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losing<00:10:15.919><c> his</c><00:10:16.259><c> standing</c><00:10:16.559><c> before</c>

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Paulus<00:10:17.720><c> and</c><00:10:18.000><c> the</c><00:10:18.220><c> people.</c><00:10:19.759><c> Bar</c><00:10:20.019><c>-Jesus,</c><00:10:20.879><c> Elimus,</c><00:10:22.399><c> opposed</c><00:10:22.659><c> the</c>

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faith,<00:10:24.500><c> but</c><00:10:24.659><c> Paulus</c><00:10:25.320><c> was</c><00:10:25.600><c> too</c><00:10:26.039><c> intelligent</c><00:10:26.700><c> a</c><00:10:26.940><c> man</c>

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to<00:10:27.320><c> be</c><00:10:27.519><c> turned</c><00:10:27.720><c> away</c><00:10:28.019><c> by</c><00:10:28.399><c> such</c><00:10:28.759><c> scheming.</c><00:10:30.320><c> The</c><00:10:30.519><c> matter,</c><00:10:30.799><c> in</c><00:10:30.940><c> any</c><00:10:31.139><c> case,</c><00:10:31.419><c> was</c><00:10:31.580><c> not</c><00:10:31.840><c> left</c><00:10:32.080><c> in</c>

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doubt<00:10:32.679><c> because</c><00:10:33.080><c> Saul</c>

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fixed<00:10:33.919><c> his</c><00:10:34.220><c> gaze</c><00:10:34.519><c> on</c><00:10:34.860><c> Bar</c><00:10:35.200><c>-Jesus,</c><00:10:36.659><c> and</c><00:10:36.820><c> with</c><00:10:37.039><c> the</c><00:10:37.320><c> terrible</c><00:10:37.740><c> words,</c><00:10:38.879><c> O</c>

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not<00:10:49.840><c> cease</c><00:10:50.080><c> to</c><00:10:50.340><c> pervert</c>

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Elimus<00:11:06.620><c> was</c><00:11:07.100><c> struck</c><00:11:07.419><c> with</c><00:11:07.820><c> blindness,</c>

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so<00:11:08.299><c> that</c><00:11:09.500><c> he</c><00:11:09.659><c> needed</c><00:11:10.039><c> to</c><00:11:10.259><c> be</c><00:11:10.460><c> led</c><00:11:10.679><c> by</c><00:11:11.000><c> the</c><00:11:11.200><c> hand.</c><00:11:12.820><c> The</c><00:11:12.960><c> blindness</c><00:11:13.519><c> of</c><00:11:13.799><c> Elimus</c><00:11:14.200><c> opened</c><00:11:14.620><c> the</c>

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eyes<00:11:15.200><c> of</c><00:11:15.620><c> Paulus.</c>

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no<00:12:04.600><c> longer</c><00:12:04.860><c> see</c><00:12:05.159><c> the</c><00:12:05.559><c> stars</c>

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victory<00:12:25.639><c> of</c><00:12:25.820><c> the</c><00:12:25.960><c> gospel</c><00:12:26.299><c> at</c><00:12:26.639><c> Paphos</c>

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mischief<00:12:46.620><c> of</c><00:12:46.860><c> the</c><00:12:47.139><c> serpent</c><00:12:47.559><c> in</c><00:12:48.000><c> Eden.</c>

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good<00:13:02.340><c> and</c><00:13:02.740><c> evil.</c>

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lie,<00:13:25.460><c> he</c><00:13:25.679><c> speaketh</c><00:13:26.000><c> of</c><00:13:26.159><c> his</c><00:13:26.440><c> own.</c>

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and<00:13:33.600><c> those</c><00:13:33.899><c> who</c><00:13:34.220><c> follow</c><00:13:34.419><c> the</c><00:13:34.659><c> ways</c><00:13:34.940><c> of</c><00:13:35.179><c> the</c><00:13:35.399><c> serpent.</c><00:13:36.559><c> The</c><00:13:36.899><c> passage</c><00:13:37.240><c> is</c>

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taken<00:13:37.820><c> from</c><00:13:38.080><c> John</c><00:13:38.440><c> chapter</c><00:13:38.840><c> 8</c><00:13:39.240><c> verse</c><00:13:39.700><c> 44.</c>

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How<00:13:43.120><c> true</c><00:13:43.559><c> are</c><00:13:43.820><c> the</c><00:13:44.000><c> Lord's</c><00:13:44.460><c> words!</c><00:13:45.940><c> The</c><00:13:46.340><c> field</c><00:13:46.740><c> is</c><00:13:46.940><c> the</c><00:13:47.200><c> world,</c><00:13:48.320><c> the</c>

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good<00:13:48.980><c> seed</c><00:13:49.279><c> are</c><00:13:49.559><c> the</c><00:13:49.860><c> children</c><00:13:50.200><c> of</c><00:13:50.419><c> the</c>

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kingdom,<00:13:51.860><c> but</c><00:13:52.059><c> the</c><00:13:52.440><c> tares</c><00:13:52.879><c> are</c><00:13:53.220><c> the</c><00:13:53.480><c> children</c><00:13:53.960><c> of</c><00:13:54.460><c> the</c><00:13:54.799><c> wicked</c>

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one.<00:13:56.340><c> Matthew</c><00:13:56.740><c> 13</c><00:13:57.360><c> verse</c><00:13:57.740><c> 38.</c>

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Other<00:13:59.679><c> scriptures</c><00:14:00.120><c> emphasize</c><00:14:00.879><c> the</c><00:14:01.159><c> point.</c><00:14:02.600><c> Who</c><00:14:02.759><c> is</c><00:14:03.059><c> wise,</c><00:14:03.519><c> and</c><00:14:03.679><c> he</c>

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shall<00:14:03.980><c> understand</c><00:14:04.539><c> these</c><00:14:04.879><c> things,</c>

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prudent,<00:14:06.460><c> and</c><00:14:06.460><c> he</c><00:14:06.639><c> shall</c><00:14:06.799><c> know</c><00:14:07.059><c> them.</c><00:14:08.500><c> For</c><00:14:08.720><c> the</c><00:14:08.940><c> ways</c><00:14:09.440><c> of</c><00:14:09.700><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:14:10.179><c> are</c><00:14:10.720><c> right,</c><00:14:11.899><c> and</c><00:14:12.179><c> the</c><00:14:12.419><c> just</c><00:14:12.600><c> shall</c><00:14:12.899><c> walk</c><00:14:13.220><c> in</c><00:14:13.460><c> them,</c>

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but<00:14:14.379><c> transgressors</c><00:14:15.559><c> shall</c><00:14:15.899><c> fall</c><00:14:16.519><c> therein.</c><00:14:17.720><c> Hosea</c><00:14:18.139><c> 14</c><00:14:18.740><c> verse</c><00:14:19.080><c> 9.</c>

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Or<00:14:20.820><c> again,</c><00:14:22.139><c> which</c><00:14:22.320><c> have</c><00:14:22.500><c> forsaken</c><00:14:23.080><c> the</c><00:14:23.299><c> right</c><00:14:23.620><c> way,</c><00:14:24.659><c> and</c><00:14:24.860><c> are</c>

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gone<00:14:25.159><c> astray</c><00:14:25.740><c> following</c><00:14:26.179><c> the</c><00:14:26.379><c> way</c><00:14:26.580><c> of</c><00:14:26.840><c> Balaam,</c>

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the<00:14:27.379><c> son</c><00:14:27.600><c> of</c><00:14:27.820><c> Bosor,</c><00:14:28.659><c> who</c><00:14:29.139><c> loved</c><00:14:29.620><c> the</c><00:14:30.039><c> wages</c><00:14:30.419><c> of</c><00:14:30.980><c> unrighteousness,</c><00:14:32.559><c> to</c><00:14:32.860><c> whom</c><00:14:33.159><c> the</c>

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mist<00:14:33.919><c> of</c><00:14:34.519><c> darkness,</c>

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such<00:14:35.820><c> as</c><00:14:36.039><c> came</c><00:14:36.220><c> upon</c><00:14:36.539><c> Elimus,</c><00:14:37.799><c> is</c><00:14:38.120><c> reserved</c><00:14:38.639><c> forever.</c><00:14:39.840><c> The</c><00:14:40.139><c> second</c><00:14:40.460><c> of</c>

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Peter<00:14:41.039><c> chapter</c><00:14:41.519><c> 2</c><00:14:41.960><c> verse</c><00:14:42.320><c> 15</c><00:14:42.919><c> and</c><00:14:43.320><c> 17.</c>

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So<00:14:47.100><c> the</c><00:14:47.279><c> hand</c><00:14:47.539><c> of</c><00:14:47.759><c> the</c><00:14:47.879><c> Lord</c><00:14:48.120><c> was</c><00:14:48.399><c> heavy</c><00:14:48.639><c> upon</c><00:14:48.919><c> Elimus,</c><00:14:50.200><c> as</c><00:14:50.379><c> it</c>

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had<00:14:50.779><c> been</c><00:14:50.960><c> upon</c><00:14:51.279><c> Ashdod,</c><00:14:52.440><c> when</c><00:14:52.639><c> the</c><00:14:52.960><c> ark</c><00:14:53.179><c> of</c><00:14:53.419><c> God</c>

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had<00:14:53.860><c> been</c><00:14:54.220><c> taken</c><00:14:54.580><c> therein</c><00:14:55.240><c> captivity.</c><00:14:56.559><c> 1</c><00:14:56.720><c> Samuel</c><00:14:57.059><c> 5</c><00:14:57.559><c> verse</c><00:14:57.759><c> 6.</c>

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His<00:14:59.460><c> blindness</c><00:15:00.059><c> came</c><00:15:00.480><c> upon</c><00:15:00.740><c> him</c><00:15:00.940><c> like</c><00:15:01.240><c> a</c><00:15:01.539><c> mist,</c>

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in<00:15:02.080><c> the</c><00:15:02.259><c> way</c><00:15:02.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:03.100><c> had</c><00:15:03.580><c> forewarned.</c><00:15:05.580><c> They</c><00:15:05.840><c> have</c><00:15:06.100><c> made</c><00:15:06.419><c> them</c>

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crooked<00:15:07.159><c> paths.</c><00:15:08.659><c> We</c><00:15:08.899><c> grope</c><00:15:09.220><c> for</c><00:15:09.419><c> the</c><00:15:09.639><c> wall</c>

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like<00:15:10.139><c> the</c><00:15:10.480><c> blind,</c><00:15:11.259><c> and</c><00:15:11.419><c> we</c><00:15:11.659><c> grope</c><00:15:11.919><c> as</c><00:15:12.139><c> if</c><00:15:12.279><c> we</c><00:15:12.460><c> had</c><00:15:12.679><c> no</c><00:15:13.100><c> eyes.</c><00:15:14.100><c> We</c>

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stumble<00:15:15.059><c> at</c><00:15:15.379><c> noonday</c><00:15:16.039><c> as</c><00:15:16.220><c> in</c><00:15:16.440><c> the</c><00:15:16.620><c> night.</c>

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We<00:15:17.360><c> are</c><00:15:17.700><c> in</c><00:15:18.039><c> desolate</c><00:15:18.519><c> places</c><00:15:19.059><c> as</c><00:15:19.399><c> dead</c><00:15:19.779><c> men.</c><00:15:21.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:15:21.460><c> 59</c><00:15:22.220><c> verse</c><00:15:22.559><c> 8</c>

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and<00:15:23.100><c> verse</c><00:15:23.419><c> 10.</c>

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Meanwhile,<00:15:27.220><c> Sergius</c><00:15:27.500><c> Paulus,</c><00:15:28.500><c> when</c><00:15:28.799><c> he</c><00:15:29.139><c> saw</c><00:15:29.419><c> what</c><00:15:29.720><c> was</c><00:15:30.000><c> done,</c>

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believed,<00:15:32.200><c> surely</c><00:15:32.539><c> implying</c><00:15:33.240><c> that</c><00:15:33.460><c> he</c><00:15:33.679><c> was</c>

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baptized.<00:15:35.799><c> He</c><00:15:36.100><c> was</c><00:15:36.440><c> astonished</c><00:15:37.220><c> at</c><00:15:37.440><c> the</c><00:15:37.639><c> doctrine</c><00:15:37.940><c> of</c><00:15:38.200><c> the</c><00:15:38.360><c> Lord,</c><00:15:39.519><c> as</c>

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Isaiah<00:15:40.460><c> had</c><00:15:40.879><c> anticipated</c><00:15:41.639><c> rulers</c><00:15:42.139><c> would</c><00:15:42.539><c> be</c>

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when<00:15:42.940><c> he</c><00:15:43.240><c> wrote,</c><00:15:44.340><c> So</c><00:15:44.799><c> shall</c><00:15:45.039><c> he</c><00:15:45.399><c> sprinkle,</c><00:15:46.860><c> that</c><00:15:47.100><c> is,</c><00:15:47.940><c> for</c><00:15:48.059><c> forgiveness</c><00:15:48.519><c> of</c>

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sins,<00:15:50.299><c> many</c><00:15:50.639><c> nations.</c><00:15:52.279><c> The</c><00:15:52.600><c> kings</c><00:15:52.980><c> shall</c>

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shut<00:15:53.519><c> their</c><00:15:53.879><c> mouths</c><00:15:54.279><c> at</c><00:15:54.519><c> him,</c><00:15:55.100><c> for</c><00:15:55.279><c> that</c><00:15:55.679><c> which</c><00:15:55.879><c> had</c><00:15:56.159><c> not</c><00:15:56.460><c> been</c>

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told<00:15:57.220><c> them</c><00:15:57.480><c> they</c><00:15:57.740><c> shall</c><00:15:57.940><c> see,</c><00:15:58.580><c> and</c><00:15:58.779><c> that</c><00:15:59.080><c> which</c>

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they<00:15:59.460><c> had</c><00:15:59.679><c> not</c><00:15:59.960><c> heard</c><00:16:00.240><c> shall</c><00:16:00.480><c> they</c><00:16:00.860><c> consider.</c><00:16:02.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:02.960><c> 52</c><00:16:03.799><c> verse</c><00:16:04.320><c> 15.</c>

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Saul<00:16:07.000><c> also</c><00:16:07.960><c> Paul.</c>

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Up<00:16:11.440><c> to</c><00:16:11.600><c> this</c><00:16:11.860><c> point</c><00:16:12.240><c> in</c><00:16:12.480><c> Luke's</c><00:16:12.940><c> account,</c><00:16:14.100><c> Saul</c><00:16:14.240><c> had</c><00:16:14.480><c> been</c><00:16:14.740><c> preaching</c><00:16:15.159><c> largely</c><00:16:15.700><c> to</c>

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Jews.<00:16:17.480><c> At</c><00:16:17.899><c> Paphos,</c>

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the<00:16:18.600><c> emphasis</c><00:16:19.139><c> changed</c><00:16:19.759><c> to</c><00:16:20.039><c> preaching</c><00:16:20.379><c> to</c><00:16:20.740><c> Gentiles.</c><00:16:23.159><c> Saul</c>

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therefore<00:16:23.799><c> began</c><00:16:24.139><c> to</c><00:16:24.440><c> use</c><00:16:24.600><c> an</c><00:16:24.960><c> alternative</c><00:16:25.559><c> Greek</c>

