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So<00:13:02.779><c> it</c><00:13:02.899><c> was</c><00:13:03.200><c> certainly</c><00:13:03.480><c> part</c><00:13:03.799><c> of</c><00:13:03.960><c> the</c><00:13:04.159><c> fellowship</c><00:13:04.620><c> of</c><00:13:05.220><c> the</c>

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Okay,<00:13:07.419><c> we'll</c><00:13:07.559><c> leave</c><00:13:07.700><c> that</c><00:13:07.940><c> now</c><00:13:08.379><c> and</c><00:13:08.659><c> we'll</c><00:13:08.840><c> go</c><00:13:09.080><c> on</c><00:13:09.279><c> to</c><00:13:09.620><c> our</c>

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We<00:13:13.779><c> do</c><00:13:14.019><c> not</c><00:13:14.159><c> have</c><00:13:14.320><c> enough</c><00:13:14.539><c> time</c><00:13:15.039><c> really</c><00:13:15.639><c> to</c><00:13:15.840><c> be</c><00:13:15.940><c> able</c><00:13:16.120><c> to</c><00:13:16.320><c> spend</c>

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what<00:13:16.679><c> we'd</c><00:13:16.960><c> like</c><00:13:17.179><c> on</c>

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this<00:13:18.019><c> particular</c><00:13:18.580><c> concept.</c>

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But<00:13:19.879><c> let's</c><00:13:20.279><c> just</c><00:13:20.519><c> take</c><00:13:20.679><c> a</c><00:13:20.799><c> look</c><00:13:20.919><c> at</c><00:13:21.080><c> some</c><00:13:21.279><c> of</c><00:13:21.419><c> the</c><00:13:21.500><c> things</c><00:13:21.659><c> that</c>

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came<00:13:22.000><c> up</c><00:13:22.139><c> in</c><00:13:22.259><c> the</c><00:13:22.379><c> Book</c><00:13:22.500><c> of</c><00:13:22.720><c> Acts.</c>

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or<00:13:28.539><c> the</c><00:13:28.799><c> elders</c><00:13:29.039><c> of</c><00:13:29.259><c> the</c><00:13:29.440><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:13:29.820><c> whatever</c><00:13:30.100><c> term</c><00:13:31.279><c> you</c><00:13:31.419><c> may</c>

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use<00:13:31.820><c> in</c><00:13:31.919><c> your</c><00:13:32.100><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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it's<00:13:32.659><c> important</c><00:13:33.000><c> for</c><00:13:33.139><c> us</c><00:13:33.320><c> to</c><00:13:33.500><c> understand</c><00:13:34.000><c> that</c><00:13:34.639><c> it's</c><00:13:34.919><c> not</c><00:13:35.320><c> a</c>

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job<00:13:35.740><c> to</c><00:13:35.940><c> be</c><00:13:36.179><c> taken</c><00:13:36.399><c> lightly.</c>

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We're<00:13:42.240><c> told</c><00:13:42.460><c> in</c><00:13:42.639><c> Hebrews</c><00:13:43.059><c> 13</c><00:13:43.759><c> at</c><00:13:44.080><c> verse</c><00:13:44.259><c> 7</c><00:13:44.600><c> and</c><00:13:44.740><c> then</c><00:13:44.840><c> verse</c><00:13:45.039><c> 17,</c>

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Remember<00:13:46.539><c> them</c><00:13:46.860><c> which</c><00:13:47.159><c> have</c><00:13:47.460><c> rule</c><00:13:47.840><c> or</c><00:13:48.279><c> are</c><00:13:48.419><c> the</c><00:13:48.659><c> guides</c><00:13:48.960><c> over</c><00:13:49.279><c> you,</c>

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who<00:13:50.240><c> have</c><00:13:50.559><c> spoken</c><00:13:50.960><c> unto</c><00:13:51.440><c> you</c><00:13:51.860><c> the</c><00:13:52.059><c> word</c><00:13:52.240><c> of</c><00:13:52.460><c> God,</c>

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whose<00:13:53.759><c> faith</c><00:13:54.320><c> follow</c><00:13:55.120><c> considering</c><00:13:56.440><c> the</c><00:13:56.940><c> end</c><00:13:57.159><c> of</c><00:13:57.259><c> their</c><00:13:57.460><c> conversation.</c>

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Obey<00:13:59.200><c> them</c><00:13:59.379><c> that</c><00:13:59.600><c> have</c><00:13:59.779><c> rule</c><00:13:59.960><c> over</c><00:14:00.200><c> you</c><00:14:00.360><c> and</c><00:14:00.559><c> submit</c><00:14:00.940><c> yourselves,</c>

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for<00:14:02.220><c> they</c><00:14:02.639><c> watch</c><00:14:03.080><c> for</c><00:14:03.799><c> your</c><00:14:04.179><c> souls</c><00:14:04.799><c> as</c><00:14:05.580><c> they</c><00:14:06.100><c> that</c><00:14:06.399><c> must</c><00:14:06.659><c> give</c><00:14:06.980><c> account,</c>

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that<00:14:07.960><c> they</c><00:14:08.159><c> may</c><00:14:08.360><c> do</c><00:14:08.519><c> it</c><00:14:08.679><c> with</c><00:14:08.919><c> joy</c><00:14:09.179><c> and</c><00:14:09.340><c> not</c><00:14:09.539><c> with</c><00:14:09.820><c> grief,</c>

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for<00:14:10.679><c> that</c><00:14:10.899><c> is</c><00:14:11.120><c> unprofitable</c><00:14:11.799><c> to</c><00:14:12.059><c> you.</c>

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So<00:14:12.820><c> ultimately,</c><00:14:13.700><c> the</c><00:14:13.840><c> role</c><00:14:14.200><c> of</c><00:14:15.139><c> an</c><00:14:15.360><c> arranging</c><00:14:15.860><c> brother,</c>

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a<00:14:16.539><c> role</c><00:14:16.700><c> of</c><00:14:17.480><c> an</c><00:14:17.679><c> elder</c><00:14:17.879><c> in</c><00:14:18.019><c> the</c><00:14:18.200><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:14:23.519><c> to</c><00:14:23.740><c> give</c><00:14:23.919><c> account</c><00:14:24.399><c> for</c><00:14:24.820><c> those</c><00:14:25.259><c> who</c><00:14:25.779><c> are</c><00:14:26.019><c> in</c><00:14:26.139><c> that</c><00:14:26.419><c> flock.</c>

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That's<00:14:27.980><c> a</c><00:14:27.980><c> very</c><00:14:28.360><c> humbling</c><00:14:29.299><c> responsibility,</c>

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but<00:14:31.320><c> it's</c><00:14:31.600><c> certainly</c><00:14:31.860><c> one</c><00:14:32.399><c> that</c><00:14:32.539><c> we</c><00:14:32.759><c> must</c><00:14:32.980><c> take</c><00:14:33.279><c> on</c>

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with<00:14:33.580><c> the</c><00:14:33.779><c> right</c><00:14:33.980><c> attitude</c><00:14:34.519><c> and</c><00:14:34.919><c> the</c><00:14:35.100><c> right</c><00:14:35.340><c> frame</c><00:14:35.559><c> of</c><00:14:35.799><c> mind.</c>

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Now,<00:14:38.340><c> Peter</c><00:14:38.600><c> speaks</c><00:14:38.960><c> about</c><00:14:39.299><c> this</c><00:14:39.559><c> in</c><00:14:39.720><c> 1</c><00:14:39.919><c> Peter</c><00:14:40.159><c> 5.</c>

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It's<00:14:41.100><c> a</c><00:14:41.200><c> very</c><00:14:41.379><c> familiar</c><00:14:41.659><c> passage</c><00:14:42.120><c> regarding</c><00:14:42.600><c> eldership.</c>

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He<00:14:43.860><c> says,</c><00:14:44.179><c> The</c><00:14:44.179><c> elders</c><00:14:44.480><c> which</c><00:14:44.700><c> are</c><00:14:44.899><c> among</c><00:14:45.080><c> you</c><00:14:45.320><c> I</c><00:14:45.559><c> exhort,</c>

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who<00:14:46.759><c> am</c><00:14:46.960><c> also</c><00:14:47.379><c> an</c><00:14:47.620><c> elder</c><00:14:47.820><c> and</c><00:14:48.039><c> a</c><00:14:48.220><c> witness</c><00:14:48.519><c> of</c><00:14:48.860><c> the</c><00:14:49.159><c> sufferings</c>

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of<00:14:49.639><c> Christ,</c>

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and<00:14:50.620><c> also</c><00:14:50.919><c> a</c><00:14:51.039><c> partaker</c><00:14:51.460><c> of</c><00:14:51.600><c> the</c><00:14:51.840><c> glory</c><00:14:52.039><c> that</c><00:14:52.240><c> shall</c><00:14:52.379><c> be</c><00:14:52.659><c> revealed.</c>

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Feed<00:14:54.100><c> the</c><00:14:54.399><c> flock</c><00:14:54.580><c> of</c><00:14:54.840><c> God</c><00:14:55.080><c> which</c><00:14:55.279><c> is</c><00:14:55.500><c> among</c><00:14:55.720><c> you,</c>

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taking<00:14:56.500><c> the</c><00:14:56.799><c> oversight</c><00:14:57.220><c> thereof,</c><00:14:58.019><c> not</c><00:14:58.299><c> by</c><00:14:58.759><c> constraint,</c>

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not<00:14:59.960><c> by</c><00:15:00.360><c> conscription,</c><00:15:00.919><c> so</c><00:15:01.159><c> to</c><00:15:01.360><c> speak,</c>

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but<00:15:02.379><c> willingly,</c><00:15:03.539><c> not</c><00:15:03.860><c> for</c><00:15:04.139><c> filthy</c><00:15:04.379><c> lucre,</c>

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but<00:15:04.960><c> of</c><00:15:05.120><c> a</c><00:15:05.399><c> ready</c><00:15:05.639><c> mind,</c><00:15:06.179><c> being</c><00:15:06.480><c> eager</c><00:15:06.759><c> to</c><00:15:07.019><c> serve,</c><00:15:07.379><c> it</c><00:15:07.379><c> says</c><00:15:07.460><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:07.799><c> NIV,</c>

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neither<00:15:09.179><c> as</c><00:15:09.639><c> being</c><00:15:09.899><c> lords,</c><00:15:11.000><c> or</c><00:15:11.179><c> as</c><00:15:11.320><c> the</c><00:15:11.480><c> NIV</c><00:15:11.659><c> says,</c>

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not<00:15:12.179><c> with</c><00:15:12.480><c> rigor</c><00:15:12.820><c> over</c><00:15:13.559><c> God's</c><00:15:13.980><c> heritage,</c>

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but<00:15:14.559><c> being</c><00:15:14.919><c> in</c><00:15:15.299><c> samples</c><00:15:15.580><c> to</c><00:15:15.779><c> the</c><00:15:16.000><c> flock,</c><00:15:16.320><c> or</c><00:15:16.539><c> patterns.</c>

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ye<00:15:20.139><c> shall</c><00:15:20.360><c> receive</c><00:15:20.740><c> a</c><00:15:20.980><c> crown</c><00:15:21.159><c> of</c><00:15:21.480><c> glory</c><00:15:21.840><c> that</c><00:15:22.340><c> fadeth</c><00:15:22.559><c> not</c><00:15:22.820><c> away.</c>

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So<00:15:23.820><c> what</c><00:15:24.039><c> is</c><00:15:24.259><c> the</c><00:15:24.519><c> mind</c><00:15:24.919><c> that</c><00:15:25.259><c> a</c><00:15:25.419><c> person</c><00:15:25.639><c> needs</c><00:15:25.899><c> to</c><00:15:26.139><c> have</c>

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if<00:15:26.580><c> they're</c><00:15:26.860><c> going</c><00:15:27.039><c> to</c><00:15:27.240><c> take</c><00:15:27.379><c> on</c><00:15:27.840><c> the</c><00:15:28.299><c> responsibility</c>

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Well,<00:15:33.240><c> first</c><00:15:33.480><c> of</c><00:15:33.659><c> all,</c><00:15:33.759><c> they</c><00:15:33.860><c> need</c><00:15:34.019><c> to</c><00:15:34.139><c> be</c><00:15:34.440><c> feeders</c><00:15:34.799><c> of</c><00:15:34.899><c> the</c><00:15:35.120><c> flock,</c>

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eager<00:15:41.080><c> to</c><00:15:41.379><c> serve.</c>

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Sometimes<00:15:43.840><c> we</c><00:15:44.320><c> might</c><00:15:44.480><c> lose</c><00:15:44.720><c> that</c><00:15:44.879><c> a</c><00:15:44.940><c> little</c><00:15:45.080><c> bit,</c><00:15:45.320><c> can't</c><00:15:45.500><c> we,</c>

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at<00:15:45.879><c> times?</c>

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But<00:15:49.620><c> the</c><00:15:49.899><c> fact</c><00:15:50.139><c> is,</c><00:15:50.519><c> is</c><00:15:50.679><c> we</c><00:15:50.779><c> have</c><00:15:50.960><c> to</c><00:15:51.159><c> take</c><00:15:51.279><c> it</c><00:15:51.399><c> on</c><00:15:51.519><c> with</c><00:15:51.679><c> an</c><00:15:52.000><c> eagerness</c>

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to<00:15:53.580><c> be</c><00:15:53.779><c> able</c><00:15:53.940><c> to</c><00:15:54.240><c> serve,</c>

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and<00:15:54.799><c> not</c><00:15:55.320><c> as</c><00:15:56.039><c> some</c><00:15:56.340><c> kind</c><00:15:56.519><c> of</c><00:15:56.759><c> hard</c><00:15:57.019><c>-handed</c><00:15:57.320><c> way</c><00:15:57.580><c> of</c><00:15:57.759><c> doing</c><00:15:57.960><c> things,</c>

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but<00:15:58.519><c> rather</c><00:15:59.059><c> being</c><00:15:59.779><c> able</c><00:16:00.019><c> to</c><00:16:00.220><c> do</c><00:16:00.399><c> it</c><00:16:01.120><c> in</c><00:16:01.980><c> a</c><00:16:02.320><c> gentle</c><00:16:02.600><c> way,</c>

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and<00:16:02.899><c> we'll</c><00:16:03.019><c> deal</c><00:16:03.159><c> with</c><00:16:03.259><c> that</c><00:16:03.440><c> later.</c>

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Now,<00:16:05.720><c> this</c><00:16:05.919><c> idea</c><00:16:06.220><c> of</c><00:16:06.399><c> not</c><00:16:06.580><c> doing</c><00:16:06.759><c> it</c><00:16:06.879><c> with</c><00:16:07.120><c> rigor</c>

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comes<00:16:08.059><c> out</c><00:16:08.419><c> in</c><00:16:08.600><c> a</c><00:16:08.679><c> number</c><00:16:08.879><c> of</c><00:16:09.059><c> cases.</c>

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In<00:16:09.580><c> Israel,</c><00:16:11.279><c> there</c><00:16:11.419><c> were</c><00:16:11.700><c> those</c><00:16:12.080><c> who</c><00:16:12.259><c> were</c><00:16:12.419><c> their</c><00:16:12.700><c> brethren,</c>

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who<00:16:14.100><c> became</c><00:16:14.820><c> those</c><00:16:15.879><c> who</c><00:16:16.059><c> were</c><00:16:16.379><c> servants</c><00:16:16.700><c> in</c><00:16:16.879><c> the</c><00:16:17.059><c> house.</c>

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Oftentimes,<00:16:18.580><c> because</c><00:16:19.059><c> of</c><00:16:20.139><c> a</c><00:16:20.220><c> financial</c><00:16:20.860><c> need,</c>

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they<00:16:21.419><c> would</c><00:16:21.779><c> allow</c><00:16:22.059><c> themselves</c><00:16:22.480><c> to</c><00:16:22.679><c> be</c><00:16:22.919><c> servants.</c>

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But<00:16:24.000><c> they</c><00:16:24.200><c> were</c><00:16:24.480><c> not</c><00:16:24.720><c> to</c><00:16:24.940><c> be</c><00:16:25.200><c> treated</c><00:16:25.799><c> as</c><00:16:27.240><c> slaves.</c>

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And<00:16:29.100><c> so</c><00:16:29.279><c> we're</c><00:16:29.539><c> told</c><00:16:29.980><c> in</c><00:16:30.440><c> Leviticus</c><00:16:30.919><c> 25,</c>

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For<00:16:31.919><c> they</c><00:16:32.799><c> are</c><00:16:32.960><c> my</c><00:16:33.259><c> servants,</c>

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which<00:16:33.820><c> I</c><00:16:34.080><c> brought</c><00:16:34.279><c> forth</c><00:16:34.580><c> out</c><00:16:34.740><c> of</c><00:16:34.820><c> the</c><00:16:34.879><c> land</c><00:16:35.139><c> of</c><00:16:35.340><c> Egypt.</c>

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They<00:16:36.299><c> shall</c><00:16:36.600><c> not</c><00:16:36.879><c> be</c><00:16:37.159><c> sold</c><00:16:37.320><c> as</c><00:16:37.600><c> bondmen.</c>

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Thou<00:16:38.559><c> shalt</c><00:16:38.840><c> not</c><00:16:39.120><c> rule</c><00:16:39.379><c> over</c><00:16:39.600><c> them</c><00:16:40.019><c> with</c><00:16:40.720><c> rigor,</c>

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but<00:16:42.720><c> shalt</c><00:16:42.960><c> fear</c><00:16:43.220><c> thy</c><00:16:43.519><c> God,</c>

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and<00:16:44.179><c> ye</c><00:16:44.360><c> shall</c><00:16:44.500><c> take</c><00:16:44.820><c> them,</c>

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the<00:16:45.700><c> sojourners</c><00:16:46.220><c> that</c><00:16:46.360><c> are</c><00:16:46.539><c> dwelling</c><00:16:46.720><c> among</c><00:16:46.980><c> you.</c>

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These<00:16:47.620><c> are</c><00:16:47.799><c> the</c><00:16:47.899><c> ones</c><00:16:48.100><c> that</c><00:16:48.340><c> were</c><00:16:48.500><c> not</c><00:16:48.759><c> Jews,</c>

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but<00:16:49.220><c> were</c><00:16:49.460><c> sojourners</c><00:16:50.019><c> that</c><00:16:50.179><c> are</c><00:16:50.220><c> dwelling</c><00:16:50.360><c> among</c><00:16:50.679><c> them.</c>

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You<00:16:51.379><c> shall</c><00:16:51.539><c> take</c><00:16:51.740><c> them</c><00:16:51.940><c> as</c><00:16:52.159><c> inheritance</c>

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for<00:16:53.340><c> your</c><00:16:53.539><c> children</c><00:16:53.820><c> after</c><00:16:54.139><c> you,</c>

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to<00:16:54.639><c> inherit</c><00:16:54.940><c> them</c><00:16:55.440><c> for</c><00:16:55.700><c> a</c><00:16:55.879><c> possession.</c>

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They<00:16:56.840><c> shall</c><00:16:56.980><c> be</c><00:16:57.139><c> your</c><00:16:57.379><c> bondmen</c><00:16:57.659><c> forever.</c>

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But<00:16:58.600><c> over</c><00:16:58.940><c> your</c><00:16:59.200><c> brethren,</c><00:16:59.740><c> the</c><00:16:59.919><c> children</c><00:17:00.179><c> of</c><00:17:00.379><c> Israel,</c>

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ye<00:17:01.399><c> shall</c><00:17:01.879><c> not</c><00:17:02.259><c> rule</c><00:17:02.879><c> one</c><00:17:03.720><c> over</c><00:17:04.140><c> another</c><00:17:04.640><c> in</c><00:17:05.240><c> rigor.</c>

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That's<00:17:06.240><c> very</c><00:17:06.640><c> important</c><00:17:07.079><c> for</c><00:17:07.220><c> us</c><00:17:07.400><c> to</c><00:17:07.640><c> remind</c><00:17:07.940><c> ourselves</c><00:17:08.380><c> about</c>

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because<00:17:09.220><c> the</c><00:17:09.539><c> connection</c><00:17:09.839><c> goes</c><00:17:10.099><c> right</c><00:17:10.460><c> back</c>

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to<00:17:11.180><c> that</c><00:17:11.539><c> of</c><00:17:11.779><c> the</c><00:17:12.019><c> elders</c><00:17:12.259><c> in</c><00:17:12.460><c> the</c><00:17:12.640><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Of<00:17:14.880><c> course,</c><00:17:15.019><c> this</c><00:17:15.240><c> takes</c><00:17:15.480><c> us</c><00:17:15.640><c> to</c><00:17:15.799><c> the</c><00:17:16.000><c> very</c><00:17:16.500><c> familiar</c><00:17:16.960><c> passage,</c>

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which<00:17:17.599><c> is</c><00:17:17.819><c> found</c><00:17:17.960><c> in</c><00:17:18.180><c> Ezekiel</c><00:17:18.460><c> 34.</c>

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Brothers<00:17:21.180><c> and</c><00:17:21.420><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:17:22.519><c> cannot</c><00:17:23.079><c> read</c><00:17:23.460><c> these</c><00:17:23.779><c> words</c><00:17:24.420><c> in</c><00:17:25.119><c> Ezekiel</c>

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and<00:17:26.380><c> not</c><00:17:26.819><c> have</c><00:17:27.220><c> some</c><00:17:27.720><c> feeling</c><00:17:28.079><c> of</c><00:17:28.440><c> deep</c><00:17:28.640><c> emotion.</c>

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If<00:17:29.839><c> we</c><00:17:30.200><c> read</c><00:17:30.480><c> these</c><00:17:30.779><c> words</c>

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and<00:17:31.700><c> we</c><00:17:31.980><c> understand</c><00:17:32.579><c> that</c><00:17:32.779><c> the</c><00:17:32.940><c> way</c><00:17:33.180><c> that</c><00:17:33.400><c> the</c><00:17:33.579><c> Lord</c><00:17:33.759><c> feels</c>

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about<00:17:35.000><c> his</c><00:17:35.359><c> flock</c>

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and<00:17:36.920><c> the</c><00:17:37.180><c> mismanagement</c>

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that<00:17:38.099><c> was</c><00:17:38.400><c> associated</c><00:17:38.900><c> with</c><00:17:39.099><c> the</c><00:17:39.279><c> shepherds</c><00:17:39.559><c> of</c><00:17:39.680><c> Israel,</c>

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it's<00:17:41.839><c> just</c><00:17:42.299><c> moving</c><00:17:42.799><c> at</c><00:17:44.480><c> the</c><00:17:44.619><c> bottom</c><00:17:44.859><c> of</c><00:17:45.059><c> our</c><00:17:45.299><c> soul</c><00:17:45.440><c> as</c><00:17:45.579><c> we</c><00:17:45.680><c> read</c><00:17:45.839><c> it.</c>

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Listen<00:17:46.759><c> to</c><00:17:46.960><c> these</c><00:17:47.119><c> words.</c>

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I've<00:17:47.440><c> only</c><00:17:47.640><c> been</c><00:17:47.779><c> able</c><00:17:47.940><c> to</c><00:17:48.099><c> select</c><00:17:48.339><c> a</c><00:17:48.559><c> part</c><00:17:48.700><c> of</c><00:17:48.839><c> Ezekiel</c><00:17:49.200><c> 34.</c>

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This<00:17:51.519><c> is</c><00:17:52.000><c> God</c><00:17:52.359><c> speaking.</c>

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He<00:17:52.799><c> says,</c>

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Son<00:17:53.240><c> of</c><00:17:53.440><c> man</c><00:17:54.200><c> to</c><00:17:54.960><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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prophesy<00:17:56.460><c> against</c><00:17:56.759><c> the</c><00:17:57.019><c> shepherds</c><00:17:57.319><c> of</c><00:17:57.519><c> Israel,</c>

