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come</c><00:11:27.860><c> down</c><00:11:28.379><c> to</c><00:11:29.120><c> go</c> 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:31.440 wherever<00:11:29.740><c> it</c><00:11:29.879><c> is,</c><00:11:30.179><c> or</c><00:11:30.279><c> go</c><00:11:30.440><c> into</c><00:11:30.820><c> a</c><00:11:31.000><c> room,</c><00:11:31.240><c> whatever</c> 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.539 it<00:11:31.559><c> is,</c><00:11:31.799><c> or</c><00:11:32.000><c> fight</c><00:11:32.200><c> the</c><00:11:32.399><c> battle,</c><00:11:33.320><c> or</c><00:11:33.559><c> stick</c><00:11:33.779><c> up</c><00:11:33.960><c> for</c><00:11:34.159><c> Christ,</c> 00:11:34.820 --> 00:11:37.779 like<00:11:34.940><c> we</c><00:11:35.279><c> have</c><00:11:35.440><c> done</c><00:11:35.580><c> in</c><00:11:35.759><c> the</c><00:11:35.899><c> past.</c><00:11:36.960><c> And</c><00:11:37.200><c> then</c><00:11:37.379><c> we</c> 00:11:37.779 --> 00:11:41.240 just<00:11:38.039><c> feel</c><00:11:38.240><c> bad</c><00:11:38.500><c> that</c><00:11:38.620><c> we</c><00:11:38.779><c> haven't</c><00:11:38.940><c> done</c><00:11:39.100><c> it.</c><00:11:39.980><c> So</c><00:11:40.139><c> in</c><00:11:40.299><c> Acts</c><00:11:40.500><c> chapter</c><00:11:40.740><c> 18,</c> 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:42.940 this<00:11:41.720><c> is</c><00:11:41.879><c> really</c><00:11:42.120><c> interesting,</c><00:11:42.559><c> in</c><00:11:42.679><c> verse</c> 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:47.440 one,<00:11:43.639><c> after</c><00:11:43.860><c> these</c><00:11:44.080><c> things,</c><00:11:46.000><c> and</c><00:11:46.139><c> the</c><00:11:46.279><c> things</c><00:11:46.500><c> that</c><00:11:46.620><c> he's</c><00:11:46.779><c> referring</c><00:11:47.100><c> to</c> 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.740 are<00:11:47.580><c> the</c><00:11:47.740><c> things</c><00:11:47.919><c> in</c><00:11:48.220><c> Athens</c><00:11:48.519><c> and</c> 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.919 Thessalonica,<00:11:51.080><c> and</c><00:11:51.519><c> the</c><00:11:52.139><c> pilgrimage,</c><00:11:52.820><c> essentially,</c><00:11:53.480><c> or</c><00:11:53.700><c> the</c> 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:55.600 second<00:11:54.139><c> missionary</c><00:11:54.460><c> journey</c><00:11:54.840><c> that</c><00:11:55.179><c> come</c><00:11:55.360><c> around</c> 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:59.460 from<00:11:55.879><c> Philippi.</c><00:11:56.519><c> Now,</c><00:11:56.860><c> one</c><00:11:57.039><c> thing</c><00:11:57.200><c> to</c><00:11:57.399><c> bear</c><00:11:57.559><c> in</c><00:11:57.740><c> mind</c><00:11:57.899><c> is,</c><00:11:58.179><c> it's</c><00:11:58.360><c> pretty,</c><00:11:59.120><c> in</c> 00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:00.960 terms<00:11:59.679><c> of</c><00:11:59.940><c> days,</c><00:12:00.179><c> it's</c><00:12:00.279><c> not</c><00:12:00.440><c> very</c> 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.500 days<00:12:01.419><c> since</c><00:12:02.159><c> he</c><00:12:02.259><c> was</c><00:12:02.460><c> in</c><00:12:02.659><c> Philippi</c><00:12:03.100><c> and</c><00:12:03.679><c> got</c><00:12:03.879><c> the</c><00:12:04.080><c> beating</c><00:12:04.320><c> on</c> 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:06.340 his<00:12:04.700><c> back.</c><00:12:05.100><c> And</c><00:12:05.299><c> it</c><00:12:05.360><c> wasn't</c><00:12:05.539><c> like</c><00:12:05.740><c> it</c><00:12:05.820><c> was</c><00:12:05.960><c> the</c><00:12:06.139><c> first</c> 00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:09.759 beating<00:12:06.720><c> he'd</c><00:12:07.120><c> ever</c><00:12:07.299><c> had.</c><00:12:08.259><c> In</c><00:12:08.580><c> Second</c><00:12:08.779><c> Corinthians,</c><00:12:09.159><c> he</c><00:12:09.299><c> lists</c><00:12:09.559><c> them</c> 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:11.320 out,<00:12:10.220><c> about</c><00:12:10.440><c> how</c><00:12:10.639><c> many</c><00:12:10.840><c> times</c><00:12:11.080><c> he</c><00:12:11.220><c> got</c> 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:15.539 this<00:12:11.539><c> many</c><00:12:11.820><c> beatings</c><00:12:12.259><c> and</c><00:12:12.320><c> that</c><00:12:12.539><c> many</c><00:12:12.740><c> beatings.</c><00:12:14.019><c> So</c><00:12:14.240><c> his</c><00:12:14.480><c> back</c><00:12:14.759><c> must</c><00:12:15.019><c> have</c><00:12:15.159><c> looked</c><00:12:15.320><c> an</c> 00:12:15.539 --> 00:12:17.399 absolute<00:12:15.860><c> mess.</c><00:12:16.940><c> And</c><00:12:16.940><c> I,</c> 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:20.919 you<00:12:17.679><c> know,</c><00:12:17.820><c> maybe</c><00:12:18.059><c> this</c><00:12:18.279><c> is</c><00:12:18.600><c> too</c><00:12:19.000><c> graphic</c><00:12:19.379><c> of</c><00:12:19.820><c> thought</c><00:12:20.059><c> and</c><00:12:20.320><c> stuff,</c><00:12:20.519><c> but</c><00:12:20.679><c> I</c> 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:22.820 wonder<00:12:21.139><c> if</c><00:12:21.340><c> his</c><00:12:22.259><c> wounds</c><00:12:22.559><c> hadn't</c> 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:25.919 quite<00:12:23.100><c> healed</c><00:12:23.399><c> yet.</c><00:12:24.659><c> Imagine</c><00:12:24.980><c> having</c><00:12:25.220><c> your</c><00:12:25.419><c> back</c><00:12:25.600><c> opened,</c> 00:12:25.940 --> 00:12:29.059 and<00:12:26.120><c> I'm</c><00:12:26.320><c> sure</c><00:12:26.419><c> they</c><00:12:26.539><c> didn't</c><00:12:26.700><c> hold</c><00:12:26.940><c> back,</c><00:12:27.720><c> and</c><00:12:28.279><c> putting</c> 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:33.740 cloth<00:12:29.559><c> on</c><00:12:29.799><c> top</c><00:12:30.000><c> of</c><00:12:30.220><c> that</c><00:12:30.519><c> and</c><00:12:31.240><c> off</c><00:12:31.240><c> clothes</c><00:12:31.620><c> on</c><00:12:31.860><c> and</c><00:12:32.000><c> off.</c><00:12:32.740><c> Perhaps</c><00:12:33.200><c> there's</c><00:12:33.600><c> a</c> 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:35.200 reason<00:12:33.960><c> for</c><00:12:34.399><c> his</c><00:12:34.759><c> pain,</c> 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:37.600 is<00:12:35.600><c> maybe</c><00:12:35.759><c> a</c><00:12:36.019><c> reason</c><00:12:36.179><c> for</c><00:12:36.480><c> this,</c><00:12:36.759><c> that</c><00:12:36.860><c> he's</c><00:12:37.100><c> in.</c><00:12:37.379><c> He's</c><00:12:37.399><c> just</c> 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.639 like,<00:12:38.159><c> he</c><00:12:38.320><c> hasn't</c><00:12:38.440><c> been</c><00:12:38.559><c> able</c><00:12:38.659><c> to</c><00:12:38.840><c> sleep</c><00:12:39.039><c> for</c><00:12:39.279><c> weeks</c><00:12:39.460><c> or</c> 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:42.399 whatever<00:12:39.940><c> it</c><00:12:40.080><c> is.</c><00:12:40.480><c> Anyway,</c><00:12:40.740><c> that's</c><00:12:40.980><c> just</c><00:12:41.220><c> my</c><00:12:41.419><c> imagination.</c> 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:44.659 So<00:12:42.600><c> in</c><00:12:42.759><c> verse</c><00:12:42.980><c> two,</c><00:12:43.559><c> after</c><00:12:43.820><c> he</c><00:12:43.960><c> comes</c><00:12:44.100><c> to</c><00:12:44.360><c> Corinth,</c><00:12:44.659><c> he</c> 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:49.600 found<00:12:44.879><c> a</c><00:12:45.120><c> certain</c><00:12:45.399><c> Jew</c><00:12:45.679><c> named</c><00:12:45.980><c> Aquila,</c><00:12:46.820><c> born</c><00:12:46.919><c> in</c><00:12:47.440><c> Pontus,</c><00:12:47.960><c> lately</c><00:12:48.240><c> come</c><00:12:48.419><c> from</c><00:12:48.600><c> Italy,</c><00:12:49.240><c> with</c><00:12:49.399><c> his</c> 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:50.740 wife<00:12:49.820><c> Priscilla,</c> 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:53.899 because<00:12:51.120><c> that</c><00:12:51.379><c> Claudius</c><00:12:51.879><c> had</c><00:12:52.240><c> commanded</c><00:12:52.600><c> all</c><00:12:52.899><c> Jews</c><00:12:53.080><c> to</c><00:12:53.340><c> depart</c><00:12:53.620><c> from</c> 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:56.860 Rome<00:12:54.120><c> and</c><00:12:54.879><c> came</c><00:12:55.259><c> to</c><00:12:55.480><c> them.</c><00:12:56.639><c> Now,</c> 00:12:56.860 --> 00:13:02.059 interesting<00:12:57.159><c> thing</c><00:12:57.480><c> is,</c><00:12:57.840><c> he</c><00:12:58.059><c> told</c><00:12:58.659><c> the</c><00:13:00.019><c> brethren</c><00:13:00.460><c> who</c><00:13:01.899><c> were</c> 00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:04.120 in<00:13:02.200><c> Berea</c><00:13:02.639><c> that</c><00:13:02.879><c> he</c><00:13:03.019><c> was</c><00:13:03.220><c> going</c><00:13:03.340><c> to</c><00:13:03.480><c> meet</c><00:13:03.620><c> them</c><00:13:03.860><c> in</c> 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:06.820 Athens,<00:13:04.980><c> but</c><00:13:05.379><c> he</c><00:13:05.539><c> doesn't.</c><00:13:05.860><c> He</c><00:13:06.000><c> meets</c><00:13:06.179><c> them</c><00:13:06.360><c> in</c><00:13:06.539><c> Corinth,</c><00:13:06.679><c> so</c> 00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:08.240 I<00:13:06.840><c> don't</c><00:13:06.980><c> know</c><00:13:07.019><c> if</c><00:13:07.100><c> he</c><00:13:07.259><c> sent</c><00:13:07.419><c> another</c><00:13:07.779><c> letter,</c> 00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:13.080 or<00:13:08.820><c> if</c><00:13:08.980><c> he's</c><00:13:09.299><c> just</c><00:13:09.820><c> had</c><00:13:10.019><c> a</c><00:13:10.159><c> guts</c><00:13:10.320><c> fall</c><00:13:10.539><c> of</c><00:13:10.740><c> Athens,</c><00:13:11.879><c> and</c><00:13:12.440><c> he's</c> 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:14.700 gone,<00:13:13.340><c> okay,</c><00:13:13.659><c> well</c><00:13:13.799><c> there's</c><00:13:14.000><c> no</c><00:13:14.220><c> Jews</c><00:13:14.419><c> here,</c> 00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:18.120 I'm<00:13:15.080><c> going</c><00:13:15.159><c> to</c><00:13:15.159><c> see</c><00:13:15.320><c> if</c><00:13:15.460><c> I</c><00:13:15.519><c> can</c><00:13:15.679><c> go</c><00:13:15.860><c> maybe</c><00:13:16.100><c> to</c><00:13:16.340><c> Corinth</c><00:13:16.539><c> and</c><00:13:16.720><c> find</c><00:13:16.940><c> some</c><00:13:17.320><c> Jews</c><00:13:17.559><c> there.</c><00:13:17.940><c> And</c> 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:18.960 he<00:13:18.240><c> does,</c><00:13:18.399><c> he</c><00:13:18.559><c> finds</c><00:13:18.740><c> some</c> 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:21.860 Jews.<00:13:19.360><c> So</c><00:13:19.580><c> in</c><00:13:19.820><c> his</c><00:13:20.100><c> moment</c><00:13:20.399><c> of</c><00:13:20.659><c> stress,</c><00:13:20.940><c> he</c><00:13:21.039><c> goes</c><00:13:21.299><c> back</c><00:13:21.559><c> to</c><00:13:21.659><c> what</c><00:13:21.740><c> he</c> 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:24.179 knows<00:13:22.299><c> best,</c><00:13:23.139><c> which</c><00:13:23.299><c> is</c><00:13:23.419><c> what</c><00:13:23.500><c> we</c><00:13:23.720><c> do</c><00:13:23.840><c> typically,</c> 00:13:24.179 --> 00:13:28.580 in<00:13:24.600><c> a</c><00:13:24.700><c> moment</c><00:13:24.919><c> of</c><00:13:25.139><c> stress,</c><00:13:25.480><c> we</c><00:13:25.480><c> go</c><00:13:25.679><c> back</c><00:13:25.899><c> to</c><00:13:26.059><c> our</c><00:13:26.279><c> go</c><00:13:26.480><c>-to</c><00:13:26.639><c> behavior</c><00:13:27.100><c> or</c><00:13:27.379><c> mindset,</c><00:13:28.440><c> and</c> 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:29.500 he<00:13:28.720><c> finds</c><00:13:29.000><c> Aquila</c><00:13:29.279><c> and</c> 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:32.620 Priscilla,<00:13:30.779><c> and</c><00:13:30.980><c> in</c><00:13:31.139><c> verse</c><00:13:31.320><c> three,</c><00:13:31.740><c> because</c><00:13:31.879><c> he</c><00:13:32.059><c> was</c><00:13:32.340><c> of</c><00:13:32.460><c> the</c> 00:13:32.620 --> 00:13:34.860 same<00:13:32.820><c> craft,</c><00:13:33.179><c> he</c><00:13:33.299><c> abode</c><00:13:33.559><c> with</c><00:13:33.740><c> them</c><00:13:33.899><c> and</c><00:13:34.159><c> wrought,</c> 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:37.740 for<00:13:35.259><c> by</c><00:13:35.519><c> their</c><00:13:35.679><c> occupation,</c><00:13:36.340><c> they</c><00:13:36.399><c> were</c><00:13:36.519><c> tent</c><00:13:36.740><c> makers,</c><00:13:37.539><c> and</c> 00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:40.039 he<00:13:38.019><c> reasoned</c><00:13:38.539><c> in</c><00:13:38.700><c> the</c><00:13:38.879><c> synagogue</c><00:13:39.259><c> every</c><00:13:39.620><c> Sabbath</c> 00:13:40.039 --> 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but</c><00:13:50.080><c> you</c> 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:56.700 can<00:13:51.860><c> pull</c><00:13:52.159><c> out</c><00:13:52.600><c> and</c><00:13:52.860><c> glean</c><00:13:53.059><c> a</c><00:13:53.200><c> little</c><00:13:53.440><c> bit</c><00:13:54.000><c> about</c><00:13:54.299><c> what</c><00:13:54.720><c> is</c><00:13:55.080><c> preached</c><00:13:55.399><c> where,</c><00:13:56.460><c> and</c> 00:13:56.700 --> 00:13:58.000 it's<00:13:56.860><c> not</c><00:13:57.059><c> the</c><00:13:57.240><c> same.</c> 00:13:58.700 --> 00:14:00.659 Different<00:13:59.019><c> things</c><00:13:59.340><c> are</c><00:13:59.600><c> preached</c><00:13:59.799><c> in</c><00:14:00.019><c> different</c><00:14:00.259><c> places,</c> 00:14:01.059 --> 00:14:04.220 and<00:14:01.720><c> it's</c><00:14:01.919><c> interesting</c><00:14:02.399><c> that</c><00:14:02.919><c> Paul</c><00:14:03.259><c> here,</c> 00:14:04.659 --> 00:14:07.480 what<00:14:04.820><c> is</c><00:14:04.980><c> he</c><00:14:05.120><c> doing,</c><00:14:05.379><c> what</c><00:14:05.500><c> is</c><00:14:05.639><c> he</c><00:14:05.820><c> preaching?</c><00:14:06.539><c> Well,</c><00:14:06.899><c> we</c><00:14:07.139><c> know</c> 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.980 from<00:14:07.779><c> the</c><00:14:07.960><c> next</c><00:14:08.220><c> verses</c><00:14:08.580><c> that</c><00:14:09.320><c> he</c><00:14:09.620><c> wasn't</c> 00:14:09.980 --> 00:14:13.759 preaching<00:14:10.419><c> some</c><00:14:10.779><c> things,</c><00:14:11.759><c> because</c><00:14:12.240><c> it</c><00:14:12.659><c> tells</c><00:14:12.879><c> us</c><00:14:13.220><c> in</c><00:14:13.440><c> verse</c> 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.480 four,<00:14:14.279><c> he</c><00:14:14.460><c> reasoned</c><00:14:15.019><c> in</c><00:14:15.139><c> the</c><00:14:15.279><c> synagogue</c> 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:19.460 and<00:14:17.399><c> persuaded</c><00:14:17.919><c> the</c><00:14:18.139><c> Jews</c><00:14:18.279><c> and</c><00:14:18.419><c> the</c><00:14:18.559><c> Greeks,</c><00:14:19.019><c> but</c><00:14:19.159><c> there</c><00:14:19.279><c> was</c> 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:20.759 something<00:14:19.659><c> he</c><00:14:19.840><c> was</c><00:14:20.000><c> missing</c><00:14:20.220><c> out,</c> 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:23.960 for<00:14:21.080><c> however</c><00:14:21.399><c> long</c><00:14:21.639><c> he</c><00:14:21.740><c> was</c><00:14:21.940><c> there</c><00:14:22.200><c> for,</c><00:14:23.019><c> because</c><00:14:23.379><c> in</c><00:14:23.720><c> verse</c> 00:14:23.960 --> 00:14:25.919 five,<00:14:24.419><c> when</c><00:14:24.639><c> Silas</c><00:14:25.000><c> and</c><00:14:25.179><c> Timothy</c><00:14:25.600><c> were</c> 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.039 come<00:14:26.039><c> from</c><00:14:26.240><c> Macedonia,</c><00:14:27.559><c> Paul</c><00:14:27.740><c> was</c><00:14:28.059><c> pressed</c><00:14:28.279><c> in</c><00:14:28.460><c> the</c><00:14:28.679><c> spirit</c> 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.539 and<00:14:29.639><c> testified</c><00:14:30.179><c> to</c><00:14:30.379><c> the</c><00:14:30.559><c> Jews</c><00:14:30.740><c> that</c><00:14:30.960><c> Jesus</c> 00:14:31.539 --> 00:14:37.320 was<00:14:32.399><c> Christ.</c><00:14:34.379><c> What</c><00:14:34.659><c> does</c><00:14:34.779><c> that</c><00:14:34.980><c> tell</c><00:14:35.139><c> you?</c><00:14:36.559><c> Why</c><00:14:36.720><c> would</c><00:14:36.879><c> it</c><00:14:37.019><c> tell</c><00:14:37.139><c> you</c> 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:39.440 that<00:14:37.639><c> if</c><00:14:38.100><c> he'd</c><00:14:38.440><c> already</c><00:14:38.679><c> been</c><00:14:38.960><c> testifying</c> 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:44.179 that<00:14:39.720><c> already</c><00:14:40.179><c> in</c><00:14:40.580><c> the</c><00:14:40.779><c> previous</c><00:14:41.100><c> verse?</c><00:14:42.139><c> So</c><00:14:42.779><c> it</c><00:14:43.460><c> infers</c><00:14:43.820><c> then</c> 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:48.740 that<00:14:44.559><c> in</c><00:14:44.899><c> verse</c><00:14:45.440><c> four,</c><00:14:46.480><c> before</c><00:14:47.080><c> Paul</c><00:14:47.879><c> was</c><00:14:48.500><c> joined</c> 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:52.220 by<00:14:49.059><c> Silas</c><00:14:49.360><c> and</c><00:14:49.539><c> Timothy,</c><00:14:50.200><c> he</c><00:14:50.440><c> didn't</c><00:14:50.820><c> tell</c><00:14:51.080><c> them</c><00:14:51.539><c> that</c><00:14:51.860><c> Jesus</c> 00:14:52.220 --> 00:14:56.159 was<00:14:52.460><c> Christ.</c><00:14:53.600><c> Otherwise,</c><00:14:54.019><c> why</c><00:14:54.159><c> would</c><00:14:54.299><c> it</c><00:14:54.500><c> say</c><00:14:54.779><c> it</c> 00:14:56.340 --> 00:15:00.120 in<00:14:56.600><c> the</c><00:14:56.679><c> next</c><00:14:56.980><c> verse,</c><00:14:57.399><c> in</c><00:14:57.580><c> verse</c><00:14:57.840><c> five?</c><00:14:59.360><c> Am</c><00:14:59.480><c> I</c><00:14:59.639><c> thinking</c><00:14:59.840><c> too</c> 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:02.340 much<00:15:00.279><c> on</c><00:15:00.419><c> this?</c><00:15:00.820><c> Perhaps</c><00:15:01.019><c> we'll</c><00:15:01.340><c> just</c><00:15:01.779><c> hold</c><00:15:02.000><c> that</c> 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:04.500 thought<00:15:02.519><c> and</c><00:15:02.659><c> we'll</c><00:15:02.820><c> come</c><00:15:03.019><c> to</c><00:15:03.159><c> it</c><00:15:03.299><c> hopefully</c><00:15:03.539><c> in</c><00:15:03.679><c> a</c><00:15:03.759><c> minute.