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And<00:10:20.860><c> so</c><00:10:21.019><c> that's</c><00:10:21.220><c> why</c><00:10:21.379><c> it</c><00:10:21.480><c> was</c><00:10:21.679><c> known</c><00:10:21.860><c> all</c><00:10:22.039><c> through</c><00:10:22.240><c> the</c><00:10:22.419><c> Byzantine</c><00:10:22.940><c> years</c>

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and<00:10:23.360><c> everything</c><00:10:23.580><c> else</c><00:10:23.779><c> as</c><00:10:23.940><c> Moria.</c>

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So<00:10:24.480><c> that's</c><00:10:24.779><c> one</c><00:10:24.899><c> of</c><00:10:25.220><c> the</c><00:10:26.500><c> names</c><00:10:26.720><c> that's</c><00:10:27.779><c> very</c><00:10:27.860><c> commonly</c><00:10:28.340><c> associated</c><00:10:29.000><c> with</c><00:10:29.179><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:10:29.360><c> a</c><00:10:29.539><c> huge</c><00:10:29.899><c> piece</c><00:10:30.340><c> of</c><00:10:30.580><c> land.</c>

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It's<00:10:30.980><c> about</c><00:10:31.220><c> 90</c><00:10:31.480><c> miles</c><00:10:31.820><c> roughly</c><00:10:32.159><c> across</c><00:10:32.600><c> and</c><00:10:32.840><c> 90</c><00:10:33.080><c> miles</c><00:10:33.440><c> down,</c>

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you<00:10:33.940><c> know?</c>

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So<00:10:34.220><c> it's</c><00:10:34.480><c> a</c><00:10:34.600><c> big</c><00:10:35.279><c> peninsula.</c>

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And<00:10:38.419><c> it's</c><00:10:38.820><c> connected</c><00:10:39.139><c> by</c><00:10:39.360><c> this</c><00:10:39.659><c> little,</c><00:10:40.519><c> tiny</c><00:10:41.259><c> isthmus</c><00:10:42.860><c> where</c>

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Corinth<00:10:43.659><c> is</c><00:10:43.879><c> situated.</c>

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And<00:10:45.299><c> it's</c><00:10:45.519><c> a</c><00:10:45.620><c> most</c><00:10:45.860><c> remarkable</c><00:10:46.519><c> place.</c>

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Today,<00:10:47.960><c> that</c><00:10:48.159><c> little</c><00:10:48.399><c> tiny</c><00:10:48.980><c> little</c><00:10:50.399><c> neck</c><00:10:50.500><c> of</c><00:10:50.720><c> land,</c><00:10:50.980><c> four</c>

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miles<00:10:51.500><c> wide,</c>

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is<00:10:52.100><c> cut</c><00:10:52.379><c> by</c><00:10:52.679><c> a</c><00:10:52.860><c> remarkable</c><00:10:53.519><c> canal.</c>

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Has<00:10:54.039><c> anybody</c><00:10:54.259><c> ever</c><00:10:54.500><c> been</c><00:10:54.639><c> there</c><00:10:54.840><c> or</c><00:10:55.000><c> seen</c><00:10:55.120><c> any</c><00:10:55.340><c> pictures?</c>

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It's<00:10:56.399><c> just</c><00:10:56.539><c> like</c><00:10:56.740><c> two</c><00:10:57.159><c> vertical</c><00:10:57.720><c> cliffs</c><00:10:58.120><c> that</c><00:10:58.419><c> go</c><00:10:58.620><c> down.</c>

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They've<00:10:59.139><c> done</c><00:10:59.259><c> a</c><00:10:59.539><c> massive</c><00:10:59.879><c> job.</c>

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Nero<00:11:00.639><c> tried</c><00:11:00.919><c> to</c><00:11:01.120><c> do</c><00:11:01.240><c> it</c><00:11:01.700><c> way</c><00:11:01.919><c> back</c><00:11:02.379><c> in</c><00:11:02.580><c> the</c><00:11:02.740><c> time</c><00:11:02.919><c> of,</c><00:11:03.100><c> you</c><00:11:03.100><c> know,</c><00:11:03.759><c> the</c>

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time<00:11:04.299><c> of</c><00:11:05.639><c> Paul's</c><00:11:06.159><c> time.</c>

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But<00:11:07.279><c> it</c><00:11:07.440><c> never</c><00:11:07.700><c> worked.</c>

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It<00:11:08.039><c> was</c><00:11:08.320><c> a</c><00:11:09.519><c> flop,</c><00:11:09.740><c> which</c><00:11:09.899><c> is</c><00:11:10.039><c> too</c><00:11:10.240><c> much</c><00:11:10.379><c> of</c><00:11:10.559><c> a</c><00:11:10.679><c> project.</c>

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But<00:11:11.080><c> today,</c><00:11:11.440><c> there's</c><00:11:11.820><c> a</c><00:11:12.320><c> very</c><00:11:12.720><c> narrow</c><00:11:12.980><c> channel</c><00:11:13.340><c> that</c><00:11:13.500><c> goes</c>

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right<00:11:14.039><c> through.</c>

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Back<00:11:14.820><c> in</c><00:11:15.019><c> the</c><00:11:15.200><c> bad</c><00:11:15.340><c> old</c><00:11:15.539><c> days,</c><00:11:15.820><c> in</c><00:11:16.019><c> the</c><00:11:16.100><c> days</c><00:11:16.279><c> of</c><00:11:16.679><c> Brother</c><00:11:16.919><c> Paul,</c>

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that<00:11:18.720><c> little</c><00:11:19.259><c> landmass</c><00:11:19.799><c> was</c><00:11:20.080><c> called</c><00:11:20.360><c> the</c><00:11:20.700><c> diolkos,</c>

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D<00:11:21.759><c>-I</c><00:11:21.960><c>-O</c><00:11:22.139><c>-L</c><00:11:22.360><c>-K</c><00:11:22.580><c>-O</c><00:11:22.759><c>-S,</c><00:11:22.899><c> I</c><00:11:22.960><c> think</c><00:11:23.100><c> it's</c><00:11:23.440><c> spelled,</c>

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which<00:11:24.259><c> means</c><00:11:24.559><c> the</c><00:11:24.940><c> place</c><00:11:25.259><c> of</c><00:11:25.740><c> dragging</c><00:11:26.159><c> across.</c>

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And<00:11:27.419><c> what</c><00:11:27.480><c> they</c><00:11:27.740><c> actually</c><00:11:28.039><c> did</c><00:11:28.500><c> was</c><00:11:29.120><c> this</c><00:11:29.480><c> was</c><00:11:29.799><c> such</c><00:11:29.980><c> a</c><00:11:30.200><c> route,</c>

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instead<00:11:30.659><c> of</c><00:11:30.799><c> going</c><00:11:30.980><c> around</c><00:11:31.220><c> this</c><00:11:31.480><c> very</c><00:11:31.899><c> dangerous</c><00:11:32.500><c> 200</c><00:11:33.100><c>-mile</c><00:11:33.440><c> trip</c>

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around<00:11:34.100><c> the</c><00:11:34.519><c> Straits</c><00:11:34.720><c> of</c><00:11:34.960><c> Moria</c><00:11:35.080><c> down</c><00:11:35.360><c> here,</c>

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the<00:11:36.399><c> Straits</c><00:11:36.659><c> of</c><00:11:36.919><c> Malia</c><00:11:37.440><c> down</c><00:11:38.039><c> south,</c>

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which<00:11:38.519><c> is</c><00:11:38.779><c> like</c><00:11:39.220><c> the,</c><00:11:40.820><c> what</c><00:11:44.039><c> do</c><00:11:44.120><c> you</c><00:11:44.240><c> call</c><00:11:44.480><c> it,</c>

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the<00:11:45.240><c> storm</c><00:11:45.519><c> area</c><00:11:45.820><c> of</c><00:11:46.000><c> the</c><00:11:46.179><c> Mediterranean</c>

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because<00:11:46.860><c> these</c><00:11:47.159><c> two</c><00:11:47.440><c> seas</c><00:11:47.720><c> met,</c><00:11:48.559><c> and</c><00:11:48.620><c> often</c><00:11:48.840><c> there</c><00:11:48.919><c> would</c><00:11:49.139><c> be</c>

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boats<00:11:49.519><c> lost.</c>

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Instead<00:11:50.240><c> of</c><00:11:50.460><c> doing</c><00:11:50.659><c> that,</c>

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all<00:11:51.000><c> the</c><00:11:51.240><c> smaller</c><00:11:51.500><c> craft</c><00:11:51.860><c> actually</c><00:11:52.480><c> came</c><00:11:53.080><c> from</c><00:11:53.779><c> this</c><00:11:54.179><c> side,</c><00:11:54.720><c> Rome,</c>

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in<00:11:55.039><c> a</c><00:11:55.159><c> tremendous</c><00:11:55.659><c> traffic</c><00:11:56.039><c> right.</c>

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It<00:11:56.679><c> would</c><00:11:56.860><c> come</c><00:11:57.059><c> up</c><00:11:57.240><c> through</c><00:11:57.419><c> these</c><00:11:57.759><c> safe</c><00:11:58.019><c> waters</c><00:11:58.259><c> here.</c>

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They<00:11:59.200><c> would</c><00:11:59.399><c> actually,</c><00:11:59.820><c> the</c><00:12:00.120><c> customers</c><00:12:00.600><c> would</c><00:12:00.860><c> unload.</c>

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They'd<00:12:01.980><c> spend</c><00:12:02.200><c> a</c><00:12:02.440><c> wild</c><00:12:02.659><c> evening</c><00:12:03.039><c> in</c><00:12:03.360><c> Corinth,</c><00:12:04.179><c> walk</c><00:12:04.399><c> four</c><00:12:04.799><c> miles.</c>

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In<00:12:05.379><c> the</c><00:12:05.559><c> meantime,</c><00:12:06.580><c> the</c><00:12:06.720><c> people</c><00:12:06.940><c> would</c><00:12:07.279><c> drag</c><00:12:07.580><c> the</c><00:12:07.860><c> boat</c><00:12:08.080><c> across</c><00:12:08.659><c> on</c><00:12:09.000><c> rollers,</c>

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four<00:12:09.799><c> miles,</c><00:12:10.399><c> and</c><00:12:10.559><c> plop</c><00:12:10.740><c> it</c><00:12:10.919><c> back</c><00:12:11.120><c> in</c><00:12:11.279><c> the</c><00:12:11.399><c> water</c><00:12:11.620><c> back</c><00:12:11.879><c> on</c><00:12:12.059><c> the</c>

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other<00:12:12.419><c> side.</c>

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So,<00:12:13.259><c> say,</c><00:12:13.460><c> a</c><00:12:13.659><c> most</c><00:12:13.879><c> remarkable</c><00:12:14.519><c> place.</c>

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Now,<00:12:16.000><c> what's</c><00:12:16.259><c> that</c><00:12:16.399><c> got</c><00:12:16.539><c> to</c><00:12:16.679><c> do</c><00:12:16.740><c> with</c><00:12:16.899><c> us?</c>

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Well,<00:12:17.720><c> of</c><00:12:17.879><c> course,</c><00:12:18.980><c> what</c><00:12:19.100><c> it</c><00:12:19.259><c> tells</c><00:12:19.480><c> us</c><00:12:19.679><c> is,</c><00:12:19.820><c> for</c><00:12:20.059><c> a</c><00:12:20.159><c> start,</c>

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that<00:12:20.460><c> it</c><00:12:20.539><c> was</c><00:12:20.779><c> a</c><00:12:20.980><c> huge</c><00:12:21.299><c> melting</c><00:12:21.799><c> pot</c><00:12:22.059><c> of</c><00:12:22.279><c> society</c>

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because<00:12:23.039><c> all</c><00:12:23.639><c> of</c><00:12:23.820><c> the</c><00:12:23.960><c> east</c><00:12:24.279><c>-west</c><00:12:24.460><c> traffic</c><00:12:25.100><c> stopped</c><00:12:26.059><c> in</c><00:12:26.799><c> Corinth.</c>

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So<00:12:27.759><c> it</c><00:12:27.879><c> was</c><00:12:28.179><c> a</c><00:12:28.440><c> wild</c><00:12:28.759><c> place.</c>

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We'll<00:12:29.240><c> look</c><00:12:29.379><c> more</c><00:12:29.539><c> at</c><00:12:29.600><c> that</c><00:12:29.799><c> in</c><00:12:29.899><c> a</c><00:12:30.019><c> moment.</c>

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But<00:12:30.919><c> you'll</c><00:12:31.200><c> notice,</c><00:12:31.419><c> obviously,</c>

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it's<00:12:32.019><c> the</c><00:12:32.139><c> only</c><00:12:32.360><c> connection</c><00:12:32.720><c> from</c><00:12:32.980><c> the</c><00:12:33.159><c> north</c><00:12:33.460><c>-south</c><00:12:33.779><c> too.</c>

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And<00:12:34.759><c> you</c><00:12:34.879><c> have</c><00:12:35.039><c> the</c><00:12:35.320><c> two</c><00:12:35.600><c> parts</c><00:12:36.039><c> of</c><00:12:36.799><c> the</c><00:12:37.460><c> Grecian</c><00:12:38.039><c> Empire,</c><00:12:38.659><c> the</c>

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southern<00:12:39.200><c> part.</c>

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Anybody<00:12:39.820><c> know</c><00:12:39.980><c> what</c><00:12:40.080><c> it's</c><00:12:40.360><c> called?</c>

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It's<00:12:41.559><c> referred</c><00:12:41.840><c> to</c><00:12:41.960><c> in</c><00:12:42.080><c> the</c><00:12:42.200><c> Bible.</c>

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We'll<00:12:42.559><c> look</c><00:12:42.779><c> at</c><00:12:42.879><c> it</c><00:12:43.059><c> in</c><00:12:43.100><c> a</c><00:12:43.220><c> minute.</c>

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Achaia,<00:12:44.120><c> very</c><00:12:44.419><c> good.</c>

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That's<00:12:45.279><c> this</c><00:12:45.480><c> whole</c><00:12:45.659><c> area</c><00:12:45.879><c> we're</c><00:12:46.039><c> talking</c><00:12:46.320><c> about,</c>

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is<00:12:46.720><c> the</c><00:12:46.799><c> area</c><00:12:47.019><c> of</c><00:12:47.240><c> Achaia,</c><00:12:48.000><c> which</c><00:12:48.179><c> is</c><00:12:48.379><c> the</c><00:12:48.600><c> southern</c><00:12:48.779><c> end,</c>

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and<00:12:49.580><c> the</c><00:12:49.779><c> northern</c><00:12:50.019><c> end,</c><00:12:50.379><c> which</c><00:12:50.379><c> is</c><00:12:50.620><c> called?</c>

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Very<00:12:52.440><c> good,</c><00:12:52.919><c> Macedonia.</c>

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So<00:12:54.200><c> you've</c><00:12:54.440><c> got</c><00:12:54.559><c> this</c><00:12:54.860><c> north</c><00:12:55.100><c>-south</c><00:12:55.379><c> traffic</c><00:12:55.700><c> as</c><00:12:56.000><c> well.</c>

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If<00:12:58.039><c> you</c><00:12:58.139><c> actually</c><00:12:58.399><c> have</c><00:12:58.580><c> a</c><00:12:58.799><c> look,</c><00:12:59.860><c> if</c><00:13:00.019><c> you've</c><00:13:00.500><c> got</c><00:13:01.460><c> Corinthians</c><00:13:01.840><c> open,</c>

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you'll<00:13:03.379><c> notice</c><00:13:03.779><c> that</c><00:13:04.139><c> that</c><00:13:04.379><c> term</c><00:13:04.659><c> Achaia</c><00:13:05.340><c> is</c><00:13:05.580><c> worth</c><00:13:06.000><c> remembering.</c>

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Because,<00:13:10.600><c> like</c><00:13:11.120><c> it</c><00:13:11.320><c> says</c><00:13:11.519><c> in</c><00:13:12.000><c> chapter</c><00:13:12.620><c> 1</c><00:13:12.899><c> and</c><00:13:13.019><c> verse</c><00:13:13.259><c> 1</c><00:13:13.500><c> of</c><00:13:13.659><c> 2</c><00:13:13.799><c> Corinthians,</c>

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Paul,<00:13:15.120><c> an</c><00:13:15.220><c> apostle</c><00:13:15.539><c> of</c><00:13:15.639><c> Jesus</c><00:13:16.019><c> Christ,</c>

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unto<00:13:18.620><c> the</c><00:13:19.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:19.419><c> of</c><00:13:19.620><c> God,</c><00:13:20.000><c> which</c><00:13:20.159><c> is</c><00:13:20.440><c> at</c><00:13:20.779><c> Corinth,</c>

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and<00:13:21.700><c> to</c><00:13:22.080><c> all</c><00:13:22.659><c> the</c><00:13:23.019><c> saints</c><00:13:23.379><c> that</c><00:13:23.659><c> are</c><00:13:24.000><c> at</c><00:13:24.980><c> Achaia.</c>

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So<00:13:26.539><c> Achaia</c><00:13:26.759><c> is</c><00:13:26.899><c> not</c><00:13:27.039><c> another</c><00:13:27.259><c> city</c><00:13:27.559><c> down</c><00:13:27.820><c> the</c><00:13:28.019><c> road.</c>

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Achaia<00:13:29.039><c> is</c><00:13:29.299><c> like</c><00:13:29.860><c> the</c><00:13:30.299><c> region.</c>

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This<00:13:31.379><c> is</c><00:13:31.639><c> like</c><00:13:32.059><c> to</c><00:13:32.299><c> the</c><00:13:32.539><c> brethren</c><00:13:32.840><c> in</c><00:13:33.299><c> Echo</c><00:13:33.559><c> Lake,</c>

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in<00:13:34.580><c> the</c><00:13:34.700><c> area</c><00:13:35.000><c> of</c><00:13:37.039><c> Newark,</c><00:13:38.539><c> or</c><00:13:38.679><c> something</c><00:13:38.899><c> like</c><00:13:39.159><c> that.</c>

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Or<00:13:39.919><c> actually</c><00:13:40.179><c> New</c><00:13:40.379><c> Jersey,</c><00:13:40.740><c> wouldn't</c><00:13:40.879><c> it</c><00:13:41.019><c> be?</c>

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It'd<00:13:41.220><c> be</c><00:13:41.259><c> more</c><00:13:41.440><c> like</c><00:13:41.580><c> New</c><00:13:41.879><c> Jersey,</c><00:13:42.320><c> you</c><00:13:42.399><c> see?</c>

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So<00:13:42.720><c> the</c><00:13:42.860><c> two</c><00:13:43.059><c> terms</c><00:13:43.279><c> now,</c><00:13:43.879><c> that's</c><00:13:44.259><c> helpful,</c>

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because<00:13:45.419><c> actually</c><00:13:46.159><c> the</c><00:13:46.279><c> term</c><00:13:46.559><c> Achaia</c><00:13:47.600><c> comes</c><00:13:47.980><c> up</c><00:13:48.179><c> in</c><00:13:48.379><c> scripture</c>

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twice<00:13:49.100><c> as</c><00:13:49.320><c> many</c><00:13:49.519><c> times</c><00:13:49.779><c> as</c><00:13:49.919><c> the</c><00:13:50.039><c> word</c><00:13:50.320><c> Corinth</c><00:13:50.720><c> does.</c>

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So<00:13:51.220><c> when</c><00:13:51.360><c> we</c><00:13:51.580><c> read</c><00:13:51.740><c> Achaia,</c><00:13:52.179><c> it's</c><00:13:52.299><c> often,</c><00:13:52.440><c> again,</c>

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just<00:13:52.860><c> one</c><00:13:53.000><c> of</c><00:13:53.059><c> those</c><00:13:53.220><c> little</c><00:13:53.460><c> names</c><00:13:53.639><c> that</c><00:13:53.740><c> we</c><00:13:53.840><c> kind</c><00:13:53.940><c> of</c><00:13:54.139><c> skip</c><00:13:54.299><c> over.</c>

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It's<00:13:55.220><c> talking</c><00:13:55.419><c> about</c><00:13:55.960><c> the</c><00:13:56.279><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:56.620><c> in</c><00:13:56.960><c> Corinth</c>

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and<00:13:57.419><c> a</c><00:13:57.600><c> few</c><00:13:57.740><c> very</c><00:13:58.159><c> small</c><00:13:58.480><c> ecclesias</c><00:13:59.159><c> just</c><00:13:59.820><c> around</c><00:14:00.200><c> about</c><00:14:00.519><c> there.</c>

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That<00:14:00.840><c> is</c><00:14:01.059><c> the</c><00:14:01.240><c> area</c><00:14:01.539><c> of</c><00:14:01.759><c> Achaia.</c>

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It<00:14:02.320><c> was</c><00:14:02.799><c> a</c><00:14:02.980><c> famous</c><00:14:03.240><c> area</c><00:14:04.320><c> for</c><00:14:04.700><c> many,</c><00:14:05.000><c> many</c><00:14:05.279><c> things.</c>

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Again,<00:14:06.440><c> we</c><00:14:06.559><c> want</c><00:14:06.720><c> to</c><00:14:06.879><c> understand</c><00:14:07.200><c> this</c><00:14:07.419><c> because</c><00:14:07.639><c> we'll</c><00:14:07.919><c> see</c>

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the<00:14:08.340><c> kind</c><00:14:08.519><c> of</c><00:14:08.799><c> cosmopolitan,</c><00:14:10.460><c> multi</c><00:14:10.799><c>-ethnic</c><00:14:11.379><c> mix</c>

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that<00:14:11.879><c> was</c><00:14:12.059><c> in</c><00:14:12.259><c> this</c><00:14:12.480><c> area.</c>

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Some<00:14:14.080><c> of</c><00:14:14.220><c> the</c><00:14:14.340><c> things</c><00:14:14.480><c> that</c><00:14:14.659><c> went</c><00:14:14.759><c> on</c><00:14:14.940><c> there.</c>

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It<00:14:15.080><c> was</c><00:14:15.240><c> a</c><00:14:15.379><c> very</c><00:14:15.519><c> good</c><00:14:15.720><c> grape</c><00:14:15.919><c> growing</c><00:14:16.259><c> area</c><00:14:16.700><c> in</c><00:14:17.080><c> that</c><00:14:17.240><c> area.</c>

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In<00:14:17.720><c> fact,</c><00:14:18.120><c> Corinthian</c><00:14:18.559><c> grapes</c><00:14:18.919><c> became</c><00:14:20.159><c> so</c><00:14:20.559><c> famous</c>

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that<00:14:21.940><c> in</c><00:14:22.720><c> North</c><00:14:23.000><c> America,</c><00:14:23.500><c> I</c><00:14:23.659><c> think</c><00:14:23.879><c> we</c><00:14:24.120><c> call</c><00:14:24.279><c> those</c><00:14:24.519><c> little</c><00:14:25.519><c> grapes</c>

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that<00:14:26.059><c> we</c><00:14:26.399><c> dry,</c><00:14:27.659><c> what</c><00:14:27.779><c> do</c><00:14:27.899><c> we</c><00:14:28.080><c> call</c><00:14:28.259><c> them?</c>

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Raisins,<00:14:30.059><c> right.</c>

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They<00:14:30.360><c> call</c><00:14:30.899><c> them</c><00:14:31.299><c> golden</c><00:14:31.620><c> raisins</c><00:14:31.980><c> or</c><00:14:32.080><c> whatever.</c>

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Do<00:14:32.360><c> you</c><00:14:32.360><c> know</c><00:14:32.440><c> what</c><00:14:32.480><c> they're</c><00:14:32.700><c> called</c><00:14:32.840><c> if</c><00:14:32.980><c> you're</c><00:14:33.120><c> in</c><00:14:33.220><c> England?</c>

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What?

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Very<00:14:36.759><c> good,</c><00:14:36.899><c> you've</c><00:14:37.139><c> been</c><00:14:37.320><c> there.</c>

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Currents,<00:14:40.539><c> right?</c>

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Do<00:14:41.580><c> you</c><00:14:41.580><c> know</c><00:14:41.720><c> where</c><00:14:41.919><c> the</c><00:14:42.120><c> term</c><00:14:42.299><c> current</c><00:14:42.600><c> comes</c><00:14:42.840><c> from?</c>

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It's<00:14:44.120><c> a</c><00:14:44.320><c> corruption</c><00:14:44.559><c> of</c><00:14:44.740><c> the</c><00:14:44.820><c> word</c><00:14:44.980><c> Corinth.</c>

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All<00:14:45.960><c> right.</c>

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So<00:14:46.720><c> very</c><00:14:47.000><c> famous</c><00:14:47.379><c> for</c><00:14:47.659><c> that.</c>

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And<00:14:49.519><c> so</c><00:14:50.000><c> as</c><00:14:50.460><c> well</c><00:14:50.659><c> as</c><00:14:50.860><c> that,</c><00:14:51.139><c> it's</c><00:14:51.799><c> famous</c><00:14:52.279><c> for</c><00:14:52.559><c> some</c><00:14:52.740><c> other</c>

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very<00:14:54.220><c> important</c><00:14:54.700><c> things.</c>

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How<00:14:57.139><c> about</c><00:14:57.580><c> bronze?</c>

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Why<00:14:58.879><c> don't</c><00:14:58.980><c> you</c><00:14:59.120><c> have</c><00:14:59.240><c> a</c><00:14:59.399><c> look</c><00:14:59.519><c> in</c><00:15:02.340><c> 1</c><00:15:02.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:15:03.019><c> 13,</c><00:15:03.940><c> verse</c><00:15:04.139><c> 12.</c>

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The<00:15:06.860><c> bronze</c><00:15:07.259><c> around</c><00:15:07.740><c> Corinth</c><00:15:08.200><c> was</c><00:15:08.519><c> the</c><00:15:08.820><c> best</c><00:15:09.279><c> in</c><00:15:09.659><c> the</c><00:15:09.820><c> ancient</c><00:15:10.120><c> world.</c>

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It<00:15:11.320><c> had</c><00:15:11.639><c> 14</c><00:15:12.039><c>%</c><00:15:12.440><c> tin</c><00:15:12.580><c> which</c><00:15:12.779><c> made</c><00:15:12.980><c> it</c><00:15:13.220><c> very</c><00:15:13.500><c> bright</c><00:15:13.919><c> and</c><00:15:14.159><c> very</c>

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clear<00:15:14.759><c> looking.</c>

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It<00:15:15.179><c> was</c><00:15:15.360><c> very</c><00:15:15.720><c> light</c><00:15:16.000><c> colored</c><00:15:16.259><c> instead</c><00:15:16.580><c> of</c><00:15:16.740><c> a</c><00:15:16.860><c> much</c><00:15:17.120><c> darker</c><00:15:17.480><c> bronze.</c>

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And<00:15:19.120><c> it</c><00:15:19.360><c> seems</c><00:15:19.539><c> to</c><00:15:19.779><c> give</c><00:15:19.980><c> emphasis</c><00:15:20.500><c> to</c><00:15:20.820><c> it</c><00:15:21.299><c> where</c><00:15:21.960><c> we</c><00:15:22.559><c> see</c>

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in<00:15:23.179><c> that</c><00:15:23.379><c> beautiful</c><00:15:23.799><c> love</c><00:15:24.059><c> chapter,</c><00:15:24.379><c> 1</c><00:15:24.620><c> Corinthians</c><00:15:24.960><c> 13</c><00:15:25.440><c> and</c>

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verse<00:15:25.799><c> 12,</c>

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where<00:15:26.259><c> it</c><00:15:26.360><c> says,</c><00:15:26.799><c> for</c><00:15:27.019><c> now</c><00:15:27.320><c> we</c><00:15:27.580><c> see</c><00:15:27.799><c> through</c><00:15:28.059><c> a</c><00:15:28.360><c> glass</c><00:15:28.879><c> darkly.</c>

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And<00:15:29.519><c> we</c><00:15:29.620><c> know</c><00:15:29.740><c> that</c><00:15:29.980><c> term</c><00:15:30.139><c> is</c><00:15:30.320><c> not</c><00:15:30.539><c> the</c><00:15:30.700><c> idea</c><00:15:30.919><c> of</c><00:15:31.139><c> a</c><00:15:31.299><c> glass.</c>

