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any<00:10:35.960><c> sheet</c><00:10:36.179><c> of</c><00:10:36.379><c> paper</c><00:10:36.679><c> can</c><00:10:36.960><c> put</c><00:10:37.240><c> down</c><00:10:37.480><c> knowledge</c><00:10:37.799><c> and</c><00:10:37.980><c> preserve</c><00:10:38.299><c> it</c><00:10:38.480><c> far</c>

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Wherefore,<00:11:01.879><c> be</c><00:11:02.039><c> not</c><00:11:02.279><c> unwise,</c><00:11:03.440><c> but</c><00:11:03.659><c> understanding</c><00:11:04.200><c> what</c><00:11:04.480><c> is</c>

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Be<00:11:06.500><c> not</c><00:11:06.740><c> drunk</c><00:11:06.980><c> with</c><00:11:07.259><c> wine,</c><00:11:07.539><c> which</c><00:11:07.759><c> is</c><00:11:08.019><c> in</c><00:11:08.379><c> excess,</c><00:11:08.759><c> but</c><00:11:08.940><c> be</c>

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Speaking<00:11:11.440><c> to</c><00:11:11.679><c> yourselves</c><00:11:12.080><c> in</c><00:11:12.340><c> Psalms</c><00:11:12.740><c> and</c><00:11:12.919><c> hymns</c><00:11:13.240><c> and</c><00:11:13.460><c> spiritual</c><00:11:13.860><c> songs,</c>

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singing<00:11:14.620><c> and</c><00:11:14.799><c> making</c><00:11:15.100><c> melody</c><00:11:15.480><c> in</c><00:11:15.659><c> your</c><00:11:15.860><c> heart,</c>

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giving<00:11:16.659><c> thanks</c><00:11:17.059><c> always</c><00:11:17.460><c> for</c><00:11:17.759><c> all</c><00:11:18.039><c> things</c><00:11:18.240><c> unto</c><00:11:18.500><c> God</c>

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And<00:11:27.799><c> so</c><00:11:27.940><c> he</c><00:11:28.340><c> lays</c><00:11:28.659><c> forth</c><00:11:29.279><c> a</c><00:11:29.879><c> mission.</c>

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And<00:11:30.659><c> he</c><00:11:30.740><c> goes</c><00:11:30.980><c> on</c><00:11:31.259><c> to</c><00:11:31.500><c> tell</c><00:11:31.820><c> how</c><00:11:32.139><c> husbands</c><00:11:32.539><c> and</c><00:11:32.759><c> wives</c><00:11:33.059><c> ought</c>

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how<00:11:34.480><c> children</c><00:11:34.840><c> and</c><00:11:35.059><c> parents</c><00:11:35.379><c> ought</c><00:11:35.600><c> to</c><00:11:35.720><c> live</c><00:11:35.840><c> together.</c>

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We<00:11:36.720><c> might</c><00:11:36.940><c> touch</c><00:11:37.200><c> on</c><00:11:37.379><c> some</c><00:11:37.580><c> of</c><00:11:37.720><c> these</c><00:11:37.919><c> things</c><00:11:38.259><c> tomorrow</c>

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But<00:11:44.960><c> the</c><00:11:45.620><c> last</c><00:11:45.879><c> two</c><00:11:46.080><c> verses</c><00:11:46.419><c> of</c><00:11:46.700><c> this</c><00:11:47.659><c> chapter</c><00:11:48.159><c> are</c>

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So<00:12:31.000><c> the</c><00:12:31.639><c> recording</c><00:12:31.980><c> brother</c><00:12:32.220><c> isn't</c><00:12:32.460><c> the</c><00:12:32.620><c> head</c><00:12:32.720><c> of</c><00:12:32.879><c> the</c><00:12:33.000><c> arranging</c><00:12:33.340><c> board.</c>

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Unless<00:14:20.700><c> you</c><00:14:21.000><c> fill</c><00:14:21.200><c> this</c><00:14:21.500><c> building</c><00:14:21.980><c> with</c><00:14:22.440><c> people</c>

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who<00:14:23.960><c> are</c><00:14:24.320><c> living</c><00:14:24.899><c> bricks.</c>

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To<00:14:27.860><c> build</c><00:14:28.179><c> a</c><00:14:28.480><c> house</c><00:14:28.779><c> of</c><00:14:29.019><c> God</c><00:14:29.179><c> of</c><00:14:29.320><c> the</c><00:14:29.580><c> Spirit,</c>

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you've<00:14:31.460><c> wasted</c><00:14:31.759><c> all</c><00:14:32.019><c> your</c><00:14:32.200><c> energy.</c>

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And<00:14:33.299><c> unfortunately</c><00:14:33.620><c> sometimes</c><00:14:34.100><c> Ecclesias</c><00:14:34.539><c> build</c><00:14:34.779><c> halls,</c>

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and<00:14:35.159><c> they</c><00:14:35.259><c> get</c><00:14:35.360><c> into</c><00:14:35.580><c> so</c><00:14:35.720><c> much</c><00:14:35.960><c> controversy</c><00:14:36.460><c> about</c><00:14:36.779><c> the</c><00:14:37.019><c> hall,</c>

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they<00:14:37.659><c> sometimes</c><00:14:38.080><c> forget</c><00:14:38.440><c> about</c><00:14:38.779><c> the</c><00:14:39.019><c> living</c><00:14:39.419><c> bricks</c>

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that<00:14:40.759><c> comprise</c><00:14:41.240><c> that</c><00:14:41.559><c> hall.</c>

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Now<00:14:42.440><c> I</c><00:14:42.440><c> hope</c><00:14:42.620><c> that's</c><00:14:42.879><c> not</c><00:14:43.080><c> true</c><00:14:43.220><c> here.</c><00:14:43.340><c> I</c><00:14:43.440><c> know</c><00:14:43.580><c> it's</c><00:14:43.820><c> not</c><00:14:43.960><c> true</c><00:14:44.120><c> here.</c>

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I'm<00:14:45.259><c> not</c><00:14:45.419><c> sure</c><00:14:45.580><c> about</c><00:14:45.799><c> Ann</c><00:14:46.039><c> Arbor</c><00:14:46.179><c> yet.</c><00:14:46.440><c> We'll</c><00:14:46.600><c> see</c><00:14:46.779><c> when</c><00:14:46.940><c> we</c><00:14:47.100><c> open.</c>

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We'll<00:14:47.679><c> see</c><00:14:47.799><c> how</c><00:14:47.940><c> much</c><00:14:48.120><c> debt</c><00:14:48.299><c> we</c><00:14:48.500><c> have</c><00:14:48.639><c> when</c><00:14:48.820><c> we</c><00:14:48.940><c> open.</c>

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But<00:14:49.620><c> he</c><00:14:49.659><c> says</c><00:14:49.899><c> here,</c><00:14:50.679><c> this</c><00:14:50.779><c> is</c><00:14:51.019><c> the</c><00:14:51.240><c> church</c><00:14:51.740><c> of</c><00:14:52.000><c> the</c><00:14:52.179><c> living</c><00:14:52.379><c> God,</c>

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and<00:14:53.019><c> he</c><00:14:53.100><c> says</c><00:14:53.259><c> it's</c><00:14:53.559><c> the</c><00:14:53.820><c> pillar</c><00:14:54.399><c> and</c><00:14:55.580><c> foundation</c><00:14:56.320><c> of</c><00:14:56.759><c> the</c><00:14:57.120><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:15:00.159><c> the</c><00:15:00.399><c> truth</c><00:15:00.659><c> is</c><00:15:00.940><c> built</c><00:15:01.480><c> on</c><00:15:02.320><c> the</c><00:15:02.700><c> people.</c>

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It's<00:15:05.299><c> built</c><00:15:05.559><c> on</c><00:15:05.820><c> the</c><00:15:06.100><c> people</c><00:15:06.460><c> who</c><00:15:06.720><c> comprise</c><00:15:07.759><c> the</c><00:15:08.259><c> congregation.</c>

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And<00:15:09.759><c> he</c><00:15:09.820><c> says,</c><00:15:10.120><c> without</c><00:15:10.320><c> controversy,</c>

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great<00:15:11.340><c> is</c><00:15:11.539><c> the</c><00:15:11.740><c> mystery</c><00:15:12.220><c> of</c><00:15:12.620><c> godliness.</c>

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God<00:15:13.700><c> was</c><00:15:13.960><c> revealed</c><00:15:14.399><c> in</c><00:15:14.580><c> the</c><00:15:14.820><c> flesh,</c><00:15:15.960><c> justified</c><00:15:16.419><c> in</c><00:15:16.639><c> the</c><00:15:16.820><c> Spirit,</c>

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seen<00:15:17.419><c> of</c><00:15:17.639><c> angels,</c><00:15:18.500><c> preached</c><00:15:18.620><c> unto</c><00:15:18.919><c> the</c><00:15:19.139><c> Gentiles,</c>

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and<00:15:19.940><c> believed</c><00:15:20.179><c> in</c><00:15:20.620><c> the</c><00:15:20.840><c> world,</c><00:15:21.159><c> and</c><00:15:21.259><c> received</c><00:15:21.620><c> up</c><00:15:21.919><c> into</c><00:15:22.240><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:15:24.259><c> so</c><00:15:24.419><c> what</c><00:15:25.139><c> does</c><00:15:25.259><c> he</c><00:15:25.360><c> end</c><00:15:25.600><c> it</c><00:15:25.759><c> with?</c>

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He<00:15:26.399><c> talks</c><00:15:26.519><c> about</c><00:15:26.720><c> the</c><00:15:26.899><c> atonement.</c>

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So<00:15:29.519><c> this</c><00:15:30.039><c> idea</c><00:15:30.700><c> of</c><00:15:31.179><c> the</c><00:15:31.480><c> church</c><00:15:31.840><c> being</c><00:15:32.399><c> the</c><00:15:32.740><c> foundation</c><00:15:33.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:34.460><c> truth</c>

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can<00:15:36.360><c> only</c><00:15:36.799><c> mean</c><00:15:37.100><c> to</c><00:15:37.340><c> me</c><00:15:38.100><c> that</c><00:15:38.840><c> we</c><00:15:39.080><c> have</c><00:15:39.360><c> such</c><00:15:39.740><c> an</c><00:15:40.059><c> important</c><00:15:40.980><c> role</c><00:15:41.460><c> to</c><00:15:41.799><c> play,</c>

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and<00:15:42.779><c> it</c><00:15:42.960><c> is</c><00:15:43.460><c> so</c><00:15:44.279><c> utterly</c><00:15:44.840><c> important</c><00:15:45.419><c> that</c><00:15:45.759><c> we</c><00:15:45.980><c> understand</c><00:15:46.580><c> that</c>

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and<00:15:47.159><c> do</c><00:15:47.399><c> something</c><00:15:47.720><c> about</c><00:15:48.000><c> it.</c>

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An<00:15:49.879><c> ecclesia</c><00:15:50.340><c> where</c><00:15:50.980><c> members</c><00:15:51.340><c> are</c><00:15:51.659><c> all</c><00:15:51.940><c> building</c><00:15:52.399><c> those</c><00:15:53.519><c> blocks,</c>

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where<00:15:56.299><c> they're</c><00:15:56.519><c> all</c><00:15:56.740><c> fitting</c><00:15:56.960><c> in</c><00:15:57.519><c> and</c><00:15:57.720><c> building</c><00:15:57.960><c> a</c><00:15:58.220><c> spiritual</c><00:15:58.600><c> temple,</c>

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is<00:16:00.019><c> indeed</c><00:16:00.299><c> a</c><00:16:00.539><c> happy</c><00:16:00.720><c> place.</c>

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And<00:16:01.940><c> Paul</c><00:16:02.159><c> wanted</c><00:16:02.620><c> the</c><00:16:02.980><c> Ephesians</c><00:16:03.559><c> to</c><00:16:04.159><c> be</c><00:16:04.500><c> that</c><00:16:04.919><c> kind</c><00:16:05.139><c> of</c><00:16:05.340><c> a</c><00:16:05.480><c> place.</c>

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2<00:16:14.000><c> Timothy</c><00:16:14.399><c> chapter</c><00:16:15.200><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:16:27.519><c> he</c><00:16:27.759><c> starts</c><00:16:27.980><c> out</c><00:16:28.220><c> that</c><00:16:28.460><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:16:29.059><c> this</c><00:16:29.419><c> was</c><00:16:29.679><c> probably</c><00:16:30.159><c> written</c><00:16:30.500><c> while</c><00:16:30.700><c> he</c><00:16:30.840><c> was</c><00:16:31.000><c> in</c><00:16:31.200><c> prison</c>

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in<00:16:32.340><c> Rome.</c>

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He<00:16:32.980><c> says,</c>

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This<00:16:33.960><c> know</c><00:16:34.259><c> also</c><00:16:34.679><c> that</c><00:16:34.840><c> in</c><00:16:35.019><c> the</c><00:16:35.200><c> last</c><00:16:35.460><c> days</c><00:16:35.720><c> perilous</c><00:16:36.279><c> times</c>

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shall<00:16:36.840><c> come.</c>

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Men<00:16:38.360><c> shall</c><00:16:38.580><c> be</c><00:16:38.779><c> lovers</c><00:16:39.019><c> of</c><00:16:39.179><c> their</c><00:16:39.379><c> own</c><00:16:39.639><c> selves,</c>

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covetous,<00:16:40.779><c> boastous,</c><00:16:41.240><c> proud,</c><00:16:41.659><c> blasphemous,</c><00:16:42.600><c> disobedient</c>

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of<00:16:43.279><c> parents,</c>

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unthankful,<00:16:44.500><c> unholy,</c><00:16:44.980><c> without</c><00:16:45.220><c> natural</c><00:16:45.600><c> affection,</c>

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truce<00:16:46.840><c>-breakers,</c><00:16:47.340><c> false</c><00:16:47.659><c> accusers,</c><00:16:48.419><c> incontinent,</c><00:16:49.080><c> fierce,</c>

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despisers<00:16:50.200><c> of</c><00:16:50.340><c> those</c><00:16:50.600><c> that</c><00:16:50.779><c> are</c><00:16:51.019><c> good,</c>

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traitors,<00:16:52.320><c> heady,</c><00:16:52.559><c> high</c><00:16:52.799><c>-minded,</c><00:16:53.200><c> lovers</c><00:16:53.379><c> of</c><00:16:53.659><c> pleasures</c><00:16:53.940><c> more</c><00:16:54.259><c> than</c><00:16:54.399><c> lovers</c><00:16:54.700><c> of</c><00:16:54.940><c> God.</c>

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Who's<00:16:57.200><c> he</c><00:16:57.340><c> talking</c><00:16:57.600><c> about</c><00:16:57.820><c> now?</c>

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Is<00:16:59.639><c> he</c><00:16:59.799><c> talking</c><00:17:00.000><c> about</c><00:17:00.259><c> us?</c>

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He<00:17:01.159><c> says,</c><00:17:01.500><c> in</c><00:17:01.620><c> the</c><00:17:01.779><c> last</c><00:17:02.080><c> days.</c>

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He<00:17:03.679><c> just</c><00:17:04.119><c> jumped</c><00:17:04.420><c> the</c><00:17:04.700><c> message</c><00:17:05.059><c> that</c><00:17:05.240><c> he</c><00:17:05.460><c> talked</c><00:17:05.640><c> about</c><00:17:05.960><c> in</c><00:17:06.200><c> Ephesians</c><00:17:06.759><c> and</c><00:17:07.440><c> 1</c><00:17:07.720><c> Timothy</c>

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and<00:17:08.460><c> says,</c>

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This<00:17:09.059><c> is</c><00:17:09.299><c> what's</c><00:17:09.500><c> going</c><00:17:09.640><c> to</c><00:17:09.779><c> happen</c><00:17:10.079><c> in</c><00:17:10.279><c> the</c><00:17:10.440><c> church</c><00:17:10.759><c> in</c><00:17:11.359><c> the</c>

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future,<00:17:12.019><c> too.</c>

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And<00:17:12.559><c> I</c><00:17:12.660><c> believe</c><00:17:12.859><c> that's</c><00:17:13.359><c> the</c><00:17:13.559><c> case.</c>

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So<00:17:14.640><c> we're</c><00:17:14.900><c> not</c><00:17:15.119><c> immune</c><00:17:15.480><c> to</c><00:17:15.720><c> all</c><00:17:16.039><c> of</c><00:17:16.160><c> those</c><00:17:16.359><c> things</c>

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that<00:17:17.299><c> the</c><00:17:17.539><c> Gentiles</c><00:17:18.140><c> walked</c><00:17:18.519><c> in</c><00:17:18.759><c> in</c><00:17:19.059><c> the</c><00:17:19.259><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:17:19.640><c> Ephesus,</c>

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because<00:17:20.680><c> I</c><00:17:20.940><c> do</c><00:17:21.220><c> believe</c><00:17:21.559><c> that</c><00:17:21.720><c> men</c><00:17:21.880><c> are</c><00:17:22.099><c> still</c><00:17:22.380><c> covetous,</c>

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they're<00:17:23.500><c> still</c><00:17:23.799><c> boasters,</c><00:17:24.259><c> they're</c><00:17:24.440><c> still</c><00:17:24.779><c> blasphemers,</c>

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they<00:17:26.059><c> are</c><00:17:26.259><c> disobedient,</c><00:17:27.160><c> they're</c><00:17:27.420><c> unthankful,</c><00:17:28.220><c> they</c><00:17:28.319><c> don't</c><00:17:28.599><c> have...</c>

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All<00:17:29.299><c> of</c><00:17:29.420><c> those</c><00:17:29.579><c> things</c><00:17:29.720><c> apply</c><00:17:30.079><c> today,</c>

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and<00:17:30.799><c> he</c><00:17:31.039><c> says</c><00:17:31.339><c> it's</c><00:17:31.680><c> a</c><00:17:31.839><c> sign</c><00:17:31.960><c> of</c><00:17:32.119><c> the</c><00:17:32.259><c> last</c><00:17:32.500><c> times.</c>

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So<00:17:33.460><c> everything</c><00:17:33.720><c> that</c><00:17:34.000><c> applies</c><00:17:34.160><c> to</c><00:17:34.339><c> Ephesus</c><00:17:34.680><c> applies</c><00:17:35.180><c> to</c><00:17:35.420><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:17:36.440><c> just</c><00:17:36.700><c> because</c><00:17:36.980><c> I</c><00:17:37.339><c> say</c><00:17:37.559><c> it</c><00:17:37.720><c> or</c><00:17:37.819><c> I'm</c><00:17:38.140><c> extrapolating</c><00:17:38.740><c> it,</c>

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but<00:17:39.259><c> because</c><00:17:39.619><c> Paul</c><00:17:39.980><c> says</c><00:17:40.339><c> it.</c>

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And<00:17:42.819><c> what's</c><00:17:43.099><c> the</c><00:17:43.259><c> cure?</c>

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Verse<00:17:45.819><c> 10,</c><00:17:46.400><c> among</c><00:17:46.619><c> others.</c>

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But<00:17:48.279><c> thou</c><00:17:48.500><c> hast</c><00:17:48.819><c> known</c><00:17:49.319><c> my</c><00:17:49.740><c> doctrine,</c><00:17:50.900><c> manner</c><00:17:51.220><c> of</c><00:17:51.539><c> life,</c>

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purpose,<00:17:53.099><c> faith,</c><00:17:54.039><c> long</c><00:17:54.319><c>-suffering</c><00:17:54.799><c> charity,</c><00:17:55.619><c> and</c><00:17:55.920><c> patience.</c>

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He's<00:17:57.519><c> not</c><00:17:57.759><c> doing</c><00:17:57.960><c> this</c><00:17:58.200><c> to</c><00:17:58.500><c> brag.</c>

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He's<00:17:59.359><c> doing</c><00:17:59.559><c> this</c><00:17:59.799><c> to</c><00:17:59.940><c> say,</c>

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Look,<00:18:00.500><c> I</c><00:18:00.839><c> live</c><00:18:01.039><c> the</c><00:18:01.279><c> truth.</c>

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Now,<00:18:04.380><c> that's</c><00:18:04.759><c> an</c><00:18:05.059><c> important</c><00:18:05.319><c> issue.</c>

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Before<00:18:07.220><c> we</c><00:18:07.400><c> ever</c><00:18:07.599><c> get</c><00:18:07.740><c> up</c><00:18:07.940><c> on</c><00:18:08.160><c> this</c><00:18:08.339><c> platform,</c>

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and<00:18:09.140><c> it</c><00:18:09.380><c> scares</c><00:18:09.660><c> the</c><00:18:09.900><c> living</c><00:18:10.099><c> daylights</c><00:18:10.539><c> out</c><00:18:10.740><c> of</c><00:18:10.900><c> me,</c>

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we<00:18:11.359><c> ought</c><00:18:11.539><c> to</c><00:18:11.660><c> make</c><00:18:11.940><c> sure</c><00:18:12.519><c> that</c><00:18:13.019><c> the</c><00:18:13.180><c> things</c><00:18:13.339><c> we're</c><00:18:13.660><c> preaching</c>

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and<00:18:14.339><c> saying</c>

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are<00:18:15.640><c> not</c><00:18:15.980><c> contradicted</c><00:18:16.880><c> by</c><00:18:17.119><c> the</c><00:18:17.380><c> life</c><00:18:17.660><c> we're</c><00:18:18.039><c> leading</c>

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to<00:18:19.440><c> the</c><00:18:19.640><c> best</c><00:18:20.000><c> of</c><00:18:20.279><c> our</c><00:18:20.579><c> ability.</c>

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We'll<00:18:22.279><c> never</c><00:18:22.519><c> be</c><00:18:22.740><c> perfect</c><00:18:23.039><c> because</c><00:18:23.180><c> we're</c><00:18:23.420><c> all</c><00:18:23.660><c> sinners,</c>

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but<00:18:24.980><c> to</c><00:18:25.099><c> the</c><00:18:25.240><c> best</c><00:18:25.539><c> of</c><00:18:25.779><c> our</c><00:18:26.039><c> ability.</c>

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And<00:18:28.400><c> Paul</c><00:18:28.539><c> could</c><00:18:28.779><c> say</c><00:18:29.000><c> that.</c>

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I'm<00:18:29.339><c> not</c><00:18:30.299><c> going</c><00:18:30.420><c> to</c><00:18:30.519><c> attempt</c><00:18:30.720><c> to</c><00:18:30.880><c> say</c><00:18:30.980><c> that,</c><00:18:31.119><c> but</c><00:18:31.279><c> Paul</c><00:18:31.420><c> could</c>

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say<00:18:31.839><c> that.</c>

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He<00:18:32.019><c> says,</c><00:18:32.180><c> you</c><00:18:32.279><c> know,</c><00:18:32.359><c> look</c><00:18:32.539><c> at</c><00:18:32.740><c> me.</c>

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And<00:18:34.160><c> then</c><00:18:34.279><c> he</c><00:18:34.299><c> goes</c><00:18:34.519><c> on</c><00:18:34.779><c> to</c><00:18:34.980><c> say,</c><00:18:35.640><c> what</c><00:18:35.640><c> is</c><00:18:35.900><c> the</c><00:18:36.059><c> cure?</c>

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Verse<00:18:37.720><c> 15,</c><00:18:38.539><c> that</c><00:18:38.779><c> that</c><00:18:38.980><c> from</c><00:18:39.180><c> a</c><00:18:39.440><c> child,</c>

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and<00:18:40.660><c> these</c><00:18:40.779><c> words</c><00:18:40.940><c> should</c><00:18:41.140><c> be</c><00:18:41.299><c> very</c><00:18:41.660><c> familiar</c><00:18:42.000><c> with</c><00:18:42.200><c> us,</c>

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they<00:18:43.079><c> are</c><00:18:43.579><c> so,</c><00:18:44.099><c> so</c><00:18:44.400><c> important,</c>

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that<00:18:45.339><c> from</c><00:18:45.539><c> a</c><00:18:45.799><c> child</c><00:18:45.980><c> thou</c><00:18:46.160><c> hast</c><00:18:46.420><c> known</c><00:18:46.900><c> the</c><00:18:47.140><c> Holy</c><00:18:47.380><c> Scriptures,</c>

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which<00:18:48.779><c> are</c><00:18:49.039><c> able</c><00:18:49.319><c> to</c><00:18:49.579><c> make</c><00:18:49.720><c> thee</c><00:18:49.980><c> wise</c><00:18:50.259><c> unto</c><00:18:50.500><c> salvation.</c>

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So<00:18:52.559><c> how</c><00:18:52.700><c> does</c><00:18:52.880><c> he</c><00:18:53.059><c> appeal</c><00:18:53.500><c> to</c><00:18:53.960><c> what</c><00:18:54.099><c> we</c><00:18:54.319><c> should</c><00:18:54.480><c> do,</c><00:18:54.779><c> what</c><00:18:54.920><c> we</c>

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should<00:18:55.279><c> follow,</c>

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what<00:18:55.740><c> we</c><00:18:55.920><c> should</c><00:18:56.059><c> be</c><00:18:56.299><c> baptized</c><00:18:56.660><c> in?</c>

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And<00:18:56.839><c> he</c><00:18:56.920><c> doesn't</c><00:18:57.160><c> say,</c><00:18:58.480><c> because</c><00:18:58.599><c> I'm</c><00:18:58.839><c> telling</c><00:18:59.099><c> you</c><00:18:59.299><c> this,</c><00:18:59.799><c> Paul.</c>

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No,<00:19:00.099><c> he</c><00:19:00.140><c> says,</c><00:19:00.980><c> I'm</c><00:19:01.240><c> telling</c><00:19:01.500><c> you</c><00:19:01.680><c> this</c><00:19:01.859><c> because</c><00:19:02.140><c> I've</c><00:19:02.740><c> tried</c>

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to<00:19:03.099><c> live</c><00:19:03.200><c> it,</c>

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and<00:19:03.400><c> I've</c><00:19:03.579><c> done</c><00:19:03.700><c> it</c><00:19:03.900><c> the</c><00:19:03.980><c> best</c><00:19:04.180><c> I</c><00:19:04.400><c> can,</c>

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but<00:19:05.119><c> the</c><00:19:05.380><c> real</c><00:19:05.779><c> hope</c><00:19:06.019><c> of</c><00:19:06.200><c> the</c><00:19:06.400><c> truth,</c>

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the<00:19:07.039><c> way</c><00:19:07.180><c> you've</c><00:19:07.480><c> got</c><00:19:07.539><c> to</c><00:19:07.640><c> live</c><00:19:07.799><c> and</c><00:19:07.880><c> what</c><00:19:08.019><c> you've</c><00:19:08.200><c> got</c><00:19:08.279><c> to</c><00:19:08.460><c> follow,</c>

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is<00:19:08.880><c> in</c><00:19:09.119><c> the</c><00:19:09.359><c> Bible.</c>

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It's<00:19:11.140><c> not</c><00:19:11.420><c> in</c><00:19:11.700><c> somebody</c><00:19:12.240><c> else's</c><00:19:12.900><c> book.</c>