</c> 00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:07.120 So<00:15:05.200><c> I'm</c><00:15:05.340><c> going</c><00:15:05.419><c> to</c><00:15:05.580><c> suggest</c><00:15:05.919><c> to</c><00:15:06.080><c> you</c><00:15:06.179><c> that</c><00:15:06.379><c> he</c> 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:10.419 taught<00:15:07.419><c> about</c><00:15:07.960><c> the</c><00:15:08.399><c> Christ</c><00:15:08.799><c> and</c><00:15:09.080><c> what</c><00:15:09.500><c> a</c><00:15:09.720><c> Messiah</c><00:15:10.019><c> would</c><00:15:10.220><c> look</c> 00:15:10.419 --> 00:15:12.759 like<00:15:10.639><c> and</c><00:15:10.919><c> what</c><00:15:11.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:11.700><c> said</c><00:15:11.960><c> about</c><00:15:12.179><c> a</c><00:15:12.460><c> Messiah</c> 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:15.600 without<00:15:13.159><c> taking</c><00:15:13.440><c> that</c><00:15:13.639><c> next</c><00:15:13.899><c> step,</c><00:15:14.360><c> and</c><00:15:14.919><c> you</c><00:15:15.039><c> can</c><00:15:15.240><c> understand</c> 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:18.320 why,<00:15:16.340><c> because</c><00:15:16.679><c> up</c><00:15:16.860><c> until</c><00:15:17.100><c> this</c><00:15:17.360><c> point,</c> 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:20.799 Paul's<00:15:18.879><c> missionary</c><00:15:19.200><c> journey</c><00:15:19.440><c> went</c><00:15:19.659><c> something</c><00:15:19.980><c> like</c><00:15:20.259><c> this.</c><00:15:20.659><c> I</c> 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:22.320 go<00:15:20.980><c> to</c><00:15:21.120><c> a</c><00:15:21.220><c> city,</c><00:15:21.559><c> I</c><00:15:21.679><c> go</c><00:15:21.799><c> to</c><00:15:21.940><c> the</c><00:15:22.039><c> synagogue,</c> 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.440 I<00:15:22.559><c> tell</c><00:15:22.659><c> them</c><00:15:22.799><c> about</c><00:15:23.039><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:23.919><c> they</c><00:15:24.220><c> beat</c><00:15:24.379><c> me</c><00:15:24.580><c> up,</c><00:15:24.799><c> I</c><00:15:24.899><c> tell</c><00:15:25.100><c> them</c> 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:27.059 the<00:15:25.559><c> Gentiles,</c><00:15:25.980><c> they</c><00:15:26.200><c> beat</c><00:15:26.379><c> me</c><00:15:26.539><c> up,</c><00:15:26.659><c> and</c><00:15:26.759><c> then</c><00:15:26.840><c> I</c><00:15:26.940><c> go</c> 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:29.059 on<00:15:27.200><c> to</c><00:15:27.299><c> the</c><00:15:27.419><c> next</c><00:15:27.639><c> place.</c><00:15:28.240><c> That's</c><00:15:28.500><c> how</c><00:15:28.679><c> it</c><00:15:28.720><c> went,</c><00:15:28.879><c> isn't</c><00:15:28.980><c> it?</c> 00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:31.759 That's<00:15:29.259><c> how</c><00:15:29.440><c> he</c><00:15:29.600><c> knew</c><00:15:29.799><c> to</c><00:15:30.059><c> move</c><00:15:30.240><c> on</c><00:15:30.460><c> to</c><00:15:30.600><c> the</c><00:15:30.740><c> next</c><00:15:30.919><c> spot,</c> 00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:36.299 and<00:15:32.039><c> he</c><00:15:32.200><c> went</c><00:15:32.279><c> all</c><00:15:33.379><c> the</c><00:15:33.720><c> way</c><00:15:33.879><c> through</c><00:15:34.120><c> all</c><00:15:34.360><c> the</c><00:15:34.500><c> cities</c><00:15:34.720><c> seemingly.</c><00:15:35.519><c> He</c><00:15:35.879><c> knew</c><00:15:36.080><c> to</c> 00:15:36.299 --> 00:15:37.039 move<00:15:36.480><c> on</c><00:15:36.700><c> when</c><00:15:36.820><c> he</c><00:15:36.919><c> got</c> 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:43.779 beaten<00:15:37.320><c> up.</c><00:15:38.799><c> Poor</c><00:15:38.980><c> Paul.</c><00:15:40.720><c> And</c><00:15:40.919><c> now</c><00:15:41.240><c> I</c><00:15:41.539><c> wonder</c><00:15:41.860><c> if</c><00:15:42.080><c> he's</c><00:15:42.840><c> sort</c><00:15:43.000><c> of</c><00:15:43.159><c> thinking,</c><00:15:43.480><c> oh,</c><00:15:43.600><c> do</c><00:15:43.720><c> I</c> 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:45.460 really<00:15:43.980><c> have</c><00:15:44.100><c> to</c><00:15:44.200><c> do</c><00:15:44.360><c> this?</c> 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:49.840 And<00:15:46.360><c> is</c><00:15:46.519><c> he</c><00:15:46.799><c> scared</c><00:15:47.139><c> to</c><00:15:47.379><c> do</c><00:15:47.539><c> it?</c><00:15:48.659><c> Is</c><00:15:48.799><c> the</c><00:15:48.919><c> same</c><00:15:49.120><c> Paul</c><00:15:49.399><c> scared?</c> 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:52.179 Could<00:15:50.299><c> Paul</c><00:15:50.559><c> possibly</c><00:15:50.980><c> be</c><00:15:51.340><c> scared?</c> 00:15:53.179 --> 00:15:56.399 Let's<00:15:53.379><c> keep</c><00:15:53.580><c> reading,</c><00:15:54.059><c> verse</c><00:15:54.200><c> six.</c><00:15:54.720><c> When</c><00:15:54.820><c> they</c><00:15:55.159><c> opposed</c><00:15:55.519><c> themselves</c><00:15:56.100><c> and</c> 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:58.679 blasphemed,<00:15:57.240><c> exactly</c><00:15:57.580><c> as</c><00:15:57.960><c> he</c><00:15:58.259><c> anticipated</c> 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:02.019 they<00:15:58.940><c> would</c><00:15:59.059><c> probably,</c><00:16:00.200><c> he</c><00:16:00.500><c> shook</c><00:16:00.759><c> his</c><00:16:01.019><c> raiment</c><00:16:01.360><c> and</c><00:16:01.720><c> said</c><00:16:01.899><c> to</c> 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:03.799 them,<00:16:02.379><c> your</c><00:16:02.580><c> blood</c><00:16:02.820><c> be</c><00:16:03.019><c> upon</c><00:16:03.220><c> your</c><00:16:03.440><c> own</c><00:16:03.620><c> heads,</c> 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.139 I'm<00:16:04.200><c> clean.</c><00:16:04.820><c> From</c><00:16:04.980><c> henceforth</c><00:16:05.419><c> I</c><00:16:05.539><c> will</c><00:16:05.679><c> go</c><00:16:05.840><c> to</c><00:16:06.019><c> the</c><00:16:06.100><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:09.299 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next</c><00:16:32.399><c> verses.</c><00:16:33.200><c> Does</c><00:16:33.419><c> Jesus,</c><00:16:34.200><c> or</c><00:16:34.360><c> is</c><00:16:34.440><c> it</c> 00:16:34.700 --> 00:16:38.399 recorded<00:16:35.000><c> that</c><00:16:35.159><c> Jesus</c><00:16:35.480><c> appeared</c><00:16:35.860><c> to</c><00:16:36.360><c> Paul</c><00:16:36.779><c> in</c><00:16:37.980><c> Philippi?</c> 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:45.059 Is<00:16:38.580><c> it</c><00:16:38.759><c> recorded</c><00:16:39.179><c> he</c><00:16:39.340><c> was</c><00:16:39.580><c> there</c><00:16:39.820><c> in</c><00:16:40.080><c> Thessalonica?</c><00:16:43.600><c> But</c><00:16:44.039><c> he</c><00:16:44.200><c> does</c><00:16:44.440><c> hear,</c><00:16:44.740><c> and</c><00:16:44.940><c> I</c> 00:16:45.059 --> 00:16:45.940 love<00:16:45.159><c> this</c><00:16:45.379><c> about</c><00:16:45.559><c> Jesus,</c> 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:49.620 he<00:16:46.340><c> is</c><00:16:46.720><c> a</c><00:16:46.940><c> 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utterly</c><00:21:29.420><c> different</c><00:21:29.779><c> now</c> 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:31.519 from<00:21:30.339><c> the</c><00:21:30.460><c> way</c><00:21:30.660><c> that</c><00:21:30.839><c> he'd</c><00:21:31.019><c> ever</c><00:21:31.279><c> preached</c> 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:35.920 before.<00:21:32.339><c> Instead</c><00:21:32.519><c> of</c><00:21:33.400><c> go</c><00:21:33.720><c> preach,</c><00:21:34.380><c> beat,</c><00:21:34.880><c> go</c><00:21:35.180><c> preach,</c><00:21:35.740><c> beat,</c> 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:39.400 he<00:21:36.220><c> goes</c><00:21:36.579><c> instead</c><00:21:37.440><c> of</c><00:21:37.859><c> going</c><00:21:38.079><c> to</c><00:21:38.400><c> staccato</c><00:21:39.059><c> visits</c> 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:42.500 to<00:21:39.579><c> people.</c><00:21:40.359><c> In</c><00:21:40.460><c> verse</c><00:21:40.680><c> 11,</c><00:21:41.119><c> the</c><00:21:41.180><c> Lord</c><00:21:41.380><c> changes</c><00:21:41.920><c> the</c><00:21:42.079><c> 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preach.</c><00:21:54.920><c> Instead</c><00:21:55.279><c> of</c><00:21:55.480><c> being</c><00:21:55.759><c> a</c> 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.779 short<00:21:56.240><c>-short</c><00:21:56.400><c> message</c> 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:59.859 about<00:21:57.000><c> the</c><00:21:57.220><c> Gospel</c><00:21:57.579><c> and</c><00:21:58.039><c> move</c><00:21:58.220><c> on,</c><00:21:58.720><c> now</c><00:21:58.960><c> it</c><00:21:59.079><c> was</c><00:21:59.220><c> an</c><00:21:59.440><c> enduring</c> 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:02.240 message<00:22:00.319><c> over</c><00:22:00.599><c> a</c><00:22:00.740><c> period</c><00:22:00.920><c> of</c><00:22:01.160><c> time.</c><00:22:02.000><c> So</c><00:22:02.160><c> you</c> 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.799 can<00:22:02.420><c> imagine</c><00:22:02.660><c> a</c><00:22:02.779><c> Bible</c><00:22:03.099><c> school,</c><00:22:03.319><c> somebody</c><00:22:03.579><c> coming</c><00:22:03.900><c> and</c><00:22:04.119><c> giving</c><00:22:04.220><c> you</c><00:22:04.700><c> a</c> 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.900 pep<00:22:05.059><c> talk</c><00:22:05.220><c> and</c><00:22:05.319><c> that's</c><00:22:05.539><c> great.</c> 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:09.859 And<00:22:06.539><c> it</c><00:22:06.700><c> happens</c><00:22:06.960><c> over</c><00:22:07.220><c> and</c><00:22:07.299><c> over</c><00:22:07.460><c> again.</c><00:22:07.759><c> But</c><00:22:07.819><c> now</c><00:22:08.079><c> it's</c><00:22:08.380><c> a,</c><00:22:08.640><c> I'm</c><00:22:08.740><c> going</c><00:22:08.779><c> to</c><00:22:08.960><c> stay</c><00:22:09.119><c> with</c><00:22:09.339><c> you</c><00:22:09.539><c> for</c><00:22:09.779><c> a</c> 00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:10.619 year<00:22:10.019><c> and</c><00:22:10.220><c> a</c><00:22:10.240><c> half</c> 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:12.700 and<00:22:10.980><c> we're</c><00:22:11.220><c> going</c><00:22:11.279><c> to</c><00:22:11.400><c> do</c><00:22:11.519><c> preaching</c><00:22:11.819><c> here.</c><00:22:12.119><c> That's</c><00:22:12.359><c> a</c><00:22:12.519><c> whole</c> 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:14.359 different<00:22:13.019><c> story,</c><00:22:13.339><c> isn't</c><00:22:13.460><c> it?</c><00:22:13.880><c> Then</c><00:22:14.019><c> you</c><00:22:14.140><c> really</c> 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:17.819 get<00:22:14.500><c> to</c><00:22:14.700><c> know</c><00:22:14.799><c> what</c><00:22:15.000><c> somebody's</c><00:22:15.359><c> like</c><00:22:15.460><c> and</c><00:22:15.599><c> how</c><00:22:15.799><c> they</c><00:22:16.019><c> walk</c><00:22:16.299><c> the</c><00:22:16.559><c> truth.</c><00:22:17.680><c> So</c> 00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:19.200 I<00:22:17.920><c> thought</c><00:22:18.039><c> this</c><00:22:18.240><c> was</c><00:22:18.359><c> a</c><00:22:18.460><c> beautiful</c><00:22:18.779><c> way</c> 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:22.539 for<00:22:19.539><c> us</c><00:22:19.740><c> to</c><00:22:19.980><c> understand</c><00:22:20.359><c> a</c><00:22:20.519><c> little</c><00:22:20.660><c> bit</c><00:22:20.839><c> about</c><00:22:21.140><c> what</c><00:22:21.380><c> the</c><00:22:21.839><c> atonement,</c><00:22:22.380><c> what</c> 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:24.000 the<00:22:22.900><c> work</c><00:22:23.039><c> of</c><00:22:23.200><c> the</c><00:22:23.319><c> Lord</c><00:22:23.420><c> Jesus</c><00:22:23.720><c> Christ,</c> 00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:27.759 what<00:22:24.200><c> those</c><00:22:24.420><c> salvation</c><00:22:24.839><c> principles</c><00:22:25.420><c> mean</c><00:22:26.079><c> in</c><00:22:26.519><c> reality,</c><00:22:27.500><c> that</c> 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:33.119 Jesus<00:22:28.079><c> is</c><00:22:28.380><c> with</c><00:22:28.559><c> us.</c><00:22:30.259><c> And</c><00:22:30.660><c> now</c><00:22:30.839><c> we</c><00:22:31.039><c> come</c><00:22:31.259><c> to</c><00:22:31.880><c> the</c> 00:22:33.119 --> 00:22:36.599 pistol<00:22:33.440><c> to</c><00:22:33.640><c> the</c><00:22:33.799><c> Corinthians.</c><00:22:34.200><c> So</c><00:22:34.359><c> if</c><00:22:34.500><c> we</c><00:22:35.200><c> move</c><00:22:35.400><c> over</c><00:22:35.619><c> to</c><00:22:35.859><c> that,</c> 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:51.000 this<00:22:46.920><c> is</c><00:22:47.059><c> what</c><00:22:47.180><c> the</c><00:22:47.500><c> Western</c><00:22:47.759><c> Aegean</c><00:22:48.119><c> looks</c><00:22:48.359><c> like,</c><00:22:49.700><c> where</c><00:22:49.819><c> Paul</c><00:22:49.980><c> would</c><00:22:50.160><c> have</c><00:22:50.319><c> gone</c><00:22:50.420><c> on</c> 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.519 the<00:22:51.079><c> journey</c><00:22:51.359><c> on</c> 00:22:51.519 --> 00:23:01.400 one<00:22:51.680><c> of</c><00:22:51.759><c> these</c><00:22:52.000><c> kind</c><00:22:52.119><c> of</c><00:22:52.279><c> ships.</c><00:22:56.700><c> And</c><00:22:56.839><c> I've</c><00:22:58.200><c> got</c><00:22:58.279><c> these</c><00:22:58.480><c> highlighted</c><00:22:58.940><c> in</c><00:23:00.299><c> 1</c><00:23:00.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:00.799><c> 1</c> 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:03.599 because<00:23:02.400><c> of</c><00:23:02.680><c> how</c> 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:08.960 they<00:23:03.960><c> relate</c><00:23:04.420><c> to</c><00:23:04.599><c> Acts</c><00:23:04.880><c> chapter</c><00:23:05.220><c> 18.</c><00:23:07.259><c> Now,</c><00:23:07.440><c> of</c><00:23:07.619><c> course,</c><00:23:08.619><c> pretty</c><00:23:08.740><c> much</c> 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:12.559 every<00:23:09.859><c> epistle</c><00:23:10.319><c> has</c><00:23:10.920><c> got</c><00:23:11.720><c> Jesus</c><00:23:12.220><c> Christ</c> 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:17.279 in<00:23:12.759><c> it.</c><00:23:13.960><c> But</c><00:23:14.079><c> it's</c><00:23:14.299><c> interesting</c><00:23:14.759><c> that</c><00:23:15.220><c> in</c><00:23:15.420><c> the</c><00:23:15.680><c> context</c><00:23:16.079><c> of</c><00:23:16.259><c> Acts</c><00:23:16.420><c> chapter</c><00:23:16.640><c> 18,</c><00:23:17.119><c> when</c><00:23:17.119><c> he</c> 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.460 wouldn't<00:23:17.599><c> say,</c> 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:22.380 when<00:23:20.220><c> he</c><00:23:20.380><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:20.619><c> say</c><00:23:20.980><c> that</c><00:23:21.220><c> Jesus</c><00:23:21.500><c> was</c><00:23:21.700><c> the</c><00:23:21.920><c> Christ,</c><00:23:22.140><c> it's</c> 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:24.039 interesting<00:23:22.680><c> that</c><00:23:22.839><c> he's</c><00:23:23.160><c> chosen</c><00:23:23.380><c> that</c><00:23:23.700><c> point</c><00:23:23.880><c> in</c> 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:28.400 time<00:23:24.359><c> to</c><00:23:25.339><c> speak</c><00:23:25.539><c> to</c><00:23:25.700><c> the</c><00:23:25.819><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:26.099><c> and</c><00:23:26.279><c> he</c><00:23:26.400><c> can't</c><00:23:26.619><c> stop</c><00:23:26.880><c> talking</c><00:23:27.180><c> about</c><00:23:27.400><c> Jesus</c><00:23:27.720><c> Christ.</c><00:23:28.339><c> So</c> 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:33.099 just<00:23:28.839><c> the</c> 00:23:33.099 --> 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Christ.</c><00:23:46.099><c> So</c><00:23:46.119><c> he</c><00:23:46.339><c> wouldn't</c><00:23:46.660><c> say</c><00:23:46.880><c> it</c> 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:49.059 for<00:23:47.759><c> a</c><00:23:47.940><c> period</c><00:23:48.079><c> of</c><00:23:48.319><c> time.</c><00:23:48.500><c> Now,</c><00:23:48.700><c> interestingly,</c> 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:52.680 going<00:23:49.319><c> back</c><00:23:49.660><c> to</c><00:23:49.819><c> Acts</c><00:23:49.980><c> 18,</c><00:23:50.839><c> when</c><00:23:51.059><c> did</c><00:23:51.220><c> he</c><00:23:51.380><c> say</c><00:23:51.519><c> it?</c><00:23:51.779><c> When</c><00:23:52.039><c> Silas</c> 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:55.559 and<00:23:52.980><c> Timotheus</c><00:23:53.440><c> came.</c><00:23:54.019><c> So</c><00:23:54.180><c> when</c><00:23:54.259><c> he</c><00:23:54.339><c> had</c><00:23:54.519><c> company,</c> 00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:58.039 then<00:23:55.920><c> he</c><00:23:56.019><c> was</c><00:23:56.240><c> able</c><00:23:56.500><c> to</c><00:23:56.740><c> have</c><00:23:56.900><c> the</c><00:23:57.119><c> encouragement.</c><00:23:57.559><c> And</c><00:23:57.720><c> that's</c><00:23:57.900><c> often</c> 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.920 the<00:23:58.220><c> case</c><00:23:58.339><c> with</c><00:23:58.500><c> us,</c><00:23:58.700><c> isn't</c><00:23:58.839><c> it?</c> 00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:01.359 When<00:23:59.079><c> we</c><00:23:59.200><c> have</c><00:23:59.420><c> company,</c><00:23:59.900><c> when</c><00:24:00.039><c> people</c><00:24:00.279><c> are</c><00:24:00.500><c> with</c><00:24:00.660><c> us,</c><00:24:01.240><c> who</c> 00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:03.740 have<00:24:01.519><c> got</c><00:24:01.619><c> the</c><00:24:01.799><c> same</c><00:24:01.940><c> mindset,</c><00:24:03.119><c> Jesus</c><00:24:03.359><c> sent</c><00:24:03.559><c> them</c> 00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:07.119 out<00:24:03.880><c> by</c><00:24:04.099><c> twos.</c><00:24:04.579><c> When</c><00:24:04.720><c> you</c><00:24:04.819><c> have</c><00:24:04.940><c> somebody</c><00:24:05.140><c> with</c><00:24:05.359><c> us,</c><00:24:05.519><c> then</c><00:24:05.660><c> we're</c><00:24:05.839><c> more</c><00:24:06.220><c> enabled</c><00:24:06.720><c> to</c> 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:09.279 actually<00:24:07.759><c> go</c><00:24:08.259><c> for</c><00:24:08.460><c> it.</c> 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:15.579 So<00:24:09.839><c> there's</c><00:24:10.240><c> a</c><00:24:10.359><c> lot</c><00:24:10.500><c> of</c><00:24:11.200><c> repetition</c><00:24:11.680><c> of</c><00:24:11.859><c> that</c><00:24:12.140><c> here.