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They<00:15:32.000><c> didn't</c><00:15:32.220><c> do</c><00:15:32.460><c> glass</c><00:15:32.759><c> mirrors</c><00:15:33.039><c> back</c><00:15:33.440><c> in</c><00:15:34.240><c> those</c><00:15:34.460><c> days.</c>

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They<00:15:35.080><c> used</c><00:15:35.279><c> bronze</c><00:15:35.759><c> mirrors.</c>

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We<00:15:36.740><c> see</c><00:15:36.960><c> through</c><00:15:37.179><c> a</c><00:15:37.440><c> bronze</c><00:15:38.120><c> darkly.</c>

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Again,<00:15:39.620><c> it</c><00:15:39.740><c> would</c><00:15:39.820><c> be</c><00:15:39.960><c> a</c><00:15:40.080><c> very</c><00:15:40.460><c> familiar</c><00:15:40.799><c> term</c><00:15:41.039><c> because</c><00:15:41.299><c> one</c>

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of<00:15:42.539><c> Corinth's</c><00:15:42.879><c> major</c><00:15:43.440><c> exports</c><00:15:44.000><c> was</c><00:15:44.519><c> the</c><00:15:44.940><c> export</c><00:15:45.220><c> of</c><00:15:45.799><c> mirrors</c>

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or<00:15:46.379><c> actually</c><00:15:46.639><c> polished</c><00:15:47.360><c> bronzes.</c>

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Also,<00:15:50.940><c> it</c><00:15:51.120><c> was</c><00:15:51.379><c> a</c><00:15:51.480><c> very</c><00:15:52.000><c> young</c><00:15:52.379><c> city.</c>

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Maybe<00:15:53.179><c> again,</c><00:15:53.620><c> just</c><00:15:53.759><c> a</c><00:15:53.840><c> two</c><00:15:53.980><c> minute</c><00:15:54.279><c> history</c><00:15:54.860><c> on</c><00:15:55.259><c> Corinth.</c>

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It<00:15:56.980><c> was</c><00:15:57.220><c> always</c><00:15:57.860><c> a</c><00:15:58.120><c> kind</c><00:15:58.460><c> of...</c>

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Corinthian<00:15:59.879><c> seemed</c><00:16:00.100><c> to</c><00:16:00.279><c> be</c><00:16:00.519><c> a</c><00:16:00.679><c> feisty</c><00:16:01.000><c> bunch.</c>

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We<00:16:01.580><c> see</c><00:16:01.820><c> that</c><00:16:02.100><c> in</c><00:16:02.460><c> 1</c><00:16:02.700><c> and</c><00:16:02.860><c> 2</c><00:16:03.100><c> Corinthians.</c>

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There<00:16:03.820><c> seemed</c><00:16:04.019><c> to</c><00:16:04.159><c> be</c><00:16:04.379><c> always</c><00:16:04.720><c> trouble</c><00:16:05.179><c> going</c><00:16:05.500><c> on</c><00:16:05.799><c> there,</c>

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more<00:16:06.580><c> than</c><00:16:06.820><c> anywhere</c><00:16:07.220><c> else</c><00:16:07.500><c> in</c><00:16:07.679><c> the</c><00:16:07.820><c> areas</c><00:16:07.980><c> that</c><00:16:08.240><c> Paul</c><00:16:08.480><c> worked.</c>

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I<00:16:08.919><c> think</c><00:16:09.059><c> it</c><00:16:09.159><c> would</c><00:16:09.299><c> be</c><00:16:09.559><c> safe</c><00:16:09.779><c> to</c><00:16:10.019><c> say.</c>

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But<00:16:11.139><c> that</c><00:16:11.259><c> wasn't</c><00:16:11.519><c> a</c><00:16:11.700><c> new</c><00:16:11.879><c> thing</c><00:16:12.059><c> to</c><00:16:12.259><c> the</c><00:16:12.460><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:16:13.139><c> that's</c><00:16:13.320><c> an</c><00:16:13.480><c> interesting</c><00:16:13.840><c> lesson</c><00:16:14.139><c> for</c><00:16:14.340><c> us</c><00:16:14.539><c> because</c><00:16:14.779><c> we</c>

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often<00:16:15.360><c> inherit</c>

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the<00:16:17.480><c> stamps</c><00:16:17.779><c> of</c><00:16:18.000><c> our</c><00:16:18.240><c> culture</c><00:16:18.679><c> and</c><00:16:18.820><c> we</c><00:16:19.460><c> bring</c><00:16:19.700><c> our</c><00:16:20.059><c> baggage</c>

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with<00:16:20.860><c> us.</c>

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I<00:16:21.159><c> know</c><00:16:21.340><c> it's</c><00:16:21.600><c> interesting</c><00:16:21.899><c> in</c><00:16:22.240><c> Australia.</c>

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We've<00:16:22.940><c> kind</c><00:16:23.059><c> of</c><00:16:23.179><c> got</c><00:16:23.500><c> many</c><00:16:23.899><c> times</c><00:16:24.240><c> the</c><00:16:24.860><c> negative</c><00:16:25.940><c> convict</c><00:16:27.360><c> mentality</c>

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which<00:16:28.299><c> being</c><00:16:28.500><c> raised</c><00:16:28.779><c> in</c><00:16:28.960><c> Australia</c><00:16:29.220><c> kind</c><00:16:29.500><c> of</c><00:16:29.639><c> has</c><00:16:29.779><c> gone</c><00:16:29.879><c> on</c><00:16:30.200><c> through.</c>

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I'd<00:16:30.559><c> never</c><00:16:30.740><c> tell</c><00:16:31.000><c> you</c><00:16:31.200><c> that.</c>

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But<00:16:32.519><c> it's</c><00:16:32.720><c> kind</c><00:16:32.879><c> of</c><00:16:33.019><c> this</c><00:16:33.299><c> us</c><00:16:33.519><c> against</c><00:16:33.879><c> the</c><00:16:34.120><c> world</c><00:16:34.299><c> mentality</c>

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that<00:16:35.100><c> I</c><00:16:35.279><c> was</c><00:16:35.460><c> raised</c><00:16:35.679><c> with</c><00:16:35.980><c> went</c><00:16:36.659><c> right</c><00:16:37.159><c> back.</c>

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America<00:16:37.840><c> has</c><00:16:38.080><c> its</c><00:16:38.379><c> very</c><00:16:38.740><c> ancient</c><00:16:39.159><c> roots</c><00:16:39.480><c> in</c><00:16:39.759><c> religion.</c>

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And<00:16:40.279><c> so</c><00:16:40.460><c> it's</c><00:16:40.700><c> such</c><00:16:40.919><c> a</c><00:16:41.139><c> wonderful</c><00:16:41.519><c> paradox</c><00:16:42.059><c> in</c><00:16:42.240><c> this</c><00:16:42.419><c> country.</c>

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Although<00:16:43.360><c> there's</c><00:16:43.600><c> so</c><00:16:43.799><c> much</c><00:16:44.080><c> godlessness,</c>

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it<00:16:44.799><c> is</c><00:16:45.000><c> a</c><00:16:45.259><c> deeply</c><00:16:45.740><c> most</c><00:16:46.320><c> religious</c><00:16:46.740><c> country</c><00:16:47.059><c> in</c><00:16:47.200><c> the</c><00:16:47.340><c> world</c>

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from<00:16:47.899><c> its</c><00:16:48.240><c> roots.</c>

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And<00:16:48.519><c> it</c><00:16:48.700><c> seems</c><00:16:48.919><c> again,</c><00:16:49.559><c> when</c><00:16:49.700><c> we</c><00:16:49.899><c> see</c><00:16:50.019><c> the</c><00:16:50.279><c> feisty</c><00:16:50.600><c> background</c>

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of<00:16:51.240><c> our</c><00:16:51.419><c> brethren</c><00:16:51.620><c> and</c><00:16:51.799><c> sisters</c><00:16:51.919><c> in</c><00:16:52.279><c> Corinth,</c>

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they<00:16:52.980><c> came</c><00:16:53.220><c> by</c><00:16:53.419><c> it</c><00:16:53.639><c> honestly.</c>

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There's<00:16:54.960><c> no</c><00:16:55.139><c> excuse</c><00:16:55.620><c> for</c><00:16:55.820><c> it,</c><00:16:55.919><c> but</c><00:16:56.019><c> you</c><00:16:56.100><c> can</c><00:16:56.360><c> see</c><00:16:56.519><c> the</c><00:16:56.659><c> history.</c>

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Because<00:16:57.399><c> back</c><00:16:57.639><c> in</c><00:16:58.000><c> 400</c><00:16:58.480><c> BC,</c><00:16:59.580><c> 431</c><00:17:00.100><c> actually</c><00:17:00.500><c> it</c><00:17:00.720><c> was,</c>

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they<00:17:02.200><c> decided</c><00:17:02.580><c> to</c><00:17:02.919><c> join</c><00:17:03.179><c> up</c><00:17:04.000><c> Corinth.</c>

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And<00:17:04.819><c> the</c><00:17:05.180><c> southern</c><00:17:05.700><c> strength</c><00:17:06.460><c> of</c><00:17:07.059><c> Achaia</c><00:17:07.619><c> was</c><00:17:08.099><c> the</c><00:17:08.480><c> area</c>

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called<00:17:09.240><c> Sparta.</c>

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You've<00:17:10.039><c> all</c><00:17:10.200><c> heard</c><00:17:10.380><c> of</c><00:17:10.579><c> Sparta.</c>

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Guess<00:17:11.579><c> who</c><00:17:11.779><c> came</c><00:17:11.980><c> from</c><00:17:12.180><c> Sparta?</c>

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Come<00:17:15.119><c> on,</c><00:17:15.259><c> this</c><00:17:15.400><c> is</c><00:17:15.500><c> really</c><00:17:15.759><c> easy.</c>

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The<00:17:18.519><c> Spartans,</c><00:17:19.039><c> very</c><00:17:19.440><c> good.</c>

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Sorry.

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All<00:17:23.460><c> right,</c><00:17:23.579><c> the</c><00:17:23.759><c> Spartans</c><00:17:24.140><c> came</c><00:17:24.359><c> there.</c>

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For<00:17:25.259><c> 27</c><00:17:25.920><c> years</c><00:17:26.420><c> they</c><00:17:26.759><c> duked</c><00:17:27.039><c> it</c><00:17:27.259><c> out</c><00:17:27.680><c> against</c><00:17:28.460><c> Athens</c><00:17:28.940><c> in</c><00:17:29.240><c> the</c><00:17:29.400><c> north.</c>

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They<00:17:30.019><c> had</c><00:17:30.220><c> this</c><00:17:30.539><c> long</c><00:17:30.920><c> protracted</c><00:17:31.759><c> war.</c>

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However,<00:17:34.299><c> you</c><00:17:34.420><c> know</c><00:17:34.599><c> that</c><00:17:34.779><c> the</c><00:17:35.140><c> Spartans</c><00:17:35.599><c> were</c><00:17:35.859><c> famous</c>

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for<00:17:36.579><c> their</c><00:17:36.839><c> very</c><00:17:37.279><c> ascetic</c><00:17:37.880><c> lifestyle.</c>

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The<00:17:38.880><c> young</c><00:17:39.119><c> men</c><00:17:39.299><c> were</c><00:17:39.480><c> conscripted</c><00:17:39.900><c> at</c><00:17:40.059><c> 16,</c>

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were<00:17:41.319><c> let</c><00:17:41.440><c> out</c><00:17:41.599><c> of</c><00:17:41.700><c> the</c><00:17:41.880><c> army</c><00:17:42.039><c> at</c><00:17:42.259><c> 60,</c><00:17:42.880><c> and</c><00:17:43.079><c> they</c><00:17:43.339><c> marched</c><00:17:43.599><c> in</c><00:17:43.880><c> rank.</c>

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That<00:17:44.299><c> was</c><00:17:44.519><c> the</c><00:17:44.640><c> idea</c><00:17:44.880><c> of</c><00:17:45.059><c> their</c><00:17:45.220><c> life.</c>

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Well,<00:17:45.559><c> you</c><00:17:45.680><c> can</c><00:17:45.920><c> imagine</c><00:17:46.380><c> from</c><00:17:46.880><c> the</c><00:17:47.019><c> very</c><00:17:47.339><c> loose</c><00:17:47.619><c> type</c><00:17:47.900><c> of</c><00:17:48.119><c> picture</c>

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we<00:17:48.460><c> even</c><00:17:48.740><c> see</c><00:17:48.880><c> in</c><00:17:49.140><c> Corinth</c><00:17:49.339><c> far</c><00:17:49.779><c> later,</c>

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although<00:17:51.380><c> they</c><00:17:51.619><c> finally</c><00:17:51.960><c> won</c><00:17:52.200><c> the</c><00:17:52.440><c> battle,</c>

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they<00:17:53.000><c> realized</c><00:17:53.299><c> this</c><00:17:53.480><c> was</c><00:17:53.700><c> not</c><00:17:53.880><c> a</c><00:17:53.980><c> good</c><00:17:54.119><c> marriage.</c>

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And<00:17:55.220><c> so</c><00:17:55.380><c> only</c><00:17:55.640><c> 14</c><00:17:56.220><c> years</c><00:17:56.500><c> later</c><00:17:56.799><c> they</c><00:17:57.019><c> decided</c><00:17:57.359><c> to</c><00:17:57.660><c> change</c><00:17:57.920><c> sides.</c>

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And<00:17:58.480><c> they</c><00:17:58.619><c> spent</c><00:17:58.799><c> the</c><00:17:59.000><c> next</c><00:17:59.180><c> 20</c><00:17:59.420><c> years</c><00:17:59.920><c> with</c><00:18:00.380><c> Athens</c><00:18:00.640><c> and</c><00:18:00.960><c> Corinth</c>

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duking<00:18:01.559><c> it</c><00:18:01.779><c> out</c><00:18:01.940><c> with</c><00:18:02.200><c> Sparta.</c>

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So<00:18:03.220><c> what</c><00:18:03.799><c> finally</c><00:18:04.240><c> happened</c><00:18:04.700><c> here</c><00:18:05.019><c> was,</c>

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and<00:18:05.380><c> this</c><00:18:05.579><c> brings</c><00:18:05.859><c> us</c><00:18:06.119><c> to</c><00:18:06.420><c> this</c><00:18:06.779><c> situation</c><00:18:07.400><c> here,</c>

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unfortunately,<00:18:11.079><c> eventually</c><00:18:11.660><c> the</c><00:18:13.319><c> Romans</c>

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started<00:18:14.980><c> to</c><00:18:15.240><c> gain</c><00:18:15.400><c> in</c><00:18:15.660><c> power</c><00:18:15.980><c> through</c><00:18:16.299><c> the</c><00:18:16.539><c> world,</c><00:18:16.759><c> right?</c>

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And<00:18:17.920><c> about</c><00:18:18.220><c> 150</c><00:18:19.079><c> BC,</c><00:18:22.259><c> the</c><00:18:22.480><c> Spartans</c><00:18:23.039><c> liked</c><00:18:23.559><c> the</c><00:18:24.099><c> Roman</c><00:18:24.480><c> way</c>

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of<00:18:24.900><c> doing</c><00:18:25.099><c> business</c><00:18:25.519><c> far</c><00:18:25.880><c> more.</c>

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You<00:18:26.119><c> can</c><00:18:26.400><c> understand</c><00:18:26.859><c> that</c><00:18:27.160><c> the</c><00:18:27.500><c> marching</c><00:18:27.779><c> in</c><00:18:28.039><c> rank</c>

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was<00:18:28.380><c> far</c><00:18:28.579><c> more</c><00:18:28.960><c> the</c><00:18:29.220><c> tough</c><00:18:29.460><c> military</c><00:18:30.039><c> type</c><00:18:30.240><c> perspective.</c>

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So<00:18:31.279><c> they</c><00:18:31.599><c> left</c><00:18:31.920><c> what</c><00:18:32.079><c> they</c><00:18:32.359><c> called</c><00:18:32.539><c> the</c><00:18:32.880><c> Achaian</c><00:18:33.299><c> League,</c>

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which<00:18:33.839><c> was</c><00:18:34.079><c> Athens,</c><00:18:34.599><c> Corinth,</c><00:18:34.900><c> and</c><00:18:35.099><c> Sparta</c>

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finally<00:18:35.759><c> got</c><00:18:36.180><c> pummeled</c><00:18:36.480><c> into</c><00:18:36.619><c> submission.</c>

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They<00:18:37.519><c> left,</c><00:18:38.720><c> and</c><00:18:38.900><c> they</c><00:18:39.160><c> joined</c><00:18:39.420><c> Rome.</c>

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Well,<00:18:41.480><c> Athens</c><00:18:41.660><c> and</c><00:18:41.980><c> Corinth</c><00:18:42.119><c> were</c><00:18:42.279><c> very</c><00:18:42.599><c> upset</c><00:18:42.940><c> about</c><00:18:43.220><c> that,</c>

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so<00:18:43.619><c> they</c><00:18:43.799><c> decided</c><00:18:44.140><c> to</c><00:18:44.339><c> do</c><00:18:44.539><c> battle.</c>

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They<00:18:45.640><c> did</c><00:18:45.920><c> battle,</c><00:18:46.599><c> but</c><00:18:46.740><c> of</c><00:18:46.940><c> course</c><00:18:47.119><c> instead</c><00:18:47.359><c> of</c><00:18:47.480><c> just</c><00:18:47.660><c> picking</c><00:18:47.839><c> on</c><00:18:48.160><c> Sparta</c>

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they<00:18:48.519><c> was</c><00:18:48.640><c> picking</c><00:18:48.859><c> on</c><00:18:49.079><c> Rome</c><00:18:49.359><c> too.</c>

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So<00:18:50.599><c> Julius</c><00:18:51.000><c> Caesar</c><00:18:51.359><c> came</c><00:18:51.680><c> in</c><00:18:52.000><c> and,</c><00:18:53.259><c> sorry,</c>

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Lucius<00:18:54.180><c> Mummius</c><00:18:54.660><c> came</c><00:18:54.960><c> in</c><00:18:55.480><c> and</c><00:18:56.059><c> flattened</c><00:18:56.660><c> Corinth.</c>

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146<00:18:57.799><c> BC</c><00:18:58.019><c> it</c><00:18:58.160><c> was</c><00:18:58.519><c> devastated,</c>

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and<00:19:00.160><c> it</c><00:19:00.259><c> was</c><00:19:00.440><c> left</c><00:19:00.700><c> as</c><00:19:00.940><c> a</c><00:19:01.059><c> ruin</c><00:19:01.240><c> for</c><00:19:01.480><c> 100</c><00:19:01.779><c> years.</c>

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So<00:19:03.059><c> as</c><00:19:03.240><c> we</c><00:19:03.400><c> look</c><00:19:03.599><c> at</c><00:19:03.880><c> Corinth</c><00:19:04.099><c> today,</c>

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it<00:19:05.059><c> was</c><00:19:05.299><c> only</c><00:19:05.599><c> rebuilt</c><00:19:06.319><c> by</c><00:19:06.740><c> Julius</c><00:19:07.180><c> Caesar</c><00:19:07.640><c> in</c><00:19:08.220><c> 44</c><00:19:08.859><c> BC.</c>

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So<00:19:10.559><c> it</c><00:19:10.579><c> was</c><00:19:10.779><c> a</c><00:19:10.960><c> very,</c><00:19:11.119><c> like</c><00:19:11.359><c> our</c><00:19:11.619><c> nation,</c>

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it<00:19:11.960><c> was</c><00:19:12.140><c> a</c><00:19:12.259><c> very</c><00:19:12.519><c> young</c><00:19:13.019><c> area,</c><00:19:13.539><c> it</c><00:19:13.539><c> was</c><00:19:13.799><c> a</c><00:19:14.019><c> young</c><00:19:14.380><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:19:15.519><c> whole</c><00:19:16.079><c> place</c><00:19:16.500><c> had</c><00:19:16.640><c> only</c><00:19:16.859><c> been</c><00:19:17.099><c> around</c><00:19:17.500><c> for,</c>

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at<00:19:19.119><c> Paul's</c><00:19:19.519><c> time,</c><00:19:20.059><c> probably</c><00:19:20.359><c> less</c><00:19:20.720><c> than</c><00:19:20.900><c> 100</c><00:19:21.160><c> years.</c>

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It<00:19:22.019><c> was</c><00:19:22.440><c> an</c><00:19:22.599><c> area</c><00:19:23.059><c> of</c><00:19:23.400><c> tremendous</c><00:19:24.119><c> industrial</c><00:19:24.859><c> activity,</c>

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like<00:19:25.779><c> Brother</c><00:19:26.019><c> Jack</c><00:19:26.240><c> and</c><00:19:26.380><c> I,</c><00:19:26.599><c> he</c><00:19:26.740><c> was</c><00:19:26.900><c> saying</c><00:19:27.099><c> on</c><00:19:27.299><c> the</c><00:19:27.380><c> way</c><00:19:27.539><c> home</c>

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that<00:19:27.920><c> we</c><00:19:28.039><c> haven't</c><00:19:28.240><c> finished</c><00:19:28.519><c> building</c><00:19:28.920><c> even</c><00:19:29.259><c> in</c><00:19:29.740><c> New</c><00:19:29.960><c> Jersey</c><00:19:30.339><c> yet.</c>

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Well,<00:19:31.059><c> that</c><00:19:31.180><c> was</c><00:19:31.380><c> what</c><00:19:31.460><c> was</c><00:19:31.819><c> happening</c><00:19:32.279><c> in</c><00:19:33.099><c> Corinth.</c>

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And<00:19:33.819><c> so</c><00:19:34.160><c> we</c><00:19:34.480><c> have</c><00:19:34.759><c> the</c><00:19:34.900><c> ideas</c><00:19:35.259><c> again,</c><00:19:36.460><c> where</c><00:19:36.700><c> Paul,</c>

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we<00:19:37.119><c> won't</c><00:19:37.319><c> look</c><00:19:37.559><c> at</c><00:19:37.640><c> it</c><00:19:37.720><c> now,</c><00:19:37.940><c> in</c><00:19:38.000><c> 1</c><00:19:38.279><c> Corinthians,</c>

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he<00:19:39.160><c> picks</c><00:19:39.660><c> up</c><00:19:39.859><c> on</c><00:19:40.019><c> those</c><00:19:40.240><c> ideas</c><00:19:40.559><c> that</c><00:19:40.680><c> they</c><00:19:40.839><c> were</c><00:19:41.000><c> so</c><00:19:41.299><c> familiar</c><00:19:41.640><c> with</c>

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because<00:19:41.960><c> it</c><00:19:42.079><c> was</c><00:19:42.220><c> such</c><00:19:42.440><c> an</c><00:19:42.880><c> immense</c><00:19:43.299><c> building</c><00:19:43.880><c> trade</c><00:19:44.299><c> going</c><00:19:44.579><c> on</c>

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because<00:19:45.579><c> Corinth</c><00:19:45.859><c> was</c><00:19:46.079><c> just</c><00:19:46.619><c> flourishing</c><00:19:47.099><c> as</c><00:19:47.319><c> this</c><00:19:47.559><c> economical</c><00:19:48.079><c> centre.</c>

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And<00:19:49.200><c> so</c><00:19:49.339><c> we</c><00:19:49.460><c> have</c><00:19:49.640><c> those</c><00:19:49.900><c> words</c><00:19:50.119><c> of</c><00:19:50.279><c> Paul</c><00:19:50.579><c> where</c><00:19:50.799><c> he</c><00:19:50.940><c> says</c>

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that<00:19:51.660><c> like</c><00:19:52.000><c> a</c><00:19:52.940><c> wise</c><00:19:53.359><c> master</c><00:19:54.240><c> builder,</c>

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building<00:19:55.259><c> with</c><00:19:55.500><c> all</c><00:19:55.779><c> the</c><00:19:56.000><c> various</c><00:19:56.299><c> materials,</c>

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they'd<00:19:57.099><c> understand</c><00:19:57.400><c> that</c><00:19:57.700><c> perfectly.</c>

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And<00:19:58.740><c> of</c><00:19:58.940><c> course</c><00:19:59.119><c> the</c><00:19:59.339><c> lesson</c><00:19:59.559><c> was</c><00:19:59.859><c> to</c><00:20:00.059><c> them</c><00:20:00.339><c> and</c><00:20:00.559><c> to</c><00:20:00.740><c> us</c>

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that<00:20:01.460><c> we</c><00:20:01.740><c> build</c><00:20:02.099><c> our</c><00:20:02.480><c> spiritual</c><00:20:02.880><c> lives</c><00:20:03.160><c> with</c><00:20:03.319><c> the</c><00:20:03.619><c> right</c><00:20:03.880><c> materials</c>

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of<00:20:05.480><c> gold</c><00:20:05.779><c> and</c><00:20:06.039><c> silver</c><00:20:06.480><c> and</c><00:20:06.700><c> not</c><00:20:06.940><c> wood</c><00:20:07.200><c> and</c><00:20:07.400><c> hay</c><00:20:07.619><c> and</c><00:20:07.839><c> stubble</c>

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which<00:20:08.279><c> will</c><00:20:08.480><c> burn</c><00:20:08.700><c> away.</c>

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Finally<00:20:10.819><c> then,</c><00:20:11.720><c> the</c><00:20:11.920><c> clay</c><00:20:12.299><c> in</c><00:20:12.799><c> Corinth</c><00:20:13.099><c> was</c><00:20:13.980><c> also</c><00:20:14.519><c> highly</c><00:20:14.900><c> praised.</c>

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It<00:20:15.279><c> was</c><00:20:15.500><c> the</c><00:20:15.640><c> best</c><00:20:15.980><c> clay.</c>

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In<00:20:16.440><c> fact,</c><00:20:16.680><c> you</c><00:20:16.680><c> know,</c><00:20:16.819><c> we</c><00:20:17.000><c> call,</c><00:20:17.779><c> what</c><00:20:17.940><c> do</c><00:20:18.079><c> we</c><00:20:18.220><c> call</c><00:20:18.339><c> good</c><00:20:18.599><c> pottery?</c>

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No,<00:20:21.720><c> we</c><00:20:21.859><c> call</c><00:20:22.019><c> it</c><00:20:22.200><c> possum.</c><00:20:22.339><c> What</c><00:20:22.519><c> do</c><00:20:22.579><c> we</c><00:20:22.759><c> really</c><00:20:23.059><c> call</c><00:20:23.299><c> it?</c>

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China,<00:20:24.400><c> right?</c><00:20:24.619><c> Why</c><00:20:24.779><c> do</c><00:20:24.880><c> we</c><00:20:25.000><c> call</c><00:20:25.099><c> it</c><00:20:25.299><c> China?</c>

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Because<00:20:25.700><c> the</c><00:20:25.920><c> best</c><00:20:26.160><c> clay</c><00:20:26.359><c> comes</c><00:20:26.559><c> from</c><00:20:26.779><c> China.</c>

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Guess<00:20:27.700><c> what</c><00:20:27.799><c> they</c><00:20:27.980><c> used</c><00:20:28.140><c> to</c><00:20:28.339><c> call</c><00:20:28.500><c> China</c><00:20:28.880><c> back</c><00:20:29.200><c> in,</c><00:20:29.640><c> again,</c><00:20:29.980><c> in</c>

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Paul's<00:20:30.420><c> day?</c>

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It<00:20:31.400><c> was</c><00:20:32.140><c> named</c><00:20:32.339><c> after</c><00:20:32.599><c> Corinth.</c>

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Same<00:20:33.500><c> idea,</c><00:20:33.900><c> because</c><00:20:34.099><c> it</c><00:20:34.140><c> was</c><00:20:34.400><c> Corinthian</c><00:20:34.980><c> clay</c>

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was<00:20:35.440><c> the</c><00:20:35.740><c> standard</c><00:20:35.960><c> on</c><00:20:36.160><c> which</c><00:20:36.420><c> clay</c><00:20:36.819><c> was</c><00:20:37.079><c> built.</c>

