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Gentiles<00:10:06.620><c> began</c><00:10:06.940><c> to</c><00:10:07.279><c> speak</c><00:10:07.980><c> with</c><00:10:09.399><c> tongues,</c>

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Peter<00:10:11.080><c> said</c><00:10:11.299><c> in</c><00:10:11.480><c> verse</c><00:10:11.720><c> 47,</c><00:10:14.039><c> Can</c><00:10:14.240><c> any</c><00:10:14.600><c> man</c><00:10:14.840><c> forbid</c><00:10:15.159><c> water,</c><00:10:16.700><c> that</c><00:10:16.860><c> these</c><00:10:17.139><c> should</c><00:10:17.379><c> not</c>

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things,<00:11:03.500><c> they</c><00:11:03.600><c> held</c><00:11:03.879><c> their</c><00:11:04.120><c> peace</c><00:11:04.340><c> and</c><00:11:04.659><c> glorified</c><00:11:05.240><c> God,</c>

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saying<00:11:06.200><c> that</c><00:11:06.879><c> God</c><00:11:07.120><c> hath</c><00:11:08.279><c> also</c><00:11:08.659><c> to</c><00:11:09.019><c> the</c><00:11:09.299><c> Gentiles</c><00:11:09.860><c> granted</c><00:11:10.220><c> repentance</c><00:11:10.740><c> of</c><00:11:11.019><c> life.</c>

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See,<00:13:18.159><c> the</c><00:13:18.340><c> Spirit</c><00:13:18.539><c> gifts</c><00:13:18.740><c> were</c><00:13:18.960><c> more</c><00:13:19.279><c> than</c><00:13:19.440><c> just</c><00:13:19.840><c> a</c><00:13:20.000><c> sign</c><00:13:20.179><c> to</c>

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you<00:13:31.080><c> know,</c>

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You<00:13:42.840><c> know,</c><00:13:43.019><c> it's</c><00:13:43.480><c> rather</c><00:13:43.720><c> sad</c><00:13:44.080><c> that</c><00:13:44.220><c> we</c><00:13:44.360><c> have</c><00:13:44.519><c> to</c><00:13:44.700><c> defend</c><00:13:45.000><c> the</c>

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truth<00:13:45.480><c> against</c><00:13:46.059><c> the</c><00:13:46.399><c> Pentecostal</c><00:13:47.120><c> era</c>

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And<00:13:52.500><c> therefore</c><00:13:52.659><c> we</c><00:13:52.879><c> become</c><00:13:53.000><c> very</c><00:13:53.299><c> expert</c><00:13:53.720><c> in</c><00:13:53.980><c> proving</c><00:13:54.279><c> that</c>

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And<00:14:01.700><c> we've</c><00:14:01.919><c> become</c><00:14:02.039><c> very</c><00:14:02.399><c> good</c><00:14:02.500><c> at</c><00:14:02.659><c> those</c><00:14:02.960><c> things.</c>

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But<00:14:03.279><c> you</c><00:14:03.460><c> see,</c><00:14:04.519><c> one</c><00:14:04.639><c> of</c><00:14:04.779><c> the</c><00:14:05.000><c> greatest</c><00:14:05.220><c> things</c><00:14:05.500><c> about</c><00:14:05.779><c> the</c><00:14:06.019><c> Spirit</c><00:14:06.120><c> is</c>

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And<00:14:10.019><c> one</c><00:14:10.139><c> of</c><00:14:10.240><c> the</c><00:14:10.320><c> reasons</c><00:14:10.559><c> they</c><00:14:10.740><c> were</c><00:14:10.960><c> given,</c><00:14:11.320><c> besides</c><00:14:11.679><c> proving</c><00:14:12.019><c> the</c>

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Look<00:14:28.899><c> what</c><00:14:29.000><c> he</c><00:14:29.120><c> says</c><00:14:29.379><c> there.</c>

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It's<00:14:29.879><c> in</c><00:14:30.200><c> the</c><00:14:30.299><c> Holy</c><00:14:30.659><c> Spirit</c><00:14:30.980><c> of</c><00:14:31.259><c> promise</c><00:14:32.000><c> was</c><00:14:33.200><c> the</c><00:14:33.559><c> earnest</c><00:14:33.899><c> of</c>

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Now,<00:14:36.580><c> the</c><00:14:36.779><c> Greek</c><00:14:36.960><c> word</c><00:14:37.200><c> there</c><00:14:37.720><c> is</c><00:14:38.500><c> a</c><00:14:38.639><c> word</c><00:14:38.919><c> double</c><00:14:39.259><c> A</c><00:14:40.080><c>-R</c><00:14:40.700><c>-H</c><00:14:41.340><c>-A</c><00:14:41.580><c>-B</c>

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I'm<00:14:44.360><c> not</c><00:14:44.460><c> much</c><00:14:44.580><c> good</c><00:14:44.740><c> at</c><00:14:44.879><c> Greek.</c>

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For<00:15:59.519><c> we</c><00:15:59.759><c> know</c><00:15:59.960><c> that</c><00:16:00.080><c> if</c><00:16:00.200><c> our</c><00:16:00.419><c> earthly</c><00:16:00.679><c> house</c><00:16:01.100><c> of</c><00:16:01.279><c> this</c><00:16:01.919><c> tent,</c>

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as<00:16:02.379><c> it</c><00:16:02.600><c> should</c><00:16:02.759><c> be,</c><00:16:03.940><c> were</c><00:16:04.059><c> dissolved,</c>

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and<00:16:04.659><c> that</c><00:16:04.799><c> means</c><00:16:05.039><c> to</c><00:16:05.259><c> be</c><00:16:05.659><c> taken</c><00:16:05.899><c> down</c><00:16:06.179><c> like</c><00:16:06.399><c> a</c><00:16:06.620><c> tent,</c><00:16:07.419><c> that</c><00:16:07.500><c> we</c>

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have<00:16:07.759><c> a</c><00:16:07.899><c> building</c><00:16:08.120><c> of</c><00:16:08.399><c> God,</c>

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a<00:16:09.679><c> house</c><00:16:09.899><c> not</c><00:16:10.139><c> made</c><00:16:10.279><c> with</c><00:16:10.500><c> hands</c><00:16:10.720><c> eternal</c><00:16:11.080><c> in</c><00:16:11.259><c> the</c><00:16:11.399><c> heavens.</c>

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So<00:16:12.419><c> you</c><00:16:12.559><c> see,</c><00:16:12.700><c> here's</c><00:16:12.919><c> a</c><00:16:13.100><c> tentmaker's</c><00:16:13.720><c> vision.</c>

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Paul<00:16:15.120><c> says,</c><00:16:15.399><c> you</c><00:16:15.480><c> know,</c><00:16:15.639><c> this</c><00:16:15.740><c> body</c><00:16:16.019><c> that</c><00:16:16.220><c> we've</c><00:16:16.440><c> got</c><00:16:16.580><c> is</c><00:16:16.740><c> just</c>

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like<00:16:17.220><c> a</c><00:16:17.379><c> tent.</c>

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It's<00:16:17.740><c> a</c><00:16:17.899><c> temporary</c><00:16:18.259><c> structure</c><00:16:18.899><c> that's</c><00:16:19.899><c> buffeted</c><00:16:20.179><c> by</c><00:16:20.460><c> the</c><00:16:20.659><c> winds</c><00:16:20.899><c> of</c>

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fortune<00:16:21.440><c> and</c><00:16:21.759><c> time,</c>

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and<00:16:22.879><c> it's</c><00:16:23.159><c> going</c><00:16:23.259><c> to</c><00:16:23.340><c> one</c><00:16:23.460><c> day</c><00:16:23.600><c> be</c><00:16:23.840><c> taken</c><00:16:24.039><c> down</c><00:16:24.340><c> and</c><00:16:24.620><c> folded</c><00:16:24.779><c> up</c>

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like<00:16:25.220><c> a</c><00:16:25.419><c> tent.</c>

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And<00:16:27.899><c> then</c><00:16:28.019><c> we</c><00:16:28.100><c> look</c><00:16:28.220><c> for</c><00:16:28.419><c> a</c><00:16:28.620><c> permanent</c><00:16:28.919><c> thing</c><00:16:29.120><c> that</c><00:16:29.299><c> comes</c><00:16:29.519><c> from</c><00:16:29.740><c> God,</c><00:16:29.960><c> that</c><00:16:30.100><c> is</c>

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our<00:16:30.539><c> immortal</c><00:16:30.860><c> body.</c>

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And<00:16:31.340><c> so</c><00:16:31.440><c> he</c><00:16:31.539><c> says</c><00:16:31.720><c> in</c><00:16:31.879><c> verse</c><00:16:32.159><c> 4,</c>

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For<00:16:33.539><c> we</c><00:16:33.740><c> that</c><00:16:33.860><c> are</c><00:16:33.940><c> in</c><00:16:34.080><c> this</c><00:16:34.580><c> tent</c><00:16:34.840><c> do</c><00:16:35.100><c> groan,</c><00:16:35.740><c> being</c><00:16:36.019><c> burdened,</c>

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not<00:16:38.100><c> that</c><00:16:38.220><c> we</c><00:16:38.379><c> would</c><00:16:38.480><c> be</c><00:16:38.720><c> unclothed,</c><00:16:39.159><c> we</c><00:16:39.259><c> don't</c><00:16:39.440><c> want</c><00:16:39.539><c> to</c><00:16:39.639><c> get</c>

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out<00:16:39.899><c> of</c><00:16:39.980><c> the</c><00:16:40.159><c> body</c><00:16:40.320><c> necessarily,</c>

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but<00:16:41.659><c> what</c><00:16:41.840><c> we're</c><00:16:42.000><c> waiting</c><00:16:42.340><c> for</c><00:16:42.659><c> is</c><00:16:42.799><c> the</c><00:16:43.019><c> body</c><00:16:43.240><c> from</c><00:16:43.500><c> heaven,</c>

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that<00:16:46.279><c> mortality</c><00:16:46.799><c> might</c><00:16:47.059><c> be</c><00:16:47.340><c> swallowed</c><00:16:47.539><c> up</c><00:16:47.720><c> of</c><00:16:47.919><c> life.</c>

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So<00:16:49.759><c> we</c><00:16:49.840><c> don't</c><00:16:50.000><c> necessarily</c><00:16:50.200><c> want</c><00:16:50.340><c> to</c><00:16:50.440><c> be</c><00:16:50.639><c> dead.</c>

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What<00:16:51.440><c> we</c><00:16:51.620><c> want</c><00:16:51.740><c> to</c><00:16:51.879><c> be</c><00:16:52.000><c> is</c><00:16:52.220><c> finished</c><00:16:52.460><c> with</c><00:16:52.659><c> this</c><00:16:52.879><c> life</c><00:16:53.059><c> and</c><00:16:53.259><c> got</c>

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our<00:16:53.820><c> immortal</c><00:16:54.220><c> life</c><00:16:54.500><c> that's</c><00:16:54.860><c> coming.</c>

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And<00:16:56.500><c> then</c><00:16:56.600><c> he</c><00:16:56.720><c> says,</c><00:16:57.700><c> now,</c><00:16:58.379><c> he</c><00:16:58.379><c> that</c><00:16:58.679><c> wrought</c><00:16:58.919><c> for</c><00:16:59.120><c> us</c><00:16:59.360><c> the</c><00:16:59.679><c> self</c><00:16:59.960><c>-same</c><00:17:00.240><c> thing</c><00:17:00.620><c> is</c><00:17:00.899><c> God,</c>

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who<00:17:02.960><c> has</c><00:17:03.299><c> also</c><00:17:03.759><c> given</c><00:17:03.960><c> unto</c><00:17:04.160><c> us</c><00:17:04.519><c> the</c><00:17:04.920><c> earnest</c><00:17:05.380><c> of</c><00:17:05.839><c> the</c><00:17:06.200><c> spirit.</c>

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The<00:17:07.359><c> RSV</c><00:17:07.880><c> has</c><00:17:08.039><c> for</c><00:17:08.200><c> the</c><00:17:08.319><c> word</c><00:17:08.500><c> earnest</c><00:17:08.859><c> in</c><00:17:09.039><c> that</c><00:17:09.339><c> place</c><00:17:09.880><c> the</c><00:17:10.920><c> guarantee</c><00:17:11.579><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:12.180><c> spirit.</c>

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So<00:17:13.980><c> you</c><00:17:14.059><c> see,</c><00:17:14.359><c> the</c><00:17:14.519><c> Holy</c><00:17:14.839><c> Spirit</c><00:17:15.119><c> gifts</c><00:17:15.420><c> were</c><00:17:15.720><c> a</c><00:17:15.900><c> guarantee.</c>

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The<00:17:17.420><c> word</c><00:17:18.299><c> Arbonne</c><00:17:19.259><c> means</c><00:17:19.579><c> a</c><00:17:19.900><c> pledge,</c><00:17:20.480><c> a</c><00:17:20.640><c> deposit</c><00:17:21.019><c> or</c><00:17:21.279><c> a</c><00:17:21.559><c> down</c><00:17:21.799><c> payment.</c>

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It's<00:17:22.180><c> actually</c><00:17:22.420><c> a</c><00:17:22.680><c> commercial</c><00:17:23.059><c> term.</c>

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You<00:17:24.680><c> know,</c><00:17:24.680><c> we</c><00:17:24.839><c> understand</c><00:17:25.240><c> the</c><00:17:25.440><c> principle</c><00:17:25.660><c> of</c><00:17:25.839><c> giving</c><00:17:25.980><c> a</c><00:17:26.200><c> deposit</c><00:17:26.579><c> for</c>

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a<00:17:27.039><c> car.</c>

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You<00:17:28.279><c> know,</c><00:17:28.400><c> you</c><00:17:28.400><c> want</c><00:17:28.480><c> to</c><00:17:28.559><c> buy</c><00:17:28.720><c> a</c><00:17:28.880><c> car</c><00:17:29.119><c> and</c><00:17:29.240><c> you</c><00:17:29.359><c> go</c><00:17:29.480><c> out</c><00:17:29.619><c> and</c><00:17:29.720><c> you</c><00:17:29.779><c> put</c><00:17:29.880><c> $100</c><00:17:30.279><c> on</c><00:17:30.619><c> it,</c>

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a<00:17:31.500><c> week</c><00:17:31.619><c> later</c><00:17:31.819><c> you</c><00:17:31.960><c> come</c><00:17:32.240><c> back</c><00:17:32.480><c> and</c><00:17:32.599><c> then</c><00:17:32.740><c> you</c><00:17:32.920><c> pay</c><00:17:33.079><c> the</c><00:17:33.299><c> balance.</c>

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So<00:17:35.400><c> you</c><00:17:35.599><c> see,</c><00:17:36.200><c> the</c><00:17:36.339><c> deposit</c><00:17:36.720><c> is</c><00:17:37.000><c> a</c><00:17:37.339><c> promise</c><00:17:37.640><c> that</c><00:17:37.799><c> you</c><00:17:38.019><c> are</c><00:17:38.160><c> going</c><00:17:38.359><c> to</c>

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pay<00:17:39.039><c> the</c><00:17:39.400><c> greater</c><00:17:39.819><c> portion</c><00:17:40.339><c> later</c><00:17:40.660><c> on.</c>

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It's<00:17:42.079><c> a</c><00:17:42.220><c> down</c><00:17:42.539><c> payment,</c><00:17:43.539><c> a</c><00:17:43.759><c> pledge,</c><00:17:44.680><c> an</c><00:17:44.940><c> engagement</c><00:17:45.359><c> ring.</c>

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All<00:17:45.799><c> of</c><00:17:45.960><c> those</c><00:17:46.160><c> ideas</c><00:17:46.619><c> are</c><00:17:46.880><c> presented</c><00:17:47.180><c> by</c><00:17:47.420><c> that</c><00:17:47.700><c> word</c><00:17:47.859><c> in</c><00:17:48.000><c> the</c><00:17:48.180><c> Greek.</c>

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And<00:17:49.740><c> the</c><00:17:50.099><c> Holy</c><00:17:50.359><c> Spirit</c><00:17:50.660><c> gifts</c><00:17:50.920><c> are</c><00:17:51.259><c> the</c><00:17:51.660><c> down</c><00:17:52.099><c> payment</c><00:17:52.400><c> that</c>

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God<00:17:52.880><c> has</c><00:17:53.220><c> paid</c>

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in<00:17:54.200><c> absolute</c><00:17:54.579><c> assurance</c><00:17:55.079><c> of</c><00:17:55.279><c> immortal</c><00:17:55.559><c> life</c><00:17:55.920><c> coming</c><00:17:56.160><c> to</c><00:17:56.380><c> us.</c>

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I<00:17:58.759><c> wonder</c><00:17:58.839><c> if</c><00:17:58.940><c> we've</c><00:17:59.039><c> ever</c><00:17:59.259><c> seen</c><00:17:59.500><c> the</c><00:17:59.720><c> Holy</c><00:17:59.880><c> Spirit</c><00:18:00.160><c> gifts</c><00:18:00.339><c> in</c>

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that<00:18:00.759><c> light.</c>

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You<00:18:01.359><c> know,</c><00:18:01.519><c> they're</c><00:18:01.619><c> not</c><00:18:01.839><c> just</c><00:18:02.059><c> something</c><00:18:02.420><c> there</c><00:18:02.700><c> that</c><00:18:03.259><c> we</c><00:18:03.519><c> sort</c><00:18:03.700><c> of</c>

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wish<00:18:03.960><c> that</c><00:18:04.140><c> they</c><00:18:04.319><c> weren't</c><00:18:04.500><c> there</c>

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because<00:18:04.920><c> it</c><00:18:05.079><c> makes</c><00:18:05.240><c> it</c><00:18:05.420><c> hard</c><00:18:05.559><c> to</c><00:18:05.740><c> argue</c><00:18:05.880><c> with</c><00:18:06.059><c> Pentecostals.</c>

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You're<00:18:08.720><c> not</c><00:18:08.779><c> going</c><00:18:08.859><c> to</c><00:18:08.900><c> see</c><00:18:08.980><c> the</c><00:18:09.200><c> Holy</c><00:18:09.400><c> Spirit</c><00:18:09.700><c> gifts</c><00:18:09.940><c> as</c><00:18:10.140><c> the</c>

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absolute<00:18:10.720><c> assurance</c>

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that<00:18:11.500><c> we</c><00:18:11.700><c> can</c><00:18:11.819><c> be</c><00:18:12.019><c> in</c><00:18:12.140><c> the</c><00:18:12.279><c> kingdom</c><00:18:12.480><c> of</c><00:18:12.700><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:18:14.460><c> what</c><00:18:14.599><c> they</c><00:18:14.819><c> are.</c>

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The<00:18:16.259><c> fact</c><00:18:16.420><c> that</c><00:18:16.579><c> God</c><00:18:16.799><c> poured</c><00:18:17.140><c> his</c><00:18:17.359><c> spirit</c><00:18:17.539><c> upon</c><00:18:17.819><c> the</c><00:18:18.039><c> earth,</c>

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that<00:18:18.599><c> people</c><00:18:18.880><c> spoke</c><00:18:19.200><c> in</c><00:18:19.519><c> tongues,</c>

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that<00:18:20.319><c> people</c><00:18:20.519><c> were</c><00:18:20.680><c> able</c><00:18:20.880><c> to</c><00:18:21.039><c> do</c><00:18:21.140><c> miracles,</c><00:18:21.640><c> that</c><00:18:21.720><c> they</c><00:18:21.920><c> got</c>

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the<00:18:22.319><c> spirit</c><00:18:22.460><c> of</c><00:18:22.660><c> wisdom</c><00:18:22.940><c> and</c><00:18:23.160><c> knowledge</c>

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was<00:18:24.220><c> just</c><00:18:24.559><c> a</c><00:18:24.799><c> foretaste</c><00:18:25.259><c> of</c><00:18:25.420><c> the</c><00:18:25.579><c> kingdom</c><00:18:25.779><c> of</c><00:18:26.039><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:18:28.740><c> why,</c><00:18:29.200><c> in</c><00:18:29.420><c> the</c><00:18:29.619><c> first</c><00:18:29.859><c> century,</c><00:18:30.240><c> those</c><00:18:30.559><c> who</c><00:18:30.839><c> rejected</c>

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that<00:18:31.640><c> foretaste</c>

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and<00:18:33.220><c> turned</c><00:18:33.500><c> their</c><00:18:33.640><c> back</c><00:18:33.779><c> on</c><00:18:33.980><c> the</c><00:18:34.240><c> truth</c><00:18:34.799><c> could</c><00:18:35.420><c> never</c><00:18:35.920><c> repent.</c>

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You<00:18:37.220><c> come</c><00:18:37.400><c> to</c><00:18:37.599><c> Hebrews,</c><00:18:38.079><c> chapter</c><00:18:38.259><c> 6.</c>

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You<00:18:44.720><c> know,</c><00:18:44.900><c> in</c><00:18:45.079><c> Hebrews,</c><00:18:45.400><c> chapter</c><00:18:45.599><c> 6,</c><00:18:45.980><c> we</c><00:18:46.119><c> have</c><00:18:46.500><c> another</c><00:18:46.859><c> verse</c><00:18:47.140><c> that</c>

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talks<00:18:47.619><c> about</c><00:18:48.039><c> the</c>

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earnest<00:18:49.480><c> of</c><00:18:49.819><c> the</c><00:18:50.079><c> inheritance,</c><00:18:50.720><c> which</c><00:18:50.799><c> is</c><00:18:51.099><c> the</c><00:18:51.599><c> immortal</c><00:18:51.880><c> life</c><00:18:52.180><c> to</c><00:18:52.440><c> come,</c>

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the<00:18:54.380><c> security.</c>

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Hebrews,<00:18:58.220><c> chapter</c><00:18:58.500><c> 6,</c><00:18:58.859><c> and</c><00:18:58.960><c> let's</c><00:18:59.180><c> read</c><00:18:59.420><c> from</c><00:18:59.700><c> verse</c><00:19:00.180><c> 4</c><00:19:00.619><c> and</c><00:19:00.799><c> 5.</c>

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It<00:19:23.640><c> is</c><00:19:23.799><c> impossible</c><00:19:24.400><c> to</c><00:19:24.680><c> renew</c><00:19:24.940><c> them</c><00:19:25.240><c> again</c><00:19:25.619><c> under</c><00:19:25.920><c> repentance.</c>

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That's<00:19:27.079><c> where</c><00:19:27.200><c> the</c><00:19:27.299><c> word</c><00:19:27.400><c> impossible</c><00:19:27.819><c> really</c><00:19:28.119><c> should</c><00:19:28.319><c> be.</c>

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It's<00:19:29.599><c> impossible</c><00:19:30.220><c> for</c><00:19:31.180><c> those</c><00:19:31.480><c> who</c><00:19:31.660><c> have</c><00:19:31.960><c> tasted</c><00:19:32.299><c> of</c><00:19:32.500><c> the</c><00:19:32.700><c> heavenly</c><00:19:33.059><c> gift</c>

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to<00:19:34.039><c> renew</c><00:19:34.660><c> again</c><00:19:35.160><c> under</c><00:19:35.440><c> repentance</c>

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because<00:19:37.640><c> they</c><00:19:37.880><c> would</c><00:19:37.960><c> be</c><00:19:38.220><c> putting</c><00:19:38.440><c> to</c><00:19:38.660><c> death</c><00:19:38.839><c> the</c><00:19:39.019><c> Son</c><00:19:39.180><c> of</c><00:19:39.380><c> God</c>

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a<00:19:39.779><c> second</c><00:19:40.000><c> time</c>

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and<00:19:41.440><c> put</c><00:19:41.599><c> him</c><00:19:41.740><c> to</c><00:19:41.839><c> an</c><00:19:42.059><c> open</c><00:19:42.380><c> shame.</c>

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And<00:19:44.720><c> you</c><00:19:44.819><c> know,</c><00:19:44.920><c> for</c><00:19:45.079><c> those</c><00:19:45.299><c> who</c><00:19:45.519><c> had</c><00:19:45.619><c> in</c><00:19:45.759><c> their</c><00:19:46.039><c> hands</c><00:19:46.420><c> the</c><00:19:46.779><c> power</c><00:19:47.039><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:47.480><c> Spirit,</c>

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who<00:19:48.420><c> saw</c><00:19:48.740><c> the</c><00:19:48.940><c> miracles,</c><00:19:50.019><c> who</c><00:19:50.059><c> themselves</c><00:19:50.680><c> were</c><00:19:51.380><c> gifted</c><00:19:51.759><c> people,</c>

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if<00:19:53.559><c> they</c><00:19:53.859><c> turned</c><00:19:54.119><c> away</c><00:19:54.400><c> from</c><00:19:54.559><c> the</c><00:19:54.799><c> truth,</c><00:19:55.059><c> Paul</c><00:19:55.279><c> says</c><00:19:55.539><c> there's</c>

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no<00:19:56.200><c> way</c><00:19:56.440><c> back</c><00:19:56.660><c> for</c><00:19:56.859><c> those</c><00:19:57.119><c> people.</c>

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They<00:19:58.900><c> have</c><00:19:59.180><c> trodden</c><00:19:59.500><c> God's</c><00:20:00.000><c> engagement</c><00:20:00.420><c> ring</c><00:20:00.619><c> in</c><00:20:00.819><c> the</c><00:20:00.980><c> mud.</c>

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And<00:20:02.660><c> you</c><00:20:02.819><c> can't</c><00:20:03.099><c> do</c><00:20:03.240><c> that</c><00:20:03.359><c> and</c><00:20:03.480><c> get</c><00:20:03.599><c> away</c><00:20:03.819><c> with</c><00:20:03.980><c> it.</c>

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So<00:20:06.700><c> you</c><00:20:06.779><c> see,</c><00:20:06.940><c> there</c><00:20:07.059><c> it</c><00:20:07.160><c> just</c><00:20:07.359><c> shows</c><00:20:07.539><c> again</c><00:20:07.960><c> the</c><00:20:09.259><c> tremendous</c><00:20:09.700><c> value</c>

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that<00:20:10.420><c> God</c><00:20:10.619><c> placed</c><00:20:10.960><c> upon</c><00:20:11.220><c> those</c><00:20:11.559><c> spirit</c><00:20:11.799><c> gifts.</c>

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They<00:20:12.559><c> were</c><00:20:12.720><c> things</c><00:20:13.000><c> to</c><00:20:13.200><c> be</c><00:20:13.519><c> treasured</c>

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because<00:20:15.519><c> they</c><00:20:15.720><c> were</c><00:20:16.019><c> an</c><00:20:16.200><c> earnest,</c><00:20:16.519><c> a</c><00:20:16.779><c> down</c><00:20:17.099><c> payment,</c>

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a<00:20:17.579><c> pledge</c><00:20:17.859><c> against</c><00:20:18.359><c> immortal</c><00:20:18.859><c> life</c><00:20:19.180><c> for</c><00:20:19.380><c> the</c><00:20:19.599><c> saints.</c>

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And<00:20:21.539><c> so</c><00:20:21.640><c> we</c><00:20:21.779><c> come</c><00:20:21.980><c> back</c><00:20:22.220><c> to</c><00:20:22.420><c> Ephesians</c><00:20:22.940><c> chapter</c><00:20:23.299><c> 1.</c>

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I<00:20:25.259><c> think</c><00:20:25.400><c> it</c><00:20:25.500><c> would</c><00:20:25.579><c> be</c><00:20:25.680><c> really</c><00:20:25.960><c> helpful</c><00:20:26.200><c> if</c><00:20:26.319><c> we</c><00:20:26.460><c> could</c><00:20:26.619><c> try</c>

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and<00:20:26.980><c> see</c><00:20:27.019><c> the</c><00:20:27.319><c> spirit</c><00:20:27.500><c> gifts</c>

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a<00:20:27.900><c> little</c><00:20:28.039><c> more,</c><00:20:28.759><c> not</c><00:20:28.940><c> as</c><00:20:29.200><c> a</c><00:20:29.400><c> problem</c><00:20:29.700><c> for</c><00:20:29.940><c> us</c><00:20:30.119><c> to</c><00:20:30.299><c> deal</c><00:20:30.440><c> with,</c>

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but<00:20:30.720><c> as</c><00:20:30.980><c> a</c><00:20:31.119><c> tremendously</c><00:20:31.579><c> great</c><00:20:32.019><c> promise</c><00:20:32.579><c> of</c><00:20:33.559><c> that</c><00:20:33.779><c> which</c><00:20:33.940><c> is</c>

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to<00:20:34.299><c> come.</c>

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So<00:20:36.460><c> he</c><00:20:36.599><c> says</c><00:20:36.720><c> in</c><00:20:36.900><c> verse</c><00:20:37.119><c> 14,</c><00:20:37.480><c> the</c><00:20:37.680><c> spirit</c><00:20:38.039><c> gifts</c><00:20:38.599><c> were</c><00:20:39.400><c> the</c><00:20:40.059><c> earnest</c>

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or<00:20:40.759><c> the</c><00:20:41.140><c> pledge,</c><00:20:41.779><c> the</c><00:20:42.000><c> down</c><00:20:42.359><c> payment</c><00:20:42.619><c> of</c><00:20:42.799><c> our</c><00:20:43.119><c> inheritance</c>

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until<00:20:45.279><c> the</c><00:20:45.599><c> redemption</c><00:20:46.140><c> of</c><00:20:46.420><c> the</c><00:20:46.619><c> purchase</c><00:20:46.940><c> possession.</c>

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So<00:20:48.319><c> you</c><00:20:48.400><c> see</c><00:20:48.460><c> there's</c><00:20:48.700><c> going</c><00:20:48.859><c> to</c><00:20:49.000><c> be</c><00:20:49.099><c> the</c><00:20:49.420><c> greater</c><00:20:49.700><c> price</c><00:20:50.140><c> paid</c>

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in<00:20:50.680><c> the</c><00:20:50.819><c> end.</c>

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And<00:20:53.880><c> what's</c><00:20:54.119><c> the</c><00:20:54.339><c> redemption</c><00:20:54.839><c> of</c><00:20:55.259><c> the</c><00:20:56.099><c> purchase</c><00:20:56.559><c> possession?</c>

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Well<00:20:57.759><c> it</c><00:20:57.859><c> says</c><00:20:58.119><c> there</c><00:20:59.000><c> until.</c>

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Now<00:20:59.579><c> the</c><00:20:59.660><c> word</c><00:20:59.880><c> until</c><00:21:00.240><c> is</c><00:21:00.619><c> wrong</c><00:21:00.880><c> because</c><00:21:01.059><c> it</c><00:21:01.140><c> gives</c><00:21:01.319><c> a</c><00:21:01.460><c> sense</c>

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of<00:21:02.000><c> time.</c>

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The<00:21:03.180><c> Greek</c><00:21:03.319><c> really</c><00:21:03.579><c> indicates</c><00:21:04.259><c> a</c><00:21:05.339><c> direction</c><00:21:05.680><c> or</c><00:21:06.039><c> an</c><00:21:06.339><c> assurance.</c>

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It<00:21:06.859><c> should</c><00:21:07.039><c> be</c><00:21:07.380><c> unto</c><00:21:07.839><c> as</c><00:21:08.740><c> the</c><00:21:09.079><c> RV</c><00:21:09.400><c> has</c><00:21:09.640><c> it.</c>

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And<00:21:09.819><c> it's</c><00:21:09.940><c> quite</c><00:21:10.140><c> important.</c>

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Let's<00:21:10.680><c> read</c><00:21:10.819><c> it</c><00:21:10.960><c> again,</c><00:21:11.380><c> making</c><00:21:11.960><c> that</c><00:21:12.299><c> correction,</c>

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which<00:21:14.440><c> is</c><00:21:14.640><c> the</c><00:21:14.799><c> earnest</c><00:21:15.140><c> of</c><00:21:15.359><c> our</c><00:21:15.599><c> inheritance</c>

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towards<00:21:17.420><c> the</c><00:21:17.940><c> redemption</c><00:21:18.460><c> of</c><00:21:18.859><c> the</c><00:21:19.460><c> promised</c><00:21:19.859><c> possession.</c>

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So<00:21:22.180><c> you</c><00:21:22.380><c> see</c><00:21:22.500><c> that's</c><00:21:22.720><c> what</c><00:21:22.900><c> it</c><00:21:23.039><c> is.</c>

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It<00:21:23.500><c> was</c><00:21:24.099><c> pointing</c><00:21:24.480><c> towards</c><00:21:25.259><c> a</c><00:21:25.559><c> greater</c><00:21:25.819><c> redemption</c><00:21:26.240><c> to</c><00:21:26.519><c> come.</c>