</c><00:24:14.140><c> And</c><00:24:14.539><c> I</c><00:24:15.279><c> wanted</c><00:24:15.359><c> to</c> 00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:18.319 look<00:24:15.740><c> at</c><00:24:16.019><c> the</c><00:24:16.740><c> epistle</c><00:24:17.119><c> openings</c><00:24:17.619><c> as</c><00:24:18.019><c> well.</c> 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:21.140 So<00:24:18.839><c> if</c><00:24:19.000><c> you,</c><00:24:19.599><c> I</c><00:24:19.819><c> don't</c><00:24:19.920><c> know</c><00:24:19.980><c> if</c><00:24:20.019><c> you've</c><00:24:20.160><c> ever</c><00:24:20.339><c> done</c><00:24:20.500><c> this,</c><00:24:20.940><c> but</c> 00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:23.960 if<00:24:21.339><c> you</c><00:24:22.279><c> pull</c><00:24:22.519><c> up</c><00:24:22.680><c> all</c><00:24:22.880><c> of</c><00:24:23.000><c> the</c><00:24:23.160><c> epistle</c><00:24:23.559><c> openings,</c> 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:28.640 all<00:24:24.259><c> of</c><00:24:24.380><c> them,</c><00:24:24.759><c> I've</c><00:24:24.980><c> got</c><00:24:25.119><c> a</c><00:24:25.259><c> big</c><00:24:25.400><c> old,</c><00:24:26.700><c> I've</c><00:24:26.980><c> got</c><00:24:27.119><c> a</c><00:24:27.440><c> PDF</c><00:24:27.660><c> of</c><00:24:27.859><c> it,</c><00:24:28.099><c> actually,</c><00:24:28.180><c> you</c><00:24:28.400><c> could</c><00:24:28.400><c> share</c><00:24:28.500><c> if</c> 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.000 anyone<00:24:28.819><c> wants</c> 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:31.220 it.<00:24:29.500><c> But</c><00:24:29.640><c> I've</c><00:24:29.859><c> pulled</c><00:24:29.940><c> up</c><00:24:30.119><c> all</c><00:24:30.299><c> of</c><00:24:30.420><c> the</c><00:24:30.519><c> epistle</c><00:24:30.819><c> openings</c> 00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:33.799 and<00:24:31.480><c> compared</c><00:24:31.740><c> them</c><00:24:31.940><c> because</c><00:24:32.799><c> I'll</c><00:24:33.359><c> read,</c><00:24:33.599><c> well,</c><00:24:33.680><c> here's</c> 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:36.779 what<00:24:33.920><c> I</c><00:24:34.220><c> read</c><00:24:34.380><c> or</c><00:24:34.579><c> have</c><00:24:34.740><c> read</c><00:24:34.900><c> in</c><00:24:35.059><c> the</c><00:24:35.240><c> past.</c><00:24:35.640><c> Let's</c><00:24:35.839><c> read</c><00:24:36.099><c> through</c><00:24:36.460><c> from</c> 00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:39.359 verse<00:24:37.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:37.319><c> one,</c><00:24:38.420><c> Paul</c><00:24:38.740><c> an</c><00:24:38.980><c> apostle</c> 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:42.660 to<00:24:40.140><c> blah,</c><00:24:40.539><c> blah,</c><00:24:40.859><c> blah,</c><00:24:41.180><c> blah,</c><00:24:41.460><c> blah,</c><00:24:41.740><c> blah,</c><00:24:42.079><c> blah,</c><00:24:42.420><c> because</c> 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:44.539 it<00:24:42.819><c> all</c><00:24:42.960><c> sounds</c><00:24:43.160><c> the</c><00:24:43.400><c> same</c><00:24:43.579><c> to</c><00:24:43.740><c> me.</c><00:24:44.220><c> Doesn't</c><00:24:44.380><c> it</c> 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:48.559 sound<00:24:44.660><c> the</c><00:24:44.880><c> same</c><00:24:45.059><c> to</c><00:24:45.200><c> you?</c><00:24:45.740><c> I</c><00:24:45.819><c> mean,</c><00:24:46.000><c> you</c><00:24:46.220><c> read</c><00:24:46.720><c> one</c><00:24:47.339><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:47.720><c> one,</c><00:24:48.339><c> and</c> 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.680 I'll<00:24:48.880><c> read</c><00:24:49.079><c> two</c><00:24:49.359><c> Corinthians</c> 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:52.700 one,<00:24:50.059><c> and</c><00:24:50.200><c> you</c><00:24:50.420><c> tell</c><00:24:50.539><c> me</c><00:24:50.700><c> if</c><00:24:50.740><c> you</c><00:24:50.920><c> haven't,</c><00:24:52.140><c> if</c><00:24:52.259><c> you</c><00:24:52.400><c> can</c><00:24:52.559><c> see</c> 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:55.140 the<00:24:52.859><c> difference.</c><00:24:54.000><c> You</c><00:24:54.200><c> stay</c><00:24:54.460><c> there</c><00:24:54.660><c> in</c><00:24:54.799><c> one</c><00:24:54.960><c> Corinthians</c> 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:57.099 one,<00:24:55.299><c> I'll</c><00:24:55.519><c> read</c><00:24:55.579><c> two</c><00:24:55.799><c> Corinthians</c><00:24:56.039><c> one,</c><00:24:56.359><c> Paul</c><00:24:56.599><c> an</c><00:24:56.779><c> apostle</c> 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:59.359 of<00:24:57.240><c> Jesus</c><00:24:57.519><c> Christ</c><00:24:57.880><c> by</c><00:24:58.079><c> the</c><00:24:58.200><c> will</c><00:24:58.279><c> of</c><00:24:58.500><c> God</c><00:24:58.640><c> and</c><00:24:58.839><c> Timothy</c><00:24:59.119><c> our</c> 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:02.240 brother<00:24:59.700><c> unto</c><00:25:00.200><c> the</c><00:25:00.500><c> church</c><00:25:00.799><c> of</c><00:25:00.960><c> the</c><00:25:01.059><c> God</c><00:25:01.240><c> which</c><00:25:01.420><c> is</c><00:25:01.599><c> at</c><00:25:01.819><c> Corinth</c><00:25:02.059><c> with</c> 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.359 all<00:25:02.440><c> the</c><00:25:02.599><c> saints,</c><00:25:03.720><c> which</c><00:25:03.839><c> are</c><00:25:04.039><c> in</c><00:25:04.180><c> all</c> 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:07.180 a<00:25:04.500><c> care,</c><00:25:05.160><c> grace</c><00:25:05.380><c> be</c><00:25:05.599><c> to</c><00:25:05.700><c> you</c><00:25:05.859><c> and</c><00:25:06.079><c> peace</c><00:25:06.279><c> from</c><00:25:06.440><c> God</c><00:25:06.680><c> our</c><00:25:06.880><c> Father</c> 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:10.140 and<00:25:07.460><c> from</c><00:25:07.640><c> the</c><00:25:07.740><c> Lord</c><00:25:07.859><c> Jesus</c><00:25:08.140><c> Christ.</c><00:25:09.480><c> They</c><00:25:09.880><c> sound</c> 00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:12.859 almost<00:25:10.440><c> the</c><00:25:10.660><c> same,</c><00:25:11.140><c> don't</c><00:25:11.259><c> they?</c><00:25:11.480><c> All</c><00:25:11.740><c> of</c><00:25:11.880><c> them</c><00:25:12.039><c> sound</c><00:25:12.440><c> almost</c> 00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:16.160 the<00:25:13.000><c> same.</c><00:25:13.220><c> And</c><00:25:13.380><c> yet,</c><00:25:15.059><c> nestled</c><00:25:15.359><c> in</c><00:25:15.579><c> those</c><00:25:15.839><c> verses</c> 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:19.980 that<00:25:16.339><c> all</c><00:25:16.480><c> sound</c><00:25:16.680><c> the</c><00:25:16.920><c> same</c><00:25:17.359><c> is</c><00:25:18.079><c> some</c><00:25:18.339><c> key</c><00:25:18.599><c> differences.</c><00:25:19.759><c> And</c> 00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.680 also<00:25:20.339><c> the</c><00:25:20.539><c> things</c><00:25:20.740><c> that</c><00:25:20.900><c> he's</c><00:25:21.059><c> repeating</c><00:25:21.440><c> aren't</c> 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:28.460 exactly<00:25:22.019><c> boring,</c><00:25:22.579><c> are</c><00:25:22.640><c> they?</c><00:25:23.140><c> He's</c><00:25:23.339><c> talking</c><00:25:23.519><c> about</c><00:25:23.740><c> grace</c><00:25:24.259><c> and</c><00:25:24.619><c> mercy</c><00:25:25.000><c> and</c><00:25:25.279><c> peace</c><00:25:25.940><c> and</c><00:25:26.700><c> love</c><00:25:27.059><c> and</c><00:25:27.880><c> reference</c><00:25:28.160><c> in</c><00:25:28.339><c> the</c> 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:32.220 Lord<00:25:28.619><c> Jesus</c><00:25:28.960><c> Christ</c><00:25:29.420><c> and</c><00:25:29.940><c> the</c><00:25:30.220><c> love</c><00:25:30.339><c> of</c><00:25:30.460><c> the</c><00:25:30.660><c> Father,</c><00:25:31.380><c> all</c><00:25:31.640><c> these</c><00:25:31.819><c> things</c><00:25:32.019><c> are</c> 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.200 in<00:25:32.339><c> there.</c><00:25:32.440><c> So</c><00:25:32.579><c> it's</c><00:25:32.720><c> not</c><00:25:32.859><c> like</c><00:25:33.000><c> the</c> 00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:37.799 boring<00:25:33.500><c> things.</c><00:25:35.319><c> And</c><00:25:35.319><c> yet</c><00:25:35.779><c> within</c><00:25:36.099><c> that</c><00:25:36.480><c> it</c><00:25:36.740><c> nestled</c><00:25:37.240><c> a</c><00:25:37.539><c> bunch</c> 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.799 of<00:25:38.240><c> interesting</c><00:25:38.599><c> things.</c><00:25:38.900><c> So</c><00:25:39.119><c> I've</c><00:25:39.319><c> put</c><00:25:39.420><c> the</c><00:25:39.660><c> both</c> 00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:43.240 of<00:25:39.940><c> them</c><00:25:40.039><c> up</c><00:25:40.200><c> there</c><00:25:40.380><c> together.</c><00:25:41.619><c> And</c><00:25:41.859><c> I</c><00:25:41.960><c> know</c><00:25:42.240><c> that</c><00:25:42.500><c> may</c><00:25:42.579><c> be</c><00:25:42.759><c> difficult</c><00:25:43.039><c> to</c> 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read</c><00:25:57.380><c> across,</c><00:25:57.940><c> this</c><00:25:58.059><c> is</c><00:25:58.240><c> a</c> 00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:01.099 comparison<00:25:58.740><c> just</c><00:25:59.140><c> between</c><00:25:59.539><c> first</c><00:25:59.799><c> and</c><00:25:59.920><c> second</c><00:26:00.200><c> Corinthians.</c> 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:04.660 Let's<00:26:02.259><c> take</c><00:26:02.480><c> second</c><00:26:02.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:03.220><c> first.</c> 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:08.720 Very,<00:26:05.859><c> very</c><00:26:06.140><c> similar.</c><00:26:06.740><c> There's</c><00:26:07.180><c> a</c><00:26:07.420><c> gap</c><00:26:07.599><c> there,</c><00:26:08.059><c> right?</c><00:26:08.460><c> So</c><00:26:08.640><c> it</c> 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.920 says<00:26:08.880><c> Paul</c><00:26:09.279><c> and</c><00:26:09.440><c> I've</c><00:26:09.619><c> left</c><00:26:09.740><c> a</c><00:26:09.980><c> gap,</c><00:26:10.339><c> an</c><00:26:10.480><c> apostle</c><00:26:10.759><c> of</c> 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:13.160 Jesus<00:26:11.140><c> Christ.</c><00:26:11.839><c> What</c><00:26:12.039><c> did</c><00:26:12.200><c> it</c><00:26:12.319><c> say</c><00:26:12.460><c> in</c><00:26:12.640><c> first</c><00:26:12.859><c> Corinthians?</c> 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:16.839 Paul<00:26:13.960><c> called</c><00:26:14.500><c> to</c><00:26:14.839><c> be</c><00:26:15.359><c> an</c><00:26:15.660><c> apostle</c><00:26:16.000><c> of</c><00:26:16.160><c> Jesus</c><00:26:16.460><c> Christ.</c><00:26:16.680><c> So</c> 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:22.559 there's<00:26:17.019><c> something</c><00:26:17.180><c> about</c><00:26:17.519><c> calling</c><00:26:18.220><c> that's</c><00:26:20.059><c> distinctly</c><00:26:20.480><c> different.</c><00:26:22.420><c> By</c> 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:24.660 the<00:26:22.799><c> will</c><00:26:23.119><c> of</c><00:26:23.460><c> God</c><00:26:23.759><c> and</c><00:26:24.019><c> Timothy</c><00:26:24.400><c> our</c> 00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:27.380 brother,<00:26:25.400><c> whereas</c><00:26:25.599><c> in</c><00:26:25.839><c> first</c><00:26:26.039><c> Corinthians</c><00:26:26.339><c> one</c><00:26:26.720><c> verse</c><00:26:26.960><c> one,</c> 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:29.779 it<00:26:27.599><c> was</c><00:26:27.759><c> Sosthenes</c><00:26:28.259><c> our</c><00:26:28.460><c> brother.</c><00:26:28.980><c> So</c><00:26:28.980><c> some</c><00:26:29.519><c> other</c> 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:33.839 guy<00:26:30.000><c> was</c><00:26:30.180><c> with</c><00:26:30.359><c> him.</c><00:26:31.359><c> Unto</c><00:26:31.599><c> the</c><00:26:31.940><c> church</c><00:26:32.220><c> of</c><00:26:32.480><c> God,</c><00:26:33.019><c> the</c><00:26:33.180><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:33.460><c> of</c><00:26:33.660><c> God,</c> 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:35.119 which<00:26:34.000><c> is</c><00:26:34.160><c> at</c><00:26:34.359><c> Corinth,</c><00:26:34.599><c> that's</c><00:26:34.839><c> exactly</c> 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:38.259 the<00:26:35.339><c> same,</c><00:26:35.480><c> with</c><00:26:35.640><c> all</c><00:26:35.819><c> the</c><00:26:36.000><c> saints</c><00:26:36.480><c> which</c><00:26:37.180><c> are</c><00:26:37.319><c> in</c><00:26:37.380><c> all</c><00:26:37.539><c> Achaia.</c><00:26:38.000><c> So</c><00:26:38.140><c> it</c> 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:39.720 does<00:26:38.460><c> mention</c><00:26:38.680><c> the</c><00:26:38.940><c> saints</c> 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:42.740 in<00:26:40.680><c> first</c><00:26:40.940><c> Corinthians.</c><00:26:41.359><c> But</c><00:26:41.519><c> what</c><00:26:41.720><c> does</c><00:26:41.859><c> it</c><00:26:41.980><c> say</c><00:26:42.079><c> that's</c><00:26:42.380><c> extra</c><00:26:42.559><c> in</c> 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.980 first<00:26:43.019><c> Corinthians?</c><00:26:43.680><c> It</c><00:26:43.740><c> says,</c> 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:49.200 to<00:26:44.440><c> them</c><00:26:44.839><c> that</c><00:26:45.079><c> are</c><00:26:45.319><c> sanctified,</c><00:26:46.900><c> called</c><00:26:47.000><c> to</c><00:26:47.160><c> be</c><00:26:47.339><c> saints.</c><00:26:48.859><c> With</c><00:26:49.019><c> all</c> 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:51.220 that<00:26:49.339><c> in</c><00:26:49.519><c> every</c><00:26:49.779><c> place,</c><00:26:50.119><c> call</c><00:26:50.380><c> upon</c><00:26:50.779><c> the</c><00:26:51.059><c> name</c> 00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:54.400 of<00:26:51.359><c> Jesus</c><00:26:51.619><c> Christ</c><00:26:51.980><c> our</c><00:26:52.160><c> Lord,</c><00:26:52.500><c> both</c><00:26:52.799><c> theirs</c><00:26:53.119><c> and</c><00:26:53.559><c> ours.</c><00:26:54.240><c> So</c> 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.900 there's<00:26:54.500><c> some</c><00:26:54.700><c> distinct</c><00:26:54.960><c> differences.</c><00:26:55.500><c> And</c><00:26:55.660><c> when</c><00:26:55.759><c> you</c> 00:26:55.900 --> 00:26:58.000 understand<00:26:56.299><c> a</c><00:26:56.440><c> little</c><00:26:56.559><c> bit</c><00:26:56.700><c> of</c><00:26:56.940><c> first</c><00:26:57.140><c> Corinthians,</c><00:26:57.559><c> you</c><00:26:57.640><c> think,</c><00:26:57.839><c> oh</c> 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.759 yeah,<00:26:58.400><c> well</c><00:26:58.539><c> that</c><00:26:58.660><c> makes</c><00:26:58.880><c> sense.</c> 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:02.920 What's<00:27:00.180><c> called</c><00:27:00.319><c> out</c><00:27:00.619><c> is</c><00:27:00.839><c> he</c><00:27:01.000><c> was</c><00:27:01.279><c> called.</c><00:27:02.259><c> And</c><00:27:02.460><c> what</c><00:27:02.599><c> was</c><00:27:02.799><c> the</c> 00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.779 thing<00:27:03.319><c> that</c><00:27:03.700><c> the</c><00:27:03.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:04.240><c> doubted?</c> 00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:07.380 The<00:27:05.099><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:05.440><c> had</c><00:27:05.740><c> a</c><00:27:05.900><c> little</c><00:27:06.039><c> bit</c><00:27:06.220><c> of,</c><00:27:06.660><c> who</c><00:27:06.759><c> is</c><00:27:06.980><c> this</c><00:27:07.160><c> poor</c> 00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:09.339 guy<00:27:07.559><c> anyway?</c><00:27:08.500><c> So</c><00:27:08.680><c> he</c><00:27:08.720><c> had</c><00:27:08.839><c> to</c><00:27:09.039><c> establish</c> 00:27:09.339 --> 00:27:13.099 his<00:27:09.640><c> credentials.</c><00:27:10.299><c> So</c><00:27:10.420><c> he</c><00:27:10.740><c> says,</c><00:27:11.359><c> called</c><00:27:11.740><c> to</c><00:27:11.960><c> be</c><00:27:12.140><c> an</c><00:27:12.319><c> apostle,</c> 00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:16.160 to<00:27:14.339><c> them</c><00:27:14.599><c> that</c><00:27:14.799><c> are</c><00:27:14.980><c> sanctified.</c> 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:19.019 That<00:27:17.119><c> wasn't</c><00:27:17.400><c> said</c><00:27:17.599><c> to</c><00:27:17.819><c> the</c><00:27:17.960><c> second</c><00:27:18.119><c> Corinthians,</c><00:27:18.680><c> to</c><00:27:18.819><c> them</c> 00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:20.480 that<00:27:19.200><c> are</c><00:27:19.319><c> sanctified.</c><00:27:19.799><c> Why</c><00:27:19.980><c> is</c><00:27:20.220><c> that?</c> 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:22.819 When<00:27:20.779><c> you</c><00:27:20.940><c> read</c><00:27:21.180><c> through</c><00:27:21.500><c> first</c><00:27:21.740><c> Corinthians,</c><00:27:22.299><c> does</c><00:27:22.400><c> it</c><00:27:22.640><c> look</c> 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:24.839 like<00:27:23.099><c> a</c><00:27:23.319><c> sanctified</c><00:27:23.920><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:29.940 Seriously?<00:27:27.259><c> They</c><00:27:27.420><c> were</c><00:27:27.599><c> doing</c><00:27:27.859><c> that?</c><00:27:28.839><c> You've</c><00:27:29.039><c> got</c><00:27:29.099><c> to</c><00:27:29.200><c> be</c><00:27:29.400><c> kidding</c><00:27:29.619><c> me.</c> 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:32.920 So<00:27:30.359><c> they</c><00:27:30.579><c> were</c><00:27:30.779><c> an</c><00:27:31.079><c> unsanctified</c><00:27:32.140><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:36.279 but<00:27:33.359><c> they're</c><00:27:33.640><c> written</c><00:27:33.900><c> to,</c><00:27:34.740><c> it</c><00:27:34.940><c> doesn't</c><00:27:35.180><c> say</c><00:27:35.480><c> to</c><00:27:35.700><c> those</c><00:27:35.960><c> who</c> 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.720 should<00:27:36.460><c> be</c><00:27:36.779><c> sanctified.</c><00:27:37.220><c> It's</c><00:27:37.400><c> interesting,</c> 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:40.839 it<00:27:37.839><c> doesn't</c><00:27:38.000><c> say</c><00:27:38.160><c> that.</c><00:27:38.519><c> He</c><00:27:38.700><c> said,</c><00:27:38.900><c> to</c><00:27:38.980><c> them</c><00:27:39.200><c> that</c><00:27:39.420><c> are</c><00:27:39.619><c> sanctified.