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that<00:11:12.220><c> direction.</c>

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You<00:11:13.460><c> may</c><00:11:13.700><c> have</c><00:11:14.039><c> pulled</c><00:11:14.460><c> a</c><00:11:14.879><c> sister</c><00:11:15.179><c> back</c><00:11:15.559><c> from</c><00:11:15.840><c> the</c><00:11:16.179><c> brink</c><00:11:16.659><c> of</c>

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leaving<00:11:17.440><c> her</c><00:11:17.740><c> husband</c><00:11:18.399><c> when</c><00:11:19.379><c> she</c><00:11:19.940><c> thought</c><00:11:20.240><c> there</c><00:11:20.539><c> is</c><00:11:20.779><c> no</c><00:11:21.039><c> support</c><00:11:21.460><c> for</c><00:11:21.659><c> me.</c>

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I've<00:11:23.639><c> got</c><00:11:23.779><c> to</c><00:11:24.080><c> take</c><00:11:24.659><c> some</c><00:11:25.220><c> kind</c><00:11:25.440><c> of</c><00:11:25.720><c> traumatic</c><00:11:26.200><c> step</c><00:11:26.779><c> in</c><00:11:27.320><c> order</c>

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to<00:11:27.820><c> secure</c><00:11:28.139><c> my</c><00:11:28.440><c> situation.</c>

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These<00:11:30.539><c> little</c><00:11:30.799><c> acts</c><00:11:31.059><c> of</c><00:11:31.399><c> kindness,</c><00:11:32.659><c> sisters</c><00:11:33.139><c> and</c><00:11:33.500><c> brothers,</c>

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lead<00:11:35.220><c> to</c><00:11:35.639><c> big</c><00:11:35.980><c> things</c><00:11:36.320><c> that</c><00:11:36.500><c> we</c><00:11:36.759><c> never</c><00:11:37.039><c> anticipated.</c>

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And<00:11:38.620><c> they're</c><00:11:38.799><c> never</c><00:11:39.039><c> directed</c><00:11:39.519><c> by</c><00:11:39.899><c> what</c><00:11:40.259><c> we</c><00:11:40.460><c> can</c><00:11:40.639><c> get</c><00:11:40.899><c> back</c><00:11:41.120><c> from</c><00:11:41.360><c> God</c><00:11:41.580><c> in</c><00:11:41.779><c> return.</c>

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They<00:11:44.720><c> are</c><00:11:45.179><c> directed</c><00:11:45.820><c> by</c><00:11:46.299><c> and</c><00:11:46.700><c> conditioned</c><00:11:47.019><c> by</c><00:11:48.039><c> a</c><00:11:48.340><c> warmth,</c><00:11:49.799><c> a</c>

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sympathy,<00:11:51.480><c> an</c><00:11:51.620><c> empathy</c><00:11:52.000><c> for</c><00:11:52.200><c> other</c><00:11:52.519><c> people,</c>

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a<00:11:53.980><c> fellow</c><00:11:54.360><c> feeling</c><00:11:55.039><c> which</c><00:11:56.080><c> allows</c><00:11:56.700><c> us</c><00:11:57.059><c> to</c><00:11:57.480><c> see</c><00:11:58.179><c> pain</c><00:11:58.899><c> and</c><00:11:59.340><c> difficulty</c><00:11:59.820><c> and</c>

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turmoil<00:12:00.639><c> and</c><00:12:01.559><c> to</c><00:12:01.740><c> reach</c><00:12:01.919><c> out</c><00:12:02.159><c> to</c><00:12:02.299><c> do</c><00:12:02.539><c> something</c><00:12:02.980><c> even</c><00:12:03.379><c> if</c><00:12:03.559><c> it</c><00:12:03.879><c> seems</c><00:12:04.200><c> like</c><00:12:04.480><c> a</c>

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little<00:12:04.799><c> thing,</c><00:12:05.600><c> to</c><00:12:05.820><c> help.</c>

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And<00:12:07.679><c> though</c><00:12:07.980><c> we</c><00:12:08.120><c> may</c><00:12:08.440><c> have</c><00:12:08.940><c> this</c><00:12:09.679><c> hubbub</c><00:12:10.080><c> in</c><00:12:10.200><c> the</c><00:12:10.419><c> brotherhood,</c><00:12:11.200><c> or</c><00:12:11.259><c> really</c>

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certain<00:12:12.259><c> aspects</c><00:12:12.879><c> of</c><00:12:13.659><c> the</c><00:12:14.740><c> sisters</c><00:12:15.159><c> in</c><00:12:15.399><c> the</c><00:12:15.559><c> brotherhood,</c>

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we<00:12:22.419><c> all</c><00:12:22.620><c> know</c><00:12:22.779><c> from</c><00:12:22.980><c> experience,</c><00:12:23.679><c> brethren,</c><00:12:23.879><c> don't</c><00:12:24.080><c> we,</c>

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that<00:12:25.399><c> our</c><00:12:25.639><c> sisters</c><00:12:25.940><c> are</c><00:12:26.100><c> the</c><00:12:26.240><c> ones</c><00:12:26.600><c> who</c><00:12:27.539><c> hold</c><00:12:27.960><c> it</c><00:12:28.360><c> all</c><00:12:28.639><c> together</c><00:12:29.200><c> behind</c>

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who<00:12:33.360><c> keep</c><00:12:33.600><c> in</c><00:12:33.799><c> touch</c><00:12:34.000><c> with</c><00:12:34.179><c> each</c><00:12:34.419><c> other</c><00:12:34.659><c> and</c><00:12:34.960><c> help</c><00:12:35.220><c> and</c><00:12:35.559><c> support</c><00:12:35.980><c> and</c><00:12:36.399><c> look</c><00:12:36.639><c> after</c><00:12:37.059><c> needs</c><00:12:37.740><c> that</c><00:12:38.279><c> the</c><00:12:38.460><c> brethren</c><00:12:38.720><c> are</c><00:12:39.100><c> not</c><00:12:39.440><c> always</c><00:12:39.980><c> as</c>

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well<00:12:42.200><c> able</c><00:12:44.240><c> to</c><00:12:45.019><c> address</c><00:12:45.480><c> and</c><00:12:45.799><c> look</c><00:12:46.100><c> after.</c>

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And<00:12:47.620><c> so</c><00:12:47.720><c> our</c><00:12:47.960><c> sisters,</c><00:12:48.519><c> in</c><00:12:48.759><c> many</c><00:12:48.919><c> ways,</c><00:12:49.500><c> are</c><00:12:49.799><c> preeminent</c><00:12:50.460><c> in</c>

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ecclesial<00:12:51.240><c> life,</c><00:12:52.080><c> in</c><00:12:52.480><c> expressing</c><00:12:53.200><c> the</c><00:12:55.019><c> real</c><00:12:55.720><c> life</c><00:12:56.740><c> necessary</c>

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love,<00:12:59.340><c> warmth</c><00:12:59.639><c> and</c><00:13:00.240><c> help</c><00:13:00.679><c> that</c><00:13:01.080><c> is</c><00:13:01.259><c> required</c><00:13:01.799><c> to</c><00:13:02.259><c> keep</c><00:13:02.440><c> families</c><00:13:02.899><c> together,</c><00:13:04.259><c> to</c>

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hold<00:13:04.700><c> ecclesiastogether.</c>

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And<00:13:07.600><c> so</c><00:13:08.000><c> when</c><00:13:08.500><c> we</c><00:13:08.679><c> look</c><00:13:08.820><c> at</c><00:13:08.980><c> our</c><00:13:09.120><c> little</c><00:13:09.360><c> efforts</c><00:13:09.659><c> and</c><00:13:09.820><c> we</c><00:13:09.960><c> condemn</c><00:13:10.279><c> ourselves</c><00:13:11.000><c> and</c>

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we<00:13:14.480><c> ought</c><00:13:14.620><c> to</c><00:13:14.779><c> be,</c>

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reminded<00:13:21.000><c> of</c><00:13:21.220><c> those</c><00:13:21.480><c> things.</c>

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Yes,<00:13:22.299><c> together</c><00:13:22.659><c> with</c><00:13:22.899><c> our</c><00:13:23.159><c> sins,</c><00:13:24.019><c> together</c><00:13:24.320><c> with</c><00:13:24.580><c> the</c><00:13:24.759><c> wrongs</c>

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that<00:13:25.179><c> we</c><00:13:25.259><c> have</c><00:13:25.460><c> done,</c><00:13:26.120><c> together</c><00:13:26.360><c> with</c><00:13:26.559><c> the</c><00:13:26.860><c> cruel</c><00:13:27.100><c> things</c><00:13:27.360><c> that</c><00:13:27.539><c> we</c>

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have<00:13:27.720><c> done,</c><00:13:28.740><c> we</c><00:13:28.860><c> shall</c><00:13:29.019><c> be</c><00:13:29.299><c> reminded</c><00:13:29.600><c> of</c><00:13:29.860><c> those</c><00:13:30.139><c> things</c><00:13:30.399><c> we</c>

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did<00:13:31.059><c> for</c><00:13:31.899><c> him,</c><00:13:32.539><c> for</c><00:13:32.720><c> the</c><00:13:32.860><c> Lord</c><00:13:33.019><c> Jesus</c><00:13:33.379><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:13:34.399><c> talk</c><00:13:34.740><c> about</c><00:13:35.019><c> God</c><00:13:35.299><c> manifestation,</c><00:13:36.299><c> it's</c><00:13:36.399><c> a</c><00:13:36.799><c> glorious</c><00:13:37.240><c> principle,</c><00:13:38.399><c> it's</c>

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unique<00:13:38.899><c> to</c><00:13:39.080><c> us</c><00:13:39.299><c> as</c><00:13:39.460><c> a</c><00:13:39.639><c> community.</c>

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God<00:13:41.779><c> manifested</c><00:13:42.799><c> in</c><00:13:43.080><c> the</c><00:13:43.159><c> Lord</c><00:13:43.320><c> Jesus</c><00:13:43.700><c> Christ,</c><00:13:44.759><c> manifested</c><00:13:45.159><c> in</c><00:13:45.440><c> the</c><00:13:45.720><c> angels,</c><00:13:46.860><c> manifested</c><00:13:47.279><c> in</c><00:13:47.600><c> a</c>

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multitude,<00:13:49.000><c> right</c><00:13:49.379><c> now</c><00:13:49.879><c> in</c><00:13:50.279><c> a</c><00:13:50.580><c> very</c><00:13:51.039><c> fragmented,</c><00:13:52.779><c> inconsistent,</c><00:13:53.860><c> flawed</c><00:13:54.100><c> way,</c><00:13:54.759><c> but</c>

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in<00:13:55.059><c> the</c><00:13:55.279><c> kingdom,</c><00:13:56.460><c> perfectly</c><00:13:57.320><c> manifesting</c><00:13:58.220><c> him.</c>

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God<00:13:59.899><c> manifestation</c><00:14:00.679><c> is</c><00:14:01.539><c> an</c><00:14:01.899><c> absolutely</c><00:14:02.559><c> key</c><00:14:03.039><c> principle</c><00:14:03.500><c> in</c>

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scripture,<00:14:04.200><c> but</c><00:14:05.460><c> Christ</c><00:14:05.840><c> is</c><00:14:06.179><c> manifested</c><00:14:06.720><c> to</c><00:14:06.940><c> us</c><00:14:07.279><c> too.</c>

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We<00:14:08.600><c> don't</c><00:14:08.820><c> always</c><00:14:09.159><c> think</c><00:14:09.419><c> about</c><00:14:09.679><c> that.</c>

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Christ<00:14:11.679><c> is</c><00:14:12.080><c> manifested</c><00:14:12.600><c> to</c><00:14:12.899><c> us</c><00:14:13.440><c> in</c><00:14:14.000><c> those</c><00:14:14.259><c> that</c><00:14:14.539><c> are</c><00:14:14.659><c> the</c><00:14:14.919><c> broken,</c><00:14:16.360><c> those</c><00:14:16.639><c> who</c>

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are<00:14:17.179><c> on</c><00:14:17.639><c> the</c><00:14:18.019><c> edge,</c><00:14:19.200><c> those</c><00:14:19.519><c> who</c><00:14:19.799><c> are</c><00:14:19.980><c> the</c><00:14:20.299><c> dysfunctional,</c><00:14:21.379><c> the</c>

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troubled,<00:14:23.240><c> those</c><00:14:23.659><c> who</c><00:14:24.000><c> are</c><00:14:24.399><c> lost</c><00:14:24.919><c> in</c><00:14:25.159><c> their</c><00:14:25.399><c> mind,</c>

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those<00:14:27.259><c> who</c><00:14:27.580><c> are</c><00:14:28.059><c> imperfect</c><00:14:28.779><c> in</c><00:14:29.580><c> very</c><00:14:30.080><c> public</c><00:14:30.620><c> ways.</c>

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them<00:14:42.440><c> unto</c><00:14:42.759><c> me.</c>

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I<00:14:44.659><c> was</c><00:14:44.940><c> naked,</c><00:14:45.500><c> sick,</c><00:14:46.059><c> in</c><00:14:46.200><c> prison,</c><00:14:46.940><c> hungry,</c><00:14:47.679><c> thirsty,</c><00:14:48.980><c> all</c><00:14:49.159><c> of</c>

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spiritual<00:14:52.360><c> application.</c>

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trouble<00:15:31.299><c> in</c><00:15:32.139><c> ecclesial</c><00:15:32.600><c> life</c><00:15:33.120><c> and</c><00:15:33.620><c> in</c><00:15:33.779><c> our</c><00:15:33.960><c> community</c><00:15:34.580><c> is</c><00:15:35.460><c> how</c>

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imperfect,<00:15:50.860><c> not</c><00:15:51.100><c> in</c><00:15:51.259><c> the</c><00:15:51.440><c> people</c><00:15:51.600><c> that</c><00:15:51.779><c> are</c><00:15:52.100><c> strong</c><00:15:52.639><c> and</c><00:15:53.519><c> confident</c><00:15:53.919><c> in</c><00:15:54.139><c> themselves</c><00:15:54.779><c> and</c><00:15:55.639><c> feel</c><00:15:55.899><c> they</c><00:15:56.220><c> have</c><00:15:56.659><c> a</c>

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godly<00:15:57.580><c> life</c><00:15:58.000><c> down</c><00:15:58.539><c> pat</c><00:15:59.100><c> and</c><00:15:59.559><c> they're</c><00:15:59.799><c> doing</c><00:16:00.240><c> all</c><00:16:00.700><c> right.</c>

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Thank<00:16:01.159><c> you</c><00:16:01.299><c> very</c><00:16:01.600><c> much.</c>

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Now,<00:16:03.879><c> you</c><00:16:04.039><c> may</c><00:16:04.240><c> only</c><00:16:04.500><c> know</c><00:16:04.679><c> one</c><00:16:04.899><c> or</c><00:16:05.100><c> two</c><00:16:05.320><c> crazy</c><00:16:05.700><c> people</c><00:16:06.019><c> like</c><00:16:06.320><c> that.</c>

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I<00:16:06.639><c> know</c><00:16:06.919><c> maybe</c><00:16:07.360><c> only</c><00:16:07.659><c> one</c><00:16:07.820><c> or</c><00:16:07.940><c> two</c><00:16:08.419><c> in</c><00:16:08.980><c> all</c><00:16:09.299><c> of</c><00:16:09.419><c> the</c><00:16:09.519><c> people</c><00:16:09.700><c> I've</c><00:16:09.940><c> met</c>

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in<00:16:10.179><c> my</c><00:16:10.340><c> life</c><00:16:10.519><c> in</c><00:16:10.720><c> the</c><00:16:10.879><c> truth,</c><00:16:12.179><c> but</c><00:16:12.480><c> they're</c><00:16:12.860><c> all</c><00:16:13.039><c> right</c><00:16:13.320><c> on</c>

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is<00:16:21.600><c> his</c><00:16:21.779><c> commandment,</c><00:16:22.759><c> that</c><00:16:22.919><c> we</c><00:16:23.120><c> should</c><00:16:23.419><c> believe</c><00:16:24.320><c> on</c><00:16:25.080><c> the</c><00:16:25.519><c> name</c><00:16:25.919><c> of</c>

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his<00:16:26.600><c> son,</c><00:16:26.860><c> Jesus</c><00:16:27.320><c> Christ,</c><00:16:28.259><c> and</c><00:16:28.639><c> love</c><00:16:29.080><c> one</c><00:16:29.440><c> another.</c>

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And<00:16:30.539><c> so</c><00:16:30.700><c> we</c><00:16:30.799><c> believe</c><00:16:31.059><c> the</c><00:16:31.419><c> gospel</c><00:16:32.399><c> at</c><00:16:33.120><c> the</c><00:16:33.340><c> heart</c><00:16:33.600><c> of</c><00:16:33.840><c> which</c><00:16:34.240><c> is</c>

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That's<00:16:46.279><c> what</c><00:16:46.419><c> it's</c><00:16:46.679><c> all</c><00:16:46.820><c> about.</c>

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And<00:16:50.799><c> so</c><00:16:51.019><c> if</c><00:16:51.399><c> we</c><00:16:51.759><c> believe</c><00:16:52.659><c> these</c><00:16:53.340><c> things,</c><00:16:54.519><c> then</c><00:16:54.639><c> we</c><00:16:54.980><c> are</c><00:16:55.399><c> obeying</c><00:16:56.039><c> his</c><00:16:56.419><c> commandment</c><00:16:57.379><c> to</c>

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shape<00:17:05.539><c> or</c><00:17:05.859><c> form.</c>

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And<00:17:07.500><c> he</c><00:17:07.660><c> that</c><00:17:07.940><c> keepeth</c><00:17:08.180><c> his</c><00:17:08.339><c> commandments</c><00:17:09.079><c> dwelleth</c><00:17:09.819><c> in</c><00:17:10.099><c> him,</c>

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and<00:17:11.099><c> he</c><00:17:11.319><c> in</c><00:17:11.559><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:11.960><c> hereby</c><00:17:12.319><c> we</c><00:17:12.460><c> know</c><00:17:12.859><c> that</c><00:17:13.279><c> he</c><00:17:13.700><c> abideth</c><00:17:14.200><c> in</c><00:17:14.400><c> us</c><00:17:14.660><c> by</c><00:17:15.019><c> the</c><00:17:15.359><c> spirit</c><00:17:15.700><c> which</c>

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he<00:17:16.440><c> hath</c><00:17:16.559><c> given</c><00:17:16.779><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:18:09.279><c> just</c><00:18:09.559><c> from</c><00:18:09.819><c> me.</c>

