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teachers.<00:13:48.879><c> He</c><00:13:49.139><c> never</c><00:13:49.340><c> talked</c><00:13:49.580><c> to</c><00:13:49.879><c> anyone</c><00:13:50.200><c> else</c><00:13:50.519><c> the</c>

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and<00:16:30.899><c> Pharisees,</c><00:16:31.379><c> hypocrites.</c><00:16:32.120><c> You</c><00:16:32.360><c> may</c><00:16:32.559><c> clean</c><00:16:32.779><c> the</c>

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outside<00:16:33.220><c> of</c><00:16:33.440><c> the</c><00:16:33.639><c> cup</c><00:16:33.779><c> and</c><00:16:33.940><c> of</c><00:16:34.080><c> the</c><00:16:34.259><c> platter,</c><00:16:34.460><c> but</c><00:16:34.639><c> within</c><00:16:34.899><c> they</c><00:16:35.179><c> are</c>

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full<00:16:36.059><c> of</c><00:16:36.620><c> extortion</c><00:16:37.299><c> and</c><00:16:37.740><c> excess.</c>

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Thou<00:16:39.519><c> blind</c><00:16:40.100><c> Pharisee,</c><00:16:40.740><c> cleanse</c><00:16:41.139><c> first</c><00:16:41.480><c> that</c><00:16:41.759><c> which</c><00:16:41.940><c> is</c><00:16:42.139><c> within</c><00:16:42.460><c> the</c>

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cup<00:16:43.059><c> and</c><00:16:43.799><c> platter,</c><00:16:45.080><c> that</c><00:16:45.139><c> the</c><00:16:45.379><c> outside</c><00:16:45.740><c> of</c>

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them<00:16:46.039><c> may</c><00:16:46.240><c> be</c><00:16:46.419><c> clean</c><00:16:46.580><c> also.</c><00:16:47.899><c> Woe</c><00:16:48.259><c> unto</c><00:16:48.559><c> you,</c><00:16:49.179><c> scribes</c><00:16:49.299><c> and</c><00:16:49.539><c> Pharisees,</c><00:16:50.740><c> hypocrites.</c><00:16:51.899><c> My</c>

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word,<00:16:52.419><c> hypocrite,</c>

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Hippocritos,<00:16:56.759><c> it</c><00:16:57.200><c> means</c><00:16:57.559><c> with</c><00:16:57.820><c> masks.</c><00:17:01.320><c> It's</c><00:17:01.580><c> a</c><00:17:01.720><c> Greek</c><00:17:01.940><c> theatrical</c><00:17:02.559><c> term.</c>

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It<00:17:04.279><c> had</c><00:17:04.559><c> to</c><00:17:04.740><c> do</c><00:17:05.039><c> with</c><00:17:05.400><c> actors</c><00:17:05.880><c> who</c>

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had<00:17:06.599><c> masks</c><00:17:06.960><c> in</c><00:17:07.119><c> their</c><00:17:07.359><c> hands.</c><00:17:09.779><c> One</c><00:17:10.039><c> man</c><00:17:10.240><c> would</c><00:17:10.460><c> play</c><00:17:10.599><c> many</c><00:17:10.900><c> parts.</c><00:17:11.960><c> He'd</c><00:17:12.119><c> pick</c><00:17:12.180><c> up</c>

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one<00:17:12.539><c> mask</c><00:17:12.720><c> and</c><00:17:12.859><c> hold</c><00:17:13.019><c> it</c><00:17:13.180><c> in</c><00:17:13.299><c> front</c>

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of<00:17:13.559><c> him,</c><00:17:13.960><c> and</c><00:17:14.039><c> he'd</c><00:17:14.259><c> act</c><00:17:14.460><c> out</c><00:17:14.640><c> his</c><00:17:14.900><c> role.</c><00:17:15.740><c> When</c><00:17:15.880><c> he</c><00:17:15.920><c> had</c><00:17:16.140><c> to</c><00:17:16.220><c> be</c>

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someone<00:17:16.619><c> else,</c><00:17:16.900><c> he</c><00:17:16.960><c> would</c><00:17:17.140><c> take</c><00:17:17.339><c> another</c><00:17:17.599><c> mask</c><00:17:17.859><c> from</c>

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behind<00:17:18.279><c> him</c><00:17:18.660><c> and</c><00:17:19.099><c> change</c><00:17:19.380><c> it</c><00:17:19.599><c> out.</c><00:17:20.180><c> No</c><00:17:20.259><c> one</c><00:17:20.380><c> would</c><00:17:20.539><c> ever</c><00:17:20.720><c> see</c>

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his<00:17:21.039><c> real</c><00:17:21.279><c> face.</c><00:17:21.759><c> They</c><00:17:22.019><c> only</c><00:17:22.660><c> saw</c><00:17:23.140><c> the</c><00:17:23.519><c> masks.</c>

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That's<00:17:25.519><c> what</c><00:17:25.740><c> the</c><00:17:26.000><c> Pharisees</c><00:17:26.460><c> were.</c><00:17:28.059><c> These</c><00:17:28.480><c> people</c><00:17:29.220><c> that</c><00:17:29.859><c> put</c>

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heavy<00:17:31.180><c> burdens</c><00:17:31.900><c> on</c><00:17:32.700><c> the</c><00:17:32.900><c> shoulders</c><00:17:33.200><c> of</c><00:17:33.380><c> their</c>

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brothers<00:17:33.759><c> and</c><00:17:34.019><c> sisters,</c><00:17:34.700><c> burdens</c><00:17:35.059><c> that</c><00:17:35.279><c> they</c><00:17:35.440><c> were</c><00:17:35.599><c> not</c><00:17:35.819><c> prepared</c><00:17:36.079><c> to</c>

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move<00:17:36.980><c> with</c><00:17:37.500><c> one</c><00:17:37.759><c> finger,</c><00:17:37.980><c> they</c><00:17:38.119><c> weren't</c>

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prepared<00:17:38.539><c> to</c><00:17:38.859><c> help</c><00:17:39.200><c> them,</c><00:17:40.200><c> and</c><00:17:40.460><c> they</c><00:17:40.619><c> themselves</c><00:17:41.079><c> were</c><00:17:41.259><c> not</c>

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prepared<00:17:41.680><c> to</c><00:17:41.940><c> burden</c><00:17:42.140><c> themselves</c><00:17:42.819><c> with</c><00:17:43.039><c> the</c><00:17:43.240><c> very</c>

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burdens<00:17:44.059><c> that</c><00:17:44.940><c> they</c><00:17:45.240><c> placed</c><00:17:45.480><c> on</c><00:17:45.680><c> their</c><00:17:46.180><c> brothers</c><00:17:46.460><c> and</c><00:17:46.759><c> sisters.</c><00:17:47.319><c> Our</c><00:17:47.460><c> teaching</c><00:17:47.980><c> must</c><00:17:48.660><c> not</c><00:17:48.880><c> be</c><00:17:49.200><c> burdensome.</c>

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Yes,<00:17:52.099><c> the</c><00:17:52.259><c> messages</c><00:17:52.579><c> may</c><00:17:52.880><c> be</c><00:17:53.339><c> strong,</c><00:17:55.059><c> but</c><00:17:55.140><c> they</c><00:17:55.359><c> must</c><00:17:55.680><c> not</c><00:17:55.900><c> be</c>

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burdens<00:17:56.640><c> that</c><00:17:56.980><c> cannot</c><00:17:57.299><c> be</c><00:17:57.839><c> carried.</c>

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Brothers<00:18:00.140><c> and</c><00:18:00.460><c> sisters</c><00:18:00.720><c> have</c><00:18:01.000><c> enough</c><00:18:01.380><c> trouble</c><00:18:01.920><c> in</c><00:18:02.220><c> their</c>

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lives.<00:18:03.740><c> They</c><00:18:03.900><c> have</c><00:18:04.119><c> enough</c><00:18:04.599><c> toil,</c><00:18:05.740><c> pain.</c><00:18:06.500><c> They</c><00:18:06.819><c> don't</c><00:18:07.380><c> need</c>

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us<00:18:08.619><c> to</c><00:18:09.400><c> tell</c><00:18:09.640><c> them,</c><00:18:10.539><c> you</c><00:18:10.539><c> should</c><00:18:10.799><c> never,</c><00:18:11.559><c> you</c><00:18:11.759><c> ought</c><00:18:11.960><c> never,</c>

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we<00:18:12.900><c> should</c><00:18:13.200><c> never.</c><00:18:13.819><c> These</c><00:18:14.099><c> kinds</c><00:18:14.339><c> of</c><00:18:14.539><c> things</c><00:18:14.740><c> just</c><00:18:15.220><c> hurt</c>

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and<00:18:15.819><c> wound.</c><00:18:17.839><c> When</c><00:18:18.000><c> we</c><00:18:18.319><c> insult</c><00:18:18.799><c> and</c><00:18:19.079><c> disparage</c><00:18:19.779><c> our</c><00:18:20.019><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:18:20.680><c> sisters</c><00:18:20.940><c> and</c><00:18:21.119><c> their</c><00:18:21.339><c> efforts,</c>

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we<00:18:22.839><c> break</c><00:18:23.099><c> them</c><00:18:23.339><c> down</c><00:18:23.700><c> small</c><00:18:24.160><c> and</c><00:18:24.519><c> crush</c><00:18:24.720><c> and</c><00:18:25.079><c> damage</c><00:18:25.460><c> them.</c>

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We<00:18:26.720><c> abuse</c><00:18:27.079><c> them</c><00:18:27.299><c> from</c><00:18:27.500><c> the</c><00:18:27.680><c> platform,</c><00:18:28.940><c> and</c><00:18:29.299><c> we</c>

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cannot<00:18:29.640><c> do</c><00:18:29.900><c> that.</c><00:18:31.539><c> He</c><00:18:31.660><c> says,</c><00:18:33.819><c> verse</c><00:18:33.980><c> 27,</c><00:18:35.720><c> you</c><00:18:35.859><c> are</c><00:18:36.140><c> like</c><00:18:36.519><c> whited</c><00:18:37.359><c> sepulchres,</c><00:18:38.920><c> which</c>

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indeed<00:18:39.359><c> appear</c><00:18:39.599><c> beautiful</c>

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outward,<00:18:40.579><c> but</c><00:18:40.599><c> are</c><00:18:41.299><c> within</c><00:18:41.680><c> full</c><00:18:41.900><c> of</c><00:18:42.140><c> dead</c><00:18:42.539><c> men's</c><00:18:43.460><c> bones</c><00:18:44.140><c> and</c>

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all<00:18:45.180><c> uncleanness.</c><00:18:46.720><c> So</c><00:18:46.940><c> the</c><00:18:47.319><c> Pharisees</c><00:18:49.019><c> looked</c>

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outwardly<00:18:50.519><c> as</c><00:18:50.880><c> if</c><00:18:51.059><c> they</c><00:18:51.180><c> were</c><00:18:51.539><c> religious</c><00:18:52.180><c> individuals.</c><00:18:53.500><c> They</c>

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carried<00:18:54.259><c> themselves</c><00:18:54.900><c> with</c><00:18:55.140><c> a</c><00:18:55.299><c> quality</c><00:18:55.599><c> of</c><00:18:55.960><c> decorum</c>

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and<00:18:57.380><c> bearing</c><00:18:57.720><c> and</c><00:18:59.119><c> spoke</c><00:18:59.619><c> with</c><00:19:00.359><c> very</c><00:19:00.940><c> specific</c><00:19:01.579><c> protocols,</c>

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ways<00:19:03.640><c> of</c><00:19:04.019><c> speech.</c><00:19:04.920><c> They</c><00:19:05.039><c> were</c><00:19:05.220><c> very</c><00:19:05.500><c> concerned</c><00:19:05.940><c> about</c>

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the<00:19:06.740><c> outward</c><00:19:07.000><c> ways</c><00:19:07.240><c> of</c><00:19:07.480><c> doing</c><00:19:07.759><c> things,</c><00:19:09.059><c> but</c><00:19:09.200><c> inwardly</c><00:19:09.720><c> they</c>

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weren't<00:19:10.200><c> changed.</c><00:19:11.900><c> God's</c><00:19:12.319><c> word</c><00:19:12.500><c> and</c><00:19:12.799><c> principles</c>

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were<00:19:13.319><c> not</c><00:19:13.480><c> having</c><00:19:13.680><c> an</c><00:19:13.960><c> impact</c><00:19:14.200><c> on</c><00:19:14.380><c> their</c><00:19:14.720><c> hearts.</c><00:19:16.279><c> The</c><00:19:16.400><c> kingdom,</c><00:19:17.000><c> well,</c>

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it<00:19:17.420><c> was</c><00:19:17.539><c> an</c><00:19:17.700><c> unreal</c><00:19:18.140><c> thing</c><00:19:18.460><c> to</c><00:19:18.599><c> them,</c>

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far<00:19:19.140><c> distant,</c><00:19:19.640><c> not</c><00:19:19.819><c> real.</c><00:19:20.859><c> And</c><00:19:21.079><c> God</c><00:19:21.599><c> was</c><00:19:22.140><c> not</c><00:19:22.359><c> perceived</c><00:19:22.700><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:23.019><c> beside</c><00:19:23.460><c> them</c><00:19:24.079><c> in</c><00:19:24.720><c> their</c><00:19:25.539><c> lives</c><00:19:26.000><c> and</c><00:19:26.200><c> in</c><00:19:26.299><c> their</c>

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teaching.<00:19:27.859><c> So</c><00:19:28.119><c> as</c><00:19:28.359><c> a</c><00:19:28.480><c> consequence,</c><00:19:29.539><c> there</c><00:19:29.559><c> was</c><00:19:29.759><c> that</c><00:19:30.599><c> complete</c><00:19:31.119><c> disconnect</c><00:19:31.740><c> between</c>

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the<00:19:33.240><c> internal</c><00:19:33.559><c> life</c>

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and<00:19:35.039><c> the</c><00:19:35.299><c> external</c><00:19:35.660><c> teaching,</c><00:19:37.059><c> which</c><00:19:37.220><c> is</c><00:19:37.440><c> why</c><00:19:37.599><c> the</c><00:19:37.759><c> Lord</c><00:19:37.940><c> Jesus</c><00:19:38.359><c> Christ</c><00:19:38.839><c> is</c>

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so<00:19:40.319><c> firm</c><00:19:40.720><c> in</c><00:19:41.000><c> his</c><00:19:41.200><c> rebuke.</c>

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Brothers<00:19:45.059><c> and</c><00:19:45.279><c> sisters,</c><00:19:45.500><c> when</c><00:19:45.640><c> we</c><00:19:45.779><c> go</c><00:19:45.960><c> back</c><00:19:46.200><c> to</c><00:19:46.299><c> James</c><00:19:46.579><c> chapter</c><00:19:46.920><c> three,</c>

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we<00:19:48.460><c> are</c><00:19:48.640><c> dealing</c><00:19:48.880><c> with</c><00:19:49.099><c> people</c><00:19:49.400><c> that</c>

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grew<00:19:49.819><c> up</c><00:19:50.299><c> around,</c><00:19:51.799><c> teachers</c><00:19:52.059><c> that</c><00:19:52.240><c> were</c><00:19:52.480><c> Pharisees,</c><00:19:53.259><c> highly</c>

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respected,<00:19:54.619><c> honored,</c><00:19:55.319><c> looked</c><00:19:55.480><c> up</c><00:19:55.799><c> to,</c><00:19:56.859><c> revered.</c>

