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neither<00:10:07.039><c> give</c><00:10:07.279><c> heed</c><00:10:07.419><c> to</c><00:10:07.639><c> fables</c><00:10:07.919><c> and</c><00:10:08.179><c> endless</c><00:10:08.519><c> genealogies</c>

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absent<00:10:39.620><c> of</c><00:10:39.860><c> the</c><00:10:40.019><c> apostle,</c><00:10:41.200><c> so</c><00:10:41.399><c> when</c><00:10:41.580><c> we</c><00:10:41.700><c> come</c><00:10:41.860><c> to</c><00:10:42.200><c> Titus</c><00:10:42.500><c> chapter</c><00:10:42.879><c> 1,</c>

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have<00:11:05.960><c> to</c><00:11:06.080><c> deal</c><00:11:06.240><c> with</c><00:11:06.480><c> ecclesial</c><00:11:06.940><c> problems</c><00:11:07.419><c> now,</c>

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an<00:12:01.899><c> apostle</c><00:12:02.220><c> of</c><00:12:02.340><c> Jesus</c><00:12:02.740><c> Christ.</c>

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I'm<00:13:05.700><c> an</c><00:13:05.860><c> apostle</c><00:13:06.120><c> by</c><00:13:06.340><c> the</c><00:13:06.620><c> direct</c><00:13:06.940><c> commandment</c><00:13:07.620><c> of</c><00:13:07.779><c> God.</c>

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And<00:13:08.639><c> now</c><00:13:09.240><c> he's</c><00:13:10.120><c> going</c><00:13:10.360><c> to</c><00:13:10.700><c> pass</c><00:13:11.000><c> on,</c><00:13:11.580><c> as</c><00:13:11.960><c> a</c><00:13:12.399><c> superior</c><00:13:12.860><c> officer,</c>

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And<00:13:18.259><c> the</c><00:13:18.340><c> only</c><00:13:18.539><c> place,</c><00:13:18.879><c> the</c><00:13:18.960><c> only</c><00:13:19.220><c> time,</c><00:13:20.440><c> brothers</c><00:13:20.440><c> and</c><00:13:20.600><c> sisters,</c><00:13:20.820><c> that</c>

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he<00:13:21.019><c> will</c><00:13:21.139><c> ever</c><00:13:21.340><c> use</c><00:13:21.500><c> that</c><00:13:21.779><c> phrase,</c>

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that<00:13:22.200><c> he's</c><00:13:22.360><c> an</c><00:13:22.460><c> apostle</c><00:13:22.720><c> by</c><00:13:22.980><c> commandment,</c><00:13:23.460><c> is</c><00:13:23.799><c> at</c><00:13:23.960><c> the</c><00:13:24.139><c> start</c>

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So<00:13:26.240><c> these</c><00:13:26.460><c> two</c><00:13:26.759><c> young</c><00:13:26.960><c> men,</c><00:13:27.700><c> this</c><00:13:28.000><c> apostle</c><00:13:28.419><c> by</c><00:13:28.720><c> commandment,</c>

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will<00:13:29.840><c> now</c><00:13:30.159><c> likewise</c><00:13:30.840><c> pass</c><00:13:31.440><c> on</c><00:13:31.879><c> his</c><00:13:32.320><c> charge</c><00:13:32.759><c> of</c><00:13:33.279><c> responsibility</c><00:13:34.019><c> to</c><00:13:34.379><c> them.</c>

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It<00:13:38.080><c> must</c><00:13:38.419><c> have</c><00:13:38.639><c> been,</c><00:13:39.080><c> must</c><00:13:39.379><c> it</c><00:13:39.620><c> not,</c><00:13:41.519><c> a</c><00:13:41.620><c> very</c><00:13:41.820><c> emotional</c><00:13:42.259><c> time</c>

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for<00:13:43.019><c> the</c><00:13:43.179><c> apostle</c>

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at<00:13:45.399><c> this</c><00:13:45.980><c> closing</c><00:13:46.379><c> period</c><00:13:46.759><c> of</c><00:13:46.879><c> his</c><00:13:47.100><c> life,</c><00:13:47.639><c> knowing</c><00:13:47.960><c> that</c><00:13:48.299><c> at</c><00:13:48.600><c> a</c>

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certain<00:13:48.940><c> moment</c><00:13:49.419><c> of</c><00:13:49.820><c> time</c>

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he<00:13:50.820><c> would</c><00:13:51.120><c> leave</c><00:13:51.340><c> his</c><00:13:51.720><c> sons</c><00:13:52.080><c> to</c><00:13:52.460><c> carry</c><00:13:52.659><c> on</c><00:13:53.480><c> after</c><00:13:53.820><c> he</c><00:13:54.019><c> had</c><00:13:54.220><c> gone.</c>

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In<00:13:56.419><c> fact,</c><00:13:56.559><c> the</c><00:13:56.759><c> record</c><00:13:57.019><c> tells</c><00:13:57.440><c> us</c><00:13:57.879><c> that</c><00:13:58.379><c> he</c><00:13:58.679><c> greatly</c><00:13:58.980><c> desired</c>

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to<00:13:59.860><c> see</c><00:14:00.100><c> both</c><00:14:00.440><c> of</c><00:14:00.840><c> these</c><00:14:01.080><c> young</c><00:14:01.379><c> men</c>

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before<00:14:03.620><c> he</c><00:14:03.720><c> could</c><00:14:03.899><c> see</c><00:14:04.100><c> them</c><00:14:04.220><c> no</c><00:14:04.460><c> more.</c>

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In<00:14:06.320><c> the</c><00:14:06.519><c> book</c><00:14:06.720><c> of</c><00:14:07.019><c> Titus</c><00:14:07.379><c> in</c><00:14:07.559><c> chapter</c><00:14:07.899><c> three,</c><00:14:08.639><c> again,</c><00:14:08.980><c> here's</c>

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a<00:14:09.559><c> common</c><00:14:09.899><c> phrase</c>

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that<00:14:11.039><c> comes</c><00:14:11.539><c> to</c><00:14:12.440><c> appear</c><00:14:12.659><c> in</c><00:14:12.840><c> both</c><00:14:13.120><c> of</c><00:14:13.379><c> these</c><00:14:13.840><c> letters.</c>

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Do<00:14:16.259><c> you</c><00:14:16.299><c> notice</c><00:14:16.539><c> in</c><00:14:16.820><c> Titus</c><00:14:17.440><c> chapter</c><00:14:17.799><c> three,</c><00:14:18.080><c> in</c><00:14:18.259><c> verse</c><00:14:18.539><c> 12,</c>

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the<00:14:19.220><c> apostle</c><00:14:19.580><c> says</c><00:14:19.919><c> this</c>

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with<00:14:20.840><c> heartwarming</c><00:14:22.080><c> intensity,</c>

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When<00:14:24.240><c> I</c><00:14:24.480><c> shall</c><00:14:24.639><c> send</c><00:14:25.059><c> Artemis</c><00:14:25.580><c> unto</c><00:14:25.799><c> thee,</c><00:14:26.019><c> or</c><00:14:26.279><c> Tichicus,</c>

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Be<00:14:28.539><c> diligent</c><00:14:28.980><c> to</c><00:14:29.200><c> come</c><00:14:29.360><c> unto</c><00:14:29.539><c> me,</c><00:14:29.740><c> he</c><00:14:29.940><c> says.</c>

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Can<00:14:30.659><c> you</c><00:14:30.820><c> hear</c><00:14:30.919><c> the</c><00:14:31.139><c> cry</c><00:14:31.360><c> of</c><00:14:31.519><c> the</c><00:14:31.639><c> apostle</c><00:14:31.940><c> in</c><00:14:32.279><c> those</c><00:14:32.539><c> words,</c>

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brothers<00:14:33.000><c> and</c><00:14:33.139><c> sisters?</c>

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Be<00:14:33.519><c> diligent</c><00:14:33.960><c> to</c><00:14:34.419><c> come</c><00:14:34.740><c> unto</c><00:14:35.019><c> me</c><00:14:35.500><c> to</c><00:14:35.720><c> Nicopolis,</c><00:14:36.700><c> for</c><00:14:36.879><c> I</c><00:14:37.039><c> have</c>

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determined<00:14:37.620><c> there</c><00:14:37.879><c> to</c><00:14:38.039><c> winter.</c>

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You<00:14:38.360><c> see,</c><00:14:38.580><c> the</c><00:14:38.659><c> apostle</c><00:14:38.919><c> was</c><00:14:39.159><c> desperate</c><00:14:39.559><c> to</c><00:14:39.879><c> see</c><00:14:40.100><c> Titus.</c>

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Just<00:14:40.899><c> one</c><00:14:41.220><c> last</c><00:14:41.559><c> time,</c><00:14:42.120><c> if</c><00:14:42.279><c> it</c><00:14:42.419><c> were</c><00:14:42.559><c> at</c><00:14:42.620><c> all</c><00:14:42.860><c> possible,</c><00:14:43.440><c> be</c><00:14:43.679><c> diligent</c><00:14:43.980><c> to</c>

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come,<00:14:44.580><c> he</c><00:14:44.779><c> says.</c>

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Try<00:14:46.139><c> your</c><00:14:46.320><c> very</c><00:14:46.539><c> best,</c><00:14:47.019><c> Titus,</c><00:14:47.279><c> I</c><00:14:47.539><c> need</c><00:14:47.740><c> to</c><00:14:48.019><c> see</c><00:14:48.159><c> you</c><00:14:48.379><c> again.</c>

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Now,<00:14:49.340><c> you</c><00:14:49.440><c> see</c><00:14:49.500><c> that</c><00:14:49.740><c> phrase</c><00:14:50.000><c> there,</c><00:14:50.179><c> be</c><00:14:50.340><c> diligent</c><00:14:50.639><c> to</c><00:14:50.899><c> come.</c>

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Can<00:14:52.039><c> we</c><00:14:52.139><c> have</c><00:14:52.220><c> a</c><00:14:52.220><c> look</c><00:14:52.299><c> at</c><00:14:52.480><c> the</c><00:14:53.360><c> last</c><00:14:53.740><c> chapter</c><00:14:54.039><c> of</c><00:14:54.340><c> the</c><00:14:54.700><c> second</c>

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epistle<00:14:55.259><c> of</c><00:14:55.480><c> Timothy?</c>

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Second<00:14:57.860><c> Timothy</c><00:14:58.159><c> chapter</c><00:14:58.519><c> four,</c><00:15:01.259><c> and</c><00:15:01.360><c> verses</c><00:15:01.679><c> 20</c><00:15:02.059><c> and</c><00:15:02.159><c> 21.</c>

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As<00:15:04.899><c> with</c><00:15:05.159><c> Titus,</c><00:15:07.259><c> so</c><00:15:07.480><c> with</c><00:15:07.720><c> Timothy.</c>

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Second<00:15:09.940><c> Timothy</c><00:15:10.220><c> four,</c><00:15:10.580><c> verse</c><00:15:10.679><c> 20</c><00:15:10.960><c> says,</c>

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Arrastus<00:15:12.000><c> abode</c><00:15:12.320><c> at</c><00:15:12.559><c> Corinth,</c><00:15:12.919><c> but</c><00:15:13.059><c> Trophimus</c><00:15:13.759><c> have</c><00:15:13.980><c> I</c><00:15:14.220><c> left</c>

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at<00:15:14.639><c> Militum</c><00:15:15.059><c> sick.</c>

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Do<00:15:16.320><c> thy</c><00:15:16.659><c> diligence</c><00:15:17.399><c> to</c><00:15:18.539><c> come</c><00:15:18.799><c> before</c><00:15:19.139><c> winter,</c><00:15:19.360><c> he</c><00:15:19.580><c> says.</c>

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Oh,<00:15:20.940><c> Timothy,</c><00:15:21.279><c> don't</c><00:15:21.539><c> forget</c><00:15:21.840><c> to</c><00:15:22.059><c> come,</c><00:15:22.220><c> he</c><00:15:22.379><c> says.</c>

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I<00:15:22.879><c> need</c><00:15:23.080><c> to</c><00:15:23.360><c> see</c><00:15:23.460><c> you</c><00:15:23.659><c> one</c><00:15:23.899><c> last</c><00:15:24.360><c> time.</c>

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And<00:15:25.259><c> isn't</c><00:15:25.519><c> it</c><00:15:25.700><c> interesting</c><00:15:25.980><c> that</c><00:15:26.159><c> that</c><00:15:26.460><c> same</c><00:15:26.759><c> phrase,</c><00:15:27.179><c> you</c>

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see,<00:15:27.559><c> is</c><00:15:27.700><c> wrapped</c><00:15:27.940><c> up</c>

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Don't<00:15:32.720><c> forget</c><00:15:32.960><c> to</c><00:15:33.100><c> come</c><00:15:33.279><c> and</c><00:15:33.460><c> see</c><00:15:33.580><c> me,</c><00:15:33.720><c> says</c><00:15:33.919><c> the</c><00:15:34.159><c> apostle.</c>

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Yes,<00:15:36.759><c> he</c><00:15:36.879><c> wanted</c><00:15:37.080><c> to</c><00:15:37.279><c> do</c><00:15:37.460><c> that.</c>

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He<00:15:37.799><c> wanted</c><00:15:38.039><c> to</c><00:15:38.299><c> spend</c><00:15:38.500><c> time</c><00:15:38.799><c> with</c><00:15:39.019><c> them</c><00:15:39.320><c> before</c><00:15:39.740><c> there</c><00:15:39.899><c> was</c><00:15:40.120><c> time</c><00:15:40.440><c> no</c><00:15:40.740><c> longer.</c>

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He<00:15:42.440><c> wanted</c><00:15:42.620><c> to</c><00:15:42.899><c> see</c><00:15:43.080><c> them,</c><00:15:43.240><c> he</c><00:15:43.299><c> wanted</c><00:15:43.500><c> to</c><00:15:43.740><c> instruct</c><00:15:44.139><c> them,</c><00:15:44.340><c> he</c>

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wanted<00:15:44.639><c> to</c><00:15:44.899><c> encourage</c><00:15:45.340><c> them,</c>

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he<00:15:45.679><c> wanted</c><00:15:45.879><c> to</c><00:15:46.139><c> commit</c><00:15:46.379><c> them</c><00:15:46.559><c> in</c><00:15:46.720><c> the</c><00:15:46.940><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:15:47.659><c> so</c><00:15:47.759><c> he</c><00:15:47.860><c> asked</c><00:15:48.120><c> each</c><00:15:48.379><c> one</c><00:15:48.500><c> of</c><00:15:48.659><c> these</c><00:15:48.899><c> young</c><00:15:49.159><c> men</c><00:15:49.340><c> to</c><00:15:49.539><c> make</c>

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Can<00:15:55.179><c> you</c><00:15:55.379><c> feel</c><00:15:55.580><c> the</c><00:15:55.820><c> pathos</c><00:15:56.259><c> in</c><00:15:56.360><c> that</c><00:15:56.679><c> story,</c><00:15:57.179><c> brothers</c><00:15:57.259><c> and</c><00:15:57.460><c> sisters?</c>

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You<00:15:58.159><c> can</c><00:15:58.419><c> almost</c><00:15:58.860><c> sense</c><00:15:59.700><c> the</c><00:16:00.360><c> closing</c><00:16:00.679><c> hours</c><00:16:01.220><c> coming</c><00:16:01.559><c> in</c><00:16:01.779><c> upon</c>

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Do<00:16:05.820><c> thy</c><00:16:06.100><c> diligence</c><00:16:06.620><c> to</c><00:16:06.879><c> come</c><00:16:07.000><c> to</c><00:16:07.179><c> me,</c><00:16:07.320><c> he</c><00:16:07.600><c> cries</c><00:16:07.919><c> to</c><00:16:08.100><c> both</c><00:16:08.340><c> of</c><00:16:08.580><c> these.</c>

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And<00:16:11.700><c> you</c><00:16:11.759><c> know</c><00:16:11.799><c> what</c><00:16:11.879><c> those</c><00:16:12.100><c> journeys</c><00:16:12.340><c> were</c><00:16:12.480><c> all</c><00:16:12.639><c> about,</c><00:16:12.940><c> brothers</c><00:16:13.120><c> and</c><00:16:13.299><c> sisters?</c>

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Those<00:16:14.259><c> last</c><00:16:14.600><c> journeys</c><00:16:15.019><c> of</c><00:16:15.179><c> these</c><00:16:15.460><c> two</c><00:16:15.659><c> young</c><00:16:15.840><c> men.</c>

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indeed,<00:16:19.460><c> I</c><00:16:19.559><c> pray</c><00:16:19.879><c> that</c><00:16:20.100><c> both</c><00:16:20.379><c> of</c><00:16:20.559><c> them</c><00:16:20.700><c> did</c><00:16:21.019><c> get</c><00:16:21.340><c> to</c><00:16:21.779><c> see</c><00:16:21.980><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:16:22.539><c> in</c><00:16:22.879><c> time.</c>

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I<00:16:23.840><c> hope</c><00:16:24.019><c> that</c><00:16:24.200><c> in</c><00:16:24.320><c> the</c><00:16:24.519><c> providence</c><00:16:24.840><c> of</c><00:16:25.120><c> God</c><00:16:25.440><c> that</c><00:16:25.799><c> he</c><00:16:26.000><c> allowed</c>

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safe<00:16:26.639><c> passage</c><00:16:27.039><c> to</c><00:16:27.259><c> these</c><00:16:27.559><c> two</c><00:16:27.779><c> young</c><00:16:27.980><c> men</c>

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that<00:16:28.759><c> they</c><00:16:29.000><c> might</c><00:16:29.259><c> meet</c><00:16:29.500><c> up</c><00:16:29.720><c> with</c><00:16:29.899><c> their</c><00:16:30.059><c> spiritual</c><00:16:30.580><c> father</c>

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because<00:16:31.460><c> what</c><00:16:31.639><c> he</c><00:16:31.799><c> really</c><00:16:32.000><c> wanted</c><00:16:32.220><c> to</c><00:16:32.440><c> do</c><00:16:32.580><c> was</c><00:16:32.799><c> to</c><00:16:33.120><c> pass</c><00:16:33.679><c> on</c><00:16:34.460><c> the</c><00:16:34.740><c> charge</c><00:16:35.200><c> of</c>

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the<00:16:35.799><c> truth.</c>

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To<00:16:38.440><c> pass</c><00:16:38.679><c> the</c><00:16:38.899><c> sacred</c><00:16:39.240><c> deposit</c><00:16:39.639><c> of</c><00:16:39.799><c> the</c><00:16:39.980><c> truth</c><00:16:40.120><c> to</c><00:16:40.320><c> them.</c>

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That<00:16:41.860><c> they</c><00:16:42.059><c> might</c><00:16:42.320><c> guard</c><00:16:42.600><c> it</c><00:16:42.720><c> in</c><00:16:42.899><c> the</c><00:16:43.059><c> generation</c><00:16:43.539><c> to</c><00:16:43.799><c> come.</c>

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Oh<00:16:46.000><c> yes,</c><00:16:46.200><c> there's</c><00:16:46.279><c> something</c><00:16:46.500><c> about,</c><00:16:46.879><c> you</c><00:16:46.960><c> see,</c><00:16:47.700><c> these</c><00:16:47.919><c> letters</c><00:16:48.240><c> especially</c><00:16:48.779><c> that</c>

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lock<00:16:49.759><c> them</c><00:16:49.980><c> together.</c>

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Interesting,<00:16:50.879><c> isn't</c><00:16:51.039><c> it?</c>

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And<00:16:53.740><c> obviously</c><00:16:54.019><c> he</c><00:16:54.179><c> was</c><00:16:54.419><c> drawn</c><00:16:54.600><c> to</c><00:16:54.759><c> these</c><00:16:55.080><c> two</c><00:16:55.279><c> young</c><00:16:55.480><c> men</c><00:16:55.860><c> because</c><00:16:56.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:56.940><c> providence</c><00:16:57.259><c> of</c><00:16:57.480><c> God</c>

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it's<00:16:57.860><c> only</c><00:16:58.059><c> to</c><00:16:58.259><c> these</c><00:16:58.500><c> two</c><00:16:58.659><c> that</c><00:16:58.779><c> he</c><00:16:58.879><c> will</c><00:16:59.100><c> write</c><00:16:59.240><c> these</c><00:16:59.539><c> last</c><00:16:59.879><c> letters.</c>

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Not<00:17:02.200><c> to</c><00:17:02.519><c> Silas.</c>

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Not<00:17:05.220><c> to</c><00:17:05.500><c> Barnabas.</c>

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Not<00:17:07.900><c> to</c><00:17:08.079><c> Apollos.</c>

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Not<00:17:09.779><c> to</c><00:17:09.980><c> Titicus.</c>

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All<00:17:10.880><c> faithful</c><00:17:11.319><c> brethren,</c><00:17:11.839><c> labour</c><00:17:12.099><c> is</c><00:17:12.400><c> true.</c>

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But<00:17:14.660><c> for</c><00:17:14.839><c> some</c><00:17:15.059><c> reason</c><00:17:15.380><c> the</c><00:17:15.579><c> pastoral</c><00:17:16.079><c> epistle,</c><00:17:17.140><c> the</c>

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pastoral<00:17:17.819><c> epistles,</c>

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the<00:17:18.799><c> last</c><00:17:19.279><c> letters</c><00:17:19.619><c> that</c><00:17:19.960><c> Paul</c><00:17:20.079><c> will</c><00:17:20.380><c> write,</c><00:17:20.660><c> for</c><00:17:20.759><c> some</c><00:17:21.240><c> reason</c><00:17:21.740><c> it's</c>

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only<00:17:22.259><c> to</c><00:17:22.440><c> these</c><00:17:22.759><c> two</c><00:17:22.960><c> young</c><00:17:23.180><c> men,</c>

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brothers<00:17:23.759><c> and</c><00:17:23.920><c> sisters,</c><00:17:24.240><c> and</c><00:17:24.539><c> that</c><00:17:24.859><c> for</c><00:17:25.140><c> a</c><00:17:25.299><c> purpose</c><00:17:25.559><c> which</c><00:17:25.799><c> I</c>

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think<00:17:26.740><c> might</c><00:17:27.519><c> have</c><00:17:27.740><c> been</c><00:17:27.880><c> in</c><00:17:28.059><c> the</c><00:17:28.240><c> providence</c><00:17:28.559><c> of</c><00:17:28.779><c> God</c>

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as<00:17:29.680><c> we</c><00:17:29.880><c> shall</c><00:17:30.039><c> see</c><00:17:30.259><c> by</c><00:17:30.519><c> and</c><00:17:30.759><c> by.</c>

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Now<00:17:32.079><c> the</c><00:17:32.200><c> interesting</c><00:17:32.519><c> thing</c><00:17:32.700><c> about</c><00:17:32.940><c> these</c><00:17:33.319><c> two</c><00:17:33.519><c> men</c><00:17:33.880><c> is</c><00:17:34.160><c> although</c><00:17:34.440><c> they</c>

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were<00:17:34.900><c> both</c>

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forgotten<00:17:35.660><c> by</c><00:17:36.000><c> the</c><00:17:36.160><c> apostle</c><00:17:36.599><c> as</c><00:17:37.140><c> his</c><00:17:37.460><c> sons</c><00:17:37.799><c> in</c><00:17:38.079><c> the</c><00:17:38.299><c> faith,</c>

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they<00:17:39.119><c> were</c><00:17:39.500><c> not</c><00:17:39.720><c> at</c><00:17:39.839><c> all</c><00:17:40.119><c> the</c><00:17:40.500><c> same</c><00:17:40.940><c> in</c><00:17:41.420><c> character,</c><00:17:42.079><c> were</c><00:17:42.180><c> they?</c>

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They<00:17:43.980><c> were</c><00:17:44.019><c> very</c><00:17:44.240><c> different</c><00:17:44.579><c> persons.</c>

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And<00:17:47.380><c> in</c><00:17:47.460><c> fact</c><00:17:47.599><c> one</c><00:17:47.759><c> of</c><00:17:47.880><c> the</c><00:17:47.920><c> interesting</c><00:17:48.240><c> things</c><00:17:48.519><c> is</c><00:17:48.779><c> that</c><00:17:49.200><c> on</c>

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each<00:17:49.640><c> occasion</c><00:17:50.160><c> their</c><00:17:50.440><c> very</c><00:17:50.980><c> first</c><00:17:51.519><c> appearance</c>

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in<00:17:52.380><c> the</c><00:17:52.559><c> narrative</c><00:17:53.039><c> will</c><00:17:53.559><c> I</c><00:17:53.680><c> think</c><00:17:53.920><c> give</c><00:17:54.119><c> us</c><00:17:54.380><c> a</c><00:17:54.680><c> clue</c><00:17:54.900><c> to</c><00:17:55.140><c> the</c>

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reading<00:17:55.660><c> of</c><00:17:56.059><c> their</c><00:17:56.440><c> characters.</c>

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The<00:17:58.440><c> first</c><00:17:58.640><c> appearance</c><00:17:59.019><c> of</c><00:17:59.319><c> Titus,</c><00:17:59.640><c> the</c><00:17:59.779><c> first</c><00:18:00.039><c> appearance</c>

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of<00:18:00.619><c> Timothy,</c>

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we'll<00:18:01.480><c> have</c><00:18:01.619><c> an</c><00:18:01.920><c> indelible</c><00:18:02.420><c> stamp</c><00:18:02.779><c> as</c><00:18:03.000><c> to</c><00:18:03.079><c> what</c><00:18:03.240><c> these</c><00:18:03.799><c> two</c>

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young<00:18:04.339><c> men</c><00:18:04.519><c> were</c><00:18:04.740><c> like</c>

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and<00:18:05.000><c> we'll</c><00:18:05.279><c> find</c><00:18:05.420><c> to</c><00:18:05.599><c> our</c><00:18:05.779><c> surprise,</c><00:18:06.660><c> perhaps</c><00:18:06.799><c> to</c><00:18:07.000><c> our</c><00:18:07.259><c> astonishment,</c><00:18:07.720><c> that</c>

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they're<00:18:07.940><c> not</c><00:18:08.059><c> the</c><00:18:08.200><c> same</c><00:18:08.319><c> at</c><00:18:08.539><c> all.</c>

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Now<00:18:09.779><c> would</c><00:18:09.859><c> you</c><00:18:09.940><c> like</c><00:18:10.019><c> to</c><00:18:10.099><c> have</c><00:18:10.200><c> a</c><00:18:10.240><c> look</c><00:18:10.380><c> at</c><00:18:10.519><c> that?</c>

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Here's<00:18:11.140><c> the</c><00:18:11.319><c> first</c><00:18:11.519><c> one.</c><00:18:12.019><c> It's</c><00:18:12.240><c> in</c><00:18:12.480><c> Galatians</c><00:18:13.079><c> chapter</c><00:18:13.480><c> 2</c>