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prophesy<00:17:58.400><c> and</c><00:17:58.619><c> saying</c><00:17:58.740><c> to</c><00:17:58.900><c> them,</c>

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thus<00:17:59.980><c> saith</c><00:18:00.299><c> the</c><00:18:00.519><c> Lord</c><00:18:00.740><c> God</c><00:18:00.980><c> unto</c><00:18:01.160><c> the</c><00:18:01.440><c> shepherds,</c>

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woe<00:18:03.000><c> be</c><00:18:03.180><c> to</c><00:18:03.339><c> the</c><00:18:03.519><c> shepherds</c><00:18:03.819><c> of</c><00:18:03.960><c> Israel</c><00:18:04.180><c> that</c><00:18:04.380><c> do</c><00:18:04.660><c> feed</c><00:18:04.880><c> themselves.</c>

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Should<00:18:06.799><c> not</c><00:18:07.099><c> the</c><00:18:07.359><c> shepherds</c><00:18:08.039><c> feed</c><00:18:08.400><c> the</c><00:18:08.640><c> flocks?</c>

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Ye<00:18:10.480><c> eat</c><00:18:10.660><c> the</c><00:18:10.960><c> fat</c><00:18:11.299><c> and</c><00:18:11.619><c> ye</c><00:18:11.940><c> clothe</c><00:18:12.200><c> you</c><00:18:12.359><c> with</c><00:18:12.599><c> wool.</c>

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Ye<00:18:13.740><c> kill</c><00:18:14.039><c> them</c><00:18:14.200><c> that</c><00:18:14.319><c> are</c><00:18:14.559><c> fed,</c>

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but<00:18:14.980><c> ye</c><00:18:15.259><c> feed</c><00:18:15.539><c> not</c><00:18:15.900><c> the</c><00:18:16.160><c> flock.</c>

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The<00:18:18.599><c> diseased</c><00:18:19.160><c> have</c><00:18:19.599><c> not</c><00:18:19.880><c> ye</c><00:18:20.099><c> strengthened.</c>

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Neither<00:18:21.759><c> have</c><00:18:22.019><c> ye</c><00:18:22.559><c> healed</c><00:18:23.200><c> that</c><00:18:23.619><c> which</c><00:18:23.779><c> was</c><00:18:24.099><c> sick.</c>

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Neither<00:18:25.420><c> have</c><00:18:25.660><c> ye</c><00:18:25.920><c> bound</c><00:18:26.259><c> up</c><00:18:26.539><c> that</c><00:18:26.759><c> which</c><00:18:26.940><c> was</c><00:18:27.180><c> broken.</c>

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Neither<00:18:28.519><c> have</c><00:18:28.799><c> ye</c><00:18:29.000><c> brought</c><00:18:29.279><c> again</c><00:18:30.079><c> that</c><00:18:30.640><c> which</c><00:18:30.799><c> was</c><00:18:31.220><c> driven</c><00:18:31.480><c> away.</c>

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Neither<00:18:33.119><c> have</c><00:18:33.279><c> ye</c><00:18:33.539><c> sought</c><00:18:33.779><c> that</c><00:18:33.980><c> which</c><00:18:34.160><c> was</c><00:18:34.420><c> lost,</c>

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but<00:18:35.299><c> with</c><00:18:35.640><c> force</c><00:18:36.299><c> and</c><00:18:37.019><c> cruelty</c><00:18:37.579><c> ye</c><00:18:38.460><c> have</c><00:18:38.700><c> ruled</c><00:18:38.940><c> them.</c>

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Imagine<00:18:40.359><c> this.</c>

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The<00:18:42.339><c> Lord</c><00:18:42.700><c> seen</c><00:18:43.299><c> his</c><00:18:43.720><c> people</c><00:18:44.119><c> Israel</c><00:18:44.660><c> being</c><00:18:45.220><c> mistreated</c><00:18:45.819><c> in</c>

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this<00:18:46.259><c> way.</c>

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The<00:18:47.559><c> disease</c><00:18:48.000><c> not</c><00:18:48.299><c> being</c><00:18:48.599><c> strengthened.</c>

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Those<00:18:49.460><c> were</c><00:18:49.880><c> sick</c><00:18:50.140><c> were</c><00:18:50.579><c> not</c><00:18:50.920><c> bound</c><00:18:51.220><c> up</c>

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and<00:18:51.539><c> that</c><00:18:51.720><c> which</c><00:18:51.859><c> was</c><00:18:52.119><c> broken</c><00:18:52.359><c> was</c><00:18:52.599><c> not</c><00:18:52.819><c> bound</c><00:18:53.059><c> up.</c>

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And<00:18:54.579><c> there</c><00:18:54.819><c> were</c><00:18:55.180><c> some</c><00:18:55.400><c> that</c><00:18:55.519><c> were</c><00:18:55.759><c> driven</c><00:18:55.980><c> away</c><00:18:56.339><c> and</c><00:18:56.599><c> lost</c>

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and<00:18:57.480><c> nobody</c><00:18:57.839><c> went</c><00:18:58.059><c> to</c><00:18:58.220><c> go</c><00:18:58.359><c> look</c><00:18:58.500><c> for</c><00:18:58.700><c> them.</c>

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What<00:18:59.920><c> a</c><00:19:00.180><c> terrible</c><00:19:00.500><c> example</c><00:19:01.220><c> of</c><00:19:02.240><c> shepherding.</c>

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Then<00:19:03.539><c> we</c><00:19:03.700><c> go</c><00:19:03.900><c> on</c><00:19:04.059><c> further</c><00:19:04.440><c> in</c><00:19:04.960><c> that</c><00:19:05.160><c> same</c><00:19:05.480><c> passage</c>

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and<00:19:06.500><c> they</c><00:19:06.599><c> were</c><00:19:06.920><c> scattered</c><00:19:07.319><c> because</c><00:19:07.740><c> there</c><00:19:07.940><c> is</c><00:19:08.160><c> no</c><00:19:08.440><c> shepherd</c>

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and<00:19:09.380><c> they</c><00:19:09.599><c> became</c><00:19:09.940><c> meat</c><00:19:10.240><c> unto</c><00:19:10.500><c> all</c><00:19:10.839><c> the</c><00:19:11.059><c> beasts</c><00:19:11.240><c> of</c><00:19:11.400><c> the</c><00:19:11.599><c> field</c>

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My<00:19:14.200><c> sheep</c><00:19:14.500><c> wandered</c><00:19:15.000><c> through</c><00:19:15.319><c> all</c><00:19:15.680><c> the</c><00:19:15.900><c> mountains</c>

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and<00:19:16.480><c> upon</c><00:19:16.700><c> every</c><00:19:17.200><c> high</c><00:19:17.539><c> hill.</c>

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Yea<00:19:18.359><c> my</c><00:19:18.599><c> flock</c><00:19:18.859><c> was</c><00:19:19.240><c> scattered</c><00:19:19.539><c> upon</c><00:19:19.819><c> the</c><00:19:20.240><c> face</c><00:19:20.460><c> of</c><00:19:20.680><c> the</c><00:19:20.839><c> earth</c>

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and<00:19:21.779><c> none</c><00:19:22.140><c> did</c><00:19:22.619><c> seek</c><00:19:22.900><c> or</c><00:19:23.339><c> search</c><00:19:23.599><c> or</c><00:19:23.859><c> seek</c><00:19:24.059><c> after</c><00:19:24.440><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:19:27.740><c> a</c><00:19:27.920><c> devastating</c><00:19:28.339><c> picture</c><00:19:28.700><c> isn't</c><00:19:28.920><c> it?</c>

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Sheep<00:19:30.160><c> that</c><00:19:30.319><c> are</c><00:19:30.920><c> going</c><00:19:31.220><c> off</c><00:19:31.759><c> with</c><00:19:32.160><c> the</c><00:19:32.480><c> knowledge</c>

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of<00:19:33.619><c> this</c><00:19:34.440><c> shepherd,</c><00:19:34.940><c> of</c><00:19:35.059><c> these</c><00:19:35.259><c> shepherds</c>

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and<00:19:37.079><c> no</c><00:19:37.259><c> one</c><00:19:37.359><c> would</c><00:19:37.500><c> go</c><00:19:37.700><c> out</c><00:19:37.920><c> after</c><00:19:38.160><c> them.</c>

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They<00:19:39.119><c> just</c><00:19:39.400><c> wandered</c><00:19:39.599><c> off</c><00:19:39.839><c> and</c><00:19:40.019><c> became</c><00:19:40.299><c> meat</c>

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to<00:19:41.180><c> the</c><00:19:41.359><c> beasts</c><00:19:41.519><c> of</c><00:19:41.700><c> the</c><00:19:41.880><c> field</c><00:19:42.180><c> being</c><00:19:42.619><c> scattered</c><00:19:43.059><c> and</c><00:19:43.359><c> lost.</c>

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You<00:19:45.079><c> can</c><00:19:45.220><c> only</c><00:19:45.460><c> begin</c><00:19:45.720><c> to</c><00:19:46.039><c> understand</c>

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how<00:19:47.279><c> deeply</c><00:19:47.599><c> the</c><00:19:47.859><c> Lord</c><00:19:48.019><c> must</c><00:19:48.299><c> have</c><00:19:48.500><c> felt</c><00:19:48.680><c> about</c><00:19:49.000><c> this.</c>

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Furthermore,<00:19:52.839><c> we</c><00:19:53.279><c> hear</c><00:19:53.519><c> that</c><00:19:53.680><c> there</c><00:19:53.940><c> will</c><00:19:54.180><c> be</c><00:19:54.420><c> a</c><00:19:54.680><c> shepherd</c>

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that<00:19:55.000><c> will</c><00:19:55.180><c> be</c><00:19:55.400><c> provided.</c>

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A<00:19:56.440><c> great</c><00:19:56.960><c> chief</c><00:19:57.500><c> shepherd</c><00:19:57.940><c> that</c><00:19:58.380><c> will</c><00:19:58.599><c> appear</c>

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and<00:20:00.039><c> this</c><00:20:00.200><c> is</c><00:20:00.440><c> found</c><00:20:00.640><c> later</c><00:20:00.920><c> in</c><00:20:01.079><c> that</c><00:20:01.279><c> same</c><00:20:01.480><c> chapter.</c>

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Therefore<00:20:02.579><c> will</c><00:20:02.839><c> I</c><00:20:03.160><c> save</c><00:20:03.359><c> my</c><00:20:03.680><c> flock</c>

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and<00:20:04.400><c> they</c><00:20:04.599><c> shall</c><00:20:04.819><c> no</c><00:20:05.160><c> more</c><00:20:05.319><c> be</c><00:20:05.539><c> a</c><00:20:05.720><c> prey</c>

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and<00:20:06.380><c> I</c><00:20:06.500><c> will</c><00:20:06.720><c> judge</c><00:20:06.980><c> between</c><00:20:07.440><c> cattle</c><00:20:07.759><c> and</c><00:20:08.039><c> cattle</c>

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and<00:20:08.640><c> I</c><00:20:08.779><c> will</c><00:20:09.000><c> set</c><00:20:09.180><c> up</c><00:20:09.400><c> one</c><00:20:09.940><c> shepherd</c><00:20:10.299><c> over</c><00:20:10.599><c> them</c>

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and<00:20:11.220><c> he</c><00:20:11.440><c> shall</c><00:20:11.640><c> feed</c><00:20:11.960><c> them</c><00:20:12.140><c> even</c><00:20:12.339><c> my</c><00:20:12.640><c> servant</c><00:20:12.920><c> David.</c>

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He<00:20:13.799><c> shall</c><00:20:14.039><c> feed</c><00:20:14.339><c> them</c><00:20:14.539><c> and</c><00:20:14.680><c> he</c><00:20:14.859><c> shall</c><00:20:15.039><c> be</c><00:20:15.259><c> their</c><00:20:15.500><c> shepherd</c>

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and<00:20:16.579><c> I</c><00:20:16.740><c> will</c><00:20:16.960><c> raise</c><00:20:17.259><c> up</c><00:20:17.460><c> for</c><00:20:17.619><c> them</c><00:20:17.859><c> a</c><00:20:18.359><c> plant</c><00:20:18.599><c> of</c><00:20:18.880><c> renown.</c>

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Comparing<00:20:20.680><c> this,</c><00:20:20.900><c> I</c><00:20:21.079><c> believe</c><00:20:21.220><c> it</c><00:20:21.380><c> would</c><00:20:21.460><c> be</c><00:20:21.619><c> the</c><00:20:21.819><c> trees</c>

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of<00:20:22.240><c> righteousness</c><00:20:22.640><c> in</c><00:20:23.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:23.339><c> 61</c>

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and<00:20:24.880><c> they</c><00:20:25.039><c> shall</c><00:20:25.339><c> be</c><00:20:25.980><c> no</c><00:20:26.259><c> more</c><00:20:26.519><c> consumed</c>

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with<00:20:27.220><c> hunger</c><00:20:27.460><c> in</c><00:20:27.599><c> the</c><00:20:27.779><c> land.</c>

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So<00:20:28.740><c> the</c><00:20:29.019><c> sheep</c><00:20:29.240><c> that</c><00:20:29.440><c> were</c><00:20:29.579><c> hungry</c><00:20:30.119><c> are</c><00:20:30.440><c> fed</c>

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neither<00:20:31.579><c> bear</c><00:20:31.940><c> the</c><00:20:32.279><c> shame</c><00:20:32.460><c> of</c><00:20:32.660><c> the</c><00:20:32.819><c> heathen</c><00:20:33.059><c> anymore.</c>

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Thus<00:20:34.819><c> shall</c><00:20:35.180><c> they</c><00:20:35.420><c> know</c><00:20:35.599><c> that</c><00:20:35.920><c> I</c><00:20:36.180><c> the</c><00:20:36.380><c> Lord</c><00:20:36.539><c> their</c><00:20:36.779><c> God</c>

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am<00:20:37.619><c> with</c><00:20:37.900><c> them</c><00:20:38.440><c> and</c><00:20:38.720><c> that</c><00:20:38.980><c> they,</c><00:20:39.420><c> even</c><00:20:39.559><c> the</c><00:20:39.819><c> house</c><00:20:40.000><c> of</c><00:20:40.220><c> Israel</c>

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are<00:20:41.680><c> my</c><00:20:42.000><c> people,</c><00:20:42.779><c> saith</c><00:20:42.880><c> the</c><00:20:43.099><c> Lord</c><00:20:43.259><c> God.</c>

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And<00:20:45.119><c> ye</c><00:20:45.299><c> are</c><00:20:45.500><c> my</c><00:20:45.799><c> flock,</c><00:20:46.700><c> the</c><00:20:46.980><c> flock</c><00:20:47.180><c> of</c><00:20:47.380><c> my</c><00:20:47.599><c> pasture</c>

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are<00:20:48.779><c> men</c><00:20:49.299><c> and</c><00:20:50.240><c> I</c><00:20:50.440><c> am</c><00:20:50.559><c> your</c><00:20:50.779><c> God,</c><00:20:51.180><c> saith</c><00:20:51.319><c> the</c><00:20:51.480><c> Lord</c><00:20:51.640><c> God.</c>

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What<00:20:52.960><c> a</c><00:20:54.000><c> wonderful</c><00:20:54.539><c> passage</c>

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and<00:20:55.480><c> that</c><00:20:55.779><c> needs</c><00:20:56.000><c> to</c><00:20:56.359><c> reach</c><00:20:56.539><c> out</c><00:20:56.819><c> and</c><00:20:57.180><c> grab</c><00:20:57.380><c> us</c>

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because<00:20:58.940><c> look</c><00:20:59.200><c> at</c><00:20:59.339><c> what</c><00:20:59.519><c> we</c><00:20:59.779><c> see</c><00:20:59.980><c> when</c><00:21:00.160><c> we</c><00:21:00.420><c> consider</c>

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that<00:21:01.140><c> we</c><00:21:01.480><c> ourselves</c><00:21:02.240><c> are</c><00:21:02.900><c> the</c><00:21:03.160><c> sheep</c><00:21:03.299><c> of</c><00:21:03.420><c> his</c><00:21:03.640><c> pasture</c>

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in<00:21:04.259><c> Psalm</c><00:21:04.519><c> 100,</c><00:21:05.599><c> know</c><00:21:05.720><c> ye</c><00:21:05.900><c> that</c><00:21:06.079><c> the</c><00:21:06.359><c> Lord</c><00:21:06.640><c> he</c><00:21:07.019><c> is</c><00:21:07.339><c> God.</c>

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It<00:21:08.440><c> is</c><00:21:08.660><c> he</c><00:21:08.960><c> that</c><00:21:09.160><c> hath</c><00:21:09.299><c> made</c><00:21:09.579><c> us</c><00:21:09.819><c> and</c><00:21:10.099><c> not</c><00:21:10.279><c> we</c><00:21:10.500><c> ourselves</c>

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as<00:21:11.660><c> the</c><00:21:11.880><c> margin</c><00:21:12.099><c> says</c><00:21:12.519><c> and</c><00:21:13.119><c> his</c><00:21:13.319><c> we</c><00:21:13.599><c> are</c>

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and<00:21:15.180><c> we</c><00:21:15.400><c> are</c><00:21:15.579><c> his</c><00:21:15.819><c> people</c><00:21:16.259><c> and</c><00:21:16.839><c> the</c><00:21:17.059><c> sheep</c><00:21:17.160><c> of</c><00:21:17.319><c> his</c><00:21:17.519><c> pasture.</c>

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So<00:21:18.000><c> you</c><00:21:18.240><c> and</c><00:21:18.460><c> I</c><00:21:18.980><c> are</c><00:21:19.720><c> sheep</c><00:21:19.960><c> of</c><00:21:20.180><c> that</c><00:21:20.400><c> pasture</c>

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and<00:21:21.920><c> he</c><00:21:22.079><c> cares</c><00:21:22.420><c> for</c><00:21:22.599><c> us</c><00:21:22.779><c> the</c><00:21:22.980><c> same</c><00:21:23.200><c> way.</c>

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But<00:21:25.400><c> consider</c><00:21:25.759><c> the</c><00:21:25.940><c> Lord</c><00:21:26.119><c> Jesus</c><00:21:26.480><c> Christ</c>

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knowing<00:21:27.680><c> full</c><00:21:28.119><c> well</c><00:21:28.339><c> that</c><00:21:28.660><c> prophecy</c><00:21:29.220><c> in</c><00:21:29.640><c> Ezekiel</c>

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that<00:21:30.279><c> he</c><00:21:30.480><c> was</c><00:21:30.700><c> to</c><00:21:30.940><c> be</c><00:21:31.299><c> that</c><00:21:31.680><c> chief</c><00:21:31.920><c> shepherd</c>

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that<00:21:33.059><c> he</c><00:21:33.279><c> would</c><00:21:33.480><c> look</c><00:21:33.740><c> out</c><00:21:33.920><c> at</c><00:21:34.140><c> Israel</c><00:21:34.380><c> himself</c>

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and<00:21:35.240><c> see</c><00:21:35.400><c> a</c><00:21:35.599><c> similar</c><00:21:35.859><c> thing.</c>

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Listen<00:21:36.859><c> to</c><00:21:36.980><c> these</c><00:21:37.200><c> moving</c><00:21:38.339><c> accounts</c><00:21:39.700><c> that</c><00:21:39.920><c> we</c><00:21:40.180><c> have</c>

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about<00:21:40.740><c> Jesus</c><00:21:41.299><c> as</c><00:21:41.839><c> he</c><00:21:42.079><c> looked</c><00:21:42.259><c> at</c><00:21:42.460><c> the</c><00:21:42.660><c> people</c><00:21:42.839><c> of</c><00:21:43.019><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:21:44.240><c> Jesus</c><00:21:44.599><c> went</c><00:21:44.779><c> about</c><00:21:45.019><c> this</c><00:21:45.200><c> is</c><00:21:45.440><c> found</c><00:21:45.559><c> in</c><00:21:45.740><c> Matthew</c><00:21:46.099><c> chapter</c><00:21:46.440><c> 9</c>

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verses<00:21:47.140><c> I</c><00:21:48.140><c> think</c><00:21:48.519><c> it</c><00:21:48.599><c> should</c><00:21:48.759><c> be</c><00:21:48.900><c> 35</c><00:21:49.259><c> through</c><00:21:49.559><c> 38,</c><00:21:50.160><c> excuse</c><00:21:50.339><c> me.</c>

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And<00:21:51.779><c> Jesus</c><00:21:52.000><c> went</c><00:21:52.160><c> about</c><00:21:52.460><c> all</c><00:21:52.740><c> the</c><00:21:52.940><c> cities</c><00:21:53.140><c> and</c><00:21:53.359><c> villages</c>

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teaching<00:21:54.079><c> in</c><00:21:54.259><c> their</c><00:21:54.480><c> synagogues</c>

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and<00:21:55.579><c> preaching</c><00:21:55.859><c> the</c><00:21:56.119><c> gospel</c><00:21:56.440><c> of</c><00:21:56.640><c> the</c><00:21:56.819><c> kingdom</c>

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and<00:21:57.660><c> healing</c><00:21:57.940><c> every</c><00:21:58.539><c> sickness</c>

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and<00:21:59.180><c> every</c><00:21:59.440><c> disease</c><00:21:59.779><c> among</c><00:22:00.019><c> the</c><00:22:00.259><c> people.</c>

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he<00:22:03.119><c> was</c><00:22:03.619><c> moved</c><00:22:03.880><c> with</c><00:22:04.279><c> compassion</c><00:22:05.160><c> on</c><00:22:05.460><c> them.</c>

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See<00:22:06.259><c> Jesus</c><00:22:06.759><c> as</c><00:22:07.059><c> the</c><00:22:07.339><c> chief</c><00:22:07.539><c> shepherd</c><00:22:08.019><c> looks</c><00:22:08.720><c> at</c><00:22:08.960><c> those</c><00:22:09.220><c> sheep</c>

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and<00:22:10.519><c> he</c><00:22:10.880><c> realizes</c><00:22:11.380><c> that</c><00:22:12.019><c> they</c><00:22:12.259><c> have</c><00:22:12.539><c> not</c><00:22:12.900><c> had</c>

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He<00:22:21.839><c> yearned</c><00:22:22.140><c> for</c><00:22:22.359><c> them.</c>

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It<00:22:22.619><c> was</c><00:22:22.839><c> as</c><00:22:23.079><c> if</c><00:22:23.480><c> he</c><00:22:23.819><c> felt</c><00:22:24.140><c> something</c><00:22:24.579><c> deep,</c><00:22:25.240><c> deep</c><00:22:25.420><c> inside</c><00:22:25.859><c> of</c><00:22:26.019><c> them.</c>

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He<00:22:27.579><c> was</c><00:22:27.940><c> moved</c><00:22:28.140><c> with</c><00:22:28.420><c> compassion</c><00:22:28.859><c> on</c><00:22:29.059><c> them</c>

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because<00:22:30.259><c> they</c><00:22:30.559><c> fainted</c><00:22:31.559><c> or</c><00:22:32.000><c> they</c><00:22:32.140><c> were</c><00:22:32.339><c> tired</c>

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and<00:22:32.779><c> they</c><00:22:32.960><c> lay</c><00:22:33.079><c> down</c><00:22:33.619><c> and</c><00:22:34.000><c> they</c><00:22:34.160><c> were</c><00:22:34.460><c> scattered</c><00:22:34.759><c> abroad</c>

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as<00:22:35.559><c> sheep</c><00:22:35.779><c> having</c><00:22:36.140><c> no</c><00:22:36.500><c> shepherd.</c>

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Then<00:22:38.480><c> said</c><00:22:38.680><c> he</c><00:22:38.839><c> to</c><00:22:38.960><c> his</c><00:22:39.160><c> disciples,</c>

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the<00:22:40.519><c> harvest</c><00:22:40.900><c> is</c><00:22:41.160><c> truly</c><00:22:41.460><c> plentious</c>

