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when,<00:11:13.399><c> no</c><00:11:13.559><c> you</c><00:11:13.679><c> won't</c><00:11:13.980><c> know.</c><00:11:15.080><c> You'll</c><00:11:15.440><c> know</c>

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something<00:11:16.539><c> is</c><00:11:16.799><c> going</c><00:11:17.019><c> on,</c><00:11:17.240><c> but</c><00:11:17.440><c> you</c><00:11:18.039><c> don't</c><00:11:18.200><c> know</c><00:11:18.419><c> when.</c><00:11:19.500><c> Therefore,</c><00:11:20.500><c> your</c>

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preparation<00:11:21.360><c> is</c><00:11:21.620><c> based</c><00:11:21.899><c> on</c><00:11:22.200><c> something</c>

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besides<00:11:23.500><c> that.</c><00:11:25.720><c> This</c><00:11:26.000><c> is</c><00:11:26.179><c> what</c><00:11:26.240><c> we're</c><00:11:26.419><c> getting</c><00:11:26.620><c> to</c><00:11:26.840><c> now.</c><00:11:27.519><c> Verse</c><00:11:27.779><c> 42,</c>

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he<00:11:28.500><c> comes</c><00:11:28.779><c> back</c><00:11:29.120><c> to</c><00:11:29.360><c> the</c><00:11:29.600><c> same</c><00:11:30.019><c> thing.</c><00:11:30.320><c> He</c><00:11:30.480><c> says,</c>

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watch.<00:11:32.700><c> Therefore,</c><00:11:34.259><c> watch.</c><00:11:35.899><c> You</c><00:11:36.259><c> don't</c><00:11:36.659><c> know</c><00:11:37.120><c> when.</c><00:11:38.460><c> Watch</c>

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your<00:11:41.460><c> Lord</c><00:11:41.639><c> is</c><00:11:41.919><c> coming.</c><00:11:44.360><c> Now</c><00:11:44.799><c> there</c><00:11:44.960><c> is</c><00:11:45.220><c> a</c><00:11:45.340><c> fundamental</c><00:11:45.860><c> contradiction</c><00:11:46.519><c> here,</c>

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isn't<00:11:47.799><c> there?</c><00:11:49.960><c> He</c><00:11:50.220><c> says</c><00:11:50.379><c> watch,</c>

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but<00:11:51.639><c> then</c><00:11:51.779><c> he</c><00:11:51.919><c> says</c><00:11:52.019><c> you</c><00:11:52.139><c> don't</c><00:11:52.379><c> know</c><00:11:52.559><c> when</c><00:11:52.679><c> he's</c><00:11:52.919><c> coming,</c><00:11:53.820><c> and</c>

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you're<00:11:54.159><c> not</c><00:11:54.279><c> going</c><00:11:54.480><c> to</c><00:11:54.620><c> know</c><00:11:54.700><c> when</c><00:11:54.820><c> he's</c><00:11:55.080><c> coming,</c>

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but<00:11:55.440><c> he</c><00:11:55.620><c> says</c><00:11:55.720><c> to</c><00:11:55.960><c> watch</c><00:11:56.139><c> anyway.</c><00:11:56.620><c> Now</c><00:11:56.840><c> does</c><00:11:56.940><c> it</c><00:11:57.019><c> do</c><00:11:57.120><c> any</c><00:11:57.279><c> good</c>

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to<00:11:57.620><c> watch</c><00:11:57.799><c> if</c><00:11:57.940><c> you</c><00:11:58.080><c> don't</c><00:11:58.220><c> know</c><00:11:58.320><c> when</c><00:11:58.419><c> he's</c><00:11:58.679><c> coming?</c>

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What<00:12:01.100><c> he's</c><00:12:01.200><c> saying</c><00:12:01.419><c> is</c><00:12:01.580><c> no</c><00:12:01.740><c> matter</c><00:12:01.899><c> how</c><00:12:02.120><c> much</c><00:12:02.279><c> you</c><00:12:02.440><c> watch</c><00:12:03.279><c> these</c><00:12:04.240><c> things</c><00:12:04.799><c> around</c><00:12:06.039><c> you,</c>

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these<00:12:06.860><c> signs</c><00:12:07.100><c> I</c><00:12:07.279><c> told</c><00:12:07.500><c> you,</c>

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you<00:12:07.960><c> still</c><00:12:08.200><c> don't</c><00:12:08.399><c> know</c><00:12:08.519><c> when.</c><00:12:09.299><c> Well,</c><00:12:09.519><c> he</c><00:12:09.679><c> proves</c><00:12:09.899><c> that</c><00:12:10.179><c> by</c><00:12:10.460><c> saying</c><00:12:10.960><c> this</c><00:12:11.879><c> little,</c><00:12:12.600><c> you</c><00:12:12.980><c> might</c><00:12:13.159><c> call</c><00:12:13.360><c> it</c>

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coming,<00:12:21.919><c> he</c><00:12:22.059><c> would</c><00:12:22.279><c> have</c><00:12:22.500><c> watched</c><00:12:23.000><c> and</c><00:12:23.480><c> would</c><00:12:23.779><c> not</c><00:12:24.000><c> have</c><00:12:24.220><c> let</c>

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his<00:12:24.639><c> house</c><00:12:25.019><c> be</c><00:12:25.340><c> broken</c><00:12:25.600><c> into.</c><00:12:26.639><c> The</c><00:12:26.940><c> point</c><00:12:27.159><c> is</c><00:12:27.720><c> the</c>

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householder<00:12:28.620><c> doesn't</c><00:12:28.940><c> know</c><00:12:29.519><c> when</c><00:12:29.840><c> the</c><00:12:30.039><c> thief</c><00:12:30.159><c> is</c><00:12:30.360><c> coming.</c><00:12:31.700><c> Nobody</c><00:12:32.000><c> knows</c><00:12:32.460><c> when</c><00:12:32.700><c> the</c><00:12:32.899><c> thief</c><00:12:33.059><c> is</c>

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coming.<00:12:34.519><c> So</c><00:12:34.659><c> what</c>

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must<00:12:35.039><c> the</c><00:12:35.320><c> householder</c><00:12:35.759><c> do?</c><00:12:37.059><c> He's</c><00:12:37.200><c> not</c><00:12:37.419><c> going</c><00:12:37.539><c> to</c><00:12:37.600><c> sit</c><00:12:37.740><c> up</c><00:12:37.960><c> all</c>

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the<00:12:42.659><c> thief.</c><00:12:44.000><c> What</c><00:12:44.159><c> time</c><00:12:44.419><c> is</c><00:12:44.500><c> it?</c><00:12:44.620><c> It's</c><00:12:44.759><c> 3</c><00:12:44.919><c> 15,</c>

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do<00:12:49.700><c> him</c><00:12:49.840><c> any</c><00:12:50.000><c> good</c><00:12:50.159><c> to</c><00:12:50.419><c> watch</c><00:12:50.679><c> and</c><00:12:50.879><c> wait?</c><00:12:51.259><c> No,</c>

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be<00:12:58.240><c> what?</c><00:12:59.720><c> Prepared.</c><00:13:00.620><c> The</c><00:13:00.779><c> house</c><00:13:00.980><c> would</c><00:13:01.179><c> have</c><00:13:01.279><c> been</c><00:13:01.460><c> locked,</c>

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you<00:13:09.460><c> do</c><00:13:09.720><c> not</c><00:13:09.860><c> expect.</c><00:13:10.240><c> In</c><00:13:10.379><c> other</c><00:13:10.519><c> words,</c><00:13:10.639><c> if</c><00:13:10.759><c> you're</c><00:13:10.899><c> ready</c><00:13:11.139><c> at</c>

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all<00:13:11.539><c> times,</c><00:13:12.080><c> you're</c><00:13:12.340><c> always</c><00:13:12.740><c> ready.</c><00:13:13.500><c> You're</c>

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always<00:13:14.019><c> watching.</c><00:13:14.820><c> So</c><00:13:15.019><c> the</c><00:13:15.179><c> question</c><00:13:15.580><c> is,</c><00:13:16.940><c> watch</c><00:13:16.940><c> what?</c><00:13:19.899><c> Is</c>

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it<00:13:20.259><c> watching</c><00:13:20.539><c> the</c><00:13:20.740><c> newspaper?</c><00:13:21.320><c> Is</c><00:13:21.440><c> it</c><00:13:21.539><c> watching</c><00:13:21.799><c> the</c>

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Falkland<00:13:22.360><c> Islands?</c><00:13:24.320><c> Is</c><00:13:24.679><c> it</c><00:13:24.779><c> watching</c><00:13:25.059><c> Israel?</c><00:13:25.500><c> That's</c><00:13:25.779><c> better</c><00:13:25.960><c> than</c>

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the<00:13:29.120><c> point</c><00:13:29.299><c> is</c><00:13:29.460><c> this,</c><00:13:29.679><c> even</c><00:13:30.000><c> if</c><00:13:30.240><c> we</c><00:13:30.519><c> know</c><00:13:31.360><c> from</c><00:13:31.940><c> these</c><00:13:32.299><c> things</c>

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answer<00:13:39.159><c> is,</c><00:13:40.059><c> watch</c><00:13:40.220><c> yourself.</c><00:13:42.039><c> Watch</c><00:13:42.320><c> your</c><00:13:42.580><c> own</c>

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parable.<00:13:48.580><c> If</c><00:13:48.899><c> you</c><00:13:49.159><c> are</c><00:13:49.419><c> ready</c><00:13:49.679><c> at</c><00:13:49.919><c> all</c><00:13:50.159><c> times,</c><00:13:50.580><c> you</c><00:13:50.659><c> are</c><00:13:50.919><c> always</c><00:13:51.379><c> ready.</c><00:13:53.379><c> And</c>

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good.<00:14:08.720><c> It'll</c><00:14:08.879><c> be</c><00:14:09.000><c> just</c><00:14:09.220><c> like</c><00:14:09.399><c> a</c><00:14:09.519><c> man</c><00:14:09.720><c> who</c><00:14:10.000><c> waits,</c><00:14:10.679><c> and</c><00:14:10.820><c> he</c><00:14:10.840><c> says,</c><00:14:10.940><c> I</c><00:14:11.019><c> know</c><00:14:11.200><c> there's</c><00:14:11.419><c> a</c>

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there<00:14:20.139><c> from</c><00:14:20.340><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:14:21.580><c> and</c><00:14:21.720><c> it's</c><00:14:22.000><c> only</c><00:14:22.600><c> one</c><00:14:22.940><c> place</c><00:14:23.179><c> among</c>

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this<00:14:26.899><c> exhortation</c><00:14:27.620><c> to</c><00:14:27.840><c> take</c><00:14:28.200><c> heed</c><00:14:28.399><c> unto</c><00:14:28.740><c> yourself</c><00:14:29.620><c> and</c><00:14:30.519><c> keep</c>

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forget<00:14:39.700><c> the</c><00:14:39.980><c> things</c><00:14:40.220><c> which</c><00:14:40.440><c> your</c>

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children.<00:14:47.600><c> Therefore</c><00:14:48.059><c> take</c><00:14:48.580><c> good</c><00:14:48.940><c> heed</c><00:14:49.120><c> to</c><00:14:49.360><c> yourselves.</c><00:14:50.299><c> Verse</c><00:14:50.820><c> 15,</c>

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and<00:14:52.519><c> what's</c><00:14:52.799><c> the</c><00:14:52.879><c> other</c><00:14:53.000><c> one?</c><00:14:53.139><c> Verse</c><00:14:53.299><c> 23,</c>

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take<00:14:54.279><c> heed</c><00:14:54.539><c> to</c><00:14:54.840><c> yourselves</c><00:14:55.820><c> lest</c><00:14:56.600><c> you</c><00:14:56.899><c> forget</c><00:14:57.240><c> the</c><00:14:57.559><c> covenant</c>

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God.<00:15:09.860><c> And</c><00:15:09.980><c> those</c><00:15:10.259><c> are</c><00:15:10.399><c> just</c><00:15:10.639><c> a</c><00:15:10.779><c> few</c><00:15:10.899><c> passages</c>

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prepared.<00:15:44.620><c> It</c><00:15:44.740><c> might</c><00:15:45.299><c> be</c><00:15:45.779><c> even</c><00:15:46.039><c> in</c><00:15:46.279><c> the</c>

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bridegroom,<00:16:25.320><c> and</c><00:16:25.500><c> servants</c><00:16:25.899><c> employed</c><00:16:26.340><c> in</c>

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master's<00:16:27.120><c> business.</c><00:16:27.480><c> I'll</c><00:16:27.559><c> have</c><00:16:27.740><c> this</c><00:16:27.980><c> up</c><00:16:28.159><c> for</c><00:16:28.980><c> a</c><00:16:29.179><c> little</c><00:16:29.399><c> while.</c><00:16:29.720><c> You</c>

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so<00:16:44.299><c> many</c><00:16:44.600><c> times.</c><00:16:45.559><c> It</c><00:16:45.779><c> links</c><00:16:46.120><c> up</c><00:16:46.460><c> the</c><00:16:46.679><c> Olivet</c><00:16:46.980><c> Prophecy</c><00:16:47.759><c> with</c>

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in<00:16:51.860><c> turn</c><00:16:52.039><c> goes</c><00:16:52.279><c> into</c><00:16:52.559><c> the</c><00:16:52.740><c> next,</c><00:16:52.940><c> and</c><00:16:53.139><c> the</c><00:16:53.220><c> next</c><00:16:53.399><c> one</c><00:16:53.539><c> is</c><00:16:53.720><c> linked</c><00:16:53.899><c> to</c><00:16:54.080><c> the</c><00:16:54.259><c> next.</c><00:16:54.480><c> So</c>

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we<00:16:54.759><c> have</c><00:16:54.980><c> this</c><00:16:55.220><c> all</c><00:16:55.320><c> as</c>

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context<00:16:56.279><c> where</c><00:16:56.500><c> you</c><00:16:56.559><c> really</c><00:16:56.860><c> can't</c><00:16:57.059><c> break</c><00:16:57.360><c> it</c><00:16:57.759><c> because</c><00:16:58.059><c> everything</c><00:16:58.440><c> is</c><00:16:58.740><c> hooked</c><00:16:59.080><c> to</c>

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each<00:16:59.879><c> other.</c><00:17:01.120><c> The</c><00:17:01.279><c> linking</c>

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parables<00:17:22.240><c> of</c><00:17:22.400><c> judgment.</c><00:17:23.980><c> These</c><00:17:24.220><c> are</c><00:17:24.559><c> parables</c><00:17:25.079><c> which</c><00:17:25.400><c> I</c><00:17:25.680><c> strongly</c><00:17:26.059><c> suggest</c><00:17:26.539><c> that</c>

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we<00:17:27.059><c> look</c><00:17:27.400><c> in</c><00:17:27.799><c> terms</c><00:17:28.200><c> of</c>

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lessons<00:17:30.960><c> for</c><00:17:31.180><c> us</c><00:17:31.380><c> to</c><00:17:31.640><c> learn.</c><00:17:32.339><c> Jesus</c><00:17:32.700><c> has</c><00:17:32.960><c> just</c><00:17:33.160><c> talked</c><00:17:33.440><c> about</c>

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what<00:17:36.299><c> is</c><00:17:36.500><c> Jesus</c><00:17:36.640><c> going</c><00:17:36.839><c> to</c><00:17:36.960><c> look</c><00:17:37.119><c> for</c><00:17:37.759><c> when</c><00:17:38.220><c> he</c><00:17:38.420><c> comes.</c><00:17:39.480><c> I</c><00:17:39.660><c> think</c><00:17:39.920><c> they</c>

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are<00:17:40.440><c> of</c><00:17:40.799><c> the</c><00:17:41.559><c> utmost</c><00:17:42.539><c> value</c><00:17:44.000><c> in</c><00:17:44.279><c> instruction.</c>

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If<00:17:45.319><c> we</c><00:17:45.460><c> would</c><00:17:45.700><c> really</c><00:17:46.000><c> know</c><00:17:46.420><c> what</c><00:17:46.799><c> is</c><00:17:47.039><c> our</c><00:17:47.220><c> Lord</c><00:17:47.420><c> going</c><00:17:47.660><c> to</c><00:17:47.839><c> judge</c><00:17:47.960><c> us</c>

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on,<00:17:48.480><c> what's</c><00:17:48.819><c> he</c><00:17:48.859><c> going</c><00:17:49.000><c> to</c><00:17:49.059><c> look</c><00:17:49.279><c> for</c><00:17:49.920><c> when</c><00:17:50.640><c> he</c>

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looks<00:17:52.920><c> at</c><00:17:53.140><c> us</c><00:17:53.339><c> and</c><00:17:53.519><c> examines</c><00:17:53.940><c> us</c><00:17:54.200><c> as</c><00:17:54.380><c> we</c><00:17:54.660><c> see</c><00:17:54.920><c> in</c><00:17:55.059><c> these</c><00:17:55.359><c> parables</c><00:17:55.619><c> so</c><00:17:55.859><c> many</c><00:17:56.099><c> times</c><00:17:56.440><c> of</c>

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a<00:17:56.799><c> man</c><00:17:57.140><c> coming,</c><00:17:57.819><c> he</c><00:17:57.960><c> returns</c>

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and<00:17:59.059><c> he</c><00:17:59.440><c> inspects</c><00:17:59.859><c> what</c><00:18:00.039><c> his</c><00:18:00.359><c> servants</c><00:18:00.619><c> have</c><00:18:00.900><c> done,</c><00:18:01.660><c> or</c><00:18:01.880><c> what</c>

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his<00:18:02.400><c> invited</c><00:18:02.779><c> guests</c><00:18:03.140><c> have</c><00:18:03.380><c> done,</c><00:18:03.960><c> or</c><00:18:04.079><c> what</c><00:18:04.240><c> his</c>

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virgins<00:18:04.819><c> have</c><00:18:05.079><c> done.</c><00:18:06.039><c> When</c><00:18:06.200><c> Jesus</c><00:18:06.420><c> comes</c><00:18:06.779><c> to</c><00:18:07.000><c> look</c><00:18:07.200><c> at</c><00:18:07.380><c> us</c><00:18:07.599><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:07.920><c> eye,</c><00:18:09.640><c> right</c><00:18:09.880><c> through</c><00:18:10.119><c> our</c><00:18:10.339><c> eyes</c><00:18:10.500><c> and</c><00:18:10.700><c> into</c><00:18:10.880><c> our</c>

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minds<00:18:11.339><c> and</c><00:18:11.539><c> hearts,</c><00:18:12.140><c> these</c><00:18:12.339><c> are</c><00:18:12.519><c> the</c><00:18:12.599><c> types</c><00:18:12.859><c> of</c><00:18:13.079><c> things</c><00:18:13.519><c> which</c>

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he<00:18:14.660><c> has</c><00:18:14.880><c> told</c><00:18:15.019><c> us</c><00:18:15.640><c> to</c><00:18:16.019><c> prepare</c><00:18:16.319><c> ourselves</c><00:18:16.839><c> in.</c>

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So<00:18:17.700><c> let's</c><00:18:17.920><c> go</c><00:18:18.220><c> through</c><00:18:18.400><c> them,</c><00:18:19.559><c> these</c><00:18:19.740><c> three</c><00:18:20.019><c> things.</c><00:18:21.299><c> First</c>

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parable,<00:18:22.299><c> it</c><00:18:22.619><c> extends</c><00:18:22.960><c> from</c><00:18:23.259><c> verse</c><00:18:23.559><c> 45</c><00:18:24.440><c> of</c>

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fairly<00:18:29.980><c> brief</c><00:18:30.279><c> parable,</c><00:18:31.000><c> but</c><00:18:31.240><c> it</c><00:18:31.380><c> talks</c><00:18:31.559><c> about</c>

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two<00:18:32.160><c> servants.</c><00:18:35.619><c> One</c><00:18:36.119><c> is</c><00:18:36.640><c> a</c><00:18:36.839><c> faithful</c><00:18:37.099><c> and</c><00:18:37.359><c> wise</c><00:18:37.599><c> servant.</c><00:18:38.619><c> The</c>

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time.<00:18:56.539><c> Verse</c><00:18:56.700><c> 46</c><00:18:57.259><c> says,</c><00:18:57.900><c> Blessed</c><00:18:57.920><c> is</c><00:18:58.140><c> that</c><00:18:58.440><c> servant</c><00:18:58.980><c> whom</c><00:18:59.359><c> his</c>

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master,<00:19:00.460><c> when</c><00:19:00.799><c> he</c><00:19:01.220><c> comes,</c><00:19:02.180><c> will</c><00:19:02.420><c> find</c><00:19:03.160><c> so</c><00:19:03.940><c> doing.</c>

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Truly,<00:19:05.859><c> I</c><00:19:06.039><c> say</c><00:19:06.240><c> to</c><00:19:06.380><c> you,</c><00:19:06.559><c> he</c><00:19:06.680><c> will</c><00:19:06.880><c> set</c><00:19:07.079><c> him</c><00:19:07.299><c> over</c><00:19:07.740><c> all</c><00:19:08.119><c> his</c><00:19:08.400><c> possessions.</c><00:19:09.220><c> When</c><00:19:09.539><c> his</c>

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master<00:19:10.140><c> comes,</c><00:19:10.539><c> he</c><00:19:10.720><c> will</c><00:19:11.039><c> be</c>

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in<00:19:12.559><c> the</c><00:19:12.640><c> act</c><00:19:13.180><c> of</c><00:19:13.839><c> caring</c><00:19:14.339><c> for</c><00:19:14.980><c> the</c><00:19:15.160><c> master's</c><00:19:15.640><c> household</c><00:19:16.039><c> and</c>

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giving<00:19:16.460><c> them</c><00:19:16.680><c> their</c><00:19:16.880><c> food.</c>

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But<00:19:20.380><c> if</c><00:19:21.059><c> that</c><00:19:21.319><c> wicked</c><00:19:21.680><c> servant</c><00:19:22.160><c> or</c><00:19:22.319><c> that</c><00:19:22.599><c> evil</c><00:19:22.839><c> servant</c><00:19:23.519><c> says</c>

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to<00:19:24.859><c> himself,</c><00:19:25.339><c> My</c><00:19:25.480><c> master</c><00:19:25.920><c> is</c><00:19:26.200><c> delayed,</c>

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and<00:19:27.319><c> begins</c><00:19:27.740><c> to</c><00:19:28.200><c> beat</c><00:19:28.380><c> his</c><00:19:28.759><c> fellow</c><00:19:29.039><c> servants,</c><00:19:30.000><c> and</c><00:19:30.079><c> eats</c><00:19:30.420><c> and</c>

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drinks<00:19:30.900><c> with</c><00:19:31.140><c> the</c><00:19:31.400><c> drunken,</c>

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the<00:19:32.559><c> master</c><00:19:32.920><c> of</c><00:19:33.099><c> that</c><00:19:33.319><c> servant</c><00:19:33.559><c> will</c><00:19:33.759><c> come</c><00:19:34.039><c> on</c><00:19:34.279><c> a</c><00:19:34.400><c> day</c><00:19:34.599><c> when</c><00:19:34.859><c> he</c>

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does<00:19:35.559><c> not</c><00:19:36.099><c> expect</c><00:19:36.680><c> him,</c><00:19:37.779><c> a</c><00:19:37.980><c> day</c><00:19:38.180><c> when</c><00:19:38.359><c> he</c><00:19:38.420><c> doesn't</c><00:19:38.779><c> know,</c>

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and<00:19:40.099><c> at</c><00:19:40.319><c> an</c><00:19:40.539><c> hour</c><00:19:40.779><c> he</c><00:19:40.920><c> doesn't</c><00:19:41.319><c> know,</c><00:19:42.640><c> and</c><00:19:42.900><c> will</c><00:19:43.619><c> punish</c><00:19:44.039><c> him,</c>

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or<00:19:45.539><c> will</c><00:19:46.099><c> literally</c><00:19:46.420><c> cut</c><00:19:46.599><c> him</c><00:19:46.779><c> in</c><00:19:47.019><c> pieces.</c>

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Cut<00:19:48.460><c> him</c><00:19:48.640><c> asunder</c><00:19:48.980><c> is</c><00:19:49.119><c> the</c><00:19:49.400><c> authorized</c><00:19:49.799><c> reading,</c><00:19:50.960><c> and</c><00:19:51.079><c> the</c><00:19:51.259><c> margin</c><00:19:51.400><c> says</c><00:19:51.579><c> cut</c><00:19:51.799><c> him</c><00:19:52.000><c> off,</c><00:19:52.279><c> it</c>

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really<00:19:52.599><c> means</c><00:19:52.839><c> to</c><00:19:53.079><c> cut</c>

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him<00:19:53.339><c> in</c><00:19:53.559><c> two.</c><00:19:54.599><c> And</c><00:19:54.720><c> you</c><00:19:54.799><c> might</c><00:19:55.000><c> think</c><00:19:55.240><c> of</c><00:19:55.480><c> the</c><00:19:55.759><c> two</c><00:19:55.960><c>-edged</c><00:19:56.259><c> sword</c><00:19:56.779><c> there.</c><00:19:59.599><c> Cut</c>

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a<00:19:59.980><c> person</c><00:20:00.240><c> in</c><00:20:00.599><c> two,</c><00:20:01.240><c> dividing</c><00:20:01.519><c> to</c><00:20:02.960><c> the</c>

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joints<00:20:04.579><c> and</c><00:20:04.779><c> marrow.</c><00:20:05.400><c> In</c><00:20:05.599><c> any</c><00:20:05.859><c> event,</c><00:20:06.559><c> this</c><00:20:07.160><c> servant</c><00:20:07.500><c> is</c><00:20:07.759><c> cut</c>

