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Begging<00:10:01.720><c> us</c><00:10:02.019><c> earnestly</c><00:10:02.460><c> for</c><00:10:02.639><c> the</c><00:10:02.840><c> favor</c><00:10:03.059><c> of</c><00:10:03.220><c> taking</c><00:10:03.500><c> part</c>

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in<00:10:03.919><c> the</c><00:10:04.059><c> relief</c><00:10:04.440><c> of</c><00:10:04.620><c> the</c><00:10:04.799><c> saints.</c>

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And<00:10:05.940><c> this</c><00:10:06.440><c> not</c><00:10:06.799><c> as</c><00:10:06.980><c> we</c><00:10:07.299><c> expected,</c>

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but<00:10:07.879><c> first</c><00:10:08.200><c> they</c><00:10:08.399><c> gave</c><00:10:08.580><c> themselves</c><00:10:09.039><c> to</c><00:10:09.279><c> the</c><00:10:09.440><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:10:09.860><c> to</c><00:10:10.039><c> us</c><00:10:10.299><c> by</c><00:10:10.519><c> the</c><00:10:10.679><c> will</c><00:10:10.779><c> of</c><00:10:11.019><c> God.</c>

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And<00:10:19.919><c> he's</c><00:10:20.179><c> saying,</c><00:10:20.259><c> and</c><00:10:20.360><c> he's</c><00:10:20.600><c> reciting,</c>

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as<00:10:21.440><c> he</c><00:10:21.639><c> spoke</c><00:10:21.879><c> to</c><00:10:22.039><c> the</c><00:10:22.159><c> ecclesia</c><00:10:22.360><c> at</c><00:10:22.519><c> Philippi,</c>

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and<00:10:22.820><c> he</c><00:10:22.879><c> was</c><00:10:23.100><c> almost</c><00:10:23.299><c> embarrassed</c><00:10:23.899><c> to</c><00:10:24.120><c> ask,</c>

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because<00:10:24.500><c> he</c><00:10:24.700><c> knew</c><00:10:24.899><c> that</c><00:10:25.039><c> they</c><00:10:25.159><c> had</c><00:10:25.379><c> no</c><00:10:25.600><c> means,</c>

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but<00:10:26.000><c> they</c><00:10:26.240><c> gave</c><00:10:26.539><c> liberally</c><00:10:27.059><c> beyond</c><00:10:27.340><c> their</c><00:10:27.559><c> means,</c><00:10:27.679><c> they</c><00:10:28.000><c> begged.</c>

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They<00:10:31.360><c> begged</c><00:10:31.799><c> to</c><00:10:32.019><c> give,</c><00:10:32.200><c> though</c><00:10:32.279><c> they</c><00:10:32.419><c> had</c><00:10:32.659><c> nothing</c><00:10:32.879><c> to</c><00:10:33.120><c> give.</c>

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And<00:10:46.179><c> just</c><00:10:46.379><c> notice</c><00:10:46.559><c> what</c><00:10:46.679><c> we've</c><00:10:46.820><c> got</c><00:10:46.860><c> on</c><00:10:47.000><c> the</c><00:10:47.120><c> screen</c><00:10:47.259><c> there.</c>

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And<00:10:50.519><c> yet</c><00:10:50.620><c> then</c><00:10:50.820><c> they</c><00:10:50.960><c> express</c><00:10:51.360><c> this</c><00:10:51.659><c> spirit</c><00:10:51.820><c> of</c><00:10:52.080><c> generosity,</c>

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it's<00:10:52.740><c> the</c><00:10:53.039><c> spirit</c><00:10:53.279><c> of</c><00:10:53.580><c> Lydia,</c>

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though<00:10:56.080><c> they</c><00:10:56.200><c> had</c><00:10:56.379><c> nothing</c><00:10:56.620><c> to</c><00:10:56.899><c> give.</c>

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Now,<00:11:02.220><c> brothers</c><00:11:02.259><c> and</c><00:11:02.519><c> sisters,</c>

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could<00:11:03.019><c> this</c><00:11:03.299><c> describe</c><00:11:03.639><c> the</c><00:11:03.759><c> way</c><00:11:03.940><c> that</c><00:11:04.179><c> we</c><00:11:04.399><c> give</c><00:11:04.659><c> to</c><00:11:04.879><c> one</c><00:11:05.080><c> another?</c>

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Are<00:11:06.600><c> we</c><00:11:06.779><c> eager</c><00:11:07.019><c> to</c><00:11:07.279><c> help</c><00:11:07.500><c> and</c><00:11:07.759><c> support</c><00:11:08.059><c> one</c><00:11:08.320><c> another?</c>

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Just<00:11:10.620><c> think</c><00:11:10.840><c> about</c><00:11:11.259><c> the</c><00:11:11.559><c> way</c><00:11:11.879><c> that</c><00:11:12.340><c> Lydia</c><00:11:12.679><c> came</c><00:11:12.980><c> out</c>

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and<00:11:13.399><c> spoke</c><00:11:13.600><c> to</c><00:11:13.820><c> Paul</c><00:11:14.000><c> and</c><00:11:14.600><c> Silas,</c>

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and<00:11:15.000><c> those</c><00:11:15.159><c> two</c><00:11:15.399><c> bookends</c><00:11:16.200><c> where</c><00:11:16.480><c> it</c><00:11:16.700><c> concludes</c><00:11:16.940><c> with,</c>

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Do<00:11:23.500><c> we</c><00:11:23.759><c> take</c><00:11:24.019><c> no</c><00:11:24.340><c> for</c><00:11:24.559><c> an</c><00:11:24.799><c> answer?</c>

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Do<00:11:25.360><c> we</c><00:11:25.580><c> feel</c><00:11:25.899><c> that</c><00:11:26.100><c> we</c><00:11:26.220><c> are</c><00:11:27.220><c> compelled</c><00:11:27.840><c> to</c><00:11:28.080><c> help</c><00:11:28.279><c> one</c><00:11:28.539><c> another?</c>

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And<00:11:46.460><c> the</c><00:11:46.639><c> reason</c><00:11:47.000><c> being</c><00:11:47.259><c> is</c><00:11:47.480><c> that</c><00:11:47.580><c> they</c><00:11:47.759><c> are</c><00:11:48.059><c> marketplace</c><00:11:49.000><c> metaphors.</c>

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They<00:11:51.879><c> are</c><00:11:52.279><c> marketplace</c><00:11:52.779><c> metaphors.</c>

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on<00:11:57.059><c> this</c><00:11:57.320><c> prosperous</c><00:11:57.700><c> road.</c>

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Lydia<00:12:02.700><c> was</c><00:12:02.960><c> a</c><00:12:03.059><c> woman</c><00:12:03.220><c> of</c><00:12:03.460><c> great</c><00:12:03.639><c> means.</c>

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She<00:12:03.919><c> was</c><00:12:04.120><c> a</c><00:12:04.179><c> business</c><00:12:04.539><c> lady</c><00:12:04.799><c> who</c><00:12:05.019><c> had</c><00:12:05.460><c> a</c><00:12:05.960><c> home</c><00:12:06.320><c> there</c><00:12:06.700><c> in</c><00:12:06.899><c> Philippi.</c>

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And<00:12:07.559><c> so</c><00:12:07.679><c> then</c><00:12:07.840><c> they</c><00:12:07.940><c> would</c><00:12:08.200><c> understand,</c>

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And<00:12:19.080><c> though</c><00:12:19.220><c> this</c><00:12:19.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:12:19.860><c> was</c><00:12:20.100><c> in</c><00:12:20.340><c> deep</c><00:12:20.620><c> poverty,</c>

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So<00:12:27.980><c> we</c><00:12:28.159><c> put</c><00:12:28.379><c> these</c><00:12:29.039><c> expressions</c><00:12:29.799><c> on</c><00:12:30.000><c> a</c><00:12:30.120><c> table</c><00:12:30.379><c> here.</c>

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Just<00:12:31.980><c> follow</c><00:12:32.299><c> with</c><00:12:32.519><c> me</c><00:12:32.720><c> if</c><00:12:32.820><c> you</c><00:12:33.000><c> can.</c>

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Come<00:12:33.879><c> back</c><00:12:34.139><c> to</c><00:12:34.460><c> Philippians.</c>

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And<00:12:36.279><c> we'll</c><00:12:36.600><c> notice</c><00:12:36.860><c> here</c><00:12:37.059><c> that</c><00:12:37.139><c> there's</c><00:12:37.399><c> a</c><00:12:37.559><c> cluster</c><00:12:37.840><c> of</c><00:12:38.139><c> these</c><00:12:38.419><c> words.</c>

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So<00:12:40.259><c> first</c><00:12:40.460><c> of</c><00:12:40.580><c> all,</c><00:12:40.720><c> come</c><00:12:40.860><c> with</c><00:12:41.019><c> me</c><00:12:41.139><c> to</c><00:12:41.240><c> chapter</c><00:12:41.519><c> three.</c>

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And<00:12:43.100><c> we</c><00:12:43.279><c> find</c><00:12:43.519><c> these</c><00:12:44.139><c> expressions</c><00:12:44.460><c> in</c><00:12:44.700><c> just</c><00:12:44.919><c> a</c><00:12:45.100><c> few,</c>

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a<00:12:45.440><c> handful</c><00:12:45.720><c> of</c><00:12:45.940><c> verses</c><00:12:46.159><c> here.</c>

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So<00:12:47.879><c> just</c><00:12:48.059><c> notice</c><00:12:48.279><c> this,</c><00:12:48.399><c> and</c><00:12:48.480><c> we're</c><00:12:48.580><c> gonna</c><00:12:48.720><c> pick</c><00:12:48.860><c> these</c><00:12:49.039><c> out.</c>

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I've<00:12:49.559><c> got</c><00:12:49.639><c> them</c><00:12:49.940><c> marked</c><00:12:50.240><c> in</c><00:12:50.740><c> my</c><00:12:50.980><c> Bible.</c>

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I<00:12:51.580><c> do</c><00:12:51.740><c> encourage</c><00:12:52.039><c> you</c><00:12:52.220><c> to</c><00:12:52.360><c> do</c><00:12:52.519><c> this.</c>

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These<00:12:53.000><c> are</c><00:12:53.279><c> marketplace</c><00:12:53.960><c> metaphors.</c>

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And<00:12:54.720><c> there's</c><00:12:54.820><c> gonna</c><00:12:54.960><c> be</c><00:12:55.120><c> an</c><00:12:55.299><c> excitation</c><00:12:55.740><c> behind</c><00:12:56.039><c> these</c><00:12:56.299><c> words.</c>

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But<00:12:56.600><c> let's</c><00:12:56.779><c> just</c><00:12:57.440><c> find</c><00:12:57.759><c> these</c><00:12:58.019><c> words</c><00:12:58.259><c> first</c><00:12:58.600><c> of</c><00:12:58.759><c> all.</c>

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So<00:12:59.059><c> first</c><00:12:59.240><c> of</c><00:12:59.360><c> all</c><00:12:59.440><c> then,</c><00:12:59.820><c> we</c><00:13:00.000><c> notice</c><00:13:00.220><c> in</c><00:13:00.419><c> verse</c><00:13:00.720><c> eight,</c>

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and<00:13:01.139><c> there's</c><00:13:01.320><c> a</c><00:13:01.500><c> number</c><00:13:01.759><c> here.</c>

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Let's<00:13:02.799><c> follow</c><00:13:02.980><c> these</c><00:13:03.259><c> together.</c>

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So<00:13:05.460><c> notice</c><00:13:05.700><c> then,</c><00:13:06.340><c> at</c><00:13:06.539><c> the</c><00:13:06.559><c> beginning</c><00:13:06.799><c> of</c><00:13:06.960><c> verse</c><00:13:07.179><c> eight,</c>

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the<00:13:07.779><c> word</c><00:13:08.100><c> I</c><00:13:08.519><c> count.</c>

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Then<00:13:11.179><c> we've</c><00:13:11.559><c> got</c><00:13:12.019><c> loss,</c><00:13:13.100><c> notice.</c>

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Go<00:13:14.580><c> down</c><00:13:14.720><c> a</c><00:13:14.820><c> little</c><00:13:14.960><c> more.</c>

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Excellency,<00:13:17.460><c> the</c><00:13:17.899><c> translation</c><00:13:18.379><c> of</c><00:13:18.559><c> the</c><00:13:18.600><c> word</c><00:13:18.740><c> excellency</c>

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is<00:13:19.659><c> surpassing</c><00:13:20.559><c> value.</c>

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Then<00:13:22.779><c> we've</c><00:13:23.100><c> got</c><00:13:23.379><c> the</c><00:13:23.700><c> loss</c><00:13:24.200><c> there</c><00:13:24.740><c> in</c><00:13:24.879><c> verse</c><00:13:25.159><c> eight,</c>

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and<00:13:25.820><c> then</c><00:13:26.340><c> do</c><00:13:26.840><c> count</c><00:13:27.440><c> and</c><00:13:28.539><c> win.</c>

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These<00:13:29.120><c> are</c><00:13:29.379><c> all</c><00:13:30.500><c> expressions</c><00:13:31.379><c> of</c><00:13:31.840><c> exchange,</c><00:13:32.759><c> brothers</c><00:13:32.879><c> and</c><00:13:33.100><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:13:33.559><c> are</c><00:13:33.960><c> expressions</c><00:13:34.440><c> of</c><00:13:35.139><c> transactions</c><00:13:35.899><c> and</c><00:13:36.460><c> money.</c>

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These<00:13:37.139><c> are</c><00:13:37.700><c> classical</c><00:13:38.399><c> Greek</c><00:13:39.240><c> terms.</c>

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And<00:13:40.580><c> if</c><00:13:40.679><c> you</c><00:13:40.759><c> go</c><00:13:40.840><c> down</c><00:13:40.940><c> to</c><00:13:41.080><c> verse</c><00:13:41.259><c> 13,</c>

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you<00:13:42.639><c> see</c><00:13:42.779><c> at</c><00:13:42.940><c> the</c><00:13:43.019><c> beginning</c><00:13:43.240><c> of</c><00:13:43.480><c> that</c><00:13:43.799><c> verse,</c>

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you've<00:13:44.220><c> got</c><00:13:44.299><c> the</c><00:13:44.379><c> word</c><00:13:44.580><c> count,</c><00:13:45.019><c> which</c><00:13:45.200><c> is</c><00:13:45.360><c> a</c><00:13:45.559><c> commercial</c><00:13:45.980><c> term,</c>

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which<00:13:46.919><c> literally</c><00:13:47.139><c> means</c><00:13:47.340><c> to</c><00:13:47.559><c> sum</c><00:13:47.679><c> up</c><00:13:47.840><c> or</c><00:13:48.080><c> total.</c>

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It's<00:13:48.620><c> the</c><00:13:48.740><c> word</c><00:13:49.179><c> aggregation.</c>

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Okay,<00:13:51.139><c> so</c><00:13:51.299><c> we've</c><00:13:51.460><c> got</c><00:13:51.500><c> count,</c><00:13:51.919><c> loss,</c><00:13:52.379><c> excellency,</c>

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the<00:13:53.000><c> loss,</c><00:13:53.299><c> do</c><00:13:53.399><c> count,</c><00:13:53.879><c> win,</c><00:13:54.179><c> count.</c>

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They<00:13:54.639><c> are</c><00:13:54.960><c> all</c><00:13:55.500><c> Greek,</c><00:13:56.440><c> ancient</c><00:13:56.700><c> Greek</c><00:13:57.360><c> words</c><00:13:58.340><c> of</c><00:13:58.659><c> antiquity</c>

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that<00:13:59.940><c> speak</c><00:14:00.340><c> of</c><00:14:00.879><c> exchange.</c>

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Now<00:14:02.059><c> turn</c><00:14:02.220><c> over</c><00:14:02.440><c> a</c><00:14:02.580><c> page</c><00:14:02.840><c> to</c><00:14:03.000><c> chapter</c><00:14:03.259><c> four</c><00:14:03.600><c> now,</c>

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and<00:14:04.200><c> this</c><00:14:04.480><c> idea</c><00:14:04.980><c> of</c><00:14:05.240><c> giving</c><00:14:05.419><c> and</c><00:14:05.659><c> receiving</c>

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is<00:14:06.240><c> brought</c><00:14:06.440><c> out</c><00:14:06.620><c> even</c><00:14:06.899><c> stronger.</c>

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So<00:14:08.419><c> if</c><00:14:08.500><c> you</c><00:14:08.500><c> look</c><00:14:08.620><c> at</c><00:14:08.720><c> verse</c><00:14:08.879><c> 15,</c><00:14:09.659><c> you've</c><00:14:09.980><c> got</c><00:14:10.159><c> that</c><00:14:10.360><c> expression</c>

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that<00:14:10.940><c> we've</c><00:14:11.120><c> already</c><00:14:11.259><c> mentioned</c><00:14:11.500><c> there,</c><00:14:11.980><c> giving</c><00:14:12.120><c> and</c><00:14:12.559><c> receiving.</c>

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Now,<00:14:16.519><c> archeologists</c><00:14:17.039><c> of</c><00:14:17.240><c> interest</c><00:14:17.480><c> have</c><00:14:17.740><c> found</c>

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that<00:14:18.379><c> little</c><00:14:18.559><c> expression</c><00:14:19.000><c> there,</c>

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found<00:14:19.940><c> in</c><00:14:20.200><c> many</c><00:14:20.500><c> business</c><00:14:20.879><c> transactions</c><00:14:21.519><c> from</c><00:14:22.019><c> antiquity.</c>

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It's<00:14:22.960><c> a</c><00:14:23.059><c> technical</c><00:14:23.379><c> term,</c><00:14:23.659><c> it</c><00:14:23.759><c> means</c><00:14:24.000><c> to</c><00:14:24.200><c> the</c><00:14:24.419><c> account</c><00:14:24.799><c> of.</c>

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It's<00:14:26.019><c> an</c><00:14:26.220><c> accounting</c><00:14:26.639><c> term.</c>

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If<00:14:29.879><c> you</c><00:14:30.000><c> look</c><00:14:30.120><c> at</c><00:14:30.259><c> verse</c><00:14:30.419><c> 17,</c><00:14:31.320><c> the</c><00:14:31.419><c> word</c><00:14:31.740><c> fruit,</c>

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it's<00:14:32.240><c> not</c><00:14:32.379><c> the</c><00:14:32.519><c> word</c><00:14:32.659><c> fruit,</c><00:14:32.879><c> it's</c><00:14:33.100><c> a</c><00:14:33.240><c> poor</c><00:14:33.399><c> translation,</c>

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I<00:14:34.100><c> would</c><00:14:34.240><c> suggest,</c><00:14:34.539><c> it</c><00:14:34.659><c> means</c><00:14:34.940><c> profit.</c>

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It<00:14:36.559><c> speaks</c><00:14:36.840><c> of</c><00:14:37.240><c> the</c><00:14:37.580><c> profit</c><00:14:37.759><c> of</c><00:14:37.960><c> a</c><00:14:38.120><c> business</c><00:14:38.539><c> transaction.</c>

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Then<00:14:40.360><c> you've</c><00:14:40.539><c> got</c><00:14:40.620><c> the</c><00:14:40.759><c> word</c><00:14:40.899><c> account</c><00:14:41.279><c> in</c><00:14:41.440><c> verse</c><00:14:41.620><c> 17,</c>

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and<00:14:42.220><c> then</c><00:14:42.379><c> the</c><00:14:42.580><c> word</c><00:14:43.080><c> receive</c><00:14:43.940><c> there</c><00:14:44.320><c> in</c><00:14:44.600><c> verse</c><00:14:44.940><c> 18.</c>

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And<00:14:45.620><c> then,</c><00:14:46.019><c> that</c><00:14:46.460><c> again</c><00:14:46.720><c> is</c><00:14:46.919><c> a</c><00:14:47.159><c> common</c><00:14:47.379><c> business</c><00:14:47.860><c> term,</c>

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and<00:14:48.500><c> it</c><00:14:48.740><c> speaks</c><00:14:49.000><c> of</c><00:14:49.299><c> receiving</c><00:14:49.919><c> money</c><00:14:50.399><c> of</c><00:14:50.779><c> goods.</c>

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Receiving,<00:14:53.460><c> receiving</c><00:14:54.059><c> goods.</c>

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And<00:14:56.379><c> then</c><00:14:56.600><c> verse</c><00:14:56.919><c> 19,</c><00:14:58.340><c> you've</c><00:14:58.639><c> got</c><00:14:58.779><c> the</c><00:14:58.980><c> word</c><00:14:59.220><c> supply,</c>

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which<00:15:00.639><c> means</c><00:15:00.899><c> pay.</c>

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So<00:15:02.980><c> that's</c><00:15:03.240><c> rather</c><00:15:03.620><c> fascinating,</c><00:15:04.220><c> isn't</c><00:15:04.379><c> it?</c>

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That<00:15:05.559><c> though</c><00:15:05.679><c> this</c><00:15:05.879><c> was</c><00:15:06.019><c> an</c><00:15:06.159><c> ecclesia</c><00:15:06.720><c> that</c><00:15:07.159><c> had</c><00:15:07.419><c> no</c><00:15:07.740><c> money</c><00:15:07.980><c> to</c><00:15:08.240><c> give,</c>

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the<00:15:09.159><c> apostle</c><00:15:09.580><c> Paul</c><00:15:09.899><c> is</c><00:15:10.200><c> reminding</c><00:15:10.799><c> them</c>

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of<00:15:11.279><c> the</c><00:15:11.440><c> importance</c><00:15:12.120><c> of</c><00:15:13.000><c> business</c><00:15:13.580><c> transactions.</c>

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So<00:15:15.879><c> there</c><00:15:16.019><c> is</c><00:15:16.200><c> a</c><00:15:16.399><c> contextual</c><00:15:16.639><c> setting</c><00:15:16.919><c> here,</c>

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but<00:15:17.720><c> that's</c><00:15:18.019><c> rather</c><00:15:18.559><c> intriguing.</c>

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Now,<00:15:19.899><c> what</c><00:15:20.120><c> I</c><00:15:20.279><c> would</c><00:15:20.340><c> suggest,</c><00:15:20.820><c> there's</c><00:15:21.159><c> a</c><00:15:21.299><c> lesson</c><00:15:21.500><c> here,</c>

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and<00:15:22.080><c> the</c><00:15:22.220><c> lesson</c><00:15:22.419><c> is</c><00:15:22.620><c> found</c><00:15:22.799><c> at</c><00:15:22.960><c> the</c><00:15:23.080><c> end</c><00:15:23.220><c> of</c><00:15:23.440><c> this</c><00:15:23.659><c> list,</c>

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because<00:15:25.299><c> here,</c><00:15:26.720><c> the</c><00:15:26.899><c> apostle</c><00:15:27.259><c> Paul</c><00:15:27.659><c> is</c><00:15:29.120><c> unequivocal</c>

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with<00:15:30.220><c> these</c><00:15:30.519><c> stirring</c><00:15:30.759><c> words.</c>

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Look<00:15:31.379><c> at</c><00:15:31.779><c> verse</c><00:15:31.980><c> 19,</c><00:15:32.299><c> let's</c><00:15:32.460><c> just</c><00:15:32.720><c> read</c><00:15:32.980><c> this.</c>

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At<00:15:34.340><c> the</c><00:15:34.480><c> end</c><00:15:34.600><c> of</c><00:15:34.759><c> these</c><00:15:34.940><c> business</c><00:15:35.279><c> transaction</c><00:15:35.799><c> expressions,</c>

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you<00:15:36.639><c> read</c><00:15:36.899><c> there,</c><00:15:37.120><c> the</c><00:15:37.240><c> end</c><00:15:37.419><c> of</c><00:15:37.620><c> the</c><00:15:37.799><c> list,</c>

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almost<00:15:38.940><c> a</c><00:15:39.159><c> summation</c><00:15:39.500><c> of</c><00:15:39.659><c> all</c><00:15:39.799><c> the</c><00:15:39.919><c> things</c><00:15:40.000><c> that</c><00:15:40.179><c> you've</c><00:15:40.460><c> read.</c>

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Verse<00:15:41.139><c> 19,</c><00:15:41.559><c> but</c><00:15:41.759><c> my</c><00:15:42.220><c> God</c><00:15:42.740><c> shall</c><00:15:43.240><c> supply</c><00:15:43.960><c> all</c><00:15:44.519><c> your</c><00:15:44.740><c> needs.</c>

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Can<00:15:45.220><c> you</c><00:15:45.299><c> see</c><00:15:45.419><c> the</c><00:15:45.600><c> point?</c>

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At<00:15:46.220><c> the</c><00:15:46.320><c> end</c><00:15:46.500><c> of</c><00:15:46.720><c> this</c><00:15:46.960><c> list</c><00:15:47.159><c> of</c><00:15:47.419><c> business</c><00:15:47.740><c> transactions,</c>

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that<00:15:48.820><c> the</c><00:15:48.980><c> apostle</c><00:15:49.220><c> Paul</c><00:15:49.419><c> is</c><00:15:49.639><c> saying</c>

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to<00:15:49.899><c> this</c><00:15:50.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:15:50.240><c> at</c><00:15:50.419><c> Philippi,</c>

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God<00:15:51.059><c> will</c><00:15:51.320><c> supply</c><00:15:51.600><c> all</c><00:15:51.820><c> your</c><00:15:52.000><c> needs.</c>

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Can<00:15:53.039><c> you</c><00:15:53.080><c> see</c><00:15:53.220><c> that?</c>

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Though<00:15:53.919><c> they've</c><00:15:54.159><c> got</c><00:15:54.259><c> nothing</c><00:15:54.480><c> to</c><00:15:54.720><c> give,</c><00:15:56.539><c> God</c><00:15:56.840><c> will</c><00:15:57.100><c> pay.</c>

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But<00:16:00.120><c> then</c><00:16:00.279><c> that</c><00:16:00.480><c> begs</c><00:16:00.740><c> the</c><00:16:00.960><c> question,</c>

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what<00:16:02.200><c> is</c><00:16:02.419><c> he</c><00:16:02.620><c> going</c><00:16:02.840><c> to</c><00:16:03.080><c> pay</c><00:16:03.399><c> for?</c>

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In<00:16:05.419><c> this</c><00:16:05.700><c> fairness</c><00:16:05.960><c> of</c><00:16:06.220><c> transaction</c><00:16:06.600><c> between</c><00:16:06.980><c> God</c><00:16:07.240><c> and</c><00:16:07.379><c> this</c><00:16:07.539><c> ecclesia,</c>

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what<00:16:08.840><c> is</c><00:16:09.700><c> God</c><00:16:10.019><c> going</c><00:16:10.639><c> to</c><00:16:10.840><c> pay</c><00:16:11.019><c> for?</c>

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And<00:16:11.340><c> this</c><00:16:11.460><c> is</c><00:16:11.639><c> the</c><00:16:11.779><c> reason</c><00:16:12.019><c> why</c><00:16:12.360><c> I</c><00:16:12.639><c> believe</c>

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we've<00:16:13.159><c> got</c><00:16:13.340><c> another</c><00:16:13.820><c> theme.</c>

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And<00:16:15.360><c> I</c><00:16:15.559><c> believe</c><00:16:15.700><c> the</c><00:16:16.000><c> theme</c><00:16:16.220><c> is</c><00:16:16.419><c> all</c><00:16:16.679><c> around</c>

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these<00:16:17.259><c> business</c><00:16:17.519><c> transactions,</c><00:16:18.120><c> brothers</c><00:16:18.259><c> and</c><00:16:18.500><c> sisters.</c>

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So<00:16:20.419><c> there's</c><00:16:20.679><c> a</c><00:16:20.840><c> theme</c><00:16:20.980><c> of</c><00:16:21.259><c> work,</c>

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and<00:16:22.559><c> many</c><00:16:22.779><c> of</c><00:16:22.919><c> you</c><00:16:23.019><c> have</c><00:16:23.259><c> spotted</c><00:16:23.460><c> this</c><00:16:23.720><c> theme</c><00:16:23.899><c> of</c><00:16:24.080><c> work,</c>

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but<00:16:24.399><c> I</c><00:16:24.659><c> believe</c><00:16:24.759><c> it's</c><00:16:25.179><c> anchored</c><00:16:25.480><c> around</c><00:16:25.879><c> these</c><00:16:26.559><c> commercial,</c>

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these<00:16:27.399><c> business</c><00:16:27.759><c> transactions.</c>

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The<00:16:28.600><c> point</c><00:16:28.820><c> Paul</c><00:16:29.100><c> is</c><00:16:29.379><c> stressing</c><00:16:29.620><c> to</c><00:16:29.820><c> this</c><00:16:30.000><c> ecclesia,</c>

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I<00:16:30.919><c> expect</c><00:16:31.480><c> you</c><00:16:31.940><c> to</c><00:16:32.440><c> work,</c><00:16:33.820><c> and</c><00:16:34.139><c> you</c><00:16:34.279><c> will</c><00:16:34.460><c> be</c><00:16:34.700><c> paid.</c>

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Well,<00:16:36.299><c> look</c><00:16:36.460><c> at</c><00:16:36.559><c> this.</c>

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Let's<00:16:36.840><c> just</c><00:16:37.080><c> go</c><00:16:37.240><c> through</c><00:16:37.460><c> this</c><00:16:37.700><c> book.</c>

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I<00:16:38.460><c> think</c><00:16:38.639><c> this</c><00:16:38.779><c> is</c><00:16:38.960><c> helpful</c><00:16:39.320><c> again.</c>

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Let's<00:16:40.039><c> just</c><00:16:40.200><c> pick</c><00:16:40.379><c> out</c><00:16:40.860><c> these</c><00:16:41.279><c> marketplace</c><00:16:41.919><c> metaphors,</c>

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but<00:16:42.740><c> it's</c><00:16:42.940><c> about</c><00:16:43.139><c> work</c><00:16:43.580><c> now.</c>

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So<00:16:44.320><c> God's</c><00:16:44.539><c> gonna</c><00:16:44.639><c> pay.</c>

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He's<00:16:45.980><c> gonna</c><00:16:46.080><c> pay,</c><00:16:46.519><c> brothers</c><00:16:46.600><c> and</c><00:16:46.840><c> sisters.</c>

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He's<00:16:47.419><c> gonna</c><00:16:47.539><c> supply</c><00:16:47.840><c> all</c><00:16:48.059><c> the</c><00:16:48.159><c> needs</c><00:16:48.299><c> of</c><00:16:48.440><c> this</c><00:16:48.539><c> ecclesia</c>

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that<00:16:48.919><c> they've</c><00:16:49.200><c> got</c><00:16:49.360><c> nothing</c><00:16:49.580><c> to</c><00:16:49.840><c> give.</c>

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So<00:16:50.399><c> they've</c><00:16:50.539><c> got</c><00:16:50.600><c> to</c><00:16:50.799><c> work.</c>

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Now<00:16:52.179><c> let's</c><00:16:52.440><c> see</c><00:16:52.779><c> then</c><00:16:53.039><c> how</c><00:16:53.399><c> they</c><00:16:53.580><c> are</c><00:16:53.779><c> going</c><00:16:53.960><c> to</c><00:16:54.259><c> work.</c>

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Verse<00:16:54.720><c> six</c><00:16:54.980><c> then</c><00:16:55.139><c> of</c><00:16:55.259><c> Philippians</c><00:16:55.679><c> one.</c>

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Being<00:16:58.480><c> confident</c><00:16:58.879><c> of</c><00:16:59.100><c> this</c><00:16:59.340><c> very</c><00:16:59.580><c> thing,</c>

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that<00:17:00.039><c> he</c><00:17:00.320><c> which</c><00:17:00.460><c> hath</c><00:17:00.659><c> begun</c><00:17:00.879><c> a</c><00:17:01.059><c> good</c><00:17:01.240><c> work</c><00:17:01.539><c> in</c><00:17:01.779><c> you</c>

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will<00:17:02.779><c> perform</c><00:17:03.200><c> it</c><00:17:03.399><c> until</c><00:17:03.600><c> the</c><00:17:03.720><c> day</c><00:17:03.860><c> of</c><00:17:03.960><c> Jesus</c><00:17:04.220><c> Christ.</c>

