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verse</c><00:18:51.299><c> 14,</c><00:18:51.740><c> are</c><00:18:51.880><c> not</c><00:18:52.079><c> hoping</c> 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:54.359 for<00:18:52.740><c> something</c><00:18:53.019><c> in</c><00:18:53.220><c> the</c><00:18:53.380><c> future</c><00:18:53.640><c> or</c><00:18:53.859><c> from</c><00:18:54.059><c> God.</c> 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:57.619 These<00:18:54.980><c> men</c><00:18:55.200><c> have</c><00:18:55.420><c> only</c><00:18:55.759><c> a</c><00:18:56.059><c> portion</c><00:18:56.380><c> in</c><00:18:56.680><c> this</c><00:18:56.920><c> life.</c><00:18:57.160><c> They</c><00:18:57.400><c> want</c> 00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:58.900 it<00:18:57.859><c> and</c><00:18:57.940><c> they</c><00:18:58.160><c> want</c><00:18:58.299><c> it</c><00:18:58.559><c> now.</c> 00:18:58.900 --> 00:19:02.039 They<00:18:59.519><c> want</c><00:18:59.700><c> to</c><00:18:59.960><c> fill</c><00:19:00.140><c> their</c><00:19:00.380><c> belly</c><00:19:00.640><c> with</c><00:19:00.839><c> these</c><00:19:01.079><c> things</c><00:19:01.380><c> now.</c> 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.660 They've<00:19:02.420><c> got</c><00:19:02.480><c> no</c><00:19:02.700><c> interest</c><00:19:03.079><c> in</c><00:19:03.240><c> the</c><00:19:03.359><c> future.</c> 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:12.539 In<00:19:05.799><c> verse</c><00:19:05.980><c> 15,</c><00:19:06.839><c> as</c><00:19:07.079><c> for</c><00:19:07.380><c> me,</c><00:19:08.640><c> I</c><00:19:08.859><c> will</c><00:19:09.079><c> behold</c><00:19:09.640><c> thy</c><00:19:10.440><c> face</c><00:19:11.220><c> in</c><00:19:11.619><c> righteousness.</c> 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:17.180 I<00:19:13.099><c> shall</c><00:19:13.279><c> be</c><00:19:13.519><c> satisfied</c><00:19:14.400><c> when</c><00:19:14.920><c> I</c><00:19:15.180><c> awake</c><00:19:15.480><c> with</c><00:19:15.799><c> thy</c><00:19:15.960><c> likeness.</c> 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:21.460 That<00:19:17.940><c> is</c><00:19:18.400><c> what</c><00:19:18.599><c> 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God</c><00:20:20.279><c> exalted,</c><00:20:21.380><c> and</c><00:20:21.480><c> having</c><00:20:21.700><c> received</c><00:20:22.200><c> of</c> 00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:24.440 the<00:20:22.480><c> Father</c><00:20:22.759><c> the</c><00:20:22.940><c> promise</c><00:20:23.220><c> of</c><00:20:23.359><c> the</c><00:20:23.440><c> Holy</c><00:20:23.599><c> Spirit,</c><00:20:23.980><c> he</c><00:20:24.160><c> hath</c> 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:28.480 shed<00:20:24.799><c> forth</c><00:20:25.259><c> this</c><00:20:25.819><c> which</c><00:20:26.319><c> you</c><00:20:26.779><c> now</c><00:20:27.279><c> see</c><00:20:27.640><c> and</c><00:20:28.039><c> hear.</c> 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:31.319 So<00:20:29.160><c> he's</c><00:20:29.319><c> saying,</c><00:20:30.000><c> what</c><00:20:30.160><c> we're</c><00:20:30.279><c> doing</c><00:20:30.539><c> here,</c><00:20:30.799><c> we're</c><00:20:31.000><c> talking</c> 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:34.420 in<00:20:31.500><c> many</c><00:20:31.720><c> 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into</c><00:20:45.640><c> heavens,</c><00:20:46.019><c> but</c><00:20:46.140><c> he</c><00:20:46.380><c> saith</c> 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:49.640 to<00:20:46.740><c> himself,</c><00:20:47.119><c> the</c><00:20:47.200><c> Lord</c><00:20:47.460><c> shall</c><00:20:47.700><c> said</c><00:20:47.839><c> to</c><00:20:48.619><c> my</c><00:20:48.839><c> Lord,</c><00:20:49.259><c> sit</c><00:20:49.380><c> thou</c> 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:55.180 on<00:20:49.759><c> my</c><00:20:50.039><c> right</c><00:20:50.240><c> hand</c><00:20:50.759><c> until</c><00:20:51.519><c> I</c><00:20:51.880><c> make</c><00:20:52.079><c> thy</c><00:20:52.500><c> foes</c><00:20:53.460><c> thy</c><00:20:53.940><c> footstool.</c> 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:58.759 Therefore,<00:20:56.660><c> let</c><00:20:56.759><c> all</c><00:20:57.059><c> the</c><00:20:57.160><c> house</c><00:20:57.359><c> of</c><00:20:57.660><c> Israel</c><00:20:58.039><c> know</c><00:20:58.279><c> assuredly</c> 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:05.740 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have</c><00:21:31.519><c> now?</c><00:21:31.779><c> What</c><00:21:31.900><c> are</c><00:21:32.000><c> we</c><00:21:32.079><c> going</c><00:21:32.160><c> to</c><00:21:32.359><c> do?</c> 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:36.299 We<00:21:32.980><c> know</c><00:21:33.180><c> the</c><00:21:33.339><c> answer,</c><00:21:33.660><c> we</c><00:21:33.819><c> see</c><00:21:34.079><c> from</c><00:21:34.299><c> Psalm</c><00:21:34.559><c> 15,</c><00:21:35.059><c> 16,</c><00:21:35.500><c> 17,</c><00:21:35.980><c> this</c><00:21:36.019><c> is</c> 00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:39.640 Christ<00:21:36.839><c> that</c><00:21:38.420><c> we</c><00:21:38.640><c> crucified.</c> 00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:42.099 And<00:21:40.099><c> now</c><00:21:40.380><c> he's</c><00:21:40.539><c> been</c><00:21:40.759><c> raised</c><00:21:41.039><c> up</c><00:21:41.240><c> because</c><00:21:41.500><c> he</c><00:21:41.660><c> put</c><00:21:41.779><c> his</c><00:21:41.940><c> hope</c> 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:43.460 and<00:21:42.279><c> 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and</c><00:21:57.920><c> you</c><00:21:58.039><c> will</c><00:21:58.220><c> receive</c><00:21:58.700><c> the</c><00:21:58.880><c> gift</c> 00:21:59.119 --> 00:22:00.119 of<00:21:59.259><c> the</c><00:21:59.359><c> Holy</c><00:21:59.559><c> Spirit.</c> 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:06.680 For<00:22:01.099><c> the</c><00:22:01.359><c> promise</c><00:22:01.759><c> is</c><00:22:01.980><c> unto</c><00:22:02.220><c> you</c><00:22:03.059><c> and</c><00:22:04.039><c> to</c><00:22:04.400><c> your</c><00:22:04.660><c> children</c><00:22:05.460><c> and</c> 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:11.359 to<00:22:07.019><c> all</c><00:22:07.299><c> that</c><00:22:07.480><c> are</c><00:22:07.680><c> afar</c><00:22:07.980><c> off,</c><00:22:08.839><c> the</c><00:22:09.140><c> strangers</c><00:22:09.700><c> or</c><00:22:10.759><c> the</c><00:22:10.920><c> children</c><00:22:11.180><c> that</c> 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:14.579 may<00:22:11.599><c> come,</c><00:22:12.400><c> even</c><00:22:12.579><c> as</c><00:22:12.799><c> 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do</c><00:27:18.140><c> have</c><00:27:18.279><c> time.</c><00:27:19.559><c> We</c><00:27:19.579><c> have</c><00:27:19.759><c> time.</c> 00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:25.940 So,<00:27:21.980><c> open</c><00:27:22.180><c> your</c><00:27:22.359><c> Bible,</c><00:27:24.180><c> and</c><00:27:24.220><c> let's</c><00:27:25.099><c> flip</c><00:27:25.279><c> back</c><00:27:25.559><c> and</c><00:27:25.740><c> forth.</c> 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.799 Acts<00:27:26.240><c> chapter</c><00:27:26.500><c> two</c><00:27:26.839><c> and</c><00:27:26.960><c> Leviticus</c><00:27:27.279><c> 26.</c> 00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:29.799 And<00:27:27.980><c> just</c><00:27:28.099><c> have</c><00:27:28.259><c> them</c><00:27:28.400><c> there,</c><00:27:28.819><c> and</c><00:27:28.819><c> let's</c><00:27:29.079><c> flip</c><00:27:29.299><c>-flop</c><00:27:29.460><c> back</c> 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.240 and<00:27:30.019><c> forth.</c> 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:37.079 I'm<00:27:31.079><c> going</c><00:27:31.079><c> 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you</c><00:28:02.480><c> see</c><00:28:02.700><c> there,</c> 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:06.539 they<00:28:03.839><c> continued</c><00:28:04.220><c> in</c><00:28:04.380><c> the</c><00:28:04.559><c> doctrine</c><00:28:05.079><c> and</c><00:28:05.920><c> the</c><00:28:06.079><c> breaking</c><00:28:06.279><c> of</c> 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:08.180 bread<00:28:06.700><c> and</c><00:28:06.980><c> prayers.</c> 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:19.940 Where<00:28:15.000><c> is</c><00:28:15.160><c> the</c><00:28:15.400><c> corresponding</c><00:28:16.059><c> phrase</c><00:28:16.680><c> like</c><00:28:17.160><c> that</c><00:28:18.019><c> in</c><00:28:18.200><c> Leviticus</c><00:28:18.539><c> 26?</c> 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:28.859 I<00:28:25.519><c> think</c><00:28:26.240><c> you're</c><00:28:26.519><c> walking</c><00:28:26.640><c> my</c><00:28:26.960><c> statutes</c><00:28:27.440><c> and</c><00:28:27.640><c> keep</c><00:28:27.819><c> my</c><00:28:28.079><c> commandments</c><00:28:28.500><c> and</c> 00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.180 perform<00:28:29.099><c> them.</c> 00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:35.140 Thank<00:28:29.559><c> you.</c><00:28:30.259><c> Verse</c><00:28:30.420><c> three,</c><00:28:31.759><c> walk</c><00:28:31.960><c> in</c><00:28:32.319><c> my</c><00:28:33.460><c> statutes.</c> 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:40.059 Keep<00:28:38.779><c> my</c><00:28:39.160><c> commandments.</c> 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:52.039 In<00:28:47.660><c> verse</c><00:28:47.960><c> 43</c><00:28:48.440><c> of</c><00:28:48.660><c> chapter</c><00:28:49.019><c> two</c><00:28:49.440><c> of</c><00:28:49.740><c> Acts,</c><00:28:50.480><c> you</c><00:28:50.480><c> see</c><00:28:50.599><c> fear</c><00:28:51.380><c> coming</c><00:28:51.759><c> upon</c> 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.660 every<00:28:52.400><c> soul,</c> 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:55.279 and<00:28:52.880><c> many</c><00:28:53.099><c> wonders</c><00:28:53.440><c> were</c><00:28:53.700><c> done</c><00:28:53.880><c> by</c><00:28:54.099><c> the</c><00:28:54.279><c> apostles.</c> 00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:01.819 What's<00:28:58.759><c> the</c><00:28:58.920><c> corresponding</c><00:28:59.440><c> phrase,</c><00:29:00.559><c> or</c><00:29:01.099><c> several</c><00:29:01.599><c> of</c><00:29:01.680><c> them</c> 00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:04.339 maybe,<00:29:02.099><c> from</c><00:29:02.299><c> Leviticus</c><00:29:02.640><c> 26?