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off<00:20:08.240><c> and</c><00:20:08.519><c> he</c><00:20:09.799><c> is</c><00:20:10.259><c> consigned</c><00:20:10.720><c> with</c><00:20:10.900><c> the</c><00:20:11.059><c> hypocrites,</c>

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where<00:20:11.779><c> there</c><00:20:11.859><c> will</c><00:20:12.099><c> be</c><00:20:12.259><c> weeping</c><00:20:12.599><c> and</c><00:20:12.779><c> gnashing</c><00:20:13.099><c> of</c><00:20:13.339><c> teeth.</c>

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Now<00:20:14.119><c> what's</c><00:20:14.359><c> the</c><00:20:14.480><c> difference</c><00:20:14.740><c> between</c><00:20:15.119><c> these</c><00:20:15.400><c> two</c>

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fellows?<00:20:16.299><c> One</c><00:20:16.559><c> was</c><00:20:16.839><c> diligently</c><00:20:17.339><c> doing</c><00:20:17.720><c> his</c><00:20:18.079><c> duty,</c><00:20:18.799><c> the</c><00:20:19.000><c> other</c>

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one<00:20:19.700><c> was</c><00:20:20.339><c> doing</c><00:20:20.680><c> two</c><00:20:20.980><c> things</c><00:20:21.259><c> wrong.</c><00:20:21.599><c> One,</c><00:20:21.799><c> he</c><00:20:21.940><c> was</c>

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smiting<00:20:22.519><c> his</c><00:20:22.799><c> fellow</c><00:20:23.059><c> servants,</c><00:20:23.980><c> and</c><00:20:24.160><c> two,</c><00:20:24.440><c> he</c><00:20:24.599><c> was</c><00:20:24.799><c> eating</c>

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and<00:20:25.240><c> drinking</c><00:20:25.480><c> with</c><00:20:25.759><c> the</c><00:20:25.960><c> drunken.</c><00:20:26.680><c> He</c><00:20:26.859><c> was</c><00:20:27.059><c> not</c><00:20:27.240><c> caring</c>

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for<00:20:27.640><c> the</c><00:20:27.700><c> household,</c><00:20:28.579><c> he</c><00:20:28.759><c> was</c><00:20:29.640><c> rather</c><00:20:30.380><c> tearing</c><00:20:31.960><c> down</c><00:20:32.339><c> the</c><00:20:32.539><c> household,</c><00:20:33.319><c> and</c>

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moreover<00:20:34.059><c> he</c><00:20:34.339><c> was</c><00:20:34.599><c> indulging</c><00:20:35.359><c> in</c><00:20:36.299><c> the</c>

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vices<00:20:37.059><c> of</c><00:20:37.539><c> the</c><00:20:37.720><c> world.</c><00:20:39.539><c> The</c><00:20:40.200><c> wise</c><00:20:40.519><c> and</c><00:20:40.799><c> faithful</c><00:20:41.140><c> servant</c><00:20:41.559><c> was</c>

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in<00:20:42.160><c> the</c><00:20:42.400><c> process</c><00:20:42.839><c> of</c><00:20:43.079><c> his</c><00:20:43.359><c> service</c><00:20:43.740><c> at</c><00:20:44.240><c> the</c><00:20:44.500><c> time</c><00:20:44.759><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:45.140><c> coming</c><00:20:45.339><c> of</c><00:20:45.519><c> his</c><00:20:45.740><c> master,</c><00:20:46.680><c> whereas</c><00:20:47.339><c> the</c><00:20:48.140><c> other</c><00:20:48.400><c> one</c><00:20:48.660><c> was</c><00:20:49.079><c> neglecting</c><00:20:49.619><c> his</c><00:20:49.799><c> duties</c><00:20:50.240><c> and</c><00:20:51.619><c> was</c><00:20:52.119><c> coming</c><00:20:52.339><c> at</c><00:20:52.500><c> a</c><00:20:52.680><c> time</c>

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when<00:20:53.099><c> he</c><00:20:53.240><c> did</c><00:20:53.519><c> not</c><00:20:53.799><c> know.</c><00:20:54.460><c> And</c><00:20:54.619><c> this</c><00:20:54.720><c> is</c><00:20:54.920><c> the</c><00:20:54.980><c> whole</c><00:20:55.259><c> point,</c><00:20:55.619><c> isn't</c><00:20:55.799><c> it?</c><00:20:56.319><c> That</c><00:20:56.500><c> when</c><00:20:56.720><c> somebody</c><00:20:57.140><c> is</c>

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neglecting<00:20:58.200><c> their</c>

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spiritual<00:20:58.980><c> duties</c><00:20:59.480><c> and</c><00:20:59.980><c> their</c><00:21:00.200><c> care</c><00:21:00.359><c> in</c><00:21:00.500><c> the</c><00:21:00.640><c> household,</c><00:21:01.539><c> it'll</c><00:21:01.740><c> always</c><00:21:01.980><c> be</c>

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a<00:21:02.339><c> time</c><00:21:02.480><c> they</c><00:21:02.640><c> don't</c><00:21:02.940><c> know.</c><00:21:03.559><c> It</c><00:21:03.640><c> doesn't</c>

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make<00:21:04.059><c> any</c><00:21:04.279><c> difference</c><00:21:04.660><c> what</c><00:21:04.819><c> they</c><00:21:05.039><c> might</c><00:21:05.279><c> know</c><00:21:05.519><c> about</c><00:21:05.859><c> prophecy,</c><00:21:06.420><c> even</c>

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day<00:21:08.299><c> or</c><00:21:08.460><c> hour.</c><00:21:09.920><c> But</c><00:21:10.299><c> if</c><00:21:10.579><c> you're</c><00:21:10.819><c> not</c><00:21:11.200><c> doing</c><00:21:11.519><c> what</c><00:21:12.019><c> the</c><00:21:12.299><c> master</c>

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has<00:21:12.880><c> assigned</c><00:21:13.240><c> you</c><00:21:13.420><c> to</c><00:21:13.579><c> do</c><00:21:14.059><c> when</c><00:21:14.500><c> Jesus</c><00:21:14.859><c> comes,</c>

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it<00:21:15.420><c> will</c><00:21:15.599><c> be</c><00:21:15.779><c> at</c><00:21:15.920><c> a</c><00:21:16.059><c> day</c><00:21:16.220><c> when</c><00:21:16.460><c> you</c><00:21:16.660><c> don't</c><00:21:16.900><c> know</c><00:21:17.160><c> and</c><00:21:17.299><c> you</c><00:21:17.460><c> don't</c>

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expect,<00:21:18.759><c> because</c><00:21:19.019><c> he</c><00:21:19.160><c> will</c><00:21:19.299><c> be</c><00:21:19.539><c> unprepared.</c><00:21:20.099><c> He</c>

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will<00:21:20.480><c> not</c><00:21:20.539><c> have</c><00:21:20.720><c> been</c><00:21:20.940><c> watching.</c><00:21:21.279><c> He</c><00:21:21.359><c> had</c><00:21:21.599><c> not</c><00:21:21.839><c> taken</c><00:21:22.079><c> heed</c><00:21:22.299><c> unto</c><00:21:22.559><c> himself.</c><00:21:23.759><c> He</c>

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was<00:21:24.180><c> eating</c><00:21:24.500><c> and</c><00:21:24.819><c> drinking</c><00:21:25.160><c> with</c>

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the<00:21:25.660><c> drunken,</c><00:21:26.700><c> and</c><00:21:27.380><c> that's</c><00:21:27.660><c> the</c><00:21:27.819><c> difference.</c><00:21:29.759><c> The</c><00:21:30.240><c> faithful</c>

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servant<00:21:31.440><c> didn't</c><00:21:31.960><c> know</c><00:21:32.140><c> when</c><00:21:32.319><c> his</c><00:21:32.519><c> master</c><00:21:32.779><c> was</c><00:21:32.980><c> going</c><00:21:33.140><c> to</c>

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come.<00:21:34.819><c> He</c><00:21:34.940><c> didn't</c><00:21:35.119><c> know</c><00:21:35.339><c> the</c><00:21:35.460><c> day</c><00:21:35.660><c> or</c><00:21:35.799><c> the</c><00:21:36.000><c> hour,</c><00:21:36.440><c> but</c><00:21:36.700><c> when</c><00:21:36.960><c> he</c>

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did<00:21:37.420><c> come,</c><00:21:38.180><c> he</c><00:21:38.359><c> was</c><00:21:38.599><c> ready.</c><00:21:38.940><c> Why</c><00:21:39.240><c> was</c><00:21:39.440><c> he</c><00:21:39.599><c> ready?</c><00:21:39.799><c> He</c>

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was<00:21:40.220><c> doing</c><00:21:40.519><c> what</c><00:21:40.740><c> God</c><00:21:41.039><c> had</c><00:21:41.279><c> assigned</c><00:21:41.559><c> him</c><00:21:41.759><c> to</c><00:21:41.900><c> do.</c><00:21:42.339><c> He</c><00:21:42.500><c> was</c><00:21:42.680><c> doing</c><00:21:43.140><c> his</c>

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master's<00:21:44.059><c> business,</c><00:21:44.400><c> and</c><00:21:44.539><c> he</c><00:21:44.599><c> was</c><00:21:44.859><c> caring</c>

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for<00:21:45.759><c> the</c><00:21:45.900><c> household.</c><00:21:47.299><c> Now</c><00:21:47.359><c> when</c><00:21:47.539><c> we</c><00:21:47.640><c> get</c><00:21:47.759><c> through</c><00:21:47.980><c> all</c><00:21:48.140><c> three</c>

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of<00:21:48.500><c> these</c><00:21:48.799><c> things,</c><00:21:49.680><c> I'll</c><00:21:49.940><c> set</c><00:21:50.180><c> out</c><00:21:50.400><c> in</c><00:21:50.579><c> order</c><00:21:50.779><c> what</c>

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I<00:21:51.140><c> believe</c><00:21:51.279><c> are</c><00:21:51.940><c> the</c><00:21:52.180><c> teachings</c><00:21:52.480><c> of</c><00:21:52.720><c> all</c><00:21:52.940><c> of</c><00:21:53.059><c> them.</c><00:21:53.980><c> But</c><00:21:54.079><c> this</c>

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first<00:21:54.660><c> one</c><00:21:55.460><c> is</c><00:21:58.980><c> two</c><00:22:00.339><c> things</c><00:22:00.579><c> to</c><00:22:00.740><c> remember</c><00:22:01.039><c> about</c><00:22:01.220><c> it.</c>

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One,<00:22:01.599><c> it's</c><00:22:01.900><c> most</c><00:22:02.259><c> closely</c><00:22:02.640><c> connected</c><00:22:03.059><c> to</c><00:22:03.319><c> the</c><00:22:03.539><c> parable</c><00:22:03.819><c> itself,</c><00:22:04.619><c> and</c>

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it<00:22:05.079><c> connects</c><00:22:05.279><c> this</c><00:22:05.559><c> idea</c><00:22:05.799><c> of</c><00:22:06.160><c> watchfulness.</c>

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What<00:22:07.319><c> does</c><00:22:07.579><c> watchfulness</c><00:22:08.099><c> really</c><00:22:08.500><c> mean?</c><00:22:08.980><c> It's</c><00:22:09.180><c> taking</c><00:22:09.500><c> heed</c>

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to<00:22:09.980><c> yourself.</c><00:22:10.700><c> If</c><00:22:10.900><c> you're</c><00:22:11.140><c> doing</c><00:22:11.579><c> what</c><00:22:12.160><c> God</c>

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points<00:22:13.220><c> you</c><00:22:13.440><c> to</c><00:22:13.599><c> do,</c><00:22:13.940><c> you're</c><00:22:14.039><c> always</c><00:22:14.460><c> ready.</c><00:22:14.920><c> Therefore,</c><00:22:15.420><c> you</c>

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must<00:22:15.779><c> be</c><00:22:16.039><c> ready,</c><00:22:16.559><c> because</c><00:22:16.880><c> the</c><00:22:17.019><c> Son</c><00:22:17.240><c> of</c><00:22:17.440><c> Man</c><00:22:17.579><c> is</c>

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coming<00:22:18.000><c> in</c><00:22:18.200><c> an</c><00:22:18.279><c> hour</c><00:22:18.380><c> you</c><00:22:18.519><c> don't</c><00:22:18.759><c> expect.</c><00:22:19.200><c> You</c><00:22:19.319><c> don't</c><00:22:19.559><c> know</c><00:22:19.740><c> when</c><00:22:19.819><c> he's</c><00:22:19.960><c> coming,</c><00:22:20.519><c> but</c><00:22:20.680><c> if</c>

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you're<00:22:20.980><c> ready,</c>

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you're<00:22:21.619><c> ready</c><00:22:21.839><c> no</c><00:22:22.079><c> matter</c><00:22:22.400><c> when</c><00:22:22.700><c> he</c><00:22:22.920><c> comes.</c><00:22:23.579><c> If</c><00:22:23.920><c> you're</c><00:22:24.140><c> not</c>

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doing<00:22:24.859><c> your</c><00:22:25.200><c> business</c><00:22:25.559><c> right,</c><00:22:25.980><c> you'll</c><00:22:26.140><c> never</c><00:22:26.400><c> be</c>

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ready.<00:22:28.240><c> Well,</c><00:22:28.400><c> after</c><00:22:28.640><c> that,</c><00:22:28.940><c> Jesus</c><00:22:29.200><c> passes</c><00:22:29.619><c> on</c><00:22:30.700><c> to</c><00:22:31.099><c> a</c><00:22:31.339><c> consideration</c><00:22:31.839><c> of</c><00:22:32.059><c> ten</c>

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virgins<00:22:32.700><c> waiting</c><00:22:33.019><c> for</c><00:22:33.279><c> a</c><00:22:33.480><c> bride</c>

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room.<00:22:34.579><c> He</c><00:22:34.740><c> says,</c><00:22:35.559><c> Then</c><00:22:35.819><c> shall</c><00:22:36.660><c> the</c><00:22:36.759><c> kingdom</c><00:22:37.119><c> of</c><00:22:37.299><c> heaven</c><00:22:37.480><c> be</c>

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likened<00:22:38.059><c> unto</c><00:22:38.299><c> ten</c><00:22:38.619><c> virgins,</c><00:22:39.880><c> which</c><00:22:40.039><c> took</c><00:22:40.259><c> their</c><00:22:40.440><c> lamps</c>

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and<00:22:40.960><c> went</c><00:22:41.160><c> forth</c><00:22:41.579><c> to</c><00:22:41.819><c> meet</c><00:22:41.980><c> the</c><00:22:42.160><c> bridegroom.</c><00:22:42.660><c> And</c><00:22:42.819><c> I</c><00:22:42.859><c> want</c><00:22:43.059><c> you</c>

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to<00:22:43.819><c> listen</c><00:22:44.119><c> to</c><00:22:44.299><c> these</c><00:22:44.559><c> people,</c><00:22:45.019><c> because</c>

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this<00:22:46.059><c> tale</c><00:22:46.299><c> of</c><00:22:46.500><c> these</c><00:22:46.680><c> ten</c><00:22:46.880><c> virgins</c><00:22:47.259><c> carefully,</c><00:22:48.200><c> because</c><00:22:48.799><c> we</c>

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have<00:22:49.240><c> a</c><00:22:49.359><c> lesson</c><00:22:49.599><c> here,</c><00:22:50.279><c> two</c><00:22:50.519><c> or</c><00:22:50.619><c> three</c><00:22:50.819><c> more</c><00:22:51.079><c> lessons,</c>

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which<00:22:51.799><c> are</c><00:22:52.940><c> extremely</c><00:22:53.779><c> sobering.</c><00:22:55.740><c> You</c><00:22:55.880><c> might</c><00:22:56.119><c> want</c><00:22:56.279><c> to</c><00:22:56.420><c> call</c>

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this<00:22:56.940><c> the</c><00:22:57.279><c> parable</c><00:22:57.640><c> of</c><00:22:57.940><c> second</c><00:22:58.299><c> place,</c>

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as<00:23:00.279><c> well</c><00:23:00.500><c> as</c><00:23:00.680><c> the</c><00:23:00.779><c> parable</c><00:23:01.039><c> of</c><00:23:01.180><c> the</c><00:23:01.279><c> virgins.</c><00:23:01.599><c> So</c><00:23:01.759><c> what</c><00:23:01.900><c> do</c><00:23:02.160><c> they</c><00:23:02.160><c> do?</c>

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We<00:23:02.900><c> have</c><00:23:03.079><c> ten</c><00:23:03.339><c> of</c><00:23:03.440><c> them,</c>

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and<00:23:03.680><c> they</c><00:23:03.779><c> all</c><00:23:03.920><c> go</c><00:23:04.059><c> forth</c><00:23:04.339><c> to</c><00:23:04.480><c> meet</c><00:23:04.599><c> the</c><00:23:04.819><c> bridegroom,</c><00:23:05.319><c> but</c><00:23:05.440><c> verse</c><00:23:05.700><c> two</c>

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describes<00:23:06.539><c> this</c><00:23:07.259><c> group.</c>

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Five<00:23:08.539><c> are</c><00:23:08.819><c> wise</c><00:23:09.019><c> and</c><00:23:09.200><c> five</c><00:23:09.559><c> are</c><00:23:09.799><c> foolish.</c><00:23:11.180><c> They</c><00:23:11.359><c> that</c><00:23:11.500><c> were</c><00:23:11.660><c> foolish</c><00:23:11.940><c> took</c><00:23:12.160><c> their</c><00:23:12.400><c> lamps,</c><00:23:12.920><c> but</c><00:23:13.200><c> took</c><00:23:13.460><c> no</c><00:23:13.740><c> oil</c>

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with<00:23:14.359><c> them.</c><00:23:15.279><c> But</c><00:23:15.519><c> the</c><00:23:15.759><c> wise</c><00:23:16.279><c> took</c><00:23:16.839><c> oil</c><00:23:17.119><c> in</c><00:23:17.359><c> their</c><00:23:17.619><c> vessels</c><00:23:18.039><c> with</c><00:23:18.440><c> their</c><00:23:18.700><c> lamps.</c><00:23:19.480><c> So</c>

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they<00:23:19.799><c> took</c><00:23:20.039><c> lamps,</c>

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but<00:23:20.680><c> one</c><00:23:20.880><c> group</c><00:23:21.140><c> took</c><00:23:21.460><c> extra</c><00:23:21.880><c> oil</c><00:23:22.180><c> in</c><00:23:22.380><c> a</c><00:23:22.539><c> little</c><00:23:22.859><c> flask.</c><00:23:24.880><c> Now</c>

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while<00:23:25.400><c> the</c><00:23:25.700><c> bridegroom</c><00:23:26.099><c> tarried,</c>

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they<00:23:27.920><c> all</c><00:23:28.240><c> slumbered</c><00:23:28.660><c> and</c><00:23:28.859><c> slept.</c><00:23:30.180><c> At</c><00:23:30.460><c> midnight</c><00:23:30.819><c> there</c><00:23:31.099><c> was</c><00:23:31.380><c> a</c>

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cry<00:23:31.720><c> made,</c><00:23:31.920><c> Behold,</c><00:23:32.440><c> the</c><00:23:32.559><c> bridegroom</c><00:23:33.039><c> cometh,</c>

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go<00:23:33.980><c> ye</c><00:23:34.240><c> out</c><00:23:34.359><c> to</c><00:23:34.500><c> meet</c><00:23:34.640><c> him.</c><00:23:35.319><c> Then</c><00:23:35.640><c> all</c><00:23:36.059><c> the</c><00:23:36.259><c> virgins</c><00:23:36.519><c> arose</c><00:23:37.000><c> and</c>

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trimmed<00:23:37.500><c> their</c><00:23:37.720><c> lamps,</c><00:23:38.519><c> as</c><00:23:38.819><c> they</c><00:23:39.019><c> all</c><00:23:39.259><c> got</c>

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them<00:23:39.599><c> burning.</c><00:23:40.700><c> And</c><00:23:40.920><c> the</c><00:23:41.099><c> foolish</c><00:23:41.299><c> said</c><00:23:41.539><c> unto</c><00:23:41.799><c> the</c><00:23:42.059><c> wise,</c><00:23:42.400><c> Give</c><00:23:42.480><c> us</c>

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oil,<00:23:43.160><c> for</c><00:23:43.319><c> our</c><00:23:43.500><c> lamps</c><00:23:43.859><c> are</c><00:23:44.599><c> going</c><00:23:45.099><c> out.</c><00:23:54.279><c> But</c><00:23:54.579><c> the</c>

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wise<00:23:55.140><c> answered,</c><00:23:55.839><c> saying,</c><00:23:56.400><c> Not</c><00:23:56.740><c> so,</c><00:23:57.619><c> lest</c><00:23:57.740><c> there</c><00:23:58.019><c> not</c><00:23:58.240><c> be</c><00:23:58.380><c> enough</c><00:23:58.579><c> for</c>

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us<00:23:59.099><c> and</c><00:23:59.220><c> you,</c><00:23:59.400><c> but</c><00:23:59.799><c> go</c><00:24:00.059><c> ye</c><00:24:00.279><c> rather</c><00:24:00.519><c> to</c><00:24:00.700><c> them</c>

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that<00:24:01.160><c> sell</c><00:24:01.359><c> and</c><00:24:01.619><c> buy</c><00:24:01.819><c> for</c><00:24:02.000><c> yourselves.</c><00:24:03.119><c> So</c><00:24:03.299><c> the</c><00:24:03.500><c> foolish</c><00:24:03.660><c> went</c>

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to<00:24:04.099><c> buy</c><00:24:04.279><c> some</c><00:24:04.500><c> more</c><00:24:04.740><c> oil.</c><00:24:05.500><c> And</c><00:24:05.700><c> while</c><00:24:06.000><c> they</c><00:24:06.279><c> went</c><00:24:06.559><c> to</c>

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buy,<00:24:07.039><c> the</c><00:24:07.299><c> bridegroom</c><00:24:07.740><c> came</c><00:24:08.440><c> at</c><00:24:09.440><c> an</c><00:24:09.660><c> hour</c><00:24:09.799><c> they</c><00:24:09.980><c> didn't</c><00:24:10.339><c> expect.</c><00:24:12.259><c> And</c>

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they<00:24:12.640><c> that</c><00:24:12.900><c> were</c><00:24:13.359><c> ready,</c><00:24:14.319><c> that</c><00:24:14.519><c> same</c><00:24:14.759><c> word</c>

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that's<00:24:15.319><c> from</c><00:24:15.779><c> verse</c><00:24:16.160><c> 44,</c><00:24:17.119><c> the</c><00:24:17.240><c> Son</c><00:24:17.500><c> of</c><00:24:17.720><c> Man,</c><00:24:17.819><c> you</c><00:24:17.980><c> must</c><00:24:18.279><c> be</c><00:24:18.559><c> ready,</c><00:24:19.900><c> that's</c><00:24:20.079><c> verse</c><00:24:20.299><c> 44</c>

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of<00:24:20.960><c> the</c><00:24:21.039><c> preceding</c><00:24:21.420><c> chapter</c>

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where<00:24:22.119><c> Jesus</c><00:24:22.480><c> said,</c><00:24:22.859><c> Therefore</c><00:24:23.259><c> you</c><00:24:23.619><c> also</c><00:24:24.099><c> must</c><00:24:24.480><c> be</c><00:24:25.039><c> ready,</c>

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for<00:24:26.319><c> the</c><00:24:26.579><c> Son</c><00:24:26.759><c> of</c><00:24:26.960><c> Man</c><00:24:27.099><c> is</c><00:24:27.339><c> coming</c><00:24:27.579><c> at</c><00:24:27.779><c> an</c><00:24:28.019><c> hour</c>

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you<00:24:28.400><c> do</c><00:24:28.700><c> not</c><00:24:28.859><c> expect.</c><00:24:29.359><c> And</c><00:24:29.440><c> that's</c><00:24:29.700><c> exactly</c><00:24:30.039><c> what</c><00:24:30.259><c> happens</c><00:24:30.500><c> in</c>

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this<00:24:30.819><c> parable.</c><00:24:31.619><c> The</c><00:24:31.900><c> bridegroom</c><00:24:32.359><c> comes</c><00:24:32.700><c> at</c><00:24:32.940><c> an</c><00:24:33.019><c> hour</c>

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they<00:24:33.299><c> didn't</c><00:24:33.559><c> expect.</c><00:24:34.019><c> He</c><00:24:34.160><c> comes</c><00:24:34.339><c> at</c><00:24:34.559><c> midnight.</c><00:24:36.680><c> Now</c><00:24:36.900><c> I've</c><00:24:37.079><c> heard</c><00:24:37.140><c> of</c>

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weddings<00:24:37.480><c> at</c><00:24:37.700><c> five</c><00:24:37.920><c> o</c><00:24:38.099><c>'clock</c><00:24:38.200><c> in</c><00:24:38.359><c> the</c><00:24:38.480><c> morning,</c>

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:43.480
but<00:24:38.920><c> not</c><00:24:39.079><c> at</c><00:24:39.259><c> midnight.</c><00:24:42.220><c> He</c><00:24:42.539><c> comes</c><00:24:42.779><c> at</c><00:24:42.940><c> an</c><00:24:43.019><c> hour</c><00:24:43.099><c> they</c><00:24:43.259><c> don't</c>

