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messengers<00:10:37.039><c> which</c><00:10:37.340><c> kept</c><00:10:37.580><c> not</c><00:10:37.799><c> their</c><00:10:38.120><c> first</c><00:10:38.440><c> estate</c><00:10:38.759><c> fell.</c><00:10:40.879><c> The</c><00:10:41.179><c> estate</c><00:10:41.480><c> that</c><00:10:41.720><c> has</c><00:10:41.960><c> been</c><00:10:42.639><c> set</c><00:10:42.940><c> up</c>

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formed<00:10:50.080><c> then</c><00:10:50.580><c> Eve.</c><00:10:51.320><c> And</c><00:10:51.460><c> Adam,</c><00:10:51.820><c> and</c><00:10:52.000><c> the</c><00:10:52.120><c> second</c><00:10:52.299><c> one</c>

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comes,<00:10:52.840><c> Adam</c><00:10:53.200><c> was</c><00:10:53.559><c> not</c><00:10:53.860><c> deceived</c><00:10:54.399><c> but</c><00:10:54.980><c> the</c><00:10:55.299><c> woman</c><00:10:55.679><c> being</c><00:10:56.080><c> deceived</c><00:10:56.799><c> was</c>

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what<00:11:00.919><c> happened</c><00:11:01.519><c> back</c><00:11:01.940><c> there</c><00:11:02.200><c> in</c><00:11:02.480><c> Genesis,</c><00:11:03.019><c> because</c><00:11:03.519><c> of</c><00:11:03.740><c> what</c>

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happened<00:11:04.259><c> at</c><00:11:04.679><c> the</c><00:11:04.879><c> beginning</c><00:11:05.139><c> of</c><00:11:05.519><c> time,</c><00:11:06.220><c> these</c>

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events<00:11:07.899><c> were</c><00:11:08.399><c> unfolding</c><00:11:08.899><c> and</c><00:11:09.299><c> they</c><00:11:09.580><c> became</c><00:11:09.919><c> a</c><00:11:10.240><c> principle</c><00:11:10.679><c> that</c><00:11:10.980><c> God</c>

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set<00:11:11.539><c> down</c><00:11:12.000><c> for</c><00:11:12.500><c> our</c><00:11:12.919><c> benefit.</c><00:11:14.620><c> And</c><00:11:14.759><c> salvation</c>

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is<00:11:15.460><c> not</c><00:11:15.720><c> predicated</c><00:11:16.259><c> upon</c><00:11:16.840><c> what</c><00:11:17.200><c> our</c><00:11:17.620><c> status</c><00:11:17.879><c> is</c><00:11:18.139><c> in</c><00:11:18.299><c> this</c><00:11:18.600><c> life</c><00:11:18.980><c> but</c>

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what<00:11:19.720><c> our</c><00:11:20.059><c> status</c><00:11:20.340><c> is</c><00:11:20.580><c> with</c><00:11:20.840><c> God</c><00:11:21.259><c> as</c><00:11:21.639><c> he</c><00:11:21.840><c> has</c>

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determined<00:11:22.519><c> it</c><00:11:23.059><c> for</c><00:11:23.440><c> us</c><00:11:23.720><c> to</c><00:11:24.019><c> follow.</c><00:11:24.879><c> And</c><00:11:25.200><c> we</c><00:11:25.299><c> can</c><00:11:25.600><c> thank</c><00:11:25.879><c> God</c>

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that<00:11:26.879><c> he</c><00:11:27.200><c> allows</c><00:11:27.500><c> that</c><00:11:27.759><c> to</c><00:11:27.940><c> be</c><00:11:28.100><c> the</c><00:11:28.279><c> case.</c><00:11:29.200><c> It</c><00:11:29.399><c> does</c>

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matter<00:11:30.440><c> who</c><00:11:31.639><c> is</c><00:11:32.600><c> in</c><00:11:33.919><c> one</c><00:11:34.100><c> position</c><00:11:34.620><c> or</c><00:11:34.899><c> who</c><00:11:35.139><c> is</c><00:11:35.299><c> in</c><00:11:35.480><c> another.</c>

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He<00:11:36.539><c> has</c><00:11:36.940><c> set</c><00:11:37.179><c> the</c><00:11:37.419><c> principle</c><00:11:37.740><c> down</c><00:11:38.139><c> himself</c><00:11:38.740><c> first,</c><00:11:39.879><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:11:40.659><c> second,</c><00:11:41.820><c> the</c><00:11:42.019><c> man</c><00:11:42.419><c> third,</c><00:11:43.799><c> the</c><00:11:44.059><c> woman</c><00:11:44.320><c> fourth,</c><00:11:45.620><c> and</c>

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then<00:11:46.179><c> children</c><00:11:46.620><c> and</c><00:11:47.299><c> animals.</c><00:11:48.259><c> We</c><00:11:48.820><c> accept</c><00:11:49.279><c> that.</c><00:11:49.820><c> We</c>

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don't<00:11:50.240><c> fight</c><00:11:50.519><c> it.</c><00:11:50.940><c> We</c><00:11:51.259><c> fit</c><00:11:51.480><c> into</c><00:11:51.779><c> our</c><00:11:52.059><c> pattern,</c><00:11:52.899><c> develop</c><00:11:53.259><c> our</c>

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chance<00:11:54.480><c> for</c><00:11:54.779><c> salvation</c><00:11:55.340><c> and</c><00:11:55.840><c> work</c><00:11:56.120><c> at</c><00:11:56.279><c> it</c><00:11:56.519><c> in</c><00:11:56.779><c> fear</c>

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and<00:11:57.080><c> trembling.</c><00:11:59.179><c> Notwithstanding,</c><00:11:59.940><c> he</c><00:12:00.179><c> then</c><00:12:00.379><c> goes</c><00:12:00.559><c> on</c><00:12:00.799><c> to</c><00:12:01.059><c> say,</c><00:12:01.820><c> she</c><00:12:02.159><c> shall</c><00:12:02.659><c> be</c>

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saved<00:12:03.320><c> in</c><00:12:03.639><c> childbearing</c><00:12:04.600><c> if,</c><00:12:06.059><c> and</c><00:12:06.460><c> that's</c><00:12:06.799><c> the</c><00:12:07.039><c> big</c><00:12:07.220><c> word</c><00:12:07.600><c> if,</c>

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if<00:12:09.500><c> they</c><00:12:10.220><c> continue</c><00:12:10.659><c> in</c><00:12:11.059><c> faith</c><00:12:11.580><c> and</c><00:12:12.259><c> love,</c><00:12:13.600><c> holiness</c><00:12:14.019><c> with</c><00:12:14.419><c> sobriety.</c>

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So<00:12:18.620><c> if</c><00:12:19.000><c> the</c><00:12:19.360><c> attributes</c><00:12:19.740><c> of</c><00:12:20.000><c> God</c><00:12:20.259><c> come</c><00:12:20.600><c> shining</c><00:12:20.980><c> through</c><00:12:21.360><c> to</c>

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whatever<00:12:22.639><c> your</c><00:12:23.519><c> position</c><00:12:24.000><c> is</c><00:12:24.399><c> in</c><00:12:24.580><c> life,</c><00:12:24.879><c> whether</c><00:12:25.019><c> it's</c><00:12:25.279><c> a</c><00:12:25.379><c> man</c>

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or<00:12:25.740><c> a</c><00:12:25.960><c> woman,</c><00:12:26.639><c> uphold</c><00:12:27.120><c> that</c><00:12:27.419><c> position,</c><00:12:29.299><c> defend</c><00:12:29.759><c> it</c><00:12:29.960><c> with</c><00:12:30.139><c> your</c>

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life<00:12:30.679><c> and</c><00:12:31.379><c> present</c><00:12:31.759><c> it</c><00:12:31.980><c> to</c><00:12:32.200><c> Almighty</c><00:12:32.519><c> God</c><00:12:32.960><c> in</c><00:12:33.379><c> that</c><00:12:33.659><c> stance.</c>

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When<00:12:34.740><c> one</c><00:12:34.919><c> does</c><00:12:35.259><c> that,</c><00:12:36.139><c> the</c><00:12:36.340><c> pace</c><00:12:36.600><c> and</c><00:12:36.919><c> pattern</c><00:12:37.159><c> is</c><00:12:37.460><c> set</c><00:12:37.580><c> for</c>

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our<00:12:38.100><c> children</c><00:12:38.419><c> and</c><00:12:38.820><c> they</c><00:12:39.019><c> will</c><00:12:39.399><c> not</c><00:12:39.700><c> be</c><00:12:40.220><c> dissuaded</c><00:12:40.840><c> by</c><00:12:41.139><c> those</c>

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They<00:12:42.860><c> will</c><00:12:43.259><c> see</c><00:12:43.559><c> that</c><00:12:43.759><c> this</c><00:12:44.000><c> is</c><00:12:44.220><c> a</c><00:12:44.379><c> pattern</c><00:12:44.620><c> that</c><00:12:44.899><c> works</c><00:12:45.139><c> to</c>

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joy<00:12:46.480><c> and</c><00:12:46.820><c> happiness</c><00:12:47.220><c> and</c><00:12:47.759><c> peace</c><00:12:48.159><c> and</c><00:12:48.700><c> tranquility</c><00:12:49.259><c> for</c><00:12:49.620><c> all</c><00:12:49.879><c> people.</c>

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I'm<00:12:52.460><c> not</c><00:12:52.659><c> going</c><00:12:52.860><c> to</c><00:12:53.019><c> dwell</c><00:12:53.159><c> anymore</c><00:12:53.559><c> upon</c><00:12:53.940><c> that.</c><00:12:54.480><c> If</c><00:12:54.600><c> anybody</c>

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would<00:12:55.080><c> like</c><00:12:55.220><c> to</c><00:12:55.500><c> discuss</c><00:12:55.840><c> that,</c><00:12:56.059><c> I'd</c><00:12:56.259><c> be</c><00:12:56.460><c> happy</c><00:12:56.720><c> to</c><00:12:56.960><c> do</c><00:12:57.179><c> that.</c>

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talk<00:13:02.799><c> then</c><00:13:03.379><c> about,</c><00:13:03.820><c> well,</c><00:13:04.220><c> let's</c><00:13:04.480><c> get</c><00:13:04.600><c> rid</c><00:13:04.740><c> of</c><00:13:04.799><c> that.</c>

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I'm<00:13:05.759><c> going</c><00:13:05.980><c> to</c><00:13:06.240><c> talk</c><00:13:06.480><c> about</c><00:13:07.600><c> verses</c><00:13:08.179><c> 1</c><00:13:08.879><c> through</c><00:13:09.120><c> 13,</c><00:13:09.840><c> God's</c><00:13:10.200><c> plan</c><00:13:10.399><c> for</c><00:13:10.659><c> the</c><00:13:10.940><c> overseers</c><00:13:11.759><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:12.700><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:13:14.460><c> bishops</c><00:13:14.700><c> and</c><00:13:15.139><c> deacons.</c>

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Bishop<00:13:21.720><c> is</c><00:13:21.960><c> a</c><00:13:22.139><c> word</c><00:13:22.320><c> that</c><00:13:22.600><c> just</c><00:13:22.899><c> means</c><00:13:23.440><c> an</c><00:13:24.159><c> overseer,</c><00:13:25.559><c> an</c><00:13:25.860><c> elder.</c>

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It's<00:13:27.000><c> presbytery.</c><00:13:27.460><c> It's</c><00:13:27.779><c> used</c><00:13:28.159><c> interchangeably</c><00:13:29.139><c> through</c>

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these<00:13:29.820><c> scriptures</c><00:13:30.200><c> and</c><00:13:30.639><c> these</c><00:13:30.940><c> English</c><00:13:31.379><c> words</c><00:13:31.879><c> have</c><00:13:32.299><c> been</c><00:13:32.600><c> provided.</c>

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where<00:13:37.159><c> we're</c><00:13:37.460><c> stirring</c><00:13:37.639><c> up</c><00:13:37.919><c> our</c><00:13:38.200><c> pure</c><00:13:38.419><c> minds</c><00:13:38.860><c> by</c><00:13:39.399><c> way</c><00:13:39.620><c> of</c><00:13:39.919><c> remembrance</c>

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because<00:13:41.080><c> we</c><00:13:41.580><c> don't</c><00:13:41.860><c> want</c><00:13:42.139><c> to</c><00:13:42.419><c> deviate.</c><00:13:43.299><c> We</c><00:13:43.460><c> don't</c><00:13:43.700><c> want</c><00:13:43.899><c> to</c><00:13:44.159><c> vary</c><00:13:44.399><c> in</c>

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any<00:13:45.120><c> sense</c><00:13:45.379><c> of</c><00:13:45.600><c> the</c><00:13:45.759><c> term</c><00:13:46.059><c> from</c><00:13:46.460><c> what</c><00:13:46.679><c> the</c><00:13:46.919><c> scriptures</c><00:13:47.200><c> have</c>

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bishops<00:13:52.840><c> were</c><00:13:53.120><c> people</c><00:13:53.580><c> who</c><00:13:53.879><c> were</c><00:13:54.120><c> gift</c><00:13:54.600><c> or</c><00:13:55.500><c> elders</c><00:13:55.840><c> were</c><00:13:56.240><c> gift</c><00:13:56.940><c> supplied</c>

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so<00:13:58.799><c> that</c><00:13:59.019><c> they</c><00:13:59.100><c> could</c><00:13:59.399><c> lead</c><00:13:59.639><c> the</c><00:13:59.940><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:14:00.480><c> establish</c><00:14:00.980><c> the</c><00:14:01.259><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:01.659><c> in</c><00:14:01.840><c> that</c><00:14:02.000><c> first</c><00:14:02.299><c> century,</c><00:14:03.120><c> so</c><00:14:03.340><c> that</c><00:14:03.480><c> they</c><00:14:03.659><c> could</c><00:14:03.899><c> become</c><00:14:04.179><c> a</c>

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You<00:14:21.580><c> remember,</c><00:14:22.080><c> of</c><00:14:22.379><c> course,</c><00:14:23.340><c> that</c><00:14:23.720><c> a</c><00:14:24.320><c> great</c><00:14:24.519><c> responsibility</c>

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was<00:14:25.779><c> laid</c><00:14:25.919><c> on</c><00:14:26.179><c> them</c><00:14:26.419><c> and</c><00:14:26.659><c> so</c><00:14:26.879><c> it</c><00:14:27.039><c> is</c><00:14:27.240><c> with</c><00:14:27.480><c> the</c><00:14:27.659><c> brethren.</c>

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A<00:14:29.960><c> great</c><00:14:30.159><c> responsibility</c><00:14:31.059><c> is</c><00:14:31.360><c> laid</c><00:14:31.519><c> on</c><00:14:31.720><c> them</c><00:14:31.820><c> because</c><00:14:32.100><c> when</c>

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we<00:14:32.440><c> get</c><00:14:32.639><c> down</c><00:14:32.899><c> to</c><00:14:33.100><c> the</c><00:14:33.320><c> second</c><00:14:33.559><c> and</c><00:14:33.679><c> third</c><00:14:34.000><c> chapters</c><00:14:34.500><c> of</c><00:14:34.779><c> the</c>

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book<00:14:35.039><c> of</c><00:14:35.259><c> Revelation</c>

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and<00:14:36.559><c> we</c><00:14:36.840><c> find</c><00:14:37.159><c> that</c><00:14:38.600><c> a</c><00:14:39.100><c> letter</c><00:14:39.519><c> was</c><00:14:39.919><c> being</c><00:14:40.299><c> sent</c><00:14:40.580><c> from</c><00:14:40.879><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:14:41.879><c> who</c><00:14:42.500><c> had</c><00:14:42.740><c> received</c><00:14:43.080><c> it</c><00:14:43.220><c> from</c><00:14:43.360><c> his</c><00:14:43.620><c> father</c><00:14:44.000><c> through</c>

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the<00:14:44.779><c> angel,</c><00:14:45.200><c> through</c><00:14:45.580><c> John</c>

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and<00:14:46.220><c> then</c><00:14:46.440><c> on</c><00:14:46.700><c> to</c><00:14:47.440><c> the</c><00:14:47.960><c> seven</c><00:14:48.360><c> Ecclesias</c><00:14:48.940><c> and</c><00:14:49.139><c> then</c><00:14:49.500><c> on</c><00:14:49.659><c> to</c><00:14:49.940><c> us.</c>

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It<00:14:51.039><c> was</c><00:14:51.379><c> not</c><00:14:51.720><c> addressed</c><00:14:52.419><c> to</c><00:14:53.200><c> the</c><00:14:53.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:53.879><c> per</c><00:14:54.299><c> se.</c>

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It<00:14:55.460><c> was</c><00:14:55.759><c> addressed</c><00:14:56.120><c> to</c><00:14:56.360><c> that</c><00:14:56.679><c> angel</c><00:14:57.480><c> of</c><00:14:57.919><c> the</c><00:14:58.080><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:58.600><c> at</c><00:14:58.940><c> Ephesus.</c><00:15:00.659><c> Who</c>

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was<00:15:01.200><c> an</c><00:15:01.539><c> angel</c><00:15:01.860><c> of</c><00:15:02.179><c> the</c><00:15:02.379><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:02.720><c> at</c><00:15:02.980><c> Ephesus?</c>

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Of<00:15:03.700><c> course,</c><00:15:04.399><c> that</c><00:15:04.500><c> was</c><00:15:04.740><c> a</c><00:15:05.000><c> spirit</c><00:15:05.360><c> endowed</c><00:15:06.440><c> man</c><00:15:07.019><c> like</c><00:15:07.820><c> Timothy.</c><00:15:09.200><c> And</c><00:15:09.299><c> an</c>

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Ecclesia<00:15:09.840><c> could</c><00:15:10.039><c> have</c><00:15:10.279><c> more</c><00:15:10.600><c> than</c><00:15:10.919><c> one</c><00:15:11.480><c> bishop</c><00:15:12.019><c> or</c><00:15:12.419><c> elder</c><00:15:12.740><c> or</c><00:15:13.019><c> presbytery</c>

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one<00:15:14.139><c> who</c><00:15:14.399><c> had</c><00:15:14.580><c> these</c><00:15:14.899><c> gifts</c><00:15:15.139><c> to</c><00:15:15.460><c> lead.</c><00:15:16.740><c> That</c><00:15:17.019><c> letter</c><00:15:17.320><c> was</c><00:15:17.639><c> addressed</c><00:15:17.960><c> to</c>

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them<00:15:18.360><c> because</c><00:15:18.960><c> they</c><00:15:19.179><c> were</c><00:15:19.399><c> allowing</c><00:15:19.720><c> things</c><00:15:20.039><c> to</c><00:15:20.240><c> go</c><00:15:20.419><c> on</c><00:15:20.519><c> in</c><00:15:20.720><c> their</c><00:15:20.860><c> midst</c><00:15:21.039><c> that</c><00:15:21.240><c> should</c><00:15:21.519><c> not</c><00:15:21.759><c> go</c><00:15:22.080><c> on</c>