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And<00:20:37.640><c> again,</c><00:20:37.819><c> that's</c><00:20:38.240><c> interesting</c><00:20:38.720><c> for</c><00:20:38.920><c> me</c><00:20:39.160><c> when</c><00:20:39.319><c> I</c><00:20:39.500><c> see,</c>

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like<00:20:39.900><c> in</c><00:20:40.079><c> 2</c><00:20:40.240><c> Corinthians,</c><00:20:40.660><c> chapter</c><00:20:40.980><c> 4</c><00:20:41.339><c> and</c><00:20:41.500><c> verse</c><00:20:41.720><c> 7,</c>

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what<00:20:44.200><c> does</c><00:20:44.319><c> he</c><00:20:44.420><c> talk</c><00:20:44.599><c> about?</c>

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But<00:20:49.500><c> we</c><00:20:49.859><c> have</c><00:20:50.660><c> this</c><00:20:51.180><c> treasure,</c>

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this<00:20:52.660><c> treasure</c><00:20:52.940><c> of</c><00:20:53.119><c> the</c><00:20:53.299><c> Lord</c><00:20:53.519><c> Jesus</c><00:20:54.000><c> Christ</c><00:20:54.519><c> in</c><00:20:55.440><c> earthen</c><00:20:55.960><c> vessels,</c>

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as<00:20:56.259><c> the</c><00:20:56.559><c> King</c><00:20:56.779><c> James</c><00:20:57.039><c> says.</c>

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It<00:20:58.019><c> really</c><00:20:58.200><c> is</c><00:20:58.420><c> the</c><00:20:58.579><c> idea</c><00:20:58.900><c> of</c><00:20:59.680><c> clay</c><00:21:00.160><c> pots.</c>

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We've<00:21:01.519><c> got</c><00:21:01.700><c> this</c><00:21:01.980><c> treasure</c><00:21:02.440><c> in</c><00:21:03.079><c> these</c><00:21:03.380><c> delicate</c><00:21:04.119><c> clay</c><00:21:04.599><c> pots</c>

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that<00:21:06.599><c> are</c><00:21:06.779><c> very</c><00:21:07.140><c> ordinary,</c><00:21:08.799><c> our</c><00:21:09.039><c> pots,</c>

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that<00:21:09.779><c> the</c><00:21:10.099><c> excellency</c><00:21:10.500><c> of</c><00:21:10.680><c> the</c><00:21:10.839><c> power</c><00:21:11.019><c> may</c><00:21:11.279><c> be</c><00:21:11.480><c> of</c><00:21:11.640><c> God</c><00:21:12.180><c> and</c><00:21:12.740><c> not</c><00:21:13.019><c> of</c><00:21:13.759><c> us.</c>

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And<00:21:15.019><c> so</c><00:21:15.440><c> with</c><00:21:15.799><c> this</c><00:21:16.220><c> incredibly</c><00:21:16.759><c> strong</c><00:21:17.079><c> economic</c><00:21:17.599><c> base,</c>

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it<00:21:18.740><c> brought</c><00:21:18.960><c> in</c><00:21:19.279><c> a</c><00:21:19.559><c> life</c><00:21:19.839><c> in</c><00:21:20.119><c> Corinth</c>

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that<00:21:20.619><c> was</c><00:21:20.859><c> one</c><00:21:21.079><c> of</c><00:21:21.380><c> extremes</c><00:21:21.720><c> that</c><00:21:21.880><c> we're</c><00:21:22.000><c> going</c><00:21:22.099><c> to</c><00:21:22.259><c> see</c><00:21:22.359><c> today.</c>

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It<00:21:23.440><c> was</c><00:21:23.680><c> on</c><00:21:23.940><c> one</c><00:21:24.279><c> side</c><00:21:25.059><c> the</c><00:21:25.940><c> part</c><00:21:26.079><c> of</c><00:21:26.240><c> the</c><00:21:26.420><c> populace</c>

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who<00:21:26.980><c> went</c><00:21:27.299><c> for</c><00:21:27.579><c> the</c><00:21:27.839><c> ascetic</c><00:21:28.480><c> abstinence,</c>

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you<00:21:29.279><c> know,</c><00:21:29.420><c> the</c><00:21:29.599><c> very</c><00:21:30.180><c> tough</c><00:21:30.880><c> background</c>

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that<00:21:31.779><c> they'd</c><00:21:32.039><c> maybe</c><00:21:32.240><c> inherited</c><00:21:32.680><c> a</c><00:21:32.799><c> little</c><00:21:32.980><c> bit</c><00:21:33.119><c> of</c><00:21:33.259><c> from</c><00:21:33.480><c> the</c><00:21:33.740><c> Spartans.</c>

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On<00:21:34.700><c> the</c><00:21:35.019><c> other</c><00:21:35.359><c> side,</c><00:21:36.039><c> and</c><00:21:36.339><c> it</c><00:21:36.339><c> seemed</c><00:21:36.599><c> to</c><00:21:36.740><c> be</c><00:21:36.960><c> far</c><00:21:37.119><c> more</c><00:21:37.460><c> of</c><00:21:37.599><c> it,</c>

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the<00:21:38.440><c> immorality</c><00:21:39.220><c> that</c><00:21:39.539><c> went,</c>

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to<00:21:40.000><c> a</c><00:21:40.160><c> point</c><00:21:40.279><c> where</c><00:21:40.539><c> one</c><00:21:40.880><c> historian</c><00:21:41.259><c> wrote</c><00:21:41.640><c> that</c>

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Corinth<00:21:42.599><c> was</c><00:21:42.920><c> one</c><00:21:43.420><c> vast</c><00:21:43.920><c> brothel.</c>

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That<00:21:44.539><c> was</c><00:21:44.779><c> his</c><00:21:45.099><c> description</c><00:21:45.680><c> of</c><00:21:45.900><c> Corinth.</c>

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It<00:21:46.220><c> was</c><00:21:46.500><c> so</c><00:21:47.220><c> tragically</c><00:21:47.799><c> terrible.</c>

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And<00:21:50.460><c> again,</c><00:21:51.420><c> don't</c><00:21:51.660><c> we</c><00:21:51.980><c> see</c><00:21:52.220><c> that</c>

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as<00:21:53.680><c> we</c><00:21:53.880><c> look</c><00:21:54.059><c> at</c><00:21:54.279><c> the</c><00:21:54.920><c> verse,</c><00:21:55.119><c> like</c><00:21:55.400><c> back</c><00:21:55.700><c> in</c><00:21:56.200><c> 1</c><00:21:56.460><c> Corinthians,</c>

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again,<00:21:57.480><c> we</c><00:21:57.480><c> have</c><00:21:57.720><c> this,</c>

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why<00:21:59.660><c> don't</c><00:21:59.740><c> you</c><00:21:59.839><c> have</c><00:21:59.940><c> a</c><00:21:59.980><c> look</c><00:22:00.039><c> back</c><00:22:00.299><c> in</c><00:22:00.420><c> 1</c><00:22:00.680><c> Corinthians,</c><00:22:01.000><c> chapter</c><00:22:01.380><c> 6.</c>

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We<00:22:03.880><c> can</c><00:22:04.200><c> see</c><00:22:04.380><c> a</c><00:22:04.619><c> summary</c><00:22:05.000><c> to</c><00:22:05.220><c> the</c><00:22:05.400><c> sort</c><00:22:05.500><c> of</c><00:22:05.759><c> background</c>

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of<00:22:06.539><c> the</c><00:22:06.740><c> brethren</c><00:22:06.980><c> and</c><00:22:07.259><c> sisters</c><00:22:07.579><c> who</c><00:22:07.859><c> made</c><00:22:08.039><c> up</c><00:22:08.319><c> that</c><00:22:08.700><c> ecclesia.</c>

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1<00:22:11.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:12.299><c> 6,</c><00:22:12.859><c> verse</c><00:22:13.039><c> 9</c><00:22:13.359><c> through</c><00:22:13.579><c> 11,</c>

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Know<00:22:16.220><c> ye</c><00:22:16.480><c> not</c><00:22:16.980><c> that</c><00:22:17.680><c> the</c><00:22:17.900><c> unrighteous</c>

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shall<00:22:18.579><c> not</c><00:22:18.839><c> inherit</c><00:22:19.180><c> the</c><00:22:19.339><c> kingdom</c><00:22:19.640><c> of</c><00:22:19.799><c> God,</c>

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be<00:22:20.279><c> not</c><00:22:20.519><c> deceived,</c><00:22:21.400><c> neither</c><00:22:21.680><c> fornicators,</c><00:22:22.640><c> nor</c><00:22:22.819><c> adulterers,</c>

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or<00:22:24.279><c> adulterers,</c><00:22:24.940><c> or</c><00:22:25.099><c> effeminate,</c><00:22:25.700><c> nor</c><00:22:25.880><c> abusers</c><00:22:26.339><c> of</c><00:22:26.480><c> themselves,</c>

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and<00:22:27.119><c> with</c><00:22:27.339><c> mankind,</c><00:22:28.000><c> nor</c><00:22:28.220><c> thieves,</c><00:22:28.660><c> nor</c><00:22:28.819><c> drunkards,</c>

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nor<00:22:29.559><c> revilers,</c><00:22:30.299><c> extortioners,</c>

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shall<00:22:31.519><c> inherit</c><00:22:31.859><c> the</c><00:22:32.039><c> kingdom</c><00:22:32.359><c> of</c><00:22:32.579><c> God,</c>

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and<00:22:33.859><c> such</c><00:22:34.519><c> were</c><00:22:35.119><c> some</c><00:22:35.779><c> of</c><00:22:36.180><c> you.</c>

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That<00:22:39.460><c> was</c><00:22:39.660><c> the</c><00:22:39.839><c> background.</c>

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To<00:22:41.819><c> me,</c><00:22:42.200><c> that</c><00:22:42.220><c> gives</c><00:22:42.460><c> me</c><00:22:43.039><c> tremendous</c><00:22:43.660><c> courage.</c>

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In<00:22:44.960><c> our</c><00:22:45.299><c> little</c><00:22:45.579><c> ecclesias</c><00:22:46.220><c> today,</c>

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we<00:22:47.500><c> struggle</c><00:22:48.019><c> with</c><00:22:48.579><c> really</c><00:22:49.160><c> serious</c><00:22:49.940><c> problems,</c><00:22:50.359><c> don't</c><00:22:50.599><c> we?</c>

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We<00:22:52.000><c> all</c><00:22:52.380><c> bring</c><00:22:52.740><c> our</c><00:22:53.279><c> baggage,</c><00:22:54.059><c> whatever</c><00:22:54.460><c> it</c><00:22:54.720><c> is,</c>

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and<00:22:55.299><c> particularly</c><00:22:55.599><c> those</c><00:22:55.880><c> of</c><00:22:55.940><c> us</c><00:22:56.079><c> who</c><00:22:56.319><c> have</c><00:22:56.319><c> learnt</c><00:22:56.460><c> the</c><00:22:56.759><c> truth</c><00:22:57.059><c> later</c><00:22:57.460><c> in</c><00:22:57.680><c> life,</c>

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we<00:22:58.019><c> bring</c><00:22:58.279><c> the</c><00:22:58.619><c> baggage</c><00:22:58.960><c> of</c><00:22:59.200><c> our</c><00:22:59.539><c> existence</c><00:22:59.880><c> with</c><00:23:00.119><c> us.</c>

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We<00:23:00.660><c> are</c><00:23:01.019><c> affected</c><00:23:01.599><c> by</c><00:23:01.920><c> the</c><00:23:02.140><c> society</c><00:23:02.619><c> we</c><00:23:02.859><c> live</c><00:23:03.200><c> in.</c>

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Brethren<00:23:03.960><c> and</c><00:23:04.099><c> sisters,</c><00:23:04.319><c> we</c><00:23:04.440><c> need</c><00:23:04.599><c> to</c><00:23:04.819><c> keep</c><00:23:04.920><c> that</c><00:23:05.279><c> clearly</c><00:23:05.680><c> in</c>

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our<00:23:06.079><c> vision.</c>

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We<00:23:06.759><c> are</c><00:23:07.279><c> in</c><00:23:07.440><c> measure,</c><00:23:07.900><c> affected</c><00:23:08.259><c> by</c><00:23:08.539><c> the</c><00:23:08.759><c> society,</c>

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:15.000
and<00:23:10.759><c> yet</c><00:23:10.960><c> it</c><00:23:11.079><c> does</c><00:23:11.500><c> not</c><00:23:11.900><c> mean</c><00:23:12.220><c> to</c><00:23:12.480><c> say</c><00:23:12.880><c> that</c><00:23:13.640><c> it</c><00:23:13.740><c> needs</c><00:23:13.980><c> to</c><00:23:14.160><c> destroy</c><00:23:14.519><c> us.</c>

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For<00:23:15.619><c> even</c><00:23:16.019><c> in</c><00:23:16.259><c> that</c><00:23:16.740><c> wretched</c><00:23:17.099><c> place,</c>

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:20.240
which<00:23:17.839><c> I</c><00:23:18.099><c> would</c><00:23:18.299><c> never</c><00:23:18.539><c> even</c><00:23:18.759><c> have</c><00:23:18.960><c> given</c><00:23:19.119><c> a</c><00:23:19.480><c> passing</c><00:23:19.900><c> thought</c>

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to,<00:23:20.559><c> I'm</c><00:23:20.640><c> sure,</c>

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as<00:23:21.400><c> I</c><00:23:21.539><c> was</c><00:23:21.799><c> planning</c><00:23:21.980><c> out</c><00:23:22.220><c> on</c><00:23:22.440><c> my</c><00:23:22.680><c> map</c><00:23:22.819><c> where</c><00:23:23.019><c> to</c><00:23:23.259><c> preach</c><00:23:23.559><c> the</c><00:23:23.779><c> gospel,</c>

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.140
I'd<00:23:24.240><c> say,</c><00:23:24.359><c> oh,</c><00:23:25.000><c> Corinth,</c><00:23:25.339><c> let's</c><00:23:25.579><c> go</c><00:23:25.819><c> somewhere</c><00:23:26.180><c> else.</c>

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:31.339
And<00:23:27.339><c> yet</c><00:23:27.480><c> out</c><00:23:27.700><c> of</c><00:23:28.039><c> Corinth,</c><00:23:29.460><c> God</c><00:23:29.819><c> could</c><00:23:30.180><c> build</c><00:23:30.480><c> an</c><00:23:30.700><c> ecclesia</c>

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:34.539
that<00:23:31.859><c> was</c><00:23:32.119><c> to</c><00:23:32.440><c> live</c><00:23:32.759><c> and</c><00:23:33.079><c> to</c><00:23:33.440><c> grow</c><00:23:33.660><c> and</c><00:23:33.900><c> to</c><00:23:34.240><c> prosper,</c>

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:37.220
and<00:23:34.660><c> it</c><00:23:34.839><c> became</c><00:23:35.180><c> a</c><00:23:35.680><c> light</c><00:23:35.920><c> stand,</c><00:23:36.119><c> possibly</c><00:23:36.500><c> more</c><00:23:36.779><c> than</c><00:23:36.940><c> any</c>

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.859
of<00:23:37.359><c> the</c><00:23:37.480><c> other</c><00:23:37.619><c> in</c><00:23:37.740><c> that</c><00:23:37.960><c> area.</c>

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And<00:23:39.299><c> so</c><00:23:39.440><c> again,</c><00:23:39.779><c> it's</c><00:23:40.160><c> a</c><00:23:40.460><c> good</c><00:23:40.720><c> lesson</c><00:23:41.059><c> to</c><00:23:41.319><c> us</c>

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:46.319
of<00:23:42.099><c> how</c><00:23:42.319><c> maybe</c><00:23:42.619><c> we</c><00:23:43.160><c> sometimes</c><00:23:43.720><c> criticise</c><00:23:44.519><c> those</c><00:23:45.000><c> weak</c><00:23:45.319><c> brethren</c><00:23:45.740><c> and</c><00:23:46.079><c> sisters</c>

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or<00:23:46.579><c> ecclesias</c><00:23:47.079><c> around</c><00:23:47.500><c> us,</c>

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that<00:23:48.359><c> God</c><00:23:48.640><c> can</c><00:23:49.059><c> still</c><00:23:49.539><c> make</c><00:23:50.140><c> strength</c><00:23:50.799><c> out</c><00:23:51.119><c> of</c><00:23:51.339><c> weakness,</c>

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:53.880
and<00:23:51.799><c> what</c><00:23:51.940><c> a</c><00:23:52.059><c> beautiful</c><00:23:52.359><c> lesson</c><00:23:52.660><c> that</c><00:23:52.880><c> is.</c>

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So,<00:23:57.980><c> there's</c><00:23:58.200><c> Corinth.</c>

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Maybe<00:24:01.220><c> we</c><00:24:01.400><c> can</c><00:24:01.759><c> now</c><00:24:02.240><c> put</c><00:24:02.480><c> that</c><00:24:02.799><c> into</c><00:24:03.039><c> the</c><00:24:03.359><c> context</c><00:24:03.900><c> of</c><00:24:05.220><c> Paul's</c><00:24:05.779><c> journeys.</c>

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How<00:24:06.339><c> did</c><00:24:06.559><c> the</c><00:24:06.859><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:07.279><c> get</c><00:24:07.720><c> there?</c>

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I'll<00:24:12.359><c> give</c><00:24:12.480><c> you</c><00:24:13.359><c> the</c><00:24:13.720><c> right</c><00:24:13.859><c> way</c><00:24:14.059><c> up,</c>

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:18.299
a<00:24:16.519><c> little</c><00:24:16.859><c> more</c><00:24:17.140><c> detailed</c><00:24:17.480><c> map</c><00:24:17.720><c> here,</c>

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and<00:24:18.880><c> you</c><00:24:18.920><c> can</c><00:24:19.099><c> see</c><00:24:19.259><c> some</c><00:24:19.440><c> more</c><00:24:19.680><c> details.</c>

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:22.799
Let's,<00:24:20.839><c> would</c><00:24:20.920><c> you</c><00:24:21.079><c> mind</c><00:24:21.259><c> if</c><00:24:21.400><c> we</c><00:24:21.559><c> just</c><00:24:21.759><c> very</c><00:24:22.140><c> briefly</c><00:24:22.440><c> now</c>

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:25.880
put<00:24:23.160><c> Corinth</c><00:24:23.579><c> on</c><00:24:23.859><c> the</c><00:24:24.039><c> map</c><00:24:24.180><c> as</c><00:24:24.460><c> far</c><00:24:24.619><c> as</c><00:24:24.759><c> the</c><00:24:24.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:25.359><c> is</c><00:24:25.680><c> concerned,</c>

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as<00:24:26.119><c> Paul's</c><00:24:26.579><c> dealings.</c>

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:31.079
Get<00:24:29.559><c> this</c><00:24:29.779><c> the</c><00:24:29.940><c> right</c><00:24:30.039><c> way</c><00:24:30.240><c> up.</c>

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:33.559
And<00:24:31.460><c> again,</c><00:24:31.859><c> I</c><00:24:32.000><c> don't</c><00:24:32.119><c> want</c><00:24:32.180><c> this</c><00:24:32.380><c> to</c><00:24:32.480><c> be</c><00:24:32.779><c> a</c><00:24:32.900><c> Sunday</c><00:24:33.099><c> school</c><00:24:33.339><c> lesson,</c>

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.660
but<00:24:33.720><c> just</c><00:24:33.920><c> a</c><00:24:34.119><c> brief</c><00:24:34.299><c> review,</c>

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because<00:24:35.220><c> it'll</c><00:24:35.559><c> help</c><00:24:35.759><c> us</c><00:24:36.000><c> in</c><00:24:36.119><c> dealing</c><00:24:36.259><c> with</c><00:24:36.440><c> some</c><00:24:36.619><c> of</c><00:24:36.720><c> the</c>

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difficult<00:24:37.279><c> verses</c>

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that<00:24:37.839><c> we</c><00:24:38.019><c> come</c><00:24:38.200><c> to</c><00:24:38.380><c> later</c><00:24:38.680><c> on.</c>

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:44.059
Here<00:24:40.799><c> we</c><00:24:41.019><c> have</c><00:24:41.619><c> the</c><00:24:42.619><c> missionary</c><00:24:43.079><c> journeys</c><00:24:43.460><c> of</c><00:24:43.740><c> Paul.</c>

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:47.619
And<00:24:44.880><c> what</c><00:24:45.000><c> I've</c><00:24:45.180><c> got</c><00:24:45.259><c> on</c><00:24:45.420><c> the</c><00:24:45.599><c> screen</c><00:24:45.779><c> here</c><00:24:46.019><c> is</c><00:24:46.180><c> the</c><00:24:46.400><c> first</c><00:24:46.660><c> journey,</c><00:24:47.160><c> all</c><00:24:47.319><c> right?</c>

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.900
And<00:24:48.119><c> you</c><00:24:48.259><c> all</c><00:24:48.380><c> know</c><00:24:48.519><c> the</c><00:24:48.720><c> story.</c>

00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:51.079
Well,<00:24:49.180><c> we</c><00:24:49.400><c> don't</c><00:24:49.599><c> want</c><00:24:49.740><c> to</c><00:24:49.980><c> spend</c><00:24:50.099><c> too</c><00:24:50.299><c> much</c><00:24:50.480><c> time</c><00:24:50.680><c> on</c><00:24:50.819><c> it.</c>

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:53.680
Paul<00:24:51.539><c> went</c><00:24:51.819><c> from</c><00:24:53.220><c> Antioch,</c>

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for<00:24:53.740><c> all</c><00:24:53.920><c> the</c><00:24:54.140><c> missionary</c><00:24:54.420><c> journeys.</c>

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:57.700
We<00:24:55.220><c> went,</c><00:24:55.700><c> began,</c><00:24:56.460><c> to</c><00:24:57.099><c> Paphos,</c>

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where<00:24:58.680><c> Bar</c><00:24:58.900><c>-Jesus</c><00:24:59.180><c> was</c><00:24:59.420><c> blinded</c><00:24:59.740><c> for</c><00:24:59.920><c> a</c><00:25:00.059><c> period</c><00:25:00.160><c> and</c><00:25:00.339><c> so</c><00:25:00.500><c> on.</c>

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And<00:25:00.920><c> then</c><00:25:01.079><c> they</c><00:25:01.279><c> went</c><00:25:01.460><c> up,</c><00:25:01.940><c> they</c><00:25:02.059><c> went</c><00:25:02.259><c> to</c><00:25:02.519><c> Antioch,</c><00:25:03.140><c> Iconium,</c>

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and<00:25:04.220><c> Lystra,</c><00:25:04.980><c> and</c><00:25:05.279><c> Derbe.</c>

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What<00:25:06.720><c> happened</c><00:25:06.960><c> in</c><00:25:07.119><c> Lystra?</c>

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Pardon?

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He<00:25:11.440><c> was</c><00:25:11.759><c> stoned.</c>

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And<00:25:13.180><c> so</c><00:25:13.279><c> they</c><00:25:13.400><c> went</c><00:25:13.700><c> down</c><00:25:14.119><c> to</c><00:25:14.240><c> Derbe,</c><00:25:14.960><c> all</c><00:25:15.140><c> right?</c>

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But<00:25:16.720><c> then</c><00:25:17.099><c> there</c><00:25:17.299><c> is</c><00:25:17.460><c> this</c><00:25:17.680><c> wonderful</c><00:25:18.160><c> spirit</c><00:25:18.519><c> that</c><00:25:18.720><c> Paul</c><00:25:19.019><c> uses,</c>

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which<00:25:19.640><c> I'm</c><00:25:20.019><c> sure</c><00:25:20.220><c> you</c><00:25:20.480><c> all</c><00:25:20.720><c> remember,</c>

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where<00:25:21.640><c> he</c><00:25:21.799><c> says</c><00:25:22.039><c> in</c><00:25:22.240><c> Acts</c><00:25:22.420><c> 14,</c>

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let's<00:25:23.380><c> go</c><00:25:23.680><c> back</c><00:25:24.119><c> and</c><00:25:24.339><c> confirm</c><00:25:25.059><c> the</c><00:25:25.380><c> souls</c><00:25:25.720><c> of</c><00:25:25.920><c> the</c><00:25:26.119><c> disciples,</c>

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exhorting<00:25:27.380><c> them</c><00:25:27.519><c> to</c><00:25:27.740><c> continue.</c>

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So<00:25:28.299><c> even</c><00:25:28.539><c> after</c><00:25:28.880><c> being</c><00:25:29.359><c> stoned,</c>

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:33.380
he<00:25:30.200><c> turns</c><00:25:30.559><c> around</c><00:25:30.960><c> and</c><00:25:31.279><c> goes</c><00:25:31.599><c> back</c><00:25:32.059><c> to</c><00:25:32.319><c> Lystra</c><00:25:32.660><c> and</c><00:25:32.880><c> Iconium,</c>

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the<00:25:33.920><c> very</c><00:25:34.200><c> areas,</c>

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and<00:25:35.200><c> preaching</c><00:25:35.779><c> that</c><00:25:36.160><c> through</c><00:25:36.519><c> much</c><00:25:37.019><c> tribulation,</c>

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.859
we<00:25:38.440><c> will</c><00:25:38.700><c> enter</c><00:25:39.019><c> into</c><00:25:39.200><c> the</c><00:25:39.319><c> Kingdom</c><00:25:39.559><c> of</c><00:25:39.759><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:40.019><c> again,</c><00:25:40.200><c> I</c><00:25:40.339><c> think</c><00:25:40.339><c> it</c><00:25:40.480><c> shows</c><00:25:40.660><c> a</c><00:25:40.839><c> beautiful</c><00:25:41.279><c> spirit</c><00:25:41.680><c> of</c><00:25:41.859><c> our</c>

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brother<00:25:42.259><c> Paul,</c>

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who<00:25:43.000><c> had</c><00:25:43.160><c> that</c><00:25:43.480><c> love</c><00:25:43.880><c> to</c><00:25:44.279><c> go</c><00:25:44.619><c> back,</c>

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even<00:25:45.099><c> though</c><00:25:45.279><c> he</c><00:25:45.380><c> was</c><00:25:45.660><c> stoned,</c>

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.980
to<00:25:46.500><c> find</c><00:25:46.660><c> his</c><00:25:46.880><c> newfound</c><00:25:47.279><c> brethren</c><00:25:47.640><c> and</c><00:25:47.880><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:25:48.140><c> never</c><00:25:48.440><c> gave</c><00:25:48.720><c> up.</c>

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And<00:25:49.519><c> we'll</c><00:25:49.660><c> see</c><00:25:49.839><c> that</c><00:25:49.980><c> as</c><00:25:50.140><c> we</c><00:25:50.339><c> move</c><00:25:50.519><c> on.</c>

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If<00:25:51.339><c> we</c><00:25:51.500><c> look</c><00:25:51.619><c> at</c><00:25:51.759><c> the</c><00:25:52.039><c> second</c><00:25:52.279><c> journey</c><00:25:52.579><c> then,</c>

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:55.880
and<00:25:53.400><c> you'll</c><00:25:53.619><c> see</c><00:25:53.740><c> this,</c><00:25:54.460><c> where</c><00:25:54.720><c> Corinth</c><00:25:54.980><c> comes</c><00:25:55.240><c> into</c><00:25:55.480><c> the</c><00:25:55.660><c> picture,</c>

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:58.319
is<00:25:56.039><c> at</c><00:25:56.160><c> the</c><00:25:56.220><c> end</c><00:25:56.339><c> of</c><00:25:56.519><c> the</c><00:25:56.720><c> second</c><00:25:56.980><c> missionary</c><00:25:57.440><c> journey.</c>

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Pardon<00:25:59.460><c> me</c><00:25:59.599><c> if</c><00:25:59.700><c> I</c><00:25:59.779><c> can</c><00:25:59.920><c> line</c><00:26:00.059><c> these</c><00:26:00.240><c> up.</c>

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You'll<00:26:02.019><c> see</c><00:26:02.140><c> here</c><00:26:02.440><c> again</c><00:26:02.700><c> that</c><00:26:03.019><c> they</c><00:26:03.359><c> actually</c><00:26:03.480><c> went</c><00:26:03.619><c> down</c><00:26:03.819><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem<00:26:04.279><c> and</c><00:26:04.460><c> back</c><00:26:04.619><c> again.</c>

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But<00:26:05.339><c> this</c><00:26:05.619><c> time</c><00:26:05.779><c> they</c><00:26:05.920><c> go</c><00:26:06.119><c> up</c><00:26:06.420><c> through</c><00:26:07.119><c> the</c><00:26:08.240><c> Taurus</c><00:26:08.559><c> Mountains,</c>

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:13.519
and<00:26:09.900><c> do</c><00:26:10.039><c> the</c><00:26:10.400><c> very,</c><00:26:10.880><c> you</c><00:26:11.039><c> can</c><00:26:11.220><c> see</c><00:26:11.339><c> that</c><00:26:11.539><c> huge</c><00:26:11.859><c> pass</c><00:26:12.180><c> right</c><00:26:12.519><c> here</c><00:26:12.700><c> that</c><00:26:12.799><c> they</c><00:26:13.039><c> go</c><00:26:13.220><c> through,</c>

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and<00:26:13.839><c> instead</c><00:26:14.059><c> of</c><00:26:14.240><c> going</c><00:26:14.559><c> through</c><00:26:14.839><c> this</c><00:26:15.160><c> way,</c>

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:17.619
they<00:26:15.740><c> went</c><00:26:15.920><c> back</c><00:26:16.220><c> again</c><00:26:16.500><c> to</c><00:26:16.720><c> Derbe</c><00:26:17.099><c> and</c><00:26:17.279><c> Lystra,</c>

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.619
and<00:26:17.619><c> Iconium</c><00:26:18.240><c> again.</c>

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:20.960
This<00:26:18.779><c> is</c><00:26:19.019><c> the</c><00:26:19.059><c> second</c><00:26:19.380><c> journey,</c><00:26:19.980><c> a</c><00:26:20.079><c> couple</c><00:26:20.220><c> of</c><00:26:20.400><c> years</c><00:26:20.599><c> later.</c>

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.640
But<00:26:21.440><c> you'll</c><00:26:21.720><c> notice</c><00:26:21.859><c> here</c><00:26:22.200><c> now,</c>

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:26.400
they<00:26:22.960><c> start</c><00:26:23.319><c> going</c><00:26:23.599><c> and</c><00:26:24.059><c> they</c><00:26:24.500><c> decide</c><00:26:24.900><c> to</c><00:26:25.160><c> go</c><00:26:25.460><c> where?</c>

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:29.200
Anybody<00:26:26.779><c> remember</c><00:26:27.119><c> where</c><00:26:27.299><c> they</c><00:26:27.619><c> decide</c><00:26:27.920><c> to</c><00:26:28.180><c> go?</c>

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:32.140
The<00:26:30.779><c> Apostles?</c>

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:35.519
To<00:26:33.740><c> Bithynia</c><00:26:34.339><c> and</c><00:26:34.960><c> Mysia.</c>

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:38.019
But<00:26:36.119><c> something</c><00:26:36.420><c> stops</c><00:26:36.779><c> them.</c><00:26:36.960><c> What</c><00:26:37.119><c> happens?</c>

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.680
Pardon?