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expect.<00:24:44.980><c> Some</c><00:24:45.200><c> are</c><00:24:45.380><c> ready</c><00:24:45.720><c> and</c><00:24:46.119><c> some</c><00:24:46.400><c> aren't.</c>

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So<00:24:48.839><c> what</c><00:24:49.079><c> happens</c><00:24:49.400><c> to</c><00:24:49.680><c> them?</c><00:24:50.339><c> They</c><00:24:50.480><c> that</c><00:24:51.420><c> were</c><00:24:51.819><c> ready,</c><00:24:52.220><c> were</c>

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prepared,<00:24:53.180><c> went</c><00:24:53.319><c> in</c><00:24:53.619><c> with</c><00:24:53.839><c> him</c><00:24:54.000><c> to</c><00:24:54.180><c> the</c><00:24:54.359><c> marriage,</c>

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and<00:24:54.920><c> the</c><00:24:55.059><c> door</c><00:24:55.619><c> was</c><00:24:56.559><c> shut.</c><00:25:00.700><c> You</c><00:25:01.220><c> might</c><00:25:01.599><c> as</c><00:25:01.920><c> you</c><00:25:02.119><c> wake</c><00:25:02.359><c> up</c><00:25:02.900><c> to</c>

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think<00:25:04.160><c> about</c><00:25:04.480><c> the</c><00:25:04.740><c> ark.</c>

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Jesus<00:25:08.799><c> referred</c><00:25:09.200><c> to</c><00:25:09.339><c> the</c><00:25:09.519><c> ark</c><00:25:09.759><c> just</c><00:25:10.200><c> a</c><00:25:10.380><c> few</c><00:25:10.480><c> minutes</c><00:25:10.779><c> ago</c><00:25:11.039><c> when</c>

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he<00:25:11.299><c> talked</c><00:25:11.539><c> about</c><00:25:11.779><c> the</c><00:25:11.960><c> days</c><00:25:12.119><c> of</c><00:25:12.339><c> Noah</c>

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and<00:25:13.519><c> some</c><00:25:13.740><c> people</c><00:25:13.960><c> going</c><00:25:14.180><c> into</c><00:25:14.440><c> the</c><00:25:14.680><c> ark</c><00:25:15.299><c> and</c><00:25:16.059><c> God</c><00:25:16.519><c> shut</c><00:25:16.839><c> the</c>

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door.<00:25:17.619><c> And</c><00:25:17.740><c> that</c><00:25:17.859><c> was</c><00:25:18.039><c> it.</c><00:25:18.940><c> The</c><00:25:19.140><c> world</c><00:25:19.299><c> was</c><00:25:19.579><c> condemned</c>

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when<00:25:20.400><c> God</c><00:25:21.000><c> shut</c><00:25:21.740><c> the</c><00:25:21.940><c> door.</c><00:25:23.059><c> Same</c><00:25:23.259><c> thing</c><00:25:23.519><c> here.</c><00:25:24.339><c> The</c><00:25:24.519><c> door</c><00:25:24.799><c> was</c>

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shut<00:25:25.420><c> afterward.</c><00:25:26.519><c> Also</c><00:25:26.559><c> the</c><00:25:26.740><c> other</c>

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verdant<00:25:27.200><c> saying,</c><00:25:27.460><c> Lord,</c><00:25:27.740><c> Lord,</c><00:25:27.960><c> open</c><00:25:28.259><c> to</c><00:25:28.519><c> us.</c><00:25:29.599><c> And</c><00:25:29.819><c> you</c><00:25:29.980><c> can</c>

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maybe<00:25:30.619><c> imagine</c><00:25:31.200><c> the</c><00:25:31.539><c> people</c><00:25:31.799><c> saying,</c><00:25:32.140><c> Noah,</c><00:25:32.440><c> open</c><00:25:32.799><c> to</c><00:25:33.079><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:25:33.440><c> getting</c><00:25:33.759><c> cloudy.</c><00:25:35.640><c> But</c><00:25:35.819><c> he</c><00:25:36.059><c> said,</c><00:25:36.400><c> Verily</c><00:25:36.700><c> I</c><00:25:36.920><c> say</c><00:25:37.079><c> unto</c><00:25:37.299><c> you,</c><00:25:37.599><c> I</c>

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don't<00:25:38.500><c> know</c><00:25:38.799><c> you.</c><00:25:39.519><c> I</c><00:25:39.779><c> know</c><00:25:40.039><c> you</c><00:25:40.339><c> not.</c>

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Watch<00:25:41.460><c> therefore,</c><00:25:42.099><c> for</c><00:25:42.400><c> ye</c><00:25:42.700><c> know</c><00:25:43.000><c> neither</c><00:25:43.460><c> the</c><00:25:43.720><c> day</c><00:25:43.900><c> nor</c><00:25:44.119><c> the</c>

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hour<00:25:44.539><c> were</c><00:25:44.759><c> in</c><00:25:44.880><c> the</c><00:25:45.019><c> Son</c><00:25:45.160><c> of</c><00:25:45.319><c> Man</c><00:25:45.619><c> cometh.</c>

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We<00:25:46.019><c> had</c><00:25:46.220><c> that</c><00:25:46.500><c> phrase</c><00:25:46.740><c> repeated</c><00:25:47.140><c> one</c><00:25:47.819><c> more</c><00:25:48.079><c> time.</c><00:25:48.420><c> Watch.</c><00:25:50.380><c> Be</c>

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prepared<00:25:51.240><c> to</c><00:25:51.500><c> yourself.</c><00:25:52.119><c> Watch</c><00:25:52.460><c> yourself.</c>

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And<00:25:53.900><c> then</c><00:25:54.059><c> you</c><00:25:54.140><c> won't</c><00:25:54.380><c> have</c><00:25:54.619><c> to</c><00:25:54.839><c> worry</c><00:25:55.039><c> about</c><00:25:55.440><c> when</c><00:25:55.720><c> the</c><00:25:55.980><c> time</c>

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is<00:25:56.319><c> because</c><00:25:56.480><c> you'll</c><00:25:56.759><c> always</c><00:25:57.099><c> be</c><00:25:57.380><c> ready.</c>

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Now<00:25:58.460><c> I</c><00:25:58.519><c> want</c><00:25:58.660><c> you</c><00:25:58.779><c> to</c><00:25:58.980><c> take</c><00:25:59.119><c> a</c><00:25:59.279><c> good</c><00:25:59.420><c> look</c><00:25:59.619><c> at</c><00:25:59.799><c> these</c><00:26:00.720><c> ten</c><00:26:01.279><c> virgins.</c>

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I<00:26:09.920><c> want</c><00:26:10.099><c> you</c><00:26:10.299><c> to</c><00:26:10.779><c> note</c><00:26:11.019><c> carefully</c>

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that<00:26:17.819><c> they</c><00:26:17.819><c> all</c><00:26:17.819><c> had</c><00:26:17.819><c> lamps.</c><00:26:17.819><c> I</c><00:26:17.819><c> can't</c><00:26:18.079><c> really</c><00:26:18.359><c> tell</c><00:26:18.579><c> if</c><00:26:18.700><c> that's</c><00:26:19.319><c> the</c><00:26:19.420><c> best</c><00:26:19.700><c> I</c>

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can<00:26:20.079><c> do</c><00:26:20.200><c> or</c><00:26:20.339><c> not</c><00:26:20.460><c> on</c><00:26:20.559><c> the</c><00:26:20.779><c> focus.</c>

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But<00:26:22.000><c> they</c><00:26:22.200><c> all</c><00:26:22.859><c> had</c><00:26:23.299><c> lamps.</c><00:26:24.380><c> You</c><00:26:24.559><c> got</c><00:26:24.779><c> that</c><00:26:24.980><c> straight?</c><00:26:25.759><c> Five</c>

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are<00:26:26.240><c> wise</c><00:26:26.400><c> and</c><00:26:26.500><c> five</c><00:26:26.799><c> are</c><00:26:27.000><c> foolish.</c><00:26:27.220><c> But</c><00:26:27.339><c> even</c><00:26:27.539><c> the</c>

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foolish<00:26:27.920><c> ones</c><00:26:28.200><c> took</c><00:26:28.380><c> their</c><00:26:28.599><c> lamps.</c><00:26:29.920><c> They</c><00:26:30.140><c> all</c><00:26:30.319><c> went</c><00:26:30.460><c> out</c><00:26:30.700><c> to</c>

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meet<00:26:30.980><c> the</c><00:26:31.200><c> bridegroom.</c><00:26:32.059><c> Even</c><00:26:32.319><c> the</c><00:26:32.519><c> foolish</c><00:26:32.779><c> ones.</c>

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:38.319
They<00:26:34.380><c> all</c><00:26:34.680><c> had</c><00:26:34.839><c> oil</c><00:26:35.099><c> in</c><00:26:35.259><c> their</c><00:26:35.500><c> lamps.</c><00:26:37.440><c> Even</c><00:26:37.680><c> the</c><00:26:37.920><c> foolish</c><00:26:38.119><c> had</c>

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oil<00:26:38.599><c> in</c><00:26:38.740><c> their</c><00:26:38.960><c> lamps.</c><00:26:40.220><c> They</c><00:26:40.460><c> all</c><00:26:40.940><c> slumbered</c><00:26:42.299><c> and</c>

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slept.<00:26:48.119><c> When</c><00:26:48.599><c> the</c><00:26:49.000><c> cry</c><00:26:49.200><c> came,</c><00:26:49.680><c> the</c><00:26:49.900><c> bridegroom</c><00:26:50.319><c> comes,</c><00:26:51.519><c> what</c>

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did<00:26:51.779><c> they</c><00:26:51.900><c> do?</c><00:26:52.059><c> They</c><00:26:52.299><c> all</c><00:26:52.559><c> woke</c><00:26:52.779><c> up.</c><00:26:53.279><c> The</c><00:26:53.500><c> foolish</c>

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didn't<00:26:54.019><c> just</c><00:26:54.440><c> roll</c><00:26:54.619><c> over</c><00:26:54.880><c> in</c><00:26:55.039><c> bed</c><00:26:55.220><c> and</c><00:26:55.319><c> say,</c><00:26:55.579><c> don't</c><00:26:55.579><c> bother</c>

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me.<00:26:56.200><c> They</c><00:26:56.440><c> arose</c><00:26:57.000><c> and</c><00:26:57.559><c> they</c><00:26:57.839><c> trimmed</c><00:26:57.980><c> their</c><00:26:58.259><c> lamps.</c><00:26:58.460><c> They</c>

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all<00:26:58.819><c> did</c><00:26:58.900><c> that</c><00:26:59.180><c> together.</c><00:27:01.839><c> But</c><00:27:02.119><c> remember</c><00:27:02.660><c> the</c><00:27:02.819><c> one</c><00:27:03.019><c> difference</c><00:27:03.420><c> was</c><00:27:04.019><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:05.039><c> foolish</c><00:27:05.240><c> didn't</c><00:27:05.480><c> bring</c>

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this<00:27:05.980><c> extra</c><00:27:06.500><c> little</c><00:27:06.799><c> flask</c><00:27:07.160><c> of</c><00:27:07.359><c> oil</c><00:27:07.740><c> to</c><00:27:09.180><c> keep</c><00:27:09.400><c> their</c><00:27:09.640><c> lamps</c><00:27:09.859><c> burning.</c><00:27:10.900><c> So</c>

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they<00:27:11.519><c> had</c><00:27:11.680><c> to</c><00:27:11.799><c> go</c><00:27:11.980><c> buy</c><00:27:12.140><c> some</c><00:27:12.380><c> more.</c>

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And<00:27:14.119><c> what</c><00:27:14.319><c> happened</c><00:27:14.579><c> while</c><00:27:14.759><c> they</c><00:27:14.940><c> were</c><00:27:15.119><c> gone?</c><00:27:16.740><c> Right.</c><00:27:17.079><c> The</c>

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:20.380
door<00:27:17.539><c> was</c><00:27:17.799><c> shut.</c><00:27:18.819><c> And</c><00:27:19.099><c> that</c><00:27:19.279><c> was</c><00:27:19.500><c> it.</c>

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:25.740
Now<00:27:21.759><c> you'd</c><00:27:22.160><c> think</c><00:27:22.440><c> that</c><00:27:22.599><c> these</c><00:27:22.859><c> five</c><00:27:23.119><c> foolish</c><00:27:23.359><c> virgins</c><00:27:23.799><c> should</c><00:27:24.079><c> at</c><00:27:24.259><c> least</c><00:27:25.099><c> get,</c><00:27:25.539><c> as</c>

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I<00:27:25.900><c> said,</c><00:27:26.160><c> a</c><00:27:26.319><c> second</c><00:27:26.619><c> prize.</c>

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You<00:27:27.319><c> know,</c><00:27:27.359><c> they</c><00:27:27.500><c> came</c><00:27:27.680><c> pretty</c><00:27:28.019><c> close,</c><00:27:28.339><c> didn't</c><00:27:28.519><c> they?</c><00:27:29.579><c> They</c>

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did<00:27:29.940><c> everything</c><00:27:30.720><c> that</c><00:27:31.740><c> the</c><00:27:32.000><c> wise</c><00:27:32.160><c> did.</c><00:27:33.559><c> Right</c><00:27:33.740><c> down</c>

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:46.220
the<00:27:35.920><c> line,</c><00:27:37.920><c> right</c><00:27:39.480><c> down</c><00:27:39.819><c> the</c><00:27:40.000><c> line,</c><00:27:40.279><c> did</c><00:27:40.380><c> everything</c><00:27:40.799><c> the</c><00:27:41.079><c> wise</c><00:27:41.240><c> people</c><00:27:41.539><c> did.</c><00:27:43.000><c> Except</c><00:27:43.460><c> what?</c><00:27:45.559><c> When</c><00:27:45.960><c> the</c>

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Son<00:27:46.359><c> of</c><00:27:46.539><c> Man</c>

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came,<00:27:47.940><c> they</c><00:27:48.160><c> weren't</c><00:27:48.539><c> ready.</c><00:27:49.740><c> They</c><00:27:49.920><c> weren't</c><00:27:50.119><c> quite</c><00:27:50.420><c> ready.</c>

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:53.940
They<00:27:51.519><c> didn't</c><00:27:51.759><c> have</c><00:27:52.160><c> that</c><00:27:52.480><c> extra</c><00:27:52.799><c> little</c><00:27:53.160><c> foresight</c>

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that<00:27:54.539><c> it</c><00:27:54.819><c> took</c><00:27:55.059><c> to</c><00:27:55.380><c> say,</c><00:27:56.619><c> maybe</c><00:27:57.059><c> I</c><00:27:57.240><c> better</c><00:27:57.400><c> do</c><00:27:57.619><c> something</c><00:27:57.940><c> a</c><00:27:58.079><c> little</c><00:27:58.220><c> more.</c><00:27:59.380><c> Maybe</c><00:27:59.720><c> I</c>

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better<00:28:00.119><c> be</c><00:28:00.480><c> prepared</c><00:28:00.819><c> for</c><00:28:01.160><c> any</c>

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thing<00:28:02.380><c> that</c><00:28:02.599><c> might</c><00:28:02.859><c> happen.</c><00:28:03.980><c> The</c><00:28:04.299><c> wise</c><00:28:04.599><c> were</c><00:28:04.940><c> prepared.</c><00:28:06.720><c> They</c>

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were<00:28:07.240><c> thoughtful</c><00:28:07.599><c> and</c><00:28:07.839><c> mature</c><00:28:08.200><c> enough</c><00:28:08.539><c> to</c><00:28:08.680><c> look</c>

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ahead<00:28:09.440><c> to</c><00:28:10.119><c> unforeseen</c><00:28:10.740><c> circumstances</c><00:28:11.559><c> down</c><00:28:11.940><c> the</c><00:28:12.140><c> road</c><00:28:12.539><c> that</c>

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:17.240
might<00:28:15.339><c> cause</c><00:28:16.059><c> some</c><00:28:16.339><c> problems.</c><00:28:16.720><c> They</c><00:28:16.819><c> were</c><00:28:17.039><c> ready.</c>

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:20.420
Under<00:28:17.720><c> any</c><00:28:17.980><c> circumstance,</c><00:28:18.980><c> they</c><00:28:19.180><c> were</c><00:28:19.440><c> ready.</c><00:28:20.000><c> And</c><00:28:20.160><c> that's</c>

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:22.099
the<00:28:20.599><c> difference</c><00:28:20.839><c> between</c><00:28:21.200><c> wise</c><00:28:21.400><c> and</c><00:28:21.640><c> foolish.</c><00:28:21.819><c> And</c><00:28:21.960><c> it's</c>

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:26.519
not<00:28:22.319><c> much,</c><00:28:22.720><c> is</c><00:28:22.720><c> it?</c><00:28:22.859><c> Apparently.</c><00:28:24.319><c> It</c><00:28:24.519><c> doesn't</c><00:28:24.759><c> look</c><00:28:25.059><c> like</c><00:28:25.259><c> much.</c><00:28:26.400><c> But</c>

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:28.059
there<00:28:26.680><c> was</c><00:28:26.859><c> no</c><00:28:27.099><c> second</c><00:28:27.319><c> place</c><00:28:27.660><c> for</c><00:28:27.859><c> these</c>

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:33.759
virgins.<00:28:29.420><c> I</c><00:28:30.019><c> never</c><00:28:30.400><c> knew</c><00:28:30.619><c> you.</c><00:28:31.680><c> Be</c><00:28:31.940><c> gone.</c><00:28:32.700><c> I</c><00:28:32.839><c> don't</c><00:28:33.119><c> know</c><00:28:33.319><c> you.</c>

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:37.240
That's<00:28:34.279><c> all</c><00:28:34.420><c> they</c><00:28:34.579><c> got.</c><00:28:35.599><c> I</c><00:28:36.019><c> don't</c><00:28:36.339><c> know</c><00:28:36.579><c> you.</c>

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:41.339
As<00:28:37.920><c> I</c><00:28:38.079><c> said,</c><00:28:38.279><c> that's</c><00:28:38.500><c> pretty</c><00:28:38.819><c> sobering.</c><00:28:39.900><c> There</c><00:28:40.059><c> isn't</c><00:28:40.279><c> any</c><00:28:40.579><c> second</c><00:28:40.900><c> place</c><00:28:41.180><c> in</c>

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:44.140
the<00:28:41.480><c> kingdom.</c><00:28:42.700><c> You're</c><00:28:42.859><c> in</c><00:28:43.259><c> or</c><00:28:43.859><c> you're</c>

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:52.339
out.<00:28:45.779><c> And</c><00:28:45.880><c> that</c><00:28:46.079><c> extra</c><00:28:46.420><c> preparation,</c><00:28:47.339><c> when</c><00:28:47.579><c> we</c><00:28:47.799><c> summarize</c><00:28:48.180><c> these</c><00:28:48.420><c> whole</c><00:28:49.559><c> three</c><00:28:49.740><c> together,</c><00:28:50.400><c> we'll</c><00:28:51.039><c> look</c><00:28:51.279><c> at</c><00:28:51.400><c> that</c>

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:59.740
again.<00:28:57.039><c> Now</c><00:28:57.440><c> I'd</c><00:28:57.640><c> like</c><00:28:57.640><c> to</c><00:28:57.799><c> look</c><00:28:57.900><c> at</c><00:28:58.019><c> the</c><00:28:58.200><c> last</c><00:28:58.420><c> parable</c><00:28:58.759><c> before</c><00:28:59.099><c> I</c><00:28:59.299><c> come</c><00:28:59.440><c> back</c><00:28:59.640><c> to</c>

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.119
all<00:28:59.880><c> three</c><00:29:00.079><c> of</c><00:29:00.240><c> these.</c>

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:04.299
So<00:29:02.460><c> we're</c><00:29:02.660><c> going</c><00:29:02.759><c> to</c><00:29:02.859><c> look</c><00:29:03.000><c> at</c><00:29:03.200><c> a</c><00:29:03.339><c> little</c><00:29:03.500><c> bit</c><00:29:03.660><c> of</c><00:29:03.859><c> detail</c><00:29:04.099><c> on</c>

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.299
all<00:29:04.519><c> three</c><00:29:04.700><c> of</c><00:29:04.819><c> them,</c>

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:09.420
for<00:29:05.619><c> each</c><00:29:05.819><c> of</c><00:29:05.960><c> them,</c><00:29:06.059><c> and</c><00:29:06.220><c> then</c><00:29:06.400><c> look</c><00:29:06.579><c> at</c><00:29:06.720><c> them</c><00:29:06.980><c> all</c><00:29:07.480><c> as</c><00:29:08.500><c> one.</c>

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:16.059
The<00:29:11.819><c> last</c><00:29:12.079><c> parable</c><00:29:12.460><c> is</c><00:29:12.660><c> this</c><00:29:12.960><c> one,</c><00:29:15.039><c> the</c><00:29:15.319><c> parable</c><00:29:15.579><c> of</c><00:29:15.740><c> the</c><00:29:15.859><c> ten</c>

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:18.079
talents,<00:29:16.480><c> which</c><00:29:16.740><c> I</c><00:29:17.019><c> have</c><00:29:17.160><c> written</c><00:29:17.359><c> on</c><00:29:17.539><c> the</c><00:29:17.779><c> overhead,</c>

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:20.680
servants<00:29:18.539><c> employed</c><00:29:19.039><c> in</c><00:29:19.160><c> their</c><00:29:19.359><c> master's</c><00:29:19.880><c> business.</c>

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:34.400
In<00:29:29.960><c> my</c><00:29:30.339><c> view,</c><00:29:30.660><c> a</c><00:29:30.660><c> slightly</c><00:29:31.059><c> more</c><00:29:31.359><c> appropriate</c><00:29:31.779><c> title.</c><00:29:33.920><c> Well,</c>

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:37.000
let's<00:29:34.920><c> look</c><00:29:35.140><c> at</c><00:29:35.299><c> some</c><00:29:35.420><c> of</c><00:29:35.680><c> the</c><00:29:35.680><c> details</c><00:29:35.960><c> in</c><00:29:36.200><c> here.</c>

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:42.480
Jesus<00:29:38.460><c> tells</c><00:29:38.740><c> one</c><00:29:38.940><c> more</c><00:29:39.240><c> parable,</c><00:29:40.160><c> number</c><00:29:40.519><c> three,</c><00:29:41.059><c> in</c><00:29:41.180><c> this</c>

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:45.339
set<00:29:42.900><c> of</c><00:29:43.299><c> things</c><00:29:43.680><c> to</c><00:29:43.859><c> look</c><00:29:44.119><c> for</c><00:29:44.420><c> for</c><00:29:44.640><c> our</c>

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:49.180
preparation<00:29:45.859><c> for</c><00:29:46.099><c> our</c><00:29:46.720><c> meeting</c><00:29:46.980><c> with</c><00:29:47.240><c> him</c><00:29:47.400><c> at</c><00:29:47.640><c> the</c><00:29:47.759><c> judgment.</c>

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:53.720
For<00:29:50.140><c> it</c><00:29:50.140><c> will</c><00:29:50.440><c> be,</c><00:29:52.160><c> as</c><00:29:52.859><c> we're</c><00:29:53.240><c> in</c><00:29:53.359><c> chapter</c>

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:59.859
25<00:29:54.339><c> and</c><00:29:54.480><c> verse</c><00:29:54.759><c> 14,</c><00:29:57.400><c> the</c><00:29:57.660><c> authorized,</c><00:29:58.220><c> you</c><00:29:58.440><c> see,</c><00:29:58.740><c> has</c><00:29:58.880><c> the,</c><00:29:59.220><c> for</c><00:29:59.220><c> the</c><00:29:59.359><c> kingdom</c><00:29:59.619><c> of</c>

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:01.259
heaven,<00:30:00.259><c> it's</c><00:30:00.420><c> all</c><00:30:00.559><c> in</c><00:30:00.720><c> italics,</c>

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:05.480
but<00:30:01.779><c> it</c><00:30:02.140><c> is</c><00:30:02.400><c> another</c><00:30:02.619><c> parable,</c><00:30:03.079><c> the</c><00:30:03.220><c> kingdom,</c><00:30:03.920><c> for</c><00:30:04.160><c> the</c><00:30:04.380><c> kingdom</c><00:30:04.660><c> of</c><00:30:04.900><c> heaven</c><00:30:05.119><c> is</c>

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:07.000
as<00:30:05.700><c> a</c><00:30:05.859><c> man</c><00:30:06.059><c> traveling</c><00:30:06.480><c> into</c><00:30:06.779><c> a</c>

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:10.259
far<00:30:07.180><c> country</c><00:30:07.539><c> who</c><00:30:07.799><c> called</c><00:30:08.119><c> his</c><00:30:08.579><c> own</c><00:30:08.900><c> servants</c><00:30:09.299><c> and</c><00:30:09.880><c> delivered</c>

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:14.319
unto<00:30:10.579><c> them</c><00:30:11.140><c> his</c><00:30:11.819><c> goods.</c><00:30:13.500><c> And</c><00:30:13.799><c> unto</c><00:30:14.039><c> one</c><00:30:14.180><c> he</c>

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:18.380
gave<00:30:14.539><c> five</c><00:30:14.960><c> talents</c><00:30:15.400><c> to</c><00:30:15.660><c> another</c><00:30:15.920><c> two</c><00:30:16.299><c> and</c><00:30:16.559><c> to</c><00:30:16.799><c> another</c><00:30:17.359><c> one.</c>

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:21.680
Every<00:30:18.779><c> man</c><00:30:19.059><c> according</c><00:30:19.519><c> to</c><00:30:19.900><c> his</c><00:30:20.740><c> several</c><00:30:21.119><c> ability</c>