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and<00:15:23.019><c> even</c><00:15:23.399><c> though</c><00:15:23.919><c> in</c><00:15:24.500><c> Ephesus</c><00:15:24.899><c> in</c><00:15:25.259><c> particular</c><00:15:25.779><c> they</c><00:15:26.320><c> were</c><00:15:26.659><c> holding</c><00:15:27.120><c> fast</c><00:15:27.580><c> and</c><00:15:28.179><c> would</c><00:15:28.500><c> reject</c><00:15:29.000><c> those</c><00:15:29.379><c> who</c><00:15:29.679><c> claimed</c><00:15:29.860><c> to</c>

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be<00:15:30.259><c> apostles</c>

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who<00:15:30.899><c> had</c><00:15:31.360><c> lost</c><00:15:31.759><c> their</c><00:15:32.000><c> first</c><00:15:32.360><c> love.</c><00:15:33.019><c> So</c><00:15:33.120><c> he</c><00:15:33.340><c> blames</c><00:15:33.820><c> that</c><00:15:34.139><c> or</c>

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he<00:15:34.460><c> gives</c><00:15:34.659><c> the</c><00:15:34.980><c> onus</c><00:15:35.399><c> of</c><00:15:35.600><c> that</c><00:15:36.539><c> responsibility</c><00:15:37.419><c> to</c><00:15:38.000><c> the</c><00:15:38.240><c> elders.</c>

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Now<00:15:39.960><c> in</c><00:15:40.419><c> that</c><00:15:40.919><c> sense,</c><00:15:41.679><c> brethren,</c><00:15:43.419><c> we</c><00:15:43.659><c> stand</c><00:15:44.240><c> very,</c><00:15:45.179><c> very</c><00:15:46.519><c> much</c>

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in<00:15:47.759><c> the</c><00:15:47.940><c> forefront</c><00:15:48.500><c> of</c><00:15:49.200><c> God's</c><00:15:49.720><c> wrath</c><00:15:50.139><c> if</c><00:15:50.539><c> our</c><00:15:50.879><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:51.500><c> is</c><00:15:52.039><c> sliding</c><00:15:52.419><c> in</c>

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a<00:15:52.779><c> direction</c><00:15:53.139><c> that</c><00:15:53.360><c> is</c><00:15:53.679><c> not</c><00:15:54.200><c> what</c><00:15:54.500><c> God</c><00:15:54.799><c> wants.</c>

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Listen<00:15:55.799><c> to</c><00:15:55.960><c> what</c><00:15:56.100><c> this</c><00:15:56.379><c> says</c><00:15:56.899><c> and</c><00:15:57.639><c> we</c><00:15:57.820><c> must</c><00:15:58.059><c> take</c><00:15:58.340><c> it</c><00:15:58.500><c> on</c><00:15:58.700><c> this</c>

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basis<00:15:59.340><c> for</c><00:15:59.740><c> ourselves</c><00:16:00.259><c> because</c><00:16:00.899><c> there</c><00:16:01.539><c> is</c><00:16:01.840><c> no</c><00:16:02.000><c> one</c><00:16:02.179><c> else</c><00:16:02.460><c> that</c>

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this<00:16:02.820><c> could</c><00:16:03.039><c> apply</c><00:16:03.419><c> to</c><00:16:03.659><c> in</c><00:16:03.840><c> our</c><00:16:04.120><c> day.</c>

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This<00:16:05.700><c> is</c><00:16:05.960><c> a</c><00:16:06.159><c> true</c><00:16:06.500><c> saying.</c><00:16:07.419><c> It's</c><00:16:07.820><c> the</c><00:16:07.919><c> second</c><00:16:08.159><c> of</c><00:16:08.320><c> those</c><00:16:08.679><c> five</c>

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sayings<00:16:09.820><c> that</c><00:16:10.080><c> are</c><00:16:10.740><c> put</c><00:16:11.039><c> out.</c>

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If<00:16:11.399><c> a</c><00:16:11.659><c> man</c><00:16:12.279><c> desires,</c><00:16:14.220><c> that</c><00:16:14.419><c> is</c><00:16:14.840><c> really</c><00:16:15.580><c> has</c><00:16:16.740><c> this</c><00:16:18.279><c> yearning</c><00:16:19.179><c> to</c>

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have<00:16:19.899><c> the</c><00:16:20.279><c> office</c><00:16:20.620><c> of</c><00:16:20.860><c> a</c><00:16:20.980><c> bishop</c><00:16:21.340><c> or</c><00:16:21.759><c> a</c><00:16:21.960><c> bishopric,</c><00:16:22.940><c> he</c><00:16:23.399><c> desires</c><00:16:23.840><c> a</c><00:16:24.179><c> good</c><00:16:24.399><c> work.</c>

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Nothing<00:16:25.299><c> wrong</c><00:16:25.840><c> with</c><00:16:26.100><c> wanting</c><00:16:26.480><c> to</c><00:16:27.080><c> help</c><00:16:28.179><c> Ecclesias</c><00:16:29.480><c> develop</c>

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and<00:16:30.559><c> lead</c><00:16:30.759><c> them</c><00:16:30.960><c> in</c><00:16:31.100><c> the</c><00:16:31.179><c> way</c><00:16:31.360><c> that</c><00:16:31.519><c> they</c><00:16:31.720><c> should</c><00:16:31.879><c> go.</c>

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Nothing<00:16:32.340><c> wrong</c><00:16:32.720><c> with</c><00:16:32.980><c> that.</c><00:16:33.919><c> But</c><00:16:34.279><c> one</c><00:16:34.679><c> must</c><00:16:34.980><c> be</c><00:16:35.259><c> ready</c><00:16:35.580><c> to</c><00:16:38.879><c> accept</c><00:16:39.500><c> the</c>

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responsibility<00:16:40.679><c> that</c><00:16:41.000><c> goes</c><00:16:41.259><c> with</c><00:16:41.500><c> it.</c>

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Every<00:16:42.820><c> young</c><00:16:43.159><c> person</c><00:16:43.620><c> who</c><00:16:44.480><c> wants</c><00:16:44.779><c> to</c><00:16:45.059><c> really</c><00:16:45.379><c> serve</c><00:16:45.720><c> the</c><00:16:45.960><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:16:46.440><c> wants</c><00:16:46.659><c> to</c><00:16:46.960><c> become</c><00:16:47.120><c> a</c>

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minister,<00:16:48.139><c> wants</c><00:16:48.379><c> to</c><00:16:48.620><c> do</c><00:16:48.759><c> the</c><00:16:48.960><c> right</c><00:16:49.220><c> thing</c>

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and<00:16:51.039><c> says</c><00:16:51.460><c> I'm</c><00:16:51.779><c> going</c><00:16:51.919><c> to</c><00:16:52.179><c> prepare</c><00:16:52.539><c> myself</c><00:16:53.159><c> to</c><00:16:53.360><c> do</c><00:16:53.580><c> that</c><00:16:53.820><c> is</c><00:16:54.139><c> doing</c><00:16:54.379><c> a</c>

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wonderful<00:16:55.000><c> thing.</c><00:16:55.440><c> There's</c><00:16:55.580><c> nothing</c><00:16:55.820><c> wrong</c><00:16:56.120><c> with</c><00:16:56.360><c> that.</c>

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But<00:16:57.299><c> just</c><00:16:57.759><c> remember</c><00:16:58.519><c> that</c><00:16:59.639><c> requires</c><00:17:00.480><c> on</c><00:17:00.820><c> your</c><00:17:01.200><c> part</c><00:17:01.720><c> absolute</c><00:17:02.779><c> sacrifice.</c>

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If<00:17:05.299><c> you're</c><00:17:05.539><c> not</c><00:17:05.799><c> prepared</c><00:17:06.240><c> to</c><00:17:06.500><c> take</c><00:17:06.680><c> up</c><00:17:06.839><c> your</c><00:17:07.099><c> cross</c><00:17:07.440><c> and</c><00:17:07.799><c> follow</c><00:17:08.119><c> Jesus</c><00:17:08.519><c> Christ,</c><00:17:09.259><c> if</c>

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you're<00:17:09.640><c> not</c><00:17:09.839><c> prepared</c><00:17:10.220><c> to</c><00:17:10.500><c> lay</c><00:17:10.700><c> down</c><00:17:10.960><c> your</c><00:17:11.200><c> life</c><00:17:11.420><c> and</c><00:17:11.700><c> minister</c><00:17:12.079><c> to</c><00:17:12.339><c> the</c><00:17:12.519><c> Ecclesia</c>

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at<00:17:13.400><c> an</c><00:17:13.619><c> expense</c><00:17:14.039><c> to</c><00:17:14.339><c> yourself,</c><00:17:14.920><c> you</c><00:17:15.140><c> are</c><00:17:15.440><c> not</c><00:17:15.660><c> ready</c><00:17:15.880><c> to</c><00:17:16.119><c> step</c>

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into<00:17:16.640><c> the</c><00:17:17.200><c> leadership</c><00:17:17.700><c> role</c><00:17:17.960><c> of</c><00:17:18.319><c> any</c><00:17:18.900><c> organization</c><00:17:19.559><c> of</c><00:17:19.859><c> any</c><00:17:20.180><c> kind.</c>

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This<00:17:23.799><c> is</c><00:17:24.039><c> a</c><00:17:24.140><c> wonderful</c><00:17:24.720><c> thing</c><00:17:25.380><c> to</c><00:17:25.619><c> do.</c><00:17:26.740><c> When</c><00:17:26.819><c> it</c><00:17:27.000><c> talks</c><00:17:27.279><c> about</c>

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a<00:17:27.759><c> bishopric,</c><00:17:28.319><c> it's</c><00:17:28.400><c> not</c><00:17:28.599><c> talking</c><00:17:28.819><c> about</c><00:17:29.000><c> an</c><00:17:29.380><c> office</c><00:17:29.799><c> or</c><00:17:30.839><c> a</c><00:17:31.019><c> high</c><00:17:31.279><c> position</c><00:17:31.740><c> of</c>

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any<00:17:32.220><c> kind.</c>

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It<00:17:32.599><c> is</c><00:17:32.880><c> not</c><00:17:33.140><c> that</c><00:17:33.319><c> at</c><00:17:33.579><c> all.</c><00:17:34.359><c> It's</c><00:17:34.680><c> a</c><00:17:34.920><c> work</c><00:17:35.299><c> that</c><00:17:35.819><c> must</c><00:17:36.119><c> be</c><00:17:36.420><c> done</c>

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for<00:17:37.279><c> Almighty</c><00:17:37.700><c> God</c><00:17:38.099><c> and</c><00:17:38.440><c> that's</c><00:17:38.660><c> what</c><00:17:38.759><c> he's</c><00:17:39.000><c> trying</c><00:17:39.319><c> to</c><00:17:39.619><c> establish</c><00:17:40.339><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:17:41.880><c> a</c><00:17:42.019><c> true</c><00:17:42.240><c> saying.</c><00:17:42.880><c> If</c><00:17:43.059><c> a</c><00:17:43.220><c> man</c><00:17:43.420><c> desires</c><00:17:44.119><c> this</c><00:17:44.519><c> office</c><00:17:44.880><c> of</c><00:17:45.460><c> a</c>

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bishop,<00:17:46.019><c> he</c><00:17:46.279><c> desires</c><00:17:46.680><c> a</c><00:17:47.319><c> good</c><00:17:47.579><c> work.</c><00:17:48.359><c> Go</c><00:17:48.799><c> for</c><00:17:49.119><c> it.</c><00:17:50.059><c> Try</c><00:17:50.480><c> to</c>

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uphold<00:17:51.599><c> that.</c>

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But<00:17:52.380><c> listen</c><00:17:52.720><c> to</c><00:17:52.960><c> this.</c><00:17:54.819><c> A</c><00:17:54.900><c> bishop</c><00:17:55.279><c> or</c><00:17:55.519><c> an</c><00:17:55.700><c> elder</c><00:17:56.140><c> must</c><00:17:57.799><c> be</c><00:17:58.299><c> blameless.</c><00:18:00.819><c> My</c><00:18:01.180><c> word.</c>

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Then<00:18:05.019><c> we</c><00:18:05.119><c> could</c><00:18:05.339><c> only</c><00:18:05.539><c> have</c><00:18:05.740><c> Jesus</c><00:18:06.200><c> Christ</c><00:18:07.200><c> as</c><00:18:08.680><c> the</c><00:18:08.940><c> elder.</c><00:18:11.059><c> And</c><00:18:11.319><c> truly,</c><00:18:12.720><c> that</c><00:18:12.799><c> is</c>

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But<00:18:15.500><c> we</c><00:18:15.779><c> have</c><00:18:16.119><c> imputed</c><00:18:17.359><c> righteousness</c><00:18:18.019><c> to</c><00:18:18.440><c> us</c><00:18:19.119><c> if</c><00:18:19.619><c> we</c><00:18:19.900><c> acknowledge</c><00:18:20.819><c> sin,</c><00:18:23.339><c> if</c>

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we<00:18:23.779><c> turn</c><00:18:24.059><c> from</c><00:18:24.319><c> it</c><00:18:24.500><c> in</c><00:18:24.700><c> repentance,</c><00:18:26.460><c> and</c><00:18:26.660><c> so</c><00:18:26.759><c> we</c><00:18:26.920><c> can't</c><00:18:27.200><c> be</c><00:18:27.440><c> blameless.</c>

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And<00:18:28.809><c> that's</c><00:18:29.069><c> what</c><00:18:29.130><c> he's</c><00:18:29.349><c> trying</c><00:18:29.549><c> to</c><00:18:29.789><c> tell</c><00:18:29.950><c> us.</c><00:18:31.089><c> A</c><00:18:31.190><c> bishop</c><00:18:31.430><c> must</c>

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He<00:18:33.890><c> must</c><00:18:34.089><c> be</c><00:18:34.369><c> one</c><00:18:34.769><c> who</c><00:18:35.250><c> shows</c><00:18:35.789><c> that</c><00:18:36.390><c> he</c><00:18:36.910><c> can</c><00:18:37.170><c> say,</c><00:18:37.730><c> I</c><00:18:37.890><c> was</c><00:18:38.210><c> wrong</c>

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and<00:18:39.849><c> I</c><00:18:40.089><c> am</c><00:18:40.369><c> sorry</c><00:18:40.990><c> and</c><00:18:42.470><c> I</c><00:18:42.750><c> will</c><00:18:42.990><c> change</c><00:18:43.809><c> and</c><00:18:45.609><c> I</c><00:18:45.849><c> will</c><00:18:46.170><c> serve.</c>

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Blameless.<00:18:49.569><c> The</c><00:18:49.750><c> husband</c><00:18:50.130><c> of</c><00:18:50.349><c> one</c><00:18:50.569><c> wife.</c><00:18:51.269><c> Could</c><00:18:51.490><c> be</c><00:18:51.750><c> taken</c><00:18:52.170><c> two</c><00:18:52.950><c> or</c>

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three<00:18:53.349><c> ways,</c><00:18:53.589><c> I</c><00:18:53.829><c> suppose.</c>

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I<00:18:54.910><c> believe</c><00:18:55.190><c> it's</c><00:18:55.470><c> just</c><00:18:56.009><c> trying</c><00:18:56.509><c> to</c><00:18:56.789><c> say</c><00:18:57.329><c> a</c><00:18:57.650><c> married</c><00:18:58.069><c> man</c><00:18:58.809><c> must</c>

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be<00:18:59.970><c> living</c><00:19:00.549><c> according</c><00:19:01.029><c> to</c><00:19:01.289><c> the</c><00:19:01.549><c> standards</c><00:19:01.849><c> and</c><00:19:02.210><c> precepts</c><00:19:02.970><c> that</c><00:19:03.089><c> were</c><00:19:03.289><c> laid</c><00:19:03.549><c> down</c><00:19:03.829><c> by</c>

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God<00:19:04.509><c> and</c><00:19:04.970><c> not</c><00:19:05.170><c> by</c><00:19:05.390><c> the</c><00:19:05.630><c> precepts</c><00:19:06.069><c> of</c><00:19:06.190><c> the</c><00:19:06.390><c> world.</c>

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A<00:19:07.109><c> husband</c><00:19:07.450><c> of</c><00:19:07.789><c> one</c><00:19:08.029><c> wife.</c><00:19:09.630><c> Vigilant,</c><00:19:10.490><c> sober,</c><00:19:11.109><c> of</c><00:19:11.269><c> good</c><00:19:11.490><c> behavior,</c><00:19:12.250><c> given</c>

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to<00:19:12.789><c> hospitality,</c><00:19:14.029><c> apt</c><00:19:14.049><c> to</c><00:19:14.250><c> teach.</c>

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Now<00:19:14.849><c> there's</c><00:19:15.150><c> a</c><00:19:15.289><c> list</c><00:19:15.589><c> of</c><00:19:15.829><c> things</c><00:19:16.430><c> that</c><00:19:16.930><c> anybody</c><00:19:17.609><c> who</c><00:19:18.130><c> wants</c>

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to<00:19:19.130><c> be</c><00:19:19.650><c> in</c><00:19:20.289><c> the</c><00:19:20.970><c> classification,</c><00:19:21.869><c> if</c><00:19:21.970><c> you</c><00:19:22.170><c> like,</c><00:19:22.430><c> of</c><00:19:22.569><c> an</c><00:19:22.750><c> elder</c>

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has<00:19:23.650><c> got</c><00:19:23.930><c> to</c><00:19:24.130><c> take</c><00:19:24.309><c> to</c><00:19:24.509><c> his</c><00:19:24.710><c> own</c><00:19:25.009><c> self.</c>

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That's<00:19:26.769><c> an</c><00:19:26.990><c> order</c><00:19:27.170><c> from</c><00:19:27.470><c> God.</c><00:19:28.990><c> That's</c><00:19:29.490><c> a</c><00:19:29.490><c> description</c><00:19:30.089><c> of</c><00:19:30.470><c> the</c>

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attributes<00:19:31.210><c> of</c><00:19:31.650><c> a</c><00:19:31.809><c> man</c><00:19:31.970><c> of</c><00:19:32.190><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:32.289><c> you</c><00:19:32.430><c> say,</c><00:19:33.809><c> well,</c><00:19:35.289><c> we</c><00:19:36.210><c> would</c><00:19:36.470><c> never</c><00:19:36.730><c> ever</c><00:19:37.150><c> have</c><00:19:37.470><c> anybody</c>

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that<00:19:39.710><c> could</c><00:19:39.930><c> step</c><00:19:40.150><c> into</c><00:19:40.390><c> this</c><00:19:40.690><c> role.</c>

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Then<00:19:43.089><c> we</c><00:19:43.250><c> have</c><00:19:43.450><c> to</c><00:19:43.589><c> ask</c><00:19:43.849><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:44.609><c> why</c><00:19:44.750><c> not?</c>

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We<00:19:48.170><c> live</c><00:19:48.369><c> in</c><00:19:48.630><c> a</c><00:19:48.950><c> kind</c><00:19:49.210><c> of</c><00:19:50.329><c> precarious</c><00:19:51.089><c> situation</c><00:19:51.849><c> today</c><00:19:52.430><c> because</c><00:19:53.730><c> we</c><00:19:55.970><c> go</c>

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on<00:19:56.430><c> a</c><00:19:56.529><c> democratic</c><00:19:57.390><c> way</c><00:19:57.890><c> of</c><00:19:58.289><c> trying</c><00:19:58.549><c> to</c><00:19:58.829><c> put</c><00:19:58.950><c> people</c><00:19:59.490><c> into</c><00:20:00.150><c> office.</c>