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Now,<00:18:29.500><c> what</c><00:18:29.579><c> does</c><00:18:29.700><c> that</c><00:18:29.960><c> mean?</c>

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Putting<00:18:32.460><c> the</c><00:18:32.799><c> spirits</c><00:18:33.019><c> to</c><00:18:33.299><c> the</c><00:18:33.579><c> test</c><00:18:33.839><c> and</c><00:18:34.079><c> the</c><00:18:34.460><c> ability</c><00:18:34.799><c> to</c><00:18:35.220><c> discern</c><00:18:35.779><c> whether</c><00:18:36.380><c> someone</c><00:18:36.720><c> was</c><00:18:37.500><c> inspired</c><00:18:38.140><c> or</c><00:18:38.500><c> not</c>

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So<00:18:45.400><c> there</c><00:18:45.519><c> were</c><00:18:45.660><c> people</c><00:18:46.000><c> whose</c><00:18:46.240><c> gift</c><00:18:46.500><c> was</c><00:18:46.720><c> to</c><00:18:46.880><c> be</c><00:18:47.019><c> able</c><00:18:47.160><c> to</c><00:18:47.319><c> know,</c><00:18:48.279><c> is</c>

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your<00:18:48.880><c> gift</c><00:18:49.319><c> real?</c>

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Is<00:18:51.720><c> what</c><00:18:51.980><c> you</c><00:18:52.240><c> are</c><00:18:52.519><c> teaching</c><00:18:53.079><c> actually</c><00:18:54.099><c> from</c><00:18:54.440><c> God</c><00:18:54.940><c> or</c><00:18:55.420><c> not?</c>

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So<00:18:57.140><c> what</c><00:18:57.259><c> John</c><00:18:57.440><c> is</c><00:18:57.680><c> saying</c><00:18:57.799><c> is,</c><00:18:58.839><c> test</c><00:18:58.880><c> everything</c><00:18:59.559><c> that</c><00:19:00.119><c> you</c>

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Don't<00:19:02.960><c> just</c><00:19:03.299><c> accept</c><00:19:03.759><c> it.</c>

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Don't<00:19:05.660><c> just</c><00:19:05.980><c> accept</c><00:19:06.420><c> that</c><00:19:06.700><c> what</c><00:19:06.880><c> the</c><00:19:07.119><c> person</c><00:19:07.359><c> is</c><00:19:07.640><c> saying,</c><00:19:07.880><c> because</c><00:19:08.279><c> this</c><00:19:08.539><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:08.799><c> respected</c><00:19:09.279><c> individual,</c><00:19:10.359><c> is</c><00:19:10.680><c> true.</c>

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things<00:20:22.799><c> we</c><00:20:23.019><c> talked</c><00:20:23.200><c> about</c><00:20:23.480><c> that</c><00:20:23.640><c> were</c><00:20:23.839><c> weaknesses</c><00:20:24.240><c> of</c><00:20:24.460><c> the</c><00:20:24.680><c> generations.</c>

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We're<00:22:52.920><c> Christians,</c><00:22:53.480><c> we</c><00:22:53.599><c> both</c><00:22:53.839><c> believe</c><00:22:54.119><c> in</c><00:22:54.240><c> the</c><00:22:54.380><c> same</c><00:22:54.559><c> God.</c>

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We<00:22:56.420><c> still</c><00:22:56.700><c> believe</c><00:22:57.200><c> in</c><00:22:57.920><c> the</c><00:22:58.200><c> same</c><00:22:58.420><c> Lord</c><00:22:58.660><c> Jesus</c><00:22:59.039><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:01.119><c> we</c><00:23:01.319><c> believe</c><00:23:01.619><c> in</c><00:23:02.240><c> loving</c><00:23:02.539><c> each</c><00:23:02.900><c> other</c><00:23:03.079><c> and</c><00:23:03.200><c> taking</c><00:23:03.500><c> care</c>

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of<00:23:03.880><c> each</c><00:23:04.099><c> other.</c>

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Why<00:23:05.720><c> don't</c><00:23:05.980><c> we</c><00:23:06.220><c> have</c><00:23:06.539><c> some</c><00:23:06.880><c> kind</c><00:23:07.079><c> of</c><00:23:07.400><c> common</c><00:23:07.759><c> effort?</c>

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Because<00:23:08.819><c> after</c><00:23:09.400><c> all,</c><00:23:11.019><c> we</c><00:23:11.119><c> have</c><00:23:11.380><c> a</c><00:23:11.559><c> bigger</c><00:23:11.759><c> opponent</c><00:23:12.220><c> than</c><00:23:12.500><c> the</c><00:23:12.720><c> churches,</c>

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and<00:23:14.160><c> that's</c><00:23:14.819><c> Islam</c><00:23:15.400><c> and</c><00:23:16.180><c> its</c><00:23:16.420><c> effect</c><00:23:16.619><c> on</c><00:23:16.779><c> the</c><00:23:16.940><c> world</c><00:23:17.079><c> around</c><00:23:17.400><c> us.</c>

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Why<00:23:18.500><c> don't</c><00:23:18.640><c> we</c><00:23:18.819><c> have</c><00:23:18.980><c> some</c><00:23:19.380><c> common</c><00:23:19.720><c> sessions</c><00:23:20.160><c> on</c><00:23:20.680><c> Islam</c><00:23:21.579><c> jointly</c><00:23:22.420><c> with</c>

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the<00:23:22.859><c> Baptist</c><00:23:23.119><c> church</c><00:23:23.420><c> down</c><00:23:23.660><c> the</c><00:23:23.900><c> street?</c>

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When<00:23:26.279><c> your</c><00:23:26.480><c> Christadelphian</c><00:23:27.140><c> brothers</c><00:23:27.460><c> and</c><00:23:27.740><c> sisters</c><00:23:28.019><c> who</c>

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are<00:23:28.420><c> not</c><00:23:28.839><c> reading</c><00:23:29.180><c> their</c><00:23:29.519><c> Bibles,</c>

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led<00:23:31.059><c> by</c><00:23:31.440><c> brethren</c><00:23:31.740><c> like</c><00:23:32.140><c> this,</c><00:23:33.000><c> meet</c><00:23:33.160><c> together</c><00:23:33.460><c> with</c><00:23:33.660><c> the</c><00:23:33.819><c> Baptists,</c>

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and<00:23:34.900><c> see</c><00:23:35.039><c> what</c><00:23:35.380><c> nice</c><00:23:35.759><c> people</c><00:23:36.140><c> they</c><00:23:36.420><c> are,</c><00:23:37.099><c> how</c><00:23:37.559><c> kind,</c><00:23:38.680><c> generous,</c><00:23:39.400><c> and</c><00:23:39.579><c> giving</c><00:23:39.779><c> they</c><00:23:40.039><c> are,</c>

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and<00:23:41.019><c> realize</c><00:23:41.460><c> what's</c><00:23:42.559><c> the</c><00:23:42.640><c> big</c><00:23:42.880><c> difference</c><00:23:43.279><c> between</c><00:23:43.680><c> us.</c>

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Since<00:23:45.299><c> they</c><00:23:45.440><c> don't</c><00:23:45.700><c> understand</c><00:23:46.099><c> their</c><00:23:46.319><c> doctrines,</c><00:23:46.759><c> that's</c><00:23:47.059><c> only</c><00:23:47.339><c> understood</c><00:23:47.680><c> by</c><00:23:47.920><c> a</c>

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few<00:23:48.200><c> in</c><00:23:48.359><c> the</c><00:23:48.500><c> Brotherhood.</c>

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Then<00:23:51.559><c> the</c><00:23:52.000><c> need</c><00:23:52.279><c> to</c><00:23:52.539><c> remain</c><00:23:52.900><c> separate</c><00:23:53.640><c> from</c><00:23:54.079><c> those</c><00:23:54.400><c> churches</c>

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becomes<00:23:56.140><c> muddied.</c>

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It<00:23:58.980><c> begins</c><00:23:59.440><c> to</c><00:23:59.839><c> become</c><00:24:00.680><c> something</c><00:24:01.160><c> that's</c><00:24:01.500><c> less</c><00:24:01.720><c> and</c><00:24:01.819><c> less</c><00:24:01.980><c> important.</c>

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Some<00:24:03.779><c> of</c><00:24:03.980><c> you</c><00:24:04.099><c> will</c><00:24:04.359><c> have</c><00:24:04.539><c> heard</c><00:24:04.819><c> about</c><00:24:05.359><c> Hillsong,</c><00:24:06.680><c> the</c><00:24:06.960><c> Hillsong</c><00:24:07.980><c> Church</c><00:24:08.700><c> in</c><00:24:10.240><c> Australia,</c>

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and<00:24:11.819><c> the</c><00:24:11.940><c> fact</c><00:24:12.059><c> that</c><00:24:12.279><c> there</c><00:24:12.500><c> are</c><00:24:12.500><c> many</c><00:24:12.900><c> young</c><00:24:13.380><c> Australians</c><00:24:14.099><c> that</c><00:24:14.980><c> are</c><00:24:15.220><c> getting</c><00:24:15.519><c> more</c><00:24:15.980><c> and</c><00:24:16.099><c> more</c><00:24:16.559><c> drawn</c><00:24:17.099><c> to</c><00:24:18.119><c> Hillsong.</c>

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The<00:24:19.720><c> music,</c><00:24:20.720><c> the</c><00:24:21.059><c> emotionalism,</c><00:24:22.880><c> the</c><00:24:23.180><c> kindness</c><00:24:23.640><c> and</c><00:24:24.180><c> pastoral</c><00:24:24.900><c> care,</c>

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the<00:24:26.039><c> way</c><00:24:26.359><c> that</c><00:24:26.640><c> people</c><00:24:26.859><c> seem</c><00:24:27.119><c> to</c><00:24:27.279><c> be</c><00:24:27.500><c> kind</c><00:24:27.740><c> and</c><00:24:28.000><c> loving</c><00:24:28.140><c> with</c>

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each<00:24:28.599><c> other,</c>

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and<00:24:29.500><c> they're</c><00:24:29.640><c> being</c><00:24:29.960><c> deluded</c><00:24:31.319><c> by</c><00:24:31.740><c> all</c><00:24:31.960><c> of</c><00:24:32.119><c> these</c><00:24:32.359><c> things</c><00:24:33.160><c> into</c>

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laying<00:24:34.559><c> aside</c><00:24:34.960><c> their</c><00:24:35.279><c> doctrines</c><00:24:36.119><c> and</c><00:24:37.000><c> their</c><00:24:37.319><c> faith.</c>

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Now<00:24:39.500><c> the</c><00:24:39.559><c> only</c><00:24:39.740><c> way</c><00:24:39.900><c> for</c><00:24:40.059><c> us</c><00:24:40.180><c> to</c><00:24:40.400><c> counteract</c><00:24:40.839><c> those</c><00:24:41.200><c> things</c>

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and<00:24:41.859><c> those</c><00:24:42.380><c> possibilities</c>

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is<00:24:44.200><c> for</c><00:24:44.400><c> us</c><00:24:44.539><c> to</c><00:24:44.880><c> keep</c><00:24:45.279><c> the</c><00:24:45.640><c> Word</c><00:24:45.960><c> of</c><00:24:46.200><c> God</c><00:24:46.799><c> always</c><00:24:47.720><c> in</c><00:24:48.259><c> the</c><00:24:48.559><c> middle</c><00:24:48.940><c> of</c>

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ecclesial<00:24:49.940><c> life,</c>

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and<00:24:51.759><c> also</c><00:24:52.220><c> personally</c><00:24:52.900><c> to</c><00:24:54.160><c> keep</c><00:24:54.440><c> the</c><00:24:54.660><c> Word</c><00:24:54.779><c> of</c><00:24:55.019><c> God</c><00:24:55.740><c> alive</c><00:24:56.279><c> in</c>

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our<00:24:56.680><c> own</c><00:24:56.880><c> individual</c><00:24:57.339><c> lives,</c>

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which<00:24:57.880><c> is</c><00:24:58.119><c> a</c><00:24:58.380><c> struggle</c><00:24:58.900><c> and</c><00:24:59.279><c> a</c><00:24:59.579><c> battle</c><00:24:59.859><c> for</c><00:25:00.039><c> us</c><00:25:00.259><c> as</c><00:25:00.539><c> individuals</c><00:25:01.140><c> as</c><00:25:02.440><c> we</c><00:25:02.660><c> go</c>

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through<00:25:03.160><c> the</c><00:25:03.359><c> 21st</c><00:25:03.980><c> century</c><00:25:04.359><c> with</c><00:25:05.259><c> all</c><00:25:05.519><c> of</c><00:25:05.660><c> its</c><00:25:05.920><c> distractions.</c>

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But<00:25:07.700><c> we</c><00:25:07.859><c> all</c><00:25:08.039><c> have</c><00:25:08.200><c> to</c><00:25:08.440><c> try.</c><00:25:09.019><c> I,</c><00:25:09.500><c> you,</c><00:25:09.920><c> we</c><00:25:10.039><c> all</c><00:25:10.259><c> do</c><00:25:10.420><c> have</c><00:25:10.579><c> to</c><00:25:10.779><c> together.</c><00:25:11.700><c> We</c>

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all<00:25:12.019><c> have</c><00:25:12.200><c> to</c><00:25:12.400><c> together.</c>

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And<00:25:14.420><c> the</c><00:25:14.859><c> only</c><00:25:15.319><c> way</c><00:25:15.579><c> for</c><00:25:15.740><c> us</c><00:25:16.039><c> to</c><00:25:16.740><c> also</c><00:25:17.359><c> slow</c><00:25:17.980><c> down</c><00:25:18.480><c> or</c><00:25:18.680><c> avoid</c><00:25:19.279><c> that</c><00:25:19.640><c> process</c><00:25:20.359><c> of</c>

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merging<00:25:21.400><c> in</c><00:25:21.900><c> with</c><00:25:22.059><c> the</c><00:25:22.279><c> churches</c><00:25:22.559><c> outside</c>

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is<00:25:24.380><c> combined</c><00:25:25.079><c> with</c><00:25:25.380><c> the</c><00:25:25.579><c> Word</c><00:25:25.740><c> of</c><00:25:25.859><c> God</c><00:25:26.059><c> at</c><00:25:26.279><c> the</c><00:25:26.480><c> center</c><00:25:26.920><c> to</c><00:25:27.579><c> have</c><00:25:28.099><c> deep</c><00:25:28.940><c> love</c><00:25:29.740><c> and</c>

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pastoral<00:25:31.000><c> care</c>

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and<00:25:32.380><c> concern</c><00:25:32.799><c> and</c><00:25:33.240><c> friendship</c><00:25:33.900><c> alongside</c><00:25:35.380><c> the</c><00:25:35.619><c> Word</c><00:25:35.759><c> of</c><00:25:35.920><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:25:36.759><c> exactly</c><00:25:37.099><c> what</c><00:25:37.279><c> John</c><00:25:37.480><c> is</c><00:25:38.420><c> talking</c><00:25:38.779><c> about</c><00:25:39.059><c> in</c><00:25:39.200><c> his</c><00:25:39.400><c> epistle,</c><00:25:39.819><c> those</c><00:25:40.099><c> two</c><00:25:40.339><c> things.</c>

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The<00:25:42.059><c> Word</c><00:25:42.380><c> of</c><00:25:42.500><c> God</c><00:25:42.779><c> in</c><00:25:42.900><c> the</c><00:25:43.079><c> message</c><00:25:43.420><c> and</c><00:25:43.680><c> the</c><00:25:43.880><c> beliefs,</c><00:25:44.799><c> the</c>

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doctrines,<00:25:45.819><c> Christ</c><00:25:46.099><c> at</c><00:25:46.299><c> the</c><00:25:46.500><c> center,</c><00:25:48.940><c> and</c><00:25:49.079><c> love</c><00:25:49.180><c> for</c><00:25:49.400><c> one</c><00:25:49.539><c> another.</c>

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So<00:25:51.680><c> those</c><00:25:52.259><c> were</c><00:25:52.480><c> the</c><00:25:52.559><c> two</c><00:25:52.799><c> things</c><00:25:53.740><c> inspired</c><00:25:54.779><c> by</c><00:25:55.099><c> God</c><00:25:55.559><c> that</c><00:25:56.339><c> John</c><00:25:57.019><c> lovingly,</c><00:25:59.279><c> gently,</c><00:26:01.240><c> repeatedly</c><00:26:01.819><c> targets</c><00:26:03.019><c> in</c>

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his<00:26:03.380><c> message.</c>

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And<00:26:04.880><c> they</c><00:26:05.059><c> are</c><00:26:05.259><c> as</c><00:26:05.700><c> applicable</c><00:26:06.039><c> today</c><00:26:07.019><c> as</c><00:26:08.079><c> they</c><00:26:08.259><c> have</c><00:26:08.420><c> ever</c><00:26:08.680><c> been.</c>

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Those<00:26:10.619><c> people</c><00:26:10.960><c> that</c><00:26:11.119><c> are</c><00:26:11.240><c> going</c><00:26:11.380><c> to</c><00:26:11.640><c> Hillsong,</c><00:26:12.920><c> you</c><00:26:13.019><c> know</c><00:26:13.119><c> what</c><00:26:13.279><c> they</c><00:26:13.559><c> say</c>

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about<00:26:15.180><c> Christadelphians?</c>

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We're<00:26:17.559><c> unloving,</c><00:26:18.880><c> harsh,</c><00:26:20.160><c> cruel</c><00:26:20.339><c> to</c><00:26:20.579><c> each</c><00:26:20.839><c> other,</c><00:26:21.859><c> judgmental,</c><00:26:23.279><c> and</c><00:26:23.420><c> do</c>

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not<00:26:23.880><c> care</c><00:26:24.140><c> for</c><00:26:24.279><c> each</c><00:26:24.440><c> other's</c><00:26:24.799><c> needs.</c>

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They<00:26:26.960><c> don't</c><00:26:27.220><c> deny</c><00:26:27.559><c> that</c><00:26:27.740><c> we</c><00:26:27.980><c> have</c><00:26:28.119><c> the</c><00:26:28.319><c> right</c><00:26:28.539><c> doctrines,</c><00:26:30.759><c> but</c>

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their<00:26:31.059><c> major</c><00:26:31.380><c> criticism</c><00:26:31.859><c> is</c><00:26:32.079><c> the</c><00:26:32.299><c> love</c><00:26:32.559><c> component.</c>

