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it's<00:12:24.899><c> much</c><00:12:25.100><c> better</c><00:12:25.340><c> to</c><00:12:25.559><c> do</c><00:12:25.759><c> that</c><00:12:26.000><c> than</c><00:12:26.200><c> to</c><00:12:26.500><c> try</c><00:12:26.659><c> to</c><00:12:26.799><c> get</c><00:12:26.899><c> them</c>

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who<00:14:40.600><c> would</c><00:14:41.000><c> be</c><00:14:41.259><c> the</c><00:14:41.460><c> most</c><00:14:41.799><c> receptive</c><00:14:42.299><c> to</c><00:14:42.720><c> accepting</c><00:14:42.980><c> his</c><00:14:43.360><c> word.</c>

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In<00:14:45.179><c> a</c><00:14:45.379><c> sense,</c><00:14:45.759><c> fulfilling</c><00:14:46.080><c> that</c><00:14:46.799><c> saying</c><00:14:47.139><c> of</c><00:14:47.340><c> the</c><00:14:47.460><c> Old</c><00:14:47.620><c> Testament</c>

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and<00:14:48.500><c> that</c><00:14:48.779><c> Jesus</c><00:14:49.139><c> repeats,</c>

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a<00:14:49.720><c> prophet</c><00:14:50.019><c> is</c><00:14:50.200><c> not</c><00:14:50.399><c> without</c><00:14:50.740><c> honor,</c><00:14:51.299><c> save</c><00:14:51.360><c> in</c><00:14:51.500><c> his</c><00:14:51.659><c> own</c><00:14:51.840><c> country.</c>

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By<00:14:53.620><c> the</c><00:14:53.740><c> way,</c><00:14:53.860><c> just</c><00:14:54.080><c> a</c><00:14:54.240><c> side</c><00:14:54.460><c> comment</c><00:14:54.740><c> than</c><00:14:54.980><c> that,</c>

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that's<00:14:55.399><c> absolutely</c><00:14:55.799><c> true.</c>

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The<00:14:56.299><c> further</c><00:14:56.519><c> I</c><00:14:56.720><c> get</c><00:14:56.879><c> from</c><00:14:57.159><c> home,</c><00:14:57.379><c> the</c><00:14:57.500><c> more</c><00:14:57.799><c> popular</c><00:14:58.179><c> I</c><00:14:58.360><c> can</c><00:14:58.620><c> be.</c>

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You<00:14:59.559><c> know,</c><00:15:00.159><c> and</c><00:15:00.899><c> there's</c><00:15:01.179><c> a</c><00:15:01.299><c> good</c><00:15:01.419><c> reason</c><00:15:01.700><c> for</c><00:15:01.980><c> that.</c>

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This<00:15:03.059><c> is</c><00:15:03.519><c> not</c><00:15:04.000><c> necessarily</c><00:15:04.500><c> a</c><00:15:04.679><c> joke.</c>

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If<00:15:05.000><c> I</c><00:15:05.139><c> go</c><00:15:05.360><c> to</c><00:15:05.460><c> New</c><00:15:05.700><c> Zealand</c><00:15:05.960><c> or</c><00:15:06.139><c> England</c><00:15:06.440><c> and</c><00:15:06.580><c> I</c><00:15:06.860><c> say</c><00:15:07.019><c> something,</c>

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no<00:15:08.299><c> one</c><00:15:08.419><c> can</c><00:15:08.600><c> take</c><00:15:08.759><c> it</c><00:15:08.899><c> personal.</c>

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The<00:15:10.299><c> English</c><00:15:10.559><c> speakers</c><00:15:10.840><c> here,</c><00:15:11.419><c> Australian,</c>

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they<00:15:11.659><c> have</c><00:15:11.779><c> a</c><00:15:11.860><c> terrific</c><00:15:12.200><c> advantage</c><00:15:12.559><c> in</c><00:15:12.720><c> that</c><00:15:12.919><c> sense.</c>

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But<00:15:13.799><c> most</c><00:15:14.039><c> people</c><00:15:14.320><c> here,</c><00:15:14.440><c> you</c><00:15:14.539><c> know</c><00:15:14.740><c> John</c><00:15:15.019><c> Bellolo,</c><00:15:15.460><c> right?</c>

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So<00:15:15.820><c> the</c><00:15:15.980><c> first</c><00:15:16.159><c> thing</c><00:15:16.340><c> is,</c><00:15:16.679><c> well,</c><00:15:16.679><c> I</c><00:15:16.779><c> know</c><00:15:16.980><c> him.</c>

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He<00:15:17.240><c> doesn't</c><00:15:17.480><c> really</c><00:15:17.779><c> mean</c><00:15:18.019><c> that</c><00:15:18.259><c> or,</c><00:15:18.600><c> oh,</c><00:15:18.799><c> he</c><00:15:18.919><c> does</c><00:15:19.159><c> that.</c>

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It's<00:15:20.000><c> really</c><00:15:20.379><c> tough</c><00:15:20.639><c> in</c><00:15:20.759><c> your</c><00:15:20.960><c> own</c><00:15:21.139><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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The<00:15:21.679><c> closer</c><00:15:21.940><c> you</c><00:15:22.100><c> get</c><00:15:22.220><c> in</c><00:15:22.279><c> your</c><00:15:22.460><c> own</c><00:15:22.620><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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you<00:15:23.100><c> say</c><00:15:23.240><c> something,</c><00:15:23.580><c> someone</c><00:15:23.799><c> might</c><00:15:24.039><c> take</c><00:15:24.320><c> it</c><00:15:24.580><c> personal.</c>

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But<00:15:25.759><c> if</c><00:15:25.860><c> you're</c><00:15:26.059><c> far</c><00:15:26.340><c> away</c><00:15:26.539><c> from</c><00:15:26.740><c> home</c>

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and<00:15:27.019><c> you</c><00:15:27.220><c> say</c><00:15:27.320><c> the</c><00:15:27.620><c> same</c><00:15:27.919><c> exact</c><00:15:28.340><c> thing,</c>

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someone<00:15:29.779><c> comes</c><00:15:30.019><c> up</c><00:15:30.240><c> to</c><00:15:30.299><c> you</c><00:15:30.360><c> and</c><00:15:30.419><c> they</c><00:15:30.519><c> say,</c><00:15:30.960><c> that's</c><00:15:31.399><c> wonderful.</c>

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I<00:15:31.879><c> had</c><00:15:31.960><c> the</c><00:15:32.200><c> same</c><00:15:32.419><c> problem.</c>

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I<00:15:32.899><c> didn't</c><00:15:33.120><c> know</c><00:15:33.259><c> you</c><00:15:33.440><c> even</c><00:15:33.679><c> realized</c><00:15:34.120><c> that.</c>

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And<00:15:35.080><c> of</c><00:15:35.240><c> course</c><00:15:35.360><c> you</c><00:15:35.500><c> didn't.</c>

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You<00:15:36.240><c> were</c><00:15:36.419><c> talking</c><00:15:36.779><c> in</c><00:15:37.120><c> general</c><00:15:37.399><c> about</c><00:15:37.679><c> what</c><00:15:37.899><c> you</c><00:15:38.100><c> know.</c>

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So<00:15:39.460><c> we</c><00:15:39.860><c> find</c><00:15:40.179><c> here</c><00:15:40.500><c> that</c><00:15:40.720><c> the</c><00:15:40.919><c> Grecian</c><00:15:41.279><c> Jews</c><00:15:41.600><c> accept.</c>

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They<00:15:42.559><c> accept.</c>

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It's<00:15:44.759><c> just</c><00:15:45.120><c> sort</c><00:15:45.340><c> of</c><00:15:45.559><c> normal</c><00:15:46.279><c> human</c><00:15:46.779><c> society.</c>

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There's<00:15:47.600><c> nothing</c><00:15:48.299><c> personal</c><00:15:48.860><c> about</c><00:15:49.159><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:52.000><c> jealousy</c><00:15:52.440><c> develops.</c>

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With<00:15:53.600><c> the</c><00:15:53.799><c> synagogue,</c><00:15:54.399><c> it</c><00:15:54.399><c> says</c><00:15:54.580><c> the</c><00:15:54.679><c> first</c><00:15:54.840><c> line</c><00:15:54.980><c> of</c><00:15:55.159><c> the</c><00:15:55.320><c> libertines.</c>

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Now<00:15:56.440><c> that's</c><00:15:56.620><c> not</c><00:15:56.799><c> a</c><00:15:56.919><c> political</c><00:15:57.340><c> term</c>

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and<00:15:58.220><c> the</c><00:15:58.500><c> authorized</c><00:15:58.840><c> version</c><00:15:59.120><c> here</c><00:15:59.299><c> is</c><00:15:59.419><c> a</c><00:15:59.460><c> little</c><00:15:59.639><c> unfortunate.</c>

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It's<00:16:01.179><c> Freemasons</c><00:16:01.779><c> or</c><00:16:02.340><c> freemen.</c>

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And<00:16:04.240><c> so</c><00:16:04.399><c> this</c><00:16:04.919><c> was</c><00:16:05.179><c> a</c><00:16:05.360><c> synagogue</c><00:16:05.840><c> formed</c><00:16:06.320><c> up</c>

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of<00:16:06.820><c> probably</c><00:16:07.259><c> ex</c><00:16:07.799><c>-slaves</c><00:16:08.639><c> who</c><00:16:09.019><c> had</c><00:16:09.200><c> been</c><00:16:09.460><c> freed.</c>

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And<00:16:11.100><c> so</c><00:16:11.220><c> they</c><00:16:11.440><c> became</c><00:16:11.740><c> the</c><00:16:11.960><c> most</c><00:16:12.299><c> vociferous</c><00:16:13.419><c> against</c><00:16:14.039><c> this</c>

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new<00:16:14.580><c> way</c>

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and<00:16:15.940><c> they</c><00:16:16.240><c> sought</c><00:16:16.360><c> to</c><00:16:16.679><c> persecute</c><00:16:17.139><c> it.</c>

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And<00:16:18.240><c> they</c><00:16:18.519><c> do</c><00:16:18.820><c> exactly,</c><00:16:19.600><c> exactly</c>

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on<00:16:20.899><c> what</c><00:16:21.019><c> had</c><00:16:21.200><c> happened</c><00:16:21.379><c> with</c><00:16:21.539><c> Jesus</c><00:16:21.879><c> Christ.</c>

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They<00:16:22.360><c> raise</c><00:16:22.580><c> up</c><00:16:22.820><c> false</c><00:16:23.139><c> charges.</c>

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They<00:16:25.899><c> try</c><00:16:26.139><c> to</c><00:16:26.360><c> set</c><00:16:26.480><c> him</c><00:16:26.639><c> up.</c>

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They<00:16:27.080><c> find</c><00:16:27.360><c> false</c><00:16:27.759><c> witnesses.</c>

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For<00:16:30.059><c> we</c><00:16:30.340><c> have</c><00:16:30.620><c> heard</c><00:16:30.879><c> him</c><00:16:31.200><c> say,</c><00:16:31.659><c> verse</c><00:16:31.759><c> 14,</c>

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that<00:16:32.519><c> this</c><00:16:32.820><c> Jesus</c><00:16:33.120><c> of</c><00:16:33.360><c> Nazareth</c><00:16:33.659><c> shall</c><00:16:33.919><c> destroy</c><00:16:34.620><c> this</c><00:16:34.960><c> place.</c>

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The<00:16:36.440><c> same</c><00:16:36.960><c> charges</c><00:16:37.320><c> that</c><00:16:37.539><c> were</c><00:16:37.659><c> laid</c><00:16:37.759><c> against</c><00:16:38.019><c> Jesus</c>

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about<00:16:39.179><c> the</c><00:16:39.440><c> temple</c><00:16:39.960><c> and</c><00:16:40.980><c> insurrection.</c>

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And<00:16:41.960><c> shall</c><00:16:42.139><c> change</c><00:16:42.580><c> the</c><00:16:42.879><c> customs</c><00:16:43.240><c> which</c><00:16:43.620><c> Moses</c><00:16:44.039><c> delivered</c><00:16:44.440><c> us.</c>

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And<00:16:47.340><c> so</c><00:16:47.519><c> they</c><00:16:47.919><c> set</c><00:16:48.139><c> about</c><00:16:48.899><c> to</c><00:16:50.519><c> slay</c><00:16:50.720><c> this</c><00:16:50.960><c> righteous</c><00:16:51.320><c> man.</c>

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And<00:16:54.919><c> Saul,</c><00:16:56.840><c> and</c><00:16:57.080><c> this</c><00:16:57.179><c> is</c><00:16:57.320><c> where</c><00:16:57.440><c> we</c><00:16:57.639><c> first</c><00:16:58.000><c> meet</c><00:16:58.299><c> Saul.</c>

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Verse<00:17:02.100><c> one,</c><00:17:02.940><c> chapter</c><00:17:03.419><c> eight,</c>

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after<00:17:04.579><c> this</c><00:17:04.940><c> marvelous</c><00:17:05.460><c> defense</c><00:17:06.339><c> that</c><00:17:07.140><c> Stephen</c><00:17:07.440><c> makes,</c>

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we<00:17:07.940><c> meet</c><00:17:08.160><c> Saul</c><00:17:09.279><c> consenting</c><00:17:10.799><c> unto</c><00:17:11.339><c> his</c><00:17:12.099><c> death.</c>

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As<00:17:12.660><c> it</c><00:17:12.940><c> says</c><00:17:13.119><c> in</c><00:17:13.319><c> the</c><00:17:13.539><c> NIV,</c>

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Saul<00:17:15.380><c> giving</c><00:17:16.279><c> approval</c><00:17:17.579><c> to</c><00:17:18.779><c> his</c><00:17:19.140><c> death.</c>

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This<00:17:22.220><c> marvelous</c><00:17:22.740><c> defense</c><00:17:23.200><c> that</c><00:17:23.539><c> Stephen</c><00:17:23.799><c> makes</c>

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is<00:17:25.579><c> well</c><00:17:25.859><c> known</c><00:17:26.019><c> to</c><00:17:26.180><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:17:26.940><c> one</c><00:17:27.140><c> of</c><00:17:27.240><c> the</c><00:17:27.440><c> great</c><00:17:27.720><c> courtroom</c><00:17:28.119><c> defenses</c><00:17:28.599><c> of</c><00:17:28.839><c> all</c><00:17:29.099><c> time.</c>

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There's<00:17:29.700><c> this</c><00:17:29.980><c> one</c><00:17:30.099><c> and</c><00:17:30.200><c> the</c><00:17:30.359><c> one</c><00:17:30.480><c> of</c><00:17:30.599><c> course</c><00:17:30.819><c> that</c><00:17:31.119><c> Paul</c><00:17:31.599><c> does</c>

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before<00:17:32.880><c> Agrippa</c><00:17:33.420><c> and</c><00:17:33.660><c> Festus.</c>

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There's<00:17:35.180><c> marvelous</c><00:17:35.660><c> summaries</c><00:17:36.380><c> of</c><00:17:36.880><c> everything</c><00:17:37.279><c> they</c><00:17:37.599><c> believed.</c>

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And<00:17:39.440><c> notice</c><00:17:39.839><c> when</c><00:17:41.680><c> Stephen</c><00:17:42.059><c> is</c><00:17:42.400><c> faced</c><00:17:42.619><c> with</c><00:17:42.839><c> that</c><00:17:43.099><c> moment</c>

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where<00:17:43.680><c> he</c><00:17:43.859><c> is</c><00:17:44.059><c> being</c><00:17:44.460><c> slain</c><00:17:44.839><c> by</c><00:17:45.160><c> his</c><00:17:45.420><c> tormentors,</c>

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these<00:17:46.480><c> Jews</c><00:17:46.839><c> who</c><00:17:47.380><c> stoned</c><00:17:47.759><c> him.</c>

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By<00:17:48.740><c> the</c><00:17:48.819><c> way,</c><00:17:48.900><c> they</c><00:17:49.039><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:49.200><c> have</c><00:17:49.400><c> done</c><00:17:49.539><c> that.</c>

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This<00:17:51.079><c> was</c><00:17:51.319><c> in</c><00:17:51.420><c> a</c><00:17:51.680><c> sense</c><00:17:51.839><c> a</c><00:17:52.099><c> mob</c><00:17:52.299><c> action,</c><00:17:52.900><c> right?</c>

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It<00:17:53.140><c> was</c><00:17:53.500><c> a</c><00:17:53.960><c> vigilante</c><00:17:54.579><c> action.</c>

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They<00:17:55.319><c> had</c><00:17:55.480><c> no</c><00:17:55.680><c> right</c><00:17:55.859><c> to</c><00:17:56.079><c> do</c><00:17:56.259><c> this.</c>

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They<00:17:57.559><c> should</c><00:17:57.759><c> have</c><00:17:57.819><c> turned</c><00:17:58.079><c> them</c><00:17:58.279><c> over</c><00:17:58.539><c> to</c><00:17:58.920><c> the</c><00:18:00.500><c> authorities,</c>

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the<00:18:01.240><c> Roman</c><00:18:01.480><c> authorities</c><00:18:02.079><c> and</c><00:18:02.339><c> had</c><00:18:02.519><c> them</c><00:18:02.759><c> carried</c><00:18:03.059><c> out.</c>

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That's<00:18:03.539><c> what</c><00:18:03.660><c> they</c><00:18:03.839><c> did</c><00:18:03.960><c> with</c><00:18:04.119><c> Jesus.</c>

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But<00:18:06.539><c> here</c><00:18:06.700><c> they</c><00:18:06.859><c> took</c><00:18:07.019><c> this</c><00:18:07.220><c> in</c><00:18:07.319><c> their</c><00:18:07.599><c> own</c><00:18:07.859><c> hands.</c>

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And<00:18:09.660><c> what</c><00:18:09.880><c> does</c><00:18:10.140><c> Stephen</c><00:18:10.460><c> say?</c>

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And<00:18:11.299><c> they</c><00:18:11.700><c> stoned</c><00:18:12.079><c> Stephen.</c>

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And<00:18:13.579><c> he</c><00:18:13.740><c> says,</c><00:18:14.779><c> Lord,</c><00:18:15.279><c> verse</c><00:18:15.720><c> 60,</c>

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chapter<00:18:19.400><c> seven,</c><00:18:20.119><c> and</c><00:18:20.339><c> he</c><00:18:20.500><c> kneeled</c><00:18:20.779><c> down</c><00:18:21.140><c> and</c><00:18:21.400><c> cried</c>

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with<00:18:21.839><c> a</c><00:18:21.980><c> loud</c><00:18:22.200><c> voice,</c><00:18:22.799><c> Lord,</c><00:18:23.880><c> lay</c><00:18:24.180><c> not</c><00:18:24.559><c> this</c><00:18:24.900><c> sin</c><00:18:25.160><c> to</c><00:18:25.519><c> their</c><00:18:25.920><c> charge.</c>

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Now<00:18:27.839><c> I</c><00:18:27.920><c> know</c><00:18:28.160><c> several</c><00:18:28.779><c> yesterday</c><00:18:30.180><c> or</c><00:18:30.420><c> the</c><00:18:30.519><c> day</c><00:18:30.720><c> before</c>

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felt<00:18:32.579><c> a</c><00:18:32.759><c> little</c><00:18:32.940><c> uncomfortable</c><00:18:33.619><c> with</c><00:18:34.140><c> this</c><00:18:34.319><c> general</c><00:18:34.740><c> principle</c>

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of<00:18:35.579><c> forgiveness</c><00:18:35.900><c> even</c><00:18:36.240><c> when</c><00:18:36.440><c> somebody</c><00:18:36.759><c> else</c><00:18:37.099><c> doesn't</c><00:18:37.440><c> repent.</c>

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But<00:18:38.400><c> here</c><00:18:38.680><c> it's</c><00:18:38.920><c> reinforced</c><00:18:39.359><c> again.</c>

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And<00:18:40.539><c> by</c><00:18:40.680><c> the</c><00:18:40.779><c> way,</c><00:18:40.920><c> I</c><00:18:40.960><c> just</c><00:18:41.299><c> want</c><00:18:41.420><c> to</c><00:18:41.740><c> make</c><00:18:41.859><c> a</c><00:18:42.119><c> comment</c><00:18:42.380><c> back</c><00:18:42.720><c> on</c><00:18:42.980><c> that</c>

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because<00:18:43.980><c> I</c><00:18:44.460><c> believe</c><00:18:44.759><c> here</c><00:18:45.000><c> he's</c><00:18:45.680><c> in</c><00:18:45.859><c> a</c><00:18:46.019><c> sense,</c>

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quoting<00:18:46.559><c> Jesus</c><00:18:47.000><c> or</c><00:18:47.500><c> not</c><00:18:48.000><c> really</c><00:18:48.380><c> quoting,</c>

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but<00:18:49.539><c> padding</c><00:18:49.900><c> his</c><00:18:50.279><c> behavior</c><00:18:50.740><c> exactly</c>

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as<00:18:51.519><c> to</c><00:18:51.599><c> what</c><00:18:51.779><c> Jesus</c><00:18:52.160><c> did</c><00:18:52.380><c> on</c><00:18:52.579><c> the</c><00:18:52.799><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:18:54.319><c> a</c><00:18:54.900><c> strict</c><00:18:55.099><c> reading</c><00:18:55.700><c> of</c><00:18:57.160><c> the</c><00:18:57.519><c> Luke</c><00:18:57.700><c> passage</c>

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in<00:18:58.799><c> the</c><00:18:59.140><c> authorized</c><00:18:59.680><c> version,</c><00:19:00.660><c> in</c><00:19:01.279><c> English</c><00:19:01.700><c> at</c><00:19:01.980><c> least,</c>

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has<00:19:03.539><c> been</c><00:19:03.779><c> interpreted</c><00:19:04.220><c> by</c><00:19:04.539><c> some</c><00:19:04.759><c> churches,</c>

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notably<00:19:05.680><c> that</c><00:19:05.980><c> one</c><00:19:06.079><c> in</c><00:19:06.339><c> Rome,</c><00:19:07.180><c> to</c><00:19:07.660><c> justify</c><00:19:08.200><c> that</c><00:19:08.460><c> the</c><00:19:08.660><c> Jews</c>

