c><00:36:38.820><c> about</c><00:36:39.360><c> on</c><00:36:39.820><c> this</c><00:36:40.239><c> screen</c><00:36:40.699><c> in</c><00:36:41.880><c> the</c><00:36:42.059><c> New</c><00:36:42.260><c> Testament,</c><00:36:43.019><c> you</c><00:36:43.260><c> know,</c>

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the<00:36:43.860><c> Spirit</c><00:36:44.440><c> was</c><00:36:45.239><c> poured</c><00:36:45.579><c> out</c><00:36:45.980><c> on</c><00:36:46.340><c> all</c><00:36:46.599><c> kinds</c><00:36:46.880><c> of</c><00:36:47.119><c> people.</c>

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Your<00:36:48.239><c> sons</c><00:36:48.820><c> and</c><00:36:49.139><c> daughters</c><00:36:49.619><c> will</c><00:36:50.000><c> prophesy,</c><00:36:50.539><c> your</c><00:36:50.860><c> elders</c><00:36:51.380><c> will</c><00:36:52.059><c> have</c><00:36:52.519><c> revelatory</c><00:36:53.239><c> dreams</c><00:36:53.559><c> just</c><00:36:53.880><c> like</c><00:36:54.079><c> this</c><00:36:54.340><c> person</c><00:36:54.820><c> I</c>

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was<00:36:55.619><c> telling</c><00:36:55.940><c> you</c><00:36:56.239><c> about.</c><00:36:57.480><c> Maybe</c><00:36:58.239><c> Joel's</c><00:36:58.780><c> time's</c><00:36:59.219><c> coming,</c><00:36:59.559><c> we</c>

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believe<00:37:00.239><c> the</c><00:37:00.440><c> time</c><00:37:00.619><c> of</c><00:37:00.760><c> the</c><00:37:00.900><c> Lord's</c><00:37:01.400><c> return</c><00:37:01.840><c> is</c><00:37:02.539><c> close</c><00:37:03.059><c> and</c><00:37:04.099><c> maybe</c><00:37:04.579><c> there</c><00:37:04.800><c> is</c>

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a<00:37:05.380><c> second</c><00:37:05.679><c> fulfillment</c><00:37:06.500><c> of</c><00:37:07.460><c> this.</c>

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But<00:37:08.139><c> in</c><00:37:08.360><c> the</c><00:37:08.519><c> case</c><00:37:08.800><c> I</c><00:37:09.019><c> was</c><00:37:09.280><c> relating,</c><00:37:10.260><c> I</c><00:37:10.300><c> don't</c><00:37:10.559><c> believe</c><00:37:11.039><c> this</c>

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person<00:37:12.079><c> had</c><00:37:12.400><c> God's</c><00:37:12.920><c> message,</c><00:37:13.420><c> their</c><00:37:13.579><c> vision</c><00:37:13.880><c> was</c><00:37:14.280><c> not</c><00:37:14.659><c> true.</c>

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But<00:37:15.619><c> there</c><00:37:15.840><c> was</c><00:37:16.099><c> a</c><00:37:16.280><c> time</c><00:37:16.840><c> when</c><00:37:17.260><c> young</c><00:37:17.559><c> men</c><00:37:17.880><c> had</c><00:37:18.280><c> prophetic</c><00:37:18.960><c> vision</c><00:37:19.500><c> in</c>

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the<00:37:20.500><c> New</c><00:37:20.699><c> Testament.</c>

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But<00:37:22.079><c> God</c><00:37:22.380><c> chose,</c><00:37:24.639><c> Jesus</c><00:37:25.340><c> chose</c><00:37:25.880><c> to</c><00:37:27.519><c> use</c><00:37:28.239><c> the</c><00:37:29.179><c> apostles,</c><00:37:30.920><c> messengers</c><00:37:31.940><c> sent</c>

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to<00:37:34.699><c> record</c><00:37:35.320><c> his</c><00:37:35.860><c> word.</c><00:37:36.940><c> In</c><00:37:37.159><c> the</c><00:37:37.320><c> Old</c><00:37:37.519><c> Testament,</c><00:37:38.780><c> he</c><00:37:39.099><c> chose</c>

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prophets.<00:37:41.780><c> Why</c><00:37:41.960><c> the</c><00:37:42.179><c> difference?</c>

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Why<00:37:45.539><c> make</c><00:37:45.820><c> a</c><00:37:46.059><c> difference</c><00:37:46.739><c> in</c><00:37:48.719><c> the</c><00:37:48.840><c> New</c><00:37:49.000><c> Testament?</c>

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Moses<00:37:52.480><c> said</c><00:37:53.079><c> we</c><00:37:53.219><c> could</c><00:37:53.380><c> go</c><00:37:53.659><c> back</c><00:37:54.139><c> in</c><00:37:55.039><c> numbers.</c><00:37:57.039><c> And</c><00:37:57.340><c> when</c><00:37:57.559><c> the</c>

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children<00:37:58.099><c> of</c><00:37:58.440><c> Israel</c><00:37:59.199><c> were</c><00:37:59.679><c> wandering</c><00:38:00.119><c> through</c><00:38:00.420><c> the</c><00:38:00.599><c> wilderness,</c><00:38:01.820><c> and</c><00:38:01.960><c> they</c><00:38:02.099><c> were</c><00:38:02.239><c> getting</c><00:38:02.539><c> manna</c><00:38:03.139><c> and</c>

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they<00:38:03.280><c> were</c><00:38:03.440><c> getting</c><00:38:03.659><c> tired</c><00:38:04.139><c> of</c><00:38:04.320><c> the</c><00:38:04.519><c> boredom</c><00:38:04.820><c> of</c><00:38:04.960><c> the</c><00:38:05.099><c> same</c><00:38:05.300><c> old</c><00:38:05.559><c> food,</c><00:38:06.239><c> and</c><00:38:06.400><c> they</c><00:38:06.539><c> wanted</c><00:38:06.940><c> meat,</c><00:38:07.960><c> and</c><00:38:08.280><c> Moses,</c><00:38:08.960><c> he</c>

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was<00:38:10.860><c> pretty</c><00:38:11.300><c> bothered</c><00:38:11.920><c> about</c><00:38:13.199><c> this</c><00:38:13.500><c> whole</c><00:38:13.719><c> thing.</c>

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He<00:38:14.179><c> felt</c><00:38:14.179><c> burdened.</c><00:38:15.579><c> And</c><00:38:15.800><c> he</c><00:38:16.000><c> says,</c><00:38:16.420><c> I've</c><00:38:16.739><c> got</c><00:38:16.800><c> it</c><00:38:17.019><c> written</c><00:38:17.159><c> here,</c><00:38:17.440><c> what</c><00:38:17.639><c> have</c><00:38:17.840><c> I</c>