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:43.299
There's<00:26:41.579><c> a</c><00:26:41.779><c> vision</c><00:26:42.140><c> of</c><00:26:42.420><c> a</c><00:26:42.559><c> man</c><00:26:42.700><c> of</c><00:26:42.900><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:45.640
And<00:26:43.519><c> so</c><00:26:43.619><c> they</c><00:26:43.759><c> come</c><00:26:44.119><c> to,</c><00:26:44.339><c> here</c><00:26:44.500><c> it</c><00:26:44.640><c> is,</c><00:26:44.799><c> remember</c><00:26:45.160><c> Troas,</c>

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:47.339
because<00:26:46.039><c> we're</c><00:26:46.220><c> going</c><00:26:46.299><c> to</c><00:26:46.359><c> get</c><00:26:46.519><c> into</c><00:26:46.660><c> him</c><00:26:46.779><c> in</c><00:26:46.859><c> a</c><00:26:47.000><c> minute,</c>

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:51.000
Troas<00:26:48.200><c> with</c><00:26:48.460><c> an</c><00:26:48.680><c> angel</c><00:26:49.259><c> gives</c><00:26:50.140><c> them</c><00:26:50.380><c> a</c><00:26:50.480><c> vision</c><00:26:50.700><c> saying,</c>

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.160
come<00:26:51.400><c> over</c><00:26:51.640><c> and</c><00:26:51.839><c> help</c><00:26:51.960><c> us.</c>

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:56.819
And<00:26:52.240><c> of</c><00:26:52.460><c> course</c><00:26:52.640><c> what</c><00:26:52.980><c> meets</c><00:26:53.359><c> Paul</c><00:26:53.660><c> when</c><00:26:53.779><c> he</c><00:26:53.880><c> gets</c><00:26:54.160><c> to</c><00:26:54.859><c> Philippi,</c><00:26:55.819><c> Macedonia,</c><00:26:56.519><c> right?</c>

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:58.700
What<00:26:57.519><c> happens</c><00:26:57.900><c> there?</c>

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.799
They're<00:26:59.420><c> immediately</c><00:26:59.819><c> beaten</c><00:27:00.180><c> and</c><00:27:00.440><c> jailed.</c>

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:02.420
And<00:27:00.880><c> again,</c><00:27:01.220><c> it's</c><00:27:01.400><c> an</c><00:27:01.559><c> interesting</c><00:27:01.880><c> lesson,</c><00:27:02.259><c> isn't</c><00:27:02.319><c> it?</c>

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:04.000
We<00:27:02.579><c> pray</c><00:27:02.859><c> for</c><00:27:03.140><c> direction.</c>

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:07.079
We<00:27:04.539><c> can't</c><00:27:04.839><c> just</c><00:27:05.039><c> expect</c><00:27:05.420><c> things</c><00:27:05.640><c> to</c><00:27:05.799><c> just</c><00:27:06.039><c> fall</c><00:27:06.180><c> into</c><00:27:06.539><c> place,</c>

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.859
because<00:27:07.420><c> God</c><00:27:07.920><c> often</c><00:27:08.519><c> works,</c>

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:11.519
He<00:27:09.279><c> does</c><00:27:09.599><c> work</c><00:27:09.839><c> in</c><00:27:10.019><c> our</c><00:27:10.180><c> life</c><00:27:10.279><c> through</c><00:27:10.559><c> trial</c><00:27:10.900><c> and</c><00:27:11.180><c> difficulty.</c>

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:15.019
So<00:27:11.720><c> here</c><00:27:11.960><c> they</c><00:27:12.160><c> now</c><00:27:12.680><c> go</c><00:27:13.400><c> through</c><00:27:14.279><c> Philippi,</c>

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.980
Amphipolis,<00:27:16.799><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:27:17.640><c> and</c><00:27:17.759><c> then</c><00:27:18.099><c> Berea.</c>

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:21.960
And<00:27:19.400><c> finally</c><00:27:19.720><c> they</c><00:27:19.940><c> go</c><00:27:20.180><c> down</c><00:27:20.420><c> that</c><00:27:20.619><c> runaway,</c><00:27:21.200><c> goes</c><00:27:21.359><c> by</c><00:27:21.700><c> sea,</c>

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:25.000
comes<00:27:22.420><c> down</c><00:27:22.660><c> to</c><00:27:22.880><c> Athens</c><00:27:23.079><c> for</c><00:27:23.299><c> that</c><00:27:23.460><c> hopeless</c><00:27:23.940><c> preaching</c><00:27:24.460><c> job,</c><00:27:24.960><c> really.</c>

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.859
I<00:27:25.220><c> don't</c><00:27:25.420><c> mean</c><00:27:25.640><c> hopeless</c><00:27:25.960><c> in</c><00:27:26.140><c> the</c><00:27:26.259><c> sense</c><00:27:26.420><c> that</c><00:27:26.579><c> the</c><00:27:26.720><c> words</c>

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.220
weren't<00:27:27.039><c> right,</c>

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:30.259
but<00:27:27.380><c> it</c><00:27:27.559><c> seems</c><00:27:27.720><c> that</c><00:27:28.039><c> very</c><00:27:28.240><c> little</c><00:27:28.500><c> fruit</c><00:27:28.700><c> was</c><00:27:28.940><c> born</c><00:27:29.140><c> in</c><00:27:29.440><c> Athens.</c>

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:35.079
But<00:27:30.700><c> then</c><00:27:30.960><c> he</c><00:27:31.119><c> comes</c><00:27:31.400><c> to</c><00:27:31.539><c> this</c><00:27:32.059><c> terrible</c><00:27:32.960><c> place</c><00:27:33.579><c> called</c><00:27:34.140><c> Corinth.</c>

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:37.599
And<00:27:35.339><c> he</c><00:27:35.480><c> has</c><00:27:35.859><c> such</c><00:27:36.180><c> an</c><00:27:36.500><c> incredible</c><00:27:36.960><c> reception</c>

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:41.019
that<00:27:38.059><c> he</c><00:27:38.319><c> spends</c><00:27:38.519><c> a</c><00:27:38.839><c> year</c><00:27:39.119><c> and</c><00:27:39.380><c> a</c><00:27:39.440><c> half</c><00:27:39.720><c> there</c><00:27:39.940><c> with</c><00:27:40.079><c> his</c><00:27:40.299><c> brethren</c><00:27:40.579><c> and</c><00:27:40.799><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:43.099
it's<00:27:41.019><c> a</c><00:27:41.200><c> wonderful</c><00:27:41.819><c> experience.</c>

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:46.140
And<00:27:43.380><c> finally</c><00:27:43.619><c> leaves</c><00:27:44.000><c> and</c><00:27:44.579><c> goes</c><00:27:44.859><c> back</c><00:27:45.319><c> to</c><00:27:45.599><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:49.500
with<00:27:46.480><c> a</c><00:27:46.680><c> collection</c><00:27:47.059><c> for</c><00:27:47.740><c> the</c><00:27:48.000><c> four</c><00:27:48.180><c> saints</c><00:27:48.440><c> in</c><00:27:48.700><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:55.299
Now,<00:27:51.660><c> what's</c><00:27:52.119><c> important</c><00:27:52.440><c> here</c><00:27:52.759><c> then</c><00:27:53.119><c> is</c><00:27:53.720><c> how</c><00:27:54.319><c> we</c><00:27:54.720><c> fit</c><00:27:54.859><c> these</c>

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.660
letters<00:27:55.660><c> into</c><00:27:56.099><c> the</c><00:27:56.380><c> picture.</c>

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:59.559
Again,<00:27:56.960><c> if</c><00:27:57.099><c> we</c><00:27:57.220><c> can</c><00:27:57.339><c> maybe</c><00:27:57.539><c> just</c><00:27:57.759><c> put</c><00:27:57.880><c> this</c><00:27:58.119><c> one</c><00:27:58.220><c> on</c><00:27:58.420><c> the</c><00:27:58.680><c> top,</c>

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:03.440
you'll<00:28:00.519><c> see</c><00:28:00.640><c> that</c><00:28:00.819><c> the</c><00:28:01.059><c> third</c><00:28:01.279><c> missionary</c><00:28:01.779><c> journey</c><00:28:02.180><c> is</c><00:28:03.160><c> very,</c>

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.119
very<00:28:03.720><c> similar.</c>

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:07.200
We<00:28:04.759><c> won't</c><00:28:04.920><c> go</c><00:28:05.099><c> through</c><00:28:05.259><c> the</c><00:28:05.480><c> details,</c><00:28:05.859><c> they</c><00:28:05.980><c> basically</c><00:28:06.319><c> backtrack</c><00:28:06.779><c> their</c><00:28:06.940><c> steps.</c>

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:09.940
But<00:28:07.420><c> this</c><00:28:07.700><c> time</c><00:28:07.880><c> Paul</c><00:28:08.140><c> spends</c><00:28:08.440><c> two</c><00:28:08.759><c> years</c><00:28:08.980><c> in</c><00:28:09.319><c> Ephesus</c>

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:14.900
and<00:28:10.460><c> then</c><00:28:11.019><c> this</c><00:28:11.559><c> brings</c><00:28:11.880><c> us</c><00:28:12.200><c> really</c><00:28:12.839><c> to</c><00:28:13.140><c> 2</c><00:28:13.420><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:14.019><c> today.</c>

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:20.099
Because<00:28:15.460><c> in</c><00:28:15.759><c> Ephesus</c><00:28:16.380><c> he</c><00:28:16.779><c> meets</c><00:28:17.319><c> Apollos</c><00:28:18.779><c> who</c><00:28:19.180><c> is</c><00:28:19.460><c> baptized.</c>

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:22.420
And<00:28:20.779><c> guess</c><00:28:20.920><c> where</c><00:28:21.119><c> Apollos</c><00:28:21.519><c> goes?</c>

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:25.420
Straight<00:28:23.019><c> over</c><00:28:23.259><c> to</c><00:28:23.519><c> Corinth</c><00:28:23.839><c> to</c><00:28:24.259><c> try</c><00:28:24.480><c> and</c><00:28:24.619><c> get</c><00:28:24.759><c> the</c><00:28:24.920><c> job</c><00:28:25.160><c> done</c>

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:27.640
to<00:28:25.599><c> keep</c><00:28:25.819><c> preaching</c><00:28:26.299><c> and</c><00:28:26.619><c> teaching</c><00:28:27.019><c> to</c><00:28:27.220><c> the</c><00:28:27.380><c> brethren.</c>

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:30.359
Instead<00:28:28.359><c> of</c><00:28:28.579><c> that,</c><00:28:28.700><c> what</c><00:28:28.900><c> happened</c><00:28:29.099><c> in</c><00:28:29.279><c> 1</c><00:28:29.440><c> Corinthians?</c>

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.759
They<00:28:31.519><c> schismatized,</c><00:28:32.279><c> didn't</c><00:28:32.460><c> they?</c>

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:35.519
They<00:28:33.220><c> said,</c><00:28:33.240><c> we</c><00:28:33.299><c> like</c><00:28:33.700><c> Apollos,</c><00:28:34.279><c> he's</c><00:28:34.519><c> very</c><00:28:34.880><c> eloquent,</c><00:28:35.220><c> we're</c>

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.039
of<00:28:35.720><c> Paul.</c>

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.980
No,<00:28:36.940><c> we're</c><00:28:37.240><c> of</c><00:28:37.359><c> Apollos.</c>

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:40.400
And<00:28:38.819><c> who</c><00:28:38.920><c> was</c><00:28:39.099><c> the</c><00:28:39.180><c> other</c><00:28:39.319><c> one?</c>

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:42.180
We're<00:28:41.099><c> of</c><00:28:41.259><c> Cephas.</c>

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.180
Right.

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:48.940
And<00:28:43.420><c> so,</c><00:28:43.720><c> you</c><00:28:43.880><c> see,</c><00:28:44.160><c> so</c><00:28:44.359><c> we</c><00:28:44.500><c> know</c><00:28:44.700><c> that</c><00:28:44.799><c> the</c><00:28:45.019><c> first</c><00:28:45.259><c> letter</c><00:28:45.579><c> wasn't</c><00:28:45.960><c> written</c><00:28:46.539><c> yet,</c><00:28:47.539><c> all</c><00:28:47.779><c> right?</c>

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:55.059
And<00:28:50.920><c> then</c><00:28:51.420><c> there's</c><00:28:51.960><c> some</c><00:28:52.920><c> terrible</c><00:28:53.920><c> times</c><00:28:54.259><c> ahead</c><00:28:54.599><c> for</c><00:28:54.779><c> Paul</c>

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:56.359
with<00:28:55.519><c> Corinth.</c>

00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:00.559
We<00:28:56.720><c> have</c><00:28:56.960><c> the</c><00:28:57.279><c> situation</c><00:28:57.759><c> in</c><00:28:58.160><c> Ephesus</c><00:28:58.720><c> and</c><00:28:59.240><c> then</c><00:28:59.779><c> it</c><00:29:00.220><c> seems</c>

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:03.339
that<00:29:00.859><c> things</c><00:29:01.099><c> are</c><00:29:01.720><c> not</c><00:29:02.240><c> improving.</c>

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:06.279
He<00:29:04.619><c> decides</c><00:29:05.079><c> it</c><00:29:05.319><c> looks,</c><00:29:05.480><c> and</c><00:29:05.619><c> we'll</c><00:29:05.640><c> look</c><00:29:05.759><c> at</c><00:29:05.859><c> why</c><00:29:05.960><c> we</c><00:29:06.140><c> say</c>

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.660
this<00:29:06.480><c> later,</c>

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:10.220
that<00:29:06.940><c> Paul</c><00:29:07.279><c> decides</c><00:29:07.859><c> to</c><00:29:08.059><c> go</c><00:29:08.240><c> and</c><00:29:08.500><c> do</c><00:29:08.740><c> a</c><00:29:09.000><c> trip</c><00:29:09.240><c> to</c><00:29:09.880><c> Corinth</c><00:29:10.079><c> and</c>

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:11.240
try<00:29:10.420><c> and</c><00:29:10.660><c> solve</c><00:29:10.819><c> the</c><00:29:11.019><c> problem.</c>

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:13.299
And<00:29:11.359><c> if</c><00:29:11.460><c> you've</c><00:29:11.640><c> got</c><00:29:11.740><c> your</c><00:29:11.920><c> Bibles</c><00:29:12.140><c> open</c><00:29:12.420><c> in</c><00:29:12.640><c> 2</c><00:29:12.799><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:16.400
you'll<00:29:14.119><c> see</c><00:29:14.299><c> why</c><00:29:14.519><c> I</c><00:29:14.779><c> say</c><00:29:14.940><c> that.</c>

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:20.740
2<00:29:17.420><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:17.839><c> chapter</c><00:29:18.119><c> 2</c><00:29:18.359><c> verse</c><00:29:18.599><c> 1.</c>

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:30.859
He's<00:29:28.680><c> writing</c><00:29:29.019><c> now</c><00:29:29.319><c> from</c><00:29:29.559><c> somewhere</c><00:29:29.859><c> else,</c><00:29:30.240><c> I</c><00:29:30.420><c> believe</c><00:29:30.660><c> from</c>

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:32.920
Macedonia,<00:29:32.279><c> where</c><00:29:32.440><c> he</c><00:29:32.700><c> says,</c>

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:35.819
But<00:29:33.160><c> I</c><00:29:33.380><c> determined</c><00:29:33.920><c> this</c><00:29:34.180><c> with</c><00:29:34.359><c> myself,</c><00:29:34.960><c> that</c><00:29:35.059><c> I</c><00:29:35.160><c> would</c><00:29:35.480><c> not</c>

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:39.099
come<00:29:36.140><c> to</c><00:29:36.380><c> you</c><00:29:36.759><c> again</c><00:29:37.319><c> in</c><00:29:37.960><c> heaviness.</c>

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For<00:29:39.420><c> if</c><00:29:39.660><c> I</c><00:29:39.859><c> make</c><00:29:40.000><c> you</c><00:29:40.339><c> sorry,</c><00:29:41.019><c> who</c><00:29:41.220><c> is</c><00:29:41.420><c> he</c><00:29:41.559><c> that</c><00:29:41.720><c> makes</c><00:29:41.900><c> you</c><00:29:42.160><c> glad?</c>

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:45.839
So<00:29:43.119><c> what</c><00:29:43.319><c> we</c><00:29:43.539><c> know</c><00:29:43.680><c> is</c><00:29:43.859><c> between</c><00:29:44.140><c> the</c><00:29:44.480><c> first</c><00:29:45.000><c> letter</c><00:29:45.319><c> and</c><00:29:45.519><c> the</c>

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second<00:29:46.140><c> letter,</c>

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:50.180
he<00:29:47.019><c> had</c><00:29:47.400><c> been</c><00:29:48.039><c> over</c><00:29:48.859><c> and</c><00:29:49.539><c> visited</c><00:29:49.900><c> them.</c>

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:52.960
And<00:29:50.779><c> it</c><00:29:50.880><c> was</c><00:29:51.099><c> a</c><00:29:51.420><c> total</c><00:29:52.099><c> disaster.</c>

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:57.099
Whatever<00:29:53.700><c> had</c><00:29:54.000><c> happened,</c><00:29:54.940><c> it</c><00:29:55.059><c> was</c><00:29:55.240><c> just</c><00:29:55.460><c> an</c><00:29:55.660><c> absolute</c><00:29:56.180><c> flop.</c>

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:59.700
And<00:29:57.380><c> he</c><00:29:57.599><c> decides,</c><00:29:58.259><c> well,</c><00:29:58.420><c> I'm</c><00:29:58.559><c> never</c><00:29:58.759><c> going</c><00:29:58.920><c> to</c><00:29:59.019><c> do</c><00:29:59.119><c> that</c><00:29:59.359><c> again.</c>

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:02.079
And<00:30:00.359><c> so</c><00:30:00.480><c> he</c><00:30:00.680><c> said,</c><00:30:00.900><c> I</c><00:30:01.000><c> determined</c><00:30:01.519><c> after</c><00:30:01.859><c> that.</c>

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.640
Now<00:30:02.200><c> we</c><00:30:02.279><c> know</c><00:30:02.460><c> why</c><00:30:02.559><c> that</c><00:30:02.680><c> wasn't</c><00:30:02.900><c> the</c><00:30:03.079><c> first</c><00:30:03.279><c> visit,</c><00:30:03.519><c> because</c>

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:05.220
he<00:30:03.819><c> lived</c><00:30:03.940><c> on</c><00:30:04.200><c> very</c><00:30:04.599><c> good</c><00:30:04.839><c> terms.</c>

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:08.180
So<00:30:05.720><c> he</c><00:30:05.920><c> came</c><00:30:06.240><c> again</c><00:30:06.619><c> when</c><00:30:06.779><c> this</c><00:30:07.019><c> trouble</c><00:30:07.259><c> started</c><00:30:07.640><c> in</c><00:30:07.980><c> Corinth,</c>

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:11.680
and<00:30:08.720><c> he</c><00:30:08.920><c> decided</c><00:30:09.319><c> never</c><00:30:09.740><c> to</c><00:30:09.900><c> go</c><00:30:10.140><c> back</c><00:30:10.359><c> again</c><00:30:10.640><c> under</c><00:30:10.859><c> those</c><00:30:11.160><c> conditions.</c>

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:14.500
He<00:30:12.160><c> was</c><00:30:12.359><c> going</c><00:30:12.480><c> to</c><00:30:12.619><c> use</c><00:30:12.799><c> different</c><00:30:13.140><c> means</c><00:30:13.420><c> to</c><00:30:13.599><c> win</c><00:30:13.680><c> his</c><00:30:13.920><c> brethren</c><00:30:14.180><c> back.</c>

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So<00:30:15.079><c> he</c><00:30:15.220><c> goes</c><00:30:15.400><c> and</c><00:30:15.619><c> says,</c><00:30:15.779><c> I</c><00:30:15.900><c> decided</c><00:30:16.200><c> I</c><00:30:16.359><c> wasn't</c><00:30:16.619><c> going</c><00:30:16.819><c> to</c><00:30:17.240><c> come</c>

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:19.660
to<00:30:17.799><c> you</c><00:30:18.519><c> and</c><00:30:18.920><c> have</c><00:30:19.099><c> such</c><00:30:19.359><c> a</c><00:30:19.539><c> flop,</c>

00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:21.779
so<00:30:19.940><c> I'm</c><00:30:20.259><c> writing</c><00:30:20.680><c> to</c><00:30:21.000><c> you</c><00:30:21.240><c> instead.</c>

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:25.240
And<00:30:21.960><c> I</c><00:30:22.160><c> believe</c><00:30:22.319><c> he</c><00:30:22.519><c> sent</c><00:30:22.740><c> the</c><00:30:23.920><c> letter</c><00:30:24.240><c> of</c><00:30:24.480><c> 1</c><00:30:24.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:24.900><c> by</c>

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.819
the<00:30:25.420><c> hand</c><00:30:25.660><c> of</c><00:30:26.259><c> Titus.</c>

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And<00:30:27.380><c> so</c><00:30:27.740><c> then</c><00:30:28.319><c> finally,</c><00:30:29.059><c> he</c><00:30:29.299><c> can't</c><00:30:29.720><c> stand</c><00:30:29.880><c> it</c><00:30:30.039><c> any</c><00:30:30.259><c> longer.</c>

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:32.339
We'll<00:30:30.640><c> have</c><00:30:30.839><c> a</c><00:30:30.859><c> look</c><00:30:31.019><c> at</c><00:30:31.059><c> this</c><00:30:31.259><c> later.</c>

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:34.799
Paul<00:30:32.519><c> now</c><00:30:32.799><c> in</c><00:30:33.059><c> Troas</c><00:30:33.660><c> can't</c><00:30:34.279><c> stand</c><00:30:34.500><c> it.</c>

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.200
He<00:30:35.099><c> decides</c><00:30:35.460><c> to</c><00:30:35.680><c> go</c><00:30:35.839><c> and</c><00:30:36.099><c> meet.</c>

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:40.140
He<00:30:36.400><c> sent</c><00:30:36.700><c> Titus</c><00:30:37.079><c> down</c><00:30:37.559><c> to</c><00:30:38.299><c> deliver</c><00:30:38.720><c> this</c><00:30:39.180><c> letter</c><00:30:39.480><c> down</c><00:30:39.799><c> to</c><00:30:40.000><c> the</c>

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:41.240
brethren<00:30:40.339><c> and</c><00:30:40.539><c> sisters</c><00:30:40.660><c> in</c><00:30:41.039><c> Corinth.</c>

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:44.619
He's<00:30:41.900><c> so</c><00:30:42.160><c> frightened</c><00:30:42.539><c> that</c><00:30:42.700><c> they've</c><00:30:43.019><c> eaten</c><00:30:43.220><c> him</c><00:30:43.480><c> up</c><00:30:43.900><c> that</c><00:30:44.319><c> he</c>

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:46.660
finally<00:30:44.839><c> decides</c><00:30:45.299><c> to</c><00:30:45.660><c> run</c><00:30:45.960><c> down</c><00:30:46.200><c> himself.</c>

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:49.720
And<00:30:46.839><c> he</c><00:30:46.900><c> meets</c><00:30:47.259><c> Titus</c><00:30:47.900><c> somewhere</c><00:30:48.359><c> in</c><00:30:48.660><c> Philippi,</c><00:30:49.220><c> finds</c><00:30:49.460><c> the</c>

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.299
good<00:30:49.940><c> news,</c>

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:53.099
and<00:30:50.819><c> together</c><00:30:51.180><c> they</c><00:30:51.380><c> go</c><00:30:51.640><c> back</c><00:30:51.940><c> to</c><00:30:52.240><c> Corinth,</c><00:30:52.680><c> and</c><00:30:52.680><c> he</c><00:30:52.880><c> spends</c>

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another<00:30:53.420><c> 18</c><00:30:53.660><c> months.</c>

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:56.819
So<00:30:54.380><c> basically,</c><00:30:55.339><c> there's</c><00:30:55.519><c> a</c><00:30:55.680><c> lot</c><00:30:55.799><c> that</c><00:30:56.000><c> isn't</c><00:30:56.119><c> in</c><00:30:56.299><c> the</c><00:30:56.400><c> Book</c><00:30:56.539><c> of</c>

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:58.440
Acts<00:30:57.099><c> that's</c><00:30:57.920><c> going</c><00:30:58.160><c> on.</c>

00:30:58.440 --> 00:31:02.359
But<00:30:58.539><c> you</c><00:30:58.680><c> can</c><00:30:58.960><c> see</c><00:30:59.160><c> that</c><00:30:59.559><c> Corinth</c><00:30:59.759><c> is</c><00:31:00.000><c> a</c><00:31:00.160><c> constant</c><00:31:01.079><c> focus.</c>

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:05.880
We<00:31:02.740><c> know</c><00:31:03.079><c> that</c><00:31:03.220><c> he</c><00:31:03.299><c> made</c><00:31:03.579><c> more</c><00:31:03.940><c> than</c><00:31:04.220><c> two</c><00:31:04.680><c> visits,</c><00:31:05.039><c> which</c><00:31:05.299><c> the</c>