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That's<00:26:34.500><c> why</c><00:26:34.819><c> John</c><00:26:35.240><c> does</c><00:26:35.759><c> not</c><00:26:36.160><c> let</c><00:26:36.480><c> up</c><00:26:36.819><c> on</c><00:26:36.940><c> that.</c>

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Something<00:26:37.759><c> in</c><00:26:37.920><c> us</c><00:26:38.039><c> might</c><00:26:38.299><c> think,</c><00:26:39.099><c> well,</c><00:26:39.519><c> shouldn't</c><00:26:39.779><c> he</c><00:26:39.960><c> be</c>

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emphasizing<00:26:40.599><c> doctrine?</c>

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How<00:26:41.279><c> important</c><00:26:41.660><c> it</c><00:26:41.819><c> is</c><00:26:41.920><c> to</c><00:26:42.000><c> hold</c><00:26:42.200><c> on</c><00:26:42.339><c> to</c><00:26:42.500><c> doctrine?</c>

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And<00:26:43.859><c> he</c><00:26:44.039><c> is,</c><00:26:44.339><c> and</c><00:26:44.380><c> he</c><00:26:44.519><c> does,</c><00:26:44.819><c> and</c><00:26:44.940><c> it</c><00:26:45.079><c> is</c><00:26:45.299><c> important.</c>

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But<00:26:46.920><c> without</c><00:26:47.160><c> that</c><00:26:47.440><c> other</c><00:26:47.640><c> component,</c><00:26:49.460><c> we</c><00:26:49.720><c> will</c><00:26:50.079><c> not</c><00:26:50.339><c> retain</c>

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our<00:26:51.000><c> members</c><00:26:51.460><c> long</c><00:26:53.160><c> term.</c>

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So<00:26:55.000><c> he</c><00:26:55.119><c> goes</c><00:26:55.240><c> on</c><00:26:55.420><c> and</c><00:26:55.539><c> he</c><00:26:55.700><c> says</c><00:26:56.359><c> in</c><00:26:57.680><c> verse</c><00:26:57.960><c> four,</c>

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Ye<00:26:59.319><c> are</c><00:26:59.579><c> of</c><00:26:59.759><c> God</c><00:27:00.180><c> little</c><00:27:00.660><c> children,</c><00:27:01.880><c> and</c><00:27:01.880><c> have</c><00:27:02.200><c> overcome</c><00:27:02.680><c> them,</c><00:27:03.799><c> because</c><00:27:04.059><c> greater</c><00:27:04.599><c> is</c>

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he<00:27:05.019><c> that</c><00:27:05.160><c> is</c><00:27:05.319><c> in</c><00:27:05.500><c> you</c><00:27:05.940><c> than</c><00:27:06.240><c> he</c><00:27:06.500><c> that</c><00:27:06.720><c> is</c><00:27:06.819><c> in</c><00:27:06.960><c> the</c><00:27:07.200><c> world.</c>

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They<00:27:08.619><c> are</c><00:27:08.900><c> of</c><00:27:09.039><c> the</c><00:27:09.279><c> world,</c><00:27:10.079><c> therefore</c><00:27:10.440><c> speak</c><00:27:10.980><c> they</c><00:27:11.440><c> of</c><00:27:11.740><c> the</c>

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world,<00:27:12.700><c> and</c><00:27:12.819><c> the</c><00:27:12.940><c> world</c><00:27:13.140><c> hears</c><00:27:13.559><c> them.</c>

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So<00:27:15.220><c> the</c><00:27:15.420><c> brothers</c><00:27:15.660><c> and</c><00:27:15.960><c> sisters</c><00:27:16.160><c> that</c><00:27:16.339><c> have</c><00:27:16.640><c> broken</c><00:27:16.900><c> away</c><00:27:17.200><c> from</c><00:27:17.420><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:27:17.960><c> to</c><00:27:18.400><c> create</c><00:27:18.740><c> their</c><00:27:19.039><c> own</c><00:27:19.319><c> religious</c><00:27:19.680><c> group</c><00:27:20.019><c> under</c><00:27:20.420><c> the</c><00:27:20.720><c> umbrella</c><00:27:21.200><c> name</c><00:27:21.700><c> of</c>

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believers<00:27:22.460><c> in</c><00:27:22.720><c> Christ,</c>

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but<00:27:23.740><c> who</c><00:27:23.880><c> have</c><00:27:24.019><c> really</c><00:27:24.339><c> found</c><00:27:24.559><c> a</c><00:27:24.680><c> way</c><00:27:24.759><c> to</c><00:27:25.079><c> merge</c><00:27:25.519><c> themselves</c>

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in<00:27:26.339><c> with</c><00:27:26.480><c> the</c><00:27:26.720><c> world</c><00:27:27.140><c> so</c><00:27:27.619><c> that</c><00:27:27.819><c> what</c><00:27:28.019><c> they</c><00:27:28.359><c> teach</c><00:27:28.579><c> and</c><00:27:28.720><c> how</c><00:27:28.900><c> they</c><00:27:29.160><c> behave</c><00:27:29.500><c> is</c>

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palatable<00:27:30.740><c> to</c><00:27:30.960><c> the</c><00:27:31.200><c> world.</c>

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They're<00:27:33.200><c> loved</c><00:27:33.480><c> by</c><00:27:33.779><c> the</c><00:27:34.000><c> world</c><00:27:34.839><c> because</c><00:27:37.660><c> they</c><00:27:38.339><c> have</c><00:27:38.779><c> really</c>

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become<00:27:40.680><c> completely</c><00:27:41.960><c> worldly</c><00:27:42.500><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:27:45.200><c> indistinguishable</c><00:27:45.940><c> from</c><00:27:46.119><c> the</c><00:27:46.339><c> world.</c>

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And<00:27:47.440><c> so</c><00:27:47.519><c> the</c><00:27:47.680><c> world</c><00:27:47.819><c> loves</c><00:27:48.160><c> them.</c>

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:54.140
And<00:27:49.619><c> John</c><00:27:50.019><c> says</c><00:27:50.599><c> they</c><00:27:51.079><c> don't</c><00:27:51.380><c> love</c><00:27:51.619><c> you</c><00:27:52.660><c> because</c><00:27:53.279><c> you're</c><00:27:53.960><c> not</c>

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of<00:27:54.319><c> this</c><00:27:54.660><c> world.</c>

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You<00:27:55.759><c> have</c><00:27:56.160><c> continued</c><00:27:56.880><c> to</c><00:27:57.200><c> hold</c><00:27:57.460><c> on</c><00:27:58.059><c> to</c><00:27:58.460><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:28:00.960><c> are</c><00:28:01.319><c> of</c><00:28:01.599><c> the</c><00:28:01.880><c> world,</c><00:28:02.839><c> therefore</c><00:28:03.220><c> speak</c><00:28:03.740><c> they,</c><00:28:04.579><c> and</c><00:28:05.019><c> the</c>

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:09.859
revised<00:28:05.599><c> version</c><00:28:06.579><c> adds</c><00:28:07.420><c> the</c><00:28:07.660><c> word</c><00:28:08.359><c> as.</c>

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Therefore<00:28:10.759><c> speak</c><00:28:11.539><c> they</c><00:28:12.240><c> as</c><00:28:12.759><c> of</c><00:28:12.980><c> the</c><00:28:13.240><c> world.</c>

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So<00:28:14.420><c> they</c><00:28:14.599><c> speak</c><00:28:14.740><c> just</c><00:28:14.980><c> like</c><00:28:15.240><c> worldly</c><00:28:15.500><c> people.</c>

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They're<00:28:17.259><c> people</c><00:28:17.880><c> living</c><00:28:18.380><c> in</c><00:28:18.960><c> the</c><00:28:19.160><c> world,</c><00:28:20.640><c> speaking</c><00:28:20.940><c> like</c><00:28:21.299><c> the</c><00:28:21.539><c> world.</c>

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And<00:28:23.099><c> the</c><00:28:23.240><c> world</c><00:28:24.039><c> listens</c><00:28:24.599><c> to</c><00:28:24.819><c> them.</c>

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We<00:28:27.240><c> are</c><00:28:27.420><c> of</c><00:28:27.660><c> God.</c>

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He<00:28:29.380><c> that</c><00:28:29.519><c> knows</c><00:28:29.819><c> God</c><00:28:30.680><c> heareth</c><00:28:31.180><c> us.</c>

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:35.859
He<00:28:32.539><c> that</c><00:28:32.700><c> is</c><00:28:32.980><c> not</c><00:28:33.180><c> of</c><00:28:33.460><c> God</c><00:28:33.940><c> heareth</c><00:28:34.400><c> not</c><00:28:34.660><c> us.</c>

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Hereby<00:28:36.339><c> we</c><00:28:36.539><c> know</c><00:28:36.799><c> the</c><00:28:37.059><c> spirit</c><00:28:37.380><c> of</c><00:28:37.640><c> truth</c><00:28:38.039><c> and</c><00:28:38.759><c> the</c><00:28:39.019><c> spirit</c><00:28:39.500><c> of</c><00:28:40.019><c> error.</c>

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Now<00:28:41.519><c> if</c><00:28:41.779><c> your</c><00:28:42.039><c> little</c><00:28:42.299><c> Ecclesia</c><00:28:42.819><c> has</c><00:28:43.180><c> been</c><00:28:43.460><c> doing</c><00:28:43.680><c> learn</c><00:28:43.980><c> to</c>

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:49.299
read<00:28:44.359><c> the</c><00:28:44.559><c> Bible</c><00:28:45.319><c> seminar</c><00:28:46.099><c> series</c><00:28:46.720><c> over</c><00:28:47.500><c> and</c><00:28:47.940><c> over</c><00:28:48.380><c> and</c><00:28:48.599><c> over,</c>

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year<00:28:49.839><c> after</c><00:28:50.200><c> year</c><00:28:50.559><c> after</c><00:28:50.880><c> year,</c>

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and<00:28:51.880><c> after</c><00:28:52.400><c> 20</c><00:28:52.859><c> years</c><00:28:53.220><c> of</c><00:28:53.460><c> doing</c><00:28:53.640><c> it</c><00:28:53.960><c> you</c><00:28:54.319><c> have</c><00:28:54.619><c> one</c><00:28:55.099><c> convert,</c>

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that's<00:28:56.640><c> fine.</c>

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That<00:28:58.519><c> is</c><00:28:58.720><c> not</c><00:28:58.900><c> a</c><00:28:59.079><c> problem.</c>

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Our<00:29:01.000><c> responsibility</c><00:29:01.599><c> is</c><00:29:01.819><c> not</c><00:29:02.000><c> to</c><00:29:02.279><c> bring</c><00:29:02.440><c> people</c><00:29:02.740><c> in</c><00:29:02.980><c> by</c><00:29:03.200><c> droves.</c>

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It<00:29:04.000><c> will</c><00:29:04.299><c> never</c><00:29:04.579><c> happen.</c>

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It<00:29:06.079><c> will</c><00:29:06.259><c> never</c><00:29:06.480><c> happen.</c>

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:10.180
Our<00:29:07.819><c> responsibility</c><00:29:08.440><c> is</c><00:29:08.660><c> to</c><00:29:08.759><c> preach</c><00:29:08.920><c> the</c><00:29:09.160><c> truth.</c>

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That's<00:29:11.299><c> the</c><00:29:11.480><c> responsibility.</c>

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The<00:29:13.920><c> world</c><00:29:14.079><c> is</c><00:29:14.299><c> not</c><00:29:14.480><c> likely</c><00:29:14.779><c> to</c><00:29:14.960><c> want</c><00:29:15.099><c> to</c><00:29:15.259><c> listen</c><00:29:15.420><c> to</c><00:29:15.519><c> what</c><00:29:15.660><c> we</c>

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.380
have<00:29:15.940><c> to</c><00:29:16.140><c> say,</c>

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but<00:29:16.740><c> the</c><00:29:17.000><c> one</c><00:29:17.259><c> or</c><00:29:17.660><c> two</c><00:29:18.039><c> who</c><00:29:18.420><c> do</c><00:29:19.420><c> made</c><00:29:20.779><c> it</c><00:29:20.960><c> all</c><00:29:21.160><c> worthwhile.</c>

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:26.519
I<00:29:23.000><c> think</c><00:29:23.160><c> many</c><00:29:23.440><c> of</c><00:29:23.700><c> us</c><00:29:23.980><c> have</c><00:29:24.220><c> experienced</c><00:29:24.700><c> two</c><00:29:24.980><c> things</c><00:29:25.259><c> in</c><00:29:25.480><c> connection</c><00:29:25.740><c> with</c><00:29:25.960><c> those</c><00:29:26.180><c> learn</c><00:29:26.380><c> to</c>

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.940
read<00:29:26.680><c> seminar</c><00:29:27.039><c> series.</c>

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On<00:29:28.240><c> the</c><00:29:28.339><c> one</c><00:29:28.519><c> hand,</c><00:29:28.920><c> brethren</c><00:29:29.039><c> that</c><00:29:29.240><c> didn't</c><00:29:29.400><c> have</c><00:29:29.599><c> a</c><00:29:29.619><c> lot</c><00:29:29.819><c> of</c><00:29:30.140><c> confidence,</c>

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who<00:29:31.400><c> really</c><00:29:31.740><c> weren't</c><00:29:32.019><c> speakers,</c><00:29:33.259><c> developed</c><00:29:33.539><c> the</c><00:29:33.819><c> confidence</c>

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to<00:29:34.420><c> be</c><00:29:34.579><c> able</c><00:29:34.759><c> to</c><00:29:35.000><c> teach</c>

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and<00:29:35.519><c> to</c><00:29:35.680><c> be</c><00:29:35.779><c> able</c><00:29:35.920><c> to</c><00:29:36.059><c> say,</c><00:29:36.460><c> I</c><00:29:36.460><c> don't</c><00:29:36.740><c> know</c><00:29:36.920><c> the</c><00:29:37.059><c> answer</c><00:29:37.259><c> to</c><00:29:37.440><c> that</c><00:29:37.619><c> question,</c><00:29:38.480><c> I'll</c><00:29:39.059><c> get</c>

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the<00:29:39.400><c> answer</c><00:29:39.619><c> for</c><00:29:39.960><c> you.</c>

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:43.420
Who<00:29:41.160><c> might</c><00:29:41.339><c> have</c><00:29:41.460><c> been</c><00:29:41.579><c> afraid</c><00:29:42.079><c> of</c><00:29:42.240><c> being</c><00:29:42.440><c> asked</c><00:29:42.700><c> a</c><00:29:42.880><c> question</c>

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.799
and<00:29:43.799><c> not</c><00:29:43.980><c> having</c><00:29:44.180><c> an</c><00:29:44.440><c> answer</c>

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:49.720
and<00:29:45.420><c> became</c><00:29:45.920><c> much</c><00:29:46.319><c> more</c><00:29:46.819><c> active</c><00:29:47.480><c> in</c><00:29:47.819><c> Ecclesial</c><00:29:48.160><c> life</c><00:29:48.559><c> as</c><00:29:49.000><c> a</c><00:29:49.319><c> consequence.</c>

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:51.799
That<00:29:50.319><c> was</c><00:29:50.500><c> the</c><00:29:50.680><c> plus</c><00:29:50.900><c> side.</c>

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:56.240
The<00:29:52.619><c> negative</c><00:29:53.180><c> side</c><00:29:53.660><c> of</c><00:29:53.880><c> the</c><00:29:54.059><c> learn</c><00:29:54.200><c> to</c><00:29:54.400><c> read</c><00:29:54.500><c> the</c><00:29:54.680><c> Bible</c><00:29:54.920><c> seminar</c><00:29:55.319><c> series</c><00:29:55.740><c> is</c>

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:59.559
that<00:29:56.380><c> many</c><00:29:56.660><c> Ecclesias</c><00:29:57.160><c> stopped</c><00:29:57.759><c> teaching</c><00:29:58.519><c> first</c><00:29:58.920><c> principles</c>

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to<00:30:00.180><c> their</c><00:30:00.359><c> members.</c>

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They<00:30:01.759><c> suspended</c><00:30:02.700><c> those</c><00:30:03.299><c> evening</c><00:30:03.740><c> or</c><00:30:04.039><c> afternoon</c><00:30:04.519><c> classes</c><00:30:05.140><c> where</c><00:30:05.640><c> a</c>

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first<00:30:06.240><c> principle</c><00:30:06.640><c> subject</c><00:30:07.059><c> would</c><00:30:07.240><c> be</c><00:30:07.440><c> dealt</c><00:30:07.660><c> with</c><00:30:07.880><c> in</c><00:30:08.099><c> depth</c>

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for<00:30:08.859><c> the</c><00:30:09.099><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:09.579><c> as</c><00:30:10.279><c> well</c><00:30:10.500><c> as</c><00:30:10.660><c> people</c><00:30:10.880><c> attending</c><00:30:11.220><c> from</c><00:30:11.420><c> the</c><00:30:11.559><c> outside.</c>

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:17.279
People<00:30:13.400><c> in</c><00:30:13.480><c> their</c><00:30:13.720><c> mind</c><00:30:13.920><c> thought,</c><00:30:14.420><c> well,</c><00:30:15.319><c> the</c><00:30:15.500><c> first</c><00:30:15.759><c> principle</c><00:30:16.180><c> teaching</c><00:30:16.599><c> is</c><00:30:17.119><c> for</c>

00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.619
people<00:30:17.500><c> on</c><00:30:17.680><c> the</c><00:30:17.819><c> outside</c><00:30:18.220><c> to</c><00:30:18.380><c> get</c><00:30:18.519><c> access</c><00:30:18.859><c> and</c><00:30:19.099><c> exposure</c><00:30:19.420><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:19.839><c> truth.</c>

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Failing<00:30:21.519><c> to</c><00:30:21.759><c> realize</c><00:30:22.259><c> if</c><00:30:22.839><c> we</c><00:30:23.140><c> are</c><00:30:23.299><c> not</c><00:30:23.500><c> reminded</c><00:30:24.119><c> of</c><00:30:24.680><c> our</c><00:30:24.980><c> doctrines,</c><00:30:26.259><c> every</c><00:30:26.759><c> year</c>

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we<00:30:27.960><c> begin</c><00:30:28.140><c> to</c><00:30:28.440><c> forget</c><00:30:28.660><c> them.</c>

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You<00:30:30.099><c> will</c><00:30:30.319><c> all</c><00:30:30.519><c> recall</c><00:30:31.299><c> right</c><00:30:32.200><c> up</c><00:30:32.400><c> to</c><00:30:32.579><c> about</c><00:30:32.839><c> the</c><00:30:33.099><c> 80s,</c><00:30:33.880><c> the</c>