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Now<00:17:04.539><c> that's</c><00:17:04.720><c> interesting,</c><00:17:05.019><c> isn't</c><00:17:05.099><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:17:05.279><c> this</c><00:17:05.519><c> work</c><00:17:05.660><c> now</c><00:17:05.900><c> relates</c><00:17:06.140><c> to</c><00:17:06.359><c> the</c><00:17:06.500><c> Lord</c><00:17:06.759><c> God</c><00:17:06.940><c> himself</c>

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working<00:17:08.119><c> within</c><00:17:08.440><c> the</c><00:17:08.660><c> ecclesia,</c><00:17:09.000><c> this</c><00:17:09.259><c> dynamo.</c>

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We've<00:17:10.000><c> seen</c><00:17:10.180><c> how</c><00:17:10.380><c> God</c><00:17:10.640><c> has</c><00:17:11.059><c> worked</c><00:17:11.299><c> with</c><00:17:11.480><c> this</c><00:17:11.640><c> ecclesia,</c>

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how<00:17:12.940><c> Paul</c><00:17:13.200><c> and</c><00:17:13.400><c> Silas</c><00:17:13.680><c> and</c><00:17:13.799><c> Timothy</c><00:17:14.039><c> were</c><00:17:14.279><c> compelled</c><00:17:14.839><c> to</c><00:17:15.059><c> go</c>

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to<00:17:15.380><c> respond</c><00:17:15.740><c> to</c><00:17:15.900><c> this</c><00:17:16.079><c> vision</c><00:17:16.359><c> of</c><00:17:17.140><c> the</c><00:17:17.279><c> man</c><00:17:17.420><c> of</c><00:17:17.619><c> Macedonia.</c>

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Well,<00:17:19.240><c> if</c><00:17:19.279><c> you</c><00:17:19.359><c> go</c><00:17:19.480><c> over</c><00:17:19.740><c> a</c><00:17:19.819><c> page</c><00:17:19.980><c> to</c><00:17:20.099><c> chapter</c><00:17:20.319><c> two</c><00:17:20.579><c> now,</c>

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we<00:17:21.440><c> again</c><00:17:21.740><c> pick</c><00:17:21.960><c> up</c><00:17:22.079><c> this</c><00:17:22.319><c> word,</c><00:17:23.200><c> work.</c>

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Verse<00:17:24.299><c> 12,</c><00:17:24.680><c> wherefore,</c><00:17:26.039><c> my</c><00:17:26.059><c> beloved,</c>

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as<00:17:26.599><c> ye</c><00:17:26.740><c> have</c><00:17:26.900><c> always</c><00:17:27.200><c> obeyed,</c><00:17:27.579><c> not</c><00:17:27.680><c> in</c><00:17:27.839><c> my</c><00:17:28.019><c> presence</c><00:17:28.240><c> only,</c>

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but<00:17:28.700><c> now</c><00:17:28.940><c> much</c><00:17:29.180><c> more</c><00:17:29.400><c> in</c><00:17:29.539><c> my</c><00:17:29.700><c> absent,</c>

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work<00:17:31.119><c> out</c><00:17:31.380><c> your</c><00:17:31.579><c> salvation.</c>

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We've<00:17:32.119><c> got</c><00:17:32.200><c> a</c><00:17:32.319><c> class</c><00:17:32.440><c> on</c><00:17:32.619><c> that.</c>

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So<00:17:32.960><c> we're</c><00:17:33.019><c> going</c><00:17:33.200><c> to</c><00:17:33.740><c> try</c><00:17:33.940><c> and</c><00:17:34.819><c> explain</c>

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what<00:17:35.619><c> this</c><00:17:35.880><c> phrase</c><00:17:36.140><c> really</c><00:17:36.579><c> means</c><00:17:36.920><c> to</c><00:17:37.079><c> work</c><00:17:37.359><c> out</c><00:17:37.619><c> our</c><00:17:38.119><c> salvation</c>

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with<00:17:38.940><c> fear</c><00:17:39.220><c> and</c><00:17:39.559><c> trembling,</c><00:17:39.940><c> but</c><00:17:40.000><c> they</c><00:17:40.180><c> are</c><00:17:40.319><c> to</c><00:17:40.640><c> work.</c>

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Whatever<00:17:41.799><c> that</c><00:17:42.019><c> phrase</c><00:17:42.259><c> means,</c>

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which<00:17:42.819><c> we'll</c><00:17:43.500><c> see</c><00:17:43.880><c> in</c><00:17:44.299><c> a</c><00:17:44.400><c> couple</c><00:17:44.519><c> of</c><00:17:44.660><c> days,</c>

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whatever<00:17:45.119><c> that</c><00:17:45.339><c> phrase</c><00:17:45.539><c> means,</c>

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they<00:17:45.940><c> are</c><00:17:46.160><c> to</c><00:17:46.440><c> work</c><00:17:46.819><c> in</c><00:17:47.240><c> working</c><00:17:47.500><c> out</c><00:17:47.740><c> their</c><00:17:47.900><c> salvation.</c>

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When<00:17:50.039><c> the</c><00:17:50.220><c> following</c><00:17:50.440><c> verse,</c><00:17:50.740><c> verse</c><00:17:50.940><c> 13,</c>

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for<00:17:51.579><c> it</c><00:17:51.720><c> is</c><00:17:51.859><c> God</c><00:17:52.119><c> which</c><00:17:52.519><c> worketh</c><00:17:52.819><c> in</c><00:17:53.039><c> you,</c>

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both<00:17:53.640><c> to</c><00:17:53.920><c> will</c><00:17:54.119><c> and</c><00:17:54.359><c> to</c><00:17:54.539><c> do</c><00:17:54.700><c> his</c><00:17:54.880><c> good</c><00:17:55.099><c> pleasure.</c>

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Again,<00:17:55.980><c> God</c><00:17:56.180><c> is</c><00:17:56.359><c> the</c><00:17:56.460><c> one</c><00:17:56.559><c> who's</c><00:17:56.779><c> working</c><00:17:57.079><c> here.</c>

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Verse<00:17:59.660><c> 30,</c><00:18:00.099><c> the</c><00:18:00.200><c> same</c><00:18:00.339><c> chapter,</c>

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because<00:18:01.059><c> for</c><00:18:01.440><c> the</c><00:18:01.599><c> work</c><00:18:01.759><c> of</c><00:18:01.980><c> Christ,</c>

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he<00:18:02.420><c> was</c><00:18:02.640><c> nigh</c><00:18:02.779><c> unto</c><00:18:02.920><c> death,</c><00:18:03.279><c> not</c><00:18:03.440><c> regarding</c><00:18:03.819><c> his</c><00:18:04.099><c> life,</c>

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to<00:18:04.519><c> supply</c><00:18:04.779><c> your</c><00:18:04.980><c> lack</c><00:18:05.200><c> of</c><00:18:05.420><c> service</c><00:18:05.599><c> towards</c><00:18:05.880><c> me.</c>

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So<00:18:06.359><c> now</c><00:18:06.579><c> we're</c><00:18:06.720><c> being</c><00:18:06.920><c> reminded</c>

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of<00:18:07.380><c> the</c><00:18:07.500><c> work</c><00:18:07.619><c> of</c><00:18:07.759><c> the</c><00:18:07.799><c> Lord</c><00:18:07.960><c> Jesus</c><00:18:08.259><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:18:10.039><c> you</c><00:18:10.119><c> can</c><00:18:10.240><c> imagine</c><00:18:10.519><c> that</c><00:18:10.859><c> they're</c><00:18:10.980><c> a</c><00:18:11.039><c> little</c><00:18:11.200><c> concerned</c>

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about<00:18:11.759><c> the</c><00:18:11.920><c> amount</c><00:18:12.119><c> of</c><00:18:12.319><c> work</c><00:18:12.460><c> that's</c><00:18:12.640><c> going</c><00:18:12.740><c> to</c><00:18:12.819><c> be</c><00:18:13.000><c> done.</c>

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And<00:18:13.500><c> here</c><00:18:13.660><c> Paul</c><00:18:13.859><c> under</c><00:18:14.119><c> inspiration</c><00:18:14.400><c> say,</c>

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the<00:18:15.039><c> work</c><00:18:15.319><c> has</c><00:18:15.480><c> been</c><00:18:15.720><c> done,</c><00:18:17.359><c> yet</c><00:18:17.500><c> God</c><00:18:17.740><c> is</c><00:18:17.980><c> going</c><00:18:18.140><c> to</c><00:18:18.380><c> pay.</c>

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Verse<00:18:20.119><c> three,</c><00:18:20.920><c> chapter</c><00:18:21.099><c> three,</c><00:18:21.420><c> verse</c><00:18:21.559><c> two,</c>

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beware<00:18:23.299><c> of</c><00:18:23.640><c> dogs,</c><00:18:24.079><c> beware</c><00:18:24.539><c> of</c><00:18:25.059><c> evil</c><00:18:25.700><c> workers,</c><00:18:26.240><c> okay?</c>

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So<00:18:26.819><c> there's</c><00:18:27.039><c> a</c><00:18:27.180><c> choice</c><00:18:27.380><c> in</c><00:18:27.539><c> the</c><00:18:27.759><c> kind</c><00:18:28.039><c> of</c><00:18:28.200><c> work</c>

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that<00:18:28.420><c> we</c><00:18:28.519><c> get</c><00:18:28.619><c> involved</c><00:18:28.980><c> in.</c>

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Beware<00:18:30.059><c> of</c><00:18:30.279><c> the</c><00:18:30.400><c> concession.</c>

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And<00:18:32.259><c> then</c><00:18:32.539><c> finally</c><00:18:32.740><c> in</c><00:18:32.920><c> verse</c><00:18:33.119><c> 21</c><00:18:33.579><c> of</c><00:18:33.740><c> chapter</c><00:18:33.940><c> three,</c>

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who<00:18:34.680><c> shall</c><00:18:34.980><c> change</c><00:18:35.519><c> our</c><00:18:35.779><c> vile</c><00:18:35.920><c> body</c>

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that<00:18:36.359><c> it</c><00:18:36.519><c> may</c><00:18:36.660><c> be</c><00:18:36.960><c> fashioned</c><00:18:37.180><c> like</c><00:18:37.400><c> unto</c><00:18:37.579><c> his</c><00:18:37.779><c> glorious</c><00:18:38.079><c> body,</c>

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according<00:18:39.079><c> to</c><00:18:39.279><c> the</c><00:18:39.519><c> working</c><00:18:39.799><c> whereby</c>

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he's<00:18:40.940><c> able</c><00:18:41.279><c> even</c><00:18:41.640><c> to</c><00:18:41.920><c> subdue</c><00:18:42.220><c> all</c><00:18:42.400><c> things</c><00:18:42.619><c> unto</c><00:18:42.819><c> himself.</c>

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So<00:18:43.319><c> that</c><00:18:43.599><c> lion's</c><00:18:43.960><c> share</c><00:18:44.019><c> of</c><00:18:44.099><c> all</c><00:18:44.279><c> the</c><00:18:44.420><c> verses</c>

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that<00:18:44.759><c> we've</c><00:18:44.900><c> looked</c><00:18:45.039><c> at,</c><00:18:45.259><c> it's</c><00:18:45.359><c> God</c><00:18:45.539><c> who's</c><00:18:45.720><c> doing</c><00:18:45.859><c> the</c><00:18:46.059><c> work.</c>

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It's<00:18:51.019><c> God</c><00:18:51.339><c> who's</c><00:18:51.759><c> doing</c><00:18:52.000><c> the</c><00:18:52.240><c> work,</c>

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yet<00:18:52.700><c> God</c><00:18:52.920><c> is</c><00:18:53.140><c> going</c><00:18:53.259><c> to</c><00:18:53.500><c> repay</c><00:18:53.880><c> that</c><00:18:54.240><c> work.</c>

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Isn't<00:18:54.579><c> that</c><00:18:54.779><c> interesting?</c>

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That<00:18:56.079><c> cause</c><00:18:56.440><c> and</c><00:18:56.660><c> effect</c><00:18:56.880><c> relationship</c><00:18:57.539><c> there.</c>

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Well,<00:18:59.220><c> notice</c><00:18:59.680><c> also</c><00:19:00.339><c> there's</c><00:19:00.839><c> another</c><00:19:01.140><c> theme.</c>

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It's<00:19:01.740><c> around</c><00:19:02.099><c> the</c><00:19:02.339><c> word</c><00:19:02.519><c> labor.</c>

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I<00:19:04.240><c> want</c><00:19:04.400><c> to</c><00:19:04.500><c> go</c><00:19:04.619><c> through</c><00:19:04.839><c> these.</c>

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So<00:19:06.400><c> go</c><00:19:06.579><c> back</c><00:19:06.759><c> to</c><00:19:06.859><c> chapter</c><00:19:07.039><c> two,</c><00:19:07.599><c> verse</c><00:19:07.819><c> 16.</c>

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So<00:19:10.440><c> we've</c><00:19:10.640><c> got</c><00:19:10.720><c> work</c><00:19:11.059><c> and</c><00:19:11.259><c> labor.</c>

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Remember,<00:19:11.900><c> God</c><00:19:12.099><c> is</c><00:19:12.299><c> going</c><00:19:12.440><c> to</c><00:19:12.720><c> supply</c><00:19:13.160><c> all</c><00:19:13.519><c> your</c><00:19:13.799><c> needs.</c>

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He's<00:19:14.259><c> going</c><00:19:14.400><c> to</c><00:19:14.680><c> supply</c><00:19:14.859><c> work</c><00:19:15.259><c> and</c><00:19:15.440><c> labor.</c>

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And<00:19:16.180><c> here</c><00:19:16.279><c> in</c><00:19:16.380><c> verse</c><00:19:16.480><c> 16,</c><00:19:16.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:17.019><c> two,</c>

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holding<00:19:17.599><c> forth</c><00:19:17.960><c> the</c><00:19:18.099><c> word</c><00:19:18.279><c> of</c><00:19:18.460><c> life</c>

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that<00:19:19.200><c> I</c><00:19:19.380><c> may</c><00:19:19.579><c> rejoice</c><00:19:20.160><c> in</c><00:19:20.400><c> the</c><00:19:20.640><c> day</c><00:19:20.859><c> of</c><00:19:21.160><c> Christ</c>

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that<00:19:22.279><c> I</c><00:19:22.460><c> have</c><00:19:22.559><c> not</c><00:19:22.759><c> run</c><00:19:23.019><c> in</c><00:19:23.380><c> vain,</c><00:19:23.680><c> neither</c><00:19:24.000><c> labored</c><00:19:24.579><c> in</c><00:19:24.859><c> vain.</c>

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Verse<00:19:26.380><c> 25</c><00:19:26.819><c> of</c><00:19:26.920><c> chapter</c><00:19:27.119><c> two,</c>

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yet<00:19:27.519><c> I</c><00:19:27.779><c> suppose</c><00:19:28.099><c> it</c><00:19:28.279><c> necessary</c><00:19:28.500><c> to</c><00:19:28.700><c> send</c><00:19:28.839><c> you</c><00:19:29.000><c> Epaphroditus,</c>

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my<00:19:29.940><c> brother</c><00:19:30.180><c> and</c><00:19:30.460><c> companion</c><00:19:30.839><c> in</c><00:19:31.079><c> labor.</c>

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We'll<00:19:31.380><c> look</c><00:19:31.519><c> at</c><00:19:31.599><c> that</c><00:19:31.720><c> tomorrow.</c>

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And<00:19:32.660><c> fellow</c><00:19:32.960><c> servant,</c><00:19:34.339><c> and</c><00:19:34.460><c> fellow</c><00:19:34.640><c> soldier,</c>

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but<00:19:35.539><c> mark</c><00:19:35.640><c> your</c><00:19:36.019><c> messenger,</c><00:19:36.740><c> and</c><00:19:36.920><c> he</c><00:19:37.180><c> that</c><00:19:37.480><c> ministered</c><00:19:37.900><c> to</c><00:19:38.319><c> my</c><00:19:38.779><c> wants.</c>

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And<00:19:40.920><c> then</c><00:19:41.220><c> chapter</c><00:19:41.519><c> four,</c><00:19:42.039><c> finally,</c><00:19:42.319><c> in</c><00:19:42.500><c> verse</c><00:19:42.640><c> three,</c>

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and<00:19:42.960><c> I</c><00:19:43.160><c> entreat</c><00:19:43.339><c> you</c><00:19:43.480><c> also,</c><00:19:44.059><c> true</c><00:19:44.359><c> yoke</c><00:19:44.859><c> fellow,</c>

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help<00:19:45.619><c> those</c><00:19:45.920><c> women</c><00:19:46.140><c> which</c><00:19:46.420><c> labored</c><00:19:46.660><c> with</c><00:19:46.779><c> me</c><00:19:46.940><c> in</c><00:19:47.039><c> the</c><00:19:47.180><c> gospel,</c>

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which<00:19:48.240><c> Clement</c><00:19:48.500><c> also,</c><00:19:49.140><c> and</c><00:19:49.339><c> with</c><00:19:49.579><c> my</c><00:19:49.900><c> fellow</c><00:19:50.319><c> laborers,</c>

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whose<00:19:51.059><c> names</c><00:19:51.339><c> are</c><00:19:51.539><c> in</c><00:19:51.680><c> the</c><00:19:51.839><c> book</c><00:19:52.000><c> of</c><00:19:52.259><c> life.</c>

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And<00:19:52.839><c> so</c><00:19:52.940><c> brothers</c><00:19:53.160><c> and</c><00:19:53.359><c> sisters,</c><00:19:54.099><c> what</c><00:19:54.259><c> I</c><00:19:54.380><c> would</c><00:19:54.460><c> suggest,</c>

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the<00:19:55.039><c> secret</c><00:19:55.759><c> of</c><00:19:56.079><c> the</c><00:19:56.319><c> success</c><00:19:56.839><c> of</c><00:19:57.099><c> this</c><00:19:57.299><c> Ecclesia</c><00:19:57.559><c> at</c><00:19:57.720><c> Philippi,</c>

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and<00:19:58.319><c> the</c><00:19:58.480><c> secret</c><00:19:58.740><c> of</c><00:19:58.960><c> all</c><00:19:59.140><c> our</c><00:19:59.400><c> successes</c>

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in<00:20:00.720><c> the</c><00:20:00.920><c> vineyard</c><00:20:01.319><c> of</c><00:20:01.500><c> Christ,</c><00:20:01.799><c> brothers</c><00:20:01.980><c> and</c><00:20:02.200><c> sisters,</c>

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is<00:20:03.180><c> that</c><00:20:03.359><c> they</c><00:20:03.720><c> worked</c><00:20:04.259><c> and</c><00:20:04.799><c> they</c><00:20:05.099><c> labored</c><00:20:05.319><c> for</c><00:20:05.519><c> the</c><00:20:05.700><c> Lord,</c>

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confident<00:20:06.819><c> that</c><00:20:07.359><c> the</c><00:20:07.559><c> Lord</c><00:20:07.759><c> would</c><00:20:08.039><c> supply</c><00:20:08.339><c> their</c><00:20:08.660><c> needs.</c>

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It's<00:20:09.180><c> a</c><00:20:09.259><c> very</c><00:20:09.460><c> simple</c><00:20:09.700><c> statement,</c><00:20:10.059><c> isn't</c><00:20:10.200><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:20:10.599><c> so</c><00:20:10.859><c> profound.</c>

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They<00:20:12.539><c> worked</c><00:20:12.940><c> and</c><00:20:13.240><c> labored</c><00:20:14.299><c> with</c><00:20:14.900><c> the</c><00:20:15.079><c> view</c>

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that<00:20:15.859><c> God</c><00:20:16.099><c> was</c><00:20:16.339><c> going</c><00:20:16.539><c> to</c><00:20:17.200><c> supply</c><00:20:17.460><c> their</c><00:20:17.700><c> needs.</c>

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And<00:20:17.940><c> that's</c><00:20:18.099><c> an</c><00:20:18.299><c> interesting</c><00:20:18.640><c> principle,</c>

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because<00:20:19.579><c> here</c><00:20:20.019><c> Paul</c><00:20:20.180><c> is</c><00:20:20.319><c> saying</c>

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that<00:20:20.619><c> you</c><00:20:20.779><c> are</c><00:20:20.940><c> not</c><00:20:21.220><c> working</c><00:20:21.559><c> for</c><00:20:21.819><c> wages,</c><00:20:22.299><c> or</c><00:20:22.460><c> for</c><00:20:22.599><c> money,</c>

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or<00:20:23.000><c> for</c><00:20:23.259><c> financial</c><00:20:23.660><c> benefit.</c>

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You<00:20:24.400><c> are</c><00:20:24.660><c> working</c><00:20:25.220><c> for</c><00:20:25.460><c> what</c><00:20:25.740><c> God</c><00:20:26.019><c> will</c><00:20:26.339><c> supply</c><00:20:26.819><c> to</c><00:20:27.079><c> you.</c>

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Isn't<00:20:27.319><c> that</c><00:20:27.500><c> interesting?</c>

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In<00:20:28.339><c> this</c><00:20:28.880><c> commercial</c><00:20:29.559><c> town,</c><00:20:30.079><c> in</c><00:20:30.180><c> this</c><00:20:30.460><c> colony,</c>

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the<00:20:31.279><c> contrast</c><00:20:31.660><c> is</c><00:20:31.859><c> being</c><00:20:32.119><c> made.</c>

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There<00:20:32.759><c> was</c><00:20:33.000><c> supply</c><00:20:33.599><c> of</c><00:20:33.900><c> wealth</c><00:20:34.220><c> and</c><00:20:34.460><c> assets</c><00:20:34.619><c> all</c><00:20:34.920><c> the</c><00:20:35.019><c> way</c><00:20:35.140><c> around.</c>

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It<00:20:35.640><c> pervaded</c><00:20:36.059><c> society,</c>

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but<00:20:36.900><c> God</c><00:20:37.200><c> was</c><00:20:37.460><c> saying</c><00:20:37.619><c> here</c><00:20:37.859><c> to</c><00:20:38.000><c> the</c><00:20:38.220><c> spirits,</c>

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you<00:20:40.940><c> work</c><00:20:41.420><c> for</c><00:20:41.640><c> God's</c><00:20:42.140><c> support.</c>

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This<00:20:42.539><c> is</c><00:20:42.660><c> what</c><00:20:42.740><c> he</c><00:20:43.000><c> expects</c><00:20:43.259><c> of</c><00:20:43.460><c> you.</c>

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And<00:20:43.980><c> God</c><00:20:44.319><c> and</c><00:20:44.480><c> his</c><00:20:44.660><c> son,</c><00:20:44.859><c> the</c><00:20:44.880><c> Lord</c><00:20:45.019><c> Jesus</c><00:20:45.180><c> Christ,</c>

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has<00:20:45.759><c> done</c><00:20:46.079><c> the</c><00:20:46.440><c> lion's</c><00:20:46.900><c> share</c><00:20:46.960><c> of</c><00:20:47.079><c> that</c><00:20:47.279><c> work.</c>

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Yet<00:20:48.819><c> God</c><00:20:49.140><c> will</c><00:20:49.400><c> supply</c><00:20:49.720><c> all</c><00:20:50.039><c> your</c><00:20:50.259><c> needs.</c>

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Now,<00:20:50.799><c> brothers</c><00:20:50.859><c> and</c><00:20:51.079><c> sisters,</c><00:20:51.420><c> do</c><00:20:51.599><c> we</c><00:20:51.900><c> have,</c>

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do<00:20:52.220><c> we</c><00:20:52.380><c> abide</c><00:20:52.700><c> by</c><00:20:53.000><c> that</c><00:20:53.279><c> principle</c><00:20:53.640><c> in</c><00:20:53.799><c> our</c><00:20:53.960><c> own</c><00:20:54.059><c> lives?</c>

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Do<00:20:54.539><c> we</c><00:20:54.759><c> have</c><00:20:54.880><c> that</c><00:20:55.160><c> same</c><00:20:55.339><c> level</c><00:20:55.559><c> of</c><00:20:55.839><c> trust,</c><00:20:56.180><c> brothers</c><00:20:56.279><c> and</c><00:20:56.519><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:20:57.220><c> we</c><00:20:57.339><c> don't</c><00:20:57.660><c> work</c><00:20:57.900><c> for</c><00:20:58.140><c> wages,</c>

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we<00:20:58.680><c> don't</c><00:20:58.940><c> work</c><00:20:59.220><c> for</c><00:20:59.359><c> financial</c><00:20:59.779><c> gain,</c>

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we<00:21:00.519><c> work</c><00:21:00.920><c> so</c><00:21:01.180><c> that</c><00:21:01.380><c> God</c><00:21:01.599><c> will</c><00:21:01.839><c> supply</c><00:21:02.059><c> our</c><00:21:02.319><c> needs?</c>

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Do<00:21:02.859><c> I?</c>

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Do<00:21:03.859><c> we</c><00:21:04.059><c> abide</c><00:21:04.380><c> by</c><00:21:04.599><c> that</c><00:21:04.759><c> principle?</c>

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This<00:21:05.660><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:06.279><c> did.</c>

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The<00:21:07.019><c> greatest</c><00:21:07.220><c> of</c><00:21:07.380><c> all</c><00:21:07.640><c> the</c><00:21:07.779><c> ecclesias</c><00:21:08.119><c> in</c><00:21:08.259><c> the</c><00:21:08.359><c> Gentile</c><00:21:08.720><c> world.</c>

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It's<00:21:09.440><c> held</c><00:21:09.579><c> up</c><00:21:09.779><c> as</c><00:21:10.619><c> a</c><00:21:10.880><c> bastion</c><00:21:11.319><c> of</c><00:21:11.559><c> faith,</c><00:21:11.859><c> brothers</c><00:21:12.019><c> and</c><00:21:12.279><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:21:12.880><c> a</c><00:21:13.039><c> hallmark</c><00:21:13.640><c> of</c><00:21:14.019><c> truth.</c>

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It's<00:21:16.579><c> something</c><00:21:16.759><c> we</c><00:21:16.920><c> should</c><00:21:17.059><c> all</c><00:21:18.000><c> reflect</c><00:21:18.400><c> upon.</c>

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Well,<00:21:19.660><c> this</c><00:21:19.839><c> is</c><00:21:19.980><c> an</c><00:21:20.099><c> incredible</c><00:21:20.440><c> approach</c><00:21:20.779><c> to</c><00:21:20.960><c> life,</c><00:21:21.240><c> isn't</c><00:21:21.400><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:21:21.700><c> rooted</c><00:21:21.920><c> in</c><00:21:22.160><c> something,</c><00:21:22.380><c> brothers</c><00:21:22.660><c> and</c><00:21:22.900><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:21:23.720><c> rooted</c><00:21:24.059><c> in</c><00:21:24.240><c> a</c><00:21:24.420><c> particular</c><00:21:24.819><c> attitude</c><00:21:25.259><c> of</c><00:21:25.599><c> mind.</c>

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Come<00:21:26.339><c> with</c><00:21:26.519><c> me</c><00:21:26.660><c> to</c><00:21:26.839><c> verse</c><00:21:27.119><c> one</c><00:21:27.319><c> of</c><00:21:28.119><c> the</c><00:21:28.559><c> opening</c><00:21:28.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:29.440><c> here.</c>

00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:32.519
And<00:21:30.539><c> the</c><00:21:30.660><c> apostle</c><00:21:30.940><c> Paul</c><00:21:31.099><c> is</c><00:21:31.279><c> going</c><00:21:31.400><c> to</c><00:21:31.579><c> make</c><00:21:31.720><c> an</c><00:21:31.940><c> unmistakable</c>

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and<00:21:32.779><c> a</c><00:21:32.960><c> profound</c><00:21:33.359><c> point.</c>

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I<00:21:33.819><c> don't</c><00:21:33.980><c> know</c><00:21:34.039><c> if</c><00:21:34.119><c> you've</c><00:21:34.339><c> noticed</c><00:21:34.640><c> this</c><00:21:34.920><c> before.</c>

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He<00:21:38.779><c> says</c><00:21:38.960><c> there,</c><00:21:39.259><c> Paul</c><00:21:39.519><c> and</c><00:21:39.700><c> Timotheus,</c>

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the<00:21:40.440><c> servants</c><00:21:40.660><c> of</c><00:21:40.799><c> Jesus</c><00:21:41.140><c> Christ,</c>

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all<00:21:41.660><c> the</c><00:21:41.880><c> saints</c><00:21:42.039><c> in</c><00:21:42.279><c> Christ</c><00:21:42.539><c> Jesus,</c>

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which<00:21:43.119><c> are</c><00:21:43.240><c> at</c><00:21:43.440><c> Philippi</c><00:21:44.299><c> with</c><00:21:44.880><c> the</c><00:21:45.079><c> bishops</c><00:21:45.500><c> and</c><00:21:46.799><c> the</c><00:21:47.140><c> deacons.</c>

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So<00:21:50.079><c> here</c><00:21:50.519><c> he</c><00:21:50.740><c> is,</c><00:21:50.920><c> he's</c><00:21:51.259><c> writing</c><00:21:51.680><c> to</c><00:21:52.119><c> a</c><00:21:52.279><c> Roman</c><00:21:52.579><c> colony,</c>

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:57.349
a<00:21:53.339><c> mini</c><00:21:53.599><c>-Rome,</c><00:21:54.559><c> a</c><00:21:54.680><c> city</c><00:21:54.920><c> full</c><00:21:55.220><c> of</c><00:21:56.099><c> free</c><00:21:56.519><c> citizens.</c>

00:21:58.160 --> 00:22:02.660
There<00:21:58.299><c> was</c><00:21:58.619><c> freedom</c><00:21:59.359><c> in</c><00:22:00.539><c> this</c><00:22:00.819><c> Roman</c><00:22:01.099><c> colony,</c><00:22:01.799><c> remember?</c>

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After<00:22:03.720><c> Caesar</c><00:22:04.259><c> had</c><00:22:04.460><c> been</c><00:22:04.660><c> murdered</c>

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and<00:22:05.140><c> the</c><00:22:05.299><c> great</c><00:22:06.279><c> warfare</c><00:22:07.319><c> between</c><00:22:07.839><c> Brutus</c><00:22:08.319><c> and</c><00:22:08.559><c> Cassius,</c>

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great<00:22:11.000><c> commendation</c><00:22:11.619><c> was</c><00:22:11.859><c> given</c><00:22:12.059><c> to</c><00:22:12.339><c> Philippi.</c>

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It<00:22:12.880><c> became</c><00:22:13.180><c> a</c><00:22:13.859><c> colony,</c><00:22:15.000><c> assigned</c><00:22:15.279><c> by</c><00:22:15.539><c> the</c><00:22:15.700><c> emperor</c><00:22:15.940><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:22:17.519><c> so</c><00:22:17.759><c> you</c><00:22:17.900><c> were</c><00:22:18.140><c> a</c><00:22:18.359><c> free</c><00:22:18.559><c> woman</c>

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or<00:22:19.359><c> a</c><00:22:19.640><c> free</c><00:22:19.819><c> man</c><00:22:20.119><c> within</c><00:22:20.380><c> that</c><00:22:20.640><c> city.</c>

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So<00:22:21.240><c> can</c><00:22:21.359><c> you</c><00:22:21.500><c> see</c><00:22:21.599><c> the</c><00:22:21.799><c> point</c><00:22:21.940><c> that</c><00:22:22.119><c> Paul's</c><00:22:22.359><c> making?</c>

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I<00:22:23.220><c> make</c><00:22:23.440><c> you</c><00:22:23.700><c> a</c><00:22:24.019><c> slave.</c>

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Can<00:22:24.440><c> you</c><00:22:24.460><c> see</c><00:22:24.599><c> the</c><00:22:24.759><c> point?</c>

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It<00:22:25.960><c> would</c><00:22:26.119><c> have</c><00:22:26.259><c> horrified</c><00:22:26.740><c> them,</c><00:22:27.039><c> brothers</c><00:22:27.140><c> and</c><00:22:27.380><c> sisters.</c>

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There<00:22:27.759><c> were</c><00:22:27.960><c> no</c><00:22:28.259><c> slaves</c><00:22:28.539><c> in</c><00:22:28.740><c> this</c><00:22:28.839><c> city.</c>

