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time</c><00:14:05.570><c> when</c> 00:14:05.769 --> 00:14:06.490 the<00:14:05.929><c> earth</c><00:14:06.029><c> would</c><00:14:06.230><c> be</c> 00:14:06.490 --> 00:14:10.529 rejuvenated,<00:14:07.669><c> and</c><00:14:07.870><c> Israel</c><00:14:08.149><c> would</c><00:14:08.409><c> assume</c><00:14:08.690><c> her</c><00:14:08.870><c> full</c><00:14:09.230><c> greatness,</c><00:14:10.169><c> and</c><00:14:10.370><c> the</c> 00:14:10.529 --> 00:14:11.149 Messiah<00:14:10.830><c> would</c> 00:14:11.149 --> 00:14:14.570 rule<00:14:11.350><c> over</c><00:14:11.789><c> the</c><00:14:12.169><c> nation,</c><00:14:12.730><c> and</c><00:14:12.730><c> then</c><00:14:13.309><c> as</c><00:14:13.750><c> a</c><00:14:14.029><c> consequence</c><00:14:14.350><c> of</c> 00:14:14.570 --> 00:14:15.669 that,<00:14:15.009><c> over</c><00:14:15.210><c> the</c><00:14:15.389><c> whole</c> 00:14:15.669 --> 00:14:20.669 world.<00:14:16.289><c> They</c><00:14:16.590><c> delighted</c><00:14:17.070><c> 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of</c><00:15:03.730><c> Yahweh,</c><00:15:04.830><c> but</c><00:15:05.070><c> to</c><00:15:05.230><c> be</c><00:15:05.529><c> moved</c> 00:15:05.850 --> 00:15:07.210 by<00:15:06.070><c> that</c><00:15:06.309><c> worship</c><00:15:06.570><c> to</c><00:15:06.830><c> change</c> 00:15:07.210 --> 00:15:10.710 their<00:15:07.429><c> behavior.</c><00:15:08.870><c> Well,</c><00:15:09.110><c> that</c><00:15:09.289><c> was</c><00:15:09.470><c> something</c><00:15:09.690><c> that</c><00:15:09.870><c> they</c><00:15:10.009><c> weren't</c><00:15:10.169><c> prepared</c><00:15:10.490><c> to</c> 00:15:10.710 --> 00:15:11.970 do.<00:15:11.769><c> In</c> 00:15:11.970 --> 00:15:14.870 fact,<00:15:12.129><c> it</c><00:15:12.210><c> was</c><00:15:12.330><c> a</c><00:15:12.590><c> problem</c><00:15:12.809><c> that</c><00:15:13.049><c> even</c><00:15:13.250><c> the</c><00:15:13.509><c> prophets</c><00:15:13.730><c> themselves</c><00:15:14.529><c> talked</c> 00:15:14.870 --> 00:15:16.389 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keeping</c><00:15:35.049><c> up</c><00:15:35.830><c> the</c><00:15:36.230><c> rituals,</c><00:15:37.269><c> put</c><00:15:37.370><c> it</c> 00:15:37.549 --> 00:15:40.389 in<00:15:37.710><c> our</c><00:15:37.950><c> time.</c><00:15:38.889><c> They're</c><00:15:39.169><c> going</c><00:15:39.330><c> to</c><00:15:39.529><c> Bible</c><00:15:39.870><c> class.</c> 00:15:40.769 --> 00:15:43.710 They're<00:15:40.970><c> attending</c><00:15:41.250><c> the</c><00:15:41.529><c> memorial</c><00:15:41.909><c> meeting.</c><00:15:42.970><c> They</c><00:15:43.190><c> are</c><00:15:43.389><c> there</c><00:15:43.549><c> for</c> 00:15:43.710 --> 00:15:45.330 the<00:15:43.909><c> evening</c><00:15:44.169><c> lectures.</c> 00:15:45.549 --> 00:15:48.210 They<00:15:45.909><c> sing</c><00:15:46.269><c> the</c><00:15:46.529><c> hymns</c><00:15:46.769><c> out</c><00:15:46.990><c> of</c><00:15:47.149><c> the</c><00:15:47.350><c> Christadelphian</c><00:15:47.909><c> hymn</c> 00:15:48.210 --> 00:15:50.809 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a</c><00:16:04.669><c> trumpet.</c> 00:16:05.789 --> 00:16:09.870 Show<00:16:06.230><c> my</c><00:16:06.610><c> people</c><00:16:07.110><c> their</c><00:16:07.710><c> transgression</c><00:16:08.590><c> and</c><00:16:09.309><c> the</c><00:16:09.470><c> house</c><00:16:09.649><c> of</c> 00:16:09.870 --> 00:16:14.210 Jacob<00:16:10.029><c> their</c><00:16:10.450><c> sins.</c><00:16:11.669><c> Yet</c><00:16:11.889><c> they</c><00:16:12.350><c> seek</c><00:16:12.870><c> me</c><00:16:13.190><c> daily.</c> 00:16:14.649 --> 00:16:18.850 They<00:16:14.850><c> look</c><00:16:15.029><c> for</c><00:16:15.230><c> me</c><00:16:15.389><c> daily,</c><00:16:15.870><c> these</c><00:16:16.049><c> people,</c><00:16:16.970><c> and</c><00:16:17.370><c> they</c><00:16:17.610><c> delight</c><00:16:18.110><c> to</c><00:16:18.409><c> know</c><00:16:18.590><c> my</c> 00:16:18.850 --> 00:16:23.289 ways.