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early<00:30:34.319><c> 90s</c><00:30:34.799><c> when</c><00:30:34.960><c> this</c><00:30:35.500><c> seminar</c><00:30:35.900><c> series</c><00:30:36.200><c> began,</c>

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whenever<00:30:37.740><c> a</c><00:30:38.000><c> brother</c><00:30:38.180><c> got</c><00:30:38.420><c> up</c><00:30:38.519><c> to</c><00:30:38.680><c> give</c><00:30:38.839><c> a</c><00:30:39.400><c> presentation</c><00:30:39.859><c> on</c>

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mortality<00:30:41.819><c> for</c><00:30:42.119><c> instance,</c><00:30:42.819><c> you</c><00:30:43.039><c> knew</c><00:30:43.299><c> the</c><00:30:43.619><c> passages</c><00:30:43.900><c> he</c><00:30:44.079><c> would</c><00:30:44.299><c> go</c><00:30:44.559><c> to.</c>

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:48.079
You<00:30:45.720><c> had</c><00:30:45.980><c> them</c><00:30:46.140><c> like</c><00:30:46.480><c> that.</c><00:30:47.099><c> Before</c><00:30:47.400><c> you</c><00:30:47.579><c> even</c><00:30:47.720><c> got</c><00:30:47.880><c> to</c><00:30:47.980><c> them,</c>

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.920
you<00:30:48.140><c> knew</c><00:30:48.259><c> where</c><00:30:48.460><c> he</c><00:30:48.559><c> was</c><00:30:48.680><c> going.</c>

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:51.259
And<00:30:49.539><c> when</c><00:30:49.619><c> he</c><00:30:49.720><c> said</c><00:30:49.819><c> Ecclesiastes,</c><00:30:50.440><c> you</c><00:30:50.539><c> know</c><00:30:50.680><c> exactly</c><00:30:51.039><c> what</c>

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.839
passage,<00:30:51.619><c> what</c><00:30:51.779><c> verse.</c>

00:30:53.079 --> 00:31:00.099
And<00:30:53.500><c> that</c><00:30:53.880><c> familiarity</c><00:30:54.700><c> has</c><00:30:56.160><c> begun</c><00:30:56.680><c> to</c><00:30:56.880><c> be</c><00:30:57.200><c> lost</c><00:30:57.900><c> in</c><00:30:58.440><c> Ecclesias</c><00:30:59.200><c> that</c><00:30:59.799><c> no</c>

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:04.440
longer<00:31:00.460><c> have</c><00:31:00.880><c> first</c><00:31:01.339><c> principle</c><00:31:01.779><c> presentations</c><00:31:02.660><c> to</c><00:31:03.240><c> their</c><00:31:03.440><c> members.</c>

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:08.319
That<00:31:05.279><c> familiarity</c><00:31:05.880><c> is</c><00:31:06.500><c> now</c><00:31:07.119><c> lost.</c>

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:13.579
So<00:31:09.299><c> conceivably,</c><00:31:11.519><c> people</c><00:31:11.880><c> could</c><00:31:12.140><c> be</c><00:31:12.400><c> coming</c><00:31:12.579><c> into</c><00:31:12.859><c> the</c><00:31:13.220><c> truth</c>

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:17.279
as<00:31:14.079><c> a</c><00:31:14.319><c> result</c><00:31:14.519><c> of</c><00:31:14.759><c> instruction</c><00:31:15.460><c> following</c><00:31:16.200><c> the</c><00:31:16.599><c> learn</c><00:31:16.779><c> to</c><00:31:16.980><c> read</c><00:31:17.140><c> the</c>

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.400
Bible<00:31:17.539><c> seminar</c><00:31:17.960><c> series</c>

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:21.680
whose<00:31:19.000><c> knowledge</c><00:31:19.500><c> of</c><00:31:19.700><c> the</c><00:31:19.940><c> first</c><00:31:20.160><c> principles</c><00:31:20.640><c> is</c><00:31:20.980><c> stronger</c>

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:25.880
than<00:31:23.119><c> people</c><00:31:23.539><c> that</c><00:31:23.740><c> have</c><00:31:23.880><c> been</c><00:31:24.079><c> members</c><00:31:24.559><c> for</c><00:31:24.960><c> 30</c><00:31:25.299><c> years</c><00:31:25.680><c> in</c>

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.980
the<00:31:26.039><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:32.680
Because<00:31:28.339><c> they</c><00:31:28.539><c> haven't</c><00:31:28.759><c> had</c><00:31:28.960><c> exposure</c><00:31:29.519><c> to</c><00:31:30.059><c> the</c><00:31:30.299><c> first</c><00:31:30.539><c> principles</c><00:31:31.019><c> for</c><00:31:31.599><c> a</c><00:31:31.759><c> decade.</c>

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:39.799
And<00:31:33.299><c> so</c><00:31:33.359><c> if</c><00:31:33.539><c> your</c><00:31:33.720><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:34.279><c> does</c><00:31:34.920><c> not</c><00:31:35.359><c> any</c><00:31:35.640><c> longer</c><00:31:36.180><c> have</c><00:31:37.099><c> first</c><00:31:37.539><c> principle</c><00:31:38.200><c> teaching</c><00:31:38.660><c> sessions</c><00:31:39.299><c> for</c>

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:42.259
the<00:31:39.980><c> members,</c><00:31:40.880><c> you</c><00:31:41.119><c> might</c><00:31:41.339><c> want</c><00:31:41.559><c> to</c><00:31:41.799><c> reconsider.</c>

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:46.299
It's<00:31:43.259><c> really</c><00:31:43.559><c> worthwhile</c><00:31:44.140><c> for</c><00:31:44.740><c> the</c><00:31:45.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:45.359><c> to</c><00:31:45.579><c> be</c><00:31:45.859><c> exposed</c>

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:53.059
to<00:31:46.980><c> first</c><00:31:47.380><c> principle</c><00:31:48.700><c> studies</c><00:31:49.599><c> every</c><00:31:51.079><c> week</c><00:31:51.559><c> through</c><00:31:52.380><c> the</c><00:31:52.700><c> course</c><00:31:52.859><c> of</c>

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.079
the<00:31:53.140><c> year.</c>

00:31:54.619 --> 00:32:00.279
But<00:31:54.960><c> don't</c><00:31:55.779><c> ever</c><00:31:56.619><c> count</c><00:31:57.359><c> success</c><00:31:58.319><c> in</c><00:31:58.779><c> our</c><00:31:59.039><c> preaching</c><00:31:59.420><c> based</c>

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.980
on<00:32:00.440><c> the</c><00:32:00.579><c> amount</c><00:32:00.759><c> of</c><00:32:00.900><c> people</c><00:32:01.059><c> that</c><00:32:01.220><c> are</c><00:32:01.400><c> baptized.</c>

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:06.059
It<00:32:02.599><c> is</c><00:32:02.880><c> a</c><00:32:03.000><c> completely</c><00:32:03.619><c> irrelevant</c><00:32:04.440><c> association</c><00:32:05.359><c> of</c><00:32:05.640><c> numbers.</c>

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:10.400
If<00:32:07.059><c> we</c><00:32:07.220><c> have</c><00:32:07.539><c> no</c><00:32:08.099><c> people</c><00:32:08.599><c> baptized,</c><00:32:09.400><c> it</c><00:32:09.619><c> doesn't</c><00:32:09.920><c> matter.</c>

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:14.359
Just<00:32:10.980><c> as</c><00:32:11.160><c> long</c><00:32:11.339><c> as</c><00:32:11.519><c> we</c><00:32:11.799><c> preach</c><00:32:12.059><c> the</c><00:32:12.380><c> truth</c><00:32:12.579><c> as</c><00:32:13.160><c> clearly</c><00:32:13.519><c> and</c><00:32:14.039><c> as</c>

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:18.180
simply<00:32:14.779><c> and</c><00:32:15.200><c> as</c><00:32:16.160><c> unambiguously</c><00:32:16.980><c> as</c><00:32:17.160><c> we</c><00:32:17.380><c> can.</c>

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:20.980
If<00:32:18.420><c> people</c><00:32:18.680><c> are</c><00:32:18.980><c> baptized,</c><00:32:19.900><c> come</c><00:32:20.019><c> in,</c><00:32:20.460><c> wonderful.</c>

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:23.599
If<00:32:21.539><c> they're</c><00:32:21.819><c> not,</c><00:32:22.220><c> then</c><00:32:22.359><c> we're</c><00:32:22.579><c> still</c><00:32:22.799><c> doing</c><00:32:23.019><c> what</c><00:32:23.200><c> we</c><00:32:23.420><c> have</c>

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.559
to<00:32:23.759><c> do.</c>

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:28.400
When<00:32:24.980><c> Noah</c><00:32:25.140><c> built</c><00:32:25.440><c> his</c><00:32:25.779><c> ark,</c><00:32:26.500><c> he</c><00:32:26.700><c> kept</c><00:32:26.960><c> on</c><00:32:27.279><c> building</c><00:32:27.519><c> it.</c>

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:32.259
It<00:32:29.079><c> wasn't</c><00:32:29.539><c> dependent</c><00:32:30.019><c> on</c><00:32:30.240><c> how</c><00:32:30.400><c> many</c><00:32:30.619><c> people</c><00:32:30.859><c> came</c><00:32:31.200><c> to</c><00:32:31.400><c> him</c><00:32:31.759><c> to</c>

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:33.779
join<00:32:32.480><c> him</c><00:32:32.640><c> in</c><00:32:32.759><c> the</c><00:32:32.980><c> ark.</c>

00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:36.220
He<00:32:35.059><c> kept</c><00:32:35.319><c> building</c><00:32:35.619><c> it.</c>

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:41.000
And<00:32:36.859><c> there</c><00:32:37.160><c> is</c><00:32:37.460><c> a</c><00:32:37.539><c> wonderful</c><00:32:37.980><c> metaphor</c><00:32:38.579><c> for</c><00:32:39.579><c> preaching</c><00:32:40.099><c> year</c>

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:44.059
after<00:32:41.359><c> year</c><00:32:41.819><c> as</c><00:32:42.440><c> you</c><00:32:42.660><c> build</c><00:32:42.900><c> this</c><00:32:43.259><c> ark.</c>

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:47.200
So<00:32:45.019><c> he</c><00:32:45.160><c> goes</c><00:32:45.339><c> on,</c><00:32:45.619><c> he</c><00:32:45.619><c> says,</c><00:32:45.880><c> we're</c><00:32:46.000><c> seven</c><00:32:46.180><c> beloved,</c><00:32:46.859><c> let</c><00:32:47.000><c> us</c>

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:50.579
love<00:32:47.380><c> one</c><00:32:47.599><c> another</c><00:32:47.960><c> for</c><00:32:48.460><c> love</c><00:32:49.079><c> is</c><00:32:49.660><c> of</c><00:32:50.160><c> God.</c>

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:56.980
And<00:32:51.359><c> everyone</c><00:32:52.019><c> that</c><00:32:52.480><c> loves</c><00:32:52.799><c> is</c><00:32:53.339><c> born</c><00:32:53.819><c> of</c><00:32:54.339><c> God</c><00:32:54.660><c> and</c><00:32:55.579><c> knows</c><00:32:55.960><c> God.</c>

00:32:57.660 --> 00:33:00.200
Now,<00:32:57.859><c> we</c><00:32:58.240><c> know</c><00:32:58.559><c> the</c><00:32:58.960><c> complexity</c><00:32:59.460><c> of</c><00:32:59.720><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:59.980><c> life.</c>

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:03.539
So<00:33:00.380><c> don't</c><00:33:00.599><c> even</c><00:33:00.880><c> imagine</c><00:33:01.640><c> some</c><00:33:02.380><c> simplistic</c><00:33:02.980><c> little</c><00:33:03.279><c> picture</c>

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:05.019
of<00:33:03.740><c> this</c><00:33:03.880><c> situation.</c>

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:09.200
There<00:33:05.559><c> may</c><00:33:05.779><c> have</c><00:33:05.940><c> been</c><00:33:06.079><c> a</c><00:33:06.259><c> group</c><00:33:06.380><c> that</c><00:33:06.859><c> cleared</c><00:33:06.980><c> out,</c><00:33:08.420><c> but</c><00:33:08.640><c> just</c><00:33:08.940><c> think</c><00:33:09.099><c> of</c>

00:33:09.200 --> 00:33:10.819
what's<00:33:09.519><c> left</c><00:33:09.660><c> behind.</c>

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:12.880
It's<00:33:11.279><c> a</c><00:33:11.460><c> complex</c><00:33:11.839><c> Ecclesial</c><00:33:12.200><c> situation.</c>

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:17.000
There<00:33:13.380><c> are</c><00:33:13.579><c> some</c><00:33:13.740><c> people</c><00:33:14.000><c> related</c><00:33:14.519><c> to</c><00:33:14.759><c> those</c><00:33:14.980><c> people</c><00:33:15.440><c> who</c><00:33:16.180><c> stayed</c><00:33:16.460><c> behind</c><00:33:16.859><c> but</c>

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:19.299
have<00:33:17.200><c> a</c><00:33:17.339><c> deep</c><00:33:17.559><c> sympathy</c><00:33:18.079><c> for</c><00:33:18.380><c> them.</c>

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:23.279
There<00:33:20.420><c> is</c><00:33:20.700><c> disagreement</c><00:33:21.299><c> within</c><00:33:21.660><c> the</c><00:33:21.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:22.279><c> itself</c><00:33:22.900><c> of</c>

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.619
those<00:33:23.539><c> that</c><00:33:23.680><c> have</c><00:33:23.759><c> been</c><00:33:23.880><c> left</c><00:33:24.099><c> behind.</c>

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:28.279
There<00:33:25.140><c> may</c><00:33:25.319><c> be</c><00:33:25.460><c> people</c><00:33:25.740><c> of</c><00:33:25.900><c> a</c><00:33:26.019><c> more</c><00:33:26.200><c> conservative</c><00:33:26.880><c> inclination,</c><00:33:27.859><c> people</c><00:33:28.119><c> of</c>

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.299
a<00:33:28.400><c> more</c><00:33:28.619><c> liberal</c><00:33:29.039><c> inclination,</c>

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:32.720
people<00:33:30.299><c> that</c><00:33:30.480><c> are</c><00:33:30.660><c> right</c><00:33:30.880><c> in</c><00:33:31.039><c> the</c><00:33:31.180><c> middle</c><00:33:31.400><c> with</c><00:33:32.000><c> a</c><00:33:32.299><c> degree</c><00:33:32.460><c> of</c>

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:35.259
both<00:33:32.980><c> or</c><00:33:33.279><c> people</c><00:33:33.579><c> that</c><00:33:33.799><c> are</c><00:33:33.940><c> conservative</c><00:33:34.359><c> on</c><00:33:34.579><c> some</c><00:33:34.779><c> issues</c>

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:37.799
but<00:33:35.680><c> more</c><00:33:35.960><c> liberal</c><00:33:36.319><c> on</c><00:33:36.680><c> other</c><00:33:37.059><c> issues.</c>

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:43.160
So<00:33:38.299><c> the</c><00:33:38.519><c> complexity</c><00:33:39.279><c> of</c><00:33:39.680><c> real</c><00:33:39.980><c> life</c><00:33:40.299><c> people</c><00:33:41.019><c> in</c><00:33:41.619><c> the</c><00:33:41.880><c> situation</c><00:33:42.559><c> of</c><00:33:42.960><c> the</c>

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:47.460
Ecclesia<00:33:43.619><c> left</c><00:33:44.200><c> behind</c><00:33:44.700><c> means</c><00:33:45.920><c> people</c><00:33:46.440><c> aren't</c><00:33:46.660><c> getting</c><00:33:46.900><c> along</c><00:33:47.240><c> in</c>

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.559
the<00:33:47.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:51.559
There<00:33:49.519><c> is</c><00:33:49.720><c> still</c><00:33:49.960><c> fighting</c><00:33:50.380><c> going</c><00:33:50.640><c> on</c><00:33:50.819><c> in</c><00:33:50.980><c> the</c><00:33:51.099><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:55.140
There's<00:33:52.619><c> fighting</c><00:33:52.920><c> with</c><00:33:53.119><c> each</c><00:33:53.319><c> other</c><00:33:53.500><c> about</c><00:33:53.859><c> how</c><00:33:54.299><c> to</c><00:33:54.680><c> relate</c>

00:33:55.140 --> 00:34:00.460
to<00:33:55.759><c> and</c><00:33:56.380><c> deal</c><00:33:56.720><c> with</c><00:33:57.279><c> those</c><00:33:57.779><c> that</c><00:33:57.980><c> have</c><00:33:58.240><c> left</c><00:33:58.700><c> and</c><00:33:59.119><c> gone</c><00:33:59.299><c> out</c><00:33:59.660><c> there</c><00:33:59.920><c> to</c>

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.940
form<00:34:00.640><c> their</c><00:34:00.880><c> own</c><00:34:01.079><c> group.</c>

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:04.380
Some<00:34:02.299><c> would</c><00:34:02.519><c> like</c><00:34:02.660><c> to</c><00:34:02.940><c> preserve</c><00:34:03.160><c> a</c><00:34:03.440><c> strong</c><00:34:03.680><c> connection</c><00:34:04.160><c> with</c>

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:07.480
them<00:34:04.599><c> and</c><00:34:05.000><c> continue</c><00:34:05.380><c> to</c><00:34:05.579><c> be</c><00:34:05.740><c> in</c><00:34:05.920><c> fellowship</c><00:34:06.259><c> with</c><00:34:06.500><c> them.</c>

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:10.159
Others<00:34:07.859><c> say,</c><00:34:08.219><c> cut</c><00:34:08.699><c> them</c><00:34:08.900><c> off</c><00:34:09.079><c> completely.</c><00:34:09.500><c> That's</c><00:34:09.880><c> it.</c>

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:13.500
And<00:34:10.880><c> there's</c><00:34:11.099><c> the</c><00:34:11.380><c> variation</c><00:34:11.980><c> and</c><00:34:12.400><c> the</c><00:34:12.780><c> discussions</c><00:34:13.179><c> going</c>

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:18.260
on<00:34:13.880><c> in</c><00:34:14.159><c> this</c><00:34:14.519><c> real</c><00:34:15.059><c> life</c><00:34:15.360><c> Ecclesial</c><00:34:15.780><c> situation</c><00:34:16.699><c> that</c><00:34:17.519><c> mean</c><00:34:17.679><c> there's</c><00:34:17.980><c> no</c>