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done<00:38:18.300><c> to</c><00:38:18.699><c> displease</c><00:38:19.159><c> you,</c><00:38:19.420><c> he</c><00:38:19.639><c> says</c><00:38:19.800><c> in</c><00:38:20.019><c> Numbers,</c><00:38:20.679><c> that</c><00:38:20.840><c> you</c>

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put<00:38:21.179><c> the</c><00:38:21.500><c> burden</c><00:38:21.860><c> of</c><00:38:22.079><c> all</c><00:38:22.300><c> these</c><00:38:22.579><c> people</c><00:38:23.000><c> on</c><00:38:23.679><c> me.</c>

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And<00:38:24.739><c> the</c><00:38:24.900><c> Lord</c><00:38:25.079><c> told</c><00:38:25.480><c> Moses</c><00:38:25.920><c> to</c><00:38:26.219><c> bring</c><00:38:26.780><c> 70</c><00:38:27.420><c> of</c><00:38:27.980><c> Israel's</c><00:38:28.760><c> elders,</c><00:38:29.179><c> known</c>

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as<00:38:29.699><c> leaders</c><00:38:30.239><c> and</c><00:38:30.800><c> officials</c><00:38:31.380><c> among</c><00:38:31.719><c> the</c><00:38:32.019><c> people,</c><00:38:32.639><c> gather</c><00:38:32.880><c> them</c><00:38:33.139><c> together</c><00:38:33.599><c> where</c><00:38:33.780><c> they</c><00:38:33.960><c> were</c><00:38:34.159><c> given</c><00:38:34.360><c> a</c>

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portion<00:38:35.079><c> of</c><00:38:35.699><c> the</c><00:38:36.039><c> Spirit</c><00:38:36.500><c> in</c><00:38:37.099><c> order</c><00:38:37.420><c> to</c><00:38:37.800><c> aid</c><00:38:38.360><c> Moses.</c>

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And<00:38:39.780><c> they</c><00:38:39.980><c> began</c><00:38:40.300><c> to</c><00:38:40.679><c> prophesy.</c><00:38:42.639><c> So</c><00:38:43.019><c> there</c><00:38:43.119><c> were</c><00:38:43.440><c> prophets.</c>

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Just<00:38:45.340><c> like</c><00:38:46.179><c> here</c><00:38:46.920><c> in</c><00:38:47.420><c> Joel,</c><00:38:48.800><c> there</c><00:38:49.059><c> were</c><00:38:49.380><c> prophets</c><00:38:49.880><c> who</c><00:38:50.599><c> began</c>

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to<00:38:51.380><c> prophesy.</c><00:38:52.260><c> But</c><00:38:52.539><c> Eldad</c><00:38:53.039><c> and</c><00:38:53.400><c> Medad</c><00:38:54.480><c> listed</c><00:38:55.179><c> among</c><00:38:55.559><c> the</c><00:38:55.880><c> elders,</c><00:38:56.139><c> they</c><00:38:56.500><c> remained</c><00:38:56.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:38:57.360><c> camp,</c><00:38:57.659><c> and</c><00:38:58.500><c> they</c><00:38:58.780><c> prophesied</c><00:38:59.320><c> there.</c>

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And<00:38:59.739><c> this</c><00:38:59.900><c> upset</c><00:39:00.420><c> Joshua</c><00:39:01.320><c> when</c><00:39:04.380><c> this</c><00:39:04.739><c> happened.</c>

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get<00:40:23.420><c> that</c><00:40:23.880><c> direct</c><00:40:24.539><c> message.</c><00:40:25.360><c> They</c><00:40:25.360><c> were</c><00:40:25.739><c> sent</c><00:40:26.320><c> by</c><00:40:26.980><c> God</c><00:40:27.619><c> to</c><00:40:28.260><c> record</c><00:40:29.039><c> his</c><00:40:29.679><c> message.</c>

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you<00:40:45.840><c> see</c><00:40:46.079><c> them</c><00:40:46.280><c> here.</c>

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this<00:41:09.559><c> happen?</c>

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write<00:41:19.659><c> Scripture?</c>

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So<00:41:21.340><c> I'm</c><00:41:21.480><c> going</c><00:41:21.559><c> to</c><00:41:21.679><c> put</c><00:41:21.800><c> this</c><00:41:22.119><c> forward</c><00:41:22.579><c> as</c><00:41:23.179><c> conjecture</c><00:41:23.760><c> here.</c>

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It<00:41:26.559><c> could</c><00:41:26.920><c> be,</c><00:41:27.820><c> so</c><00:41:28.320><c> unlike</c><00:41:28.760><c> the</c><00:41:29.059><c> word</c><00:41:29.320><c> apostle,</c><00:41:31.099><c> which</c><00:41:31.360><c> was</c><00:41:31.659><c> hardly</c><00:41:32.000><c> ever</c><00:41:32.380><c> used</c><00:41:32.760><c> in</c>

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common<00:41:33.739><c> terminology</c><00:41:34.619><c> at</c><00:41:35.579><c> that</c><00:41:36.039><c> time.</c>

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the<00:41:44.119><c> word</c><00:41:44.480><c> prophet</c><00:41:45.059><c> was</c><00:41:45.480><c> very</c><00:41:45.940><c> common.</c>

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It<00:41:47.199><c> was</c><00:41:47.460><c> used</c><00:41:47.699><c> all</c><00:41:48.000><c> over</c><00:41:48.239><c> the</c><00:41:48.500><c> place,</c><00:41:49.000><c> and</c><00:41:49.280><c> it</c><00:41:49.820><c> merely</c><00:41:50.119><c> meant</c><00:41:50.480><c> one</c><00:41:50.780><c> who</c><00:41:51.199><c> speaks</c><00:41:51.699><c> as</c><00:41:52.340><c> a</c>

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result<00:41:53.059><c> of</c><00:41:53.619><c> a</c><00:41:53.860><c> spiritual</c><00:41:54.340><c> influence.</c>

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And<00:41:55.099><c> it</c><00:41:55.239><c> could</c><00:41:55.420><c> be</c><00:41:55.659><c> from</c><00:41:56.199><c> any</c><00:41:56.739><c> god</c><00:41:57.139><c> or</c><00:41:57.599><c> any</c><00:41:58.139><c> revelation</c><00:41:59.019><c> or,</c><00:41:59.920><c> you</c><00:42:00.760><c> know,</c><00:42:01.340><c> like</c><00:42:01.639><c> Ananias</c><00:42:02.239><c> and</c><00:42:02.519><c> Sapphira</c><00:42:03.360><c> or</c>

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that<00:42:04.400><c> kind</c><00:42:04.639><c> of</c><00:42:04.860><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:42:05.579><c> was</c><00:42:05.820><c> just</c><00:42:06.000><c> a</c><00:42:06.760><c> common</c><00:42:07.159><c> term,</c><00:42:08.320><c> so</c><00:42:09.079><c> it's</c><00:42:10.480><c> possible</c><00:42:10.960><c> that</c><00:42:12.860><c> this</c>