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but<00:22:42.880><c> the</c><00:22:43.420><c> laborers</c><00:22:43.799><c> are</c><00:22:44.059><c> few.</c>

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Pray<00:22:45.259><c> the</c><00:22:45.460><c> Lord</c><00:22:45.700><c> of</c><00:22:45.819><c> the</c><00:22:46.000><c> harvest</c>

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that<00:22:46.420><c> he</c><00:22:46.539><c> will</c><00:22:46.759><c> send</c><00:22:47.079><c> forth</c><00:22:47.480><c> laborers</c><00:22:48.539><c> into</c><00:22:49.059><c> his</c><00:22:49.339><c> harvest.</c>

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In<00:22:51.779><c> Mark's</c><00:22:52.220><c> account,</c><00:22:52.680><c> Mark</c><00:22:52.940><c> chapter</c><00:22:53.299><c> six,</c>

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we<00:22:54.380><c> have</c><00:22:54.680><c> the</c><00:22:54.940><c> same</c><00:22:55.119><c> account</c>

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but<00:22:55.700><c> a</c><00:22:56.019><c> little</c><00:22:56.200><c> bit</c><00:22:56.579><c> more</c><00:22:56.819><c> information</c><00:22:57.339><c> given</c><00:22:57.599><c> to</c><00:22:57.859><c> us.</c>

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Mark<00:22:58.640><c> chapter</c><00:22:58.940><c> six</c><00:22:59.240><c> at</c><00:22:59.440><c> verse</c><00:22:59.680><c> 33</c>

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and<00:23:00.900><c> the</c><00:23:01.059><c> people</c><00:23:01.440><c> saw</c><00:23:01.740><c> them</c><00:23:02.279><c> departing,</c>

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saw<00:23:03.299><c> that</c><00:23:03.559><c> Jesus</c><00:23:03.819><c> and</c><00:23:04.000><c> his</c><00:23:04.140><c> disciples</c><00:23:04.539><c> departing</c>

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and<00:23:06.279><c> many</c><00:23:06.599><c> knew</c><00:23:06.859><c> him.</c>

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And<00:23:08.220><c> what</c><00:23:08.339><c> did</c><00:23:08.440><c> they</c><00:23:08.619><c> do?</c>

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They<00:23:09.559><c> ran</c><00:23:09.940><c> a</c><00:23:10.319><c> foot</c><00:23:10.599><c> thither</c><00:23:10.940><c> out</c><00:23:11.160><c> of</c><00:23:11.460><c> all</c><00:23:11.880><c> cities</c>

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and<00:23:12.799><c> they</c><00:23:12.980><c> outwent</c><00:23:13.480><c> him</c><00:23:14.000><c> and</c><00:23:15.099><c> came</c><00:23:15.420><c> together</c><00:23:15.859><c> unto</c><00:23:16.119><c> him.</c>

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So<00:23:17.240><c> here</c><00:23:17.420><c> you</c><00:23:17.519><c> have</c><00:23:17.660><c> this</c><00:23:17.880><c> picture</c>

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of<00:23:18.339><c> people</c><00:23:18.640><c> coming</c><00:23:18.920><c> from</c><00:23:19.240><c> all</c><00:23:19.519><c> these</c><00:23:19.720><c> cities,</c>

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all<00:23:20.799><c> these</c><00:23:21.119><c> lost</c><00:23:21.440><c> sheep</c><00:23:21.700><c> that</c><00:23:21.920><c> were</c><00:23:22.119><c> all</c><00:23:22.400><c> through</c><00:23:22.619><c> these</c><00:23:22.880><c> cities</c>

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and<00:23:23.400><c> all</c><00:23:23.960><c> around</c><00:23:24.460><c> these</c><00:23:24.720><c> hills</c><00:23:24.980><c> that</c><00:23:25.119><c> were</c><00:23:25.259><c> coming</c><00:23:25.519><c> down.</c>

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And<00:23:26.579><c> the</c><00:23:26.900><c> visual</c><00:23:27.259><c> of</c><00:23:27.519><c> this</c><00:23:27.779><c> brothers</c><00:23:28.039><c> and</c><00:23:28.299><c> sisters</c>

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must<00:23:28.720><c> have</c><00:23:28.839><c> been</c><00:23:29.000><c> incredible</c><00:23:29.599><c> to</c><00:23:30.220><c> see</c><00:23:30.500><c> all</c><00:23:30.940><c> these</c><00:23:31.619><c> lost</c><00:23:32.079><c> sheep</c>

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that<00:23:32.819><c> were</c><00:23:33.079><c> coming</c><00:23:33.400><c> back</c><00:23:33.980><c> to</c><00:23:34.299><c> the</c><00:23:34.480><c> chief</c><00:23:34.680><c> shepherd.</c>

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And<00:23:36.599><c> Jesus,</c><00:23:36.940><c> when</c><00:23:37.079><c> he</c><00:23:37.220><c> came</c><00:23:37.420><c> out,</c>

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saw<00:23:38.660><c> much</c><00:23:39.019><c> people</c><00:23:39.680><c> and</c><00:23:40.460><c> was</c><00:23:40.900><c> moved</c><00:23:41.259><c> with</c><00:23:41.519><c> compassion</c><00:23:42.119><c> toward</c><00:23:42.400><c> them</c>

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because<00:23:44.099><c> they</c><00:23:44.940><c> were</c><00:23:45.160><c> as</c><00:23:45.539><c> sheep</c><00:23:45.960><c> not</c><00:23:46.720><c> having</c><00:23:46.960><c> a</c><00:23:47.200><c> shepherd</c>

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and<00:23:48.240><c> he</c><00:23:48.420><c> began</c><00:23:48.619><c> to</c><00:23:48.940><c> teach</c><00:23:49.119><c> them</c><00:23:49.440><c> many</c><00:23:49.759><c> things</c>

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and<00:23:50.819><c> he</c><00:23:51.059><c> commanded</c><00:23:51.380><c> them</c><00:23:51.779><c> to</c><00:23:52.700><c> make</c><00:23:53.259><c> all</c><00:23:53.680><c> sit</c><00:23:53.880><c> down</c>

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by<00:23:54.460><c> companies</c><00:23:54.839><c> upon</c><00:23:55.140><c> the</c><00:23:55.400><c> green</c><00:23:55.640><c> grass</c>

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and<00:23:56.759><c> they</c><00:23:57.019><c> sat</c><00:23:57.160><c> down</c><00:23:57.480><c> in</c><00:23:57.660><c> ranks</c><00:23:57.900><c> by</c><00:23:58.240><c> hundreds</c><00:23:58.779><c> and</c><00:23:59.359><c> by</c><00:23:59.700><c> fifties.</c>

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And<00:24:00.440><c> you</c><00:24:00.539><c> can</c><00:24:00.720><c> understand,</c><00:24:01.400><c> can't</c><00:24:01.480><c> you?</c>

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If<00:24:01.819><c> the</c><00:24:01.920><c> Lord</c><00:24:02.079><c> Jesus</c><00:24:02.380><c> is</c><00:24:02.599><c> looking</c><00:24:02.819><c> at</c><00:24:03.059><c> them</c>

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and<00:24:03.660><c> they're</c><00:24:04.000><c> in</c><00:24:04.259><c> rows</c><00:24:04.759><c> and</c><00:24:05.519><c> they're</c><00:24:05.819><c> set</c><00:24:06.000><c> up</c><00:24:06.140><c> in</c><00:24:06.440><c> fifties</c><00:24:06.839><c> and</c><00:24:07.059><c> hundreds</c>

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you<00:24:07.980><c> can</c><00:24:08.220><c> imagine</c><00:24:08.559><c> how</c><00:24:08.740><c> you</c><00:24:08.859><c> can</c><00:24:09.019><c> look</c><00:24:09.240><c> out</c>

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almost<00:24:09.880><c> as</c><00:24:10.099><c> an</c><00:24:10.480><c> agricultural</c><00:24:11.039><c> setting</c><00:24:11.480><c> and</c><00:24:12.339><c> see</c><00:24:12.680><c> rows</c><00:24:13.279><c> of</c><00:24:13.579><c> people.</c>

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No<00:24:14.500><c> wonder</c><00:24:14.720><c> the</c><00:24:14.920><c> Lord</c><00:24:15.119><c> said,</c>

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pray<00:24:16.779><c> that</c><00:24:16.960><c> the</c><00:24:17.160><c> Lord</c><00:24:17.400><c> will</c><00:24:17.900><c> send</c><00:24:18.460><c> laborers</c><00:24:19.259><c> to</c><00:24:19.400><c> the</c><00:24:19.599><c> harvest.</c>

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It<00:24:21.160><c> was</c><00:24:21.460><c> as</c><00:24:21.700><c> if</c><00:24:21.819><c> he</c><00:24:21.940><c> could</c><00:24:22.079><c> look</c><00:24:22.319><c> and</c><00:24:22.640><c> see</c>

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the<00:24:23.680><c> agricultural</c><00:24:24.380><c> rows</c><00:24:24.740><c> of</c><00:24:24.940><c> these</c><00:24:25.140><c> people.</c>

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Before<00:24:27.579><c> I</c><00:24:27.700><c> go</c><00:24:27.779><c> on</c><00:24:27.859><c> to</c><00:24:27.980><c> this</c><00:24:28.119><c> verse,</c><00:24:28.400><c> brothers</c><00:24:28.440><c> and</c><00:24:28.660><c> sisters,</c>

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one<00:24:30.400><c> of</c><00:24:30.500><c> the</c><00:24:30.599><c> things</c><00:24:30.779><c> I've</c><00:24:31.640><c> always</c><00:24:31.980><c> enjoyed</c>

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is<00:24:32.480><c> when</c><00:24:32.799><c> brethren</c><00:24:33.099><c> are</c><00:24:33.279><c> able</c><00:24:33.460><c> to</c><00:24:33.700><c> take</c><00:24:33.799><c> us</c><00:24:34.019><c> right</c><00:24:34.319><c> there</c><00:24:34.519><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:34.859><c> place</c>

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and<00:24:35.559><c> we</c><00:24:35.819><c> all</c><00:24:36.160><c> need</c><00:24:36.319><c> to</c><00:24:36.559><c> learn</c><00:24:36.680><c> that</c><00:24:37.019><c> skill,</c>

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don't<00:24:37.519><c> we,</c><00:24:37.720><c> to</c><00:24:37.859><c> be</c><00:24:38.039><c> able</c><00:24:38.220><c> to</c><00:24:38.440><c> go</c><00:24:38.720><c> right</c><00:24:39.180><c> there</c>

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to<00:24:39.539><c> these</c><00:24:39.819><c> beautiful</c><00:24:40.359><c> green</c><00:24:40.700><c> hills</c>

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that<00:24:41.700><c> the</c><00:24:41.960><c> Lord</c><00:24:42.200><c> Jesus</c><00:24:42.660><c> must</c><00:24:43.019><c> have</c><00:24:43.220><c> been</c><00:24:43.500><c> standing</c><00:24:43.839><c> at</c>

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because<00:24:44.819><c> he</c><00:24:45.079><c> had</c><00:24:45.220><c> them</c><00:24:45.440><c> sit</c><00:24:45.640><c> down</c><00:24:45.880><c> in</c><00:24:46.000><c> the</c><00:24:46.200><c> green</c><00:24:46.380><c> grass</c>

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and<00:24:47.299><c> he</c><00:24:47.559><c> feeds</c><00:24:47.799><c> them.</c>

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He<00:24:48.319><c> feeds</c><00:24:48.500><c> them</c><00:24:48.779><c> first</c><00:24:49.140><c> the</c><00:24:49.579><c> living</c><00:24:49.799><c> gospel.</c>

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If<00:24:51.779><c> we're</c><00:24:52.000><c> there,</c><00:24:52.339><c> we</c><00:24:52.539><c> can</c><00:24:52.920><c> feel</c><00:24:53.220><c> the</c><00:24:53.460><c> compassion</c>

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that<00:24:54.240><c> the</c><00:24:54.420><c> Lord</c><00:24:54.579><c> Jesus</c><00:24:55.019><c> had</c><00:24:55.319><c> for</c><00:24:55.559><c> these</c><00:24:55.759><c> people</c>

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and<00:24:56.900><c> how</c><00:24:57.420><c> he</c><00:24:57.759><c> was</c><00:24:58.000><c> willing</c><00:24:58.279><c> to</c><00:24:59.140><c> feed</c><00:24:59.319><c> them</c><00:24:59.599><c> first</c><00:24:59.880><c> the</c><00:25:00.059><c> gospel</c>

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and<00:25:00.700><c> then</c><00:25:01.180><c> the</c><00:25:01.839><c> physical</c><00:25:02.140><c> food.</c>

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There's<00:25:03.900><c> an</c><00:25:04.140><c> interesting</c><00:25:04.480><c> passage</c><00:25:05.319><c> in</c><00:25:05.579><c> Psalm</c><00:25:05.799><c> 35</c>

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and<00:25:08.119><c> I</c><00:25:08.220><c> think</c><00:25:08.460><c> this</c><00:25:08.740><c> passage</c><00:25:09.099><c> perhaps</c><00:25:09.619><c> helps</c><00:25:09.920><c> us</c><00:25:10.200><c> a</c><00:25:10.279><c> little</c><00:25:10.519><c> bit</c>

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with<00:25:11.259><c> understanding</c><00:25:11.960><c> the</c><00:25:12.539><c> level</c><00:25:12.960><c> of</c><00:25:13.559><c> feeling</c>

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that<00:25:14.039><c> the</c><00:25:14.240><c> Lord</c><00:25:14.440><c> has</c><00:25:15.019><c> for</c><00:25:15.559><c> us</c><00:25:16.099><c> as</c><00:25:16.700><c> his</c><00:25:17.000><c> sheep.</c>

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He<00:25:19.240><c> talks</c><00:25:19.579><c> about,</c><00:25:20.460><c> but</c><00:25:20.460><c> as</c><00:25:20.700><c> for</c><00:25:20.900><c> me,</c>

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when<00:25:22.319><c> they</c><00:25:22.599><c> were</c><00:25:22.880><c> sick,</c><00:25:24.039><c> my</c><00:25:24.319><c> clothing</c><00:25:24.819><c> was</c><00:25:25.660><c> sackcloth.</c>

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I<00:25:27.660><c> humbled</c><00:25:28.000><c> my</c><00:25:28.480><c> soul</c><00:25:28.759><c> with</c><00:25:29.220><c> fasting</c>

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and<00:25:30.480><c> my</c><00:25:30.799><c> prayer</c><00:25:31.099><c> returned</c><00:25:31.859><c> into</c><00:25:32.420><c> my</c><00:25:32.660><c> own</c><00:25:33.119><c> bosom.</c>

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I<00:25:34.869><c> behaved</c><00:25:35.430><c> myself</c><00:25:36.170><c> as</c><00:25:37.029><c> though</c><00:25:37.269><c> he</c><00:25:37.390><c> had</c><00:25:37.569><c> been</c><00:25:37.750><c> my</c><00:25:38.089><c> friend</c><00:25:38.430><c> or</c><00:25:38.650><c> brother.</c>

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I<00:25:41.150><c> bowed</c><00:25:41.450><c> down</c><00:25:41.750><c> heavily</c><00:25:42.269><c> as</c><00:25:43.210><c> one</c><00:25:43.410><c> that</c><00:25:43.710><c> mourneth</c><00:25:43.950><c> for</c><00:25:44.150><c> his</c><00:25:44.349><c> mother.</c>

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This<00:25:47.609><c> is</c><00:25:47.809><c> the</c><00:25:47.930><c> kind</c><00:25:48.049><c> of</c><00:25:48.230><c> compassion</c><00:25:48.569><c> that</c><00:25:48.750><c> our</c><00:25:48.849><c> Lord</c><00:25:49.029><c> has</c><00:25:49.289><c> for</c><00:25:49.490><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:25:51.170><c> a</c><00:25:51.349><c> compassion</c><00:25:52.029><c> that</c><00:25:52.690><c> he</c><00:25:52.990><c> feels</c><00:25:53.390><c> with</c><00:25:53.690><c> us.</c>

00:25:56.849 --> 00:25:59.569
When<00:25:57.150><c> Paul</c><00:25:57.470><c> was</c><00:25:57.750><c> walking</c><00:25:58.069><c> along</c><00:25:58.369><c> the</c><00:25:58.529><c> road</c><00:25:58.650><c> to</c><00:25:58.849><c> Damascus</c>

00:25:59.569 --> 00:26:02.210
and<00:26:00.309><c> he</c><00:26:00.509><c> is</c><00:26:00.750><c> stopped</c><00:26:00.910><c> in</c><00:26:01.069><c> his</c><00:26:01.349><c> tracks,</c>

00:26:02.269 --> 00:26:05.970
Jesus<00:26:02.789><c> doesn't</c><00:26:03.069><c> say,</c><00:26:03.569><c> why</c><00:26:03.589><c> are</c><00:26:03.789><c> you</c><00:26:03.970><c> continuing</c><00:26:04.369><c> to</c><00:26:04.650><c> persecute</c><00:26:05.089><c> Philip?</c>

00:26:06.930 --> 00:26:09.569
He<00:26:07.150><c> says,</c><00:26:08.029><c> why</c><00:26:08.349><c> persecutes</c><00:26:08.849><c> thou</c><00:26:09.150><c> me?</c>

00:26:10.049 --> 00:26:12.750
He<00:26:10.369><c> feels</c><00:26:10.769><c> with</c><00:26:10.990><c> our</c><00:26:11.269><c> pain</c><00:26:11.630><c> and</c><00:26:12.069><c> our</c><00:26:12.349><c> suffering</c>

00:26:12.750 --> 00:26:15.750
and<00:26:13.230><c> he</c><00:26:13.509><c> feels</c><00:26:13.769><c> with</c><00:26:13.990><c> those</c><00:26:14.250><c> who</c><00:26:14.430><c> are</c><00:26:14.569><c> lost</c><00:26:14.789><c> sheep.</c>

00:26:16.390 --> 00:26:18.769
And<00:26:16.549><c> it's</c><00:26:16.710><c> as</c><00:26:16.849><c> if</c><00:26:17.289><c> he</c><00:26:17.769><c> behaved</c><00:26:18.190><c> himself</c>

00:26:18.769 --> 00:26:20.950
as<00:26:19.269><c> if</c><00:26:19.529><c> we</c><00:26:20.009><c> are</c><00:26:20.210><c> his</c><00:26:20.470><c> friend</c><00:26:20.710><c> and</c><00:26:20.849><c> brother.</c>

00:26:21.029 --> 00:26:22.289
We<00:26:21.170><c> are</c><00:26:21.390><c> his</c><00:26:21.630><c> friend</c><00:26:21.809><c> and</c><00:26:22.029><c> brother</c>

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and<00:26:22.829><c> he</c><00:26:23.130><c> bows</c><00:26:23.450><c> down</c><00:26:24.009><c> heavily</c><00:26:24.450><c> as</c><00:26:25.069><c> one</c><00:26:25.309><c> that</c><00:26:25.529><c> mourneth</c><00:26:25.730><c> for</c><00:26:25.930><c> his</c><00:26:26.109><c> mother.</c>

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What<00:26:26.789><c> a</c><00:26:27.150><c> wonderful</c><00:26:27.470><c> passage.</c>

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Give<00:26:28.130><c> us</c><00:26:28.450><c> insight</c><00:26:29.029><c> into</c><00:26:29.569><c> the</c><00:26:29.809><c> compassion</c>

00:26:30.349 --> 00:26:32.630
of<00:26:30.549><c> our</c><00:26:30.690><c> Lord</c><00:26:30.869><c> Jesus</c><00:26:31.250><c> Christ</c><00:26:31.589><c> for</c><00:26:31.849><c> us.</c>

00:26:34.069 --> 00:26:36.210
Well,<00:26:34.170><c> then</c><00:26:34.289><c> that</c><00:26:34.450><c> takes</c><00:26:34.650><c> us</c><00:26:34.849><c> to</c><00:26:35.029><c> arranging</c><00:26:35.349><c> brethren</c><00:26:35.670><c> today,</c>

00:26:36.630 --> 00:26:38.369
who<00:26:36.750><c> in</c><00:26:36.930><c> the</c><00:26:37.109><c> absence</c><00:26:37.369><c> of</c><00:26:37.549><c> the</c><00:26:37.730><c> chief</c><00:26:37.950><c> shepherd</c>

00:26:38.369 --> 00:26:41.109
or<00:26:39.069><c> are</c><00:26:39.269><c> to</c><00:26:39.509><c> have</c><00:26:39.710><c> the</c><00:26:40.069><c> same</c><00:26:40.329><c> compassion</c>

00:26:41.109 --> 00:26:44.549
for<00:26:41.869><c> the</c><00:26:42.170><c> sheep</c><00:26:42.390><c> that</c><00:26:42.869><c> our</c><00:26:43.069><c> Lord</c><00:26:43.269><c> Jesus</c><00:26:43.670><c> had.</c>

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And<00:26:45.250><c> there's</c><00:26:45.509><c> this</c><00:26:45.650><c> remarkable</c><00:26:46.190><c> passage,</c>

00:26:46.630 --> 00:26:48.809
it<00:26:46.869><c> occurs</c><00:26:47.190><c> in</c><00:26:47.450><c> Acts</c><00:26:47.670><c> chapter</c><00:26:48.009><c> 20.</c>

00:26:49.150 --> 00:26:53.690
Acts<00:26:49.289><c> chapter</c><00:26:49.569><c> 20,</c><00:26:49.910><c> when</c><00:26:50.089><c> Paul</c><00:26:50.609><c> is</c><00:26:51.150><c> being</c><00:26:51.849><c> pursued</c><00:26:52.809><c> by</c><00:26:53.089><c> the</c><00:26:53.329><c> Jews,</c>

00:26:54.150 --> 00:26:56.349
whose<00:26:54.329><c> intent</c><00:26:54.829><c> was</c><00:26:55.210><c> solely</c><00:26:55.470><c> to</c><00:26:55.849><c> kill</c><00:26:56.029><c> him,</c>

00:26:56.349 --> 00:26:59.009
they<00:26:56.670><c> had</c><00:26:57.009><c> no</c><00:26:57.190><c> other</c><00:26:57.529><c> desire</c><00:26:57.869><c> but</c><00:26:58.069><c> to</c><00:26:58.390><c> kill</c><00:26:58.589><c> him.</c>

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In<00:26:59.369><c> fact,</c><00:26:59.650><c> some</c><00:26:59.849><c> had</c><00:27:00.089><c> taken</c><00:27:00.329><c> oaths</c>

00:27:00.990 --> 00:27:05.609
that<00:27:01.049><c> they</c><00:27:01.269><c> would</c><00:27:01.569><c> not</c><00:27:02.009><c> eat</c><00:27:02.289><c> again</c><00:27:02.849><c> until</c><00:27:03.589><c> they</c><00:27:04.049><c> had</c><00:27:04.390><c> killed</c><00:27:04.630><c> Paul.</c>

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As<00:27:06.789><c> wrong</c><00:27:06.990><c> as</c><00:27:07.170><c> that</c><00:27:07.289><c> oath</c><00:27:07.430><c> was,</c><00:27:07.890><c> that's</c><00:27:08.269><c> how</c><00:27:08.549><c> intent</c><00:27:08.730><c> they</c><00:27:08.950><c> were.</c>

00:27:09.710 --> 00:27:12.990
And<00:27:09.869><c> so</c><00:27:10.069><c> Paul,</c><00:27:10.390><c> who</c><00:27:10.670><c> desired</c><00:27:11.250><c> to</c><00:27:11.490><c> be</c><00:27:11.630><c> able</c><00:27:11.789><c> to</c><00:27:11.910><c> get</c><00:27:12.069><c> back</c><00:27:12.289><c> to</c><00:27:12.529><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:27:12.990 --> 00:27:15.170
for<00:27:13.609><c> the</c><00:27:13.769><c> day</c><00:27:13.910><c> of</c><00:27:14.049><c> Pentecost,</c>