</c><00:27:40.640><c> Almost</c> 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:43.099 by<00:27:41.200><c> saying</c><00:27:41.559><c> you're</c><00:27:42.220><c> sanctified</c> 00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:48.599 would<00:27:43.700><c> trigger</c><00:27:44.000><c> them</c><00:27:44.200><c> to</c><00:27:44.400><c> think,</c><00:27:44.640><c> oh</c><00:27:44.980><c> yeah,</c><00:27:45.599><c> my</c><00:27:45.839><c> behavior</c><00:27:46.160><c> isn't</c><00:27:46.460><c> particularly</c><00:27:46.940><c> sanctified,</c><00:27:47.579><c> is</c><00:27:47.680><c> it?</c> 00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:52.660 And<00:27:49.279><c> so</c><00:27:49.440><c> hopefully</c><00:27:49.859><c> it's</c><00:27:50.480><c> an</c><00:27:50.720><c> aspirational</c><00:27:51.799><c> idea</c><00:27:52.299><c> to</c><00:27:52.500><c> them.</c> 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:57.019 And<00:27:53.180><c> I've</c><00:27:55.200><c> heard</c><00:27:55.420><c> brothers</c><00:27:56.019><c> speak</c><00:27:56.660><c> to</c><00:27:56.839><c> other</c> 00:27:57.019 --> 00:28:02.519 brothers<00:27:57.400><c> and</c><00:27:57.859><c> call</c><00:27:58.099><c> them</c><00:27:58.400><c> brother</c><00:27:58.859><c> to</c><00:27:59.380><c> make</c><00:27:59.539><c> the</c><00:27:59.759><c> point</c><00:28:00.319><c> about</c><00:28:00.799><c> their</c><00:28:01.079><c> behavior</c><00:28:01.380><c> at</c><00:28:01.559><c> that</c><00:28:01.779><c> time,</c><00:28:02.019><c> maybe</c><00:28:02.240><c> being</c><00:28:02.440><c> a</c> 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:06.480 rowdy.<00:28:03.839><c> They</c><00:28:03.940><c> were</c><00:28:04.000><c> brother,</c><00:28:04.819><c> and</c><00:28:04.960><c> it</c><00:28:05.180><c> just</c><00:28:05.980><c> catches</c><00:28:06.259><c> your</c> 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:08.059 attention.<00:28:06.759><c> They</c><00:28:06.839><c> didn't</c><00:28:07.039><c> say,</c><00:28:07.299><c> you're</c><00:28:07.420><c> not</c><00:28:07.579><c> acting</c><00:28:07.839><c> like</c> 00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:12.579 a<00:28:08.279><c> brother</c><00:28:08.480><c> for</c><00:28:08.700><c> the</c><00:28:08.920><c> following</c><00:28:09.160><c> reasons.</c><00:28:10.240><c> They</c><00:28:10.440><c> said</c><00:28:10.740><c> brother,</c><00:28:11.240><c> and</c><00:28:11.440><c> that</c><00:28:11.559><c> was</c><00:28:11.740><c> enough</c><00:28:12.079><c> to</c> 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.079 bring<00:28:12.759><c> somebody</c> 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:17.740 out<00:28:13.980><c> of</c><00:28:14.420><c> a</c><00:28:14.799><c> stupor.</c><00:28:15.880><c> And</c><00:28:16.019><c> so</c><00:28:16.180><c> here</c><00:28:16.400><c> they</c><00:28:16.599><c> have</c><00:28:16.799><c> the</c><00:28:17.099><c> call</c><00:28:17.319><c> to</c><00:28:17.559><c> be</c> 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:20.380 sanctified,<00:28:18.339><c> is</c><00:28:18.480><c> to</c><00:28:18.700><c> call</c><00:28:18.880><c> them</c><00:28:19.160><c> sanctified.</c> 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:24.319 So<00:28:21.619><c> that's</c><00:28:22.079><c> really</c><00:28:22.559><c> insightful</c><00:28:23.119><c> and</c><00:28:23.500><c> instructive.</c><00:28:24.079><c> And</c><00:28:24.180><c> then</c> 00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.880 what<00:28:24.440><c> else?</c><00:28:24.799><c> At</c><00:28:24.960><c> the</c><00:28:25.039><c> end</c><00:28:25.200><c> of</c><00:28:25.359><c> verse</c><00:28:25.500><c> two,</c> 00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:29.759 first<00:28:26.140><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:26.500><c> one,</c><00:28:26.759><c> it</c><00:28:26.960><c> says,</c><00:28:27.519><c> with</c><00:28:27.640><c> all</c><00:28:28.299><c> that</c><00:28:28.599><c> in</c><00:28:28.799><c> every</c><00:28:29.140><c> place</c><00:28:29.460><c> call</c> 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:31.160 upon<00:28:30.000><c> the</c><00:28:30.180><c> name</c><00:28:30.319><c> of</c><00:28:30.460><c> Jesus</c><00:28:30.740><c> Christ,</c> 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:38.099 our<00:28:31.640><c> Lord,</c><00:28:32.140><c> both</c><00:28:32.480><c> theirs</c><00:28:32.819><c> and</c><00:28:33.339><c> ours.</c><00:28:33.740><c> Really</c><00:28:34.119><c> emphasizing</c><00:28:34.700><c> this</c><00:28:35.099><c> hours</c><00:28:35.539><c> work,</c><00:28:36.880><c> the</c><00:28:37.019><c> good</c><00:28:37.220><c> words</c><00:28:37.500><c> of</c><00:28:37.700><c> Daniel,</c> 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:43.839 the<00:28:38.819><c> us,</c><00:28:39.259><c> the</c><00:28:39.480><c> hour,</c><00:28:39.920><c> the</c><00:28:40.099><c> we.</c><00:28:40.819><c> So</c><00:28:40.940><c> he</c><00:28:41.160><c> encourages</c><00:28:41.519><c> them</c><00:28:41.960><c> to</c><00:28:42.819><c> think</c><00:28:43.000><c> about</c><00:28:43.180><c> themselves</c><00:28:43.599><c> as</c> 00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.180 part<00:28:44.019><c> of</c><00:28:44.220><c> a</c><00:28:44.420><c> greater</c> 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:48.700 unity<00:28:45.799><c> of</c><00:28:46.200><c> a</c><00:28:46.339><c> body</c><00:28:46.519><c> of</c><00:28:46.720><c> Christ.</c><00:28:47.660><c> And</c><00:28:47.839><c> that</c><00:28:48.019><c> was</c><00:28:48.200><c> their</c><00:28:48.380><c> problem,</c><00:28:48.640><c> wasn't</c> 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.599 it?<00:28:48.799><c> The</c><00:28:48.980><c> first</c><00:28:49.200><c> problem</c><00:28:49.359><c> he's</c><00:28:49.519><c> going</c> 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:52.619 to<00:28:49.680><c> get</c><00:28:49.799><c> into</c><00:28:50.059><c> is</c><00:28:50.279><c> the</c><00:28:50.500><c> schisms,</c><00:28:51.539><c> that</c><00:28:51.720><c> they</c><00:28:51.839><c> are,</c><00:28:52.039><c> I'm</c><00:28:52.059><c> of</c><00:28:52.200><c> Paul,</c><00:28:52.400><c> I'm</c> 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:55.380 of<00:28:52.779><c> Apollos.</c><00:28:53.819><c> And</c><00:28:54.039><c> so</c><00:28:54.200><c> the</c><00:28:54.680><c> schisms</c><00:28:55.039><c> is</c><00:28:55.200><c> the</c> 00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:57.160 first<00:28:55.519><c> thing</c><00:28:55.619><c> he's</c><00:28:55.819><c> going</c><00:28:55.880><c> to</c><00:28:55.980><c> get</c><00:28:56.099><c> into.</c><00:28:56.500><c> And</c><00:28:56.579><c> so</c><00:28:56.759><c> he</c><00:28:56.980><c> speaks</c> 00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:59.539 to<00:28:57.319><c> them</c><00:28:57.500><c> as</c><00:28:58.220><c> part</c><00:28:58.559><c> of</c><00:28:58.819><c> those</c><00:28:59.019><c> who</c><00:28:59.180><c> are</c><00:28:59.420><c> called</c> 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:03.740 from<00:28:59.680><c> everywhere,</c><00:29:00.440><c> in</c><00:29:00.539><c> every</c><00:29:00.799><c> place,</c><00:29:01.359><c> ours</c><00:29:01.700><c> and</c><00:29:02.279><c> theirs.</c><00:29:03.279><c> So</c> 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:06.259 it<00:29:03.859><c> really</c><00:29:04.099><c> is</c><00:29:04.400><c> interesting</c><00:29:04.799><c> that</c><00:29:05.119><c> just</c><00:29:05.440><c> the</c><00:29:05.880><c> initial</c> 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:09.460 opening<00:29:06.700><c> gambit</c><00:29:07.140><c> that</c><00:29:07.359><c> looks</c><00:29:07.599><c> like</c><00:29:07.880><c> it's,</c><00:29:08.480><c> you</c><00:29:08.599><c> know,</c><00:29:09.160><c> always</c> 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:12.019 the<00:29:09.720><c> same,</c><00:29:10.400><c> contains</c><00:29:10.720><c> these</c><00:29:11.000><c> little</c><00:29:11.380><c> indicators</c> 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:15.480 of<00:29:12.720><c> what's</c><00:29:13.059><c> going</c><00:29:13.180><c> to</c><00:29:13.339><c> be</c><00:29:13.579><c> in</c><00:29:14.160><c> the</c><00:29:14.319><c> epistle.</c><00:29:14.759><c> So</c><00:29:14.960><c> to</c><00:29:15.220><c> them</c><00:29:15.359><c> that</c> 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:17.779 are<00:29:15.640><c> sanctified</c><00:29:16.099><c> is</c><00:29:16.339><c> really</c><00:29:16.599><c> the</c><00:29:16.799><c> big</c><00:29:16.960><c> one,</c> 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:20.819 it's<00:29:18.220><c> the</c><00:29:18.380><c> very</c><00:29:18.660><c> different</c><00:29:18.920><c> one,</c><00:29:19.279><c> and</c><00:29:19.500><c> also</c><00:29:19.720><c> this</c><00:29:19.980><c> idea</c><00:29:20.339><c> of</c> 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:23.759 ours<00:29:21.059><c> and</c><00:29:21.339><c> theirs.</c><00:29:22.819><c> Then</c><00:29:23.099><c> you</c><00:29:23.279><c> compare</c> 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:27.680 Corinthians,<00:29:24.759><c> which</c><00:29:24.940><c> is</c><00:29:25.160><c> largely</c><00:29:26.059><c> silent</c><00:29:27.000><c> on</c><00:29:27.180><c> that</c><00:29:27.440><c> second</c> 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:30.000 component<00:29:28.140><c> of</c><00:29:28.700><c> verse</c><00:29:28.920><c> two</c><00:29:29.140><c> from</c><00:29:29.359><c> first</c><00:29:29.619><c> Corinthians</c> 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.480 one.<00:29:30.960><c> And</c><00:29:31.279><c> you</c><00:29:31.500><c> see,</c><00:29:32.000><c> for</c><00:29:32.160><c> example,</c><00:29:32.500><c> in</c><00:29:32.900><c> second</c><00:29:33.099><c> Corinthians</c> 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:35.700 one,<00:29:33.819><c> verse</c><00:29:34.019><c> two,</c><00:29:34.660><c> it's</c><00:29:34.980><c> almost</c><00:29:35.240><c> exact,</c> 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:38.740 isn't<00:29:35.900><c> it?</c><00:29:36.160><c> Well,</c><00:29:36.380><c> it</c><00:29:36.579><c> is</c><00:29:37.359><c> exact,</c><00:29:37.740><c> except</c><00:29:38.000><c> for</c><00:29:38.299><c> commas,</c><00:29:38.579><c> which</c> 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:41.140 weren't<00:29:38.940><c> there,</c><00:29:39.759><c> as</c><00:29:40.059><c> verse</c><00:29:40.299><c> three</c><00:29:40.640><c> of</c><00:29:40.920><c> first</c> 00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:44.039 Corinthians.<00:29:41.819><c> And</c><00:29:42.000><c> now</c><00:29:42.200><c> you</c><00:29:42.380><c> have</c><00:29:42.539><c> this</c><00:29:42.859><c> distinct</c><00:29:43.240><c> difference</c><00:29:43.599><c> in</c><00:29:43.819><c> verse</c> 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:45.900 three,<00:29:45.059><c> blessed</c><00:29:45.299><c> be</c><00:29:45.619><c> God,</c> 00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:48.039 even<00:29:46.220><c> the</c><00:29:46.440><c> father</c><00:29:46.599><c> of</c><00:29:46.759><c> our</c><00:29:46.859><c> Lord</c><00:29:47.019><c> Jesus</c><00:29:47.259><c> Christ,</c><00:29:47.640><c> the</c><00:29:47.839><c> father</c> 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:50.680 of<00:29:48.279><c> mercies,</c><00:29:49.160><c> and</c><00:29:49.380><c> the</c><00:29:49.579><c> God</c><00:29:49.819><c> of</c><00:29:49.960><c> all</c><00:29:50.200><c> comfort.</c> 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:56.140 And<00:29:51.420><c> then</c><00:29:51.559><c> he's</c><00:29:51.779><c> going</c><00:29:51.920><c> to</c><00:29:51.980><c> go</c><00:29:52.240><c> off</c><00:29:52.680><c> in</c><00:29:53.299><c> second</c><00:29:54.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:54.640><c> one</c><00:29:55.259><c> into</c><00:29:55.819><c> a</c> 00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:58.380 comfort<00:29:56.559><c> fest.</c><00:29:57.500><c> And</c><00:29:57.680><c> it's</c><00:29:57.839><c> going</c><00:29:57.960><c> to</c><00:29:58.140><c> be,</c> 00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:01.819 how<00:29:58.779><c> many</c><00:29:59.039><c> times</c><00:29:59.319><c> can</c><00:29:59.480><c> we</c><00:29:59.599><c> put</c><00:29:59.799><c> comfort</c><00:30:00.180><c> into</c><00:30:00.579><c> this</c><00:30:01.480><c> section</c> 00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:03.539 of<00:30:02.160><c> scripture?</c><00:30:02.839><c> And</c><00:30:03.000><c> it's</c><00:30:03.220><c> like,</c><00:30:03.380><c> no,</c> 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:06.660 that's<00:30:03.779><c> not</c><00:30:03.920><c> enough,</c><00:30:04.240><c> put</c><00:30:04.380><c> three</c><00:30:04.640><c> more</c><00:30:04.859><c> in.</c><00:30:05.319><c> It's</c><00:30:05.759><c> almost</c><00:30:06.039><c> comical</c><00:30:06.420><c> the</c> 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.819 way<00:30:06.839><c> it</c><00:30:07.160><c> goes</c><00:30:07.440><c> crammed</c><00:30:07.960><c> full</c><00:30:08.259><c> of</c><00:30:08.519><c> comfort.</c> 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:11.519 So<00:30:09.160><c> guess</c><00:30:09.359><c> what</c><00:30:09.599><c> second</c><00:30:09.859><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:10.220><c> is</c><00:30:10.460><c> going</c><00:30:10.599><c> to</c><00:30:10.700><c> be</c><00:30:10.819><c> about?</c><00:30:11.119><c> It's</c> 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.000 going<00:30:11.599><c> to</c><00:30:11.700><c> be</c><00:30:11.839><c> about</c><00:30:12.059><c> comfort.</c> 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:20.660 So<00:30:14.240><c> that's</c><00:30:14.440><c> an</c><00:30:14.640><c> interesting</c><00:30:15.119><c> way</c><00:30:15.779><c> of</c><00:30:16.460><c> looking</c><00:30:16.839><c> at</c><00:30:16.980><c> the</c><00:30:17.160><c> different</c><00:30:17.319><c> epistle</c><00:30:17.660><c> openings.</c><00:30:18.259><c> There's</c><00:30:18.559><c> just</c><00:30:18.799><c> a</c> 00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:24.119 Romans,<00:30:21.900><c> first</c><00:30:22.059><c> and</c><00:30:22.140><c> second</c><00:30:22.319><c> Corinthians,</c><00:30:22.740><c> Galatians,</c><00:30:23.180><c> Ephesians,</c><00:30:23.880><c> and</c> 00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.400 things<00:30:24.299><c> will</c><00:30:24.539><c> stick</c><00:30:24.740><c> out.</c><00:30:25.079><c> So</c><00:30:25.220><c> the</c> 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:29.339 Ecclesia<00:30:25.680><c> of</c><00:30:25.940><c> God</c><00:30:26.240><c> is</c><00:30:26.759><c> another</c><00:30:27.039><c> thing</c><00:30:27.259><c> that</c><00:30:27.440><c> was</c><00:30:27.680><c> in</c><00:30:27.940><c> first</c><00:30:28.119><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:28.480><c> that</c><00:30:29.039><c> was</c><00:30:29.220><c> an</c> 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:29.980 unusual<00:30:29.680><c> one,</c> 00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:32.839 the<00:30:30.500><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:30.740><c> of</c><00:30:30.980><c> God,</c><00:30:31.480><c> not</c><00:30:31.680><c> the</c><00:30:31.900><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:32.099><c> of</c><00:30:32.259><c> Paul</c><00:30:32.539><c> or</c><00:30:32.700><c> the</c> 00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:35.500 Ecclesia<00:30:33.099><c> of</c><00:30:33.339><c> Apollos,</c><00:30:33.980><c> the</c><00:30:34.140><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:34.380><c> of</c><00:30:34.599><c> God,</c> 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:39.039 to<00:30:35.900><c> sanctified</c><00:30:36.480><c> saints.</c><00:30:37.779><c> And</c><00:30:38.059><c> that's</c><00:30:38.319><c> one</c><00:30:38.480><c> of</c><00:30:38.619><c> our</c><00:30:38.799><c> verses,</c> 00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:41.319 one<00:30:39.640><c> of</c><00:30:39.799><c> our</c><00:30:40.019><c> special</c><00:30:40.400><c> words,</c><00:30:40.720><c> isn't</c><00:30:40.839><c> it?</c><00:30:41.000><c> To</c><00:30:41.119><c> be</c> 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:48.099 sanctified<00:30:41.980><c> is</c><00:30:42.420><c> the</c><00:30:42.660><c> dirty,</c><00:30:44.400><c> that's</c><00:30:44.859><c> us,</c><00:30:45.440><c> are</c><00:30:45.640><c> washed.</c><00:30:46.980><c> So</c><00:30:47.460><c> when</c><00:30:47.839><c> we</c> 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.920 think<00:30:48.259><c> about</c><00:30:48.519><c> that</c><00:30:48.880><c> in</c><00:30:49.119><c> a</c><00:30:49.220><c> Corinthian</c><00:30:49.640><c> way,</c> 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:54.420 we<00:30:50.079><c> think,</c><00:30:50.799><c> what</c><00:30:50.900><c> was</c><00:30:51.079><c> their</c><00:30:51.279><c> lifestyle</c><00:30:51.720><c> like?</c><00:30:52.819><c> Well,</c><00:30:53.039><c> unfortunately,</c><00:30:54.240><c> it's</c> 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:56.759 still<00:30:54.640><c> pretty</c><00:30:54.880><c> dirty.</c><00:30:56.539><c> We</c><00:30:56.740><c> have</c> 00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:59.539 to<00:30:56.900><c> remember</c><00:30:57.220><c> that</c><00:30:57.339><c> there</c><00:30:57.440><c> were</c><00:30:57.640><c> two</c><00:30:58.000><c> thieves</c><00:30:58.519><c> who</c><00:30:59.079><c> were</c><00:30:59.279><c> co</c> 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:03.799 -crucified<00:31:00.240><c> and</c><00:31:01.359><c> only</c><00:31:01.619><c> one</c><00:31:01.799><c> of</c><00:31:01.960><c> them,</c><00:31:02.599><c> it</c><00:31:03.339><c> looks</c><00:31:03.579><c> like,</c> 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:07.660 will<00:31:04.000><c> be</c><00:31:04.380><c> in</c><00:31:04.619><c> paradise</c><00:31:04.960><c> with</c><00:31:05.279><c> Jesus.</c><00:31:06.579><c> And</c><00:31:06.799><c> so</c><00:31:06.900><c> just</c><00:31:07.240><c> because</c> 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:10.640 we're<00:31:07.980><c> baptized,</c><00:31:09.680><c> we</c><00:31:09.940><c> still</c><00:31:10.140><c> have</c><00:31:10.299><c> choices</c> 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:14.779 to<00:31:10.920><c> make.</c><00:31:11.740><c> And</c><00:31:11.880><c> unfortunately,</c><00:31:12.400><c> the</c><00:31:12.579><c> first</c><00:31:12.