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name<00:16:26.340><c> that</c><00:16:26.559><c> was</c><00:16:26.820><c> more</c><00:16:27.100><c> appropriate</c><00:16:27.740><c> to</c><00:16:28.000><c> his</c><00:16:28.259><c> Greek</c><00:16:28.600><c>-speaking</c>

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audience.<00:16:31.480><c> And</c><00:16:31.820><c> unto</c><00:16:32.139><c> the</c><00:16:32.460><c> Jews,</c><00:16:33.139><c> he</c><00:16:33.399><c> wrote</c><00:16:33.659><c> later,</c>

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I<00:16:35.039><c> became</c><00:16:35.519><c> as</c><00:16:35.820><c> a</c><00:16:36.039><c> Jew</c><00:16:36.240><c> that</c><00:16:36.500><c> I</c><00:16:36.700><c> might</c><00:16:36.940><c> gain</c><00:16:37.299><c> the</c><00:16:37.559><c> Jews,</c><00:16:38.879><c> to</c><00:16:39.080><c> them</c>

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that<00:16:39.600><c> are</c><00:16:39.820><c> without</c><00:16:40.299><c> law</c><00:16:40.639><c> as</c><00:16:41.200><c> without</c><00:16:41.740><c> law,</c>

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being<00:16:43.139><c> not</c><00:16:43.519><c> without</c><00:16:43.940><c> law</c><00:16:44.080><c> to</c><00:16:44.299><c> God,</c><00:16:44.679><c> but</c><00:16:44.799><c> under</c><00:16:45.139><c> the</c><00:16:45.279><c> law</c><00:16:45.419><c> to</c><00:16:45.639><c> Christ,</c><00:16:46.919><c> that</c><00:16:47.139><c> I</c>

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might<00:16:47.659><c> again</c><00:16:48.100><c> them</c><00:16:48.460><c> that</c><00:16:48.740><c> are</c>

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without<00:16:49.320><c> law.</c><00:16:50.720><c> I</c><00:16:51.039><c> have</c><00:16:51.240><c> made</c><00:16:51.460><c> all</c><00:16:51.820><c> things</c><00:16:52.139><c> to</c><00:16:52.399><c> all</c><00:16:52.659><c> men,</c><00:16:53.720><c> that</c>

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I<00:16:54.120><c> might</c><00:16:54.419><c> by</c><00:16:54.740><c> all</c><00:16:54.980><c> means</c><00:16:55.240><c> save</c><00:16:55.720><c> some.</c>

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And<00:16:57.519><c> this</c><00:16:57.860><c> I</c><00:16:58.200><c> do</c><00:16:58.480><c> for</c><00:16:58.799><c> the</c><00:16:59.120><c> gospel's</c><00:16:59.919><c> sake,</c><00:17:00.759><c> this</c><00:17:01.019><c> he</c><00:17:01.299><c> wrote</c><00:17:01.639><c> in</c>

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1<00:17:02.480><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:03.000><c> 9</c><00:17:03.460><c> verse</c><00:17:03.899><c> 20</c><00:17:04.359><c> to</c><00:17:04.619><c> 22.</c>

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He<00:17:06.819><c> therefore</c><00:17:07.259><c> had</c><00:17:07.500><c> two</c><00:17:07.779><c> names,</c><00:17:08.599><c> as</c><00:17:08.940><c> was</c><00:17:09.259><c> common</c><00:17:09.579><c> at</c><00:17:09.940><c> that</c><00:17:10.279><c> time.</c><00:17:11.839><c> Saul</c><00:17:12.099><c> meaning</c><00:17:12.599><c> asked</c><00:17:13.180><c> for,</c><00:17:14.400><c> which</c><00:17:14.579><c> he</c><00:17:14.859><c> certainly</c>

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had<00:17:15.440><c> been,</c><00:17:16.599><c> and</c><00:17:16.920><c> Paul</c><00:17:17.279><c> meaning</c><00:17:18.079><c> little,</c><00:17:19.720><c> as</c><00:17:20.019><c> he</c><00:17:20.279><c> was</c><00:17:20.539><c> in</c><00:17:20.779><c> his</c>

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own<00:17:21.319><c> eyes.</c><00:17:22.799><c> He</c><00:17:23.200><c> considered</c><00:17:23.680><c> himself</c><00:17:24.160><c> to</c><00:17:24.400><c> be</c><00:17:25.380><c> least</c><00:17:25.859><c> of</c>

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all<00:17:26.500><c> the</c><00:17:26.920><c> apostles,</c><00:17:27.640><c> 1</c><00:17:27.839><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:28.299><c> 15</c><00:17:28.819><c> verse</c><00:17:29.119><c> 9.</c><00:17:30.720><c> On</c><00:17:30.980><c> one</c><00:17:31.299><c> hand,</c><00:17:32.059><c> to</c>

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such<00:17:32.440><c> a</c><00:17:32.700><c> surges</c><00:17:33.059><c> Paulus,</c>

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a<00:17:34.660><c> Roman</c><00:17:34.980><c> Jew</c><00:17:35.220><c> would</c><00:17:35.559><c> have</c><00:17:35.839><c> been</c><00:17:36.359><c> doubly</c><00:17:36.859><c> interesting.</c><00:17:38.599><c> On</c><00:17:38.960><c> the</c><00:17:39.140><c> other</c><00:17:39.359><c> hand,</c><00:17:39.700><c> the</c><00:17:39.839><c> change</c><00:17:40.099><c> of</c>

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name<00:17:40.480><c> indicated</c>

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that<00:17:41.400><c> the</c><00:17:41.619><c> partition</c><00:17:42.160><c> between</c><00:17:42.660><c> Jew</c><00:17:42.940><c> and</c><00:17:43.200><c> Gentile</c><00:17:44.160><c> was</c><00:17:44.920><c> gone</c>

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forever.<00:17:48.480><c> Acts</c><00:17:48.740><c> 13</c><00:17:49.279><c> verse</c><00:17:49.880><c> 13</c><00:17:50.480><c> to</c><00:17:50.720><c> 52,</c>

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at<00:17:52.500><c> Antioch</c><00:17:53.160><c> in</c><00:17:53.579><c> Persidia.</c><00:17:56.019><c> Paul</c><00:17:56.220><c> and</c><00:17:56.460><c> his</c><00:17:56.700><c> company</c><00:17:57.079><c> loosed</c>

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So<00:17:59.720><c> saying,</c><00:18:00.160><c> Luke</c><00:18:00.400><c> informs</c><00:18:00.859><c> us</c><00:18:01.140><c> that</c><00:18:01.319><c> Paul</c><00:18:01.599><c> had</c><00:18:01.819><c> now</c><00:18:02.099><c> taken</c><00:18:02.400><c> over</c><00:18:02.839><c> the</c><00:18:03.259><c> leadership</c><00:18:03.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:04.579><c> expedition.</c>

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John's<00:18:07.819><c> defection.</c><00:18:10.240><c> They</c><00:18:10.700><c> came</c><00:18:10.940><c> to</c><00:18:11.220><c> Perga</c><00:18:11.559><c> in</c><00:18:11.819><c> Pamphylia</c><00:18:12.539><c> where</c><00:18:12.779><c> John</c><00:18:13.059><c> had</c>

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left<00:18:13.579><c> them</c>

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and<00:18:14.559><c> returned</c><00:18:15.039><c> home</c><00:18:15.400><c> to</c><00:18:15.640><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:18:17.920><c> Why</c><00:18:18.140><c> did</c><00:18:18.380><c> John</c><00:18:18.539><c> go</c><00:18:18.920><c> back?</c>

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We're<00:18:20.960><c> not</c><00:18:21.279><c> told</c><00:18:21.660><c> what</c><00:18:21.980><c> caused</c><00:18:22.400><c> John</c><00:18:22.700><c> to</c>

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leave<00:18:23.160><c> the</c><00:18:23.440><c> party,</c><00:18:24.500><c> nor</c><00:18:24.700><c> does</c><00:18:24.980><c> the</c><00:18:25.220><c> word</c><00:18:25.400><c> of</c><00:18:25.579><c> God</c><00:18:25.799><c> reproach</c><00:18:26.400><c> him,</c><00:18:27.319><c> though</c><00:18:27.579><c> Paul</c><00:18:27.960><c> felt</c><00:18:28.279><c> it</c><00:18:28.599><c> deeply.</c>

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See<00:18:29.940><c> that</c><00:18:30.220><c> in</c><00:18:30.339><c> chapter</c><00:18:30.680><c> 15</c><00:18:31.240><c> verse</c><00:18:31.619><c> 38.</c><00:18:33.859><c> There</c><00:18:34.099><c> would</c><00:18:34.279><c> be</c><00:18:34.480><c> a</c><00:18:34.619><c> number</c><00:18:34.900><c> of</c>

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factors<00:18:35.539><c> that</c><00:18:35.859><c> led</c><00:18:36.000><c> to</c><00:18:36.259><c> John's</c><00:18:36.779><c> defection,</c>

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which<00:18:37.619><c> we</c><00:18:37.859><c> can</c><00:18:38.079><c> only</c><00:18:38.359><c> guess</c><00:18:38.640><c> at.</c><00:18:39.740><c> They</c><00:18:40.039><c> had</c><00:18:40.240><c> probably</c><00:18:40.700><c> not</c><00:18:41.019><c> intended</c><00:18:41.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:41.940><c> beginning</c><00:18:42.140><c> to</c><00:18:42.420><c> go</c><00:18:42.640><c> beyond</c><00:18:43.019><c> Barnabas</c>

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home<00:18:43.900><c> of</c><00:18:44.180><c> Cyprus.</c><00:18:45.680><c> But</c><00:18:45.880><c> Paul</c><00:18:46.180><c> was</c><00:18:46.519><c> now</c><00:18:46.759><c> the</c><00:18:47.000><c> leader</c><00:18:47.279><c> and</c><00:18:47.599><c> he</c><00:18:47.819><c> was</c><00:18:48.079><c> determined</c><00:18:48.500><c> to</c>

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extend<00:18:49.220><c> their</c><00:18:49.480><c> journey</c><00:18:49.819><c> into</c>

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unknown<00:18:50.720><c> and</c><00:18:51.180><c> dangerous</c><00:18:51.640><c> territory.</c><00:18:53.759><c> No</c><00:18:53.960><c> doubt</c><00:18:54.240><c> too,</c><00:18:54.759><c> John</c>

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was<00:18:55.400><c> homesick</c><00:18:55.940><c> after</c><00:18:56.259><c> so</c><00:18:56.539><c> longer</c><00:18:56.859><c> time</c><00:18:57.319><c> and</c><00:18:57.880><c> was</c>

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concerned<00:18:58.640><c> about</c><00:18:59.019><c> his</c><00:18:59.339><c> widow's</c><00:18:59.920><c> mother.</c><00:19:01.940><c> But</c><00:19:02.180><c> what</c><00:19:02.460><c> made</c><00:19:02.759><c> his</c>

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defection<00:19:03.660><c> so</c><00:19:04.059><c> hurtful</c><00:19:04.480><c> was</c><00:19:04.839><c> that,</c><00:19:06.079><c> to</c><00:19:06.279><c> judge</c><00:19:06.579><c> by</c>

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Paul's<00:19:07.359><c> comments</c><00:19:07.839><c> to</c><00:19:08.140><c> the</c><00:19:08.259><c> Galatian</c><00:19:08.779><c> Ecclesius,</c><00:19:10.319><c> in</c><00:19:10.559><c> Perga</c>

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Paul<00:19:11.319><c> became</c><00:19:11.880><c> sick.</c><00:19:13.559><c> The</c><00:19:13.960><c> area</c><00:19:14.339><c> was</c><00:19:14.619><c> known</c><00:19:14.839><c> for</c>

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its<00:19:15.359><c> innovating</c><00:19:15.980><c> atmosphere</c><00:19:16.680><c> and</c><00:19:17.220><c> Paul</c><00:19:17.539><c> almost</c><00:19:17.960><c> certainly</c><00:19:18.279><c> went</c><00:19:18.500><c> down</c><00:19:18.839><c> with</c><00:19:19.099><c> malaria.</c><00:19:20.940><c> I</c>

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have<00:19:21.440><c> frequently</c><00:19:21.960><c> seen</c><00:19:22.319><c> the</c>

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shivering<00:19:22.920><c> fever,</c><00:19:23.640><c> pain,</c><00:19:24.160><c> and</c><00:19:24.579><c> extreme</c><00:19:24.920><c> weakness</c><00:19:25.539><c> caused</c><00:19:26.319><c> by</c>

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this<00:19:26.920><c> disease</c><00:19:27.440><c> in</c><00:19:27.700><c> the</c><00:19:27.920><c> Pacific</c><00:19:28.319><c> Islands</c>

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where<00:19:29.519><c> malaria</c><00:19:30.160><c> is</c><00:19:30.539><c> endemic.</c><00:19:32.259><c> The</c><00:19:32.519><c> sufferer</c><00:19:33.059><c> is</c><00:19:33.299><c> in</c><00:19:33.519><c> a</c><00:19:33.740><c> pitiable</c><00:19:34.220><c> condition</c><00:19:34.819><c> and</c><00:19:35.900><c> in</c>

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those<00:19:36.480><c> days</c><00:19:36.900><c> was</c><00:19:37.140><c> thought</c>

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to<00:19:37.680><c> have</c><00:19:37.859><c> been</c><00:19:38.140><c> struck</c><00:19:38.359><c> down</c><00:19:38.700><c> by</c><00:19:39.000><c> the</c><00:19:39.319><c> gods</c><00:19:39.799><c> for</c><00:19:40.279><c> incurring</c><00:19:40.880><c> their</c><00:19:41.220><c> wrath.</c><00:19:43.539><c> Malaria</c><00:19:44.019><c> fits</c><00:19:44.420><c> what</c><00:19:44.720><c> we</c>

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know<00:19:45.160><c> about</c><00:19:45.500><c> Paul's</c>

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recurring<00:19:46.480><c> illness</c><00:19:47.019><c> and</c><00:19:48.240><c> malaria</c><00:19:48.859><c> does</c><00:19:49.359><c> recur</c><00:19:49.880><c> frequently.</c>

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This<00:19:52.380><c> makes</c><00:19:52.660><c> the</c><00:19:52.960><c> reception</c><00:19:53.380><c> of</c><00:19:53.660><c> Paul's</c><00:19:54.140><c> gospel</c><00:19:54.519><c> by</c><00:19:54.940><c> the</c>

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Corinthians<00:19:55.720><c> all</c><00:19:56.079><c> the</c><00:19:56.259><c> more</c><00:19:56.500><c> remarkable.</c><00:19:58.180><c> Paul</c><00:19:58.500><c> comments</c><00:19:59.019><c> on</c>

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this<00:19:59.440><c> when</c><00:19:59.619><c> he</c><00:19:59.819><c> writes</c><00:20:00.160><c> to</c><00:20:00.420><c> them.</c><00:20:01.500><c> He</c><00:20:01.720><c> says,</c>

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I<00:20:03.059><c> was</c><00:20:03.339><c> with</c><00:20:03.579><c> you</c><00:20:03.740><c> in</c><00:20:04.000><c> weakness</c><00:20:04.480><c> and</c><00:20:04.839><c> in</c><00:20:05.180><c> fear</c><00:20:05.500><c> and</c><00:20:05.819><c> in</c><00:20:06.039><c> much</c><00:20:06.380><c> trembling</c><00:20:06.859><c> and</c><00:20:07.960><c> my</c>