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What's<00:21:28.339><c> it</c><00:21:28.480><c> pointing</c><00:21:28.640><c> towards?</c>

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Well<00:21:29.140><c> it's</c><00:21:29.380><c> pointing</c><00:21:29.539><c> towards</c><00:21:30.119><c> the</c><00:21:31.299><c> final</c><00:21:31.660><c> redemption</c>

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in<00:21:33.200><c> which</c><00:21:33.359><c> we</c><00:21:33.579><c> shall</c><00:21:33.660><c> be</c><00:21:33.940><c> given</c><00:21:34.200><c> eternal</c><00:21:34.700><c> life.</c>

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And<00:21:35.660><c> when</c><00:21:35.740><c> there's</c><00:21:35.960><c> going</c><00:21:36.039><c> to</c><00:21:36.180><c> be</c><00:21:36.279><c> a</c><00:21:36.420><c> tremendous</c><00:21:36.880><c> outpouring</c>

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of<00:21:37.599><c> the</c><00:21:37.839><c> spirit</c><00:21:38.000><c> of</c><00:21:38.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:39.740><c> you</c><00:21:39.960><c> think</c><00:21:40.240><c> of</c><00:21:40.359><c> what's</c><00:21:40.559><c> going</c><00:21:40.680><c> to</c><00:21:40.819><c> happen</c><00:21:41.039><c> when</c><00:21:41.619><c> the</c>

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saints<00:21:42.160><c> arise</c>

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and<00:21:42.819><c> go</c><00:21:43.019><c> to</c><00:21:43.160><c> the</c><00:21:43.299><c> right</c><00:21:43.519><c> hand</c><00:21:43.660><c> of</c><00:21:43.839><c> the</c><00:21:43.920><c> Lord</c><00:21:44.079><c> Jesus</c><00:21:44.440><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:21:45.660><c> the</c><00:21:45.799><c> voice</c><00:21:46.059><c> comes</c><00:21:46.359><c> to</c><00:21:46.539><c> them,</c>

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O<00:21:48.339><c> servant</c><00:21:48.700><c> greatly</c><00:21:49.119><c> beloved,</c><00:21:49.819><c> be</c><00:21:50.039><c> strong,</c><00:21:50.559><c> ye</c><00:21:50.680><c> be</c><00:21:50.960><c> strong.</c>

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And<00:21:51.359><c> it's</c><00:21:51.460><c> going</c><00:21:51.599><c> to</c><00:21:51.740><c> be</c><00:21:51.920><c> given</c><00:21:52.039><c> to</c><00:21:52.200><c> them</c><00:21:52.299><c> a</c><00:21:52.500><c> tremendous</c><00:21:53.039><c> swelling</c><00:21:53.319><c> of</c>

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God's<00:21:54.680><c> power</c>

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that<00:21:55.160><c> makes</c><00:21:55.359><c> them</c><00:21:55.539><c> immortal.</c>

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That<00:21:57.119><c> changes</c><00:21:57.380><c> this</c><00:21:57.660><c> corruptible</c><00:21:58.200><c> body.</c>

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And<00:21:59.339><c> mortality</c><00:21:59.779><c> is</c><00:22:00.079><c> swallowed</c><00:22:00.220><c> up</c><00:22:00.440><c> of</c><00:22:00.660><c> life.</c>

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And<00:22:02.839><c> then</c><00:22:03.000><c> they</c><00:22:03.220><c> shall</c><00:22:03.359><c> go</c><00:22:03.680><c> forth</c><00:22:03.900><c> into</c><00:22:04.099><c> the</c><00:22:04.279><c> age</c><00:22:04.500><c> to</c><00:22:04.720><c> come</c>

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with<00:22:05.099><c> all</c><00:22:05.420><c> the</c><00:22:05.640><c> powers</c><00:22:05.859><c> of</c><00:22:06.079><c> God</c><00:22:06.160><c> at</c><00:22:06.299><c> their</c><00:22:06.500><c> disposal</c>

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to<00:22:08.180><c> be</c><00:22:08.279><c> able</c><00:22:08.480><c> to</c><00:22:08.759><c> cure</c><00:22:08.960><c> and</c><00:22:09.299><c> heal.</c>

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You<00:22:11.259><c> see</c><00:22:11.380><c> the</c><00:22:11.740><c> taste</c><00:22:12.240><c> of</c><00:22:12.940><c> the</c><00:22:13.220><c> spirit</c><00:22:13.440><c> gifts</c><00:22:13.640><c> where</c><00:22:13.839><c> men</c><00:22:14.039><c> were</c>

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given<00:22:14.380><c> one</c><00:22:14.839><c> gift</c>

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was<00:22:15.319><c> but</c><00:22:15.460><c> a</c><00:22:15.720><c> taste</c><00:22:15.960><c> of</c><00:22:16.140><c> the</c><00:22:16.359><c> age</c><00:22:16.579><c> to</c><00:22:16.839><c> come.</c>

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And<00:22:19.160><c> we're</c><00:22:19.319><c> going</c><00:22:19.319><c> to</c><00:22:19.420><c> get</c><00:22:19.500><c> the</c><00:22:19.859><c> promised</c><00:22:20.079><c> possession</c>

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which<00:22:20.700><c> is</c><00:22:20.859><c> our</c><00:22:21.059><c> immortal</c><00:22:21.359><c> life</c><00:22:21.680><c> and</c><00:22:21.859><c> the</c><00:22:22.099><c> power</c><00:22:22.259><c> of</c><00:22:22.500><c> God</c><00:22:22.680><c> in</c><00:22:23.059><c> the</c><00:22:23.240><c> hands</c><00:22:23.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:24.299><c> saints.</c>

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Tremendous<00:22:26.700><c> thing</c><00:22:26.859><c> that</c><00:22:27.000><c> is,</c><00:22:27.259><c> brethren</c><00:22:27.359><c> and</c><00:22:27.599><c> sisters.</c>

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But<00:22:29.339><c> again</c><00:22:29.599><c> to</c><00:22:29.720><c> the</c><00:22:29.920><c> same</c><00:22:30.200><c> purpose</c><00:22:30.519><c> at</c><00:22:30.680><c> the</c><00:22:30.759><c> end</c><00:22:30.880><c> of</c><00:22:31.019><c> verse</c><00:22:31.200><c> 14.</c>

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Unto<00:22:33.200><c> the</c><00:22:33.539><c> praise</c><00:22:33.799><c> of</c><00:22:33.980><c> his</c><00:22:34.220><c> glory.</c>

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And<00:22:35.740><c> again</c><00:22:36.079><c> that</c><00:22:36.279><c> will</c><00:22:36.420><c> all</c><00:22:36.660><c> be</c><00:22:36.940><c> used</c><00:22:37.240><c> to</c><00:22:37.519><c> glorify</c><00:22:38.000><c> the</c><00:22:38.200><c> God</c><00:22:38.359><c> of</c><00:22:38.579><c> heaven.</c>

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So<00:22:40.660><c> you</c><00:22:40.720><c> see</c><00:22:40.720><c> there's</c><00:22:41.079><c> the</c><00:22:41.380><c> promised</c><00:22:41.680><c> possession.</c>

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Just<00:22:43.019><c> keep</c><00:22:43.180><c> your</c><00:22:43.359><c> hand</c><00:22:43.500><c> there</c><00:22:43.640><c> and</c><00:22:43.720><c> go</c><00:22:43.859><c> to</c><00:22:44.019><c> Romans</c><00:22:44.400><c> chapter</c><00:22:44.799><c> 8</c>

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in<00:22:45.279><c> verse</c><00:22:45.480><c> 23.</c>

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Here's<00:22:50.220><c> where</c><00:22:50.359><c> it</c><00:22:50.440><c> talks</c><00:22:50.720><c> about</c><00:22:51.019><c> the</c><00:22:51.339><c> redemption</c><00:22:51.839><c> of</c><00:22:53.079><c> the</c>

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promised<00:22:53.759><c> possession.</c>

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It<00:22:57.660><c> talks</c><00:22:57.880><c> in</c><00:22:58.039><c> Romans</c><00:22:58.339><c> 8</c><00:22:58.599><c> in</c><00:22:58.799><c> verse</c><00:22:58.980><c> 24.</c>

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For<00:22:59.660><c> we</c><00:22:59.799><c> are</c><00:23:00.059><c> saved</c><00:23:00.400><c> by</c><00:23:01.200><c> the</c><00:23:01.579><c> hope</c><00:23:02.059><c> as</c><00:23:02.960><c> it</c><00:23:03.119><c> should</c><00:23:03.259><c> be</c><00:23:03.420><c> in</c><00:23:03.539><c> the</c><00:23:03.680><c> Greek.</c>

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So<00:23:04.940><c> we're</c><00:23:05.279><c> saved</c><00:23:05.480><c> by</c><00:23:05.819><c> the</c><00:23:06.180><c> hope.</c>

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Well<00:23:06.480><c> what</c><00:23:06.579><c> is</c><00:23:06.759><c> the</c><00:23:06.960><c> hope?</c>

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Verse<00:23:07.359><c> 23.</c>

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So<00:23:22.920><c> you</c><00:23:23.039><c> see</c><00:23:23.160><c> the</c><00:23:23.380><c> great</c><00:23:23.680><c> redemption</c><00:23:24.119><c> that</c><00:23:24.279><c> has</c><00:23:24.420><c> to</c><00:23:24.559><c> be</c><00:23:24.759><c> taken</c><00:23:24.920><c> place</c>

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is<00:23:25.420><c> that</c><00:23:25.519><c> we've</c><00:23:25.700><c> got</c><00:23:25.779><c> to</c><00:23:25.900><c> be</c><00:23:26.180><c> changed</c><00:23:26.559><c> from</c><00:23:26.900><c> mortality</c><00:23:27.400><c> to</c><00:23:27.700><c> life.</c>

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That's<00:23:29.460><c> the</c><00:23:29.660><c> redemption</c><00:23:30.039><c> of</c><00:23:30.240><c> the</c><00:23:30.500><c> promised</c><00:23:30.700><c> possession</c>

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that<00:23:32.400><c> we're</c><00:23:32.559><c> all</c><00:23:32.700><c> waiting</c><00:23:32.920><c> for</c><00:23:33.140><c> and</c><00:23:33.279><c> the</c><00:23:33.480><c> fact</c><00:23:33.599><c> that</c><00:23:33.779><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:23:34.259><c> gifts</c>

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came<00:23:34.740><c> in</c><00:23:34.940><c> the</c><00:23:35.059><c> first</c><00:23:35.279><c> century</c><00:23:35.759><c> was</c><00:23:36.420><c> the</c><00:23:36.660><c> down</c><00:23:36.940><c> payment.</c>

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God's<00:23:38.480><c> paid</c><00:23:38.619><c> the</c><00:23:38.819><c> deposit</c><00:23:39.519><c> in</c><00:23:41.380><c> absolute</c><00:23:41.759><c> assurance</c><00:23:42.259><c> that</c><00:23:42.440><c> he</c>

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will<00:23:42.819><c> complete</c><00:23:43.099><c> the</c><00:23:43.339><c> work.</c>

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See<00:23:46.140><c> there's</c><00:23:46.359><c> what</c><00:23:46.500><c> the</c><00:23:46.779><c> spirit</c><00:23:46.960><c> gifts</c><00:23:47.140><c> were</c><00:23:47.339><c> given</c><00:23:47.519><c> for</c>

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and<00:23:47.839><c> that</c><00:23:48.059><c> makes</c><00:23:48.220><c> a</c><00:23:48.480><c> tremendous</c><00:23:49.079><c> different</c><00:23:50.000><c> view</c><00:23:50.279><c> of</c><00:23:50.440><c> the</c>

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spirit<00:23:50.940><c> gifts</c>

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from<00:23:51.299><c> what</c><00:23:51.440><c> we</c><00:23:51.720><c> sometimes</c><00:23:52.180><c> have.</c>

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They<00:23:54.619><c> were</c><00:23:54.819><c> in</c><00:23:55.039><c> earnest</c><00:23:55.319><c> of</c><00:23:55.500><c> our</c><00:23:55.740><c> inheritance.</c>

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So<00:23:59.640><c> then</c><00:23:59.799><c> we</c><00:23:59.920><c> leave</c><00:24:00.099><c> behind</c><00:24:00.579><c> those</c><00:24:01.420><c> wonderful</c><00:24:02.019><c> verses</c>

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that<00:24:02.799><c> summarise</c><00:24:03.380><c> the</c><00:24:04.519><c> power</c><00:24:04.839><c> of</c><00:24:05.079><c> God</c><00:24:05.299><c> toward</c><00:24:05.619><c> the</c><00:24:05.900><c> saints</c>

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and<00:24:06.279><c> we</c><00:24:06.460><c> come</c><00:24:06.619><c> to</c><00:24:06.740><c> this</c><00:24:06.980><c> prayer</c><00:24:07.299><c> of</c><00:24:07.559><c> Paul</c><00:24:07.720><c> now</c><00:24:07.900><c> from</c><00:24:08.079><c> verse</c><00:24:08.339><c> 15</c>

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to<00:24:09.819><c> verse</c><00:24:10.099><c> 23.</c>

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As<00:24:12.359><c> we</c><00:24:12.619><c> said</c><00:24:12.759><c> Paul</c><00:24:13.039><c> had</c><00:24:13.359><c> heard</c><00:24:13.579><c> of</c><00:24:13.799><c> their</c><00:24:13.980><c> faith</c><00:24:14.279><c> and</c><00:24:14.539><c> love</c>

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probably<00:24:16.019><c> from</c><00:24:16.400><c> Tichicus</c><00:24:16.819><c> and</c><00:24:17.119><c> others</c><00:24:17.339><c> who</c><00:24:17.539><c> had</c><00:24:17.720><c> come</c><00:24:17.940><c> to</c><00:24:18.180><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:24:21.680><c> in</c><00:24:21.900><c> gratitude</c><00:24:22.339><c> Paul</c><00:24:22.799><c> pens</c><00:24:23.319><c> a</c><00:24:23.779><c> prayer</c><00:24:24.000><c> on</c><00:24:24.160><c> their</c><00:24:24.380><c> behalf.</c>

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He<00:24:26.480><c> says</c><00:24:26.599><c> in</c><00:24:26.779><c> verse</c><00:24:26.980><c> 16,</c>

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I<00:24:27.680><c> cease</c><00:24:28.099><c> not</c><00:24:28.460><c> to</c><00:24:28.680><c> give</c><00:24:28.920><c> thanks</c><00:24:29.420><c> for</c><00:24:29.799><c> you,</c>

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making<00:24:31.519><c> mention</c><00:24:31.960><c> of</c><00:24:32.200><c> you</c><00:24:32.500><c> in</c><00:24:32.880><c> my</c><00:24:33.180><c> prayers.</c>

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You<00:24:37.859><c> know</c><00:24:38.039><c> the</c><00:24:38.200><c> apostle</c><00:24:38.539><c> Paul</c><00:24:38.880><c> was</c><00:24:39.819><c> given</c><00:24:40.059><c> to</c><00:24:40.299><c> us</c>

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that<00:24:40.640><c> we</c><00:24:40.839><c> might</c><00:24:41.059><c> know</c><00:24:41.619><c> how</c><00:24:42.119><c> to</c><00:24:42.339><c> follow</c><00:24:42.519><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:24:44.880><c> when</c><00:24:44.980><c> you</c><00:24:45.140><c> think</c><00:24:45.259><c> of</c><00:24:45.400><c> what</c><00:24:45.539><c> God</c><00:24:45.740><c> has</c><00:24:45.980><c> done</c>

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there's<00:24:47.400><c> really</c><00:24:47.640><c> no</c><00:24:47.859><c> reason</c><00:24:48.640><c> why</c><00:24:49.480><c> we</c><00:24:49.660><c> can't</c><00:24:50.019><c> know</c><00:24:50.160><c> the</c><00:24:50.359><c> way</c><00:24:50.599><c> to</c><00:24:50.819><c> salvation.</c>

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Every<00:24:55.299><c> man</c><00:24:55.539><c> would</c><00:24:55.720><c> have</c><00:24:55.920><c> found</c><00:24:56.079><c> God</c><00:24:56.420><c> a</c><00:24:56.660><c> hard</c><00:24:56.799><c> act</c><00:24:56.960><c> to</c><00:24:57.220><c> follow.</c>

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So<00:24:59.059><c> God</c><00:24:59.259><c> revealed</c><00:24:59.559><c> himself</c><00:25:00.039><c> in</c><00:25:00.299><c> a</c><00:25:00.539><c> son,</c><00:25:01.039><c> one</c><00:25:01.240><c> of</c><00:25:01.440><c> our</c><00:25:01.680><c> nature,</c>

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tempted<00:25:03.160><c> at</c><00:25:03.339><c> all</c><00:25:03.539><c> points</c><00:25:03.799><c> like</c><00:25:04.079><c> us</c><00:25:04.299><c> we</c><00:25:04.500><c> are,</c>

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understanding<00:25:07.400><c> and</c><00:25:07.799><c> sharing</c><00:25:08.119><c> our</c><00:25:08.480><c> infirmities,</c>

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a<00:25:11.180><c> perfect</c><00:25:11.380><c> example</c><00:25:11.859><c> of</c><00:25:12.000><c> what</c><00:25:12.180><c> we</c><00:25:12.420><c> ought</c><00:25:12.559><c> to</c><00:25:12.799><c> be</c><00:25:12.920><c> in</c><00:25:13.039><c> the</c><00:25:13.240><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:25:16.039><c> just</c><00:25:16.279><c> in</c><00:25:16.539><c> case</c><00:25:16.980><c> any</c><00:25:17.220><c> of</c><00:25:17.339><c> us</c><00:25:17.380><c> should</c><00:25:17.559><c> say,</c>

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well<00:25:18.339><c> Christ</c><00:25:18.700><c> is</c><00:25:18.980><c> beyond</c><00:25:19.240><c> me,</c><00:25:19.460><c> he's</c><00:25:19.740><c> too</c><00:25:20.000><c> perfect.</c>

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Well<00:25:21.599><c> God</c><00:25:21.700><c> has</c><00:25:21.880><c> said</c><00:25:21.960><c> look</c><00:25:22.140><c> at</c><00:25:22.259><c> a</c><00:25:22.359><c> man</c><00:25:22.500><c> like</c><00:25:22.859><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:25:23.279><c> you</c><00:25:23.380><c> know</c><00:25:23.480><c> we</c><00:25:23.660><c> have</c><00:25:24.259><c> tremendous</c><00:25:24.960><c> amount</c><00:25:25.180><c> of</c><00:25:25.440><c> information</c>

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on<00:25:26.019><c> the</c><00:25:26.279><c> mind</c><00:25:26.480><c> of</c><00:25:26.680><c> Paul</c><00:25:26.920><c> and</c><00:25:27.079><c> the</c><00:25:27.259><c> way</c><00:25:27.440><c> that</c><00:25:27.619><c> he</c><00:25:27.819><c> thought.</c>

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And<00:25:30.000><c> he</c><00:25:30.160><c> could</c><00:25:30.380><c> say</c><00:25:30.640><c> that</c><00:25:30.819><c> he</c><00:25:30.940><c> was</c><00:25:31.160><c> there</c><00:25:31.279><c> to</c><00:25:31.559><c> fill</c><00:25:31.680><c> up</c><00:25:31.859><c> the</c><00:25:32.140><c> measure</c><00:25:32.319><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:32.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:32.759><c> Jesus</c><00:25:33.099><c> Christ,</c>

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that<00:25:33.960><c> God</c><00:25:34.180><c> had</c><00:25:34.519><c> chosen</c><00:25:34.799><c> him</c><00:25:34.980><c> to</c><00:25:35.220><c> reveal</c><00:25:35.480><c> his</c><00:25:35.859><c> son</c><00:25:36.099><c> into</c><00:25:36.279><c> the</c><00:25:36.519><c> world.</c>

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And<00:25:40.180><c> he</c><00:25:40.279><c> could</c><00:25:40.519><c> say,</c><00:25:41.019><c> be</c><00:25:41.039><c> ye</c><00:25:41.259><c> followers</c><00:25:41.559><c> of</c><00:25:41.819><c> me</c><00:25:42.039><c> as</c><00:25:42.299><c> I</c><00:25:42.660><c> am</c><00:25:42.779><c> of</c><00:25:42.980><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:25:44.700><c> there</c><00:25:44.819><c> was</c><00:25:44.960><c> one</c><00:25:45.259><c> more</c><00:25:45.619><c> stepping</c><00:25:45.940><c> stone</c><00:25:46.279><c> placed</c><00:25:46.640><c> in</c><00:25:46.859><c> front</c>

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of<00:25:47.079><c> us</c>

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between<00:25:47.819><c> us</c><00:25:48.279><c> and</c><00:25:48.519><c> Christ</c><00:25:48.980><c> even.</c>

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God<00:25:50.220><c> has</c><00:25:50.420><c> again</c><00:25:50.700><c> bridged</c><00:25:51.059><c> the</c><00:25:51.240><c> gap</c><00:25:51.400><c> in</c><00:25:51.579><c> a</c><00:25:51.740><c> man</c><00:25:51.880><c> who</c><00:25:52.119><c> had</c><00:25:52.380><c> sins</c>

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to<00:25:53.000><c> live</c><00:25:53.180><c> down,</c>

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a<00:25:54.240><c> man</c><00:25:54.400><c> who</c><00:25:54.539><c> had</c><00:25:54.799><c> failings</c><00:25:55.160><c> in</c><00:25:55.279><c> his</c><00:25:55.519><c> life,</c>

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a<00:25:56.279><c> man</c><00:25:56.440><c> who</c><00:25:56.539><c> knew</c><00:25:56.539><c> what</c><00:25:56.619><c> it</c><00:25:56.839><c> was</c><00:25:57.039><c> to</c><00:25:57.299><c> climb</c><00:25:57.559><c> back</c><00:25:57.799><c> from</c><00:25:58.000><c> the</c><00:25:58.140><c> pit</c>

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of<00:25:58.420><c> despair,</c>

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a<00:26:01.500><c> man</c><00:26:01.680><c> who</c><00:26:01.920><c> worked</c><00:26:02.119><c> harder</c><00:26:02.519><c> than</c><00:26:02.940><c> every</c><00:26:03.220><c> one</c><00:26:03.359><c> of</c><00:26:03.460><c> us,</c>

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in<00:26:05.579><c> labourings</c><00:26:06.039><c> often.</c>

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And<00:26:08.660><c> God</c><00:26:08.799><c> gave</c><00:26:09.039><c> us</c><00:26:09.319><c> Paul</c><00:26:09.500><c> who</c><00:26:09.660><c> might</c><00:26:09.819><c> understand</c><00:26:10.380><c> the</c><00:26:10.579><c> right</c>

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way<00:26:11.019><c> to</c><00:26:11.299><c> think</c>

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and<00:26:12.099><c> to</c><00:26:12.299><c> follow</c><00:26:12.480><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:26:14.759><c> you</c><00:26:14.839><c> know</c><00:26:14.920><c> when</c><00:26:15.079><c> you</c><00:26:15.200><c> go</c><00:26:15.359><c> through</c><00:26:15.539><c> the</c><00:26:15.740><c> epistles</c><00:26:15.980><c> of</c><00:26:16.220><c> Paul,</c>

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almost<00:26:16.759><c> without</c><00:26:17.180><c> exception</c><00:26:17.720><c> you</c><00:26:17.920><c> come</c><00:26:18.160><c> across</c><00:26:18.640><c> a</c><00:26:19.359><c> section</c><00:26:19.640><c> like</c><00:26:19.980><c> verse</c><00:26:20.259><c> 16</c>

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where<00:26:22.299><c> he</c><00:26:22.539><c> says,</c><00:26:23.059><c> I</c><00:26:23.059><c> cease</c><00:26:23.400><c> not</c><00:26:23.640><c> to</c><00:26:23.839><c> give</c><00:26:24.039><c> thanks</c><00:26:24.319><c> for</c><00:26:24.579><c> you,</c>

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making<00:26:26.079><c> mention</c><00:26:26.460><c> of</c><00:26:26.680><c> you</c><00:26:27.000><c> in</c><00:26:27.279><c> my</c><00:26:27.559><c> prayers.</c>

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And<00:26:30.480><c> you</c><00:26:30.519><c> know</c><00:26:30.680><c> prayers</c><00:26:30.920><c> are</c><00:26:31.160><c> always</c><00:26:31.440><c> a</c><00:26:31.640><c> touchy</c><00:26:31.980><c> subject</c><00:26:32.279><c> I</c><00:26:32.519><c> think</c><00:26:32.640><c> for</c><00:26:32.900><c> most</c><00:26:33.059><c> of</c><00:26:33.200><c> us</c>

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because<00:26:34.319><c> the</c><00:26:35.460><c> busy</c><00:26:35.700><c> life</c><00:26:35.980><c> that</c><00:26:36.140><c> we</c><00:26:36.299><c> lead</c><00:26:36.500><c> tends</c><00:26:36.839><c> to</c><00:26:37.039><c> crowd</c>

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prayer<00:26:37.519><c> right</c><00:26:37.839><c> out.</c>

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But<00:26:41.640><c> you</c><00:26:41.640><c> know</c><00:26:41.819><c> Paul</c><00:26:42.099><c> above</c><00:26:42.380><c> all</c><00:26:42.539><c> was</c><00:26:42.700><c> an</c><00:26:42.900><c> example</c><00:26:43.240><c> of</c><00:26:43.539><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:26:44.980><c> particularly</c><00:26:45.539><c> prayer</c><00:26:45.839><c> for</c><00:26:46.079><c> others.</c>

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It's<00:26:49.099><c> not</c><00:26:49.240><c> recorded</c><00:26:49.619><c> in</c><00:26:49.940><c> vain</c><00:26:50.619><c> that</c><00:26:51.680><c> Paul</c><00:26:52.000><c> prayed,</c>

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nor<00:26:54.420><c> is</c><00:26:54.559><c> it</c><00:26:54.740><c> recorded</c><00:26:55.000><c> in</c><00:26:55.339><c> vain</c><00:26:55.559><c> that</c><00:26:55.759><c> he</c><00:26:56.380><c> told</c><00:26:56.779><c> people</c><00:26:57.160><c> that</c>

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he<00:26:57.559><c> prayed</c><00:26:57.740><c> for</c><00:26:57.980><c> them.</c>

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Can<00:26:59.079><c> you</c><00:26:59.279><c> imagine</c><00:26:59.480><c> how</c><00:26:59.779><c> encouraging</c><00:27:00.220><c> it</c><00:27:00.420><c> was</c><00:27:00.740><c> for</c><00:27:02.160><c> the</c><00:27:02.220><c> people</c>

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at<00:27:02.619><c> Ephesus</c>

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to<00:27:03.039><c> get</c><00:27:03.200><c> a</c><00:27:03.319><c> letter</c><00:27:03.519><c> which</c><00:27:03.839><c> told</c><00:27:04.200><c> them</c><00:27:04.440><c> that</c><00:27:04.680><c> in</c><00:27:04.980><c> prison</c>

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with<00:27:05.440><c> all</c><00:27:05.700><c> the</c><00:27:05.900><c> problems</c><00:27:06.220><c> of</c><00:27:06.440><c> being</c><00:27:06.660><c> confined</c><00:27:07.200><c> in</c><00:27:07.359><c> that</c><00:27:07.640><c> place,</c>

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carrying<00:27:09.299><c> the</c><00:27:09.559><c> load</c><00:27:09.700><c> of</c><00:27:09.900><c> the</c><00:27:10.059><c> Ecclesial</c><00:27:10.440><c> world,</c>

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:14.779
that<00:27:11.140><c> Paul</c><00:27:11.480><c> every</c><00:27:12.500><c> day</c><00:27:12.880><c> remembered</c><00:27:13.259><c> them</c><00:27:13.500><c> in</c><00:27:13.680><c> his</c><00:27:13.940><c> prayers.</c>

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Wouldn't<00:27:16.920><c> you</c><00:27:17.160><c> like</c><00:27:17.359><c> to</c><00:27:17.500><c> have</c><00:27:17.640><c> Paul</c><00:27:17.880><c> praying</c><00:27:18.180><c> for</c><00:27:18.440><c> you?</c>

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Well<00:27:18.839><c> I</c><00:27:18.880><c> would.</c>

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But<00:27:22.140><c> you</c><00:27:22.259><c> see</c><00:27:22.380><c> every</c><00:27:22.680><c> day</c><00:27:22.920><c> Paul</c><00:27:23.180><c> went</c><00:27:23.440><c> through</c><00:27:23.700><c> the</c><00:27:23.960><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.359
he<00:27:24.400><c> was</c><00:27:24.619><c> familiar</c><00:27:24.940><c> with</c>

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and<00:27:26.059><c> even</c><00:27:26.299><c> some</c><00:27:26.519><c> that</c><00:27:26.660><c> he</c><00:27:26.740><c> wasn't</c><00:27:27.039><c> familiar</c><00:27:27.380><c> with.</c>

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It<00:27:29.339><c> wasn't</c><00:27:29.640><c> a</c><00:27:29.859><c> sham</c><00:27:30.039><c> that</c><00:27:30.160><c> he</c><00:27:30.220><c> put</c><00:27:30.339><c> these</c><00:27:30.559><c> words</c><00:27:30.799><c> on</c><00:27:30.980><c> the</c><00:27:31.119><c> paper.</c>

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He<00:27:32.680><c> could</c><00:27:32.859><c> say</c><00:27:33.099><c> these</c><00:27:33.339><c> things</c><00:27:33.559><c> in</c><00:27:33.779><c> all</c><00:27:33.960><c> honesty,</c>

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I<00:27:34.460><c> cease</c><00:27:34.799><c> not</c><00:27:35.099><c> to</c><00:27:35.319><c> make</c><00:27:35.519><c> mention</c><00:27:35.819><c> of</c><00:27:36.059><c> you</c><00:27:36.240><c> in</c><00:27:36.539><c> my</c><00:27:36.779><c> prayers.</c>

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And<00:27:38.880><c> he</c><00:27:39.000><c> goes</c><00:27:39.180><c> on</c><00:27:39.319><c> as</c><00:27:39.380><c> we're</c><00:27:39.579><c> going</c><00:27:39.680><c> to</c><00:27:39.960><c> see</c>

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:42.920
to<00:27:40.640><c> talk</c><00:27:40.759><c> about</c><00:27:41.039><c> very</c><00:27:41.359><c> specific</c><00:27:41.920><c> things</c><00:27:42.160><c> that</c><00:27:42.319><c> he</c><00:27:42.519><c> prayed</c><00:27:42.720><c> for</c>

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on<00:27:43.079><c> their</c><00:27:43.259><c> behalf.</c>

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And<00:27:45.079><c> you</c><00:27:45.160><c> know</c><00:27:45.240><c> when</c><00:27:45.380><c> you</c><00:27:45.480><c> look</c><00:27:45.599><c> at</c><00:27:45.799><c> Paul's</c><00:27:46.140><c> life</c><00:27:46.299><c> it</c><00:27:46.380><c> was</c><00:27:46.579><c> a</c><00:27:46.779><c> remarkable</c><00:27:47.180><c> example</c><00:27:47.740><c> of</c><00:27:48.059><c> prayer.</c>

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He<00:27:49.839><c> prayed</c><00:27:50.079><c> for</c><00:27:50.359><c> others,</c><00:27:50.720><c> he</c><00:27:50.960><c> thanked</c><00:27:51.180><c> God</c><00:27:51.420><c> for</c><00:27:51.680><c> others</c>

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and<00:27:53.579><c> he</c><00:27:53.779><c> requested</c><00:27:54.099><c> that</c><00:27:54.319><c> they</c><00:27:54.500><c> should</c><00:27:54.680><c> pray</c><00:27:54.960><c> for</c><00:27:55.180><c> him.</c>

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He<00:27:57.240><c> valued</c><00:27:57.599><c> immensely</c><00:27:58.059><c> their</c><00:27:58.480><c> prayers</c><00:27:58.819><c> on</c><00:27:59.000><c> his</c><00:27:59.319><c> behalf.</c>

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:04.279
You<00:28:02.400><c> can</c><00:28:02.539><c> imagine</c><00:28:02.799><c> what</c><00:28:03.019><c> the</c><00:28:03.240><c> prayers</c><00:28:03.420><c> of</c><00:28:03.700><c> Paul</c><00:28:03.859><c> must</c><00:28:04.119><c> have</c>

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been<00:28:04.420><c> like</c>