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They<00:22:30.099><c> enjoyed</c><00:22:30.440><c> the</c><00:22:30.740><c> freedom</c><00:22:30.960><c> of</c><00:22:31.259><c> being</c><00:22:31.519><c> in</c><00:22:31.799><c> a</c><00:22:31.940><c> colony,</c><00:22:33.240><c> free</c><00:22:33.519><c> citizens.</c>

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Yet<00:22:35.559><c> Paul</c><00:22:35.859><c> here</c><00:22:36.140><c> is</c><00:22:36.440><c> telling</c><00:22:36.640><c> them</c>

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that<00:22:37.759><c> they</c><00:22:38.000><c> were</c><00:22:38.220><c> to</c><00:22:38.500><c> be</c><00:22:39.579><c> servants,</c><00:22:40.859><c> slaves.</c>

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They<00:22:43.299><c> were</c><00:22:43.519><c> to</c><00:22:43.819><c> make</c><00:22:44.000><c> themselves</c><00:22:44.599><c> of</c><00:22:44.839><c> a</c><00:22:45.019><c> status</c>

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that<00:22:45.440><c> they</c><00:22:45.559><c> had</c><00:22:45.779><c> no</c><00:22:46.119><c> legal</c><00:22:46.619><c> standing</c><00:22:47.180><c> in</c><00:22:47.519><c> society,</c>

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brothers<00:22:48.319><c> and</c><00:22:48.559><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:22:50.980><c> slaves</c><00:22:51.420><c> could</c><00:22:51.720><c> be</c><00:22:52.099><c> bought</c><00:22:52.400><c> or</c><00:22:52.700><c> sold</c><00:22:53.039><c> or</c><00:22:53.319><c> punished.</c>

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Think<00:22:54.140><c> about</c><00:22:54.420><c> that.</c>

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This<00:22:56.279><c> is</c><00:22:56.480><c> something</c><00:22:56.619><c> that</c><00:22:56.779><c> they</c><00:22:57.059><c> escaped</c><00:22:57.619><c> in</c><00:22:59.019><c> a</c><00:22:59.240><c> colony,</c>

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but<00:22:59.740><c> they</c><00:22:59.900><c> could</c><00:23:00.039><c> be</c><00:23:00.259><c> bought</c><00:23:00.480><c> and</c><00:23:00.740><c> sold</c><00:23:00.900><c> and</c><00:23:01.180><c> punished</c>

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if<00:23:01.660><c> they</c><00:23:01.839><c> were</c><00:23:02.079><c> slaves.</c>

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And<00:23:02.720><c> here</c><00:23:02.839><c> the</c><00:23:02.980><c> apostle</c><00:23:03.259><c> Paul</c><00:23:03.480><c> says,</c>

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:07.579
I<00:23:04.759><c> need</c><00:23:05.079><c> you</c><00:23:05.299><c> to</c><00:23:05.559><c> become</c><00:23:05.700><c> a</c><00:23:06.019><c> slave</c><00:23:06.240><c> of</c><00:23:06.500><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:23:08.640><c> need</c><00:23:08.819><c> you</c><00:23:08.980><c> to</c><00:23:09.079><c> be</c><00:23:09.279><c> bought</c><00:23:09.720><c> and</c><00:23:10.400><c> sold</c><00:23:10.960><c> and</c><00:23:11.940><c> punished.</c>

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And<00:23:12.680><c> the</c><00:23:12.799><c> very</c><00:23:13.019><c> concept</c><00:23:13.420><c> of</c><00:23:13.579><c> that</c>

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would<00:23:13.819><c> have</c><00:23:14.019><c> horrified</c><00:23:14.500><c> them,</c><00:23:14.700><c> brothers</c><00:23:14.920><c> and</c><00:23:15.160><c> sisters.</c>

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They<00:23:17.440><c> were</c><00:23:17.799><c> to</c><00:23:18.079><c> forgo</c><00:23:18.339><c> all</c><00:23:18.539><c> the</c><00:23:18.740><c> trappings</c>

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of<00:23:19.259><c> success</c><00:23:19.700><c> and</c><00:23:19.980><c> privilege.</c>

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And<00:23:21.460><c> here</c><00:23:21.599><c> under</c><00:23:21.819><c> inspiration,</c>

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the<00:23:22.880><c> apostle</c><00:23:23.160><c> Paul</c><00:23:23.299><c> now</c><00:23:23.480><c> is</c><00:23:23.619><c> going</c><00:23:23.740><c> to</c><00:23:23.940><c> use</c><00:23:24.180><c> a</c><00:23:24.319><c> word,</c>

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and<00:23:24.519><c> we</c><00:23:24.619><c> looked</c><00:23:24.779><c> at</c><00:23:24.900><c> this</c><00:23:25.059><c> in</c><00:23:25.140><c> our</c><00:23:25.339><c> introduction</c><00:23:25.779><c> talk.</c>

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He's<00:23:26.420><c> going</c><00:23:26.579><c> to</c><00:23:26.740><c> use</c><00:23:26.940><c> a</c><00:23:27.079><c> word</c><00:23:27.160><c> that's</c><00:23:27.359><c> going</c><00:23:27.500><c> to</c><00:23:27.720><c> trigger</c>

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a<00:23:28.180><c> great</c><00:23:28.359><c> level</c><00:23:28.559><c> of</c><00:23:28.720><c> emotion</c><00:23:29.000><c> here.</c>

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Have<00:23:30.299><c> a</c><00:23:30.380><c> look</c><00:23:30.460><c> at</c><00:23:30.599><c> verse</c><00:23:30.839><c> 27.</c>

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And<00:23:32.819><c> this</c><00:23:33.000><c> is</c><00:23:33.160><c> really</c><00:23:33.359><c> a</c><00:23:33.579><c> cornerstone</c><00:23:33.940><c> of</c><00:23:34.119><c> this</c><00:23:34.359><c> epistle.</c>

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Here<00:23:36.059><c> the</c><00:23:36.200><c> apostle</c><00:23:36.420><c> Paul</c><00:23:36.579><c> says</c><00:23:36.880><c> in</c><00:23:37.019><c> verse</c><00:23:37.200><c> 27,</c>

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only<00:23:38.000><c> let</c><00:23:38.220><c> your</c><00:23:38.440><c> conversation</c><00:23:39.079><c> be</c>

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as<00:23:39.420><c> it</c><00:23:39.640><c> becometh</c><00:23:39.940><c> the</c><00:23:40.059><c> gospel</c><00:23:40.359><c> of</c><00:23:40.599><c> Christ,</c><00:23:41.579><c> okay?</c>

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Only<00:23:42.720><c> let</c><00:23:42.940><c> your</c><00:23:43.180><c> conversation.</c>

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And<00:23:44.240><c> as</c><00:23:44.359><c> we've</c><00:23:44.579><c> already</c><00:23:44.740><c> mentioned,</c>

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the<00:23:45.119><c> word</c><00:23:45.319><c> conversation,</c>

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when<00:23:46.000><c> you</c><00:23:46.099><c> look</c><00:23:46.220><c> in</c><00:23:46.319><c> the</c><00:23:46.380><c> New</c><00:23:46.539><c> Testament,</c>

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it's<00:23:47.019><c> mentioned</c><00:23:47.279><c> 18</c><00:23:47.619><c> times.</c>

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In<00:23:48.660><c> 16</c><00:23:48.940><c> occasions,</c><00:23:49.420><c> it</c><00:23:49.599><c> speaks</c><00:23:49.920><c> of</c><00:23:50.720><c> a</c><00:23:51.220><c> way</c><00:23:51.420><c> of</c><00:23:51.640><c> life.</c>

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Your<00:23:53.960><c> behavior,</c><00:23:54.759><c> with</c><00:23:54.940><c> the</c><00:23:55.180><c> exception</c>

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of<00:23:55.700><c> this</c><00:23:55.880><c> little</c><00:23:56.079><c> epistle</c><00:23:56.339><c> here,</c>

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we<00:23:57.440><c> find</c><00:23:57.599><c> it</c><00:23:57.819><c> twice</c><00:23:58.079><c> and</c><00:23:58.259><c> it</c><00:23:58.440><c> means</c><00:23:59.240><c> citizenship.</c>

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Because<00:24:02.960><c> he's</c><00:24:03.220><c> writing</c><00:24:03.619><c> to</c><00:24:03.859><c> a</c><00:24:03.980><c> Roman</c><00:24:04.180><c> colony.</c>

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If<00:24:04.640><c> you</c><00:24:04.759><c> go</c><00:24:04.900><c> over</c><00:24:05.279><c> a</c><00:24:05.440><c> chapter</c><00:24:05.779><c> to</c><00:24:06.000><c> chapter</c><00:24:06.220><c> three</c><00:24:06.480><c> now,</c>

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.819
and<00:24:06.839><c> you</c><00:24:06.900><c> look</c><00:24:07.039><c> at</c><00:24:07.160><c> verse</c><00:24:07.359><c> 20,</c>

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.480
again,<00:24:08.259><c> the</c><00:24:08.440><c> same</c><00:24:08.640><c> idea</c><00:24:08.880><c> is</c><00:24:09.079><c> brought</c><00:24:09.220><c> clear.</c>

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For<00:24:09.980><c> our</c><00:24:10.539><c> citizenship</c><00:24:11.140><c> there</c><00:24:11.559><c> is</c><00:24:11.819><c> in</c><00:24:12.400><c> heaven.</c>

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One<00:24:12.859><c> translation</c><00:24:13.359><c> has,</c><00:24:14.359><c> we</c><00:24:14.359><c> are</c><00:24:14.680><c> a</c><00:24:14.880><c> colony,</c>

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a<00:24:15.539><c> colony</c><00:24:15.819><c> of</c><00:24:16.039><c> heaven.</c>

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What<00:24:16.359><c> a</c><00:24:16.579><c> beautiful</c><00:24:16.940><c> idea</c><00:24:17.299><c> that</c><00:24:17.460><c> is,</c><00:24:17.819><c> brothers</c><00:24:17.940><c> and</c><00:24:18.160><c> sisters.</c>

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Can<00:24:18.519><c> you</c><00:24:18.660><c> imagine</c><00:24:18.920><c> that?</c>

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And<00:24:19.660><c> it's</c><00:24:19.880><c> very</c><00:24:20.200><c> easy</c><00:24:20.440><c> to</c><00:24:20.680><c> imagine</c><00:24:20.900><c> that</c><00:24:21.180><c> here</c><00:24:21.480><c> at</c><00:24:21.880><c> Lake</c><00:24:22.140><c> Watson.</c>

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We<00:24:22.720><c> are</c><00:24:22.940><c> a</c><00:24:23.039><c> colony</c><00:24:23.420><c> of</c><00:24:23.660><c> heaven.</c>

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It's<00:24:24.359><c> not</c><00:24:24.480><c> so</c><00:24:24.720><c> easy</c><00:24:25.039><c> when</c><00:24:25.339><c> we</c><00:24:25.500><c> go</c><00:24:25.619><c> back</c><00:24:25.839><c> to</c><00:24:26.019><c> Birmingham.</c>

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It's<00:24:26.779><c> easier</c><00:24:27.059><c> at</c><00:24:27.339><c> Mumbles</c><00:24:27.720><c> at</c><00:24:27.940><c> the</c><00:24:28.099><c> back.</c>

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A<00:24:30.880><c> colony</c><00:24:31.140><c> of</c><00:24:31.359><c> heaven.</c>

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:34.940
What<00:24:31.759><c> a</c><00:24:32.019><c> wonderful</c><00:24:32.420><c> privilege</c><00:24:32.880><c> that</c><00:24:33.119><c> is,</c><00:24:33.519><c> brothers</c><00:24:33.640><c> and</c><00:24:33.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:36.799
We<00:24:35.539><c> are</c><00:24:35.839><c> a</c><00:24:35.960><c> colony</c><00:24:36.299><c> of</c><00:24:36.559><c> heaven.</c>

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:38.359
We<00:24:37.039><c> have</c><00:24:37.220><c> our</c><00:24:37.500><c> citizenship</c><00:24:37.960><c> in</c><00:24:38.220><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:24:38.660><c> how</c><00:24:38.920><c> do</c><00:24:39.099><c> we</c><00:24:39.240><c> behave?</c>

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:43.000
Do<00:24:40.880><c> we</c><00:24:41.079><c> treat</c><00:24:41.380><c> one</c><00:24:41.640><c> another</c><00:24:41.920><c> as</c><00:24:42.200><c> if</c><00:24:42.359><c> we</c><00:24:42.500><c> are</c><00:24:42.640><c> members</c>

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of<00:24:43.200><c> this</c><00:24:43.500><c> colony</c><00:24:43.900><c> of</c><00:24:44.180><c> heaven?</c>

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Special,<00:24:46.059><c> ordained,</c><00:24:47.400><c> approved</c><00:24:47.680><c> by</c><00:24:47.960><c> God.</c>

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Do<00:24:48.720><c> we,</c><00:24:48.980><c> brothers</c><00:24:49.140><c> and</c><00:24:49.400><c> sisters?</c>

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:52.660
What<00:24:51.079><c> are</c><00:24:51.359><c> our</c><00:24:51.500><c> actions</c><00:24:51.880><c> and</c><00:24:52.119><c> our</c><00:24:52.339><c> behaviors</c>

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:54.259
and<00:24:52.880><c> our</c><00:24:53.140><c> motives</c><00:24:53.539><c> with</c><00:24:53.880><c> one</c><00:24:54.099><c> another?</c>

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:56.960
Do<00:24:54.500><c> we</c><00:24:54.740><c> behave</c><00:24:55.299><c> like</c><00:24:55.720><c> that</c><00:24:55.880><c> as</c><00:24:56.079><c> brothers</c><00:24:56.380><c> and</c><00:24:56.660><c> sisters?</c>

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:59.119
A<00:24:57.400><c> colony</c><00:24:57.880><c> of</c><00:24:58.140><c> heaven.</c>

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Certainly<00:25:00.319><c> a</c><00:25:00.480><c> direct</c><00:25:00.619><c> question,</c><00:25:01.200><c> isn't</c><00:25:01.220><c> it?</c>

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Are<00:25:02.579><c> we</c><00:25:03.539><c> godlike?</c>

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Now<00:25:06.299><c> it's</c><00:25:06.460><c> interesting</c><00:25:06.720><c> because</c><00:25:07.000><c> the</c><00:25:07.380><c> citizenship</c><00:25:08.140><c> under</c><00:25:08.539><c> Rome,</c>

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it<00:25:08.799><c> meant</c><00:25:08.940><c> that</c><00:25:09.119><c> you</c><00:25:09.180><c> had</c><00:25:09.359><c> no</c><00:25:09.519><c> taxes,</c>

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:12.400
which<00:25:10.079><c> was</c><00:25:10.339><c> clearly</c><00:25:10.539><c> a</c><00:25:10.779><c> lovely</c><00:25:11.059><c> financial</c><00:25:11.480><c> benefit.</c>

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:15.839
But<00:25:12.680><c> also,</c><00:25:14.200><c> it</c><00:25:14.400><c> gave</c><00:25:14.660><c> you</c><00:25:15.019><c> legal</c><00:25:15.319><c> protection.</c>

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You<00:25:16.160><c> couldn't</c><00:25:16.420><c> be</c><00:25:16.759><c> abused,</c><00:25:17.700><c> flogged,</c><00:25:18.799><c> tortured,</c><00:25:19.579><c> or</c><00:25:19.859><c> executed,</c>

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.960
which<00:25:20.619><c> was</c><00:25:20.940><c> quite</c><00:25:21.220><c> a</c><00:25:21.380><c> handy</c><00:25:21.579><c> thing.</c>

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:24.559
None<00:25:22.559><c> of</c><00:25:22.640><c> those</c><00:25:22.799><c> things</c><00:25:23.000><c> could</c><00:25:23.200><c> happen</c><00:25:23.440><c> to</c><00:25:23.720><c> you.</c>

00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.859
So<00:25:25.539><c> if</c><00:25:25.640><c> you</c><00:25:25.839><c> became</c><00:25:26.160><c> a</c><00:25:26.420><c> slave,</c>

00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:30.920
you<00:25:27.279><c> could</c><00:25:27.579><c> be</c><00:25:27.859><c> abused,</c><00:25:28.579><c> flogged,</c><00:25:29.240><c> tortured,</c><00:25:29.799><c> and</c><00:25:30.000><c> executed.</c>

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Can<00:25:31.119><c> you</c><00:25:31.240><c> see</c><00:25:31.400><c> the</c><00:25:31.599><c> point?</c>

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It<00:25:32.799><c> required</c><00:25:33.299><c> tremendous</c><00:25:34.160><c> faith</c><00:25:34.660><c> to</c><00:25:34.859><c> take</c><00:25:35.099><c> on</c><00:25:35.319><c> that.</c>

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:38.140
Whole<00:25:36.339><c> notion</c><00:25:36.700><c> of</c><00:25:36.880><c> being</c><00:25:37.119><c> a</c><00:25:37.460><c> slave</c><00:25:37.680><c> of</c><00:25:37.900><c> Christ</c>

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:40.819
and<00:25:38.500><c> to</c><00:25:38.700><c> confess</c><00:25:39.400><c> in</c><00:25:39.880><c> Philippi,</c><00:25:40.240><c> in</c><00:25:40.420><c> the</c><00:25:40.640><c> colony,</c>

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:44.039
that<00:25:41.299><c> you</c><00:25:41.599><c> are</c><00:25:41.900><c> a</c><00:25:42.240><c> slave</c><00:25:42.579><c> of</c><00:25:42.799><c> Christ.</c>

00:25:46.940 --> 00:25:49.019
They<00:25:47.059><c> are</c><00:25:47.440><c> stripping</c><00:25:47.799><c> themselves</c><00:25:48.359><c> down,</c><00:25:48.980><c> aren't</c><00:25:48.980><c> they?</c>

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.859
I<00:25:49.140><c> want</c><00:25:49.180><c> you</c><00:25:49.299><c> to</c><00:25:49.400><c> think</c><00:25:49.519><c> about</c><00:25:49.740><c> that.</c>

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:53.200
They<00:25:49.980><c> are</c><00:25:50.400><c> stripping</c><00:25:50.779><c> themselves</c><00:25:51.319><c> down</c><00:25:51.599><c> of</c><00:25:52.039><c> status.</c>

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Think<00:25:54.000><c> about</c><00:25:54.259><c> that.</c>

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We'll<00:25:54.599><c> look</c><00:25:54.759><c> at</c><00:25:54.819><c> that</c><00:25:54.960><c> in</c><00:25:55.039><c> a</c><00:25:55.200><c> moment.</c>

00:25:56.119 --> 00:26:00.440
They<00:25:56.259><c> are</c><00:25:56.500><c> stripping</c><00:25:56.759><c> themselves</c><00:25:57.619><c> down</c><00:25:58.500><c> of</c><00:25:59.299><c> status.</c>

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Well,<00:26:01.200><c> how</c><00:26:01.420><c> would</c><00:26:01.660><c> we</c><00:26:01.880><c> have</c><00:26:03.259><c> approached</c><00:26:03.900><c> this?</c>

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:07.299
Would<00:26:04.460><c> we</c><00:26:04.720><c> be</c><00:26:05.000><c> so</c><00:26:05.279><c> ready</c><00:26:05.440><c> to</c><00:26:05.720><c> ditch</c><00:26:05.940><c> our</c><00:26:06.240><c> Roman</c><00:26:06.640><c> citizenship,</c>

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.099
brothers<00:26:07.619><c> and</c><00:26:07.880><c> sisters?</c>

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.519
In<00:26:08.480><c> fact,</c><00:26:08.640><c> Paul,</c><00:26:08.920><c> in</c><00:26:09.079><c> these</c><00:26:09.259><c> words,</c>

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:12.299
was<00:26:10.039><c> turning</c><00:26:10.400><c> their</c><00:26:10.640><c> worlds</c><00:26:10.740><c> upside</c><00:26:11.140><c> down.</c>

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You<00:26:12.680><c> are</c><00:26:13.000><c> free.</c>

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.920
I<00:26:13.960><c> need</c><00:26:14.140><c> you</c><00:26:14.279><c> to</c><00:26:14.440><c> become</c><00:26:14.559><c> a</c><00:26:14.900><c> slave.</c>

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:20.359
You're<00:26:18.200><c> members</c><00:26:18.440><c> of</c><00:26:18.660><c> a</c><00:26:18.859><c> colony</c><00:26:19.160><c> of</c><00:26:19.460><c> Rome.</c>

00:26:20.380 --> 00:26:23.519
I<00:26:20.819><c> need</c><00:26:21.079><c> you</c><00:26:21.279><c> to</c><00:26:21.440><c> become</c><00:26:21.660><c> a</c><00:26:21.900><c> member</c><00:26:22.220><c> of</c><00:26:22.480><c> a</c><00:26:22.700><c> colony</c><00:26:23.099><c> in</c><00:26:23.400><c> heaven.</c>

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Can<00:26:23.720><c> you</c><00:26:23.779><c> see</c><00:26:23.900><c> that?</c>

00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:26.579
He<00:26:24.200><c> was</c><00:26:24.400><c> turning</c><00:26:24.660><c> their</c><00:26:24.940><c> worlds</c><00:26:25.119><c> upside</c><00:26:25.559><c> down.</c>

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:30.420
Their<00:26:27.700><c> lives</c><00:26:27.980><c> were</c><00:26:28.200><c> going</c><00:26:28.359><c> in</c><00:26:28.599><c> reverse,</c><00:26:28.880><c> brothers</c><00:26:29.160><c> and</c><00:26:29.440><c> sisters.</c>

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:34.859
But<00:26:33.039><c> they</c><00:26:33.200><c> weren't</c><00:26:33.359><c> going</c><00:26:33.559><c> to</c><00:26:33.779><c> waver.</c>

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:37.460
They<00:26:35.240><c> were</c><00:26:35.400><c> going</c><00:26:35.480><c> to</c><00:26:35.640><c> act</c><00:26:35.779><c> in</c><00:26:36.099><c> faith.</c>

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:40.259
Come<00:26:38.859><c> back</c><00:26:39.059><c> to</c><00:26:39.240><c> chapter</c><00:26:39.579><c> one.</c>

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And<00:26:40.660><c> Paul</c><00:26:40.980><c> encourages</c><00:26:41.440><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:26:41.819><c> a</c><00:26:41.940><c> lovely</c><00:26:42.200><c> little</c><00:26:42.380><c> expression</c><00:26:42.799><c> here.</c>

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:45.019
And<00:26:43.180><c> we've</c><00:26:43.420><c> seen</c><00:26:43.619><c> already</c><00:26:44.019><c> these</c><00:26:44.319><c> military</c><00:26:44.720><c> terms</c>

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:48.380
that<00:26:45.220><c> are</c><00:26:45.640><c> littered</c><00:26:45.859><c> throughout</c><00:26:46.180><c> this</c><00:26:46.900><c> delightful</c><00:26:47.359><c> book.</c>

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And<00:26:48.599><c> here's</c><00:26:48.859><c> another</c><00:26:49.039><c> one.</c>

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:52.900
Paul<00:26:49.500><c> encouraged</c><00:26:49.980><c> them</c><00:26:50.259><c> in</c><00:26:50.460><c> verse</c><00:26:50.759><c> 27</c><00:26:51.319><c> of</c><00:26:51.539><c> chapter</c><00:26:51.940><c> one.</c>

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Only<00:26:54.339><c> let</c><00:26:54.519><c> your</c><00:26:54.720><c> conversation</c><00:26:55.180><c> be,</c>

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or<00:26:56.039><c> your</c><00:26:56.380><c> citizenship</c><00:26:56.759><c> be,</c>

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as<00:26:57.200><c> it</c><00:26:57.279><c> becometh</c><00:26:57.680><c> the</c><00:26:57.759><c> gospel</c><00:26:58.299><c> of</c><00:26:58.900><c> Christ,</c><00:26:59.960><c> right?</c>

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:03.779
And<00:27:01.079><c> if</c><00:27:01.160><c> you</c><00:27:01.259><c> go</c><00:27:01.440><c> down</c><00:27:01.599><c> to</c><00:27:01.740><c> the</c><00:27:01.880><c> end</c><00:27:02.059><c> or</c><00:27:02.240><c> near</c><00:27:02.380><c> the</c><00:27:02.500><c> end</c><00:27:02.660><c> of</c><00:27:02.799><c> the</c><00:27:02.940><c> verse,</c>

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.759
you<00:27:04.380><c> read</c><00:27:04.640><c> these</c><00:27:04.920><c> encouraging</c><00:27:05.420><c> words,</c>

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:09.160
that<00:27:05.960><c> ye</c><00:27:06.220><c> stand</c><00:27:06.680><c> fast</c><00:27:07.099><c> in</c><00:27:07.599><c> one</c><00:27:08.220><c> spirit.</c>

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:11.160
And<00:27:09.299><c> here's</c><00:27:09.559><c> another</c><00:27:09.799><c> military</c><00:27:10.259><c> term,</c><00:27:10.680><c> brothers</c><00:27:10.759><c> and</c><00:27:10.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:12.599
We've<00:27:11.420><c> seen</c><00:27:11.519><c> a</c><00:27:11.660><c> number</c><00:27:11.859><c> this</c><00:27:12.079><c> week,</c><00:27:12.319><c> haven't</c><00:27:12.440><c> we?</c>

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.779
And<00:27:13.019><c> it's</c><00:27:13.220><c> no</c><00:27:13.339><c> surprise,</c>

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because<00:27:14.380><c> Paul</c><00:27:14.700><c> is</c><00:27:14.900><c> writing</c><00:27:15.079><c> from</c><00:27:15.299><c> the</c><00:27:15.420><c> Praetorian</c><00:27:15.960><c> Guard.</c>

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:19.980
And<00:27:17.440><c> they</c><00:27:17.579><c> are</c><00:27:17.759><c> surrounded</c><00:27:18.240><c> by</c><00:27:18.480><c> these</c><00:27:18.740><c> military</c><00:27:19.140><c> officers</c><00:27:19.619><c> there.</c>

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:22.119
It's<00:27:20.220><c> a</c><00:27:20.400><c> military</c><00:27:20.599><c> center</c><00:27:21.000><c> in</c><00:27:21.640><c> Philippi.</c>

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And<00:27:22.559><c> that</c><00:27:22.759><c> little</c><00:27:22.940><c> expression</c><00:27:23.319><c> there,</c>

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:29.299
ye<00:27:23.740><c> stand</c><00:27:24.039><c> fast,</c><00:27:25.700><c> means</c><00:27:26.079><c> to</c><00:27:26.539><c> walk</c><00:27:27.099><c> in</c><00:27:28.359><c> line.</c>

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:32.640
And<00:27:30.359><c> we</c><00:27:30.440><c> need</c><00:27:30.599><c> to</c><00:27:30.680><c> get</c><00:27:30.779><c> a</c><00:27:30.940><c> sense</c><00:27:31.099><c> of</c><00:27:31.220><c> what</c><00:27:31.400><c> that</c><00:27:31.660><c> expression</c><00:27:31.980><c> means,</c>

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according<00:27:33.299><c> to</c><00:27:33.480><c> the</c><00:27:33.660><c> Romans.</c>

00:27:33.859 --> 00:27:37.960
So<00:27:34.099><c> I'm</c><00:27:34.299><c> going</c><00:27:34.420><c> to</c><00:27:34.599><c> refer</c><00:27:34.880><c> to</c><00:27:35.059><c> the</c><00:27:35.319><c> historian</c><00:27:35.759><c> Verchettius.</c>

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:42.000
And<00:27:38.380><c> he</c><00:27:38.740><c> describes</c><00:27:39.079><c> how</c><00:27:39.460><c> the</c><00:27:39.920><c> Roman</c><00:27:40.299><c> armies</c><00:27:40.759><c> would</c><00:27:41.259><c> march</c><00:27:41.779><c> in</c>

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a<00:27:42.119><c> line</c>

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and<00:27:42.420><c> they</c><00:27:42.640><c> would</c><00:27:42.859><c> do</c><00:27:43.119><c> so</c><00:27:43.359><c> at</c><00:27:43.819><c> speed.</c>

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.140
An<00:27:45.420><c> army</c><00:27:45.640><c> which</c><00:27:45.900><c> had</c><00:27:46.359><c> stragglers</c><00:27:46.799><c> at</c><00:27:46.980><c> the</c><00:27:47.160><c> back,</c>

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:50.359
or<00:27:48.500><c> those</c><00:27:48.799><c> that</c><00:27:48.920><c> were</c><00:27:49.099><c> trundling</c><00:27:49.420><c> along</c><00:27:49.680><c> at</c><00:27:49.880><c> different</c><00:27:50.079><c> speeds,</c>

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:52.859
so<00:27:50.539><c> not</c><00:27:50.660><c> very</c><00:27:50.880><c> good</c><00:27:51.240><c> for</c><00:27:51.440><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.740
They<00:27:54.519><c> were</c><00:27:54.799><c> vulnerable</c><00:27:55.279><c> to</c><00:27:55.500><c> attack.</c>

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.359
That<00:27:57.240><c> they</c><00:27:57.420><c> had</c><00:27:57.619><c> to</c><00:27:57.779><c> be</c><00:27:58.019><c> united.</c>

00:27:58.440 --> 00:28:01.880
They<00:27:58.579><c> had</c><00:27:58.859><c> to</c><00:27:59.119><c> form</c><00:27:59.339><c> a</c><00:27:59.700><c> compact</c><00:28:00.279><c> fighting</c><00:28:00.859><c> unit.</c>

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.420
And<00:28:02.559><c> so</c><00:28:02.700><c> the</c><00:28:02.940><c> command</c><00:28:03.259><c> went</c><00:28:03.519><c> forth</c><00:28:03.779><c> from</c><00:28:04.019><c> Rome,</c>

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:07.039
that<00:28:04.940><c> they</c><00:28:05.079><c> were</c><00:28:05.220><c> to</c><00:28:05.519><c> stand</c><00:28:05.819><c> in</c><00:28:06.119><c> line.</c>

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.700
Otherwise<00:28:07.940><c> they</c><00:28:08.119><c> were</c><00:28:08.339><c> vulnerable.</c>

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:10.400
Otherwise<00:28:09.299><c> they</c><00:28:09.599><c> were</c><00:28:09.859><c> exposed.</c>

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:12.940
And<00:28:11.140><c> similarly,</c><00:28:11.619><c> these</c><00:28:11.799><c> Philippians,</c><00:28:12.460><c> brothers</c><00:28:12.619><c> and</c><00:28:12.779><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:15.779
were<00:28:13.099><c> to</c><00:28:13.339><c> form</c><00:28:13.559><c> in</c><00:28:13.839><c> line,</c><00:28:14.480><c> a</c><00:28:14.559><c> line</c><00:28:15.059><c> of</c><00:28:15.200><c> Roman</c><00:28:15.460><c> soldiers.</c>

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:17.920
They<00:28:15.940><c> were</c><00:28:16.099><c> to</c><00:28:16.259><c> march</c><00:28:16.559><c> together</c><00:28:16.980><c> following</c><00:28:17.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:20.259
And<00:28:18.599><c> by</c><00:28:18.759><c> marching</c><00:28:19.079><c> together,</c><00:28:19.440><c> they</c><00:28:19.599><c> would</c><00:28:19.880><c> conquer.</c>

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.180
They<00:28:20.440><c> would</c><00:28:20.599><c> be</c><00:28:20.740><c> victorious.</c>

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:23.259
They<00:28:21.339><c> would</c><00:28:21.539><c> be</c><00:28:21.740><c> indestructible.</c>

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:25.740
Knowing<00:28:24.039><c> that</c><00:28:24.279><c> God</c><00:28:24.480><c> had</c><00:28:24.680><c> made</c><00:28:24.779><c> them</c><00:28:25.140><c> strong.</c>

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.880
Now<00:28:26.140><c> there</c><00:28:26.240><c> was</c><00:28:26.380><c> another</c><00:28:26.599><c> word.</c>