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And<00:20:01.710><c> we</c><00:20:01.970><c> kind</c><00:20:02.230><c> of</c><00:20:02.509><c> think</c><00:20:02.750><c> that,</c><00:20:03.309><c> well,</c><00:20:04.089><c> because</c><00:20:04.569><c> we</c><00:20:04.750><c> say</c><00:20:04.829><c> we've</c>

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got<00:20:05.170><c> to</c><00:20:05.289><c> have</c><00:20:05.450><c> seven</c><00:20:05.869><c> arranging</c><00:20:06.529><c> brethren.</c>

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Well,<00:20:07.450><c> we've</c><00:20:07.710><c> got</c><00:20:07.710><c> to</c><00:20:07.849><c> vote</c><00:20:07.970><c> for</c><00:20:08.289><c> seven.</c><00:20:08.750><c> Why?</c>

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If<00:20:11.450><c> we</c><00:20:11.630><c> do</c><00:20:11.890><c> not</c><00:20:12.170><c> have</c><00:20:13.349><c> seven</c><00:20:13.829><c> brethren</c><00:20:14.170><c> that</c><00:20:14.750><c> meet</c><00:20:14.849><c> the</c><00:20:15.150><c> qualifications,</c><00:20:15.849><c> should</c>

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we<00:20:16.269><c> put</c><00:20:16.430><c> anybody</c><00:20:16.849><c> in</c><00:20:17.130><c> or</c><00:20:17.269><c> the</c><00:20:17.529><c> closest</c><00:20:17.769><c> we've</c><00:20:18.230><c> got?</c>

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I<00:20:18.950><c> think</c><00:20:19.230><c> not.</c>

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Now,<00:20:22.210><c> sisters,</c><00:20:24.609><c> if</c><00:20:24.849><c> you're</c><00:20:25.130><c> in</c><00:20:25.230><c> a</c><00:20:25.329><c> meeting</c><00:20:25.730><c> like</c><00:20:26.150><c> our</c><00:20:26.470><c> meeting,</c><00:20:26.990><c> you</c><00:20:27.210><c> have</c><00:20:27.450><c> the</c>

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power<00:20:28.089><c> of</c><00:20:28.369><c> a</c><00:20:28.509><c> vote</c><00:20:28.809><c> in</c><00:20:29.170><c> this</c><00:20:29.789><c> democratic</c><00:20:30.950><c> society.</c>

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And<00:20:33.750><c> what</c><00:20:33.970><c> I've</c><00:20:35.390><c> noticed</c><00:20:35.789><c> in</c><00:20:36.029><c> my</c><00:20:36.369><c> travels</c><00:20:36.710><c> is</c><00:20:37.009><c> that</c><00:20:37.289><c> sisters</c><00:20:37.910><c> seem</c><00:20:38.589><c> to</c><00:20:38.829><c> outnumber</c><00:20:39.329><c> the</c><00:20:39.630><c> brethren</c><00:20:39.849><c> in</c><00:20:40.130><c> almost</c><00:20:40.509><c> every</c><00:20:41.029><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:41.410><c> I</c>

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go<00:20:41.849><c> to.</c>

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What<00:20:43.710><c> does</c><00:20:43.849><c> that</c><00:20:44.150><c> mean</c><00:20:44.309><c> that</c><00:20:44.509><c> if</c><00:20:44.650><c> you</c><00:20:44.849><c> have</c><00:20:44.970><c> the</c><00:20:45.190><c> vote?</c><00:20:45.730><c> Should</c>

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we<00:20:46.089><c> be</c><00:20:46.250><c> aware</c><00:20:46.630><c> of</c><00:20:46.829><c> these</c><00:20:47.089><c> things?</c>

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Of<00:20:47.329><c> course,</c><00:20:48.410><c> the</c><00:20:48.589><c> power</c><00:20:48.950><c> of</c><00:20:49.230><c> the</c><00:20:49.390><c> ecclesiast,</c><00:20:49.930><c> as</c><00:20:50.490><c> far</c><00:20:50.769><c> as</c><00:20:50.990><c> elections</c><00:20:51.390><c> are</c>

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concerned,<00:20:52.690><c> rests</c><00:20:52.910><c> in</c><00:20:53.109><c> the</c><00:20:53.329><c> hands</c><00:20:53.609><c> of</c><00:20:53.910><c> the</c><00:20:54.029><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:20:57.910><c> must</c><00:20:58.170><c> be</c><00:20:58.450><c> very</c><00:20:58.930><c> much</c><00:20:59.210><c> aware</c><00:20:59.609><c> of</c><00:21:00.069><c> what</c><00:21:00.390><c> the</c><00:21:00.710><c> elders</c><00:21:00.990><c> are</c><00:21:01.730><c> supposed</c><00:21:02.109><c> to</c>

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do,<00:21:02.450><c> just</c><00:21:02.630><c> as</c><00:21:02.829><c> the</c><00:21:03.069><c> brethren</c><00:21:03.369><c> are.</c>

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And<00:21:04.309><c> you</c><00:21:04.430><c> have</c><00:21:04.690><c> to</c><00:21:04.890><c> make</c><00:21:05.049><c> a</c><00:21:05.349><c> decision</c><00:21:05.710><c> as</c><00:21:06.089><c> to</c><00:21:06.289><c> who</c><00:21:06.529><c> should</c><00:21:06.730><c> be</c>

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helping<00:21:07.990><c> the</c><00:21:08.269><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:08.650><c> get</c><00:21:08.950><c> strong</c><00:21:09.329><c> and</c><00:21:09.509><c> be</c><00:21:09.730><c> sound</c><00:21:10.069><c> and</c><00:21:10.329><c> healthy.</c>

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You<00:21:11.089><c> have</c><00:21:11.349><c> to</c><00:21:11.470><c> be</c><00:21:11.670><c> totally</c><00:21:12.029><c> aware</c><00:21:12.349><c> of</c><00:21:12.509><c> this</c><00:21:12.690><c> because</c><00:21:13.450><c> there</c><00:21:14.009><c> is</c>

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a<00:21:14.470><c> great</c><00:21:14.730><c> deal</c><00:21:15.029><c> of</c><00:21:15.490><c> strength</c><00:21:16.109><c> in</c><00:21:17.170><c> your</c><00:21:17.529><c> vote.</c>

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And<00:21:19.349><c> you</c><00:21:19.470><c> can</c><00:21:19.670><c> do</c><00:21:19.869><c> it.</c><00:21:21.009><c> But</c><00:21:21.150><c> that</c><00:21:21.390><c> means</c><00:21:21.589><c> you</c><00:21:21.769><c> have</c><00:21:22.009><c> to</c><00:21:22.190><c> study</c>

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the<00:21:22.829><c> scriptures</c><00:21:23.329><c> daily</c><00:21:24.210><c> as</c><00:21:24.569><c> well.</c>

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That<00:21:25.710><c> you</c><00:21:25.869><c> might</c><00:21:26.170><c> know</c><00:21:26.509><c> what</c><00:21:26.710><c> is</c><00:21:27.009><c> required</c><00:21:27.609><c> of</c><00:21:28.150><c> a</c><00:21:28.269><c> bishop</c><00:21:28.589><c> of</c>

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good<00:21:29.730><c> behavior,</c><00:21:31.789><c> given</c><00:21:32.029><c> to</c><00:21:32.329><c> hospitality.</c>

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Someone<00:21:34.450><c> who</c><00:21:34.609><c> is</c><00:21:34.750><c> willing</c><00:21:34.950><c> to</c><00:21:36.549><c> share,</c><00:21:37.230><c> communicate</c><00:21:37.789><c> what</c><00:21:38.089><c> he</c>

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has<00:21:38.849><c> with</c><00:21:39.130><c> those</c><00:21:39.849><c> in</c><00:21:40.329><c> the</c><00:21:40.569><c> ecclesia,</c><00:21:41.589><c> who</c><00:21:41.690><c> is</c><00:21:41.890><c> willing</c><00:21:42.130><c> to</c><00:21:42.750><c> give</c><00:21:42.930><c> of</c>

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himself,<00:21:44.230><c> be</c><00:21:44.470><c> selfless,</c><00:21:45.369><c> apt</c><00:21:45.430><c> to</c><00:21:45.690><c> teach.</c>

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Someone<00:21:47.029><c> who</c><00:21:47.289><c> is</c><00:21:49.130><c> wanting</c><00:21:49.829><c> to</c><00:21:50.450><c> put</c><00:21:50.650><c> forth</c><00:21:50.930><c> the</c><00:21:51.109><c> word</c><00:21:51.250><c> of</c><00:21:51.490><c> God,</c>

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not<00:21:52.109><c> his</c><00:21:52.329><c> own</c><00:21:52.650><c> views,</c><00:21:53.150><c> but</c><00:21:53.309><c> the</c><00:21:53.589><c> views</c><00:21:54.009><c> of</c><00:21:54.609><c> Almighty</c><00:21:54.950><c> God,</c><00:21:55.589><c> apt</c>

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to<00:21:55.890><c> teach,</c><00:21:56.930><c> wants</c><00:21:57.170><c> to</c><00:21:57.430><c> do</c><00:21:57.589><c> this,</c><00:21:57.730><c> has</c><00:21:58.630><c> this</c><00:21:58.869><c> ability.</c>

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There<00:21:59.410><c> are</c><00:21:59.849><c> a</c><00:22:00.210><c> great</c><00:22:00.210><c> many</c><00:22:01.170><c> brethren</c><00:22:01.730><c> and</c><00:22:02.009><c> sisters</c><00:22:02.289><c> who</c><00:22:02.589><c> can't</c>

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put<00:22:03.769><c> forth</c><00:22:03.950><c> the</c><00:22:04.109><c> word</c><00:22:04.250><c> because,</c><00:22:05.490><c> oh,</c><00:22:05.930><c> a</c><00:22:06.009><c> hundred</c><00:22:06.289><c> reasons.</c>

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But<00:22:10.289><c> the</c><00:22:10.569><c> one</c><00:22:11.509><c> who</c><00:22:11.990><c> is</c><00:22:12.130><c> to</c><00:22:12.390><c> stand</c><00:22:12.670><c> as</c><00:22:13.170><c> an</c><00:22:13.769><c> elder</c><00:22:14.349><c> must</c><00:22:15.529><c> be</c><00:22:15.750><c> the</c>

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one<00:22:16.569><c> who</c><00:22:17.130><c> can</c><00:22:17.289><c> say,</c><00:22:18.150><c> Thus</c><00:22:18.150><c> saith</c><00:22:18.650><c> the</c><00:22:18.950><c> Lord.</c>

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You<00:22:20.470><c> will</c><00:22:20.789><c> find</c><00:22:21.650><c> in</c><00:22:22.710><c> chapters</c><00:22:23.089><c> so</c><00:22:23.410><c>-and</c><00:22:23.609><c>-so,</c><00:22:24.069><c> in</c><00:22:24.089><c> verse</c><00:22:24.289><c> so</c><00:22:24.630><c>-and</c>

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-so,<00:22:25.529><c> this</c><00:22:25.730><c> answer.</c>

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Now<00:22:27.150><c> that</c><00:22:27.890><c> takes</c><00:22:28.690><c> time.</c><00:22:30.589><c> It</c><00:22:30.670><c> does</c><00:22:31.150><c> not</c><00:22:31.470><c> just</c><00:22:31.809><c> flow</c><00:22:32.049><c> automatically</c><00:22:32.750><c> because</c><00:22:33.210><c> we</c>

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do<00:22:33.589><c> our</c><00:22:33.789><c> readings</c><00:22:34.049><c> every</c><00:22:34.450><c> day.</c>

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That<00:22:35.130><c> does</c><00:22:35.509><c> not</c><00:22:35.809><c> bring</c><00:22:36.109><c> about</c><00:22:37.670><c> understanding,</c><00:22:39.009><c> particularly</c>

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about<00:22:40.809><c> the</c><00:22:41.029><c> Bible.</c>

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One<00:22:42.450><c> has</c><00:22:42.750><c> to</c><00:22:43.210><c> search</c><00:22:43.509><c> it,</c><00:22:44.450><c> research</c><00:22:45.049><c> it,</c><00:22:45.789><c> and</c><00:22:46.009><c> one</c><00:22:46.230><c> must</c><00:22:46.609><c> meditate</c><00:22:47.130><c> upon</c><00:22:47.410><c> it.</c>

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As<00:22:47.809><c> our</c><00:22:47.950><c> brothers</c><00:22:48.190><c> spoke</c><00:22:48.509><c> this</c><00:22:48.809><c> morning,</c><00:22:49.430><c> one</c><00:22:49.650><c> must</c><00:22:50.230><c> dwell</c>

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upon<00:22:51.029><c> that.</c>

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Let<00:22:51.690><c> it</c><00:22:51.930><c> become</c><00:22:52.289><c> something</c><00:22:52.710><c> that</c><00:22:52.930><c> is</c><00:22:53.309><c> ground</c><00:22:53.569><c> over</c><00:22:54.009><c> and</c><00:22:54.170><c> over</c>

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again,<00:22:56.430><c> a</c><00:22:56.549><c> regurgitating</c><00:22:57.390><c> of</c><00:22:57.630><c> all</c><00:22:57.829><c> those</c><00:22:58.089><c> things</c><00:22:58.349><c> we've</c><00:22:58.730><c> taken</c><00:22:58.930><c> in</c>

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that<00:23:00.549><c> we</c><00:23:00.769><c> might</c><00:23:00.930><c> come</c><00:23:01.190><c> up</c><00:23:01.369><c> with</c><00:23:01.549><c> an</c><00:23:01.849><c> answer,</c><00:23:02.230><c> an</c><00:23:02.470><c> apt</c><00:23:02.650><c> to</c><00:23:02.990><c> teach.</c>

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Not<00:23:04.849><c> given</c><00:23:05.089><c> to</c><00:23:05.390><c> wine,</c><00:23:06.109><c> of</c><00:23:06.410><c> course</c><00:23:06.769><c> not.</c><00:23:08.230><c> Not</c><00:23:08.430><c> that</c><00:23:08.650><c> wine</c><00:23:08.869><c> is</c><00:23:09.150><c> wrong.</c>

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Take<00:23:10.450><c> a</c><00:23:10.589><c> little</c><00:23:10.789><c> wine</c><00:23:11.069><c> for</c><00:23:11.269><c> thy</c><00:23:11.470><c> stomach's</c><00:23:12.089><c> sake.</c><00:23:12.630><c> But</c><00:23:12.910><c> not</c><00:23:13.390><c> a</c>

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slave<00:23:14.250><c> to</c><00:23:14.630><c> wine,</c><00:23:15.569><c> not</c><00:23:15.789><c> a</c><00:23:16.109><c> slave</c><00:23:16.369><c> to</c><00:23:16.730><c> drink.</c>

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No<00:23:17.950><c> striker.</c><00:23:22.630><c> He's</c><00:23:23.390><c> not</c><00:23:23.549><c> always</c><00:23:24.630><c> stirring</c><00:23:25.210><c> trouble</c><00:23:25.710><c> up,</c><00:23:26.869><c> always</c><00:23:27.210><c> looking</c><00:23:27.509><c> for</c><00:23:27.789><c> trouble.</c>

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The<00:23:29.789><c> phrase,</c><00:23:30.289><c> and</c><00:23:30.430><c> not</c><00:23:30.930><c> a</c><00:23:31.029><c> greedy</c><00:23:31.210><c> of</c><00:23:31.450><c> filthy</c><00:23:31.750><c> lucre</c><00:23:32.109><c> is</c><00:23:32.670><c> not</c>

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in<00:23:33.150><c> most</c><00:23:33.410><c> manuscripts,</c><00:23:34.170><c> probably</c><00:23:34.589><c> should</c><00:23:34.849><c> not</c><00:23:35.029><c> be</c><00:23:35.210><c> there.</c>

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But<00:23:36.190><c> patient,</c><00:23:38.410><c> not</c><00:23:38.609><c> a</c><00:23:38.910><c> brawler,</c><00:23:40.210><c> contentious,</c><00:23:41.690><c> not</c><00:23:42.069><c> covetousness.</c>

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Covetousness<00:23:43.490><c> would</c><00:23:43.650><c> take</c><00:23:43.890><c> in</c><00:23:44.049><c> that</c><00:23:44.250><c> idea</c><00:23:44.609><c> of</c><00:23:44.849><c> filthy</c><00:23:45.109><c> lucre.</c>

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A<00:23:47.529><c> man</c><00:23:47.990><c> who</c><00:23:48.250><c> wants</c><00:23:48.490><c> to</c><00:23:48.990><c> minister</c><00:23:49.910><c> to</c><00:23:50.269><c> the</c><00:23:50.490><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:51.789><c> must</c><00:23:53.069><c> be</c>

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selfless.<00:23:54.470><c> That's</c><00:23:54.730><c> what</c><00:23:54.809><c> that's</c><00:23:55.250><c> all</c><00:23:55.450><c> saying.</c>

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Can't<00:23:57.390><c> be</c><00:23:57.509><c> a</c><00:23:57.630><c> novice,</c><00:23:58.190><c> he</c><00:23:58.369><c> goes</c><00:23:58.609><c> on</c><00:23:58.849><c> to</c><00:23:59.089><c> say,</c><00:24:00.289><c> but</c><00:24:00.369><c> being</c><00:24:01.069><c> lifted</c><00:24:01.569><c> up,</c>

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puffed<00:24:02.730><c> up</c><00:24:02.930><c> with</c><00:24:03.230><c> pride,</c><00:24:04.009><c> you</c><00:24:04.190><c> fall</c><00:24:04.450><c> into</c><00:24:04.750><c> the</c><00:24:05.049><c> condemnation</c>

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of<00:24:06.029><c> the</c><00:24:06.250><c> devil.</c>

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Condemnation<00:24:09.630><c> of</c><00:24:09.809><c> the</c><00:24:09.990><c> devil.</c><00:24:10.869><c> Same</c><00:24:11.109><c> word</c><00:24:11.390><c> as</c><00:24:11.609><c> in</c><00:24:11.750><c> the</c><00:24:11.829><c> eleventh</c><00:24:12.190><c> verse,</c>

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as<00:24:13.170><c> slanderers.</c>

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One<00:24:16.250><c> of</c><00:24:16.390><c> those</c><00:24:16.750><c> three</c><00:24:17.109><c> things</c><00:24:17.410><c> again,</c><00:24:18.390><c> lust</c><00:24:18.529><c> of</c><00:24:18.710><c> the</c><00:24:18.930><c> flesh,</c>

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lust<00:24:19.890><c> of</c><00:24:20.069><c> the</c><00:24:20.269><c> eye,</c><00:24:20.470><c> and</c><00:24:20.690><c> the</c><00:24:20.869><c> pride</c><00:24:21.029><c> of</c><00:24:21.289><c> life.</c>

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He<00:24:22.109><c> cannot</c><00:24:23.150><c> be</c><00:24:26.230><c> falling</c><00:24:26.990><c> into</c><00:24:27.309><c> the</c><00:24:27.589><c> condemnation</c><00:24:28.230><c> of</c><00:24:28.430><c> the</c><00:24:28.549><c> devil.</c>