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No<00:19:58.680><c> one</c><00:19:58.779><c> would</c><00:19:59.019><c> speak</c><00:19:59.279><c> when</c><00:19:59.440><c> they</c><00:19:59.599><c> had</c><00:19:59.799><c> something</c><00:20:00.019><c> to</c><00:20:00.180><c> say.</c><00:20:00.380><c> He's</c><00:20:00.539><c> quiet.</c><00:20:01.680><c> The</c><00:20:02.279><c> Rabbi</c><00:20:02.700><c> has</c><00:20:02.940><c> something</c><00:20:03.200><c> to</c><00:20:03.480><c> say.</c>

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Listen<00:20:04.660><c> to</c><00:20:04.859><c> him.</c><00:20:07.579><c> And</c><00:20:08.220><c> they</c><00:20:08.519><c> saw</c><00:20:08.759><c> that</c><00:20:09.119><c> kind</c><00:20:09.299><c> of</c><00:20:09.539><c> influence.</c>

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And<00:20:11.279><c> as</c><00:20:11.799><c> they</c><00:20:12.039><c> perceived</c><00:20:12.380><c> those</c><00:20:12.660><c> people</c><00:20:12.960><c> to</c><00:20:13.200><c> be</c>

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the<00:20:14.859><c> guardians</c><00:20:15.519><c> of</c><00:20:15.859><c> the</c><00:20:16.160><c> law</c><00:20:16.500><c> and</c><00:20:16.900><c> the</c><00:20:17.119><c> prophets,</c><00:20:18.400><c> those</c><00:20:18.640><c> that</c>

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kept<00:20:19.279><c> intact</c><00:20:19.980><c> the</c><00:20:20.339><c> beliefs,</c>

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those<00:20:22.140><c> that</c><00:20:22.359><c> had</c><00:20:22.680><c> systems,</c><00:20:24.099><c> procedures,</c><00:20:25.619><c> policies,</c><00:20:27.000><c> guidelines</c><00:20:27.460><c> for</c><00:20:28.759><c> keeping</c>

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the<00:20:30.359><c> truth</c><00:20:30.539><c> intact</c><00:20:30.980><c> as</c><00:20:31.200><c> they</c><00:20:31.460><c> believed</c><00:20:31.700><c> it,</c><00:20:32.099><c> they</c><00:20:32.259><c> thought,</c>

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well,<00:20:33.579><c> we've</c><00:20:34.039><c> got</c><00:20:34.099><c> to</c><00:20:34.279><c> do</c><00:20:34.279><c> the</c><00:20:34.400><c> same</c><00:20:34.579><c> thing.</c>

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The<00:20:37.759><c> problem</c><00:20:38.240><c> was</c><00:20:39.099><c> the</c><00:20:39.579><c> same</c><00:20:39.940><c> kinds</c><00:20:40.339><c> of</c><00:20:40.980><c> wranglings,</c><00:20:42.140><c> the</c>

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disputatious,<00:20:43.980><c> quarrelsome,</c><00:20:44.839><c> debating</c><00:20:45.319><c> nature</c>

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of<00:20:46.299><c> the</c><00:20:46.480><c> Jewish</c><00:20:46.799><c> teachers.</c><00:20:48.200><c> They</c><00:20:48.359><c> were</c><00:20:48.400><c> always</c><00:20:48.619><c> fighting</c><00:20:48.920><c> with</c><00:20:49.099><c> each</c><00:20:49.279><c> other.</c><00:20:50.579><c> Right?</c><00:20:50.839><c> Ah,</c>

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you're<00:20:51.279><c> a</c><00:20:51.500><c> fool.</c>

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You<00:20:53.220><c> follow</c><00:20:53.460><c> Gamaliel.</c><00:20:53.960><c> He</c><00:20:54.079><c> doesn't</c><00:20:54.259><c> know</c><00:20:54.400><c> what</c><00:20:54.460><c> he's</c><00:20:54.599><c> talking</c><00:20:54.880><c> about.</c>

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This<00:20:55.960><c> is</c><00:20:56.500><c> my</c><00:20:56.819><c> teacher.</c><00:20:57.720><c> He</c><00:20:57.960><c> knows.</c>

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Yours<00:20:59.099><c> doesn't.</c><00:21:00.160><c> And</c><00:21:00.440><c> you're</c><00:21:00.680><c> as</c><00:21:00.900><c> stupid</c><00:21:01.140><c> as</c><00:21:01.279><c> he</c><00:21:01.519><c> is.</c><00:21:02.660><c> Fight,</c>

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fight.<00:21:04.599><c> They</c><00:21:04.900><c> actually</c><00:21:05.279><c> hit</c><00:21:05.480><c> each</c><00:21:05.759><c> other.</c>

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Volatile<00:21:07.759><c> people,</c><00:21:08.220><c> the</c><00:21:08.319><c> Jewish</c><00:21:08.519><c> people</c><00:21:08.980><c> in</c><00:21:09.400><c> Palestine</c><00:21:09.920><c> at</c><00:21:10.099><c> this</c><00:21:10.319><c> time,</c><00:21:10.980><c> very</c><00:21:11.299><c> volatile,</c><00:21:12.259><c> very</c><00:21:12.480><c> prone</c><00:21:12.640><c> to</c><00:21:12.960><c> fighting</c>

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and<00:21:13.539><c> hitting.</c><00:21:15.099><c> All</c><00:21:15.339><c> of</c><00:21:15.460><c> that</c><00:21:15.599><c> came</c><00:21:15.819><c> into</c><00:21:16.059><c> the</c><00:21:16.259><c> Ecclesias</c><00:21:16.880><c> with</c>

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them.<00:21:19.460><c> And</c><00:21:19.759><c> so</c><00:21:19.900><c> he</c><00:21:20.059><c> says,</c><00:21:21.440><c> don't</c><00:21:21.900><c> many</c><00:21:22.339><c> of</c><00:21:22.700><c> you</c>

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run<00:21:23.900><c> to</c><00:21:24.140><c> become</c><00:21:24.420><c> teachers.</c><00:21:26.000><c> There</c><00:21:26.119><c> will</c><00:21:26.339><c> be</c><00:21:26.519><c> greater</c><00:21:26.799><c> condemnation</c><00:21:27.640><c> for</c><00:21:28.000><c> you.</c>

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Brothers<00:21:29.480><c> and</c><00:21:29.740><c> sisters,</c><00:21:30.599><c> let's</c><00:21:30.859><c> have</c><00:21:31.059><c> a</c><00:21:31.180><c> look</c><00:21:31.960><c> at</c><00:21:33.140><c> Malachi</c><00:21:33.559><c> chapter</c><00:21:34.059><c> 2.</c>

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Malachi<00:21:37.740><c> 2,</c>

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it<00:21:42.059><c> talks</c><00:21:42.279><c> about</c><00:21:42.559><c> Phinehas,</c><00:21:43.079><c> doesn't</c><00:21:43.359><c> it?</c><00:21:45.059><c> The</c><00:21:45.259><c> man</c><00:21:45.579><c> who</c><00:21:45.819><c> saw</c>

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what<00:21:46.220><c> was</c><00:21:46.400><c> happening</c><00:21:46.700><c> in</c><00:21:46.859><c> the</c><00:21:47.019><c> nation</c><00:21:47.460><c> and</c>

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took<00:21:48.140><c> his</c><00:21:48.359><c> life</c><00:21:48.539><c> in</c><00:21:48.700><c> his</c><00:21:48.900><c> hands</c><00:21:49.480><c> and</c><00:21:50.299><c> picked</c><00:21:50.420><c> up</c><00:21:50.640><c> a</c><00:21:50.960><c> spear</c><00:21:51.279><c> and</c>

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lifted<00:21:52.440><c> it</c><00:21:52.720><c> against</c><00:21:53.259><c> a</c><00:21:53.839><c> prince</c><00:21:54.019><c> of</c><00:21:54.200><c> the</c><00:21:54.359><c> congregation</c>

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knowing<00:21:55.740><c> full</c><00:21:56.140><c> well</c><00:21:56.559><c> how</c><00:21:57.000><c> powerful</c><00:21:57.720><c> that</c><00:21:58.900><c> family</c><00:21:59.259><c> was,</c><00:22:00.140><c> how</c>

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powerful<00:22:01.420><c> the</c><00:22:02.240><c> nobles</c><00:22:02.700><c> were,</c><00:22:03.180><c> how</c><00:22:03.440><c> well</c><00:22:03.740><c> armed</c>

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they<00:22:04.559><c> were.</c><00:22:05.859><c> And</c><00:22:06.079><c> he</c><00:22:06.200><c> picked</c><00:22:06.359><c> up</c><00:22:06.559><c> a</c><00:22:06.799><c> spear</c><00:22:06.920><c> and</c><00:22:07.099><c> he</c><00:22:07.200><c> went</c><00:22:07.339><c> in</c><00:22:07.500><c> and</c><00:22:07.619><c> he</c>

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took<00:22:07.819><c> his</c><00:22:08.019><c> life</c><00:22:08.180><c> in</c><00:22:08.339><c> his</c><00:22:08.460><c> own</c><00:22:08.680><c> hands</c>

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and<00:22:09.900><c> he</c><00:22:10.059><c> put</c><00:22:10.180><c> the</c><00:22:10.460><c> spear</c><00:22:10.859><c> through</c><00:22:11.460><c> the</c><00:22:11.619><c> man</c><00:22:12.000><c> and</c><00:22:12.660><c> the</c><00:22:12.819><c> woman.</c><00:22:14.880><c> And</c><00:22:15.019><c> a</c>

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plague<00:22:15.400><c> was</c><00:22:15.779><c> stayed</c><00:22:15.980><c> as</c><00:22:16.220><c> a</c><00:22:16.440><c> consequence.</c>

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Of<00:22:18.180><c> his</c><00:22:18.359><c> action.</c><00:22:19.099><c> Why</c><00:22:19.420><c> did</c><00:22:19.680><c> he</c><00:22:19.839><c> do</c><00:22:20.059><c> it?</c><00:22:23.240><c> It</c><00:22:23.359><c> says,</c><00:22:25.380><c> verse</c><00:22:25.799><c> 5,</c><00:22:27.559><c> my</c>

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covenant<00:22:28.460><c> was</c><00:22:29.359><c> with</c><00:22:29.539><c> him</c><00:22:29.799><c> of</c><00:22:30.059><c> life</c><00:22:30.660><c> and</c><00:22:31.500><c> peace.</c>

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And<00:22:33.200><c> I</c><00:22:33.359><c> gave</c><00:22:33.559><c> them</c><00:22:33.779><c> to</c><00:22:33.960><c> him</c><00:22:34.380><c> for</c><00:22:34.779><c> the</c><00:22:35.259><c> fear</c><00:22:36.259><c> wherewith</c><00:22:37.859><c> he</c><00:22:38.660><c> feared</c><00:22:38.900><c> me</c>

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and<00:22:40.599><c> stood</c><00:22:41.380><c> in</c><00:22:42.200><c> awe</c><00:22:42.700><c> of</c><00:22:43.000><c> my</c><00:22:43.240><c> name.</c>

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The<00:22:44.960><c> law</c><00:22:45.259><c> of</c><00:22:45.640><c> truth,</c><00:22:45.819><c> look</c><00:22:46.019><c> at</c><00:22:46.160><c> this</c><00:22:46.400><c> man's</c><00:22:46.900><c> teaching,</c><00:22:47.539><c> look</c>

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at<00:22:47.779><c> the</c><00:22:47.880><c> kind</c><00:22:48.039><c> of</c><00:22:48.180><c> teacher</c><00:22:48.359><c> he</c><00:22:48.579><c> was,</c><00:22:49.119><c> the</c><00:22:49.200><c> law</c><00:22:49.400><c> of</c><00:22:49.779><c> truth</c>

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was<00:22:50.500><c> in</c><00:22:50.599><c> his</c><00:22:50.819><c> mouth</c><00:22:51.339><c> and</c><00:22:51.940><c> iniquity</c><00:22:52.359><c> was</c><00:22:52.559><c> not</c><00:22:52.779><c> found</c><00:22:52.960><c> in</c><00:22:53.140><c> his</c><00:22:53.339><c> lips.</c><00:22:54.519><c> He</c>

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walked<00:22:55.059><c> with</c><00:22:55.299><c> me</c><00:22:55.779><c> in</c><00:22:56.339><c> peace</c><00:22:57.160><c> and</c><00:22:58.619><c> equity,</c>

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peace<00:23:00.779><c> and</c><00:23:00.940><c> uprightness.</c><00:23:02.480><c> That's</c><00:23:02.759><c> what</c><00:23:02.859><c> he</c><00:23:03.000><c> was</c><00:23:03.160><c> like.</c><00:23:04.140><c> He</c><00:23:04.160><c> was</c><00:23:04.380><c> a</c>

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peaceful<00:23:05.000><c> man,</c><00:23:05.880><c> this</c><00:23:06.680><c> teacher,</c><00:23:08.180><c> Phinehas.</c>

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For<00:23:10.019><c> the</c><00:23:10.279><c> priest's</c><00:23:10.880><c> lip,</c><00:23:11.460><c> the</c><00:23:11.700><c> teacher's</c><00:23:12.220><c> lip,</c><00:23:13.119><c> the</c><00:23:13.519><c> influential</c><00:23:14.279><c> person,</c>

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male<00:23:15.180><c> or</c><00:23:15.400><c> female</c><00:23:15.799><c> in</c><00:23:15.960><c> the</c><00:23:16.200><c> truth,</c>

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should<00:23:18.640><c> keep</c><00:23:19.259><c> knowledge.</c><00:23:21.140><c> And</c><00:23:21.359><c> they</c><00:23:21.539><c> should</c><00:23:21.779><c> seek</c><00:23:22.039><c> the</c><00:23:22.299><c> law</c>

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at<00:23:23.000><c> his</c><00:23:23.200><c> mouth.</c><00:23:24.440><c> People</c><00:23:24.700><c> should</c><00:23:24.880><c> be</c><00:23:25.019><c> able</c><00:23:25.160><c> to</c><00:23:25.319><c> come</c>

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to<00:23:25.559><c> you</c><00:23:25.740><c> and</c><00:23:25.819><c> say,</c><00:23:25.940><c> brother,</c><00:23:26.460><c> you</c><00:23:26.460><c> know,</c><00:23:26.920><c> I've</c><00:23:27.319><c> got</c><00:23:27.480><c> this</c><00:23:27.779><c> horrifying</c><00:23:28.400><c> problem.</c><00:23:29.619><c> I've</c>

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just<00:23:30.240><c> committed</c><00:23:30.660><c> adultery</c>

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and<00:23:32.660><c> my</c><00:23:32.799><c> wife</c><00:23:33.079><c> doesn't</c><00:23:33.440><c> know.</c><00:23:33.880><c> I</c><00:23:34.240><c> feel</c><00:23:34.599><c> like</c><00:23:34.980><c> a</c><00:23:35.079><c> wretch.</c><00:23:37.819><c> Now</c><00:23:38.079><c> what</c><00:23:38.619><c> does</c><00:23:39.559><c> a</c>

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brother<00:23:39.819><c> like</c><00:23:40.079><c> this</c><00:23:40.279><c> do?</c>

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These<00:23:44.099><c> are</c><00:23:44.279><c> the</c><00:23:44.559><c> real</c><00:23:44.880><c> life</c><00:23:45.279><c> issues</c><00:23:45.740><c> that</c><00:23:45.940><c> we</c><00:23:46.039><c> are</c><00:23:46.200><c> faced</c><00:23:46.440><c> with</c>

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as<00:23:47.339><c> people</c><00:23:47.720><c> of</c><00:23:48.039><c> any</c><00:23:48.339><c> influence</c><00:23:48.680><c> in</c><00:23:48.880><c> our</c><00:23:48.980><c> community.</c>

