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Where<00:12:42.940><c> we</c><00:12:43.080><c> are</c><00:12:43.200><c> told</c><00:12:43.399><c> that</c><00:12:43.580><c> God</c><00:12:43.840><c> hath</c><00:12:44.100><c> set</c><00:12:44.340><c> some</c><00:12:44.600><c> in</c><00:12:44.799><c> the</c><00:12:44.980><c> ecclesia,</c><00:12:46.360><c> first</c>

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apostles,<00:12:48.019><c> secondarily</c>

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prophets,<00:12:49.960><c> thirdly</c><00:12:50.299><c> teachers,</c><00:12:50.940><c> after</c><00:12:50.960><c> that</c><00:12:51.200><c> miracles</c><00:12:51.559><c> then</c>

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gifts<00:12:52.100><c> of</c><00:12:52.379><c> healing</c><00:12:52.600><c> helps.</c>

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Governments,<00:12:54.080><c> diversities</c><00:12:54.620><c> of</c><00:12:54.820><c> tongues,</c><00:12:55.159><c> are</c><00:12:55.340><c> all</c><00:12:55.600><c> apostles,</c><00:12:56.659><c> are</c><00:12:56.940><c> all</c><00:12:57.320><c> prophets.</c>

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Verse<00:12:58.600><c> 30</c><00:12:58.899><c> says,</c><00:12:59.159><c> have</c><00:12:59.340><c> all</c><00:12:59.600><c> the</c><00:12:59.779><c> gifts</c><00:12:59.960><c> of</c><00:13:00.259><c> healing,</c><00:13:00.620><c> do</c><00:13:00.740><c> all</c>

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speak<00:13:01.200><c> with</c><00:13:01.519><c> tongues,</c><00:13:01.899><c> do</c><00:13:02.019><c> all</c><00:13:02.220><c> interpret,</c>

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but<00:13:03.600><c> covert</c><00:13:04.940><c> earnestly</c><00:13:05.600><c> the</c><00:13:06.379><c> best</c><00:13:06.820><c> gifts.</c>

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It's<00:13:08.720><c> interesting,</c><00:13:09.620><c> with</c><00:13:09.799><c> the</c><00:13:10.019><c> spirit</c><00:13:10.200><c> of</c><00:13:10.279><c> gifts</c><00:13:10.379><c> there</c><00:13:10.559><c> was</c>

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a<00:13:11.000><c> hierarchy.</c>

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First<00:13:12.519><c> the</c><00:13:12.779><c> apostles</c><00:13:13.419><c> and</c><00:13:14.539><c> then</c><00:13:15.480><c> prophets.</c>

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Because<00:13:19.799><c> through</c><00:13:20.279><c> the</c><00:13:20.500><c> means</c><00:13:20.820><c> of</c><00:13:21.220><c> those</c><00:13:23.679><c> spirit</c><00:13:24.840><c>-guided</c><00:13:25.360><c> members</c><00:13:26.159><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:27.320><c> early</c><00:13:27.740><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:13:28.580><c> the</c><00:13:29.620><c> ecclesia</c>

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was<00:13:30.559><c> to</c><00:13:30.860><c> be</c><00:13:31.960><c> set</c><00:13:32.399><c> up.</c>

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We<00:13:33.620><c> sometimes</c><00:13:34.500><c> minimise</c><00:13:35.559><c> this</c><00:13:36.220><c> role</c><00:13:36.779><c> of</c><00:13:37.220><c> the</c><00:13:37.440><c> prophets,</c><00:13:37.919><c> but</c>

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it<00:13:38.179><c> was</c><00:13:38.899><c> vitally</c><00:13:39.419><c> important,</c><00:13:39.980><c> wasn't</c><00:13:40.259><c> it?</c>

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If<00:13:40.519><c> God</c><00:13:40.799><c> was</c><00:13:41.100><c> going</c><00:13:41.360><c> to</c><00:13:41.639><c> set</c><00:13:41.899><c> up</c><00:13:42.139><c> the</c><00:13:42.379><c> ecclesia</c><00:13:42.960><c> on</c><00:13:43.399><c> the</c><00:13:43.580><c> basis</c>

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of<00:13:44.279><c> his</c><00:13:44.580><c> word,</c><00:13:45.940><c> just</c><00:13:46.279><c> as</c><00:13:46.419><c> he</c><00:13:46.600><c> had</c><00:13:46.799><c> with</c>

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Israel<00:13:47.580><c> in</c><00:13:48.519><c> the</c><00:13:48.639><c> Old</c><00:13:48.919><c> Testament,</c><00:13:50.779><c> there</c><00:13:50.860><c> needed</c><00:13:51.240><c> to</c><00:13:51.759><c> be</c><00:13:52.460><c> groups</c><00:13:52.960><c> of</c>

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people<00:13:53.820><c> who</c><00:13:54.220><c> would</c><00:13:54.539><c> speak</c><00:13:54.919><c> his</c>

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word,<00:13:55.919><c> who</c><00:13:56.059><c> would</c><00:13:56.299><c> be</c><00:13:56.559><c> placed</c><00:13:56.899><c> throughout</c><00:13:57.460><c> the</c><00:13:57.820><c> ecclesias</c><00:13:58.419><c> to</c>

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reveal<00:13:59.620><c> the</c><00:14:00.019><c> word</c><00:14:00.299><c> of</c><00:14:00.500><c> God.</c>

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Chapter<00:14:05.200><c> 14</c><00:14:05.799><c> and</c><00:14:06.000><c> verse</c><00:14:06.399><c> 1</c><00:14:06.840><c> says,</c><00:14:08.559><c> follow</c><00:14:08.559><c> after</c><00:14:08.980><c> love</c><00:14:09.480><c> and</c>

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desire<00:14:10.539><c> spiritual</c><00:14:11.120><c> gifts,</c><00:14:11.960><c> but</c><00:14:12.299><c> rather</c>

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that<00:14:13.500><c> ye</c><00:14:13.840><c> may</c><00:14:14.360><c> prophesy.</c>

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There<00:14:17.860><c> was</c><00:14:18.200><c> a</c><00:14:18.639><c> need</c><00:14:19.419><c> for</c><00:14:19.940><c> prophets</c><00:14:20.600><c> within</c><00:14:21.419><c> the</c><00:14:21.740><c> early</c><00:14:22.080><c> ecclesia</c><00:14:22.700><c> to</c><00:14:23.379><c> found</c><00:14:24.000><c> and</c>

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to<00:14:25.059><c> establish</c><00:14:25.940><c> this</c><00:14:26.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

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It's<00:14:28.019><c> interesting,</c><00:14:28.440><c> we</c><00:14:28.480><c> get</c><00:14:28.539><c> a</c><00:14:28.620><c> hint</c><00:14:28.779><c> of</c><00:14:28.919><c> that</c><00:14:29.279><c> from</c><00:14:29.679><c> Christ</c><00:14:30.059><c> himself.</c>

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Just<00:14:31.100><c> come</c><00:14:31.360><c> to</c><00:14:31.500><c> Matthew</c><00:14:31.960><c> and</c><00:14:32.159><c> chapter</c><00:14:32.460><c> 16.</c>

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It's<00:14:43.519><c> exactly</c><00:14:43.940><c> the</c><00:14:44.220><c> same</c><00:14:44.500><c> process</c><00:14:45.019><c> in</c><00:14:45.700><c> a</c><00:14:45.980><c> slightly</c><00:14:46.299><c> miniaturised</c><00:14:47.100><c> form.</c>

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Matthew<00:14:50.279><c> chapter</c><00:14:50.580><c> 16</c><00:14:51.100><c> and</c><00:14:51.299><c> verse</c><00:14:51.559><c> 13,</c><00:14:52.100><c> Jesus</c><00:14:52.440><c> has</c><00:14:52.759><c> come</c><00:14:52.960><c> to</c><00:14:53.159><c> the</c><00:14:53.340><c> coasts</c><00:14:53.820><c> of</c>

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Caesarea<00:14:54.379><c> Philippi</c><00:14:54.960><c> and</c>

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he<00:14:55.200><c> asks</c><00:14:55.399><c> his</c><00:14:55.700><c> disciples,</c><00:14:56.580><c> whom</c><00:14:56.799><c> do</c><00:14:57.080><c> men</c><00:14:57.340><c> say</c><00:14:57.620><c> that</c><00:14:57.840><c> I,</c><00:14:58.100><c> the</c><00:14:58.259><c> son</c><00:14:58.399><c> of</c>

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man,<00:14:58.919><c> am?</c>

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And<00:14:59.720><c> they</c><00:14:59.799><c> say,</c><00:15:00.080><c> well,</c><00:15:00.259><c> some</c><00:15:00.379><c> people</c><00:15:00.580><c> think</c><00:15:00.820><c> you're</c><00:15:00.940><c> John</c><00:15:01.080><c> the</c>

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Baptist<00:15:01.700><c> and</c><00:15:01.919><c> some</c><00:15:02.120><c> Elijah</c><00:15:02.539><c> or</c><00:15:02.799><c> the</c><00:15:02.899><c> prophets.</c>

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And<00:15:04.740><c> Jesus</c><00:15:04.980><c> says</c><00:15:05.480><c> in</c><00:15:05.759><c> verse</c><00:15:06.000><c> 15,</c><00:15:06.460><c> but</c><00:15:06.620><c> whom</c><00:15:06.860><c> say</c><00:15:07.120><c> ye</c><00:15:07.419><c> that</c><00:15:07.639><c> I</c><00:15:07.840><c> am?</c>

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And<00:15:08.500><c> Simon</c><00:15:08.820><c> Peter</c><00:15:09.059><c> answered</c><00:15:09.360><c> and</c><00:15:09.480><c> said,</c><00:15:10.059><c> thou</c><00:15:10.120><c> art</c><00:15:10.379><c> the</c><00:15:10.580><c> Christ,</c><00:15:11.240><c> the</c>

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son<00:15:11.659><c> of</c><00:15:11.899><c> the</c><00:15:12.039><c> living</c><00:15:12.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:12.980><c> Jesus</c><00:15:13.299><c> answered</c><00:15:13.580><c> and</c><00:15:13.740><c> said</c><00:15:13.860><c> unto</c><00:15:14.000><c> him,</c><00:15:14.500><c> blessed</c><00:15:14.700><c> art</c><00:15:15.000><c> thou</c><00:15:15.240><c> Simon</c><00:15:15.620><c> by</c>

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Jonah,<00:15:16.559><c> flesh</c><00:15:16.799><c> and</c><00:15:17.080><c> blood</c><00:15:17.340><c> hath</c>

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not<00:15:17.840><c> revealed</c><00:15:18.220><c> it</c><00:15:18.419><c> unto</c><00:15:18.559><c> thee,</c><00:15:19.059><c> but</c><00:15:19.220><c> my</c><00:15:19.559><c> Father</c><00:15:19.919><c> which</c><00:15:20.159><c> is</c><00:15:20.340><c> in</c>

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heaven,<00:15:20.799><c> you</c><00:15:20.919><c> speak</c><00:15:21.220><c> in</c><00:15:21.379><c> the</c><00:15:21.659><c> spirit,</c><00:15:22.019><c> says</c>

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Jesus,<00:15:23.019><c> and</c><00:15:23.139><c> I</c><00:15:23.379><c> say</c><00:15:23.539><c> unto</c><00:15:23.740><c> thee</c><00:15:24.000><c> that</c><00:15:24.179><c> I</c><00:15:24.379><c> want</c><00:15:24.539><c> Peter</c><00:15:25.019><c> and</c><00:15:25.559><c> upon</c>

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this<00:15:26.179><c> rock</c><00:15:26.620><c> I</c><00:15:27.919><c> will</c><00:15:28.159><c> build</c><00:15:28.960><c> my</c><00:15:29.620><c> ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:15:30.980><c> foundation</c><00:15:31.840><c> of</c><00:15:32.659><c> the</c><00:15:32.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:15:33.799><c> was</c><00:15:34.419><c> in</c><00:15:34.700><c> the</c><00:15:34.879><c> revealed</c><00:15:35.480><c> words</c><00:15:35.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:36.460><c> Father.</c>

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And<00:15:40.460><c> that</c><00:15:40.639><c> foundation</c><00:15:41.220><c> was</c><00:15:41.559><c> the</c><00:15:41.779><c> apostles</c><00:15:42.419><c> and</c><00:15:43.360><c> the</c><00:15:43.659><c> prophets.</c>

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We<00:15:48.779><c> see</c><00:15:49.019><c> a</c><00:15:49.139><c> similar</c><00:15:49.379><c> thing</c><00:15:49.639><c> in</c><00:15:49.820><c> Acts</c><00:15:50.039><c> chapter</c><00:15:50.399><c> 20.</c>

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I'm<00:15:52.100><c> sorry,</c><00:15:52.399><c> we</c><00:15:52.500><c> are</c><00:15:52.679><c> jumping</c><00:15:53.019><c> around</c><00:15:53.559><c> a</c><00:15:53.980><c> lot.</c>

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We<00:15:54.220><c> are</c><00:15:54.399><c> going</c><00:15:54.639><c> to</c><00:15:54.899><c> jump</c><00:15:55.059><c> around</c><00:15:55.340><c> a</c><00:15:55.500><c> lot</c><00:15:55.620><c> to</c><00:15:55.919><c> try</c><00:15:56.080><c> and</c><00:15:56.940><c> piece</c>

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this<00:15:57.559><c> story</c><00:15:57.940><c> together.</c>

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Acts<00:16:00.200><c> chapter</c><00:16:00.539><c> 20</c><00:16:01.500><c> and</c><00:16:02.039><c> verse</c><00:16:02.639><c> 23.</c>

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We<00:16:06.220><c> get</c><00:16:06.360><c> a</c><00:16:06.480><c> picture</c><00:16:06.679><c> of</c><00:16:06.879><c> the</c><00:16:07.120><c> work</c><00:16:07.740><c> of</c><00:16:08.860><c> these</c><00:16:09.139><c> men.</c>

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The<00:16:11.039><c> apostle</c><00:16:11.360><c> Paul,</c><00:16:12.419><c> verse</c><00:16:13.840><c> 17</c><00:16:14.379><c> tells</c><00:16:14.720><c> us,</c><00:16:15.120><c> from</c><00:16:15.120><c> Miletus</c><00:16:15.720><c> he</c>

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said<00:16:16.059><c> to</c><00:16:16.240><c> Ephesus</c><00:16:16.820><c> and</c><00:16:17.220><c> called</c><00:16:17.399><c> the</c>

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elders<00:16:17.860><c> of</c><00:16:18.100><c> the</c><00:16:18.259><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:18.799><c> and</c><00:16:19.600><c> when</c><00:16:19.940><c> they</c><00:16:20.159><c> were</c><00:16:20.360><c> come</c><00:16:20.539><c> to</c><00:16:20.679><c> him</c>

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he<00:16:21.139><c> said</c><00:16:21.399><c> unto</c><00:16:21.740><c> them,</c><00:16:21.980><c> and</c><00:16:22.139><c> he</c><00:16:22.240><c> gives</c>

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them<00:16:22.759><c> this</c><00:16:23.100><c> speech</c><00:16:23.580><c> encouraging</c><00:16:24.179><c> them</c><00:16:24.480><c> and</c><00:16:24.639><c> teaching</c><00:16:24.899><c> them</c>

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of<00:16:25.240><c> the</c><00:16:26.600><c> false</c><00:16:27.039><c> doctrine</c><00:16:27.519><c> and</c><00:16:27.860><c> the</c><00:16:28.000><c> false</c><00:16:28.299><c> practice</c>

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that<00:16:28.899><c> was</c><00:16:29.059><c> going</c><00:16:29.360><c> to</c><00:16:29.559><c> creep</c><00:16:29.759><c> in.</c>

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But<00:16:31.019><c> he</c><00:16:31.080><c> says</c><00:16:31.320><c> in</c><00:16:31.460><c> verse</c><00:16:31.659><c> 22,</c><00:16:32.639><c> now</c><00:16:32.820><c> behold,</c><00:16:33.580><c> I</c><00:16:33.700><c> go</c><00:16:34.019><c> bound</c><00:16:34.279><c> in</c><00:16:34.460><c> the</c><00:16:34.679><c> spirit</c><00:16:34.899><c> to</c>

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Jerusalem,<00:16:35.980><c> not</c><00:16:36.240><c> knowing</c>

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the<00:16:36.659><c> things</c><00:16:36.960><c> that</c><00:16:37.240><c> shall</c><00:16:37.480><c> befall</c><00:16:37.899><c> me</c><00:16:38.080><c> there,</c><00:16:38.779><c> save</c><00:16:38.960><c> that</c><00:16:39.120><c> the</c>

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Holy<00:16:39.779><c> Spirit</c><00:16:40.200><c> witnesseth</c><00:16:40.779><c> in</c><00:16:41.000><c> every</c><00:16:41.519><c> city</c>

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saying,<00:16:43.019><c> that</c><00:16:43.220><c> bonds</c><00:16:43.600><c> and</c><00:16:43.860><c> afflictions</c><00:16:44.480><c> abide</c><00:16:44.919><c> me.</c>

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And<00:16:45.879><c> there</c><00:16:46.059><c> is</c><00:16:46.279><c> the</c><00:16:46.500><c> work</c><00:16:46.840><c> of</c><00:16:47.320><c> the</c><00:16:47.580><c> prophets</c><00:16:48.000><c> in</c><00:16:48.240><c> the</c><00:16:48.379><c> New</c><00:16:48.600><c> Testament.</c>

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Paul<00:16:50.159><c> was</c><00:16:50.399><c> going</c><00:16:50.659><c> from</c><00:16:51.000><c> place</c><00:16:51.320><c> to</c><00:16:51.580><c> place,</c><00:16:52.019><c> from</c><00:16:52.139><c> city</c><00:16:52.379><c> to</c><00:16:52.659><c> city,</c><00:16:53.019><c> from</c>

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ecclesia<00:16:53.659><c> to</c><00:16:53.899><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:54.559><c> and</c><00:16:55.100><c> everywhere</c>

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he<00:16:56.080><c> went</c><00:16:56.519><c> there</c><00:16:58.200><c> was</c><00:16:58.340><c> a</c><00:16:58.539><c> prophet</c><00:16:58.899><c> saying,</c><00:17:03.139><c> bonds</c><00:17:03.399><c> and</c><00:17:03.679><c> afflictions</c><00:17:04.099><c> are</c><00:17:04.279><c> waiting</c><00:17:04.579><c> for</c>

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you<00:17:04.980><c> when</c><00:17:05.140><c> you</c>

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come.

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These<00:17:12.619><c> prophets</c><00:17:13.420><c> were</c><00:17:15.400><c> put</c><00:17:16.099><c> within</c><00:17:16.740><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:17.720><c> to</c><00:17:18.380><c> speak</c><00:17:18.720><c> the</c>

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word<00:17:19.240><c> of</c><00:17:19.339><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:17:20.599><c> a</c><00:17:20.720><c> fascinating</c><00:17:21.140><c> Old</c><00:17:21.400><c> Testament</c><00:17:21.680><c> model</c><00:17:22.160><c> for</c><00:17:22.599><c> this.</c>

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Just<00:17:22.980><c> come</c><00:17:23.200><c> back</c><00:17:23.460><c> to</c><00:17:23.640><c> second</c><00:17:23.920><c> of</c><00:17:24.160><c> Kings</c><00:17:24.480><c> and</c><00:17:25.119><c> chapter</c><00:17:25.559><c> 2.</c>

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Second<00:17:33.160><c> of</c><00:17:33.400><c> Kings</c><00:17:33.660><c> and</c><00:17:33.839><c> chapter</c><00:17:34.160><c> 2</c><00:17:34.500><c> and</c><00:17:34.680><c> verse</c><00:17:34.960><c> 1,</c><00:17:39.980><c> we</c><00:17:39.980><c> are</c><00:17:40.279><c> told</c><00:17:40.619><c> it</c>

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came<00:17:41.119><c> to</c><00:17:41.400><c> pass</c><00:17:42.099><c> when</c><00:17:42.539><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:42.799><c> would</c>

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take<00:17:43.319><c> up</c><00:17:43.500><c> Elijah</c><00:17:43.960><c> into</c><00:17:44.319><c> heaven</c><00:17:44.599><c> by</c><00:17:44.920><c> a</c><00:17:45.140><c> whirlwind</c><00:17:45.740><c> that</c><00:17:46.240><c> Elijah</c>

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went<00:17:47.079><c> with</c><00:17:47.400><c> Elisha</c><00:17:47.900><c> from</c><00:17:48.160><c> Gilgal.</c>

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And<00:17:49.599><c> Elijah</c><00:17:50.019><c> said</c><00:17:50.259><c> to</c><00:17:50.440><c> Elisha,</c><00:17:51.119><c> tarry</c><00:17:51.380><c> here</c><00:17:51.539><c> I</c><00:17:51.799><c> pray</c><00:17:52.000><c> thee,</c><00:17:52.339><c> for</c><00:17:52.480><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:52.839><c> hath</c><00:17:53.039><c> sent</c><00:17:53.279><c> me</c>

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to<00:17:53.799><c> Bethel.</c>

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And<00:17:54.640><c> Elisha</c><00:17:55.099><c> said</c><00:17:55.299><c> unto</c><00:17:55.480><c> him,</c><00:17:55.839><c> as</c><00:17:55.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:17:56.299><c> liveth,</c><00:17:56.619><c> and</c><00:17:56.799><c> as</c><00:17:56.940><c> thy</c><00:17:57.180><c> soul</c><00:17:57.359><c> liveth,</c><00:17:57.680><c> I</c>

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will<00:17:58.220><c> not</c><00:17:58.500><c> leave</c><00:17:58.740><c> thee.</c>

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So<00:17:59.579><c> they</c><00:17:59.700><c> went</c><00:17:59.940><c> down</c><00:18:00.200><c> to</c><00:18:00.440><c> Bethel.</c>

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And<00:18:01.740><c> the</c><00:18:01.920><c> sons</c><00:18:02.160><c> of</c><00:18:02.359><c> the</c><00:18:02.660><c> prophets</c><00:18:03.140><c> that</c><00:18:03.400><c> were</c><00:18:03.680><c> at</c><00:18:03.900><c> Bethel</c><00:18:04.359><c> came</c>