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speech<00:20:08.619><c> and</c><00:20:08.880><c> my</c><00:20:09.119><c> preaching</c><00:20:09.380><c> was</c><00:20:09.680><c> not</c>

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with<00:20:10.180><c> enticing</c><00:20:10.740><c> words</c><00:20:11.059><c> of</c><00:20:11.220><c> man's</c><00:20:11.700><c> wisdom</c><00:20:12.119><c> but</c><00:20:13.339><c> in</c><00:20:13.819><c> demonstration</c><00:20:14.579><c> of</c><00:20:14.880><c> the</c><00:20:15.319><c> spirit</c><00:20:15.660><c> and</c>

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of<00:20:16.259><c> power</c>

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that<00:20:17.579><c> your</c><00:20:18.019><c> faith</c><00:20:18.339><c> should</c><00:20:18.559><c> not</c><00:20:18.920><c> stand</c><00:20:19.319><c> in</c><00:20:19.559><c> the</c><00:20:19.759><c> wisdom</c><00:20:20.059><c> of</c><00:20:20.359><c> men</c>

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but<00:20:21.339><c> in</c><00:20:21.599><c> the</c><00:20:22.039><c> power</c><00:20:22.500><c> of</c><00:20:22.859><c> God.</c>

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The<00:20:24.539><c> first</c><00:20:24.779><c> of</c><00:20:24.980><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:25.380><c> chapter</c><00:20:25.779><c> 2</c><00:20:26.099><c> verses</c><00:20:26.460><c> 3</c><00:20:26.839><c> to</c><00:20:26.980><c> 5.</c><00:20:29.519><c> Despite</c><00:20:29.880><c> the</c>

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serious<00:20:30.779><c> setback,</c>

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John<00:20:32.680><c> later</c><00:20:33.220><c> recovered</c><00:20:33.740><c> Paul's</c><00:20:34.319><c> trust</c><00:20:34.640><c> and</c><00:20:35.079><c> confidence</c><00:20:35.519><c> in</c>

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him<00:20:36.119><c> and</c><00:20:36.940><c> Paul</c><00:20:37.240><c> wrote</c><00:20:37.519><c> at</c><00:20:37.759><c> the</c><00:20:37.960><c> last,</c>

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for<00:20:39.460><c> he</c><00:20:39.880><c> is</c><00:20:40.279><c> profitable</c><00:20:40.720><c> to</c><00:20:41.019><c> me</c><00:20:41.299><c> for</c><00:20:41.640><c> the</c><00:20:41.920><c> ministry.</c><00:20:43.220><c> The</c><00:20:43.400><c> second</c><00:20:43.680><c> of</c><00:20:43.839><c> Timothy</c><00:20:44.220><c> 4</c>

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verse<00:20:44.839><c> 11.</c><00:20:46.880><c> May</c><00:20:47.000><c> it</c><00:20:47.240><c> be</c><00:20:47.420><c> that</c><00:20:47.640><c> all</c>

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young<00:20:48.339><c> men</c><00:20:48.720><c> and</c><00:20:48.839><c> women</c><00:20:49.180><c> who</c><00:20:49.460><c> turn</c><00:20:49.660><c> back</c><00:20:50.460><c> would</c><00:20:50.920><c> recover</c><00:20:51.480><c> and</c>

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enter<00:20:52.539><c> again</c><00:20:52.880><c> into</c><00:20:53.180><c> the</c><00:20:53.460><c> father's</c>

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endowed<00:20:54.779><c> affections</c><00:20:55.700><c> as</c><00:20:56.539><c> John</c><00:20:56.980><c> Mark</c><00:20:57.319><c> did.</c><00:21:00.099><c> Paul</c><00:21:00.279><c> did</c><00:21:00.519><c> not</c><00:21:00.819><c> preach</c><00:21:01.119><c> in</c>

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Perga<00:21:01.680><c> but</c><00:21:02.220><c> as</c><00:21:02.539><c> soon</c><00:21:02.720><c> as</c><00:21:02.880><c> he</c><00:21:02.980><c> was</c><00:21:03.200><c> well</c><00:21:03.440><c> enough</c>

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to<00:21:03.940><c> travel,</c><00:21:05.099><c> headed</c><00:21:05.380><c> into</c><00:21:05.720><c> the</c><00:21:06.039><c> cooler</c><00:21:06.319><c> climate</c><00:21:06.759><c> of</c><00:21:06.980><c> the</c><00:21:07.140><c> mountains</c><00:21:07.579><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:08.059><c> received</c><00:21:08.420><c> by</c><00:21:08.700><c> the</c><00:21:08.900><c> Galatians</c><00:21:09.660><c> despite</c>

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his<00:21:10.740><c> obvious</c><00:21:11.240><c> weakness.</c><00:21:12.740><c> He</c><00:21:13.079><c> writes</c><00:21:13.380><c> to</c><00:21:13.579><c> them</c><00:21:13.819><c> later</c><00:21:14.220><c> in</c><00:21:14.539><c> commendation</c><00:21:15.339><c> of</c>

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their<00:21:15.859><c> reaction</c><00:21:16.339><c> to</c><00:21:16.700><c> his</c>

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temptation<00:21:18.299><c> which</c><00:21:18.680><c> was</c><00:21:18.980><c> in</c><00:21:19.200><c> my</c><00:21:19.559><c> flesh</c><00:21:19.900><c> ye</c><00:21:20.420><c> despised</c><00:21:21.140><c> not</c><00:21:21.460><c> nor</c>

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rejected<00:21:22.259><c> but</c><00:21:22.839><c> receive</c><00:21:23.460><c> me</c><00:21:23.799><c> as</c><00:21:24.119><c> an</c><00:21:24.500><c> angel</c><00:21:24.920><c> of</c><00:21:25.299><c> God</c>

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even<00:21:26.319><c> as</c><00:21:26.619><c> Jesus</c><00:21:27.259><c> Christ.</c><00:21:29.960><c> Galatians</c><00:21:30.400><c> 4</c><00:21:30.740><c> verse</c><00:21:31.019><c> 13</c><00:21:31.660><c> to</c><00:21:31.960><c> 15</c><00:21:32.440><c> and</c>

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of<00:21:40.079><c> Jesus</c><00:21:40.519><c> Christ.</c>

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From<00:21:43.200><c> Perga</c><00:21:43.579><c> to</c><00:21:43.819><c> Antioch</c><00:21:44.220><c> is</c><00:21:44.380><c> about</c><00:21:44.839><c> 106</c><00:21:45.640><c> miles</c><00:21:46.059><c> 170</c><00:21:47.039><c> kilometers</c><00:21:47.980><c> through</c>

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longer<00:21:55.700><c> in</c><00:21:56.019><c> Paul's</c><00:21:56.579><c> weakened</c><00:21:56.920><c> state.</c>

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angels.<00:22:08.099><c> Later</c><00:22:08.359><c> Paul</c><00:22:08.720><c> was</c><00:22:09.000><c> able</c><00:22:09.220><c> to</c><00:22:09.519><c> write</c>

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robbers<00:22:17.160><c> in</c><00:22:17.559><c> the</c><00:22:17.700><c> second</c><00:22:18.000><c> of</c><00:22:18.220><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:18.660><c> chapter</c><00:22:19.059><c> 11</c>

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verse<00:22:19.680><c> 26.</c><00:22:22.480><c> And</c><00:22:22.579><c> so</c><00:22:22.960><c> the</c><00:22:23.240><c> little</c><00:22:23.460><c> party</c><00:22:23.819><c> arrived</c><00:22:24.200><c> at</c><00:22:24.480><c> Antioch</c>

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a<00:22:26.019><c> Romanized</c><00:22:26.779><c> city</c><00:22:27.099><c> on</c><00:22:27.400><c> the</c><00:22:27.539><c> road</c><00:22:27.720><c> to</c><00:22:28.019><c> Rome</c>

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where<00:22:29.259><c> was</c><00:22:29.579><c> a</c><00:22:29.839><c> large</c><00:22:30.240><c> Jewish</c><00:22:30.579><c> community.</c><00:22:32.460><c> Here</c><00:22:32.619><c> Paul</c><00:22:32.960><c> and</c><00:22:33.240><c> Barnabas</c><00:22:33.680><c> attended</c><00:22:34.220><c> the</c>

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Luke<00:22:53.160><c> chapter</c><00:22:53.519><c> 2</c><00:22:53.799><c> verse</c><00:22:54.079><c> 25</c>

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we<00:22:55.240><c> have</c><00:22:55.400><c> the</c><00:22:55.619><c> word</c><00:22:55.759><c> in</c><00:22:56.000><c> the</c><00:22:56.200><c> phrase</c><00:22:56.539><c> the</c><00:22:57.319><c> consolation</c><00:22:58.259><c> of</c><00:22:58.599><c> Israel.</c><00:23:00.180><c> It</c>

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is<00:23:01.059><c> also</c><00:23:01.380><c> used</c><00:23:01.680><c> to</c><00:23:02.099><c> describe</c><00:23:02.359><c> the</c>

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exhortation<00:23:03.289><c> given</c><00:23:03.589><c> by</c><00:23:03.970><c> a</c><00:23:04.170><c> commanding</c><00:23:04.710><c> officer</c><00:23:05.170><c> to</c><00:23:05.650><c> fill</c><00:23:05.849><c> his</c>

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troops<00:23:06.470><c> with</c><00:23:06.970><c> determination</c>

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before<00:23:09.089><c> sending</c><00:23:09.450><c> them</c><00:23:09.710><c> into</c><00:23:09.990><c> battle.</c><00:23:11.769><c> So</c><00:23:12.009><c> Paul</c><00:23:12.369><c> beckoned</c><00:23:12.750><c> with</c><00:23:12.990><c> his</c>

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hand<00:23:13.509><c> and</c><00:23:13.829><c> addressed</c><00:23:14.250><c> the</c>

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men<00:23:15.170><c> of</c><00:23:15.470><c> Israel</c><00:23:16.009><c> and</c><00:23:17.130><c> ye</c><00:23:17.450><c> that</c><00:23:17.750><c> fear</c><00:23:18.109><c> God.</c><00:23:19.670><c> The</c><00:23:19.990><c> latter</c><00:23:20.289><c> phrase</c>

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referring<00:23:21.269><c> to</c><00:23:21.630><c> Gentile</c><00:23:22.029><c> proselytes</c><00:23:22.970><c> in</c><00:23:23.529><c> attendance.</c>

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Acts<00:23:26.069><c> chapter</c><00:23:26.390><c> 13</c><00:23:26.970><c> verse</c><00:23:27.309><c> 16</c><00:23:27.910><c> to</c><00:23:28.230><c> 43</c><00:23:29.250><c> Paul's</c><00:23:30.890><c> speech.</c>

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Luke<00:23:33.390><c> has</c><00:23:33.650><c> previously</c><00:23:34.289><c> given</c><00:23:34.529><c> us</c><00:23:34.930><c> examples</c><00:23:35.529><c> of</c><00:23:35.849><c> Peter's</c><00:23:36.430><c> speeches</c><00:23:36.789><c> now</c>

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he<00:23:37.950><c> gives</c><00:23:38.170><c> us</c><00:23:38.410><c> his</c><00:23:38.690><c> first</c><00:23:39.049><c> illustration</c>

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of<00:23:40.230><c> Paul's.</c><00:23:41.950><c> Luke</c><00:23:42.269><c> records</c><00:23:42.690><c> it</c><00:23:42.869><c> to</c><00:23:43.089><c> show</c><00:23:43.269><c> us</c><00:23:43.450><c> how</c><00:23:43.690><c> to</c><00:23:43.970><c> make</c><00:23:44.150><c> our</c>

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preaching<00:23:44.750><c> more</c><00:23:45.130><c> effective</c>

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so<00:23:46.710><c> that</c><00:23:46.950><c> God's</c><00:23:47.430><c> word</c><00:23:47.690><c> will</c><00:23:48.069><c> not</c><00:23:48.369><c> return</c><00:23:48.809><c> unto</c><00:23:49.089><c> him</c><00:23:49.390><c> void.</c>

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Though<00:23:51.750><c> Paul's</c><00:23:52.210><c> remarks</c><00:23:52.609><c> were</c><00:23:52.890><c> given</c><00:23:53.089><c> without</c><00:23:53.549><c> notice</c>

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the<00:23:55.210><c> careful</c><00:23:55.609><c> construction</c><00:23:56.410><c> of</c><00:23:56.710><c> his</c><00:23:56.930><c> ideas</c><00:23:57.509><c> shows</c><00:23:57.930><c> that</c><00:23:58.170><c> he</c>

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had<00:23:58.630><c> given</c><00:23:58.970><c> much</c><00:23:59.450><c> thought</c><00:23:59.970><c> in</c><00:24:00.650><c> how</c><00:24:00.829><c> to</c><00:24:01.150><c> present</c><00:24:01.509><c> the</c>

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gospel<00:24:02.349><c> so</c><00:24:03.190><c> that</c><00:24:03.369><c> he</c><00:24:03.470><c> was</c><00:24:03.829><c> ready</c><00:24:04.210><c> as</c><00:24:04.490><c> soon</c><00:24:04.670><c> as</c><00:24:04.890><c> opportunity</c><00:24:05.450><c> presented.</c><00:24:07.390><c> Indeed</c><00:24:07.670><c> it</c>

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seems<00:24:08.230><c> those</c><00:24:08.690><c> most</c>

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successful<00:24:09.650><c> in</c><00:24:09.990><c> introducing</c><00:24:10.549><c> the</c><00:24:10.809><c> gospel</c><00:24:11.150><c> to</c><00:24:11.369><c> others</c><00:24:11.750><c> are</c>

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successful<00:24:13.130><c> because</c><00:24:13.470><c> they</c><00:24:13.670><c> have</c><00:24:13.890><c> already</c><00:24:14.289><c> prepared</c>

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in<00:24:15.130><c> their</c><00:24:15.369><c> minds</c><00:24:15.829><c> what</c><00:24:16.589><c> they</c><00:24:16.829><c> will</c><00:24:17.109><c> say</c><00:24:17.430><c> when</c><00:24:17.710><c> opportunity</c><00:24:18.390><c> arises.</c><00:24:20.849><c> So</c>

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let<00:24:21.250><c> us</c><00:24:21.509><c> summarize</c><00:24:22.069><c> Paul's</c><00:24:22.809><c> speech</c><00:24:23.009><c> and</c><00:24:23.269><c> see</c>

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how<00:24:23.609><c> to</c><00:24:23.829><c> put</c><00:24:24.029><c> a</c><00:24:24.250><c> lecture</c><00:24:24.529><c> together.</c><00:24:27.269><c> Verses</c><00:24:27.509><c> 16</c><00:24:28.069><c> to</c><00:24:28.289><c> 22</c><00:24:28.890><c> are</c><00:24:29.309><c> the</c><00:24:29.569><c> promise</c><00:24:30.150><c> of</c>

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a<00:24:30.809><c> king</c>

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and<00:24:33.410><c> that</c><00:24:33.690><c> can</c><00:24:33.910><c> be</c><00:24:34.130><c> subdivided</c><00:24:34.990><c> the</c><00:24:35.190><c> promise</c><00:24:35.509><c> of</c><00:24:35.789><c> a</c><00:24:35.869><c> king</c><00:24:36.150><c> verse</c><00:24:36.470><c> 17</c>