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And<00:23:51.019><c> if</c><00:23:51.099><c> we</c><00:23:51.259><c> cannot</c><00:23:51.519><c> show</c><00:23:51.819><c> compassion</c><00:23:52.500><c> and</c><00:23:52.759><c> have</c><00:23:52.940><c> the</c><00:23:53.160><c> word</c><00:23:53.279><c> of</c>

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God<00:23:53.859><c> to</c><00:23:54.180><c> draw</c><00:23:54.420><c> on</c><00:23:54.960><c> and</c><00:23:55.400><c> be</c><00:23:55.559><c> able</c><00:23:55.720><c> to</c><00:23:55.880><c> sit</c><00:23:55.980><c> down</c>

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pray<00:23:56.700><c> with</c><00:23:57.039><c> them</c><00:23:57.700><c> and</c><00:23:58.259><c> work</c><00:23:58.740><c> things</c><00:23:59.319><c> through</c><00:23:59.660><c> with</c><00:23:59.880><c> them</c><00:24:00.240><c> compassionately</c><00:24:01.240><c> so</c>

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that<00:24:01.940><c> the</c><00:24:02.119><c> right</c><00:24:02.359><c> thing</c><00:24:02.559><c> is</c><00:24:02.819><c> done.</c>

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Consider<00:24:06.200><c> the</c><00:24:06.539><c> impact</c><00:24:07.240><c> that</c><00:24:07.720><c> we</c><00:24:07.980><c> have</c><00:24:08.400><c> and</c><00:24:08.920><c> the</c><00:24:09.220><c> responsibility</c><00:24:09.859><c> that</c><00:24:10.140><c> we</c><00:24:10.339><c> bear</c>

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if<00:24:11.440><c> we</c><00:24:11.599><c> do</c><00:24:11.900><c> and</c><00:24:12.240><c> say</c><00:24:12.359><c> the</c>

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wrong<00:24:12.880><c> thing.</c><00:24:16.400><c> He</c><00:24:16.619><c> is</c><00:24:16.920><c> the</c><00:24:17.240><c> messenger</c><00:24:17.819><c> of</c><00:24:18.960><c> the</c><00:24:19.140><c> Lord</c><00:24:19.579><c> of</c><00:24:19.859><c> hosts.</c><00:24:21.640><c> That's</c><00:24:21.920><c> what</c>

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we<00:24:22.240><c> are,</c><00:24:22.519><c> brothers,</c><00:24:22.940><c> when</c><00:24:23.059><c> we</c><00:24:23.200><c> stand</c>

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to<00:24:23.559><c> speak.</c><00:24:25.140><c> We</c><00:24:25.359><c> are</c><00:24:25.859><c> just</c><00:24:26.559><c> voices</c><00:24:27.079><c> crying</c><00:24:27.700><c> in</c><00:24:28.000><c> the</c><00:24:28.180><c> wilderness.</c><00:24:30.079><c> We're</c><00:24:30.400><c> messengers</c><00:24:30.900><c> of</c>

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than<00:24:39.319><c> the</c><00:24:39.559><c> most</c><00:24:40.240><c> wounded</c><00:24:40.980><c> life</c><00:24:41.920><c> in</c><00:24:42.599><c> the</c>

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midst<00:24:43.000><c> of</c><00:24:43.220><c> the</c><00:24:43.420><c> congregation.</c><00:24:44.740><c> None</c><00:24:44.900><c> of</c><00:24:45.099><c> us.</c><00:24:46.140><c> Do</c><00:24:46.440><c> we</c><00:24:46.720><c> sometimes</c><00:24:47.319><c> give</c><00:24:47.539><c> the</c>

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failing<00:25:27.519><c> in</c><00:25:28.140><c> our</c><00:25:28.299><c> different</c><00:25:28.579><c> ways</c>

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can<00:25:32.000><c> draw</c><00:25:32.259><c> on</c><00:25:32.960><c> and</c><00:25:33.319><c> derive</c><00:25:33.619><c> strength</c><00:25:34.140><c> from.</c>

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I'm<00:25:37.619><c> standing</c><00:25:37.900><c> in</c><00:25:38.059><c> your</c><00:25:38.200><c> sitting,</c>

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of<00:25:44.440><c> us,</c><00:25:45.180><c> that</c><00:25:45.299><c> imaginary</c><00:25:45.799><c> brother</c>

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or<00:25:46.279><c> sister</c><00:25:46.539><c> in</c><00:25:46.740><c> your</c><00:25:46.940><c> mind,</c><00:25:48.079><c> think</c><00:25:48.359><c> of</c><00:25:48.440><c> them</c><00:25:48.579><c> with</c><00:25:48.799><c> all</c><00:25:48.960><c> their</c>

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trouble<00:25:49.460><c> and</c><00:25:49.819><c> trial,</c><00:25:50.299><c> all</c><00:25:50.420><c> the</c><00:25:50.759><c> damage</c><00:25:51.019><c> in</c><00:25:51.220><c> their</c>

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think<00:25:58.359><c> of</c><00:25:58.519><c> yourself</c><00:25:58.799><c> as</c><00:25:59.000><c> being</c><00:25:59.240><c> above</c><00:25:59.539><c> the</c><00:25:59.759><c> person</c><00:25:59.980><c> like</c><00:26:00.279><c> that</c>

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yourself.<00:26:08.680><c> You</c><00:26:08.920><c> respect</c><00:26:09.400><c> them</c><00:26:09.680><c> and</c><00:26:09.799><c> you</c><00:26:09.920><c> want</c><00:26:10.119><c> to</c>

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need<00:26:15.660><c> to</c><00:26:15.880><c> remember.</c>

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it<00:26:36.059><c> that</c><00:26:36.220><c> Rod's</c>

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uncle<00:26:36.680><c> said?</c><00:26:38.359><c> You</c><00:26:38.539><c> can't</c><00:26:38.960><c> influence</c><00:26:39.420><c> and</c><00:26:39.700><c> antagonize</c><00:26:40.279><c> at</c><00:26:40.420><c> the</c>

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rebuke<00:26:44.500><c> when</c><00:26:44.799><c> people</c><00:26:45.119><c> fall</c><00:26:45.539><c> or</c><00:26:45.839><c> fail</c><00:26:46.059><c> or</c><00:26:46.440><c> stumble,</c><00:26:48.119><c> is</c><00:26:48.299><c> that</c>

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influencing<00:26:49.319><c> positively</c><00:26:50.140><c> with</c><00:26:51.039><c> the</c><00:26:51.240><c> word</c>

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us<00:26:57.460><c> and</c><00:26:57.859><c> builds</c><00:26:58.119><c> us</c>

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back<00:27:08.619><c> to</c><00:27:09.400><c> chapter</c><00:27:09.779><c> 3.</c>

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heavier<00:27:18.380><c> condemnation</c>

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is<00:27:24.339><c> this,</c><00:27:25.640><c> brethren,</c><00:27:26.079><c> you</c><00:27:26.240><c> that</c><00:27:26.460><c> are</c><00:27:26.920><c> influential</c>

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stumble<00:27:34.680><c> in</c><00:27:35.140><c> many</c><00:27:35.480><c> things</c><00:27:36.200><c> and</c><00:27:38.220><c> if</c><00:27:38.380><c> you</c><00:27:38.599><c> get</c><00:27:38.819><c> up</c><00:27:39.000><c> there</c>

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and<00:27:43.400><c> fact</c><00:27:43.799><c> or</c><00:27:44.559><c> if</c><00:27:44.759><c> in</c><00:27:44.880><c> your</c><00:27:45.160><c> life</c><00:27:45.500><c> your</c><00:27:45.700><c> life</c><00:27:45.940><c> is</c>

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completely<00:27:46.900><c> at</c><00:27:47.220><c> odds</c><00:27:47.480><c> with</c><00:27:48.119><c> how</c><00:27:48.700><c> you</c><00:27:48.960><c> are</c><00:27:49.440><c> teaching,</c><00:27:51.200><c> you</c><00:27:51.480><c> will</c><00:27:51.720><c> be</c>

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held<00:27:52.039><c> accountable</c><00:27:52.480><c> for</c><00:27:52.720><c> that.</c><00:27:52.859><c> We</c><00:27:53.039><c> all</c><00:27:53.400><c> stumble.</c>

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Remember<00:27:55.440><c> what</c><00:27:55.740><c> you're</c><00:27:55.960><c> made</c><00:27:56.240><c> of</c><00:27:56.500><c> before</c><00:27:56.759><c> you</c><00:27:57.099><c> rush</c><00:27:57.440><c> into</c><00:27:58.180><c> out</c>

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of<00:27:58.940><c> ambition</c><00:27:59.559><c> becoming</c><00:28:00.140><c> influential</c><00:28:00.839><c> in</c><00:28:01.059><c> the</c><00:28:01.259><c> brotherhood.</c>

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That's<00:28:05.359><c> what</c><00:28:05.460><c> he's</c><00:28:05.759><c> saying.</c><00:28:06.900><c> If</c><00:28:07.039><c> any</c><00:28:07.160><c> man</c><00:28:07.339><c> offends</c><00:28:07.859><c> not</c><00:28:08.099><c> or</c><00:28:08.299><c> stumbles</c><00:28:08.579><c> not</c><00:28:08.819><c> in</c>

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word,<00:28:10.980><c> the</c><00:28:11.200><c> same</c>

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is<00:28:24.720><c> what</c><00:28:25.319><c> I</c><00:28:25.660><c> yearn</c><00:28:25.900><c> for,</c><00:28:26.380><c> to</c><00:28:26.680><c> grow</c><00:28:27.319><c> to</c><00:28:27.799><c> maturity</c>

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all<00:28:34.900><c> know</c><00:28:35.119><c> that.</c><00:28:35.779><c> We</c><00:28:36.039><c> might</c><00:28:36.259><c> be</c><00:28:36.460><c> 80</c><00:28:36.759><c> years</c><00:28:37.180><c> old</c>

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know<00:28:42.339><c> we</c><00:28:42.539><c> ought</c><00:28:42.720><c> to</c><00:28:42.880><c> be.</c><00:28:43.420><c> Not</c><00:28:43.740><c> comparing</c>

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myself<00:28:44.500><c> against</c><00:28:44.799><c> anyone</c><00:28:45.099><c> else</c><00:28:45.660><c> at</c><00:28:46.359><c> all,</c><00:28:47.440><c> but</c><00:28:47.559><c> against</c><00:28:47.819><c> what</c><00:28:48.059><c> I</c>

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:54.319
know<00:28:48.660><c> I</c><00:28:50.240><c> have</c><00:28:50.660><c> to</c><00:28:50.839><c> be,</c><00:28:52.180><c> to</c><00:28:52.319><c> be</c><00:28:52.640><c> spiritually</c><00:28:53.019><c> mature.</c>

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:59.519
Measuring<00:28:56.599><c> ourselves</c><00:28:57.079><c> against</c><00:28:57.500><c> Christ,</c><00:28:57.960><c> not</c><00:28:58.119><c> against</c><00:28:58.380><c> each</c><00:28:58.599><c> other.</c>

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:03.539
If<00:29:00.039><c> any</c><00:29:00.279><c> man</c><00:29:00.859><c> doesn't</c><00:29:01.480><c> stumble</c><00:29:01.839><c> in</c><00:29:02.079><c> words,</c><00:29:02.400><c> if</c><00:29:02.480><c> he</c><00:29:02.740><c> doesn't</c><00:29:03.119><c> put</c><00:29:03.380><c> a</c>

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.900
word<00:29:03.700><c> wrong,</c>

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:11.299
if<00:29:06.319><c> he</c><00:29:06.480><c> doesn't</c><00:29:07.000><c> criticize,</c><00:29:08.740><c> if</c><00:29:08.859><c> he</c><00:29:08.980><c> doesn't</c><00:29:09.279><c> rebuke</c><00:29:09.660><c> in</c><00:29:09.859><c> a</c><00:29:10.000><c> hard</c><00:29:10.220><c> way,</c><00:29:11.180><c> if</c>

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.839
he<00:29:11.420><c> doesn't</c><00:29:11.680><c> lie,</c>

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:19.019
if<00:29:13.559><c> he</c><00:29:13.680><c> doesn't</c><00:29:13.940><c> gossip,</c><00:29:15.839><c> then</c><00:29:16.480><c> that</c><00:29:17.160><c> is</c><00:29:17.519><c> a</c><00:29:17.900><c> full</c><00:29:18.180><c> grown</c><00:29:18.480><c> man</c>

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:21.859
and<00:29:19.619><c> he's</c><00:29:19.799><c> able</c><00:29:19.980><c> to</c><00:29:20.220><c> bridle</c><00:29:20.460><c> the</c><00:29:20.619><c> whole</c><00:29:20.839><c> body.</c>

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:25.579
So<00:29:22.339><c> if</c><00:29:22.359><c> you've</c><00:29:22.559><c> got</c><00:29:22.740><c> that</c><00:29:23.200><c> thing</c><00:29:23.359><c> in</c><00:29:23.559><c> your</c><00:29:23.700><c> mouth</c><00:29:23.920><c> under</c><00:29:24.200><c> control,</c><00:29:24.480><c> if</c><00:29:24.680><c> I've</c><00:29:24.920><c> got</c><00:29:25.039><c> that</c><00:29:25.319><c> thing</c><00:29:25.420><c> in</c>

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.200
my<00:29:25.740><c> mouth</c><00:29:25.920><c> under</c>

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:34.059
control,<00:29:28.799><c> then</c><00:29:29.299><c> all</c><00:29:29.619><c> of</c><00:29:29.819><c> my</c><00:29:30.000><c> life</c><00:29:30.599><c> will</c><00:29:31.119><c> be</c><00:29:31.339><c> under</c><00:29:31.660><c> control.</c><00:29:32.940><c> And</c><00:29:33.200><c> let</c><00:29:33.420><c> me</c><00:29:33.599><c> tell</c><00:29:33.779><c> you,</c><00:29:33.960><c> I</c>

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:35.140
haven't<00:29:34.380><c> got</c><00:29:34.640><c> mine</c><00:29:34.839><c> under</c>

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:43.099
control.<00:29:35.900><c> Maybe</c><00:29:36.220><c> you're</c><00:29:36.460><c> doing</c><00:29:36.720><c> better.</c><00:29:38.180><c> So</c><00:29:38.359><c> this</c><00:29:38.539><c> is</c><00:29:38.720><c> my</c><00:29:38.900><c> challenge.</c><00:29:41.000><c> Perhaps</c><00:29:41.319><c> it's</c><00:29:41.599><c> yours</c><00:29:42.160><c> to</c>

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:44.400
grow<00:29:43.460><c> to</c><00:29:43.759><c> control</c>

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:52.339
our<00:29:44.920><c> tongues.</c><00:29:47.180><c> Behold,</c><00:29:48.420><c> we</c><00:29:48.640><c> put</c><00:29:48.839><c> bits</c><00:29:49.200><c> in</c><00:29:49.400><c> the</c><00:29:49.559><c> horse's</c><00:29:49.920><c> mouths</c><00:29:50.460><c> and</c>

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.940
turn<00:29:52.480><c> them</c><00:29:52.619><c> out</c><00:29:52.680><c> their</c><00:29:52.839><c> whole</c><00:29:53.039><c> body.</c>

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:59.279
Large<00:29:55.359><c> ships</c><00:29:55.640><c> have</c><00:29:55.859><c> these</c><00:29:56.119><c> little</c><00:29:56.480><c> rudders</c><00:29:56.799><c> in</c><00:29:57.000><c> the</c><00:29:57.140><c> back</c><00:29:57.539><c> that</c><00:29:58.720><c> turn</c><00:29:58.859><c> about</c><00:29:59.099><c> the</c>

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.400
whole<00:29:59.500><c> ship.</c>