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is<00:42:13.900><c> a</c><00:42:14.280><c> reason</c><00:42:14.579><c> why</c><00:42:15.260><c> in</c><00:42:16.139><c> the</c><00:42:16.239><c> New</c><00:42:16.420><c> Testament,</c><00:42:17.019><c> when</c><00:42:17.360><c> Jesus</c><00:42:17.880><c> was</c>

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revealed,<00:42:18.760><c> this</c><00:42:19.059><c> momentous</c><00:42:19.820><c> point</c><00:42:20.079><c> in</c><00:42:20.400><c> history,</c>

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that<00:42:22.219><c> there</c><00:42:22.440><c> had</c><00:42:22.679><c> to</c><00:42:22.880><c> be</c><00:42:23.019><c> a</c><00:42:23.239><c> change</c><00:42:23.760><c> in</c><00:42:24.739><c> the</c><00:42:25.039><c> terminology</c><00:42:25.699><c> and</c>

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specific<00:42:35.019><c> set</c><00:42:35.760><c> of</c><00:42:36.360><c> individuals</c><00:42:37.239><c> chosen</c><00:42:38.239><c> as</c><00:42:38.800><c> vessels</c><00:42:39.360><c> of</c><00:42:39.719><c> God</c>

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to<00:42:40.980><c> send</c><00:42:41.340><c> forth</c><00:42:41.960><c> his</c><00:42:42.460><c> message</c><00:42:43.139><c> to</c><00:42:44.179><c> the</c><00:42:44.400><c> people.</c>

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It<00:42:45.000><c> was</c><00:42:45.400><c> critical</c><00:42:46.300><c> to</c><00:42:47.099><c> break</c><00:42:47.440><c> away</c><00:42:47.920><c> from</c><00:42:48.199><c> the</c><00:42:48.539><c> common</c><00:42:49.460><c> vernacular</c><00:42:50.219><c> of</c><00:42:50.500><c> the</c>

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time<00:42:51.280><c> when</c><00:42:51.840><c> a</c><00:42:52.179><c> prophet</c><00:42:52.480><c> could</c><00:42:52.840><c> be</c><00:42:53.539><c> anybody.</c>

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And<00:42:54.360><c> this</c><00:42:54.579><c> passage</c><00:42:55.000><c> in</c><00:42:55.380><c> Titus</c><00:42:56.219><c> is</c><00:42:56.800><c> one</c><00:42:57.219><c> that</c><00:42:57.659><c> references</c><00:42:58.159><c> a</c><00:42:59.179><c> prophet</c><00:42:59.679><c> outside,</c><00:43:01.300><c> one</c><00:43:01.619><c> of</c>

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Crete's<00:43:02.579><c> own</c><00:43:03.079><c> prophets.</c>

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And<00:43:06.540><c> some</c><00:43:07.260><c> scholars</c><00:43:07.719><c> think</c><00:43:08.179><c> that</c><00:43:08.460><c> this</c><00:43:08.739><c> person's</c><00:43:09.559><c> name,</c><00:43:09.960><c> and</c>

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I'm<00:43:10.260><c> no</c><00:43:10.440><c> scholar,</c><00:43:11.800><c> so</c><00:43:11.940><c> Epimenides</c><00:43:13.699><c> is</c><00:43:14.980><c> a</c><00:43:15.179><c> person,</c><00:43:15.800><c> one</c><00:43:16.019><c> of</c>

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Crete's<00:43:17.880><c> prophets.</c>

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And<00:43:19.000><c> Epimenides,</c><00:43:20.099><c> while</c><00:43:20.260><c> tending</c><00:43:20.619><c> his</c><00:43:20.960><c> father's</c><00:43:21.539><c> sheep,</c><00:43:21.639><c> I'm</c>

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reading<00:43:22.219><c> this</c><00:43:22.519><c> here,</c><00:43:23.219><c> is</c><00:43:23.440><c> said</c><00:43:23.659><c> to</c><00:43:23.860><c> have</c><00:43:24.099><c> fallen</c><00:43:24.360><c> asleep</c><00:43:24.880><c> for</c>

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57<00:43:25.900><c> years</c><00:43:26.639><c> in</c><00:43:27.000><c> a</c><00:43:27.199><c> Cretan</c><00:43:27.619><c> cave</c><00:43:28.019><c> sacred</c><00:43:28.960><c> to</c><00:43:29.460><c> Zeus,</c>

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after<00:43:30.820><c> which</c><00:43:31.159><c> he</c><00:43:31.440><c> reportedly</c><00:43:32.199><c> woke</c><00:43:32.699><c> up</c><00:43:33.179><c> with</c><00:43:33.659><c> the</c><00:43:33.900><c> gift</c><00:43:34.360><c> of</c><00:43:35.019><c> prophecy.</c>

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So<00:43:36.800><c> the</c><00:43:37.000><c> speculation</c><00:43:37.599><c> here</c><00:43:38.099><c> then,</c><00:43:39.000><c> maybe</c><00:43:39.360><c> an</c><00:43:39.860><c> assumption</c><00:43:40.500><c> I'm</c>

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making,<00:43:42.480><c> is</c><00:43:42.900><c> that</c><00:43:43.119><c> there</c><00:43:43.340><c> could</c><00:43:43.619><c> be</c><00:43:44.079><c> a</c><00:43:44.380><c> difference</c><00:43:44.960><c> and</c><00:43:45.260><c> a</c><00:43:45.599><c> need</c><00:43:46.039><c> to</c>

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emphasize<00:43:47.619><c> a</c><00:43:48.159><c> difference</c><00:43:48.679><c> between</c><00:43:49.380><c> the</c><00:43:50.159><c> apostolic</c><00:43:51.059><c> message</c>

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and<00:43:52.280><c> a</c><00:43:52.500><c> message</c><00:43:52.940><c> delivered</c><00:43:53.579><c> in</c><00:43:53.840><c> the</c><00:43:54.059><c> common</c><00:43:54.400><c> vernacular</c><00:43:55.199><c> to</c><00:43:55.940><c> a</c>

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prophet,<00:43:56.780><c> because</c><00:43:56.920><c> who</c><00:43:57.099><c> is</c><00:43:57.340><c> a</c><00:43:57.559><c> prophet?</c><00:43:57.920><c> A</c><00:43:58.099><c> prophet</c><00:43:58.260><c> could</c><00:43:58.480><c> be</c>

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one<00:43:58.980><c> of</c><00:43:59.599><c> Zeus.</c>

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polytheistic<00:44:19.380><c> society.</c>