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were<00:19:09.059><c> never</c><00:19:09.319><c> forgiven</c><00:19:09.799><c> for</c><00:19:10.140><c> Jesus'</c><00:19:11.079><c> sin,</c>

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for<00:19:12.240><c> their</c><00:19:12.440><c> sin</c><00:19:12.559><c> against</c><00:19:12.859><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:19:14.240><c> go</c><00:19:14.460><c> back,</c><00:19:14.839><c> if</c><00:19:14.839><c> you</c><00:19:14.960><c> will,</c><00:19:15.099><c> for</c><00:19:15.319><c> a</c><00:19:15.420><c> moment</c><00:19:15.619><c> to</c><00:19:15.839><c> Luke</c><00:19:16.240><c> chapter</c><00:19:16.900><c> 23.</c>

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And<00:19:18.759><c> you</c><00:19:19.039><c> see</c><00:19:19.220><c> one</c><00:19:19.400><c> of</c><00:19:19.539><c> the</c><00:19:20.039><c> ambiguities</c><00:19:20.720><c> of</c><00:19:20.980><c> language.</c>

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I<00:19:21.519><c> think</c><00:19:21.740><c> we</c><00:19:21.900><c> have</c><00:19:22.019><c> to</c><00:19:22.140><c> be</c><00:19:22.259><c> very</c><00:19:22.599><c> careful</c><00:19:23.119><c> about</c><00:19:23.980><c> those</c><00:19:24.440><c> ambiguities.</c>

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And<00:19:25.420><c> in</c><00:19:25.619><c> English</c><00:19:25.900><c> language,</c><00:19:26.299><c> we</c><00:19:26.420><c> like</c><00:19:26.599><c> to</c><00:19:26.799><c> think</c>

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it's<00:19:27.299><c> a</c><00:19:27.400><c> precise</c><00:19:27.839><c> thing</c><00:19:28.140><c> like</c><00:19:28.380><c> a</c><00:19:28.660><c> mathematical</c><00:19:29.140><c> equation.</c>

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It's<00:19:29.920><c> just</c><00:19:30.099><c> not</c><00:19:30.380><c> true.</c>

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Then<00:19:32.220><c> said</c><00:19:32.400><c> Jesus,</c><00:19:32.920><c> Father,</c><00:19:33.339><c> forgive</c><00:19:33.740><c> them,</c>

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for<00:19:34.200><c> they</c><00:19:34.440><c> know</c><00:19:34.599><c> not</c><00:19:34.819><c> what</c><00:19:35.000><c> they</c><00:19:35.299><c> do.</c>

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And<00:19:36.319><c> it's</c><00:19:36.420><c> very</c><00:19:36.720><c> easy</c><00:19:36.960><c> to</c><00:19:37.160><c> say,</c><00:19:37.299><c> well,</c>

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he<00:19:38.039><c> was</c><00:19:38.200><c> only</c><00:19:38.500><c> forgiving</c><00:19:38.779><c> the</c><00:19:39.059><c> Romans</c><00:19:39.339><c> around</c><00:19:39.740><c> him</c>

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and<00:19:40.759><c> not</c><00:19:41.019><c> the</c><00:19:41.240><c> Jews.</c>

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Well,<00:19:42.700><c> that</c><00:19:42.880><c> would</c><00:19:43.059><c> be,</c><00:19:43.759><c> I</c><00:19:43.980><c> think,</c><00:19:44.339><c> pretty</c><00:19:44.599><c> inconsistent</c>

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with<00:19:45.400><c> Jesus'</c><00:19:45.920><c> whole</c><00:19:46.019><c> life</c><00:19:46.259><c> and</c><00:19:46.500><c> teaching.</c>

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And<00:19:47.480><c> in</c><00:19:47.660><c> ambiguity</c><00:19:48.160><c> of</c><00:19:48.400><c> language,</c>

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the<00:19:48.900><c> first</c><00:19:49.099><c> thing</c><00:19:49.240><c> you</c><00:19:49.400><c> look</c><00:19:49.640><c> for</c><00:19:49.880><c> is</c><00:19:50.240><c> consistency</c>

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in<00:19:51.039><c> the</c><00:19:52.099><c> whole</c><00:19:52.400><c> of</c><00:19:52.619><c> what</c><00:19:52.779><c> you're</c><00:19:52.960><c> reading.</c>

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And<00:19:54.259><c> just</c><00:19:54.400><c> go</c><00:19:54.619><c> back</c><00:19:54.859><c> earlier,</c><00:19:55.279><c> for</c><00:19:55.579><c> example,</c>

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in<00:19:56.500><c> Matthew's</c><00:19:57.039><c> gospel</c><00:19:57.579><c> to</c><00:19:58.420><c> verse</c><00:19:58.720><c> 44</c><00:19:59.339><c> of</c><00:19:59.579><c> chapter</c><00:19:59.960><c> five.</c>

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But<00:20:01.380><c> I</c><00:20:01.619><c> say</c><00:20:01.779><c> unto</c><00:20:01.980><c> you,</c><00:20:02.299><c> love</c><00:20:02.619><c> your</c><00:20:03.140><c> enemies,</c>

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bless<00:20:04.579><c> them</c><00:20:04.859><c> that</c><00:20:05.160><c> curse</c><00:20:05.480><c> you,</c><00:20:05.779><c> do</c><00:20:05.920><c> good</c><00:20:06.099><c> to</c><00:20:06.240><c> them</c><00:20:06.440><c> that</c><00:20:06.700><c> hate</c><00:20:06.920><c> you,</c>

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and<00:20:07.880><c> pray</c><00:20:08.200><c> for</c><00:20:08.420><c> them</c><00:20:08.859><c> which</c><00:20:09.319><c> despitefully</c><00:20:10.160><c> use</c><00:20:10.480><c> you</c>

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will<00:20:11.259><c> persecute</c><00:20:11.500><c> you.</c>

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So<00:20:13.059><c> Jesus,</c><00:20:13.619><c> I</c><00:20:13.619><c> believe</c><00:20:13.900><c> on</c><00:20:14.059><c> the</c><00:20:14.200><c> cross,</c>

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was<00:20:14.579><c> simply</c><00:20:14.900><c> carrying</c><00:20:15.259><c> out</c><00:20:15.519><c> his</c><00:20:15.700><c> own</c><00:20:15.980><c> teaching.</c>

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And<00:20:17.859><c> if</c><00:20:18.420><c> you</c><00:20:18.500><c> want</c><00:20:18.599><c> a</c><00:20:18.619><c> little</c><00:20:18.880><c> better</c><00:20:19.099><c> picture</c>

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about<00:20:19.740><c> ambiguity</c><00:20:20.380><c> of</c><00:20:20.660><c> language,</c><00:20:20.980><c> you</c><00:20:21.220><c> see,</c>

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the<00:20:22.240><c> apostle,</c><00:20:23.759><c> the</c><00:20:24.059><c> writer,</c><00:20:24.380><c> actually</c><00:20:24.700><c> Luke,</c>

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is<00:20:25.819><c> quoting</c><00:20:26.180><c> Jesus</c><00:20:26.720><c> and</c><00:20:27.099><c> also</c><00:20:27.400><c> referring</c><00:20:27.799><c> to</c><00:20:27.980><c> the</c><00:20:28.180><c> soldiers.</c>

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And<00:20:29.500><c> so</c><00:20:29.660><c> there</c><00:20:29.920><c> can</c><00:20:30.119><c> be</c><00:20:30.339><c> an</c><00:20:30.440><c> ambiguity</c><00:20:31.299><c> here</c>

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which<00:20:31.960><c> what</c><00:20:32.380><c> they</c><00:20:32.579><c> is</c><00:20:32.759><c> Jesus</c><00:20:33.140><c> talking</c><00:20:33.559><c> about</c>

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and<00:20:34.039><c> what</c><00:20:34.299><c> they</c><00:20:34.500><c> is</c><00:20:34.680><c> the</c><00:20:34.859><c> writer</c><00:20:35.039><c> talking</c><00:20:35.400><c> about</c>

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when<00:20:35.740><c> he</c><00:20:35.759><c> goes</c><00:20:35.920><c> to</c><00:20:36.079><c> the</c><00:20:36.279><c> soldiers.</c>

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Well,<00:20:37.099><c> there</c><00:20:37.259><c> are</c><00:20:37.319><c> many</c><00:20:37.539><c> classic</c><00:20:37.960><c> cases</c>

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in<00:20:38.880><c> the</c><00:20:39.059><c> English</c><00:20:39.440><c> language</c><00:20:39.880><c> translation</c><00:20:40.440><c> of</c><00:20:40.619><c> the</c><00:20:40.740><c> Bible</c>

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where<00:20:41.700><c> ambiguity</c><00:20:42.299><c> comes</c><00:20:43.000><c> across</c>

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and<00:20:43.759><c> we</c><00:20:43.940><c> don't</c><00:20:44.220><c> really</c><00:20:44.559><c> appreciate</c><00:20:45.099><c> it.</c>

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In<00:20:46.259><c> other</c><00:20:46.500><c> languages,</c><00:20:47.079><c> I</c><00:20:47.180><c> know</c><00:20:47.319><c> it's</c><00:20:47.500><c> true</c><00:20:47.680><c> in</c><00:20:47.859><c> Italian,</c>

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I<00:20:48.319><c> know</c><00:20:48.400><c> it's</c><00:20:48.579><c> true</c><00:20:48.720><c> in</c><00:20:48.960><c> French.</c>

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In<00:20:49.220><c> other</c><00:20:49.579><c> languages,</c><00:20:50.000><c> people</c><00:20:50.259><c> are</c><00:20:50.460><c> more</c><00:20:50.619><c> comfortable</c>

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with<00:20:51.400><c> ambiguity</c><00:20:52.039><c> which</c><00:20:52.480><c> tend</c><00:20:52.700><c> to</c><00:20:52.900><c> think</c><00:20:53.019><c> sometimes</c>

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that<00:20:53.700><c> English</c><00:20:53.940><c> is</c><00:20:54.140><c> more</c><00:20:54.400><c> precise.</c>

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Actually,<00:20:55.640><c> it's</c><00:20:55.859><c> not.</c>

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It's<00:20:56.779><c> one</c><00:20:56.940><c> of</c><00:20:57.039><c> the</c><00:20:57.160><c> most</c><00:20:57.359><c> difficult</c><00:20:57.799><c> languages</c><00:20:58.299><c> for</c><00:20:58.720><c> consistency.</c>

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And<00:20:59.900><c> if</c><00:21:00.019><c> you</c><00:21:00.380><c> teach</c><00:21:00.559><c> foreign</c><00:21:00.900><c> students,</c>

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you<00:21:01.759><c> quite</c><00:21:02.140><c> quickly</c><00:21:02.559><c> pick</c><00:21:02.859><c> this</c><00:21:03.119><c> up,</c>

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how<00:21:04.099><c> they're</c><00:21:04.480><c> perplexed</c><00:21:05.019><c> many</c><00:21:05.279><c> a</c><00:21:05.480><c> time</c>

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about<00:21:06.000><c> the</c><00:21:06.279><c> ambiguity</c><00:21:06.660><c> of</c><00:21:06.859><c> English.</c>

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Go<00:21:07.440><c> back</c><00:21:07.640><c> to</c><00:21:07.839><c> 2</c><00:21:08.059><c> Kings</c><00:21:08.339><c> 19,</c>

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because<00:21:09.299><c> here</c><00:21:09.500><c> you</c><00:21:09.539><c> have</c><00:21:09.740><c> what</c><00:21:10.380><c> I</c><00:21:10.619><c> call</c>

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the<00:21:10.859><c> classic</c><00:21:11.400><c> ambiguity</c><00:21:12.019><c> passage.</c>

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It's<00:21:13.359><c> 2</c><00:21:13.660><c> Kings</c><00:21:13.940><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:21:16.339><c> it</c><00:21:16.640><c> came</c><00:21:17.059><c> to</c><00:21:17.440><c> pass,</c><00:21:17.759><c> verse</c><00:21:18.079><c> 35.</c>

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Now,<00:21:20.319><c> anyone</c><00:21:20.599><c> who's</c><00:21:20.900><c> taught</c><00:21:21.059><c> Sunday</c><00:21:21.460><c> school</c><00:21:21.880><c> to</c><00:21:22.099><c> young</c><00:21:22.299><c> people</c>

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has<00:21:23.400><c> run</c><00:21:23.619><c> into</c><00:21:23.839><c> this</c><00:21:24.140><c> passage</c><00:21:24.500><c> in</c><00:21:24.680><c> terms</c><00:21:24.960><c> of</c><00:21:25.200><c> ambiguity.</c>

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And<00:21:26.380><c> it</c><00:21:26.539><c> came</c><00:21:26.799><c> to</c><00:21:27.140><c> pass</c><00:21:27.900><c> that</c><00:21:28.660><c> night</c>

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that<00:21:29.240><c> the</c><00:21:29.480><c> angel</c><00:21:29.839><c> of</c><00:21:30.039><c> the</c><00:21:30.099><c> Lord</c><00:21:30.240><c> went</c><00:21:30.500><c> out</c>

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:33.480
and<00:21:31.920><c> smote</c><00:21:32.180><c> in</c><00:21:32.319><c> the</c><00:21:32.519><c> camp</c><00:21:32.720><c> of</c><00:21:32.900><c> the</c><00:21:33.019><c> Assyrians</c>

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a<00:21:33.740><c> hundred,</c><00:21:34.579><c> four</c><00:21:34.799><c> score</c><00:21:35.039><c> and</c><00:21:35.279><c> 5</c><00:21:35.599><c>,000.</c>

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And<00:21:36.640><c> when</c><00:21:36.779><c> they</c><00:21:37.079><c> arose</c><00:21:37.440><c> early</c><00:21:37.920><c> in</c><00:21:38.079><c> the</c><00:21:38.240><c> morning,</c>

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behold,<00:21:39.220><c> they</c><00:21:39.460><c> were</c><00:21:39.700><c> all</c><00:21:39.980><c> dead</c><00:21:40.259><c> corpses.</c>

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It's<00:21:42.559><c> the</c><00:21:42.740><c> classical</c><00:21:43.140><c> ambiguity</c><00:21:43.700><c> passage.</c>

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And<00:21:45.200><c> I've</c><00:21:45.880><c> taught</c><00:21:46.039><c> Sunday</c><00:21:46.319><c> school</c><00:21:46.619><c> and</c><00:21:46.819><c> they</c><00:21:46.980><c> say,</c>

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Uncle<00:21:47.339><c> John,</c><00:21:48.039><c> how</c><00:21:48.220><c> could</c><00:21:48.400><c> they</c><00:21:48.500><c> have</c><00:21:48.700><c> gotten</c><00:21:48.839><c> up</c><00:21:49.059><c> if</c><00:21:49.200><c> they</c>

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were<00:21:49.599><c> dead?</c>

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Well,<00:21:50.839><c> it's</c><00:21:51.119><c> ambiguous</c><00:21:51.700><c> in</c><00:21:51.920><c> the</c><00:21:52.079><c> English,</c>

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but<00:21:52.579><c> it's</c><00:21:52.880><c> not</c><00:21:53.079><c> ambiguous</c><00:21:53.599><c> in</c><00:21:53.779><c> terms</c><00:21:54.039><c> of</c><00:21:54.200><c> the</c><00:21:54.440><c> context.</c>

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I<00:21:55.880><c> think</c><00:21:56.039><c> that's</c><00:21:56.339><c> what</c><00:21:56.460><c> we're</c><00:21:56.740><c> faced</c><00:21:57.019><c> there.</c>

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And<00:21:57.240><c> I</c><00:21:57.279><c> think</c><00:21:57.559><c> that</c><00:21:58.720><c> church</c><00:21:59.000><c> in</c><00:21:59.200><c> Rome</c><00:21:59.380><c> that</c><00:21:59.660><c> interprets</c><00:22:00.059><c> this</c>

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as<00:22:00.920><c> applying</c><00:22:01.200><c> only</c><00:22:01.559><c> to</c><00:22:01.740><c> the</c><00:22:01.900><c> Roman</c><00:22:02.119><c> soldiers</c>

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and<00:22:03.460><c> holding</c><00:22:03.920><c> all</c><00:22:04.299><c> Jews</c><00:22:04.500><c> guilty</c><00:22:04.880><c> for</c><00:22:05.119><c> Jesus'</c><00:22:05.680><c> death</c><00:22:05.720><c> is</c><00:22:06.000><c> wrong.</c>

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It's<00:22:06.880><c> just</c><00:22:07.059><c> not</c><00:22:07.240><c> correct.</c>

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It's<00:22:07.839><c> not</c><00:22:08.019><c> consistent</c><00:22:08.519><c> with</c><00:22:08.779><c> all</c><00:22:08.960><c> the</c><00:22:09.140><c> other</c><00:22:09.339><c> teaching</c>

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of<00:22:10.619><c> the</c><00:22:10.799><c> scripture.</c>

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And<00:22:12.000><c> here</c><00:22:12.200><c> in</c><00:22:12.460><c> Acts</c><00:22:13.059><c> chapter</c><00:22:13.819><c> seven,</c>

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there's<00:22:15.359><c> no</c><00:22:15.619><c> question</c><00:22:16.019><c> about</c><00:22:16.440><c> Stephen's</c><00:22:17.339><c> forgiveness.</c>

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Lord,<00:22:19.200><c> lay</c><00:22:19.400><c> not</c><00:22:19.799><c> this</c><00:22:20.200><c> sin</c><00:22:20.420><c> to</c><00:22:20.640><c> their</c><00:22:21.000><c> charge.</c>

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Now<00:22:21.839><c> that</c><00:22:22.019><c> doesn't</c><00:22:22.359><c> mean</c><00:22:22.740><c> that</c><00:22:22.960><c> if</c><00:22:23.200><c> these</c><00:22:23.420><c> people</c><00:22:23.660><c> didn't</c><00:22:23.880><c> repent</c>

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that<00:22:24.460><c> they</c><00:22:24.619><c> could</c><00:22:24.819><c> act</c><00:22:25.099><c> upon</c><00:22:25.400><c> it,</c><00:22:27.700><c> right?</c>

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I<00:22:28.359><c> mean,</c><00:22:28.440><c> you</c><00:22:28.579><c> can</c><00:22:28.819><c> forgive</c><00:22:29.059><c> something</c>

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and<00:22:29.819><c> put</c><00:22:30.000><c> it</c><00:22:30.259><c> totally</c><00:22:30.420><c> out</c><00:22:30.599><c> of</c><00:22:30.660><c> your</c><00:22:30.779><c> mind.</c>

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Suppose<00:22:31.220><c> you</c><00:22:31.339><c> loan</c><00:22:31.519><c> someone</c><00:22:31.920><c> $10</c><00:22:32.339><c>,000</c>

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and<00:22:33.400><c> you</c><00:22:33.640><c> expect</c><00:22:33.759><c> to</c><00:22:33.920><c> be</c><00:22:34.079><c> paid</c><00:22:34.299><c> back</c>

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and<00:22:34.660><c> you</c><00:22:34.799><c> keep</c><00:22:34.980><c> expecting,</c><00:22:35.599><c> expecting,</c><00:22:36.019><c> and</c><00:22:36.039><c> it's</c><00:22:36.180><c> eating</c>

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you<00:22:36.539><c> up.</c>

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But<00:22:37.640><c> if</c><00:22:38.359><c> you</c><00:22:38.599><c> put</c><00:22:38.759><c> in</c><00:22:38.819><c> your</c><00:22:39.019><c> mind,</c><00:22:39.279><c> I</c><00:22:39.279><c> forgive</c><00:22:39.640><c> him,</c>

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it's<00:22:39.940><c> a</c><00:22:40.079><c> gift,</c><00:22:40.460><c> it's</c><00:22:40.680><c> out</c><00:22:40.799><c> of</c><00:22:40.880><c> my</c><00:22:41.119><c> mind,</c><00:22:41.619><c> you're</c><00:22:41.960><c> free</c><00:22:42.180><c> of</c><00:22:42.400><c> that.</c>

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That<00:22:44.339><c> doesn't</c><00:22:44.579><c> mean</c><00:22:44.759><c> the</c><00:22:44.960><c> other</c><00:22:45.140><c> person</c>

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shouldn't<00:22:45.779><c> be</c><00:22:46.059><c> paying</c><00:22:46.200><c> you</c><00:22:46.440><c> back</c><00:22:46.660><c> though,</c><00:22:46.900><c> right?</c>

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But<00:22:47.839><c> you're</c><00:22:48.200><c> free</c><00:22:48.400><c> of</c><00:22:48.420><c> it.</c>

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You<00:22:48.579><c> don't</c><00:22:48.660><c> even</c><00:22:48.799><c> think</c><00:22:48.980><c> about</c><00:22:49.200><c> it</c><00:22:49.380><c> anymore.</c>

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That's<00:22:50.740><c> happened</c><00:22:50.880><c> many</c><00:22:51.160><c> a</c><00:22:51.319><c> time</c><00:22:51.420><c> to</c><00:22:51.559><c> me.</c>

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I<00:22:52.160><c> don't</c><00:22:52.299><c> even</c><00:22:52.559><c> worry</c><00:22:52.940><c> about</c><00:22:53.099><c> it.</c>

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:55.099
I<00:22:53.240><c> can</c><00:22:53.319><c> even</c><00:22:53.519><c> forget</c><00:22:53.680><c> who</c><00:22:53.880><c> I</c><00:22:54.019><c> gave</c><00:22:54.240><c> it</c><00:22:54.380><c> to.</c>

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In<00:22:55.559><c> fact,</c><00:22:55.720><c> they're</c><00:22:55.920><c> trying</c><00:22:56.000><c> to</c><00:22:56.140><c> make</c><00:22:56.279><c> a</c><00:22:56.440><c> principle</c>

00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:58.740
not<00:22:57.180><c> to</c><00:22:57.420><c> lend</c><00:22:57.640><c> money,</c><00:22:57.920><c> but</c><00:22:58.059><c> to</c><00:22:58.240><c> give</c><00:22:58.400><c> gifts.</c>