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For<00:19:17.500><c> all</c><00:19:17.759><c> Scripture</c><00:19:18.059><c> is</c><00:19:18.240><c> given</c><00:19:18.420><c> by</c><00:19:18.660><c> the</c><00:19:19.000><c> inspiration</c><00:19:19.740><c> of</c><00:19:19.980><c> God,</c>

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and<00:19:20.640><c> is</c><00:19:21.000><c> profitable</c><00:19:21.539><c> for</c><00:19:22.019><c> doctrine,</c>

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for<00:19:24.559><c> reproof,</c><00:19:25.420><c> for</c><00:19:25.839><c> correction,</c>

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and<00:19:27.220><c> for</c><00:19:27.640><c> instruction</c><00:19:28.460><c> in</c><00:19:28.779><c> righteousness</c>

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that<00:19:29.539><c> the</c><00:19:29.880><c> man</c><00:19:30.160><c> of</c><00:19:30.480><c> God</c><00:19:30.700><c> may</c><00:19:30.980><c> be</c><00:19:31.400><c> perfect,</c>

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thoroughly<00:19:33.440><c> furnished</c><00:19:33.920><c> unto</c><00:19:34.240><c> good</c><00:19:35.099><c> works.</c>

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And<00:19:36.559><c> notice</c><00:19:36.720><c> how</c><00:19:36.880><c> he</c><00:19:36.960><c> makes</c><00:19:37.200><c> the</c><00:19:37.539><c> connection</c>

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that<00:19:38.180><c> we've</c><00:19:38.720><c> talked</c><00:19:38.859><c> about</c><00:19:39.079><c> all</c><00:19:39.299><c> the</c><00:19:39.420><c> way</c><00:19:39.579><c> along.</c>

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You've<00:19:40.720><c> got</c><00:19:40.799><c> to</c><00:19:40.900><c> know</c><00:19:41.059><c> all</c><00:19:41.299><c> those</c><00:19:41.480><c> things</c><00:19:41.680><c> in</c><00:19:41.839><c> the</c><00:19:41.980><c> Bible,</c>

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but<00:19:43.059><c> then</c><00:19:43.200><c> you've</c><00:19:43.339><c> got</c><00:19:43.440><c> to</c><00:19:43.740><c> do</c><00:19:43.920><c> something</c><00:19:44.240><c> about</c><00:19:44.579><c> it.</c>

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You've<00:19:45.619><c> got</c><00:19:45.740><c> to</c><00:19:45.980><c> do</c><00:19:46.200><c> something</c><00:19:46.539><c> about</c><00:19:46.819><c> it.</c>

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We<00:19:47.960><c> are</c><00:19:48.440><c> furnished</c><00:19:49.000><c> with</c><00:19:49.220><c> that</c><00:19:49.559><c> word.</c>

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It<00:19:51.319><c> energizes</c><00:19:51.720><c> us</c><00:19:52.299><c> to</c><00:19:52.819><c> do</c><00:19:53.099><c> the</c><00:19:53.319><c> good</c><00:19:53.519><c> works</c>

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that<00:19:53.980><c> God</c><00:19:54.119><c> put</c><00:19:54.319><c> us</c><00:19:54.519><c> here</c><00:19:54.759><c> for</c><00:19:54.880><c> in</c><00:19:55.000><c> the</c><00:19:55.160><c> first</c><00:19:55.359><c> place,</c>

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and<00:19:56.500><c> it</c><00:19:56.700><c> all</c><00:19:56.900><c> comes</c><00:19:57.319><c> from</c><00:19:57.720><c> his</c><00:19:58.079><c> word.</c>

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It<00:19:59.160><c> is</c><00:19:59.480><c> profitable</c><00:19:59.880><c> for</c><00:20:00.240><c> doctrine.</c>

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You've<00:20:01.319><c> got</c><00:20:01.319><c> to</c><00:20:01.519><c> start</c><00:20:01.700><c> with</c><00:20:01.920><c> right</c><00:20:02.119><c> doctrine.</c>

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You<00:20:04.240><c> know,</c><00:20:04.519><c> that's</c><00:20:05.859><c> worth</c><00:20:06.119><c> a</c><00:20:06.339><c> thought</c><00:20:06.519><c> for</c><00:20:06.779><c> a</c><00:20:06.839><c> second</c><00:20:07.039><c> or</c><00:20:07.200><c> two.</c>

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You<00:20:07.380><c> know,</c><00:20:07.519><c> sometimes</c><00:20:07.839><c> people</c><00:20:08.059><c> say,</c>

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it<00:20:08.339><c> doesn't</c><00:20:08.559><c> matter</c><00:20:08.759><c> what</c><00:20:08.920><c> I</c><00:20:09.099><c> believe,</c><00:20:09.259><c> I'm</c><00:20:09.400><c> a</c><00:20:09.500><c> good</c><00:20:09.619><c> person.</c>

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I've<00:20:10.460><c> said</c><00:20:10.539><c> this</c><00:20:10.759><c> before,</c><00:20:11.420><c> but</c><00:20:11.660><c> boy,</c><00:20:11.960><c> it's</c><00:20:12.160><c> an</c><00:20:12.200><c> awful</c><00:20:12.339><c> lot</c><00:20:12.559><c> out</c><00:20:12.819><c> there.</c>

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But<00:20:13.680><c> the</c><00:20:13.819><c> idea</c><00:20:14.180><c> is</c><00:20:14.579><c> kind</c><00:20:14.799><c> of</c><00:20:14.980><c> silly</c><00:20:15.140><c> when</c><00:20:15.299><c> you</c><00:20:15.420><c> think</c><00:20:15.619><c> about</c><00:20:15.880><c> it,</c>

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because<00:20:16.559><c> you</c><00:20:16.759><c> know</c><00:20:17.039><c> full</c><00:20:17.319><c> well</c><00:20:17.539><c> that</c><00:20:17.640><c> if</c><00:20:17.759><c> you</c><00:20:17.900><c> went</c><00:20:18.000><c> out</c><00:20:18.259><c> there</c>

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and<00:20:18.680><c> disobeyed</c><00:20:18.980><c> the</c><00:20:19.039><c> laws</c><00:20:19.220><c> of</c><00:20:19.420><c> Maryland</c><00:20:19.799><c> and</c><00:20:20.119><c> you</c><00:20:20.279><c> got</c><00:20:20.440><c> arrested,</c>

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you<00:20:21.059><c> couldn't</c><00:20:21.279><c> say,</c><00:20:21.519><c> well,</c><00:20:21.640><c> I'm</c><00:20:21.839><c> sorry,</c>

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I<00:20:22.160><c> didn't</c><00:20:22.299><c> know</c><00:20:22.440><c> what</c><00:20:22.599><c> the</c><00:20:22.740><c> law</c><00:20:22.920><c> was.</c>

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It's<00:20:24.940><c> not</c><00:20:25.039><c> going</c><00:20:25.140><c> to</c><00:20:25.279><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:20:28.119><c> yet</c><00:20:28.259><c> people</c><00:20:28.519><c> turn</c><00:20:28.759><c> around</c><00:20:29.039><c> to</c><00:20:29.180><c> God</c><00:20:29.319><c> and</c><00:20:29.460><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:20:29.799><c> I</c><00:20:29.859><c> don't</c><00:20:30.019><c> care</c><00:20:30.119><c> what</c><00:20:30.240><c> your</c><00:20:30.480><c> doctrine</c><00:20:30.799><c> is,</c>

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you've<00:20:31.640><c> got</c><00:20:31.660><c> to</c><00:20:31.799><c> save</c><00:20:32.019><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:20:32.779><c> not</c><00:20:32.880><c> going</c><00:20:33.019><c> to</c><00:20:33.180><c> happen.</c>

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It<00:20:34.740><c> doesn't</c><00:20:34.960><c> happen</c><00:20:35.140><c> in</c><00:20:35.279><c> the</c><00:20:35.440><c> world,</c>

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and<00:20:35.759><c> it's</c><00:20:35.880><c> not</c><00:20:35.980><c> going</c><00:20:36.079><c> to</c><00:20:36.240><c> happen</c><00:20:36.359><c> with</c><00:20:36.579><c> God.</c>

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It<00:20:37.519><c> is</c><00:20:37.740><c> totally</c><00:20:37.980><c> illogical.</c>

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If<00:20:39.640><c> we</c><00:20:39.859><c> want</c><00:20:39.980><c> to</c><00:20:40.200><c> follow</c><00:20:40.400><c> God,</c><00:20:40.779><c> we</c><00:20:40.880><c> have</c><00:20:41.039><c> to</c><00:20:41.240><c> follow</c><00:20:41.460><c> God</c><00:20:41.779><c> his</c><00:20:42.039><c> way.</c>

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Now<00:20:42.960><c> sometimes</c><00:20:43.299><c> I</c><00:20:43.500><c> think</c><00:20:43.619><c> particularly</c><00:20:44.200><c> true</c><00:20:44.420><c> in</c><00:20:44.539><c> the</c><00:20:44.579><c> United</c><00:20:44.839><c> States,</c>

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we<00:20:45.799><c> have</c><00:20:45.960><c> this</c><00:20:46.180><c> feeling</c><00:20:46.440><c> that</c><00:20:46.640><c> a</c><00:20:46.779><c> man</c><00:20:46.980><c> is</c><00:20:47.220><c> free</c><00:20:47.339><c> to</c><00:20:47.519><c> worship</c>

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any<00:20:48.039><c> way</c><00:20:48.160><c> he</c><00:20:48.359><c> wants,</c><00:20:48.720><c> and</c><00:20:48.859><c> that's</c><00:20:49.200><c> totally</c><00:20:49.559><c> true.</c>

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But<00:20:52.660><c> that</c><00:20:52.819><c> doesn't</c><00:20:53.019><c> mean</c><00:20:53.240><c> God</c><00:20:53.519><c> has</c><00:20:53.779><c> to</c><00:20:53.940><c> accept</c>

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the<00:20:54.460><c> way</c><00:20:54.660><c> we</c><00:20:55.000><c> freely</c><00:20:55.259><c> decide.</c>

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God<00:20:57.160><c> has</c><00:20:57.440><c> given</c><00:20:57.599><c> us</c><00:20:57.880><c> his</c><00:20:58.160><c> law.</c>

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So<00:21:01.420><c> don't</c><00:21:01.720><c> confuse</c><00:21:02.940><c> religious</c><00:21:03.660><c> freedom</c>

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with<00:21:05.220><c> religious</c><00:21:06.119><c> correctness.</c>

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They're<00:21:07.799><c> not</c><00:21:08.039><c> the</c><00:21:08.259><c> same</c><00:21:08.480><c> thing.</c>

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And<00:21:10.740><c> so</c><00:21:10.940><c> this</c><00:21:11.119><c> scripture</c><00:21:11.420><c> starts</c><00:21:11.940><c> with</c><00:21:12.200><c> right</c><00:21:12.420><c> doctrine.</c>

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And<00:21:13.880><c> then</c><00:21:14.059><c> once</c><00:21:14.299><c> that</c><00:21:15.039><c> doctrine</c><00:21:15.400><c> is</c><00:21:15.660><c> right,</c>

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we<00:21:15.920><c> can</c><00:21:16.140><c> use</c><00:21:16.380><c> it</c><00:21:16.559><c> to</c><00:21:16.980><c> correct</c><00:21:17.220><c> our</c><00:21:17.539><c> lives</c>

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for<00:21:18.920><c> reproof</c><00:21:19.359><c> and</c><00:21:19.599><c> correction</c>

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and<00:21:20.200><c> to</c><00:21:20.380><c> be</c><00:21:20.700><c> instructed</c><00:21:21.099><c> always</c><00:21:21.579><c> in</c><00:21:21.839><c> righteousness</c>

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that<00:21:22.940><c> we</c><00:21:23.140><c> might</c><00:21:23.400><c> be</c><00:21:23.779><c> thoroughly</c><00:21:24.319><c> furnished.</c>

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And<00:21:25.539><c> may</c><00:21:25.700><c> we</c><00:21:25.960><c> so</c><00:21:26.279><c> be</c><00:21:26.880><c> furnished.</c>

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Thank<00:21:27.740><c> you.</c>

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I<00:21:38.839><c> won't</c><00:21:39.059><c> repeat</c><00:21:39.420><c> that.</c>

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I<00:21:40.160><c> had</c><00:21:40.279><c> the</c><00:21:40.519><c> microphone</c><00:21:40.880><c> off,</c><00:21:41.299><c> so</c><00:21:41.460><c> those</c><00:21:42.019><c> of</c><00:21:42.200><c> you</c>

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who<00:21:42.480><c> are</c><00:21:42.480><c> hearing</c><00:21:42.640><c> this</c><00:21:42.859><c> on</c><00:21:43.059><c> tape,</c><00:21:43.400><c> you</c><00:21:43.400><c> just</c><00:21:43.599><c> missed</c><00:21:43.779><c> a</c><00:21:43.940><c> good</c><00:21:44.059><c> joke.</c>

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All<00:21:46.220><c> right.</c>

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Let's<00:21:47.519><c> focus</c><00:21:48.099><c> on</c><00:21:48.299><c> chapter</c><00:21:48.619><c> 19</c><00:21:49.240><c> of</c><00:21:50.299><c> Acts.</c>

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Now<00:21:51.819><c> notice</c><00:21:52.000><c> when</c><00:21:52.519><c> Apollos</c><00:21:53.039><c> comes</c><00:21:53.460><c> to</c><00:21:54.059><c> Ephesus,</c>

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it's<00:21:55.400><c> about</c><00:21:55.640><c> 54,</c><00:21:56.380><c> 55</c><00:21:56.960><c> A</c><00:21:57.279><c>.D.,</c>

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John<00:21:59.920><c> perished</c><00:22:00.440><c> about</c><00:22:00.880><c> 25</c><00:22:01.339><c> years</c><00:22:01.619><c> earlier.</c>

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So<00:22:02.339><c> this</c><00:22:02.539><c> baptism</c><00:22:02.960><c> of</c><00:22:03.099><c> John</c><00:22:03.359><c> had</c><00:22:03.539><c> been</c><00:22:03.700><c> going</c><00:22:03.960><c> on</c><00:22:04.140><c> for</c><00:22:04.319><c> quite</c><00:22:04.539><c> a</c><00:22:04.680><c> while.</c>

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It<00:22:05.440><c> wasn't</c><00:22:05.680><c> like</c><00:22:05.960><c> he</c><00:22:06.059><c> was</c><00:22:06.299><c> baptized</c><00:22:06.640><c> a</c><00:22:06.859><c> couple</c><00:22:07.019><c> of</c><00:22:07.140><c> weeks</c><00:22:07.339><c> ago</c>

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and<00:22:07.779><c> then</c><00:22:08.200><c> changed</c><00:22:08.420><c> his</c><00:22:08.640><c> mind.</c>

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So<00:22:09.640><c> this</c><00:22:09.759><c> had</c><00:22:09.900><c> already</c><00:22:10.160><c> developed</c><00:22:10.519><c> into</c><00:22:10.819><c> somewhat</c><00:22:11.039><c> of</c><00:22:11.240><c> a</c><00:22:11.339><c> tradition.</c>

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Paul<00:22:13.440><c> goes</c><00:22:13.700><c> back</c><00:22:13.960><c> now</c><00:22:14.180><c> the</c><00:22:14.359><c> second</c><00:22:14.579><c> time,</c>

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and<00:22:15.059><c> we're</c><00:22:15.180><c> going</c><00:22:15.319><c> to</c><00:22:15.380><c> find</c><00:22:15.559><c> that</c><00:22:15.740><c> there</c><00:22:15.900><c> is</c><00:22:16.000><c> somewhat</c><00:22:16.180><c> of</c>

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this<00:22:16.559><c> problem</c>

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in<00:22:19.000><c> Ephesus</c><00:22:19.519><c> of</c><00:22:20.220><c> the</c><00:22:20.599><c> holding</c><00:22:20.940><c> on</c><00:22:21.359><c> to</c><00:22:21.539><c> the</c><00:22:21.779><c> Gentile</c><00:22:22.319><c> past.</c>

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There<00:22:23.740><c> are</c><00:22:23.940><c> many</c><00:22:24.220><c> issues</c><00:22:24.619><c> in</c><00:22:24.819><c> the</c><00:22:25.000><c> Ecclesiastes</c>

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about<00:22:25.880><c> trying</c><00:22:26.200><c> to</c><00:22:26.319><c> hold</c><00:22:26.500><c> on</c><00:22:26.720><c> to</c><00:22:26.880><c> the</c><00:22:27.099><c> Jewish</c><00:22:27.380><c> past</c><00:22:27.859><c> and</c><00:22:28.500><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:22:28.920><c> law,</c>

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but<00:22:29.900><c> in</c><00:22:30.140><c> Ephesus</c><00:22:30.559><c> the</c><00:22:30.819><c> problem</c><00:22:31.480><c> seems</c><00:22:31.920><c> to</c><00:22:32.140><c> be</c>

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holding<00:22:32.619><c> on</c><00:22:32.960><c> to</c><00:22:33.099><c> the</c><00:22:33.319><c> Gentile</c><00:22:33.880><c> past.</c>

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And<00:22:35.299><c> so</c><00:22:35.460><c> he</c><00:22:35.619><c> could</c><00:22:35.859><c> say</c><00:22:36.259><c> to</c><00:22:36.680><c> them</c><00:22:37.019><c> that</c>

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this<00:22:37.980><c> is</c><00:22:38.240><c> not</c><00:22:38.480><c> what</c><00:22:38.660><c> you're</c><00:22:38.900><c> going</c><00:22:39.079><c> to</c><00:22:39.279><c> be</c><00:22:39.480><c> able</c><00:22:39.779><c> to</c><00:22:40.079><c> do.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:22:42.779><c> remember</c><00:22:43.299><c> that</c><00:22:44.019><c> being</c><00:22:44.299><c> in</c><00:22:44.539><c> time</c><00:22:44.819><c> past</c><00:22:45.140><c> Gentiles</c>

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in<00:22:46.180><c> the</c><00:22:46.440><c> flesh,</c>

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you<00:22:47.779><c> have</c><00:22:47.980><c> to</c><00:22:48.119><c> put</c><00:22:48.240><c> that</c><00:22:48.500><c> behind</c><00:22:48.920><c> them.</c>

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They<00:22:49.339><c> were</c><00:22:49.579><c> thinking</c><00:22:49.940><c> in</c><00:22:50.440><c> many</c><00:22:50.740><c> ways</c><00:22:51.140><c> of</c><00:22:51.440><c> their</c><00:22:51.700><c> Gentile</c><00:22:52.160><c> past</c>

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in<00:22:52.619><c> a</c><00:22:52.779><c> city</c><00:22:52.960><c> that</c><00:22:53.140><c> was</c><00:22:53.420><c> filled</c><00:22:53.900><c> with</c><00:22:54.980><c> the</c><00:22:55.380><c> error</c><00:22:55.559><c> of</c><00:22:55.839><c> Gentile</c>

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morality<00:22:56.900><c> and</c><00:22:57.279><c> religion.</c>

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When<00:23:00.039><c> Paul</c><00:23:00.240><c> went</c><00:23:00.460><c> there</c><00:23:00.660><c> the</c><00:23:00.920><c> second</c><00:23:01.140><c> time,</c>

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we<00:23:01.720><c> read</c><00:23:02.000><c> in</c><00:23:02.299><c> Acts</c><00:23:02.559><c> 19</c><00:23:03.019><c> verse</c><00:23:03.319><c> 8,</c>

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he<00:23:03.720><c> went</c><00:23:03.980><c> into</c><00:23:04.299><c> the</c><00:23:04.519><c> synagogue</c><00:23:04.960><c> again</c><00:23:05.380><c> and</c><00:23:05.599><c> spoke</c><00:23:05.920><c> boldly</c><00:23:06.579><c> for</c>

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the<00:23:06.920><c> space</c><00:23:07.119><c> of</c><00:23:07.319><c> three</c><00:23:07.519><c> months,</c>

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disputing<00:23:09.750><c> and</c><00:23:09.890><c> persuading</c><00:23:10.450><c> the</c><00:23:10.650><c> things</c><00:23:10.869><c> concerning</c><00:23:11.549><c> the</c><00:23:11.869><c> kingdom</c><00:23:12.150><c> of</c><00:23:12.430><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:13.710><c> when</c><00:23:13.950><c> divers</c><00:23:14.289><c> were</c><00:23:14.609><c> hardened</c><00:23:14.869><c> and,</c><00:23:15.150><c> believe</c><00:23:15.490><c> not,</c>

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but<00:23:16.170><c> spake</c><00:23:16.470><c> evil</c><00:23:16.849><c> of</c><00:23:17.289><c> that</c><00:23:17.690><c> way</c><00:23:18.329><c> before</c><00:23:19.309><c> the</c><00:23:19.549><c> multitude,</c>

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he<00:23:20.950><c> departed</c><00:23:21.349><c> from</c><00:23:21.670><c> them</c><00:23:21.890><c> and</c><00:23:22.269><c> separated</c><00:23:22.730><c> the</c><00:23:23.009><c> disciples,</c>

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disputing<00:23:24.309><c> daily</c><00:23:24.730><c> in</c><00:23:25.410><c> the</c><00:23:25.710><c> school</c><00:23:26.009><c> of</c><00:23:26.309><c> one</c><00:23:26.890><c> Tyranus.</c>

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And<00:23:28.250><c> this</c><00:23:28.410><c> continued</c><00:23:28.849><c> by</c><00:23:29.069><c> the</c><00:23:29.269><c> space</c><00:23:29.509><c> of</c><00:23:29.670><c> two</c><00:23:29.930><c> years.</c>

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Now<00:23:30.710><c> the</c><00:23:30.829><c> Greeks</c><00:23:31.029><c> had</c><00:23:31.529><c> many</c><00:23:31.869><c> different</c><00:23:32.230><c> schools</c>

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where<00:23:33.049><c> a</c><00:23:33.289><c> philosopher</c><00:23:33.710><c> would</c><00:23:33.990><c> set</c><00:23:34.109><c> up</c><00:23:34.250><c> an</c><00:23:34.490><c> academy</c>

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in<00:23:35.650><c> a</c><00:23:35.809><c> place</c><00:23:36.029><c> where</c><00:23:36.250><c> he</c><00:23:36.349><c> could</c><00:23:36.509><c> speak</c><00:23:36.750><c> to</c><00:23:37.269><c> a</c><00:23:37.349><c> fair</c><00:23:37.430><c> number</c><00:23:37.690><c> of</c><00:23:37.910><c> students.</c>

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And<00:23:39.529><c> so</c><00:23:39.809><c> apparently</c><00:23:40.170><c> this</c><00:23:40.769><c> school</c><00:23:41.089><c> of</c><00:23:41.309><c> Tyranus</c>

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was<00:23:42.410><c> such</c><00:23:42.750><c> a</c><00:23:42.990><c> place</c><00:23:43.190><c> where</c><00:23:43.410><c> Paul</c><00:23:43.769><c> rented</c><00:23:44.210><c> the</c><00:23:44.450><c> lecture</c><00:23:44.690><c> hall.</c>

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And<00:23:46.250><c> I</c><00:23:46.369><c> don't</c><00:23:46.529><c> know</c><00:23:46.630><c> when</c><00:23:46.789><c> he</c><00:23:46.910><c> rented</c><00:23:47.150><c> it.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:47.589><c> he</c><00:23:47.769><c> rented</c><00:23:47.869><c> it</c><00:23:48.049><c> just</c><00:23:48.250><c> on</c><00:23:48.650><c> the</c><00:23:48.710><c> Sabbath</c><00:23:48.910><c> days.</c>

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Maybe<00:23:49.690><c> he</c><00:23:49.869><c> rented</c><00:23:50.029><c> it</c><00:23:50.529><c> in</c><00:23:50.589><c> the</c><00:23:50.670><c> evenings</c><00:23:50.910><c> when</c><00:23:51.150><c> classes</c><00:23:51.549><c> weren't</c><00:23:51.809><c> in</c><00:23:52.009><c> session.</c>

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But<00:23:53.730><c> this</c><00:23:54.190><c> was</c><00:23:54.450><c> a</c><00:23:54.630><c> common</c><00:23:54.829><c> practice.</c>

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And<00:23:56.589><c> a</c><00:23:57.069><c> big</c><00:23:57.269><c> school</c><00:23:57.589><c> of</c><00:23:57.809><c> philosophers</c><00:23:58.170><c> who</c><00:23:58.289><c> had</c><00:23:58.390><c> a</c><00:23:58.450><c> lot</c><00:23:58.589><c> of</c><00:23:58.809><c> students</c>

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could<00:23:59.750><c> generally</c><00:24:00.089><c> afford</c><00:24:00.349><c> to</c><00:24:00.509><c> get</c><00:24:00.630><c> a</c><00:24:00.769><c> bigger</c><00:24:00.910><c> place.</c>

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And<00:24:01.470><c> it</c><00:24:01.569><c> was</c><00:24:01.869><c> usually</c><00:24:02.269><c> a</c><00:24:02.490><c> place</c><00:24:02.670><c> in</c><00:24:02.809><c> which</c><00:24:02.970><c> you</c><00:24:03.089><c> could</c><00:24:03.569><c> have</c>

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good<00:24:04.150><c> acoustics</c>

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and<00:24:04.789><c> where</c><00:24:04.869><c> many</c><00:24:05.150><c> people</c><00:24:05.430><c> could</c><00:24:05.630><c> sit</c><00:24:05.730><c> down</c><00:24:05.970><c> and</c><00:24:06.089><c> listen.</c>

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And<00:24:07.089><c> so</c><00:24:07.170><c> he</c><00:24:07.289><c> went</c><00:24:07.410><c> on</c><00:24:07.630><c> for</c><00:24:07.789><c> two</c><00:24:08.130><c> years</c><00:24:09.210><c> preaching</c><00:24:09.829><c> in</c><00:24:10.089><c> this</c><00:24:10.309><c> place.</c>

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So<00:24:11.430><c> the</c><00:24:11.609><c> day</c><00:24:11.849><c> which</c><00:24:12.130><c> dwelt</c><00:24:12.390><c> in</c><00:24:12.589><c> Asia</c><00:24:12.950><c> heard</c><00:24:13.289><c> the</c><00:24:13.490><c> word</c><00:24:13.730><c> of</c><00:24:13.890><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:24:14.210><c> Jesus</c>

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both<00:24:14.990><c> Jews</c><00:24:15.349><c> and</c><00:24:15.650><c> Greeks.</c>

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I<00:24:16.609><c> remember</c><00:24:16.710><c> what</c><00:24:16.849><c> I</c><00:24:17.029><c> said</c><00:24:17.130><c> to</c><00:24:17.289><c> you</c><00:24:17.369><c> before.</c>

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I<00:24:17.890><c> said</c><00:24:17.890><c> this</c><00:24:18.069><c> was</c><00:24:18.230><c> a</c><00:24:18.369><c> wonderful</c><00:24:18.769><c> place</c>