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Now<00:44:21.260><c> that</c><00:44:21.460><c> is</c><00:44:21.920><c> true</c><00:44:22.619><c> if</c><00:44:23.659><c> it</c><00:44:23.880><c> is</c><00:44:24.260><c> God,</c><00:44:25.079><c> Yahweh,</c><00:44:26.099><c> the</c><00:44:26.320><c> only</c><00:44:26.880><c> one</c><00:44:27.780><c> God</c><00:44:28.480><c> as</c><00:44:28.980><c> well.</c><00:44:29.880><c> But</c><00:44:30.059><c> in</c><00:44:30.380><c> this</c><00:44:30.699><c> world,</c><00:44:31.579><c> in</c><00:44:31.760><c> the</c><00:44:31.980><c> world</c><00:44:32.420><c> where</c><00:44:32.679><c> Jesus</c><00:44:33.139><c> walked,</c><00:44:34.820><c> the</c><00:44:35.000><c> common</c><00:44:35.320><c> term,</c><00:44:36.760><c> it</c><00:44:37.440><c> was</c><00:44:37.619><c> just</c><00:44:37.840><c> a</c>

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common<00:44:38.440><c> word</c><00:44:39.019><c> that</c><00:44:39.360><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:39.559><c> have</c><00:44:39.760><c> made</c><00:44:39.960><c> a</c><00:44:40.159><c> difference</c><00:44:40.679><c> to</c>

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many<00:44:41.320><c> people.</c>

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Now,<00:44:42.719><c> this</c><00:44:42.920><c> is</c><00:44:43.159><c> not</c><00:44:43.300><c> an</c><00:44:43.480><c> unusual</c><00:44:43.860><c> thought</c><00:44:44.219><c> for</c><00:44:44.519><c> us</c><00:44:45.099><c> as</c><00:44:45.400><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:44:46.159><c> really.</c>

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It's<00:44:47.280><c> not</c><00:44:47.619><c> an</c><00:44:48.019><c> unusual</c><00:44:48.519><c> idea</c><00:44:49.059><c> to</c><00:44:49.460><c> look</c><00:44:49.699><c> back</c><00:44:50.039><c> and</c><00:44:50.179><c> say,</c><00:44:50.860><c> well,</c>

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you<00:44:51.760><c> know,</c><00:44:52.000><c> these</c><00:44:52.239><c> common</c><00:44:52.599><c> terms,</c><00:44:52.940><c> for</c><00:44:53.219><c> example,</c><00:44:53.800><c> and</c><00:44:53.960><c> this</c>

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is<00:44:54.420><c> the</c><00:44:54.599><c> one</c><00:44:54.719><c> that</c><00:44:54.920><c> just</c><00:44:55.119><c> pops</c><00:44:55.320><c> out</c><00:44:55.579><c> at</c><00:44:55.760><c> me,</c><00:44:56.179><c> is</c><00:44:56.320><c> the</c><00:44:56.679><c> term</c><00:44:57.159><c> demons.</c>

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If<00:44:58.579><c> we</c><00:44:58.880><c> explain</c><00:44:59.400><c> demons</c><00:45:00.099><c> by</c><00:45:00.880><c> saying,</c><00:45:01.480><c> what</c><00:45:01.480><c> did</c><00:45:01.739><c> a</c><00:45:01.940><c> demon</c><00:45:02.219><c> mean</c>

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who<00:45:07.159><c> believe</c><00:45:07.579><c> very</c><00:45:08.099><c> deeply</c><00:45:08.480><c> and</c><00:45:08.719><c> are</c><00:45:08.900><c> very</c><00:45:09.360><c> faithful</c><00:45:09.820><c> in</c><00:45:10.139><c> their</c><00:45:10.380><c> belief</c><00:45:10.860><c> about</c><00:45:11.820><c> certain</c><00:45:12.280><c> things</c><00:45:12.639><c> that</c>

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we<00:45:13.119><c> don't</c><00:45:13.400><c> think</c><00:45:13.599><c> are</c><00:45:13.960><c> true.</c>

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They<00:45:14.980><c> explain,</c><00:45:15.679><c> you</c><00:45:15.900><c> know,</c><00:45:16.059><c> we</c><00:45:16.579><c> think</c><00:45:17.039><c> demons</c><00:45:17.679><c> was</c><00:45:18.019><c> just</c><00:45:18.280><c> the</c>

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common<00:45:19.059><c> vernacular</c><00:45:19.900><c> attempted</c><00:45:22.039><c> to</c><00:45:22.539><c> explain</c><00:45:22.920><c> away</c><00:45:23.199><c> madness,</c>

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epilepsy,<00:45:25.360><c> and</c><00:45:25.460><c> mental</c><00:45:25.860><c> sickness</c><00:45:26.320><c> by</c><00:45:26.940><c> demon</c><00:45:27.360><c> possession.</c>

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If<00:45:28.440><c> you've</c><00:45:28.980><c> seen</c><00:45:29.300><c> extreme</c><00:45:29.940><c> behavior,</c><00:45:30.440><c> you</c><00:45:30.739><c> know,</c><00:45:31.119><c> if</c><00:45:31.320><c> you</c><00:45:31.579><c> are</c>

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part<00:45:32.539><c> of</c><00:45:32.719><c> our</c><00:45:32.960><c> faith,</c><00:45:34.059><c> that</c><00:45:34.579><c> we</c><00:45:35.119><c> don't</c><00:45:35.519><c> believe</c><00:45:36.139><c> that</c><00:45:36.500><c> there</c><00:45:36.840><c> is</c><00:45:37.800><c> a</c>

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demon<00:45:38.760><c> possession</c><00:45:39.619><c> as</c><00:45:40.719><c> common</c><00:45:41.199><c> Christians</c><00:45:41.739><c> believe.</c>

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We,<00:45:42.840><c> we</c><00:45:43.179><c> know</c><00:45:43.360><c> it</c><00:45:43.500><c> was</c><00:45:43.699><c> a</c><00:45:44.139><c> common</c><00:45:44.320><c> term</c><00:45:44.619><c> at</c><00:45:44.860><c> the</c><00:45:45.039><c> time</c><00:45:45.460><c> that</c><00:45:46.219><c> people</c><00:45:46.579><c> believe</c><00:45:46.980><c> this,</c><00:45:47.440><c> but</c>

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I<00:45:47.820><c> wanted</c><00:45:48.000><c> to</c><00:45:48.320><c> relate</c><00:45:48.539><c> another</c><00:45:49.059><c> one</c><00:45:49.280><c> more</c><00:45:49.519><c> personal</c><00:45:49.960><c> story</c><00:45:50.340><c> to</c>

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you<00:45:50.760><c> that</c><00:45:51.360><c> was</c><00:45:51.699><c> one</c><00:45:51.900><c> of</c><00:45:51.980><c> the</c><00:45:52.079><c> most</c><00:45:52.440><c> powerful</c><00:45:53.159><c> experiences</c><00:45:54.079><c> I</c><00:45:54.519><c> ever</c><00:45:54.860><c> had</c><00:45:55.320><c> as</c><00:45:56.280><c> a</c><00:45:56.480><c> person.</c>