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.539
Can<00:28:27.019><c> you</c><00:28:27.160><c> remember</c><00:28:27.420><c> the</c><00:28:27.599><c> word</c><00:28:27.740><c> that</c><00:28:27.880><c> we</c><00:28:28.019><c> looked</c><00:28:28.200><c> at?</c>

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.799
Just<00:28:29.160><c> a</c><00:28:29.339><c> few</c><00:28:29.420><c> days</c><00:28:29.700><c> ago.</c>

00:28:29.819 --> 00:28:31.579
If<00:28:29.920><c> you</c><00:28:29.940><c> go</c><00:28:30.039><c> back</c><00:28:30.279><c> to</c><00:28:30.660><c> verse</c><00:28:30.980><c> 12.</c>

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.420
Can<00:28:31.920><c> you</c><00:28:32.039><c> remember</c><00:28:32.299><c> that?</c>

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:34.420
At<00:28:32.559><c> the</c><00:28:32.640><c> end</c><00:28:32.799><c> of</c><00:28:32.960><c> verse</c><00:28:33.099><c> 12,</c><00:28:33.420><c> that</c><00:28:33.539><c> word</c><00:28:33.859><c> furtherance,</c>

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.640
that<00:28:34.579><c> was</c><00:28:34.740><c> a</c><00:28:34.940><c> lovely</c><00:28:35.160><c> word,</c><00:28:35.339><c> wasn't</c><00:28:35.500><c> it?</c>

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:37.460
The<00:28:36.319><c> word</c><00:28:36.660><c> furtherance.</c>

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:39.740
And<00:28:37.640><c> it</c><00:28:37.759><c> means</c><00:28:38.019><c> the</c><00:28:38.420><c> furtherance</c><00:28:38.859><c> of</c><00:28:39.079><c> the</c><00:28:39.380><c> gospel.</c>

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:42.920
It<00:28:40.180><c> gives</c><00:28:40.380><c> the</c><00:28:40.640><c> idea</c><00:28:41.000><c> there</c><00:28:41.400><c> of</c><00:28:42.279><c> progressing</c>

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:45.460
as<00:28:43.720><c> an</c><00:28:44.200><c> army</c><00:28:44.660><c> marches</c><00:28:45.339><c> on.</c>

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:46.680
Can<00:28:45.640><c> you</c><00:28:45.759><c> remember</c><00:28:46.000><c> that?</c>

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:49.599
So<00:28:48.000><c> this</c><00:28:48.160><c> is</c><00:28:48.319><c> the</c><00:28:48.420><c> whole</c><00:28:48.619><c> idea.</c>

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:51.380
Remember<00:28:50.279><c> that</c><00:28:50.680><c> the</c><00:28:50.880><c> gospel,</c>

00:28:51.380 --> 00:28:53.799
through<00:28:51.740><c> the</c><00:28:51.960><c> process</c><00:28:52.339><c> of</c><00:28:52.640><c> personification.</c>

00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.440
Remember<00:28:54.099><c> that?</c>

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:57.099
The<00:28:54.859><c> gospel</c><00:28:55.200><c> becomes</c><00:28:55.559><c> the</c><00:28:55.759><c> great</c><00:28:55.980><c> general</c>

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:59.680
and<00:28:57.559><c> calls</c><00:28:57.980><c> for</c><00:28:58.180><c> those</c><00:28:58.440><c> to</c><00:28:58.819><c> follow.</c>

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:03.259
And<00:28:59.839><c> this</c><00:29:00.440><c> general</c><00:29:00.980><c> is</c><00:29:01.200><c> going</c><00:29:01.400><c> to</c><00:29:01.660><c> march</c><00:29:02.000><c> and</c><00:29:02.240><c> march</c><00:29:02.700><c> and</c><00:29:02.900><c> march</c>

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:06.059
and<00:29:03.640><c> cover</c><00:29:04.140><c> the</c><00:29:05.019><c> four</c><00:29:05.259><c> ends</c><00:29:05.559><c> of</c><00:29:05.759><c> the</c><00:29:05.940><c> earth</c>

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:07.920
and<00:29:06.220><c> will</c><00:29:06.380><c> be</c><00:29:06.660><c> marching</c><00:29:07.019><c> when</c><00:29:07.240><c> the</c><00:29:07.660><c> preaching</c>

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:09.079
of<00:29:08.180><c> the</c><00:29:08.319><c> everlasting</c><00:29:08.740><c> gospel.</c>

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:11.240
It<00:29:09.359><c> will</c><00:29:09.619><c> not</c><00:29:10.000><c> complete</c><00:29:10.519><c> until</c><00:29:10.779><c> the</c><00:29:11.000><c> end</c>

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.559
of<00:29:11.400><c> the</c><00:29:11.539><c> thousand</c><00:29:11.759><c> years,</c><00:29:12.119><c> brothers</c><00:29:12.240><c> and</c><00:29:12.380><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:14.619
And<00:29:12.819><c> it</c><00:29:12.880><c> was</c><00:29:13.160><c> triggered</c><00:29:13.460><c> here</c><00:29:13.819><c> in</c><00:29:14.079><c> the</c><00:29:14.299><c> earthquake,</c>

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.619
in<00:29:14.799><c> Acts</c><00:29:14.940><c> chapter</c><00:29:15.160><c> 16.</c>

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:20.920
It<00:29:16.160><c> released</c><00:29:17.019><c> the</c><00:29:17.539><c> gospel</c><00:29:18.019><c> and</c><00:29:18.640><c> the</c><00:29:18.859><c> gospel</c><00:29:19.160><c> would</c><00:29:19.500><c> march</c><00:29:19.980><c> on.</c>

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:23.759
And<00:29:21.359><c> we</c><00:29:21.500><c> know</c><00:29:21.700><c> that</c><00:29:21.880><c> the</c><00:29:21.980><c> gospel</c><00:29:22.359><c> is</c><00:29:22.799><c> the</c><00:29:22.980><c> Lord</c><00:29:23.160><c> Jesus</c><00:29:23.480><c> Christ</c>

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:25.160
because<00:29:24.019><c> he</c><00:29:24.160><c> was</c><00:29:24.359><c> the</c><00:29:24.559><c> word</c><00:29:24.740><c> made</c><00:29:24.980><c> flesh.</c>

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.240
And<00:29:25.460><c> the</c><00:29:25.640><c> point</c><00:29:25.759><c> is</c><00:29:25.900><c> being</c><00:29:26.119><c> made,</c>

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:29.619
we<00:29:26.460><c> ought</c><00:29:26.640><c> to</c><00:29:26.839><c> stand</c><00:29:27.200><c> in</c><00:29:27.500><c> line</c><00:29:27.640><c> with</c><00:29:27.880><c> Christ</c><00:29:28.140><c> as</c><00:29:28.299><c> we</c><00:29:28.539><c> march.</c>

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:34.259
And<00:29:31.079><c> we</c><00:29:31.359><c> march</c><00:29:31.700><c> united</c><00:29:32.440><c> as</c><00:29:33.140><c> brothers</c><00:29:33.539><c> and</c><00:29:33.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:38.500
And<00:29:34.539><c> the</c><00:29:35.019><c> exhortation</c><00:29:35.779><c> is</c><00:29:36.279><c> very</c><00:29:36.640><c> powerful,</c><00:29:37.200><c> isn't</c><00:29:37.359><c> it?</c>

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:43.700
So<00:29:40.660><c> with</c><00:29:40.819><c> those</c><00:29:41.059><c> thoughts</c><00:29:41.279><c> in</c><00:29:41.559><c> mind,</c><00:29:42.380><c> following</c><00:29:42.500><c> this</c><00:29:43.000><c> general,</c>

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:46.279
following<00:29:44.400><c> the</c><00:29:44.599><c> Lord</c><00:29:44.720><c> Jesus</c><00:29:44.980><c> Christ,</c><00:29:45.220><c> come</c><00:29:45.400><c> back</c><00:29:45.559><c> to</c><00:29:45.700><c> chapter</c><00:29:45.960><c> two</c>

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:49.960
and<00:29:46.440><c> we're</c><00:29:46.680><c> going</c><00:29:46.779><c> to</c><00:29:47.039><c> see</c><00:29:47.680><c> a</c><00:29:48.740><c> contrast.</c>

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:52.119
And<00:29:50.259><c> we</c><00:29:50.380><c> need</c><00:29:50.619><c> to</c><00:29:50.720><c> ask</c><00:29:51.000><c> ourselves,</c><00:29:51.619><c> brothers</c><00:29:51.720><c> and</c><00:29:51.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:54.279
as<00:29:52.299><c> we</c><00:29:52.500><c> read</c><00:29:52.660><c> these</c><00:29:52.880><c> verses</c><00:29:53.099><c> together,</c>

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:56.900
what<00:29:54.779><c> kind</c><00:29:55.079><c> of</c><00:29:55.299><c> soldier</c><00:29:55.579><c> are</c><00:29:56.000><c> you?</c>

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:59.759
What<00:29:57.200><c> kind</c><00:29:57.440><c> of</c><00:29:57.640><c> soldier</c><00:29:57.960><c> do</c><00:29:58.180><c> you</c><00:29:58.319><c> want</c><00:29:58.559><c> to</c><00:29:58.839><c> be?</c>

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:02.240
Well,<00:30:00.099><c> verse</c><00:30:00.299><c> two</c><00:30:00.460><c> then</c><00:30:00.640><c> of</c><00:30:00.759><c> chapter</c><00:30:01.079><c> two.</c>

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:09.019
Fulfill<00:30:06.960><c> ye</c><00:30:07.140><c> my</c><00:30:07.480><c> joy</c><00:30:07.900><c> that</c><00:30:08.059><c> ye</c><00:30:08.279><c> be</c><00:30:08.460><c> like</c><00:30:08.740><c>-minded,</c>

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:12.119
having<00:30:09.420><c> the</c><00:30:09.799><c> same</c><00:30:10.079><c> love,</c><00:30:10.480><c> being</c><00:30:10.700><c> of</c><00:30:10.859><c> one</c><00:30:11.039><c> accord,</c><00:30:11.319><c> of</c><00:30:11.579><c> one</c><00:30:11.779><c> mind.</c>

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:14.740
This<00:30:12.500><c> whole</c><00:30:12.940><c> idea</c><00:30:13.319><c> of</c><00:30:13.720><c> marching</c><00:30:14.200><c> in</c><00:30:14.519><c> line,</c>

00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:16.640
being<00:30:15.200><c> one</c><00:30:15.440><c> with</c><00:30:15.619><c> the</c><00:30:15.799><c> Lord</c><00:30:16.000><c> Jesus</c><00:30:16.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:19.480
and<00:30:16.799><c> then</c><00:30:17.220><c> a</c><00:30:17.779><c> comparison</c><00:30:18.200><c> is</c><00:30:18.440><c> made,</c><00:30:18.660><c> a</c><00:30:18.759><c> very</c><00:30:19.000><c> sad</c><00:30:19.160><c> one.</c>

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:23.500
Let<00:30:19.819><c> nothing</c><00:30:20.319><c> be</c><00:30:20.519><c> done</c><00:30:20.799><c> through</c><00:30:21.240><c> strife</c><00:30:22.180><c> or</c><00:30:22.660><c> vainglory,</c>

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.039
but<00:30:23.859><c> in</c><00:30:24.140><c> lowliness</c><00:30:24.500><c> of</c><00:30:24.819><c> mind,</c>

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:27.680
let<00:30:25.259><c> each</c><00:30:25.599><c> esteem</c><00:30:26.140><c> other</c><00:30:26.519><c> better</c><00:30:27.160><c> than</c><00:30:27.400><c> themselves.</c>

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.940
A<00:30:27.900><c> well</c><00:30:28.099><c>-known</c><00:30:28.240><c> verse</c><00:30:28.519><c> here.</c>

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:32.460
Well,<00:30:29.500><c> first</c><00:30:29.779><c> of</c><00:30:29.960><c> all,</c><00:30:30.200><c> notice</c><00:30:30.500><c> the</c><00:30:30.720><c> word</c><00:30:31.019><c> strife.</c>

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:35.519
It's<00:30:33.319><c> a</c><00:30:33.460><c> military</c><00:30:33.819><c> term,</c><00:30:34.539><c> not</c><00:30:34.720><c> surprising,</c><00:30:35.200><c> isn't</c><00:30:35.319><c> it?</c>

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:39.180
And<00:30:35.779><c> it</c><00:30:35.880><c> means</c><00:30:36.160><c> to</c><00:30:36.420><c> walk</c><00:30:36.660><c> out</c><00:30:37.059><c> of</c><00:30:37.380><c> step,</c><00:30:37.900><c> can</c><00:30:38.059><c> you</c><00:30:38.099><c> see</c><00:30:38.200><c> the</c><00:30:38.359><c> point?</c>

00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:42.559
We<00:30:40.279><c> ought</c><00:30:40.440><c> to</c><00:30:40.740><c> march</c><00:30:41.180><c> in</c><00:30:41.480><c> step</c><00:30:41.599><c> with</c><00:30:41.779><c> the</c><00:30:41.880><c> Lord</c><00:30:42.039><c> Jesus</c><00:30:42.339><c> Christ,</c>

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:44.579
but<00:30:42.720><c> now</c><00:30:43.180><c> the</c><00:30:43.839><c> contrast</c><00:30:44.059><c> is</c><00:30:44.240><c> being</c><00:30:44.380><c> made</c>

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:46.559
of<00:30:44.859><c> someone</c><00:30:45.240><c> who</c><00:30:45.619><c> marches</c><00:30:46.019><c> out</c><00:30:46.240><c> of</c><00:30:46.460><c> step.</c>

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.059
And<00:30:46.700><c> how</c><00:30:46.859><c> is</c><00:30:47.059><c> he</c><00:30:47.180><c> marching</c><00:30:47.500><c> out</c><00:30:47.759><c> of</c><00:30:47.940><c> step?</c>

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:52.180
Well,<00:30:48.619><c> we</c><00:30:48.619><c> read</c><00:30:49.299><c> that</c><00:30:49.839><c> this</c><00:30:50.079><c> is</c><00:30:50.299><c> a</c><00:30:50.420><c> man</c><00:30:50.599><c> who</c><00:30:50.819><c> has</c><00:30:51.119><c> vainglory.</c>

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.259
Now,<00:30:52.740><c> brothers</c><00:30:52.819><c> and</c><00:30:53.019><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:55.240
this<00:30:53.640><c> is</c><00:30:53.819><c> the</c><00:30:53.940><c> only</c><00:30:54.079><c> time</c><00:30:54.259><c> we</c><00:30:54.420><c> come</c><00:30:54.599><c> across</c><00:30:54.880><c> this</c><00:30:55.119><c> word</c>

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.599
in<00:30:55.359><c> the</c><00:30:55.480><c> New</c><00:30:55.619><c> Testament.</c>

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.619
As<00:30:56.660><c> Brother</c><00:30:56.859><c> Harry</c><00:30:57.079><c> Tennant</c><00:30:57.240><c> used</c><00:30:57.420><c> to</c><00:30:57.539><c> say,</c>

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:59.579
it's<00:30:57.940><c> a</c><00:30:58.099><c> oneser,</c><00:30:58.599><c> you</c><00:30:58.720><c> may</c><00:30:58.859><c> have</c><00:30:58.980><c> heard</c><00:30:59.140><c> that,</c><00:30:59.440><c> right?</c>

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:02.559
So<00:30:59.740><c> we</c><00:30:59.859><c> should</c><00:31:00.079><c> take</c><00:31:00.619><c> special</c><00:31:01.279><c> attention</c><00:31:01.680><c> to</c><00:31:01.880><c> this</c><00:31:02.119><c> one,</c><00:31:02.319><c> right?</c>

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:04.039
It's<00:31:03.180><c> a</c><00:31:03.460><c> special</c><00:31:03.779><c> word.</c>

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.460
And<00:31:04.400><c> it</c><00:31:04.559><c> literally</c><00:31:04.799><c> means</c><00:31:05.059><c> in</c><00:31:05.180><c> the</c><00:31:05.319><c> Greek,</c>

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:07.559
empty<00:31:06.000><c> glory</c><00:31:06.299><c> or</c><00:31:06.579><c> self</c><00:31:06.859><c>-deceit.</c>

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:10.440
It<00:31:08.259><c> describes</c><00:31:08.619><c> someone</c><00:31:08.920><c> who</c><00:31:09.200><c> makes</c><00:31:09.420><c> himself</c><00:31:09.799><c> important.</c>

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.359
He's<00:31:10.980><c> like</c><00:31:11.240><c> a</c><00:31:11.460><c> balloon</c><00:31:11.819><c> full</c><00:31:12.039><c> of</c><00:31:12.220><c> air.</c>

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.599
He's<00:31:12.859><c> full</c><00:31:13.019><c> of</c><00:31:13.259><c> pride.</c>

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.440
And<00:31:13.940><c> he</c><00:31:14.200><c> pops</c><00:31:14.420><c> as</c><00:31:14.640><c> soon</c><00:31:14.700><c> as</c><00:31:14.700><c> you</c><00:31:14.799><c> put</c><00:31:14.920><c> the</c><00:31:15.059><c> pin</c><00:31:15.180><c> there.</c>

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.319
Do<00:31:15.759><c> you</c><00:31:15.839><c> know</c><00:31:15.920><c> that,</c><00:31:16.059><c> brother?</c>

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.160
Do<00:31:16.480><c> you</c><00:31:16.559><c> know</c><00:31:16.700><c> that,</c><00:31:17.099><c> sister?</c>

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.680
Who<00:31:17.519><c> doesn't</c><00:31:17.740><c> want</c><00:31:17.940><c> to</c><00:31:18.059><c> stand</c><00:31:18.240><c> in</c><00:31:18.440><c> line?</c>

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:21.220
Who<00:31:18.900><c> wants</c><00:31:19.079><c> to</c><00:31:19.240><c> draw</c><00:31:19.339><c> attention</c><00:31:19.759><c> to</c><00:31:19.920><c> themselves?</c>

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:24.099
It's<00:31:22.319><c> all</c><00:31:22.539><c> about</c><00:31:22.980><c> then.</c>

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:28.440
And<00:31:26.259><c> this</c><00:31:26.420><c> is</c><00:31:26.619><c> someone</c><00:31:26.799><c> who</c><00:31:26.960><c> does</c><00:31:27.220><c> not</c><00:31:27.440><c> walk</c><00:31:27.799><c> in</c><00:31:28.119><c> line</c>

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:32.880
with<00:31:28.700><c> his</c><00:31:28.980><c> brothers</c><00:31:29.279><c> and</c><00:31:29.680><c> sisters</c><00:31:30.019><c> because</c><00:31:30.519><c> of</c><00:31:30.920><c> self</c><00:31:31.559><c>-deceit,</c>

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:37.480
because<00:31:33.660><c> of</c><00:31:34.000><c> vainglory,</c><00:31:35.079><c> because</c><00:31:35.480><c> he</c><00:31:35.839><c> puffs</c><00:31:36.440><c> himself</c><00:31:37.059><c> up.</c>

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.900
Can<00:31:37.640><c> you</c><00:31:37.759><c> see</c><00:31:37.880><c> the</c><00:31:38.039><c> point?</c>

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:41.099
So<00:31:39.819><c> at</c><00:31:39.900><c> the</c><00:31:40.019><c> heart</c><00:31:40.140><c> of</c><00:31:40.259><c> this,</c><00:31:40.519><c> brothers</c><00:31:40.619><c> and</c><00:31:40.859><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:44.319
is<00:31:41.359><c> a</c><00:31:41.460><c> lack</c><00:31:41.680><c> of</c><00:31:42.980><c> humility.</c>

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:46.640
And<00:31:45.279><c> this</c><00:31:45.440><c> is</c><00:31:45.599><c> why</c><00:31:45.799><c> in</c><00:31:45.859><c> Philippians</c><00:31:46.140><c> chapter</c><00:31:46.400><c> two,</c>

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:49.759
when<00:31:46.799><c> he</c><00:31:47.079><c> describes</c><00:31:47.339><c> this</c><00:31:47.640><c> march,</c><00:31:48.740><c> the</c><00:31:48.980><c> march</c><00:31:49.200><c> of</c><00:31:49.359><c> the</c><00:31:49.480><c> gospel</c>

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:51.380
and<00:31:49.960><c> standing</c><00:31:50.220><c> in</c><00:31:50.400><c> line</c><00:31:50.480><c> with</c><00:31:50.640><c> the</c><00:31:50.740><c> Lord</c><00:31:50.880><c> Jesus</c><00:31:51.119><c> Christ,</c>

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:53.140
and<00:31:51.559><c> he</c><00:31:51.779><c> makes</c><00:31:52.039><c> this</c><00:31:52.299><c> comparison</c><00:31:52.740><c> of</c><00:31:52.880><c> someone</c>

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:55.200
who<00:31:53.519><c> stands</c><00:31:53.859><c> to</c><00:31:54.079><c> one</c><00:31:54.259><c> side,</c><00:31:54.440><c> it's</c><00:31:54.640><c> all</c><00:31:54.819><c> about</c><00:31:55.019><c> them</c>

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:57.319
and<00:31:55.339><c> they</c><00:31:55.599><c> adore</c><00:31:55.980><c> the</c><00:31:56.259><c> attention.</c>

00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:01.440
And<00:31:59.259><c> Paul</c><00:31:59.380><c> says,</c><00:31:59.759><c> think</c><00:32:00.099><c> about</c><00:32:00.380><c> that</c><00:32:00.619><c> one</c><00:32:00.740><c> who's</c><00:32:01.140><c> full</c>

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:04.640
like<00:32:01.740><c> a</c><00:32:01.940><c> balloon,</c><00:32:03.059><c> full</c><00:32:03.240><c> of</c><00:32:03.440><c> hot</c><00:32:03.619><c> air,</c>

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:08.400
could<00:32:05.380><c> pop</c><00:32:05.599><c> at</c><00:32:05.740><c> any</c><00:32:06.000><c> time,</c><00:32:07.259><c> unexpectedly.</c>

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:11.259
And<00:32:09.059><c> I'm</c><00:32:09.259><c> going</c><00:32:09.420><c> to</c><00:32:09.660><c> give</c><00:32:09.779><c> you</c><00:32:09.960><c> a</c><00:32:10.339><c> comparison</c><00:32:10.839><c> now</c>

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:16.220
that's<00:32:11.539><c> going</c><00:32:11.799><c> to</c><00:32:13.539><c> etch</c><00:32:14.000><c> itself</c><00:32:14.339><c> within</c><00:32:14.700><c> your</c><00:32:15.059><c> hearts</c><00:32:15.420><c> and</c><00:32:15.660><c> minds.</c>

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:18.440
And<00:32:16.500><c> I'm</c><00:32:16.619><c> going</c><00:32:16.720><c> to</c><00:32:16.819><c> give</c><00:32:16.920><c> you</c><00:32:17.119><c> the</c><00:32:17.240><c> most</c><00:32:17.579><c> beautiful,</c>

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:21.400
most<00:32:18.980><c> beautiful</c><00:32:19.960><c> comparison.</c>

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:24.180
And<00:32:22.799><c> so</c><00:32:22.940><c> this</c><00:32:23.079><c> is</c><00:32:23.279><c> why,</c><00:32:23.539><c> brothers</c><00:32:23.640><c> and</c><00:32:23.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:26.539
we've<00:32:24.579><c> got</c><00:32:24.720><c> this</c><00:32:25.039><c> lovely</c><00:32:25.480><c> section,</c>

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:29.819
arguably<00:32:27.059><c> it's</c><00:32:27.359><c> my</c><00:32:28.240><c> favorite</c><00:32:28.940><c> section</c><00:32:29.279><c> in</c><00:32:29.480><c> God's</c><00:32:29.740><c> Word,</c>

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:31.720
verses<00:32:30.079><c> six</c><00:32:30.519><c> to</c><00:32:30.700><c> 11.</c>

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:33.700
I<00:32:32.539><c> think</c><00:32:32.640><c> it's</c><00:32:32.740><c> Brother</c><00:32:32.920><c> James's</c><00:32:33.440><c> as</c><00:32:33.599><c> well,</c>

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:36.160
having<00:32:33.960><c> chats</c><00:32:34.220><c> with</c><00:32:34.359><c> him</c><00:32:34.539><c> during</c><00:32:34.720><c> the</c><00:32:34.880><c> course</c><00:32:35.039><c> of</c><00:32:35.220><c> the</c><00:32:35.319><c> week.</c>

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:40.039
Now,<00:32:37.220><c> the</c><00:32:37.400><c> way</c><00:32:37.640><c> I</c><00:32:37.960><c> put</c><00:32:38.099><c> it</c><00:32:38.279><c> on</c><00:32:38.339><c> the</c><00:32:38.559><c> screen</c><00:32:38.799><c> here</c>

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:42.599
is<00:32:40.400><c> to</c><00:32:40.640><c> impress</c><00:32:40.920><c> upon</c><00:32:41.220><c> you</c><00:32:41.400><c> that</c><00:32:41.539><c> there's</c><00:32:41.799><c> a</c><00:32:41.920><c> certain</c><00:32:42.079><c> poetry,</c>

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:44.539
there's<00:32:42.900><c> a</c><00:32:43.000><c> certain</c><00:32:43.200><c> elegance</c><00:32:43.720><c> about</c><00:32:44.059><c> this</c><00:32:44.279><c> section,</c>

00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:46.079
verses<00:32:44.799><c> six</c><00:32:45.079><c> to</c><00:32:45.240><c> 11.</c>

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:48.599
And<00:32:46.380><c> perhaps</c><00:32:46.579><c> these</c><00:32:46.799><c> are</c><00:32:46.980><c> the</c><00:32:47.079><c> most</c><00:32:47.279><c> inspired,</c>

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:51.299
the<00:32:49.160><c> most</c><00:32:49.420><c> moving</c><00:32:49.839><c> words</c><00:32:50.279><c> that</c><00:32:50.519><c> Paul</c><00:32:50.700><c> ever</c><00:32:51.000><c> pens</c>

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:54.759
concerning<00:32:52.079><c> his</c><00:32:52.700><c> master,</c><00:32:53.099><c> the</c><00:32:53.180><c> Lord</c><00:32:53.359><c> Jesus</c><00:32:53.700><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.420
Now,<00:32:55.500><c> as</c><00:32:55.559><c> you</c><00:32:55.619><c> look</c><00:32:55.759><c> at</c><00:32:55.859><c> those</c><00:32:56.079><c> words</c><00:32:56.259><c> there</c>

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.980
and<00:32:56.500><c> the</c><00:32:56.559><c> way</c><00:32:56.740><c> that</c><00:32:56.859><c> they're</c><00:32:57.160><c> structured,</c>

00:32:58.819 --> 00:33:01.660
it<00:32:58.900><c> reminds</c><00:32:59.259><c> me</c><00:32:59.480><c> at</c><00:32:59.579><c> least</c><00:32:59.799><c> of</c><00:32:59.980><c> a</c><00:33:00.160><c> hymn.</c>

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:03.880
There's<00:33:02.500><c> a</c><00:33:02.680><c> certain</c><00:33:02.880><c> rhythm</c><00:33:03.359><c> here</c>

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:05.619
to<00:33:04.099><c> this</c><00:33:04.279><c> section,</c><00:33:04.740><c> verses</c><00:33:04.799><c> six</c><00:33:05.079><c> to</c><00:33:05.259><c> 11.</c>

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:07.720
And<00:33:06.160><c> it's</c><00:33:06.380><c> very</c><00:33:06.819><c> self</c><00:33:07.140><c>-contained.</c>

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.299
As<00:33:08.019><c> you</c><00:33:08.400><c> read</c><00:33:08.759><c> through</c><00:33:08.980><c> this</c><00:33:09.180><c> book,</c>

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:11.160
you<00:33:09.400><c> have</c><00:33:09.559><c> to</c><00:33:09.819><c> read</c><00:33:09.980><c> it</c><00:33:10.519><c> in</c><00:33:10.700><c> one</c><00:33:10.880><c> reading.</c>

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:13.059
You'll<00:33:11.839><c> feel</c><00:33:12.119><c> that</c><00:33:12.319><c> verses</c><00:33:12.480><c> six</c><00:33:12.779><c> to</c><00:33:12.900><c> 11</c>

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:14.720
is<00:33:13.319><c> a</c><00:33:13.460><c> bit</c><00:33:13.579><c> of</c><00:33:13.799><c> a</c><00:33:13.940><c> stand</c><00:33:14.160><c> aside.</c>

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:16.839
And<00:33:15.299><c> so</c><00:33:15.440><c> perhaps,</c><00:33:16.079><c> brothers</c><00:33:16.200><c> and</c><00:33:16.460><c> sisters,</c>

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:19.559
in<00:33:17.339><c> Acts</c><00:33:17.559><c> chapter</c><00:33:17.859><c> 16,</c><00:33:18.240><c> as</c><00:33:18.380><c> they</c><00:33:18.700><c> sung</c><00:33:18.920><c> a</c><00:33:19.059><c> hymn</c><00:33:19.160><c> at</c><00:33:19.359><c> midnight,</c>

00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:20.799
remember<00:33:19.880><c> that?</c>

00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:22.980
When<00:33:21.200><c> the</c><00:33:21.380><c> gospel</c><00:33:21.660><c> was</c><00:33:21.940><c> released?</c>

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:25.599
Perhaps<00:33:24.180><c> this</c><00:33:24.420><c> was</c><00:33:24.599><c> the</c><00:33:24.759><c> hymn.</c>

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:27.680
Perhaps<00:33:26.539><c> this</c><00:33:26.859><c> was</c><00:33:27.059><c> the</c><00:33:27.259><c> hymn.</c>

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:31.059
And<00:33:28.359><c> Paul</c><00:33:28.519><c> now</c><00:33:29.180><c> includes</c><00:33:29.720><c> it</c><00:33:30.140><c> within</c><00:33:30.380><c> his</c><00:33:30.660><c> epistle</c>

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:35.500
to<00:33:31.420><c> remind</c><00:33:32.019><c> them</c><00:33:32.359><c> 10</c><00:33:32.559><c> years</c><00:33:32.839><c> earlier</c><00:33:33.240><c> of</c><00:33:33.740><c> how</c><00:33:34.019><c> it</c><00:33:34.180><c> all</c><00:33:34.440><c> started,</c>

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:39.279
how<00:33:36.019><c> the</c><00:33:36.279><c> prison</c><00:33:36.619><c> inmates,</c><00:33:36.940><c> they</c><00:33:37.240><c> listened</c><00:33:37.700><c> to</c><00:33:38.480><c> these</c><00:33:38.779><c> hymns</c>

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:43.119
and<00:33:39.900><c> these</c><00:33:40.099><c> words</c><00:33:40.359><c> of</c><00:33:40.660><c> prayer,</c><00:33:41.359><c> and</c><00:33:41.640><c> they</c><00:33:41.819><c> were</c><00:33:42.039><c> moved.</c>

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:44.900
So<00:33:43.480><c> as</c><00:33:43.619><c> we</c><00:33:43.740><c> said,</c><00:33:43.880><c> as</c><00:33:43.980><c> you</c><00:33:44.059><c> look</c><00:33:44.180><c> on</c><00:33:44.339><c> the</c><00:33:44.460><c> screen</c><00:33:44.640><c> here,</c>

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:48.279
it<00:33:45.319><c> does</c><00:33:45.579><c> read</c><00:33:45.819><c> like</c><00:33:46.039><c> poetry,</c><00:33:46.640><c> it's</c><00:33:46.839><c> exalted</c><00:33:47.200><c> language.</c>

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:50.640
There's<00:33:48.500><c> certainly</c><00:33:48.839><c> an</c><00:33:49.640><c> internal</c><00:33:50.119><c> coherence.</c>

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.839
I'm<00:33:50.819><c> sure</c><00:33:50.920><c> he'll</c><00:33:51.140><c> accept</c><00:33:51.460><c> that.</c>

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:53.519
But<00:33:52.180><c> what</c><00:33:52.339><c> we</c><00:33:52.500><c> want</c><00:33:52.579><c> to</c><00:33:52.700><c> do,</c><00:33:52.759><c> we</c><00:33:52.900><c> want</c><00:33:53.039><c> to</c><00:33:53.259><c> pick</c><00:33:53.420><c> out,</c>