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because<00:24:19.750><c> lots</c><00:24:20.029><c> of</c><00:24:20.230><c> people</c><00:24:20.549><c> passed</c><00:24:20.950><c> in</c><00:24:21.210><c> and</c><00:24:21.349><c> out</c><00:24:21.470><c> of</c><00:24:21.609><c> this</c><00:24:21.750><c> city.</c>

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It<00:24:22.730><c> had</c><00:24:22.890><c> a</c><00:24:23.089><c> great</c><00:24:23.250><c> harbor.</c>

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It<00:24:24.089><c> was</c><00:24:24.289><c> on</c><00:24:24.470><c> the</c><00:24:24.690><c> main</c><00:24:25.309><c> Roman</c><00:24:25.910><c> road</c><00:24:26.250><c> that</c><00:24:26.509><c> led</c><00:24:26.670><c> all</c><00:24:26.970><c> the</c><00:24:27.089><c> way</c>

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through<00:24:27.990><c> Asia</c>

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into<00:24:29.230><c> Greek</c><00:24:29.670><c> and</c><00:24:29.890><c> up</c><00:24:30.109><c> along</c><00:24:30.410><c> the</c><00:24:30.630><c> peninsula</c><00:24:30.950><c> and</c><00:24:31.130><c> then</c><00:24:31.369><c> finally</c><00:24:31.589><c> over</c>

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to<00:24:31.990><c> Italy.</c>

00:24:32.289 --> 00:24:34.930
And<00:24:32.769><c> it</c><00:24:32.829><c> was</c><00:24:32.990><c> the</c><00:24:33.150><c> main</c><00:24:33.329><c> road</c><00:24:33.549><c> on</c><00:24:33.710><c> which</c><00:24:33.990><c> the</c><00:24:34.349><c> legions</c><00:24:34.690><c> moved</c>

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back<00:24:35.250><c> and</c><00:24:35.509><c> forth.</c>

00:24:36.190 --> 00:24:39.789
And<00:24:36.430><c> so</c><00:24:36.569><c> it</c><00:24:36.670><c> was</c><00:24:37.029><c> a</c><00:24:37.349><c> wonderful</c><00:24:38.130><c> place</c><00:24:38.529><c> for</c><00:24:38.809><c> preaching</c><00:24:39.089><c> this</c><00:24:39.349><c> gospel.</c>

00:24:40.170 --> 00:24:43.869
And<00:24:40.349><c> it</c><00:24:40.450><c> was</c><00:24:40.670><c> strengthened</c><00:24:41.009><c> by</c><00:24:41.430><c> special</c><00:24:41.970><c> miracles</c><00:24:42.569><c> by</c><00:24:42.910><c> the</c><00:24:43.109><c> hands</c><00:24:43.329><c> of</c><00:24:43.630><c> Paul.</c>

00:24:44.349 --> 00:24:47.730
And<00:24:44.549><c> we</c><00:24:44.730><c> find</c><00:24:44.990><c> this</c><00:24:45.250><c> again</c><00:24:45.509><c> and</c><00:24:45.670><c> again</c><00:24:46.309><c> that</c><00:24:46.910><c> through</c><00:24:47.170><c> the</c><00:24:47.329><c> working</c><00:24:47.529><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:47.970><c> Spirit</c>

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this<00:24:49.230><c> power</c><00:24:49.930><c> to</c><00:24:50.369><c> do</c><00:24:50.569><c> things</c><00:24:50.809><c> to</c><00:24:51.069><c> persuade</c><00:24:51.549><c> people</c><00:24:52.089><c> of</c><00:24:52.470><c> the</c><00:24:52.690><c> truth</c><00:24:52.869><c> is</c><00:24:53.190><c> given.</c>

00:24:54.190 --> 00:24:57.950
But<00:24:54.430><c> now</c><00:24:54.650><c> something</c><00:24:54.950><c> really</c><00:24:55.390><c> nasty</c><00:24:55.730><c> happens</c><00:24:56.369><c> in</c><00:24:57.170><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:24:58.670 --> 00:25:02.009
Ephesus<00:24:59.269><c> being</c><00:24:59.789><c> the</c><00:25:00.170><c> seat</c><00:25:00.529><c> of</c><00:25:00.950><c> this</c><00:25:01.170><c> pagan</c><00:25:01.509><c> cult</c>

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had<00:25:02.630><c> a</c><00:25:02.809><c> tremendous</c><00:25:03.730><c> investment</c><00:25:04.789><c> in</c><00:25:05.950><c> all</c><00:25:07.009><c> the</c><00:25:08.089><c> little</c><00:25:08.470><c> things</c>

00:25:08.890 --> 00:25:12.230
that<00:25:09.170><c> go</c><00:25:09.349><c> with</c><00:25:09.690><c> selling</c><00:25:10.390><c> souvenirs.</c>

00:25:12.630 --> 00:25:17.869
One<00:25:12.769><c> of</c><00:25:12.930><c> the</c><00:25:13.349><c> real</c><00:25:13.670><c> shocks</c><00:25:14.190><c> of</c><00:25:15.250><c> my</c><00:25:15.690><c> life</c><00:25:16.089><c> to</c><00:25:17.589><c> me,</c>

00:25:18.089 --> 00:25:20.529
Mary<00:25:18.349><c> and</c><00:25:18.529><c> I</c><00:25:18.690><c> and</c><00:25:18.809><c> the</c><00:25:18.950><c> kids</c><00:25:19.150><c> when</c><00:25:19.289><c> they</c><00:25:19.410><c> were</c><00:25:19.549><c> very</c><00:25:19.829><c> much</c><00:25:20.130><c> smaller</c>

00:25:20.529 --> 00:25:22.509
and<00:25:21.009><c> Andy</c><00:25:21.250><c> may</c><00:25:21.490><c> or</c><00:25:21.630><c> may</c><00:25:21.789><c> not</c><00:25:21.910><c> remember</c><00:25:22.269><c> this,</c>

00:25:22.549 --> 00:25:25.190
we<00:25:22.849><c> actually</c><00:25:23.309><c> climbed</c><00:25:23.589><c> to</c><00:25:23.789><c> the</c><00:25:23.930><c> roof</c><00:25:24.049><c> of</c><00:25:24.230><c> the</c><00:25:24.369><c> Vatican.</c>

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I'm<00:25:27.170><c> not</c><00:25:27.309><c> sure</c><00:25:27.430><c> you</c><00:25:27.549><c> can</c><00:25:27.910><c> easily</c><00:25:28.230><c> do</c><00:25:28.430><c> this</c><00:25:28.630><c> nowadays.</c>

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There's<00:25:29.589><c> security</c><00:25:29.990><c> everywhere.</c>

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When<00:25:31.269><c> we</c><00:25:31.410><c> got</c><00:25:31.569><c> up</c><00:25:31.769><c> there,</c><00:25:31.990><c> there</c><00:25:32.109><c> were</c><00:25:32.329><c> two</c><00:25:32.549><c> things</c><00:25:32.869><c> that</c><00:25:33.289><c> really</c><00:25:33.630><c> impressed</c><00:25:33.910><c> me.</c>

00:25:34.109 --> 00:25:36.190
One<00:25:34.250><c> was</c><00:25:34.450><c> an</c><00:25:34.730><c> espresso</c><00:25:35.069><c> bar.</c>

00:25:36.410 --> 00:25:37.549
That<00:25:36.710><c> impressed</c><00:25:37.069><c> me.</c>

00:25:37.829 --> 00:25:40.250
Second<00:25:38.170><c> was</c><00:25:38.450><c> they</c><00:25:38.549><c> were</c><00:25:38.789><c> selling</c><00:25:39.049><c> relics.</c>

00:25:41.509 --> 00:25:42.750
And<00:25:41.809><c> lots</c><00:25:42.089><c> of</c><00:25:42.269><c> them.</c>

00:25:43.150 --> 00:25:46.130
You<00:25:43.410><c> could</c><00:25:43.670><c> buy</c><00:25:44.009><c> a</c><00:25:44.390><c> splinter</c><00:25:44.670><c> of</c><00:25:44.849><c> the</c><00:25:45.089><c> True</c><00:25:45.269><c> Cross.</c>

00:25:46.890 --> 00:25:49.529
Now,<00:25:47.430><c> it</c><00:25:47.710><c> always</c><00:25:47.950><c> amazed</c><00:25:48.289><c> me</c><00:25:48.470><c> that</c><00:25:48.569><c> you</c><00:25:48.690><c> could</c><00:25:48.829><c> do</c><00:25:48.990><c> such</c><00:25:49.230><c> a</c><00:25:49.390><c> thing</c>

00:25:49.529 --> 00:25:53.170
because<00:25:50.089><c> if</c><00:25:50.730><c> all</c><00:25:51.009><c> the</c><00:25:51.230><c> splinters</c><00:25:51.509><c> of</c><00:25:51.710><c> the</c><00:25:51.890><c> True</c><00:25:52.130><c> Cross</c><00:25:52.509><c> that</c><00:25:52.950><c> I</c>

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have<00:25:53.349><c> seen</c>

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in<00:25:53.769><c> my</c><00:25:54.009><c> travels</c><00:25:54.369><c> around</c><00:25:54.769><c> the</c><00:25:54.930><c> world</c><00:25:55.089><c> were</c><00:25:55.269><c> put</c><00:25:55.430><c> together,</c>

00:25:56.549 --> 00:25:59.289
you<00:25:56.750><c> could</c><00:25:56.990><c> build</c><00:25:57.349><c> several</c><00:25:57.829><c> large</c><00:25:58.150><c> ocean</c><00:25:58.569><c> liners.</c>

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But<00:26:00.029><c> nevertheless,</c><00:26:00.970><c> they</c><00:26:01.109><c> had</c><00:26:01.410><c> other</c><00:26:01.750><c> types</c><00:26:02.069><c> of</c><00:26:02.269><c> reliquaries.</c>

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I<00:26:03.750><c> don't</c><00:26:03.950><c> even</c><00:26:04.170><c> remember</c><00:26:04.430><c> all</c><00:26:04.650><c> of</c><00:26:04.690><c> them.</c>

00:26:04.930 --> 00:26:06.630
They<00:26:05.130><c> had</c><00:26:05.130><c> many,</c><00:26:05.309><c> many</c><00:26:05.609><c> different</c><00:26:05.829><c> kinds</c><00:26:06.109><c> of</c><00:26:06.349><c> statues</c>

00:26:06.630 --> 00:26:07.630
and<00:26:06.789><c> things</c><00:26:06.950><c> you</c><00:26:07.029><c> could</c><00:26:07.210><c> bring</c><00:26:07.390><c> home.</c>

00:26:08.009 --> 00:26:10.809
Well,<00:26:08.369><c> I</c><00:26:08.490><c> would</c><00:26:08.710><c> imagine</c><00:26:09.069><c> that</c><00:26:09.329><c> was</c><00:26:09.630><c> what</c><00:26:09.750><c> was</c><00:26:10.009><c> happening</c><00:26:10.250><c> at</c><00:26:10.490><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:26:10.910 --> 00:26:12.369
It<00:26:10.990><c> was</c><00:26:11.009><c> the</c><00:26:11.069><c> only</c><00:26:11.150><c> way</c><00:26:11.309><c> I</c><00:26:11.390><c> could</c><00:26:11.569><c> picture</c><00:26:11.869><c> it.</c>

00:26:12.650 --> 00:26:14.670
That<00:26:12.809><c> this</c><00:26:13.069><c> Demetrius,</c><00:26:13.609><c> who</c><00:26:13.690><c> was</c><00:26:13.890><c> a</c><00:26:14.069><c> silver</c><00:26:14.390><c> saint,</c>

00:26:14.789 --> 00:26:17.190
they<00:26:15.230><c> made</c><00:26:15.529><c> silver</c><00:26:16.029><c> shrines</c><00:26:16.470><c> for</c><00:26:16.710><c> Diana.</c>

00:26:17.529 --> 00:26:20.630
And<00:26:17.690><c> that's</c><00:26:17.930><c> exactly</c><00:26:18.329><c> what</c><00:26:18.509><c> they</c><00:26:18.690><c> were</c><00:26:18.869><c> doing</c><00:26:19.349><c> in</c><00:26:20.470><c> Rome.</c>

00:26:20.890 --> 00:26:22.549
You<00:26:21.029><c> could</c><00:26:21.289><c> buy</c><00:26:21.569><c> something</c><00:26:21.890><c> to</c><00:26:22.109><c> bring</c><00:26:22.269><c> home.</c>

00:26:22.549 --> 00:26:24.529
You<00:26:22.650><c> can</c><00:26:22.809><c> put</c><00:26:22.930><c> it</c><00:26:23.029><c> up</c><00:26:23.210><c> in</c><00:26:23.329><c> your</c><00:26:23.470><c> home</c><00:26:23.630><c> or</c><00:26:23.769><c> on</c><00:26:23.950><c> your</c><00:26:24.170><c> lawn</c><00:26:24.390><c> if</c>

00:26:24.529 --> 00:26:25.630
you're<00:26:24.710><c> really</c><00:26:25.029><c> crass.</c>

00:26:25.849 --> 00:26:28.289
And<00:26:25.990><c> you</c><00:26:26.089><c> could</c><00:26:26.630><c> have</c><00:26:26.950><c> this</c><00:26:27.569><c> kind</c><00:26:27.849><c> of</c><00:26:28.069><c> stuff.</c>

00:26:28.750 --> 00:26:31.390
And<00:26:28.910><c> this</c><00:26:29.109><c> is</c><00:26:29.329><c> what</c><00:26:29.670><c> they</c><00:26:30.410><c> made</c><00:26:30.589><c> a</c><00:26:30.710><c> great</c><00:26:31.009><c> living</c><00:26:31.250><c> at.</c>

00:26:31.490 --> 00:26:34.730
In<00:26:31.569><c> fact,</c><00:26:31.950><c> we</c><00:26:32.109><c> know</c><00:26:32.349><c> now</c><00:26:32.569><c> that</c><00:26:32.670><c> there</c><00:26:32.809><c> was</c><00:26:32.970><c> a</c><00:26:33.210><c> guild</c><00:26:33.470><c> of</c><00:26:33.769><c> silversmiths.</c>

00:26:34.869 --> 00:26:37.130
They<00:26:34.990><c> were</c><00:26:35.170><c> very</c><00:26:35.450><c> well</c><00:26:35.730><c> organized.</c><00:26:36.130><c> There</c><00:26:36.210><c> were</c><00:26:36.369><c> many</c><00:26:36.650><c> of</c><00:26:36.809><c> them.</c>

00:26:37.450 --> 00:26:40.950
And<00:26:37.630><c> Demetrius</c><00:26:38.069><c> was</c><00:26:38.490><c> probably</c><00:26:39.269><c> the</c><00:26:39.549><c> head</c><00:26:39.670><c> of</c><00:26:39.829><c> that</c><00:26:40.109><c> guild.</c>

00:26:41.490 --> 00:26:44.970
And<00:26:41.690><c> so</c><00:26:41.809><c> he</c><00:26:41.950><c> was</c><00:26:42.130><c> something</c><00:26:42.450><c> like</c><00:26:42.849><c> the</c><00:26:43.710><c> union</c><00:26:43.990><c> president.</c>

00:26:45.470 --> 00:26:49.690
And<00:26:45.710><c> he</c><00:26:45.910><c> called</c><00:26:46.069><c> together</c><00:26:46.490><c> with</c><00:26:46.769><c> the</c><00:26:46.990><c> workmen</c><00:26:47.769><c> of</c><00:26:48.289><c> like</c><00:26:48.470><c> occupation.</c>

00:26:50.109 --> 00:26:52.250
From<00:26:50.589><c> the</c><00:26:50.769><c> archaeological</c><00:26:51.289><c> results</c><00:26:51.670><c> we</c><00:26:51.869><c> have</c><00:26:52.009><c> today,</c>

00:26:52.329 --> 00:26:55.170
we<00:26:52.450><c> know</c><00:26:52.670><c> this</c><00:26:52.910><c> was</c><00:26:53.269><c> perhaps</c><00:26:53.789><c> hundreds</c><00:26:54.230><c> and</c><00:26:54.430><c> hundreds</c><00:26:54.650><c> of</c><00:26:54.869><c> people,</c>

00:26:55.269 --> 00:26:57.109
maybe<00:26:55.549><c> even</c><00:26:55.789><c> a</c><00:26:55.890><c> couple</c><00:26:56.049><c> of</c><00:26:56.230><c> thousand.</c>

00:26:57.190 --> 00:27:00.069
And<00:26:57.349><c> this</c><00:26:57.589><c> riot</c><00:26:57.910><c> then</c><00:26:58.210><c> that</c><00:26:58.369><c> takes</c><00:26:58.549><c> place</c><00:26:59.029><c> becomes</c><00:26:59.569><c> much</c><00:26:59.789><c> more</c>

00:27:00.069 --> 00:27:00.630
vivid<00:27:00.250><c> to</c><00:27:00.490><c> me</c>

00:27:00.630 --> 00:27:03.349
once<00:27:00.869><c> I</c><00:27:01.569><c> studied</c><00:27:01.809><c> into</c><00:27:02.089><c> that</c><00:27:02.309><c> and</c><00:27:02.470><c> thought</c><00:27:02.730><c> about</c><00:27:03.009><c> it.</c>

00:27:03.569 --> 00:27:06.289
This<00:27:03.829><c> was</c><00:27:04.029><c> not</c><00:27:04.210><c> a</c><00:27:04.349><c> trivial</c><00:27:04.609><c> thing</c><00:27:04.869><c> where</c><00:27:05.230><c> half</c><00:27:05.470><c> a</c><00:27:05.589><c> dozen</c><00:27:05.750><c> people</c><00:27:06.069><c> were</c>

00:27:06.289 --> 00:27:07.029
yelling<00:27:06.549><c> at</c><00:27:06.809><c> Paul.</c>

00:27:07.509 --> 00:27:10.490
There<00:27:07.630><c> were</c><00:27:07.809><c> several</c><00:27:08.069><c> thousand</c><00:27:08.410><c> people</c><00:27:08.769><c> who</c><00:27:08.930><c> wanted</c><00:27:09.069><c> to</c><00:27:09.289><c> kill</c><00:27:09.390><c> him.</c>

00:27:10.769 --> 00:27:11.869
And<00:27:11.009><c> he</c><00:27:11.190><c> called</c><00:27:11.450><c> them</c><00:27:11.650><c> and</c><00:27:11.730><c> like,</c>

00:27:11.869 --> 00:27:14.289
Serge,<00:27:12.329><c> you</c><00:27:12.569><c> know</c><00:27:12.769><c> that</c><00:27:12.970><c> this</c><00:27:13.230><c> craft,</c><00:27:13.529><c> we</c><00:27:13.569><c> have</c><00:27:13.710><c> a</c><00:27:13.950><c> wealth.</c>

00:27:14.710 --> 00:27:16.930
Moreover,<00:27:15.029><c> you</c><00:27:15.390><c> see</c><00:27:15.690><c> they're</c><00:27:15.890><c> not</c><00:27:16.089><c> alone</c><00:27:16.309><c> at</c><00:27:16.609><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:27:16.930 --> 00:27:19.190
but<00:27:17.410><c> almost</c><00:27:17.910><c> throughout</c><00:27:18.210><c> all</c><00:27:18.710><c> Asia,</c>

00:27:19.630 --> 00:27:23.630
this<00:27:19.869><c> Paul</c><00:27:20.250><c> had</c><00:27:20.650><c> persuaded</c><00:27:21.289><c> and</c><00:27:21.549><c> turned</c><00:27:22.009><c> away</c><00:27:22.630><c> much</c><00:27:23.009><c> people,</c>

00:27:23.829 --> 00:27:27.890
saying<00:27:24.230><c> there</c><00:27:24.549><c> be</c><00:27:24.710><c> no</c><00:27:25.049><c> gods</c><00:27:25.410><c> which</c><00:27:25.670><c> are</c><00:27:25.930><c> made</c><00:27:26.309><c> with</c><00:27:26.710><c> hands.</c>

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Well,<00:27:29.730><c> remarkably,</c><00:27:30.849><c> the</c><00:27:30.990><c> gospel</c><00:27:31.309><c> message</c><00:27:31.769><c> must</c><00:27:32.029><c> have</c><00:27:32.170><c> been</c>

00:27:32.309 --> 00:27:33.990
doing<00:27:32.529><c> very,</c><00:27:33.049><c> very</c><00:27:33.329><c> well</c><00:27:33.609><c> there.</c>

00:27:34.410 --> 00:27:38.089
In<00:27:34.650><c> fact,</c><00:27:34.970><c> some</c><00:27:35.210><c> ten</c><00:27:35.410><c> years</c><00:27:35.789><c> after</c><00:27:36.230><c> this</c><00:27:36.890><c> time,</c>

00:27:38.470 --> 00:27:43.069
ten<00:27:38.690><c> years</c><00:27:38.990><c> after</c><00:27:39.670><c> Paul's</c><00:27:40.230><c> imprisonment,</c><00:27:40.869><c> around</c><00:27:41.150><c> 72,</c><00:27:42.349><c> 73</c><00:27:42.670><c> AD,</c>

00:27:43.069 --> 00:27:47.150
the<00:27:43.529><c> Emperor</c><00:27:43.910><c> Trajan</c><00:27:44.789><c> sent</c><00:27:45.289><c> Pliny</c><00:27:45.829><c> to</c><00:27:46.250><c> Ephesus</c>

00:27:47.150 --> 00:27:50.309
to<00:27:47.869><c> review</c><00:27:48.390><c> the</c><00:27:48.730><c> state</c><00:27:48.950><c> of</c><00:27:49.230><c> the</c><00:27:49.529><c> situation</c><00:27:50.069><c> there</c>

00:27:50.309 --> 00:27:53.170
because<00:27:50.589><c> so</c><00:27:51.089><c> much</c><00:27:51.289><c> information</c><00:27:51.890><c> had</c><00:27:52.089><c> gone</c><00:27:52.250><c> back</c><00:27:52.569><c> to</c><00:27:52.829><c> Rome</c>

00:27:53.170 --> 00:27:57.829
about<00:27:53.990><c> the</c><00:27:54.289><c> upheavals</c><00:27:55.029><c> and</c><00:27:55.569><c> the</c><00:27:55.930><c> turmoil</c><00:27:56.329><c> in</c><00:27:56.609><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:27:57.869 --> 00:28:00.349
And<00:27:58.029><c> Pliny</c><00:27:58.309><c> wrote</c><00:27:58.569><c> a</c><00:27:58.690><c> letter</c><00:27:58.890><c> back</c><00:27:59.269><c> which</c><00:27:59.630><c> survived</c>

00:28:00.349 --> 00:28:05.029
and<00:28:00.970><c> he</c><00:28:01.289><c> reported</c><00:28:01.569><c> that</c><00:28:01.789><c> at</c><00:28:02.009><c> Ephesus</c><00:28:02.509><c> the</c><00:28:02.970><c> old</c><00:28:03.230><c> gods</c><00:28:03.670><c> are</c><00:28:04.049><c> gone.</c>

00:28:05.049 --> 00:28:08.309
The<00:28:05.289><c> temples</c><00:28:05.650><c> are</c><00:28:06.089><c> closed</c><00:28:06.430><c> and</c><00:28:06.630><c> the</c><00:28:06.809><c> people</c><00:28:07.109><c> worship</c><00:28:07.569><c> what</c><00:28:07.869><c> way</c><00:28:08.130><c> we</c>

00:28:08.309 --> 00:28:08.990
know<00:28:08.509><c> not.</c>

00:28:08.990 --> 00:28:13.910
So<00:28:09.970><c> apparently</c><00:28:10.589><c> this</c><00:28:10.869><c> preaching</c><00:28:11.250><c> campaign</c><00:28:11.710><c> had</c><00:28:11.930><c> been</c><00:28:12.250><c> super</c><00:28:12.750><c> successful.</c>

00:28:15.490 --> 00:28:19.589
And<00:28:15.529><c> the</c><00:28:16.349><c> outcome</c><00:28:16.789><c> here</c><00:28:17.130><c> that</c><00:28:17.430><c> when</c><00:28:18.029><c> Demetrius</c><00:28:18.549><c> complains</c>

00:28:19.990 --> 00:28:23.630
that<00:28:20.549><c> they're</c><00:28:21.109><c> overthrowing</c><00:28:21.769><c> and</c><00:28:22.230><c> there's</c><00:28:22.829><c> going</c><00:28:22.990><c> to</c><00:28:23.150><c> be</c><00:28:23.329><c> no</c>

00:28:23.630 --> 00:28:25.250
longer<00:28:23.930><c> any</c><00:28:24.269><c> gods,</c>

00:28:25.309 --> 00:28:27.170
we<00:28:25.549><c> can</c><00:28:25.750><c> take</c><00:28:25.890><c> that</c><00:28:26.089><c> quite</c><00:28:26.349><c> literally.</c>

00:28:27.450 --> 00:28:30.470
Would<00:28:27.690><c> it</c><00:28:27.970><c> be</c><00:28:28.210><c> that</c><00:28:28.349><c> we</c><00:28:28.569><c> should</c><00:28:28.710><c> be</c><00:28:28.910><c> so</c><00:28:29.170><c> successful</c><00:28:29.789><c> in</c><00:28:30.289><c> a</c>

00:28:30.470 --> 00:28:31.109
preaching<00:28:30.730><c> campaign</c>

00:28:31.109 --> 00:28:34.130
that<00:28:31.269><c> they</c><00:28:31.450><c> would</c><00:28:31.690><c> close</c><00:28:31.910><c> down</c><00:28:32.150><c> all</c><00:28:32.349><c> the</c><00:28:32.529><c> churches</c><00:28:32.809><c> in</c><00:28:33.049><c> Ann</c><00:28:33.289><c> Arbor?</c>

00:28:34.730 --> 00:28:38.589
I<00:28:35.190><c> said</c><00:28:35.430><c> this</c><00:28:35.690><c> actually</c><00:28:36.049><c> once</c><00:28:36.309><c> and</c><00:28:37.730><c> someone</c><00:28:38.049><c> said</c><00:28:38.289><c> to</c><00:28:38.470><c> me,</c>

00:28:38.589 --> 00:28:39.650
a<00:28:38.589><c> couple</c><00:28:38.750><c> of</c><00:28:38.930><c> my</c><00:28:39.029><c> students</c><00:28:39.250><c> said</c><00:28:39.450><c> to</c><00:28:39.549><c> me,</c>

00:28:39.809 --> 00:28:41.349
well,<00:28:39.849><c> if</c><00:28:39.970><c> you</c><00:28:40.130><c> go</c><00:28:40.269><c> to</c><00:28:40.390><c> some</c><00:28:40.490><c> of</c><00:28:40.609><c> the</c><00:28:40.730><c> churches</c><00:28:40.910><c> in</c><00:28:41.130><c> Ann</c><00:28:41.230><c> Arbor,</c>

00:28:41.430 --> 00:28:43.349
they<00:28:41.509><c> might</c><00:28:41.690><c> as</c><00:28:41.809><c> well</c><00:28:41.890><c> be</c><00:28:42.109><c> closed</c><00:28:42.369><c> anyway</c><00:28:42.730><c> because</c><00:28:42.930><c> not</c><00:28:43.109><c> very</c>

