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had<00:12:07.580><c> been</c><00:12:07.639><c> quite</c><00:12:07.919><c> a</c><00:12:08.059><c> long</c><00:12:08.320><c> time</c><00:12:08.580><c> for</c><00:12:08.960><c> the</c><00:12:09.320><c> effect</c><00:12:09.500><c> of</c><00:12:09.639><c> the</c><00:12:09.759><c> Lord's</c><00:12:10.100><c> preaching</c><00:12:10.320><c> in</c><00:12:10.879><c> Syrophoenician</c>

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cities,<00:12:11.840><c> say,</c><00:12:12.379><c> to</c><00:12:12.559><c> have</c><00:12:13.080><c> led</c><00:12:13.279><c> to</c><00:12:13.480><c> the</c><00:12:13.600><c> conversion</c><00:12:13.960><c> of</c><00:12:14.139><c> some</c>

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marry<00:12:23.139><c> a</c><00:12:23.399><c> believing</c><00:12:23.600><c> Greek.</c>

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had<00:12:28.080><c> here</c><00:12:28.200><c> a</c><00:12:28.340><c> Christian</c><00:12:28.679><c> household</c><00:12:29.120><c> with</c><00:12:29.500><c> a</c><00:12:29.779><c> Gentile</c><00:12:30.240><c> father</c>

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compromise<00:12:37.200><c> in</c><00:12:37.379><c> the</c><00:12:37.500><c> issue</c>

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creates<00:12:42.360><c> the</c><00:12:42.559><c> second</c><00:12:42.740><c> problem</c><00:12:43.080><c> for</c><00:12:43.340><c> us.</c>

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at<00:12:48.360><c> an</c><00:12:48.480><c> earlier</c><00:12:48.740><c> stage,</c><00:12:49.299><c> Paul</c><00:12:49.500><c> has</c><00:12:49.759><c> protested</c><00:12:50.620><c> that</c><00:12:50.759><c> when</c><00:12:50.960><c> he</c>

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We<00:12:55.460><c> don't</c><00:12:55.639><c> hear</c><00:12:55.820><c> about</c><00:12:56.059><c> Titus</c><00:12:56.379><c> in</c><00:12:56.519><c> the</c><00:12:56.639><c> Acts</c><00:12:56.799><c> at</c><00:12:57.059><c> all,</c><00:12:57.840><c> and</c><00:12:58.100><c> perhaps</c><00:12:58.480><c> the</c>

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don't<00:13:02.480><c> hear</c><00:13:02.620><c> either,</c><00:13:02.879><c> although</c>

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he<00:13:03.220><c> wrote</c><00:13:03.360><c> the</c><00:13:03.519><c> book,</c><00:13:04.320><c> as</c><00:13:04.460><c> though</c><00:13:04.559><c> there</c><00:13:04.700><c> was</c><00:13:04.779><c> some</c><00:13:04.960><c> desire</c><00:13:05.159><c> to</c>

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whereas<00:13:33.259><c> in</c><00:13:33.440><c> the</c><00:13:33.559><c> Acts</c><00:13:33.700><c> of</c><00:13:33.820><c> the</c><00:13:33.940><c> Apostles</c>

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largely<00:13:39.440><c> in</c><00:13:39.639><c> Gentile</c><00:13:39.960><c> society,</c><00:13:40.820><c> a</c><00:13:41.019><c> half</c><00:13:41.320><c> Jew,</c><00:13:42.259><c> but</c><00:13:42.500><c> a</c><00:13:42.659><c> believer,</c><00:13:43.399><c> was</c><00:13:43.620><c> required</c><00:13:43.899><c> to</c>

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and<00:13:53.580><c> because</c><00:13:53.840><c> Paul</c><00:13:54.159><c> intended</c><00:13:54.559><c> to</c><00:13:54.960><c> continue</c><00:13:55.320><c> the</c><00:13:55.899><c> routine</c><00:13:56.299><c> of</c>

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preach<00:14:01.759><c> there,</c><00:14:02.340><c> he</c><00:14:02.460><c> simply</c><00:14:02.600><c> had</c><00:14:02.779><c> to</c><00:14:02.919><c> observe</c><00:14:03.139><c> the</c><00:14:03.279><c> rules.</c>

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were<00:14:07.299><c> not</c><00:14:07.480><c> yet</c><00:14:07.700><c> converted</c><00:14:08.159><c> by</c><00:14:08.759><c> deliberately</c>

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introducing<00:14:09.639><c> into</c><00:14:09.799><c> their</c><00:14:10.000><c> midst</c><00:14:10.179><c> a</c><00:14:10.259><c> man</c><00:14:10.340><c> who</c><00:14:10.460><c> had</c><00:14:10.620><c> no</c><00:14:10.779><c> right</c>

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there,<00:14:11.659><c> and</c><00:14:11.899><c> consequently,</c><00:14:12.759><c> if</c><00:14:12.919><c> Timothy,</c>

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already<00:14:14.340><c> under</c><00:14:14.600><c> suspicion</c><00:14:14.980><c> of</c><00:14:15.200><c> not</c><00:14:15.419><c> being</c><00:14:15.720><c> a</c><00:14:15.899><c> full</c><00:14:16.139><c>-blooded</c><00:14:16.480><c> Jew</c><00:14:16.720><c> because</c><00:14:17.080><c> of</c><00:14:17.220><c> his</c><00:14:17.360><c> father</c><00:14:17.539><c> being</c><00:14:17.799><c> a</c>

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but<00:14:28.419><c> because</c><00:14:28.779><c> you</c><00:14:29.080><c> don't</c><00:14:29.399><c> trample</c><00:14:29.759><c> down</c><00:14:29.960><c> upon</c><00:14:30.159><c> other</c><00:14:30.440><c> people's</c><00:14:30.820><c> principles</c><00:14:31.080><c> when</c>

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10,<00:17:00.360><c> and</c><00:17:00.440><c> reading</c><00:17:00.659><c> to</c><00:17:00.860><c> verse</c><00:17:01.000><c> 19.</c>

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Then<00:17:04.980><c> there</c><00:17:05.200><c> is</c><00:17:05.220><c> chapter</c><00:17:05.400><c> 20,</c><00:17:07.279><c> starting</c><00:17:07.440><c> at</c><00:17:07.599><c> verse</c><00:17:07.819><c> 5,</c><00:17:10.559><c> and</c><00:17:10.680><c> reading</c><00:17:10.940><c> through</c><00:17:11.119><c> to</c>

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chapter<00:17:11.500><c> 21,</c><00:17:13.420><c> verse</c><00:17:13.599><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:17:16.720><c> finally</c><00:17:17.039><c> there</c><00:17:17.240><c> is</c><00:17:17.319><c> chapters</c><00:17:17.579><c> 27</c><00:17:18.079><c> and</c><00:17:18.220><c> 28.</c>

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I<00:17:20.099><c> can't</c><00:17:20.319><c> absolutely</c><00:17:20.779><c> promise</c><00:17:21.140><c> that</c><00:17:21.279><c> I</c><00:17:21.359><c> didn't</c><00:17:21.519><c> miss</c><00:17:21.700><c> something</c><00:17:21.980><c> out</c><00:17:22.240><c> there</c><00:17:22.359><c> because</c><00:17:22.500><c> I</c>

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looked<00:17:22.799><c> through</c>

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these<00:17:23.160><c> rather</c><00:17:23.519><c> hurriedly</c><00:17:24.059><c> on</c><00:17:24.299><c> impulse</c><00:17:24.680><c> yesterday,</c><00:17:25.380><c> but</c><00:17:25.599><c> it's</c>

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about<00:17:26.299><c> right.</c>

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I'll<00:17:26.940><c> give</c><00:17:27.039><c> them</c><00:17:27.180><c> again.</c>

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The<00:17:28.740><c> first</c><00:17:28.980><c> mention</c><00:17:29.220><c> is</c><00:17:29.380><c> chapter</c><00:17:29.619><c> 16,</c><00:17:31.299><c> verses</c><00:17:31.359><c> 10</c><00:17:31.720><c> through</c><00:17:31.900><c> 19.</c>

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The<00:17:34.480><c> second</c><00:17:34.619><c> is</c><00:17:34.839><c> chapter</c><00:17:35.079><c> 20,</c><00:17:35.619><c> verse</c><00:17:35.779><c> 5,</c><00:17:36.859><c> to</c><00:17:37.059><c> 21,</c><00:17:37.640><c> verse</c><00:17:37.779><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:17:39.920><c> the</c><00:17:40.059><c> third</c><00:17:40.539><c> is</c><00:17:41.019><c> chapters</c><00:17:41.279><c> 27</c><00:17:41.779><c> and</c><00:17:42.059><c> 28.</c>

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So<00:17:45.119><c> it</c><00:17:45.220><c> would</c><00:17:45.400><c> appear</c><00:17:45.619><c> that</c><00:17:45.779><c> at</c><00:17:45.920><c> the</c><00:17:46.019><c> point</c><00:17:46.200><c> where</c><00:17:46.440><c> Paul</c><00:17:46.680><c> arrives</c><00:17:47.059><c> in</c>

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Troas,<00:17:48.059><c> somebody</c><00:17:48.380><c> joins</c><00:17:48.680><c> the</c>

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company<00:17:49.160><c> who</c><00:17:49.319><c> is</c><00:17:49.480><c> with</c><00:17:49.640><c> him</c><00:17:49.740><c> for</c><00:17:49.960><c> limited</c><00:17:50.380><c> periods</c><00:17:50.920><c> on</c><00:17:51.480><c> this</c>

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missionary<00:17:52.160><c> journey,</c><00:17:53.420><c> on</c><00:17:53.619><c> the</c><00:17:53.799><c> next</c><00:17:54.019><c> missionary</c>

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journey,<00:17:55.240><c> and</c><00:17:55.440><c> on</c><00:17:55.559><c> the</c><00:17:55.619><c> journey</c><00:17:55.859><c> to</c><00:17:56.059><c> Rome.</c>

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During<00:17:58.039><c> that</c><00:17:58.259><c> period</c><00:17:58.480><c> he</c><00:17:58.619><c> says</c><00:17:58.839><c> we,</c><00:18:00.420><c> before</c><00:18:00.680><c> it</c><00:18:00.799><c> he</c><00:18:00.940><c> says</c><00:18:01.099><c> they,</c><00:18:02.259><c> between</c><00:18:02.519><c> times</c><00:18:02.799><c> he</c>

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says<00:18:03.119><c> they.</c>

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So<00:18:04.420><c> we</c><00:18:04.819><c> conclude</c><00:18:05.180><c> that</c><00:18:05.380><c> this</c><00:18:05.559><c> is</c><00:18:05.720><c> the</c><00:18:05.819><c> writer</c><00:18:06.000><c> of</c><00:18:06.160><c> the</c><00:18:06.279><c> book,</c>

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that<00:18:07.559><c> this</c><00:18:07.700><c> is</c><00:18:07.839><c> the</c><00:18:07.920><c> man</c><00:18:08.019><c> who</c><00:18:08.220><c> while</c><00:18:08.400><c> calling</c>

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no<00:18:08.920><c> attention</c><00:18:09.259><c> to</c><00:18:09.460><c> himself</c><00:18:09.880><c> would</c><00:18:10.259><c> like</c><00:18:10.440><c> it</c><00:18:10.559><c> to</c><00:18:10.660><c> be</c><00:18:10.779><c> known</c><00:18:10.920><c> that</c><00:18:11.059><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:11.339><c> an</c><00:18:11.480><c> eyewitness</c><00:18:11.880><c> of</c><00:18:12.059><c> these</c><00:18:12.279><c> things</c>

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that<00:18:12.539><c> he</c><00:18:12.700><c> describes,</c><00:18:13.900><c> and</c><00:18:14.019><c> who</c><00:18:14.140><c> puts</c><00:18:14.259><c> himself</c><00:18:14.579><c> in</c><00:18:14.740><c> that</c><00:18:14.900><c> position</c><00:18:15.200><c> therefore</c><00:18:15.500><c> by</c>

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using<00:18:16.000><c> the</c><00:18:16.240><c> first</c>

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person<00:18:16.859><c> plural</c><00:18:17.240><c> instead</c><00:18:17.759><c> of</c><00:18:17.900><c> the</c><00:18:18.059><c> third</c><00:18:18.279><c> person</c><00:18:18.640><c> plural,</c><00:18:19.079><c> or</c>

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sometimes<00:18:19.859><c> the</c><00:18:20.180><c> first</c><00:18:20.359><c> person</c><00:18:20.579><c> singular.</c>

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So<00:18:22.200><c> Luke</c><00:18:22.579><c> was</c><00:18:22.839><c> with</c><00:18:22.960><c> them</c><00:18:23.140><c> then</c><00:18:23.319><c> as</c><00:18:23.420><c> they</c><00:18:23.619><c> crossed</c><00:18:23.799><c> over</c><00:18:24.039><c> from</c>

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Troas<00:18:24.700><c> to</c><00:18:26.299><c> Philippi.</c>

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It<00:18:28.380><c> is</c><00:18:28.579><c> believed</c><00:18:28.839><c> that</c><00:18:29.019><c> Luke</c><00:18:29.220><c> may</c><00:18:29.420><c> have</c><00:18:29.579><c> been</c><00:18:30.039><c> the</c><00:18:30.960><c> visionary</c>

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inspiration<00:18:31.980><c> as</c><00:18:32.140><c> it</c><00:18:32.259><c> were</c><00:18:32.359><c> of</c><00:18:32.500><c> the</c><00:18:32.619><c> men</c>

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of<00:18:32.900><c> Macedonia</c><00:18:33.200><c> who</c><00:18:33.359><c> said</c><00:18:33.579><c> come</c><00:18:34.079><c> over</c><00:18:34.259><c> to</c><00:18:34.420><c> Macedonia</c><00:18:34.839><c> and</c><00:18:35.059><c> help</c><00:18:35.220><c> us.</c>

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It<00:18:36.480><c> would</c><00:18:36.700><c> seem</c><00:18:36.839><c> that</c><00:18:37.019><c> he</c><00:18:37.180><c> was</c><00:18:37.440><c> quoted</c><00:18:37.660><c> in</c><00:18:37.819><c> that</c><00:18:38.099><c> kind</c><00:18:38.339><c> of</c><00:18:38.559><c> area</c>

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and<00:18:39.440><c> was</c><00:18:39.680><c> stayed</c><00:18:39.839><c> with</c><00:18:40.079><c> Paul</c><00:18:40.420><c> from</c><00:18:40.779><c> Troas</c>

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to<00:18:41.400><c> Philippi</c><00:18:41.960><c> and</c><00:18:42.900><c> perhaps</c><00:18:43.200><c> went</c><00:18:43.380><c> no</c><00:18:43.640><c> further,</c><00:18:44.259><c> for</c><00:18:44.359><c> he's</c><00:18:44.539><c> not</c>

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heard<00:18:44.839><c> of</c><00:18:44.920><c> for</c><00:18:45.059><c> a</c><00:18:45.180><c> while</c><00:18:45.279><c> at</c><00:18:45.440><c> that</c><00:18:45.619><c> point.</c>

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That<00:18:47.019><c> he</c><00:18:47.180><c> then</c><00:18:47.460><c> resumed</c><00:18:47.799><c> contact</c><00:18:48.180><c> with</c><00:18:48.359><c> Paul</c><00:18:48.579><c> during</c><00:18:48.900><c> the</c><00:18:49.119><c> third</c><00:18:49.460><c> missionary</c><00:18:49.859><c> journey</c><00:18:50.259><c> when</c><00:18:50.599><c> he</c>

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was<00:18:50.920><c> travelling</c>

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northwards<00:18:51.819><c> through</c><00:18:52.019><c> Achaia</c><00:18:52.559><c> and</c><00:18:52.940><c> Macedonia</c><00:18:53.599><c> to</c><00:18:53.940><c> go</c><00:18:54.200><c> back</c><00:18:54.480><c> to</c>

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Palestine,<00:18:55.079><c> and</c><00:18:55.200><c> this</c><00:18:55.380><c> time</c><00:18:55.579><c> stayed</c>

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with<00:18:55.980><c> him</c><00:18:56.079><c> all</c><00:18:56.299><c> the</c><00:18:56.420><c> way,</c><00:18:56.579><c> right</c><00:18:56.819><c> to</c><00:18:56.980><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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That<00:18:59.039><c> in</c><00:18:59.240><c> some</c><00:18:59.359><c> way</c><00:18:59.440><c> he</c><00:18:59.579><c> wasn't</c><00:18:59.980><c> there</c><00:19:00.480><c> during</c><00:19:00.960><c> the</c><00:19:01.539><c> trials</c><00:19:01.779><c> in</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:19:02.839><c> presumably</c><00:19:03.079><c> because</c><00:19:03.299><c> he</c>

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couldn't<00:19:03.680><c> have</c><00:19:03.880><c> been,</c><00:19:03.960><c> he</c><00:19:04.059><c> wasn't</c><00:19:04.319><c> arrested.</c>

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But<00:19:05.799><c> that</c><00:19:05.920><c> as</c><00:19:06.059><c> soon</c><00:19:06.180><c> as</c><00:19:06.319><c> the</c><00:19:06.460><c> decision</c><00:19:06.680><c> was</c><00:19:06.960><c> made</c><00:19:07.180><c> that</c><00:19:07.319><c> Paul</c>

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must<00:19:07.759><c> go</c><00:19:08.000><c> to</c><00:19:08.160><c> face</c><00:19:08.319><c> trial</c><00:19:08.640><c> in</c><00:19:08.819><c> Rome</c><00:19:09.079><c> under</c>

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Caesar,<00:19:09.859><c> then</c><00:19:10.019><c> Luke</c><00:19:10.160><c> joined</c><00:19:10.380><c> the</c><00:19:10.579><c> company</c><00:19:10.779><c> again</c><00:19:11.059><c> and</c><00:19:11.299><c> stayed</c>

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with<00:19:11.640><c> him</c><00:19:11.779><c> throughout</c><00:19:12.039><c> the</c><00:19:12.220><c> whole</c><00:19:12.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:13.019><c> recorded</c><00:19:13.319><c> experiences</c><00:19:13.880><c> in</c><00:19:14.099><c> the</c><00:19:14.259><c> Acts.</c>

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He<00:19:15.980><c> was</c><00:19:16.180><c> obviously</c><00:19:16.440><c> found</c><00:19:16.619><c> later</c><00:19:16.880><c> with</c><00:19:17.059><c> Paul</c><00:19:17.220><c> again</c><00:19:17.519><c> because</c>

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Paul<00:19:18.019><c> speaks</c><00:19:18.339><c> of</c><00:19:18.500><c> Luke</c><00:19:18.720><c> the</c><00:19:18.880><c> beloved</c><00:19:19.140><c> physician</c>

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being<00:19:20.359><c> close</c><00:19:20.619><c> to</c><00:19:20.779><c> his</c><00:19:21.039><c> side</c><00:19:21.200><c> as</c><00:19:21.380><c> his</c><00:19:21.579><c> days</c><00:19:21.799><c> drew</c><00:19:22.059><c> short</c><00:19:22.440><c> before</c>

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his<00:19:22.980><c> death.</c>

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So<00:19:24.720><c> this</c><00:19:25.019><c> devoted</c><00:19:25.420><c> man</c><00:19:25.819><c> and</c><00:19:26.440><c> perhaps</c><00:19:26.859><c> this</c><00:19:27.200><c> man's</c><00:19:27.519><c> brother</c>

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Titus<00:19:28.119><c> were</c><00:19:28.559><c> Paul's</c><00:19:29.240><c> close</c><00:19:29.380><c> companions</c>

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doing<00:19:30.440><c> the</c><00:19:30.640><c> work</c><00:19:30.819><c> assigned</c><00:19:31.059><c> to</c><00:19:31.259><c> them,</c><00:19:31.980><c> mentioned</c><00:19:32.119><c> occasionally</c><00:19:32.599><c> in</c><00:19:32.759><c> the</c>

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letters,<00:19:33.599><c> never</c><00:19:33.839><c> mentioned</c>

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by<00:19:34.400><c> name</c><00:19:34.619><c> in</c><00:19:34.779><c> Luke's</c><00:19:35.079><c> own</c><00:19:35.240><c> writings.</c>

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Somebody<00:19:36.119><c> else</c><00:19:36.380><c> who</c><00:19:36.640><c> prefers</c><00:19:36.819><c> to</c><00:19:37.059><c> remain</c><00:19:37.200><c> in</c><00:19:37.359><c> the</c><00:19:37.500><c> background,</c><00:19:38.619><c> but</c><00:19:38.720><c> who</c>

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nevertheless<00:19:39.279><c> would</c><00:19:39.480><c> have</c>

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us<00:19:39.819><c> know</c><00:19:40.059><c> of</c><00:19:40.319><c> a</c><00:19:40.440><c> certainty,</c><00:19:41.140><c> the</c><00:19:41.380><c> form</c><00:19:41.539><c> of</c><00:19:41.680><c> things</c><00:19:41.839><c> that</c><00:19:42.039><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:42.299><c> Jesus</c><00:19:42.660><c> Christ</c><00:19:42.920><c> began</c><00:19:43.339><c> to</c><00:19:43.519><c> do</c><00:19:43.599><c> and</c>

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to<00:19:44.119><c> teach</c><00:19:44.119><c> before</c><00:19:44.400><c> his</c><00:19:44.619><c> death</c><00:19:45.140><c> and</c><00:19:45.380><c> afterwards,</c><00:19:46.240><c> and</c><00:19:46.539><c> the</c>

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latter<00:19:46.819><c> things</c><00:19:47.079><c> that</c><00:19:47.259><c> Jesus</c><00:19:47.579><c> Christ</c><00:19:47.859><c> continued</c>

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to<00:19:48.420><c> do</c><00:19:48.519><c> and</c><00:19:48.640><c> to</c><00:19:48.799><c> teach</c><00:19:49.019><c> by</c><00:19:49.380><c> the</c><00:19:49.519><c> power</c><00:19:49.660><c> of</c><00:19:49.799><c> the</c><00:19:49.880><c> Holy</c><00:19:50.079><c> Spirit</c>

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and<00:19:50.480><c> through</c><00:19:50.660><c> the</c><00:19:50.859><c> Apostles</c><00:19:51.319><c> after</c><00:19:51.799><c> his</c>

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resurrection<00:19:52.500><c> and</c><00:19:52.779><c> ascension.</c>

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So<00:19:55.500><c> they</c><00:19:55.619><c> go</c><00:19:55.799><c> across</c><00:19:56.019><c> to</c><00:19:56.200><c> Philippi.</c>

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There<00:19:58.000><c> it</c><00:19:58.079><c> would</c><00:19:58.359><c> seem,</c><00:19:58.519><c> and</c><00:19:58.700><c> evidence</c><00:19:58.920><c> would</c><00:19:59.059><c> seem</c><00:19:59.220><c> to</c><00:19:59.400><c> support</c><00:19:59.660><c> this,</c>

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that<00:20:00.000><c> in</c><00:20:00.099><c> this</c><00:20:00.279><c> very</c><00:20:00.579><c> important</c>

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Roman<00:20:01.339><c> colony</c><00:20:01.859><c> there</c><00:20:02.279><c> was</c><00:20:02.480><c> no</c><00:20:02.680><c> synagogue</c><00:20:03.019><c> established.</c>

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All<00:20:04.119><c> there</c><00:20:04.359><c> was</c><00:20:04.500><c> was</c><00:20:04.660><c> a</c><00:20:04.779><c> riverside</c><00:20:05.160><c> place</c><00:20:05.380><c> of</c><00:20:05.640><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:20:06.920><c> there</c><00:20:07.039><c> they</c><00:20:07.160><c> went</c><00:20:07.400><c> and</c><00:20:07.640><c> spake</c><00:20:07.799><c> to</c><00:20:07.920><c> the</c><00:20:08.059><c> women</c><00:20:08.200><c> who</c><00:20:08.339><c> were</c>

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there,<00:20:08.740><c> and</c><00:20:08.900><c> there</c><00:20:09.059><c> they</c><00:20:09.259><c> converted</c><00:20:09.720><c> the</c>