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forth<00:18:05.000><c> to</c><00:18:05.220><c> Elisha</c><00:18:05.720><c> and</c><00:18:05.940><c> said</c><00:18:06.119><c> unto</c>

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him,<00:18:08.200><c> nevest</c><00:18:08.519><c> thou</c><00:18:08.759><c> that</c><00:18:09.000><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:09.359><c> will</c><00:18:09.640><c> take</c><00:18:09.940><c> away</c><00:18:10.160><c> thy</c><00:18:10.400><c> master</c><00:18:10.799><c> from</c>

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my<00:18:11.339><c> head</c><00:18:11.500><c> today?</c>

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And<00:18:14.059><c> he</c><00:18:14.200><c> said,</c><00:18:14.460><c> yea,</c><00:18:14.660><c> I</c><00:18:14.839><c> know</c><00:18:15.000><c> it,</c><00:18:15.180><c> hold</c><00:18:15.380><c> you</c><00:18:15.519><c> in</c><00:18:15.619><c> your</c><00:18:15.759><c> peace.</c>

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So<00:18:39.039><c> Elisha</c><00:18:39.640><c> went</c><00:18:40.019><c> with</c><00:18:40.240><c> Elijah</c><00:18:40.799><c> and</c><00:18:41.539><c> where</c><00:18:41.900><c> he</c><00:18:42.160><c> went</c><00:18:42.460><c> there</c><00:18:42.700><c> was</c><00:18:43.140><c> a</c>

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group<00:18:43.619><c> of</c><00:18:43.859><c> the</c><00:18:44.039><c> sons</c><00:18:44.339><c> of</c><00:18:44.579><c> the</c><00:18:44.779><c> prophets</c>

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who<00:18:45.579><c> were</c><00:18:45.839><c> telling</c><00:18:46.140><c> him</c><00:18:46.380><c> this</c><00:18:46.559><c> is</c><00:18:46.720><c> going</c><00:18:46.880><c> to</c><00:18:47.059><c> happen.</c>

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This<00:18:48.039><c> is</c><00:18:48.240><c> going</c><00:18:48.359><c> to</c><00:18:48.519><c> happen</c><00:18:48.720><c> today.</c>

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And<00:18:49.940><c> it's</c><00:18:50.200><c> just</c><00:18:50.579><c> the</c><00:18:50.839><c> same</c><00:18:51.000><c> in</c><00:18:51.180><c> the</c><00:18:51.279><c> New</c><00:18:51.480><c> Testament</c><00:18:51.859><c> with</c><00:18:52.660><c> the</c>

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Apostle<00:18:53.359><c> Paul.</c>

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Wherever<00:18:54.299><c> he</c><00:18:54.619><c> goes</c><00:18:54.960><c> there</c><00:18:55.200><c> is</c><00:18:55.460><c> a</c><00:18:55.619><c> prophet</c><00:18:55.960><c> saying,</c><00:18:58.819><c> it's</c><00:18:58.960><c> going</c><00:18:59.079><c> to</c>

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be<00:18:59.259><c> bad</c><00:18:59.359><c> for</c><00:18:59.599><c> you</c><00:18:59.759><c> in</c><00:18:59.960><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:19:04.819><c> we</c><00:19:05.019><c> can</c><00:19:05.380><c> see</c><00:19:06.119><c> the</c><00:19:07.259><c> formation</c><00:19:08.140><c> of</c><00:19:08.640><c> the</c><00:19:08.940><c> Ecclesia</c><00:19:09.380><c> in</c><00:19:09.680><c> the</c>

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first<00:19:10.099><c> century</c><00:19:10.559><c> was</c><00:19:11.039><c> based</c><00:19:11.579><c> upon</c><00:19:12.980><c> God's</c>

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revelation<00:19:15.440><c> of</c><00:19:15.720><c> His</c><00:19:16.079><c> Word.</c>

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It's<00:19:18.299><c> interesting,</c><00:19:18.700><c> we</c><00:19:18.839><c> tend</c><00:19:19.019><c> to</c><00:19:19.200><c> imagine</c><00:19:19.859><c> that</c><00:19:21.960><c> the</c><00:19:22.380><c> preaching</c><00:19:22.720><c> that</c><00:19:22.920><c> was</c><00:19:23.160><c> done</c><00:19:23.640><c> was</c><00:19:24.180><c> done</c><00:19:24.420><c> by</c><00:19:28.019><c> the</c>

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things<00:19:28.519><c> that</c><00:19:29.059><c> they</c><00:19:29.700><c> remembered</c><00:19:30.220><c> Jesus</c><00:19:30.720><c> having</c><00:19:31.079><c> said,</c><00:19:31.799><c> or</c><00:19:31.920><c> that</c><00:19:32.000><c> they</c><00:19:32.119><c> had</c>

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heard<00:19:32.680><c> Jesus</c><00:19:33.160><c> say,</c><00:19:35.599><c> or</c>

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that<00:19:35.859><c> they</c><00:19:36.140><c> remembered</c><00:19:36.660><c> that</c><00:19:36.940><c> Jesus</c><00:19:37.420><c> had</c><00:19:37.819><c> done.</c>

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Of<00:19:41.200><c> course,</c><00:19:42.039><c> it</c><00:19:42.200><c> wasn't</c><00:19:42.539><c> like</c><00:19:43.099><c> that</c><00:19:43.559><c> at</c><00:19:43.940><c> all,</c><00:19:44.319><c> brothers</c><00:19:44.480><c> and</c><00:19:44.740><c> sisters.</c>

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Let's<00:19:45.579><c> come</c><00:19:45.779><c> to</c><00:19:45.900><c> John</c><00:19:46.440><c> and</c><00:19:46.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:47.259><c> 14.</c>

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Because<00:19:49.759><c> our</c><00:19:50.000><c> memories</c><00:19:50.279><c> are</c><00:19:50.500><c> really</c><00:19:50.779><c> terrible</c><00:19:51.339><c> things,</c>

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aren't<00:19:51.960><c> they?</c>

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I<00:19:52.660><c> mean,</c><00:19:56.079><c> just</c><00:19:56.240><c> awful,</c><00:19:57.480><c> really,</c><00:19:58.259><c> our</c><00:19:58.359><c> memories.</c>

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And<00:19:59.119><c> you</c><00:19:59.160><c> might</c><00:19:59.420><c> cry</c><00:19:59.680><c> to</c><00:19:59.880><c> yourself</c><00:20:00.059><c> on</c><00:20:00.220><c> your</c><00:20:00.359><c> excellent</c><00:20:00.660><c> memory,</c><00:20:01.000><c> in</c>

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which<00:20:01.240><c> case</c><00:20:01.799><c> that's</c><00:20:02.539><c> great</c><00:20:02.859><c> for</c><00:20:03.119><c> you.</c>

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I<00:20:05.019><c> don't,</c><00:20:05.599><c> because</c><00:20:05.960><c> I</c><00:20:06.160><c> haven't</c><00:20:06.400><c> got</c><00:20:06.619><c> a</c><00:20:06.720><c> good</c><00:20:06.859><c> memory.</c>

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But<00:20:08.019><c> it's</c><00:20:08.180><c> interesting,</c><00:20:08.539><c> there</c><00:20:08.640><c> was</c><00:20:08.799><c> a</c><00:20:08.980><c> study</c><00:20:09.160><c> done</c><00:20:09.400><c> over</c><00:20:09.660><c> in</c><00:20:09.839><c> America.</c>

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The<00:20:11.380><c> day</c><00:20:12.079><c> of</c><00:20:12.900><c> 9</c><00:20:13.140><c>-11,</c><00:20:13.420><c> when</c><00:20:13.579><c> the</c><00:20:13.759><c> Twin</c><00:20:13.940><c> Towers</c><00:20:14.220><c> came</c><00:20:14.539><c> down,</c><00:20:15.900><c> a</c><00:20:15.960><c> psychology</c><00:20:16.440><c> professor</c><00:20:17.299><c> had</c><00:20:18.200><c> a</c>

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class<00:20:18.660><c> of</c>

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first<00:20:19.240><c> years,</c><00:20:19.759><c> and</c><00:20:19.859><c> he</c><00:20:20.000><c> got</c><00:20:20.160><c> them</c><00:20:20.380><c> all</c><00:20:20.559><c> to</c><00:20:20.799><c> write</c><00:20:21.000><c> down</c><00:20:21.240><c> what</c>

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they<00:20:21.720><c> had</c><00:20:21.960><c> done</c><00:20:22.240><c> that</c><00:20:22.500><c> day.</c>

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Because<00:20:26.519><c> it's</c><00:20:26.920><c> an</c><00:20:27.119><c> incredibly</c><00:20:27.680><c> memorable</c><00:20:28.880><c> event,</c><00:20:29.519><c> isn't</c><00:20:29.640><c> it?</c>

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And<00:20:29.960><c> you</c><00:20:30.119><c> tend</c><00:20:30.319><c> to</c><00:20:31.000><c> say,</c><00:20:32.119><c> I</c><00:20:32.299><c> remember</c><00:20:32.660><c> where</c><00:20:32.920><c> I</c><00:20:33.119><c> was,</c><00:20:33.359><c> or</c><00:20:33.460><c> I</c><00:20:33.619><c> remember</c><00:20:33.779><c> what</c><00:20:33.920><c> I</c><00:20:34.079><c> was</c><00:20:34.180><c> doing</c><00:20:34.359><c> when</c><00:20:34.579><c> I</c>

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heard<00:20:35.079><c> that.</c>

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Then<00:20:37.160><c> two</c><00:20:37.400><c> years</c><00:20:37.579><c> later,</c><00:20:38.000><c> the</c><00:20:38.279><c> first</c><00:20:38.579><c> years</c><00:20:38.720><c> were</c><00:20:38.880><c> now</c><00:20:39.059><c> third</c>

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years,<00:20:39.539><c> and</c><00:20:39.720><c> the</c><00:20:39.779><c> ones</c><00:20:39.980><c> that</c><00:20:40.119><c> were</c><00:20:40.319><c> left,</c>

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he<00:20:40.960><c> got</c><00:20:41.079><c> them</c><00:20:41.220><c> to</c><00:20:41.400><c> write</c><00:20:41.599><c> down</c><00:20:41.779><c> again,</c><00:20:42.420><c> what</c><00:20:42.599><c> do</c><00:20:42.799><c> you</c><00:20:42.960><c> remember</c>

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about<00:20:43.579><c> that</c><00:20:43.859><c> day?</c>

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And<00:20:46.259><c> for</c><00:20:46.400><c> the</c><00:20:46.539><c> majority</c><00:20:46.940><c> of</c><00:20:47.099><c> them,</c><00:20:47.180><c> it</c><00:20:47.240><c> was</c><00:20:47.480><c> nothing</c><00:20:47.859><c> like.</c>

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Despite<00:20:49.180><c> the</c><00:20:49.359><c> fact</c><00:20:49.480><c> that</c><00:20:49.619><c> they</c><00:20:49.740><c> had</c><00:20:49.940><c> this</c><00:20:50.880><c> massive</c><00:20:51.680><c> event</c><00:20:52.240><c> to</c>

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sort<00:20:52.759><c> of</c><00:20:53.460><c> hold</c><00:20:53.799><c> their</c><00:20:54.079><c> memories</c><00:20:54.519><c> to,</c>

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their<00:20:56.519><c> days</c><00:20:56.859><c> didn't</c><00:20:57.319><c> resemble,</c><00:20:58.480><c> or</c><00:20:58.619><c> their</c><00:20:58.880><c> memories</c><00:20:59.220><c> of</c><00:20:59.480><c> that</c>

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day<00:20:59.900><c> didn't</c><00:21:00.279><c> resemble</c>

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what<00:21:00.920><c> they</c><00:21:01.180><c> had</c><00:21:01.380><c> actually</c><00:21:01.779><c> written</c><00:21:02.059><c> down</c><00:21:02.660><c> in</c><00:21:03.240><c> the</c><00:21:03.440><c> slightest.</c>

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Our<00:21:05.980><c> memories</c><00:21:06.279><c> are</c><00:21:06.579><c> not</c><00:21:06.920><c> to</c><00:21:07.160><c> be</c><00:21:07.380><c> trusted,</c><00:21:08.440><c> and</c><00:21:08.740><c> God</c><00:21:09.039><c> didn't</c><00:21:09.859><c> trust</c><00:21:10.359><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:10.920><c> memories</c><00:21:11.339><c> of</c><00:21:11.720><c> these</c><00:21:11.980><c> people.</c>

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John<00:21:12.619><c> chapter</c><00:21:13.180><c> 14</c><00:21:13.940><c> and</c><00:21:14.519><c> verse</c><00:21:14.880><c> 25.</c>

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They<00:21:34.519><c> weren't</c><00:21:34.920><c> going</c><00:21:35.220><c> to</c><00:21:35.400><c> be</c><00:21:35.599><c> left</c><00:21:36.099><c> to</c><00:21:38.000><c> rely</c><00:21:38.380><c> on</c><00:21:38.579><c> their</c><00:21:38.900><c> own</c><00:21:39.519><c> remembrances,</c>

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their<00:21:41.160><c> own</c><00:21:41.500><c> memories</c><00:21:42.140><c> of</c><00:21:42.759><c> the</c><00:21:42.940><c> acts</c><00:21:43.359><c> of</c><00:21:44.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:21:45.059><c> we</c><00:21:45.160><c> can</c><00:21:45.380><c> carry</c><00:21:45.519><c> on</c><00:21:45.779><c> through</c><00:21:46.359><c> this</c><00:21:47.660><c> sort</c><00:21:47.839><c> of</c><00:21:48.460><c> excitation</c>

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that<00:21:49.519><c> Jesus</c><00:21:49.920><c> gives</c>

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to<00:21:50.960><c> see</c><00:21:51.180><c> the</c><00:21:51.400><c> same</c><00:21:51.640><c> thing</c><00:21:51.839><c> comes</c><00:21:52.119><c> out</c><00:21:52.420><c> again.</c>

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And<00:21:52.900><c> again,</c><00:21:53.339><c> John</c><00:21:53.599><c> chapter</c><00:21:53.880><c> 15</c><00:21:54.519><c> and</c><00:21:54.759><c> verse</c><00:21:55.059><c> 26.</c>

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They<00:22:11.480><c> were</c><00:22:11.720><c> going</c><00:22:11.900><c> to</c><00:22:12.140><c> be</c><00:22:12.339><c> there,</c><00:22:13.140><c> recognized</c><00:22:13.759><c> as</c><00:22:13.980><c> eyewitnesses,</c><00:22:15.079><c> speaking</c>

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the<00:22:16.819><c> words</c><00:22:17.299><c> of</c><00:22:17.880><c> the</c><00:22:18.160><c> Spirit.</c>

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He<00:22:20.000><c> would</c><00:22:20.380><c> testify.</c>

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John<00:22:21.759><c> chapter</c><00:22:22.039><c> 16</c><00:22:22.480><c> and</c><00:22:22.660><c> verse</c><00:22:22.920><c> 13.</c>

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They<00:22:39.279><c> were</c><00:22:40.039><c> going</c><00:22:40.200><c> to</c><00:22:40.380><c> be</c><00:22:40.640><c> told</c><00:22:41.079><c> what</c><00:22:41.460><c> to</c><00:22:41.779><c> say.</c>

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God<00:22:43.660><c> wasn't</c><00:22:44.000><c> going</c><00:22:44.359><c> to</c><00:22:44.619><c> leave</c><00:22:44.799><c> the</c><00:22:45.059><c> building</c><00:22:45.420><c> of</c><00:22:45.720><c> his</c><00:22:45.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:46.460><c> to</c><00:22:46.799><c> chance,</c>

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to<00:22:49.519><c> the</c><00:22:49.859><c> chance</c><00:22:50.579><c> remembrances</c><00:22:51.619><c> of</c><00:22:52.759><c> the</c><00:22:52.960><c> apostles</c><00:22:53.380><c> of</c><00:22:53.740><c> Christ.</c>

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The<00:22:55.839><c> words</c><00:22:56.140><c> of</c><00:22:56.440><c> preaching,</c><00:22:56.900><c> the</c><00:22:56.940><c> words</c><00:22:57.279><c> of</c><00:22:57.579><c> bearing</c><00:22:57.900><c> witness</c>

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would<00:22:59.680><c> be</c><00:22:59.940><c> guided</c><00:23:00.319><c> by</c><00:23:01.480><c> the</c><00:23:01.980><c> Spirit.</c>

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They<00:23:04.119><c> were</c><00:23:04.339><c> the</c><00:23:04.519><c> prophets</c><00:23:04.920><c> of</c><00:23:05.220><c> God.</c>

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Come<00:23:06.859><c> back</c><00:23:07.059><c> to</c><00:23:07.259><c> 1</c><00:23:07.420><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:07.980><c> chapter</c><00:23:08.539><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:23:15.299><c> just</c><00:23:15.519><c> have</c><00:23:15.599><c> a</c><00:23:15.660><c> look</c><00:23:15.779><c> at</c><00:23:15.880><c> verse</c><00:23:16.160><c> 16.</c>

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Where<00:23:23.700><c> the</c><00:23:23.859><c> apostle</c><00:23:24.160><c> Paul</c><00:23:24.500><c> says,</c>

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Though<00:23:25.660><c> I</c><00:23:26.039><c> preach</c><00:23:26.400><c> the</c><00:23:26.660><c> gospel,</c><00:23:27.599><c> I</c><00:23:27.839><c> have</c><00:23:28.140><c> nothing</c><00:23:28.660><c> to</c><00:23:28.980><c> glory</c><00:23:29.279><c> on,</c>

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for<00:23:30.059><c> necessity</c><00:23:30.920><c> is</c><00:23:31.279><c> laid</c><00:23:31.460><c> upon</c><00:23:31.799><c> me,</c>

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yea<00:23:32.640><c> woe</c><00:23:33.119><c> is</c><00:23:33.240><c> unto</c><00:23:33.539><c> me</c><00:23:33.799><c> if</c><00:23:33.980><c> I</c><00:23:34.299><c> preach</c><00:23:34.660><c> not</c><00:23:35.119><c> the</c><00:23:35.579><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:23:37.420><c> it's</c><00:23:37.640><c> just</c><00:23:38.039><c> like</c><00:23:38.319><c> what</c><00:23:38.519><c> we</c><00:23:38.720><c> read</c><00:23:38.859><c> about</c><00:23:39.140><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:23:39.740><c> isn't</c><00:23:39.960><c> it,</c>

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who<00:23:40.240><c> tried</c><00:23:40.500><c> to</c><00:23:40.779><c> clamp</c><00:23:40.940><c> his</c><00:23:41.180><c> mouth</c><00:23:41.480><c> shut</c><00:23:41.680><c> and</c><00:23:41.859><c> said,</c><00:23:42.079><c> I</c><00:23:42.079><c> couldn't.</c>

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I<00:23:43.599><c> couldn't</c><00:23:43.779><c> do</c><00:23:43.920><c> it.</c><00:23:44.019><c> I</c><00:23:44.180><c> had</c><00:23:44.640><c> to</c><00:23:44.900><c> speak</c><00:23:45.240><c> the</c><00:23:45.420><c> word</c><00:23:45.680><c> of</c><00:23:45.900><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:46.220><c> the</c><00:23:46.319><c> apostle</c><00:23:46.599><c> Paul</c><00:23:46.799><c> is</c><00:23:47.019><c> saying</c><00:23:47.119><c> the</c><00:23:47.319><c> same</c><00:23:47.539><c> thing</c><00:23:47.779><c> here.</c>

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Though<00:23:48.480><c> I</c><00:23:48.680><c> preach</c><00:23:48.900><c> the</c><00:23:49.059><c> gospel,</c><00:23:49.359><c> I've</c><00:23:49.480><c> got</c><00:23:49.640><c> nothing</c><00:23:49.920><c> to</c><00:23:50.099><c> glory</c><00:23:50.180><c> on.</c>

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I<00:23:50.400><c> can't</c><00:23:50.759><c> boast</c><00:23:51.140><c> because</c><00:23:51.440><c> I</c><00:23:51.619><c> go</c><00:23:51.799><c> out</c><00:23:52.039><c> and</c><00:23:52.220><c> preach.</c>

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It's<00:23:53.059><c> not</c><00:23:53.220><c> something</c><00:23:53.460><c> that</c><00:23:53.619><c> I</c><00:23:53.660><c> can</c><00:23:53.920><c> stand</c><00:23:54.140><c> up</c><00:23:54.339><c> and</c><00:23:54.440><c> say,</c><00:23:54.779><c> aren't</c><00:23:54.779><c> I</c><00:23:55.000><c> great</c><00:23:55.259><c> because</c><00:23:55.519><c> I'm</c><00:23:55.779><c> preaching,</c>

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because<00:23:57.319><c> I've</c><00:23:57.619><c> got</c><00:23:57.839><c> to</c><00:23:58.019><c> do</c><00:23:58.259><c> it.</c>

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Woe<00:24:01.279><c> is</c><00:24:01.460><c> unto</c><00:24:01.799><c> me</c><00:24:02.339><c> if</c><00:24:02.839><c> I</c><00:24:03.200><c> preach</c><00:24:03.680><c> not</c><00:24:04.440><c> the</c><00:24:04.700><c> gospel.</c>

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Verse<00:24:06.400><c> 17,</c><00:24:06.960><c> For</c><00:24:07.099><c> if</c><00:24:07.279><c> I</c><00:24:07.400><c> do</c><00:24:07.579><c> this</c><00:24:07.819><c> thing</c><00:24:07.980><c> willingly</c><00:24:08.319><c> I</c><00:24:08.539><c> have</c><00:24:08.700><c> a</c><00:24:08.880><c> reward,</c>

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but<00:24:09.660><c> if</c><00:24:09.859><c> against</c><00:24:10.180><c> my</c><00:24:10.440><c> will</c><00:24:10.559><c> a</c><00:24:10.839><c> dispensation</c><00:24:11.380><c> of</c><00:24:11.559><c> the</c><00:24:11.720><c> gospel</c>

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is<00:24:12.220><c> committed</c><00:24:12.539><c> unto</c><00:24:12.839><c> me.</c>