00:28:43.349 --> 00:28:44.829
many<00:28:43.509><c> people</c><00:28:43.769><c> go.</c>

00:28:45.029 --> 00:28:47.349
But<00:28:45.190><c> I</c><00:28:45.309><c> wasn't,</c><00:28:45.990><c> I'm</c><00:28:46.509><c> still</c><00:28:46.769><c> not</c><00:28:46.950><c> aware</c><00:28:47.150><c> of</c><00:28:47.230><c> that</c>

00:28:47.349 --> 00:28:49.410
because<00:28:47.609><c> obviously</c><00:28:48.029><c> I</c><00:28:48.049><c> don't</c><00:28:48.289><c> go</c><00:28:48.490><c> to</c><00:28:48.609><c> any</c><00:28:48.809><c> other</c><00:28:49.009><c> churches.</c>

00:28:49.750 --> 00:28:51.970
But<00:28:49.930><c> that's</c><00:28:50.549><c> a</c><00:28:50.710><c> sad</c><00:28:50.970><c> comment.</c>

00:28:52.089 --> 00:28:54.490
He<00:28:52.190><c> says,</c><00:28:52.609><c> so</c><00:28:52.609><c> not</c><00:28:52.849><c> only</c><00:28:53.089><c> this</c><00:28:53.309><c> art</c><00:28:53.529><c> craft</c><00:28:53.730><c> is</c><00:28:53.950><c> in</c><00:28:54.089><c> danger</c><00:28:54.309><c> to</c>

00:28:54.490 --> 00:28:55.490
be<00:28:54.730><c> set</c><00:28:54.849><c> at</c><00:28:55.210><c> nought,</c>

00:28:55.750 --> 00:28:58.309
but<00:28:55.930><c> also</c><00:28:56.329><c> that</c><00:28:56.589><c> temple</c><00:28:56.910><c> of</c><00:28:57.130><c> the</c><00:28:57.289><c> great</c><00:28:57.470><c> goddess</c><00:28:57.789><c> Diana</c>

00:28:58.309 --> 00:29:01.529
should<00:28:58.849><c> be</c><00:28:59.190><c> despised</c><00:28:59.630><c> and</c><00:28:59.809><c> her</c><00:29:00.029><c> magnificence</c><00:29:00.589><c> should</c><00:29:00.809><c> be</c><00:29:00.970><c> destroyed</c>

00:29:01.529 --> 00:29:04.450
whom<00:29:02.069><c> all</c><00:29:02.450><c> Asia</c><00:29:02.670><c> and</c><00:29:02.849><c> the</c><00:29:02.970><c> world</c><00:29:03.150><c> worship</c><00:29:03.569><c> it.</c>

00:29:05.109 --> 00:29:06.950
They<00:29:05.349><c> heard</c><00:29:05.430><c> these</c><00:29:05.710><c> sayings,</c><00:29:05.930><c> they</c><00:29:06.029><c> were</c><00:29:06.170><c> full</c><00:29:06.410><c> of</c><00:29:06.630><c> wrath</c>

00:29:06.950 --> 00:29:10.009
and<00:29:07.670><c> cried</c><00:29:07.809><c> out</c><00:29:08.069><c> saying,</c><00:29:08.329><c> great</c><00:29:08.670><c> is</c><00:29:08.849><c> Diana</c><00:29:09.210><c> of</c><00:29:09.470><c> the</c><00:29:09.650><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:29:10.049 --> 00:29:12.069
And<00:29:10.210><c> the</c><00:29:10.250><c> whole</c><00:29:10.549><c> city</c><00:29:10.849><c> filled</c><00:29:11.549><c> with</c><00:29:11.809><c> confusion</c>

00:29:12.470 --> 00:29:15.029
and<00:29:12.789><c> having</c><00:29:13.029><c> caught</c><00:29:13.269><c> Gaius</c><00:29:13.869><c> and</c><00:29:14.170><c> Aristarchus,</c>

00:29:15.230 --> 00:29:18.150
men<00:29:15.390><c> of</c><00:29:15.650><c> Macedonia,</c><00:29:16.450><c> Paul's</c><00:29:17.109><c> companions</c><00:29:17.589><c> in</c><00:29:17.890><c> travel,</c>

00:29:18.450 --> 00:29:20.430
they<00:29:18.730><c> rushed</c><00:29:18.950><c> with</c><00:29:19.289><c> one</c><00:29:19.569><c> accord</c><00:29:19.789><c> into</c><00:29:20.029><c> the</c><00:29:20.250><c> theater</c>

00:29:20.430 --> 00:29:22.750
and<00:29:20.549><c> they</c><00:29:20.690><c> went</c><00:29:20.769><c> right</c><00:29:21.009><c> into</c><00:29:21.190><c> that</c><00:29:21.430><c> theater</c><00:29:21.670><c> I</c><00:29:21.930><c> showed</c><00:29:22.089><c> you</c><00:29:22.329><c> before</c>

00:29:22.750 --> 00:29:25.029
that<00:29:23.230><c> sat</c><00:29:23.430><c> over</c><00:29:23.789><c> 25</c><00:29:24.170><c>,000</c><00:29:24.609><c> people.</c>

00:29:25.210 --> 00:29:28.569
And<00:29:25.430><c> when</c><00:29:25.569><c> you</c><00:29:25.710><c> realize</c><00:29:26.089><c> the</c><00:29:26.329><c> city</c><00:29:26.490><c> probably</c><00:29:26.849><c> had</c><00:29:27.049><c> a</c><00:29:27.289><c> population</c><00:29:27.750><c> 10</c><00:29:28.109><c> to</c><00:29:28.289><c> 20</c>

00:29:28.569 --> 00:29:29.210
times<00:29:28.950><c> that,</c>

00:29:29.410 --> 00:29:32.089
you<00:29:29.589><c> could</c><00:29:29.849><c> see</c><00:29:30.029><c> that</c><00:29:30.190><c> with</c><00:29:30.329><c> the</c><00:29:30.549><c> rumors</c><00:29:30.750><c> flying</c><00:29:31.130><c> around,</c>

00:29:32.410 --> 00:29:34.349
that<00:29:32.930><c> building</c><00:29:33.309><c> was</c><00:29:33.970><c> filled.</c>

00:29:34.349 --> 00:29:37.130
Just<00:29:35.130><c> imagine</c><00:29:35.650><c> people</c><00:29:35.930><c> running</c><00:29:36.210><c> from</c><00:29:36.470><c> every</c><00:29:36.730><c> direction</c>

00:29:37.130 --> 00:29:38.670
to<00:29:37.329><c> get</c><00:29:37.470><c> in</c><00:29:37.630><c> there</c><00:29:37.750><c> and</c><00:29:37.849><c> get</c><00:29:38.029><c> in</c><00:29:38.170><c> on</c><00:29:38.309><c> it.</c>

00:29:38.849 --> 00:29:41.109
After<00:29:39.089><c> all,</c><00:29:39.309><c> they</c><00:29:39.309><c> didn't</c><00:29:39.470><c> have</c><00:29:39.710><c> probably</c><00:29:39.950><c> much</c><00:29:40.170><c> else</c><00:29:40.390><c> going</c><00:29:40.650><c> on.</c>

00:29:41.549 --> 00:29:44.349
They<00:29:41.690><c> didn't</c><00:29:41.849><c> have</c><00:29:41.990><c> television</c><00:29:42.490><c> and</c><00:29:42.730><c> there</c><00:29:42.769><c> was</c><00:29:42.990><c> no</c><00:29:43.170><c> soccer</c><00:29:43.490><c> match.</c>

00:29:44.509 --> 00:29:48.490
This<00:29:45.029><c> was</c><00:29:45.250><c> the</c><00:29:45.410><c> local</c><00:29:45.710><c> entertainment</c><00:29:46.190><c> and</c><00:29:46.490><c> word</c><00:29:46.690><c> spread</c><00:29:46.990><c> very</c><00:29:47.450><c> fast.</c>

00:29:48.670 --> 00:29:51.029
And<00:29:48.789><c> when</c><00:29:48.990><c> Paul</c><00:29:49.269><c> would</c><00:29:49.470><c> have</c><00:29:49.690><c> entered</c><00:29:49.950><c> into</c><00:29:50.250><c> the</c><00:29:50.670><c> people,</c>

00:29:51.390 --> 00:29:53.410
the<00:29:51.609><c> disciples</c><00:29:52.029><c> suffered</c><00:29:52.450><c> him</c><00:29:52.710><c> not.</c>

00:29:53.430 --> 00:29:56.029
This<00:29:53.829><c> is</c><00:29:54.089><c> an</c><00:29:54.269><c> interesting</c><00:29:55.450><c> sidelight,</c>

00:29:56.289 --> 00:29:59.009
but<00:29:56.329><c> Paul</c><00:29:56.829><c> wants</c><00:29:57.130><c> to</c><00:29:57.329><c> take</c><00:29:57.589><c> care</c><00:29:57.750><c> of</c><00:29:57.849><c> this</c><00:29:57.990><c> himself.</c>

00:29:59.410 --> 00:30:02.369
And<00:29:59.829><c> the</c><00:29:59.950><c> rest</c><00:30:00.210><c> of</c><00:30:00.329><c> them</c><00:30:00.549><c> stop</c><00:30:00.890><c> him</c><00:30:01.089><c> from</c><00:30:01.329><c> doing</c><00:30:01.569><c> it.</c>

00:30:03.130 --> 00:30:06.710
And<00:30:03.569><c> it's</c><00:30:03.849><c> interesting,</c><00:30:04.250><c> he</c><00:30:04.490><c> never</c><00:30:04.869><c> goes</c><00:30:05.329><c> into</c><00:30:05.609><c> that</c><00:30:05.829><c> arena,</c>

00:30:07.190 --> 00:30:09.410
but<00:30:07.349><c> God</c><00:30:07.630><c> takes</c><00:30:08.009><c> care</c><00:30:08.230><c> of</c><00:30:08.390><c> the</c><00:30:08.549><c> whole</c><00:30:08.869><c> matter</c>

00:30:09.410 --> 00:30:13.150
without<00:30:10.289><c> a</c><00:30:10.650><c> single</c><00:30:10.990><c> one</c><00:30:11.289><c> of</c><00:30:11.450><c> the</c><00:30:11.650><c> disciples</c><00:30:12.250><c> or</c><00:30:12.789><c> followers</c>

00:30:13.150 --> 00:30:13.730
speaking<00:30:13.529><c> up.</c>

00:30:13.769 --> 00:30:15.769
In<00:30:13.829><c> fact,</c><00:30:14.089><c> it's</c><00:30:14.170><c> somebody</c><00:30:14.470><c> else</c><00:30:14.710><c> in</c><00:30:14.829><c> the</c><00:30:14.990><c> world</c><00:30:15.190><c> who</c><00:30:15.369><c> shuts</c><00:30:15.549><c> up</c>

00:30:15.769 --> 00:30:16.710
the<00:30:15.970><c> crowd.</c>

00:30:17.490 --> 00:30:19.529
And<00:30:17.650><c> it's</c><00:30:18.069><c> a</c><00:30:18.130><c> powerful</c><00:30:18.569><c> lesson</c><00:30:18.869><c> to</c><00:30:19.069><c> me</c><00:30:19.170><c> sometimes.</c>

00:30:19.650 --> 00:30:21.750
When<00:30:19.710><c> you</c><00:30:19.829><c> try</c><00:30:19.970><c> to</c><00:30:20.150><c> do</c><00:30:20.289><c> the</c><00:30:20.410><c> right</c><00:30:20.609><c> thing,</c><00:30:20.849><c> do</c><00:30:20.990><c> your</c><00:30:21.210><c> very</c><00:30:21.450><c> best,</c>

00:30:21.910 --> 00:30:24.630
but<00:30:22.029><c> in</c><00:30:22.190><c> the</c><00:30:22.349><c> end</c><00:30:22.450><c> you</c><00:30:22.589><c> have</c><00:30:22.849><c> to</c><00:30:23.009><c> throw</c><00:30:23.250><c> it</c><00:30:23.430><c> over</c><00:30:23.630><c> to</c><00:30:23.829><c> God.</c>

00:30:24.869 --> 00:30:28.490
We<00:30:25.309><c> can't</c><00:30:25.750><c> always</c><00:30:26.349><c> solve</c><00:30:26.789><c> everything</c><00:30:27.369><c> ourselves.</c>

00:30:28.630 --> 00:30:30.329
And<00:30:28.809><c> God</c><00:30:28.990><c> works</c><00:30:29.309><c> in</c><00:30:29.470><c> his</c><00:30:29.650><c> own</c><00:30:29.950><c> ways</c>

00:30:30.329 --> 00:30:35.529
and<00:30:30.950><c> will</c><00:30:31.170><c> in</c><00:30:31.349><c> the</c><00:30:31.569><c> end,</c><00:30:31.869><c> the</c><00:30:32.150><c> outcome</c><00:30:32.569><c> will</c><00:30:32.849><c> be</c><00:30:33.130><c> his</c><00:30:33.470><c> solution,</c><00:30:34.309><c> not</c><00:30:34.609><c> ours.</c>

00:30:35.630 --> 00:30:38.329
And<00:30:35.789><c> too</c><00:30:35.970><c> often,</c><00:30:36.230><c> like</c><00:30:36.490><c> Paul,</c><00:30:36.950><c> we're</c><00:30:37.230><c> tempted</c><00:30:37.569><c> to</c><00:30:37.789><c> run</c><00:30:38.049><c> into</c>

00:30:38.329 --> 00:30:39.450
the<00:30:38.549><c> arena</c>

00:30:40.210 --> 00:30:44.849
and<00:30:40.730><c> do</c><00:30:41.250><c> the</c><00:30:41.470><c> battle</c><00:30:41.849><c> when</c><00:30:42.269><c> that</c><00:30:42.490><c> may</c><00:30:42.730><c> not</c><00:30:42.950><c> be</c><00:30:43.150><c> the</c><00:30:43.289><c> right</c><00:30:43.529><c> thing</c><00:30:43.730><c> to</c><00:30:43.990><c> do.</c>

00:30:45.089 --> 00:30:46.809
And<00:30:45.250><c> some</c><00:30:45.490><c> cried</c><00:30:45.789><c> one</c><00:30:46.150><c> thing</c><00:30:46.309><c> and</c><00:30:46.490><c> another</c>

00:30:46.809 --> 00:30:50.630
and<00:30:47.009><c> they</c><00:30:47.869><c> drew</c><00:30:48.210><c> Alexander,</c><00:30:48.930><c> verse</c><00:30:49.170><c> 33,</c><00:30:49.829><c> out</c><00:30:49.930><c> of</c><00:30:50.029><c> the</c><00:30:50.190><c> multitude</c>

00:30:50.630 --> 00:30:52.210
and<00:30:50.849><c> the</c><00:30:50.990><c> Jews</c><00:30:51.130><c> putting</c><00:30:51.369><c> him</c><00:30:51.750><c> forward.</c>

00:30:52.690 --> 00:30:55.109
And<00:30:52.869><c> Alexander</c><00:30:53.390><c> beckoned</c><00:30:54.109><c> with</c><00:30:54.609><c> the</c><00:30:54.809><c> hand</c>

00:30:55.109 --> 00:30:57.930
and<00:30:55.289><c> would</c><00:30:55.490><c> have</c><00:30:55.650><c> made</c><00:30:55.869><c> his</c><00:30:56.069><c> defense</c><00:30:56.450><c> unto</c><00:30:56.650><c> the</c><00:30:56.849><c> people.</c>

00:30:58.470 --> 00:31:00.930
Again,<00:30:59.309><c> another</c><00:30:59.569><c> Greek</c><00:31:00.049><c> Jew.</c>

00:31:01.430 --> 00:31:04.549
If<00:31:01.509><c> there's</c><00:31:01.769><c> ever</c><00:31:02.049><c> a</c><00:31:02.170><c> Greek</c><00:31:02.329><c> name,</c><00:31:02.730><c> it's</c><00:31:02.910><c> Alexander,</c><00:31:03.549><c> right?</c>

00:31:05.490 --> 00:31:07.269
And<00:31:05.549><c> when</c><00:31:05.710><c> they</c><00:31:05.950><c> all</c><00:31:06.130><c> knew</c><00:31:06.309><c> that</c><00:31:06.490><c> he</c><00:31:06.609><c> was</c><00:31:06.849><c> a</c><00:31:07.029><c> Jew,</c>

00:31:07.730 --> 00:31:10.089
all<00:31:07.849><c> with</c><00:31:08.049><c> the</c><00:31:08.289><c> voice,</c><00:31:08.970><c> the</c><00:31:09.190><c> space</c><00:31:09.410><c> of</c><00:31:09.589><c> two</c><00:31:09.809><c> hours,</c>

00:31:10.309 --> 00:31:12.730
cried<00:31:10.349><c> out,</c><00:31:10.670><c> Great</c><00:31:10.869><c> is</c><00:31:11.029><c> Diana</c><00:31:11.410><c> of</c><00:31:11.630><c> the</c><00:31:11.809><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:31:12.930 --> 00:31:15.130
That's<00:31:13.230><c> pretty</c><00:31:13.490><c> precise,</c><00:31:13.950><c> two</c><00:31:14.190><c> hours.</c>

00:31:16.369 --> 00:31:19.609
You<00:31:16.569><c> can</c><00:31:16.809><c> just</c><00:31:17.049><c> imagine</c><00:31:17.829><c> that.</c>

00:31:19.670 --> 00:31:21.430
I<00:31:19.869><c> mean,</c><00:31:19.970><c> I</c><00:31:20.049><c> can't</c><00:31:20.250><c> imagine</c><00:31:20.609><c> it</c><00:31:20.769><c> because</c><00:31:20.890><c> in</c><00:31:21.049><c> Detroit,</c>

00:31:21.910 --> 00:31:23.349
the<00:31:22.069><c> sports</c><00:31:22.309><c> teams</c><00:31:22.490><c> are</c><00:31:22.690><c> so</c><00:31:22.869><c> pathetic,</c>

00:31:23.349 --> 00:31:26.089
I<00:31:23.769><c> can't</c><00:31:24.069><c> even</c><00:31:24.329><c> imagine</c><00:31:24.670><c> cheering</c><00:31:25.009><c> for</c><00:31:25.349><c> two</c><00:31:25.569><c> minutes,</c><00:31:26.009><c> let</c>

00:31:26.089 --> 00:31:26.970
alone<00:31:26.309><c> two</c><00:31:26.589><c> hours.</c>

00:31:27.470 --> 00:31:29.849
But<00:31:27.490><c> maybe</c><00:31:28.130><c> some</c><00:31:28.390><c> of</c><00:31:28.549><c> you</c><00:31:28.710><c> had...</c>

00:31:30.089 --> 00:31:33.269
There<00:31:30.289><c> was</c><00:31:30.470><c> a</c><00:31:30.490><c> decent</c><00:31:30.890><c> football</c><00:31:31.269><c> team</c><00:31:31.529><c> here</c><00:31:31.730><c> in</c><00:31:31.849><c> Baltimore</c><00:31:32.369><c> a</c>

00:31:33.269 --> 00:31:33.910
year<00:31:33.450><c> or</c><00:31:33.509><c> two</c><00:31:33.710><c> ago.</c>

00:31:33.950 --> 00:31:35.009
I<00:31:34.029><c> don't</c><00:31:34.190><c> remember</c><00:31:34.470><c> their</c><00:31:34.650><c> name.</c>

00:31:35.269 --> 00:31:36.930
But<00:31:35.369><c> there</c><00:31:35.789><c> might</c><00:31:35.990><c> have</c><00:31:36.130><c> been</c><00:31:36.289><c> cheers</c><00:31:36.490><c> like</c><00:31:36.789><c> this.</c>

00:31:37.049 --> 00:31:40.349
But<00:31:37.230><c> you</c><00:31:37.690><c> can</c><00:31:37.849><c> imagine</c><00:31:38.250><c> what</c><00:31:38.410><c> would</c><00:31:38.630><c> go</c><00:31:38.849><c> on</c><00:31:39.269><c> with</c><00:31:39.670><c> a</c><00:31:40.029><c> super</c>

00:31:40.349 --> 00:31:41.390
enthusiastic<00:31:41.029><c> crowd.</c>

00:31:41.670 --> 00:31:43.809
And<00:31:41.769><c> when</c><00:31:41.869><c> they</c><00:31:41.990><c> knew</c><00:31:42.089><c> that</c><00:31:42.230><c> he</c><00:31:42.289><c> was</c><00:31:42.569><c> a</c><00:31:42.769><c> Jew,</c><00:31:43.150><c> they</c><00:31:43.390><c> cried</c><00:31:43.549><c> for</c>

00:31:43.809 --> 00:31:45.130
two<00:31:44.130><c> hours.</c>

00:31:45.170 --> 00:31:47.650
And<00:31:45.289><c> when</c><00:31:45.450><c> the</c><00:31:45.730><c> town</c><00:31:46.049><c> clerk</c><00:31:46.329><c> had</c><00:31:46.549><c> appeased</c><00:31:46.990><c> the</c><00:31:47.250><c> people,</c>

00:31:48.109 --> 00:31:50.890
he<00:31:48.250><c> said,</c><00:31:48.549><c> Ye</c><00:31:48.549><c> men</c><00:31:48.750><c> of</c><00:31:48.970><c> Ephesus,</c><00:31:49.890><c> what</c><00:31:50.089><c> man</c><00:31:50.369><c> is</c><00:31:50.529><c> there</c><00:31:50.650><c> that</c>

00:31:50.890 --> 00:31:51.730
knoweth<00:31:51.309><c> not</c>

00:31:51.730 --> 00:31:54.750
how<00:31:52.170><c> that</c><00:31:52.369><c> the</c><00:31:52.470><c> city</c><00:31:52.730><c> of</c><00:31:53.130><c> Ephesians</c><00:31:53.690><c> is</c><00:31:53.910><c> a</c><00:31:54.069><c> worshipper</c><00:31:54.470><c> of</c><00:31:54.630><c> the</c>

00:31:54.750 --> 00:31:55.670
great<00:31:54.930><c> goddess</c><00:31:55.230><c> Diana</c>

00:31:55.670 --> 00:31:58.329
and<00:31:56.190><c> of</c><00:31:56.349><c> the</c><00:31:56.609><c> image</c><00:31:56.849><c> which</c><00:31:57.109><c> fell</c><00:31:57.390><c> down</c><00:31:57.710><c> from</c><00:31:57.970><c> Jupiter.</c>

00:31:58.470 --> 00:32:01.630
And<00:31:58.529><c> that's</c><00:31:59.509><c> the</c><00:31:59.690><c> meteorite</c><00:32:00.170><c> that</c><00:32:00.410><c> fell</c><00:32:00.630><c> down</c><00:32:00.950><c> on</c><00:32:01.150><c> that</c><00:32:01.349><c> spot</c>

00:32:01.630 --> 00:32:02.950
where<00:32:01.809><c> they</c><00:32:02.069><c> built</c><00:32:02.269><c> the</c><00:32:02.529><c> temple.</c>

00:32:03.309 --> 00:32:05.849
Seeing<00:32:03.650><c> then</c><00:32:03.910><c> that</c><00:32:04.089><c> these</c><00:32:04.349><c> things</c><00:32:04.529><c> cannot</c><00:32:04.829><c> be</c><00:32:05.170><c> spoken</c><00:32:05.470><c> against,</c>

00:32:05.849 --> 00:32:08.470
they<00:32:06.049><c> ought</c><00:32:06.170><c> to</c><00:32:06.329><c> be</c><00:32:06.509><c> very</c><00:32:06.890><c> quiet</c><00:32:07.089><c> and</c><00:32:07.269><c> do</c><00:32:07.450><c> nothing</c><00:32:07.869><c> rashly.</c>

00:32:08.769 --> 00:32:12.089
Now<00:32:08.930><c> the</c><00:32:09.170><c> town</c><00:32:09.490><c> clerk</c><00:32:09.730><c> was</c><00:32:09.990><c> afraid</c><00:32:10.430><c> of</c><00:32:10.569><c> what</c><00:32:10.769><c> the</c><00:32:11.049><c> Romans</c><00:32:11.369><c> might</c><00:32:11.690><c> do</c>

00:32:12.089 --> 00:32:15.950
if<00:32:12.710><c> there</c><00:32:12.910><c> had</c><00:32:13.109><c> been</c><00:32:13.670><c> a</c><00:32:14.009><c> riot</c><00:32:14.230><c> reported</c><00:32:14.769><c> back</c><00:32:15.089><c> to</c><00:32:15.250><c> the</c><00:32:15.450><c> garrisons.</c>

00:32:16.349 --> 00:32:19.849
Because<00:32:16.789><c> the</c><00:32:17.069><c> Romans</c><00:32:17.410><c> ran,</c><00:32:17.970><c> they</c><00:32:18.410><c> did</c><00:32:18.710><c> not</c><00:32:19.029><c> want</c><00:32:19.250><c> this</c><00:32:19.529><c> kind</c>

00:32:19.849 --> 00:32:21.450
of<00:32:20.230><c> public</c><00:32:20.630><c> uproar</c><00:32:21.069><c> occurring.</c>

00:32:21.450 --> 00:32:26.950
And<00:32:22.109><c> there</c><00:32:22.609><c> was</c><00:32:23.369><c> at</c><00:32:23.509><c> least</c><00:32:23.769><c> part</c><00:32:24.049><c> of</c><00:32:24.210><c> a</c><00:32:24.329><c> legion</c><00:32:24.849><c> on</c><00:32:25.190><c> duty</c><00:32:25.529><c> in</c><00:32:25.869><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:32:28.109 --> 00:32:31.569
And<00:32:28.210><c> he</c><00:32:28.470><c> wrought</c><00:32:29.009><c> hither</c><00:32:29.250><c> these</c><00:32:29.450><c> men</c><00:32:29.690><c> which</c><00:32:29.890><c> are</c><00:32:30.089><c> neither</c><00:32:30.309><c> robbers</c><00:32:30.769><c> of</c><00:32:31.029><c> churches</c>

00:32:31.569 --> 00:32:34.150
nor<00:32:31.930><c> yet</c><00:32:32.250><c> blasphemers</c><00:32:32.789><c> of</c><00:32:32.970><c> your</c><00:32:33.170><c> goddess.</c>

00:32:34.230 --> 00:32:36.529
Wherefore,<00:32:34.670><c> if</c><00:32:34.869><c> Demetrius</c><00:32:35.369><c> and</c><00:32:35.509><c> the</c><00:32:35.730><c> craftsmen</c><00:32:36.130><c> which</c><00:32:36.329><c> are</c>

00:32:36.529 --> 00:32:36.990
with<00:32:36.730><c> them</c>

00:32:36.990 --> 00:32:39.650
have<00:32:37.250><c> a</c><00:32:37.470><c> matter</c><00:32:37.650><c> against</c><00:32:38.069><c> any</c><00:32:38.329><c> man,</c><00:32:38.569><c> the</c><00:32:38.769><c> law</c><00:32:38.950><c> is</c><00:32:39.150><c> open</c><00:32:39.470><c> and</c>