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honor<00:20:10.119><c> of</c><00:20:10.500><c> purple</c><00:20:10.779><c> from</c><00:20:11.039><c> Thyatira.</c>

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And<00:20:13.539><c> there,</c><00:20:13.759><c> because</c><00:20:14.019><c> people</c><00:20:14.299><c> with</c><00:20:14.500><c> the</c><00:20:14.640><c> spirit</c><00:20:14.759><c> of</c><00:20:14.940><c> divination,</c><00:20:15.500><c> working</c>

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mischief,<00:20:16.559><c> went</c><00:20:16.680><c> around</c>

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and<00:20:17.420><c> made</c><00:20:17.640><c> up</c><00:20:17.859><c> trouble</c><00:20:18.059><c> for</c><00:20:18.220><c> them,</c><00:20:18.380><c> they</c><00:20:18.500><c> found</c><00:20:18.700><c> themselves,</c>

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Paul<00:20:19.440><c> and</c><00:20:19.619><c> Silas</c><00:20:19.900><c> did,</c><00:20:20.119><c> arrested.</c>

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I<00:20:22.079><c> don't</c><00:20:22.220><c> know</c><00:20:22.299><c> why</c><00:20:22.480><c> Luke</c><00:20:22.680><c> and</c><00:20:22.740><c> Timothy</c><00:20:23.039><c> were</c><00:20:23.200><c> not</c><00:20:23.359><c> arrested.</c>

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It<00:20:24.180><c> would</c><00:20:24.339><c> appear</c><00:20:24.500><c> that</c><00:20:24.640><c> they</c><00:20:24.720><c> were</c><00:20:24.880><c> not.</c>

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Just<00:20:25.839><c> Paul</c><00:20:26.079><c> and</c><00:20:26.299><c> Silas</c><00:20:26.500><c> were</c><00:20:26.660><c> put</c><00:20:26.759><c> in</c><00:20:26.980><c> prison</c><00:20:27.140><c> and</c><00:20:27.319><c> the</c><00:20:27.420><c> others</c>

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in<00:20:27.759><c> some</c><00:20:27.920><c> way</c><00:20:28.079><c> escaped</c><00:20:28.480><c> that</c><00:20:28.779><c> fate.</c>

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But<00:20:29.799><c> we</c><00:20:30.000><c> all</c><00:20:30.180><c> know</c><00:20:30.279><c> what</c><00:20:30.480><c> happened</c><00:20:30.619><c> when</c><00:20:30.759><c> they</c><00:20:30.920><c> got</c><00:20:31.099><c> there.</c>

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They<00:20:32.640><c> were</c><00:20:32.819><c> beaten</c><00:20:33.019><c> with</c><00:20:33.259><c> rods,</c><00:20:33.559><c> one</c><00:20:33.720><c> of</c><00:20:33.819><c> those</c><00:20:34.039><c> times</c><00:20:34.279><c> that</c><00:20:34.460><c> Paul</c><00:20:34.599><c> refers</c><00:20:34.940><c> to</c><00:20:35.119><c> in</c><00:20:35.279><c> 2</c>

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Corinthians<00:20:35.880><c> 11.</c>

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They<00:20:37.819><c> were</c><00:20:38.180><c> placed</c><00:20:38.440><c> in</c><00:20:38.619><c> the</c><00:20:38.859><c> stocks</c><00:20:39.299><c> and</c><00:20:40.460><c> they</c><00:20:40.539><c> were</c><00:20:40.640><c> put</c><00:20:40.720><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:41.039><c> inmost</c><00:20:41.339><c> dungeon</c><00:20:41.779><c> with</c><00:20:42.039><c> the</c><00:20:42.220><c> injunction</c>

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keep<00:20:42.779><c> those</c><00:20:43.039><c> men</c><00:20:43.279><c> safe,</c><00:20:43.880><c> being</c><00:20:44.140><c> taken</c><00:20:44.359><c> with</c><00:20:44.680><c> terrifying</c><00:20:45.119><c> literality</c><00:20:45.740><c> by</c>

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the<00:20:46.079><c> Philippian</c><00:20:46.440><c> jailer.</c>

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And<00:20:48.200><c> there</c><00:20:48.339><c> at</c><00:20:48.519><c> midnight</c><00:20:48.720><c> they</c><00:20:48.920><c> started</c><00:20:49.160><c> singing</c><00:20:49.519><c> songs.</c>

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That<00:20:52.079><c> was</c><00:20:52.339><c> a</c><00:20:52.460><c> mark</c><00:20:52.599><c> of</c><00:20:52.799><c> the</c><00:20:52.980><c> cheerfulness</c><00:20:53.359><c> and</c><00:20:53.579><c> the</c><00:20:53.799><c> courage</c>

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with<00:20:54.119><c> which</c><00:20:54.279><c> these</c><00:20:54.480><c> men</c><00:20:54.640><c> could</c><00:20:54.940><c> face</c><00:20:55.339><c> the</c>

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indignities<00:20:56.660><c> that</c><00:20:56.779><c> were</c><00:20:57.000><c> imposed</c><00:20:57.279><c> upon</c><00:20:57.559><c> them.</c>

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That<00:20:58.140><c> was</c><00:20:58.480><c> the</c><00:20:58.759><c> true</c><00:20:59.000><c> Paul</c><00:20:59.200><c> when</c><00:20:59.480><c> only</c><00:20:59.880><c> Paul's</c><00:21:00.460><c> self</c><00:21:00.500><c> was</c>

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being<00:21:00.920><c> thought</c><00:21:01.140><c> about.</c>

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No<00:21:02.140><c> complaining</c><00:21:02.640><c> here,</c><00:21:03.519><c> no</c><00:21:03.660><c> asserting</c><00:21:03.980><c> of</c><00:21:04.180><c> his</c><00:21:04.779><c> ambitions</c>

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and<00:21:05.400><c> his</c><00:21:05.680><c> desires,</c><00:21:06.019><c> but</c><00:21:06.180><c> simply</c><00:21:06.579><c> his</c>

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confidence<00:21:07.440><c> and</c><00:21:07.680><c> his</c><00:21:07.960><c> trust</c><00:21:08.180><c> in</c><00:21:08.339><c> the</c><00:21:08.440><c> ways</c><00:21:08.579><c> of</c><00:21:08.799><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:11.140><c> as</c><00:21:11.279><c> they</c><00:21:11.420><c> sang</c><00:21:11.579><c> their</c><00:21:11.759><c> hymns,</c><00:21:12.799><c> the</c><00:21:12.880><c> other</c><00:21:13.500><c> prisoners</c><00:21:13.759><c> heard</c><00:21:14.059><c> them,</c><00:21:14.720><c> and</c>

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then<00:21:15.200><c> the</c><00:21:15.539><c> prison</c><00:21:15.740><c> doors</c><00:21:15.980><c> were</c>

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opened<00:21:16.400><c> and</c><00:21:16.539><c> everybody</c><00:21:16.839><c> was</c><00:21:17.059><c> free</c><00:21:17.240><c> to</c><00:21:17.420><c> go</c><00:21:17.740><c> and</c><00:21:18.200><c> nobody</c><00:21:18.420><c> went.</c>

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Instead<00:21:20.900><c> when</c><00:21:21.099><c> the</c><00:21:21.299><c> jailer</c><00:21:21.500><c> came</c><00:21:21.740><c> and</c><00:21:21.839><c> was</c><00:21:21.980><c> about</c><00:21:22.220><c> to</c><00:21:22.359><c> commit</c>

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suicide<00:21:22.940><c> because</c><00:21:23.180><c> he</c><00:21:23.339><c> knew</c><00:21:23.640><c> his</c><00:21:23.940><c> life</c>

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would<00:21:24.400><c> be</c><00:21:24.559><c> forfeit</c><00:21:24.759><c> if</c><00:21:24.900><c> he</c><00:21:25.039><c> had</c><00:21:25.240><c> failed</c><00:21:25.460><c> to</c><00:21:25.599><c> keep</c><00:21:25.740><c> his</c><00:21:25.980><c> prisoners,</c><00:21:27.059><c> Paul</c><00:21:27.299><c> with</c><00:21:27.480><c> his,</c><00:21:28.039><c> do</c>

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thyself<00:21:28.440><c> no</c><00:21:28.700><c> harm,</c>

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we<00:21:29.039><c> are</c><00:21:29.119><c> all</c><00:21:29.380><c> here,</c><00:21:30.539><c> brought</c><00:21:30.720><c> that</c><00:21:30.960><c> man</c><00:21:31.099><c> to</c><00:21:31.259><c> the</c><00:21:31.380><c> frame</c><00:21:31.519><c> of</c><00:21:31.740><c> mind</c><00:21:31.900><c> where,</c><00:21:32.319><c> trembling</c><00:21:32.740><c> and</c><00:21:33.000><c> afraid</c>

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he<00:21:33.400><c> would</c><00:21:33.599><c> say,</c><00:21:34.720><c> Sirs,</c><00:21:36.440><c> what</c><00:21:36.680><c> must</c><00:21:36.920><c> I</c><00:21:37.119><c> do</c><00:21:37.240><c> to</c><00:21:37.359><c> be</c><00:21:37.579><c> saved?</c>

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Just<00:21:40.579><c> review</c><00:21:40.900><c> one</c><00:21:41.140><c> or</c><00:21:41.160><c> two</c><00:21:41.339><c> of</c><00:21:41.480><c> the</c><00:21:41.579><c> conversions</c><00:21:41.819><c> we</c><00:21:41.980><c> have</c><00:21:42.160><c> so</c>

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far<00:21:42.539><c> met</c><00:21:42.960><c> and</c><00:21:43.640><c> add</c><00:21:43.880><c> this</c><00:21:44.079><c> one</c><00:21:44.220><c> to</c><00:21:44.380><c> the</c><00:21:44.519><c> list.</c>

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First<00:21:46.799><c> there's</c><00:21:47.099><c> the</c><00:21:47.240><c> Jews</c><00:21:47.400><c> at</c><00:21:47.559><c> Pentecost.</c>

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Peter's<00:21:50.180><c> accusation</c><00:21:50.579><c> of</c><00:21:50.740><c> them</c><00:21:51.000><c> of</c><00:21:51.180><c> being</c><00:21:51.440><c> guilty</c><00:21:51.799><c> of</c><00:21:52.099><c> slaying</c>

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the<00:21:52.539><c> Son</c><00:21:52.680><c> of</c><00:21:52.859><c> God</c><00:21:53.240><c> and</c><00:21:54.079><c> the</c><00:21:54.259><c> penitence</c>

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of<00:21:54.700><c> those</c><00:21:54.900><c> who</c><00:21:55.019><c> were</c><00:21:55.220><c> penitent.</c>

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And<00:21:56.640><c> the</c><00:21:56.980><c> men</c><00:21:57.299><c> and</c><00:21:57.500><c> brethren,</c><00:21:57.700><c> what</c><00:21:57.960><c> shall</c><00:21:58.220><c> we</c><00:21:58.400><c> do</c><00:21:58.519><c> as</c><00:21:58.599><c> they</c><00:21:58.779><c> were</c><00:21:58.900><c> pricked</c><00:21:59.039><c> in</c>

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their<00:21:59.380><c> hearts?</c>

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And<00:22:00.640><c> then</c><00:22:00.839><c> the</c><00:22:01.319><c> repent</c><00:22:01.599><c> and</c><00:22:01.799><c> be</c><00:22:01.960><c> baptized</c><00:22:02.400><c> every</c><00:22:02.700><c> one</c><00:22:02.859><c> of</c><00:22:02.980><c> you</c>

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for<00:22:03.200><c> the</c><00:22:03.359><c> remission</c><00:22:03.599><c> of</c><00:22:03.759><c> your</c><00:22:03.920><c> sins</c>

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which<00:22:04.480><c> led</c><00:22:04.779><c> to</c><00:22:05.319><c> that.</c>

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Then<00:22:08.200><c> the</c><00:22:08.519><c> preaching</c><00:22:08.940><c> by</c><00:22:10.460><c> Philip</c><00:22:11.200><c> to</c><00:22:11.700><c> the</c><00:22:11.839><c> Ethiopian</c><00:22:12.200><c> eunuch.</c>

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His<00:22:14.400><c> no</c><00:22:14.779><c> need</c><00:22:14.960><c> for</c><00:22:15.240><c> penitence</c><00:22:15.599><c> as</c><00:22:15.779><c> we</c><00:22:15.920><c> think</c><00:22:16.079><c> of</c><00:22:16.259><c> penitence,</c><00:22:16.599><c> for</c><00:22:16.680><c> he</c><00:22:16.799><c> was</c><00:22:16.960><c> a</c>

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noble<00:22:17.400><c> man,</c><00:22:17.920><c> an</c><00:22:18.059><c> upright</c><00:22:18.359><c> man,</c><00:22:18.920><c> a</c>

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person<00:22:19.200><c> of</c><00:22:19.420><c> great</c><00:22:19.559><c> authority,</c><00:22:20.420><c> a</c><00:22:20.539><c> man</c><00:22:20.660><c> more</c><00:22:20.920><c> accustomed</c><00:22:21.160><c> to</c>

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receiving<00:22:21.799><c> confessions</c><00:22:22.220><c> and</c><00:22:22.400><c> making</c><00:22:22.700><c> them,</c>

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but<00:22:23.019><c> nevertheless,</c><00:22:24.000><c> a</c><00:22:24.119><c> man</c><00:22:24.240><c> who</c><00:22:24.359><c> for</c><00:22:24.539><c> all</c><00:22:24.759><c> the</c><00:22:25.099><c> uprightness</c>

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of<00:22:25.680><c> his</c><00:22:25.799><c> worshipping</c><00:22:26.240><c> life</c><00:22:26.579><c> was</c><00:22:26.740><c> one</c><00:22:26.900><c> who</c><00:22:27.180><c> saw</c><00:22:27.539><c> his</c>

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need<00:22:27.839><c> of</c><00:22:27.980><c> a</c><00:22:28.099><c> savior.</c>

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And<00:22:29.920><c> so</c><00:22:29.980><c> when</c><00:22:30.099><c> he</c><00:22:30.319><c> learned</c><00:22:30.480><c> of</c><00:22:30.619><c> one</c><00:22:30.779><c> who</c><00:22:30.920><c> was</c><00:22:31.140><c> wounded</c><00:22:31.339><c> for</c><00:22:31.539><c> his</c>

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transgressions<00:22:32.519><c> and</c><00:22:33.019><c> bruised</c><00:22:33.259><c> for</c><00:22:33.460><c> his</c>

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iniquities,<00:22:34.720><c> the</c><00:22:34.819><c> testament</c><00:22:35.119><c> of</c><00:22:35.299><c> whose</c><00:22:35.420><c> peace</c><00:22:35.660><c> was</c><00:22:35.859><c> upon</c><00:22:36.079><c> him,</c><00:22:37.299><c> desired</c><00:22:37.579><c> to</c>

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know<00:22:37.940><c> of</c><00:22:38.160><c> whom</c><00:22:38.279><c> the</c><00:22:38.480><c> prophet</c>

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was<00:22:38.900><c> speaking,</c><00:22:39.519><c> and</c><00:22:39.759><c> with</c><00:22:39.900><c> the</c><00:22:40.099><c> same</c><00:22:40.400><c> penitence,</c><00:22:41.079><c> even</c><00:22:41.299><c> from</c>

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his<00:22:41.579><c> upright</c><00:22:41.940><c> life,</c><00:22:42.619><c> which</c><00:22:42.759><c> had</c><00:22:42.940><c> marked</c>

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the<00:22:43.299><c> Jews</c><00:22:43.400><c> at</c><00:22:43.579><c> Pentecost,</c><00:22:44.380><c> when</c><00:22:44.559><c> water</c><00:22:44.759><c> was</c><00:22:45.019><c> offered,</c><00:22:45.440><c> said,</c>

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See,<00:22:46.019><c> here</c><00:22:46.240><c> is</c><00:22:46.460><c> water.</c>

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What<00:22:47.339><c> doth</c><00:22:47.559><c> hinder</c><00:22:47.779><c> me</c><00:22:47.940><c> to</c><00:22:48.059><c> be</c><00:22:48.240><c> baptized?</c>

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Then<00:22:51.819><c> the</c><00:22:52.259><c> upright</c><00:22:52.599><c> Roman</c><00:22:52.880><c> gentleman</c><00:22:53.579><c> who</c><00:22:54.079><c> gave</c><00:22:54.279><c> much</c><00:22:54.539><c> arms</c><00:22:54.740><c> to</c><00:22:54.900><c> the</c><00:22:55.019><c> people</c><00:22:55.200><c> and</c><00:22:55.319><c> had</c><00:22:55.480><c> a</c>

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great<00:22:55.779><c> respect</c>

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for<00:22:56.400><c> the</c><00:22:56.519><c> Jewish</c><00:22:56.799><c> religion,</c><00:22:58.079><c> nevertheless</c><00:22:58.460><c> being</c><00:22:58.880><c> told</c><00:22:59.200><c> to</c>

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send<00:23:00.259><c> to</c><00:23:00.559><c> Joppa,</c><00:23:00.940><c> to</c><00:23:01.140><c> Simon,</c><00:23:01.779><c> lodging</c><00:23:02.400><c> with</c>

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a<00:23:02.759><c> tenner,</c><00:23:03.480><c> and</c><00:23:03.799><c> from</c><00:23:04.180><c> him,</c><00:23:04.619><c> this</c><00:23:04.779><c> humble</c><00:23:05.039><c> man,</c><00:23:05.299><c> he</c><00:23:05.359><c> would</c><00:23:05.500><c> learn</c><00:23:05.680><c> what</c><00:23:05.980><c> he</c>

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ought<00:23:06.440><c> to</c><00:23:06.720><c> do,</c><00:23:07.720><c> and</c><00:23:07.859><c> knowing</c>

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and<00:23:08.319><c> feely</c><00:23:08.539><c> admitting</c><00:23:08.900><c> therefore</c><00:23:09.200><c> that</c><00:23:09.339><c> all</c><00:23:09.579><c> his</c><00:23:09.799><c> goodness</c>

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and<00:23:10.279><c> his</c><00:23:10.500><c> arms</c><00:23:10.720><c> and</c><00:23:10.859><c> his</c><00:23:11.039><c> upright</c><00:23:11.319><c> living</c>

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was<00:23:12.920><c> of</c><00:23:13.059><c> nothing</c><00:23:13.240><c> in</c><00:23:13.440><c> God's</c><00:23:13.880><c> sight</c><00:23:13.940><c> unless</c><00:23:14.140><c> he</c><00:23:14.339><c> should</c><00:23:14.480><c> repent,</c><00:23:15.319><c> sent</c>

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for<00:23:15.859><c> this</c><00:23:16.039><c> man</c><00:23:16.180><c> from</c><00:23:16.319><c> his</c><00:23:16.500><c> humble</c><00:23:16.720><c> abode</c>

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and<00:23:17.980><c> showed</c><00:23:18.259><c> him</c><00:23:18.420><c> all</c><00:23:18.559><c> the</c><00:23:18.740><c> dignities</c><00:23:19.079><c> due</c><00:23:19.299><c> to</c><00:23:19.740><c> someone</c><00:23:19.940><c> of</c>

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higher<00:23:20.299><c> rank</c><00:23:20.539><c> than</c><00:23:20.700><c> himself</c><00:23:21.140><c> and</c><00:23:21.720><c> learned</c><00:23:21.900><c> what</c>

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he<00:23:22.200><c> ought</c><00:23:22.359><c> to</c><00:23:22.519><c> do</c><00:23:22.660><c> and</c><00:23:22.819><c> did</c><00:23:22.980><c> it</c><00:23:23.160><c> gladly</c><00:23:23.420><c> and</c><00:23:23.660><c> rejoiced.</c>

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And<00:23:26.500><c> now</c><00:23:26.680><c> we</c><00:23:26.839><c> have</c><00:23:27.000><c> this</c><00:23:27.900><c> Philippian</c><00:23:28.279><c> jailer.</c>

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A<00:23:29.920><c> brutalized</c><00:23:30.440><c> man,</c><00:23:30.660><c> one</c><00:23:30.740><c> would</c><00:23:30.920><c> suppose.</c>

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It<00:23:32.539><c> must</c><00:23:32.660><c> have</c><00:23:32.799><c> been</c><00:23:32.880><c> very</c><00:23:33.140><c> difficult</c><00:23:33.440><c> to</c><00:23:33.619><c> hold</c><00:23:33.759><c> down</c><00:23:34.000><c> an</c><00:23:34.160><c> office</c><00:23:34.299><c> like</c>

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that<00:23:34.740><c> with</c><00:23:34.900><c> the</c><00:23:35.059><c> frequent</c><00:23:35.339><c> beatings</c>

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and<00:23:35.900><c> floggings</c><00:23:36.420><c> which</c><00:23:36.779><c> would</c><00:23:37.519><c> be</c><00:23:37.720><c> required</c><00:23:38.059><c> from</c><00:23:38.299><c> him</c><00:23:38.460><c> to</c><00:23:38.900><c> maintain</c><00:23:39.259><c> any</c>

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sort<00:23:39.799><c> of</c><00:23:39.920><c> semblance</c><00:23:40.240><c> of</c><00:23:40.539><c> sensibility.</c>

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He<00:23:41.680><c> would</c><00:23:41.839><c> have</c><00:23:41.940><c> been</c><00:23:42.079><c> the</c><00:23:42.180><c> man</c><00:23:42.319><c> who</c><00:23:42.460><c> would</c><00:23:42.640><c> be</c><00:23:42.779><c> able</c><00:23:42.960><c> to</c><00:23:43.240><c> flog</c>

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prisoners<00:23:43.759><c> without</c><00:23:44.099><c> turning</c><00:23:44.420><c> a</c><00:23:44.619><c> hair.</c>

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But<00:23:47.000><c> usually</c><00:23:47.400><c> the</c><00:23:47.599><c> prisoners</c><00:23:47.759><c> didn't</c><00:23:48.039><c> sing</c><00:23:48.180><c> psalms</c><00:23:48.500><c> when</c><00:23:48.640><c> he'd</c><00:23:48.740><c> done</c><00:23:48.940><c> so.</c>

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And<00:23:50.640><c> moreover,</c><00:23:51.019><c> it</c><00:23:51.140><c> wasn't</c><00:23:51.480><c> common</c><00:23:51.799><c> for</c><00:23:51.940><c> the</c><00:23:52.059><c> prison</c><00:23:52.240><c> doors</c>

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to<00:23:52.559><c> be</c><00:23:52.680><c> burst</c><00:23:52.920><c> open</c><00:23:53.180><c> by</c><00:23:53.480><c> supernatural</c><00:23:54.039><c> powers</c>

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when<00:23:54.480><c> they</c><00:23:54.640><c> did</c><00:23:54.819><c> sing</c><00:23:55.000><c> psalms.</c>

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And<00:23:56.940><c> when</c><00:23:56.980><c> that</c><00:23:57.160><c> happened,</c><00:23:57.440><c> the</c><00:23:57.599><c> prisoners</c><00:23:57.700><c> didn't</c><00:23:57.960><c> usually</c>

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stay<00:23:58.420><c> where</c><00:23:58.579><c> they</c><00:23:58.779><c> were.</c>

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I<00:23:59.720><c> mean,</c><00:24:00.160><c> all</c><00:24:00.259><c> these</c><00:24:00.519><c> three</c><00:24:00.779><c> impossibilities,</c><00:24:01.660><c> had</c><00:24:01.759><c> any</c><00:24:01.980><c> one</c>

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of<00:24:02.200><c> them</c><00:24:02.299><c> happened,</c><00:24:03.019><c> would</c><00:24:03.119><c> have</c><00:24:03.240><c> made</c>

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them<00:24:03.660><c> all</c><00:24:03.880><c> less</c><00:24:04.119><c> and</c><00:24:04.220><c> less</c><00:24:04.420><c> likely</c><00:24:04.700><c> to</c><00:24:04.940><c> occur</c><00:24:05.160><c> in</c><00:24:05.380><c> sequence.</c>