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What<00:24:13.460><c> is</c><00:24:13.660><c> my</c><00:24:13.880><c> reward</c><00:24:14.200><c> then?</c><00:24:14.680><c> Verily,</c><00:24:15.099><c> that</c><00:24:15.200><c> when</c><00:24:15.380><c> I</c><00:24:15.579><c> preach</c>

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the<00:24:15.960><c> gospel,</c>

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I<00:24:16.480><c> may</c><00:24:16.660><c> make</c><00:24:16.900><c> the</c><00:24:17.059><c> gospel</c><00:24:17.359><c> of</c><00:24:17.539><c> Christ</c><00:24:17.940><c> without</c><00:24:18.440><c> charge,</c>

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that<00:24:19.660><c> I</c><00:24:19.940><c> abuse</c><00:24:20.420><c> not</c><00:24:20.740><c> my</c><00:24:21.059><c> power</c><00:24:21.460><c> in</c><00:24:21.720><c> the</c><00:24:21.819><c> gospel.</c>

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For<00:24:23.140><c> though</c><00:24:23.400><c> I</c><00:24:23.519><c> be</c><00:24:23.759><c> free</c><00:24:24.099><c> from</c><00:24:24.480><c> all</c><00:24:24.759><c> men,</c><00:24:25.380><c> yet</c><00:24:25.599><c> have</c><00:24:25.859><c> I</c><00:24:25.920><c> made</c>

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myself<00:24:26.680><c> servant</c><00:24:27.160><c> unto</c><00:24:27.539><c> all,</c>

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that<00:24:27.920><c> I</c><00:24:28.099><c> might</c><00:24:28.339><c> gain</c><00:24:28.680><c> the</c><00:24:28.880><c> more.</c>

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To<00:24:29.559><c> the</c><00:24:29.779><c> Jews</c><00:24:29.960><c> I</c><00:24:30.119><c> became</c><00:24:30.460><c> as</c><00:24:30.700><c> a</c><00:24:30.859><c> Jew,</c><00:24:31.019><c> that</c><00:24:31.160><c> I</c><00:24:31.279><c> might</c><00:24:31.440><c> gain</c><00:24:31.720><c> the</c><00:24:31.920><c> Jews.</c>

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To<00:24:32.480><c> them</c><00:24:32.700><c> that</c><00:24:32.839><c> are</c><00:24:32.920><c> under</c><00:24:33.099><c> the</c><00:24:33.380><c> law</c><00:24:33.539><c> is</c><00:24:33.700><c> under</c><00:24:33.900><c> the</c><00:24:34.160><c> law,</c>

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that<00:24:34.480><c> I</c><00:24:34.640><c> might</c><00:24:34.859><c> gain</c><00:24:35.119><c> them</c><00:24:35.359><c> that</c><00:24:35.539><c> are</c><00:24:35.640><c> under</c><00:24:35.900><c> the</c><00:24:36.160><c> law.</c>

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Verse<00:24:38.259><c> 22</c><00:24:38.779><c> says,</c><00:24:39.240><c> To</c><00:24:39.400><c> the</c><00:24:39.660><c> weak</c><00:24:39.940><c> became</c><00:24:40.420><c> I</c><00:24:40.660><c> as</c><00:24:40.880><c> weak,</c><00:24:41.180><c> that</c><00:24:41.299><c> I</c>

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might<00:24:41.680><c> gain</c><00:24:41.980><c> the</c><00:24:42.220><c> weak.</c>

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I<00:24:43.079><c> am</c><00:24:43.799><c> made</c><00:24:44.579><c> all</c><00:24:45.920><c> things</c><00:24:46.779><c> to</c><00:24:47.700><c> all</c><00:24:48.140><c> men,</c><00:24:49.400><c> that</c><00:24:49.640><c> I</c><00:24:49.859><c> might</c><00:24:50.079><c> by</c><00:24:50.559><c> all</c>

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means<00:24:51.579><c> save</c><00:24:52.960><c> some.</c>

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I<00:24:56.579><c> am</c><00:24:57.099><c> made</c><00:24:58.079><c> all</c><00:24:58.799><c> things</c><00:24:59.279><c> to</c><00:24:59.579><c> all</c><00:25:00.019><c> men.</c>

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The<00:25:01.640><c> Spirit</c><00:25:02.079><c> drove</c><00:25:02.720><c> him</c><00:25:03.279><c> to</c><00:25:03.839><c> preach</c><00:25:04.660><c> and</c><00:25:06.619><c> it</c><00:25:06.900><c> gave</c><00:25:07.200><c> him</c><00:25:07.559><c> the</c><00:25:07.839><c> words</c><00:25:08.200><c> to</c>

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do<00:25:08.680><c> it</c><00:25:08.940><c> in</c><00:25:09.079><c> the</c><00:25:09.339><c> appropriate</c><00:25:09.859><c> way.</c>

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The<00:25:14.819><c> preacher,</c><00:25:15.359><c> brothers</c><00:25:15.579><c> and</c><00:25:15.799><c> sisters,</c><00:25:16.960><c> as</c><00:25:17.240><c> we</c><00:25:17.380><c> would</c><00:25:17.619><c> expect,</c><00:25:19.019><c> was</c>

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guided<00:25:19.900><c> by</c><00:25:20.720><c> the</c><00:25:21.059><c> Spirit.</c>

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We<00:25:23.119><c> were</c><00:25:23.339><c> not</c><00:25:23.519><c> surprised,</c><00:25:24.339><c> are</c><00:25:24.500><c> we?</c><00:25:24.680><c> It's</c><00:25:25.000><c> not</c><00:25:25.140><c> a</c><00:25:25.400><c> shock.</c>

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We<00:25:25.839><c> know</c><00:25:26.400><c> Romans</c><00:25:26.920><c> chapter</c><00:25:27.380><c> 10</c><00:25:28.299><c> tells</c><00:25:29.000><c> us</c><00:25:29.200><c> in</c><00:25:29.319><c> verse</c><00:25:29.519><c> 17,</c>

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How<00:25:30.339><c> then</c><00:25:30.599><c> shall</c><00:25:30.759><c> they</c><00:25:30.980><c> call</c><00:25:31.259><c> on</c><00:25:31.579><c> him</c><00:25:31.740><c> in</c><00:25:31.980><c> whom</c><00:25:32.099><c> they</c><00:25:32.299><c> have</c><00:25:32.500><c> not</c><00:25:32.819><c> believed?</c>

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How<00:25:33.559><c> shall</c><00:25:33.700><c> they</c><00:25:33.920><c> believe</c><00:25:34.259><c> in</c><00:25:34.460><c> him</c><00:25:34.640><c> of</c><00:25:34.859><c> whom</c><00:25:35.000><c> they</c><00:25:35.180><c> have</c><00:25:35.400><c> not</c><00:25:35.660><c> heard?</c>

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How<00:25:36.400><c> shall</c><00:25:36.579><c> they</c><00:25:36.859><c> hear</c><00:25:37.200><c> without</c><00:25:37.640><c> a</c><00:25:37.940><c> preacher?</c>

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How<00:25:38.819><c> shall</c><00:25:38.980><c> they</c><00:25:39.220><c> preach</c><00:25:39.579><c> except</c><00:25:39.880><c> they</c><00:25:40.079><c> be</c><00:25:40.339><c> sent?</c>

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:44.460
Verse<00:25:41.680><c> 16</c><00:25:42.160><c> says,</c><00:25:42.559><c> They</c><00:25:42.720><c> have</c><00:25:43.019><c> not</c><00:25:43.279><c> all</c><00:25:43.539><c> obeyed</c><00:25:43.880><c> the</c><00:25:43.980><c> gospel,</c>

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for<00:25:44.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:45.319><c> says,</c><00:25:45.680><c> Lord,</c><00:25:46.039><c> who</c><00:25:46.299><c> hath</c><00:25:46.599><c> believed,</c><00:25:47.240><c> are</c><00:25:47.519><c> report.</c>

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So<00:25:48.380><c> then</c><00:25:48.680><c> faith</c><00:25:48.980><c> comes</c><00:25:49.319><c> by</c><00:25:49.660><c> hearing</c><00:25:50.279><c> and</c><00:25:51.460><c> hearing</c><00:25:52.019><c> by</c><00:25:52.920><c> the</c><00:25:53.200><c> word</c><00:25:53.599><c> of</c><00:25:54.160><c> God.</c>

00:25:55.460 --> 00:26:00.119
The<00:25:55.819><c> preaching</c><00:25:56.180><c> that</c><00:25:56.440><c> was</c><00:25:56.700><c> done</c><00:25:57.359><c> was</c><00:25:57.900><c> done</c><00:25:58.519><c> by</c><00:25:59.200><c> the</c><00:25:59.500><c> guidance</c>

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of<00:26:00.880><c> the</c><00:26:01.220><c> Spirit</c>

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to<00:26:03.420><c> establish</c><00:26:04.099><c> the</c><00:26:04.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:05.099><c> and</c><00:26:05.660><c> to</c><00:26:05.940><c> set</c><00:26:06.160><c> it</c><00:26:06.480><c> up.</c>

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But<00:26:13.599><c> the</c><00:26:13.839><c> spoken</c><00:26:14.119><c> word</c><00:26:14.440><c> wasn't</c><00:26:14.839><c> the</c><00:26:15.079><c> end.</c>

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The<00:26:16.339><c> spoken</c><00:26:16.660><c> word</c><00:26:17.000><c> wasn't</c><00:26:17.480><c> it.</c>

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Because<00:26:20.440><c> then</c><00:26:20.859><c> once</c><00:26:21.200><c> the</c><00:26:21.599><c> apostles</c><00:26:22.099><c> had</c><00:26:22.440><c> gone</c><00:26:22.640><c> and</c><00:26:22.759><c> once</c><00:26:23.000><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:26:23.599><c> gifts</c><00:26:24.019><c> had</c><00:26:24.339><c> gone,</c>

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then<00:26:27.359><c> it</c><00:26:27.500><c> wouldn't</c><00:26:27.839><c> be</c><00:26:28.059><c> up</c><00:26:28.240><c> to</c><00:26:28.440><c> people's</c><00:26:29.019><c> memory.</c>

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:36.200
God<00:26:33.259><c> had</c><00:26:33.819><c> something</c><00:26:34.220><c> else</c><00:26:34.539><c> in</c><00:26:34.819><c> mind.</c>

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And<00:26:36.619><c> again,</c><00:26:38.059><c> it</c><00:26:38.099><c> was</c><00:26:38.279><c> based</c><00:26:38.559><c> on</c><00:26:38.759><c> an</c><00:26:38.900><c> Old</c><00:26:39.119><c> Testament</c><00:26:39.519><c> model.</c>

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:43.380
Just<00:26:40.319><c> come</c><00:26:40.500><c> to</c><00:26:40.640><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:26:41.220><c> in</c><00:26:41.380><c> chapter</c><00:26:41.660><c> 31.</c>

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We<00:26:51.180><c> know</c><00:26:51.400><c> that</c><00:26:51.539><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:26:52.059><c> was</c><00:26:52.720><c> a</c><00:26:53.059><c> spoken</c><00:26:53.440><c> revelation</c><00:26:54.000><c> from</c><00:26:54.259><c> God.</c>

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:58.000
Moses<00:26:55.079><c> stood</c><00:26:55.359><c> up</c><00:26:55.579><c> and</c><00:26:55.740><c> he</c><00:26:56.059><c> spoke</c><00:26:56.339><c> to</c><00:26:56.599><c> the</c><00:26:56.740><c> people.</c>

00:26:58.460 --> 00:27:01.299
Verse<00:26:58.539><c> 1</c><00:26:59.079><c> of</c><00:26:59.319><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:26:59.740><c> 31</c><00:27:00.180><c> tells</c><00:27:00.559><c> us</c><00:27:00.799><c> that.</c>

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:04.400
Moses<00:27:01.920><c> went</c><00:27:02.220><c> and</c><00:27:02.660><c> spake</c><00:27:02.920><c> these</c><00:27:03.220><c> words</c><00:27:03.559><c> unto</c><00:27:03.819><c> all</c><00:27:04.079><c> Israel.</c>

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It's<00:27:04.680><c> the</c><00:27:04.839><c> same</c><00:27:05.000><c> throughout</c><00:27:05.359><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:10.400
It<00:27:06.400><c> is</c><00:27:06.599><c> Moses'</c><00:27:07.019><c> speech</c><00:27:07.700><c> to</c><00:27:08.559><c> the</c><00:27:08.880><c> children</c><00:27:09.240><c> of</c><00:27:09.400><c> Israel.</c>

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:15.500
It<00:27:12.240><c> says</c><00:27:12.440><c> in</c><00:27:12.559><c> verse</c><00:27:12.779><c> 9</c><00:27:13.180><c> of</c><00:27:13.660><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:14.240><c> 31,</c>

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:20.759
Moses<00:27:16.539><c> wrote</c><00:27:17.160><c> this</c><00:27:17.680><c> law</c><00:27:18.160><c> and</c><00:27:19.059><c> delivered</c><00:27:19.599><c> it</c><00:27:19.880><c> unto</c><00:27:20.059><c> the</c><00:27:20.400><c> priests,</c>

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:24.259
the<00:27:20.960><c> sons</c><00:27:21.319><c> of</c><00:27:21.619><c> Levi,</c><00:27:22.359><c> which</c><00:27:22.700><c> bear</c><00:27:23.059><c> the</c><00:27:23.359><c> ark</c><00:27:23.539><c> of</c><00:27:23.799><c> the</c><00:27:23.940><c> covenant</c>

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of<00:27:24.579><c> Yahweh,</c>

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and<00:27:25.619><c> unto</c><00:27:25.880><c> all</c><00:27:26.640><c> the</c><00:27:26.900><c> elders</c><00:27:27.319><c> of</c><00:27:27.740><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:27:28.579><c> if</c><00:27:28.680><c> you</c><00:27:28.819><c> have</c><00:27:28.920><c> a</c><00:27:29.000><c> look</c><00:27:29.140><c> at</c><00:27:29.279><c> verse</c><00:27:29.500><c> 26</c><00:27:30.339><c> of</c><00:27:30.619><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:31.099><c> 31,</c>

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Moses<00:27:32.920><c> commands</c><00:27:33.400><c> the</c><00:27:33.700><c> Levi's</c><00:27:34.039><c> and</c><00:27:34.140><c> says,</c>

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take<00:27:34.759><c> this</c><00:27:35.059><c> book</c><00:27:35.279><c> of</c><00:27:35.500><c> the</c><00:27:35.680><c> law</c><00:27:35.940><c> and</c><00:27:36.480><c> put</c><00:27:36.720><c> it</c><00:27:36.960><c> in</c><00:27:37.140><c> the</c><00:27:37.440><c> side</c><00:27:37.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:38.180><c> ark,</c>

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the<00:27:39.160><c> revised</c><00:27:39.440><c> version,</c><00:27:39.920><c> by</c><00:27:40.640><c> the</c><00:27:41.259><c> side</c><00:27:41.500><c> of</c><00:27:41.700><c> the</c><00:27:41.940><c> ark</c><00:27:42.220><c> of</c><00:27:42.500><c> the</c><00:27:42.700><c> covenant</c><00:27:43.059><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:27:43.779><c> your</c><00:27:44.059><c> God,</c>

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that<00:27:45.380><c> it</c><00:27:45.779><c> may</c><00:27:46.180><c> be</c><00:27:46.559><c> there</c><00:27:47.220><c> for</c><00:27:47.920><c> a</c><00:27:48.079><c> witness</c><00:27:48.779><c> against</c><00:27:50.319><c> thee.</c>

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:57.059
Moses<00:27:55.039><c> received</c><00:27:55.660><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

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He<00:27:57.799><c> spoke</c><00:27:58.380><c> those</c><00:27:58.819><c> words.</c>

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:02.720
He<00:27:59.759><c> had</c><00:28:00.019><c> those</c><00:28:00.460><c> words</c><00:28:00.900><c> written</c><00:28:01.380><c> down</c><00:28:01.819><c> on,</c>

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:08.839
and<00:28:03.660><c> he</c><00:28:03.900><c> then,</c><00:28:04.380><c> it</c><00:28:04.940><c> says,</c><00:28:06.279><c> delivered</c><00:28:06.740><c> them</c><00:28:07.440><c> to</c><00:28:08.039><c> the</c><00:28:08.279><c> priests,</c>

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:13.160
the<00:28:09.539><c> sons</c><00:28:09.859><c> of</c><00:28:10.160><c> Levi,</c><00:28:10.640><c> who</c><00:28:10.779><c> placed</c><00:28:11.079><c> them</c><00:28:11.279><c> by</c><00:28:11.640><c> the</c><00:28:11.940><c> side</c><00:28:12.599><c> of</c><00:28:12.940><c> the</c>

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ark<00:28:13.579><c> of</c><00:28:13.980><c> the</c><00:28:14.180><c> covenant.</c>

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And<00:28:16.119><c> we've</c><00:28:16.259><c> seen</c><00:28:16.440><c> in</c><00:28:16.619><c> the</c><00:28:16.700><c> New</c><00:28:16.859><c> Testament</c><00:28:17.279><c> that</c><00:28:17.480><c> the</c><00:28:17.619><c> words</c><00:28:17.859><c> of</c>

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.799
God<00:28:18.279><c> were</c><00:28:18.680><c> spoken.</c>

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God<00:28:20.740><c> revealed</c><00:28:21.400><c> his</c><00:28:21.819><c> will</c><00:28:22.180><c> through</c><00:28:23.079><c> the</c><00:28:23.559><c> words</c><00:28:24.059><c> of</c><00:28:24.660><c> his</c><00:28:24.920><c> prophets.</c>

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We've<00:28:27.019><c> just</c><00:28:27.220><c> come</c><00:28:27.400><c> to</c><00:28:27.519><c> 1</c><00:28:27.779><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:28.359><c> in</c><00:28:28.579><c> chapter</c><00:28:28.920><c> 15,</c>

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because<00:28:30.960><c> we</c><00:28:31.140><c> will</c><00:28:31.400><c> see</c><00:28:32.079><c> very</c><00:28:32.500><c> similar</c><00:28:32.819><c> language</c><00:28:33.359><c> used</c><00:28:34.400><c> as</c><00:28:36.180><c> what</c><00:28:36.339><c> we</c>

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saw<00:28:37.400><c> in</c><00:28:38.500><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

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1<00:28:41.640><c> Corinthians</c><00:28:42.180><c> chapter</c><00:28:42.599><c> 15</c><00:28:43.759><c> and</c><00:28:44.799><c> verse</c><00:28:45.160><c> 3</c><00:28:45.660><c> says,</c>

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the<00:28:46.900><c> Apostle</c><00:28:47.259><c> Paul</c><00:28:47.519><c> says,</c>

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I<00:28:49.119><c> delivered</c><00:28:49.859><c> unto</c><00:28:50.599><c> you</c><00:28:51.299><c> first</c><00:28:51.920><c> of</c><00:28:52.180><c> all</c><00:28:52.619><c> that</c><00:28:53.019><c> which</c><00:28:53.319><c> I</c><00:28:53.599><c> also</c><00:28:54.039><c> received,</c>

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:58.380
how<00:28:55.259><c> that</c><00:28:55.460><c> Christ</c><00:28:55.799><c> died</c><00:28:56.200><c> for</c><00:28:56.539><c> our</c><00:28:56.799><c> sins</c><00:28:57.079><c> according</c><00:28:57.519><c> to</c><00:28:57.740><c> the</c><00:28:57.960><c> Scriptures.</c>

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So<00:28:58.799><c> the</c><00:28:58.940><c> Apostle</c><00:28:59.339><c> Paul</c><00:28:59.559><c> says,</c>

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I<00:29:00.220><c> was</c><00:29:00.539><c> given</c><00:29:00.720><c> it,</c><00:29:01.299><c> and</c><00:29:01.460><c> then</c><00:29:01.619><c> I</c><00:29:01.940><c> delivered</c><00:29:02.180><c> it</c><00:29:02.480><c> to</c><00:29:02.619><c> you,</c><00:29:03.180><c> just</c>

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:05.140
like<00:29:03.660><c> Moses</c><00:29:04.099><c> did.</c>

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And<00:29:06.599><c> you'll</c><00:29:06.799><c> note</c><00:29:06.920><c> the</c><00:29:07.079><c> position</c><00:29:07.440><c> of</c><00:29:07.700><c> the</c><00:29:07.859><c> scroll</c><00:29:08.079><c> of</c><00:29:08.279><c> the</c><00:29:08.460><c> law</c>

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beside<00:29:09.420><c> the</c><00:29:09.980><c> ark,</c>

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:20.720
the<00:29:13.619><c> place</c><00:29:13.920><c> of</c><00:29:14.240><c> the</c><00:29:14.440><c> body</c><00:29:14.880><c> of</c><00:29:15.500><c> the</c><00:29:15.700><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:16.259><c> of</c><00:29:16.880><c> Christ</c><00:29:17.640><c> beside</c><00:29:18.740><c> the</c><00:29:19.640><c> ark.</c>

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:26.059
And<00:29:22.140><c> this</c><00:29:22.319><c> idea</c><00:29:22.559><c> of</c><00:29:23.039><c> receiving</c><00:29:23.559><c> and</c><00:29:24.019><c> delivering</c><00:29:24.440><c> is</c><00:29:25.160><c> a</c><00:29:25.480><c> theme</c>

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:27.900
throughout<00:29:27.119><c> the</c><00:29:27.279><c> New</c><00:29:27.480><c> Testament.</c>

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:34.039
Come<00:29:28.180><c> back</c><00:29:28.480><c> to</c><00:29:28.960><c> chapter</c><00:29:29.259><c> 11</c><00:29:29.700><c> of</c><00:29:30.000><c> 1</c><00:29:30.200><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:30.940><c> and</c><00:29:31.819><c> verse</c><00:29:32.480><c> 23.</c>

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:40.299
Actually,<00:29:38.400><c> just</c><00:29:38.559><c> look</c><00:29:38.759><c> at</c><00:29:38.920><c> verse</c><00:29:39.079><c> 2.</c>

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:42.180
Let's<00:29:40.599><c> begin</c><00:29:40.819><c> with</c><00:29:41.059><c> verse</c><00:29:41.339><c> 23.</c>