00:32:39.650 --> 00:32:40.609
there<00:32:39.869><c> are</c><00:32:40.089><c> deputies.</c>

00:32:40.950 --> 00:32:43.690
Let<00:32:41.190><c> them</c><00:32:41.650><c> impede</c><00:32:42.269><c> one</c><00:32:42.769><c> another.</c>

00:32:44.130 --> 00:32:46.470
And<00:32:44.430><c> the</c><00:32:44.829><c> matter</c><00:32:45.210><c> is</c><00:32:45.950><c> gone.</c>

00:32:46.769 --> 00:32:49.109
And<00:32:47.089><c> they</c><00:32:47.369><c> disassemble</c><00:32:47.910><c> and</c><00:32:48.089><c> they</c><00:32:48.349><c> move</c><00:32:48.589><c> away.</c>

00:32:49.109 --> 00:32:52.250
And<00:32:49.630><c> the</c><00:32:49.950><c> uproar,</c><00:32:50.789><c> which</c><00:32:50.950><c> he</c><00:32:51.190><c> says</c><00:32:51.390><c> in</c><00:32:51.609><c> verse</c><00:32:51.890><c> 40,</c>

00:32:52.349 --> 00:32:55.049
for<00:32:52.410><c> we</c><00:32:52.630><c> are</c><00:32:52.849><c> in</c><00:32:52.970><c> danger</c><00:32:53.349><c> to</c><00:32:53.549><c> be</c><00:32:53.809><c> called</c><00:32:54.109><c> in</c><00:32:54.430><c> question</c><00:32:54.789><c> for</c>

00:32:55.049 --> 00:32:56.529
this<00:32:55.390><c> day's</c><00:32:55.950><c> uproar.</c>

00:32:56.670 --> 00:32:59.170
And<00:32:56.730><c> that</c><00:32:56.930><c> means</c><00:32:57.210><c> with</c><00:32:57.529><c> the</c><00:32:57.630><c> Roman</c><00:32:57.950><c> authorities.</c>

00:32:59.710 --> 00:33:05.650
So<00:33:00.130><c> the</c><00:33:00.450><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:00.849><c> then</c><00:33:01.769><c> apparently,</c><00:33:03.109><c> this</c><00:33:03.430><c> incident,</c><00:33:04.069><c> quiets</c><00:33:04.269><c> everything</c><00:33:04.609><c> down.</c>

00:33:05.769 --> 00:33:08.569
And<00:33:05.930><c> the</c><00:33:06.089><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:06.369><c> now</c><00:33:06.630><c> has</c><00:33:06.890><c> a</c><00:33:06.970><c> number</c><00:33:07.309><c> of</c><00:33:07.470><c> years</c><00:33:07.670><c> of</c><00:33:07.950><c> building</c><00:33:08.210><c> up</c><00:33:08.430><c> to</c>

00:33:08.569 --> 00:33:08.950
the<00:33:08.769><c> state</c>

00:33:08.950 --> 00:33:11.630
where<00:33:09.130><c> we</c><00:33:09.329><c> find</c><00:33:09.569><c> ten</c><00:33:09.789><c> years</c><00:33:10.069><c> later</c><00:33:10.410><c> Pliny</c><00:33:10.750><c> reporting</c><00:33:11.210><c> back</c>

00:33:11.630 --> 00:33:13.069
that<00:33:12.509><c> the</c><00:33:12.730><c> churches,</c>

00:33:13.309 --> 00:33:15.710
you<00:33:13.309><c> know,</c><00:33:14.170><c> the</c><00:33:14.210><c> temples</c><00:33:14.509><c> are</c><00:33:14.809><c> closed.</c>

00:33:16.210 --> 00:33:18.789
So<00:33:16.769><c> Ephesus</c><00:33:17.230><c> had</c><00:33:17.569><c> a</c><00:33:17.809><c> great</c><00:33:17.990><c> deal</c><00:33:18.210><c> of</c><00:33:18.470><c> success.</c>

00:33:18.789 --> 00:33:20.569
Maybe<00:33:19.069><c> too</c><00:33:19.369><c> much.</c>

00:33:20.670 --> 00:33:22.809
Which<00:33:20.910><c> led</c><00:33:21.349><c> to</c><00:33:21.809><c> problems.</c>

00:33:24.329 --> 00:33:26.750
And<00:33:24.849><c> this</c><00:33:25.369><c> effort</c><00:33:25.730><c> at</c><00:33:25.950><c> preaching.</c>

00:33:27.589 --> 00:33:31.809
Have<00:33:27.690><c> any</c><00:33:27.910><c> of</c><00:33:27.990><c> us</c><00:33:28.170><c> ever</c><00:33:28.470><c> faced</c><00:33:29.130><c> that</c><00:33:29.910><c> kind</c><00:33:30.230><c> of</c><00:33:30.970><c> opposition</c><00:33:31.390><c> to</c><00:33:31.630><c> preaching</c>

00:33:31.809 --> 00:33:36.690
where<00:33:32.049><c> a</c><00:33:32.210><c> whole</c><00:33:32.710><c> city</c><00:33:33.329><c> dragged</c><00:33:34.730><c> us</c><00:33:34.930><c> into</c><00:33:35.150><c> an</c><00:33:35.349><c> arena</c><00:33:35.650><c> and</c><00:33:36.089><c> shouted</c><00:33:36.329><c> at</c><00:33:36.569><c> us</c>

00:33:36.690 --> 00:33:37.950
for<00:33:36.849><c> two</c><00:33:37.049><c> hours?</c>

00:33:37.970 --> 00:33:39.549
I<00:33:38.250><c> don't</c><00:33:38.470><c> think</c><00:33:38.670><c> so.</c>

00:33:39.829 --> 00:33:43.569
It<00:33:40.049><c> shows</c><00:33:40.490><c> that</c><00:33:41.529><c> the</c><00:33:41.809><c> Gospel</c><00:33:42.230><c> is</c><00:33:42.769><c> going</c><00:33:42.990><c> to</c><00:33:43.190><c> be</c><00:33:43.410><c> preached.</c>

00:33:43.630 --> 00:33:45.210
And<00:33:43.750><c> we</c><00:33:43.829><c> need</c><00:33:44.049><c> some</c><00:33:44.309><c> courage</c><00:33:44.690><c> to</c><00:33:44.890><c> do</c><00:33:45.049><c> it.</c>

00:33:45.210 --> 00:33:47.430
And<00:33:45.430><c> you</c><00:33:45.650><c> know,</c><00:33:45.730><c> when</c><00:33:45.869><c> I</c><00:33:46.089><c> think</c><00:33:46.230><c> of</c><00:33:46.390><c> what</c><00:33:46.809><c> happened</c><00:33:47.130><c> in</c><00:33:47.289><c> the</c>

00:33:47.430 --> 00:33:48.630
first<00:33:47.630><c> century,</c>

00:33:48.930 --> 00:33:52.609
the<00:33:49.369><c> torments</c><00:33:49.849><c> and</c><00:33:50.089><c> the</c><00:33:50.410><c> tortures</c><00:33:50.869><c> and</c><00:33:51.069><c> the</c><00:33:51.809><c> agony</c><00:33:52.150><c> that</c><00:33:52.410><c> so</c>

00:33:52.609 --> 00:33:53.289
many<00:33:52.789><c> went</c><00:33:53.029><c> through</c>

00:33:53.289 --> 00:33:58.150
to<00:33:53.549><c> preach</c><00:33:53.750><c> the</c><00:33:53.970><c> word,</c><00:33:54.829><c> you</c><00:33:55.130><c> know</c><00:33:55.609><c> that</c><00:33:56.329><c> we're</c><00:33:56.750><c> not</c><00:33:56.990><c> really</c><00:33:57.269><c> doing</c><00:33:57.509><c> the</c><00:33:57.690><c> job</c><00:33:57.930><c> we</c>

00:33:58.150 --> 00:33:59.250
could<00:33:58.289><c> be</c><00:33:58.529><c> doing.</c>

00:33:59.750 --> 00:34:00.890
We<00:34:00.069><c> have</c><00:34:00.289><c> to</c><00:34:00.410><c> do</c><00:34:00.609><c> better.</c>

00:34:01.230 --> 00:34:02.970
Now<00:34:01.369><c> that's</c><00:34:01.509><c> not</c><00:34:01.670><c> to</c><00:34:01.849><c> say</c><00:34:01.970><c> we're</c><00:34:02.109><c> not</c><00:34:02.329><c> doing</c><00:34:02.529><c> anything,</c>

00:34:03.369 --> 00:34:07.430
but<00:34:03.589><c> we</c><00:34:03.950><c> should</c><00:34:04.150><c> have</c><00:34:04.369><c> courage</c><00:34:04.690><c> because</c><00:34:05.089><c> God</c><00:34:05.549><c> will</c><00:34:06.490><c> be</c><00:34:06.990><c> with</c><00:34:07.190><c> us</c>

00:34:07.430 --> 00:34:08.869
if<00:34:07.569><c> we're</c><00:34:07.829><c> doing</c><00:34:08.070><c> the</c><00:34:08.269><c> right</c><00:34:08.469><c> things.</c>

00:34:09.369 --> 00:34:13.110
Paul<00:34:09.710><c> said</c><00:34:10.010><c> to</c><00:34:10.230><c> the</c><00:34:10.449><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:10.949><c> in</c><00:34:11.730><c> chapter</c><00:34:12.269><c> 9,</c>

00:34:13.110 --> 00:34:17.469
these<00:34:14.030><c> words</c><00:34:14.369><c> that</c><00:34:14.650><c> I</c><00:34:15.269><c> remember</c><00:34:15.570><c> so</c><00:34:15.989><c> often,</c><00:34:16.389><c> verse</c><00:34:16.590><c> 16,</c>

00:34:17.769 --> 00:34:21.929
For<00:34:17.909><c> though</c><00:34:18.030><c> I</c><00:34:18.409><c> preach</c><00:34:18.630><c> the</c><00:34:18.909><c> Gospel,</c><00:34:19.389><c> I</c><00:34:19.510><c> have</c><00:34:19.710><c> nothing</c><00:34:20.130><c> to</c><00:34:20.550><c> glory</c><00:34:20.929><c> of.</c>

00:34:22.190 --> 00:34:23.869
For<00:34:22.230><c> necessity</c><00:34:22.849><c> is</c><00:34:23.150><c> laid</c><00:34:23.309><c> upon</c><00:34:23.670><c> me.</c>

00:34:24.050 --> 00:34:27.989
Yea,<00:34:24.530><c> woe</c><00:34:24.949><c> is</c><00:34:25.210><c> unto</c><00:34:25.429><c> me</c><00:34:25.610><c> if</c><00:34:25.769><c> I</c><00:34:26.070><c> preach</c><00:34:26.329><c> not</c><00:34:26.809><c> the</c><00:34:27.010><c> Gospel.</c>

00:34:28.530 --> 00:34:30.909
For<00:34:28.670><c> if</c><00:34:28.849><c> I</c><00:34:28.909><c> do</c><00:34:29.050><c> this</c><00:34:29.250><c> thing</c><00:34:29.449><c> willingly,</c><00:34:29.949><c> I</c><00:34:30.070><c> have</c><00:34:30.289><c> a</c><00:34:30.409><c> reward.</c>

00:34:31.309 --> 00:34:34.170
But<00:34:31.469><c> if</c><00:34:31.710><c> against</c><00:34:32.070><c> my</c><00:34:32.389><c> will,</c><00:34:32.809><c> a</c><00:34:32.989><c> dispensation</c><00:34:33.530><c> of</c><00:34:33.710><c> the</c><00:34:33.869><c> Gospel</c>

00:34:34.170 --> 00:34:36.469
is<00:34:34.489><c> committed</c><00:34:34.949><c> unto</c><00:34:35.429><c> me.</c>

00:34:36.949 --> 00:34:40.409
Preaching<00:34:37.230><c> the</c><00:34:37.409><c> Gospel</c><00:34:37.710><c> is</c><00:34:38.010><c> not</c><00:34:38.269><c> something</c><00:34:38.750><c> that's</c><00:34:39.369><c> optional.</c>

00:34:41.070 --> 00:34:47.429
It<00:34:41.750><c> is</c><00:34:42.030><c> something</c><00:34:42.369><c> that</c><00:34:42.610><c> we</c><00:34:43.070><c> must</c><00:34:43.510><c> do</c><00:34:44.409><c> individually</c><00:34:45.349><c> and</c><00:34:46.409><c> collectively.</c>

00:34:47.610 --> 00:34:53.329
And<00:34:47.769><c> we</c><00:34:47.949><c> can't</c><00:34:48.530><c> be</c><00:34:49.030><c> fearful</c><00:34:49.530><c> about</c><00:34:50.409><c> doing</c><00:34:50.809><c> it</c><00:34:51.590><c> because</c><00:34:52.349><c> God</c><00:34:52.769><c> will</c><00:34:53.090><c> be</c>

00:34:53.329 --> 00:34:54.130
with<00:34:53.570><c> us.</c>

00:34:54.269 --> 00:34:57.269
No<00:34:54.469><c> matter</c><00:34:54.730><c> how</c><00:34:55.230><c> big</c><00:34:55.429><c> the</c><00:34:55.690><c> mob</c><00:34:55.909><c> or</c><00:34:56.090><c> the</c><00:34:56.349><c> crowd,</c>

00:34:57.289 --> 00:35:00.690
that<00:34:57.610><c> day</c><00:34:57.909><c> passed</c><00:34:58.369><c> without</c><00:34:58.730><c> one</c><00:34:59.130><c> hair</c><00:34:59.570><c> of</c><00:34:59.989><c> anyone's</c><00:35:00.530><c> head</c>

00:35:00.690 --> 00:35:02.269
even<00:35:00.929><c> being</c><00:35:01.269><c> touched.</c>

00:35:02.449 --> 00:35:04.829
And<00:35:02.710><c> for</c><00:35:02.809><c> that</c><00:35:02.989><c> to</c><00:35:03.210><c> happen</c><00:35:03.369><c> in</c><00:35:03.530><c> the</c><00:35:03.650><c> first</c><00:35:03.829><c> century</c><00:35:04.150><c> when</c><00:35:04.489><c> law</c>

00:35:04.829 --> 00:35:06.909
didn't<00:35:05.170><c> necessarily</c><00:35:05.809><c> protect</c><00:35:06.369><c> you,</c>

00:35:06.909 --> 00:35:13.530
I<00:35:07.409><c> think</c><00:35:07.710><c> we</c><00:35:08.210><c> should</c><00:35:09.150><c> think</c><00:35:10.590><c> five,</c><00:35:11.610><c> six,</c><00:35:11.909><c> eight,</c><00:35:12.409><c> 20</c><00:35:12.650><c> times</c><00:35:13.170><c> more</c>

00:35:13.530 --> 00:35:16.150
what<00:35:13.769><c> we</c><00:35:14.010><c> can</c><00:35:14.150><c> do</c><00:35:14.289><c> to</c><00:35:14.510><c> redouble</c><00:35:14.929><c> our</c><00:35:15.230><c> efforts.</c>

00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:17.889
Interestingly<00:35:16.969><c> enough,</c><00:35:17.369><c> brethren</c><00:35:17.449><c> and</c><00:35:17.710><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:18.110 --> 00:35:20.409
the<00:35:18.269><c> truth</c><00:35:18.389><c> has</c><00:35:18.650><c> probably</c><00:35:18.949><c> grown</c><00:35:19.170><c> more</c><00:35:19.449><c> in</c><00:35:19.590><c> the</c><00:35:19.670><c> last</c><00:35:19.869><c> 20</c><00:35:20.130><c> years</c>

00:35:20.409 --> 00:35:22.949
than<00:35:20.550><c> in</c><00:35:20.769><c> any</c><00:35:21.010><c> time</c><00:35:21.230><c> since</c><00:35:21.550><c> the</c><00:35:21.690><c> last</c><00:35:21.889><c> century.</c>

00:35:23.989 --> 00:35:26.230
Thousands<00:35:24.210><c> and</c><00:35:24.409><c> thousands</c><00:35:24.789><c> of</c><00:35:25.050><c> new</c><00:35:25.210><c> people</c><00:35:25.570><c> have</c><00:35:25.849><c> accepted</c>

00:35:26.230 --> 00:35:27.489
the<00:35:26.489><c> truth</c><00:35:26.650><c> around</c><00:35:26.989><c> the</c><00:35:27.170><c> world,</c>

00:35:27.730 --> 00:35:30.670
and<00:35:27.849><c> it</c><00:35:28.010><c> is</c><00:35:28.170><c> really</c><00:35:28.690><c> very,</c><00:35:29.130><c> very</c><00:35:29.630><c> heartening.</c>

00:35:31.550 --> 00:35:34.010
So<00:35:32.070><c> the</c><00:35:32.590><c> message</c><00:35:32.889><c> is</c><00:35:33.389><c> quite</c><00:35:33.650><c> clear.</c>

00:35:34.010 --> 00:35:37.309
If<00:35:34.349><c> you</c><00:35:34.510><c> do</c><00:35:34.710><c> the</c><00:35:34.909><c> work,</c><00:35:35.329><c> God</c><00:35:35.590><c> brings</c><00:35:35.929><c> the</c><00:35:36.170><c> increase.</c>

00:35:38.590 --> 00:35:41.369
Now,<00:35:39.650><c> turn</c><00:35:39.869><c> back</c><00:35:40.130><c> to</c><00:35:40.289><c> the</c><00:35:40.389><c> book</c><00:35:40.570><c> of</c><00:35:40.789><c> Ephesians,</c>

00:35:41.829 --> 00:35:43.789
and<00:35:41.929><c> let's</c><00:35:42.090><c> take</c><00:35:42.309><c> a</c><00:35:42.409><c> look</c><00:35:42.530><c> at</c><00:35:42.630><c> some</c><00:35:42.849><c> of</c><00:35:43.050><c> the</c><00:35:43.130><c> problems</c><00:35:43.550><c> that</c>

00:35:43.789 --> 00:35:44.550
came<00:35:43.989><c> up.</c>

00:35:44.929 --> 00:35:49.170
Once<00:35:45.130><c> you</c><00:35:45.489><c> have</c><00:35:45.670><c> an</c><00:35:45.829><c> ecclesia,</c><00:35:46.909><c> you</c><00:35:47.030><c> don't</c><00:35:47.329><c> instantly</c><00:35:47.789><c> reach</c><00:35:48.130><c> maturity.</c>

00:35:50.230 --> 00:35:53.329
There's<00:35:50.510><c> no</c><00:35:51.030><c> guarantees</c><00:35:51.610><c> that</c><00:35:51.969><c> say,</c><00:35:52.250><c> once</c><00:35:52.429><c> you</c><00:35:52.670><c> accept</c><00:35:52.949><c> truth,</c>

00:35:53.730 --> 00:35:56.909
that<00:35:53.929><c> all</c><00:35:54.230><c> the</c><00:35:54.449><c> problems</c><00:35:54.750><c> of</c><00:35:54.929><c> your</c><00:35:55.150><c> life</c><00:35:55.369><c> pass</c><00:35:55.710><c> away.</c>

00:35:57.150 --> 00:35:59.090
Would<00:35:57.309><c> that</c><00:35:57.550><c> be</c><00:35:57.989><c> the</c><00:35:58.170><c> case?</c>

00:35:59.389 --> 00:36:01.789
In<00:35:59.650><c> fact,</c><00:35:59.889><c> sometimes</c><00:36:00.369><c> with</c><00:36:00.590><c> a</c><00:36:00.630><c> lot</c><00:36:00.789><c> of</c><00:36:01.010><c> preaching</c><00:36:01.210><c> and</c><00:36:01.469><c> a</c><00:36:01.550><c> lot</c>

00:36:01.789 --> 00:36:02.449
of<00:36:01.989><c> new</c><00:36:02.130><c> people</c>

00:36:02.449 --> 00:36:05.269
that<00:36:02.570><c> have</c><00:36:02.789><c> to</c><00:36:02.949><c> be</c><00:36:03.250><c> blended</c><00:36:03.510><c> and</c><00:36:03.789><c> melded</c><00:36:04.030><c> into</c><00:36:04.289><c> an</c><00:36:04.449><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:36:05.610 --> 00:36:09.090
new<00:36:05.789><c> problems</c><00:36:06.150><c> occur,</c><00:36:08.090><c> difficulties</c><00:36:08.550><c> occur,</c>

00:36:09.489 --> 00:36:13.150
because<00:36:09.789><c> you</c><00:36:10.030><c> suddenly</c><00:36:10.409><c> have</c><00:36:10.730><c> now</c><00:36:11.010><c> people</c><00:36:11.289><c> who</c><00:36:11.510><c> have</c><00:36:11.670><c> a</c><00:36:12.210><c> long</c><00:36:12.449><c> history</c>

00:36:13.150 --> 00:36:16.230
of<00:36:13.630><c> what</c><00:36:13.750><c> it</c><00:36:13.889><c> means</c><00:36:14.130><c> to</c><00:36:14.389><c> be</c><00:36:14.570><c> a</c><00:36:14.710><c> Christadelphian</c>

00:36:16.510 --> 00:36:19.110
and<00:36:17.030><c> what</c><00:36:17.210><c> it</c><00:36:17.369><c> means</c><00:36:17.590><c> to</c><00:36:17.909><c> follow</c><00:36:18.130><c> a</c><00:36:18.289><c> Christian</c><00:36:18.670><c> life,</c>

00:36:19.590 --> 00:36:21.869
what<00:36:19.730><c> it</c><00:36:19.929><c> means</c><00:36:20.110><c> to</c><00:36:20.369><c> have</c><00:36:20.510><c> a</c><00:36:20.690><c> new</c><00:36:20.849><c> morality,</c>

00:36:22.050 --> 00:36:24.429
what<00:36:22.190><c> it</c><00:36:22.349><c> means</c><00:36:22.489><c> to</c><00:36:22.670><c> have</c><00:36:22.789><c> a</c><00:36:22.889><c> new</c><00:36:23.070><c> sense</c><00:36:23.269><c> of</c><00:36:23.570><c> commitment.</c>

00:36:24.829 --> 00:36:29.030
People<00:36:25.110><c> who</c><00:36:25.369><c> are</c><00:36:25.369><c> going</c><00:36:25.869><c> to</c><00:36:27.750><c> the</c><00:36:27.949><c> football</c><00:36:28.250><c> games</c><00:36:28.510><c> every</c><00:36:28.789><c> Sunday</c>

00:36:29.030 --> 00:36:31.110
don't<00:36:29.329><c> suddenly</c><00:36:29.750><c> decide,</c><00:36:30.170><c> well,</c><00:36:30.409><c> I'm</c><00:36:30.489><c> not</c><00:36:30.670><c> going</c><00:36:30.789><c> to</c><00:36:30.889><c> go</c><00:36:31.050><c> to</c>

00:36:31.110 --> 00:36:31.869
football<00:36:31.449><c> games.</c>

00:36:31.869 --> 00:36:33.570
I'd<00:36:32.550><c> rather</c><00:36:32.590><c> go</c><00:36:32.769><c> to</c><00:36:32.889><c> a</c><00:36:33.010><c> meeting</c><00:36:33.070><c> and</c><00:36:33.230><c> break</c><00:36:33.389><c> bread</c>

00:36:33.570 --> 00:36:35.469
and<00:36:33.670><c> be</c><00:36:33.849><c> with</c><00:36:33.989><c> my</c><00:36:34.230><c> brethren</c><00:36:34.429><c> and</c><00:36:34.670><c> sisters</c><00:36:34.829><c> than</c><00:36:35.030><c> hear</c><00:36:35.170><c> boring</c>

00:36:35.469 --> 00:36:37.469
people<00:36:35.789><c> like</c><00:36:35.989><c> me.</c>

00:36:37.829 --> 00:36:39.829
So<00:36:38.309><c> you</c><00:36:38.449><c> have</c><00:36:38.650><c> to</c><00:36:38.809><c> develop</c><00:36:39.090><c> a</c><00:36:39.230><c> new</c><00:36:39.429><c> culture.</c>

00:36:40.210 --> 00:36:43.329
And<00:36:40.429><c> often</c><00:36:40.829><c> this</c><00:36:41.389><c> culture</c><00:36:41.630><c> takes</c><00:36:41.889><c> time</c><00:36:42.210><c> to</c><00:36:42.469><c> develop.</c>

00:36:43.389 --> 00:36:44.510
The<00:36:43.670><c> Bible</c><00:36:44.030><c> classes.</c>

00:36:45.010 --> 00:36:49.070
I<00:36:45.070><c> think</c><00:36:45.269><c> if</c><00:36:45.389><c> there's</c><00:36:45.690><c> anything</c><00:36:46.329><c> that</c><00:36:47.570><c> tells</c><00:36:48.329><c> the</c><00:36:48.750><c> strength</c>

00:36:49.070 --> 00:36:50.309
and<00:36:49.289><c> vitality</c><00:36:49.849><c> of</c><00:36:50.010><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:36:50.489 --> 00:36:52.250
it's<00:36:50.590><c> not</c><00:36:50.829><c> who's</c><00:36:51.030><c> there</c><00:36:51.269><c> on</c><00:36:51.469><c> Sunday</c><00:36:51.750><c> morning,</c>

00:36:52.530 --> 00:36:55.510
but<00:36:52.710><c> it's</c><00:36:52.949><c> who's</c><00:36:53.130><c> there</c><00:36:53.550><c> on</c><00:36:54.489><c> the</c><00:36:54.789><c> weeknight</c><00:36:55.190><c> when</c><00:36:55.289><c> you</c><00:36:55.429><c> have</c>

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the<00:36:55.630><c> Bible</c><00:36:55.969><c> class.</c>

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Because<00:36:56.889><c> I</c><00:36:56.969><c> think</c><00:36:57.170><c> every</c><00:36:57.670><c> Christadelphian</c><00:36:58.409><c> will</c><00:36:58.670><c> agree</c>

00:36:59.130 --> 00:37:01.769
that<00:36:59.389><c> breaking</c><00:36:59.670><c> bread</c><00:36:59.889><c> is</c><00:37:00.130><c> a</c><00:37:00.230><c> commandment.</c>

00:37:01.849 --> 00:37:04.130
But<00:37:02.030><c> they</c><00:37:02.150><c> don't</c><00:37:02.449><c> necessarily</c><00:37:03.070><c> agree</c><00:37:03.489><c> that</c><00:37:03.710><c> where</c><00:37:03.849><c> two</c><00:37:04.050><c> or</c>

00:37:04.130 --> 00:37:05.050
three<00:37:04.309><c> are</c><00:37:04.510><c> gathered</c><00:37:04.690><c> together</c>

00:37:05.050 --> 00:37:07.869
in<00:37:05.210><c> my</c><00:37:05.550><c> name</c><00:37:05.929><c> means</c><00:37:06.409><c> the</c><00:37:06.710><c> Bible</c><00:37:06.929><c> class.</c>