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the<00:24:38.269><c> God</c><00:24:38.569><c> of</c><00:24:38.769><c> Israel</c><00:24:39.170><c> brought</c><00:24:39.529><c> the</c><00:24:39.769><c> nation</c>

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out<00:24:40.470><c> of</c><00:24:40.690><c> Egypt.</c><00:24:42.210><c> Verses</c><00:24:42.410><c> 18</c><00:24:42.910><c> to</c><00:24:43.130><c> 20</c><00:24:43.910><c> in</c><00:24:44.569><c> his</c><00:24:44.869><c> love</c><00:24:45.130><c> he</c><00:24:45.450><c> nourished</c><00:24:45.930><c> and</c><00:24:46.549><c> protected</c><00:24:47.190><c> them.</c><00:24:48.910><c> Verses</c><00:24:49.170><c> 21</c>

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to<00:24:50.109><c> 22</c>

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he<00:24:51.750><c> raised</c><00:24:52.170><c> up</c><00:24:52.549><c> David</c><00:24:53.069><c> to</c><00:24:53.390><c> be</c><00:24:53.650><c> their</c><00:24:53.910><c> king</c><00:24:54.549><c> so</c><00:24:55.990><c> that's</c><00:24:56.349><c> the</c><00:24:56.490><c> promise</c><00:24:56.789><c> of</c>

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a<00:24:57.190><c> king.</c>

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Verses<00:24:58.890><c> 23</c><00:24:59.529><c> to</c><00:24:59.769><c> 31</c><00:25:00.829><c> the</c><00:25:01.650><c> promised</c><00:25:02.210><c> seed</c><00:25:02.750><c> of</c><00:25:03.109><c> David</c><00:25:03.529><c> is</c><00:25:04.029><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:25:06.990><c> verse</c><00:25:07.190><c> 23</c><00:25:08.369><c> the</c><00:25:09.089><c> seed</c><00:25:09.369><c> of</c><00:25:09.630><c> David</c><00:25:09.890><c> is</c><00:25:10.170><c> Jesus</c><00:25:10.650><c> the</c><00:25:10.930><c> Savior.</c><00:25:12.730><c> In</c>

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verse<00:25:13.089><c> 24</c><00:25:13.990><c> to</c><00:25:14.430><c> 25</c><00:25:16.089><c> John</c><00:25:17.009><c> the</c><00:25:17.490><c> Baptist</c>

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witnessed<00:25:18.630><c> to</c><00:25:18.930><c> him.</c><00:25:20.490><c> Verses</c><00:25:20.730><c> 26</c><00:25:21.329><c> to</c><00:25:21.609><c> 27</c><00:25:22.549><c> they</c><00:25:23.609><c> should</c><00:25:24.049><c> believe</c>

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the<00:25:25.750><c> rulers</c><00:25:26.049><c> of</c><00:25:26.269><c> Jerusalem</c>

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condemned<00:25:27.410><c> him</c><00:25:27.690><c> for</c><00:25:27.910><c> they</c><00:25:28.190><c> did</c><00:25:28.470><c> not</c><00:25:28.789><c> know</c><00:25:29.190><c> the</c><00:25:29.509><c> prophets.</c><00:25:31.809><c> Verses</c><00:25:32.029><c> 28</c>

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to<00:25:33.250><c> 29</c><00:25:34.009><c> Jesus</c><00:25:35.430><c> was</c><00:25:35.849><c> innocent</c>

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in<00:25:37.589><c> crucifying</c><00:25:38.210><c> him</c><00:25:38.470><c> they</c><00:25:38.710><c> fulfilled</c><00:25:39.150><c> scripture</c><00:25:39.910><c> and</c><00:25:41.269><c> verses</c>

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30<00:25:42.190><c> to</c><00:25:42.430><c> 31</c><00:25:43.549><c> eye</c><00:25:44.150><c> witnesses</c><00:25:44.569><c> confirmed</c>

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that<00:25:46.210><c> God</c><00:25:46.670><c> had</c><00:25:46.970><c> raised</c><00:25:47.309><c> Jesus</c><00:25:47.910><c> from</c><00:25:48.509><c> the</c><00:25:48.809><c> dead.</c><00:25:50.170><c> So</c><00:25:50.410><c> there</c><00:25:50.609><c> we</c>

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have<00:25:50.990><c> the</c><00:25:51.269><c> outline</c><00:25:51.730><c> of</c><00:25:52.009><c> the</c><00:25:52.250><c> promised</c><00:25:52.470><c> seed</c><00:25:52.730><c> of</c><00:25:52.950><c> David</c>

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being<00:25:54.470><c> Jesus.</c><00:25:57.009><c> Paul</c><00:25:57.250><c> then</c><00:25:57.630><c> moves</c><00:25:58.029><c> in</c><00:25:58.329><c> verses</c><00:25:58.670><c> 32</c><00:25:59.369><c> to</c><00:25:59.690><c> 37</c><00:26:00.529><c> the</c>

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promise<00:26:02.130><c> of</c><00:26:02.430><c> Jesus</c><00:26:02.970><c> resurrection</c><00:26:03.690><c> is</c><00:26:04.250><c> confirmed</c>

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by<00:26:05.450><c> scripture.</c><00:26:07.869><c> So</c><00:26:08.049><c> how</c><00:26:08.230><c> do</c><00:26:08.369><c> we</c><00:26:08.569><c> see</c><00:26:08.890><c> verse</c><00:26:09.170><c> 32</c><00:26:09.710><c> to</c><00:26:09.990><c> 37</c><00:26:10.690><c> the</c><00:26:11.369><c> promise</c><00:26:11.690><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:26:12.369><c> resurrection</c><00:26:12.930><c> confirmed</c><00:26:13.410><c> by</c>

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scripture?<00:26:14.769><c> Well</c><00:26:14.809><c> verses</c><00:26:15.089><c> 32</c><00:26:15.750><c> to</c><00:26:15.990><c> 35</c><00:26:17.009><c> death</c><00:26:17.809><c> and</c><00:26:18.130><c> resurrection</c><00:26:18.609><c> of</c><00:26:18.829><c> Jesus</c><00:26:19.430><c> was</c><00:26:19.890><c> predicted</c><00:26:20.490><c> in</c><00:26:20.829><c> scripture</c>

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and<00:26:22.690><c> verses</c><00:26:23.089><c> 36</c><00:26:23.730><c> to</c><00:26:24.089><c> 37</c><00:26:24.910><c> the</c><00:26:25.950><c> prophecy</c><00:26:26.329><c> could</c><00:26:26.769><c> not</c><00:26:27.029><c> apply</c><00:26:27.430><c> to</c>

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David<00:26:28.109><c> but</c><00:26:29.029><c> to</c><00:26:29.410><c> his</c><00:26:30.130><c> seed.</c>

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Verses<00:26:33.029><c> 38</c><00:26:33.690><c> to</c><00:26:34.170><c> 41</c><00:26:35.049><c> appeal</c><00:26:36.329><c> and</c><00:26:36.690><c> warning</c><00:26:36.990><c> of</c><00:26:37.349><c> judgment</c><00:26:37.849><c> to</c><00:26:38.190><c> come.</c>

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Yes<00:26:40.549><c> judgment</c><00:26:41.210><c> is</c><00:26:41.809><c> coming</c><00:26:42.069><c> it's</c><00:26:42.430><c> an</c><00:26:42.630><c> appeal</c><00:26:42.910><c> and</c><00:26:43.130><c> a</c><00:26:43.289><c> warning.</c>

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Verses<00:26:44.829><c> 38</c><00:26:45.289><c> to</c><00:26:45.490><c> 39</c><00:26:46.529><c> forgiveness</c><00:26:47.430><c> and</c>

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justification<00:26:48.710><c> offered</c><00:26:49.150><c> by</c><00:26:49.569><c> faith</c><00:26:49.970><c> in</c><00:26:50.349><c> Jesus.</c><00:26:51.230><c> Forgiveness,</c>

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justification<00:26:52.730><c> by</c><00:26:53.529><c> faith</c><00:26:53.769><c> in</c><00:26:53.990><c> Jesus.</c>

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Verse<00:26:55.450><c> 40</c><00:26:55.910><c> to</c><00:26:56.130><c> 41</c><00:26:57.009><c> beware</c><00:26:58.430><c> of</c><00:26:58.730><c> coming</c><00:26:59.049><c> judgment</c><00:26:59.609><c> as</c><00:27:00.089><c> foretold</c>

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in<00:27:00.930><c> the</c><00:27:01.170><c> prophets.</c>

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We<00:27:04.230><c> should</c><00:27:04.529><c> note</c><00:27:04.750><c> that</c><00:27:04.950><c> in</c><00:27:05.190><c> his</c><00:27:05.450><c> speech</c><00:27:05.730><c> although</c><00:27:06.130><c> Paul</c><00:27:06.509><c> said</c>

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that<00:27:07.089><c> the</c><00:27:07.230><c> law</c><00:27:07.410><c> of</c><00:27:07.630><c> Moses</c><00:27:08.089><c> could</c><00:27:08.849><c> not</c><00:27:09.309><c> justify</c><00:27:09.950><c> from</c>

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sins<00:27:10.750><c> he</c><00:27:11.529><c> did</c><00:27:11.789><c> not</c><00:27:12.029><c> immediately</c><00:27:12.690><c> attempt</c><00:27:13.130><c> to</c><00:27:13.349><c> turn</c><00:27:13.529><c> Jews</c><00:27:13.769><c> away</c>

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from<00:27:14.390><c> the</c><00:27:14.569><c> law</c><00:27:14.849><c> but</c><00:27:15.670><c> used</c><00:27:15.970><c> it</c><00:27:16.230><c> as</c><00:27:16.710><c> a</c><00:27:17.230><c> schoolmaster</c>

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to<00:27:18.730><c> bring</c><00:27:18.910><c> us</c><00:27:19.150><c> unto</c><00:27:19.390><c> Christ</c><00:27:20.069><c> that</c><00:27:20.630><c> we</c><00:27:20.829><c> might</c><00:27:21.049><c> be</c><00:27:21.410><c> justified</c><00:27:21.930><c> by</c>

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or<00:27:22.890><c> through</c><00:27:23.549><c> faith.</c><00:27:24.829><c> Galatians</c><00:27:25.250><c> 3</c><00:27:25.509><c> verse</c><00:27:25.769><c> 24.</c>

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Sadly<00:27:28.809><c> some</c><00:27:29.569><c> did</c><00:27:29.890><c> turn</c><00:27:30.210><c> away</c><00:27:30.470><c> to</c><00:27:30.730><c> Judaism</c><00:27:31.170><c> when</c><00:27:32.230><c> teachers</c><00:27:32.710><c> from</c><00:27:33.089><c> the</c>

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circumcision<00:27:34.069><c> party</c><00:27:34.529><c> arrived</c><00:27:35.009><c> in</c><00:27:35.269><c> Galatia</c>

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as<00:27:36.670><c> we</c><00:27:36.849><c> read</c><00:27:37.029><c> in</c><00:27:37.230><c> Galatians</c><00:27:37.829><c> chapters</c><00:27:38.289><c> 1</c><00:27:38.829><c> and</c><00:27:39.450><c> 3.</c>

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Though<00:27:42.829><c> it</c><00:27:42.970><c> cannot</c><00:27:43.309><c> be</c><00:27:43.769><c> definitely</c><00:27:44.289><c> proved</c><00:27:44.990><c> it</c><00:27:45.789><c> is</c><00:27:46.130><c> thought</c>

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that<00:27:46.589><c> Paul</c><00:27:46.829><c> based</c><00:27:47.130><c> his</c><00:27:47.430><c> remarks</c><00:27:47.829><c> on</c><00:27:48.470><c> the</c><00:27:48.710><c> readings</c><00:27:49.009><c> for</c>

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44th<00:27:50.690><c> Sabbath</c><00:27:51.029><c> which</c><00:27:51.690><c> are</c><00:27:51.930><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:27:52.589><c> 1</c><00:27:53.109><c> and</c><00:27:53.509><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:54.210><c> chapter</c><00:27:54.730><c> 1.</c><00:27:55.890><c> These</c><00:27:56.190><c> are</c><00:27:56.509><c> the</c><00:27:56.650><c> haftares</c><00:27:57.289><c> of</c><00:27:57.670><c> rebuke</c>

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that<00:27:58.950><c> are</c><00:27:59.130><c> read</c><00:27:59.250><c> on</c><00:27:59.549><c> the</c><00:27:59.769><c> Sabbath</c><00:28:00.029><c> that</c><00:28:00.369><c> precedes</c><00:28:01.009><c> the</c><00:28:01.369><c> fast</c>

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for<00:28:02.589><c> the</c><00:28:02.869><c> fall</c><00:28:03.210><c> of</c><00:28:03.609><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Paul<00:28:06.190><c> begins</c><00:28:06.710><c> by</c><00:28:07.089><c> saying</c><00:28:07.529><c> God</c><00:28:08.410><c> had</c><00:28:08.869><c> exalted</c><00:28:09.490><c> or</c><00:28:09.890><c> lifted</c><00:28:10.230><c> up</c><00:28:10.670><c> his</c><00:28:10.970><c> people</c><00:28:11.410><c> when</c><00:28:11.869><c> they</c><00:28:12.109><c> were</c><00:28:12.349><c> strangers</c><00:28:12.769><c> in</c><00:28:13.049><c> Egypt</c>

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and<00:28:13.950><c> brought</c><00:28:14.309><c> them</c><00:28:14.670><c> out</c><00:28:14.990><c> of</c><00:28:15.150><c> it.</c><00:28:16.730><c> This</c><00:28:17.130><c> statement</c><00:28:17.609><c> is</c><00:28:17.970><c> taken</c><00:28:18.289><c> from</c><00:28:18.710><c> the</c><00:28:18.990><c> Septuagint</c><00:28:19.789><c> of</c><00:28:20.049><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:20.470><c> chapter</c><00:28:20.930><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:28:21.609><c> 2.</c>

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He<00:28:23.789><c> suffered,</c><00:28:25.690><c> bore</c><00:28:25.849><c> them</c><00:28:26.190><c> in</c><00:28:26.410><c> the</c><00:28:26.589><c> margin,</c><00:28:27.809><c> that</c><00:28:27.990><c> is</c><00:28:28.529><c> fed</c><00:28:28.990><c> or</c>

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nourished<00:28:30.410><c> them</c><00:28:30.910><c> and</c><00:28:32.009><c> he</c><00:28:32.589><c> destroyed</c><00:28:33.150><c> seven</c><00:28:33.569><c> nations</c>

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in<00:28:34.349><c> the</c><00:28:34.509><c> land</c><00:28:34.710><c> of</c><00:28:34.970><c> Canaan.</c><00:28:35.670><c> He</c><00:28:35.890><c> gave</c><00:28:36.089><c> them</c><00:28:36.349><c> their</c><00:28:36.650><c> land</c><00:28:37.089><c> for</c><00:28:37.470><c> an</c>

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inheritance.<00:28:40.069><c> You</c><00:28:40.230><c> might</c><00:28:40.470><c> like</c><00:28:40.730><c> to</c><00:28:41.089><c> compare</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:28:41.849><c> chapter</c><00:28:42.230><c> 1</c><00:28:42.410><c> verse</c><00:28:42.690><c> 31</c><00:28:43.509><c> and</c><00:28:44.150><c> verse</c><00:28:44.450><c> 38.</c><00:28:46.230><c> History</c>