</c> 00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:11.299 Go<00:29:07.259><c> chase</c><00:29:07.619><c> your</c><00:29:07.880><c> enemies.</c><00:29:08.819><c> There</c><00:29:08.819><c> you</c><00:29:09.019><c> go.</c><00:29:10.980><c> Absolutely.</c> 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:15.220 So<00:29:11.720><c> that's</c><00:29:11.960><c> verse</c><00:29:12.140><c> eight,</c><00:29:13.680><c> chase</c><00:29:13.819><c> enemies.</c> 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:23.519 Verse<00:29:19.559><c> six</c><00:29:19.920><c> says,</c><00:29:20.200><c> I</c><00:29:20.200><c> will</c><00:29:20.359><c> give</c><00:29:20.460><c> you</c><00:29:20.680><c> peace,</c><00:29:23.180><c> and</c><00:29:23.240><c> none</c><00:29:23.319><c> will</c> 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.839 make<00:29:23.640><c> you</c><00:29:23.920><c> afraid.</c> 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:29.339 Enki,<00:29:27.140><c> put</c><00:29:27.259><c> yourself</c><00:29:27.619><c> in</c><00:29:27.759><c> the</c><00:29:28.140><c> apostle's</c><00:29:28.700><c> shoes</c><00:29:28.740><c> at</c><00:29:28.880><c> this</c><00:29:29.099><c> point.</c> 00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:34.599 How<00:29:29.940><c> easy</c><00:29:30.240><c> do</c><00:29:30.380><c> you</c><00:29:30.480><c> think</c><00:29:30.640><c> it</c><00:29:30.759><c> would</c><00:29:30.839><c> have</c><00:29:31.039><c> been</c><00:29:31.460><c> to</c><00:29:32.160><c> be</c><00:29:32.680><c> preaching</c><00:29:33.019><c> and</c><00:29:33.319><c> gathering</c><00:29:33.559><c> together</c><00:29:33.960><c> under</c><00:29:34.180><c> the</c><00:29:34.319><c> name</c><00:29:34.420><c> of</c> 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.900 Jesus<00:29:34.859><c> Christ?</c> 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disciples.</c> 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:57.140 Let's<00:29:53.900><c> get</c><00:29:54.059><c> rid</c><00:29:54.200><c> of</c><00:29:54.279><c> them.</c><00:29:54.400><c> Let's</c><00:29:54.640><c> eradicate</c><00:29:55.140><c> them.</c> 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:08.519 How<00:30:02.960><c> about</c><00:30:03.460><c> the</c><00:30:03.579><c> next</c><00:30:03.819><c> one?</c><00:30:04.259><c> How</c><00:30:04.259><c> about</c><00:30:06.299><c> verse</c><00:30:08.000><c> 44?</c> 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:10.980 It<00:30:08.660><c> says,</c><00:30:09.140><c> all</c><00:30:09.140><c> that</c><00:30:09.420><c> believed</c><00:30:09.640><c> were</c><00:30:09.799><c> together</c><00:30:10.160><c> and</c><00:30:10.339><c> had</c><00:30:10.559><c> all</c> 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.500 things<00:30:11.440><c> common.</c> 00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:16.880 They<00:30:12.839><c> continued</c><00:30:13.160><c> with</c><00:30:13.380><c> one</c><00:30:13.539><c> accord</c><00:30:13.859><c> and</c><00:30:14.160><c> ate</c><00:30:14.400><c> daily</c><00:30:14.819><c> their</c><00:30:15.119><c> bread</c><00:30:15.359><c> with</c><00:30:15.640><c> gladness</c><00:30:16.039><c> and</c><00:30:16.259><c> signalness</c><00:30:16.519><c> of</c><00:30:16.720><c> heart.</c> 00:30:16.880 --> 00:30:22.619 What<00:30:17.079><c> kind</c><00:30:17.279><c> of</c><00:30:17.420><c> things</c><00:30:18.359><c> are</c><00:30:19.380><c> reflected</c><00:30:19.819><c> of</c><00:30:20.140><c> that</c><00:30:20.339><c> in</c><00:30:20.500><c> Leviticus</c><00:30:20.900><c> 26?</c> 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:30.539 What<00:30:29.359><c> do</c><00:30:29.819><c> you</c><00:30:29.859><c> have</c><00:30:30.000><c> there?</c> 00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:33.000 I<00:30:30.960><c> will</c><00:30:30.980><c> also</c><00:30:31.380><c> walk</c><00:30:31.660><c> among</c><00:30:31.980><c> you,</c><00:30:32.259><c> and</c><00:30:32.339><c> be</c><00:30:32.400><c> your</c><00:30:32.619><c> God,</c><00:30:32.920><c> and</c><00:30:32.920><c> you</c> 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.720 should<00:30:33.079><c> be</c><00:30:33.240><c> my</c><00:30:33.500><c> sheep.</c> 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:38.420 I<00:30:33.980><c> will</c><00:30:34.200><c> be</c><00:30:34.299><c> your</c><00:30:34.519><c> God,</c><00:30:34.880><c> and</c><00:30:34.880><c> I</c><00:30:34.980><c> will</c><00:30:34.980><c> drop</c><00:30:35.079><c> you</c><00:30:35.259><c> out</c><00:30:35.380><c> of</c><00:30:35.480><c> your</c><00:30:35.640><c> land</c><00:30:35.799><c> of</c><00:30:35.960><c> Egypt,</c><00:30:36.680><c> so</c><00:30:36.819><c> that</c><00:30:36.880><c> you</c><00:30:37.059><c> will</c><00:30:37.180><c> not</c><00:30:37.400><c> be</c><00:30:37.539><c> your</c><00:30:37.759><c> slaves,</c><00:30:38.140><c> and</c><00:30:38.259><c> I</c> 00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:40.640 will<00:30:38.440><c> grow</c><00:30:38.579><c> apart</c><00:30:38.900><c> from</c><00:30:39.160><c> you,</c><00:30:39.400><c> and</c><00:30:39.460><c> make</c><00:30:39.680><c> you</c><00:30:39.920><c> walk</c><00:30:40.220><c> the</c><00:30:40.440><c> wrath</c> 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.640 of<00:30:40.740><c> God.</c> 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:45.380 I<00:30:43.119><c> actually</c><00:30:43.480><c> had</c><00:30:43.640><c> that</c><00:30:43.859><c> one</c><00:30:44.059><c> tied</c><00:30:44.160><c> to</c><00:30:44.319><c> another</c><00:30:44.559><c> one.</c> 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:49.059 One<00:30:47.519><c> sec</c><00:30:47.779><c> here.</c><00:30:48.460><c> Let</c><00:30:48.500><c> me</c><00:30:48.660><c> catch</c><00:30:48.900><c> up.</c> 00:30:49.059 --> 00:31:01.460 I<00:30:49.740><c> said</c><00:30:50.420><c> Acts</c><00:30:52.319><c> 2</c><00:30:52.579><c> verse</c><00:30:52.839><c> 4,</c><00:30:55.220><c> all</c><00:30:56.500><c> that</c><00:30:56.640><c> believed</c><00:30:56.819><c> were</c><00:30:57.000><c> together,</c><00:30:59.200><c> 44,</c><00:31:01.220><c> all</c> 00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:04.980 things<00:31:01.720><c> common.</c> 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:13.599 Casey<00:31:09.339><c> liked</c><00:31:09.759><c> to</c><00:31:10.420><c> correspond</c><00:31:10.740><c> to</c><00:31:10.880><c> verse</c><00:31:11.119><c> 12.</c><00:31:12.660><c> I</c><00:31:12.779><c> don't</c><00:31:13.000><c> disagree.</c> 00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:18.099 But<00:31:13.819><c> what</c><00:31:14.079><c> I</c><00:31:14.180><c> think</c><00:31:15.039><c> corresponds</c><00:31:15.700><c> really</c><00:31:16.119><c> well</c><00:31:16.299><c> with</c><00:31:16.539><c> it</c><00:31:17.359><c> is</c><00:31:17.880><c> this.</c> 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:23.859 We<00:31:18.200><c> have</c><00:31:18.359><c> this</c><00:31:18.539><c> idea</c><00:31:18.859><c> here</c><00:31:19.160><c> in</c><00:31:19.240><c> verses</c><00:31:19.539><c> 45</c><00:31:20.680><c> and</c><00:31:20.880><c> 46</c><00:31:21.400><c> of</c><00:31:21.579><c> them</c><00:31:21.859><c> staying</c><00:31:22.059><c> together</c><00:31:22.380><c> and</c><00:31:22.640><c> eating</c><00:31:22.859><c> and</c><00:31:23.000><c> being</c><00:31:23.240><c> supported</c><00:31:23.640><c> by</c> 00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:25.180 the<00:31:24.039><c> things</c><00:31:24.119><c> that</c><00:31:24.259><c> they</c><00:31:24.440><c> have</c><00:31:24.640><c> together.</c> 00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:29.680 And<00:31:25.740><c> in</c><00:31:25.839><c> verses</c><00:31:25.960><c> 4</c><00:31:26.200><c> and</c><00:31:26.339><c> 5</c><00:31:26.720><c> of</c><00:31:26.880><c> Leviticus</c><00:31:27.180><c> 26,</c><00:31:28.700><c> we</c><00:31:28.960><c> have</c><00:31:29.380><c> the</c> 00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:33.799 land<00:31:30.980><c> giving</c><00:31:32.559><c> increase.</c> 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:45.380 The<00:31:37.599><c> land</c><00:31:37.900><c> is</c><00:31:38.180><c> providing</c><00:31:38.720><c> the</c><00:31:40.359><c> food</c><00:31:41.059><c> that</c><00:31:42.799><c> they</c><00:31:43.019><c> need</c><00:31:43.720><c> to</c><00:31:44.059><c> 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those</c><00:31:57.700><c> that</c><00:31:58.039><c> shall</c><00:31:58.180><c> be</c><00:31:58.380><c> saved.</c> 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:06.440 And<00:32:03.180><c> they</c><00:32:03.339><c> were</c><00:32:03.500><c> praising</c><00:32:03.700><c> God</c><00:32:04.039><c> in</c><00:32:04.240><c> expectation</c><00:32:04.819><c> of</c><00:32:05.059><c> hope,</c><00:32:05.740><c> expectation</c><00:32:06.200><c> of</c> 00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.079 Jesus<00:32:06.720><c> coming</c><00:32:06.980><c> back.</c> 00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:11.960 And<00:32:08.480><c> that's</c><00:32:08.660><c> exactly</c><00:32:09.059><c> that</c><00:32:09.700><c> phrase</c><00:32:09.940><c> that</c><00:32:10.099><c> you</c><00:32:10.200><c> picked</c><00:32:10.380><c> up</c><00:32:10.579><c> there</c><00:32:10.759><c> from</c><00:32:10.960><c> Leviticus</c><00:32:11.299><c> 26</c> 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:15.140 is,<00:32:12.319><c> I</c><00:32:12.319><c> will</c><00:32:12.539><c> walk</c><00:32:12.799><c> 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was</c><00:32:33.480><c> his</c><00:32:33.700><c> ultimate</c><00:32:34.140><c> hope.</c> 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.180 So<00:32:36.480><c> we</c><00:32:36.619><c> shouldn't</c><00:32:36.819><c> be</c><00:32:37.039><c> surprised</c><00:32:37.500><c> that</c><00:32:37.720><c> choosing</c><00:32:38.079><c> hope</c><00:32:38.819><c> for</c> 00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:45.480 the<00:32:39.339><c> future</c><00:32:39.619><c> brings</c><00:32:40.000><c> safety</c><00:32:40.660><c> and</c><00:32:42.779><c> security</c><00:32:43.599><c> in</c><00:32:44.339><c> this</c><00:32:44.559><c> life.