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He<00:24:30.289><c> can't</c><00:24:30.589><c> allow</c><00:24:30.930><c> himself</c><00:24:31.609><c> the</c><00:24:31.950><c> privilege</c><00:24:32.470><c> of</c><00:24:33.450><c> dissatisfying</c>

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self.<00:24:35.970><c> That</c><00:24:36.190><c> goes</c><00:24:36.470><c> by</c><00:24:36.730><c> the</c><00:24:36.930><c> boards.</c>

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And<00:24:39.430><c> that's</c><00:24:39.630><c> hard</c><00:24:39.990><c> for</c><00:24:40.230><c> a</c><00:24:40.369><c> young</c><00:24:40.529><c> person.</c><00:24:42.329><c> I</c><00:24:42.710><c> made</c><00:24:42.990><c> many</c><00:24:43.289><c> mistakes</c><00:24:43.789><c> when</c>

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I<00:24:44.109><c> was</c><00:24:44.289><c> young</c><00:24:44.609><c> because</c><00:24:45.450><c> I</c><00:24:46.529><c> would</c><00:24:46.750><c> be</c><00:24:47.009><c> lifted</c><00:24:47.230><c> up</c><00:24:47.549><c> by</c><00:24:47.849><c> something</c>

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someone<00:24:48.769><c> said.</c>

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Because<00:24:51.390><c> I</c><00:24:51.549><c> believed</c><00:24:51.970><c> them</c><00:24:52.329><c> if</c><00:24:52.529><c> it</c><00:24:52.670><c> was</c><00:24:52.829><c> good.</c><00:24:53.410><c> I</c><00:24:53.589><c> didn't</c><00:24:53.829><c> believe</c><00:24:54.089><c> them</c>

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if<00:24:54.369><c> it</c><00:24:54.529><c> was</c><00:24:54.769><c> bad.</c>

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As<00:24:57.309><c> I</c><00:24:57.549><c> knew</c><00:24:57.829><c> best,</c><00:24:59.950><c> I</c><00:25:00.089><c> found</c><00:25:00.490><c> out</c><00:25:00.970><c> I</c><00:25:01.430><c> don't</c><00:25:01.769><c> know</c><00:25:02.170><c> best.</c><00:25:03.529><c> God</c>

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knows<00:25:04.250><c> best.</c>

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Moreover,<00:25:07.450><c> he</c><00:25:07.509><c> must</c><00:25:07.789><c> have</c><00:25:08.230><c> a</c><00:25:08.650><c> good</c><00:25:08.849><c> report</c><00:25:09.250><c> of</c><00:25:09.430><c> them</c><00:25:09.730><c> which</c><00:25:10.009><c> are</c><00:25:10.210><c> without,</c><00:25:12.069><c> lest</c><00:25:12.309><c> he</c>

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fall<00:25:12.869><c> into</c><00:25:13.210><c> reproach</c><00:25:14.150><c> and</c><00:25:14.450><c> the</c><00:25:14.769><c> snare</c><00:25:14.930><c> of</c><00:25:15.170><c> the</c><00:25:15.269><c> devil</c><00:25:15.490><c> again.</c>

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He<00:25:17.730><c> must</c><00:25:17.970><c> have</c><00:25:18.190><c> a</c><00:25:18.349><c> good</c><00:25:18.529><c> report.</c><00:25:19.250><c> So</c><00:25:19.650><c> the</c><00:25:20.589><c> man</c><00:25:21.289><c> who</c><00:25:22.450><c> is</c><00:25:22.549><c> being</c>

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set<00:25:23.390><c> up</c><00:25:23.650><c> in</c><00:25:23.890><c> an</c><00:25:24.049><c> ecclesia,</c><00:25:24.730><c> and</c><00:25:24.890><c> we</c><00:25:25.349><c> set</c><00:25:25.609><c> them</c><00:25:25.869><c> up.</c>

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We<00:25:28.869><c> appoint</c><00:25:29.349><c> them</c><00:25:29.730><c> to</c><00:25:29.950><c> a</c><00:25:30.130><c> position,</c><00:25:31.029><c> to</c><00:25:31.250><c> a</c><00:25:31.509><c> place,</c><00:25:32.230><c> to</c><00:25:32.509><c> an</c><00:25:33.049><c> office</c><00:25:33.509><c> or</c><00:25:33.910><c> a</c>

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work<00:25:34.490><c> that</c><00:25:34.829><c> we</c><00:25:35.049><c> want</c><00:25:35.250><c> them</c><00:25:35.470><c> to</c><00:25:35.710><c> do.</c>

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A<00:25:36.529><c> man</c><00:25:36.829><c> that</c><00:25:37.089><c> is</c><00:25:37.450><c> in</c><00:25:38.250><c> that</c><00:25:38.450><c> position</c><00:25:39.089><c> must</c><00:25:39.930><c> not</c><00:25:40.230><c> only</c><00:25:40.549><c> be</c><00:25:40.829><c> a</c><00:25:41.130><c> strength</c><00:25:41.349><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:41.750><c> ecclesia,</c><00:25:43.190><c> he</c><00:25:43.349><c> must</c><00:25:43.630><c> not</c><00:25:43.829><c> only</c><00:25:44.210><c> have</c><00:25:44.809><c> the</c><00:25:45.109><c> leadership</c><00:25:45.589><c> qualities</c><00:25:46.130><c> that</c><00:25:46.410><c> will</c><00:25:46.950><c> say</c><00:25:47.170><c> this</c><00:25:47.450><c> is</c>

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the<00:25:47.829><c> way,</c><00:25:48.109><c> walk</c><00:25:48.390><c> in</c><00:25:48.589><c> it.</c>

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He<00:25:49.329><c> must</c><00:25:49.630><c> reflect</c><00:25:50.109><c> an</c><00:25:50.410><c> attitude</c><00:25:50.750><c> to</c><00:25:51.029><c> all</c><00:25:51.269><c> those</c><00:25:51.529><c> around</c><00:25:52.210><c> the</c>

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ecclesia<00:25:53.349><c> that</c><00:25:54.049><c> expresses</c><00:25:54.789><c> exactly</c><00:25:55.589><c> what</c><00:25:55.869><c> that</c><00:25:56.150><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:56.650><c> is</c>

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trying<00:25:57.150><c> to</c><00:25:57.430><c> attain</c><00:25:57.750><c> unto.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:25:59.809><c> it</c><00:25:59.990><c> be</c><00:26:00.309><c> terrible</c><00:26:00.690><c> to</c><00:26:01.009><c> have</c><00:26:01.230><c> a</c><00:26:01.829><c> recording</c><00:26:02.390><c> brother</c><00:26:02.910><c> who</c><00:26:03.410><c> is</c><00:26:03.730><c> listed</c><00:26:04.029><c> in</c><00:26:04.269><c> a</c>

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phone<00:26:04.750><c> book</c><00:26:05.069><c> where</c><00:26:05.430><c> people</c><00:26:05.750><c> from</c><00:26:06.009><c> the</c><00:26:06.230><c> outside</c><00:26:06.670><c> call</c><00:26:07.130><c> up</c><00:26:07.309><c> and</c>

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say,<00:26:07.890><c> well</c><00:26:08.069><c> what</c><00:26:08.230><c> do</c><00:26:08.349><c> you</c><00:26:08.529><c> believe?</c>

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And<00:26:08.970><c> he</c><00:26:09.029><c> says,</c><00:26:09.190><c> I</c><00:26:09.349><c> don't</c><00:26:09.529><c> know</c><00:26:09.609><c> what</c><00:26:09.750><c> we</c><00:26:10.009><c> believe.</c><00:26:11.690><c> Or</c><00:26:11.869><c> he</c><00:26:12.029><c> gives</c><00:26:12.190><c> some</c>

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off<00:26:13.589><c>-handed</c><00:26:14.349><c> retort</c><00:26:15.730><c> that</c><00:26:17.250><c> is</c><00:26:17.549><c> not</c><00:26:17.789><c> becoming</c><00:26:18.490><c> of</c><00:26:18.990><c> brothers.</c>

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He<00:26:19.569><c> reflects</c><00:26:20.170><c> upon</c><00:26:20.549><c> the</c><00:26:20.750><c> whole</c><00:26:20.930><c> ecclesia.</c><00:26:23.109><c> I</c><00:26:23.190><c> suppose</c><00:26:23.490><c> we're</c>

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all<00:26:23.930><c> aware</c><00:26:24.289><c> of</c><00:26:24.930><c> cases</c><00:26:25.569><c> where</c><00:26:27.029><c> someone</c><00:26:27.450><c> has</c><00:26:28.789><c> told</c><00:26:28.990><c> us,</c><00:26:29.450><c> oh</c><00:26:29.609><c> you</c>

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know<00:26:30.250><c> brother</c><00:26:30.869><c> so</c><00:26:31.150><c>-and</c><00:26:31.410><c>-so.</c>

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Yeah,<00:26:33.549><c> he</c><00:26:34.009><c> goes</c><00:26:34.329><c> to</c><00:26:34.630><c> our</c><00:26:34.869><c> ecclesia.</c><00:26:37.029><c> And</c><00:26:37.130><c> they</c><00:26:37.230><c> say,</c><00:26:37.329><c> oh</c><00:26:37.549><c> I</c><00:26:37.609><c> didn't</c><00:26:37.809><c> even</c><00:26:38.029><c> know</c><00:26:38.130><c> he</c>

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was<00:26:38.509><c> religious.</c>

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Isn't<00:26:41.289><c> that</c><00:26:41.490><c> a</c><00:26:41.490><c> terrible</c><00:26:41.869><c> thing?</c><00:26:44.529><c> People</c><00:26:44.789><c> must</c><00:26:45.109><c> know</c><00:26:45.529><c> who</c><00:26:45.849><c> we</c>

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are<00:26:46.710><c> and</c><00:26:47.150><c> what</c><00:26:47.369><c> we</c><00:26:47.650><c> stand</c><00:26:47.910><c> for.</c>

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And<00:26:49.069><c> anyone</c><00:26:49.450><c> who</c><00:26:49.690><c> wants</c><00:26:49.930><c> to</c><00:26:50.289><c> stand</c><00:26:50.890><c> in</c><00:26:51.569><c> the</c><00:26:51.789><c> front</c><00:26:51.930><c> of</c><00:26:52.130><c> a</c><00:26:52.250><c> group</c>

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must<00:26:54.150><c> have</c><00:26:54.369><c> a</c><00:26:54.630><c> good</c><00:26:54.809><c> report</c><00:26:55.309><c> within</c><00:26:55.750><c> and</c><00:26:57.009><c> a</c><00:26:57.170><c> good</c><00:26:57.349><c> report</c><00:26:57.829><c> without.</c>

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That's<00:26:59.730><c> what</c><00:26:59.849><c> he's</c><00:27:00.009><c> saying.</c>

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The<00:27:01.470><c> appearance</c><00:27:01.970><c> of</c><00:27:02.269><c> evil</c><00:27:02.549><c> is</c><00:27:02.950><c> not</c><00:27:03.369><c> acceptable</c><00:27:04.069><c> to</c><00:27:05.710><c> the</c><00:27:05.910><c> man</c>

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who<00:27:06.569><c> is</c><00:27:08.049><c> aspiring</c><00:27:08.569><c> to</c><00:27:08.950><c> lead</c><00:27:10.029><c> lest</c><00:27:10.630><c> he</c><00:27:10.890><c> fall</c><00:27:11.109><c> into</c><00:27:11.410><c> reproach</c><00:27:12.509><c> and</c><00:27:12.930><c> the</c><00:27:13.210><c> snare</c><00:27:13.710><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:14.529><c> world</c><00:27:14.829><c> around</c><00:27:15.250><c> him.</c>

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And<00:27:16.549><c> they</c><00:27:16.809><c> bring</c><00:27:16.970><c> a</c><00:27:17.349><c> bad</c><00:27:17.730><c> reflection</c><00:27:18.490><c> upon</c><00:27:19.130><c> the</c><00:27:19.430><c> house</c><00:27:19.630><c> of</c><00:27:19.950><c> God.</c><00:27:21.069><c> Let</c>

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it<00:27:21.509><c> not</c><00:27:21.690><c> be</c><00:27:22.029><c> so.</c>

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And<00:27:24.690><c> then</c><00:27:24.849><c> we</c><00:27:25.009><c> come</c><00:27:25.210><c> down</c><00:27:25.569><c> to</c><00:27:25.789><c> verses</c><00:27:26.250><c> 8</c><00:27:27.130><c> through</c><00:27:28.029><c> 13</c><00:27:28.849><c> and</c><00:27:30.329><c> we</c>

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come<00:27:30.710><c> to</c><00:27:30.990><c> Deacons.</c>

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I<00:27:34.609><c> skipped</c><00:27:34.950><c> a</c><00:27:35.250><c> verse</c><00:27:35.470><c> in</c><00:27:35.730><c> here.</c><00:27:37.309><c> What</c><00:27:37.529><c> verse</c><00:27:37.809><c> did</c><00:27:37.990><c> I</c><00:27:38.190><c> skip?</c>

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Verse<00:27:40.910><c> 4.</c><00:27:42.250><c> One</c><00:27:42.329><c> that</c><00:27:42.650><c> ruleth</c><00:27:42.990><c> well</c><00:27:43.210><c> his</c><00:27:43.369><c> own</c><00:27:43.630><c> house,</c><00:27:44.089><c> having</c>

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his<00:27:44.789><c> children</c><00:27:45.150><c> in</c><00:27:45.390><c> subjection</c><00:27:46.430><c> with</c><00:27:46.769><c> all</c><00:27:47.349><c> gravity.</c>

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Ruleth<00:27:49.789><c> well,</c><00:27:50.450><c> again</c><00:27:50.769><c> a</c><00:27:50.930><c> military</c><00:27:51.430><c> term</c><00:27:51.750><c> isn't</c><00:27:52.009><c> it?</c>

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It<00:27:53.309><c> is</c><00:27:53.589><c> one</c><00:27:54.329><c> who</c><00:27:57.410><c> is</c><00:27:59.109><c> more</c><00:27:59.769><c> like</c><00:28:00.049><c> a</c><00:28:00.269><c> lieutenant</c><00:28:00.869><c> than</c><00:28:02.150><c> a</c><00:28:02.369><c> general.</c>

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Because<00:28:04.509><c> the</c><00:28:05.009><c> lieutenant</c><00:28:05.430><c> in</c><00:28:05.670><c> an</c><00:28:05.869><c> army</c><00:28:06.329><c> is</c><00:28:07.150><c> one</c><00:28:07.410><c> who</c><00:28:07.730><c> stands</c>

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in<00:28:08.430><c> front</c><00:28:08.589><c> of</c><00:28:08.789><c> the</c><00:28:09.009><c> army</c><00:28:09.390><c> and</c><00:28:09.950><c> says,</c><00:28:10.430><c> come</c><00:28:10.430><c> on</c><00:28:10.650><c> let's</c><00:28:10.950><c> go.</c>

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And<00:28:11.529><c> up</c><00:28:11.690><c> over</c><00:28:11.930><c> the</c><00:28:12.069><c> hill</c><00:28:12.230><c> you</c><00:28:12.450><c> go.</c><00:28:13.269><c> He</c><00:28:13.569><c> leads</c><00:28:13.970><c> the</c><00:28:14.269><c> way.</c><00:28:14.509><c> He</c>

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takes<00:28:15.069><c> people</c><00:28:15.450><c> with</c><00:28:15.710><c> him.</c>

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The<00:28:16.490><c> general</c><00:28:17.009><c> is</c><00:28:17.390><c> at</c><00:28:17.509><c> the</c><00:28:17.630><c> back</c><00:28:17.849><c> of</c><00:28:18.069><c> the</c><00:28:18.170><c> line</c><00:28:18.769><c> working</c><00:28:19.670><c> out</c><00:28:20.029><c> plans</c><00:28:20.390><c> and</c><00:28:20.970><c> ways</c><00:28:21.349><c> to</c>

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win<00:28:22.549><c> the</c><00:28:22.789><c> war,</c><00:28:23.210><c> win</c><00:28:23.349><c> the</c><00:28:23.569><c> battle,</c><00:28:24.309><c> and</c><00:28:24.930><c> he</c><00:28:25.529><c> doesn't</c><00:28:25.789><c> get</c><00:28:26.009><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:26.410><c> front.</c>

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He<00:28:27.250><c> says,</c><00:28:27.630><c> you</c><00:28:27.730><c> go.</c><00:28:29.170><c> This</c><00:28:29.509><c> bishop,</c><00:28:30.009><c> this</c><00:28:30.230><c> elder</c><00:28:30.509><c> is</c><00:28:30.809><c> not</c><00:28:31.069><c> one</c>

00:28:31.269 --> 00:28:31.869
of<00:28:31.490><c> those.</c>

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He<00:28:32.470><c> doesn't</c><00:28:32.769><c> sit</c><00:28:33.150><c> at</c><00:28:33.789><c> his</c><00:28:34.049><c> home,</c><00:28:34.410><c> at</c><00:28:34.529><c> his</c><00:28:34.789><c> desk</c><00:28:35.109><c> or</c><00:28:35.289><c> wherever</c>

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and<00:28:36.869><c> throw</c><00:28:37.210><c> out</c><00:28:37.529><c> orders</c><00:28:37.990><c> to</c><00:28:38.369><c> be</c><00:28:38.710><c> taken.</c>

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This<00:28:39.809><c> man</c><00:28:40.470><c> is</c><00:28:41.150><c> one</c><00:28:41.509><c> who</c><00:28:41.769><c> is</c><00:28:41.890><c> in</c><00:28:42.009><c> the</c><00:28:42.329><c> front</c><00:28:42.609><c> and</c><00:28:42.789><c> he</c><00:28:42.990><c> is</c><00:28:42.990><c> saying,</c>

00:28:43.609 --> 00:28:44.450
here<00:28:43.890><c> we</c><00:28:44.150><c> go.</c>

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So<00:28:44.809><c> when</c><00:28:45.009><c> he</c><00:28:45.230><c> leads</c><00:28:45.509><c> his</c><00:28:45.769><c> household,</c><00:28:46.710><c> he</c><00:28:46.769><c> has</c><00:28:47.049><c> to</c><00:28:47.210><c> be</c><00:28:47.369><c> someone</c>

00:28:47.849 --> 00:28:51.309
who<00:28:48.230><c> is</c><00:28:48.549><c> leading</c><00:28:48.829><c> the</c><00:28:49.109><c> way</c><00:28:49.529><c> of</c><00:28:49.789><c> his</c><00:28:50.089><c> children,</c><00:28:50.690><c> of</c><00:28:50.769><c> his</c><00:28:51.029><c> wife,</c>

00:28:51.430 --> 00:28:52.789
of<00:28:51.609><c> his</c><00:28:51.869><c> family.</c>

00:28:52.990 --> 00:28:55.230
Leading<00:28:53.289><c> the</c><00:28:53.589><c> way</c><00:28:54.049><c> that</c><00:28:54.329><c> they</c><00:28:54.529><c> should</c><00:28:54.829><c> walk.</c>