00:37:08.909 --> 00:37:12.369
So<00:37:09.130><c> you</c><00:37:09.170><c> can</c><00:37:09.369><c> often</c><00:37:09.670><c> tell</c><00:37:09.929><c> the</c><00:37:10.269><c> spiritual</c><00:37:10.849><c> temperature</c><00:37:11.429><c> of</c><00:37:11.610><c> an</c><00:37:11.769><c> ecclesia</c>

00:37:12.369 --> 00:37:17.269
by<00:37:12.690><c> its</c><00:37:12.909><c> commitment</c><00:37:13.269><c> to</c><00:37:13.510><c> things</c><00:37:13.750><c> that</c><00:37:13.929><c> people</c><00:37:14.210><c> don't</c><00:37:14.550><c> feel</c><00:37:14.829><c> that</c><00:37:15.010><c> they</c><00:37:15.349><c> absolutely</c><00:37:15.949><c> have</c><00:37:16.230><c> to</c><00:37:16.409><c> do.</c>

00:37:17.750 --> 00:37:20.849
And<00:37:17.929><c> you'll</c><00:37:18.150><c> see</c><00:37:18.329><c> that</c><00:37:18.610><c> vibrant</c><00:37:18.889><c> ecclesias</c><00:37:19.650><c> have</c><00:37:20.349><c> generally</c>

00:37:20.849 --> 00:37:22.710
vibrant<00:37:21.269><c> Bible</c><00:37:21.690><c> classes.</c>

00:37:23.329 --> 00:37:25.969
And<00:37:23.889><c> ones</c><00:37:24.309><c> that</c><00:37:24.590><c> don't</c><00:37:24.829><c> have</c><00:37:25.050><c> vibrant</c><00:37:25.329><c> Bible</c><00:37:25.630><c> classes</c>

00:37:25.969 --> 00:37:28.750
is<00:37:26.150><c> usually</c><00:37:26.489><c> pretty</c><00:37:27.010><c> lukewarm</c><00:37:27.429><c> about</c><00:37:27.690><c> the</c><00:37:27.909><c> truth.</c>

00:37:29.449 --> 00:37:35.949
Now,<00:37:29.989><c> I'm</c><00:37:30.269><c> saying</c><00:37:30.590><c> that</c><00:37:31.250><c> and</c><00:37:31.929><c> I</c><00:37:32.449><c> think,</c><00:37:34.829><c> I</c><00:37:34.829><c> hope</c><00:37:35.550><c> it</c><00:37:35.670><c> doesn't</c>

00:37:35.949 --> 00:37:37.170
apply<00:37:36.190><c> to</c><00:37:36.329><c> anyone</c><00:37:36.570><c> in</c><00:37:36.750><c> this</c><00:37:36.929><c> room,</c>

00:37:37.530 --> 00:37:41.010
but<00:37:37.730><c> I</c><00:37:37.849><c> heard</c><00:37:38.050><c> Harry</c><00:37:38.409><c> Tennant</c><00:37:38.690><c> once</c><00:37:38.929><c> say</c><00:37:39.170><c> this</c><00:37:39.489><c> about</c><00:37:40.030><c> 20</c><00:37:40.389><c> years</c><00:37:40.710><c> ago</c>

00:37:41.010 --> 00:37:42.610
in<00:37:41.170><c> England</c><00:37:41.590><c> on</c><00:37:42.210><c> a</c><00:37:42.429><c> visit</c>

00:37:42.610 --> 00:37:45.829
and<00:37:43.070><c> the</c><00:37:43.369><c> brethren</c><00:37:43.730><c> and</c><00:37:44.010><c> sisters</c><00:37:44.269><c> in</c><00:37:44.469><c> that</c><00:37:44.670><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:45.369><c> were</c>

00:37:45.829 --> 00:37:47.789
very<00:37:46.449><c> sheepish</c><00:37:46.849><c> when</c><00:37:47.010><c> they</c><00:37:47.289><c> walked</c><00:37:47.510><c> out</c>

00:37:47.789 --> 00:37:50.809
and<00:37:47.929><c> I</c><00:37:48.230><c> couldn't</c><00:37:48.489><c> figure</c><00:37:48.769><c> it</c><00:37:49.010><c> out</c><00:37:49.369><c> until</c><00:37:49.769><c> I</c><00:37:49.949><c> went</c><00:37:50.150><c> outside</c><00:37:50.590><c> and</c>

00:37:50.809 --> 00:37:51.610
looked<00:37:50.949><c> on</c><00:37:51.170><c> the</c><00:37:51.369><c> board</c>

00:37:51.610 --> 00:37:55.010
and<00:37:51.809><c> realized</c><00:37:52.190><c> they</c><00:37:52.469><c> didn't</c><00:37:52.849><c> have</c><00:37:53.210><c> a</c><00:37:53.369><c> midweek</c><00:37:53.710><c> Bible</c><00:37:54.070><c> class.</c>

00:37:55.510 --> 00:37:58.750
So<00:37:56.030><c> they</c><00:37:56.130><c> didn't</c><00:37:56.289><c> have</c><00:37:56.409><c> an</c><00:37:56.610><c> attendance</c><00:37:56.849><c> problem</c><00:37:57.250><c> actually,</c><00:37:58.250><c> right?</c>

00:37:59.050 --> 00:38:00.909
So<00:37:59.170><c> then</c><00:37:59.329><c> I</c><00:37:59.449><c> realized</c><00:37:59.730><c> why</c><00:37:59.989><c> Harry</c><00:38:00.230><c> was</c><00:38:00.429><c> saying</c><00:38:00.690><c> that.</c>

00:38:01.010 --> 00:38:03.449
So<00:38:01.190><c> I'm</c><00:38:01.309><c> sure</c><00:38:01.469><c> everybody</c><00:38:01.869><c> here</c><00:38:02.070><c> has</c><00:38:02.309><c> a</c><00:38:02.469><c> Bible</c><00:38:02.690><c> class,</c><00:38:02.849><c> but</c><00:38:03.070><c> we</c>

00:38:03.449 --> 00:38:04.949
should<00:38:03.650><c> attend</c><00:38:03.969><c> it</c><00:38:04.090><c> and</c><00:38:04.230><c> support</c><00:38:04.590><c> it</c>

00:38:04.949 --> 00:38:08.269
because<00:38:05.230><c> that's</c><00:38:05.949><c> a</c><00:38:06.170><c> very</c><00:38:06.469><c> good</c><00:38:06.730><c> place</c><00:38:07.010><c> where</c><00:38:07.190><c> you</c><00:38:07.309><c> can</c><00:38:07.849><c> learn</c>

00:38:08.269 --> 00:38:08.989
in<00:38:08.630><c> depth.</c>

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It's<00:38:09.730><c> the</c><00:38:09.929><c> one</c><00:38:10.110><c> place</c><00:38:10.469><c> where</c><00:38:10.690><c> someone</c><00:38:10.969><c> isn't</c><00:38:11.269><c> talking</c><00:38:11.730><c> at</c><00:38:12.150><c> you,</c>

00:38:12.809 --> 00:38:15.429
but<00:38:12.949><c> where</c><00:38:13.170><c> you're</c><00:38:13.530><c> iterating</c><00:38:14.010><c> and</c><00:38:14.269><c> learning</c><00:38:14.610><c> back</c><00:38:15.010><c> and</c><00:38:15.250><c> forth.</c>

00:38:15.630 --> 00:38:19.550
I<00:38:15.909><c> would</c><00:38:16.150><c> compare</c><00:38:16.409><c> a</c><00:38:16.550><c> Bible</c><00:38:16.909><c> class</c><00:38:17.170><c> to</c><00:38:17.369><c> the</c><00:38:17.670><c> discussion</c><00:38:18.010><c> section</c><00:38:18.389><c> of</c><00:38:18.610><c> a</c><00:38:18.750><c> course.</c>

00:38:19.869 --> 00:38:23.070
It's<00:38:20.409><c> where</c><00:38:20.570><c> you</c><00:38:20.809><c> really</c><00:38:21.150><c> get</c><00:38:21.369><c> to</c><00:38:21.530><c> the</c><00:38:21.769><c> heart</c><00:38:21.969><c> of</c><00:38:22.230><c> things</c><00:38:22.590><c> when</c>

00:38:23.070 --> 00:38:25.010
you<00:38:23.289><c> want</c><00:38:23.429><c> to</c><00:38:23.670><c> learn</c><00:38:23.809><c> and</c><00:38:24.110><c> grow.</c>

00:38:25.510 --> 00:38:30.030
Now<00:38:25.610><c> this</c><00:38:25.889><c> idea</c><00:38:26.429><c> of</c><00:38:27.429><c> what</c><00:38:27.730><c> was</c><00:38:27.969><c> happening</c><00:38:28.309><c> here,</c><00:38:28.929><c> you</c><00:38:28.989><c> read</c><00:38:29.150><c> verse</c><00:38:29.590><c> 11</c>

00:38:30.030 --> 00:38:31.650
again<00:38:30.469><c> of</c><00:38:30.690><c> chapter</c><00:38:31.010><c> 2,</c>

00:38:32.010 --> 00:38:34.929
these<00:38:32.269><c> people,</c><00:38:32.829><c> and</c><00:38:32.929><c> I</c><00:38:33.309><c> set</c><00:38:33.550><c> the</c><00:38:33.809><c> stage</c><00:38:34.030><c> for</c><00:38:34.210><c> this</c><00:38:34.349><c> and</c><00:38:34.489><c> I</c><00:38:34.590><c> think</c><00:38:34.730><c> we</c>

00:38:34.929 --> 00:38:35.989
understand<00:38:35.429><c> this</c><00:38:35.670><c> now,</c>

00:38:36.469 --> 00:38:39.409
Ephesus<00:38:36.909><c> was</c><00:38:37.570><c> immersed</c><00:38:38.130><c> in</c><00:38:38.369><c> their</c><00:38:38.570><c> Gentile</c><00:38:39.110><c> past.</c>

00:38:39.650 --> 00:38:44.769
It<00:38:39.869><c> was</c><00:38:40.190><c> a</c><00:38:40.329><c> city</c><00:38:40.889><c> of</c><00:38:41.650><c> pagan</c><00:38:42.190><c> strength</c><00:38:43.010><c> all</c><00:38:43.530><c> the</c><00:38:43.590><c> way</c><00:38:43.769><c> through,</c>

00:38:45.190 --> 00:38:48.989
wherefore,<00:38:45.909><c> being</c><00:38:46.210><c> in</c><00:38:46.489><c> time</c><00:38:46.849><c> past</c><00:38:47.289><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:48.010><c> in</c><00:38:48.309><c> the</c><00:38:48.610><c> flesh</c>

00:38:48.989 --> 00:38:51.650
who<00:38:50.050><c> are</c><00:38:50.309><c> called</c><00:38:50.550><c> uncircumcision</c>

00:38:51.650 --> 00:38:54.329
by<00:38:52.210><c> that</c><00:38:52.469><c> which</c><00:38:52.670><c> is</c><00:38:52.969><c> called</c><00:38:53.170><c> the</c><00:38:53.389><c> circumcision</c><00:38:53.889><c> in</c><00:38:54.110><c> the</c><00:38:54.210><c> hands</c>

00:38:54.329 --> 00:38:54.809
of<00:38:54.489><c> the</c><00:38:54.670><c> flesh.</c>

00:38:55.110 --> 00:38:58.710
I'm<00:38:55.329><c> talking</c><00:38:55.690><c> also</c><00:38:56.070><c> about</c><00:38:56.409><c> the</c><00:38:56.670><c> Judaism</c><00:38:57.130><c> situation</c><00:38:58.329><c> that</c><00:38:58.550><c> was</c>

00:38:58.710 --> 00:38:59.250
in<00:38:58.849><c> the</c><00:38:58.989><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:38:59.250 --> 00:39:01.150
because<00:38:59.449><c> there</c><00:38:59.610><c> were</c><00:38:59.750><c> Jews</c><00:38:59.929><c> in</c><00:39:00.090><c> this</c><00:39:00.289><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:00.650><c> too.</c>

00:39:01.530 --> 00:39:05.550
But<00:39:01.750><c> many</c><00:39:02.050><c> of</c><00:39:02.210><c> the</c><00:39:02.409><c> problems</c><00:39:02.789><c> that</c><00:39:02.969><c> they</c><00:39:03.170><c> had</c><00:39:03.570><c> came</c><00:39:03.989><c> about</c><00:39:04.590><c> because</c><00:39:05.230><c> of</c>

00:39:05.550 --> 00:39:07.530
the<00:39:05.869><c> moral</c><00:39:06.170><c> situation</c><00:39:06.809><c> in</c><00:39:07.010><c> that</c><00:39:07.190><c> city.</c>

00:39:07.530 --> 00:39:14.050
And<00:39:08.469><c> another</c><00:39:09.369><c> issue</c><00:39:09.730><c> came</c><00:39:10.050><c> about</c><00:39:10.429><c> here,</c><00:39:11.929><c> wrong</c><00:39:12.349><c> doctrine</c><00:39:13.389><c> led</c>

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to<00:39:14.550><c> wrong</c><00:39:15.130><c> behavior.</c>

00:39:17.269 --> 00:39:21.349
And<00:39:17.429><c> partially</c><00:39:17.869><c> it</c><00:39:18.110><c> may</c><00:39:18.409><c> have</c><00:39:18.710><c> been</c><00:39:19.510><c> because</c><00:39:20.630><c> of</c><00:39:20.829><c> this</c><00:39:21.050><c> very</c>

00:39:21.349 --> 00:39:24.309
situation<00:39:22.050><c> with</c><00:39:22.309><c> the</c><00:39:22.510><c> baptism</c><00:39:22.989><c> of</c><00:39:23.389><c> John</c>

00:39:25.369 --> 00:39:29.670
and<00:39:26.210><c> Apollos'</c><00:39:26.889><c> preaching,</c><00:39:28.230><c> a</c><00:39:28.510><c> faction</c><00:39:28.829><c> may</c><00:39:29.130><c> have</c><00:39:29.309><c> developed</c>

00:39:29.670 --> 00:39:30.469
in<00:39:29.889><c> the</c><00:39:30.130><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:39:30.469 --> 00:39:34.289
who<00:39:30.670><c> were</c><00:39:30.969><c> very</c><00:39:31.210><c> much</c><00:39:31.449><c> more</c><00:39:31.869><c> emphatic</c><00:39:32.530><c> about</c><00:39:32.969><c> the</c><00:39:33.610><c> repentance</c>

00:39:34.289 --> 00:39:36.530
issues<00:39:35.269><c> of</c><00:39:35.969><c> baptism</c>

00:39:36.530 --> 00:39:40.150
and<00:39:37.030><c> had</c><00:39:37.309><c> not</c><00:39:37.610><c> really</c><00:39:38.130><c> completely</c><00:39:38.969><c> understood</c><00:39:39.550><c> the</c><00:39:39.829><c> atoning</c>

00:39:40.150 --> 00:39:41.789
work<00:39:40.429><c> of</c><00:39:40.610><c> the</c><00:39:40.690><c> Lord</c><00:39:40.869><c> Jesus</c><00:39:41.269><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:42.269 --> 00:39:50.449
And<00:39:42.349><c> so</c><00:39:42.590><c> Paul</c><00:39:43.349><c> makes</c><00:39:44.090><c> a</c><00:39:44.510><c> very,</c><00:39:45.090><c> very</c><00:39:45.570><c> strong</c><00:39:45.869><c> effort</c><00:39:46.469><c> to</c><00:39:48.170><c> clarify</c><00:39:49.469><c> the</c>

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atoning<00:39:50.889><c> work</c><00:39:51.230><c> of</c><00:39:51.409><c> Jesus</c><00:39:51.829><c> Christ.</c>

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Because<00:39:52.929><c> if</c><00:39:53.130><c> we</c><00:39:53.289><c> don't</c><00:39:53.570><c> understand</c><00:39:54.150><c> why</c><00:39:54.730><c> Jesus</c><00:39:55.230><c> Christ</c><00:39:55.570><c> died</c>

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for<00:39:56.269><c> us,</c>

00:39:57.329 --> 00:40:00.190
we<00:39:57.630><c> do</c><00:39:57.849><c> not</c><00:39:57.969><c> have</c><00:39:58.110><c> an</c><00:39:58.389><c> appreciation</c><00:39:58.929><c> of</c><00:39:59.130><c> what</c><00:39:59.349><c> we</c><00:39:59.630><c> have</c><00:39:59.829><c> to</c><00:39:59.989><c> do</c>

00:40:00.190 --> 00:40:01.510
about<00:40:00.449><c> it.</c>

00:40:02.110 --> 00:40:07.550
And<00:40:02.630><c> let's</c><00:40:03.150><c> make</c><00:40:03.409><c> it</c><00:40:04.070><c> a</c><00:40:04.690><c> little</c><00:40:06.170><c> further</c><00:40:06.530><c> clarity</c><00:40:07.070><c> by</c><00:40:07.309><c> looking</c>

00:40:07.550 --> 00:40:10.510
at<00:40:07.590><c> what</c><00:40:07.690><c> he</c><00:40:07.889><c> tells</c><00:40:08.170><c> the</c><00:40:08.449><c> Romans</c><00:40:08.809><c> in</c><00:40:09.050><c> chapter</c><00:40:09.550><c> 3.</c>

00:40:11.429 --> 00:40:17.449
You<00:40:11.530><c> see,</c><00:40:12.170><c> to</c><00:40:12.309><c> pagan</c><00:40:12.769><c> mind,</c><00:40:14.869><c> sacrifice</c><00:40:15.610><c> meant</c><00:40:16.329><c> appease</c><00:40:17.230><c> an</c>

00:40:17.449 --> 00:40:18.730
angry<00:40:17.829><c> God.</c>

00:40:19.690 --> 00:40:22.349
You<00:40:20.010><c> would</c><00:40:20.289><c> take</c><00:40:20.469><c> an</c><00:40:20.710><c> animal</c><00:40:20.969><c> or</c><00:40:21.190><c> some</c><00:40:21.409><c> type</c><00:40:21.630><c> of</c><00:40:21.849><c> sacrifice</c>

00:40:22.349 --> 00:40:24.030
and<00:40:22.570><c> you</c><00:40:22.889><c> sacrifice</c><00:40:23.449><c> that</c><00:40:23.769><c> animal,</c>

00:40:24.190 --> 00:40:26.690
let<00:40:24.349><c> out</c><00:40:24.610><c> the</c><00:40:24.769><c> blood</c><00:40:25.110><c> of</c><00:40:25.309><c> the</c><00:40:25.510><c> squealing,</c><00:40:25.929><c> screaming</c><00:40:26.269><c> animal,</c>

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put<00:40:27.090><c> him</c><00:40:27.170><c> on</c><00:40:27.329><c> the</c><00:40:27.590><c> altar,</c><00:40:28.369><c> burnt</c><00:40:28.510><c> it</c><00:40:28.710><c> up,</c>

00:40:28.949 --> 00:40:33.429
and<00:40:29.289><c> that</c><00:40:29.449><c> was</c><00:40:29.650><c> to</c><00:40:29.869><c> appease</c><00:40:30.409><c> an</c><00:40:30.590><c> angry</c><00:40:30.909><c> God.</c><00:40:31.989><c> That</c><00:40:32.190><c> was</c><00:40:32.429><c> the</c><00:40:32.650><c> issue</c><00:40:32.989><c> of</c>

00:40:33.429 --> 00:40:34.550
pagan<00:40:33.730><c> sacrifices.</c>

00:40:34.849 --> 00:40:39.489
Things<00:40:35.090><c> were</c><00:40:35.369><c> devoted</c><00:40:35.869><c> to</c><00:40:36.150><c> Diana,</c><00:40:37.349><c> to</c><00:40:37.610><c> appease</c><00:40:38.289><c> the</c><00:40:38.570><c> God,</c><00:40:39.349><c> to</c>

00:40:39.489 --> 00:40:41.550
give<00:40:39.710><c> sacrifice</c><00:40:40.289><c> unto</c><00:40:40.510><c> the</c><00:40:40.769><c> God.</c>

00:40:41.690 --> 00:40:47.690
The<00:40:41.969><c> sacrifice</c><00:40:42.429><c> of</c><00:40:42.750><c> Christ</c><00:40:43.510><c> was</c><00:40:45.210><c> in</c><00:40:45.630><c> line</c><00:40:46.130><c> with</c><00:40:46.670><c> the</c><00:40:47.150><c> Passover.</c>

00:40:48.150 --> 00:40:50.570
It<00:40:48.269><c> was</c><00:40:48.510><c> in</c><00:40:48.710><c> line</c><00:40:48.869><c> with</c><00:40:49.070><c> the</c><00:40:49.230><c> whole</c><00:40:49.469><c> issues</c><00:40:49.849><c> wrapped</c><00:40:50.150><c> up</c><00:40:50.369><c> in</c>

00:40:50.570 --> 00:40:53.409
Judaism<00:40:50.909><c> which</c><00:40:51.230><c> many</c><00:40:51.610><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:52.289><c> didn't</c><00:40:52.869><c> know,</c>

00:40:53.409 --> 00:40:56.269
did<00:40:54.429><c> not</c><00:40:54.650><c> have</c><00:40:54.809><c> a</c><00:40:54.989><c> history</c><00:40:55.329><c> and</c><00:40:55.510><c> a</c><00:40:55.710><c> knowledge</c><00:40:56.030><c> of.</c>

00:40:56.610 --> 00:41:01.389
And<00:40:56.750><c> so</c><00:40:56.889><c> the</c><00:40:57.150><c> atoning</c><00:40:57.550><c> work</c><00:40:57.949><c> of</c><00:40:58.269><c> sacrifice</c><00:40:58.849><c> to</c><00:40:59.110><c> them</c><00:40:59.530><c> was</c><00:41:00.789><c> an</c>

00:41:01.389 --> 00:41:02.590
issue<00:41:01.650><c> of</c><00:41:01.949><c> substitution.</c>

00:41:02.829 --> 00:41:07.090
Christ<00:41:03.070><c> died</c><00:41:03.409><c> instead</c><00:41:03.750><c> of</c><00:41:03.949><c> me.</c><00:41:05.329><c> And</c><00:41:05.550><c> now</c><00:41:05.670><c> that</c><00:41:05.829><c> Christ</c><00:41:06.070><c> died,</c>

00:41:07.210 --> 00:41:08.250
I<00:41:07.369><c> am</c><00:41:07.510><c> covered.</c>

00:41:09.269 --> 00:41:12.150
Just<00:41:09.469><c> as</c><00:41:09.690><c> I</c><00:41:09.809><c> would</c><00:41:09.989><c> sacrifice</c><00:41:10.469><c> an</c><00:41:10.690><c> animal</c><00:41:10.969><c> to</c><00:41:11.190><c> appease</c><00:41:11.510><c> an</c><00:41:11.690><c> angry</c><00:41:11.909><c> God</c>

00:41:12.150 --> 00:41:13.530
and<00:41:12.329><c> cover</c><00:41:12.469><c> my</c><00:41:12.730><c> sins.</c>

00:41:13.909 --> 00:41:18.590
So<00:41:14.170><c> they</c><00:41:14.389><c> saw</c><00:41:14.650><c> Christ</c><00:41:15.070><c> as</c><00:41:15.389><c> a</c><00:41:15.690><c> substitute</c><00:41:16.230><c> for</c><00:41:16.489><c> their</c><00:41:16.829><c> own</c><00:41:17.469><c> sacrificial</c><00:41:18.110><c> life</c>

00:41:18.590 --> 00:41:22.190
instead<00:41:19.110><c> of</c><00:41:19.469><c> representative</c><00:41:20.190><c> of</c><00:41:20.690><c> what</c><00:41:20.909><c> God</c><00:41:21.170><c> was</c><00:41:21.449><c> going</c><00:41:21.610><c> to</c><00:41:21.889><c> do</c>

00:41:22.190 --> 00:41:23.909
for<00:41:22.570><c> them.</c>

00:41:24.510 --> 00:41:30.550
The<00:41:24.789><c> third</c><00:41:25.670><c> book</c><00:41:26.110><c> of</c><00:41:26.349><c> Romans,</c><00:41:26.730><c> I</c><00:41:26.869><c> think,</c><00:41:27.110><c> gives</c><00:41:27.230><c> a</c><00:41:27.510><c> particularly</c><00:41:28.130><c> clear</c><00:41:29.349><c> view</c>

00:41:30.550 --> 00:41:31.909
of<00:41:30.789><c> this.</c>

00:41:32.849 --> 00:41:40.730
It's<00:41:33.449><c> chapter</c><00:41:33.949><c> 3</c><00:41:34.869><c> and</c><00:41:35.769><c> we</c><00:41:35.969><c> can</c><00:41:36.230><c> read</c><00:41:36.510><c> from</c><00:41:36.809><c> verse</c><00:41:37.150><c> 21</c><00:41:38.150><c> to</c><00:41:39.409><c> perhaps</c><00:41:39.909><c> 26</c><00:41:40.469><c> or</c>

00:41:40.730 --> 00:41:42.210
so<00:41:40.929><c> for</c><00:41:41.829><c> clarity.</c>

00:41:42.329 --> 00:41:45.349
I'm<00:41:42.409><c> also</c><00:41:42.710><c> going</c><00:41:42.869><c> to</c><00:41:43.070><c> read</c><00:41:43.269><c> a</c><00:41:43.730><c> couple</c><00:41:43.949><c> of</c><00:41:44.130><c> verses</c><00:41:44.349><c> in</c><00:41:44.610><c> the</c><00:41:44.889><c> NIV</c>

00:41:45.349 --> 00:41:50.269
which<00:41:45.809><c> I</c><00:41:45.989><c> think</c><00:41:46.190><c> give</c><00:41:46.409><c> a</c><00:41:47.150><c> very</c><00:41:47.630><c> much</c><00:41:48.070><c> more</c><00:41:48.750><c> modern</c><00:41:49.329><c> English</c><00:41:49.690><c> translation.</c>

00:41:50.650 --> 00:41:54.429
He<00:41:50.690><c> says,</c><00:41:51.090><c> now</c><00:41:51.150><c> the</c><00:41:51.449><c> righteousness</c><00:41:51.909><c> of</c><00:41:52.369><c> God</c><00:41:53.130><c> without</c><00:41:53.929><c> the</c><00:41:54.250><c> law</c>

00:41:54.429 --> 00:41:56.130
is<00:41:54.829><c> manifest,</c>

00:41:56.210 --> 00:41:58.869
being<00:41:56.369><c> witnessed</c><00:41:56.750><c> by</c><00:41:57.010><c> the</c><00:41:57.269><c> law</c><00:41:57.530><c> and</c><00:41:57.769><c> the</c><00:41:58.030><c> prophets.</c>

00:41:58.889 --> 00:42:02.429
So<00:41:59.050><c> God's</c><00:41:59.429><c> righteousness</c><00:41:59.789><c> is</c><00:42:00.190><c> revealed</c><00:42:00.829><c> through</c><00:42:02.010><c> the</c><00:42:02.190><c> law</c>