</c> 00:32:46.900 --> 00:32:50.880 David<00:32:47.420><c> said</c><00:32:47.660><c> Jesus</c><00:32:48.019><c> felt</c><00:32:48.380><c> that</c><00:32:48.619><c> in</c><00:32:48.759><c> his</c><00:32:49.039><c> life,</c><00:32:50.079><c> and</c><00:32:50.160><c> Jesus</c><00:32:50.460><c> tells</c><00:32:50.700><c> us</c> 00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:55.400 a<00:32:50.940><c> little</c><00:32:51.039><c> 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time</c><00:33:29.480><c> in</c><00:33:29.619><c> Matthew</c><00:33:29.880><c> chapter</c><00:33:30.180><c> 19</c><00:33:31.200><c> and</c> 00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:41.779 verse<00:33:32.500><c> 17</c><00:33:35.940><c> was,</c><00:33:38.140><c> sorry,</c><00:33:38.880><c> verse</c><00:33:39.059><c> 16,</c><00:33:39.920><c> good</c><00:33:40.140><c> master,</c><00:33:41.000><c> what</c><00:33:41.339><c> good</c> 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:45.380 thing<00:33:42.039><c> shall</c><00:33:42.299><c> I</c><00:33:42.480><c> do</c><00:33:42.859><c> that</c><00:33:43.140><c> I</c><00:33:43.319><c> may</c><00:33:43.500><c> have</c><00:33:44.019><c> eternal</c><00:33:44.440><c> life?</c> 00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:50.039 Jesus<00:33:46.539><c> answers</c><00:33:46.880><c> him</c><00:33:47.079><c> in</c><00:33:47.220><c> verse</c><00:33:47.359><c> 17,</c><00:33:48.700><c> if</c><00:33:48.880><c> you</c><00:33:49.079><c> will</c><00:33:49.319><c> enter</c><00:33:49.640><c> into</c> 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:52.460 life,<00:33:50.880><c> keep</c><00:33:51.279><c> the</c><00:33:51.579><c> commandments.</c> 00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:55.099 Simple,<00:33:53.220><c> right?</c><00:33:53.400><c> Makes</c><00:33:53.599><c> sense</c><00:33:53.859><c> what</c><00:33:54.000><c> we've</c><00:33:54.220><c> been</c><00:33:54.319><c> talking</c><00:33:54.619><c> about</c><00:33:54.900><c> so</c> 00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:56.160 far<00:33:55.200><c> this</c><00:33:55.380><c> weekend.</c> 00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:01.220 The<00:33:57.640><c> man</c><00:33:57.880><c> says,</c><00:33:58.680><c> which</c><00:33:58.680><c> commandments</c><00:33:59.519><c> shall</c><00:33:59.940><c> I</c><00:34:00.380><c> keep?</c> 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:04.740 Jesus<00:34:01.759><c> says,</c><00:34:02.180><c> you</c><00:34:02.180><c> shall</c><00:34:02.460><c> do</c><00:34:02.740><c> no</c><00:34:02.880><c> murder,</c><00:34:03.440><c> you</c><00:34:03.500><c> shall</c><00:34:03.720><c> not</c><00:34:03.940><c> commit</c><00:34:04.180><c> adultery,</c><00:34:04.740><c> you</c> 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:07.200 shall<00:34:04.880><c> not</c><00:34:05.079><c> steal,</c><00:34:05.519><c> you</c><00:34:05.559><c> shall</c><00:34:05.740><c> not</c><00:34:05.859><c> bear</c><00:34:06.000><c> false</c><00:34:06.279><c> witness.</c> 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:12.519 You<00:34:07.519><c> should</c><00:34:07.759><c> honor</c><00:34:08.019><c> your</c><00:34:08.260><c> father</c><00:34:08.500><c> and</c><00:34:08.619><c> your</c><00:34:08.800><c> mother,</c><00:34:09.800><c> and</c><00:34:11.119><c> thou</c><00:34:11.519><c> shalt</c><00:34:11.880><c> love</c><00:34:12.280><c> thy</c> 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:15.179 neighbour<00:34:13.059><c> as</c><00:34:13.980><c> thyself.</c> 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:18.320 So<00:34:15.480><c> he's</c><00:34:15.619><c> summarizing</c><00:34:16.179><c> those</c><00:34:16.380><c> things</c><00:34:16.579><c> that</c><00:34:16.699><c> he's</c><00:34:17.420><c> got</c><00:34:17.519><c> to</c><00:34:17.599><c> keep.</c> 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.139 He's<00:34:19.000><c> teaching</c><00:34:19.300><c> him</c><00:34:19.579><c> the</c><00:34:19.739><c> same</c><00:34:20.039><c> thing</c><00:34:20.239><c> that</c><00:34:20.360><c> we've</c><00:34:20.579><c> been</c><00:34:20.679><c> learning</c><00:34:20.920><c> this</c> 00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:22.559 weekend<00:34:21.440><c> so</c><00:34:21.760><c> far.</c> 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.619 The<00:34:23.039><c> young</c><00:34:23.280><c> man</c><00:34:23.480><c> says,</c><00:34:24.539><c> all</c><00:34:24.599><c> these</c><00:34:24.820><c> things</c><00:34:24.980><c> have</c><00:34:25.119><c> I</c><00:34:25.239><c> done</c><00:34:25.420><c> for</c> 00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:28.320 my<00:34:25.760><c> youth</c><00:34:25.940><c> up,</c><00:34:26.900><c> what</c><00:34:27.059><c> else</c><00:34:27.199><c> do</c><00:34:27.420><c> I</c><00:34:27.480><c> lack?</c> 00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:33.679 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you</c><00:34:45.619><c> have.</c> 00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:50.400 Give<00:34:47.159><c> it</c><00:34:47.280><c> to</c><00:34:47.400><c> the</c><00:34:47.579><c> poor,</c><00:34:49.099><c> and</c><00:34:49.159><c> you</c><00:34:49.380><c> shall</c><00:34:49.599><c> have</c><00:34:49.840><c> treasure</c><00:34:50.139><c> in</c> 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:53.440 heaven,<00:34:51.699><c> and</c><00:34:51.920><c> come</c><00:34:52.119><c> and</c><00:34:52.300><c> follow</c><00:34:52.460><c> me.</c> 00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:56.300 And<00:34:53.800><c> the</c><00:34:53.880><c> young</c><00:34:54.039><c> man</c><00:34:54.360><c> went</c><00:34:54.539><c> away</c><00:34:54.960><c> very</c><00:34:55.500><c> soreful</c><00:34:55.940><c> because</c><00:34:56.139><c> he</c> 00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:58.019 had<00:34:56.679><c> great</c><00:34:57.000><c> possessions.</c> 00:34:58.340 --> 00:35:02.320 And<00:34:58.480><c> the</c><00:34:58.659><c> problem</c><00:34:58.920><c> that</c><00:34:59.099><c> 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if</c><00:36:04.860><c> he</c><00:36:05.019><c> gave</c><00:36:05.239><c> them</c><00:36:05.420><c> up.</c> 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:12.380 The<00:36:07.860><c> disciples</c><00:36:08.320><c> were</c><00:36:08.739><c> really</c><00:36:09.179><c> troubled</c><00:36:09.519><c> by</c><00:36:09.780><c> this,</c><00:36:11.420><c> really</c><00:36:11.880><c> disturbed.</c> 00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:18.699 They<00:36:12.619><c> thought,</c><00:36:13.079><c> how</c><00:36:13.920><c> is</c><00:36:14.559><c> anybody,</c><00:36:15.840><c> if</c><00:36:16.139><c> this</c><00:36:16.360><c> guy</c><00:36:16.519><c> can't</c><00:36:16.780><c> get</c><00:36:16.960><c> into</c><00:36:17.159><c> the</c><00:36:17.300><c> Kingdom</c><00:36:17.500><c> of</c><00:36:17.639><c> God,</c><00:36:18.239><c> he's</c><00:36:18.599><c> a</c> 00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:23.239 good<00:36:19.019><c> person,</c><00:36:20.760><c> who's</c><00:36:21.780><c> going</c><00:36:21.900><c> to</c><00:36:21.980><c> get</c><00:36:22.139><c> in?</c> 00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:29.800 We've<00:36:25.219><c> got</c><00:36:25.219><c> to</c><00:36:25.280><c> pick</c><00:36:25.480><c> it</c><00:36:25.579><c> up</c><00:36:25.719><c> in</c><00:36:25.820><c> Luke</c><00:36:26.059><c> chapter</c><00:36:26.420><c> 18</c><00:36:26.820><c> to</c><00:36:26.980><c> see</c><00:36:27.619><c> what</c><00:36:28.780><c> Jesus</c><00:36:29.179><c> said</c><00:36:29.559><c> to</c> 00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.920 this<00:36:30.079><c> response.</c> 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:36.420 Luke<00:36:31.900><c> chapter</c><00:36:32.199><c> 18.</c> 00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:51.380 Peter<00:36:44.900><c> says,</c><00:36:49.400><c> lo,</c><00:36:49.719><c> we</c><00:36:49.900><c> have</c><00:36:50.019><c> left</c><00:36:50.239><c> all</c><00:36:50.480><c> and</c><00:36:50.739><c> followed</c><00:36:50.920><c> thee.</c> 00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:56.039 Peter<00:36:52.099><c> gets</c><00:36:52.340><c> it.</c><00:36:52.599><c> He</c><00:36:52.800><c> says,</c><00:36:53.860><c> we've</c><00:36:54.099><c> given</c><00:36:54.980><c> it</c><00:36:55.199><c> all</c><00:36:55.320><c> up.</c><00:36:55.679><c> We've</c> 00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:58.139 given<00:36:56.179><c> it</c><00:36:56.380><c> all</c><00:36:56.519><c> up</c><00:36:56.699><c> to</c><00:36:56.900><c> follow</c><00:36:57.139><c> you.</c> 00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:02.599 And<00:37:00.460><c> Christ</c><00:37:00.780><c> says,</c><00:37:01.280><c> Verily,</c><00:37:01.539><c> I</c><00:37:01.539><c> say</c><00:37:01.719><c> unto</c><00:37:01.900><c> you,</c><00:37:02.079><c> there</c><00:37:02.179><c> is</c><00:37:02.400><c> no</c> 00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:06.300 man<00:37:02.800><c> that</c><00:37:02.940><c> has</c><00:37:03.119><c> left</c><00:37:03.340><c> house</c><00:37:04.119><c> or</c><00:37:04.599><c> parents</c><00:37:04.940><c> or</c><00:37:05.139><c> brethren</c><00:37:05.440><c> or</c><00:37:05.719><c> wife</c><00:37:06.039><c> or</c> 00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:08.619 children<00:37:06.699><c> for</c><00:37:06.900><c> the</c><00:37:07.059><c> Kingdom</c><00:37:07.199><c> of</c><00:37:07.320><c> God's</c><00:37:08.119><c> sake,</c> 00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:12.000 who<00:37:09.519><c> shall</c><00:37:09.820><c> not</c><00:37:10.179><c> receive</c><00:37:10.539><c> manifold</c><00:37:11.000><c> more</c><00:37:11.360><c> in</c><00:37:11.519><c> this</c><00:37:11.739><c> present</c> 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:16.380 time<00:37:12.519><c> and</c><00:37:12.920><c> in</c><00:37:13.099><c> the</c><00:37:13.260><c> world</c><00:37:13.400><c> to</c><00:37:13.659><c> come,</c><00:37:14.480><c> life</c><00:37:15.039><c> everlasting.</c> 00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:23.559 Peter<00:37:17.880><c> wanted</c><00:37:18.159><c> to</c><00:37:18.420><c> know</c><00:37:20.019><c> sort</c><00:37:20.420><c> of</c><00:37:21.179><c> what,</c><00:37:21.579><c> similar</c><00:37:22.199><c> to</c><00:37:22.420><c> what</c><00:37:22.539><c> the</c><00:37:22.619><c> young</c><00:37:22.800><c> man,</c><00:37:23.000><c> what</c><00:37:23.219><c> will</c><00:37:23.380><c> I</c> 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:25.440 get?