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shows<00:28:47.170><c> that</c><00:28:47.450><c> God</c><00:28:47.829><c> continually</c><00:28:48.750><c> provided</c><00:28:49.410><c> for</c>

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his<00:28:49.970><c> people</c><00:28:50.650><c> though</c><00:28:51.349><c> they</c><00:28:51.670><c> were</c><00:28:52.690><c> ungrateful.</c><00:28:54.990><c> God</c><00:28:55.309><c> gave</c><00:28:55.569><c> them</c>

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judges<00:28:56.410><c> they</c><00:28:57.450><c> asked</c><00:28:57.690><c> for</c><00:28:57.930><c> the</c><00:28:58.089><c> king</c>

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but<00:28:59.849><c> it</c><00:29:00.109><c> was</c><00:29:00.329><c> a</c><00:29:00.490><c> mistake</c><00:29:01.009><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:01.589><c> 1</c><00:29:01.890><c> verse</c><00:29:02.130><c> 26.</c><00:29:03.490><c> Their</c><00:29:03.589><c> first</c><00:29:03.890><c> king</c><00:29:04.150><c> Saul</c><00:29:04.509><c> though</c><00:29:04.869><c> ideal</c><00:29:05.369><c> from</c><00:29:05.670><c> a</c>

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human<00:29:06.210><c> standpoint</c>

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lacked<00:29:07.710><c> faith</c><00:29:08.150><c> and</c><00:29:08.450><c> moral</c><00:29:08.809><c> courage</c><00:29:09.349><c> so</c><00:29:10.430><c> God</c><00:29:10.750><c> refused</c><00:29:11.309><c> their</c>

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choice<00:29:11.890><c> and</c><00:29:12.049><c> chose</c><00:29:12.349><c> David.</c>

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God's<00:29:14.950><c> choice</c><00:29:15.130><c> is</c><00:29:15.430><c> always</c><00:29:15.849><c> best</c><00:29:16.490><c> although</c><00:29:17.430><c> they</c><00:29:17.829><c> consistently</c><00:29:19.150><c> refuse</c><00:29:19.809><c> it.</c>

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Paul<00:29:21.109><c> says</c>

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I<00:29:22.730><c> have</c><00:29:23.049><c> found</c><00:29:23.269><c> David</c><00:29:23.809><c> this</c><00:29:24.289><c> is</c><00:29:24.509><c> from</c><00:29:24.710><c> Psalm</c><00:29:24.990><c> 89</c><00:29:25.509><c> verse</c><00:29:25.769><c> 20.</c><00:29:27.009><c> I</c>

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have<00:29:27.349><c> found</c><00:29:27.569><c> David</c><00:29:28.029><c> the</c><00:29:28.230><c> son</c><00:29:28.410><c> of</c><00:29:28.690><c> Jesse</c>

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a<00:29:30.009><c> man</c><00:29:30.369><c> after</c><00:29:30.789><c> mine</c><00:29:31.130><c> own</c><00:29:31.509><c> heart</c><00:29:32.109><c> from</c><00:29:33.230><c> 1st</c><00:29:33.609><c> of</c><00:29:33.809><c> Samuel</c><00:29:34.089><c> 13</c><00:29:34.589><c> verse</c><00:29:34.829><c> 14</c>

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which<00:29:36.369><c> shall</c><00:29:36.670><c> fulfill</c><00:29:37.250><c> all</c><00:29:37.849><c> my</c><00:29:38.309><c> will</c>

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Psalm<00:29:39.569><c> 40</c><00:29:40.049><c> verse</c><00:29:40.309><c> 8</c><00:29:41.289><c> of</c><00:29:41.750><c> this</c><00:29:42.089><c> man's</c><00:29:42.750><c> seed</c><00:29:43.430><c> 2nd</c><00:29:44.829><c> of</c><00:29:44.950><c> Samuel</c><00:29:45.329><c> 7</c>

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verse<00:29:45.950><c> 12.</c>

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No<00:29:49.220><c> ordinary</c><00:29:49.980><c> man</c><00:29:50.519><c> could</c><00:29:50.859><c> possibly</c><00:29:51.380><c> save.</c><00:29:52.980><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:54.519><c> Yah</c><00:29:54.920><c> shall</c>

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save,<00:29:56.720><c> is</c><00:29:56.880><c> the</c><00:29:57.200><c> only</c><00:29:57.680><c> saviour.</c>

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Neither<00:29:59.579><c> is</c><00:29:59.940><c> there</c><00:30:00.259><c> salvation</c><00:30:00.900><c> in</c><00:30:01.160><c> any</c><00:30:01.400><c> other</c><00:30:01.839><c> for</c><00:30:02.819><c> there</c><00:30:03.140><c> is</c>

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none<00:30:03.740><c> other</c><00:30:04.039><c> name</c><00:30:04.339><c> under</c><00:30:04.640><c> heaven</c><00:30:04.960><c> given</c><00:30:05.259><c> among</c><00:30:05.559><c> men</c>

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whereby<00:30:07.000><c> we</c><00:30:07.400><c> must</c><00:30:07.779><c> be</c><00:30:08.160><c> saved.</c><00:30:08.799><c> Acts</c><00:30:09.000><c> 4</c><00:30:09.279><c> verse</c><00:30:09.519><c> 12.</c><00:30:11.000><c> But</c><00:30:11.200><c> of</c><00:30:11.440><c> course</c><00:30:11.920><c> the</c>

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saviour<00:30:12.900><c> God</c><00:30:13.240><c> raised</c><00:30:13.940><c> unto</c><00:30:14.279><c> Israel</c><00:30:15.279><c> must</c>

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have<00:30:16.220><c> a</c><00:30:16.579><c> forerunner</c><00:30:17.440><c> to</c><00:30:18.220><c> prepare</c><00:30:18.640><c> the</c><00:30:18.920><c> people</c><00:30:19.180><c> for</c><00:30:19.420><c> his</c><00:30:19.640><c> appearing.</c><00:30:21.339><c> John</c>

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who<00:30:21.940><c> preached</c><00:30:22.160><c> the</c><00:30:22.380><c> baptism</c><00:30:22.819><c> of</c>

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repentance<00:30:23.660><c> was</c><00:30:24.099><c> that</c><00:30:24.519><c> forerunner.</c><00:30:25.920><c> He</c><00:30:26.200><c> was</c><00:30:26.500><c> the</c><00:30:26.759><c> voice</c><00:30:27.039><c> of</c>

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him<00:30:27.460><c> that</c><00:30:27.839><c> crieth</c><00:30:28.200><c> in</c><00:30:28.460><c> the</c><00:30:28.579><c> wilderness.</c>

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Prepare<00:30:30.619><c> ye</c><00:30:30.960><c> the</c><00:30:31.180><c> way</c><00:30:31.640><c> of</c><00:30:32.000><c> the</c><00:30:32.200><c> Lord</c><00:30:32.539><c> as</c><00:30:32.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:33.680><c> chapter</c><00:30:34.400><c> 40</c><00:30:34.819><c> verse</c><00:30:35.119><c> 3</c>

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says.<00:30:37.059><c> John</c><00:30:37.380><c> was</c><00:30:37.940><c> my</c><00:30:38.579><c> messenger</c><00:30:39.119><c> and</c><00:30:40.019><c> he</c><00:30:40.319><c> shall</c>

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prepare<00:30:40.980><c> the</c><00:30:41.339><c> way</c><00:30:41.680><c> before</c><00:30:42.259><c> me</c><00:30:42.519><c> we</c><00:30:42.660><c> are</c><00:30:42.900><c> told</c><00:30:43.160><c> in</c><00:30:43.839><c> Malachi</c><00:30:44.319><c> 3</c><00:30:44.640><c> verse</c><00:30:44.880><c> 1.</c>

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All<00:30:46.819><c> considered</c><00:30:47.420><c> John</c><00:30:47.819><c> to</c><00:30:48.039><c> be</c><00:30:48.259><c> a</c><00:30:48.460><c> prophet</c>

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Matthew<00:30:49.200><c> 21</c><00:30:49.839><c> verse</c><00:30:50.119><c> 26</c><00:30:50.920><c> but</c><00:30:52.220><c> Paul</c><00:30:52.559><c> also</c><00:30:52.980><c> adds</c><00:30:53.200><c> that</c><00:30:53.440><c> John</c><00:30:53.980><c> fulfilled</c><00:30:54.680><c> his</c>

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course.<00:30:56.920><c> Acts</c><00:30:57.039><c> 13</c><00:30:57.559><c> verse</c><00:30:57.880><c> 25.</c>

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The<00:31:00.200><c> Greek</c><00:31:00.420><c> word</c><00:31:00.700><c> dromos</c><00:31:01.420><c> translated</c><00:31:02.299><c> course</c><00:31:02.799><c> is</c><00:31:03.759><c> associated</c>

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with<00:31:04.880><c> running</c><00:31:05.259><c> as</c><00:31:06.119><c> Elijah</c><00:31:06.819><c> ran</c><00:31:07.539><c> before</c><00:31:08.039><c> Ahab</c>

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the<00:31:08.839><c> first</c><00:31:09.099><c> of</c><00:31:09.299><c> kings</c><00:31:09.480><c> chapter</c><00:31:09.859><c> 18</c><00:31:10.779><c> verse</c><00:31:11.259><c> 46.</c><00:31:14.000><c> Paul</c><00:31:14.220><c> continues</c><00:31:14.859><c> by</c><00:31:15.259><c> addressing</c><00:31:15.640><c> his</c>

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hearers<00:31:16.380><c> as</c>

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children<00:31:17.319><c> of</c><00:31:17.599><c> the</c><00:31:17.920><c> stock</c><00:31:18.119><c> of</c><00:31:18.400><c> Abraham</c><00:31:18.880><c> because</c><00:31:20.180><c> Abraham</c><00:31:20.680><c> was</c>

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the<00:31:21.279><c> patriarch</c><00:31:21.900><c> to</c><00:31:22.200><c> whom</c><00:31:22.460><c> the</c><00:31:22.779><c> promise</c><00:31:23.039><c> of</c><00:31:23.380><c> the</c><00:31:23.579><c> seed</c>

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was<00:31:24.059><c> given.</c><00:31:25.299><c> When</c><00:31:25.539><c> he</c><00:31:25.839><c> says</c><00:31:26.359><c> whosoever</c><00:31:27.559><c> among</c><00:31:27.819><c> you</c><00:31:28.119><c> feareth</c>

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God<00:31:28.940><c> he</c><00:31:29.880><c> is</c><00:31:30.140><c> addressing</c><00:31:30.519><c> the</c><00:31:30.839><c> Gentiles</c><00:31:31.380><c> in</c><00:31:31.619><c> the</c><00:31:31.880><c> synagogue</c>

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congregation.<00:31:34.000><c> His</c><00:31:34.240><c> words</c><00:31:34.660><c> to</c><00:31:35.240><c> you</c><00:31:35.700><c> is</c><00:31:36.099><c> the</c><00:31:36.339><c> word</c><00:31:36.599><c> of</c><00:31:36.859><c> this</c><00:31:37.099><c> salvation</c><00:31:37.700><c> sent</c><00:31:38.160><c> are</c><00:31:39.140><c> a</c>

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play<00:31:39.740><c> on</c><00:31:40.099><c> the</c><00:31:40.339><c> name</c><00:31:40.700><c> Jesus</c>

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salvation.<00:31:43.440><c> But</c><00:31:43.660><c> if</c><00:31:43.859><c> Jesus</c><00:31:44.240><c> is</c><00:31:44.619><c> Messiah</c><00:31:45.220><c> the</c><00:31:46.220><c> obvious</c><00:31:46.660><c> question</c><00:31:47.140><c> is</c><00:31:48.059><c> why</c>

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then<00:31:49.240><c> did</c><00:31:49.420><c> the</c><00:31:49.700><c> rulers</c><00:31:49.960><c> in</c><00:31:50.279><c> Jerusalem</c>

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condemn<00:31:51.400><c> him?</c><00:31:53.299><c> To</c><00:31:53.619><c> meet</c><00:31:53.779><c> this</c><00:31:54.059><c> objection</c><00:31:54.619><c> Paul</c><00:31:55.039><c> says</c><00:31:55.240><c> it</c><00:31:55.460><c> was</c>

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because<00:31:56.000><c> they</c><00:31:56.240><c> did</c><00:31:56.460><c> not</c><00:31:56.740><c> understand</c><00:31:57.180><c> the</c><00:31:57.460><c> prophets</c>

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even<00:31:58.579><c> though</c><00:31:59.000><c> their</c><00:31:59.279><c> words</c><00:31:59.640><c> are</c><00:31:59.960><c> read</c><00:32:00.140><c> every</c><00:32:00.559><c> Sabbath</c><00:32:00.880><c> day.</c>

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Paul<00:32:03.200><c> uses</c><00:32:03.599><c> the</c><00:32:03.859><c> word</c><00:32:04.220><c> fulfilled</c><00:32:05.000><c> twice</c><00:32:05.779><c> as</c><00:32:06.519><c> he</c><00:32:06.920><c> reviews</c><00:32:07.259><c> the</c>

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testimony<00:32:08.039><c> of</c><00:32:08.259><c> the</c><00:32:08.460><c> prophets</c><00:32:08.859><c> concerning</c><00:32:09.480><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:32:10.539><c> and</c><00:32:11.339><c> themselves.</c><00:32:13.279><c> One</c><00:32:13.599><c> of</c><00:32:13.920><c> them</c><00:32:14.180><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:14.960><c> had</c><00:32:15.480><c> written</c>

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Israel<00:32:17.400><c> doth</c><00:32:17.720><c> not</c><00:32:18.359><c> know</c><00:32:18.900><c> my</c><00:32:19.980><c> people</c><00:32:20.259><c> doth</c><00:32:20.539><c> not</c>

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consider<00:32:21.480><c> our</c><00:32:22.980><c> sinful</c><00:32:23.460><c> nation</c><00:32:24.059><c> a</c><00:32:25.059><c> people</c><00:32:25.420><c> laden</c><00:32:25.880><c> with</c><00:32:26.180><c> iniquity</c><00:32:26.759><c> a</c><00:32:27.220><c> seed</c>

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of<00:32:27.700><c> evildoers</c><00:32:28.359><c> and</c><00:32:28.799><c> murderers.</c>

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Isaiah<00:32:31.700><c> wrote</c><00:32:32.019><c> those</c><00:32:32.380><c> words</c><00:32:32.740><c> in</c><00:32:32.960><c> chapter</c><00:32:33.240><c> 1</c><00:32:33.500><c> verse</c><00:32:33.799><c> 3</c><00:32:34.099><c> to</c><00:32:34.279><c> 4</c>

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and<00:32:35.359><c> verse</c><00:32:35.660><c> 21.</c>

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Jerusalem<00:32:39.099><c> had</c><00:32:39.720><c> condemned</c><00:32:40.319><c> him</c><00:32:40.660><c> to</c><00:32:40.920><c> death</c><00:32:41.180><c> despite</c><00:32:41.940><c> the</c><00:32:42.359><c> words</c><00:32:42.660><c> of</c>