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:21.139
simplistic<00:34:18.940><c> answer</c><00:34:19.780><c> to</c><00:34:20.239><c> anything.</c>

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:25.920
Except<00:34:22.139><c> two</c><00:34:22.500><c> things</c><00:34:22.800><c> need</c><00:34:23.039><c> to</c><00:34:23.199><c> be</c><00:34:23.420><c> focused</c><00:34:23.800><c> on</c><00:34:24.119><c> at</c><00:34:24.280><c> all</c><00:34:24.500><c> times,</c>

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:28.800
doctrine<00:34:26.559><c> and</c><00:34:27.800><c> love.</c>

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:32.900
In<00:34:29.260><c> the</c><00:34:29.480><c> second</c><00:34:29.679><c> epistle,</c><00:34:31.239><c> John</c><00:34:31.320><c> will</c><00:34:31.500><c> be</c><00:34:31.739><c> even</c><00:34:32.000><c> more</c><00:34:32.420><c> clear</c>

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:37.260
about<00:34:33.739><c> whether</c><00:34:34.119><c> or</c><00:34:34.360><c> not</c><00:34:35.139><c> fellowship</c><00:34:35.639><c> continues</c><00:34:36.340><c> with</c><00:34:36.940><c> those</c>

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:40.880
that<00:34:37.420><c> have</c><00:34:37.920><c> cleared</c><00:34:38.079><c> out</c><00:34:38.440><c> or</c><00:34:38.739><c> those</c><00:34:39.039><c> that</c><00:34:39.400><c> have</c><00:34:39.920><c> wrong</c><00:34:40.300><c> doctrine.</c>

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:43.940
So<00:34:41.519><c> that</c><00:34:41.659><c> will</c><00:34:41.820><c> be</c><00:34:41.920><c> very</c><00:34:42.340><c> clear</c><00:34:42.599><c> in</c><00:34:42.940><c> the</c><00:34:43.179><c> second</c><00:34:43.380><c> epistle.</c>

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:47.260
But<00:34:44.599><c> what</c><00:34:44.739><c> I'm</c><00:34:44.900><c> trying</c><00:34:45.119><c> to</c><00:34:45.599><c> point</c><00:34:45.860><c> out</c><00:34:46.039><c> to</c><00:34:46.119><c> you</c><00:34:46.280><c> is</c><00:34:46.420><c> this.</c>

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:51.659
When<00:34:47.539><c> we</c><00:34:47.960><c> read</c><00:34:48.539><c> these</c><00:34:49.099><c> epistles,</c><00:34:49.619><c> when</c><00:34:49.760><c> we</c><00:34:49.980><c> read</c><00:34:50.199><c> these</c><00:34:50.500><c> letters</c><00:34:50.960><c> written</c><00:34:51.360><c> by</c>

00:34:51.659 --> 00:34:54.900
Paul<00:34:52.099><c> and</c><00:34:52.360><c> John</c><00:34:52.699><c> and</c><00:34:52.920><c> Peter</c><00:34:53.179><c> and</c><00:34:53.460><c> Jude</c><00:34:53.639><c> and</c><00:34:53.940><c> James,</c>

00:34:55.000 --> 00:35:00.280
we<00:34:55.159><c> need</c><00:34:55.280><c> to</c><00:34:55.500><c> always</c><00:34:55.960><c> keep</c><00:34:56.340><c> in</c><00:34:56.619><c> our</c><00:34:56.980><c> mind</c><00:34:57.400><c> the</c><00:34:58.099><c> reality</c><00:34:58.579><c> and</c><00:34:58.860><c> the</c><00:34:59.179><c> complexities</c><00:34:59.679><c> of</c>

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:05.059
what<00:35:00.659><c> we</c><00:35:01.320><c> know</c><00:35:01.679><c> as</c><00:35:02.079><c> Ecclesial</c><00:35:02.519><c> life</c><00:35:03.019><c> without</c><00:35:03.639><c> oversimplifying</c><00:35:04.579><c> things.</c>

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:08.940
And<00:35:05.860><c> when</c><00:35:06.000><c> we</c><00:35:06.179><c> do</c><00:35:06.320><c> that,</c><00:35:06.619><c> it</c><00:35:06.880><c> enriches</c><00:35:07.420><c> their</c><00:35:07.679><c> words</c><00:35:08.199><c> because</c>

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:14.780
it<00:35:09.139><c> makes</c><00:35:09.260><c> them</c><00:35:09.519><c> that</c><00:35:09.760><c> much</c><00:35:09.980><c> more</c><00:35:10.360><c> powerful</c><00:35:10.840><c> for</c><00:35:11.380><c> us</c><00:35:11.920><c> as</c><00:35:12.460><c> we</c><00:35:12.699><c> see</c><00:35:13.000><c> Ecclesial</c><00:35:13.420><c> situations</c><00:35:14.179><c> in</c>

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:15.699
these<00:35:15.139><c> letters</c>

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:21.679
that<00:35:16.980><c> we</c><00:35:17.179><c> can</c><00:35:17.500><c> infer</c><00:35:18.239><c> from</c><00:35:18.699><c> the</c><00:35:18.960><c> words</c><00:35:19.280><c> that</c><00:35:19.480><c> he's</c><00:35:19.780><c> written</c><00:35:20.119><c> that</c><00:35:21.219><c> help</c><00:35:21.420><c> us</c>

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:26.199
to<00:35:21.900><c> see</c><00:35:22.219><c> people</c><00:35:22.820><c> like</c><00:35:23.139><c> us</c><00:35:23.699><c> in</c><00:35:24.139><c> ancient</c><00:35:24.579><c> times</c><00:35:25.079><c> with</c><00:35:25.679><c> problems</c>

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:30.199
like<00:35:26.599><c> ours</c><00:35:27.039><c> in</c><00:35:27.960><c> early</c><00:35:28.360><c> days</c><00:35:28.920><c> of</c><00:35:29.579><c> the</c><00:35:29.800><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:35.219
And<00:35:31.239><c> then</c><00:35:31.579><c> it</c><00:35:31.800><c> makes</c><00:35:32.079><c> these</c><00:35:32.440><c> messages</c><00:35:32.800><c> that</c><00:35:33.039><c> much</c><00:35:33.219><c> more</c><00:35:33.539><c> helpful</c><00:35:34.079><c> to</c><00:35:34.599><c> us.</c>

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:38.960
So<00:35:35.739><c> here's</c><00:35:35.960><c> a</c><00:35:36.159><c> circumstance</c><00:35:36.659><c> where</c><00:35:37.320><c> these</c><00:35:37.920><c> people</c><00:35:38.239><c> then</c><00:35:38.659><c> have</c>

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:41.460
gone<00:35:39.159><c> out</c><00:35:39.440><c> and</c><00:35:39.619><c> the</c><00:35:39.840><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:40.139><c> is</c><00:35:40.380><c> trying</c><00:35:40.539><c> to</c><00:35:40.739><c> work</c><00:35:40.920><c> out</c><00:35:41.119><c> how</c>

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:43.539
do<00:35:41.619><c> we</c><00:35:41.760><c> relate</c><00:35:41.960><c> to</c><00:35:42.119><c> them</c><00:35:42.360><c> and</c><00:35:42.719><c> there's</c><00:35:43.039><c> disagreement.</c>

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:46.440
And<00:35:44.139><c> so</c><00:35:44.260><c> he's</c><00:35:44.639><c> telling</c><00:35:44.860><c> them</c><00:35:45.159><c> in</c><00:35:45.659><c> the</c><00:35:45.880><c> people</c><00:35:46.039><c> that</c><00:35:46.199><c> are</c><00:35:46.320><c> left</c>

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:50.380
behind,<00:35:47.320><c> he's</c><00:35:47.880><c> strengthening</c><00:35:48.380><c> the</c><00:35:48.820><c> things</c><00:35:49.059><c> that</c><00:35:49.360><c> remain.</c>

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:56.840
Love<00:35:51.059><c> one</c><00:35:51.340><c> another.</c><00:35:51.659><c> You've</c><00:35:52.139><c> got</c><00:35:52.400><c> to</c><00:35:52.699><c> put</c><00:35:52.960><c> away</c><00:35:53.440><c> your</c><00:35:53.780><c> differences</c><00:35:54.260><c> and</c><00:35:55.159><c> pull</c><00:35:55.480><c> together</c><00:35:56.179><c> to</c>

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.619
hold<00:35:57.119><c> together.</c>

00:35:57.619 --> 00:36:00.960
And<00:35:58.059><c> you've</c><00:35:58.360><c> got</c><00:35:58.539><c> to</c><00:35:58.800><c> not</c><00:35:58.960><c> just</c><00:35:59.280><c> talk</c><00:35:59.559><c> about</c><00:35:59.840><c> loving</c><00:36:00.099><c> each</c><00:36:00.360><c> other,</c><00:36:00.860><c> but</c>

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:04.739
you<00:36:01.360><c> show</c><00:36:01.559><c> that</c><00:36:01.840><c> love</c><00:36:02.019><c> for</c><00:36:02.219><c> each</c><00:36:02.440><c> other,</c><00:36:03.119><c> even</c><00:36:03.420><c> when</c><00:36:03.559><c> it's</c><00:36:03.860><c> tough.</c>

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:10.440
And<00:36:05.059><c> you've</c><00:36:05.420><c> got</c><00:36:05.659><c> to</c><00:36:05.940><c> have</c><00:36:06.260><c> Christ,</c><00:36:07.260><c> the</c><00:36:07.539><c> Word,</c><00:36:08.440><c> in</c><00:36:08.880><c> the</c><00:36:09.179><c> middle</c><00:36:09.579><c> of</c>

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:11.980
your<00:36:10.699><c> life</c><00:36:10.960><c> together.</c>

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:15.820
Those<00:36:13.079><c> people</c><00:36:13.460><c> have</c><00:36:13.739><c> gone</c><00:36:13.940><c> out</c><00:36:14.199><c> from</c><00:36:14.380><c> us.</c><00:36:14.840><c> They</c><00:36:14.960><c> were</c><00:36:15.260><c> never</c><00:36:15.619><c> a</c>

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:19.059
part<00:36:16.099><c> of</c><00:36:16.380><c> us.</c><00:36:17.159><c> They've</c><00:36:17.460><c> gone</c><00:36:17.679><c> where</c><00:36:17.860><c> they</c><00:36:18.119><c> are</c><00:36:18.280><c> headed.</c>

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:23.820
You've<00:36:19.780><c> got</c><00:36:20.000><c> to</c><00:36:20.300><c> strengthen</c><00:36:20.579><c> what</c><00:36:20.860><c> remains.</c><00:36:22.260><c> And</c><00:36:22.539><c> this</c><00:36:22.880><c> is</c><00:36:23.099><c> what</c><00:36:23.260><c> you</c><00:36:23.460><c> need</c><00:36:23.599><c> to</c>

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:25.460
do<00:36:24.079><c> in</c><00:36:24.599><c> order</c><00:36:24.780><c> to</c><00:36:24.940><c> do</c><00:36:25.099><c> that.</c>

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:31.420
Verse<00:36:26.340><c> 10.</c><00:36:27.840><c> Herein</c><00:36:28.219><c> is</c><00:36:28.400><c> love.</c><00:36:29.460><c> This</c><00:36:29.659><c> is</c><00:36:29.920><c> the</c><00:36:30.059><c> quality</c><00:36:30.539><c> of</c><00:36:31.079><c> real</c>

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:33.340
love.<00:36:32.239><c> Herein</c><00:36:32.760><c> is</c><00:36:32.920><c> love.</c>

00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:37.199
Not<00:36:33.940><c> that</c><00:36:34.099><c> we</c><00:36:34.340><c> loved</c><00:36:34.539><c> God.</c><00:36:35.400><c> It</c><00:36:35.440><c> wasn't</c><00:36:35.780><c> our</c><00:36:36.300><c> initial</c><00:36:36.659><c> impulse</c>

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:42.219
to<00:36:37.719><c> make</c><00:36:38.119><c> a</c><00:36:38.260><c> move</c><00:36:38.400><c> towards</c><00:36:38.659><c> God,</c><00:36:40.199><c> but</c><00:36:40.380><c> that</c><00:36:40.599><c> He</c><00:36:40.820><c> loved</c><00:36:41.079><c> us.</c>

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:45.579
It<00:36:42.519><c> was</c><00:36:42.760><c> God</c><00:36:43.079><c> who</c><00:36:43.280><c> moved</c><00:36:43.440><c> towards</c><00:36:43.719><c> us.</c><00:36:44.719><c> So</c><00:36:44.820><c> the</c><00:36:44.900><c> notion</c><00:36:45.199><c> of</c><00:36:45.380><c> an</c>

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:49.980
angry,<00:36:46.340><c> testing</c><00:36:47.079><c> God</c><00:36:47.659><c> who's</c><00:36:48.219><c> peeping</c><00:36:48.500><c> around</c><00:36:48.780><c> the</c><00:36:49.039><c> corner</c><00:36:49.440><c> to</c>

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:51.780
see<00:36:50.159><c> what</c><00:36:50.340><c> we're</c><00:36:50.500><c> doing</c><00:36:50.719><c> at</c><00:36:50.920><c> all</c><00:36:51.119><c> times</c>

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:56.400
so<00:36:52.079><c> that</c><00:36:52.199><c> He</c><00:36:52.239><c> can</c><00:36:52.699><c> zap</c><00:36:53.059><c> us</c><00:36:53.380><c> and</c><00:36:53.539><c> punish</c><00:36:53.920><c> us,</c><00:36:54.679><c> or</c><00:36:54.860><c> a</c><00:36:54.980><c> God</c><00:36:55.239><c> that</c><00:36:55.500><c> needs</c><00:36:55.980><c> to</c>

00:36:56.400 --> 00:37:00.239
have<00:36:56.480><c> His</c><00:36:56.920><c> bloodlust</c><00:36:57.460><c> satisfied</c><00:36:58.739><c> with</c><00:36:59.239><c> a</c><00:36:59.480><c> blood</c><00:36:59.679><c> sacrifice</c>

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.019
in<00:37:00.440><c> His</c><00:37:00.659><c> Son</c>

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:05.280
so<00:37:01.400><c> that</c><00:37:01.539><c> His</c><00:37:01.840><c> anger</c><00:37:02.400><c> can</c><00:37:02.699><c> be</c><00:37:03.019><c> quelled</c><00:37:03.639><c> towards</c><00:37:04.099><c> mankind</c><00:37:04.780><c> is</c>

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.780
all<00:37:05.599><c> rubbish.</c>

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:12.480
That<00:37:07.960><c> isn't</c><00:37:08.239><c> the</c><00:37:08.460><c> God</c><00:37:08.659><c> of</c><00:37:08.940><c> Scripture.</c><00:37:11.480><c> The</c><00:37:11.699><c> God</c><00:37:11.940><c> of</c><00:37:12.219><c> Scripture</c>

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:17.860
is<00:37:12.760><c> a</c><00:37:13.280><c> Father</c><00:37:14.079><c> who</c><00:37:15.920><c> loves</c><00:37:16.300><c> His</c><00:37:16.619><c> children,</c>

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:26.900
who<00:37:19.099><c> loved</c><00:37:19.340><c> them</c><00:37:19.539><c> so</c><00:37:19.840><c> much</c><00:37:20.059><c> that</c><00:37:20.260><c> He</c><00:37:20.380><c> took</c><00:37:21.280><c> the</c><00:37:22.360><c> best</c><00:37:23.139><c> Son</c><00:37:23.760><c> of</c><00:37:25.539><c> all,</c>

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:32.219
brought<00:37:27.639><c> Him</c><00:37:27.780><c> into</c><00:37:28.039><c> being</c><00:37:28.219><c> and</c><00:37:28.579><c> strengthened</c><00:37:29.039><c> Him</c><00:37:30.039><c> so</c><00:37:30.480><c> that</c><00:37:30.719><c> He</c><00:37:31.519><c> could</c><00:37:31.780><c> live</c><00:37:32.019><c> a</c>

00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:35.400
life<00:37:32.980><c> and</c><00:37:33.780><c> give</c><00:37:34.659><c> His</c><00:37:35.000><c> life</c>

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:42.539
and<00:37:35.880><c> then</c><00:37:36.119><c> have</c><00:37:36.360><c> life</c><00:37:36.679><c> again</c><00:37:37.440><c> for</c><00:37:38.119><c> the</c><00:37:38.480><c> saving</c><00:37:38.820><c> of</c><00:37:39.420><c> all</c><00:37:40.079><c> of</c><00:37:40.719><c> those</c><00:37:41.159><c> that</c><00:37:41.980><c> would</c><00:37:42.139><c> reach</c><00:37:42.380><c> out</c>

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:43.659
to<00:37:42.679><c> God</c><00:37:42.920><c> through</c><00:37:43.199><c> Him.</c>

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:49.059
Now<00:37:44.699><c> that's</c><00:37:45.079><c> not</c><00:37:45.340><c> the</c><00:37:45.719><c> act</c><00:37:46.320><c> of</c><00:37:46.719><c> an</c><00:37:47.059><c> angry</c><00:37:47.559><c> and</c><00:37:48.139><c> vengeful</c><00:37:48.699><c> God.</c>

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:51.800
It<00:37:49.340><c> isn't</c><00:37:49.619><c> at</c><00:37:49.840><c> all</c><00:37:49.960><c> the</c><00:37:50.139><c> act</c><00:37:50.460><c> of</c><00:37:50.679><c> an</c><00:37:50.860><c> angry</c><00:37:51.000><c> and</c><00:37:51.199><c> vengeful</c><00:37:51.500><c> God.</c>

00:37:52.179 --> 00:38:00.960
It's<00:37:52.380><c> the</c><00:37:52.519><c> act</c><00:37:52.719><c> of</c><00:37:53.000><c> a</c><00:37:53.360><c> loving</c><00:37:53.619><c> God</c><00:37:54.199><c> finding</c><00:37:55.019><c> a</c><00:37:55.260><c> way</c><00:37:55.679><c> to</c><00:37:56.260><c> save</c><00:37:57.239><c> those</c><00:37:58.199><c> who</c><00:37:58.380><c> have</c><00:37:58.559><c> been</c><00:37:58.860><c> lost</c><00:37:59.659><c> and</c><00:38:00.800><c> to</c>