<00:37:24.219><c> What's</c><00:37:24.480><c> on</c><00:37:24.599><c> the</c><00:37:24.679><c> other</c><00:37:24.900><c> side?</c> 00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:29.280 If<00:37:26.139><c> we</c><00:37:27.000><c> give</c><00:37:27.199><c> up</c><00:37:27.500><c> the</c><00:37:27.639><c> things</c><00:37:27.800><c> of</c><00:37:27.960><c> this</c><00:37:28.179><c> life,</c><00:37:28.420><c> if</c><00:37:28.519><c> I</c><00:37:28.659><c> can</c><00:37:28.980><c> truly</c> 00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:31.039 give<00:37:29.500><c> up</c><00:37:29.719><c> the</c><00:37:29.880><c> things</c><00:37:30.000><c> of</c><00:37:30.159><c> this</c><00:37:30.340><c> life,</c><00:37:30.559><c> the</c><00:37:30.699><c> things</c><00:37:30.820><c> that</c><00:37:31.000><c> I</c> 00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:35.820 can<00:37:31.260><c> reach</c><00:37:31.480><c> out</c><00:37:31.639><c> and</c><00:37:31.940><c> touch</c><00:37:32.320><c> and</c><00:37:33.619><c> own</c><00:37:34.139><c> and</c><00:37:34.780><c> enjoy,</c> 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:40.920 if<00:37:36.219><c> I</c><00:37:36.380><c> give</c><00:37:36.579><c> those</c><00:37:36.820><c> things</c><00:37:37.139><c> up,</c><00:37:38.500><c> what</c><00:37:38.679><c> do</c><00:37:38.760><c> I</c><00:37:38.820><c> get</c><00:37:39.000><c> back?</c><00:37:40.420><c> Can</c><00:37:40.800><c> I</c> 00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.099 hope<00:37:41.119><c> for</c><00:37:41.360><c> something?</c> 00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:45.900 And<00:37:43.219><c> it's</c><00:37:43.400><c> not</c><00:37:43.659><c> just</c><00:37:44.019><c> the</c><00:37:44.159><c> Kingdom</c><00:37:44.360><c> of</c><00:37:44.519><c> God</c><00:37:44.880><c> that</c><00:37:45.219><c> will</c><00:37:45.460><c> come.</c> 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:52.820 Jesus<00:37:46.920><c> says,</c><00:37:47.539><c> in</c><00:37:47.539><c> this</c><00:37:47.800><c> present</c><00:37:48.099><c> life</c><00:37:48.440><c> you</c><00:37:48.639><c> will</c><00:37:49.179><c> also</c><00:37:50.360><c> receive</c><00:37:51.039><c> manifold</c><00:37:51.679><c> more,</c> 00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:57.119 brothers<00:37:53.219><c> and</c><00:37:53.559><c> sisters</c><00:37:54.039><c> and</c><00:37:54.320><c> wives</c><00:37:54.800><c> and</c><00:37:56.039><c> children.</c> 00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:03.239 And<00:37:58.340><c> this</c><00:37:58.579><c> is</c><00:37:59.219><c> one</c><00:37:59.440><c> of</c><00:37:59.599><c> the</c><00:37:59.719><c> blessings</c><00:38:00.199><c> of</c><00:38:00.920><c> really</c><00:38:01.940><c> a</c><00:38:02.519><c> well</c> 00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:05.000 -chosen<00:38:04.000><c> hope.</c> 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:09.760 We<00:38:07.480><c> enjoy</c><00:38:07.860><c> the</c><00:38:08.059><c> benefits</c><00:38:08.340><c> of</c><00:38:08.480><c> being</c><00:38:08.659><c> together,</c><00:38:09.559><c> the</c><00:38:09.659><c> benefits</c> 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:15.900 of<00:38:10.019><c> fellowship</c><00:38:10.400><c> and</c><00:38:10.760><c> friendship,</c><00:38:13.440><c> walking</c><00:38:13.699><c> together</c><00:38:14.119><c> towards</c><00:38:14.480><c> the</c><00:38:14.659><c> thing</c><00:38:14.760><c> that</c><00:38:14.900><c> we</c><00:38:15.059><c> love.</c> 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:21.639 But<00:38:17.039><c> what</c><00:38:17.219><c> happens</c><00:38:17.619><c> if</c><00:38:17.860><c> we</c><00:38:18.800><c> don't</c><00:38:19.400><c> hope</c><00:38:20.019><c> for</c><00:38:20.599><c> the</c><00:38:20.659><c> future?</c> 00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:27.519 There's<00:38:22.599><c> always</c><00:38:22.860><c> a</c><00:38:23.059><c> choice,</c><00:38:23.840><c> positive,</c><00:38:25.119><c> we</c><00:38:25.219><c> get</c><00:38:25.420><c> to</c><00:38:25.539><c> be</c><00:38:25.659><c> together,</c><00:38:26.320><c> we</c><00:38:26.400><c> hope</c><00:38:26.579><c> for</c><00:38:26.760><c> the</c><00:38:26.840><c> same</c><00:38:27.119><c> thing,</c><00:38:27.420><c> we</c> 00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:30.800 love<00:38:27.679><c> each</c><00:38:27.900><c> other,</c><00:38:28.719><c> and</c><00:38:28.780><c> we</c><00:38:28.940><c> enjoy</c><00:38:29.219><c> that</c><00:38:29.420><c> blessing</c><00:38:29.699><c> of</c><00:38:29.780><c> being</c><00:38:29.960><c> together,</c> 00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:35.099 like<00:38:31.739><c> Acts,</c><00:38:32.699><c> like</c><00:38:32.980><c> the</c><00:38:33.079><c> first</c><00:38:33.280><c> century</c><00:38:33.480><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:33.820><c> did</c><00:38:34.019><c> in</c><00:38:34.219><c> Acts.</c> 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.940 But<00:38:36.539><c> what</c><00:38:36.659><c> if</c><00:38:36.739><c> we</c><00:38:36.940><c> don't?</c> 00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:46.820 Leviticus<00:38:38.719><c> 26,</c><00:38:41.059><c> what</c><00:38:41.199><c> happens</c><00:38:41.639><c> if</c><00:38:41.760><c> we</c><00:38:42.019><c> don't</c><00:38:43.280><c> choose</c><00:38:43.860><c> our</c><00:38:44.239><c> hope,</c><00:38:45.019><c> truly</c><00:38:45.420><c> choose</c><00:38:45.760><c> our</c><00:38:46.019><c> hope?</c> 00:38:47.380 --> 00:38:50.960 What<00:38:47.519><c> do</c><00:38:47.579><c> we</c><00:38:47.639><c> put</c><00:38:47.800><c> ourselves</c><00:38:48.139><c> at</c><00:38:48.360><c> risk</c><00:38:49.380><c> of</c><00:38:50.079><c> suffering?</c> 00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:56.360 Leviticus<00:38:54.079><c> 26,</c><00:38:54.980><c> and</c><00:38:54.980><c> I'm</c><00:38:55.139><c> just</c><00:38:55.360><c> going</c><00:38:55.539><c> to</c><00:38:55.820><c> pick</c><00:38:55.960><c> up</c><00:38:56.099><c> a</c><00:38:56.139><c> couple</c> 00:38:56.360 --> 00:39:01.000 of<00:38:56.460><c> verses</c><00:38:56.679><c> here,</c><00:38:59.300><c> verses</c><00:38:59.440><c> 15</c><00:39:00.059><c> and</c><00:39:00.400><c> 16.</c> 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:06.780 If<00:39:01.719><c> you</c><00:39:01.940><c> will</c><00:39:02.179><c> despise</c><00:39:03.000><c> my</c><00:39:03.880><c> statutes,</c><00:39:04.800><c> or</c><00:39:04.860><c> if</c><00:39:05.079><c> your</c><00:39:05.420><c> soul</c><00:39:05.780><c> abhors</c><00:39:06.440><c> my</c> 00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:11.360 judgment,<00:39:07.239><c> so</c><00:39:07.380><c> that</c><00:39:07.480><c> you</c><00:39:07.579><c> will</c><00:39:07.820><c> not</c><00:39:08.000><c> do</c><00:39:08.159><c> all</c><00:39:08.340><c> my</c><00:39:08.500><c> commandments,</c><00:39:08.980><c> but</c><00:39:09.159><c> you</c><00:39:09.440><c> break</c><00:39:09.800><c> my</c><00:39:10.619><c> covenant,</c> 00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:15.719 I<00:39:12.199><c> also</c><00:39:12.659><c> will</c><00:39:12.880><c> do</c><00:39:13.059><c> this</c><00:39:13.360><c> unto</c><00:39:13.599><c> you.</c><00:39:14.420><c> I</c><00:39:14.699><c> will</c><00:39:14.920><c> appoint</c><00:39:15.179><c> over</c><00:39:15.480><c> you</c> 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opposite</c><00:39:33.780><c> of</c><00:39:34.119><c> enjoying</c><00:39:34.440><c> the</c><00:39:34.679><c> pleasures</c><00:39:34.940><c> of</c> 00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:36.380 the<00:39:35.280><c> land.</c> 00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:41.599 Verse<00:39:38.719><c> 20,</c><00:39:39.199><c> your</c><00:39:39.460><c> strength</c><00:39:40.019><c> shall</c><00:39:40.239><c> be</c><00:39:40.460><c> spent</c><00:39:40.679><c> in</c><00:39:41.039><c> vain,</c><00:39:41.500><c> for</c> 00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:44.139 your<00:39:41.840><c> land</c><00:39:42.019><c> will</c><00:39:42.320><c> not</c><00:39:42.599><c> yield</c><00:39:42.900><c> her</c><00:39:43.119><c> increase,</c><00:39:43.699><c> neither</c><00:39:43.940><c> shall</c> 00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:46.559 your<00:39:44.380><c> trees</c><00:39:44.719><c> of</c><00:39:44.880><c> the</c><00:39:45.079><c> land</c><00:39:45.300><c> bear</c><00:39:45.599><c> fruit.</c> 00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:50.860 So<00:39:48.239><c> the</c><00:39:48.420><c> 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you,<00:41:25.199><c> because</c><00:41:25.380><c> you</c><00:41:26.280><c> don't</c><00:41:26.400><c> know</c><00:41:26.519><c> who</c><00:41:26.659><c> to</c><00:41:26.860><c> trust.</c> 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:32.260 And<00:41:28.679><c> so</c><00:41:28.800><c> your</c><00:41:29.079><c> whole</c><00:41:29.480><c> society</c><00:41:30.079><c> breaks</c><00:41:30.599><c> down,</c><00:41:31.300><c> totally.</c> 00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:36.539 Verse<00:41:34.380><c> 37,</c><00:41:34.920><c> that's</c><00:41:35.179><c> the</c><00:41:35.280><c> killing</c><00:41:35.519><c> part,</c><00:41:35.739><c> you</c><00:41:35.880><c> shall</c><00:41:36.059><c> fall</c><00:41:36.340><c> one</c> 00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:39.840 upon<00:41:36.719><c> another,</c><00:41:37.699><c> as</c><00:41:37.920><c> it</c><00:41:38.099><c> were</c><00:41:38.199><c> before</c><00:41:38.500><c> a</c><00:41:38.760><c> sword,</c><00:41:38.960><c> when</c><00:41:39.139><c> none</c><00:41:39.340><c> pursues,</c> 00:41:39.880 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to</c><00:41:55.820><c> me,</c><00:41:55.960><c> Uncle</c><00:41:56.119><c> Simon,</c><00:41:56.639><c> I</c><00:41:56.739><c> know</c><00:41:56.900><c> that's</c><00:41:57.099><c> what</c> 00:41:57.260 --> 00:42:00.880 happened<00:41:57.500><c> to</c><00:41:57.739><c> Israel,</c><00:41:58.380><c> when</c><00:41:58.380><c> they</c><00:41:58.920><c> got</c><00:41:59.059><c> invaded,</c><00:42:00.239><c> destroyed</c> 00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:03.079 by<00:42:01.099><c> those</c><00:42:01.300><c> nations</c><00:42:01.579><c> that</c><00:42:01.739><c> came</c><00:42:02.400><c> around.