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because<00:18:14.259><c> of</c><00:18:14.579><c> these</c><00:18:14.940><c> two,</c><00:18:15.420><c> chronologically</c><00:18:16.099><c> in</c><00:18:16.680><c> time,</c>

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Titus<00:18:18.200><c> is</c><00:18:18.380><c> the</c><00:18:18.640><c> first</c><00:18:19.119><c> of</c><00:18:19.599><c> these</c><00:18:19.980><c> two</c><00:18:20.220><c> young</c><00:18:20.500><c> men</c><00:18:20.839><c> to</c><00:18:21.359><c> appear</c>

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in<00:18:22.339><c> the</c><00:18:22.900><c> outworking</c><00:18:23.359><c> of</c><00:18:23.740><c> the</c><00:18:24.240><c> Acts</c><00:18:24.500><c> of</c><00:18:24.680><c> the</c><00:18:24.859><c> Apostles</c><00:18:25.420><c> record.</c>

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Galatians<00:18:28.039><c> chapter</c><00:18:28.359><c> 2</c><00:18:28.680><c> says</c><00:18:29.019><c> this</c><00:18:29.640><c> in</c><00:18:30.059><c> verse</c><00:18:30.500><c> 1,</c>

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that<00:18:32.000><c> there</c><00:18:32.160><c> was</c><00:18:32.380><c> an</c><00:18:32.599><c> occasion</c><00:18:32.900><c> when</c><00:18:33.180><c> the</c><00:18:33.339><c> apostle</c><00:18:33.619><c> Paul</c><00:18:33.859><c> made</c>

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a<00:18:34.400><c> journey</c><00:18:34.799><c> to</c><00:18:35.200><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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There<00:18:36.859><c> is</c><00:18:36.940><c> some</c><00:18:37.160><c> debate</c><00:18:37.440><c> about</c><00:18:37.720><c> which</c><00:18:37.980><c> journey</c><00:18:38.240><c> this</c><00:18:38.500><c> is,</c>

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but<00:18:39.519><c> I'm</c><00:18:40.180><c> satisfied,</c><00:18:40.920><c> brothers</c><00:18:41.099><c> and</c><00:18:41.259><c> sisters,</c><00:18:41.440><c> that</c><00:18:41.619><c> the</c><00:18:41.839><c> journey</c><00:18:42.259><c> that</c><00:18:42.539><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:18:42.960><c> Paul</c><00:18:43.240><c> relates</c><00:18:43.619><c> to</c><00:18:43.900><c> in</c><00:18:44.039><c> Galatians</c><00:18:44.500><c> 2</c><00:18:44.740><c> verse</c><00:18:45.039><c> 1</c>

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is<00:18:45.920><c> not</c><00:18:46.299><c> the</c><00:18:46.640><c> journey</c><00:18:47.160><c> to</c><00:18:47.839><c> the</c><00:18:48.000><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:48.400><c> conference</c><00:18:48.880><c> in</c><00:18:49.099><c> Acts</c><00:18:49.259><c> 15,</c>

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but<00:18:50.500><c> the</c><00:18:50.720><c> journey</c><00:18:50.920><c> to</c><00:18:51.160><c> take</c><00:18:51.359><c> up</c><00:18:51.539><c> the</c><00:18:51.759><c> ministry</c><00:18:52.200><c> of</c><00:18:52.500><c> Antioch</c><00:18:53.079><c> in</c>

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Acts<00:18:53.779><c> chapter</c><00:18:54.180><c> 11.</c>

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But<00:18:54.880><c> when</c><00:18:55.039><c> he</c><00:18:55.160><c> goes,</c><00:18:55.400><c> he</c><00:18:55.420><c> takes</c><00:18:55.779><c> Barnabas</c><00:18:56.220><c> and</c><00:18:56.539><c> Titus</c><00:18:56.839><c> also.</c>

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Now<00:18:58.799><c> the</c><00:18:58.940><c> record</c><00:18:59.119><c> says</c><00:18:59.319><c> that</c><00:18:59.480><c> when</c><00:18:59.660><c> they</c><00:18:59.960><c> got</c><00:19:00.299><c> there,</c>

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the<00:19:02.539><c> record</c><00:19:02.880><c> says</c><00:19:03.119><c> in</c><00:19:03.339><c> verse</c><00:19:03.619><c> 3,</c>

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but<00:19:04.240><c> neither</c><00:19:04.799><c> Titus,</c><00:19:05.480><c> who</c><00:19:05.480><c> was</c><00:19:05.759><c> with</c><00:19:05.960><c> me</c><00:19:06.240><c> being</c><00:19:06.640><c> a</c><00:19:07.039><c> Greek,</c><00:19:08.079><c> was</c>

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compelled<00:19:09.400><c> to</c><00:19:09.740><c> be</c><00:19:10.099><c> circumcised,</c>

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and<00:19:11.880><c> that</c><00:19:12.059><c> because</c><00:19:12.279><c> of</c><00:19:12.519><c> false</c><00:19:12.779><c> brethren,</c><00:19:13.160><c> unawares</c><00:19:13.619><c> brought</c><00:19:13.900><c> in,</c>

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who<00:19:14.619><c> came</c><00:19:14.859><c> in</c><00:19:15.119><c> privilege</c><00:19:15.339><c> to</c><00:19:15.680><c> spy</c><00:19:15.839><c> out</c><00:19:16.059><c> our</c><00:19:16.259><c> liberty,</c><00:19:16.539><c> which</c>

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we<00:19:16.920><c> have</c><00:19:16.980><c> in</c><00:19:17.160><c> Christ</c><00:19:17.480><c> Jesus,</c>

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that<00:19:18.299><c> they</c><00:19:18.440><c> might</c><00:19:18.660><c> bring</c><00:19:18.819><c> us</c><00:19:19.019><c> into</c><00:19:19.220><c> bondage,</c><00:19:19.839><c> to</c><00:19:20.039><c> whom</c><00:19:20.160><c> we</c><00:19:20.380><c> gave</c><00:19:20.559><c> place</c><00:19:20.880><c> by</c><00:19:21.200><c> subjection,</c>

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and<00:19:22.299><c> know</c><00:19:22.299><c> not</c><00:19:22.640><c> for</c><00:19:22.859><c> an</c><00:19:23.099><c> hour</c><00:19:23.420><c> that</c><00:19:23.720><c> the</c><00:19:23.980><c> truth</c><00:19:24.119><c> of</c><00:19:24.299><c> the</c><00:19:24.400><c> Gospel</c>

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might<00:19:24.960><c> continue</c><00:19:25.400><c> with</c><00:19:25.640><c> you.</c>

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So<00:19:26.039><c> here's</c><00:19:26.220><c> the</c><00:19:26.299><c> very</c><00:19:26.519><c> first</c><00:19:26.740><c> occasion</c><00:19:27.200><c> that</c><00:19:27.500><c> Titus</c><00:19:27.880><c> turns</c><00:19:28.240><c> up</c>

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in<00:19:28.519><c> the</c><00:19:28.720><c> divine</c><00:19:28.960><c> record,</c><00:19:29.519><c> brothers</c><00:19:29.640><c> and</c><00:19:29.880><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:19:30.740><c> what</c><00:19:30.880><c> happens?</c><00:19:31.359><c> They</c><00:19:31.559><c> arrive</c><00:19:31.839><c> in</c><00:19:32.039><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He<00:19:32.559><c> runs</c><00:19:32.859><c> smack</c><00:19:33.420><c> bang</c><00:19:33.839><c> into</c><00:19:34.299><c> the</c><00:19:34.539><c> problem</c><00:19:34.799><c> of</c><00:19:34.980><c> what</c><00:19:35.359><c> we</c><00:19:35.539><c> might</c>

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describe<00:19:36.119><c> as</c><00:19:36.319><c> the</c><00:19:36.660><c> circumcision</c><00:19:37.220><c> party,</c>

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those<00:19:38.640><c> with</c><00:19:39.019><c> the</c><00:19:39.640><c> spirit</c><00:19:39.839><c> of</c><00:19:40.140><c> legalism</c><00:19:40.599><c> from</c><00:19:40.859><c> the</c><00:19:41.059><c> law</c><00:19:41.160><c> of</c><00:19:41.380><c> Moses</c>

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that<00:19:42.339><c> wanted</c><00:19:42.539><c> to</c><00:19:42.819><c> take</c><00:19:42.940><c> everyone</c><00:19:43.299><c> back</c><00:19:43.680><c> to</c><00:19:44.319><c> justification</c><00:19:45.099><c> by</c><00:19:45.599><c> works</c>

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and<00:19:46.619><c> observing</c><00:19:47.099><c> the</c><00:19:47.680><c> requirements</c><00:19:48.160><c> of</c><00:19:48.579><c> the</c><00:19:48.740><c> law.</c>

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And<00:19:49.559><c> they</c><00:19:49.700><c> arrived,</c><00:19:50.640><c> Titus</c><00:19:50.880><c> in</c><00:19:51.079><c> turn,</c><00:19:51.500><c> see</c><00:19:51.579><c> what</c><00:19:51.700><c> the</c><00:19:51.839><c> record</c><00:19:52.039><c> says,</c>

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verse<00:19:52.579><c> 3,</c><00:19:52.859><c> Titus</c><00:19:53.200><c> was</c><00:19:53.380><c> a</c><00:19:53.519><c> Greek,</c><00:19:53.660><c> he</c><00:19:53.759><c> was</c><00:19:53.960><c> a</c><00:19:54.099><c> Gentile,</c>

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and<00:19:56.420><c> these</c><00:19:56.839><c> brothers</c><00:19:57.359><c> in</c><00:19:57.720><c> the</c><00:19:57.900><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:58.299><c> ecclesiast</c><00:19:58.740><c> took</c>

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one<00:19:59.160><c> look</c><00:19:59.319><c> at</c><00:19:59.339><c> him</c><00:19:59.539><c> and</c><00:19:59.640><c> said,</c>

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this<00:20:00.339><c> boy</c><00:20:00.599><c> needs</c><00:20:00.859><c> to</c><00:20:01.880><c> be</c><00:20:02.039><c> circumcised,</c><00:20:03.059><c> otherwise</c><00:20:03.500><c> he's</c><00:20:03.740><c> not</c>

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part<00:20:04.240><c> of</c><00:20:04.400><c> the</c><00:20:04.579><c> congregation.</c>

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You<00:20:06.220><c> see,</c><00:20:06.259><c> these</c><00:20:06.480><c> were</c><00:20:06.700><c> the</c><00:20:06.900><c> Pharisees</c><00:20:07.680><c> that</c><00:20:07.940><c> would</c><00:20:08.220><c> cause</c><00:20:08.480><c> controversy</c><00:20:09.200><c> later</c><00:20:09.720><c> on</c>

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at<00:20:10.579><c> the</c><00:20:10.759><c> time</c><00:20:10.960><c> of</c><00:20:11.099><c> the</c><00:20:11.220><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:11.539><c> conference,</c>

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except<00:20:12.500><c> they'd</c><00:20:13.119><c> be</c><00:20:13.359><c> circumcised</c><00:20:14.160><c> after</c><00:20:14.640><c> the</c><00:20:14.839><c> manner</c><00:20:14.960><c> of</c><00:20:15.180><c> Moses,</c><00:20:15.420><c> they</c>

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cannot<00:20:15.900><c> be</c><00:20:16.240><c> saved.</c>

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Well,<00:20:17.799><c> they're</c><00:20:17.960><c> already</c><00:20:18.279><c> there,</c><00:20:18.559><c> you</c><00:20:18.700><c> see,</c><00:20:18.859><c> in</c><00:20:18.920><c> the</c>

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Jerusalem<00:20:19.460><c> ecclesia,</c>

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where<00:20:20.519><c> Titus</c><00:20:20.859><c> arrives</c><00:20:21.240><c> with</c><00:20:21.460><c> Paul</c><00:20:21.759><c> on</c><00:20:22.039><c> this</c><00:20:22.200><c> occasion.</c>

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So<00:20:23.140><c> you</c><00:20:23.220><c> see</c><00:20:23.279><c> what</c><00:20:23.460><c> happens?</c><00:20:24.299><c> The</c><00:20:24.400><c> record</c><00:20:24.640><c> says</c><00:20:25.059><c> that</c><00:20:25.680><c> Titus</c>

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wasn't<00:20:26.579><c> compelled,</c>

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and<00:20:27.539><c> one</c><00:20:27.680><c> of</c><00:20:27.779><c> the</c><00:20:27.839><c> reasons</c><00:20:28.140><c> why</c><00:20:28.400><c> he</c><00:20:28.559><c> wasn't</c><00:20:28.880><c> compelled</c><00:20:29.500><c> is</c><00:20:29.859><c> because</c><00:20:30.119><c> verse</c><00:20:30.380><c> 5</c><00:20:30.720><c> says</c>

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that<00:20:31.180><c> both</c><00:20:31.440><c> Titus</c><00:20:31.900><c> and</c><00:20:32.059><c> the</c><00:20:32.240><c> Apostle</c><00:20:32.579><c> Paul</c><00:20:32.839><c> didn't</c><00:20:33.160><c> budge</c><00:20:33.460><c> an</c><00:20:33.599><c> inch.</c>

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To<00:20:34.720><c> whom</c><00:20:34.859><c> he</c><00:20:35.019><c> gave</c><00:20:35.200><c> place</c><00:20:35.700><c> by</c><00:20:36.039><c> subjection,</c><00:20:37.279><c> no,</c><00:20:37.960><c> not</c><00:20:38.140><c> for</c><00:20:38.400><c> an</c>

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hour,<00:20:38.900><c> he</c><00:20:39.200><c> says.</c>

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And<00:20:40.460><c> that</c><00:20:40.660><c> we</c><00:20:40.980><c> of</c><00:20:41.099><c> verse</c><00:20:41.440><c> 5,</c><00:20:42.700><c> I</c><00:20:43.019><c> believe,</c><00:20:43.359><c> relates</c><00:20:43.480><c> not</c><00:20:43.779><c> just</c>

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to<00:20:44.119><c> the</c><00:20:44.339><c> testimony</c><00:20:44.700><c> of</c><00:20:44.880><c> the</c><00:20:45.039><c> Apostle</c><00:20:45.400><c> Paul,</c>

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but<00:20:45.880><c> to</c><00:20:46.059><c> the</c><00:20:46.140><c> young</c><00:20:46.619><c> resolute</c><00:20:47.079><c> man</c><00:20:47.339><c> himself,</c><00:20:48.140><c> Titus,</c><00:20:48.279><c> who</c><00:20:48.380><c> said</c><00:20:48.539><c> positively</c><00:20:49.000><c> and</c><00:20:49.240><c> absolutely,</c>

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I<00:20:49.920><c> will</c><00:20:50.220><c> not</c><00:20:50.539><c> be</c><00:20:50.839><c> circumcised.</c>

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There's<00:20:51.960><c> a</c><00:20:52.079><c> matter</c><00:20:52.240><c> of</c><00:20:52.500><c> principle</c><00:20:52.839><c> here.</c><00:20:53.519><c> We</c><00:20:53.759><c> cannot</c><00:20:54.119><c> go</c><00:20:54.460><c> back</c>

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to<00:20:54.900><c> the</c><00:20:55.059><c> keeping</c><00:20:55.259><c> of</c><00:20:55.500><c> the</c><00:20:55.640><c> law.</c>

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So<00:20:56.299><c> let</c><00:20:56.420><c> me</c><00:20:56.500><c> just</c><00:20:56.660><c> put</c><00:20:56.740><c> that</c><00:20:56.880><c> on</c><00:20:57.039><c> the</c><00:20:57.240><c> screen</c><00:20:57.599><c> to</c><00:20:57.960><c> see</c><00:20:58.099><c> what</c><00:20:58.220><c> we've</c><00:20:58.480><c> got</c><00:20:58.619><c> here,</c>

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because<00:20:59.220><c> this</c><00:20:59.480><c> is</c><00:20:59.680><c> the</c><00:20:59.819><c> first</c><00:21:00.180><c> time</c><00:21:00.559><c> that</c><00:21:01.039><c> Titus</c><00:21:01.420><c> will</c><00:21:01.680><c> appear.</c>

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So<00:21:03.480><c> the</c><00:21:03.640><c> record</c><00:21:03.960><c> says</c><00:21:04.359><c> that</c><00:21:04.640><c> having</c><00:21:04.799><c> come</c><00:21:05.019><c> up</c><00:21:05.220><c> to</c><00:21:05.380><c> Jerusalem,</c>

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that<00:21:06.500><c> Titus</c><00:21:07.259><c> was</c><00:21:07.559><c> not</c><00:21:08.279><c> compelled</c><00:21:08.839><c> to</c><00:21:09.140><c> be</c><00:21:09.500><c> circumcised</c><00:21:10.599><c> because</c><00:21:11.039><c> they</c>

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would<00:21:11.700><c> not</c><00:21:11.980><c> give</c><00:21:12.180><c> place</c>

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on<00:21:12.900><c> the</c><00:21:13.059><c> matter</c><00:21:13.299><c> of</c><00:21:13.839><c> that</c><00:21:14.279><c> doctrinal</c><00:21:14.799><c> controversy</c><00:21:15.359><c> of</c><00:21:15.700><c> righteousness</c><00:21:16.240><c> by</c><00:21:16.779><c> the</c>

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keeping<00:21:17.259><c> of</c><00:21:17.759><c> the</c><00:21:17.940><c> law.</c>

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And<00:21:18.880><c> so</c><00:21:19.160><c> Titus</c><00:21:19.599><c> and</c><00:21:20.000><c> Paul</c><00:21:20.500><c> are</c><00:21:21.180><c> absolutely</c><00:21:21.779><c> unyielding</c><00:21:22.640><c> on</c>

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this<00:21:23.039><c> matter.</c>

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They<00:21:23.779><c> consider</c><00:21:24.140><c> that</c><00:21:24.319><c> this</c><00:21:24.480><c> was</c><00:21:24.720><c> vital</c><00:21:25.019><c> doctrinal</c>

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fundamental<00:21:28.460><c> principle.</c>

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We<00:21:30.299><c> won't</c><00:21:30.519><c> do</c><00:21:30.740><c> this,</c><00:21:30.920><c> he</c><00:21:31.099><c> says.</c><00:21:32.039><c> And</c><00:21:32.240><c> Titus</c><00:21:32.539><c> stands</c><00:21:33.019><c> firm</c><00:21:33.319><c> with</c>

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the<00:21:33.720><c> Apostle.</c>

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That's<00:21:34.579><c> the</c><00:21:34.599><c> very</c><00:21:34.799><c> first</c><00:21:35.059><c> time</c><00:21:35.279><c> that</c><00:21:35.519><c> Titus</c><00:21:35.759><c> appears</c><00:21:36.119><c> in</c><00:21:36.279><c> the</c>

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divine<00:21:36.599><c> record.</c>

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They<00:21:38.279><c> ask</c><00:21:38.559><c> him</c><00:21:38.660><c> to</c><00:21:38.779><c> be</c><00:21:39.039><c> circumcised,</c><00:21:39.880><c> and</c><00:21:39.940><c> the</c><00:21:40.039><c> answer</c><00:21:40.259><c> is</c><00:21:40.440><c> no,</c>

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and<00:21:41.200><c> no,</c><00:21:41.559><c> and</c><00:21:41.660><c> no</c><00:21:41.880><c> again.</c>

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So<00:21:43.359><c> you</c><00:21:43.460><c> see,</c><00:21:43.640><c> I</c><00:21:43.680><c> think</c><00:21:43.819><c> what</c><00:21:43.960><c> we've</c><00:21:44.200><c> got</c><00:21:44.319><c> here</c><00:21:44.460><c> is</c><00:21:44.599><c> an</c><00:21:44.799><c> indication</c><00:21:45.460><c> as</c><00:21:45.940><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:46.279><c> character</c><00:21:46.539><c> of</c><00:21:46.740><c> the</c><00:21:46.859><c> man.</c>

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So<00:21:47.700><c> in</c><00:21:47.880><c> this</c><00:21:48.279><c> first</c><00:21:48.720><c> appearance</c><00:21:49.180><c> of</c><00:21:49.539><c> Titus,</c><00:21:51.160><c> the</c><00:21:51.359><c> episode</c><00:21:51.700><c> reflects</c><00:21:52.259><c> a</c>

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robust<00:21:53.299><c> spirit</c><00:21:53.720><c> of</c><00:21:54.019><c> no</c><00:21:54.339><c> compromise</c>

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against<00:21:56.119><c> those</c><00:21:56.539><c> who</c><00:21:56.880><c> sought</c><00:21:57.099><c> to</c><00:21:57.619><c> undermine</c><00:21:58.039><c> true</c><00:21:58.480><c> liberty</c><00:21:59.019><c> in</c><00:21:59.480><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:22:01.079><c> a</c><00:22:01.559><c> firm,</c><00:22:02.880><c> unyielding</c><00:22:03.859><c> stand</c><00:22:04.319><c> on</c><00:22:04.619><c> a</c><00:22:04.720><c> matter</c><00:22:04.900><c> of</c><00:22:05.240><c> vital</c><00:22:05.480><c> doctrine.</c>

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That's<00:22:07.640><c> the</c><00:22:07.839><c> spirit</c><00:22:08.059><c> of</c><00:22:08.359><c> Titus,</c><00:22:08.940><c> as</c><00:22:09.099><c> he</c><00:22:09.339><c> shall</c><00:22:09.500><c> appear</c><00:22:09.819><c> from</c>

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this<00:22:10.680><c> time</c><00:22:11.019><c> forth</c><00:22:11.460><c> in</c><00:22:11.839><c> the</c><00:22:12.039><c> divine</c><00:22:12.299><c> narrative.</c>

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Oh<00:22:13.259><c> yes,</c><00:22:13.940><c> he</c><00:22:14.039><c> was</c><00:22:14.220><c> a</c><00:22:14.319><c> strong</c><00:22:14.680><c> young</c><00:22:14.940><c> man,</c><00:22:15.440><c> was</c><00:22:15.460><c> this</c><00:22:15.720><c> one,</c><00:22:16.059><c> brothers</c><00:22:16.200><c> and</c><00:22:16.359><c> sisters.</c>

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Now<00:22:16.920><c> what's</c><00:22:17.299><c> surprising</c><00:22:17.640><c> is</c><00:22:18.880><c> that</c><00:22:19.539><c> when</c><00:22:19.720><c> we</c><00:22:19.880><c> come</c><00:22:20.059><c> to</c><00:22:20.200><c> the</c><00:22:20.279><c> first</c><00:22:20.559><c> time</c><00:22:20.740><c> that</c><00:22:20.960><c> Timothy</c><00:22:21.259><c> turns</c><00:22:21.539><c> up</c>

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on<00:22:21.799><c> the</c><00:22:21.920><c> record,</c>

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it's<00:22:22.319><c> almost</c><00:22:22.559><c> the</c><00:22:22.799><c> exact</c><00:22:23.099><c> opposite.</c><00:22:23.579><c> Now</c><00:22:23.859><c> where's</c><00:22:24.259><c> that?</c>

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Where<00:22:25.619><c> does</c><00:22:25.799><c> Timothy</c><00:22:26.200><c> first</c><00:22:26.839><c> appear?</c>

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It's<00:22:28.980><c> in</c><00:22:29.319><c> the</c><00:22:29.640><c> book</c><00:22:29.779><c> of</c><00:22:30.119><c> Acts,</c><00:22:31.240><c> at</c><00:22:31.460><c> the</c><00:22:31.680><c> very</c><00:22:31.900><c> beginning</c><00:22:32.279><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:32.700><c> second</c><00:22:33.200><c> missionary</c><00:22:33.660><c> journey.</c>

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It's<00:22:34.359><c> in</c><00:22:34.460><c> Acts</c><00:22:34.640><c> chapter</c><00:22:35.039><c> 16.</c><00:22:36.799><c> Now</c><00:22:37.019><c> let's</c><00:22:37.299><c> just</c><00:22:37.559><c> turn</c><00:22:37.740><c> that</c><00:22:37.940><c> up</c>

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and<00:22:38.259><c> see</c><00:22:38.460><c> the</c><00:22:38.700><c> contrast,</c>

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because<00:22:39.559><c> the</c><00:22:39.819><c> contrast</c><00:22:40.200><c> is</c><00:22:40.500><c> rather</c><00:22:40.759><c> remarkable</c><00:22:41.319><c> with</c><00:22:42.319><c> the</c><00:22:42.779><c> first</c><00:22:43.200><c> appearance</c><00:22:43.799><c> of</c><00:22:44.319><c> Titus.</c>

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Now<00:22:46.599><c> the</c><00:22:46.779><c> record</c><00:22:47.019><c> says</c><00:22:47.299><c> in</c><00:22:47.500><c> Acts</c><00:22:47.700><c> 16</c><00:22:48.200><c> verse</c><00:22:48.519><c> 1,</c>

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Then<00:22:50.880><c> came</c><00:22:51.299><c> Paul</c><00:22:51.640><c> to</c><00:22:51.839><c> Derbe</c><00:22:52.119><c> and</c><00:22:52.380><c> Lystra,</c><00:22:54.599><c> and</c><00:22:54.759><c> behold</c><00:22:55.019><c> a</c><00:22:55.240><c> certain</c><00:22:55.440><c> disciple</c><00:22:55.880><c> was</c><00:22:56.140><c> there.</c>

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Wasn't<00:22:57.740><c> there</c><00:22:57.920><c> at</c><00:22:58.059><c> both</c><00:22:58.279><c> Derbe</c><00:22:58.539><c> and</c><00:22:58.700><c> Lystra,</c><00:22:59.180><c> by</c><00:22:59.180><c> the</c><00:22:59.339><c> way,</c><00:22:59.579><c> brothers</c><00:22:59.740><c> and</c><00:22:59.900><c> sisters,</c><00:22:59.960><c> he</c>

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was<00:23:00.220><c> at</c><00:23:00.380><c> Lystra.</c>

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Timothy<00:23:01.920><c> came</c><00:23:02.240><c> from</c><00:23:02.460><c> Lystra,</c><00:23:03.019><c> and</c><00:23:03.160><c> behold</c><00:23:03.359><c> a</c><00:23:03.559><c> certain</c><00:23:03.740><c> disciple</c><00:23:04.160><c> was</c>

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there,<00:23:04.519><c> named</c><00:23:04.759><c> Timotheus,</c>