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.660
Acts<00:31:06.240><c> show,</c>

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because<00:31:07.079><c> again,</c><00:31:07.420><c> if</c><00:31:07.480><c> you'd</c><00:31:07.700><c> like</c><00:31:07.740><c> to</c><00:31:07.920><c> just</c><00:31:08.019><c> flip</c><00:31:08.200><c> over</c><00:31:08.460><c> to</c><00:31:08.619><c> the</c>

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.259
end<00:31:08.880><c> of</c><00:31:09.019><c> the</c><00:31:09.119><c> book,</c>

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:13.819
chapter<00:31:09.559><c> 12</c><00:31:10.259><c> of</c><00:31:10.660><c> 2</c><00:31:10.819><c> Corinthians,</c><00:31:11.920><c> you'll</c><00:31:12.200><c> see</c><00:31:12.319><c> the</c><00:31:12.539><c> same</c><00:31:12.740><c> thing.</c>

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:18.400
Chapter<00:31:15.599><c> 12,</c><00:31:16.019><c> verse</c><00:31:16.200><c> 14,</c><00:31:16.980><c> look</c><00:31:17.119><c> what</c><00:31:17.259><c> it</c><00:31:17.500><c> says.</c>

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Behold,<00:31:20.640><c> the</c><00:31:21.079><c> third</c><00:31:21.460><c> time</c><00:31:21.779><c> I</c><00:31:21.920><c> am</c><00:31:21.980><c> ready</c><00:31:22.279><c> to</c><00:31:22.500><c> come</c><00:31:22.900><c> to</c><00:31:23.119><c> you,</c><00:31:23.799><c> and</c>

00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:25.700
I'm<00:31:24.039><c> not</c><00:31:24.240><c> going</c><00:31:24.400><c> to</c><00:31:24.559><c> burden</c><00:31:24.759><c> you.</c>

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:29.259
So<00:31:26.319><c> he's</c><00:31:26.519><c> saying,</c><00:31:27.279><c> this</c><00:31:27.500><c> is</c><00:31:27.740><c> the</c><00:31:27.900><c> third</c><00:31:28.099><c> time,</c><00:31:28.539><c> brethren,</c><00:31:29.059><c> I'm</c>

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.099
going<00:31:29.359><c> to</c><00:31:29.480><c> come</c><00:31:29.619><c> and</c><00:31:29.839><c> visit,</c>

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.140
which<00:31:30.640><c> is</c><00:31:30.900><c> really,</c><00:31:31.140><c> as</c><00:31:31.299><c> far</c><00:31:31.380><c> as</c><00:31:31.519><c> the</c><00:31:31.579><c> Acts</c><00:31:31.680><c> are</c><00:31:31.700><c> concerned,</c>

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.180
only<00:31:32.380><c> the</c><00:31:32.660><c> second</c><00:31:32.900><c> time.</c>

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:36.319
And<00:31:33.599><c> again,</c><00:31:33.819><c> he</c><00:31:33.940><c> says</c><00:31:34.079><c> it</c><00:31:34.259><c> again</c><00:31:34.480><c> in</c><00:31:34.640><c> chapter</c><00:31:34.880><c> 13,</c><00:31:35.359><c> verse</c><00:31:35.599><c> 1.</c>

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:40.059
He<00:31:36.779><c> says,</c><00:31:37.539><c> this</c><00:31:37.819><c> is</c><00:31:38.140><c> the</c><00:31:38.380><c> third</c><00:31:38.660><c> time</c><00:31:38.940><c> I</c><00:31:39.119><c> am</c><00:31:39.200><c> coming</c><00:31:39.480><c> to</c><00:31:39.720><c> you,</c>

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.720
and<00:31:40.400><c> in</c><00:31:40.519><c> the</c><00:31:40.640><c> mouth</c><00:31:40.799><c> of</c><00:31:40.980><c> two</c><00:31:41.119><c> or</c><00:31:41.240><c> three</c><00:31:41.380><c> witnesses.</c>

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:44.359
So<00:31:42.299><c> he</c><00:31:42.579><c> does</c><00:31:42.920><c> visit</c><00:31:43.200><c> Corinth</c><00:31:43.500><c> three</c><00:31:43.920><c> times,</c>

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:47.859
so<00:31:44.779><c> obviously</c><00:31:45.180><c> there</c><00:31:45.339><c> was</c><00:31:45.500><c> that</c><00:31:45.779><c> visit</c><00:31:45.980><c> from</c><00:31:46.339><c> somewhere</c><00:31:46.720><c> in</c><00:31:47.079><c> between.</c>

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:54.319
So<00:31:52.259><c> we've</c><00:31:52.500><c> discovered</c><00:31:52.839><c> that</c><00:31:53.480><c> although</c><00:31:53.640><c> we've</c><00:31:53.880><c> got</c><00:31:54.000><c> two</c>

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:55.160
recorded<00:31:54.779><c> visits,</c>

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:58.480
there<00:31:55.380><c> are</c><00:31:55.680><c> actually</c><00:31:56.220><c> three</c><00:31:56.880><c> visits</c><00:31:57.160><c> that</c><00:31:57.339><c> he</c><00:31:57.460><c> made.</c>

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:02.160
As<00:31:59.720><c> well</c><00:31:59.920><c> as</c><00:32:00.079><c> that,</c><00:32:00.500><c> then</c><00:32:00.660><c> it</c><00:32:00.819><c> may</c><00:32:01.099><c> not</c><00:32:01.460><c> seem</c><00:32:01.640><c> surprising,</c>

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:05.380
out<00:32:02.380><c> of</c><00:32:02.539><c> two</c><00:32:02.799><c> recorded</c><00:32:03.259><c> letters,</c><00:32:04.500><c> guess</c><00:32:04.640><c> how</c><00:32:04.839><c> many</c><00:32:05.019><c> letters</c>

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.380
there<00:32:05.640><c> were?</c>

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:09.960
Three.<00:32:08.259><c> Do</c><00:32:08.400><c> you</c><00:32:08.420><c> know</c><00:32:08.519><c> why</c><00:32:08.700><c> we</c><00:32:08.839><c> know</c><00:32:09.000><c> that?</c>

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:12.259
How<00:32:10.740><c> do</c><00:32:10.839><c> we</c><00:32:10.940><c> know</c><00:32:11.119><c> that</c><00:32:11.259><c> there</c><00:32:11.400><c> are</c><00:32:11.519><c> at</c><00:32:11.640><c> least</c><00:32:11.900><c> three?</c>

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:16.160
I<00:32:12.640><c> believe</c><00:32:12.859><c> there</c><00:32:13.019><c> were</c><00:32:13.160><c> three,</c><00:32:14.180><c> but</c><00:32:14.759><c> three</c><00:32:15.099><c> important</c><00:32:15.400><c> letters.</c>

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:23.299
1<00:32:17.299><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:17.819><c> chapter</c><00:32:18.220><c> 5,</c><00:32:18.839><c> verse</c><00:32:19.079><c> 9</c><00:32:20.019><c> tells</c><00:32:21.140><c> us</c><00:32:21.640><c> of</c><00:32:21.980><c> a</c><00:32:22.359><c> previous</c><00:32:22.759><c> letter</c>

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:26.119
that<00:32:23.799><c> had</c><00:32:23.980><c> been</c><00:32:24.220><c> lost.</c>

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:34.160
Chapter<00:32:30.480><c> 5,</c><00:32:30.940><c> verse</c><00:32:31.140><c> 9,</c><00:32:32.920><c> in</c><00:32:33.059><c> dealing</c><00:32:33.319><c> with</c><00:32:33.480><c> some</c><00:32:33.680><c> of</c><00:32:33.759><c> the</c><00:32:33.880><c> very</c>

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.940
tragic<00:32:34.480><c> problems</c>

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:37.059
that<00:32:35.059><c> were</c><00:32:35.240><c> going</c><00:32:35.460><c> on</c><00:32:35.660><c> in</c><00:32:35.920><c> Corinth,</c><00:32:36.539><c> he</c><00:32:36.759><c> says,</c>

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:42.920
I<00:32:37.579><c> wrote</c><00:32:37.940><c> to</c><00:32:38.140><c> you</c><00:32:38.359><c> in</c><00:32:38.759><c> an</c><00:32:38.960><c> epistle</c><00:32:39.579><c> not</c><00:32:40.319><c> to</c><00:32:40.920><c> company</c><00:32:41.339><c> with</c><00:32:41.700><c> fornicators.</c>

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.799
We<00:32:43.660><c> don't</c><00:32:43.940><c> have</c><00:32:44.240><c> that</c><00:32:44.539><c> letter.</c>

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:47.519
It<00:32:45.039><c> was</c><00:32:45.299><c> before</c><00:32:45.799><c> 1</c><00:32:46.059><c> Corinthians,</c><00:32:46.759><c> so</c><00:32:46.900><c> we</c><00:32:47.039><c> obviously</c><00:32:47.339><c> wouldn't</c>

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:48.700
call<00:32:47.720><c> 1</c><00:32:47.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:48.339><c> first</c>

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.200
if<00:32:49.480><c> we</c><00:32:49.640><c> knew</c><00:32:49.779><c> there</c><00:32:49.940><c> was</c><00:32:50.039><c> something.</c>

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:54.640
So<00:32:50.500><c> he'd</c><00:32:50.859><c> written</c><00:32:51.019><c> once,</c><00:32:52.200><c> and</c><00:32:52.480><c> now</c><00:32:52.799><c> 1</c><00:32:53.140><c> Corinthians,</c><00:32:53.960><c> and</c><00:32:54.180><c> now</c>

00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:55.660
2<00:32:55.180><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.740
And<00:32:55.940><c> although</c><00:32:56.299><c> some</c><00:32:56.660><c> people</c><00:32:56.940><c> think</c><00:32:57.140><c> there</c><00:32:57.299><c> was</c><00:32:57.420><c> actually</c>

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.279
another<00:32:58.079><c> letter,</c>

00:32:58.420 --> 00:33:01.099
we'll<00:32:58.500><c> look</c><00:32:58.700><c> at</c><00:32:58.940><c> later</c><00:32:59.160><c> why</c><00:32:59.599><c> I</c><00:33:00.000><c> believe</c><00:33:00.180><c> that</c><00:33:00.359><c> is</c><00:33:00.500><c> not</c><00:33:00.720><c> the</c><00:33:00.880><c> case,</c>

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:04.279
that<00:33:01.460><c> these</c><00:33:01.839><c> three</c><00:33:02.019><c> letters</c><00:33:02.279><c> actually</c><00:33:02.700><c> suffice.</c>

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:10.779
Date.<00:33:06.420><c> The</c><00:33:06.660><c> date</c><00:33:06.839><c> of</c><00:33:07.039><c> this</c><00:33:07.299><c> time</c><00:33:07.500><c> period</c><00:33:07.720><c> was</c><00:33:08.019><c> about</c><00:33:08.980><c> AD</c><00:33:09.700><c> 50.</c>

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:12.299
And<00:33:11.140><c> again,</c><00:33:11.380><c> it</c><00:33:11.539><c> doesn't</c><00:33:11.839><c> matter.</c>

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:18.319
We<00:33:13.079><c> know</c><00:33:13.640><c> that</c><00:33:13.859><c> it</c><00:33:13.920><c> was</c><00:33:15.759><c> somewhere</c><00:33:16.359><c> in</c><00:33:16.599><c> that</c><00:33:16.779><c> period,</c><00:33:17.779><c> AD</c><00:33:17.940><c> 50</c>

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.980
to<00:33:18.480><c> AD</c><00:33:18.740><c> 55.</c>

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:22.519
The<00:33:20.220><c> reason</c><00:33:20.440><c> why</c><00:33:20.599><c> we</c><00:33:20.680><c> know</c><00:33:20.819><c> is</c><00:33:21.000><c> history</c><00:33:21.279><c> tells</c><00:33:21.579><c> us</c><00:33:21.859><c> that</c><00:33:22.079><c> Galio</c>

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.579
was<00:33:22.839><c> transferred</c>

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:29.019
to<00:33:24.539><c> Corinth</c><00:33:24.920><c> as</c><00:33:25.319><c> a</c><00:33:25.380><c> Roman</c><00:33:25.799><c> governor</c><00:33:26.240><c> in</c><00:33:28.039><c> AD</c><00:33:28.460><c> 52.</c>

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:31.220
That's<00:33:29.680><c> a</c><00:33:29.759><c> historical</c><00:33:30.299><c> fact.</c>

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:34.759
And<00:33:31.259><c> in</c><00:33:32.759><c> 1</c><00:33:32.940><c> Corinthians,</c><00:33:33.539><c> we</c><00:33:33.680><c> have</c><00:33:33.940><c> the</c><00:33:34.180><c> reference</c><00:33:34.539><c> to,</c>

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:37.339
sorry,<00:33:35.180><c> in</c><00:33:35.259><c> Acts</c><00:33:35.460><c> 18,</c><00:33:35.859><c> we've</c><00:33:35.980><c> got</c><00:33:36.099><c> the</c><00:33:36.380><c> reference</c><00:33:36.680><c> to</c><00:33:36.900><c> Galio</c>

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:37.940
being<00:33:37.619><c> there</c>

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:41.599
and<00:33:38.279><c> all</c><00:33:38.460><c> the</c><00:33:38.680><c> trouble</c><00:33:38.900><c> that</c><00:33:39.099><c> the</c><00:33:39.220><c> Jews</c><00:33:39.900><c> caused.</c>

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:43.880
So<00:33:41.819><c> it</c><00:33:41.960><c> seems</c><00:33:42.200><c> like</c><00:33:42.400><c> it</c><00:33:42.500><c> was</c><00:33:42.680><c> after</c><00:33:43.019><c> AD</c><00:33:43.339><c> 52.</c>

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:47.640
What<00:33:44.420><c> I</c><00:33:44.640><c> would</c><00:33:44.839><c> suggest</c><00:33:45.240><c> to</c><00:33:45.480><c> you</c><00:33:45.700><c> is</c><00:33:45.880><c> that</c><00:33:46.079><c> these</c><00:33:46.400><c> two</c><00:33:46.619><c> letters</c>

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.740
were<00:33:48.619><c> written</c><00:33:48.779><c> very</c><00:33:49.140><c> close</c><00:33:49.359><c> together.</c>

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:52.180
I<00:33:50.259><c> would</c><00:33:50.519><c> suggest</c><00:33:50.839><c> about</c><00:33:51.299><c> a</c><00:33:51.539><c> year</c><00:33:51.740><c> apart.</c>

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:55.140
They<00:33:52.680><c> are</c><00:33:52.960><c> not</c><00:33:53.240><c> widely</c><00:33:53.559><c> separated</c><00:33:54.079><c> in</c><00:33:54.400><c> time.</c>

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:57.380
In<00:33:55.380><c> fact,</c><00:33:55.519><c> I</c><00:33:55.700><c> think</c><00:33:55.839><c> they</c><00:33:56.059><c> were</c><00:33:56.279><c> a</c><00:33:56.420><c> year,</c><00:33:56.539><c> and</c><00:33:56.680><c> again,</c><00:33:57.000><c> God</c><00:33:57.079><c> willing,</c>

00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.180
maybe<00:33:57.759><c> even</c><00:33:58.000><c> tomorrow</c><00:33:58.240><c> morning</c><00:33:58.519><c> we'll</c><00:33:58.819><c> find</c><00:33:59.019><c> out</c><00:33:59.240><c> why</c><00:33:59.460><c> I</c><00:33:59.720><c> say</c><00:33:59.859><c> that.</c>

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:04.559
So<00:34:00.660><c> these</c><00:34:00.900><c> letters</c><00:34:01.119><c> came</c><00:34:01.440><c> probably</c><00:34:02.000><c> about</c><00:34:02.500><c> year</c><00:34:02.920><c> 54</c><00:34:03.559><c> and</c><00:34:03.940><c> 55</c>

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.420
in<00:34:04.920><c> my</c><00:34:05.220><c> guess.</c>

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:08.539
About<00:34:05.900><c> that</c><00:34:06.180><c> period</c><00:34:06.480><c> of</c><00:34:06.799><c> time</c><00:34:07.160><c> is</c><00:34:07.420><c> when</c><00:34:07.579><c> they</c><00:34:07.700><c> were</c><00:34:07.759><c> written.</c>

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:15.400
And<00:34:10.039><c> so</c><00:34:10.500><c> we'll</c><00:34:14.000><c> just</c><00:34:14.039><c> very</c><00:34:14.360><c> briefly</c><00:34:14.639><c> sum</c><00:34:14.880><c> up</c><00:34:15.059><c> on</c><00:34:15.260><c> this,</c>

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:17.739
and<00:34:15.519><c> then</c><00:34:15.659><c> we'll</c><00:34:15.860><c> say</c><00:34:16.119><c> move</c><00:34:16.760><c> on.</c>

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:21.239
But<00:34:18.659><c> this</c><00:34:19.119><c> is</c><00:34:19.300><c> basically</c><00:34:19.639><c> the</c><00:34:19.800><c> way</c><00:34:19.920><c> I</c><00:34:20.099><c> see</c><00:34:20.219><c> it</c><00:34:20.440><c> happening.</c>

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:25.460
AD<00:34:22.039><c> 52,</c><00:34:22.840><c> he</c><00:34:23.059><c> makes</c><00:34:23.239><c> his</c><00:34:23.539><c> first</c><00:34:23.780><c> visit,</c><00:34:24.320><c> spends</c><00:34:24.460><c> 18</c><00:34:24.719><c> months</c><00:34:25.019><c> there.</c>

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:28.280
That<00:34:26.000><c> was</c><00:34:26.179><c> when</c><00:34:26.380><c> Galio</c><00:34:26.800><c> was</c><00:34:27.019><c> first</c><00:34:27.300><c> transferred</c><00:34:27.719><c> into</c><00:34:27.980><c> town,</c>

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.300
the<00:34:28.579><c> governor</c><00:34:28.900><c> there.</c>

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:32.139
Then<00:34:29.960><c> we</c><00:34:30.139><c> have</c><00:34:30.280><c> AD</c><00:34:30.579><c> 54,</c><00:34:31.400><c> approximately,</c><00:34:31.659><c> I</c><00:34:31.780><c> don't</c><00:34:31.920><c> know</c><00:34:32.000><c> when</c>

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.559
it<00:34:32.360><c> was,</c>

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:35.139
the<00:34:32.840><c> first</c><00:34:33.079><c> letter,</c><00:34:33.659><c> and</c><00:34:33.900><c> that's</c><00:34:34.099><c> the</c><00:34:34.199><c> one</c><00:34:34.260><c> we</c><00:34:34.360><c> just</c><00:34:34.619><c> looked</c><00:34:34.780><c> at.</c>

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:38.219
AD<00:34:35.539><c> 55,</c><00:34:36.659><c> we</c><00:34:36.800><c> have</c><00:34:37.059><c> 1</c><00:34:37.340><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:37.880><c> written,</c>

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:42.039
which<00:34:38.400><c> I</c><00:34:38.599><c> believe</c><00:34:38.840><c> was</c><00:34:39.119><c> delivered</c><00:34:39.840><c> by</c><00:34:40.340><c> the</c><00:34:40.579><c> hand</c><00:34:40.780><c> of</c><00:34:40.980><c> Titus.</c>

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:46.039
And<00:34:42.420><c> then</c><00:34:42.800><c> in</c><00:34:43.099><c> AD</c><00:34:43.280><c> 55,</c><00:34:43.840><c> a</c><00:34:44.039><c> little</c><00:34:44.139><c> later,</c><00:34:44.960><c> he</c><00:34:45.099><c> has</c><00:34:45.300><c> a</c><00:34:45.480><c> very</c><00:34:45.780><c> brief,</c>

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:49.639
what<00:34:46.340><c> he</c><00:34:46.519><c> calls</c><00:34:46.639><c> a</c><00:34:46.800><c> painful</c><00:34:47.260><c> visit</c><00:34:47.619><c> in</c><00:34:47.880><c> 2</c><00:34:48.059><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:48.400><c> 2</c><00:34:48.679><c> verse</c><00:34:48.900><c> 1,</c>

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.380
possibly<00:34:50.199><c> from</c><00:34:50.460><c> Ephesus,</c><00:34:50.820><c> we</c><00:34:50.980><c> don't</c><00:34:51.239><c> know,</c>

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:53.400
but<00:34:51.500><c> we</c><00:34:51.679><c> know</c><00:34:51.780><c> he</c><00:34:51.920><c> was</c><00:34:52.079><c> in</c><00:34:52.300><c> that</c><00:34:52.460><c> area</c><00:34:52.699><c> of</c><00:34:52.900><c> Asia</c><00:34:53.099><c> Minor.</c>

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:55.139
It<00:34:53.519><c> would</c><00:34:53.679><c> just</c><00:34:53.880><c> be</c><00:34:54.000><c> an</c><00:34:54.199><c> overnight</c><00:34:54.579><c> ship</c><00:34:54.920><c> voyage</c>

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:57.699
to<00:34:55.440><c> zip</c><00:34:55.659><c> across</c><00:34:56.039><c> and</c><00:34:56.219><c> zip</c><00:34:56.380><c> back</c><00:34:56.619><c> again,</c><00:34:56.860><c> so</c><00:34:57.019><c> it</c><00:34:57.139><c> makes</c><00:34:57.300><c> sense.</c>

00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:03.380
And<00:34:58.219><c> then</c><00:34:58.559><c> finally</c><00:34:58.840><c> in</c><00:34:59.000><c> AD</c><00:34:59.280><c> 56,</c><00:35:00.300><c> he</c><00:35:00.500><c> makes</c><00:35:00.780><c> his</c><00:35:01.400><c> third</c><00:35:02.119><c> visit</c>

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:08.559
for<00:35:04.679><c> about</c><00:35:05.079><c> 3</c><00:35:05.420><c> months,</c><00:35:05.719><c> and</c><00:35:05.880><c> again</c><00:35:06.079><c> that's</c><00:35:06.500><c> from</c><00:35:06.800><c> Acts</c><00:35:07.159><c> 20</c><00:35:07.860><c> tells</c><00:35:08.179><c> us</c><00:35:08.380><c> that.</c>

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:10.340
And<00:35:08.820><c> then</c><00:35:08.940><c> he</c><00:35:09.019><c> goes</c><00:35:09.280><c> back</c><00:35:09.699><c> to</c><00:35:09.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:13.159
So<00:35:10.860><c> does</c><00:35:10.940><c> that</c><00:35:11.099><c> make</c><00:35:11.280><c> sense?</c><00:35:11.699><c> Sorry,</c><00:35:11.900><c> I</c><00:35:12.059><c> don't</c><00:35:12.219><c> want</c><00:35:12.380><c> to</c><00:35:13.039><c> beat</c>

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.579
this<00:35:13.420><c> up,</c>

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:15.719
but<00:35:13.699><c> I</c><00:35:13.800><c> think</c><00:35:13.940><c> if</c><00:35:14.059><c> we've</c><00:35:14.260><c> got</c><00:35:14.400><c> a</c><00:35:14.579><c> picture</c><00:35:14.820><c> of</c><00:35:14.940><c> what's</c><00:35:15.280><c> going</c><00:35:15.519><c> on,</c>

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:19.179
as<00:35:15.880><c> we</c><00:35:16.099><c> talk</c><00:35:16.300><c> about</c><00:35:16.579><c> the</c><00:35:16.820><c> events,</c><00:35:17.079><c> particularly</c><00:35:17.539><c> the</c><00:35:17.840><c> interaction</c><00:35:18.300><c> of</c><00:35:18.519><c> the</c><00:35:18.679><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:22.039
it<00:35:19.599><c> helps</c><00:35:19.840><c> me</c><00:35:20.099><c> tremendously</c><00:35:20.719><c> to</c><00:35:21.000><c> understand.</c>

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:31.440
So,<00:35:28.960><c> we'd</c><00:35:29.219><c> like</c><00:35:29.539><c> just</c><00:35:29.739><c> to</c><00:35:29.980><c> see</c><00:35:30.119><c> then</c><00:35:30.300><c> these</c><00:35:30.559><c> letters</c><00:35:30.860><c> that</c><00:35:31.019><c> we're</c><00:35:31.219><c> going</c><00:35:31.320><c> to</c>

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.780
look<00:35:31.619><c> at.</c>

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:35.519
Not<00:35:32.179><c> as,</c><00:35:32.880><c> quote,</c><00:35:34.019><c> epistles.</c><00:35:34.440><c> I</c><00:35:34.579><c> don't</c><00:35:34.719><c> know</c><00:35:34.800><c> what</c><00:35:35.099><c> the</c><00:35:35.280><c> word</c>

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:38.000
epistle<00:35:36.260><c> brings</c><00:35:37.119><c> up</c><00:35:37.340><c> in</c><00:35:37.519><c> your</c><00:35:37.760><c> mind,</c>

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:41.559
but<00:35:38.179><c> it</c><00:35:38.380><c> kind</c><00:35:38.500><c> of</c><00:35:38.599><c> has</c><00:35:38.800><c> a</c><00:35:38.980><c> very</c><00:35:39.380><c> formal</c><00:35:39.820><c> context.</c><00:35:41.000><c> Does</c><00:35:41.119><c> that</c>

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.619
make<00:35:41.820><c> sense?</c>

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:46.780
I<00:35:43.340><c> believe</c><00:35:43.639><c> what</c><00:35:43.880><c> these</c><00:35:44.199><c> letters</c><00:35:44.519><c> are,</c><00:35:45.980><c> and</c><00:35:46.360><c> particularly</c>

00:35:46.780 --> 00:35:47.199
this<00:35:47.039><c> one,</c>

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:52.840
a<00:35:47.480><c> very</c><00:35:48.019><c> personal</c><00:35:48.639><c> letter</c><00:35:49.039><c> from</c><00:35:50.019><c> a</c><00:35:50.579><c> brother</c><00:35:50.980><c> who</c><00:35:51.860><c> loved</c><00:35:52.320><c> his</c>

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:54.199
brethren<00:35:53.199><c> so</c><00:35:53.739><c> much</c>

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:57.599
that<00:35:54.480><c> he</c><00:35:54.800><c> cared</c><00:35:55.019><c> enough</c><00:35:55.500><c> to</c><00:35:56.179><c> say</c><00:35:56.400><c> it</c><00:35:56.619><c> the</c><00:35:56.800><c> way</c><00:35:57.000><c> it</c><00:35:57.260><c> was.</c>

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:59.920
He<00:35:58.760><c> loved</c><00:35:59.159><c> them</c><00:35:59.380><c> to</c><00:35:59.559><c> the</c><00:35:59.760><c> end.</c>

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:02.840
And<00:36:00.099><c> so,</c><00:36:00.699><c> like</c><00:36:01.440><c> that</c><00:36:01.659><c> beautiful</c><00:36:02.059><c> proverb</c><00:36:02.360><c> that</c><00:36:02.639><c> says,</c>

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:06.480
open<00:36:03.280><c> rebuke</c><00:36:04.119><c> is</c><00:36:04.440><c> better</c><00:36:04.719><c> than</c><00:36:05.000><c> secret</c><00:36:05.400><c> love.</c>

00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:11.480
And<00:36:06.920><c> Paul</c><00:36:07.159><c> showed</c><00:36:07.539><c> his</c><00:36:07.980><c> love</c><00:36:08.280><c> for</c><00:36:08.599><c> them</c><00:36:09.280><c> because</c><00:36:10.280><c> he</c><00:36:10.480><c> was</c><00:36:10.699><c> prepared</c><00:36:11.079><c> to</c>

00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:13.199
rebuke<00:36:11.860><c> them</c><00:36:12.260><c> in</c><00:36:12.719><c> love</c>

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:17.800
for<00:36:13.800><c> their</c><00:36:14.519><c> grievous</c><00:36:14.920><c> errors</c><00:36:15.199><c> that</c><00:36:15.380><c> they</c><00:36:15.480><c> were</c><00:36:15.639><c> slipping</c><00:36:15.860><c> into.</c>