00:42:02.429 --> 00:42:04.949
and<00:42:02.650><c> the</c><00:42:02.889><c> prophets,</c><00:42:03.610><c> through</c><00:42:03.730><c> the</c><00:42:03.829><c> Old</c><00:42:03.989><c> Testament.</c>

00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:08.869
Even<00:42:05.409><c> the</c><00:42:05.630><c> righteousness</c><00:42:05.969><c> of</c><00:42:06.329><c> God</c><00:42:06.889><c> which</c><00:42:07.309><c> is</c><00:42:07.570><c> by</c><00:42:07.889><c> faith</c><00:42:08.269><c> of</c>

00:42:08.869 --> 00:42:10.829
Jesus<00:42:09.369><c> Christ</c><00:42:09.909><c> unto</c><00:42:10.289><c> all</c>

00:42:10.829 --> 00:42:14.570
and<00:42:11.309><c> upon</c><00:42:11.630><c> all</c><00:42:12.010><c> them</c><00:42:12.230><c> that</c><00:42:12.489><c> believe,</c><00:42:13.349><c> for</c><00:42:13.489><c> there</c><00:42:13.670><c> is</c><00:42:13.849><c> no</c><00:42:14.110><c> difference.</c>

00:42:14.570 --> 00:42:20.949
So<00:42:15.550><c> belief</c><00:42:16.090><c> in</c><00:42:16.269><c> Jesus</c><00:42:16.670><c> Christ</c><00:42:17.869><c> covers</c><00:42:18.409><c> both</c><00:42:18.829><c> Jew</c><00:42:18.989><c> and</c><00:42:19.170><c> Gentile.</c>

00:42:21.429 --> 00:42:24.150
Upon<00:42:22.050><c> all</c><00:42:22.650><c> who</c><00:42:23.010><c> believe,</c><00:42:23.449><c> there</c><00:42:23.570><c> is</c><00:42:23.690><c> no</c><00:42:23.909><c> difference.</c>

00:42:24.230 --> 00:42:26.929
God<00:42:24.429><c> has</c><00:42:24.630><c> not</c><00:42:24.789><c> made</c><00:42:25.070><c> a</c><00:42:25.269><c> difference</c><00:42:25.489><c> between</c><00:42:25.929><c> the</c><00:42:26.130><c> Old</c><00:42:26.369><c> Covenant</c><00:42:26.690><c> and</c><00:42:26.849><c> the</c>

00:42:26.929 --> 00:42:28.050
New<00:42:27.130><c> Covenant.</c>

00:42:28.110 --> 00:42:30.849
Jesus'<00:42:28.530><c> sacrifice</c><00:42:29.289><c> covers</c><00:42:29.769><c> all.</c>

00:42:31.989 --> 00:42:38.170
Being<00:42:32.610><c> for</c><00:42:33.230><c> all</c><00:42:33.769><c> have</c><00:42:34.210><c> sin</c><00:42:34.849><c> and</c><00:42:35.570><c> come</c><00:42:35.829><c> short</c><00:42:36.210><c> of</c><00:42:36.409><c> the</c><00:42:36.630><c> glory</c><00:42:37.030><c> of</c><00:42:37.349><c> God.</c>

00:42:38.489 --> 00:42:40.889
That's<00:42:38.869><c> a</c><00:42:38.949><c> very</c><00:42:39.349><c> important</c><00:42:39.889><c> thing</c><00:42:40.170><c> to</c><00:42:40.369><c> acknowledge.</c>

00:42:41.309 --> 00:42:43.429
Because<00:42:41.449><c> there</c><00:42:41.909><c> are</c><00:42:42.070><c> people,</c><00:42:42.449><c> and</c><00:42:42.590><c> I've</c><00:42:42.789><c> run</c><00:42:42.909><c> into</c><00:42:43.110><c> people</c>

00:42:43.429 --> 00:42:43.809
like<00:42:43.670><c> this,</c>

00:42:43.809 --> 00:42:46.510
I'm<00:42:43.929><c> sure</c><00:42:44.150><c> you</c><00:42:44.469><c> have,</c><00:42:44.750><c> who</c><00:42:44.809><c> say,</c><00:42:45.070><c> I'm</c><00:42:45.150><c> a</c><00:42:45.289><c> good</c><00:42:45.449><c> person.</c>

00:42:46.590 --> 00:42:49.289
I<00:42:46.809><c> try</c><00:42:47.070><c> to</c><00:42:47.329><c> follow</c><00:42:47.530><c> the</c><00:42:47.710><c> laws</c><00:42:47.949><c> of</c><00:42:48.150><c> God</c><00:42:48.389><c> and</c><00:42:48.530><c> I</c><00:42:48.690><c> follow</c><00:42:48.929><c> the</c><00:42:49.070><c> laws</c>

00:42:49.289 --> 00:42:49.750
of<00:42:49.469><c> the</c><00:42:49.610><c> land</c>

00:42:49.750 --> 00:42:51.630
and<00:42:49.849><c> I'm</c><00:42:50.010><c> a</c><00:42:50.070><c> good</c><00:42:50.190><c> person,</c><00:42:50.489><c> God's</c><00:42:50.789><c> going</c><00:42:50.929><c> to</c><00:42:51.090><c> save</c><00:42:51.250><c> me.</c>

00:42:51.869 --> 00:42:53.690
That's<00:42:52.210><c> not</c><00:42:52.369><c> what</c><00:42:52.489><c> God</c><00:42:52.710><c> says.</c>

00:42:54.030 --> 00:42:57.789
You<00:42:54.170><c> may</c><00:42:54.349><c> feel</c><00:42:54.610><c> that</c><00:42:54.869><c> way,</c><00:42:56.050><c> but</c><00:42:56.230><c> that's</c><00:42:56.630><c> kind</c><00:42:56.789><c> of</c><00:42:57.070><c> human</c>

00:42:57.789 --> 00:42:58.909
nature<00:42:58.369><c> talking</c>

00:42:58.909 --> 00:43:02.530
and<00:42:59.570><c> not</c><00:43:00.050><c> really</c><00:43:00.650><c> a</c><00:43:00.809><c> person</c><00:43:01.130><c> who's</c><00:43:01.550><c> completely</c><00:43:02.010><c> spiritually</c>

00:43:02.530 --> 00:43:05.150
thought<00:43:02.849><c> through</c><00:43:03.170><c> our</c><00:43:03.469><c> relationship</c><00:43:04.030><c> to</c><00:43:04.230><c> God.</c>

00:43:05.929 --> 00:43:09.630
None<00:43:06.130><c> of</c><00:43:06.309><c> us</c><00:43:07.050><c> can</c><00:43:07.409><c> claim</c><00:43:07.909><c> to</c><00:43:08.389><c> have</c><00:43:08.510><c> walked</c><00:43:08.750><c> perfectly</c><00:43:09.289><c> in</c><00:43:09.489><c> the</c>

00:43:09.630 --> 00:43:11.250
footsteps<00:43:09.969><c> of</c><00:43:10.210><c> the</c><00:43:10.289><c> Lord</c><00:43:10.429><c> Jesus</c><00:43:10.789><c> Christ.</c>

00:43:11.250 --> 00:43:15.750
And<00:43:11.909><c> the</c><00:43:11.989><c> Apostle</c><00:43:12.469><c> here</c><00:43:12.710><c> says,</c><00:43:13.469><c> for</c><00:43:13.469><c> all</c><00:43:14.010><c> have</c><00:43:14.329><c> sinned.</c>

00:43:16.050 --> 00:43:19.510
And<00:43:16.110><c> then</c><00:43:16.289><c> verse</c><00:43:16.530><c> 24</c><00:43:16.909><c> he</c><00:43:17.050><c> says,</c><00:43:17.710><c> being</c><00:43:17.710><c> justified</c><00:43:18.429><c> freely</c><00:43:19.030><c> by</c>

00:43:19.510 --> 00:43:20.789
his<00:43:19.929><c> grace</c>

00:43:20.789 --> 00:43:25.309
through<00:43:21.929><c> the</c><00:43:22.289><c> redemption</c><00:43:22.769><c> that</c><00:43:23.110><c> is</c><00:43:23.510><c> in</c><00:43:23.789><c> Christ</c><00:43:24.090><c> Jesus.</c>

00:43:25.909 --> 00:43:30.449
John<00:43:26.090><c> Thomas</c><00:43:26.449><c> defined</c><00:43:26.909><c> that</c><00:43:27.170><c> word</c><00:43:27.369><c> redemption</c><00:43:27.949><c> as</c><00:43:28.429><c> release</c><00:43:28.949><c> for</c><00:43:29.429><c> a</c><00:43:29.590><c> ransom.</c>

00:43:32.010 --> 00:43:37.530
Jesus<00:43:32.789><c> paid</c><00:43:33.570><c> the</c><00:43:34.130><c> price</c><00:43:34.989><c> to</c><00:43:36.329><c> free</c><00:43:36.510><c> us.</c>

00:43:37.829 --> 00:43:39.869
And<00:43:38.150><c> we</c><00:43:38.269><c> have</c><00:43:38.469><c> to</c><00:43:38.769><c> avail</c><00:43:38.989><c> ourselves</c><00:43:39.489><c> of</c><00:43:39.690><c> that.</c>

00:43:39.869 --> 00:43:41.510
He<00:43:40.070><c> didn't</c><00:43:40.409><c> substitute</c><00:43:40.989><c> for</c><00:43:41.210><c> us.</c>

00:43:41.909 --> 00:43:44.929
We<00:43:41.929><c> have</c><00:43:42.150><c> to</c><00:43:42.409><c> avail</c><00:43:42.670><c> ourselves</c><00:43:43.150><c> of</c><00:43:43.389><c> his</c><00:43:43.610><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:43:45.250 --> 00:43:49.429
Whom<00:43:45.889><c> God</c><00:43:46.190><c> had</c><00:43:46.510><c> set</c><00:43:46.690><c> forth</c><00:43:46.949><c> to</c><00:43:47.170><c> be</c><00:43:47.369><c> a</c><00:43:47.610><c> propitiation</c><00:43:48.449><c> or</c><00:43:48.750><c> a</c><00:43:48.909><c> covering</c>

00:43:49.429 --> 00:43:55.309
through<00:43:50.530><c> faith</c><00:43:51.190><c> in</c><00:43:52.369><c> his</c><00:43:52.710><c> blood</c><00:43:53.150><c> to</c><00:43:53.809><c> declare</c><00:43:54.269><c> his</c><00:43:54.769><c> righteousness.</c>

00:43:55.610 --> 00:43:58.989
And<00:43:55.710><c> notice,</c><00:43:56.250><c> not</c><00:43:56.449><c> to</c><00:43:56.789><c> substitute</c><00:43:57.170><c> for</c><00:43:57.409><c> us,</c><00:43:57.750><c> but</c><00:43:57.929><c> to</c><00:43:58.510><c> declare</c>

00:43:58.989 --> 00:44:00.610
God's<00:43:59.630><c> righteousness.</c>

00:44:01.329 --> 00:44:07.510
Jesus<00:44:01.710><c> Christ's</c><00:44:02.510><c> crucifixion,</c><00:44:04.050><c> resurrection,</c><00:44:05.349><c> declared</c><00:44:05.809><c> what</c><00:44:06.090><c> God</c><00:44:06.409><c> was</c><00:44:06.730><c> going</c><00:44:06.929><c> to</c><00:44:07.289><c> do</c>

00:44:07.510 --> 00:44:12.130
for<00:44:07.849><c> all</c><00:44:08.269><c> mankind</c><00:44:08.889><c> that</c><00:44:09.409><c> followed</c><00:44:09.809><c> in</c><00:44:10.530><c> that</c><00:44:10.989><c> way.</c>

00:44:12.510 --> 00:44:16.929
It<00:44:12.829><c> showed</c><00:44:13.329><c> that</c><00:44:13.690><c> we</c><00:44:13.929><c> could</c><00:44:14.289><c> conquer</c><00:44:14.869><c> sin</c><00:44:15.230><c> and</c><00:44:15.570><c> death</c><00:44:16.030><c> through</c>

00:44:16.929 --> 00:44:18.670
Jesus<00:44:17.590><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:19.010 --> 00:44:22.829
So<00:44:19.170><c> he</c><00:44:19.369><c> calls</c><00:44:19.690><c> it</c><00:44:19.949><c> a</c><00:44:20.090><c> declaration,</c><00:44:21.329><c> not</c><00:44:21.570><c> a</c><00:44:21.710><c> substitution.</c>

00:44:23.250 --> 00:44:25.610
To<00:44:23.369><c> the</c><00:44:23.550><c> remission</c><00:44:23.889><c> of</c><00:44:24.150><c> sins</c><00:44:24.389><c> that</c><00:44:24.630><c> are</c><00:44:24.849><c> passed</c><00:44:25.190><c> through</c><00:44:25.429><c> the</c>

00:44:25.610 --> 00:44:26.690
forbearance<00:44:26.190><c> of</c><00:44:26.369><c> God.</c>

00:44:27.070 --> 00:44:31.469
To<00:44:27.269><c> declare,</c><00:44:28.070><c> I</c><00:44:28.449><c> say,</c><00:44:29.190><c> at</c><00:44:29.389><c> this</c><00:44:29.650><c> time</c><00:44:29.889><c> his</c><00:44:30.190><c> righteousness.</c>

00:44:31.989 --> 00:44:36.230
So<00:44:32.130><c> the</c><00:44:32.409><c> crucifixion,</c><00:44:33.150><c> resurrection</c><00:44:33.570><c> of</c><00:44:33.710><c> Jesus</c><00:44:34.070><c> declares</c><00:44:34.630><c> and</c><00:44:34.889><c> shows</c><00:44:35.170><c> the</c><00:44:35.409><c> righteousness</c><00:44:35.769><c> of</c><00:44:36.030><c> God.</c>

00:44:36.230 --> 00:44:40.449
It<00:44:36.369><c> shows</c><00:44:36.610><c> what</c><00:44:36.750><c> he's</c><00:44:37.030><c> going</c><00:44:37.349><c> to</c><00:44:37.650><c> do</c><00:44:37.809><c> for</c><00:44:38.070><c> us</c><00:44:38.610><c> if</c><00:44:39.489><c> we</c><00:44:39.829><c> follow</c><00:44:40.170><c> in</c>

00:44:40.449 --> 00:44:42.210
the<00:44:40.610><c> footsteps</c><00:44:40.969><c> of</c><00:44:41.230><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:42.409 --> 00:44:45.409
That<00:44:42.489><c> he</c><00:44:42.650><c> might</c><00:44:42.889><c> be</c><00:44:43.230><c> just</c><00:44:43.570><c> and</c><00:44:44.090><c> the</c><00:44:44.329><c> justifier</c><00:44:44.809><c> of</c><00:44:44.949><c> him</c><00:44:45.170><c> that</c>

00:44:45.409 --> 00:44:47.670
believed<00:44:45.949><c> in</c><00:44:46.650><c> Jesus.</c>

00:44:48.110 --> 00:44:50.489
I'm<00:44:48.429><c> going</c><00:44:48.489><c> to</c><00:44:48.610><c> read</c><00:44:48.769><c> this</c><00:44:48.989><c> also</c><00:44:49.329><c> in</c><00:44:49.489><c> the</c><00:44:49.710><c> NIV.</c>

00:44:50.650 --> 00:44:53.869
And<00:44:50.650><c> the</c><00:44:51.010><c> only</c><00:44:51.250><c> NIV</c><00:44:51.610><c> I</c><00:44:51.730><c> have</c><00:44:51.909><c> is</c><00:44:52.130><c> in</c><00:44:52.230><c> my</c><00:44:52.550><c> portable</c><00:44:52.909><c> computer.</c>

00:44:54.710 --> 00:44:59.289
So<00:44:55.070><c> if</c><00:44:55.130><c> you</c><00:44:55.309><c> bear</c><00:44:55.469><c> with</c><00:44:55.690><c> me</c><00:44:55.869><c> a</c><00:44:55.949><c> minute,</c><00:44:56.809><c> if</c><00:44:56.969><c> I</c><00:44:57.110><c> get</c><00:44:57.250><c> this</c><00:44:57.489><c> to</c><00:44:57.730><c> work,</c><00:44:59.010><c> it</c>

00:44:59.289 --> 00:45:00.550
works,<00:44:59.690><c> okay.</c>

00:45:00.969 --> 00:45:03.670
I'm<00:45:01.190><c> reading</c><00:45:01.269><c> you</c><00:45:01.510><c> 25</c><00:45:02.010><c> and</c><00:45:02.130><c> 26</c><00:45:02.690><c> on</c><00:45:02.929><c> the</c><00:45:03.110><c> NIV.</c>

00:45:03.670 --> 00:45:09.170
God<00:45:04.449><c> presented</c><00:45:05.050><c> him,</c><00:45:05.750><c> Jesus</c><00:45:06.030><c> Christ,</c><00:45:06.869><c> as</c><00:45:07.050><c> a</c><00:45:07.349><c> sacrifice</c><00:45:07.929><c> of</c><00:45:08.309><c> atonement</c>

00:45:09.510 --> 00:45:11.909
through<00:45:10.010><c> faith</c><00:45:10.369><c> in</c><00:45:10.610><c> his</c><00:45:10.909><c> blood.</c>

00:45:12.409 --> 00:45:15.130
He<00:45:12.510><c> did</c><00:45:12.769><c> this</c><00:45:12.989><c> to</c><00:45:13.309><c> demonstrate</c><00:45:13.949><c> his</c><00:45:14.369><c> justice</c>

00:45:15.130 --> 00:45:18.469
because<00:45:16.050><c> in</c><00:45:16.369><c> his</c><00:45:16.630><c> forbearance</c><00:45:17.269><c> he</c><00:45:17.389><c> had</c><00:45:17.690><c> left</c><00:45:17.969><c> the</c><00:45:18.250><c> sins</c>

00:45:18.469 --> 00:45:21.309
committed<00:45:19.010><c> beforehand</c><00:45:19.789><c> unpunished.</c>

00:45:21.349 --> 00:45:25.110
He<00:45:21.570><c> did</c><00:45:21.750><c> it</c><00:45:21.969><c> to</c><00:45:22.309><c> demonstrate</c><00:45:22.789><c> his</c><00:45:23.250><c> justice</c><00:45:23.730><c> at</c><00:45:23.949><c> the</c><00:45:24.210><c> present</c><00:45:24.530><c> time</c>

00:45:25.110 --> 00:45:29.130
so<00:45:25.610><c> as</c><00:45:25.869><c> to</c><00:45:26.050><c> be</c><00:45:26.309><c> just</c><00:45:26.670><c> and</c><00:45:27.250><c> the</c><00:45:27.429><c> one</c><00:45:27.630><c> who</c><00:45:28.030><c> justifies</c><00:45:28.570><c> those</c><00:45:28.889><c> who</c>

00:45:29.130 --> 00:45:30.989
have<00:45:29.349><c> faith</c><00:45:29.809><c> in</c><00:45:30.429><c> Jesus.</c>

00:45:30.989 --> 00:45:39.269
So<00:45:31.869><c> faith</c><00:45:32.329><c> in</c><00:45:32.550><c> Jesus</c><00:45:33.070><c> Christ</c><00:45:33.510><c> presents</c><00:45:34.210><c> us</c><00:45:34.769><c> a</c><00:45:35.010><c> way</c><00:45:35.570><c> of</c><00:45:36.550><c> partaking</c><00:45:37.610><c> in</c>

00:45:39.269 --> 00:45:40.329
eternal<00:45:39.849><c> life.</c>

00:45:40.710 --> 00:45:43.889
In<00:45:40.929><c> the</c><00:45:41.190><c> crucifixion</c><00:45:41.889><c> and</c><00:45:42.630><c> the</c><00:45:42.909><c> resurrection.</c>

00:45:44.369 --> 00:45:46.130
And<00:45:44.469><c> this</c><00:45:44.650><c> is</c><00:45:44.889><c> a</c><00:45:44.889><c> very</c><00:45:45.289><c> powerful</c><00:45:45.769><c> thing.</c>

00:45:46.510 --> 00:45:50.070
It's<00:45:46.630><c> not</c><00:45:46.909><c> just</c><00:45:47.269><c> repentance</c><00:45:47.909><c> for</c><00:45:48.590><c> remission</c><00:45:48.989><c> of</c><00:45:49.289><c> sins.</c>

00:45:50.190 --> 00:45:53.070
Baptism<00:45:50.670><c> also</c><00:45:51.329><c> avails</c><00:45:51.809><c> us</c><00:45:52.130><c> of</c><00:45:52.289><c> an</c><00:45:52.530><c> atonement.</c>

00:45:53.070 --> 00:46:00.230
It<00:45:53.690><c> presents</c><00:45:54.130><c> us</c><00:45:54.570><c> a</c><00:45:54.670><c> way</c><00:45:55.650><c> of</c><00:45:56.449><c> walking</c><00:45:57.289><c> down</c><00:45:58.489><c> a</c><00:45:58.969><c> path</c><00:45:59.389><c> that</c><00:45:59.730><c> leads</c><00:46:00.010><c> to</c>

00:46:00.230 --> 00:46:01.949
eternal<00:46:00.690><c> life.</c>

00:46:02.150 --> 00:46:05.170
Now<00:46:02.230><c> the</c><00:46:02.849><c> Ephesians</c><00:46:03.210><c> didn't</c><00:46:03.429><c> seem</c><00:46:03.670><c> to</c><00:46:03.829><c> quite</c><00:46:03.989><c> get</c><00:46:04.170><c> it.</c>

00:46:05.210 --> 00:46:06.670
They<00:46:05.389><c> didn't</c><00:46:05.610><c> really</c><00:46:06.010><c> quite</c><00:46:06.190><c> get</c><00:46:06.389><c> it.</c>

00:46:06.969 --> 00:46:12.170
And<00:46:07.110><c> I</c><00:46:07.269><c> think</c><00:46:07.530><c> they</c><00:46:07.869><c> took</c><00:46:08.130><c> this</c><00:46:08.670><c> issue</c><00:46:09.230><c> not</c><00:46:10.730><c> seriously</c><00:46:11.190><c> enough.</c>

00:46:12.409 --> 00:46:17.449
And<00:46:12.530><c> so</c><00:46:12.929><c> perhaps</c><00:46:13.889><c> feeling</c><00:46:14.769><c> that,</c><00:46:16.010><c> well</c><00:46:16.010><c> I</c><00:46:16.050><c> have</c><00:46:16.250><c> faith</c><00:46:16.469><c> in</c><00:46:16.610><c> Jesus,</c><00:46:17.210><c> so</c>

00:46:17.449 --> 00:46:18.889
I'm<00:46:17.630><c> going</c><00:46:17.710><c> to</c><00:46:17.789><c> be</c><00:46:17.989><c> saved.</c>

00:46:19.889 --> 00:46:23.590
They<00:46:20.349><c> fell</c><00:46:20.730><c> into</c><00:46:21.010><c> the</c><00:46:21.329><c> path</c><00:46:21.630><c> which</c><00:46:21.869><c> sometimes</c><00:46:22.329><c> happens</c><00:46:22.789><c> in</c><00:46:23.010><c> Christianity</c>

00:46:23.590 --> 00:46:25.110
or<00:46:23.789><c> in</c><00:46:23.889><c> certain</c><00:46:24.090><c> branches</c><00:46:24.349><c> of</c><00:46:24.590><c> Christianity.</c>

00:46:25.570 --> 00:46:27.730
They<00:46:26.030><c> now</c><00:46:26.289><c> believe</c><00:46:26.610><c> that</c><00:46:26.750><c> they</c><00:46:26.849><c> can</c><00:46:26.949><c> do</c><00:46:27.090><c> anything</c><00:46:27.309><c> they</c><00:46:27.610><c> want</c>

00:46:27.730 --> 00:46:29.570
because<00:46:27.969><c> they're</c><00:46:28.289><c> going</c><00:46:28.369><c> to</c><00:46:28.449><c> be</c><00:46:28.610><c> saved.</c><00:46:28.869><c> Jesus</c><00:46:29.090><c> Christ</c><00:46:29.329><c> has</c>

00:46:29.570 --> 00:46:30.869
saved<00:46:29.769><c> me.</c>

00:46:31.010 --> 00:46:33.170
In<00:46:31.230><c> fact</c><00:46:31.369><c> if</c><00:46:31.510><c> you</c><00:46:31.690><c> believe</c><00:46:31.909><c> in</c><00:46:32.170><c> universal</c><00:46:32.489><c> salvation</c>

00:46:33.170 --> 00:46:35.190
there's<00:46:33.929><c> no</c><00:46:34.150><c> point</c><00:46:34.309><c> in</c><00:46:34.449><c> you</c><00:46:34.570><c> even</c><00:46:34.769><c> being</c><00:46:34.949><c> here.</c>

00:46:35.329 --> 00:46:37.969
Leave<00:46:35.590><c> right</c><00:46:35.829><c> now</c><00:46:36.789><c> because</c><00:46:37.489><c> you're</c><00:46:37.650><c> saved.</c>

00:46:38.150 --> 00:46:39.469
There's<00:46:38.289><c> nothing</c><00:46:38.469><c> I</c><00:46:38.690><c> can</c><00:46:38.929><c> tell</c><00:46:39.130><c> you.</c>

00:46:39.550 --> 00:46:42.590
There's<00:46:39.710><c> nothing</c><00:46:39.909><c> you</c><00:46:40.210><c> can</c><00:46:40.449><c> do</c><00:46:40.650><c> that's</c><00:46:40.889><c> going</c><00:46:40.969><c> to</c><00:46:41.070><c> make</c><00:46:41.190><c> you</c><00:46:41.369><c> better.</c>

00:46:43.190 --> 00:46:45.170
And<00:46:43.510><c> I</c><00:46:43.630><c> think</c><00:46:43.769><c> the</c><00:46:44.010><c> Ephesians</c><00:46:44.429><c> didn't</c><00:46:44.670><c> get</c><00:46:44.909><c> it.</c>

00:46:45.170 --> 00:46:47.090
They<00:46:45.349><c> didn't</c><00:46:45.570><c> get</c><00:46:45.789><c> it</c><00:46:45.949><c> any</c><00:46:46.170><c> more</c><00:46:46.309><c> than</c><00:46:46.409><c> people</c><00:46:46.730><c> who</c><00:46:46.909><c> believe</c>

00:46:47.090 --> 00:46:48.449
that<00:46:47.369><c> today</c><00:46:47.750><c> get</c><00:46:48.070><c> it.</c>

00:46:48.610 --> 00:46:51.449
So<00:46:48.809><c> they</c><00:46:49.030><c> argued</c><00:46:49.349><c> about</c><00:46:49.610><c> every</c><00:46:49.929><c> wind</c><00:46:50.130><c> of</c><00:46:50.369><c> doctrine</c><00:46:50.710><c> as</c><00:46:50.909><c> we</c><00:46:51.090><c> read</c><00:46:51.230><c> in</c>

00:46:51.449 --> 00:46:52.849
4<00:46:51.610><c> and</c><00:46:51.710><c> 14.</c>