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the<00:23:06.180><c> son</c><00:23:06.380><c> of</c><00:23:06.579><c> a</c><00:23:06.720><c> certain</c><00:23:06.900><c> woman</c><00:23:07.160><c> which</c><00:23:07.380><c> was</c><00:23:07.640><c> a</c><00:23:07.779><c> Jewess</c><00:23:08.259><c> and</c><00:23:08.799><c> believed,</c><00:23:10.740><c> but</c>

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his<00:23:11.119><c> father</c><00:23:11.380><c> was</c><00:23:11.599><c> a</c><00:23:11.740><c> Greek.</c>

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Now<00:23:13.460><c> this</c><00:23:13.619><c> young</c><00:23:13.880><c> man,</c><00:23:14.500><c> and</c><00:23:14.640><c> this</c><00:23:14.720><c> is</c><00:23:15.019><c> a</c><00:23:15.180><c> lot</c><00:23:15.299><c> earlier</c><00:23:15.619><c> on,</c><00:23:16.559><c> was</c>

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well<00:23:17.519><c> reported</c><00:23:17.960><c> of</c><00:23:18.180><c> by</c><00:23:18.460><c> the</c><00:23:18.579><c> brethren</c>

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that<00:23:18.900><c> were</c><00:23:19.119><c> at</c><00:23:19.299><c> Lystra,</c><00:23:20.700><c> and</c><00:23:20.900><c> also</c><00:23:21.240><c> at</c><00:23:21.500><c> Iconium.</c><00:23:23.859><c> And</c><00:23:24.039><c> Iconium,</c><00:23:24.619><c> by</c><00:23:24.619><c> the</c><00:23:24.779><c> way,</c>

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brothers<00:23:25.220><c> and</c><00:23:25.380><c> sisters,</c><00:23:25.519><c> is</c><00:23:25.720><c> many,</c><00:23:26.319><c> many</c><00:23:26.319><c> miles</c><00:23:26.640><c> away,</c><00:23:27.700><c> many</c>

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kilometers<00:23:28.420><c> away,</c>

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depending<00:23:29.019><c> on</c><00:23:29.259><c> whether</c><00:23:29.539><c> we're</c><00:23:29.779><c> speaking</c><00:23:30.119><c> to</c><00:23:30.319><c> an</c><00:23:30.519><c> American</c><00:23:30.779><c> or</c>

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a<00:23:31.099><c> Canadian</c><00:23:31.480><c> congregation.</c>

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There's<00:23:33.420><c> a</c><00:23:33.539><c> long</c><00:23:33.680><c> way</c><00:23:33.839><c> away</c><00:23:34.019><c> from</c><00:23:34.220><c> Lystra,</c><00:23:34.859><c> where</c><00:23:35.119><c> Timothy</c><00:23:35.440><c> actually</c><00:23:35.880><c> is</c>

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in<00:23:36.200><c> the</c><00:23:36.420><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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yet<00:23:37.259><c> the</c><00:23:37.480><c> brothers</c><00:23:37.660><c> and</c><00:23:37.920><c> sisters</c><00:23:38.099><c> in</c><00:23:38.299><c> Iconium</c><00:23:39.299><c> know</c><00:23:39.819><c> the</c><00:23:40.079><c> reputation</c><00:23:40.640><c> of</c>

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this<00:23:41.200><c> fine</c><00:23:41.500><c> young</c><00:23:41.779><c> man</c><00:23:42.160><c> in</c><00:23:42.400><c> the</c><00:23:42.640><c> truth.</c>

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Now<00:23:43.559><c> he's</c><00:23:43.700><c> probably</c><00:23:43.880><c> only</c><00:23:44.039><c> about</c><00:23:44.279><c> 20</c><00:23:44.539><c> at</c><00:23:44.700><c> this</c><00:23:44.980><c> stage,</c><00:23:45.839><c> but</c><00:23:46.079><c> already</c><00:23:46.359><c> he's</c><00:23:46.539><c> got</c><00:23:46.660><c> a</c>

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reputation,<00:23:47.299><c> you</c><00:23:47.539><c> see.</c>

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You<00:23:48.220><c> see</c><00:23:48.319><c> what</c><00:23:48.440><c> the</c><00:23:48.579><c> record</c><00:23:48.779><c> says,</c><00:23:49.200><c> verse</c><00:23:49.400><c> 3.</c>

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Him<00:23:50.359><c> would</c><00:23:50.559><c> Paul</c><00:23:50.839><c> have</c><00:23:51.059><c> to</c><00:23:51.220><c> go</c><00:23:51.440><c> forth</c><00:23:51.660><c> with</c><00:23:51.920><c> him,</c><00:23:52.480><c> and</c><00:23:52.599><c> took</c><00:23:52.740><c> and</c><00:23:53.039><c> circumcised</c><00:23:53.720><c> him</c><00:23:53.859><c> because</c><00:23:54.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:54.500><c> Jews,</c>

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which<00:23:54.920><c> were</c><00:23:55.099><c> in</c><00:23:55.220><c> those</c><00:23:55.559><c> quarters,</c><00:23:56.200><c> for</c><00:23:56.319><c> they</c><00:23:56.539><c> all</c><00:23:56.799><c> knew</c><00:23:57.000><c> that</c>

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his<00:23:57.359><c> father</c><00:23:57.619><c> was</c><00:23:57.880><c> a</c><00:23:58.099><c> Greek.</c>

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Well<00:23:58.720><c> now,</c><00:23:59.140><c> isn't</c><00:23:59.380><c> that</c><00:23:59.720><c> remarkable,</c><00:24:00.420><c> brothers</c><00:24:00.500><c> and</c><00:24:00.720><c> sisters,</c><00:24:00.859><c> that</c>

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the<00:24:01.220><c> first</c><00:24:01.480><c> time</c><00:24:01.740><c> that</c><00:24:02.039><c> Timothy</c>

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appears<00:24:03.039><c> in</c><00:24:03.200><c> the</c><00:24:03.339><c> divine</c><00:24:03.559><c> record,</c><00:24:04.240><c> Paul</c><00:24:04.480><c> promptly</c><00:24:04.839><c> takes</c><00:24:05.119><c> him</c>

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and<00:24:05.579><c> circumcises</c><00:24:06.099><c> him.</c>

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Titus,<00:24:09.579><c> Galatians</c><00:24:10.019><c> 2,</c><00:24:11.579><c> no</c><00:24:11.980><c> possibility</c><00:24:12.640><c> of</c><00:24:12.839><c> this</c><00:24:12.960><c> happening.</c>

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Acts<00:24:16.140><c> 16,</c><00:24:17.339><c> Timothy</c><00:24:17.559><c> says,</c><00:24:17.980><c> Paul,</c><00:24:18.920><c> I</c><00:24:19.140><c> think</c><00:24:19.339><c> we'd</c><00:24:19.660><c> better</c><00:24:19.819><c> circumcise</c><00:24:20.480><c> you.</c>

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And<00:24:20.779><c> Timothy</c><00:24:20.940><c> says,</c><00:24:21.400><c> oh,</c><00:24:21.480><c> all</c><00:24:21.579><c> right</c><00:24:21.700><c> then.</c>

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Now,<00:24:23.799><c> you</c><00:24:23.839><c> know,</c><00:24:24.079><c> this</c><00:24:24.220><c> whole</c><00:24:24.539><c> episode,</c><00:24:25.059><c> brothers</c><00:24:25.319><c> and</c><00:24:25.440><c> sisters,</c><00:24:25.660><c> of</c><00:24:25.799><c> Galatians</c><00:24:26.299><c> 2,</c>

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verses<00:24:27.039><c> Acts</c><00:24:27.339><c> 16,</c>

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was<00:24:28.640><c> one</c><00:24:28.900><c> of</c><00:24:29.039><c> the</c><00:24:29.160><c> reasons</c><00:24:29.579><c> why</c><00:24:30.779><c> the</c><00:24:31.200><c> believers</c><00:24:31.460><c> of</c><00:24:31.720><c> that</c><00:24:32.000><c> day</c>

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used<00:24:32.519><c> to</c><00:24:32.779><c> suggest</c><00:24:33.000><c> that</c><00:24:33.200><c> the</c><00:24:33.359><c> Apostle</c><00:24:33.759><c> Paul</c><00:24:33.980><c> was</c><00:24:34.359><c> inconsistent.</c>

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He<00:24:36.019><c> made</c><00:24:36.220><c> a</c><00:24:36.380><c> decision</c><00:24:36.680><c> to</c><00:24:37.240><c> not</c><00:24:37.799><c> circumcise</c><00:24:38.680><c> Titus,</c><00:24:39.279><c> and</c><00:24:39.519><c> on</c><00:24:39.720><c> another</c><00:24:39.900><c> occasion</c><00:24:40.240><c> he</c>

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makes<00:24:40.660><c> a</c><00:24:40.980><c> different</c><00:24:41.200><c> decision</c>

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that<00:24:41.599><c> he</c><00:24:41.680><c> will</c><00:24:42.019><c> circumcise</c><00:24:42.680><c> Timothy.</c>

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He's<00:24:43.319><c> a</c><00:24:43.359><c> man</c><00:24:43.519><c> that</c><00:24:43.680><c> cannot</c><00:24:43.880><c> make</c><00:24:44.099><c> up</c><00:24:44.180><c> his</c><00:24:44.359><c> mind,</c><00:24:44.619><c> they</c><00:24:44.759><c> said</c><00:24:44.940><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:45.200><c> Apostle</c><00:24:45.539><c> Paul.</c>

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Oh,<00:24:46.119><c> yes</c><00:24:46.279><c> he</c><00:24:46.359><c> could,</c><00:24:46.700><c> brothers</c><00:24:46.839><c> and</c><00:24:47.019><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:24:47.740><c> Apostle</c><00:24:48.039><c> knew</c><00:24:48.180><c> exactly</c><00:24:48.619><c> what</c><00:24:48.779><c> he</c><00:24:48.900><c> was</c><00:24:49.059><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:24:51.559><c> here's</c><00:24:51.759><c> the</c><00:24:51.960><c> thing,</c><00:24:52.039><c> and</c><00:24:52.160><c> it's</c><00:24:52.279><c> a</c><00:24:52.319><c> very</c><00:24:52.500><c> good</c><00:24:52.660><c> lesson,</c><00:24:53.099><c> by</c>

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the<00:24:53.420><c> way.</c>

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I<00:24:53.579><c> think</c><00:24:53.680><c> there's</c><00:24:53.799><c> a</c><00:24:53.900><c> wonderful</c><00:24:54.180><c> principle</c><00:24:54.640><c> here.</c>

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The<00:24:55.660><c> Apostle</c><00:24:56.119><c> Paul</c><00:24:56.359><c> was</c><00:24:56.700><c> consistent</c><00:24:57.579><c> always</c><00:24:58.640><c> to</c><00:24:59.019><c> one</c><00:24:59.440><c> overriding</c><00:25:00.660><c> principle</c><00:25:01.299><c> that</c><00:25:01.859><c> governed</c><00:25:02.160><c> all</c><00:25:02.640><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:03.019><c> activities</c>

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in<00:25:04.000><c> the</c><00:25:04.160><c> labors</c><00:25:04.319><c> of</c><00:25:04.480><c> the</c><00:25:04.660><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:25:05.180><c> that</c><00:25:05.299><c> was</c><00:25:05.480><c> this,</c><00:25:05.720><c> brothers</c><00:25:05.880><c> and</c><00:25:06.039><c> sisters,</c><00:25:06.339><c> and</c><00:25:06.480><c> it's</c><00:25:06.660><c> the</c>

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very<00:25:07.000><c> best</c><00:25:07.220><c> principle</c><00:25:07.680><c> that</c><00:25:08.039><c> every</c><00:25:08.339><c> ecclesia,</c>

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that<00:25:09.220><c> every</c><00:25:09.559><c> set</c><00:25:09.799><c> of</c><00:25:10.160><c> arranging</c><00:25:10.640><c> brothers</c><00:25:11.039><c> ought</c><00:25:11.339><c> to</c><00:25:11.559><c> think</c>

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as<00:25:11.920><c> their</c><00:25:12.200><c> overriding</c><00:25:12.700><c> principle</c>

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every<00:25:13.900><c> time</c><00:25:14.079><c> they've</c><00:25:14.279><c> got</c><00:25:14.380><c> to</c><00:25:14.519><c> make</c><00:25:14.640><c> a</c><00:25:14.819><c> decision.</c>

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Having<00:25:16.259><c> given</c><00:25:16.420><c> you</c><00:25:16.579><c> this</c><00:25:16.779><c> principle,</c><00:25:17.200><c> I</c><00:25:17.200><c> can</c><00:25:17.359><c> tell</c><00:25:17.440><c> you</c><00:25:17.519><c> it</c><00:25:17.579><c> doesn't</c><00:25:17.779><c> make</c><00:25:17.960><c> it</c>

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any<00:25:18.240><c> easier</c><00:25:18.619><c> to</c><00:25:18.839><c> decide</c><00:25:19.140><c> on</c><00:25:19.299><c> what</c><00:25:19.420><c> ought</c><00:25:19.579><c> to</c><00:25:19.720><c> be</c><00:25:19.859><c> done.</c>

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But<00:25:21.380><c> it</c><00:25:21.500><c> does</c><00:25:21.700><c> give</c><00:25:21.839><c> you</c><00:25:22.000><c> the</c><00:25:22.180><c> focus</c><00:25:22.500><c> for</c><00:25:22.680><c> the</c><00:25:22.920><c> decision.</c>

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And<00:25:25.359><c> the</c><00:25:25.420><c> question</c><00:25:25.740><c> is</c><00:25:25.880><c> quite</c><00:25:26.000><c> simply,</c><00:25:26.440><c> is</c><00:25:26.440><c> this,</c><00:25:26.779><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:25:27.160><c> sisters?</c>

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Well,<00:25:30.400><c> behold,</c><00:25:30.920><c> silence.</c>

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That's<00:25:33.079><c> not</c><00:25:33.240><c> the</c><00:25:33.400><c> question,</c><00:25:33.799><c> by</c><00:25:33.819><c> the</c><00:25:33.940><c> way.</c>

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It's<00:25:34.740><c> just</c><00:25:34.980><c> a</c><00:25:35.200><c> favorable</c><00:25:35.519><c> comment</c><00:25:35.880><c> on</c><00:25:37.019><c> the</c><00:25:37.160><c> cessation</c><00:25:37.700><c> of</c><00:25:37.940><c> certain</c><00:25:38.180><c> mechanical</c><00:25:38.640><c> activities</c><00:25:39.180><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:39.500><c> room.</c>

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So<00:25:42.359><c> here's</c><00:25:43.039><c> the</c><00:25:43.160><c> principle,</c><00:25:43.660><c> I</c><00:25:43.660><c> think,</c><00:25:44.079><c> brothers</c><00:25:44.259><c> and</c><00:25:44.400><c> sisters,</c><00:25:44.519><c> that</c>

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the<00:25:44.880><c> Apostle</c><00:25:45.200><c> Paul</c><00:25:45.519><c> always</c><00:25:46.160><c> followed.</c>

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And<00:25:47.200><c> that</c><00:25:47.279><c> was</c><00:25:47.420><c> simply</c><00:25:47.680><c> this.</c>

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In<00:25:49.539><c> making</c><00:25:49.960><c> this</c><00:25:50.380><c> decision</c><00:25:50.779><c> that</c><00:25:51.000><c> we</c><00:25:51.279><c> do,</c><00:25:52.259><c> on</c><00:25:52.559><c> this</c><00:25:52.759><c> occasion,</c>

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at<00:25:54.019><c> this</c><00:25:54.319><c> time,</c><00:25:55.680><c> for</c><00:25:55.880><c> these</c><00:25:56.220><c> people</c><00:25:56.880><c> in</c><00:25:57.839><c> this</c><00:25:58.240><c> circumstance,</c>

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what<00:26:02.460><c> will</c><00:26:02.720><c> be</c><00:26:02.920><c> best</c><00:26:03.359><c> for</c><00:26:03.619><c> the</c><00:26:03.799><c> truth?</c>

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What<00:26:07.420><c> will</c><00:26:07.619><c> be</c><00:26:07.720><c> best</c><00:26:07.980><c> for</c><00:26:08.160><c> the</c><00:26:08.400><c> truth</c><00:26:08.779><c> this</c><00:26:09.339><c> time?</c>

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Now,<00:26:12.180><c> when</c><00:26:12.700><c> Paul</c><00:26:13.099><c> was</c><00:26:13.319><c> with</c><00:26:13.759><c> Titus</c><00:26:14.200><c> in</c><00:26:14.539><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:26:15.220><c> and</c><00:26:15.339><c> he</c><00:26:15.440><c> was</c><00:26:15.640><c> under</c><00:26:15.980><c> attack</c><00:26:16.200><c> by</c>

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false<00:26:16.920><c> brethren</c><00:26:17.160><c> that</c><00:26:17.400><c> wanted</c><00:26:17.599><c> to</c><00:26:17.819><c> take</c><00:26:17.960><c> people</c><00:26:18.259><c> back</c><00:26:18.539><c> to</c><00:26:18.700><c> the</c>

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Jewish<00:26:19.140><c> law,</c>

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and<00:26:20.640><c> they</c><00:26:20.960><c> saw</c><00:26:21.200><c> the</c><00:26:21.460><c> circumcision</c><00:26:22.019><c> of</c><00:26:22.460><c> Titus</c><00:26:23.019><c> as</c><00:26:23.559><c> illustrative</c><00:26:24.180><c> of</c><00:26:24.539><c> that</c><00:26:24.779><c> principle,</c>

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:29.299
the<00:26:25.740><c> decision</c><00:26:26.079><c> of</c><00:26:26.279><c> Paul</c><00:26:26.559><c> was,</c><00:26:27.299><c> we</c><00:26:27.319><c> cannot</c><00:26:27.680><c> possibly</c><00:26:28.380><c> allow</c><00:26:28.779><c> Titus</c><00:26:29.099><c> to</c>

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be<00:26:29.579><c> circumcised.</c>

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There's<00:26:31.299><c> a</c><00:26:31.420><c> matter</c><00:26:31.559><c> of</c><00:26:31.819><c> doctrine</c><00:26:32.200><c> at</c><00:26:32.599><c> stake</c><00:26:32.859><c> here.</c>

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Is<00:26:33.440><c> a</c><00:26:33.619><c> man</c><00:26:33.779><c> justified</c><00:26:34.480><c> by</c><00:26:34.839><c> faith</c><00:26:35.200><c> in</c><00:26:35.559><c> God</c><00:26:35.819><c> and</c><00:26:36.279><c> works</c><00:26:36.579><c> of</c><00:26:36.839><c> faith</c>

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or<00:26:37.420><c> merely</c><00:26:37.660><c> by</c><00:26:37.920><c> the</c><00:26:38.079><c> deeds</c><00:26:38.240><c> of</c><00:26:38.420><c> the</c><00:26:38.559><c> law?</c>

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We<00:26:39.099><c> cannot</c><00:26:39.400><c> do</c><00:26:39.680><c> this.</c>

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That's<00:26:40.619><c> the</c><00:26:40.740><c> best</c><00:26:40.980><c> thing</c><00:26:41.259><c> for</c><00:26:41.440><c> the</c><00:26:41.640><c> truth</c><00:26:41.779><c> on</c><00:26:41.980><c> this</c><00:26:42.160><c> occasion.</c>

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But<00:26:43.220><c> when</c><00:26:43.680><c> Paul</c><00:26:44.079><c> takes</c><00:26:44.519><c> Timothy</c><00:26:44.980><c> in</c><00:26:45.180><c> Acts</c><00:26:45.359><c> 16</c><00:26:45.740><c> and</c><00:26:45.940><c> says,</c><00:26:46.099><c> I</c>

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think<00:26:46.420><c> we'd</c><00:26:47.119><c> better</c><00:26:47.240><c> circumcise</c><00:26:48.000><c> you,</c>

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it<00:26:48.759><c> was</c><00:26:49.000><c> because</c><00:26:49.460><c> they</c><00:26:49.799><c> were</c><00:26:50.019><c> about</c><00:26:50.220><c> to</c><00:26:50.420><c> undertake</c><00:26:50.680><c> a</c><00:26:51.000><c> preaching</c><00:26:51.319><c> work</c><00:26:51.579><c> and</c><00:26:51.660><c> they</c><00:26:51.819><c> were</c><00:26:51.940><c> going</c><00:26:52.099><c> to</c>

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go<00:26:52.339><c> to</c><00:26:52.500><c> the</c><00:26:52.640><c> Jews</c><00:26:52.880><c> in</c><00:26:53.119><c> every</c><00:26:53.380><c> place.</c>

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And<00:26:54.000><c> they</c><00:26:54.140><c> wanted</c><00:26:54.420><c> no</c><00:26:54.859><c> stumbling</c><00:26:55.299><c> block</c><00:26:55.700><c> to</c><00:26:55.900><c> the</c><00:26:56.220><c> cause</c><00:26:56.539><c> of</c><00:26:56.940><c> the</c><00:26:57.160><c> advance</c><00:26:57.440><c> of</c>

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that<00:26:57.880><c> truth,</c>

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where<00:26:58.240><c> there</c><00:26:58.319><c> was</c><00:26:58.519><c> no</c><00:26:58.740><c> particular</c><00:26:59.339><c> controversy</c><00:27:00.019><c> at</c><00:27:00.559><c> the</c><00:27:00.740><c> moment</c><00:27:00.980><c> about</c><00:27:01.420><c> that</c>

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circumcision,<00:27:02.559><c> per</c><00:27:02.779><c> se.</c>

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So<00:27:04.220><c> the</c><00:27:04.359><c> apostle</c><00:27:04.599><c> made</c><00:27:04.799><c> a</c><00:27:05.039><c> different</c><00:27:05.240><c> decision</c><00:27:05.539><c> on</c><00:27:05.740><c> a</c><00:27:05.880><c> different</c><00:27:06.059><c> occasion,</c><00:27:06.740><c> but</c><00:27:06.940><c> based,</c><00:27:07.319><c> I</c>

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think,<00:27:07.539><c> on</c><00:27:07.680><c> the</c><00:27:07.880><c> same</c><00:27:08.319><c> overriding</c><00:27:08.960><c> principle.</c>

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What<00:27:10.200><c> will</c><00:27:10.619><c> be</c><00:27:10.880><c> best</c><00:27:11.220><c> for</c><00:27:11.500><c> the</c><00:27:11.819><c> truth</c><00:27:12.160><c> this</c><00:27:12.700><c> time?</c>

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When<00:27:14.380><c> you</c><00:27:14.839><c> come</c><00:27:15.099><c> to</c><00:27:15.279><c> that</c><00:27:15.519><c> matter</c><00:27:15.839><c> in</c><00:27:16.339><c> ecclesial</c><00:27:16.720><c> life,</c><00:27:17.200><c> brothers</c><00:27:17.299><c> and</c><00:27:17.559><c> sisters,</c><00:27:18.220><c> a</c>

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problem<00:27:18.599><c> with</c><00:27:18.779><c> a</c><00:27:18.940><c> brother</c><00:27:19.099><c> or</c><00:27:19.359><c> a</c><00:27:19.559><c> sister,</c>

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when<00:27:20.960><c> we</c><00:27:21.220><c> make</c><00:27:21.460><c> the</c><00:27:21.660><c> decision</c><00:27:21.920><c> of</c><00:27:22.079><c> what</c><00:27:22.259><c> we</c><00:27:22.460><c> mean</c><00:27:22.599><c> will</c><00:27:22.799><c> be</c><00:27:22.960><c> best</c><00:27:23.180><c> by</c>

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the<00:27:23.700><c> truth,</c>

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we<00:27:24.079><c> don't</c><00:27:24.319><c> just</c><00:27:24.539><c> mean</c><00:27:24.680><c> what</c><00:27:24.799><c> will</c><00:27:25.019><c> be</c><00:27:25.099><c> best</c><00:27:25.339><c> for</c><00:27:25.519><c> that</c><00:27:25.759><c> person.</c>

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We<00:27:28.420><c> really</c><00:27:28.680><c> do</c><00:27:28.920><c> mean</c><00:27:29.059><c> what</c><00:27:29.200><c> will</c><00:27:29.400><c> be</c><00:27:29.500><c> best</c><00:27:29.700><c> for</c><00:27:29.880><c> the</c><00:27:30.140><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:27:31.359><c> what</c><00:27:31.480><c> will</c><00:27:31.619><c> be</c><00:27:31.740><c> best</c><00:27:31.900><c> for</c><00:27:32.079><c> the</c><00:27:32.259><c> truth</c><00:27:32.400><c> is</c><00:27:32.559><c> what's</c><00:27:32.880><c> best</c>

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for<00:27:33.279><c> that</c><00:27:33.559><c> person,</c><00:27:34.259><c> what's</c><00:27:34.599><c> best</c><00:27:34.819><c> for</c><00:27:35.019><c> those</c><00:27:35.420><c> brothers</c><00:27:35.660><c> and</c><00:27:35.940><c> sisters,</c>

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what's<00:27:36.960><c> best</c><00:27:37.160><c> for</c><00:27:37.359><c> that</c><00:27:37.579><c> ecclesia,</c><00:27:38.440><c> what's</c><00:27:38.799><c> best</c><00:27:39.039><c> for</c><00:27:39.299><c> our</c>

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wider<00:27:39.880><c> community.</c>

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All<00:27:41.019><c> of</c><00:27:41.279><c> that</c><00:27:41.599><c> is</c><00:27:41.980><c> involved</c><00:27:42.500><c> in</c><00:27:42.940><c> answering</c><00:27:43.259><c> the</c><00:27:43.500><c> question,</c><00:27:44.380><c> what</c><00:27:44.539><c> will</c><00:27:44.740><c> be</c>

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best<00:27:45.160><c> for</c><00:27:45.359><c> the</c><00:27:45.559><c> truth?</c>

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So<00:27:46.700><c> when</c><00:27:47.140><c> Timothy</c><00:27:47.579><c> first</c><00:27:48.240><c> turns</c><00:27:48.539><c> up</c><00:27:48.779><c> on</c><00:27:48.839><c> the</c><00:27:49.000><c> record,</c><00:27:49.359><c> in</c><00:27:49.519><c> this</c>

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first<00:27:50.339><c> episode,</c><00:27:51.220><c> when</c><00:27:51.420><c> Timothy</c><00:27:51.819><c> appears,</c>

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we<00:27:53.619><c> find</c><00:27:53.819><c> that</c><00:27:54.000><c> here</c><00:27:54.220><c> instead,</c><00:27:54.740><c> by</c><00:27:54.940><c> way</c><00:27:55.140><c> of</c><00:27:55.380><c> contrast</c><00:27:55.960><c> with</c><00:27:56.279><c> Titus,</c>