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It's<00:22:59.019><c> much</c><00:22:59.200><c> easier.</c>

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Much<00:23:00.779><c> easier</c><00:23:00.900><c> than</c><00:23:01.099><c> I</c><00:23:01.599><c> don't</c><00:23:01.740><c> have</c><00:23:01.940><c> to</c><00:23:02.039><c> worry</c><00:23:02.259><c> about</c>

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and<00:23:02.460><c> doesn't</c><00:23:02.700><c> get</c><00:23:02.920><c> between</c><00:23:03.259><c> me</c><00:23:03.519><c> and</c><00:23:03.740><c> somebody</c>

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who<00:23:04.299><c> I</c><00:23:04.539><c> want</c><00:23:04.660><c> to</c><00:23:04.779><c> be</c><00:23:04.900><c> my</c><00:23:05.079><c> friend.</c>

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He<00:23:05.359><c> doesn't</c><00:23:05.599><c> feel</c><00:23:05.779><c> he's</c><00:23:06.279><c> obligated</c><00:23:06.799><c> to</c><00:23:06.940><c> me,</c><00:23:07.019><c> he's</c><00:23:07.140><c> not.</c>

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But<00:23:10.140><c> what</c><00:23:10.359><c> happens</c><00:23:10.680><c> here?</c>

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Paul<00:23:14.059><c> does</c><00:23:14.579><c> repent.</c>

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This<00:23:16.539><c> becomes</c><00:23:16.819><c> an</c><00:23:17.259><c> extremely</c><00:23:17.720><c> important</c><00:23:18.900><c> passage</c>

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and<00:23:20.559><c> it's</c><00:23:20.880><c> linked</c><00:23:21.119><c> up</c><00:23:21.339><c> with</c><00:23:21.519><c> the</c><00:23:21.660><c> very</c><00:23:21.920><c> next</c><00:23:22.240><c> verse,</c><00:23:22.619><c> isn't</c><00:23:22.759><c> it?</c>

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And<00:23:23.640><c> Saul</c><00:23:23.980><c> consenting</c><00:23:24.640><c> unto</c><00:23:24.859><c> his</c><00:23:25.140><c> death.</c>

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There<00:23:25.500><c> is</c><00:23:25.700><c> that</c><00:23:26.000><c> power.</c>

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So<00:23:27.960><c> the</c><00:23:28.259><c> benefit</c><00:23:28.720><c> could</c><00:23:28.940><c> only</c><00:23:29.220><c> go</c><00:23:29.559><c> then</c>

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when<00:23:30.240><c> the</c><00:23:30.460><c> person</c><00:23:30.740><c> accepted</c><00:23:31.279><c> that</c><00:23:31.579><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:23:33.819><c> I</c><00:23:33.920><c> think</c><00:23:34.039><c> it's</c><00:23:34.180><c> the</c><00:23:34.279><c> only</c><00:23:34.440><c> thing</c>

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that<00:23:34.740><c> got</c><00:23:34.960><c> Paul</c><00:23:35.160><c> through</c><00:23:35.460><c> life</c><00:23:35.779><c> later.</c>

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When<00:23:37.019><c> he</c><00:23:37.180><c> says,</c><00:23:37.519><c> behold,</c><00:23:37.920><c> there</c><00:23:38.019><c> is</c><00:23:38.220><c> laid</c><00:23:38.519><c> up</c><00:23:38.900><c> for</c><00:23:39.119><c> me</c>

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a<00:23:39.599><c> Stefanos,</c><00:23:41.579><c> a</c><00:23:41.839><c> crown</c><00:23:42.500><c> of</c><00:23:43.279><c> righteousness.</c>

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I<00:23:45.059><c> think</c><00:23:45.180><c> he's</c><00:23:45.480><c> playing</c><00:23:45.680><c> right</c><00:23:46.039><c> off</c><00:23:46.240><c> those</c><00:23:46.619><c> words,</c>

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knowing<00:23:48.140><c> what</c><00:23:48.500><c> he</c><00:23:48.720><c> had</c><00:23:48.819><c> done</c><00:23:48.960><c> to</c><00:23:49.299><c> Stephen,</c>

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knowing<00:23:50.400><c> that</c><00:23:50.700><c> Stephen</c><00:23:51.039><c> said</c><00:23:51.339><c> this</c><00:23:51.640><c> forgiveness</c>

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and<00:23:52.240><c> he</c><00:23:52.480><c> reached</c><00:23:52.740><c> out</c><00:23:53.079><c> to</c><00:23:53.559><c> accept</c><00:23:53.839><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:23:54.980><c> just</c><00:23:55.180><c> a</c><00:23:55.440><c> beautiful,</c><00:23:56.220><c> beautiful</c><00:23:56.640><c> passage.</c>

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So<00:23:58.420><c> we</c><00:23:58.559><c> see</c><00:23:58.680><c> this</c><00:23:59.200><c> great</c><00:23:59.579><c> power</c><00:23:59.880><c> in</c><00:24:00.019><c> this</c><00:24:00.220><c> life</c><00:24:00.420><c> of</c><00:24:00.720><c> Stephen</c>

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and<00:24:01.519><c> we</c><00:24:01.680><c> can</c><00:24:01.940><c> have</c><00:24:02.119><c> no</c><00:24:02.380><c> doubt</c><00:24:02.619><c> about</c><00:24:02.900><c> his</c><00:24:03.220><c> faithfulness.</c>

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It's<00:24:05.059><c> testified</c><00:24:05.480><c> quite</c><00:24:05.880><c> clearly</c><00:24:06.440><c> in</c><00:24:07.299><c> chapter</c><00:24:07.759><c> six,</c>

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both<00:24:08.920><c> verses</c><00:24:09.259><c> five</c><00:24:09.579><c> and</c><00:24:09.680><c> eight,</c><00:24:10.220><c> where</c><00:24:10.400><c> it</c><00:24:10.579><c> says,</c>

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he<00:24:11.240><c> was</c><00:24:11.640><c> full</c><00:24:12.200><c> of</c><00:24:12.740><c> faith.</c>

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A<00:24:14.539><c> man</c><00:24:14.819><c> full</c><00:24:15.099><c> of</c><00:24:15.339><c> faith</c><00:24:15.519><c> and</c><00:24:15.660><c> of</c><00:24:15.799><c> the</c><00:24:16.059><c> Holy</c><00:24:16.359><c> Spirit.</c>

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And<00:24:17.000><c> it's</c><00:24:17.119><c> very</c><00:24:17.460><c> clear</c><00:24:17.619><c> here</c><00:24:17.779><c> that</c><00:24:17.900><c> his</c><00:24:18.119><c> faith</c>

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didn't<00:24:18.559><c> come</c><00:24:18.960><c> from</c><00:24:19.259><c> the</c><00:24:19.480><c> Holy</c><00:24:19.759><c> Spirit,</c>

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:23.119
it<00:24:20.440><c> came</c><00:24:20.779><c> with</c><00:24:21.740><c> it</c><00:24:22.079><c> or</c><00:24:22.319><c> before</c><00:24:22.740><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:23.279><c> in</c><00:24:23.460><c> verse</c><00:24:23.700><c> eight,</c><00:24:24.660><c> again,</c><00:24:25.799><c> as</c><00:24:26.000><c> Roger</c><00:24:26.299><c> helped</c><00:24:26.740><c> me</c>

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:29.599
emphasize<00:24:27.579><c> the</c><00:24:27.799><c> other</c><00:24:28.019><c> day,</c><00:24:28.440><c> it's</c><00:24:28.779><c> mentioned</c><00:24:29.099><c> twice</c>

00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:33.599
so<00:24:29.819><c> there</c><00:24:29.900><c> can</c><00:24:30.119><c> be</c><00:24:30.299><c> no</c><00:24:30.940><c> doubt</c><00:24:31.319><c> about</c><00:24:31.759><c> the</c><00:24:32.039><c> faith</c><00:24:32.259><c> of</c><00:24:32.480><c> this</c><00:24:32.740><c> man.</c>

00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:37.799
Now<00:24:33.960><c> I'd</c><00:24:34.140><c> like</c><00:24:34.200><c> to</c><00:24:34.339><c> go</c><00:24:34.519><c> on</c><00:24:34.740><c> to</c><00:24:35.000><c> several</c><00:24:35.640><c> other</c><00:24:36.579><c> people</c>

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:42.259
of<00:24:38.599><c> great</c><00:24:38.980><c> interest</c><00:24:39.380><c> here,</c><00:24:40.200><c> but</c><00:24:40.519><c> just</c><00:24:40.920><c> to</c><00:24:41.200><c> point</c><00:24:41.400><c> out</c>

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:46.960
that<00:24:43.220><c> Stephen's</c><00:24:43.779><c> life</c><00:24:44.339><c> had</c><00:24:45.220><c> a</c><00:24:45.400><c> powerful</c><00:24:45.640><c> effect</c><00:24:45.940><c> on</c><00:24:46.220><c> Paul.</c>

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:50.420
Stephen's<00:24:47.759><c> death</c><00:24:48.279><c> had</c><00:24:48.799><c> a</c><00:24:49.000><c> powerful</c><00:24:49.440><c> effect</c><00:24:49.779><c> on</c><00:24:50.059><c> Paul.</c>

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:52.980
And<00:24:51.140><c> you</c><00:24:51.400><c> know,</c><00:24:51.539><c> you</c><00:24:51.960><c> could</c><00:24:52.099><c> look</c><00:24:52.299><c> at</c><00:24:52.420><c> it</c><00:24:52.559><c> in</c><00:24:52.660><c> one</c><00:24:52.799><c> way</c>

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.440
and<00:24:52.980><c> say,</c><00:24:53.740><c> gee,</c><00:24:53.920><c> what</c><00:24:54.039><c> a</c><00:24:54.359><c> terrible</c><00:24:54.519><c> thing</c><00:24:54.680><c> to</c><00:24:54.839><c> happen</c><00:24:54.960><c> to</c><00:24:55.180><c> Stephen.</c>

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:58.279
Here<00:24:56.079><c> he</c><00:24:56.220><c> was,</c><00:24:56.660><c> he</c><00:24:56.799><c> gets</c><00:24:56.980><c> elected</c><00:24:57.319><c> to</c><00:24:57.539><c> the</c><00:24:57.599><c> arranging</c><00:24:57.920><c> board</c><00:24:58.119><c> there,</c>

00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:02.299
he's<00:24:58.700><c> a</c><00:24:58.900><c> person</c><00:24:59.200><c> full</c><00:24:59.480><c> of</c><00:24:59.799><c> the</c><00:25:00.019><c> Holy</c><00:25:00.240><c> Spirit</c><00:25:00.799><c> and</c><00:25:01.819><c> faith</c>

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:05.400
and<00:25:02.980><c> it's</c><00:25:03.339><c> only</c><00:25:03.539><c> the</c><00:25:03.759><c> first</c><00:25:04.000><c> year</c><00:25:04.380><c> after</c><00:25:04.680><c> the</c><00:25:04.920><c> resurrection</c>

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:07.140
and<00:25:05.700><c> he's</c><00:25:06.059><c> slain.</c>

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:09.880
And<00:25:07.480><c> we</c><00:25:07.619><c> lost</c><00:25:07.900><c> all</c><00:25:08.380><c> of</c><00:25:08.579><c> that</c><00:25:09.039><c> contribution</c>

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:12.180
that<00:25:10.259><c> he</c><00:25:10.480><c> could</c><00:25:10.599><c> have</c><00:25:10.740><c> made</c><00:25:10.920><c> to</c><00:25:11.099><c> the</c><00:25:11.359><c> truth.</c>

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.500
What<00:25:12.420><c> a</c><00:25:12.680><c> shame.</c>

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.240
What<00:25:13.960><c> a</c><00:25:14.160><c> terrible</c><00:25:14.460><c> thing</c><00:25:14.680><c> to</c><00:25:14.980><c> happen.</c>

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.859
What<00:25:15.500><c> a</c><00:25:15.640><c> misfortune.</c>

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:18.259
And<00:25:17.119><c> all</c><00:25:17.259><c> of</c><00:25:17.359><c> that</c><00:25:17.460><c> may</c><00:25:17.640><c> be</c><00:25:17.880><c> true,</c>

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:21.220
but<00:25:18.799><c> we</c><00:25:18.960><c> don't</c><00:25:19.140><c> see</c><00:25:19.380><c> these</c><00:25:19.599><c> things</c><00:25:19.779><c> with</c><00:25:19.980><c> God's</c><00:25:20.420><c> eyes.</c>

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:24.079
And<00:25:21.539><c> sometimes</c><00:25:22.039><c> someone</c><00:25:22.480><c> dies</c><00:25:22.819><c> that</c><00:25:23.019><c> we</c><00:25:23.359><c> love</c><00:25:23.559><c> very</c><00:25:23.900><c> much</c>

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:26.559
or<00:25:24.259><c> something</c><00:25:24.579><c> very</c><00:25:24.980><c> terrible</c><00:25:25.319><c> happens</c><00:25:25.759><c> in</c><00:25:25.980><c> the</c><00:25:26.160><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:28.519
or<00:25:27.019><c> someone</c><00:25:27.319><c> very</c><00:25:27.740><c> close</c><00:25:27.960><c> to</c><00:25:28.180><c> us.</c>

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.519
And<00:25:29.220><c> we</c><00:25:29.359><c> don't</c><00:25:29.579><c> really</c><00:25:29.920><c> understand,</c>

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:32.859
only<00:25:30.779><c> to</c><00:25:31.039><c> find</c><00:25:31.259><c> out</c><00:25:31.519><c> that</c><00:25:31.759><c> maybe</c><00:25:32.059><c> years</c><00:25:32.460><c> later,</c>

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:35.839
sometimes<00:25:33.420><c> even</c><00:25:33.799><c> after</c><00:25:34.319><c> our</c><00:25:35.119><c> own</c><00:25:35.440><c> death,</c>

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:40.380
something<00:25:36.539><c> else</c><00:25:36.859><c> happens,</c><00:25:37.980><c> that</c><00:25:38.140><c> that</c><00:25:38.359><c> event</c><00:25:38.579><c> changed</c><00:25:39.019><c> their</c><00:25:39.400><c> lives.</c>

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:45.160
I<00:25:42.400><c> know</c><00:25:42.579><c> what</c><00:25:42.799><c> my</c><00:25:42.980><c> grandfather,</c><00:25:43.519><c> he</c><00:25:43.720><c> could</c><00:25:44.000><c> never</c><00:25:44.500><c> understand,</c>

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.259
he<00:25:45.319><c> had</c><00:25:45.420><c> three</c><00:25:45.700><c> daughters</c><00:25:46.059><c> and</c><00:25:46.380><c> only</c><00:25:46.799><c> my</c><00:25:47.039><c> mother</c>

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:50.059
came<00:25:47.539><c> into</c><00:25:47.759><c> the</c><00:25:48.079><c> truth,</c><00:25:48.480><c> at</c><00:25:48.559><c> least</c><00:25:48.740><c> in</c><00:25:48.900><c> his</c><00:25:49.160><c> lifetime.</c>

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:53.500
And<00:25:50.359><c> when</c><00:25:50.519><c> he</c><00:25:50.859><c> came</c><00:25:51.160><c> near</c><00:25:51.660><c> death,</c><00:25:52.440><c> he</c><00:25:52.619><c> called</c><00:25:52.980><c> me</c><00:25:53.200><c> one</c><00:25:53.380><c> day,</c>

00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:55.079
I<00:25:53.539><c> was</c><00:25:53.700><c> living</c><00:25:53.920><c> out</c><00:25:54.119><c> in</c><00:25:54.240><c> Illinois</c><00:25:54.579><c> at</c><00:25:54.759><c> the</c><00:25:54.900><c> time</c>

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:58.579
and<00:25:55.240><c> he</c><00:25:55.519><c> knew</c><00:25:55.660><c> he</c><00:25:56.480><c> was</c><00:25:56.720><c> not</c><00:25:57.180><c> going</c><00:25:57.380><c> to</c><00:25:57.559><c> last</c><00:25:57.759><c> very</c><00:25:58.059><c> much</c><00:25:58.299><c> longer.</c>

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:01.299
He<00:25:58.839><c> had</c><00:25:59.539><c> congestive</c><00:26:00.119><c> heart</c><00:26:00.400><c> failure,</c>

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:03.700
which<00:26:01.940><c> is</c><00:26:02.039><c> one</c><00:26:02.160><c> of</c><00:26:02.240><c> those</c><00:26:02.380><c> things</c><00:26:02.480><c> you</c><00:26:02.640><c> sort</c><00:26:02.799><c> of</c><00:26:03.000><c> wind</c><00:26:03.259><c> down</c>

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:05.660
but<00:26:03.940><c> you</c><00:26:04.619><c> could</c><00:26:04.740><c> be</c><00:26:04.940><c> pretty</c><00:26:05.220><c> lucid.</c>

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:09.420
And<00:26:06.119><c> he</c><00:26:06.279><c> said,</c><00:26:06.420><c> John,</c><00:26:07.140><c> the</c><00:26:07.559><c> worst</c><00:26:07.819><c> thing</c><00:26:07.980><c> that</c><00:26:08.200><c> ever</c><00:26:08.700><c> happened</c>

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.779
to<00:26:09.619><c> me</c>

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:12.599
is<00:26:09.940><c> that</c><00:26:10.440><c> in</c><00:26:10.900><c> bringing</c><00:26:11.079><c> up</c><00:26:11.299><c> my</c><00:26:11.519><c> children</c><00:26:11.779><c> in</c><00:26:11.960><c> the</c><00:26:12.119><c> Sunday</c><00:26:12.339><c> school,</c>

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:18.000
somehow<00:26:13.059><c> I</c><00:26:13.440><c> failed</c><00:26:13.779><c> and</c><00:26:14.960><c> particularly</c><00:26:15.579><c> his</c><00:26:16.720><c> other</c><00:26:17.420><c> daughter</c><00:26:17.740><c> Annette</c>

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:20.059
who<00:26:18.140><c> was</c><00:26:18.319><c> really</c><00:26:18.579><c> very</c><00:26:18.960><c> knowledgeable,</c><00:26:19.339><c> very</c><00:26:19.599><c> intelligent,</c>

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:22.640
she'd<00:26:20.619><c> never</c><00:26:20.859><c> accepted</c><00:26:21.220><c> the</c><00:26:21.500><c> truth</c><00:26:21.660><c> and</c><00:26:21.759><c> he</c><00:26:21.980><c> says,</c>

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:26.680
I'll<00:26:23.059><c> never</c><00:26:23.279><c> see</c><00:26:23.519><c> her</c><00:26:23.779><c> again,</c><00:26:24.180><c> there's</c><00:26:24.400><c> just</c><00:26:24.680><c> no</c><00:26:24.960><c> way</c><00:26:25.480><c> ever</c>

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:28.240
that<00:26:27.119><c> she's</c><00:26:27.440><c> going</c><00:26:27.579><c> to</c><00:26:27.779><c> accept</c><00:26:27.920><c> the</c><00:26:28.140><c> truth.</c>

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:31.059
She's<00:26:28.599><c> so</c><00:26:28.980><c> stubborn,</c><00:26:29.839><c> she</c><00:26:30.119><c> had</c><00:26:30.279><c> moved</c><00:26:30.500><c> to</c><00:26:30.759><c> Texas</c>

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:35.119
so<00:26:31.359><c> that</c><00:26:32.220><c> increased</c><00:26:32.660><c> the</c><00:26:32.940><c> stubbornness</c><00:26:33.359><c> of</c><00:26:33.619><c> Texans,</c><00:26:34.619><c> right?</c>

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:38.640
So<00:26:36.420><c> he</c><00:26:36.799><c> says,</c><00:26:36.960><c> there's</c><00:26:37.200><c> no</c><00:26:37.500><c> way,</c><00:26:37.799><c> there's</c><00:26:38.039><c> just</c><00:26:38.279><c> no</c><00:26:38.460><c> way.</c>

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:40.160
He<00:26:38.720><c> says,</c><00:26:38.859><c> it's</c><00:26:39.079><c> just</c><00:26:39.339><c> a</c><00:26:39.519><c> total</c><00:26:39.759><c> tragedy.</c>

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:43.160
He<00:26:40.279><c> says,</c><00:26:40.660><c> well,</c><00:26:40.960><c> Papa,</c><00:26:41.059><c> I</c><00:26:41.180><c> says,</c><00:26:41.420><c> we</c><00:26:41.799><c> don't</c><00:26:42.000><c> know</c><00:26:42.200><c> the</c><00:26:42.380><c> end.</c>

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:45.140
And<00:26:43.859><c> he</c><00:26:44.019><c> died</c><00:26:44.259><c> a</c><00:26:44.440><c> few</c><00:26:44.539><c> months</c><00:26:44.819><c> later,</c>

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:48.039
she<00:26:45.319><c> came</c><00:26:45.519><c> into</c><00:26:45.700><c> the</c><00:26:46.000><c> truth</c><00:26:46.160><c> about</c><00:26:46.500><c> a</c><00:26:46.680><c> decade</c><00:26:47.000><c> later.</c>

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:51.079
Something<00:26:48.539><c> had</c><00:26:48.859><c> changed,</c><00:26:49.240><c> totally</c><00:26:49.599><c> changed</c><00:26:49.940><c> her</c><00:26:50.200><c> life</c>

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.539
and<00:26:51.720><c> she</c><00:26:52.000><c> accepted</c><00:26:52.359><c> it.</c>

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:55.339
And<00:26:52.640><c> I</c><00:26:52.779><c> think</c><00:26:53.019><c> in</c><00:26:53.400><c> the</c><00:26:53.519><c> next</c><00:26:53.779><c> 13</c><00:26:54.200><c> years</c><00:26:54.460><c> that</c><00:26:54.660><c> she</c><00:26:54.980><c> lived,</c>

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:59.039
she<00:26:56.259><c> probably</c><00:26:56.779><c> gave</c><00:26:57.079><c> away</c><00:26:57.319><c> more</c><00:26:57.720><c> of</c><00:26:57.900><c> her</c><00:26:58.079><c> life</c><00:26:58.359><c> and</c><00:26:58.700><c> wealth</c>