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as<00:28:04.960><c> he</c><00:28:05.440><c> went</c><00:28:05.619><c> through</c><00:28:05.880><c> all</c><00:28:06.140><c> the</c><00:28:06.319><c> Ecclesias</c><00:28:06.799><c> and</c><00:28:07.079><c> remembered</c><00:28:07.460><c> them.</c>

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:10.980
I<00:28:08.180><c> pray</c><00:28:08.539><c> for</c><00:28:08.819><c> you</c><00:28:09.140><c> all,</c><00:28:10.480><c> he</c><00:28:10.480><c> said.</c>

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:17.519
You<00:28:14.720><c> know</c><00:28:14.900><c> sometimes</c><00:28:15.460><c> brethren</c><00:28:15.740><c> and</c><00:28:15.920><c> sisters</c><00:28:16.059><c> I</c><00:28:16.339><c> wonder</c>

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:20.480
how<00:28:18.480><c> much</c><00:28:18.799><c> better</c><00:28:19.059><c> a</c><00:28:19.240><c> brotherhood</c><00:28:19.599><c> we</c><00:28:19.799><c> might</c><00:28:20.039><c> be.</c>

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If<00:28:21.440><c> only</c><00:28:22.480><c> in</c><00:28:22.740><c> some</c><00:28:23.039><c> small</c><00:28:23.400><c> measure</c><00:28:23.619><c> we</c><00:28:23.759><c> could</c><00:28:23.920><c> imitate</c><00:28:24.359><c> the</c><00:28:24.640><c> example</c><00:28:25.000><c> of</c><00:28:25.220><c> Paul</c>

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:31.660
and<00:28:27.259><c> pray</c><00:28:27.559><c> one</c><00:28:27.759><c> for</c><00:28:27.980><c> another</c><00:28:28.259><c> and</c><00:28:29.900><c> for</c><00:28:30.099><c> the</c><00:28:30.299><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:36.839
You<00:28:32.839><c> know</c><00:28:33.059><c> Paul</c><00:28:33.599><c> had</c><00:28:34.160><c> always</c><00:28:34.680><c> two</c><00:28:35.019><c> themes</c><00:28:35.339><c> in</c><00:28:35.559><c> these</c><00:28:35.759><c> prayers.</c>

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Thanksgiving<00:28:39.900><c> and</c><00:28:40.460><c> the</c><00:28:40.720><c> request</c><00:28:41.000><c> that</c><00:28:41.160><c> they</c><00:28:41.339><c> might</c><00:28:41.640><c> grow</c><00:28:42.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:42.519><c> truth.</c>

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Just<00:28:43.279><c> come</c><00:28:43.420><c> across</c><00:28:43.680><c> the</c><00:28:43.900><c> Philippians</c><00:28:44.299><c> just</c><00:28:44.579><c> over</c><00:28:44.859><c> a</c><00:28:45.000><c> page</c><00:28:45.200><c> or</c><00:28:45.400><c> two.</c>

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Philippians<00:28:47.779><c> chapter</c><00:28:48.119><c> 1</c><00:28:48.519><c> verses</c><00:28:49.759><c> 3</c><00:28:50.180><c> and</c><00:28:50.339><c> 4.</c>

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I<00:28:52.140><c> thank</c><00:28:52.539><c> my</c><00:28:52.859><c> God</c><00:28:53.119><c> upon</c><00:28:53.440><c> every</c><00:28:53.960><c> remembrance</c><00:28:54.440><c> of</c><00:28:54.740><c> you</c>

00:28:55.660 --> 00:29:00.440
always<00:28:56.599><c> in</c><00:28:56.980><c> every</c><00:28:57.500><c> prayer</c><00:28:57.779><c> of</c><00:28:58.079><c> mine</c><00:28:58.420><c> for</c><00:28:58.859><c> you</c><00:28:59.299><c> all</c>

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making<00:29:01.319><c> requests</c><00:29:02.000><c> with</c><00:29:02.400><c> joy.</c>

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You<00:29:04.559><c> can</c><00:29:04.680><c> imagine</c><00:29:05.000><c> Paul</c><00:29:05.319><c> thinking</c><00:29:05.619><c> of</c><00:29:05.839><c> the</c><00:29:05.980><c> Philippian</c><00:29:06.400><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:13.700
making<00:29:09.200><c> requests</c><00:29:09.700><c> for</c><00:29:10.019><c> every</c><00:29:10.619><c> one</c><00:29:10.759><c> of</c><00:29:10.880><c> them</c><00:29:10.960><c> that</c><00:29:11.099><c> he</c><00:29:11.279><c> knew</c><00:29:11.619><c> by</c><00:29:12.380><c> name.</c>

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:16.779
He<00:29:15.140><c> didn't</c><00:29:15.319><c> get</c><00:29:15.500><c> halfway</c><00:29:15.740><c> through</c><00:29:15.960><c> the</c><00:29:16.140><c> Ecclesial</c><00:29:16.500><c> list</c>

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:20.059
and<00:29:16.960><c> say</c><00:29:17.180><c> well</c><00:29:17.420><c> the</c><00:29:18.019><c> rest</c><00:29:18.279><c> aren't</c><00:29:18.579><c> worth</c><00:29:18.819><c> worrying</c><00:29:19.160><c> about.</c>

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:23.720
And<00:29:21.640><c> he</c><00:29:21.799><c> thanked</c><00:29:22.000><c> God</c><00:29:22.339><c> for</c><00:29:22.519><c> their</c><00:29:22.779><c> fellowship</c><00:29:23.099><c> in</c><00:29:23.259><c> the</c><00:29:23.400><c> Gospel</c>

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.819
from<00:29:24.000><c> the</c><00:29:24.200><c> first</c><00:29:24.420><c> day</c><00:29:24.640><c> until</c><00:29:24.880><c> now.</c>

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:28.900
And<00:29:26.240><c> then</c><00:29:26.339><c> he</c><00:29:26.400><c> went</c><00:29:26.519><c> on</c><00:29:26.759><c> with</c><00:29:26.980><c> specific</c><00:29:27.400><c> requests</c><00:29:27.920><c> in</c><00:29:28.140><c> verse</c><00:29:28.420><c> 8.</c>

00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:31.460
For<00:29:29.180><c> God</c><00:29:29.420><c> is</c><00:29:29.619><c> my</c><00:29:29.799><c> record</c><00:29:30.119><c> how</c><00:29:30.359><c> greatly</c><00:29:30.720><c> I</c><00:29:30.880><c> long</c><00:29:30.960><c> after</c><00:29:31.299><c> you</c>

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.900
in<00:29:31.599><c> the</c><00:29:31.740><c> bowels</c><00:29:32.000><c> of</c><00:29:32.119><c> Jesus</c><00:29:32.480><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:35.519
And<00:29:33.319><c> this</c><00:29:33.500><c> I</c><00:29:33.700><c> pray</c><00:29:34.079><c> that</c><00:29:34.220><c> your</c><00:29:34.460><c> love</c><00:29:34.700><c> may</c><00:29:34.980><c> abound</c>

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:40.359
more<00:29:36.279><c> and</c><00:29:36.519><c> more</c><00:29:37.480><c> in</c><00:29:38.220><c> all</c><00:29:38.420><c> knowledge</c><00:29:38.839><c> and</c><00:29:39.220><c> discernment.</c>

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:43.500
So<00:29:41.180><c> you</c><00:29:41.359><c> see</c><00:29:41.420><c> he</c><00:29:41.480><c> was</c><00:29:41.660><c> very</c><00:29:41.980><c> concerned</c><00:29:42.440><c> not</c><00:29:42.619><c> only</c><00:29:42.759><c> to</c><00:29:43.000><c> thank</c><00:29:43.259><c> God</c>

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:45.819
for<00:29:43.640><c> the</c><00:29:43.740><c> fact</c><00:29:43.880><c> that</c><00:29:44.019><c> he</c><00:29:44.079><c> had</c><00:29:44.299><c> brethren</c><00:29:44.559><c> and</c><00:29:44.839><c> sisters</c>

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:51.579
but<00:29:49.279><c> that</c><00:29:49.420><c> he</c><00:29:49.500><c> wanted</c><00:29:49.720><c> God</c><00:29:50.019><c> to</c><00:29:50.279><c> bless</c><00:29:50.500><c> them</c><00:29:50.680><c> with</c><00:29:50.920><c> growth</c><00:29:51.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:51.779><c> truth.</c>

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Look<00:29:53.599><c> at</c><00:29:53.700><c> the</c><00:29:53.859><c> 1</c><00:29:54.000><c> Thessalonians</c><00:29:54.920><c> chapter</c><00:29:55.259><c> 1.</c>

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You<00:29:57.039><c> know</c><00:29:57.200><c> these</c><00:29:57.460><c> are</c><00:29:57.720><c> perhaps</c><00:29:58.000><c> the</c><00:29:58.240><c> more</c><00:29:58.779><c> tender</c><00:29:59.019><c> of</c><00:29:59.259><c> Paul's</c><00:29:59.619><c> officials</c>

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:02.779
Philippians<00:30:00.779><c> and</c><00:30:00.980><c> Thessalonians</c><00:30:01.519><c> because</c><00:30:01.799><c> there</c><00:30:02.000><c> was</c><00:30:02.519><c> a</c>

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unique<00:30:03.079><c> bond</c>

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in<00:30:03.559><c> both</c><00:30:03.799><c> of</c><00:30:03.980><c> those</c><00:30:04.180><c> cases.</c>

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:08.079
1<00:30:06.440><c> Thessalonians</c><00:30:06.920><c> chapter</c><00:30:07.180><c> 1</c><00:30:07.440><c> and</c><00:30:07.599><c> verse</c><00:30:07.819><c> 2.</c>

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:11.180
We<00:30:08.220><c> give</c><00:30:08.460><c> thanks</c><00:30:08.799><c> to</c><00:30:08.940><c> God</c><00:30:09.200><c> always</c><00:30:09.740><c> for</c><00:30:10.000><c> you</c><00:30:10.299><c> all</c>

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:13.980
making<00:30:11.779><c> mention</c><00:30:12.160><c> of</c><00:30:12.299><c> you</c><00:30:12.539><c> in</c><00:30:12.740><c> our</c><00:30:13.000><c> prayers.</c>

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In<00:30:14.259><c> chapter</c><00:30:14.480><c> 3</c><00:30:14.759><c> and</c><00:30:14.920><c> verse</c><00:30:15.140><c> 9.</c>

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For<00:30:15.640><c> what</c><00:30:16.000><c> thanks</c><00:30:16.240><c> can</c><00:30:16.400><c> we</c><00:30:16.519><c> render</c><00:30:16.660><c> to</c><00:30:16.839><c> God</c><00:30:17.079><c> again</c><00:30:17.420><c> for</c><00:30:17.619><c> you?</c>

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Verse<00:30:19.099><c> 10.</c>

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Night<00:30:19.680><c> and</c><00:30:19.900><c> day</c><00:30:20.099><c> praying</c><00:30:20.519><c> exceedingly</c><00:30:21.240><c> that</c><00:30:21.359><c> we</c><00:30:21.460><c> might</c><00:30:21.700><c> see</c>

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your<00:30:22.220><c> face</c>

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and<00:30:23.980><c> make</c><00:30:24.259><c> up</c><00:30:24.460><c> that</c><00:30:24.599><c> which</c><00:30:24.740><c> is</c><00:30:24.960><c> lacking</c><00:30:25.140><c> in</c><00:30:25.339><c> your</c><00:30:25.579><c> faith.</c>

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:30.259
So<00:30:27.700><c> you</c><00:30:27.859><c> see</c><00:30:28.039><c> Paul</c><00:30:28.319><c> had</c><00:30:28.480><c> a</c><00:30:28.619><c> tremendous</c><00:30:29.019><c> desire</c><00:30:29.539><c> for</c><00:30:29.900><c> growth</c>

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:33.299
and<00:30:30.640><c> prayed</c><00:30:30.880><c> to</c><00:30:31.140><c> God</c><00:30:31.299><c> that</c><00:30:31.480><c> that</c><00:30:31.660><c> might</c><00:30:31.819><c> be</c><00:30:32.220><c> facilitated.</c>

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And<00:30:36.400><c> I</c><00:30:37.000><c> suppose</c><00:30:37.460><c> perhaps</c><00:30:37.920><c> the</c><00:30:38.140><c> best</c><00:30:38.339><c> thing</c><00:30:38.500><c> for</c><00:30:38.660><c> every</c><00:30:38.779><c> one</c><00:30:38.900><c> of</c>

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us<00:30:39.140><c> to</c><00:30:39.339><c> do</c>

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is<00:30:39.759><c> to</c><00:30:40.880><c> think</c><00:30:41.220><c> about</c><00:30:41.480><c> our</c><00:30:41.759><c> prayers</c><00:30:42.160><c> in</c><00:30:44.220><c> recent</c><00:30:44.559><c> times</c>

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:49.559
and<00:30:47.039><c> just</c><00:30:47.720><c> ask</c><00:30:48.640><c> ourselves</c><00:30:49.000><c> the</c><00:30:49.220><c> question</c>

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:54.160
how<00:30:49.740><c> many</c><00:30:50.059><c> ecclesias</c><00:30:50.859><c> have</c><00:30:52.140><c> we</c><00:30:52.400><c> prayed</c><00:30:52.599><c> for?</c>

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:58.839
How<00:30:54.880><c> many</c><00:30:55.099><c> individuals</c><00:30:55.460><c> outside</c><00:30:55.980><c> of</c><00:30:56.160><c> our</c><00:30:56.380><c> own</c><00:30:57.460><c> selfish</c><00:30:57.819><c> needs?</c>

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:05.339
You<00:31:02.119><c> know</c><00:31:02.460><c> Paul</c><00:31:02.680><c> always</c><00:31:03.059><c> said</c><00:31:03.200><c> that</c><00:31:03.359><c> he</c><00:31:03.599><c> prayed</c><00:31:03.819><c> for</c><00:31:04.079><c> them</c><00:31:04.420><c> all.</c>

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:07.920
You<00:31:05.640><c> can</c><00:31:05.759><c> imagine</c><00:31:06.059><c> Paul</c><00:31:06.299><c> going</c><00:31:06.539><c> through</c><00:31:06.720><c> the</c><00:31:06.980><c> faces</c><00:31:07.240><c> one</c><00:31:07.599><c> by</c>

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one<00:31:08.079><c> in</c><00:31:08.240><c> his</c><00:31:08.480><c> prayer.</c>

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This<00:31:09.960><c> is</c><00:31:10.160><c> a</c><00:31:10.279><c> real</c><00:31:10.440><c> life</c><00:31:10.660><c> example</c><00:31:11.099><c> brethren</c><00:31:11.380><c> and</c><00:31:11.599><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:15.640
This<00:31:12.380><c> is</c><00:31:13.099><c> not</c><00:31:13.759><c> just</c><00:31:14.099><c> words</c><00:31:14.400><c> on</c><00:31:14.579><c> the</c><00:31:14.819><c> page.</c>

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:19.119
This<00:31:16.380><c> is</c><00:31:16.640><c> the</c><00:31:16.900><c> right</c><00:31:17.160><c> way</c><00:31:17.359><c> to</c><00:31:17.680><c> think</c><00:31:17.960><c> in</c><00:31:18.160><c> the</c><00:31:18.380><c> truth.</c>

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That's<00:31:20.240><c> why</c><00:31:20.400><c> it's</c><00:31:20.680><c> there.</c>

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:25.279
Jesus<00:31:24.180><c> Christ</c><00:31:24.500><c> said</c><00:31:24.619><c> to</c><00:31:24.759><c> his</c><00:31:24.900><c> disciples,</c>

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.700
I<00:31:25.460><c> have</c><00:31:25.700><c> prayed</c><00:31:26.019><c> for</c><00:31:26.240><c> you</c><00:31:26.539><c> that</c><00:31:26.980><c> your</c><00:31:27.259><c> faith</c><00:31:27.500><c> fail</c><00:31:27.839><c> not.</c>

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:36.900
Perhaps<00:31:31.720><c> that's</c><00:31:32.099><c> the</c><00:31:32.660><c> way</c><00:31:33.859><c> to</c><00:31:34.220><c> improve</c><00:31:34.680><c> our</c><00:31:35.019><c> inter</c><00:31:35.259><c> ecclesial</c><00:31:35.640><c> relationships.</c>

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:40.779
To<00:31:37.380><c> get</c><00:31:37.559><c> rid</c><00:31:37.740><c> of</c><00:31:37.980><c> the</c><00:31:38.559><c> rivalry</c><00:31:38.920><c> that</c><00:31:39.180><c> sometimes</c><00:31:39.759><c> surfaces.</c>

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:44.299
To<00:31:42.140><c> get</c><00:31:42.319><c> beyond</c><00:31:42.779><c> the</c><00:31:43.079><c> cruel</c><00:31:43.319><c> generalisations.</c>

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:47.160
You<00:31:44.480><c> know,</c><00:31:45.240><c> oh</c><00:31:45.480><c> Cumberland</c><00:31:45.819><c> they're</c><00:31:46.059><c> all</c><00:31:46.259><c> useless.</c>

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:50.240
You<00:31:48.140><c> know</c><00:31:48.140><c> you</c><00:31:48.240><c> hear</c><00:31:48.460><c> those</c><00:31:48.720><c> sort</c><00:31:48.819><c> of</c><00:31:48.960><c> things</c><00:31:49.140><c> don't</c><00:31:49.420><c> you?</c>

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Cruel<00:31:50.839><c> generalisations.</c>

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:57.200
Obviously<00:31:53.740><c> coming</c><00:31:54.079><c> from</c><00:31:54.339><c> a</c><00:31:54.539><c> tongue</c><00:31:54.680><c> that's</c><00:31:54.900><c> never</c><00:31:55.160><c> prayed</c><00:31:55.539><c> for</c><00:31:55.740><c> them</c><00:31:55.900><c> one</c><00:31:56.079><c> by</c><00:31:56.380><c> one.</c>

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:59.480
You<00:31:57.680><c> don't</c><00:31:57.900><c> find</c><00:31:58.140><c> Paul</c><00:31:58.460><c> talking</c><00:31:58.700><c> those</c><00:31:58.920><c> sort</c><00:31:59.039><c> of</c><00:31:59.160><c> language.</c>

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Even<00:32:00.160><c> where</c><00:32:00.339><c> there's</c><00:32:00.559><c> problems</c><00:32:01.000><c> he</c><00:32:01.259><c> still</c><00:32:01.559><c> thanks</c><00:32:01.920><c> God</c><00:32:02.160><c> for</c>

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.880
those<00:32:02.500><c> brethren</c><00:32:02.720><c> and</c><00:32:02.920><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:32:05.059><c> addresses</c><00:32:05.380><c> their</c><00:32:05.619><c> needs.</c>

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.420
You<00:32:08.500><c> know</c><00:32:08.539><c> this</c><00:32:08.579><c> is</c><00:32:08.880><c> real</c><00:32:09.099><c> isn't</c><00:32:09.319><c> it?</c>

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:12.599
This<00:32:09.599><c> is</c><00:32:10.359><c> really</c><00:32:10.700><c> living</c><00:32:10.980><c> the</c><00:32:11.279><c> truth.</c>

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:16.460
Getting<00:32:13.480><c> to</c><00:32:13.640><c> be</c><00:32:13.759><c> able</c><00:32:13.880><c> to</c><00:32:14.059><c> remember</c><00:32:14.359><c> people</c><00:32:14.720><c> in</c><00:32:14.880><c> our</c><00:32:15.140><c> prayers.</c>

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:24.880
I<00:32:20.519><c> think</c><00:32:20.920><c> perhaps</c><00:32:21.160><c> one</c><00:32:21.339><c> of</c><00:32:21.420><c> the</c><00:32:21.539><c> greatest</c><00:32:21.839><c> condemnations</c><00:32:22.859><c> comes</c><00:32:24.559><c> when</c><00:32:24.740><c> you</c>

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.519
go<00:32:25.059><c> overseas</c>

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:27.279
into<00:32:25.799><c> the</c><00:32:25.960><c> mission</c><00:32:26.160><c> countries.</c>

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:31.339
And<00:32:29.240><c> the</c><00:32:29.500><c> poor</c><00:32:29.700><c> brethren</c><00:32:29.980><c> and</c><00:32:30.259><c> sisters</c><00:32:30.539><c> who've</c><00:32:30.819><c> got</c><00:32:31.019><c> nothing</c>

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:32.740
in<00:32:31.519><c> this</c><00:32:31.779><c> world</c>

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:36.380
pray<00:32:33.819><c> for</c><00:32:34.000><c> the</c><00:32:34.220><c> health</c><00:32:34.420><c> of</c><00:32:34.619><c> the</c><00:32:34.779><c> Ecclesians</c><00:32:35.079><c> in</c><00:32:35.279><c> Australia.</c>

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:39.099
And<00:32:37.119><c> for</c><00:32:37.259><c> the</c><00:32:37.480><c> growth</c><00:32:37.660><c> of</c><00:32:37.839><c> the</c><00:32:37.980><c> Ecclesians.</c>

00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:42.440
And<00:32:39.539><c> they</c><00:32:39.640><c> do</c><00:32:39.759><c> it</c><00:32:39.940><c> with</c><00:32:40.160><c> far</c><00:32:40.440><c> more,</c><00:32:41.640><c> they</c><00:32:41.839><c> don't</c><00:32:41.960><c> have</c><00:32:42.119><c> to</c><00:32:42.319><c> look</c>

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.700
it<00:32:42.559><c> up.</c>

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.440
They<00:32:43.079><c> follow</c><00:32:43.400><c> the</c><00:32:43.599><c> advice</c><00:32:43.859><c> of</c><00:32:44.039><c> the</c><00:32:44.180><c> scriptures.</c>

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:46.579
They<00:32:44.720><c> follow</c><00:32:44.920><c> the</c><00:32:45.140><c> example</c><00:32:45.500><c> of</c><00:32:45.799><c> Paul.</c>

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:49.140
And<00:32:46.799><c> they</c><00:32:46.900><c> often</c><00:32:47.259><c> pray</c><00:32:47.519><c> for</c><00:32:47.700><c> us.</c>

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:53.480
Makes<00:32:51.859><c> you</c><00:32:52.000><c> feel</c><00:32:52.119><c> very</c><00:32:52.400><c> humble</c><00:32:52.619><c> sometimes</c><00:32:53.079><c> when</c><00:32:53.240><c> you</c><00:32:53.380><c> hear</c>

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.720
those<00:32:53.759><c> prayers.</c>

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Because<00:32:56.880><c> they</c><00:32:57.059><c> feel</c><00:32:57.200><c> a</c><00:32:57.299><c> tremendous</c><00:32:57.640><c> sense</c><00:32:58.039><c> of</c><00:32:58.279><c> the</c><00:32:58.920><c> need</c><00:32:59.180><c> for</c>

00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.259
the<00:32:59.539><c> help</c><00:32:59.680><c> that</c><00:32:59.839><c> they</c><00:33:00.000><c> get</c>

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from<00:33:00.880><c> countries</c><00:33:01.240><c> like</c><00:33:01.460><c> Australia.</c>

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:05.099
And<00:33:02.539><c> therefore</c><00:33:02.700><c> they</c><00:33:02.960><c> pray</c><00:33:03.240><c> for</c><00:33:03.400><c> the</c><00:33:03.539><c> health</c><00:33:03.700><c> of</c><00:33:03.880><c> our</c><00:33:04.079><c> Ecclesians.</c>

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:07.619
And<00:33:05.759><c> for</c><00:33:05.900><c> the</c><00:33:06.079><c> people</c><00:33:06.220><c> they</c><00:33:06.460><c> know</c><00:33:06.660><c> by</c><00:33:06.960><c> name.</c>

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:12.599
We<00:33:09.319><c> can</c><00:33:09.460><c> learn</c><00:33:09.599><c> a</c><00:33:09.759><c> lot</c><00:33:09.880><c> brethren</c><00:33:10.200><c> and</c><00:33:10.400><c> sisters</c><00:33:10.539><c> just</c><00:33:10.819><c> by</c><00:33:11.460><c> simply</c><00:33:12.059><c> taking</c><00:33:12.400><c> the</c>

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:14.839
consultation<00:33:13.039><c> of</c><00:33:13.180><c> the</c><00:33:13.400><c> scriptures</c><00:33:13.619><c> in</c><00:33:13.799><c> this</c><00:33:13.960><c> area.</c>

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:18.539
You<00:33:15.420><c> think</c><00:33:15.599><c> about</c><00:33:15.839><c> it</c><00:33:15.980><c> next</c><00:33:16.180><c> time</c><00:33:16.640><c> you</c><00:33:17.400><c> go</c><00:33:17.559><c> to</c><00:33:17.759><c> God.</c>

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.579
But<00:33:20.539><c> what</c><00:33:20.700><c> did</c><00:33:20.920><c> Paul</c><00:33:21.039><c> pray</c><00:33:21.339><c> for?</c>

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:26.700
Well<00:33:22.319><c> there</c><00:33:22.579><c> were</c><00:33:22.799><c> five</c><00:33:23.140><c> things</c><00:33:23.640><c> that</c><00:33:24.799><c> were</c><00:33:25.160><c> raised</c><00:33:25.400><c> by</c><00:33:25.680><c> Paul.</c>

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:32.000
Before<00:33:29.980><c> we</c><00:33:30.039><c> get</c><00:33:30.180><c> onto</c><00:33:30.339><c> those</c><00:33:30.599><c> I</c><00:33:30.720><c> want</c><00:33:30.880><c> to</c><00:33:31.000><c> just</c><00:33:31.380><c> look</c><00:33:31.519><c> at</c><00:33:31.660><c> the</c>

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introduction<00:33:32.539><c> he</c><00:33:32.799><c> uses</c><00:33:33.180><c> in</c><00:33:33.500><c> verse</c><00:33:35.140><c> 17.</c>

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:41.980
That<00:33:37.019><c> the</c><00:33:37.160><c> God</c><00:33:37.400><c> of</c><00:33:37.599><c> our</c><00:33:37.759><c> Lord</c><00:33:38.000><c> Jesus</c><00:33:38.440><c> Christ,</c><00:33:40.019><c> the</c><00:33:40.200><c> father</c><00:33:40.579><c> of</c><00:33:40.940><c> glory,</c>

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might<00:33:42.660><c> do</c><00:33:42.880><c> this</c><00:33:43.099><c> and</c><00:33:43.299><c> that.</c>

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:46.160
But<00:33:43.920><c> there's</c><00:33:44.319><c> a</c><00:33:44.440><c> very</c><00:33:44.680><c> important</c><00:33:45.079><c> title</c><00:33:45.440><c> introduced</c><00:33:45.960><c> there.</c>

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:49.299
Now<00:33:46.319><c> where</c><00:33:47.259><c> it</c><00:33:47.440><c> says</c><00:33:47.640><c> the</c><00:33:47.920><c> father</c><00:33:48.279><c> of</c><00:33:49.039><c> glory,</c>

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:51.660
it's<00:33:49.559><c> a</c><00:33:49.700><c> definite</c><00:33:49.940><c> article</c><00:33:50.339><c> in</c><00:33:50.500><c> the</c><00:33:50.680><c> Greek</c><00:33:50.839><c> there.</c>

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:54.980
The<00:33:51.960><c> father</c><00:33:52.319><c> of</c><00:33:52.700><c> the</c><00:33:52.940><c> glory</c><00:33:53.339><c> it</c><00:33:53.880><c> should</c><00:33:54.079><c> be.</c>

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:58.779
I<00:33:56.579><c> want</c><00:33:56.660><c> you</c><00:33:56.779><c> to</c><00:33:56.940><c> notice</c><00:33:57.160><c> what</c><00:33:57.500><c> is</c><00:33:57.740><c> being</c><00:33:58.019><c> referred</c><00:33:58.420><c> to</c><00:33:58.640><c> here.</c>

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:03.460
This<00:33:59.059><c> is</c><00:33:59.299><c> a</c><00:33:59.420><c> very</c><00:33:59.819><c> common</c><00:34:01.480><c> New</c><00:34:02.039><c> Testament</c><00:34:02.460><c> way</c><00:34:02.779><c> to</c><00:34:02.960><c> refer</c><00:34:03.299><c> to</c>

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.700
the<00:34:03.599><c> Lord</c><00:34:03.759><c> Jesus</c><00:34:04.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:06.119
John<00:34:05.400><c> 1</c><00:34:05.640><c> verse</c><00:34:05.880><c> 14,</c>

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.900
The<00:34:06.279><c> word</c><00:34:06.519><c> was</c><00:34:06.759><c> made</c><00:34:07.019><c> flesh</c><00:34:07.220><c> and</c><00:34:07.420><c> blood</c><00:34:07.500><c> among</c><00:34:07.759><c> us,</c>

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and<00:34:08.000><c> we</c><00:34:08.199><c> beheld</c><00:34:08.880><c> his</c><00:34:09.340><c> glory.</c>

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:13.260
The<00:34:11.239><c> glory</c><00:34:11.480><c> is</c><00:34:11.719><c> of</c><00:34:11.820><c> the</c><00:34:12.019><c> only</c><00:34:12.260><c> begotten</c><00:34:12.599><c> of</c><00:34:12.760><c> the</c><00:34:12.980><c> Father,</c>

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:15.139
full<00:34:13.519><c> of</c><00:34:13.760><c> grace</c><00:34:13.980><c> and</c><00:34:14.280><c> truth.</c>

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:18.460
So<00:34:15.619><c> you</c><00:34:15.679><c> see</c><00:34:15.800><c> Jesus</c><00:34:16.179><c> Christ</c><00:34:16.559><c> was</c><00:34:16.860><c> the</c><00:34:17.159><c> manifestation</c><00:34:17.880><c> of</c><00:34:18.179><c> the</c>

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:21.340
glory<00:34:18.760><c> of</c><00:34:19.099><c> God</c><00:34:19.420><c> in</c><00:34:20.159><c> the</c><00:34:20.380><c> flesh.</c>

00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:25.679
The<00:34:22.719><c> glory</c><00:34:22.920><c> of</c><00:34:23.159><c> God</c><00:34:23.300><c> in</c><00:34:23.519><c> the</c><00:34:23.699><c> face</c><00:34:24.000><c> of</c><00:34:24.219><c> Jesus</c><00:34:24.579><c> Christ.</c>

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:28.039
Have<00:34:26.199><c> not</c><00:34:26.400><c> the</c><00:34:26.679><c> faith,</c><00:34:27.159><c> says</c><00:34:27.559><c> James,</c>

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:33.579
of<00:34:28.920><c> the</c><00:34:29.079><c> Lord</c><00:34:29.360><c> Jesus</c><00:34:29.820><c> Christ</c><00:34:30.159><c> the</c><00:34:30.500><c> glory</c><00:34:31.039><c> with</c><00:34:31.519><c> respect</c><00:34:32.039><c> of</c><00:34:32.280><c> persons.</c>

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.239
And<00:34:35.440><c> Paul</c><00:34:35.599><c> says</c><00:34:35.699><c> in</c><00:34:35.840><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:38.980
they<00:34:36.559><c> crucified</c><00:34:37.179><c> the</c><00:34:37.480><c> Lord</c><00:34:37.619><c> of</c><00:34:37.980><c> glory.</c>

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:42.699
And<00:34:40.000><c> because</c><00:34:40.340><c> Jesus</c><00:34:40.739><c> Christ</c><00:34:41.079><c> was</c><00:34:41.340><c> the</c><00:34:41.639><c> bearer</c><00:34:41.980><c> of</c><00:34:42.199><c> the</c><00:34:42.440><c> glory</c>

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:44.019
of<00:34:42.960><c> God,</c>

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:50.360
God<00:34:45.139><c> therefore</c><00:34:45.559><c> is</c><00:34:45.760><c> the</c><00:34:46.099><c> father</c><00:34:46.460><c> of</c><00:34:46.920><c> the</c><00:34:47.219><c> glory</c><00:34:47.619><c> in</c><00:34:48.179><c> verse</c><00:34:49.119><c> 17.</c>

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:55.739
That<00:34:51.320><c> God</c><00:34:51.719><c> the</c><00:34:52.039><c> father</c><00:34:52.400><c> of</c><00:34:52.739><c> the</c><00:34:53.079><c> glory</c><00:34:53.739><c> might</c><00:34:54.460><c> do</c><00:34:54.719><c> this</c><00:34:55.099><c> and</c><00:34:55.480><c> that.</c>

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:57.840
It's<00:34:56.679><c> a</c><00:34:56.679><c> very</c><00:34:56.920><c> interesting</c><00:34:57.320><c> title,</c><00:34:57.739><c> isn't</c><00:34:57.820><c> it?</c>