<00:16:20.429><c> Just</c><00:16:21.090><c> as</c><00:16:21.710><c> if</c><00:16:22.110><c> 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00:28:07.470 --> 00:28:12.609 all<00:28:07.710><c> of</c><00:28:07.809><c> the</c><00:28:08.170><c> selfishness</c><00:28:09.289><c> of</c><00:28:10.089><c> flesh</c><00:28:10.690><c> that</c><00:28:11.529><c> profiteth,</c><00:28:12.210><c> as</c> 00:28:12.609 --> 00:28:16.250 Brother<00:28:12.950><c> Ullman</c><00:28:13.230><c> said,</c><00:28:14.009><c> nothing,</c><00:28:14.750><c> nothing.</c><00:28:16.069><c> Well,</c> 00:28:16.250 --> 00:28:18.930 they<00:28:16.349><c> don't</c><00:28:16.470><c> want</c><00:28:16.569><c> to</c><00:28:16.690><c> do</c><00:28:16.829><c> that.</c><00:28:17.809><c> That</c><00:28:18.089><c> requires</c><00:28:18.529><c> changing</c> 00:28:18.930 --> 00:28:22.109 the<00:28:19.049><c> way</c><00:28:19.170><c> they</c><00:28:19.430><c> live,</c><00:28:20.269><c> behave,</c><00:28:21.069><c> talk,</c> 00:28:22.430 --> 00:28:25.809 the<00:28:22.670><c> way</c><00:28:22.809><c> that</c><00:28:22.950><c> they</c><00:28:23.109><c> love</c><00:28:23.470><c> 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That</c><00:31:51.170><c> was</c><00:31:51.390><c> the</c><00:31:51.630><c> detailed</c><00:31:52.089><c> message</c><00:31:52.690><c> that</c><00:31:53.089><c> was</c><00:31:53.390><c> taken</c><00:31:54.329><c> by</c> 00:31:55.829 --> 00:31:59.869 the<00:31:56.069><c> apostles</c><00:31:56.650><c> whose</c><00:31:58.029><c> message</c><00:31:58.849><c> gave</c><00:31:59.289><c> this</c> 00:31:59.869 --> 00:32:04.710 same<00:32:00.269><c> generation</c><00:32:00.890><c> another</c><00:32:01.730><c> chance,</c><00:32:03.170><c> another</c><00:32:03.450><c> opportunity,</c> 00:32:05.190 --> 00:32:07.190 because<00:32:05.529><c> that's</c><00:32:05.890><c> the</c><00:32:06.069><c> loving</c><00:32:06.250><c>-heartedness</c><00:32:06.750><c> of</c><00:32:06.930><c> this</c> 00:32:07.190 --> 00:32:12.450 king<00:32:07.829><c> who</c><00:32:08.289><c> could</c><00:32:08.450><c> easily</c><00:32:08.789><c> have</c><00:32:09.089><c> sent</c><00:32:09.269><c> out</c><00:32:09.609><c> destructive</c><00:32:11.049><c> forces</c><00:32:11.730><c> right</c> 00:32:12.450 --> 00:32:14.130 after<00:32:12.730><c> the</c><00:32:12.990><c> rejection</c><00:32:13.369><c> of</c><00:32:13.630><c> the</c><00:32:13.829><c> first</c> 00:32:14.130 --> 00:32:19.910 invitation.<00:32:16.869><c> So</c><00:32:17.210><c> he</c><00:32:17.309><c> gives</c><00:32:17.490><c> them</c><00:32:17.690><c> the</c><00:32:17.809><c> message</c><00:32:17.990><c> in</c><00:32:18.150><c> more</c><00:32:18.329><c> detail,</c><00:32:19.470><c> taken</c><00:32:19.710><c> by</c> 00:32:19.910 --> 00:32:22.430 the<00:32:20.049><c> apostles,</c><00:32:21.710><c> sent</c><00:32:21.849><c> forth</c><00:32:22.049><c> other</c> 00:32:22.430 --> 00:32:27.450 servants.<00:32:23.549><c> Verse</c><00:32:23.809><c> five,</c><00:32:25.089><c> but</c><00:32:25.210><c> they</c><00:32:25.430><c> made</c><00:32:25.650><c> light</c><00:32:25.910><c> of</c><00:32:26.069><c> it,</c><00:32:27.170><c> they</c> 00:32:27.450 --> 00:32:30.329 made<00:32:27.690><c> light</c><00:32:27.950><c> of</c><00:32:28.109><c> it.</c><00:32:28.930><c> That</c><00:32:29.250><c> means</c><00:32:29.589><c> to</c><00:32:29.890><c> neglect</c> 00:32:30.329 --> 00:32:36.670 something,<00:32:32.250><c> to</c><00:32:32.390><c> be</c><00:32:32.750><c> unconcerned.</c><00:32:35.609><c> They</c><00:32:35.829><c> made</c><00:32:36.029><c> light</c><00:32:36.269><c> of</c><00:32:36.430><c> it,</c> 00:32:36.769 --> 00:32:39.250 brothers<00:32:36.950><c> and</c><00:32:37.190><c> sisters,</c><00:32:38.069><c> and</c><00:32:38.190><c> they</c><00:32:38.369><c> went</c><00:32:38.529><c> their</c><00:32:38.769><c> ways,</c> 00:32:39.410 --> 00:32:44.190 one<00:32:39.549><c> to</c><00:32:39.690><c> his</c><00:32:39.829><c> own</c><00:32:40.210><c> farm,</c><00:32:41.569><c> another</c><00:32:41.869><c> to</c><00:32:42.069><c> his</c><00:32:42.470><c> merchandise.