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.839
we<00:33:53.660><c> just</c><00:33:53.819><c> want</c><00:33:53.920><c> to</c><00:33:54.059><c> go</c><00:33:54.180><c> through</c><00:33:54.359><c> this</c><00:33:54.599><c> section.</c>

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.640
It's<00:33:55.039><c> a</c><00:33:55.180><c> lovely</c><00:33:55.380><c> section.</c>

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:57.059
I'm<00:33:55.839><c> sure</c><00:33:55.920><c> you've</c><00:33:56.140><c> done</c><00:33:56.180><c> a</c><00:33:56.339><c> study</c><00:33:56.480><c> on</c><00:33:56.599><c> it</c><00:33:56.720><c> your</c><00:33:56.880><c> own.</c>

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.799
But<00:33:57.380><c> we</c><00:33:57.500><c> want</c><00:33:57.579><c> to</c><00:33:57.740><c> pick</c><00:33:57.839><c> out</c><00:33:58.000><c> a</c><00:33:58.140><c> few</c><00:33:58.299><c> expressions</c>

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:01.140
to<00:33:59.079><c> paint</c><00:33:59.279><c> a</c><00:33:59.519><c> picture</c><00:33:59.839><c> of</c><00:34:00.460><c> what</c><00:34:00.779><c> Paul</c>

00:34:01.140 --> 00:34:03.440
is<00:34:01.539><c> trying</c><00:34:01.700><c> to</c><00:34:02.160><c> impress</c><00:34:02.559><c> upon</c><00:34:02.880><c> us</c><00:34:03.160><c> here.</c>

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:04.579
So<00:34:03.980><c> let's</c><00:34:04.160><c> begin</c><00:34:04.359><c> then.</c>

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:09.739
Verse<00:34:04.799><c> six</c><00:34:05.740><c> of</c><00:34:06.839><c> perhaps</c><00:34:07.240><c> this</c><00:34:07.539><c> hymn</c><00:34:07.740><c> that</c><00:34:07.880><c> was</c><00:34:08.059><c> sung</c><00:34:08.239><c> in</c><00:34:08.400><c> Acts</c><00:34:08.519><c> 16.</c>

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:16.079
We<00:34:11.380><c> read</c><00:34:11.619><c> there,</c><00:34:12.599><c> who</c><00:34:12.639><c> being</c><00:34:12.960><c> in</c><00:34:13.159><c> the</c><00:34:13.400><c> form</c><00:34:14.199><c> of</c><00:34:14.880><c> God.</c>

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:18.719
So<00:34:16.840><c> we</c><00:34:16.980><c> want</c><00:34:17.079><c> to</c><00:34:17.239><c> pick</c><00:34:17.340><c> out</c><00:34:17.480><c> a</c><00:34:17.619><c> number</c><00:34:17.820><c> of</c><00:34:18.039><c> Greek</c><00:34:18.159><c> words</c><00:34:18.480><c> here</c>

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.579
to<00:34:18.900><c> help</c><00:34:19.039><c> us.</c>

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.739
The<00:34:20.340><c> form</c><00:34:20.539><c> of</c><00:34:20.699><c> God,</c><00:34:20.840><c> the</c><00:34:20.960><c> word</c><00:34:21.139><c> form</c><00:34:21.400><c> there</c>

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:25.820
is<00:34:22.059><c> the</c><00:34:22.260><c> Greek</c><00:34:22.380><c> word</c><00:34:22.599><c> morph,</c><00:34:23.760><c> which</c><00:34:23.980><c> can</c><00:34:24.239><c> mean</c><00:34:24.639><c> shape.</c>

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:28.280
It's<00:34:26.340><c> referring</c><00:34:26.639><c> to</c><00:34:26.840><c> the</c><00:34:27.079><c> shape</c><00:34:27.340><c> of</c><00:34:27.780><c> things</c>

00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:29.820
that<00:34:28.519><c> you</c><00:34:28.900><c> see</c><00:34:29.119><c> with</c><00:34:29.360><c> your</c><00:34:29.619><c> eye.</c>

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.219
And<00:34:30.139><c> if</c><00:34:30.260><c> you</c><00:34:30.380><c> look</c><00:34:30.519><c> in</c><00:34:30.780><c> concordance,</c>

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:34.719
it<00:34:31.500><c> will</c><00:34:31.679><c> always</c><00:34:32.039><c> refer</c><00:34:32.400><c> to</c><00:34:32.579><c> a</c><00:34:32.780><c> position,</c><00:34:33.739><c> a</c><00:34:33.980><c> status,</c><00:34:34.320><c> and</c><00:34:34.480><c> a</c><00:34:34.599><c> role.</c>

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:38.360
I<00:34:35.000><c> cannot</c><00:34:35.360><c> impress</c><00:34:35.860><c> that</c><00:34:36.179><c> upon</c><00:34:36.460><c> you</c><00:34:37.179><c> enough,</c><00:34:37.760><c> brothers</c><00:34:37.920><c> and</c><00:34:38.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:41.239
It<00:34:38.800><c> speaks</c><00:34:39.059><c> of</c><00:34:39.280><c> a</c><00:34:39.480><c> position,</c><00:34:40.239><c> a</c><00:34:40.619><c> status,</c><00:34:40.820><c> and</c><00:34:41.000><c> role.</c>

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:43.659
And<00:34:41.500><c> it</c><00:34:41.679><c> never</c><00:34:41.960><c> speaks</c><00:34:42.300><c> of</c><00:34:42.539><c> a</c><00:34:42.739><c> nature.</c>

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:47.500
So<00:34:45.139><c> Jesus</c><00:34:45.420><c> Christ</c><00:34:45.679><c> was</c><00:34:45.940><c> never</c><00:34:46.260><c> of</c><00:34:46.539><c> the</c><00:34:46.760><c> nature</c><00:34:47.059><c> of</c><00:34:47.320><c> God.</c>

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:50.760
But<00:34:47.860><c> it</c><00:34:48.079><c> tells</c><00:34:48.360><c> us</c><00:34:48.619><c> from</c><00:34:48.960><c> his</c><00:34:49.400><c> birth,</c><00:34:50.139><c> isn't</c><00:34:50.300><c> it</c><00:34:50.460><c> remarkable?</c>

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:54.119
From<00:34:51.579><c> his</c><00:34:52.139><c> birth,</c><00:34:52.559><c> he</c><00:34:52.780><c> had</c><00:34:53.000><c> the</c><00:34:53.400><c> status</c><00:34:53.739><c> of</c><00:34:54.000><c> God.</c>

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.119
Now<00:34:54.260><c> there's</c><00:34:54.440><c> a</c><00:34:54.619><c> difference.</c>

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.880
I'm<00:34:55.579><c> not</c><00:34:55.679><c> teaching</c><00:34:55.920><c> the</c><00:34:56.099><c> Trinity.</c>

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.340
There's<00:34:57.760><c> a</c><00:34:58.019><c> difference.</c>

00:34:58.360 --> 00:34:59.679
He<00:34:58.539><c> had</c><00:34:58.780><c> the</c><00:34:59.079><c> status</c><00:34:59.320><c> of</c><00:34:59.559><c> God.</c>

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:02.579
God's<00:35:00.260><c> signature</c><00:35:00.760><c> was</c><00:35:01.460><c> impressed</c><00:35:01.920><c> upon</c><00:35:02.239><c> his</c><00:35:02.460><c> son,</c>

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.699
his<00:35:02.940><c> only</c><00:35:03.320><c> begotten</c><00:35:03.780><c> son.</c>

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:08.179
And<00:35:07.119><c> this</c><00:35:07.320><c> is</c><00:35:07.500><c> emphasized</c><00:35:07.940><c> here</c>

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:10.219
because<00:35:08.519><c> he</c><00:35:08.719><c> was</c><00:35:09.079><c> being</c><00:35:09.420><c> in</c><00:35:09.619><c> the</c><00:35:09.780><c> form</c><00:35:09.920><c> of</c><00:35:10.119><c> God.</c>

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:12.719
And<00:35:10.400><c> the</c><00:35:10.500><c> word</c><00:35:10.639><c> being</c><00:35:11.019><c> there,</c><00:35:11.280><c> that</c><00:35:11.519><c> verb</c><00:35:11.719><c> is</c><00:35:11.860><c> in</c><00:35:12.000><c> the</c><00:35:12.159><c> perfect</c><00:35:12.500><c> sense.</c>

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:14.780
It<00:35:12.840><c> means</c><00:35:13.039><c> it</c><00:35:13.199><c> was</c><00:35:13.460><c> always</c><00:35:13.940><c> in</c><00:35:14.219><c> existence.</c>

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:16.179
This<00:35:15.059><c> is</c><00:35:15.280><c> inspiration.</c>

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:19.840
He<00:35:16.880><c> was</c><00:35:17.059><c> in</c><00:35:17.179><c> the</c><00:35:17.340><c> form</c><00:35:17.500><c> of</c><00:35:17.659><c> God</c><00:35:17.780><c> always,</c><00:35:18.380><c> brothers</c><00:35:18.559><c> and</c><00:35:18.800><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.980
And<00:35:20.199><c> this</c><00:35:20.360><c> is</c><00:35:20.519><c> true,</c><00:35:20.760><c> isn't</c><00:35:20.840><c> it?</c>

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:22.820
At<00:35:21.039><c> his</c><00:35:21.239><c> beginning,</c><00:35:21.739><c> he</c><00:35:21.900><c> had</c><00:35:22.059><c> the</c><00:35:22.280><c> divine</c><00:35:22.519><c> status.</c>

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:24.920
Remember<00:35:23.320><c> the</c><00:35:23.539><c> angel</c><00:35:23.699><c> who</c><00:35:23.920><c> spoke</c><00:35:24.199><c> to</c><00:35:24.460><c> Mary</c>

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:28.719
that<00:35:25.840><c> she</c><00:35:26.199><c> had</c><00:35:26.420><c> the</c><00:35:26.760><c> holy</c><00:35:27.059><c> thing</c><00:35:27.420><c> called</c><00:35:27.739><c> to</c><00:35:27.940><c> be</c><00:35:28.059><c> the</c><00:35:28.199><c> son</c><00:35:28.360><c> of</c><00:35:28.579><c> God.</c>

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.400
And<00:35:28.900><c> he</c><00:35:28.900><c> was</c><00:35:29.119><c> God</c><00:35:29.480><c> manifested</c><00:35:30.000><c> in</c><00:35:30.159><c> the</c><00:35:30.280><c> flesh,</c>

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:33.440
only<00:35:30.719><c> the</c><00:35:30.880><c> Lord</c><00:35:31.059><c> Jesus</c><00:35:31.300><c> Christ</c><00:35:31.519><c> before</c><00:35:31.900><c> his</c><00:35:32.119><c> crucifixion</c>

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:36.820
and<00:35:34.139><c> his</c><00:35:34.420><c> translation</c><00:35:34.960><c> from</c><00:35:35.440><c> mortality</c><00:35:35.940><c> to</c><00:35:36.260><c> immortality.</c>

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:39.099
Only<00:35:37.119><c> he</c><00:35:37.380><c> could</c><00:35:37.519><c> say</c><00:35:37.719><c> to</c><00:35:37.960><c> Philip,</c><00:35:38.420><c> I</c><00:35:38.460><c> am</c><00:35:38.599><c> my</c><00:35:38.840><c> father,</c>

00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:45.579
I'm<00:35:39.539><c> one</c><00:35:39.980><c> of</c><00:35:41.760><c> status,</c><00:35:43.400><c> of</c><00:35:43.559><c> position</c><00:35:44.199><c> and</c><00:35:45.340><c> role.</c>

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:47.820
But<00:35:45.860><c> brothers</c><00:35:46.039><c> and</c><00:35:46.280><c> sisters,</c><00:35:46.519><c> he</c><00:35:46.739><c> had</c><00:35:46.980><c> this</c><00:35:47.219><c> divine</c><00:35:47.559><c> status.</c>

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:52.139
And<00:35:48.099><c> now</c><00:35:48.260><c> I'm</c><00:35:48.400><c> going</c><00:35:48.539><c> to</c><00:35:48.800><c> take</c><00:35:48.920><c> you</c><00:35:49.119><c> through</c><00:35:50.099><c> a</c><00:35:50.900><c> process.</c>

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:56.300
And<00:35:53.440><c> for</c><00:35:53.559><c> me,</c><00:35:53.780><c> it's</c><00:35:54.159><c> the</c><00:35:54.340><c> most</c><00:35:54.599><c> moving</c><00:35:54.960><c> process</c><00:35:55.559><c> in</c><00:35:55.920><c> scripture.</c>

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:58.440
We're<00:35:56.980><c> gonna</c><00:35:57.039><c> go</c><00:35:57.199><c> through</c><00:35:57.320><c> this</c><00:35:57.500><c> gradually.</c>

00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:02.239
So<00:35:59.719><c> then,</c><00:36:00.760><c> though</c><00:36:01.179><c> the</c><00:36:01.420><c> Lord</c><00:36:01.639><c> Jesus</c><00:36:02.000><c> Christ</c>

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:05.119
had<00:36:02.840><c> a</c><00:36:03.239><c> divine</c><00:36:03.619><c> status</c><00:36:04.239><c> from</c><00:36:04.639><c> birth,</c>

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.699
he<00:36:05.679><c> was</c><00:36:05.960><c> still</c><00:36:06.420><c> obedient,</c><00:36:07.360><c> notice.</c>

00:36:08.059 --> 00:36:11.480
And<00:36:08.400><c> look</c><00:36:08.619><c> at</c><00:36:08.780><c> verse</c><00:36:09.099><c> six,</c><00:36:10.440><c> who</c><00:36:10.599><c> being</c><00:36:10.820><c> in</c><00:36:10.960><c> the</c><00:36:11.099><c> form</c><00:36:11.260><c> of</c><00:36:11.380><c> God,</c>

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:14.340
thought<00:36:11.739><c> it</c><00:36:11.900><c> not</c><00:36:12.099><c> robbery</c><00:36:12.460><c> to</c><00:36:12.739><c> be</c><00:36:13.139><c> equal</c><00:36:13.619><c> with</c><00:36:14.000><c> God.</c>

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:18.239
The<00:36:14.559><c> word</c><00:36:15.099><c> robbery</c><00:36:16.019><c> there,</c><00:36:17.320><c> you've</c><00:36:17.460><c> got</c><00:36:17.519><c> in</c><00:36:17.639><c> the</c><00:36:17.739><c> revised</c><00:36:18.019><c> version,</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:21.380
I've<00:36:18.440><c> got</c><00:36:18.539><c> in</c><00:36:18.679><c> my</c><00:36:18.920><c> Bible</c><00:36:19.119><c> here,</c><00:36:19.500><c> a</c><00:36:19.760><c> thing</c><00:36:20.000><c> to</c><00:36:20.260><c> be</c><00:36:20.500><c> grasped.</c>

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:24.119
In<00:36:21.940><c> the</c><00:36:22.139><c> Greek,</c><00:36:22.400><c> it</c><00:36:22.579><c> comes</c><00:36:22.820><c> from</c><00:36:23.000><c> the</c><00:36:23.139><c> verb</c><00:36:23.300><c> to</c><00:36:23.659><c> seize,</c>

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:25.519
to<00:36:24.480><c> carry</c><00:36:24.739><c> off</c><00:36:24.940><c> by</c><00:36:25.300><c> force.</c>

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:29.719
It<00:36:26.019><c> always,</c><00:36:26.860><c> without</c><00:36:27.260><c> exception,</c><00:36:28.079><c> speaks</c><00:36:28.199><c> of</c><00:36:28.780><c> taking</c><00:36:29.380><c> hold</c>

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:35.480
of<00:36:29.940><c> something</c><00:36:30.400><c> that</c><00:36:31.019><c> is</c><00:36:31.400><c> external,</c><00:36:32.739><c> not</c><00:36:33.039><c> possessed</c><00:36:33.579><c> by</c><00:36:34.539><c> the</c><00:36:35.019><c> person.</c>

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:38.519
So<00:36:35.960><c> a</c><00:36:36.219><c> very</c><00:36:36.780><c> powerful</c><00:36:37.239><c> contrast</c><00:36:37.679><c> is</c><00:36:37.820><c> being</c><00:36:38.079><c> made</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:42.400
between<00:36:39.079><c> the</c><00:36:39.400><c> first</c><00:36:39.940><c> Adam</c><00:36:40.360><c> that</c><00:36:41.079><c> grasped</c><00:36:41.559><c> at</c><00:36:41.800><c> equality</c>

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:45.400
with<00:36:43.139><c> the</c><00:36:43.360><c> angels</c><00:36:44.059><c> and</c><00:36:44.639><c> the</c><00:36:44.920><c> last</c><00:36:45.199><c> Adam,</c>

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:47.360
which<00:36:45.539><c> is</c><00:36:45.719><c> an</c><00:36:45.800><c> expression</c><00:36:46.119><c> of</c><00:36:46.260><c> 1</c><00:36:46.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:46.659><c> 15,</c>

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:49.900
who<00:36:47.980><c> did</c><00:36:48.199><c> not</c><00:36:48.420><c> grasp,</c><00:36:48.599><c> can</c><00:36:48.780><c> you</c><00:36:48.780><c> see</c><00:36:48.880><c> the</c><00:36:49.039><c> point?</c>

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:54.760
So<00:36:52.139><c> a</c><00:36:52.400><c> comparison</c><00:36:52.840><c> is</c><00:36:53.019><c> being</c><00:36:53.260><c> made</c><00:36:53.599><c> here.</c>

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:58.380
And<00:36:55.699><c> then</c><00:36:55.840><c> it</c><00:36:55.900><c> goes</c><00:36:56.139><c> on</c><00:36:56.659><c> in</c><00:36:57.059><c> verse</c><00:36:57.300><c> seven,</c>

00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:01.460
that<00:36:58.659><c> he</c><00:36:58.800><c> made</c><00:36:59.059><c> himself</c><00:36:59.739><c> of</c><00:37:00.480><c> no</c><00:37:00.820><c> reputation.</c>

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:04.000
I'm<00:37:01.659><c> sure</c><00:37:01.800><c> you</c><00:37:01.960><c> know</c><00:37:02.079><c> that</c><00:37:02.239><c> that</c><00:37:02.460><c> means</c><00:37:02.699><c> he</c><00:37:03.059><c> emptied</c><00:37:03.500><c> himself.</c>

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:08.039
So<00:37:04.340><c> the</c><00:37:04.579><c> first</c><00:37:04.840><c> thing,</c><00:37:06.079><c> the</c><00:37:06.559><c> first</c><00:37:07.059><c> thing</c><00:37:07.320><c> that</c><00:37:07.519><c> he</c><00:37:07.719><c> did</c>

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:10.199
with<00:37:08.460><c> this</c><00:37:08.760><c> divine</c><00:37:09.199><c> status,</c><00:37:09.679><c> brothers</c><00:37:09.840><c> and</c><00:37:10.059><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.539
what<00:37:10.340><c> did</c><00:37:10.519><c> he</c><00:37:10.659><c> do?</c>

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:13.920
He<00:37:12.280><c> stripped</c><00:37:12.500><c> himself</c><00:37:12.940><c> of</c><00:37:13.159><c> it.</c>

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:19.360
The<00:37:16.940><c> first</c><00:37:17.380><c> thing</c><00:37:17.659><c> that</c><00:37:17.880><c> the</c><00:37:18.059><c> Lord</c><00:37:18.300><c> Jesus</c><00:37:18.639><c> Christ</c><00:37:19.039><c> did</c>

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:23.179
with<00:37:19.599><c> his</c><00:37:19.900><c> divine</c><00:37:20.380><c> status</c><00:37:21.219><c> was</c><00:37:21.980><c> that</c><00:37:22.179><c> he</c><00:37:22.500><c> stripped</c><00:37:22.679><c> himself</c>

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:24.159
of<00:37:23.420><c> it.</c>

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:27.980
And<00:37:25.780><c> he</c><00:37:25.980><c> partook</c><00:37:26.480><c> of</c><00:37:26.659><c> the</c><00:37:26.900><c> weaknesses</c><00:37:27.280><c> of</c><00:37:27.519><c> men.</c>

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:32.739
And<00:37:28.360><c> so</c><00:37:28.559><c> now</c><00:37:28.800><c> we</c><00:37:29.079><c> have</c><00:37:29.280><c> him</c><00:37:29.659><c> at</c><00:37:30.139><c> a</c><00:37:30.480><c> common</c><00:37:30.679><c> level</c><00:37:31.139><c> with</c><00:37:31.840><c> man.</c>

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:36.599
But<00:37:33.440><c> then</c><00:37:33.900><c> he</c><00:37:34.099><c> took</c><00:37:34.699><c> himself</c><00:37:35.519><c> even</c><00:37:36.280><c> lower.</c>

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:42.500
Notice<00:37:37.239><c> how</c><00:37:38.320><c> the</c><00:37:38.500><c> words</c><00:37:38.739><c> go</c><00:37:38.940><c> on,</c><00:37:39.239><c> he</c><00:37:39.440><c> came</c><00:37:39.860><c> in</c><00:37:40.079><c> the</c><00:37:40.320><c> form</c><00:37:40.659><c> of</c><00:37:41.199><c> a</c><00:37:41.400><c> servant.</c>

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:45.400
Our<00:37:43.800><c> minds</c><00:37:43.940><c> go</c><00:37:44.239><c> immediately</c><00:37:44.739><c> to</c><00:37:44.920><c> the</c><00:37:45.019><c> upper</c><00:37:45.260><c> room,</c>

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:47.360
how<00:37:45.619><c> Peter,</c><00:37:46.000><c> James,</c><00:37:46.300><c> and</c><00:37:46.440><c> John,</c><00:37:46.539><c> they</c><00:37:46.659><c> were</c><00:37:46.900><c> horrified,</c>

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.780
weren't<00:37:47.559><c> they,</c>

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:50.699
when<00:37:48.059><c> Jesus</c><00:37:48.460><c> knelt</c><00:37:49.000><c> on</c><00:37:49.440><c> his</c><00:37:49.719><c> knees</c>

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:53.980
and<00:37:51.139><c> wanted</c><00:37:51.480><c> to</c><00:37:52.139><c> wash</c><00:37:52.420><c> the</c><00:37:52.659><c> disciples'</c><00:37:53.280><c> feet.</c>

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:57.019
But<00:37:54.099><c> this</c><00:37:54.300><c> is</c><00:37:54.519><c> the</c><00:37:54.579><c> way</c><00:37:54.739><c> that</c><00:37:54.900><c> he</c><00:37:55.119><c> served</c><00:37:55.320><c> throughout</c><00:37:55.719><c> his</c><00:37:56.139><c> life.</c>

00:37:57.260 --> 00:38:01.579
He<00:37:57.519><c> made</c><00:37:57.820><c> himself</c><00:37:58.380><c> in</c><00:37:59.380><c> the</c><00:37:59.599><c> form</c><00:37:59.880><c> of</c><00:38:00.519><c> a</c><00:38:00.679><c> servant.</c>

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:03.760
But<00:38:01.900><c> brothers</c><00:38:02.079><c> and</c><00:38:02.320><c> sisters,</c><00:38:02.500><c> I</c><00:38:02.619><c> think</c><00:38:02.699><c> it's</c><00:38:02.820><c> very</c><00:38:03.099><c> moving</c><00:38:03.460><c> here.</c>

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.219
There's<00:38:04.079><c> a</c><00:38:04.300><c> chiasm</c><00:38:04.639><c> here,</c>

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:09.380
and<00:38:05.900><c> there's</c><00:38:06.119><c> a</c><00:38:06.360><c> particular</c><00:38:06.679><c> point</c><00:38:07.199><c> that's</c><00:38:07.820><c> being</c><00:38:08.059><c> emphasized.</c>

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:11.500
And<00:38:09.719><c> there's</c><00:38:09.960><c> something</c><00:38:10.199><c> that's</c><00:38:10.679><c> particularly</c><00:38:11.039><c> relevant</c>

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:14.860
to<00:38:11.699><c> the</c><00:38:11.880><c> Philippians</c><00:38:12.239><c> here,</c><00:38:12.719><c> and</c><00:38:13.000><c> it's</c><00:38:13.239><c> found</c><00:38:13.460><c> in</c><00:38:13.679><c> verse</c><00:38:13.980><c> eight.</c>

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:17.539
He<00:38:15.500><c> being</c><00:38:15.840><c> found</c><00:38:16.440><c> in</c><00:38:16.679><c> the</c><00:38:16.880><c> fashion</c><00:38:17.119><c> as</c><00:38:17.340><c> a</c><00:38:17.460><c> man.</c>

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.500
Now<00:38:17.699><c> that's</c><00:38:17.980><c> interesting,</c><00:38:18.260><c> isn't</c><00:38:18.360><c> it,</c>

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:24.039
because<00:38:19.000><c> he</c><00:38:19.840><c> is</c><00:38:20.440><c> the</c><00:38:20.679><c> form</c><00:38:20.900><c> of</c><00:38:21.139><c> God,</c><00:38:22.860><c> a</c><00:38:23.059><c> status,</c>

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.760
and<00:38:24.219><c> he</c><00:38:24.380><c> made</c><00:38:24.500><c> himself</c><00:38:24.900><c> the</c><00:38:25.079><c> form</c><00:38:25.239><c> of</c><00:38:25.440><c> a</c><00:38:25.559><c> servant.</c>

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:27.460
So<00:38:25.900><c> if</c><00:38:26.000><c> you</c><00:38:26.159><c> have</c><00:38:26.400><c> Trinitarian</c><00:38:26.900><c> friends,</c>

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:29.440
it's<00:38:28.139><c> very</c><00:38:28.500><c> self</c><00:38:28.780><c>-contained.</c>

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:32.300
You<00:38:29.800><c> can't</c><00:38:30.019><c> be</c><00:38:30.179><c> in</c><00:38:30.260><c> the</c><00:38:30.400><c> form</c><00:38:30.539><c> of</c><00:38:30.719><c> God</c><00:38:31.119><c> and</c><00:38:31.460><c> in</c><00:38:31.559><c> the</c><00:38:31.679><c> form</c><00:38:31.800><c> of</c><00:38:32.019><c> man.</c>

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.659
It<00:38:32.960><c> only</c><00:38:33.139><c> makes</c><00:38:33.400><c> sense.</c>

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:37.940
You<00:38:33.760><c> can</c><00:38:33.900><c> only</c><00:38:34.099><c> reconcile</c><00:38:34.579><c> those</c><00:38:34.880><c> two</c><00:38:35.059><c> concepts</c><00:38:35.739><c> if</c><00:38:36.460><c> it's</c><00:38:36.760><c> a</c><00:38:36.920><c> status.</c>

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.900
But<00:38:38.320><c> then</c><00:38:38.480><c> in</c><00:38:38.599><c> verse</c><00:38:38.739><c> eight,</c>

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:41.760
he<00:38:39.239><c> being</c><00:38:39.559><c> found</c><00:38:39.940><c> in</c><00:38:40.099><c> the</c><00:38:40.260><c> fashion</c><00:38:40.440><c> of</c><00:38:40.619><c> man,</c><00:38:40.880><c> he</c><00:38:41.139><c> humbled</c><00:38:41.460><c> himself.</c>

00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:43.000
And<00:38:41.940><c> brothers</c><00:38:42.119><c> and</c><00:38:42.280><c> sisters,</c><00:38:42.519><c> this</c><00:38:42.679><c> chiasm,</c>

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:44.099
if<00:38:43.139><c> you</c><00:38:43.219><c> can</c><00:38:43.340><c> see</c><00:38:43.400><c> it</c><00:38:43.500><c> on</c><00:38:43.559><c> the</c><00:38:43.739><c> screen,</c>

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:47.059
is<00:38:44.579><c> drawing</c><00:38:44.800><c> our</c><00:38:45.000><c> attention</c><00:38:45.480><c> that</c><00:38:45.940><c> he</c><00:38:46.380><c> humbled</c><00:38:46.760><c> himself.</c>

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.300
You<00:38:47.280><c> cannot</c><00:38:47.519><c> believe</c><00:38:47.860><c> it,</c><00:38:48.019><c> can</c><00:38:48.159><c> you?</c>

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:50.639
You<00:38:48.539><c> cannot</c><00:38:48.800><c> believe</c><00:38:49.019><c> that</c><00:38:49.280><c> the</c><00:38:49.380><c> Lord</c><00:38:49.679><c> Jesus</c><00:38:50.139><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:52.900
he<00:38:51.219><c> stripped</c><00:38:51.480><c> himself</c><00:38:51.880><c> of</c><00:38:52.039><c> his</c><00:38:52.219><c> divine</c><00:38:52.559><c> status.</c>

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:57.079
He<00:38:53.260><c> becomes</c><00:38:53.659><c> a</c><00:38:53.900><c> man,</c><00:38:55.440><c> and</c><00:38:55.820><c> he</c><00:38:55.940><c> becomes</c><00:38:56.159><c> a</c><00:38:56.480><c> servant.</c>

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:59.519
But<00:38:57.639><c> there's</c><00:38:57.820><c> something</c><00:38:58.159><c> else</c><00:38:58.519><c> that's</c><00:38:58.880><c> required</c><00:38:59.139><c> of</c><00:38:59.320><c> him,</c>

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:02.219
and<00:38:59.920><c> that</c><00:39:00.300><c> requires</c><00:39:00.900><c> real</c><00:39:01.579><c> humiliation</c>

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:03.940
of<00:39:02.360><c> the</c><00:39:02.480><c> Lord</c><00:39:02.579><c> Jesus</c><00:39:02.900><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:05.679
And<00:39:04.380><c> so</c><00:39:04.480><c> what</c><00:39:04.659><c> we're</c><00:39:04.880><c> seeing</c><00:39:05.039><c> of</c><00:39:05.179><c> the</c><00:39:05.280><c> Lord</c><00:39:05.420><c> Jesus</c><00:39:05.559><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:08.000
he's<00:39:05.860><c> going</c><00:39:06.039><c> lower</c><00:39:06.519><c> and</c><00:39:07.119><c> lower</c><00:39:07.539><c> and</c><00:39:08.000><c> lower.</c>

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.539
Can<00:39:08.179><c> you</c><00:39:08.239><c> see</c><00:39:08.360><c> that?</c>

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:14.039
It's<00:39:09.400><c> a</c><00:39:09.780><c> gradual</c><00:39:10.239><c> step</c><00:39:10.860><c> by</c><00:39:11.219><c> step,</c><00:39:11.840><c> lower</c><00:39:12.199><c> and</c><00:39:12.579><c> lower</c><00:39:12.820><c> and</c><00:39:13.179><c> lower.</c>

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:15.760
And<00:39:14.320><c> he's</c><00:39:14.559><c> suffering</c><00:39:14.840><c> for</c><00:39:15.019><c> you</c><00:39:15.320><c> and</c><00:39:15.480><c> for</c><00:39:15.639><c> me.</c>

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:18.519
And<00:39:15.900><c> he</c><00:39:16.179><c> humbled</c><00:39:16.400><c> himself</c><00:39:16.780><c> even</c><00:39:17.300><c> further</c>

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:21.219
because<00:39:18.780><c> he</c><00:39:18.960><c> said</c><00:39:19.059><c> he</c><00:39:19.320><c> humbled</c><00:39:19.719><c> himself,</c><00:39:20.719><c> comma,</c>

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:25.800
and<00:39:21.539><c> became</c><00:39:21.920><c> obedient</c><00:39:22.980><c> unto</c><00:39:24.000><c> death.</c>

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:31.280
So<00:39:27.960><c> he</c><00:39:28.139><c> humbled</c><00:39:28.400><c> himself</c><00:39:29.019><c> and</c><00:39:29.260><c> became</c><00:39:29.480><c> obedient</c><00:39:30.159><c> unto</c><00:39:30.699><c> death,</c>

00:39:31.500 --> 00:39:40.500
and<00:39:31.780><c> not</c><00:39:32.159><c> the</c><00:39:32.579><c> death</c><00:39:33.420><c> of</c><00:39:35.420><c> a</c><00:39:38.000><c> man</c><00:39:38.280><c> that</c><00:39:38.500><c> was</c><00:39:38.639><c> to</c><00:39:38.840><c> be</c><00:39:39.059><c> glorified</c>