00:28:55.730 --> 00:28:59.329
Not<00:28:56.009><c> saying,</c><00:28:56.549><c> well</c><00:28:56.670><c> what</c><00:28:56.890><c> should</c><00:28:57.069><c> we</c><00:28:57.289><c> do?</c><00:28:58.269><c> He</c><00:28:58.470><c> must</c><00:28:58.769><c> know</c><00:28:59.089><c> what</c>

00:28:59.329 --> 00:28:59.809
to<00:28:59.549><c> do.</c>

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Because<00:29:00.549><c> if</c><00:29:00.730><c> he</c><00:29:00.809><c> can't</c><00:29:01.170><c> rule</c><00:29:01.309><c> his</c><00:29:01.529><c> own</c><00:29:01.750><c> house,</c><00:29:02.049><c> how</c><00:29:02.170><c> is</c><00:29:02.269><c> he</c><00:29:02.309><c> going</c><00:29:02.490><c> to</c>

00:29:02.630 --> 00:29:07.289
rule<00:29:02.829><c> a</c><00:29:03.269><c> group</c><00:29:03.529><c> of</c><00:29:03.789><c> people</c><00:29:04.029><c> who</c><00:29:04.230><c> have</c><00:29:04.309><c> come</c><00:29:04.450><c> from</c><00:29:04.630><c> all</c><00:29:04.970><c> situations</c><00:29:05.690><c> and</c><00:29:05.970><c> all</c><00:29:06.529><c> backgrounds</c>

00:29:07.289 --> 00:29:11.089
to<00:29:08.130><c> weld</c><00:29:08.430><c> them</c><00:29:08.670><c> together</c><00:29:09.130><c> and</c><00:29:09.390><c> say,</c><00:29:09.710><c> this</c><00:29:09.849><c> is</c><00:29:10.109><c> the</c><00:29:10.269><c> way.</c><00:29:10.730><c> Let's</c>

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go<00:29:11.369><c> and</c><00:29:11.549><c> do</c><00:29:11.670><c> it.</c>

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And<00:29:12.049><c> so</c><00:29:12.210><c> when</c><00:29:12.349><c> we</c><00:29:12.450><c> get</c><00:29:12.630><c> down</c><00:29:12.809><c> to</c><00:29:13.029><c> deacons,</c><00:29:13.910><c> we</c><00:29:13.950><c> find</c><00:29:14.230><c> that</c><00:29:14.549><c> almost</c><00:29:14.869><c> everything</c><00:29:15.509><c> that</c>

00:29:15.690 --> 00:29:18.329
is<00:29:15.950><c> mentioned</c><00:29:16.210><c> in</c><00:29:16.369><c> the</c><00:29:16.569><c> bishop</c><00:29:16.809><c> is</c><00:29:17.289><c> required</c><00:29:17.710><c> of</c><00:29:17.890><c> the</c><00:29:18.089><c> deacons.</c>

00:29:18.369 --> 00:29:22.890
Why<00:29:18.630><c> is</c><00:29:18.930><c> that?</c><00:29:20.329><c> A</c><00:29:20.630><c> deacon</c><00:29:20.869><c> is</c><00:29:21.109><c> the</c><00:29:21.250><c> one</c><00:29:21.509><c> who</c><00:29:21.809><c> is</c><00:29:22.089><c> carrying</c><00:29:22.349><c> out</c>

00:29:22.890 --> 00:29:27.470
the<00:29:23.410><c> ideas</c><00:29:23.950><c> that</c><00:29:24.990><c> have</c><00:29:25.390><c> to</c><00:29:25.549><c> be</c><00:29:25.710><c> done,</c><00:29:25.849><c> the</c><00:29:26.170><c> actual</c><00:29:26.589><c> physical</c><00:29:27.109><c> work.</c>

00:29:27.710 --> 00:29:29.789
Oh,<00:29:27.950><c> he's</c><00:29:28.109><c> being</c><00:29:28.410><c> led</c><00:29:28.650><c> all</c><00:29:28.990><c> right.</c>

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So<00:29:32.509><c> a</c><00:29:33.029><c> bishop</c><00:29:33.250><c> picks</c><00:29:33.529><c> up</c><00:29:33.769><c> a</c><00:29:33.930><c> table</c><00:29:34.369><c> and</c><00:29:35.630><c> he</c><00:29:35.849><c> sets</c><00:29:36.009><c> one</c><00:29:36.190><c> up</c><00:29:36.390><c> and</c>

00:29:36.569 --> 00:29:39.170
all<00:29:36.829><c> the</c><00:29:37.069><c> deacons</c><00:29:37.369><c> jump</c><00:29:37.650><c> up</c><00:29:37.890><c> and</c><00:29:38.210><c> follow</c><00:29:38.490><c> that</c><00:29:38.829><c> lead.</c>

00:29:39.170 --> 00:29:42.130
And<00:29:39.710><c> they</c><00:29:39.950><c> do</c><00:29:40.210><c> all</c><00:29:40.509><c> of</c><00:29:40.650><c> that</c><00:29:40.829><c> work</c><00:29:41.009><c> and</c><00:29:41.170><c> they</c><00:29:41.470><c> set</c><00:29:41.589><c> up</c><00:29:41.789><c> the</c><00:29:41.990><c> hall</c>

00:29:42.130 --> 00:29:45.470
and<00:29:42.329><c> they</c><00:29:42.589><c> take</c><00:29:42.730><c> it</c><00:29:42.930><c> down</c><00:29:43.089><c> again</c><00:29:43.349><c> when</c><00:29:43.450><c> it's</c><00:29:44.410><c> finished.</c>

00:29:45.829 --> 00:29:49.349
The<00:29:45.950><c> deacon,</c><00:29:46.490><c> therefore,</c><00:29:47.950><c> is</c><00:29:48.210><c> in</c><00:29:48.490><c> training.</c>

00:29:50.589 --> 00:29:54.789
He<00:29:50.730><c> may</c><00:29:50.950><c> never</c><00:29:51.329><c> attain</c><00:29:51.970><c> unto</c><00:29:52.470><c> the</c><00:29:52.730><c> eldership,</c><00:29:53.250><c> but</c><00:29:53.349><c> he's</c><00:29:53.609><c> in</c><00:29:53.930><c> training.</c>

00:29:55.069 --> 00:29:59.150
He's<00:29:55.410><c> trying</c><00:29:55.609><c> to</c><00:29:56.009><c> emulate</c><00:29:56.529><c> that</c><00:29:56.950><c> which</c><00:29:57.150><c> he</c><00:29:57.490><c> sees</c><00:29:57.809><c> just</c><00:29:58.450><c> as</c><00:29:58.809><c> an</c>

00:29:59.150 --> 00:30:02.190
elder<00:29:59.569><c> is</c><00:30:00.130><c> trying</c><00:30:00.349><c> to</c><00:30:00.609><c> emulate</c><00:30:01.009><c> what</c><00:30:01.170><c> he</c><00:30:01.349><c> has</c><00:30:01.569><c> seen</c><00:30:01.730><c> in</c><00:30:01.930><c> his</c>

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Lord<00:30:02.390><c> and</c><00:30:02.609><c> Savior</c><00:30:02.869><c> Jesus</c><00:30:03.349><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:03.829 --> 00:30:07.609
One<00:30:04.289><c> who</c><00:30:04.509><c> has</c><00:30:04.769><c> surrendered</c><00:30:05.130><c> completely</c><00:30:05.789><c> to</c><00:30:06.369><c> his</c><00:30:06.630><c> Father.</c>

00:30:07.789 --> 00:30:11.569
One<00:30:08.009><c> who</c><00:30:08.250><c> has</c><00:30:08.549><c> surrendered</c><00:30:08.930><c> completely</c><00:30:09.529><c> to</c><00:30:09.789><c> the</c><00:30:09.990><c> Word</c><00:30:10.230><c> and</c><00:30:10.450><c> allowed</c><00:30:10.750><c> himself</c><00:30:11.309><c> to</c>

00:30:11.569 --> 00:30:14.589
be<00:30:12.069><c> governed</c><00:30:12.410><c> by</c><00:30:12.789><c> it</c><00:30:13.029><c> and</c><00:30:13.269><c> nothing</c><00:30:13.569><c> else.</c>

00:30:15.150 --> 00:30:18.569
So<00:30:15.309><c> a</c><00:30:15.529><c> deacon</c><00:30:15.809><c> then</c><00:30:16.009><c> has</c><00:30:16.250><c> to</c><00:30:16.410><c> have</c><00:30:16.529><c> all</c><00:30:16.809><c> of</c><00:30:16.990><c> the</c><00:30:17.130><c> same</c><00:30:17.390><c> qualities.</c>

00:30:18.690 --> 00:30:23.890
For<00:30:18.809><c> it</c><00:30:18.970><c> says</c><00:30:19.230><c> likewise,</c><00:30:19.970><c> the</c><00:30:20.049><c> deacons</c><00:30:20.329><c> to</c><00:30:20.549><c> be</c><00:30:20.849><c> grave,</c><00:30:21.470><c> not</c><00:30:22.289><c> double</c><00:30:22.809><c>-tongued,</c><00:30:23.109><c> you</c><00:30:23.109><c> know,</c><00:30:23.430><c> speak</c><00:30:23.609><c> out</c><00:30:23.769><c> of</c>

00:30:23.890 --> 00:30:24.829
both<00:30:24.069><c> sides</c><00:30:24.390><c> of</c><00:30:24.490><c> your</c><00:30:24.609><c> mouth,</c>

00:30:24.990 --> 00:30:30.089
not<00:30:25.230><c> given</c><00:30:25.450><c> to</c><00:30:25.670><c> much</c><00:30:25.950><c> wine,</c><00:30:26.369><c> not</c><00:30:26.690><c> greedy</c><00:30:26.890><c> of</c><00:30:27.150><c> filthy</c><00:30:27.450><c> lucre,</c><00:30:28.130><c> holding</c><00:30:28.450><c> the</c><00:30:28.750><c> mystery</c><00:30:29.150><c> of</c><00:30:29.329><c> the</c><00:30:29.529><c> faith</c><00:30:29.730><c> in</c><00:30:29.890><c> a</c>

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pure<00:30:30.349><c> conscience.</c>

00:30:30.890 --> 00:30:33.630
Remember<00:30:31.490><c> we</c><00:30:31.730><c> read</c><00:30:31.910><c> about</c><00:30:32.349><c> the</c><00:30:32.670><c> pure</c><00:30:32.910><c> conscience.</c>

00:30:34.109 --> 00:30:38.130
And<00:30:34.210><c> let</c><00:30:34.390><c> theirs</c><00:30:34.670><c> also</c><00:30:35.529><c> first</c><00:30:36.109><c> be</c><00:30:36.529><c> proved</c><00:30:36.869><c> or</c><00:30:37.130><c> tested.</c>

00:30:38.650 --> 00:30:41.750
Have<00:30:38.710><c> you</c><00:30:38.890><c> ever</c><00:30:39.109><c> heard</c><00:30:39.329><c> in</c><00:30:39.549><c> your</c><00:30:39.750><c> ecclesia,</c><00:30:40.289><c> you</c><00:30:40.430><c> want</c><00:30:40.569><c> a</c><00:30:40.789><c> strong</c><00:30:41.049><c> ecclesia,</c><00:30:41.609><c> but</c>

00:30:41.750 --> 00:30:43.490
have<00:30:41.930><c> you</c><00:30:42.049><c> ever</c><00:30:42.230><c> heard</c><00:30:42.390><c> in</c><00:30:42.529><c> your</c><00:30:42.750><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:30:43.730 --> 00:30:46.430
let's<00:30:44.009><c> give</c><00:30:44.210><c> them</c><00:30:44.390><c> a</c><00:30:44.529><c> job,</c><00:30:44.789><c> maybe</c><00:30:45.109><c> it'll</c><00:30:45.690><c> get</c><00:30:45.890><c> them</c><00:30:46.029><c> to</c><00:30:46.289><c> come</c>

00:30:46.430 --> 00:30:47.109
more<00:30:46.769><c> often.</c>

00:30:47.450 --> 00:30:49.609
That's<00:30:47.890><c> a</c><00:30:48.130><c> false</c><00:30:48.450><c> premise.</c>

00:30:51.309 --> 00:30:55.109
You<00:30:51.549><c> will</c><00:30:52.029><c> never</c><00:30:52.329><c> get</c><00:30:52.569><c> anything</c><00:30:53.109><c> accomplished</c><00:30:54.049><c> correctly</c><00:30:54.910><c> if</c>

00:30:55.109 --> 00:30:58.230
you're<00:30:55.309><c> going</c><00:30:55.490><c> to</c><00:30:55.690><c> just</c><00:30:55.910><c> try</c><00:30:56.109><c> to</c><00:30:56.609><c> drag</c><00:30:56.910><c> people</c><00:30:57.289><c> in</c><00:30:57.509><c> or</c><00:30:57.609><c> give</c><00:30:57.829><c> them</c><00:30:58.089><c> a</c>

00:30:58.230 --> 00:31:00.529
job<00:30:58.390><c> they're</c><00:30:58.650><c> not</c><00:30:59.130><c> willing</c><00:30:59.410><c> or</c><00:30:59.710><c> wanting</c><00:31:00.009><c> to</c><00:31:00.289><c> do.</c>

00:31:00.529 --> 00:31:03.630
You<00:31:00.829><c> will</c><00:31:01.170><c> never</c><00:31:01.470><c> have</c><00:31:01.970><c> a</c><00:31:02.230><c> strong</c><00:31:02.470><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:03.730 --> 00:31:06.150
You<00:31:03.769><c> say,</c><00:31:04.109><c> well,</c><00:31:04.390><c> if</c><00:31:04.490><c> we</c><00:31:04.589><c> don't</c><00:31:04.769><c> do</c><00:31:05.069><c> that,</c><00:31:05.329><c> there's</c><00:31:05.470><c> only</c><00:31:05.730><c> going</c><00:31:05.829><c> to</c><00:31:05.910><c> be</c><00:31:06.069><c> a</c>

00:31:06.150 --> 00:31:07.309
handful<00:31:06.490><c> of</c><00:31:06.730><c> people</c><00:31:06.930><c> doing</c><00:31:07.130><c> it.</c>

00:31:07.450 --> 00:31:12.450
Brethren<00:31:07.809><c> and</c><00:31:08.029><c> sisters,</c><00:31:09.329><c> it</c><00:31:09.470><c> has</c><00:31:09.809><c> ever</c><00:31:10.069><c> been</c><00:31:10.349><c> thus</c><00:31:10.970><c> that</c><00:31:12.029><c> in</c><00:31:12.269><c> a</c>

00:31:12.450 --> 00:31:13.269
group<00:31:12.630><c> of</c><00:31:12.910><c> people,</c>

00:31:13.630 --> 00:31:18.390
there<00:31:13.690><c> is</c><00:31:13.930><c> only</c><00:31:14.670><c> a</c><00:31:15.710><c> minor</c><00:31:16.329><c> proportion</c><00:31:17.009><c> of</c><00:31:17.289><c> them</c><00:31:17.569><c> that</c><00:31:17.910><c> do</c><00:31:18.029><c> most</c>

00:31:18.390 --> 00:31:19.609
of<00:31:18.549><c> the</c><00:31:18.710><c> work.</c>

00:31:22.069 --> 00:31:23.950
That's<00:31:22.589><c> in</c><00:31:22.970><c> world</c><00:31:23.230><c> situations.</c>

00:31:23.950 --> 00:31:29.950
You<00:31:24.130><c> will</c><00:31:24.470><c> find</c><00:31:24.730><c> in</c><00:31:25.049><c> business</c><00:31:25.470><c> activities</c><00:31:26.089><c> that</c><00:31:26.789><c> there's</c><00:31:27.089><c> only</c><00:31:27.369><c> a</c><00:31:27.690><c> small</c><00:31:27.930><c> group</c><00:31:28.170><c> of</c><00:31:28.430><c> people</c><00:31:28.809><c> that</c><00:31:29.130><c> are</c><00:31:29.390><c> causing</c><00:31:29.710><c> a</c>

00:31:29.950 --> 00:31:33.470
thing<00:31:30.089><c> to</c><00:31:30.349><c> function</c><00:31:30.630><c> and</c><00:31:30.910><c> really</c><00:31:31.369><c> produce</c><00:31:31.789><c> something</c><00:31:32.250><c> worthwhile.</c>

00:31:33.849 --> 00:31:38.289
Others<00:31:34.049><c> are</c><00:31:34.349><c> doing</c><00:31:34.750><c> a</c><00:31:35.190><c> job</c><00:31:35.690><c> and</c><00:31:36.170><c> it's</c><00:31:36.450><c> just</c><00:31:36.730><c> a</c><00:31:36.950><c> job</c><00:31:37.170><c> to</c><00:31:37.430><c> them.</c>

00:31:38.529 --> 00:31:41.890
In<00:31:38.670><c> an</c><00:31:38.910><c> ecclesia,</c><00:31:39.829><c> if</c><00:31:40.009><c> we</c><00:31:40.210><c> want</c><00:31:40.309><c> it</c><00:31:40.470><c> to</c><00:31:40.569><c> be</c><00:31:40.869><c> sound,</c><00:31:41.309><c> it</c><00:31:41.410><c> must</c><00:31:41.630><c> be</c>

00:31:41.890 --> 00:31:43.069
built<00:31:42.069><c> on</c><00:31:42.190><c> these</c><00:31:42.490><c> principles.</c>

00:31:43.329 --> 00:31:49.369
Not<00:31:43.569><c> a</c><00:31:43.849><c> novice,</c><00:31:44.569><c> not</c><00:31:44.849><c> one</c><00:31:45.109><c> who</c><00:31:45.369><c> hasn't</c><00:31:45.890><c> been</c><00:31:46.230><c> proved</c><00:31:46.589><c> to</c><00:31:47.369><c> be</c><00:31:47.549><c> given</c><00:31:47.750><c> a</c><00:31:48.130><c> responsibility.</c>

00:31:50.630 --> 00:31:55.309
And<00:31:51.150><c> when</c><00:31:51.410><c> we</c><00:31:51.569><c> let</c><00:31:51.769><c> people</c><00:31:52.210><c> know</c><00:31:52.849><c> that</c><00:31:53.589><c> we</c><00:31:53.970><c> want</c><00:31:54.309><c> them</c><00:31:54.490><c> to</c><00:31:54.690><c> serve,</c><00:31:55.029><c> we</c>

00:31:55.309 --> 00:31:57.609
want<00:31:55.630><c> them</c><00:31:55.789><c> to</c><00:31:55.869><c> be</c><00:31:56.069><c> an</c><00:31:56.329><c> integral</c><00:31:56.650><c> part</c><00:31:56.970><c> of</c><00:31:57.150><c> the</c><00:31:57.369><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:31:57.690 --> 00:32:00.849
we<00:31:57.970><c> want</c><00:31:58.309><c> them</c><00:31:58.529><c> to</c><00:31:58.670><c> be</c><00:31:58.849><c> up</c><00:31:59.049><c> here,</c><00:31:59.569><c> we</c><00:31:59.789><c> want</c><00:32:00.049><c> them</c><00:32:00.230><c> to</c><00:32:00.329><c> be</c><00:32:00.589><c> doing</c>

00:32:00.849 --> 00:32:04.470
this,<00:32:02.109><c> but</c><00:32:02.329><c> they've</c><00:32:02.670><c> got</c><00:32:02.789><c> to</c><00:32:03.069><c> prove</c><00:32:03.289><c> themselves.</c>