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still<00:27:15.710><c> wants</c><00:27:16.009><c> to</c><00:27:16.269><c> meet</c><00:27:16.470><c> one</c><00:27:16.750><c> more</c><00:27:17.109><c> time</c><00:27:17.470><c> with</c><00:27:17.890><c> those</c><00:27:18.109><c> in</c><00:27:18.349><c> Ephesus.</c>

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And<00:27:19.970><c> he</c><00:27:20.210><c> calls</c><00:27:20.549><c> them</c><00:27:20.910><c> and</c><00:27:21.130><c> says</c><00:27:21.410><c> in</c><00:27:21.950><c> chapter</c><00:27:22.269><c> 20</c><00:27:22.690><c> verses</c><00:27:22.990><c> 16</c>

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through<00:27:23.589><c> 17,</c>

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for<00:27:24.789><c> Paul</c><00:27:25.230><c> had</c><00:27:25.509><c> determined</c><00:27:25.849><c> to</c><00:27:26.130><c> sail</c><00:27:26.329><c> by</c><00:27:26.589><c> Ephesus</c>

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because<00:27:27.769><c> he</c><00:27:27.930><c> would</c><00:27:28.210><c> not</c><00:27:28.509><c> spend</c><00:27:28.789><c> time</c><00:27:29.049><c> in</c><00:27:29.210><c> Asia.</c>

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For<00:27:30.269><c> he</c><00:27:30.490><c> hasted</c><00:27:30.809><c> if</c><00:27:30.869><c> it</c><00:27:31.029><c> were</c><00:27:31.190><c> possible</c><00:27:31.549><c> for</c><00:27:31.789><c> him</c>

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to<00:27:32.109><c> be</c><00:27:32.630><c> at</c><00:27:32.930><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:33.390><c> the</c><00:27:33.569><c> day</c><00:27:33.730><c> of</c><00:27:33.849><c> Pentecost.</c>

00:27:34.869 --> 00:27:37.470
And<00:27:35.130><c> from</c><00:27:35.369><c> Miletus</c><00:27:35.750><c> he</c><00:27:35.990><c> sent</c><00:27:36.230><c> to</c><00:27:36.470><c> Ephesus</c>

00:27:37.470 --> 00:27:39.269
and<00:27:37.930><c> called</c><00:27:38.130><c> the</c><00:27:38.369><c> elders</c><00:27:38.630><c> of</c><00:27:38.809><c> the</c><00:27:38.970><c> church.</c>

00:27:39.569 --> 00:27:42.390
So<00:27:39.829><c> a</c><00:27:40.569><c> distance</c><00:27:40.970><c> of</c><00:27:41.150><c> about</c><00:27:41.470><c> 30</c><00:27:41.809><c> miles</c>

00:27:42.390 --> 00:27:44.650
is<00:27:42.990><c> traveled</c><00:27:43.410><c> by</c><00:27:43.730><c> the</c><00:27:43.950><c> arranging</c><00:27:44.309><c> brethren.</c>

00:27:44.869 --> 00:27:47.190
The<00:27:45.130><c> elders</c><00:27:45.490><c> of</c><00:27:45.690><c> the</c><00:27:45.829><c> Ecclesiast</c><00:27:46.210><c> in</c><00:27:46.269><c> Ephesus</c><00:27:46.650><c> come</c>

00:27:47.190 --> 00:27:50.029
and<00:27:47.730><c> he</c><00:27:48.210><c> brings</c><00:27:48.509><c> them</c><00:27:48.690><c> about</c><00:27:48.970><c> 30</c><00:27:49.289><c> miles</c><00:27:49.650><c> away</c>

00:27:50.029 --> 00:27:52.789
and<00:27:50.490><c> they</c><00:27:50.809><c> have</c><00:27:51.349><c> an</c><00:27:51.589><c> arranging</c><00:27:51.990><c> brethren's</c><00:27:52.569><c> meeting.</c>

00:27:52.789 --> 00:27:57.970
They<00:27:53.369><c> have</c><00:27:53.710><c> an</c><00:27:53.869><c> opportunity</c><00:27:54.490><c> to</c><00:27:55.029><c> be</c><00:27:55.470><c> advised</c><00:27:56.130><c> by</c><00:27:56.630><c> the</c><00:27:56.829><c> apostle</c><00:27:57.190><c> Paul.</c>

00:28:01.170 --> 00:28:04.309
And<00:28:01.250><c> in</c><00:28:01.390><c> Acts</c><00:28:01.569><c> chapter</c><00:28:01.849><c> 20</c><00:28:02.190><c> verse</c><00:28:02.450><c> 28,</c><00:28:03.490><c> Paul</c><00:28:03.789><c> gives</c><00:28:04.089><c> them</c>

00:28:04.309 --> 00:28:05.430
their<00:28:04.470><c> advice.</c>

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He<00:28:05.890><c> speaks</c><00:28:06.210><c> to</c><00:28:06.390><c> them.</c>

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This<00:28:06.849><c> is</c><00:28:07.029><c> the</c><00:28:07.190><c> last</c><00:28:07.529><c> time,</c><00:28:07.930><c> he</c><00:28:08.130><c> knows</c><00:28:08.450><c> this</c><00:28:08.630><c> is</c><00:28:08.809><c> the</c><00:28:08.950><c> last</c><00:28:09.210><c> time</c>

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he<00:28:10.069><c> will</c><00:28:10.289><c> see</c><00:28:10.490><c> their</c><00:28:10.730><c> faces.</c>

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And<00:28:11.990><c> this</c><00:28:12.190><c> is</c><00:28:12.329><c> what</c><00:28:12.450><c> he</c><00:28:12.630><c> says,</c>

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take<00:28:13.990><c> heed</c><00:28:14.250><c> therefore</c><00:28:14.950><c> unto</c><00:28:15.869><c> yourselves</c>

00:28:16.650 --> 00:28:20.309
and<00:28:17.470><c> to</c><00:28:17.750><c> all</c><00:28:17.970><c> the</c><00:28:18.210><c> flock</c><00:28:18.690><c> over</c><00:28:19.430><c> which</c><00:28:19.609><c> the</c><00:28:19.829><c> Holy</c><00:28:20.069><c> Spirit</c>

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hath<00:28:20.309><c> made</c><00:28:20.670><c> you</c><00:28:20.990><c> overseers</c><00:28:22.289><c> to</c><00:28:22.890><c> feed</c><00:28:23.390><c> the</c><00:28:23.549><c> church</c><00:28:23.869><c> of</c><00:28:24.009><c> God</c>

00:28:24.309 --> 00:28:27.430
which<00:28:24.509><c> he</c><00:28:24.670><c> hath</c><00:28:24.809><c> purchased</c><00:28:25.390><c> with</c><00:28:25.809><c> his</c><00:28:26.049><c> own</c><00:28:26.349><c> blood.</c>

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For<00:28:28.089><c> know</c><00:28:28.410><c> this</c><00:28:28.650><c> that</c><00:28:28.849><c> after</c><00:28:29.230><c> my</c><00:28:29.490><c> departing</c>

00:28:29.970 --> 00:28:32.430
shall<00:28:30.269><c> grievous</c><00:28:30.829><c> wolves</c><00:28:31.309><c> enter</c><00:28:31.670><c> in</c><00:28:31.809><c> among</c><00:28:32.029><c> you</c>

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not<00:28:32.990><c> sparing</c><00:28:33.289><c> the</c><00:28:33.569><c> flock.</c>

00:28:34.210 --> 00:28:36.490
This<00:28:34.410><c> is</c><00:28:34.609><c> a</c><00:28:34.730><c> real</c><00:28:34.910><c> warning</c><00:28:35.190><c> that</c><00:28:35.369><c> the</c><00:28:35.549><c> apostle</c><00:28:35.890><c> wanted</c><00:28:36.250><c> to</c>

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give<00:28:36.630><c> them.</c>

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Also<00:28:38.190><c> of</c><00:28:38.369><c> your</c><00:28:38.569><c> own</c><00:28:38.849><c> selves</c><00:28:39.109><c> shall</c><00:28:39.369><c> men</c><00:28:39.589><c> arise</c>

00:28:39.950 --> 00:28:44.589
speaking<00:28:40.630><c> perverse</c><00:28:41.369><c> things</c><00:28:42.069><c> to</c><00:28:42.690><c> draw</c><00:28:43.029><c> away</c><00:28:43.250><c> disciples</c><00:28:43.769><c> after</c><00:28:44.150><c> them.</c>

00:28:45.029 --> 00:28:48.269
Therefore<00:28:45.509><c> watch</c><00:28:46.170><c> and</c><00:28:46.650><c> remember</c><00:28:47.069><c> that</c><00:28:47.210><c> by</c><00:28:47.410><c> the</c><00:28:47.670><c> space</c><00:28:47.890><c> of</c>

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three<00:28:48.529><c> years</c>

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I<00:28:49.369><c> cease</c><00:28:49.750><c> not</c><00:28:50.130><c> to</c><00:28:50.390><c> warn</c><00:28:50.630><c> everyone</c><00:28:51.470><c> night</c><00:28:52.210><c> and</c><00:28:52.509><c> day</c><00:28:52.869><c> with</c><00:28:53.289><c> tears.</c>

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That's<00:28:56.569><c> the</c><00:28:56.750><c> compassion</c><00:28:57.410><c> that</c><00:28:57.890><c> the</c><00:28:58.069><c> apostle</c><00:28:58.369><c> Paul</c><00:28:58.789><c> had</c>

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for<00:28:59.589><c> those</c><00:28:59.809><c> in</c><00:29:00.109><c> Corinth.</c>

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And<00:29:00.750><c> he</c><00:29:00.950><c> wanted</c><00:29:01.190><c> to</c><00:29:01.410><c> make</c><00:29:01.670><c> perfectly</c><00:29:02.150><c> clear</c><00:29:02.470><c> to</c><00:29:02.630><c> them</c>

00:29:02.950 --> 00:29:06.329
of<00:29:03.470><c> the</c><00:29:03.730><c> real</c><00:29:04.210><c> warning</c><00:29:04.650><c> that</c><00:29:05.049><c> was</c><00:29:05.309><c> going</c><00:29:05.490><c> to</c><00:29:05.710><c> be</c><00:29:06.029><c> needed</c>

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in<00:29:06.549><c> their</c><00:29:06.750><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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That<00:29:07.710><c> there</c><00:29:07.829><c> would</c><00:29:07.970><c> be</c><00:29:08.089><c> these</c><00:29:08.430><c> grievous</c><00:29:08.769><c> wolves</c>

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and<00:29:09.670><c> that</c><00:29:09.730><c> there</c><00:29:09.829><c> would</c><00:29:10.009><c> be</c><00:29:10.210><c> people</c><00:29:10.730><c> who</c><00:29:11.009><c> would</c><00:29:11.190><c> be</c><00:29:11.349><c> within</c><00:29:11.630><c> them</c>

00:29:11.990 --> 00:29:15.529
who<00:29:12.390><c> would</c><00:29:12.690><c> speak</c><00:29:12.950><c> perverse</c><00:29:13.369><c> things</c><00:29:13.789><c> to</c><00:29:14.029><c> draw</c><00:29:14.250><c> away</c><00:29:14.430><c> disciples.</c>

00:29:15.549 --> 00:29:17.910
And<00:29:15.710><c> the</c><00:29:15.869><c> apostle</c><00:29:16.210><c> was</c><00:29:16.529><c> so</c><00:29:16.809><c> concerned</c><00:29:17.230><c> about</c><00:29:17.509><c> this</c>

00:29:17.910 --> 00:29:20.730
that<00:29:18.289><c> he</c><00:29:18.450><c> had</c><00:29:18.769><c> pleaded</c><00:29:19.049><c> and</c><00:29:19.410><c> ceased</c><00:29:19.710><c> not</c><00:29:20.130><c> to</c><00:29:20.349><c> teach</c><00:29:20.549><c> them</c>

00:29:20.730 --> 00:29:24.250
and<00:29:20.910><c> warned</c><00:29:21.130><c> them</c><00:29:21.809><c> night</c><00:29:22.309><c> and</c><00:29:22.529><c> day</c><00:29:22.829><c> with</c><00:29:23.069><c> tears.</c>

00:29:25.789 --> 00:29:30.109
Now<00:29:25.970><c> we</c><00:29:26.150><c> have</c><00:29:26.769><c> a</c><00:29:27.109><c> picture</c><00:29:27.509><c> of</c><00:29:28.130><c> Ephesus</c><00:29:28.609><c> about</c><00:29:29.250><c> 30</c><00:29:29.529><c> years</c><00:29:29.869><c> later.</c>

00:29:30.210 --> 00:29:31.410
A<00:29:30.329><c> little</c><00:29:30.430><c> bit</c><00:29:30.569><c> more</c><00:29:30.690><c> than</c><00:29:30.829><c> 30</c><00:29:30.990><c> years</c><00:29:31.250><c> later</c>

00:29:31.410 --> 00:29:33.309
when<00:29:31.529><c> we</c><00:29:31.670><c> get</c><00:29:31.809><c> to</c><00:29:31.950><c> the</c><00:29:31.990><c> book</c><00:29:32.170><c> of</c><00:29:32.390><c> Revelation.</c>

00:29:33.890 --> 00:29:36.710
And<00:29:34.130><c> when</c><00:29:34.329><c> the</c><00:29:34.509><c> Lord</c><00:29:34.710><c> Jesus</c><00:29:35.250><c> is</c><00:29:35.730><c> giving</c><00:29:35.930><c> his</c><00:29:36.250><c> revelation</c>

00:29:36.710 --> 00:29:39.849
and<00:29:37.130><c> speaking</c><00:29:37.549><c> to</c><00:29:38.349><c> the</c><00:29:38.950><c> seven</c><00:29:39.250><c> churches</c>

00:29:39.849 --> 00:29:42.930
what<00:29:40.529><c> we</c><00:29:40.849><c> read</c><00:29:41.130><c> is</c><00:29:41.390><c> in</c><00:29:41.549><c> Revelation</c><00:29:42.069><c> chapter</c><00:29:42.589><c> two</c>

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verses<00:29:43.190><c> one</c><00:29:43.470><c> through</c><00:29:43.650><c> three.</c>

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We<00:29:44.529><c> read</c><00:29:44.769><c> about</c><00:29:45.049><c> what</c><00:29:45.430><c> happened</c><00:29:45.710><c> in</c><00:29:45.970><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Unto<00:29:47.890><c> the</c><00:29:48.109><c> angel</c><00:29:48.349><c> of</c><00:29:48.529><c> the</c><00:29:48.650><c> church</c><00:29:48.849><c> of</c><00:29:49.049><c> Ephesus</c><00:29:49.690><c> write</c>

00:29:51.210 --> 00:29:54.490
these<00:29:51.769><c> things</c><00:29:52.329><c> saith</c><00:29:52.630><c> he</c><00:29:52.869><c> that</c><00:29:53.150><c> holdeth</c><00:29:53.509><c> the</c><00:29:53.710><c> seven</c><00:29:53.970><c> stars</c>

00:29:54.490 --> 00:29:57.369
in<00:29:55.029><c> his</c><00:29:55.210><c> right</c><00:29:55.470><c> hand</c><00:29:55.950><c> who</c><00:29:56.569><c> walketh</c><00:29:56.990><c> in</c><00:29:57.109><c> the</c><00:29:57.250><c> midst</c>

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of<00:29:57.569><c> the</c><00:29:57.750><c> seven</c><00:29:57.930><c> golden</c><00:29:58.390><c> candlesticks.</c>

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Says<00:30:01.829><c> I</c><00:30:02.250><c> know</c><00:30:02.509><c> thy</c><00:30:02.690><c> works</c><00:30:03.230><c> and</c><00:30:03.910><c> thy</c><00:30:04.049><c> labor</c><00:30:04.529><c> and</c><00:30:05.250><c> thy</c><00:30:05.390><c> patience</c>

00:30:06.009 --> 00:30:09.309
and<00:30:06.670><c> how</c><00:30:06.829><c> thou</c><00:30:07.349><c> canst</c><00:30:07.789><c> not</c><00:30:08.069><c> bear</c><00:30:08.369><c> them</c><00:30:08.569><c> which</c><00:30:08.750><c> are</c><00:30:08.930><c> evil</c>

00:30:09.309 --> 00:30:12.069
and<00:30:09.829><c> thou</c><00:30:09.990><c> hast</c><00:30:10.269><c> tried</c><00:30:10.630><c> them</c><00:30:10.829><c> that</c><00:30:11.109><c> say</c><00:30:11.269><c> they</c><00:30:11.470><c> are</c><00:30:11.650><c> apostles</c>

00:30:12.069 --> 00:30:15.049
and<00:30:12.369><c> are</c><00:30:12.589><c> not</c><00:30:12.910><c> and</c><00:30:13.410><c> has</c><00:30:13.650><c> found</c><00:30:14.089><c> them</c><00:30:14.410><c> liars</c>

00:30:15.049 --> 00:30:17.170
and<00:30:15.329><c> has</c><00:30:15.529><c> borne</c><00:30:16.069><c> and</c><00:30:16.269><c> has</c><00:30:16.549><c> patience</c>

00:30:17.170 --> 00:30:21.329
and<00:30:17.710><c> for</c><00:30:17.910><c> thy</c><00:30:18.190><c> names</c><00:30:18.490><c> sake</c><00:30:18.730><c> has</c><00:30:19.049><c> labored</c><00:30:19.609><c> and</c><00:30:20.089><c> has</c><00:30:20.349><c> not</c><00:30:20.809><c> fainted.</c>

00:30:21.589 --> 00:30:24.849
You<00:30:21.809><c> see</c><00:30:22.049><c> they</c><00:30:22.470><c> did</c><00:30:22.990><c> do</c><00:30:23.309><c> what</c><00:30:23.509><c> the</c><00:30:23.789><c> apostle</c><00:30:24.130><c> Paul</c>

00:30:24.849 --> 00:30:27.529
warned<00:30:25.390><c> them</c><00:30:25.609><c> about</c><00:30:25.990><c> which</c><00:30:26.509><c> was</c><00:30:26.809><c> to</c><00:30:27.190><c> test</c>

00:30:27.529 --> 00:30:30.910
and<00:30:27.769><c> to</c><00:30:28.109><c> try</c><00:30:28.329><c> those</c><00:30:28.829><c> who</c><00:30:29.349><c> were</c><00:30:29.650><c> saying</c><00:30:29.950><c> wrong</c><00:30:30.450><c> things</c>

00:30:30.910 --> 00:30:32.990
who<00:30:31.250><c> were</c><00:30:31.490><c> saying</c><00:30:31.650><c> they</c><00:30:31.789><c> were</c><00:30:32.009><c> apostles</c><00:30:32.390><c> and</c><00:30:32.589><c> were</c><00:30:32.750><c> not.</c>

00:30:33.269 --> 00:30:36.190
And<00:30:33.529><c> they</c><00:30:33.769><c> got</c><00:30:34.069><c> that</c><00:30:34.390><c> part</c><00:30:34.650><c> of</c><00:30:34.750><c> it</c><00:30:34.930><c> right</c><00:30:35.150><c> brothers</c><00:30:35.450><c> and</c><00:30:35.730><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:36.690 --> 00:30:38.910
They<00:30:37.009><c> heard</c><00:30:37.309><c> that</c><00:30:37.549><c> part</c><00:30:37.750><c> of</c><00:30:37.890><c> the</c><00:30:38.069><c> message.</c>

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But<00:30:39.809><c> further</c><00:30:40.049><c> it</c><00:30:40.269><c> goes</c><00:30:40.450><c> on</c><00:30:40.710><c> in</c><00:30:40.829><c> verses</c><00:30:41.029><c> four</c><00:30:41.329><c> through</c><00:30:41.569><c> six.</c>

00:30:42.130 --> 00:30:45.650
Jesus<00:30:43.089><c> says</c><00:30:43.309><c> nevertheless</c><00:30:43.890><c> I</c><00:30:44.170><c> have</c><00:30:44.509><c> somewhat</c><00:30:44.789><c> against</c><00:30:45.190><c> thee</c>

00:30:45.650 --> 00:30:49.029
because<00:30:46.490><c> thou</c><00:30:46.690><c> hast</c><00:30:46.869><c> left</c><00:30:47.450><c> thy</c><00:30:47.829><c> first</c><00:30:48.190><c> love.</c>

00:30:49.609 --> 00:30:53.069
Remember<00:30:49.930><c> therefore</c><00:30:50.730><c> from</c><00:30:52.069><c> whence</c><00:30:52.369><c> thou</c><00:30:52.470><c> art</c><00:30:52.730><c> fallen</c>

00:30:53.069 --> 00:30:56.309
and<00:30:53.730><c> repent</c><00:30:54.269><c> and</c><00:30:54.869><c> do</c><00:30:55.089><c> the</c><00:30:55.490><c> first</c><00:30:55.829><c> works</c>

00:30:56.309 --> 00:30:58.509
or<00:30:56.910><c> else</c><00:30:57.089><c> I</c><00:30:57.210><c> will</c><00:30:57.430><c> come</c><00:30:57.650><c> unto</c><00:30:57.869><c> thee</c><00:30:58.029><c> quickly</c>

00:30:58.509 --> 00:31:01.950
and<00:30:58.910><c> I</c><00:30:59.009><c> will</c><00:30:59.170><c> remove</c><00:30:59.509><c> thy</c><00:30:59.789><c> candlestick</c><00:31:00.529><c> out</c><00:31:00.769><c> of</c><00:31:00.890><c> his</c><00:31:01.109><c> place</c>

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except<00:31:02.730><c> thou</c><00:31:02.930><c> repent.</c>

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But<00:31:04.509><c> this</c><00:31:05.289><c> thou</c><00:31:05.769><c> hast</c><00:31:06.250><c> that</c><00:31:06.970><c> thou</c><00:31:07.250><c> hatest</c><00:31:07.529><c> the</c><00:31:07.730><c> deeds</c>

00:31:07.890 --> 00:31:11.029
of<00:31:08.049><c> the</c><00:31:08.210><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:31:09.009><c> which</c><00:31:09.650><c> I</c><00:31:09.890><c> also</c><00:31:10.170><c> hate.</c>

00:31:11.150 --> 00:31:13.069
So<00:31:11.710><c> what</c><00:31:12.069><c> was</c><00:31:12.329><c> it</c><00:31:12.450><c> that</c><00:31:12.529><c> they</c><00:31:12.670><c> had</c><00:31:12.890><c> done?</c>

00:31:13.369 --> 00:31:16.430
They<00:31:13.690><c> had</c><00:31:13.950><c> done</c><00:31:14.109><c> a</c><00:31:14.309><c> very</c><00:31:14.650><c> good</c><00:31:14.829><c> job</c><00:31:15.089><c> of</c><00:31:15.369><c> testing</c><00:31:15.750><c> and</c><00:31:16.150><c> trying</c>

00:31:16.430 --> 00:31:19.309
and<00:31:16.990><c> making</c><00:31:17.289><c> sure</c><00:31:17.690><c> that</c><00:31:17.869><c> the</c><00:31:18.150><c> purity</c><00:31:18.470><c> of</c><00:31:18.730><c> the</c><00:31:19.009><c> truth</c>

00:31:19.309 --> 00:31:23.289
was<00:31:19.750><c> not</c><00:31:20.210><c> in</c><00:31:20.690><c> any</c><00:31:20.950><c> way</c><00:31:21.549><c> to</c><00:31:22.049><c> be</c><00:31:22.349><c> lost.</c>