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:05.220
But<00:30:01.279><c> boy</c><00:30:01.480><c> oh</c><00:30:01.720><c> boy,</c><00:30:01.880><c> we</c><00:30:02.140><c> cannot</c><00:30:02.500><c> control</c><00:30:02.940><c> that</c><00:30:03.279><c> tongue.</c><00:30:04.599><c> Now</c><00:30:04.779><c> that's</c><00:30:05.099><c> a</c>

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:07.799
pretty<00:30:06.480><c> terrible</c><00:30:06.940><c> paraphrase</c><00:30:07.539><c> of</c><00:30:07.700><c> what</c>

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:10.559
it<00:30:08.000><c> says,</c><00:30:08.180><c> but</c><00:30:08.259><c> that's</c><00:30:08.640><c> essentially</c><00:30:08.980><c> what</c><00:30:09.119><c> it's</c><00:30:09.380><c> telling</c><00:30:09.539><c> us.</c>

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:15.200
And<00:30:11.779><c> he</c><00:30:11.940><c> says,</c><00:30:13.180><c> verse</c><00:30:13.460><c> five,</c><00:30:14.059><c> even</c><00:30:14.339><c> so</c><00:30:14.539><c> the</c><00:30:14.759><c> tongue,</c>

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:18.160
just<00:30:15.660><c> like</c><00:30:15.839><c> the</c><00:30:16.119><c> bit</c><00:30:16.279><c> in</c><00:30:16.460><c> the</c><00:30:16.619><c> horse's</c><00:30:16.980><c> mouth,</c><00:30:17.579><c> just</c><00:30:17.779><c> like</c><00:30:17.940><c> the</c>

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:21.000
rudder<00:30:18.380><c> of</c><00:30:18.579><c> the</c><00:30:18.779><c> ship,</c><00:30:19.619><c> it's</c><00:30:19.940><c> a</c><00:30:20.079><c> little</c><00:30:20.519><c> organ,</c>

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:30.759
little<00:30:21.339><c> member,</c><00:30:24.279><c> but</c><00:30:24.359><c> it</c><00:30:24.720><c> boasts</c><00:30:25.200><c> great</c><00:30:25.539><c> things.</c><00:30:29.059><c> And</c><00:30:29.200><c> the</c><00:30:29.359><c> tongue</c><00:30:29.660><c> is</c>

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:35.759
a<00:30:31.160><c> fire,</c><00:30:32.940><c> the</c><00:30:33.299><c> world</c><00:30:33.980><c> of</c><00:30:34.380><c> iniquity.</c>

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:39.480
So<00:30:36.859><c> is</c><00:30:37.099><c> the</c><00:30:37.259><c> tongue</c><00:30:37.420><c> among</c><00:30:37.680><c> our</c><00:30:37.940><c> members</c><00:30:38.299><c> that</c><00:30:38.619><c> it</c><00:30:39.019><c> defileth</c>

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:44.079
the<00:30:39.920><c> whole</c><00:30:40.579><c> body</c><00:30:41.359><c> and</c><00:30:42.319><c> setteth</c><00:30:42.579><c> on</c><00:30:42.920><c> fire</c>

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:50.759
the<00:30:44.480><c> course</c><00:30:44.759><c> of</c><00:30:45.019><c> nature</c><00:30:45.579><c> and</c><00:30:46.779><c> is</c><00:30:47.000><c> set</c><00:30:47.140><c> on</c><00:30:47.440><c> fire</c><00:30:47.740><c> of</c><00:30:48.279><c> hell.</c><00:30:50.559><c> That's</c><00:30:50.700><c> what</c>

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:52.700
the<00:30:50.920><c> tongue</c><00:30:51.019><c> is,</c><00:30:51.400><c> brothers</c><00:30:51.519><c> and</c><00:30:51.799><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:58.079
And<00:30:53.700><c> please</c><00:30:53.859><c> sisters,</c><00:30:54.880><c> don't</c><00:30:55.940><c> fail</c><00:30:56.559><c> to</c><00:30:56.799><c> include</c><00:30:57.019><c> yourselves.</c>

00:30:58.460 --> 00:31:00.220
This<00:30:58.680><c> is</c><00:30:58.819><c> all</c><00:30:58.980><c> of</c><00:30:59.160><c> us.</c><00:30:59.960><c> That's</c><00:31:00.180><c> what</c>

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:06.700
our<00:31:00.420><c> tongues</c><00:31:00.599><c> are.</c><00:31:02.400><c> It</c><00:31:02.700><c> is</c><00:31:03.799><c> the</c><00:31:04.339><c> worldly</c><00:31:05.039><c> part</c><00:31:05.420><c> of</c><00:31:05.660><c> our</c><00:31:05.819><c> body,</c>

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:10.339
the<00:31:07.119><c> world</c><00:31:07.400><c> of</c><00:31:07.660><c> iniquity,</c><00:31:08.920><c> injustice,</c>

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:14.319
unrighteousness.<00:31:12.220><c> That's</c><00:31:12.440><c> what</c><00:31:12.559><c> the</c><00:31:12.619><c> word</c><00:31:12.819><c> iniquity</c><00:31:13.180><c> means.</c>

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:18.779
Foulness.<00:31:17.299><c> That's</c><00:31:17.660><c> what</c><00:31:17.759><c> the</c><00:31:17.920><c> tongue</c><00:31:18.039><c> is</c><00:31:18.279><c> in</c><00:31:18.539><c> my</c>

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:26.019
mouth,<00:31:20.339><c> right?</c><00:31:21.920><c> Difficult,</c><00:31:22.599><c> difficult</c><00:31:23.099><c> thing</c><00:31:23.359><c> to</c><00:31:23.559><c> listen</c><00:31:23.819><c> to,</c><00:31:24.619><c> but</c><00:31:24.839><c> it's</c><00:31:25.440><c> something</c><00:31:25.700><c> I</c>

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:27.640
need<00:31:26.420><c> to</c><00:31:26.839><c> hear.</c>

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:32.940
It<00:31:29.099><c> is</c><00:31:29.259><c> the</c><00:31:29.519><c> world</c><00:31:29.900><c> of</c><00:31:30.339><c> iniquity.</c><00:31:31.160><c> What</c><00:31:31.660><c> does</c><00:31:31.859><c> it</c><00:31:32.079><c> say?</c>

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:39.559
Behold<00:31:35.539><c> how</c><00:31:35.859><c> great</c><00:31:36.319><c> a</c><00:31:36.680><c> matter</c><00:31:36.960><c> a</c><00:31:37.140><c> little</c><00:31:37.380><c> fire</c><00:31:37.779><c> kindles</c><00:31:38.259><c> is.</c>

00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:41.720
Your<00:31:39.779><c> modern</c><00:31:40.059><c> versions</c><00:31:40.400><c> will</c><00:31:40.640><c> say,</c>

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:46.500
behold<00:31:42.920><c> what</c><00:31:43.180><c> a</c><00:31:43.420><c> great</c><00:31:43.660><c> forest</c><00:31:44.319><c> a</c><00:31:44.700><c> little</c><00:31:45.079><c> fire</c><00:31:45.480><c> kindles.</c><00:31:46.220><c> One</c>

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:50.960
match<00:31:47.119><c> can</c><00:31:48.420><c> burn</c><00:31:48.759><c> down</c>

00:31:51.720 --> 00:32:00.500
300<00:31:52.519><c> years</c><00:31:53.319><c> of</c><00:31:53.980><c> growth</c><00:31:54.500><c> in</c><00:31:55.019><c> a</c><00:31:55.259><c> forest.</c><00:31:57.619><c> 300</c><00:31:58.240><c> years.</c><00:31:59.940><c> Certainly</c>

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:02.420
some<00:32:00.759><c> of</c><00:32:00.920><c> the</c><00:32:01.119><c> trees</c><00:32:01.380><c> might</c><00:32:01.660><c> have</c><00:32:01.900><c> had</c>

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:09.019
fungi<00:32:03.180><c> or</c><00:32:04.420><c> illnesses.</c><00:32:07.539><c> Certainly</c><00:32:07.880><c> some</c><00:32:08.119><c> of</c><00:32:08.279><c> the</c><00:32:08.400><c> trees</c><00:32:08.700><c> were</c>

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:11.559
missing<00:32:09.319><c> branches</c><00:32:09.779><c> that</c><00:32:10.000><c> they</c><00:32:10.220><c> ought</c><00:32:10.380><c> to</c><00:32:10.519><c> have</c><00:32:10.759><c> had.</c>

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:18.720
But<00:32:13.019><c> that</c><00:32:13.180><c> one</c><00:32:13.319><c> little</c><00:32:13.559><c> fire</c><00:32:14.240><c> will</c><00:32:15.319><c> burn</c><00:32:15.519><c> them</c><00:32:15.700><c> all</c><00:32:15.940><c> down</c><00:32:16.940><c> irrespective</c><00:32:18.599><c> of</c>

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:22.319
what<00:32:19.160><c> was</c><00:32:19.619><c> intact</c><00:32:20.059><c> when</c><00:32:20.779><c> the</c><00:32:21.019><c> fire</c><00:32:21.240><c> began.</c>

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:28.619
The<00:32:25.059><c> tongue</c><00:32:25.220><c> we</c><00:32:25.380><c> are</c><00:32:25.559><c> told</c><00:32:25.799><c> here</c><00:32:26.900><c> sets</c><00:32:27.299><c> on</c><00:32:27.759><c> fire</c><00:32:28.160><c> the</c><00:32:28.400><c> course</c>

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.400
of<00:32:28.880><c> nature.</c>

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:35.940
Literally<00:32:31.240><c> in</c><00:32:31.480><c> the</c><00:32:31.680><c> Greek,</c><00:32:32.680><c> it</c><00:32:32.799><c> is</c><00:32:33.119><c> the</c><00:32:33.539><c> wheel</c><00:32:33.960><c> of</c><00:32:34.539><c> Genesis,</c>

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.400
the<00:32:36.920><c> wheel</c><00:32:37.119><c> of</c><00:32:37.440><c> creation,</c>

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:45.859
the<00:32:39.200><c> creative</c><00:32:39.619><c> cycle</c><00:32:40.440><c> of</c><00:32:41.779><c> another</c><00:32:42.119><c> human</c><00:32:42.480><c> being's</c><00:32:42.940><c> life.</c><00:32:44.059><c> That's</c><00:32:44.440><c> what</c><00:32:44.599><c> it</c><00:32:44.799><c> is.</c>

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:55.640
My<00:32:47.420><c> tongue</c><00:32:48.319><c> can</c><00:32:49.700><c> burn</c><00:32:50.099><c> down</c><00:32:50.740><c> every</c><00:32:52.000><c> profitable</c><00:32:52.660><c> work</c><00:32:53.339><c> that</c><00:32:54.539><c> someone</c><00:32:55.079><c> in</c>

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:59.039
their<00:32:55.960><c> life</c><00:32:56.519><c> has</c><00:32:57.299><c> ever</c><00:32:57.980><c> done.</c>

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:06.180
By<00:33:01.099><c> gossiping</c><00:33:01.880><c> about</c><00:33:02.180><c> them.</c><00:33:04.319><c> Because</c><00:33:04.539><c> we</c><00:33:04.720><c> are</c><00:33:04.920><c> a</c><00:33:05.119><c> community,</c>

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.559
we<00:33:07.519><c> are</c><00:33:07.920><c> privy</c><00:33:08.220><c> to</c><00:33:08.599><c> many</c><00:33:08.960><c> bits</c><00:33:09.220><c> of</c><00:33:09.480><c> information.</c>

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:15.180
We<00:33:11.160><c> notice</c><00:33:11.720><c> things.</c><00:33:13.039><c> We</c><00:33:13.220><c> notice</c><00:33:13.500><c> tensions</c><00:33:14.200><c> between</c><00:33:14.640><c> couples,</c>

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:17.940
parents<00:33:15.559><c> and</c><00:33:15.779><c> children,</c><00:33:16.579><c> friends,</c><00:33:17.500><c> brothers,</c>

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:25.539
sisters.<00:33:20.819><c> What</c><00:33:21.400><c> do</c><00:33:21.559><c> we</c><00:33:21.660><c> do</c><00:33:21.759><c> with</c><00:33:21.960><c> that?</c><00:33:24.740><c> Proverbs,</c><00:33:25.299><c> brothers</c>

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:28.440
and<00:33:25.819><c> sisters,</c><00:33:27.160><c> chapter</c><00:33:27.359><c> 26.</c>

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.880
Proverbs<00:33:32.400><c> chapter</c><00:33:32.779><c> 26.</c>

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:43.420
Those<00:33:39.640><c> of</c><00:33:39.839><c> you</c><00:33:40.279><c> that</c><00:33:40.900><c> might</c><00:33:41.119><c> be</c><00:33:41.359><c> feeling</c><00:33:41.880><c> this</c><00:33:42.980><c> is</c><00:33:43.119><c> a</c><00:33:43.119><c> very</c>

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uncomfortable<00:33:43.900><c> session,</c>

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you<00:33:44.319><c> only</c><00:33:44.619><c> have</c><00:33:44.799><c> about</c><00:33:45.099><c> 10</c><00:33:45.279><c> minutes</c><00:33:45.579><c> left.</c><00:33:51.039><c> Is</c><00:33:51.119><c> that</c><00:33:51.319><c> right,</c>

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10<00:33:51.680><c> minutes?</c><00:33:54.000><c> Yes.</c>

00:33:56.720 --> 00:34:02.759
Proverbs<00:33:57.180><c> chapter</c><00:33:57.559><c> 26,</c><00:33:59.079><c> beginning</c><00:33:59.220><c> at</c><00:33:59.440><c> verse</c><00:33:59.619><c> 20.</c><00:34:02.079><c> Where</c><00:34:02.420><c> no</c>

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:06.539
wood<00:34:03.000><c> is,</c><00:34:04.559><c> there</c><00:34:04.799><c> the</c><00:34:05.000><c> fire</c><00:34:05.180><c> goes</c><00:34:05.460><c> out.</c>

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:11.340
I'm<00:34:07.119><c> sorry</c><00:34:07.359><c> brother,</c><00:34:08.659><c> he's</c><00:34:09.760><c> not</c><00:34:10.000><c> here</c><00:34:10.219><c> to</c><00:34:10.340><c> defend</c><00:34:10.539><c> himself.</c><00:34:11.039><c> I</c>

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don't<00:34:11.500><c> know</c><00:34:11.659><c> the</c><00:34:11.780><c> full</c><00:34:11.960><c> story.</c>

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:19.760
Pardon<00:34:14.719><c> me</c><00:34:14.920><c> sister,</c><00:34:15.199><c> I</c><00:34:15.360><c> don't</c><00:34:15.659><c> want</c><00:34:15.880><c> to</c><00:34:16.059><c> know</c><00:34:16.820><c> about</c><00:34:17.780><c> her</c><00:34:18.059><c> problem.</c><00:34:19.760><c> If</c>

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:21.059
she<00:34:19.880><c> wants</c><00:34:20.159><c> to</c><00:34:20.340><c> talk</c><00:34:20.559><c> about</c><00:34:20.820><c> it,</c>

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:25.159
she<00:34:21.239><c> will</c><00:34:21.440><c> come</c><00:34:21.659><c> to</c><00:34:21.800><c> us</c><00:34:22.179><c> herself.</c><00:34:23.679><c> And</c><00:34:23.880><c> I</c><00:34:23.960><c> would</c><00:34:24.179><c> suggest</c><00:34:24.579><c> that</c>

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:27.500
you<00:34:25.559><c> might</c><00:34:25.800><c> want</c><00:34:25.960><c> to</c><00:34:26.059><c> be</c><00:34:26.239><c> careful</c><00:34:26.500><c> how</c><00:34:26.739><c> you</c><00:34:27.019><c> represent</c>