</c><00:32:43.990><c> What</c> 00:32:44.190 --> 00:32:46.470 does<00:32:44.390><c> the</c><00:32:44.490><c> word</c><00:32:44.650><c> merchandise</c><00:32:45.250><c> mean?</c> 00:32:46.650 --> 00:32:52.309 We're<00:32:47.230><c> trade,</c><00:32:47.849><c> business,</c><00:32:48.529><c> wealth,</c><00:32:49.230><c> but</c><00:32:49.390><c> abundance.</c><00:32:51.369><c> More</c><00:32:51.549><c> than</c><00:32:51.690><c> anything</c><00:32:51.950><c> else,</c><00:32:52.210><c> it</c> 00:32:52.309 --> 00:32:53.789 means<00:32:52.529><c> abundance.</c> 00:32:54.869 --> 00:32:58.589 What<00:32:55.089><c> does</c><00:32:55.250><c> that</c><00:32:55.410><c> remind</c><00:32:55.690><c> us</c><00:32:55.910><c> of?</c><00:32:57.630><c> Doesn't</c><00:32:57.869><c> it</c><00:32:58.130><c> remind</c><00:32:58.289><c> us</c><00:32:58.450><c> of</c> 00:32:58.589 --> 00:33:00.390 the<00:32:58.789><c> bushel,</c><00:32:59.349><c> basket,</c> 00:33:01.569 --> 00:33:05.809 the<00:33:01.910><c> farm,</c><00:33:02.950><c> business,</c><00:33:03.490><c> labor?</c><00:33:04.589><c> And</c><00:33:04.789><c> here</c><00:33:04.910><c> we</c><00:33:05.130><c> have,</c><00:33:05.470><c> on</c><00:33:05.710><c> the</c> 00:33:05.809 --> 00:33:10.869 other<00:33:06.009><c> hand,</c><00:33:06.849><c> merchandise,</c><00:33:08.069><c> ease</c><00:33:08.470><c> of</c><00:33:08.789><c> life,</c><00:33:09.750><c> abundance,</c> 00:33:11.029 --> 00:33:17.769 luxury,<00:33:12.509><c> luxurious</c><00:33:13.109><c> circumstances.</c><00:33:15.509><c> I'd</c><00:33:16.109><c> rather</c><00:33:16.289><c> not.</c><00:33:17.529><c> And</c> 00:33:17.769 --> 00:33:19.089 this<00:33:17.930><c> group</c><00:33:18.089><c> says,</c> 00:33:19.529 --> 00:33:22.750 it<00:33:19.730><c> says</c><00:33:19.930><c> of</c><00:33:20.150><c> them,</c><00:33:20.430><c> they</c><00:33:20.569><c> were</c><00:33:20.789><c> unconcerned</c><00:33:22.269><c> because</c><00:33:22.490><c> their</c> 00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:25.009 concerns<00:33:23.230><c> were</c><00:33:23.529><c> wrapped</c><00:33:23.769><c> up</c><00:33:23.970><c> with</c><00:33:24.130><c> what</c><00:33:24.269><c> they</c><00:33:24.589><c> had,</c> 00:33:25.430 --> 00:33:30.569 what<00:33:25.569><c> they</c><00:33:25.769><c> did</c><00:33:25.869><c> for</c><00:33:26.130><c> a</c><00:33:26.190><c> living,</c><00:33:27.470><c> their</c><00:33:27.829><c> personal,</c><00:33:29.130><c> individual,</c><00:33:30.130><c> fleshly</c> 00:33:30.569 --> 00:33:32.450 pursuits.<00:33:31.369><c> That's</c><00:33:31.910><c> what</c><00:33:32.109><c> they</c> 00:33:32.450 --> 00:33:37.970 were<00:33:32.569><c> concerned</c><00:33:33.049><c> with.</c><00:33:35.329><c> And</c><00:33:35.589><c> coming</c><00:33:35.789><c> to</c><00:33:36.029><c> this</c><00:33:36.490><c> wedding</c><00:33:36.930><c> feast</c> 00:33:37.970 --> 00:33:42.230 involved<00:33:39.690><c> making</c><00:33:40.730><c> the</c><00:33:41.029><c> wedding</c><00:33:41.369><c> feast</c> 00:33:43.009 --> 00:33:51.210 preeminent<00:33:43.730><c> in</c><00:33:43.910><c> their</c><00:33:44.150><c> lives,</c><00:33:46.230><c> and</c><00:33:46.369><c> the</c><00:33:46.609><c> son</c><00:33:46.910><c> and</c><00:33:47.329><c> king</c><00:33:47.890><c> at</c><00:33:48.349><c> that</c><00:33:48.670><c> feast,</c><00:33:49.829><c> the</c><00:33:49.910><c> most</c><00:33:50.210><c> important</c><00:33:50.569><c> people</c><00:33:50.849><c> in</c><00:33:51.029><c> their</c> 00:33:51.210 --> 00:33:58.329 lives.