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:13.559><c> had</c> 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:17.380 gone<00:31:15.019><c> back</c><00:31:15.299><c> on</c><00:31:15.500><c> the</c><00:31:15.700><c> cross,</c><00:31:16.519><c> grabbed</c><00:31:16.759><c> the</c><00:31:16.960><c> old</c><00:31:17.180><c> man</c> 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:19.859 and<00:31:17.420><c> made</c><00:31:17.640><c> him</c><00:31:17.839><c> alive</c><00:31:18.079><c> again.</c><00:31:18.680><c> And</c><00:31:18.779><c> he</c><00:31:18.859><c> was</c><00:31:19.079><c> very</c><00:31:19.359><c> alive</c><00:31:19.640><c> and</c> 00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:22.940 very<00:31:20.140><c> well</c><00:31:20.359><c> and</c><00:31:20.599><c> doing</c><00:31:20.819><c> very</c><00:31:21.200><c> nicely</c><00:31:21.599><c> being</c><00:31:22.000><c> filthy.</c> 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:28.640 But<00:31:23.539><c> he</c><00:31:23.640><c> needed</c><00:31:23.819><c> to</c><00:31:24.000><c> be</c><00:31:24.200><c> sanctified.</c><00:31:25.599><c> So</c><00:31:25.759><c> he's</c><00:31:26.079><c> spoken</c><00:31:26.279><c> to</c><00:31:28.339><c> be</c> 00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:30.980 sanctified.<00:31:30.079><c> And</c><00:31:30.279><c> the</c><00:31:30.420><c> second</c><00:31:30.579><c> Corinthians</c> 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:34.140 have<00:31:31.240><c> a</c><00:31:31.440><c> difference.</c><00:31:32.000><c> Now,</c><00:31:32.180><c> who</c><00:31:32.599><c> writes</c><00:31:32.859><c> to</c><00:31:33.039><c> them</c><00:31:33.119><c> is</c><00:31:33.319><c> interesting.</c><00:31:33.960><c> I</c><00:31:34.099><c> won't</c> 00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:35.900 go<00:31:34.299><c> into</c><00:31:34.400><c> it</c><00:31:34.539><c> now.</c><00:31:35.160><c> But</c><00:31:35.299><c> we</c><00:31:35.500><c> have</c> 00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:38.220 Sosthenes,<00:31:37.000><c> because</c><00:31:37.200><c> otherwise</c><00:31:37.500><c> we</c><00:31:37.680><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:37.759><c> have</c><00:31:37.940><c> enough</c> 00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:40.920 S's<00:31:38.960><c> in</c><00:31:39.619><c> first</c><00:31:39.859><c> Corinthians.</c><00:31:40.640><c> And</c><00:31:40.779><c> then</c><00:31:40.880><c> we</c> 00:31:40.920 --> 00:31:43.920 have<00:31:41.099><c> Timothy</c><00:31:41.619><c> in</c><00:31:42.299><c> second.</c><00:31:42.680><c> And</c><00:31:42.819><c> just</c><00:31:43.000><c> these</c><00:31:43.240><c> tiny</c><00:31:43.460><c> little</c> 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:47.019 interesting<00:31:44.940><c> little</c><00:31:45.259><c> details,</c><00:31:45.859><c> just</c><00:31:46.099><c> who</c><00:31:46.319><c> they</c><00:31:46.559><c> are</c><00:31:46.880><c> and</c> 00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:50.019 what<00:31:47.160><c> they</c><00:31:47.319><c> stand</c><00:31:47.599><c> for,</c><00:31:48.220><c> are</c><00:31:48.579><c> interesting</c><00:31:49.039><c> because</c><00:31:49.500><c> they</c><00:31:49.720><c> give</c><00:31:49.839><c> a</c> 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.880 flavor<00:31:50.279><c> of</c><00:31:50.559><c> those</c><00:31:50.839><c> epistles</c><00:31:51.160><c> too.</c><00:31:51.500><c> I'm</c><00:31:51.599><c> not</c><00:31:51.680><c> going</c> 00:31:51.880 --> 00:32:00.599 to<00:31:52.140><c> get</c><00:31:52.240><c> into</c><00:31:52.420><c> that</c><00:31:52.619><c> right</c><00:31:52.819><c> now.</c><00:31:56.700><c> Just</c><00:31:56.859><c> if</c><00:31:56.980><c> you</c><00:31:57.160><c> have</c><00:31:57.299><c> a</c><00:31:57.299><c> look</c><00:31:57.440><c> at</c><00:31:57.579><c> their</c><00:31:57.740><c> names,</c><00:31:58.220><c> you'll</c><00:31:58.700><c> see.</c><00:31:59.759><c> So</c><00:31:59.960><c> here's</c><00:32:00.240><c> a</c><00:32:00.400><c> list</c> 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:04.319 of<00:32:00.759><c> some</c><00:32:01.000><c> of</c><00:32:01.099><c> the</c><00:32:01.240><c> Corinthian</c><00:32:01.640><c> problems.</c><00:32:03.640><c> First</c><00:32:03.880><c> Corinthians</c> 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:06.799 had<00:32:04.539><c> some</c><00:32:04.740><c> issues,</c><00:32:05.240><c> didn't</c><00:32:05.240><c> they?</c><00:32:06.380><c> And</c> 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:13.859 I<00:32:07.380><c> find</c><00:32:07.539><c> it</c><00:32:07.759><c> fascinating</c><00:32:08.220><c> the</c><00:32:08.640><c> order</c><00:32:09.019><c> with</c><00:32:09.339><c> which</c><00:32:09.759><c> the</c><00:32:10.140><c> Lord</c><00:32:10.279><c> addresses</c><00:32:10.720><c> these</c><00:32:11.039><c> issues.</c><00:32:13.019><c> Because</c><00:32:13.500><c> I</c> 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:17.000 would<00:32:15.019><c> have</c> 00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:20.400 on<00:32:17.079><c> the</c><00:32:17.720><c> resurrection.</c><00:32:18.539><c> That's</c><00:32:18.740><c> pretty</c><00:32:19.000><c> massive,</c><00:32:19.480><c> isn't</c><00:32:19.660><c> it?</c> 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:26.059 And<00:32:22.859><c> he</c><00:32:23.039><c> starts</c><00:32:23.180><c> with</c><00:32:23.440><c> the</c><00:32:23.579><c> schisms.</c><00:32:25.359><c> I'm</c><00:32:25.500><c> not</c><00:32:25.640><c> sure</c><00:32:25.740><c> I'd</c><00:32:25.940><c> have</c> 00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:28.200 started<00:32:26.180><c> with</c><00:32:26.400><c> that.</c><00:32:27.000><c> Being</c><00:32:27.339><c> drunk</c><00:32:27.720><c> in</c><00:32:28.019><c> the</c> 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:33.140 breaking<00:32:28.380><c> of</c><00:32:28.640><c> bread.</c><00:32:30.099><c> That's</c><00:32:30.339><c> nuts.</c><00:32:31.680><c> Fornication.</c><00:32:32.779><c> And</c><00:32:32.980><c> not</c> 00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:36.440 even<00:32:33.920><c> those</c><00:32:34.500><c> in</c><00:32:35.039><c> the</c><00:32:35.319><c> world</c><00:32:35.539><c> would</c><00:32:35.740><c> do</c><00:32:35.960><c> this</c> 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:39.779 or<00:32:36.759><c> even</c><00:32:37.000><c> talk</c><00:32:37.220><c> about</c><00:32:37.420><c> it.</c><00:32:38.279><c> There's</c><00:32:38.480><c> actually</c><00:32:38.680><c> a</c><00:32:38.779><c> little</c><00:32:38.940><c> interesting</c><00:32:39.359><c> thing</c><00:32:39.579><c> on</c> 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:46.980 that<00:32:39.980><c> if</c><00:32:40.220><c> you</c> 00:32:46.980 --> 00:32:50.880 happen<00:32:47.220><c> to</c><00:32:47.420><c> the</c><00:32:47.559><c> varying</c><00:32:47.859><c> generals.</c><00:32:48.900><c> There's</c><00:32:49.059><c> a</c><00:32:49.160><c> little</c><00:32:49.359><c> interesting</c><00:32:49.779><c> thing</c><00:32:50.039><c> about</c><00:32:50.319><c> this</c> 00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.599 fornication<00:32:51.440><c> which</c> 00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:53.779 is<00:32:51.759><c> not</c><00:32:51.940><c> so</c><00:32:52.160><c> much</c><00:32:52.380><c> named</c><00:32:52.700><c> amongst</c><00:32:52.960><c> the</c><00:32:53.140><c> Gentiles.</c><00:32:53.519><c> Actually</c> 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:58.299 it<00:32:54.000><c> happened</c><00:32:54.660><c> very</c><00:32:55.640><c> close</c><00:32:55.960><c> to</c><00:32:56.160><c> where</c><00:32:57.619><c> Corinth</c><00:32:57.900><c> is</c> 00:32:58.299 --> 00:33:01.980 with<00:32:58.920><c> one</c><00:32:59.140><c> of</c><00:32:59.420><c> the</c><00:32:59.960><c> descendants</c><00:33:00.400><c> of</c><00:33:00.819><c> those</c><00:33:01.140><c> initial</c><00:33:01.519><c> generals</c> 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:03.859 of<00:33:02.339><c> Alexander's</c><00:33:02.859><c> army.</c><00:33:03.220><c> So</c><00:33:03.400><c> there</c><00:33:03.579><c> actually</c> 00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:07.859 is<00:33:04.180><c> perhaps</c><00:33:04.519><c> some</c><00:33:04.880><c> history</c><00:33:05.440><c> that</c><00:33:05.839><c> was</c><00:33:06.160><c> fairly</c><00:33:06.519><c> fresh</c><00:33:06.880><c> for</c><00:33:07.099><c> them</c><00:33:07.460><c> to</c> 00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.599 think<00:33:08.000><c> of.</c><00:33:08.279><c> Anyway,</c><00:33:08.660><c> won't</c><00:33:08.720><c> get</c><00:33:08.880><c> into</c><00:33:09.039><c> it.</c> 00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:12.119 But<00:33:10.000><c> these</c><00:33:10.180><c> are</c><00:33:10.259><c> some</c><00:33:10.420><c> of</c><00:33:10.519><c> the</c><00:33:10.619><c> issues.</c><00:33:10.839><c> So</c><00:33:11.079><c> a</c><00:33:11.339><c> huge</c><00:33:11.579><c> number</c><00:33:11.839><c> of</c> 00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:16.079 problems<00:33:12.740><c> that</c><00:33:13.839><c> were</c><00:33:14.059><c> there.</c><00:33:15.240><c> And</c><00:33:15.440><c> this</c><00:33:15.619><c> is</c><00:33:15.779><c> kind</c><00:33:15.880><c> of</c> 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these</c><00:33:25.799><c> contrasts</c> 00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:29.920 in<00:33:26.519><c> the</c><00:33:26.799><c> first</c><00:33:27.099><c> chapter,</c><00:33:27.539><c> because</c><00:33:27.680><c> we</c><00:33:27.839><c> have</c><00:33:28.059><c> a</c><00:33:28.140><c> bunch</c><00:33:28.299><c> of</c><00:33:28.519><c> intriguing</c><00:33:29.140><c> contrasts</c><00:33:29.819><c> in</c> 00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.660 the<00:33:30.019><c> first</c><00:33:30.180><c> Corinthians</c> 00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:37.559 one.<00:33:32.700><c> And</c><00:33:33.099><c> I'll</c><00:33:33.220><c> give</c><00:33:33.279><c> you</c><00:33:33.400><c> an</c><00:33:33.539><c> example.</c><00:33:34.460><c> So</c><00:33:34.640><c> in</c><00:33:34.980><c> verse</c><00:33:35.640><c> 17,</c><00:33:37.559><c> it</c> 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:39.380 says,<00:33:37.940><c> for</c><00:33:37.940><c> Christ,</c><00:33:38.339><c> one</c><00:33:38.480><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:38.779><c> one</c><00:33:39.059><c> 17,</c> 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:42.779 for<00:33:39.619><c> Christ</c><00:33:39.920><c> sent</c><00:33:40.140><c> me</c><00:33:40.579><c> not</c><00:33:40.859><c> to</c><00:33:41.140><c> baptize,</c><00:33:42.019><c> but</c><00:33:42.180><c> to</c><00:33:42.420><c> preach</c><00:33:42.579><c> the</c> 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:45.660 gospel.<00:33:44.079><c> Now</c><00:33:44.240><c> that's</c><00:33:44.440><c> just</c><00:33:44.700><c> interesting</c><00:33:45.119><c> of</c><00:33:45.259><c> itself</c> 00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:50.000 because<00:33:46.119><c> he</c><00:33:46.279><c> did</c><00:33:46.720><c> ask</c><00:33:47.440><c> his</c><00:33:47.859><c> disciples</c><00:33:48.339><c> to</c><00:33:48.579><c> get</c><00:33:48.779><c> baptized,</c><00:33:49.240><c> didn't</c><00:33:49.440><c> he?</c> 00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.940 And<00:33:50.579><c> so</c><00:33:50.700><c> it's</c><00:33:50.839><c> not</c><00:33:51.059><c> like</c><00:33:51.460><c> he's</c><00:33:51.740><c> saying</c><00:33:51.819><c> you</c> 00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:55.220 don't<00:33:52.200><c> need</c><00:33:52.400><c> to</c><00:33:52.539><c> be</c><00:33:52.900><c> baptized.</c><00:33:54.039><c> He's</c><00:33:54.400><c> trying</c><00:33:54.640><c> to</c><00:33:54.799><c> say</c><00:33:55.019><c> that</c> 00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:59.039 was<00:33:55.599><c> the</c><00:33:56.720><c> teaching</c><00:33:57.099><c> moment.</c><00:33:57.619><c> That</c><00:33:57.839><c> was</c><00:33:58.299><c> the</c> 00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:02.539 nahushtan.<00:33:59.940><c> That</c><00:34:00.160><c> was</c><00:34:00.539><c> the</c><00:34:00.759><c> actual</c><00:34:01.279><c> thing</c><00:34:01.799><c> that</c><00:34:02.039><c> took</c><00:34:02.180><c> you</c><00:34:02.380><c> to</c> 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:05.440 the<00:34:02.720><c> thing.</c><00:34:03.119><c> That</c><00:34:03.240><c> was</c><00:34:03.420><c> the</c><00:34:03.619><c> means</c><00:34:04.000><c> to</c><00:34:04.319><c> get</c><00:34:04.519><c> you</c><00:34:04.819><c> to</c> 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:09.260 an<00:34:05.680><c> area.</c><00:34:06.059><c> It</c><00:34:06.200><c> was</c><00:34:06.339><c> the</c><00:34:06.519><c> teaching</c><00:34:06.799><c> method.</c><00:34:07.559><c> So</c><00:34:08.039><c> it</c><00:34:08.400><c> wasn't</c><00:34:08.599><c> actually</c><00:34:09.000><c> all</c> 00:34:09.260 --> 00:34:11.400 about<00:34:09.539><c> baptism.</c><00:34:10.739><c> Otherwise</c><00:34:11.079><c> we</c><00:34:11.260><c> could</c> 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:15.340 go<00:34:11.820><c> into</c><00:34:12.500><c> a</c><00:34:12.559><c> bath</c><00:34:13.139><c> every</c><00:34:13.480><c> day,</c><00:34:14.159><c> but</c><00:34:14.159><c> to</c><00:34:14.539><c> preach</c><00:34:14.739><c> the</c><00:34:14.980><c> gospel.</c> 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.460 So<00:34:15.559><c> it</c><00:34:15.559><c> was</c><00:34:15.679><c> more</c><00:34:15.880><c> than</c><00:34:16.059><c> that.</c><00:34:16.199><c> It's</c><00:34:16.320><c> about</c> 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:20.340 having<00:34:16.760><c> that</c><00:34:17.019><c> in</c><00:34:17.159><c> us.</c><00:34:17.960><c> Not</c><00:34:18.159><c> with</c><00:34:18.639><c> wisdom</c><00:34:18.960><c> of</c><00:34:19.219><c> words,</c><00:34:20.039><c> lest</c><00:34:20.119><c> the</c> 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.760 cross<00:34:20.519><c> of</c><00:34:20.699><c> Christ</c><00:34:20.900><c> should</c><00:34:21.079><c> be</c><00:34:21.260><c> made</c><00:34:21.500><c> of</c><00:34:21.679><c> an</c> 00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:24.260 unaffect.<00:34:22.619><c> For</c><00:34:22.739><c> the</c><00:34:22.940><c> preaching</c><00:34:23.179><c> of</c><00:34:23.400><c> the</c><00:34:23.599><c> cross</c><00:34:23.800><c> is</c><00:34:24.000><c> to</c><00:34:24.099><c> them</c> 00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:26.559 that<00:34:24.519><c> perish</c><00:34:24.760><c> foolishness,</c><00:34:25.840><c> but</c><00:34:25.960><c> unto</c><00:34:26.199><c> us</c><00:34:26.400><c> which</c> 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:30.320 are<00:34:26.800><c> saved</c><00:34:27.079><c> it</c><00:34:27.239><c> is</c><00:34:27.340><c> the</c><00:34:27.579><c> power</c><00:34:27.820><c> of</c><00:34:28.059><c> God.</c><00:34:29.320><c> So</c><00:34:29.679><c> you've</c><00:34:29.940><c> got</c><00:34:30.039><c> the</c> 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:33.900 contrast<00:34:30.699><c> between</c><00:34:31.360><c> this</c><00:34:31.900><c> world's</c><00:34:33.239><c> idea</c><00:34:33.460><c> of</c><00:34:33.639><c> what</c> 00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:37.039 power<00:34:34.179><c> is</c><00:34:34.500><c> and</c><00:34:34.960><c> the</c><00:34:35.159><c> power</c><00:34:35.380><c> of</c><00:34:35.619><c> God.</c><00:34:35.920><c> This</c><00:34:36.199><c> world's</c><00:34:36.619><c> idea</c><00:34:36.800><c> of</c> 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:40.320 what<00:34:37.400><c> wisdom</c><00:34:37.739><c> is</c><00:34:38.079><c> and</c><00:34:38.380><c> the</c><00:34:38.539><c> wisdom</c><00:34:38.760><c> of</c><00:34:39.000><c> God.</c><00:34:39.699><c> So</c><00:34:40.039><c> he</c> 00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:44.940 calls<00:34:40.559><c> in</c><00:34:40.980><c> verse</c><00:34:41.320><c> 17</c><00:34:42.159><c> wisdom</c><00:34:42.820><c> of</c><00:34:43.300><c> words.</c><00:34:44.000><c> That's</c><00:34:44.400><c> a</c><00:34:44.539><c> negative</c> 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:48.199 thing.<00:34:46.000><c> He</c><00:34:46.119><c> doesn't</c><00:34:46.360><c> want</c><00:34:46.599><c> to</c><00:34:46.860><c> be</c><00:34:47.139><c> a</c><00:34:48.199><c> clever</c> 00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:53.219 philosopher<00:34:49.059><c> who's</c><00:34:49.579><c> able</c><00:34:49.860><c> to</c><00:34:50.139><c> engage</c><00:34:50.539><c> you</c><00:34:51.260><c> in</c><00:34:52.340><c> jousting</c><00:34:52.900><c> and</c> 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:56.880 speech<00:34:53.579><c> like</c><00:34:54.440><c> the</c><00:34:54.820><c> Athenians</c><00:34:55.360><c> 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the</c><00:39:25.159><c> case.</c><00:39:25.719><c> And</c><00:39:25.960><c> they</c><00:39:26.059><c> didn't</c> 00:39:26.260 --> 00:39:29.139 write<00:39:26.500><c> in</c><00:39:26.699><c> books,</c><00:39:26.840><c> they</c><00:39:26.980><c> wrote</c><00:39:27.119><c> in</c><00:39:27.420><c> scrolls.</c><00:39:28.199><c> So</c><00:39:28.360><c> if</c><00:39:28.440><c> you</c><00:39:28.579><c> imagine</c><00:39:28.840><c> a</c> 00:39:29.139 --> 00:39:30.519 scroll,<00:39:29.400><c> when</c><00:39:29.539><c> you</c><00:39:29.659><c> open</c><00:39:29.820><c> the</c><00:39:29.980><c> very</c><00:39:30.219><c> middle,</c> 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:34.880 you're<00:39:30.840><c> in</c><00:39:31.159><c> the</c><00:39:31.380><c> middle</c><00:39:31.639><c> of</c><00:39:32.340><c> the</c><00:39:32.559><c> book.</c><00:39:33.380><c> And</c><00:39:33.599><c> so</c><00:39:33.840><c> you</c><00:39:34.059><c> could</c><00:39:34.260><c> imagine</c><00:39:34.539><c> this</c><00:39:34.739><c> is</c> 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extent,</c><00:42:42.800><c> they</c><00:42:43.000><c> may</c><00:42:43.280><c> hear,</c> 00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:47.159 oh,<00:42:43.920><c> I</c><00:42:44.099><c> can</c><00:42:44.280><c> get</c><00:42:44.460><c> away</c><00:42:44.619><c> with</c><00:42:44.760><c> it</c><00:42:44.860><c> for</c><00:42:45.059><c> a</c><00:42:45.159><c> while.</c><00:42:46.059><c> And</c><00:42:46.199><c> I've</c><00:42:46.380><c> heard</c><00:42:46.579><c> people</c><00:42:46.920><c> say</c> 00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:50.300 that.