00:39:40.900 --> 00:39:42.880
from<00:39:41.300><c> the</c><00:39:41.480><c> natural</c><00:39:41.820><c> eye.</c>

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.659
He<00:39:43.280><c> died</c><00:39:43.639><c> a</c><00:39:43.760><c> death,</c><00:39:43.940><c> brothers</c><00:39:44.159><c> and</c><00:39:44.360><c> sisters,</c><00:39:44.639><c> upon</c><00:39:44.860><c> the</c><00:39:45.179><c> cross.</c>

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:49.920
He<00:39:46.360><c> died</c><00:39:46.659><c> the</c><00:39:46.860><c> death</c><00:39:47.599><c> of</c><00:39:47.920><c> an</c><00:39:48.179><c> abject</c><00:39:48.699><c> criminal.</c>

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:54.800
It<00:39:51.039><c> was</c><00:39:51.340><c> a</c><00:39:51.500><c> death</c><00:39:51.679><c> of</c><00:39:52.000><c> humiliation,</c><00:39:53.019><c> brothers</c><00:39:53.320><c> and</c><00:39:53.639><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:58.000
And<00:39:55.119><c> this</c><00:39:55.280><c> is</c><00:39:55.420><c> why</c><00:39:55.619><c> I</c><00:39:55.860><c> feel,</c><00:39:56.760><c> at</c><00:39:56.900><c> the</c><00:39:57.019><c> end</c><00:39:57.219><c> of</c><00:39:57.460><c> verse</c><00:39:57.780><c> eight,</c>

00:39:58.179 --> 00:40:02.380
you<00:39:58.380><c> have,</c><00:39:59.300><c> yes,</c><00:39:59.420><c> he</c><00:39:59.659><c> died,</c><00:40:01.340><c> even</c><00:40:01.599><c> the</c><00:40:01.739><c> death</c><00:40:01.880><c> of</c><00:40:02.000><c> the</c><00:40:02.179><c> cross.</c>

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:07.239
And<00:40:02.699><c> for</c><00:40:02.900><c> me,</c><00:40:04.280><c> the</c><00:40:04.559><c> spirit</c><00:40:05.059><c> is</c><00:40:06.039><c> underlining</c><00:40:06.500><c> the</c><00:40:06.780><c> final</c><00:40:07.039><c> phrase.</c>

00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:09.239
That's<00:40:07.659><c> the</c><00:40:07.880><c> final</c><00:40:08.219><c> phrase.</c>

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:11.099
So<00:40:09.619><c> he</c><00:40:09.800><c> starts</c><00:40:10.099><c> with</c><00:40:10.260><c> this</c><00:40:10.480><c> divine</c><00:40:10.820><c> status,</c>

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:14.760
and<00:40:11.219><c> he</c><00:40:11.219><c> goes</c><00:40:11.460><c> lower</c><00:40:12.000><c> and</c><00:40:12.539><c> lower</c><00:40:13.039><c> and</c><00:40:13.440><c> lower</c><00:40:14.039><c> and</c><00:40:14.360><c> lower</c>

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:18.880
until<00:40:15.079><c> it</c><00:40:15.340><c> concludes,</c><00:40:16.440><c> even</c><00:40:17.099><c> unto</c><00:40:17.699><c> the</c><00:40:17.980><c> death</c><00:40:18.320><c> of</c><00:40:18.539><c> the</c><00:40:18.719><c> cross.</c>

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.800
Why,<00:40:19.199><c> brothers</c><00:40:19.380><c> and</c><00:40:19.579><c> sisters?</c>

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:21.460
I<00:40:20.260><c> ask</c><00:40:20.500><c> you</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c><00:40:20.760><c> question,</c><00:40:21.059><c> why?</c>

00:40:21.820 --> 00:40:23.239
And<00:40:22.019><c> as</c><00:40:22.219><c> we're</c><00:40:22.400><c> going</c><00:40:22.519><c> through</c><00:40:22.800><c> these</c><00:40:23.000><c> steps,</c>

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:25.059
the<00:40:23.440><c> Lord</c><00:40:23.599><c> Jesus</c><00:40:23.760><c> Christ</c><00:40:23.920><c> is</c><00:40:24.099><c> making</c><00:40:24.360><c> a</c><00:40:24.599><c> conscious,</c>

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:27.980
a<00:40:25.539><c> deliberate</c><00:40:26.139><c> step</c><00:40:26.679><c> by</c><00:40:26.960><c> step</c><00:40:27.159><c> approach</c><00:40:27.519><c> to</c><00:40:27.760><c> life.</c>

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:31.099
He's<00:40:28.360><c> making</c><00:40:28.579><c> himself</c><00:40:28.900><c> lower</c><00:40:29.380><c> and</c><00:40:29.780><c> lower</c><00:40:30.000><c> and</c><00:40:30.320><c> lower.</c>

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.960
This<00:40:32.340><c> is</c><00:40:32.639><c> all</c><00:40:32.880><c> controlled</c><00:40:33.360><c> by</c><00:40:33.699><c> the</c><00:40:33.860><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:37.699
This<00:40:34.139><c> is</c><00:40:34.380><c> all</c><00:40:34.699><c> him,</c><00:40:36.940><c> brothers</c><00:40:37.119><c> and</c><00:40:37.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:39.599
But<00:40:38.159><c> why</c><00:40:38.440><c> is</c><00:40:38.639><c> it,</c><00:40:38.820><c> I</c><00:40:38.880><c> ask</c><00:40:39.159><c> you,</c>

00:40:39.820 --> 00:40:42.159
even<00:40:40.280><c> unto</c><00:40:40.739><c> the</c><00:40:41.000><c> death</c><00:40:41.199><c> of</c><00:40:41.400><c> the</c><00:40:41.559><c> cross,</c><00:40:41.800><c> why?</c>

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:45.059
Just<00:40:42.739><c> think</c><00:40:43.159><c> about</c><00:40:43.360><c> that</c><00:40:43.579><c> question,</c><00:40:43.780><c> just</c><00:40:43.940><c> for</c><00:40:44.099><c> a</c><00:40:44.179><c> moment.</c>

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:47.659
Why,<00:40:46.119><c> and</c><00:40:46.320><c> what's</c><00:40:46.539><c> the</c><00:40:46.739><c> particular</c><00:40:47.179><c> relevance</c>

00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:49.179
to<00:40:47.840><c> the</c><00:40:47.980><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:48.199><c> at</c><00:40:48.400><c> Philippi?</c>

00:40:49.260 --> 00:40:51.219
Well,<00:40:49.500><c> I</c><00:40:49.579><c> think</c><00:40:49.679><c> there's</c><00:40:49.920><c> a</c><00:40:50.079><c> tremendous</c><00:40:50.480><c> relevance</c><00:40:50.880><c> here</c>

00:40:51.219 --> 00:40:52.880
because<00:40:51.579><c> the</c><00:40:51.940><c> historians</c><00:40:52.179><c> tell</c><00:40:52.420><c> us</c>

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:55.300
that<00:40:53.320><c> crucifixion</c><00:40:54.099><c> was</c><00:40:54.619><c> a</c><00:40:54.880><c> punishment</c>

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:58.280
just<00:40:55.719><c> for</c><00:40:55.940><c> the</c><00:40:56.139><c> lower</c><00:40:56.300><c> ranks</c><00:40:56.559><c> of</c><00:40:56.820><c> Roman</c><00:40:57.099><c> society,</c>

00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:03.380
and<00:40:58.780><c> it</c><00:40:58.920><c> was</c><00:40:59.159><c> never</c><00:40:59.599><c> imposed</c><00:41:00.119><c> upon</c><00:41:00.400><c> Roman</c><00:41:00.780><c> citizens,</c><00:41:02.500><c> never,</c>

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:06.420
with<00:41:03.739><c> the</c><00:41:04.039><c> exception</c><00:41:04.400><c> of</c><00:41:05.340><c> high</c><00:41:05.820><c> treason.</c>

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:08.000
Isn't<00:41:06.860><c> that</c><00:41:07.039><c> interesting?</c>

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.719
Isn't<00:41:08.480><c> that</c><00:41:08.659><c> interesting?</c>

00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:12.820
And<00:41:10.420><c> they</c><00:41:10.619><c> challenged</c><00:41:10.900><c> the</c><00:41:11.019><c> Lord</c><00:41:11.219><c> Jesus</c><00:41:11.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:15.960
who<00:41:14.019><c> his</c><00:41:14.239><c> king</c><00:41:14.539><c> was,</c>

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:18.360
rend<00:41:16.579><c> unto</c><00:41:16.820><c> Caesar</c><00:41:17.119><c> the</c><00:41:17.300><c> things</c><00:41:17.420><c> that</c><00:41:17.579><c> are</c><00:41:17.719><c> Caesar</c><00:41:17.900><c> unto</c><00:41:18.139><c> God,</c>

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:22.239
the<00:41:18.519><c> things</c><00:41:18.699><c> of</c><00:41:18.820><c> God,</c><00:41:19.019><c> and</c><00:41:19.239><c> now</c><00:41:20.260><c> the</c><00:41:21.219><c> Roman</c><00:41:21.539><c> culture</c><00:41:22.000><c> was</c>

00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:24.820
that<00:41:22.460><c> he</c><00:41:22.639><c> was</c><00:41:22.820><c> to</c><00:41:22.940><c> be</c><00:41:23.159><c> crucified</c><00:41:23.619><c> really</c><00:41:23.940><c> for</c><00:41:24.219><c> high</c><00:41:24.500><c> treason.</c>

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:25.800
But<00:41:25.320><c> you</c><00:41:25.460><c> know</c><00:41:25.599><c> what?</c>

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:29.639
The<00:41:26.139><c> total</c><00:41:26.539><c> shame</c><00:41:26.920><c> of</c><00:41:27.719><c> crucifixion</c><00:41:28.360><c> was</c><00:41:28.599><c> beyond</c><00:41:29.000><c> the</c><00:41:29.260><c> concept</c>

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:32.039
of<00:41:29.800><c> a</c><00:41:29.920><c> Roman</c><00:41:30.199><c> citizen,</c><00:41:30.739><c> brothers</c><00:41:30.900><c> and</c><00:41:31.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:34.019
It<00:41:32.900><c> was</c><00:41:33.119><c> beyond</c><00:41:33.440><c> the</c><00:41:33.679><c> concept,</c>

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:36.440
and<00:41:34.159><c> I</c><00:41:34.280><c> want</c><00:41:34.480><c> to</c><00:41:34.739><c> illustrate</c><00:41:35.059><c> this</c><00:41:35.320><c> with</c><00:41:35.599><c> a</c><00:41:35.980><c> writing</c><00:41:36.219><c> here</c>

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:38.440
that<00:41:36.519><c> you've</c><00:41:36.559><c> got</c><00:41:36.679><c> on</c><00:41:36.780><c> the</c><00:41:36.900><c> screen</c><00:41:37.059><c> by</c><00:41:37.480><c> Cicero.</c>

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:43.219
And<00:41:38.840><c> he</c><00:41:39.159><c> died</c><00:41:39.559><c> 40</c><00:41:39.900><c> years</c><00:41:40.139><c> before</c><00:41:40.639><c> the</c><00:41:41.059><c> Lord</c><00:41:41.260><c> Jesus</c><00:41:41.619><c> Christ</c><00:41:41.940><c> was</c><00:41:42.199><c> born.</c>

00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:44.559
He's<00:41:43.539><c> living</c><00:41:43.760><c> in</c><00:41:43.900><c> the</c><00:41:44.000><c> Roman</c><00:41:44.179><c> Empire,</c>

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:46.420
and<00:41:45.019><c> here,</c><00:41:45.440><c> in</c><00:41:45.539><c> this</c><00:41:45.699><c> little</c><00:41:45.920><c> summary</c><00:41:46.179><c> here,</c>

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:49.659
he<00:41:46.840><c> speaks</c><00:41:47.219><c> about</c><00:41:47.679><c> life</c><00:41:48.119><c> in</c><00:41:48.320><c> Roman</c><00:41:48.639><c> colonies</c>

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.039
and<00:41:50.440><c> how</c><00:41:50.679><c> they</c><00:41:50.860><c> were</c><00:41:51.039><c> protected</c><00:41:51.440><c> from</c><00:41:51.699><c> punishment.</c>

00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:52.860
Notice<00:41:52.420><c> these</c><00:41:52.619><c> words.</c>

00:41:52.880 --> 00:41:56.679
To<00:41:53.119><c> bind</c><00:41:53.500><c> a</c><00:41:53.780><c> Roman</c><00:41:54.119><c> citizen,</c><00:41:54.679><c> he</c><00:41:55.159><c> says,</c><00:41:55.440><c> is</c><00:41:55.579><c> an</c><00:41:55.760><c> outrage.</c>

00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:59.860
To<00:41:57.119><c> scourge</c><00:41:57.559><c> him</c><00:41:58.019><c> is</c><00:41:58.699><c> a</c><00:41:58.940><c> crime.</c>

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:03.420
It<00:42:00.400><c> almost</c><00:42:00.719><c> amounts</c><00:42:01.059><c> to</c><00:42:01.340><c> parasite</c><00:42:01.760><c> to</c><00:42:01.980><c> put</c><00:42:02.079><c> him</c><00:42:02.239><c> to</c><00:42:02.440><c> death.</c>

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:07.559
But<00:42:04.460><c> how</c><00:42:04.940><c> shall</c><00:42:05.139><c> I</c><00:42:05.340><c> describe</c><00:42:06.519><c> crucifixion,</c>

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:10.860
even<00:42:08.239><c> unto</c><00:42:08.719><c> the</c><00:42:08.980><c> death</c><00:42:09.239><c> of</c><00:42:09.539><c> the</c><00:42:09.760><c> cross,</c><00:42:10.119><c> notice.</c>

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:15.739
No<00:42:11.559><c> adequate</c><00:42:12.000><c> word</c><00:42:12.260><c> can</c><00:42:12.420><c> be</c><00:42:12.619><c> found</c><00:42:12.840><c> to</c><00:42:13.099><c> represent</c><00:42:13.800><c> so</c><00:42:14.800><c> excrucible.</c>

00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:20.599
It<00:42:16.079><c> means</c><00:42:16.320><c> an</c><00:42:16.599><c> appalling,</c><00:42:17.579><c> awful,</c><00:42:18.139><c> dreadful,</c><00:42:19.340><c> an</c><00:42:19.500><c> enormity.</c>

00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:22.579
So<00:42:21.440><c> you</c><00:42:21.579><c> imagine</c><00:42:21.820><c> this,</c><00:42:22.099><c> brothers</c><00:42:22.179><c> and</c><00:42:22.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:24.900
here<00:42:22.960><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:42:23.519><c> is</c><00:42:23.780><c> reading</c><00:42:24.019><c> out</c><00:42:24.300><c> this</c><00:42:24.519><c> epistle</c>

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:27.619
in<00:42:25.320><c> the</c><00:42:25.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:25.940><c> of</c><00:42:27.260><c> Philippi,</c>

00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:29.920
perhaps<00:42:27.960><c> in</c><00:42:28.139><c> the</c><00:42:28.260><c> house</c><00:42:28.480><c> of</c><00:42:28.719><c> Lydia</c><00:42:28.920><c> herself,</c>

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:32.480
and<00:42:31.099><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:42:31.619><c> here</c><00:42:31.920><c> deliberately</c>

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.820
is<00:42:32.820><c> going</c><00:42:33.059><c> through</c><00:42:33.300><c> these</c><00:42:33.539><c> steps</c>

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:36.639
and<00:42:33.940><c> they</c><00:42:34.079><c> cannot</c><00:42:34.460><c> even</c><00:42:35.019><c> believe</c><00:42:35.380><c> that</c><00:42:35.739><c> the</c><00:42:35.940><c> Son</c><00:42:36.199><c> of</c><00:42:36.460><c> God,</c>

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:39.940
the<00:42:36.880><c> one</c><00:42:37.199><c> that</c><00:42:37.780><c> all</c><00:42:38.239><c> knee</c><00:42:38.460><c> will</c><00:42:38.719><c> bow,</c>

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:43.440
died<00:42:40.820><c> such</c><00:42:41.119><c> an</c><00:42:41.360><c> appalling</c><00:42:41.780><c> death,</c><00:42:42.239><c> the</c><00:42:42.360><c> death</c><00:42:42.659><c> of</c><00:42:43.059><c> the</c><00:42:43.260><c> cross.</c>

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:47.320
The<00:42:43.780><c> whole</c><00:42:44.719><c> notion</c><00:42:45.119><c> of</c><00:42:45.360><c> crucifixion</c><00:42:45.880><c> would</c><00:42:46.059><c> have</c><00:42:46.219><c> been</c><00:42:46.480><c> monstrous</c>

00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:50.320
and<00:42:48.219><c> repulsive</c><00:42:48.960><c> to</c><00:42:49.280><c> them.</c>

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:54.199
So<00:42:52.519><c> this</c><00:42:52.659><c> is</c><00:42:52.760><c> why</c><00:42:52.900><c> I</c><00:42:53.019><c> think</c><00:42:53.300><c> this</c><00:42:53.559><c> section</c><00:42:53.780><c> concludes,</c>

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:55.579
even<00:42:54.500><c> unto</c><00:42:54.699><c> the</c><00:42:54.860><c> death</c><00:42:55.000><c> of</c><00:42:55.219><c> the</c><00:42:55.400><c> cross.</c>

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:57.119
But<00:42:56.239><c> you</c><00:42:56.340><c> know,</c><00:42:56.579><c> brothers</c><00:42:56.679><c> and</c><00:42:56.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:57.179 --> 00:43:00.139
in<00:42:57.420><c> this</c><00:42:57.739><c> horror</c><00:42:58.239><c> of</c><00:42:59.179><c> what</c><00:42:59.320><c> was</c><00:42:59.539><c> done</c><00:42:59.659><c> to</c><00:42:59.860><c> the</c><00:43:00.000><c> Lord,</c>

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:01.559
there<00:43:00.380><c> is</c><00:43:00.659><c> extraordinary</c><00:43:01.219><c> beauty</c>

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:03.460
because<00:43:01.860><c> what</c><00:43:02.059><c> we</c><00:43:02.320><c> see</c><00:43:02.519><c> within</c><00:43:02.760><c> this</c><00:43:03.119><c> process,</c>

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:06.599
step<00:43:03.719><c> by</c><00:43:03.960><c> step,</c><00:43:04.320><c> we</c><00:43:04.320><c> see</c><00:43:04.619><c> this</c><00:43:05.420><c> Ark</c><00:43:05.820><c> of</c><00:43:05.980><c> salvation.</c>

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:09.280
Think<00:43:07.000><c> about</c><00:43:07.159><c> it,</c><00:43:07.340><c> the</c><00:43:07.420><c> Lord</c><00:43:07.699><c> Jesus</c><00:43:08.039><c> Christ</c><00:43:08.300><c> made</c><00:43:08.500><c> himself</c><00:43:08.880><c> lower</c>

00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:12.880
than<00:43:09.500><c> the</c><00:43:09.760><c> lowest</c><00:43:10.239><c> rung</c><00:43:11.440><c> of</c><00:43:11.719><c> the</c><00:43:12.000><c> ladder.</c>

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:16.280
This<00:43:13.980><c> is</c><00:43:14.219><c> a</c><00:43:14.320><c> process</c><00:43:14.619><c> that</c><00:43:14.860><c> makes</c><00:43:15.079><c> himself</c><00:43:15.519><c> so</c><00:43:16.000><c> low</c>

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:20.500
that<00:43:16.460><c> there</c><00:43:16.619><c> was</c><00:43:16.840><c> no</c><00:43:17.079><c> one</c><00:43:17.239><c> there</c><00:43:17.760><c> as</c><00:43:18.239><c> low</c><00:43:18.440><c> as</c><00:43:18.639><c> the</c><00:43:18.780><c> Lord</c><00:43:18.960><c> Jesus</c><00:43:19.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:21.039 --> 00:43:24.280
He<00:43:21.280><c> was</c><00:43:21.500><c> the</c><00:43:21.699><c> meekest,</c><00:43:22.039><c> he</c><00:43:22.139><c> was</c><00:43:22.360><c> the</c><00:43:22.579><c> lowliest</c><00:43:22.920><c> of</c><00:43:23.179><c> all</c><00:43:23.380><c> men.</c>

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:26.639
When<00:43:24.980><c> the</c><00:43:25.119><c> Lord</c><00:43:25.340><c> Jesus</c><00:43:25.539><c> Christ</c><00:43:25.880><c> died</c><00:43:26.179><c> upon</c><00:43:26.400><c> the</c><00:43:26.559><c> cross,</c>

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:29.320
we're<00:43:26.840><c> being</c><00:43:27.119><c> told</c><00:43:27.440><c> that</c><00:43:27.659><c> there</c><00:43:27.820><c> was</c><00:43:28.099><c> no</c><00:43:28.480><c> one</c><00:43:28.679><c> underneath</c><00:43:29.099><c> him.</c>

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:31.179
That's<00:43:29.739><c> the</c><00:43:29.860><c> language</c><00:43:30.159><c> here,</c><00:43:30.440><c> think</c><00:43:30.719><c> about</c><00:43:31.000><c> that.</c>

00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:32.460
Think<00:43:31.659><c> about</c><00:43:31.860><c> it</c><00:43:32.019><c> in</c><00:43:32.099><c> pictures.</c>

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:35.079
There<00:43:32.820><c> was</c><00:43:33.139><c> no</c><00:43:33.460><c> one</c><00:43:33.719><c> underneath</c><00:43:34.320><c> the</c><00:43:34.500><c> Lord</c><00:43:34.639><c> Jesus</c><00:43:34.900><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:37.440
He<00:43:35.360><c> was</c><00:43:35.579><c> the</c><00:43:35.900><c> lowest</c><00:43:36.199><c> of</c><00:43:36.440><c> all.</c>

00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:43.739
And<00:43:39.539><c> the</c><00:43:39.760><c> churches</c><00:43:40.059><c> tell</c><00:43:40.360><c> us</c><00:43:41.019><c> that</c><00:43:41.739><c> we</c><00:43:41.920><c> will</c><00:43:42.099><c> be</c><00:43:42.340><c> raised</c><00:43:42.760><c> to</c><00:43:43.139><c> divinity</c>

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:45.860
where<00:43:44.239><c> the</c><00:43:44.360><c> Lord</c><00:43:44.539><c> Jesus</c><00:43:44.780><c> Christ</c><00:43:45.019><c> sat</c><00:43:45.320><c> at</c><00:43:45.460><c> the</c><00:43:45.579><c> right</c><00:43:45.739><c> hand</c>

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:48.320
of<00:43:46.019><c> the</c><00:43:46.119><c> Father</c><00:43:46.340><c> and</c><00:43:46.699><c> the</c><00:43:46.860><c> Lord</c><00:43:47.019><c> Jesus</c><00:43:47.219><c> Christ</c><00:43:47.500><c> raises</c><00:43:48.019><c> up</c>

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.300
to<00:43:48.460><c> a</c><00:43:48.619><c> status</c><00:43:48.739><c> of</c><00:43:49.000><c> divinity.</c>

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.440
But<00:43:49.679><c> here</c><00:43:49.900><c> in</c><00:43:49.980><c> Philippians</c><00:43:50.239><c> too,</c>

00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:51.780
we<00:43:50.719><c> see</c><00:43:50.900><c> something</c><00:43:51.139><c> entirely</c><00:43:51.519><c> different.</c>

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:54.400
We're<00:43:52.119><c> being</c><00:43:52.400><c> told</c><00:43:52.860><c> that</c><00:43:53.260><c> the</c><00:43:53.420><c> Lord</c><00:43:53.619><c> Jesus</c><00:43:53.940><c> Christ</c>

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:58.199
raises<00:43:54.900><c> up</c><00:43:55.239><c> to</c><00:43:55.659><c> this</c><00:43:55.980><c> divine</c><00:43:56.599><c> status</c>

00:43:59.739 --> 00:44:04.480
by<00:44:00.179><c> bearing</c><00:44:00.619><c> us</c><00:44:00.860><c> on</c><00:44:01.079><c> his</c><00:44:01.300><c> shoulders</c><00:44:01.840><c> and</c><00:44:03.519><c> by</c><00:44:03.880><c> lifting</c><00:44:04.179><c> us</c><00:44:04.400><c> up.</c>

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:06.239
It's<00:44:04.760><c> a</c><00:44:04.960><c> beautiful</c><00:44:05.300><c> picture,</c><00:44:05.800><c> brothers</c><00:44:05.920><c> and</c><00:44:06.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:07.900
It's<00:44:06.539><c> very</c><00:44:06.800><c> moving,</c><00:44:07.219><c> isn't</c><00:44:07.400><c> it?</c>

00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:12.400
This<00:44:08.559><c> is</c><00:44:08.780><c> the</c><00:44:08.960><c> Son</c><00:44:09.139><c> of</c><00:44:09.380><c> God,</c><00:44:10.679><c> made</c><00:44:10.820><c> himself</c><00:44:11.139><c> lower</c><00:44:11.460><c> than</c><00:44:11.980><c> any</c>

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:13.219
of<00:44:12.559><c> us</c>

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:15.000
so<00:44:13.980><c> that</c><00:44:14.159><c> he</c><00:44:14.260><c> can</c><00:44:14.460><c> raise</c><00:44:14.679><c> us</c><00:44:14.860><c> up.</c>

00:44:15.219 --> 00:44:16.420
And<00:44:15.340><c> so</c><00:44:15.440><c> brothers</c><00:44:15.639><c> and</c><00:44:15.840><c> sisters,</c><00:44:15.980><c> I</c><00:44:16.119><c> would</c><00:44:16.219><c> suggest</c>

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.619
what<00:44:16.579><c> we've</c><00:44:16.800><c> got</c><00:44:16.880><c> here</c><00:44:17.059><c> is</c><00:44:17.179><c> this</c><00:44:17.440><c> mark,</c>

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:20.440
this<00:44:17.980><c> extraordinary</c><00:44:18.679><c> mark,</c><00:44:19.199><c> arc</c><00:44:19.320><c> of</c><00:44:19.480><c> salvation.</c>

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:24.619
And<00:44:20.940><c> here</c><00:44:21.280><c> the</c><00:44:21.460><c> Lord</c><00:44:21.659><c> Jesus</c><00:44:21.840><c> Christ</c><00:44:22.019><c> made</c><00:44:22.239><c> himself</c><00:44:22.679><c> so</c><00:44:23.280><c> low</c>

00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:31.380
and<00:44:26.199><c> he</c><00:44:26.320><c> dies</c><00:44:27.099><c> on</c><00:44:28.260><c> a</c><00:44:28.440><c> cross</c><00:44:29.320><c> raised</c><00:44:30.380><c> up.</c>

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:34.460
And<00:44:31.840><c> then</c><00:44:32.000><c> he</c><00:44:32.199><c> finishes</c><00:44:32.820><c> exalted</c>

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:35.440
at<00:44:34.739><c> the</c><00:44:34.880><c> right</c><00:44:35.039><c> hand</c><00:44:35.139><c> of</c><00:44:35.260><c> the</c><00:44:35.340><c> Father.</c>

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:36.900
Can<00:44:35.599><c> you</c><00:44:35.719><c> see</c><00:44:35.840><c> the</c><00:44:36.019><c> point?</c>

00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:39.139
He<00:44:37.780><c> starts</c><00:44:38.079><c> with</c><00:44:38.239><c> this</c><00:44:38.440><c> divine</c><00:44:38.820><c> status</c>

00:44:39.139 --> 00:44:40.840
and<00:44:39.300><c> he</c><00:44:39.460><c> makes</c><00:44:39.619><c> himself</c><00:44:40.000><c> so</c><00:44:40.679><c> low.</c>

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:43.219
There's<00:44:41.219><c> no</c><00:44:41.420><c> one</c><00:44:41.559><c> else</c><00:44:41.800><c> down</c><00:44:42.119><c> there.</c>

00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:46.840
And<00:44:44.019><c> he</c><00:44:44.119><c> dies</c><00:44:44.699><c> on</c><00:44:45.239><c> a</c><00:44:45.360><c> cross.</c>

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:49.760
And<00:44:48.619><c> people</c><00:44:48.760><c> looked</c><00:44:48.960><c> up</c>

00:44:49.760 --> 00:44:51.420
and<00:44:50.159><c> now</c><00:44:50.400><c> sits</c><00:44:50.599><c> at</c><00:44:50.739><c> the</c><00:44:50.820><c> right</c><00:44:50.960><c> hand</c><00:44:51.079><c> of</c><00:44:51.199><c> the</c><00:44:51.280><c> Father.</c>

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:53.159
That<00:44:51.840><c> is</c><00:44:52.059><c> the</c><00:44:52.280><c> process,</c><00:44:52.719><c> brothers</c><00:44:52.800><c> and</c><00:44:53.000><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:55.099
This<00:44:53.340><c> is</c><00:44:53.539><c> this</c><00:44:53.719><c> arc</c><00:44:53.900><c> of</c><00:44:54.099><c> salvation</c>

00:44:55.179 --> 00:44:57.300
which<00:44:55.380><c> we're</c><00:44:55.579><c> gonna</c><00:44:55.719><c> see</c><00:44:56.000><c> in</c><00:44:56.159><c> a</c><00:44:56.300><c> moment.</c>

00:44:59.940 --> 00:45:01.800
But<00:45:00.079><c> you</c><00:45:00.219><c> know,</c><00:45:00.440><c> as</c><00:45:00.500><c> they</c><00:45:00.840><c> listen</c><00:45:01.239><c> to</c><00:45:01.539><c> this,</c>

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:02.820
this<00:45:02.000><c> is</c><00:45:02.199><c> really</c><00:45:02.360><c> the</c><00:45:02.599><c> opposite.</c>

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:05.000
You<00:45:03.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:45:03.320><c> expect</c><00:45:03.780><c> this</c><00:45:04.019><c> of</c><00:45:04.199><c> the</c><00:45:04.300><c> Lord</c><00:45:04.460><c> Jesus</c><00:45:04.739><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:07.300
the<00:45:05.159><c> King</c><00:45:05.340><c> of</c><00:45:05.460><c> the</c><00:45:05.579><c> Jews,</c><00:45:05.880><c> would</c><00:45:06.059><c> you?</c>

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:10.940
Naturally<00:45:08.320><c> speaking,</c><00:45:08.820><c> if</c><00:45:08.900><c> you've</c><00:45:09.239><c> been</c><00:45:09.800><c> given</c><00:45:10.000><c> a</c><00:45:10.199><c> divine</c><00:45:10.619><c> status,</c>

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:14.179
you've<00:45:11.199><c> been</c><00:45:11.360><c> given</c><00:45:11.679><c> an</c><00:45:12.099><c> advantage</c><00:45:12.619><c> over</c><00:45:12.920><c> others,</c><00:45:13.159><c> haven't</c><00:45:13.260><c> you?</c>

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.960
And<00:45:15.900><c> so</c><00:45:15.980><c> the</c><00:45:16.119><c> natural</c><00:45:16.380><c> thing</c><00:45:16.619><c> to</c><00:45:16.820><c> do,</c>

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:19.039
if<00:45:17.119><c> you've</c><00:45:17.320><c> got</c><00:45:17.420><c> an</c><00:45:17.639><c> advantage</c><00:45:17.980><c> over</c><00:45:18.719><c> one</c><00:45:18.900><c> another,</c>

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.920
what<00:45:19.300><c> do</c><00:45:19.480><c> you</c><00:45:19.519><c> do</c><00:45:19.659><c> with</c><00:45:19.800><c> that?</c>

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:21.559
You<00:45:20.280><c> exploit</c><00:45:20.639><c> it</c><00:45:20.820><c> to</c><00:45:20.980><c> the</c><00:45:21.219><c> extreme.</c>

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:23.980
You<00:45:21.800><c> make</c><00:45:22.480><c> yourself</c><00:45:22.900><c> a</c><00:45:23.059><c> king.</c>