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:01.579
and<00:26:59.220><c> everything</c><00:26:59.500><c> to</c><00:26:59.660><c> the</c><00:26:59.839><c> truth</c><00:26:59.980><c> than</c><00:27:00.160><c> anyone</c><00:27:00.400><c> had</c><00:27:00.519><c> ever</c><00:27:00.799><c> seen.</c>

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:06.200
It<00:27:04.440><c> was</c><00:27:04.619><c> just</c><00:27:04.819><c> an</c><00:27:05.000><c> amazing</c><00:27:05.460><c> turnaround</c><00:27:05.880><c> story.</c>

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.400
He<00:27:06.420><c> doesn't</c><00:27:06.700><c> know</c><00:27:06.920><c> that</c><00:27:07.200><c> story</c><00:27:07.480><c> now.</c>

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:11.740
Sometimes<00:27:08.980><c> that</c><00:27:09.759><c> happens</c><00:27:10.140><c> and</c><00:27:10.559><c> here</c><00:27:10.880><c> Stephen's</c><00:27:11.480><c> death</c>

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:14.319
has<00:27:12.119><c> a</c><00:27:12.359><c> powerful</c><00:27:12.920><c> effect</c><00:27:13.259><c> on</c><00:27:13.539><c> Paul.</c>

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:18.039
I<00:27:14.519><c> can't</c><00:27:14.980><c> help</c><00:27:15.220><c> but</c><00:27:15.420><c> believe</c><00:27:15.700><c> that</c><00:27:16.279><c> going</c><00:27:16.859><c> through</c><00:27:17.299><c> that,</c>

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:20.140
having<00:27:18.500><c> that</c><00:27:18.799><c> guilt</c><00:27:18.980><c> on</c><00:27:19.119><c> him</c><00:27:19.279><c> all</c><00:27:19.500><c> his</c><00:27:19.759><c> life,</c>

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:23.359
knowing<00:27:20.519><c> what</c><00:27:20.680><c> he</c><00:27:20.819><c> did</c><00:27:21.000><c> there</c><00:27:21.259><c> made</c><00:27:21.700><c> Paul</c><00:27:22.200><c> the</c><00:27:22.480><c> more</c>

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:27.220
dedicated<00:27:24.740><c> servant</c><00:27:25.119><c> that</c><00:27:25.599><c> he</c><00:27:25.819><c> was</c><00:27:26.019><c> every</c><00:27:26.339><c> day.</c>

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:29.980
It<00:27:27.559><c> powerfully</c><00:27:28.079><c> influenced</c><00:27:28.480><c> him</c><00:27:28.759><c> never</c><00:27:28.980><c> to</c><00:27:29.160><c> give</c><00:27:29.299><c> up,</c>

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.339
never<00:27:30.519><c> to</c><00:27:31.180><c> worry</c><00:27:31.420><c> about</c><00:27:31.619><c> his</c><00:27:31.839><c> own</c><00:27:32.019><c> suffering.</c>

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:34.880
After<00:27:32.660><c> all,</c><00:27:32.859><c> he</c><00:27:33.059><c> saw</c><00:27:33.299><c> the</c><00:27:33.519><c> suffering</c><00:27:33.859><c> of</c><00:27:34.119><c> Stephen.</c>

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:38.059
And<00:27:35.400><c> in</c><00:27:35.559><c> the</c><00:27:35.759><c> end,</c><00:27:36.519><c> we</c><00:27:36.779><c> may</c><00:27:36.980><c> not</c><00:27:37.099><c> have</c><00:27:37.240><c> had</c><00:27:37.460><c> Paul</c>

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:40.279
if<00:27:38.680><c> it</c><00:27:38.920><c> wasn't</c><00:27:39.160><c> for</c><00:27:39.400><c> Stephen.</c>

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:43.440
And<00:27:41.680><c> that's</c><00:27:42.059><c> often</c><00:27:42.339><c> hard</c><00:27:42.579><c> for</c><00:27:42.680><c> us</c><00:27:42.880><c> to</c><00:27:43.140><c> understand</c>

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or<00:27:43.599><c> even</c><00:27:43.940><c> to</c><00:27:45.039><c> swallow.</c>

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:48.680
I<00:27:46.660><c> wanna</c><00:27:46.799><c> go</c><00:27:47.000><c> on</c><00:27:47.160><c> to</c><00:27:47.319><c> another</c><00:27:47.640><c> person.</c>

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:51.759
We<00:27:48.819><c> looked</c><00:27:48.980><c> at</c><00:27:49.140><c> the</c><00:27:49.319><c> person</c><00:27:49.500><c> who</c><00:27:49.660><c> was</c><00:27:49.859><c> a</c><00:27:50.039><c> Greek</c><00:27:50.359><c> Jew.</c>

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:56.119
Someone<00:27:53.180><c> born</c><00:27:53.740><c> of</c><00:27:54.119><c> Jewish</c><00:27:54.319><c> parents,</c><00:27:54.900><c> raised</c><00:27:55.160><c> in</c><00:27:55.279><c> a</c><00:27:55.440><c> Greek</c><00:27:55.579><c> culture,</c>

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:58.059
who<00:27:56.720><c> becomes</c><00:27:57.119><c> a</c><00:27:57.380><c> devout</c><00:27:57.680><c> follower.</c>

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.480
Now<00:27:58.579><c> we're</c><00:27:58.720><c> gonna</c><00:27:58.819><c> go</c><00:27:59.000><c> to</c><00:27:59.220><c> someone</c>

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:02.220
who<00:27:59.720><c> apparently</c><00:28:00.119><c> was</c><00:28:00.519><c> a</c><00:28:01.039><c> Greek</c><00:28:01.200><c> completely.</c>

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:07.099
He<00:28:03.079><c> was</c><00:28:03.440><c> a</c><00:28:03.799><c> convert,</c><00:28:04.859><c> neither</c><00:28:05.099><c> parent</c><00:28:05.380><c> was</c><00:28:05.740><c> in</c><00:28:05.900><c> the</c><00:28:06.099><c> truth,</c>

00:28:07.380 --> 00:28:10.519
not<00:28:07.660><c> one</c><00:28:07.900><c> who</c><00:28:08.180><c> had</c><00:28:08.400><c> any</c><00:28:09.240><c> past</c><00:28:09.539><c> history.</c>

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:13.819
If<00:28:11.579><c> at</c><00:28:12.099><c> all,</c><00:28:12.440><c> he</c><00:28:12.579><c> may</c><00:28:12.819><c> have</c><00:28:12.960><c> been</c><00:28:13.099><c> a</c><00:28:13.279><c> proselyte</c>

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:15.200
who<00:28:14.039><c> knew</c><00:28:14.200><c> something</c><00:28:14.539><c> about</c><00:28:14.819><c> Judaism,</c>

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:17.000
but<00:28:15.660><c> even</c><00:28:16.039><c> that</c><00:28:16.240><c> is</c><00:28:16.420><c> not</c><00:28:16.619><c> told</c><00:28:16.839><c> us.</c>

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:18.720
And<00:28:17.160><c> it's</c><00:28:17.319><c> this</c><00:28:17.579><c> man</c><00:28:18.039><c> Epiphras.</c>

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:22.240
And<00:28:18.940><c> we</c><00:28:19.140><c> first</c><00:28:19.400><c> meet</c><00:28:19.579><c> him</c><00:28:19.920><c> in</c><00:28:20.160><c> Colossians</c><00:28:20.819><c> chapter</c><00:28:21.579><c> one.</c>

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:28.000
And<00:28:22.759><c> his</c><00:28:23.000><c> name</c><00:28:23.339><c> in</c><00:28:23.680><c> Greek</c><00:28:24.200><c> means</c><00:28:25.440><c> devoted</c><00:28:26.460><c> to</c><00:28:26.779><c> Aphrodite,</c>

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:32.380
or<00:28:28.799><c> as</c><00:28:29.319><c> you</c><00:28:29.500><c> know,</c><00:28:29.700><c> the</c><00:28:29.839><c> Greek</c><00:28:30.079><c> goddess</c><00:28:30.460><c> of</c><00:28:30.779><c> love</c><00:28:30.980><c> was</c><00:28:31.180><c> Aphrodite.</c>

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:38.400
In<00:28:34.539><c> a</c><00:28:34.700><c> very</c><00:28:35.339><c> strange</c><00:28:36.140><c> way,</c><00:28:36.680><c> in</c><00:28:36.940><c> effect,</c><00:28:37.259><c> his</c><00:28:37.420><c> name</c><00:28:37.579><c> has</c><00:28:37.759><c> never</c><00:28:37.960><c> changed.</c>

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:41.160
At<00:28:38.619><c> least</c><00:28:38.819><c> I</c><00:28:38.960><c> can't</c><00:28:39.240><c> find</c><00:28:39.539><c> any</c><00:28:39.759><c> if</c><00:28:40.359><c> it</c><00:28:40.740><c> was</c><00:28:40.980><c> done,</c>

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:43.440
I've<00:28:41.759><c> overlooked</c><00:28:42.019><c> it,</c><00:28:42.339><c> but</c><00:28:42.519><c> I</c><00:28:42.700><c> just</c><00:28:42.839><c> can't.</c>

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:46.660
I<00:28:43.880><c> looked</c><00:28:44.059><c> very</c><00:28:44.420><c> hard</c><00:28:44.619><c> because</c><00:28:44.900><c> I</c><00:28:45.579><c> just</c><00:28:45.660><c> couldn't</c><00:28:46.059><c> understand</c>

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:50.759
why<00:28:47.160><c> that</c><00:28:47.900><c> name</c><00:28:48.200><c> was</c><00:28:49.240><c> kept</c><00:28:49.539><c> unchanged.</c>

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:54.720
But<00:28:51.460><c> nevertheless,</c><00:28:52.000><c> it</c><00:28:52.140><c> appears</c><00:28:52.339><c> to</c><00:28:52.539><c> me</c><00:28:52.660><c> that</c><00:28:52.940><c> it</c><00:28:53.319><c> was</c><00:28:53.539><c> not</c><00:28:53.759><c> changed.</c>

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:59.160
And<00:28:55.299><c> it</c><00:28:55.420><c> may</c><00:28:55.660><c> simply</c><00:28:56.039><c> be</c><00:28:56.779><c> that</c><00:28:57.900><c> the</c><00:28:58.259><c> change</c><00:28:58.440><c> in</c><00:28:58.559><c> his</c><00:28:58.779><c> character</c>

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:01.940
was<00:28:59.339><c> so</c><00:28:59.680><c> evident</c><00:28:59.980><c> that</c><00:29:00.359><c> from</c><00:29:00.519><c> being</c><00:29:00.819><c> devoted</c><00:29:01.160><c> to</c><00:29:01.440><c> Aphrodite,</c>

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:04.859
he<00:29:02.160><c> became</c><00:29:02.480><c> devoted</c><00:29:03.119><c> to</c><00:29:03.940><c> the</c><00:29:04.099><c> God</c><00:29:04.259><c> of</c><00:29:04.460><c> Israel</c>

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:07.380
and<00:29:05.140><c> to</c><00:29:05.359><c> his</c><00:29:05.599><c> son,</c><00:29:05.960><c> the</c><00:29:06.119><c> Lord</c><00:29:06.319><c> Jesus</c><00:29:06.700><c> Christ,</c>

00:29:07.380 --> 00:29:11.000
that<00:29:08.440><c> that</c><00:29:08.660><c> startling</c><00:29:09.099><c> contrast</c><00:29:09.559><c> was</c><00:29:09.779><c> left</c><00:29:10.019><c> alone.</c>

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:13.880
But<00:29:11.200><c> it's</c><00:29:11.359><c> very</c><00:29:11.779><c> clear</c><00:29:11.960><c> here</c><00:29:12.200><c> that</c><00:29:12.519><c> the</c><00:29:12.900><c> words</c><00:29:13.299><c> spoken</c>

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:17.140
in<00:29:14.180><c> first</c><00:29:14.619><c> Colossians</c><00:29:15.119><c> chapter</c><00:29:15.680><c> one,</c><00:29:16.180><c> verse</c><00:29:16.420><c> seven,</c><00:29:16.759><c> it</c><00:29:16.940><c> says,</c>

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:20.500
and<00:29:17.619><c> you</c><00:29:17.839><c> learned</c><00:29:18.279><c> of</c><00:29:18.740><c> Epiphras,</c><00:29:19.299><c> our</c><00:29:19.539><c> dear</c><00:29:19.819><c> fellow</c><00:29:20.220><c> servant</c>

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:25.400
who<00:29:20.740><c> is</c><00:29:21.059><c> for</c><00:29:21.299><c> you</c><00:29:21.700><c> a</c><00:29:22.359><c> faithful</c><00:29:23.059><c> minister</c><00:29:23.940><c> of</c><00:29:24.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:32.799
He<00:29:30.380><c> probably</c><00:29:31.019><c> was</c><00:29:31.480><c> from</c><00:29:31.799><c> Coloss.</c>

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And<00:29:33.880><c> it</c><00:29:34.000><c> was</c><00:29:35.059><c> his</c><00:29:35.900><c> connection</c><00:29:36.299><c> with</c><00:29:36.559><c> Paul</c><00:29:37.180><c> where,</c>

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:41.259
I<00:29:38.980><c> think</c><00:29:39.339><c> he</c><00:29:39.740><c> probably</c><00:29:40.380><c> went</c><00:29:40.720><c> to</c><00:29:41.039><c> Rome</c>

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:43.759
to<00:29:41.559><c> seek</c><00:29:41.819><c> Paul's</c><00:29:42.319><c> help</c><00:29:42.740><c> and</c><00:29:43.339><c> guidance,</c>

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:48.420
and<00:29:43.960><c> then</c><00:29:44.319><c> brings</c><00:29:44.559><c> back</c><00:29:44.940><c> a</c><00:29:45.859><c> letter</c><00:29:45.859><c> to</c><00:29:47.460><c> the</c><00:29:47.700><c> Ecclesiast</c><00:29:48.119><c> of</c><00:29:48.279><c> Coloss</c>

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:51.759
to<00:29:48.619><c> help</c><00:29:48.940><c> the</c><00:29:49.200><c> situation</c><00:29:49.819><c> as</c><00:29:50.019><c> it</c><00:29:50.160><c> was</c><00:29:50.359><c> developing</c><00:29:50.819><c> there.</c>

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:55.339
It's<00:29:52.660><c> obvious</c><00:29:52.940><c> that</c><00:29:53.460><c> Paul</c><00:29:53.759><c> never</c><00:29:54.220><c> was</c><00:29:54.680><c> at</c><00:29:55.019><c> Coloss,</c>

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:57.480
at<00:29:55.480><c> least</c><00:29:55.680><c> not</c><00:29:55.940><c> up</c><00:29:56.119><c> until</c><00:29:56.319><c> the</c><00:29:56.500><c> time</c><00:29:56.660><c> he</c><00:29:56.779><c> wrote</c><00:29:57.019><c> this</c><00:29:57.259><c> letter,</c>

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.980
and<00:29:57.660><c> since</c><00:29:57.839><c> it</c><00:29:57.960><c> was</c><00:29:58.140><c> written</c><00:29:58.319><c> from</c><00:29:58.619><c> in</c><00:29:58.759><c> prison,</c>

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.859
and<00:29:59.180><c> it's</c><00:29:59.400><c> unlikely</c><00:29:59.799><c> that</c><00:29:59.960><c> he</c><00:30:00.099><c> ever</c><00:30:00.279><c> went</c><00:30:00.460><c> there.</c>

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:04.880
In<00:30:01.539><c> chapter</c><00:30:01.880><c> two</c><00:30:02.180><c> of</c><00:30:02.720><c> Colossians,</c><00:30:03.519><c> verse</c><00:30:03.839><c> one,</c><00:30:04.460><c> it</c><00:30:04.579><c> says,</c>

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:09.160
for<00:30:05.220><c> I</c><00:30:05.640><c> would</c><00:30:05.799><c> that</c><00:30:05.980><c> ye</c><00:30:07.279><c> knew</c><00:30:07.460><c> what</c><00:30:07.819><c> great</c><00:30:08.160><c> conflict</c><00:30:08.640><c> I</c><00:30:08.960><c> have</c>

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for<00:30:09.400><c> you</c>

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and<00:30:09.779><c> for</c><00:30:10.240><c> them</c><00:30:10.460><c> at</c><00:30:10.680><c> Laodicea,</c>

00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:16.539
for<00:30:11.980><c> as</c><00:30:12.299><c> many</c><00:30:12.579><c> as</c><00:30:12.940><c> have</c><00:30:13.180><c> not</c><00:30:13.940><c> seen</c><00:30:14.359><c> my</c><00:30:15.299><c> face</c><00:30:15.759><c> in</c><00:30:16.019><c> the</c><00:30:16.259><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:30:17.319><c> so</c><00:30:17.460><c> they</c><00:30:17.680><c> had</c><00:30:17.859><c> never</c><00:30:18.099><c> actually</c><00:30:18.519><c> seen</c><00:30:18.759><c> him</c><00:30:19.039><c> face</c><00:30:19.299><c> to</c><00:30:19.480><c> face</c>

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at<00:30:19.900><c> Coloss.</c>

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And<00:30:20.819><c> I</c><00:30:20.980><c> think</c><00:30:21.200><c> Epiphras</c><00:30:21.759><c> went</c><00:30:22.059><c> to</c><00:30:22.380><c> Rome</c><00:30:22.920><c> to</c><00:30:23.940><c> seek</c><00:30:24.160><c> some</c><00:30:24.400><c> help</c>

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:27.960
and<00:30:25.359><c> to</c><00:30:25.880><c> solicit,</c><00:30:26.259><c> in</c><00:30:26.460><c> effect,</c><00:30:26.680><c> this</c><00:30:26.920><c> letter</c>

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:29.960
for<00:30:28.539><c> the</c><00:30:28.819><c> problems</c><00:30:29.079><c> that</c><00:30:29.240><c> were</c><00:30:29.380><c> going</c><00:30:29.619><c> on</c>

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in<00:30:30.299><c> the</c><00:30:30.339><c> Colossian</c><00:30:30.819><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:37.380
And<00:30:33.259><c> if</c><00:30:33.440><c> we</c><00:30:33.619><c> turn</c><00:30:33.799><c> to</c><00:30:34.039><c> chapter</c><00:30:34.400><c> four,</c><00:30:35.680><c> same</c><00:30:36.420><c> book,</c>

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:41.140
and<00:30:38.220><c> look</c><00:30:38.400><c> down</c><00:30:38.680><c> at</c><00:30:39.140><c> verse</c><00:30:39.799><c> 12,</c>

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:44.660
he<00:30:41.759><c> says,</c><00:30:42.160><c> Epiphras,</c><00:30:42.640><c> who</c><00:30:42.680><c> is</c><00:30:43.180><c> one</c><00:30:43.400><c> of</c><00:30:43.579><c> you,</c>

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.680
and<00:30:45.019><c> so</c><00:30:45.119><c> Epiphras</c><00:30:45.619><c> was</c><00:30:45.960><c> from</c><00:30:46.359><c> Coloss.</c>

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:52.359
This<00:30:47.200><c> must</c><00:30:47.460><c> have</c><00:30:47.640><c> been</c><00:30:47.740><c> his</c><00:30:47.960><c> home</c><00:30:48.359><c> city</c><00:30:48.880><c> and</c><00:30:49.880><c> his</c><00:30:51.059><c> home</c><00:30:51.359><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:54.440
A<00:30:52.740><c> servant</c><00:30:53.140><c> of</c><00:30:53.359><c> Christ</c><00:30:53.680><c> saluted</c><00:30:54.140><c> you,</c>

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:57.299
always<00:30:54.940><c> laboring</c><00:30:55.539><c> fervently</c><00:30:56.079><c> for</c><00:30:56.400><c> you</c><00:30:56.619><c> in</c><00:30:56.880><c> prayers,</c>

00:30:57.299 --> 00:31:00.920
that<00:30:57.799><c> ye</c><00:30:58.000><c> may</c><00:30:58.279><c> stand</c><00:30:58.920><c> perfect</c><00:30:59.700><c> and</c><00:31:00.279><c> complete</c>

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:03.339
in<00:31:01.680><c> all</c><00:31:02.220><c> the</c><00:31:02.460><c> will</c><00:31:02.720><c> of</c><00:31:03.000><c> God.</c>

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For<00:31:03.720><c> I</c><00:31:04.140><c> bear</c><00:31:04.319><c> him</c><00:31:04.619><c> record</c><00:31:04.980><c> that</c><00:31:05.380><c> he</c><00:31:05.579><c> hath</c><00:31:05.720><c> a</c><00:31:06.000><c> great</c><00:31:06.319><c> zeal</c><00:31:06.660><c> for</c><00:31:06.920><c> you</c>

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:09.460
and<00:31:07.680><c> them</c><00:31:07.880><c> that</c><00:31:08.119><c> are</c><00:31:08.299><c> in</c><00:31:08.480><c> Laodicea</c>

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:11.559
and<00:31:09.819><c> them</c><00:31:10.140><c> that</c><00:31:10.440><c> are</c><00:31:10.680><c> in</c><00:31:10.839><c> Heropolis.</c>

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:16.720
And<00:31:12.220><c> so</c><00:31:12.839><c> these</c><00:31:13.380><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:31:14.720><c> roughly</c><00:31:14.960><c> in</c><00:31:15.200><c> the</c><00:31:15.259><c> same</c><00:31:15.480><c> area,</c>

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:22.400
had<00:31:19.460><c> this</c><00:31:19.759><c> man</c><00:31:20.519><c> go</c><00:31:21.119><c> to</c><00:31:21.440><c> Paul,</c>

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:26.019
seek<00:31:22.740><c> out</c><00:31:23.039><c> a</c><00:31:23.180><c> letter</c><00:31:23.480><c> to</c><00:31:24.380><c> address</c><00:31:24.779><c> their</c><00:31:25.039><c> problems,</c>