<00:33:54.190><c> One</c><00:33:54.430><c> went</c><00:33:54.650><c> to</c><00:33:54.769><c> his</c><00:33:55.009><c> farm,</c><00:33:55.990><c> another</c><00:33:56.309><c> to</c><00:33:56.509><c> his</c><00:33:56.690><c> merchandise,</c><00:33:57.730><c> and</c><00:33:58.029><c> the</c> 00:33:58.329 --> 00:34:01.630 remnant<00:33:59.450><c> took</c><00:34:00.250><c> his</c><00:34:00.609><c> servants</c> 00:34:01.910 --> 00:34:09.349 and<00:34:02.269><c> entreated</c><00:34:02.710><c> them</c><00:34:03.289><c> spitefully</c><00:34:04.710><c> and</c><00:34:05.509><c> slew</c><00:34:05.690><c> them,</c><00:34:07.329><c> entreated</c><00:34:07.930><c> them</c><00:34:08.489><c> spitefully</c><00:34:09.090><c> and</c> 00:34:09.349 --> 00:34:10.369 slew<00:34:09.489><c> them.</c> 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:14.710 These<00:34:11.070><c> same</c><00:34:11.329><c> words</c><00:34:11.789><c> were</c><00:34:12.210><c> used</c><00:34:12.570><c> of</c><00:34:12.929><c> Christ</c><00:34:13.510><c> when</c><00:34:13.909><c> he</c><00:34:14.010><c> was</c><00:34:14.190><c> talking</c><00:34:14.530><c> to</c> 00:34:14.710 --> 00:34:17.030 his<00:34:14.929><c> bride</c><00:34:15.150><c> saying,</c><00:34:16.070><c> look,</c><00:34:16.449><c> I'm</c><00:34:16.670><c> going</c><00:34:16.829><c> to</c> 00:34:17.030 --> 00:34:20.710 Jerusalem,<00:34:17.449><c> I'm</c><00:34:17.590><c> going</c><00:34:17.750><c> to</c><00:34:18.010><c> die.</c><00:34:18.750><c> They</c><00:34:18.929><c> will</c><00:34:19.250><c> spit</c><00:34:19.469><c> on</c><00:34:19.690><c> me.</c> 00:34:20.750 --> 00:34:25.869 They<00:34:20.889><c> will</c><00:34:21.190><c> scourge</c><00:34:21.630><c> me.</c><00:34:23.190><c> They</c><00:34:23.389><c> will</c><00:34:24.050><c> spitefully</c><00:34:24.929><c> entreat</c> 00:34:26.329 --> 00:34:30.210 me.<00:34:27.750><c> That's</c><00:34:27.929><c> what</c><00:34:28.010><c> he</c><00:34:28.150><c> told</c><00:34:28.349><c> them.</c><00:34:29.090><c> And</c><00:34:29.230><c> the</c><00:34:29.309><c> same</c><00:34:29.449><c> words</c><00:34:29.829><c> would</c><00:34:30.010><c> be</c> 00:34:30.210 --> 00:34:32.949 used<00:34:30.409><c> later</c><00:34:30.750><c> on</c><00:34:31.070><c> of</c><00:34:31.289><c> Paul</c><00:34:31.849><c> and</c><00:34:32.230><c> Barnabas,</c> 00:34:33.130 --> 00:34:38.130 who<00:34:33.329><c> would</c><00:34:33.469><c> be</c><00:34:33.789><c> shamefully</c><00:34:34.210><c> entreated,</c><00:34:35.750><c> spitefully</c><00:34:36.190><c> entreated.</c><00:34:36.809><c> 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entreated</c><00:34:53.969><c> them</c><00:34:54.329><c> spitefully</c> 00:34:55.369 --> 00:34:59.789 and<00:34:56.030><c> slew</c><00:34:56.210><c> them.</c><00:34:57.210><c> But</c><00:34:57.369><c> when</c><00:34:57.570><c> the</c><00:34:57.889><c> king</c><00:34:58.050><c> heard</c><00:34:58.269><c> thereof</c><00:34:58.670><c> he</c><00:34:58.789><c> was</c><00:34:58.989><c> wroth.</c> 00:35:01.969 --> 00:35:06.730 Jerusalem,<00:35:02.570><c> Judea,</c><00:35:03.309><c> had</c><00:35:03.630><c> its</c><00:35:03.969><c> time</c><00:35:04.190><c> to</c><00:35:04.449><c> turn,</c><00:35:05.909><c> had</c><00:35:06.090><c> its</c><00:35:06.389><c> time</c> 00:35:06.730 --> 00:35:08.929 to<00:35:06.989><c> respond</c><00:35:07.449><c> to</c><00:35:07.670><c> a</c><00:35:07.849><c> message</c> 00:35:08.969 --> 00:35:12.989 that<00:35:09.349><c> in</c><00:35:09.690><c> their</c><00:35:09.829><c> history</c><00:35:10.369><c> they</c><00:35:10.889><c> had</c><00:35:11.130><c> claimed</c><00:35:11.269><c> to</c><00:35:11.530><c> always</c><00:35:11.809><c> believe,</c><00:35:12.789><c> but</c> 00:35:12.989 --> 00:35:15.570 rejected<00:35:13.610><c> in</c><00:35:13.869><c> the</c><00:35:14.030><c> final</c><00:35:14.349><c> analysis</c><00:35:15.050><c> when</c> 00:35:15.570 --> 00:35:19.449 it<00:35:15.829><c> required</c><00:35:16.170><c> of</c><00:35:16.369><c> them</c><00:35:16.670><c> that</c><00:35:16.949><c> they</c><00:35:17.230><c> change</c><00:35:17.590><c> their</c><00:35:17.929><c> lives</c><00:35:18.469><c> and</c> 00:35:19.449 --> 00:35:21.090 fill<00:35:19.710><c> up</c><00:35:19.849><c> their</c><00:35:20.070><c> hearts</c><00:35:20.289><c> with</c><00:35:20.489><c> their</c><00:35:20.750><c> God</c> 00:35:21.090 --> 00:35:26.550 and<00:35:21.630><c> the</c><00:35:21.769><c> word</c><00:35:22.050><c> of</c><00:35:22.190><c> their</c><00:35:22.389><c> God.