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And<00:45:57.039><c> I</c><00:45:57.320><c> can</c><00:45:57.679><c> see,</c><00:45:58.320><c> I</c><00:45:58.380><c> can</c><00:45:58.659><c> understand.</c><00:46:00.679><c> I,</c><00:46:01.139><c> I</c><00:46:01.539><c> felt</c><00:46:01.940><c> what</c><00:46:02.980><c> it</c><00:46:03.179><c> would</c><00:46:03.340><c> be</c>

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like<00:46:04.159><c> to</c><00:46:05.059><c> see</c><00:46:05.340><c> such</c><00:46:05.719><c> unusual</c><00:46:06.579><c> behavior,</c><00:46:07.380><c> not</c><00:46:07.679><c> deafness,</c><00:46:08.980><c> not</c>

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blindness,<00:46:10.599><c> not</c><00:46:10.980><c> dumbness,</c><00:46:11.860><c> as</c><00:46:12.059><c> in</c><00:46:12.219><c> a</c><00:46:12.400><c> person</c><00:46:12.719><c> not</c><00:46:13.000><c> being</c><00:46:13.280><c> able</c><00:46:13.539><c> to</c><00:46:13.920><c> speak.</c>

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But<00:46:15.420><c> in</c><00:46:15.619><c> my</c><00:46:15.880><c> career,</c><00:46:16.360><c> I</c><00:46:16.599><c> was</c><00:46:16.880><c> a</c><00:46:17.199><c> firefighter.</c><00:46:18.539><c> And</c><00:46:18.980><c> one</c><00:46:19.320><c> day,</c><00:46:20.840><c> a</c>

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paid<00:46:21.380><c> firefighter</c><00:46:22.000><c> in</c><00:46:22.159><c> a</c><00:46:22.380><c> city,</c><00:46:23.280><c> I</c><00:46:23.599><c> was</c><00:46:23.860><c> working,</c><00:46:24.340><c> and</c><00:46:24.880><c> we</c><00:46:25.079><c> had</c>

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this<00:46:25.519><c> horrendous</c><00:46:26.420><c> thunderstorm</c><00:46:27.239><c> come</c><00:46:27.840><c> through</c><00:46:28.099><c> and</c><00:46:28.219><c> we</c><00:46:28.380><c> were</c>

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area,<00:46:33.099><c> a</c><00:46:33.300><c> river</c><00:46:33.539><c> running</c><00:46:33.880><c> by.</c>

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And<00:46:35.519><c> the</c><00:46:36.099><c> clouds</c><00:46:36.619><c> were</c><00:46:37.019><c> just</c><00:46:37.699><c> spectacular.</c><00:46:38.539><c> And</c><00:46:38.679><c> I</c><00:46:38.739><c> was</c><00:46:38.920><c> working</c><00:46:39.199><c> with</c>

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another<00:46:39.699><c> fellow</c><00:46:39.980><c> who</c><00:46:40.460><c> was</c><00:46:41.000><c> a</c><00:46:41.739><c> Christian,</c><00:46:42.099><c> and</c><00:46:43.099><c> we</c><00:46:43.320><c> were</c><00:46:43.519><c> just</c>

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awestruck<00:46:45.280><c> by</c><00:46:45.780><c> the</c><00:46:46.820><c> tumbling,</c><00:46:48.280><c> turbulent</c><00:46:49.320><c> cloud.</c>

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We<00:46:50.320><c> thought,</c><00:46:50.920><c> we're</c><00:46:51.139><c> just</c><00:46:51.380><c> waiting</c><00:46:51.599><c> for</c><00:46:51.860><c> the</c><00:46:52.059><c> alarms</c><00:46:52.360><c> to</c><00:46:52.639><c> go,</c>

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because<00:46:53.679><c> we</c><00:46:53.920><c> thought</c><00:46:54.019><c> we're</c><00:46:54.260><c> going</c><00:46:54.340><c> to</c><00:46:54.400><c> have</c><00:46:54.559><c> a</c><00:46:54.760><c> tornado</c><00:46:55.119><c> here.</c><00:46:55.739><c> I</c><00:46:55.739><c> mean,</c><00:46:56.239><c> the</c><00:46:56.460><c> clouds</c><00:46:56.679><c> were</c><00:46:57.039><c> boiling.</c><00:46:57.960><c> If</c>

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you've<00:46:58.420><c> ever</c><00:46:58.699><c> seen</c><00:46:59.059><c> or</c><00:46:59.380><c> witnessed</c><00:46:59.699><c> that</c><00:47:00.300><c> in</c><00:47:00.639><c> itself</c><00:47:01.260><c> is</c><00:47:01.659><c> something</c><00:47:02.059><c> to</c><00:47:02.300><c> witness.</c>

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And<00:47:03.699><c> then</c><00:47:04.840><c> the</c><00:47:06.079><c> thunder</c><00:47:06.480><c> broke,</c><00:47:07.760><c> the</c><00:47:08.000><c> rain</c><00:47:08.360><c> came</c><00:47:08.880><c> pounding</c><00:47:09.420><c> down.</c><00:47:11.460><c> And</c><00:47:11.480><c> the</c><00:47:11.659><c> next</c><00:47:11.960><c> thing,</c><00:47:13.039><c> Doug,</c><00:47:13.659><c> the</c><00:47:14.139><c> fellow</c><00:47:14.400><c> worker</c><00:47:14.800><c> and</c><00:47:15.079><c> I</c>

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was<00:47:16.219><c> with,</c><00:47:16.940><c> heard</c><00:47:17.139><c> was</c><00:47:17.699><c> screaming.</c>

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And<00:47:19.219><c> a</c><00:47:19.420><c> woman</c><00:47:19.659><c> came</c><00:47:20.000><c> running</c><00:47:20.320><c> up</c><00:47:20.599><c> out</c><00:47:20.719><c> of</c><00:47:20.820><c> the</c><00:47:20.980><c> riverbed</c><00:47:21.420><c> and</c><00:47:22.360><c> started</c><00:47:23.019><c> running</c><00:47:23.420><c> down</c><00:47:23.719><c> a</c>

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four<00:47:24.159><c> lane</c><00:47:24.420><c> road</c><00:47:24.780><c> in</c><00:47:25.079><c> front</c><00:47:25.219><c> of</c><00:47:25.400><c> our</c><00:47:25.679><c> fire</c><00:47:26.039><c> hall,</c><00:47:27.039><c> just</c><00:47:27.539><c> out</c><00:47:27.960><c> of</c>

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control<00:47:28.679><c> and</c><00:47:29.239><c> screaming.</c>

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And<00:47:31.039><c> another</c><00:47:31.519><c> co</c><00:47:31.900><c> worker</c><00:47:32.139><c> who</c><00:47:32.360><c> was</c><00:47:32.659><c> a</c><00:47:32.800><c> big</c><00:47:33.039><c> brute</c><00:47:33.320><c> of</c><00:47:33.519><c> a</c><00:47:33.739><c> man</c><00:47:34.119><c> ran</c><00:47:34.800><c> out</c><00:47:35.559><c> and</c><00:47:36.239><c> corralled</c><00:47:36.619><c> her</c><00:47:37.840><c> safely</c><00:47:38.360><c> to</c>