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:28.319
and<00:31:26.480><c> that</c><00:31:26.799><c> letter</c><00:31:27.019><c> was</c><00:31:27.640><c> circulated,</c>

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:30.940
perhaps,<00:31:29.019><c> through</c><00:31:29.220><c> all</c><00:31:29.480><c> these</c><00:31:29.700><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:37.299
Epiphras,<00:31:35.279><c> also</c><00:31:35.720><c> later,</c><00:31:36.660><c> we</c><00:31:36.859><c> find,</c>

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:39.740
shares<00:31:37.960><c> imprisonment</c><00:31:38.599><c> with</c><00:31:38.819><c> Paul.</c>

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:44.000
And<00:31:41.279><c> that's</c><00:31:42.200><c> in</c><00:31:43.039><c> Philemon.</c>

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:51.339
And<00:31:47.759><c> I</c><00:31:48.339><c> can</c><00:31:48.640><c> only</c><00:31:48.960><c> wonder</c><00:31:49.220><c> that</c><00:31:49.500><c> maybe</c><00:31:49.920><c> this</c><00:31:50.359><c> was</c><00:31:50.619><c> only</c><00:31:51.000><c> one</c>

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:55.079
of<00:31:51.779><c> the</c><00:31:51.940><c> journeys</c><00:31:52.200><c> that</c><00:31:52.440><c> he</c><00:31:52.640><c> took</c><00:31:53.240><c> in</c><00:31:53.720><c> going</c><00:31:53.940><c> back</c><00:31:54.259><c> and</c><00:31:54.599><c> forth</c>

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.500
to<00:31:55.819><c> address</c><00:31:56.119><c> problems.</c>

00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:01.759
We<00:31:58.460><c> often</c><00:31:58.799><c> think</c><00:31:59.039><c> that</c><00:31:59.259><c> Paul's</c><00:31:59.660><c> imprisonment</c><00:32:00.279><c> was</c><00:32:00.859><c> totally</c><00:32:01.319><c> wasted,</c>

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:04.960
but<00:32:01.980><c> actually</c><00:32:02.319><c> it</c><00:32:02.440><c> was</c><00:32:02.579><c> one</c><00:32:02.839><c> of</c><00:32:03.000><c> his</c><00:32:03.220><c> greatest</c><00:32:03.619><c> areas</c><00:32:04.259><c> of</c><00:32:04.599><c> activity.</c>

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:07.720
Many<00:32:05.480><c> of</c><00:32:05.660><c> the</c><00:32:05.740><c> letters</c><00:32:05.900><c> were</c><00:32:06.119><c> written</c><00:32:06.319><c> from</c><00:32:06.559><c> imprisonment.</c>

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.279
Again,<00:32:08.019><c> one</c><00:32:08.119><c> of</c><00:32:08.240><c> those</c><00:32:08.480><c> things,</c><00:32:09.220><c> circumstances,</c>

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:11.440
where<00:32:09.480><c> we</c><00:32:09.680><c> say,</c><00:32:10.140><c> what</c><00:32:10.200><c> a</c><00:32:10.420><c> shame</c><00:32:10.579><c> he</c><00:32:10.680><c> was</c><00:32:10.880><c> put</c><00:32:11.000><c> in</c><00:32:11.180><c> prison,</c>

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.900
he<00:32:11.599><c> couldn't</c><00:32:11.839><c> do</c><00:32:12.400><c> the</c><00:32:12.680><c> work,</c>

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:17.220
but<00:32:13.599><c> that</c><00:32:14.039><c> gave</c><00:32:14.200><c> him</c><00:32:14.400><c> a</c><00:32:14.539><c> chance</c><00:32:14.799><c> to</c><00:32:15.900><c> ponder</c><00:32:16.400><c> and</c><00:32:16.680><c> to</c><00:32:16.920><c> write,</c>

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.920
to<00:32:17.759><c> not</c><00:32:17.980><c> be</c><00:32:18.359><c> interrupted</c><00:32:18.819><c> running</c><00:32:19.160><c> from</c><00:32:19.420><c> one</c><00:32:19.700><c> place</c>

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.960
to<00:32:20.099><c> the</c><00:32:20.279><c> other</c><00:32:20.440><c> to</c><00:32:20.539><c> the</c><00:32:20.740><c> other.</c>

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.859
Now,<00:32:21.420><c> I'm</c><00:32:21.500><c> not</c><00:32:21.799><c> suggesting</c><00:32:22.240><c> that's</c><00:32:22.519><c> a</c><00:32:22.519><c> good</c><00:32:22.680><c> idea</c>

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.720
to<00:32:22.980><c> be</c><00:32:23.140><c> put</c><00:32:23.240><c> in</c><00:32:23.460><c> prison.</c>

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.859
It's<00:32:24.180><c> not</c><00:32:24.279><c> something</c><00:32:24.519><c> I</c><00:32:24.720><c> particularly</c><00:32:25.039><c> would</c><00:32:25.240><c> want</c><00:32:25.380><c> to</c><00:32:25.559><c> do,</c>

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:28.980
but<00:32:26.380><c> there</c><00:32:26.539><c> are</c><00:32:26.740><c> some</c><00:32:26.980><c> times</c><00:32:27.180><c> where</c><00:32:27.359><c> we</c><00:32:27.579><c> need</c><00:32:27.920><c> to</c><00:32:28.319><c> get</c><00:32:28.500><c> alone</c>

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:33.859
and<00:32:29.619><c> simply</c><00:32:29.960><c> reflect,</c><00:32:31.960><c> to</c><00:32:32.099><c> not</c><00:32:32.319><c> just</c><00:32:32.579><c> be</c><00:32:33.019><c> so</c><00:32:33.400><c> wrapped</c><00:32:33.619><c> up</c>

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:36.440
in<00:32:33.980><c> the</c><00:32:34.160><c> running</c><00:32:34.380><c> around</c><00:32:34.839><c> of</c><00:32:35.200><c> everyday</c><00:32:35.720><c> life</c>

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:39.279
that<00:32:36.900><c> we</c><00:32:37.099><c> don't</c><00:32:37.339><c> have</c><00:32:37.660><c> time</c><00:32:38.000><c> to</c><00:32:38.400><c> think.</c>

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:41.400
Isn't<00:32:39.779><c> that</c><00:32:39.920><c> what</c><00:32:40.000><c> we're</c><00:32:40.180><c> doing</c><00:32:40.380><c> this</c><00:32:40.640><c> week?</c>

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:44.779
I<00:32:42.299><c> mean,</c><00:32:43.119><c> Bible</c><00:32:43.220><c> schools</c><00:32:43.579><c> are</c><00:32:43.799><c> like,</c>

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:48.299
they're<00:32:45.480><c> like</c><00:32:45.839><c> a</c><00:32:46.160><c> banquet</c><00:32:46.539><c> of</c><00:32:47.220><c> spiritual</c><00:32:47.700><c> things</c>

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:52.640
done<00:32:49.099><c> in</c><00:32:49.299><c> a</c><00:32:49.480><c> quiet</c><00:32:49.960><c> atmosphere</c><00:32:50.680><c> of</c><00:32:51.180><c> contemplation.</c>

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:54.819
In<00:32:53.160><c> principle,</c><00:32:53.519><c> we</c><00:32:53.700><c> could</c><00:32:53.859><c> do</c><00:32:54.039><c> the</c><00:32:54.240><c> same</c><00:32:54.460><c> thing</c>

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:56.119
in<00:32:55.160><c> any</c><00:32:55.400><c> homoclesia.</c>

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.660
We<00:32:56.460><c> could</c><00:32:56.619><c> put</c><00:32:56.779><c> it</c><00:32:57.000><c> week</c><00:32:57.140><c> aside,</c>

00:32:57.819 --> 00:33:00.299
but<00:32:58.160><c> then</c><00:32:58.359><c> we'd</c><00:32:58.559><c> go</c><00:32:58.700><c> home</c><00:32:59.019><c> and</c><00:32:59.359><c> there'd</c><00:32:59.579><c> be</c><00:32:59.640><c> the</c><00:32:59.940><c> problem</c>

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:02.859
and<00:33:00.480><c> the</c><00:33:00.680><c> cat</c><00:33:00.839><c> to</c><00:33:01.019><c> put</c><00:33:01.200><c> out</c><00:33:01.319><c> and</c><00:33:01.440><c> the</c><00:33:01.640><c> dog</c><00:33:01.799><c> to</c><00:33:02.099><c> walk,</c>

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:05.400
and<00:33:03.039><c> that</c><00:33:03.519><c> phone</c><00:33:03.740><c> call</c><00:33:04.180><c> and</c><00:33:04.599><c> this</c><00:33:04.839><c> distraction.</c>

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:07.019
It's<00:33:05.819><c> not</c><00:33:05.920><c> the</c><00:33:06.079><c> same</c><00:33:06.240><c> thing.</c>

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:08.700
This<00:33:07.299><c> is</c><00:33:07.500><c> just</c><00:33:07.759><c> marvelous.</c>

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:11.599
It's<00:33:09.440><c> such</c><00:33:09.680><c> a</c><00:33:10.119><c> miracle</c><00:33:10.579><c> that,</c><00:33:11.220><c> in</c><00:33:11.400><c> fact,</c>

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:16.400
it<00:33:11.940><c> is</c><00:33:12.180><c> probably</c><00:33:12.480><c> almost</c><00:33:13.140><c> God</c><00:33:13.839><c>-given</c><00:33:15.339><c> blessing</c>

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.839
that<00:33:17.380><c> we</c><00:33:17.599><c> are</c><00:33:17.700><c> able</c><00:33:17.940><c> to</c><00:33:18.079><c> have</c><00:33:18.200><c> Bible</c><00:33:18.539><c> schools</c>

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:22.480
and<00:33:19.000><c> do</c><00:33:19.140><c> this</c><00:33:19.640><c> peacefully</c><00:33:20.180><c> and</c><00:33:20.559><c> quietly</c><00:33:20.940><c> and</c><00:33:21.640><c> meditatively.</c>

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:25.579
And<00:33:23.200><c> this</c><00:33:23.380><c> is</c><00:33:23.579><c> what</c><00:33:23.799><c> happened</c><00:33:24.059><c> to</c><00:33:24.339><c> Paul</c><00:33:24.500><c> while</c><00:33:24.720><c> he</c><00:33:24.880><c> was</c><00:33:25.079><c> in</c><00:33:25.240><c> prison,</c>

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.759
and<00:33:25.859><c> he</c><00:33:25.940><c> was</c><00:33:26.099><c> able</c><00:33:26.299><c> to</c><00:33:26.539><c> do</c><00:33:26.660><c> this.</c>

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.960
And<00:33:26.920><c> we</c><00:33:27.039><c> read</c><00:33:27.200><c> again,</c><00:33:27.559><c> verse</c><00:33:27.740><c> 23,</c>

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.740
there<00:33:29.640><c> salute</c><00:33:30.059><c> the</c><00:33:30.359><c> epiphras,</c>

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:35.359
my<00:33:31.119><c> fellow</c><00:33:31.759><c> prisoner</c><00:33:32.359><c> in</c><00:33:33.140><c> Christ</c><00:33:33.880><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:39.079
And<00:33:37.420><c> so</c><00:33:37.559><c> he</c><00:33:38.039><c> shared</c><00:33:38.299><c> at</c><00:33:38.480><c> least</c><00:33:38.759><c> part</c>

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:40.799
of<00:33:39.380><c> Paul's</c><00:33:39.920><c> imprisonment</c><00:33:40.319><c> with</c><00:33:40.599><c> him.</c>

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:43.380
We<00:33:41.259><c> don't</c><00:33:41.440><c> read</c><00:33:41.740><c> very</c><00:33:42.039><c> much</c><00:33:42.279><c> else</c><00:33:42.559><c> about</c><00:33:42.859><c> epiphras,</c>

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:45.099
and<00:33:43.519><c> he's</c><00:33:43.640><c> one</c><00:33:43.779><c> of</c><00:33:43.859><c> those</c><00:33:44.119><c> little</c><00:33:44.500><c> characters</c>

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:47.160
that<00:33:45.579><c> go</c><00:33:45.799><c> through</c><00:33:46.059><c> scripture.</c>

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:50.200
And<00:33:49.000><c> this</c><00:33:49.000><c> is</c><00:33:49.000><c> a</c><00:33:49.000><c> picture</c><00:33:49.000><c> that</c><00:33:49.000><c> had</c><00:33:49.279><c> probably</c>

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:54.140
far<00:33:50.460><c> more</c><00:33:50.740><c> influence</c><00:33:51.279><c> on</c><00:33:52.160><c> events</c><00:33:52.420><c> in</c><00:33:52.640><c> a</c><00:33:52.759><c> local</c><00:33:53.059><c> area,</c>

00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:56.720
and<00:33:54.980><c> we</c><00:33:55.180><c> don't</c><00:33:55.359><c> get</c><00:33:55.599><c> a</c><00:33:55.940><c> very</c><00:33:56.200><c> big</c><00:33:56.440><c> picture,</c>

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:59.180
but<00:33:56.920><c> the</c><00:33:57.180><c> little</c><00:33:57.680><c> glimmerings</c><00:33:58.119><c> of</c><00:33:58.339><c> light</c><00:33:58.559><c> we</c><00:33:58.900><c> get</c>

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:02.180
are<00:34:00.039><c> quite,</c><00:34:00.500><c> quite</c><00:34:01.019><c> encouraging.</c>

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:04.180
Now<00:34:02.799><c> I'd</c><00:34:03.019><c> like</c><00:34:03.019><c> to</c><00:34:03.200><c> move</c><00:34:03.319><c> on</c><00:34:03.559><c> to</c><00:34:03.759><c> Timothy.</c>

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:07.940
And<00:34:04.660><c> here</c><00:34:05.539><c> is</c><00:34:05.779><c> a</c><00:34:05.940><c> most</c><00:34:06.359><c> interesting</c><00:34:06.920><c> person.</c>

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:11.679
Timothy<00:34:09.280><c> became</c><00:34:09.800><c> Paul's</c><00:34:11.260><c> Barnabas</c>

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:13.679
in<00:34:11.880><c> the</c><00:34:12.059><c> latter</c><00:34:12.380><c> years</c><00:34:12.760><c> of</c><00:34:12.940><c> his</c><00:34:13.239><c> ministry,</c>

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:15.380
and<00:34:14.179><c> there</c><00:34:14.360><c> seemed</c><00:34:14.480><c> to</c><00:34:14.579><c> be</c><00:34:14.699><c> a</c><00:34:14.719><c> lot</c><00:34:14.920><c> of</c><00:34:15.139><c> evidence</c>

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:18.800
that<00:34:15.739><c> Timothy</c><00:34:16.360><c> became,</c><00:34:17.440><c> in</c><00:34:17.639><c> effect,</c><00:34:17.940><c> almost</c><00:34:18.199><c> his</c><00:34:18.500><c> assistant,</c>

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:21.579
and<00:34:19.039><c> maybe</c><00:34:19.320><c> even,</c><00:34:19.639><c> in</c><00:34:19.820><c> a</c><00:34:19.960><c> sense,</c><00:34:20.579><c> his</c><00:34:20.800><c> adopted</c><00:34:21.260><c> son,</c>

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:24.960
maybe<00:34:21.900><c> not</c><00:34:22.199><c> legally,</c><00:34:23.480><c> but</c><00:34:23.900><c> spiritually.</c>

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:30.719
And<00:34:25.659><c> Timothy</c><00:34:25.980><c> was</c><00:34:26.739><c> a</c><00:34:27.940><c> son</c><00:34:28.360><c> of</c><00:34:28.559><c> a</c><00:34:28.760><c> Greek</c><00:34:29.199><c> father</c>

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:33.280
and<00:34:31.119><c> a</c><00:34:31.780><c> Hebrew</c><00:34:32.199><c> mother.</c>

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.340
And<00:34:34.159><c> he</c><00:34:34.239><c> was</c><00:34:34.420><c> given</c><00:34:34.599><c> a</c><00:34:34.719><c> name</c><00:34:34.900><c> in</c><00:34:35.179><c> Greek,</c>

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:37.760
but<00:34:35.559><c> it</c><00:34:35.739><c> means</c><00:34:35.960><c> honoring</c><00:34:36.579><c> God.</c>

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:43.119
And<00:34:39.260><c> so</c><00:34:39.420><c> the</c><00:34:39.539><c> mother</c><00:34:39.760><c> picked</c><00:34:40.019><c> out</c><00:34:41.579><c> an</c><00:34:42.099><c> English</c><00:34:42.380><c>-speaking</c><00:34:42.739><c> name,</c>

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:44.519
actually<00:34:43.920><c> a</c><00:34:44.059><c> Greek</c><00:34:44.260><c> name,</c>

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:48.000
that<00:34:45.079><c> represented</c><00:34:45.579><c> what</c><00:34:45.800><c> she,</c><00:34:46.139><c> I</c><00:34:46.300><c> think,</c><00:34:46.719><c> wanted</c><00:34:46.800><c> in</c><00:34:46.980><c> her</c><00:34:47.260><c> son.</c>

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:52.679
And<00:34:48.420><c> both</c><00:34:48.739><c> the</c><00:34:49.940><c> mother</c><00:34:50.099><c> and</c><00:34:50.300><c> grandmother</c><00:34:50.780><c> were</c><00:34:51.099><c> known</c><00:34:51.380><c> to</c><00:34:51.699><c> Paul.</c>

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:58.579
And<00:34:54.599><c> Timothy</c><00:34:55.099><c> was</c><00:34:57.360><c> brought</c><00:34:57.539><c> up</c><00:34:57.780><c> in</c><00:34:58.000><c> a</c><00:34:58.179><c> home</c>

00:34:58.579 --> 00:35:01.400
where<00:34:59.139><c> he</c><00:34:59.300><c> was</c><00:34:59.559><c> taught</c><00:35:00.099><c> the</c><00:35:00.440><c> scriptures,</c>

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:03.760
presumably,<00:35:02.920><c> well,</c><00:35:03.119><c> not</c><00:35:03.280><c> presumably,</c>

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:05.800
but<00:35:04.019><c> very</c><00:35:04.280><c> explicitly</c><00:35:04.820><c> stated</c><00:35:05.199><c> in</c><00:35:05.380><c> the</c><00:35:05.559><c> scripture</c>

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.980
by<00:35:06.059><c> his</c><00:35:06.320><c> mother</c><00:35:06.519><c> and</c><00:35:06.760><c> grandmother.</c>

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.900
We'll<00:35:07.199><c> turn</c><00:35:07.360><c> to</c><00:35:07.500><c> that</c><00:35:07.679><c> in</c><00:35:07.800><c> a</c><00:35:07.920><c> few</c><00:35:08.000><c> moments.</c>

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:11.119
And<00:35:09.139><c> here</c><00:35:09.519><c> is</c><00:35:09.679><c> a</c><00:35:09.840><c> really</c><00:35:10.260><c> interesting</c><00:35:10.760><c> case,</c>

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:14.980
because<00:35:11.780><c> there</c><00:35:12.480><c> are</c><00:35:12.639><c> many</c><00:35:13.360><c> examples</c><00:35:14.039><c> in</c><00:35:14.239><c> our</c><00:35:14.400><c> own</c><00:35:14.599><c> community</c>

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:18.099
where<00:35:15.559><c> the</c><00:35:16.000><c> mother</c><00:35:16.320><c> has</c><00:35:17.199><c> to</c><00:35:17.460><c> carry</c><00:35:17.639><c> the</c><00:35:17.880><c> burden</c>

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:20.239
of<00:35:18.340><c> teaching</c><00:35:18.619><c> the</c><00:35:18.860><c> truth</c><00:35:19.019><c> to</c><00:35:19.199><c> the</c><00:35:19.400><c> children,</c>

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:23.500
by<00:35:20.519><c> circumstances,</c><00:35:21.380><c> by</c><00:35:21.599><c> when</c><00:35:21.760><c> they</c><00:35:21.940><c> may</c><00:35:22.059><c> have</c><00:35:22.199><c> come</c><00:35:22.360><c> into</c><00:35:22.500><c> the</c><00:35:22.820><c> truth,</c>

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:26.400
by<00:35:23.900><c> whatever</c><00:35:24.460><c> has</c><00:35:25.500><c> happened</c><00:35:25.739><c> in</c><00:35:25.900><c> their</c><00:35:26.099><c> life.</c>

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:29.960
Maybe<00:35:27.059><c> earlier</c><00:35:27.420><c> in</c><00:35:27.599><c> life,</c><00:35:27.739><c> they</c><00:35:27.900><c> had</c><00:35:28.219><c> a</c><00:35:28.460><c> romantic</c><00:35:28.920><c> liaison</c>

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.739
outside<00:35:30.579><c> the</c><00:35:30.840><c> truth</c><00:35:30.960><c> and</c><00:35:31.179><c> married</c><00:35:31.420><c> there,</c>

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:35.019
and<00:35:32.380><c> in</c><00:35:32.539><c> later</c><00:35:32.679><c> years</c><00:35:33.019><c> reflected</c><00:35:33.719><c> and</c><00:35:33.920><c> came</c><00:35:34.139><c> back</c><00:35:34.400><c> into</c><00:35:34.579><c> the</c><00:35:34.860><c> truth,</c>

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.619
or<00:35:35.760><c> whatever</c><00:35:35.980><c> circumstance.</c>

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.679
They<00:35:36.840><c> were</c><00:35:36.880><c> in</c><00:35:37.019><c> a</c><00:35:37.219><c> circumstance</c>

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.760
where<00:35:37.980><c> they</c><00:35:38.440><c> have</c><00:35:38.679><c> to</c><00:35:38.940><c> carry</c><00:35:39.159><c> the</c><00:35:39.440><c> burden</c>

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:42.500
of<00:35:40.519><c> teaching</c><00:35:40.940><c> the</c><00:35:41.280><c> truth</c><00:35:41.420><c> to</c><00:35:41.599><c> their</c><00:35:41.800><c> own</c><00:35:41.980><c> children</c>