</c><00:35:24.269><c> So</c><00:35:24.449><c> he</c><00:35:24.570><c> sent</c><00:35:24.750><c> forth</c><00:35:24.989><c> his</c><00:35:25.250><c> armies.</c><00:35:25.510><c> It</c><00:35:25.590><c> doesn't</c><00:35:25.789><c> say</c><00:35:25.989><c> army,</c><00:35:26.510><c> it</c> 00:35:26.550 --> 00:35:28.170 says<00:35:26.789><c> armies.</c> 00:35:28.409 --> 00:35:31.289 There's<00:35:28.730><c> multitudes</c><00:35:29.389><c> of</c><00:35:29.650><c> armed</c><00:35:29.849><c> forces</c><00:35:30.329><c> that</c><00:35:30.690><c> are</c><00:35:30.889><c> going</c><00:35:31.070><c> to</c> 00:35:31.289 --> 00:35:32.590 be<00:35:31.449><c> coming</c> 00:35:34.750 --> 00:35:40.269 and<00:35:35.269><c> destroyed</c><00:35:35.710><c> those</c><00:35:36.050><c> murderers</c><00:35:37.570><c> and</c><00:35:38.369><c> burned</c><00:35:38.570><c> up</c><00:35:38.809><c> their</c><00:35:39.030><c> city.</c> 00:35:41.289 --> 00:35:45.210 And<00:35:41.570><c> that's</c><00:35:41.829><c> exactly</c><00:35:42.150><c> what</c><00:35:42.409><c> happened</c><00:35:42.590><c> to</c><00:35:42.789><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:35:44.769><c> That's</c> 00:35:45.210 --> 00:35:47.349 exactly<00:35:45.510><c> what</c><00:35:45.849><c> happened</c><00:35:46.030><c> to</c><00:35:46.329><c> those</c><00:35:46.610><c> people</c> 00:35:47.349 --> 00:35:53.449 that<00:35:47.969><c> refused</c><00:35:48.789><c> to</c><00:35:49.150><c> respond</c><00:35:49.889><c> to</c><00:35:50.650><c> God's</c><00:35:51.690><c> requirement</c><00:35:52.449><c> of</c> 00:35:53.449 --> 00:35:55.309 righteous<00:35:54.010><c> living,</c> 00:35:56.829 --> 00:36:07.210 unselfish,<00:35:58.250><c> God</c><00:35:58.630><c>-directed,</c><00:36:00.869><c> Bible</c><00:36:01.329><c>-filled,</c><00:36:03.130><c> truth</c><00:36:03.469><c>-oriented,</c><00:36:05.170><c> Christadelphian</c><00:36:06.210><c> living.</c> 00:36:07.789 --> 00:36:12.409 That's<00:36:08.190><c> what</c><00:36:08.329><c> happened</c><00:36:08.550><c> to</c><00:36:08.730><c> them.</c><00:36:10.309><c> Then</c><00:36:10.730><c> said</c><00:36:10.869><c> he</c><00:36:11.090><c> to</c><00:36:11.190><c> his</c><00:36:11.429><c> servants,</c> 00:36:12.869 --> 00:36:16.969 The<00:36:13.289><c> wedding</c><00:36:13.550><c> is</c><00:36:13.789><c> ready,</c><00:36:15.570><c> but</c><00:36:15.650><c> they</c><00:36:15.929><c> which</c><00:36:16.130><c> were</c><00:36:16.449><c> bidden</c><00:36:16.710><c> were</c> 00:36:16.969 --> 00:36:19.789 not<00:36:17.289><c> worthy.</c><00:36:19.070><c> Go</c><00:36:19.130><c> ye</c><00:36:19.349><c> therefore</c> 00:36:19.789 --> 00:36:26.030 into<00:36:20.710><c> the</c><00:36:21.130><c> highways.</c><00:36:22.750><c> Go</c><00:36:23.010><c> ye</c><00:36:23.269><c> therefore</c><00:36:23.949><c> into</c><00:36:24.650><c> the</c><00:36:24.949><c> highways.</c> 00:36:26.409 --> 00:36:28.070 What<00:36:26.690><c> were</c><00:36:26.869><c> the</c><00:36:27.110><c> highways?</c> 00:36:29.389 --> 00:36:36.789 It's<00:36:29.869><c> the</c><00:36:30.210><c> parting</c><00:36:30.570><c> of</c><00:36:30.989><c> the</c><00:36:31.190><c> ways.</c><00:36:32.190><c> That's</c><00:36:32.449><c> what</c><00:36:32.510><c> it</c><00:36:32.789><c> refers</c><00:36:33.050><c> to.