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:32.719
those<00:34:27.840><c> kinds</c><00:34:28.119><c> of</c><00:34:28.320><c> things,</c><00:34:29.440><c> because</c><00:34:29.719><c> that</c><00:34:29.920><c> is</c><00:34:30.159><c> a</c><00:34:30.280><c> sensitive</c><00:34:30.719><c> issue</c><00:34:31.320><c> and</c><00:34:32.139><c> likely</c><00:34:32.420><c> to</c>

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damage<00:34:33.019><c> her</c><00:34:33.280><c> life.</c>

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:39.300
I<00:34:36.099><c> know</c><00:34:36.260><c> you</c><00:34:36.420><c> are</c><00:34:36.539><c> my</c><00:34:36.780><c> dear</c><00:34:37.059><c> friend</c><00:34:37.320><c> and</c><00:34:37.480><c> I</c><00:34:37.599><c> love</c><00:34:37.739><c> you,</c><00:34:38.780><c> but</c><00:34:39.079><c> I</c>

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:42.460
don't<00:34:39.539><c> want</c><00:34:39.739><c> to</c><00:34:39.940><c> hear</c><00:34:40.099><c> that</c><00:34:40.599><c> about</c><00:34:40.840><c> that</c><00:34:41.099><c> sister</c><00:34:41.380><c> please.</c>

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:48.539
Where<00:34:44.119><c> there</c><00:34:44.460><c> is</c><00:34:44.739><c> no</c><00:34:45.059><c> wood,</c><00:34:46.380><c> the</c><00:34:46.539><c> fire</c><00:34:46.760><c> goes</c><00:34:47.059><c> out.</c><00:34:48.159><c> So</c><00:34:48.300><c> where</c>

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:52.159
is<00:34:48.699><c> the</c><00:34:48.880><c> wood</c><00:34:49.000><c> located?</c><00:34:50.480><c> In</c><00:34:50.800><c> my</c><00:34:51.179><c> heart.</c>

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:55.900
And<00:34:52.780><c> the</c><00:34:53.039><c> fire</c><00:34:53.320><c> is</c><00:34:53.619><c> the</c><00:34:53.739><c> gossip</c><00:34:54.000><c> itself,</c><00:34:54.579><c> the</c><00:34:54.679><c> bit</c><00:34:54.780><c> of</c><00:34:55.000><c> news.</c>

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:58.780
Where<00:34:56.699><c> there</c><00:34:56.960><c> is</c><00:34:57.119><c> no</c><00:34:57.340><c> wood,</c><00:34:57.599><c> the</c><00:34:57.659><c> fire</c><00:34:57.940><c> goeth</c><00:34:58.340><c> out.</c>

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:03.019
Where<00:34:59.360><c> there</c><00:34:59.559><c> is</c><00:34:59.719><c> no</c><00:35:00.000><c> tale</c><00:35:00.539><c> bearer,</c><00:35:01.579><c> the</c><00:35:01.900><c> strife</c><00:35:02.400><c> comes</c><00:35:02.659><c> to</c><00:35:02.880><c> an</c>

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end.<00:35:05.079><c> The</c><00:35:05.300><c> strife</c><00:35:05.559><c> comes</c><00:35:05.840><c> to</c><00:35:06.039><c> an</c><00:35:06.179><c> end.</c>

00:35:07.469 --> 00:35:14.179
As<00:35:07.900><c> coals</c><00:35:08.300><c> are</c><00:35:08.599><c> to</c><00:35:08.860><c> burning</c><00:35:09.559><c> coals</c><00:35:10.960><c> and</c><00:35:11.380><c> wood</c><00:35:11.780><c> to</c><00:35:12.099><c> fire,</c><00:35:13.480><c> so</c><00:35:13.739><c> is</c>

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a<00:35:14.400><c> contentious</c><00:35:15.260><c> man</c><00:35:16.000><c> to</c><00:35:16.559><c> kindle</c><00:35:16.940><c> strife.</c>

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:26.239
The<00:35:18.719><c> words</c><00:35:19.019><c> of</c><00:35:19.280><c> a</c><00:35:19.500><c> whisperer</c><00:35:20.460><c> are</c><00:35:21.460><c> as</c><00:35:21.980><c> dainty</c><00:35:23.460><c> mausles.</c><00:35:25.539><c> That's</c><00:35:26.179><c> what</c>

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:28.079
it<00:35:26.340><c> says</c><00:35:26.480><c> in</c><00:35:26.619><c> the</c><00:35:26.719><c> revised</c><00:35:27.019><c> version.</c>

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:33.460
The<00:35:28.579><c> words</c><00:35:29.079><c> of</c><00:35:29.480><c> a</c><00:35:29.659><c> whisperer</c><00:35:30.840><c> are</c><00:35:31.059><c> as</c><00:35:31.440><c> dainty</c><00:35:31.960><c> mausles.</c><00:35:32.500><c> They're</c><00:35:32.579><c> little</c><00:35:32.940><c> spicy</c>

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trifles<00:35:33.980><c> aren't</c><00:35:34.239><c> they?</c>

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We<00:35:35.719><c> get</c><00:35:35.920><c> access</c><00:35:36.219><c> to</c><00:35:36.440><c> something</c><00:35:37.239><c> vile</c><00:35:37.960><c> or</c><00:35:38.260><c> untoward</c><00:35:39.059><c> about</c><00:35:39.500><c> somebody</c><00:35:39.820><c> else's</c><00:35:40.239><c> life.</c><00:35:41.300><c> They</c><00:35:41.480><c> are</c>

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like<00:35:42.360><c> it,</c>

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but<00:35:42.619><c> they</c><00:35:42.820><c> aren't.</c><00:35:43.780><c> It's</c><00:35:44.059><c> as</c><00:35:44.119><c> they</c><00:35:44.320><c> are</c><00:35:44.619><c> as.</c><00:35:46.320><c> They're</c><00:35:46.699><c> like,</c>

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:51.199
they<00:35:47.860><c> seem</c><00:35:48.099><c> to</c><00:35:48.400><c> be,</c><00:35:49.820><c> dainty</c><00:35:50.219><c> mausles.</c>

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And<00:35:55.699><c> they</c><00:35:55.980><c> go</c><00:35:56.340><c> down</c><00:35:57.039><c> into</c><00:35:58.079><c> the</c><00:35:58.480><c> innermost</c><00:35:59.039><c> parts</c><00:35:59.480><c> of</c><00:35:59.719><c> the</c><00:36:00.000><c> belly.</c>

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:06.199
Burning<00:36:02.400><c> lips</c><00:36:03.039><c> and</c><00:36:03.579><c> a</c><00:36:03.800><c> wicked</c><00:36:04.079><c> heart</c><00:36:04.559><c> are</c><00:36:05.199><c> like</c><00:36:05.400><c> a</c><00:36:05.679><c> potsherd</c>

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covered<00:36:06.440><c> with</c><00:36:06.780><c> silver</c><00:36:07.300><c> dross.</c>

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It's<00:36:09.599><c> something</c><00:36:09.840><c> disgusting,</c><00:36:10.719><c> it's</c><00:36:11.039><c> smelly,</c><00:36:11.360><c> it's</c><00:36:11.719><c> vile.</c><00:36:13.280><c> Remember</c><00:36:13.500><c> we</c>

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talked<00:36:13.840><c> about</c><00:36:14.000><c> the</c><00:36:14.199><c> Pharisees?</c>

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The<00:36:16.619><c> Pharisees</c><00:36:17.260><c> who</c><00:36:17.559><c> were</c><00:36:17.780><c> like</c><00:36:18.119><c> whited</c><00:36:18.420><c> sepulchres,</c><00:36:19.059><c> lovely</c>

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on<00:36:19.420><c> the</c><00:36:19.579><c> outside</c><00:36:19.760><c> but</c><00:36:19.860><c> inside,</c><00:36:20.320><c> were</c><00:36:20.500><c> dead</c><00:36:20.760><c> men's</c>

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bones.<00:36:22.159><c> That</c><00:36:22.380><c> which</c><00:36:22.539><c> was</c><00:36:22.880><c> rotten,</c><00:36:23.679><c> vile</c><00:36:24.380><c> and</c><00:36:24.719><c> the</c><00:36:25.019><c> flesh</c><00:36:25.559><c> corrupt.</c><00:36:28.260><c> He</c>

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that<00:36:29.059><c> hateth</c><00:36:29.380><c> dissembleth</c><00:36:29.920><c> with</c><00:36:30.059><c> his</c><00:36:30.300><c> lips</c>

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and<00:36:31.840><c> layeth</c><00:36:32.260><c> up</c><00:36:32.440><c> deceit</c><00:36:32.840><c> within</c><00:36:33.119><c> him.</c><00:36:34.320><c> When</c><00:36:34.519><c> he</c><00:36:34.800><c> speaketh</c><00:36:35.219><c> fair,</c><00:36:35.840><c> believe</c><00:36:36.099><c> him</c><00:36:36.280><c> not,</c>

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for<00:36:37.800><c> there</c><00:36:38.059><c> are</c><00:36:38.260><c> seven</c><00:36:38.579><c> abominations</c><00:36:39.239><c> in</c><00:36:39.360><c> his</c><00:36:39.619><c> heart</c><00:36:40.559><c> whose</c>

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hatred<00:36:41.340><c> is</c><00:36:41.619><c> covered</c><00:36:41.920><c> by</c><00:36:42.260><c> deceit.</c>

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:49.920
When<00:36:44.460><c> we</c><00:36:44.699><c> pretend</c><00:36:45.940><c> to</c><00:36:47.019><c> be</c><00:36:47.280><c> caring</c><00:36:47.619><c> for</c><00:36:47.860><c> someone</c><00:36:48.059><c> we</c><00:36:48.239><c> don't</c><00:36:48.639><c> like</c><00:36:49.119><c> or</c>

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we<00:36:50.039><c> have</c><00:36:50.199><c> a</c><00:36:50.380><c> problem</c><00:36:50.679><c> with</c>

00:36:51.219 --> 00:36:56.280
or<00:36:51.780><c> there's</c><00:36:52.019><c> something</c><00:36:52.380><c> in</c><00:36:52.679><c> us</c><00:36:53.340><c> that</c><00:36:54.480><c> is</c><00:36:55.480><c> unresolved</c><00:36:55.960><c> between</c>

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:57.679
the<00:36:56.460><c> two</c><00:36:56.559><c> of</c><00:36:56.699><c> us</c><00:36:56.800><c> and</c><00:36:56.880><c> we</c><00:36:57.000><c> haven't</c><00:36:57.179><c> talked</c><00:36:57.440><c> it</c>

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through.<00:36:58.559><c> That's</c><00:36:59.039><c> dissemblance</c><00:36:59.599><c> isn't</c><00:36:59.820><c> it?</c><00:37:00.320><c> It's</c><00:37:00.599><c> pretense.</c>

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It's<00:37:02.280><c> acting</c><00:37:02.440><c> as</c><00:37:02.619><c> if</c><00:37:02.719><c> nothing's</c><00:37:03.099><c> wrong</c>

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but<00:37:04.440><c> there</c><00:37:04.639><c> is</c><00:37:04.860><c> something</c><00:37:05.139><c> wrong</c><00:37:05.840><c> between</c><00:37:06.699><c> you</c><00:37:07.000><c> and</c><00:37:07.219><c> me</c><00:37:07.900><c> and</c><00:37:08.619><c> I</c>

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:11.219
go<00:37:09.219><c> and</c><00:37:09.360><c> talk</c><00:37:09.519><c> about</c><00:37:09.739><c> you</c><00:37:09.920><c> behind</c><00:37:10.159><c> your</c><00:37:10.340><c> back</c>

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because<00:37:12.000><c> I'm</c><00:37:12.420><c> still</c><00:37:12.659><c> angry</c><00:37:12.980><c> with</c><00:37:13.199><c> you</c><00:37:13.800><c> but</c><00:37:14.300><c> I</c><00:37:14.440><c> haven't</c><00:37:14.559><c> got</c><00:37:14.739><c> the</c><00:37:14.980><c> character</c><00:37:15.360><c> to</c>

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come<00:37:15.780><c> and</c><00:37:16.019><c> sit</c><00:37:16.159><c> down</c><00:37:16.340><c> with</c><00:37:16.460><c> you</c><00:37:16.619><c> and</c>

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say<00:37:16.780><c> look</c><00:37:17.159><c> um</c><00:37:18.099><c> what</c><00:37:18.699><c> you</c><00:37:18.940><c> said</c><00:37:19.079><c> a</c><00:37:19.260><c> while</c><00:37:19.400><c> ago</c><00:37:19.579><c> really</c><00:37:19.940><c> bothered</c>

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:23.719
me<00:37:20.579><c> and</c><00:37:20.679><c> this</c><00:37:20.860><c> is</c><00:37:21.039><c> why.</c><00:37:22.860><c> Let</c><00:37:23.079><c> me</c><00:37:23.320><c> understand</c>

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:26.059
where<00:37:23.800><c> you</c><00:37:24.000><c> were</c><00:37:24.179><c> coming</c><00:37:24.420><c> from</c><00:37:24.820><c> and</c><00:37:25.260><c> if</c><00:37:25.420><c> I've</c><00:37:25.659><c> done</c><00:37:25.760><c> something</c>

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:27.880
wrong<00:37:26.260><c> let</c><00:37:26.440><c> me</c><00:37:26.619><c> apologize</c><00:37:27.019><c> but</c><00:37:27.199><c> I</c><00:37:27.380><c> want</c><00:37:27.579><c> to</c>

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:31.400
clear<00:37:28.000><c> this</c><00:37:28.260><c> up</c><00:37:28.739><c> so</c><00:37:28.980><c> I</c><00:37:29.019><c> can</c><00:37:29.199><c> carry</c><00:37:29.380><c> on</c><00:37:29.579><c> with</c><00:37:29.739><c> life</c><00:37:30.139><c> because</c><00:37:31.239><c> I</c>

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don't<00:37:31.519><c> want</c><00:37:31.619><c> to</c><00:37:31.739><c> be</c><00:37:32.000><c> saddled</c><00:37:32.320><c> with</c><00:37:32.539><c> this</c>

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:37.340
not<00:37:33.539><c> talking</c><00:37:33.960><c> business.</c><00:37:35.559><c> I</c><00:37:35.699><c> don't</c><00:37:35.820><c> want</c><00:37:35.900><c> to</c><00:37:36.000><c> go</c><00:37:36.079><c> to</c><00:37:36.239><c> the</c><00:37:36.420><c> judgment</c><00:37:36.860><c> seat</c>

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:39.460
and<00:37:38.480><c> find</c><00:37:38.699><c> that</c><00:37:38.860><c> there</c><00:37:38.980><c> are</c><00:37:39.039><c> people</c><00:37:39.239><c> I've</c>

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not<00:37:39.559><c> been</c><00:37:39.800><c> talking</c><00:37:40.119><c> to.</c><00:37:42.480><c> So</c><00:37:42.699><c> I</c><00:37:42.840><c> want</c><00:37:43.400><c> to</c><00:37:43.820><c> resolve</c><00:37:44.119><c> between</c><00:37:44.480><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:37:46.079><c> the</c><00:37:46.300><c> opposite</c><00:37:46.599><c> of</c><00:37:46.940><c> dissembling.</c><00:37:48.239><c> That's</c>

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:53.860
being<00:37:48.880><c> straightforward</c><00:37:50.300><c> and</c><00:37:51.380><c> open</c><00:37:51.760><c>-fronted.</c><00:37:53.300><c> Dissemblance</c>

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means<00:37:54.400><c> we</c><00:37:55.260><c> are</c><00:37:55.480><c> double</c><00:37:55.719><c>-minded.</c>