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the<00:27:58.720><c> episode</c><00:27:59.079><c> concerns</c><00:27:59.640><c> the</c><00:27:59.880><c> need</c><00:28:00.059><c> for</c><00:28:00.519><c> thoughtful</c><00:28:01.039><c> care</c><00:28:01.599><c> of</c>

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others<00:28:02.279><c> when</c><00:28:03.140><c> advancing</c><00:28:03.720><c> the</c><00:28:04.079><c> gospel</c><00:28:04.460><c> of</c><00:28:04.759><c> grace</c>

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and<00:28:06.259><c> a</c><00:28:06.380><c> concern</c><00:28:06.799><c> to</c><00:28:06.980><c> do</c><00:28:07.160><c> nothing</c><00:28:07.500><c> that</c><00:28:07.799><c> might</c><00:28:08.099><c> disadvantage</c>

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the<00:28:09.500><c> preaching.</c>

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And<00:28:11.480><c> I</c><00:28:11.619><c> think</c><00:28:11.740><c> that's</c><00:28:12.000><c> the</c><00:28:12.039><c> very</c><00:28:12.440><c> character</c><00:28:12.779><c> of</c><00:28:13.000><c> Timothy</c><00:28:13.259><c> captured</c><00:28:13.740><c> in</c>

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that<00:28:14.380><c> moment</c><00:28:14.660><c> where</c><00:28:14.859><c> he</c><00:28:14.960><c> first</c><00:28:15.240><c> appears</c><00:28:15.619><c> on</c><00:28:15.819><c> the</c><00:28:15.880><c> divine</c><00:28:16.140><c> record,</c>

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a<00:28:17.079><c> signature,</c><00:28:17.680><c> you</c><00:28:17.680><c> see,</c><00:28:18.180><c> to</c><00:28:18.319><c> both</c><00:28:18.579><c> these</c><00:28:18.859><c> young</c><00:28:19.119><c> men.</c>

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Each<00:28:22.440><c> of</c><00:28:22.579><c> them</c><00:28:22.660><c> are</c><00:28:22.799><c> going</c><00:28:22.880><c> to</c><00:28:23.039><c> be</c><00:28:23.200><c> involved</c><00:28:23.519><c> in</c><00:28:23.740><c> one</c><00:28:23.940><c> of</c><00:28:24.079><c> the</c>

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Apostles'<00:28:25.019><c> great</c><00:28:25.200><c> preaching</c><00:28:25.640><c> campaigns.</c>

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Timothy<00:28:28.900><c> will</c><00:28:29.079><c> be</c><00:28:29.299><c> involved</c><00:28:29.640><c> in</c><00:28:29.880><c> Paul's</c><00:28:30.900><c> second</c><00:28:31.299><c> campaign,</c>

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and<00:28:33.759><c> Titus</c><00:28:33.980><c> will</c><00:28:34.180><c> be</c><00:28:34.440><c> perhaps</c><00:28:34.700><c> even</c><00:28:35.119><c> more</c><00:28:35.519><c> involved</c><00:28:36.160><c> in</c><00:28:37.000><c> Paul's</c><00:28:37.680><c> third</c>

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preaching<00:28:38.599><c> campaign.</c>

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And<00:28:40.180><c> as</c><00:28:40.519><c> these</c><00:28:41.180><c> two</c><00:28:41.400><c> men,</c><00:28:41.660><c> these</c><00:28:42.019><c> two</c><00:28:42.259><c> young</c><00:28:42.500><c> men,</c><00:28:43.200><c> unfolded</c>

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their<00:28:44.000><c> respective</c><00:28:44.599><c> labors</c><00:28:45.259><c> in</c><00:28:45.539><c> the</c><00:28:45.779><c> truth,</c>

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again<00:28:46.680><c> we</c><00:28:46.819><c> would</c><00:28:47.079><c> see</c><00:28:47.359><c> evidence</c><00:28:47.740><c> of</c><00:28:48.240><c> the</c><00:28:48.579><c> characteristics</c>

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that<00:28:49.460><c> they</c><00:28:49.619><c> would</c><00:28:49.920><c> have.</c>

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In<00:28:51.119><c> the</c><00:28:51.539><c> second</c><00:28:51.920><c> campaign,</c><00:28:53.519><c> Timothy</c><00:28:53.680><c> is</c><00:28:53.980><c> prominent</c><00:28:54.440><c> in</c><00:28:54.759><c> that</c>

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particular<00:28:55.539><c> journey,</c><00:28:56.400><c> which</c><00:28:56.480><c> is</c><00:28:56.640><c> around</c><00:28:56.779><c> about</c><00:28:57.059><c> AD</c><00:28:57.299><c> 51</c><00:28:57.940><c> to</c><00:28:58.099><c> 54.</c>

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Timothy's<00:28:59.700><c> going</c><00:28:59.819><c> to</c><00:28:59.940><c> be</c><00:29:00.220><c> intimately</c><00:29:00.599><c> involved.</c>

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In<00:29:01.720><c> fact,</c><00:29:01.819><c> if</c><00:29:01.920><c> you</c><00:29:01.980><c> come</c><00:29:02.119><c> to</c><00:29:02.220><c> the</c><00:29:02.259><c> book</c><00:29:02.420><c> of</c><00:29:02.599><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:29:03.559><c> we're</c><00:29:03.720><c> told</c><00:29:03.920><c> this</c><00:29:04.220><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:04.839><c> first</c><00:29:05.240><c> epistle</c><00:29:05.599><c> of</c><00:29:05.740><c> Thessalonians</c><00:29:06.440><c> in</c><00:29:06.619><c> chapter</c><00:29:06.940><c> 3,</c>

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:13.519
here<00:29:08.119><c> is</c><00:29:08.339><c> one</c><00:29:08.700><c> such</c><00:29:09.200><c> occasion</c><00:29:09.880><c> when</c><00:29:10.819><c> Timothy</c><00:29:11.160><c> is</c><00:29:11.440><c> used</c><00:29:11.700><c> by</c><00:29:12.039><c> Paul</c><00:29:12.480><c> on</c>

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:16.539
the<00:29:14.059><c> occasion</c><00:29:14.420><c> of</c><00:29:14.680><c> this</c><00:29:15.059><c> second</c><00:29:15.400><c> journey.</c>

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:19.940
Again,<00:29:17.700><c> I</c><00:29:17.819><c> think</c><00:29:17.960><c> it's</c><00:29:18.440><c> illustrative</c><00:29:18.819><c> of</c><00:29:19.059><c> the</c><00:29:19.319><c> spirit</c><00:29:19.519><c> of</c><00:29:19.819><c> the</c>

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young<00:29:20.180><c> man.</c>

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So<00:29:22.460><c> first</c><00:29:22.660><c> of</c><00:29:22.779><c> Thessalonians</c><00:29:23.400><c> chapter</c><00:29:23.779><c> 3</c><00:29:24.059><c> verse</c><00:29:24.359><c> 1</c><00:29:24.740><c> says,</c>

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Wherefore,<00:29:26.700><c> when</c><00:29:26.900><c> we</c><00:29:27.079><c> could</c><00:29:27.319><c> no</c><00:29:27.599><c> longer</c><00:29:27.980><c> forbear,</c><00:29:29.619><c> we</c><00:29:29.740><c> thought</c><00:29:29.900><c> it</c><00:29:30.119><c> good</c><00:29:30.240><c> to</c>

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be<00:29:30.880><c> left</c><00:29:31.160><c> at</c><00:29:31.380><c> Athens</c><00:29:31.859><c> alone.</c>

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:38.400
You<00:29:34.420><c> know,</c><00:29:34.859><c> the</c><00:29:34.940><c> apostle</c><00:29:35.259><c> Paul</c><00:29:35.599><c> was</c><00:29:35.900><c> actually</c><00:29:36.299><c> very</c><00:29:37.160><c> depressed</c><00:29:37.599><c> in</c><00:29:37.980><c> spirit</c><00:29:38.200><c> at</c>

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this<00:29:38.680><c> time.</c>

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He<00:29:39.859><c> desperately</c><00:29:40.299><c> needed</c><00:29:40.579><c> the</c><00:29:40.859><c> company</c><00:29:41.200><c> of</c><00:29:41.440><c> his</c><00:29:41.640><c> fellow</c><00:29:41.900><c> helpers.</c>

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:44.859
But<00:29:42.720><c> he</c><00:29:42.759><c> was</c><00:29:42.960><c> so</c><00:29:43.160><c> concerned</c><00:29:43.599><c> about</c><00:29:43.859><c> the</c><00:29:44.059><c> little</c><00:29:44.279><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:44.720><c> at</c>

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Thessalonica<00:29:45.519><c> that</c><00:29:45.799><c> they</c><00:29:45.960><c> had</c><00:29:46.079><c> to</c><00:29:46.220><c> leave</c><00:29:46.480><c> early,</c><00:29:46.900><c> quickly.</c>

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:51.039
He<00:29:48.400><c> was</c><00:29:48.420><c> so</c><00:29:48.579><c> concerned</c><00:29:48.980><c> about</c><00:29:49.220><c> their</c><00:29:49.420><c> spiritual</c><00:29:49.819><c> welfare</c><00:29:50.180><c> that</c><00:29:50.380><c> finally</c><00:29:50.819><c> he</c>

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couldn't<00:29:51.279><c> wait,</c><00:29:51.519><c> he</c><00:29:51.559><c> couldn't</c><00:29:51.759><c> stand</c><00:29:52.099><c> any</c><00:29:52.400><c> longer.</c>

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He<00:29:53.180><c> says</c><00:29:53.319><c> to</c><00:29:53.500><c> Timothy,</c><00:29:53.740><c> look,</c><00:29:53.880><c> I</c><00:29:53.940><c> want</c><00:29:54.099><c> you</c><00:29:54.200><c> to</c><00:29:54.299><c> go</c><00:29:54.500><c> back.</c>

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So<00:29:55.599><c> he</c><00:29:55.839><c> sent</c><00:29:56.119><c> Timothy,</c><00:29:56.519><c> verse</c><00:29:56.859><c> 2,</c><00:29:57.099><c> our</c><00:29:57.299><c> brother</c><00:29:57.680><c> and</c><00:29:58.240><c> minister</c>

00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:01.599
of<00:29:58.880><c> God</c><00:29:59.039><c> and</c><00:29:59.220><c> our</c><00:29:59.539><c> fellow</c><00:29:59.859><c> laborer</c><00:30:00.299><c> in</c><00:30:00.460><c> the</c><00:30:00.640><c> gospel</c><00:30:00.980><c> of</c><00:30:01.240><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:03.220
And<00:30:01.880><c> what</c><00:30:02.099><c> was</c><00:30:02.299><c> Timothy</c><00:30:02.539><c> going</c><00:30:02.759><c> to</c><00:30:02.960><c> do?</c>

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He<00:30:03.779><c> was</c><00:30:03.960><c> going</c><00:30:04.099><c> to</c><00:30:04.420><c> establish</c><00:30:04.960><c> you</c><00:30:05.559><c> and</c><00:30:06.119><c> to</c><00:30:06.579><c> comfort</c><00:30:06.920><c> you</c><00:30:07.299><c> concerning</c><00:30:07.839><c> your</c>

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:12.099
faith<00:30:08.740><c> that</c><00:30:09.500><c> no</c><00:30:09.799><c> man</c><00:30:10.000><c> should</c><00:30:10.180><c> be</c><00:30:10.440><c> moved</c><00:30:10.660><c> by</c><00:30:10.920><c> these</c><00:30:11.200><c> afflictions.</c>

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For<00:30:12.579><c> yourselves</c><00:30:13.180><c> know</c><00:30:13.559><c> that</c><00:30:13.680><c> we</c><00:30:13.859><c> are</c><00:30:14.099><c> appointed</c><00:30:14.420><c> thereunto.</c>

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For<00:30:16.240><c> verily,</c><00:30:16.720><c> when</c><00:30:16.900><c> we</c><00:30:17.019><c> were</c><00:30:17.180><c> with</c><00:30:17.339><c> you,</c><00:30:17.440><c> we</c><00:30:17.640><c> told</c><00:30:17.920><c> you</c><00:30:18.119><c> before</c>

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:21.500
that<00:30:18.819><c> we</c><00:30:19.079><c> should</c><00:30:19.359><c> suffer</c><00:30:19.700><c> such</c><00:30:20.059><c> tribulations,</c><00:30:20.859><c> even</c><00:30:21.160><c> as</c><00:30:21.299><c> it</c>

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came<00:30:21.660><c> to</c><00:30:21.920><c> pass.</c>

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And<00:30:22.339><c> you</c><00:30:22.539><c> know,</c><00:30:23.920><c> for</c><00:30:24.140><c> this</c><00:30:24.400><c> cause,</c><00:30:24.839><c> when</c><00:30:24.960><c> I</c><00:30:25.160><c> could</c><00:30:25.339><c> no</c><00:30:25.700><c> longer</c>

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forbear,<00:30:26.900><c> I</c><00:30:27.079><c> sent</c><00:30:27.259><c> to</c><00:30:27.480><c> know</c><00:30:27.599><c> your</c><00:30:27.980><c> faith,</c>

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lest<00:30:28.859><c> by</c><00:30:29.119><c> some</c><00:30:29.299><c> means</c><00:30:29.559><c> the</c><00:30:29.839><c> tempter</c><00:30:30.140><c> have</c><00:30:30.339><c> tempted</c><00:30:30.619><c> you</c><00:30:30.819><c> and</c>

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our<00:30:31.079><c> labor</c><00:30:31.339><c> be</c><00:30:31.839><c> in</c><00:30:32.119><c> vain.</c>

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But<00:30:33.299><c> now,</c><00:30:34.400><c> when</c><00:30:34.599><c> Timotheus</c><00:30:35.180><c> came</c><00:30:35.579><c> from</c><00:30:35.940><c> you</c><00:30:36.339><c> unto</c><00:30:36.640><c> us</c><00:30:37.200><c> and</c><00:30:37.519><c> brought</c><00:30:37.759><c> us</c>

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:40.960
good<00:30:38.660><c> tidings</c><00:30:39.140><c> of</c><00:30:39.319><c> your</c><00:30:39.700><c> faith</c><00:30:40.099><c> and</c><00:30:40.440><c> love,</c>

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and<00:30:41.619><c> that</c><00:30:41.740><c> you</c><00:30:41.859><c> have</c><00:30:41.980><c> good</c><00:30:42.359><c> remembrance</c><00:30:42.759><c> of</c><00:30:42.900><c> us</c><00:30:43.220><c> always,</c><00:30:44.000><c> desiring</c><00:30:44.640><c> greatly</c><00:30:45.119><c> to</c>

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see<00:30:45.480><c> us</c><00:30:45.759><c> as</c><00:30:45.960><c> we</c><00:30:46.160><c> also</c><00:30:46.460><c> to</c><00:30:46.660><c> see</c><00:30:46.799><c> you,</c>

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therefore,<00:30:48.559><c> brethren,</c><00:30:49.119><c> we</c><00:30:49.440><c> were</c><00:30:50.279><c> comforted</c><00:30:50.960><c> over</c><00:30:51.240><c> you</c><00:30:51.440><c> in</c><00:30:51.700><c> all</c><00:30:52.180><c> our</c><00:30:52.579><c> affliction</c><00:30:53.059><c> and</c><00:30:53.500><c> distress</c><00:30:53.960><c> by</c>

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your<00:30:54.599><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:30:55.160><c> the</c><00:30:55.279><c> young</c><00:30:55.519><c> man</c><00:30:55.680><c> would</c><00:30:55.880><c> be</c><00:30:56.079><c> sent,</c><00:30:56.380><c> brethren</c><00:30:56.579><c> and</c><00:30:56.759><c> sisters,</c><00:30:57.279><c> to</c><00:30:57.819><c> the</c>

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fledgling<00:30:58.640><c> ecclesia</c><00:30:59.240><c> in</c><00:30:59.519><c> Thessalonica</c><00:31:00.140><c> to</c><00:31:00.319><c> nurture</c><00:31:00.720><c> them,</c>

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because<00:31:01.299><c> that</c><00:31:01.480><c> was</c><00:31:01.720><c> the</c><00:31:01.920><c> spirit</c><00:31:02.240><c> of</c><00:31:02.440><c> Timothy.</c>

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He<00:31:04.079><c> was</c><00:31:04.220><c> the</c><00:31:04.339><c> perfect</c><00:31:04.740><c> man</c><00:31:05.000><c> to</c><00:31:05.140><c> send</c><00:31:05.400><c> on</c><00:31:05.559><c> that</c><00:31:05.779><c> journey,</c><00:31:07.059><c> to</c>

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nourish<00:31:07.720><c> this</c><00:31:08.039><c> little</c><00:31:08.839><c> newborn</c><00:31:10.359><c> ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:31:12.259><c> to</c><00:31:12.359><c> come</c><00:31:12.619><c> back</c><00:31:12.799><c> with</c><00:31:12.980><c> a</c><00:31:13.079><c> message</c><00:31:13.299><c> of</c><00:31:13.559><c> comfort</c><00:31:13.859><c> from</c><00:31:14.079><c> them</c>

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to<00:31:14.559><c> the</c><00:31:14.700><c> apostle.</c>

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Now,<00:31:15.700><c> it's</c><00:31:15.819><c> interesting</c><00:31:16.180><c> that</c><00:31:16.299><c> when</c><00:31:16.400><c> we</c><00:31:16.519><c> go</c><00:31:16.700><c> through</c><00:31:16.900><c> that</c><00:31:17.099><c> record,</c><00:31:17.500><c> you'll</c><00:31:17.660><c> find</c><00:31:17.880><c> that</c><00:31:18.039><c> on</c>

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:20.640
three<00:31:18.500><c> separate</c><00:31:18.839><c> occasions</c><00:31:19.319><c> after</c><00:31:19.859><c> this</c><00:31:20.200><c> one,</c>

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in<00:31:21.599><c> Acts</c><00:31:21.859><c> 18,</c><00:31:22.579><c> Acts</c><00:31:22.700><c> 19,</c><00:31:23.319><c> Acts</c><00:31:23.579><c> 20,</c><00:31:24.259><c> there's</c><00:31:24.440><c> evidence</c><00:31:24.680><c> that</c>

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.440
on<00:31:25.019><c> at</c><00:31:25.180><c> least</c><00:31:25.500><c> three</c><00:31:25.799><c> occasions,</c>

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:32.380
Paul<00:31:27.240><c> will</c><00:31:27.700><c> send</c><00:31:27.980><c> Timothy</c><00:31:28.420><c> to</c><00:31:28.900><c> the</c><00:31:29.220><c> warm</c><00:31:29.660><c> and</c><00:31:30.380><c> friendly</c><00:31:30.880><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:31.500><c> of</c><00:31:31.720><c> Macedonia,</c>

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and<00:31:32.700><c> I</c><00:31:32.819><c> think</c><00:31:32.920><c> he</c><00:31:33.079><c> did</c><00:31:33.240><c> so,</c><00:31:33.559><c> brethren</c><00:31:33.700><c> and</c><00:31:33.859><c> sisters,</c><00:31:33.920><c> because</c>

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I<00:31:34.099><c> think</c><00:31:34.220><c> that</c><00:31:34.339><c> was</c><00:31:34.500><c> the</c><00:31:34.599><c> best</c><00:31:34.779><c> place</c><00:31:35.039><c> for</c><00:31:35.240><c> Timothy</c><00:31:35.460><c> to</c><00:31:35.660><c> go.</c>

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These<00:31:37.319><c> were</c><00:31:37.500><c> the</c><00:31:37.619><c> happiest</c><00:31:38.019><c> ecclesias,</c><00:31:39.200><c> the</c><00:31:39.359><c> Macedonian</c><00:31:39.859><c> ones,</c><00:31:41.039><c> the</c>

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warmest<00:31:41.680><c> ones,</c>

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and<00:31:43.200><c> they</c><00:31:43.460><c> suited</c><00:31:43.660><c> Timothy's</c><00:31:44.299><c> disposition</c><00:31:44.759><c> of</c><00:31:45.079><c> character</c><00:31:45.359><c> that</c><00:31:45.480><c> he</c>

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:48.299
could<00:31:45.700><c> get</c><00:31:45.960><c> there</c><00:31:46.259><c> and</c><00:31:46.660><c> unlock</c><00:31:47.000><c> the</c><00:31:47.200><c> word</c><00:31:47.339><c> of</c><00:31:47.559><c> God</c><00:31:47.680><c> in</c><00:31:47.839><c> his</c><00:31:47.980><c> own</c>

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special<00:31:48.619><c> way</c>

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and<00:31:49.319><c> comfort</c><00:31:49.519><c> and</c><00:31:49.819><c> nourish</c><00:31:50.160><c> the</c><00:31:50.339><c> rhythm.</c><00:31:50.900><c> So</c><00:31:51.099><c> Paul</c><00:31:51.299><c> said</c><00:31:51.519><c> over</c>

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and<00:31:52.019><c> over</c><00:31:52.460><c> and</c><00:31:52.720><c> over</c><00:31:53.079><c> again</c><00:31:53.319><c> to</c><00:31:53.480><c> this</c><00:31:53.599><c> young</c><00:31:53.799><c> man,</c>

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:56.960
I<00:31:54.200><c> want</c><00:31:54.359><c> you</c><00:31:54.480><c> to</c><00:31:54.559><c> go</c><00:31:54.660><c> to</c><00:31:54.839><c> Macedonia.</c><00:31:55.400><c> I</c><00:31:55.500><c> want</c><00:31:55.539><c> you</c><00:31:55.680><c> to</c><00:31:55.779><c> go</c><00:31:55.839><c> to</c><00:31:55.960><c> Macedonia.</c><00:31:56.799><c> I</c>

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:59.819
want<00:31:57.119><c> you</c><00:31:57.259><c> to</c><00:31:57.380><c> go</c><00:31:57.480><c> to</c><00:31:57.619><c> Macedonia,</c><00:31:58.400><c> he</c><00:31:58.619><c> says.</c>

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So<00:32:00.920><c> I</c><00:32:00.980><c> think</c><00:32:01.059><c> the</c><00:32:01.359><c> primary</c><00:32:01.579><c> work,</c><00:32:01.920><c> you</c><00:32:02.059><c> see,</c><00:32:02.240><c> of</c><00:32:02.339><c> Timothy</c><00:32:02.680><c> was</c>

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:08.079
to<00:32:03.319><c> comfort</c><00:32:03.819><c> and</c><00:32:04.700><c> to</c><00:32:05.000><c> build</c><00:32:05.640><c> and</c><00:32:06.599><c> to</c><00:32:06.920><c> encourage.</c>

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That<00:32:08.740><c> was</c><00:32:08.940><c> the</c><00:32:09.220><c> spirit</c><00:32:09.380><c> of</c><00:32:09.559><c> this</c><00:32:09.759><c> young</c><00:32:09.960><c> man.</c><00:32:10.599><c> Wherever</c><00:32:10.900><c> he</c><00:32:11.119><c> went,</c><00:32:11.220><c> he</c>

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.140
would<00:32:11.440><c> do</c><00:32:11.619><c> just</c><00:32:11.940><c> that.</c>

00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:16.720
He<00:32:12.200><c> would</c><00:32:12.700><c> comfort</c><00:32:13.140><c> and</c><00:32:13.579><c> he</c><00:32:13.640><c> would</c><00:32:13.920><c> build</c><00:32:14.400><c> and</c><00:32:15.200><c> he</c><00:32:15.319><c> would</c><00:32:15.539><c> encourage.</c>

00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:20.460
In<00:32:17.819><c> fact,</c><00:32:18.240><c> there</c><00:32:18.359><c> was</c><00:32:18.559><c> an</c><00:32:18.700><c> occasion</c><00:32:18.980><c> when</c><00:32:19.119><c> he</c><00:32:19.140><c> went</c><00:32:19.319><c> to</c><00:32:19.460><c> a</c><00:32:19.460><c> different</c><00:32:19.779><c> place.</c><00:32:20.400><c> He</c>

00:32:20.460 --> 00:32:21.759
went<00:32:20.660><c> to</c><00:32:21.059><c> Corinth.</c>

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:26.059
Now,<00:32:22.400><c> Corinth</c><00:32:22.579><c> wasn't</c><00:32:23.119><c> in</c><00:32:23.440><c> Macedonia.</c><00:32:25.339><c> Corinth</c><00:32:25.519><c> was</c><00:32:25.720><c> a</c><00:32:25.759><c> much</c>

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:28.859
more<00:32:26.500><c> diverse</c><00:32:27.000><c> and</c><00:32:27.299><c> difficult</c><00:32:27.680><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:31.440
And<00:32:29.480><c> in</c><00:32:29.599><c> fact,</c><00:32:29.720><c> we're</c><00:32:29.920><c> told</c><00:32:30.220><c> in</c><00:32:30.500><c> the</c><00:32:30.640><c> record</c><00:32:30.859><c> of</c><00:32:31.019><c> the</c><00:32:31.119><c> 1st</c><00:32:31.359><c> of</c>

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:34.900
Corinthians<00:32:31.839><c> 16</c><00:32:32.640><c> that</c><00:32:33.099><c> when</c><00:32:33.460><c> Paul</c><00:32:34.079><c> sent</c><00:32:34.359><c> Timothy,</c>

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:37.779
a<00:32:35.400><c> little</c><00:32:35.599><c> bit</c><00:32:35.799><c> perhaps,</c><00:32:36.539><c> he</c><00:32:36.660><c> was</c><00:32:36.819><c> a</c><00:32:36.900><c> bit</c><00:32:37.039><c> concerned,</c><00:32:37.400><c> I</c><00:32:37.519><c> think,</c><00:32:37.680><c> when</c>

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:39.779
he<00:32:38.000><c> sent</c><00:32:38.160><c> him,</c><00:32:38.680><c> in</c><00:32:38.859><c> the</c><00:32:39.000><c> 1st</c><00:32:39.220><c> of</c><00:32:39.359><c> Chronicles,</c>

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:45.400
the<00:32:40.079><c> 1st</c><00:32:40.259><c> of</c><00:32:40.380><c> Corinthians,</c><00:32:40.740><c> rather,</c><00:32:41.319><c> Chapter</c><00:32:41.440><c> 16,</c><00:32:43.319><c> we're</c><00:32:43.559><c> told</c><00:32:43.819><c> concerning</c><00:32:44.519><c> Timothy</c><00:32:45.140><c> on</c>

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.779
that<00:32:45.579><c> occasion,</c>

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:51.480
the<00:32:47.119><c> record</c><00:32:47.440><c> says,</c><00:32:47.980><c> now,</c><00:32:48.200><c> if</c><00:32:48.200><c> Timotheus</c><00:32:49.059><c> come,</c><00:32:50.680><c> see</c><00:32:50.880><c> that</c><00:32:51.200><c> he</c>