00:32:04.690 --> 00:32:07.369
Those<00:32:05.130><c> who</c><00:32:05.369><c> want</c><00:32:05.569><c> to</c><00:32:05.750><c> prove</c><00:32:05.890><c> themselves</c><00:32:06.369><c> will</c><00:32:06.690><c> stand</c><00:32:07.009><c> up</c><00:32:07.230><c> and</c>

00:32:07.369 --> 00:32:08.430
be<00:32:07.609><c> counted.</c>

00:32:09.029 --> 00:32:12.269
And<00:32:09.390><c> that</c><00:32:09.730><c> will</c><00:32:10.009><c> build</c><00:32:10.210><c> a</c><00:32:10.630><c> strong,</c><00:32:11.549><c> hearty</c><00:32:11.789><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:12.549 --> 00:32:16.289
That<00:32:12.890><c> will</c><00:32:13.230><c> be</c><00:32:13.769><c> something</c><00:32:14.150><c> that</c><00:32:14.329><c> will</c><00:32:14.569><c> give</c><00:32:14.789><c> glory</c><00:32:15.150><c> to</c><00:32:15.390><c> God.</c>

00:32:18.349 --> 00:32:23.529
John<00:32:18.930><c> Thomas,</c><00:32:19.289><c> when</c><00:32:19.490><c> he</c><00:32:19.809><c> established</c><00:32:20.769><c> the</c><00:32:21.950><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:22.470><c> scene,</c>

00:32:24.410 --> 00:32:28.869
he<00:32:24.650><c> felt</c><00:32:24.809><c> there</c><00:32:25.029><c> should</c><00:32:25.170><c> be</c><00:32:25.809><c> just</c><00:32:26.230><c> one</c><00:32:26.509><c> man</c><00:32:26.930><c> who</c><00:32:27.190><c> was</c><00:32:28.190><c> able</c><00:32:28.630><c> to</c>

00:32:28.869 --> 00:32:29.490
do<00:32:29.029><c> this.</c>

00:32:29.670 --> 00:32:32.289
And<00:32:29.849><c> he</c><00:32:29.950><c> should</c><00:32:30.109><c> never</c><00:32:30.349><c> be</c><00:32:30.589><c> moved</c><00:32:30.769><c> out</c><00:32:30.990><c> of</c><00:32:31.089><c> his</c><00:32:31.289><c> office.</c>

00:32:33.069 --> 00:32:37.470
Robert<00:32:33.329><c> Roberts</c><00:32:33.710><c> then</c><00:32:33.930><c> came</c><00:32:34.190><c> along</c><00:32:34.529><c> and</c><00:32:34.730><c> he</c><00:32:35.029><c> determined</c><00:32:35.849><c> the</c>

00:32:37.470 --> 00:32:39.190
best<00:32:37.769><c> of</c><00:32:38.009><c> his</c><00:32:38.490><c> understanding.</c>

00:32:39.190 --> 00:32:45.650
He<00:32:39.369><c> said,</c><00:32:41.029><c> well,</c><00:32:42.730><c> it's</c><00:32:43.089><c> got</c><00:32:43.210><c> to</c><00:32:43.390><c> be</c><00:32:43.910><c> more</c><00:32:44.250><c> diversified.</c>

00:32:45.970 --> 00:32:49.589
We've<00:32:46.289><c> got</c><00:32:46.450><c> to</c><00:32:46.589><c> let</c><00:32:46.789><c> more</c><00:32:47.430><c> and</c><00:32:47.890><c> more</c><00:32:48.150><c> get</c><00:32:48.349><c> involved</c><00:32:48.930><c> in</c><00:32:49.150><c> the</c><00:32:49.269><c> work</c><00:32:49.410><c> of</c>

00:32:49.589 --> 00:32:50.690
the<00:32:49.809><c> truth.</c>

00:32:50.769 --> 00:32:54.829
And<00:32:50.950><c> so</c><00:32:51.130><c> in</c><00:32:51.470><c> the</c><00:32:51.690><c> Ecclesial</c><00:32:52.130><c> Guide,</c><00:32:52.569><c> he</c><00:32:52.829><c> established</c><00:32:53.289><c> principles</c><00:32:53.910><c> that</c><00:32:54.369><c> most</c><00:32:54.630><c> of</c>

00:32:54.829 --> 00:32:56.069
us<00:32:55.089><c> follow.</c>

00:32:56.930 --> 00:32:59.990
Ecclesially,<00:32:58.029><c> we</c><00:32:58.230><c> follow</c><00:32:58.650><c> that</c><00:32:58.950><c> Ecclesial</c><00:32:59.509><c> Guide.</c>

00:32:59.990 --> 00:33:05.490
Toward<00:33:00.990><c> the</c><00:33:01.150><c> end</c><00:33:01.390><c> of</c><00:33:01.630><c> Brother</c><00:33:01.869><c> Robert's</c><00:33:02.410><c> life,</c><00:33:02.769><c> he</c><00:33:02.910><c> wrote</c><00:33:03.289><c> that</c><00:33:05.269><c> he</c>

00:33:05.490 --> 00:33:08.210
may<00:33:05.869><c> not</c><00:33:06.150><c> have</c><00:33:06.329><c> been</c><00:33:06.609><c> right</c>

00:33:09.170 --> 00:33:14.230
in<00:33:09.690><c> delegating</c><00:33:10.210><c> more</c><00:33:10.809><c> and</c><00:33:10.849><c> more</c><00:33:11.670><c> of</c><00:33:12.009><c> the</c><00:33:12.210><c> work</c><00:33:12.910><c> out.</c>

00:33:15.009 --> 00:33:17.670
There<00:33:15.109><c> was</c><00:33:15.250><c> one</c><00:33:15.430><c> occasion</c><00:33:15.990><c> when</c><00:33:16.609><c> he</c><00:33:16.769><c> was</c><00:33:16.990><c> in</c><00:33:17.130><c> an</c><00:33:17.329><c> ecclesia</c>

00:33:17.670 --> 00:33:21.569
where<00:33:17.890><c> there</c><00:33:18.049><c> were</c><00:33:18.250><c> just</c><00:33:18.589><c> two,</c><00:33:19.869><c> maybe</c><00:33:20.150><c> three</c><00:33:20.569><c> brethren.</c>

00:33:22.630 --> 00:33:25.809
And<00:33:22.950><c> he</c><00:33:23.029><c> was</c><00:33:23.269><c> doing</c><00:33:23.589><c> all</c><00:33:23.930><c> of</c><00:33:24.069><c> the</c><00:33:24.309><c> speaking,</c><00:33:24.849><c> he</c><00:33:24.950><c> was</c><00:33:25.210><c> doing</c><00:33:25.450><c> all</c><00:33:25.690><c> of</c>

00:33:25.809 --> 00:33:28.069
the<00:33:26.009><c> teaching</c><00:33:26.309><c> and</c><00:33:26.529><c> the</c><00:33:26.769><c> classes</c><00:33:27.250><c> and</c><00:33:27.589><c> so</c><00:33:27.869><c> forth.</c>

00:33:28.069 --> 00:33:33.529
And<00:33:28.309><c> a</c><00:33:28.450><c> brother</c><00:33:28.650><c> came</c><00:33:28.990><c> to</c><00:33:29.130><c> him</c><00:33:29.309><c> after</c><00:33:30.089><c> a</c><00:33:30.349><c> year</c><00:33:30.549><c> or</c><00:33:30.789><c> two</c><00:33:31.230><c> and</c><00:33:32.069><c> said,</c><00:33:32.509><c> well,</c><00:33:33.390><c> you</c>

00:33:33.529 --> 00:33:35.890
take<00:33:33.789><c> too</c><00:33:34.109><c> much</c><00:33:34.349><c> upon</c><00:33:34.670><c> yourself.</c>

00:33:37.089 --> 00:33:39.349
I<00:33:37.650><c> would</c><00:33:37.869><c> like</c><00:33:38.109><c> to</c><00:33:38.430><c> speak.</c>

00:33:41.430 --> 00:33:45.349
Brother<00:33:41.710><c> Robert</c><00:33:42.109><c> said</c><00:33:42.390><c> to</c><00:33:42.630><c> him,</c><00:33:43.990><c> when</c><00:33:44.130><c> you</c><00:33:44.369><c> are</c><00:33:44.630><c> qualified,</c>

00:33:45.349 --> 00:33:46.670
you<00:33:45.789><c> will.</c>

00:33:49.210 --> 00:33:53.029
If<00:33:49.769><c> we're</c><00:33:49.990><c> going</c><00:33:50.170><c> to</c><00:33:50.410><c> live</c><00:33:50.509><c> in</c><00:33:50.670><c> this</c><00:33:50.890><c> democratic</c><00:33:51.950><c> atmosphere,</c>

00:33:53.029 --> 00:34:02.930
every<00:33:54.250><c> one</c><00:33:54.490><c> of</c><00:33:54.710><c> us</c><00:33:55.769><c> must</c><00:33:56.230><c> get</c><00:33:56.569><c> the</c><00:33:57.009><c> attitude</c><00:33:57.750><c> that</c><00:33:58.750><c> when</c><00:33:59.130><c> qualified</c><00:33:59.910><c> people,</c><00:34:01.369><c> tested</c><00:34:01.670><c> people</c><00:34:02.369><c> in</c>

00:34:02.930 --> 00:34:03.630
our<00:34:03.210><c> midst</c>

00:34:03.630 --> 00:34:07.089
have<00:34:04.390><c> shown</c><00:34:04.829><c> what</c><00:34:05.089><c> they</c><00:34:05.430><c> want</c><00:34:05.670><c> with</c><00:34:05.910><c> all</c><00:34:06.109><c> their</c><00:34:06.329><c> heart,</c><00:34:06.769><c> soul,</c>

00:34:07.190 --> 00:34:08.050
mind<00:34:07.430><c> and</c><00:34:07.630><c> strength,</c>

00:34:08.409 --> 00:34:13.070
then<00:34:08.510><c> we</c><00:34:08.670><c> should</c><00:34:08.949><c> urge</c><00:34:09.469><c> them</c><00:34:10.150><c> and</c><00:34:10.849><c> move</c><00:34:11.170><c> them</c><00:34:11.510><c> into</c><00:34:11.809><c> the</c><00:34:12.050><c> position</c><00:34:12.510><c> that</c>

00:34:13.070 --> 00:34:14.449
will<00:34:13.429><c> help</c><00:34:13.710><c> our</c><00:34:14.030><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:34:14.449 --> 00:34:18.230
move<00:34:14.829><c> forward</c><00:34:15.269><c> in</c><00:34:15.670><c> strength</c><00:34:16.010><c> and</c><00:34:16.809><c> do</c><00:34:17.170><c> the</c><00:34:17.369><c> right</c><00:34:17.630><c> thing.</c>

00:34:18.230 --> 00:34:20.690
Not<00:34:18.750><c> wishy</c><00:34:19.289><c>-washy</c><00:34:19.610><c> people.</c>

00:34:21.429 --> 00:34:24.250
Not<00:34:21.449><c> who</c><00:34:21.630><c> loves</c><00:34:21.929><c> everybody</c><00:34:22.550><c> so</c><00:34:22.929><c> much</c><00:34:23.110><c> so</c><00:34:23.349><c> that</c><00:34:23.630><c> whatever</c><00:34:23.949><c> you</c>

00:34:24.250 --> 00:34:25.190
do<00:34:24.389><c> is</c><00:34:24.690><c> all</c><00:34:24.889><c> right.</c>

00:34:25.630 --> 00:34:28.530
But<00:34:25.789><c> one</c><00:34:26.150><c> who</c><00:34:26.329><c> loves</c><00:34:26.670><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:27.170><c> more</c><00:34:27.510><c> than</c><00:34:27.710><c> anything</c><00:34:28.070><c> else</c><00:34:28.369><c> in</c>

00:34:28.530 --> 00:34:29.570
the<00:34:28.690><c> world</c><00:34:28.969><c> and</c><00:34:29.369><c> says,</c>

00:34:29.710 --> 00:34:32.929
I<00:34:29.710><c> will</c><00:34:29.989><c> hold</c><00:34:30.289><c> to</c><00:34:30.570><c> that</c><00:34:30.849><c> regardless</c><00:34:31.369><c> of</c><00:34:31.670><c> opinion,</c><00:34:32.349><c> regardless</c>

00:34:32.929 --> 00:34:35.630
of<00:34:33.210><c> how</c><00:34:33.389><c> I</c><00:34:33.829><c> am</c><00:34:34.170><c> in</c><00:34:34.389><c> your</c><00:34:34.690><c> eyes.</c>

00:34:35.730 --> 00:34:38.570
I<00:34:35.929><c> want</c><00:34:36.250><c> to</c><00:34:36.969><c> uphold</c><00:34:37.309><c> my</c><00:34:37.730><c> God.</c>

00:34:38.630 --> 00:34:42.409
Strong<00:34:38.969><c> Ecclesia</c><00:34:39.530><c> is</c><00:34:40.050><c> based</c><00:34:40.349><c> upon</c><00:34:40.670><c> these</c><00:34:40.969><c> principles</c><00:34:41.449><c> here.</c>

00:34:43.090 --> 00:34:45.690
First<00:34:43.730><c> be</c><00:34:44.130><c> proved</c><00:34:44.469><c> in</c><00:34:44.670><c> verse</c><00:34:45.010><c> 10,</c><00:34:45.289><c> he</c><00:34:45.449><c> says.</c>

00:34:46.010 --> 00:34:49.650
Then<00:34:46.329><c> let</c><00:34:46.590><c> them</c><00:34:46.909><c> use</c><00:34:47.289><c> the</c><00:34:47.750><c> office</c><00:34:48.150><c> of</c><00:34:48.409><c> a</c><00:34:48.550><c> deacon</c><00:34:48.869><c> or</c><00:34:49.170><c> the</c><00:34:49.429><c> work</c>

00:34:49.650 --> 00:34:52.849
of<00:34:49.969><c> the</c><00:34:50.389><c> deacon</c><00:34:50.750><c> being</c><00:34:51.449><c> blameless.</c>

00:34:54.329 --> 00:34:56.070
Could<00:34:54.630><c> we</c><00:34:54.809><c> do</c><00:34:55.050><c> this?</c>

00:34:56.349 --> 00:34:58.050
Of<00:34:56.570><c> course</c><00:34:56.750><c> we</c><00:34:57.030><c> could.</c>

00:34:59.489 --> 00:35:01.429
Will<00:34:59.690><c> we</c><00:34:59.909><c> do</c><00:35:00.170><c> this?</c>

00:35:03.670 --> 00:35:05.710
Not<00:35:04.309><c> very</c><00:35:04.690><c> probable.</c>

00:35:07.269 --> 00:35:13.570
In<00:35:07.869><c> the</c><00:35:08.010><c> United</c><00:35:08.369><c> States,</c><00:35:08.849><c> of</c><00:35:09.150><c> course,</c><00:35:10.570><c> we're</c><00:35:10.750><c> built</c><00:35:11.090><c> on,</c><00:35:12.090><c> we're</c><00:35:12.329><c> all</c><00:35:12.590><c> equal.</c>

00:35:14.670 --> 00:35:16.909
And<00:35:14.969><c> we</c><00:35:15.090><c> grow</c><00:35:15.250><c> up</c><00:35:15.469><c> as</c><00:35:15.630><c> though</c><00:35:15.789><c> we</c><00:35:16.070><c> believe</c><00:35:16.250><c> that.</c>

00:35:16.989 --> 00:35:18.429
And<00:35:17.230><c> we're</c><00:35:17.429><c> not.</c>

00:35:19.809 --> 00:35:23.829
There<00:35:20.050><c> is</c><00:35:20.269><c> a</c><00:35:20.550><c> degree</c><00:35:21.070><c> of</c><00:35:22.070><c> knowledge</c><00:35:22.449><c> and</c><00:35:22.750><c> understanding.</c>

00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:28.130
Some<00:35:25.510><c> have</c><00:35:25.909><c> more</c><00:35:26.289><c> qualities</c><00:35:26.829><c> than</c><00:35:27.130><c> others.</c>

00:35:28.969 --> 00:35:32.590
In<00:35:29.130><c> the</c><00:35:29.329><c> sight</c><00:35:29.469><c> of</c><00:35:29.710><c> God,</c><00:35:30.030><c> salvation</c><00:35:30.469><c> is</c><00:35:30.730><c> not</c><00:35:30.889><c> predicated</c><00:35:31.409><c> upon</c><00:35:31.750><c> that.</c>

00:35:32.849 --> 00:35:35.949
That<00:35:33.449><c> he</c><00:35:33.630><c> uses</c><00:35:33.989><c> everything</c><00:35:34.389><c> he's</c><00:35:34.769><c> got.</c>

00:35:37.550 --> 00:35:40.530
This<00:35:37.690><c> is</c><00:35:37.909><c> a</c><00:35:38.030><c> country</c><00:35:38.309><c> created</c><00:35:39.050><c> with</c><00:35:39.530><c> the</c><00:35:39.769><c> concept</c><00:35:40.130><c> that</c><00:35:40.369><c> all</c>

00:35:40.530 --> 00:35:41.550
men<00:35:40.690><c> are</c><00:35:40.949><c> created</c><00:35:41.269><c> equal.</c>

00:35:41.789 --> 00:35:43.530
It's<00:35:41.829><c> not</c><00:35:42.110><c> true.</c>

00:35:44.650 --> 00:35:48.550
But<00:35:44.869><c> nonetheless,</c><00:35:47.030><c> we</c><00:35:47.230><c> can</c><00:35:47.449><c> all</c><00:35:47.710><c> be</c><00:35:48.010><c> ministers.</c>

00:35:48.849 --> 00:35:53.449
At<00:35:49.210><c> whatever</c><00:35:49.730><c> level,</c><00:35:51.210><c> we're</c><00:35:51.409><c> capable</c><00:35:51.929><c> of</c><00:35:52.230><c> ministering.</c>

00:35:53.650 --> 00:35:57.170
And<00:35:53.909><c> God</c><00:35:54.110><c> will</c><00:35:54.429><c> accept</c><00:35:54.849><c> that,</c><00:35:56.050><c> want</c><00:35:56.329><c> it</c><00:35:56.670><c> to</c><00:35:56.889><c> happen.</c>

00:35:57.170 --> 00:36:09.190
So<00:35:57.909><c> he</c><00:35:58.130><c> says,</c><00:35:59.349><c> even</c><00:35:59.550><c> so</c><00:35:59.849><c> must</c><00:36:00.070><c> their</c><00:36:00.349><c> wives</c><00:36:00.889><c> be</c><00:36:02.449><c> grave,</c><00:36:04.530><c> not</c><00:36:04.909><c> devils,</c><00:36:06.789><c> slanders,</c><00:36:07.949><c> sober,</c><00:36:08.690><c> faithful</c><00:36:08.969><c> in</c>