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:59.800
We're<00:37:56.679><c> divided</c><00:37:57.079><c> in</c><00:37:57.340><c> ourselves.</c><00:37:58.039><c> We're</c><00:37:58.159><c> facing</c><00:37:58.420><c> both</c><00:37:58.679><c> ways.</c>

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:05.360
That's<00:38:00.099><c> what</c><00:38:00.219><c> it</c><00:38:00.420><c> means.</c><00:38:03.079><c> Verse</c><00:38:03.579><c> 26</c>

00:38:05.940 --> 00:38:10.840
whose<00:38:06.340><c> hatred</c><00:38:06.760><c> is</c><00:38:07.059><c> covered</c><00:38:07.340><c> by</c><00:38:07.739><c> deceit.</c><00:38:09.579><c> His</c><00:38:09.820><c> wickedness</c><00:38:10.400><c> shall</c><00:38:10.619><c> be</c>

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:13.079
shown<00:38:11.000><c> before</c><00:38:11.420><c> the</c><00:38:11.599><c> whole</c><00:38:11.900><c> congregation.</c>

00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:16.500
Well<00:38:13.639><c> where</c><00:38:13.860><c> is</c><00:38:14.039><c> this</c><00:38:14.179><c> brothers</c><00:38:14.420><c> and</c><00:38:14.679><c> sisters?</c><00:38:15.940><c> Where</c><00:38:16.260><c> will</c>

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:21.619
my<00:38:18.599><c> failure</c><00:38:19.239><c> to</c><00:38:19.519><c> forgive,</c><00:38:19.840><c> my</c><00:38:20.179><c> anger,</c><00:38:20.880><c> my</c><00:38:21.159><c> wrath,</c>

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:28.900
my<00:38:22.179><c> bitterness</c><00:38:22.519><c> towards</c><00:38:22.920><c> you</c><00:38:23.579><c> that</c><00:38:24.960><c> I</c><00:38:25.280><c> never</c><00:38:25.880><c> was</c><00:38:26.460><c> upfront</c><00:38:26.800><c> and</c><00:38:27.139><c> straightforward</c><00:38:27.559><c> about</c><00:38:28.039><c> but</c><00:38:28.579><c> that</c><00:38:28.719><c> I</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.300
talked<00:38:29.039><c> to</c>

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:31.699
others<00:38:29.460><c> about</c><00:38:29.820><c> because</c><00:38:30.039><c> there</c><00:38:30.219><c> was</c><00:38:30.440><c> wood</c><00:38:30.619><c> to</c><00:38:30.880><c> burn</c><00:38:31.099><c> and</c><00:38:31.400><c> fires</c>

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:34.800
to<00:38:31.960><c> light.</c><00:38:33.440><c> Where</c><00:38:33.659><c> will</c><00:38:33.800><c> that</c><00:38:34.019><c> be</c><00:38:34.300><c> revealed</c><00:38:34.599><c> to</c>

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:41.420
the<00:38:34.800><c> whole</c><00:38:35.000><c> congregation</c><00:38:35.940><c> at</c><00:38:37.500><c> the</c><00:38:37.679><c> judgment</c><00:38:37.980><c> seat?</c><00:38:39.880><c> Every</c><00:38:40.340><c> idle</c><00:38:40.679><c> word</c><00:38:40.920><c> that</c><00:38:41.099><c> we</c>

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:43.659
speak<00:38:41.940><c> we</c><00:38:42.860><c> shall</c><00:38:43.000><c> give</c><00:38:43.179><c> account</c>

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:49.960
of<00:38:44.659><c> at</c><00:38:45.199><c> the</c><00:38:45.400><c> judgment</c><00:38:45.699><c> seat.</c><00:38:46.639><c> Now</c><00:38:46.780><c> the</c><00:38:46.820><c> word</c><00:38:47.019><c> idle</c><00:38:47.280><c> means</c><00:38:48.519><c> worthless</c><00:38:49.139><c> but</c>

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:52.940
it<00:38:50.179><c> also</c><00:38:50.420><c> means</c><00:38:51.480><c> words</c><00:38:52.079><c> that</c><00:38:52.360><c> are</c><00:38:52.579><c> free</c>

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:57.800
of<00:38:53.400><c> labor.</c><00:38:55.579><c> So</c><00:38:55.739><c> the</c><00:38:55.840><c> Lord</c><00:38:55.980><c> Jesus</c><00:38:56.320><c> Christ</c><00:38:56.619><c> was</c><00:38:56.880><c> there</c><00:38:57.280><c> healing</c>

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:59.579
and<00:38:58.380><c> there</c><00:38:58.519><c> were</c><00:38:58.619><c> people</c><00:38:58.860><c> that</c><00:38:58.980><c> were</c><00:38:59.280><c> carping.</c>

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:03.920
They<00:38:59.820><c> saw</c><00:39:00.420><c> the</c><00:39:01.480><c> power</c><00:39:01.900><c> of</c><00:39:02.159><c> God</c><00:39:02.420><c> directed</c><00:39:03.000><c> through</c><00:39:03.239><c> his</c><00:39:03.440><c> hands.</c>

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:06.539
They<00:39:04.400><c> saw</c><00:39:04.519><c> the</c><00:39:04.760><c> spirit</c><00:39:05.139><c> of</c><00:39:05.320><c> God</c><00:39:05.739><c> working</c>

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:11.679
through<00:39:07.360><c> his</c><00:39:07.579><c> hands</c><00:39:08.159><c> and</c><00:39:09.340><c> they</c><00:39:09.579><c> said</c><00:39:09.739><c> no</c><00:39:10.099><c> he</c><00:39:10.519><c> does</c><00:39:10.880><c> these</c><00:39:11.219><c> things</c><00:39:11.420><c> by</c>

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:13.139
Beelzebub,<00:39:12.260><c> the</c><00:39:12.380><c> prince</c><00:39:12.539><c> of</c><00:39:12.699><c> the</c><00:39:12.800><c> devils.</c><00:39:13.139><c> He</c>

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:17.860
says<00:39:13.260><c> look</c><00:39:14.400><c> you</c><00:39:15.579><c> can</c><00:39:15.739><c> say</c><00:39:15.860><c> anything</c><00:39:16.139><c> you</c><00:39:16.320><c> like</c><00:39:16.420><c> against</c><00:39:16.760><c> me</c><00:39:17.260><c> but</c><00:39:17.699><c> if</c>

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:19.760
you<00:39:18.079><c> speak</c><00:39:18.239><c> against</c><00:39:18.639><c> God's</c><00:39:19.139><c> power</c><00:39:19.380><c> there</c><00:39:19.559><c> is</c>

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:22.699
no<00:39:19.900><c> forgiveness</c><00:39:20.239><c> for</c><00:39:20.480><c> that</c><00:39:20.800><c> because</c><00:39:21.239><c> you've</c><00:39:21.679><c> put</c><00:39:21.800><c> yourself</c>

00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:29.280
in<00:39:22.840><c> that</c><00:39:23.340><c> position.</c><00:39:26.780><c> You</c><00:39:27.340><c> instead</c><00:39:27.900><c> of</c><00:39:28.219><c> standing</c>

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:33.699
idly<00:39:30.000><c> by</c><00:39:30.400><c> and</c><00:39:30.579><c> not</c><00:39:30.800><c> helping</c><00:39:31.159><c> should</c><00:39:31.679><c> have</c><00:39:31.840><c> been</c><00:39:32.099><c> laboring</c><00:39:32.599><c> with</c><00:39:33.059><c> me</c>

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Pharisees,<00:39:34.679><c> scribes,</c>

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Sadducees<00:39:36.940><c> but</c><00:39:37.239><c> you</c><00:39:37.480><c> prefer</c><00:39:37.760><c> to</c><00:39:38.000><c> stand</c><00:39:38.260><c> off</c><00:39:38.460><c> on</c><00:39:38.619><c> the</c><00:39:38.780><c> side</c><00:39:38.900><c> and</c>

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:43.360
carp<00:39:39.320><c> and</c><00:39:39.519><c> criticize</c><00:39:40.199><c> and</c><00:39:41.300><c> destroy</c><00:39:41.780><c> and</c><00:39:42.000><c> set</c><00:39:42.159><c> fires.</c>

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:47.800
Those<00:39:44.400><c> are</c><00:39:44.579><c> what</c><00:39:44.739><c> the</c><00:39:44.980><c> idle</c><00:39:45.139><c> words</c><00:39:45.480><c> are.</c><00:39:46.739><c> They</c><00:39:46.900><c> are</c><00:39:47.139><c> the</c><00:39:47.360><c> words</c>

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:50.340
that<00:39:48.139><c> demonstrate</c><00:39:48.659><c> freedom</c><00:39:49.199><c> from</c><00:39:49.639><c> effort</c><00:39:49.980><c> and</c>

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:54.519
labor.<00:39:51.579><c> That's</c><00:39:51.800><c> what</c><00:39:51.860><c> gossip</c><00:39:52.159><c> is.</c><00:39:53.000><c> It's</c><00:39:53.260><c> not</c><00:39:53.400><c> going</c><00:39:53.619><c> into</c><00:39:53.900><c> help</c><00:39:54.280><c> to</c>

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:56.940
do<00:39:54.760><c> things</c><00:39:55.000><c> to</c><00:39:55.260><c> labor.</c><00:39:55.980><c> It's</c><00:39:56.380><c> idleness</c>

00:39:56.940 --> 00:40:00.800
expressed<00:39:58.099><c> with</c><00:39:58.840><c> this</c><00:39:59.320><c> world</c><00:39:59.579><c> of</c><00:39:59.820><c> iniquity</c><00:40:00.159><c> that</c><00:40:00.300><c> is</c><00:40:00.460><c> in</c><00:40:00.619><c> our</c>

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:05.119
mouths.<00:40:02.920><c> That's</c><00:40:03.300><c> what</c><00:40:03.519><c> idle</c><00:40:03.780><c> words</c><00:40:04.079><c> are.</c>

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:08.260
So<00:40:05.360><c> when</c><00:40:05.539><c> you</c><00:40:05.760><c> see</c><00:40:05.920><c> that</c><00:40:06.500><c> family</c><00:40:06.880><c> crumbling</c><00:40:07.400><c> or</c><00:40:07.599><c> that</c><00:40:07.900><c> sister</c>

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:10.980
falling<00:40:08.639><c> apart</c><00:40:09.219><c> or</c><00:40:09.780><c> that</c><00:40:10.159><c> brother</c><00:40:10.559><c> who</c><00:40:10.800><c> is</c>

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:14.420
making<00:40:11.239><c> a</c><00:40:11.539><c> decision</c><00:40:11.820><c> that</c><00:40:12.139><c> will</c><00:40:12.519><c> damage</c><00:40:12.980><c> his</c><00:40:13.239><c> family</c><00:40:13.679><c> or</c><00:40:14.159><c> that</c>

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:16.280
brother<00:40:14.659><c> who's</c><00:40:14.920><c> not</c><00:40:15.199><c> coping</c><00:40:15.440><c> with</c><00:40:15.659><c> this</c><00:40:15.860><c> illness</c>

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:21.679
or<00:40:16.739><c> that</c><00:40:17.119><c> sister</c><00:40:17.800><c> who</c><00:40:18.340><c> is</c><00:40:18.739><c> isolated</c><00:40:19.219><c> and</c><00:40:19.539><c> becoming</c><00:40:19.820><c> progressively</c><00:40:20.440><c> more</c><00:40:20.760><c> cold</c>

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:26.340
driving<00:40:23.340><c> herself</c><00:40:23.820><c> within</c><00:40:24.159><c> herself</c><00:40:24.840><c> and</c><00:40:25.760><c> beginning</c><00:40:25.960><c> to</c><00:40:26.219><c> feel</c>

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:28.380
a<00:40:26.699><c> bitterness</c><00:40:26.960><c> and</c><00:40:27.239><c> a</c><00:40:27.360><c> yawning</c><00:40:27.659><c> chasm</c><00:40:28.059><c> between</c>

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:33.699
herself<00:40:28.940><c> and</c><00:40:29.380><c> the</c><00:40:29.519><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:30.659><c> do</c><00:40:31.019><c> something.</c><00:40:33.219><c> Don't</c><00:40:33.440><c> stand</c>

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:35.960
idly<00:40:33.980><c> by.</c><00:40:34.219><c> Every</c><00:40:34.559><c> idle</c><00:40:34.940><c> word</c><00:40:35.139><c> that</c><00:40:35.320><c> we</c><00:40:35.619><c> speak,</c>

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:39.019
every<00:40:36.539><c> word</c><00:40:36.739><c> we</c><00:40:37.019><c> speak</c><00:40:37.159><c> against</c><00:40:37.460><c> someone</c><00:40:37.820><c> else</c><00:40:38.300><c> that</c><00:40:38.599><c> is</c><00:40:38.820><c> free</c>

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:41.820
of<00:40:39.239><c> labor,</c><00:40:39.820><c> we</c><00:40:39.880><c> shall</c><00:40:39.980><c> be</c><00:40:40.260><c> judged</c><00:40:40.539><c> for.</c><00:40:41.420><c> That's</c>

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:46.340
when<00:40:41.920><c> it</c><00:40:42.119><c> shall</c><00:40:42.219><c> be</c><00:40:42.440><c> revealed</c><00:40:42.719><c> in</c><00:40:42.920><c> front</c><00:40:43.019><c> of</c><00:40:43.320><c> the</c><00:40:43.400><c> entire</c><00:40:43.800><c> congregation.</c><00:40:45.500><c> Oh</c><00:40:45.679><c> the</c><00:40:45.760><c> things</c><00:40:46.039><c> I</c>

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:47.199
hope<00:40:46.460><c> are</c><00:40:46.659><c> not</c><00:40:46.940><c> said</c>

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:53.639
that<00:40:47.239><c> I</c><00:40:47.619><c> said</c><00:40:48.099><c> and</c><00:40:49.480><c> God's</c><00:40:49.980><c> judgment</c><00:40:50.300><c> seat.</c><00:40:53.320><c> Now</c><00:40:53.420><c> I</c><00:40:53.539><c> hope</c><00:40:53.559><c> they</c>

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:56.139
can<00:40:53.820><c> all</c><00:40:53.980><c> be</c><00:40:54.280><c> wiped</c><00:40:54.539><c> out</c><00:40:54.840><c> and</c><00:40:55.000><c> put</c><00:40:55.179><c> behind.</c>

00:40:57.840 --> 00:41:02.360
Doubtless<00:40:58.280><c> the</c><00:40:58.440><c> same</c><00:40:58.599><c> is</c><00:40:58.820><c> true</c><00:40:58.940><c> for</c><00:40:59.159><c> you.</c><00:41:00.699><c> So</c><00:41:00.820><c> brothers</c><00:41:01.000><c> and</c><00:41:01.239><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:06.559
to<00:41:02.980><c> summarize</c><00:41:03.380><c> what</c><00:41:03.599><c> the</c><00:41:03.780><c> rest</c><00:41:04.219><c> of</c><00:41:04.539><c> it</c><00:41:04.940><c> would</c><00:41:05.179><c> be</c><00:41:05.340><c> all</c><00:41:05.599><c> about.</c>

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:12.260
He<00:41:08.360><c> talks</c><00:41:08.800><c> about</c><00:41:09.280><c> the</c><00:41:09.599><c> tongue</c><00:41:10.099><c> and</c><00:41:11.440><c> how</c>

00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:17.800
blessings<00:41:14.539><c> come</c><00:41:14.860><c> out</c><00:41:15.059><c> of</c><00:41:15.199><c> the</c><00:41:15.320><c> same</c><00:41:15.559><c> mouth</c><00:41:15.840><c> as</c><00:41:16.119><c> cursing,</c><00:41:17.079><c> wishing</c><00:41:17.360><c> ill</c>