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:54.220
may<00:32:51.759><c> be</c><00:32:52.019><c> with</c><00:32:52.279><c> you</c><00:32:52.599><c> without</c><00:32:53.059><c> fear,</c>

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:58.779
for<00:32:54.900><c> he</c><00:32:55.220><c> worketh</c><00:32:55.519><c> the</c><00:32:55.700><c> work</c><00:32:55.859><c> of</c><00:32:56.059><c> the</c><00:32:56.200><c> Lord</c><00:32:56.420><c> as</c><00:32:56.640><c> I</c><00:32:56.920><c> do.</c><00:32:58.200><c> Let</c><00:32:58.420><c> no</c>

00:32:58.779 --> 00:33:00.980
man<00:32:59.119><c> therefore</c><00:32:59.660><c> despise</c><00:33:00.440><c> him,</c>

00:33:01.319 --> 00:33:05.220
but<00:33:01.539><c> conduct</c><00:33:01.980><c> him</c><00:33:02.279><c> forth</c><00:33:02.619><c> in</c><00:33:03.140><c> peace,</c><00:33:04.059><c> that</c><00:33:04.119><c> he</c><00:33:04.339><c> may</c><00:33:04.480><c> come</c><00:33:04.720><c> unto</c><00:33:04.920><c> me.</c>

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:09.980
So<00:33:05.460><c> when</c><00:33:05.640><c> he</c><00:33:05.700><c> went</c><00:33:05.900><c> to</c><00:33:06.140><c> Corinth,</c><00:33:07.500><c> the</c><00:33:07.599><c> Apostle</c><00:33:07.900><c> wrote</c><00:33:08.099><c> a</c><00:33:08.200><c> letter</c><00:33:08.319><c> to</c><00:33:08.519><c> the</c><00:33:08.619><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:08.880><c> when</c><00:33:09.099><c> Timothy</c><00:33:09.380><c> was</c><00:33:09.539><c> about</c><00:33:09.759><c> to</c><00:33:09.880><c> come.</c>

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:13.400
He<00:33:10.019><c> said,</c><00:33:10.180><c> now</c><00:33:10.259><c> look,</c><00:33:10.819><c> I'm</c><00:33:10.980><c> sending</c><00:33:11.240><c> Timothy.</c><00:33:12.500><c> Don't</c><00:33:12.720><c> you</c><00:33:12.980><c> frighten</c><00:33:13.240><c> the</c>

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:16.480
boy.<00:33:14.960><c> Don't</c><00:33:15.140><c> you</c><00:33:15.319><c> upset</c><00:33:15.599><c> the</c><00:33:15.779><c> lad.</c>

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:21.059
You<00:33:16.660><c> be</c><00:33:16.819><c> careful</c><00:33:17.039><c> now.</c><00:33:17.859><c> He</c><00:33:18.000><c> comes</c><00:33:18.180><c> on</c><00:33:18.339><c> my</c><00:33:18.559><c> business.</c><00:33:20.279><c> You</c><00:33:20.720><c> deal</c>

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.960
kindly<00:33:21.500><c> with</c><00:33:21.759><c> him.</c>

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:23.880
And<00:33:22.220><c> I</c><00:33:22.279><c> think</c><00:33:22.420><c> on</c><00:33:22.599><c> this</c><00:33:22.759><c> occasion</c><00:33:23.140><c> where</c><00:33:23.319><c> it</c><00:33:23.460><c> says</c><00:33:23.579><c> in</c><00:33:23.680><c> verse</c>

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:26.200
11,<00:33:24.140><c> let</c><00:33:24.339><c> no</c><00:33:24.720><c> man</c><00:33:25.160><c> therefore</c><00:33:25.579><c> despise</c><00:33:26.079><c> him,</c>

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:30.680
that<00:33:26.480><c> it's</c><00:33:26.839><c> not</c><00:33:27.160><c> just</c><00:33:27.500><c> perhaps</c><00:33:27.920><c> because</c><00:33:28.259><c> of</c><00:33:28.500><c> the</c><00:33:28.779><c> youth</c><00:33:29.079><c> of</c><00:33:29.440><c> Timothy,</c><00:33:30.160><c> but</c><00:33:30.299><c> because</c><00:33:30.559><c> he</c>

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:32.000
had<00:33:30.940><c> a</c><00:33:31.099><c> reticent</c><00:33:31.599><c> spirit.</c>

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:35.799
He<00:33:32.740><c> wasn't</c><00:33:33.119><c> a</c><00:33:33.240><c> brother</c><00:33:33.359><c> that</c><00:33:33.500><c> was</c><00:33:33.839><c> forthcoming</c><00:33:34.339><c> in</c><00:33:34.460><c> that</c><00:33:34.660><c> sense.</c><00:33:35.140><c> He</c><00:33:35.140><c> had</c><00:33:35.380><c> a</c>

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:38.119
marvelous<00:33:36.339><c> spiritual</c><00:33:36.920><c> mind,</c><00:33:37.680><c> did</c><00:33:37.740><c> Timothy,</c>

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:44.279
a<00:33:38.660><c> glorious</c><00:33:39.259><c> spiritual</c><00:33:39.740><c> mind,</c><00:33:40.920><c> but</c><00:33:42.160><c> he</c><00:33:42.279><c> wasn't</c><00:33:42.559><c> forward</c><00:33:42.920><c> in</c><00:33:43.259><c> personality.</c>

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.400
And<00:33:45.140><c> the</c><00:33:45.259><c> Apostle</c><00:33:45.519><c> was</c><00:33:45.680><c> just</c><00:33:46.039><c> a</c><00:33:46.200><c> little</c><00:33:46.440><c> bit</c><00:33:46.720><c> frightened</c><00:33:47.079><c> that</c>

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:51.900
the<00:33:47.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:48.079><c> might</c><00:33:49.599><c> terrify</c><00:33:50.079><c> the</c><00:33:50.240><c> young</c><00:33:50.420><c> man,</c><00:33:50.700><c> you</c><00:33:50.900><c> see.</c>

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:55.559
So<00:33:53.079><c> he</c><00:33:53.180><c> particularly</c><00:33:53.599><c> asked</c><00:33:53.900><c> that</c><00:33:54.000><c> they</c><00:33:54.160><c> wouldn't</c><00:33:54.359><c> do</c><00:33:54.660><c> that.</c>

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:59.740
Now<00:33:56.420><c> here's</c><00:33:56.680><c> the</c><00:33:56.859><c> spirit</c><00:33:57.019><c> of</c><00:33:57.220><c> Timothy,</c><00:33:57.460><c> just</c><00:33:57.660><c> one</c><00:33:57.799><c> last</c><00:33:58.079><c> passage.</c><00:33:58.880><c> In</c><00:33:59.039><c> the</c><00:33:59.259><c> book</c><00:33:59.460><c> of</c>

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:01.900
Philippians<00:34:00.359><c> and</c><00:34:00.940><c> chapter</c><00:34:01.339><c> 2,</c>

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:04.519
we've<00:34:02.299><c> got,</c><00:34:02.640><c> here's</c><00:34:02.880><c> one</c><00:34:03.039><c> of</c><00:34:03.140><c> the</c><00:34:03.259><c> places</c><00:34:03.460><c> that</c><00:34:03.619><c> he</c><00:34:03.680><c> did</c><00:34:03.940><c> go</c><00:34:04.079><c> to,</c><00:34:04.200><c> one</c><00:34:04.400><c> of</c>

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:08.239
those<00:34:05.220><c> warm</c><00:34:06.019><c> Macedonian</c><00:34:06.839><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:10.840
And<00:34:08.739><c> this</c><00:34:08.860><c> is</c><00:34:08.960><c> what</c><00:34:09.079><c> the</c><00:34:09.239><c> Apostle</c><00:34:09.579><c> says</c><00:34:09.900><c> concerning</c><00:34:10.440><c> the</c><00:34:10.699><c> work</c>

00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.280
of<00:34:11.019><c> Timothy.</c>

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:18.280
It's<00:34:11.659><c> a</c><00:34:11.780><c> lovely,</c><00:34:12.880><c> well,</c><00:34:13.699><c> a</c><00:34:13.699><c> lovely</c><00:34:14.000><c> salute</c><00:34:14.239><c> of</c><00:34:14.460><c> affection,</c><00:34:15.920><c> really,</c><00:34:16.300><c> concerning</c><00:34:16.619><c> just</c><00:34:17.739><c> what</c><00:34:18.039><c> a</c>

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:20.460
spiritually<00:34:18.619><c> minded</c><00:34:18.960><c> young</c><00:34:19.239><c> man</c><00:34:19.500><c> he</c><00:34:19.719><c> was.</c>

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:24.840
Philippians<00:34:22.559><c> 2</c><00:34:22.820><c> verse</c><00:34:23.219><c> 19</c><00:34:23.840><c> says,</c>

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:55.059
In<00:34:51.039><c> the</c><00:34:51.039><c> gospel,</c><00:34:51.300><c> him</c><00:34:51.500><c> therefore</c><00:34:52.099><c> I</c><00:34:52.579><c> hope</c><00:34:52.960><c> to</c><00:34:53.320><c> send</c><00:34:53.599><c> presently,</c><00:34:54.320><c> so</c><00:34:54.559><c> soon</c><00:34:54.760><c> as</c><00:34:54.940><c> I</c>

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:56.860
shall<00:34:55.219><c> see</c><00:34:55.420><c> how</c><00:34:55.599><c> it</c><00:34:55.679><c> will</c><00:34:56.019><c> go</c><00:34:56.239><c> with</c><00:34:56.460><c> me.</c>

00:34:56.860 --> 00:35:00.900
And<00:34:57.019><c> so</c><00:34:57.139><c> he</c><00:34:57.300><c> sends</c><00:34:57.739><c> him</c><00:34:58.599><c> there.</c><00:34:59.900><c> And</c><00:35:00.260><c> I</c><00:35:00.360><c> want</c><00:35:00.500><c> you</c><00:35:00.639><c> to</c><00:35:00.719><c> notice</c>

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.780
just<00:35:01.119><c> one</c><00:35:01.239><c> interesting</c><00:35:01.679><c> word</c><00:35:02.059><c> there,</c><00:35:02.420><c> brothers</c><00:35:02.500><c> and</c><00:35:02.619><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:07.239
in<00:35:02.940><c> that</c><00:35:03.139><c> passage</c><00:35:03.719><c> concerning</c><00:35:04.500><c> Timothy's</c><00:35:05.360><c> visit</c><00:35:05.559><c> to</c><00:35:05.840><c> the</c><00:35:06.019><c> Philippians.</c>

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:13.719
He<00:35:07.780><c> says</c><00:35:08.460><c> that</c><00:35:10.639><c> all,</c><00:35:11.400><c> I</c><00:35:11.400><c> have</c><00:35:11.679><c> no</c><00:35:12.219><c> man</c><00:35:12.659><c> like</c><00:35:13.079><c>-minded,</c><00:35:13.440><c> verse</c>

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:18.199
20,<00:35:14.019><c> who</c><00:35:14.199><c> will</c><00:35:14.519><c> naturally</c><00:35:15.380><c> care</c><00:35:16.659><c> for</c><00:35:17.280><c> your</c><00:35:17.699><c> state.</c>

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:21.760
Now<00:35:18.820><c> you</c><00:35:19.019><c> see</c><00:35:19.119><c> that</c><00:35:19.300><c> word</c><00:35:19.639><c> care</c><00:35:20.039><c> there,</c><00:35:20.880><c> in</c><00:35:21.039><c> the</c><00:35:21.260><c> Greek</c><00:35:21.440><c> it's</c>

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:27.719
the<00:35:21.840><c> word</c><00:35:22.400><c> mrymneo,</c><00:35:24.400><c> and</c><00:35:24.460><c> it</c><00:35:24.699><c> means</c><00:35:25.400><c> anxious</c><00:35:26.260><c> care.</c>

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:33.119
Timothy<00:35:28.559><c> would</c><00:35:28.940><c> show</c><00:35:29.300><c> anxious</c><00:35:30.079><c> care,</c><00:35:30.920><c> it's</c><00:35:31.300><c> the</c><00:35:31.679><c> care</c><00:35:32.179><c> of</c>

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:35.500
tender<00:35:33.780><c> solicitude.</c>

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It's<00:35:35.739><c> entirely</c><00:35:36.099><c> consistent,</c><00:35:36.599><c> you</c><00:35:36.780><c> see,</c><00:35:36.920><c> with</c><00:35:37.079><c> the</c><00:35:37.280><c> spirit</c><00:35:37.500><c> of</c>

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.900
the<00:35:37.760><c> young</c><00:35:37.920><c> man.</c>

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:41.260
I<00:35:38.940><c> have</c><00:35:39.159><c> no</c><00:35:39.340><c> man</c><00:35:39.599><c> like</c><00:35:39.900><c>-minded</c><00:35:40.099><c> who</c><00:35:40.239><c> will</c><00:35:40.460><c> show</c><00:35:40.659><c> that</c><00:35:41.019><c> spirit</c>

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:46.659
of<00:35:42.219><c> tender</c><00:35:42.840><c> care</c><00:35:43.260><c> towards</c><00:35:43.659><c> you,</c><00:35:44.219><c> so</c><00:35:44.500><c> I've</c><00:35:44.820><c> sent</c><00:35:45.000><c> Timothy,</c><00:35:45.340><c> he</c><00:35:45.619><c> says.</c>

00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:49.280
Now<00:35:47.199><c> can</c><00:35:47.360><c> you</c><00:35:47.460><c> see</c><00:35:47.539><c> the</c><00:35:47.739><c> spirit</c><00:35:47.880><c> of</c><00:35:48.039><c> that</c><00:35:48.239><c> young</c><00:35:48.440><c> man,</c><00:35:48.840><c> brothers</c><00:35:48.980><c> and</c><00:35:49.139><c> sisters?</c>

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:51.699
This<00:35:49.460><c> is</c><00:35:49.619><c> one</c><00:35:49.820><c> of</c><00:35:49.980><c> the</c><00:35:50.099><c> men</c><00:35:50.320><c> that</c><00:35:50.940><c> the</c><00:35:51.059><c> apostle</c><00:35:51.320><c> is</c><00:35:51.500><c> going</c><00:35:51.599><c> to</c>

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:54.800
write<00:35:51.880><c> these</c><00:35:52.320><c> pastoral</c><00:35:53.039><c> letters</c><00:35:53.460><c> to.</c>

00:35:57.219 --> 00:36:01.400
Well,<00:35:57.300><c> when</c><00:35:57.400><c> we</c><00:35:57.519><c> come</c><00:35:57.639><c> to</c><00:35:57.760><c> the</c><00:35:57.900><c> third</c><00:35:58.119><c> preaching</c><00:35:58.480><c> campaign,</c><00:36:00.719><c> we're</c><00:36:00.840><c> going</c><00:36:00.900><c> to</c><00:36:01.019><c> come</c><00:36:01.119><c> to</c><00:36:01.260><c> a</c>

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:03.400
different<00:36:01.780><c> episode</c><00:36:02.280><c> and</c><00:36:02.440><c> a</c><00:36:02.559><c> different</c><00:36:02.920><c> man</c>

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:07.079
and<00:36:03.679><c> a</c><00:36:03.820><c> different</c><00:36:04.179><c> spirit</c><00:36:04.679><c> in</c><00:36:05.219><c> the</c><00:36:05.360><c> work</c><00:36:05.500><c> of</c><00:36:05.900><c> Titus,</c><00:36:06.679><c> who's</c><00:36:06.780><c> going</c><00:36:06.920><c> to</c>

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:09.280
figure<00:36:07.199><c> prominently</c><00:36:07.659><c> in</c><00:36:07.800><c> the</c><00:36:08.059><c> third</c><00:36:08.340><c> preaching</c><00:36:08.780><c> campaign,</c>

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:13.659
which<00:36:09.460><c> was</c><00:36:10.000><c> around</c><00:36:10.300><c> about</c><00:36:10.599><c> the</c><00:36:10.739><c> years</c><00:36:11.139><c> AD</c><00:36:11.480><c> 55</c><00:36:12.300><c> to</c><00:36:12.659><c> 58,</c><00:36:13.400><c> about</c>

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:16.320
four<00:36:13.920><c> years</c><00:36:14.219><c> for</c><00:36:14.420><c> each</c><00:36:14.619><c> of</c><00:36:14.719><c> these</c><00:36:15.000><c> campaigns.</c>

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:19.559
And<00:36:16.980><c> not</c><00:36:17.079><c> to</c><00:36:17.199><c> say,</c><00:36:17.340><c> by</c><00:36:17.400><c> the</c><00:36:17.500><c> way,</c><00:36:17.619><c> that</c><00:36:17.760><c> Timothy</c><00:36:17.960><c> wasn't</c><00:36:18.280><c> involved</c><00:36:18.619><c> in</c><00:36:18.739><c> this</c><00:36:19.000><c> campaign</c><00:36:19.320><c> as</c>

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.480
well,<00:36:19.659><c> I'm</c><00:36:19.900><c> sure</c><00:36:20.039><c> he</c><00:36:20.239><c> was,</c>

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:24.840
but<00:36:21.099><c> we</c><00:36:21.440><c> know</c><00:36:21.579><c> more</c><00:36:21.820><c> of</c><00:36:22.239><c> Titus</c><00:36:22.440><c> on</c><00:36:22.800><c> this</c><00:36:23.139><c> particular</c><00:36:23.760><c> journey.</c>

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:29.239
Now<00:36:25.860><c> what's</c><00:36:26.199><c> interesting</c><00:36:26.519><c> is</c><00:36:26.699><c> you'll</c><00:36:27.000><c> remember</c><00:36:27.219><c> that</c><00:36:27.719><c> Timothy</c><00:36:28.079><c> had</c><00:36:28.260><c> been</c><00:36:28.519><c> sent</c><00:36:28.780><c> to</c>

00:36:29.239 --> 00:36:31.340
the<00:36:29.460><c> Corinthian</c><00:36:30.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:30.420><c> a</c><00:36:30.679><c> little</c><00:36:30.900><c> earlier,</c>

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:35.179
but<00:36:31.579><c> later</c><00:36:31.840><c> on</c><00:36:32.260><c> the</c><00:36:32.739><c> apostle</c><00:36:33.019><c> decides</c><00:36:33.480><c> that</c><00:36:33.639><c> he</c><00:36:33.960><c> has</c><00:36:34.159><c> to</c><00:36:34.320><c> send</c><00:36:34.519><c> Titus.</c>

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:38.519
And<00:36:35.579><c> if</c><00:36:35.699><c> you</c><00:36:35.800><c> come</c><00:36:36.000><c> to</c><00:36:36.179><c> the</c><00:36:36.460><c> second</c><00:36:36.739><c> of</c><00:36:37.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:37.619><c> and</c><00:36:38.320><c> to</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.500
the<00:36:38.639><c> seventh</c><00:36:38.960><c> chapter,</c>

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:44.219
we've<00:36:40.159><c> got</c><00:36:40.320><c> the</c><00:36:40.500><c> record</c><00:36:40.800><c> of</c><00:36:40.980><c> the</c><00:36:41.199><c> sending</c><00:36:41.659><c> of</c><00:36:42.420><c> Titus</c><00:36:43.280><c> to</c><00:36:43.860><c> that</c>

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:46.300
same<00:36:44.719><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:45.079><c> of</c><00:36:45.460><c> Corinth.</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:51.019
And<00:36:47.360><c> I</c><00:36:47.579><c> just</c><00:36:47.760><c> want</c><00:36:47.880><c> you</c><00:36:48.019><c> to</c><00:36:48.219><c> see</c><00:36:48.380><c> the</c><00:36:49.579><c> different</c><00:36:50.059><c> spirit</c><00:36:50.599><c> here.</c>

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:53.739
So<00:36:51.420><c> after</c><00:36:51.760><c> the</c><00:36:52.019><c> first</c><00:36:52.300><c> epistle</c><00:36:52.599><c> to</c><00:36:52.840><c> Corinth</c><00:36:53.019><c> had</c><00:36:53.199><c> been</c><00:36:53.539><c> sent,</c>

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:56.480
and<00:36:54.340><c> possibly</c><00:36:54.659><c> after</c><00:36:55.039><c> the</c><00:36:55.179><c> visit</c><00:36:55.360><c> of</c><00:36:55.519><c> Timothy,</c>

00:36:56.699 --> 00:37:01.900
Paul<00:36:56.980><c> sent</c><00:36:57.360><c> Titus</c><00:36:58.639><c> to</c><00:36:59.179><c> sternly</c><00:36:59.820><c> rebuke</c><00:37:00.260><c> the</c><00:37:00.559><c> ecclesia,</c><00:37:01.260><c> and</c>

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:03.960
when<00:37:02.179><c> he</c><00:37:02.500><c> visited</c><00:37:02.800><c> the</c><00:37:03.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:37:03.400><c> of</c><00:37:03.719><c> Corinth,</c>

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:06.579
they<00:37:04.579><c> would</c><00:37:04.800><c> be</c><00:37:05.000><c> in</c><00:37:05.239><c> fear</c><00:37:05.420><c> of</c><00:37:05.579><c> him.</c>

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:10.119
So<00:37:07.079><c> this</c><00:37:07.260><c> is</c><00:37:07.400><c> what</c><00:37:07.500><c> it</c><00:37:07.780><c> says</c><00:37:08.099><c> in</c><00:37:08.559><c> second</c><00:37:08.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:37:09.360><c> chapter</c>

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:12.800
seven,<00:37:11.400><c> verse</c><00:37:11.579><c> six.</c>

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:16.159
Nevertheless,<00:37:14.199><c> God,</c><00:37:14.579><c> the</c><00:37:14.800><c> comfort</c><00:37:15.139><c> of</c><00:37:15.320><c> those</c><00:37:15.579><c> that</c><00:37:15.760><c> are</c><00:37:15.940><c> cast</c>

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:19.260
down,<00:37:16.739><c> comforted</c><00:37:16.980><c> us</c><00:37:17.159><c> by</c><00:37:17.380><c> the</c><00:37:17.559><c> coming</c><00:37:17.699><c> of</c><00:37:17.980><c> Titus,</c>

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:22.519
and<00:37:19.780><c> not</c><00:37:19.940><c> by</c><00:37:20.139><c> his</c><00:37:20.400><c> coming</c><00:37:20.559><c> only,</c><00:37:21.059><c> but</c><00:37:21.199><c> by</c><00:37:21.420><c> the</c><00:37:21.659><c> consolation</c><00:37:22.119><c> wherewith</c><00:37:22.400><c> he</c>

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.460
was<00:37:22.760><c> comforted</c><00:37:23.119><c> in</c><00:37:23.260><c> you,</c>

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:29.900
when<00:37:23.679><c> he</c><00:37:23.940><c> told</c><00:37:24.139><c> us</c><00:37:24.500><c> your</c><00:37:25.099><c> earnest</c><00:37:25.500><c> desire,</c><00:37:26.300><c> your</c><00:37:26.659><c> mourning,</c><00:37:27.840><c> your</c><00:37:28.139><c> fervent</c><00:37:28.460><c> mind</c><00:37:28.840><c> toward</c><00:37:29.179><c> me</c><00:37:29.420><c> so</c><00:37:29.559><c> that</c><00:37:29.679><c> I</c>

00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:31.400
rejoiced<00:37:30.320><c> the</c><00:37:30.460><c> more.</c>

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:36.280
For<00:37:32.099><c> though</c><00:37:32.380><c> I</c><00:37:32.559><c> made</c><00:37:32.760><c> you</c><00:37:33.099><c> sorry</c><00:37:33.300><c> with</c><00:37:33.500><c> a</c><00:37:33.659><c> letter,</c><00:37:34.260><c> I</c><00:37:34.440><c> do</c><00:37:34.679><c> not</c><00:37:34.880><c> repent,</c><00:37:36.019><c> though</c><00:37:36.179><c> I</c>

00:37:36.280 --> 00:37:37.579
did<00:37:36.500><c> repent.</c>

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:40.500
For<00:37:37.800><c> I</c><00:37:37.960><c> perceive</c><00:37:38.219><c> that</c><00:37:38.400><c> the</c><00:37:38.539><c> same</c><00:37:38.719><c> epistle</c><00:37:39.039><c> hath</c><00:37:39.199><c> made</c><00:37:39.500><c> you</c><00:37:39.719><c> sorry,</c><00:37:40.280><c> though</c><00:37:40.380><c> it</c>

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:42.159
were<00:37:40.639><c> but</c><00:37:40.800><c> for</c><00:37:41.099><c> a</c><00:37:41.239><c> season.</c>

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:46.980
Now<00:37:42.739><c> I</c><00:37:43.019><c> rejoice</c><00:37:43.539><c> not</c><00:37:44.099><c> that</c><00:37:44.380><c> ye</c><00:37:44.579><c> were</c><00:37:44.780><c> made</c><00:37:45.199><c> sorry,</c><00:37:46.619><c> but</c><00:37:46.820><c> that</c>

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:49.340
ye<00:37:47.360><c> sorrowed</c><00:37:47.800><c> to</c><00:37:48.079><c> repentance.</c>

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:53.119
For<00:37:50.000><c> you</c><00:37:50.159><c> were</c><00:37:50.300><c> made</c><00:37:50.659><c> sorry</c><00:37:50.980><c> after</c><00:37:51.519><c> a</c><00:37:51.860><c> godly</c><00:37:52.320><c> manner,</c><00:37:52.840><c> that</c><00:37:52.960><c> ye</c>

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:55.239
might<00:37:53.300><c> receive</c><00:37:53.760><c> damage</c><00:37:54.119><c> by</c><00:37:54.420><c> us</c><00:37:54.659><c> in</c><00:37:54.940><c> nothing.</c>

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:59.659
For<00:37:55.880><c> godly</c><00:37:56.260><c> sorrow</c><00:37:56.659><c> worketh</c><00:37:57.179><c> repentance</c><00:37:57.760><c> to</c><00:37:58.199><c> salvation,</c><00:37:59.360><c> not</c>

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:02.360
to<00:37:59.840><c> be</c><00:38:00.019><c> repented</c><00:38:00.380><c> of,</c><00:38:00.579><c> but</c><00:38:00.719><c> the</c><00:38:00.940><c> sorrow</c><00:38:01.099><c> of</c><00:38:01.239><c> the</c><00:38:01.420><c> world</c><00:38:01.639><c> worketh</c><00:38:02.039><c> death.</c>

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:04.820
So<00:38:02.659><c> here's</c><00:38:03.019><c> Titus,</c><00:38:03.360><c> brothers</c><00:38:03.480><c> and</c><00:38:03.599><c> sisters.</c><00:38:04.000><c> He</c><00:38:04.059><c> goes</c><00:38:04.320><c> to</c><00:38:04.599><c> Corinth</c><00:38:04.679><c> at</c>