</c><00:36:34.250><c> It's</c><00:36:34.550><c> the</c><00:36:34.750><c> place</c><00:36:35.289><c> where</c><00:36:35.869><c> a</c><00:36:36.250><c> street</c> 00:36:36.789 --> 00:36:43.309 cut<00:36:37.389><c> across</c><00:36:38.369><c> a</c><00:36:38.710><c> city</c><00:36:38.969><c> boundary</c><00:36:39.550><c> and</c><00:36:40.190><c> went</c><00:36:40.369><c> out</c><00:36:40.550><c> into</c><00:36:40.809><c> open</c><00:36:41.110><c> country.</c><00:36:42.630><c> That's</c><00:36:42.969><c> what</c><00:36:43.090><c> the</c> 00:36:43.309 --> 00:36:44.570 highway<00:36:43.570><c> was.</c> 00:36:44.989 --> 00:36:49.630 And<00:36:45.130><c> so</c><00:36:45.230><c> this</c><00:36:45.409><c> is</c><00:36:45.590><c> talking</c><00:36:45.869><c> about</c><00:36:46.449><c> a</c><00:36:46.929><c> message</c><00:36:47.570><c> that</c><00:36:49.130><c> was</c><00:36:49.369><c> taken</c> 00:36:49.630 --> 00:36:51.630 to<00:36:49.849><c> people</c><00:36:50.110><c> like</c><00:36:50.329><c> you</c><00:36:50.489><c> and</c><00:36:50.710><c> me.</c> 00:36:51.809 --> 00:36:54.989 It<00:36:51.849><c> was</c><00:36:52.090><c> taken</c><00:36:52.329><c> out</c><00:36:52.570><c> into</c><00:36:52.969><c> Gentile</c><00:36:53.590><c> territory.</c><00:36:54.590><c> That's</c><00:36:54.849><c> where</c> 00:36:54.989 --> 00:36:56.369 the<00:36:55.190><c> truth</c><00:36:55.309><c> went</c><00:36:55.590><c> out</c> 00:36:56.670 --> 00:37:02.590 next<00:36:57.230><c> in</c><00:36:57.789><c> this</c><00:36:58.389><c> historical</c><00:36:59.369><c> prophecy,</c><00:37:00.389><c> this</c><00:37:00.750><c> orderly</c><00:37:01.849><c> arrangement</c><00:37:02.349><c> of</c> 00:37:02.590 --> 00:37:04.070 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to</c><00:39:16.610><c> do.</c><00:39:16.750><c> I</c><00:39:16.989><c> speak.</c> 00:39:18.489 --> 00:39:22.909 I<00:39:18.789><c> pitch</c><00:39:19.030><c> in</c><00:39:19.230><c> my</c><00:39:19.409><c> money</c><00:39:19.630><c> into</c><00:39:19.869><c> the</c><00:39:20.130><c> collection</c><00:39:20.389><c> every</c><00:39:20.690><c> week.</c><00:39:22.530><c> I</c> 00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:24.769 attend<00:39:23.170><c> campaigns.</c><00:39:23.730><c> I</c><00:39:23.829><c> go</c><00:39:24.010><c> to</c><00:39:24.170><c> the</c><00:39:24.250><c> odd</c><00:39:24.369><c> Bible</c> 00:39:24.769 --> 00:39:28.909 school.<00:39:25.710><c> Don't</c><00:39:26.070><c> you</c><00:39:26.349><c> tell</c><00:39:26.590><c> me</c><00:39:27.150><c> that</c><00:39:27.389><c> I</c><00:39:27.730><c> have</c><00:39:27.909><c> to</c><00:39:28.190><c> change</c><00:39:28.510><c> my</c> 00:39:28.909 --> 00:39:31.610 life<00:39:29.130><c> anymore</c><00:39:29.489><c> than</c><00:39:29.670><c> it's</c><00:39:29.969><c> already</c><00:39:30.210><c> been</c><00:39:30.489><c> changed.</c> 00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:39.150 Take<00:39:32.190><c> me</c><00:39:32.389><c> as</c><00:39:32.610><c> I</c><00:39:32.789><c> am.</c><00:39:34.409><c> There</c><00:39:34.769><c> he</c><00:39:35.010><c> is,</c><00:39:36.630><c> a</c><00:39:36.789><c> man</c><00:39:37.590><c> which</c><00:39:38.250><c> had</c><00:39:38.550><c> not</c><00:39:38.829><c> on</c> 00:39:39.150 --> 00:39:40.789 a<00:39:39.349><c> wedding</c><00:39:39.630><c> garment.</c> 00:39:41.750 --> 00:39:50.809 What<00:39:42.070><c> does</c><00:39:42.269><c> that</c><00:39:42.550><c> mean?</c><00:39:44.030><c> What's</c><00:39:44.650><c> the</c><00:39:44.809><c> wedding</c><00:39:45.190><c> garment?</c><00:39:47.849><c> Galatians</c><00:39:48.349><c> chapter</c><00:39:48.690><c> 3</c><00:39:48.989><c> verse</c><00:39:49.250><c> 27</c><00:39:49.929><c> says</c> 00:39:52.869 --> 00:40:00.469 that<00:39:53.469><c> 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we</c><00:40:16.329><c> like</c><00:40:16.550><c> that</c><00:40:16.769><c> because</c><00:40:16.989><c> it's</c><00:40:17.289><c> so</c><00:40:17.530><c> general</c><00:40:17.789><c> and</c> 00:40:18.130 --> 00:40:20.050 it's<00:40:18.449><c> not</c><00:40:18.630><c> specific</c><00:40:19.150><c> enough</c><00:40:19.409><c> to</c><00:40:19.570><c> make</c><00:40:19.650><c> us</c><00:40:19.869><c> feel</c> 00:40:20.050 --> 00:40:24.449 uncomfortable.