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:23.460
And<00:36:18.599><c> so,</c><00:36:19.599><c> as</c><00:36:19.739><c> we</c><00:36:21.019><c> look</c><00:36:21.559><c> at</c><00:36:21.719><c> this</c><00:36:21.920><c> letter</c><00:36:22.199><c> the</c><00:36:22.440><c> next</c><00:36:22.760><c> day</c><00:36:22.940><c> or</c><00:36:23.159><c> so,</c>

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:26.519
keep<00:36:23.940><c> your</c><00:36:24.179><c> eye</c><00:36:24.280><c> open</c><00:36:24.579><c> for</c><00:36:24.760><c> the</c><00:36:24.960><c> beautiful</c><00:36:25.360><c> balance</c><00:36:25.739><c> between</c>

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.960
open<00:36:27.059><c> rebuke,</c>

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:34.179
telling<00:36:28.559><c> it</c><00:36:28.780><c> like</c><00:36:28.980><c> it</c><00:36:29.199><c> is,</c><00:36:30.860><c> and</c><00:36:30.980><c> the</c><00:36:31.860><c> gentleness</c><00:36:32.440><c> that</c><00:36:32.800><c> Paul</c><00:36:33.119><c> shows.</c>

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:37.659
The<00:36:35.059><c> term</c><00:36:35.320><c> that</c><00:36:35.440><c> comes</c><00:36:35.639><c> to</c><00:36:35.820><c> my</c><00:36:36.000><c> mind</c><00:36:36.139><c> in</c><00:36:36.320><c> Paul</c><00:36:36.539><c> is</c><00:36:36.760><c> integrity.</c>

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:39.800
Do<00:36:38.239><c> you</c><00:36:38.239><c> know</c><00:36:38.320><c> what</c><00:36:38.480><c> integrity</c><00:36:38.840><c> means?</c>

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:44.320
Honesty.<00:36:42.800><c> It</c><00:36:42.800><c> does</c><00:36:43.039><c> include</c><00:36:43.400><c> honesty.</c>

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:46.480
It<00:36:44.599><c> has</c><00:36:44.840><c> the</c><00:36:44.920><c> idea</c><00:36:45.039><c> like</c><00:36:45.260><c> an</c><00:36:45.480><c> integer</c><00:36:45.739><c> is</c><00:36:45.960><c> a</c><00:36:46.039><c> number,</c><00:36:46.340><c> and</c><00:36:46.400><c> it</c>

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.880
means<00:36:46.739><c> wholeness,</c><00:36:47.800><c> completeness,</c><00:36:48.239><c> doesn't</c><00:36:48.500><c> it?</c>

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:51.780
And<00:36:49.239><c> that</c><00:36:49.340><c> is</c><00:36:49.579><c> really</c><00:36:49.860><c> what</c><00:36:50.059><c> we</c><00:36:50.239><c> are,</c><00:36:50.360><c> because</c><00:36:50.480><c> we're</c><00:36:50.599><c> all</c><00:36:50.860><c> incomplete,</c><00:36:51.340><c> aren't</c><00:36:51.519><c> we?</c>

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:55.059
And<00:36:52.139><c> it's</c><00:36:52.420><c> that</c><00:36:52.719><c> balance</c><00:36:53.179><c> that</c><00:36:53.440><c> brings</c><00:36:53.659><c> about</c><00:36:54.059><c> Paul's</c><00:36:54.619><c> integrity,</c>

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:58.619
that<00:36:55.460><c> wholeness</c><00:36:56.000><c> between</c><00:36:56.619><c> love</c><00:36:57.400><c> and</c><00:36:57.960><c> gentleness,</c>

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:03.280
and<00:36:59.159><c> yet</c><00:36:59.460><c> caring</c><00:36:59.780><c> enough</c><00:37:00.340><c> to</c><00:37:00.940><c> speak</c><00:37:01.280><c> to</c><00:37:01.500><c> one</c><00:37:01.659><c> another,</c><00:37:02.380><c> even</c>

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.719
though<00:37:03.460><c> it's</c><00:37:03.719><c> painful.</c>

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:09.820
Because,<00:37:06.179><c> unfortunately,</c><00:37:07.239><c> we</c><00:37:07.420><c> can</c><00:37:07.820><c> flip</c><00:37:08.179><c>-flop</c><00:37:08.400><c> between</c><00:37:08.860><c> the</c><00:37:09.559><c> two.</c>

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.440
We<00:37:10.260><c> can</c><00:37:10.460><c> become</c><00:37:10.800><c> unbalanced.</c>

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:13.920
We<00:37:12.039><c> can</c><00:37:12.219><c> either</c><00:37:12.480><c> see</c><00:37:12.739><c> that</c><00:37:12.900><c> there's</c><00:37:13.099><c> something</c><00:37:13.420><c> wrong,</c>

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:16.820
and<00:37:14.280><c> we</c><00:37:14.440><c> load</c><00:37:14.639><c> our</c><00:37:14.880><c> guns</c><00:37:15.159><c> and</c><00:37:15.840><c> out</c><00:37:16.099><c> we</c><00:37:16.380><c> go,</c><00:37:16.579><c> right?</c>

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:20.219
And<00:37:16.820><c> we</c><00:37:16.980><c> go</c><00:37:17.219><c> and</c><00:37:17.599><c> blow</c><00:37:17.840><c> everybody</c><00:37:18.300><c> away</c><00:37:18.619><c> with</c><00:37:18.820><c> our</c><00:37:19.059><c> venom</c><00:37:19.260><c> or</c>

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:22.320
our<00:37:20.539><c> zeal.</c>

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.659
Paul<00:37:22.699><c> doesn't</c><00:37:22.960><c> do</c><00:37:23.179><c> that.</c><00:37:23.880><c> He</c><00:37:24.079><c> never</c><00:37:24.380><c> does.</c>

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:28.679
He<00:37:25.199><c> says</c><00:37:25.460><c> it</c><00:37:25.659><c> the</c><00:37:25.780><c> way</c><00:37:25.940><c> it</c><00:37:26.099><c> is,</c><00:37:26.860><c> but</c><00:37:26.900><c> he</c><00:37:27.179><c> says</c><00:37:27.420><c> it</c><00:37:27.699><c> with</c><00:37:28.099><c> love</c>

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.559
and<00:37:29.260><c> care,</c>

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:31.980
and<00:37:29.679><c> he</c><00:37:30.000><c> never</c><00:37:30.340><c> gives</c><00:37:30.619><c> up</c><00:37:30.840><c> on</c><00:37:30.980><c> his</c><00:37:31.179><c> brethren.</c>

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:34.280
After<00:37:32.260><c> all</c><00:37:32.480><c> the</c><00:37:32.659><c> trouble</c><00:37:32.840><c> he</c><00:37:33.099><c> had,</c><00:37:33.300><c> there</c><00:37:33.300><c> is</c><00:37:33.460><c> no</c><00:37:33.739><c> reason</c><00:37:34.079><c> why</c>

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:35.760
he<00:37:34.360><c> should</c><00:37:34.440><c> ever</c><00:37:34.679><c> keep</c><00:37:34.980><c> going</c><00:37:35.400><c> back,</c>

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:39.460
going<00:37:36.199><c> back,</c><00:37:36.559><c> going</c><00:37:36.880><c> back,</c><00:37:37.719><c> and</c><00:37:38.059><c> yet</c><00:37:38.199><c> he</c><00:37:38.380><c> never</c><00:37:38.719><c> gave</c><00:37:39.019><c> up.</c>

00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:43.320
And<00:37:39.900><c> that's</c><00:37:40.179><c> one</c><00:37:40.420><c> lesson</c><00:37:40.639><c> that</c><00:37:40.760><c> we</c><00:37:40.900><c> can</c><00:37:41.039><c> so</c><00:37:41.239><c> easily</c><00:37:41.519><c> become</c><00:37:41.880><c> embittered</c><00:37:42.360><c> when</c><00:37:42.559><c> things</c><00:37:42.840><c> go</c><00:37:43.119><c> wrong</c>

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:46.679
in<00:37:43.320><c> another</c><00:37:43.860><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:44.380><c> or</c><00:37:44.519><c> inter</c><00:37:44.920><c>-ecclesial</c><00:37:45.719><c> dealings,</c>

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:48.780
and<00:37:47.039><c> we</c><00:37:47.199><c> can</c><00:37:47.400><c> just</c><00:37:47.559><c> say,</c><00:37:47.880><c> I'm</c><00:37:48.039><c> never</c><00:37:48.320><c> going</c><00:37:48.559><c> back.</c>

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:50.619
I've<00:37:49.099><c> had</c><00:37:49.260><c> enough.</c><00:37:49.780><c> Whatever</c><00:37:50.179><c> it</c><00:37:50.440><c> is.</c>

00:37:50.900 --> 00:37:52.980
And<00:37:50.920><c> if</c><00:37:51.199><c> we</c><00:37:51.380><c> look</c><00:37:51.579><c> through</c><00:37:51.840><c> 1st</c><00:37:52.199><c> and</c><00:37:52.219><c> 2nd</c><00:37:52.519><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:56.039
there<00:37:53.340><c> is</c><00:37:53.559><c> no</c><00:37:53.940><c> reason</c><00:37:54.340><c> why</c><00:37:54.820><c> Brother</c><00:37:55.119><c> Paul</c><00:37:55.380><c> would</c><00:37:55.579><c> ever</c><00:37:55.840><c> want</c>

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:57.199
to<00:37:56.179><c> go</c><00:37:56.380><c> back.</c>

00:37:57.219 --> 00:38:00.800
And<00:37:57.360><c> yet</c><00:37:57.500><c> he</c><00:37:57.639><c> did,</c><00:37:58.400><c> and</c><00:37:58.559><c> he</c><00:37:58.699><c> did,</c><00:37:59.679><c> and</c><00:37:59.840><c> he</c><00:38:00.019><c> did.</c>

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:03.059
And<00:38:01.059><c> he</c><00:38:01.280><c> teaches</c><00:38:01.480><c> us</c><00:38:01.699><c> a</c><00:38:01.940><c> great</c><00:38:02.139><c> lesson,</c><00:38:02.559><c> brethren</c><00:38:02.679><c> and</c><00:38:02.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:06.179
because<00:38:03.260><c> in</c><00:38:03.480><c> these</c><00:38:03.679><c> days</c><00:38:03.880><c> it's</c><00:38:04.059><c> so</c><00:38:04.400><c> easy</c><00:38:04.699><c> for</c><00:38:04.900><c> us</c><00:38:05.119><c> to</c><00:38:05.400><c> take,</c>

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:10.280
sound<00:38:06.480><c> the</c><00:38:06.699><c> alarm,</c><00:38:08.579><c> acknowledge</c><00:38:08.940><c> the</c><00:38:09.159><c> problem</c><00:38:09.460><c> in</c><00:38:09.639><c> somebody</c><00:38:10.019><c> else,</c>

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.920
and<00:38:10.400><c> then</c><00:38:10.619><c> take</c><00:38:10.800><c> that</c><00:38:11.079><c> one</c><00:38:11.320><c> step</c><00:38:11.539><c> back.</c>

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:14.199
When<00:38:12.380><c> we</c><00:38:12.519><c> see</c><00:38:12.699><c> it</c><00:38:12.820><c> again,</c><00:38:13.099><c> we</c><00:38:13.139><c> take</c><00:38:13.380><c> another</c><00:38:13.719><c> step</c><00:38:13.980><c> back,</c>

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:17.380
and<00:38:14.380><c> another</c><00:38:14.639><c> step</c><00:38:14.900><c> back</c><00:38:15.119><c> until</c><00:38:15.380><c> finally</c><00:38:15.800><c> we've</c><00:38:16.360><c> created</c><00:38:16.699><c> just</c><00:38:17.039><c> what</c><00:38:17.159><c> we</c>

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:18.219
see<00:38:17.519><c> in</c><00:38:17.639><c> 1st</c><00:38:17.960><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.639
huge<00:38:18.699><c> divisions.</c>

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:23.539
The<00:38:20.380><c> other</c><00:38:20.659><c> side</c><00:38:20.860><c> of</c><00:38:20.960><c> it,</c><00:38:21.139><c> the</c><00:38:21.260><c> flip</c><00:38:21.460><c>-flop,</c><00:38:21.840><c> is</c><00:38:22.219><c> that</c><00:38:22.639><c> as</c><00:38:22.960><c> we</c><00:38:23.159><c> do</c>

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:25.679
show<00:38:23.820><c> that</c><00:38:24.179><c> loving</c><00:38:24.539><c> care</c><00:38:24.900><c> for</c><00:38:25.099><c> one</c><00:38:25.320><c> another,</c>

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:29.420
we<00:38:26.119><c> can</c><00:38:26.760><c> develop</c><00:38:27.239><c> what</c><00:38:27.400><c> I</c><00:38:27.719><c> call</c><00:38:27.960><c> the</c><00:38:28.440><c> grandma</c><00:38:28.940><c> syndrome,</c>

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:32.559
and<00:38:29.679><c> this</c><00:38:29.880><c> is</c><00:38:30.099><c> nothing</c><00:38:30.280><c> against</c><00:38:30.639><c> any</c><00:38:30.980><c> grandmas</c><00:38:31.280><c> here,</c><00:38:31.719><c> okay?</c>

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:37.139
But<00:38:33.260><c> the</c><00:38:33.719><c> grandma</c><00:38:34.239><c> syndrome</c><00:38:34.860><c> is</c><00:38:35.699><c> that</c><00:38:36.079><c> other</c><00:38:36.360><c> spirit</c><00:38:36.739><c> that</c>

00:38:37.139 --> 00:38:38.360
does<00:38:37.599><c> really</c><00:38:38.019><c> love,</c>

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.800
to<00:38:38.559><c> the</c><00:38:38.679><c> bottom</c><00:38:39.039><c> of</c><00:38:39.280><c> your</c><00:38:39.519><c> heart.</c>

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:42.860
You<00:38:39.960><c> love</c><00:38:40.420><c> your</c><00:38:40.719><c> brethren</c><00:38:41.000><c> and</c><00:38:41.320><c> sisters,</c><00:38:41.559><c> your</c><00:38:41.739><c> children,</c>

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:46.280
and<00:38:43.480><c> yet</c><00:38:43.739><c> what</c><00:38:43.920><c> happens</c><00:38:44.179><c> when</c><00:38:44.340><c> things</c><00:38:44.659><c> are</c><00:38:44.880><c> going</c><00:38:45.119><c> wrong,</c>

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:48.260
that<00:38:46.500><c> we</c><00:38:46.679><c> can</c><00:38:47.000><c> simply</c><00:38:47.360><c> internalize</c><00:38:48.079><c> it,</c>

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:50.460
and<00:38:48.480><c> worry,</c><00:38:48.860><c> worry,</c><00:38:49.219><c> worry,</c><00:38:49.599><c> worry,</c><00:38:49.960><c> chatter,</c><00:38:50.219><c> chatter,</c>

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:51.500
chatter,<00:38:50.780><c> chatter,</c>

00:38:51.780 --> 00:38:55.280
and<00:38:51.780><c> never</c><00:38:52.199><c> realize</c><00:38:52.840><c> that</c><00:38:53.059><c> God</c><00:38:53.340><c> has</c><00:38:53.519><c> also</c><00:38:53.940><c> given</c><00:38:54.159><c> us,</c><00:38:54.460><c> in</c><00:38:54.719><c> our</c><00:38:55.000><c> love,</c>

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:58.860
a<00:38:55.679><c> tremendous</c><00:38:56.179><c> tool</c><00:38:56.739><c> to</c><00:38:57.119><c> go</c><00:38:57.400><c> in</c><00:38:57.659><c> love</c><00:38:57.780><c> and</c><00:38:57.980><c> speak</c><00:38:58.340><c> it</c><00:38:58.539><c> the</c><00:38:58.659><c> way</c>

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:59.300
it<00:38:59.000><c> is</c>

00:38:59.300 --> 00:39:00.699
to<00:38:59.659><c> that</c><00:38:59.860><c> person</c><00:39:00.159><c> who's</c><00:39:00.420><c> suffering.</c>

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:03.219
And<00:39:01.099><c> grandmas</c><00:39:01.480><c> and</c><00:39:01.679><c> grandpas</c><00:39:02.179><c> have</c><00:39:02.579><c> more</c><00:39:02.880><c> effect</c>

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:05.380
and<00:39:03.440><c> more</c><00:39:03.699><c> value</c><00:39:03.920><c> in</c><00:39:04.059><c> the</c><00:39:04.219><c> Ecclesiast,</c><00:39:04.500><c> than</c><00:39:04.780><c> anybody</c><00:39:05.079><c> else,</c>

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:07.960
but<00:39:05.760><c> many</c><00:39:06.099><c> times,</c><00:39:06.460><c> in</c><00:39:06.559><c> fact</c><00:39:06.679><c> quite</c><00:39:07.320><c> a</c><00:39:07.599><c> few</c><00:39:07.719><c> times,</c>

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:10.099
I<00:39:07.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:39:08.099><c> say</c><00:39:08.320><c> many,</c><00:39:08.780><c> quite</c><00:39:09.000><c> a</c><00:39:09.159><c> few</c><00:39:09.260><c> times</c><00:39:09.500><c> I've</c><00:39:09.780><c> had</c>

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:12.340
particularly<00:39:10.920><c> wonderful</c><00:39:11.699><c> elder</c><00:39:12.000><c> sisters</c>

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:15.320
saying<00:39:12.619><c> to</c><00:39:12.840><c> me,</c><00:39:13.280><c> I'm</c><00:39:13.500><c> so</c><00:39:13.800><c> worried</c><00:39:14.079><c> about</c><00:39:14.519><c> such</c><00:39:14.780><c> and</c><00:39:15.019><c> such,</c>

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:18.079
so<00:39:15.820><c> why</c><00:39:16.039><c> don't</c><00:39:16.119><c> you</c><00:39:16.280><c> go</c><00:39:16.400><c> and</c><00:39:16.699><c> talk</c><00:39:16.960><c> to</c><00:39:17.059><c> them</c><00:39:17.219><c> about</c><00:39:17.460><c> your</c><00:39:17.659><c> concern?</c>

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:20.460
Oh,<00:39:18.820><c> I</c><00:39:19.039><c> couldn't.</c>

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:23.199
Brethren<00:39:21.099><c> and</c><00:39:21.280><c> sisters,</c><00:39:21.340><c> we</c><00:39:21.559><c> could,</c><00:39:22.519><c> and</c><00:39:22.659><c> we</c><00:39:22.940><c> can,</c>

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:27.039
because<00:39:23.460><c> if</c><00:39:23.639><c> we</c><00:39:23.960><c> really</c><00:39:24.280><c> love,</c><00:39:24.900><c> we</c><00:39:25.059><c> can</c><00:39:25.320><c> speak</c><00:39:25.559><c> the</c><00:39:25.820><c> truth</c><00:39:25.980><c> in</c><00:39:26.239><c> love,</c>

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:30.320
and<00:39:27.340><c> God</c><00:39:27.619><c> has</c><00:39:27.920><c> shown</c><00:39:28.039><c> us</c><00:39:28.219><c> in</c><00:39:28.380><c> these</c><00:39:28.599><c> letters</c><00:39:28.780><c> how</c><00:39:28.980><c> it</c><00:39:29.139><c> can</c><00:39:29.380><c> bring</c><00:39:29.679><c> fruit</c><00:39:29.980><c> to</c>

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:31.079
eternal<00:39:30.679><c> life.</c>

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:36.179
And<00:39:31.719><c> so,</c><00:39:33.000><c> finally</c><00:39:33.320><c> then,</c><00:39:33.639><c> I'd</c><00:39:33.880><c> like</c><00:39:34.000><c> to</c><00:39:35.159><c> have</c><00:39:35.559><c> a</c><00:39:35.760><c> look</c>

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:43.079
at<00:39:37.239><c> why</c><00:39:38.039><c> we</c><00:39:38.519><c> have</c><00:39:38.719><c> such</c><00:39:38.980><c> a</c><00:39:39.179><c> terrible</c><00:39:39.739><c> situation</c><00:39:40.960><c> going</c><00:39:41.719><c> on</c><00:39:42.019><c> in</c><00:39:42.420><c> Corinth,</c>

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:48.019
because<00:39:44.780><c> Paul</c><00:39:45.260><c> is</c><00:39:45.699><c> truly</c><00:39:46.239><c> under</c><00:39:46.860><c> attack.</c>

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:55.500
Maybe<00:39:52.639><c> we</c><00:39:52.800><c> could</c><00:39:52.960><c> just</c><00:39:53.739><c> put</c><00:39:54.119><c> this</c><00:39:54.500><c> overhead</c><00:39:54.800><c> up</c><00:39:55.039><c> and</c><00:39:55.260><c> it</c><00:39:55.380><c> kind</c>

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.079
of<00:39:55.739><c> summarizes.</c>

00:39:56.159 --> 00:40:00.360
If<00:39:56.280><c> you'd</c><00:39:56.519><c> like</c><00:39:56.659><c> to</c><00:39:57.559><c> turn</c><00:39:58.059><c> to</c><00:39:58.360><c> 2</c><00:39:58.940><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:59.440><c> chapter</c><00:39:59.980><c> 4,</c>

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:07.320
it<00:40:01.119><c> gives</c><00:40:01.500><c> us</c><00:40:02.039><c> a</c><00:40:03.219><c> little</c><00:40:03.719><c> picture</c><00:40:04.480><c> of</c><00:40:05.239><c> what's</c><00:40:05.639><c> going</c><00:40:05.860><c> on</c><00:40:06.139><c> with</c><00:40:06.360><c> Paul.</c>

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:16.079
We<00:40:12.599><c> have</c><00:40:12.820><c> in</c><00:40:12.980><c> chapter</c><00:40:13.239><c> 4</c><00:40:13.559><c> here</c><00:40:13.900><c> Paul</c><00:40:14.300><c> having</c><00:40:14.619><c> to</c><00:40:14.900><c> defend</c><00:40:15.239><c> himself</c>

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:18.159
and<00:40:16.619><c> all</c><00:40:16.760><c> through</c><00:40:17.059><c> this</c><00:40:17.360><c> letter,</c>

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:22.079
and<00:40:18.719><c> in</c><00:40:19.179><c> this</c><00:40:19.519><c> verse,</c><00:40:19.920><c> in</c><00:40:20.300><c> chapter</c><00:40:20.559><c> 4</c><00:40:20.900><c> verse</c><00:40:21.239><c> 2,</c>

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:26.360
we<00:40:22.320><c> have</c><00:40:22.800><c> a</c><00:40:23.820><c> list</c><00:40:24.199><c> of</c><00:40:24.440><c> what</c><00:40:24.920><c> I</c><00:40:25.139><c> believe</c><00:40:25.280><c> is</c><00:40:25.440><c> a</c><00:40:25.639><c> three</c><00:40:25.960><c>-pronged</c>

00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:28.460
attack<00:40:26.639><c> on</c><00:40:26.840><c> our</c><00:40:27.059><c> dear</c><00:40:27.219><c> brother</c><00:40:27.440><c> Paul.</c>

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:31.659
And<00:40:29.099><c> let</c><00:40:29.320><c> me</c><00:40:29.539><c> just</c><00:40:29.739><c> read</c><00:40:29.820><c> it</c><00:40:30.019><c> to</c><00:40:30.039><c> you</c><00:40:30.159><c> from</c><00:40:30.340><c> the</c><00:40:30.659><c> NIV.</c>

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:35.739
He<00:40:32.440><c> says</c><00:40:32.739><c> in</c><00:40:33.920><c> verse</c><00:40:35.320><c> 2,</c>

00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:37.940
we're<00:40:35.880><c> not</c><00:40:36.059><c> handling</c><00:40:36.340><c> the</c><00:40:36.500><c> word</c><00:40:36.639><c> of</c><00:40:36.699><c> God</c><00:40:37.000><c> deceitfully.</c>

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:41.719
Rather,<00:40:39.380><c> we</c><00:40:39.400><c> have</c><00:40:39.679><c> renounced</c><00:40:40.260><c> the</c><00:40:40.559><c> secret</c><00:40:40.820><c> and</c><00:40:41.059><c> shameful</c><00:40:41.360><c> ways.</c>

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:46.739
We<00:40:42.000><c> do</c><00:40:42.340><c> not</c><00:40:42.559><c> use</c><00:40:42.880><c> deception,</c><00:40:44.679><c> parentheses</c><00:40:45.039><c> like</c><00:40:45.400><c> you're</c><00:40:45.679><c> accusing</c><00:40:45.980><c> us</c><00:40:46.260><c> of,</c>

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:49.119
nor<00:40:47.360><c> do</c><00:40:47.559><c> we</c><00:40:47.699><c> distort</c><00:40:48.159><c> the</c><00:40:48.380><c> word</c><00:40:48.500><c> of</c><00:40:48.780><c> God,</c>

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:52.159
like<00:40:49.840><c> you</c><00:40:50.000><c> keep</c><00:40:50.159><c> telling</c><00:40:50.420><c> other</c><00:40:50.659><c> people</c><00:40:50.900><c> that</c><00:40:51.059><c> we</c><00:40:51.199><c> do.</c>

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:55.159
On<00:40:52.739><c> the</c><00:40:52.980><c> contrary,</c><00:40:53.400><c> by</c><00:40:53.599><c> setting</c><00:40:53.860><c> forth</c><00:40:54.179><c> the</c><00:40:54.440><c> truth</c><00:40:54.619><c> plainly,</c>

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:58.500
we<00:40:55.280><c> can</c><00:40:55.619><c> commend</c><00:40:56.219><c> ourselves</c><00:40:56.719><c> to</c><00:40:57.079><c> every</c><00:40:57.380><c> man's</c><00:40:57.900><c> conscience</c><00:40:58.260><c> in</c>

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.320
the<00:40:58.699><c> sight</c><00:40:58.840><c> of</c><00:40:59.000><c> God.</c>

00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:03.639
So<00:40:59.780><c> we</c><00:40:59.960><c> see</c><00:41:00.139><c> here</c><00:41:00.300><c> there's</c><00:41:00.539><c> a</c><00:41:00.719><c> three</c><00:41:01.980><c>-fold</c><00:41:02.179><c> attack</c><00:41:02.480><c> on</c><00:41:02.760><c> Paul.</c>

00:41:03.659 --> 00:41:07.360
First<00:41:03.920><c> of</c><00:41:04.119><c> all,</c><00:41:04.900><c> that</c><00:41:04.960><c> he</c><00:41:05.079><c> was</c><00:41:05.280><c> being</c><00:41:05.920><c> dishonest.</c>

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:10.699
We've<00:41:09.300><c> renounced</c><00:41:09.619><c> the</c><00:41:09.800><c> hidden</c><00:41:09.940><c> things</c><00:41:10.159><c> of</c><00:41:10.420><c> dishonesty.</c>

00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:12.760
No,<00:41:10.980><c> I'm</c><00:41:11.079><c> not</c><00:41:11.239><c> being</c><00:41:11.500><c> dishonest</c><00:41:11.920><c> to</c><00:41:12.059><c> you,</c><00:41:12.280><c> brethren,</c><00:41:12.500><c> when</c><00:41:12.579><c> I</c>

00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.519
tell<00:41:12.860><c> you</c><00:41:12.980><c> the</c><00:41:13.199><c> truth.</c>

00:41:14.019 --> 00:41:15.920
I'm<00:41:14.260><c> telling</c><00:41:14.420><c> it</c><00:41:14.599><c> because</c><00:41:14.739><c> I</c><00:41:14.960><c> love</c><00:41:15.079><c> you.</c>

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:18.300
Then<00:41:16.139><c> he</c><00:41:16.280><c> says,</c><00:41:17.260><c> we're</c><00:41:17.360><c> not</c><00:41:17.679><c> crafty.</c>

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:20.679
We're<00:41:18.619><c> not</c><00:41:18.840><c> walking</c><00:41:19.199><c> in</c><00:41:19.599><c> craftiness.</c>

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:22.360
And<00:41:21.119><c> that's</c><00:41:21.360><c> a</c><00:41:21.639><c> horrible</c><00:41:21.960><c> word</c>