00:38:04.820 --> 00:38:05.880
a<00:38:04.860><c> very</c><00:38:05.159><c> difficult</c><00:38:05.500><c> time.</c>

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:09.199
He's<00:38:06.320><c> going</c><00:38:06.420><c> to</c><00:38:06.539><c> take</c><00:38:06.679><c> a</c><00:38:06.820><c> letter</c><00:38:06.940><c> that</c><00:38:07.420><c> sternly</c><00:38:07.960><c> rebukes</c><00:38:08.960><c> the</c>

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.619
ecclesia<00:38:09.519><c> at</c><00:38:09.800><c> Corinth.</c>

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:13.639
And<00:38:11.179><c> when</c><00:38:11.320><c> this</c><00:38:11.579><c> young</c><00:38:11.760><c> man</c><00:38:12.099><c> marches</c><00:38:12.780><c> into</c><00:38:13.079><c> the</c><00:38:13.260><c> Corinthian</c>

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:16.139
ecclesia,<00:38:14.219><c> he</c><00:38:14.360><c> wasn't</c><00:38:14.619><c> of</c><00:38:14.800><c> the</c><00:38:15.000><c> same</c><00:38:15.280><c> ilk</c><00:38:15.460><c> as</c><00:38:15.639><c> Timothy,</c><00:38:15.940><c> not</c>

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.699
at<00:38:16.340><c> all.</c>

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:19.780
No,<00:38:17.340><c> Paul</c><00:38:17.440><c> never</c><00:38:17.679><c> would</c><00:38:17.800><c> have</c><00:38:17.920><c> sent</c><00:38:18.099><c> Timothy</c><00:38:18.420><c> on</c><00:38:18.599><c> this</c><00:38:18.739><c> occasion.</c><00:38:19.539><c> Titus</c>

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.659
marches<00:38:20.179><c> into</c><00:38:20.440><c> Corinth.</c>

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:23.340
He<00:38:20.780><c> says,</c><00:38:21.300><c> I've</c><00:38:21.440><c> got</c><00:38:21.559><c> a</c><00:38:21.719><c> letter</c><00:38:21.840><c> from</c><00:38:21.980><c> the</c><00:38:22.199><c> apostle</c><00:38:22.460><c> Paul,</c><00:38:23.139><c> and</c>

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:26.599
we're<00:38:23.599><c> going</c><00:38:23.679><c> to</c><00:38:23.880><c> read</c><00:38:24.019><c> it</c><00:38:24.260><c> together,</c><00:38:24.940><c> brethren,</c><00:38:25.400><c> aren't</c><00:38:25.739><c> we?</c>

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:30.539
And<00:38:27.659><c> they</c><00:38:27.860><c> sat</c><00:38:28.000><c> down,</c><00:38:29.199><c> and</c><00:38:29.420><c> Titus</c><00:38:29.619><c> walked</c><00:38:29.940><c> them</c><00:38:30.159><c> through</c><00:38:30.360><c> the</c>

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:34.099
situation<00:38:31.079><c> faithfully,</c><00:38:32.840><c> but</c><00:38:33.000><c> resolutely.</c>

00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:36.199
Now<00:38:34.420><c> look</c><00:38:34.559><c> at</c><00:38:34.679><c> the</c><00:38:34.920><c> spirit</c><00:38:35.099><c> of</c><00:38:35.239><c> what</c><00:38:35.460><c> happened</c><00:38:35.719><c> as</c><00:38:35.900><c> a</c><00:38:36.039><c> result</c>

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:38.239
of<00:38:36.360><c> the</c><00:38:36.440><c> visit</c><00:38:36.599><c> of</c><00:38:36.820><c> Titus,</c><00:38:37.119><c> verse</c><00:38:37.340><c> 11.</c>

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:44.659
For<00:38:38.619><c> behold,</c><00:38:39.619><c> the</c><00:38:40.079><c> self</c><00:38:40.500><c>-same</c><00:38:40.860><c> thing</c><00:38:41.199><c> that</c><00:38:41.380><c> ye</c><00:38:41.599><c> sorrowed</c><00:38:41.880><c> after</c><00:38:42.139><c> a</c><00:38:42.360><c> godly</c><00:38:42.639><c> sort,</c><00:38:43.260><c> what</c><00:38:43.659><c> carefulness</c><00:38:44.360><c> it</c>

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.239
wrought<00:38:44.800><c> in</c><00:38:44.960><c> you.</c>

00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:48.260
Yea,<00:38:45.840><c> what</c><00:38:46.059><c> clearing</c><00:38:46.420><c> of</c><00:38:46.659><c> yourselves,</c><00:38:47.460><c> yea,</c><00:38:47.780><c> what</c><00:38:48.000><c> fear,</c>

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:52.019
yea,<00:38:48.760><c> what</c><00:38:48.980><c> vehement</c><00:38:49.280><c> desire,</c><00:38:50.039><c> yea,</c><00:38:50.280><c> what</c><00:38:50.539><c> zeal,</c><00:38:51.099><c> yea,</c><00:38:51.320><c> what</c><00:38:51.519><c> revenge.</c>

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:55.840
In<00:38:52.440><c> all</c><00:38:53.039><c> things</c><00:38:53.539><c> ye</c><00:38:53.900><c> have</c><00:38:54.099><c> approved</c><00:38:54.579><c> yourself</c><00:38:55.139><c> to</c><00:38:55.320><c> be</c><00:38:55.639><c> clear</c>

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.559
in<00:38:56.019><c> this</c><00:38:56.300><c> matter.</c>

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:58.860
Whatever<00:38:57.219><c> Titus</c><00:38:57.679><c> did,</c><00:38:58.099><c> brothers</c><00:38:58.260><c> and</c><00:38:58.400><c> sisters,</c><00:38:58.480><c> he</c><00:38:58.739><c> cleaned</c>

00:38:58.860 --> 00:39:00.119
the<00:38:59.000><c> whole</c><00:38:59.159><c> thing</c><00:38:59.320><c> up,</c><00:38:59.639><c> didn't</c><00:38:59.800><c> he?</c>

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:03.139
He<00:39:00.579><c> marched</c><00:39:00.900><c> in,</c><00:39:01.360><c> and</c><00:39:01.440><c> he</c><00:39:01.619><c> sorted</c><00:39:01.760><c> the</c><00:39:01.960><c> whole</c><00:39:02.139><c> thing</c><00:39:02.340><c> out.</c><00:39:02.920><c> And</c>

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such<00:39:03.360><c> an</c><00:39:03.519><c> one</c><00:39:03.679><c> was</c><00:39:04.019><c> needed</c><00:39:04.400><c> on</c><00:39:04.860><c> this</c><00:39:05.059><c> occasion.</c>

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:11.760
Do<00:39:08.119><c> you</c><00:39:08.139><c> see</c><00:39:08.219><c> what</c><00:39:08.340><c> it</c><00:39:08.440><c> says</c><00:39:08.539><c> in</c><00:39:08.659><c> verse</c><00:39:08.840><c> 15?</c><00:39:10.840><c> In</c><00:39:11.119><c> contrast</c><00:39:11.579><c> to</c>

00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:13.360
Timothy<00:39:12.019><c> visiting</c><00:39:12.400><c> Corinth.</c>

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:17.739
His<00:39:14.800><c> inward</c><00:39:15.139><c> affection</c><00:39:15.619><c> is</c><00:39:16.059><c> more</c><00:39:16.340><c> abundant</c><00:39:16.619><c> toward</c><00:39:16.960><c> you,</c><00:39:17.179><c> while</c><00:39:17.420><c> he</c>

00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:22.139
remembers<00:39:18.119><c> the</c><00:39:18.420><c> obedience</c><00:39:18.980><c> of</c><00:39:19.260><c> you</c><00:39:19.460><c> all,</c><00:39:19.920><c> how</c><00:39:20.059><c> with</c><00:39:20.519><c> fear</c><00:39:21.440><c> and</c>

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trembling<00:39:22.719><c> ye</c><00:39:23.340><c> received</c><00:39:23.840><c> him.</c>

00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:30.480
So<00:39:26.519><c> whereas</c><00:39:26.940><c> concerning</c><00:39:27.440><c> Timothy,</c><00:39:28.539><c> the</c><00:39:28.679><c> apostle</c><00:39:28.920><c> exhorts</c><00:39:29.340><c> the</c><00:39:29.539><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:29.920><c> not</c><00:39:30.280><c> to</c>

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:32.199
frighten<00:39:30.880><c> the</c><00:39:31.000><c> young</c><00:39:31.219><c> man,</c>

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when<00:39:33.099><c> Titus</c><00:39:33.400><c> arrived,</c><00:39:33.900><c> it</c><00:39:33.960><c> wasn't</c><00:39:34.179><c> Titus</c><00:39:34.559><c> that</c><00:39:34.659><c> was</c><00:39:34.900><c> frightened,</c><00:39:35.119><c> it</c><00:39:35.159><c> was</c>

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:38.400
the<00:39:35.420><c> whole</c><00:39:35.559><c> ecclesia,</c><00:39:36.460><c> who</c><00:39:36.559><c> were</c><00:39:36.780><c> trembling</c><00:39:37.000><c> in</c><00:39:37.199><c> their</c><00:39:37.360><c> boots,</c>

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:41.219
that<00:39:38.960><c> this</c><00:39:39.239><c> young</c><00:39:39.460><c> man</c><00:39:39.739><c> was</c><00:39:39.980><c> marching</c><00:39:40.320><c> into</c><00:39:40.619><c> their</c><00:39:40.880><c> ecclesia</c>

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:42.840
on<00:39:41.440><c> behalf</c><00:39:41.679><c> of</c><00:39:41.860><c> the</c><00:39:41.980><c> apostle</c><00:39:42.300><c> Paul.</c>

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:45.539
I<00:39:43.139><c> think</c><00:39:43.219><c> he</c><00:39:43.320><c> was</c><00:39:43.440><c> made</c><00:39:43.679><c> of</c><00:39:43.940><c> sterner</c><00:39:44.260><c> stuff,</c><00:39:44.719><c> you</c><00:39:44.719><c> see,</c><00:39:45.119><c> but</c><00:39:45.260><c> a</c>

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:47.800
fine<00:39:45.760><c> young</c><00:39:45.980><c> man,</c><00:39:46.659><c> all</c><00:39:46.800><c> the</c><00:39:47.019><c> same.</c>

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:54.159
So<00:39:48.699><c> you</c><00:39:48.780><c> see,</c><00:39:49.019><c> the</c><00:39:49.099><c> spirit</c><00:39:49.360><c> of</c><00:39:49.679><c> Titus</c><00:39:50.400><c> was</c><00:39:50.900><c> to</c><00:39:51.139><c> reprove,</c><00:39:52.340><c> to</c><00:39:52.559><c> redirect,</c><00:39:53.800><c> and</c><00:39:53.920><c> to</c>

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.800
invigorate<00:39:54.739><c> in</c><00:39:54.960><c> the</c><00:39:55.059><c> work</c><00:39:55.179><c> of</c><00:39:55.320><c> the</c><00:39:55.500><c> truth.</c>

00:39:56.280 --> 00:39:58.739
And<00:39:56.440><c> he</c><00:39:56.480><c> had</c><00:39:56.639><c> gifts</c><00:39:56.920><c> and</c><00:39:57.219><c> talents</c><00:39:57.559><c> for</c><00:39:57.900><c> that</c><00:39:58.079><c> very</c><00:39:58.320><c> purpose,</c>

00:39:58.960 --> 00:40:00.659
and<00:39:59.139><c> in</c><00:39:59.280><c> the</c><00:39:59.420><c> wisdom</c><00:39:59.619><c> of</c><00:39:59.820><c> the</c><00:40:00.000><c> apostle</c><00:40:00.300><c> Paul,</c>

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:02.840
he<00:40:00.980><c> always</c><00:40:01.239><c> sent</c><00:40:01.380><c> the</c><00:40:01.500><c> right</c><00:40:01.739><c> man</c><00:40:02.019><c> to</c><00:40:02.159><c> the</c><00:40:02.280><c> right</c><00:40:02.500><c> place</c><00:40:02.719><c> at</c>

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:05.360
the<00:40:03.019><c> right</c><00:40:03.260><c> time</c><00:40:03.599><c> for</c><00:40:03.739><c> the</c><00:40:03.880><c> right</c><00:40:04.159><c> circumstance,</c><00:40:04.860><c> you</c><00:40:05.099><c> see,</c>

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:07.960
the<00:40:05.719><c> guidance</c><00:40:06.099><c> of</c><00:40:06.340><c> the</c><00:40:06.460><c> shepherding</c><00:40:06.840><c> father,</c><00:40:07.460><c> knowing</c><00:40:07.760><c> who</c>

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:11.139
to<00:40:08.199><c> send</c><00:40:08.400><c> on</c><00:40:08.880><c> different</c><00:40:09.280><c> occasions,</c><00:40:09.880><c> you</c><00:40:10.179><c> see.</c>

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:15.199
And<00:40:12.280><c> in</c><00:40:12.340><c> fact</c><00:40:12.539><c> Paul</c><00:40:12.820><c> sent</c><00:40:13.139><c> Titus</c><00:40:13.420><c> on</c><00:40:13.579><c> a</c><00:40:13.780><c> second</c><00:40:14.039><c> occasion,</c><00:40:14.880><c> because</c><00:40:15.099><c> he</c>

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:18.340
went<00:40:15.480><c> back</c><00:40:15.820><c> to</c><00:40:16.079><c> Corinth,</c><00:40:16.840><c> he</c><00:40:17.019><c> came</c><00:40:17.219><c> all</c><00:40:17.460><c> the</c><00:40:17.480><c> way</c><00:40:17.639><c> back</c><00:40:17.860><c> to</c><00:40:18.219><c> the</c>

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.139
apostle<00:40:18.639><c> Paul,</c>

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:21.380
he<00:40:19.400><c> went</c><00:40:19.460><c> all</c><00:40:19.639><c> the</c><00:40:19.639><c> way</c><00:40:19.760><c> down</c><00:40:19.880><c> to</c><00:40:20.039><c> Corinth,</c><00:40:20.579><c> comes</c><00:40:20.760><c> all</c><00:40:20.940><c> the</c><00:40:21.000><c> way</c><00:40:21.119><c> back</c><00:40:21.239><c> up</c>

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:22.159
to<00:40:21.500><c> Macedonia,</c><00:40:21.980><c> he</c><00:40:22.019><c> says,</c>

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:25.239
Paul,<00:40:22.599><c> it's</c><00:40:22.860><c> all</c><00:40:23.139><c> sorted,</c><00:40:23.719><c> everything's</c><00:40:24.139><c> fixed</c><00:40:24.380><c> up.</c>

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:28.019
Because<00:40:25.699><c> of</c><00:40:25.800><c> course</c><00:40:25.900><c> they</c><00:40:26.119><c> turned</c><00:40:26.320><c> against</c><00:40:26.699><c> the</c><00:40:26.900><c> apostle,</c><00:40:27.420><c> hadn't</c><00:40:27.639><c> they,</c><00:40:27.860><c> in</c>

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:29.460
the<00:40:28.159><c> second</c><00:40:28.340><c> of</c><00:40:28.500><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:31.739
He<00:40:29.940><c> sends</c><00:40:30.199><c> Titus</c><00:40:30.500><c> down</c><00:40:30.739><c> to</c><00:40:30.900><c> sort</c><00:40:31.039><c> it</c><00:40:31.159><c> out,</c><00:40:31.239><c> he</c><00:40:31.340><c> comes</c><00:40:31.519><c> all</c><00:40:31.699><c> the</c>

00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.539
way<00:40:31.840><c> back</c><00:40:31.960><c> to</c><00:40:32.119><c> Macedonia,</c>

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:37.059
and<00:40:32.539><c> Paul</c><00:40:32.760><c> says,</c><00:40:33.519><c> that's</c><00:40:34.059><c> really</c><00:40:34.440><c> good</c><00:40:34.699><c> news,</c><00:40:35.539><c> Titus,</c><00:40:35.960><c> but</c><00:40:36.099><c> you</c><00:40:36.179><c> know,</c><00:40:36.460><c> the</c><00:40:36.559><c> problem</c><00:40:36.820><c> is</c>

00:40:37.059 --> 00:40:40.420
that<00:40:37.820><c> I</c><00:40:37.980><c> really</c><00:40:38.239><c> got</c><00:40:38.380><c> to</c><00:40:38.539><c> get</c><00:40:38.619><c> this</c><00:40:38.800><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:39.340><c> Poor</c><00:40:39.639><c> Fund</c><00:40:39.960><c> finished,</c>

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:43.440
and<00:40:40.760><c> what</c><00:40:40.980><c> I</c><00:40:41.199><c> desperately</c><00:40:41.559><c> need</c><00:40:41.820><c> is</c><00:40:41.980><c> the</c><00:40:42.260><c> collections</c><00:40:42.719><c> from</c><00:40:43.039><c> Corinth.</c>

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:46.099
Which<00:40:43.980><c> was</c><00:40:44.159><c> a</c><00:40:44.320><c> slightly</c><00:40:44.500><c> delicate</c><00:40:44.920><c> matter,</c><00:40:45.300><c> brothers</c><00:40:45.380><c> and</c><00:40:45.539><c> sisters,</c><00:40:45.900><c> so</c>

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:48.820
I'll<00:40:46.139><c> just</c><00:40:46.300><c> put</c><00:40:46.400><c> that</c><00:40:46.559><c> off</c><00:40:46.679><c> so</c><00:40:46.800><c> I</c><00:40:46.900><c> don't</c><00:40:47.039><c> distract</c><00:40:47.440><c> you</c><00:40:47.659><c> momentarily.</c>

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:51.840
It<00:40:49.619><c> was</c><00:40:49.739><c> a</c><00:40:49.780><c> very</c><00:40:50.000><c> delicate</c><00:40:50.300><c> matter,</c><00:40:50.539><c> you</c><00:40:50.699><c> see,</c><00:40:50.900><c> because</c><00:40:51.440><c> he's</c>

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:55.340
just<00:40:52.119><c> been</c><00:40:52.400><c> accused</c><00:40:53.159><c> of</c><00:40:53.760><c> embezzling</c><00:40:54.519><c> the</c><00:40:54.860><c> fund.</c>

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:59.900
He<00:40:56.039><c> sends</c><00:40:56.360><c> Titus</c><00:40:56.840><c> to</c><00:40:57.019><c> sort</c><00:40:57.159><c> it</c><00:40:57.340><c> out</c><00:40:57.460><c> and</c><00:40:58.099><c> to</c><00:40:58.699><c> rectify</c><00:40:59.280><c> that</c><00:40:59.559><c> matter</c><00:40:59.760><c> of</c>

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:01.199
his<00:41:00.079><c> apostolic</c><00:41:00.579><c> credentials.</c>

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:04.059
Titus<00:41:01.900><c> comes</c><00:41:02.139><c> back</c><00:41:02.400><c> with</c><00:41:02.559><c> the</c><00:41:02.739><c> report</c><00:41:02.960><c> and</c><00:41:03.099><c> Paul</c><00:41:03.320><c> says,</c><00:41:04.059><c> look,</c>

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:06.380
I'm<00:41:04.320><c> so</c><00:41:04.639><c> glad</c><00:41:04.860><c> that</c><00:41:05.019><c> they're</c><00:41:05.340><c> sorted</c><00:41:05.460><c> out</c><00:41:05.880><c> and</c><00:41:06.000><c> they're</c><00:41:06.320><c> now</c>

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.940
at<00:41:06.480><c> one</c><00:41:06.559><c> with</c><00:41:06.739><c> me.</c>

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:10.059
Titus,<00:41:07.400><c> could</c><00:41:07.539><c> you</c><00:41:07.659><c> go</c><00:41:07.900><c> back,</c><00:41:08.619><c> and</c><00:41:08.619><c> I've</c><00:41:09.260><c> just</c><00:41:09.420><c> got</c><00:41:09.539><c> a</c><00:41:09.659><c> delicate</c><00:41:09.900><c> thing</c>

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:11.860
I'd<00:41:10.260><c> like</c><00:41:10.360><c> you</c><00:41:10.480><c> to</c><00:41:10.579><c> ask</c><00:41:10.760><c> them</c><00:41:10.880><c> to</c><00:41:11.000><c> do</c><00:41:11.059><c> when</c><00:41:11.159><c> you</c><00:41:11.260><c> get</c><00:41:11.380><c> back</c><00:41:11.539><c> to</c><00:41:11.760><c> Corinth,</c>

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:16.340
I<00:41:12.119><c> need</c><00:41:12.440><c> their</c><00:41:12.639><c> money,</c><00:41:13.260><c> and</c><00:41:14.179><c> I</c><00:41:14.360><c> need</c><00:41:14.500><c> it</c><00:41:14.780><c> now,</c><00:41:15.579><c> right</c><00:41:15.900><c> now,</c><00:41:16.139><c> to</c>

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:17.119
complete<00:41:16.559><c> the</c><00:41:16.800><c> collection.</c>

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:22.659
And<00:41:17.579><c> what</c><00:41:17.800><c> happened</c><00:41:18.000><c> was,</c><00:41:18.539><c> he</c><00:41:18.679><c> turned</c><00:41:18.880><c> to</c><00:41:19.099><c> tell</c><00:41:19.280><c> Titus,</c><00:41:19.739><c> he</c><00:41:19.739><c> said,</c><00:41:19.739><c> Titus,</c><00:41:19.880><c> he's</c><00:41:20.539><c> gone,</c><00:41:21.099><c> Titus</c><00:41:21.360><c> had</c><00:41:21.559><c> gone,</c><00:41:22.099><c> he'd</c><00:41:22.260><c> already</c><00:41:22.400><c> gone</c><00:41:22.579><c> of</c>

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.199
his<00:41:22.820><c> own</c><00:41:22.980><c> accord.</c>

00:41:23.219 --> 00:41:27.480
See<00:41:23.300><c> what</c><00:41:23.400><c> it</c><00:41:23.559><c> says,</c><00:41:23.760><c> second</c><00:41:23.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:41:24.260><c> chapter</c><00:41:24.659><c> 8</c><00:41:25.099><c> and</c><00:41:25.380><c> verse</c><00:41:25.679><c> 16,</c><00:41:26.340><c> oh,</c><00:41:26.599><c> this</c><00:41:26.760><c> was</c><00:41:26.960><c> the</c><00:41:27.099><c> spirit</c><00:41:27.320><c> of</c>

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.260
this<00:41:27.679><c> young</c><00:41:27.900><c> man,</c>

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:33.199
thanks<00:41:29.059><c> be</c><00:41:29.340><c> to</c><00:41:29.519><c> God,</c><00:41:30.159><c> which</c><00:41:30.320><c> put</c><00:41:30.480><c> the</c><00:41:30.800><c> same</c><00:41:31.360><c> earnest</c><00:41:31.880><c> care</c><00:41:32.500><c> into</c><00:41:33.000><c> the</c>

00:41:33.199 --> 00:41:34.460
heart<00:41:33.380><c> of</c><00:41:33.699><c> Titus</c><00:41:33.960><c> for</c><00:41:34.179><c> you,</c>

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:39.719
for<00:41:35.139><c> he</c><00:41:35.639><c> indeed</c><00:41:36.260><c> accepted</c><00:41:36.860><c> the</c><00:41:37.139><c> exhortation,</c><00:41:37.900><c> but</c><00:41:38.039><c> being</c><00:41:38.519><c> more</c><00:41:39.300><c> earnest</c><00:41:39.579><c> of</c>

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.960
his<00:41:40.039><c> own</c><00:41:40.519><c> accord,</c>

00:41:41.139 --> 00:41:45.380
he<00:41:41.300><c> went</c><00:41:41.539><c> to,</c><00:41:41.760><c> he</c><00:41:42.019><c> went</c><00:41:42.260><c> all</c><00:41:42.599><c> the</c><00:41:42.619><c> way</c><00:41:42.739><c> back</c><00:41:42.940><c> down</c><00:41:43.099><c> to</c><00:41:43.239><c> Macedonia,</c><00:41:43.960><c> from</c><00:41:44.139><c> Macedonia</c><00:41:44.679><c> rather</c><00:41:44.940><c> to</c><00:41:45.199><c> Corinth,</c>

00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:48.579
to<00:41:45.920><c> sort</c><00:41:46.059><c> that</c><00:41:46.320><c> matter</c><00:41:46.500><c> out</c><00:41:46.679><c> and</c><00:41:47.079><c> pick</c><00:41:47.300><c> up</c><00:41:47.460><c> the</c><00:41:47.719><c> collection.</c>

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:50.960
And<00:41:49.260><c> you</c><00:41:49.380><c> see,</c><00:41:49.460><c> when</c><00:41:49.599><c> it</c><00:41:49.800><c> says</c><00:41:49.900><c> that</c><00:41:50.079><c> he</c><00:41:50.119><c> had</c><00:41:50.260><c> earnest</c><00:41:50.579><c> care,</c>

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:53.400
brothers<00:41:51.199><c> and</c><00:41:51.300><c> sisters,</c><00:41:52.000><c> you</c><00:41:52.059><c> see,</c><00:41:52.500><c> Titus</c><00:41:52.679><c> had</c><00:41:52.860><c> care</c><00:41:53.099><c> as</c><00:41:53.300><c> well,</c>

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:58.900
but<00:41:53.559><c> it's</c><00:41:53.760><c> not</c><00:41:54.579><c> the</c><00:41:54.900><c> same</c><00:41:55.619><c> Greek</c><00:41:56.039><c> word</c><00:41:56.639><c> as</c><00:41:57.420><c> used</c><00:41:57.659><c> of</c><00:41:57.900><c> Timothy.</c>

00:41:59.300 --> 00:42:02.420
The<00:41:59.440><c> word</c><00:41:59.679><c> concerning</c><00:42:00.239><c> the</c><00:42:00.519><c> care</c><00:42:00.679><c> of</c><00:42:01.039><c> Titus</c><00:42:01.760><c> in</c><00:42:02.000><c> the</c><00:42:02.159><c> second</c>

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:03.960
of<00:42:02.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:02.900><c> 8,</c><00:42:03.239><c> verse</c><00:42:03.500><c> 16,</c>

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:08.480
is<00:42:04.179><c> the</c><00:42:04.260><c> Greek</c><00:42:04.519><c> word</c><00:42:04.880><c> spude,</c><00:42:05.519><c> which</c><00:42:05.760><c> means</c><00:42:06.699><c> zealous</c><00:42:07.460><c> care.</c>

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:12.820
This<00:42:09.360><c> is</c><00:42:09.719><c> the</c><00:42:10.059><c> care</c><00:42:10.460><c> of</c><00:42:11.159><c> fervent</c><00:42:11.639><c> passion.</c>