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:26.640
and<00:30:22.059><c> straightway</c><00:30:22.500><c> took</c><00:30:22.779><c> his</c><00:30:23.160><c> journey,</c><00:30:24.480><c> or</c><00:30:24.680><c> the</c><00:30:24.980><c> Revised</c><00:30:25.400><c> Standard</c><00:30:25.599><c> Version</c><00:30:25.960><c> says,</c><00:30:26.380><c> each</c>

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.980
according<00:30:27.019><c> to</c><00:30:27.359><c> his</c>

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:32.940
ability.<00:30:28.940><c> And</c><00:30:29.119><c> I</c><00:30:29.220><c> want</c><00:30:29.319><c> to</c><00:30:29.500><c> stop</c><00:30:29.720><c> here</c><00:30:30.140><c> for</c><00:30:30.440><c> a</c><00:30:30.519><c> minute</c><00:30:30.980><c> and</c>

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:35.900
determine<00:30:33.579><c> what</c><00:30:33.779><c> this</c><00:30:34.140><c> word</c><00:30:34.339><c> ability</c><00:30:34.819><c> means,</c>

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:39.960
or<00:30:36.980><c> what</c><00:30:37.200><c> this,</c><00:30:37.680><c> I</c><00:30:37.940><c> should</c><00:30:38.099><c> say</c><00:30:38.240><c> this</c><00:30:38.400><c> whole</c><00:30:38.619><c> passage</c><00:30:39.019><c> means.</c>

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:43.000
He,<00:30:41.140><c> they</c><00:30:41.359><c> get</c><00:30:41.539><c> talents</c><00:30:42.119><c> according</c><00:30:42.579><c> to</c><00:30:42.880><c> an,</c>

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:46.259
according<00:30:43.880><c> to</c><00:30:44.279><c> some</c><00:30:44.500><c> ability</c><00:30:44.880><c> they</c><00:30:45.200><c> have,</c><00:30:45.619><c> or</c><00:30:45.740><c> capability,</c>

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.759
or<00:30:46.599><c> power,</c>

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:51.119
whatever<00:30:49.119><c> is</c><00:30:49.299><c> in</c><00:30:49.359><c> their</c><00:30:49.559><c> power</c><00:30:49.740><c> to</c><00:30:49.980><c> do.</c><00:30:50.480><c> This</c><00:30:50.779><c> is</c><00:30:50.960><c> where</c><00:30:51.039><c> you</c>

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:52.579
have<00:30:51.299><c> to</c><00:30:51.420><c> be</c><00:30:51.640><c> careful</c><00:30:51.940><c> because</c>

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:56.380
sometimes<00:30:53.339><c> it's</c><00:30:53.559><c> easy</c><00:30:53.839><c> to</c><00:30:54.119><c> get</c><00:30:54.359><c> thrown</c><00:30:54.680><c> by</c><00:30:54.920><c> the</c><00:30:55.119><c> word</c><00:30:55.299><c> talent.</c>

00:30:57.599 --> 00:31:00.160
This<00:30:57.920><c> word</c><00:30:58.099><c> talent,</c><00:30:59.359><c> although</c><00:30:59.599><c> it</c><00:30:59.819><c> is</c>

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:06.000
etymologically<00:31:01.119><c> related,</c><00:31:02.099><c> it</c><00:31:02.259><c> is</c><00:31:02.500><c> a</c><00:31:02.660><c> root</c><00:31:02.779><c> of</c><00:31:02.960><c> our</c><00:31:03.099><c> English</c><00:31:03.420><c> word</c><00:31:03.700><c> talent,</c><00:31:04.259><c> that</c><00:31:04.460><c> is</c><00:31:04.859><c> a</c><00:31:05.200><c> skill,</c>

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:10.599
in<00:31:06.960><c> this</c><00:31:07.279><c> usage</c><00:31:07.559><c> here</c><00:31:07.839><c> has</c><00:31:08.140><c> nothing</c><00:31:08.460><c> to</c><00:31:08.700><c> do</c><00:31:08.920><c> with</c><00:31:09.400><c> talent.</c><00:31:10.460><c> It</c>

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:16.220
is<00:31:11.380><c> in</c><00:31:11.779><c> this</c><00:31:12.640><c> usage</c><00:31:13.079><c> a</c><00:31:14.019><c> title</c><00:31:14.259><c> of</c><00:31:14.519><c> a</c><00:31:14.700><c> Greek</c><00:31:15.039><c> coin.</c>

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:20.000
Evidently<00:31:18.420><c> the</c><00:31:18.599><c> word</c><00:31:18.759><c> originally</c><00:31:19.200><c> means</c><00:31:19.440><c> something</c><00:31:19.720><c> like</c>

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:22.519
something<00:31:20.240><c> that's</c><00:31:20.619><c> measured</c><00:31:20.839><c> out,</c><00:31:21.700><c> and</c><00:31:21.920><c> that's</c><00:31:22.180><c> why</c><00:31:22.380><c> you</c>

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:25.380
could<00:31:22.680><c> apply</c><00:31:22.980><c> to</c><00:31:23.240><c> a</c><00:31:23.400><c> coin</c><00:31:23.579><c> or</c><00:31:23.799><c> apply</c><00:31:24.079><c> to</c><00:31:24.279><c> somebody's</c><00:31:25.240><c> skill.</c>

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:28.619
But<00:31:25.619><c> in</c><00:31:25.740><c> any</c><00:31:25.920><c> event,</c><00:31:26.819><c> these</c><00:31:27.039><c> five</c><00:31:27.400><c> talents</c><00:31:27.759><c> don't</c><00:31:28.200><c> apply</c>

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:32.519
to<00:31:28.940><c> skills,</c><00:31:29.519><c> they</c><00:31:29.779><c> apply</c><00:31:30.019><c> to</c><00:31:30.339><c> a</c><00:31:30.599><c> measure</c><00:31:30.900><c> of</c><00:31:31.240><c> something.</c><00:31:32.339><c> And</c>

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:35.380
the<00:31:32.660><c> reason</c><00:31:32.980><c> we</c><00:31:33.700><c> know</c><00:31:33.960><c> this</c><00:31:34.200><c> is</c><00:31:34.420><c> because</c><00:31:34.740><c> the</c><00:31:35.079><c> skills</c>

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:38.960
the<00:31:36.160><c> talents</c><00:31:36.420><c> are</c><00:31:36.640><c> given</c><00:31:36.859><c> according</c><00:31:37.480><c> to</c><00:31:37.740><c> their</c><00:31:38.299><c> abilities,</c>

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:42.119
according<00:31:39.799><c> to</c><00:31:40.059><c> their</c><00:31:40.579><c> skill,</c><00:31:41.079><c> according</c><00:31:41.460><c> to</c><00:31:41.660><c> their</c>

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:45.180
capability<00:31:42.720><c> or</c><00:31:42.960><c> power</c><00:31:43.180><c> to</c><00:31:43.380><c> do</c><00:31:43.539><c> something.</c><00:31:44.279><c> So</c><00:31:44.440><c> each</c><00:31:44.680><c> person</c>

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:49.140
has<00:31:46.339><c> some</c><00:31:46.920><c> ability,</c><00:31:47.720><c> which</c><00:31:48.359><c> of</c><00:31:48.599><c> course</c><00:31:48.859><c> God</c>

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:53.799
gives<00:31:49.380><c> us</c><00:31:49.720><c> too,</c><00:31:50.799><c> and</c><00:31:50.960><c> then</c><00:31:51.880><c> in</c><00:31:52.460><c> accordance</c><00:31:52.900><c> with</c><00:31:53.220><c> that</c><00:31:53.519><c> power</c>

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:56.079
we<00:31:54.019><c> have</c><00:31:54.279><c> to</c><00:31:54.500><c> do</c><00:31:54.599><c> his</c><00:31:54.819><c> work,</c><00:31:55.359><c> we</c><00:31:55.500><c> are</c><00:31:55.759><c> given</c>

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:59.779
something<00:31:56.980><c> called</c><00:31:57.980><c> talents,</c><00:31:58.539><c> which</c><00:31:58.819><c> represents</c><00:31:59.299><c> something.</c>

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:04.059
And<00:32:00.559><c> I</c><00:32:00.720><c> would</c><00:32:00.940><c> suggest</c><00:32:01.299><c> that</c><00:32:02.900><c> most</c><00:32:03.619><c> likely</c>

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:09.599
what<00:32:04.359><c> they</c><00:32:04.559><c> represent</c><00:32:05.180><c> are</c><00:32:05.779><c> responsibilities,</c><00:32:07.500><c> and</c><00:32:07.720><c> responsibility</c><00:32:08.500><c> means</c><00:32:09.400><c> a</c>

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response<00:32:10.240><c> to</c><00:32:10.619><c> your</c><00:32:10.880><c> ability.</c>

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:13.980
This<00:32:11.819><c> is</c><00:32:12.039><c> exactly</c><00:32:12.380><c> what's</c><00:32:12.579><c> going</c><00:32:12.859><c> on</c><00:32:12.980><c> in</c><00:32:13.140><c> the</c><00:32:13.240><c> parable.</c><00:32:13.819><c> They</c>

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:15.619
have<00:32:14.299><c> an</c><00:32:14.460><c> ability</c>

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:18.839
and<00:32:16.000><c> they're</c><00:32:16.200><c> giving</c><00:32:16.420><c> something</c><00:32:16.880><c> in</c><00:32:17.180><c> accordance</c><00:32:17.519><c> to</c><00:32:17.839><c> that.</c>

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:21.660
What<00:32:19.599><c> responds</c><00:32:20.380><c> to</c><00:32:20.579><c> our</c><00:32:20.740><c> ability,</c><00:32:21.220><c> it's</c><00:32:21.380><c> called</c>

00:32:21.660 --> 00:32:27.279
responsibility.<00:32:23.539><c> Now</c><00:32:23.759><c> I</c><00:32:23.759><c> don't</c><00:32:24.000><c> know</c><00:32:24.140><c> if</c><00:32:24.299><c> the</c><00:32:24.400><c> word</c><00:32:24.619><c> responsibility</c><00:32:25.539><c> has</c><00:32:26.660><c> anything</c><00:32:27.039><c> to</c>

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.599
do<00:32:27.480><c> with</c><00:32:27.799><c> the</c>

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:32.779
suggested<00:32:29.240><c> etymology</c><00:32:29.779><c> there,</c><00:32:29.940><c> that</c><00:32:30.119><c> may</c><00:32:30.339><c> be</c><00:32:30.700><c> something</c><00:32:31.059><c> entirely</c><00:32:31.420><c> fictitious,</c><00:32:32.420><c> but</c>

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.619
it's<00:32:33.059><c> a</c><00:32:33.160><c> good</c><00:32:33.240><c> way</c><00:32:33.420><c> to</c>

00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:37.160
remember<00:32:34.539><c> what</c><00:32:35.019><c> the</c><00:32:35.180><c> word</c><00:32:35.380><c> responsibility</c><00:32:36.200><c> means.</c><00:32:36.779><c> We</c><00:32:36.940><c> all</c>

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.200
have<00:32:37.460><c> responsibilities</c><00:32:38.140><c> in</c><00:32:38.319><c> God's</c><00:32:38.660><c> house.</c>

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:42.359
It's<00:32:39.700><c> how</c><00:32:39.920><c> we</c><00:32:40.200><c> respond</c><00:32:40.660><c> to</c><00:32:40.859><c> our</c><00:32:41.019><c> own</c><00:32:41.220><c> abilities.</c><00:32:42.019><c> That's</c><00:32:42.220><c> what</c>

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:44.960
God<00:32:42.640><c> expects</c><00:32:43.079><c> out</c><00:32:43.339><c> of</c><00:32:43.440><c> us.</c><00:32:44.180><c> And</c><00:32:44.339><c> this</c><00:32:44.480><c> is</c><00:32:44.720><c> the</c><00:32:44.779><c> point</c>

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:49.240
of<00:32:45.099><c> the</c><00:32:45.279><c> parable.</c><00:32:46.500><c> One</c><00:32:47.000><c> of</c><00:32:47.140><c> the</c><00:32:47.240><c> points,</c><00:32:47.480><c> how</c><00:32:47.660><c> do</c><00:32:47.799><c> people</c><00:32:48.019><c> respond</c><00:32:48.839><c> to</c>

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:50.779
the<00:32:49.460><c> abilities</c><00:32:49.759><c> which</c><00:32:50.000><c> they</c><00:32:50.200><c> do</c><00:32:50.440><c> have?</c>

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:55.200
Well,<00:32:51.339><c> if</c><00:32:51.440><c> God</c><00:32:51.680><c> gives</c><00:32:51.920><c> somebody</c><00:32:52.539><c> twice</c><00:32:52.859><c> as</c><00:32:53.119><c> much</c><00:32:53.759><c> ability,</c><00:32:54.660><c> then</c><00:32:54.880><c> he</c>

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:58.440
expects<00:32:55.740><c> twice</c><00:32:56.319><c> as</c><00:32:56.539><c> much</c><00:32:57.200><c> out</c><00:32:57.460><c> of</c><00:32:57.660><c> them.</c>

00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:05.779
So<00:32:59.819><c> three</c><00:33:00.200><c> people</c><00:33:00.519><c> are</c><00:33:00.740><c> considered.</c><00:33:02.299><c> One</c><00:33:02.559><c> is</c><00:33:02.799><c> given</c><00:33:03.220><c> five</c><00:33:03.799><c> talents,</c><00:33:04.440><c> one,</c><00:33:04.700><c> two,</c><00:33:05.359><c> and</c>

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.599
one,<00:33:06.559><c> one.</c>

00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:12.920
They<00:33:09.619><c> are</c><00:33:09.819><c> given</c><00:33:10.160><c> work</c><00:33:10.539><c> to</c><00:33:10.799><c> do,</c><00:33:11.940><c> or</c><00:33:11.960><c> perhaps</c><00:33:12.259><c> opportunities</c>

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:16.900
to<00:33:13.200><c> do</c><00:33:13.400><c> work</c><00:33:13.619><c> in</c><00:33:13.880><c> accordance</c><00:33:14.339><c> with</c><00:33:16.480><c> the</c>

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:21.599
abilities<00:33:17.440><c> they</c><00:33:17.779><c> have.</c><00:33:18.279><c> Well,</c><00:33:19.019><c> you</c><00:33:19.240><c> know</c><00:33:19.759><c> what</c><00:33:20.180><c> happens.</c><00:33:21.400><c> The</c>

00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.740
man<00:33:21.900><c> who</c><00:33:22.180><c> makes</c><00:33:22.380><c> five</c><00:33:23.119><c> goes</c><00:33:23.779><c> out</c><00:33:24.079><c> and</c><00:33:24.220><c> makes</c><00:33:24.359><c> five</c>

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:28.640
more.<00:33:25.099><c> He</c><00:33:25.259><c> increases</c><00:33:26.000><c> what</c><00:33:26.539><c> he</c><00:33:26.700><c> has</c><00:33:27.019><c> and</c><00:33:27.180><c> finds</c><00:33:27.539><c> even</c><00:33:27.859><c> more</c><00:33:28.099><c> things</c><00:33:28.400><c> to</c>

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:30.660
do<00:33:28.799><c> and</c><00:33:28.900><c> is</c><00:33:29.140><c> diligent</c><00:33:29.680><c> in</c><00:33:29.900><c> his</c><00:33:30.099><c> master's</c>

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:33.440
service.<00:33:31.359><c> And</c><00:33:31.539><c> I</c><00:33:31.619><c> might</c><00:33:31.859><c> add,</c><00:33:32.359><c> nowhere</c><00:33:32.519><c> in</c><00:33:32.720><c> the</c><00:33:32.980><c> parable</c><00:33:33.220><c> does</c>

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:35.380
the<00:33:33.619><c> master</c><00:33:33.880><c> even</c><00:33:34.140><c> instruct</c><00:33:34.539><c> them</c><00:33:34.740><c> to</c><00:33:34.880><c> do</c><00:33:35.039><c> anything.</c>

00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:38.980
He<00:33:35.559><c> just</c><00:33:35.759><c> says,</c><00:33:36.000><c> here's</c><00:33:36.059><c> your</c><00:33:36.240><c> money.</c><00:33:38.039><c> Here's</c><00:33:38.380><c> my</c><00:33:38.599><c> money,</c><00:33:38.859><c> I</c>

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.960
should<00:33:39.180><c> say.</c><00:33:39.660><c> He</c><00:33:39.660><c> says,</c><00:33:40.039><c> because</c><00:33:40.220><c> it's</c><00:33:40.420><c> the</c><00:33:40.559><c> master's</c>

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:44.859
money.<00:33:41.299><c> Here's</c><00:33:41.579><c> my</c><00:33:41.759><c> money.</c><00:33:42.140><c> I'm</c><00:33:42.339><c> going</c><00:33:42.579><c> away.</c><00:33:43.640><c> But</c><00:33:44.000><c> they</c><00:33:44.259><c> seemingly,</c><00:33:44.619><c> they</c>

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:46.460
take<00:33:45.059><c> the</c><00:33:45.299><c> initiative.</c><00:33:45.900><c> Maybe</c><00:33:46.160><c> it's</c>

00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:49.799
implied<00:33:46.880><c> that</c><00:33:47.940><c> they</c><00:33:48.220><c> were</c><00:33:48.339><c> supposed</c><00:33:48.680><c> to</c><00:33:48.859><c> trade</c><00:33:49.039><c> with</c><00:33:49.240><c> it,</c><00:33:49.359><c> but</c>

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:54.720
it<00:33:50.140><c> might</c><00:33:50.299><c> be</c><00:33:50.440><c> part</c><00:33:50.640><c> of</c><00:33:50.740><c> the</c><00:33:50.900><c> parable</c><00:33:51.220><c> that</c><00:33:51.380><c> it's</c><00:33:51.640><c> the</c>

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:59.380
master's<00:33:55.359><c> money</c><00:33:55.599><c> while</c><00:33:55.839><c> he</c><00:33:55.960><c> was</c><00:33:56.220><c> gone.</c><00:33:57.759><c> They</c><00:33:58.319><c> found</c><00:33:58.759><c> more</c><00:33:59.140><c> to</c>

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:01.960
do,<00:34:00.400><c> as</c><00:34:00.759><c> we</c><00:34:00.940><c> interpret</c><00:34:01.339><c> the</c><00:34:01.599><c> parable,</c>

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:04.900
in<00:34:02.619><c> accordance</c><00:34:02.920><c> with</c><00:34:03.119><c> their</c><00:34:03.339><c> ability.</c><00:34:04.240><c> Well,</c><00:34:04.480><c> I</c><00:34:04.480><c> don't</c><00:34:04.740><c> think</c>

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:06.880
it's<00:34:05.140><c> at</c><00:34:05.220><c> all</c><00:34:05.500><c> insignificant</c><00:34:06.220><c> that</c><00:34:06.440><c> we</c><00:34:06.559><c> have</c><00:34:06.779><c> the</c>

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:12.579
following<00:34:07.259><c> pattern.</c><00:34:08.159><c> The</c><00:34:08.320><c> man</c><00:34:08.579><c> who</c><00:34:08.760><c> is</c><00:34:08.920><c> given</c><00:34:09.179><c> much</c><00:34:09.980><c> does</c><00:34:11.420><c> good</c><00:34:11.940><c> work</c><00:34:12.360><c> in</c>

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:14.320
his<00:34:12.820><c> master's</c><00:34:13.300><c> service.</c><00:34:13.840><c> And</c><00:34:13.960><c> when</c><00:34:14.099><c> the</c>

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:18.380
master<00:34:14.559><c> comes</c><00:34:14.880><c> back,</c><00:34:15.840><c> his</c><00:34:16.380><c> response</c><00:34:17.099><c> to</c><00:34:17.280><c> this</c><00:34:17.599><c> man</c><00:34:17.840><c> will</c><00:34:18.099><c> pick</c>

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:23.880
up<00:34:18.559><c> again</c><00:34:19.340><c> in</c><00:34:20.380><c> verse</c><00:34:20.579><c> 19.</c><00:34:22.300><c> After</c><00:34:22.800><c> a</c><00:34:23.039><c> long</c><00:34:23.440><c> time,</c>

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:27.000
the<00:34:24.099><c> Lord</c><00:34:24.340><c> of</c><00:34:24.519><c> those</c><00:34:24.820><c> servants</c><00:34:25.199><c> cometh</c><00:34:25.699><c> and</c><00:34:26.239><c> reckoneth</c><00:34:26.739><c> with</c>

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:32.159
them.<00:34:27.659><c> And</c><00:34:27.860><c> how</c><00:34:28.340><c> typical</c><00:34:29.980><c> of</c><00:34:30.679><c> this</c><00:34:30.980><c> is</c><00:34:31.420><c> the</c><00:34:31.659><c> parables</c>

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:35.360
that<00:34:32.760><c> Jesus</c><00:34:33.139><c> told,</c><00:34:33.579><c> which</c><00:34:33.699><c> were</c><00:34:33.840><c> recorded</c><00:34:34.079><c> in</c><00:34:34.239><c> Matthew.</c><00:34:35.159><c> I've</c>

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:37.039
said<00:34:35.519><c> it</c><00:34:35.679><c> many</c><00:34:35.860><c> times,</c><00:34:36.119><c> but</c><00:34:36.239><c> I</c><00:34:36.400><c> want</c><00:34:36.519><c> to</c><00:34:36.659><c> point</c><00:34:36.840><c> out</c>

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.800
again.<00:34:37.840><c> Here</c><00:34:38.039><c> comes</c><00:34:38.400><c> the</c><00:34:38.659><c> master.</c><00:34:39.380><c> The</c><00:34:39.599><c> picture</c><00:34:39.900><c> of</c><00:34:40.119><c> Jesus</c><00:34:40.500><c> as</c>

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:45.480
a<00:34:41.059><c> judge</c><00:34:41.400><c> is</c><00:34:41.900><c> so</c><00:34:42.320><c> strong</c><00:34:42.719><c> in</c><00:34:43.260><c> this</c><00:34:44.000><c> gospel.</c><00:34:44.960><c> And</c><00:34:45.280><c> these</c>

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:50.199
three<00:34:45.760><c> parables,</c><00:34:46.059><c> by</c><00:34:46.320><c> the</c><00:34:46.440><c> way,</c><00:34:46.579><c> are</c><00:34:46.760><c> not</c><00:34:46.940><c> in</c><00:34:47.119><c> any</c><00:34:47.400><c> of</c><00:34:47.500><c> the</c><00:34:47.639><c> other</c><00:34:47.860><c> gospels.</c><00:34:48.239><c> They're</c><00:34:48.559><c> peculiar</c><00:34:49.039><c> to</c><00:34:49.219><c> Matthew.</c>

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:53.880
So<00:34:50.760><c> the</c><00:34:51.139><c> Lord</c><00:34:51.559><c> of</c><00:34:51.699><c> those</c><00:34:52.059><c> servants</c><00:34:52.360><c> comes</c><00:34:52.780><c> and</c><00:34:53.119><c> reckons</c><00:34:53.599><c> with</c>

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.619
them.<00:34:54.340><c> He's</c><00:34:54.559><c> going</c><00:34:54.739><c> to</c><00:34:54.739><c> come</c><00:34:55.059><c> back</c><00:34:55.280><c> and</c><00:34:55.380><c> he's</c><00:34:55.460><c> going</c>

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:59.960
to<00:34:55.760><c> see</c><00:34:56.079><c> what</c><00:34:56.519><c> has</c><00:34:56.780><c> gone</c><00:34:57.019><c> on</c><00:34:57.260><c> in</c><00:34:57.400><c> his</c><00:34:57.639><c> household.</c><00:34:58.960><c> So</c><00:34:59.239><c> he</c><00:34:59.820><c> that</c>

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:01.920
had<00:35:00.219><c> received</c><00:35:00.579><c> five</c><00:35:00.980><c> talents</c><00:35:01.219><c> came</c><00:35:01.539><c> and</c><00:35:01.699><c> brought</c>

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:04.940
other<00:35:02.239><c> five</c><00:35:02.639><c> talents,</c><00:35:03.039><c> saying,</c><00:35:03.760><c> Lord,</c><00:35:03.980><c> thou</c><00:35:04.099><c> delivered</c><00:35:04.579><c> sons</c>

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:11.400
to<00:35:06.000><c> me.</c><00:35:08.820><c> Master,</c><00:35:10.000><c> you</c><00:35:10.159><c> delivered</c><00:35:10.559><c> to</c><00:35:10.780><c> me</c><00:35:11.000><c> five</c>

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:15.739
talents.<00:35:12.340><c> Here</c><00:35:12.619><c> I</c><00:35:12.840><c> have</c><00:35:13.039><c> made</c><00:35:13.260><c> five</c><00:35:13.699><c> talents</c><00:35:14.059><c> more.</c><00:35:14.980><c> His</c><00:35:15.179><c> master</c><00:35:15.519><c> said</c>

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:18.099
to<00:35:15.860><c> him,</c><00:35:16.219><c> Well</c><00:35:16.480><c> done,</c><00:35:17.179><c> good</c><00:35:17.400><c> and</c><00:35:17.719><c> faithful</c>

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:22.139
servant.<00:35:19.159><c> You</c><00:35:19.420><c> have</c><00:35:19.659><c> been</c><00:35:19.900><c> faithful</c><00:35:20.260><c> over</c><00:35:20.579><c> a</c><00:35:20.739><c> little.</c><00:35:21.659><c> I</c><00:35:21.920><c> will</c>