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:19.719
towards<00:41:18.039><c> brothers</c><00:41:18.320><c> and</c><00:41:18.579><c> sisters</c><00:41:18.960><c> in</c><00:41:19.420><c> anger</c>

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:23.460
and<00:41:20.000><c> wrath.</c><00:41:21.019><c> And</c><00:41:21.139><c> then</c><00:41:21.260><c> he</c><00:41:21.300><c> goes</c><00:41:21.519><c> on</c><00:41:21.699><c> and</c><00:41:21.800><c> he</c><00:41:21.840><c> says,</c><00:41:22.079><c> look,</c><00:41:23.000><c> there's</c><00:41:23.179><c> all</c>

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:24.800
this<00:41:23.679><c> fighting,</c><00:41:24.119><c> there's</c><00:41:24.119><c> all</c><00:41:24.320><c> these,</c>

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:27.719
there<00:41:25.420><c> are</c><00:41:25.679><c> all</c><00:41:25.880><c> these</c><00:41:26.260><c> rotten</c><00:41:26.639><c> things</c><00:41:27.000><c> that</c><00:41:27.159><c> you</c><00:41:27.300><c> are</c><00:41:27.480><c> saying</c>

00:41:27.719 --> 00:41:29.219
about<00:41:28.000><c> each</c><00:41:28.239><c> other.</c>

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:34.960
And<00:41:32.440><c> you</c><00:41:32.579><c> are</c><00:41:32.679><c> the</c><00:41:32.780><c> ones</c><00:41:32.920><c> who</c><00:41:33.079><c> want</c><00:41:33.219><c> to</c><00:41:33.340><c> be</c><00:41:33.519><c> wise.</c><00:41:34.599><c> You</c><00:41:34.739><c> are</c><00:41:34.880><c> the</c>

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:37.079
ones<00:41:35.059><c> who</c><00:41:35.179><c> want</c><00:41:35.280><c> to</c><00:41:35.519><c> stand</c><00:41:35.719><c> up</c><00:41:35.840><c> there</c><00:41:36.000><c> and</c><00:41:36.280><c> speak.</c>

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You<00:41:37.480><c> are</c><00:41:37.679><c> the</c><00:41:37.800><c> ones</c><00:41:37.940><c> who</c><00:41:38.059><c> want</c><00:41:38.159><c> to</c><00:41:38.300><c> be</c><00:41:38.519><c> influential.</c><00:41:40.300><c> You</c><00:41:40.599><c> are</c>

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the<00:41:40.860><c> ones</c><00:41:40.980><c> who</c><00:41:41.119><c> want</c><00:41:41.199><c> to</c><00:41:41.500><c> flap</c><00:41:41.659><c> your</c><00:41:41.739><c> wings.</c>

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You<00:41:41.760><c> are</c><00:41:41.760><c> the</c><00:41:41.760><c> ones</c><00:41:41.760><c> who</c><00:41:41.760><c> want</c><00:41:41.760><c> to</c><00:41:41.760><c> pull</c><00:41:41.760><c> your</c><00:41:41.860><c> gums</c><00:41:42.619><c> and</c><00:41:42.820><c> flail</c>

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your<00:41:43.380><c> tongue</c><00:41:43.579><c> about</c><00:41:44.059><c> and</c><00:41:44.820><c> say</c><00:41:45.159><c> influential</c>

00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:49.480
things.<00:41:47.000><c> But</c><00:41:47.199><c> look</c><00:41:47.360><c> what</c><00:41:47.500><c> you're</c><00:41:47.820><c> doing</c><00:41:48.079><c> with</c><00:41:48.280><c> your</c><00:41:48.500><c> tongues.</c>

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:51.920
And<00:41:49.920><c> are</c><00:41:50.119><c> you</c><00:41:50.380><c> aware</c><00:41:50.619><c> of</c><00:41:50.800><c> the</c><00:41:51.119><c> judgment</c><00:41:51.519><c> seat</c>

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:54.900
and<00:41:52.519><c> the</c><00:41:53.039><c> greater</c><00:41:53.440><c> condemnation</c><00:41:54.079><c> that</c><00:41:54.219><c> you</c><00:41:54.360><c> will</c><00:41:54.519><c> receive.</c>

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Who<00:41:55.659><c> really</c><00:41:56.260><c> is</c><00:41:56.559><c> the</c><00:41:56.739><c> wise</c><00:41:57.000><c> man?</c><00:41:57.440><c> The</c><00:41:57.679><c> Sophos,</c>

00:41:58.599 --> 00:42:02.739
verse<00:41:58.960><c> 13.</c><00:42:00.059><c> That</c><00:42:00.219><c> word</c><00:42:00.480><c> Sophos</c><00:42:00.780><c> was</c><00:42:00.960><c> a</c><00:42:01.199><c> technical</c><00:42:01.519><c> term</c><00:42:02.000><c> for</c><00:42:02.460><c> a</c>

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qualified<00:42:03.239><c> teacher</c><00:42:03.840><c> that</c><00:42:04.619><c> understood</c>

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wisdom<00:42:06.219><c> and</c><00:42:06.539><c> knowledge</c><00:42:06.960><c> based</c><00:42:07.539><c> on</c><00:42:08.039><c> the</c><00:42:08.260><c> word</c><00:42:08.420><c> of</c><00:42:08.739><c> God.</c><00:42:09.639><c> Who</c><00:42:09.900><c> really</c><00:42:10.280><c> is</c>

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:13.239
a<00:42:10.619><c> Sophos?</c><00:42:11.460><c> Is</c><00:42:11.659><c> he</c><00:42:11.800><c> this</c><00:42:12.039><c> kind</c><00:42:12.199><c> of</c>

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argumentative,<00:42:14.619><c> querulous</c><00:42:15.099><c> man</c><00:42:16.000><c> that</c><00:42:16.380><c> will</c><00:42:16.840><c> not</c><00:42:17.260><c> back</c><00:42:17.780><c> down,</c>

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who<00:42:19.400><c> will</c><00:42:19.659><c> not</c><00:42:19.840><c> be</c><00:42:20.139><c> reasonable,</c><00:42:21.000><c> who</c><00:42:21.199><c> always</c><00:42:21.480><c> wants</c>

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:24.420
his<00:42:22.059><c> point</c><00:42:22.320><c> of</c><00:42:22.460><c> view</c><00:42:22.599><c> to</c><00:42:22.960><c> be</c><00:42:23.119><c> the</c><00:42:23.420><c> point</c><00:42:23.739><c> of</c><00:42:23.920><c> view.</c><00:42:24.039><c> And</c><00:42:24.219><c> don't</c>

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.679
think<00:42:24.539><c> it's</c><00:42:24.619><c> somebody</c><00:42:24.900><c> else,</c><00:42:25.119><c> brother.</c><00:42:25.340><c> It's</c><00:42:25.519><c> you.</c>

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:31.159
It's<00:42:25.880><c> you,</c><00:42:26.860><c> not</c><00:42:27.099><c> someone</c><00:42:27.340><c> else.</c><00:42:28.699><c> You</c><00:42:28.900><c> know</c><00:42:29.119><c> yourself.</c><00:42:29.539><c> You</c><00:42:29.639><c> know</c><00:42:29.760><c> your</c><00:42:29.960><c> heart.</c><00:42:30.599><c> It's</c><00:42:30.760><c> every</c><00:42:30.960><c> one</c><00:42:31.079><c> of</c>

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you<00:42:31.239><c> in</c><00:42:31.380><c> this</c>

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:35.400
room.<00:42:31.800><c> We've</c><00:42:32.019><c> all</c><00:42:32.960><c> dug</c><00:42:33.559><c> our</c><00:42:33.800><c> feet</c><00:42:33.940><c> in</c><00:42:34.159><c> on</c><00:42:34.500><c> stupid</c><00:42:34.840><c> issues</c><00:42:35.159><c> and</c>

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refuse<00:42:35.659><c> to</c><00:42:35.880><c> back</c><00:42:36.139><c> down</c><00:42:36.320><c> or</c><00:42:37.079><c> be</c><00:42:37.320><c> reasonable.</c><00:42:38.340><c> He</c><00:42:38.539><c> says,</c>

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look,<00:42:40.400><c> let</c><00:42:40.699><c> this</c><00:42:41.099><c> man</c><00:42:41.780><c> show</c><00:42:42.699><c> his</c><00:42:43.340><c> wisdom</c><00:42:43.880><c> through</c><00:42:45.159><c> his</c><00:42:45.659><c> good</c><00:42:46.079><c> life</c><00:42:46.760><c> with</c><00:42:47.800><c> meekness.</c><00:42:48.860><c> There's</c><00:42:49.000><c> a</c>

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gentleness<00:42:49.739><c> in</c>

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this<00:42:50.119><c> man.</c><00:42:50.860><c> Remember?</c><00:42:53.079><c> Vinny</c><00:42:53.300><c> Haas</c><00:42:53.400><c> was</c><00:42:53.579><c> a</c><00:42:53.639><c> man</c><00:42:53.739><c> of</c><00:42:54.059><c> peace.</c><00:42:54.320><c> He</c>

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:59.480
was<00:42:54.639><c> gentle</c><00:42:55.679><c> and</c><00:42:57.199><c> wisdom.</c><00:42:58.440><c> But</c><00:42:58.619><c> if</c><00:42:58.760><c> you</c><00:42:58.900><c> have</c><00:42:59.139><c> bitter</c>

00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:04.599
envy<00:42:59.739><c> and</c><00:43:00.860><c> faction,</c><00:43:02.099><c> strife,</c><00:43:03.179><c> the</c><00:43:03.280><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:03.639><c> splitting</c><00:43:04.059><c> up</c>

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:06.699
by<00:43:04.940><c> people</c><00:43:05.219><c> that</c><00:43:05.500><c> support</c><00:43:05.699><c> you</c><00:43:06.039><c> as</c><00:43:06.199><c> against</c><00:43:06.380><c> someone</c>

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else,<00:43:07.139><c> et</c><00:43:07.219><c> cetera,</c><00:43:07.599><c> et</c><00:43:07.639><c> cetera,</c><00:43:07.840><c> people</c><00:43:08.139><c> taking</c><00:43:08.480><c> sides</c><00:43:08.780><c> in</c><00:43:08.940><c> the</c><00:43:09.059><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:43:10.280><c> faction</c><00:43:10.719><c> in</c>

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your<00:43:11.500><c> hearts,</c><00:43:12.260><c> glory</c><00:43:12.519><c> not.</c>

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:16.539
Don't<00:43:13.820><c> boast</c><00:43:14.039><c> about</c><00:43:14.320><c> that.</c><00:43:15.079><c> If</c><00:43:15.179><c> you're</c><00:43:15.579><c> divided</c><00:43:15.719><c> in</c><00:43:15.920><c> yourself</c>

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:18.340
and<00:43:17.219><c> it's</c><00:43:17.420><c> creating</c><00:43:17.719><c> divisions</c><00:43:18.059><c> in</c><00:43:18.239><c> the</c>

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:22.840
Ecclesia,<00:43:18.639><c> don't</c><00:43:19.039><c> boast.</c><00:43:19.360><c> There's</c><00:43:19.639><c> no</c><00:43:19.820><c> reason</c><00:43:20.059><c> to</c><00:43:20.360><c> boast.</c><00:43:21.119><c> They</c><00:43:21.300><c> were</c><00:43:21.539><c> boasting</c><00:43:21.880><c> like</c><00:43:22.179><c> the</c><00:43:22.400><c> teachers</c><00:43:22.639><c> on</c>

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the<00:43:22.960><c> outside,</c>

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like<00:43:24.119><c> these</c><00:43:26.219><c> evangelical</c><00:43:27.260><c> ministers</c><00:43:28.000><c> who</c><00:43:28.900><c> strut</c><00:43:29.260><c> about</c><00:43:29.519><c> like</c>

00:43:29.780 --> 00:43:31.539
the<00:43:29.980><c> peacocks</c><00:43:30.300><c> outside.</c>

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And<00:43:31.780><c> they</c><00:43:31.940><c> have</c><00:43:32.219><c> arrived</c><00:43:32.619><c> and</c><00:43:32.739><c> they</c><00:43:32.900><c> are</c><00:43:32.980><c> talking</c><00:43:33.280><c> down</c><00:43:33.980><c> and</c>

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they<00:43:34.719><c> are</c><00:43:35.099><c> threatening</c><00:43:35.500><c> their</c><00:43:35.860><c> congregations</c><00:43:36.420><c> with</c>

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:40.219
hellfire<00:43:37.539><c> when</c><00:43:38.380><c> they</c><00:43:38.619><c> themselves</c><00:43:39.139><c> are</c><00:43:39.400><c> eaten</c><00:43:39.579><c> up</c><00:43:39.820><c> with</c><00:43:39.980><c> the</c>

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same<00:43:40.440><c> problems</c><00:43:40.820><c> inside</c><00:43:41.239><c> and</c><00:43:41.579><c> worse.</c>

00:43:44.619 --> 00:43:49.920
This<00:43:45.280><c> wisdom</c><00:43:45.940><c> descendeth</c><00:43:47.780><c> not</c><00:43:47.980><c> from</c><00:43:48.239><c> above,</c><00:43:49.199><c> but</c><00:43:49.400><c> comes</c><00:43:49.699><c> from</c>

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:53.079
the<00:43:50.219><c> bottom</c><00:43:50.599><c> up,</c><00:43:51.679><c> comes</c><00:43:52.039><c> up</c><00:43:52.260><c> out</c><00:43:52.380><c> of</c><00:43:52.480><c> the</c><00:43:52.679><c> earth.</c>

00:43:53.360 --> 00:43:57.039
It's<00:43:54.179><c> animal</c><00:43:54.519><c>-like.</c><00:43:54.940><c> It's</c><00:43:55.340><c> insane.</c><00:43:55.920><c> It's</c><00:43:56.119><c> devilish.</c><00:43:56.840><c> It's</c>

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craziness.<00:43:57.860><c> That's</c><00:43:58.179><c> crazy</c><00:43:58.460><c> wisdom.</c>

00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:03.840
That's<00:44:00.579><c> what</c><00:44:00.679><c> he</c><00:44:00.820><c> says.</c><00:44:01.820><c> For</c><00:44:01.940><c> where</c><00:44:02.239><c> envy</c><00:44:02.480><c> and</c><00:44:02.780><c> strife</c><00:44:02.940><c> is,</c><00:44:03.320><c> there</c><00:44:03.420><c> is</c>

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confusion.<00:44:06.139><c> In</c><00:44:06.400><c> political</c><00:44:06.820><c> terms,</c>

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:11.900
that<00:44:08.659><c> Greek</c><00:44:08.900><c> word</c><00:44:09.099><c> was</c><00:44:09.320><c> used</c><00:44:09.519><c> to</c><00:44:09.659><c> mean</c><00:44:09.860><c> anarchy,</c><00:44:10.639><c> no</c><00:44:10.800><c> rules,</c>

00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:16.219
no<00:44:13.159><c> guidance,</c><00:44:14.920><c> no</c><00:44:15.139><c> order.</c>

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:22.280
But<00:44:17.340><c> the</c><00:44:17.639><c> wisdom</c><00:44:17.920><c> that</c><00:44:18.099><c> is</c><00:44:18.260><c> from</c><00:44:18.460><c> above</c><00:44:18.980><c> is</c><00:44:19.960><c> first</c><00:44:20.380><c> pure.</c><00:44:21.960><c> It's</c>