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:44.000
The<00:29:42.700><c> Apostle</c><00:29:43.019><c> Paul</c><00:29:43.180><c> says</c><00:29:43.400><c> in</c><00:29:43.539><c> verse</c><00:29:43.759><c> 2,</c>

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:47.019
Now<00:29:44.099><c> I</c><00:29:44.440><c> praise</c><00:29:44.759><c> you,</c><00:29:45.140><c> brethren,</c><00:29:45.819><c> that</c><00:29:45.940><c> ye</c><00:29:46.140><c> remember</c><00:29:46.579><c> me</c><00:29:46.900><c> in</c>

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.680
all<00:29:47.299><c> things,</c>

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and<00:29:48.160><c> keep</c><00:29:48.539><c> the</c><00:29:48.940><c> ordinances,</c><00:29:49.920><c> or</c><00:29:50.059><c> the</c><00:29:50.319><c> traditions,</c><00:29:50.799><c> or</c><00:29:50.920><c> the</c><00:29:51.180><c> commandments,</c>

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as<00:29:52.359><c> I</c><00:29:53.019><c> delivered</c><00:29:53.440><c> them</c><00:29:53.759><c> to</c><00:29:54.000><c> you.</c>

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:59.039
So<00:29:55.680><c> the</c><00:29:55.819><c> Apostle</c><00:29:56.160><c> Paul</c><00:29:56.339><c> is</c><00:29:56.539><c> able</c><00:29:56.799><c> to</c><00:29:57.099><c> say</c><00:29:57.440><c> in</c><00:29:57.880><c> 1</c><00:29:58.140><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:58.579><c> 11,</c>

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:03.119
And<00:29:59.099><c> there</c><00:29:59.299><c> was</c><00:30:00.420><c> a</c><00:30:00.759><c> written</c><00:30:01.019><c> record</c><00:30:01.579><c> of</c><00:30:01.799><c> the</c><00:30:01.980><c> words</c><00:30:02.380><c> of</c><00:30:02.599><c> God,</c>

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which<00:30:03.599><c> was</c><00:30:03.920><c> delivered</c><00:30:04.299><c> to</c><00:30:04.539><c> you,</c><00:30:05.079><c> which</c><00:30:05.380><c> you</c><00:30:05.660><c> have</c><00:30:06.039><c> kept.</c>

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:14.180
And<00:30:10.720><c> just</c><00:30:10.880><c> look</c><00:30:11.079><c> at</c><00:30:11.359><c> verse</c><00:30:12.039><c> 23.</c>

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:22.980
For<00:30:15.940><c> I</c><00:30:16.200><c> have</c><00:30:16.380><c> received</c><00:30:16.960><c> of</c><00:30:17.180><c> the</c><00:30:17.400><c> law</c><00:30:17.859><c> that</c><00:30:19.059><c> which</c><00:30:19.400><c> also</c><00:30:19.779><c> I</c><00:30:20.180><c> delivered</c><00:30:20.940><c> unto</c><00:30:21.599><c> you.</c>

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:27.839
Moses<00:30:23.539><c> received</c><00:30:24.279><c> the</c><00:30:24.599><c> law</c><00:30:25.160><c> and</c><00:30:26.059><c> delivered</c><00:30:26.400><c> it</c><00:30:26.960><c> to</c><00:30:27.160><c> the</c><00:30:27.400><c> priests.</c>

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:31.759
And<00:30:28.319><c> the</c><00:30:28.460><c> Apostle</c><00:30:28.900><c> Paul</c><00:30:29.059><c> is</c><00:30:29.640><c> making</c><00:30:30.220><c> that</c><00:30:30.660><c> same</c><00:30:31.039><c> claim</c><00:30:31.400><c> for</c>

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himself<00:30:32.299><c> and</c><00:30:32.640><c> for</c><00:30:32.980><c> his</c><00:30:33.640><c> writings,</c>

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:38.299
that<00:30:34.519><c> they</c><00:30:34.680><c> were</c><00:30:34.960><c> received</c><00:30:35.460><c> of</c><00:30:35.700><c> God</c><00:30:36.059><c> and</c><00:30:36.500><c> that</c><00:30:36.579><c> they</c><00:30:36.720><c> were</c><00:30:37.000><c> delivered</c><00:30:37.440><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:38.599><c> ecclesians.</c>

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And<00:30:42.980><c> it</c><00:30:43.079><c> gives</c><00:30:43.299><c> us</c><00:30:43.519><c> this</c><00:30:43.799><c> picture,</c><00:30:44.160><c> doesn't</c><00:30:44.420><c> it,</c><00:30:44.619><c> of</c><00:30:45.660><c> the</c><00:30:46.119><c> inspired</c><00:30:47.119><c> writing</c><00:30:47.880><c> of</c>

00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:49.559
the<00:30:48.779><c> Apostle</c><00:30:49.259><c> Paul.</c>

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:53.599
It<00:30:50.099><c> wasn't</c><00:30:50.460><c> his</c><00:30:50.880><c> words.</c><00:30:51.700><c> It</c><00:30:51.839><c> wasn't</c><00:30:52.200><c> his</c><00:30:52.640><c> message.</c><00:30:53.160><c> It</c><00:30:53.220><c> wasn't</c>

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his<00:30:54.019><c> preaching.</c>

00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:59.319
He<00:30:55.079><c> was</c><00:30:55.579><c> given</c><00:30:56.299><c> those</c><00:30:56.740><c> words</c><00:30:57.599><c> to</c><00:30:58.359><c> write</c><00:30:58.740><c> down.</c>

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:03.000
It's<00:30:59.680><c> interesting,</c><00:31:00.079><c> in</c><00:31:00.140><c> Romans</c><00:31:00.440><c> chapter</c><00:31:00.839><c> 2,</c><00:31:01.859><c> Paul</c><00:31:01.859><c> talks</c><00:31:02.180><c> about</c><00:31:02.519><c> my</c>

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gospel,<00:31:03.900><c> which</c><00:31:04.259><c> was</c><00:31:04.500><c> delivered.</c>

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:07.559
He<00:31:05.460><c> makes</c><00:31:05.700><c> two</c><00:31:06.160><c> references</c><00:31:06.559><c> to</c><00:31:06.839><c> my</c><00:31:07.220><c> gospel.</c>

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:11.480
Romans<00:31:07.880><c> 2</c><00:31:08.180><c> verse</c><00:31:08.319><c> 16</c><00:31:08.819><c> and</c><00:31:08.920><c> Romans</c><00:31:09.240><c> 16</c><00:31:09.779><c> verse</c><00:31:10.079><c> 25.</c>

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:18.759
But<00:31:14.059><c> just</c><00:31:14.259><c> have</c><00:31:14.420><c> a</c><00:31:14.559><c> quick</c><00:31:14.700><c> look</c><00:31:14.900><c> at</c><00:31:15.140><c> 2</c><00:31:15.400><c> Timothy</c><00:31:15.960><c> in</c><00:31:16.220><c> chapter</c><00:31:16.539><c> 2.</c>

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References<00:31:23.259><c> to</c><00:31:23.480><c> my</c><00:31:23.759><c> gospel</c><00:31:24.259><c> might</c><00:31:25.019><c> lead</c><00:31:25.559><c> us</c><00:31:25.880><c> to</c><00:31:26.099><c> think</c><00:31:26.319><c> that</c>

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:29.799
Paul<00:31:26.839><c> was</c><00:31:27.119><c> taking</c><00:31:27.460><c> some</c><00:31:27.759><c> ownership</c><00:31:28.180><c> of</c><00:31:28.480><c> the</c><00:31:28.680><c> message.</c>

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But<00:31:30.299><c> that's</c><00:31:30.619><c> not</c><00:31:30.920><c> the</c><00:31:31.160><c> case.</c>

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:34.880
2<00:31:32.099><c> Timothy</c><00:31:32.599><c> chapter</c><00:31:33.160><c> 2</c><00:31:33.519><c> and</c><00:31:33.799><c> verse</c><00:31:34.059><c> 8.</c>

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:41.519
Remember,<00:31:39.779><c> says</c><00:31:39.920><c> 2</c><00:31:40.279><c> Timothy</c><00:31:40.720><c> 2</c><00:31:41.019><c> verse</c><00:31:41.299><c> 8,</c>

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that<00:31:41.720><c> Jesus</c><00:31:42.180><c> Christ</c><00:31:42.619><c> of</c><00:31:42.799><c> the</c><00:31:42.980><c> seed</c><00:31:43.119><c> of</c><00:31:43.380><c> David</c><00:31:43.640><c> was</c><00:31:43.920><c> raised</c><00:31:44.339><c> from</c><00:31:44.640><c> the</c>

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:48.079
dead<00:31:45.240><c> according</c><00:31:46.079><c> to</c><00:31:46.599><c> my</c><00:31:46.859><c> gospel,</c>

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:51.299
wherein<00:31:48.799><c> I</c><00:31:49.160><c> suffered</c><00:31:49.380><c> trouble</c><00:31:49.799><c> as</c><00:31:50.019><c> an</c><00:31:50.240><c> evil</c><00:31:50.460><c> doer</c><00:31:50.740><c> even</c><00:31:50.960><c> unto</c>

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:55.039
bonds,<00:31:52.059><c> but</c><00:31:52.299><c> the</c><00:31:52.599><c> word</c><00:31:52.920><c> of</c><00:31:53.299><c> God</c><00:31:53.720><c> is</c><00:31:54.299><c> not</c><00:31:54.680><c> bound.</c>

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:58.660
And<00:31:55.359><c> there</c><00:31:55.460><c> is</c><00:31:55.599><c> this</c><00:31:55.839><c> equation</c><00:31:56.359><c> with</c><00:31:56.799><c> the</c><00:31:57.119><c> my</c><00:31:57.400><c> gospel,</c><00:31:58.359><c> which</c>

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:02.200
Paul<00:31:58.960><c> has</c><00:31:59.299><c> preached,</c><00:31:59.940><c> and</c><00:32:00.140><c> the</c><00:32:00.339><c> word</c><00:32:00.720><c> of</c><00:32:01.039><c> God.</c>

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:09.960
Paul<00:32:05.039><c> never</c><00:32:05.519><c> claims</c><00:32:06.740><c> that</c><00:32:08.299><c> the</c><00:32:08.480><c> ideas</c><00:32:08.940><c> or</c><00:32:09.200><c> the</c><00:32:09.440><c> thoughts</c><00:32:09.759><c> or</c>

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:13.859
the<00:32:10.240><c> words</c><00:32:10.619><c> of</c><00:32:10.900><c> these</c><00:32:11.180><c> letters</c><00:32:11.839><c> were</c><00:32:12.700><c> his.</c>

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:20.559
We<00:32:17.460><c> read</c><00:32:17.940><c> the</c><00:32:18.299><c> gospel</c><00:32:18.660><c> of</c><00:32:18.900><c> Luke</c><00:32:19.160><c> and</c><00:32:19.500><c> chapter</c><00:32:19.799><c> 1.</c><00:32:20.319><c> Let's</c><00:32:20.319><c> go</c>

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:22.200
over<00:32:20.720><c> there.</c>

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:32.480
This<00:32:28.819><c> introduction,</c><00:32:29.619><c> this</c><00:32:29.819><c> preface</c><00:32:30.279><c> to</c><00:32:30.559><c> the</c><00:32:30.680><c> gospel</c><00:32:31.059><c> of</c><00:32:31.319><c> Luke,</c><00:32:31.940><c> gives</c><00:32:32.119><c> us</c><00:32:32.380><c> a</c>

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:36.819
really<00:32:33.220><c> clear</c><00:32:33.519><c> picture</c><00:32:34.119><c> of</c><00:32:34.359><c> this</c><00:32:34.700><c> process</c><00:32:35.440><c> that</c><00:32:36.000><c> we</c><00:32:36.200><c> have</c><00:32:36.460><c> seen.</c>

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:42.099
That<00:32:37.819><c> the</c><00:32:38.519><c> word</c><00:32:38.759><c> of</c><00:32:39.019><c> God</c><00:32:39.240><c> was</c><00:32:39.859><c> spoken</c><00:32:40.460><c> by</c><00:32:40.799><c> the</c><00:32:41.039><c> prophets,</c><00:32:41.940><c> but</c>

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:46.019
then<00:32:42.380><c> written</c><00:32:42.660><c> down</c><00:32:43.339><c> and</c><00:32:43.759><c> delivered</c><00:32:44.299><c> to</c><00:32:44.640><c> the</c><00:32:44.859><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:45.299><c> as</c><00:32:45.759><c> a</c>

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.779
permanent<00:32:46.480><c> record</c><00:32:46.980><c> of</c><00:32:47.240><c> his</c><00:32:47.559><c> will.</c>

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:50.000
Luke<00:32:48.339><c> chapter</c><00:32:48.619><c> 1</c><00:32:48.859><c> and</c><00:32:49.019><c> verse</c><00:32:49.240><c> 1</c><00:32:49.559><c> says,</c>

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:54.720
For<00:32:50.420><c> as</c><00:32:50.640><c> many</c><00:32:51.819><c> have</c><00:32:52.180><c> taken</c><00:32:52.500><c> in</c><00:32:52.859><c> hand</c><00:32:53.119><c> to</c><00:32:53.619><c> set</c><00:32:53.859><c> forth</c><00:32:54.259><c> in</c><00:32:54.420><c> order</c>

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:57.680
a<00:32:54.920><c> declaration</c><00:32:55.539><c> of</c><00:32:55.740><c> those</c><00:32:56.059><c> things</c><00:32:56.339><c> which</c><00:32:56.539><c> are</c><00:32:56.799><c> most</c><00:32:57.299><c> surely</c>

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:59.000
believed<00:32:58.240><c> among</c><00:32:58.619><c> us,</c>

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:05.039
even<00:32:59.640><c> as</c><00:32:59.960><c> they</c><00:33:00.200><c> delivered</c><00:33:00.519><c> them</c><00:33:00.779><c> unto</c><00:33:01.019><c> us,</c><00:33:01.519><c> the</c><00:33:02.000><c> same</c><00:33:02.839><c> expression,</c><00:33:03.900><c> the</c><00:33:03.980><c> same</c><00:33:04.299><c> idea</c><00:33:04.720><c> of</c>

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.220
this<00:33:05.339><c> deliverance,</c>

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:13.980
which<00:33:07.039><c> from</c><00:33:07.380><c> the</c><00:33:07.579><c> beginning</c><00:33:08.019><c> were</c><00:33:08.420><c> eyewitnesses</c><00:33:10.019><c> and</c><00:33:10.460><c> ministers</c><00:33:11.220><c> of</c><00:33:12.579><c> the</c><00:33:12.920><c> word.</c>

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:19.420
That<00:33:15.240><c> idea</c><00:33:16.059><c> of</c><00:33:16.299><c> ministers</c><00:33:16.759><c> of</c><00:33:17.000><c> the</c><00:33:17.160><c> word</c><00:33:17.400><c> is</c><00:33:17.940><c> a</c><00:33:18.119><c> really</c><00:33:18.380><c> important</c><00:33:18.920><c> one.</c>

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:24.420
Just<00:33:20.079><c> come</c><00:33:20.319><c> to</c><00:33:20.440><c> Luke</c><00:33:20.640><c> chapter</c><00:33:21.039><c> 4</c><00:33:21.700><c> and</c><00:33:21.880><c> have</c><00:33:22.019><c> a</c><00:33:22.099><c> look</c><00:33:22.279><c> at</c><00:33:22.420><c> verse</c><00:33:22.900><c> 22.</c>

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:35.880
Jesus<00:33:30.440><c> has</c><00:33:31.039><c> read</c><00:33:31.920><c> for</c><00:33:32.539><c> them,</c><00:33:33.319><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:33.900><c> chapter</c><00:33:34.259><c> 61</c><00:33:34.859><c> verses</c><00:33:35.259><c> 1</c>

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.940
and<00:33:36.240><c> 2,</c><00:33:37.460><c> verses</c><00:33:37.740><c> 18</c><00:33:38.240><c> and</c><00:33:38.380><c> 19.</c>

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:44.259
And<00:33:39.099><c> in</c><00:33:39.279><c> verse</c><00:33:39.480><c> 20,</c><00:33:40.619><c> he</c><00:33:40.700><c> closed</c><00:33:41.200><c> the</c><00:33:41.500><c> book</c><00:33:41.920><c> and</c><00:33:43.039><c> he</c><00:33:43.259><c> gave</c><00:33:43.440><c> it</c><00:33:43.700><c> again</c><00:33:44.000><c> to</c>

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:47.039
the<00:33:44.519><c> minister</c><00:33:45.059><c> and</c><00:33:46.240><c> sat</c><00:33:46.500><c> down.</c>

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:49.279
And<00:33:47.460><c> the</c><00:33:47.559><c> eyes</c><00:33:47.779><c> of</c><00:33:47.960><c> all</c><00:33:48.200><c> them</c><00:33:48.339><c> that</c><00:33:48.480><c> were</c><00:33:48.640><c> in</c><00:33:48.759><c> the</c><00:33:48.940><c> synagogue</c>

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were<00:33:49.660><c> fastened</c><00:33:50.220><c> on</c><00:33:50.460><c> him.</c>

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:56.240
The<00:33:51.740><c> minister</c><00:33:52.299><c> was</c><00:33:53.420><c> the</c><00:33:53.680><c> one</c><00:33:54.079><c> in</c><00:33:54.400><c> the</c><00:33:54.619><c> synagogue</c><00:33:55.160><c> who</c><00:33:55.819><c> spoke</c>

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:58.579
the<00:33:56.500><c> words</c><00:33:56.900><c> of</c><00:33:57.140><c> God</c><00:33:57.420><c> from</c><00:33:57.700><c> the</c><00:33:57.880><c> Old</c><00:33:58.079><c> Testament.</c>

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:02.039
He<00:33:59.140><c> was</c><00:33:59.339><c> the</c><00:33:59.500><c> one</c><00:33:59.680><c> who</c><00:33:59.920><c> taught</c><00:34:00.220><c> the</c><00:34:00.480><c> people</c><00:34:00.799><c> the</c><00:34:01.079><c> words</c><00:34:01.460><c> of</c><00:34:01.740><c> God.</c>

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:04.200
And<00:34:02.440><c> on</c><00:34:02.559><c> this</c><00:34:02.700><c> occasion,</c><00:34:03.039><c> he</c><00:34:03.220><c> had</c><00:34:03.420><c> delivered</c><00:34:03.700><c> the</c><00:34:03.900><c> book</c><00:34:04.019><c> to</c>

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:06.940
Jesus<00:34:04.519><c> that</c><00:34:04.720><c> Jesus</c><00:34:05.180><c> might</c><00:34:05.579><c> read</c><00:34:06.140><c> from</c><00:34:06.420><c> it.</c>

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:10.699
And<00:34:07.279><c> then</c><00:34:07.500><c> Jesus</c><00:34:08.059><c> gives</c><00:34:08.579><c> the</c><00:34:08.860><c> book</c><00:34:09.099><c> back</c><00:34:09.739><c> to</c><00:34:10.119><c> the</c><00:34:10.380><c> minister.</c>

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:15.440
It's<00:34:11.059><c> the</c><00:34:11.179><c> same</c><00:34:11.460><c> word</c><00:34:11.980><c> as</c><00:34:12.460><c> here</c><00:34:12.719><c> in</c><00:34:12.880><c> Luke</c><00:34:13.039><c> chapter</c><00:34:13.400><c> 1</c><00:34:13.780><c> and</c><00:34:14.239><c> verse</c><00:34:14.719><c> 2,</c>

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:20.500
an<00:34:15.800><c> attendant</c><00:34:16.559><c> to</c><00:34:18.519><c> the</c><00:34:19.159><c> word.</c>

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And<00:34:24.159><c> now</c><00:34:24.400><c> come</c><00:34:24.639><c> to</c><00:34:24.820><c> Acts</c><00:34:25.039><c> chapter</c><00:34:25.420><c> 13.</c>

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:30.239
Keep<00:34:28.559><c> something</c><00:34:28.780><c> in</c><00:34:28.960><c> Luke.</c><00:34:29.300><c> We'll</c><00:34:29.460><c> be</c><00:34:29.599><c> going</c><00:34:29.699><c> back</c><00:34:29.960><c> to</c><00:34:30.059><c> Luke</c>

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.760
chapter<00:34:30.500><c> 1.</c>

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:36.400
But<00:34:30.960><c> Acts</c><00:34:31.159><c> chapter</c><00:34:31.480><c> 13</c><00:34:32.599><c> and</c><00:34:33.280><c> verse</c><00:34:33.860><c> 5,</c><00:34:34.420><c> having</c><00:34:34.739><c> sort</c><00:34:35.420><c> of</c><00:34:35.599><c> understood</c><00:34:36.059><c> what</c>

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:39.019
the<00:34:36.920><c> role</c><00:34:37.340><c> of</c><00:34:37.639><c> this</c><00:34:38.000><c> minister</c><00:34:38.440><c> was,</c>

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:43.960
he<00:34:39.539><c> was</c><00:34:39.800><c> the</c><00:34:39.980><c> one</c><00:34:40.320><c> who</c><00:34:41.760><c> spoke</c><00:34:42.260><c> the</c><00:34:42.599><c> words</c><00:34:42.860><c> of</c><00:34:43.139><c> God</c><00:34:43.280><c> in</c><00:34:43.480><c> the</c><00:34:43.659><c> synagogue.</c>

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:48.079
And<00:34:44.099><c> he</c><00:34:44.119><c> was</c><00:34:44.340><c> also</c><00:34:44.539><c> the</c><00:34:44.659><c> one</c><00:34:44.800><c> who</c><00:34:45.039><c> led</c><00:34:45.280><c> the</c><00:34:45.559><c> learning,</c><00:34:46.340><c> the</c><00:34:46.619><c> memorization</c><00:34:47.480><c> of</c>

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:49.780
the<00:34:48.320><c> word</c><00:34:48.559><c> of</c><00:34:48.880><c> God.</c>

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:55.320
Just<00:34:51.260><c> look</c><00:34:51.440><c> at</c><00:34:51.559><c> Acts</c><00:34:51.760><c> 13</c><00:34:52.619><c> and</c><00:34:53.260><c> verse</c><00:34:53.639><c> 5.</c>