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:26.139
set<00:35:22.380><c> you</c><00:35:22.599><c> over</c><00:35:22.820><c> much.</c><00:35:23.940><c> Enter</c><00:35:24.420><c> into</c><00:35:25.159><c> the</c><00:35:25.440><c> joy</c><00:35:25.840><c> of</c>

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:31.619
your<00:35:26.360><c> master.</c><00:35:28.380><c> And</c><00:35:28.940><c> he</c><00:35:29.300><c> also</c><00:35:29.739><c> who</c><00:35:30.199><c> had</c><00:35:30.420><c> the</c><00:35:30.699><c> two</c><00:35:30.980><c> talents</c><00:35:31.320><c> came</c>

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:34.079
forward<00:35:32.019><c> saying,</c><00:35:32.280><c> Master,</c><00:35:33.239><c> you</c><00:35:33.480><c> delivered</c><00:35:33.739><c> to</c><00:35:33.900><c> me</c>

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:37.239
two<00:35:34.320><c> talents.</c><00:35:34.940><c> Here</c><00:35:35.119><c> I</c><00:35:35.239><c> have</c><00:35:35.420><c> made</c><00:35:35.619><c> two</c><00:35:35.900><c> talents</c><00:35:36.179><c> more.</c><00:35:37.079><c> His</c>

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.320
master<00:35:37.599><c> said</c><00:35:37.840><c> to</c><00:35:37.940><c> him,</c><00:35:38.380><c> Well</c><00:35:38.639><c> done,</c><00:35:39.320><c> good</c><00:35:39.619><c> and</c><00:35:39.940><c> faithful</c>

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:43.840
servant.<00:35:41.400><c> You</c><00:35:41.800><c> have</c><00:35:41.960><c> been</c><00:35:42.159><c> faithful</c><00:35:42.539><c> over</c><00:35:42.820><c> a</c><00:35:42.960><c> little.</c><00:35:43.519><c> I</c><00:35:43.639><c> will</c>

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:47.059
set<00:35:44.039><c> you</c><00:35:44.239><c> over</c><00:35:44.460><c> much.</c><00:35:45.340><c> Enter</c><00:35:45.780><c> into</c><00:35:46.420><c> the</c><00:35:46.679><c> joy</c><00:35:46.860><c> of</c>

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:54.179
your<00:35:47.619><c> master.</c><00:35:48.460><c> The</c><00:35:48.699><c> first</c><00:35:48.940><c> two</c><00:35:50.000><c> did</c><00:35:50.980><c> good</c><00:35:51.940><c> and</c><00:35:52.440><c> faithful</c><00:35:52.820><c> service.</c><00:35:54.079><c> But</c>

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:57.019
now<00:35:54.500><c> the</c><00:35:54.619><c> last</c><00:35:55.000><c> one</c><00:35:55.219><c> comes,</c><00:35:56.539><c> and</c><00:35:56.619><c> he</c><00:35:56.760><c> did</c>

00:35:57.019 --> 00:36:02.139
not<00:35:57.280><c> turn</c><00:35:57.500><c> his</c><00:35:57.800><c> one</c><00:35:58.099><c> talent</c><00:35:58.440><c> into</c><00:35:58.760><c> two.</c><00:36:00.000><c> His</c><00:36:00.179><c> one</c><00:36:00.460><c> talent</c><00:36:00.960><c> remained</c><00:36:01.619><c> one.</c>

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:04.460
Remember,<00:36:02.860><c> he</c><00:36:02.940><c> didn't</c><00:36:03.159><c> lose</c><00:36:03.480><c> it.</c><00:36:03.900><c> It</c><00:36:04.320><c> was</c>

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:09.420
still<00:36:04.739><c> there.</c><00:36:06.219><c> But</c><00:36:06.480><c> he</c><00:36:06.599><c> doesn't</c><00:36:06.840><c> get</c><00:36:07.079><c> a</c><00:36:07.260><c> second</c><00:36:07.559><c> prize</c><00:36:08.039><c> for</c><00:36:08.719><c> keeping</c><00:36:09.000><c> what</c><00:36:09.199><c> he</c>

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:13.460
had.<00:36:11.099><c> His</c><00:36:11.739><c> condemnation</c><00:36:12.639><c> comes</c>

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:19.579
because<00:36:14.780><c> he</c><00:36:15.099><c> didn't</c><00:36:15.420><c> do</c><00:36:15.820><c> good</c><00:36:16.159><c> and</c><00:36:16.340><c> faithful</c><00:36:16.639><c> service.</c><00:36:17.880><c> Instead,</c><00:36:18.460><c> he</c><00:36:18.460><c> comes</c><00:36:18.739><c> forth</c><00:36:19.139><c> with</c><00:36:19.380><c> an</c>

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:21.340
excuse.<00:36:21.159><c> And</c><00:36:21.239><c> he</c>

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:26.820
says,<00:36:22.460><c> He</c><00:36:22.599><c> also</c><00:36:22.960><c> who</c><00:36:23.119><c> had</c><00:36:23.280><c> received</c><00:36:23.599><c> the</c><00:36:23.800><c> one</c><00:36:24.000><c> talent</c><00:36:24.219><c> came</c><00:36:24.519><c> forward</c><00:36:24.940><c> saying,</c><00:36:25.559><c> Master,</c><00:36:26.579><c> I</c>

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.780
knew<00:36:26.960><c> you</c><00:36:27.139><c> to</c><00:36:27.300><c> be</c><00:36:27.440><c> a</c><00:36:27.619><c> hard</c>

00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:30.579
man,<00:36:28.179><c> reaping</c><00:36:28.519><c> where</c><00:36:28.659><c> you</c><00:36:28.820><c> did</c><00:36:29.059><c> not</c><00:36:29.420><c> sow</c><00:36:29.619><c> and</c><00:36:29.800><c> gathering</c><00:36:30.179><c> where</c><00:36:30.420><c> you</c>

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:33.780
did<00:36:30.739><c> not</c><00:36:30.940><c> win.</c><00:36:31.320><c> Oh,</c><00:36:31.380><c> so</c><00:36:31.579><c> I</c><00:36:31.679><c> was</c><00:36:31.960><c> afraid.</c><00:36:33.539><c> Not</c>

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:38.400
afraid<00:36:34.039><c> of</c><00:36:34.219><c> the</c><00:36:34.360><c> master,</c><00:36:34.860><c> afraid</c><00:36:35.139><c> of</c><00:36:35.320><c> losing</c><00:36:35.599><c> his</c><00:36:35.920><c> money,</c><00:36:36.199><c> I</c><00:36:36.440><c> would</c><00:36:36.579><c> suggest.</c><00:36:37.539><c> Maybe</c><00:36:37.920><c> take</c><00:36:38.260><c> a</c>

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.539
moment<00:36:38.619><c> here</c><00:36:38.840><c> to</c>

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:44.059
I<00:36:40.039><c> knew</c><00:36:40.219><c> you</c><00:36:40.440><c> to</c><00:36:40.539><c> be</c><00:36:40.659><c> a</c><00:36:40.760><c> hard</c><00:36:41.039><c> man.</c><00:36:42.079><c> We</c><00:36:42.280><c> usually</c><00:36:42.780><c> associate</c><00:36:43.539><c> that</c><00:36:43.840><c> to</c>

00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:46.280
mean<00:36:44.320><c> I</c><00:36:44.559><c> knew</c><00:36:44.699><c> you</c><00:36:44.920><c> to</c><00:36:45.039><c> be</c><00:36:45.159><c> an</c><00:36:45.400><c> unjust</c><00:36:45.780><c> man,</c>

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:51.280
and<00:36:46.699><c> you</c><00:36:46.860><c> take</c><00:36:47.039><c> other</c><00:36:47.340><c> people's</c><00:36:47.840><c> goods,</c><00:36:48.460><c> and</c><00:36:48.559><c> you</c><00:36:50.960><c> gather</c>

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:53.400
other<00:36:51.739><c> people's</c><00:36:52.320><c> sowing.</c>

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:59.500
I<00:36:54.900><c> don't</c><00:36:55.099><c> think</c><00:36:55.320><c> at</c><00:36:55.500><c> all</c><00:36:55.739><c> what</c><00:36:55.900><c> he's</c><00:36:56.079><c> saying</c><00:36:56.320><c> there.</c><00:36:59.159><c> Rather,</c>

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:02.199
I<00:36:59.659><c> would</c><00:36:59.840><c> suggest</c><00:37:00.199><c> to</c><00:37:00.360><c> you</c><00:37:00.539><c> this</c><00:37:01.059><c> idea.</c>

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:07.500
Master,<00:37:04.659><c> I</c><00:37:04.900><c> knew</c><00:37:05.019><c> you</c><00:37:05.219><c> to</c><00:37:05.460><c> be</c><00:37:05.900><c> an</c><00:37:06.300><c> extraordinarily</c><00:37:06.960><c> capable</c>

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:10.159
person.<00:37:08.000><c> The</c><00:37:08.179><c> word</c><00:37:08.380><c> hard</c><00:37:08.679><c> in</c><00:37:08.800><c> itself</c><00:37:09.139><c> does</c><00:37:09.460><c> not</c><00:37:09.639><c> have</c><00:37:09.800><c> any</c>

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:18.800
connotation<00:37:10.760><c> good</c><00:37:11.000><c> or</c><00:37:11.179><c> bad.</c><00:37:12.280><c> It</c><00:37:12.440><c> means</c><00:37:13.079><c> hard.</c><00:37:15.199><c> Well,</c><00:37:16.300><c> possibly</c><00:37:16.960><c> it</c><00:37:18.059><c> could</c><00:37:18.320><c> mean</c>

00:37:18.800 --> 00:37:21.360
I<00:37:19.679><c> knew</c><00:37:19.960><c> you</c><00:37:20.380><c> to</c><00:37:20.719><c> be</c><00:37:20.900><c> a</c><00:37:21.019><c> man</c><00:37:21.179><c> who</c>

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:25.739
didn't<00:37:21.619><c> need</c><00:37:21.860><c> my</c><00:37:22.179><c> help.</c><00:37:23.360><c> You</c><00:37:23.599><c> gather</c><00:37:23.900><c> where</c><00:37:24.079><c> you</c><00:37:24.260><c> don't</c><00:37:24.460><c> even</c>

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:28.420
win.<00:37:26.079><c> Oh,</c><00:37:26.260><c> you</c><00:37:26.500><c> reap</c><00:37:26.679><c> where</c><00:37:26.880><c> you</c><00:37:26.940><c> don't</c><00:37:27.099><c> even</c><00:37:27.460><c> sow.</c>

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:35.619
You<00:37:29.719><c> don't</c><00:37:29.920><c> need</c><00:37:30.079><c> my</c><00:37:30.400><c> help.</c><00:37:32.619><c> You</c><00:37:32.780><c> don't</c><00:37:32.940><c> need</c><00:37:33.099><c> my</c><00:37:33.300><c> help</c><00:37:33.519><c> at</c><00:37:33.760><c> all.</c><00:37:34.000><c> I</c><00:37:34.079><c> didn't</c><00:37:34.260><c> want</c><00:37:34.440><c> to</c><00:37:34.559><c> lose</c><00:37:34.719><c> your</c><00:37:34.920><c> money,</c><00:37:35.139><c> so</c><00:37:35.320><c> I</c><00:37:35.440><c> hit</c>

00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:39.920
it.<00:37:35.920><c> I</c><00:37:36.320><c> was</c><00:37:36.500><c> afraid</c><00:37:36.900><c> of</c><00:37:37.159><c> losing</c><00:37:37.659><c> what</c><00:37:38.239><c> you</c><00:37:38.400><c> gave</c><00:37:38.619><c> me.</c><00:37:39.039><c> You</c><00:37:39.179><c> didn't</c><00:37:39.440><c> really</c><00:37:39.719><c> need</c>

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:44.460
my<00:37:40.179><c> help.</c><00:37:42.320><c> Now,</c><00:37:42.539><c> that</c><00:37:42.920><c> is</c><00:37:43.280><c> an</c><00:37:43.480><c> attitude</c>

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:52.280
which<00:37:46.579><c> we</c><00:37:46.980><c> have</c><00:37:47.219><c> to</c><00:37:47.420><c> contend</c><00:37:47.719><c> to.</c><00:37:48.699><c> And</c><00:37:48.800><c> as</c><00:37:48.920><c> I</c><00:37:49.000><c> said</c><00:37:49.099><c> before,</c><00:37:49.480><c> it's</c><00:37:49.619><c> not</c><00:37:49.860><c> insignificant</c><00:37:50.539><c> that</c><00:37:50.840><c> the</c><00:37:51.000><c> man</c><00:37:51.199><c> who</c><00:37:51.480><c> had</c><00:37:51.659><c> a</c><00:37:51.860><c> lot</c>

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:55.659
knew<00:37:52.679><c> he</c><00:37:52.880><c> had</c><00:37:53.059><c> a</c><00:37:53.199><c> lot</c><00:37:53.599><c> and</c><00:37:53.780><c> went</c><00:37:53.960><c> out</c><00:37:54.199><c> and</c><00:37:54.300><c> did</c><00:37:54.400><c> his</c><00:37:54.619><c> work.</c><00:37:55.440><c> And</c>

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:57.900
the<00:37:55.760><c> man</c><00:37:56.039><c> to</c><00:37:56.239><c> whom</c><00:37:56.460><c> the</c><00:37:56.739><c> Lord</c><00:37:56.960><c> gave</c><00:37:57.440><c> a</c><00:37:57.800><c> middleman</c>

00:37:57.900 --> 00:38:02.460
level<00:37:58.739><c> of</c><00:37:59.239><c> responsibilities</c><00:38:00.119><c> and</c><00:38:00.460><c> a</c><00:38:00.519><c> middle</c><00:38:00.739><c> level</c><00:38:01.360><c> of</c><00:38:01.719><c> abilities</c><00:38:02.099><c> to</c><00:38:02.320><c> do</c>

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:04.760
them,<00:38:03.159><c> he</c><00:38:03.360><c> knew</c><00:38:03.739><c> what</c><00:38:04.119><c> he</c><00:38:04.260><c> had</c><00:38:04.519><c> to</c><00:38:04.619><c> do</c>

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:09.260
and<00:38:04.840><c> he</c><00:38:05.019><c> did</c><00:38:05.179><c> it.</c><00:38:06.579><c> But</c><00:38:06.679><c> this</c><00:38:06.900><c> is</c><00:38:07.139><c> what,</c><00:38:07.619><c> to</c><00:38:07.860><c> me,</c><00:38:08.219><c> makes</c><00:38:08.340><c> this</c><00:38:08.639><c> parable</c><00:38:08.880><c> so</c>

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:12.500
alive<00:38:09.739><c> and</c><00:38:09.960><c> so</c><00:38:10.320><c> real</c><00:38:10.599><c> and</c><00:38:10.840><c> so</c><00:38:11.119><c> incisive</c>

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:18.179
of<00:38:12.880><c> human</c><00:38:13.139><c> nature.</c><00:38:14.679><c> It's</c><00:38:14.860><c> the</c><00:38:15.039><c> people</c><00:38:15.280><c> who</c><00:38:15.539><c> really</c><00:38:15.860><c> don't</c><00:38:16.119><c> think</c><00:38:16.300><c> they</c><00:38:16.519><c> have</c><00:38:16.760><c> much.</c><00:38:18.039><c> And</c>

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.059
maybe<00:38:18.400><c> they</c><00:38:18.599><c> don't.</c><00:38:18.800><c> Maybe</c>

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:24.460
they<00:38:19.300><c> are,</c><00:38:19.679><c> in</c><00:38:20.000><c> fact,</c><00:38:21.840><c> less</c><00:38:21.920><c> capable</c><00:38:22.559><c> brethren</c><00:38:23.019><c> because</c><00:38:24.159><c> the</c>

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:26.800
body<00:38:24.739><c> is</c><00:38:24.940><c> going</c><00:38:25.059><c> to</c><00:38:25.239><c> have</c><00:38:25.519><c> a</c><00:38:25.659><c> variety</c><00:38:26.000><c> of</c><00:38:26.239><c> people.</c>

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:30.719
But<00:38:27.599><c> it's</c><00:38:27.840><c> those</c><00:38:28.119><c> people</c><00:38:28.860><c> who</c><00:38:29.179><c> are</c><00:38:29.340><c> the</c><00:38:29.460><c> most</c><00:38:29.780><c> likely</c><00:38:30.239><c> to</c><00:38:30.500><c> say,</c>

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:33.760
God<00:38:31.139><c> doesn't</c><00:38:31.519><c> need</c><00:38:31.820><c> me.</c><00:38:32.780><c> He's</c><00:38:33.059><c> a</c><00:38:33.199><c> hard</c><00:38:33.420><c> man.</c>

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:37.179
He<00:38:33.960><c> can</c><00:38:34.119><c> do</c><00:38:34.260><c> what</c><00:38:34.440><c> he</c><00:38:34.559><c> wants.</c><00:38:36.019><c> God,</c><00:38:36.219><c> if</c><00:38:36.380><c> God</c><00:38:36.599><c> wants</c><00:38:36.840><c> something</c>

00:38:37.179 --> 00:38:38.420
done,<00:38:37.360><c> he'll</c><00:38:37.519><c> get</c><00:38:37.679><c> it</c><00:38:37.920><c> done.</c><00:38:38.099><c> He</c><00:38:38.159><c> doesn't</c>

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:43.440
need<00:38:38.659><c> my</c><00:38:38.960><c> help.</c><00:38:39.699><c> And</c><00:38:39.840><c> I'll</c><00:38:40.000><c> just</c><00:38:40.300><c> sit</c><00:38:40.460><c> in</c><00:38:40.559><c> my</c><00:38:40.860><c> corner</c><00:38:41.260><c> and</c><00:38:43.079><c> try</c>

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:45.519
to<00:38:43.639><c> take</c><00:38:43.780><c> care</c><00:38:43.920><c> of</c><00:38:44.000><c> what</c><00:38:44.159><c> I</c><00:38:44.340><c> have</c><00:38:44.519><c> and</c><00:38:44.739><c> not</c><00:38:45.019><c> mess</c><00:38:45.260><c> my</c>

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:51.500
life<00:38:45.760><c> up</c><00:38:46.000><c> and</c><00:38:46.159><c> mess</c><00:38:46.420><c> up</c><00:38:46.619><c> the</c><00:38:46.780><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:38:48.199><c> That's</c><00:38:48.679><c> a</c><00:38:48.739><c> real</c><00:38:48.980><c> attitude,</c><00:38:51.280><c> is</c>

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:54.340
this<00:38:52.619><c> cowardly</c><00:38:53.219><c> and</c><00:38:53.440><c> fearful</c><00:38:53.760><c> person</c>

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:56.659
who<00:38:54.940><c> thought</c><00:38:55.159><c> that</c><00:38:55.360><c> God</c><00:38:55.619><c> really</c><00:38:55.980><c> didn't</c><00:38:56.179><c> need</c><00:38:56.340><c> him.</c><00:38:56.539><c> Well,</c>

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:58.360
God<00:38:56.860><c> does</c><00:38:57.159><c> need</c><00:38:57.360><c> help.</c>

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:04.199
He<00:39:00.800><c> wants</c><00:39:01.199><c> people</c><00:39:01.699><c> to</c><00:39:02.019><c> do</c><00:39:02.300><c> his</c><00:39:02.800><c> work.</c><00:39:03.440><c> And</c><00:39:03.559><c> he</c><00:39:03.599><c> doesn't</c><00:39:03.900><c> tell</c>

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:06.079
parables<00:39:04.639><c> about</c><00:39:05.099><c> servants</c><00:39:05.480><c> for</c><00:39:05.760><c> nothing.</c>

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:09.679
These<00:39:06.619><c> are</c><00:39:06.800><c> people</c><00:39:07.079><c> in</c><00:39:07.380><c> service</c><00:39:07.739><c> to</c><00:39:07.940><c> their</c><00:39:08.139><c> master.</c><00:39:09.420><c> They're</c>

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:11.860
servants.<00:39:10.199><c> They're</c><00:39:10.480><c> doing</c><00:39:10.840><c> his</c><00:39:11.559><c> work.</c>

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:16.840
So<00:39:12.519><c> I</c><00:39:12.679><c> suggest,</c><00:39:13.199><c> anyway,</c><00:39:13.539><c> that</c><00:39:13.699><c> this</c><00:39:13.980><c> parable</c><00:39:14.420><c> is</c><00:39:15.179><c> really,</c><00:39:16.519><c> in</c>

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:19.239
one<00:39:17.059><c> interpretation,</c><00:39:17.940><c> very</c><00:39:18.199><c> much</c><00:39:18.500><c> directed</c><00:39:18.840><c> to</c>

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:22.340
knowing<00:39:19.699><c> our</c><00:39:20.179><c> master.</c><00:39:21.219><c> We'll</c><00:39:21.340><c> look</c><00:39:21.559><c> at</c><00:39:21.659><c> that</c><00:39:21.900><c> a</c><00:39:21.980><c> little</c><00:39:22.139><c> more</c>

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:23.559
when<00:39:22.500><c> we</c><00:39:22.699><c> compare</c><00:39:23.000><c> the</c><00:39:23.199><c> three</c>

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:26.780
together.<00:39:24.539><c> In</c><00:39:24.659><c> any</c><00:39:24.880><c> event,</c><00:39:25.079><c> what</c><00:39:25.239><c> happens</c><00:39:25.599><c> to</c><00:39:25.820><c> this</c><00:39:26.019><c> fellow?</c>

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:29.659
He<00:39:27.440><c> was</c><00:39:27.619><c> afraid.</c><00:39:27.960><c> He</c><00:39:28.079><c> was</c><00:39:28.280><c> fearful.</c><00:39:29.219><c> He</c><00:39:29.440><c> says,</c>

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:31.659
well,<00:39:29.820><c> here</c><00:39:30.000><c> you</c><00:39:30.179><c> have</c><00:39:30.360><c> what's</c><00:39:30.719><c> your</c><00:39:30.880><c> own.</c><00:39:31.079><c> And</c><00:39:31.159><c> his</c><00:39:31.320><c> master</c>

00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:35.000
answers<00:39:32.079><c> him,</c><00:39:32.400><c> you</c><00:39:32.739><c> wicked</c><00:39:33.099><c> and</c><00:39:33.559><c> slothful</c><00:39:34.059><c> servant.</c>

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:38.099
You<00:39:35.619><c> knew</c><00:39:35.960><c> that</c><00:39:36.239><c> I</c><00:39:36.400><c> reap</c><00:39:36.639><c> what</c><00:39:36.820><c> I</c><00:39:36.960><c> have</c><00:39:37.099><c> not</c><00:39:37.440><c> sowed</c><00:39:37.599><c> or</c><00:39:37.800><c> gather</c>

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:39.460
when<00:39:38.300><c> I</c><00:39:38.480><c> have</c><00:39:38.659><c> not</c><00:39:38.840><c> winnowed.</c>

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:42.519
You<00:39:39.760><c> knew</c><00:39:39.920><c> that</c><00:39:40.139><c> I</c><00:39:40.320><c> was</c><00:39:40.639><c> a</c><00:39:41.039><c> person</c><00:39:41.280><c> of</c><00:39:41.460><c> such</c><00:39:41.619><c> power.</c><00:39:42.039><c> Oh,</c><00:39:42.239><c> sure,</c>

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:45.139
God<00:39:42.840><c> could</c><00:39:43.139><c> do</c><00:39:43.380><c> that</c><00:39:43.539><c> if</c><00:39:43.679><c> he</c><00:39:43.880><c> wanted</c><00:39:44.059><c> to.</c>

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:47.659
Of<00:39:45.460><c> course,</c><00:39:45.940><c> God</c><00:39:45.940><c> has</c><00:39:46.219><c> the</c><00:39:46.300><c> power</c><00:39:46.539><c> to</c><00:39:46.739><c> do</c><00:39:46.820><c> that.</c><00:39:47.159><c> But</c><00:39:47.300><c> still,</c>

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:51.059
he<00:39:47.780><c> gives</c><00:39:48.039><c> us</c><00:39:48.639><c> into</c><00:39:48.940><c> our</c><00:39:49.239><c> hands</c><00:39:49.639><c> the</c><00:39:50.019><c> work</c><00:39:50.480><c> that</c>

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:56.059
he<00:39:51.179><c> has</c><00:39:51.400><c> given</c><00:39:51.599><c> us.</c><00:39:52.780><c> Well,</c><00:39:53.119><c> you</c><00:39:53.119><c> should</c><00:39:53.400><c> have</c><00:39:53.559><c> at</c><00:39:53.619><c> least</c><00:39:53.900><c> invested</c><00:39:54.340><c> my</c><00:39:54.599><c> money</c><00:39:54.820><c> with</c><00:39:55.019><c> the</c><00:39:55.219><c> bankers.</c><00:39:55.559><c> And</c><00:39:55.639><c> at</c><00:39:55.800><c> my</c>

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:58.019
coming,<00:39:56.360><c> I</c><00:39:56.500><c> would</c><00:39:56.659><c> have</c><00:39:56.840><c> received</c><00:39:57.059><c> what</c><00:39:57.260><c> was</c><00:39:57.440><c> my</c><00:39:57.679><c> own</c><00:39:57.860><c> with</c>

00:39:58.019 --> 00:40:01.039
interest.<00:39:59.119><c> And</c><00:39:59.280><c> then</c><00:39:59.480><c> the</c><00:39:59.739><c> talents</c><00:39:59.920><c> taken</c><00:40:00.239><c> from</c><00:40:00.480><c> him</c><00:40:00.860><c> who</c>