00:31:23.549 --> 00:31:27.250
But<00:31:23.730><c> what</c><00:31:23.930><c> they</c><00:31:24.130><c> had</c><00:31:24.349><c> done</c><00:31:24.769><c> is</c><00:31:25.589><c> that</c><00:31:25.750><c> they</c><00:31:25.970><c> had</c><00:31:26.589><c> left</c><00:31:26.970><c> their</c>

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first<00:31:27.630><c> love.</c>

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Now<00:31:28.089><c> what</c><00:31:28.190><c> is</c><00:31:28.390><c> that</c><00:31:28.569><c> first</c><00:31:28.869><c> love?</c>

00:31:30.390 --> 00:31:33.470
Matthew<00:31:30.670><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.069><c> 22</c><00:31:31.730><c> when</c><00:31:32.609><c> Jesus</c><00:31:32.990><c> was</c><00:31:33.250><c> asked</c>

00:31:33.470 --> 00:31:35.750
which<00:31:33.650><c> is</c><00:31:33.829><c> the</c><00:31:34.009><c> greatest</c><00:31:34.230><c> commandment</c><00:31:34.650><c> he</c><00:31:34.789><c> says</c><00:31:35.109><c> they</c><00:31:35.609><c> said</c>

00:31:35.750 --> 00:31:38.069
master<00:31:36.269><c> which</c><00:31:36.650><c> is</c><00:31:36.809><c> the</c><00:31:36.970><c> great</c><00:31:37.130><c> commandment</c><00:31:37.569><c> in</c><00:31:37.690><c> the</c><00:31:37.829><c> law?</c>

00:31:38.069 --> 00:31:41.450
Jesus<00:31:38.410><c> said</c><00:31:38.630><c> unto</c><00:31:38.890><c> them</c><00:31:39.529><c> thou</c><00:31:40.089><c> shall</c><00:31:40.369><c> love</c><00:31:40.690><c> the</c><00:31:40.849><c> Lord</c><00:31:41.069><c> thy</c><00:31:41.289><c> God</c>

00:31:41.450 --> 00:31:44.210
with<00:31:41.809><c> all</c><00:31:42.049><c> thy</c><00:31:42.269><c> heart</c><00:31:42.630><c> and</c><00:31:43.049><c> with</c><00:31:43.329><c> all</c><00:31:43.589><c> thy</c><00:31:43.849><c> soul</c>

00:31:44.210 --> 00:31:45.829
and<00:31:44.549><c> with</c><00:31:44.910><c> all</c><00:31:45.190><c> thy</c><00:31:45.390><c> mind.</c>

00:31:46.170 --> 00:31:48.309
This<00:31:46.329><c> is</c><00:31:46.529><c> the</c><00:31:46.829><c> first</c><00:31:47.230><c> and</c><00:31:47.490><c> great</c><00:31:47.730><c> commandment</c>

00:31:48.309 --> 00:31:50.289
and<00:31:48.690><c> the</c><00:31:48.970><c> second</c><00:31:49.190><c> is</c><00:31:49.430><c> like</c><00:31:49.609><c> unto</c><00:31:49.890><c> it.</c>

00:31:50.309 --> 00:31:52.309
Thou<00:31:50.509><c> shall</c><00:31:50.690><c> love</c><00:31:50.930><c> thy</c><00:31:51.089><c> neighbor</c><00:31:51.369><c> as</c><00:31:51.549><c> thyself.</c>

00:31:52.490 --> 00:31:57.150
On<00:31:52.730><c> these</c><00:31:53.009><c> two</c><00:31:53.309><c> commandments</c><00:31:53.910><c> hang</c><00:31:54.470><c> all</c><00:31:54.970><c> the</c><00:31:55.210><c> law</c><00:31:55.509><c> and</c><00:31:56.029><c> the</c><00:31:56.269><c> prophets.</c>

00:31:57.190 --> 00:31:58.650
So<00:31:57.410><c> what</c><00:31:57.569><c> was</c><00:31:57.750><c> the</c><00:31:57.930><c> first</c><00:31:58.130><c> commandment?</c>

00:31:58.910 --> 00:32:02.470
It<00:31:59.009><c> was</c><00:31:59.210><c> to</c><00:31:59.509><c> love</c><00:31:59.710><c> the</c><00:31:59.990><c> Lord</c><00:32:00.230><c> thy</c><00:32:00.509><c> God</c><00:32:00.710><c> with</c><00:32:01.069><c> all</c><00:32:01.369><c> thy</c><00:32:01.589><c> heart,</c>

00:32:02.490 --> 00:32:04.630
thy<00:32:02.670><c> mind,</c><00:32:03.390><c> thy</c><00:32:03.670><c> soul.</c>

00:32:05.009 --> 00:32:10.509
We<00:32:05.650><c> see</c><00:32:05.990><c> this</c><00:32:06.170><c> also</c><00:32:06.589><c> when</c><00:32:07.049><c> the</c><00:32:07.230><c> Lord</c><00:32:08.250><c> God</c><00:32:08.609><c> was</c><00:32:08.950><c> speaking</c><00:32:09.369><c> about</c><00:32:09.910><c> Israel.</c>

00:32:10.890 --> 00:32:14.109
That<00:32:11.130><c> Israel</c><00:32:11.690><c> had</c><00:32:12.150><c> been</c><00:32:12.549><c> at</c><00:32:12.789><c> one</c><00:32:13.150><c> point</c><00:32:13.390><c> to</c><00:32:13.630><c> them</c>

00:32:14.109 --> 00:32:16.630
had<00:32:14.549><c> been</c><00:32:15.049><c> filled</c><00:32:15.410><c> with</c><00:32:15.710><c> love.</c>

00:32:16.930 --> 00:32:19.049
They<00:32:17.529><c> had</c><00:32:17.849><c> been</c><00:32:18.170><c> filled</c><00:32:18.490><c> with</c><00:32:18.730><c> love</c>

00:32:19.049 --> 00:32:23.809
but<00:32:19.230><c> what</c><00:32:19.410><c> had</c><00:32:19.650><c> happened</c><00:32:19.910><c> over</c><00:32:20.230><c> time</c><00:32:20.769><c> of</c><00:32:21.170><c> course</c><00:32:21.410><c> is</c><00:32:21.750><c> that</c><00:32:21.990><c> that</c><00:32:22.109><c> love</c><00:32:23.009><c> was</c><00:32:23.329><c> lost.</c>

00:32:24.210 --> 00:32:26.289
In<00:32:24.349><c> Jeremiah</c><00:32:24.690><c> two</c><00:32:24.970><c> verses</c><00:32:25.250><c> two</c><00:32:25.589><c> through</c><00:32:25.789><c> three.</c>

00:32:26.549 --> 00:32:28.549
Moreover<00:32:26.869><c> the</c><00:32:27.049><c> word</c><00:32:27.210><c> of</c><00:32:27.329><c> the</c><00:32:27.450><c> Lord</c><00:32:27.569><c> came</c><00:32:27.849><c> unto</c><00:32:28.049><c> me</c><00:32:28.269><c> saying</c>

00:32:28.549 --> 00:32:31.170
go<00:32:29.069><c> and</c><00:32:29.390><c> cry</c><00:32:29.569><c> in</c><00:32:29.710><c> the</c><00:32:29.789><c> ears</c><00:32:30.029><c> of</c><00:32:30.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:32:30.670><c> saying</c>

00:32:31.170 --> 00:32:33.430
Thus<00:32:31.650><c> saith</c><00:32:31.930><c> the</c><00:32:32.150><c> Lord</c><00:32:32.269><c> I</c><00:32:32.609><c> remember</c><00:32:33.089><c> thee</c>

00:32:33.430 --> 00:32:34.869
the<00:32:33.890><c> kindness</c><00:32:34.210><c> of</c><00:32:34.430><c> thy</c><00:32:34.589><c> youth</c>

00:32:34.869 --> 00:32:36.890
the<00:32:35.309><c> love</c><00:32:35.549><c> of</c><00:32:35.750><c> thine</c><00:32:35.950><c> espousals</c>

00:32:36.890 --> 00:32:39.009
when<00:32:37.210><c> thou</c><00:32:37.390><c> wentest</c><00:32:37.829><c> after</c><00:32:38.210><c> me</c><00:32:38.349><c> in</c><00:32:38.450><c> the</c><00:32:38.609><c> wilderness</c>

00:32:39.009 --> 00:32:41.470
in<00:32:39.589><c> a</c><00:32:39.829><c> land</c><00:32:40.009><c> that</c><00:32:40.170><c> was</c><00:32:40.329><c> not</c><00:32:40.690><c> sown.</c>

00:32:41.910 --> 00:32:44.069
Israel<00:32:42.069><c> was</c><00:32:42.609><c> holiness</c><00:32:43.150><c> unto</c><00:32:43.630><c> the</c><00:32:43.869><c> Lord</c>

00:32:44.069 --> 00:32:45.730
and<00:32:44.250><c> the</c><00:32:44.490><c> first</c><00:32:44.690><c> fruits</c><00:32:44.890><c> of</c><00:32:45.049><c> his</c><00:32:45.210><c> increase</c>

00:32:45.730 --> 00:32:47.750
all<00:32:46.329><c> that</c><00:32:46.549><c> devour</c><00:32:46.809><c> him</c><00:32:46.990><c> shall</c><00:32:47.170><c> offend</c>

00:32:47.750 --> 00:32:50.569
evil<00:32:48.609><c> shall</c><00:32:48.950><c> come</c><00:32:49.170><c> upon</c><00:32:49.450><c> them</c><00:32:49.710><c> saith</c><00:32:49.910><c> the</c><00:32:50.150><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:51.069 --> 00:32:53.089
So<00:32:51.289><c> the</c><00:32:51.630><c> kindness</c><00:32:52.049><c> of</c><00:32:52.569><c> thy</c><00:32:52.769><c> youth</c>

00:32:53.089 --> 00:32:55.289
the<00:32:53.549><c> love</c><00:32:53.869><c> of</c><00:32:54.109><c> thine</c><00:32:54.329><c> espousals</c>

00:32:55.289 --> 00:32:58.990
that<00:32:55.750><c> what</c><00:32:56.049><c> Israel</c><00:32:56.410><c> began</c><00:32:56.890><c> with</c><00:32:57.150><c> was</c><00:32:57.349><c> a</c><00:32:57.650><c> love</c><00:32:57.789><c> for</c><00:32:58.089><c> God</c>

00:32:59.130 --> 00:33:01.789
and<00:32:59.450><c> unfortunately</c><00:33:00.109><c> that</c><00:33:00.589><c> had</c><00:33:00.769><c> been</c><00:33:00.990><c> lost.</c>

00:33:03.589 --> 00:33:05.710
It's<00:33:04.190><c> interesting</c><00:33:04.490><c> when</c><00:33:04.670><c> we</c><00:33:04.769><c> look</c><00:33:04.930><c> at</c><00:33:05.049><c> the</c><00:33:05.190><c> Ecclesial</c><00:33:05.529><c> Guide</c>

00:33:05.710 --> 00:33:07.490
when<00:33:05.869><c> Brother</c><00:33:06.130><c> Roberts</c><00:33:06.470><c> writes</c><00:33:06.890><c> about</c>

00:33:07.490 --> 00:33:10.650
the<00:33:07.849><c> need</c><00:33:08.069><c> for</c><00:33:08.329><c> us</c><00:33:08.490><c> to</c><00:33:08.789><c> resolve</c><00:33:09.190><c> difficulties</c><00:33:09.930><c> in</c><00:33:10.150><c> the</c><00:33:10.309><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:33:11.069 --> 00:33:14.809
The<00:33:11.250><c> big</c><00:33:11.529><c> concern</c><00:33:12.190><c> is</c><00:33:12.809><c> not</c><00:33:13.170><c> necessarily</c><00:33:13.750><c> just</c><00:33:14.289><c> the</c><00:33:14.509><c> resolving</c>

00:33:14.809 --> 00:33:15.650
of<00:33:15.009><c> the</c><00:33:15.190><c> conflict</c>

00:33:15.650 --> 00:33:20.349
but<00:33:16.470><c> the</c><00:33:16.930><c> condition</c><00:33:17.430><c> of</c><00:33:17.609><c> the</c><00:33:17.789><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:18.309><c> that</c><00:33:19.230><c> continues.</c>

00:33:20.670 --> 00:33:24.289
He<00:33:20.930><c> said</c><00:33:21.250><c> regarding</c><00:33:21.789><c> conflict</c><00:33:22.250><c> no</c><00:33:22.670><c> time</c><00:33:23.390><c> ought</c><00:33:23.690><c> to</c><00:33:23.869><c> be</c><00:33:24.089><c> lost</c>

00:33:24.289 --> 00:33:26.430
in<00:33:24.490><c> dealing</c><00:33:24.690><c> with</c><00:33:24.990><c> either</c><00:33:25.369><c> one</c><00:33:25.710><c> or</c><00:33:25.990><c> the</c><00:33:26.190><c> other.</c>

00:33:26.430 --> 00:33:29.470
That<00:33:26.730><c> would</c><00:33:26.910><c> be</c><00:33:27.109><c> individual</c><00:33:27.470><c> offenses</c><00:33:27.829><c> or</c><00:33:28.089><c> Ecclesial</c><00:33:28.430><c> offenses.</c>

00:33:29.750 --> 00:33:34.589
The<00:33:29.970><c> longer</c><00:33:30.309><c> time</c><00:33:31.049><c> that</c><00:33:31.750><c> elapses</c><00:33:33.089><c> in</c><00:33:33.349><c> the</c><00:33:33.509><c> application</c><00:33:33.930><c> of</c><00:33:34.150><c> a</c><00:33:34.250><c> remedy</c>

00:33:34.589 --> 00:33:38.390
the<00:33:35.009><c> more</c><00:33:35.349><c> difficult</c><00:33:35.809><c> does</c><00:33:36.069><c> the</c><00:33:36.289><c> application</c><00:33:36.750><c> of</c><00:33:36.950><c> the</c><00:33:37.089><c> remedy</c><00:33:37.289><c> become.</c>

00:33:39.769 --> 00:33:43.549
Individual<00:33:40.529><c> misunderstandings</c><00:33:41.289><c> spread</c><00:33:41.869><c> coldness</c><00:33:43.069><c> beyond</c>

00:33:43.549 --> 00:33:45.130
persons<00:33:44.009><c> affected.</c>

00:33:45.509 --> 00:33:48.329
The<00:33:45.789><c> Ecclesial</c><00:33:46.190><c> differences</c><00:33:46.650><c> are</c><00:33:47.009><c> liable</c><00:33:47.329><c> to</c><00:33:47.710><c> settle</c><00:33:47.970><c> into</c>

00:33:48.329 --> 00:33:49.710
chronic<00:33:48.769><c> alienations</c>

00:33:49.710 --> 00:33:52.410
which<00:33:50.309><c> blight</c><00:33:50.769><c> every</c><00:33:51.150><c> good</c><00:33:51.490><c> work.</c>

00:33:53.849 --> 00:33:58.930
We<00:33:54.450><c> need</c><00:33:54.990><c> in</c><00:33:55.509><c> our</c><00:33:55.789><c> Ecclesias</c><00:33:56.369><c> to</c><00:33:56.849><c> be</c><00:33:57.190><c> more</c><00:33:57.549><c> rapid</c><00:33:57.910><c> in</c><00:33:58.109><c> being</c><00:33:58.329><c> able</c><00:33:58.569><c> to</c>

00:33:58.930 --> 00:34:00.089
work<00:33:59.390><c> together</c>

00:34:00.089 --> 00:34:04.210
to<00:34:00.769><c> resolve</c><00:34:01.309><c> misunderstandings</c><00:34:02.549><c> and</c><00:34:03.109><c> to</c><00:34:03.329><c> be</c><00:34:03.529><c> able</c><00:34:03.710><c> to</c><00:34:04.029><c> deal</c>

00:34:04.210 --> 00:34:05.549
with<00:34:04.410><c> one</c><00:34:04.609><c> another.</c>

00:34:06.470 --> 00:34:09.210
So<00:34:06.589><c> what</c><00:34:06.750><c> are</c><00:34:06.869><c> some</c><00:34:07.150><c> lessons</c><00:34:07.609><c> from</c><00:34:08.030><c> those</c><00:34:08.269><c> in</c><00:34:08.510><c> Ephesus?</c>

00:34:09.650 --> 00:34:13.110
First<00:34:09.949><c> of</c><00:34:10.150><c> all,</c><00:34:10.409><c> faced</c><00:34:10.630><c> with</c><00:34:10.829><c> a</c><00:34:11.050><c> challenge</c><00:34:11.510><c> from</c><00:34:12.010><c> the</c><00:34:12.250><c> Apostle</c><00:34:12.690><c> Paul</c>

00:34:13.110 --> 00:34:15.690
some<00:34:13.829><c> 30</c><00:34:14.329><c> or</c><00:34:14.550><c> more</c><00:34:14.769><c> years</c><00:34:15.130><c> before</c>

00:34:15.690 --> 00:34:18.429
the<00:34:16.469><c> elders</c><00:34:16.869><c> had</c><00:34:17.170><c> tried</c><00:34:17.469><c> false</c><00:34:17.909><c> prophets</c>

00:34:18.429 --> 00:34:21.889
and<00:34:18.989><c> they</c><00:34:19.170><c> had</c><00:34:19.369><c> done</c><00:34:19.570><c> a</c><00:34:19.809><c> good</c><00:34:20.010><c> job</c><00:34:20.309><c> of</c><00:34:20.610><c> keeping</c><00:34:20.849><c> the</c><00:34:21.250><c> purity</c><00:34:21.510><c> of</c><00:34:21.789><c> doctrine</c>

00:34:21.889 --> 00:34:22.869
in<00:34:22.170><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:34:23.329 --> 00:34:26.070
They<00:34:23.510><c> had</c><00:34:23.869><c> now</c><00:34:24.309><c> fought</c><00:34:24.570><c> against</c><00:34:24.909><c> the</c><00:34:25.210><c> Necolaetans</c>

00:34:26.070 --> 00:34:29.829
and<00:34:26.869><c> again</c><00:34:27.469><c> they</c><00:34:27.710><c> were</c><00:34:27.929><c> being</c><00:34:28.170><c> successful</c><00:34:28.730><c> there.</c>

00:34:31.530 --> 00:34:34.050
But<00:34:31.750><c> in</c><00:34:31.969><c> the</c><00:34:32.130><c> process</c><00:34:32.469><c> of</c><00:34:32.690><c> this</c><00:34:32.869><c> they</c><00:34:33.090><c> may</c><00:34:33.329><c> have</c><00:34:33.530><c> lost</c><00:34:33.769><c> their</c>

00:34:34.050 --> 00:34:34.849
love<00:34:34.250><c> of</c><00:34:34.469><c> God</c>

00:34:34.849 --> 00:34:36.630
and<00:34:35.449><c> for</c><00:34:35.650><c> the</c><00:34:35.869><c> brethren.</c>

00:34:37.530 --> 00:34:39.929
That<00:34:37.929><c> can</c><00:34:38.170><c> happen</c><00:34:38.510><c> in</c><00:34:38.710><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:34:39.429><c> can't</c><00:34:39.489><c> it?</c>

00:34:40.230 --> 00:34:44.070
That<00:34:40.449><c> we</c><00:34:40.610><c> can</c><00:34:40.769><c> be</c><00:34:41.030><c> so</c><00:34:41.349><c> much</c><00:34:41.590><c> involved</c><00:34:42.110><c> in</c><00:34:42.650><c> finding</c><00:34:43.250><c> absolute</c>

00:34:44.070 --> 00:34:44.969
purity<00:34:44.389><c> of</c><00:34:44.630><c> doctrine</c>

00:34:44.969 --> 00:34:47.730
that<00:34:45.369><c> at</c><00:34:45.650><c> times</c><00:34:45.949><c> we</c><00:34:46.130><c> can</c><00:34:46.369><c> forget</c><00:34:46.670><c> the</c><00:34:46.869><c> way</c><00:34:47.050><c> we're</c><00:34:47.369><c> interacting</c>

00:34:47.730 --> 00:34:48.449
with<00:34:47.969><c> one</c><00:34:48.130><c> another</c>

00:34:48.449 --> 00:34:51.489
and<00:34:49.010><c> the</c><00:34:49.230><c> love</c><00:34:49.510><c> of</c><00:34:49.829><c> God</c><00:34:50.210><c> and</c><00:34:50.590><c> the</c><00:34:50.730><c> love</c><00:34:50.849><c> of</c><00:34:51.010><c> the</c><00:34:51.190><c> brethren.</c>

00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:55.650
And<00:34:52.230><c> it's</c><00:34:53.289><c> a</c><00:34:53.429><c> strong</c><00:34:53.710><c> warning</c><00:34:54.050><c> for</c><00:34:54.309><c> the</c><00:34:54.510><c> elders</c><00:34:54.670><c> of</c><00:34:54.869><c> the</c><00:34:55.070><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:34:55.650 --> 00:34:59.369
to<00:34:56.070><c> ensure</c><00:34:56.570><c> that</c><00:34:56.750><c> in</c><00:34:56.909><c> the</c><00:34:57.269><c> dispatching</c><00:34:57.670><c> of</c><00:34:57.929><c> Ecclesial</c><00:34:58.449><c> responsibilities</c>

00:34:59.369 --> 00:35:02.909
and<00:35:00.110><c> in</c><00:35:00.369><c> business</c><00:35:00.949><c> of</c><00:35:01.969><c> the</c><00:35:02.150><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:35:02.909 --> 00:35:07.250
that<00:35:03.369><c> love</c><00:35:03.869><c> both</c><00:35:04.449><c> of</c><00:35:04.690><c> God</c><00:35:04.809><c> and</c><00:35:04.929><c> of</c><00:35:05.070><c> our</c><00:35:05.250><c> brother</c><00:35:05.590><c> is</c><00:35:06.050><c> not</c><00:35:06.250><c> lost.</c>

00:35:08.210 --> 00:35:11.809
I<00:35:08.289><c> remember</c><00:35:08.809><c> when</c><00:35:09.510><c> I</c><00:35:09.809><c> first</c><00:35:10.030><c> became</c><00:35:10.710><c> the</c><00:35:11.210><c> recording</c><00:35:11.550><c> brother</c>

00:35:11.809 --> 00:35:13.630
for<00:35:12.090><c> a</c><00:35:12.250><c> period</c><00:35:12.369><c> of</c><00:35:12.590><c> time</c><00:35:12.849><c> in</c><00:35:13.110><c> Pomona</c>

00:35:13.630 --> 00:35:17.289
that<00:35:14.489><c> we</c><00:35:14.710><c> had</c><00:35:15.010><c> a</c><00:35:15.250><c> situation</c><00:35:15.750><c> where</c><00:35:16.030><c> we</c><00:35:16.150><c> were</c><00:35:16.570><c> unfortunately</c>

00:35:17.289 --> 00:35:21.230
after<00:35:17.769><c> much</c><00:35:18.170><c> work</c><00:35:18.929><c> trying</c><00:35:19.489><c> to</c><00:35:19.789><c> contact</c><00:35:20.130><c> a</c><00:35:20.329><c> person</c>

00:35:21.329 --> 00:35:25.269
I<00:35:21.590><c> had</c><00:35:21.789><c> the</c><00:35:22.269><c> responsibility</c><00:35:23.190><c> of</c><00:35:23.429><c> writing</c><00:35:23.949><c> a</c><00:35:24.269><c> letter</c><00:35:24.469><c> to</c><00:35:24.670><c> that</c><00:35:24.849><c> person</c>

00:35:25.269 --> 00:35:28.030
to<00:35:25.730><c> let</c><00:35:25.929><c> them</c><00:35:26.110><c> know</c><00:35:26.750><c> after</c><00:35:27.289><c> several</c><00:35:27.690><c> letters</c>