</c> 00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:06.039 They<00:42:03.639><c> put</c><00:42:03.800><c> their</c><00:42:04.000><c> hope</c><00:42:04.119><c> in</c><00:42:04.280><c> the</c><00:42:04.440><c> gods</c><00:42:04.639><c> of</c><00:42:04.800><c> their</c><00:42:05.039><c> land,</c><00:42:05.900><c> like</c> 00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:08.599 the<00:42:06.219><c> Queen</c><00:42:06.340><c> of</c><00:42:06.539><c> Heaven,</c><00:42:07.480><c> and</c><00:42:07.559><c> those</c><00:42:07.679><c> kinds</c><00:42:07.940><c> of</c><00:42:08.099><c> things,</c><00:42:08.500><c> and</c> 00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:10.400 Molech,<00:42:09.260><c> and</c><00:42:09.480><c> Baal,</c> 00:42:11.400 --> 00:42:15.679 and<00:42:11.800><c> this</c><00:42:12.199><c> is</c><00:42:12.380><c> what</c><00:42:12.500><c> happened</c><00:42:12.739><c> in</c><00:42:12.940><c> those</c><00:42:13.119><c> times,</c><00:42:13.440><c> but</c><00:42:13.679><c> how</c><00:42:13.920><c> does</c><00:42:14.099><c> that,</c><00:42:14.500><c> that's</c><00:42:14.699><c> what</c><00:42:14.900><c> Rome</c><00:42:15.159><c> brought</c><00:42:15.440><c> on</c> 00:42:15.679 --> 00:42:18.820 them,<00:42:16.340><c> but</c><00:42:16.760><c> how</c><00:42:17.239><c> does</c><00:42:17.340><c> that</c><00:42:17.480><c> apply</c><00:42:17.760><c> to</c><00:42:17.920><c> us?</c> 00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:21.519 What<00:42:19.780><c> has</c><00:42:19.800><c> that</c><00:42:19.980><c> got</c><00:42:20.099><c> to</c><00:42:20.219><c> do</c><00:42:20.320><c> with</c><00:42:20.380><c> hope</c><00:42:20.619><c> today?</c> 00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:24.519 Well,<00:42:22.440><c> let's</c><00:42:22.639><c> go</c><00:42:22.860><c> to</c><00:42:22.940><c> Galatians</c><00:42:23.420><c> chapter</c><00:42:23.760><c> 3.</c> 00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:45.260 We<00:42:42.900><c> found</c><00:42:43.179><c> so</c><00:42:43.480><c> far</c><00:42:43.679><c> a</c><00:42:43.780><c> really</c><00:42:44.039><c> good</c><00:42:44.219><c> correlation</c><00:42:44.780><c> between</c><00:42:45.099><c> the</c> 00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:47.219 love<00:42:45.400><c> of</c><00:42:45.460><c> God</c><00:42:45.760><c> and</c><00:42:45.900><c> Old</c><00:42:46.119><c> Testament</c><00:42:46.460><c> and</c><00:42:46.639><c> New,</c><00:42:46.739><c> and</c><00:42:46.880><c> the</c><00:42:46.980><c> love</c><00:42:47.119><c> of</c><00:42:47.219><c> a</c> 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to</c><00:42:56.780><c> correlate</c><00:42:57.239><c> hope</c><00:42:57.639><c> back</c><00:42:58.000><c> and</c><00:42:58.199><c> forth</c> 00:42:58.420 --> 00:43:01.159 between<00:42:58.980><c> Old</c><00:42:59.260><c> Testament</c><00:42:59.519><c> and</c><00:42:59.639><c> New</c><00:42:59.860><c> Testament.</c> 00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:05.780 Galatians<00:43:02.719><c> chapter</c><00:43:03.019><c> 3,</c><00:43:03.519><c> Oh</c><00:43:03.719><c> foolish</c><00:43:04.239><c> Galatians,</c><00:43:05.179><c> verse</c><00:43:05.320><c> 1.</c> 00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:13.780 Who<00:43:06.440><c> has</c><00:43:06.860><c> bewitched</c><00:43:07.460><c> you</c><00:43:08.099><c> that</c><00:43:08.400><c> you</c><00:43:08.539><c> would</c><00:43:08.820><c> not</c><00:43:08.980><c> obey</c><00:43:09.199><c> the</c><00:43:09.519><c> truth</c><00:43:10.000><c> before</c><00:43:11.000><c> whose</c><00:43:11.519><c> eyes</c><00:43:12.019><c> Jesus</c><00:43:12.780><c> Christ</c><00:43:13.380><c> has</c> 00:43:13.780 --> 00:43:17.219 been<00:43:14.260><c> evidently</c><00:43:14.900><c> set</c><00:43:15.179><c> forth,</c><00:43:16.019><c> crucified</c><00:43:16.559><c> among</c><00:43:16.940><c> you?</c> 00:43:17.219 --> 00:43:21.719 Takes<00:43:17.579><c> you</c><00:43:17.920><c> right</c><00:43:18.159><c> back</c><00:43:18.420><c> to</c><00:43:18.599><c> Acts</c><00:43:18.840><c> chapter</c><00:43:19.360><c> 2,</c><00:43:20.679><c> right?</c> 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:26.420 Jesus<00:43:22.260><c> Christ</c><00:43:22.639><c> was</c><00:43:22.900><c> crucified</c><00:43:23.380><c> and</c><00:43:23.599><c> set</c><00:43:23.719><c> before</c><00:43:24.179><c> you,</c><00:43:25.420><c> and</c><00:43:25.519><c> then</c><00:43:25.679><c> you</c><00:43:25.780><c> made</c><00:43:25.980><c> a</c><00:43:26.199><c> decision.</c> 00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:30.059 That's<00:43:26.739><c> what</c><00:43:27.039><c> Peter</c><00:43:28.619><c> said</c><00:43:28.780><c> to</c><00:43:28.920><c> these</c><00:43:29.099><c> people.</c> 00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:35.239 The<00:43:32.340><c> Galatians</c><00:43:32.739><c> were</c><00:43:32.880><c> being</c><00:43:33.139><c> told</c><00:43:33.739><c> by</c><00:43:34.500><c> people</c><00:43:34.780><c> around</c><00:43:35.079><c> them</c> 00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:37.099 to<00:43:35.480><c> trust</c><00:43:35.820><c> in</c><00:43:36.039><c> the</c><00:43:36.260><c> law.</c> 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:40.300 That<00:43:38.000><c> was</c><00:43:38.139><c> one</c><00:43:38.280><c> of</c><00:43:38.519><c> the</c><00:43:38.519><c> problems</c><00:43:38.840><c> the</c><00:43:39.019><c> Galatians</c><00:43:39.380><c> had.</c> 00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:43.519 The<00:43:40.800><c> Judaizers</c><00:43:41.340><c> wanted</c><00:43:41.579><c> them</c><00:43:41.760><c> to</c><00:43:41.960><c> trust</c><00:43:42.199><c> in</c><00:43:42.400><c> the</c><00:43:42.480><c> law</c><00:43:42.800><c> and</c><00:43:43.119><c> not</c> 00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.139 in<00:43:43.900><c> Christ.</c> 00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:47.179 They<00:43:44.219><c> wanted</c><00:43:44.380><c> to</c><00:43:44.539><c> trust</c><00:43:44.800><c> in</c><00:43:44.940><c> what</c><00:43:45.059><c> they</c><00:43:45.380><c> had</c><00:43:45.719><c> now,</c><00:43:46.920><c> what</c><00:43:47.079><c> they</c> 00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:52.400 could<00:43:47.440><c> see,</c><00:43:47.760><c> touch</c><00:43:48.039><c> and</c><00:43:48.219><c> feel</c><00:43:48.500><c> now,</c><00:43:49.139><c> do</c><00:43:49.380><c> now,</c><00:43:50.800><c> versus</c><00:43:51.099><c> that</c><00:43:51.619><c> hope</c><00:43:52.059><c> of</c> 00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:55.079 Jesus<00:43:52.780><c> Christ</c><00:43:53.000><c> coming</c><00:43:53.239><c> back.</c> 00:43:57.619 --> 00:44:00.139 Chapter<00:43:57.840><c> 5,</c><00:43:58.320><c> verse</c><00:43:58.400><c> 5.</c> 00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:08.920 We,<00:44:03.239><c> through</c><00:44:03.780><c> the</c><00:44:04.219><c> Spirit,</c><00:44:05.480><c> wait</c><00:44:05.800><c> for</c><00:44:06.340><c> the</c><00:44:06.519><c> hope</c><00:44:07.019><c> of</c><00:44:07.539><c> righteousness</c><00:44:08.039><c> by</c><00:44:08.519><c> faith.</c> 00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:13.539 You<00:44:09.679><c> can't</c><00:44:10.239><c> be</c><00:44:10.460><c> righteous</c><00:44:10.860><c> now,</c><00:44:11.800><c> no</c><00:44:11.960><c> matter</c><00:44:12.199><c> how</c><00:44:12.460><c> hard</c><00:44:12.619><c> you</c><00:44:12.920><c> try,</c><00:44:13.460><c> no</c> 00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:18.519 matter<00:44:13.800><c> how</c><00:44:14.579><c> well</c><00:44:14.860><c> you</c><00:44:15.079><c> use</c><00:44:15.320><c> the</c><00:44:15.539><c> law,</c><00:44:16.579><c> you</c><00:44:16.679><c> can't</c><00:44:17.000><c> be</c><00:44:17.179><c> righteous</c><00:44:17.500><c> now.</c> 00:44:18.599 --> 00:44:22.659 It's<00:44:18.900><c> going</c><00:44:19.039><c> to</c><00:44:19.199><c> happen</c><00:44:19.800><c> in</c><00:44:20.440><c> the</c><00:44:20.440><c> future</c><00:44:20.820><c> when</c><00:44:21.159><c> Christ</c><00:44:21.420><c> comes</c><00:44:21.699><c> back.</c> 00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:25.360 That's<00:44:23.320><c> what</c><00:44:23.440><c> we're</c><00:44:23.599><c> hoping</c><00:44:23.920><c> for.</c> 00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:33.820 Verses<00:44:29.079><c> 11,</c><00:44:32.599><c> let's</c><00:44:32.739><c> go</c><00:44:32.940><c> back</c><00:44:33.119><c> to</c><00:44:33.199><c> Acts</c><00:44:33.300><c> chapter</c><00:44:33.380><c> 10.</c> 00:44:33.820 --> 00:44:36.320 I<00:44:34.119><c> have</c><00:44:34.280><c> confidence</c><00:44:34.760><c> in</c><00:44:34.980><c> you,</c><00:44:35.219><c> through</c><00:44:35.340><c> the</c><00:44:35.539><c> Lord,</c><00:44:36.079><c> that</c><00:44:36.199><c> you</c> 00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:37.800 will<00:44:36.619><c> be</c><00:44:36.840><c> not</c><00:44:36.960><c> otherwise</c><00:44:37.340><c> minded.</c> 00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:41.400 But<00:44:38.159><c> he</c><00:44:38.380><c> that</c><00:44:38.619><c> troubleth</c><00:44:38.940><c> you</c><00:44:39.239><c> shall</c><00:44:39.440><c> bear</c><00:44:39.619><c> his</c><00:44:39.860><c> judgment,</c><00:44:40.440><c> whosoever</c><00:44:40.780><c> he</c><00:44:41.059><c> be.</c> 00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:43.619 He's<00:44:42.019><c> talking</c><00:44:42.300><c> about</c><00:44:42.460><c> the</c><00:44:42.599><c> two</c><00:44:42.719><c> different</c><00:44:42.960><c> sides</c><00:44:43.300><c> now.</c> 00:44:43.780 --> 00:44:47.599 I,<00:44:44.059><c> brethren,</c><00:44:45.199><c> if</c><00:44:45.400><c> I</c><00:44:46.099><c> yet</c><00:44:46.199><c> preach</c><00:44:46.460><c> circumcision,</c><00:44:47.179><c> why</c><00:44:47.380><c> do</c><00:44:47.500><c> I</c> 00:44:47.599 --> 00:44:48.599 yet<00:44:47.780><c> suffer</c><00:44:48.000><c> persecution?</c> 00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:51.420 Then<00:44:49.039><c> is</c><00:44:49.239><c> the</c><00:44:49.400><c> offense</c><00:44:49.900><c> of</c><00:44:50.320><c> the</c><00:44:50.559><c> cross</c><00:44:50.980><c> ceased.</c> 00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:55.360 I<00:44:51.860><c> would</c><00:44:52.059><c> they</c><00:44:52.519><c> were</c><00:44:52.920><c> even</c><00:44:53.300><c> cut</c><00:44:53.579><c> off</c><00:44:53.860><c> which</c><00:44:54.099><c> trouble</c><00:44:54.340><c> you.