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the<00:32:43.099><c> prophets</c><00:32:43.539><c> and</c><00:32:44.599><c> the</c><00:32:44.799><c> fact</c><00:32:44.960><c> that</c><00:32:45.119><c> they</c>

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no<00:32:45.690><c> cause</c><00:32:46.329><c> of</c><00:32:46.569><c> death</c><00:32:46.769><c> in</c><00:32:46.990><c> him.</c><00:32:48.490><c> Even</c><00:32:49.029><c> Pilate</c><00:32:49.569><c> three</c><00:32:49.910><c> times</c><00:32:50.309><c> declared</c><00:32:50.950><c> I</c>

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find<00:32:51.890><c> no</c><00:32:52.470><c> cause</c><00:32:52.890><c> of</c><00:32:53.230><c> death</c><00:32:53.470><c> in</c><00:32:53.769><c> him</c>

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but<00:32:55.309><c> still</c><00:32:56.049><c> they</c><00:32:56.509><c> desired</c><00:32:57.450><c> asked</c><00:32:58.190><c> for</c><00:32:58.609><c> Pilate</c><00:32:59.069><c> to</c><00:32:59.470><c> slay</c><00:32:59.710><c> him.</c>

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Yet<00:33:02.049><c> another</c><00:33:02.410><c> mistake</c><00:33:03.049><c> Jesus</c><00:33:04.869><c> of</c><00:33:05.170><c> Nazareth</c><00:33:05.630><c> had</c>

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been<00:33:06.190><c> crucified</c><00:33:07.069><c> on</c><00:33:07.930><c> a</c><00:33:08.150><c> tree.</c><00:33:09.890><c> Was</c><00:33:10.130><c> it</c><00:33:10.329><c> a</c><00:33:10.529><c> single</c><00:33:10.809><c> stake</c><00:33:11.089><c> of</c><00:33:11.329><c> a</c>

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cross?<00:33:12.690><c> Both</c><00:33:12.970><c> words</c><00:33:13.230><c> are</c><00:33:13.490><c> used</c><00:33:13.690><c> in</c><00:33:13.890><c> the</c><00:33:14.049><c> authorized</c>

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version.<00:33:15.329><c> A</c><00:33:15.549><c> cross</c><00:33:15.930><c> a</c><00:33:16.470><c> pagan</c><00:33:16.849><c> symbol</c><00:33:17.349><c> is</c><00:33:18.309><c> not</c><00:33:18.950><c> inappropriate</c>

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since<00:33:20.130><c> he</c><00:33:20.430><c> died</c><00:33:20.750><c> unto</c><00:33:21.089><c> sin</c><00:33:21.349><c> once.</c>

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Romans<00:33:22.269><c> 6</c><00:33:22.630><c> verse</c><00:33:22.890><c> 10</c><00:33:23.849><c> but</c><00:33:24.589><c> the</c><00:33:24.829><c> gospels</c><00:33:25.269><c> use</c><00:33:25.589><c> the</c><00:33:25.809><c> word</c><00:33:26.230><c> storos</c>

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an<00:33:27.329><c> upright</c><00:33:27.730><c> stake.</c><00:33:29.529><c> Acts</c><00:33:29.589><c> of</c><00:33:29.750><c> the</c><00:33:29.930><c> apostles</c>

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uses<00:33:30.730><c> the</c><00:33:31.009><c> word</c><00:33:31.910><c> zulon</c><00:33:32.950><c> a</c><00:33:33.430><c> wood</c><00:33:33.670><c> or</c><00:33:34.069><c> tree.</c><00:33:36.670><c> Vine</c><00:33:36.809><c> in</c><00:33:37.150><c> his</c><00:33:37.589><c> expository</c><00:33:38.430><c> dictionary</c><00:33:38.930><c> of</c>

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New<00:33:39.450><c> Testament</c><00:33:39.890><c> words</c>

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says<00:33:41.349><c> that</c><00:33:41.589><c> the</c><00:33:41.789><c> cross</c><00:33:41.970><c> was</c><00:33:42.309><c> not</c><00:33:42.609><c> used</c><00:33:42.950><c> in</c><00:33:43.190><c> the</c><00:33:43.430><c> church</c><00:33:43.970><c> until</c>

00:33:44.789 --> 00:33:47.130
the<00:33:45.009><c> middle</c><00:33:45.190><c> of</c><00:33:45.470><c> the</c><00:33:45.609><c> third</c><00:33:45.990><c> century.</c>

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We<00:33:47.990><c> can</c><00:33:48.430><c> conclude</c><00:33:48.890><c> then</c><00:33:49.230><c> that</c><00:33:49.410><c> the</c><00:33:49.609><c> Lord</c><00:33:49.849><c> was</c><00:33:50.210><c> crucified</c><00:33:50.829><c> on</c><00:33:51.109><c> a</c>

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stake<00:33:51.809><c> not</c><00:33:52.529><c> a</c><00:33:52.750><c> cross.</c><00:33:54.369><c> Paul</c><00:33:54.630><c> uses</c><00:33:54.990><c> the</c><00:33:55.190><c> word</c><00:33:55.450><c> zulon</c><00:33:55.950><c> to</c>

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draw<00:33:56.369><c> attention</c><00:33:56.950><c> to</c><00:33:57.210><c> the</c><00:33:57.430><c> law</c><00:33:57.690><c> that</c><00:33:58.089><c> said</c><00:33:58.769><c> curse</c><00:33:59.710><c> it</c><00:33:59.890><c> is</c><00:34:00.130><c> everyone</c><00:34:00.529><c> that</c>

00:34:00.890 --> 00:34:04.470
hangeth<00:34:01.250><c> on</c><00:34:01.630><c> a</c><00:34:02.170><c> tree.</c><00:34:03.509><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:34:03.890><c> 21</c>

00:34:04.470 --> 00:34:10.949
verse<00:34:04.609><c> 23.</c><00:34:06.750><c> How</c><00:34:07.009><c> then</c><00:34:07.329><c> could</c><00:34:07.549><c> a</c><00:34:07.789><c> crucified</c><00:34:08.349><c> man</c><00:34:08.849><c> cursed</c><00:34:09.349><c> by</c><00:34:09.730><c> law</c><00:34:10.130><c> be</c>

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Israel's<00:34:11.710><c> king?</c><00:34:13.309><c> But</c><00:34:13.530><c> crucifixion</c><00:34:14.269><c> did</c><00:34:14.550><c> not</c>

00:34:14.869 --> 00:34:18.610
invalidate<00:34:15.570><c> Christ's</c><00:34:16.230><c> claim</c><00:34:16.389><c> to</c><00:34:16.610><c> be</c><00:34:16.769><c> messiah</c><00:34:17.510><c> because</c><00:34:18.170><c> God</c>

00:34:18.610 --> 00:34:23.230
raised<00:34:19.030><c> him</c><00:34:19.329><c> from</c><00:34:19.630><c> the</c><00:34:19.849><c> dead.</c><00:34:21.429><c> Far</c><00:34:21.929><c> from</c><00:34:22.349><c> invalidating</c>

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Jesus<00:34:23.750><c> claim</c><00:34:24.269><c> his</c><00:34:24.849><c> death</c><00:34:25.150><c> and</c><00:34:25.409><c> resurrection</c><00:34:25.829><c> confirmed</c><00:34:26.710><c> it.</c>

00:34:28.550 --> 00:34:33.070
Isaiah<00:34:28.869><c> 53</c><00:34:29.650><c> Psalm</c><00:34:30.110><c> 22</c><00:34:30.969><c> Psalm</c><00:34:31.590><c> 69.</c>

00:34:34.090 --> 00:34:38.349
Though<00:34:34.230><c> his</c><00:34:34.570><c> crucifixion</c><00:34:35.309><c> is</c><00:34:35.670><c> a</c><00:34:35.829><c> stumbling</c><00:34:36.170><c> block</c><00:34:36.469><c> to</c><00:34:36.710><c> the</c><00:34:36.949><c> Jews</c><00:34:37.230><c> acceptance</c><00:34:37.949><c> of</c>

00:34:38.349 --> 00:34:41.409
him<00:34:39.070><c> that</c><00:34:39.969><c> he</c><00:34:40.150><c> was</c><00:34:40.429><c> raised</c><00:34:40.929><c> and</c><00:34:41.250><c> seen</c>

00:34:41.409 --> 00:34:46.849
of<00:34:41.670><c> many</c><00:34:41.909><c> witnesses</c><00:34:42.429><c> proves</c><00:34:42.829><c> that</c><00:34:43.190><c> salvation</c><00:34:43.750><c> must</c><00:34:44.349><c> be</c><00:34:44.809><c> in</c><00:34:45.269><c> his</c><00:34:45.650><c> name.</c><00:34:46.710><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:34:47.369><c> 1</c><00:34:48.190><c> verse</c><00:34:48.710><c> 23.</c>

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In<00:34:50.909><c> him</c><00:34:51.289><c> God</c><00:34:51.690><c> will</c><00:34:52.030><c> fulfill</c><00:34:52.510><c> his</c><00:34:52.829><c> promise</c><00:34:53.289><c> made</c><00:34:53.710><c> to</c><00:34:54.030><c> Abraham</c>

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and<00:34:55.710><c> his</c><00:34:56.130><c> seed.</c>

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The<00:34:58.550><c> Greek</c><00:34:58.929><c> text</c><00:34:59.530><c> does</c><00:34:59.969><c> not</c><00:35:00.329><c> contain</c><00:35:00.829><c> the</c><00:35:01.050><c> word</c><00:35:01.210><c> again</c><00:35:01.730><c> in</c><00:35:02.309><c> Acts</c><00:35:02.530><c> 13</c>

00:35:03.090 --> 00:35:06.809
verse<00:35:03.429><c> 33.</c><00:35:05.230><c> Therefore</c><00:35:05.550><c> brother</c><00:35:05.929><c> John</c><00:35:06.369><c> Carter</c>

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in<00:35:07.190><c> his</c><00:35:07.510><c> series</c><00:35:07.889><c> of</c><00:35:08.170><c> talks</c><00:35:08.369><c> on</c><00:35:08.630><c> the</c><00:35:08.909><c> speeches</c><00:35:09.269><c> in</c><00:35:09.530><c> Acts</c><00:35:09.929><c> relates</c><00:35:10.929><c> the</c><00:35:11.210><c> verse</c><00:35:11.429><c> to</c>

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God<00:35:11.849><c> raising</c><00:35:12.289><c> up</c><00:35:12.610><c> Jesus</c><00:35:13.110><c> from</c>

00:35:13.829 --> 00:35:20.650
as<00:35:14.550><c> in</c><00:35:14.829><c> Psalm</c><00:35:15.170><c> 2</c><00:35:15.469><c> verse</c><00:35:15.710><c> 7.</c><00:35:17.050><c> Whereas</c><00:35:17.730><c> verse</c><00:35:18.409><c> 34</c><00:35:19.090><c> the</c><00:35:19.289><c> next</c><00:35:19.570><c> verse</c><00:35:19.909><c> is</c>

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definitely<00:35:21.389><c> raising</c><00:35:22.210><c> him</c><00:35:22.510><c> up</c><00:35:22.789><c> from</c><00:35:23.110><c> the</c><00:35:23.349><c> dead</c>

00:35:23.690 --> 00:35:30.889
in<00:35:24.510><c> fulfilling</c><00:35:24.929><c> the</c><00:35:25.289><c> promise</c><00:35:25.610><c> to</c><00:35:25.909><c> David.</c><00:35:28.090><c> The</c><00:35:28.369><c> divine</c><00:35:28.769><c> initiative</c><00:35:29.469><c> in</c><00:35:29.829><c> thus</c><00:35:30.070><c> working</c><00:35:30.550><c> out</c>

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man's<00:35:31.389><c> salvation</c>

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is<00:35:32.110><c> seen</c><00:35:32.269><c> in</c><00:35:32.489><c> both</c><00:35:32.690><c> his</c><00:35:32.989><c> birth</c><00:35:33.329><c> and</c><00:35:34.070><c> his</c><00:35:34.329><c> rebirth</c><00:35:34.829><c> from</c><00:35:35.550><c> the</c><00:35:35.849><c> tomb.</c><00:35:37.469><c> Paul's</c><00:35:37.869><c> use</c><00:35:38.030><c> of</c>

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the<00:35:38.389><c> words</c><00:35:38.630><c> of</c><00:35:38.889><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:39.389><c> 55</c>

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verse<00:35:40.329><c> 3.</c><00:35:41.369><c> I</c><00:35:41.489><c> will</c><00:35:41.769><c> give</c><00:35:41.909><c> you</c><00:35:42.210><c> the</c><00:35:42.590><c> sure</c><00:35:43.150><c> mercies</c><00:35:43.670><c> of</c><00:35:43.889><c> David</c><00:35:44.389><c> proves</c><00:35:45.590><c> that</c><00:35:45.889><c> the</c><00:35:46.210><c> promise</c><00:35:46.670><c> which</c><00:35:47.050><c> is</c><00:35:47.429><c> an</c>

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everlasting<00:35:48.789><c> covenant</c><00:35:49.789><c> involves</c><00:35:50.909><c> the</c><00:35:51.230><c> death</c><00:35:51.449><c> and</c><00:35:51.769><c> resurrection</c><00:35:52.309><c> of</c><00:35:52.750><c> David's</c><00:35:53.429><c> son.</c>

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The<00:35:54.630><c> second</c><00:35:54.889><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:35:55.449><c> 7</c><00:35:55.849><c> verses</c><00:35:56.250><c> 15</c><00:35:56.849><c> to</c><00:35:57.090><c> 16.</c><00:35:59.349><c> Citing</c><00:36:00.110><c> Psalm</c><00:36:00.510><c> 16</c><00:36:00.989><c> verse</c><00:36:01.250><c> 10</c>

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Paul<00:36:01.829><c> continues.</c><00:36:02.869><c> Thou</c><00:36:03.050><c> shalt</c><00:36:03.269><c> not</c><00:36:03.630><c> suffer</c><00:36:03.949><c> thine</c>

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corruption.<00:36:06.570><c> Making</c><00:36:07.250><c> the</c><00:36:07.630><c> contrast</c><00:36:08.170><c> with</c><00:36:08.469><c> David</c><00:36:08.829><c> who</c><00:36:09.190><c> did</c><00:36:09.610><c> see</c><00:36:10.230><c> corruption.</c><00:36:12.150><c> For</c><00:36:12.230><c> as</c>

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Paul<00:36:12.610><c> says</c>

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his<00:36:13.530><c> sepulcher</c><00:36:14.070><c> is</c><00:36:14.269><c> with</c><00:36:14.489><c> us</c><00:36:14.650><c> to</c><00:36:14.869><c> this</c><00:36:15.190><c> day</c><00:36:15.849><c> and</c><00:36:16.670><c> as</c><00:36:16.909><c> Peter</c><00:36:17.210><c> taught</c><00:36:17.550><c> at</c><00:36:17.789><c> Pentecost.</c>

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And<00:36:20.309><c> now</c><00:36:20.690><c> turning</c><00:36:21.030><c> to</c><00:36:21.349><c> the</c><00:36:21.489><c> prophet</c><00:36:21.789><c> Habakkuk.</c><00:36:23.130><c> Habakkuk</c><00:36:23.610><c> chapter</c><00:36:23.889><c> 2</c>