00:35:28.030 --> 00:35:30.670
that<00:35:28.250><c> we</c><00:35:28.469><c> were</c><00:35:28.889><c> going</c><00:35:29.329><c> to</c><00:35:29.530><c> have</c><00:35:29.690><c> to</c><00:35:29.869><c> remove</c><00:35:30.130><c> fellowship</c><00:35:30.510><c> from</c>

00:35:30.670 --> 00:35:31.889
that<00:35:30.909><c> person.</c>

00:35:32.110 --> 00:35:34.750
And<00:35:32.530><c> not</c><00:35:32.829><c> thinking</c><00:35:33.210><c> more</c><00:35:33.630><c> clearly</c><00:35:34.010><c> about</c><00:35:34.349><c> this</c>

00:35:34.750 --> 00:35:37.829
I<00:35:35.170><c> wrote</c><00:35:35.449><c> the</c><00:35:35.690><c> letter,</c><00:35:36.610><c> I</c><00:35:36.789><c> put</c><00:35:36.889><c> a</c><00:35:37.190><c> stamp</c><00:35:37.349><c> on</c><00:35:37.570><c> it</c>

00:35:38.170 --> 00:35:40.070
put<00:35:38.570><c> it</c><00:35:38.750><c> into</c><00:35:38.949><c> the</c><00:35:39.210><c> mailbox</c>

00:35:40.190 --> 00:35:42.730
and<00:35:40.710><c> when</c><00:35:40.889><c> that</c><00:35:41.230><c> sister</c><00:35:41.550><c> opened</c><00:35:41.969><c> up</c><00:35:42.190><c> that</c><00:35:42.469><c> letter</c>

00:35:42.730 --> 00:35:45.130
what<00:35:43.110><c> she</c><00:35:43.389><c> found</c><00:35:43.670><c> was</c><00:35:43.869><c> a</c><00:35:44.030><c> very</c><00:35:44.389><c> cold</c><00:35:44.730><c> letter</c>

00:35:45.130 --> 00:35:47.130
I<00:35:45.449><c> mean</c><00:35:45.530><c> I</c><00:35:45.869><c> try</c><00:35:46.110><c> to</c><00:35:46.269><c> write</c><00:35:46.329><c> as</c><00:35:46.510><c> best</c><00:35:46.690><c> I</c><00:35:46.909><c> could</c>

00:35:47.130 --> 00:35:49.269
but<00:35:47.510><c> it</c><00:35:47.630><c> was</c><00:35:47.750><c> a</c><00:35:47.929><c> letter</c><00:35:48.070><c> that</c><00:35:48.329><c> came</c><00:35:48.510><c> through</c><00:35:48.690><c> the</c><00:35:48.889><c> mail</c><00:35:49.030><c> that</c>

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told<00:35:49.530><c> her</c>

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that<00:35:50.469><c> her</c><00:35:50.789><c> fellowship</c><00:35:51.210><c> was</c><00:35:51.409><c> being</c><00:35:51.690><c> removed</c><00:35:52.110><c> by</c><00:35:52.309><c> the</c><00:35:52.429><c> Pomona</c><00:35:52.710><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:35:54.269 --> 00:35:57.750
And<00:35:54.530><c> I</c><00:35:54.710><c> remember</c><00:35:55.309><c> not</c><00:35:56.349><c> feeling</c><00:35:56.590><c> right</c><00:35:56.829><c> when</c><00:35:56.969><c> I</c><00:35:57.150><c> did</c><00:35:57.289><c> that</c>

00:35:57.750 --> 00:36:00.429
and<00:35:58.170><c> a</c><00:35:58.429><c> senior</c><00:35:58.670><c> brother</c><00:35:58.889><c> in</c><00:35:59.030><c> our</c><00:35:59.170><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:59.570><c> said</c>

00:36:00.570 --> 00:36:03.909
brother<00:36:00.969><c> David</c><00:36:01.269><c> if</c><00:36:01.469><c> you</c><00:36:01.730><c> ever</c><00:36:02.070><c> do</c><00:36:02.289><c> that</c><00:36:02.489><c> have</c><00:36:02.690><c> to</c><00:36:02.829><c> do</c><00:36:02.949><c> that</c><00:36:03.150><c> again</c>

00:36:04.130 --> 00:36:06.190
make<00:36:04.650><c> sure</c><00:36:04.889><c> that</c><00:36:05.130><c> you</c><00:36:05.469><c> take</c><00:36:05.809><c> the</c><00:36:06.010><c> letter</c>

00:36:06.190 --> 00:36:08.789
and<00:36:06.610><c> personally</c><00:36:07.010><c> deliver</c><00:36:07.369><c> to</c><00:36:07.510><c> that</c><00:36:07.710><c> person.</c>

00:36:08.929 --> 00:36:12.010
Make<00:36:09.269><c> sure</c><00:36:09.469><c> that</c><00:36:09.630><c> you're</c><00:36:09.789><c> there</c><00:36:10.010><c> to</c><00:36:10.190><c> be</c><00:36:10.289><c> able</c><00:36:10.449><c> to</c><00:36:10.710><c> clarify</c><00:36:11.150><c> to</c><00:36:11.570><c> them</c>

00:36:12.010 --> 00:36:14.849
very<00:36:12.590><c> clearly</c><00:36:13.090><c> how</c><00:36:13.690><c> the</c><00:36:13.929><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:14.289><c> feels</c><00:36:14.570><c> about</c><00:36:14.769><c> them</c>

00:36:14.849 --> 00:36:17.710
that<00:36:14.929><c> they</c><00:36:15.150><c> still</c><00:36:15.650><c> we</c><00:36:15.929><c> still</c><00:36:16.329><c> love</c><00:36:16.590><c> you</c><00:36:17.030><c> very</c><00:36:17.489><c> much</c>

00:36:17.710 --> 00:36:19.670
and<00:36:17.869><c> we</c><00:36:18.110><c> want</c><00:36:18.289><c> you</c><00:36:18.429><c> to</c><00:36:18.570><c> come</c><00:36:18.769><c> back.</c>

00:36:20.010 --> 00:36:22.250
And<00:36:20.610><c> it</c><00:36:20.710><c> was</c><00:36:20.929><c> a</c><00:36:21.030><c> lesson</c><00:36:21.329><c> for</c><00:36:21.630><c> me</c>

00:36:22.250 --> 00:36:24.750
about<00:36:22.670><c> not</c><00:36:22.989><c> just</c><00:36:23.250><c> doing</c><00:36:23.530><c> things</c><00:36:23.829><c> in</c><00:36:23.969><c> a</c><00:36:24.130><c> business</c><00:36:24.429><c> sense</c>

00:36:24.750 --> 00:36:26.510
sending<00:36:25.170><c> a</c><00:36:25.409><c> letter</c><00:36:25.550><c> out</c><00:36:25.789><c> like</c><00:36:26.090><c> that</c>

00:36:26.510 --> 00:36:28.650
but<00:36:26.989><c> rather</c><00:36:27.269><c> being</c><00:36:27.489><c> able</c><00:36:27.730><c> to</c><00:36:28.010><c> recognize</c><00:36:28.469><c> that</c>

00:36:28.650 --> 00:36:31.849
whatever<00:36:29.070><c> we</c><00:36:29.369><c> do</c><00:36:29.789><c> needs</c><00:36:30.349><c> to</c><00:36:30.530><c> be</c><00:36:30.650><c> done</c><00:36:30.769><c> in</c><00:36:31.050><c> love.</c>

00:36:32.309 --> 00:36:33.909
Therefore<00:36:32.690><c> what</c><00:36:32.949><c> we</c><00:36:33.190><c> must</c><00:36:33.429><c> do</c>

00:36:33.909 --> 00:36:37.210
is<00:36:34.650><c> we</c><00:36:34.969><c> need</c><00:36:35.269><c> to</c><00:36:35.650><c> find</c><00:36:35.809><c> a</c><00:36:35.929><c> way</c><00:36:36.010><c> to</c><00:36:36.409><c> correct</c><00:36:36.590><c> doctrine</c>

00:36:37.210 --> 00:36:40.929
not<00:36:37.789><c> with</c><00:36:38.030><c> a</c><00:36:38.230><c> hammer</c><00:36:38.530><c> but</c><00:36:39.630><c> with</c><00:36:39.869><c> love.</c>

00:36:41.769 --> 00:36:45.570
To<00:36:42.030><c> rebuke</c><00:36:42.769><c> inappropriate</c><00:36:43.489><c> behavior</c><00:36:44.050><c> between</c><00:36:44.449><c> ourselves</c>

00:36:45.750 --> 00:36:49.429
and<00:36:46.050><c> to</c><00:36:46.289><c> do</c><00:36:46.469><c> that</c><00:36:46.989><c> also</c><00:36:47.829><c> in</c><00:36:48.489><c> love.</c>

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:52.900
To<00:36:49.809><c> teach</c><00:36:50.289><c> and</c><00:36:51.190><c> to</c><00:36:51.429><c> edify</c><00:36:51.849><c> in</c><00:36:52.070><c> love</c>

00:36:53.369 --> 00:36:57.219
and<00:36:54.030><c> this</c><00:36:54.170><c> is</c><00:36:54.349><c> a</c><00:36:54.469><c> hard</c><00:36:54.650><c> one</c><00:36:54.989><c> to</c><00:36:55.610><c> discipline</c><00:36:56.110><c> with</c><00:36:56.389><c> love</c>

00:36:57.789 --> 00:37:01.969
and<00:36:58.449><c> to</c><00:36:58.690><c> preach</c><00:36:59.329><c> not</c><00:37:00.170><c> because</c><00:37:00.610><c> we</c><00:37:00.889><c> know</c><00:37:01.090><c> we're</c><00:37:01.429><c> recommended</c>

00:37:01.969 --> 00:37:02.730
to<00:37:02.309><c> preach</c>

00:37:02.730 --> 00:37:04.489
not<00:37:03.289><c> only</c><00:37:03.510><c> because</c><00:37:03.849><c> of</c><00:37:04.050><c> that</c>

00:37:04.489 --> 00:37:07.730
but<00:37:04.809><c> because</c><00:37:05.190><c> we</c><00:37:05.469><c> have</c><00:37:05.590><c> a</c><00:37:05.949><c> genuine</c><00:37:06.289><c> compassion</c><00:37:06.969><c> for</c><00:37:07.230><c> those</c>

00:37:07.730 --> 00:37:09.789
that<00:37:08.150><c> are</c><00:37:08.369><c> in</c><00:37:08.550><c> the</c><00:37:08.809><c> world</c><00:37:08.989><c> that</c><00:37:09.150><c> are</c><00:37:09.429><c> dying</c>

00:37:09.789 --> 00:37:12.190
that<00:37:10.550><c> are</c><00:37:11.269><c> missing</c><00:37:11.570><c> the</c><00:37:11.869><c> message</c>

00:37:12.190 --> 00:37:15.010
that<00:37:12.369><c> we</c><00:37:12.630><c> have</c><00:37:12.789><c> an</c><00:37:12.969><c> opportunity</c><00:37:13.369><c> to</c><00:37:13.630><c> bring</c><00:37:13.769><c> to</c><00:37:14.030><c> them.</c>

00:37:14.989 --> 00:37:19.010
We<00:37:15.329><c> must</c><00:37:15.750><c> preach</c><00:37:16.590><c> with</c><00:37:17.250><c> a</c><00:37:17.469><c> sincere</c><00:37:17.989><c> love</c><00:37:18.329><c> and</c><00:37:18.670><c> caring</c>

00:37:19.010 --> 00:37:21.050
for<00:37:19.610><c> those</c><00:37:19.829><c> in</c><00:37:19.989><c> the</c><00:37:20.170><c> world</c>

00:37:21.190 --> 00:37:24.570
and<00:37:21.530><c> we</c><00:37:21.670><c> must</c><00:37:21.869><c> have</c><00:37:22.130><c> God</c><00:37:22.489><c> at</c><00:37:22.989><c> the</c><00:37:23.269><c> center</c><00:37:23.650><c> of</c><00:37:23.889><c> our</c><00:37:24.130><c> worship</c>

00:37:24.570 --> 00:37:29.510
and<00:37:25.230><c> we</c><00:37:25.389><c> need</c><00:37:25.530><c> to</c><00:37:25.710><c> ensure</c><00:37:26.130><c> that</c><00:37:26.510><c> he</c><00:37:27.050><c> is</c><00:37:27.389><c> the</c><00:37:27.670><c> focus</c><00:37:28.030><c> of</c><00:37:28.309><c> our</c><00:37:28.590><c> praise.</c>

00:37:30.369 --> 00:37:32.469
So<00:37:31.050><c> for</c><00:37:31.429><c> elders</c><00:37:31.690><c> in</c><00:37:31.889><c> the</c><00:37:32.070><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:37:32.469 --> 00:37:34.869
and<00:37:33.230><c> really</c><00:37:33.510><c> for</c><00:37:33.809><c> all</c><00:37:34.030><c> of</c><00:37:34.090><c> us</c><00:37:34.210><c> in</c><00:37:34.289><c> the</c><00:37:34.489><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:37:34.869 --> 00:37:37.150
a<00:37:35.210><c> very</c><00:37:35.570><c> important</c><00:37:35.969><c> lesson</c><00:37:36.250><c> for</c><00:37:36.469><c> us</c><00:37:36.590><c> to</c><00:37:36.849><c> learn</c>

00:37:37.150 --> 00:37:40.309
is<00:37:38.010><c> this</c><00:37:38.349><c> issue</c><00:37:38.750><c> about</c><00:37:39.250><c> love</c>

00:37:40.349 --> 00:37:42.369
that<00:37:40.750><c> all</c><00:37:41.469><c> things</c><00:37:41.710><c> that</c><00:37:41.909><c> we</c><00:37:42.090><c> do</c>

00:37:42.369 --> 00:37:46.570
must<00:37:42.730><c> not</c><00:37:43.409><c> allow</c><00:37:44.030><c> us</c><00:37:44.849><c> to</c><00:37:45.469><c> lose</c><00:37:45.989><c> the</c><00:37:46.289><c> fact</c>

00:37:46.570 --> 00:37:48.889
that<00:37:47.090><c> what</c><00:37:47.289><c> brings</c><00:37:47.630><c> us</c><00:37:47.869><c> together</c>

00:37:48.929 --> 00:37:50.969
what<00:37:49.269><c> is</c><00:37:49.690><c> the</c><00:37:49.989><c> bond</c><00:37:50.190><c> of</c><00:37:50.369><c> our</c><00:37:50.610><c> fellowship</c>

00:37:50.969 --> 00:37:54.110
is<00:37:51.210><c> a</c><00:37:51.369><c> love</c><00:37:51.489><c> for</c><00:37:51.730><c> God</c><00:37:52.090><c> and</c><00:37:52.530><c> a</c><00:37:52.650><c> love</c><00:37:52.809><c> for</c><00:37:53.050><c> one</c><00:37:53.230><c> another.</c>

00:37:55.969 --> 00:37:58.369
And<00:37:56.289><c> of</c><00:37:56.449><c> course</c><00:37:56.829><c> regarding</c><00:37:57.610><c> arranging</c><00:37:58.110><c> brethren</c>

00:37:58.369 --> 00:38:01.510
we're<00:37:58.590><c> told</c><00:37:58.989><c> that</c><00:37:59.690><c> we</c><00:37:59.829><c> are</c><00:38:00.070><c> to</c><00:38:00.289><c> be</c><00:38:00.690><c> a</c>

00:38:01.510 --> 00:38:04.409
the<00:38:01.989><c> young</c><00:38:02.250><c> men</c><00:38:02.670><c> were</c><00:38:02.889><c> themselves</c><00:38:03.510><c> likewise</c>

00:38:04.409 --> 00:38:06.809
to<00:38:04.949><c> be</c><00:38:05.230><c> exhorted</c><00:38:05.530><c> to</c><00:38:05.710><c> be</c><00:38:06.030><c> sober</c><00:38:06.309><c> minded</c>

00:38:06.809 --> 00:38:09.769
and<00:38:07.369><c> in</c><00:38:07.510><c> all</c><00:38:07.789><c> things</c><00:38:08.050><c> showing</c><00:38:08.389><c> thyself</c><00:38:08.949><c> a</c><00:38:09.309><c> pattern</c>

00:38:09.769 --> 00:38:12.969
or<00:38:10.289><c> a</c><00:38:10.650><c> stamp</c><00:38:10.989><c> or</c><00:38:11.550><c> a</c><00:38:11.829><c> role</c><00:38:12.010><c> model</c><00:38:12.269><c> of</c><00:38:12.449><c> good</c><00:38:12.710><c> works.</c>

00:38:13.329 --> 00:38:14.550
Some<00:38:13.530><c> people</c><00:38:13.789><c> have</c><00:38:13.989><c> said</c><00:38:14.130><c> in</c><00:38:14.250><c> the</c><00:38:14.429><c> truth</c>

00:38:14.550 --> 00:38:15.969
we<00:38:14.710><c> need</c><00:38:14.889><c> to</c><00:38:14.989><c> be</c><00:38:15.130><c> leaders</c><00:38:15.389><c> in</c><00:38:15.550><c> the</c><00:38:15.750><c> truth</c>

00:38:15.969 --> 00:38:18.130
and<00:38:16.389><c> if</c><00:38:16.510><c> you</c><00:38:16.750><c> think</c><00:38:16.909><c> of</c><00:38:17.110><c> a</c><00:38:17.250><c> leader</c><00:38:17.409><c> as</c><00:38:17.630><c> a</c><00:38:17.809><c> person</c>

00:38:18.130 --> 00:38:20.550
follow<00:38:18.889><c> me</c><00:38:19.389><c> and</c><00:38:19.630><c> my</c><00:38:19.949><c> behaviors</c>

00:38:20.550 --> 00:38:23.510
follow<00:38:21.489><c> me</c><00:38:22.070><c> and</c><00:38:22.190><c> the</c><00:38:22.309><c> way</c><00:38:22.510><c> I</c><00:38:22.949><c> act</c>

00:38:23.510 --> 00:38:26.550
in<00:38:24.349><c> terms</c><00:38:24.610><c> of</c><00:38:24.809><c> my</c><00:38:24.929><c> own</c><00:38:25.170><c> personality</c><00:38:25.670><c> and</c><00:38:25.829><c> what</c><00:38:25.969><c> I</c><00:38:26.269><c> bring</c>

00:38:26.550 --> 00:38:28.949
that's<00:38:27.369><c> the</c><00:38:27.610><c> wrong</c><00:38:27.829><c> concept.</c>

00:38:29.130 --> 00:38:31.610
What<00:38:29.349><c> we</c><00:38:29.530><c> are</c><00:38:29.670><c> to</c><00:38:29.889><c> be</c><00:38:30.210><c> is</c><00:38:30.630><c> stamps.</c>

00:38:32.070 --> 00:38:34.170
We<00:38:32.269><c> need</c><00:38:32.570><c> to</c><00:38:32.849><c> be</c><00:38:33.090><c> as</c><00:38:33.409><c> arranging</c><00:38:33.809><c> brethren</c>

00:38:34.170 --> 00:38:37.190
and<00:38:34.570><c> as</c><00:38:34.869><c> elders</c><00:38:36.449><c> in</c><00:38:36.670><c> the</c><00:38:36.809><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:38:37.190 --> 00:38:38.869
we<00:38:37.750><c> need</c><00:38:37.969><c> to</c><00:38:38.090><c> be</c><00:38:38.309><c> role</c><00:38:38.570><c> models</c>

00:38:38.869 --> 00:38:41.630
that<00:38:39.010><c> people</c><00:38:39.329><c> can</c><00:38:39.590><c> look</c><00:38:39.789><c> at</c><00:38:39.989><c> us</c><00:38:40.389><c> and</c><00:38:40.670><c> see</c><00:38:40.949><c> good</c><00:38:41.230><c> works</c>

00:38:41.630 --> 00:38:44.250
and<00:38:42.250><c> in</c><00:38:42.469><c> doctrines</c><00:38:42.909><c> showing</c><00:38:43.269><c> uncorruptness</c>

00:38:44.250 --> 00:38:46.949
gravity,<00:38:45.130><c> sincerity,</c><00:38:46.309><c> sound</c><00:38:46.550><c> speech</c>

00:38:46.949 --> 00:38:48.750
that<00:38:47.170><c> cannot</c><00:38:47.469><c> be</c><00:38:47.769><c> condemned</c>

00:38:48.789 --> 00:38:50.510
that<00:38:49.170><c> he</c><00:38:49.389><c> that</c><00:38:49.510><c> is</c><00:38:49.630><c> of</c><00:38:49.769><c> the</c><00:38:50.010><c> contrary</c><00:38:50.250><c> part</c>

00:38:50.510 --> 00:38:52.869
may<00:38:50.710><c> be</c><00:38:50.989><c> ashamed</c><00:38:51.389><c> having</c><00:38:51.829><c> no</c><00:38:52.110><c> evil</c><00:38:52.429><c> thing</c>

00:38:52.869 --> 00:38:54.349
to<00:38:53.389><c> say</c><00:38:53.730><c> of</c><00:38:53.989><c> you.</c>

00:38:54.849 --> 00:38:56.750
So<00:38:54.929><c> that's</c><00:38:55.230><c> what</c><00:38:55.369><c> we</c><00:38:55.489><c> are</c><00:38:55.590><c> to</c><00:38:55.769><c> be</c><00:38:55.989><c> patterns</c>

00:38:56.750 --> 00:38:58.829
patterns<00:38:57.690><c> of</c><00:38:57.869><c> the</c><00:38:58.010><c> Lord</c><00:38:58.170><c> Jesus</c><00:38:58.510><c> Christ</c>

00:38:58.829 --> 00:39:00.130
reflections<00:38:59.570><c> of</c><00:38:59.849><c> him.</c>

00:39:00.130 --> 00:39:03.349
We<00:39:00.650><c> mentioned</c><00:39:00.929><c> earlier</c><00:39:01.429><c> the</c><00:39:01.869><c> idea</c><00:39:02.230><c> of</c><00:39:02.550><c> earth</c><00:39:02.769><c> and</c><00:39:02.969><c> vessels</c>

00:39:03.349 --> 00:39:05.409
all<00:39:04.050><c> we</c><00:39:04.250><c> can</c><00:39:04.409><c> hope</c><00:39:04.630><c> to</c><00:39:04.869><c> be</c>

00:39:05.409 --> 00:39:08.329
are<00:39:05.909><c> earth</c><00:39:06.150><c> and</c><00:39:06.369><c> vessels</c><00:39:06.670><c> that</c><00:39:07.090><c> carry</c><00:39:07.329><c> about</c><00:39:07.769><c> in</c><00:39:08.070><c> us</c>

00:39:08.329 --> 00:39:11.949
the<00:39:08.869><c> dying</c><00:39:09.230><c> of</c><00:39:09.769><c> the</c><00:39:09.869><c> body</c><00:39:10.070><c> of</c><00:39:10.190><c> the</c><00:39:10.309><c> Lord</c><00:39:10.449><c> Jesus</c><00:39:10.829><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:13.010 --> 00:39:15.710
Of<00:39:13.269><c> course</c><00:39:13.570><c> when</c><00:39:13.929><c> Moses</c><00:39:14.309><c> passed</c><00:39:14.690><c> the</c><00:39:14.989><c> responsibility</c>

00:39:15.710 --> 00:39:17.869
at<00:39:16.269><c> the</c><00:39:16.409><c> end</c><00:39:16.570><c> of</c><00:39:16.789><c> his</c><00:39:17.449><c> days</c>

00:39:17.869 --> 00:39:21.230
we<00:39:18.650><c> hear</c><00:39:18.969><c> about</c><00:39:19.289><c> what</c><00:39:19.550><c> he</c><00:39:19.849><c> had</c><00:39:20.130><c> asked</c><00:39:20.449><c> God</c><00:39:20.789><c> for.</c>