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:02.880
bring<00:38:01.079><c> them</c><00:38:01.260><c> to</c><00:38:01.579><c> life.</c>

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:08.260
And<00:38:03.340><c> so</c><00:38:03.519><c> it</c><00:38:03.679><c> wasn't</c><00:38:03.860><c> that</c><00:38:04.079><c> we</c><00:38:04.340><c> moved</c><00:38:04.579><c> towards</c><00:38:05.079><c> God.</c><00:38:07.139><c> God</c><00:38:07.619><c> moved</c>

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towards<00:38:08.719><c> us</c><00:38:09.579><c> in</c><00:38:10.360><c> compassion.</c>

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:15.400
God<00:38:12.300><c> and</c><00:38:12.460><c> the</c><00:38:12.579><c> Lord</c><00:38:12.760><c> Jesus</c><00:38:13.139><c> Christ</c><00:38:13.440><c> are</c><00:38:13.840><c> one</c><00:38:14.300><c> in</c><00:38:14.940><c> their</c><00:38:15.179><c> love</c>

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.139
for<00:38:15.639><c> us.</c>

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:23.780
Just<00:38:16.340><c> as</c><00:38:16.539><c> Abraham</c><00:38:16.880><c> and</c><00:38:17.119><c> Isaac</c><00:38:17.519><c> walked</c><00:38:18.239><c> the</c><00:38:19.039><c> both</c><00:38:19.300><c> of</c><00:38:19.539><c> them</c><00:38:19.780><c> together</c><00:38:21.059><c> towards</c><00:38:21.920><c> His</c><00:38:22.619><c> offering,</c>

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:30.119
so<00:38:24.480><c> God</c><00:38:24.860><c> and</c><00:38:25.099><c> Christ</c><00:38:25.760><c> were</c><00:38:26.059><c> together</c><00:38:26.860><c> in</c><00:38:28.059><c> His</c><00:38:28.360><c> offering</c><00:38:28.719><c> for</c><00:38:28.920><c> us.</c>

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:37.099
And<00:38:31.239><c> as</c><00:38:31.420><c> we</c><00:38:31.579><c> go</c><00:38:31.780><c> on,</c><00:38:32.199><c> it</c><00:38:32.199><c> says,</c><00:38:33.519><c> verse</c><00:38:35.900><c> 10,</c>

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:42.320
Ann<00:38:37.699><c> sent</c><00:38:38.039><c> His</c><00:38:38.340><c> Son</c><00:38:38.500><c> to</c><00:38:38.719><c> be</c><00:38:39.039><c> a</c><00:38:39.320><c> propitiation</c><00:38:40.179><c> for</c><00:38:40.860><c> our</c><00:38:41.219><c> sins.</c>

00:38:42.760 --> 00:38:46.119
The<00:38:42.980><c> sacrifice</c><00:38:43.420><c> of</c><00:38:43.599><c> the</c><00:38:43.719><c> Lord</c><00:38:43.860><c> Jesus</c><00:38:44.239><c> Christ,</c><00:38:45.500><c> the</c><00:38:45.719><c> giving</c><00:38:45.900><c> of</c>

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.820
the<00:38:46.260><c> Lord</c><00:38:46.420><c> Jesus</c><00:38:46.860><c> Christ</c><00:38:47.059><c> for</c><00:38:47.219><c> us,</c>

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:53.980
was<00:38:48.239><c> something</c><00:38:48.559><c> that</c><00:38:48.739><c> was</c><00:38:49.019><c> deliberately</c><00:38:49.440><c> done</c><00:38:49.920><c> by</c><00:38:50.340><c> God</c><00:38:50.900><c> to</c><00:38:52.119><c> help</c><00:38:52.420><c> us,</c><00:38:53.679><c> to</c>

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:55.099
bring<00:38:54.119><c> us</c><00:38:54.360><c> close</c><00:38:54.599><c> to</c><00:38:54.820><c> Him.</c>

00:38:55.099 --> 00:39:00.159
It<00:38:55.739><c> was</c><00:38:55.980><c> not</c><00:38:56.159><c> something</c><00:38:56.400><c> that</c><00:38:56.519><c> was</c><00:38:56.719><c> given</c><00:38:57.059><c> to</c><00:38:57.679><c> satisfy</c><00:38:58.380><c> the</c><00:38:58.900><c> anger</c><00:38:59.320><c> and</c><00:38:59.739><c> rage</c><00:39:00.000><c> of</c>

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an<00:39:00.300><c> angry</c><00:39:00.579><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:39:02.739><c> somebody</c><00:39:02.920><c> else's</c><00:39:03.440><c> God</c><00:39:03.599><c> out</c><00:39:03.880><c> there.</c><00:39:04.800><c> That's</c><00:39:05.099><c> not</c><00:39:05.320><c> our</c>

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:07.500
God,<00:39:05.800><c> the</c><00:39:05.920><c> God</c><00:39:06.079><c> of</c><00:39:06.280><c> Scripture.</c>

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:12.860
Beloved,<00:39:08.599><c> if</c><00:39:08.659><c> God</c><00:39:09.059><c> so</c><00:39:09.579><c> loved</c><00:39:09.780><c> us,</c><00:39:11.300><c> we</c><00:39:11.659><c> ought</c><00:39:11.900><c> also</c><00:39:12.380><c> to</c><00:39:12.719><c> love</c>

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.239
one<00:39:13.079><c> another.</c>

00:39:13.340 --> 00:39:16.619
That<00:39:13.559><c> word,</c><00:39:14.019><c> ought,</c><00:39:14.179><c> means</c><00:39:14.440><c> we</c><00:39:14.719><c> owe</c><00:39:14.940><c> it</c><00:39:15.159><c> to</c><00:39:15.300><c> each</c><00:39:15.519><c> other,</c><00:39:16.420><c> to</c>

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love<00:39:16.800><c> one</c><00:39:17.019><c> another.</c>

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:27.300
Since<00:39:18.599><c> God</c><00:39:19.219><c> chose</c><00:39:20.599><c> wicked,</c><00:39:22.559><c> sinful,</c><00:39:23.579><c> flawed,</c><00:39:24.800><c> failing,</c><00:39:25.579><c> leprous</c><00:39:26.139><c> us,</c>

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:31.860
and<00:39:27.679><c> gave</c><00:39:27.960><c> His</c><00:39:28.420><c> Son's</c><00:39:28.860><c> life</c><00:39:29.179><c> for</c><00:39:29.519><c> people</c><00:39:29.900><c> such</c><00:39:30.179><c> as</c><00:39:30.340><c> us,</c><00:39:31.119><c> so</c><00:39:31.280><c> that</c><00:39:31.539><c> He</c>

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:33.860
might<00:39:32.260><c> rehabilitate</c><00:39:33.320><c> us,</c>

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:38.860
bring<00:39:34.320><c> us</c><00:39:34.579><c> toward</c><00:39:34.780><c> Him</c><00:39:35.280><c> in</c><00:39:36.079><c> love,</c><00:39:36.780><c> and</c><00:39:36.960><c> give</c><00:39:37.340><c> hopeless</c><00:39:37.980><c> people</c>

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:42.480
the<00:39:39.159><c> hope</c><00:39:39.360><c> of</c><00:39:39.599><c> eternal</c><00:39:39.840><c> life,</c><00:39:40.960><c> undeserved.</c>

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:48.500
If<00:39:43.280><c> He</c><00:39:43.500><c> could</c><00:39:43.699><c> do</c><00:39:43.960><c> that</c><00:39:44.320><c> for</c><00:39:44.519><c> us,</c><00:39:46.280><c> then</c><00:39:46.380><c> we</c><00:39:46.559><c> need</c><00:39:46.780><c> to</c><00:39:47.000><c> extend</c><00:39:47.280><c> our</c><00:39:47.599><c> love</c><00:39:48.000><c> to</c>

00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:51.780
each<00:39:48.780><c> other</c><00:39:49.300><c> in</c><00:39:50.079><c> our</c><00:39:50.340><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:50.679><c> life,</c>

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:56.579
with<00:39:52.300><c> all</c><00:39:52.599><c> of</c><00:39:52.820><c> our</c><00:39:53.139><c> variety</c><00:39:53.659><c> and</c><00:39:53.980><c> differences</c><00:39:54.480><c> within</c><00:39:55.099><c> our</c><00:39:55.460><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:39:56.739 --> 00:40:01.679
so<00:39:56.900><c> that</c><00:39:57.059><c> we</c><00:39:57.099><c> can</c><00:39:57.320><c> hold</c><00:39:57.699><c> together</c><00:39:58.360><c> and</c><00:39:58.900><c> pull</c><00:39:59.179><c> together</c><00:39:59.880><c> as</c><00:40:00.519><c> a</c><00:40:00.719><c> family.</c>

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That's<00:40:02.460><c> the</c><00:40:02.579><c> point.</c>

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:10.420
So<00:40:03.719><c> John</c><00:40:03.960><c> is</c><00:40:04.300><c> working</c><00:40:04.840><c> hard</c><00:40:05.780><c> to</c><00:40:07.199><c> lower</c><00:40:07.960><c> the</c><00:40:08.500><c> intensity</c><00:40:09.099><c> of</c><00:40:09.699><c> the</c>

00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:12.320
stress<00:40:10.860><c> and</c><00:40:11.679><c> conflict</c>

00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:17.960
going<00:40:12.800><c> on</c><00:40:13.179><c> in</c><00:40:13.599><c> the</c><00:40:13.840><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:14.280><c> of</c><00:40:14.639><c> those</c><00:40:15.039><c> left</c><00:40:15.519><c> behind,</c><00:40:17.519><c> in</c><00:40:17.699><c> the</c>

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:19.960
wake<00:40:18.139><c> of</c><00:40:18.360><c> those</c><00:40:18.619><c> who</c><00:40:18.739><c> have</c><00:40:18.960><c> departed.</c>

00:40:20.139 --> 00:40:24.000
He's<00:40:20.599><c> trying</c><00:40:20.980><c> to</c><00:40:21.460><c> stabilize</c><00:40:21.900><c> the</c><00:40:22.199><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:22.679><c> and</c><00:40:23.360><c> give</c><00:40:23.539><c> it</c><00:40:23.719><c> the</c>

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:28.820
skills<00:40:24.199><c> it</c><00:40:24.480><c> needs</c><00:40:24.880><c> to</c><00:40:25.500><c> survive</c><00:40:26.119><c> and</c><00:40:26.960><c> to</c><00:40:27.159><c> move</c><00:40:27.360><c> forward</c><00:40:27.659><c> together.</c>

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:31.119
Goes<00:40:29.900><c> on</c><00:40:30.099><c> and</c><00:40:30.239><c> he</c><00:40:30.340><c> says,</c>

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:34.079
No<00:40:31.980><c> man</c><00:40:32.340><c> has</c><00:40:32.579><c> seen</c><00:40:32.860><c> God</c><00:40:33.059><c> at</c><00:40:33.239><c> any</c><00:40:33.500><c> time.</c>

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:39.019
If<00:40:34.679><c> we</c><00:40:34.920><c> love</c><00:40:35.219><c> one</c><00:40:35.460><c> another,</c><00:40:36.360><c> God</c><00:40:36.800><c> dwells</c><00:40:37.380><c> in</c><00:40:37.460><c> us,</c><00:40:38.039><c> and</c><00:40:38.139><c> His</c><00:40:38.380><c> love</c><00:40:38.599><c> is</c>

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:40.599
brought<00:40:39.280><c> to</c><00:40:39.500><c> completion.</c>

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:44.820
It<00:40:41.460><c> is</c><00:40:41.860><c> perfected</c><00:40:43.219><c> in</c><00:40:43.539><c> us.</c>

00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:47.800
It's<00:40:45.059><c> brought</c><00:40:45.260><c> to</c><00:40:46.480><c> perfection</c><00:40:46.800><c> in</c><00:40:47.059><c> us.</c>

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:53.420
Hereby<00:40:48.780><c> we</c><00:40:49.159><c> know</c><00:40:49.599><c> that</c><00:40:50.199><c> we</c><00:40:50.460><c> dwell</c><00:40:50.619><c> in</c><00:40:50.800><c> Him,</c><00:40:51.239><c> and</c><00:40:51.380><c> He</c><00:40:51.460><c> in</c><00:40:51.539><c> us,</c><00:40:52.179><c> because</c><00:40:52.440><c> He's</c><00:40:52.679><c> given</c><00:40:52.900><c> us</c>

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:55.400
of<00:40:53.659><c> His</c><00:40:54.119><c> thinking,</c><00:40:54.599><c> of</c><00:40:54.719><c> His</c><00:40:54.980><c> Spirit.</c>

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:59.260
And<00:40:55.940><c> we</c><00:40:56.139><c> have</c><00:40:56.460><c> seen</c><00:40:56.940><c> and</c><00:40:57.380><c> do</c><00:40:57.519><c> testify</c><00:40:58.099><c> that</c><00:40:58.460><c> the</c><00:40:58.719><c> Father</c><00:40:58.980><c> has</c>

00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:02.219
sent<00:40:59.400><c> the</c><00:40:59.679><c> Son</c><00:40:59.980><c> to</c><00:41:00.280><c> be</c><00:41:00.380><c> the</c><00:41:00.699><c> Savior</c><00:41:00.920><c> of</c><00:41:01.099><c> the</c><00:41:01.300><c> world.</c>

00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:07.300
So<00:41:03.039><c> Christ,</c><00:41:04.559><c> the</c><00:41:04.820><c> center</c><00:41:05.059><c> of</c><00:41:05.260><c> the</c><00:41:05.519><c> message,</c><00:41:06.480><c> the</c><00:41:06.739><c> message</c><00:41:07.039><c> that</c><00:41:07.179><c> has</c>

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:09.719
been<00:41:07.559><c> rejected</c><00:41:08.079><c> by</c><00:41:08.320><c> those</c><00:41:08.559><c> who</c><00:41:08.699><c> have</c><00:41:08.900><c> left,</c>

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:13.400
that<00:41:10.460><c> message</c><00:41:10.920><c> preached</c><00:41:11.420><c> by</c><00:41:11.760><c> us,</c><00:41:12.380><c> as</c><00:41:12.539><c> well</c><00:41:12.719><c> as</c><00:41:12.880><c> our</c><00:41:13.000><c> love</c><00:41:13.159><c> for</c>

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:18.980
each<00:41:13.619><c> other,</c><00:41:14.980><c> indicate</c><00:41:15.260><c> together</c><00:41:15.860><c> that</c><00:41:16.519><c> we</c><00:41:16.800><c> are</c><00:41:17.079><c> abiding</c><00:41:17.559><c> in</c><00:41:18.119><c> Him.</c>

00:41:19.369 --> 00:41:24.980
Verse<00:41:19.699><c> 16,</c><00:41:20.960><c> we</c><00:41:21.280><c> have</c><00:41:21.460><c> known</c><00:41:21.639><c> and</c><00:41:21.940><c> believed</c><00:41:22.239><c> the</c><00:41:22.679><c> love</c><00:41:22.880><c> that</c><00:41:23.119><c> God</c><00:41:23.340><c> hath</c><00:41:23.619><c> to</c><00:41:23.860><c> us.</c>

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:31.000
God<00:41:25.179><c> is</c><00:41:26.159><c> love,</c><00:41:27.559><c> and</c><00:41:27.639><c> He</c><00:41:27.880><c> that</c><00:41:28.099><c> dwelleth</c><00:41:28.440><c> in</c><00:41:28.619><c> love</c><00:41:29.179><c> dwelleth</c><00:41:30.000><c> in</c>

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:34.280
God,<00:41:32.000><c> and</c><00:41:32.280><c> God</c><00:41:32.739><c> in</c><00:41:33.360><c> Him.</c>

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:40.139
You<00:41:35.039><c> know</c><00:41:35.159><c> that</c><00:41:35.360><c> word</c><00:41:35.599><c> agape,</c><00:41:37.079><c> we</c><00:41:37.159><c> have</c><00:41:37.539><c> wrongly</c><00:41:39.539><c> defined</c><00:41:39.940><c> it</c>

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:42.820
as<00:41:40.360><c> being</c><00:41:40.860><c> self</c><00:41:41.219><c>-sacrificing</c><00:41:41.960><c> love.</c>

00:41:42.840 --> 00:41:44.440
That's<00:41:43.179><c> not</c><00:41:43.280><c> what</c><00:41:43.400><c> the</c><00:41:43.539><c> word</c><00:41:43.639><c> means</c><00:41:43.880><c> in</c><00:41:44.039><c> the</c><00:41:44.179><c> Greek.</c>

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:49.400
In<00:41:45.539><c> the</c><00:41:45.820><c> Greek,</c><00:41:46.099><c> the</c><00:41:46.239><c> word</c><00:41:46.480><c> means</c><00:41:47.079><c> love</c><00:41:47.639><c> which</c><00:41:48.099><c> chooses</c><00:41:48.800><c> its</c>

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:53.079
object<00:41:50.039><c> with</c><00:41:51.039><c> decision</c><00:41:51.760><c> of</c><00:41:52.199><c> will.</c>

00:41:53.380 --> 00:41:57.820
There<00:41:53.500><c> is</c><00:41:53.699><c> an</c><00:41:53.880><c> element</c><00:41:54.119><c> of</c><00:41:54.340><c> self</c><00:41:54.539><c>-sacrifice</c><00:41:55.139><c> in</c><00:41:55.260><c> that,</c><00:41:56.039><c> but</c><00:41:56.179><c> it's</c><00:41:56.400><c> love</c><00:41:56.579><c> that</c><00:41:56.719><c> makes</c><00:41:56.940><c> a</c><00:41:57.199><c> choice.</c>

00:41:58.260 --> 00:42:02.239
It's<00:41:58.519><c> not</c><00:41:58.739><c> the</c><00:41:58.960><c> love</c><00:41:59.139><c> that</c><00:41:59.500><c> naturally</c><00:42:00.119><c> dwells</c><00:42:00.500><c> up</c><00:42:00.679><c> between</c><00:42:01.000><c> individuals.</c>

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:09.179
God<00:42:03.800><c> chose</c><00:42:04.519><c> to</c><00:42:04.780><c> love</c><00:42:04.960><c> us</c><00:42:05.980><c> when</c><00:42:06.719><c> we</c><00:42:07.199><c> were</c><00:42:07.559><c> not</c><00:42:08.099><c> lovable.</c>