</c> 00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:58.239 For,<00:44:55.659><c> brethren,</c><00:44:56.179><c> ye</c><00:44:56.380><c> have</c><00:44:56.579><c> been</c><00:44:56.940><c> called</c><00:44:57.179><c> to</c><00:44:57.400><c> liberty.</c> 00:44:58.300 --> 00:45:01.119 Only<00:44:58.539><c> use</c><00:44:58.780><c> not</c><00:44:58.980><c> liberty</c><00:44:59.280><c> for</c><00:44:59.440><c> an</c><00:44:59.659><c> occasion</c><00:44:59.940><c> to</c><00:45:00.119><c> the</c><00:45:00.320><c> flesh,</c><00:45:00.579><c> but</c><00:45:00.719><c> by</c> 00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:03.119 love<00:45:01.500><c> serve</c><00:45:02.619><c> one</c><00:45:02.920><c> another.</c> 00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:07.480 He's<00:45:03.360><c> saying</c><00:45:03.719><c> you're</c><00:45:04.239><c> having</c><00:45:04.460><c> some</c><00:45:04.820><c> problems</c><00:45:05.260><c> in</c><00:45:05.559><c> your</c><00:45:05.780><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:11.639 You<00:45:08.420><c> need</c><00:45:08.639><c> to</c><00:45:08.900><c> focus</c><00:45:09.320><c> on</c><00:45:10.599><c> Christ.</c> 00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:16.360 You<00:45:11.940><c> need</c><00:45:12.159><c> to</c><00:45:12.440><c> focus</c><00:45:12.920><c> on</c><00:45:13.940><c> loving</c><00:45:14.300><c> each</c><00:45:14.760><c> other.</c> 00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:20.980 For<00:45:17.360><c> all</c><00:45:17.719><c> the</c><00:45:17.920><c> law</c><00:45:18.199><c> is</c><00:45:18.480><c> fulfilled</c><00:45:18.820><c> in</c><00:45:19.039><c> one</c><00:45:19.219><c> word,</c><00:45:19.559><c> even</c><00:45:19.659><c> in</c><00:45:19.900><c> this,</c><00:45:20.119><c> thou</c><00:45:20.239><c> shalt</c><00:45:20.460><c> love</c><00:45:20.800><c> thy</c> 00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:23.039 neighbour<00:45:21.300><c> as</c><00:45:21.659><c> thyself.</c> 00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:24.960 And<00:45:23.619><c> then</c><00:45:23.800><c> comes</c><00:45:24.079><c> the</c><00:45:24.300><c> nasty</c><00:45:24.599><c> bit.</c> 00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:29.599 If<00:45:25.539><c> you've</c><00:45:25.780><c> not</c><00:45:26.059><c> got</c><00:45:26.340><c> these</c><00:45:26.619><c> things</c><00:45:26.920><c> figured</c><00:45:27.219><c> out,</c><00:45:29.079><c> this</c><00:45:29.420><c> is</c> 00:45:29.599 --> 00:45:30.199 what<00:45:29.739><c> happens.</c> 00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:36.659 But<00:45:31.559><c> if</c><00:45:32.000><c> ye</c><00:45:32.320><c> bite</c><00:45:32.780><c> and</c><00:45:33.619><c> devour</c><00:45:34.360><c> one</c><00:45:34.659><c> another,</c><00:45:35.679><c> take</c><00:45:36.059><c> heed</c><00:45:36.420><c> that</c> 00:45:36.659 --> 00:45:40.880 ye<00:45:37.000><c> be</c><00:45:37.239><c> not</c><00:45:37.699><c> consumed</c><00:45:38.500><c> one</c><00:45:39.440><c> of</c><00:45:39.960><c> another.</c> 00:45:41.119 --> 00:45:43.940 If<00:45:41.380><c> we</c><00:45:41.599><c> don't</c><00:45:41.840><c> have,</c><00:45:42.280><c> collectively,</c><00:45:43.039><c> our</c><00:45:43.199><c> hope</c><00:45:43.380><c> figured</c><00:45:43.699><c> out,</c> 00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:47.159 and<00:45:44.119><c> if</c><00:45:44.260><c> we're</c><00:45:44.360><c> not</c><00:45:44.719><c> living</c><00:45:45.159><c> in</c><00:45:45.460><c> expectation</c><00:45:46.079><c> of</c><00:45:46.239><c> that,</c> 00:45:47.179 --> 00:45:50.320 we<00:45:47.320><c> can</c><00:45:47.500><c> have</c><00:45:47.659><c> a</c><00:45:47.840><c> danger</c><00:45:48.300><c> of</c><00:45:48.539><c> being</c><00:45:48.820><c> exactly</c><00:45:49.239><c> in</c><00:45:49.400><c> the</c><00:45:49.480><c> same</c><00:45:49.639><c> situation</c><00:45:50.119><c> as</c> 00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:54.960 people<00:45:50.619><c> in</c><00:45:50.800><c> Leviticus</c><00:45:51.400><c> actually</c><00:45:52.380><c> eating</c><00:45:52.880><c> ourselves</c><00:45:53.699><c> alive.</c> 00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:59.719 We<00:45:56.119><c> will</c><00:45:56.420><c> kill</c><00:45:56.639><c> each</c><00:45:56.940><c> other</c><00:45:57.360><c> on</c><00:45:57.659><c> the</c><00:45:57.719><c> way</c><00:45:57.840><c> to</c><00:45:57.960><c> the</c><00:45:58.099><c> kingdom</c><00:45:58.420><c> for</c> 00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:02.239 lack<00:46:00.000><c> of</c><00:46:00.659><c> proper</c><00:46:00.900><c> food.</c> 00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:12.860 The<00:46:06.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:07.000><c> had</c><00:46:07.440><c> lost</c><00:46:08.139><c> their</c><00:46:09.019><c> hope</c><00:46:09.159><c> of</c><00:46:09.360><c> the</c><00:46:09.500><c> future,</c><00:46:10.059><c> of</c><00:46:10.179><c> Christ's</c><00:46:10.639><c> return,</c><00:46:11.239><c> and</c><00:46:11.300><c> the</c><00:46:11.519><c> perfection</c><00:46:11.940><c> that</c><00:46:12.199><c> that</c><00:46:12.320><c> would</c><00:46:12.500><c> bring</c><00:46:12.679><c> at</c> 00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.980 that<00:46:13.079><c> time.</c> 00:46:14.179 --> 00:46:16.500 And<00:46:14.260><c> the</c><00:46:14.480><c> consequence</c><00:46:14.940><c> was</c><00:46:15.280><c> that</c><00:46:15.460><c> they</c><00:46:15.579><c> lost</c><00:46:15.920><c> their</c><00:46:16.179><c> present</c> 00:46:16.500 --> 00:46:17.300 communal<00:46:16.900><c> joy.</c> 00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:19.539 That's<00:46:17.880><c> what</c><00:46:18.000><c> they</c><00:46:18.159><c> were</c><00:46:18.300><c> supposed</c><00:46:18.699><c> to</c><00:46:18.920><c> have.</c><00:46:19.079><c> They</c><00:46:19.199><c> were</c><00:46:19.219><c> supposed</c><00:46:19.420><c> to</c> 00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.579 be<00:46:19.739><c> together.</c> 00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:24.619 Breaking<00:46:21.440><c> a</c><00:46:21.940><c> bread</c><00:46:22.059><c> in</c><00:46:22.260><c> prayers,</c><00:46:22.699><c> praising</c><00:46:23.059><c> God,</c><00:46:24.599><c> enjoying</c> 00:46:24.619 --> 00:46:25.219 things<00:46:24.920><c> together.</c> 00:46:25.280 --> 00:46:27.960 Not<00:46:25.559><c> biting</c><00:46:26.039><c> and</c><00:46:26.280><c> devouring</c><00:46:26.840><c> one</c><00:46:27.119><c> another.</c> 00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:32.019 That<00:46:28.820><c> is</c><00:46:29.059><c> the</c><00:46:29.400><c> opposite</c><00:46:29.980><c> of</c><00:46:31.139><c> hope.</c> 00:46:33.239 --> 00:46:36.800 Paul<00:46:33.440><c> said</c><00:46:33.659><c> something</c><00:46:33.960><c> very</c><00:46:34.559><c> similar</c><00:46:35.159><c> to</c><00:46:35.880><c> the</c><00:46:36.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:46:36.440><c> in</c> 00:46:36.800 --> 00:46:44.000 Acts<00:46:37.039><c> chapter</c><00:46:37.340><c> 20,</c><00:46:37.659><c> and</c><00:46:37.739><c> this</c><00:46:37.900><c> was</c><00:46:38.079><c> to</c><00:46:38.360><c> the</c><00:46:38.519><c> Ephesian</c><00:46:38.920><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:46:47.340 --> 00:46:50.159 Verses<00:46:47.940><c> 28</c><00:46:48.380><c> through</c><00:46:48.599><c> 32.</c> 00:46:51.579 --> 00:46:58.059 Very<00:46:52.179><c> sad</c><00:46:52.780><c> time</c><00:46:53.420><c> for</c><00:46:53.820><c> Paul</c><00:46:54.159><c> and</c><00:46:55.440><c> the</c><00:46:55.519><c> Ephesian</c><00:46:55.780><c> ecclesia,</c><00:46:57.460><c> because</c><00:46:57.760><c> he</c> 00:46:58.059 --> 00:46:59.980 was<00:46:58.219><c> getting</c><00:46:58.380><c> ready</c><00:46:58.599><c> to</c><00:46:58.840><c> leave</c><00:46:59.019><c> them.</c> 00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:06.420 He<00:47:00.440><c> had</c><00:47:00.539><c> been</c><00:47:00.659><c> with</c><00:47:00.880><c> them</c><00:47:01.019><c> a</c><00:47:01.179><c> long</c><00:47:01.440><c> time,</c><00:47:02.300><c> and</c><00:47:04.500><c> they</c><00:47:04.960><c> were</c><00:47:05.179><c> enjoying</c><00:47:05.480><c> his</c><00:47:05.739><c> company.</c> 00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:09.280 He<00:47:07.119><c> says</c><00:47:08.440><c> to</c><00:47:08.619><c> them,</c> 00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:43.420 How<00:47:38.239><c> long</c><00:47:38.239><c> was</c><00:47:41.860><c> Jesus</c><00:47:42.159><c> with</c><00:47:42.300><c> his</c><00:47:42.519><c> disciples?</c> 00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:47.519 Three<00:47:45.159><c> years.</c><00:47:45.960><c> Three</c><00:47:46.159><c> and</c><00:47:46.300><c> a</c><00:47:46.380><c> bit.</c> 00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:09.519 He's<00:48:06.739><c> trying</c><00:48:07.000><c> to</c><00:48:07.320><c> correct</c><00:48:07.579><c> them,</c><00:48:08.119><c> keep</c><00:48:08.219><c> them</c><00:48:08.519><c> focused</c><00:48:08.940><c> on</c><00:48:09.099><c> what</c><00:48:09.239><c> was</c> 00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:10.800 coming<00:48:09.699><c> in</c><00:48:09.860><c> the</c><00:48:09.960><c> future.</c> 00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:14.079 Because<00:48:11.639><c> if</c><00:48:11.780><c> they</c><00:48:12.019><c> weren't</c><00:48:12.199><c> careful,</c><00:48:13.679><c> they</c><00:48:13.760><c> were</c><00:48:13.900><c> going</c><00:48:14.000><c> to</c> 00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:15.039 eat<00:48:14.239><c> themselves</c><00:48:14.559><c> alive.</c> 00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:19.480 People<00:48:15.539><c> within</c><00:48:15.780><c> their</c><00:48:16.079><c> own</c><00:48:16.400><c> midst</c><00:48:16.599><c> were</c><00:48:16.780><c> going</c><00:48:16.980><c> to</c><00:48:17.179><c> tear</c><00:48:17.559><c> themselves</c><00:48:18.179><c> apart,</c><00:48:19.260><c> just</c> 00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:23.159 like<00:48:19.639><c> what</c><00:48:19.800><c> we</c><00:48:20.019><c> saw</c><00:48:20.599><c> in</c><00:48:20.960><c> Leviticus</c><00:48:21.539><c> and</c><00:48:21.880><c> in</c><00:48:22.059><c> Galatians.