00:39:21.670 --> 00:39:22.909
Of<00:39:21.869><c> course</c><00:39:22.010><c> it</c><00:39:22.150><c> was</c><00:39:22.349><c> Joshua</c>

00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:25.409
who<00:39:23.429><c> was</c><00:39:23.630><c> to</c><00:39:23.750><c> be</c><00:39:23.949><c> given</c><00:39:24.250><c> this</c><00:39:25.170><c> role</c>

00:39:25.409 --> 00:39:27.429
but<00:39:26.010><c> Moses</c><00:39:26.550><c> spake</c><00:39:26.909><c> to</c><00:39:27.090><c> the</c><00:39:27.269><c> Lord</c>

00:39:27.429 --> 00:39:28.570
at<00:39:27.610><c> the</c><00:39:27.670><c> end</c><00:39:27.809><c> of</c><00:39:27.909><c> his</c><00:39:28.030><c> life</c><00:39:28.150><c> he</c><00:39:28.349><c> said</c>

00:39:28.570 --> 00:39:33.010
let<00:39:29.170><c> the</c><00:39:29.449><c> Lord</c><00:39:29.769><c> the</c><00:39:30.530><c> God</c><00:39:30.969><c> of</c><00:39:31.389><c> the</c><00:39:31.730><c> spirits</c><00:39:31.989><c> of</c><00:39:32.250><c> all</c><00:39:32.610><c> flesh</c>

00:39:33.010 --> 00:39:34.869
set<00:39:33.550><c> a</c><00:39:33.730><c> man</c><00:39:33.869><c> over</c><00:39:34.050><c> the</c><00:39:34.289><c> congregation</c>

00:39:34.869 --> 00:39:37.210
which<00:39:35.610><c> shall</c><00:39:35.869><c> go</c><00:39:36.210><c> out</c><00:39:36.449><c> before</c><00:39:36.829><c> them</c>

00:39:37.210 --> 00:39:39.210
and<00:39:37.690><c> may</c><00:39:37.829><c> go</c><00:39:38.170><c> in</c><00:39:38.429><c> before</c><00:39:38.789><c> them</c>

00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:40.969
and<00:39:39.570><c> which</c><00:39:39.789><c> may</c><00:39:40.090><c> lead</c><00:39:40.329><c> them</c><00:39:40.570><c> out</c>

00:39:40.969 --> 00:39:42.690
and<00:39:41.389><c> which</c><00:39:41.610><c> may</c><00:39:41.869><c> bring</c><00:39:42.150><c> them</c><00:39:42.369><c> in</c>

00:39:42.690 --> 00:39:44.869
that<00:39:43.070><c> the</c><00:39:43.570><c> congregation</c><00:39:44.110><c> of</c><00:39:44.309><c> the</c><00:39:44.489><c> Lord</c>

00:39:44.869 --> 00:39:48.650
be<00:39:45.469><c> not</c><00:39:45.730><c> as</c><00:39:46.110><c> sheep</c><00:39:46.469><c> which</c><00:39:47.309><c> have</c><00:39:47.530><c> no</c><00:39:47.769><c> shepherd.</c>

00:39:48.829 --> 00:39:52.090
And<00:39:49.030><c> of</c><00:39:49.210><c> course</c><00:39:49.389><c> this</c><00:39:49.630><c> was</c><00:39:50.030><c> this</c><00:39:50.489><c> was</c><00:39:50.809><c> done</c><00:39:51.130><c> very</c><00:39:51.590><c> well</c>

00:39:52.090 --> 00:39:56.070
by<00:39:52.929><c> Joshua</c><00:39:53.530><c> by</c><00:39:53.929><c> being</c><00:39:54.170><c> able</c><00:39:54.369><c> to</c><00:39:54.690><c> bring</c><00:39:54.849><c> the</c><00:39:55.090><c> people</c><00:39:55.269><c> of</c><00:39:55.449><c> Israel</c>

00:39:56.070 --> 00:39:58.449
into<00:39:56.829><c> the</c><00:39:57.170><c> promised</c><00:39:57.449><c> land.</c>

00:39:58.570 --> 00:40:01.110
And<00:39:58.869><c> of</c><00:39:59.070><c> course</c><00:39:59.210><c> we</c><00:39:59.369><c> look</c><00:39:59.630><c> forward</c><00:39:59.929><c> to</c><00:40:00.090><c> the</c><00:40:00.329><c> greater</c><00:40:00.590><c> Joshua</c>

00:40:01.110 --> 00:40:04.250
the<00:40:01.409><c> Lord</c><00:40:01.630><c> Jesus</c><00:40:01.989><c> Christ</c><00:40:02.510><c> returning</c><00:40:03.269><c> back</c><00:40:03.610><c> to</c><00:40:03.789><c> this</c><00:40:03.989><c> earth</c>

00:40:04.250 --> 00:40:07.030
and<00:40:04.889><c> bringing</c><00:40:05.170><c> us</c><00:40:05.630><c> into</c><00:40:05.989><c> that</c><00:40:06.309><c> promised</c><00:40:06.630><c> land.</c>

00:40:07.210 --> 00:40:10.150
So<00:40:07.969><c> Arranging</c><00:40:08.789><c> Brethren</c><00:40:09.050><c> have</c><00:40:09.250><c> a</c><00:40:09.329><c> number</c><00:40:09.530><c> of</c><00:40:09.610><c> things</c><00:40:09.829><c> we</c><00:40:09.989><c> need</c>

00:40:10.150 --> 00:40:10.489
to<00:40:10.309><c> do.</c>

00:40:10.550 --> 00:40:14.170
Number<00:40:10.809><c> one</c><00:40:11.050><c> be</c><00:40:11.610><c> willing</c><00:40:12.090><c> to</c><00:40:12.630><c> take</c><00:40:12.869><c> the</c><00:40:13.150><c> oversight</c><00:40:13.469><c> of</c><00:40:13.670><c> the</c><00:40:13.829><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:40:14.170 --> 00:40:17.070
not<00:40:14.690><c> be</c><00:40:14.989><c> conscripted</c><00:40:16.449><c> into</c><00:40:16.670><c> it</c>

00:40:17.070 --> 00:40:20.369
but<00:40:17.329><c> with</c><00:40:17.510><c> a</c><00:40:17.829><c> genuine</c><00:40:18.070><c> feeling</c><00:40:18.530><c> of</c><00:40:19.170><c> love</c><00:40:19.530><c> and</c><00:40:19.869><c> compassion</c>

00:40:20.369 --> 00:40:23.090
and<00:40:20.590><c> a</c><00:40:20.750><c> sincere</c><00:40:21.550><c> desire</c><00:40:22.210><c> to</c><00:40:22.710><c> serve.</c>

00:40:23.570 --> 00:40:25.889
That's<00:40:23.949><c> the</c><00:40:24.130><c> reason</c><00:40:24.369><c> we</c><00:40:24.590><c> should</c><00:40:24.690><c> be</c><00:40:24.909><c> doing</c><00:40:25.070><c> it.</c>

00:40:26.690 --> 00:40:28.750
We<00:40:26.949><c> need</c><00:40:27.130><c> to</c><00:40:27.469><c> oversee</c><00:40:27.909><c> that</c><00:40:28.170><c> the</c><00:40:28.369><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:40:28.750 --> 00:40:32.670
does<00:40:29.050><c> not</c><00:40:29.389><c> lose</c><00:40:29.730><c> sight</c><00:40:30.150><c> of</c><00:40:30.929><c> love</c><00:40:31.349><c> in</c><00:40:31.849><c> its</c><00:40:32.090><c> operation</c>

00:40:32.670 --> 00:40:34.809
that<00:40:33.309><c> whatever</c><00:40:33.710><c> we're</c><00:40:34.090><c> involved</c><00:40:34.409><c> with</c>

00:40:34.809 --> 00:40:37.849
the<00:40:35.409><c> Arranging</c><00:40:35.969><c> Brethren</c><00:40:36.329><c> are</c><00:40:36.590><c> there</c><00:40:36.809><c> to</c><00:40:36.989><c> remind</c><00:40:37.250><c> the</c><00:40:37.469><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:40:37.849 --> 00:40:39.590
why<00:40:38.429><c> we're</c><00:40:38.650><c> doing</c><00:40:38.889><c> what</c><00:40:39.070><c> we're</c><00:40:39.269><c> doing</c>

00:40:39.590 --> 00:40:43.010
and<00:40:39.949><c> how</c><00:40:40.250><c> the</c><00:40:40.530><c> Lord's</c><00:40:40.889><c> name</c><00:40:41.030><c> needs</c><00:40:41.289><c> to</c><00:40:41.409><c> be</c><00:40:41.610><c> glorified</c><00:40:42.050><c> in</c><00:40:42.210><c> this.</c>

00:40:44.789 --> 00:40:45.969
As<00:40:44.889><c> we're</c><00:40:45.170><c> told</c><00:40:45.289><c> by</c><00:40:45.510><c> the</c><00:40:45.710><c> Lord</c>

00:40:45.969 --> 00:40:48.710
we<00:40:46.409><c> should</c><00:40:46.710><c> not</c><00:40:47.010><c> be</c><00:40:47.230><c> hirelings</c><00:40:47.610><c> but</c><00:40:47.829><c> good</c><00:40:48.110><c> shepherds.</c>

00:40:48.789 --> 00:40:50.389
We're<00:40:49.230><c> going</c><00:40:49.409><c> to</c><00:40:49.690><c> give</c><00:40:49.849><c> account</c>

00:40:50.389 --> 00:40:53.750
and<00:40:50.949><c> we</c><00:40:51.170><c> should</c><00:40:51.409><c> not</c><00:40:51.730><c> run</c><00:40:52.170><c> or</c><00:40:52.750><c> leave</c><00:40:53.030><c> the</c><00:40:53.349><c> flock</c>

00:40:53.750 --> 00:40:55.289
when<00:40:54.070><c> difficult</c><00:40:54.489><c> times</c><00:40:54.809><c> happen.</c>

00:40:55.789 --> 00:40:57.829
We<00:40:56.210><c> need</c><00:40:56.369><c> to</c><00:40:56.570><c> be</c><00:40:56.869><c> good</c><00:40:57.170><c> patterns</c>

00:40:57.829 --> 00:40:59.429
examples<00:40:58.710><c> to</c><00:40:58.949><c> the</c><00:40:59.170><c> flock</c>

00:40:59.429 --> 00:41:02.150
providing<00:41:00.110><c> exhortation</c><00:41:01.110><c> through</c><00:41:01.510><c> their</c><00:41:01.809><c> lives</c>

00:41:02.150 --> 00:41:03.809
and<00:41:02.429><c> through</c><00:41:02.570><c> our</c><00:41:02.809><c> lives.</c>

00:41:03.949 --> 00:41:06.630
So<00:41:04.230><c> the</c><00:41:04.429><c> final</c><00:41:04.750><c> words</c><00:41:04.989><c> that</c><00:41:05.210><c> Paul</c><00:41:05.429><c> gives</c><00:41:05.690><c> to</c><00:41:05.889><c> those</c><00:41:06.070><c> in</c><00:41:06.289><c> Ephesus</c>

00:41:06.630 --> 00:41:08.309
he's<00:41:07.250><c> just</c><00:41:07.610><c> met</c><00:41:07.849><c> with</c><00:41:08.090><c> them</c>

00:41:08.309 --> 00:41:09.429
he's<00:41:08.670><c> about</c><00:41:08.929><c> ready</c><00:41:09.130><c> to</c><00:41:09.309><c> leave</c>

00:41:09.429 --> 00:41:10.530
and<00:41:09.570><c> won't</c><00:41:09.769><c> see</c><00:41:09.969><c> them</c><00:41:10.130><c> again</c>

00:41:10.530 --> 00:41:11.550
and<00:41:11.110><c> he</c><00:41:11.349><c> says</c>

00:41:11.550 --> 00:41:14.730
and<00:41:11.869><c> now</c><00:41:12.130><c> brother</c><00:41:12.369><c> I</c><00:41:12.710><c> commend</c><00:41:13.250><c> you</c><00:41:13.510><c> to</c><00:41:14.230><c> God</c>

00:41:14.730 --> 00:41:16.510
and<00:41:15.289><c> to</c><00:41:15.429><c> the</c><00:41:15.690><c> word</c><00:41:15.869><c> of</c><00:41:15.989><c> his</c><00:41:16.190><c> grace</c>

00:41:16.510 --> 00:41:18.230
which<00:41:16.710><c> is</c><00:41:16.909><c> able</c><00:41:17.130><c> to</c><00:41:17.429><c> build</c><00:41:17.570><c> you</c><00:41:17.849><c> up</c>

00:41:18.230 --> 00:41:19.690
and<00:41:18.530><c> to</c><00:41:18.750><c> give</c><00:41:18.889><c> you</c><00:41:19.030><c> an</c><00:41:19.230><c> inheritance</c>

00:41:19.690 --> 00:41:23.050
among<00:41:20.070><c> all</c><00:41:20.690><c> them</c><00:41:21.070><c> that</c><00:41:21.489><c> are</c><00:41:21.690><c> sanctified.</c>

00:41:23.070 --> 00:41:24.809
I<00:41:23.190><c> have</c><00:41:23.469><c> showed</c><00:41:23.730><c> you</c><00:41:23.989><c> all</c><00:41:24.289><c> things</c>

00:41:24.809 --> 00:41:26.349
how<00:41:25.110><c> that's</c><00:41:25.469><c> so</c><00:41:25.650><c> laboring</c>

00:41:26.349 --> 00:41:28.309
ye<00:41:26.670><c> ought</c><00:41:26.750><c> to</c><00:41:27.110><c> support</c><00:41:27.650><c> the</c><00:41:27.989><c> weak</c>

00:41:28.309 --> 00:41:31.670
and<00:41:29.070><c> to</c><00:41:29.309><c> remember</c><00:41:29.769><c> the</c><00:41:30.050><c> words</c><00:41:30.309><c> of</c><00:41:30.469><c> the</c><00:41:30.610><c> Lord</c><00:41:30.769><c> Jesus</c><00:41:31.150><c> Christ</c>

00:41:31.670 --> 00:41:33.110
of<00:41:32.150><c> the</c><00:41:32.289><c> Lord</c><00:41:32.489><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:33.309 --> 00:41:37.949
How<00:41:33.690><c> he</c><00:41:33.969><c> said</c><00:41:34.309><c> it</c><00:41:34.650><c> is</c><00:41:34.849><c> more</c><00:41:35.110><c> blessed</c><00:41:35.610><c> to</c><00:41:36.269><c> give</c><00:41:36.590><c> than</c><00:41:36.789><c> receive.</c>

00:41:38.190 --> 00:41:40.710
So<00:41:38.329><c> the</c><00:41:38.570><c> final</c><00:41:38.889><c> words</c><00:41:39.210><c> to</c><00:41:39.670><c> the</c><00:41:39.889><c> Ephesian</c><00:41:40.309><c> brethren</c>

00:41:40.710 --> 00:41:43.170
was<00:41:41.289><c> to</c><00:41:41.510><c> remember</c><00:41:41.989><c> those</c><00:41:42.349><c> who</c><00:41:42.530><c> are</c><00:41:42.730><c> weak</c>

00:41:43.170 --> 00:41:46.550
and<00:41:43.710><c> to</c><00:41:43.969><c> labor</c><00:41:44.349><c> and</c><00:41:44.849><c> to</c><00:41:45.250><c> support</c><00:41:45.489><c> them.</c>

00:41:48.170 --> 00:41:49.210
So<00:41:48.510><c> the</c><00:41:48.690><c> major</c><00:41:48.909><c> topics</c>

00:41:49.210 --> 00:41:50.929
we've<00:41:49.489><c> had</c><00:41:49.690><c> a</c><00:41:49.809><c> chance</c><00:41:49.989><c> to</c><00:41:50.130><c> look</c><00:41:50.309><c> at</c><00:41:50.429><c> this</c><00:41:50.710><c> week</c>

00:41:50.929 --> 00:41:53.269
we've<00:41:51.489><c> looked</c><00:41:51.650><c> at</c><00:41:51.949><c> prayer</c><00:41:52.130><c> in</c><00:41:52.289><c> our</c><00:41:52.530><c> personal</c><00:41:52.829><c> life</c>

00:41:53.269 --> 00:41:55.710
we've<00:41:54.050><c> looked</c><00:41:54.170><c> at</c><00:41:54.429><c> prayer</c><00:41:54.590><c> in</c><00:41:54.750><c> our</c><00:41:54.909><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:55.289><c> life</c>

00:41:55.710 --> 00:41:57.730
and<00:41:56.469><c> I</c><00:41:56.889><c> can't</c><00:41:57.210><c> speak</c><00:41:57.389><c> for</c><00:41:57.590><c> you</c>

00:41:57.730 --> 00:41:58.909
I<00:41:57.789><c> can</c><00:41:57.889><c> only</c><00:41:58.130><c> speak</c><00:41:58.269><c> for</c><00:41:58.469><c> myself</c>

00:41:58.909 --> 00:42:01.050
I<00:41:59.190><c> know</c><00:41:59.570><c> I</c><00:42:00.110><c> have</c><00:42:00.269><c> a</c><00:42:00.590><c> great</c><00:42:00.769><c> need</c>

00:42:01.050 --> 00:42:02.849
for<00:42:01.329><c> improvement</c><00:42:01.650><c> in</c><00:42:01.829><c> this</c><00:42:01.989><c> area.</c>

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We've<00:42:04.349><c> looked</c><00:42:04.489><c> at</c><00:42:04.650><c> the</c><00:42:04.909><c> balance</c><00:42:05.269><c> in</c><00:42:05.630><c> the</c><00:42:05.849><c> ecclesia</c>

00:42:06.289 --> 00:42:08.269
that<00:42:06.730><c> we</c><00:42:07.150><c> see</c><00:42:07.349><c> in</c><00:42:07.530><c> the</c><00:42:07.690><c> first</c><00:42:07.889><c> century</c>

00:42:08.269 --> 00:42:10.250
that<00:42:08.409><c> there</c><00:42:08.630><c> was</c><00:42:09.050><c> lots</c><00:42:09.650><c> of</c><00:42:09.989><c> work</c>

00:42:10.250 --> 00:42:12.889
great<00:42:10.869><c> work</c><00:42:11.170><c> being</c><00:42:11.429><c> done</c><00:42:11.789><c> for</c><00:42:12.230><c> edification</c>

00:42:12.889 --> 00:42:14.489
but<00:42:13.650><c> at</c><00:42:13.789><c> the</c><00:42:14.010><c> same</c><00:42:14.230><c> time</c>

00:42:14.489 --> 00:42:15.750
this<00:42:14.849><c> wonderful</c><00:42:15.349><c> balance</c>

00:42:15.750 --> 00:42:17.369
that<00:42:15.969><c> brother</c><00:42:16.150><c> Roberts</c><00:42:16.550><c> spoke</c><00:42:16.909><c> about</c>

00:42:17.369 --> 00:42:19.789
of<00:42:18.630><c> outreach</c><00:42:19.030><c> and</c><00:42:19.230><c> edification</c>

00:42:19.789 --> 00:42:23.590
which<00:42:20.230><c> together</c><00:42:20.949><c> allow</c><00:42:21.650><c> for</c><00:42:21.969><c> a</c><00:42:22.150><c> healthy</c><00:42:22.389><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:42:23.670 --> 00:42:26.730
We've<00:42:24.349><c> talked</c><00:42:24.489><c> about</c><00:42:24.750><c> the</c><00:42:25.050><c> fundamental</c><00:42:25.530><c> call</c><00:42:25.989><c> of</c><00:42:26.289><c> unity</c>

00:42:26.730 --> 00:42:29.210
first<00:42:27.389><c> of</c><00:42:27.610><c> all</c><00:42:27.989><c> as</c><00:42:28.469><c> individuals</c>

00:42:29.210 --> 00:42:30.989
and<00:42:29.969><c> then</c><00:42:30.269><c> as</c><00:42:30.489><c> an</c><00:42:30.670><c> ecclesia</c>

00:42:30.989 --> 00:42:33.110
and<00:42:31.170><c> then</c><00:42:31.349><c> as</c><00:42:31.550><c> a</c><00:42:31.889><c> as</c><00:42:31.969><c> a</c><00:42:32.230><c> general</c><00:42:32.510><c> brotherhood</c>

00:42:33.110 --> 00:42:36.630
the<00:42:33.449><c> fundamental</c><00:42:34.010><c> call</c><00:42:34.550><c> to</c><00:42:35.070><c> work</c><00:42:35.349><c> for</c><00:42:35.650><c> unity.</c>

00:42:37.289 --> 00:42:39.630
We've<00:42:37.489><c> talked</c><00:42:37.710><c> about</c><00:42:38.050><c> processes</c><00:42:38.670><c> that</c><00:42:38.989><c> we've</c><00:42:39.309><c> seen</c>

00:42:39.630 --> 00:42:41.949
whether<00:42:40.190><c> it</c><00:42:40.449><c> be</c><00:42:40.809><c> with</c><00:42:41.230><c> the</c><00:42:41.449><c> Hebraic</c>

00:42:41.949 --> 00:42:43.050
and<00:42:42.050><c> the</c><00:42:42.210><c> Grecian</c><00:42:42.489><c> widows</c>

00:42:43.050 --> 00:42:45.329
or<00:42:43.510><c> in</c><00:42:43.949><c> the</c><00:42:44.230><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:44.690><c> conference</c>

00:42:45.329 --> 00:42:46.789
or<00:42:45.809><c> many</c><00:42:46.050><c> other</c><00:42:46.329><c> times</c>

00:42:46.789 --> 00:42:49.349
ways<00:42:47.610><c> that</c><00:42:47.809><c> we</c><00:42:47.909><c> can</c><00:42:48.170><c> resolve</c><00:42:48.690><c> conflict</c>

00:42:49.349 --> 00:42:51.530
and<00:42:49.949><c> agree</c><00:42:49.949><c> and</c><00:42:50.150><c> disagreements</c><00:42:50.690><c> within</c><00:42:50.909><c> the</c><00:42:51.130><c> ecclesia</c>

00:42:51.530 --> 00:42:53.730
and<00:42:51.989><c> to</c><00:42:52.210><c> do</c><00:42:52.349><c> that</c><00:42:52.590><c> with</c><00:42:52.809><c> love.</c>

00:42:54.369 --> 00:42:56.050
We've<00:42:55.010><c> looked</c><00:42:55.130><c> a</c><00:42:55.309><c> little</c><00:42:55.469><c> bit</c><00:42:55.570><c> at</c><00:42:55.690><c> the</c><00:42:55.869><c> role</c>

00:42:56.050 --> 00:42:58.349
of<00:42:56.190><c> the</c><00:42:56.309><c> arranging</c><00:42:56.750><c> brethren</c><00:42:57.150><c> and</c><00:42:57.650><c> their</c><00:42:57.909><c> agenda</c>

00:42:58.349 --> 00:43:00.289
and<00:42:58.929><c> finally</c><00:42:59.309><c> we've</c><00:42:59.630><c> looked</c><00:42:59.769><c> at</c><00:42:59.989><c> what</c>

00:43:00.289 --> 00:43:01.889
the<00:43:00.670><c> effect</c><00:43:00.889><c> of</c><00:43:01.110><c> our</c><00:43:01.409><c> attitude</c>

00:43:01.889 --> 00:43:05.969
and<00:43:02.409><c> faith</c><00:43:03.030><c> can</c><00:43:03.449><c> have</c><00:43:03.789><c> on</c><00:43:04.269><c> our</c><00:43:04.530><c> service</c><00:43:04.789><c> in</c><00:43:04.929><c> the</c><00:43:05.090><c> Lord.</c>

00:43:07.030 --> 00:43:07.730
So<00:43:07.190><c> brothers</c><00:43:07.329><c> and</c><00:43:07.570><c> sisters</c>