00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:59.519
Very<00:34:57.980><c> interesting</c><00:34:58.360><c> introduction.</c>

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:05.679
But<00:35:00.599><c> I</c><00:35:00.679><c> think</c><00:35:00.800><c> it's</c><00:35:01.019><c> really</c><00:35:01.239><c> showing</c><00:35:01.960><c> that</c><00:35:02.739><c> God</c><00:35:02.980><c> is</c><00:35:03.239><c> the</c><00:35:03.619><c> father</c><00:35:04.139><c> of</c><00:35:04.840><c> the</c><00:35:05.119><c> glory</c><00:35:05.340><c> he</c>

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.820
showed<00:35:05.840><c> in</c><00:35:06.039><c> his</c><00:35:06.340><c> son</c>

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:08.920
and<00:35:07.340><c> intends</c><00:35:07.860><c> to</c><00:35:08.199><c> show</c><00:35:08.380><c> in</c><00:35:08.579><c> the</c><00:35:08.800><c> saints.</c>

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.739
Because<00:35:09.099><c> he</c><00:35:09.420><c> says</c><00:35:09.599><c> in</c><00:35:09.780><c> verse</c><00:35:10.059><c> 18,</c>

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:13.840
that<00:35:11.219><c> you</c><00:35:11.340><c> might</c><00:35:11.639><c> know</c><00:35:11.960><c> what</c><00:35:12.199><c> the</c><00:35:12.400><c> riches</c><00:35:12.619><c> of</c><00:35:13.039><c> the</c><00:35:13.420><c> glory</c><00:35:13.699><c> of</c>

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:15.719
his<00:35:14.059><c> inheritance</c><00:35:14.420><c> in</c><00:35:14.599><c> the</c><00:35:14.820><c> saints.</c>

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:20.920
So<00:35:17.000><c> you</c><00:35:17.099><c> see</c><00:35:17.199><c> God</c><00:35:17.440><c> has</c><00:35:18.000><c> glorious</c><00:35:18.559><c> intentions</c><00:35:19.139><c> to</c><00:35:20.000><c> manifest</c><00:35:20.539><c> himself,</c>

00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:23.719
not<00:35:21.139><c> only</c><00:35:21.360><c> in</c><00:35:21.639><c> Christ,</c><00:35:22.940><c> but</c><00:35:23.179><c> in</c><00:35:23.340><c> the</c><00:35:23.599><c> saints.</c>

00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:26.440
And<00:35:23.920><c> what</c><00:35:23.940><c> he's</c><00:35:24.179><c> winding</c><00:35:24.460><c> up</c><00:35:24.699><c> to</c><00:35:24.880><c> now</c><00:35:25.139><c> is</c><00:35:25.539><c> the</c><00:35:25.860><c> fact</c><00:35:25.980><c> that</c><00:35:26.179><c> God</c>

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:29.300
does<00:35:26.800><c> intend</c><00:35:27.199><c> to</c><00:35:28.039><c> show</c><00:35:28.280><c> his</c><00:35:28.760><c> power</c>

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:34.320
and<00:35:29.820><c> his</c><00:35:30.119><c> majesty</c><00:35:30.599><c> and</c><00:35:30.780><c> his</c><00:35:31.059><c> glory</c><00:35:31.480><c> in</c><00:35:32.960><c> the</c><00:35:33.179><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:33.599><c> as</c><00:35:34.139><c> well</c>

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.440
as<00:35:34.480><c> he</c><00:35:34.559><c> did</c><00:35:34.639><c> in</c><00:35:34.920><c> Christ.</c>

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:39.820
So<00:35:36.059><c> the</c><00:35:36.360><c> father</c><00:35:36.639><c> of</c><00:35:36.800><c> the</c><00:35:37.019><c> glory</c><00:35:37.340><c> is</c><00:35:38.039><c> now</c><00:35:38.219><c> to</c><00:35:38.460><c> impart</c><00:35:38.820><c> spiritual</c><00:35:39.380><c> blessings</c>

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:43.219
to<00:35:40.219><c> other</c><00:35:40.579><c> ones</c><00:35:40.840><c> who</c><00:35:41.019><c> will</c><00:35:41.239><c> become</c><00:35:41.519><c> likewise</c><00:35:42.099><c> glorious.</c>

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.460
That's<00:35:43.780><c> why</c><00:35:43.940><c> he</c><00:35:44.099><c> uses</c><00:35:44.280><c> that</c><00:35:44.579><c> title.</c>

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:48.619
Okay,<00:35:46.760><c> well</c><00:35:46.920><c> what</c><00:35:47.019><c> were</c><00:35:47.179><c> the</c><00:35:47.380><c> things</c><00:35:47.619><c> Paul</c><00:35:47.880><c> specifically</c>

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.260
prayed<00:35:49.000><c> for?</c>

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:53.420
Well<00:35:49.360><c> there's</c><00:35:49.539><c> five</c><00:35:49.940><c> things</c><00:35:50.659><c> that</c><00:35:51.460><c> he</c><00:35:51.659><c> requests</c><00:35:52.119><c> in</c><00:35:52.380><c> this</c><00:35:52.619><c> prayer.</c>

00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:55.940
It's<00:35:54.539><c> good</c><00:35:54.659><c> that</c><00:35:54.760><c> we</c><00:35:54.820><c> look</c><00:35:54.960><c> at</c><00:35:55.059><c> them</c><00:35:55.159><c> as</c><00:35:55.320><c> a</c><00:35:55.440><c> general</c><00:35:55.679><c> picture.</c>

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.860
Then<00:35:56.079><c> we'll</c><00:35:56.260><c> come</c><00:35:56.500><c> back</c><00:35:56.639><c> and</c><00:35:56.780><c> just</c><00:35:57.039><c> take</c><00:35:57.179><c> them</c><00:35:57.340><c> one</c><00:35:57.519><c> by</c><00:35:57.820><c> one.</c>

00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:05.099
So<00:35:59.579><c> he</c><00:35:59.820><c> says</c><00:35:59.980><c> there</c><00:36:00.260><c> that</c><00:36:01.179><c> the</c><00:36:01.320><c> father</c><00:36:01.619><c> of</c><00:36:01.780><c> the</c><00:36:02.019><c> glory</c><00:36:02.519><c> may</c><00:36:04.440><c> give</c><00:36:04.679><c> unto</c><00:36:04.860><c> you</c>

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:07.300
the<00:36:05.440><c> spirit</c><00:36:05.659><c> of</c><00:36:05.860><c> wisdom</c><00:36:06.159><c> and</c><00:36:06.380><c> revelation</c><00:36:06.820><c> and</c><00:36:06.980><c> the</c><00:36:07.139><c> knowledge</c>

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:07.960
of<00:36:07.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:10.460
That's<00:36:08.719><c> the</c><00:36:08.880><c> first</c><00:36:09.059><c> thing</c><00:36:09.199><c> he</c><00:36:09.400><c> prayed</c><00:36:09.599><c> for.</c>

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:13.820
The<00:36:11.320><c> eyes</c><00:36:11.579><c> of</c><00:36:11.760><c> their</c><00:36:12.039><c> hearts</c><00:36:12.400><c> would</c><00:36:12.579><c> be</c><00:36:12.840><c> enlightened.</c>

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:17.420
That<00:36:15.119><c> they</c><00:36:15.280><c> would</c><00:36:15.519><c> know</c><00:36:15.719><c> the</c><00:36:15.980><c> hope</c><00:36:16.119><c> of</c><00:36:16.300><c> his</c><00:36:16.539><c> calling.</c>

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:21.039
The<00:36:18.380><c> riches</c><00:36:18.699><c> of</c><00:36:18.880><c> his</c><00:36:19.099><c> glorious</c><00:36:19.539><c> inheritance</c><00:36:20.079><c> in</c><00:36:20.300><c> the</c><00:36:20.519><c> saints</c>

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:25.840
and<00:36:22.000><c> the</c><00:36:22.300><c> exceeding</c><00:36:22.739><c> greatness</c><00:36:23.000><c> of</c><00:36:23.179><c> his</c><00:36:23.440><c> power</c><00:36:23.739><c> to</c><00:36:23.980><c> us</c><00:36:24.380><c> who</c><00:36:24.739><c> believe.</c>

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:28.940
Now<00:36:27.300><c> I</c><00:36:27.320><c> know</c><00:36:27.460><c> when</c><00:36:27.559><c> you</c><00:36:27.679><c> first</c><00:36:27.780><c> look</c><00:36:27.960><c> at</c><00:36:28.059><c> that</c><00:36:28.159><c> it</c><00:36:28.300><c> sounds</c><00:36:28.639><c> like</c>

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:30.519
quite<00:36:29.099><c> a</c><00:36:29.219><c> lot</c><00:36:29.320><c> of</c><00:36:29.519><c> words.</c>

00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:33.940
But<00:36:31.880><c> you</c><00:36:31.940><c> get</c><00:36:32.079><c> the</c><00:36:32.239><c> picture</c><00:36:32.480><c> of</c><00:36:32.659><c> this</c><00:36:32.940><c> aged</c><00:36:33.159><c> apostle</c><00:36:33.619><c> sitting</c>

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:35.400
down<00:36:34.260><c> in</c><00:36:34.400><c> the</c><00:36:34.559><c> dark</c><00:36:34.719><c> of</c><00:36:34.920><c> the</c><00:36:35.079><c> night</c>

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:38.639
writing<00:36:36.039><c> this</c><00:36:36.300><c> letter</c><00:36:36.500><c> back</c><00:36:36.719><c> to</c><00:36:36.900><c> the</c><00:36:37.059><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:41.559
Having<00:36:38.920><c> just</c><00:36:39.260><c> finished</c><00:36:39.619><c> his</c><00:36:39.940><c> prayer</c><00:36:40.340><c> to</c><00:36:40.500><c> God,</c><00:36:40.900><c> thanking</c><00:36:41.260><c> God</c>

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.360
for<00:36:41.860><c> them.</c>

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:45.719
And<00:36:42.800><c> he</c><00:36:42.840><c> says,</c><00:36:43.159><c> I've</c><00:36:43.400><c> prayed</c><00:36:43.539><c> to</c><00:36:43.739><c> God</c><00:36:43.920><c> for</c><00:36:44.139><c> these</c><00:36:44.460><c> things.</c>

00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:49.420
And<00:36:46.500><c> his</c><00:36:46.699><c> mind's</c><00:36:47.079><c> obviously</c><00:36:47.280><c> on</c><00:36:47.480><c> a</c><00:36:47.659><c> great</c><00:36:47.920><c> spiritual</c><00:36:48.400><c> high.</c>

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:52.940
And<00:36:50.139><c> he</c><00:36:50.380><c> piles</c><00:36:50.639><c> up</c><00:36:50.980><c> words</c><00:36:51.340><c> and</c><00:36:51.619><c> superlatives.</c>

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:56.460
Trying<00:36:53.920><c> to</c><00:36:54.099><c> get</c><00:36:54.239><c> to</c><00:36:54.440><c> the</c><00:36:54.760><c> depth</c><00:36:55.000><c> of</c><00:36:55.199><c> the</c><00:36:55.420><c> love</c><00:36:55.559><c> of</c><00:36:55.800><c> God</c><00:36:56.019><c> towards</c>

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:58.739
those<00:36:56.780><c> who</c><00:36:56.940><c> have</c><00:36:57.019><c> been</c><00:36:57.239><c> called</c><00:36:57.380><c> to</c><00:36:57.500><c> his</c><00:36:57.760><c> truth.</c>

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:02.719
And<00:36:59.599><c> he</c><00:36:59.679><c> says,</c><00:36:59.880><c> I</c><00:36:59.900><c> want</c><00:37:00.159><c> God</c><00:37:00.420><c> to</c><00:37:00.860><c> grant</c><00:37:01.099><c> you</c><00:37:01.199><c> all</c><00:37:01.400><c> these</c><00:37:01.699><c> things.</c>

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:06.900
Tremendously<00:37:05.000><c> vital</c><00:37:05.519><c> things</c><00:37:05.820><c> they</c><00:37:06.079><c> are.</c>

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:09.519
Let's<00:37:07.579><c> take</c><00:37:07.840><c> them</c><00:37:07.980><c> one</c><00:37:08.139><c> by</c><00:37:08.460><c> one.</c>

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:12.880
The<00:37:10.360><c> first</c><00:37:10.559><c> one,</c><00:37:10.820><c> the</c><00:37:11.039><c> spirit</c><00:37:11.300><c> of</c><00:37:11.539><c> wisdom</c><00:37:11.860><c> and</c><00:37:12.179><c> revelation</c><00:37:12.659><c> in</c>

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:14.559
the<00:37:13.099><c> knowledge</c><00:37:13.360><c> of</c><00:37:13.599><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:17.500
Now<00:37:15.420><c> in</c><00:37:15.639><c> wisdom,</c><00:37:16.000><c> revelation</c><00:37:16.400><c> and</c><00:37:16.559><c> knowledge</c><00:37:16.800><c> we</c><00:37:16.980><c> have</c><00:37:17.199><c> three</c>

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.800
Greek<00:37:17.719><c> words.</c>

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:24.059
The<00:37:18.940><c> word</c><00:37:19.119><c> wisdom,</c><00:37:19.579><c> the</c><00:37:19.619><c> word</c><00:37:19.880><c> Sophia,</c><00:37:20.440><c> means</c><00:37:21.079><c> the</c><00:37:21.780><c> right</c><00:37:22.039><c> application</c><00:37:22.760><c> of</c><00:37:23.039><c> knowledge.</c>

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:27.000
So<00:37:24.760><c> it's</c><00:37:24.860><c> not</c><00:37:25.119><c> just</c><00:37:25.599><c> information.</c>

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:29.679
It's<00:37:27.559><c> information</c><00:37:28.179><c> properly</c><00:37:28.679><c> directed.</c>

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.699
That's<00:37:30.380><c> what</c><00:37:30.539><c> wisdom</c><00:37:30.900><c> is.</c>

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:35.500
So<00:37:32.460><c> he</c><00:37:32.579><c> says</c><00:37:32.860><c> that</c><00:37:33.280><c> God</c><00:37:33.480><c> will</c><00:37:33.780><c> grant</c><00:37:34.059><c> you</c><00:37:34.360><c> wisdom.</c>

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:41.059
An<00:37:36.300><c> attitude</c><00:37:36.679><c> of</c><00:37:37.000><c> wisdom,</c><00:37:37.599><c> of</c><00:37:37.760><c> knowledge</c><00:37:38.400><c> rightly</c><00:37:40.019><c> directed.</c>

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:46.920
Of<00:37:42.139><c> revelation,</c><00:37:42.900><c> apocalypsis,</c><00:37:44.460><c> which</c><00:37:44.460><c> means</c><00:37:44.900><c> the</c><00:37:45.340><c> revealing,</c><00:37:45.880><c> spiritual</c><00:37:46.340><c> enlightenment.</c>

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:50.519
That<00:37:47.159><c> God</c><00:37:47.360><c> will</c><00:37:47.599><c> give</c><00:37:47.719><c> you</c><00:37:48.019><c> spiritual</c><00:37:48.579><c> enlightenment</c><00:37:49.219><c> and</c><00:37:50.179><c> knowledge.</c>

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:54.280
Epignosis,<00:37:51.539><c> which</c><00:37:51.639><c> means</c><00:37:51.940><c> clear</c><00:37:52.360><c> and</c><00:37:52.639><c> exact</c><00:37:52.940><c> knowledge</c><00:37:53.519><c> that</c>

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:56.599
is<00:37:54.719><c> powerfully</c><00:37:55.440><c> influencing.</c>

00:37:58.880 --> 00:38:00.500
You<00:37:58.940><c> know,</c><00:37:59.059><c> there</c><00:37:59.380><c> are</c><00:37:59.480><c> different</c><00:37:59.760><c> words</c><00:38:00.079><c> in</c><00:38:00.219><c> the</c><00:38:00.400><c> Greek.</c>

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:04.679
But<00:38:00.940><c> the</c><00:38:01.079><c> word</c><00:38:01.199><c> epignosis</c><00:38:01.880><c> means</c><00:38:02.360><c> a</c><00:38:03.219><c> clear</c><00:38:03.460><c> and</c><00:38:03.719><c> exact</c><00:38:04.000><c> knowledge</c><00:38:04.320><c> that</c>

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:07.860
powerfully<00:38:05.280><c> influences</c><00:38:05.940><c> the</c><00:38:06.760><c> person</c><00:38:07.159><c> with</c><00:38:07.420><c> that</c><00:38:07.619><c> knowledge.</c>

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:09.800
As<00:38:08.119><c> Bullinger</c><00:38:08.420><c> defines</c><00:38:08.880><c> it.</c>

00:38:10.170 --> 00:38:12.800
So<00:38:10.460><c> you</c><00:38:10.659><c> see</c><00:38:10.719><c> there's</c><00:38:10.940><c> a</c><00:38:11.099><c> progression</c><00:38:11.480><c> of</c><00:38:11.800><c> thought</c><00:38:12.000><c> there.</c>

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:20.179
Paul<00:38:15.239><c> says</c><00:38:15.559><c> he</c><00:38:15.719><c> wants</c><00:38:15.980><c> us</c><00:38:16.340><c> to</c><00:38:16.920><c> have</c><00:38:17.039><c> an</c><00:38:17.380><c> on</c><00:38:17.679><c>-growing</c><00:38:19.159><c> depth</c><00:38:19.760><c> of</c>

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:21.619
spiritual<00:38:20.559><c> insight.</c>

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:26.739
We've<00:38:22.139><c> got</c><00:38:22.320><c> to</c><00:38:22.539><c> learn</c><00:38:22.719><c> in</c><00:38:22.880><c> the</c><00:38:23.119><c> truth</c><00:38:23.519><c> that</c><00:38:23.980><c> from</c><00:38:24.199><c> the</c><00:38:24.500><c> time</c><00:38:24.699><c> we're</c><00:38:25.019><c> baptized</c><00:38:25.460><c> and</c><00:38:25.780><c> are</c><00:38:25.940><c> babes</c><00:38:26.139><c> in</c><00:38:26.400><c> Christ,</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:31.000
to<00:38:27.239><c> get</c><00:38:27.340><c> our</c><00:38:27.579><c> teeth</c><00:38:27.760><c> into</c><00:38:27.940><c> the</c><00:38:28.239><c> strong</c><00:38:28.440><c> meat</c><00:38:28.619><c> and</c><00:38:28.820><c> to</c><00:38:29.099><c> grow</c><00:38:29.380><c> spiritually,</c><00:38:30.699><c> to</c>

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.460
grow<00:38:31.219><c> in</c><00:38:31.519><c> wisdom.</c>

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:35.579
We<00:38:32.860><c> can't</c><00:38:33.239><c> just</c><00:38:33.519><c> stagnate</c><00:38:34.000><c> on</c><00:38:34.239><c> first</c><00:38:34.480><c> principles.</c>

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:40.500
Paul<00:38:36.340><c> says</c><00:38:36.500><c> in</c><00:38:36.679><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:36.920><c> that</c><00:38:37.159><c> leaving</c><00:38:37.480><c> behind</c><00:38:38.320><c> the</c><00:38:39.300><c> principles</c><00:38:39.679><c> of</c><00:38:39.920><c> baptism</c><00:38:40.280><c> and</c>

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.380
the<00:38:40.659><c> laying</c><00:38:40.840><c> on</c><00:38:40.960><c> of</c><00:38:41.159><c> hands,</c>

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:43.579
we've<00:38:41.619><c> got</c><00:38:41.699><c> to</c><00:38:41.920><c> go</c><00:38:42.079><c> on</c><00:38:42.239><c> to</c><00:38:42.480><c> strong</c><00:38:42.719><c> meat.</c>

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:46.800
We<00:38:44.579><c> have</c><00:38:44.800><c> to</c><00:38:45.059><c> progress</c><00:38:45.440><c> in</c><00:38:45.599><c> the</c><00:38:45.800><c> truth.</c>

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:51.300
And<00:38:48.780><c> you</c><00:38:48.880><c> see</c><00:38:48.940><c> what</c><00:38:49.139><c> happens</c><00:38:49.539><c> is</c><00:38:49.719><c> we</c><00:38:49.860><c> grow</c><00:38:50.019><c> in</c><00:38:50.179><c> the</c><00:38:50.400><c> truth.</c>

00:38:51.420 --> 00:38:52.820
Our<00:38:51.719><c> knowledge</c><00:38:52.139><c> deepens.</c>

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:55.699
It's<00:38:53.719><c> tempered</c><00:38:53.980><c> by</c><00:38:54.300><c> experience.</c>

00:38:57.000 --> 00:39:00.699
It's<00:38:57.440><c> balanced</c><00:38:57.739><c> by</c><00:38:59.000><c> deepening</c><00:38:59.699><c> our</c><00:38:59.960><c> knowledge.</c>

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:06.599
And<00:39:03.760><c> we've</c><00:39:04.059><c> come</c><00:39:04.199><c> to</c><00:39:04.320><c> understand</c><00:39:04.920><c> the</c><00:39:05.159><c> divine</c><00:39:05.480><c> ways.</c>

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:11.179
That's<00:39:08.619><c> when</c><00:39:08.699><c> we</c><00:39:08.860><c> really</c><00:39:09.099><c> know,</c><00:39:09.559><c> perhaps,</c><00:39:10.059><c> that</c><00:39:10.239><c> we're</c><00:39:10.699><c> starting</c><00:39:10.980><c> to</c>

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:11.860
make<00:39:11.340><c> real</c><00:39:11.619><c> progress.</c>

00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:15.119
And<00:39:12.039><c> we</c><00:39:12.239><c> start</c><00:39:12.559><c> to</c><00:39:12.920><c> appreciate</c><00:39:13.420><c> the</c><00:39:13.760><c> divine</c><00:39:14.119><c> ways.</c>

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:17.900
To<00:39:15.360><c> realize</c><00:39:15.659><c> that</c><00:39:15.880><c> his</c><00:39:16.119><c> thoughts</c><00:39:16.360><c> are</c><00:39:16.559><c> not</c><00:39:16.719><c> our</c><00:39:16.980><c> thoughts.</c>

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:19.840
And<00:39:18.139><c> we</c><00:39:18.280><c> start</c><00:39:18.460><c> to</c><00:39:18.559><c> get</c><00:39:18.639><c> our</c><00:39:18.900><c> minds</c><00:39:19.079><c> aligned</c><00:39:19.440><c> with</c><00:39:19.619><c> his.</c>

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:23.099
That's<00:39:20.440><c> when</c><00:39:20.539><c> we're</c><00:39:20.739><c> really</c><00:39:20.980><c> growing</c><00:39:21.199><c> in</c><00:39:21.619><c> spiritual</c><00:39:22.039><c> enlightenment.</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:28.760
So<00:39:24.699><c> you</c><00:39:24.840><c> see</c><00:39:24.960><c> we've</c><00:39:25.199><c> got</c><00:39:25.320><c> to</c><00:39:25.519><c> progress</c><00:39:25.920><c> through</c><00:39:26.480><c> the</c><00:39:26.820><c> right</c><00:39:27.000><c> application</c><00:39:27.599><c> of</c><00:39:27.860><c> knowledge.</c>

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:32.480
To<00:39:29.400><c> spiritual</c><00:39:29.840><c> enlightenment,</c><00:39:30.619><c> to</c><00:39:30.619><c> be</c><00:39:31.079><c> thrilled</c><00:39:31.360><c> by</c><00:39:31.599><c> the</c><00:39:31.780><c> hidden</c><00:39:31.980><c> things</c><00:39:32.300><c> of</c>

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:33.539
the<00:39:32.659><c> Word.</c>

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:37.820
And<00:39:34.840><c> to</c><00:39:34.920><c> get</c><00:39:35.019><c> that</c><00:39:35.360><c> clear</c><00:39:35.860><c> influencing</c><00:39:36.559><c> knowledge</c><00:39:36.920><c> that</c><00:39:37.159><c> directs</c><00:39:37.579><c> us</c>

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:39.119
toward<00:39:38.159><c> God.</c>

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:42.800
You<00:39:40.960><c> know,</c><00:39:41.039><c> in</c><00:39:41.199><c> the</c><00:39:41.360><c> first</c><00:39:41.539><c> century,</c><00:39:41.980><c> some</c><00:39:42.199><c> of</c><00:39:42.340><c> those</c><00:39:42.539><c> things</c>

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:44.400
came<00:39:43.159><c> with</c><00:39:43.360><c> the</c><00:39:43.519><c> Holy</c><00:39:43.719><c> Spirit</c><00:39:44.019><c> gifts.</c>

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.980
There<00:39:44.840><c> was</c><00:39:45.059><c> a</c><00:39:45.219><c> gift</c><00:39:45.380><c> of</c><00:39:45.659><c> knowledge.</c>

00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:48.019
There<00:39:46.460><c> was</c><00:39:46.699><c> a</c><00:39:46.840><c> gift</c><00:39:47.000><c> of</c><00:39:47.219><c> wisdom.</c>

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:52.039
There<00:39:49.320><c> were,</c><00:39:49.519><c> of</c><00:39:49.599><c> course,</c><00:39:49.980><c> revelations</c><00:39:50.500><c> to</c><00:39:50.739><c> some</c><00:39:50.940><c> people.</c>

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:55.480
But<00:39:53.360><c> they</c><00:39:53.460><c> were</c><00:39:53.559><c> only</c><00:39:53.739><c> there</c><00:39:53.920><c> for</c><00:39:54.119><c> a</c><00:39:54.260><c> short</c><00:39:54.440><c> time.</c>

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:59.059
We've<00:39:56.980><c> got</c><00:39:57.059><c> to</c><00:39:57.139><c> get</c><00:39:57.219><c> those</c><00:39:57.500><c> things</c><00:39:57.780><c> from</c><00:39:57.980><c> the</c><00:39:58.199><c> Word.</c>

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:02.119
Which<00:39:59.880><c> is</c><00:40:00.079><c> the</c><00:40:00.300><c> condensation</c><00:40:00.940><c> of</c><00:40:01.139><c> the</c><00:40:01.340><c> mind</c><00:40:01.519><c> of</c><00:40:01.699><c> the</c><00:40:01.920><c> Spirit</c>

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:03.119
through<00:40:02.340><c> the</c><00:40:02.539><c> Apostles.</c>

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:05.659
And<00:40:03.559><c> we've</c><00:40:03.699><c> got</c><00:40:03.800><c> to</c><00:40:03.940><c> unlock</c><00:40:04.280><c> it</c><00:40:04.460><c> and</c><00:40:04.519><c> get</c><00:40:04.739><c> that</c><00:40:05.019><c> power</c><00:40:05.400><c> into</c>

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.800
our<00:40:05.880><c> lives.</c>

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:10.699
That<00:40:07.260><c> comes</c><00:40:07.599><c> from</c><00:40:07.920><c> a</c><00:40:08.099><c> deepening</c><00:40:08.480><c> knowledge</c><00:40:08.900><c> and</c><00:40:09.480><c> understanding.</c>

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:12.980
And<00:40:11.099><c> being</c><00:40:11.340><c> directed</c><00:40:11.780><c> by</c><00:40:12.039><c> the</c><00:40:12.219><c> Word.</c>

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:16.840
So<00:40:14.380><c> there's</c><00:40:14.559><c> progression,</c><00:40:15.059><c> isn't</c><00:40:15.219><c> there,</c><00:40:15.380><c> in</c><00:40:15.460><c> that</c><00:40:15.659><c> first</c><00:40:15.940><c> one.</c>

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:20.300
A<00:40:17.440><c> spirit</c><00:40:17.599><c> or</c><00:40:17.739><c> an</c><00:40:17.920><c> attitude</c><00:40:18.280><c> of</c><00:40:18.480><c> wisdom,</c><00:40:19.480><c> revelation</c><00:40:19.880><c> in</c><00:40:20.099><c> the</c>

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:22.139
knowledge<00:40:20.500><c> of</c><00:40:20.659><c> Jesus</c><00:40:21.039><c> Christ.</c>

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:26.159
There's<00:40:23.139><c> got</c><00:40:23.280><c> to</c><00:40:23.420><c> be</c><00:40:23.579><c> growth</c><00:40:24.099><c> to</c><00:40:24.760><c> put</c><00:40:24.940><c> it</c><00:40:25.059><c> in</c><00:40:25.260><c> one</c><00:40:25.440><c> word.</c>

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:34.500
And<00:40:28.119><c> then</c><00:40:28.159><c> he</c><00:40:28.320><c> says,</c><00:40:29.380><c> the</c><00:40:29.400><c> eyes</c><00:40:29.840><c> of</c><00:40:30.179><c> your</c><00:40:31.320><c> heart</c><00:40:31.840><c> being</c><00:40:33.340><c> enlightened.</c>

00:40:35.059 --> 00:40:38.579
Now<00:40:35.219><c> the</c><00:40:35.320><c> word</c><00:40:35.679><c> understanding</c><00:40:36.539><c> there</c><00:40:37.079><c> is</c><00:40:37.420><c> the</c><00:40:37.599><c> Greek</c><00:40:37.780><c> word,</c><00:40:38.360><c> cardia.</c>

00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:40.500
From<00:40:38.760><c> which,</c><00:40:39.059><c> of</c><00:40:39.079><c> course,</c><00:40:39.199><c> we</c><00:40:39.300><c> get</c><00:40:39.440><c> cardiac,</c><00:40:39.960><c> which</c><00:40:40.179><c> relates</c>

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:41.840
to<00:40:40.719><c> the</c><00:40:41.019><c> heart.</c>

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:46.239
So<00:40:42.780><c> it</c><00:40:42.940><c> should</c><00:40:43.079><c> be</c><00:40:43.260><c> the</c><00:40:43.480><c> eyes</c><00:40:43.679><c> of</c><00:40:43.860><c> your</c><00:40:44.300><c> heart</c><00:40:44.599><c> being</c><00:40:45.019><c> enlightened.</c>

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:49.539
And<00:40:47.139><c> the</c><00:40:47.300><c> word</c><00:40:47.480><c> enlightened</c><00:40:47.980><c> is</c><00:40:48.199><c> the</c><00:40:48.380><c> Greek</c><00:40:48.539><c> word,</c><00:40:49.099><c> photizo.</c>

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:54.599
Which,<00:40:49.960><c> of</c><00:40:49.960><c> course,</c><00:40:50.260><c> from</c><00:40:50.320><c> getting</c><00:40:50.460><c> this</c><00:40:50.619><c> word</c><00:40:50.880><c> photo,</c><00:40:52.460><c> to</c><00:40:52.920><c> expose</c><00:40:53.420><c> to</c><00:40:53.679><c> light.</c>

00:40:55.900 --> 00:40:59.059
That's<00:40:56.019><c> what</c><00:40:56.179><c> the</c><00:40:56.300><c> word</c><00:40:56.420><c> photo</c><00:40:56.739><c> means,</c><00:40:57.219><c> to</c><00:40:57.480><c> expose</c><00:40:57.840><c> to</c><00:40:58.039><c> the</c><00:40:58.199><c> light.</c>

00:40:59.139 --> 00:41:03.920
So<00:40:59.519><c> what</c><00:41:01.119><c> he's</c><00:41:01.340><c> saying</c><00:41:01.559><c> is</c><00:41:01.780><c> that</c><00:41:01.980><c> the</c><00:41:02.219><c> heart</c><00:41:02.400><c> has</c><00:41:02.860><c> eyes.</c>

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:08.659
The<00:41:04.340><c> eyes</c><00:41:04.639><c> of</c><00:41:04.880><c> your</c><00:41:05.320><c> heart</c><00:41:05.820><c> being</c><00:41:06.440><c> exposed</c><00:41:07.380><c> to</c><00:41:07.639><c> the</c><00:41:07.840><c> light.</c>

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:13.699
Now<00:41:11.500><c> the</c><00:41:11.599><c> word</c><00:41:11.860><c> heart</c><00:41:12.159><c> in</c><00:41:12.340><c> the</c><00:41:12.460><c> Scriptures</c><00:41:12.699><c> is</c><00:41:13.019><c> usually</c><00:41:13.320><c> used</c>

00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:15.420
as<00:41:14.260><c> the</c><00:41:14.519><c> opposite</c><00:41:14.780><c> to</c><00:41:15.079><c> external.</c>

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:17.880
You<00:41:15.599><c> know,</c><00:41:15.780><c> God</c><00:41:15.960><c> looks</c><00:41:16.199><c> on</c><00:41:16.420><c> the</c><00:41:16.719><c> heart,</c><00:41:16.960><c> not</c><00:41:17.119><c> on</c><00:41:17.360><c> the</c><00:41:17.619><c> outward</c>