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And<00:24:06.319><c> all</c><00:24:06.500><c> these</c><00:24:06.660><c> things</c><00:24:06.900><c> did</c><00:24:07.140><c> happen,</c><00:24:07.700><c> and</c><00:24:07.880><c> then</c><00:24:08.059><c> when</c><00:24:08.200><c> he</c><00:24:08.339><c> was</c>

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about<00:24:08.720><c> to</c><00:24:08.900><c> commit</c><00:24:09.039><c> suicide,</c><00:24:09.579><c> he</c><00:24:09.660><c> was</c><00:24:09.880><c> rescued</c>

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from<00:24:10.380><c> that</c><00:24:10.579><c> by</c><00:24:10.779><c> the</c><00:24:10.900><c> words</c><00:24:11.079><c> of</c><00:24:11.319><c> Paul.</c>

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Trembling<00:24:12.380><c> and</c><00:24:12.559><c> afraid</c><00:24:12.759><c> he</c><00:24:12.900><c> was,</c><00:24:13.740><c> another</c><00:24:14.039><c> penitent</c><00:24:14.579><c> sinner</c>

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brought<00:24:15.160><c> to</c><00:24:15.380><c> the</c><00:24:15.500><c> brink</c><00:24:15.700><c> of</c><00:24:15.900><c> baptism</c><00:24:16.259><c> by</c>

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a<00:24:17.160><c> recognition</c><00:24:17.599><c> that</c><00:24:18.259><c> his</c><00:24:18.579><c> own</c><00:24:18.819><c> way</c><00:24:18.980><c> of</c><00:24:19.160><c> life</c><00:24:19.299><c> was</c><00:24:19.480><c> not</c><00:24:19.660><c> acceptable</c><00:24:20.099><c> in</c>

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God's<00:24:21.220><c> sight,</c><00:24:21.880><c> that</c><00:24:22.000><c> nothing</c>

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that<00:24:22.380><c> he</c><00:24:22.460><c> could</c><00:24:22.660><c> do</c><00:24:22.880><c> could</c><00:24:23.059><c> have</c><00:24:23.240><c> saved</c><00:24:23.400><c> him</c><00:24:23.559><c> from</c><00:24:23.940><c> the</c><00:24:24.160><c> Roman</c>

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wrath<00:24:24.700><c> had</c><00:24:24.920><c> Paul</c><00:24:25.180><c> not</c><00:24:25.460><c> spoken,</c><00:24:26.319><c> and</c><00:24:26.519><c> that</c>

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these<00:24:26.920><c> men</c><00:24:27.119><c> must</c><00:24:27.339><c> be</c><00:24:27.500><c> emissaries</c><00:24:27.880><c> of</c><00:24:28.019><c> something</c><00:24:28.319><c> much</c><00:24:28.680><c> greater</c><00:24:28.980><c> than</c>

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he<00:24:29.319><c> had</c><00:24:29.480><c> realized</c><00:24:29.980><c> when</c><00:24:30.339><c> he</c>

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dared<00:24:30.680><c> to</c><00:24:30.880><c> lay</c><00:24:30.960><c> a</c><00:24:31.079><c> rod</c><00:24:31.160><c> upon</c><00:24:31.339><c> their</c><00:24:31.599><c> backs.</c>

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And<00:24:33.259><c> so,</c><00:24:33.660><c> sirs,</c><00:24:33.859><c> what</c><00:24:34.079><c> must</c><00:24:34.319><c> I</c><00:24:34.519><c> do</c><00:24:34.619><c> to</c><00:24:34.759><c> be</c><00:24:34.980><c> saved?</c>

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And<00:24:37.119><c> the</c><00:24:37.279><c> preaching</c><00:24:37.480><c> to</c><00:24:37.599><c> him</c><00:24:37.759><c> and</c><00:24:37.859><c> his</c><00:24:37.960><c> house.</c>

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And<00:24:39.799><c> their</c><00:24:40.019><c> baptism</c><00:24:40.259><c> a</c><00:24:40.539><c> straight</c><00:24:40.720><c> way,</c><00:24:41.000><c> and</c><00:24:41.079><c> the</c><00:24:41.220><c> washing</c><00:24:41.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:41.700><c> stripes</c><00:24:41.920><c> of</c><00:24:42.099><c> the</c><00:24:42.220><c> apostles,</c><00:24:42.740><c> and</c>

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then<00:24:43.039><c> their</c><00:24:43.500><c> safe</c><00:24:43.759><c> conduct</c><00:24:44.099><c> away.</c>

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Of<00:24:47.180><c> course,</c><00:24:47.420><c> that</c><00:24:47.480><c> leads</c><00:24:47.740><c> us,</c><00:24:47.960><c> too,</c><00:24:48.059><c> to</c><00:24:48.259><c> our</c><00:24:48.400><c> third</c><00:24:48.619><c> problem</c>

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in<00:24:49.059><c> this</c><00:24:49.220><c> chapter,</c><00:24:49.619><c> and</c><00:24:49.619><c> that's</c><00:24:50.759><c> Paul's</c>

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response<00:24:51.420><c> to</c><00:24:51.579><c> the</c><00:24:51.779><c> magistrates.</c>

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Let<00:24:53.920><c> these</c><00:24:54.180><c> men</c><00:24:54.420><c> go,</c><00:24:54.839><c> said</c><00:24:54.880><c> the</c><00:24:55.180><c> magistrates.</c>

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Not<00:24:56.720><c> yet,</c><00:24:57.180><c> says</c><00:24:57.279><c> Paul.</c>

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They<00:24:58.660><c> have</c><00:24:58.859><c> beaten</c><00:24:59.140><c> us</c><00:24:59.339><c> openly,</c><00:24:59.940><c> being</c><00:25:00.240><c> Romans</c><00:25:00.539><c> and</c><00:25:00.759><c> uncondemned.</c>

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Let<00:25:01.680><c> them</c><00:25:01.839><c> come</c><00:25:02.000><c> themselves</c><00:25:02.359><c> and</c><00:25:02.579><c> fetch</c><00:25:02.700><c> us</c><00:25:02.900><c> out.</c>

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Which,<00:25:05.279><c> again,</c><00:25:05.440><c> sounds</c><00:25:05.799><c> at</c><00:25:06.039><c> first</c><00:25:06.279><c> sight</c><00:25:06.480><c> a</c><00:25:06.619><c> little</c><00:25:06.819><c> bit</c><00:25:07.059><c> like</c>

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someone<00:25:07.960><c> standing</c><00:25:08.259><c> on</c><00:25:08.380><c> his</c><00:25:08.559><c> dignity</c><00:25:08.960><c> and</c>

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deciding<00:25:09.519><c> that</c><00:25:09.660><c> he</c><00:25:09.720><c> must</c><00:25:09.920><c> have</c><00:25:10.099><c> his</c><00:25:10.279><c> pound</c><00:25:10.400><c> of</c><00:25:10.640><c> flesh</c><00:25:10.859><c> at</c><00:25:11.319><c> the</c>

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expense<00:25:11.680><c> of</c><00:25:11.799><c> those</c><00:25:11.980><c> who</c><00:25:12.200><c> have</c><00:25:12.440><c> hurt</c><00:25:12.599><c> him</c>

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so<00:25:12.980><c> badly.</c>

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Well,<00:25:15.380><c> there</c><00:25:15.519><c> are</c><00:25:15.759><c> three</c><00:25:15.980><c> occasions</c><00:25:16.440><c> when</c><00:25:16.700><c> Paul</c><00:25:17.059><c> does</c><00:25:17.400><c> make</c>

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use<00:25:17.859><c> of</c><00:25:18.059><c> his</c><00:25:18.220><c> Roman</c><00:25:18.440><c> citizenship</c><00:25:18.940><c> to</c>

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our<00:25:19.380><c> knowledge.</c>

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There's<00:25:21.019><c> this</c><00:25:21.240><c> one</c><00:25:21.319><c> in</c><00:25:21.480><c> the</c><00:25:21.599><c> 16th</c><00:25:22.000><c> of</c><00:25:22.099><c> the</c><00:25:22.259><c> Acts.</c>

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There's<00:25:24.259><c> the</c><00:25:24.380><c> other</c><00:25:24.519><c> one</c><00:25:24.619><c> when</c><00:25:24.720><c> he</c><00:25:24.839><c> is</c><00:25:25.019><c> arrested</c><00:25:25.319><c> and</c><00:25:25.559><c> imprisoned</c><00:25:25.839><c> in</c><00:25:26.039><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:25:26.839><c> and</c><00:25:26.960><c> Claudius</c>

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Lysius<00:25:27.740><c> has</c><00:25:27.940><c> just</c><00:25:28.140><c> commanded</c><00:25:28.480><c> that</c><00:25:28.680><c> he</c><00:25:28.779><c> should</c><00:25:28.920><c> be</c><00:25:29.180><c> examined</c>

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by<00:25:29.720><c> scourging,</c><00:25:30.299><c> and</c><00:25:30.559><c> he</c><00:25:30.700><c> says,</c><00:25:31.059><c> is</c><00:25:31.259><c> it</c>

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lawful<00:25:31.880><c> for</c><00:25:31.940><c> you</c><00:25:32.000><c> to</c><00:25:32.160><c> examine</c><00:25:32.559><c> a</c><00:25:32.859><c> Roman</c><00:25:33.119><c> by</c><00:25:33.440><c> scourging,</c><00:25:34.240><c> uncondemned?</c>

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And<00:25:36.460><c> finally,</c><00:25:36.720><c> there's</c><00:25:36.900><c> the</c><00:25:37.059><c> point</c><00:25:37.160><c> where</c><00:25:37.279><c> he</c><00:25:37.440><c> stands</c><00:25:37.680><c> before</c>

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the<00:25:38.140><c> Roman</c><00:25:38.380><c> governor</c><00:25:38.660><c> in</c><00:25:38.900><c> Caesarea,</c><00:25:39.819><c> and</c>

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being<00:25:41.000><c> well</c><00:25:41.279><c> aware</c><00:25:41.380><c> of</c><00:25:41.519><c> this</c><00:25:41.680><c> man's</c><00:25:42.039><c> desire</c><00:25:42.299><c> that</c><00:25:42.599><c> whatever</c>

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the<00:25:43.240><c> consequences</c><00:25:43.599><c> might</c><00:25:43.980><c> be,</c><00:25:44.460><c> he</c><00:25:44.579><c> should</c>

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go<00:25:44.900><c> to</c><00:25:45.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:45.480><c> and</c><00:25:45.660><c> be</c><00:25:45.839><c> tried</c><00:25:45.980><c> before</c><00:25:46.279><c> the</c><00:25:46.460><c> Jews,</c><00:25:46.900><c> he</c><00:25:47.079><c> says,</c><00:25:47.799><c> I</c>

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appeal<00:25:48.160><c> unto</c><00:25:48.380><c> Caesar.</c>

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Now,<00:25:50.799><c> those</c><00:25:51.079><c> are</c><00:25:51.440><c> too</c><00:25:51.660><c> much</c><00:25:52.180><c> evidence</c><00:25:52.500><c> of</c><00:25:52.680><c> a</c><00:25:52.839><c> concerted</c><00:25:53.279><c> policy</c><00:25:53.799><c> for</c>

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any<00:25:55.180><c> one</c><00:25:55.319><c> of</c><00:25:55.480><c> them</c><00:25:55.500><c> to</c><00:25:55.660><c> be</c><00:25:55.819><c> taken</c><00:25:56.000><c> separately</c>

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and<00:25:56.619><c> made</c><00:25:56.779><c> into</c><00:25:56.940><c> an</c><00:25:57.059><c> example</c><00:25:57.319><c> of</c><00:25:57.579><c> personal</c><00:25:57.839><c> pique.</c>

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It<00:25:59.400><c> was</c><00:25:59.519><c> nothing</c><00:25:59.680><c> like</c><00:25:59.880><c> that</c><00:26:00.119><c> at</c><00:26:00.299><c> all.</c>

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Paul<00:26:00.920><c> was</c><00:26:01.359><c> establishing</c><00:26:01.839><c> a</c><00:26:02.039><c> principle,</c><00:26:03.720><c> and</c><00:26:03.759><c> that</c><00:26:03.940><c> was</c><00:26:04.200><c> that</c>

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if<00:26:04.480><c> the</c><00:26:04.640><c> law</c><00:26:04.759><c> guarantees</c><00:26:05.319><c> to</c><00:26:05.500><c> you</c><00:26:05.640><c> certain</c>

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rights,<00:26:06.240><c> you</c><00:26:06.319><c> are</c><00:26:06.500><c> entitled</c><00:26:06.779><c> to</c><00:26:06.980><c> have</c><00:26:07.160><c> those</c><00:26:07.339><c> rights,</c><00:26:08.480><c> not</c><00:26:08.660><c> at</c>

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the<00:26:08.900><c> expense</c><00:26:09.140><c> of</c><00:26:09.299><c> other</c><00:26:09.440><c> people.</c>

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That<00:26:09.819><c> would</c><00:26:09.980><c> never</c><00:26:10.200><c> do.</c>

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But<00:26:11.119><c> as</c><00:26:11.299><c> a</c><00:26:11.400><c> right</c><00:26:11.599><c> guaranteed</c><00:26:12.019><c> to</c><00:26:12.160><c> you</c><00:26:12.220><c> by</c><00:26:12.440><c> the</c><00:26:12.700><c> state,</c><00:26:12.880><c> you</c><00:26:12.960><c> may</c><00:26:13.140><c> exercise</c><00:26:13.619><c> them</c><00:26:13.819><c> and</c><00:26:14.140><c> use</c><00:26:14.339><c> them</c><00:26:14.440><c> in</c><00:26:14.559><c> the</c>

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Lord's<00:26:15.099><c> service.</c>

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So<00:26:16.380><c> if</c><00:26:16.700><c> a</c><00:26:16.859><c> Roman</c><00:26:17.019><c> should</c><00:26:17.200><c> be</c><00:26:17.400><c> allowed</c><00:26:17.599><c> to</c><00:26:17.779><c> go</c><00:26:17.920><c> about</c><00:26:18.119><c> his</c><00:26:18.359><c> work,</c>

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uncondemned,<00:26:19.759><c> without</c><00:26:20.039><c> being</c><00:26:20.319><c> molested,</c>

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and<00:26:21.119><c> have</c><00:26:21.279><c> certain</c><00:26:21.599><c> freedoms</c><00:26:21.900><c> to</c><00:26:22.099><c> do</c><00:26:22.240><c> so,</c><00:26:22.660><c> he</c><00:26:22.740><c> was</c><00:26:22.940><c> entitled</c>

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to<00:26:23.480><c> ask</c><00:26:23.640><c> the</c><00:26:23.839><c> state</c><00:26:23.960><c> to</c><00:26:24.200><c> honor</c><00:26:24.319><c> its</c><00:26:24.559><c> commitments.</c>

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If<00:26:26.339><c> a</c><00:26:26.539><c> Roman</c><00:26:26.700><c> was</c><00:26:27.160><c> not</c><00:26:27.960><c> to</c><00:26:28.079><c> be</c><00:26:28.299><c> imprisoned</c><00:26:28.559><c> and</c><00:26:28.799><c> scourged</c><00:26:29.099><c> without</c><00:26:29.460><c> trial,</c><00:26:29.859><c> then</c>

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he<00:26:30.019><c> was</c><00:26:30.200><c> entitled</c><00:26:30.519><c> to</c><00:26:30.640><c> say,</c>

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you<00:26:31.180><c> shouldn't</c><00:26:31.519><c> do</c><00:26:31.759><c> that</c><00:26:31.940><c> to</c><00:26:32.079><c> me</c><00:26:32.220><c> because</c><00:26:32.539><c> this</c><00:26:32.900><c> is</c><00:26:33.119><c> my</c><00:26:33.640><c> entrenched</c><00:26:34.200><c> right</c>

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as<00:26:34.740><c> a</c><00:26:35.079><c> citizen</c><00:26:35.319><c> of</c><00:26:35.480><c> the</c><00:26:35.599><c> Roman</c>

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Empire.

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And<00:26:37.460><c> if</c><00:26:37.599><c> the</c><00:26:37.680><c> Rome</c><00:26:37.799><c> provided</c><00:26:38.220><c> that</c><00:26:38.680><c> when</c><00:26:39.019><c> faced</c><00:26:39.299><c> with</c><00:26:39.500><c> the</c><00:26:39.619><c> possibility</c><00:26:40.000><c> of</c>

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a<00:26:40.339><c> hostile</c><00:26:40.759><c> trial</c><00:26:41.099><c> in</c><00:26:41.640><c> unfavorable</c>

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surroundings,<00:26:43.720><c> you</c><00:26:43.819><c> had</c><00:26:43.940><c> the</c><00:26:44.119><c> right</c><00:26:44.259><c> to</c><00:26:44.440><c> appeal</c><00:26:44.660><c> unto</c><00:26:44.839><c> Caesar,</c><00:26:45.720><c> then</c>

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to<00:26:46.000><c> Caesar</c><00:26:46.140><c> you</c><00:26:46.299><c> might</c><00:26:46.559><c> apply</c>

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and<00:26:47.000><c> asked</c><00:26:47.140><c> to</c><00:26:47.279><c> be</c><00:26:47.400><c> judged</c><00:26:47.539><c> at</c><00:26:47.740><c> that</c><00:26:48.000><c> court</c><00:26:48.180><c> rather</c><00:26:48.460><c> than</c><00:26:48.660><c> some</c>

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other<00:26:49.079><c> court.</c>

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It<00:26:49.680><c> was</c><00:26:49.819><c> all</c><00:26:50.079><c> perfectly</c><00:26:50.400><c> proper,</c><00:26:51.019><c> both</c><00:26:51.220><c> for</c><00:26:51.440><c> a</c><00:26:51.539><c> Roman</c><00:26:51.720><c> citizen</c>

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and<00:26:52.279><c> for</c><00:26:52.420><c> a</c><00:26:52.480><c> Christian,</c><00:26:53.319><c> to</c><00:26:53.480><c> do</c><00:26:53.640><c> all</c><00:26:53.900><c> those</c>

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things,<00:26:54.579><c> that</c><00:26:54.940><c> God</c><00:26:55.140><c> might</c><00:26:55.440><c> use</c><00:26:55.700><c> these</c><00:26:56.000><c> things</c><00:26:56.160><c> for</c><00:26:56.359><c> the</c><00:26:56.539><c> benefit</c><00:26:56.700><c> of</c><00:26:56.900><c> the</c><00:26:57.059><c> proclamation</c><00:26:57.480><c> of</c>

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his<00:26:57.819><c> word.</c>

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I<00:27:00.160><c> think</c><00:27:00.400><c> we</c><00:27:00.539><c> have</c><00:27:00.740><c> similar</c><00:27:01.140><c> rights</c><00:27:01.519><c> sometimes</c><00:27:02.039><c> in</c><00:27:02.180><c> our</c><00:27:02.319><c> own</c><00:27:02.519><c> day.</c>

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In<00:27:04.420><c> the</c><00:27:04.819><c> United</c><00:27:05.059><c> Kingdom,</c><00:27:05.380><c> for</c><00:27:05.539><c> example,</c><00:27:05.819><c> and</c><00:27:05.920><c> I</c><00:27:06.039><c> believe</c><00:27:06.180><c> more</c><00:27:06.420><c> easily</c><00:27:06.799><c> over</c><00:27:07.039><c> here,</c><00:27:07.880><c> if</c>

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you<00:27:08.200><c> wish</c>

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to<00:27:08.500><c> give</c><00:27:08.599><c> a</c><00:27:08.759><c> certain</c><00:27:08.940><c> portion</c><00:27:09.240><c> of</c><00:27:09.400><c> your</c><00:27:09.579><c> earned</c><00:27:09.740><c> income</c><00:27:10.099><c> to</c><00:27:10.259><c> the</c><00:27:10.440><c> service</c><00:27:10.660><c> of</c>

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that<00:27:11.299><c> charity</c><00:27:11.619><c> called</c><00:27:11.859><c> the</c>

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Christadelphian<00:27:12.519><c> Community,</c><00:27:13.720><c> you</c><00:27:13.819><c> may</c><00:27:13.980><c> do</c><00:27:14.160><c> so</c><00:27:14.299><c> and</c><00:27:14.539><c> claim</c><00:27:14.660><c> a</c>

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refund<00:27:14.980><c> of</c><00:27:15.220><c> tax</c><00:27:15.440><c> or</c><00:27:15.720><c> make</c><00:27:15.920><c> it</c><00:27:16.119><c> deductible</c>

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as<00:27:16.660><c> against</c><00:27:16.960><c> tax.</c>

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We<00:27:18.359><c> have</c><00:27:18.519><c> those</c><00:27:18.759><c> rights</c><00:27:18.980><c> in</c><00:27:19.180><c> Britain</c><00:27:19.359><c> rather</c><00:27:19.839><c> less</c><00:27:20.220><c> easily</c><00:27:20.480><c> than</c><00:27:20.619><c> you</c><00:27:20.819><c> have</c><00:27:20.960><c> them</c><00:27:21.079><c> here</c><00:27:21.259><c> and</c><00:27:21.700><c> many</c><00:27:21.960><c> of</c>

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us<00:27:22.259><c> use</c><00:27:22.420><c> them.</c>

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We<00:27:22.900><c> say</c><00:27:23.099><c> the</c><00:27:23.259><c> state</c><00:27:23.460><c> allows</c><00:27:23.839><c> us</c><00:27:24.039><c> that</c><00:27:24.180><c> privilege,</c><00:27:25.039><c> we</c><00:27:25.160><c> will</c><00:27:25.359><c> take</c><00:27:25.519><c> it</c>

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for<00:27:25.779><c> as</c><00:27:25.880><c> long</c><00:27:26.000><c> as</c><00:27:26.099><c> it</c><00:27:26.160><c> did</c><00:27:26.359><c> so.</c>

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If<00:27:28.279><c> ever</c><00:27:28.440><c> the</c><00:27:28.640><c> state</c><00:27:28.759><c> were</c><00:27:28.960><c> to</c><00:27:29.059><c> say</c><00:27:29.200><c> to</c><00:27:29.299><c> us,</c><00:27:29.779><c> because</c><00:27:29.859><c> you</c><00:27:30.019><c> are</c>

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Christadelphian,<00:27:30.700><c> we</c><00:27:30.819><c> don't</c><00:27:31.079><c> regard</c><00:27:31.400><c> you</c>

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as<00:27:31.680><c> being</c><00:27:31.859><c> an</c><00:27:32.140><c> acceptable</c><00:27:32.500><c> charity,</c><00:27:32.980><c> so</c><00:27:33.200><c> you</c><00:27:33.460><c> can't</c><00:27:33.680><c> have</c><00:27:33.839><c> the</c>

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right<00:27:34.079><c> anymore,</c><00:27:34.680><c> then</c><00:27:34.839><c> we'd</c><00:27:35.039><c> have</c><00:27:35.140><c> to</c>

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say,<00:27:35.700><c> well,</c><00:27:36.079><c> it's</c><00:27:36.259><c> a</c><00:27:36.319><c> pity,</c><00:27:36.539><c> but</c><00:27:36.799><c> we</c><00:27:37.180><c> accept</c><00:27:37.400><c> the</c><00:27:37.579><c> state's</c><00:27:37.859><c> decision.</c>

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The<00:27:39.779><c> state</c><00:27:39.960><c> has,</c><00:27:40.420><c> throughout</c><00:27:40.779><c> the</c><00:27:41.079><c> last</c><00:27:41.460><c> two</c><00:27:42.039><c> global</c><00:27:42.480><c> wars,</c>

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allowed<00:27:43.880><c> to</c><00:27:45.039><c> conscientious</c><00:27:45.480><c> objectors,</c>

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both<00:27:46.140><c> in</c><00:27:46.400><c> our</c><00:27:46.599><c> country</c><00:27:46.799><c> and</c><00:27:46.940><c> in</c><00:27:47.099><c> yours,</c><00:27:47.339><c> the</c><00:27:47.460><c> right</c><00:27:47.859><c> not</c><00:27:48.279><c> to</c><00:27:48.640><c> take</c><00:27:48.839><c> part</c><00:27:48.980><c> in</c>

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military<00:27:49.500><c> service,</c><00:27:50.019><c> whether</c>