00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:16.119
Christ<00:42:10.760><c> chose</c><00:42:11.519><c> to</c><00:42:11.840><c> love</c><00:42:12.139><c> the</c><00:42:12.400><c> people</c><00:42:13.219><c> whom</c><00:42:13.719><c> He</c><00:42:13.860><c> gave</c><00:42:14.099><c> His</c><00:42:14.320><c> life</c><00:42:14.780><c> for.</c>

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:18.780
And<00:42:17.059><c> this</c><00:42:17.219><c> is</c><00:42:17.340><c> what</c><00:42:17.539><c> John</c><00:42:17.780><c> is</c><00:42:18.019><c> saying.</c>

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:24.579
You've<00:42:20.019><c> got</c><00:42:20.360><c> to</c><00:42:20.760><c> make</c><00:42:21.159><c> the</c><00:42:21.579><c> choice</c><00:42:22.320><c> to</c><00:42:23.179><c> love</c><00:42:23.360><c> each</c><00:42:23.639><c> other.</c>

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:34.780
Love,<00:42:27.420><c> this</c><00:42:27.739><c> love,</c><00:42:28.380><c> agape</c><00:42:28.739><c> love,</c><00:42:29.920><c> is</c><00:42:30.039><c> not</c><00:42:30.239><c> an</c><00:42:30.679><c> event,</c><00:42:33.139><c> it's</c><00:42:33.440><c> a</c><00:42:33.699><c> choice.</c>

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:39.059
It's<00:42:36.579><c> the</c><00:42:36.679><c> kind</c><00:42:36.900><c> of</c><00:42:37.099><c> choice</c><00:42:37.239><c> that</c><00:42:37.400><c> is</c><00:42:37.500><c> made</c><00:42:37.760><c> by</c><00:42:38.380><c> wives</c><00:42:38.820><c> with</c>

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.940
their<00:42:39.280><c> husbands</c>

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:44.719
when<00:42:41.079><c> they</c><00:42:41.400><c> choose</c><00:42:41.820><c> to</c><00:42:42.000><c> keep</c><00:42:42.260><c> on</c><00:42:42.719><c> loving</c><00:42:42.940><c> a</c><00:42:43.159><c> husband</c><00:42:43.639><c> that</c><00:42:44.480><c> is</c>

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:46.280
difficult<00:42:45.179><c> to</c><00:42:45.300><c> be</c><00:42:45.539><c> with.</c>

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:51.519
It's<00:42:46.960><c> the</c><00:42:47.119><c> kind</c><00:42:47.219><c> of</c><00:42:47.420><c> choice</c><00:42:47.719><c> that</c><00:42:48.599><c> parents</c><00:42:48.920><c> make</c><00:42:49.400><c> to</c><00:42:50.019><c> keep</c><00:42:50.360><c> on</c><00:42:50.860><c> loving</c>

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:57.920
teenage<00:42:52.460><c> or</c><00:42:52.860><c> older</c><00:42:53.360><c> married</c><00:42:53.840><c> children</c><00:42:54.579><c> in</c><00:42:55.739><c> circumstances</c><00:42:56.699><c> where</c><00:42:57.699><c> it</c>

00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:00.639
is<00:42:58.280><c> tough</c><00:42:58.559><c> to</c><00:42:58.880><c> continue</c><00:42:59.099><c> to</c><00:42:59.340><c> love</c><00:42:59.480><c> that</c><00:42:59.719><c> child.</c>

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:05.760
It<00:43:01.539><c> is</c><00:43:01.739><c> a</c><00:43:01.940><c> choice</c><00:43:02.360><c> that</c><00:43:02.820><c> is</c><00:43:03.159><c> made</c><00:43:03.780><c> by</c><00:43:04.340><c> brothers</c><00:43:04.780><c> and</c><00:43:05.219><c> sisters</c>

00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:09.440
to<00:43:06.440><c> keep</c><00:43:06.940><c> on</c><00:43:07.719><c> loving</c><00:43:08.039><c> the</c><00:43:08.380><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:12.960
when<00:43:10.320><c> it</c><00:43:10.519><c> is</c><00:43:10.780><c> particularly</c><00:43:11.280><c> hard</c><00:43:11.639><c> to</c><00:43:11.840><c> do</c><00:43:12.039><c> so.</c>

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:17.420
And<00:43:13.320><c> these</c><00:43:13.639><c> were</c><00:43:13.900><c> events</c><00:43:14.579><c> in</c><00:43:15.280><c> which</c><00:43:15.460><c> it</c><00:43:15.619><c> was</c><00:43:15.960><c> hard</c><00:43:16.559><c> to</c><00:43:16.960><c> love</c>

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:19.139
the<00:43:17.840><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:25.980
John's<00:43:20.420><c> instruction</c><00:43:20.760><c> is</c><00:43:21.679><c> that</c><00:43:22.199><c> is</c><00:43:22.420><c> the</c><00:43:22.719><c> choice</c><00:43:23.480><c> you</c><00:43:24.239><c> must</c><00:43:24.699><c> make</c>

00:43:26.000 --> 00:43:28.960
or<00:43:26.420><c> you</c><00:43:26.539><c> will</c><00:43:26.780><c> lose</c><00:43:27.059><c> everything</c><00:43:27.460><c> that</c><00:43:27.659><c> you</c><00:43:27.900><c> have.</c>

00:43:29.429 --> 00:43:33.380
So<00:43:29.820><c> he</c><00:43:29.920><c> says</c><00:43:31.280><c> in</c><00:43:31.619><c> verse</c><00:43:31.760><c> 17,</c>

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:38.539
Heron<00:43:33.760><c> is</c><00:43:33.960><c> our</c><00:43:34.099><c> love</c><00:43:34.300><c> made</c><00:43:34.719><c> perfect</c><00:43:35.619><c> that</c><00:43:36.159><c> we</c><00:43:36.380><c> may</c><00:43:36.579><c> have</c><00:43:36.960><c> boldness</c><00:43:37.579><c> in</c><00:43:37.719><c> the</c><00:43:37.840><c> day</c><00:43:37.960><c> of</c><00:43:38.179><c> judgment</c>

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:44.559
because<00:43:39.260><c> as</c><00:43:39.860><c> He</c><00:43:40.260><c> is,</c><00:43:41.320><c> so</c><00:43:41.760><c> are</c><00:43:42.320><c> we</c><00:43:42.760><c> in</c><00:43:43.159><c> this</c><00:43:43.500><c> world.</c>

00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:50.760
And<00:43:45.199><c> so</c><00:43:45.340><c> we</c><00:43:45.719><c> must</c><00:43:46.079><c> be</c><00:43:46.780><c> like</c><00:43:47.460><c> Christ,</c><00:43:48.179><c> like</c><00:43:48.659><c> God,</c><00:43:49.780><c> who</c><00:43:50.000><c> chose</c><00:43:50.460><c> to</c>

00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:53.380
love<00:43:50.900><c> us</c><00:43:51.679><c> in</c><00:43:52.119><c> our</c><00:43:52.320><c> love</c><00:43:52.440><c> for</c><00:43:52.659><c> each</c><00:43:52.920><c> other.</c>

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:58.260
In<00:43:54.119><c> keeping</c><00:43:54.360><c> Christ</c><00:43:54.780><c> in</c><00:43:54.960><c> the</c><00:43:55.139><c> center,</c><00:43:56.440><c> in</c><00:43:56.480><c> valuing</c><00:43:57.059><c> and</c><00:43:57.300><c> elevating</c><00:43:57.820><c> and</c>

00:43:58.260 --> 00:44:01.219
treasuring<00:43:58.980><c> the</c><00:43:59.480><c> Word</c><00:43:59.679><c> of</c><00:43:59.920><c> God.</c>

00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:05.480
We<00:44:02.219><c> must</c><00:44:02.579><c> be</c><00:44:03.139><c> like</c><00:44:03.559><c> Him</c><00:44:03.880><c> in</c><00:44:04.119><c> these</c><00:44:04.460><c> things.</c>

00:44:05.719 --> 00:44:10.059
He<00:44:05.860><c> says</c><00:44:06.400><c> there</c><00:44:07.579><c> is</c><00:44:07.820><c> no</c><00:44:08.159><c> fear</c><00:44:08.760><c> in</c><00:44:09.099><c> love.</c>

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:13.079
Now<00:44:10.219><c> fear</c><00:44:10.300><c> is</c><00:44:10.519><c> the</c><00:44:10.619><c> beginning</c><00:44:10.820><c> of</c><00:44:11.139><c> wisdom,</c><00:44:11.500><c> but</c><00:44:11.679><c> in</c><00:44:12.000><c> maturity.</c>

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:18.880
And<00:44:13.460><c> we</c><00:44:13.599><c> retain</c><00:44:14.000><c> that</c><00:44:14.659><c> reverence,</c><00:44:17.059><c> that</c><00:44:17.159><c> fearfulness</c><00:44:17.659><c> of</c><00:44:18.019><c> displeasing</c><00:44:18.599><c> or</c>

00:44:18.880 --> 00:44:20.179
hurting<00:44:19.219><c> Him.</c>

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:22.820
And<00:44:20.960><c> every</c><00:44:21.119><c> time</c><00:44:21.260><c> we</c><00:44:21.500><c> sin,</c><00:44:21.760><c> well</c><00:44:21.960><c> that's</c><00:44:22.179><c> what</c><00:44:22.280><c> we</c><00:44:22.519><c> do.</c>

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:25.280
We<00:44:23.420><c> let</c><00:44:23.579><c> Him</c><00:44:23.820><c> down.</c>

00:44:25.820 --> 00:44:28.760
And<00:44:25.880><c> we</c><00:44:25.980><c> know</c><00:44:26.139><c> we</c><00:44:26.320><c> all</c><00:44:26.539><c> struggle</c><00:44:26.840><c> with</c><00:44:27.119><c> sin</c><00:44:27.420><c> on</c><00:44:28.039><c> a</c><00:44:28.179><c> daily</c><00:44:28.360><c> basis,</c>

00:44:28.780 --> 00:44:33.159
but<00:44:28.980><c> there</c><00:44:29.159><c> is</c><00:44:29.400><c> forgiveness</c><00:44:29.980><c> as</c><00:44:30.739><c> we're</c><00:44:31.079><c> reminded</c><00:44:31.639><c> in</c><00:44:32.219><c> the</c><00:44:32.400><c> early</c><00:44:32.619><c> chapters</c><00:44:32.980><c> of</c>

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:34.500
this<00:44:33.380><c> epistle.</c>

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:40.199
But<00:44:36.019><c> fear</c><00:44:36.699><c> as</c><00:44:37.239><c> an</c><00:44:37.519><c> element</c><00:44:37.920><c> of</c><00:44:38.360><c> our</c><00:44:38.639><c> interaction</c><00:44:39.099><c> with</c><00:44:39.320><c> God,</c>

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:44.900
well<00:44:40.539><c> that's</c><00:44:40.820><c> not</c><00:44:41.000><c> a</c><00:44:41.300><c> part</c><00:44:41.800><c> of</c><00:44:42.380><c> mature</c><00:44:42.960><c> relationship</c><00:44:43.679><c> with</c><00:44:43.900><c> God.</c>

00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:49.360
He<00:44:45.300><c> says</c><00:44:45.559><c> perfect</c><00:44:46.320><c> love,</c><00:44:46.619><c> mature</c><00:44:46.920><c> love,</c><00:44:47.820><c> casts</c><00:44:47.860><c> out</c><00:44:48.360><c> fear.</c>

00:44:49.719 --> 00:44:52.760
Fear<00:44:50.059><c> locks</c><00:44:50.460><c> us</c><00:44:50.800><c> down,</c><00:44:51.579><c> constrains</c><00:44:52.099><c> us.</c>

00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:56.800
It<00:44:53.260><c> makes</c><00:44:53.519><c> us</c><00:44:53.860><c> move</c><00:44:54.159><c> in</c><00:44:54.480><c> a</c><00:44:54.679><c> very</c><00:44:54.980><c> restricted</c><00:44:55.420><c> way</c><00:44:55.860><c> in</c><00:44:56.300><c> our</c><00:44:56.519><c> lives</c><00:44:56.679><c> and</c>

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with<00:44:56.920><c> each</c><00:44:57.139><c> other</c>

00:44:57.440 --> 00:45:01.179
in<00:44:57.920><c> ways</c><00:44:58.260><c> that</c><00:44:58.579><c> do</c><00:44:58.860><c> not</c><00:44:59.179><c> allow</c><00:44:59.480><c> the</c><00:44:59.860><c> unlocking</c><00:45:00.320><c> of</c><00:45:00.719><c> love,</c>

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compassion,<00:45:02.320><c> empathy,</c>

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:06.480
and<00:45:03.619><c> the</c><00:45:03.880><c> fullness</c><00:45:04.179><c> of</c><00:45:04.480><c> interaction</c><00:45:04.960><c> that</c><00:45:05.159><c> we</c><00:45:05.320><c> need</c><00:45:05.480><c> to</c><00:45:05.739><c> have</c>

00:45:06.480 --> 00:45:09.139
for<00:45:06.860><c> those</c><00:45:07.099><c> that</c><00:45:07.280><c> are</c><00:45:07.480><c> around</c><00:45:07.699><c> us</c><00:45:07.940><c> in</c><00:45:08.039><c> the</c><00:45:08.239><c> truth.</c>

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:15.179
So<00:45:11.000><c> fear</c><00:45:11.539><c> is</c><00:45:12.659><c> cast</c><00:45:13.019><c> out</c><00:45:13.639><c> by</c><00:45:14.099><c> mature</c><00:45:14.760><c> love,</c>

00:45:15.179 --> 00:45:18.719
because<00:45:15.860><c> fear,</c><00:45:16.480><c> well</c><00:45:16.760><c> it</c><00:45:16.960><c> hath</c><00:45:17.400><c> punishment,</c><00:45:18.260><c> the</c><00:45:18.400><c> revised</c>

00:45:18.719 --> 00:45:20.019
version<00:45:19.099><c> says.</c>

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:24.239
It's<00:45:20.360><c> a</c><00:45:20.559><c> fearful</c><00:45:20.880><c> looking</c><00:45:21.480><c> for</c><00:45:22.039><c> punishment</c><00:45:22.519><c> in</c><00:45:22.699><c> the</c><00:45:22.800><c> day</c><00:45:22.900><c> of</c><00:45:23.139><c> judgment.</c>

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:26.960
A<00:45:24.880><c> fearful</c><00:45:25.239><c> life</c><00:45:25.579><c> in</c><00:45:25.860><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:31.239
We<00:45:27.440><c> don't</c><00:45:27.559><c> need</c><00:45:27.719><c> to</c><00:45:27.980><c> have</c><00:45:28.199><c> a</c><00:45:28.539><c> fearful,</c><00:45:29.159><c> frightened</c><00:45:29.539><c> life</c><00:45:29.840><c> in</c><00:45:30.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:35.320
Because<00:45:32.119><c> that's</c><00:45:32.539><c> the</c><00:45:32.679><c> attitude</c><00:45:32.980><c> of</c><00:45:33.239><c> mind</c><00:45:33.400><c> that</c><00:45:33.579><c> is</c><00:45:33.860><c> reflective</c><00:45:34.219><c> of</c><00:45:34.780><c> an</c>

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:38.199
angry,<00:45:36.059><c> vengeful,</c><00:45:36.739><c> vindictive</c><00:45:37.239><c> God.</c>

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:43.599
Instead<00:45:39.980><c> we</c><00:45:40.119><c> need</c><00:45:40.340><c> to</c><00:45:40.480><c> have</c><00:45:40.619><c> a</c><00:45:40.780><c> life</c><00:45:41.360><c> confident</c><00:45:42.119><c> in</c><00:45:42.860><c> the</c><00:45:43.219><c> love</c>

00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:45.039
of<00:45:44.039><c> a</c><00:45:44.280><c> merciful</c><00:45:44.659><c> father</c>

00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:48.519
who<00:45:45.880><c> is</c><00:45:46.260><c> strict</c><00:45:46.460><c> and</c><00:45:46.719><c> righteous</c><00:45:47.019><c> and</c><00:45:47.400><c> pure</c><00:45:47.679><c> in</c><00:45:47.880><c> his</c><00:45:48.139><c> principles,</c>

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:53.699
but<00:45:49.199><c> is</c><00:45:49.840><c> loving,</c><00:45:50.559><c> compassionate,</c><00:45:51.559><c> and</c><00:45:51.760><c> forgiving</c><00:45:52.159><c> of</c><00:45:52.500><c> his</c><00:45:52.719><c> children.</c>

00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:57.539
Remember<00:45:54.199><c> that</c><00:45:54.539><c> father</c><00:45:55.019><c> running</c><00:45:55.559><c> out</c><00:45:56.019><c> to</c><00:45:56.340><c> grab</c><00:45:56.559><c> a</c><00:45:56.820><c> hold</c><00:45:57.059><c> of</c>

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:59.559
his<00:45:58.039><c> stinking</c><00:45:58.860><c> son</c>

00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:03.960
with<00:46:00.699><c> the</c><00:46:01.099><c> foulness</c><00:46:01.500><c> and</c><00:46:01.639><c> the</c><00:46:02.000><c> smell</c><00:46:02.199><c> of</c><00:46:02.400><c> the</c><00:46:02.699><c> swine</c><00:46:02.980><c> upon</c><00:46:03.239><c> him,</c>

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:06.880
kissing<00:46:04.619><c> him</c><00:46:04.840><c> on</c><00:46:04.980><c> his</c><00:46:05.260><c> dirty</c><00:46:05.659><c> neck,</c>

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:11.800
and<00:46:08.519><c> having</c><00:46:08.780><c> him</c><00:46:09.239><c> clothed</c><00:46:10.139><c> with</c><00:46:10.320><c> a</c><00:46:10.460><c> ring</c><00:46:10.639><c> put</c><00:46:10.840><c> on</c><00:46:10.940><c> his</c><00:46:11.179><c> finger</c>

00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:14.880
when<00:46:12.539><c> he</c><00:46:12.760><c> finally</c><00:46:13.059><c> came</c><00:46:13.320><c> back</c><00:46:13.679><c> to</c><00:46:13.880><c> his</c><00:46:14.099><c> dad.</c>

00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:18.099
That's<00:46:15.800><c> the</c><00:46:16.019><c> way</c><00:46:16.320><c> God</c><00:46:16.679><c> is.</c>

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:20.480
That's<00:46:18.940><c> the</c><00:46:19.039><c> God</c><00:46:19.239><c> that</c><00:46:19.420><c> we</c><00:46:19.639><c> follow.</c>