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.800
appearance<00:41:18.300><c> of</c><00:41:18.480><c> a</c><00:41:18.619><c> man.</c>

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:21.380
That's<00:41:19.260><c> the</c><00:41:19.360><c> way</c><00:41:19.480><c> it's</c><00:41:19.699><c> used</c><00:41:19.980><c> often</c><00:41:20.199><c> in</c><00:41:20.380><c> the</c><00:41:20.539><c> Bible.</c>

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:25.199
And<00:41:22.039><c> that's</c><00:41:22.239><c> very</c><00:41:22.539><c> true</c><00:41:22.719><c> because</c><00:41:23.059><c> the</c><00:41:23.360><c> heart</c><00:41:23.559><c> is</c><00:41:24.079><c> the</c><00:41:24.380><c> innermost</c><00:41:24.780><c> part</c><00:41:25.039><c> of</c>

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.659
the<00:41:25.380><c> person.</c>

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:29.599
Where<00:41:26.059><c> knowledge</c><00:41:26.480><c> and</c><00:41:26.739><c> emotion</c><00:41:27.420><c> come</c><00:41:28.440><c> together.</c>

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:32.880
You<00:41:30.659><c> know,</c><00:41:30.860><c> sometimes</c><00:41:31.159><c> we</c><00:41:31.340><c> tend</c><00:41:31.519><c> to</c><00:41:31.760><c> think</c><00:41:31.940><c> that</c><00:41:32.539><c> we've</c><00:41:32.800><c> got</c>

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:35.780
all<00:41:33.019><c> our</c><00:41:33.159><c> knowledge</c><00:41:33.420><c> up</c><00:41:33.719><c> here</c><00:41:33.860><c> and</c><00:41:33.980><c> our</c><00:41:34.119><c> emotions</c><00:41:34.519><c> down</c><00:41:34.840><c> here.</c>

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:38.940
Well,<00:41:36.179><c> in</c><00:41:36.300><c> Bible</c><00:41:36.619><c> terms,</c><00:41:37.139><c> the</c><00:41:37.239><c> heart</c><00:41:37.440><c> is</c><00:41:37.659><c> where</c><00:41:37.860><c> knowledge,</c>

00:41:39.420 --> 00:41:43.039
the<00:41:39.559><c> divine</c><00:41:40.000><c> thoughts,</c><00:41:41.119><c> grab</c><00:41:41.400><c> hold</c><00:41:41.619><c> of</c><00:41:41.780><c> the</c><00:41:41.980><c> emotions.</c>

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:45.760
That's<00:41:43.920><c> the</c><00:41:44.000><c> real</c><00:41:44.280><c> heart</c><00:41:44.559><c> of</c><00:41:44.739><c> a</c><00:41:44.880><c> person.</c>

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:49.760
You<00:41:47.219><c> see,</c><00:41:47.699><c> it's</c><00:41:47.920><c> possible</c><00:41:48.260><c> to</c><00:41:48.440><c> be</c><00:41:48.719><c> overbalanced</c><00:41:49.199><c> one</c><00:41:49.500><c> way</c><00:41:49.679><c> or</c>

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.920
the<00:41:49.940><c> other.</c>

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:53.199
There<00:41:51.019><c> are</c><00:41:51.219><c> some</c><00:41:51.400><c> people</c><00:41:51.659><c> who</c><00:41:51.880><c> are</c><00:41:52.280><c> all</c><00:41:52.559><c> head</c><00:41:52.800><c> knowledge</c><00:41:53.039><c> and</c>

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:55.260
are<00:41:53.420><c> puffed</c><00:41:53.739><c> up</c><00:41:53.940><c> by</c><00:41:54.219><c> it.</c>

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:57.820
It's<00:41:55.840><c> possible</c><00:41:56.099><c> to</c><00:41:56.320><c> be</c><00:41:56.420><c> like</c><00:41:56.699><c> that,</c><00:41:56.880><c> to</c><00:41:56.940><c> be</c><00:41:57.119><c> just</c><00:41:57.360><c> a</c><00:41:57.579><c> walking</c>

00:41:57.820 --> 00:42:01.119
encyclopedia,<00:41:59.099><c> but</c><00:41:59.219><c> never</c><00:41:59.559><c> engage</c><00:41:59.960><c> the</c><00:42:00.179><c> heart.</c>

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:05.500
There<00:42:02.440><c> are</c><00:42:02.539><c> other</c><00:42:02.719><c> people</c><00:42:02.920><c> who</c><00:42:03.139><c> try</c><00:42:03.300><c> and</c><00:42:03.460><c> live</c><00:42:03.539><c> the</c><00:42:03.780><c> truth</c><00:42:04.019><c> by</c><00:42:04.380><c> feelings.</c>

00:42:06.340 --> 00:42:09.880
And<00:42:06.480><c> haven't</c><00:42:06.619><c> got</c><00:42:06.800><c> in</c><00:42:06.940><c> their</c><00:42:07.039><c> sufficient</c><00:42:07.679><c> direction</c><00:42:08.440><c> from</c><00:42:09.260><c> the</c><00:42:09.460><c> mind</c><00:42:09.639><c> of</c>

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:12.780
Christ<00:42:10.320><c> to</c><00:42:10.719><c> control</c><00:42:11.159><c> those</c><00:42:11.480><c> feelings</c><00:42:11.780><c> properly.</c>

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:17.739
You<00:42:14.960><c> know,</c><00:42:15.159><c> Rotherham</c><00:42:15.500><c> says</c><00:42:15.739><c> this</c><00:42:16.019><c> about</c><00:42:16.519><c> this</c><00:42:16.960><c> particular</c><00:42:17.480><c> phrase.</c>

00:42:17.900 --> 00:42:23.739
He<00:42:17.900><c> says,</c><00:42:19.980><c> it</c><00:42:19.980><c> is</c><00:42:20.219><c> important</c><00:42:20.820><c> to</c><00:42:21.079><c> notice</c><00:42:21.320><c> that</c><00:42:21.519><c> the</c><00:42:21.739><c> heart</c><00:42:21.920><c> has</c><00:42:22.340><c> eyes.</c>

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:28.699
Blind<00:42:24.800><c> emotion</c><00:42:25.400><c> is</c><00:42:26.460><c> of</c><00:42:26.679><c> little</c><00:42:26.880><c> account</c><00:42:27.260><c> of</c><00:42:27.400><c> the</c><00:42:27.539><c> eyes</c><00:42:27.679><c> of</c><00:42:27.880><c> God.</c>

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:31.940
So<00:42:29.820><c> you</c><00:42:29.880><c> see,</c><00:42:30.000><c> we're</c><00:42:30.079><c> not</c><00:42:30.300><c> called</c><00:42:30.480><c> to</c><00:42:30.780><c> blind</c><00:42:31.059><c> emotion</c><00:42:31.460><c> just</c><00:42:31.719><c> to</c>

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:33.400
follow<00:42:32.099><c> without</c><00:42:32.480><c> reason.</c>

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:35.820
What<00:42:33.739><c> we're</c><00:42:34.099><c> called</c><00:42:34.139><c> upon</c><00:42:34.440><c> to</c><00:42:34.579><c> do</c><00:42:34.699><c> is</c><00:42:34.900><c> to</c><00:42:35.019><c> get</c><00:42:35.139><c> the</c><00:42:35.380><c> mind</c><00:42:35.599><c> of</c>

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:37.440
God<00:42:36.019><c> into</c><00:42:36.219><c> our</c><00:42:36.539><c> heads.</c>

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:41.880
And<00:42:37.739><c> then</c><00:42:37.880><c> let</c><00:42:38.019><c> it</c><00:42:38.219><c> engage</c><00:42:38.559><c> the</c><00:42:38.800><c> emotions</c><00:42:39.239><c> that</c><00:42:40.000><c> were</c><00:42:40.260><c> directed</c><00:42:40.659><c> by</c><00:42:41.199><c> the</c><00:42:41.659><c> head.</c>

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:43.639
The<00:42:42.199><c> head</c><00:42:42.360><c> is</c><00:42:42.500><c> always</c><00:42:42.860><c> in</c><00:42:43.099><c> control.</c>

00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:46.079
But<00:42:43.920><c> if</c><00:42:44.079><c> the</c><00:42:44.300><c> heart's</c><00:42:44.579><c> not</c><00:42:44.739><c> in</c><00:42:44.980><c> gear,</c><00:42:45.260><c> we'll</c><00:42:45.320><c> go</c><00:42:45.579><c> nowhere</c><00:42:45.920><c> in</c>

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:47.300
the<00:42:46.280><c> truth.</c>

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:54.159
So<00:42:49.199><c> it's</c><00:42:49.420><c> important</c><00:42:49.840><c> that</c><00:42:50.119><c> both</c><00:42:50.760><c> knowledge</c><00:42:51.599><c> and</c><00:42:52.619><c> feeling</c><00:42:52.980><c> come</c><00:42:53.300><c> together</c><00:42:53.780><c> in</c>

00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:55.519
our<00:42:54.420><c> hearts.</c>

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:58.179
And<00:42:56.159><c> to</c><00:42:56.300><c> do</c><00:42:56.460><c> that,</c><00:42:56.639><c> we've</c><00:42:56.780><c> got</c><00:42:56.860><c> to</c><00:42:56.960><c> let</c><00:42:57.019><c> the</c><00:42:57.360><c> light</c><00:42:57.619><c> shine</c><00:42:58.019><c> into</c>

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.860
our<00:42:58.440><c> hearts.</c>

00:42:59.219 --> 00:43:02.940
That<00:42:59.320><c> the</c><00:42:59.619><c> eyes</c><00:42:59.900><c> of</c><00:43:00.059><c> your</c><00:43:00.559><c> heart</c><00:43:01.119><c> be</c><00:43:02.019><c> shone</c><00:43:02.260><c> upon</c><00:43:02.480><c> with</c><00:43:02.719><c> light.</c>

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:05.019
That's<00:43:03.099><c> what</c><00:43:03.239><c> the</c><00:43:03.340><c> word</c><00:43:03.460><c> enlightenment</c><00:43:03.900><c> means.</c>

00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:10.539
You<00:43:06.639><c> know,</c><00:43:07.239><c> probably</c><00:43:07.300><c> the</c><00:43:07.440><c> best</c><00:43:07.679><c> illustration</c><00:43:08.260><c> of</c><00:43:08.480><c> this</c><00:43:08.780><c> happening</c><00:43:09.099><c> is</c>

00:43:10.539 --> 00:43:12.920
what<00:43:11.019><c> happens</c><00:43:11.320><c> when</c><00:43:11.500><c> you</c><00:43:11.860><c> have</c><00:43:11.980><c> an</c><00:43:12.179><c> interested</c><00:43:12.340><c> friend</c><00:43:12.739><c> who</c>

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:14.539
comes<00:43:13.119><c> into</c><00:43:13.300><c> the</c><00:43:13.579><c> truth.</c>

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:17.460
You<00:43:15.679><c> know,</c><00:43:15.679><c> when</c><00:43:15.780><c> you</c><00:43:15.960><c> first</c><00:43:16.119><c> come</c><00:43:16.340><c> across</c><00:43:16.679><c> them,</c><00:43:16.880><c> they're</c><00:43:17.039><c> full</c><00:43:17.260><c> of</c>

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:20.860
their<00:43:17.760><c> prejudices,</c><00:43:18.380><c> their</c><00:43:18.599><c> ideas,</c><00:43:19.340><c> their</c><00:43:19.739><c> opinions.</c>

00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:25.820
And<00:43:22.239><c> the</c><00:43:22.679><c> darkness</c><00:43:23.320><c> is</c><00:43:24.199><c> sometimes</c><00:43:24.679><c> very</c><00:43:24.980><c> evident.</c>

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:29.619
They<00:43:26.739><c> can't</c><00:43:27.000><c> see</c><00:43:27.179><c> it,</c><00:43:27.300><c> of</c><00:43:27.460><c> course.</c><00:43:27.659><c> They</c><00:43:27.860><c> think</c><00:43:28.059><c> their</c><00:43:28.280><c> darkness</c><00:43:28.559><c> is</c><00:43:28.800><c> light.</c>

00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:33.440
But<00:43:30.579><c> as</c><00:43:30.760><c> the</c><00:43:30.940><c> word</c><00:43:31.099><c> gradually</c><00:43:31.480><c> takes</c><00:43:31.820><c> hold</c><00:43:32.039><c> of</c><00:43:32.239><c> them,</c>

00:43:33.840 --> 00:43:36.199
it<00:43:34.320><c> penetrates</c><00:43:34.800><c> into</c><00:43:34.980><c> the</c><00:43:35.199><c> heart.</c>

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:38.900
And<00:43:36.940><c> one</c><00:43:37.019><c> of</c><00:43:37.099><c> the</c><00:43:37.159><c> things</c><00:43:37.340><c> I</c><00:43:37.519><c> find</c><00:43:37.760><c> most</c><00:43:38.000><c> amazing</c><00:43:38.400><c> about</c><00:43:38.739><c> when</c>

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:40.699
people<00:43:39.219><c> are</c><00:43:39.440><c> learning</c><00:43:39.619><c> the</c><00:43:39.920><c> truth</c><00:43:40.099><c> is</c>

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:44.940
how<00:43:41.039><c> they</c><00:43:41.280><c> will</c><00:43:41.679><c> soften,</c><00:43:42.179><c> you</c><00:43:43.159><c> know,</c><00:43:43.480><c> from</c><00:43:43.599><c> the</c><00:43:44.000><c> hard</c><00:43:44.420><c> veneer</c>

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:46.760
of<00:43:45.519><c> toughness</c><00:43:45.980><c> that</c><00:43:46.179><c> people</c><00:43:46.420><c> have</c>

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:48.219
toward<00:43:47.059><c> the</c><00:43:47.300><c> world</c><00:43:47.440><c> in</c><00:43:47.559><c> which</c><00:43:47.679><c> they</c><00:43:47.920><c> live.</c>

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:52.219
That<00:43:48.679><c> the</c><00:43:48.980><c> truth</c><00:43:49.159><c> actually</c><00:43:49.579><c> penetrates</c><00:43:50.059><c> and</c><00:43:50.559><c> gets</c><00:43:50.940><c> to</c><00:43:51.159><c> the</c><00:43:51.380><c> heart.</c>

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:55.199
And<00:43:52.920><c> there</c><00:43:53.019><c> are</c><00:43:53.099><c> many</c><00:43:53.280><c> examples</c><00:43:53.719><c> of</c><00:43:53.940><c> people</c><00:43:54.139><c> who</c><00:43:54.360><c> were</c><00:43:54.539><c> as</c><00:43:54.940><c> tough</c><00:43:55.000><c> as</c>

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:56.079
nails<00:43:55.440><c> in</c><00:43:55.639><c> the</c><00:43:55.840><c> world,</c>

00:43:56.400 --> 00:44:01.099
who<00:43:56.539><c> now</c><00:43:56.760><c> become</c><00:43:57.059><c> very</c><00:43:57.480><c> emotional</c><00:43:58.219><c> thinking</c><00:43:59.320><c> people</c><00:43:59.780><c> in</c><00:43:59.920><c> the</c><00:44:00.159><c> truth.</c>

00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:04.780
Because<00:44:02.719><c> you</c><00:44:02.920><c> see,</c><00:44:03.099><c> the</c><00:44:03.219><c> eyes</c><00:44:03.559><c> of</c><00:44:03.739><c> the</c><00:44:03.900><c> heart</c><00:44:04.039><c> have</c><00:44:04.159><c> been</c><00:44:04.340><c> opened</c><00:44:04.559><c> to</c>

00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:06.579
receive<00:44:05.280><c> the</c><00:44:05.519><c> light.</c>

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:10.719
And<00:44:07.880><c> it's</c><00:44:08.019><c> wonderful</c><00:44:08.239><c> to</c><00:44:08.340><c> see</c><00:44:08.699><c> how</c><00:44:08.940><c> that</c><00:44:09.400><c> entrance</c><00:44:09.719><c> of</c><00:44:09.940><c> light</c>

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:12.739
enables<00:44:11.320><c> people</c><00:44:11.639><c> to</c><00:44:11.900><c> sort</c><00:44:12.039><c> their</c><00:44:12.280><c> lives</c><00:44:12.519><c> out</c>

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:14.820
and<00:44:12.920><c> to</c><00:44:13.360><c> completely</c><00:44:13.599><c> change</c><00:44:14.139><c> their</c><00:44:14.400><c> whole</c><00:44:14.599><c> outlook.</c>

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:17.480
Even<00:44:15.239><c> in</c><00:44:15.400><c> old</c><00:44:15.579><c> age,</c><00:44:15.820><c> that</c><00:44:15.980><c> can</c><00:44:16.159><c> happen</c><00:44:16.380><c> with</c><00:44:16.579><c> people.</c>

00:44:18.099 --> 00:44:20.840
That<00:44:18.219><c> they</c><00:44:18.380><c> can</c><00:44:18.559><c> be</c><00:44:18.820><c> enlightened</c><00:44:19.260><c> in</c><00:44:19.659><c> their</c><00:44:19.860><c> hearts.</c>

00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:24.980
So<00:44:21.880><c> that's</c><00:44:22.139><c> the</c><00:44:22.320><c> second</c><00:44:22.940><c> prayer</c><00:44:23.400><c> of</c><00:44:23.639><c> Paul,</c><00:44:23.880><c> that</c><00:44:24.119><c> the</c><00:44:24.639><c> eyes</c><00:44:24.820><c> of</c>

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:27.199
their<00:44:25.280><c> hearts</c><00:44:25.639><c> would</c><00:44:25.900><c> be</c><00:44:26.239><c> enlightened.</c>

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:29.159
But<00:44:27.719><c> these</c><00:44:27.920><c> were</c><00:44:28.059><c> people</c><00:44:28.239><c> that</c><00:44:28.400><c> had</c><00:44:28.420><c> been</c><00:44:28.500><c> in</c><00:44:28.619><c> the</c><00:44:28.840><c> truth</c><00:44:28.960><c> for</c>

00:44:29.159 --> 00:44:30.119
a<00:44:29.260><c> number</c><00:44:29.440><c> of</c><00:44:29.719><c> years.</c>

00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:36.019
There's<00:44:31.199><c> always</c><00:44:31.699><c> room</c><00:44:31.980><c> to</c><00:44:32.179><c> grow</c><00:44:32.500><c> and</c><00:44:32.739><c> to</c><00:44:32.920><c> have</c><00:44:33.019><c> our</c><00:44:33.340><c> hearts</c><00:44:33.980><c> shone</c><00:44:34.440><c> upon</c><00:44:34.840><c> by</c>

00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:37.440
the<00:44:36.199><c> love</c><00:44:36.300><c> of</c><00:44:36.579><c> God.</c>

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:39.920
To<00:44:38.079><c> grow</c><00:44:38.400><c> in</c><00:44:38.559><c> the</c><00:44:38.780><c> truth.</c>

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:45.920
And<00:44:42.519><c> he</c><00:44:42.599><c> said,</c><00:44:42.760><c> if</c><00:44:42.760><c> you</c><00:44:42.920><c> do</c><00:44:43.139><c> that,</c><00:44:44.099><c> then</c><00:44:44.199><c> you'll</c><00:44:44.420><c> know</c><00:44:44.599><c> three</c><00:44:44.920><c> things.</c>

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:48.800
You'll<00:44:46.760><c> come</c><00:44:46.960><c> to</c><00:44:47.599><c> appreciate.</c>

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:53.179
And<00:44:49.119><c> the</c><00:44:49.260><c> word</c><00:44:49.460><c> there,</c><00:44:49.780><c> no,</c><00:44:50.360><c> is</c><00:44:51.099><c> oida,</c><00:44:51.820><c> O</c><00:44:52.179><c>-I</c><00:44:52.260><c>-D</c><00:44:52.559><c>-A,</c><00:44:52.719><c> which</c><00:44:52.900><c> means</c>

00:44:53.179 --> 00:44:55.340
to<00:44:53.559><c> know</c><00:44:54.000><c> experimentally.</c>

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:58.760
You<00:44:56.179><c> yourself</c><00:44:56.659><c> will</c><00:44:56.860><c> have</c><00:44:57.039><c> gone</c><00:44:57.199><c> through</c><00:44:57.400><c> the</c><00:44:57.559><c> process</c><00:44:57.960><c> of</c>

00:44:58.760 --> 00:44:59.739
getting<00:44:59.139><c> the</c><00:44:59.440><c> wisdom,</c>

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:03.559
the<00:45:00.059><c> knowledge</c><00:45:00.300><c> of</c><00:45:00.440><c> the</c><00:45:00.699><c> truth,</c><00:45:01.860><c> grabbing</c><00:45:02.059><c> hold</c><00:45:02.239><c> of</c><00:45:02.420><c> the</c><00:45:02.639><c> heart.</c>

00:45:04.019 --> 00:45:10.260
And<00:45:04.500><c> then</c><00:45:04.980><c> in</c><00:45:05.519><c> yourself,</c><00:45:06.019><c> you</c><00:45:06.179><c> will</c><00:45:06.360><c> understand</c><00:45:07.280><c> three</c><00:45:09.219><c> things.</c>

00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:14.800
You'll<00:45:11.539><c> understand</c><00:45:11.860><c> the</c><00:45:13.239><c> calling.</c>

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:18.059
And<00:45:15.539><c> the</c><00:45:15.619><c> word</c><00:45:15.719><c> there,</c><00:45:15.860><c> of</c><00:45:16.059><c> course,</c><00:45:16.260><c> is</c><00:45:16.380><c> the</c><00:45:16.500><c> word</c><00:45:16.619><c> elpus,</c><00:45:17.119><c> the</c><00:45:17.320><c> hope.</c>

00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:21.219
The<00:45:18.599><c> hope</c><00:45:18.780><c> of</c><00:45:19.000><c> eternal</c><00:45:19.260><c> life,</c><00:45:19.659><c> it</c><00:45:19.679><c> says</c><00:45:19.800><c> in</c><00:45:20.059><c> Titus</c><00:45:20.320><c> 3</c><00:45:20.599><c> verse</c><00:45:20.820><c> 7.</c>

00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:25.719
Rejoicing<00:45:22.159><c> in</c><00:45:22.480><c> hope</c><00:45:22.619><c> of</c><00:45:22.800><c> the</c><00:45:22.960><c> glory</c><00:45:23.219><c> of</c><00:45:23.400><c> God</c><00:45:23.599><c> in</c><00:45:23.780><c> Romans</c><00:45:24.079><c> 5</c><00:45:24.480><c> verse</c><00:45:24.780><c> 2.</c>

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:30.199
Called<00:45:26.659><c> to</c><00:45:26.860><c> his</c><00:45:27.099><c> kingdom</c><00:45:27.420><c> and</c><00:45:27.760><c> glory</c><00:45:28.159><c> in</c><00:45:29.239><c> 1st</c><00:45:29.559><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:31.880
2<00:45:30.460><c> and</c><00:45:30.619><c> verse</c><00:45:30.820><c> 12.</c>

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:34.980
And<00:45:32.579><c> the</c><00:45:32.760><c> major</c><00:45:33.019><c> hope</c><00:45:33.280><c> of</c><00:45:33.440><c> the</c><00:45:33.599><c> Bible</c><00:45:33.820><c> is</c><00:45:34.039><c> that</c><00:45:34.219><c> we</c><00:45:34.480><c> should</c><00:45:34.719><c> be</c>

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:36.360
to<00:45:35.179><c> the</c><00:45:35.460><c> praise</c><00:45:35.659><c> of</c><00:45:35.860><c> his</c><00:45:36.059><c> glory.</c>

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:39.460
That<00:45:36.699><c> God</c><00:45:36.980><c> has</c><00:45:37.719><c> determined</c><00:45:38.219><c> that</c><00:45:38.360><c> in</c><00:45:38.500><c> the</c><00:45:38.780><c> saints</c><00:45:39.039><c> he</c><00:45:39.219><c> will</c>

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:42.039
reveal<00:45:39.739><c> himself</c><00:45:40.079><c> and</c><00:45:40.320><c> give</c><00:45:40.460><c> them</c><00:45:40.659><c> eternal</c><00:45:41.000><c> life.</c>

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:47.199
So<00:45:43.480><c> you</c><00:45:43.579><c> see,</c><00:45:43.659><c> he</c><00:45:43.739><c> wants</c><00:45:43.920><c> us</c><00:45:44.139><c> to</c><00:45:44.420><c> appreciate</c><00:45:44.960><c> further</c><00:45:45.440><c> and</c><00:45:45.739><c> further</c><00:45:46.099><c> that</c><00:45:46.719><c> hope</c><00:45:46.980><c> in</c>

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:48.340
our<00:45:47.360><c> lives.</c>

00:45:49.780 --> 00:45:54.260
And<00:45:50.300><c> then</c><00:45:50.440><c> he</c><00:45:50.559><c> says</c><00:45:51.300><c> to</c><00:45:52.280><c> know</c><00:45:52.519><c> the</c><00:45:52.760><c> riches</c><00:45:53.159><c> of</c><00:45:53.539><c> the</c><00:45:53.820><c> glory</c><00:45:54.099><c> of</c>

00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:57.320
his<00:45:54.440><c> inheritance</c><00:45:55.019><c> in</c><00:45:55.239><c> the</c><00:45:55.500><c> saints.</c>

00:45:57.400 --> 00:46:01.400
E<00:45:57.539><c>.I</c><00:45:57.659><c>.V.</c><00:45:57.820><c> has</c><00:45:58.000><c> that</c><00:45:58.179><c> we</c><00:45:58.320><c> might</c><00:45:58.739><c> know</c><00:45:59.320><c> the</c><00:45:59.639><c> glorious</c><00:46:00.099><c> inheritance.</c>

00:46:01.940 --> 00:46:04.480
And<00:46:02.079><c> the</c><00:46:02.239><c> word</c><00:46:02.420><c> means</c><00:46:02.780><c> that</c><00:46:02.940><c> for</c><00:46:03.079><c> that</c><00:46:03.320><c> word</c><00:46:03.440><c> where</c><00:46:03.579><c> it's</c><00:46:03.820><c> got</c>

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:07.059
inheritance,<00:46:05.280><c> it</c><00:46:05.280><c> means</c><00:46:05.619><c> an</c><00:46:06.099><c> inherited</c><00:46:06.519><c> possession.</c>

00:46:07.139 --> 00:46:10.320
Something<00:46:07.480><c> that's</c><00:46:08.360><c> come</c><00:46:08.519><c> to</c><00:46:08.760><c> you,</c><00:46:09.719><c> which</c><00:46:09.920><c> you</c><00:46:10.179><c> hold</c>

00:46:10.320 --> 00:46:12.099
extremely<00:46:11.039><c> valuable.</c>

00:46:12.440 --> 00:46:15.380
And<00:46:12.880><c> as</c><00:46:13.019><c> we</c><00:46:13.199><c> pointed</c><00:46:13.360><c> out</c><00:46:13.579><c> from</c><00:46:13.780><c> verse</c><00:46:14.019><c> 11,</c><00:46:14.599><c> God</c><00:46:14.639><c> has</c><00:46:15.039><c> chosen</c>

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:19.519
us<00:46:16.039><c> to</c><00:46:16.420><c> be</c><00:46:16.639><c> his</c><00:46:16.920><c> peculiar</c><00:46:17.719><c> promised</c><00:46:18.420><c> possession.</c>

00:46:20.920 --> 00:46:23.039
Not<00:46:21.039><c> only</c><00:46:21.239><c> has</c><00:46:21.400><c> he</c><00:46:21.559><c> revealed</c><00:46:21.780><c> himself</c><00:46:22.119><c> in</c><00:46:22.300><c> his</c><00:46:22.519><c> son,</c><00:46:22.780><c> but</c><00:46:22.800><c> he</c>

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:25.239
said<00:46:23.159><c> that</c><00:46:24.059><c> underneath</c><00:46:24.639><c> my</c><00:46:25.079><c> son,</c>

00:46:25.340 --> 00:46:28.340
there's<00:46:25.500><c> a</c><00:46:25.639><c> group</c><00:46:25.739><c> of</c><00:46:26.019><c> people</c><00:46:26.219><c> that</c><00:46:26.380><c> are</c><00:46:26.579><c> my</c><00:46:27.000><c> special</c><00:46:27.400><c> treasure.</c>

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:32.960
They<00:46:29.380><c> shall</c><00:46:29.639><c> be</c><00:46:30.000><c> mine,</c><00:46:30.400><c> says</c><00:46:30.539><c> Yahweh,</c><00:46:31.500><c> those</c><00:46:31.840><c> that</c><00:46:32.119><c> think</c><00:46:32.300><c> upon</c><00:46:32.539><c> my</c><00:46:32.840><c> name.</c>

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:35.639
They<00:46:33.199><c> shall</c><00:46:33.400><c> be</c><00:46:33.719><c> mine</c><00:46:33.860><c> in</c><00:46:34.039><c> the</c><00:46:34.219><c> day</c><00:46:34.360><c> when</c><00:46:34.480><c> I</c><00:46:34.659><c> make</c><00:46:34.820><c> up</c><00:46:35.000><c> my</c><00:46:35.260><c> jewels.</c>

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:40.239
That's<00:46:36.539><c> his.</c><00:46:37.639><c> The</c><00:46:37.980><c> saints</c><00:46:38.159><c> are</c><00:46:38.360><c> his</c><00:46:38.659><c> particular</c><00:46:39.280><c> treasure.</c>

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:43.980
You<00:46:42.460><c> know,</c><00:46:42.559><c> it's</c><00:46:42.719><c> very</c><00:46:43.039><c> hard,</c><00:46:43.320><c> isn't</c><00:46:43.400><c> it,</c><00:46:43.480><c> when</c><00:46:43.599><c> we</c><00:46:43.699><c> look</c><00:46:43.820><c> at</c>

00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:45.280
ourselves<00:46:44.300><c> in</c><00:46:44.500><c> the</c><00:46:44.599><c> mirror</c><00:46:44.780><c> and</c><00:46:44.940><c> we</c><00:46:45.139><c> say,</c>

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:49.460
well,<00:46:45.500><c> what</c><00:46:45.639><c> an</c><00:46:46.719><c> ugly</c><00:46:47.219><c> human</c><00:46:47.500><c> being</c><00:46:47.739><c> we</c><00:46:47.960><c> really</c><00:46:48.260><c> are.</c>

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:53.539
Not<00:46:50.619><c> only</c><00:46:50.840><c> in</c><00:46:51.099><c> appearance</c><00:46:51.340><c> sometimes,</c><00:46:51.940><c> but</c><00:46:52.940><c> knowing</c><00:46:53.300><c> what</c><00:46:53.420><c> we</c>

00:46:53.539 --> 00:46:55.219
do<00:46:53.679><c> about</c><00:46:53.900><c> ourselves.</c>

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:57.960
When<00:46:55.880><c> we're</c><00:46:56.059><c> honest</c><00:46:56.179><c> with</c><00:46:56.380><c> ourselves,</c><00:46:56.860><c> we</c><00:46:56.980><c> look</c><00:46:57.119><c> at</c><00:46:57.280><c> ourselves</c><00:46:57.559><c> and</c><00:46:57.699><c> we</c><00:46:57.860><c> say,</c>

00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:01.699
well,<00:46:58.239><c> how</c><00:46:58.440><c> could</c><00:46:58.639><c> God</c><00:46:58.880><c> have</c><00:46:59.099><c> chosen</c><00:46:59.360><c> us</c><00:46:59.679><c> to</c><00:46:59.820><c> be</c><00:46:59.940><c> his</c><00:47:00.320><c> promised</c><00:47:00.639><c> possession?</c>

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:03.860
And<00:47:02.159><c> yet</c><00:47:02.260><c> he</c><00:47:02.420><c> has,</c><00:47:02.800><c> brethren</c><00:47:02.860><c> and</c><00:47:03.159><c> sisters.</c>

00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:07.440
He<00:47:04.400><c> wants</c><00:47:04.739><c> us</c><00:47:05.000><c> to</c><00:47:05.199><c> be</c><00:47:05.320><c> that</c><00:47:05.639><c> particular</c><00:47:06.320><c> possession.</c>

00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:09.420
That<00:47:07.820><c> when</c><00:47:07.940><c> he</c><00:47:08.079><c> gets</c><00:47:08.199><c> into</c><00:47:08.420><c> the</c><00:47:08.639><c> kingdom</c><00:47:08.840><c> and</c><00:47:08.940><c> he's</c><00:47:09.119><c> got</c><00:47:09.199><c> the</c>