00:36:09.190 --> 00:36:09.889
all<00:36:09.489><c> things.</c>

00:36:10.110 --> 00:36:16.550
Sisters,<00:36:13.590><c> when</c><00:36:13.730><c> you</c><00:36:13.909><c> marry</c><00:36:14.170><c> a</c><00:36:14.389><c> man,</c><00:36:14.989><c> what</c><00:36:15.150><c> do</c><00:36:15.369><c> you</c><00:36:15.369><c> want</c><00:36:15.530><c> for</c><00:36:15.730><c> him?</c>

00:36:17.329 --> 00:36:20.570
You<00:36:17.630><c> want</c><00:36:17.829><c> him</c><00:36:18.070><c> to</c><00:36:18.289><c> be</c><00:36:18.849><c> an</c><00:36:19.170><c> integral</c><00:36:19.530><c> part</c><00:36:19.869><c> of</c><00:36:20.010><c> the</c><00:36:20.190><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:20.570 --> 00:36:24.630
You<00:36:20.730><c> want</c><00:36:21.030><c> him</c><00:36:21.230><c> to</c><00:36:21.389><c> be</c><00:36:21.670><c> someone</c><00:36:22.190><c> who</c><00:36:22.590><c> is</c><00:36:22.869><c> going</c><00:36:23.030><c> to</c><00:36:23.250><c> be</c><00:36:23.969><c> capable</c>

00:36:24.630 --> 00:36:28.489
of<00:36:25.349><c> saying</c><00:36:25.730><c> to</c><00:36:26.250><c> other</c><00:36:26.530><c> people,</c><00:36:27.050><c> this</c><00:36:27.190><c> is</c><00:36:27.429><c> the</c><00:36:27.610><c> way,</c><00:36:27.949><c> walk</c><00:36:28.150><c> in</c><00:36:28.329><c> it.</c>

00:36:28.650 --> 00:36:31.510
What<00:36:28.869><c> are</c><00:36:29.030><c> you</c><00:36:29.210><c> doing</c><00:36:29.409><c> to</c><00:36:29.670><c> help</c><00:36:29.829><c> him</c><00:36:30.110><c> attain</c><00:36:30.409><c> that?</c>

00:36:35.650 --> 00:36:39.530
What's<00:36:36.210><c> the</c><00:36:36.369><c> old</c><00:36:36.710><c> phrase</c><00:36:37.110><c> that</c><00:36:37.289><c> goes,</c><00:36:37.449><c> behind</c><00:36:37.750><c> every</c><00:36:38.369><c> good</c><00:36:38.769><c> man</c><00:36:39.050><c> there's</c><00:36:39.329><c> a</c>

00:36:39.530 --> 00:36:41.730
strong<00:36:39.849><c> woman</c><00:36:40.070><c> or</c><00:36:40.269><c> something</c><00:36:40.590><c> of</c><00:36:40.809><c> that</c><00:36:40.989><c> nature?</c>

00:36:43.349 --> 00:36:49.230
Well,<00:36:46.690><c> women</c><00:36:46.949><c> are</c><00:36:47.230><c> very,</c><00:36:47.909><c> very</c><00:36:48.670><c> strong.</c>

00:36:49.230 --> 00:36:54.710
When<00:36:50.489><c> he</c><00:36:50.690><c> speaks</c><00:36:51.030><c> of</c><00:36:52.030><c> strength</c><00:36:52.590><c> and</c><00:36:52.889><c> weakness</c><00:36:53.510><c> in</c><00:36:54.170><c> a</c><00:36:54.329><c> physical</c>

00:36:54.710 --> 00:36:55.769
nature,<00:36:55.090><c> it</c><00:36:55.230><c> is</c><00:36:55.510><c> true.</c>

00:36:55.869 --> 00:36:59.050
The<00:36:56.050><c> man</c><00:36:56.269><c> can</c><00:36:57.170><c> pick</c><00:36:57.469><c> up</c><00:36:57.710><c> things</c><00:36:58.030><c> and</c><00:36:58.190><c> run</c><00:36:58.409><c> around</c><00:36:58.690><c> with</c><00:36:58.889><c> them</c>

00:36:59.050 --> 00:37:00.570
and<00:36:59.309><c> throw</c><00:36:59.590><c> them.</c>

00:37:01.949 --> 00:37:04.090
And<00:37:02.530><c> physically,</c><00:37:03.309><c> they</c><00:37:03.510><c> are</c><00:37:03.750><c> stronger.</c>

00:37:04.510 --> 00:37:13.010
But<00:37:04.690><c> women,</c><00:37:06.309><c> ladies,</c><00:37:07.489><c> sisters,</c><00:37:09.130><c> you</c><00:37:09.389><c> have</c><00:37:09.610><c> a</c><00:37:10.130><c> strength</c><00:37:10.670><c> that</c>

00:37:13.010 --> 00:37:16.849
should<00:37:13.289><c> be</c><00:37:13.570><c> emulated</c><00:37:14.030><c> by</c><00:37:14.329><c> every</c><00:37:14.710><c> brother</c><00:37:15.190><c> in</c><00:37:16.510><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:16.849 --> 00:37:18.929
For<00:37:17.070><c> we</c><00:37:17.210><c> are</c><00:37:17.469><c> all</c><00:37:17.710><c> the</c><00:37:17.949><c> bride</c><00:37:18.250><c> of</c><00:37:18.449><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:19.289 --> 00:37:24.070
You<00:37:19.409><c> have</c><00:37:19.570><c> a</c><00:37:19.929><c> strength</c><00:37:20.409><c> to</c><00:37:21.909><c> move</c><00:37:22.570><c> an</c><00:37:22.889><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:37:23.469><c> to</c><00:37:23.610><c> make</c><00:37:23.750><c> it</c>

00:37:24.070 --> 00:37:27.750
grow,<00:37:24.889><c> to</c><00:37:25.050><c> become</c><00:37:25.409><c> something</c><00:37:25.829><c> that</c><00:37:26.050><c> is</c><00:37:26.429><c> virile.</c>

00:37:29.329 --> 00:37:34.590
When<00:37:29.510><c> you</c><00:37:29.769><c> marry</c><00:37:30.050><c> a</c><00:37:30.250><c> man,</c><00:37:32.130><c> your</c><00:37:32.269><c> role</c><00:37:32.489><c> is</c><00:37:32.789><c> not</c><00:37:33.010><c> to</c><00:37:33.269><c> take</c><00:37:33.429><c> the</c><00:37:33.670><c> leadership.</c>

00:37:34.869 --> 00:37:39.789
Your<00:37:35.070><c> role</c><00:37:35.389><c> is</c><00:37:35.610><c> to</c><00:37:35.829><c> build</c><00:37:36.030><c> him</c><00:37:36.289><c> up,</c><00:37:37.210><c> to</c><00:37:37.670><c> prop</c><00:37:37.889><c> him,</c><00:37:38.849><c> to</c><00:37:39.050><c> be</c><00:37:39.530><c> an</c>

00:37:39.789 --> 00:37:42.050
help<00:37:40.269><c> suitable</c><00:37:41.090><c> for</c><00:37:41.530><c> him.</c>

00:37:42.050 --> 00:37:47.170
But<00:37:42.889><c> he</c><00:37:43.130><c> might</c><00:37:43.449><c> give</c><00:37:43.730><c> his</c><00:37:44.090><c> utmost</c><00:37:44.789><c> in</c><00:37:45.550><c> service</c><00:37:45.889><c> to</c><00:37:46.130><c> the</c><00:37:46.289><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:47.389 --> 00:37:50.610
And<00:37:47.530><c> you</c><00:37:47.670><c> should</c><00:37:47.869><c> be</c><00:37:48.989><c> behind</c><00:37:49.369><c> him</c><00:37:49.550><c> every</c><00:37:49.849><c> step</c><00:37:50.090><c> of</c><00:37:50.269><c> the</c><00:37:50.389><c> way,</c>

00:37:50.829 --> 00:37:53.469
not<00:37:51.130><c> pulling</c><00:37:51.469><c> him</c><00:37:51.789><c> back</c><00:37:51.969><c> because</c><00:37:52.369><c> of</c><00:37:52.530><c> your</c><00:37:52.750><c> own</c><00:37:53.010><c> wants,</c><00:37:53.309><c> your</c>

00:37:53.469 --> 00:37:54.090
own<00:37:53.730><c> desires.</c>

00:37:54.409 --> 00:37:56.949
Because<00:37:54.750><c> you</c><00:37:55.170><c> too</c><00:37:55.369><c> have</c><00:37:55.690><c> crucified</c><00:37:56.389><c> yourself.</c>

00:37:57.230 --> 00:37:59.070
You<00:37:57.489><c> too</c><00:37:57.750><c> have</c><00:37:57.969><c> denied</c><00:37:58.449><c> yourself.</c>

00:37:59.329 --> 00:38:03.030
You<00:37:59.610><c> too</c><00:37:59.829><c> have</c><00:38:00.030><c> become</c><00:38:00.309><c> one</c><00:38:00.570><c> who</c><00:38:00.789><c> is</c><00:38:01.110><c> just</c><00:38:01.510><c> a</c><00:38:01.809><c> minister</c><00:38:02.309><c>-ess,</c>

00:38:03.030 --> 00:38:06.170
if<00:38:03.230><c> you</c><00:38:03.469><c> like,</c><00:38:04.750><c> in</c><00:38:04.889><c> the</c><00:38:05.150><c> service</c><00:38:05.409><c> of</c><00:38:05.650><c> Almighty</c><00:38:05.949><c> God.</c>

00:38:06.170 --> 00:38:06.869
Is<00:38:06.309><c> that</c><00:38:06.530><c> hard?</c>

00:38:07.110 --> 00:38:08.230
Of<00:38:07.329><c> course</c><00:38:07.510><c> it's</c><00:38:07.789><c> hard.</c>

00:38:08.590 --> 00:38:10.989
Natural<00:38:09.110><c> flesh</c><00:38:09.489><c> doesn't</c><00:38:09.789><c> want</c><00:38:10.030><c> to</c><00:38:10.190><c> do</c><00:38:10.289><c> it.</c>

00:38:11.150 --> 00:38:12.190
Spiritually,<00:38:11.630><c> is</c><00:38:11.809><c> it</c><00:38:12.010><c> hard?</c>

00:38:12.349 --> 00:38:13.889
No,<00:38:12.730><c> it's</c><00:38:13.030><c> not</c><00:38:13.210><c> hard</c><00:38:13.469><c> at</c><00:38:13.690><c> all.</c>

00:38:13.989 --> 00:38:17.190
How<00:38:14.210><c> much</c><00:38:14.570><c> easier</c><00:38:14.929><c> it</c><00:38:15.050><c> is</c><00:38:15.250><c> to</c><00:38:15.369><c> be</c><00:38:15.489><c> in</c><00:38:15.590><c> the</c><00:38:15.809><c> back</c><00:38:16.050><c> row,</c><00:38:16.590><c> just</c><00:38:16.789><c> kind</c><00:38:17.050><c> of</c>

00:38:17.190 --> 00:38:20.849
giving<00:38:17.369><c> a</c><00:38:17.690><c> helping</c><00:38:17.909><c> hand</c><00:38:18.230><c> than</c><00:38:18.429><c> it</c><00:38:18.630><c> is</c><00:38:18.969><c> to</c><00:38:19.329><c> stand</c><00:38:19.590><c> up</c><00:38:19.969><c> front.</c>

00:38:23.530 --> 00:38:26.710
We<00:38:23.710><c> have</c><00:38:23.989><c> only</c><00:38:24.449><c> one</c><00:38:24.789><c> in</c><00:38:25.030><c> front</c><00:38:25.230><c> of</c><00:38:25.369><c> us</c><00:38:25.550><c> who</c><00:38:25.690><c> is</c><00:38:25.789><c> leading</c><00:38:26.070><c> the</c><00:38:26.269><c> way.</c>

00:38:27.190 --> 00:38:29.309
And<00:38:27.329><c> that</c><00:38:27.409><c> was</c><00:38:27.570><c> our</c><00:38:27.730><c> Lord</c><00:38:27.949><c> and</c><00:38:28.250><c> Savior,</c><00:38:28.510><c> Jesus</c><00:38:28.909><c> Christ.</c>

00:38:29.389 --> 00:38:31.750
Brethren<00:38:29.710><c> and</c><00:38:29.929><c> sisters,</c><00:38:30.630><c> we</c><00:38:30.849><c> work</c><00:38:31.110><c> together.</c>

00:38:32.230 --> 00:38:36.530
Wives<00:38:32.710><c> be</c><00:38:33.070><c> grave,</c><00:38:33.989><c> not</c><00:38:34.309><c> slanderous,</c><00:38:35.230><c> sober,</c><00:38:36.030><c> faithful</c><00:38:36.289><c> in</c>

00:38:36.530 --> 00:38:37.269
all<00:38:36.789><c> things.</c>

00:38:37.269 --> 00:38:41.849
Let<00:38:38.769><c> the</c><00:38:39.510><c> deacons</c><00:38:39.829><c> be</c><00:38:40.050><c> the</c><00:38:40.210><c> husband</c><00:38:40.510><c> of</c><00:38:40.710><c> one</c><00:38:40.929><c> wife,</c><00:38:41.570><c> ruling</c>

00:38:41.849 --> 00:38:44.730
their<00:38:42.190><c> children</c><00:38:42.530><c> and</c><00:38:42.750><c> their</c><00:38:43.010><c> whole</c><00:38:43.230><c> houses</c><00:38:43.550><c> well.</c>

00:38:45.590 --> 00:38:53.570
For<00:38:45.750><c> they</c><00:38:46.190><c> that</c><00:38:46.469><c> have</c><00:38:47.309><c> used</c><00:38:47.730><c> the</c><00:38:48.110><c> office</c><00:38:48.989><c> of</c><00:38:50.010><c> a</c><00:38:50.170><c> deacon,</c><00:38:52.949><c> well</c>

00:38:53.570 --> 00:38:58.630
purchase<00:38:55.130><c> or</c><00:38:55.530><c> gain</c><00:38:55.789><c> to</c><00:38:56.030><c> themselves</c><00:38:56.730><c> a</c><00:38:57.630><c> good</c><00:38:57.869><c> degree</c>

00:38:58.630 --> 00:39:03.949
and<00:38:59.570><c> great</c><00:39:00.150><c> boldness</c><00:39:00.929><c> in</c><00:39:01.130><c> the</c><00:39:01.389><c> faith</c><00:39:01.909><c> which</c><00:39:02.349><c> is</c><00:39:02.590><c> in</c><00:39:02.849><c> Christ</c><00:39:03.329><c> Jesus.</c>

00:39:03.949 --> 00:39:08.889
With<00:39:05.050><c> boldness</c><00:39:05.630><c> doesn't</c><00:39:05.929><c> mean</c><00:39:06.210><c> that</c><00:39:06.409><c> you're</c><00:39:06.789><c> an</c><00:39:07.050><c> arrogant</c><00:39:07.329><c> person</c><00:39:07.730><c> who</c><00:39:07.909><c> can</c><00:39:08.130><c> now</c><00:39:08.389><c> walk</c><00:39:08.650><c> up</c>

00:39:08.889 --> 00:39:09.769
to<00:39:09.110><c> God</c><00:39:09.349><c> and</c><00:39:09.630><c> say,</c>

00:39:09.889 --> 00:39:11.429
look<00:39:09.989><c> what</c><00:39:10.210><c> I've</c><00:39:10.570><c> done.</c>

00:39:12.610 --> 00:39:14.369
It's<00:39:12.849><c> a</c><00:39:13.190><c> confidence.</c>

00:39:14.590 --> 00:39:18.929
It's<00:39:14.909><c> a</c><00:39:15.090><c> cheerful</c><00:39:15.750><c> courage</c><00:39:17.090><c> that</c><00:39:17.349><c> is</c><00:39:17.610><c> given</c><00:39:17.829><c> to</c><00:39:18.150><c> us</c><00:39:18.429><c> because</c>

00:39:18.929 --> 00:39:21.989
we're<00:39:19.389><c> striving</c><00:39:19.769><c> to</c><00:39:20.110><c> surrender</c><00:39:20.489><c> our</c><00:39:20.809><c> own</c><00:39:21.070><c> life</c><00:39:21.309><c> to</c><00:39:21.510><c> the</c><00:39:21.710><c> life</c>

00:39:21.989 --> 00:39:22.909
of<00:39:22.469><c> our</c><00:39:22.710><c> Lord</c>

00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:25.070
and<00:39:23.150><c> allow</c><00:39:23.449><c> Jesus</c><00:39:24.090><c> Christ</c><00:39:24.510><c> to</c><00:39:24.730><c> live</c><00:39:24.849><c> us.</c>

00:39:25.230 --> 00:39:28.110
No<00:39:25.429><c> longer</c><00:39:25.730><c> us</c><00:39:26.070><c> that</c><00:39:26.329><c> live,</c><00:39:26.510><c> but</c><00:39:26.789><c> Christ</c><00:39:27.110><c> that</c><00:39:27.429><c> dwelleth</c><00:39:27.730><c> in</c><00:39:27.849><c> us.</c>

00:39:28.329 --> 00:39:31.469
That's<00:39:28.670><c> the</c><00:39:28.849><c> whole</c><00:39:29.210><c> effort</c><00:39:29.710><c> that</c><00:39:30.010><c> we</c><00:39:30.230><c> put</c><00:39:30.409><c> forth.</c>

00:39:32.489 --> 00:39:36.849
Now<00:39:33.130><c> these</c><00:39:33.469><c> things</c><00:39:33.849><c> he</c><00:39:34.170><c> says</c><00:39:34.710><c> in</c><00:39:35.309><c> verse,</c><00:39:36.010><c> well</c><00:39:36.329><c> I</c><00:39:36.449><c> better</c><00:39:36.650><c> get</c>

00:39:36.849 --> 00:39:38.469
another<00:39:37.070><c> gizzy</c><00:39:37.309><c> up</c><00:39:37.550><c> here.</c>

00:39:39.889 --> 00:39:46.309
We're<00:39:40.070><c> going</c><00:39:40.269><c> on</c><00:39:40.530><c> to</c><00:39:40.670><c> verses</c><00:39:41.309><c> 14</c><00:39:42.409><c> through</c><00:39:44.750><c> 16.</c>

00:39:48.170 --> 00:39:54.610
He<00:39:48.489><c> gives</c><00:39:48.730><c> advice</c><00:39:49.309><c> to</c><00:39:49.690><c> wait</c><00:39:49.869><c> for</c><00:39:50.070><c> him</c><00:39:50.650><c> to</c><00:39:51.190><c> come,</c><00:39:52.269><c> which</c><00:39:52.550><c> doesn't</c><00:39:52.909><c> particularly</c><00:39:53.630><c> apply</c>

00:39:54.610 --> 00:39:57.590
to<00:39:54.849><c> us</c><00:39:55.090><c> because</c><00:39:55.530><c> Paul</c><00:39:55.969><c> of</c><00:39:56.269><c> course</c><00:39:56.510><c> has</c><00:39:56.750><c> come</c><00:39:56.989><c> and</c><00:39:57.230><c> gone.</c>

00:39:57.590 --> 00:40:02.110
But<00:39:58.530><c> he</c><00:39:58.710><c> gives</c><00:39:59.110><c> advice</c><00:39:59.730><c> in</c><00:39:59.949><c> verses</c><00:40:00.570><c> 14</c><00:40:01.269><c> through</c><00:40:01.590><c> 16.</c>