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:59.920
When<00:34:56.659><c> they're</c><00:34:56.920><c> at</c><00:34:57.179><c> Salamis,</c><00:34:58.199><c> they</c><00:34:58.400><c> preached</c><00:34:58.840><c> the</c><00:34:59.099><c> word</c><00:34:59.300><c> of</c><00:34:59.480><c> God</c><00:34:59.659><c> in</c>

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.380
the<00:35:00.139><c> synagogues</c><00:35:00.539><c> of</c><00:35:00.719><c> the</c><00:35:00.960><c> Jews.</c>

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:07.699
And<00:35:02.260><c> they</c><00:35:02.440><c> had</c><00:35:02.760><c> also</c><00:35:03.440><c> John,</c><00:35:04.480><c> John</c><00:35:05.039><c> Marr,</c><00:35:06.199><c> to</c><00:35:06.500><c> their</c><00:35:07.059><c> minister.</c>

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:11.320
It's<00:35:08.019><c> the</c><00:35:08.139><c> same</c><00:35:08.420><c> word</c><00:35:08.780><c> as</c><00:35:09.239><c> the</c><00:35:09.360><c> word</c><00:35:09.559><c> used</c><00:35:09.760><c> in</c><00:35:09.940><c> Luke</c><00:35:10.099><c> 1</c><00:35:10.320><c> and</c><00:35:10.440><c> Luke</c><00:35:10.780><c> 4,</c>

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:14.420
the<00:35:11.739><c> minister</c><00:35:12.380><c> of</c><00:35:13.260><c> the</c><00:35:13.519><c> word.</c>

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:18.019
And<00:35:15.659><c> so</c><00:35:15.739><c> what</c><00:35:15.880><c> we</c><00:35:16.139><c> have</c><00:35:16.300><c> then</c><00:35:16.460><c> is</c><00:35:16.599><c> a</c><00:35:16.820><c> picture</c><00:35:17.139><c> of</c><00:35:17.380><c> the</c><00:35:17.599><c> apostles</c>

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:21.820
who<00:35:18.280><c> go</c><00:35:18.460><c> out</c><00:35:18.699><c> and</c><00:35:18.860><c> who</c><00:35:19.119><c> preach,</c><00:35:20.019><c> given</c><00:35:20.099><c> the</c><00:35:20.380><c> words</c><00:35:20.599><c> to</c><00:35:20.880><c> preach.</c>

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.960
But<00:35:22.579><c> then</c><00:35:23.099><c> there</c><00:35:23.579><c> was</c><00:35:23.820><c> some</c><00:35:24.139><c> sort</c><00:35:24.340><c> of</c><00:35:24.659><c> formal</c><00:35:25.019><c> learning</c><00:35:25.539><c> and</c>

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.960
teaching<00:35:26.420><c> process</c>

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:30.519
whereby<00:35:27.320><c> they</c><00:35:27.719><c> memorized</c><00:35:28.500><c> the</c><00:35:28.940><c> words</c><00:35:29.300><c> of</c><00:35:29.500><c> God</c><00:35:29.780><c> that</c><00:35:30.000><c> had</c><00:35:30.280><c> been</c>

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.539
preached<00:35:30.800><c> to</c><00:35:31.139><c> them.</c>

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:35.940
And<00:35:31.940><c> Acts</c><00:35:32.119><c> 13</c><00:35:32.500><c> verse</c><00:35:32.800><c> 5</c><00:35:33.159><c> tells</c><00:35:33.480><c> us</c><00:35:33.719><c> that</c><00:35:34.760><c> that</c><00:35:35.059><c> job</c><00:35:35.300><c> was</c><00:35:35.599><c> given</c>

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:37.599
to<00:35:36.300><c> John</c><00:35:36.760><c> Marr,</c>

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:41.139
who<00:35:37.820><c> having</c><00:35:38.039><c> been</c><00:35:38.380><c> a</c><00:35:38.760><c> minister</c><00:35:39.079><c> in</c><00:35:39.300><c> the</c><00:35:39.480><c> synagogue,</c><00:35:40.659><c> was</c><00:35:40.840><c> able</c>

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:43.400
then,<00:35:42.039><c> directed</c><00:35:42.400><c> by</c><00:35:42.719><c> the</c><00:35:43.039><c> Spirit,</c>

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:47.260
to<00:35:44.059><c> teach</c><00:35:44.639><c> the</c><00:35:45.019><c> people</c><00:35:45.480><c> the</c><00:35:46.059><c> words</c><00:35:46.440><c> that</c><00:35:46.679><c> they</c><00:35:46.980><c> needed.</c>

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:54.159
And<00:35:47.760><c> it</c><00:35:47.900><c> was</c><00:35:48.139><c> these</c><00:35:49.039><c> ministers</c><00:35:49.619><c> of</c><00:35:49.960><c> the</c><00:35:50.219><c> word</c><00:35:50.679><c> who</c><00:35:51.639><c> had</c><00:35:51.900><c> delivered</c><00:35:52.679><c> their</c>

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:55.820
message<00:35:55.019><c> to</c><00:35:55.440><c> Luke,</c>

00:35:55.820 --> 00:36:02.099
who<00:35:56.199><c> had</c><00:35:56.460><c> been</c><00:35:56.780><c> teaching</c><00:35:57.260><c> the</c><00:35:57.480><c> people</c><00:35:58.099><c> the</c><00:35:58.539><c> gospel</c><00:35:59.460><c> given</c><00:36:01.760><c> by</c>

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:03.280
the<00:36:02.360><c> Spirit.</c>

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:07.099
Back<00:36:04.019><c> in</c><00:36:04.159><c> Luke</c><00:36:04.340><c> chapter</c><00:36:04.639><c> 1</c><00:36:04.820><c> at</c><00:36:05.039><c> the</c><00:36:05.139><c> end</c><00:36:05.599><c> of</c><00:36:06.219><c> that</c><00:36:06.360><c> little</c><00:36:06.699><c> section</c><00:36:06.980><c> that</c>

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:09.659
we<00:36:07.280><c> read</c><00:36:07.460><c> in</c><00:36:07.659><c> verse</c><00:36:07.920><c> 4,</c>

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:12.219
Luke<00:36:10.239><c> says</c><00:36:10.679><c> that</c><00:36:11.280><c> he's</c><00:36:11.440><c> written</c><00:36:11.659><c> these</c><00:36:11.940><c> things,</c>

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:15.480
that<00:36:12.440><c> thou</c><00:36:12.659><c> mightest</c><00:36:13.260><c> know</c><00:36:13.500><c> the</c><00:36:13.840><c> certainty</c><00:36:14.280><c> of</c><00:36:14.500><c> those</c><00:36:14.860><c> things</c>

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:18.619
wherein<00:36:16.019><c> thou</c><00:36:16.400><c> hast</c><00:36:16.699><c> been</c><00:36:17.219><c> instructed.</c>

00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:22.500
The<00:36:19.579><c> revised</c><00:36:19.820><c> version</c><00:36:20.079><c> of</c><00:36:20.079><c> margin</c><00:36:20.420><c> has</c><00:36:20.699><c> which</c><00:36:21.019><c> thou</c><00:36:21.320><c> was</c><00:36:21.659><c> taught</c><00:36:22.099><c> by</c>

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.579
word<00:36:22.960><c> of</c><00:36:23.320><c> mouth.</c>

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:26.840
It<00:36:23.659><c> was</c><00:36:23.900><c> these</c><00:36:24.380><c> ministers,</c><00:36:25.219><c> these</c><00:36:25.559><c> attendants</c><00:36:26.099><c> on</c><00:36:26.320><c> the</c><00:36:26.559><c> word,</c>

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:32.320
who<00:36:27.840><c> taught</c><00:36:28.260><c> the</c><00:36:28.519><c> people</c><00:36:29.380><c> the</c><00:36:31.059><c> gospel.</c>

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:35.980
Theophilists<00:36:33.460><c> had</c><00:36:33.699><c> been</c><00:36:34.000><c> through</c><00:36:34.380><c> this</c><00:36:34.699><c> process.</c>

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:39.019
The<00:36:36.739><c> picture</c><00:36:37.000><c> we</c><00:36:37.260><c> have</c><00:36:37.400><c> of</c><00:36:37.619><c> the</c><00:36:37.719><c> building</c><00:36:38.000><c> of</c><00:36:38.239><c> the</c><00:36:38.320><c> early</c><00:36:38.559><c> ecclesiast,</c>

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:42.880
is<00:36:39.219><c> of</c><00:36:39.360><c> prophets</c><00:36:39.860><c> who</c><00:36:40.380><c> found</c><00:36:40.679><c> out,</c><00:36:41.159><c> inspired</c><00:36:41.599><c> to</c><00:36:41.920><c> preach</c><00:36:42.280><c> the</c><00:36:42.539><c> word,</c>

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:47.079
which<00:36:43.460><c> was</c><00:36:43.659><c> then</c><00:36:43.940><c> memorized</c><00:36:44.340><c> by</c><00:36:44.639><c> the</c><00:36:44.820><c> new</c><00:36:45.000><c> members</c><00:36:45.340><c> of</c><00:36:45.539><c> the</c><00:36:45.760><c> faith</c><00:36:46.199><c> led</c><00:36:46.679><c> by</c>

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:49.760
the<00:36:47.380><c> ministers</c><00:36:47.860><c> of</c><00:36:48.539><c> the</c><00:36:48.800><c> word.</c>

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:56.780
What<00:36:52.380><c> we've</c><00:36:52.579><c> already</c><00:36:52.800><c> said,</c><00:36:53.280><c> people's</c><00:36:53.480><c> memories</c><00:36:53.760><c> are</c><00:36:55.360><c> faulty.</c>

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:02.920
And<00:37:00.039><c> so</c><00:37:00.300><c> verse</c><00:37:00.579><c> 3</c><00:37:00.960><c> of</c><00:37:01.139><c> Luke</c><00:37:01.280><c> chapter</c><00:37:01.619><c> 1</c><00:37:01.880><c> tells</c><00:37:02.260><c> us,</c>

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:10.119
It<00:37:03.780><c> seemed</c><00:37:04.119><c> good</c><00:37:04.619><c> to</c><00:37:04.860><c> me</c><00:37:05.639><c> also,</c><00:37:07.280><c> having</c><00:37:07.559><c> had</c><00:37:07.980><c> perfect</c><00:37:08.719><c> understanding</c><00:37:09.519><c> of</c><00:37:09.760><c> all</c>

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.760
things<00:37:10.440><c> from</c><00:37:10.699><c> the</c><00:37:10.860><c> very</c><00:37:11.219><c> first,</c>

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:19.099
to<00:37:12.480><c> write</c><00:37:13.440><c> unto</c><00:37:13.980><c> thee</c><00:37:14.719><c> in</c><00:37:15.179><c> order,</c><00:37:16.000><c> most</c><00:37:16.320><c> excellent</c><00:37:17.219><c> theophilists.</c>

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:25.099
The<00:37:20.860><c> expansion</c><00:37:21.260><c> of</c><00:37:21.500><c> the</c><00:37:21.780><c> ecclesiast</c><00:37:22.139><c> meant</c><00:37:22.260><c> that</c><00:37:22.519><c> a</c><00:37:22.679><c> more</c><00:37:22.920><c> permanent</c><00:37:23.360><c> record</c><00:37:23.840><c> was</c><00:37:24.159><c> needed.</c>

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:31.260
And<00:37:26.579><c> so</c><00:37:26.780><c> Luke</c><00:37:27.420><c> tells</c><00:37:27.940><c> us</c><00:37:28.420><c> that</c><00:37:29.219><c> it</c><00:37:29.460><c> seemed</c><00:37:29.659><c> good</c><00:37:30.000><c> to</c><00:37:30.360><c> him.</c>

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:36.320
He<00:37:31.900><c> recognized</c><00:37:32.519><c> the</c><00:37:32.840><c> need,</c><00:37:34.760><c> but</c><00:37:35.079><c> he</c><00:37:35.219><c> didn't</c><00:37:35.440><c> do</c><00:37:35.599><c> it</c><00:37:35.820><c> under</c><00:37:36.039><c> his</c>

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.039
own<00:37:36.699><c> steam.</c>

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:43.599
He<00:37:37.639><c> had</c><00:37:38.679><c> perfect</c><00:37:39.599><c> understanding</c><00:37:40.619><c> of</c><00:37:41.380><c> all</c><00:37:41.760><c> things</c><00:37:42.360><c> from</c><00:37:43.300><c> the</c>

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:45.460
very<00:37:44.079><c> first.</c>

00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:49.039
That<00:37:46.219><c> phrase,</c><00:37:46.619><c> the</c><00:37:46.860><c> very</c><00:37:47.300><c> first,</c><00:37:47.820><c> should</c><00:37:48.079><c> be</c><00:37:48.360><c> translated</c>

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:50.800
from<00:37:49.659><c> above.</c>

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:55.420
Look<00:37:51.059><c> at</c><00:37:51.199><c> Matthew</c><00:37:51.559><c> 27</c><00:37:52.219><c> verse</c><00:37:52.500><c> 51,</c><00:37:53.239><c> which</c><00:37:53.280><c> talks</c><00:37:53.579><c> about</c><00:37:54.039><c> the</c><00:37:54.360><c> rending</c><00:37:54.920><c> of</c>

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:59.159
the<00:37:55.940><c> veil</c><00:37:56.239><c> in</c><00:37:56.639><c> the</c><00:37:56.980><c> temple</c><00:37:57.500><c> from</c><00:37:58.019><c> the</c><00:37:58.260><c> top</c><00:37:58.440><c> to</c><00:37:58.639><c> the</c><00:37:58.780><c> bottom.</c>

00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:02.000
We<00:37:59.559><c> could</c><00:37:59.719><c> look</c><00:37:59.940><c> at</c><00:38:00.039><c> James</c><00:38:00.480><c> chapter</c><00:38:00.760><c> 1</c><00:38:01.039><c> verse</c><00:38:01.300><c> 17.</c>

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:05.500
Every<00:38:02.579><c> good</c><00:38:02.820><c> and</c><00:38:03.039><c> every</c><00:38:03.320><c> perfect</c><00:38:03.679><c> gift</c><00:38:03.920><c> cometh</c><00:38:04.239><c> down</c><00:38:04.679><c> from</c><00:38:05.079><c> above.</c>

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:09.380
James<00:38:06.079><c> chapter</c><00:38:06.420><c> 3</c><00:38:06.719><c> verses</c><00:38:07.099><c> 15</c><00:38:07.579><c> and</c><00:38:07.739><c> 17,</c><00:38:08.280><c> the</c><00:38:08.400><c> wisdom</c><00:38:08.820><c> that</c><00:38:09.079><c> is</c>

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:11.199
from<00:38:09.900><c> above.</c>

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:14.519
All<00:38:11.940><c> examples</c><00:38:12.559><c> of</c><00:38:12.820><c> this</c><00:38:13.119><c> word</c><00:38:13.420><c> being</c><00:38:13.860><c> used.</c>

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:18.619
Luke<00:38:15.159><c> is</c><00:38:15.360><c> telling</c><00:38:15.519><c> us</c><00:38:15.699><c> that</c><00:38:15.860><c> he</c><00:38:15.980><c> was</c><00:38:16.219><c> inspired</c><00:38:17.119><c> to</c><00:38:17.639><c> write</c><00:38:17.900><c> this</c><00:38:18.219><c> down.</c>

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:24.880
That<00:38:19.019><c> there</c><00:38:19.920><c> having</c><00:38:20.199><c> been</c><00:38:20.599><c> this</c><00:38:21.139><c> spoken</c><00:38:22.219><c> memorization</c><00:38:23.460><c> of</c><00:38:23.699><c> the</c><00:38:23.920><c> words</c><00:38:24.300><c> of</c><00:38:24.559><c> God,</c>

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:28.460
which<00:38:25.119><c> were</c><00:38:25.340><c> delivered</c><00:38:25.860><c> to</c><00:38:26.940><c> the</c><00:38:27.179><c> attendants</c><00:38:27.579><c> on</c><00:38:27.780><c> the</c><00:38:27.980><c> word</c><00:38:28.159><c> by</c>

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.079
the<00:38:28.739><c> spirit,</c>

00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:33.739
there<00:38:29.480><c> was</c><00:38:29.699><c> now</c><00:38:29.940><c> a</c><00:38:30.219><c> need</c><00:38:30.559><c> for</c><00:38:31.039><c> a</c><00:38:31.300><c> writing</c><00:38:31.679><c> down</c><00:38:32.039><c> of</c><00:38:32.320><c> those</c><00:38:32.679><c> words.</c>

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:40.940
Directed<00:38:36.739><c> by</c><00:38:37.000><c> the</c><00:38:37.300><c> spirit,</c><00:38:38.260><c> given</c><00:38:38.559><c> to</c><00:38:38.900><c> Luke</c><00:38:39.300><c> from</c><00:38:40.079><c> above.</c>

00:38:43.679 --> 00:38:51.019
Why<00:38:44.119><c> would</c><00:38:44.440><c> God</c><00:38:45.019><c> take</c><00:38:46.440><c> less</c><00:38:46.920><c> care</c><00:38:47.800><c> over</c><00:38:48.880><c> the</c><00:38:49.239><c> permanent</c><00:38:49.699><c> written</c><00:38:50.139><c> record</c><00:38:50.739><c> of</c>

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:52.300
his<00:38:51.420><c> word</c>

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:57.079
than<00:38:53.260><c> we</c><00:38:53.519><c> have</c><00:38:53.800><c> seen</c><00:38:54.019><c> he</c><00:38:54.280><c> has</c><00:38:54.579><c> done</c><00:38:54.780><c> with</c><00:38:55.039><c> the</c><00:38:55.380><c> spoken</c><00:38:55.840><c> message,</c>

00:38:57.420 --> 00:39:00.699
which<00:38:57.639><c> he</c><00:38:57.840><c> sent</c><00:38:58.019><c> the</c><00:38:58.260><c> apostles</c><00:38:58.679><c> and</c><00:38:58.940><c> the</c><00:38:59.079><c> prophets</c><00:38:59.440><c> out</c><00:38:59.840><c> with.</c>

00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:18.000
Having<00:39:10.219><c> therefore,</c><00:39:11.940><c> or</c><00:39:12.320><c> moving</c><00:39:12.639><c> on</c><00:39:13.340><c> therefore,</c><00:39:15.320><c> from</c><00:39:15.579><c> the</c><00:39:15.920><c> spoken</c><00:39:16.320><c> message</c><00:39:17.039><c> to</c>

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:19.599
a<00:39:18.199><c> written</c><00:39:18.440><c> record,</c>

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:23.420
there<00:39:20.599><c> was</c><00:39:20.820><c> need</c><00:39:21.000><c> for</c><00:39:21.320><c> some</c><00:39:21.619><c> form</c><00:39:21.920><c> of</c><00:39:22.280><c> confirmation.</c>

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:27.599
The<00:39:24.219><c> apostles,</c><00:39:24.820><c> we</c><00:39:25.380><c> are</c><00:39:25.619><c> told,</c><00:39:26.679><c> had</c><00:39:27.179><c> signs.</c>

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:30.440
In<00:39:27.800><c> fact,</c><00:39:28.119><c> if</c><00:39:28.360><c> we're</c><00:39:28.480><c> in</c><00:39:28.719><c> Luke</c><00:39:28.900><c> 1,</c><00:39:29.440><c> just</c><00:39:29.559><c> look</c><00:39:29.780><c> back</c><00:39:30.059><c> at</c><00:39:30.219><c> Mark</c>

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:31.440
chapter<00:39:30.719><c> 16.</c>

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:35.519
Verse<00:39:32.400><c> 19</c><00:39:32.940><c> says,</c><00:39:33.679><c> So</c><00:39:33.679><c> then</c><00:39:33.880><c> after</c><00:39:34.139><c> the</c><00:39:34.320><c> Lord</c><00:39:34.480><c> had</c><00:39:34.760><c> spoken</c><00:39:35.059><c> unto</c><00:39:35.320><c> them,</c>

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:38.260
he<00:39:35.659><c> was</c><00:39:35.920><c> received</c><00:39:36.280><c> up</c><00:39:36.500><c> into</c><00:39:36.739><c> heaven</c><00:39:37.059><c> and</c><00:39:37.480><c> sat</c><00:39:37.760><c> on</c><00:39:37.920><c> the</c><00:39:38.039><c> right</c>

00:39:38.260 --> 00:39:38.900
hand<00:39:38.440><c> of</c><00:39:38.579><c> God.</c>

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:41.280
And<00:39:39.300><c> they</c><00:39:39.559><c> went</c><00:39:39.800><c> forth</c><00:39:40.139><c> and</c><00:39:40.360><c> preached</c><00:39:40.699><c> everywhere,</c>

00:39:41.579 --> 00:39:44.440
the<00:39:41.699><c> Lord</c><00:39:42.019><c> working</c><00:39:42.420><c> with</c><00:39:42.739><c> them</c><00:39:42.940><c> and</c><00:39:43.179><c> confirming</c><00:39:43.800><c> the</c><00:39:44.159><c> word</c>

00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.440
with<00:39:44.719><c> signs</c><00:39:45.099><c> following.</c>

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:47.739
There<00:39:45.840><c> was</c><00:39:46.099><c> confirmation</c><00:39:46.719><c> of</c><00:39:46.860><c> what</c><00:39:47.000><c> they</c><00:39:47.179><c> were</c><00:39:47.360><c> saying</c><00:39:47.599><c> that</c>

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:48.659
it<00:39:47.900><c> was</c><00:39:48.079><c> from</c><00:39:48.360><c> God</c>

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.659
because<00:39:48.960><c> they</c><00:39:49.119><c> were</c><00:39:49.280><c> doing</c><00:39:49.440><c> miracles</c><00:39:49.980><c> as</c><00:39:50.260><c> well.</c>

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:58.500
But<00:39:55.760><c> books</c><00:39:56.119><c> don't</c><00:39:56.519><c> do</c><00:39:56.719><c> miracles</c><00:39:57.159><c> like</c><00:39:57.500><c> that.</c>