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:11.039
whole<00:47:09.760><c> world</c><00:47:09.960><c> looking</c><00:47:10.219><c> to</c><00:47:10.380><c> him</c><00:47:10.519><c> for</c><00:47:10.719><c> guidance,</c>

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.260
he<00:47:11.159><c> will</c><00:47:11.320><c> say,</c><00:47:11.820><c> look</c><00:47:11.900><c> at</c><00:47:12.079><c> those</c><00:47:12.300><c> people.</c>

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:16.980
That's<00:47:13.880><c> my</c><00:47:14.139><c> peculiar</c><00:47:14.699><c> treasure.</c><00:47:15.360><c> They</c><00:47:15.599><c> shall</c><00:47:15.800><c> be</c><00:47:16.079><c> mine.</c>

00:47:18.739 --> 00:47:22.880
It's<00:47:18.920><c> a</c><00:47:19.019><c> tremendous</c><00:47:19.440><c> privilege</c><00:47:19.860><c> to</c><00:47:20.179><c> be</c><00:47:21.079><c> the</c><00:47:22.099><c> inheritance</c><00:47:22.519><c> in</c>

00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:24.019
the<00:47:23.119><c> saints,</c>

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:26.480
to<00:47:24.739><c> be</c><00:47:24.840><c> that</c><00:47:25.059><c> peculiar</c><00:47:25.539><c> treasure.</c>

00:47:27.320 --> 00:47:30.500
That<00:47:27.440><c> they</c><00:47:27.659><c> may</c><00:47:27.820><c> be</c><00:47:28.039><c> one</c><00:47:28.179><c> in</c><00:47:28.380><c> us,</c><00:47:28.800><c> prayed</c><00:47:28.860><c> the</c><00:47:29.039><c> Lord</c><00:47:29.179><c> Jesus</c><00:47:29.559><c> Christ,</c><00:47:30.179><c> as</c>

00:47:30.500 --> 00:47:32.119
thou<00:47:30.699><c> art</c><00:47:30.900><c> in</c><00:47:31.139><c> me.</c>

00:47:32.840 --> 00:47:37.260
And<00:47:33.139><c> God</c><00:47:33.280><c> is</c><00:47:33.440><c> going</c><00:47:33.539><c> to</c><00:47:33.800><c> first</c><00:47:34.039><c> reveal</c><00:47:34.320><c> himself</c><00:47:34.880><c> through</c><00:47:36.059><c> the</c><00:47:36.320><c> saints.</c>

00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:44.920
And<00:47:39.119><c> he</c><00:47:39.260><c> goes</c><00:47:39.380><c> on</c><00:47:39.500><c> to</c><00:47:39.739><c> say</c><00:47:40.619><c> that</c><00:47:41.400><c> we</c><00:47:41.539><c> might</c><00:47:41.820><c> know</c><00:47:42.139><c> the</c><00:47:42.460><c> exceeding</c><00:47:43.199><c> greatness</c><00:47:43.579><c> of</c><00:47:43.940><c> his</c><00:47:44.280><c> power.</c>

00:47:45.300 --> 00:47:48.920
You<00:47:45.320><c> know,</c><00:47:45.559><c> Paul's</c><00:47:45.920><c> almost</c><00:47:46.780><c> stacking</c><00:47:47.260><c> up</c><00:47:47.780><c> expressions</c><00:47:48.519><c> here</c>

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:51.579
of<00:47:49.500><c> the</c><00:47:50.400><c> expansiveness</c><00:47:50.880><c> of</c><00:47:51.099><c> God's</c><00:47:51.480><c> mind.</c>

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:54.739
He's<00:47:52.320><c> struggling</c><00:47:52.699><c> to</c><00:47:52.920><c> come</c><00:47:53.039><c> to</c><00:47:53.239><c> grips</c><00:47:53.400><c> with</c><00:47:53.679><c> the</c><00:47:54.219><c> tremendous</c>

00:47:54.739 --> 00:47:57.199
power<00:47:55.239><c> that</c><00:47:55.440><c> God's</c><00:47:55.860><c> shown</c><00:47:55.940><c> to</c><00:47:56.139><c> the</c><00:47:56.320><c> saints.</c>

00:47:57.719 --> 00:48:00.300
The<00:47:57.860><c> word</c><00:47:58.059><c> there</c><00:47:58.219><c> for</c><00:47:58.360><c> power</c><00:47:58.639><c> is</c><00:47:58.820><c> the</c><00:47:58.880><c> word</c><00:47:59.139><c> dunamis.</c>

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:03.139
Dynamo<00:48:01.320><c> is</c><00:48:01.679><c> the</c><00:48:01.780><c> word</c><00:48:01.860><c> in</c><00:48:02.019><c> the</c><00:48:02.159><c> English</c><00:48:02.260><c> we</c><00:48:02.420><c> get</c><00:48:02.599><c> from</c><00:48:02.820><c> that.</c>

00:48:03.139 --> 00:48:06.360
There's<00:48:03.960><c> a</c><00:48:04.199><c> dynamo</c><00:48:04.500><c> in</c><00:48:04.659><c> our</c><00:48:04.860><c> lives,</c><00:48:05.099><c> the</c><00:48:05.360><c> power</c><00:48:05.760><c> of</c><00:48:05.960><c> God</c><00:48:06.099><c> under</c>

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:08.199
salvation,<00:48:07.000><c> Romans</c><00:48:07.260><c> 1</c><00:48:07.539><c> verse</c><00:48:07.760><c> 16.</c>

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:11.159
The<00:48:08.699><c> gospel</c><00:48:09.019><c> is</c><00:48:09.260><c> the</c><00:48:09.639><c> dynamo</c><00:48:10.059><c> of</c><00:48:10.340><c> God.</c>

00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:14.400
It<00:48:11.679><c> can</c><00:48:11.719><c> get</c><00:48:11.860><c> into</c><00:48:12.000><c> your</c><00:48:12.239><c> life</c><00:48:12.400><c> and</c><00:48:12.519><c> it</c><00:48:12.579><c> can</c><00:48:12.880><c> drive</c><00:48:13.179><c> you</c><00:48:13.420><c> along.</c>

00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:18.500
And<00:48:16.280><c> he</c><00:48:16.460><c> says</c><00:48:16.579><c> that</c><00:48:16.860><c> exceeding</c><00:48:17.579><c> greatness</c><00:48:17.760><c> of</c><00:48:17.900><c> his</c><00:48:18.139><c> power</c><00:48:18.340><c> to</c>

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:20.300
what<00:48:18.699><c> us</c><00:48:18.960><c> would</c><00:48:19.159><c> who</c><00:48:19.400><c> believe,</c>

00:48:20.739 --> 00:48:25.059
the<00:48:21.099><c> power</c><00:48:21.519><c> of</c><00:48:21.699><c> his</c><00:48:21.880><c> resurrection</c><00:48:22.360><c> is</c><00:48:23.639><c> there</c><00:48:23.800><c> in</c><00:48:23.940><c> our</c><00:48:24.139><c> lives.</c>

00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:27.559
And<00:48:25.659><c> you</c><00:48:25.719><c> know,</c><00:48:25.840><c> the</c><00:48:26.039><c> truth</c><00:48:26.199><c> can</c><00:48:26.519><c> be</c><00:48:26.699><c> a</c><00:48:26.880><c> power</c><00:48:27.039><c> in</c><00:48:27.179><c> the</c><00:48:27.360><c> lives</c>

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:30.019
of<00:48:27.820><c> people</c><00:48:27.980><c> if</c><00:48:28.179><c> only</c><00:48:28.440><c> we</c><00:48:28.539><c> let</c><00:48:28.639><c> it</c><00:48:28.920><c> drive</c><00:48:29.079><c> us.</c>

00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:38.699
The<00:48:36.139><c> end</c><00:48:36.380><c> of</c><00:48:36.460><c> verse</c><00:48:36.659><c> 19</c><00:48:37.159><c> where</c><00:48:37.360><c> it</c><00:48:37.559><c> says,</c><00:48:38.380><c> according</c><00:48:38.380><c> to</c><00:48:38.579><c> the</c>

00:48:38.699 --> 00:48:39.900
working<00:48:38.960><c> of</c><00:48:39.079><c> his</c><00:48:39.280><c> mighty</c><00:48:39.539><c> power,</c>

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:43.300
again<00:48:40.460><c> has</c><00:48:41.239><c> been</c><00:48:41.460><c> very</c><00:48:41.800><c> wrongly</c><00:48:42.219><c> tacked</c><00:48:42.380><c> onto</c><00:48:42.539><c> verse</c><00:48:42.840><c> 19.</c>

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:45.639
It<00:48:43.460><c> should</c><00:48:43.619><c> be</c><00:48:43.820><c> the</c><00:48:44.099><c> front</c><00:48:44.400><c> of</c><00:48:44.599><c> verse</c><00:48:44.880><c> 20.</c>

00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:49.260
The<00:48:46.780><c> NIV</c><00:48:47.079><c> has</c><00:48:47.400><c> the</c><00:48:47.579><c> verse</c><00:48:47.780><c> 20,</c><00:48:48.320><c> according</c><00:48:48.519><c> to</c><00:48:48.719><c> the</c><00:48:48.960><c> strength</c>

00:48:49.260 --> 00:48:51.679
of<00:48:49.440><c> his</c><00:48:49.699><c> might</c><00:48:49.900><c> which</c><00:48:50.119><c> he</c><00:48:50.360><c> wrought</c><00:48:50.480><c> in</c><00:48:50.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:52.460 --> 00:48:55.139
So<00:48:52.900><c> again,</c><00:48:53.420><c> they've</c><00:48:53.559><c> put</c><00:48:53.679><c> the</c><00:48:54.219><c> verse</c><00:48:54.420><c> division</c><00:48:54.699><c> in</c><00:48:54.960><c> totally</c>

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:56.340
the<00:48:55.320><c> wrong</c><00:48:55.460><c> place.</c>

00:48:56.820 --> 00:48:58.619
So<00:48:56.980><c> there's</c><00:48:57.199><c> three</c><00:48:57.500><c> things</c><00:48:57.820><c> that</c><00:48:57.940><c> he</c><00:48:58.079><c> wanted</c><00:48:58.199><c> us</c><00:48:58.340><c> to</c><00:48:58.519><c> know.</c>

00:48:58.639 --> 00:49:01.579
The<00:48:58.800><c> hope</c><00:48:59.019><c> of</c><00:48:59.159><c> his</c><00:48:59.400><c> calling,</c><00:49:00.400><c> the</c><00:49:00.619><c> riches</c><00:49:00.820><c> of</c><00:49:00.980><c> his</c><00:49:01.239><c> glorious</c>

00:49:01.579 --> 00:49:02.679
inheritance<00:49:02.079><c> in</c><00:49:02.280><c> the</c><00:49:02.500><c> saints</c>

00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:05.800
and<00:49:03.079><c> the</c><00:49:03.079><c> exceeding</c><00:49:03.539><c> greatness</c><00:49:03.760><c> of</c><00:49:03.900><c> his</c><00:49:04.159><c> power</c><00:49:04.360><c> to</c><00:49:04.480><c> us</c><00:49:04.679><c> who</c><00:49:04.960><c> believe.</c>

00:49:05.960 --> 00:49:10.219
And<00:49:06.119><c> Paul</c><00:49:06.360><c> prayed</c><00:49:06.780><c> that</c><00:49:06.960><c> God</c><00:49:07.179><c> might</c><00:49:07.480><c> grant</c><00:49:07.820><c> that</c><00:49:08.019><c> to</c><00:49:08.219><c> the</c><00:49:08.400><c> Ephesians.</c>

00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:12.820
You<00:49:11.440><c> know,</c><00:49:11.519><c> it</c><00:49:11.659><c> just</c><00:49:11.840><c> shows</c><00:49:12.099><c> us,</c><00:49:12.300><c> brethren</c><00:49:12.500><c> and</c><00:49:12.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:16.059
we<00:49:13.000><c> have</c><00:49:13.199><c> to</c><00:49:13.380><c> give</c><00:49:13.860><c> plenty</c><00:49:14.300><c> of</c><00:49:14.559><c> attention</c><00:49:14.940><c> to</c><00:49:15.300><c> deepening</c><00:49:15.679><c> our</c>

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:17.460
spiritual<00:49:16.519><c> insight.</c>

00:49:17.780 --> 00:49:20.719
It<00:49:17.920><c> is</c><00:49:18.199><c> not</c><00:49:18.440><c> sufficient</c><00:49:18.820><c> to</c><00:49:19.099><c> stay</c><00:49:19.219><c> with</c><00:49:19.460><c> first</c><00:49:19.699><c> principles.</c>

00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:23.400
We<00:49:21.559><c> have</c><00:49:21.840><c> to</c><00:49:22.039><c> grow</c><00:49:22.219><c> and</c><00:49:22.519><c> deepen</c><00:49:22.739><c> into</c><00:49:22.960><c> truth.</c>

00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:26.340
And<00:49:24.199><c> we</c><00:49:24.320><c> all</c><00:49:24.519><c> know</c><00:49:24.639><c> you'll</c><00:49:24.940><c> never</c><00:49:25.139><c> come</c><00:49:25.360><c> to</c><00:49:25.480><c> the</c><00:49:25.639><c> bottom</c><00:49:25.780><c> of</c><00:49:25.960><c> it.</c>

00:49:26.699 --> 00:49:29.059
There's<00:49:26.880><c> no</c><00:49:27.099><c> man</c><00:49:27.320><c> can</c><00:49:27.599><c> say</c><00:49:27.739><c> that</c><00:49:27.880><c> he's</c><00:49:28.239><c> found</c><00:49:28.400><c> it</c><00:49:28.539><c> all</c><00:49:28.659><c> out,</c><00:49:28.800><c> that</c><00:49:28.920><c> he</c>

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knows<00:49:29.280><c> it</c><00:49:29.480><c> all.</c>

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There's<00:49:31.420><c> got</c><00:49:31.559><c> to</c><00:49:31.699><c> be</c><00:49:31.920><c> continual</c><00:49:32.320><c> growth</c><00:49:32.699><c> and</c><00:49:32.920><c> depth</c><00:49:33.659><c> developed</c><00:49:34.380><c> in</c><00:49:34.579><c> our</c><00:49:34.739><c> lives.</c>

00:49:38.300 --> 00:49:41.219
And<00:49:38.380><c> that</c><00:49:38.619><c> power</c><00:49:38.960><c> that</c><00:49:39.099><c> he</c><00:49:39.280><c> mentioned</c><00:49:39.500><c> in</c><00:49:39.699><c> verse</c><00:49:39.940><c> 19</c>

00:49:41.539 --> 00:49:46.719
has<00:49:42.019><c> been</c><00:49:42.400><c> shown</c><00:49:42.719><c> in</c><00:49:42.940><c> a</c><00:49:43.099><c> very</c><00:49:43.320><c> remarkable</c><00:49:43.860><c> way</c><00:49:44.460><c> in</c><00:49:46.320><c> the</c><00:49:46.539><c> case</c>

00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:48.579
of<00:49:46.880><c> the</c><00:49:46.980><c> Lord</c><00:49:47.139><c> Jesus</c><00:49:47.500><c> Christ.</c>

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Let's<00:49:49.300><c> read</c><00:49:49.480><c> verse</c><00:49:49.719><c> 20</c><00:49:49.960><c> again</c><00:49:50.320><c> with</c><00:49:50.480><c> that</c><00:49:50.599><c> on</c><00:49:50.739><c> the</c><00:49:50.860><c> front</c><00:49:50.960><c> of</c><00:49:51.039><c> it.</c>

00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:54.099
According<00:49:51.579><c> to</c><00:49:51.860><c> the</c><00:49:52.179><c> strength</c><00:49:52.559><c> of</c><00:49:52.860><c> his</c><00:49:53.219><c> might,</c>

00:49:54.840 --> 00:49:57.739
and<00:49:54.960><c> the</c><00:49:55.099><c> word</c><00:49:55.480><c> that's</c><00:49:56.099><c> translated</c><00:49:56.340><c> here</c><00:49:56.679><c> as</c><00:49:56.980><c> working</c><00:49:57.360><c> is</c><00:49:57.599><c> the</c>

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word<00:49:57.920><c> energy.</c>

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So,<00:49:58.880><c> according</c><00:49:59.159><c> to</c><00:49:59.360><c> the</c><00:49:59.679><c> energy</c><00:50:00.119><c> of</c><00:50:00.420><c> God's</c><00:50:01.300><c> strength</c>

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which<00:50:03.900><c> he</c><00:50:04.280><c> wrought</c><00:50:04.579><c> in</c><00:50:04.940><c> Christ</c>

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when<00:50:07.480><c> he</c><00:50:07.739><c> raised</c><00:50:08.039><c> him</c><00:50:08.300><c> from</c><00:50:08.559><c> the</c><00:50:08.739><c> dead</c>

00:50:08.860 --> 00:50:12.019
and<00:50:09.039><c> set</c><00:50:09.219><c> him</c><00:50:09.340><c> at</c><00:50:09.440><c> his</c><00:50:09.619><c> own</c><00:50:09.800><c> right</c><00:50:10.099><c> hand</c><00:50:10.239><c> in</c><00:50:10.380><c> the</c><00:50:10.539><c> heavenly</c><00:50:10.860><c> places.</c>

00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:15.420
You<00:50:12.800><c> know,</c><00:50:12.900><c> there</c><00:50:13.039><c> was</c><00:50:13.219><c> a</c><00:50:13.480><c> power</c><00:50:13.820><c> operative</c><00:50:14.239><c> in</c><00:50:14.440><c> the</c><00:50:14.659><c> resurrection</c><00:50:15.139><c> of</c><00:50:15.320><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:50:15.599><c> Jesus</c><00:50:15.980><c> Christ</c>

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that<00:50:17.019><c> was</c><00:50:17.280><c> both</c><00:50:17.659><c> physical</c><00:50:18.099><c> and</c><00:50:18.539><c> moral.</c>

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Take<00:50:20.519><c> the</c><00:50:20.719><c> physical</c><00:50:21.000><c> power</c><00:50:21.380><c> first.</c>

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The<00:50:23.179><c> angel</c><00:50:23.420><c> came</c><00:50:23.760><c> down</c><00:50:24.039><c> and</c><00:50:24.219><c> rolled</c><00:50:24.440><c> back</c><00:50:24.699><c> the</c><00:50:24.980><c> stone.</c>

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And<00:50:26.199><c> that</c><00:50:26.480><c> body</c><00:50:26.780><c> was</c><00:50:27.079><c> re</c><00:50:27.280><c>-energised</c><00:50:27.800><c> with</c><00:50:28.000><c> life.</c>

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:33.400
It<00:50:29.119><c> was</c><00:50:29.300><c> then</c><00:50:29.639><c> transformed</c><00:50:30.480><c> into</c><00:50:31.920><c> immortality.</c>

00:50:34.219 --> 00:50:37.239
Tremendous<00:50:34.719><c> power</c><00:50:35.119><c> was</c><00:50:35.480><c> seen</c><00:50:35.619><c> in</c><00:50:35.760><c> that</c><00:50:35.960><c> case</c><00:50:36.159><c> of</c><00:50:36.360><c> Christ.</c>

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People<00:50:37.760><c> had</c><00:50:37.960><c> been</c><00:50:38.119><c> raised</c><00:50:38.340><c> from</c><00:50:38.519><c> the</c><00:50:38.639><c> dead</c>

00:50:38.760 --> 00:50:42.579
but<00:50:38.940><c> never</c><00:50:39.219><c> before</c><00:50:39.579><c> had</c><00:50:39.739><c> a</c><00:50:39.840><c> body</c><00:50:40.039><c> been</c><00:50:40.260><c> made</c><00:50:40.480><c> eternal</c><00:50:41.019><c> and</c><00:50:41.659><c> immortal.</c>

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And<00:50:43.599><c> there</c><00:50:43.679><c> was</c><00:50:43.800><c> that</c><00:50:44.000><c> great</c><00:50:44.239><c> power</c><00:50:44.539><c> in</c><00:50:44.699><c> the</c><00:50:44.800><c> hand</c><00:50:44.900><c> of</c><00:50:45.019><c> that</c><00:50:45.199><c> angel</c><00:50:45.500><c> to</c>

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make<00:50:46.699><c> Christ</c><00:50:47.119><c> immortal.</c>

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Tremendous<00:50:49.760><c> physical</c><00:50:50.099><c> power</c><00:50:50.420><c> was</c><00:50:50.639><c> shown</c><00:50:50.820><c> in</c><00:50:51.019><c> that.</c>

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Just<00:50:52.739><c> come</c><00:50:52.900><c> across</c><00:50:53.139><c> the</c><00:50:53.320><c> Philippians</c><00:50:53.780><c> chapter</c><00:50:54.119><c> 3</c><00:50:54.380><c> and</c><00:50:54.519><c> see</c><00:50:54.679><c> what</c><00:50:54.780><c> it</c>

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means<00:50:55.199><c> for</c><00:50:55.420><c> us.</c>

00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:57.579
And<00:50:56.599><c> that's</c><00:50:56.719><c> what</c><00:50:56.800><c> he's</c><00:50:57.000><c> saying,</c><00:50:57.300><c> isn't</c><00:50:57.500><c> it?</c>

00:50:57.619 --> 00:51:00.460
That<00:50:57.719><c> we</c><00:50:57.900><c> will</c><00:50:58.099><c> understand</c><00:50:58.760><c> that</c><00:50:59.099><c> power</c><00:50:59.480><c> for</c><00:50:59.820><c> us</c>

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:03.920
which<00:51:01.460><c> was</c><00:51:01.800><c> first</c><00:51:02.159><c> seen</c><00:51:02.480><c> in</c><00:51:02.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:51:05.280 --> 00:51:08.079
You<00:51:05.400><c> might</c><00:51:05.599><c> notice</c><00:51:05.940><c> the</c><00:51:06.219><c> very</c><00:51:06.480><c> similar</c><00:51:06.739><c> language</c><00:51:07.079><c> in</c><00:51:07.280><c> the</c><00:51:07.360><c> Philippians</c><00:51:07.780><c> 3</c>

00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:10.679
in<00:51:08.280><c> verse</c><00:51:09.460><c> 20</c><00:51:10.079><c> and</c><00:51:10.260><c> 21.</c>

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:13.639
For<00:51:10.880><c> we</c><00:51:10.940><c> look</c><00:51:11.320><c> for</c><00:51:11.519><c> our</c><00:51:11.780><c> conversation</c><00:51:12.400><c> is</c><00:51:12.579><c> in</c><00:51:12.800><c> heaven.</c>

00:51:14.059 --> 00:51:15.940
For<00:51:14.119><c> whence</c><00:51:14.400><c> also</c><00:51:14.599><c> we</c><00:51:14.820><c> look</c><00:51:14.920><c> for</c><00:51:15.119><c> the</c><00:51:15.320><c> Saviour,</c><00:51:15.639><c> the</c><00:51:15.739><c> Lord</c>

00:51:15.940 --> 00:51:16.599
Jesus<00:51:16.280><c> Christ</c>

00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:19.880
who<00:51:16.780><c> shall</c><00:51:17.039><c> change</c><00:51:17.599><c> our</c><00:51:18.239><c> body</c><00:51:18.519><c> of</c><00:51:18.780><c> humiliation</c>

00:51:20.559 --> 00:51:25.019
that<00:51:21.239><c> it</c><00:51:21.360><c> may</c><00:51:21.679><c> be</c><00:51:22.000><c> fashioned</c><00:51:22.300><c> like</c><00:51:22.559><c> under</c><00:51:22.820><c> his</c><00:51:23.159><c> glorious</c><00:51:23.800><c> body.</c>

00:51:25.260 --> 00:51:28.539
Here's<00:51:25.940><c> the</c><00:51:26.159><c> same</c><00:51:26.400><c> phrase,</c><00:51:26.940><c> according</c><00:51:27.340><c> to</c><00:51:27.599><c> the</c><00:51:27.940><c> working</c><00:51:28.219><c> or</c>

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:29.679
the<00:51:29.340><c> energy</c>

00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:33.280
whereby<00:51:30.079><c> he's</c><00:51:30.340><c> able</c><00:51:30.599><c> to</c><00:51:30.760><c> subdue</c><00:51:31.139><c> all</c><00:51:31.519><c> things</c><00:51:31.860><c> under</c><00:51:32.119><c> himself.</c>

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:39.460
So<00:51:35.219><c> you</c><00:51:35.460><c> see,</c><00:51:36.340><c> the</c><00:51:36.619><c> same</c><00:51:36.940><c> power,</c><00:51:37.500><c> both</c><00:51:38.119><c> physical</c><00:51:38.579><c> and</c><00:51:39.039><c> moral</c>

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:42.619
that<00:51:40.320><c> led</c><00:51:40.500><c> to</c><00:51:40.719><c> the</c><00:51:40.880><c> elevation</c><00:51:41.340><c> and</c><00:51:41.639><c> glorification</c><00:51:42.300><c> of</c><00:51:42.480><c> the</c>

00:51:42.619 --> 00:51:43.739
Lord<00:51:42.800><c> Jesus</c><00:51:43.199><c> Christ</c>

00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:45.960
can<00:51:44.219><c> operate</c><00:51:44.579><c> in</c><00:51:44.800><c> our</c><00:51:44.960><c> lives.</c>

00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:49.960
And<00:51:48.599><c> we</c><00:51:48.780><c> long</c><00:51:48.920><c> for</c><00:51:49.099><c> the</c><00:51:49.179><c> Day</c><00:51:49.340><c> of</c><00:51:49.500><c> Resurrection</c>

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:51.699
when<00:51:50.139><c> we</c><00:51:50.300><c> shall</c><00:51:50.420><c> not</c><00:51:50.519><c> only</c><00:51:50.739><c> come</c><00:51:50.960><c> from</c><00:51:51.219><c> the</c><00:51:51.460><c> grave</c>

00:51:51.699 --> 00:51:54.039
but<00:51:51.900><c> more</c><00:51:52.179><c> importantly</c><00:51:52.739><c> by</c><00:51:52.960><c> the</c><00:51:53.159><c> grace</c><00:51:53.340><c> of</c><00:51:53.559><c> God</c>

00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:57.360
we<00:51:54.579><c> shall</c><00:51:54.719><c> be</c><00:51:54.900><c> made</c><00:51:55.159><c> strong</c><00:51:55.539><c> in</c><00:51:55.699><c> the</c><00:51:55.860><c> power</c><00:51:56.000><c> of</c><00:51:56.219><c> the</c><00:51:56.340><c> Spirit.</c>

00:51:58.840 --> 00:52:00.519
That's<00:51:59.119><c> the</c><00:51:59.239><c> physical</c><00:51:59.559><c> power.</c>

00:52:01.099 --> 00:52:04.380
The<00:52:01.320><c> moral</c><00:52:01.539><c> power</c><00:52:02.199><c> is</c><00:52:02.920><c> available</c><00:52:03.340><c> now.</c>

00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:07.340
Come<00:52:05.079><c> to</c><00:52:05.219><c> Romans</c><00:52:05.519><c> chapter</c><00:52:05.900><c> 6.</c>

00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:13.760
You<00:52:08.940><c> know,</c><00:52:09.099><c> this</c><00:52:09.219><c> is</c><00:52:09.400><c> a</c><00:52:09.480><c> verse</c><00:52:09.659><c> we</c><00:52:09.860><c> often</c><00:52:10.139><c> read</c><00:52:10.480><c> but</c><00:52:11.559><c> many,</c><00:52:11.980><c> many</c><00:52:12.159><c> times</c><00:52:12.480><c> we</c><00:52:12.739><c> misread.</c>

00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:16.860
This<00:52:14.840><c> is</c><00:52:15.360><c> talking</c><00:52:15.639><c> about</c><00:52:15.780><c> the</c><00:52:15.960><c> resurrection</c><00:52:16.300><c> of</c><00:52:16.559><c> Christ</c>

00:52:16.860 --> 00:52:19.719
but<00:52:16.980><c> it's</c><00:52:17.179><c> not</c><00:52:17.360><c> talking</c><00:52:17.639><c> about</c><00:52:18.239><c> the</c><00:52:18.699><c> physical</c><00:52:19.099><c> power</c><00:52:19.400><c> of</c><00:52:19.559><c> God</c>

00:52:19.719 --> 00:52:21.599
that<00:52:19.800><c> got</c><00:52:19.900><c> him</c><00:52:20.000><c> out</c><00:52:20.119><c> of</c><00:52:20.239><c> the</c><00:52:20.440><c> grave</c><00:52:20.579><c> in</c><00:52:20.780><c> this</c><00:52:20.980><c> verse.</c>

00:52:22.079 --> 00:52:24.199
Therefore<00:52:22.480><c> in</c><00:52:22.699><c> verse</c><00:52:22.900><c> 4,</c><00:52:23.380><c> Romans</c><00:52:23.460><c> 6</c><00:52:23.780><c> verse</c><00:52:23.960><c> 4</c>

00:52:24.199 --> 00:52:26.760
we<00:52:24.280><c> are</c><00:52:24.460><c> buried</c><00:52:24.659><c> with</c><00:52:24.820><c> him</c><00:52:24.940><c> by</c><00:52:25.239><c> baptism</c><00:52:25.559><c> into</c><00:52:25.780><c> death</c>

00:52:26.800 --> 00:52:29.679
that<00:52:27.320><c> like</c><00:52:27.599><c> as</c><00:52:27.840><c> Christ</c><00:52:28.179><c> was</c><00:52:28.440><c> raised</c><00:52:28.739><c> up</c><00:52:28.940><c> from</c><00:52:29.139><c> the</c><00:52:29.400><c> dead</c>

00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:33.300
not<00:52:30.179><c> by</c><00:52:30.460><c> the</c><00:52:30.800><c> power</c><00:52:31.079><c> of</c><00:52:31.300><c> the</c><00:52:31.480><c> Father</c><00:52:31.739><c> but</c><00:52:32.139><c> by</c><00:52:32.400><c> the</c><00:52:32.780><c> glory</c><00:52:33.059><c> of</c>

00:52:33.300 --> 00:52:34.519
the<00:52:33.480><c> Father.</c>

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We<00:52:36.719><c> also</c><00:52:37.079><c> should</c><00:52:37.280><c> walk</c><00:52:37.599><c> in</c><00:52:37.820><c> newness</c><00:52:38.019><c> of</c><00:52:38.239><c> life.</c>

00:52:40.820 --> 00:52:45.260
We<00:52:41.360><c> say</c><00:52:41.579><c> how</c><00:52:41.820><c> was</c><00:52:42.079><c> Christ</c><00:52:42.420><c> raised</c><00:52:42.840><c> by</c><00:52:43.079><c> the</c><00:52:43.460><c> glory</c><00:52:43.820><c> of</c><00:52:44.139><c> the</c><00:52:44.320><c> Father?</c>

00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:48.219
Well<00:52:46.280><c> it</c><00:52:46.340><c> was</c><00:52:46.559><c> raised</c><00:52:46.800><c> by</c><00:52:47.019><c> the</c><00:52:47.340><c> glory</c><00:52:47.579><c> of</c><00:52:47.800><c> the</c><00:52:48.000><c> Father</c>

00:52:48.219 --> 00:52:53.500
because<00:52:48.500><c> in</c><00:52:48.820><c> him</c><00:52:49.380><c> was</c><00:52:50.079><c> the</c><00:52:50.340><c> grace</c><00:52:50.639><c> and</c><00:52:50.860><c> the</c><00:52:51.139><c> truth</c><00:52:51.400><c> and</c><00:52:51.599><c> the</c><00:52:51.940><c> character</c><00:52:52.260><c> of</c><00:52:52.519><c> God.</c>

00:52:54.519 --> 00:52:57.320
And<00:52:54.940><c> that</c><00:52:55.099><c> was</c><00:52:55.260><c> the</c><00:52:55.460><c> operative</c><00:52:55.780><c> force</c><00:52:56.119><c> that</c><00:52:56.599><c> the</c><00:52:56.900><c> grave</c><00:52:57.099><c> could</c>

00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:58.300
not<00:52:57.559><c> hold</c><00:52:57.800><c> him.</c>

00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:00.360
He<00:52:58.860><c> was</c><00:52:59.039><c> without</c><00:52:59.420><c> sin.</c>

00:53:00.880 --> 00:53:03.440
He<00:53:01.119><c> was</c><00:53:01.460><c> the</c><00:53:01.880><c> mind</c><00:53:02.059><c> of</c><00:53:02.219><c> the</c><00:53:02.500><c> Spirit.</c>