</c> 00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:29.880 But<00:48:26.079><c> Paul,</c><00:48:27.320><c> they</c><00:48:27.900><c> loved</c><00:48:28.159><c> each</c><00:48:28.440><c> other.</c><00:48:29.139><c> They</c><00:48:29.380><c> sent</c><00:48:29.500><c> him</c><00:48:29.679><c> off</c> 00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:32.139 with<00:48:30.099><c> tears,</c><00:48:31.900><c> knowing.</c> 00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:34.760 In<00:48:32.960><c> verse</c><00:48:33.139><c> 38</c><00:48:33.480><c> there</c><00:48:33.780><c> it</c><00:48:33.860><c> says,</c> 00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:36.639 After<00:48:34.840><c> he</c><00:48:34.980><c> said</c><00:48:35.199><c> this,</c><00:48:35.519><c> he</c><00:48:35.539><c> kneeled</c><00:48:35.820><c> down,</c><00:48:36.199><c> he</c><00:48:36.320><c> prayed</c><00:48:36.480><c> with</c> 00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:38.679 them<00:48:36.820><c> all,</c><00:48:36.920><c> and</c><00:48:37.039><c> they</c><00:48:37.260><c> wept</c><00:48:37.519><c> sore,</c><00:48:37.780><c> they</c><00:48:37.960><c> fell</c><00:48:38.139><c> on</c><00:48:38.300><c> Paul's</c> 00:48:38.679 --> 00:48:39.679 neck,<00:48:38.940><c> kissed</c><00:48:39.219><c> him,</c> 00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:42.179 Soaring<00:48:40.059><c> most</c><00:48:40.360><c> of</c><00:48:40.500><c> all</c><00:48:40.599><c> for</c><00:48:40.760><c> the</c><00:48:40.900><c> words</c><00:48:41.079><c> which</c><00:48:41.219><c> he</c><00:48:41.420><c> spake,</c><00:48:41.780><c> that</c><00:48:41.880><c> he</c> 00:48:42.179 --> 00:48:44.039 should<00:48:42.340><c> not</c><00:48:42.539><c> see</c><00:48:42.699><c> his</c><00:48:42.880><c> face</c><00:48:43.079><c> anymore.</c> 00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:47.579 And<00:48:45.440><c> so,</c><00:48:46.320><c> that</c><00:48:46.420><c> was</c><00:48:46.619><c> a</c><00:48:46.739><c> tough</c><00:48:46.920><c> thing</c><00:48:47.179><c> for</c><00:48:47.420><c> them.</c> 00:48:47.739 --> 00:48:50.320 And<00:48:47.840><c> they,</c><00:48:48.699><c> unfortunately,</c><00:48:49.199><c> couldn't</c><00:48:49.420><c> hope</c><00:48:49.659><c> to</c><00:48:49.800><c> see</c><00:48:49.940><c> him</c><00:48:50.079><c> again.</c> 00:48:50.380 --> 00:48:52.420 He<00:48:50.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:48:50.679><c> come</c><00:48:50.940><c> back</c><00:48:51.159><c> to</c><00:48:51.320><c> see</c><00:48:51.519><c> them.</c> 00:48:55.159 --> 00:49:00.639 Paul's<00:48:55.659><c> hope</c><00:48:56.159><c> was</c><00:48:57.659><c> that</c><00:48:57.880><c> those</c><00:48:58.179><c> who</c><00:48:58.400><c> loved</c><00:48:58.579><c> God</c><00:48:58.920><c> and</c><00:48:59.119><c> their</c><00:48:59.280><c> neighbour</c><00:48:59.719><c> would</c><00:49:00.260><c> be</c> 00:49:00.639 --> 00:49:03.059 reunited<00:49:01.119><c> in</c><00:49:01.639><c> the</c><00:49:01.800><c> Kingdom</c><00:49:02.000><c> Age.</c> 00:49:03.579 --> 00:49:06.420 I<00:49:03.619><c> want</c><00:49:03.719><c> to</c><00:49:03.739><c> cover</c><00:49:03.940><c> two</c><00:49:04.199><c> last</c><00:49:04.480><c> things</c><00:49:04.699><c> before</c><00:49:05.019><c> we</c><00:49:05.300><c> close.</c> 00:49:10.659 --> 00:49:15.260 One<00:49:11.159><c> of</c><00:49:11.659><c> Paul's</c><00:49:12.360><c> strongest</c><00:49:12.599><c> expressions</c><00:49:13.079><c> of</c><00:49:13.300><c> hope</c><00:49:13.780><c> in</c><00:49:14.659><c> relation</c><00:49:14.980><c> to</c><00:49:15.139><c> the</c> 00:49:15.260 --> 00:49:18.159 coming<00:49:15.400><c> of</c><00:49:15.559><c> the</c><00:49:15.699><c> Kingdom</c><00:49:16.000><c> and</c><00:49:16.239><c> the</c><00:49:16.559><c> perfecting</c><00:49:17.320><c> of</c><00:49:17.579><c> the</c><00:49:17.739><c> brethren</c><00:49:17.940><c> and</c> 00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:20.679 sisters<00:49:18.400><c> at</c><00:49:18.559><c> that</c><00:49:18.760><c> time</c><00:49:18.980><c> is</c><00:49:19.159><c> in</c><00:49:19.320><c> Thessalonians.</c> 00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:25.360 This<00:49:22.300><c> Ecclesia</c><00:49:22.840><c> had</c><00:49:23.099><c> suffered</c><00:49:23.480><c> a</c><00:49:23.719><c> lot</c><00:49:24.059><c> of</c><00:49:24.300><c> trouble.</c> 00:49:26.320 --> 00:49:29.900 Many<00:49:26.519><c> of</c><00:49:26.619><c> its</c><00:49:26.780><c> members</c><00:49:27.119><c> were</c><00:49:27.320><c> being</c><00:49:27.679><c> killed</c><00:49:28.019><c> for</c><00:49:28.260><c> what</c><00:49:28.719><c> they</c><00:49:29.019><c> believed.</c> 00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:33.559 And<00:49:31.280><c> it</c><00:49:31.480><c> was</c><00:49:31.619><c> making</c><00:49:31.960><c> a</c><00:49:32.099><c> lot</c><00:49:32.239><c> of</c><00:49:32.360><c> them</c><00:49:32.500><c> sad.</c> 00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:38.099 Because,<00:49:34.679><c> you</c><00:49:34.900><c> can</c><00:49:35.000><c> imagine,</c><00:49:35.539><c> somebody</c><00:49:35.840><c> kills</c><00:49:36.800><c> somebody</c><00:49:37.380><c> that's</c><00:49:37.619><c> here</c><00:49:37.880><c> one</c> 00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:41.519 day,<00:49:39.039><c> and</c><00:49:39.039><c> he's</c><00:49:40.719><c> gone.</c> 00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:43.800 It's<00:49:42.360><c> done.</c><00:49:42.500><c> It's</c><00:49:42.780><c> over</c><00:49:43.000><c> with.</c> 00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:49.199 And<00:49:46.360><c> all</c><00:49:46.800><c> those</c><00:49:47.000><c> things</c><00:49:47.320><c> that</c><00:49:47.500><c> you</c><00:49:47.699><c> enjoyed</c><00:49:47.980><c> about</c><00:49:48.159><c> that</c><00:49:48.400><c> person,</c><00:49:49.099><c> just</c> 00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:51.079 like<00:49:49.400><c> Jesus</c><00:49:49.719><c> going</c><00:49:49.920><c> up</c><00:49:50.099><c> into</c><00:49:50.260><c> Heaven,</c><00:49:50.480><c> it's</c><00:49:50.699><c> gone.</c> 00:49:51.320 --> 00:49:52.860 How<00:49:51.539><c> am</c><00:49:51.639><c> I</c><00:49:51.639><c> going</c><00:49:51.699><c> to</c><00:49:51.699><c> get</c><00:49:51.800><c> this</c><00:49:52.059><c> back?</c> 00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:57.820 Well,<00:49:54.119><c> it's</c><00:49:54.260><c> going</c><00:49:54.340><c> to</c><00:49:54.440><c> come</c><00:49:54.639><c> back</c><00:49:55.440><c> at</c><00:49:56.059><c> the</c><00:49:56.139><c> end</c><00:49:56.260><c> of</c><00:49:56.480><c> time.</c> 00:49:58.579 --> 00:50:02.260 First<00:49:58.639><c> Thessalonians</c><00:49:59.139><c> 1,</c><00:50:00.679><c> verses</c><00:50:00.880><c> 9</c><00:50:01.099><c> and</c><00:50:01.260><c> 10.</c> 00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:07.079 For<00:50:04.199><c> this</c><00:50:04.519><c> cause</c><00:50:04.820><c> we</c><00:50:05.059><c> also,</c><00:50:05.400><c> since</c><00:50:05.719><c> the</c><00:50:05.900><c> day</c><00:50:06.059><c> we</c><00:50:06.239><c> heard</c><00:50:06.420><c> it,</c><00:50:06.940><c> do</c> 00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:10.059 not<00:50:07.460><c> cease</c><00:50:07.679><c> to</c><00:50:07.920><c> pray</c><00:50:08.059><c> for</c><00:50:08.340><c> you</c><00:50:08.539><c> and</c><00:50:08.679><c> to</c><00:50:08.920><c> desire</c><00:50:09.179><c> that</c><00:50:09.360><c> you</c><00:50:09.519><c> might</c><00:50:09.739><c> be</c> 00:50:10.059 --> 00:50:12.139 filled<00:50:10.239><c> with</c><00:50:10.440><c> the</c><00:50:10.599><c> knowledge</c><00:50:10.860><c> of</c><00:50:10.980><c> his</c><00:50:11.300><c> will</c><00:50:11.500><c> and</c><00:50:11.699><c> all</c><00:50:11.860><c> wisdom</c> 00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:13.219 and<00:50:12.320><c> spiritual</c><00:50:12.699><c> understanding,</c> 00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:16.860 that<00:50:13.440><c> you</c><00:50:13.539><c> might</c><00:50:13.780><c> walk</c><00:50:14.039><c> worthy</c><00:50:14.699><c> of</c><00:50:15.219><c> the</c><00:50:15.360><c> Lord</c><00:50:15.519><c> unto</c><00:50:15.780><c> all</c><00:50:16.199><c> pleasing,</c><00:50:16.599><c> being</c> 00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:21.000 fruitful<00:50:17.280><c> in</c><00:50:17.460><c> every</c><00:50:17.599><c> good</c><00:50:17.820><c> work</c><00:50:18.179><c> and</c><00:50:18.780><c> increasing</c><00:50:19.219><c> in</c><00:50:20.079><c> the</c><00:50:20.260><c> knowledge</c><00:50:20.559><c> of</c><00:50:20.760><c> God.</c> 00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:26.360 These<00:50:21.320><c> brethren</c><00:50:21.599><c> and</c><00:50:21.800><c> sisters</c><00:50:22.000><c> had</c><00:50:22.239><c> chosen</c><00:50:22.579><c> life</c><00:50:23.099><c> by</c><00:50:24.000><c> choosing</c><00:50:25.119><c> the</c><00:50:25.400><c> service</c><00:50:25.659><c> of</c><00:50:25.880><c> God.</c> 00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:30.900 They<00:50:27.159><c> had,</c><00:50:28.019><c> oops,</c><00:50:28.920><c> that's</c><00:50:29.139><c> Colossians,</c><00:50:29.920><c> sorry.</c> 00:50:32.159 --> 00:50:35.099 Turn<00:50:32.579><c> too</c><00:50:32.960><c> many</c><00:50:33.159><c> pages</c><00:50:33.579><c> over.</c><00:50:34.300><c> Sorry.</c> 00:50:36.019 --> 00:50:38.880 I'll<00:50:36.159><c> try</c><00:50:36.320><c> that</c><00:50:36.480><c> again.</c><00:50:37.059><c> 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me</c><00:53:16.820><c> and</c><00:53:16.960><c> not</c><00:53:17.159><c> you,</c> 00:53:18.079 --> 00:53:20.480 we're<00:53:18.159><c> going</c><00:53:18.199><c> to</c><00:53:18.280><c> kill</c><00:53:18.440><c> each</c><00:53:18.699><c> other.</c><00:53:19.539><c> We're</c><00:53:19.659><c> going</c><00:53:19.760><c> to</c><00:53:19.820><c> destroy</c><00:53:20.219><c> each</c> 00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:21.780 other<00:53:20.639><c> on</c><00:53:20.800><c> the</c><00:53:20.960><c> way.</c> 00:53:22.519 --> 00:53:27.360 We<00:53:22.699><c> need</c><00:53:22.840><c> to</c><00:53:23.079><c> keep</c><00:53:23.239><c> that</c><00:53:23.719><c> same</c><00:53:24.300><c> hope</c><00:53:24.780><c> that</c><00:53:25.280><c> Paul</c><00:53:25.579><c> had</c><00:53:25.820><c> in</c><00:53:26.019><c> Thessalonians</c><00:53:26.840><c> in</c> 00:53:27.360 --> 00:53:28.360 our<00:53:27.599><c> minds.