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:26.199
Can<00:45:24.539><c> you</c><00:45:24.719><c> see</c><00:45:24.880><c> the</c><00:45:25.059><c> difference</c><00:45:25.400><c> here</c><00:45:25.599><c> with</c><00:45:25.760><c> human</c><00:45:26.000><c> nature?</c>

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:28.639
He<00:45:26.579><c> strips</c><00:45:27.099><c> himself</c><00:45:27.559><c> bare.</c>

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:31.420
There<00:45:29.059><c> was</c><00:45:29.460><c> nothing</c><00:45:29.860><c> of</c><00:45:30.139><c> flesh</c><00:45:30.320><c> there,</c><00:45:30.760><c> brothers</c><00:45:30.880><c> and</c><00:45:31.119><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:34.139
And<00:45:31.840><c> then</c><00:45:32.039><c> the</c><00:45:32.340><c> Diabolos</c><00:45:33.219><c> was</c><00:45:33.739><c> destroyed.</c>

00:45:34.159 --> 00:45:35.619
Isn't<00:45:34.300><c> that</c><00:45:34.460><c> wonderful,</c><00:45:34.840><c> brothers</c><00:45:35.119><c> and</c><00:45:35.400><c> sisters?</c>

00:45:35.659 --> 00:45:37.380
It's<00:45:35.860><c> so</c><00:45:36.260><c> powerful,</c><00:45:36.599><c> it's</c><00:45:36.920><c> so</c><00:45:37.139><c> vivid.</c>

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:39.679
And<00:45:37.860><c> so</c><00:45:38.099><c> then</c><00:45:38.320><c> here,</c><00:45:38.780><c> through</c><00:45:39.059><c> this</c><00:45:39.280><c> process,</c>

00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:41.480
that<00:45:40.179><c> the</c><00:45:40.280><c> Lord</c><00:45:40.420><c> Jesus</c><00:45:40.659><c> Christ</c><00:45:40.860><c> is</c><00:45:41.079><c> going</c><00:45:41.219><c> to</c><00:45:41.380><c> be</c>

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:44.179
on<00:45:41.559><c> this</c><00:45:41.900><c> arc</c><00:45:42.139><c> of</c><00:45:42.340><c> salvation,</c><00:45:42.800><c> this</c><00:45:42.980><c> wonderful</c><00:45:43.400><c> arc.</c>

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:46.699
And<00:45:44.900><c> a</c><00:45:45.219><c> new</c><00:45:45.400><c> name</c><00:45:45.659><c> is</c><00:45:45.920><c> given.</c>

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:49.780
A<00:45:47.119><c> new</c><00:45:47.340><c> name</c><00:45:47.539><c> has</c><00:45:47.880><c> to</c><00:45:48.039><c> be</c><00:45:48.159><c> given</c><00:45:48.300><c> to</c><00:45:48.500><c> the</c><00:45:48.599><c> Lord</c><00:45:48.760><c> Jesus</c><00:45:49.139><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:51.900
Verse<00:45:50.699><c> nine</c><00:45:51.019><c> then</c><00:45:51.199><c> of</c><00:45:51.340><c> Philippians</c><00:45:51.659><c> two,</c>

00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:54.780
wherefore<00:45:52.320><c> God</c><00:45:52.599><c> also</c><00:45:53.019><c> hath</c><00:45:53.460><c> highly</c><00:45:53.980><c> exalted</c><00:45:54.380><c> him,</c>

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:56.800
now<00:45:55.239><c> sat</c><00:45:55.440><c> at</c><00:45:55.559><c> the</c><00:45:55.739><c> right</c><00:45:55.960><c> hand</c><00:45:56.099><c> of</c><00:45:56.239><c> the</c><00:45:56.360><c> Father,</c>

00:45:57.179 --> 00:46:00.119
given<00:45:57.280><c> him</c><00:45:57.480><c> a</c><00:45:57.659><c> name</c><00:45:57.900><c> which</c><00:45:58.079><c> is</c><00:45:58.280><c> above</c><00:45:58.739><c> every</c><00:45:59.659><c> name.</c>

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:03.940
Well,<00:46:00.960><c> this</c><00:46:01.079><c> is</c><00:46:01.260><c> helpful</c><00:46:01.460><c> because</c><00:46:01.739><c> we</c><00:46:01.900><c> have</c><00:46:02.059><c> another</c><00:46:02.320><c> chiasm</c><00:46:02.820><c> here.</c>

00:46:04.360 --> 00:46:06.460
And<00:46:04.719><c> we</c><00:46:04.860><c> should</c><00:46:05.000><c> ask</c><00:46:05.239><c> ourselves,</c><00:46:05.539><c> what</c><00:46:05.659><c> is</c><00:46:05.880><c> the</c><00:46:06.119><c> name?</c>

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:08.800
What<00:46:07.039><c> is</c><00:46:07.219><c> the</c><00:46:07.360><c> name</c><00:46:07.480><c> that's</c><00:46:07.659><c> been</c><00:46:07.820><c> given</c><00:46:08.000><c> the</c><00:46:08.159><c> Lord</c><00:46:08.340><c> Jesus</c><00:46:08.599><c> Christ?</c>

00:46:08.820 --> 00:46:10.300
And<00:46:08.920><c> we</c><00:46:09.019><c> can</c><00:46:09.199><c> all</c><00:46:09.360><c> suppose</c><00:46:09.760><c> the</c><00:46:09.980><c> name,</c>

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:12.800
but<00:46:10.860><c> we</c><00:46:11.380><c> find</c><00:46:11.619><c> it</c><00:46:11.760><c> here</c><00:46:11.920><c> what</c><00:46:12.079><c> the</c><00:46:12.320><c> name</c><00:46:12.519><c> is.</c>

00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:14.940
And<00:46:13.019><c> just</c><00:46:13.159><c> look</c><00:46:13.320><c> at</c><00:46:13.420><c> the</c><00:46:13.619><c> chiasm</c><00:46:14.019><c> here.</c>

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:19.280
Well,<00:46:15.519><c> first</c><00:46:15.840><c> of</c><00:46:16.079><c> all,</c><00:46:17.659><c> a</c><00:46:17.900><c> name</c><00:46:18.239><c> should</c><00:46:18.519><c> be</c><00:46:18.800><c> the</c><00:46:19.079><c> name.</c>

00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:20.139
It's<00:46:19.480><c> a</c><00:46:19.539><c> proper</c><00:46:19.760><c> noun.</c>

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:21.940
That's<00:46:20.800><c> the</c><00:46:20.900><c> first</c><00:46:21.079><c> thing</c><00:46:21.199><c> you</c><00:46:21.280><c> need</c><00:46:21.460><c> to</c><00:46:21.639><c> appreciate.</c>

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:24.119
It's<00:46:22.139><c> not</c><00:46:22.219><c> any</c><00:46:22.400><c> old</c><00:46:22.619><c> name,</c><00:46:23.119><c> it's</c><00:46:23.420><c> the</c><00:46:23.679><c> name.</c>

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:27.159
But<00:46:24.599><c> in</c><00:46:24.780><c> fact,</c><00:46:25.360><c> the</c><00:46:25.539><c> Diagelous</c><00:46:26.000><c> and</c><00:46:26.179><c> another</c><00:46:26.480><c> translator</c><00:46:26.860><c> say,</c>

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:28.880
given<00:46:27.500><c> him</c><00:46:27.940><c> that</c><00:46:28.519><c> name.</c>

00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:33.559
It's<00:46:29.679><c> a</c><00:46:29.719><c> name</c><00:46:29.920><c> of</c><00:46:30.179><c> intimacy,</c><00:46:30.699><c> it's</c><00:46:30.840><c> a</c><00:46:31.000><c> name</c><00:46:31.260><c> of</c><00:46:32.239><c> distinction.</c>

00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:35.920
It's<00:46:33.880><c> a</c><00:46:34.019><c> name</c><00:46:34.179><c> of</c><00:46:35.179><c> familiarity.</c>

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:39.679
It's<00:46:36.360><c> a</c><00:46:36.539><c> name</c><00:46:36.739><c> that</c><00:46:36.900><c> was</c><00:46:37.320><c> recognized</c><00:46:38.039><c> by</c><00:46:38.400><c> the</c><00:46:38.679><c> receiver.</c>

00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:41.360
What<00:46:40.440><c> could</c><00:46:40.539><c> it</c><00:46:40.659><c> be?</c>

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:43.920
It's<00:46:41.940><c> the</c><00:46:42.039><c> name</c><00:46:42.159><c> of</c><00:46:42.300><c> the</c><00:46:42.480><c> Father,</c><00:46:42.820><c> isn't</c><00:46:42.920><c> it,</c><00:46:43.039><c> brothers</c><00:46:43.239><c> and</c><00:46:43.480><c> sisters?</c>

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:46.420
It's<00:46:44.440><c> the</c><00:46:44.500><c> name</c><00:46:44.599><c> of</c><00:46:44.719><c> the</c><00:46:44.860><c> Father</c><00:46:45.059><c> given</c><00:46:45.340><c> to</c><00:46:45.500><c> the</c><00:46:45.659><c> Son.</c>

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:48.340
Well,<00:46:46.800><c> if</c><00:46:46.900><c> you</c><00:46:47.000><c> look</c><00:46:47.119><c> at</c><00:46:47.239><c> this</c><00:46:47.460><c> chiasm</c><00:46:47.820><c> here,</c>

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:51.559
you<00:46:48.860><c> can</c><00:46:49.099><c> see,</c><00:46:49.239><c> just</c><00:46:49.380><c> look</c><00:46:49.559><c> at</c><00:46:49.719><c> line</c><00:46:50.320><c> B,</c>

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:54.039
given<00:46:52.099><c> him</c><00:46:52.460><c> a</c><00:46:52.719><c> name</c><00:46:52.980><c> which</c><00:46:53.179><c> is</c><00:46:53.380><c> above</c><00:46:53.559><c> every</c><00:46:53.880><c> name.</c>

00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:55.880
And<00:46:54.159><c> you</c><00:46:54.260><c> know</c><00:46:54.360><c> how</c><00:46:54.599><c> chiasms</c><00:46:54.960><c> work.</c>

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:59.800
If<00:46:55.960><c> you</c><00:46:56.099><c> go</c><00:46:56.260><c> down</c><00:46:56.519><c> and</c><00:46:56.679><c> see</c><00:46:56.940><c> the</c><00:46:57.280><c> corresponding</c><00:46:58.219><c> tree</c><00:46:59.500><c> there,</c>

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:02.280
you<00:47:00.039><c> see</c><00:47:00.559><c> B</c><00:47:01.420><c> hyphen,</c>

00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:05.440
and<00:47:02.860><c> you</c><00:47:03.039><c> see</c><00:47:03.260><c> that</c><00:47:03.480><c> the</c><00:47:03.659><c> name</c><00:47:03.920><c> is</c><00:47:04.139><c> Jesus</c><00:47:04.559><c> Christ</c><00:47:04.960><c> our</c><00:47:05.260><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:06.900
So<00:47:05.599><c> that's</c><00:47:05.940><c> the</c><00:47:06.039><c> name,</c><00:47:06.320><c> brothers</c><00:47:06.440><c> and</c><00:47:06.679><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:08.320
It<00:47:07.059><c> was</c><00:47:07.300><c> the</c><00:47:07.559><c> name</c><00:47:07.719><c> of</c><00:47:07.880><c> the</c><00:47:08.079><c> Father,</c>

00:47:08.380 --> 00:47:11.199
but<00:47:08.519><c> the</c><00:47:08.739><c> name</c><00:47:08.960><c> that</c><00:47:09.079><c> was</c><00:47:09.280><c> afforded</c><00:47:09.599><c> the</c><00:47:09.739><c> Lord</c><00:47:09.980><c> Jesus</c><00:47:10.340><c> Christ</c>

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:15.800
was<00:47:11.679><c> Jesus</c><00:47:12.159><c> Christ</c><00:47:12.539><c> is</c><00:47:13.079><c> Lord,</c><00:47:14.260><c> is</c><00:47:14.599><c> King,</c>

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:19.519
Lord<00:47:16.119><c> of</c><00:47:16.340><c> Lord</c><00:47:16.679><c> and</c><00:47:17.179><c> King</c><00:47:17.840><c> of</c><00:47:18.219><c> Kings.</c>

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:23.639
And<00:47:20.780><c> then</c><00:47:20.880><c> we</c><00:47:21.039><c> also</c><00:47:21.360><c> see</c><00:47:21.820><c> within</c><00:47:22.219><c> this</c><00:47:22.519><c> chiasm</c>

00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:28.159
that<00:47:24.780><c> every</c><00:47:25.420><c> knee</c><00:47:26.079><c> shall</c><00:47:27.059><c> bow.</c>

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:31.619
Every<00:47:29.940><c> knee</c><00:47:30.260><c> shall</c><00:47:30.559><c> bow.</c>

00:47:31.980 --> 00:47:35.599
And<00:47:32.199><c> you</c><00:47:32.300><c> can</c><00:47:32.500><c> see</c><00:47:32.639><c> that</c><00:47:32.860><c> there</c><00:47:33.480><c> in</c><00:47:34.079><c> line</c><00:47:34.440><c> C.</c>

00:47:36.940 --> 00:47:38.440
And<00:47:37.239><c> I</c><00:47:37.320><c> don't</c><00:47:37.420><c> know</c><00:47:37.519><c> whether</c><00:47:37.679><c> you've</c><00:47:37.980><c> noticed</c>

00:47:38.440 --> 00:47:43.000
that<00:47:38.719><c> this</c><00:47:39.440><c> section</c><00:47:39.900><c> here</c><00:47:40.599><c> is</c><00:47:41.460><c> actually</c><00:47:41.780><c> a</c><00:47:41.980><c> quotation.</c>

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:48.420
And<00:47:45.539><c> I</c><00:47:45.980><c> believe</c><00:47:46.579><c> that</c><00:47:47.059><c> this</c><00:47:47.360><c> arc</c><00:47:47.659><c> of</c><00:47:47.920><c> salvation</c>

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:50.159
that<00:47:48.599><c> is</c><00:47:48.820><c> expressed</c><00:47:49.119><c> in</c><00:47:49.400><c> Philippians</c>

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:52.659
is<00:47:50.960><c> sourced</c><00:47:51.360><c> from</c><00:47:51.480><c> elsewhere</c><00:47:51.840><c> under</c><00:47:52.179><c> inspiration.</c>

00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:54.199
So<00:47:52.860><c> come</c><00:47:53.019><c> with</c><00:47:53.199><c> me,</c><00:47:53.460><c> brothers</c><00:47:53.539><c> and</c><00:47:53.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:54.539 --> 00:47:55.780
and<00:47:54.679><c> come</c><00:47:54.820><c> with</c><00:47:54.960><c> me</c><00:47:55.159><c> to</c><00:47:55.400><c> Psalm</c><00:47:55.559><c> 8,</c>

00:47:55.860 --> 00:47:58.340
because<00:47:56.320><c> I</c><00:47:56.519><c> want</c><00:47:56.679><c> you</c><00:47:56.880><c> to</c><00:47:57.179><c> notice</c><00:47:57.460><c> this.</c>

00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:00.320
I<00:47:58.880><c> hope</c><00:47:59.139><c> you</c><00:47:59.619><c> can</c><00:47:59.760><c> take</c><00:47:59.920><c> this</c><00:48:00.059><c> on</c><00:48:00.219><c> board,</c>

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:04.440
because<00:48:01.039><c> Philippians</c><00:48:01.599><c> 2</c><00:48:01.780><c> is</c><00:48:02.000><c> about</c><00:48:02.219><c> the</c><00:48:02.559><c> mind</c><00:48:02.900><c> of</c><00:48:03.260><c> Christ,</c>

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:06.239
how<00:48:04.719><c> he</c><00:48:04.860><c> was</c><00:48:05.039><c> prepared</c><00:48:05.300><c> to</c><00:48:05.460><c> make</c><00:48:05.559><c> himself</c><00:48:05.840><c> lower</c>

00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:07.239
and<00:48:06.539><c> lower</c><00:48:06.860><c> and</c><00:48:07.099><c> lower.</c>

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:09.360
And<00:48:07.679><c> here</c><00:48:07.820><c> in</c><00:48:07.960><c> Psalm</c><00:48:08.179><c> 8,</c><00:48:08.340><c> we</c><00:48:08.480><c> have</c><00:48:08.639><c> another</c><00:48:08.940><c> mind,</c>

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:11.420
a<00:48:09.820><c> mind</c><00:48:10.000><c> that</c><00:48:10.119><c> was</c><00:48:10.380><c> intertwined</c><00:48:10.760><c> with</c><00:48:10.880><c> the</c><00:48:11.019><c> mind</c><00:48:11.139><c> of</c><00:48:11.280><c> Christ,</c>

00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:13.760
and<00:48:11.659><c> it</c><00:48:11.739><c> is</c><00:48:11.980><c> the</c><00:48:12.239><c> mind</c><00:48:12.559><c> of</c><00:48:12.780><c> God.</c>

00:48:15.260 --> 00:48:17.820
And<00:48:15.360><c> the</c><00:48:15.519><c> mind</c><00:48:15.760><c> of</c><00:48:15.980><c> Christ</c><00:48:16.380><c> became</c><00:48:16.840><c> the</c><00:48:17.059><c> mind</c><00:48:17.340><c> of</c><00:48:17.519><c> God,</c>

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.579
brothers<00:48:18.059><c> and</c><00:48:18.280><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:20.420
So<00:48:19.139><c> here</c><00:48:19.400><c> then</c><00:48:19.719><c> in</c><00:48:20.139><c> Psalm</c><00:48:20.320><c> 8,</c>

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:22.559
and<00:48:20.559><c> you'll</c><00:48:20.820><c> see</c><00:48:21.000><c> what</c><00:48:21.159><c> I</c><00:48:21.340><c> mean</c><00:48:21.500><c> here</c><00:48:21.840><c> in</c><00:48:22.039><c> Psalm</c><00:48:22.360><c> 8,</c>

00:48:22.579 --> 00:48:24.019
and<00:48:22.719><c> we've</c><00:48:23.079><c> put</c><00:48:23.239><c> this</c><00:48:23.380><c> on</c><00:48:23.579><c> a</c><00:48:23.719><c> table</c>

00:48:24.019 --> 00:48:25.400
because<00:48:24.280><c> we're</c><00:48:24.460><c> not</c><00:48:24.539><c> gonna</c><00:48:24.679><c> have</c><00:48:24.920><c> time,</c>

00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:29.019
too<00:48:25.900><c> much</c><00:48:26.139><c> time</c><00:48:26.880><c> to</c><00:48:27.920><c> go</c><00:48:28.099><c> through</c><00:48:28.260><c> all</c><00:48:28.440><c> of</c><00:48:28.519><c> these</c><00:48:28.679><c> points.</c>

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:33.320
But<00:48:29.599><c> you'll</c><00:48:30.039><c> see</c><00:48:30.920><c> from</c><00:48:31.500><c> Psalm</c><00:48:31.860><c> 8</c>

00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:37.420
that<00:48:34.380><c> a</c><00:48:34.679><c> number</c><00:48:35.079><c> of</c><00:48:35.659><c> phrases</c><00:48:36.119><c> here</c><00:48:36.420><c> in</c><00:48:36.539><c> Philippians</c><00:48:36.860><c> chapter</c><00:48:37.119><c> 2</c>

00:48:37.420 --> 00:48:38.960
are<00:48:37.699><c> sourced</c><00:48:37.980><c> from</c><00:48:38.219><c> Psalm</c><00:48:38.500><c> 8.</c>

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:41.519
And<00:48:39.639><c> Brother</c><00:48:40.159><c> James</c><00:48:40.380><c> will</c><00:48:40.539><c> be</c><00:48:40.659><c> pleased</c><00:48:40.860><c> to</c><00:48:40.940><c> hear</c><00:48:41.099><c> as</c><00:48:41.300><c> well.</c>

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:44.059
It's<00:48:41.960><c> also</c><00:48:42.199><c> sourced</c><00:48:42.500><c> from</c><00:48:42.679><c> Hebrews</c><00:48:42.960><c> 2.</c>

00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:47.039
But<00:48:44.840><c> I</c><00:48:45.079><c> want</c><00:48:45.300><c> to</c><00:48:45.599><c> spend</c><00:48:45.760><c> time</c><00:48:46.219><c> in</c><00:48:46.519><c> Psalm</c><00:48:46.719><c> 8,</c>

00:48:47.179 --> 00:48:49.539
and<00:48:47.380><c> you</c><00:48:47.519><c> can</c><00:48:47.699><c> see</c><00:48:47.840><c> the</c><00:48:48.059><c> connections</c><00:48:48.400><c> in</c><00:48:48.619><c> Hebrews</c><00:48:48.960><c> chapter</c><00:48:49.300><c> 2.</c>

00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:51.420
So<00:48:49.719><c> first</c><00:48:49.940><c> of</c><00:48:50.099><c> all,</c><00:48:50.300><c> then,</c><00:48:50.380><c> just</c><00:48:50.559><c> notice</c><00:48:50.960><c> this.</c>

00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:52.559
There<00:48:51.880><c> are</c><00:48:51.880><c> two</c><00:48:52.139><c> bookends,</c>

00:48:52.659 --> 00:48:54.320
the<00:48:52.820><c> beginning</c><00:48:53.059><c> and</c><00:48:53.179><c> the</c><00:48:53.440><c> conclusion</c><00:48:53.780><c> of</c><00:48:54.039><c> the</c><00:48:54.219><c> Psalm.</c>

00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:56.079
Oh,<00:48:54.860><c> Lord,</c><00:48:55.179><c> oh,</c><00:48:55.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:48:55.699><c> our</c><00:48:55.860><c> Lord,</c>

00:48:56.320 --> 00:48:58.360
how<00:48:56.599><c> excellent</c><00:48:57.019><c> is</c><00:48:57.420><c> thy</c><00:48:57.599><c> name</c><00:48:57.960><c> in</c><00:48:58.099><c> all</c><00:48:58.219><c> the</c><00:48:58.340><c> earth.</c>

00:48:58.400 --> 00:49:01.679
So<00:48:58.619><c> notice</c><00:48:58.840><c> then,</c><00:48:59.780><c> we</c><00:49:00.000><c> start</c><00:49:00.199><c> off</c><00:49:00.360><c> with</c><00:49:00.500><c> the</c><00:49:00.719><c> name,</c>

00:49:02.179 --> 00:49:04.340
the<00:49:02.559><c> name,</c><00:49:02.800><c> which</c><00:49:02.960><c> is</c><00:49:03.260><c> a</c><00:49:03.380><c> point</c><00:49:03.619><c> of</c><00:49:03.780><c> emphasis,</c><00:49:04.139><c> isn't</c><00:49:04.239><c> it,</c>

00:49:04.340 --> 00:49:06.300
in<00:49:04.440><c> Philippians</c><00:49:04.699><c> 2,</c><00:49:05.039><c> the</c><00:49:05.340><c> name.</c>

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:08.760
And<00:49:06.880><c> the</c><00:49:07.159><c> bookends,</c><00:49:07.559><c> notice</c><00:49:07.920><c> in</c><00:49:08.119><c> verse</c><00:49:08.360><c> 1,</c>

00:49:09.019 --> 00:49:10.940
and<00:49:09.139><c> the</c><00:49:09.320><c> same</c><00:49:09.539><c> phrase</c><00:49:09.820><c> is</c><00:49:10.019><c> used</c><00:49:10.179><c> in</c><00:49:10.380><c> verse</c><00:49:10.619><c> 9.</c>

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:15.480
So<00:49:11.199><c> it</c><00:49:11.380><c> is</c><00:49:11.619><c> a</c><00:49:11.800><c> self</c><00:49:12.280><c>-contained,</c><00:49:13.840><c> enclosed</c><00:49:14.480><c> section</c><00:49:15.260><c> here.</c>

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:18.340
There's<00:49:15.719><c> an</c><00:49:15.940><c> excitation,</c><00:49:16.400><c> there's</c><00:49:16.579><c> a</c><00:49:16.699><c> message</c><00:49:17.139><c> with</c><00:49:17.559><c> the</c><00:49:17.719><c> bookends.</c>

00:49:18.800 --> 00:49:20.019
Oh,<00:49:19.320><c> Yahweh</c><00:49:19.699><c> our</c><00:49:19.880><c> Lord,</c>

00:49:20.059 --> 00:49:21.519
how<00:49:20.239><c> excellent</c><00:49:20.500><c> is</c><00:49:20.760><c> thy</c><00:49:20.960><c> name</c><00:49:21.159><c> in</c><00:49:21.300><c> all</c><00:49:21.380><c> the</c><00:49:21.480><c> earth.</c>

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:23.559
So<00:49:21.699><c> this</c><00:49:21.840><c> is</c><00:49:21.980><c> all</c><00:49:22.119><c> about</c><00:49:22.699><c> God's</c><00:49:23.380><c> name.</c>

00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:27.380
And<00:49:23.880><c> we</c><00:49:23.980><c> know</c><00:49:24.099><c> about</c><00:49:24.300><c> God's</c><00:49:24.599><c> name</c><00:49:24.760><c> is</c><00:49:24.980><c> his</c><00:49:25.260><c> purpose,</c><00:49:25.800><c> his</c><00:49:26.119><c> character.</c>

00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:29.780
He's<00:49:27.920><c> his</c><00:49:28.139><c> purpose</c><00:49:28.500><c> of</c><00:49:28.780><c> intent.</c>

00:49:30.820 --> 00:49:32.360
What<00:49:30.960><c> we</c><00:49:31.159><c> saw</c><00:49:31.340><c> in</c><00:49:31.539><c> Philippians</c><00:49:31.780><c> 2</c><00:49:31.980><c> verse</c><00:49:32.119><c> 9,</c>

00:49:32.539 --> 00:49:34.980
given<00:49:32.639><c> him</c><00:49:32.820><c> the</c><00:49:33.019><c> name,</c><00:49:33.159><c> which</c><00:49:33.280><c> is</c><00:49:33.420><c> above</c><00:49:33.579><c> every</c><00:49:33.900><c> name.</c>

00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:39.139
Well,<00:49:37.000><c> look</c><00:49:37.400><c> in</c><00:49:37.780><c> verses</c><00:49:38.000><c> 4</c><00:49:38.239><c> and</c><00:49:38.320><c> 5</c><00:49:38.639><c> of</c><00:49:38.840><c> Psalm</c><00:49:38.980><c> 8.</c>

00:49:39.340 --> 00:49:40.739
What<00:49:39.380><c> is</c><00:49:39.800><c> man?</c>

00:49:41.320 --> 00:49:44.360
And<00:49:41.460><c> then</c><00:49:41.539><c> he</c><00:49:41.579><c> goes</c><00:49:41.719><c> on,</c><00:49:42.239><c> he's</c><00:49:42.519><c> a</c><00:49:42.579><c> little</c><00:49:42.900><c> lower</c><00:49:43.280><c> than</c><00:49:43.679><c> the</c><00:49:43.960><c> angels.</c>

00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:46.380
And<00:49:44.579><c> this</c><00:49:44.719><c> is</c><00:49:44.880><c> where</c><00:49:45.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:49:45.340><c> 2</c><00:49:45.619><c> helps</c><00:49:45.980><c> us,</c>

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because<00:49:47.300><c> the</c><00:49:47.860><c> writer</c><00:49:48.079><c> to</c><00:49:48.260><c> the</c><00:49:48.440><c> Hebrews</c><00:49:48.940><c> quotes</c><00:49:50.219><c> twice</c><00:49:51.300><c> here,</c>

00:49:51.699 --> 00:49:55.719
Psalm<00:49:51.880><c> 8,</c><00:49:52.400><c> but</c><00:49:52.519><c> then</c><00:49:53.059><c> adds</c><00:49:53.619><c> for</c><00:49:54.099><c> the</c><00:49:54.420><c> suffering</c><00:49:54.900><c> of</c><00:49:55.380><c> Christ,</c>

00:49:55.739 --> 00:49:58.900
which<00:49:55.880><c> is</c><00:49:56.099><c> helpful</c><00:49:56.480><c> because</c><00:49:57.460><c> in</c><00:49:57.699><c> Philippians</c><00:49:58.000><c> 2</c><00:49:58.320><c> verse</c><00:49:58.579><c> 8,</c>

00:49:59.139 --> 00:50:00.519
being<00:49:59.239><c> found</c><00:49:59.519><c> in</c><00:49:59.699><c> the</c><00:49:59.880><c> fashion</c><00:50:00.099><c> as</c><00:50:00.280><c> a</c><00:50:00.400><c> man,</c>

00:50:00.699 --> 00:50:03.500
he<00:50:00.699><c> humbled</c><00:50:01.000><c> himself</c><00:50:01.400><c> and</c><00:50:01.860><c> became</c><00:50:02.219><c> obedient</c><00:50:02.900><c> unto</c><00:50:03.199><c> death,</c>

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even<00:50:03.699><c> the</c><00:50:03.840><c> death</c><00:50:03.940><c> of</c><00:50:04.059><c> the</c><00:50:04.219><c> cross.</c>

00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:06.699
So<00:50:04.559><c> the</c><00:50:04.780><c> writer</c><00:50:04.960><c> of</c><00:50:05.119><c> the</c><00:50:05.239><c> Hebrews</c><00:50:05.500><c> takes</c><00:50:06.139><c> Psalm</c><00:50:06.380><c> 8</c>

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:09.480
and<00:50:07.079><c> then</c><00:50:07.360><c> uses</c><00:50:07.579><c> the</c><00:50:07.880><c> phrase</c><00:50:08.099><c> that</c><00:50:08.260><c> we</c><00:50:08.440><c> find</c><00:50:08.559><c> in</c><00:50:08.699><c> Philippians</c><00:50:09.059><c> 2</c>

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:11.820
and<00:50:09.780><c> brings</c><00:50:10.139><c> the</c><00:50:10.340><c> two</c><00:50:10.460><c> ideas</c><00:50:10.800><c> together.</c>

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What<00:50:12.079><c> is</c><00:50:12.360><c> man?</c>

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Even<00:50:13.679><c> unto</c><00:50:13.920><c> the</c><00:50:14.119><c> death</c><00:50:14.300><c> of</c><00:50:14.519><c> the</c><00:50:14.739><c> cross,</c><00:50:15.059><c> okay?</c>

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Then<00:50:17.659><c> have</c><00:50:17.820><c> a</c><00:50:17.840><c> look</c><00:50:17.940><c> at</c><00:50:18.039><c> verse</c><00:50:18.280><c> 5</c><00:50:18.659><c> of</c><00:50:18.860><c> Psalm</c><00:50:19.119><c> 8.</c>

00:50:20.619 --> 00:50:23.579
And<00:50:20.739><c> has</c><00:50:21.079><c> crowned</c><00:50:21.780><c> him</c><00:50:22.099><c> with</c><00:50:22.619><c> glory</c><00:50:23.139><c> and</c><00:50:23.480><c> honor.</c>

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:26.960
So<00:50:23.900><c> there</c><00:50:24.320><c> we're</c><00:50:24.699><c> at</c><00:50:24.860><c> the</c><00:50:24.960><c> end</c><00:50:25.139><c> of</c><00:50:25.320><c> this</c><00:50:25.519><c> arc</c><00:50:25.719><c> of</c><00:50:25.960><c> salvation.</c>

00:50:27.039 --> 00:50:28.760
And<00:50:27.159><c> Philippians</c><00:50:27.440><c> 2</c><00:50:27.699><c> verse</c><00:50:27.960><c> 9,</c>

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wherefore<00:50:29.480><c> God</c><00:50:29.719><c> also</c><00:50:30.179><c> hath</c><00:50:30.880><c> highly</c><00:50:31.599><c> exalted</c><00:50:32.360><c> him.</c>

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And<00:50:35.519><c> then</c><00:50:35.659><c> verse</c><00:50:35.880><c> six,</c>

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thou<00:50:37.159><c> has</c><00:50:37.340><c> put</c><00:50:37.500><c> all</c><00:50:37.739><c> things</c><00:50:38.019><c> under</c><00:50:38.239><c> his</c><00:50:38.579><c> feet</c><00:50:38.739><c> in</c><00:50:38.980><c> Psalm</c><00:50:39.159><c> 8.</c>