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:05.440
has<00:40:01.239><c> the</c><00:40:01.480><c> ten,</c><00:40:02.440><c> for</c><00:40:02.659><c> every</c><00:40:03.019><c> one</c><00:40:03.260><c> who</c><00:40:03.500><c> will</c><00:40:04.159><c> more</c><00:40:04.400><c> be</c><00:40:04.659><c> given,</c><00:40:05.119><c> and</c><00:40:05.300><c> he</c>

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.340
will<00:40:05.519><c> have</c><00:40:05.719><c> abundance.</c><00:40:06.199><c> But</c><00:40:06.420><c> from</c><00:40:06.639><c> him</c><00:40:06.860><c> who</c><00:40:07.000><c> has</c>

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:12.380
not,<00:40:09.480><c> and</c><00:40:09.780><c> I</c><00:40:09.960><c> would</c><00:40:10.059><c> suggest</c><00:40:10.360><c> that</c><00:40:10.599><c> has</c><00:40:10.800><c> not</c><00:40:11.079><c> there</c><00:40:11.280><c> is</c><00:40:11.440><c> an</c><00:40:11.679><c> understanding</c><00:40:12.139><c> of</c>

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.900
his<00:40:12.559><c> master.</c><00:40:13.159><c> And</c><00:40:13.159><c> we'll</c>

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:17.039
look<00:40:14.139><c> at</c><00:40:14.219><c> that</c><00:40:14.500><c> real</c><00:40:14.719><c> closely</c><00:40:15.119><c> in</c><00:40:15.300><c> a</c><00:40:15.400><c> minute.</c><00:40:16.519><c> Even</c><00:40:16.719><c> that</c><00:40:16.920><c> what</c>

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:19.199
he<00:40:17.139><c> has</c><00:40:17.360><c> is</c><00:40:17.599><c> taken</c><00:40:17.860><c> away.</c><00:40:18.400><c> But</c><00:40:18.579><c> this</c><00:40:18.739><c> is</c><00:40:18.860><c> the</c><00:40:19.000><c> whole</c>

00:40:19.199 --> 00:40:23.159
point<00:40:19.360><c> of</c><00:40:19.500><c> the</c><00:40:19.679><c> parable</c><00:40:19.880><c> in</c><00:40:20.039><c> verse</c><00:40:20.260><c> 30.</c><00:40:21.119><c> Cast</c><00:40:21.400><c> the</c><00:40:21.699><c> unprofitable</c><00:40:22.639><c> or</c><00:40:22.860><c> the</c>

00:40:23.159 --> 00:40:24.559
worthless<00:40:23.500><c> servant</c><00:40:24.000><c> into</c>

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:28.579
outer<00:40:24.840><c> darkness</c><00:40:25.340><c> from</c><00:40:25.619><c> where</c><00:40:25.860><c> their</c><00:40:26.159><c> men</c><00:40:26.340><c> will</c><00:40:26.579><c> weep</c><00:40:26.840><c> and</c><00:40:27.000><c> gnash</c><00:40:27.159><c> their</c><00:40:27.360><c> teeth.</c><00:40:28.340><c> And</c>

00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:30.639
that,<00:40:29.719><c> as</c><00:40:29.900><c> we've</c><00:40:30.179><c> seen</c><00:40:30.360><c> many</c>

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:34.519
times<00:40:31.019><c> before,</c><00:40:31.920><c> and</c><00:40:32.119><c> once</c><00:40:32.519><c> before</c><00:40:33.039><c> in</c><00:40:33.219><c> the</c><00:40:33.360><c> first</c><00:40:33.559><c> parable.</c>

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:37.360
So<00:40:35.159><c> those</c><00:40:35.340><c> are</c><00:40:35.500><c> the</c><00:40:35.639><c> three</c><00:40:35.900><c> parables.</c><00:40:36.639><c> Now</c><00:40:36.880><c> we'll</c><00:40:36.980><c> look</c><00:40:37.199><c> at</c>

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:41.559
them<00:40:37.559><c> together.</c><00:40:39.599><c> And</c><00:40:39.719><c> the</c><00:40:39.840><c> first</c><00:40:40.260><c> thing</c><00:40:40.820><c> I'd</c><00:40:41.099><c> like</c><00:40:41.159><c> to</c><00:40:41.320><c> look</c>

00:40:41.559 --> 00:40:44.260
at<00:40:41.800><c> is</c><00:40:42.199><c> just</c><00:40:42.500><c> the</c><00:40:42.840><c> terminology</c><00:40:43.360><c> used.</c>

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:52.400
Just<00:40:46.980><c> the</c><00:40:47.300><c> terminology.</c><00:40:50.139><c> There's</c><00:40:50.739><c> two</c><00:40:51.039><c> parables</c><00:40:51.380><c> about</c><00:40:51.820><c> servants</c><00:40:52.219><c> and</c>

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:54.139
there's<00:40:52.579><c> one</c><00:40:52.860><c> parable</c><00:40:53.159><c> of</c><00:40:53.460><c> virgins.</c><00:40:53.900><c> So</c>

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:56.219
right<00:40:54.340><c> away,</c><00:40:54.619><c> you</c><00:40:54.760><c> know</c><00:40:54.940><c> he's</c><00:40:55.280><c> talking</c><00:40:55.440><c> about</c><00:40:55.739><c> the</c><00:40:55.960><c> judgment</c>

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:58.880
of<00:40:56.400><c> the</c><00:40:56.559><c> household.</c><00:40:57.719><c> Because</c><00:40:58.059><c> nobody</c><00:40:58.440><c> else</c>

00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:02.360
can<00:40:59.159><c> be</c><00:40:59.460><c> described</c><00:40:59.880><c> as</c><00:41:00.119><c> God's</c><00:41:00.519><c> servants</c><00:41:00.800><c> or</c><00:41:01.019><c> God's</c><00:41:01.500><c> virgin,</c>

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:05.940
except<00:41:03.099><c> the</c><00:41:03.840><c> his</c><00:41:04.019><c> household.</c><00:41:04.840><c> Now,</c>

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:12.159
in<00:41:06.820><c> the</c><00:41:07.079><c> parable</c><00:41:07.500><c> of</c><00:41:07.699><c> the</c><00:41:07.800><c> servants,</c><00:41:09.400><c> we</c><00:41:09.480><c> have</c><00:41:09.739><c> a</c><00:41:09.920><c> wicked</c><00:41:10.119><c> servant</c><00:41:10.699><c> and</c>

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:14.559
contrasted<00:41:13.179><c> to</c><00:41:13.519><c> a</c><00:41:13.980><c> servant</c><00:41:14.199><c> called</c>

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:16.480
faithful<00:41:14.900><c> and</c><00:41:15.179><c> wise.</c><00:41:15.400><c> Remember</c><00:41:15.639><c> the</c><00:41:15.820><c> wicked</c><00:41:16.000><c> is</c><00:41:16.159><c> the</c><00:41:16.239><c> one</c><00:41:16.340><c> who</c>

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:19.880
went<00:41:16.619><c> out</c><00:41:16.880><c> drinking</c><00:41:17.320><c> and</c><00:41:17.980><c> getting</c><00:41:18.219><c> drunk</c><00:41:18.619><c> and</c><00:41:19.019><c> beating</c>

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:23.059
his<00:41:20.559><c> fellow</c><00:41:21.000><c> servants.</c><00:41:21.719><c> The</c><00:41:21.920><c> faithful</c><00:41:22.159><c> and</c><00:41:22.400><c> wise</c><00:41:22.679><c> was</c><00:41:22.920><c> the</c>

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:25.360
one<00:41:23.179><c> who</c><00:41:23.320><c> was</c><00:41:23.579><c> found</c><00:41:23.800><c> feeding</c><00:41:24.119><c> his</c><00:41:24.440><c> house.</c>

00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:30.340
In<00:41:26.719><c> the</c><00:41:26.900><c> parable</c><00:41:27.079><c> of</c><00:41:27.239><c> the</c><00:41:27.320><c> virgins,</c><00:41:27.840><c> two</c><00:41:28.079><c> classes,</c><00:41:28.719><c> one</c><00:41:28.960><c> called</c><00:41:29.199><c> foolish,</c><00:41:30.159><c> one</c>

00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:32.039
called<00:41:30.659><c> wise.</c><00:41:31.219><c> The</c><00:41:31.440><c> wiser</c><00:41:31.719><c> ones</c>

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:35.539
were<00:41:32.280><c> prepared</c><00:41:32.780><c> for</c><00:41:33.039><c> any</c><00:41:33.320><c> event.</c><00:41:34.639><c> And</c><00:41:34.659><c> in</c><00:41:34.860><c> the</c><00:41:35.000><c> last</c><00:41:35.219><c> parable</c>

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:39.699
of<00:41:35.679><c> the</c><00:41:35.860><c> servants,</c><00:41:36.980><c> we</c><00:41:37.039><c> have</c><00:41:37.820><c> on</c><00:41:39.019><c> the</c><00:41:39.179><c> left</c><00:41:39.420><c> hand</c>

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:45.780
side<00:41:40.619><c> a</c><00:41:41.019><c> servant</c><00:41:41.260><c> designated</c><00:41:41.920><c> as</c><00:41:42.320><c> wicked,</c><00:41:43.300><c> slothful,</c><00:41:44.380><c> and</c><00:41:44.579><c> worthless.</c><00:41:45.539><c> I</c>

00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:47.280
chose<00:41:46.079><c> worthless</c><00:41:46.579><c> there</c><00:41:46.840><c> rather</c><00:41:47.119><c> than</c>

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:52.260
unprofitable.<00:41:47.880><c> That</c><00:41:48.039><c> seems</c><00:41:48.300><c> to</c><00:41:48.460><c> be</c><00:41:48.559><c> the</c><00:41:48.719><c> choice</c><00:41:48.980><c> of</c><00:41:50.059><c> most</c><00:41:50.420><c> versions.</c><00:41:51.659><c> And</c>

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:57.360
in<00:41:53.500><c> my</c><00:41:53.900><c> view,</c><00:41:56.260><c> the</c><00:41:56.539><c> best</c><00:41:56.800><c> understanding</c>

00:41:57.360 --> 00:42:01.260
of<00:41:57.480><c> the</c><00:41:57.739><c> word,</c><00:41:58.179><c> worthless.</c><00:41:58.960><c> Absolutely</c><00:41:59.440><c> no</c><00:41:59.820><c> worth</c><00:42:00.059><c> whatsoever.</c><00:42:00.800><c> Not</c><00:42:01.019><c> just</c>

00:42:01.260 --> 00:42:02.679
unprofitable,<00:42:02.039><c> but</c><00:42:02.239><c> completely</c>

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:06.480
worthless.<00:42:03.679><c> Of</c><00:42:03.940><c> no</c><00:42:04.219><c> value</c><00:42:04.579><c> to</c><00:42:04.780><c> his</c><00:42:05.000><c> creator</c><00:42:05.360><c> because</c><00:42:05.860><c> he</c><00:42:05.980><c> didn't</c><00:42:06.179><c> think</c><00:42:06.380><c> he</c>

00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:08.320
could<00:42:06.679><c> do</c><00:42:06.840><c> anything</c><00:42:07.159><c> for</c><00:42:07.400><c> his</c><00:42:07.579><c> God.</c>

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:12.619
And<00:42:09.599><c> on</c><00:42:10.079><c> the</c><00:42:10.260><c> contrast,</c><00:42:10.739><c> you</c><00:42:10.920><c> have</c><00:42:11.099><c> a</c><00:42:11.320><c> good</c><00:42:11.420><c> and</c><00:42:11.679><c> faithful</c><00:42:12.059><c> man</c>

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:14.639
who<00:42:12.800><c> was</c><00:42:13.039><c> employed</c><00:42:13.500><c> in</c><00:42:13.659><c> his</c><00:42:13.840><c> master's</c><00:42:14.400><c> service.</c>

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:19.880
That's<00:42:15.280><c> the</c><00:42:15.460><c> terminology.</c><00:42:17.639><c> Now,</c><00:42:18.199><c> let's</c><00:42:18.480><c> look</c><00:42:18.679><c> at</c><00:42:18.900><c> the</c><00:42:19.260><c> lessons</c><00:42:19.619><c> from</c>

00:42:19.880 --> 00:42:21.800
each<00:42:20.099><c> of</c><00:42:20.260><c> these.</c><00:42:21.099><c> In</c><00:42:21.320><c> here,</c>

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:30.719
I<00:42:23.159><c> put</c><00:42:23.579><c> forth</c><00:42:24.139><c> these</c><00:42:24.480><c> three</c><00:42:24.800><c> with</c><00:42:25.280><c> two</c><00:42:25.639><c> prefaces.</c><00:42:26.800><c> One,</c><00:42:29.000><c> the</c>

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:35.139
conviction<00:42:31.340><c> to</c><00:42:32.519><c> know</c><00:42:32.719><c> that</c><00:42:33.559><c> when</c><00:42:34.199><c> we're</c><00:42:34.420><c> talking</c><00:42:34.739><c> about</c>

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:43.659
parables<00:42:36.500><c> and</c><00:42:37.840><c> interpretations</c><00:42:38.440><c> of</c><00:42:38.699><c> things,</c><00:42:40.539><c> I'm</c><00:42:40.920><c> interpreting.</c><00:42:42.500><c> I'm</c><00:42:43.079><c> giving</c><00:42:43.320><c> you</c>

00:42:43.659 --> 00:42:45.219
my<00:42:44.300><c> best</c><00:42:44.719><c> ideas</c>

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:48.380
about<00:42:45.559><c> what</c><00:42:45.800><c> I</c><00:42:46.079><c> think</c><00:42:46.219><c> these</c><00:42:46.460><c> things</c><00:42:46.639><c> mean.</c><00:42:46.860><c> I</c><00:42:47.119><c> could</c><00:42:47.320><c> be</c><00:42:47.860><c> wrong</c><00:42:48.139><c> as</c>

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:51.099
anybody<00:42:48.780><c> else</c><00:42:49.059><c> could.</c><00:42:49.659><c> On</c><00:42:49.880><c> the</c><00:42:49.980><c> other</c><00:42:50.199><c> hand,</c>

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:56.599
these<00:42:52.019><c> are</c><00:42:52.179><c> extremely</c><00:42:52.559><c> important.</c><00:42:53.599><c> Perhaps</c><00:42:54.000><c> the</c><00:42:54.179><c> most</c><00:42:54.400><c> important</c><00:42:54.860><c> parables</c><00:42:55.260><c> in</c><00:42:55.519><c> all</c><00:42:55.719><c> of</c><00:42:56.300><c> the</c>

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:59.659
sayings<00:42:56.800><c> of</c><00:42:56.940><c> Jesus</c><00:42:57.260><c> because</c><00:42:57.760><c> they</c><00:42:58.000><c> are</c><00:42:58.400><c> right</c><00:42:58.659><c> at</c><00:42:59.119><c> the</c><00:42:59.400><c> time</c>

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:02.360
of<00:42:59.840><c> his</c><00:43:00.059><c> coming.</c><00:43:00.960><c> These</c><00:43:01.320><c> are</c><00:43:01.679><c> things</c><00:43:01.920><c> on</c><00:43:02.179><c> which</c>

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:12.619
we<00:43:02.599><c> will</c><00:43:02.800><c> be</c><00:43:03.099><c> judged.</c><00:43:05.320><c> So</c><00:43:05.340><c> the</c><00:43:06.119><c> suggestions</c><00:43:06.559><c> I</c><00:43:06.840><c> put</c><00:43:07.000><c> forth</c><00:43:07.480><c> are,</c><00:43:09.059><c> I</c><00:43:11.159><c> think,</c><00:43:11.659><c> important.</c><00:43:12.300><c> So</c><00:43:12.500><c> I</c>

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:13.360
hope<00:43:12.820><c> they're</c><00:43:13.099><c> right</c>

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:15.599
because<00:43:13.619><c> it's</c><00:43:14.119><c> a</c><00:43:14.199><c> very</c><00:43:14.400><c> serious</c><00:43:14.719><c> issue</c><00:43:15.019><c> we're</c><00:43:15.219><c> getting</c><00:43:15.420><c> to</c>

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:18.639
right<00:43:15.860><c> now.</c><00:43:16.920><c> Very</c><00:43:17.340><c> serious</c><00:43:17.780><c> indeed.</c>

00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:26.239
Okay,<00:43:19.440><c> what</c><00:43:19.639><c> about</c><00:43:20.119><c> the</c><00:43:21.460><c> first</c><00:43:21.920><c> parable?</c><00:43:24.079><c> Servants</c><00:43:24.440><c> in</c><00:43:24.579><c> the</c><00:43:24.739><c> household.</c><00:43:26.039><c> I</c>

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:27.679
suggest<00:43:26.539><c> the</c><00:43:26.780><c> meaning</c><00:43:27.039><c> is</c><00:43:27.440><c> along</c>

00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:32.219
these<00:43:27.980><c> lines.</c><00:43:29.019><c> One</c><00:43:29.219><c> is,</c><00:43:30.400><c> we</c><00:43:30.659><c> have</c><00:43:30.900><c> the</c><00:43:31.059><c> idea</c><00:43:31.420><c> of</c><00:43:31.800><c> service</c><00:43:32.039><c> to</c>

00:43:32.219 --> 00:43:34.260
the<00:43:32.380><c> brotherhood.</c><00:43:32.719><c> That</c><00:43:32.900><c> seems</c><00:43:33.179><c> obvious.</c><00:43:33.659><c> This</c><00:43:33.880><c> is</c><00:43:34.059><c> the</c>

00:43:34.260 --> 00:43:37.699
format.<00:43:35.019><c> This</c><00:43:35.199><c> is</c><00:43:35.380><c> the</c><00:43:35.639><c> framework.</c><00:43:36.420><c> This</c><00:43:36.619><c> is</c><00:43:36.940><c> the</c><00:43:37.219><c> literary</c>

00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:39.960
structure.<00:43:38.320><c> If</c><00:43:38.480><c> you</c><00:43:38.639><c> want</c><00:43:38.800><c> to</c><00:43:39.000><c> go</c><00:43:39.139><c> so</c><00:43:39.440><c> far</c><00:43:39.579><c> as</c><00:43:39.719><c> to</c><00:43:39.820><c> say</c>

00:43:39.960 --> 00:43:42.219
literary<00:43:40.460><c> for</c><00:43:40.739><c> something</c><00:43:41.019><c> that</c><00:43:41.179><c> only</c><00:43:41.340><c> takes</c><00:43:41.559><c> four</c><00:43:41.800><c> verses.</c>

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:44.760
But<00:43:42.840><c> this</c><00:43:43.059><c> is</c><00:43:43.239><c> the</c><00:43:43.440><c> structure</c><00:43:43.679><c> of</c><00:43:43.900><c> the</c><00:43:44.000><c> thing.</c><00:43:44.199><c> It's</c><00:43:44.420><c> people</c>

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:49.199
working<00:43:45.219><c> in</c><00:43:45.519><c> God's</c><00:43:45.920><c> house</c><00:43:46.199><c> and</c><00:43:46.400><c> taking</c><00:43:46.679><c> care</c><00:43:46.960><c> of</c><00:43:47.059><c> their</c><00:43:47.239><c> brothers</c><00:43:47.559><c> or</c><00:43:48.159><c> not</c><00:43:48.579><c> taking</c><00:43:48.820><c> care</c><00:43:49.079><c> of</c>

00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:50.280
their<00:43:49.380><c> brothers.</c>

00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:52.679
So<00:43:50.559><c> service</c><00:43:50.760><c> to</c><00:43:50.920><c> the</c><00:43:51.059><c> brotherhood</c><00:43:51.440><c> is</c><00:43:51.599><c> an</c><00:43:51.860><c> important</c><00:43:52.179><c> feature</c>

00:43:52.679 --> 00:43:56.739
of<00:43:53.960><c> Jesus'</c><00:43:54.699><c> judgment</c><00:43:54.860><c> of</c><00:43:55.159><c> our</c><00:43:56.219><c> walk</c><00:43:56.420><c> in</c><00:43:56.559><c> this</c>

00:43:56.739 --> 00:44:00.679
life.<00:43:57.820><c> Also</c><00:43:58.380><c> is</c><00:43:58.619><c> the</c><00:43:58.820><c> dedication,</c><00:43:59.420><c> the</c><00:43:59.579><c> self</c><00:43:59.820><c>-sacrifice</c><00:44:00.360><c> at</c>

00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:05.440
all<00:44:01.179><c> times.</c><00:44:02.219><c> As</c><00:44:02.380><c> you</c><00:44:02.639><c> remember,</c><00:44:04.400><c> this</c><00:44:04.840><c> is</c><00:44:05.119><c> the</c><00:44:05.300><c> one</c>

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:08.940
that<00:44:05.659><c> has</c><00:44:05.900><c> to</c><00:44:06.099><c> do</c><00:44:06.219><c> with</c><00:44:06.360><c> the</c><00:44:06.699><c> watchfulness.</c><00:44:08.019><c> Watch.</c><00:44:08.300><c> You</c><00:44:08.460><c> don't</c><00:44:08.739><c> know</c>

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:10.539
when<00:44:09.059><c> he's</c><00:44:09.260><c> coming.</c><00:44:09.619><c> If</c><00:44:09.760><c> you're</c><00:44:10.059><c> always</c>

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:14.599
doing<00:44:10.800><c> God's</c><00:44:11.300><c> will,</c><00:44:12.139><c> then</c><00:44:12.539><c> you'll</c><00:44:13.199><c> always</c><00:44:13.480><c> be</c><00:44:13.739><c> ready.</c><00:44:14.219><c> Now</c>

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:16.260
consider<00:44:14.840><c> this</c><00:44:15.320><c> fact.</c>

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:23.159
Our<00:44:18.880><c> daily</c><00:44:19.179><c> life.</c><00:44:19.880><c> If</c><00:44:20.059><c> we</c><00:44:20.260><c> knew</c><00:44:20.420><c> Jesus</c><00:44:21.019><c> for</c><00:44:21.440><c> certain</c><00:44:21.699><c> to</c><00:44:22.860><c> show</c>

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:25.559
up<00:44:24.280><c> today,</c>

00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:30.840
would<00:44:27.780><c> you</c><00:44:27.940><c> live</c><00:44:28.059><c> any</c><00:44:28.300><c> differently</c><00:44:28.880><c> than</c><00:44:29.440><c> you</c><00:44:29.619><c> would</c><00:44:30.000><c> if</c><00:44:30.739><c> you</c>

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:33.159
knew<00:44:30.980><c> he</c><00:44:31.099><c> wasn't</c><00:44:31.380><c> going</c><00:44:31.559><c> to</c><00:44:31.659><c> come</c><00:44:31.780><c> for</c><00:44:31.940><c> 10</c><00:44:32.179><c> years?</c>

00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:37.340
You<00:44:33.719><c> probably</c><00:44:34.099><c> would,</c><00:44:34.320><c> but</c><00:44:34.460><c> you</c><00:44:34.679><c> shouldn't,</c><00:44:35.199><c> right?</c><00:44:36.019><c> Every</c><00:44:36.420><c> day</c><00:44:36.639><c> should</c><00:44:36.840><c> be</c><00:44:37.159><c> a</c>

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:39.099
day<00:44:37.880><c> lived</c><00:44:38.199><c> in</c><00:44:38.400><c> expectation</c>

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:43.559
of<00:44:39.340><c> the</c><00:44:39.500><c> master.</c><00:44:40.400><c> Every</c><00:44:40.579><c> day.</c><00:44:42.380><c> And</c><00:44:42.599><c> even</c><00:44:42.719><c> if</c><00:44:42.900><c> you</c><00:44:43.019><c> knew</c><00:44:43.199><c> Jesus</c>

00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:45.380
weren't<00:44:43.800><c> going</c><00:44:43.940><c> to</c><00:44:44.059><c> come</c><00:44:44.179><c> in</c><00:44:44.300><c> your</c><00:44:44.480><c> lifetime,</c>

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:50.739
would<00:44:45.820><c> you</c><00:44:46.000><c> change</c><00:44:46.300><c> your</c><00:44:46.519><c> daily</c><00:44:46.760><c> life?</c><00:44:48.519><c> Of</c><00:44:48.880><c> course</c><00:44:49.039><c> you</c><00:44:49.199><c> wouldn't</c><00:44:50.000><c> if</c><00:44:50.320><c> you</c><00:44:50.539><c> were</c><00:44:50.739><c> a</c>

00:44:50.739 --> 00:44:51.880
spiritually<00:44:51.159><c> minded</c><00:44:51.539><c> brother.</c>

00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:55.960
You'd<00:44:52.460><c> still</c><00:44:52.840><c> do</c><00:44:53.079><c> the</c><00:44:53.320><c> same</c><00:44:53.599><c> things</c><00:44:54.199><c> day</c><00:44:54.699><c> in</c><00:44:55.139><c> and</c><00:44:55.360><c> day</c><00:44:55.639><c> out</c><00:44:55.840><c> and</c>

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:58.920
you'd<00:44:56.199><c> always</c><00:44:56.599><c> be</c><00:44:56.880><c> ready.</c><00:44:57.579><c> So</c><00:44:57.860><c> our</c><00:44:58.099><c> service</c><00:44:58.460><c> is</c><00:44:58.719><c> not</c>

00:44:58.920 --> 00:45:03.440
dependent<00:44:59.400><c> on</c><00:45:01.159><c> when</c><00:45:01.860><c> he's</c><00:45:02.059><c> going</c><00:45:02.219><c> to</c><00:45:02.360><c> come</c><00:45:02.519><c> alive.</c><00:45:02.760><c> Three</c><00:45:03.039><c> years</c><00:45:03.280><c> to</c>