<00:40:21.909><c> So</c><00:40:22.170><c> we</c><00:40:22.309><c> put</c><00:40:22.449><c> on</c><00:40:22.690><c> Christ.</c><00:40:23.010><c> That's</c><00:40:23.369><c> wonderful.</c> 00:40:25.590 --> 00:40:28.050 Look<00:40:25.809><c> at</c><00:40:25.969><c> what</c><00:40:26.170><c> Colossians</c><00:40:26.550><c> chapter</c><00:40:26.889><c> 3</c><00:40:27.170><c> says.</c> 00:40:29.469 --> 00:40:36.710 Colossians<00:40:29.989><c> chapter</c><00:40:30.369><c> 3,</c><00:40:31.429><c> brothers</c><00:40:31.590><c> and</c><00:40:31.869><c> sisters,</c><00:40:33.090><c> is</c><00:40:33.690><c> a</c><00:40:34.050><c> description</c><00:40:34.969><c> of</c> 00:40:36.710 --> 00:40:40.090 aspects<00:40:37.570><c> of</c><00:40:37.949><c> that</c><00:40:38.449><c> garment</c><00:40:39.150><c> that</c><00:40:39.650><c> we</c><00:40:39.869><c> put</c> 00:40:40.090 --> 00:40:51.150 on<00:40:40.550><c> when</c><00:40:41.090><c> we</c><00:40:41.329><c> were</c><00:40:41.570><c> baptized.</c><00:40:43.630><c> Colossians</c><00:40:44.190><c> chapter</c><00:40:44.550><c> 3,</c><00:40:50.670><c> beginning</c><00:40:50.849><c> first</c> 00:40:51.150 --> 00:40:55.289 of<00:40:51.309><c> all</c><00:40:51.409><c> verse</c><00:40:51.630><c> 5,</c><00:40:53.050><c> mortify</c><00:40:53.889><c> therefore,</c> 00:40:55.570 --> 00:40:59.510 put<00:40:55.849><c> to</c><00:40:56.230><c> death</c><00:40:56.730><c> your</c><00:40:57.369><c> members</c><00:40:57.829><c> which</c><00:40:58.050><c> are</c><00:40:58.230><c> upon</c><00:40:58.389><c> the</c><00:40:58.650><c> earth.</c> 00:40:59.650 --> 00:41:03.170 And<00:40:59.869><c> this</c><00:41:00.030><c> is</c><00:41:00.210><c> flesh.</c><00:41:01.309><c> This</c><00:41:01.469><c> is</c><00:41:01.730><c> you.</c><00:41:01.909><c> This</c><00:41:02.090><c> is</c><00:41:02.329><c> me.</c> 00:41:03.190 --> 00:41:07.449 Fornication<00:41:03.909><c> and</c><00:41:04.489><c> cleanness,</c><00:41:05.570><c> inordinate</c><00:41:05.989><c> affection,</c><00:41:07.190><c> evil</c> 00:41:07.449 --> 00:41:09.610 concupiscence,<00:41:08.909><c> covetousness,</c> 00:41:09.610 --> 00:41:14.530 which<00:41:09.949><c> is</c><00:41:10.210><c> idolatry,</c><00:41:11.510><c> for</c><00:41:11.750><c> which</c><00:41:12.349><c> things</c><00:41:12.909><c> sake</c><00:41:13.329><c> the</c><00:41:14.070><c> wrath</c><00:41:14.309><c> of</c> 00:41:14.530 --> 00:41:18.369 God<00:41:14.869><c> cometh</c><00:41:15.230><c> upon</c><00:41:15.690><c> the</c><00:41:16.210><c> children</c><00:41:16.469><c> of</c><00:41:16.750><c> disobedience.</c> 00:41:19.170 --> 00:41:27.289 And<00:41:19.289><c> then</c><00:41:19.469><c> what</c><00:41:19.590><c> does</c><00:41:19.730><c> he</c><00:41:19.869><c> say?</c><00:41:22.150><c> Verse</c><00:41:22.449><c> 8,</c><00:41:23.969><c> put</c><00:41:24.809><c> ye</c><00:41:25.570><c> off</c><00:41:26.349><c> all</c> 00:41:27.289 --> 00:41:32.429 these<00:41:27.909><c> anger,</c><00:41:29.409><c> wrath,</c><00:41:30.030><c> malice,</c><00:41:31.110><c> blasphemy,</c> 00:41:32.449 --> 00:41:36.650 filthy<00:41:32.670><c> communication</c><00:41:33.309><c> out</c><00:41:33.510><c> of</c><00:41:33.590><c> your</c><00:41:33.750><c> mouth.</c><00:41:35.190><c> Put</c><00:41:35.469><c> these</c><00:41:35.710><c> things</c><00:41:35.869><c> off.</c><00:41:36.489><c> It</c> 00:41:36.650 --> 00:41:39.489 means<00:41:36.829><c> strip</c><00:41:37.050><c> them</c><00:41:37.269><c> off.</c><00:41:38.030><c> So</c><00:41:38.170><c> there's</c><00:41:39.389><c> a</c> 00:41:39.489 --> 00:41:43.150 cough<00:41:39.769><c> that's</c><00:41:40.030><c> already</c><00:41:40.329><c> on.