00:50:40.059 --> 00:50:41.840
And<00:50:40.159><c> we</c><00:50:40.239><c> need</c><00:50:40.400><c> to</c><00:50:40.559><c> move</c><00:50:40.679><c> on</c><00:50:40.880><c> a</c><00:50:40.980><c> chapter</c><00:50:41.199><c> to</c><00:50:41.360><c> Philippians</c><00:50:41.639><c> 3</c>

00:50:41.840 --> 00:50:45.599
and<00:50:41.960><c> verse</c><00:50:42.119><c> 21,</c><00:50:43.079><c> he</c><00:50:43.320><c> is</c><00:50:43.579><c> able</c><00:50:43.820><c> even</c><00:50:44.159><c> to</c><00:50:44.440><c> subdue</c><00:50:44.940><c> all</c><00:50:45.260><c> things</c>

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unto<00:50:45.900><c> himself</c><00:50:46.420><c> and</c><00:50:46.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:50:46.980><c> says,</c>

00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:50.980
thou<00:50:48.260><c> has</c><00:50:48.460><c> put</c><00:50:48.619><c> all</c><00:50:48.900><c> things</c><00:50:49.300><c> in</c><00:50:49.619><c> subjection</c><00:50:50.179><c> under</c><00:50:50.460><c> his</c><00:50:50.719><c> feet</c>

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:54.920
in<00:50:51.219><c> Hebrews</c><00:50:51.760><c> chapter</c><00:50:53.280><c> two</c><00:50:53.519><c> and</c><00:50:53.699><c> verse</c><00:50:53.980><c> eight.</c>

00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:57.079
So<00:50:55.760><c> I</c><00:50:55.960><c> would</c><00:50:56.079><c> suggest,</c><00:50:56.579><c> brothers</c><00:50:56.639><c> and</c><00:50:56.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:58.760
that<00:50:57.280><c> the</c><00:50:57.440><c> key</c><00:50:57.599><c> of</c><00:50:57.780><c> understanding</c><00:50:58.059><c> Philippians</c><00:50:58.500><c> 2</c>

00:50:58.760 --> 00:51:00.179
is<00:50:59.000><c> found</c><00:50:59.239><c> in</c><00:50:59.519><c> Psalm</c><00:50:59.760><c> 8.</c>

00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:01.739
But<00:51:00.599><c> what's</c><00:51:00.800><c> the</c><00:51:00.920><c> point?</c>

00:51:01.780 --> 00:51:04.980
It's<00:51:02.280><c> more</c><00:51:02.500><c> than</c><00:51:02.619><c> just</c><00:51:02.840><c> a</c><00:51:02.920><c> Bible</c><00:51:03.139><c> connection,</c><00:51:03.619><c> brothers</c><00:51:03.739><c> and</c><00:51:04.000><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:05.260 --> 00:51:08.139
The<00:51:05.460><c> son</c><00:51:05.840><c> of</c><00:51:06.079><c> man</c><00:51:06.460><c> is</c><00:51:06.920><c> contained</c><00:51:07.380><c> in</c><00:51:07.639><c> Psalm</c><00:51:07.860><c> 8,</c>

00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:12.960
but<00:51:08.440><c> the</c><00:51:08.719><c> bookends,</c><00:51:10.519><c> the</c><00:51:10.719><c> bookends,</c><00:51:11.440><c> brothers</c><00:51:11.480><c> and</c><00:51:11.780><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:13.019 --> 00:51:16.139
O<00:51:13.219><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:14.139><c> our</c><00:51:14.599><c> Lord,</c><00:51:14.860><c> can</c><00:51:15.039><c> you</c><00:51:15.079><c> see</c><00:51:15.199><c> the</c><00:51:15.380><c> point?</c>

00:51:16.199 --> 00:51:18.639
Jesus<00:51:16.639><c> Christ</c><00:51:17.440><c> is</c><00:51:18.239><c> Lord,</c>

00:51:18.940 --> 00:51:20.840
was<00:51:19.059><c> the</c><00:51:19.239><c> name</c><00:51:19.460><c> given</c><00:51:19.699><c> to</c><00:51:19.920><c> the</c><00:51:20.000><c> Lord</c><00:51:20.159><c> Jesus</c><00:51:20.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:51:21.179 --> 00:51:23.099
But<00:51:21.400><c> the</c><00:51:21.699><c> name,</c><00:51:22.119><c> brothers</c><00:51:22.260><c> and</c><00:51:22.519><c> sisters</c><00:51:22.780><c> here,</c>

00:51:23.420 --> 00:51:26.099
O<00:51:23.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:24.840><c> our</c><00:51:25.119><c> Lord,</c><00:51:25.320><c> can</c><00:51:25.460><c> you</c><00:51:25.500><c> see</c><00:51:25.599><c> the</c><00:51:25.760><c> point?</c>

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:28.679
O<00:51:26.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:27.980><c> our</c><00:51:28.440><c> Lord.</c>

00:51:28.679 --> 00:51:32.719
And<00:51:28.900><c> here</c><00:51:29.420><c> contained</c><00:51:30.099><c> in</c><00:51:30.219><c> this</c><00:51:30.599><c> lovely</c><00:51:31.960><c> Psalm</c>

00:51:32.719 --> 00:51:34.780
that<00:51:33.119><c> reveals</c><00:51:33.639><c> the</c><00:51:33.940><c> purpose</c><00:51:34.380><c> of</c><00:51:34.619><c> God</c>

00:51:34.780 --> 00:51:36.500
and<00:51:34.880><c> his</c><00:51:35.079><c> intentions</c><00:51:35.559><c> with</c><00:51:35.820><c> the</c><00:51:35.980><c> earth,</c>

00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:40.559
we<00:51:37.039><c> have</c><00:51:37.559><c> here</c><00:51:37.980><c> the</c><00:51:38.260><c> son</c><00:51:38.579><c> of</c><00:51:38.820><c> man</c><00:51:39.079><c> mentioned</c><00:51:39.460><c> there</c><00:51:39.739><c> in</c><00:51:39.920><c> verse</c><00:51:40.199><c> four,</c>

00:51:40.780 --> 00:51:42.719
who<00:51:40.820><c> would</c><00:51:41.019><c> be</c><00:51:41.159><c> made</c><00:51:41.320><c> a</c><00:51:41.500><c> little</c><00:51:41.760><c> lower</c><00:51:42.019><c> than</c><00:51:42.199><c> the</c><00:51:42.440><c> angels,</c>

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:45.139
but<00:51:43.260><c> crowned</c><00:51:44.119><c> with</c><00:51:44.360><c> glory</c><00:51:44.760><c> and</c><00:51:45.039><c> honor.</c>

00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:46.420
So<00:51:45.280><c> we've</c><00:51:45.500><c> got</c><00:51:45.579><c> this</c><00:51:45.780><c> arc</c><00:51:45.940><c> of</c><00:51:46.159><c> salvation.</c>

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Please,<00:51:47.500><c> the</c><00:51:47.679><c> arc</c><00:51:47.960><c> of</c><00:51:48.199><c> salvation</c><00:51:48.659><c> is</c><00:51:48.980><c> contained,</c>

00:51:49.460 --> 00:51:51.380
it's<00:51:49.719><c> embedded</c><00:51:50.000><c> in</c><00:51:50.219><c> Psalm</c><00:51:50.460><c> 8</c><00:51:50.619><c> with</c><00:51:50.780><c> the</c><00:51:50.980><c> bookends,</c>

00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:54.099
O<00:51:51.739><c> Yahweh</c><00:51:52.280><c> our</c><00:51:52.559><c> Lord,</c><00:51:52.760><c> that's</c><00:51:53.139><c> the</c><00:51:53.239><c> name.</c>

00:51:54.679 --> 00:51:57.599
The<00:51:54.940><c> power,</c><00:51:55.340><c> the</c><00:51:55.460><c> glory</c><00:51:55.679><c> and</c><00:51:55.800><c> the</c><00:51:55.940><c> honor</c><00:51:56.139><c> belongs</c><00:51:56.699><c> to</c><00:51:57.139><c> Yahweh,</c>

00:51:57.599 --> 00:52:01.199
not<00:51:58.239><c> the</c><00:51:58.539><c> son,</c><00:51:58.699><c> and</c><00:51:58.980><c> that's</c><00:51:59.320><c> how</c><00:51:59.619><c> Jesus</c><00:52:00.099><c> did</c><00:52:00.500><c> it.</c>

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:02.800
Can<00:52:01.619><c> you</c><00:52:01.659><c> see</c><00:52:01.780><c> the</c><00:52:01.940><c> point?</c>

00:52:03.019 --> 00:52:05.139
Jesus<00:52:03.460><c> did</c><00:52:03.840><c> what</c><00:52:04.059><c> he</c><00:52:04.260><c> did,</c><00:52:04.579><c> brothers</c><00:52:04.659><c> and</c><00:52:04.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:08.360
because<00:52:05.559><c> he</c><00:52:05.920><c> appreciated</c><00:52:06.820><c> the</c><00:52:07.380><c> work</c><00:52:07.599><c> that</c><00:52:07.719><c> was</c><00:52:07.900><c> being</c><00:52:08.179><c> done</c>

00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:11.059
in<00:52:08.519><c> his</c><00:52:08.679><c> own</c><00:52:08.880><c> body</c><00:52:09.119><c> was</c><00:52:09.480><c> part</c><00:52:09.840><c> of</c><00:52:10.019><c> a</c><00:52:10.320><c> wider</c><00:52:10.639><c> plan</c>

00:52:11.059 --> 00:52:12.840
of<00:52:11.599><c> God's</c><00:52:12.079><c> purpose</c><00:52:12.360><c> with</c><00:52:12.579><c> the</c><00:52:12.699><c> earth.</c>

00:52:12.980 --> 00:52:15.360
But<00:52:13.219><c> he</c><00:52:13.539><c> was</c><00:52:13.800><c> the</c><00:52:14.000><c> instrument,</c><00:52:14.400><c> he</c><00:52:14.579><c> was</c><00:52:14.780><c> the</c><00:52:14.960><c> chosen</c><00:52:15.159><c> vessel,</c>

00:52:15.460 --> 00:52:17.280
he<00:52:15.679><c> was</c><00:52:15.980><c> the</c><00:52:16.300><c> catalyst</c><00:52:16.639><c> for</c><00:52:16.900><c> this</c><00:52:17.119><c> change,</c>

00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:18.699
can<00:52:17.480><c> you</c><00:52:17.519><c> see</c><00:52:17.639><c> the</c><00:52:17.820><c> point?</c>

00:52:19.199 --> 00:52:22.719
But<00:52:19.639><c> he</c><00:52:19.800><c> never</c><00:52:20.000><c> got</c><00:52:20.159><c> overcome,</c><00:52:20.760><c> he</c><00:52:20.980><c> never</c><00:52:21.320><c> became</c><00:52:21.699><c> self</c><00:52:21.980><c>-conceited.</c>

00:52:22.980 --> 00:52:25.840
He<00:52:23.199><c> didn't</c><00:52:23.400><c> become</c><00:52:23.619><c> a</c><00:52:23.860><c> balloon</c><00:52:24.260><c> full</c><00:52:24.539><c> of</c><00:52:24.719><c> hot</c><00:52:24.880><c> air.</c>

00:52:27.820 --> 00:52:30.559
He<00:52:28.380><c> stood</c><00:52:28.599><c> in</c><00:52:28.920><c> line</c><00:52:29.139><c> with</c><00:52:29.360><c> the</c><00:52:29.519><c> purpose</c><00:52:29.980><c> of</c><00:52:30.280><c> God</c>

00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:33.139
and<00:52:30.800><c> he</c><00:52:31.079><c> marched,</c><00:52:31.539><c> brothers</c><00:52:31.639><c> and</c><00:52:31.900><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:33.380 --> 00:52:35.559
step<00:52:33.579><c> by</c><00:52:33.880><c> step</c><00:52:34.320><c> with</c><00:52:34.840><c> his</c><00:52:35.019><c> heavenly</c><00:52:35.340><c> father.</c>

00:52:35.599 --> 00:52:39.059
It's<00:52:35.900><c> a</c><00:52:36.119><c> beautiful,</c><00:52:36.840><c> beautiful</c><00:52:37.480><c> way</c><00:52:37.900><c> of</c><00:52:38.460><c> illustrating</c>

00:52:39.059 --> 00:52:41.800
how<00:52:39.639><c> the</c><00:52:39.860><c> Lord</c><00:52:40.059><c> Jesus</c><00:52:40.380><c> Christ</c><00:52:40.639><c> achieved</c><00:52:41.239><c> what</c><00:52:41.420><c> he</c><00:52:41.619><c> did</c>

00:52:41.800 --> 00:52:45.239
because<00:52:42.380><c> he</c><00:52:42.860><c> recognized</c><00:52:43.380><c> that</c><00:52:43.760><c> the</c><00:52:44.059><c> mind</c><00:52:44.320><c> he</c><00:52:44.480><c> had</c><00:52:44.679><c> to</c><00:52:44.960><c> develop</c>

00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:50.239
was<00:52:45.699><c> the</c><00:52:46.079><c> mind</c><00:52:46.760><c> of</c><00:52:47.900><c> God,</c><00:52:48.559><c> brothers</c><00:52:48.820><c> and</c><00:52:49.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:54.440
So<00:52:51.940><c> when</c><00:52:52.059><c> we</c><00:52:52.280><c> put</c><00:52:52.460><c> Philippians</c><00:52:53.039><c> 2</c><00:52:53.440><c> and</c><00:52:53.719><c> Psalm</c><00:52:53.880><c> 8</c><00:52:54.079><c> together,</c>

00:52:54.500 --> 00:52:55.079
what<00:52:54.679><c> do</c><00:52:54.800><c> we</c><00:52:54.940><c> have?</c>

00:52:55.119 --> 00:52:56.519
What<00:52:55.340><c> is</c><00:52:55.539><c> the</c><00:52:55.719><c> theme?</c>

00:52:57.599 --> 00:52:59.860
It<00:52:57.860><c> is</c><00:52:58.059><c> the</c><00:52:58.159><c> theme</c><00:52:58.360><c> of</c><00:52:58.539><c> God</c><00:52:58.719><c> manifestation,</c><00:52:59.699><c> isn't</c><00:52:59.699><c> it?</c>

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:00.599
That's<00:53:00.019><c> what</c><00:53:00.159><c> it</c><00:53:00.340><c> is.</c>

00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:02.019
It's<00:53:00.880><c> part</c><00:53:01.059><c> of</c><00:53:01.179><c> a</c><00:53:01.280><c> much</c><00:53:01.460><c> broader</c><00:53:01.739><c> theme</c>

00:53:02.019 --> 00:53:04.340
that<00:53:02.280><c> runs</c><00:53:02.619><c> all</c><00:53:02.820><c> the</c><00:53:02.840><c> way</c><00:53:02.960><c> through</c><00:53:03.239><c> scripture.</c>

00:53:04.500 --> 00:53:06.340
How<00:53:04.659><c> the</c><00:53:04.860><c> Lord</c><00:53:05.079><c> Jesus</c><00:53:05.320><c> Christ</c><00:53:05.639><c> in</c><00:53:05.780><c> that</c><00:53:06.079><c> section</c>

00:53:06.340 --> 00:53:08.039
of<00:53:06.519><c> Philippians</c><00:53:06.840><c> 2,</c><00:53:07.059><c> verse</c><00:53:07.239><c> six</c><00:53:07.460><c> to</c><00:53:07.619><c> 11,</c>

00:53:08.280 --> 00:53:10.699
as<00:53:08.460><c> they</c><00:53:08.639><c> sung</c><00:53:08.820><c> that</c><00:53:08.960><c> perhaps</c><00:53:09.300><c> in</c><00:53:09.579><c> Philippi,</c>

00:53:11.159 --> 00:53:16.239
they<00:53:11.480><c> were</c><00:53:11.880><c> singing</c><00:53:12.360><c> about</c><00:53:12.679><c> how</c><00:53:13.099><c> God</c><00:53:13.559><c> was</c><00:53:13.960><c> revealed</c><00:53:14.679><c> in</c><00:53:14.960><c> his</c><00:53:15.239><c> son,</c>

00:53:16.840 --> 00:53:23.480
in<00:53:17.099><c> his</c><00:53:17.480><c> mind,</c><00:53:18.619><c> and</c><00:53:19.659><c> flesh</c><00:53:20.380><c> was</c><00:53:21.280><c> stripped</c><00:53:22.000><c> and</c><00:53:23.079><c> crucified.</c>

00:53:23.539 --> 00:53:23.940
Can<00:53:23.679><c> you</c><00:53:23.760><c> see</c><00:53:23.840><c> that?</c>

00:53:23.940 --> 00:53:25.539
It's<00:53:24.119><c> really</c><00:53:24.480><c> powerful.</c>

00:53:25.699 --> 00:53:28.440
It's<00:53:26.000><c> really</c><00:53:26.280><c> powerful,</c><00:53:26.639><c> brothers</c><00:53:26.940><c> and</c><00:53:27.199><c> sisters.</c>

00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:32.719
And<00:53:29.420><c> this</c><00:53:29.579><c> is</c><00:53:29.699><c> why</c><00:53:29.880><c> I</c><00:53:30.079><c> believe</c><00:53:30.340><c> Paul</c><00:53:30.760><c> was</c><00:53:31.239><c> rejoicing</c>

00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:37.699
because<00:53:34.539><c> they</c><00:53:34.739><c> had</c><00:53:35.039><c> taken</c><00:53:35.300><c> the</c><00:53:35.539><c> Lord's</c><00:53:36.039><c> example</c><00:53:36.340><c> to</c><00:53:36.679><c> heart.</c>

00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:41.460
They<00:53:38.039><c> had</c><00:53:38.280><c> given,</c><00:53:39.179><c> they</c><00:53:39.420><c> had</c><00:53:39.659><c> given,</c><00:53:40.519><c> they</c><00:53:40.760><c> had</c><00:53:41.000><c> given,</c>

00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:43.880
though<00:53:42.199><c> there</c><00:53:42.360><c> was</c><00:53:42.519><c> nothing</c><00:53:42.780><c> to</c><00:53:43.039><c> give.</c>

00:53:44.179 --> 00:53:45.579
They<00:53:44.360><c> were</c><00:53:44.539><c> servants,</c><00:53:44.980><c> weren't</c><00:53:45.099><c> they?</c>

00:53:45.940 --> 00:53:48.519
They<00:53:46.260><c> had</c><00:53:46.500><c> followed</c><00:53:46.659><c> the</c><00:53:46.980><c> example</c><00:53:47.239><c> of</c><00:53:47.420><c> the</c><00:53:47.539><c> Lord</c><00:53:47.699><c> Jesus</c><00:53:48.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:52.300
They<00:53:49.239><c> served</c><00:53:49.559><c> him</c><00:53:50.119><c> as</c><00:53:50.599><c> serving</c><00:53:51.000><c> the</c><00:53:51.260><c> Lord.</c>

00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:56.599
And<00:53:53.840><c> as</c><00:53:54.179><c> the</c><00:53:54.300><c> Lord</c><00:53:54.480><c> Jesus</c><00:53:54.820><c> Christ</c><00:53:55.059><c> has</c><00:53:55.659><c> stripped</c><00:53:56.000><c> himself</c>

00:53:56.599 --> 00:54:01.280
of<00:53:56.960><c> his</c><00:53:57.239><c> divine</c><00:53:57.719><c> status,</c><00:54:00.460><c> or</c><00:54:00.599><c> the</c><00:54:00.900><c> status</c>

00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:02.739
that<00:54:01.599><c> naturally</c><00:54:02.000><c> belonged</c><00:54:02.340><c> to</c><00:54:02.519><c> the</c><00:54:02.639><c> Lord,</c>

00:54:02.800 --> 00:54:05.260
what<00:54:02.960><c> had</c><00:54:03.139><c> the</c><00:54:03.340><c> Philippians</c><00:54:03.679><c> done,</c><00:54:03.940><c> brothers</c><00:54:04.079><c> and</c><00:54:04.320><c> sisters?</c>

00:54:05.480 --> 00:54:07.840
Which<00:54:05.719><c> caused</c><00:54:06.219><c> Paul</c><00:54:06.519><c> to</c><00:54:06.760><c> rejoice.</c>

00:54:08.539 --> 00:54:12.280
They<00:54:08.840><c> too</c><00:54:09.199><c> had</c><00:54:09.639><c> stripped</c><00:54:09.960><c> themselves</c><00:54:10.599><c> of</c><00:54:10.900><c> their</c><00:54:11.199><c> status.</c>

00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:15.559
They<00:54:13.219><c> were</c><00:54:13.519><c> citizens</c><00:54:14.179><c> of</c><00:54:14.559><c> Rome,</c>

00:54:15.619 --> 00:54:18.519
and<00:54:15.920><c> they</c><00:54:16.099><c> had</c><00:54:16.559><c> stripped</c><00:54:16.760><c> themselves</c><00:54:17.280><c> of</c><00:54:17.559><c> it,</c>

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:20.380
and<00:54:19.000><c> they</c><00:54:19.139><c> had</c><00:54:19.320><c> become</c><00:54:19.599><c> citizens</c><00:54:20.079><c> of</c><00:54:20.280><c> heaven.</c>

00:54:20.440 --> 00:54:21.780
Can<00:54:20.579><c> you</c><00:54:20.699><c> see</c><00:54:20.820><c> the</c><00:54:20.960><c> point,</c><00:54:21.159><c> brothers</c><00:54:21.360><c> and</c><00:54:21.599><c> sisters?</c>

00:54:21.780 --> 00:54:23.420
This<00:54:21.920><c> is</c><00:54:22.039><c> why</c><00:54:22.199><c> Paul</c><00:54:22.460><c> rejoiced</c><00:54:22.880><c> in</c><00:54:22.960><c> heaven,</c>

00:54:23.900 --> 00:54:26.639
because<00:54:24.059><c> these</c><00:54:24.500><c> examples</c><00:54:24.960><c> that</c><00:54:25.099><c> he's</c><00:54:25.360><c> providing</c><00:54:25.719><c> under</c><00:54:25.960><c> inspiration</c>

00:54:26.639 --> 00:54:29.639
were<00:54:27.179><c> the</c><00:54:27.380><c> examples</c><00:54:28.019><c> that</c><00:54:28.360><c> they</c><00:54:28.599><c> were</c><00:54:28.780><c> following.</c>

00:54:30.820 --> 00:54:33.900
And<00:54:30.980><c> so,</c><00:54:31.300><c> brothers</c><00:54:31.360><c> and</c><00:54:31.599><c> sisters,</c><00:54:32.000><c> we'll</c><00:54:32.280><c> leave</c><00:54:32.519><c> it</c><00:54:32.719><c> there.</c>

00:54:34.940 --> 00:54:36.059
We'll<00:54:35.260><c> leave</c><00:54:35.460><c> it</c><00:54:35.659><c> there.</c>

00:54:36.219 --> 00:54:37.579
Come,<00:54:36.579><c> finally,</c><00:54:36.840><c> to</c><00:54:37.000><c> Philippians</c><00:54:37.380><c> four.</c>

00:54:37.659 --> 00:54:38.380
I<00:54:37.659><c> can't</c><00:54:37.880><c> help</c><00:54:38.019><c> myself.</c>

00:54:38.519 --> 00:54:41.519
Just<00:54:38.739><c> Philippians</c><00:54:39.159><c> chapter</c><00:54:39.420><c> four</c><00:54:39.760><c> and</c><00:54:40.619><c> verse</c><00:54:40.980><c> one.</c>

00:54:41.780 --> 00:54:44.780
This<00:54:41.960><c> is,</c><00:54:42.400><c> let's</c><00:54:42.679><c> make</c><00:54:42.820><c> two</c><00:54:43.099><c> bookends,</c><00:54:43.619><c> if</c><00:54:43.760><c> we</c><00:54:44.000><c> can.</c>

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:46.260
We<00:54:45.360><c> began</c><00:54:45.699><c> there,</c><00:54:45.920><c> didn't</c><00:54:46.079><c> we?</c>

00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:48.480
And<00:54:46.400><c> we'll</c><00:54:46.559><c> read</c><00:54:46.679><c> it</c><00:54:46.840><c> again,</c><00:54:47.079><c> Philippians</c><00:54:47.559><c> four,</c><00:54:47.920><c> verse</c><00:54:48.199><c> one.</c>

00:54:48.599 --> 00:54:49.800
And<00:54:48.800><c> we're</c><00:54:48.920><c> gonna</c><00:54:49.059><c> read</c><00:54:49.320><c> this</c><00:54:49.579><c> verse,</c>

00:54:49.800 --> 00:54:51.619
and<00:54:49.920><c> we're</c><00:54:50.059><c> gonna</c><00:54:50.239><c> see</c><00:54:50.539><c> that</c><00:54:50.760><c> this</c><00:54:51.019><c> is</c><00:54:51.280><c> the</c><00:54:51.440><c> end</c>

00:54:51.619 --> 00:54:53.380
of<00:54:51.820><c> the</c><00:54:51.940><c> Ark</c><00:54:52.079><c> of</c><00:54:52.260><c> Salvation.</c>

00:54:53.480 --> 00:54:55.519
The<00:54:53.699><c> Philippians</c><00:54:54.440><c> have</c><00:54:54.820><c> reached</c><00:54:55.159><c> the</c><00:54:55.400><c> end</c>

00:54:55.519 --> 00:54:56.559
of<00:54:55.639><c> the</c><00:54:55.760><c> Ark</c><00:54:55.920><c> of</c><00:54:56.099><c> Salvation.</c>

00:54:56.679 --> 00:54:58.280
They're<00:54:56.840><c> now</c><00:54:57.099><c> waiting</c><00:54:57.400><c> for</c><00:54:57.579><c> the</c><00:54:57.679><c> Lord</c><00:54:57.820><c> Jesus</c><00:54:58.059><c> Christ</c>

00:54:58.280 --> 00:55:00.380
to<00:54:59.079><c> return</c><00:54:59.480><c> and</c><00:54:59.659><c> to</c><00:54:59.940><c> confirm</c><00:55:00.199><c> this.</c>

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:02.179
And<00:55:00.699><c> notice</c><00:55:00.940><c> this,</c><00:55:01.219><c> under</c><00:55:01.420><c> inspiration,</c>

00:55:02.579 --> 00:55:03.440
Paul<00:55:02.739><c> says</c><00:55:02.980><c> these</c><00:55:03.219><c> words,</c>

00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:05.539
"'Therefore,<00:55:04.179><c> my</c><00:55:04.280><c> brethren,</c><00:55:04.860><c> dearly</c><00:55:05.260><c> beloved,</c>

00:55:05.619 --> 00:55:09.059
"'and<00:55:05.860><c> long</c><00:55:06.179><c> for</c><00:55:06.559><c> my</c><00:55:07.320><c> joy</c><00:55:07.960><c> and</c><00:55:08.739><c> crown.'"</c>

00:55:09.059 --> 00:55:11.199
Underline<00:55:09.519><c> that,</c><00:55:09.840><c> brothers</c><00:55:09.940><c> and</c><00:55:10.159><c> sisters.</c>

00:55:12.619 --> 00:55:14.260
They<00:55:13.099><c> were</c><00:55:13.280><c> the</c><00:55:13.480><c> crown</c><00:55:13.719><c> of</c><00:55:13.960><c> Paul.</c>

00:55:14.579 --> 00:55:16.480
They<00:55:14.760><c> were</c><00:55:15.019><c> his</c><00:55:15.199><c> staffarnas.</c>

00:55:16.739 --> 00:55:18.380
But<00:55:16.860><c> they</c><00:55:17.039><c> were</c><00:55:17.199><c> the</c><00:55:17.380><c> crown</c><00:55:17.760><c> of</c><00:55:18.059><c> Paul,</c>

00:55:18.380 --> 00:55:20.500
because<00:55:19.139><c> they</c><00:55:19.320><c> had</c><00:55:19.500><c> been</c><00:55:19.760><c> crowned.</c>

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:21.760
Can<00:55:20.659><c> you</c><00:55:20.739><c> see</c><00:55:20.840><c> the</c><00:55:21.000><c> point?</c>

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:27.780
This<00:55:23.320><c> Ark</c><00:55:23.559><c> of</c><00:55:23.800><c> Salvation,</c><00:55:25.460><c> the</c><00:55:25.760><c> crowning</c><00:55:26.320><c> at</c><00:55:26.500><c> the</c><00:55:26.679><c> end,</c>

00:55:28.019 --> 00:55:29.400
they<00:55:28.199><c> had</c><00:55:28.420><c> reached</c><00:55:28.699><c> that,</c>

00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:33.139
if<00:55:30.099><c> they</c><00:55:30.360><c> continued</c><00:55:30.860><c> now</c><00:55:31.280><c> faithfully</c><00:55:31.699><c> to</c><00:55:31.880><c> the</c><00:55:32.039><c> end.</c>

00:55:34.400 --> 00:55:36.639
They<00:55:34.739><c> were</c><00:55:34.980><c> on</c><00:55:35.179><c> this</c><00:55:35.460><c> Ark</c><00:55:35.659><c> of</c><00:55:35.880><c> Salvation,</c>

00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:40.400
and<00:55:37.300><c> they</c><00:55:37.480><c> had</c><00:55:37.699><c> reached,</c><00:55:38.099><c> brothers</c><00:55:38.179><c> and</c><00:55:38.460><c> sisters,</c><00:55:38.800><c> the</c><00:55:39.099><c> end.</c>

00:55:40.659 --> 00:55:42.099
And<00:55:40.900><c> Paul</c><00:55:41.059><c> rejoiced,</c>

00:55:42.340 --> 00:55:44.300
because<00:55:42.679><c> this</c><00:55:42.920><c> epistle</c><00:55:43.139><c> is</c><00:55:43.280><c> all</c><00:55:43.500><c> about</c><00:55:43.800><c> the</c><00:55:44.019><c> Ecclesiast,</c>

00:55:44.300 --> 00:55:45.639
not<00:55:44.440><c> himself.</c>

00:55:46.219 --> 00:55:48.780
If<00:55:46.659><c> they</c><00:55:47.099><c> stood</c><00:55:47.659><c> fast</c><00:55:48.360><c> to</c><00:55:48.559><c> the</c><00:55:48.639><c> end.</c>

00:55:48.900 --> 00:55:50.239
What<00:55:49.039><c> a</c><00:55:49.219><c> wonderful</c><00:55:49.440><c> thing,</c><00:55:49.800><c> brothers</c><00:55:49.900><c> and</c><00:55:50.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:55:50.460 --> 00:55:53.099
And<00:55:50.679><c> he</c><00:55:50.739><c> captures</c><00:55:51.059><c> so</c><00:55:51.380><c> much</c><00:55:51.480><c> of</c><00:55:51.619><c> the</c><00:55:51.719><c> feelings</c><00:55:52.019><c> of</c><00:55:52.300><c> Paul,</c>

00:55:53.599 --> 00:55:56.519
that<00:55:53.699><c> these</c><00:55:53.940><c> feelings</c><00:55:54.360><c> were</c><00:55:54.639><c> just</c><00:55:54.940><c> completely</c><00:55:55.639><c> focused.</c>

00:55:56.519 --> 00:55:58.940
He<00:55:56.699><c> was</c><00:55:56.960><c> absorbed</c><00:55:57.559><c> with</c><00:55:58.239><c> their</c><00:55:58.460><c> condition,</c>

00:55:59.119 --> 00:56:02.460
and<00:55:59.460><c> the</c><00:55:59.800><c> future</c><00:56:00.079><c> glory</c><00:56:00.480><c> that</c><00:56:00.699><c> awaited</c><00:56:01.860><c> them.</c>

00:56:02.599 --> 00:56:03.059
So<00:56:02.780><c> thank</c><00:56:02.960><c> you.</c>

00:56:03.119 --> 00:56:04.619
We'll<00:56:03.360><c> leave</c><00:56:03.519><c> it</c><00:56:03.619><c> there</c><00:56:03.739><c> for</c><00:56:03.880><c> today.</c>