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:05.639
get<00:45:03.619><c> ready.</c><00:45:03.880><c> No,</c><00:45:04.119><c> it's</c><00:45:04.340><c> not.</c><00:45:04.860><c> It's</c><00:45:05.119><c> today.</c>

00:45:05.639 --> 00:45:11.920
Today,<00:45:06.760><c> today,</c><00:45:07.579><c> today,</c><00:45:08.360><c> today.</c><00:45:09.360><c> Every</c><00:45:09.639><c> day</c><00:45:09.800><c> is</c><00:45:10.059><c> a</c><00:45:10.179><c> today</c><00:45:10.699><c> until</c><00:45:11.519><c> the</c>

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:13.440
Lord<00:45:12.079><c> comes.</c><00:45:12.679><c> It's</c><00:45:12.880><c> dedication,</c>

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:18.039
it's<00:45:13.800><c> self</c><00:45:13.980><c>-sacrifice</c><00:45:14.400><c> at</c><00:45:14.659><c> all</c><00:45:14.920><c> times.</c><00:45:15.679><c> That</c><00:45:16.000><c> person</c><00:45:16.340><c> is</c><00:45:16.539><c> always</c><00:45:16.860><c> ready.</c><00:45:17.719><c> And</c>

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:19.099
also<00:45:18.360><c> the</c><00:45:18.480><c> idea</c><00:45:18.739><c> of</c><00:45:18.920><c> service</c>

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:24.480
to<00:45:19.280><c> the</c><00:45:19.420><c> brotherhood.</c><00:45:20.599><c> Okay,</c><00:45:21.639><c> next</c><00:45:21.900><c> one.</c><00:45:23.760><c> The</c><00:45:23.980><c> servants</c><00:45:24.280><c> are</c>

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:27.400
now<00:45:25.320><c> turned</c><00:45:25.539><c> into</c><00:45:26.219><c> virgins,</c><00:45:26.719><c> or</c><00:45:26.840><c> I</c><00:45:26.860><c> should</c><00:45:26.980><c> say</c><00:45:27.159><c> he</c>

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:29.860
shifts<00:45:27.559><c> from</c><00:45:27.900><c> servants</c><00:45:28.179><c> to</c><00:45:28.440><c> virgins.</c><00:45:29.039><c> And</c><00:45:29.119><c> not</c><00:45:29.300><c> people</c><00:45:29.559><c> doing</c>

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:31.880
his<00:45:30.099><c> service,</c><00:45:30.380><c> but</c><00:45:30.559><c> people</c><00:45:30.860><c> waiting.</c><00:45:31.519><c> They're</c><00:45:31.659><c> not</c>

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:37.400
doing<00:45:32.159><c> anything</c><00:45:33.099><c> active</c><00:45:33.940><c> especially,</c><00:45:34.840><c> but</c><00:45:35.039><c> they're</c><00:45:35.280><c> waiting.</c><00:45:36.599><c> And</c><00:45:36.800><c> some</c><00:45:36.960><c> people</c><00:45:37.219><c> are</c>

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:38.059
ready<00:45:37.579><c> and</c><00:45:37.780><c> some</c>

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:40.860
aren't.<00:45:38.699><c> Some</c><00:45:38.900><c> people</c><00:45:39.179><c> have</c><00:45:39.440><c> some</c><00:45:39.619><c> more</c><00:45:39.920><c> foresight,</c><00:45:40.739><c> some</c>

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:43.039
more<00:45:41.019><c> maturity,</c><00:45:41.860><c> some</c><00:45:42.059><c> more</c><00:45:42.300><c> self</c><00:45:42.539><c>-control,</c>

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preparation,<00:45:43.940><c> growth,</c><00:45:44.260><c> farsightedness.</c><00:45:45.199><c> They're</c><00:45:45.440><c> all</c><00:45:45.860><c> synonyms</c><00:45:46.239><c> with</c>

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:48.139
a<00:45:46.539><c> little</c><00:45:46.699><c> different</c><00:45:47.039><c> flavor.</c>

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But<00:45:48.619><c> this</c><00:45:48.860><c> is</c><00:45:49.019><c> the</c><00:45:49.179><c> idea</c><00:45:49.519><c> here.</c><00:45:50.440><c> The</c><00:45:50.659><c> only</c><00:45:50.960><c> thing</c><00:45:51.139><c> that</c><00:45:51.420><c> separated</c><00:45:51.860><c> the</c><00:45:52.179><c> foolish</c><00:45:52.400><c> from</c><00:45:52.599><c> the</c><00:45:52.800><c> wise</c><00:45:53.039><c> is</c>

00:45:53.320 --> 00:45:53.780
the<00:45:53.480><c> wise</c>

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were<00:45:54.039><c> ready.</c><00:45:54.739><c> They</c><00:45:54.980><c> just</c><00:45:55.260><c> had</c><00:45:55.539><c> enough</c><00:45:55.900><c> sense,</c><00:45:56.480><c> enough</c><00:45:56.639><c> self</c>

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:59.460
-control<00:45:57.380><c> to</c><00:45:57.639><c> say,</c><00:45:58.039><c> what's</c><00:45:58.860><c> going</c><00:45:58.980><c> to</c><00:45:59.099><c> happen</c><00:45:59.320><c> in</c>

00:45:59.460 --> 00:46:02.480
my<00:45:59.860><c> life</c><00:45:59.860><c> in</c><00:46:00.019><c> the</c><00:46:00.119><c> future?</c><00:46:00.960><c> I'm</c><00:46:01.039><c> going</c><00:46:01.179><c> to</c><00:46:01.280><c> be</c><00:46:01.460><c> ready</c><00:46:01.659><c> no</c><00:46:01.900><c> matter</c><00:46:02.219><c> what</c>

00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:04.519
comes.<00:46:03.260><c> And</c><00:46:03.460><c> there's</c><00:46:03.639><c> an</c><00:46:03.880><c> extremely</c>

00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:10.480
important<00:46:05.000><c> lesson</c><00:46:05.300><c> in</c><00:46:05.480><c> preparation</c><00:46:06.099><c> here.</c><00:46:06.840><c> An</c><00:46:07.119><c> extremely</c><00:46:07.460><c> important</c><00:46:07.900><c> lesson.</c><00:46:10.260><c> We</c>

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:12.539
cannot<00:46:11.039><c> meet</c><00:46:11.360><c> adversity</c><00:46:12.059><c> when</c>

00:46:12.539 --> 00:46:15.900
adversity<00:46:13.119><c> comes.</c><00:46:13.820><c> It's</c><00:46:14.139><c> too</c><00:46:14.460><c> late.</c><00:46:15.059><c> When</c><00:46:15.239><c> the</c><00:46:15.500><c> bridegroom</c>

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:18.880
comes,<00:46:16.320><c> you</c><00:46:16.519><c> can't</c><00:46:16.980><c> go</c><00:46:17.280><c> and</c><00:46:17.460><c> get</c><00:46:17.619><c> ready.</c><00:46:18.320><c> When</c><00:46:18.559><c> trouble</c>

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:21.420
comes,<00:46:19.199><c> you</c><00:46:19.280><c> can't</c><00:46:19.500><c> go</c><00:46:19.719><c> and</c><00:46:19.840><c> get</c><00:46:19.980><c> ready.</c><00:46:20.239><c> You</c><00:46:20.440><c> have</c><00:46:20.840><c> to</c><00:46:21.059><c> do</c>

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:24.500
your<00:46:21.880><c> preparation</c><00:46:22.340><c> beforehand.</c><00:46:23.559><c> I've</c><00:46:23.920><c> said</c><00:46:23.980><c> this</c><00:46:24.179><c> many</c>

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:29.360
times<00:46:24.780><c> and</c><00:46:24.860><c> I'll</c><00:46:25.039><c> continue</c><00:46:25.400><c> to</c><00:46:25.639><c> say</c><00:46:25.800><c> it.</c><00:46:26.760><c> The</c><00:46:26.880><c> time</c><00:46:27.139><c> for</c><00:46:27.360><c> you</c>

00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:31.559
to<00:46:29.679><c> prepare</c><00:46:30.079><c> yourself</c><00:46:30.539><c> for</c><00:46:30.780><c> every</c><00:46:30.980><c> day</c><00:46:31.139><c> is</c><00:46:31.239><c> in</c><00:46:31.380><c> the</c>

00:46:31.559 --> 00:46:33.860
morning.<00:46:32.199><c> The</c><00:46:32.420><c> first</c><00:46:32.599><c> thing</c><00:46:32.719><c> you</c><00:46:32.880><c> do</c><00:46:32.960><c> when</c><00:46:33.159><c> you</c><00:46:33.320><c> wake</c><00:46:33.539><c> up,</c><00:46:33.719><c> you</c>

00:46:33.860 --> 00:46:36.440
have<00:46:34.199><c> to</c><00:46:34.480><c> prepare</c><00:46:34.639><c> yourself</c><00:46:35.199><c> for</c><00:46:35.639><c> the</c><00:46:35.940><c> troubles</c><00:46:36.219><c> of</c>

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:39.519
that<00:46:36.699><c> day</c><00:46:37.079><c> before</c><00:46:37.739><c> you</c><00:46:37.980><c> go</c><00:46:38.139><c> out</c><00:46:38.360><c> and</c><00:46:38.519><c> mess</c><00:46:38.659><c> it</c><00:46:38.840><c> up.</c><00:46:39.199><c> And</c><00:46:39.340><c> that's</c>

00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:40.820
going<00:46:39.659><c> to</c><00:46:39.780><c> happen</c><00:46:39.980><c> within</c><00:46:40.199><c> three</c><00:46:40.460><c> minutes</c><00:46:40.679><c> when</c>

00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:46.800
you<00:46:40.960><c> get</c><00:46:41.059><c> out</c><00:46:41.280><c> of</c><00:46:41.380><c> bed</c><00:46:41.500><c> probably.</c><00:46:44.119><c> You</c><00:46:44.559><c> can</c><00:46:45.519><c> wake</c><00:46:45.800><c> up</c><00:46:46.179><c> and</c><00:46:46.579><c> run</c>

00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:48.659
into<00:46:47.099><c> something.</c><00:46:47.980><c> Somebody</c><00:46:48.179><c> said</c><00:46:48.340><c> you're</c><00:46:48.559><c> walking</c>

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:50.360
to<00:46:48.880><c> a</c><00:46:48.920><c> table</c><00:46:49.139><c> and</c><00:46:49.300><c> already</c><00:46:49.500><c> you've</c><00:46:49.739><c> lost</c><00:46:49.860><c> your</c><00:46:50.079><c> temper</c><00:46:50.260><c> and</c>

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:53.039
you've<00:46:50.559><c> gotten</c><00:46:50.719><c> mad.</c><00:46:51.719><c> You</c><00:46:51.900><c> can't</c><00:46:52.239><c> find</c><00:46:52.420><c> the</c><00:46:52.639><c> toothbrush</c>

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:55.579
and<00:46:53.280><c> you</c><00:46:53.699><c> get</c><00:46:53.960><c> out</c><00:46:54.199><c> of</c><00:46:54.260><c> bed.</c><00:46:54.500><c> It's</c><00:46:54.539><c> too</c><00:46:54.840><c> late.</c><00:46:55.019><c> You're</c><00:46:55.260><c> upset.</c>

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:57.500
You're<00:46:56.260><c> angry</c><00:46:56.559><c> already.</c>

00:46:59.039 --> 00:47:02.420
You<00:46:59.480><c> can</c><00:46:59.739><c> shoot</c><00:46:59.920><c> your</c><00:47:00.159><c> day</c><00:47:00.460><c> right</c><00:47:00.719><c> at</c><00:47:00.880><c> the</c><00:47:01.039><c> beginning.</c><00:47:01.760><c> You</c><00:47:01.880><c> have</c><00:47:02.219><c> to</c>

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:04.099
prepare<00:47:02.840><c> when</c><00:47:03.340><c> you're</c><00:47:03.480><c> in</c><00:47:03.579><c> a</c><00:47:03.780><c> spiritual</c>

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:07.119
frame<00:47:04.340><c> of</c><00:47:04.599><c> mind.</c><00:47:05.099><c> Get</c><00:47:05.380><c> ready.</c><00:47:05.780><c> It's</c><00:47:06.039><c> a</c><00:47:06.139><c> daily</c><00:47:06.420><c> basis.</c><00:47:06.820><c> It's</c><00:47:07.000><c> a</c>

00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:09.480
weekly<00:47:07.360><c> basis.</c><00:47:07.800><c> It's</c><00:47:08.019><c> a</c><00:47:08.119><c> yearly</c><00:47:08.360><c> thing.</c><00:47:08.739><c> Prepare</c><00:47:09.039><c> now.</c>

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:13.039
You<00:47:09.900><c> know</c><00:47:10.119><c> what</c><00:47:10.239><c> the</c><00:47:10.400><c> future</c><00:47:10.599><c> is</c><00:47:10.719><c> going</c><00:47:10.840><c> to</c><00:47:11.039><c> bring.</c><00:47:12.639><c> If</c><00:47:12.860><c> there</c>

00:47:13.039 --> 00:47:15.239
is<00:47:13.199><c> a</c><00:47:13.340><c> future,</c><00:47:13.900><c> it's</c><00:47:14.179><c> not</c><00:47:14.380><c> going</c><00:47:14.500><c> to</c><00:47:14.599><c> be</c><00:47:14.719><c> an</c><00:47:14.820><c> easy</c><00:47:15.019><c> one.</c>

00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:18.420
It's<00:47:15.619><c> going</c><00:47:15.739><c> to</c><00:47:15.840><c> be</c><00:47:16.039><c> tough.</c><00:47:16.519><c> There</c><00:47:16.679><c> are</c><00:47:16.820><c> going</c><00:47:16.940><c> to</c><00:47:17.039><c> be</c><00:47:17.239><c> tribulations</c><00:47:17.920><c> and</c><00:47:18.099><c> so</c>

00:47:18.420 --> 00:47:22.739
forth.<00:47:19.900><c> Prepare</c><00:47:20.340><c> now.</c><00:47:22.000><c> It's</c><00:47:22.440><c> too</c>

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:26.079
late.<00:47:23.340><c> When</c><00:47:23.559><c> the</c><00:47:23.780><c> trouble</c><00:47:24.019><c> comes,</c><00:47:24.380><c> when</c><00:47:24.559><c> the</c><00:47:24.739><c> time</c><00:47:24.900><c> comes,</c><00:47:25.460><c> you</c><00:47:25.500><c> can't</c><00:47:25.820><c> go</c>

00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:28.539
buy<00:47:26.360><c> some</c><00:47:26.619><c> oil.</c><00:47:27.159><c> It</c><00:47:27.340><c> won't</c><00:47:27.599><c> work.</c>

00:47:28.719 --> 00:47:37.539
It<00:47:28.980><c> won't</c><00:47:29.340><c> work.</c><00:47:30.480><c> You</c><00:47:30.699><c> prepare.</c><00:47:31.760><c> You</c><00:47:31.980><c> look</c><00:47:32.280><c> ahead.</c><00:47:34.940><c> In</c><00:47:35.260><c> a</c><00:47:35.519><c> short</c><00:47:35.780><c> phrase,</c><00:47:37.179><c> it's</c>

00:47:37.539 --> 00:47:40.139
action.<00:47:38.619><c> It's</c><00:47:38.840><c> spiritual</c><00:47:39.360><c> action</c>

00:47:40.139 --> 00:47:45.119
rather<00:47:40.780><c> than</c><00:47:41.179><c> sinful</c><00:47:41.940><c> reaction</c><00:47:42.840><c> to</c><00:47:43.400><c> our</c><00:47:43.639><c> daily</c><00:47:43.980><c> problems.</c>

00:47:45.179 --> 00:47:48.599
Spiritual<00:47:45.679><c> action</c><00:47:46.460><c> rather</c><00:47:46.940><c> than</c><00:47:47.199><c> sinful</c><00:47:47.739><c> reaction.</c>

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:51.519
If<00:47:49.139><c> you</c><00:47:49.320><c> prepare,</c><00:47:49.719><c> if</c><00:47:49.860><c> you</c><00:47:49.960><c> look</c><00:47:50.179><c> ahead</c><00:47:50.500><c> and</c><00:47:50.599><c> say,</c><00:47:50.840><c> I</c><00:47:50.840><c> know</c><00:47:51.039><c> what's</c><00:47:51.219><c> going</c><00:47:51.420><c> to</c>

00:47:51.519 --> 00:47:53.599
come.<00:47:51.780><c> When</c><00:47:51.940><c> it</c><00:47:52.099><c> comes,</c><00:47:52.420><c> I'll</c><00:47:52.519><c> be</c><00:47:52.719><c> ready.</c>

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:58.519
Then<00:47:54.260><c> you'll</c><00:47:54.480><c> be</c><00:47:54.639><c> a</c><00:47:54.880><c> wise</c><00:47:55.420><c> virgin.</c><00:47:57.280><c> One</c><00:47:57.460><c> more</c><00:47:57.739><c> thing</c><00:47:58.079><c> I</c><00:47:58.300><c> would</c>

00:47:58.519 --> 00:48:00.440
like<00:47:58.659><c> to</c><00:47:58.860><c> say</c><00:47:59.019><c> about</c><00:47:59.280><c> these</c><00:47:59.539><c> first</c><00:47:59.739><c> two</c><00:48:00.019><c> parables</c>

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:06.079
is<00:48:00.940><c> this.</c><00:48:03.079><c> In</c><00:48:03.219><c> the</c><00:48:03.440><c> first</c><00:48:03.699><c> parable,</c><00:48:05.039><c> this</c><00:48:05.380><c> will</c><00:48:05.559><c> explain</c><00:48:05.840><c> one</c>

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:08.500
detail<00:48:06.519><c> in</c><00:48:06.699><c> the</c><00:48:06.880><c> parable</c><00:48:07.139><c> of</c><00:48:07.480><c> the</c><00:48:07.599><c> virgins.</c>

00:48:08.860 --> 00:48:13.800
There<00:48:09.260><c> was</c><00:48:09.519><c> a</c><00:48:09.719><c> strong</c><00:48:09.980><c> exhortation</c><00:48:10.719><c> to</c><00:48:10.960><c> be</c><00:48:11.559><c> feeding</c><00:48:11.860><c> the</c><00:48:12.139><c> household</c><00:48:12.639><c> and</c>

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:15.480
to<00:48:14.000><c> do</c><00:48:14.139><c> everything</c><00:48:14.519><c> you</c><00:48:14.820><c> can</c><00:48:15.079><c> to</c><00:48:15.280><c> help</c>

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:20.099
your<00:48:15.739><c> brother</c><00:48:16.400><c> in</c><00:48:17.320><c> his</c><00:48:17.699><c> walk</c><00:48:17.980><c> to</c><00:48:18.179><c> the</c><00:48:18.260><c> kingdom.</c><00:48:19.539><c> But</c><00:48:19.739><c> in</c><00:48:19.880><c> this</c>

00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:24.599
parable<00:48:20.360><c> of</c><00:48:20.480><c> the</c><00:48:20.659><c> virgins,</c><00:48:22.159><c> we</c><00:48:22.219><c> have</c><00:48:22.480><c> this</c><00:48:23.380><c> perhaps</c>

00:48:26.380 --> 00:48:29.139
somewhat<00:48:26.860><c> dark</c><00:48:27.340><c> saying.</c><00:48:27.900><c> When</c><00:48:27.980><c> the</c><00:48:28.239><c> foolish</c><00:48:28.420><c> say,</c><00:48:28.840><c> give</c><00:48:28.940><c> us</c>

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:31.360
some<00:48:29.400><c> of</c><00:48:29.539><c> your</c><00:48:29.719><c> oil,</c><00:48:30.460><c> our</c><00:48:30.559><c> lamps</c><00:48:30.780><c> are</c><00:48:30.960><c> going</c><00:48:31.119><c> out,</c>

00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:33.940
and<00:48:31.500><c> the</c><00:48:31.639><c> wise</c><00:48:31.840><c> replied,</c><00:48:32.380><c> well,</c><00:48:32.699><c> perhaps</c><00:48:33.039><c> it</c><00:48:33.119><c> won't</c><00:48:33.300><c> be</c><00:48:33.480><c> enough</c><00:48:33.719><c> for</c>

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:37.260
us<00:48:34.199><c> and</c><00:48:34.440><c> you.</c><00:48:34.760><c> Go</c><00:48:35.019><c> buy</c><00:48:35.300><c> some.</c><00:48:36.760><c> That</c><00:48:37.019><c> wasn't</c>

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:41.800
very<00:48:37.579><c> nice,</c><00:48:37.860><c> was</c><00:48:38.099><c> it?</c><00:48:38.500><c> Go</c><00:48:38.679><c> buy</c><00:48:38.960><c> some.</c><00:48:39.820><c> Go</c><00:48:40.019><c> buy</c><00:48:40.179><c> your</c><00:48:40.380><c> own.</c><00:48:41.619><c> How</c>

00:48:41.800 --> 00:48:44.159
does<00:48:42.000><c> that</c><00:48:42.260><c> compare</c><00:48:43.159><c> to</c><00:48:43.280><c> the</c><00:48:43.440><c> first</c><00:48:43.619><c> one</c><00:48:43.780><c> where</c><00:48:43.920><c> you're</c>

00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:47.840
supposed<00:48:44.420><c> to,</c><00:48:45.219><c> you</c><00:48:45.440><c> know,</c><00:48:45.900><c> prepare</c><00:48:46.199><c> to</c><00:48:46.460><c> feed</c><00:48:46.659><c> your</c><00:48:46.880><c> brotherhood?</c><00:48:47.300><c> Why</c><00:48:47.519><c> didn't</c><00:48:47.659><c> they</c>

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:48.699
bring<00:48:48.019><c> some</c><00:48:48.239><c> extra</c><00:48:48.519><c> oil</c>

00:48:48.699 --> 00:48:51.480
and<00:48:48.840><c> say,</c><00:48:48.940><c> oh,</c><00:48:49.139><c> here,</c><00:48:49.320><c> here's</c><00:48:49.500><c> some</c><00:48:49.760><c> oil.</c><00:48:50.820><c> Here,</c><00:48:51.000><c> I</c><00:48:51.119><c> have</c><00:48:51.300><c> some</c>

00:48:51.480 --> 00:48:54.539
for<00:48:51.659><c> you</c><00:48:51.940><c> too.</c><00:48:53.219><c> These</c><00:48:53.500><c> two</c><00:48:53.780><c> parables</c><00:48:54.079><c> are</c><00:48:54.360><c> told</c>

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:59.800
together.<00:48:55.260><c> To</c><00:48:55.699><c> make</c><00:48:55.920><c> this</c><00:48:56.219><c> point</c><00:48:56.380><c> clear,</c><00:48:57.820><c> you</c><00:48:57.960><c> can't</c><00:48:59.059><c> develop</c>

00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:02.579
maturity<00:49:00.480><c> in</c><00:49:00.760><c> somebody</c><00:49:01.079><c> else.</c><00:49:01.900><c> You</c><00:49:02.039><c> cannot</c>

00:49:02.579 --> 00:49:05.159
develop<00:49:03.219><c> somebody</c><00:49:03.760><c> else's</c><00:49:04.260><c> fruit</c><00:49:04.400><c> of</c><00:49:04.539><c> their</c><00:49:04.780><c> spirit.</c><00:49:05.000><c> You</c>

00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:09.219
can<00:49:05.400><c> feed</c><00:49:05.619><c> them,</c><00:49:07.000><c> but</c><00:49:07.639><c> their</c><00:49:08.139><c> growth</c><00:49:08.579><c> comes</c><00:49:08.960><c> from</c>

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their<00:49:09.320><c> own</c><00:49:09.619><c> heart</c><00:49:09.780><c> and</c><00:49:09.940><c> their</c><00:49:10.039><c> own</c><00:49:10.199><c> application.</c><00:49:13.199><c> Had</c><00:49:13.519><c> the</c>

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don't<00:49:33.619><c> develop</c><00:49:34.039><c> something</c><00:49:34.599><c> for</c><00:49:34.840><c> themselves,</c><00:49:36.760><c> that's</c><00:49:37.179><c> it.</c><00:49:39.000><c> The</c><00:49:39.340><c> last</c><00:49:39.579><c> parable</c><00:49:40.280><c> combines</c><00:49:41.199><c> certain</c><00:49:41.579><c> aspects</c><00:49:42.079><c> of</c><00:49:42.280><c> the</c>

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what<00:49:52.320><c> they</c><00:49:52.539><c> do</c><00:49:52.659><c> with</c><00:49:52.920><c> their</c><00:49:53.099><c> master's</c><00:49:54.500><c> goods.</c>

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They're<00:49:56.219><c> servants</c><00:49:56.420><c> in</c><00:49:56.619><c> a</c><00:49:56.719><c> household,</c><00:49:57.059><c> but</c><00:49:57.300><c> the</c><00:49:57.519><c> other</c><00:49:57.719><c> servants</c><00:49:58.079><c> aren't</c>

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the<00:50:06.199><c> maturity,</c><00:50:07.360><c> the</c><00:50:07.960><c> self</c><00:50:08.340><c>-dedication,</c><00:50:08.940><c> the</c>

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preparation<00:50:09.599><c> to</c><00:50:09.860><c> know</c><00:50:10.079><c> that</c><00:50:10.219><c> when</c><00:50:10.380><c> the</c><00:50:10.579><c> master</c><00:50:10.920><c> says,</c><00:50:11.619><c> you've</c>