00:53:03.820 --> 00:53:06.320
He<00:53:04.039><c> could</c><00:53:04.260><c> not</c><00:53:04.480><c> remain</c><00:53:04.780><c> dead</c><00:53:04.940><c> in</c><00:53:05.099><c> the</c><00:53:05.320><c> grave.</c>

00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:09.079
And<00:53:07.000><c> because</c><00:53:07.360><c> he</c><00:53:07.559><c> was</c><00:53:07.800><c> the</c><00:53:08.039><c> glory</c><00:53:08.380><c> of</c><00:53:08.639><c> the</c><00:53:08.820><c> Father</c>

00:53:09.079 --> 00:53:11.739
he<00:53:09.480><c> was</c><00:53:09.860><c> raised</c><00:53:10.199><c> by</c><00:53:10.480><c> that</c><00:53:10.739><c> power.</c>

00:53:13.340 --> 00:53:16.420
And<00:53:13.460><c> you</c><00:53:13.519><c> see</c><00:53:13.579><c> the</c><00:53:13.760><c> operative</c><00:53:14.099><c> power</c><00:53:14.440><c> was</c><00:53:14.659><c> the</c><00:53:14.940><c> mind</c><00:53:15.099><c> of</c><00:53:15.300><c> the</c><00:53:15.519><c> Spirit.</c>

00:53:17.480 --> 00:53:21.139
So<00:53:17.639><c> you</c><00:53:17.760><c> see</c><00:53:17.820><c> there</c><00:53:17.980><c> was</c><00:53:18.159><c> not</c><00:53:18.300><c> only</c><00:53:18.599><c> physical</c><00:53:19.460><c> raw</c><00:53:19.760><c> power</c><00:53:20.159><c> to</c><00:53:20.400><c> raise</c><00:53:20.599><c> a</c><00:53:20.800><c> body</c>

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:23.980
and<00:53:21.800><c> make</c><00:53:21.940><c> it</c><00:53:22.119><c> immortal</c><00:53:22.360><c> but</c><00:53:22.559><c> there</c><00:53:22.780><c> was</c><00:53:23.000><c> an</c><00:53:23.280><c> operative</c><00:53:23.639><c> power</c>

00:53:23.980 --> 00:53:27.119
of<00:53:24.159><c> the</c><00:53:24.360><c> holiness</c><00:53:24.619><c> of</c><00:53:24.940><c> God</c><00:53:25.260><c> in</c><00:53:25.920><c> that</c><00:53:26.179><c> body.</c>

00:53:28.480 --> 00:53:30.900
And<00:53:29.000><c> that</c><00:53:29.159><c> can</c><00:53:29.360><c> work</c><00:53:29.579><c> in</c><00:53:29.739><c> the</c><00:53:29.940><c> disciples</c><00:53:30.300><c> now.</c>

00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:36.219
Let's<00:53:31.860><c> look</c><00:53:32.019><c> at</c><00:53:32.400><c> very</c><00:53:32.559><c> quickly</c><00:53:32.820><c> on</c><00:53:33.000><c> the</c><00:53:33.119><c> way</c><00:53:33.300><c> back</c><00:53:33.579><c> 2</c><00:53:33.940><c> Corinthians</c><00:53:34.519><c> chapter</c><00:53:35.039><c> 4</c>

00:53:36.699 --> 00:53:40.099
how<00:53:37.159><c> the</c><00:53:37.440><c> power</c><00:53:37.739><c> of</c><00:53:37.940><c> God</c><00:53:38.079><c> can</c><00:53:38.280><c> operate</c><00:53:38.480><c> in</c><00:53:38.639><c> us</c><00:53:39.059><c> today.</c>

00:53:41.739 --> 00:53:45.300
We<00:53:41.760><c> will</c><00:53:41.940><c> not</c><00:53:42.219><c> see</c><00:53:42.460><c> the</c><00:53:42.960><c> mighty</c><00:53:43.260><c> hand</c><00:53:43.539><c> of</c><00:53:43.760><c> God</c><00:53:44.320><c> until</c><00:53:45.000><c> the</c><00:53:45.139><c> day</c>

00:53:45.300 --> 00:53:45.920
of<00:53:45.519><c> resurrection</c>

00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:47.980
but<00:53:46.119><c> we</c><00:53:46.260><c> can</c><00:53:46.559><c> certainly</c><00:53:46.820><c> see</c><00:53:46.960><c> the</c><00:53:47.179><c> power</c><00:53:47.380><c> of</c><00:53:47.559><c> God</c><00:53:47.639><c> in</c><00:53:47.800><c> our</c>

00:53:47.980 --> 00:53:50.500
lives<00:53:48.500><c> today.</c>

00:53:51.920 --> 00:53:52.659
He<00:53:51.980><c> says</c><00:53:52.019><c> in</c><00:53:52.179><c> verse</c><00:53:52.360><c> 6,</c>

00:53:52.840 --> 00:53:55.079
Well<00:53:52.840><c> God</c><00:53:53.079><c> who</c><00:53:53.260><c> commanded</c><00:53:53.519><c> the</c><00:53:53.780><c> light</c><00:53:53.900><c> to</c><00:53:54.099><c> shine</c><00:53:54.199><c> out</c><00:53:54.340><c> of</c><00:53:54.539><c> darkness</c>

00:53:55.579 --> 00:54:00.579
has<00:53:56.039><c> shined</c><00:53:56.500><c> in</c><00:53:59.460><c> our</c><00:53:59.659><c> hearts.</c>

00:54:00.619 --> 00:54:04.000
To<00:54:01.099><c> give</c><00:54:01.300><c> the</c><00:54:01.579><c> light</c><00:54:01.760><c> of</c><00:54:02.019><c> the</c><00:54:02.320><c> knowledge</c><00:54:02.599><c> of</c><00:54:02.960><c> the</c><00:54:03.199><c> glory</c><00:54:03.480><c> of</c><00:54:03.739><c> God</c>

00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:06.539
in<00:54:04.199><c> the</c><00:54:04.440><c> face</c><00:54:04.619><c> of</c><00:54:04.840><c> Jesus</c><00:54:05.159><c> Christ.</c>

00:54:09.059 --> 00:54:12.000
The<00:54:09.179><c> truth</c><00:54:09.380><c> come</c><00:54:09.659><c> to</c><00:54:09.840><c> us</c><00:54:09.980><c> and</c><00:54:10.119><c> it</c><00:54:10.460><c> showed</c><00:54:10.599><c> us</c><00:54:11.099><c> what</c><00:54:11.420><c> God</c><00:54:11.679><c> is</c><00:54:11.880><c> like.</c>

00:54:12.079 --> 00:54:14.300
We<00:54:12.099><c> can</c><00:54:12.239><c> look</c><00:54:12.360><c> at</c><00:54:12.480><c> the</c><00:54:12.679><c> face</c><00:54:12.860><c> of</c><00:54:13.059><c> Christ</c><00:54:13.340><c> and</c><00:54:13.500><c> we</c><00:54:13.559><c> can</c><00:54:13.940><c> see</c><00:54:14.099><c> and</c>

00:54:14.300 --> 00:54:15.900
understand<00:54:14.780><c> God.</c>

00:54:16.420 --> 00:54:18.619
And<00:54:16.500><c> it's</c><00:54:16.619><c> like</c><00:54:16.820><c> light</c><00:54:17.059><c> shining</c><00:54:17.340><c> in</c><00:54:17.539><c> our</c><00:54:17.780><c> hearts.</c>

00:54:19.260 --> 00:54:22.659
But<00:54:19.480><c> in</c><00:54:19.739><c> verse</c><00:54:19.960><c> 7</c><00:54:20.159><c> we</c><00:54:20.320><c> have</c><00:54:20.500><c> this</c><00:54:20.860><c> treasure</c><00:54:21.099><c> in</c><00:54:21.380><c> earthen</c><00:54:21.699><c> vessels.</c>

00:54:23.599 --> 00:54:27.840
The<00:54:23.739><c> light</c><00:54:24.019><c> is</c><00:54:24.159><c> bouncing</c><00:54:24.460><c> around</c><00:54:24.719><c> in</c><00:54:24.900><c> something</c><00:54:25.099><c> that's</c><00:54:25.500><c> fragile</c><00:54:25.860><c> and</c><00:54:26.159><c> decaying.</c>

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Why?

00:54:30.099 --> 00:54:34.139
That<00:54:30.219><c> the</c><00:54:30.519><c> excellency</c><00:54:30.880><c> of</c><00:54:31.739><c> the</c><00:54:32.139><c> power</c><00:54:32.460><c> may</c><00:54:32.760><c> be</c><00:54:32.860><c> of</c><00:54:33.039><c> God</c><00:54:33.380><c> and</c><00:54:33.539><c> not</c><00:54:33.659><c> of</c><00:54:33.780><c> us.</c>

00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:36.199
See<00:54:34.519><c> there's</c><00:54:34.780><c> the</c><00:54:35.059><c> power.</c>

00:54:37.199 --> 00:54:39.780
God<00:54:37.440><c> manifested</c><00:54:37.960><c> in</c><00:54:38.159><c> the</c><00:54:38.440><c> flesh</c><00:54:38.679><c> is</c><00:54:38.980><c> the</c><00:54:39.179><c> power</c><00:54:39.420><c> that</c><00:54:39.579><c> will</c>

00:54:39.780 --> 00:54:41.079
save<00:54:39.980><c> us.</c>

00:54:42.019 --> 00:54:45.260
The<00:54:42.260><c> character</c><00:54:42.579><c> of</c><00:54:42.800><c> Christ,</c><00:54:43.300><c> the</c><00:54:43.599><c> character</c><00:54:43.900><c> of</c><00:54:44.159><c> God</c><00:54:44.480><c> in</c><00:54:45.079><c> an</c>

00:54:45.260 --> 00:54:45.820
earthen<00:54:45.579><c> vessel</c>

00:54:45.820 --> 00:54:48.820
is<00:54:46.019><c> what</c><00:54:46.179><c> will</c><00:54:46.360><c> get</c><00:54:46.440><c> us</c><00:54:47.059><c> to</c><00:54:47.519><c> receive</c><00:54:47.820><c> the</c><00:54:48.019><c> physical</c><00:54:48.380><c> power</c><00:54:48.679><c> of</c>

00:54:48.820 --> 00:54:50.440
God<00:54:49.059><c> in</c><00:54:49.239><c> the</c><00:54:49.380><c> end.</c>

00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:53.780
So<00:54:51.840><c> we</c><00:54:51.960><c> can</c><00:54:52.139><c> have</c><00:54:52.280><c> that</c><00:54:52.500><c> power</c><00:54:52.760><c> brethren</c><00:54:52.980><c> and</c><00:54:53.179><c> sisters</c><00:54:53.460><c> even</c>

00:54:53.780 --> 00:54:55.300
in<00:54:54.039><c> earthen</c><00:54:54.360><c> vessels.</c>

00:54:55.980 --> 00:54:59.000
So<00:54:56.420><c> then</c><00:54:56.599><c> back</c><00:54:56.739><c> to</c><00:54:56.900><c> Ephesians</c><00:54:57.400><c> chapter</c><00:54:57.719><c> 1</c>

00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:03.139
and<00:55:00.440><c> see</c><00:55:00.599><c> what</c><00:55:00.719><c> he</c><00:55:00.920><c> then</c><00:55:01.260><c> concludes</c><00:55:01.679><c> his</c><00:55:01.980><c> prayer</c><00:55:02.199><c> with.</c>

00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:07.000
It's<00:55:03.599><c> a</c><00:55:03.760><c> description</c><00:55:04.079><c> of</c><00:55:04.260><c> where</c><00:55:04.519><c> Christ</c><00:55:04.920><c> has</c><00:55:05.099><c> ended</c><00:55:05.280><c> up.</c>

00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:10.360
God<00:55:08.599><c> wrought</c><00:55:08.860><c> that</c><00:55:09.079><c> in</c><00:55:09.320><c> Christ</c><00:55:09.579><c> when</c><00:55:09.699><c> he</c><00:55:09.880><c> raised</c><00:55:10.079><c> him</c><00:55:10.199><c> from</c>

00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:10.599
the<00:55:10.519><c> dead</c>

00:55:10.599 --> 00:55:13.800
and<00:55:10.800><c> set</c><00:55:10.920><c> him</c><00:55:11.019><c> at</c><00:55:11.139><c> his</c><00:55:11.340><c> own</c><00:55:11.519><c> right</c><00:55:11.840><c> hand</c><00:55:12.000><c> in</c><00:55:12.179><c> the</c><00:55:12.380><c> heavenly</c><00:55:12.659><c> places.</c>

00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:16.719
And<00:55:14.880><c> we</c><00:55:14.980><c> know</c><00:55:15.159><c> that</c><00:55:15.380><c> Christ</c><00:55:15.619><c> has</c><00:55:15.840><c> gone</c><00:55:15.980><c> to</c><00:55:16.179><c> heaven</c><00:55:16.340><c> to</c><00:55:16.500><c> be</c><00:55:16.599><c> at</c>

00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:18.480
the<00:55:16.900><c> right</c><00:55:17.119><c> hand</c><00:55:17.239><c> of</c><00:55:17.460><c> God.</c>

00:55:19.539 --> 00:55:23.000
But<00:55:19.739><c> heavenlies</c><00:55:20.099><c> there</c><00:55:20.360><c> refers</c><00:55:20.659><c> primarily</c><00:55:21.260><c> to</c><00:55:21.719><c> status</c><00:55:22.139><c> and</c><00:55:22.500><c> authority</c>

00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:25.179
as<00:55:23.719><c> verse</c><00:55:23.960><c> 21</c><00:55:24.400><c> shows</c><00:55:24.760><c> us.</c>

00:55:25.539 --> 00:55:28.500
Far<00:55:25.539><c> above</c><00:55:25.960><c> principality</c><00:55:26.639><c> and</c><00:55:26.920><c> power</c><00:55:27.159><c> and</c><00:55:27.440><c> might</c><00:55:27.579><c> and</c><00:55:27.820><c> dominion</c>

00:55:28.500 --> 00:55:30.860
and<00:55:28.880><c> every</c><00:55:29.300><c> name</c><00:55:29.539><c> that</c><00:55:29.679><c> is</c><00:55:29.920><c> named.</c>

00:55:31.119 --> 00:55:33.659
Not<00:55:31.300><c> only</c><00:55:31.480><c> in</c><00:55:31.639><c> this</c><00:55:31.860><c> age</c><00:55:32.019><c> but</c><00:55:32.119><c> in</c><00:55:32.280><c> the</c><00:55:32.420><c> age</c><00:55:32.619><c> to</c><00:55:32.860><c> come.</c>

00:55:33.900 --> 00:55:36.079
And<00:55:34.019><c> you</c><00:55:34.119><c> see</c><00:55:34.199><c> that</c><00:55:34.420><c> power</c><00:55:34.719><c> in</c><00:55:34.880><c> the</c><00:55:35.059><c> case</c><00:55:35.199><c> of</c><00:55:35.440><c> Christ</c><00:55:35.780><c> wrought</c>

00:55:36.079 --> 00:55:38.960
for<00:55:36.239><c> him</c><00:55:36.619><c> authority</c><00:55:37.139><c> over</c><00:55:37.460><c> all</c><00:55:37.800><c> things.</c>

00:55:42.539 --> 00:55:43.760
That's<00:55:42.639><c> what</c><00:55:42.699><c> he</c><00:55:42.900><c> says</c><00:55:43.000><c> in</c><00:55:43.159><c> verse</c><00:55:43.320><c> 22.</c>

00:55:43.820 --> 00:55:46.239
He<00:55:43.940><c> has</c><00:55:44.039><c> put</c><00:55:44.199><c> all</c><00:55:44.460><c> things</c><00:55:44.800><c> under</c><00:55:45.099><c> his</c><00:55:45.460><c> feet.</c>

00:55:46.659 --> 00:55:48.960
And<00:55:46.760><c> when</c><00:55:46.800><c> you</c><00:55:46.900><c> get</c><00:55:47.000><c> that</c><00:55:47.239><c> word</c><00:55:47.380><c> all</c><00:55:47.719><c> things</c><00:55:47.960><c> our</c><00:55:48.159><c> minds</c><00:55:48.400><c> go</c><00:55:48.599><c> back</c><00:55:48.780><c> to</c>

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:49.860
Genesis<00:55:49.280><c> chapter</c><00:55:49.599><c> 1</c>

00:55:49.860 --> 00:55:52.840
where<00:55:50.079><c> man</c><00:55:50.300><c> was</c><00:55:50.579><c> created</c><00:55:51.000><c> to</c><00:55:51.199><c> have</c><00:55:51.400><c> dominion</c><00:55:51.880><c> over</c><00:55:52.159><c> all</c><00:55:52.460><c> things</c>

00:55:52.840 --> 00:55:56.920
but<00:55:53.280><c> lost</c><00:55:53.579><c> that</c><00:55:53.820><c> dominion</c><00:55:54.179><c> because</c><00:55:54.639><c> he</c><00:55:55.099><c> adopted</c><00:55:55.400><c> the</c><00:55:55.719><c> carnal</c><00:55:55.960><c> mind.</c>

00:55:56.980 --> 00:55:59.559
If<00:55:57.199><c> only</c><00:55:57.480><c> he</c><00:55:57.679><c> had</c><00:55:57.760><c> adopted</c><00:55:58.000><c> the</c><00:55:58.239><c> mind</c><00:55:58.440><c> of</c><00:55:58.699><c> God.</c>

00:55:59.980 --> 00:56:03.139
If<00:56:00.099><c> only</c><00:56:00.360><c> he</c><00:56:00.480><c> had</c><00:56:00.679><c> exercised</c><00:56:01.199><c> his</c><00:56:01.719><c> mental</c><00:56:02.139><c> capacity</c><00:56:02.679><c> to</c><00:56:02.960><c> think</c>

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like<00:56:03.420><c> God</c>

00:56:03.820 --> 00:56:06.280
then<00:56:04.019><c> he</c><00:56:04.079><c> would</c><00:56:04.239><c> have</c><00:56:04.420><c> had</c><00:56:04.599><c> dominion</c><00:56:04.940><c> over</c><00:56:05.199><c> all</c><00:56:05.420><c> things.</c>

00:56:06.300 --> 00:56:08.599
And<00:56:06.480><c> that's</c><00:56:06.639><c> why</c><00:56:06.820><c> it</c><00:56:06.920><c> took</c><00:56:07.139><c> the</c><00:56:07.420><c> second</c><00:56:07.599><c> Adam</c><00:56:07.739><c> to</c><00:56:07.940><c> come</c><00:56:08.179><c> along</c>

00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:11.900
and<00:56:09.239><c> to</c><00:56:09.440><c> inherit</c><00:56:09.760><c> all</c><00:56:10.059><c> things</c><00:56:10.260><c> because</c><00:56:10.639><c> he</c><00:56:10.860><c> did</c><00:56:11.099><c> adopt</c><00:56:11.400><c> the</c><00:56:11.619><c> mind</c><00:56:11.760><c> of</c>

00:56:11.900 --> 00:56:13.119
the<00:56:12.119><c> spirit.</c>

00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:18.000
He<00:56:15.719><c> will</c><00:56:15.840><c> have</c><00:56:16.000><c> dominion</c><00:56:16.460><c> over</c><00:56:16.739><c> all</c><00:56:16.960><c> things</c><00:56:17.119><c> and</c><00:56:17.380><c> all</c><00:56:17.659><c> titles</c>

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:19.940
will<00:56:18.179><c> be</c><00:56:18.380><c> subject</c><00:56:18.659><c> to</c><00:56:18.920><c> him.</c>

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:23.119
Even<00:56:20.440><c> the</c><00:56:20.639><c> greatest</c><00:56:20.820><c> of</c><00:56:21.019><c> the</c><00:56:21.199><c> angels</c><00:56:21.440><c> are</c><00:56:21.760><c> subject</c><00:56:22.039><c> to</c><00:56:22.260><c> him.</c>

00:56:24.420 --> 00:56:28.159
He<00:56:24.900><c> will</c><00:56:25.059><c> be</c><00:56:25.320><c> superior</c><00:56:25.760><c> over</c><00:56:26.099><c> all</c><00:56:26.239><c> because</c><00:56:26.800><c> the</c><00:56:27.360><c> power</c><00:56:27.739><c> first</c>

00:56:28.159 --> 00:56:29.719
worked<00:56:28.380><c> in</c><00:56:28.619><c> him.</c>

00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:33.260
Then<00:56:31.039><c> he</c><00:56:31.139><c> goes</c><00:56:31.280><c> on</c><00:56:31.460><c> to</c><00:56:31.679><c> say</c><00:56:31.780><c> in</c><00:56:31.920><c> the</c><00:56:32.099><c> last</c><00:56:32.280><c> two</c><00:56:32.519><c> verses</c>

00:56:34.579 --> 00:56:37.380
and<00:56:35.059><c> has</c><00:56:35.179><c> put</c><00:56:35.340><c> all</c><00:56:35.579><c> things</c><00:56:35.820><c> under</c><00:56:36.119><c> his</c><00:56:36.500><c> feet</c>

00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:41.860
and<00:56:38.559><c> gave</c><00:56:38.880><c> him</c><00:56:39.059><c> to</c><00:56:39.179><c> be</c><00:56:39.280><c> the</c><00:56:39.480><c> head</c><00:56:39.599><c> over</c><00:56:39.880><c> all</c><00:56:40.159><c> things</c><00:56:40.440><c> to</c><00:56:40.679><c> the</c><00:56:40.900><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:56:42.980 --> 00:56:46.380
That<00:56:43.460><c> last</c><00:56:43.940><c> phrase</c><00:56:44.239><c> there,</c><00:56:44.539><c> he</c><00:56:44.719><c> gave</c><00:56:45.019><c> him</c><00:56:45.219><c> to</c><00:56:45.380><c> be</c><00:56:45.579><c> head</c><00:56:45.739><c> over</c>

00:56:46.380 --> 00:56:48.480
all<00:56:46.920><c> things</c><00:56:47.179><c> to</c><00:56:47.400><c> the</c><00:56:47.599><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:50.840
takes<00:56:49.039><c> a</c><00:56:49.159><c> bit</c><00:56:49.340><c> of</c><00:56:49.500><c> thought.</c>

00:56:52.099 --> 00:56:55.739
One<00:56:52.340><c> of</c><00:56:52.480><c> the</c><00:56:52.659><c> things</c><00:56:52.960><c> that</c><00:56:53.199><c> God</c><00:56:53.500><c> rewarded</c><00:56:54.099><c> Christ</c><00:56:54.599><c> with</c>

00:56:55.880 --> 00:57:00.699
was<00:56:56.360><c> to</c><00:56:56.619><c> make</c><00:56:56.800><c> him</c><00:56:57.019><c> the</c><00:56:57.420><c> head</c><00:56:58.199><c> of</c><00:56:58.820><c> the</c><00:56:59.019><c> Ecclesial</c><00:56:59.719><c> body.</c>

00:57:01.460 --> 00:57:02.280
And<00:57:01.539><c> we</c><00:57:01.579><c> know</c><00:57:01.699><c> what</c><00:57:01.900><c> a</c><00:57:01.960><c> head</c><00:57:02.099><c> does.</c>

00:57:02.460 --> 00:57:06.639
A<00:57:02.619><c> head</c><00:57:02.880><c> provides</c><00:57:03.420><c> coordination,</c><00:57:05.579><c> it</c><00:57:05.719><c> provides</c><00:57:06.159><c> direction.</c>

00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:09.019
Our<00:57:07.099><c> mind</c><00:57:07.340><c> thinks</c><00:57:07.659><c> that</c><00:57:07.800><c> we</c><00:57:07.880><c> want</c><00:57:08.000><c> to</c><00:57:08.099><c> put</c><00:57:08.199><c> our</c><00:57:08.400><c> hand</c><00:57:08.599><c> out</c><00:57:08.860><c> so</c>

00:57:09.019 --> 00:57:10.059
our<00:57:09.159><c> hand</c><00:57:09.340><c> goes</c><00:57:09.639><c> out.</c>

00:57:10.059 --> 00:57:12.880
It<00:57:10.719><c> comes</c><00:57:10.960><c> coordinated</c><00:57:11.579><c> by</c><00:57:11.880><c> the</c><00:57:12.119><c> head.</c>

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:15.260
And<00:57:13.659><c> Christ</c><00:57:13.920><c> is</c><00:57:14.199><c> to</c><00:57:14.400><c> the</c><00:57:14.619><c> Ecclesial</c><00:57:15.000><c> body.</c>

00:57:15.300 --> 00:57:17.340
He<00:57:15.460><c> is</c><00:57:15.719><c> the</c><00:57:16.019><c> head</c><00:57:16.179><c> of</c><00:57:16.360><c> the</c><00:57:16.519><c> body.</c>

00:57:18.480 --> 00:57:20.340
A<00:57:18.599><c> body</c><00:57:18.719><c> without</c><00:57:18.900><c> a</c><00:57:19.019><c> head</c><00:57:19.119><c> can</c><00:57:19.320><c> do</c><00:57:19.440><c> nothing.</c>

00:57:20.579 --> 00:57:22.219
It<00:57:20.699><c> can</c><00:57:20.820><c> survive</c><00:57:21.059><c> without</c><00:57:21.239><c> a</c><00:57:21.440><c> hand,</c><00:57:21.699><c> without</c><00:57:21.820><c> a</c><00:57:22.059><c> foot.</c>

00:57:22.480 --> 00:57:24.139
It<00:57:22.659><c> can't</c><00:57:22.920><c> do</c><00:57:23.019><c> without</c><00:57:23.239><c> a</c><00:57:23.400><c> head.</c>

00:57:25.260 --> 00:57:27.480
So<00:57:25.519><c> Christ</c><00:57:25.860><c> is</c><00:57:26.079><c> the</c><00:57:26.380><c> essential</c><00:57:26.800><c> head</c><00:57:27.099><c> of</c><00:57:27.219><c> the</c><00:57:27.360><c> body.</c>

00:57:27.500 --> 00:57:30.159
He<00:57:27.619><c> gives</c><00:57:27.880><c> direction</c><00:57:28.519><c> and</c><00:57:29.159><c> leadership.</c>

00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:32.840
He's<00:57:30.780><c> the</c><00:57:30.980><c> supreme</c><00:57:31.280><c> example</c><00:57:31.760><c> of</c><00:57:31.860><c> what</c><00:57:32.019><c> the</c><00:57:32.179><c> rest</c><00:57:32.320><c> of</c><00:57:32.500><c> the</c><00:57:32.619><c> body</c>

00:57:32.840 --> 00:57:34.300
ought<00:57:33.059><c> to</c><00:57:33.320><c> do.</c>

00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:37.420
He's<00:57:36.440><c> a</c><00:57:36.559><c> leader.</c>

00:57:38.340 --> 00:57:39.840
He's<00:57:38.860><c> a</c><00:57:39.000><c> saviour.</c>

00:57:40.320 --> 00:57:42.179
He's<00:57:40.579><c> the</c><00:57:40.780><c> avenue</c><00:57:41.039><c> of</c><00:57:41.320><c> prayer.</c>

00:57:43.199 --> 00:57:46.420
So<00:57:43.280><c> you</c><00:57:43.360><c> see</c><00:57:43.500><c> Christ</c><00:57:43.860><c> is</c><00:57:44.119><c> to</c><00:57:44.260><c> the</c><00:57:44.440><c> Ecclesia</c><00:57:44.880><c> the</c><00:57:45.360><c> head.</c>

00:57:48.539 --> 00:57:51.239
Just<00:57:48.760><c> come</c><00:57:48.980><c> to</c><00:57:49.340><c> Ephesians</c><00:57:49.860><c> 4</c><00:57:50.179><c> and</c><00:57:50.340><c> see</c><00:57:50.480><c> how</c><00:57:50.619><c> it's</c><00:57:50.880><c> taken</c><00:57:51.059><c> up</c>

00:57:51.239 --> 00:57:52.599
again<00:57:51.519><c> there.</c>

00:57:53.559 --> 00:57:58.559
He<00:57:53.880><c> refers</c><00:57:54.300><c> to</c><00:57:54.500><c> it</c><00:57:54.679><c> here</c><00:57:54.820><c> in</c><00:57:55.059><c> the</c><00:57:55.800><c> context</c><00:57:56.320><c> of</c><00:57:56.579><c> the</c><00:57:57.219><c> spirit</c><00:57:57.519><c> gifts.</c>

00:57:59.599 --> 00:58:02.300
How<00:57:59.719><c> that</c><00:57:59.880><c> all</c><00:58:00.019><c> of</c><00:58:00.139><c> them</c><00:58:00.260><c> were</c><00:58:00.480><c> part</c><00:58:00.760><c> of</c><00:58:00.920><c> the</c><00:58:01.139><c> one</c><00:58:01.400><c> body.</c>

00:58:02.420 --> 00:58:04.360
He<00:58:02.900><c> says</c><00:58:03.079><c> in</c><00:58:03.280><c> verse</c><00:58:03.500><c> 13,</c>

00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:17.980
So<00:58:15.300><c> there's</c><00:58:15.840><c> an</c><00:58:16.420><c> image</c><00:58:16.760><c> that</c><00:58:16.960><c> God</c><00:58:17.179><c> wants</c><00:58:17.460><c> to</c><00:58:17.699><c> fill</c><00:58:17.840><c> out</c>

00:58:17.980 --> 00:58:19.440
and<00:58:18.079><c> he's</c><00:58:18.260><c> given</c><00:58:18.320><c> all</c><00:58:18.579><c> these</c><00:58:18.800><c> different</c><00:58:19.119><c> parts</c>

00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:22.820
that<00:58:19.639><c> together</c><00:58:19.980><c> they</c><00:58:20.219><c> might</c><00:58:20.440><c> reflect</c><00:58:20.920><c> Christ</c><00:58:21.360><c> in</c><00:58:21.519><c> the</c><00:58:21.719><c> world.</c>

00:58:23.400 --> 00:58:25.280
Then<00:58:23.539><c> he</c><00:58:23.659><c> says</c><00:58:23.760><c> in</c><00:58:24.000><c> verse</c><00:58:24.300><c> 15,</c>

00:58:31.900 --> 00:58:33.719
So<00:58:32.380><c> God</c><00:58:32.659><c> said</c><00:58:32.960><c> there's</c><00:58:33.400><c> the</c><00:58:33.579><c> head.</c>

00:58:33.719 --> 00:58:35.039
That's<00:58:33.940><c> where</c><00:58:34.079><c> I</c><00:58:34.280><c> want</c><00:58:34.420><c> the</c><00:58:34.639><c> body</c><00:58:34.780><c> to</c><00:58:34.940><c> be.</c>

00:58:35.039 --> 00:58:37.639
Here's<00:58:35.300><c> the</c><00:58:36.280><c> statue</c><00:58:36.760><c> I</c><00:58:36.920><c> want</c><00:58:37.139><c> to</c><00:58:37.340><c> create.</c>

00:58:37.940 --> 00:58:39.719
I've<00:58:38.239><c> put</c><00:58:38.340><c> the</c><00:58:38.579><c> head</c><00:58:38.719><c> there.</c>

00:58:39.880 --> 00:58:41.739
The<00:58:40.019><c> head</c><00:58:40.199><c> won't</c><00:58:40.460><c> come</c><00:58:40.780><c> down</c><00:58:41.059><c> to</c><00:58:41.260><c> meet</c><00:58:41.400><c> the</c><00:58:41.599><c> body.</c>

00:58:41.820 --> 00:58:43.800
The<00:58:41.960><c> body</c><00:58:42.139><c> has</c><00:58:42.380><c> to</c><00:58:42.619><c> grow</c><00:58:42.880><c> up</c><00:58:43.119><c> to</c><00:58:43.260><c> the</c><00:58:43.460><c> head.</c>

00:58:44.260 --> 00:58:44.920
Christ<00:58:44.500><c> is</c><00:58:44.760><c> there.</c>

00:58:44.920 --> 00:58:45.719
That's<00:58:45.300><c> the</c><00:58:45.539><c> standard.</c>

00:58:45.800 --> 00:58:47.139
That's<00:58:46.099><c> the</c><00:58:46.280><c> direction.</c>

00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:50.239
The<00:58:47.659><c> body</c><00:58:47.860><c> now</c><00:58:48.119><c> has</c><00:58:48.320><c> to</c><00:58:48.659><c> do</c><00:58:48.840><c> what</c><00:58:49.000><c> it's</c><00:58:49.320><c> designed</c><00:58:49.639><c> to</c><00:58:49.880><c> do</c>