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competent<00:27:50.599><c> or</c><00:27:50.839><c> non</c><00:27:51.119><c>-competent.</c>

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We<00:27:52.519><c> have</c><00:27:52.660><c> been</c><00:27:52.759><c> very</c><00:27:53.039><c> glad</c><00:27:53.160><c> to</c><00:27:53.319><c> take</c><00:27:53.420><c> advantage</c><00:27:53.700><c> of</c><00:27:53.859><c> the</c><00:27:53.940><c> law</c>

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and<00:27:54.160><c> to</c><00:27:54.339><c> appeal</c><00:27:54.619><c> to</c><00:27:54.799><c> the</c><00:27:54.900><c> law</c><00:27:55.160><c> in</c><00:27:55.500><c> our</c><00:27:55.680><c> own</c>

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favour<00:27:56.059><c> because</c><00:27:56.339><c> there</c><00:27:56.500><c> is</c><00:27:56.720><c> such</c><00:27:56.920><c> a</c><00:27:57.079><c> law.</c>

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If<00:27:59.019><c> that</c><00:27:59.240><c> law</c><00:27:59.400><c> were</c><00:27:59.579><c> to</c><00:27:59.680><c> be</c><00:27:59.839><c> withdrawn,</c><00:28:00.559><c> then</c><00:28:00.579><c> that</c><00:28:00.740><c> would</c><00:28:01.019><c> not</c>

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mean,<00:28:01.420><c> of</c><00:28:01.539><c> course,</c><00:28:01.740><c> that</c><00:28:01.839><c> we</c><00:28:01.940><c> would</c><00:28:02.180><c> now</c>

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regard<00:28:03.039><c> it</c><00:28:03.180><c> as</c><00:28:03.380><c> right</c><00:28:03.579><c> to</c><00:28:03.779><c> do</c><00:28:03.880><c> what</c><00:28:04.019><c> was</c><00:28:04.220><c> wrong</c><00:28:04.359><c> before,</c><00:28:05.619><c> but</c>

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it<00:28:05.839><c> would</c><00:28:05.960><c> mean</c><00:28:06.119><c> that</c><00:28:06.220><c> we</c><00:28:06.279><c> would</c><00:28:06.440><c> have</c><00:28:06.619><c> to</c><00:28:06.759><c> continue</c>

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doing<00:28:07.380><c> it,</c><00:28:07.559><c> this</c><00:28:07.740><c> time</c><00:28:08.119><c> not</c><00:28:08.559><c> as</c><00:28:08.799><c> a</c><00:28:08.900><c> privilege</c><00:28:09.119><c> but</c><00:28:09.319><c> as</c><00:28:09.519><c> an</c><00:28:09.559><c> act</c>

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of<00:28:10.000><c> non</c><00:28:10.259><c>-conformity</c><00:28:10.759><c> with</c><00:28:10.920><c> the</c><00:28:11.099><c> state's</c>

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decisions<00:28:11.799><c> to</c><00:28:12.039><c> accept</c><00:28:12.799><c> whatever</c><00:28:13.240><c> consequences</c><00:28:13.660><c> that</c><00:28:13.859><c> might</c>

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lead<00:28:14.339><c> to.</c>

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This<00:28:16.599><c> seems</c><00:28:16.880><c> to</c><00:28:16.980><c> be</c><00:28:17.079><c> the</c><00:28:17.140><c> way</c><00:28:17.319><c> in</c><00:28:17.420><c> which</c><00:28:17.779><c> the</c><00:28:18.079><c> New</c><00:28:18.279><c> Testament</c>

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scriptures<00:28:18.980><c> constantly</c><00:28:19.680><c> advise</c><00:28:20.039><c> us</c>

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that<00:28:21.680><c> saints</c><00:28:22.079><c> are</c><00:28:22.279><c> to</c><00:28:22.380><c> be</c><00:28:22.519><c> obedient</c><00:28:22.880><c> to</c><00:28:23.019><c> those</c><00:28:23.220><c> that</c><00:28:23.380><c> are</c><00:28:23.500><c> in</c>

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authority,<00:28:25.440><c> that</c><00:28:25.500><c> they</c><00:28:25.599><c> are</c><00:28:25.779><c> to</c><00:28:25.900><c> accept</c>

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the<00:28:26.740><c> jurisdiction</c><00:28:27.220><c> of</c><00:28:27.519><c> whoever</c><00:28:27.640><c> is</c><00:28:27.940><c> immediately</c><00:28:28.299><c> above</c><00:28:28.579><c> them,</c><00:28:28.900><c> whether</c><00:28:29.240><c> a</c><00:28:29.680><c> master</c><00:28:29.940><c> of</c>

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a<00:28:30.240><c> slave</c><00:28:30.519><c> or</c>

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a<00:28:31.140><c> magistrate</c><00:28:31.700><c> of</c><00:28:32.079><c> a</c><00:28:32.319><c> community,</c><00:28:33.900><c> that</c><00:28:34.000><c> they</c><00:28:34.160><c> are</c><00:28:34.259><c> to</c><00:28:34.380><c> offer</c>

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special<00:28:34.819><c> prayers</c><00:28:35.200><c> for</c><00:28:35.400><c> kings</c><00:28:35.779><c> and</c><00:28:36.099><c> for</c>

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:38.779
all<00:28:36.400><c> that</c><00:28:36.500><c> are</c><00:28:36.640><c> in</c><00:28:36.799><c> authority,</c><00:28:37.519><c> that</c><00:28:37.599><c> they</c><00:28:37.740><c> are</c><00:28:37.859><c> to</c><00:28:37.980><c> invite</c><00:28:38.359><c> God</c><00:28:38.599><c> so</c>

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as<00:28:38.920><c> to</c><00:28:39.019><c> move</c><00:28:39.140><c> the</c><00:28:39.359><c> hearts</c><00:28:39.579><c> of</c><00:28:39.799><c> those,</c>

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:44.160
that<00:28:40.380><c> they</c><00:28:40.559><c> may</c><00:28:40.880><c> live</c><00:28:41.160><c> a</c><00:28:41.359><c> quiet</c><00:28:41.519><c> and</c><00:28:41.740><c> peaceable</c><00:28:42.099><c> life,</c><00:28:42.799><c> the</c><00:28:43.019><c> powers</c><00:28:43.220><c> that</c><00:28:43.480><c> be,</c><00:28:43.740><c> being</c><00:28:43.839><c> no</c>

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terror<00:28:44.339><c> to</c><00:28:44.500><c> them</c>

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but<00:28:45.059><c> only</c><00:28:45.380><c> to</c><00:28:45.519><c> the</c><00:28:45.680><c> evil</c><00:28:45.839><c> which</c><00:28:45.980><c> they</c><00:28:46.180><c> don't</c><00:28:46.420><c> commit.</c>

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And<00:28:48.400><c> yet,</c><00:28:49.779><c> if</c><00:28:49.920><c> it</c><00:28:50.059><c> comes</c><00:28:50.240><c> to</c><00:28:50.460><c> a</c><00:28:50.579><c> point</c><00:28:50.759><c> where</c><00:28:51.680><c> certain</c><00:28:52.220><c> additional</c><00:28:52.740><c> privileges</c><00:28:53.180><c> might</c>

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.319
be<00:28:53.880><c> granted,</c><00:28:54.180><c> they</c>

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:56.779
are<00:28:54.420><c> to</c><00:28:54.440><c> take</c><00:28:54.680><c> them,</c><00:28:55.579><c> or</c><00:28:55.720><c> privileges</c><00:28:55.980><c> withdrawn,</c><00:28:56.640><c> they</c><00:28:56.720><c> are</c>

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:58.400
not<00:28:56.940><c> to</c><00:28:57.119><c> bemoan</c><00:28:57.319><c> the</c><00:28:57.519><c> loss.</c>

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So<00:28:58.759><c> that,</c><00:28:59.039><c> for</c><00:28:59.079><c> example,</c><00:28:59.700><c> art</c><00:28:59.839><c> thou</c><00:29:00.000><c> called</c><00:29:00.279><c> being</c><00:29:00.559><c> a</c><00:29:00.779><c> slave?</c>

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.440
Think<00:29:01.839><c> not</c><00:29:01.980><c> of</c><00:29:02.079><c> it.</c>

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:06.240
But<00:29:03.099><c> if</c><00:29:03.180><c> thou</c><00:29:03.299><c> mayest</c><00:29:03.539><c> be</c><00:29:03.720><c> made</c><00:29:03.960><c> free,</c><00:29:05.039><c> use</c><00:29:05.200><c> it</c><00:29:05.420><c> rather.</c>

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:09.920
And<00:29:07.259><c> that's</c><00:29:07.599><c> a</c><00:29:07.779><c> fine</c><00:29:07.920><c> example</c><00:29:08.339><c> of</c><00:29:08.500><c> the</c><00:29:08.619><c> way</c><00:29:08.740><c> in</c><00:29:08.859><c> which</c><00:29:08.980><c> the</c><00:29:09.240><c> believer</c><00:29:09.420><c> ought</c><00:29:09.660><c> to</c>

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:11.099
regard<00:29:10.119><c> his</c><00:29:10.319><c> position</c><00:29:10.660><c> in</c><00:29:10.900><c> life.</c>

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:14.180
If<00:29:11.579><c> he</c><00:29:11.720><c> is</c><00:29:11.859><c> a</c><00:29:12.059><c> slave,</c><00:29:12.200><c> he</c><00:29:12.259><c> does</c><00:29:12.460><c> not</c><00:29:12.660><c> campaign</c><00:29:13.039><c> for</c><00:29:13.220><c> the</c><00:29:13.380><c> abolition</c><00:29:13.640><c> of</c><00:29:13.880><c> slavery.</c>

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:16.819
He<00:29:15.059><c> tries</c><00:29:15.279><c> to</c><00:29:15.400><c> be</c><00:29:15.500><c> a</c><00:29:15.579><c> good</c><00:29:15.779><c> slave.</c>

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:19.480
If<00:29:17.539><c> he</c><00:29:17.700><c> is</c><00:29:17.799><c> a</c><00:29:17.980><c> slave</c><00:29:18.099><c> offered</c><00:29:18.319><c> at</c><00:29:18.440><c> his</c><00:29:18.619><c> charter</c><00:29:18.859><c> of</c><00:29:19.059><c> freedom,</c>

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.819
he<00:29:19.960><c> is</c><00:29:20.119><c> glad</c><00:29:20.240><c> to</c><00:29:20.480><c> accept</c><00:29:20.799><c> it.</c>

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If<00:29:22.599><c> he</c><00:29:22.740><c> is</c><00:29:22.859><c> a</c><00:29:23.019><c> subject,</c><00:29:23.359><c> he</c><00:29:23.380><c> does</c><00:29:23.599><c> not</c><00:29:23.900><c> campaign</c><00:29:24.160><c> against</c><00:29:24.460><c> the</c>

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injustices<00:29:25.059><c> of</c><00:29:25.180><c> his</c><00:29:25.319><c> government.</c>

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:28.299
He<00:29:26.559><c> tries</c><00:29:26.759><c> to</c><00:29:26.900><c> do</c><00:29:26.960><c> as</c><00:29:27.099><c> he</c><00:29:27.220><c> is</c><00:29:27.359><c> asked</c><00:29:27.519><c> to</c><00:29:27.700><c> do.</c>

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If<00:29:28.740><c> he</c><00:29:28.900><c> can't,</c><00:29:29.740><c> then</c><00:29:30.140><c> he</c><00:29:30.460><c> accepts</c><00:29:30.700><c> the</c><00:29:30.960><c> consequences.</c>

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So<00:29:35.599><c> this</c><00:29:35.779><c> is</c><00:29:35.940><c> where</c><00:29:36.059><c> we</c><00:29:36.259><c> stand</c><00:29:36.500><c> then</c><00:29:36.700><c> in</c><00:29:36.859><c> relation</c><00:29:37.059><c> to</c><00:29:37.279><c> our</c><00:29:37.440><c> countries.</c>

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:41.359
We<00:29:38.039><c> do</c><00:29:38.180><c> as</c><00:29:38.359><c> we</c><00:29:38.519><c> are</c><00:29:38.680><c> asked</c><00:29:38.880><c> to</c><00:29:39.079><c> do,</c><00:29:40.160><c> where</c><00:29:40.259><c> it's</c><00:29:40.420><c> possible</c><00:29:40.720><c> in</c><00:29:40.980><c> conscience.</c>

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:44.319
And<00:29:42.140><c> only</c><00:29:42.480><c> when</c><00:29:42.880><c> conscience</c><00:29:43.319><c> is</c><00:29:43.519><c> affronted</c><00:29:43.819><c> do</c><00:29:43.940><c> we</c><00:29:44.019><c> have</c><00:29:44.220><c> to</c>

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:46.299
say<00:29:44.420><c> what</c><00:29:44.619><c> Peter</c><00:29:44.900><c> said</c><00:29:45.119><c> to</c><00:29:45.299><c> the</c><00:29:45.440><c> rulers</c><00:29:45.640><c> in</c><00:29:45.880><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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We<00:29:46.740><c> ought</c><00:29:46.920><c> to</c><00:29:47.119><c> obey</c><00:29:47.299><c> God</c><00:29:47.559><c> rather</c><00:29:47.859><c> than</c><00:29:48.140><c> men.</c>

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Or<00:29:49.200><c> whether</c><00:29:49.319><c> it</c><00:29:49.500><c> be</c><00:29:49.640><c> right</c><00:29:49.839><c> in</c><00:29:50.039><c> the</c><00:29:50.180><c> sight</c><00:29:50.299><c> of</c><00:29:50.500><c> God</c><00:29:50.640><c> to</c><00:29:50.819><c> obey</c>

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:53.640
you<00:29:51.339><c> rather</c><00:29:51.640><c> than</c><00:29:51.859><c> him,</c><00:29:52.519><c> judge</c><00:29:52.720><c> ye.</c>

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And<00:29:54.099><c> then</c><00:29:54.380><c> the</c><00:29:54.519><c> Christian</c><00:29:54.720><c> must</c><00:29:54.940><c> stand</c><00:29:55.180><c> up</c><00:29:55.400><c> for</c><00:29:55.579><c> whatever</c><00:29:55.880><c> may</c>

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:59.640
come<00:29:56.319><c> to</c><00:29:56.400><c> him</c><00:29:56.579><c> by</c><00:29:56.799><c> virtue</c><00:29:57.160><c> of</c><00:29:57.599><c> his</c><00:29:57.799><c> refusal</c><00:29:58.099><c> to</c><00:29:58.299><c> conform</c><00:29:58.640><c> to</c><00:29:58.859><c> the</c><00:29:59.119><c> society</c><00:29:59.440><c> he</c>

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lives<00:29:59.819><c> in.</c>

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Whether<00:30:06.900><c> under</c><00:30:07.299><c> the</c><00:30:07.519><c> direct</c><00:30:08.240><c> injunction</c><00:30:08.799><c> of</c><00:30:08.960><c> God</c><00:30:09.200><c> or</c><00:30:09.519><c> not,</c><00:30:10.059><c> perhaps</c><00:30:10.299><c> because</c><00:30:10.599><c> their</c><00:30:10.799><c> work</c><00:30:10.960><c> in</c>

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.779
Philippi<00:30:11.519><c> was</c><00:30:11.680><c> for</c><00:30:11.859><c> the</c><00:30:12.019><c> time</c><00:30:12.160><c> being</c><00:30:12.460><c> finished</c>

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:16.859
and<00:30:12.940><c> could</c><00:30:13.079><c> be</c><00:30:13.240><c> left</c><00:30:13.579><c> in</c><00:30:13.960><c> the</c><00:30:14.099><c> hands</c><00:30:14.380><c> of</c><00:30:14.640><c> Timothy</c><00:30:14.980><c> and</c><00:30:15.200><c> of</c><00:30:15.460><c> Silas,</c>

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:20.380
Paul<00:30:17.339><c> went</c><00:30:17.640><c> on,</c><00:30:18.000><c> first</c><00:30:18.319><c> in</c><00:30:18.539><c> Silas'</c><00:30:19.019><c> company</c><00:30:19.079><c> and</c><00:30:19.200><c> then</c><00:30:19.420><c> alone,</c>

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:23.019
down<00:30:20.960><c> the</c><00:30:21.119><c> Macedonian</c><00:30:21.640><c> coast</c><00:30:22.059><c> to</c><00:30:22.240><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:26.980
Then,<00:30:24.200><c> when</c><00:30:24.440><c> the</c><00:30:24.579><c> Jews</c><00:30:24.740><c> came</c><00:30:25.079><c> and</c><00:30:25.599><c> disrupted</c><00:30:25.980><c> his</c><00:30:26.240><c> preaching</c><00:30:26.440><c> again,</c>

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:29.299
after<00:30:27.440><c> three</c><00:30:27.720><c> weeks</c><00:30:27.960><c> of</c><00:30:28.180><c> preaching</c><00:30:28.380><c> in</c><00:30:28.579><c> their</c><00:30:28.740><c> synagogues,</c>

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onward<00:30:29.740><c> again</c><00:30:30.059><c> to</c><00:30:30.339><c> Beria.</c>

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:34.299
There,<00:30:32.740><c> when</c><00:30:32.960><c> the</c><00:30:33.099><c> Jews</c><00:30:33.200><c> came</c><00:30:33.440><c> around</c><00:30:33.759><c> and</c><00:30:33.960><c> caught</c><00:30:34.099><c> up</c><00:30:34.200><c> with</c>

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:36.779
him<00:30:34.420><c> once</c><00:30:34.720><c> more</c><00:30:34.859><c> there,</c><00:30:35.240><c> sent</c><00:30:35.359><c> away</c><00:30:35.539><c> by</c><00:30:35.740><c> the</c><00:30:35.880><c> brethren</c><00:30:36.119><c> by</c><00:30:36.460><c> night,</c>

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:39.619
so<00:30:37.299><c> great</c><00:30:37.519><c> was</c><00:30:37.720><c> the</c><00:30:37.920><c> peril</c><00:30:38.099><c> to</c><00:30:38.279><c> his</c><00:30:38.539><c> life,</c><00:30:38.799><c> as</c><00:30:38.980><c> it</c><00:30:39.200><c> constantly</c>

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:42.579
was,<00:30:40.420><c> on</c><00:30:40.619><c> to</c><00:30:40.819><c> Achaia</c><00:30:41.259><c> and</c><00:30:41.440><c> to</c><00:30:41.640><c> Athens.</c>

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:49.279
He<00:30:43.819><c> is</c><00:30:43.920><c> left</c><00:30:44.200><c> behind</c><00:30:44.779><c> his</c><00:30:45.500><c> closest</c><00:30:45.839><c> disciples</c><00:30:46.299><c> to</c><00:30:46.619><c> consolidate</c><00:30:47.180><c> the</c><00:30:47.460><c> communities</c><00:30:47.819><c> in</c><00:30:48.039><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:51.940
Something<00:30:50.079><c> was</c><00:30:50.319><c> needed</c><00:30:50.559><c> in</c><00:30:50.779><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:30:51.400><c> the</c><00:30:51.539><c> details</c><00:30:51.779><c> of</c>

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:53.319
which<00:30:52.039><c> are</c><00:30:52.180><c> not</c><00:30:52.299><c> always</c><00:30:52.619><c> very</c><00:30:53.039><c> clear,</c>

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:56.220
but<00:30:53.700><c> which</c><00:30:53.839><c> are</c><00:30:54.140><c> plainly</c><00:30:54.640><c> concerned</c><00:30:55.079><c> with</c><00:30:55.299><c> the</c><00:30:55.440><c> fact</c><00:30:55.579><c> that</c><00:30:55.740><c> there</c><00:30:55.839><c> was</c><00:30:56.000><c> a</c>

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:57.500
strong<00:30:56.519><c> Jewish</c><00:30:56.819><c> opposition</c>

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:59.880
doing<00:30:58.119><c> all</c><00:30:58.359><c> that</c><00:30:58.460><c> it</c><00:30:58.680><c> could</c><00:30:58.799><c> to</c><00:30:59.000><c> destroy</c><00:30:59.299><c> the</c><00:30:59.480><c> work</c><00:30:59.559><c> he</c><00:30:59.680><c> had</c>

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.380
established<00:31:00.339><c> there.</c>

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:04.480
Otherwise,<00:31:02.339><c> how</c><00:31:02.539><c> could</c><00:31:02.720><c> Paul,</c><00:31:03.160><c> one</c><00:31:03.400><c> wonders,</c><00:31:04.059><c> ever</c><00:31:04.220><c> have</c>

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.500
penned<00:31:04.680><c> words</c><00:31:05.000><c> like</c><00:31:05.319><c> this,</c>

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:08.859
which<00:31:05.660><c> he</c><00:31:05.779><c> did</c><00:31:05.940><c> in</c><00:31:06.099><c> his</c><00:31:06.319><c> first</c><00:31:06.539><c> letter</c><00:31:06.740><c> to</c><00:31:06.960><c> the</c><00:31:07.140><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:31:08.079><c> only</c><00:31:08.339><c> a</c><00:31:08.599><c> short</c>

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:10.200
time<00:31:09.220><c> after</c><00:31:09.460><c> he'd</c><00:31:09.700><c> been</c><00:31:09.900><c> there,</c>

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:13.920
during<00:31:10.599><c> the</c><00:31:10.759><c> very</c><00:31:11.000><c> same</c><00:31:11.259><c> missionary</c><00:31:11.660><c> journey,</c><00:31:12.339><c> with</c><00:31:12.440><c> only</c><00:31:12.900><c> months</c><00:31:13.319><c> perhaps,</c><00:31:13.720><c> or</c>

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.400
a<00:31:14.000><c> year</c><00:31:14.140><c> or</c><00:31:14.299><c> so,</c>

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:16.799
having<00:31:14.680><c> passed</c><00:31:15.000><c> between</c><00:31:15.259><c> the</c><00:31:15.599><c> conversion</c><00:31:15.920><c> and</c><00:31:16.359><c> the</c><00:31:16.480><c> time</c><00:31:16.619><c> of</c>

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.660
writing<00:31:17.019><c> the</c><00:31:17.259><c> letter.</c>

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:24.019
First<00:31:18.700><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:31:19.380><c> chapter</c><00:31:19.619><c> 2,</c><00:31:22.619><c> verse</c><00:31:22.859><c> 13.</c>

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:11.460
It<00:32:08.799><c> would</c><00:32:09.240><c> certainly</c><00:32:09.599><c> appear</c><00:32:09.960><c> that</c><00:32:10.099><c> when</c><00:32:10.319><c> Paul</c><00:32:10.519><c> is</c><00:32:10.740><c> there</c><00:32:10.940><c> speaking</c><00:32:11.240><c> of</c>

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:13.160
the<00:32:11.680><c> Thessalonians'</c><00:32:12.420><c> fellow</c><00:32:12.579><c> countrymen,</c>

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:15.660
he<00:32:13.460><c> means</c><00:32:13.640><c> their</c><00:32:13.880><c> Jewish</c><00:32:14.200><c> fellow</c><00:32:14.480><c> countrymen.</c>

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:18.259
He<00:32:16.079><c> is</c><00:32:16.259><c> clearly</c><00:32:16.579><c> drawing</c><00:32:16.819><c> a</c><00:32:17.079><c> comparison</c><00:32:17.500><c> between</c><00:32:17.799><c> the</c><00:32:18.000><c> way</c><00:32:18.180><c> in</c>

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:20.220
which<00:32:18.420><c> the</c><00:32:18.660><c> believers</c><00:32:18.839><c> in</c><00:32:19.119><c> Judea</c><00:32:19.480><c> had</c><00:32:19.640><c> been</c><00:32:19.880><c> treated</c>

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:22.500
and<00:32:20.640><c> the</c><00:32:20.799><c> way</c><00:32:20.920><c> in</c><00:32:21.039><c> which</c><00:32:21.160><c> the</c><00:32:21.420><c> believers</c><00:32:21.579><c> in</c><00:32:21.819><c> Macedonia</c><00:32:22.319><c> were</c>

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:24.579
being<00:32:22.759><c> treated</c><00:32:23.000><c> by</c><00:32:23.240><c> the</c><00:32:23.440><c> same</c><00:32:23.700><c> race</c><00:32:24.000><c> of</c><00:32:24.240><c> people</c>