<00:42:48.320><c> So</c><00:42:48.739><c> we</c><00:42:49.300><c> find</c><00:42:49.539><c> in</c><00:42:49.780><c> these</c><00:42:50.000><c> verses</c> 00:42:50.300 --> 00:42:53.639 a<00:42:50.480><c> lot</c><00:42:50.699><c> of</c><00:42:51.059><c> direction</c><00:42:51.619><c> for</c><00:42:52.079><c> how</c><00:42:52.380><c> to</c><00:42:52.699><c> put</c><00:42:52.860><c> the</c><00:42:53.059><c> old</c><00:42:53.219><c> man</c><00:42:53.340><c> on</c><00:42:53.500><c> the</c> 00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:55.599 cross.<00:42:53.840><c> We</c><00:42:54.039><c> preach</c><00:42:54.300><c> Christ</c><00:42:54.599><c> crucified.</c><00:42:55.219><c> So</c><00:42:55.239><c> there</c><00:42:55.420><c> is</c> 00:42:55.599 --> 00:43:00.980 a<00:42:55.699><c> way</c><00:42:56.039><c> by</c><00:42:56.559><c> just</c><00:42:56.719><c> by</c><00:42:57.059><c> preaching</c><00:42:57.239><c> it,</c><00:42:57.559><c> you</c><00:42:57.739><c> actually</c><00:42:58.099><c> remind</c><00:42:58.500><c> yourself</c><00:42:59.000><c> about</c><00:42:59.679><c> being</c><00:42:59.980><c> sanctified.</c><00:43:00.900><c> I</c> 00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:01.760 know<00:43:01.099><c> my</c><00:43:01.380><c> cousins</c> 00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:04.679 went<00:43:01.980><c> on</c><00:43:02.219><c> a</c><00:43:03.079><c> preaching</c><00:43:03.380><c> campaign</c><00:43:03.880><c> when</c><00:43:04.119><c> they</c><00:43:04.239><c> were</c><00:43:04.380><c> probably</c> 00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:07.159 19,<00:43:05.219><c> 20,</c><00:43:05.619><c> that</c><00:43:05.800><c> kind</c><00:43:06.019><c> of</c><00:43:06.239><c> age,</c><00:43:06.739><c> hadn't</c><00:43:06.900><c> been</c> 00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:09.480 baptized.<00:43:07.960><c> And</c><00:43:08.099><c> they</c><00:43:08.179><c> were</c><00:43:08.239><c> on</c><00:43:08.320><c> a</c><00:43:08.460><c> preaching</c><00:43:08.699><c> campaign.</c><00:43:09.440><c> And</c> 00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:11.260 it<00:43:09.659><c> really</c><00:43:09.960><c> struck</c><00:43:10.199><c> them</c><00:43:10.519><c> like,</c><00:43:10.719><c> oh,</c><00:43:10.900><c> yeah,</c> 00:43:11.579 --> 00:43:16.559 we're<00:43:11.940><c> preaching,</c><00:43:12.320><c> but</c><00:43:12.360><c> we're</c><00:43:12.539><c> not</c><00:43:12.699><c> baptized.</c><00:43:15.639><c> Verse</c><00:43:15.840><c> two</c><00:43:16.159><c> of</c> 00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:19.119 1<00:43:16.739><c> Corinthians</c><00:43:17.059><c> two,</c><00:43:18.380><c> not</c><00:43:18.500><c> I</c><00:43:18.840><c> just,</c> 00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:22.320 I<00:43:19.619><c> determined</c><00:43:19.900><c> not</c><00:43:20.139><c> to</c><00:43:20.260><c> know</c><00:43:20.360><c> anything</c><00:43:20.699><c> among</c><00:43:20.960><c> you</c><00:43:21.239><c> save</c><00:43:21.460><c> Jesus</c><00:43:21.860><c> Christ</c><00:43:22.139><c> and</c> 00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:23.760 him<00:43:22.500><c> crucified.</c><00:43:23.039><c> So</c><00:43:23.199><c> the</c><00:43:23.340><c> emphasis</c> 00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:27.800 that<00:43:24.019><c> Paul</c><00:43:24.179><c> had</c><00:43:24.460><c> when</c><00:43:24.800><c> he</c><00:43:24.940><c> was</c><00:43:25.099><c> there</c><00:43:25.239><c> the</c><00:43:25.460><c> first</c><00:43:25.719><c> time</c><00:43:26.139><c> in</c><00:43:26.860><c> this</c><00:43:27.099><c> city</c><00:43:27.420><c> was</c> 00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:29.960 on<00:43:28.059><c> that.</c><00:43:28.219><c> Now,</c><00:43:28.480><c> why</c><00:43:28.679><c> is</c><00:43:28.900><c> that?</c><00:43:29.480><c> Because</c> 00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:34.199 in<00:43:30.300><c> Athens,</c><00:43:30.860><c> there</c><00:43:31.039><c> was</c><00:43:31.320><c> the</c><00:43:31.659><c> Epicureans</c><00:43:32.420><c> and</c><00:43:32.760><c> the</c><00:43:33.019><c> Stoics.</c> 00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:36.920 When<00:43:34.840><c> he</c><00:43:34.980><c> got</c><00:43:35.139><c> to</c><00:43:35.400><c> Corinth,</c><00:43:35.880><c> there</c><00:43:36.159><c> weren't</c> 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:42.039 no<00:43:37.400><c> Stoics.</c><00:43:38.300><c> There's</c><00:43:38.519><c> only</c><00:43:38.820><c> Epicureans</c><00:43:39.539><c> installed</c><00:43:39.960><c> in</c><00:43:40.699><c> Corinth.</c><00:43:41.280><c> It</c><00:43:41.300><c> was</c><00:43:41.559><c> just</c><00:43:41.900><c> a</c> 00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:43.179 totally<00:43:42.280><c> is</c><00:43:42.500><c> a</c><00:43:42.599><c> port</c><00:43:42.800><c> city.</c> 00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:48.119 And<00:43:43.719><c> it</c><00:43:43.840><c> was</c><00:43:44.199><c> have</c><00:43:44.400><c> at</c><00:43:44.639><c> it.</c><00:43:45.000><c> It</c><00:43:45.099><c> was</c><00:43:45.219><c> a</c><00:43:45.460><c> different</c><00:43:45.699><c> sort</c><00:43:45.880><c> of</c><00:43:46.079><c> mentality</c><00:43:46.599><c> than</c><00:43:46.940><c> Athens.</c><00:43:47.920><c> One</c> 00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.760 Corinthians<00:43:48.420><c> four,</c> 00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:52.440 verse<00:43:48.900><c> nine,</c><00:43:49.219><c> it</c><00:43:49.300><c> says,</c><00:43:49.820><c> as</c><00:43:49.920><c> it</c><00:43:50.199><c> were</c><00:43:50.380><c> pointed</c><00:43:50.719><c> to</c><00:43:51.039><c> death.</c><00:43:52.280><c> So</c> 00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:54.880 the<00:43:52.719><c> antidote</c><00:43:53.199><c> to</c><00:43:53.460><c> the</c><00:43:53.739><c> problem</c><00:43:53.980><c> was</c><00:43:54.199><c> the</c><00:43:54.440><c> cross</c><00:43:54.619><c> in</c> 00:43:54.880 --> 00:44:00.139 1<00:43:54.980><c> Corinthians.</c><00:43:58.300><c> And</c><00:43:58.820><c> here's</c><00:43:58.960><c> what</c><00:43:59.079><c> it</c><00:43:59.199><c> looks</c><00:43:59.320><c> like</c><00:43:59.480><c> in</c><00:43:59.699><c> practice.</c><00:43:59.980><c> This</c> 00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:02.019 is<00:44:00.280><c> what</c><00:44:00.340><c> I</c><00:44:00.599><c> feel</c><00:44:00.860><c> is</c><00:44:01.219><c> a</c><00:44:01.380><c> very</c> 00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:07.179 important<00:44:03.039><c> component.</c><00:44:05.219><c> These</c><00:44:05.460><c> are</c><00:44:05.760><c> the</c><00:44:06.059><c> ways</c><00:44:06.320><c> we</c><00:44:06.559><c> can</c><00:44:06.860><c> choose</c> 00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:09.159 in<00:44:07.380><c> our</c><00:44:07.579><c> life</c><00:44:07.960><c> to</c><00:44:08.260><c> put</c><00:44:08.519><c> the</c><00:44:08.800><c> cross</c><00:44:08.940><c> of</c> 00:44:09.159 --> 00:44:13.760 Christ<00:44:09.320><c> into</c><00:44:09.579><c> practice</c><00:44:09.980><c> to</c><00:44:10.300><c> practice</c><00:44:10.679><c> salvation</c><00:44:11.199><c> principles.</c><00:44:13.019><c> Verse</c><00:44:13.280><c> nine</c> 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:14.599 of<00:44:13.920><c> 1</c><00:44:14.079><c> Corinthians</c><00:44:14.239><c> five,</c> 00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:18.699 I<00:44:14.760><c> wrote</c><00:44:14.980><c> to</c><00:44:15.159><c> you</c><00:44:15.719><c> in</c><00:44:15.940><c> an</c><00:44:16.119><c> epistle,</c><00:44:16.539><c> not</c><00:44:16.739><c> to</c><00:44:16.940><c> company</c><00:44:17.280><c> with</c><00:44:17.539><c> fornicators.</c> 00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:24.440 But<00:44:21.539><c> now</c><00:44:21.800><c> I've</c><00:44:22.079><c> written</c><00:44:22.280><c> unto</c><00:44:22.480><c> you</c><00:44:22.739><c> not</c><00:44:22.940><c> to</c><00:44:23.139><c> keep</c><00:44:23.340><c> company.</c><00:44:24.320><c> If</c> 00:44:24.440 --> 00:44:25.780 any<00:44:24.719><c> man</c><00:44:24.920><c> that</c><00:44:25.059><c> is</c><00:44:25.260><c> called</c><00:44:25.400><c> a</c><00:44:25.599><c> brother,</c> 00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:28.940 be<00:44:26.039><c> a</c><00:44:26.159><c> fornicator,</c><00:44:26.780><c> or</c><00:44:26.940><c> covetous,</c><00:44:27.539><c> or</c><00:44:27.639><c> an</c><00:44:27.860><c> idolater,</c><00:44:28.360><c> or</c><00:44:28.579><c> a</c><00:44:28.579><c> railer,</c><00:44:28.840><c> or</c> 00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:30.219 a<00:44:28.940><c> drunkard,</c><00:44:29.260><c> or</c><00:44:29.360><c> an</c><00:44:29.519><c> extortioner,</c> 00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:35.579 with<00:44:30.460><c> such</c><00:44:30.659><c> a</c><00:44:30.820><c> one</c><00:44:31.099><c> know</c><00:44:31.539><c> not</c><00:44:31.719><c> to</c><00:44:31.960><c> eat.</c><00:44:33.239><c> And</c><00:44:33.460><c> then</c><00:44:33.539><c> you</c><00:44:33.719><c> have</c><00:44:34.320><c> in</c> 00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:38.079 verse<00:44:35.739><c> 33,</c><00:44:36.300><c> be</c><00:44:36.380><c> not</c><00:44:36.579><c> deceived,</c><00:44:36.980><c> evil</c><00:44:37.239><c> communications</c> 00:44:38.079 --> 00:44:42.059 or<00:44:38.619><c> bad</c><00:44:38.840><c> company</c><00:44:39.239><c> corrupts</c><00:44:39.800><c> good</c><00:44:39.940><c> manners.</c><00:44:41.099><c> So</c><00:44:41.380><c> our</c><00:44:41.679><c> choice</c> 00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:45.139 of<00:44:42.239><c> who</c><00:44:42.380><c> we</c><00:44:42.559><c> hang</c><00:44:42.679><c> out</c><00:44:42.940><c> with</c><00:44:43.559><c> affects</c><00:44:44.199><c> how</c><00:44:44.559><c> we</c><00:44:44.800><c> behave.</c> 00:44:45.139 --> 00:44:48.579 And<00:44:45.659><c> it</c><00:44:45.800><c> does</c><00:44:46.019><c> have</c><00:44:46.239><c> an</c><00:44:46.400><c> effect.</c><00:44:46.719><c> Now</c><00:44:46.760><c> Jesus,</c><00:44:47.280><c> you</c><00:44:47.360><c> have</c><00:44:47.539><c> to</c><00:44:48.159><c> look</c><00:44:48.440><c> at</c> 00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:50.380 Jesus.<00:44:49.159><c> Did</c><00:44:49.320><c> he</c><00:44:49.440><c> hang</c><00:44:49.599><c> out</c><00:44:49.800><c> with</c><00:44:49.960><c> people</c><00:44:50.219><c> who</c> 00:44:50.380 --> 00:44:53.440 are<00:44:50.500><c> like</c><00:44:50.679><c> this?</c><00:44:51.000><c> Yes,</c><00:44:51.280><c> he</c><00:44:51.440><c> did.</c><00:44:52.400><c> He</c><00:44:52.800><c> he</c><00:44:52.920><c> did.</c><00:44:53.059><c> And</c><00:44:53.199><c> they</c><00:44:53.320><c> were</c> 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:55.960 critical<00:44:53.800><c> of</c><00:44:53.960><c> it.</c><00:44:54.619><c> Now</c><00:44:54.840><c> he</c><00:44:54.980><c> is</c><00:44:55.199><c> Jesus.</c><00:44:55.559><c> So</c><00:44:55.780><c> he</c><00:44:55.880><c> had</c> 00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:59.780 a<00:44:56.219><c> different</c><00:44:56.500><c> strength</c><00:44:56.960><c> than</c><00:44:57.179><c> we</c><00:44:57.440><c> do.</c><00:44:58.099><c> But</c><00:44:58.460><c> the</c><00:44:59.019><c> the</c><00:44:59.340><c> idea</c><00:44:59.539><c> is</c> 00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:01.500 that<00:44:59.900><c> we're</c><00:45:00.139><c> not</c><00:45:00.340><c> pretending</c><00:45:00.760><c> we're</c><00:45:01.019><c> better</c><00:45:01.300><c> than</c> 00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:04.300 somebody.<00:45:02.719><c> We're</c><00:45:02.980><c> trying</c><00:45:03.099><c> to</c><00:45:03.260><c> he</c><00:45:03.380><c> was</c><00:45:03.559><c> trying</c><00:45:03.719><c> to</c><00:45:03.920><c> draw</c><00:45:04.059><c> them</c> 00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:06.500 to<00:45:04.619><c> him.</c><00:45:05.059><c> And</c><00:45:05.239><c> he</c><00:45:05.380><c> was</c><00:45:05.559><c> able</c><00:45:05.739><c> to</c><00:45:05.880><c> be</c><00:45:06.059><c> with</c><00:45:06.199><c> them</c><00:45:06.340><c> and</c> 00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:11.420 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not</c> 00:45:31.239 --> 00:45:34.400 for<00:45:31.480><c> everyone,</c><00:45:31.699><c> is</c><00:45:31.880><c> it?</c><00:45:32.679><c> And</c><00:45:32.820><c> I</c><00:45:32.900><c> was</c><00:45:33.039><c> thinking</c><00:45:33.260><c> I</c><00:45:33.440><c> was</c><00:45:33.699><c> speaking</c><00:45:34.039><c> to</c><00:45:34.239><c> some</c> 00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:35.579 brethren<00:45:34.619><c> last</c><00:45:34.980><c> night.</c><00:45:35.320><c> It's</c><00:45:35.400><c> like</c> 00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:38.380 one<00:45:35.780><c> of</c><00:45:35.980><c> the</c><00:45:36.239><c> talks,</c><00:45:36.599><c> the</c><00:45:36.619><c> evening</c><00:45:36.820><c> talks</c><00:45:36.980><c> I</c><00:45:37.179><c> had</c><00:45:37.420><c> thought</c><00:45:37.619><c> about</c><00:45:37.840><c> doing</c><00:45:38.059><c> was</c> 00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:40.360 verses<00:45:38.840><c> not</c><00:45:39.099><c> in</c><00:45:39.280><c> the</c><00:45:39.460><c> Bible,</c><00:45:39.960><c> which</c><00:45:40.159><c> is</c> 00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:43.519 quite<00:45:40.480><c> a</c><00:45:40.559><c> lot</c><00:45:40.780><c> of.</c><00:45:41.780><c> But</c><00:45:42.019><c> one</c><00:45:42.179><c> of</c><00:45:42.340><c> them</c><00:45:42.480><c> is</c><00:45:42.860><c> unless</c><00:45:43.099><c> you</c><00:45:43.280><c> don't</c> 00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:47.000 want<00:45:43.739><c> to,</c><00:45:45.119><c> or</c><00:45:45.400><c> the</c><00:45:45.619><c> 10</c><00:45:45.880><c> suggestions</c><00:45:46.500><c> in</c><00:45:46.739><c> terms</c><00:45:46.860><c> of</c> 00:45:47.000 --> 00:45:50.159 the<00:45:47.219><c> 10</c><00:45:47.420><c> commandments.</c><00:45:48.579><c> And</c><00:45:48.820><c> this</c><00:45:49.000><c> is</c><00:45:49.239><c> one</c><00:45:49.440><c> way</c><00:45:49.639><c> I</c><00:45:49.739><c> think,</c><00:45:49.860><c> Oh,</c> 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:53.139 man,<00:45:50.400><c> do</c><00:45:50.519><c> I</c><00:45:50.659><c> really</c><00:45:50.880><c> have</c><00:45:51.119><c> to</c><00:45:51.360><c> take</c><00:45:51.619><c> wrong?</c><00:45:52.559><c> And</c><00:45:52.840><c> you</c> 00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:55.840 will<00:45:53.380><c> see</c><00:45:53.539><c> I'm</c><00:45:53.719><c> sure</c><00:45:53.900><c> if</c><00:45:54.039><c> you</c><00:45:54.219><c> consider</c><00:45:54.539><c> in</c><00:45:54.699><c> your</c><00:45:54.880><c> eclisures,</c> 00:45:56.280 --> 00:45:58.719 brothers<00:45:56.460><c> and</c><00:45:56.760><c> sisters</c><00:45:57.079><c> who</c><00:45:57.360><c> have</c><00:45:57.599><c> taken</c><00:45:57.880><c> wrong,</c> 00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:04.460 sometimes<00:45:59.880><c> at</c><00:46:00.059><c> quite</c><00:46:00.179><c> an</c><00:46:00.480><c> extreme</c><00:46:00.719><c> level,</c><00:46:01.159><c> perhaps</c><00:46:01.320><c> in</c><00:46:01.559><c> business,</c><00:46:02.239><c> perhaps</c><00:46:02.380><c> in</c><00:46:02.679><c> family</c><00:46:02.900><c> life</c><00:46:03.199><c> between</c><00:46:03.579><c> a</c><00:46:03.820><c> mother,</c> 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:10.260 mother<00:46:05.159><c> and</c><00:46:05.400><c> a</c><00:46:05.980><c> child</c><00:46:06.300><c> between</c><00:46:07.380><c> whatever</c><00:46:07.780><c> it</c><00:46:07.980><c> is,</c><00:46:08.480><c> often</c><00:46:08.780><c> a</c><00:46:09.300><c> sister</c><00:46:09.659><c> and</c><00:46:10.000><c> a</c> 00:46:10.260 --> 00:46:11.320 brother<00:46:10.539><c> who</c><00:46:10.840><c> are</c><00:46:10.960><c> married,</c> 00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:15.679 taking<00:46:11.920><c> wrong.</c><00:46:12.920><c> Oh,</c><00:46:13.360><c> man,</c><00:46:13.719><c> so</c><00:46:13.940><c> you</c><00:46:13.980><c> can</c><00:46:14.260><c> see</c><00:46:14.420><c> that</c><00:46:14.639><c> and</c><00:46:15.260><c> really</c> 00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:17.679 elevate<00:46:16.179><c> that</c><00:46:16.659><c> that</c><00:46:16.880><c> behavior</c><00:46:17.179><c> they're</c><00:46:17.460><c> showing</c> 00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:21.519 is<00:46:18.079><c> a</c><00:46:18.199><c> display</c><00:46:18.579><c> of</c><00:46:18.820><c> the</c><00:46:19.099><c> cross</c><00:46:19.219><c> of</c><00:46:19.400><c> Christ</c><00:46:19.659><c> in</c><00:46:19.900><c> practice.</c><00:46:21.300><c> The</c> 00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:26.400 tough<00:46:21.719><c> one.</c><00:46:24.559><c> Another</c><00:46:24.800><c> just</c><00:46:25.099><c> super</c><00:46:25.599><c> basic</c><00:46:25.960><c> one.</c><00:46:26.260><c> Now</c> 00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:28.539 you<00:46:26.539><c> think,</c><00:46:27.159><c> why</c><00:46:27.360><c> is</c><00:46:27.460><c> he</c><00:46:27.659><c> saying</c><00:46:27.760><c> this</c><00:46:27.980><c> to</c><00:46:28.139><c> the</c><00:46:28.280><c> Corinthians?</c> 00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:31.199 Because<00:46:29.019><c> in</c><00:46:29.260><c> every</c><00:46:30.159><c> corner</c><00:46:30.599><c> of</c><00:46:30.780><c> that</c><00:46:31.000><c> city,</c> 00:46:31.199 --> 00:46:35.039 there<00:46:31.440><c> seemed</c><00:46:31.619><c> to</c><00:46:31.800><c> be</c><00:46:31.940><c> a</c><00:46:32.079><c> temple</c><00:46:32.639><c> offering</c><00:46:33.440><c> male</c><00:46:33.780><c> and</c><00:46:34.059><c> female,</c> 00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:38.440 whatever<00:46:35.559><c> you</c><00:46:35.880><c> want,</c><00:46:36.980><c> meat</c><00:46:37.179><c> was</c><00:46:37.440><c> there.</c> 00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:42.300 So<00:46:39.179><c> chapter</c><00:46:39.400><c> six,</c><00:46:39.900><c> verse</c><00:46:40.019><c> 18,</c><00:46:40.579><c> flee</c><00:46:40.800><c> fornication.</c><00:46:41.400><c> Very</c><00:46:41.659><c> simple.</c><00:46:42.139><c> Just</c> 00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:44.400 go<00:46:42.500><c> back</c><00:46:42.679><c> to</c><00:46:42.880><c> Joseph.