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:48.199
where<00:35:43.360><c> the</c><00:35:43.579><c> rest</c><00:35:43.840><c> of</c><00:35:44.019><c> the</c><00:35:44.199><c> family</c><00:35:44.639><c> is</c><00:35:45.079><c> not</c><00:35:45.719><c> in</c><00:35:46.019><c> the</c><00:35:46.239><c> same</c><00:35:47.260><c> mold.</c>

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:51.980
And<00:35:48.619><c> here,</c><00:35:48.780><c> Timothy</c><00:35:49.079><c> was</c><00:35:49.420><c> exactly</c><00:35:50.019><c> in</c><00:35:50.380><c> that</c><00:35:50.699><c> situation.</c>

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:57.980
And<00:35:52.980><c> yet,</c><00:35:53.300><c> Timothy</c><00:35:53.559><c> turns</c><00:35:53.920><c> out</c><00:35:54.320><c> to</c><00:35:54.480><c> be</c><00:35:54.760><c> one</c><00:35:55.079><c> of</c><00:35:55.280><c> the</c><00:35:55.880><c> most</c><00:35:56.619><c> devoted,</c>

00:35:58.940 --> 00:36:02.260
spiritual,<00:35:59.820><c> faithful</c><00:36:00.260><c> people</c><00:36:00.900><c> in</c><00:36:01.320><c> the</c><00:36:01.440><c> scriptures.</c>

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:07.059
Let's<00:36:03.519><c> take</c><00:36:03.739><c> a</c><00:36:03.860><c> look</c><00:36:04.119><c> back</c><00:36:04.480><c> a</c><00:36:04.679><c> bit,</c><00:36:05.219><c> Acts</c><00:36:05.539><c> chapter</c><00:36:05.920><c> 16.</c>

00:36:07.150 --> 00:36:09.039
And<00:36:07.420><c> it</c><00:36:07.559><c> is</c><00:36:08.039><c> a</c><00:36:08.079><c> powerful</c><00:36:08.519><c> reminder</c>

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:14.360
that<00:36:09.780><c> one</c><00:36:10.039><c> should</c><00:36:10.340><c> never,</c><00:36:12.219><c> ever</c><00:36:12.219><c> give</c><00:36:12.900><c> up.</c>

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.920
That<00:36:15.219><c> whatever</c><00:36:15.579><c> circumstances</c><00:36:16.300><c> in</c><00:36:16.539><c> life</c><00:36:16.659><c> we</c><00:36:16.940><c> find</c><00:36:17.219><c> ourselves</c><00:36:17.639><c> in,</c>

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.820
we<00:36:18.139><c> can</c><00:36:18.380><c> serve</c><00:36:18.619><c> God.</c>

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:24.559
And<00:36:23.780><c> verse</c><00:36:24.320><c> one.</c>

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:26.179
And<00:36:24.699><c> then</c><00:36:24.800><c> came</c><00:36:25.039><c> he</c><00:36:25.219><c> to</c><00:36:25.340><c> Derby</c><00:36:25.739><c> and</c><00:36:25.900><c> Lystra,</c>

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:29.199
and<00:36:26.320><c> behold,</c><00:36:26.780><c> a</c><00:36:26.860><c> certain</c><00:36:27.099><c> disciple</c><00:36:27.639><c> was</c><00:36:27.880><c> there</c><00:36:28.079><c> named</c><00:36:28.460><c> Tumultius.</c>

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.820
And<00:36:29.619><c> so,</c><00:36:30.139><c> Tumultius</c><00:36:30.500><c> had</c><00:36:30.679><c> already</c><00:36:30.960><c> become</c><00:36:31.280><c> a</c><00:36:31.440><c> disciple.</c>

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:34.300
He<00:36:32.059><c> had</c><00:36:32.099><c> already</c><00:36:32.320><c> become</c><00:36:32.639><c> a</c><00:36:32.880><c> follower</c><00:36:33.119><c> of</c><00:36:33.340><c> the</c><00:36:33.480><c> way,</c>

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:35.639
the<00:36:34.440><c> son</c><00:36:34.659><c> of</c><00:36:34.840><c> a</c><00:36:35.000><c> certain</c><00:36:35.239><c> woman,</c>

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:37.840
which<00:36:36.099><c> was</c><00:36:36.360><c> a</c><00:36:36.539><c> Jewish</c><00:36:36.820><c> and</c><00:36:37.320><c> believed,</c>

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:40.139
and<00:36:38.480><c> so</c><00:36:38.579><c> his</c><00:36:38.780><c> mother</c><00:36:38.920><c> had</c><00:36:39.199><c> converted.</c>

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:43.739
But<00:36:41.880><c> his</c><00:36:42.159><c> father</c><00:36:42.500><c> was</c><00:36:42.780><c> a</c><00:36:42.960><c> Greek.</c>

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:48.260
We<00:36:44.980><c> later</c><00:36:44.980><c> learned</c><00:36:45.539><c> the</c><00:36:45.719><c> names</c><00:36:46.139><c> of</c><00:36:46.460><c> Timothy's</c><00:36:48.019><c> mother</c>

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:51.480
and<00:36:48.559><c> grandmother</c><00:36:48.980><c> since</c><00:36:49.239><c> 2</c><00:36:49.739><c> Timothy</c><00:36:50.199><c> chapter</c><00:36:50.900><c> one.</c>

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.739
We<00:36:52.019><c> never</c><00:36:52.260><c> hear</c><00:36:52.440><c> another</c><00:36:52.739><c> thing</c><00:36:52.980><c> about</c><00:36:53.239><c> the</c><00:36:53.500><c> father,</c>

00:36:53.780 --> 00:36:55.059
so<00:36:53.980><c> I</c><00:36:54.099><c> can</c><00:36:54.420><c> either</c><00:36:54.719><c> presume</c>

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:58.360
that<00:36:55.280><c> the</c><00:36:55.460><c> father</c><00:36:55.699><c> never</c><00:36:56.260><c> converted</c><00:36:56.679><c> into</c><00:36:56.980><c> the</c><00:36:57.280><c> truth,</c>

00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:02.619
and<00:36:58.739><c> he</c><00:36:58.980><c> probably</c><00:36:59.360><c> died</c><00:36:59.760><c> by</c><00:37:00.019><c> the</c><00:37:00.219><c> time</c><00:37:00.699><c> Timothy</c><00:37:01.179><c> was</c><00:37:02.260><c> older.</c>

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:06.280
Second<00:37:03.380><c> Timothy</c><00:37:03.780><c> chapter</c><00:37:04.320><c> one,</c><00:37:04.820><c> verse</c><00:37:05.139><c> five.</c>

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:10.480
When<00:37:07.719><c> I</c><00:37:08.059><c> call</c><00:37:08.260><c> to</c><00:37:08.539><c> remembrance</c><00:37:08.920><c> the</c><00:37:09.480><c> unfeigned</c><00:37:10.139><c> faith</c>

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.300
that<00:37:10.760><c> is</c><00:37:11.059><c> in</c><00:37:11.320><c> thee,</c><00:37:11.599><c> and</c><00:37:11.800><c> here</c><00:37:12.059><c> again</c>

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:16.260
is<00:37:12.480><c> that</c><00:37:12.820><c> specific</c><00:37:13.420><c> nominating</c><00:37:14.219><c> phrase</c><00:37:14.679><c> that</c><00:37:14.840><c> I</c><00:37:14.980><c> was</c><00:37:15.119><c> looking</c><00:37:15.380><c> for.</c>

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:20.659
He<00:37:16.599><c> says</c><00:37:16.800><c> that</c><00:37:17.079><c> Timothy</c><00:37:17.500><c> had</c><00:37:18.019><c> unfeigned</c><00:37:19.500><c> faith.</c>

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:24.079
In<00:37:20.960><c> other</c><00:37:21.119><c> words,</c><00:37:21.400><c> there</c><00:37:21.420><c> was</c><00:37:21.980><c> nothing</c><00:37:22.840><c> fake</c><00:37:23.300><c> about</c><00:37:23.619><c> his</c><00:37:23.920><c> faith.</c>

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:26.300
It<00:37:24.219><c> was</c><00:37:24.539><c> totally</c><00:37:25.039><c> genuine.</c>

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:33.400
Which<00:37:29.420><c> dwelt</c><00:37:29.880><c> first</c><00:37:30.260><c> in</c><00:37:30.460><c> thy</c><00:37:30.659><c> grandmother,</c><00:37:32.639><c> Lois,</c>

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.739
and<00:37:34.019><c> thy</c><00:37:34.260><c> mother,</c><00:37:35.019><c> Eunice,</c>

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:39.400
and<00:37:36.159><c> I</c><00:37:36.320><c> am</c><00:37:36.500><c> persuaded</c><00:37:37.119><c> that</c><00:37:38.219><c> in</c><00:37:38.519><c> thee</c><00:37:38.860><c> also.</c>

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:41.280
So<00:37:39.800><c> it's</c><00:37:40.139><c> perfectly</c><00:37:40.559><c> possible</c>

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:43.019
that<00:37:41.480><c> we</c><00:37:41.579><c> have</c><00:37:41.719><c> almost</c><00:37:41.960><c> two</c><00:37:42.179><c> generations</c><00:37:42.699><c> here</c>

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:45.139
where<00:37:43.179><c> they</c><00:37:43.400><c> married</c><00:37:43.599><c> outside</c><00:37:44.019><c> the</c><00:37:44.260><c> truth.</c>

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.980
And<00:37:46.059><c> they</c><00:37:46.199><c> may</c><00:37:46.380><c> have</c><00:37:47.440><c> come</c><00:37:47.760><c> back.</c>

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:50.380
Now,<00:37:48.199><c> remember,</c><00:37:49.019><c> if</c><00:37:49.159><c> you</c><00:37:49.360><c> think</c><00:37:49.539><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:53.079
are<00:37:50.639><c> fussy</c><00:37:50.880><c> about</c><00:37:51.179><c> this,</c><00:37:52.199><c> Jews,</c>

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:55.780
Jews<00:37:54.219><c> make</c><00:37:54.579><c> us</c><00:37:54.940><c> look</c><00:37:55.199><c> like</c><00:37:55.519><c> total</c><00:37:55.780><c> fools.</c>

00:37:55.780 --> 00:37:57.219
They're<00:37:56.219><c> flaming</c><00:37:56.219><c> liberals.</c>

00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:01.900
When<00:37:57.760><c> a</c><00:37:58.059><c> Jew,</c><00:38:00.059><c> a</c><00:38:00.239><c> religious</c><00:38:00.659><c> orthodox</c><00:38:01.519><c> Jew,</c>

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:04.039
a<00:38:02.300><c> phariseic</c><00:38:02.880><c> Jew</c><00:38:03.239><c> in</c><00:38:03.460><c> today's</c><00:38:03.920><c> vein,</c>

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:05.900
when<00:38:04.260><c> they</c><00:38:04.559><c> marry,</c><00:38:04.980><c> when</c><00:38:05.139><c> one</c><00:38:05.320><c> of</c><00:38:05.400><c> their</c><00:38:05.579><c> children</c>

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:08.739
marries<00:38:06.360><c> outside</c><00:38:06.780><c> the</c><00:38:06.980><c> religion,</c><00:38:07.380><c> they're</c><00:38:07.679><c> dead.</c>

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:12.619
They're<00:38:10.880><c> as</c><00:38:11.059><c> good</c><00:38:11.260><c> as</c><00:38:11.639><c> dead.</c>

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:15.360
They<00:38:13.219><c> actually,</c><00:38:13.840><c> actually</c><00:38:14.340><c> sit,</c><00:38:14.760><c> shiver</c><00:38:14.980><c> for</c><00:38:15.239><c> them</c>

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:17.719
and<00:38:15.599><c> have</c><00:38:16.099><c> funeral</c><00:38:16.659><c> services.</c>

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:21.360
They<00:38:18.980><c> will</c><00:38:19.199><c> never</c><00:38:19.559><c> speak</c><00:38:20.019><c> to</c><00:38:20.179><c> them</c><00:38:20.380><c> again.</c>

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:25.099
So<00:38:23.500><c> this</c><00:38:23.659><c> is</c><00:38:23.880><c> not</c><00:38:24.119><c> trivial.</c>

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:30.320
And<00:38:26.340><c> so</c><00:38:26.460><c> Lois</c><00:38:27.000><c> and</c><00:38:27.320><c> Eunice</c><00:38:27.579><c> had</c><00:38:27.760><c> to</c><00:38:28.139><c> overcome</c><00:38:28.719><c> their</c><00:38:29.119><c> own</c><00:38:29.300><c> mistakes.</c>

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:32.659
And<00:38:31.199><c> indeed</c><00:38:31.440><c> they</c><00:38:31.599><c> did.</c>

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:39.800
And<00:38:34.780><c> they</c><00:38:35.000><c> planted</c><00:38:35.360><c> in</c><00:38:35.639><c> Timothy,</c><00:38:37.619><c> unfeigned</c><00:38:38.760><c> faith.</c>

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:46.380
Now,<00:38:41.699><c> for</c><00:38:42.039><c> a</c><00:38:42.800><c> child</c><00:38:43.360><c> of</c><00:38:44.679><c> a</c><00:38:44.860><c> Jewish</c><00:38:45.139><c> parent,</c>

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:50.860
the<00:38:47.840><c> line</c><00:38:48.099><c> of</c><00:38:48.820><c> heritage</c><00:38:49.199><c> goes</c><00:38:49.679><c> through</c><00:38:49.920><c> the</c><00:38:50.079><c> mother.</c>

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:57.019
For<00:38:51.800><c> the</c><00:38:52.059><c> Jews,</c><00:38:53.280><c> if</c><00:38:53.380><c> the</c><00:38:53.559><c> mother</c><00:38:53.880><c> is</c><00:38:55.000><c> a</c><00:38:55.380><c> Jew,</c><00:38:55.940><c> the</c><00:38:56.019><c> child</c><00:38:56.460><c> is</c><00:38:56.780><c> a</c><00:38:56.920><c> Jew.</c>

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:59.079
If<00:38:57.239><c> the</c><00:38:57.480><c> father</c><00:38:57.840><c> is</c><00:38:58.099><c> a</c><00:38:58.260><c> Jew</c><00:38:58.360><c> and</c><00:38:58.460><c> the</c><00:38:58.639><c> mother</c><00:38:58.840><c> isn't,</c>

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.619
the<00:38:59.239><c> child</c><00:38:59.460><c> is</c><00:38:59.639><c> not</c><00:38:59.780><c> a</c><00:38:59.920><c> Jew.</c>

00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:03.420
That's<00:39:02.239><c> Jewish</c><00:39:02.539><c> law.</c>

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:07.420
Ironically,<00:39:05.599><c> Roman</c><00:39:05.760><c> law</c><00:39:05.960><c> was</c><00:39:06.159><c> just</c><00:39:06.360><c> the</c><00:39:06.579><c> opposite.</c>

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:12.519
If<00:39:07.940><c> the</c><00:39:08.219><c> father</c><00:39:08.900><c> was</c><00:39:10.000><c> a</c><00:39:10.420><c> Roman</c><00:39:10.739><c> or</c><00:39:12.019><c> a</c><00:39:12.260><c> Gentile</c>

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:16.440
and<00:39:13.539><c> the</c><00:39:13.719><c> mother</c><00:39:13.900><c> was</c><00:39:14.179><c> not,</c><00:39:14.880><c> the</c><00:39:15.000><c> child</c><00:39:15.300><c> was</c><00:39:15.760><c> a</c><00:39:15.940><c> Gentile.</c>

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:18.800
So<00:39:16.940><c> Timothy</c><00:39:17.280><c> could</c><00:39:17.500><c> have</c><00:39:17.619><c> the</c><00:39:17.780><c> best</c><00:39:18.099><c> of</c><00:39:18.360><c> both</c><00:39:18.539><c> worlds.</c>

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:22.039
In<00:39:18.960><c> terms</c><00:39:19.179><c> of</c><00:39:19.400><c> Roman</c><00:39:19.639><c> law,</c><00:39:19.960><c> he</c><00:39:20.039><c> was</c><00:39:20.380><c> a</c><00:39:21.619><c> Gentile.</c>

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.599
In<00:39:22.199><c> terms</c><00:39:22.579><c> of</c><00:39:22.760><c> Jewish</c><00:39:22.960><c> law,</c><00:39:23.420><c> he</c><00:39:23.519><c> was</c><00:39:23.760><c> a</c><00:39:23.920><c> Jew.</c>

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:27.820
And<00:39:25.079><c> so</c><00:39:25.260><c> later</c><00:39:25.400><c> we</c><00:39:25.639><c> find</c><00:39:25.900><c> them</c><00:39:26.079><c> sharing</c><00:39:26.719><c> Paul's</c><00:39:27.360><c> imprisonment,</c>

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:31.559
but<00:39:27.980><c> he's</c><00:39:29.420><c> not</c><00:39:29.699><c> a</c><00:39:30.260><c> prisoner</c><00:39:30.539><c> himself.</c>

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:35.179
He<00:39:32.420><c> would</c><00:39:32.619><c> not</c><00:39:32.739><c> have</c><00:39:33.039><c> been</c><00:39:33.380><c> considered</c><00:39:33.820><c> a</c><00:39:34.300><c> heretic</c><00:39:34.599><c> by</c><00:39:34.860><c> the</c><00:39:35.000><c> Romans.</c>

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:37.440
He<00:39:35.340><c> would</c><00:39:35.500><c> have</c><00:39:35.599><c> been</c><00:39:35.840><c> considered</c><00:39:36.079><c> a</c><00:39:36.320><c> Gentile.</c>

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:40.139
So<00:39:37.780><c> he</c><00:39:37.940><c> sort</c><00:39:38.139><c> of</c><00:39:38.280><c> gets</c><00:39:38.420><c> both</c><00:39:38.699><c> sides</c><00:39:39.039><c> of</c><00:39:39.199><c> it.</c>

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:43.340
Actually,<00:39:41.480><c> I</c><00:39:41.880><c> personally</c><00:39:42.260><c> lean</c><00:39:42.559><c> to</c><00:39:42.760><c> Roman</c><00:39:43.059><c> law.</c>

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:45.420
Sounds<00:39:43.699><c> more</c><00:39:44.000><c> sensible</c><00:39:44.380><c> to</c><00:39:44.619><c> me.</c>

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:47.539
The<00:39:46.099><c> other</c><00:39:46.320><c> half</c><00:39:46.500><c> of</c><00:39:46.659><c> the</c><00:39:46.820><c> audience</c><00:39:47.059><c> here,</c>

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:50.159
probably<00:39:48.199><c> very</c><00:39:48.639><c> unreasonably,</c><00:39:49.280><c> may</c><00:39:49.320><c> not</c><00:39:49.519><c> agree</c><00:39:49.719><c> with</c><00:39:49.940><c> me.</c>

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:53.679
But<00:39:50.820><c> you</c><00:39:51.400><c> see,</c><00:39:52.079><c> this</c><00:39:52.239><c> is</c><00:39:52.500><c> quite</c><00:39:52.719><c> different.</c>

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:56.519
Different<00:39:53.980><c> cultures</c><00:39:54.360><c> have</c><00:39:54.639><c> different</c><00:39:54.880><c> ways</c><00:39:55.119><c> of</c><00:39:55.320><c> handling</c><00:39:55.579><c> things.</c>

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:59.159
And<00:39:56.900><c> Timothy</c><00:39:57.159><c> actually,</c><00:39:57.659><c> I</c><00:39:57.840><c> believe,</c><00:39:58.159><c> it</c><00:39:58.280><c> was</c><00:39:58.420><c> an</c><00:39:58.659><c> advantage.</c>

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:02.639
And<00:39:59.780><c> it's</c><00:39:59.900><c> why</c><00:40:00.079><c> Paul</c><00:40:00.340><c> was</c><00:40:00.539><c> able</c><00:40:00.780><c> to</c><00:40:01.139><c> send</c><00:40:01.280><c> him</c><00:40:01.440><c> on</c><00:40:01.679><c> many</c><00:40:02.059><c> journeys</c>

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:04.340
to<00:40:03.340><c> carry</c><00:40:03.579><c> out</c><00:40:03.739><c> missions</c><00:40:04.000><c> for</c><00:40:04.280><c> him,</c>

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.059
which<00:40:04.519><c> I</c><00:40:04.780><c> believe</c><00:40:05.159><c> became</c><00:40:06.480><c> very</c><00:40:06.719><c> useful.</c>

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:10.159
Turn<00:40:07.559><c> back</c><00:40:07.800><c> a</c><00:40:07.960><c> few</c><00:40:08.099><c> pages</c><00:40:08.500><c> to</c><00:40:08.699><c> 1</c><00:40:08.940><c> Timothy</c><00:40:09.300><c> chapter</c><00:40:09.860><c> four,</c>

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:12.320
and<00:40:10.519><c> we</c><00:40:10.719><c> find</c><00:40:10.940><c> out</c><00:40:11.079><c> something</c><00:40:11.360><c> else</c><00:40:11.659><c> about</c><00:40:11.960><c> Timothy.</c>

00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:14.940
We're<00:40:12.559><c> not</c><00:40:12.840><c> exactly</c><00:40:13.340><c> told</c><00:40:13.679><c> how</c><00:40:13.940><c> old</c><00:40:14.260><c> he</c><00:40:14.500><c> was,</c>

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:19.000
but<00:40:15.559><c> we</c><00:40:15.760><c> do</c><00:40:15.980><c> get</c><00:40:16.219><c> this</c><00:40:16.480><c> clue</c><00:40:16.599><c> that</c><00:40:16.760><c> this</c><00:40:17.000><c> faithful</c><00:40:17.440><c> young</c><00:40:17.719><c> man</c>

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:21.239
instilled<00:40:19.480><c> the</c><00:40:19.719><c> truth</c><00:40:19.860><c> by</c><00:40:20.239><c> his</c><00:40:20.500><c> mother</c><00:40:20.679><c> and</c><00:40:20.900><c> grandmother,</c>

00:40:21.619 --> 00:40:23.280
and<00:40:21.639><c> what</c><00:40:21.960><c> a</c><00:40:22.099><c> powerful</c><00:40:22.539><c> influence</c><00:40:22.920><c> that</c><00:40:23.159><c> was.</c>

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:25.320
I<00:40:23.460><c> tell</c><00:40:23.619><c> you,</c><00:40:23.840><c> I</c><00:40:23.980><c> wouldn't</c><00:40:24.639><c> be</c><00:40:24.840><c> standing</c><00:40:25.019><c> here</c><00:40:25.199><c> today</c>

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.780
if<00:40:25.480><c> it</c><00:40:25.480><c> wasn't</c><00:40:25.619><c> for</c><00:40:25.820><c> my</c><00:40:25.980><c> mother.</c>

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:29.980
I<00:40:28.159><c> mean,</c><00:40:28.320><c> my</c><00:40:28.480><c> mother</c><00:40:28.659><c> was</c><00:40:28.900><c> just</c><00:40:29.159><c> a</c><00:40:29.300><c> terrific</c>

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:31.340
spiritual<00:40:30.579><c> influence</c><00:40:30.920><c> on</c><00:40:31.099><c> my</c><00:40:31.239><c> life.</c>

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:32.539
She<00:40:31.559><c> really</c><00:40:31.920><c> knew</c><00:40:32.099><c> her</c><00:40:32.280><c> scriptures.</c>

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:34.420
She<00:40:32.780><c> used</c><00:40:32.940><c> to</c><00:40:32.960><c> do</c><00:40:33.019><c> the</c><00:40:33.139><c> reading</c><00:40:33.280><c> every</c><00:40:33.559><c> day</c><00:40:33.679><c> with</c><00:40:33.840><c> her</c><00:40:33.980><c> children,</c>

00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:37.099
even<00:40:35.059><c> when</c><00:40:35.219><c> my</c><00:40:35.420><c> father,</c><00:40:35.920><c> at</c><00:40:36.099><c> that</c><00:40:36.340><c> stage</c><00:40:36.599><c> of</c><00:40:36.739><c> his</c><00:40:36.960><c> life,</c>

00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.880
would<00:40:37.280><c> walk</c><00:40:37.559><c> out.</c>

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:40.780
My<00:40:38.219><c> mother</c><00:40:38.340><c> pulled</c><00:40:38.519><c> out</c><00:40:38.659><c> of</c><00:40:38.760><c> my</c><00:40:38.920><c> Bible,</c><00:40:39.179><c> my</c><00:40:39.340><c> father</c><00:40:39.639><c> disappeared.</c>

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.219
Seriously.