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:26.759
to<00:32:24.920><c> wit</c><00:32:25.019><c> the</c><00:32:25.279><c> unbelieving</c><00:32:25.779><c> Jews.</c>

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:31.200
Otherwise,<00:32:27.619><c> he</c><00:32:27.720><c> would</c><00:32:27.920><c> hardly</c><00:32:28.180><c> have</c><00:32:28.400><c> gone</c><00:32:28.539><c> on</c><00:32:28.759><c> to</c><00:32:29.039><c> describe</c><00:32:29.559><c> practically</c><00:32:30.099><c> in</c><00:32:30.319><c> terms</c><00:32:30.559><c> of</c><00:32:30.759><c> a</c><00:32:30.880><c> quotation</c>

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:34.019
from<00:32:31.420><c> the</c><00:32:31.559><c> Lord</c><00:32:31.700><c> Jesus</c><00:32:32.019><c> Christ</c><00:32:32.500><c> what</c><00:32:33.079><c> the</c><00:32:33.279><c> Jews</c><00:32:33.420><c> of</c><00:32:33.640><c> Palestine</c>

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.539
were<00:32:34.259><c> doing</c>

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:38.880
and<00:32:35.500><c> compare</c><00:32:35.779><c> it</c><00:32:35.900><c> with</c><00:32:36.000><c> what</c><00:32:36.160><c> was</c><00:32:36.319><c> happening</c><00:32:36.599><c> here</c><00:32:36.859><c> in</c><00:32:37.079><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:41.259
Remember<00:32:39.299><c> how</c><00:32:39.500><c> the</c><00:32:39.559><c> Lord</c><00:32:39.720><c> Jesus</c><00:32:40.019><c> said</c><00:32:40.240><c> that</c><00:32:40.400><c> it</c><00:32:40.460><c> was</c><00:32:40.619><c> not</c><00:32:40.799><c> possible</c><00:32:41.079><c> for</c>

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:43.319
a<00:32:41.400><c> prophet</c><00:32:41.599><c> to</c><00:32:41.819><c> perish</c><00:32:42.019><c> out</c><00:32:42.200><c> of</c><00:32:42.339><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:46.000
How<00:32:44.240><c> he</c><00:32:44.400><c> said</c><00:32:44.539><c> that</c><00:32:44.740><c> the</c><00:32:44.799><c> blood</c><00:32:44.960><c> of</c><00:32:45.140><c> all</c><00:32:45.299><c> the</c><00:32:45.460><c> righteous</c><00:32:45.720><c> men,</c>

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.500
shed<00:32:46.240><c> from</c><00:32:46.400><c> the</c><00:32:46.559><c> foundation</c><00:32:46.980><c> of</c><00:32:47.160><c> the</c><00:32:47.339><c> world,</c>

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:50.039
from<00:32:47.900><c> the</c><00:32:48.079><c> blood</c><00:32:48.240><c> of</c><00:32:48.420><c> Abel</c><00:32:48.740><c> to</c><00:32:48.900><c> the</c><00:32:49.000><c> blood</c><00:32:49.240><c> of</c><00:32:49.400><c> Zacharias,</c><00:32:49.980><c> the</c>

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:51.119
son<00:32:50.220><c> of</c><00:32:50.339><c> Barakaius,</c>

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:53.259
whom<00:32:51.299><c> they</c><00:32:51.579><c> slew</c><00:32:51.720><c> between</c><00:32:52.000><c> the</c><00:32:52.240><c> temple</c><00:32:52.420><c> and</c><00:32:52.559><c> the</c><00:32:52.759><c> altar,</c><00:32:53.000><c> should</c><00:32:53.059><c> be</c>

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.380
required<00:32:53.500><c> of</c><00:32:53.640><c> this</c><00:32:53.799><c> generation.</c>

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:57.519
And<00:32:54.799><c> how</c><00:32:54.940><c> he</c><00:32:55.099><c> finished</c><00:32:55.339><c> by</c><00:32:55.579><c> saying,</c><00:32:56.500><c> fill</c><00:32:56.500><c> ye</c><00:32:56.700><c> up</c><00:32:56.880><c> then</c><00:32:57.059><c> the</c><00:32:57.160><c> measure</c><00:32:57.380><c> of</c>

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.559
your<00:32:57.700><c> fathers,</c>

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:01.880
here<00:32:59.819><c> is</c><00:33:00.039><c> Paul</c><00:33:00.200><c> saying</c><00:33:00.460><c> the</c><00:33:00.680><c> same</c><00:33:00.819><c> of</c><00:33:00.940><c> those</c><00:33:01.279><c> with</c><00:33:01.480><c> whom</c><00:33:01.640><c> the</c>

00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:03.180
Thessalonians<00:33:02.339><c> have</c><00:33:02.500><c> come</c><00:33:02.640><c> in</c><00:33:02.819><c> contact,</c>

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:06.299
to<00:33:03.660><c> fill</c><00:33:03.819><c> up</c><00:33:03.980><c> their</c><00:33:04.140><c> sins</c><00:33:04.420><c> all</c><00:33:04.700><c> the</c><00:33:04.799><c> way,</c><00:33:05.660><c> for</c><00:33:05.819><c> the</c><00:33:06.019><c> wrath</c><00:33:06.140><c> is</c>

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:08.119
come<00:33:06.460><c> upon</c><00:33:06.640><c> them</c><00:33:06.839><c> to</c><00:33:07.019><c> the</c><00:33:07.140><c> uttermost.</c>

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:11.279
And<00:33:08.640><c> predicting</c><00:33:09.119><c> that</c><00:33:09.480><c> ruin</c><00:33:09.799><c> of</c><00:33:09.980><c> Jewish</c><00:33:10.240><c> society,</c><00:33:10.839><c> which</c><00:33:10.839><c> could</c><00:33:11.099><c> not</c>

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.559
now<00:33:11.440><c> be</c><00:33:11.619><c> very</c><00:33:11.980><c> far</c><00:33:12.220><c> away,</c>

00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:15.500
which<00:33:12.980><c> would</c><00:33:13.140><c> come</c><00:33:13.319><c> upon</c><00:33:13.579><c> them</c><00:33:13.759><c> when</c><00:33:13.900><c> they</c><00:33:14.059><c> had</c><00:33:14.339><c> brought</c><00:33:14.519><c> their</c><00:33:14.759><c> enmity</c><00:33:15.079><c> to</c>

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:17.180
the<00:33:15.839><c> teaching</c><00:33:16.140><c> of</c><00:33:16.339><c> the</c><00:33:16.400><c> Lord</c><00:33:16.579><c> Jesus</c><00:33:16.920><c> Christ</c>

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.759
to<00:33:17.339><c> the</c><00:33:17.400><c> point</c><00:33:17.559><c> of</c><00:33:17.759><c> suicide.</c>

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:23.660
That<00:33:21.240><c> is</c><00:33:21.720><c> part</c><00:33:21.900><c> of</c><00:33:22.000><c> a</c><00:33:22.240><c> picture</c><00:33:22.480><c> I've</c><00:33:22.779><c> been</c><00:33:22.940><c> building</c><00:33:23.160><c> up</c><00:33:23.440><c> day</c>

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.680
by<00:33:23.859><c> day,</c><00:33:24.119><c> by</c><00:33:24.259><c> the</c><00:33:24.400><c> way,</c>

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:27.759
about<00:33:25.279><c> the</c><00:33:25.440><c> attitude</c><00:33:25.640><c> of</c><00:33:25.799><c> the</c><00:33:25.880><c> Apostle</c><00:33:26.160><c> Paul</c><00:33:26.339><c> to</c><00:33:26.519><c> his</c><00:33:26.700><c> fellow</c><00:33:26.940><c> countrymen,</c>

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:30.119
with<00:33:28.099><c> the</c><00:33:28.180><c> view</c><00:33:28.279><c> of</c><00:33:28.299><c> bringing</c><00:33:28.500><c> it</c><00:33:28.740><c> to</c><00:33:29.119><c> a</c><00:33:29.500><c> possibly</c><00:33:29.839><c> somewhat</c>

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:32.119
unexpected<00:33:30.680><c> climax</c><00:33:31.099><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:35.200
But<00:33:32.440><c> there</c><00:33:32.539><c> is</c><00:33:32.720><c> a</c><00:33:32.859><c> climax</c><00:33:33.140><c> to</c><00:33:33.400><c> come,</c><00:33:34.039><c> and</c><00:33:34.380><c> all</c><00:33:34.640><c> these</c><00:33:34.859><c> various</c>

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:37.119
ingredients<00:33:35.779><c> and</c><00:33:35.960><c> the</c><00:33:36.180><c> total</c><00:33:36.440><c> hostility,</c>

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:40.839
the<00:33:37.759><c> bitterness,</c><00:33:38.799><c> the</c><00:33:39.160><c> machinations,</c><00:33:40.039><c> the</c><00:33:40.039><c> insincerities,</c>

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.180
which<00:33:41.279><c> the</c><00:33:41.460><c> Jews</c><00:33:41.579><c> had</c><00:33:41.900><c> shown</c>

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:45.359
in<00:33:42.599><c> their</c><00:33:42.839><c> dealings</c><00:33:43.079><c> with</c><00:33:43.279><c> Paul,</c><00:33:43.880><c> need</c><00:33:44.140><c> to</c><00:33:44.380><c> be</c><00:33:44.720><c> kept</c><00:33:44.920><c> in</c><00:33:45.180><c> mind</c>

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:48.059
as<00:33:45.480><c> we</c><00:33:45.660><c> come</c><00:33:45.779><c> to</c><00:33:45.980><c> the</c><00:33:46.279><c> point</c><00:33:46.400><c> that</c><00:33:46.519><c> we</c><00:33:46.640><c> will</c><00:33:46.759><c> reach</c><00:33:46.940><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:53.740
So<00:33:49.799><c> then</c><00:33:50.140><c> they</c><00:33:50.440><c> moved</c><00:33:51.220><c> Paul</c><00:33:51.700><c> Thessalon,</c><00:33:52.819><c> followed</c><00:33:53.079><c> later</c><00:33:53.460><c> to</c>

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:57.220
Corinth<00:33:54.019><c> by</c><00:33:54.660><c> Timothy</c><00:33:55.000><c> and</c><00:33:55.240><c> by</c><00:33:55.440><c> Silas,</c><00:33:56.059><c> to</c><00:33:56.259><c> Athens.</c>

00:33:58.319 --> 00:34:00.460
And<00:33:58.519><c> there</c><00:33:58.619><c> it</c><00:33:58.720><c> seems</c><00:33:58.839><c> Paul</c><00:33:59.079><c> must</c><00:33:59.279><c> have</c><00:33:59.400><c> been</c><00:33:59.500><c> very</c><00:33:59.720><c> moved</c><00:33:59.940><c> indeed</c><00:34:00.279><c> by</c>

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.500
what<00:34:00.660><c> he</c><00:34:00.859><c> saw,</c>

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:03.420
for<00:34:01.519><c> apart</c><00:34:01.900><c> from</c><00:34:02.059><c> any</c><00:34:02.259><c> ministrations</c><00:34:02.799><c> he</c><00:34:02.920><c> might</c><00:34:03.119><c> have</c><00:34:03.240><c> made</c>

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.160
to<00:34:03.640><c> the</c><00:34:03.839><c> Jews,</c>

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:07.279
he<00:34:04.519><c> sees</c><00:34:04.799><c> the</c><00:34:05.099><c> Greeks</c><00:34:05.319><c> engaged</c><00:34:05.799><c> upon</c><00:34:05.980><c> their</c><00:34:06.240><c> idolatrous</c><00:34:06.740><c> pursuits,</c>

00:34:07.539 --> 00:34:10.159
and<00:34:07.619><c> without</c><00:34:07.960><c> waiting</c><00:34:08.360><c> for</c><00:34:08.599><c> the</c><00:34:08.760><c> time</c><00:34:08.900><c> when</c><00:34:09.039><c> he</c><00:34:09.280><c> could,</c><00:34:09.920><c> as</c>

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:12.400
the<00:34:10.340><c> Lord's</c><00:34:11.019><c> ordinance</c><00:34:11.360><c> normally</c><00:34:11.980><c> provided</c>

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:15.239
as<00:34:12.619><c> being</c><00:34:12.800><c> the</c><00:34:12.980><c> wisest</c><00:34:13.340><c> thing,</c><00:34:13.880><c> have</c><00:34:13.940><c> companionship</c><00:34:14.539><c> in</c><00:34:14.679><c> his</c><00:34:14.860><c> preaching,</c>

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:19.420
was<00:34:15.860><c> so</c><00:34:16.059><c> moved</c><00:34:16.239><c> that</c><00:34:16.400><c> he</c><00:34:16.480><c> was</c><00:34:17.679><c> compelled</c><00:34:17.980><c> to</c><00:34:18.139><c> witness</c><00:34:18.360><c> alone.</c>

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:29.400
In<00:34:20.420><c> Acts</c><00:34:20.679><c> chapter</c><00:34:20.960><c> 17,</c><00:34:21.619><c> therefore,</c><00:34:26.679><c> these</c><00:34:26.860><c> words</c><00:34:27.199><c> from</c><00:34:27.659><c> verse</c><00:34:28.119><c> 15,</c>

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:33.820
And<00:34:31.400><c> they</c><00:34:31.639><c> that</c><00:34:31.820><c> conducted</c><00:34:32.199><c> Paul</c><00:34:32.519><c> brought</c><00:34:32.760><c> him</c><00:34:32.900><c> into</c><00:34:33.139><c> Athens,</c><00:34:33.820><c> and,</c>

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:37.019
receiving<00:34:34.619><c> a</c><00:34:34.900><c> commandment</c><00:34:35.599><c> unto</c><00:34:35.780><c> Tyrus</c><00:34:36.179><c> and</c><00:34:36.360><c> Timotheus</c><00:34:36.860><c> for</c>

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:40.039
to<00:34:37.159><c> come</c><00:34:37.400><c> to</c><00:34:37.480><c> him</c><00:34:37.639><c> at</c><00:34:37.800><c> all</c><00:34:38.019><c> speed,</c><00:34:38.880><c> they</c><00:34:39.099><c> departed.</c>

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:43.300
Now<00:34:41.340><c> while</c><00:34:41.539><c> Paul</c><00:34:41.800><c> waited</c><00:34:42.079><c> for</c><00:34:42.280><c> them</c><00:34:42.360><c> at</c><00:34:42.539><c> Athens,</c><00:34:42.860><c> his</c><00:34:43.039><c> spirit</c>

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.400
was<00:34:43.679><c> stirred</c><00:34:43.840><c> in</c><00:34:44.019><c> him,</c>

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:47.400
when<00:34:44.760><c> he</c><00:34:44.920><c> saw</c><00:34:45.119><c> the</c><00:34:45.280><c> city</c><00:34:45.519><c> wholly</c><00:34:45.860><c> given</c><00:34:46.099><c> to</c><00:34:46.340><c> idolatry.</c>

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:50.699
Therefore<00:34:48.320><c> disputed</c><00:34:48.800><c> he</c><00:34:48.920><c> and</c><00:34:49.039><c> the</c><00:34:49.179><c> synagogue</c><00:34:49.440><c> with</c><00:34:49.679><c> the</c><00:34:49.860><c> Jews,</c><00:34:50.519><c> and</c>

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.760
with<00:34:50.860><c> the</c><00:34:51.000><c> devout</c><00:34:51.280><c> persons,</c>

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:54.699
and<00:34:52.139><c> in</c><00:34:52.280><c> the</c><00:34:52.460><c> market</c><00:34:52.739><c> daily</c><00:34:53.039><c> with</c><00:34:53.199><c> them</c><00:34:53.360><c> that</c><00:34:53.480><c> met</c><00:34:53.639><c> with</c><00:34:53.820><c> him.</c>

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:57.219
Then<00:34:55.199><c> certain</c><00:34:55.559><c> philosophers</c><00:34:56.019><c> of</c><00:34:56.179><c> the</c><00:34:56.340><c> Epicureans</c><00:34:56.940><c> and</c><00:34:57.099><c> of</c>

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.500
the<00:34:57.380><c> Stoics</c><00:34:57.659><c> encountered</c><00:34:58.119><c> him,</c>

00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:03.559
and<00:34:59.000><c> some</c><00:34:59.260><c> said</c><00:34:59.760><c> about</c><00:35:00.420><c> Paul,</c><00:35:01.440><c> what</c><00:35:01.699><c> will</c><00:35:01.940><c> this</c><00:35:02.159><c> babbler</c><00:35:02.480><c> say?</c>

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:07.400
And<00:35:04.460><c> other</c><00:35:04.679><c> some,</c><00:35:05.199><c> he</c><00:35:05.400><c> seems</c><00:35:05.559><c> to</c><00:35:05.719><c> be</c><00:35:05.840><c> a</c><00:35:05.960><c> set</c><00:35:06.039><c> forth</c><00:35:06.239><c> of</c><00:35:06.579><c> strange</c><00:35:06.920><c> gods,</c>

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:10.480
because<00:35:07.980><c> he</c><00:35:08.280><c> preached</c><00:35:08.500><c> unto</c><00:35:08.699><c> them</c><00:35:08.900><c> Jesus</c><00:35:09.219><c> and</c><00:35:09.380><c> the</c><00:35:09.559><c> resurrection.</c>

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.420
There<00:35:12.679><c> appear</c><00:35:12.840><c> to</c><00:35:12.960><c> have</c><00:35:13.059><c> been</c><00:35:13.199><c> two</c><00:35:13.539><c> rather</c><00:35:13.900><c> different</c><00:35:14.280><c> gentile</c><00:35:14.820><c> reactions</c><00:35:15.219><c> to</c>

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.539
Paul's<00:35:15.760><c> preaching.</c>

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:20.739
One<00:35:17.039><c> was,</c><00:35:17.619><c> this</c><00:35:17.820><c> is</c><00:35:18.079><c> a</c><00:35:18.079><c> mere</c><00:35:18.320><c> spermologos,</c><00:35:19.079><c> a</c><00:35:19.260><c> seed</c><00:35:19.480><c> picker,</c><00:35:19.780><c> a</c><00:35:19.920><c> crow.</c>

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:22.940
Somebody<00:35:21.139><c> who</c><00:35:21.300><c> goes</c><00:35:21.519><c> along</c><00:35:21.780><c> with</c><00:35:21.980><c> the</c><00:35:22.139><c> garbage</c><00:35:22.420><c> and</c><00:35:22.579><c> picks</c><00:35:22.780><c> a</c>

00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:23.880
seed<00:35:23.039><c> here</c><00:35:23.239><c> and</c><00:35:23.380><c> a</c><00:35:23.519><c> seed</c><00:35:23.659><c> there</c>

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:26.199
from<00:35:24.000><c> other</c><00:35:24.219><c> people's</c><00:35:24.599><c> learning,</c><00:35:25.280><c> gets</c><00:35:25.500><c> it</c><00:35:25.679><c> together</c><00:35:25.900><c> and</c>

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:27.019
plagiarizes<00:35:26.800><c> it.</c>

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:30.460
Somebody<00:35:27.260><c> of</c><00:35:27.420><c> no</c><00:35:27.639><c> importance,</c><00:35:28.559><c> a</c><00:35:28.579><c> mere</c><00:35:28.780><c> hobo</c><00:35:29.099><c> amongst</c><00:35:29.360><c> preachers.</c>

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:32.920
That's<00:35:30.880><c> what</c><00:35:31.019><c> some</c><00:35:31.239><c> of</c><00:35:31.340><c> them</c><00:35:31.440><c> seem</c><00:35:31.599><c> to</c><00:35:31.739><c> say</c><00:35:31.840><c> about</c><00:35:32.039><c> him.</c>

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:36.579
But<00:35:33.739><c> others</c><00:35:34.000><c> said,</c><00:35:34.599><c> he</c><00:35:34.659><c> seems</c><00:35:34.860><c> to</c><00:35:34.960><c> be</c><00:35:35.159><c> a</c><00:35:35.300><c> set</c><00:35:35.420><c> forth</c><00:35:35.579><c> of</c><00:35:35.920><c> strange</c><00:35:36.280><c> gods,</c>

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:38.659
and<00:35:36.760><c> that's</c><00:35:37.139><c> contrary</c><00:35:37.380><c> to</c><00:35:37.659><c> the</c><00:35:37.880><c> Areopagite</c><00:35:38.420><c> law.</c>

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:40.280
We'll<00:35:38.900><c> have</c><00:35:39.019><c> to</c><00:35:39.099><c> watch</c><00:35:39.300><c> into</c><00:35:39.500><c> this</c><00:35:39.619><c> very</c><00:35:39.900><c> carefully,</c>

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:42.760
and<00:35:40.739><c> see</c><00:35:40.860><c> whether</c><00:35:41.000><c> by</c><00:35:41.219><c> any</c><00:35:41.360><c> chance</c><00:35:41.539><c> he</c><00:35:41.679><c> is</c><00:35:41.880><c> not</c><00:35:42.139><c> conforming</c><00:35:42.639><c> to</c>

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.659
the<00:35:42.960><c> strict</c><00:35:43.159><c> Greek</c><00:35:43.400><c> laws</c>

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:45.280
about<00:35:43.920><c> what</c><00:35:44.199><c> were</c><00:35:44.340><c> and</c><00:35:44.440><c> what</c><00:35:44.639><c> were</c><00:35:44.860><c> not,</c>

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:49.079
permissible<00:35:45.840><c> things</c><00:35:46.079><c> to</c><00:35:46.260><c> say</c><00:35:46.420><c> about</c><00:35:46.639><c> the</c><00:35:46.860><c> divinity</c><00:35:47.340><c> or</c><00:35:47.880><c> the</c><00:35:48.039><c> divinities.</c>

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:52.300
What<00:35:50.219><c> the</c><00:35:50.420><c> strange</c><00:35:50.679><c> gods</c><00:35:50.900><c> were</c><00:35:51.179><c> is</c><00:35:51.840><c> speculative,</c>

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.820
but<00:35:52.480><c> it</c><00:35:52.559><c> looks</c><00:35:52.699><c> as</c><00:35:52.820><c> though</c><00:35:52.880><c> one</c><00:35:53.019><c> of</c><00:35:53.079><c> them</c><00:35:53.179><c> was</c><00:35:53.300><c> called</c><00:35:53.440><c> Jesus</c>

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:55.840
and<00:35:54.000><c> the</c><00:35:54.099><c> other</c><00:35:54.199><c> was</c><00:35:54.360><c> called</c><00:35:54.659><c> Anastasis.</c>

00:35:56.019 --> 00:36:00.079
Because<00:35:56.420><c> he</c><00:35:56.599><c> would</c><00:35:56.760><c> preach</c><00:35:56.880><c> to</c><00:35:56.980><c> them</c><00:35:57.320><c> Jesus</c><00:35:57.840><c> and</c><00:35:58.900><c> the</c><00:35:59.099><c> resurrection,</c>

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.699
Jesus<00:36:01.239><c> and</c><00:36:01.639><c> Anastasis.</c>

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:05.699
So<00:36:02.880><c> one</c><00:36:03.079><c> god,</c><00:36:03.400><c> one</c><00:36:03.579><c> goddess,</c><00:36:04.239><c> extra</c><00:36:04.460><c> to</c><00:36:04.619><c> their</c><00:36:04.719><c> normal</c><00:36:05.019><c> pantheon,</c>

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:08.320
it<00:36:06.059><c> seems,</c><00:36:06.380><c> is</c><00:36:06.480><c> what</c><00:36:06.599><c> they</c><00:36:06.880><c> thought</c><00:36:07.119><c> that</c><00:36:07.739><c> Paul</c><00:36:08.000><c> may</c><00:36:08.179><c> have</c>

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.900
been<00:36:08.539><c> preaching</c>

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:10.960
when<00:36:09.340><c> they</c><00:36:09.519><c> weren't</c><00:36:09.659><c> listening</c><00:36:09.960><c> very</c><00:36:10.260><c> hard</c><00:36:10.360><c> to</c><00:36:10.440><c> what</c><00:36:10.539><c> he</c><00:36:10.639><c> was</c><00:36:10.780><c> saying,</c>