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:24.980
single.<00:44:22.780><c> It's</c><00:44:22.980><c> one.</c><00:44:24.000><c> It</c><00:44:24.099><c> is</c><00:44:24.320><c> free</c><00:44:24.440><c> of</c><00:44:24.679><c> division.</c>

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:29.659
There's<00:44:25.420><c> no</c><00:44:26.000><c> fleshliness.</c><00:44:26.699><c> I</c><00:44:27.059><c> don't</c><00:44:27.280><c> want</c><00:44:27.480><c> to</c><00:44:27.639><c> be</c><00:44:27.960><c> influential.</c><00:44:29.119><c> I</c><00:44:29.260><c> don't</c><00:44:29.440><c> want</c><00:44:29.539><c> to</c>

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be<00:44:29.760><c> looked</c><00:44:29.900><c> up</c><00:44:30.179><c> to.</c>

00:44:31.019 --> 00:44:33.440
I'm<00:44:31.119><c> not</c><00:44:31.320><c> interested</c><00:44:31.619><c> in</c><00:44:31.800><c> that</c><00:44:31.980><c> wisdom,</c><00:44:32.659><c> is</c><00:44:32.780><c> what</c><00:44:32.960><c> the</c><00:44:33.179><c> person</c>

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:36.159
says<00:44:34.019><c> who</c><00:44:34.519><c> has</c><00:44:34.699><c> this</c><00:44:34.980><c> kind</c><00:44:35.179><c> of</c><00:44:35.320><c> wisdom.</c>

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:43.280
The<00:44:36.860><c> wisdom</c><00:44:36.980><c> that</c><00:44:37.219><c> is</c><00:44:37.519><c> from</c><00:44:37.719><c> above</c><00:44:37.960><c> is</c><00:44:38.760><c> first</c><00:44:39.019><c> pure,</c><00:44:39.579><c> then</c><00:44:39.739><c> peaceable,</c><00:44:41.820><c> gentle</c><00:44:42.400><c> and</c>

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easy<00:44:43.800><c> to</c><00:44:43.980><c> be</c><00:44:44.159><c> entreated.</c>

00:44:45.840 --> 00:44:50.659
Those<00:44:46.360><c> words</c><00:44:46.639><c> mean</c><00:44:47.539><c> willing</c><00:44:48.300><c> to</c><00:44:48.699><c> yield,</c><00:44:49.119><c> brother,</c><00:44:50.340><c> when</c><00:44:50.440><c> the</c>

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:52.960
issue<00:44:50.800><c> is</c><00:44:51.019><c> not</c><00:44:51.199><c> really</c><00:44:51.440><c> important</c><00:44:51.960><c> and</c><00:44:52.559><c> the</c><00:44:52.760><c> issue</c>

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:58.519
really<00:44:53.320><c> is</c><00:44:53.500><c> your</c><00:44:53.780><c> pride.</c><00:44:54.900><c> Willing</c><00:44:55.320><c> to</c><00:44:55.519><c> yield,</c><00:44:56.059><c> full</c><00:44:56.239><c> of</c><00:44:56.559><c> mercy.</c><00:44:57.800><c> That's</c><00:44:58.320><c> the</c>

00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:01.659
kind<00:44:58.880><c> of</c><00:44:59.940><c> teaching</c><00:45:00.440><c> that</c><00:45:01.360><c> we</c><00:45:01.539><c> have.</c>

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:04.800
It's<00:45:01.820><c> not</c><00:45:01.980><c> just</c><00:45:02.159><c> a</c><00:45:02.219><c> platform</c><00:45:02.940><c> in</c><00:45:03.800><c> front</c><00:45:03.900><c> of</c><00:45:04.039><c> a</c><00:45:04.139><c> piece</c><00:45:04.280><c> of</c><00:45:04.539><c> wood</c>

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:07.860
speaking<00:45:05.380><c> down</c><00:45:05.719><c> to</c><00:45:05.920><c> people.</c><00:45:07.159><c> It's</c><00:45:07.559><c> just</c><00:45:07.719><c> sitting</c>

00:45:07.860 --> 00:45:10.940
beside<00:45:08.239><c> somebody</c><00:45:08.840><c> with</c><00:45:09.420><c> your</c><00:45:09.579><c> arm</c><00:45:09.739><c> around</c><00:45:10.000><c> your</c><00:45:10.239><c> brother</c><00:45:10.460><c> or</c>

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your<00:45:11.159><c> sister,</c><00:45:11.920><c> your</c><00:45:12.159><c> arm</c><00:45:12.340><c> around</c><00:45:12.599><c> your</c><00:45:12.840><c> sister</c>

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talking<00:45:14.579><c> through.</c><00:45:15.480><c> Look,</c><00:45:15.880><c> I</c><00:45:16.000><c> know</c><00:45:16.159><c> this</c><00:45:16.360><c> is</c><00:45:16.699><c> tough,</c><00:45:18.360><c> but</c><00:45:18.739><c> hold</c>

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together<00:45:19.679><c> and</c><00:45:19.920><c> here's</c><00:45:20.119><c> what</c><00:45:20.300><c> you</c><00:45:20.480><c> need</c><00:45:20.659><c> to</c><00:45:20.880><c> remember.</c>

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Full<00:45:24.099><c> of</c><00:45:24.699><c> mercy</c><00:45:25.219><c> and</c><00:45:26.099><c> good</c><00:45:26.539><c> fruits.</c><00:45:27.380><c> Without</c><00:45:27.820><c> partiality,</c><00:45:29.099><c> nobody</c><00:45:29.320><c> is</c>

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seen<00:45:29.679><c> high</c><00:45:29.960><c> or</c><00:45:30.159><c> low</c>

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and<00:45:31.619><c> without</c><00:45:32.320><c> play</c><00:45:32.699><c> acting,</c><00:45:33.500><c> without</c><00:45:33.820><c> masks</c><00:45:34.340><c> and</c><00:45:35.400><c> the</c><00:45:35.699><c> fruit</c>

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of<00:45:36.079><c> righteousness.</c>

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Right?<00:45:38.639><c> We</c><00:45:38.659><c> want</c><00:45:38.900><c> to,</c><00:45:39.139><c> we</c><00:45:39.280><c> want</c><00:45:39.480><c> to</c><00:45:40.440><c> reap</c><00:45:40.440><c> righteousness.</c><00:45:41.019><c> We</c>

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want<00:45:41.300><c> to</c><00:45:41.539><c> reap</c><00:45:41.940><c> eternal</c><00:45:42.300><c> life</c><00:45:42.539><c> in</c><00:45:42.659><c> God's</c><00:45:42.940><c> kingdom.</c>

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The<00:45:43.699><c> end,</c><00:45:44.300><c> the</c><00:45:44.719><c> fruit</c><00:45:45.099><c> of</c><00:45:45.980><c> all</c><00:45:46.340><c> of</c><00:45:46.519><c> the</c><00:45:46.679><c> acts</c><00:45:46.960><c> of</c><00:45:47.380><c> kindness</c><00:45:48.079><c> given</c><00:45:49.280><c> in</c>

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faith.<00:45:51.960><c> The</c><00:45:52.260><c> fruit</c><00:45:52.599><c> of</c><00:45:53.199><c> righteousness</c><00:45:53.619><c> is</c><00:45:54.059><c> not</c>

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sown<00:45:54.539><c> in</c><00:45:54.820><c> shouting.</c><00:45:56.340><c> It's</c><00:45:56.460><c> not</c><00:45:56.639><c> shown</c><00:45:56.820><c> in</c><00:45:57.099><c> yelling.</c><00:45:58.320><c> It's</c><00:45:58.619><c> not</c>

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shown<00:45:58.960><c> in</c><00:45:59.440><c> stubborn</c><00:45:59.679><c> resistance.</c><00:46:00.280><c> It's</c><00:46:00.400><c> not</c><00:46:00.639><c> sown</c>

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in<00:46:00.860><c> any</c><00:46:01.019><c> of</c><00:46:01.199><c> these</c><00:46:01.380><c> things,</c><00:46:02.539><c> sorry.</c><00:46:03.260><c> It</c><00:46:03.519><c> is</c><00:46:03.840><c> sown</c><00:46:04.480><c> in</c><00:46:05.199><c> peace</c><00:46:06.179><c> of</c>

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them<00:46:08.000><c> that</c><00:46:08.280><c> make</c><00:46:08.460><c> peace.</c>

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May<00:46:11.820><c> there</c><00:46:12.039><c> be</c><00:46:12.260><c> peace</c><00:46:12.539><c> in</c><00:46:12.760><c> our</c><00:46:12.960><c> lives,</c><00:46:13.380><c> brothers</c><00:46:13.480><c> and</c><00:46:13.760><c> sisters.</c><00:46:14.800><c> Not</c><00:46:15.039><c> the</c>

00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:16.260
peace<00:46:15.440><c> which</c><00:46:15.599><c> is</c><00:46:15.800><c> the</c><00:46:16.039><c> freedom</c>

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from<00:46:16.599><c> trial</c><00:46:16.800><c> and</c><00:46:17.059><c> difficulty,</c><00:46:18.719><c> but</c><00:46:18.840><c> the</c><00:46:19.099><c> peace</c><00:46:19.719><c> that</c><00:46:20.239><c> is</c><00:46:20.460><c> the</c>

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freedom<00:46:20.900><c> from</c><00:46:21.559><c> strife,</c><00:46:23.579><c> quarrelling</c><00:46:24.320><c> and</c><00:46:26.079><c> our</c><00:46:26.420><c> pride.</c>

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Thank<00:46:40.519><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:46:40.639><c> you,</c><00:46:40.860><c> Brother</c><00:46:40.940><c> Deb.</c>

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We<00:46:59.159><c> have</c><00:46:59.940><c> several</c><00:47:00.480><c> announcements</c><00:47:01.000><c> as</c><00:47:01.300><c> you</c><00:47:01.420><c> can</c><00:47:01.659><c> gather,</c>

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morning<00:47:02.719><c> sessions</c><00:47:03.199><c> then,</c>

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and<00:47:04.599><c> also</c><00:47:05.000><c> give</c><00:47:05.219><c> thanks</c><00:47:05.519><c> for</c><00:47:05.739><c> our</c><00:47:05.960><c> lunch</c><00:47:06.179><c> meal</c><00:47:06.579><c> with</c><00:47:06.980><c> Brother</c>

00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:08.480
Bill<00:47:07.500><c> Butz.</c>

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Great<00:47:27.219><c> God,</c><00:47:28.079><c> our</c><00:47:28.199><c> Father</c><00:47:28.539><c> in</c><00:47:28.780><c> heaven,</c>

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again<00:47:32.239><c> we</c><00:47:32.800><c> approach</c><00:47:33.219><c> thee</c><00:47:33.500><c> in</c><00:47:33.639><c> the</c><00:47:33.719><c> name</c><00:47:33.900><c> of</c><00:47:34.079><c> thy</c><00:47:34.239><c> Son</c><00:47:34.500><c> and</c><00:47:34.659><c> our</c>

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King,<00:47:35.139><c> even</c><00:47:35.400><c> Christ</c><00:47:35.800><c> Jesus,</c>

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to<00:47:38.380><c> thank</c><00:47:38.619><c> thee</c><00:47:38.940><c> for</c><00:47:39.159><c> the</c><00:47:40.280><c> privilege</c><00:47:40.619><c> we've</c><00:47:41.119><c> once</c><00:47:41.320><c> again</c><00:47:41.659><c> had</c>

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of<00:47:44.239><c> being</c><00:47:44.960><c> nurtured,</c><00:47:47.559><c> admonished,</c><00:47:48.039><c> and</c><00:47:48.260><c> instructed</c>

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:58.420
through<00:47:50.800><c> the</c><00:47:51.039><c> pages</c><00:47:51.980><c> of</c><00:47:52.619><c> thy</c><00:47:52.780><c> holy</c><00:47:53.119><c> writ.</c><00:47:55.360><c> We</c><00:47:55.599><c> thank</c><00:47:55.780><c> thee,</c><00:47:56.059><c> dear</c><00:47:56.239><c> God,</c><00:47:56.980><c> that</c><00:47:57.099><c> thou</c><00:47:57.320><c> hast</c><00:47:57.559><c> seen</c><00:47:57.840><c> fit</c><00:47:58.099><c> to</c>

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raise<00:47:58.739><c> amongst</c>

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us<00:48:00.300><c> brethren</c><00:48:01.639><c> who</c><00:48:02.900><c> can</c><00:48:03.139><c> share</c><00:48:03.340><c> with</c><00:48:03.559><c> us</c><00:48:04.900><c> their</c><00:48:05.380><c> knowledge,</c>

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their<00:48:07.300><c> instruction,</c><00:48:08.719><c> and</c><00:48:09.199><c> their</c><00:48:09.460><c> examples.</c>

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We<00:48:12.139><c> thank</c><00:48:12.420><c> thee</c><00:48:12.639><c> for</c><00:48:12.920><c> them,</c><00:48:14.480><c> but</c><00:48:14.579><c> above</c><00:48:14.840><c> all</c><00:48:15.099><c> we</c><00:48:15.320><c> thank</c><00:48:15.599><c> thee</c>

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for<00:48:16.059><c> the</c><00:48:16.280><c> word</c><00:48:17.079><c> which</c><00:48:17.760><c> they</c><00:48:18.039><c> bring</c><00:48:18.280><c> to</c><00:48:18.559><c> us.</c>

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And<00:48:21.730><c> our</c><00:48:22.010><c> Father,</c><00:48:22.409><c> we</c><00:48:22.469><c> are</c><00:48:22.469><c> not</c><00:48:22.730><c> unmindful</c><00:48:24.570><c> in</c><00:48:26.329><c> any</c><00:48:26.650><c> sense</c><00:48:27.389><c> of</c>

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the<00:48:28.869><c> day</c><00:48:29.050><c>-by</c><00:48:29.369><c>-day</c><00:48:29.989><c> privilege</c><00:48:30.510><c> thou</c><00:48:30.969><c> hast</c><00:48:31.630><c> bestowed</c>

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upon<00:48:32.170><c> us</c><00:48:33.409><c> in</c><00:48:33.789><c> our</c><00:48:34.010><c> continuing</c><00:48:34.750><c> sustenance.</c><00:48:37.210><c> We</c><00:48:37.730><c> know</c><00:48:37.989><c> that</c>

00:48:38.150 --> 00:48:40.369
our<00:48:38.289><c> physical</c><00:48:38.730><c> bodies</c><00:48:39.190><c> need</c><00:48:39.489><c> it,</c>

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and<00:48:41.409><c> we</c><00:48:41.590><c> know</c><00:48:41.929><c> that</c><00:48:42.590><c> with</c><00:48:43.070><c> that</c><00:48:43.409><c> we</c><00:48:43.710><c> are</c><00:48:43.889><c> given</c><00:48:44.230><c> one</c><00:48:44.949><c> more</c><00:48:45.210><c> day,</c>

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one<00:48:46.050><c> more</c><00:48:46.389><c> hour</c><00:48:46.849><c> to</c><00:48:47.650><c> love</c><00:48:48.190><c> and</c><00:48:48.670><c> honor</c><00:48:48.889><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:48:50.929><c> bless</c><00:48:51.110><c> us</c><00:48:51.329><c> now,</c><00:48:51.650><c> dear</c><00:48:51.730><c> God,</c><00:48:52.070><c> as</c><00:48:52.250><c> we</c><00:48:52.469><c> further</c><00:48:52.710><c> wait</c><00:48:52.889><c> upon</c><00:48:53.230><c> thee</c><00:48:53.829><c> and</c><00:48:55.210><c> offer</c><00:48:55.489><c> our</c><00:48:55.730><c> humble</c><00:48:56.070><c> thanks</c><00:48:56.849><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:48:57.889><c>-worthy</c><00:48:58.170><c> name.</c>