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:18.900
Timothy<00:42:14.860><c> has</c><00:42:15.239><c> anxious</c><00:42:15.780><c> care,</c><00:42:16.619><c> the</c><00:42:16.840><c> care</c><00:42:17.019><c> of</c><00:42:17.400><c> tender</c><00:42:17.880><c> solitude.</c>

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:25.119
Titus<00:42:21.019><c> has</c><00:42:21.460><c> zealous</c><00:42:22.159><c> care,</c><00:42:23.260><c> the</c><00:42:23.440><c> care</c><00:42:23.639><c> of</c><00:42:23.980><c> fervent</c><00:42:24.340><c> passion.</c>

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:27.920
Oh,<00:42:26.039><c> no,</c><00:42:26.219><c> they</c><00:42:26.219><c> weren't</c><00:42:26.420><c> the</c><00:42:26.639><c> same,</c><00:42:27.019><c> they</c><00:42:27.199><c> weren't</c><00:42:27.400><c> the</c><00:42:27.679><c> same,</c>

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:31.280
were<00:42:28.199><c> they,</c><00:42:28.619><c> in</c><00:42:28.760><c> that</c><00:42:29.099><c> sense,</c><00:42:29.699><c> brothers</c><00:42:29.820><c> and</c><00:42:30.099><c> sisters?</c>

00:42:31.500 --> 00:42:34.639
And<00:42:31.760><c> therefore</c><00:42:32.059><c> the</c><00:42:32.260><c> apostle</c><00:42:32.639><c> in</c><00:42:32.920><c> his</c><00:42:33.179><c> wisdom</c><00:42:33.699><c> knew</c><00:42:34.139><c> who</c><00:42:34.360><c> to</c>

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:36.260
send<00:42:34.840><c> on</c><00:42:35.320><c> different</c><00:42:35.639><c> occasions,</c>

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:39.539
particularly<00:42:36.960><c> in</c><00:42:37.199><c> terms</c><00:42:37.559><c> of</c><00:42:37.980><c> the</c><00:42:38.119><c> labours</c><00:42:38.360><c> of</c><00:42:38.559><c> these</c><00:42:38.900><c> two</c><00:42:39.159><c> men.</c>

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:45.679
And<00:42:40.059><c> I</c><00:42:40.400><c> think,</c><00:42:40.699><c> you</c><00:42:40.820><c> know,</c><00:42:41.000><c> that</c><00:42:41.059><c> when</c><00:42:41.179><c> we</c><00:42:41.360><c> come</c><00:42:41.500><c> to</c><00:42:41.679><c> the</c><00:42:41.900><c> pastoral</c><00:42:42.380><c> epistles,</c><00:42:43.400><c> we</c><00:42:43.480><c> will</c><00:42:43.719><c> find</c><00:42:43.900><c> that</c><00:42:44.079><c> even</c><00:42:44.360><c> the</c><00:42:44.760><c> council</c><00:42:45.280><c> of</c>

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.840
Paul<00:42:46.099><c> to</c><00:42:46.460><c> them</c>

00:42:46.840 --> 00:42:49.639
is<00:42:47.380><c> different</c><00:42:48.039><c> in</c><00:42:48.380><c> its</c><00:42:48.679><c> spirit.</c>

00:42:50.739 --> 00:42:52.599
Now,<00:42:50.900><c> because</c><00:42:51.159><c> of</c><00:42:51.320><c> lack</c><00:42:51.500><c> of</c><00:42:51.780><c> time,</c><00:42:52.260><c> brothers</c><00:42:52.380><c> and</c><00:42:52.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:54.960
I'm<00:42:52.699><c> not</c><00:42:52.880><c> going</c><00:42:53.000><c> to</c><00:42:53.079><c> go</c><00:42:53.219><c> through</c><00:42:53.400><c> these</c><00:42:53.739><c> references,</c><00:42:54.579><c> although</c><00:42:54.719><c> they'll</c>

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:56.480
be<00:42:55.119><c> on</c><00:42:55.300><c> the</c><00:42:55.579><c> screen.</c>

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:59.300
And<00:42:56.980><c> no</c><00:42:57.400><c> doubt</c><00:42:57.539><c> they'll</c><00:42:57.760><c> be</c><00:42:57.980><c> able</c><00:42:57.980><c> to</c><00:42:58.099><c> be</c><00:42:58.260><c> taken</c><00:42:58.400><c> down</c><00:42:58.719><c> afterwards,</c><00:42:59.099><c> because</c>

00:42:59.300 --> 00:43:01.119
you<00:42:59.440><c> might</c><00:42:59.719><c> not</c><00:43:00.000><c> be</c><00:43:00.139><c> able</c><00:43:00.260><c> to</c><00:43:00.440><c> keep</c><00:43:00.619><c> up</c><00:43:00.820><c> with</c><00:43:01.019><c> me.</c>

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:06.159
So<00:43:01.260><c> I'm</c><00:43:01.360><c> just</c><00:43:01.880><c> suggesting</c><00:43:02.219><c> that</c><00:43:02.420><c> you</c><00:43:02.619><c> relax</c><00:43:03.059><c> now,</c><00:43:03.880><c> because</c><00:43:04.780><c> you're</c><00:43:05.559><c> not</c><00:43:05.840><c> going</c><00:43:06.019><c> to</c>

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:07.579
be<00:43:06.280><c> able</c><00:43:06.400><c> to</c><00:43:06.559><c> do</c><00:43:06.739><c> it.</c>

00:43:07.739 --> 00:43:10.059
And<00:43:07.920><c> knowing</c><00:43:08.139><c> already</c><00:43:08.500><c> that</c><00:43:08.659><c> you</c><00:43:08.900><c> can't,</c><00:43:09.159><c> you</c><00:43:09.320><c> see,</c><00:43:09.460><c> makes</c><00:43:09.639><c> things</c><00:43:09.860><c> so</c>

00:43:10.059 --> 00:43:11.340
much<00:43:10.260><c> better,</c><00:43:10.579><c> doesn't</c><00:43:10.699><c> it?</c>

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:14.699
It<00:43:11.739><c> enables</c><00:43:12.039><c> you</c><00:43:12.219><c> just</c><00:43:12.320><c> to</c><00:43:12.519><c> focus</c><00:43:12.780><c> on</c><00:43:13.000><c> the</c><00:43:13.219><c> screen.</c><00:43:13.739><c> And</c><00:43:14.000><c> I'm</c><00:43:14.159><c> going</c><00:43:14.280><c> to</c><00:43:14.400><c> give</c><00:43:14.460><c> you</c><00:43:14.619><c> a</c>

00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:15.559
summary<00:43:15.000><c> anyway.</c>

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:17.880
But,<00:43:16.280><c> you</c><00:43:16.280><c> know,</c><00:43:16.320><c> the</c><00:43:16.460><c> remarkable</c><00:43:16.860><c> thing</c><00:43:17.119><c> is</c><00:43:17.360><c> that</c><00:43:17.500><c> when</c><00:43:17.659><c> we</c>

00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:20.860
come<00:43:18.019><c> to</c><00:43:18.179><c> the</c><00:43:18.400><c> pastoral</c><00:43:18.840><c> epistles,</c><00:43:20.039><c> the</c><00:43:20.219><c> apostle</c><00:43:20.579><c> is</c><00:43:20.780><c> going</c>

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:23.000
to<00:43:21.000><c> give</c><00:43:21.139><c> advice</c><00:43:21.539><c> to</c><00:43:21.780><c> each</c><00:43:22.059><c> of</c><00:43:22.320><c> these</c><00:43:22.579><c> men.</c>

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:26.280
And<00:43:23.320><c> the</c><00:43:23.579><c> advice</c><00:43:24.000><c> won't</c><00:43:24.679><c> be</c><00:43:25.000><c> the</c><00:43:25.320><c> same.</c>

00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:29.820
Now,<00:43:27.159><c> we</c><00:43:27.280><c> were</c><00:43:27.480><c> going</c><00:43:27.619><c> to</c><00:43:27.719><c> go</c><00:43:27.920><c> through</c><00:43:28.119><c> these</c><00:43:28.420><c> references,</c><00:43:28.860><c> but</c><00:43:29.179><c> for</c><00:43:29.480><c> lack</c><00:43:29.579><c> of</c>

00:43:29.820 --> 00:43:30.519
time<00:43:30.000><c> we</c><00:43:30.219><c> shan't.</c>

00:43:31.019 --> 00:43:32.619
But<00:43:31.019><c> if</c><00:43:31.280><c> we</c><00:43:31.360><c> were</c><00:43:31.420><c> to</c><00:43:31.519><c> go</c><00:43:31.659><c> through</c><00:43:31.940><c> these,</c><00:43:32.139><c> and</c><00:43:32.219><c> you</c><00:43:32.280><c> can</c><00:43:32.519><c> take</c>

00:43:32.619 --> 00:43:35.539
a<00:43:32.699><c> note</c><00:43:32.780><c> of</c><00:43:32.820><c> them</c><00:43:32.960><c> for</c><00:43:33.119><c> later</c><00:43:33.300><c> on,</c><00:43:33.880><c> in</c><00:43:34.039><c> fact,</c><00:43:34.440><c> I'm</c><00:43:34.679><c> sure</c><00:43:34.880><c> that</c><00:43:35.079><c> for</c><00:43:35.320><c> a</c>

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:36.400
small<00:43:35.860><c> fee,</c>

00:43:36.400 --> 00:43:41.559
anything<00:43:37.179><c> can</c><00:43:37.440><c> be</c><00:43:37.699><c> arranged</c><00:43:38.340><c> by</c><00:43:39.159><c> means</c><00:43:39.400><c> of</c><00:43:39.579><c> the</c><00:43:39.760><c> committee</c><00:43:39.980><c> organising</c><00:43:40.800><c> a</c>

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:45.380
copy<00:43:41.780><c> of</c><00:43:41.920><c> these</c><00:43:42.519><c> afterwards,</c><00:43:43.380><c> if</c><00:43:43.579><c> they</c><00:43:43.860><c> were</c><00:43:44.059><c> so</c><00:43:44.420><c> desired.</c>

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:48.420
When<00:43:46.019><c> you</c><00:43:46.119><c> go</c><00:43:46.260><c> through</c><00:43:46.519><c> those</c><00:43:46.880><c> passages,</c><00:43:47.900><c> you'll</c><00:43:48.099><c> find</c><00:43:48.219><c> that</c>

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:51.960
in<00:43:48.579><c> summation,</c><00:43:49.840><c> the</c><00:43:50.000><c> counsel</c><00:43:50.579><c> of</c><00:43:50.940><c> advice,</c>

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:55.460
pastoral<00:43:52.500><c> advice</c><00:43:53.119><c> that</c><00:43:53.699><c> Paul</c><00:43:53.980><c> gives</c><00:43:54.260><c> to</c><00:43:54.559><c> Timothy</c><00:43:54.820><c> might</c><00:43:55.139><c> be</c>

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:57.079
summed<00:43:55.679><c> up</c><00:43:55.900><c> as</c><00:43:56.119><c> follows.</c>

00:43:58.380 --> 00:44:03.000
Timothy<00:43:58.639><c> was</c><00:43:58.880><c> to</c><00:43:59.099><c> hold</c><00:43:59.400><c> faith</c><00:44:00.059><c> and</c><00:44:01.460><c> a</c><00:44:01.579><c> good</c><00:44:01.760><c> conscience.</c>

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:06.760
He<00:44:03.960><c> was</c><00:44:04.260><c> to</c><00:44:04.360><c> put</c><00:44:04.599><c> bread</c><00:44:04.920><c> in</c><00:44:05.340><c> remembrance.</c>

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:11.539
He<00:44:07.719><c> was</c><00:44:07.900><c> to</c><00:44:08.139><c> avoid</c><00:44:08.380><c> oppositions</c><00:44:08.940><c> of</c><00:44:09.219><c> silence.</c><00:44:11.019><c> He</c><00:44:11.039><c> was</c><00:44:11.280><c> to</c>

00:44:11.539 --> 00:44:14.440
hold<00:44:12.000><c> fast,</c><00:44:13.159><c> sound</c><00:44:13.440><c> words.</c>

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:18.019
He<00:44:15.500><c> was</c><00:44:15.739><c> to</c><00:44:15.880><c> be</c><00:44:16.119><c> strong</c><00:44:16.559><c> in</c><00:44:17.019><c> grace.</c>

00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:21.619
He<00:44:18.960><c> was</c><00:44:19.219><c> to</c><00:44:19.460><c> continue</c><00:44:19.940><c> in</c><00:44:20.239><c> the</c><00:44:20.500><c> scriptures.</c>

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:27.719
And<00:44:22.900><c> he</c><00:44:22.980><c> was</c><00:44:23.179><c> to</c><00:44:23.440><c> exhort</c><00:44:23.719><c> with</c><00:44:23.940><c> all</c><00:44:24.360><c> long</c><00:44:24.780><c> suffering</c><00:44:25.500><c> and</c><00:44:26.619><c> doctrine.</c>

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:32.900
And<00:44:29.420><c> that's</c><00:44:29.940><c> the</c><00:44:30.159><c> summary,</c><00:44:30.440><c> you</c><00:44:30.659><c> see,</c><00:44:30.980><c> of</c><00:44:31.139><c> the</c><00:44:32.000><c> advice</c><00:44:32.380><c> that</c>

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:35.119
this<00:44:33.159><c> young</c><00:44:33.420><c> man</c><00:44:33.659><c> is</c><00:44:33.840><c> going</c><00:44:34.000><c> to</c><00:44:34.239><c> receive</c><00:44:34.480><c> from</c><00:44:34.800><c> Paul</c>

00:44:35.119 --> 00:44:40.099
as<00:44:35.440><c> to</c><00:44:35.780><c> how</c><00:44:36.019><c> he</c><00:44:36.219><c> should</c><00:44:36.440><c> conduct</c><00:44:36.880><c> himself</c><00:44:37.360><c> in</c><00:44:37.579><c> ecclesial</c><00:44:38.000><c> matters</c><00:44:38.480><c> after</c><00:44:39.840><c> Paul</c>

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:41.260
had<00:44:40.340><c> gone.</c>

00:44:43.199 --> 00:44:46.280
Now,<00:44:43.440><c> what's</c><00:44:43.739><c> interesting</c><00:44:44.059><c> about</c><00:44:44.340><c> that</c><00:44:44.539><c> is</c><00:44:44.659><c> that</c><00:44:45.320><c> when</c><00:44:45.739><c> we</c><00:44:45.960><c> come</c><00:44:46.119><c> to</c>

00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:47.679
the<00:44:46.480><c> story</c><00:44:46.760><c> of</c><00:44:47.099><c> Titus,</c>

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:50.960
he's<00:44:48.320><c> going</c><00:44:48.480><c> to</c><00:44:48.619><c> receive</c><00:44:48.840><c> pastoral</c><00:44:49.400><c> advice</c><00:44:49.860><c> from</c><00:44:50.300><c> the</c><00:44:50.480><c> apostle</c><00:44:50.739><c> Paul</c>

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:51.659
as<00:44:51.219><c> well.</c>

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And<00:44:52.039><c> there's</c><00:44:52.139><c> going</c><00:44:52.260><c> to</c><00:44:52.320><c> be</c><00:44:52.440><c> a</c><00:44:52.579><c> string</c><00:44:52.679><c> of</c><00:44:52.980><c> passages</c><00:44:53.360><c> in</c><00:44:53.880><c> the</c>

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:56.760
book<00:44:54.139><c> of</c><00:44:54.440><c> Titus</c><00:44:54.619><c> that</c><00:44:54.820><c> also</c><00:44:55.679><c> provide</c><00:44:56.159><c> that</c>

00:44:56.760 --> 00:45:00.239
pastoral<00:44:57.380><c> advice</c><00:44:57.800><c> of</c><00:44:58.000><c> a</c><00:44:58.300><c> father</c><00:44:58.539><c> to</c><00:44:58.780><c> a</c><00:44:59.039><c> son,</c><00:44:59.739><c> but</c><00:44:59.820><c> the</c><00:45:00.019><c> advice</c>

00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:01.739
won't<00:45:00.420><c> be</c><00:45:00.619><c> the</c><00:45:00.780><c> same.</c>

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:05.360
And<00:45:02.679><c> when</c><00:45:03.000><c> we</c><00:45:03.159><c> read</c><00:45:03.380><c> carefully</c><00:45:03.880><c> the</c><00:45:04.360><c> spirit</c><00:45:04.639><c> of</c><00:45:04.800><c> the</c><00:45:05.000><c> advice</c>

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.260
given<00:45:05.659><c> to</c><00:45:05.940><c> Titus,</c>

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:08.900
here's<00:45:06.679><c> the</c><00:45:06.840><c> summation</c><00:45:07.219><c> of</c><00:45:07.420><c> it,</c><00:45:07.619><c> northern</c><00:45:07.760><c> sisters.</c><00:45:08.500><c> Titus</c>

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:10.980
was<00:45:09.119><c> to</c><00:45:09.260><c> set</c><00:45:09.500><c> things</c><00:45:09.800><c> in</c><00:45:09.980><c> order,</c>

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:15.900
to<00:45:11.920><c> rebuke</c><00:45:12.440><c> deceivers</c><00:45:13.219><c> sharply,</c><00:45:14.699><c> to</c><00:45:14.780><c> ignore</c><00:45:15.139><c> Jewish</c><00:45:15.440><c> fables,</c>

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:16.980
to<00:45:16.340><c> rebuke</c><00:45:16.659><c> with</c>

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:20.820
all<00:45:17.340><c> authority,</c><00:45:18.360><c> to</c><00:45:18.599><c> remind</c><00:45:19.059><c> brethren</c><00:45:19.360><c> to</c><00:45:19.599><c> be</c><00:45:19.840><c> in</c><00:45:20.139><c> subjection</c>

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:22.340
to<00:45:21.079><c> authority,</c><00:45:21.760><c> to</c><00:45:21.900><c> reject</c>

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:25.440
heretics<00:45:22.840><c> after</c><00:45:23.280><c> admonition,</c><00:45:24.159><c> and</c><00:45:24.260><c> to</c><00:45:24.440><c> command</c><00:45:24.800><c> saints</c><00:45:25.159><c> to</c>

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:27.360
profess<00:45:25.739><c> honest</c><00:45:26.179><c> trades.</c>

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:32.480
It's<00:45:28.099><c> a</c><00:45:28.280><c> slightly</c><00:45:28.659><c> sterner</c><00:45:30.139><c> set</c><00:45:30.519><c> of</c><00:45:30.860><c> instructions,</c><00:45:31.400><c> isn't</c><00:45:31.579><c> it,</c>

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:37.000
you<00:45:33.079><c> see,</c><00:45:34.940><c> for</c><00:45:35.139><c> a</c><00:45:35.239><c> different</c><00:45:35.420><c> man</c><00:45:35.679><c> in</c><00:45:35.820><c> a</c><00:45:35.980><c> different</c><00:45:36.159><c> place</c>

00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:40.420
where<00:45:38.239><c> there</c><00:45:38.400><c> was</c><00:45:38.519><c> a</c><00:45:38.659><c> different</c><00:45:38.860><c> spiritual</c><00:45:39.360><c> need.</c>

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:45.139
And<00:45:42.280><c> the</c><00:45:42.420><c> apostle</c><00:45:42.659><c> Paul</c><00:45:42.840><c> knew</c><00:45:42.960><c> all</c><00:45:43.139><c> of</c><00:45:43.300><c> that.</c><00:45:44.480><c> When</c><00:45:44.599><c> he</c><00:45:44.719><c> gathered</c><00:45:44.860><c> these</c>

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:48.380
two<00:45:45.380><c> boys</c><00:45:45.539><c> under</c><00:45:45.800><c> his</c><00:45:46.019><c> wings,</c><00:45:47.320><c> he</c><00:45:47.420><c> knew</c><00:45:47.599><c> exactly</c><00:45:47.960><c> what</c><00:45:48.139><c> they</c>

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:49.699
were<00:45:48.500><c> and</c><00:45:48.639><c> what</c><00:45:48.780><c> they</c><00:45:49.000><c> needed,</c><00:45:49.260><c> you</c><00:45:49.480><c> see,</c>

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:52.960
for<00:45:50.079><c> the</c><00:45:50.239><c> counsel</c><00:45:50.639><c> that</c><00:45:51.199><c> they</c><00:45:51.400><c> needed</c><00:45:51.659><c> for</c><00:45:52.280><c> the</c><00:45:52.460><c> work</c><00:45:52.599><c> to</c><00:45:52.840><c> come</c>

00:45:52.960 --> 00:45:55.039
after<00:45:53.219><c> he'd</c><00:45:53.519><c> gone.</c><00:45:53.940><c> It's</c><00:45:54.079><c> a</c><00:45:54.139><c> lovely</c><00:45:54.360><c> balance</c><00:45:54.780><c> there,</c>

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:57.940
you<00:45:55.219><c> see.</c><00:45:56.159><c> And</c><00:45:56.619><c> what's</c><00:45:56.940><c> interesting</c><00:45:57.199><c> about</c><00:45:57.559><c> that,</c><00:45:57.940><c> northern</c>

00:45:57.940 --> 00:46:00.139
sisters,<00:45:58.599><c> is</c><00:45:58.739><c> just</c><00:45:59.000><c> to</c><00:45:59.139><c> note</c><00:45:59.260><c> this,</c><00:45:59.599><c> that</c><00:45:59.760><c> despite</c>

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:03.400
their<00:46:00.420><c> different</c><00:46:00.900><c> personalities,</c><00:46:02.639><c> because</c><00:46:02.880><c> they</c><00:46:03.019><c> were</c><00:46:03.119><c> very</c>

00:46:03.400 --> 00:46:04.440
different,<00:46:03.659><c> I</c><00:46:03.820><c> think,</c>

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:08.860
which<00:46:05.159><c> don't</c><00:46:05.980><c> you</c><00:46:06.099><c> think</c><00:46:06.199><c> is</c><00:46:06.360><c> greatly</c><00:46:06.599><c> encouraging?</c><00:46:08.619><c> You</c><00:46:08.760><c> know,</c><00:46:08.780><c> you</c>

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:09.480
look<00:46:08.980><c> around</c><00:46:09.219><c> the</c><00:46:09.380><c> hall</c>

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:13.679
today,<00:46:11.739><c> and</c><00:46:11.800><c> to</c><00:46:11.880><c> be</c><00:46:11.980><c> really</c><00:46:12.260><c> honest,</c><00:46:12.619><c> northern</c><00:46:12.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:15.320 --> 00:46:19.559
and<00:46:15.480><c> I'm</c><00:46:15.619><c> being</c><00:46:15.739><c> as</c><00:46:15.980><c> kind</c><00:46:16.119><c> as</c><00:46:16.280><c> I</c><00:46:16.460><c> can,</c><00:46:18.780><c> you</c><00:46:19.059><c> know,</c><00:46:19.139><c> if</c><00:46:19.260><c> it</c><00:46:19.320><c> wasn't</c>

00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:23.840
for<00:46:19.719><c> the</c><00:46:19.940><c> truth,</c><00:46:22.340><c> many</c><00:46:22.559><c> of</c><00:46:22.739><c> us</c><00:46:22.900><c> would</c><00:46:23.119><c> probably</c><00:46:23.380><c> never,</c><00:46:23.639><c> ever</c>

00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:24.579
have<00:46:24.039><c> anything</c><00:46:24.239><c> to</c><00:46:24.400><c> do</c><00:46:24.440><c> with</c>

00:46:24.579 --> 00:46:29.099
each<00:46:24.800><c> other.</c><00:46:25.340><c> We'd</c><00:46:25.559><c> be</c><00:46:25.679><c> all</c><00:46:25.940><c> chalk</c><00:46:26.099><c> and</c><00:46:26.300><c> cheese,</c><00:46:26.579><c> wouldn't</c><00:46:26.739><c> we?</c><00:46:28.380><c> The</c><00:46:28.539><c> marvelous</c><00:46:28.780><c> thing</c><00:46:29.000><c> is</c>

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:29.460
that<00:46:29.219><c> the</c><00:46:29.340><c> truth</c>

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:33.920
brings<00:46:29.739><c> together</c><00:46:30.320><c> absolutely</c><00:46:31.039><c> and</c><00:46:31.340><c> utterly</c><00:46:31.639><c> diverse</c><00:46:32.300><c> personalities</c><00:46:33.019><c> and</c>

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.760
wells<00:46:34.300><c> them</c>

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:39.300
all<00:46:35.079><c> together</c><00:46:35.400><c> in</c><00:46:35.659><c> the</c><00:46:35.940><c> common</c><00:46:36.179><c> love</c><00:46:36.360><c> of</c><00:46:36.579><c> desiring</c><00:46:36.980><c> to</c><00:46:37.340><c> manifest</c><00:46:37.860><c> our</c><00:46:38.539><c> Father</c><00:46:38.780><c> just</c><00:46:39.059><c> as</c>

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:39.559
well<00:46:39.420><c> as</c>

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:43.260
we<00:46:39.760><c> can,</c><00:46:40.519><c> given</c><00:46:40.739><c> our</c><00:46:41.239><c> diversity</c><00:46:41.840><c> of</c><00:46:42.219><c> personalities.</c><00:46:43.039><c> And</c><00:46:43.119><c> the</c>

00:46:43.260 --> 00:46:44.920
marvelous<00:46:43.539><c> thing,</c>

00:46:45.059 --> 00:46:46.920
brother<00:46:45.119><c> and</c><00:46:45.280><c> sisters,</c><00:46:45.599><c> is</c><00:46:45.699><c> that</c><00:46:45.880><c> Almighty</c><00:46:46.219><c> God</c><00:46:46.440><c> is</c><00:46:46.699><c> pleased</c>

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:49.559
to<00:46:47.179><c> use</c><00:46:47.300><c> us</c><00:46:47.559><c> all</c><00:46:48.119><c> in</c><00:46:48.500><c> his</c><00:46:48.800><c> service</c><00:46:49.059><c> to</c><00:46:49.199><c> the</c><00:46:49.360><c> glory</c>

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:52.760
of<00:46:49.719><c> his</c><00:46:49.860><c> name.</c><00:46:50.300><c> These</c><00:46:50.579><c> two</c><00:46:50.840><c> boys</c><00:46:51.099><c> were</c><00:46:51.360><c> such.</c><00:46:52.260><c> Different</c><00:46:52.559><c> they</c>

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:54.039
might<00:46:53.000><c> be.</c>