00:58:50.239 --> 00:58:54.900
and<00:58:50.900><c> fill</c><00:58:51.320><c> out</c><00:58:51.940><c> that</c><00:58:52.539><c> shape</c><00:58:52.800><c> that</c><00:58:52.980><c> I've</c><00:58:53.300><c> predetermined.</c>

00:58:55.380 --> 00:58:58.900
Let<00:58:55.519><c> me</c><00:58:55.659><c> read</c><00:58:55.860><c> to</c><00:58:56.099><c> you</c><00:58:56.280><c> verse</c><00:58:57.619><c> 15</c><00:58:58.300><c> and</c><00:58:58.480><c> 16.</c>

00:58:58.900 --> 00:59:01.699
I'll<00:58:59.059><c> read</c><00:58:59.219><c> it</c><00:58:59.480><c> from</c><00:58:59.940><c> Weymouth</c><00:59:00.440><c> and</c><00:59:00.559><c> then</c><00:59:00.860><c> from</c><00:59:01.079><c> the</c><00:59:01.320><c> Diaglot</c>

00:59:01.699 --> 00:59:03.420
and<00:59:01.820><c> you'll</c><00:59:02.019><c> get</c><00:59:02.139><c> the</c><00:59:02.380><c> sense</c><00:59:02.599><c> of</c><00:59:02.739><c> this</c>

00:59:03.420 --> 00:59:07.860
because<00:59:04.219><c> verse</c><00:59:04.480><c> 16</c><00:59:04.960><c> in</c><00:59:05.139><c> the</c><00:59:05.420><c> English</c><00:59:06.079><c> King</c><00:59:06.559><c> James</c><00:59:06.840><c> Version</c><00:59:07.099><c> here</c>

00:59:07.860 --> 00:59:09.619
is<00:59:08.119><c> terribly</c><00:59:08.460><c> difficult.</c>

00:59:10.860 --> 00:59:13.619
Verses<00:59:11.039><c> 15</c><00:59:11.380><c> and</c><00:59:11.519><c> 16,</c><00:59:11.860><c> I'm</c><00:59:12.000><c> reading</c><00:59:12.199><c> from</c><00:59:12.380><c> Weymouth.</c>

00:59:28.900 --> 00:59:33.000
...various<00:59:29.380><c> parts</c><00:59:29.800><c> closely</c><00:59:30.360><c> fitting</c><00:59:30.880><c> and</c><00:59:31.840><c> firmly</c><00:59:32.199><c> adhering</c>

00:59:33.000 --> 00:59:34.500
to<00:59:33.179><c> one</c><00:59:33.380><c> another</c>

00:59:34.619 --> 00:59:39.039
grows<00:59:35.219><c> by</c><00:59:35.480><c> the</c><00:59:35.639><c> aid</c><00:59:35.780><c> of</c><00:59:36.079><c> every</c><00:59:36.519><c> contributory</c><00:59:37.840><c> ligament</c>

00:59:39.039 --> 00:59:43.000
with<00:59:39.659><c> power</c><00:59:40.119><c> proportion</c><00:59:40.619><c> to</c><00:59:40.820><c> the</c><00:59:41.000><c> need</c><00:59:41.139><c> of</c><00:59:41.300><c> each</c><00:59:41.539><c> individual</c><00:59:42.019><c> part</c>

00:59:43.500 --> 00:59:46.880
so<00:59:44.099><c> as</c><00:59:44.300><c> to</c><00:59:44.460><c> build</c><00:59:44.599><c> itself</c><00:59:44.980><c> up</c><00:59:45.239><c> in</c><00:59:45.380><c> the</c><00:59:45.639><c> spirit</c><00:59:45.780><c> of</c><00:59:46.000><c> love.</c>

00:59:47.539 --> 00:59:49.500
And<00:59:47.679><c> what</c><00:59:47.739><c> that's</c><00:59:47.940><c> really</c><00:59:48.239><c> saying</c><00:59:48.480><c> in</c><00:59:48.619><c> very</c><00:59:48.880><c> simple</c><00:59:49.179><c> terms</c>

00:59:49.500 --> 00:59:53.000
is<00:59:49.739><c> that</c><00:59:50.219><c> a</c><00:59:50.340><c> body</c><00:59:50.539><c> is</c><00:59:50.739><c> only</c><00:59:51.039><c> effective</c><00:59:51.460><c> where</c><00:59:51.760><c> every</c><00:59:52.320><c> part</c>

00:59:53.000 --> 00:59:55.599
does<00:59:53.699><c> what</c><00:59:53.860><c> it's</c><00:59:54.139><c> designed</c><00:59:54.440><c> to</c><00:59:54.679><c> do.</c>

00:59:56.059 --> 01:00:00.219
Every<00:59:56.539><c> part</c><00:59:56.780><c> contributes</c><00:59:57.559><c> and</c><00:59:57.960><c> appreciates</c><00:59:58.559><c> the</c><00:59:58.820><c> other</c><00:59:59.059><c> parts</c>

01:00:00.539 --> 01:00:02.760
so<01:00:01.019><c> the</c><01:00:01.199><c> whole</c><01:00:01.420><c> body,</c><01:00:01.739><c> working</c><01:00:02.199><c> together,</c>

01:00:03.119 --> 01:00:06.159
can<01:00:03.360><c> go</c><01:00:03.579><c> up</c><01:00:03.780><c> and</c><01:00:03.940><c> to</c><01:00:04.179><c> meet</c><01:00:04.360><c> the</c><01:00:04.739><c> standard</c><01:00:05.000><c> of</c><01:00:05.199><c> the</c><01:00:05.360><c> head.</c>

01:00:06.619 --> 01:00:08.739
And<01:00:06.780><c> that's</c><01:00:06.860><c> what</c><01:00:06.960><c> we're</c><01:00:07.219><c> expected</c><01:00:07.480><c> to</c><01:00:07.719><c> do.</c>

01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:11.280
I'll<01:00:09.019><c> read</c><01:00:09.119><c> verse</c><01:00:09.320><c> 16</c><01:00:09.719><c> from</c><01:00:09.900><c> the</c><01:00:10.199><c> Diaglot.</c>

01:00:14.219 --> 01:00:16.820
...that<01:00:14.420><c> we</c><01:00:14.559><c> may</c><01:00:14.719><c> grow</c><01:00:14.940><c> into</c><01:00:15.159><c> all</c><01:00:15.480><c> things</c><01:00:15.880><c> who</c><01:00:16.239><c> is</c><01:00:16.440><c> the</c><01:00:16.639><c> head,</c>

01:00:16.840 --> 01:00:18.199
the<01:00:17.019><c> Christ</c>

01:00:18.300 --> 01:00:21.940
from<01:00:18.780><c> whom</c><01:00:19.019><c> the</c><01:00:19.219><c> whole</c><01:00:19.460><c> body</c><01:00:19.699><c> being</c><01:00:19.980><c> fitly</c><01:00:20.480><c> joined</c><01:00:20.679><c> and</c><01:00:20.980><c> united</c>

01:00:22.199 --> 01:00:25.519
by<01:00:22.699><c> the</c><01:00:22.880><c> means</c><01:00:23.179><c> of</c><01:00:23.480><c> every</c><01:00:23.880><c> assisting</c><01:00:24.340><c> joint</c>

01:00:25.739 --> 01:00:29.420
according<01:00:26.239><c> to</c><01:00:26.420><c> the</c><01:00:26.699><c> proportionate</c><01:00:27.280><c> energy</c><01:00:27.519><c> of</c><01:00:27.679><c> each</c><01:00:27.980><c> single</c><01:00:28.400><c> part</c>

01:00:29.440 --> 01:00:31.599
affects<01:00:29.719><c> the</c><01:00:30.000><c> growth</c><01:00:30.159><c> of</c><01:00:30.380><c> the</c><01:00:30.539><c> body</c><01:00:30.719><c> for</c><01:00:30.900><c> the</c><01:00:31.039><c> building</c><01:00:31.239><c> up</c><01:00:31.460><c> of</c>

01:00:31.599 --> 01:00:33.219
itself<01:00:32.000><c> in</c><01:00:32.340><c> love.</c>

01:00:33.739 --> 01:00:36.139
So<01:00:33.800><c> every</c><01:00:34.199><c> part</c><01:00:34.420><c> has</c><01:00:34.619><c> to</c><01:00:34.820><c> do</c><01:00:34.980><c> what</c><01:00:35.139><c> it's</c><01:00:35.420><c> designed</c><01:00:35.719><c> to</c><01:00:35.960><c> do</c>

01:00:36.139 --> 01:00:39.480
to<01:00:36.320><c> make</c><01:00:36.579><c> that</c><01:00:36.860><c> body</c><01:00:37.539><c> whole</c><01:00:38.139><c> and</c><01:00:38.519><c> complete.</c>

01:00:41.380 --> 01:00:43.679
So<01:00:41.519><c> you</c><01:00:41.679><c> see,</c><01:00:41.900><c> the</c><01:00:42.000><c> fact</c><01:00:42.159><c> that</c><01:00:42.400><c> Christ</c><01:00:42.659><c> has</c><01:00:42.820><c> been</c><01:00:43.019><c> given</c><01:00:43.179><c> to</c><01:00:43.400><c> us</c>

01:00:43.679 --> 01:00:45.119
as<01:00:43.980><c> a</c><01:00:44.139><c> head</c>

01:00:45.300 --> 01:00:49.519
means<01:00:45.800><c> that</c><01:00:46.000><c> the</c><01:00:46.199><c> Ecclesiast</c><01:00:46.619><c> now</c><01:00:46.719><c> has</c><01:00:47.340><c> a</c><01:00:47.739><c> direction,</c><01:00:48.980><c> a</c><01:00:49.199><c> purpose,</c>

01:00:49.519 --> 01:00:53.139
a<01:00:49.920><c> shape</c><01:00:50.159><c> to</c><01:00:50.400><c> conform</c><01:00:50.880><c> to,</c><01:00:51.440><c> that</c><01:00:51.480><c> it</c><01:00:51.679><c> might</c><01:00:51.960><c> grow</c><01:00:52.300><c> up</c><01:00:52.599><c> to</c><01:00:52.780><c> the</c><01:00:52.980><c> head</c>

01:00:53.139 --> 01:00:54.880
that<01:00:53.340><c> God</c><01:00:53.559><c> has</c><01:00:53.880><c> designed.</c>

01:00:56.659 --> 01:00:58.460
So<01:00:56.840><c> you</c><01:00:56.900><c> see,</c><01:00:57.019><c> it's</c><01:00:57.099><c> another</c><01:00:57.320><c> great</c><01:00:57.579><c> thing</c><01:00:57.780><c> that</c><01:00:57.900><c> God</c><01:00:58.059><c> has</c><01:00:58.199><c> given</c><01:00:58.280><c> to</c><01:00:58.400><c> us.</c>

01:00:58.480 --> 01:01:00.320
He's<01:00:58.659><c> given</c><01:00:58.820><c> us</c><01:00:59.119><c> a</c><01:00:59.400><c> direction.</c>

01:01:00.900 --> 01:01:03.880
And<01:01:01.059><c> back</c><01:01:01.179><c> in</c><01:01:01.360><c> chapter</c><01:01:01.639><c> 1</c><01:01:01.920><c> we</c><01:01:02.159><c> see</c><01:01:02.739><c> that</c><01:01:03.380><c> he</c><01:01:03.619><c> says</c>

01:01:03.880 --> 01:01:08.480
that<01:01:04.199><c> the</c><01:01:05.519><c> body</c><01:01:05.800><c> must</c><01:01:06.440><c> fill</c><01:01:07.079><c> up</c><01:01:07.340><c> that</c><01:01:07.659><c> work.</c>

01:01:09.340 --> 01:01:12.840
He's<01:01:09.539><c> given</c><01:01:09.659><c> him</c><01:01:09.820><c> to</c><01:01:09.980><c> be</c><01:01:10.079><c> the</c><01:01:10.380><c> head</c><01:01:10.559><c> over</c><01:01:10.900><c> all</c><01:01:11.139><c> things</c><01:01:11.440><c> to</c><01:01:11.679><c> the</c><01:01:11.900><c> Ecclesia</c>

01:01:13.280 --> 01:01:14.380
which<01:01:13.760><c> is</c><01:01:13.940><c> his</c><01:01:14.159><c> body.</c>

01:01:14.420 --> 01:01:15.980
So<01:01:14.579><c> the</c><01:01:14.739><c> Ecclesia</c><01:01:15.119><c> is</c><01:01:15.380><c> his</c><01:01:15.639><c> body.</c>

01:01:15.980 --> 01:01:19.119
He's<01:01:16.559><c> the</c><01:01:16.780><c> head</c><01:01:17.380><c> with</c><01:01:17.840><c> the</c><01:01:18.019><c> body.</c>

01:01:20.199 --> 01:01:23.380
And<01:01:20.360><c> then</c><01:01:20.440><c> he</c><01:01:20.500><c> makes</c><01:01:20.800><c> a</c><01:01:21.079><c> remarkable</c><01:01:21.539><c> statement</c><01:01:21.920><c> about</c><01:01:22.199><c> the</c><01:01:22.440><c> Ecclesia.</c>

01:01:24.139 --> 01:01:28.960
The<01:01:24.400><c> fullness</c><01:01:24.940><c> of</c><01:01:25.380><c> him</c><01:01:25.599><c> that</c><01:01:25.940><c> filleth</c><01:01:27.000><c> all</c><01:01:27.679><c> in</c><01:01:28.099><c> all.</c>

01:01:30.420 --> 01:01:33.119
And<01:01:30.559><c> to</c><01:01:30.599><c> put</c><01:01:30.699><c> that</c><01:01:30.880><c> in</c><01:01:31.000><c> very</c><01:01:31.260><c> simple</c><01:01:31.579><c> terms,</c>

01:01:33.980 --> 01:01:36.960
a<01:01:34.039><c> head</c><01:01:34.119><c> on</c><01:01:34.320><c> its</c><01:01:34.539><c> own</c><01:01:35.179><c> is</c><01:01:35.980><c> useless.</c>

01:01:39.800 --> 01:01:42.039
The<01:01:39.980><c> Lord</c><01:01:40.119><c> Jesus</c><01:01:40.460><c> Christ</c><01:01:40.800><c> will</c><01:01:41.059><c> only</c><01:01:41.400><c> be</c><01:01:41.679><c> complete</c>

01:01:42.039 --> 01:01:46.460
when<01:01:42.239><c> there</c><01:01:42.480><c> is</c><01:01:43.340><c> the</c><01:01:43.699><c> redeemed</c><01:01:44.079><c> body</c><01:01:44.400><c> of</c><01:01:44.599><c> Christ</c><01:01:45.059><c> with</c><01:01:45.340><c> him.</c>

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The<01:02:00.880><c> body,</c><01:02:02.300><c> the</c><01:02:02.579><c> saints,</c><01:02:03.139><c> are</c><01:02:03.320><c> the</c><01:02:03.719><c> fullness,</c>

01:02:04.320 --> 01:02:08.380
they<01:02:04.500><c> are</c><01:02:04.679><c> the</c><01:02:04.900><c> filling</c><01:02:05.099><c> out</c><01:02:06.059><c> of</c><01:02:07.480><c> the</c><01:02:07.699><c> work</c><01:02:07.860><c> of</c><01:02:08.159><c> God</c>

01:02:08.380 --> 01:02:11.360
to<01:02:08.599><c> make</c><01:02:08.780><c> himself</c><01:02:09.360><c> all</c><01:02:09.840><c> and</c><01:02:10.119><c> in</c><01:02:10.340><c> all.</c>

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You<01:02:12.500><c> read</c><01:02:12.619><c> that</c><01:02:12.760><c> very</c><01:02:12.960><c> carefully.</c>

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His<01:02:14.400><c> body</c><01:02:14.840><c> is</c><01:02:15.199><c> the</c><01:02:15.440><c> fullness</c><01:02:15.719><c> or</c><01:02:15.960><c> the</c><01:02:16.239><c> filling</c><01:02:16.360><c> out</c><01:02:16.739><c> of</c><01:02:17.000><c> him</c>

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that<01:02:17.440><c> is</c><01:02:17.659><c> God</c><01:02:18.059><c> that</c><01:02:18.739><c> intends</c><01:02:19.420><c> to</c><01:02:19.719><c> fill</c><01:02:19.900><c> all</c><01:02:20.320><c> and</c><01:02:20.480><c> in</c><01:02:20.659><c> all.</c>

01:02:21.780 --> 01:02:23.980
And<01:02:21.880><c> you</c><01:02:21.980><c> see</c><01:02:22.059><c> God's</c><01:02:22.519><c> purpose</c><01:02:22.780><c> in</c><01:02:23.019><c> creating</c><01:02:23.320><c> the</c><01:02:23.579><c> world</c>

01:02:23.980 --> 01:02:27.099
was<01:02:24.440><c> that</c><01:02:24.699><c> one</c><01:02:24.960><c> day</c><01:02:25.139><c> he</c><01:02:25.320><c> would</c><01:02:25.639><c> fill</c><01:02:25.840><c> all</c><01:02:26.380><c> and</c><01:02:26.679><c> in</c><01:02:26.920><c> all.</c>

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Every<01:02:28.099><c> living</c><01:02:28.440><c> thing</c><01:02:28.760><c> upon</c><01:02:29.019><c> the</c><01:02:29.260><c> earth</c><01:02:29.440><c> would</c><01:02:29.619><c> be</c><01:02:29.860><c> part</c><01:02:30.099><c> of</c>

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God<01:02:30.619><c> and</c><01:02:31.000><c> reflect</c><01:02:31.400><c> God.</c>

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And<01:02:33.920><c> the</c><01:02:34.139><c> first</c><01:02:34.380><c> step</c><01:02:34.539><c> in</c><01:02:34.679><c> the</c><01:02:34.880><c> process</c><01:02:35.260><c> is</c><01:02:35.460><c> to</c><01:02:35.599><c> put</c><01:02:35.739><c> a</c><01:02:35.860><c> head</c><01:02:35.960><c> in</c><01:02:36.260><c> place</c>

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and<01:02:37.519><c> then</c><01:02:37.699><c> require</c><01:02:38.159><c> that</c><01:02:38.320><c> the</c><01:02:38.500><c> Ecclesia</c><01:02:38.840><c> fill</c><01:02:39.219><c> out</c><01:02:39.460><c> that</c><01:02:39.699><c> body</c>

01:02:41.960 --> 01:02:44.800
that<01:02:42.480><c> God</c><01:02:42.739><c> might</c><01:02:42.980><c> ultimately</c><01:02:43.360><c> achieve</c><01:02:43.699><c> his</c><01:02:43.940><c> purpose</c><01:02:44.340><c> of</c><01:02:44.599><c> one</c>

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day<01:02:45.320><c> filling</c><01:02:45.659><c> everything.</c>

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So<01:02:48.119><c> you</c><01:02:48.219><c> see</c><01:02:48.320><c> we</c><01:02:48.420><c> are</c><01:02:48.539><c> the</c><01:02:48.780><c> second</c><01:02:49.019><c> stage</c><01:02:49.420><c> in</c><01:02:49.579><c> the</c><01:02:49.760><c> process</c><01:02:50.139><c> of</c>

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God<01:02:50.679><c> manifestation</c><01:02:51.480><c> in</c><01:02:51.719><c> the</c><01:02:51.900><c> earth.</c>

01:02:55.260 --> 01:02:58.920
We<01:02:55.380><c> are</c><01:02:55.539><c> the</c><01:02:55.659><c> body</c><01:02:55.860><c> that</c><01:02:56.019><c> is</c><01:02:56.300><c> filling</c><01:02:56.480><c> out</c><01:02:56.860><c> the</c><01:02:57.199><c> pattern,</c><01:02:57.500><c> the</c><01:02:57.739><c> shape</c>

01:02:59.400 --> 01:03:01.980
of<01:02:59.920><c> the</c><01:03:00.139><c> redeemed</c><01:03:00.460><c> body</c><01:03:00.739><c> of</c><01:03:00.940><c> Christ.</c>

01:03:03.460 --> 01:03:05.440
The<01:03:04.019><c> whole</c><01:03:04.280><c> creation,</c><01:03:04.760><c> says</c><01:03:05.019><c> Paul,</c>

01:03:05.659 --> 01:03:09.079
waits<01:03:06.099><c> anxiously</c><01:03:06.820><c> for</c><01:03:07.000><c> the</c><01:03:07.219><c> manifestation</c><01:03:07.900><c> of</c><01:03:08.139><c> the</c><01:03:08.320><c> sons</c><01:03:08.519><c> of</c><01:03:08.800><c> God.</c>

01:03:09.500 --> 01:03:13.559
We<01:03:09.559><c> are</c><01:03:09.860><c> the</c><01:03:10.000><c> next</c><01:03:10.380><c> essential</c><01:03:10.940><c> step</c><01:03:11.480><c> in</c><01:03:12.679><c> God's</c><01:03:13.079><c> great</c><01:03:13.260><c> plan</c>

01:03:13.559 --> 01:03:14.840
for<01:03:13.760><c> this</c><01:03:14.000><c> world.</c>

01:03:17.539 --> 01:03:21.440
So<01:03:17.800><c> you</c><01:03:17.880><c> can</c><01:03:18.079><c> see</c><01:03:18.199><c> how</c><01:03:18.519><c> remarkably</c><01:03:18.900><c> Paul</c><01:03:19.179><c> adds</c><01:03:19.440><c> up</c><01:03:19.739><c> the</c><01:03:19.980><c> concepts</c><01:03:20.460><c> of</c><01:03:20.699><c> our</c><01:03:20.980><c> sainthood,</c>

01:03:21.699 --> 01:03:23.659
better<01:03:21.780><c> than</c><01:03:21.960><c> sisters</c><01:03:22.239><c> and</c><01:03:22.460><c> young</c><01:03:22.619><c> people.</c>

01:03:24.019 --> 01:03:27.760
Tremendously<01:03:24.579><c> interesting</c><01:03:25.099><c> to</c><01:03:25.340><c> think</c><01:03:25.460><c> how</c><01:03:26.059><c> the</c><01:03:26.480><c> aged</c><01:03:26.639><c> apostle</c><01:03:27.119><c> sat</c><01:03:27.500><c> there</c>

01:03:27.760 --> 01:03:31.380
and<01:03:27.940><c> just</c><01:03:28.639><c> was</c><01:03:29.179><c> overwhelmed</c><01:03:29.780><c> by</c><01:03:30.039><c> the</c><01:03:30.280><c> majesty</c><01:03:30.659><c> of</c><01:03:30.860><c> these</c><01:03:31.159><c> things,</c>

01:03:31.460 --> 01:03:35.260
the<01:03:31.780><c> greatness</c><01:03:32.059><c> of</c><01:03:32.320><c> these</c><01:03:32.579><c> things</c><01:03:32.980><c> that</c><01:03:33.780><c> we</c><01:03:34.000><c> are</c><01:03:34.179><c> called</c><01:03:34.340><c> to.</c>

01:03:37.760 --> 01:03:41.820
Our<01:03:38.059><c> duty</c><01:03:38.340><c> of</c><01:03:38.619><c> course</c><01:03:38.860><c> is</c><01:03:39.079><c> to</c><01:03:39.260><c> relate</c><01:03:39.460><c> those</c><01:03:39.780><c> to</c><01:03:40.039><c> the</c><01:03:40.980><c> very</c><01:03:41.280><c> mundane,</c>

01:03:41.920 --> 01:03:47.719
very<01:03:42.239><c> boring,</c><01:03:45.579><c> very</c><01:03:45.579><c> wicked</c><01:03:46.059><c> world</c><01:03:46.360><c> in</c><01:03:46.519><c> which</c><01:03:46.659><c> we</c><01:03:46.880><c> live.</c>

01:03:49.119 --> 01:03:51.460
That's<01:03:49.639><c> why</c><01:03:49.760><c> it's</c><01:03:49.900><c> good</c><01:03:50.059><c> that</c><01:03:50.219><c> we</c><01:03:50.400><c> come</c><01:03:50.599><c> here</c><01:03:50.860><c> week</c><01:03:51.000><c> by</c><01:03:51.280><c> week,</c>

01:03:51.480 --> 01:03:54.659
just<01:03:51.760><c> to</c><01:03:51.980><c> get</c><01:03:52.119><c> our</c><01:03:52.380><c> minds</c><01:03:52.619><c> back</c><01:03:52.900><c> into</c><01:03:53.179><c> the</c><01:03:53.900><c> spiritual</c><01:03:54.340><c> plane</c>

01:03:54.659 --> 01:03:57.679
of<01:03:54.840><c> the</c><01:03:54.960><c> spiritual</c><01:03:55.400><c> blessings</c><01:03:55.800><c> that</c><01:03:55.980><c> we</c><01:03:56.059><c> have</c><01:03:56.219><c> in</c><01:03:56.360><c> Christ.</c>

01:03:58.920 --> 01:04:00.099
I<01:03:59.039><c> just</c><01:03:59.179><c> want</c><01:03:59.260><c> to</c><01:03:59.260><c> leave</c><01:03:59.420><c> with</c><01:03:59.519><c> you</c><01:03:59.659><c> the</c><01:03:59.820><c> challenge.</c>

01:04:00.139 --> 01:04:02.920
If<01:04:00.239><c> we</c><01:04:00.440><c> learn</c><01:04:00.960><c> nothing</c><01:04:01.480><c> else</c><01:04:01.760><c> from</c><01:04:01.920><c> tonight,</c>

01:04:03.559 --> 01:04:06.820
let's<01:04:03.820><c> just</c><01:04:04.079><c> take</c><01:04:04.260><c> away</c><01:04:04.500><c> that</c><01:04:04.760><c> picture</c><01:04:05.039><c> of</c><01:04:05.280><c> the</c><01:04:05.440><c> aged</c><01:04:05.639><c> apostle</c><01:04:06.099><c> Paul</c>

01:04:07.300 --> 01:04:12.079
in<01:04:07.780><c> his</c><01:04:08.000><c> prison</c><01:04:08.539><c> with</c><01:04:09.559><c> plenty</c><01:04:09.840><c> of</c><01:04:10.039><c> things</c><01:04:10.239><c> to</c><01:04:10.480><c> worry</c><01:04:10.679><c> about,</c>

01:04:13.139 --> 01:04:15.820
running<01:04:13.360><c> through</c><01:04:13.760><c> the</c><01:04:13.980><c> Ecclesiastes</c><01:04:14.400><c> that</c><01:04:14.539><c> he</c><01:04:14.739><c> knows</c>

01:04:16.519 --> 01:04:18.539
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01:04:18.539 --> 01:04:22.480
and<01:04:19.340><c> praying</c><01:04:19.659><c> for</c><01:04:19.920><c> them</c><01:04:20.619><c> one</c><01:04:21.079><c> by</c><01:04:21.380><c> one.</c>

01:04:22.800 --> 01:04:27.760
Let's<01:04:23.360><c> just</c><01:04:23.539><c> take</c><01:04:23.719><c> away</c><01:04:24.019><c> the</c><01:04:24.179><c> lesson</c><01:04:24.400><c> of</c><01:04:24.659><c> the</c><01:04:24.820><c> value</c><01:04:25.159><c> of</c><01:04:25.420><c> prayer</c><01:04:25.719><c> for</c><01:04:26.519><c> others.</c>

01:04:27.780 --> 01:04:32.440
I<01:04:27.800><c> want</c><01:04:27.940><c> to</c><01:04:28.019><c> conclude</c><01:04:28.380><c> in</c><01:04:28.559><c> Philippians</c><01:04:29.019><c> chapter</c><01:04:29.380><c> 4.</c>

01:04:33.960 --> 01:04:37.139
Paul<01:04:34.099><c> said</c><01:04:34.360><c> this</c><01:04:34.820><c> in</c><01:04:35.019><c> verse</c><01:04:35.219><c> 6,</c>

01:04:37.840 --> 01:04:39.440
Be<01:04:37.940><c> anxious</c><01:04:38.280><c> for</c><01:04:38.519><c> nothing,</c>

01:04:40.440 --> 01:04:44.800
but<01:04:40.699><c> in</c><01:04:40.880><c> everything,</c><01:04:41.480><c> by</c><01:04:41.599><c> prayer</c><01:04:41.980><c> and</c><01:04:42.300><c> supplication,</c><01:04:43.179><c> with</c><01:04:43.480><c> thanksgiving,</c>

01:04:45.500 --> 01:04:47.639
let<01:04:45.699><c> your</c><01:04:45.980><c> requests</c><01:04:46.539><c> be</c><01:04:46.900><c> made</c><01:04:47.179><c> known</c><01:04:47.239><c> unto</c><01:04:47.380><c> God.</c>

01:04:47.659 --> 01:04:49.699
That's<01:04:48.039><c> the</c><01:04:48.139><c> two</c><01:04:48.280><c> things</c><01:04:48.579><c> Paul</c><01:04:48.800><c> understood</c><01:04:49.159><c> about</c><01:04:49.380><c> prayer.</c>

01:04:49.699 --> 01:04:53.300
Thanksgiving<01:04:50.639><c> first</c><01:04:51.179><c> and</c><01:04:51.880><c> then</c><01:04:52.099><c> requests.</c>

01:04:55.380 --> 01:04:58.920
He's<01:04:55.639><c> encouraging</c><01:04:56.019><c> us</c><01:04:56.260><c> brethren</c><01:04:56.420><c> and</c><01:04:56.659><c> sisters</c><01:04:57.079><c> to</c><01:04:58.539><c> pray</c><01:04:58.760><c> one</c>

01:04:58.920 --> 01:05:00.239
for<01:04:59.159><c> another.</c>

01:05:02.139 --> 01:05:05.880
Funny<01:05:02.260><c> thing</c><01:05:02.460><c> about</c><01:05:02.719><c> it</c><01:05:03.920><c> is</c><01:05:04.579><c> it</c><01:05:04.719><c> says</c><01:05:04.840><c> in</c><01:05:05.019><c> verse</c><01:05:05.219><c> 7</c><01:05:05.480><c> that</c><01:05:05.599><c> if</c><01:05:05.679><c> we</c>

01:05:05.880 --> 01:05:07.199
do<01:05:06.059><c> that,</c>

01:05:08.460 --> 01:05:11.920
then<01:05:08.519><c> the</c><01:05:08.699><c> peace</c><01:05:08.840><c> of</c><01:05:09.059><c> God</c><01:05:09.699><c> will</c><01:05:10.820><c> descend</c><01:05:11.099><c> upon</c><01:05:11.380><c> us.</c>

01:05:12.239 --> 01:05:15.519
That's<01:05:12.619><c> a</c><01:05:12.880><c> consequence</c><01:05:13.679><c> of</c><01:05:14.659><c> prayer.</c>

01:05:16.940 --> 01:05:20.000
It's<01:05:17.380><c> a</c><01:05:17.420><c> lesson</c><01:05:17.559><c> that's</c><01:05:17.699><c> very</c><01:05:17.960><c> hard</c><01:05:18.119><c> to</c><01:05:18.300><c> learn,</c><01:05:18.420><c> isn't</c><01:05:18.619><c> it?</c>

01:05:20.199 --> 01:05:23.280
We<01:05:20.480><c> may</c><01:05:20.619><c> know</c><01:05:20.800><c> it</c><01:05:20.960><c> by</c><01:05:21.099><c> experience</c><01:05:21.519><c> that</c><01:05:21.659><c> when</c><01:05:21.820><c> we</c><01:05:22.099><c> pray,</c>

01:05:24.219 --> 01:05:28.079
we<01:05:24.659><c> are</c><01:05:24.840><c> more</c><01:05:25.139><c> inwardly</c><01:05:25.519><c> peaceful</c><01:05:25.840><c> than</c><01:05:26.000><c> when</c><01:05:26.139><c> we</c><01:05:26.340><c> don't.</c>

01:05:29.039 --> 01:05:30.260
Let<01:05:29.139><c> us</c><01:05:29.320><c> learn,</c><01:05:29.619><c> brethren</c><01:05:29.760><c> and</c><01:05:30.019><c> sisters,</c>

01:05:30.300 --> 01:05:34.860
as<01:05:30.460><c> the</c><01:05:30.659><c> apostle</c><01:05:30.940><c> has</c><01:05:31.159><c> shown</c><01:05:31.320><c> us</c><01:05:32.219><c> to</c><01:05:32.940><c> pray</c><01:05:33.400><c> one</c><01:05:33.679><c> for</c><01:05:33.900><c> another.</c>