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verse<00:36:24.469><c> 4.</c><00:36:25.750><c> The</c><00:36:25.889><c> just</c><00:36:26.369><c> shall</c><00:36:26.829><c> live</c><00:36:27.329><c> by</c><00:36:27.690><c> his</c>

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Paul<00:36:29.369><c> adds.</c><00:36:31.170><c> Through</c><00:36:31.170><c> this</c><00:36:31.570><c> man</c><00:36:31.869><c> is</c><00:36:32.190><c> preached</c><00:36:32.489><c> unto</c><00:36:32.789><c> you</c><00:36:33.050><c> the</c>

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forgiveness<00:36:33.789><c> of</c><00:36:34.110><c> sins</c>

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and<00:36:35.530><c> in</c><00:36:35.889><c> him</c><00:36:36.110><c> all</c><00:36:36.590><c> that</c><00:36:36.949><c> believe</c><00:36:37.250><c> are</c><00:36:37.590><c> justified</c><00:36:38.250><c> from</c><00:36:38.670><c> all</c><00:36:39.090><c> things</c><00:36:39.670><c> from</c><00:36:40.449><c> which</c><00:36:40.610><c> he</c>

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could<00:36:41.070><c> not</c><00:36:41.369><c> be</c><00:36:41.670><c> justified</c>

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by<00:36:42.590><c> the</c><00:36:42.769><c> Lord</c><00:36:42.989><c> of</c><00:36:43.230><c> Moses.</c><00:36:44.929><c> To</c><00:36:45.110><c> be</c><00:36:45.429><c> justified</c><00:36:46.289><c> is</c><00:36:46.849><c> to</c><00:36:47.070><c> be</c><00:36:47.389><c> forgiven.</c><00:36:49.289><c> The</c><00:36:49.510><c> facts</c><00:36:49.750><c> fit</c><00:36:50.010><c> only</c><00:36:50.369><c> with</c><00:36:50.630><c> Jesus</c><00:36:51.070><c> and</c><00:36:51.530><c> no</c>

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other.<00:36:52.989><c> Further</c><00:36:53.550><c> in</c><00:36:53.809><c> saying</c><00:36:54.210><c> all</c><00:36:54.909><c> that</c><00:36:55.230><c> believe</c><00:36:56.090><c> Paul</c><00:36:57.090><c> is</c><00:36:57.389><c> inclusive</c><00:36:57.989><c> of</c>

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Jew<00:36:58.610><c> and</c><00:36:59.090><c> Gentile</c><00:36:59.769><c> to</c><00:36:59.969><c> be</c><00:37:00.230><c> justified</c>

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by<00:37:01.670><c> faith.</c><00:37:03.869><c> Finally</c><00:37:04.710><c> Paul</c><00:37:05.369><c> cites</c><00:37:05.849><c> Habakkuk</c><00:37:06.389><c> again.</c><00:37:08.010><c> His</c><00:37:08.309><c> speech</c><00:37:08.690><c> must</c>

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have<00:37:09.409><c> been</c><00:37:09.730><c> included</c><00:37:10.070><c> an</c><00:37:10.469><c> exposition</c><00:37:11.030><c> of</c>

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Habakkuk<00:37:11.889><c> of</c><00:37:12.349><c> which</c><00:37:12.570><c> we</c><00:37:12.809><c> have</c><00:37:12.969><c> only</c><00:37:13.250><c> the</c><00:37:13.550><c> barest</c><00:37:14.090><c> summary</c><00:37:14.469><c> recorded</c><00:37:15.130><c> by</c>

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Luke.<00:37:16.869><c> Then</c><00:37:17.230><c> seeing</c><00:37:17.510><c> his</c><00:37:17.809><c> audience</c><00:37:18.250><c> growing</c>

00:37:18.710 --> 00:37:23.250
restless<00:37:19.230><c> his</c><00:37:19.989><c> final</c><00:37:20.510><c> quotation</c><00:37:21.110><c> repeats</c><00:37:21.710><c> the</c><00:37:22.050><c> prophet's</c><00:37:22.650><c> warning</c><00:37:22.929><c> of</c>

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judgment<00:37:23.650><c> to</c><00:37:23.949><c> come</c><00:37:24.130><c> in</c><00:37:24.409><c> a</c><00:37:24.869><c> dreadful</c><00:37:25.309><c> day</c>

00:37:25.829 --> 00:37:30.309
when<00:37:26.349><c> only</c><00:37:26.769><c> the</c><00:37:27.190><c> just</c><00:37:27.530><c> shall</c><00:37:27.849><c> live</c><00:37:28.130><c> by</c><00:37:28.449><c> his</c><00:37:28.869><c> faith</c><00:37:29.269><c> while</c><00:37:30.030><c> the</c>

00:37:30.309 --> 00:37:33.070
unbelieving<00:37:31.090><c> will</c><00:37:31.289><c> be</c><00:37:31.630><c> condemned</c><00:37:32.170><c> in</c><00:37:32.429><c> the</c><00:37:32.730><c> overthrow</c>

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of<00:37:33.309><c> the</c><00:37:33.469><c> nation.</c><00:37:34.570><c> Habakkuk</c><00:37:34.929><c> 1</c><00:37:35.130><c> verse</c><00:37:35.409><c> 5.</c><00:37:37.030><c> This</c><00:37:37.230><c> overthrow</c><00:37:37.730><c> was</c>

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by<00:37:38.329><c> the</c><00:37:38.530><c> Chaldean</c><00:37:39.489><c> but</c><00:37:40.369><c> history</c><00:37:40.849><c> repeated</c><00:37:41.429><c> itself</c><00:37:41.889><c> in</c>

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the<00:37:43.349><c> Roman</c><00:37:43.969><c> invasion</c><00:37:44.750><c> and</c><00:37:45.730><c> will</c><00:37:45.989><c> be</c><00:37:46.250><c> repeated</c><00:37:46.650><c> again</c><00:37:47.170><c> when</c><00:37:47.829><c> the</c><00:37:48.070><c> northern</c><00:37:48.530><c> confederacy</c><00:37:49.269><c> of</c>

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Russia<00:37:49.869><c> and</c><00:37:50.150><c> Europe</c>

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will<00:37:51.349><c> come</c><00:37:51.570><c> like</c><00:37:51.929><c> a</c><00:37:52.190><c> wolf</c><00:37:52.510><c> on</c><00:37:52.989><c> the</c><00:37:53.309><c> fold.</c><00:37:55.730><c> Acts</c><00:37:55.909><c> 13</c><00:37:56.550><c> verses</c><00:37:57.070><c> 42</c>

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to<00:37:57.969><c> 52.</c><00:37:59.909><c> A</c><00:38:00.150><c> light</c><00:38:00.530><c> of</c><00:38:01.349><c> the</c><00:38:01.630><c> Gentiles.</c>

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The<00:38:04.190><c> congregation</c><00:38:04.789><c> broke</c><00:38:05.130><c> up</c><00:38:05.530><c> but</c><00:38:06.469><c> the</c><00:38:06.769><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:07.289><c> in</c><00:38:07.469><c> his</c><00:38:07.750><c> audience</c><00:38:08.170><c> wanted</c><00:38:08.570><c> to</c>

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hear<00:38:08.949><c> more</c><00:38:09.329><c> during</c><00:38:09.730><c> the</c><00:38:09.949><c> week</c>

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following.<00:38:11.789><c> So</c><00:38:12.090><c> Paul</c><00:38:12.289><c> and</c><00:38:12.530><c> Barnabas</c><00:38:13.010><c> continued</c><00:38:13.610><c> to</c><00:38:13.969><c> speak</c><00:38:14.130><c> to</c>

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them<00:38:14.570><c> and</c><00:38:14.869><c> to</c><00:38:15.110><c> many</c><00:38:15.289><c> of</c><00:38:15.489><c> the</c><00:38:15.650><c> Jews</c>

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persuading<00:38:17.329><c> them</c><00:38:17.650><c> to</c><00:38:17.909><c> continue</c><00:38:18.369><c> in</c><00:38:18.590><c> the</c><00:38:18.789><c> grace</c><00:38:19.250><c> the</c><00:38:20.030><c> Greek</c><00:38:20.469><c> charis</c><00:38:21.309><c> favor</c><00:38:21.710><c> of</c><00:38:22.369><c> God.</c>

00:38:23.809 --> 00:38:27.590
Paul<00:38:24.090><c> refers</c><00:38:24.510><c> again</c><00:38:24.969><c> to</c><00:38:25.210><c> this</c><00:38:25.550><c> grace</c><00:38:25.809><c> which</c><00:38:26.070><c> is</c><00:38:26.309><c> the</c><00:38:26.489><c> forgiveness</c><00:38:26.949><c> of</c><00:38:27.269><c> sins</c>

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to<00:38:28.190><c> the</c><00:38:28.449><c> same</c><00:38:28.809><c> Galatian</c><00:38:29.469><c> audience</c>

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later<00:38:30.670><c> Galatians</c><00:38:31.349><c> 2</c><00:38:31.610><c> verse</c><00:38:31.869><c> 21</c><00:38:32.550><c> and</c><00:38:33.150><c> 5</c><00:38:33.469><c> verse</c><00:38:33.730><c> 4.</c><00:38:35.710><c> News</c><00:38:35.989><c> of</c><00:38:36.210><c> the</c>

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teaching<00:38:36.690><c> that</c><00:38:36.909><c> a</c><00:38:37.190><c> crucified</c><00:38:37.750><c> man</c><00:38:38.130><c> had</c><00:38:38.329><c> been</c>

00:38:38.610 --> 00:38:42.550
raised<00:38:38.909><c> from</c><00:38:39.190><c> the</c><00:38:39.469><c> dead</c><00:38:39.909><c> soon</c><00:38:40.690><c> spread</c><00:38:41.110><c> through</c><00:38:41.409><c> the</c><00:38:41.670><c> city</c><00:38:42.110><c> for</c>

00:38:42.550 --> 00:38:45.170
the<00:38:42.769><c> next</c><00:38:43.130><c> Sabbath</c><00:38:43.449><c> came</c><00:38:43.829><c> almost</c><00:38:44.389><c> the</c><00:38:44.690><c> whole</c>

00:38:45.170 --> 00:38:50.030
city<00:38:45.550><c> together</c><00:38:46.070><c> to</c><00:38:46.289><c> hear</c><00:38:46.510><c> the</c><00:38:46.690><c> word</c><00:38:46.869><c> of</c><00:38:47.110><c> God.</c><00:38:48.489><c> Seeing</c><00:38:48.829><c> the</c><00:38:49.090><c> multitudes</c><00:38:49.730><c> the</c>

00:38:50.030 --> 00:38:51.929
Jews<00:38:50.349><c> were</c><00:38:50.809><c> filled</c><00:38:51.150><c> with</c><00:38:51.469><c> envy</c>

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opposing<00:38:52.869><c> and</c><00:38:53.210><c> even</c><00:38:53.690><c> blaspheming</c><00:38:54.570><c> against</c><00:38:54.909><c> the</c><00:38:55.170><c> words</c><00:38:55.429><c> of</c><00:38:55.750><c> Paul</c><00:38:56.030><c> just</c><00:38:56.829><c> as</c>

00:38:57.090 --> 00:38:58.969
the<00:38:57.269><c> Jews</c><00:38:57.489><c> of</c><00:38:57.750><c> Jerusalem</c><00:38:58.250><c> had</c><00:38:58.590><c> against</c>

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Christ.<00:39:00.769><c> They</c><00:39:00.989><c> had</c><00:39:01.289><c> accused</c><00:39:01.610><c> both</c><00:39:01.989><c> Jesus</c><00:39:02.449><c> and</c><00:39:02.989><c> Stephen</c><00:39:03.369><c> of</c><00:39:03.730><c> blasphemy</c><00:39:04.750><c> but</c><00:39:05.289><c> in</c>

00:39:05.690 --> 00:39:08.510
reality<00:39:06.289><c> it</c><00:39:07.329><c> was</c><00:39:07.590><c> they</c><00:39:07.989><c> who</c><00:39:08.230><c> were</c>

00:39:08.510 --> 00:39:13.269
guilty.<00:39:10.190><c> Even</c><00:39:10.489><c> Paul</c><00:39:10.750><c> himself</c><00:39:11.289><c> had</c><00:39:11.530><c> once</c><00:39:11.789><c> been</c><00:39:12.269><c> a</c><00:39:12.670><c> blasphemer</c>

00:39:13.269 --> 00:39:16.869
and<00:39:13.869><c> a</c><00:39:14.250><c> persecutor</c><00:39:15.150><c> as</c><00:39:15.630><c> he</c><00:39:15.889><c> says</c><00:39:16.050><c> in</c><00:39:16.230><c> the</c><00:39:16.389><c> first</c><00:39:16.670><c> of</c>

00:39:16.869 --> 00:39:23.010
Timothy<00:39:17.170><c> chapter</c><00:39:17.550><c> 1</c><00:39:17.809><c> verse</c><00:39:18.110><c> 13.</c><00:39:20.150><c> Paul</c><00:39:20.570><c> being</c><00:39:20.889><c> unable</c><00:39:21.210><c> to</c><00:39:21.670><c> continue</c><00:39:22.289><c> gave</c>

00:39:23.010 --> 00:39:25.670
a<00:39:23.329><c> sober</c><00:39:23.530><c> warning</c><00:39:24.010><c> and</c><00:39:24.829><c> left.</c>

00:39:26.030 --> 00:39:31.449
In<00:39:26.449><c> his</c><00:39:26.769><c> warning</c><00:39:27.130><c> Paul</c><00:39:27.670><c> cited</c><00:39:28.130><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:28.789><c> 49</c><00:39:29.469><c> verse</c><00:39:29.829><c> 6</c><00:39:30.210><c> which</c><00:39:30.670><c> refers</c><00:39:31.190><c> to</c>

00:39:31.449 --> 00:39:33.489
the<00:39:31.570><c> work</c><00:39:31.769><c> of</c><00:39:32.090><c> Israel's</c><00:39:32.570><c> Messiah</c>

00:39:33.750 --> 00:39:38.230
but<00:39:34.170><c> Paul</c><00:39:34.550><c> extends</c><00:39:35.190><c> its</c><00:39:35.610><c> application</c><00:39:36.210><c> to</c><00:39:36.469><c> those</c><00:39:36.809><c> also</c><00:39:37.230><c> who</c><00:39:37.610><c> teach</c><00:39:37.949><c> in</c>

00:39:38.230 --> 00:39:40.570
the<00:39:38.510><c> name</c><00:39:38.789><c> of</c><00:39:39.050><c> Jesus</c><00:39:39.449><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:40.929 --> 00:39:48.110
After<00:39:41.489><c> all</c><00:39:42.130><c> the</c><00:39:42.550><c> Lord</c><00:39:42.809><c> had</c><00:39:43.070><c> said</c><00:39:43.590><c> he</c><00:39:44.489><c> that</c><00:39:44.809><c> heareth</c><00:39:45.210><c> you</c><00:39:45.849><c> heareth</c><00:39:46.369><c> me</c><00:39:47.050><c> and</c><00:39:47.909><c> he</c>

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that<00:39:48.409><c> despiseth</c><00:39:49.409><c> you</c><00:39:49.750><c> despiseth</c><00:39:50.769><c> me</c>