00:46:53.110 --> 00:46:55.610
And<00:46:53.289><c> they</c><00:46:53.849><c> walked</c><00:46:54.150><c> after</c><00:46:54.610><c> Gentile</c><00:46:55.309><c> ways.</c>

00:46:55.730 --> 00:46:59.230
Verse<00:46:55.909><c> 17</c><00:46:57.150><c> of</c><00:46:58.030><c> chapter</c><00:46:58.309><c> 4</c><00:46:58.610><c> of</c><00:46:58.809><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:46:59.389 --> 00:47:03.610
I<00:46:59.389><c> say</c><00:46:59.690><c> therefore</c><00:47:00.190><c> and</c><00:47:00.489><c> testify</c><00:47:01.110><c> in</c><00:47:01.289><c> the</c><00:47:01.510><c> Lord</c><00:47:01.869><c> that</c><00:47:02.210><c> ye</c><00:47:02.489><c> henceforth</c><00:47:03.150><c> walk</c>

00:47:03.610 --> 00:47:08.949
not<00:47:04.170><c> as</c><00:47:04.889><c> other</c><00:47:05.510><c> Gentiles</c><00:47:06.190><c> walk</c><00:47:06.690><c> in</c><00:47:06.929><c> the</c><00:47:07.150><c> vanity</c><00:47:07.469><c> of</c><00:47:07.750><c> their</c><00:47:08.050><c> mind.</c>

00:47:09.050 --> 00:47:12.650
And<00:47:09.329><c> they</c><00:47:09.469><c> didn't</c><00:47:09.789><c> get</c><00:47:10.130><c> it</c><00:47:10.769><c> that</c><00:47:11.190><c> the</c><00:47:11.610><c> demonstration</c><00:47:12.309><c> that</c>

00:47:12.650 --> 00:47:13.650
Jesus<00:47:13.050><c> performed</c>

00:47:13.650 --> 00:47:18.409
meant<00:47:14.230><c> we</c><00:47:14.530><c> had</c><00:47:14.750><c> an</c><00:47:14.989><c> obligation</c><00:47:15.750><c> to</c><00:47:16.369><c> walk</c><00:47:16.750><c> in</c><00:47:17.030><c> his</c><00:47:17.269><c> ways.</c>

00:47:19.329 --> 00:47:22.130
Now<00:47:19.369><c> this</c><00:47:19.650><c> idea</c><00:47:20.170><c> of</c><00:47:20.510><c> just</c><00:47:20.849><c> believing</c><00:47:21.190><c> I</c><00:47:21.449><c> have</c><00:47:21.670><c> faith</c><00:47:21.929><c> and</c>

00:47:22.130 --> 00:47:23.710
therefore<00:47:22.510><c> covers</c><00:47:22.969><c> everything</c>

00:47:23.710 --> 00:47:29.190
is<00:47:24.570><c> what</c><00:47:25.449><c> the</c><00:47:26.269><c> Ephesians</c><00:47:26.730><c> did</c><00:47:27.070><c> that</c><00:47:27.650><c> made</c><00:47:27.869><c> them</c><00:47:28.210><c> keep</c><00:47:28.769><c> doing</c>

00:47:29.190 --> 00:47:31.130
these<00:47:29.510><c> evil</c><00:47:29.829><c> things</c><00:47:30.130><c> over</c><00:47:30.469><c> and</c><00:47:30.590><c> over</c><00:47:30.829><c> again.</c>

00:47:31.429 --> 00:47:33.750
So<00:47:31.849><c> as</c><00:47:32.230><c> we</c><00:47:32.389><c> read</c><00:47:32.489><c> before</c><00:47:32.809><c> they</c><00:47:32.909><c> were</c><00:47:33.150><c> still</c><00:47:33.409><c> stealing.</c>

00:47:33.989 --> 00:47:35.630
They<00:47:34.070><c> still</c><00:47:34.309><c> had</c><00:47:34.809><c> filthy</c><00:47:35.150><c> speech.</c>

00:47:36.030 --> 00:47:39.150
They<00:47:36.210><c> still</c><00:47:36.550><c> had</c><00:47:36.789><c> moral</c><00:47:37.909><c> depravity.</c>

00:47:39.369 --> 00:47:41.050
They<00:47:39.690><c> were</c><00:47:39.969><c> angry</c><00:47:40.349><c> with</c><00:47:40.570><c> one</c><00:47:40.769><c> another.</c>

00:47:41.090 --> 00:47:42.750
They<00:47:41.289><c> were</c><00:47:41.530><c> evil</c><00:47:41.730><c> speaking</c><00:47:42.090><c> and</c><00:47:42.329><c> gossiping.</c>

00:47:42.750 --> 00:47:44.369
They<00:47:42.849><c> had</c><00:47:42.989><c> malice</c><00:47:43.409><c> and</c><00:47:43.550><c> so</c><00:47:43.809><c> on.</c>

00:47:44.469 --> 00:47:47.630
And<00:47:44.750><c> I</c><00:47:44.789><c> think</c><00:47:44.949><c> they</c><00:47:45.150><c> thought</c><00:47:45.369><c> they</c><00:47:45.489><c> could</c><00:47:45.670><c> get</c><00:47:45.849><c> away</c><00:47:46.010><c> with</c><00:47:46.230><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:47:48.150><c> all</c><00:47:48.389><c> right,</c><00:47:48.809><c> I'll</c><00:47:49.090><c> pray</c><00:47:49.190><c> I'll</c><00:47:49.369><c> get</c><00:47:49.530><c> forgiven</c><00:47:49.769><c> next</c><00:47:50.110><c> week.</c>

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I'll<00:47:50.710><c> go</c><00:47:50.849><c> to</c><00:47:50.969><c> the</c><00:47:51.130><c> confessional.</c>

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It's<00:47:52.210><c> okay.</c>

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The<00:47:52.710><c> slate's</c><00:47:52.929><c> clean.</c>

00:47:53.110 --> 00:47:54.150
I<00:47:53.190><c> can</c><00:47:53.349><c> do</c><00:47:53.449><c> it</c><00:47:53.570><c> all</c><00:47:53.769><c> over</c><00:47:53.949><c> again.</c>

00:47:54.449 --> 00:47:59.650
In<00:47:54.650><c> fact,</c><00:47:54.869><c> the</c><00:47:55.130><c> extreme</c><00:47:55.530><c> view</c><00:47:56.210><c> that</c><00:47:56.929><c> you</c><00:47:57.210><c> are</c><00:47:58.190><c> saved</c><00:47:58.730><c> just</c><00:47:59.050><c> by</c><00:47:59.369><c> faith</c>

00:47:59.650 --> 00:48:04.929
is<00:48:00.010><c> so</c><00:48:00.750><c> badly</c><00:48:01.869><c> believed</c><00:48:02.590><c> in</c><00:48:02.929><c> the</c><00:48:03.130><c> world</c><00:48:03.329><c> even</c><00:48:03.630><c> today</c>

00:48:05.389 --> 00:48:09.210
that<00:48:05.869><c> Luther</c><00:48:06.349><c> when</c><00:48:06.610><c> he</c><00:48:07.690><c> made</c><00:48:08.110><c> his</c><00:48:08.389><c> translation</c><00:48:08.789><c> of</c><00:48:08.929><c> the</c><00:48:09.010><c> Bible</c>

00:48:09.210 --> 00:48:09.750
into<00:48:09.469><c> German</c>

00:48:09.750 --> 00:48:13.130
he<00:48:09.889><c> wanted</c><00:48:10.130><c> to</c><00:48:10.329><c> leave</c><00:48:10.469><c> the</c><00:48:10.630><c> book</c><00:48:10.769><c> of</c><00:48:11.030><c> James</c><00:48:11.269><c> out</c><00:48:11.530><c> of</c><00:48:11.650><c> it</c>

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because<00:48:13.730><c> he</c><00:48:13.969><c> believed</c><00:48:14.269><c> that</c><00:48:14.469><c> James'</c><00:48:15.590><c> doctrine</c><00:48:16.130><c> that</c><00:48:16.329><c> James</c>

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was<00:48:16.789><c> teaching</c>

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that<00:48:17.369><c> faith</c><00:48:17.610><c> without</c><00:48:17.909><c> works</c><00:48:18.210><c> is</c><00:48:18.489><c> dead</c>

00:48:18.949 --> 00:48:21.949
that<00:48:19.409><c> that</c><00:48:19.530><c> was</c><00:48:19.650><c> too</c><00:48:19.869><c> extreme,</c><00:48:20.449><c> that</c><00:48:20.510><c> James</c><00:48:20.769><c> was</c><00:48:20.989><c> a</c><00:48:21.030><c> very</c><00:48:21.269><c> extreme</c><00:48:21.670><c> book</c>

00:48:21.949 --> 00:48:23.590
and<00:48:22.110><c> he</c><00:48:22.230><c> shouldn't</c><00:48:22.429><c> be</c><00:48:22.630><c> in</c><00:48:22.730><c> the</c><00:48:22.809><c> Bible.</c>

00:48:24.309 --> 00:48:28.530
But<00:48:24.789><c> fortunately</c><00:48:25.269><c> others</c><00:48:26.269><c> of</c><00:48:27.010><c> his</c><00:48:27.590><c> followers</c><00:48:27.829><c> convinced</c><00:48:28.349><c> him</c>

00:48:28.530 --> 00:48:31.670
that<00:48:28.730><c> he</c><00:48:28.929><c> should</c><00:48:29.170><c> not</c><00:48:29.389><c> become</c><00:48:29.710><c> the</c><00:48:29.949><c> editor</c><00:48:30.230><c> of</c><00:48:30.469><c> God's</c><00:48:30.889><c> Word.</c>

00:48:31.829 --> 00:48:34.150
And<00:48:31.969><c> it</c><00:48:32.210><c> is</c><00:48:32.570><c> in</c><00:48:32.789><c> the</c><00:48:32.909><c> German</c><00:48:33.210><c> Lutheran</c><00:48:33.630><c> Bible</c><00:48:33.869><c> today</c>

00:48:34.150 --> 00:48:37.070
but<00:48:34.349><c> not</c><00:48:35.570><c> very</c><00:48:35.849><c> emphasized.</c>

00:48:37.150 --> 00:48:40.190
And<00:48:37.670><c> so</c><00:48:37.849><c> if</c><00:48:38.010><c> you</c><00:48:38.170><c> take</c><00:48:38.389><c> that</c><00:48:38.650><c> view</c><00:48:39.010><c> and</c><00:48:39.510><c> if</c><00:48:39.630><c> you'll</c><00:48:39.869><c> turn</c><00:48:40.030><c> with</c>

00:48:40.190 --> 00:48:40.949
me<00:48:40.349><c> to</c><00:48:40.550><c> James</c>

00:48:40.949 --> 00:48:44.309
you'll<00:48:41.789><c> see</c><00:48:41.909><c> that</c><00:48:42.250><c> the</c><00:48:42.610><c> proper</c><00:48:43.030><c> thinking</c><00:48:43.389><c> of</c><00:48:43.590><c> the</c><00:48:43.809><c> atonement</c>

00:48:44.309 --> 00:48:47.429
doesn't<00:48:44.929><c> mean</c><00:48:45.269><c> that</c><00:48:45.530><c> our</c><00:48:45.789><c> sins</c><00:48:45.949><c> are</c><00:48:46.289><c> covered</c><00:48:46.530><c> regardless</c><00:48:47.210><c> of</c>

00:48:47.429 --> 00:48:48.150
what<00:48:47.570><c> we</c><00:48:47.829><c> do.</c>

00:48:48.389 --> 00:48:51.389
It<00:48:48.550><c> means</c><00:48:48.789><c> that</c><00:48:48.969><c> God</c><00:48:49.150><c> has</c><00:48:49.429><c> demonstrated</c><00:48:50.010><c> what</c><00:48:50.550><c> can</c><00:48:50.809><c> happen</c><00:48:51.110><c> to</c><00:48:51.230><c> us</c>

00:48:51.389 --> 00:48:54.030
if<00:48:51.789><c> we</c><00:48:52.369><c> follow</c><00:48:52.710><c> in</c><00:48:52.929><c> his</c><00:48:53.130><c> ways.</c>

00:48:55.269 --> 00:48:59.829
And<00:48:55.429><c> James</c><00:48:55.969><c> speaks</c><00:48:56.769><c> it</c><00:48:57.869><c> far</c><00:48:58.510><c> more</c><00:48:58.849><c> eloquently</c><00:48:59.269><c> than</c><00:48:59.449><c> I</c><00:48:59.630><c> can</c>

00:48:59.829 --> 00:49:00.110
put<00:48:59.969><c> it.</c>

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Go<00:49:00.309><c> to</c><00:49:00.469><c> chapter</c><00:49:00.809><c> two</c><00:49:01.150><c> of</c><00:49:01.650><c> the</c><00:49:01.730><c> book</c><00:49:01.929><c> of</c><00:49:02.170><c> James.</c>

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Verse<00:49:07.670><c> 14.</c>

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What<00:49:11.409><c> doth</c><00:49:11.630><c> it</c><00:49:11.929><c> profit</c><00:49:12.190><c> my</c><00:49:12.489><c> brethren,</c><00:49:13.269><c> though</c><00:49:13.429><c> a</c><00:49:13.610><c> man</c><00:49:13.809><c> say</c><00:49:14.110><c> he</c>

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hath<00:49:14.570><c> faith</c><00:49:14.889><c> and</c><00:49:15.130><c> have</c><00:49:15.329><c> not</c><00:49:15.530><c> works,</c>

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can<00:49:16.110><c> faith</c><00:49:16.449><c> save</c><00:49:16.809><c> him?</c>

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If<00:49:17.889><c> a</c><00:49:18.110><c> brother</c><00:49:18.309><c> or</c><00:49:18.550><c> sister</c><00:49:18.750><c> be</c><00:49:19.110><c> naked</c><00:49:19.469><c> and</c><00:49:19.730><c> destitute</c><00:49:20.289><c> of</c>

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daily<00:49:20.809><c> food,</c>

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and<00:49:21.829><c> one</c><00:49:22.050><c> of</c><00:49:22.170><c> you</c><00:49:22.329><c> say</c><00:49:22.550><c> unto</c><00:49:22.750><c> them,</c><00:49:22.989><c> Depart</c><00:49:23.530><c> in</c><00:49:23.849><c> peace,</c><00:49:24.309><c> be</c><00:49:24.730><c> warmed</c><00:49:25.130><c> and</c><00:49:25.469><c> filled,</c>

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notwithstanding<00:49:26.949><c> you</c><00:49:27.269><c> give</c><00:49:27.389><c> them</c><00:49:27.690><c> not</c><00:49:28.190><c> those</c><00:49:28.670><c> things</c><00:49:28.989><c> which</c>

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are<00:49:29.570><c> needful</c><00:49:29.989><c> to</c><00:49:30.190><c> the</c><00:49:30.449><c> body,</c>

00:49:30.829 --> 00:49:33.070
what<00:49:31.510><c> doth</c><00:49:31.849><c> it</c><00:49:32.210><c> profit?</c>

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Even<00:49:33.690><c> so,</c><00:49:35.409><c> if</c><00:49:35.590><c> it</c><00:49:35.889><c> hath</c><00:49:36.110><c> not</c><00:49:36.429><c> works,</c><00:49:38.090><c> is</c><00:49:38.309><c> dead</c><00:49:38.949><c> being</c><00:49:40.530><c> alone.</c>

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Even<00:49:42.070><c> so</c><00:49:42.429><c> faith</c><00:49:42.869><c> without</c><00:49:43.489><c> works</c><00:49:43.869><c> is</c><00:49:44.889><c> dead.</c>

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Now<00:49:46.409><c> you</c><00:49:46.409><c> can't,</c><00:49:46.869><c> when</c><00:49:46.989><c> he's</c><00:49:47.210><c> talking</c><00:49:47.530><c> dead</c><00:49:47.869><c> here,</c>

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he's<00:49:48.489><c> not</c><00:49:48.610><c> just</c><00:49:48.869><c> talking</c><00:49:49.170><c> in</c><00:49:49.409><c> the</c><00:49:49.590><c> grave</c><00:49:49.750><c> now,</c><00:49:50.070><c> he's</c><00:49:50.309><c> talking</c>

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dead<00:49:50.969><c> forever.</c>

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He<00:49:52.630><c> means</c><00:49:52.809><c> you</c><00:49:53.030><c> have</c><00:49:53.289><c> forfeited</c><00:49:53.949><c> eternal</c><00:49:54.489><c> life.</c>

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Yea,<00:49:57.050><c> a</c><00:49:57.170><c> man</c><00:49:57.349><c> may</c><00:49:57.690><c> say</c><00:49:58.050><c> thou</c><00:49:58.510><c> hast</c><00:49:58.889><c> faith</c><00:49:59.289><c> and</c><00:49:59.570><c> I</c><00:49:59.869><c> have</c><00:50:00.130><c> works,</c>

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show<00:50:00.889><c> me</c><00:50:01.110><c> thy</c><00:50:01.309><c> faith,</c>

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without<00:50:02.349><c> thy</c><00:50:02.610><c> works</c><00:50:02.869><c> I</c><00:50:03.050><c> will</c><00:50:03.309><c> show</c><00:50:03.570><c> thee</c><00:50:03.769><c> my</c><00:50:04.070><c> faith</c><00:50:04.429><c> by</c><00:50:04.929><c> my</c><00:50:05.230><c> works.</c>

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Thou<00:50:06.710><c> believest</c><00:50:07.090><c> that</c><00:50:07.269><c> there</c><00:50:07.510><c> is</c><00:50:07.650><c> one</c><00:50:07.869><c> God,</c><00:50:08.530><c> thou</c><00:50:08.690><c> doest</c><00:50:08.949><c> well.</c>

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The<00:50:10.050><c> devils</c><00:50:10.309><c> also</c><00:50:10.690><c> believe</c><00:50:11.030><c> and</c><00:50:11.289><c> tremble.</c>

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But<00:50:12.409><c> wilt</c><00:50:12.570><c> thou</c><00:50:12.809><c> know,</c><00:50:13.269><c> O</c><00:50:13.469><c> vain</c><00:50:13.750><c> man,</c><00:50:14.690><c> that</c><00:50:14.989><c> faith</c><00:50:15.510><c> without</c><00:50:16.510><c> works</c><00:50:17.010><c> is</c><00:50:17.929><c> dead?</c>

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Now<00:50:19.230><c> I</c><00:50:19.289><c> don't</c><00:50:19.550><c> think</c><00:50:19.630><c> you</c><00:50:19.769><c> can</c><00:50:19.969><c> get</c><00:50:20.090><c> anything</c><00:50:20.449><c> clearer</c><00:50:20.789><c> in</c><00:50:21.050><c> the</c><00:50:21.230><c> scripture,</c>

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and<00:50:21.690><c> I</c><00:50:21.750><c> guess</c><00:50:21.909><c> that's</c><00:50:22.170><c> why</c><00:50:22.429><c> Luther</c><00:50:22.650><c> wanted</c><00:50:22.929><c> to</c><00:50:23.150><c> leave</c><00:50:23.289><c> it</c><00:50:23.510><c> out,</c>

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because<00:50:24.710><c> there</c><00:50:24.969><c> is</c><00:50:25.670><c> not</c><00:50:25.969><c> much</c><00:50:26.190><c> you</c><00:50:26.329><c> can</c><00:50:26.650><c> say</c><00:50:27.110><c> that</c><00:50:27.789><c> would</c><00:50:28.250><c> contest</c><00:50:28.909><c> the</c>

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clarity<00:50:30.030><c> of</c><00:50:30.269><c> those</c><00:50:30.469><c> verses.</c>

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The<00:50:32.110><c> Ephesians</c><00:50:32.630><c> hadn't</c><00:50:33.090><c> gotten</c><00:50:33.369><c> it.</c>

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And<00:50:34.449><c> their</c><00:50:34.829><c> wrong</c><00:50:35.130><c> view</c><00:50:35.369><c> on</c><00:50:35.550><c> the</c><00:50:35.789><c> atonement</c><00:50:36.369><c> and</c><00:50:37.130><c> on</c><00:50:37.489><c> the</c><00:50:37.769><c> forgiveness</c><00:50:38.150><c> of</c><00:50:38.530><c> sins</c>

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had<00:50:40.070><c> led</c><00:50:40.349><c> them</c><00:50:40.610><c> to</c><00:50:41.130><c> continue</c><00:50:41.550><c> on</c><00:50:41.849><c> leading</c><00:50:42.170><c> Gentile</c><00:50:42.750><c> lives,</c>

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walking<00:50:44.250><c> as</c><00:50:44.710><c> Gentiles</c><00:50:45.210><c> walk,</c><00:50:45.489><c> doing</c><00:50:45.750><c> the</c><00:50:46.010><c> same</c><00:50:46.230><c> things</c><00:50:46.449><c> they</c>

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did<00:50:46.829><c> before</c><00:50:47.130><c> they</c><00:50:47.289><c> came</c><00:50:47.489><c> to</c><00:50:47.610><c> a</c><00:50:47.730><c> knowledge</c><00:50:47.969><c> of</c><00:50:48.110><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:50:49.690><c> going</c><00:50:49.909><c> down</c><00:50:50.389><c> and</c><00:50:50.969><c> participating</c><00:50:51.469><c> in</c><00:50:51.730><c> every</c><00:50:52.070><c> evil</c><00:50:52.449><c> that</c>

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was<00:50:53.389><c> in</c><00:50:53.610><c> that</c><00:50:53.889><c> city.</c>

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And<00:50:55.190><c> he</c><00:50:55.309><c> goes</c><00:50:55.530><c> on</c><00:50:55.789><c> in</c><00:50:55.909><c> chapter</c><00:50:56.289><c> 5</c><00:50:57.750><c> of</c><00:50:58.889><c> Ephesians</c><00:50:59.789><c> to</c><00:51:00.489><c> iterate</c>

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these<00:51:01.510><c> evils.</c>

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He<00:51:01.909><c> says,</c><00:51:02.269><c> Be</c><00:51:02.349><c> therefore</c><00:51:02.889><c> followers</c><00:51:03.349><c> of</c><00:51:03.710><c> God</c><00:51:03.969><c> as</c><00:51:04.230><c> dear</c><00:51:04.489><c> children,</c>

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and<00:51:05.789><c> walk</c><00:51:06.130><c> in</c><00:51:06.449><c> love</c><00:51:06.750><c> as</c><00:51:07.050><c> Christ</c><00:51:07.530><c> also</c><00:51:08.190><c> loved</c><00:51:08.449><c> us,</c>

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and<00:51:09.449><c> hath</c><00:51:09.610><c> given</c><00:51:09.869><c> himself</c><00:51:10.329><c> for</c><00:51:10.650><c> us</c><00:51:11.070><c> an</c><00:51:11.429><c> offering</c><00:51:11.849><c> and</c><00:51:12.070><c> a</c><00:51:12.269><c> sacrifice</c><00:51:12.789><c> to</c><00:51:13.030><c> God</c><00:51:13.289><c> for</c><00:51:13.530><c> a</c>

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sweet<00:51:14.010><c>-smelling</c><00:51:14.449><c> savor.</c>

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But<00:51:15.710><c> fornication,</c><00:51:17.489><c> and</c><00:51:17.730><c> all</c><00:51:17.989><c> uncleanness</c><00:51:18.570><c> or</c><00:51:18.889><c> covetousness,</c>

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let<00:51:20.030><c> it</c><00:51:20.289><c> not</c><00:51:20.489><c> be</c><00:51:20.769><c> once</c><00:51:21.110><c> named</c><00:51:21.570><c> among</c><00:51:21.889><c> you</c><00:51:22.170><c> as</c><00:51:22.449><c> saints,</c>

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neither<00:51:23.590><c> filthiness,</c><00:51:24.449><c> nor</c><00:51:24.610><c> foolish</c><00:51:25.050><c> talking,</c><00:51:26.389><c> nor</c><00:51:26.630><c> jesting,</c>

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which<00:51:27.670><c> are</c><00:51:27.969><c> not</c><00:51:28.269><c> convenient,</c><00:51:28.949><c> but</c><00:51:29.269><c> rather</c><00:51:29.789><c> giving</c><00:51:30.190><c> of</c><00:51:30.909><c> thanks.</c>

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And<00:51:32.150><c> the</c><00:51:32.510><c> Greek</c><00:51:32.670><c> there</c><00:51:32.909><c> is</c><00:51:33.050><c> kind</c><00:51:33.289><c> of</c><00:51:33.650><c> interesting.</c>

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When<00:51:34.690><c> he</c><00:51:34.809><c> talks</c><00:51:35.030><c> about</c><00:51:35.230><c> foolish</c><00:51:35.610><c> talking,</c><00:51:36.469><c> he's</c><00:51:36.690><c> talking</c><00:51:37.130><c> about</c><00:51:37.489><c> wasting</c><00:51:37.949><c> all</c>

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your<00:51:38.349><c> time</c><00:51:38.650><c> frittering</c><00:51:39.050><c> away.</c>

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The<00:51:40.010><c> Greeks</c><00:51:40.190><c> were</c><00:51:40.530><c> ever,</c><00:51:40.949><c> ever</c><00:51:41.150><c> debating,</c><00:51:42.829><c> and</c><00:51:43.210><c> that</c><00:51:43.570><c> was</c>

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their<00:51:44.050><c> hobby.</c>

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And<00:51:45.389><c> when</c><00:51:45.510><c> he's</c><00:51:45.610><c> talking</c><00:51:45.869><c> about</c><00:51:46.190><c> jesting,</c><00:51:46.590><c> he's</c><00:51:46.730><c> not</c><00:51:46.869><c> talking</c>

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about<00:51:47.230><c> telling</c><00:51:47.510><c> jokes.</c>

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He's<00:51:48.349><c> talking</c><00:51:48.590><c> about</c><00:51:48.829><c> being</c><00:51:49.150><c> cruel</c><00:51:49.829><c> in</c><00:51:51.449><c> talking</c><00:51:51.969><c> about</c><00:51:52.230><c> other</c><00:51:52.469><c> people.</c>

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In<00:51:54.230><c> fact,</c><00:51:54.489><c> it</c><00:51:54.550><c> was</c><00:51:54.769><c> quite</c><00:51:54.989><c> a</c><00:51:55.250><c> common</c><00:51:55.429><c> habit</c><00:51:56.010><c> to</c><00:51:57.030><c> be</c><00:51:58.030><c> very</c><00:51:59.710><c> cruel</c>

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to<00:52:01.070><c> people</c><00:52:01.329><c> who</c><00:52:01.530><c> were</c><00:52:01.570><c> different.</c>

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People<00:52:02.190><c> who</c><00:52:02.630><c> had</c><00:52:02.889><c> infirmities</c><00:52:03.510><c> were</c><00:52:03.889><c> treated</c><00:52:04.090><c> with</c><00:52:04.369><c> terrible</c>

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cruelty<00:52:05.269><c> in</c><00:52:05.730><c> ages</c><00:52:05.969><c> past.</c>

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Thank<00:52:28.429><c> you.</c>