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And<00:47:41.380><c> when</c><00:47:41.559><c> she</c><00:47:41.719><c> got</c><00:47:41.920><c> in</c><00:47:42.099><c> there,</c><00:47:42.300><c> she</c><00:47:42.460><c> was</c><00:47:42.860><c> soaked.</c><00:47:43.820><c> I</c><00:47:43.860><c> mean,</c><00:47:44.059><c> she</c><00:47:44.219><c> was</c><00:47:44.460><c> just</c><00:47:44.699><c> absolutely</c><00:47:45.440><c> soaked</c><00:47:46.019><c> and</c><00:47:46.619><c> frightened.</c><00:47:47.300><c> And</c><00:47:47.760><c> we</c>

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thought,<00:47:48.360><c> this</c><00:47:48.780><c> girl,</c><00:47:49.119><c> there's</c><00:47:49.360><c> been</c><00:47:49.559><c> a</c><00:47:49.880><c> sexual</c><00:47:50.400><c> assault</c><00:47:51.219><c> or</c>

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something<00:47:52.300><c> on</c><00:47:52.539><c> this</c><00:47:52.840><c> girl.</c>

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And<00:47:53.639><c> so</c><00:47:53.739><c> we</c><00:47:53.840><c> took</c><00:47:54.000><c> her</c><00:47:54.219><c> in</c><00:47:54.579><c> into</c><00:47:54.800><c> her</c><00:47:55.079><c> office</c><00:47:55.340><c> and</c><00:47:55.739><c> called</c><00:47:56.239><c> the</c>

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ambulance<00:47:57.280><c> and</c><00:47:57.579><c> police</c><00:47:57.980><c> and</c><00:47:58.659><c> sat</c><00:47:58.880><c> her</c><00:47:59.099><c> down.</c><00:48:00.159><c> And</c><00:48:00.760><c> she</c><00:48:01.280><c> started,</c><00:48:02.079><c> she</c><00:48:02.380><c> would</c><00:48:02.519><c> be</c>

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so,<00:48:03.619><c> so</c><00:48:04.219><c> distraught.</c>

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And<00:48:06.380><c> then</c><00:48:06.599><c> all</c><00:48:06.800><c> of</c><00:48:06.980><c> a</c><00:48:07.000><c> sudden</c><00:48:07.159><c> she</c><00:48:07.380><c> became</c><00:48:07.639><c> very</c><00:48:08.219><c> calm.</c><00:48:09.679><c> And</c><00:48:09.820><c> then</c><00:48:10.019><c> all</c><00:48:10.199><c> of</c>

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a<00:48:10.460><c> sudden</c><00:48:10.760><c> she</c><00:48:11.360><c> switched</c><00:48:11.820><c> maybe</c><00:48:12.280><c> about</c><00:48:12.519><c> every</c><00:48:13.019><c> minute</c><00:48:13.260><c> or</c><00:48:13.579><c> two.</c>

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And<00:48:15.019><c> I</c><00:48:15.179><c> got</c><00:48:15.400><c> to</c><00:48:15.639><c> ride</c><00:48:15.780><c> up</c><00:48:15.960><c> in</c><00:48:16.159><c> the</c><00:48:16.480><c> ambulance</c><00:48:16.980><c> with</c><00:48:17.280><c> her</c><00:48:17.920><c> to</c><00:48:18.619><c> a</c>

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mental<00:48:19.119><c> health</c><00:48:19.559><c> institute,</c><00:48:20.559><c> which</c><00:48:20.679><c> was</c><00:48:20.880><c> in</c><00:48:21.059><c> our</c><00:48:21.300><c> district.</c>

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And<00:48:23.219><c> I</c><00:48:23.519><c> will</c><00:48:23.739><c> tell</c><00:48:24.059><c> you,</c><00:48:25.039><c> if</c><00:48:25.400><c> I</c><00:48:26.159><c> did</c><00:48:26.519><c> not</c><00:48:27.019><c> know</c><00:48:27.539><c> what</c><00:48:28.039><c> I</c><00:48:28.380><c> believe</c>

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to<00:48:28.820><c> be</c><00:48:28.980><c> true</c><00:48:29.239><c> about</c><00:48:29.480><c> the</c><00:48:29.699><c> Bible,</c><00:48:30.280><c> I</c><00:48:30.940><c> would</c><00:48:31.340><c> absolutely</c><00:48:32.260><c> believe</c><00:48:32.760><c> in</c>

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demon<00:48:33.340><c> possession.</c>

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Because<00:48:35.500><c> she</c><00:48:35.760><c> was</c><00:48:36.340><c> not</c><00:48:37.000><c> one</c><00:48:37.639><c> person.</c><00:48:38.960><c> She</c><00:48:39.139><c> was</c><00:48:39.460><c> legion.</c><00:48:41.400><c> She</c>

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was<00:48:41.920><c> cycling</c><00:48:42.500><c> through</c><00:48:43.639><c> various</c><00:48:44.579><c> absolutely</c><00:48:46.019><c> different</c><00:48:47.420><c> personalities.</c>

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You've<00:48:49.780><c> heard</c><00:48:49.920><c> of</c><00:48:50.059><c> multiple</c><00:48:50.619><c> personalities?</c><00:48:52.119><c> Well,</c><00:48:52.480><c> I've</c><00:48:52.760><c> met</c><00:48:52.920><c> one.</c><00:48:55.219><c> And</c><00:48:55.480><c> she</c><00:48:55.659><c> wrote</c><00:48:55.840><c> us</c>

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a<00:48:56.239><c> card</c><00:48:56.760><c> of</c><00:48:57.159><c> thanks</c><00:48:57.880><c> after</c><00:48:59.420><c> she</c><00:48:59.679><c> felt</c><00:48:59.920><c> well</c><00:49:00.280><c> enough</c><00:49:00.639><c> to</c><00:49:00.860><c> do</c><00:49:01.119><c> that.</c>

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And<00:49:01.739><c> she</c><00:49:01.940><c> wrote</c><00:49:02.139><c> it</c><00:49:02.780><c> in</c><00:49:03.159><c> the</c><00:49:03.380><c> third</c><00:49:03.639><c> person.</c><00:49:04.420><c> We</c><00:49:04.719><c> would</c><00:49:05.039><c> like</c>

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to<00:49:05.739><c> thank</c><00:49:05.980><c> you.</c><00:49:08.099><c> But</c><00:49:08.460><c> what</c><00:49:08.719><c> an</c><00:49:08.900><c> experience.</c>

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So<00:49:10.099><c> going</c><00:49:10.480><c> back</c><00:49:11.019><c> now</c><00:49:11.619><c> to</c><00:49:12.559><c> the</c><00:49:12.860><c> New</c><00:49:13.079><c> Testament</c><00:49:13.579><c> times,</c><00:49:15.460><c> medically,</c><00:49:16.619><c> I</c><00:49:16.940><c> think</c>