</c> 00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:31.659 And<00:53:29.099><c> that's</c><00:53:29.320><c> 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hope.</c><00:53:43.980><c> One</c><00:53:44.199><c> last</c><00:53:44.519><c> thing.</c><00:53:45.699><c> There's</c><00:53:45.860><c> a</c> 00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:47.659 lot<00:53:46.059><c> to</c><00:53:46.280><c> talk</c><00:53:46.420><c> about</c><00:53:46.579><c> with</c><00:53:46.780><c> hope.</c> 00:53:48.559 --> 00:53:51.500 The<00:53:48.719><c> other</c><00:53:48.900><c> aspect</c><00:53:49.280><c> of</c><00:53:49.440><c> this</c><00:53:49.599><c> is</c><00:53:49.780><c> personal</c><00:53:50.480><c> hope.</c> 00:53:51.880 --> 00:53:56.699 We<00:53:52.440><c> talked</c><00:53:53.000><c> a</c><00:53:53.039><c> lot</c><00:53:53.300><c> about</c><00:53:53.500><c> these</c><00:53:53.739><c> things</c><00:53:54.000><c> that</c><00:53:54.340><c> bring</c><00:53:54.519><c> us</c><00:53:54.739><c> together</c><00:53:55.260><c> and</c> 00:53:56.699 --> 00:53:59.139 allow<00:53:57.000><c> us</c><00:53:57.239><c> to</c><00:53:57.420><c> function</c><00:53:57.820><c> properly</c><00:53:58.380><c> as</c><00:53:58.639><c> a</c><00:53:58.800><c> community.</c> 00:53:59.380 --> 00:54:03.719 But<00:53:59.519><c> hope</c><00:54:00.079><c> can</c><00:54:02.179><c> also</c><00:54:02.420><c> be</c><00:54:02.659><c> individual.</c> 00:54:04.860 --> 00:54:09.099 And<00:54:05.099><c> hope</c><00:54:05.239><c> is</c><00:54:05.579><c> different</c><00:54:05.920><c> from</c><00:54:06.159><c> loving</c><00:54:06.480><c> God</c><00:54:06.860><c> in</c><00:54:07.099><c> the</c><00:54:07.239><c> sense</c><00:54:07.480><c> that</c><00:54:08.159><c> you</c><00:54:08.420><c> can't</c><00:54:08.820><c> do</c> 00:54:09.099 --> 00:54:12.199 it.<00:54:10.980><c> You</c><00:54:11.000><c> can't</c><00:54:11.400><c> do</c><00:54:11.679><c> hope.</c> 00:54:12.199 --> 00:54:20.380 Hope<00:54:12.500><c> is</c><00:54:16.579><c> something</c><00:54:16.780><c> you</c><00:54:16.960><c> don't</c><00:54:17.179><c> see.</c><00:54:18.739><c> You</c><00:54:18.980><c> want</c><00:54:19.199><c> to</c><00:54:19.420><c> come.</c> 00:54:21.099 --> 00:54:25.960 Hope<00:54:21.340><c> is</c><00:54:21.679><c> how,</c><00:54:22.380><c> and</c><00:54:22.619><c> this</c><00:54:22.719><c> is</c><00:54:22.860><c> something</c><00:54:23.039><c> personal</c><00:54:23.480><c> for</c><00:54:23.679><c> me,</c><00:54:24.219><c> is</c><00:54:24.360><c> how</c><00:54:25.460><c> a</c> 00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:30.559 shy<00:54:26.280><c> 10</c><00:54:26.539><c>-year</c><00:54:26.719><c>-old</c><00:54:26.820><c> boy</c><00:54:27.360><c> who</c><00:54:29.059><c> has</c><00:54:29.480><c> arthritis,</c> 00:54:31.079 --> 00:54:35.860 who's<00:54:31.360><c> unable</c><00:54:31.639><c> to</c><00:54:31.920><c> play</c><00:54:32.119><c> sports,</c><00:54:34.199><c> who's</c><00:54:34.599><c> being</c><00:54:35.019><c> ridiculed</c><00:54:35.559><c> by</c> 00:54:35.860 --> 00:54:38.699 his<00:54:36.199><c> friends</c><00:54:36.679><c> as</c><00:54:37.360><c> being</c><00:54:37.599><c> a</c><00:54:37.780><c> cripple,</c> 00:54:39.599 --> 00:54:46.219 is<00:54:40.119><c> able</c><00:54:40.500><c> to</c><00:54:40.780><c> endure</c><00:54:41.260><c> the</c><00:54:41.719><c> abuse.</c><00:54:43.659><c> Hope</c><00:54:44.079><c> given</c><00:54:44.500><c> to</c><00:54:44.679><c> him</c><00:54:44.860><c> by</c><00:54:45.059><c> his</c><00:54:45.320><c> mother,</c> 00:54:47.099 --> 00:54:49.179 who<00:54:47.219><c> told</c><00:54:47.440><c> him</c><00:54:47.699><c> that</c><00:54:47.840><c> there</c><00:54:48.039><c> is</c><00:54:48.199><c> a</c><00:54:48.260><c> purpose</c><00:54:48.579><c> in</c><00:54:48.760><c> his</c><00:54:48.940><c> suffering</c> 00:54:49.179 --> 00:54:52.440 and<00:54:49.360><c> by</c><00:54:49.619><c> God's</c><00:54:50.079><c> grace</c><00:54:50.320><c> and</c><00:54:50.539><c> mercy</c><00:54:50.960><c> it</c><00:54:51.199><c> may</c><00:54:51.440><c> end,</c> 00:54:52.739 --> 00:54:55.199 or<00:54:52.940><c> you</c><00:54:53.039><c> may</c><00:54:53.280><c> find</c><00:54:53.559><c> out</c><00:54:53.719><c> what</c><00:54:53.840><c> the</c><00:54:53.960><c> purpose</c><00:54:54.300><c> is.</c> 00:54:56.960 --> 00:55:00.599 I<00:54:57.400><c> prayed</c><00:54:57.840><c> for</c><00:54:58.199><c> a</c><00:54:58.280><c> release</c><00:54:58.659><c> from</c><00:54:59.079><c> that</c><00:54:59.260><c> disease</c><00:54:59.639><c> from</c><00:54:59.860><c> grade</c><00:55:00.059><c> 4</c> 00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:02.539 to<00:55:00.820><c> grade</c><00:55:01.059><c> 9.</c> 00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:08.699 Every<00:55:03.900><c> day</c><00:55:04.420><c> I</c><00:55:04.840><c> wanted</c><00:55:05.099><c> it</c><00:55:06.199><c> to</c><00:55:06.360><c> be</c><00:55:06.539><c> over,</c><00:55:06.739><c> but</c><00:55:07.119><c> I</c><00:55:07.260><c> knew</c><00:55:08.019><c> somehow</c> 00:55:08.699 --> 00:55:11.119 some<00:55:08.960><c> way</c><00:55:09.380><c> it</c><00:55:10.199><c> would.</c> 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are</c><00:55:50.139><c> falling</c><00:55:50.320><c> asleep</c><00:55:50.860><c> around</c><00:55:51.280><c> you</c><00:55:52.260><c> are</c><00:55:54.139><c> also</c><00:55:54.400><c> going</c> 00:55:54.539 --> 00:55:54.880 to<00:55:54.639><c> be</c><00:55:54.780><c> there.</c> 00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:56.480 Knowing<00:55:55.300><c> that</c><00:55:55.500><c> they're</c><00:55:55.699><c> going</c><00:55:55.800><c> to</c><00:55:55.880><c> be</c><00:55:56.059><c> there.</c> 00:55:56.619 --> 00:55:59.380 Just<00:55:56.920><c> like</c><00:55:57.219><c> the</c><00:55:57.460><c> Ephesians</c><00:55:58.119><c> knew</c><00:55:58.420><c> Paul</c><00:55:58.679><c> would</c><00:55:58.820><c> be</c><00:55:59.000><c> there</c><00:55:59.199><c> and</c> 00:55:59.380 --> 00:56:02.239 just<00:55:59.599><c> like</c><00:55:59.820><c> Paul</c><00:56:00.079><c> knew</c><00:56:00.280><c> the</c><00:56:00.519><c> Thessalonians</c><00:56:01.079><c> would</c><00:56:01.219><c> be</c><00:56:01.420><c> there.</c> 00:56:02.820 --> 00:56:07.320 We<00:56:02.900><c> might</c><00:56:03.079><c> get</c><00:56:03.360><c> separated</c><00:56:03.840><c> along</c><00:56:04.340><c> the</c><00:56:04.480><c> way</c><00:56:04.599><c> by</c><00:56:04.900><c> life's</c><00:56:05.179><c> circumstances,</c><00:56:06.760><c> but</c><00:56:07.159><c> we</c> 00:56:07.320 --> 00:56:09.400 will<00:56:07.639><c> eventually</c><00:56:08.039><c> get</c><00:56:08.280><c> there.</c> 00:56:10.280 --> 00:56:12.380 Romans<00:56:10.440><c> chapter</c><00:56:10.820><c> 5</c><00:56:11.099><c> is</c><00:56:11.260><c> just</c><00:56:11.500><c> where</c><00:56:11.619><c> I</c><00:56:11.679><c> want</c><00:56:11.840><c> to</c><00:56:12.019><c> conclude.</c> 00:56:12.599 --> 00:56:15.260 I<00:56:12.679><c> know</c><00:56:12.780><c> I've</c><00:56:13.099><c> gone</c><00:56:13.260><c> over</c><00:56:13.559><c> time,</c><00:56:13.760><c> I</c><00:56:14.000><c> apologize</c><00:56:14.400><c> for</c><00:56:14.599><c> that.</c> 00:56:15.260 --> 00:56:23.420 Romans<00:56:15.860><c> chapter</c><00:56:16.300><c> 5,</c><00:56:20.579><c> just</c><00:56:20.840><c> reading</c><00:56:21.300><c> the</c><00:56:22.199><c> first</c><00:56:22.719><c> five</c><00:56:23.059><c> verses,</c> 00:56:23.480 --> 00:56:28.139 which<00:56:23.639><c> I</c><00:56:23.860><c> think</c><00:56:24.719><c> are</c><00:56:26.260><c> all</c><00:56:26.519><c> about</c><00:56:26.780><c> what</c><00:56:27.000><c> this</c><00:56:27.460><c> hope</c><00:56:27.679><c> is</c><00:56:27.880><c> that</c><00:56:27.980><c> we</c> 00:56:28.139 --> 00:56:33.019 have<00:56:28.360><c> and</c><00:56:28.599><c> helping</c><00:56:28.820><c> us</c><00:56:29.159><c> to</c><00:56:29.320><c> endure</c><00:56:29.960><c> what</c><00:56:31.260><c> life</c><00:56:31.539><c> throws</c><00:56:31.800><c> at</c><00:56:31.940><c> us.</c> 00:56:33.599 --> 00:56:36.760 Therefore,<00:56:34.019><c> being</c><00:56:34.260><c> justified</c><00:56:34.840><c> by</c><00:56:35.099><c> faith,</c><00:56:36.039><c> we</c><00:56:36.139><c> have</c><00:56:36.440><c> peace</c> 00:56:36.760 --> 00:56:39.440 with<00:56:37.000><c> God</c><00:56:37.719><c> through</c><00:56:38.280><c> our</c><00:56:38.440><c> Lord</c><00:56:38.579><c> Jesus</c><00:56:38.940><c> Christ,</c> 00:56:39.440 --> 00:56:43.559 by<00:56:40.139><c> whom</c><00:56:40.420><c> also</c><00:56:40.880><c> we</c><00:56:41.119><c> have</c><00:56:41.420><c> access</c><00:56:41.820><c> by</c><00:56:42.199><c> faith</c><00:56:42.559><c> into</c><00:56:42.940><c> this</c><00:56:43.199><c> grace</c> 00:56:43.559 --> 00:56:47.920 wherein<00:56:43.800><c> we</c><00:56:44.179><c> stand</c><00:56:44.400><c> and</c><00:56:44.780><c> rejoice</c><00:56:45.280><c> in</c><00:56:45.900><c> the</c><00:56:46.179><c> hope</c><00:56:46.739><c> of</c><00:56:47.340><c> the</c><00:56:47.519><c> glory</c> 00:56:47.920 --> 00:56:49.199 of<00:56:48.159><c> God.</c> 00:56:49.860 --> 00:56:52.400 And<00:56:50.119><c> not</c><00:56:50.260><c> only</c><00:56:50.519><c> so,</c><00:56:50.960><c> but</c><00:56:51.039><c> we</c><00:56:51.340><c> glory</c><00:56:51.579><c> in</c><00:56:51.699><c> our</c><00:56:51.880><c> tribulations</c> 00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:55.639 also,<00:56:52.840><c> knowing</c><00:56:53.320><c> that</c><00:56:53.599><c> tribulation</c><00:56:54.199><c> works</c><00:56:54.559><c> patience.</c> 00:56:55.679 --> 00:57:00.239 And<00:56:55.980><c> patience,</c><00:56:56.559><c> experience,</c><00:56:57.840><c> and</c><00:56:58.000><c> experience</c><00:56:58.920><c> hope.</c> 00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:05.820 And<00:57:01.639><c> hope</c><00:57:01.960><c> maketh</c><00:57:02.480><c> not</c><00:57:02.739><c> ashamed,</c><00:57:04.500><c> because</c><00:57:04.639><c> the</c><00:57:04.820><c> love</c><00:57:04.920><c> of</c><00:57:05.159><c> God</c> 00:57:05.820 --> 00:57:10.760 is<00:57:06.639><c> shed</c><00:57:06.800><c> abroad</c><00:57:07.139><c> in</c><00:57:07.340><c> our</c><00:57:07.480><c> hearts</c><00:57:08.000><c> by</c><00:57:08.940><c> the</c><00:57:09.079><c> Holy</c><00:57:09.280><c> Spirit,</c><00:57:10.440><c> which</c><00:57:10.599><c> he</c> 00:57:10.760 --> 00:57:12.760 has<00:57:10.900><c> given</c><00:57:11.280><c> unto</c><00:57:11.539><c> us.</c>