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:13.179
but<00:36:11.139><c> just</c><00:36:11.340><c> picking</c><00:36:11.539><c> up</c><00:36:11.760><c> words,</c><00:36:12.119><c> as</c><00:36:12.280><c> people</c><00:36:12.519><c> will</c><00:36:12.739><c> who</c><00:36:12.820><c> want</c><00:36:13.019><c> to</c>

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:14.079
pick<00:36:13.219><c> a</c><00:36:13.360><c> quarrel.</c>

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:17.639
So<00:36:15.380><c> on</c><00:36:15.780><c> that</c><00:36:16.099><c> charge,</c><00:36:16.500><c> it</c><00:36:16.500><c> seems,</c><00:36:16.780><c> upon</c><00:36:16.900><c> that</c><00:36:17.239><c> pretext,</c>

00:36:17.679 --> 00:36:19.940
they<00:36:18.039><c> took</c><00:36:18.320><c> him</c><00:36:18.480><c> together</c><00:36:18.780><c> with</c><00:36:19.099><c> anybody</c><00:36:19.440><c> else</c><00:36:19.659><c> who</c><00:36:19.820><c> happened</c>

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.940
to<00:36:20.079><c> be</c><00:36:20.219><c> preaching</c><00:36:20.420><c> a</c><00:36:20.559><c> new</c><00:36:20.719><c> doctrine</c>

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:24.539
into<00:36:21.179><c> the</c><00:36:21.420><c> Areopagus,</c><00:36:22.079><c> where</c><00:36:22.559><c> the</c><00:36:22.800><c> highest</c><00:36:23.059><c> court</c><00:36:23.199><c> of</c><00:36:23.380><c> the</c><00:36:23.519><c> land</c><00:36:23.639><c> was</c><00:36:23.860><c> accustomed</c><00:36:24.139><c> to</c><00:36:24.420><c> sit,</c>

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:27.059
and<00:36:24.780><c> there</c><00:36:24.980><c> perhaps</c><00:36:25.260><c> they</c><00:36:25.400><c> weren't</c><00:36:25.559><c> just</c><00:36:26.099><c> asking</c><00:36:26.400><c> him</c><00:36:26.639><c> politely,</c>

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:30.039
they<00:36:27.440><c> may</c><00:36:27.639><c> have</c><00:36:27.840><c> been</c><00:36:28.360><c> staging</c><00:36:28.599><c> a</c><00:36:28.840><c> preliminary</c><00:36:29.320><c> trial</c><00:36:29.739><c> with</c><00:36:29.960><c> a</c>

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:32.260
view<00:36:30.139><c> to</c><00:36:30.320><c> possible</c><00:36:30.980><c> criminal</c><00:36:31.400><c> proceedings</c><00:36:31.780><c> later,</c>

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:35.460
if<00:36:32.860><c> it</c><00:36:33.019><c> proved</c><00:36:33.159><c> that</c><00:36:33.380><c> Paul</c><00:36:33.440><c> was</c><00:36:33.659><c> as</c><00:36:33.840><c> guilty</c><00:36:34.059><c> as</c><00:36:34.159><c> they</c><00:36:34.400><c> suggested.</c>

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.980
Then<00:36:36.719><c> Paul,</c><00:36:37.239><c> verse</c><00:36:37.400><c> 22,</c>

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:40.159
stood<00:36:38.599><c> in</c><00:36:38.820><c> the</c><00:36:38.880><c> midst</c><00:36:39.039><c> of</c><00:36:39.260><c> Areopagus</c><00:36:39.739><c> and</c><00:36:39.980><c> said,</c>

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:42.599
Ye<00:36:40.360><c> men</c><00:36:40.579><c> of</c><00:36:40.800><c> Athens,</c><00:36:41.139><c> I</c><00:36:41.400><c> perceive</c><00:36:41.739><c> that</c><00:36:41.900><c> in</c><00:36:42.059><c> all</c><00:36:42.239><c> things</c><00:36:42.400><c> ye</c>

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:45.239
are<00:36:43.380><c> too</c><00:36:43.800><c> superstitious.</c>

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:47.440
Too<00:36:46.500><c> superstitious.</c>

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:50.559
Now,<00:36:48.840><c> we've</c><00:36:49.119><c> already</c><00:36:49.400><c> met</c><00:36:49.559><c> the</c><00:36:49.719><c> words,</c><00:36:49.880><c> he</c><00:36:50.039><c> seemeth</c><00:36:50.280><c> to</c><00:36:50.400><c> be</c><00:36:50.480><c> a</c>

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:52.420
set<00:36:50.639><c> of</c><00:36:50.780><c> all</c><00:36:50.860><c> the</c><00:36:51.119><c> strange</c><00:36:51.519><c> gods.</c>

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:57.239
Now<00:36:53.559><c> he</c><00:36:53.820><c> says</c><00:36:53.980><c> to</c><00:36:54.159><c> them,</c><00:36:54.880><c> ye</c><00:36:54.880><c> are</c><00:36:55.420><c> too</c><00:36:55.739><c> superstitious,</c><00:36:56.559><c> or</c>

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:58.320
rather<00:36:57.659><c> superstitious,</c>

00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:00.579
or<00:36:58.800><c> even</c><00:36:59.179><c> rather</c><00:36:59.599><c> religious.</c>

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:04.119
It's<00:37:01.760><c> not</c><00:37:02.059><c> too</c><00:37:02.280><c> easy</c><00:37:02.480><c> to</c><00:37:02.639><c> choose</c><00:37:02.739><c> exactly</c><00:37:03.139><c> what</c><00:37:03.280><c> he</c><00:37:03.480><c> was</c><00:37:03.599><c> saying</c><00:37:03.880><c> by</c>

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:05.300
those<00:37:04.340><c> words,</c>

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:08.019
although<00:37:05.719><c> a</c><00:37:06.039><c> later</c><00:37:06.260><c> expression,</c><00:37:06.780><c> very</c><00:37:07.079><c> closely</c><00:37:07.400><c> related</c><00:37:07.820><c> to</c>

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.920
the<00:37:08.139><c> word</c><00:37:08.320><c> used</c><00:37:08.539><c> here,</c>

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:13.559
it's<00:37:09.280><c> only</c><00:37:09.440><c> used</c><00:37:09.599><c> once,</c><00:37:10.539><c> is</c><00:37:10.820><c> when</c><00:37:11.940><c> a</c><00:37:12.559><c> Roman</c><00:37:12.940><c> governor</c><00:37:13.300><c> says</c>

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:15.460
that<00:37:14.199><c> Paul</c><00:37:14.519><c> and</c><00:37:14.699><c> his</c><00:37:14.880><c> fellow</c><00:37:15.159><c> Jews</c>

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:18.139
seem<00:37:15.679><c> to</c><00:37:15.820><c> be</c><00:37:15.960><c> differing</c><00:37:16.239><c> about</c><00:37:16.559><c> something</c><00:37:16.860><c> of</c><00:37:17.039><c> their</c><00:37:17.199><c> own</c><00:37:17.480><c> superstition,</c>

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:21.179
or<00:37:18.880><c> their</c><00:37:19.039><c> own</c><00:37:19.239><c> religion,</c><00:37:19.820><c> and</c><00:37:19.840><c> it's</c><00:37:20.039><c> the</c><00:37:20.139><c> same</c><00:37:20.320><c> word,</c>

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:23.440
desidimonion,<00:37:22.059><c> or</c><00:37:22.099><c> something</c><00:37:22.320><c> sounding</c><00:37:22.559><c> a</c><00:37:22.679><c> bit</c><00:37:22.780><c> like</c><00:37:23.079><c> that.</c>

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:25.960
It's<00:37:24.019><c> a</c><00:37:24.280><c> culture</c><00:37:24.679><c> of</c><00:37:25.000><c> demons,</c>

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:29.940
and<00:37:27.139><c> demons</c><00:37:27.400><c> were</c><00:37:27.579><c> gods</c><00:37:27.780><c> to</c><00:37:27.960><c> the</c><00:37:28.099><c> Greeks,</c><00:37:28.320><c> or</c><00:37:28.460><c> demigods</c><00:37:28.820><c> at</c><00:37:29.000><c> least,</c>

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:32.219
and<00:37:30.219><c> when</c><00:37:30.340><c> he</c><00:37:30.519><c> seemeth</c><00:37:30.699><c> to</c><00:37:30.840><c> be</c><00:37:30.960><c> a</c><00:37:31.039><c> set</c><00:37:31.139><c> of</c><00:37:31.280><c> all</c><00:37:31.360><c> the</c><00:37:31.519><c> strange</c><00:37:31.940><c> gods,</c>

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:34.900
the<00:37:32.440><c> word</c><00:37:32.579><c> they</c><00:37:32.800><c> used</c><00:37:32.940><c> was</c><00:37:33.219><c> strange</c><00:37:33.860><c> daimonia,</c>

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:38.159
that<00:37:35.440><c> was</c><00:37:35.619><c> their</c><00:37:35.780><c> word,</c><00:37:36.099><c> not</c><00:37:36.460><c> thei,</c><00:37:37.079><c> or</c><00:37:37.519><c> anything</c><00:37:37.760><c> like</c><00:37:38.039><c> that,</c>

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:42.039
but<00:37:38.659><c> gods</c><00:37:38.900><c> of</c><00:37:39.119><c> their</c><00:37:39.380><c> kind,</c><00:37:40.099><c> or</c><00:37:40.360><c> demigods</c><00:37:40.800><c> of</c><00:37:40.960><c> their</c><00:37:41.179><c> kind.</c>

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:45.440
So<00:37:42.780><c> Paul</c><00:37:43.019><c> being</c><00:37:43.260><c> aware</c><00:37:43.500><c> how</c><00:37:43.679><c> many</c><00:37:43.860><c> gods</c><00:37:44.019><c> there</c><00:37:44.239><c> were</c><00:37:44.380><c> around,</c>

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:48.320
and<00:37:46.119><c> also</c><00:37:46.380><c> being</c><00:37:46.659><c> aware</c><00:37:46.960><c> that</c><00:37:47.119><c> during</c><00:37:47.360><c> a</c><00:37:47.559><c> time</c><00:37:47.719><c> of</c><00:37:47.960><c> trial</c><00:37:48.179><c> they</c>

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.400
had<00:37:48.500><c> to</c><00:37:48.659><c> make</c><00:37:48.840><c> quite</c><00:37:49.159><c> sure</c>

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:52.639
that<00:37:49.860><c> no</c><00:37:50.219><c> possible</c><00:37:50.619><c> god</c><00:37:50.820><c> was</c><00:37:51.039><c> lacking</c><00:37:51.260><c> in</c><00:37:51.440><c> the</c><00:37:51.539><c> suitable</c><00:37:51.820><c> propitiation,</c>

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:54.980
they<00:37:53.079><c> had</c><00:37:53.260><c> let</c><00:37:53.440><c> loose</c><00:37:53.639><c> a</c><00:37:53.739><c> flock</c><00:37:53.840><c> of</c><00:37:54.119><c> goats,</c><00:37:54.500><c> and</c><00:37:54.599><c> wherever</c><00:37:54.800><c> the</c>

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.780
goats<00:37:55.139><c> had</c><00:37:55.340><c> settled</c><00:37:55.539><c> down</c>

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:57.940
they<00:37:55.920><c> had</c><00:37:56.019><c> built</c><00:37:56.139><c> an</c><00:37:56.340><c> altar</c><00:37:56.559><c> to</c><00:37:56.940><c> an</c><00:37:57.119><c> unknown</c><00:37:57.460><c> god,</c>

00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:00.179
proceeds<00:37:58.579><c> to</c><00:37:58.800><c> try</c><00:37:58.920><c> to</c><00:37:59.139><c> tell</c><00:37:59.239><c> them</c><00:37:59.380><c> on</c><00:37:59.519><c> the</c><00:37:59.619><c> basis</c><00:37:59.800><c> of</c><00:38:00.019><c> their</c>

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:01.119
own<00:38:00.440><c> superstitions</c>

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:04.099
about<00:38:01.659><c> the</c><00:38:01.880><c> one</c><00:38:02.039><c> true</c><00:38:02.219><c> god,</c><00:38:02.500><c> the</c><00:38:02.659><c> only</c><00:38:02.880><c> one</c><00:38:03.000><c> there</c><00:38:03.239><c> is.</c>

00:38:04.659 --> 00:38:06.099
And<00:38:04.840><c> this</c><00:38:04.980><c> is</c><00:38:05.079><c> what</c><00:38:05.179><c> he</c><00:38:05.360><c> says,</c>

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:10.679
God<00:38:07.380><c> that</c><00:38:07.659><c> made</c><00:38:07.880><c> the</c><00:38:08.119><c> world,</c><00:38:09.639><c> and</c><00:38:09.780><c> all</c><00:38:09.960><c> things</c><00:38:10.179><c> therein,</c>

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:13.099
seeing<00:38:10.920><c> that</c><00:38:11.079><c> he</c><00:38:11.219><c> is</c><00:38:11.400><c> lord</c><00:38:11.739><c> of</c><00:38:11.860><c> heaven</c><00:38:12.099><c> and</c><00:38:12.300><c> earth,</c>

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:15.980
dwelleth<00:38:13.880><c> not</c><00:38:14.039><c> in</c><00:38:14.199><c> temples</c><00:38:14.559><c> made</c><00:38:14.800><c> with</c><00:38:15.000><c> hands,</c>

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:18.300
neither<00:38:16.559><c> is</c><00:38:16.780><c> worshiped</c><00:38:17.159><c> with</c><00:38:17.260><c> men's</c><00:38:17.599><c> hands</c><00:38:17.820><c> as</c><00:38:18.019><c> though</c><00:38:18.139><c> he</c>

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:19.219
needed<00:38:18.599><c> anything,</c>

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:23.980
seeing<00:38:19.719><c> he</c><00:38:19.980><c> giveth</c><00:38:20.159><c> to</c><00:38:20.400><c> all</c><00:38:20.599><c> life,</c><00:38:21.599><c> and</c><00:38:21.760><c> breath,</c><00:38:22.599><c> and</c><00:38:22.699><c> all</c><00:38:22.940><c> things,</c>

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:26.480
and<00:38:24.519><c> hath</c><00:38:24.639><c> made</c><00:38:24.840><c> of</c><00:38:25.019><c> one</c><00:38:25.280><c> blood</c><00:38:25.500><c> all</c><00:38:25.760><c> nations</c><00:38:26.099><c> of</c><00:38:26.280><c> men,</c>

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:28.739
for<00:38:26.619><c> to</c><00:38:26.800><c> dwell</c><00:38:26.980><c> on</c><00:38:27.159><c> the</c><00:38:27.280><c> face</c><00:38:27.400><c> of</c><00:38:27.599><c> the</c><00:38:27.760><c> earth,</c>

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:30.400
and<00:38:28.860><c> hath</c><00:38:29.039><c> determined</c><00:38:29.380><c> the</c><00:38:29.599><c> times</c><00:38:29.739><c> before</c><00:38:30.039><c> appointed,</c>

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:32.619
and<00:38:30.599><c> the</c><00:38:30.780><c> bounds</c><00:38:30.960><c> of</c><00:38:31.119><c> their</c><00:38:31.260><c> habitation,</c>

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.599
if<00:38:33.199><c> that</c><00:38:33.460><c> they</c><00:38:33.699><c> should</c><00:38:33.920><c> seek</c><00:38:34.219><c> the</c><00:38:34.420><c> Lord,</c>

00:38:34.619 --> 00:38:37.820
if<00:38:34.739><c> happily</c><00:38:34.960><c> they</c><00:38:35.159><c> might</c><00:38:35.579><c> feed</c><00:38:36.159><c> after</c><00:38:36.440><c> him</c><00:38:36.619><c> and</c><00:38:36.739><c> find</c><00:38:37.019><c> him,</c>

00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:40.139
though<00:38:38.159><c> he</c><00:38:38.300><c> be</c><00:38:38.420><c> not</c><00:38:38.699><c> far</c><00:38:38.900><c> from</c><00:38:39.079><c> every</c><00:38:39.340><c> one</c><00:38:39.500><c> of</c><00:38:39.639><c> us.</c>

00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:43.579
For<00:38:40.960><c> in</c><00:38:41.159><c> him</c><00:38:41.280><c> we</c><00:38:41.440><c> live,</c><00:38:41.920><c> and</c><00:38:42.019><c> move,</c><00:38:42.239><c> and</c><00:38:42.300><c> have</c><00:38:42.460><c> our</c><00:38:42.699><c> being,</c>

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:45.659
as<00:38:44.139><c> certain</c><00:38:44.340><c> also</c><00:38:44.559><c> of</c><00:38:44.699><c> your</c><00:38:44.820><c> own</c><00:38:45.059><c> poets</c><00:38:45.260><c> have</c><00:38:45.440><c> said,</c>

00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:47.460
for<00:38:45.820><c> we</c><00:38:45.980><c> are</c><00:38:46.159><c> also</c><00:38:46.340><c> his</c><00:38:46.519><c> offspring.</c>

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:50.320
For<00:38:48.659><c> as</c><00:38:48.820><c> much</c><00:38:49.039><c> then</c><00:38:49.179><c> as</c><00:38:49.300><c> we</c><00:38:49.420><c> are</c><00:38:49.539><c> the</c><00:38:49.679><c> offspring</c><00:38:50.000><c> of</c><00:38:50.199><c> God,</c>

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:52.739
we<00:38:50.519><c> ought</c><00:38:50.659><c> not</c><00:38:50.860><c> to</c><00:38:51.099><c> think</c><00:38:51.280><c> that</c><00:38:51.460><c> the</c><00:38:51.619><c> Godhead</c><00:38:52.039><c> is</c><00:38:52.340><c> likened</c><00:38:52.500><c> to</c>

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:54.519
gold,<00:38:53.199><c> or</c><00:38:53.380><c> silver,</c><00:38:53.780><c> or</c><00:38:54.000><c> stone,</c>

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:56.940
graven<00:38:55.079><c> by</c><00:38:55.300><c> art</c><00:38:55.579><c> and</c><00:38:55.739><c> man's</c><00:38:56.119><c> device.</c>

00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:00.340
And<00:38:57.920><c> the</c><00:38:58.099><c> times</c><00:38:58.300><c> of</c><00:38:58.480><c> this</c><00:38:58.639><c> ignorance</c><00:38:59.079><c> got</c><00:38:59.340><c> overlooked,</c>

00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:04.079
but<00:39:00.860><c> now</c><00:39:01.139><c> commandeth</c><00:39:01.659><c> all</c><00:39:01.960><c> men</c><00:39:02.360><c> everywhere</c><00:39:02.840><c> to</c><00:39:03.119><c> repent,</c>

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:06.559
because<00:39:04.500><c> he</c><00:39:04.639><c> hath</c><00:39:04.739><c> appointed</c><00:39:05.119><c> a</c><00:39:05.300><c> day</c><00:39:05.440><c> in</c><00:39:05.559><c> which</c><00:39:05.699><c> he</c><00:39:05.820><c> will</c><00:39:06.059><c> judge</c><00:39:06.360><c> the</c>

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.340
world<00:39:06.719><c> in</c><00:39:06.940><c> righteousness</c>

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:09.480
by<00:39:07.619><c> that</c><00:39:07.880><c> man</c><00:39:08.119><c> whom</c><00:39:08.260><c> he</c><00:39:08.380><c> hath</c><00:39:08.559><c> ordained.</c>

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:12.340
Whereof<00:39:10.360><c> he</c><00:39:10.480><c> hath</c><00:39:10.579><c> given</c><00:39:10.760><c> assurance</c><00:39:11.179><c> unto</c><00:39:11.400><c> all</c><00:39:11.739><c> men,</c>

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:14.760
in<00:39:12.659><c> that</c><00:39:12.780><c> he</c><00:39:12.900><c> hath</c><00:39:13.079><c> raised</c><00:39:13.380><c> him</c><00:39:13.539><c> from</c><00:39:13.719><c> the</c><00:39:13.900><c> dead.</c>

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:20.340
Now<00:39:16.780><c> that</c><00:39:16.900><c> is</c><00:39:17.059><c> quite</c><00:39:17.480><c> unlike</c><00:39:18.119><c> any</c><00:39:19.300><c> other</c><00:39:19.579><c> speech</c><00:39:19.780><c> we</c><00:39:19.940><c> have</c><00:39:20.119><c> met</c>

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.860
from<00:39:20.579><c> Paul</c>

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:23.119
or<00:39:21.000><c> from</c><00:39:21.199><c> any</c><00:39:21.360><c> other</c><00:39:21.539><c> apostle</c><00:39:21.860><c> before.</c>

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:27.900
If<00:39:23.820><c> you</c><00:39:23.900><c> think</c><00:39:24.039><c> of</c><00:39:24.179><c> Peter's</c><00:39:25.400><c> speeches</c><00:39:25.400><c> at</c><00:39:25.820><c> and</c><00:39:26.119><c> shortly</c><00:39:26.360><c> after</c><00:39:26.699><c> Pentecost,</c>

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:31.340
or<00:39:28.440><c> Stephen's</c><00:39:28.800><c> in</c><00:39:28.880><c> his</c><00:39:29.059><c> defence,</c><00:39:29.500><c> or</c><00:39:29.679><c> Paul's</c><00:39:30.420><c> Antioch</c><00:39:30.719><c> in</c><00:39:30.860><c> Pisidia,</c>

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:33.739
they<00:39:31.800><c> all</c><00:39:32.039><c> have</c><00:39:32.159><c> this</c><00:39:32.440><c> in</c><00:39:32.659><c> common</c><00:39:32.800><c> that</c><00:39:32.940><c> they</c><00:39:33.179><c> start</c><00:39:33.360><c> off</c><00:39:33.539><c> from</c>

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:35.900
a<00:39:34.119><c> strictly</c><00:39:34.420><c> Jewish</c><00:39:34.760><c> background.</c>

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:38.340
They<00:39:36.519><c> go</c><00:39:36.719><c> on</c><00:39:36.920><c> from</c><00:39:37.179><c> promises</c><00:39:37.480><c> made</c><00:39:37.760><c> to</c><00:39:37.920><c> the</c><00:39:38.079><c> fathers,</c>

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:41.480
from<00:39:38.599><c> wilderness</c><00:39:38.960><c> journeys,</c><00:39:39.739><c> from</c><00:39:39.960><c> buildings</c><00:39:40.239><c> of</c><00:39:40.480><c> tabernacles</c><00:39:40.860><c> and</c><00:39:41.079><c> temples,</c>

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:43.599
and<00:39:41.900><c> on</c><00:39:42.019><c> from</c><00:39:42.260><c> there</c><00:39:42.519><c> to</c><00:39:42.659><c> the</c><00:39:42.780><c> Lord</c><00:39:42.940><c> Jesus</c><00:39:43.300><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:45.440
by<00:39:43.800><c> the</c><00:39:43.940><c> route</c><00:39:44.099><c> you</c><00:39:44.380><c> would</c><00:39:44.539><c> expect</c><00:39:44.900><c> to</c><00:39:45.099><c> follow</c><00:39:45.199><c> when</c><00:39:45.340><c> you</c><00:39:45.440><c> are</c>

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.699
dealing<00:39:45.619><c> with</c><00:39:45.860><c> Jews.</c>

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:49.380
But<00:39:47.739><c> here</c><00:39:47.880><c> we</c><00:39:47.980><c> are</c><00:39:48.059><c> not</c><00:39:48.199><c> dealing</c><00:39:48.340><c> with</c><00:39:48.579><c> Jews,</c><00:39:48.880><c> and</c><00:39:49.000><c> Paul</c><00:39:49.079><c> is</c><00:39:49.199><c> no</c>

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:50.760
longer<00:39:49.559><c> in</c><00:39:49.719><c> the</c><00:39:49.840><c> synagogue.</c>

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:54.840
He<00:39:51.199><c> is</c><00:39:51.320><c> upon</c><00:39:51.599><c> Areopagus</c><00:39:52.380><c> being</c><00:39:52.800><c> judged</c><00:39:53.079><c> by</c><00:39:53.340><c> a</c><00:39:53.460><c> Gentile</c><00:39:53.960><c> court,</c>