00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:57.699
But<00:46:55.079><c> the</c><00:46:55.239><c> Apostle</c><00:46:55.539><c> used</c><00:46:55.780><c> them</c><00:46:56.000><c> both</c><00:46:56.460><c> in</c><00:46:56.840><c> the</c><00:46:56.960><c> Lord's</c><00:46:57.440><c> service,</c>

00:46:57.780 --> 00:46:59.059
you<00:46:57.880><c> see.</c>

00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:03.940
We're<00:46:59.699><c> all</c><00:46:59.880><c> of</c><00:47:00.039><c> use</c><00:47:00.380><c> in</c><00:47:00.760><c> the</c><00:47:00.920><c> Father's</c><00:47:01.219><c> purpose</c><00:47:01.840><c> if</c><00:47:02.280><c> we</c><00:47:02.480><c> surrender</c><00:47:02.840><c> to</c><00:47:03.000><c> him.</c>

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.239
But<00:47:05.199><c> the</c><00:47:05.320><c> one</c><00:47:05.500><c> thing</c><00:47:05.619><c> they</c><00:47:05.739><c> had</c><00:47:05.900><c> in</c><00:47:06.159><c> common</c><00:47:06.280><c> was</c><00:47:06.539><c> this,</c><00:47:06.920><c> and</c><00:47:07.079><c> I</c>

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:08.559
love<00:47:07.420><c> this</c><00:47:07.679><c> thought,</c>

00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:13.300
that<00:47:09.840><c> in</c><00:47:10.059><c> both</c><00:47:10.480><c> of</c><00:47:10.960><c> these</c><00:47:11.179><c> letters</c><00:47:11.480><c> to</c><00:47:11.739><c> these</c><00:47:11.960><c> young</c><00:47:12.179><c> men,</c>

00:47:13.900 --> 00:47:18.099
the<00:47:14.039><c> most</c><00:47:14.659><c> powerful</c><00:47:15.260><c> thing</c><00:47:15.820><c> about</c><00:47:16.219><c> both</c><00:47:16.500><c> of</c><00:47:16.659><c> them</c><00:47:16.780><c> was</c><00:47:16.980><c> this,</c>

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:22.440
that<00:47:19.480><c> they</c><00:47:19.679><c> were</c><00:47:19.920><c> personal</c><00:47:20.760><c> examples</c>

00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:26.579
of<00:47:22.719><c> everything</c><00:47:23.079><c> that</c><00:47:23.280><c> they</c><00:47:23.440><c> did.</c><00:47:25.280><c> There's</c><00:47:25.539><c> the</c><00:47:25.739><c> power.</c>

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:30.159
If<00:47:27.400><c> we</c><00:47:27.579><c> want</c><00:47:27.739><c> power</c><00:47:28.099><c> in</c><00:47:28.360><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:28.719><c> life,</c><00:47:29.079><c> if</c><00:47:29.079><c> we</c><00:47:29.260><c> want</c><00:47:29.440><c> guidance,</c><00:47:30.019><c> if</c><00:47:30.019><c> we</c>

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:31.699
want<00:47:30.400><c> shepherding,</c><00:47:30.900><c> if</c><00:47:30.920><c> we</c><00:47:31.099><c> want</c><00:47:31.239><c> leadership,</c>

00:47:31.820 --> 00:47:34.280
if<00:47:31.880><c> we</c><00:47:32.059><c> want</c><00:47:32.460><c> direction</c><00:47:32.940><c> in</c><00:47:33.139><c> ecclesial</c><00:47:33.559><c> life,</c><00:47:34.019><c> brother</c><00:47:34.119><c> and</c>

00:47:34.280 --> 00:47:36.480
sisters,<00:47:34.780><c> it</c><00:47:34.940><c> comes</c><00:47:35.159><c> from</c><00:47:35.340><c> the</c><00:47:35.559><c> power</c><00:47:35.780><c> of</c><00:47:36.079><c> example.</c>

00:47:36.719 --> 00:47:41.219
Not<00:47:36.900><c> words,</c><00:47:37.360><c> but</c><00:47:37.440><c> words</c><00:47:37.840><c> and</c><00:47:38.260><c> deeds</c><00:47:38.760><c> matched</c><00:47:39.920><c> together.</c>

00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:43.940
And<00:47:42.099><c> here</c><00:47:42.280><c> it</c><00:47:42.420><c> is.</c><00:47:42.639><c> Just</c><00:47:42.780><c> look</c><00:47:42.940><c> at</c><00:47:43.019><c> this.</c><00:47:43.159><c> It's</c><00:47:43.219><c> so</c><00:47:43.460><c> simple,</c><00:47:43.639><c> really.</c>

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:46.460
You<00:47:44.659><c> see,</c><00:47:44.719><c> here's</c><00:47:44.960><c> the</c><00:47:45.079><c> story</c><00:47:45.360><c> of</c><00:47:45.500><c> Timothy.</c>

00:48:10.719 --> 00:48:14.239
He<00:48:10.840><c> was</c><00:48:11.119><c> patient</c><00:48:11.639><c> and</c><00:48:12.159><c> wise</c><00:48:12.719><c> in</c><00:48:13.199><c> resolving</c><00:48:13.599><c> difficulties.</c>

00:48:14.619 --> 00:48:18.420
He<00:48:14.699><c> was</c><00:48:14.940><c> outstanding</c><00:48:15.780><c> in</c><00:48:16.320><c> the</c><00:48:16.579><c> thoughtful</c><00:48:16.920><c> reading</c><00:48:17.239><c> and</c><00:48:17.699><c> exposition</c><00:48:18.219><c> of</c>

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:19.460
the<00:48:18.599><c> Scriptures.</c>

00:48:19.559 --> 00:48:23.500
He<00:48:19.659><c> was</c><00:48:19.940><c> faithful</c><00:48:20.380><c> and</c><00:48:20.900><c> vigilant</c><00:48:21.239><c> in</c><00:48:21.500><c> maintaining</c><00:48:22.059><c> sound</c><00:48:22.579><c> doctrine.</c>

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:27.099
He<00:48:23.920><c> was</c><00:48:24.199><c> helpful</c><00:48:24.679><c> and</c><00:48:25.179><c> supportive,</c><00:48:25.739><c> encouraging</c><00:48:26.239><c> others</c><00:48:26.619><c> and</c>

00:48:27.099 --> 00:48:28.199
nourishing<00:48:27.500><c> the</c><00:48:27.739><c> community.</c>

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:32.059
And<00:48:28.659><c> he</c><00:48:28.780><c> was</c><00:48:29.099><c> exemplary</c><00:48:29.980><c> in</c><00:48:30.179><c> the</c><00:48:30.480><c> personal</c><00:48:31.000><c> standards</c><00:48:31.559><c> of</c><00:48:31.900><c> his</c>

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:33.519
own<00:48:32.300><c> behavior</c><00:48:32.800><c> and</c><00:48:33.239><c> conduct.</c>

00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:36.440
There<00:48:33.699><c> wasn't</c><00:48:34.039><c> a</c><00:48:34.239><c> better</c><00:48:34.400><c> young</c><00:48:34.719><c> man</c><00:48:34.980><c> to</c><00:48:35.119><c> be</c><00:48:35.360><c> found</c><00:48:35.699><c> in</c><00:48:36.019><c> the</c><00:48:36.159><c> work</c><00:48:36.280><c> of</c>

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:38.400
the<00:48:36.619><c> truth</c><00:48:36.760><c> than</c><00:48:36.920><c> this</c><00:48:37.199><c> one,</c><00:48:37.760><c> brothers</c><00:48:37.920><c> and</c><00:48:38.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:42.079
And<00:48:38.780><c> that's</c><00:48:39.019><c> the</c><00:48:39.139><c> key,</c><00:48:39.360><c> really,</c><00:48:39.579><c> isn't</c><00:48:39.739><c> it?</c><00:48:40.019><c> He</c><00:48:40.139><c> was</c><00:48:40.300><c> an</c><00:48:40.500><c> example</c><00:48:41.119><c> in</c><00:48:41.500><c> all</c><00:48:41.739><c> that</c><00:48:41.860><c> he</c>

00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:43.380
stood<00:48:42.280><c> for.</c>

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:47.300
This<00:48:44.199><c> young</c><00:48:44.400><c> man</c><00:48:44.559><c> would</c><00:48:44.780><c> never</c><00:48:44.980><c> stand</c><00:48:45.260><c> up</c><00:48:45.440><c> and</c><00:48:45.639><c> say</c><00:48:45.800><c> something,</c><00:48:46.719><c> and</c><00:48:46.860><c> never</c>

00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:48.739
would<00:48:47.500><c> any</c><00:48:47.699><c> members</c><00:48:47.980><c> of</c><00:48:48.159><c> the</c><00:48:48.380><c> congregation</c>

00:48:48.739 --> 00:48:52.719
say,<00:48:49.039><c> but</c><00:48:49.099><c> he</c><00:48:49.280><c> doesn't</c><00:48:49.619><c> live</c><00:48:49.900><c> what</c><00:48:50.059><c> he</c><00:48:50.340><c> says.</c><00:48:52.260><c> No,</c><00:48:52.380><c> not</c><00:48:52.539><c> this</c>

00:48:52.719 --> 00:48:54.000
young<00:48:52.920><c> man.</c>

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:57.559
Everybody<00:48:55.099><c> knew</c><00:48:55.260><c> that</c><00:48:55.420><c> when</c><00:48:55.579><c> Timothy</c><00:48:55.880><c> spoke,</c><00:48:56.199><c> that's</c><00:48:56.420><c> how</c><00:48:56.599><c> he</c><00:48:56.739><c> lived.</c>

00:48:58.920 --> 00:49:01.719
And<00:48:59.599><c> as</c><00:48:59.980><c> with</c><00:49:00.179><c> Timothy,</c>

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:05.500
so<00:49:03.119><c> with</c><00:49:03.380><c> Titus.</c>

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:11.699
In<00:49:07.719><c> all</c><00:49:08.139><c> things,</c><00:49:10.199><c> showing</c><00:49:10.440><c> thyself</c>

00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:17.780
a<00:49:12.360><c> pattern</c><00:49:12.619><c> of</c><00:49:12.760><c> good</c><00:49:13.000><c> works,</c><00:49:14.960><c> induction</c><00:49:15.440><c> showing</c><00:49:15.780><c> uncorruptness,</c><00:49:16.719><c> gravity,</c>

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:21.800
sincerity,<00:49:19.739><c> sound</c><00:49:20.000><c> speech</c><00:49:20.340><c> that</c><00:49:20.559><c> cannot</c><00:49:20.840><c> be</c><00:49:21.059><c> condemned,</c><00:49:21.559><c> that</c><00:49:21.679><c> he</c>

00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:22.500
that<00:49:21.960><c> is</c><00:49:22.099><c> of</c><00:49:22.320><c> the</c>

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contrary<00:49:22.699><c> part</c><00:49:23.019><c> may</c><00:49:23.239><c> be</c><00:49:23.460><c> ashamed,</c><00:49:24.179><c> having</c><00:49:24.340><c> no</c><00:49:24.820><c> evil</c><00:49:25.119><c> thing</c><00:49:25.360><c> to</c>

00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:26.019
say<00:49:25.699><c> of</c><00:49:25.860><c> you.</c>

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Let<00:49:26.340><c> no</c><00:49:26.559><c> man</c><00:49:26.820><c> despise</c><00:49:27.380><c> thee,</c><00:49:27.900><c> and</c><00:49:28.099><c> that</c><00:49:28.619><c> lovely</c><00:49:29.119><c> phrase</c><00:49:29.579><c> of</c>

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both<00:49:30.139><c> these</c><00:49:30.360><c> young</c><00:49:30.579><c> men,</c>

00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:33.960
let<00:49:30.980><c> no</c><00:49:31.280><c> man</c><00:49:31.579><c> despise</c><00:49:32.159><c> thee.</c><00:49:32.840><c> Maybe</c><00:49:33.159><c> there</c><00:49:33.440><c> is,</c><00:49:33.760><c> brothers</c><00:49:33.860><c> and</c>

00:49:33.960 --> 00:49:35.360
sisters,<00:49:34.260><c> two</c><00:49:34.500><c> sides</c><00:49:34.820><c> to</c><00:49:34.980><c> that</c><00:49:35.119><c> meaning.</c>

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Not<00:49:35.840><c> only</c><00:49:36.019><c> that</c><00:49:36.139><c> they</c><00:49:36.280><c> should</c><00:49:36.500><c> not</c><00:49:36.699><c> be</c><00:49:37.019><c> despised</c><00:49:37.559><c> despite</c><00:49:38.239><c> their</c><00:49:38.739><c> youth,</c><00:49:40.199><c> but</c>

00:49:40.420 --> 00:49:41.340
let<00:49:40.719><c> no</c><00:49:41.079><c> man</c>

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:46.059
despise<00:49:42.019><c> thee</c><00:49:42.260><c> because</c><00:49:43.219><c> your</c><00:49:43.820><c> example</c><00:49:44.480><c> is</c><00:49:45.179><c> consistent</c><00:49:45.800><c> with</c>

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your<00:49:46.340><c> words.</c>

00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:50.000
Know<00:49:47.719><c> that</c><00:49:47.900><c> what</c><00:49:48.079><c> you</c><00:49:48.320><c> say</c><00:49:48.480><c> is</c><00:49:48.639><c> what</c><00:49:48.820><c> you</c><00:49:49.000><c> live,</c><00:49:49.579><c> and</c><00:49:49.699><c> then</c><00:49:49.820><c> no</c>

00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:51.360
one<00:49:50.099><c> will</c><00:49:50.480><c> despise</c><00:49:50.940><c> you.</c>

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And<00:49:51.739><c> therefore,</c><00:49:52.380><c> concerning</c><00:49:52.719><c> Titus,</c><00:49:53.219><c> we</c><00:49:53.380><c> understand</c><00:49:53.960><c> that</c><00:49:54.340><c> he</c><00:49:54.380><c> was</c><00:49:54.559><c> a</c>

00:49:54.679 --> 00:49:56.780
wonderful<00:49:55.219><c> pattern</c><00:49:55.639><c> of</c><00:49:55.960><c> all</c><00:49:56.199><c> that</c><00:49:56.380><c> he</c><00:49:56.480><c> taught.</c>

00:49:57.099 --> 00:50:00.260
He<00:49:57.159><c> was</c><00:49:57.480><c> diligent</c><00:49:57.860><c> in</c><00:49:58.099><c> labor</c><00:49:58.400><c> and</c><00:49:58.980><c> energetic</c><00:49:59.599><c> in</c><00:49:59.880><c> activity.</c>

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He<00:50:00.699><c> was</c><00:50:01.039><c> resolute</c><00:50:01.519><c> in</c><00:50:01.699><c> his</c>

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:05.659
determination<00:50:02.539><c> and</c><00:50:02.980><c> commitment</c><00:50:03.320><c> to</c><00:50:03.519><c> the</c><00:50:03.719><c> truth.</c><00:50:04.579><c> He</c><00:50:04.659><c> was</c><00:50:04.940><c> capable</c><00:50:05.340><c> of</c>

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dealing<00:50:06.460><c> firmly</c>

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and<00:50:07.659><c> decisively</c><00:50:08.139><c> with</c><00:50:08.500><c> unruly</c><00:50:09.019><c> personalities.</c><00:50:10.360><c> He</c><00:50:10.519><c> was</c><00:50:10.860><c> resourceful</c><00:50:11.480><c> in</c>

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his<00:50:11.900><c> intentions</c>

00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:17.400
and<00:50:13.099><c> zealous</c><00:50:13.860><c> in</c><00:50:14.079><c> their</c><00:50:14.380><c> accomplishment</c><00:50:14.900><c> and</c><00:50:16.139><c> self</c><00:50:16.579><c>-controlled</c>

00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:22.880
in<00:50:17.900><c> the</c><00:50:18.159><c> personal</c><00:50:19.019><c> discipline</c><00:50:19.679><c> and</c><00:50:20.440><c> order</c><00:50:20.780><c> of</c><00:50:21.340><c> his</c><00:50:21.460><c> own</c><00:50:21.719><c> life.</c>

00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:27.199
Yes,<00:50:24.119><c> they</c><00:50:24.260><c> were</c><00:50:24.440><c> both</c><00:50:24.699><c> splendid</c><00:50:24.940><c> examples,</c><00:50:25.579><c> you</c><00:50:25.760><c> see,</c><00:50:26.960><c> of</c>

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:31.000
everything<00:50:27.599><c> that</c><00:50:27.719><c> they</c><00:50:27.940><c> stood</c><00:50:28.199><c> for.</c><00:50:30.300><c> I</c><00:50:30.440><c> think</c><00:50:30.559><c> the</c><00:50:30.760><c> apostle</c>

00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:32.059
had<00:50:31.179><c> made</c><00:50:31.360><c> no</c><00:50:31.579><c> mistake,</c>

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:36.460
brothers<00:50:32.320><c> and</c><00:50:32.519><c> sisters,</c><00:50:34.579><c> when</c><00:50:34.699><c> he</c><00:50:34.880><c> selected</c><00:50:35.179><c> these</c><00:50:35.639><c> two</c><00:50:36.119><c> to</c>

00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:37.860
guard<00:50:36.880><c> the</c><00:50:37.239><c> charge</c>

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after<00:50:38.659><c> we'd</c><00:50:39.000><c> gone.</c>

00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:47.679
Now<00:50:42.639><c> just</c><00:50:42.860><c> stop</c><00:50:43.000><c> for</c><00:50:43.159><c> a</c><00:50:43.239><c> moment</c><00:50:43.400><c> in</c><00:50:43.659><c> conclusion</c><00:50:44.340><c> and</c><00:50:46.260><c> think</c><00:50:46.420><c> about</c><00:50:46.659><c> why</c><00:50:46.980><c> it</c><00:50:47.039><c> was,</c>

00:50:47.719 --> 00:50:53.659
you<00:50:48.079><c> think,</c><00:50:50.159><c> that</c><00:50:50.340><c> of</c><00:50:50.519><c> all</c><00:50:50.840><c> the</c><00:50:51.079><c> fellow</c><00:50:51.420><c> workers</c><00:50:51.800><c> of</c><00:50:52.000><c> the</c><00:50:52.159><c> apostle</c><00:50:52.440><c> Paul</c>

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:57.119
he<00:50:54.960><c> selected</c><00:50:55.380><c> these</c><00:50:55.880><c> two</c>

00:50:57.719 --> 00:51:00.900
to<00:50:58.260><c> go</c><00:50:58.559><c> forth</c><00:50:58.800><c> and</c><00:50:58.900><c> to</c><00:50:59.000><c> be</c><00:50:59.119><c> written</c><00:50:59.300><c> onto</c><00:50:59.519><c> in</c><00:50:59.699><c> this</c><00:50:59.940><c> way.</c>

00:51:02.260 --> 00:51:04.460
One<00:51:02.719><c> with</c><00:51:02.940><c> anxious</c><00:51:03.340><c> care,</c>

00:51:05.420 --> 00:51:10.400
the<00:51:05.579><c> other</c><00:51:05.739><c> with</c><00:51:06.119><c> zealous</c><00:51:06.480><c> care.</c><00:51:08.960><c> One</c><00:51:09.280><c> an</c><00:51:09.500><c> example</c><00:51:09.800><c> of</c><00:51:10.099><c> purity,</c>

00:51:10.539 --> 00:51:14.440
the<00:51:10.659><c> other</c><00:51:10.840><c> an</c><00:51:11.059><c> example</c><00:51:11.360><c> of</c><00:51:11.599><c> gravity.</c><00:51:13.639><c> The</c><00:51:13.760><c> one</c><00:51:13.960><c> Jewish,</c><00:51:14.300><c> the</c>

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:15.179
other<00:51:14.599><c> Gentile,</c>

00:51:15.199 --> 00:51:17.760
the<00:51:15.300><c> one</c><00:51:15.539><c> circumcised,</c><00:51:16.239><c> the</c><00:51:16.300><c> other</c><00:51:16.559><c> uncircumcised,</c><00:51:17.440><c> the</c><00:51:17.539><c> one</c>

00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:20.760
reticent,<00:51:19.179><c> the</c><00:51:19.260><c> other</c><00:51:19.519><c> forthright.</c>

00:51:22.219 --> 00:51:24.139
And<00:51:22.500><c> you</c><00:51:22.599><c> suddenly</c><00:51:22.820><c> realize,</c><00:51:23.340><c> as</c><00:51:23.440><c> you</c><00:51:23.559><c> think</c><00:51:23.719><c> about</c><00:51:23.900><c> these</c>

00:51:24.139 --> 00:51:25.420
two<00:51:24.340><c> young</c><00:51:24.539><c> men,</c><00:51:24.940><c> brothers</c><00:51:25.000><c> and</c><00:51:25.179><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:25.420 --> 00:51:28.000
well<00:51:25.800><c> I</c><00:51:25.920><c> thought</c><00:51:26.119><c> of</c><00:51:26.219><c> two</c><00:51:26.400><c> Bible</c><00:51:26.719><c> quotations.</c><00:51:27.639><c> You'll</c><00:51:27.920><c> know</c>

00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:31.139
both<00:51:28.260><c> of</c><00:51:28.440><c> them,</c><00:51:29.260><c> but</c><00:51:29.400><c> think</c><00:51:29.619><c> of</c><00:51:29.699><c> them</c><00:51:29.880><c> now.</c>

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:40.280
and<00:51:36.139><c> truth</c><00:51:36.780><c> have</c><00:51:38.719><c> met</c><00:51:38.960><c> together.</c>

00:51:42.179 --> 00:51:45.360
And<00:51:42.420><c> in</c><00:51:42.579><c> another</c><00:51:42.780><c> place,</c><00:51:44.320><c> behold</c>

00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:50.179
the<00:51:46.159><c> goodness</c><00:51:46.760><c> and</c><00:51:48.639><c> severity</c><00:51:49.059><c> of</c><00:51:49.280><c> God.</c>

00:51:51.139 --> 00:51:53.539
And<00:51:51.699><c> I</c><00:51:51.880><c> think</c><00:51:52.019><c> in</c><00:51:52.159><c> the</c><00:51:52.360><c> providential</c><00:51:52.800><c> wisdom,</c><00:51:53.320><c> you</c><00:51:53.320><c> see,</c><00:51:53.400><c> of</c>

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:54.340
the<00:51:53.679><c> apostle</c><00:51:53.960><c> Paul,</c>

00:51:54.380 --> 00:51:59.280
he<00:51:54.559><c> selected</c><00:51:54.880><c> two</c><00:51:55.179><c> young</c><00:51:55.420><c> men</c><00:51:55.880><c> which</c><00:51:56.480><c> in</c><00:51:56.719><c> their</c><00:51:57.039><c> totality</c><00:51:57.739><c> reflected</c><00:51:58.340><c> all</c>

00:51:59.280 --> 00:51:59.960
the<00:51:59.639><c> character</c>

00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:04.519
of<00:52:00.219><c> Almighty</c><00:52:00.480><c> God</c><00:52:01.159><c> and</c><00:52:03.260><c> blended</c><00:52:03.500><c> it</c><00:52:03.719><c> all</c><00:52:03.900><c> together</c>

00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:09.480
in<00:52:05.440><c> these</c><00:52:05.820><c> two</c><00:52:06.159><c> sons</c><00:52:06.739><c> of</c><00:52:07.840><c> the</c><00:52:08.039><c> common</c><00:52:08.280><c> faith</c>

00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:14.079
whom<00:52:10.679><c> he</c><00:52:10.780><c> would</c><00:52:10.960><c> now</c><00:52:11.199><c> send</c><00:52:11.380><c> forth</c><00:52:11.739><c> for</c><00:52:11.900><c> the</c><00:52:12.099><c> guidance</c><00:52:12.380><c> of</c><00:52:12.579><c> the</c><00:52:12.739><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

00:52:14.579 --> 00:52:18.760
I<00:52:15.019><c> think</c><00:52:15.460><c> providence</c><00:52:16.019><c> overshadowed</c><00:52:16.719><c> that</c><00:52:16.860><c> selection,</c><00:52:17.360><c> brothers</c><00:52:17.559><c> and</c><00:52:17.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:22.900
that<00:52:19.679><c> the</c><00:52:19.840><c> whole</c><00:52:20.059><c> character</c><00:52:20.380><c> of</c><00:52:20.559><c> God</c><00:52:20.760><c> might</c><00:52:21.039><c> be</c><00:52:21.380><c> made</c><00:52:21.780><c> plain</c>

00:52:23.659 --> 00:52:26.139
in<00:52:24.099><c> the</c><00:52:24.340><c> assemblies</c><00:52:24.739><c> of</c><00:52:24.960><c> the</c><00:52:25.119><c> saints.</c>

00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:30.480
So<00:52:27.920><c> now</c><00:52:28.059><c> he's</c><00:52:28.139><c> going</c><00:52:28.320><c> to</c><00:52:28.420><c> write</c><00:52:28.559><c> to</c><00:52:28.699><c> them.</c><00:52:29.400><c> He's</c><00:52:29.519><c> going</c><00:52:29.659><c> to</c><00:52:29.739><c> send</c><00:52:29.880><c> them</c><00:52:30.099><c> forth</c><00:52:30.340><c> on</c>

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that<00:52:30.699><c> mission.</c>

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So<00:52:32.500><c> what</c><00:52:32.719><c> will</c><00:52:32.960><c> be</c><00:52:33.179><c> the</c><00:52:33.400><c> great</c><00:52:34.039><c> burning</c><00:52:34.679><c> message</c><00:52:35.159><c> above</c><00:52:35.440><c> all</c>

00:52:35.800 --> 00:52:37.460
things<00:52:36.099><c> that</c><00:52:36.219><c> they</c><00:52:36.380><c> ought</c><00:52:36.539><c> to</c><00:52:36.760><c> take</c><00:52:36.940><c> now</c>

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in<00:52:38.019><c> their</c><00:52:38.320><c> various</c><00:52:38.679><c> capacities?</c><00:52:40.079><c> What</c><00:52:40.079><c> burning</c><00:52:40.400><c> message</c>

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should<00:52:40.960><c> they</c><00:52:41.239><c> take</c><00:52:41.460><c> forth</c>

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and<00:52:43.300><c> distill</c><00:52:43.820><c> into</c><00:52:44.199><c> the</c><00:52:44.380><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:52:44.820><c> after</c><00:52:45.159><c> Paul</c><00:52:45.480><c> was</c><00:52:45.760><c> dead?</c>

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Well<00:52:48.400><c> that,</c><00:52:48.659><c> brothers</c><00:52:48.780><c> and</c><00:52:48.980><c> sisters,</c><00:52:50.880><c> is</c><00:52:51.059><c> the</c><00:52:51.159><c> subject</c><00:52:51.480><c> of</c>

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our<00:52:51.920><c> study</c><00:52:52.139><c> tomorrow.</c>