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we<00:49:17.480><c> know</c><00:49:17.739><c> the</c><00:49:18.079><c> truth</c><00:49:18.400><c> and</c><00:49:19.340><c> we</c><00:49:19.840><c> know</c><00:49:20.400><c> the</c><00:49:21.460><c> mental</c><00:49:21.840><c> distress</c>

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causes<00:49:23.300><c> various</c><00:49:24.320><c> disorders</c><00:49:25.079><c> today.</c>

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We<00:49:25.860><c> believe</c><00:49:26.320><c> that.</c><00:49:26.739><c> And</c><00:49:27.159><c> I</c><00:49:27.820><c> think</c><00:49:28.019><c> in</c><00:49:28.199><c> this</c><00:49:28.519><c> case,</c><00:49:28.800><c> science</c><00:49:29.280><c> backs</c><00:49:29.699><c> up</c>

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what<00:49:30.579><c> we</c><00:49:30.960><c> believe</c><00:49:31.179><c> to</c><00:49:32.019><c> be</c><00:49:32.179><c> true.</c><00:49:33.239><c> At</c><00:49:33.480><c> that</c><00:49:33.739><c> time,</c><00:49:34.519><c> they</c><00:49:34.719><c> didn't</c>

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know<00:49:35.280><c> it.</c>

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And<00:49:36.940><c> time's</c><00:49:37.760><c> marching</c><00:49:38.039><c> on</c><00:49:38.340><c> because</c><00:49:38.599><c> of</c><00:49:38.760><c> these</c><00:49:38.920><c> personal</c><00:49:39.420><c> examples.</c><00:49:40.420><c> So</c>

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I'm<00:49:40.980><c> going</c><00:49:41.159><c> to</c><00:49:41.519><c> skip</c><00:49:41.920><c> these</c><00:49:44.900><c> references</c><00:49:45.559><c> from</c><00:49:46.139><c> Alfred</c><00:49:46.639><c> Nichols</c><00:49:47.260><c> writing</c><00:49:47.699><c> about</c>

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this<00:49:48.480><c> common</c><00:49:48.940><c> vernacular</c><00:49:49.800><c> and</c><00:49:50.219><c> how</c><00:49:50.440><c> it</c><00:49:50.820><c> relates.</c>

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But<00:49:53.260><c> it's</c><00:49:53.599><c> basically</c><00:49:54.119><c> just</c><00:49:54.500><c> saying</c><00:49:54.760><c> the</c><00:49:55.059><c> same</c><00:49:55.320><c> thing.</c><00:49:55.860><c> I'm</c><00:49:55.980><c> making</c><00:49:56.260><c> trying</c><00:49:56.639><c> to</c>

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make<00:49:57.079><c> the</c><00:49:57.360><c> case</c><00:49:57.760><c> that</c><00:49:58.679><c> for</c><00:49:59.119><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:50:00.039><c> it's</c><00:50:00.360><c> not</c><00:50:00.579><c> unusual</c><00:50:01.139><c> for</c>

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us<00:50:01.820><c> to</c><00:50:02.159><c> realize</c><00:50:02.739><c> that</c><00:50:03.360><c> at</c><00:50:03.699><c> that</c><00:50:04.099><c> time,</c><00:50:05.599><c> there</c><00:50:06.659><c> was</c><00:50:07.000><c> a</c><00:50:07.380><c> different</c><00:50:07.699><c> way</c><00:50:07.960><c> of</c><00:50:08.239><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:50:10.099><c> the</c><00:50:10.719><c> word</c><00:50:11.079><c> prophet</c><00:50:11.960><c> meant</c><00:50:12.980><c> something</c><00:50:13.599><c> to</c><00:50:14.079><c> the</c><00:50:14.300><c> people</c><00:50:14.800><c> that</c><00:50:15.519><c> it</c>

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doesn't<00:50:16.239><c> necessarily</c><00:50:17.039><c> mean</c><00:50:17.360><c> to</c><00:50:17.619><c> you</c><00:50:17.820><c> and</c><00:50:18.079><c> I</c><00:50:18.460><c> today.</c><00:50:19.320><c> And</c><00:50:19.440><c> apostles</c><00:50:19.960><c> was</c>

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needed.<00:50:21.300><c> Jesus</c><00:50:21.719><c> didn't</c><00:50:22.219><c> refute</c><00:50:23.440><c> the</c><00:50:24.099><c> demon.</c>

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He<00:50:25.219><c> just</c><00:50:25.639><c> worked</c><00:50:26.039><c> with</c><00:50:26.440><c> the</c><00:50:26.719><c> terms.</c><00:50:27.059><c> Harry</c><00:50:27.519><c> Tennant</c><00:50:28.260><c> has</c><00:50:28.699><c> written</c><00:50:29.019><c> in</c><00:50:29.519><c> the</c><00:50:29.699><c> book</c><00:50:29.880><c> what</c><00:50:30.360><c> the</c><00:50:30.840><c> Bible</c><00:50:31.159><c> teaches</c><00:50:31.579><c> in</c><00:50:31.840><c> a</c>

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series<00:50:32.320><c> of</c><00:50:32.599><c> articles</c><00:50:33.059><c> about</c><00:50:33.900><c> this.</c>

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And<00:50:35.280><c> I'll</c><00:50:36.599><c> just</c><00:50:36.860><c> read</c><00:50:37.099><c> this.</c><00:50:38.380><c> He</c><00:50:38.380><c> doesn't</c><00:50:38.840><c> think</c><00:50:39.500><c> necessarily</c>

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that<00:50:41.099><c> Jesus</c><00:50:41.699><c> did</c><00:50:42.280><c> it</c><00:50:42.460><c> for</c><00:50:42.659><c> the</c><00:50:42.860><c> people</c><00:50:43.119><c> who</c><00:50:43.260><c> were</c><00:50:43.519><c> witnessing.</c>

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He<00:50:44.619><c> didn't</c><00:50:45.000><c> take</c><00:50:45.360><c> the</c><00:50:45.559><c> time</c><00:50:45.840><c> to</c><00:50:46.519><c> refute</c><00:50:47.119><c> the</c><00:50:47.420><c> falsehood</c><00:50:48.099><c> of</c><00:50:48.440><c> demonology.</c>

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But<00:50:50.440><c> he</c><00:50:50.599><c> did.</c><00:50:52.139><c> Harry</c><00:50:52.559><c> Tennant</c><00:50:52.920><c> thinks</c><00:50:53.260><c> in</c><00:50:53.500><c> this</c><00:50:53.960><c> phrase,</c><00:50:54.360><c> if</c>

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you're<00:50:54.699><c> reading</c><00:50:55.019><c> it</c><00:50:55.300><c> while</c><00:50:55.420><c> I'm</c><00:50:55.699><c> speaking,</c><00:50:57.099><c> he</c><00:50:57.440><c> does</c><00:50:57.940><c> say</c><00:50:58.420><c> that</c><00:50:58.639><c> he</c>