</c><00:46:43.559><c> Joseph</c><00:46:43.900><c> didn't</c><00:46:44.119><c> say,</c> 00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:46.179 Hmm,<00:46:44.619><c> I</c><00:46:44.719><c> think</c><00:46:44.880><c> I'd</c><00:46:45.139><c> stay</c><00:46:45.320><c> around</c><00:46:45.480><c> for</c><00:46:45.639><c> a</c><00:46:45.739><c> little</c><00:46:45.900><c> while</c><00:46:46.099><c> and</c> 00:46:46.179 --> 00:46:47.719 I'll<00:46:46.400><c> try</c><00:46:46.519><c> and</c><00:46:46.739><c> convince</c><00:46:46.920><c> her</c><00:46:47.099><c> about</c><00:46:47.260><c> the</c><00:46:47.440><c> gospel.</c> 00:46:47.739 --> 00:46:52.519 Perhaps<00:46:48.179><c> he</c><00:46:48.539><c> just</c><00:46:48.780><c> ran</c><00:46:49.320><c> and</c><00:46:50.099><c> left</c><00:46:50.260><c> his</c><00:46:51.119><c> clothes</c><00:46:51.559><c> in</c><00:46:51.760><c> her</c><00:46:51.920><c> hand</c> 00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:56.480 from<00:46:53.039><c> Ferris</c><00:46:53.980><c> Potiphar's</c><00:46:54.920><c> wife.</c><00:46:56.000><c> Every</c><00:46:56.179><c> sin</c><00:46:56.300><c> that</c> 00:46:56.480 --> 00:46:58.519 a<00:46:56.579><c> man</c><00:46:56.719><c> does</c><00:46:56.940><c> is</c><00:46:57.139><c> without</c><00:46:57.320><c> the</c><00:46:57.539><c> body,</c><00:46:57.760><c> but</c><00:46:57.940><c> he</c><00:46:58.159><c> that</c><00:46:58.320><c> commits</c> 00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:00.860 fornication<00:46:59.179><c> sins</c><00:46:59.400><c> against</c><00:46:59.679><c> his</c><00:46:59.880><c> own</c><00:47:00.039><c> body.</c> 00:47:01.699 --> 00:47:04.099 And<00:47:02.099><c> so</c><00:47:02.239><c> this</c><00:47:02.400><c> would</c><00:47:02.659><c> really</c><00:47:02.960><c> contrast</c><00:47:03.440><c> with</c><00:47:03.639><c> what</c><00:47:03.800><c> they</c><00:47:03.960><c> were</c> 00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:05.559 seeing<00:47:04.260><c> around</c><00:47:04.579><c> them.</c><00:47:04.960><c> These</c><00:47:05.239><c> slaves,</c> 00:47:05.780 --> 00:47:08.800 they<00:47:05.940><c> were</c><00:47:06.039><c> going</c><00:47:06.159><c> to</c><00:47:06.340><c> die</c><00:47:06.539><c> in</c><00:47:07.219><c> whoever</c><00:47:07.460><c> knows</c><00:47:07.760><c> how</c><00:47:08.039><c> long</c><00:47:08.280><c> that</c> 00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:10.800 these<00:47:09.219><c> guys</c><00:47:09.420><c> were</c><00:47:09.659><c> dragging</c><00:47:09.960><c> these</c><00:47:10.260><c> boats</c><00:47:10.460><c> along.</c> 00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:13.920 They<00:47:11.300><c> didn't</c><00:47:11.480><c> have</c><00:47:11.639><c> very</c><00:47:11.820><c> much</c><00:47:12.019><c> time.</c><00:47:12.840><c> The</c><00:47:12.980><c> guys</c><00:47:13.139><c> in</c><00:47:13.340><c> the</c><00:47:13.519><c> port,</c><00:47:13.920><c> they</c> 00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:15.679 were,<00:47:14.280><c> well,</c><00:47:14.559><c> we'd</c><00:47:14.760><c> probably</c><00:47:15.039><c> drown</c><00:47:15.340><c> on</c><00:47:15.519><c> our</c> 00:47:15.679 --> 00:47:19.039 next<00:47:15.920><c> expedition.</c><00:47:16.460><c> We</c><00:47:16.519><c> may</c><00:47:16.699><c> as</c><00:47:16.820><c> well</c><00:47:16.900><c> have</c><00:47:17.059><c> some</c><00:47:17.320><c> fun</c><00:47:17.480><c> while</c><00:47:17.619><c> we</c><00:47:17.880><c> can.</c><00:47:18.360><c> And</c><00:47:18.599><c> so</c><00:47:18.699><c> it</c><00:47:18.780><c> was</c><00:47:18.940><c> a</c> 00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:20.260 very<00:47:19.260><c> hedonistic</c> 00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:23.760 place<00:47:20.699><c> that</c><00:47:20.900><c> they</c><00:47:21.079><c> lived</c><00:47:21.260><c> very</c><00:47:21.639><c> much</c><00:47:21.900><c> like</c><00:47:22.400><c> where</c><00:47:22.719><c> we</c><00:47:23.000><c> live.</c> 00:47:23.900 --> 00:47:25.860 And<00:47:24.159><c> so</c><00:47:24.480><c> the</c><00:47:24.659><c> idea</c><00:47:24.880><c> is</c><00:47:25.039><c> just</c><00:47:25.239><c> get</c><00:47:25.440><c> out</c><00:47:25.579><c> of</c><00:47:25.659><c> there.</c> 00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:31.000 Don't<00:47:26.460><c> watch</c><00:47:26.739><c> that.</c><00:47:27.099><c> Don't</c><00:47:27.400><c> click</c><00:47:27.639><c> on</c><00:47:27.880><c> that.</c><00:47:28.679><c> Don't</c><00:47:29.159><c> watch</c><00:47:29.480><c> that</c><00:47:30.019><c> girl</c><00:47:30.280><c> doing</c><00:47:30.519><c> this</c><00:47:30.780><c> or</c> 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:31.460 that.<00:47:31.280><c> I</c><00:47:31.300><c> mean,</c> 00:47:31.460 --> 00:47:34.420 at<00:47:31.679><c> the</c><00:47:31.840><c> beach</c><00:47:32.019><c> in</c><00:47:32.199><c> San</c><00:47:32.440><c> Diego,</c><00:47:32.780><c> it's</c><00:47:33.059><c> nuts</c><00:47:33.340><c> what's</c><00:47:34.219><c> around.</c> 00:47:34.539 --> 00:47:36.199 You<00:47:34.639><c> feel</c><00:47:34.760><c> like</c><00:47:34.940><c> wearing</c><00:47:35.159><c> blinkers.</c> 00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:41.900 In<00:47:36.900><c> chapter</c><00:47:37.179><c> 10</c><00:47:37.980><c> of</c><00:47:38.400><c> first</c><00:47:38.579><c> Corinthians,</c><00:47:38.980><c> verse</c><00:47:39.199><c> 14,</c><00:47:40.239><c> wherefore,</c><00:47:40.579><c> my</c><00:47:40.739><c> dearly</c><00:47:41.039><c> beloved,</c><00:47:41.599><c> flee</c> 00:47:41.900 --> 00:47:42.639 from<00:47:42.159><c> idolatry.</c> 00:47:42.739 --> 00:47:45.380 So<00:47:42.960><c> flee</c><00:47:43.079><c> from</c><00:47:43.300><c> both</c><00:47:43.500><c> of</c><00:47:43.559><c> them.</c><00:47:44.059><c> Just</c><00:47:44.280><c> don't</c><00:47:44.780><c> hang</c><00:47:45.019><c> out</c><00:47:45.219><c> there.</c> 00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:46.599 And<00:47:45.519><c> it</c><00:47:45.619><c> must</c><00:47:45.760><c> have</c><00:47:45.880><c> been</c><00:47:46.000><c> difficult</c><00:47:46.400><c> because</c> 00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:51.800 these<00:47:46.840><c> were</c><00:47:47.719><c> small</c><00:47:48.519><c> places.</c><00:47:49.400><c> As</c><00:47:49.639><c> an</c><00:47:49.860><c> American</c><00:47:50.300><c> who</c><00:47:50.980><c> comes</c><00:47:51.340><c> to</c> 00:47:51.800 --> 00:47:53.880 a<00:47:51.840><c> different</c><00:47:52.059><c> country,</c><00:47:53.019><c> everything</c><00:47:53.260><c> seems</c><00:47:53.539><c> small</c> 00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:58.440 pretty<00:47:54.059><c> much.</c><00:47:54.800><c> Whenever</c><00:47:55.059><c> Maria,</c><00:47:55.679><c> I</c><00:47:55.860><c> take</c><00:47:56.059><c> her</c><00:47:56.260><c> anywhere,</c><00:47:57.320><c> stone</c><00:47:57.519><c> hand,</c><00:47:57.880><c> just</c><00:47:58.019><c> like,</c><00:47:58.320><c> oh,</c> 00:47:58.880 --> 00:47:59.699 really<00:47:59.099><c> small?</c><00:47:59.559><c> Yeah,</c> 00:47:59.699 --> 00:48:03.639 it's<00:47:59.800><c> really</c><00:48:00.019><c> small.</c><00:48:00.780><c> You</c><00:48:00.900><c> take</c><00:48:01.000><c> her</c><00:48:01.260><c> to</c><00:48:02.239><c> Athens</c><00:48:02.619><c> or</c><00:48:03.159><c> Rome</c><00:48:03.480><c> or</c> 00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:05.599 whatever,<00:48:03.900><c> everything</c><00:48:04.179><c> was</c><00:48:04.420><c> really</c><00:48:04.699><c> small.</c> 00:48:05.860 --> 00:48:13.360 And<00:48:05.980><c> Israel</c><00:48:06.260><c> was</c><00:48:06.579><c> tiny.</c><00:48:07.760><c> In</c><00:48:08.280><c> fact,</c><00:48:08.619><c> there's</c><00:48:08.900><c> where</c><00:48:09.139><c> we</c><00:48:09.460><c> live</c><00:48:09.920><c> in</c><00:48:11.360><c> Escondido,</c><00:48:12.880><c> there's</c><00:48:13.199><c> a</c> 00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:14.019 tiny,<00:48:13.619><c> there's</c><00:48:13.800><c> two</c> 00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:18.380 blocks<00:48:14.320><c> from</c><00:48:14.559><c> where</c><00:48:14.719><c> the</c><00:48:14.940><c> meeting</c><00:48:15.199><c> room</c><00:48:15.320><c> is</c><00:48:15.619><c> to</c><00:48:15.960><c> this</c><00:48:16.219><c> main</c><00:48:16.380><c> road.</c><00:48:16.980><c> And</c><00:48:17.159><c> that's</c><00:48:17.460><c> the</c><00:48:17.639><c> width</c><00:48:17.980><c> of</c> 00:48:18.380 --> 00:48:18.960 Jerusalem<00:48:18.800><c> at</c> 00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:24.840 its<00:48:19.280><c> narrowest</c><00:48:19.619><c> point.</c><00:48:20.920><c> So</c><00:48:21.300><c> it's</c><00:48:21.860><c> like</c><00:48:22.139><c> amazingly</c><00:48:22.500><c> tiny.</c><00:48:22.980><c> I</c><00:48:23.000><c> think</c><00:48:23.159><c> my</c><00:48:23.699><c> son</c><00:48:23.980><c> could</c><00:48:24.199><c> probably</c><00:48:24.400><c> throw</c><00:48:24.679><c> a</c> 00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:25.900 stone<00:48:25.239><c> across</c> 00:48:25.900 --> 00:48:30.239 the<00:48:26.059><c> whole</c><00:48:26.199><c> of</c><00:48:26.400><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:48:28.239><c> And</c><00:48:28.559><c> so</c><00:48:28.679><c> we</c><00:48:28.860><c> think</c><00:48:29.000><c> about</c><00:48:29.219><c> how</c><00:48:29.480><c> tiny</c><00:48:29.619><c> these</c><00:48:29.780><c> things</c><00:48:29.900><c> are.</c><00:48:30.139><c> But</c> 00:48:30.239 --> 00:48:31.380 imagine<00:48:30.480><c> if</c><00:48:30.699><c> you</c><00:48:31.099><c> were</c> 00:48:31.380 --> 00:48:35.280 always<00:48:31.840><c> using</c><00:48:32.320><c> that</c><00:48:32.639><c> particular</c><00:48:33.079><c> temple</c><00:48:33.539><c> and</c><00:48:34.559><c> you</c><00:48:34.820><c> were</c><00:48:34.900><c> buying</c><00:48:35.039><c> your</c> 00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:37.019 meat<00:48:35.440><c> from</c><00:48:35.639><c> that</c><00:48:35.940><c> particular</c><00:48:36.480><c> temple</c><00:48:36.760><c> over</c> 00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:40.340 there<00:48:37.500><c> and</c><00:48:38.059><c> using</c><00:48:38.260><c> the</c><00:48:38.559><c> services</c><00:48:38.860><c> of</c><00:48:39.119><c> those</c><00:48:39.400><c> particular</c><00:48:39.780><c> ladies</c><00:48:40.079><c> over</c> 00:48:40.340 --> 00:48:42.199 there<00:48:40.639><c> and</c><00:48:41.019><c> you</c><00:48:41.219><c> live</c><00:48:41.380><c> here.</c><00:48:41.780><c> It's</c><00:48:41.980><c> not</c><00:48:42.059><c> like</c> 00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:45.400 you<00:48:42.340><c> live</c><00:48:42.460><c> miles</c><00:48:42.760><c> away.</c><00:48:43.119><c> You're</c><00:48:43.380><c> in</c><00:48:43.500><c> the</c><00:48:43.639><c> same</c><00:48:43.860><c> spot.</c><00:48:44.860><c> And</c><00:48:45.139><c> now</c> 00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:47.880 you<00:48:45.519><c> need</c><00:48:45.639><c> to</c><00:48:45.840><c> walk</c><00:48:46.059><c> past</c><00:48:46.360><c> it.</c><00:48:47.420><c> And</c><00:48:47.619><c> they're</c><00:48:47.760><c> like,</c> 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:51.400 oh,<00:48:48.099><c> we</c><00:48:48.199><c> got</c><00:48:48.300><c> a</c><00:48:48.460><c> special</c><00:48:48.679><c> deal.</c><00:48:50.119><c> And</c><00:48:50.480><c> then</c><00:48:50.739><c> you</c><00:48:50.940><c> have</c><00:48:51.099><c> to</c><00:48:51.260><c> run.</c> 00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:53.940 Just<00:48:52.059><c> keep</c><00:48:52.219><c> going.</c><00:48:52.639><c> So</c><00:48:52.880><c> it's</c><00:48:53.159><c> a</c><00:48:53.320><c> different</c><00:48:53.539><c> story</c> 00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:56.099 than<00:48:54.079><c> what</c><00:48:54.239><c> we</c><00:48:54.460><c> may</c><00:48:54.639><c> think</c><00:48:54.840><c> of.</c><00:48:55.000><c> It's</c><00:48:55.179><c> going</c><00:48:55.300><c> back</c><00:48:55.539><c> to</c><00:48:55.679><c> our</c><00:48:55.800><c> house</c><00:48:56.000><c> and</c> 00:48:56.099 --> 00:48:57.539 it's<00:48:56.199><c> a</c><00:48:56.260><c> whole</c><00:48:56.440><c> different</c><00:48:56.699><c> story.</c><00:48:57.179><c> But</c><00:48:57.340><c> for</c> 00:48:57.539 --> 00:48:59.860 them,<00:48:57.719><c> it</c><00:48:57.820><c> was</c><00:48:58.019><c> right</c><00:48:58.320><c> there.</c><00:48:58.760><c> So</c><00:48:58.960><c> just</c><00:48:59.179><c> flee</c><00:48:59.340><c> fornication,</c> 00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:03.019 flee<00:49:00.179><c> from</c><00:49:00.420><c> the</c><00:49:00.619><c> idolatry.</c><00:49:01.119><c> Just</c><00:49:01.199><c> keep</c><00:49:01.559><c> moving.</c><00:49:02.760><c> It</c><00:49:02.880><c> must</c> 00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:08.360 be<00:49:03.219><c> tough</c><00:49:03.400><c> for</c><00:49:03.539><c> them.</c><00:49:05.599><c> And</c><00:49:05.840><c> so</c><00:49:05.980><c> another</c><00:49:06.280><c> example</c><00:49:06.719><c> is</c><00:49:07.000><c> 1</c><00:49:07.179><c> Corinthians</c><00:49:07.519><c> 7</c><00:49:07.800><c> verse</c><00:49:08.019><c> 2,</c> 00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:09.300 which<00:49:08.539><c> is</c><00:49:08.619><c> an</c><00:49:08.780><c> interesting</c><00:49:09.059><c> one.</c> 00:49:09.599 --> 00:49:12.579 The<00:49:09.820><c> previous</c><00:49:10.019><c> one</c><00:49:10.239><c> had</c><00:49:10.420><c> been</c><00:49:10.820><c> sex</c><00:49:11.139><c> is</c><00:49:11.420><c> bad.</c><00:49:11.760><c> And</c><00:49:11.840><c> this</c><00:49:12.019><c> is</c><00:49:12.280><c> kind</c><00:49:12.400><c> of</c> 00:49:12.579 --> 00:49:14.639 sex<00:49:12.800><c> is</c><00:49:13.000><c> good,</c><00:49:13.380><c> which</c><00:49:13.480><c> is</c><00:49:13.599><c> interesting.</c> 00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:17.139 Nevertheless,<00:49:15.539><c> to</c><00:49:15.739><c> avoid</c><00:49:16.019><c> fornication,</c><00:49:16.619><c> every</c><00:49:16.780><c> man</c><00:49:16.980><c> have</c> 00:49:17.139 --> 00:49:19.599 his<00:49:17.320><c> own</c><00:49:17.519><c> wife,</c><00:49:18.260><c> let</c><00:49:18.380><c> every</c><00:49:18.699><c> woman</c><00:49:18.980><c> have</c><00:49:19.199><c> her</c><00:49:19.420><c> own</c> 00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:23.420 husband,<00:49:20.460><c> let</c><00:49:20.579><c> the</c><00:49:20.760><c> husband</c><00:49:20.980><c> render</c><00:49:21.400><c> to</c><00:49:21.719><c> the</c><00:49:21.880><c> wife</c><00:49:22.179><c> due</c><00:49:22.420><c> benevolence,</c><00:49:23.280><c> and</c> 00:49:23.420 --> 00:49:24.940 likewise<00:49:23.719><c> also</c><00:49:24.179><c> the</c><00:49:24.519><c> wife</c><00:49:24.639><c> to</c><00:49:24.800><c> the</c> 00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:28.199 husband.<00:49:25.739><c> So</c><00:49:25.840><c> there's</c><00:49:26.139><c> even</c><00:49:26.320><c> a</c><00:49:26.500><c> way</c><00:49:26.980><c> in</c><00:49:27.480><c> which</c><00:49:27.639><c> it</c><00:49:27.820><c> works</c><00:49:28.000><c> kind</c> 00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:31.139 of<00:49:28.260><c> the</c><00:49:28.519><c> opposite</c><00:49:28.840><c> to</c><00:49:29.079><c> the</c><00:49:29.280><c> previous</c><00:49:30.219><c> section.</c><00:49:30.980><c> So</c> 00:49:31.139 --> 00:49:36.019 that's<00:49:31.300><c> interesting.</c><00:49:33.559><c> Another</c><00:49:33.880><c> way</c><00:49:34.239><c> I</c><00:49:34.380><c> think</c><00:49:34.579><c> we</c><00:49:34.820><c> all</c><00:49:35.659><c> dwell</c> 00:49:36.019 --> 00:49:39.599 on<00:49:36.239><c> this</c><00:49:36.599><c> every</c><00:49:37.179><c> time</c><00:49:37.420><c> we</c><00:49:37.639><c> break</c><00:49:37.820><c> bread</c><00:49:38.079><c> is</c><00:49:39.179><c> to</c><00:49:39.460><c> know</c> 00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:44.480 that<00:49:39.719><c> we</c><00:49:39.800><c> can</c><00:49:39.960><c> put</c><00:49:40.119><c> the</c><00:49:40.320><c> cross</c><00:49:40.460><c> into</c><00:49:40.699><c> practice</c><00:49:41.119><c> by</c><00:49:42.000><c> purely</c><00:49:42.380><c> examining</c><00:49:42.860><c> ourselves.</c><00:49:44.380><c> Now</c> 00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:45.639 the<00:49:44.599><c> word</c><00:49:44.880><c> examine,</c><00:49:45.480><c> I</c><00:49:45.480><c> don't</c> 00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:49.079 know,<00:49:46.079><c> I</c><00:49:46.320><c> haven't</c><00:49:46.500><c> looked</c><00:49:46.659><c> it</c><00:49:46.780><c> up</c><00:49:46.920><c> actually.</c><00:49:47.579><c> But</c><00:49:47.679><c> maybe</c><00:49:48.260><c> perhaps</c><00:49:48.880><c> this</c> 00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:50.539 is<00:49:49.260><c> the</c><00:49:49.380><c> same</c><00:49:49.559><c> idea</c><00:49:49.820><c> as</c><00:49:50.019><c> the</c><00:49:50.119><c> word</c><00:49:50.280><c> for</c> 00:49:50.539 --> 00:49:52.880 scourging.<00:49:51.420><c> You</c><00:49:51.500><c> know,</c><00:49:51.719><c> that</c><00:49:51.880><c> they</c><00:49:52.019><c> were</c><00:49:52.159><c> going</c><00:49:52.239><c> to</c><00:49:52.579><c> examine</c> 00:49:52.880 --> 00:49:54.440 Jesus<00:49:53.219><c> or</c><00:49:53.519><c> they</c><00:49:53.679><c> meant</c><00:49:53.900><c> they're</c><00:49:54.159><c> going</c><00:49:54.239><c> to</c> 00:49:54.440 --> 00:49:56.480 scourge<00:49:54.719><c> him</c><00:49:54.820><c> or</c><00:49:54.960><c> they're</c><00:49:55.119><c> going</c><00:49:55.199><c> to</c><00:49:55.420><c> examine</c><00:49:55.679><c> Paul,</c><00:49:56.360><c> they're</c> 00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:58.559 going<00:49:56.599><c> to</c><00:49:56.760><c> scourge</c><00:49:57.059><c> him.</c><00:49:57.980><c> Perhaps</c><00:49:58.239><c> it's</c><00:49:58.480><c> a</c> 00:49:58.559 --> 00:50:01.199 similar<00:49:58.780><c> thing.</c><00:49:59.219><c> What</c><00:49:59.460><c> we're</c><00:49:59.719><c> doing</c><00:49:59.880><c> is</c><00:50:00.119><c> we're</c><00:50:00.699><c> looking</c><00:50:00.960><c> at</c> 00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:03.940 ourselves<00:50:01.599><c> and</c><00:50:02.019><c> comparing</c><00:50:02.340><c> it.