00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:01.800
So<00:39:59.280><c> there</c><00:39:59.400><c> needed</c><00:39:59.659><c> to</c><00:39:59.820><c> be</c><00:40:00.000><c> some</c><00:40:00.340><c> form</c><00:40:00.619><c> of</c><00:40:00.940><c> confirmation</c><00:40:01.440><c> for</c>

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.960
the<00:40:02.000><c> early</c><00:40:02.340><c> ecclesias</c>

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:07.699
that<00:40:03.340><c> these</c><00:40:03.719><c> were</c><00:40:04.400><c> the</c><00:40:05.039><c> written</c><00:40:05.380><c> words</c><00:40:06.159><c> of</c><00:40:06.619><c> God.</c>

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:12.900
It<00:40:09.480><c> was</c><00:40:09.739><c> also</c><00:40:10.000><c> the</c><00:40:10.219><c> case,</c><00:40:10.500><c> we</c><00:40:10.659><c> could</c><00:40:10.840><c> look</c><00:40:11.059><c> at</c><00:40:11.260><c> 2</c><00:40:11.500><c> Thessalonians</c><00:40:12.280><c> chapter</c><00:40:12.619><c> 2,</c>

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:16.280
and<00:40:13.039><c> we</c><00:40:13.280><c> won't,</c><00:40:14.460><c> that</c><00:40:14.559><c> there</c><00:40:14.739><c> were</c><00:40:15.019><c> also</c><00:40:15.360><c> false</c><00:40:15.780><c> records</c>

00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:17.159
being<00:40:16.679><c> written.</c>

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:20.420
2<00:40:17.699><c> Thessalonians</c><00:40:18.360><c> chapter</c><00:40:18.639><c> 2</c><00:40:18.920><c> and</c><00:40:19.059><c> verse</c><00:40:19.260><c> 2,</c><00:40:19.619><c> the</c><00:40:19.699><c> apostle</c><00:40:20.000><c> Paul</c><00:40:20.280><c> is</c>

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.719
telling<00:40:20.559><c> them</c>

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:23.280
to<00:40:20.860><c> ignore</c><00:40:21.219><c> the</c><00:40:21.539><c> forgeries</c><00:40:21.980><c> that</c><00:40:22.139><c> were</c><00:40:22.320><c> done</c><00:40:22.500><c> in</c><00:40:22.719><c> his</c><00:40:22.960><c> name.</c>

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:26.920
People<00:40:23.780><c> were</c><00:40:24.059><c> writing</c><00:40:24.460><c> things</c><00:40:24.940><c> which</c><00:40:25.519><c> weren't</c><00:40:26.300><c> inspired</c>

00:40:26.920 --> 00:40:32.739
and<00:40:27.320><c> passing</c><00:40:27.960><c> them</c><00:40:28.280><c> off</c><00:40:29.260><c> as</c><00:40:30.159><c> the</c><00:40:30.360><c> words</c><00:40:31.079><c> of</c><00:40:31.679><c> the</c><00:40:31.860><c> apostles.</c>

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:39.559
So<00:40:33.719><c> there</c><00:40:33.880><c> was</c><00:40:34.559><c> a</c><00:40:34.940><c> need</c><00:40:35.460><c> for</c><00:40:37.559><c> some</c><00:40:37.880><c> form</c><00:40:38.380><c> of</c><00:40:38.679><c> authentication.</c>

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:44.340
And<00:40:41.699><c> if</c><00:40:41.800><c> you</c><00:40:41.860><c> come</c><00:40:42.039><c> to</c><00:40:42.260><c> 1</c><00:40:42.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:42.880><c> chapter</c><00:40:43.380><c> 12,</c>

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:48.280
that<00:40:44.679><c> tells</c><00:40:45.039><c> us</c><00:40:45.599><c> that</c><00:40:45.800><c> this</c><00:40:46.179><c> was</c><00:40:46.719><c> in</c><00:40:47.000><c> fact</c><00:40:47.260><c> the</c><00:40:47.519><c> case.</c>

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:53.780
1<00:40:48.280><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:51.260><c> chapter</c><00:40:51.659><c> 12</c><00:40:52.079><c> and</c><00:40:52.280><c> verse</c><00:40:52.559><c> 10,</c>

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:58.340
verse<00:40:55.800><c> 8</c><00:40:56.059><c> says,</c><00:40:56.480><c> to</c><00:40:56.480><c> one</c><00:40:56.719><c> is</c><00:40:56.940><c> given</c><00:40:57.159><c> by</c><00:40:57.420><c> the</c><00:40:57.539><c> Spirit</c><00:40:57.780><c> the</c><00:40:58.039><c> word</c>

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:59.780
of<00:40:58.619><c> wisdom.</c>

00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:04.539
Again,<00:41:01.239><c> this</c><00:41:01.380><c> idea</c><00:41:01.679><c> of</c><00:41:02.000><c> prophecy</c><00:41:02.280><c> is</c><00:41:02.579><c> put</c><00:41:02.679><c> at</c><00:41:02.860><c> the</c><00:41:02.940><c> top</c><00:41:03.159><c> of</c><00:41:03.380><c> the</c><00:41:03.599><c> list.</c>

00:41:05.460 --> 00:41:09.659
But<00:41:05.579><c> in</c><00:41:05.800><c> verse</c><00:41:05.960><c> 10</c><00:41:06.239><c> it</c><00:41:06.440><c> says,</c><00:41:07.539><c> to</c><00:41:07.719><c> another</c><00:41:08.239><c> the</c><00:41:08.679><c> working</c><00:41:08.980><c> of</c><00:41:09.280><c> miracles,</c>

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:15.820
to<00:41:09.960><c> another</c><00:41:10.340><c> prophecy,</c><00:41:11.019><c> to</c><00:41:11.079><c> another</c><00:41:11.860><c> discerning</c><00:41:13.119><c> of</c><00:41:14.440><c> spirits.</c>

00:41:18.280 --> 00:41:22.000
So<00:41:18.679><c> there</c><00:41:18.860><c> was</c><00:41:19.500><c> given</c><00:41:20.159><c> a</c><00:41:20.980><c> spirit</c><00:41:21.440><c> gift,</c>

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:26.420
which<00:41:22.579><c> enabled</c><00:41:23.480><c> the</c><00:41:23.840><c> early</c><00:41:24.199><c> ecclesias</c><00:41:24.900><c> to</c><00:41:25.320><c> say,</c>

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:32.780
this<00:41:27.920><c> bit</c><00:41:28.099><c> of</c><00:41:28.280><c> writing</c><00:41:28.480><c> was</c><00:41:28.780><c> inspired,</c><00:41:30.340><c> this</c><00:41:30.659><c> bit</c><00:41:30.860><c> of</c><00:41:31.039><c> writing</c><00:41:31.300><c> wasn't.</c>

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:37.440
This<00:41:34.260><c> gospel</c><00:41:34.840><c> from</c><00:41:35.099><c> Luke</c><00:41:35.619><c> was</c><00:41:36.340><c> inspired.</c>

00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:42.000
This<00:41:38.659><c> other</c><00:41:38.900><c> one,</c><00:41:40.079><c> we</c><00:41:40.340><c> can</c><00:41:40.519><c> just</c><00:41:40.760><c> do</c><00:41:40.980><c> away</c><00:41:41.239><c> with.</c>

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:47.320
And<00:41:43.179><c> so</c><00:41:43.340><c> we</c><00:41:43.460><c> can</c><00:41:43.739><c> see</c><00:41:44.320><c> that</c><00:41:44.679><c> God</c><00:41:45.119><c> is</c><00:41:45.739><c> giving</c><00:41:46.039><c> his</c><00:41:46.480><c> ecclesia</c>

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:51.900
the<00:41:47.699><c> means</c><00:41:48.099><c> to</c><00:41:48.619><c> form</c><00:41:49.059><c> its</c><00:41:49.460><c> own</c><00:41:49.920><c> set</c><00:41:50.320><c> of</c><00:41:50.820><c> books.</c>

00:41:52.539 --> 00:41:55.699
It<00:41:52.579><c> didn't</c><00:41:52.800><c> need</c><00:41:53.099><c> a</c><00:41:53.300><c> council</c><00:41:53.659><c> 300</c><00:41:54.260><c> years</c><00:41:54.619><c> later</c><00:41:54.960><c> to</c><00:41:55.139><c> sit</c><00:41:55.360><c> down</c>

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:58.519
and<00:41:55.800><c> say</c><00:41:55.980><c> these</c><00:41:56.219><c> are</c><00:41:56.360><c> the</c><00:41:56.420><c> books</c><00:41:56.659><c> for</c><00:41:57.260><c> the</c><00:41:57.380><c> New</c><00:41:57.619><c> Testament.</c>

00:41:59.079 --> 00:42:01.320
These<00:41:59.400><c> are</c><00:41:59.699><c> the</c><00:41:59.860><c> word</c><00:42:00.039><c> of</c><00:42:00.280><c> God.</c>

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:04.320
Because<00:42:01.820><c> the</c><00:42:02.119><c> ecclesias</c><00:42:02.460><c> were</c><00:42:02.699><c> given</c><00:42:03.019><c> the</c><00:42:03.260><c> means</c><00:42:03.539><c> to</c><00:42:03.840><c> do</c><00:42:04.000><c> that.</c>

00:42:04.579 --> 00:42:07.179
The<00:42:04.940><c> spirit</c><00:42:05.280><c> would</c><00:42:05.619><c> guide</c><00:42:06.039><c> them.</c>

00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:12.719
A<00:42:09.480><c> spirit</c><00:42:09.699><c> gift</c><00:42:09.900><c> was</c><00:42:10.139><c> provided</c><00:42:10.519><c> to</c><00:42:10.739><c> enable</c><00:42:11.039><c> the</c><00:42:11.320><c> ecclesias</c><00:42:11.739><c> to</c><00:42:11.980><c> adjudicate</c>

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:15.460
whether<00:42:13.199><c> a</c><00:42:13.460><c> letter</c><00:42:13.619><c> was</c><00:42:14.000><c> inspired</c><00:42:14.460><c> or</c><00:42:15.099><c> not.</c>

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:18.960
Just<00:42:15.860><c> have</c><00:42:16.019><c> a</c><00:42:16.079><c> look</c><00:42:16.219><c> at</c><00:42:16.400><c> 1</c><00:42:16.739><c> John</c><00:42:17.159><c> 4.</c>

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:34.960
1<00:42:31.380><c> John</c><00:42:31.760><c> 4</c><00:42:32.659><c> and</c><00:42:33.380><c> verse</c><00:42:33.780><c> 1.</c>

00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:40.460
Beloved,<00:42:38.599><c> believe</c><00:42:39.079><c> not</c><00:42:39.480><c> every</c><00:42:40.000><c> spirit,</c>

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:45.420
but<00:42:41.179><c> try</c><00:42:41.780><c> the</c><00:42:42.119><c> spirits,</c><00:42:43.059><c> whether</c><00:42:43.400><c> they</c><00:42:43.760><c> are</c><00:42:44.000><c> of</c><00:42:44.260><c> God.</c>

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:48.780
Because<00:42:45.880><c> many</c><00:42:46.360><c> false</c><00:42:46.699><c> prophets</c><00:42:47.119><c> are</c><00:42:47.340><c> gone</c><00:42:47.539><c> out</c><00:42:48.099><c> into</c><00:42:48.300><c> the</c><00:42:48.519><c> world.</c>

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:52.719
By<00:42:49.420><c> the</c><00:42:49.699><c> time</c><00:42:49.920><c> of</c><00:42:50.179><c> the</c><00:42:50.320><c> first</c><00:42:50.639><c> epistle</c><00:42:51.079><c> of</c><00:42:51.219><c> John,</c><00:42:51.579><c> chapter</c><00:42:51.940><c> 4,</c>

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:55.300
many<00:42:53.460><c> false</c><00:42:53.900><c> prophets</c><00:42:54.280><c> were</c><00:42:54.579><c> in</c><00:42:54.820><c> existence.</c>

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:58.980
And<00:42:55.800><c> so</c><00:42:55.960><c> there</c><00:42:56.079><c> was</c><00:42:56.300><c> a</c><00:42:56.480><c> need</c><00:42:56.880><c> for</c><00:42:57.719><c> this</c><00:42:57.960><c> ability</c><00:42:58.400><c> to</c><00:42:58.679><c> judge,</c>

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:01.480
and<00:42:59.460><c> God</c><00:43:00.079><c> gave</c><00:43:00.380><c> it</c><00:43:00.619><c> to</c><00:43:00.760><c> the</c><00:43:00.940><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:04.119
Revelation<00:43:02.179><c> chapter</c><00:43:02.519><c> 2</c><00:43:02.800><c> and</c><00:43:02.900><c> verse</c><00:43:03.099><c> 2,</c><00:43:03.360><c> the</c><00:43:03.480><c> turn</c><00:43:03.760><c> there</c><00:43:03.940><c> says,</c>

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:06.840
I<00:43:04.239><c> know</c><00:43:04.500><c> thy</c><00:43:04.739><c> works,</c><00:43:05.219><c> and</c><00:43:05.420><c> thy</c><00:43:05.559><c> labor,</c><00:43:05.960><c> and</c><00:43:06.059><c> thy</c><00:43:06.260><c> patience,</c>

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:09.179
how<00:43:07.260><c> thou</c><00:43:07.420><c> canst</c><00:43:07.739><c> not</c><00:43:08.000><c> bear</c><00:43:08.260><c> them</c><00:43:08.480><c> which</c><00:43:08.699><c> are</c><00:43:08.900><c> evil,</c>

00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:13.079
and<00:43:09.619><c> thou</c><00:43:09.920><c> hast</c><00:43:10.260><c> tried</c><00:43:10.980><c> them</c><00:43:11.599><c> which</c><00:43:11.960><c> say</c><00:43:12.219><c> they</c><00:43:12.460><c> are</c><00:43:12.699><c> apostles</c>

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.860
and<00:43:13.360><c> are</c><00:43:13.579><c> not,</c>

00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:17.719
and<00:43:14.300><c> hast</c><00:43:14.619><c> found</c><00:43:15.119><c> them</c><00:43:15.539><c> liars.</c>

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:20.900
So<00:43:18.219><c> the</c><00:43:18.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:43:19.420><c> and</c><00:43:19.639><c> Ephesus</c><00:43:19.940><c> had</c><00:43:20.219><c> done</c><00:43:20.500><c> this.</c>

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:25.380
They<00:43:21.320><c> had</c><00:43:21.639><c> received</c><00:43:22.239><c> people</c><00:43:23.019><c> who</c><00:43:24.019><c> claimed</c><00:43:24.420><c> to</c><00:43:24.659><c> be</c><00:43:24.920><c> apostles,</c>

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:28.139
who<00:43:25.800><c> claimed</c><00:43:26.059><c> to</c><00:43:26.340><c> be</c><00:43:26.739><c> speaking</c><00:43:27.139><c> the</c><00:43:27.380><c> word</c><00:43:27.699><c> of</c><00:43:27.960><c> God,</c>

00:43:28.179 --> 00:43:30.800
who<00:43:28.380><c> possibly</c><00:43:28.679><c> claimed</c><00:43:28.980><c> to</c><00:43:29.139><c> have</c><00:43:29.239><c> written</c><00:43:29.539><c> down</c><00:43:30.000><c> the</c><00:43:30.119><c> word</c><00:43:30.360><c> of</c><00:43:30.500><c> God,</c>

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:34.280
and<00:43:31.159><c> they</c><00:43:31.340><c> looked</c><00:43:31.539><c> at</c><00:43:31.659><c> them</c><00:43:31.780><c> and</c><00:43:31.960><c> said,</c><00:43:32.260><c> no</c><00:43:32.400><c> you're</c><00:43:33.780><c> not.</c>

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:36.260
You're<00:43:34.739><c> making</c><00:43:35.079><c> it</c><00:43:35.300><c> up.</c>

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:42.159
And<00:43:38.380><c> they</c><00:43:38.519><c> were</c><00:43:38.679><c> able</c><00:43:38.920><c> to</c><00:43:39.179><c> ignore</c><00:43:39.559><c> them</c><00:43:40.360><c> because</c><00:43:41.079><c> of</c><00:43:41.400><c> that.</c>

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:57.280
The<00:43:50.880><c> books</c><00:43:51.579><c> that</c><00:43:52.860><c> form</c><00:43:53.219><c> the</c><00:43:53.420><c> New</c><00:43:53.719><c> Testament</c><00:43:54.519><c> were</c><00:43:56.000><c> compiled</c>

00:43:57.280 --> 00:44:01.599
very<00:43:58.320><c> early</c><00:43:58.760><c> in</c><00:43:59.500><c> the</c><00:43:59.639><c> history</c><00:44:00.260><c> of</c><00:44:00.920><c> the</c><00:44:01.179><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:04.320
We<00:44:01.980><c> obviously</c><00:44:02.159><c> don't</c><00:44:02.360><c> have</c><00:44:02.559><c> dates</c><00:44:02.980><c> in</c><00:44:03.280><c> the</c><00:44:03.480><c> text.</c>

00:44:04.739 --> 00:44:07.739
The<00:44:04.880><c> apostle</c><00:44:05.119><c> Paul</c><00:44:05.300><c> didn't</c><00:44:05.480><c> write</c><00:44:05.719><c> a</c><00:44:05.900><c> date</c><00:44:06.280><c> at</c><00:44:06.760><c> the</c><00:44:06.880><c> top</c><00:44:07.360><c> of</c>

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:08.860
his<00:44:07.940><c> letters.</c>

00:44:10.219 --> 00:44:14.659
But<00:44:10.699><c> we</c><00:44:11.019><c> can</c><00:44:12.139><c> piece</c><00:44:12.579><c> together,</c><00:44:13.659><c> through</c><00:44:13.900><c> evidence</c><00:44:14.260><c> that</c><00:44:14.480><c> we</c>

00:44:14.659 --> 00:44:16.280
gain<00:44:14.820><c> from</c><00:44:15.179><c> the</c><00:44:15.400><c> letters,</c>

00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:19.619
that<00:44:17.059><c> matches</c><00:44:17.480><c> to</c><00:44:17.760><c> what</c><00:44:17.900><c> we</c><00:44:18.099><c> are</c><00:44:18.280><c> told</c><00:44:18.519><c> about</c><00:44:18.880><c> the</c><00:44:19.119><c> events</c><00:44:19.380><c> in</c>

00:44:19.619 --> 00:44:21.019
the<00:44:19.780><c> Acts</c><00:44:19.920><c> of</c><00:44:20.119><c> the</c><00:44:20.280><c> Apostles,</c>

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:24.400
the<00:44:21.760><c> dating</c><00:44:22.179><c> for</c><00:44:22.860><c> many</c><00:44:23.320><c> of</c><00:44:23.519><c> the</c><00:44:23.659><c> letters</c><00:44:23.900><c> that</c><00:44:24.099><c> we</c><00:44:24.280><c> have.</c>

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:27.800
One<00:44:24.760><c> of</c><00:44:24.860><c> the</c><00:44:24.980><c> most</c><00:44:25.239><c> obvious</c><00:44:25.579><c> ones</c><00:44:25.880><c> that</c><00:44:26.019><c> we</c><00:44:26.099><c> look</c><00:44:26.340><c> at</c><00:44:26.500><c> is</c><00:44:26.619><c> 1</c><00:44:26.940><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:44:28.079 --> 00:44:31.000
Let's<00:44:28.260><c> have</c><00:44:28.400><c> a</c><00:44:28.460><c> look</c><00:44:28.619><c> at</c><00:44:28.679><c> 1</c><00:44:28.980><c> Thessalonians</c><00:44:29.780><c> 3.</c>

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:46.579
So<00:44:42.699><c> in</c><00:44:42.880><c> 1</c><00:44:43.019><c> Thessalonians</c><00:44:43.639><c> 3</c><00:44:44.079><c> we're</c><00:44:44.260><c> given</c><00:44:44.420><c> a</c><00:44:44.579><c> little</c><00:44:45.300><c> biographical</c><00:44:46.079><c> detail</c>

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:48.059
by<00:44:46.820><c> the</c><00:44:46.960><c> apostle</c><00:44:47.260><c> Paul.</c>

00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:50.019
He<00:44:48.619><c> says</c><00:44:48.880><c> in</c><00:44:49.000><c> verse</c><00:44:49.219><c> 1,</c>

00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:07.440
So<00:45:05.019><c> the</c><00:45:05.599><c> apostle</c><00:45:05.940><c> Paul</c><00:45:06.179><c> moves</c><00:45:06.460><c> on.</c>

00:45:07.780 --> 00:45:11.659
Timothy<00:45:08.380><c> stays</c><00:45:08.980><c> to</c><00:45:09.420><c> ascertain</c><00:45:09.920><c> the</c><00:45:10.159><c> health</c><00:45:10.519><c> of</c><00:45:10.840><c> the</c><00:45:11.019><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:14.820
Paul<00:45:11.940><c> goes</c><00:45:12.239><c> to</c><00:45:12.480><c> Athens</c><00:45:12.940><c> and</c><00:45:13.420><c> then</c><00:45:13.659><c> he</c><00:45:13.820><c> goes</c><00:45:14.019><c> on</c><00:45:14.320><c> to</c><00:45:14.579><c> Corinth.</c>

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.079
We<00:45:15.000><c> know</c><00:45:15.239><c> this</c><00:45:15.460><c> from</c><00:45:15.679><c> Acts</c><00:45:15.960><c> chapter</c><00:45:16.380><c> 17,</c><00:45:17.099><c> which</c><00:45:17.400><c> we</c><00:45:17.820><c> aren't</c><00:45:17.980><c> going</c><00:45:18.079><c> to</c>

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.480
look<00:45:18.320><c> at,</c>

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:21.019
but<00:45:18.599><c> Acts</c><00:45:18.739><c> chapter</c><00:45:18.960><c> 17</c><00:45:19.400><c> tells</c><00:45:19.719><c> us</c><00:45:19.940><c> that</c><00:45:20.059><c> that's</c><00:45:20.300><c> where</c><00:45:20.420><c> Paul</c><00:45:20.659><c> went.</c>