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got<00:50:11.920><c> abilities</c><00:50:12.360><c> and</c><00:50:12.539><c> I</c><00:50:12.679><c> want</c><00:50:12.880><c> you</c><00:50:13.099><c> to</c><00:50:13.340><c> respond</c><00:50:13.800><c> to</c>

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those<00:50:14.179><c> abilities</c><00:50:14.619><c> and</c><00:50:14.820><c> do</c><00:50:15.039><c> things</c><00:50:15.280><c> for</c><00:50:15.539><c> me</c><00:50:15.719><c> in</c><00:50:15.860><c> my</c><00:50:16.119><c> service,</c>

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then<00:50:17.719><c> they</c><00:50:18.619><c> do</c><00:50:18.820><c> it</c><00:50:19.199><c> and</c><00:50:19.739><c> they've</c><00:50:20.099><c> grown</c><00:50:20.280><c> up</c><00:50:20.559><c> enough</c><00:50:20.760><c> to</c><00:50:20.920><c> do</c>

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it.<00:50:23.800><c> Part</c><00:50:24.139><c> of</c><00:50:24.260><c> this</c><00:50:24.500><c> parable</c><00:50:24.800><c> combines</c><00:50:25.360><c> aspects</c><00:50:25.880><c> of</c><00:50:26.079><c> the</c><00:50:26.199><c> first</c><00:50:26.440><c> two,</c>

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man<00:50:34.679><c> who</c><00:50:34.840><c> was</c><00:50:35.079><c> rejected</c>

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was<00:50:36.739><c> the</c><00:50:36.900><c> one</c><00:50:37.000><c> who</c><00:50:37.099><c> didn't</c><00:50:37.320><c> know</c><00:50:37.539><c> his</c><00:50:37.800><c> master.</c><00:50:38.199><c> He</c><00:50:38.340><c> thought</c><00:50:38.619><c> he</c>

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did,<00:50:39.079><c> but</c><00:50:39.239><c> he</c><00:50:39.400><c> didn't.</c><00:50:40.260><c> He</c><00:50:40.440><c> had</c><00:50:40.639><c> a</c><00:50:40.800><c> total</c>

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misconcept<00:50:41.960><c> of</c><00:50:42.119><c> what</c><00:50:42.300><c> God</c><00:50:42.559><c> really</c><00:50:42.940><c> wanted</c><00:50:43.159><c> out</c><00:50:43.440><c> of</c><00:50:43.559><c> him,</c><00:50:44.159><c> and</c>

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he<00:50:44.579><c> thought</c><00:50:44.920><c> that</c><00:50:45.179><c> God</c><00:50:45.380><c> didn't</c><00:50:45.699><c> need</c><00:50:45.840><c> his</c><00:50:46.179><c> work</c><00:50:46.380><c> and</c>

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come<00:50:51.980><c> to</c><00:50:52.119><c> the</c><00:50:52.300><c> judgment</c><00:50:52.559><c> seat</c><00:50:52.860><c> and</c><00:50:53.079><c> be</c>

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accepted,<00:50:54.099><c> and</c><00:50:54.139><c> well,</c><00:50:54.239><c> he</c><00:50:54.380><c> wasn't.</c><00:50:55.920><c> So</c><00:50:56.079><c> this</c><00:50:56.340><c> one,</c><00:50:56.820><c> perhaps</c>

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the<00:50:57.340><c> main</c><00:50:57.579><c> thrust</c><00:50:57.840><c> is</c><00:50:58.119><c> knowing</c><00:50:58.559><c> who</c><00:50:58.820><c> we're</c><00:50:59.039><c> working</c><00:50:59.360><c> with</c>

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intimately,<00:51:00.380><c> knowing</c><00:51:00.860><c> our</c><00:51:01.880><c> master</c><00:51:02.440><c> and</c><00:51:02.940><c> then</c><00:51:03.199><c> all</c><00:51:03.360><c> these</c><00:51:03.579><c> other</c><00:51:03.820><c> things</c><00:51:04.139><c> fall</c><00:51:04.460><c> in</c>

00:51:04.659 --> 00:51:07.480
line.<00:51:06.480><c> So</c><00:51:06.519><c> that's</c><00:51:07.219><c> my</c>

00:51:07.480 --> 00:51:13.059
suggestions<00:51:08.179><c> on</c><00:51:09.599><c> these</c><00:51:09.880><c> three</c><00:51:10.099><c> parables</c><00:51:10.460><c> of</c><00:51:10.639><c> how</c><00:51:10.800><c> we</c><00:51:10.980><c> can</c><00:51:11.239><c> prepare</c><00:51:11.500><c> ourselves</c><00:51:12.260><c> for</c>

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:14.400
what<00:51:13.500><c> Christ</c><00:51:13.880><c> will</c><00:51:14.019><c> be</c><00:51:14.239><c> looking</c>

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:18.800
for<00:51:14.860><c> in</c><00:51:15.079><c> us.</c><00:51:15.840><c> Our</c><00:51:16.119><c> relationship</c><00:51:16.639><c> to</c><00:51:16.840><c> our</c><00:51:17.000><c> brothers</c><00:51:17.199><c> and</c><00:51:17.480><c> sisters,</c><00:51:18.559><c> our</c>

00:51:18.800 --> 00:51:20.639
personal<00:51:19.179><c> maturity</c><00:51:19.659><c> and</c><00:51:19.900><c> self</c><00:51:20.119><c>-control</c>

00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:24.860
and<00:51:21.260><c> knowing</c><00:51:21.559><c> to</c><00:51:21.900><c> whom</c><00:51:22.059><c> we</c><00:51:22.360><c> are</c><00:51:22.860><c> in</c><00:51:23.199><c> servitude</c><00:51:23.739><c> at</c><00:51:24.099><c> this</c><00:51:24.380><c> time</c>

00:51:24.860 --> 00:51:28.559
and<00:51:25.219><c> using</c><00:51:26.039><c> every</c><00:51:26.619><c> aspect</c><00:51:27.139><c> of</c><00:51:27.340><c> our</c><00:51:27.579><c> ability</c>

00:51:28.780 --> 00:51:36.579
to<00:51:29.219><c> respond</c><00:51:30.619><c> to</c><00:51:30.960><c> what</c><00:51:34.599><c> we've</c><00:51:35.039><c> given</c><00:51:35.239><c> us</c><00:51:35.619><c> and</c><00:51:35.860><c> use</c><00:51:36.059><c> them</c><00:51:36.239><c> in</c><00:51:36.380><c> the</c>

00:51:36.579 --> 00:51:38.460
service<00:51:36.860><c> of</c><00:51:37.079><c> his</c><00:51:37.420><c> household.</c>

00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:55.559
These<00:51:50.300><c> three</c><00:51:50.579><c> parables</c><00:51:50.940><c> of</c><00:51:51.179><c> judgment</c><00:51:51.480><c> then</c><00:51:52.440><c> are</c><00:51:52.739><c> perhaps</c><00:51:54.900><c> the</c>

00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:57.440
last<00:51:56.139><c> words</c><00:51:56.739><c> that</c><00:51:56.940><c> Jesus</c>

00:51:57.440 --> 00:52:03.699
has<00:51:58.019><c> to</c><00:51:58.219><c> us</c><00:51:58.460><c> concerning</c><00:51:58.980><c> this</c><00:52:00.900><c> matter</c><00:52:01.500><c> of</c><00:52:02.219><c> all</c><00:52:02.500><c> his</c><00:52:02.659><c> gospel</c><00:52:03.000><c> teaching.</c><00:52:03.699><c> It</c>

00:52:03.699 --> 00:52:04.320
ends<00:52:03.860><c> with</c><00:52:04.119><c> this,</c>

00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:08.980
and<00:52:04.480><c> I</c><00:52:04.579><c> don't</c><00:52:04.800><c> think</c><00:52:04.960><c> it</c><00:52:05.099><c> ends</c><00:52:05.300><c> with</c><00:52:05.579><c> this</c><00:52:05.940><c> for</c><00:52:07.059><c> any</c><00:52:07.420><c> small</c><00:52:07.719><c> reason.</c><00:52:08.639><c> They're</c><00:52:08.860><c> in</c>

00:52:08.980 --> 00:52:10.320
parables.<00:52:09.500><c> They're</c><00:52:09.739><c> for</c><00:52:09.900><c> us</c><00:52:10.119><c> to</c>

00:52:10.320 --> 00:52:12.500
search<00:52:10.519><c> out</c><00:52:10.760><c> and</c><00:52:10.940><c> to</c><00:52:11.119><c> learn,</c><00:52:11.360><c> but</c><00:52:11.539><c> yet</c><00:52:11.739><c> they're</c><00:52:11.900><c> not</c><00:52:12.139><c> without</c>

00:52:12.500 --> 00:52:14.860
the<00:52:12.760><c> lessons,</c><00:52:13.159><c> and</c><00:52:13.360><c> the</c><00:52:13.440><c> lessons,</c><00:52:13.800><c> I</c><00:52:14.059><c> believe,</c>

00:52:14.940 --> 00:52:23.679
are<00:52:15.420><c> there.</c><00:52:17.179><c> Well,</c><00:52:17.320><c> inasmuch</c><00:52:17.760><c> now</c><00:52:18.039><c> as</c><00:52:18.239><c> we</c><00:52:18.460><c> have</c><00:52:20.019><c> looked</c><00:52:20.619><c> towards</c><00:52:21.800><c> a</c><00:52:23.579><c> bit</c>

00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:25.179
of<00:52:23.840><c> the</c><00:52:24.019><c> life</c><00:52:24.199><c> and</c><00:52:24.420><c> teaching</c><00:52:24.719><c> of</c><00:52:24.980><c> our</c>

00:52:25.179 --> 00:52:29.380
master<00:52:25.500><c> in</c><00:52:25.639><c> this</c><00:52:25.800><c> gospel</c><00:52:26.179><c> and</c><00:52:26.340><c> have</c><00:52:26.519><c> concluded</c><00:52:27.019><c> with</c><00:52:27.900><c> some</c><00:52:28.199><c> consideration</c><00:52:29.019><c> of</c>

00:52:29.380 --> 00:52:30.300
the<00:52:29.480><c> coming</c><00:52:29.739><c> of</c><00:52:29.840><c> Jesus,</c>

00:52:30.480 --> 00:52:36.380
I<00:52:30.480><c> would</c><00:52:30.920><c> like</c><00:52:31.159><c> to</c><00:52:31.280><c> close</c><00:52:31.519><c> this</c><00:52:31.820><c> class</c><00:52:32.500><c> by</c><00:52:34.440><c> singing</c><00:52:34.780><c> two</c><00:52:35.039><c> hymns,</c><00:52:35.460><c> and</c><00:52:35.480><c> then</c><00:52:35.699><c> we'll</c><00:52:35.800><c> have</c><00:52:36.099><c> a</c>

00:52:36.380 --> 00:52:37.780
short<00:52:36.639><c> prayer.</c>

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Hymn<00:52:40.659><c> number</c><00:52:40.940><c> 219,</c><00:52:43.159><c> the</c><00:52:43.260><c> days</c><00:52:43.519><c> are</c><00:52:43.760><c> quickly</c><00:52:44.019><c> flying</c><00:52:44.480><c> and</c><00:52:44.719><c> Christ</c><00:52:45.139><c> will</c>

00:52:45.420 --> 00:52:46.780
come<00:52:45.639><c> again.</c>

00:52:48.380 --> 00:52:51.840
And<00:52:48.900><c> after</c><00:52:49.420><c> we</c><00:52:49.679><c> sing</c><00:52:49.820><c> that</c><00:52:50.139><c> one,</c><00:52:50.400><c> I</c><00:52:50.639><c> would</c><00:52:50.820><c> like</c><00:52:50.940><c> to</c><00:52:51.139><c> sing</c><00:52:51.320><c> again</c><00:52:51.599><c> Hymn</c>

00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:54.920
308.<00:52:52.960><c> I</c><00:52:53.159><c> believe</c><00:52:53.340><c> it</c><00:52:53.500><c> was</c><00:52:54.139><c> used</c><00:52:54.340><c> last</c><00:52:54.739><c> night</c>

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at<00:52:55.079><c> the</c><00:52:55.159><c> program,</c><00:52:56.360><c> but</c><00:52:56.599><c> I</c><00:52:57.780><c> had</c><00:52:57.960><c> it</c><00:52:58.219><c> prepared</c><00:52:58.440><c> for</c><00:52:58.639><c> this,</c><00:52:58.860><c> and</c><00:52:58.960><c> I</c>

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think<00:52:59.300><c> it's</c><00:52:59.480><c> still</c><00:52:59.719><c> appropriate.</c><00:53:00.139><c> It's</c><00:53:00.360><c> appropriate</c>

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every<00:53:01.019><c> day.</c><00:53:01.739><c> These</c><00:53:01.840><c> last</c><00:53:02.199><c> words</c><00:53:02.420><c> of</c><00:53:02.579><c> the</c><00:53:02.739><c> speaker</c><00:53:02.960><c> last</c><00:53:03.340><c> night</c>

00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:08.260
are<00:53:05.079><c> exactly</c><00:53:05.800><c> the</c><00:53:07.019><c> meaning</c><00:53:07.360><c> of</c><00:53:07.619><c> the</c><00:53:07.780><c> lesson</c>

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of<00:53:09.079><c> these</c><00:53:09.360><c> parables.</c><00:53:10.739><c> Shall</c><00:53:10.980><c> we</c><00:53:11.239><c> be</c><00:53:11.500><c> there</c><00:53:12.079><c> when</c><00:53:13.239><c> Christ</c><00:53:13.599><c> comes</c><00:53:14.119><c> in</c>

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his<00:53:14.639><c> kingdom?</c><00:53:15.059><c> We</c><00:53:15.380><c> make</c><00:53:15.559><c> the</c><00:53:15.780><c> answer</c><00:53:16.039><c> now.</c>

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Watch,<00:53:17.659><c> take</c><00:53:18.159><c> heed</c><00:53:18.360><c> unto</c><00:53:18.659><c> yourselves,</c><00:53:20.059><c> and</c><00:53:20.280><c> be</c><00:53:20.280><c> ready</c>

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by<00:53:21.699><c> doing</c><00:53:22.039><c> the</c><00:53:22.199><c> Master's</c><00:53:22.760><c> will</c><00:53:23.179><c> every</c><00:53:23.619><c> day.</c><00:53:24.119><c> Hymn</c><00:53:24.300><c> 219,</c><00:53:25.059><c> then</c>

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308,<00:53:26.219><c> and</c><00:53:26.880><c> a</c><00:53:26.900><c> short</c><00:53:27.320><c> prayer.</c>

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Hymn<00:53:46.619><c> number</c><00:53:46.619><c> 219,</c><00:53:46.619><c> the</c><00:53:46.619><c> days</c><00:53:46.619><c> are</c><00:53:46.619><c> quickly</c><00:53:46.619><c> flying</c><00:53:46.619><c> and</c><00:53:46.619><c> Christ</c><00:53:46.619><c> will</c>

00:53:46.619 --> 00:53:48.280
come<00:53:46.619><c> again.</c>

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With<00:53:48.639><c> all</c><00:53:49.320><c> his</c><00:53:49.780><c> saints</c><00:53:50.380><c> on</c><00:53:51.239><c> deck</c><00:53:52.139><c> triumphant</c><00:53:54.199><c> in</c><00:53:55.079><c> his</c><00:53:55.659><c> reign.</c>

00:53:57.039 --> 00:54:01.639
When<00:53:57.880><c> every</c><00:53:58.719><c> eye</c><00:53:59.139><c> shall</c><00:53:59.860><c> see</c><00:54:00.940><c> him,</c>

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and<00:54:01.639><c> every</c><00:54:03.239><c> tongue</c><00:54:03.840><c> confess</c><00:54:05.420><c> the</c><00:54:06.559><c> glory</c><00:54:07.780><c> of</c><00:54:08.599><c> the</c><00:54:09.039><c> Father</c><00:54:10.500><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:54:12.059><c> our</c><00:54:12.840><c> righteousness.</c>

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Hymn<00:55:21.420><c> number</c><00:55:21.420><c> 219,</c><00:55:21.420><c> the</c><00:55:21.420><c> days</c><00:55:21.420><c> are</c><00:55:21.420><c> quickly</c><00:55:21.420><c> flying</c><00:55:21.420><c> and</c><00:55:21.420><c> Christ</c><00:55:21.420><c> will</c>

00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:21.420
come<00:55:21.420><c> again.</c>

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With<00:55:21.420><c> all</c><00:55:21.420><c> his</c><00:55:21.599><c> saints</c><00:55:21.599><c> on</c><00:55:21.599><c> deck</c><00:55:21.599><c> triumphant</c><00:55:21.599><c> in</c><00:55:21.599><c> his</c><00:55:21.599><c> reign.</c>

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When<00:55:21.599><c> every</c><00:55:21.599><c> eye</c><00:55:21.599><c> shall</c><00:55:21.599><c> see</c><00:55:21.599><c> him,</c>

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and<00:55:21.599><c> every</c><00:55:21.599><c> tongue</c><00:55:21.599><c> confess</c><00:55:21.599><c> the</c><00:55:21.599><c> glory</c><00:55:21.599><c> of</c><00:55:23.800><c> the</c><00:55:23.800><c> Father</c><00:55:23.800><c> in</c>

00:55:23.800 --> 00:55:24.420
Christ<00:55:23.800><c> our</c><00:55:23.920><c> righteousness.</c>

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Hymn<00:55:29.280><c> number</c><00:55:29.280><c> 219,</c><00:55:29.280><c> the</c><00:55:29.280><c> days</c><00:55:29.280><c> are</c><00:55:29.280><c> quickly</c><00:55:29.280><c> flying</c><00:55:29.280><c> and</c><00:55:29.880><c> Christ</c><00:55:29.880><c> will</c>

00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:32.000
come<00:55:31.480><c> again.</c>

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Hymn<00:55:47.519><c> number</c><00:55:47.519><c> 219,</c><00:55:47.519><c> the</c><00:55:47.519><c> days</c><00:55:47.519><c> are</c><00:55:47.519><c> quickly</c><00:55:47.539><c> flying</c><00:55:47.719><c> and</c><00:55:48.400><c> Christ</c><00:55:48.400><c> will</c>

00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:01.980
come<00:56:01.480><c> again.</c>

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Hymn<00:56:31.320><c> number</c><00:56:31.320><c> 219,</c><00:56:31.320><c> the</c><00:56:31.320><c> days</c><00:56:31.320><c> are</c><00:56:31.340><c> quickly</c><00:56:31.340><c> flying</c><00:56:31.340><c> and</c><00:56:31.340><c> Christ</c><00:56:31.480><c> will</c>

00:56:31.480 --> 00:56:31.980
come<00:56:31.480><c> again.</c>

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Hymn<00:56:57.659><c> number</c><00:56:57.980><c> 219,</c><00:56:59.239><c> the</c><00:56:59.239><c> days</c><00:56:59.239><c> are</c><00:56:59.239><c> quickly</c><00:56:59.239><c> flying</c><00:56:59.239><c> and</c><00:56:59.239><c> Christ</c><00:56:59.239><c> will</c>

00:56:59.280 --> 00:57:01.980
come<00:57:00.599><c> again.</c>

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Hymn<00:57:31.139><c> number</c><00:57:31.139><c> 219,</c><00:57:31.159><c> the</c><00:57:31.159><c> days</c><00:57:31.159><c> are</c><00:57:31.300><c> quickly</c><00:57:31.480><c> flying</c><00:57:31.480><c> and</c><00:57:31.480><c> Christ</c><00:57:31.480><c> will</c>

00:57:31.480 --> 00:57:31.980
come<00:57:31.480><c> again.</c>

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Our<00:57:41.440><c> gracious</c><00:57:42.039><c> and</c><00:57:42.179><c> holy</c><00:57:42.460><c> Father</c><00:57:42.860><c> in</c><00:57:43.059><c> heaven,</c><00:57:44.679><c> it</c><00:57:44.719><c> is</c><00:57:44.980><c> now</c><00:57:45.179><c> with</c><00:57:45.480><c> extreme</c><00:57:45.780><c> thanks</c><00:57:46.199><c> that</c><00:57:46.380><c> we</c>

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approach<00:57:46.940><c> you</c><00:57:47.119><c> in</c><00:57:47.219><c> prayer</c>

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through<00:57:47.760><c> Jesus</c><00:57:48.179><c> our</c><00:57:48.340><c> Lord,</c><00:57:50.159><c> that</c><00:57:50.340><c> you've</c><00:57:50.579><c> given</c><00:57:50.820><c> us</c><00:57:51.420><c> the</c><00:57:51.739><c> story</c><00:57:52.000><c> of</c>

00:57:52.119 --> 00:57:58.179
his<00:57:52.420><c> life</c><00:57:53.360><c> and</c><00:57:55.199><c> you</c><00:57:55.440><c> allow</c><00:57:55.679><c> us</c><00:57:56.059><c> to</c><00:57:57.219><c> have</c><00:57:57.380><c> it,</c>

00:57:58.280 --> 00:58:03.199
to<00:57:58.760><c> study</c><00:57:59.059><c> it,</c><00:57:59.300><c> and</c><00:57:59.340><c> to</c><00:57:59.500><c> read</c><00:57:59.639><c> it</c><00:57:59.840><c> daily.</c><00:58:01.920><c> We</c><00:58:02.099><c> ask</c><00:58:02.320><c> that</c><00:58:02.400><c> you</c><00:58:02.519><c> continue</c><00:58:02.940><c> to</c>

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bless<00:58:03.340><c> our</c><00:58:03.659><c> studies</c>

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and<00:58:05.179><c> bless</c><00:58:05.460><c> our</c><00:58:05.699><c> lives</c><00:58:06.099><c> to</c><00:58:06.320><c> the</c><00:58:06.460><c> end</c><00:58:06.619><c> that</c><00:58:06.679><c> we</c><00:58:06.840><c> will</c><00:58:07.000><c> know</c><00:58:07.199><c> you</c>

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and<00:58:07.579><c> know</c><00:58:07.840><c> Jesus</c><00:58:08.139><c> better</c><00:58:08.960><c> from</c><00:58:09.320><c> having</c><00:58:09.679><c> been</c><00:58:09.880><c> here</c>

00:58:11.139 --> 00:58:15.940
and<00:58:11.559><c> to</c><00:58:11.719><c> each</c><00:58:11.920><c> day</c><00:58:12.719><c> draw</c><00:58:12.960><c> closer</c><00:58:13.400><c> to</c><00:58:13.519><c> you</c><00:58:14.019><c> and</c><00:58:15.159><c> draw</c><00:58:15.320><c> closer</c><00:58:15.739><c> to</c>

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the<00:58:16.119><c> ideal</c><00:58:16.380><c> of</c><00:58:16.760><c> service</c>

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and<00:58:18.780><c> worship</c><00:58:19.260><c> and</c><00:58:19.840><c> maturity</c><00:58:20.300><c> and</c><00:58:20.539><c> self</c><00:58:20.800><c>-control</c><00:58:21.280><c> that</c><00:58:21.440><c> you</c><00:58:21.599><c> would</c><00:58:21.800><c> desire</c><00:58:22.119><c> of</c><00:58:22.320><c> us.</c>

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We<00:58:24.579><c> pray,</c><00:58:25.000><c> Father,</c><00:58:25.139><c> for</c><00:58:25.260><c> your</c><00:58:25.460><c> blessing</c><00:58:25.699><c> on</c><00:58:25.900><c> all</c><00:58:26.039><c> the</c><00:58:26.219><c> household</c><00:58:26.559><c> in</c><00:58:26.739><c> this</c><00:58:26.980><c> matter.</c>

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To<00:58:28.400><c> make</c><00:58:28.619><c> us</c><00:58:29.179><c> one</c><00:58:29.440><c> body</c><00:58:29.800><c> of</c><00:58:30.880><c> good</c><00:58:31.360><c> and</c><00:58:32.340><c> faithful</c><00:58:32.739><c> servants</c><00:58:33.739><c> and</c>

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of<00:58:34.639><c> wise</c><00:58:34.880><c> virgins,</c><00:58:36.599><c> each</c><00:58:36.860><c> day</c><00:58:37.400><c> doing</c><00:58:37.679><c> our</c><00:58:38.000><c> part</c>

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and<00:58:40.260><c> each</c><00:58:40.460><c> day</c><00:58:40.760><c> preparing</c><00:58:41.139><c> ourselves</c><00:58:41.739><c> for</c><00:58:41.900><c> your</c><00:58:42.159><c> coming.</c><00:58:42.980><c> May</c>

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that<00:58:43.260><c> day</c><00:58:43.500><c> come</c><00:58:43.760><c> soon,</c><00:58:44.659><c> Father,</c>

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today<00:58:45.340><c> if</c><00:58:45.519><c> it</c><00:58:45.659><c> be</c><00:58:45.840><c> your</c><00:58:46.079><c> will,</c><00:58:47.539><c> to</c><00:58:47.760><c> vindicate</c><00:58:48.300><c> your</c><00:58:48.559><c> name</c><00:58:49.099><c> and</c>

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the<00:58:50.059><c> suffering</c><00:58:50.340><c> of</c><00:58:50.739><c> Jesus</c><00:58:51.119><c> your</c><00:58:51.400><c> Son,</c>

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of<00:58:53.059><c> your</c><00:58:53.400><c> truth</c><00:58:53.699><c> in</c><00:58:53.960><c> this</c><00:58:54.119><c> earth.</c>