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.840
That<00:40:43.079><c> never</c><00:40:43.280><c> stopped</c><00:40:43.599><c> her.</c>

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:48.480
My<00:40:44.420><c> mother's</c><00:40:45.179><c> main</c><00:40:46.599><c> thing</c><00:40:47.360><c> with</c><00:40:47.519><c> my</c><00:40:47.760><c> dad</c><00:40:47.980><c> was,</c>

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:50.440
I<00:40:48.980><c> don't</c><00:40:49.219><c> care</c><00:40:49.420><c> if</c><00:40:49.579><c> you</c><00:40:49.679><c> don't</c><00:40:49.800><c> want</c><00:40:49.900><c> to</c><00:40:50.000><c> go</c><00:40:50.119><c> to</c><00:40:50.219><c> lectures,</c>

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.760
I<00:40:50.679><c> don't</c><00:40:50.880><c> care</c><00:40:51.000><c> if</c><00:40:51.059><c> you</c><00:40:51.179><c> don't</c><00:40:51.280><c> want</c><00:40:51.380><c> to</c><00:40:51.440><c> go</c><00:40:51.539><c> to</c><00:40:51.619><c> Bibles,</c>

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.699
I<00:40:51.900><c> don't</c><00:40:52.000><c> care</c><00:40:52.059><c> what</c><00:40:52.260><c> you</c><00:40:52.400><c> want</c><00:40:52.519><c> to</c><00:40:52.639><c> do.</c>

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.199
Everything<00:40:53.440><c> else,</c><00:40:53.739><c> I'm</c><00:40:53.800><c> your</c><00:40:54.000><c> wife,</c>

00:40:54.219 --> 00:40:57.260
but<00:40:54.380><c> when</c><00:40:54.519><c> it</c><00:40:54.599><c> comes</c><00:40:54.780><c> to</c><00:40:54.960><c> the</c><00:40:55.159><c> truth,</c><00:40:55.920><c> I'm</c><00:40:56.179><c> God's</c><00:40:56.579><c> servant.</c>

00:40:57.539 --> 00:41:01.400
She<00:40:57.760><c> never</c><00:40:58.119><c> let</c><00:40:58.380><c> him,</c><00:40:58.619><c> and</c><00:40:58.820><c> boy,</c><00:40:59.219><c> he</c><00:40:59.599><c> did</c><00:41:00.059><c> a</c><00:41:00.159><c> lot</c><00:41:00.360><c> of</c><00:41:00.539><c> things.</c>

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:04.679
To<00:41:03.179><c> those</c><00:41:03.340><c> of</c><00:41:03.500><c> you</c><00:41:03.500><c> who</c><00:41:03.559><c> may</c><00:41:03.699><c> have</c><00:41:03.820><c> met</c><00:41:03.900><c> my</c><00:41:04.119><c> father</c><00:41:04.360><c> today,</c>

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:07.280
since<00:41:04.880><c> he's</c><00:41:05.039><c> coming</c><00:41:05.219><c> to</c><00:41:05.360><c> the</c><00:41:05.500><c> truth,</c><00:41:05.719><c> you'd</c><00:41:05.860><c> be</c><00:41:05.980><c> sort</c><00:41:06.179><c> of</c><00:41:06.340><c> amazed.</c>

00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:09.179
And<00:41:07.539><c> in</c><00:41:07.619><c> fact,</c><00:41:07.719><c> sometimes</c><00:41:08.099><c> when</c><00:41:08.260><c> I</c><00:41:08.460><c> repeat</c><00:41:08.659><c> it</c><00:41:08.820><c> to</c><00:41:08.980><c> dad,</c>

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:12.940
he<00:41:09.800><c> goes,</c><00:41:10.179><c> no,</c><00:41:10.659><c> I,</c><00:41:10.800><c> yeah,</c><00:41:11.019><c> no,</c><00:41:11.199><c> I</c><00:41:11.280><c> feel</c><00:41:11.420><c> like,</c><00:41:12.159><c> yeah.</c>

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:15.460
It's<00:41:13.639><c> great,</c><00:41:14.519><c> it's</c><00:41:14.780><c> really</c><00:41:14.980><c> great</c><00:41:15.219><c> to</c><00:41:15.380><c> see,</c>

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:17.440
because<00:41:15.659><c> my</c><00:41:15.860><c> brother</c><00:41:16.059><c> and</c><00:41:16.179><c> I</c><00:41:16.260><c> can</c><00:41:16.440><c> always</c><00:41:16.659><c> keep</c><00:41:16.840><c> him</c><00:41:17.000><c> in</c><00:41:17.179><c> check,</c>

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:19.619
so<00:41:17.739><c> it's</c><00:41:17.920><c> not</c><00:41:18.079><c> all</c><00:41:18.320><c> bad,</c><00:41:19.179><c> okay?</c>

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:22.079
But<00:41:20.179><c> here,</c><00:41:20.780><c> he</c><00:41:20.880><c> says</c><00:41:21.119><c> of</c><00:41:21.320><c> this</c><00:41:21.539><c> man,</c><00:41:21.840><c> he</c><00:41:21.840><c> says,</c>

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:25.940
let<00:41:22.579><c> no</c><00:41:23.039><c> man,</c><00:41:23.380><c> verse</c><00:41:23.599><c> 12,</c><00:41:24.260><c> verse</c><00:41:24.400><c> four,</c><00:41:25.219><c> chapter</c><00:41:25.619><c> four,</c>

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:29.900
verse<00:41:26.159><c> 12,</c><00:41:26.480><c> verse</c><00:41:26.679><c> 10,</c><00:41:26.920><c> let</c><00:41:27.139><c> no</c><00:41:27.599><c> man</c><00:41:27.920><c> despise</c><00:41:28.659><c> thy</c><00:41:29.019><c> youth,</c>

00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:32.679
but<00:41:30.139><c> be</c><00:41:30.400><c> thou</c><00:41:30.559><c> an</c><00:41:30.780><c> example</c><00:41:31.139><c> of</c><00:41:31.340><c> the</c><00:41:31.619><c> believers</c><00:41:31.860><c> in</c><00:41:32.260><c> word,</c>

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:37.239
in<00:41:33.239><c> conversation,</c><00:41:34.400><c> in</c><00:41:34.659><c> charity,</c><00:41:35.739><c> in</c><00:41:36.019><c> spirit,</c><00:41:36.500><c> in</c><00:41:36.820><c> faith,</c>

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:42.159
in<00:41:37.820><c> purity,</c><00:41:39.420><c> till</c><00:41:39.579><c> I</c><00:41:39.860><c> come,</c><00:41:40.639><c> give</c><00:41:40.780><c> attendance</c><00:41:41.280><c> to</c><00:41:41.760><c> reading,</c>

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:45.679
to<00:41:42.840><c> exhortation,</c><00:41:44.460><c> to</c><00:41:44.699><c> doctrine.</c>

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:48.139
Neglect<00:41:46.179><c> not</c><00:41:46.500><c> the</c><00:41:46.739><c> gift</c><00:41:47.019><c> that</c><00:41:47.260><c> is</c><00:41:47.539><c> in</c><00:41:47.820><c> thee,</c>

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:50.099
which<00:41:48.500><c> was</c><00:41:48.760><c> given</c><00:41:48.960><c> thee</c><00:41:49.119><c> by</c><00:41:49.500><c> prophecy,</c>

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:53.420
with<00:41:50.519><c> the</c><00:41:50.739><c> laying</c><00:41:50.980><c> on</c><00:41:51.199><c> of</c><00:41:51.360><c> the</c><00:41:51.519><c> hands</c><00:41:51.739><c> of</c><00:41:51.940><c> the</c><00:41:52.159><c> presbytery.</c>

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:55.659
Meditate<00:41:54.460><c> upon</c><00:41:54.920><c> those</c><00:41:55.320><c> things.</c>

00:41:55.880 --> 00:42:00.679
Give<00:41:56.079><c> thyself</c><00:41:56.820><c> wholly</c><00:41:57.320><c> to</c><00:41:57.639><c> them,</c><00:41:58.420><c> that</c><00:41:58.440><c> profiting</c><00:41:59.940><c> may</c><00:42:00.159><c> appear</c>

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:04.260
to<00:42:01.139><c> all,</c><00:42:01.800><c> take</c><00:42:02.000><c> heed</c><00:42:02.300><c> unto</c><00:42:02.679><c> thyself,</c><00:42:03.519><c> unto</c><00:42:03.739><c> the</c><00:42:04.019><c> doctrine.</c>

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:06.579
Continue<00:42:04.920><c> in</c><00:42:05.099><c> them,</c><00:42:05.579><c> for</c><00:42:05.780><c> in</c><00:42:05.960><c> doing</c><00:42:06.139><c> this,</c>

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:09.980
thou<00:42:06.860><c> shalt</c><00:42:07.420><c> both</c><00:42:07.739><c> save</c><00:42:08.039><c> thyself</c><00:42:08.599><c> and</c><00:42:08.860><c> them</c><00:42:09.360><c> that</c><00:42:09.679><c> hear</c><00:42:09.820><c> thee.</c>

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:12.000
What<00:42:10.159><c> a</c><00:42:10.380><c> stirring</c><00:42:10.619><c> exhortation.</c>

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:15.860
And<00:42:12.820><c> here,</c><00:42:13.079><c> this</c><00:42:13.199><c> man,</c><00:42:13.480><c> Timothy,</c><00:42:15.039><c> was</c><00:42:15.380><c> a</c><00:42:15.519><c> young</c><00:42:15.639><c> man.</c>

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:18.079
I'm<00:42:16.099><c> not</c><00:42:16.360><c> sure</c><00:42:16.539><c> how</c><00:42:16.820><c> old</c><00:42:17.000><c> he</c><00:42:17.179><c> was.</c>

00:42:18.380 --> 00:42:20.699
Some<00:42:18.579><c> have</c><00:42:18.679><c> said,</c><00:42:19.079><c> some</c><00:42:19.300><c> commentaries</c><00:42:19.760><c> say</c><00:42:19.880><c> he</c><00:42:19.920><c> was</c><00:42:20.139><c> a</c><00:42:20.260><c> teenager.</c>

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:24.000
I'm<00:42:21.119><c> not</c><00:42:21.320><c> sure,</c><00:42:22.179><c> but</c><00:42:22.420><c> he</c><00:42:22.619><c> certainly</c><00:42:22.880><c> must</c><00:42:23.119><c> have</c><00:42:23.280><c> been</c><00:42:23.519><c> fairly</c><00:42:23.780><c> young</c>

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:25.699
for<00:42:24.239><c> Paul</c><00:42:24.420><c> to</c><00:42:24.659><c> say</c><00:42:24.800><c> that.</c>

00:42:25.739 --> 00:42:28.199
Under<00:42:26.059><c> the</c><00:42:26.360><c> Jewish</c><00:42:26.599><c> religion,</c><00:42:27.059><c> you</c><00:42:27.239><c> became</c><00:42:27.579><c> an</c><00:42:27.900><c> adult</c>

00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:29.800
and<00:42:28.360><c> you</c><00:42:28.579><c> entered</c><00:42:28.719><c> into</c><00:42:29.019><c> the</c><00:42:29.219><c> congregation</c>

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:34.539
when<00:42:30.079><c> you</c><00:42:30.260><c> were</c><00:42:30.480><c> bar</c><00:42:30.619><c> mitzvahed,</c><00:42:31.880><c> and</c><00:42:32.099><c> that</c><00:42:32.340><c> age</c><00:42:32.739><c> has</c><00:42:33.119><c> been</c><00:42:33.340><c> 13.</c>

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:37.059
And<00:42:35.199><c> so</c><00:42:35.260><c> he</c><00:42:35.300><c> had</c><00:42:35.440><c> to</c><00:42:35.519><c> be</c><00:42:35.659><c> at</c><00:42:35.739><c> least</c><00:42:36.019><c> 13.</c>

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:41.099
I<00:42:38.659><c> suspect</c><00:42:39.059><c> he</c><00:42:39.320><c> probably</c><00:42:39.599><c> was</c><00:42:39.800><c> a</c><00:42:39.940><c> few</c><00:42:40.079><c> years</c><00:42:40.300><c> older</c><00:42:40.639><c> than</c><00:42:40.880><c> that,</c>

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:43.260
just<00:42:41.320><c> from</c><00:42:41.480><c> the</c><00:42:41.699><c> comments</c><00:42:41.980><c> about</c><00:42:42.219><c> his</c><00:42:42.440><c> unfeigned</c><00:42:42.940><c> fate</c>

00:42:43.260 --> 00:42:44.579
and<00:42:43.420><c> his</c><00:42:43.659><c> development.</c>

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:47.320
By<00:42:44.880><c> the</c><00:42:45.139><c> time</c><00:42:45.519><c> Second</c><00:42:45.840><c> Timothy</c><00:42:46.239><c> is</c><00:42:46.559><c> written,</c>

00:42:47.380 --> 00:42:50.159
at<00:42:47.559><c> the</c><00:42:47.699><c> end</c><00:42:47.860><c> of</c><00:42:48.079><c> Paul's</c><00:42:48.420><c> life,</c><00:42:48.599><c> which</c><00:42:48.739><c> is</c><00:42:48.920><c> about</c><00:42:49.139><c> 13</c><00:42:49.519><c> years</c><00:42:49.820><c> later,</c>

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:55.059
Timothy<00:42:50.820><c> must</c><00:42:51.119><c> have</c><00:42:51.340><c> been</c><00:42:51.599><c> in</c><00:42:51.719><c> his</c><00:42:51.860><c> late</c><00:42:52.119><c> 20s</c><00:42:52.760><c> to</c><00:42:53.539><c> early</c><00:42:53.900><c> 30s.</c>

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:57.699
And<00:42:55.900><c> all</c><00:42:56.079><c> those</c><00:42:56.280><c> years,</c><00:42:56.539><c> I</c><00:42:56.679><c> think</c><00:42:56.840><c> he</c><00:42:57.019><c> was</c><00:42:57.260><c> contributing.</c>

00:42:57.900 --> 00:43:00.500
Now<00:42:58.099><c> that</c><00:42:58.179><c> sounds</c><00:42:58.460><c> kind</c><00:42:58.679><c> of</c><00:42:58.880><c> remarkable</c><00:42:59.340><c> to</c><00:42:59.639><c> some</c><00:42:59.860><c> of</c><00:43:00.000><c> us,</c><00:43:00.179><c> right?</c>

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:02.880
But<00:43:00.760><c> let's</c><00:43:01.039><c> not</c><00:43:01.239><c> forget</c><00:43:01.579><c> that</c><00:43:01.880><c> we're</c><00:43:02.199><c> here</c><00:43:02.440><c> again,</c>

00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:05.480
because<00:43:03.400><c> a</c><00:43:03.599><c> man</c><00:43:03.739><c> named</c><00:43:03.960><c> Robert</c><00:43:04.320><c> Roberts</c><00:43:04.699><c> became</c><00:43:05.079><c> editor</c>

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:08.820
of<00:43:05.559><c> the</c><00:43:05.719><c> Christadelphian</c><00:43:06.420><c> Magazine</c><00:43:07.000><c> at</c><00:43:07.219><c> the</c><00:43:07.320><c> age</c><00:43:07.480><c> of</c><00:43:07.719><c> 28</c>

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:12.179
and<00:43:10.300><c> consolidated</c><00:43:10.780><c> the</c><00:43:11.139><c> truth</c><00:43:11.340><c> and</c><00:43:11.579><c> built</c><00:43:11.820><c> on</c><00:43:12.039><c> it</c>

00:43:12.179 --> 00:43:14.400
at<00:43:12.320><c> a</c><00:43:12.480><c> very,</c><00:43:12.860><c> very</c><00:43:13.139><c> young</c><00:43:13.360><c> age.</c>

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:17.840
And<00:43:15.199><c> I</c><00:43:15.260><c> think</c><00:43:15.460><c> it</c><00:43:15.739><c> is</c><00:43:16.119><c> a</c><00:43:16.699><c> lesson</c><00:43:16.980><c> to</c><00:43:17.260><c> us,</c>

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:19.659
with<00:43:18.219><c> our</c><00:43:18.420><c> young</c><00:43:18.579><c> people</c><00:43:18.840><c> in</c><00:43:19.039><c> our</c><00:43:19.280><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:22.139
that<00:43:19.840><c> we</c><00:43:20.079><c> don't</c><00:43:20.780><c> stifle</c><00:43:21.300><c> those</c><00:43:21.579><c> with</c><00:43:21.800><c> ability</c>

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:23.679
just<00:43:22.440><c> because</c><00:43:22.739><c> they</c><00:43:22.980><c> happen</c><00:43:23.199><c> to</c><00:43:23.340><c> be</c><00:43:23.519><c> young.</c>

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:26.860
You<00:43:23.840><c> say</c><00:43:23.980><c> young,</c><00:43:24.300><c> young,</c><00:43:24.920><c> you</c><00:43:25.139><c> know,</c><00:43:25.360><c> it's</c><00:43:25.699><c> not</c><00:43:25.900><c> a</c><00:43:26.059><c> crime.</c>

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:30.139
And<00:43:28.300><c> sometimes</c><00:43:28.820><c> it's</c><00:43:29.440><c> very</c><00:43:29.699><c> difficult</c>

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:31.679
to<00:43:30.340><c> break</c><00:43:30.559><c> into</c><00:43:30.780><c> the</c><00:43:31.079><c> speaking</c><00:43:31.380><c> list</c>

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:34.179
or<00:43:32.260><c> to</c><00:43:32.579><c> get</c><00:43:32.699><c> to</c><00:43:33.199><c> do</c><00:43:33.380><c> tasks</c><00:43:33.599><c> in</c><00:43:33.719><c> the</c><00:43:33.840><c> ecclesias</c>

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:36.480
simply<00:43:34.480><c> because,</c><00:43:35.099><c> especially</c><00:43:35.639><c> in</c><00:43:35.840><c> bigger</c><00:43:36.059><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:39.199
there's<00:43:36.679><c> so</c><00:43:36.820><c> many</c><00:43:37.000><c> other</c><00:43:37.440><c> older,</c><00:43:37.900><c> more</c><00:43:38.139><c> experienced</c><00:43:38.519><c> hands</c><00:43:38.820><c> around</c>

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:41.380
that<00:43:39.320><c> you</c><00:43:39.500><c> say,</c><00:43:39.780><c> well,</c><00:43:39.780><c> you</c><00:43:39.900><c> have</c><00:43:40.099><c> to</c><00:43:40.260><c> wait</c><00:43:40.340><c> your</c><00:43:40.639><c> turn.</c>

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:43.420
The<00:43:41.579><c> trouble</c><00:43:41.800><c> is,</c><00:43:42.019><c> if</c><00:43:42.119><c> they</c><00:43:42.340><c> wait</c><00:43:42.500><c> that</c><00:43:42.739><c> turn</c><00:43:42.960><c> too</c><00:43:43.280><c> long,</c>

00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:44.699
they're<00:43:43.559><c> either</c><00:43:43.719><c> gonna</c><00:43:43.920><c> get</c><00:43:44.139><c> frustrated</c>

00:43:44.699 --> 00:43:46.340
or<00:43:44.860><c> they're</c><00:43:45.059><c> not</c><00:43:45.199><c> gonna</c><00:43:45.400><c> develop</c><00:43:45.699><c> their</c><00:43:45.960><c> abilities</c>

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:48.000
or<00:43:46.500><c> they</c><00:43:46.639><c> may</c><00:43:46.800><c> even</c><00:43:47.099><c> leave.</c>

00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:51.579
It<00:43:48.599><c> is</c><00:43:48.780><c> the</c><00:43:49.099><c> responsibility</c><00:43:49.780><c> of</c><00:43:50.019><c> ecclesias</c><00:43:50.420><c> to</c><00:43:50.639><c> do</c><00:43:50.800><c> what</c><00:43:51.000><c> Paul</c><00:43:51.320><c> did,</c>