00:40:02.130 --> 00:40:05.510
He<00:40:02.250><c> says</c><00:40:02.469><c> these</c><00:40:02.670><c> things</c><00:40:02.949><c> I</c><00:40:03.269><c> write</c><00:40:03.530><c> to</c><00:40:04.010><c> thee</c><00:40:04.429><c> hoping</c><00:40:05.010><c> to</c><00:40:05.289><c> come</c>

00:40:05.510 --> 00:40:06.489
unto<00:40:05.769><c> thee</c><00:40:05.949><c> shortly.</c>

00:40:06.989 --> 00:40:10.550
It<00:40:07.090><c> wasn't</c><00:40:07.449><c> a</c><00:40:07.769><c> foregone</c><00:40:08.269><c> conclusion,</c><00:40:09.050><c> but</c><00:40:09.050><c> if</c><00:40:09.289><c> I</c><00:40:09.610><c> tarry</c><00:40:09.989><c> long</c>

00:40:10.550 --> 00:40:14.750
that<00:40:11.110><c> thou</c><00:40:11.349><c> mightest</c><00:40:11.969><c> know</c><00:40:12.530><c> how</c><00:40:13.130><c> thou</c><00:40:13.550><c> oughtest</c><00:40:14.090><c> to</c><00:40:14.349><c> behave</c>

00:40:14.750 --> 00:40:16.929
thyself<00:40:15.469><c> in</c><00:40:15.670><c> the</c><00:40:15.909><c> house</c><00:40:16.250><c> of</c><00:40:16.610><c> God</c>

00:40:16.929 --> 00:40:20.369
which<00:40:17.329><c> is</c><00:40:17.610><c> the</c><00:40:17.809><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:18.329><c> of</c><00:40:18.550><c> the</c><00:40:18.750><c> living</c><00:40:19.010><c> God,</c><00:40:19.690><c> the</c><00:40:20.010><c> pillar</c>

00:40:20.369 --> 00:40:21.670
and<00:40:20.809><c> ground</c><00:40:21.090><c> of</c><00:40:21.289><c> the</c><00:40:21.510><c> truth.</c>

00:40:21.670 --> 00:40:26.690
Now<00:40:22.010><c> some</c><00:40:22.550><c> people,</c><00:40:23.590><c> some</c><00:40:23.849><c> brethren</c><00:40:24.309><c> would</c><00:40:24.750><c> like</c><00:40:24.969><c> to</c><00:40:25.210><c> take</c><00:40:25.389><c> that</c><00:40:25.650><c> last</c><00:40:26.030><c> phrase,</c><00:40:26.570><c> the</c>

00:40:26.690 --> 00:40:28.190
pillar<00:40:26.989><c> and</c><00:40:27.289><c> ground</c><00:40:27.530><c> of</c><00:40:27.730><c> the</c><00:40:27.949><c> truth</c>

00:40:28.190 --> 00:40:30.530
and<00:40:28.650><c> say</c><00:40:28.829><c> that's</c><00:40:29.210><c> the</c><00:40:29.329><c> beginning</c><00:40:29.630><c> of</c><00:40:29.829><c> verse</c><00:40:30.010><c> 16.</c>

00:40:30.610 --> 00:40:34.570
And<00:40:30.730><c> that</c><00:40:30.889><c> may</c><00:40:31.090><c> be</c><00:40:31.389><c> so,</c><00:40:32.050><c> but</c><00:40:32.210><c> I</c><00:40:32.750><c> like</c><00:40:33.369><c> the</c><00:40:33.809><c> way</c><00:40:34.010><c> it</c><00:40:34.150><c> is</c><00:40:34.309><c> written</c>

00:40:34.570 --> 00:40:37.989
here<00:40:34.989><c> because</c><00:40:35.590><c> it</c><00:40:35.750><c> is</c><00:40:35.989><c> the</c><00:40:36.230><c> house</c><00:40:36.550><c> of</c><00:40:36.969><c> God.</c>

00:40:38.010 --> 00:40:42.289
It<00:40:38.170><c> is</c><00:40:38.469><c> the</c><00:40:38.710><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:39.510><c> that</c><00:40:40.090><c> is</c><00:40:40.389><c> a</c><00:40:40.690><c> foundation</c><00:40:41.429><c> principle</c><00:40:41.969><c> for</c>

00:40:42.289 --> 00:40:43.409
all<00:40:42.570><c> of</c><00:40:42.690><c> us</c><00:40:42.929><c> to</c><00:40:43.110><c> set</c><00:40:43.250><c> up.</c>

00:40:43.530 --> 00:40:45.510
We<00:40:43.730><c> are</c><00:40:44.030><c> moved</c><00:40:44.409><c> into</c><00:40:44.710><c> an</c><00:40:44.969><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:40:45.510 --> 00:40:50.670
We<00:40:45.849><c> are</c><00:40:46.130><c> moved</c><00:40:46.369><c> into</c><00:40:46.730><c> a</c><00:40:47.730><c> sense</c><00:40:48.269><c> of</c><00:40:48.750><c> belonging</c><00:40:49.349><c> to</c><00:40:49.710><c> a</c><00:40:49.969><c> body</c><00:40:50.329><c> of</c>

00:40:50.670 --> 00:40:53.269
people<00:40:51.070><c> that</c><00:40:51.429><c> are</c><00:40:51.730><c> reflecting</c><00:40:52.130><c> the</c><00:40:52.449><c> glory</c><00:40:52.730><c> of</c><00:40:52.989><c> God.</c>

00:40:53.489 --> 00:40:56.829
And<00:40:53.630><c> that's</c><00:40:53.989><c> the</c><00:40:54.190><c> pillar</c><00:40:54.489><c> and</c><00:40:55.170><c> strength</c><00:40:55.469><c> of</c><00:40:55.690><c> the</c><00:40:55.929><c> truth.</c>

00:40:56.849 --> 00:40:59.690
When<00:40:57.010><c> we</c><00:40:57.289><c> let</c><00:40:57.489><c> our</c><00:40:57.789><c> ecclesias</c><00:40:58.289><c> slide</c><00:40:58.750><c> into</c><00:40:59.090><c> something</c><00:40:59.469><c> that</c>

00:40:59.690 --> 00:41:04.590
is<00:41:00.010><c> weak</c><00:41:00.369><c> and</c><00:41:01.869><c> ephemeral</c><00:41:02.630><c> that</c><00:41:02.869><c> can</c><00:41:03.389><c> be</c><00:41:03.530><c> moved</c><00:41:03.750><c> this</c><00:41:04.130><c> way</c><00:41:04.389><c> or</c>

00:41:04.590 --> 00:41:05.110
that<00:41:04.929><c> way</c>

00:41:05.110 --> 00:41:09.070
by<00:41:05.349><c> every</c><00:41:05.650><c> wind</c><00:41:05.849><c> of</c><00:41:06.150><c> doctrine</c><00:41:06.429><c> that</c><00:41:06.630><c> comes</c><00:41:06.869><c> along,</c><00:41:07.329><c> we</c><00:41:07.590><c> are</c><00:41:07.849><c> in</c><00:41:08.090><c> trouble.</c>

00:41:09.550 --> 00:41:11.630
That<00:41:10.010><c> happened</c><00:41:10.349><c> in</c><00:41:10.670><c> the</c><00:41:10.789><c> first</c><00:41:11.070><c> century.</c>

00:41:11.630 --> 00:41:15.090
And<00:41:12.309><c> even</c><00:41:12.630><c> though</c><00:41:12.909><c> the</c><00:41:13.269><c> spirit</c><00:41:13.610><c> gifted</c><00:41:13.989><c> men</c><00:41:14.329><c> were</c><00:41:14.610><c> there</c><00:41:14.869><c> to</c>

00:41:15.090 --> 00:41:17.530
guide<00:41:15.349><c> them</c><00:41:15.670><c> because</c><00:41:16.289><c> they</c><00:41:16.570><c> neglected</c><00:41:17.010><c> the</c><00:41:17.349><c> word</c>

00:41:17.530 --> 00:41:20.329
and<00:41:17.769><c> listened</c><00:41:18.050><c> to</c><00:41:18.269><c> their</c><00:41:18.489><c> own</c><00:41:19.030><c> thinking,</c><00:41:19.510><c> their</c><00:41:19.570><c> own</c><00:41:19.989><c> fables,</c>

00:41:20.510 --> 00:41:21.750
their<00:41:20.610><c> own</c><00:41:21.070><c> imaginations</c>

00:41:21.750 --> 00:41:26.550
the<00:41:22.250><c> ecclesia</c><00:41:22.789><c> fell</c><00:41:23.110><c> apart</c><00:41:23.449><c> and</c><00:41:23.750><c> disappeared</c><00:41:24.190><c> just</c><00:41:24.570><c> about</c><00:41:25.289><c> completely.</c>

00:41:26.869 --> 00:41:30.030
Never<00:41:27.150><c> did</c><00:41:27.489><c> go</c><00:41:27.769><c> completely</c><00:41:28.349><c> out</c><00:41:28.590><c> of</c><00:41:28.710><c> existence,</c><00:41:29.150><c> but</c><00:41:29.550><c> it</c><00:41:29.829><c> went</c>

00:41:30.030 --> 00:41:32.269
into<00:41:30.349><c> such</c><00:41:30.630><c> a</c><00:41:30.849><c> state</c><00:41:30.989><c> that</c><00:41:31.170><c> it</c><00:41:31.269><c> was</c><00:41:31.389><c> hard</c><00:41:31.650><c> to</c><00:41:31.929><c> find.</c>

00:41:32.570 --> 00:41:34.650
That<00:41:32.809><c> can</c><00:41:33.090><c> happen</c><00:41:33.429><c> today.</c>

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Jesus<00:41:37.769><c> Christ</c><00:41:38.210><c> told</c><00:41:38.530><c> us</c><00:41:38.869><c> that.</c>

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What<00:41:40.369><c> an</c><00:41:40.809><c> obligation</c><00:41:41.309><c> we've</c><00:41:41.889><c> got.</c>

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I<00:41:42.570><c> believe</c><00:41:43.030><c> that</c><00:41:43.289><c> Jesus</c><00:41:43.570><c> Christ</c><00:41:43.909><c> is</c><00:41:44.130><c> about</c><00:41:44.409><c> to</c><00:41:44.610><c> come</c><00:41:45.110><c> as</c><00:41:45.789><c> I</c><00:41:45.929><c> have</c><00:41:46.030><c> for</c>

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50<00:41:46.530><c> years.</c>

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But<00:41:48.730><c> I</c><00:41:48.969><c> believe</c><00:41:49.329><c> it</c><00:41:49.570><c> so</c><00:41:49.869><c> much</c><00:41:50.429><c> that</c><00:41:51.289><c> I</c><00:41:51.610><c> work</c><00:41:51.829><c> on</c><00:41:51.989><c> the</c><00:41:52.170><c> principle</c>

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that<00:41:53.730><c> the</c><00:41:54.050><c> faith</c><00:41:54.289><c> has</c><00:41:54.550><c> to</c><00:41:54.889><c> be</c><00:41:55.210><c> striven</c><00:41:55.570><c> for</c><00:41:56.329><c> daily.</c>

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That<00:41:58.250><c> I</c><00:41:58.369><c> have</c><00:41:58.610><c> to</c><00:41:59.469><c> give</c><00:41:59.769><c> my</c><00:42:00.090><c> all</c><00:42:00.349><c> for</c><00:42:00.570><c> today</c><00:42:01.250><c> because</c><00:42:01.929><c> tomorrow</c>

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I<00:42:02.650><c> may</c><00:42:02.869><c> not</c><00:42:03.070><c> have</c><00:42:03.230><c> the</c><00:42:03.389><c> opportunity.</c>

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When<00:42:04.409><c> Jesus</c><00:42:04.809><c> said</c><00:42:05.050><c> would</c><00:42:05.309><c> he</c><00:42:05.530><c> find</c><00:42:05.789><c> the</c><00:42:06.070><c> faith,</c><00:42:06.710><c> my</c><00:42:07.150><c> declaration</c><00:42:07.869><c> personally</c><00:42:08.690><c> is</c><00:42:08.969><c> yes</c><00:42:09.409><c> if</c>

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I'm<00:42:09.929><c> alive.</c>

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Each<00:42:11.349><c> one</c><00:42:11.590><c> of</c><00:42:11.690><c> us</c><00:42:11.909><c> must</c><00:42:12.190><c> do</c><00:42:12.369><c> that.</c>

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You<00:42:12.769><c> talked</c><00:42:12.969><c> about</c><00:42:13.210><c> getting</c><00:42:13.469><c> up</c><00:42:13.730><c> first</c><00:42:14.030><c> thing</c><00:42:14.170><c> in</c><00:42:14.289><c> the</c><00:42:14.389><c> morning,</c><00:42:14.849><c> Harry.</c>

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What<00:42:15.530><c> do</c><00:42:15.690><c> we</c><00:42:15.829><c> do?</c>

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I'm<00:42:17.389><c> going</c><00:42:17.550><c> to</c><00:42:17.949><c> be</c><00:42:18.210><c> alive</c><00:42:18.670><c> today.</c>

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Alive<00:42:19.969><c> to</c><00:42:20.170><c> the</c><00:42:20.269><c> word</c><00:42:20.389><c> of</c><00:42:20.630><c> God.</c>

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I'm<00:42:21.010><c> going</c><00:42:21.110><c> to</c><00:42:21.230><c> be</c><00:42:21.349><c> alive</c><00:42:21.989><c> today</c><00:42:22.449><c> that</c><00:42:22.849><c> I</c><00:42:23.150><c> might</c><00:42:23.369><c> give</c><00:42:23.590><c> strength</c><00:42:24.010><c> to</c><00:42:24.269><c> the</c><00:42:24.469><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:42:24.929 --> 00:42:26.710
I'm<00:42:25.309><c> going</c><00:42:25.449><c> to</c><00:42:25.690><c> support</c><00:42:26.070><c> the</c><00:42:26.329><c> ecclesia.</c>

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If<00:42:27.070><c> there</c><00:42:27.269><c> is</c><00:42:27.489><c> one</c><00:42:27.829><c> person</c><00:42:28.250><c> in</c><00:42:28.409><c> it</c><00:42:28.550><c> that's</c><00:42:28.889><c> causing</c><00:42:29.590><c> heartache</c>

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for<00:42:30.869><c> some,</c><00:42:31.230><c> we</c><00:42:31.429><c> don't</c><00:42:31.710><c> put</c><00:42:31.949><c> the</c><00:42:32.190><c> whole</c><00:42:32.389><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:32.869><c> down.</c>

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We<00:42:33.389><c> build</c><00:42:33.789><c> it</c><00:42:33.989><c> up.</c>

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We<00:42:34.449><c> strengthen</c><00:42:34.929><c> it.</c>

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This<00:42:36.389><c> is</c><00:42:36.670><c> a</c><00:42:36.809><c> day.</c>

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Brothers<00:42:38.469><c> and</c><00:42:38.769><c> sisters.</c>

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When<00:42:41.210><c> above</c><00:42:41.530><c> all</c><00:42:41.849><c> other</c><00:42:42.150><c> days,</c><00:42:43.409><c> in</c><00:42:43.550><c> the</c><00:42:43.849><c> last</c><00:42:44.269><c> times,</c><00:42:46.789><c> we</c><00:42:47.050><c> must</c>

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give<00:42:48.349><c> our</c><00:42:48.670><c> all.</c>

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That<00:42:51.130><c> Jesus</c><00:42:51.510><c> might</c><00:42:51.849><c> find</c><00:42:52.250><c> the</c><00:42:52.550><c> faith</c><00:42:53.269><c> in</c><00:42:54.369><c> this</c><00:42:54.610><c> earth</c><00:42:54.889><c> when</c><00:42:55.090><c> he</c><00:42:55.329><c> comes.</c>

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Because<00:42:57.050><c> our</c><00:42:57.489><c> ecclesia</c><00:42:57.989><c> is</c><00:42:58.329><c> the</c><00:42:58.530><c> basis</c><00:42:59.010><c> for</c><00:42:59.610><c> the</c><00:42:59.909><c> pillar</c><00:43:00.190><c> and</c>

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ground<00:43:00.730><c> of</c><00:43:00.949><c> the</c><00:43:01.170><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:43:01.849><c> when</c><00:43:02.030><c> it</c><00:43:02.250><c> speaks</c><00:43:02.530><c> here</c><00:43:02.969><c> in</c><00:43:03.289><c> that</c><00:43:03.570><c> last</c><00:43:04.050><c> verse</c><00:43:04.630><c> of</c><00:43:05.489><c> and</c><00:43:06.269><c> God</c>

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was<00:43:07.050><c> manifest.</c>

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Of<00:43:08.090><c> course</c><00:43:08.210><c> the</c><00:43:08.349><c> word</c><00:43:08.550><c> God</c><00:43:08.849><c> isn't</c><00:43:09.070><c> in</c><00:43:09.289><c> that</c><00:43:09.610><c> text.</c>

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It's<00:43:10.670><c> he</c><00:43:10.929><c> was</c><00:43:11.269><c> manifest</c><00:43:11.869><c> in</c><00:43:12.570><c> the</c><00:43:12.969><c> flesh,</c><00:43:13.630><c> justified</c><00:43:13.989><c> in</c><00:43:14.250><c> the</c>

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spirit,<00:43:14.929><c> seen</c><00:43:15.130><c> of</c><00:43:15.349><c> angels,</c>

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preached<00:43:16.469><c> unto</c><00:43:16.750><c> the</c><00:43:17.010><c> Gentiles,</c><00:43:17.809><c> believed</c><00:43:18.050><c> then</c><00:43:18.230><c> in</c><00:43:18.389><c> the</c><00:43:18.570><c> world</c><00:43:18.730><c> and</c>

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received<00:43:19.429><c> up</c><00:43:19.670><c> into</c><00:43:19.869><c> glory</c><00:43:20.510><c> until</c><00:43:21.449><c> he</c><00:43:24.849><c> comes.</c>

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How<00:43:27.570><c> will</c><00:43:27.710><c> he</c><00:43:27.809><c> find</c><00:43:28.090><c> us?</c>

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Strong<00:43:32.949><c> in</c><00:43:33.829><c> the</c><00:43:33.949><c> work</c><00:43:34.090><c> of</c><00:43:34.269><c> the</c><00:43:34.449><c> Lord</c><00:43:35.269><c> or</c><00:43:37.230><c> weak</c><00:43:37.849><c> and</c><00:43:38.570><c> sickly?</c>

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Let<00:43:41.309><c> that</c><00:43:41.710><c> not</c><00:43:42.010><c> be</c><00:43:42.409><c> so.</c>

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But<00:43:44.369><c> let</c><00:43:44.570><c> us</c><00:43:45.010><c> be</c><00:43:45.289><c> a</c><00:43:45.550><c> reflection</c><00:43:46.090><c> which</c><00:43:47.469><c> he</c><00:43:47.630><c> will</c><00:43:47.969><c> recognize</c><00:43:48.670><c> immediately</c><00:43:49.530><c> and</c><00:43:51.489><c> take</c><00:43:51.710><c> us</c>

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to<00:43:52.510><c> himself.</c>

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Thank<00:44:22.469><c> you.</c>