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:25.139
that<00:41:22.719><c> has</c><00:41:22.960><c> the</c><00:41:23.099><c> idea</c><00:41:23.380><c> of</c><00:41:23.599><c> somebody</c><00:41:23.860><c> who's</c><00:41:24.420><c> manipulative.</c>

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:28.500
You<00:41:25.800><c> can</c><00:41:26.059><c> see</c><00:41:26.159><c> the</c><00:41:26.320><c> word</c><00:41:26.480><c> there</c><00:41:26.659><c> has</c><00:41:26.860><c> the</c><00:41:26.980><c> idea</c><00:41:27.320><c> of</c><00:41:27.719><c> all</c><00:41:28.099><c> working.</c>

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:30.860
It's<00:41:28.800><c> the</c><00:41:28.940><c> idea</c><00:41:29.119><c> of</c><00:41:29.539><c> those</c><00:41:29.780><c> people</c><00:41:30.079><c> who</c><00:41:30.280><c> work</c><00:41:30.500><c> around</c>

00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:33.480
kind<00:41:31.019><c> of</c><00:41:31.119><c> trying</c><00:41:31.300><c> to</c><00:41:31.400><c> get</c><00:41:31.519><c> their</c><00:41:31.760><c> own</c><00:41:32.039><c> way</c><00:41:32.320><c> from</c><00:41:32.840><c> behind,</c>

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:35.599
kind<00:41:33.940><c> of</c><00:41:34.400><c> manipulating</c><00:41:35.019><c> the</c><00:41:35.280><c> situation.</c>

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:37.159
He<00:41:35.820><c> says,</c><00:41:35.820><c> no,</c><00:41:36.320><c> we're</c><00:41:36.539><c> not</c><00:41:36.840><c> that.</c>

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:42.980
And<00:41:37.760><c> we</c><00:41:37.880><c> are</c><00:41:38.239><c> certainly</c><00:41:38.579><c> not</c><00:41:39.179><c> handling</c><00:41:39.719><c> the</c><00:41:40.239><c> word</c><00:41:40.440><c> of</c><00:41:40.639><c> God</c><00:41:41.159><c> deceitfully.</c>

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:46.000
And<00:41:43.559><c> the</c><00:41:43.639><c> idea</c><00:41:43.920><c> there</c><00:41:44.239><c> is</c><00:41:44.440><c> of</c><00:41:44.619><c> twisting</c><00:41:45.139><c> it</c><00:41:45.400><c> around</c><00:41:45.579><c> to</c><00:41:45.800><c> our</c>

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.960
own<00:41:46.199><c> ends.</c>

00:41:47.099 --> 00:41:49.239
So<00:41:47.400><c> the</c><00:41:47.659><c> question</c><00:41:48.019><c> that</c><00:41:48.219><c> came</c><00:41:48.400><c> to</c><00:41:48.579><c> my</c><00:41:48.860><c> mind</c>

00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:51.539
as<00:41:49.639><c> we</c><00:41:50.000><c> think</c><00:41:50.139><c> of</c><00:41:50.320><c> the</c><00:41:50.500><c> first</c><00:41:50.679><c> century</c><00:41:51.019><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:56.519
who<00:41:52.199><c> on</c><00:41:52.599><c> earth</c><00:41:53.219><c> would</c><00:41:53.940><c> ever</c><00:41:54.300><c> attack</c><00:41:55.059><c> the</c><00:41:55.679><c> Apostle</c><00:41:56.239><c> Paul,</c>

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:58.380
who<00:41:56.639><c> was</c><00:41:56.920><c> the</c><00:41:57.079><c> apostle</c><00:41:57.420><c> to</c><00:41:57.659><c> the</c><00:41:57.760><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.679
with<00:41:58.860><c> this</c><00:41:59.179><c> sort</c><00:41:59.440><c> of</c><00:41:59.800><c> venom</c>

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:05.539
and<00:42:01.559><c> create</c><00:42:01.960><c> such</c><00:42:02.360><c> pain</c><00:42:02.820><c> and</c><00:42:03.159><c> division</c><00:42:03.719><c> in</c><00:42:04.440><c> the</c><00:42:04.619><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:08.139
Well,<00:42:06.500><c> again,</c><00:42:06.760><c> we're</c><00:42:06.960><c> not</c><00:42:07.099><c> told</c><00:42:07.400><c> much</c><00:42:07.659><c> about</c><00:42:07.920><c> it</c>

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.179
in<00:42:08.179><c> the</c><00:42:08.300><c> rest</c><00:42:08.440><c> of</c><00:42:08.599><c> the</c><00:42:08.659><c> New</c><00:42:08.840><c> Testament,</c>

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:12.340
but<00:42:09.500><c> 2</c><00:42:09.760><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:10.420><c> gives</c><00:42:10.960><c> us</c><00:42:11.159><c> a</c><00:42:11.239><c> very</c><00:42:11.599><c> clear</c><00:42:11.719><c> picture</c><00:42:12.119><c> of</c>

00:42:12.340 --> 00:42:13.639
what's<00:42:12.699><c> going</c><00:42:12.900><c> on.</c>

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:24.920
In<00:42:14.639><c> fact,</c><00:42:18.760><c> we</c><00:42:18.780><c> see</c><00:42:19.039><c> here</c><00:42:20.320><c> a</c><00:42:20.860><c> term</c><00:42:21.139><c> that</c><00:42:21.300><c> is</c><00:42:21.760><c> a</c><00:42:22.260><c> 2</c><00:42:22.840><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:23.519><c> term.</c>

00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:29.760
And<00:42:27.340><c> that</c><00:42:27.559><c> is</c><00:42:27.800><c> that</c><00:42:28.079><c> idea</c><00:42:28.500><c> of,</c><00:42:29.139><c> as</c><00:42:29.179><c> it</c><00:42:29.420><c> says</c><00:42:29.519><c> here,</c>

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:33.920
chiefest<00:42:30.400><c> apostles</c><00:42:30.960><c> or</c><00:42:31.940><c> super</c><00:42:32.860><c> apostles.</c>

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:38.260
Let's<00:42:36.039><c> just</c><00:42:36.260><c> have</c><00:42:36.420><c> a</c><00:42:36.460><c> look</c><00:42:36.599><c> at</c><00:42:36.739><c> them.</c>

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:41.159
For<00:42:38.860><c> I</c><00:42:39.019><c> suppose</c><00:42:39.400><c> I</c><00:42:39.539><c> was</c><00:42:39.659><c> not</c><00:42:39.840><c> a</c><00:42:39.960><c> whit</c><00:42:40.059><c> behind</c><00:42:40.400><c> the</c><00:42:40.619><c> very</c>

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:42.119
chiefest<00:42:41.760><c> apostles.</c>

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:45.019
So<00:42:42.300><c> some</c><00:42:42.679><c> people</c><00:42:43.099><c> here</c><00:42:43.460><c> who</c><00:42:43.639><c> are</c><00:42:43.880><c> setting</c><00:42:44.099><c> themselves</c><00:42:44.519><c> up</c><00:42:44.800><c> as</c>

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:46.619
chiefest<00:42:45.639><c> apostles,</c>

00:42:46.880 --> 00:42:47.880
11<00:42:47.119><c> verse</c><00:42:47.400><c> 13,</c>

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:51.260
for<00:42:48.340><c> such</c><00:42:48.679><c> are</c><00:42:49.380><c> false</c><00:42:49.739><c> apostles,</c><00:42:50.460><c> deceitful</c><00:42:50.920><c> workers.</c>

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:54.019
So<00:42:51.480><c> there's</c><00:42:52.039><c> false</c><00:42:52.360><c> apostles</c><00:42:52.780><c> in</c><00:42:52.980><c> the</c><00:42:53.179><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:53.519><c> and</c>

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:55.099
deceitful<00:42:54.719><c> workers.</c>

00:42:55.239 --> 00:43:00.000
And<00:42:55.239><c> so</c><00:42:55.539><c> with</c><00:42:56.400><c> deep</c><00:42:56.840><c> irony,</c><00:42:57.480><c> Paul</c><00:42:57.780><c> calls</c><00:42:58.119><c> these</c><00:42:58.440><c> people</c><00:42:58.840><c> super</c><00:42:59.559><c> apostles,</c>

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:03.460
as<00:43:00.280><c> the</c><00:43:00.719><c> New</c><00:43:01.320><c> International</c><00:43:01.820><c> Version</c><00:43:02.219><c> calls</c><00:43:02.480><c> it.</c>

00:43:03.739 --> 00:43:09.199
Verse<00:43:04.179><c> 13</c><00:43:05.039><c> in</c><00:43:05.619><c> Weymouth's</c><00:43:06.420><c> translation</c><00:43:06.880><c> makes</c><00:43:07.920><c> a</c><00:43:08.300><c> very</c><00:43:08.860><c> clear</c>

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.019
statement<00:43:09.679><c> to</c><00:43:09.900><c> me.</c>

00:43:10.019 --> 00:43:13.480
Men<00:43:10.519><c> of</c><00:43:10.780><c> this</c><00:43:11.139><c> stamp</c><00:43:11.420><c> are,</c><00:43:11.840><c> he</c><00:43:11.980><c> calls</c><00:43:12.280><c> sham</c><00:43:12.820><c> apostles,</c>

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:16.980
dishonest<00:43:14.400><c> workmen,</c><00:43:15.239><c> assuming</c><00:43:15.500><c> the</c><00:43:15.820><c> agabs</c><00:43:16.219><c> of</c><00:43:16.440><c> the</c><00:43:16.659><c> apostles</c>

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:19.340
of<00:43:17.239><c> Christ</c><00:43:17.719><c> and</c><00:43:18.139><c> so</c><00:43:18.420><c> on.</c>

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:21.260
Who<00:43:20.159><c> are</c><00:43:20.380><c> they?</c>

00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:24.460
Again,<00:43:22.139><c> we</c><00:43:22.340><c> learn</c><00:43:22.559><c> a</c><00:43:22.760><c> tremendous</c><00:43:23.139><c> amount</c><00:43:23.500><c> about</c><00:43:23.760><c> the</c><00:43:24.099><c> dynamics</c>

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:27.340
of<00:43:24.699><c> the</c><00:43:24.820><c> New</c><00:43:25.039><c> Testament</c><00:43:25.440><c> Ecclesias</c><00:43:26.079><c> and</c><00:43:26.360><c> the</c><00:43:26.619><c> first</c><00:43:26.820><c> century</c>

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:28.880
from<00:43:28.139><c> 2</c><00:43:28.360><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:33.840
In<00:43:29.179><c> verse</c><00:43:29.500><c> 22,</c><00:43:30.880><c> we're</c><00:43:31.300><c> told</c><00:43:31.599><c> a</c><00:43:31.840><c> little</c><00:43:32.059><c> bit</c><00:43:32.219><c> about</c><00:43:32.460><c> who</c><00:43:32.659><c> they</c><00:43:32.900><c> are.</c>

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:37.159
Verse<00:43:34.460><c> 22,</c><00:43:35.079><c> are</c><00:43:35.679><c> they</c><00:43:36.059><c> Hebrews?</c>

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.699
So<00:43:38.400><c> am</c><00:43:38.659><c> I.</c>

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:41.639
Are<00:43:40.480><c> they</c><00:43:40.679><c> Israelites?</c>

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:43.280
So<00:43:42.500><c> am</c><00:43:42.760><c> I.</c>

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:45.619
Are<00:43:43.980><c> they</c><00:43:44.139><c> Abraham's</c><00:43:44.619><c> descendants?</c>

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:47.219
So<00:43:46.019><c> am</c><00:43:46.260><c> I.</c>

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:50.940
He's<00:43:47.659><c> saying,</c><00:43:47.980><c> these</c><00:43:48.380><c> people</c><00:43:48.719><c> are</c><00:43:49.039><c> attacking</c><00:43:49.460><c> me</c><00:43:49.699><c> and</c><00:43:49.760><c> telling</c><00:43:49.960><c> me</c><00:43:50.219><c> I'm</c><00:43:50.539><c> false,</c>

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:54.639
which<00:43:51.480><c> is</c><00:43:51.739><c> they</c><00:43:52.099><c> are</c><00:43:52.519><c> Israelites,</c><00:43:53.159><c> Abraham's</c><00:43:53.739><c> descendants,</c><00:43:54.400><c> Jews.</c>

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:57.820
So<00:43:55.440><c> I</c><00:43:55.659><c> believe</c><00:43:55.920><c> now</c><00:43:56.139><c> the</c><00:43:56.619><c> plot</c><00:43:56.940><c> begins</c><00:43:57.340><c> to</c><00:43:57.639><c> clear.</c>

00:43:57.820 --> 00:44:03.539
I<00:43:58.360><c> think</c><00:43:58.619><c> what's</c><00:43:59.460><c> happening</c><00:43:59.880><c> here</c><00:44:00.320><c> is</c><00:44:00.760><c> that</c><00:44:01.360><c> we</c><00:44:01.739><c> have</c><00:44:02.440><c> a</c><00:44:02.800><c> situation</c>

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:08.219
that<00:44:04.139><c> after</c><00:44:04.440><c> the</c><00:44:04.579><c> Lord</c><00:44:04.760><c> Jesus</c><00:44:05.139><c> Christ</c><00:44:06.099><c> was</c><00:44:06.780><c> taken</c><00:44:07.099><c> to</c><00:44:07.320><c> heaven,</c>

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:15.099
a<00:44:09.239><c> concerted</c><00:44:10.219><c> plot</c><00:44:10.619><c> on</c><00:44:11.420><c> the</c><00:44:11.739><c> part</c><00:44:12.019><c> of</c><00:44:12.880><c> a</c><00:44:13.699><c> very</c><00:44:14.159><c> organized</c><00:44:14.699><c> body</c>

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.840
in<00:44:15.320><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:20.980
decided<00:44:16.460><c> to</c><00:44:16.699><c> go</c><00:44:17.019><c> out</c><00:44:17.320><c> and</c><00:44:17.639><c> infiltrate</c><00:44:18.599><c> the</c><00:44:18.960><c> Ecclesias</c><00:44:19.900><c> with</c>

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:22.199
sham<00:44:21.519><c> apostles,</c>

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:27.460
false<00:44:22.780><c> apostles</c><00:44:23.280><c> who</c><00:44:23.440><c> would</c><00:44:23.699><c> now</c><00:44:24.260><c> bring</c><00:44:24.719><c> them</c><00:44:25.039><c> back</c><00:44:25.360><c> under</c><00:44:25.619><c> the</c><00:44:25.980><c> flock</c><00:44:26.159><c> of</c><00:44:26.460><c> Judaism.</c>

00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:33.920
In<00:44:29.920><c> fact,</c><00:44:30.340><c> Brother</c><00:44:30.539><c> Robert</c><00:44:30.840><c> Roberts</c><00:44:31.119><c> makes</c><00:44:31.480><c> it</c><00:44:33.420><c> clear.</c>

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:41.019
In<00:44:38.539><c> Nazareth</c><00:44:38.980><c> Revisited</c><00:44:39.519><c> that</c><00:44:39.659><c> I</c><00:44:40.260><c> just</c><00:44:40.539><c> stumbled</c><00:44:40.800><c> on,</c>

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:43.280
I<00:44:41.079><c> thought,</c><00:44:41.380><c> well,</c><00:44:41.380><c> that</c><00:44:41.559><c> is</c><00:44:41.820><c> absolutely</c><00:44:42.280><c> exactly</c><00:44:43.139><c> what</c>

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:44.519
we're<00:44:43.440><c> thinking</c><00:44:43.679><c> about.</c>

00:44:44.619 --> 00:44:47.239
He<00:44:44.820><c> says</c><00:44:45.079><c> that</c><00:44:45.500><c> the</c><00:44:45.800><c> parable</c><00:44:46.000><c> of</c><00:44:46.159><c> the</c><00:44:46.380><c> tears</c><00:44:46.559><c> is</c><00:44:46.820><c> telling</c><00:44:46.960><c> us</c>

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:48.079
exactly<00:44:47.679><c> that,</c>

00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:51.300
that<00:44:48.440><c> while</c><00:44:48.940><c> the</c><00:44:49.199><c> men</c><00:44:49.380><c> slept,</c><00:44:49.880><c> the</c><00:44:49.980><c> enemy</c><00:44:50.079><c> came</c><00:44:50.380><c> and</c><00:44:50.619><c> sowed</c><00:44:50.980><c> tears.</c>

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:52.739
And<00:44:51.659><c> look</c><00:44:51.840><c> what</c><00:44:52.019><c> Brother</c><00:44:52.260><c> Robert</c><00:44:52.480><c> says.</c>

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:57.139
The<00:44:52.980><c> enemy,</c><00:44:53.440><c> quote,</c><00:44:53.940><c> the</c><00:44:53.960><c> devil</c><00:44:54.320><c> or</c><00:44:55.179><c> in</c><00:44:55.360><c> 2</c><00:44:55.559><c> Corinthians,</c><00:44:56.239><c> Satan,</c>

00:44:58.420 --> 00:45:01.539
consisting<00:44:58.639><c> of</c><00:44:58.900><c> the</c><00:44:59.119><c> authorities</c><00:44:59.460><c> of</c><00:45:01.019><c> the</c><00:45:01.119><c> nation,</c>

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:03.000
that's<00:45:02.019><c> the</c><00:45:02.139><c> authorities</c><00:45:02.380><c> of</c><00:45:02.599><c> Israel,</c>

00:45:03.360 --> 00:45:09.920
who<00:45:03.500><c> were</c><00:45:03.820><c> everywhere</c><00:45:04.900><c> stealthily</c><00:45:07.840><c> neutralized</c><00:45:08.679><c> the</c><00:45:08.920><c> teaching</c><00:45:09.199><c> of</c><00:45:09.440><c> Christ,</c>

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:14.960
disseminating<00:45:11.119><c> evil</c><00:45:11.500><c> doctrines</c><00:45:11.960><c> and</c><00:45:12.260><c> scattering</c><00:45:12.760><c> wide</c><00:45:13.260><c> their</c><00:45:13.599><c> sympathizers</c><00:45:14.219><c> and</c><00:45:14.460><c> disciples.</c>

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:20.500
So<00:45:15.639><c> you've</c><00:45:16.559><c> got</c><00:45:16.860><c> the</c><00:45:17.219><c> authorities</c><00:45:17.920><c> of</c><00:45:18.199><c> the</c><00:45:18.440><c> nation</c><00:45:19.019><c> who</c><00:45:20.119><c> now</c>

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.280
sit<00:45:20.659><c> in</c><00:45:20.860><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:25.699
with<00:45:21.739><c> this</c><00:45:23.260><c> effort</c><00:45:23.820><c> that</c><00:45:24.119><c> goes</c><00:45:24.320><c> around</c><00:45:24.739><c> the</c><00:45:24.940><c> world</c>

00:45:26.579 --> 00:45:30.380
as<00:45:27.099><c> putting</c><00:45:27.280><c> out</c><00:45:27.519><c> these</c><00:45:27.820><c> apostles</c><00:45:28.480><c> who</c><00:45:29.219><c> were</c><00:45:29.480><c> trying</c><00:45:29.719><c> to</c><00:45:29.980><c> bring</c><00:45:30.099><c> the</c>

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:31.619
truth<00:45:30.579><c> into</c><00:45:30.860><c> disrepute.</c>

00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:34.420
Now<00:45:31.900><c> that</c><00:45:32.079><c> helped</c><00:45:32.300><c> me</c><00:45:32.619><c> tremendously</c><00:45:33.420><c> to</c><00:45:33.940><c> understand</c>

00:45:34.420 --> 00:45:37.320
some<00:45:34.659><c> of</c><00:45:34.760><c> the</c><00:45:34.940><c> problems</c><00:45:35.199><c> that</c><00:45:35.340><c> we</c><00:45:35.500><c> see</c><00:45:35.659><c> going</c><00:45:35.920><c> on</c><00:45:36.079><c> in</c><00:45:36.199><c> the</c><00:45:36.219><c> New</c><00:45:36.420><c> Testament.</c>

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:43.000
And<00:45:37.960><c> this</c><00:45:38.380><c> is</c><00:45:38.539><c> just</c><00:45:38.760><c> a</c><00:45:38.880><c> tiny</c><00:45:39.139><c> part</c><00:45:39.380><c> of</c><00:45:39.559><c> the</c><00:45:39.699><c> list</c><00:45:39.880><c> of</c><00:45:40.119><c> things</c><00:45:40.320><c> that</c><00:45:41.039><c> really</c><00:45:41.739><c> hit</c><00:45:42.059><c> me</c>

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:45.980
where<00:45:43.480><c> we</c><00:45:43.659><c> see</c><00:45:43.940><c> this</c><00:45:44.300><c> thread</c><00:45:44.440><c> now</c><00:45:44.679><c> coming</c><00:45:44.900><c> up</c><00:45:45.139><c> to</c><00:45:45.320><c> the</c><00:45:45.380><c> New</c><00:45:45.579><c> Testament.</c>

00:45:46.300 --> 00:45:50.239
Galatians<00:45:46.460><c> 2</c><00:45:46.739><c> verse</c><00:45:47.019><c> 4,</c><00:45:47.860><c> false</c><00:45:48.059><c> brethren,</c><00:45:48.519><c> unawares,</c><00:45:49.460><c> brought</c><00:45:49.780><c> in.</c>

00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:53.380
They've<00:45:50.840><c> been</c><00:45:51.059><c> given</c><00:45:51.360><c> a</c><00:45:51.539><c> job</c><00:45:51.699><c> to</c><00:45:51.940><c> do</c><00:45:52.239><c> and</c><00:45:52.400><c> they've</c><00:45:52.599><c> been</c><00:45:52.800><c> brought</c><00:45:53.079><c> in</c><00:45:53.280><c> to</c>

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:54.579
do<00:45:53.519><c> the</c><00:45:53.679><c> job.</c>

00:45:54.980 --> 00:45:57.860
Basically,<00:45:55.739><c> quote,</c><00:45:56.000><c> sent</c><00:45:56.219><c> in,</c><00:45:56.599><c> that's</c><00:45:56.920><c> the</c><00:45:57.079><c> idea.</c>

00:45:57.980 --> 00:46:00.960
Men<00:45:58.179><c> of</c><00:45:58.460><c> cunning</c><00:45:58.820><c> craftiness,</c><00:45:59.500><c> they've</c><00:45:59.920><c> planned</c><00:46:00.159><c> it</c><00:46:00.360><c> out</c><00:46:00.519><c> in</c><00:46:00.739><c> advance,</c>

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:03.420
laying<00:46:01.340><c> in</c><00:46:01.559><c> wait</c><00:46:01.679><c> to</c><00:46:01.880><c> deceive,</c><00:46:02.300><c> Ephesians</c><00:46:02.639><c> 4</c><00:46:02.940><c>.14.</c>

00:46:03.780 --> 00:46:06.000
They're<00:46:04.059><c> doing</c><00:46:04.300><c> it</c><00:46:04.500><c> for</c><00:46:04.639><c> money,</c><00:46:04.920><c> they're</c><00:46:05.099><c> getting</c><00:46:05.280><c> paid</c><00:46:05.659><c> for</c><00:46:05.880><c> it.</c>

00:46:06.000 --> 00:46:10.860
And<00:46:06.139><c> again,</c><00:46:06.300><c> that</c><00:46:06.440><c> comes</c><00:46:06.659><c> out</c><00:46:06.880><c> in</c><00:46:07.039><c> 2</c><00:46:07.199><c> Corinthians,</c><00:46:08.500><c> Titus</c><00:46:08.940><c> 1</c><00:46:09.119><c> verse</c><00:46:09.400><c> 11,</c><00:46:10.579><c> I</c><00:46:10.579><c> mean,</c>

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:13.880
teaching<00:46:11.340><c> things</c><00:46:11.739><c> for</c><00:46:12.039><c> filthy</c><00:46:12.440><c> Lucas'</c><00:46:13.380><c> sake,</c><00:46:13.400><c> for</c><00:46:13.559><c> money,</c>

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:15.039
getting<00:46:14.219><c> paid</c><00:46:14.480><c> for</c><00:46:14.659><c> the</c><00:46:14.820><c> job.</c>

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:17.480
They<00:46:15.519><c> went</c><00:46:15.699><c> out</c><00:46:15.980><c> from</c><00:46:16.159><c> us</c><00:46:16.300><c> but</c><00:46:16.440><c> they</c><00:46:16.639><c> are</c><00:46:16.860><c> not</c><00:46:17.099><c> of</c><00:46:17.320><c> us.</c>

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:20.099
You<00:46:17.659><c> see</c><00:46:17.820><c> the</c><00:46:18.019><c> idea,</c><00:46:18.260><c> see</c><00:46:18.400><c> that</c><00:46:18.659><c> thing</c><00:46:18.840><c> coming</c><00:46:19.059><c> over</c><00:46:19.420><c> and</c><00:46:19.480><c> over</c><00:46:19.639><c> again?</c>

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:23.719
Jude<00:46:20.539><c> verse</c><00:46:20.800><c> 4,</c><00:46:21.519><c> certain</c><00:46:21.719><c> men</c><00:46:22.300><c> crept</c><00:46:22.860><c> in</c><00:46:23.239><c> unawares</c>

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:26.480
who<00:46:23.940><c> turned</c><00:46:24.199><c> the</c><00:46:24.400><c> truth</c><00:46:24.559><c> of</c><00:46:24.739><c> God</c><00:46:24.900><c> into</c><00:46:25.139><c> lasciviousness.</c>

00:46:26.960 --> 00:46:28.340
Do<00:46:27.219><c> you</c><00:46:27.219><c> see</c><00:46:27.360><c> the</c><00:46:27.559><c> pattern?</c>

00:46:28.380 --> 00:46:32.159
And<00:46:28.500><c> so</c><00:46:28.599><c> a</c><00:46:28.780><c> very</c><00:46:29.000><c> concerted</c><00:46:29.719><c> effort</c><00:46:30.019><c> that</c><00:46:30.239><c> is</c><00:46:30.460><c> now</c><00:46:31.000><c> particularly</c><00:46:31.699><c> focused.</c>

00:46:32.300 --> 00:46:34.940
And<00:46:32.360><c> now,</c><00:46:32.599><c> of</c><00:46:32.639><c> course,</c><00:46:32.940><c> Paul,</c><00:46:33.760><c> because</c><00:46:34.019><c> he</c><00:46:34.179><c> is</c><00:46:34.420><c> the</c><00:46:34.619><c> apostle</c>

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:36.039
to<00:46:35.219><c> the</c><00:46:35.380><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:39.480
has<00:46:36.639><c> to</c><00:46:36.860><c> be</c><00:46:37.059><c> now</c><00:46:37.719><c> the</c><00:46:38.139><c> focus</c><00:46:38.579><c> of</c><00:46:38.840><c> that</c><00:46:39.139><c> wrath,</c>

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:42.280
that<00:46:39.980><c> focus</c><00:46:40.380><c> of</c><00:46:40.699><c> that</c><00:46:41.380><c> pain.</c>

00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:46.639
And<00:46:42.820><c> so</c><00:46:43.199><c> that</c><00:46:43.860><c> helps</c><00:46:44.079><c> us</c><00:46:44.380><c> tremendously</c><00:46:44.860><c> see</c><00:46:45.280><c> why</c><00:46:45.539><c> this</c><00:46:46.219><c> battle</c>

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:47.699
that<00:46:46.860><c> Paul</c><00:46:46.960><c> was</c><00:46:47.280><c> under.</c>

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:52.280
So<00:46:48.300><c> he</c><00:46:48.500><c> had</c><00:46:48.699><c> to</c><00:46:48.940><c> then</c><00:46:49.239><c> justify</c><00:46:49.760><c> himself,</c><00:46:51.199><c> although</c><00:46:51.320><c> he</c><00:46:51.500><c> had</c><00:46:51.739><c> no</c>

00:46:52.280 --> 00:46:53.500
desire<00:46:52.659><c> to</c><00:46:52.900><c> do</c><00:46:53.079><c> so.</c>