</c><00:50:02.820><c> And</c><00:50:02.980><c> in</c><00:50:03.159><c> just</c><00:50:03.400><c> that</c> 00:50:03.940 --> 00:50:08.559 process<00:50:04.260><c> of</c><00:50:04.539><c> our</c><00:50:04.820><c> thought,</c><00:50:05.920><c> we</c><00:50:05.920><c> are</c><00:50:07.079><c> hopefully</c><00:50:07.679><c> bringing</c><00:50:08.300><c> to</c> 00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:11.619 life<00:50:09.039><c> the</c><00:50:09.480><c> things</c><00:50:09.699><c> of</c><00:50:09.920><c> the</c><00:50:10.119><c> cross</c><00:50:10.360><c> and</c><00:50:10.800><c> our</c><00:50:11.099><c> position</c> 00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:15.639 in<00:50:12.480><c> comparison</c><00:50:12.920><c> to</c><00:50:13.179><c> it.</c><00:50:14.139><c> And</c><00:50:14.199><c> that's</c><00:50:14.380><c> why</c><00:50:14.659><c> we're</c><00:50:15.139><c> so</c><00:50:15.360><c> somber.</c> 00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:17.820 The<00:50:15.980><c> kids</c><00:50:16.139><c> love</c><00:50:16.300><c> it,</c><00:50:16.480><c> don't</c><00:50:16.559><c> they?</c><00:50:16.699><c> They</c><00:50:16.840><c> like</c><00:50:17.019><c> to</c><00:50:17.300><c> play</c> 00:50:17.820 --> 00:50:20.139 bread<00:50:18.139><c> and</c><00:50:18.400><c> wine</c><00:50:18.579><c> when</c><00:50:18.719><c> they</c><00:50:18.880><c> get</c><00:50:19.039><c> home.</c><00:50:19.639><c> And</c><00:50:19.739><c> they</c><00:50:19.860><c> all</c><00:50:20.019><c> have</c> 00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:23.420 very<00:50:20.460><c> somberly</c><00:50:20.800><c> take</c><00:50:21.260><c> the</c><00:50:22.099><c> bread</c><00:50:22.380><c> around.</c><00:50:22.880><c> It's</c><00:50:23.099><c> so</c> 00:50:23.420 --> 00:50:26.739 cute.<00:50:24.420><c> But</c><00:50:24.559><c> because</c><00:50:25.039><c> we</c><00:50:25.380><c> are</c><00:50:25.559><c> thinking</c><00:50:25.780><c> about</c><00:50:26.159><c> the</c><00:50:26.400><c> death</c><00:50:26.559><c> of</c> 00:50:26.739 --> 00:50:29.940 the<00:50:26.900><c> Lord</c><00:50:27.139><c> and</c><00:50:28.300><c> comparing</c><00:50:28.719><c> his</c><00:50:29.059><c> behavior</c><00:50:29.400><c> to</c><00:50:29.659><c> ours,</c> 00:50:29.940 --> 00:50:33.179 it's<00:50:30.260><c> very</c><00:50:30.659><c> somber.</c><00:50:31.460><c> That's</c><00:50:31.820><c> why</c><00:50:31.920><c> we</c><00:50:32.059><c> like</c><00:50:32.260><c> that.</c><00:50:32.820><c> So</c><00:50:32.940><c> that's</c> 00:50:33.179 --> 00:50:34.820 another<00:50:33.360><c> way</c><00:50:33.579><c> in</c><00:50:33.679><c> which</c><00:50:33.800><c> we</c><00:50:33.920><c> can</c><00:50:34.000><c> put</c><00:50:34.159><c> the</c><00:50:34.420><c> cross</c><00:50:34.559><c> into</c> 00:50:34.820 --> 00:50:41.219 practice.<00:50:38.460><c> Here's</c><00:50:38.639><c> a</c><00:50:38.780><c> beautiful</c><00:50:39.079><c> way.</c><00:50:39.940><c> I</c><00:50:40.179><c> love</c><00:50:40.360><c> this</c><00:50:40.659><c> in</c><00:50:40.900><c> the</c> 00:50:41.219 --> 00:50:44.980 AV.<00:50:42.659><c> The</c><00:50:42.760><c> way</c><00:50:43.179><c> they</c><00:50:43.699><c> put</c><00:50:43.820><c> the</c><00:50:44.059><c> cross</c><00:50:44.360><c> into</c><00:50:44.639><c> practice</c> 00:50:44.980 --> 00:50:48.300 was<00:50:45.199><c> by</c><00:50:45.440><c> giving</c><00:50:45.679><c> to</c><00:50:45.920><c> others.</c><00:50:46.820><c> We're</c><00:50:47.179><c> used</c><00:50:47.179><c> to</c><00:50:47.480><c> addiction</c><00:50:47.840><c> being</c><00:50:48.079><c> a</c> 00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:49.760 bad<00:50:48.500><c> thing.</c><00:50:48.719><c> And</c><00:50:48.900><c> here</c><00:50:48.980><c> it's</c><00:50:49.159><c> actually</c><00:50:49.400><c> presented</c> 00:50:49.760 --> 00:50:53.579 as<00:50:49.960><c> a</c><00:50:50.000><c> good</c><00:50:50.199><c> thing.</c><00:50:50.739><c> Some</c><00:50:50.880><c> people</c><00:50:51.099><c> are</c><00:50:51.559><c> perhaps</c><00:50:51.940><c> naturally</c><00:50:52.500><c> just</c><00:50:53.059><c> inclined</c><00:50:53.380><c> to</c> 00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:55.039 be<00:50:53.760><c> addictive</c><00:50:54.099><c> in</c><00:50:54.260><c> their</c><00:50:54.519><c> personalities.</c> 00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:59.460 And<00:50:56.019><c> so</c><00:50:56.340><c> you</c><00:50:56.519><c> can't</c><00:50:56.800><c> say,</c><00:50:57.219><c> don't</c><00:50:57.280><c> be</c><00:50:57.500><c> addictive</c><00:50:57.820><c> anymore,</c><00:50:58.280><c> because</c><00:50:58.460><c> that's</c><00:50:58.780><c> their</c><00:50:59.099><c> kind</c><00:50:59.199><c> of</c> 00:50:59.460 --> 00:51:00.420 personality.<00:51:00.019><c> So</c> 00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:03.300 you<00:51:01.019><c> could</c><00:51:01.219><c> say,</c><00:51:01.519><c> okay,</c><00:51:01.760><c> well,</c><00:51:02.019><c> we</c><00:51:02.460><c> could</c><00:51:02.639><c> look</c><00:51:02.820><c> at</c><00:51:02.960><c> this</c><00:51:03.159><c> kind</c> 00:51:03.300 --> 00:51:05.539 of<00:51:03.519><c> example</c><00:51:03.860><c> and</c><00:51:04.340><c> addict</c><00:51:04.579><c> ourselves</c><00:51:05.000><c> to</c><00:51:05.280><c> something</c> 00:51:05.539 --> 00:51:08.880 good.<00:51:07.000><c> So</c><00:51:07.239><c> I</c><00:51:07.420><c> beseech</c><00:51:07.679><c> you,</c><00:51:08.000><c> brethren,</c><00:51:08.199><c> you</c><00:51:08.360><c> know</c><00:51:08.519><c> the</c><00:51:08.639><c> house</c> 00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:11.119 of<00:51:09.099><c> Stefanos</c><00:51:09.619><c> that</c><00:51:09.800><c> is</c><00:51:09.940><c> the</c><00:51:10.239><c> first</c><00:51:10.460><c> roots</c><00:51:10.599><c> of</c><00:51:10.820><c> Achaia.</c> 00:51:11.260 --> 00:51:14.000 Achaia<00:51:11.639><c> is</c><00:51:11.760><c> that</c><00:51:11.960><c> whole</c><00:51:12.179><c> peninsula</c><00:51:12.679><c> that's</c><00:51:13.199><c> stuck</c><00:51:13.300><c> out</c><00:51:13.559><c> beyond</c><00:51:13.820><c> the</c> 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:17.739 Isthmus<00:51:14.900><c> by</c><00:51:15.440><c> Corinth.</c><00:51:16.500><c> That's</c><00:51:16.960><c> Achaia.</c> 00:51:18.099 --> 00:51:20.659 And<00:51:18.519><c> that's</c><00:51:18.840><c> called</c><00:51:19.000><c> the</c><00:51:19.239><c> Peloponnese</c><00:51:19.780><c> peninsula</c><00:51:20.239><c> sometimes</c> 00:51:20.659 --> 00:51:22.519 too.<00:51:21.340><c> And</c><00:51:21.519><c> that</c><00:51:21.639><c> they</c><00:51:21.920><c> have</c><00:51:22.159><c> addicted</c> 00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:25.619 themselves<00:51:23.039><c> to</c><00:51:23.239><c> the</c><00:51:23.440><c> ministry</c><00:51:23.800><c> of</c><00:51:24.039><c> the</c><00:51:24.219><c> saints.</c><00:51:25.079><c> So</c><00:51:25.239><c> it's</c><00:51:25.400><c> a</c> 00:51:25.619 --> 00:51:27.760 lovely<00:51:26.019><c> idea</c><00:51:26.539><c> there</c><00:51:26.820><c> of</c><00:51:26.980><c> putting</c><00:51:27.219><c> the</c><00:51:27.420><c> cross</c><00:51:27.559><c> into</c> 00:51:27.760 --> 00:51:31.119 practice<00:51:28.400><c> looks</c><00:51:29.000><c> like</c><00:51:29.559><c> varying</c><00:51:29.920><c> different</c><00:51:30.300><c> things.</c><00:51:30.619><c> But</c><00:51:30.760><c> this</c><00:51:30.920><c> is</c> 00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:33.099 one<00:51:31.260><c> way</c><00:51:31.519><c> in</c><00:51:31.679><c> which</c><00:51:31.900><c> you</c><00:51:32.440><c> could</c><00:51:32.599><c> do</c><00:51:32.840><c> that</c> 00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:37.940 is<00:51:33.579><c> by</c><00:51:34.320><c> ministering</c><00:51:34.920><c> to</c><00:51:35.099><c> the</c><00:51:35.280><c> saints.</c><00:51:36.440><c> And</c><00:51:36.880><c> oftentimes</c><00:51:37.300><c> people</c><00:51:37.699><c> who</c> 00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:40.559 are<00:51:38.079><c> good</c><00:51:38.260><c> at</c><00:51:39.300><c> this</c><00:51:39.659><c> may</c><00:51:39.960><c> not</c><00:51:40.119><c> be</c><00:51:40.260><c> good</c><00:51:40.360><c> at</c> 00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:43.179 other<00:51:40.719><c> things</c><00:51:40.980><c> and</c><00:51:41.280><c> maybe</c><00:51:41.659><c> think</c><00:51:42.440><c> that</c><00:51:42.639><c> they're</c><00:51:42.739><c> not</c><00:51:42.940><c> doing</c><00:51:43.019><c> a</c> 00:51:43.179 --> 00:51:45.599 good<00:51:43.320><c> service.</c><00:51:44.019><c> But</c><00:51:44.239><c> it</c><00:51:44.400><c> makes</c><00:51:44.559><c> a</c><00:51:44.739><c> huge</c><00:51:44.920><c> difference</c><00:51:45.380><c> if</c> 00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:49.519 you,<00:51:46.300><c> I'm</c><00:51:46.559><c> sure</c><00:51:46.940><c> Jason</c><00:51:47.519><c> will</c><00:51:47.880><c> agree</c><00:51:48.179><c> and</c><00:51:48.340><c> Ruth,</c><00:51:48.920><c> that</c><00:51:48.980><c> you</c><00:51:49.079><c> come</c><00:51:49.219><c> into</c><00:51:49.400><c> the</c> 00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:50.760 room<00:51:49.639><c> and</c><00:51:49.780><c> somebody's</c><00:51:50.119><c> taking</c><00:51:50.300><c> the</c><00:51:50.539><c> time</c> 00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:52.780 to<00:51:50.940><c> put</c><00:51:51.059><c> some</c><00:51:51.380><c> stuff</c><00:51:51.559><c> in</c><00:51:51.739><c> there</c><00:51:51.900><c> for</c><00:51:51.940><c> you</c><00:51:52.059><c> just</c><00:51:52.199><c> to</c><00:51:52.340><c> make</c><00:51:52.440><c> it</c><00:51:52.599><c> a</c> 00:51:52.780 --> 00:51:54.460 comfortable<00:51:53.019><c> week.</c><00:51:53.280><c> That</c><00:51:53.400><c> was</c><00:51:53.519><c> very</c><00:51:53.820><c> sweet.</c> 00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:57.659 That<00:51:54.559><c> was</c><00:51:55.159><c> an</c><00:51:55.519><c> example,</c><00:51:55.920><c> I</c><00:51:56.079><c> don't</c><00:51:56.199><c> want</c><00:51:56.300><c> to</c><00:51:56.380><c> embarrass</c><00:51:56.679><c> people,</c><00:51:57.119><c> but</c><00:51:57.199><c> that</c><00:51:57.320><c> was</c><00:51:57.440><c> an</c> 00:51:57.659 --> 00:51:58.500 example<00:51:57.920><c> of</c><00:51:58.159><c> ministering</c> 00:51:58.500 --> 00:52:01.519 to<00:51:58.679><c> the</c><00:51:58.820><c> saints.</c><00:52:00.119><c> And</c><00:52:00.199><c> somebody</c><00:52:00.340><c> may</c><00:52:00.559><c> come</c><00:52:00.760><c> around</c><00:52:01.000><c> and</c><00:52:01.360><c> just</c> 00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:03.119 at<00:52:01.659><c> lunchtime,</c><00:52:02.059><c> hey,</c><00:52:02.219><c> I'll</c><00:52:02.420><c> grab</c><00:52:02.559><c> your</c><00:52:02.820><c> stuff</c><00:52:02.980><c> and</c> 00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:05.579 I<00:52:03.239><c> can</c><00:52:03.400><c> take</c><00:52:03.579><c> that</c><00:52:03.760><c> over</c><00:52:04.059><c> to</c><00:52:04.460><c> get</c><00:52:04.579><c> rid</c><00:52:04.699><c> of</c><00:52:04.820><c> it.</c><00:52:04.980><c> Or</c><00:52:05.179><c> I</c><00:52:05.199><c> can</c><00:52:05.360><c> hold</c> 00:52:05.579 --> 00:52:07.780 that<00:52:05.820><c> door</c><00:52:05.980><c> open.</c><00:52:06.679><c> These</c><00:52:06.840><c> are</c><00:52:06.960><c> simple</c><00:52:07.219><c> ways</c><00:52:07.519><c> in</c><00:52:07.659><c> which</c> 00:52:07.780 --> 00:52:11.719 you<00:52:07.880><c> can</c><00:52:08.039><c> put</c><00:52:08.460><c> the</c><00:52:08.780><c> old</c><00:52:08.960><c> man</c><00:52:09.079><c> on</c><00:52:09.239><c> the</c><00:52:09.420><c> cross</c><00:52:09.619><c> and</c><00:52:10.320><c> help</c><00:52:10.679><c> one</c><00:52:10.920><c> another</c><00:52:11.199><c> and</c> 00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:15.420 serve.<00:52:14.059><c> So</c><00:52:14.079><c> hopefully</c><00:52:14.500><c> you</c><00:52:14.719><c> found</c><00:52:14.900><c> that</c> 00:52:15.420 --> 00:52:17.780 interesting.<00:52:16.119><c> There's</c><00:52:16.320><c> a</c><00:52:16.460><c> few</c><00:52:16.659><c> I</c><00:52:16.840><c> could</c><00:52:17.159><c> quickly</c><00:52:17.380><c> go</c><00:52:17.639><c> through</c> 00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:19.599 here<00:52:17.920><c> in</c><00:52:18.000><c> the</c><00:52:18.099><c> last</c><00:52:18.300><c> couple</c><00:52:18.539><c> of</c><00:52:18.719><c> minutes</c> 00:52:20.260 --> 00:52:25.599 about<00:52:20.699><c> putting</c><00:52:21.139><c> things</c><00:52:22.019><c> like</c><00:52:22.239><c> this</c><00:52:22.460><c> up</c><00:52:23.079><c> on</c><00:52:23.480><c> the</c><00:52:23.619><c> slides.</c><00:52:25.260><c> So</c> 00:52:25.599 --> 00:52:28.500 we<00:52:25.699><c> got</c><00:52:26.320><c> putting</c><00:52:26.599><c> the</c><00:52:26.760><c> cross</c><00:52:26.880><c> into</c><00:52:27.059><c> practice</c><00:52:27.440><c> here.</c> 00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:33.940 And<00:52:31.440><c> then</c><00:52:31.659><c> tomorrow</c><00:52:31.960><c> what</c><00:52:32.079><c> we're</c><00:52:32.280><c> going</c><00:52:32.340><c> to</c><00:52:32.480><c> do</c><00:52:32.679><c> is</c><00:52:33.139><c> have</c><00:52:33.440><c> a</c><00:52:33.599><c> look</c><00:52:33.760><c> at</c> 00:52:33.940 --> 00:52:35.039 the<00:52:34.119><c> God</c><00:52:34.239><c> of</c><00:52:34.380><c> all</c><00:52:34.539><c> comfort</c> 00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:39.880 in<00:52:35.599><c> Second</c><00:52:35.840><c> Corinthians.</c><00:52:36.280><c> So</c><00:52:36.519><c> the</c><00:52:36.800><c> contrast</c><00:52:37.260><c> is</c><00:52:37.940><c> that</c><00:52:38.559><c> in</c><00:52:38.780><c> First</c><00:52:38.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:52:39.320><c> they</c><00:52:39.500><c> needed</c><00:52:39.699><c> to</c> 00:52:39.880 --> 00:52:40.099 put<00:52:39.940><c> the</c> 00:52:40.099 --> 00:52:42.539 old<00:52:40.260><c> man</c><00:52:40.460><c> to</c><00:52:40.679><c> death,</c><00:52:41.320><c> but</c><00:52:41.500><c> that's</c><00:52:41.739><c> not</c><00:52:41.920><c> it,</c><00:52:42.079><c> is</c><00:52:42.199><c> it?</c><00:52:42.300><c> That's</c> 00:52:42.539 --> 00:52:45.460 not<00:52:42.739><c> everything.</c><00:52:43.820><c> Like</c><00:52:44.159><c> not</c><00:52:44.579><c> doing</c><00:52:45.179><c> this,</c> 00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:50.780 not<00:52:45.840><c> being</c><00:52:46.039><c> an</c><00:52:46.219><c> idolater,</c><00:52:46.719><c> not</c><00:52:46.920><c> being</c><00:52:47.139><c> a</c><00:52:47.320><c> fornicator,</c><00:52:48.340><c> not</c><00:52:48.559><c> fighting,</c><00:52:50.000><c> not</c><00:52:50.300><c> knots.</c><00:52:50.639><c> If</c> 00:52:50.780 --> 00:52:51.679 we're<00:52:50.940><c> all</c><00:52:51.139><c> about</c><00:52:51.380><c> knots,</c> 00:52:51.860 --> 00:52:55.159 then<00:52:51.960><c> what</c><00:52:52.119><c> are</c><00:52:52.320><c> we</c><00:52:52.460><c> about?</c><00:52:52.980><c> And</c><00:52:53.179><c> the</c><00:52:53.380><c> fascinating</c><00:52:53.800><c> thing,</c><00:52:54.219><c> and</c><00:52:54.500><c> probably</c><00:52:54.800><c> for</c><00:52:55.000><c> me</c> 00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:56.320 the<00:52:55.300><c> most</c><00:52:55.760><c> interesting</c> 00:52:56.320 --> 00:53:01.500 of<00:52:57.019><c> all</c><00:52:57.380><c> these</c><00:52:57.599><c> things,</c><00:52:58.119><c> is</c><00:52:58.179><c> that</c><00:52:58.659><c> putting</c><00:52:58.920><c> the</c><00:52:59.199><c> new</c><00:52:59.380><c> man</c><00:52:59.579><c> to</c><00:52:59.860><c> life</c><00:53:00.280><c> is</c><00:53:01.320><c> a</c> 00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:03.219 component<00:53:02.119><c> of</c><00:53:02.539><c> the</c><00:53:02.739><c> work</c><00:53:02.920><c> of</c><00:53:03.099><c> the</c> 00:53:03.219 --> 00:53:06.280 Lord<00:53:03.360><c> Jesus</c><00:53:03.639><c> Christ</c><00:53:04.000><c> I</c><00:53:04.159><c> hadn't</c><00:53:04.460><c> re</c><00:53:04.719><c>-dwelled</c><00:53:04.920><c> on.</c><00:53:05.920><c> Putting</c><00:53:06.079><c> the</c> 00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:08.780 new<00:53:06.480><c> man</c><00:53:06.619><c> to</c><00:53:06.780><c> life.</c><00:53:07.440><c> So</c><00:53:07.579><c> you</c><00:53:08.039><c> can</c><00:53:08.219><c> almost</c><00:53:08.380><c> imagine</c> 00:53:08.780 --> 00:53:11.539 the<00:53:08.980><c> Lord</c><00:53:09.219><c> has</c><00:53:09.440><c> the</c><00:53:09.639><c> Good</c><00:53:09.800><c> Shepherd</c><00:53:10.059><c> looking</c><00:53:10.320><c> down</c><00:53:10.659><c> and</c><00:53:10.860><c> saying,</c><00:53:11.119><c> fair</c> 00:53:11.539 --> 00:53:13.400 play<00:53:11.820><c> to</c><00:53:12.039><c> the</c><00:53:12.280><c> First</c><00:53:12.460><c> Corinthians.</c> 00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:15.800 They've<00:53:13.920><c> stopped</c><00:53:14.199><c> doing</c><00:53:14.519><c> all</c><00:53:14.739><c> those</c><00:53:14.940><c> bad</c><00:53:15.199><c> things</c><00:53:15.420><c> they</c><00:53:15.599><c> were</c> 00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:18.619 doing.<00:53:17.119><c> They're</c><00:53:17.360><c> not</c><00:53:17.820><c> doing</c><00:53:18.079><c> those</c><00:53:18.320><c> things,</c> 00:53:18.619 --> 00:53:22.239 and<00:53:18.800><c> we'll</c><00:53:18.940><c> look</c><00:53:19.199><c> at</c><00:53:19.460><c> some</c><00:53:19.619><c> of</c><00:53:19.719><c> that</c><00:53:19.920><c> tomorrow.</c><00:53:20.679><c> But</c><00:53:20.960><c> not</c><00:53:21.280><c> doing</c><00:53:21.539><c> isn't</c><00:53:21.820><c> enough,</c><00:53:22.139><c> is</c> 00:53:22.239 --> 00:53:24.920 it?<00:53:23.219><c> And</c><00:53:23.519><c> so</c><00:53:23.719><c> we</c><00:53:24.019><c> find</c><00:53:24.320><c> in</c><00:53:24.539><c> them</c> 00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:28.440 that<00:53:25.579><c> the</c><00:53:25.760><c> Lord</c><00:53:25.900><c> is</c><00:53:26.119><c> saying,</c><00:53:26.219><c> okay,</c><00:53:26.579><c> now</c><00:53:26.860><c> we</c><00:53:27.059><c> need</c><00:53:27.199><c> to</c><00:53:27.539><c> do</c><00:53:27.719><c> something</c><00:53:27.980><c> else.</c><00:53:28.300><c> We</c> 00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:29.760 need<00:53:28.739><c> to</c><00:53:29.139><c> concentrate,</c> 00:53:29.980 --> 00:53:34.980 not<00:53:30.239><c> on</c><00:53:30.420><c> the</c><00:53:30.619><c> cross</c><00:53:30.760><c> of</c><00:53:30.960><c> Christ,</c><00:53:31.820><c> but</c><00:53:31.980><c> that</c><00:53:32.179><c> the</c><00:53:32.559><c> tomb</c><00:53:32.719><c> is</c><00:53:33.039><c> empty.</c><00:53:34.460><c> And</c> 00:53:34.980 --> 00:53:36.500 that's<00:53:35.139><c> what</c><00:53:35.219><c> we'll</c><00:53:35.340><c> look</c><00:53:35.539><c> at</c><00:53:35.679><c> tomorrow.</c>