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:57.940
in<00:39:55.000><c> the</c><00:39:55.159><c> presence</c><00:39:55.320><c> of</c><00:39:55.519><c> an</c><00:39:55.679><c> idolatrous</c><00:39:56.099><c> city</c><00:39:56.400><c> with</c><00:39:56.639><c> idols</c><00:39:56.940><c> around.</c>

00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:01.440
And<00:39:59.199><c> although</c><00:39:59.340><c> this</c><00:39:59.539><c> may</c><00:39:59.739><c> perhaps</c><00:40:00.119><c> slightly</c><00:40:00.460><c> have</c><00:40:00.699><c> been</c><00:40:00.940><c> presaged</c>

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:05.300
in<00:40:02.039><c> the</c><00:40:02.300><c> message</c><00:40:02.500><c> to</c><00:40:03.300><c> the</c><00:40:03.460><c> people</c><00:40:04.500><c> in</c><00:40:04.820><c> Iconium,</c>

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:08.119
where<00:40:05.800><c> also</c><00:40:06.119><c> he</c><00:40:06.280><c> bids</c><00:40:06.440><c> them</c><00:40:06.679><c> turn</c><00:40:06.940><c> away</c><00:40:07.139><c> from</c><00:40:07.420><c> idols</c><00:40:07.679><c> to</c><00:40:07.960><c> serve</c>

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.860
the<00:40:08.320><c> living</c><00:40:08.480><c> and</c><00:40:08.659><c> the</c><00:40:08.860><c> true</c><00:40:09.019><c> God,</c>

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what<00:40:10.280><c> it</c><00:40:10.460><c> does</c><00:40:10.699><c> do</c><00:40:10.820><c> is</c><00:40:10.920><c> give</c><00:40:11.039><c> us</c><00:40:11.199><c> a</c><00:40:11.239><c> very</c><00:40:11.559><c> clear</c><00:40:11.719><c> evidence</c><00:40:12.079><c> of</c><00:40:12.239><c> how</c><00:40:12.360><c> Paul</c><00:40:12.599><c> does</c><00:40:12.860><c> become</c><00:40:13.099><c> to</c><00:40:13.280><c> the</c><00:40:13.440><c> Greeks</c><00:40:13.559><c> as</c><00:40:13.760><c> a</c><00:40:13.900><c> Greek,</c>

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:17.420
having<00:40:15.139><c> already</c><00:40:15.500><c> been</c><00:40:15.659><c> to</c><00:40:15.820><c> the</c><00:40:16.000><c> Jews</c><00:40:16.179><c> as</c><00:40:16.460><c> a</c><00:40:16.639><c> Jew.</c>

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:22.119
The<00:40:18.019><c> Jews</c><00:40:18.179><c> are</c><00:40:18.519><c> preached</c><00:40:18.820><c> to</c><00:40:18.960><c> from</c><00:40:19.199><c> their</c><00:40:19.960><c> divinely</c><00:40:20.500><c> given</c><00:40:20.840><c> heritage.</c>

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:27.679
Gentiles<00:40:23.039><c> are</c><00:40:23.300><c> preached</c><00:40:23.619><c> to</c><00:40:23.840><c> in</c><00:40:24.199><c> contrast</c><00:40:24.659><c> with</c><00:40:25.039><c> their</c><00:40:25.599><c> superstitious</c><00:40:26.219><c> heritage</c><00:40:26.619><c> of</c><00:40:26.840><c> lies.</c>

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:31.320
Their<00:40:28.440><c> heritage</c><00:40:28.739><c> is</c><00:40:29.059><c> idolatry.</c><00:40:30.159><c> Their</c><00:40:30.420><c> way</c><00:40:30.619><c> is</c><00:40:30.780><c> superstition.</c>

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:34.619
And<00:40:31.900><c> so</c><00:40:32.280><c> God</c><00:40:32.619><c> does</c><00:40:32.900><c> not</c><00:40:33.159><c> dwell</c><00:40:33.340><c> in</c><00:40:33.500><c> your</c><00:40:33.820><c> kind</c><00:40:34.019><c> of</c><00:40:34.219><c> temple,</c><00:40:34.440><c> he</c>

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says<00:40:34.760><c> to</c><00:40:34.940><c> them.</c>

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:39.179
It<00:40:36.940><c> leads</c><00:40:37.199><c> of</c><00:40:37.380><c> course</c><00:40:37.519><c> to</c><00:40:37.679><c> the</c><00:40:37.820><c> same</c><00:40:38.000><c> conclusion.</c>

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:41.659
For<00:40:39.619><c> Stephen</c><00:40:39.940><c> said,</c><00:40:40.199><c> the</c><00:40:40.280><c> Most</c><00:40:40.500><c> High</c><00:40:40.679><c> dwelleth</c><00:40:40.920><c> not</c><00:40:41.039><c> in</c><00:40:41.239><c> temples</c><00:40:41.460><c> made</c>

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.219
with<00:40:41.860><c> hands,</c>

00:40:42.539 --> 00:40:44.340
as<00:40:42.760><c> did</c><00:40:42.920><c> indeed</c><00:40:43.199><c> Solomon</c><00:40:43.539><c> in</c><00:40:43.739><c> anticipation.</c>

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:47.400
You<00:40:44.880><c> say</c><00:40:45.039><c> to</c><00:40:45.239><c> both</c><00:40:45.480><c> Jews</c><00:40:45.659><c> and</c><00:40:45.940><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:46.340><c> that</c><00:40:46.500><c> God</c><00:40:46.860><c> cannot</c><00:40:47.159><c> be</c>

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:49.320
confined<00:40:47.760><c> within</c><00:40:48.039><c> temples</c><00:40:48.460><c> made</c><00:40:48.699><c> with</c><00:40:48.940><c> hands,</c>

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:52.400
and<00:40:49.739><c> to</c><00:40:49.960><c> Jews</c><00:40:50.139><c> that</c><00:40:50.280><c> he</c><00:40:50.420><c> is</c><00:40:50.559><c> not</c><00:40:50.739><c> dependent</c><00:40:51.059><c> upon</c><00:40:51.239><c> them</c><00:40:51.420><c> either.</c>

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:55.280
And<00:40:52.800><c> in</c><00:40:52.980><c> both</c><00:40:53.119><c> cases</c><00:40:53.340><c> you</c><00:40:53.599><c> try</c><00:40:53.820><c> to</c><00:40:54.019><c> lead</c><00:40:54.199><c> them</c><00:40:54.519><c> by</c><00:40:54.840><c> their</c><00:40:55.039><c> own</c>

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:57.579
natural<00:40:55.739><c> route</c><00:40:55.960><c> to</c><00:40:56.159><c> the</c><00:40:56.360><c> same</c><00:40:56.719><c> concluding</c><00:40:57.260><c> point,</c>

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:59.880
which<00:40:57.760><c> is</c><00:40:58.199><c> the</c><00:40:58.440><c> goal</c><00:40:58.639><c> of</c><00:40:58.840><c> all</c><00:40:59.019><c> the</c><00:40:59.179><c> preaching,</c><00:40:59.619><c> which</c><00:40:59.619><c> is</c><00:40:59.800><c> the</c>

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:01.400
Lord<00:41:00.079><c> Jesus</c><00:41:00.420><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:04.480
the<00:41:01.579><c> Son</c><00:41:01.739><c> of</c><00:41:01.920><c> God,</c><00:41:02.440><c> the</c><00:41:02.599><c> Saviour,</c><00:41:03.460><c> and</c><00:41:03.599><c> appointed</c><00:41:03.900><c> by</c><00:41:04.159><c> God</c><00:41:04.320><c> to</c>

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:06.420
be<00:41:04.659><c> judged</c><00:41:04.860><c> of</c><00:41:05.019><c> the</c><00:41:05.139><c> quick</c><00:41:05.260><c> and</c><00:41:05.400><c> the</c><00:41:05.559><c> dead.</c>

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:09.519
So<00:41:07.320><c> by</c><00:41:07.579><c> way</c><00:41:07.739><c> of</c><00:41:07.820><c> their</c><00:41:08.000><c> own</c><00:41:08.219><c> superstitions,</c>

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:12.219
cutting<00:41:10.099><c> down</c><00:41:10.440><c> their</c><00:41:10.639><c> idols</c><00:41:10.820><c> as</c><00:41:10.960><c> he</c><00:41:11.179><c> goes,</c>

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:16.059
using<00:41:13.019><c> their</c><00:41:13.260><c> own</c><00:41:13.559><c> poets</c><00:41:13.760><c> to</c><00:41:14.000><c> convince</c><00:41:14.340><c> them</c><00:41:14.539><c> that</c><00:41:14.679><c> it</c><00:41:14.840><c> is</c><00:41:15.000><c> absurd</c><00:41:15.519><c> to</c>

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:19.360
make<00:41:16.320><c> the</c><00:41:16.800><c> Creator</c><00:41:17.239><c> like</c><00:41:17.619><c> anything</c><00:41:17.960><c> he</c><00:41:18.119><c> has</c><00:41:18.360><c> created,</c>

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:22.000
that<00:41:20.019><c> it</c><00:41:20.099><c> is</c><00:41:20.260><c> ridiculous</c><00:41:20.699><c> to</c><00:41:20.900><c> seek</c><00:41:21.000><c> to</c><00:41:21.260><c> confine</c><00:41:21.579><c> the</c><00:41:21.739><c> one</c><00:41:21.820><c> who</c>

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.679
made<00:41:22.159><c> everything</c>

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:24.960
within<00:41:23.119><c> the</c><00:41:23.380><c> narrow</c><00:41:23.639><c> image</c><00:41:23.900><c> of</c><00:41:24.099><c> some</c><00:41:24.300><c> small</c><00:41:24.579><c> thing</c><00:41:24.719><c> that</c><00:41:24.840><c> he</c>

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.579
did<00:41:25.179><c> make,</c>

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:30.099
that<00:41:26.360><c> he</c><00:41:26.420><c> simply</c><00:41:26.639><c> cannot</c><00:41:27.000><c> envisage</c><00:41:28.019><c> the</c><00:41:28.820><c> Maker</c><00:41:29.059><c> of</c><00:41:29.460><c> all</c><00:41:29.800><c> that</c>

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:32.539
lives<00:41:30.300><c> and</c><00:41:30.619><c> moves</c><00:41:30.860><c> throughout</c><00:41:31.460><c> God's</c><00:41:31.920><c> wide</c><00:41:32.099><c> universe</c>

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:37.320
as<00:41:32.960><c> being</c><00:41:33.219><c> in</c><00:41:33.480><c> any</c><00:41:33.659><c> way</c><00:41:34.659><c> capable</c><00:41:35.079><c> of</c><00:41:35.280><c> being</c><00:41:35.579><c> constricted</c><00:41:36.239><c> within</c><00:41:36.579><c> some</c>

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:39.380
image<00:41:37.739><c> or</c><00:41:38.000><c> likeness.</c>

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:42.199
He<00:41:39.760><c> takes</c><00:41:39.980><c> them</c><00:41:40.099><c> to</c><00:41:40.239><c> the</c><00:41:40.360><c> point</c><00:41:40.519><c> where</c><00:41:41.039><c> the</c><00:41:41.360><c> God</c><00:41:41.559><c> who</c><00:41:41.760><c> made</c><00:41:41.980><c> the</c>

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:43.579
earth<00:41:42.320><c> and</c><00:41:42.500><c> all</c><00:41:42.699><c> that</c><00:41:42.900><c> therein</c><00:41:43.159><c> is</c>

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:46.239
has<00:41:43.960><c> now</c><00:41:44.179><c> revealed</c><00:41:44.460><c> himself</c><00:41:44.780><c> by</c><00:41:45.019><c> Jesus</c><00:41:45.340><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:50.480
Now<00:41:47.900><c> we</c><00:41:48.000><c> have</c><00:41:48.179><c> already</c><00:41:48.420><c> had</c><00:41:48.619><c> reference</c><00:41:49.000><c> made</c><00:41:49.300><c> to</c><00:41:49.800><c> verse</c><00:41:50.059><c> 31,</c>

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:53.619
but<00:41:50.840><c> in</c><00:41:51.059><c> our</c><00:41:51.239><c> own</c><00:41:51.460><c> context</c><00:41:51.760><c> let's</c><00:41:52.039><c> use</c><00:41:52.179><c> it</c><00:41:52.340><c> again.</c>

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:58.340
Verse<00:41:54.900><c> 30,</c><00:41:55.400><c> And</c><00:41:55.860><c> the</c><00:41:56.019><c> times</c><00:41:56.340><c> of</c><00:41:56.519><c> this</c><00:41:56.679><c> ignorance</c><00:41:57.059><c> got</c><00:41:57.360><c> overlooked,</c>

00:41:58.820 --> 00:42:02.739
but<00:41:58.880><c> now</c><00:41:59.219><c> comandeth</c><00:41:59.659><c> all</c><00:41:59.920><c> men</c><00:42:00.119><c> everywhere</c><00:42:00.519><c> to</c><00:42:00.760><c> repent,</c><00:42:01.320><c> because</c><00:42:01.400><c> he</c><00:42:01.559><c> hath</c><00:42:01.679><c> appointed</c><00:42:02.059><c> a</c><00:42:02.320><c> day</c>

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:05.099
in<00:42:03.059><c> which</c><00:42:03.239><c> he</c><00:42:03.380><c> will</c><00:42:03.579><c> judge</c><00:42:03.840><c> the</c><00:42:04.039><c> world</c><00:42:04.219><c> in</c><00:42:04.460><c> righteousness</c><00:42:04.840><c> by</c>

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:06.750
that<00:42:05.360><c> man</c><00:42:05.559><c> whom</c><00:42:05.699><c> he</c><00:42:05.840><c> hath</c><00:42:06.000><c> ordained,</c>

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:10.059
whereof<00:42:07.539><c> he</c><00:42:07.699><c> hath</c><00:42:07.820><c> given</c><00:42:08.059><c> assurance</c><00:42:08.500><c> unto</c><00:42:08.719><c> all</c><00:42:09.039><c> men,</c><00:42:09.739><c> in</c><00:42:09.920><c> that</c>

00:42:10.059 --> 00:42:12.139
he<00:42:10.179><c> hath</c><00:42:10.360><c> raised</c><00:42:10.639><c> him</c><00:42:10.840><c> from</c><00:42:11.019><c> the</c><00:42:11.199><c> dead.</c>

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:19.780
First,<00:42:15.440><c> the</c><00:42:15.559><c> evidence</c><00:42:15.900><c> that</c><00:42:16.119><c> Paul</c><00:42:16.340><c> cites</c><00:42:17.440><c> that</c><00:42:18.159><c> the</c><00:42:18.300><c> Lord</c><00:42:18.500><c> Jesus</c><00:42:18.820><c> Christ</c><00:42:19.280><c> is</c>

00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:21.400
the<00:42:20.000><c> appointed</c><00:42:20.380><c> judge</c>

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:24.360
is<00:42:22.400><c> the</c><00:42:22.579><c> evidence</c><00:42:22.780><c> which</c><00:42:22.960><c> is</c><00:42:23.219><c> cited</c><00:42:23.380><c> by</c><00:42:23.659><c> all</c><00:42:23.940><c> the</c><00:42:24.079><c> witnesses</c>

00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:27.019
throughout<00:42:24.760><c> the</c><00:42:25.059><c> Acts,</c><00:42:25.460><c> the</c><00:42:25.559><c> evidence</c><00:42:25.780><c> of</c><00:42:25.920><c> his</c><00:42:26.079><c> resurrection.</c>

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:31.639
He<00:42:28.820><c> is</c><00:42:29.119><c> himself,</c><00:42:29.559><c> though</c><00:42:29.760><c> out</c><00:42:29.980><c> of</c><00:42:30.159><c> due</c><00:42:30.340><c> time,</c><00:42:31.099><c> an</c><00:42:31.199><c> eyewitness</c>

00:42:31.639 --> 00:42:32.820
of<00:42:31.800><c> that.</c>

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:35.280
He<00:42:33.300><c> is</c><00:42:33.460><c> the</c><00:42:33.559><c> one</c><00:42:33.679><c> to</c><00:42:33.840><c> whom</c><00:42:34.000><c> last</c><00:42:34.320><c> of</c><00:42:34.519><c> all</c><00:42:34.679><c> the</c><00:42:34.820><c> Lord</c><00:42:34.980><c> Jesus</c>

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:36.539
Christ<00:42:35.579><c> appeared</c>

00:42:36.659 --> 00:42:40.420
after<00:42:37.139><c> the</c><00:42:37.500><c> appearance</c><00:42:37.739><c> to</c><00:42:38.300><c> above</c><00:42:38.539><c> 500</c><00:42:39.039><c> brethren</c><00:42:39.380><c> at</c><00:42:39.619><c> once.</c>

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:43.239
He<00:42:41.059><c> can</c><00:42:41.300><c> testify</c><00:42:41.679><c> to</c><00:42:41.900><c> the</c><00:42:42.119><c> truth</c><00:42:42.260><c> of</c><00:42:42.440><c> the</c><00:42:42.559><c> risen</c><00:42:42.780><c> Lord</c><00:42:43.019><c> because</c>

00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:45.500
he<00:42:43.380><c> has</c><00:42:43.619><c> seen</c><00:42:43.820><c> and</c><00:42:43.960><c> does</c><00:42:44.280><c> know</c><00:42:44.659><c> the</c><00:42:44.920><c> risen</c><00:42:45.179><c> Lord,</c>

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:47.940
and<00:42:46.000><c> the</c><00:42:46.219><c> resurrection</c><00:42:46.599><c> is</c><00:42:46.840><c> the</c><00:42:47.099><c> prime</c><00:42:47.340><c> piece</c><00:42:47.559><c> of</c><00:42:47.719><c> evidence</c>

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:49.920
he<00:42:48.159><c> adduces.</c>

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:53.940
We<00:42:51.219><c> could</c><00:42:51.480><c> do,</c><00:42:51.679><c> I</c><00:42:51.840><c> think,</c><00:42:52.179><c> with</c><00:42:52.320><c> making</c><00:42:52.599><c> the</c><00:42:52.760><c> resurrection</c><00:42:53.280><c> a</c>

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:55.280
more<00:42:54.260><c> prime</c><00:42:54.659><c> piece</c><00:42:54.860><c> of</c><00:42:55.099><c> evidence</c>

00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:57.860
when<00:42:55.500><c> we</c><00:42:55.719><c> are</c><00:42:55.860><c> talking</c><00:42:56.239><c> about</c><00:42:56.940><c> the</c><00:42:57.159><c> authority</c><00:42:57.460><c> of</c><00:42:57.659><c> the</c><00:42:57.719><c> Lord</c>

00:42:57.860 --> 00:42:59.219
Jesus<00:42:58.219><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:02.380
There<00:43:00.320><c> is</c><00:43:00.519><c> very</c><00:43:00.860><c> good</c><00:43:01.079><c> evidence</c><00:43:01.420><c> from</c><00:43:01.679><c> scripture</c><00:43:02.079><c> and</c><00:43:02.300><c> from</c>

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:06.000
history<00:43:02.980><c> that</c><00:43:03.539><c> the</c><00:43:03.800><c> resurrection</c><00:43:04.179><c> must</c><00:43:04.500><c> have</c><00:43:04.639><c> taken</c><00:43:04.900><c> place.</c>

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:11.500
All<00:43:06.980><c> alternatives</c><00:43:07.400><c> to</c><00:43:07.619><c> it</c><00:43:07.780><c> are</c><00:43:08.139><c> incapable</c><00:43:08.559><c> of</c><00:43:08.980><c> explaining</c><00:43:09.239><c> what</c><00:43:09.519><c> happened</c><00:43:09.719><c> either</c><00:43:10.000><c> then</c><00:43:10.219><c> or</c><00:43:10.480><c> since.</c>

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.940
And<00:43:12.800><c> the</c><00:43:13.000><c> fact</c><00:43:13.179><c> of</c><00:43:13.360><c> the</c><00:43:13.480><c> resurrection</c><00:43:13.820><c> is</c><00:43:14.059><c> the</c><00:43:14.360><c> miracle</c><00:43:14.699><c> which</c>

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:17.820
is<00:43:15.139><c> needed</c><00:43:15.380><c> to</c><00:43:15.619><c> establish</c><00:43:16.099><c> all</c><00:43:16.639><c> else</c><00:43:16.860><c> in</c><00:43:17.019><c> Christian</c><00:43:17.440><c> truth</c>

00:43:17.820 --> 00:43:21.840
from<00:43:18.679><c> the</c><00:43:19.239><c> time</c><00:43:19.420><c> of</c><00:43:19.619><c> the</c><00:43:19.739><c> birth</c><00:43:19.880><c> of</c><00:43:20.039><c> the</c><00:43:20.079><c> Lord</c><00:43:20.260><c> Jesus</c><00:43:20.579><c> Christ</c><00:43:20.820><c> onwards.</c>

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:26.219
It<00:43:23.059><c> shows</c><00:43:23.239><c> that</c><00:43:23.400><c> God</c><00:43:23.539><c> approved</c><00:43:23.960><c> Jesus</c><00:43:24.360><c> Christ,</c><00:43:25.679><c> otherwise</c><00:43:26.099><c> he</c>

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:27.579
would<00:43:26.380><c> not</c><00:43:26.519><c> have</c><00:43:26.639><c> raised</c><00:43:26.860><c> him.</c>

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:30.840
So<00:43:28.099><c> Jesus</c><00:43:28.440><c> Christ</c><00:43:28.699><c> is</c><00:43:28.920><c> declared</c><00:43:29.300><c> to</c><00:43:29.460><c> be</c><00:43:29.559><c> the</c><00:43:29.659><c> Son</c><00:43:29.800><c> of</c><00:43:29.880><c> God</c><00:43:30.039><c> with</c><00:43:30.340><c> power,</c>

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:34.539
according<00:43:31.300><c> to</c><00:43:31.539><c> the</c><00:43:31.699><c> Spirit</c><00:43:31.920><c> of</c><00:43:32.099><c> Holiness</c><00:43:32.480><c> by</c><00:43:32.739><c> his</c><00:43:32.980><c> resurrection</c><00:43:33.380><c> from</c><00:43:33.599><c> the</c><00:43:33.760><c> dead.</c>

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:37.800
So<00:43:35.219><c> what</c><00:43:35.420><c> all</c><00:43:35.659><c> men</c><00:43:35.840><c> knew</c><00:43:36.039><c> by</c><00:43:36.280><c> the</c><00:43:36.480><c> genealogist</c><00:43:37.099><c> current</c><00:43:37.420><c> that</c>

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:40.099
he<00:43:37.960><c> was</c><00:43:38.179><c> made</c><00:43:38.400><c> of</c><00:43:38.559><c> the</c><00:43:38.679><c> seed</c><00:43:38.739><c> of</c><00:43:38.900><c> David</c><00:43:39.139><c> according</c><00:43:39.440><c> to</c><00:43:39.659><c> the</c><00:43:39.860><c> flesh</c>

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:43.039
could<00:43:40.440><c> now</c><00:43:40.679><c> be</c><00:43:40.900><c> supplemented</c><00:43:41.500><c> by,</c><00:43:42.000><c> but</c><00:43:42.059><c> he</c><00:43:42.179><c> was</c><00:43:42.380><c> declared</c><00:43:42.860><c> to</c>

00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:44.320
be<00:43:43.119><c> the</c><00:43:43.179><c> Son</c><00:43:43.340><c> of</c><00:43:43.480><c> God</c><00:43:43.639><c> with</c><00:43:43.920><c> power</c>

00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:48.159
according<00:43:44.800><c> to</c><00:43:45.099><c> the</c><00:43:45.260><c> Spirit</c><00:43:45.460><c> of</c><00:43:45.659><c> Holiness</c><00:43:46.000><c> by</c><00:43:46.280><c> his</c><00:43:46.519><c> resurrection</c><00:43:46.920><c> from</c><00:43:47.179><c> the</c><00:43:47.320><c> dead.</c>

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:51.739
And<00:43:49.539><c> that</c><00:43:49.719><c> means</c><00:43:49.840><c> the</c><00:43:50.039><c> virgin</c><00:43:50.239><c> birth</c><00:43:50.440><c> took</c><00:43:50.699><c> place.</c>