00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:22.539
A<00:46:20.820><c> God</c><00:46:21.000><c> who</c><00:46:21.219><c> came</c><00:46:21.440><c> out</c><00:46:21.699><c> and</c><00:46:21.840><c> kept</c><00:46:22.039><c> looking.</c>

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.820
Every<00:46:23.400><c> day</c><00:46:23.679><c> is</c><00:46:23.860><c> he</c><00:46:24.019><c> coming.</c>

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:28.360
That<00:46:25.300><c> father</c><00:46:25.860><c> looking</c><00:46:26.539><c> for</c><00:46:26.760><c> his</c><00:46:26.980><c> son</c><00:46:27.280><c> along</c><00:46:27.619><c> the</c><00:46:27.840><c> road.</c>

00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:33.420
When<00:46:29.000><c> he</c><00:46:29.159><c> finally</c><00:46:29.539><c> spotted</c><00:46:29.860><c> him,</c><00:46:30.800><c> running</c><00:46:31.199><c> out</c><00:46:31.739><c> to</c><00:46:31.900><c> meet</c><00:46:32.119><c> him.</c>

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:36.699
That's<00:46:34.940><c> the</c><00:46:35.019><c> way</c><00:46:35.099><c> God</c><00:46:35.300><c> is</c><00:46:35.480><c> with</c><00:46:35.659><c> us.</c>

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:40.079
That's<00:46:38.059><c> the</c><00:46:38.239><c> loving</c><00:46:38.460><c> father</c><00:46:38.780><c> that</c><00:46:38.980><c> we</c><00:46:39.199><c> have.</c>

00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:45.119
We<00:46:41.500><c> love</c><00:46:41.739><c> him</c><00:46:41.920><c> because</c><00:46:42.380><c> he</c><00:46:43.159><c> first</c><00:46:43.699><c> loved</c><00:46:44.019><c> us.</c>

00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:49.340
If<00:46:45.440><c> a</c><00:46:45.519><c> man</c><00:46:45.679><c> say</c><00:46:45.880><c> I</c><00:46:46.019><c> love</c><00:46:46.280><c> God</c><00:46:46.719><c> and</c><00:46:47.099><c> hated</c><00:46:47.380><c> his</c><00:46:47.760><c> brother,</c><00:46:48.079><c> he's</c><00:46:48.280><c> a</c><00:46:48.480><c> liar.</c>

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:55.199
How<00:46:50.139><c> can</c><00:46:50.760><c> he,</c><00:46:52.460><c> who</c><00:46:52.800><c> loves</c><00:46:53.179><c> not</c><00:46:53.440><c> his</c><00:46:53.699><c> brother,</c><00:46:53.940><c> who</c><00:46:54.039><c> he</c><00:46:54.219><c> can</c><00:46:54.480><c> see,</c>

00:46:55.199 --> 00:46:59.619
say<00:46:56.159><c> that</c><00:46:56.320><c> he</c><00:46:56.440><c> loves</c><00:46:56.800><c> God,</c><00:46:57.599><c> who</c><00:46:57.699><c> he</c><00:46:57.940><c> can't</c><00:46:58.400><c> see?</c>

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:04.559
So<00:47:02.199><c> if</c><00:47:02.500><c> in</c><00:47:02.659><c> that</c><00:47:02.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:47:03.340><c> in</c><00:47:03.599><c> John's</c><00:47:04.139><c> day,</c>

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:07.699
there<00:47:05.000><c> were</c><00:47:05.199><c> brethren</c><00:47:05.599><c> that</c><00:47:05.880><c> were</c><00:47:06.139><c> angry</c><00:47:06.719><c> with</c><00:47:06.920><c> each</c><00:47:07.199><c> other,</c>

00:47:08.099 --> 00:47:11.840
fighting<00:47:08.420><c> with</c><00:47:08.639><c> each</c><00:47:08.920><c> other</c><00:47:09.460><c> in</c><00:47:09.960><c> deep</c><00:47:10.420><c> conflict</c><00:47:10.980><c> and</c><00:47:11.400><c> hating</c>

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:12.699
each<00:47:12.340><c> other</c>

00:47:12.699 --> 00:47:15.300
in<00:47:13.159><c> the</c><00:47:13.420><c> ecclesia</c><00:47:13.760><c> that</c><00:47:13.880><c> was</c><00:47:14.079><c> left</c><00:47:14.219><c> behind,</c>

00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:19.360
then<00:47:16.719><c> they</c><00:47:16.900><c> could</c><00:47:17.139><c> not</c><00:47:17.360><c> claim</c><00:47:17.539><c> that</c><00:47:17.699><c> they</c><00:47:17.900><c> loved</c><00:47:18.059><c> God.</c>

00:47:20.380 --> 00:47:25.360
Because<00:47:21.119><c> you</c><00:47:21.340><c> hated</c><00:47:21.619><c> somebody</c><00:47:22.039><c> that</c><00:47:22.199><c> was</c><00:47:22.539><c> precious</c><00:47:23.139><c> to</c><00:47:24.280><c> God.</c>

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:28.510
And<00:47:26.380><c> in</c><00:47:26.719><c> circumstances</c><00:47:27.300><c> of</c><00:47:27.639><c> controversy,</c>

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:32.760
ecclesial<00:47:29.920><c> strife,</c><00:47:30.840><c> breakdown,</c><00:47:31.400><c> fragmentation,</c>

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:37.239
the<00:47:33.519><c> most</c><00:47:33.920><c> awful</c><00:47:34.360><c> things</c><00:47:34.699><c> are</c><00:47:35.000><c> said</c><00:47:35.159><c> by</c><00:47:35.480><c> brethren</c><00:47:35.780><c> about</c><00:47:36.079><c> each</c><00:47:36.360><c> other.</c>

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:42.119
The<00:47:38.260><c> most</c><00:47:38.719><c> awful</c><00:47:39.079><c> things</c><00:47:39.420><c> are</c><00:47:39.820><c> spread</c><00:47:40.039><c> about</c><00:47:40.639><c> by</c><00:47:41.800><c> brethren</c>

00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:43.820
about<00:47:42.440><c> each</c><00:47:42.719><c> other.</c>

00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:47.000
Accusation,<00:47:45.000><c> innuendo,</c><00:47:45.739><c> insinuation.</c>

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:51.900
Things<00:47:48.619><c> that</c><00:47:48.880><c> shouldn't</c><00:47:49.099><c> be</c><00:47:49.380><c> named</c><00:47:49.599><c> among</c><00:47:49.880><c> us</c><00:47:50.059><c> that</c><00:47:50.199><c> we</c><00:47:50.420><c> shouldn't</c><00:47:50.559><c> be</c><00:47:50.800><c> doing.</c>

00:47:52.420 --> 00:47:54.500
Every<00:47:52.539><c> one</c><00:47:52.719><c> of</c><00:47:52.880><c> us,</c><00:47:53.119><c> use</c><00:47:53.579><c> the</c><00:47:53.820><c> analogy</c><00:47:54.039><c> before,</c>

00:47:54.840 --> 00:47:56.960
has<00:47:54.960><c> a</c><00:47:55.199><c> closet</c><00:47:55.460><c> we</c><00:47:55.659><c> would</c><00:47:55.900><c> like</c><00:47:56.039><c> to</c><00:47:56.239><c> keep</c><00:47:56.460><c> closed</c>

00:47:56.960 --> 00:48:01.179
with<00:47:57.559><c> the</c><00:47:57.840><c> imperfections</c><00:47:58.400><c> of</c><00:47:58.579><c> our</c><00:47:58.800><c> life,</c><00:47:59.639><c> of</c><00:47:59.780><c> our</c><00:48:00.079><c> past</c><00:48:00.559><c> in</c>

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:02.320
that<00:48:01.440><c> closet.</c>

00:48:02.500 --> 00:48:04.199
Sometimes<00:48:02.980><c> as</c><00:48:03.159><c> you're</c><00:48:03.300><c> walking</c><00:48:03.539><c> down</c><00:48:03.739><c> the</c><00:48:03.980><c> corridor,</c>

00:48:04.239 --> 00:48:07.260
you<00:48:04.420><c> see</c><00:48:04.679><c> a</c><00:48:04.960><c> door</c><00:48:05.119><c> of</c><00:48:05.320><c> somebody's</c><00:48:05.820><c> closet</c><00:48:06.059><c> open.</c>

00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:11.119
Loving,<00:48:08.920><c> mature</c><00:48:09.400><c> brothers</c><00:48:09.760><c> and</c><00:48:10.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:11.320 --> 00:48:14.360
shut<00:48:11.460><c> it</c><00:48:11.599><c> with</c><00:48:11.820><c> their</c><00:48:12.059><c> hand</c><00:48:12.539><c> and</c><00:48:13.119><c> don't</c><00:48:13.420><c> look</c><00:48:13.659><c> in.</c>

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:16.360
They<00:48:14.920><c> keep</c><00:48:15.139><c> on</c><00:48:15.400><c> walking.</c>

00:48:17.079 --> 00:48:19.480
But<00:48:17.119><c> there</c><00:48:17.360><c> are</c><00:48:17.420><c> people</c><00:48:17.579><c> who</c><00:48:17.800><c> like</c><00:48:17.960><c> to</c><00:48:18.179><c> rummage.</c>

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:24.079
They<00:48:19.780><c> open</c><00:48:20.139><c> the</c><00:48:20.280><c> door</c><00:48:20.400><c> of</c><00:48:20.539><c> the</c><00:48:20.699><c> closet</c><00:48:21.039><c> and</c><00:48:21.480><c> go</c><00:48:21.719><c> in</c><00:48:22.159><c> and</c><00:48:22.659><c> explore</c><00:48:23.239><c> and</c><00:48:23.559><c> explore</c>

00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:27.199
and<00:48:24.719><c> then</c><00:48:25.119><c> share</c><00:48:25.500><c> everything</c><00:48:25.860><c> they've</c><00:48:26.300><c> found.</c>

00:48:28.099 --> 00:48:31.199
Those<00:48:28.320><c> are</c><00:48:28.760><c> immature</c><00:48:30.000><c> brothers</c><00:48:30.480><c> and</c><00:48:30.760><c> sisters</c>

00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:35.000
who<00:48:32.260><c> out</c><00:48:32.400><c> of</c><00:48:32.500><c> the</c><00:48:32.719><c> unhappiness</c><00:48:33.179><c> of</c><00:48:33.320><c> their</c><00:48:33.699><c> own</c><00:48:34.099><c> lives,</c>

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:39.539
delight<00:48:35.599><c> in</c><00:48:36.000><c> harvesting</c><00:48:36.599><c> the</c><00:48:37.400><c> imperfections</c><00:48:38.480><c> from</c><00:48:39.000><c> others</c>

00:48:39.539 --> 00:48:41.960
to<00:48:40.079><c> make</c><00:48:40.239><c> themselves</c><00:48:40.699><c> feel</c><00:48:40.960><c> better.</c>

00:48:42.309 --> 00:48:46.480
So<00:48:42.679><c> all</c><00:48:42.940><c> of</c><00:48:43.079><c> that</c><00:48:43.639><c> is</c><00:48:44.019><c> indicative</c><00:48:44.380><c> not</c><00:48:44.920><c> of</c><00:48:45.380><c> love,</c>

00:48:46.900 --> 00:48:49.880
not<00:48:47.239><c> of</c><00:48:47.719><c> an</c><00:48:47.960><c> understanding</c><00:48:48.440><c> of</c><00:48:48.659><c> the</c><00:48:48.880><c> atonement</c><00:48:49.360><c> and</c><00:48:49.460><c> what</c><00:48:49.579><c> was</c>

00:48:49.880 --> 00:48:51.300
achieved<00:48:50.219><c> in</c><00:48:50.380><c> it,</c>

00:48:51.699 --> 00:48:54.699
not<00:48:52.099><c> of</c><00:48:52.420><c> a</c><00:48:52.579><c> comprehension</c><00:48:53.099><c> of</c><00:48:53.400><c> our</c><00:48:53.699><c> first</c><00:48:54.059><c> principles</c>

00:48:54.699 --> 00:48:58.440
and<00:48:55.159><c> how</c><00:48:55.500><c> they</c><00:48:55.780><c> work</c><00:48:55.980><c> themselves</c><00:48:56.460><c> out</c><00:48:57.000><c> in</c><00:48:57.219><c> our</c><00:48:57.460><c> lives.</c>

00:48:59.360 --> 00:49:02.280
It's<00:48:59.619><c> indicative</c><00:49:00.019><c> of</c><00:49:00.239><c> a</c><00:49:00.579><c> failure</c><00:49:00.860><c> to</c><00:49:01.159><c> understand</c><00:49:01.519><c> those</c><00:49:01.840><c> things.</c>

00:49:02.780 --> 00:49:06.019
And<00:49:02.960><c> so</c><00:49:03.059><c> I</c><00:49:03.420><c> can't</c><00:49:04.079><c> claim</c><00:49:04.500><c> that</c><00:49:04.719><c> I</c><00:49:05.019><c> love</c><00:49:05.400><c> God</c>

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:10.699
if<00:49:06.780><c> I</c><00:49:07.199><c> hate</c><00:49:07.579><c> or</c><00:49:08.119><c> dislike</c><00:49:08.739><c> or</c><00:49:09.179><c> I'm</c><00:49:09.500><c> actively</c><00:49:09.920><c> eroding</c>

00:49:10.699 --> 00:49:15.320
if<00:49:11.360><c> I'm</c><00:49:11.860><c> cutting</c><00:49:12.179><c> down</c><00:49:12.820><c> and</c><00:49:13.019><c> maligning</c><00:49:13.820><c> my</c><00:49:14.460><c> brother.</c>

00:49:16.780 --> 00:49:20.079
I<00:49:17.119><c> can't</c><00:49:17.500><c> say</c><00:49:17.639><c> I</c><00:49:17.780><c> love</c><00:49:17.920><c> God</c><00:49:18.119><c> and</c><00:49:18.280><c> be</c><00:49:18.420><c> doing</c><00:49:18.579><c> those</c><00:49:18.900><c> things.</c>

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:23.300
And<00:49:21.139><c> so</c><00:49:21.340><c> he</c><00:49:21.559><c> goes</c><00:49:21.800><c> on</c><00:49:22.039><c> and</c><00:49:22.179><c> he</c><00:49:22.340><c> says,</c>

00:49:24.179 --> 00:49:27.900
and<00:49:24.179><c> this</c><00:49:24.860><c> commandment</c><00:49:25.880><c> have</c><00:49:26.139><c> we</c><00:49:26.940><c> from</c><00:49:27.400><c> him</c>

00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:35.239
that<00:49:29.179><c> he</c><00:49:29.980><c> who</c><00:49:30.639><c> loveth</c><00:49:31.219><c> God</c><00:49:32.219><c> love</c><00:49:33.360><c> his</c><00:49:33.699><c> brother</c><00:49:34.099><c> also.</c>

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:38.539
You<00:49:35.880><c> see</c><00:49:36.000><c> the</c><00:49:36.139><c> two</c><00:49:36.280><c> go</c><00:49:36.519><c> together</c><00:49:37.199><c> for</c><00:49:37.539><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:49:38.539 --> 00:49:44.139
The<00:49:39.400><c> preservation</c><00:49:40.179><c> of</c><00:49:40.440><c> our</c><00:49:40.880><c> doctrines,</c><00:49:42.519><c> absolutely</c><00:49:42.960><c> essential,</c>

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:49.179
and<00:49:44.940><c> the</c><00:49:45.420><c> preservation</c><00:49:46.000><c> of</c><00:49:46.579><c> love</c><00:49:47.460><c> toward</c><00:49:47.840><c> each</c><00:49:48.139><c> other.</c>

00:49:49.800 --> 00:49:52.159
These<00:49:50.000><c> two</c><00:49:50.219><c> things</c><00:49:50.440><c> go</c><00:49:50.900><c> together.</c>

00:49:52.599 --> 00:49:57.360
By<00:49:52.780><c> pulling</c><00:49:53.260><c> either</c><00:49:54.000><c> out,</c><00:49:55.699><c> we</c><00:49:55.880><c> now</c><00:49:56.219><c> have</c><00:49:56.460><c> an</c><00:49:56.699><c> imbalance</c>

00:49:57.360 --> 00:50:01.400
in<00:49:58.159><c> ecclesial</c><00:49:58.639><c> life</c><00:49:59.179><c> and</c><00:49:59.900><c> in</c><00:50:00.039><c> our</c><00:50:00.199><c> own</c><00:50:00.420><c> lives.</c>

00:50:01.579 --> 00:50:05.219
So<00:50:01.679><c> brothers</c><00:50:01.880><c> and</c><00:50:02.119><c> sisters,</c><00:50:02.739><c> when</c><00:50:02.960><c> we</c><00:50:03.300><c> look</c><00:50:03.679><c> at</c><00:50:04.280><c> this</c><00:50:04.559><c> epistle,</c>

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:10.360
let's<00:50:06.039><c> always</c><00:50:06.480><c> remember</c><00:50:07.260><c> these</c><00:50:07.960><c> are</c><00:50:08.179><c> not</c><00:50:08.320><c> just</c><00:50:08.920><c> archaic</c><00:50:09.559><c> writings</c>

00:50:10.360 --> 00:50:13.760
written<00:50:11.599><c> for</c><00:50:11.820><c> us</c><00:50:12.019><c> to</c><00:50:12.179><c> be</c><00:50:12.280><c> able</c><00:50:12.440><c> to</c><00:50:12.719><c> understand</c><00:50:13.139><c> the</c><00:50:13.360><c> way</c><00:50:13.480><c> the</c>

00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:15.039
past<00:50:14.000><c> worked.</c>

00:50:15.699 --> 00:50:18.639
These<00:50:16.039><c> are</c><00:50:16.340><c> written</c><00:50:16.559><c> for</c><00:50:16.860><c> our</c><00:50:17.079><c> learning</c><00:50:17.460><c> today.</c>

00:50:18.980 --> 00:50:22.400
They<00:50:19.179><c> are</c><00:50:19.559><c> real,</c><00:50:20.800><c> they</c><00:50:20.820><c> are</c><00:50:21.300><c> poignant,</c>

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:25.960
and<00:50:22.579><c> they</c><00:50:22.800><c> are</c><00:50:23.400><c> eminently</c><00:50:23.860><c> applicable</c><00:50:24.579><c> to</c><00:50:25.360><c> our</c><00:50:25.539><c> day</c><00:50:25.639><c> in</c><00:50:25.800><c> the</c>

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:27.380
21st<00:50:26.539><c> century.</c>