00:46:53.940 --> 00:46:58.039
But<00:46:54.099><c> if</c><00:46:54.300><c> he</c><00:46:54.579><c> didn't,</c><00:46:55.739><c> and</c><00:46:55.980><c> he</c><00:46:56.099><c> didn't</c><00:46:56.480><c> establish</c><00:46:56.980><c> his</c><00:46:57.260><c> own</c><00:46:57.539><c> credibility,</c>

00:46:58.480 --> 00:47:01.199
then<00:46:59.199><c> the</c><00:46:59.599><c> credibility</c><00:47:00.019><c> of</c><00:47:00.179><c> the</c><00:47:00.260><c> Lord</c><00:47:00.400><c> Jesus</c><00:47:00.739><c> Christ</c><00:47:01.019><c> was</c>

00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:02.340
being<00:47:01.420><c> lost.</c>

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:03.239
Does<00:47:02.519><c> that</c><00:47:02.639><c> make</c><00:47:02.820><c> sense?</c>

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:05.960
And<00:47:03.760><c> so</c><00:47:03.840><c> it</c><00:47:03.880><c> was</c><00:47:04.139><c> a</c><00:47:04.380><c> great</c><00:47:04.639><c> tragedy</c><00:47:05.159><c> that</c><00:47:05.320><c> was</c><00:47:05.519><c> happening.</c>

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:14.099
And<00:47:06.760><c> so</c><00:47:08.239><c> we</c><00:47:09.699><c> have</c><00:47:09.940><c> then</c><00:47:10.219><c> Paul,</c><00:47:11.800><c> who</c><00:47:12.400><c> is</c><00:47:12.719><c> not</c><00:47:12.880><c> like</c><00:47:13.179><c> that.</c>

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:19.599
Paul,<00:47:15.420><c> who</c><00:47:16.000><c> uses</c><00:47:16.199><c> this</c><00:47:16.559><c> beautiful</c><00:47:17.039><c> term</c><00:47:17.519><c> in</c><00:47:18.420><c> chapter</c><00:47:18.780><c> 1,</c><00:47:19.079><c> verse</c><00:47:19.300><c> 12</c>

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:20.840
through<00:47:19.820><c> 14,</c>

00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:23.699
he<00:47:22.260><c> tells</c><00:47:22.400><c> us</c><00:47:22.579><c> where</c><00:47:22.739><c> he's</c><00:47:23.039><c> coming</c><00:47:23.199><c> from,</c>

00:47:23.860 --> 00:47:26.900
and<00:47:24.199><c> it's</c><00:47:24.460><c> a</c><00:47:24.579><c> challenge</c><00:47:24.840><c> to</c><00:47:25.059><c> us</c><00:47:25.199><c> as</c><00:47:25.360><c> we</c><00:47:25.599><c> close</c><00:47:25.920><c> that</c><00:47:26.420><c> we</c><00:47:26.699><c> come</c>

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:28.500
from<00:47:27.079><c> the</c><00:47:27.280><c> same</c><00:47:27.460><c> direction.</c>

00:47:28.840 --> 00:47:31.619
He's<00:47:29.119><c> saying,</c><00:47:29.340><c> if</c><00:47:29.559><c> you're</c><00:47:29.840><c> forcing</c><00:47:30.179><c> me</c><00:47:30.900><c> to</c><00:47:31.179><c> state</c><00:47:31.320><c> my</c>

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:32.519
credentials,<00:47:32.300><c> brethren,</c>

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:36.099
this<00:47:33.360><c> is</c><00:47:33.639><c> my</c><00:47:33.860><c> boast,</c><00:47:34.340><c> this</c><00:47:34.420><c> is</c><00:47:34.719><c> my</c><00:47:34.940><c> confidence.</c>

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:39.960
Our<00:47:36.840><c> conscience</c><00:47:37.400><c> testifies</c><00:47:38.159><c> that</c><00:47:38.360><c> we</c><00:47:38.500><c> have</c><00:47:38.719><c> conducted</c><00:47:39.219><c> ourselves</c><00:47:39.739><c> in</c>

00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:41.000
the<00:47:40.179><c> world,</c>

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:43.780
and<00:47:41.059><c> especially</c><00:47:41.860><c> in</c><00:47:42.239><c> our</c><00:47:42.519><c> relations</c><00:47:43.000><c> with</c><00:47:43.300><c> you,</c>

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:51.599
in<00:47:44.300><c> the</c><00:47:44.699><c> holiness</c><00:47:45.199><c> and</c><00:47:46.599><c> sincerity</c><00:47:47.559><c> that</c><00:47:49.079><c> came</c><00:47:49.380><c> from</c><00:47:49.659><c> God,</c><00:47:51.239><c> that</c><00:47:51.340><c> are</c>

00:47:51.599 --> 00:47:52.699
from<00:47:51.800><c> God.</c>

00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:58.159
And<00:47:52.980><c> so</c><00:47:53.099><c> we</c><00:47:53.280><c> have</c><00:47:53.500><c> that</c><00:47:53.699><c> idea,</c><00:47:55.079><c> holiness,</c><00:47:56.119><c> that</c><00:47:56.280><c> idea</c><00:47:56.599><c> of</c><00:47:57.039><c> singleness</c><00:47:57.480><c> of</c><00:47:57.880><c> heart.</c>

00:47:58.159 --> 00:48:03.440
But<00:47:58.900><c> then</c><00:47:59.400><c> that</c><00:47:59.719><c> word</c><00:48:00.099><c> sincerity</c><00:48:01.000><c> is</c><00:48:01.840><c> absolutely</c><00:48:02.420><c> beautiful,</c>

00:48:03.780 --> 00:48:06.159
because<00:48:03.920><c> the</c><00:48:04.360><c> sincerity</c><00:48:04.840><c> word</c><00:48:05.039><c> you</c><00:48:05.139><c> can</c><00:48:05.400><c> see</c><00:48:05.559><c> there</c><00:48:05.860><c> is</c><00:48:06.059><c> the</c>

00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:07.900
word<00:48:06.739><c> helios</c><00:48:07.380><c> crinia.</c>

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:09.139
Who<00:48:08.239><c> cares</c><00:48:08.440><c> what</c><00:48:08.579><c> the</c><00:48:08.780><c> word</c><00:48:08.940><c> is?</c>

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:11.500
What's<00:48:09.800><c> important</c><00:48:10.119><c> is</c><00:48:10.300><c> the</c><00:48:10.400><c> idea</c><00:48:10.699><c> behind</c><00:48:11.099><c> the</c><00:48:11.300><c> word.</c>

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:16.139
The<00:48:12.119><c> word</c><00:48:12.420><c> helios,</c><00:48:14.139><c> you'll</c><00:48:14.579><c> recognize</c><00:48:15.000><c> that,</c><00:48:15.320><c> don't</c><00:48:15.380><c> you?</c>

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:18.099
It<00:48:16.360><c> has</c><00:48:16.559><c> the</c><00:48:16.739><c> idea</c><00:48:16.900><c> of</c><00:48:17.079><c> the</c><00:48:17.400><c> son.</c>

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:21.099
And<00:48:18.360><c> crinia</c><00:48:18.800><c> is</c><00:48:19.039><c> the</c><00:48:19.199><c> word</c><00:48:19.320><c> that's</c><00:48:19.619><c> a</c><00:48:19.639><c> very</c><00:48:19.880><c> common</c><00:48:20.099><c> New</c><00:48:20.280><c> Testament</c><00:48:20.619><c> word,</c>

00:48:21.460 --> 00:48:23.239
crinia,<00:48:21.760><c> meaning</c><00:48:22.079><c> to</c><00:48:22.380><c> judge.</c>

00:48:23.980 --> 00:48:26.099
And<00:48:24.280><c> it</c><00:48:24.460><c> means</c><00:48:24.739><c> judged</c><00:48:25.260><c> by</c><00:48:25.579><c> the</c><00:48:25.880><c> son.</c>

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:29.920
Because<00:48:26.780><c> what</c><00:48:27.039><c> we</c><00:48:27.340><c> do</c><00:48:28.300><c> is</c><00:48:29.159><c> judged</c><00:48:29.460><c> by</c><00:48:29.719><c> the</c><00:48:29.880><c> son.</c>

00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:32.500
That<00:48:30.480><c> word</c><00:48:30.719><c> comes</c><00:48:30.980><c> from</c><00:48:31.219><c> the</c><00:48:31.460><c> very</c><00:48:31.739><c> idea,</c><00:48:32.099><c> in</c><00:48:32.219><c> fact</c><00:48:32.280><c> where</c>

00:48:32.500 --> 00:48:33.340
Shell<00:48:32.699><c> comes</c><00:48:33.000><c> from,</c>

00:48:33.659 --> 00:48:37.519
they<00:48:33.820><c> have</c><00:48:34.039><c> a</c><00:48:34.320><c> beautiful</c><00:48:34.699><c> gem</c><00:48:35.019><c> and</c><00:48:35.440><c> gold</c><00:48:35.800><c> producing</c><00:48:36.239><c> area</c><00:48:36.519><c> in</c><00:48:36.679><c> Australia.</c>

00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:41.539
And<00:48:37.780><c> you</c><00:48:37.860><c> go</c><00:48:38.039><c> down</c><00:48:38.199><c> to</c><00:48:38.340><c> the</c><00:48:38.539><c> creek,</c><00:48:38.760><c> you</c><00:48:38.920><c> pick</c><00:48:39.139><c> up</c><00:48:39.500><c> a</c><00:48:40.119><c> little</c><00:48:40.400><c> quartz</c><00:48:40.619><c> crystal</c><00:48:41.019><c> or</c><00:48:41.239><c> something,</c>

00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:44.619
and<00:48:42.159><c> you</c><00:48:42.300><c> either</c><00:48:42.739><c> lick</c><00:48:43.019><c> it</c><00:48:43.219><c> or</c><00:48:43.539><c> whatever</c><00:48:43.860><c> you</c><00:48:44.059><c> do</c><00:48:44.199><c> with</c><00:48:44.360><c> it,</c>

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:48.960
and<00:48:45.159><c> then</c><00:48:45.440><c> you</c><00:48:45.860><c> hold</c><00:48:46.239><c> that</c><00:48:46.739><c> stone</c><00:48:47.159><c> up</c><00:48:47.820><c> to</c><00:48:47.960><c> the</c><00:48:48.179><c> light</c><00:48:48.420><c> to</c><00:48:48.840><c> see</c>

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:50.619
if<00:48:48.980><c> there's</c><00:48:49.159><c> any</c><00:48:49.440><c> flaws</c><00:48:49.659><c> inside.</c>

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:55.440
And<00:48:52.440><c> he's</c><00:48:52.519><c> saying</c><00:48:52.639><c> that's</c><00:48:53.039><c> exactly</c><00:48:53.400><c> how</c><00:48:53.719><c> our</c><00:48:54.039><c> lives</c><00:48:54.260><c> need</c><00:48:54.500><c> to</c><00:48:54.679><c> be.</c>

00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:58.559
That<00:48:55.960><c> we</c><00:48:56.099><c> have</c><00:48:56.500><c> nothing</c><00:48:56.900><c> hidden</c><00:48:57.360><c> inside.</c>

00:48:58.619 --> 00:49:01.639
Because<00:48:58.719><c> when</c><00:48:59.000><c> the</c><00:48:59.179><c> son</c><00:48:59.500><c> of</c><00:48:59.760><c> righteousness</c><00:49:00.380><c> arises</c><00:49:00.920><c> with</c><00:49:01.219><c> healing</c><00:49:01.440><c> in</c>

00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:01.920
his<00:49:01.780><c> wings,</c>

00:49:02.039 --> 00:49:03.500
that's<00:49:02.079><c> what</c><00:49:02.199><c> he's</c><00:49:02.400><c> going</c><00:49:02.500><c> to</c><00:49:02.519><c> do</c><00:49:02.659><c> to</c><00:49:02.840><c> us,</c><00:49:03.059><c> isn't</c><00:49:03.199><c> he?</c>

00:49:03.699 --> 00:49:06.360
He's<00:49:03.940><c> going</c><00:49:04.159><c> to</c><00:49:04.320><c> hold</c><00:49:04.559><c> us</c><00:49:04.820><c> to</c><00:49:05.000><c> the</c><00:49:05.179><c> light.</c>

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:11.019
And<00:49:07.639><c> we</c><00:49:07.880><c> pray</c><00:49:08.219><c> that</c><00:49:09.119><c> we</c><00:49:09.360><c> will</c><00:49:09.559><c> be</c><00:49:09.780><c> there</c><00:49:09.980><c> when</c><00:49:10.179><c> he</c><00:49:10.420><c> does</c><00:49:10.739><c> make</c>

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:11.860
up<00:49:11.219><c> his</c><00:49:11.559><c> gems,</c>

00:49:11.980 --> 00:49:13.780
like<00:49:12.119><c> it</c><00:49:12.360><c> says</c><00:49:12.460><c> so</c><00:49:12.760><c> beautifully</c><00:49:13.119><c> in</c><00:49:13.380><c> Malachi.</c>

00:49:14.159 --> 00:49:17.619
When<00:49:14.340><c> he</c><00:49:14.559><c> holds</c><00:49:14.820><c> us</c><00:49:15.000><c> up</c><00:49:15.139><c> to</c><00:49:15.320><c> the</c><00:49:15.440><c> light</c><00:49:15.659><c> and</c><00:49:15.960><c> that</c><00:49:16.079><c> we</c><00:49:16.219><c> have</c><00:49:16.519><c> exposed</c><00:49:17.079><c> our</c>

00:49:17.619 --> 00:49:18.920
sins<00:49:17.860><c> before</c><00:49:18.300><c> him</c><00:49:18.619><c> now,</c>

00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:21.159
we've<00:49:19.260><c> opened</c><00:49:19.559><c> ourselves</c><00:49:19.960><c> up</c><00:49:20.199><c> to</c><00:49:20.260><c> him,</c><00:49:20.420><c> because</c><00:49:20.579><c> although</c><00:49:20.840><c> we</c>

00:49:21.159 --> 00:49:22.579
fail,<00:49:21.280><c> we're</c><00:49:21.579><c> honest</c><00:49:21.820><c> about</c><00:49:22.159><c> it.</c>

00:49:22.579 --> 00:49:24.099
And<00:49:22.820><c> we</c><00:49:22.980><c> acknowledge</c><00:49:23.380><c> those</c><00:49:23.699><c> sins.</c>

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:26.840
Because<00:49:24.860><c> when</c><00:49:25.099><c> we</c><00:49:25.260><c> acknowledge</c><00:49:25.719><c> them</c><00:49:26.059><c> and</c><00:49:26.260><c> we</c><00:49:26.340><c> don't</c><00:49:26.539><c> cover</c>

00:49:26.840 --> 00:49:27.800
them<00:49:27.059><c> inside,</c>

00:49:28.179 --> 00:49:30.900
he<00:49:28.300><c> can</c><00:49:28.559><c> forgive</c><00:49:28.860><c> them</c><00:49:29.420><c> and</c><00:49:29.719><c> he</c><00:49:29.940><c> cleanses</c><00:49:30.280><c> us.</c>

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So<00:49:31.300><c> that</c><00:49:31.460><c> in</c><00:49:31.579><c> his</c><00:49:31.780><c> great</c><00:49:32.039><c> mercy</c><00:49:32.420><c> we</c><00:49:32.800><c> may</c><00:49:33.039><c> be</c><00:49:33.260><c> held</c><00:49:33.460><c> up</c><00:49:33.699><c> to</c><00:49:33.880><c> the</c>

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light<00:49:34.440><c> when</c><00:49:34.760><c> he</c><00:49:34.900><c> makes</c><00:49:35.119><c> up</c><00:49:35.320><c> his</c><00:49:35.559><c> gems.</c>

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So<00:49:36.460><c> we'll</c><00:49:36.699><c> continue</c><00:49:36.960><c> in</c><00:49:37.099><c> the</c><00:49:37.199><c> next</c><00:49:37.400><c> class.</c>

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We<00:49:48.880><c> thank</c><00:49:49.119><c> our</c><00:49:49.360><c> brother</c><00:49:49.579><c> for</c><00:49:49.800><c> his</c><00:49:49.880><c> words</c><00:49:50.199><c> this</c><00:49:50.519><c> morning.</c>

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We'll<00:49:52.280><c> close</c><00:49:52.519><c> this</c><00:49:53.039><c> portion</c><00:49:53.420><c> of</c><00:49:53.619><c> our</c><00:49:53.840><c> program</c><00:49:54.440><c> with</c><00:49:54.719><c> the</c><00:49:54.900><c> singing</c><00:49:55.179><c> of</c>

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hymn<00:49:55.500><c> number</c><00:49:55.860><c> 55,</c>

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after<00:49:58.440><c> which</c><00:49:58.679><c> we</c><00:49:58.880><c> will</c><00:49:59.019><c> remain</c><00:49:59.400><c> standing</c><00:50:00.059><c> for</c><00:50:00.519><c> a</c><00:50:00.619><c> word</c><00:50:00.760><c> of</c><00:50:00.980><c> prayer.</c>

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Immortal,<00:50:03.000><c> invisible</c><00:50:03.440><c> God,</c><00:50:03.960><c> only</c><00:50:04.380><c> wise,</c><00:50:05.380><c> in</c><00:50:05.480><c> light</c><00:50:05.719><c> inaccessible,</c><00:50:06.739><c> hidden</c>

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from<00:50:07.179><c> our</c><00:50:07.460><c> eyes.</c>

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In<00:50:08.480><c> 55.</c>

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Once<00:50:15.039><c> we'll</c><00:50:15.400><c> be</c><00:50:15.599><c> served</c><00:50:15.840><c> downstairs</c><00:50:16.679><c> shortly</c><00:50:17.619><c> after</c><00:50:18.119><c> we</c>

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close<00:50:18.599><c> here.</c>

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And<00:50:19.980><c> we</c><00:50:20.159><c> will</c><00:50:20.480><c> reconvene</c><00:50:21.159><c> at</c><00:50:21.380><c> 1</c><00:50:21.659><c>.30</c><00:50:21.920><c> for</c><00:50:22.219><c> our</c><00:50:22.420><c> next</c><00:50:22.659><c> class.</c>

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Immortal,<00:51:02.820><c> invisible</c><00:51:03.940><c> God,</c><00:51:04.820><c> only</c><00:51:06.400><c> wise,</c><00:51:09.599><c> in</c><00:51:09.880><c> light</c><00:51:10.460><c> inaccessible,</c><00:51:13.440><c> hidden</c>

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from<00:51:15.519><c> our</c><00:51:16.360><c> eyes.</c>

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Most<00:51:18.719><c> blessed,</c><00:51:20.239><c> most</c><00:51:21.019><c> glorious,</c><00:51:22.800><c> the</c><00:51:23.400><c> ancient</c><00:51:24.579><c> of</c><00:51:25.599><c> days.</c>

00:51:27.719 --> 00:51:37.280
Almighty,<00:51:29.460><c> victorious,</c><00:51:32.159><c> high</c><00:51:32.619><c>-brained,</c><00:51:34.000><c> gave</c><00:51:34.219><c> we</c><00:51:35.159><c> praise.</c>

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Unresting,<00:51:40.500><c> unwavering,</c><00:51:42.300><c> and</c><00:51:42.900><c> silent</c><00:51:44.320><c> as</c><00:51:45.360><c> life.</c>

00:51:46.340 --> 00:51:56.380
Your<00:51:47.659><c> wanting,</c><00:51:49.519><c> your</c><00:51:50.079><c> wasting,</c><00:51:51.920><c> how</c><00:51:52.219><c> ruthless</c><00:51:53.739><c> in</c><00:51:55.179><c> might.</c>

00:51:57.039 --> 00:52:05.440
By<00:51:57.519><c> justice,</c><00:51:59.320><c> by</c><00:51:59.719><c> mountains,</c><00:52:01.599><c> by</c><00:52:02.079><c> soaring</c><00:52:03.719><c> above.</c>

00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:16.980
Like<00:52:07.239><c> mountains,</c><00:52:08.780><c> like</c><00:52:09.619><c> mountains,</c><00:52:11.460><c> of</c><00:52:11.980><c> goodness</c><00:52:13.579><c> and</c><00:52:14.719><c> love.</c>

00:52:17.380 --> 00:52:26.460
To<00:52:18.239><c> all</c><00:52:18.980><c> life</c><00:52:19.780><c> thou</c><00:52:20.679><c> givest,</c><00:52:22.420><c> to</c><00:52:23.000><c> both</c><00:52:23.659><c> great</c><00:52:24.500><c> and</c><00:52:25.480><c> slow.</c>

00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:36.340
In<00:52:28.119><c> all</c><00:52:28.940><c> life</c><00:52:29.599><c> thou</c><00:52:30.480><c> livest,</c><00:52:31.840><c> the</c><00:52:32.719><c> true</c><00:52:33.619><c> life</c><00:52:34.800><c> of</c><00:52:35.679><c> all.</c>

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We<00:52:37.980><c> blossom</c><00:52:39.420><c> and</c><00:52:40.619><c> flourish,</c><00:52:42.699><c> as</c><00:52:42.980><c> leaves</c><00:52:43.760><c> on</c><00:52:44.679><c> a</c><00:52:45.500><c> tree.</c>

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And<00:52:48.239><c> wither</c><00:52:49.719><c> and</c><00:52:50.840><c> perish,</c><00:52:52.639><c> but</c><00:52:53.019><c> not</c><00:52:53.739><c> changeth</c><00:52:55.679><c> me.</c>

00:52:56.980 --> 00:53:08.679
Great<00:52:59.000><c> father</c><00:53:00.579><c> of</c><00:53:01.719><c> glory,</c><00:53:03.340><c> pure</c><00:53:04.179><c> father</c><00:53:05.940><c> of</c><00:53:07.000><c> light.</c>

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Thy<00:53:09.300><c> angels</c><00:53:10.920><c> adoring,</c><00:53:14.019><c> all</c><00:53:14.659><c> hailing</c><00:53:15.960><c> their</c><00:53:17.179><c> skies.</c>

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O<00:53:19.659><c> Lord,</c><00:53:21.360><c> we</c><00:53:21.739><c> would</c><00:53:22.699><c> render,</c><00:53:24.619><c> all</c><00:53:25.079><c> help</c><00:53:25.900><c> us</c><00:53:26.760><c> to</c><00:53:27.699><c> see.</c>

00:53:29.760 --> 00:53:41.420
Tis<00:53:30.559><c> only</c><00:53:32.039><c> the</c><00:53:32.900><c> splendour</c><00:53:34.579><c> of</c><00:53:35.820><c> thy</c><00:53:36.619><c> guided</c><00:53:38.539><c> being.</c>

00:53:45.820 --> 00:53:51.559
Our<00:53:46.659><c> Father</c><00:53:47.119><c> in</c><00:53:47.219><c> Heaven,</c><00:53:49.219><c> hallowed</c><00:53:49.880><c> be</c><00:53:50.079><c> thy</c><00:53:50.340><c> name.</c>

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Lord,<00:53:52.880><c> we</c><00:53:52.880><c> thank</c><00:53:53.320><c> thee</c><00:53:53.579><c> that</c><00:53:53.699><c> thou</c><00:53:54.000><c> hast</c><00:53:55.260><c> called</c><00:53:55.679><c> us</c><00:53:56.019><c> to</c><00:53:56.460><c> share</c>

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together<00:53:57.559><c> the</c><00:53:57.739><c> blessings</c><00:53:58.219><c> of</c><00:53:58.440><c> this</c><00:53:58.739><c> day,</c>

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around<00:54:00.360><c> thy</c><00:54:00.719><c> word,</c><00:54:02.420><c> that</c><00:54:02.559><c> we</c><00:54:02.760><c> may</c><00:54:02.980><c> be</c><00:54:03.159><c> built</c><00:54:03.320><c> up</c><00:54:03.619><c> and</c><00:54:04.119><c> strengthened</c><00:54:04.579><c> in</c><00:54:04.940><c> our</c><00:54:05.239><c> faith.</c>

00:54:07.300 --> 00:54:13.079
Thank<00:54:07.980><c> you</c><00:54:08.179><c> for</c><00:54:08.440><c> opening</c><00:54:08.820><c> out</c><00:54:10.460><c> the</c><00:54:10.880><c> glories</c><00:54:11.360><c> of</c><00:54:11.559><c> thy</c><00:54:11.840><c> word,</c>

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as<00:54:13.920><c> a</c><00:54:14.019><c> guide</c><00:54:14.360><c> to</c><00:54:14.619><c> the</c><00:54:14.760><c> lives</c><00:54:15.159><c> that</c><00:54:16.880><c> we</c><00:54:17.179><c> might</c><00:54:17.280><c> live</c><00:54:17.760><c> circumspectly</c><00:54:18.659><c> before</c><00:54:19.019><c> thee</c><00:54:19.940><c> all</c>

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our<00:54:20.699><c> days,</c>

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that<00:54:22.820><c> at</c><00:54:22.960><c> the</c><00:54:23.059><c> coming</c><00:54:23.320><c> of</c><00:54:23.559><c> our</c><00:54:23.699><c> Lord</c><00:54:23.960><c> we</c><00:54:24.099><c> may</c><00:54:24.400><c> be</c><00:54:24.679><c> found</c><00:54:25.539><c> acceptable</c><00:54:26.380><c> to</c><00:54:26.719><c> him.</c>

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Teach<00:54:28.679><c> us</c><00:54:28.900><c> more</c><00:54:29.139><c> of</c><00:54:29.199><c> thy</c><00:54:29.420><c> grace</c><00:54:30.420><c> in</c><00:54:31.000><c> Christ</c><00:54:31.380><c> Jesus,</c><00:54:32.960><c> and</c><00:54:33.239><c> help</c>

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us<00:54:33.940><c> to</c><00:54:34.880><c> glorify</c><00:54:35.420><c> thy</c><00:54:35.679><c> name.</c>

00:54:38.219 --> 00:54:42.159
We<00:54:38.400><c> thank</c><00:54:38.619><c> thee</c><00:54:38.800><c> now</c><00:54:39.099><c> for</c><00:54:40.460><c> the</c><00:54:40.739><c> food</c><00:54:41.079><c> which</c><00:54:41.400><c> we</c><00:54:41.659><c> are</c><00:54:41.739><c> about</c><00:54:42.000><c> to</c>

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partake<00:54:42.559><c> of,</c>

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that<00:54:44.159><c> we</c><00:54:44.300><c> may</c><00:54:44.480><c> be</c><00:54:44.719><c> strengthened</c><00:54:45.260><c> to</c><00:54:46.460><c> serve</c><00:54:46.699><c> thee</c><00:54:46.920><c> faithfully</c>

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as<00:54:49.099><c> we</c><00:54:49.320><c> await</c><00:54:49.519><c> the</c><00:54:49.719><c> coming</c><00:54:49.960><c> of</c><00:54:50.199><c> our</c><00:54:50.360><c> Lord.</c>

00:54:52.880 --> 00:54:57.219
To<00:54:53.519><c> make</c><00:54:53.780><c> all</c><00:54:54.059><c> things</c><00:54:54.380><c> new,</c><00:54:55.059><c> and</c><00:54:55.059><c> to</c><00:54:55.860><c> gather</c><00:54:56.239><c> all</c><00:54:56.659><c> of</c><00:54:56.739><c> his</c><00:54:56.960><c> own</c>

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unto<00:54:57.480><c> himself.</c>

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May<00:55:00.079><c> we</c><00:55:00.300><c> be</c><00:55:00.460><c> worthy</c><00:55:01.440><c> of</c><00:55:01.800><c> a</c><00:55:01.960><c> place</c><00:55:02.440><c> in</c><00:55:03.219><c> that</c><00:55:03.480><c> kingdom</c><00:55:03.800><c> when</c><00:55:03.980><c> he</c><00:55:04.139><c> comes.</c>

00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:09.679
We<00:55:06.159><c> ask</c><00:55:06.420><c> now</c><00:55:06.659><c> this</c><00:55:06.920><c> blessing</c><00:55:07.380><c> in</c><00:55:08.219><c> his</c><00:55:08.500><c> name,</c><00:55:08.860><c> the</c><00:55:09.019><c> Lord</c><00:55:09.219><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:55:10.800><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.

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Amen.