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:24.940
And<00:45:21.440><c> in</c><00:45:21.579><c> Acts</c><00:45:21.780><c> 18</c><00:45:22.159><c> verse</c><00:45:22.500><c> 1</c><00:45:22.980><c> he's</c><00:45:23.360><c> gone</c><00:45:23.500><c> to</c><00:45:23.800><c> Corinth.</c>

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:29.480
Having<00:45:25.519><c> received</c><00:45:26.019><c> word</c><00:45:26.340><c> from</c><00:45:26.619><c> Timothy,</c><00:45:27.679><c> Paul</c><00:45:28.000><c> then</c><00:45:28.380><c> writes</c><00:45:28.880><c> 1</c>

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:31.099
Thessalonians<00:45:30.360><c> 3.</c>

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:34.320
Look<00:45:31.659><c> at</c><00:45:31.820><c> verse</c><00:45:32.099><c> 6</c><00:45:32.840><c> of</c><00:45:33.099><c> 1</c><00:45:33.400><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:38.500
But<00:45:35.099><c> now,</c><00:45:35.980><c> when</c><00:45:36.280><c> Timothy</c><00:45:36.719><c> came</c><00:45:37.219><c> from</c><00:45:37.559><c> you</c><00:45:37.860><c> to</c><00:45:38.179><c> us,</c>

00:45:38.820 --> 00:45:42.219
and<00:45:39.059><c> brought</c><00:45:39.360><c> us</c><00:45:39.679><c> good</c><00:45:40.099><c> tidings</c><00:45:40.500><c> of</c><00:45:40.679><c> your</c><00:45:41.000><c> faith</c><00:45:41.320><c> and</c><00:45:41.820><c> love,</c>

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:44.699
and<00:45:42.559><c> that</c><00:45:42.679><c> you</c><00:45:42.860><c> have</c><00:45:43.059><c> good</c><00:45:43.420><c> remembrance</c><00:45:43.880><c> of,</c><00:45:44.239><c> as</c><00:45:44.280><c> always,</c>

00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:48.500
desiring<00:45:45.219><c> greatly</c><00:45:45.699><c> to</c><00:45:46.039><c> see</c><00:45:46.199><c> us,</c><00:45:46.820><c> as</c><00:45:47.059><c> we</c><00:45:47.320><c> also</c><00:45:47.659><c> to</c><00:45:47.960><c> see</c><00:45:48.119><c> you.</c>

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:53.539
Therefore,<00:45:49.179><c> brethren,</c><00:45:49.619><c> we</c><00:45:49.800><c> were</c><00:45:50.099><c> comforted</c><00:45:50.579><c> over</c><00:45:50.900><c> you</c><00:45:51.099><c> in</c><00:45:51.320><c> all</c><00:45:51.519><c> our</c><00:45:51.800><c> affliction</c><00:45:52.179><c> and</c><00:45:52.440><c> distress</c><00:45:52.940><c> by</c>

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:54.960
your<00:45:53.980><c> faith.</c>

00:45:57.500 --> 00:46:00.199
So<00:45:57.820><c> according</c><00:45:58.099><c> to</c><00:45:58.219><c> 1</c><00:45:58.460><c> Thessalonians</c><00:45:59.179><c> chapter</c><00:45:59.440><c> 3,</c>

00:46:00.340 --> 00:46:03.260
Paul<00:46:00.699><c> has</c><00:46:01.159><c> gone</c><00:46:01.400><c> off,</c><00:46:01.800><c> Timothy</c><00:46:02.199><c> has</c><00:46:02.460><c> been</c><00:46:02.619><c> left</c><00:46:02.880><c> behind.</c>

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:06.900
Timothy<00:46:03.719><c> then</c><00:46:04.000><c> follows</c><00:46:04.480><c> and</c><00:46:05.019><c> gives</c><00:46:05.360><c> his</c><00:46:05.599><c> report</c><00:46:06.099><c> concerning</c>

00:46:06.900 --> 00:46:09.900
the<00:46:07.360><c> Thessalonians</c><00:46:08.139><c> and</c><00:46:08.559><c> Paul</c><00:46:08.820><c> writes</c><00:46:09.139><c> it</c><00:46:09.440><c> down.</c>

00:46:10.219 --> 00:46:14.559
Paul<00:46:10.219><c> is</c><00:46:10.420><c> inspired</c><00:46:11.079><c> to</c><00:46:11.500><c> write</c><00:46:11.900><c> this</c><00:46:12.280><c> letter</c><00:46:12.639><c> to</c><00:46:12.880><c> them,</c><00:46:13.119><c> encouraging</c><00:46:13.780><c> them,</c>

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:16.800
Timothy<00:46:14.980><c> having</c><00:46:15.440><c> left.</c>

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:22.059
We<00:46:17.519><c> can</c><00:46:17.719><c> see</c><00:46:17.840><c> how</c><00:46:18.119><c> it</c><00:46:18.219><c> fits</c><00:46:18.380><c> into</c><00:46:18.659><c> Acts</c><00:46:18.980><c> and</c><00:46:19.320><c> we</c><00:46:19.559><c> can</c><00:46:19.860><c> say</c><00:46:20.179><c> with</c><00:46:21.380><c> certainty</c>

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:29.260
that<00:46:23.059><c> somewhere</c><00:46:23.300><c> between</c><00:46:23.599><c> AD</c><00:46:23.940><c> 50</c><00:46:24.659><c> and</c><00:46:24.960><c> AD</c><00:46:25.300><c> 52</c><00:46:26.199><c> the</c><00:46:27.039><c> apostle</c><00:46:27.420><c> Paul</c><00:46:27.780><c> wrote</c><00:46:28.199><c> 1</c><00:46:28.539><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:46:29.260 --> 00:46:36.559
Now<00:46:29.679><c> you</c><00:46:33.159><c> will</c><00:46:33.440><c> find</c><00:46:34.079><c> a</c><00:46:34.699><c> number</c><00:46:35.000><c> of</c><00:46:35.239><c> people,</c><00:46:35.539><c> depending</c><00:46:35.900><c> on</c>

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:38.280
which<00:46:36.900><c> books</c><00:46:37.320><c> you</c><00:46:37.960><c> read,</c>

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:42.739
who<00:46:38.699><c> will</c><00:46:39.000><c> tell</c><00:46:39.179><c> you</c><00:46:39.440><c> that</c><00:46:40.159><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:46:41.880><c> 1</c><00:46:42.159><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:44.880
probably,<00:46:43.219><c> 2</c><00:46:43.440><c> Thessalonians</c><00:46:44.139><c> almost</c><00:46:44.380><c> certainly</c><00:46:44.659><c> not,</c>

00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:47.460
was<00:46:45.139><c> not</c><00:46:45.420><c> written</c><00:46:45.619><c> by</c><00:46:45.960><c> the</c><00:46:46.099><c> apostle</c><00:46:46.400><c> Paul.</c>

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:53.500
The<00:46:47.840><c> arguments</c><00:46:48.139><c> they</c><00:46:48.420><c> give</c><00:46:48.539><c> for</c><00:46:48.719><c> this</c><00:46:49.300><c> are,</c><00:46:51.119><c> well,</c><00:46:51.659><c> highly</c><00:46:52.119><c> subjective,</c><00:46:53.000><c> let's</c><00:46:53.239><c> put</c><00:46:53.440><c> it</c>

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.159
that<00:46:53.719><c> way.</c>

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:58.099
People<00:46:54.980><c> think</c><00:46:55.320><c> that</c><00:46:56.139><c> people</c><00:46:56.599><c> have</c><00:46:56.920><c> to</c><00:46:57.099><c> write</c><00:46:57.300><c> in</c><00:46:57.539><c> exactly</c><00:46:57.860><c> the</c>

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:58.639
same<00:46:58.340><c> way.</c>

00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:01.900
For<00:46:59.000><c> whatever</c><00:46:59.320><c> circumstance</c><00:47:00.079><c> and</c><00:47:00.460><c> in</c><00:47:00.619><c> whatever</c><00:47:00.920><c> event</c><00:47:01.420><c> they</c>

00:47:01.900 --> 00:47:03.139
are<00:47:02.179><c> writing.</c>

00:47:03.980 --> 00:47:07.320
And<00:47:03.980><c> so</c><00:47:04.179><c> they</c><00:47:04.340><c> see</c><00:47:04.519><c> stylistic</c><00:47:05.159><c> differences</c><00:47:05.619><c> between</c><00:47:06.059><c> 2</c><00:47:06.380><c> Thessalonians</c><00:47:06.920><c> and</c><00:47:07.019><c> 1</c>

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Thessalonians<00:47:07.880><c> and</c><00:47:07.980><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:47:08.260><c> alright,</c><00:47:08.519><c> one</c><00:47:08.639><c> person</c><00:47:08.920><c> wrote</c><00:47:09.099><c> one,</c><00:47:09.739><c> but</c><00:47:09.840><c> the</c><00:47:09.920><c> apostle</c>

00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:12.179
Paul<00:47:10.320><c> couldn't</c><00:47:10.639><c> have</c><00:47:10.820><c> written</c><00:47:10.960><c> the</c><00:47:11.159><c> other</c><00:47:11.380><c> one.</c>

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:16.239
First<00:47:14.619><c> off,</c><00:47:14.860><c> that's</c><00:47:15.099><c> not</c><00:47:15.340><c> how</c><00:47:15.579><c> people</c><00:47:15.960><c> write.</c>

00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:18.340
People<00:47:16.579><c> write</c><00:47:16.860><c> differently</c><00:47:17.360><c> depending</c><00:47:17.760><c> on</c><00:47:17.940><c> what</c><00:47:18.099><c> they're</c>

00:47:18.340 --> 00:47:19.579
writing<00:47:18.659><c> about.</c>

00:47:19.840 --> 00:47:22.739
Second<00:47:20.179><c> off,</c><00:47:21.239><c> this</c><00:47:21.400><c> was</c><00:47:21.599><c> all</c><00:47:21.800><c> given</c><00:47:21.960><c> by</c><00:47:22.199><c> the</c><00:47:22.480><c> Spirit.</c>

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:26.480
We<00:47:23.599><c> have</c><00:47:23.780><c> already</c><00:47:24.059><c> seen</c><00:47:24.320><c> in</c><00:47:24.460><c> 1</c><00:47:24.739><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:25.260><c> 9</c><00:47:25.639><c> that</c><00:47:25.840><c> the</c><00:47:26.039><c> Spirit</c><00:47:26.219><c> was</c>

00:47:26.480 --> 00:47:31.019
able<00:47:26.699><c> to</c><00:47:27.179><c> ensure</c><00:47:27.800><c> that</c><00:47:28.179><c> Paul</c><00:47:28.400><c> was</c><00:47:28.739><c> all</c><00:47:29.199><c> things</c><00:47:29.539><c> to</c><00:47:29.860><c> all</c><00:47:30.139><c> men.</c>

00:47:31.539 --> 00:47:36.940
We<00:47:31.659><c> should</c><00:47:31.940><c> not</c><00:47:32.300><c> then</c><00:47:32.619><c> fall</c><00:47:32.900><c> into</c><00:47:33.179><c> the</c><00:47:33.440><c> trap</c><00:47:33.639><c> of</c><00:47:33.940><c> thinking</c><00:47:34.380><c> that</c><00:47:35.260><c> because</c><00:47:35.559><c> people</c><00:47:35.920><c> think</c><00:47:36.219><c> that</c><00:47:36.420><c> 2</c><00:47:36.659><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:47:37.300 --> 00:47:41.519
doesn't<00:47:37.579><c> sound</c><00:47:37.960><c> like</c><00:47:38.239><c> 1</c><00:47:38.579><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:47:40.280><c> that</c><00:47:40.420><c> it</c><00:47:40.619><c> wasn't</c><00:47:40.980><c> written</c><00:47:41.239><c> by</c>

00:47:41.519 --> 00:47:42.940
the<00:47:41.679><c> apostle</c><00:47:41.980><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:46.039
And<00:47:43.920><c> if</c><00:47:44.059><c> they</c><00:47:44.280><c> say</c><00:47:44.460><c> that,</c><00:47:44.699><c> that</c><00:47:44.860><c> gives</c><00:47:45.079><c> them</c><00:47:45.340><c> the</c><00:47:45.460><c> license</c><00:47:45.820><c> to</c>

00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:50.000
say<00:47:46.179><c> that</c><00:47:46.340><c> it</c><00:47:46.440><c> was</c><00:47:46.639><c> written</c><00:47:47.019><c> 50,</c><00:47:47.619><c> 60,</c><00:47:48.079><c> 70,</c><00:47:48.519><c> 80,</c><00:47:48.739><c> 100</c><00:47:49.019><c> years</c><00:47:49.380><c> later</c>

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:52.800
into<00:47:50.840><c> the</c><00:47:51.139><c> second</c><00:47:51.380><c> century</c><00:47:51.820><c> AD.</c>

00:47:56.019 --> 00:48:02.960
We<00:47:56.599><c> can</c><00:47:56.900><c> place</c><00:47:57.639><c> second</c><00:47:58.420><c> Thessalonians</c><00:47:59.599><c> very</c><00:48:00.840><c> close</c><00:48:01.579><c> to</c><00:48:02.539><c> the</c>

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:05.000
writing<00:48:03.260><c> of</c><00:48:03.599><c> first</c><00:48:03.960><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:10.420
and<00:48:05.619><c> say</c><00:48:05.760><c> that</c><00:48:05.940><c> the</c><00:48:06.099><c> two</c><00:48:06.260><c> of</c><00:48:06.440><c> them</c><00:48:06.539><c> were</c><00:48:06.820><c> probably</c><00:48:07.199><c> written</c><00:48:07.760><c> before</c><00:48:08.519><c> AD</c><00:48:08.940><c> 55,</c>

00:48:12.179 --> 00:48:15.980
before<00:48:12.420><c> Paul</c><00:48:13.039><c> sort</c><00:48:13.420><c> of</c><00:48:13.800><c> moves</c><00:48:13.980><c> on</c><00:48:14.320><c> with</c><00:48:14.619><c> his</c><00:48:14.920><c> journeys.</c>

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:20.380
And<00:48:17.719><c> why</c><00:48:17.940><c> this</c><00:48:18.119><c> is</c><00:48:18.280><c> particularly</c><00:48:18.940><c> interesting</c><00:48:19.480><c> for</c><00:48:19.760><c> us,</c><00:48:19.940><c> first</c><00:48:20.179><c> off,</c>

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:22.119
it<00:48:20.519><c> gives</c><00:48:20.719><c> us</c><00:48:21.480><c> a</c><00:48:21.719><c> letter,</c>

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:28.059
an<00:48:22.840><c> inspired</c><00:48:23.539><c> letter</c><00:48:24.219><c> written</c><00:48:25.079><c> to</c><00:48:25.619><c> an</c><00:48:25.780><c> ecclesia</c><00:48:26.400><c> by</c><00:48:27.119><c> AD</c><00:48:27.559><c> 50.</c>

00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:31.360
The<00:48:28.519><c> canon</c><00:48:28.820><c> of</c><00:48:29.039><c> the</c><00:48:29.199><c> New</c><00:48:29.380><c> Testament</c><00:48:29.679><c> was</c><00:48:30.000><c> being</c><00:48:30.460><c> formed.</c>

00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:37.960
But<00:48:32.000><c> even</c><00:48:32.179><c> more</c><00:48:32.460><c> interesting</c><00:48:32.800><c> than</c><00:48:33.119><c> that,</c><00:48:33.800><c> look</c><00:48:34.000><c> at</c><00:48:34.179><c> 1</c><00:48:34.400><c> Thessalonians</c><00:48:35.199><c> 5,</c><00:48:36.099><c> verse</c><00:48:36.360><c> 2.</c>

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:49.440
For<00:48:45.519><c> yourselves</c><00:48:46.039><c> know</c><00:48:46.699><c> perfectly</c><00:48:47.460><c> that</c><00:48:48.079><c> the</c><00:48:48.219><c> day</c><00:48:48.539><c> of</c><00:48:48.639><c> the</c><00:48:48.800><c> Lord</c><00:48:49.059><c> so</c>

00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:51.039
cometh<00:48:49.659><c> as</c><00:48:49.960><c> a</c><00:48:50.179><c> thief</c><00:48:50.360><c> in</c><00:48:50.579><c> the</c><00:48:50.739><c> night,</c>

00:48:51.179 --> 00:48:55.840
for<00:48:51.360><c> when</c><00:48:51.579><c> they</c><00:48:51.800><c> shall</c><00:48:52.039><c> say,</c><00:48:52.699><c> Peace</c><00:48:52.699><c> and</c><00:48:52.900><c> safety,</c><00:48:53.719><c> then</c><00:48:54.059><c> sudden</c><00:48:54.340><c> destruction</c><00:48:55.000><c> cometh</c><00:48:55.400><c> upon</c><00:48:55.659><c> them,</c>

00:48:55.940 --> 00:48:58.900
as<00:48:56.139><c> travail</c><00:48:56.500><c> upon</c><00:48:56.800><c> a</c><00:48:56.960><c> woman</c><00:48:57.199><c> with</c><00:48:57.480><c> child,</c><00:48:58.119><c> and</c><00:48:58.320><c> they</c><00:48:58.579><c> shall</c>

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not<00:48:59.159><c> escape.</c>

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:03.960
But<00:49:00.099><c> ye</c><00:49:00.420><c> brethren</c><00:49:00.800><c> are</c><00:49:01.099><c> not</c><00:49:01.380><c> in</c><00:49:01.599><c> darkness,</c><00:49:02.260><c> that</c><00:49:02.420><c> that</c><00:49:02.699><c> day</c><00:49:02.900><c> should</c><00:49:03.139><c> overtake</c><00:49:03.599><c> you</c><00:49:03.800><c> as</c>

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:04.360
a<00:49:04.159><c> thief.</c>

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Ye<00:49:05.019><c> are</c><00:49:05.300><c> all</c><00:49:05.760><c> the</c><00:49:05.980><c> children</c><00:49:06.219><c> of</c><00:49:06.380><c> light,</c><00:49:06.699><c> and</c><00:49:06.880><c> the</c><00:49:06.980><c> children</c><00:49:07.300><c> of</c>

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:07.900
the<00:49:07.659><c> day.</c>

00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:10.380
We<00:49:08.280><c> are</c><00:49:08.579><c> not</c><00:49:08.840><c> of</c><00:49:08.980><c> the</c><00:49:09.199><c> night,</c><00:49:09.480><c> nor</c><00:49:09.760><c> of</c><00:49:10.000><c> darkness.</c>

00:49:10.639 --> 00:49:13.219
Therefore<00:49:10.980><c> let</c><00:49:11.219><c> us</c><00:49:11.360><c> not</c><00:49:11.639><c> sleep</c><00:49:12.059><c> as</c><00:49:12.340><c> do</c><00:49:12.500><c> the</c><00:49:12.659><c> others,</c><00:49:12.880><c> but</c><00:49:13.019><c> let</c>

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us<00:49:13.440><c> watch</c><00:49:13.739><c> and</c><00:49:13.920><c> be</c><00:49:14.239><c> sober.</c>

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:17.360
For<00:49:14.980><c> they</c><00:49:15.179><c> that</c><00:49:15.460><c> sleep,</c><00:49:16.000><c> sleep</c><00:49:16.139><c> in</c><00:49:16.340><c> the</c><00:49:16.440><c> night,</c><00:49:16.639><c> and</c><00:49:16.800><c> they</c><00:49:16.920><c> that</c><00:49:17.079><c> be</c>

00:49:17.360 --> 00:49:19.380
drunken,<00:49:17.960><c> are</c><00:49:18.199><c> drunken</c><00:49:18.619><c> in</c><00:49:18.960><c> the</c><00:49:19.159><c> night.</c>

00:49:19.599 --> 00:49:22.420
But<00:49:19.760><c> let</c><00:49:20.099><c> us</c><00:49:20.539><c> who</c><00:49:20.659><c> are</c><00:49:20.860><c> of</c><00:49:20.980><c> the</c><00:49:21.219><c> day</c><00:49:21.460><c> be</c><00:49:21.880><c> sober.</c>

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:27.500
And<00:49:23.699><c> it</c><00:49:23.860><c> is</c><00:49:24.139><c> a</c><00:49:24.480><c> stirring</c><00:49:24.860><c> excitation</c><00:49:25.579><c> for</c><00:49:25.860><c> us,</c><00:49:26.239><c> brothers</c><00:49:26.300><c> and</c><00:49:26.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:32.940
which<00:49:29.579><c> was</c><00:49:29.840><c> taken</c><00:49:30.280><c> from</c><00:49:30.599><c> Luke</c><00:49:30.920><c> chapter</c><00:49:31.320><c> 21.</c>

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Reference<00:49:35.179><c> after</c><00:49:35.579><c> reference</c><00:49:36.059><c> is</c><00:49:36.400><c> made.</c>

00:49:36.760 --> 00:49:40.800
The<00:49:36.880><c> sudden</c><00:49:37.219><c> destruction,</c><00:49:38.579><c> the</c><00:49:38.840><c> drunkenness,</c><00:49:39.940><c> the</c><00:49:40.260><c> escaping.</c>

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:45.119
Luke<00:49:41.360><c> chapter</c><00:49:41.679><c> 21,</c><00:49:42.320><c> verse</c><00:49:42.619><c> 34,</c><00:49:43.320><c> and</c><00:49:43.480><c> on</c><00:49:43.619><c> a</c><00:49:43.760><c> couple</c><00:49:44.000><c> of</c><00:49:44.239><c> verses.</c>

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:48.400
The<00:49:45.400><c> lessons</c><00:49:45.719><c> are</c><00:49:46.099><c> drawn</c><00:49:46.380><c> from</c><00:49:46.860><c> that</c><00:49:47.239><c> passage.</c>

00:49:50.340 --> 00:49:54.679
And<00:49:50.940><c> it</c><00:49:51.159><c> tells</c><00:49:51.380><c> us</c><00:49:51.599><c> that</c><00:49:51.780><c> by</c><00:49:52.079><c> A</c><00:49:52.320><c>.D.</c><00:49:52.719><c> 55,</c><00:49:53.460><c> certainly,</c>

00:49:57.280 --> 00:50:01.820
Luke<00:49:57.559><c> had</c><00:49:57.840><c> written</c><00:49:58.039><c> his</c><00:49:58.320><c> gospel,</c><00:49:59.860><c> that</c><00:50:00.000><c> it</c><00:50:00.159><c> was</c><00:50:00.460><c> accepted</c><00:50:01.139><c> as</c>