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and<00:39:52.210><c> he</c><00:39:52.510><c> that</c><00:39:52.849><c> despiseth</c><00:39:53.690><c> me</c><00:39:54.469><c> despiseth</c><00:39:55.670><c> him</c><00:39:56.150><c> that</c><00:39:56.690><c> sent</c><00:39:57.050><c> me.</c>

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Luke<00:39:58.110><c> 10</c><00:39:58.409><c> verse</c><00:39:58.630><c> 16.</c>

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To<00:40:00.889><c> the</c><00:40:01.130><c> Corinthian</c><00:40:01.690><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:02.110><c> Paul</c><00:40:02.349><c> wrote</c><00:40:02.809><c> now</c><00:40:04.110><c> we</c><00:40:04.489><c> are</c><00:40:05.090><c> ambassadors</c><00:40:05.809><c> for</c>

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Christ<00:40:07.110><c> as</c><00:40:07.829><c> though</c><00:40:08.190><c> God</c><00:40:08.750><c> did</c><00:40:09.230><c> beseech</c>

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you<00:40:10.210><c> by</c><00:40:10.530><c> us</c><00:40:11.269><c> in</c><00:40:11.730><c> the</c><00:40:11.969><c> second</c><00:40:12.250><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:12.849><c> chapter</c><00:40:13.230><c> 5</c><00:40:13.690><c> verse</c>

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20.<00:40:16.210><c> Although</c><00:40:16.530><c> Paul's</c><00:40:17.230><c> principle</c><00:40:17.570><c> was</c><00:40:17.889><c> to</c><00:40:18.130><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:40:18.550><c> first</c><00:40:18.730><c> and</c><00:40:18.949><c> also</c><00:40:19.289><c> to</c><00:40:19.550><c> the</c><00:40:19.690><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:20.349><c> there</c><00:40:21.510><c> was</c><00:40:21.829><c> at</c><00:40:22.090><c> Antioch</c><00:40:22.489><c> a</c><00:40:22.869><c> major</c><00:40:23.090><c> change</c><00:40:23.550><c> of</c><00:40:23.829><c> emphasis</c>

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from<00:40:24.789><c> preaching</c><00:40:25.210><c> to</c><00:40:25.510><c> Jews</c><00:40:25.989><c> to</c><00:40:26.750><c> preaching</c><00:40:27.130><c> to</c><00:40:27.449><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:28.150><c> because</c><00:40:28.590><c> Jews</c>

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had<00:40:29.230><c> judged</c><00:40:29.469><c> themselves</c><00:40:30.090><c> unworthy</c><00:40:30.710><c> of</c>

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everlasting<00:40:31.550><c> life.</c><00:40:33.829><c> On</c><00:40:34.030><c> hearing</c><00:40:34.309><c> this</c><00:40:34.630><c> the</c><00:40:34.889><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:35.909><c> glorified</c><00:40:36.789><c> the</c><00:40:37.010><c> word</c><00:40:37.230><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:37.630><c> Lord</c><00:40:37.929><c> and</c><00:40:38.889><c> as</c><00:40:39.150><c> many</c><00:40:39.389><c> were</c>

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appointed<00:40:40.429><c> King</c><00:40:40.869><c> James</c><00:40:41.329><c> version</c><00:40:41.889><c> ordained</c><00:40:43.010><c> to</c><00:40:43.510><c> eternal</c><00:40:43.969><c> life</c>

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believed.<00:40:47.190><c> Gentiles</c><00:40:47.570><c> believed</c><00:40:48.150><c> and</c><00:40:48.389><c> were</c><00:40:48.610><c> baptized</c>

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with<00:40:49.829><c> the</c><00:40:50.050><c> result</c><00:40:50.329><c> that</c><00:40:50.590><c> the</c><00:40:50.829><c> word</c><00:40:51.070><c> of</c><00:40:51.230><c> God</c><00:40:51.489><c> went</c><00:40:51.889><c> throughout</c>

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all<00:40:53.409><c> the</c><00:40:53.710><c> region.</c><00:40:55.269><c> Here</c><00:40:55.489><c> was</c><00:40:55.829><c> another</c><00:40:56.489><c> Antioch</c><00:40:57.150><c> that</c>

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become<00:40:57.789><c> the</c><00:40:58.190><c> center</c><00:40:58.510><c> of</c><00:40:58.829><c> preaching</c><00:40:59.150><c> activity.</c><00:41:00.869><c> Here</c><00:41:01.130><c> is</c><00:41:01.429><c> another</c><00:41:02.010><c> example</c><00:41:02.570><c> of</c>

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how<00:41:03.050><c> we</c><00:41:03.429><c> ought</c><00:41:03.730><c> to</c><00:41:04.150><c> preach.</c>

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First<00:41:05.730><c> establish</c><00:41:06.369><c> a</c><00:41:06.650><c> center</c><00:41:06.909><c> from</c><00:41:07.230><c> which</c><00:41:07.449><c> to</c><00:41:07.829><c> work</c><00:41:08.269><c> and</c><00:41:08.969><c> then</c>

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spread<00:41:09.730><c> out</c><00:41:10.090><c> into</c><00:41:10.369><c> the</c><00:41:10.610><c> surrounding</c><00:41:11.210><c> region.</c>

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The<00:41:14.170><c> promise</c><00:41:14.429><c> to</c><00:41:14.690><c> Abraham</c><00:41:15.130><c> that</c><00:41:15.610><c> in</c><00:41:15.949><c> thee</c><00:41:16.130><c> shall</c><00:41:16.389><c> all</c><00:41:16.710><c> families</c><00:41:17.050><c> of</c><00:41:17.289><c> the</c>

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earth<00:41:17.590><c> be</c><00:41:17.769><c> blessed</c>

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had<00:41:18.969><c> taken</c><00:41:19.269><c> another</c><00:41:19.750><c> step</c><00:41:20.110><c> forward</c><00:41:20.789><c> but</c><00:41:22.550><c> progress</c><00:41:23.210><c> is</c><00:41:23.590><c> always</c>

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attended<00:41:24.570><c> with</c><00:41:25.030><c> difficulties.</c>

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Envious<00:41:27.650><c> Jews</c><00:41:28.250><c> stirred</c><00:41:28.789><c> up</c><00:41:29.070><c> the</c><00:41:29.409><c> devout</c><00:41:29.710><c> and</c><00:41:29.989><c> honorable</c><00:41:30.309><c> women</c><00:41:30.989><c> proselytes</c><00:41:32.110><c> they</c>

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were<00:41:32.630><c> to</c><00:41:32.869><c> get</c><00:41:33.070><c> at</c><00:41:33.269><c> their</c><00:41:33.429><c> husbands</c>

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in<00:41:34.309><c> the</c><00:41:34.590><c> manner</c><00:41:34.789><c> of</c><00:41:35.010><c> the</c><00:41:35.210><c> serpent</c><00:41:35.489><c> to</c><00:41:35.809><c> Eve</c><00:41:36.210><c> and</c><00:41:36.929><c> the</c><00:41:37.190><c> chief</c><00:41:37.489><c> men</c>

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wealthy<00:41:38.349><c> traders</c><00:41:38.809><c> of</c><00:41:39.070><c> the</c><00:41:39.250><c> city</c><00:41:39.530><c> so</c><00:41:39.989><c> that</c><00:41:40.250><c> Paul</c><00:41:40.570><c> and</c>

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Barnabas<00:41:41.369><c> were</c><00:41:41.750><c> persecuted</c><00:41:42.449><c> and</c><00:41:43.070><c> expelled</c><00:41:43.469><c> out</c><00:41:43.809><c> of</c><00:41:43.989><c> their</c><00:41:44.210><c> coasts.</c><00:41:46.369><c> The</c><00:41:46.670><c> persecution</c><00:41:47.429><c> probably</c><00:41:48.389><c> a</c>

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beating<00:41:49.050><c> would</c>

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be<00:41:50.510><c> serious</c><00:41:51.309><c> if</c><00:41:52.289><c> you</c><00:41:52.489><c> refer</c><00:41:52.750><c> to</c><00:41:53.010><c> the</c><00:41:53.170><c> second</c><00:41:53.469><c> Timothy</c><00:41:53.909><c> 3</c><00:41:54.289><c> verse</c>

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11.<00:41:56.369><c> Nevertheless</c><00:41:57.110><c> they</c><00:41:57.690><c> did</c><00:41:58.309><c> bravely</c><00:41:59.130><c> return</c>

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when<00:41:59.849><c> things</c><00:42:00.269><c> had</c><00:42:00.670><c> quietened</c><00:42:01.329><c> down.</c><00:42:02.369><c> We</c><00:42:02.530><c> see</c><00:42:02.750><c> in</c><00:42:02.869><c> Acts</c><00:42:03.070><c> 14</c><00:42:03.670><c> verse</c><00:42:03.969><c> 22.</c>

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So<00:42:06.329><c> Paul</c><00:42:06.730><c> and</c><00:42:06.929><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:07.409><c> left</c><00:42:07.769><c> Antioch</c>

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shaking<00:42:09.429><c> the</c><00:42:09.750><c> dust</c><00:42:09.989><c> of</c><00:42:10.210><c> the</c><00:42:10.349><c> city</c><00:42:10.570><c> off</c><00:42:10.849><c> their</c><00:42:11.170><c> feet</c><00:42:11.369><c> as</c><00:42:11.590><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:42:12.010><c> had</c><00:42:12.389><c> recommended</c>

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as<00:42:13.690><c> a</c><00:42:13.869><c> witness</c><00:42:14.190><c> against</c><00:42:14.650><c> the</c><00:42:14.949><c> people.</c><00:42:15.730><c> That</c><00:42:15.929><c> was</c><00:42:16.170><c> in</c><00:42:16.329><c> Matthew</c>

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10<00:42:17.010><c> verses</c><00:42:17.409><c> 14</c><00:42:18.050><c> to</c><00:42:18.329><c> 15.</c><00:42:19.949><c> But</c><00:42:20.329><c> they</c><00:42:20.690><c> left</c><00:42:21.010><c> behind</c>

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a<00:42:21.909><c> new</c><00:42:22.389><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:22.829><c> of</c><00:42:23.090><c> disciples</c><00:42:23.730><c> filled</c><00:42:24.670><c> with</c><00:42:25.010><c> joy</c><00:42:25.429><c> and</c><00:42:25.690><c> with</c>

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the<00:42:26.190><c> Holy</c><00:42:26.530><c> Spirit.</c>

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Joy<00:42:28.610><c> because</c><00:42:29.030><c> the</c><00:42:29.269><c> Lord</c><00:42:29.489><c> had</c><00:42:29.769><c> said</c><00:42:30.150><c> rejoice</c><00:42:31.010><c> and</c><00:42:31.329><c> be</c><00:42:31.590><c> exceeding</c><00:42:32.349><c> glad</c><00:42:32.809><c> for</c>

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great<00:42:33.889><c> is</c><00:42:34.110><c> your</c><00:42:34.389><c> reward</c><00:42:34.750><c> in</c><00:42:35.010><c> heaven</c>

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for<00:42:35.769><c> so</c><00:42:36.210><c> persecuted</c><00:42:36.869><c> they</c><00:42:37.190><c> the</c><00:42:37.469><c> prophets</c><00:42:37.730><c> that</c><00:42:37.969><c> were</c><00:42:38.170><c> before</c>

00:42:38.570 --> 00:42:42.570
you.<00:42:39.449><c> Matthew</c><00:42:39.550><c> 5</c><00:42:40.010><c> verse</c><00:42:40.210><c> 10</c><00:42:40.489><c> to</c><00:42:40.650><c> 12.</c><00:42:42.010><c> Holy</c><00:42:42.210><c> Spirit</c>

00:42:42.570 --> 00:42:48.570
here<00:42:42.869><c> referring</c><00:42:43.289><c> not</c><00:42:44.010><c> to</c><00:42:44.389><c> power</c><00:42:44.849><c> but</c><00:42:46.150><c> the</c><00:42:46.610><c> mind</c><00:42:47.030><c> of</c><00:42:47.269><c> the</c><00:42:47.550><c> Spirit</c><00:42:47.849><c> because</c><00:42:48.230><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:42:48.789><c> was</c><00:42:49.090><c> given</c><00:42:49.289><c> to</c><00:42:49.570><c> ordain</c>

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elders<00:42:50.550><c> when</c><00:42:51.190><c> Paul</c><00:42:51.550><c> and</c><00:42:51.789><c> Barnabas</c><00:42:52.230><c> returned</c><00:42:52.889><c> to</c><00:42:53.670><c> Antioch</c><00:42:54.210><c> in</c>

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Acts<00:42:54.909><c> 14</c><00:42:55.449><c> verse</c><00:42:55.789><c> 23.</c>

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The<00:42:58.250><c> newly</c><00:42:58.610><c> baptized</c><00:42:59.230><c> disciples</c><00:42:59.849><c> had</c><00:43:00.150><c> become</c><00:43:00.530><c> followers</c><00:43:01.050><c> of</c>

00:43:01.269 --> 00:43:05.969
us<00:43:01.730><c> and</c><00:43:02.409><c> of</c><00:43:02.690><c> the</c><00:43:02.909><c> Lord</c><00:43:03.570><c> having</c><00:43:04.349><c> received</c><00:43:05.110><c> the</c><00:43:05.349><c> word</c><00:43:05.570><c> in</c>

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much<00:43:06.190><c> affliction</c><00:43:06.809><c> and</c><00:43:07.449><c> with</c><00:43:07.710><c> joy</c><00:43:08.090><c> of</c><00:43:08.449><c> Holy</c><00:43:08.710><c> Spirit.</c><00:43:09.869><c> The</c><00:43:10.010><c> first</c><00:43:10.250><c> of</c><00:43:10.449><c> Thessalonians</c><00:43:11.170><c> 1</c>

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verse<00:43:11.710><c> 6.</c>

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Would<00:43:14.909><c> that</c><00:43:15.130><c> we</c><00:43:15.329><c> also</c><00:43:15.690><c> brethren</c><00:43:16.090><c> and</c><00:43:16.369><c> sisters</c><00:43:17.070><c> maintain</c><00:43:18.769><c> this</c>

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joy<00:43:19.710><c> and</c><00:43:20.230><c> enthusiasm</c><00:43:20.969><c> in</c><00:43:21.309><c> our</c><00:43:21.590><c> calling</c>

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and<00:43:23.190><c> that</c><00:43:23.289><c> we</c><00:43:23.510><c> continue</c><00:43:24.110><c> to</c><00:43:24.489><c> develop</c><00:43:24.769><c> in</c><00:43:25.010><c> the</c><00:43:25.329><c> Spirit's</c><00:43:25.849><c> teaching</c><00:43:26.130><c> that</c>

00:43:26.369 --> 00:43:28.429
has<00:43:26.630><c> come</c><00:43:26.949><c> down</c><00:43:27.250><c> to</c><00:43:27.389><c> us</c><00:43:27.610><c> through</c><00:43:27.849><c> Luke's</c>

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record<00:43:28.789><c> of</c><00:43:29.469><c> those</c><00:43:29.829><c> wonderful</c><00:43:30.510><c> days</c><00:43:31.110><c> when</c><00:43:31.949><c> the</c><00:43:32.269><c> gospel</c><00:43:32.829><c> burst</c>

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new<00:43:34.010><c> upon</c><00:43:34.469><c> the</c><00:43:34.829><c> Roman</c><00:43:35.309><c> world.</c>

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Amen.