00:43:07.730 --> 00:43:10.630
we've<00:43:07.989><c> come</c><00:43:08.130><c> to</c><00:43:08.309><c> the</c><00:43:08.429><c> end</c><00:43:08.570><c> of</c><00:43:08.789><c> our</c><00:43:09.190><c> meeting</c><00:43:09.469><c> together.</c>

00:43:11.230 --> 00:43:13.130
Brother<00:43:11.429><c> Thomas</c><00:43:12.110><c> spoke</c><00:43:12.829><c> about</c>

00:43:13.130 --> 00:43:14.489
those<00:43:13.469><c> brothers</c><00:43:13.750><c> and</c><00:43:14.050><c> sisters</c>

00:43:14.489 --> 00:43:17.250
that<00:43:15.309><c> made</c><00:43:15.489><c> up</c><00:43:15.690><c> that</c><00:43:16.030><c> first</c><00:43:16.389><c> century</c><00:43:16.789><c> ecclesia</c>

00:43:17.250 --> 00:43:18.449
and<00:43:17.409><c> it</c><00:43:17.530><c> seemed</c><00:43:17.610><c> just</c><00:43:17.829><c> a</c><00:43:18.050><c> great</c><00:43:18.210><c> way</c>

00:43:18.449 --> 00:43:20.070
to<00:43:18.630><c> be</c><00:43:18.750><c> able</c><00:43:18.949><c> to</c><00:43:19.090><c> end</c><00:43:19.230><c> this.</c>

00:43:20.210 --> 00:43:21.449
He<00:43:20.429><c> wrote</c><00:43:20.650><c> about</c><00:43:20.909><c> them</c><00:43:21.050><c> he</c><00:43:21.170><c> says</c>

00:43:21.449 --> 00:43:23.969
when<00:43:21.929><c> the</c><00:43:22.269><c> ancients</c><00:43:22.710><c> had</c><00:43:22.969><c> obeyed</c><00:43:23.369><c> the</c><00:43:23.530><c> gospel</c>

00:43:23.969 --> 00:43:27.250
they<00:43:24.610><c> did</c><00:43:24.949><c> not</c><00:43:25.429><c> insulate</c><00:43:26.010><c> themselves</c>

00:43:27.809 --> 00:43:29.150
on<00:43:28.369><c> the</c><00:43:28.610><c> contrary</c>

00:43:29.150 --> 00:43:31.329
attracted<00:43:30.130><c> to</c><00:43:30.409><c> a</c><00:43:30.750><c> common</c><00:43:30.969><c> center</c>

00:43:31.329 --> 00:43:32.650
by<00:43:31.510><c> the</c><00:43:31.690><c> love</c><00:43:31.909><c> of</c><00:43:32.110><c> the</c><00:43:32.269><c> truth</c>

00:43:32.650 --> 00:43:34.789
they<00:43:33.250><c> associated</c><00:43:33.849><c> themselves</c><00:43:34.349><c> together</c>

00:43:34.789 --> 00:43:35.829
into<00:43:35.210><c> communities</c>

00:43:35.829 --> 00:43:37.309
that<00:43:36.369><c> they</c><00:43:36.570><c> might</c><00:43:36.789><c> continue</c>

00:43:37.309 --> 00:43:39.510
in<00:43:37.550><c> all</c><00:43:37.869><c> the</c><00:43:38.090><c> things</c><00:43:38.309><c> and</c><00:43:38.570><c> joined</c><00:43:38.710><c> upon</c><00:43:39.050><c> them</c>

00:43:39.510 --> 00:43:41.090
by<00:43:39.889><c> the</c><00:43:40.090><c> apostles.</c>

00:43:41.230 --> 00:43:42.110
They<00:43:41.409><c> met</c><00:43:41.650><c> together</c>

00:43:42.110 --> 00:43:43.690
every<00:43:42.650><c> first</c><00:43:42.909><c> day</c><00:43:43.050><c> of</c><00:43:43.190><c> the</c><00:43:43.329><c> week</c>

00:43:43.690 --> 00:43:44.769
term<00:43:44.150><c> the</c><00:43:44.289><c> Lord's</c><00:43:44.650><c> day</c>

00:43:44.769 --> 00:43:47.170
because<00:43:45.070><c> he</c><00:43:45.309><c> rose</c><00:43:45.550><c> from</c><00:43:45.750><c> the</c><00:43:45.909><c> dead</c><00:43:46.010><c> on</c><00:43:46.170><c> that</c><00:43:46.369><c> day.</c>

00:43:47.429 --> 00:43:49.670
Being<00:43:47.710><c> assembled</c><00:43:48.190><c> they</c><00:43:48.530><c> sang</c><00:43:48.769><c> praise</c>

00:43:49.670 --> 00:43:51.409
celebrated<00:43:50.730><c> his</c><00:43:51.030><c> death</c>

00:43:51.409 --> 00:43:53.349
supplicated<00:43:52.489><c> his</c><00:43:52.769><c> favor</c>

00:43:53.349 --> 00:43:55.449
exhorted<00:43:54.050><c> one</c><00:43:54.289><c> another</c><00:43:54.530><c> to</c><00:43:54.829><c> good</c><00:43:55.010><c> works</c>

00:43:55.449 --> 00:43:57.530
and<00:43:56.090><c> a</c><00:43:56.269><c> patient</c><00:43:56.590><c> continuance</c>

00:43:57.530 --> 00:43:58.590
in<00:43:57.949><c> well</c><00:43:58.190><c>-doing.</c>

00:43:58.809 --> 00:44:00.309
They<00:43:59.409><c> searched</c><00:43:59.650><c> the</c><00:43:59.929><c> scripture</c>

00:44:00.309 --> 00:44:01.849
and<00:44:00.489><c> in</c><00:44:00.650><c> proportion</c><00:44:01.190><c> to</c><00:44:01.429><c> the</c><00:44:01.590><c> strength</c>

00:44:01.849 --> 00:44:03.989
of<00:44:01.989><c> their</c><00:44:02.170><c> affection</c><00:44:02.610><c> for</c><00:44:03.150><c> the</c><00:44:03.389><c> common</c><00:44:03.610><c> truth</c>

00:44:03.989 --> 00:44:06.710
so<00:44:04.510><c> they</c><00:44:04.670><c> were</c><00:44:04.969><c> knit</c><00:44:05.210><c> and</c><00:44:05.670><c> compacted</c><00:44:06.309><c> together</c>

00:44:06.710 --> 00:44:08.329
in<00:44:07.269><c> the</c><00:44:07.530><c> bonds</c><00:44:07.730><c> of</c><00:44:08.010><c> love</c>

00:44:08.329 --> 00:44:10.210
and<00:44:08.670><c> brotherhood</c><00:44:09.050><c> in</c><00:44:09.230><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:10.610 --> 00:44:12.389
Their<00:44:10.730><c> hope</c><00:44:10.989><c> was</c><00:44:11.309><c> one.</c>

00:44:12.829 --> 00:44:14.130
They<00:44:13.110><c> earnestly</c><00:44:13.650><c> desired</c>

00:44:14.130 --> 00:44:15.849
the<00:44:14.389><c> appearing</c><00:44:14.670><c> of</c><00:44:14.909><c> Jesus</c><00:44:15.250><c> Christ</c>

00:44:15.849 --> 00:44:17.590
because<00:44:16.349><c> they</c><00:44:16.690><c> expected</c><00:44:17.190><c> then</c>

00:44:17.590 --> 00:44:19.630
to<00:44:17.809><c> be</c><00:44:18.090><c> raised</c><00:44:18.329><c> from</c><00:44:18.530><c> the</c><00:44:18.730><c> dead</c>

00:44:20.090 --> 00:44:21.710
or<00:44:20.690><c> if</c><00:44:20.889><c> at</c><00:44:21.090><c> his</c><00:44:21.369><c> coming</c>

00:44:21.710 --> 00:44:23.349
to<00:44:22.190><c> be</c><00:44:22.510><c> transformed</c>

00:44:23.349 --> 00:44:26.150
into<00:44:23.909><c> the</c><00:44:24.150><c> similitude</c><00:44:24.789><c> of</c><00:44:24.969><c> his</c><00:44:25.190><c> glory.</c>

00:44:26.789 --> 00:44:27.969
Their<00:44:27.030><c> love</c><00:44:27.190><c> was</c><00:44:27.449><c> perfect</c>

00:44:27.969 --> 00:44:29.590
and<00:44:28.489><c> they</c><00:44:28.769><c> loved</c><00:44:28.989><c> one</c><00:44:29.250><c> another</c>

00:44:29.590 --> 00:44:31.809
in<00:44:29.989><c> the</c><00:44:30.150><c> ratio</c><00:44:30.570><c> of</c><00:44:30.789><c> their</c><00:44:31.070><c> love</c><00:44:31.250><c> to</c><00:44:31.469><c> God</c>

00:44:31.809 --> 00:44:34.130
who<00:44:32.309><c> first</c><00:44:32.849><c> loved</c><00:44:33.110><c> them.</c>

00:44:34.369 --> 00:44:35.769
There<00:44:34.530><c> was</c><00:44:34.789><c> no</c><00:44:35.090><c> fear</c><00:44:35.250><c> in</c><00:44:35.389><c> their</c><00:44:35.570><c> love</c>

00:44:35.769 --> 00:44:38.789
for<00:44:36.030><c> perfect</c><00:44:36.449><c> love</c><00:44:36.710><c> cast</c><00:44:37.010><c> without</c><00:44:37.329><c> all</c><00:44:37.769><c> fear.</c>

00:44:39.130 --> 00:44:40.590
With<00:44:39.210><c> their</c><00:44:39.489><c> tongues</c><00:44:39.829><c> did</c><00:44:40.130><c> they</c>

00:44:40.590 --> 00:44:42.230
the<00:44:40.809><c> truth</c><00:44:40.989><c> express</c>

00:44:42.309 --> 00:44:45.329
in<00:44:42.690><c> those</c><00:44:42.989><c> days</c><00:44:43.250><c> of</c><00:44:43.550><c> primitive</c><00:44:44.530><c> simplicity</c>

00:44:45.510 --> 00:44:46.369
in<00:44:45.809><c> the</c><00:44:46.090><c> faith</c>

00:44:46.369 --> 00:44:49.409
they<00:44:46.949><c> did</c><00:44:47.289><c> not</c><00:44:47.550><c> worship</c><00:44:47.829><c> God</c><00:44:48.110><c> by</c><00:44:48.489><c> proxy</c>

00:44:49.429 --> 00:44:51.969
but<00:44:49.769><c> they</c><00:44:50.130><c> walked</c><00:44:50.409><c> as</c><00:44:50.849><c> become</c><00:44:51.090><c> of</c><00:44:51.389><c> saints</c>

00:44:51.969 --> 00:44:53.869
ennobled<00:44:52.969><c> by</c><00:44:53.190><c> the</c><00:44:53.469><c> truth</c>

00:44:53.869 --> 00:44:56.809
and<00:44:54.630><c> destined</c><00:44:55.110><c> for</c><00:44:55.730><c> the</c><00:44:55.969><c> good</c><00:44:56.170><c> society</c>

00:44:56.809 --> 00:44:58.949
of<00:44:57.389><c> the</c><00:44:57.570><c> Messiah's</c><00:44:58.070><c> age.</c>

00:44:59.010 --> 00:45:00.650
Brothers<00:44:59.409><c> and</c><00:44:59.670><c> sisters</c>

00:45:00.769 --> 00:45:02.489
that<00:45:01.150><c> is</c><00:45:01.409><c> a</c><00:45:01.650><c> wonderful</c><00:45:02.010><c> description</c>

00:45:02.489 --> 00:45:04.809
of<00:45:02.710><c> the</c><00:45:02.969><c> conditions</c><00:45:03.289><c> in</c><00:45:03.469><c> the</c><00:45:03.610><c> first</c><00:45:03.769><c> century.</c>

00:45:05.170 --> 00:45:07.269
May<00:45:05.230><c> it</c><00:45:05.409><c> be</c><00:45:05.570><c> for</c><00:45:05.769><c> us</c><00:45:05.969><c> in</c><00:45:06.130><c> our</c><00:45:06.230><c> own</c><00:45:06.449><c> ecclesias</c>

00:45:07.269 --> 00:45:08.730
that<00:45:07.989><c> in</c><00:45:08.150><c> the</c><00:45:08.429><c> people</c>

00:45:08.730 --> 00:45:11.750
that<00:45:08.949><c> we</c><00:45:09.190><c> come</c><00:45:09.329><c> in</c><00:45:09.590><c> contact</c><00:45:09.969><c> with</c><00:45:10.269><c> day</c><00:45:10.489><c> to</c><00:45:10.710><c> day</c>

00:45:12.010 --> 00:45:14.650
that<00:45:12.570><c> they</c><00:45:12.969><c> might</c><00:45:13.210><c> be</c><00:45:13.489><c> able</c><00:45:13.650><c> to</c><00:45:13.929><c> just</c><00:45:14.309><c> catch</c>

00:45:14.650 --> 00:45:16.610
a<00:45:14.949><c> glimpse</c><00:45:15.269><c> of</c><00:45:16.030><c> the</c><00:45:16.429><c> spirit</c>

00:45:16.610 --> 00:45:18.969
and<00:45:16.750><c> the</c><00:45:17.030><c> power</c><00:45:17.309><c> of</c><00:45:17.489><c> that</c><00:45:17.730><c> first</c><00:45:17.949><c> century</c>

00:45:19.090 --> 00:45:21.750
that<00:45:19.449><c> we</c><00:45:19.849><c> too</c><00:45:20.309><c> in</c><00:45:20.789><c> their</c><00:45:21.090><c> lives</c>

00:45:21.750 --> 00:45:24.590
might<00:45:22.309><c> be</c><00:45:22.570><c> able</c><00:45:22.989><c> not</c><00:45:23.510><c> to</c><00:45:24.329><c> turn</c>

00:45:24.590 --> 00:45:25.670
the<00:45:24.789><c> world</c><00:45:24.949><c> upside</c><00:45:25.369><c> down</c>

00:45:25.670 --> 00:45:27.130
but<00:45:25.789><c> as</c><00:45:25.969><c> it</c><00:45:26.050><c> was</c><00:45:26.210><c> correctly</c><00:45:26.530><c> said</c>

00:45:27.130 --> 00:45:29.170
this<00:45:27.590><c> morning</c><00:45:27.889><c> in</c><00:45:28.070><c> the</c><00:45:28.289><c> prayer</c>

00:45:29.190 --> 00:45:31.230
that<00:45:29.469><c> we</c><00:45:29.630><c> might</c><00:45:29.849><c> be</c><00:45:30.010><c> able</c><00:45:30.130><c> to</c><00:45:30.269><c> put</c><00:45:30.409><c> the</c><00:45:30.769><c> world</c>

00:45:31.230 --> 00:45:32.829
right<00:45:31.710><c> side</c><00:45:32.010><c> up</c><00:45:32.130><c> for</c><00:45:32.289><c> them</c>

00:45:32.829 --> 00:45:35.230
to<00:45:33.269><c> be</c><00:45:33.489><c> able</c><00:45:33.670><c> to</c><00:45:33.909><c> see</c><00:45:34.050><c> the</c><00:45:34.369><c> marvelous</c><00:45:34.869><c> plan</c>

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that<00:45:35.429><c> God</c><00:45:35.630><c> has</c><00:45:35.849><c> in</c><00:45:36.010><c> this</c><00:45:36.190><c> earth.</c>

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We'd<00:45:38.230><c> like</c><00:45:38.289><c> to</c><00:45:38.570><c> then</c><00:45:38.949><c> say</c>

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as<00:45:39.570><c> we've</c><00:45:39.869><c> had</c><00:45:40.030><c> assumptions</c><00:45:40.449><c> in</c><00:45:40.630><c> this</c><00:45:40.869><c> class</c>

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each<00:45:41.869><c> of</c><00:45:42.010><c> us</c><00:45:42.150><c> would</c><00:45:42.369><c> love</c><00:45:42.670><c> nothing</c><00:45:43.010><c> more</c>

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than<00:45:43.429><c> to</c><00:45:43.610><c> see</c><00:45:43.710><c> the</c><00:45:43.909><c> truth</c><00:45:44.070><c> flourish</c>

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in<00:45:44.949><c> our</c><00:45:45.170><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:45:45.789><c> in</c><00:45:45.929><c> our</c><00:45:46.130><c> personal</c><00:45:46.409><c> lives.</c>

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We<00:45:47.409><c> want</c><00:45:47.630><c> our</c><00:45:47.869><c> ecclesias</c><00:45:48.190><c> to</c><00:45:48.409><c> taste</c><00:45:48.750><c> this</c><00:45:49.070><c> passion</c>

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of<00:45:50.050><c> the</c><00:45:50.230><c> first</c><00:45:50.389><c> century</c><00:45:50.730><c> experience</c>

00:45:51.409 --> 00:45:53.889
burning<00:45:52.070><c> brightly</c><00:45:52.530><c> as</c><00:45:52.750><c> a</c><00:45:53.030><c> community</c><00:45:53.329><c> light</c><00:45:53.650><c> stand</c>

00:45:53.889 --> 00:45:56.630
and<00:45:54.309><c> we</c><00:45:54.550><c> all</c><00:45:54.869><c> see</c><00:45:55.130><c> areas</c><00:45:56.030><c> for</c><00:45:56.309><c> improvement</c>

00:45:56.630 --> 00:45:59.389
in<00:45:56.710><c> our</c><00:45:56.869><c> personal</c><00:45:57.409><c> and</c><00:45:57.849><c> our</c><00:45:58.070><c> ecclesial</c><00:45:58.409><c> lives.</c>

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We<00:46:00.230><c> are</c><00:46:00.510><c> true</c><00:46:00.750><c> fundamentalists.</c>

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We<00:46:01.590><c> read</c><00:46:01.849><c> the</c><00:46:02.030><c> Bible</c>

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and<00:46:02.489><c> try</c><00:46:02.710><c> to</c><00:46:03.030><c> apply</c><00:46:03.230><c> that</c><00:46:03.449><c> into</c><00:46:03.630><c> our</c><00:46:03.849><c> lives</c>

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and<00:46:04.250><c> to</c><00:46:04.329><c> our</c><00:46:04.530><c> ecclesias</c>

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and<00:46:05.409><c> therefore</c><00:46:05.949><c> we</c><00:46:06.630><c> follow</c><00:46:06.929><c> what</c><00:46:07.110><c> the</c><00:46:07.230><c> Bible</c><00:46:07.510><c> commands</c>

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and<00:46:08.210><c> we</c><00:46:08.449><c> try</c><00:46:08.690><c> to</c><00:46:09.130><c> diligently</c>

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live<00:46:09.949><c> in</c><00:46:10.130><c> accordance</c><00:46:10.809><c> to</c><00:46:11.110><c> that</c>

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and<00:46:11.909><c> to</c><00:46:12.110><c> let</c><00:46:12.210><c> it</c><00:46:12.449><c> take</c><00:46:12.650><c> us</c><00:46:13.250><c> wherever</c><00:46:13.630><c> it</c><00:46:14.070><c> must.</c>

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And<00:46:16.550><c> so</c><00:46:16.849><c> I</c><00:46:17.389><c> believe</c><00:46:17.789><c> those</c><00:46:18.050><c> are</c><00:46:18.210><c> the</c><00:46:18.389><c> assumptions</c>

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that<00:46:18.949><c> we</c><00:46:19.130><c> all</c><00:46:19.289><c> must</c><00:46:19.530><c> have</c>

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when<00:46:19.849><c> we</c><00:46:20.010><c> read</c><00:46:20.150><c> from</c><00:46:20.369><c> the</c><00:46:20.550><c> Acts</c><00:46:20.690><c> of</c><00:46:20.829><c> the</c><00:46:20.969><c> Apostles</c>

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to<00:46:21.989><c> take</c><00:46:22.309><c> these</c><00:46:22.570><c> things</c>

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and<00:46:22.949><c> to</c><00:46:23.170><c> apply</c><00:46:23.369><c> them</c><00:46:23.530><c> to</c><00:46:23.690><c> our</c><00:46:23.869><c> lives.</c>

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And<00:46:24.969><c> so</c><00:46:25.070><c> we'd</c><00:46:25.269><c> like</c><00:46:25.329><c> to</c><00:46:25.530><c> end</c><00:46:25.690><c> then</c>

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this<00:46:26.650><c> beautiful</c><00:46:27.130><c> quote</c><00:46:27.449><c> from</c><00:46:27.909><c> the</c><00:46:28.170><c> Apostle</c><00:46:28.590><c> John</c>

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in<00:46:30.030><c> his</c><00:46:30.289><c> first</c><00:46:30.570><c> letter,</c>

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his<00:46:31.150><c> first</c><00:46:32.309><c> epistle</c>

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where<00:46:33.150><c> he</c><00:46:33.429><c> speaks</c><00:46:33.809><c> in</c><00:46:34.369><c> chapter</c><00:46:34.730><c> 2</c>

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about<00:46:37.010><c> the</c><00:46:37.510><c> confidence</c><00:46:37.949><c> that</c><00:46:38.230><c> we</c><00:46:38.389><c> should</c><00:46:38.570><c> have.</c>

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He<00:46:39.949><c> says,</c>

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and<00:46:40.449><c> now</c><00:46:40.750><c> little</c><00:46:41.030><c> children,</c>

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abide<00:46:42.630><c> in</c><00:46:42.809><c> him</c>

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that<00:46:44.230><c> when</c><00:46:44.469><c> he</c><00:46:44.750><c> shall</c><00:46:44.989><c> appear</c>

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we<00:46:46.110><c> may</c><00:46:46.349><c> have</c><00:46:46.809><c> confidence</c>

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and<00:46:48.969><c> not</c><00:46:49.349><c> be</c><00:46:49.550><c> ashamed</c><00:46:49.929><c> before</c><00:46:50.349><c> him</c><00:46:50.510><c> at</c><00:46:50.630><c> his</c><00:46:50.829><c> coming.</c>

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If<00:46:52.269><c> you</c><00:46:52.489><c> know</c><00:46:52.730><c> that</c><00:46:53.010><c> he</c><00:46:53.309><c> is</c><00:46:53.570><c> righteous</c>

00:46:54.949 --> 00:46:58.570
you<00:46:55.510><c> know</c><00:46:55.889><c> that</c><00:46:56.269><c> everyone</c><00:46:56.730><c> that</c><00:46:57.010><c> doeth</c><00:46:57.510><c> righteousness</c>

00:46:58.690 --> 00:47:00.550
is<00:46:59.250><c> born</c><00:46:59.510><c> of</c><00:46:59.710><c> him.</c>

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And<00:47:01.409><c> so</c><00:47:01.590><c> let</c><00:47:01.730><c> it</c><00:47:01.869><c> be,</c><00:47:02.190><c> brothers</c><00:47:02.289><c> and</c><00:47:02.590><c> sisters,</c>

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as<00:47:03.050><c> we</c><00:47:03.210><c> go</c><00:47:03.510><c> back</c><00:47:03.750><c> into</c><00:47:03.989><c> our</c><00:47:04.230><c> daily</c><00:47:04.489><c> lives</c>

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and<00:47:05.010><c> into</c><00:47:05.210><c> our</c><00:47:05.409><c> ecclesias</c>

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that<00:47:06.409><c> we</c><00:47:06.630><c> can</c><00:47:06.769><c> have</c><00:47:07.050><c> confidence</c>

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because<00:47:09.409><c> he</c><00:47:09.969><c> is</c><00:47:10.250><c> righteous</c>

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and<00:47:12.050><c> everyone</c><00:47:12.349><c> that</c><00:47:12.590><c> doeth</c><00:47:12.809><c> righteousness</c>

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is<00:47:14.289><c> born</c><00:47:14.510><c> of</c><00:47:14.730><c> him.</c>

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Thank<00:47:15.809><c> you.</c>