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the<00:50:02.059><c> word</c><00:50:02.599><c> of</c><00:50:03.079><c> God,</c>

00:50:03.739 --> 00:50:06.699
and<00:50:03.900><c> that</c><00:50:04.059><c> the</c><00:50:04.260><c> Apostle</c><00:50:04.679><c> Paul,</c><00:50:05.179><c> through</c><00:50:05.460><c> the</c><00:50:05.780><c> Spirit,</c><00:50:06.320><c> could</c>

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:08.719
quote<00:50:07.139><c> that</c><00:50:07.500><c> gospel,</c>

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and<00:50:11.239><c> have</c><00:50:11.400><c> his</c><00:50:11.699><c> readers</c><00:50:11.960><c> recognize</c><00:50:12.659><c> it</c><00:50:13.420><c> and</c><00:50:13.800><c> accept</c><00:50:14.320><c> it.</c>

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Well,<00:50:20.059><c> we're</c><00:50:20.380><c> fairly</c><00:50:20.659><c> close</c><00:50:21.019><c> by.</c>

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:26.400
Look<00:50:21.360><c> at</c><00:50:21.480><c> 1</c><00:50:21.760><c> Timothy</c><00:50:22.139><c> chapter</c><00:50:22.739><c> 5.</c>

00:50:32.360 --> 00:50:38.260
1<00:50:32.420><c> Timothy,</c><00:50:33.280><c> written</c><00:50:34.219><c> a</c><00:50:34.400><c> bit</c><00:50:34.480><c> later</c><00:50:34.820><c> on,</c><00:50:35.719><c> by</c><00:50:35.860><c> A</c><00:50:36.000><c>.D.</c><00:50:36.199><c> 60,</c><00:50:36.579><c> almost</c><00:50:36.900><c> certainly.</c>

00:50:39.199 --> 00:50:41.579
1<00:50:39.760><c> Timothy</c><00:50:40.099><c> 5,</c><00:50:40.599><c> verse</c><00:50:40.760><c> 18</c><00:50:41.179><c> says,</c>

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:44.820
For<00:50:41.940><c> the</c><00:50:42.280><c> Scripture</c><00:50:42.820><c> saith,</c><00:50:43.440><c> Thou</c><00:50:43.619><c> shalt</c><00:50:43.880><c> not</c><00:50:44.159><c> muzzle</c><00:50:44.400><c> the</c><00:50:44.639><c> ox</c>

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that<00:50:45.039><c> treadeth</c><00:50:45.340><c> out</c><00:50:45.460><c> the</c><00:50:45.719><c> court.</c>

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That's<00:50:47.039><c> Deuteronomy,</c><00:50:47.659><c> chapter</c><00:50:47.760><c> 25,</c><00:50:48.539><c> and</c><00:50:48.659><c> verse</c><00:50:48.940><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:50:53.000><c> the</c><00:50:53.639><c> laborer</c><00:50:54.699><c> is</c><00:50:55.019><c> worthy</c><00:50:55.300><c> of</c><00:50:55.559><c> his</c><00:50:55.800><c> reward.</c>

00:50:56.780 --> 00:51:00.659
That<00:50:56.940><c> is</c><00:50:57.139><c> Luke</c><00:50:57.579><c> chapter</c><00:50:58.099><c> 10,</c><00:50:58.900><c> and</c><00:50:59.059><c> verse</c><00:50:59.300><c> 7.</c>

00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:06.019
And<00:51:03.260><c> by</c><00:51:03.519><c> the</c><00:51:03.659><c> time</c><00:51:03.860><c> of</c><00:51:04.099><c> writing</c><00:51:04.400><c> to</c><00:51:04.659><c> 1</c><00:51:04.960><c> Timothy,</c>

00:51:06.679 --> 00:51:10.119
Timothy<00:51:07.039><c> would</c><00:51:07.280><c> have</c><00:51:07.539><c> had</c><00:51:08.179><c> a</c><00:51:08.619><c> copy</c><00:51:09.219><c> of</c><00:51:09.739><c> Luke,</c>

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:13.000
which<00:51:10.659><c> he</c><00:51:10.860><c> would</c><00:51:11.079><c> have</c><00:51:11.400><c> known</c><00:51:11.820><c> and</c><00:51:12.619><c> read,</c>

00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:16.960
and<00:51:13.460><c> he</c><00:51:13.619><c> would</c><00:51:13.860><c> have</c><00:51:14.059><c> recognized</c><00:51:14.559><c> the</c><00:51:14.800><c> quotation</c><00:51:15.280><c> that</c><00:51:15.539><c> has</c><00:51:15.739><c> come</c><00:51:16.019><c> from</c><00:51:16.320><c> it</c><00:51:16.519><c> in</c><00:51:16.719><c> 1</c>

00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:19.019
Timothy<00:51:17.360><c> 5,</c><00:51:18.260><c> verse</c><00:51:18.500><c> 18.</c>

00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:21.179
The<00:51:19.400><c> Scripture</c><00:51:19.639><c> says</c><00:51:19.900><c> you</c><00:51:20.000><c> won't</c><00:51:20.260><c> muzzle</c><00:51:20.559><c> your</c><00:51:20.780><c> ox,</c><00:51:21.000><c> and</c>

00:51:21.179 --> 00:51:21.820
Timothy<00:51:21.440><c> knows.</c>

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That's<00:51:22.159><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:51:22.619><c> 25.</c>

00:51:26.059 --> 00:51:28.860
And<00:51:26.579><c> he</c><00:51:26.619><c> knows</c><00:51:26.900><c> that</c><00:51:27.099><c> the</c><00:51:27.219><c> next</c><00:51:27.500><c> passage</c><00:51:27.840><c> is</c><00:51:28.059><c> Luke</c><00:51:28.239><c> chapter</c><00:51:28.599><c> 10,</c>

00:51:28.860 --> 00:51:32.780
or<00:51:29.139><c> has</c><00:51:29.739><c> Luke</c><00:51:30.199><c> available</c><00:51:30.760><c> so</c><00:51:31.000><c> that</c><00:51:31.139><c> he</c><00:51:31.239><c> can</c><00:51:31.440><c> check</c><00:51:31.699><c> it.</c>

00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:37.599
The<00:51:35.099><c> cabin</c><00:51:35.280><c> of</c><00:51:35.539><c> the</c><00:51:35.619><c> New</c><00:51:35.820><c> Testament</c><00:51:36.260><c> was</c><00:51:36.579><c> being</c><00:51:37.059><c> formed</c><00:51:37.340><c> and</c>

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was<00:51:38.059><c> formed</c><00:51:39.159><c> very</c><00:51:40.199><c> early</c><00:51:40.559><c> on.</c>

00:51:40.920 --> 00:51:51.340
And<00:51:41.800><c> it</c><00:51:44.840><c> was</c><00:51:45.179><c> used</c><00:51:45.860><c> and</c><00:51:46.739><c> quoted</c><00:51:47.300><c> and</c><00:51:47.980><c> referred</c><00:51:48.659><c> to</c><00:51:49.519><c> by</c><00:51:49.940><c> the</c><00:51:50.199><c> apostles</c><00:51:50.760><c> in</c>

00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:53.780
their<00:51:51.639><c> preaching</c><00:51:52.099><c> and</c><00:51:52.760><c> in</c><00:51:52.840><c> their</c><00:51:53.139><c> writing,</c>

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:57.019
guided<00:51:54.639><c> by</c><00:51:55.679><c> the</c><00:51:56.059><c> Spirit.</c>

00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:05.920
God<00:51:58.619><c> did</c><00:51:59.400><c> not</c><00:52:00.320><c> leave</c><00:52:01.039><c> his</c><00:52:02.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:03.199><c> to</c><00:52:04.059><c> grow</c><00:52:04.360><c> by</c><00:52:04.760><c> chance.</c>

00:52:06.340 --> 00:52:11.719
He<00:52:06.820><c> didn't</c><00:52:07.059><c> leave</c><00:52:07.380><c> his</c><00:52:07.679><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:08.059><c> to</c><00:52:08.340><c> grow</c><00:52:08.579><c> based</c><00:52:08.940><c> on</c><00:52:09.579><c> the</c><00:52:09.880><c> memories</c><00:52:10.420><c> and</c><00:52:10.880><c> remembrance</c>

00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:17.960
of<00:52:12.480><c> a</c><00:52:12.579><c> group</c><00:52:12.860><c> of</c><00:52:13.079><c> people</c><00:52:13.460><c> who</c><00:52:13.619><c> had</c><00:52:13.840><c> been</c><00:52:14.159><c> with</c><00:52:14.480><c> Jesus</c><00:52:15.320><c> 20</c><00:52:16.119><c> years</c><00:52:16.599><c> before.</c>

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:26.599
God<00:52:21.940><c> gave</c><00:52:22.519><c> his</c><00:52:23.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:23.719><c> his</c><00:52:24.800><c> spoken</c><00:52:25.380><c> word,</c>

00:52:27.019 --> 00:52:31.059
which<00:52:27.199><c> was</c><00:52:27.480><c> replaced</c><00:52:27.980><c> by</c><00:52:28.340><c> his</c><00:52:29.280><c> written</c><00:52:29.780><c> word.</c>

00:52:33.139 --> 00:52:40.139
And<00:52:33.860><c> he</c><00:52:34.059><c> gave</c><00:52:34.360><c> the</c><00:52:34.719><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:35.179><c> the</c><00:52:35.500><c> means</c><00:52:35.880><c> to</c><00:52:36.199><c> decide</c><00:52:36.820><c> that</c><00:52:37.400><c> through</c><00:52:39.380><c> his</c><00:52:39.840><c> Spirit.</c>

00:52:40.300 --> 00:52:45.039
It<00:52:40.300><c> wasn't</c><00:52:40.780><c> based</c><00:52:41.420><c> upon</c><00:52:42.219><c> the</c><00:52:43.639><c> teaching</c><00:52:43.980><c> or</c><00:52:44.199><c> the</c><00:52:44.460><c> thought</c><00:52:44.679><c> of</c>

00:52:45.039 --> 00:52:47.579
church<00:52:45.420><c> councils</c><00:52:46.000><c> hundreds</c><00:52:46.539><c> of</c><00:52:46.840><c> years</c><00:52:47.099><c> later.</c>

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:51.539
The<00:52:48.019><c> New</c><00:52:48.260><c> Testament</c><00:52:48.679><c> tells</c><00:52:49.159><c> us</c><00:52:49.440><c> how</c><00:52:49.699><c> it</c><00:52:49.880><c> was</c><00:52:50.199><c> formed</c><00:52:50.539><c> and</c><00:52:51.280><c> how</c>

00:52:51.539 --> 00:52:53.079
it<00:52:51.760><c> was</c><00:52:52.079><c> compiled.</c>

00:52:53.860 --> 00:52:58.940
There<00:52:54.039><c> is</c><00:52:54.260><c> a</c><00:52:54.400><c> fascinating</c><00:52:55.019><c> set</c><00:52:55.380><c> of</c><00:52:55.760><c> references</c><00:52:56.239><c> to</c><00:52:57.019><c> public</c><00:52:57.519><c> reading</c><00:52:57.960><c> in</c>

00:52:58.940 --> 00:52:59.659
the<00:52:59.039><c> New</c><00:52:59.239><c> Testament.</c>

00:52:59.659 --> 00:53:03.280
You<00:52:59.980><c> could</c><00:53:00.159><c> look</c><00:53:00.340><c> at</c><00:53:00.460><c> Colossians</c><00:53:00.780><c> 4</c><00:53:01.420><c> and</c><00:53:01.719><c> 1</c><00:53:01.960><c> Thessalonians</c><00:53:02.719><c> 5</c>

00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:04.679
to<00:53:03.739><c> show</c>

00:53:06.800 --> 00:53:10.019
that<00:53:07.360><c> they</c><00:53:07.559><c> were</c><00:53:07.820><c> encouraged</c><00:53:08.199><c> to</c><00:53:08.539><c> read</c><00:53:09.159><c> these</c><00:53:09.659><c> out,</c>

00:53:10.199 --> 00:53:12.780
just<00:53:10.599><c> like</c><00:53:10.940><c> the</c><00:53:11.139><c> Jews</c><00:53:11.320><c> were</c><00:53:11.579><c> doing</c><00:53:11.739><c> with</c><00:53:12.019><c> the</c><00:53:12.139><c> Old</c><00:53:12.320><c> Testament</c>

00:53:12.780 --> 00:53:14.059
in<00:53:13.059><c> the</c><00:53:13.179><c> synagogue.</c>

00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:16.820
The<00:53:14.360><c> individual</c><00:53:14.760><c> works</c><00:53:15.139><c> were</c><00:53:15.360><c> to</c><00:53:15.440><c> be</c><00:53:15.679><c> treated</c><00:53:16.079><c> as</c><00:53:16.460><c> teaching</c>

00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:18.699
aids<00:53:17.019><c> alongside</c><00:53:17.760><c> the</c><00:53:18.000><c> Old</c><00:53:18.280><c> Testament.</c>

00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:21.559
So<00:53:19.079><c> by</c><00:53:19.320><c> the</c><00:53:19.460><c> first</c><00:53:19.739><c> decade</c><00:53:20.059><c> or</c><00:53:20.260><c> two</c><00:53:20.440><c> after</c><00:53:20.739><c> the</c><00:53:20.880><c> death</c><00:53:21.039><c> of</c><00:53:21.280><c> Christ,</c>

00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:24.260
there<00:53:21.860><c> was</c><00:53:22.039><c> enough</c><00:53:22.400><c> material</c><00:53:22.900><c> to</c><00:53:23.159><c> form</c><00:53:23.300><c> a</c><00:53:23.440><c> body</c><00:53:23.679><c> of</c><00:53:23.960><c> writing</c>

00:53:24.260 --> 00:53:27.000
that<00:53:24.639><c> will</c><00:53:24.880><c> be</c><00:53:25.019><c> read</c><00:53:25.519><c> aloud</c><00:53:26.039><c> at</c><00:53:26.500><c> the</c><00:53:26.659><c> meeting,</c>

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:29.460
just<00:53:27.480><c> as</c><00:53:27.920><c> we</c><00:53:28.260><c> do.</c>

00:53:33.460 --> 00:53:37.320
There<00:53:33.519><c> are</c><00:53:33.739><c> passages</c><00:53:34.019><c> which</c><00:53:34.340><c> talk</c><00:53:34.639><c> about</c><00:53:34.960><c> the</c><00:53:35.139><c> Word</c><00:53:35.460><c> of</c><00:53:35.679><c> God</c><00:53:35.920><c> increasing,</c>

00:53:39.780 --> 00:53:42.659
which<00:53:40.039><c> based</c><00:53:40.380><c> on</c><00:53:40.559><c> the</c><00:53:40.800><c> Greek</c><00:53:40.980><c> and</c><00:53:41.159><c> the</c><00:53:41.280><c> way</c><00:53:41.400><c> it's</c><00:53:41.679><c> used</c><00:53:41.900><c> elsewhere,</c>

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:46.440
seem<00:53:43.320><c> to</c><00:53:44.320><c> only</c><00:53:44.679><c> be</c><00:53:44.940><c> a</c><00:53:45.159><c> reference</c><00:53:45.380><c> to</c><00:53:45.639><c> the</c><00:53:45.780><c> fact</c><00:53:45.960><c> that</c><00:53:46.179><c> people</c>

00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:48.000
were<00:53:46.679><c> writing</c><00:53:46.960><c> the</c><00:53:47.179><c> Word</c><00:53:47.340><c> of</c><00:53:47.500><c> God</c><00:53:47.739><c> down</c>

00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:50.880
and<00:53:48.199><c> that</c><00:53:48.760><c> body</c><00:53:49.179><c> of</c><00:53:49.519><c> writing</c><00:53:49.940><c> was</c><00:53:50.559><c> growing.</c>

00:53:50.960 --> 00:53:57.480
Acts<00:53:51.199><c> 13</c><00:53:51.920><c> verse</c><00:53:52.340><c> 15</c><00:53:53.599><c> says</c><00:53:56.539><c> that.</c>

00:54:00.400 --> 00:54:06.800
We<00:54:01.199><c> can</c><00:54:01.619><c> be</c><00:54:02.980><c> sure,</c><00:54:04.800><c> brothers</c><00:54:05.099><c> and</c><00:54:05.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:09.739 --> 00:54:13.500
based<00:54:10.239><c> on</c><00:54:10.559><c> the</c><00:54:10.840><c> testimony</c><00:54:11.360><c> of</c><00:54:11.639><c> the</c><00:54:11.760><c> New</c><00:54:12.000><c> Testament</c><00:54:12.559><c> itself,</c>

00:54:16.739 --> 00:54:20.340
that<00:54:17.039><c> God</c><00:54:18.019><c> cared</c><00:54:19.059><c> for</c><00:54:19.500><c> His</c><00:54:19.739><c> ecclesia</c>

00:54:20.340 --> 00:54:24.059
in<00:54:21.179><c> providing</c><00:54:21.719><c> for</c><00:54:22.099><c> them</c><00:54:22.280><c> a</c><00:54:22.480><c> written</c><00:54:22.719><c> record</c><00:54:23.219><c> of</c><00:54:23.420><c> the</c><00:54:23.599><c> life</c><00:54:23.820><c> of</c>

00:54:24.059 --> 00:54:24.599
His<00:54:24.239><c> Son</c>

00:54:24.599 --> 00:54:26.599
and<00:54:24.960><c> the</c><00:54:25.159><c> unveiling</c><00:54:25.659><c> of</c><00:54:25.900><c> His</c><00:54:26.079><c> purpose,</c>

00:54:26.880 --> 00:54:29.659
a<00:54:27.019><c> written</c><00:54:27.260><c> record</c><00:54:27.659><c> of</c><00:54:27.880><c> His</c><00:54:28.179><c> mind</c><00:54:28.539><c> concerning</c><00:54:29.079><c> the</c><00:54:29.460><c> issues</c>

00:54:29.659 --> 00:54:32.440
and<00:54:30.000><c> difficulties</c><00:54:30.539><c> which</c><00:54:30.900><c> they</c><00:54:31.260><c> faced,</c>

00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:39.840
an<00:54:32.920><c> inspired</c><00:54:33.699><c> record</c><00:54:34.440><c> of</c><00:54:36.860><c> how</c><00:54:37.260><c> He</c><00:54:37.579><c> wished</c><00:54:37.940><c> them</c><00:54:38.539><c> to</c><00:54:39.480><c> grow.</c>

00:54:40.099 --> 00:54:42.880
We've<00:54:40.320><c> seen</c><00:54:40.519><c> how</c><00:54:40.679><c> this</c><00:54:40.900><c> was</c><00:54:41.119><c> a</c><00:54:41.280><c> progressive</c><00:54:41.840><c> revelation,</c><00:54:42.500><c> just</c><00:54:42.739><c> as</c>

00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:44.420
with<00:54:43.079><c> the</c><00:54:43.179><c> Old</c><00:54:43.380><c> Testament.</c>

00:54:44.780 --> 00:54:47.340
It<00:54:45.179><c> grew</c><00:54:45.659><c> and</c><00:54:46.360><c> built.</c>

00:54:48.300 --> 00:54:50.920
It<00:54:48.539><c> centered</c><00:54:48.800><c> on</c><00:54:49.059><c> the</c><00:54:49.360><c> first</c><00:54:49.659><c> century</c><00:54:50.199><c> prophets</c>

00:54:50.920 --> 00:54:53.780
and<00:54:51.360><c> then</c><00:54:51.719><c> flowered</c><00:54:52.099><c> in</c><00:54:52.219><c> the</c><00:54:52.380><c> form</c><00:54:52.539><c> of</c><00:54:52.760><c> inspired</c><00:54:53.320><c> writings,</c>

00:54:53.960 --> 00:54:58.000
which<00:54:54.059><c> were</c><00:54:54.360><c> authenticated</c><00:54:55.079><c> by</c><00:54:55.340><c> the</c><00:54:55.599><c> Spirit</c><00:54:55.920><c> and</c><00:54:56.500><c> accepted</c><00:54:56.860><c> into</c><00:54:57.179><c> the</c><00:54:57.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:54:57.699><c> at</c><00:54:57.900><c> a</c>

00:54:58.000 --> 00:54:58.820
very<00:54:58.360><c> early</c><00:54:58.579><c> date</c>

00:54:58.820 --> 00:55:02.360
and<00:54:58.940><c> were</c><00:54:59.159><c> available</c><00:54:59.739><c> to</c><00:55:00.179><c> be</c><00:55:00.420><c> referenced</c><00:55:01.099><c> by</c><00:55:01.719><c> the</c><00:55:01.900><c> apostles</c>

00:55:02.360 --> 00:55:03.820
in<00:55:02.659><c> their</c><00:55:02.880><c> writings.</c>

00:55:04.380 --> 00:55:07.679
These<00:55:04.639><c> writings</c><00:55:04.940><c> are</c><00:55:05.219><c> testified</c><00:55:05.699><c> to</c><00:55:05.980><c> within</c><00:55:06.280><c> the</c><00:55:06.440><c> New</c><00:55:06.659><c> Testament</c><00:55:07.079><c> itself</c>

00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:10.860
and<00:55:08.539><c> supplies</c><00:55:08.960><c> with</c><00:55:09.280><c> all</c><00:55:09.500><c> the</c><00:55:09.739><c> confidence</c><00:55:10.179><c> we</c><00:55:10.559><c> need</c>

00:55:10.860 --> 00:55:16.880
that<00:55:11.519><c> the</c><00:55:11.719><c> books</c><00:55:11.960><c> that</c><00:55:12.159><c> we</c><00:55:12.320><c> have</c><00:55:12.480><c> on</c><00:55:12.599><c> our</c><00:55:12.840><c> laps</c><00:55:13.280><c> are</c><00:55:14.039><c> indeed</c><00:55:14.519><c> the</c><00:55:14.860><c> inspired</c><00:55:15.340><c> Word</c><00:55:15.579><c> of</c><00:55:15.940><c> God.</c>

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Thank<00:55:38.960><c> you.</c>