00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:55.179
You<00:43:52.360><c> can</c><00:43:52.500><c> never</c><00:43:52.739><c> prove</c><00:43:52.920><c> the</c><00:43:53.139><c> virgin</c><00:43:53.380><c> birth,</c><00:43:54.460><c> not</c><00:43:54.639><c> by</c><00:43:54.880><c> itself.</c>

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:57.880
It's<00:43:55.420><c> not</c><00:43:55.760><c> an</c><00:43:55.920><c> attestable</c><00:43:56.420><c> miracle.</c><00:43:56.840><c> It</c><00:43:56.980><c> depends</c><00:43:57.139><c> upon</c><00:43:57.320><c> another</c><00:43:57.659><c> to</c>

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:59.099
show<00:43:58.059><c> itself.</c>

00:43:59.659 --> 00:44:01.219
When<00:43:59.780><c> you</c><00:43:59.980><c> thought</c><00:44:00.179><c> about</c><00:44:00.400><c> the</c><00:44:00.579><c> manner</c><00:44:00.719><c> in</c><00:44:00.820><c> which</c><00:44:00.940><c> the</c><00:44:01.079><c> Lord</c>

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:03.519
Jesus<00:44:01.559><c> Christ</c><00:44:01.940><c> was</c><00:44:02.260><c> born,</c>

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:07.780
Mary<00:44:03.760><c> knew,</c><00:44:05.340><c> Joseph</c><00:44:05.639><c> knew</c><00:44:05.880><c> by</c><00:44:06.099><c> angelic</c><00:44:06.500><c> visitation.</c>

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:11.139
People<00:44:08.659><c> of</c><00:44:08.800><c> good</c><00:44:09.079><c> will</c><00:44:09.280><c> would</c><00:44:09.500><c> later</c><00:44:09.780><c> accept</c><00:44:10.199><c> it,</c><00:44:10.360><c> but</c><00:44:10.460><c> the</c><00:44:10.579><c> resurrection</c><00:44:10.840><c> would</c><00:44:11.019><c> be</c>

00:44:11.139 --> 00:44:13.179
their<00:44:11.280><c> great</c><00:44:11.519><c> help</c><00:44:11.739><c> in</c><00:44:11.920><c> doing</c><00:44:12.139><c> so.</c>

00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:16.139
People<00:44:13.880><c> of</c><00:44:14.059><c> ill</c><00:44:14.260><c> will</c><00:44:14.400><c> would</c><00:44:14.619><c> misconstrue</c><00:44:15.159><c> it.</c><00:44:15.579><c> We</c><00:44:15.760><c> were</c><00:44:16.000><c> not</c>

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:18.099
born<00:44:16.360><c> of</c><00:44:16.519><c> fornication,</c><00:44:17.000><c> they</c><00:44:17.119><c> would</c><00:44:17.300><c> say.</c>

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:21.320
So<00:44:18.980><c> that</c><00:44:19.260><c> miracle</c><00:44:19.579><c> had</c><00:44:19.739><c> to</c><00:44:19.880><c> be</c><00:44:20.099><c> accepted</c><00:44:20.380><c> because</c><00:44:20.699><c> the</c><00:44:21.079><c> later</c>

00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:23.840
one<00:44:21.840><c> shows</c><00:44:22.219><c> that</c><00:44:22.380><c> it</c><00:44:22.500><c> was</c><00:44:22.659><c> true.</c>

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:27.579
And<00:44:24.900><c> when</c><00:44:25.059><c> those</c><00:44:25.320><c> two</c><00:44:25.440><c> are</c><00:44:25.559><c> now</c><00:44:25.699><c> put</c><00:44:25.900><c> together,</c><00:44:27.239><c> and</c><00:44:27.360><c> you</c><00:44:27.460><c> look</c>

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.599
to<00:44:27.780><c> times</c><00:44:27.980><c> yet</c><00:44:28.260><c> to</c><00:44:28.480><c> come,</c>

00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:31.179
well<00:44:28.800><c> of</c><00:44:28.960><c> course</c><00:44:29.199><c> if</c><00:44:29.579><c> God</c><00:44:29.760><c> has</c><00:44:29.960><c> done</c><00:44:30.179><c> those</c><00:44:30.579><c> two</c><00:44:30.679><c> and</c><00:44:30.840><c> the</c><00:44:30.960><c> same</c>

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:33.599
God<00:44:31.539><c> allowed</c><00:44:31.960><c> that</c><00:44:32.280><c> same</c><00:44:32.539><c> Jesus</c><00:44:32.880><c> Christ</c><00:44:33.119><c> to</c><00:44:33.400><c> say</c>

00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:37.599
when<00:44:34.079><c> the</c><00:44:34.280><c> Son</c><00:44:34.440><c> of</c><00:44:34.599><c> Man</c><00:44:34.699><c> shall</c><00:44:34.840><c> come</c><00:44:35.059><c> in</c><00:44:35.179><c> his</c><00:44:35.380><c> glory,</c><00:44:36.239><c> or</c><00:44:36.460><c> as</c><00:44:36.579><c> Peter</c><00:44:36.760><c> said</c><00:44:36.920><c> to</c><00:44:37.119><c> Cornelius,</c>

00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:39.960
he<00:44:37.920><c> is</c><00:44:38.159><c> appointed</c><00:44:38.480><c> by</c><00:44:38.739><c> God</c><00:44:38.920><c> to</c><00:44:39.079><c> be</c><00:44:39.199><c> the</c><00:44:39.360><c> judge</c><00:44:39.559><c> of</c><00:44:39.739><c> the</c><00:44:39.840><c> quick</c>

00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:42.920
and<00:44:40.079><c> the</c><00:44:40.219><c> dead,</c><00:44:40.579><c> then</c><00:44:40.800><c> that</c><00:44:41.039><c> will</c><00:44:41.260><c> certainly</c><00:44:41.559><c> happen</c><00:44:41.900><c> too.</c>

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:47.039
So<00:44:43.800><c> everything</c><00:44:44.340><c> about</c><00:44:44.739><c> the</c><00:44:44.960><c> authority</c><00:44:45.260><c> of</c><00:44:45.460><c> the</c><00:44:45.579><c> Gospel</c><00:44:45.800><c> is</c><00:44:45.960><c> contained</c><00:44:46.360><c> within</c><00:44:46.639><c> a</c><00:44:46.780><c> nutshell</c>

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:50.760
in<00:44:47.239><c> the</c><00:44:47.440><c> fact</c><00:44:47.760><c> that</c><00:44:48.420><c> God</c><00:44:48.679><c> raised</c><00:44:49.000><c> Jesus</c><00:44:49.360><c> Christ</c><00:44:49.639><c> from</c><00:44:49.840><c> the</c><00:44:49.980><c> dead.</c>

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:53.579
And<00:44:51.280><c> side</c><00:44:51.480><c> by</c><00:44:51.639><c> side</c><00:44:51.840><c> with</c><00:44:52.019><c> all</c><00:44:52.179><c> the</c><00:44:52.420><c> other</c><00:44:52.619><c> evidences</c><00:44:53.019><c> we</c><00:44:53.300><c> do</c>

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:55.380
use<00:44:54.019><c> for</c><00:44:54.420><c> the</c><00:44:54.599><c> authority</c><00:44:54.920><c> of</c><00:44:55.159><c> Scripture,</c>

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:58.500
we<00:44:55.659><c> ought</c><00:44:55.900><c> to</c><00:44:56.099><c> place</c><00:44:56.260><c> that</c><00:44:56.579><c> one</c><00:44:56.760><c> very</c><00:44:57.199><c> high</c><00:44:57.340><c> in</c><00:44:57.559><c> our</c><00:44:57.739><c> list</c><00:44:58.079><c> that</c>

00:44:58.500 --> 00:45:01.320
Christ<00:44:58.900><c> was</c><00:44:59.119><c> raised</c><00:44:59.400><c> from</c><00:44:59.599><c> the</c><00:44:59.739><c> dead</c><00:44:59.840><c> according</c><00:45:00.159><c> to</c><00:45:00.380><c> my</c><00:45:00.539><c> Gospel.</c>

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:05.579
Now<00:45:03.519><c> when</c><00:45:03.699><c> you</c><00:45:03.940><c> say</c><00:45:04.059><c> he</c><00:45:04.280><c> has</c><00:45:04.440><c> appointed</c><00:45:04.760><c> a</c><00:45:05.000><c> day</c><00:45:05.159><c> in</c><00:45:05.300><c> which</c><00:45:05.460><c> he</c>

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:07.500
will<00:45:05.760><c> judge</c><00:45:05.980><c> the</c><00:45:06.179><c> world</c><00:45:06.340><c> in</c><00:45:06.539><c> righteousness,</c>

00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:11.820
the<00:45:08.679><c> words</c><00:45:08.800><c> are</c><00:45:09.440><c> in</c><00:45:09.679><c> principle</c><00:45:10.019><c> capable</c><00:45:10.420><c> of</c><00:45:10.619><c> two</c><00:45:10.820><c> meanings.</c>

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:14.800
One<00:45:12.800><c> is</c><00:45:12.940><c> God</c><00:45:13.099><c> has</c><00:45:13.300><c> appointed</c><00:45:13.619><c> a</c><00:45:13.820><c> day</c><00:45:13.900><c> when</c><00:45:14.079><c> Jesus</c><00:45:14.380><c> Christ</c><00:45:14.579><c> will</c>

00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:18.059
reign<00:45:14.980><c> over</c><00:45:15.239><c> the</c><00:45:15.420><c> earth,</c><00:45:16.880><c> which</c><00:45:17.059><c> is</c><00:45:17.219><c> true.</c>

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:22.519
And<00:45:19.280><c> the</c><00:45:19.400><c> other</c><00:45:19.500><c> is</c><00:45:19.679><c> that</c><00:45:19.820><c> God</c><00:45:19.940><c> has</c><00:45:20.119><c> appointed</c><00:45:20.400><c> a</c><00:45:20.559><c> day</c><00:45:20.659><c> in</c><00:45:20.739><c> which</c><00:45:20.920><c> Jesus</c><00:45:21.239><c> Christ</c><00:45:21.500><c> will</c><00:45:22.019><c> judge</c>

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:25.519
those<00:45:23.019><c> who</c><00:45:23.179><c> are</c><00:45:23.360><c> accountable</c><00:45:23.719><c> to</c><00:45:23.940><c> his</c><00:45:24.099><c> judgment,</c><00:45:25.059><c> which</c><00:45:25.300><c> is</c>

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.780
also<00:45:25.780><c> true.</c>

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:29.480
The<00:45:27.480><c> question</c><00:45:27.739><c> at</c><00:45:27.880><c> the</c><00:45:27.980><c> moment</c><00:45:28.159><c> really</c><00:45:28.440><c> is,</c><00:45:28.840><c> which</c><00:45:29.059><c> one</c><00:45:29.260><c> is</c>

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:31.159
Paul<00:45:29.599><c> talking</c><00:45:29.960><c> about</c><00:45:30.219><c> here?</c>

00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:33.760
And<00:45:32.019><c> I</c><00:45:32.099><c> think</c><00:45:32.219><c> there</c><00:45:32.260><c> can</c><00:45:32.440><c> be</c><00:45:32.559><c> little</c><00:45:32.739><c> doubt</c><00:45:33.000><c> that</c><00:45:33.139><c> he's</c><00:45:33.260><c> talking</c><00:45:33.480><c> about</c>

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:34.380
the<00:45:33.920><c> latter</c><00:45:34.099><c> of</c><00:45:34.300><c> these.</c>

00:45:34.480 --> 00:45:38.019
He<00:45:34.519><c> is</c><00:45:34.699><c> talking</c><00:45:34.920><c> about</c><00:45:35.159><c> a</c><00:45:35.480><c> day</c><00:45:35.719><c> of</c><00:45:36.019><c> judgment</c><00:45:36.380><c> when</c><00:45:36.800><c> people</c><00:45:37.079><c> will</c><00:45:37.320><c> stand</c><00:45:37.559><c> before</c><00:45:37.860><c> him</c>

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:39.260
to<00:45:38.139><c> be</c><00:45:38.360><c> judged.</c>

00:45:39.639 --> 00:45:41.699
Because<00:45:39.820><c> I</c><00:45:39.960><c> don't</c><00:45:40.099><c> think</c><00:45:40.239><c> Paul</c><00:45:40.500><c> could</c><00:45:40.739><c> possibly</c><00:45:41.039><c> have</c><00:45:41.300><c> said,</c>

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:44.639
now,<00:45:42.880><c> now</c><00:45:43.139><c> in</c><00:45:43.340><c> Athens</c><00:45:43.559><c> today,</c>

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:48.019
and<00:45:45.000><c> for</c><00:45:45.179><c> all</c><00:45:45.340><c> days</c><00:45:45.539><c> hereafter,</c><00:45:46.579><c> God</c><00:45:46.719><c> is</c><00:45:46.980><c> commanding</c><00:45:47.579><c> all</c><00:45:47.840><c> men</c>

00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:49.579
and<00:45:48.199><c> everywhere</c><00:45:48.380><c> who</c><00:45:48.599><c> hear</c><00:45:48.739><c> him</c><00:45:48.960><c> to</c><00:45:49.159><c> repent</c>

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:52.000
because<00:45:50.380><c> he</c><00:45:50.559><c> hath</c><00:45:50.719><c> appointed</c><00:45:51.039><c> a</c><00:45:51.199><c> day</c><00:45:51.320><c> of</c><00:45:51.539><c> judgment,</c><00:45:51.860><c> unless</c>

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he<00:45:52.199><c> meant</c><00:45:52.420><c> now</c><00:45:53.019><c> is</c><00:45:53.199><c> your</c><00:45:53.340><c> opportunity</c><00:45:53.780><c> to</c><00:45:54.019><c> repent,</c>

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now<00:45:54.639><c> is</c><00:45:54.840><c> your</c><00:45:55.079><c> duty</c><00:45:55.360><c> to</c><00:45:55.599><c> turn</c><00:45:55.699><c> to</c><00:45:55.800><c> him</c><00:45:56.219><c> so</c><00:45:56.579><c> that</c><00:45:57.260><c> when</c><00:45:57.780><c> the</c><00:45:57.880><c> day</c>

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of<00:45:58.199><c> judgment</c><00:45:58.500><c> does</c><00:45:58.820><c> come,</c>

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you<00:45:59.840><c> may</c><00:46:00.019><c> be</c><00:46:00.199><c> judged</c><00:46:00.519><c> on</c><00:46:01.039><c> the</c><00:46:01.159><c> Lord's</c><00:46:01.460><c> right</c><00:46:01.659><c> hand</c><00:46:01.860><c> and</c><00:46:02.039><c> accepted</c><00:46:02.480><c> and</c><00:46:03.159><c> admitted</c><00:46:03.440><c> into</c><00:46:03.940><c> the</c><00:46:04.099><c> glories</c><00:46:04.300><c> of</c>

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his<00:46:04.599><c> kingdom.</c>

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Let<00:46:12.599><c> us</c><00:46:12.760><c> pray</c><00:46:12.880><c> together.</c>

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O<00:46:17.199><c> God,</c><00:46:17.440><c> our</c><00:46:17.440><c> heavenly</c><00:46:17.780><c> Father,</c><00:46:20.139><c> who</c><00:46:20.300><c> art</c><00:46:20.460><c> great</c><00:46:20.739><c> beyond</c><00:46:21.000><c> our</c><00:46:21.300><c> understanding,</c>

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whose<00:46:24.619><c> might</c><00:46:24.880><c> extends</c><00:46:25.300><c> throughout</c><00:46:25.639><c> the</c><00:46:26.019><c> universe</c><00:46:26.280><c> and</c><00:46:27.800><c> throughout</c><00:46:28.019><c> all</c>

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the<00:46:28.400><c> wide</c><00:46:28.599><c> spaces,</c>

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:31.820
is<00:46:29.619><c> honored</c><00:46:29.760><c> and</c><00:46:30.039><c> extolled</c><00:46:30.420><c> by</c><00:46:30.599><c> thy</c><00:46:30.739><c> angels,</c>

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:36.340
we<00:46:33.719><c> come</c><00:46:33.860><c> before</c><00:46:34.099><c> thee</c><00:46:34.300><c> now</c><00:46:34.559><c> with</c><00:46:35.179><c> the</c><00:46:35.420><c> needed</c><00:46:35.679><c> humility</c><00:46:36.119><c> to</c>

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acknowledge<00:46:36.820><c> our</c><00:46:37.420><c> smallness</c><00:46:37.840><c> in</c><00:46:38.019><c> thy</c><00:46:38.219><c> sight,</c>

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and<00:46:40.800><c> yet</c><00:46:40.980><c> to</c><00:46:41.199><c> confess</c><00:46:41.559><c> with</c><00:46:41.840><c> gladness</c><00:46:42.139><c> how</c><00:46:42.320><c> thou</c><00:46:42.440><c> hast</c><00:46:42.599><c> raised</c>

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us<00:46:43.059><c> up</c>

00:46:44.539 --> 00:46:46.900
and<00:46:45.000><c> made</c><00:46:45.139><c> us</c><00:46:45.320><c> to</c><00:46:45.480><c> sit</c><00:46:45.559><c> in</c><00:46:45.719><c> the</c><00:46:45.820><c> heavenly</c><00:46:46.059><c> places</c><00:46:46.400><c> in</c><00:46:46.659><c> Christ</c>

00:46:46.900 --> 00:46:50.099
Jesus<00:46:47.320><c> and</c><00:46:47.559><c> given</c><00:46:47.659><c> us</c><00:46:47.880><c> the</c><00:46:48.059><c> stature</c><00:46:48.320><c> of</c><00:46:48.480><c> children</c><00:46:48.739><c> of</c><00:46:48.920><c> God.</c>

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:54.820
We<00:46:51.739><c> ask</c><00:46:51.920><c> thee</c><00:46:52.039><c> not</c><00:46:52.280><c> to</c><00:46:52.480><c> seek</c><00:46:52.599><c> to</c><00:46:52.820><c> picture</c><00:46:53.039><c> thee</c><00:46:53.519><c> in</c><00:46:54.159><c> the</c><00:46:54.300><c> likeness</c><00:46:54.559><c> of</c><00:46:54.699><c> our</c>

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own<00:46:55.019><c> infirmities,</c>

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but<00:46:57.539><c> whenever</c><00:46:57.780><c> we</c><00:46:58.039><c> know</c><00:46:58.260><c> the</c><00:46:58.460><c> powers</c><00:46:58.699><c> that</c><00:46:58.960><c> belong</c><00:46:59.099><c> to</c><00:46:59.300><c> us</c><00:46:59.480><c> to</c>

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recognize<00:47:00.179><c> that</c><00:47:01.320><c> in</c><00:47:01.719><c> thee</c><00:47:01.920><c> these</c><00:47:02.079><c> are</c><00:47:02.320><c> multiplied</c><00:47:02.699><c> to</c><00:47:02.940><c> infinity,</c>

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help<00:47:05.480><c> us</c><00:47:05.659><c> not</c><00:47:05.739><c> to</c><00:47:05.940><c> imagine</c><00:47:06.219><c> thee</c><00:47:06.380><c> to</c><00:47:06.519><c> be</c><00:47:06.760><c> bound</c><00:47:06.940><c> by</c><00:47:07.139><c> the</c><00:47:07.340><c> narrowness</c><00:47:07.659><c> of</c><00:47:07.820><c> our</c><00:47:07.960><c> thinking,</c>

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:12.480
but<00:47:09.940><c> to</c><00:47:10.099><c> know</c><00:47:10.179><c> that</c><00:47:10.320><c> all</c><00:47:10.480><c> things</c><00:47:10.679><c> are</c><00:47:10.880><c> open</c><00:47:11.340><c> and</c><00:47:11.920><c> plain</c><00:47:12.139><c> to</c><00:47:12.340><c> the</c>

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eyes<00:47:12.719><c> of</c><00:47:13.340><c> thee</c><00:47:13.699><c> with</c><00:47:13.920><c> whom</c><00:47:14.039><c> we</c><00:47:14.179><c> have</c><00:47:14.360><c> to</c><00:47:14.539><c> do,</c>

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and<00:47:16.800><c> help</c><00:47:16.920><c> us</c><00:47:17.059><c> not</c><00:47:17.219><c> to</c><00:47:17.460><c> sustain</c><00:47:17.719><c> the</c><00:47:17.920><c> delusion</c><00:47:18.380><c> that</c><00:47:18.739><c> anything</c>

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:22.059
we<00:47:19.460><c> do</c><00:47:19.639><c> or</c><00:47:19.880><c> be</c><00:47:20.000><c> can</c><00:47:20.159><c> be</c><00:47:20.420><c> concealed</c><00:47:20.659><c> from</c><00:47:20.860><c> thy</c><00:47:21.099><c> sight,</c>

00:47:22.380 --> 00:47:25.280
but<00:47:22.599><c> to</c><00:47:22.800><c> know</c><00:47:22.960><c> that</c><00:47:23.159><c> thou</c><00:47:23.280><c> seest</c><00:47:23.579><c> us</c><00:47:23.699><c> as</c><00:47:23.840><c> we</c><00:47:24.059><c> are,</c>

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:29.199
and<00:47:25.920><c> to</c><00:47:26.159><c> desire</c><00:47:26.400><c> that</c><00:47:27.239><c> such</c><00:47:27.619><c> as</c><00:47:27.780><c> thou</c><00:47:27.880><c> wouldest</c><00:47:28.159><c> have</c><00:47:28.260><c> us</c><00:47:28.480><c> be,</c>

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thou<00:47:29.920><c> mayest</c><00:47:30.099><c> help</c><00:47:30.280><c> us</c><00:47:30.420><c> to</c><00:47:30.599><c> become,</c><00:47:30.920><c> that</c><00:47:30.980><c> thou</c><00:47:31.119><c> mayest</c><00:47:31.460><c> see</c>

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us<00:47:31.820><c> more</c><00:47:32.139><c> and</c><00:47:32.340><c> more</c><00:47:32.500><c> after</c><00:47:32.760><c> the</c><00:47:32.960><c> likeness</c><00:47:33.260><c> of</c><00:47:33.440><c> thy</c><00:47:33.539><c> Son,</c>

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that<00:47:36.139><c> when</c><00:47:36.360><c> he</c><00:47:36.559><c> comes</c><00:47:36.880><c> to</c><00:47:37.099><c> judge</c><00:47:37.360><c> the</c><00:47:37.559><c> quick</c><00:47:37.699><c> and</c><00:47:37.820><c> the</c><00:47:37.960><c> dead</c><00:47:38.039><c> at</c>

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his<00:47:38.320><c> appearing,</c>

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he<00:47:39.840><c> may</c><00:47:39.880><c> look</c><00:47:40.079><c> upon</c><00:47:40.239><c> us</c><00:47:40.420><c> with</c><00:47:40.739><c> pleasure</c><00:47:41.019><c> and</c><00:47:41.260><c> approval,</c><00:47:41.800><c> see</c>

00:47:41.960 --> 00:47:44.699
how<00:47:42.239><c> much</c><00:47:42.559><c> his</c><00:47:42.780><c> image</c><00:47:42.980><c> has</c><00:47:43.239><c> grown</c><00:47:43.380><c> within</c><00:47:43.679><c> us,</c>

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and<00:47:45.280><c> bless</c><00:47:45.480><c> it</c><00:47:45.679><c> for</c><00:47:46.360><c> eternity</c><00:47:46.840><c> with</c><00:47:47.280><c> the</c><00:47:47.820><c> likeness</c><00:47:48.099><c> of</c><00:47:48.219><c> his</c>

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own<00:47:48.639><c> glorious</c><00:47:48.920><c> body.</c>

00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:55.260
We<00:47:51.360><c> ask</c><00:47:51.579><c> this</c><00:47:51.800><c> through</c><00:47:52.000><c> Jesus</c><00:47:52.360><c> Christ</c><00:47:52.639><c> our</c><00:47:52.840><c> Lord.</c><00:47:54.340><c> Amen.</c>

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Thank<00:48:06.260><c> you.</c>