00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:54.280
to<00:43:51.880><c> exhort</c><00:43:52.440><c> to</c><00:43:52.739><c> the</c><00:43:52.920><c> youngers</c><00:43:53.179><c> and</c><00:43:53.460><c> to</c><00:43:53.760><c> use</c><00:43:54.059><c> them.</c>

00:43:54.300 --> 00:43:57.920
And<00:43:54.480><c> we</c><00:43:54.639><c> find</c><00:43:54.880><c> Paul</c><00:43:55.219><c> used</c><00:43:55.440><c> Timothy</c><00:43:55.800><c> over</c><00:43:56.239><c> and</c><00:43:56.360><c> over</c><00:43:56.659><c> and</c><00:43:56.699><c> over</c><00:43:56.980><c> again.</c>

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:00.940
And<00:44:00.059><c> believe</c><00:44:00.300><c> me,</c><00:44:00.619><c> brothers</c><00:44:00.679><c> and</c><00:44:00.880><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:03.639
that<00:44:01.159><c> is</c><00:44:01.440><c> a</c><00:44:01.699><c> hard</c><00:44:02.420><c> task</c><00:44:02.820><c> for</c><00:44:03.039><c> many</c><00:44:03.300><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:05.659
A<00:44:04.099><c> smaller</c><00:44:04.099><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:04.320><c> is</c><00:44:04.400><c> not</c><00:44:04.579><c> a</c><00:44:04.719><c> problem.</c>

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:07.699
If<00:44:06.340><c> you're</c><00:44:06.460><c> brought</c><00:44:06.519><c> up</c><00:44:06.679><c> in</c><00:44:06.780><c> a</c><00:44:06.940><c> smaller</c><00:44:07.219><c> ecclesia</c>

00:44:07.699 --> 00:44:09.880
and<00:44:07.960><c> the</c><00:44:08.079><c> minute</c><00:44:08.199><c> you're</c><00:44:08.579><c> baptized,</c><00:44:08.940><c> if</c><00:44:09.079><c> you're</c><00:44:09.219><c> still</c><00:44:09.420><c> breathing,</c>

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:11.579
they<00:44:10.440><c> give</c><00:44:10.579><c> you</c><00:44:10.760><c> things</c><00:44:11.000><c> to</c><00:44:11.219><c> do,</c><00:44:11.440><c> right?</c>

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:14.300
So<00:44:11.719><c> we</c><00:44:11.739><c> have</c><00:44:11.900><c> a</c><00:44:12.039><c> very</c><00:44:12.340><c> wide</c><00:44:12.639><c> spectrum</c><00:44:13.119><c> in</c><00:44:13.719><c> this</c><00:44:13.920><c> country.</c>

00:44:14.739 --> 00:44:16.659
And<00:44:14.960><c> I</c><00:44:15.139><c> know</c><00:44:15.380><c> this</c><00:44:15.599><c> very,</c><00:44:15.920><c> very</c><00:44:16.159><c> well,</c><00:44:16.480><c> right?</c>

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:17.920
I<00:44:16.699><c> know,</c><00:44:16.980><c> so</c><00:44:17.119><c> you</c><00:44:17.119><c> see</c><00:44:17.320><c> already</c><00:44:17.559><c> some</c><00:44:17.739><c> people</c>

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:19.460
who<00:44:18.059><c> are</c><00:44:18.139><c> in</c><00:44:18.340><c> smaller</c><00:44:18.559><c> ecclesias</c><00:44:19.000><c> say,</c>

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:21.320
Jesus,<00:44:20.260><c> the</c><00:44:20.460><c> minute</c><00:44:20.639><c> they're</c><00:44:21.019><c> baptized,</c>

00:44:21.380 --> 00:44:23.099
we're<00:44:21.599><c> gonna</c><00:44:21.699><c> get</c><00:44:21.880><c> them</c><00:44:22.000><c> to</c><00:44:22.079><c> do</c><00:44:22.219><c> something.</c>

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:26.059
But<00:44:23.820><c> you</c><00:44:24.039><c> see,</c><00:44:24.280><c> that's</c><00:44:24.679><c> the</c><00:44:24.900><c> task</c><00:44:25.159><c> of</c><00:44:25.619><c> the</c><00:44:25.820><c> ecclesias</c>

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:28.579
of<00:44:26.219><c> different,</c><00:44:26.699><c> we're</c><00:44:27.119><c> of</c><00:44:27.320><c> different</c><00:44:27.559><c> sides,</c><00:44:27.980><c> different</c><00:44:28.219><c> scopes,</c>

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:30.980
different<00:44:29.099><c> areas</c><00:44:29.440><c> of</c><00:44:29.579><c> the</c><00:44:29.739><c> country,</c><00:44:30.019><c> maybe</c><00:44:30.179><c> even</c><00:44:30.360><c> of</c><00:44:30.519><c> the</c><00:44:30.719><c> world.</c>

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:34.380
We<00:44:31.380><c> have</c><00:44:31.719><c> to</c><00:44:32.400><c> use</c><00:44:32.940><c> the</c><00:44:33.239><c> wisdom</c><00:44:33.539><c> that's</c><00:44:33.840><c> God</c><00:44:34.019><c> given</c><00:44:34.179><c> us</c>

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:37.139
through<00:44:34.539><c> the</c><00:44:34.739><c> scriptures</c><00:44:35.019><c> to</c><00:44:35.340><c> maximize</c><00:44:36.099><c> what</c><00:44:36.500><c> he's</c><00:44:36.739><c> given</c><00:44:36.920><c> us</c>

00:44:37.139 --> 00:44:38.840
for<00:44:37.280><c> the</c><00:44:37.519><c> spiritual</c><00:44:37.840><c> work</c><00:44:38.059><c> of</c><00:44:38.219><c> the</c><00:44:38.400><c> truth.</c>

00:44:39.320 --> 00:44:42.579
And<00:44:39.500><c> here</c><00:44:39.679><c> this</c><00:44:40.019><c> exhortation,</c><00:44:41.039><c> let</c><00:44:41.099><c> no</c><00:44:41.360><c> man</c><00:44:41.559><c> despise</c><00:44:42.119><c> thy</c><00:44:42.320><c> youth.</c>

00:44:42.760 --> 00:44:44.760
I<00:44:42.920><c> don't</c><00:44:43.139><c> think</c><00:44:43.280><c> it</c><00:44:43.420><c> was</c><00:44:43.599><c> made</c><00:44:43.820><c> for</c><00:44:44.039><c> Timothy's</c><00:44:44.639><c> sake.</c>

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:46.880
He<00:44:44.980><c> knew</c><00:44:45.199><c> how</c><00:44:45.500><c> old</c><00:44:45.679><c> he</c><00:44:45.960><c> was.</c>

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:49.880
It<00:44:47.519><c> was</c><00:44:47.719><c> made</c><00:44:47.900><c> for</c><00:44:48.159><c> our</c><00:44:48.420><c> sakes.</c>

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:53.599
And<00:44:51.139><c> for</c><00:44:51.280><c> the</c><00:44:51.460><c> sake</c><00:44:51.639><c> of</c><00:44:52.219><c> whoever</c><00:44:52.460><c> else</c><00:44:52.800><c> was</c><00:44:53.039><c> reading</c><00:44:53.300><c> this</c>

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:57.000
through<00:44:53.800><c> the</c><00:44:54.000><c> ages</c><00:44:54.219><c> who</c><00:44:54.420><c> had</c><00:44:54.539><c> to</c><00:44:54.820><c> know</c><00:44:55.179><c> that</c><00:44:55.860><c> one</c><00:44:56.099><c> has</c><00:44:56.400><c> to</c><00:44:56.679><c> develop</c>

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and<00:44:57.300><c> use</c><00:44:57.599><c> every</c><00:44:57.940><c> bit</c><00:44:58.119><c> of</c><00:44:58.360><c> talent</c><00:44:58.579><c> that's</c><00:44:58.960><c> available.</c>

00:44:59.789 --> 00:45:02.579
And<00:45:00.039><c> you</c><00:45:00.179><c> see,</c><00:45:00.340><c> Timothy</c><00:45:00.780><c> had</c><00:45:01.199><c> a</c><00:45:01.460><c> lot</c><00:45:01.780><c> of</c><00:45:02.159><c> talent.</c>

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Second<00:45:03.199><c> Timothy,</c><00:45:03.800><c> chapter</c><00:45:04.079><c> three,</c><00:45:04.500><c> famous</c><00:45:04.900><c> verse,</c>

00:45:05.239 --> 00:45:07.059
we<00:45:05.420><c> all</c><00:45:05.739><c> quote</c><00:45:05.940><c> it</c><00:45:06.099><c> over</c><00:45:06.320><c> and</c><00:45:06.440><c> over</c><00:45:06.659><c> again,</c>

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:09.360
and<00:45:07.599><c> that</c><00:45:07.739><c> from</c><00:45:07.960><c> a</c><00:45:08.159><c> child,</c><00:45:08.420><c> verse</c><00:45:08.699><c> 15,</c>

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thou<00:45:09.820><c> hast</c><00:45:10.119><c> known</c><00:45:10.480><c> the</c><00:45:10.679><c> holy</c><00:45:10.920><c> scriptures,</c><00:45:11.739><c> you</c><00:45:11.940><c> see?</c>

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His<00:45:13.159><c> mother</c><00:45:13.340><c> and</c><00:45:13.460><c> his</c><00:45:13.579><c> grandmother,</c><00:45:13.800><c> they</c><00:45:14.039><c> did</c><00:45:14.300><c> their</c><00:45:14.619><c> readings.</c>

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They<00:45:15.219><c> knew</c><00:45:15.420><c> it.</c>

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And<00:45:16.340><c> I'll</c><00:45:16.559><c> tell</c><00:45:16.619><c> you,</c><00:45:16.739><c> when</c><00:45:16.880><c> they</c><00:45:17.139><c> say</c><00:45:17.260><c> they</c><00:45:17.420><c> knew</c><00:45:17.639><c> the</c><00:45:17.860><c> scriptures</c>

00:45:18.139 --> 00:45:20.699
in<00:45:18.340><c> those</c><00:45:18.599><c> days,</c><00:45:19.219><c> they</c><00:45:19.460><c> didn't</c><00:45:19.699><c> just</c><00:45:20.079><c> know</c><00:45:20.239><c> how</c><00:45:20.440><c> to</c><00:45:20.519><c> go</c>

00:45:20.699 --> 00:45:22.380
through<00:45:20.940><c> a</c><00:45:21.119><c> computer</c><00:45:21.500><c> program</c><00:45:21.920><c> and</c><00:45:22.099><c> find</c>

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where<00:45:22.659><c> a</c><00:45:22.820><c> word</c><00:45:22.960><c> is</c><00:45:23.219><c> carried</c><00:45:23.460><c> through.</c>

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They<00:45:24.500><c> memorized</c><00:45:25.019><c> them.</c>

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They<00:45:26.980><c> memorized</c><00:45:27.440><c> them.</c>

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That<00:45:27.760><c> was</c><00:45:27.940><c> the</c><00:45:28.079><c> way</c><00:45:28.219><c> people</c><00:45:28.579><c> really</c><00:45:29.219><c> knew</c><00:45:29.460><c> things.</c>

00:45:30.579 --> 00:45:31.400
They<00:45:30.639><c> really</c><00:45:30.980><c> kept</c><00:45:31.219><c> it.</c>

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They<00:45:31.519><c> didn't</c><00:45:32.039><c> carry</c><00:45:32.380><c> around</c><00:45:32.659><c> a</c><00:45:32.780><c> bunch</c><00:45:32.980><c> of</c><00:45:33.239><c> scrolls.</c>

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I'll<00:45:33.739><c> tell</c><00:45:33.820><c> you,</c><00:45:33.940><c> if</c><00:45:33.940><c> you</c><00:45:34.159><c> put</c><00:45:34.340><c> all</c><00:45:34.539><c> the</c><00:45:34.719><c> scriptures,</c>

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even<00:45:35.579><c> the</c><00:45:35.840><c> five</c><00:45:36.039><c> Torah</c><00:45:36.380><c> scrolls,</c>

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they're<00:45:37.500><c> not</c><00:45:37.739><c> easy</c><00:45:38.019><c> to</c><00:45:38.280><c> carry</c><00:45:38.480><c> around.</c>

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The<00:45:40.139><c> way</c><00:45:40.260><c> they</c><00:45:40.519><c> did</c><00:45:40.639><c> their</c><00:45:40.900><c> readings</c><00:45:41.239><c> was</c><00:45:41.739><c> to</c><00:45:42.239><c> read</c><00:45:42.460><c> portions</c>

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and<00:45:43.119><c> remember</c><00:45:43.639><c> it.</c>

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I've<00:45:47.039><c> seen</c><00:45:47.159><c> some</c><00:45:47.440><c> orthodox</c><00:45:47.860><c> Jews</c><00:45:48.119><c> do</c><00:45:48.300><c> this,</c><00:45:48.480><c> by</c><00:45:48.679><c> the</c><00:45:48.800><c> way.</c>

00:45:50.420 --> 00:45:52.019
What<00:45:50.739><c> they</c><00:45:51.059><c> call</c><00:45:51.219><c> doing</c><00:45:51.480><c> their</c><00:45:51.760><c> readings</c>

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:54.139
is<00:45:52.239><c> two</c><00:45:52.440><c> Jews</c><00:45:52.619><c> sitting</c><00:45:52.880><c> there</c><00:45:53.179><c> reciting</c><00:45:53.599><c> to</c><00:45:53.780><c> each</c><00:45:53.960><c> other</c>

00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:57.059
what<00:45:54.260><c> they've</c><00:45:54.699><c> remembered</c><00:45:55.059><c> with</c><00:45:56.500><c> no</c><00:45:56.739><c> book.</c>

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:59.260
And<00:45:58.079><c> they</c><00:45:58.260><c> did</c><00:45:58.420><c> that</c><00:45:58.599><c> in</c><00:45:58.760><c> the</c><00:45:58.920><c> ghettos</c>

00:45:59.260 --> 00:46:01.039
and<00:45:59.400><c> they</c><00:45:59.500><c> did</c><00:45:59.639><c> that</c><00:45:59.800><c> in</c><00:45:59.940><c> the</c><00:46:00.159><c> concentration</c><00:46:00.659><c> camps.</c>

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The<00:46:01.619><c> word</c><00:46:01.760><c> was</c><00:46:02.079><c> kept</c><00:46:02.500><c> there.</c>

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And<00:46:04.780><c> so</c><00:46:04.900><c> he</c><00:46:05.039><c> had</c><00:46:05.260><c> this</c><00:46:05.800><c> tremendous,</c><00:46:06.659><c> tremendous</c><00:46:07.360><c> thing.</c>

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Then<00:46:08.099><c> we</c><00:46:08.360><c> find,</c><00:46:08.900><c> near</c><00:46:09.079><c> the</c><00:46:09.239><c> very</c><00:46:09.559><c> end</c><00:46:09.800><c> of</c><00:46:09.940><c> his</c><00:46:10.179><c> life,</c>

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this<00:46:11.699><c> poignant</c><00:46:12.019><c> passage</c><00:46:12.500><c> in</c><00:46:12.659><c> 2</c><00:46:12.940><c> Timothy,</c><00:46:13.500><c> chapter</c><00:46:13.920><c> one,</c><00:46:14.599><c> verse</c><00:46:14.900><c> two,</c>

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:22.480
to<00:46:17.420><c> Timothy,</c><00:46:20.059><c> my</c><00:46:20.320><c> dearly</c><00:46:21.039><c> beloved</c><00:46:21.880><c> son.</c>

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:25.699
And<00:46:23.079><c> here's</c><00:46:23.320><c> Paul,</c><00:46:23.699><c> who</c><00:46:23.860><c> never</c><00:46:24.039><c> had</c><00:46:24.239><c> a</c><00:46:24.400><c> child</c><00:46:24.619><c> of</c><00:46:24.760><c> his</c><00:46:24.940><c> own,</c>

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:29.659
who<00:46:26.079><c> had</c><00:46:26.260><c> given</c><00:46:26.400><c> up</c><00:46:26.820><c> everything</c><00:46:27.300><c> to</c><00:46:27.619><c> follow</c><00:46:27.900><c> the</c><00:46:28.019><c> Lord</c><00:46:28.219><c> Jesus</c><00:46:28.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:33.739
He<00:46:30.159><c> becomes</c><00:46:30.500><c> a</c><00:46:30.980><c> spiritual</c><00:46:31.460><c> father</c><00:46:32.039><c> to</c><00:46:33.000><c> this</c><00:46:33.559><c> son</c>

00:46:33.739 --> 00:46:36.599
who<00:46:33.880><c> did</c><00:46:34.119><c> not</c><00:46:34.440><c> have</c><00:46:34.760><c> a</c><00:46:35.139><c> spiritual</c><00:46:35.599><c> father.</c>

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:40.880
And<00:46:37.920><c> that's</c><00:46:38.159><c> something</c><00:46:38.420><c> I</c><00:46:38.639><c> think</c><00:46:38.880><c> that</c><00:46:39.119><c> we</c><00:46:39.420><c> too</c><00:46:39.659><c> can</c><00:46:39.920><c> do.</c>

00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:43.500
Often<00:46:41.300><c> an</c><00:46:41.500><c> elder</c><00:46:41.679><c> in</c><00:46:41.840><c> Ecclesia</c><00:46:42.280><c> can</c><00:46:42.579><c> take</c><00:46:42.840><c> under</c><00:46:43.099><c> his</c><00:46:43.380><c> wing</c>

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:46.360
a<00:46:43.679><c> younger</c><00:46:43.920><c> man</c><00:46:44.219><c> who</c><00:46:44.380><c> needs</c><00:46:44.639><c> direction</c><00:46:45.219><c> and</c><00:46:45.440><c> help</c><00:46:45.679><c> and</c><00:46:45.940><c> guidance</c>

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and<00:46:46.739><c> spiritual</c><00:46:47.139><c> uplifting,</c>

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and<00:46:48.360><c> in</c><00:46:48.539><c> effect</c><00:46:48.739><c> become</c><00:46:49.179><c> a</c><00:46:49.460><c> spiritual</c><00:46:49.800><c> father</c><00:46:50.219><c> to</c><00:46:50.320><c> him.</c>

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:52.739
It's<00:46:50.840><c> even</c><00:46:51.039><c> more</c><00:46:51.300><c> important</c><00:46:51.719><c> if</c><00:46:51.880><c> you</c><00:46:52.099><c> have</c><00:46:52.280><c> someone</c>

00:46:52.739 --> 00:46:55.940
who<00:46:53.159><c> doesn't</c><00:46:53.519><c> have</c><00:46:54.019><c> a</c><00:46:54.320><c> father</c><00:46:54.559><c> in</c><00:46:54.820><c> the</c><00:46:55.079><c> truth,</c>

00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:58.800
that<00:46:56.539><c> there</c><00:46:56.840><c> be</c><00:46:57.000><c> those</c><00:46:57.320><c> around</c><00:46:57.659><c> who</c><00:46:58.000><c> become</c><00:46:58.199><c> aware</c><00:46:58.500><c> of</c><00:46:58.659><c> that</c>

00:46:58.800 --> 00:47:02.159
and<00:46:58.980><c> really</c><00:46:59.280><c> try</c><00:46:59.539><c> to</c><00:46:59.719><c> be</c><00:46:59.860><c> a</c><00:47:00.139><c> spiritual</c><00:47:00.539><c> father</c><00:47:01.000><c> to</c><00:47:01.300><c> them.</c>

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:07.519
My<00:47:03.199><c> dearly</c><00:47:03.860><c> beloved</c><00:47:04.300><c> son,</c><00:47:04.980><c> grace,</c><00:47:06.300><c> mercy,</c><00:47:06.940><c> and</c><00:47:07.199><c> peace</c>

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:12.159
from<00:47:07.739><c> God</c><00:47:08.199><c> the</c><00:47:08.420><c> Father</c><00:47:08.840><c> and</c><00:47:09.960><c> Christ</c><00:47:10.460><c> Jesus</c><00:47:11.360><c> our</c><00:47:11.840><c> Lord.</c>

00:47:12.420 --> 00:47:16.360
I<00:47:12.900><c> thank</c><00:47:13.159><c> God</c><00:47:13.699><c> whom</c><00:47:14.000><c> I</c><00:47:14.500><c> serve</c><00:47:14.860><c> from</c><00:47:15.380><c> my</c><00:47:15.780><c> forefathers</c>

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with<00:47:16.679><c> pure</c><00:47:17.039><c> conscience</c><00:47:17.679><c> that</c><00:47:18.159><c> without</c><00:47:18.539><c> ceasing</c>

00:47:18.940 --> 00:47:24.599
I<00:47:19.179><c> have</c><00:47:19.420><c> remembrance</c><00:47:19.900><c> of</c><00:47:20.380><c> thee</c><00:47:20.840><c> in</c><00:47:21.719><c> my</c><00:47:22.119><c> prayers</c><00:47:22.820><c> night</c><00:47:23.639><c> and</c><00:47:24.199><c> day.</c>

00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:26.159
And<00:47:25.079><c> what</c><00:47:25.179><c> a</c><00:47:25.360><c> wonderful</c><00:47:25.719><c> thought</c>

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:30.280
that<00:47:27.019><c> we</c><00:47:27.460><c> should</c><00:47:27.639><c> pray</c><00:47:28.000><c> for</c><00:47:28.260><c> one</c><00:47:28.440><c> another</c><00:47:28.699><c> day</c><00:47:29.139><c> and</c><00:47:29.340><c> night.</c>

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:34.000
What<00:47:31.000><c> a</c><00:47:31.280><c> dearly</c><00:47:31.820><c> beloved</c><00:47:32.199><c> son</c><00:47:32.599><c> indeed</c><00:47:33.159><c> he</c><00:47:33.679><c> was.</c>

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Thank<00:47:34.780><c> you</c><00:47:34.900><c> very</c><00:47:35.119><c> much.</c>

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Thank<00:47:52.420><c> you.</c>