</c><00:41:41.849><c> Put</c><00:41:42.170><c> these</c><00:41:42.469><c> things</c><00:41:42.690><c> away</c><00:41:42.969><c> from</c> 00:41:43.150 --> 00:41:46.409 you.<00:41:44.349><c> That's</c><00:41:44.530><c> what</c><00:41:44.630><c> he's</c><00:41:44.789><c> saying.</c><00:41:45.989><c> Everything</c> 00:41:46.409 --> 00:41:49.849 that's<00:41:46.989><c> related</c><00:41:47.269><c> to</c><00:41:47.510><c> and</c><00:41:47.670><c> easy</c><00:41:47.909><c> for</c><00:41:48.230><c> flesh</c><00:41:48.489><c> to</c><00:41:48.750><c> do.</c><00:41:49.289><c> Put</c><00:41:49.570><c> these</c> 00:41:49.849 --> 00:41:52.989 things<00:41:50.090><c> away.</c><00:41:50.690><c> And</c><00:41:50.789><c> then</c><00:41:50.969><c> he</c><00:41:51.070><c> says,</c><00:41:51.650><c> verse</c><00:41:51.809><c> 12,</c> 00:41:53.449 --> 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everything.<00:46:03.550><c> And</c><00:46:03.789><c> you</c><00:46:04.130><c> Christadelphians</c><00:46:05.269><c> will</c><00:46:06.010><c> lose</c><00:46:06.389><c> everything</c><00:46:06.909><c> if</c><00:46:07.070><c> you</c> 00:46:07.269 --> 00:46:08.769 don't<00:46:07.550><c> read</c><00:46:07.789><c> your</c><00:46:08.070><c> Bibles</c> 00:46:08.769 --> 00:46:13.130 and<00:46:09.570><c> know</c><00:46:09.849><c> what</c><00:46:10.090><c> you</c><00:46:10.309><c> believe</c><00:46:10.690><c> and</c><00:46:10.929><c> why.</c><00:46:12.329><c> Because</c><00:46:12.730><c> it's</c><00:46:12.909><c> all</c> 00:46:13.130 --> 00:46:16.809 we've<00:46:13.489><c> got.</c><00:46:14.829><c> Our</c><00:46:15.130><c> careers</c><00:46:15.630><c> are</c><00:46:15.869><c> not</c><00:46:16.030><c> going</c><00:46:16.250><c> to</c><00:46:16.510><c> sustain</c> 00:46:16.809 --> 00:46:21.590 us.<00:46:18.010><c> Our</c><00:46:18.369><c> homes</c><00:46:18.650><c> and</c><00:46:18.889><c> 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them,</c><00:48:04.610><c> love</c><00:48:04.809><c> them.</c> 00:48:06.070 --> 00:48:11.530 Fathers,<00:48:07.429><c> revoke</c><00:48:07.929><c> not</c><00:48:08.170><c> your</c><00:48:08.570><c> children</c><00:48:09.010><c> to</c><00:48:09.449><c> anger</c><00:48:10.630><c> lest</c><00:48:11.329><c> they</c> 00:48:11.530 --> 00:48:13.230 be<00:48:11.909><c> discouraged</c><00:48:12.269><c> and</c><00:48:12.530><c> feel</c><00:48:12.630><c> they</c><00:48:12.809><c> can't</c> 00:48:13.230 --> 00:48:17.869 please<00:48:13.389><c> and</c><00:48:13.730><c> fall</c><00:48:13.989><c> out</c><00:48:14.230><c> of</c><00:48:14.329><c> the</c><00:48:14.469><c> way.</c><00:48:15.769><c> Don't</c><00:48:16.409><c> criticize</c><00:48:17.210><c> them</c> 00:48:17.869 --> 00:48:19.849 and<00:48:18.289><c> humiliate</c><00:48:18.949><c> them.</c> 00:48:20.710 --> 00:48:25.670 That's<00:48:21.030><c> what</c><00:48:21.230><c> he's</c><00:48:21.570><c> saying.</c><00:48:23.210><c> 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clothing</c><00:53:15.710><c> is.</c><00:53:17.670><c> That's</c><00:53:17.909><c> what</c><00:53:18.010><c> your</c><00:53:18.250><c> clothing</c><00:53:18.550><c> is.</c><00:53:20.630><c> That's</c><00:53:20.929><c> what</c><00:53:21.030><c> my</c> 00:53:21.489 --> 00:53:22.949 clothing<00:53:21.909><c> is.</c> 00:53:24.590 --> 00:53:30.670 We<00:53:25.190><c> want</c><00:53:25.409><c> to</c><00:53:25.590><c> be</c><00:53:25.869><c> clothed</c><00:53:26.349><c> with</c><00:53:26.550><c> a</c><00:53:26.710><c> way</c><00:53:26.889><c> of</c><00:53:27.230><c> life</c><00:53:28.050><c> and</c><00:53:29.050><c> an</c><00:53:29.309><c> understanding</c><00:53:30.150><c> of</c> 00:53:30.670 --> 00:53:31.610 our<00:53:30.949><c> beliefs.</c> 00:53:32.389 --> 00:53:37.329 That<00:53:32.889><c> Christ</c><00:53:33.389><c> can</c><00:53:33.929><c> see</c><00:53:34.409><c> a</c><00:53:34.889><c> reflection</c><00:53:35.349><c> of</c><00:53:35.530><c> himself</c><00:53:35.989><c> 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