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thinks<00:50:59.059><c> he</c><00:50:59.260><c> did</c><00:50:59.480><c> it</c><00:50:59.619><c> for</c><00:50:59.820><c> the</c><00:51:00.099><c> benefit</c><00:51:00.599><c> of</c><00:51:01.420><c> those</c><00:51:01.760><c> people</c><00:51:02.179><c> he</c>

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was<00:51:02.699><c> curing</c><00:51:03.420><c> because</c><00:51:03.940><c> they</c><00:51:04.179><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:04.460><c> understand</c><00:51:05.400><c> the</c><00:51:06.280><c> truth</c>

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back<00:51:07.340><c> then.</c>

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So<00:51:09.239><c> the</c><00:51:10.400><c> term</c><00:51:11.099><c> prophet</c><00:51:11.800><c> was</c><00:51:12.400><c> used</c><00:51:12.760><c> kind</c><00:51:13.099><c> of</c><00:51:13.219><c> in</c><00:51:13.440><c> this</c><00:51:13.719><c> sense.</c>

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Here's<00:51:15.480><c> an</c><00:51:15.739><c> example</c><00:51:16.119><c> in</c><00:51:16.400><c> Luke</c><00:51:16.860><c> when</c><00:51:17.619><c> Jesus</c><00:51:18.079><c> was</c><00:51:18.659><c> under</c><00:51:19.619><c> threat</c>

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of<00:51:20.480><c> his</c><00:51:20.860><c> life</c><00:51:21.179><c> when</c><00:51:21.599><c> the</c><00:51:22.139><c> guards</c><00:51:22.380><c> had</c><00:51:22.699><c> him</c><00:51:23.059><c> and</c><00:51:23.500><c> they</c><00:51:24.159><c> mocked</c>

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him<00:51:24.719><c> and</c><00:51:24.960><c> began</c><00:51:25.219><c> to</c><00:51:25.539><c> beat</c><00:51:25.699><c> him</c><00:51:25.940><c> and</c><00:51:26.219><c> blindfolded</c><00:51:27.039><c> him.</c>

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And<00:51:27.920><c> then</c><00:51:28.119><c> they</c><00:51:28.360><c> said</c><00:51:28.539><c> prophesy</c><00:51:29.239><c> who</c><00:51:29.579><c> hit</c><00:51:29.880><c> you.</c><00:51:30.340><c> They</c><00:51:30.480><c> didn't</c>

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ask<00:51:31.480><c> in</c><00:51:32.199><c> the</c><00:51:32.440><c> sense</c><00:51:32.840><c> of</c><00:51:33.840><c> speak</c><00:51:34.059><c> the</c><00:51:34.320><c> words</c><00:51:34.619><c> of</c><00:51:34.940><c> absolute</c><00:51:35.460><c> divine</c><00:51:36.000><c> authority</c><00:51:36.800><c> like</c>

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the<00:51:38.019><c> apostle</c><00:51:38.440><c> meant.</c><00:51:39.219><c> They</c><00:51:39.320><c> meant</c><00:51:39.880><c> if</c><00:51:40.659><c> you're</c><00:51:41.659><c> a</c><00:51:41.920><c> prophet</c><00:51:42.340><c> like</c><00:51:43.440><c> everybody</c><00:51:43.920><c> else</c><00:51:44.280><c> around</c><00:51:44.500><c> in</c>

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this<00:51:44.900><c> polytheistic</c><00:51:45.719><c> society</c><00:51:46.260><c> believes,</c><00:51:46.940><c> you</c><00:51:47.179><c> should</c><00:51:47.360><c> be</c><00:51:47.559><c> able</c><00:51:47.719><c> to</c>

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know<00:51:48.179><c> who</c><00:51:48.659><c> just</c><00:51:48.960><c> struck</c><00:51:49.219><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:51:50.719><c> what</c><00:51:50.920><c> they</c><00:51:51.139><c> meant.</c><00:51:52.300><c> And</c><00:51:52.519><c> another</c><00:51:53.000><c> example</c><00:51:53.460><c> is</c><00:51:53.800><c> the</c><00:51:54.099><c> woman</c><00:51:54.460><c> at</c>

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the<00:51:55.019><c> well</c><00:51:55.199><c> who</c><00:51:55.460><c> had</c><00:51:55.880><c> five</c><00:51:56.539><c> husbands.</c><00:51:57.179><c> And</c><00:51:57.500><c> when</c><00:51:57.699><c> Jesus</c><00:51:58.119><c> reveals</c><00:51:58.719><c> this</c><00:51:59.079><c> to</c><00:51:59.360><c> her,</c><00:51:59.920><c> she</c><00:52:00.179><c> says</c><00:52:00.519><c> here,</c><00:52:01.440><c> sir,</c><00:52:02.039><c> I</c>

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can<00:52:03.039><c> see</c><00:52:03.420><c> you</c><00:52:03.739><c> are</c><00:52:04.119><c> a</c><00:52:04.420><c> prophet,</c><00:52:05.400><c> meaning</c><00:52:05.880><c> that,</c><00:52:07.199><c> you</c><00:52:08.239><c> know,</c><00:52:08.400><c> because</c><00:52:08.719><c> Jesus</c><00:52:09.559><c> had</c><00:52:10.079><c> insight</c><00:52:10.780><c> into</c><00:52:11.519><c> her</c><00:52:12.079><c> personal</c><00:52:12.579><c> life,</c><00:52:13.000><c> not</c><00:52:13.400><c> that</c><00:52:14.099><c> he</c>

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had<00:52:15.500><c> this</c><00:52:15.840><c> special</c><00:52:16.960><c> gift</c><00:52:17.619><c> for</c><00:52:17.940><c> recording</c><00:52:18.539><c> the</c><00:52:18.880><c> scriptures.</c>

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our<00:52:46.880><c> conclusion.</c>

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prophet,<00:53:39.719><c> clearly</c><00:53:40.320><c> identified</c><00:53:41.500><c> as</c><00:53:42.239><c> such</c><00:53:42.719><c> as</c><00:53:43.500><c> was</c><00:53:44.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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have<00:54:43.860><c> been</c><00:54:44.219><c> recorded</c><00:54:44.679><c> for</c><00:54:45.079><c> us.</c>

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them,<00:55:11.079><c> and</c><00:55:11.360><c> cherish</c><00:55:11.699><c> them</c><00:55:12.239><c> as</c><00:55:12.820><c> the</c><00:55:13.159><c> very</c><00:55:13.639><c> words</c><00:55:14.300><c> of</c><00:55:14.840><c> the</c><00:55:15.099><c> Creator</c><00:55:15.460><c> himself</c><00:55:16.320><c> speaking</c><00:55:17.440><c> to</c><00:55:18.179><c> us.</c>

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