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things.<00:12:17.610><c> They</c><00:12:17.789><c> won't</c><00:12:17.990><c> go</c><00:12:18.210><c> along</c><00:12:18.450><c> the</c><00:12:18.669><c> apostolic</c><00:12:19.330><c> path.</c><00:12:20.830><c> They</c>

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it?<00:14:03.990><c> Heed</c><00:14:04.350><c> to</c><00:14:04.590><c> fables</c><00:14:04.970><c> and</c><00:14:05.230><c> endless</c><00:14:05.649><c> genealogies.</c>

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circumcision<00:14:30.049><c> in</c><00:14:30.190><c> verse</c><00:14:30.570><c> 10,</c>

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them.<00:16:33.950><c> They</c><00:16:34.049><c> can</c><00:16:34.389><c> see</c><00:16:34.610><c> it</c><00:16:35.289><c> and</c>

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it's<00:16:44.309><c> an</c><00:16:44.549><c> amazing</c><00:16:44.929><c> thing,</c><00:16:45.490><c> isn't</c><00:16:45.490><c> it,</c><00:16:45.490><c> to</c><00:16:45.649><c> say</c><00:16:45.830><c> to</c><00:16:45.929><c> Timothy</c>

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promote<00:17:09.529><c> speculations.</c><00:17:20.390><c> That's</c><00:17:21.430><c> pretty</c>

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good.<00:17:22.029><c> Look,</c><00:17:22.470><c> you</c><00:17:22.470><c> can</c><00:17:22.829><c> hardly</c><00:17:23.109><c> look</c><00:17:23.329><c> up</c><00:17:23.589><c> a</c><00:17:23.829><c> commentary</c><00:17:24.089><c> today</c>

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Apostle<00:20:04.009><c> Paul</c><00:20:04.269><c> thought</c><00:20:04.450><c> like</c><00:20:04.730><c> that</c><00:20:04.829><c> too,</c><00:20:05.150><c> didn't</c><00:20:05.269><c> he?</c><00:20:06.589><c> Philippians</c><00:20:07.150><c> 3</c><00:20:08.170><c>.5,</c>

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people<00:24:22.970><c> of</c><00:24:23.609><c> charity</c><00:24:24.150><c> or</c><00:24:24.670><c> love.</c><00:24:27.490><c> It's</c><00:24:27.650><c> warm.</c><00:24:29.509><c> It's</c><00:24:30.390><c> a</c><00:24:30.529><c> lovely</c>

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she<00:25:48.549><c> shall</c><00:25:48.769><c> be</c><00:25:49.069><c> saved</c><00:25:49.309><c> in</c><00:25:49.670><c> childbearing</c>

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word<00:25:54.309><c> and</c><00:25:54.690><c> holiness</c><00:25:55.289><c> with</c><00:25:56.789><c> sobriety.</c>

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princes?<00:26:28.490><c> The</c><00:26:28.650><c> overall</c><00:26:29.029><c> theme</c><00:26:29.309><c> is</c><00:26:29.730><c> what's</c><00:26:30.130><c> helpful</c><00:26:30.410><c> for</c><00:26:30.609><c> our</c>

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meeting?<00:26:31.089><c> What</c><00:26:31.210><c> can</c><00:26:31.410><c> we</c><00:26:31.490><c> do?</c><00:26:32.049><c> Well,</c><00:26:32.349><c> I</c><00:26:32.410><c> think</c><00:26:32.609><c> verse</c>

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striving<00:26:38.569><c> for.</c><00:26:40.430><c> That</c><00:26:40.569><c> we</c><00:26:40.789><c> have</c><00:26:41.049><c> people</c><00:26:41.390><c> in</c><00:26:41.529><c> our</c><00:26:41.769><c> meeting</c><00:26:41.970><c> that</c>

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are<00:26:42.329><c> very</c><00:26:42.750><c> warm</c><00:26:43.049><c> and</c><00:26:43.369><c> thoughtful</c><00:26:43.690><c> and</c><00:26:43.990><c> careful.</c>

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There's<00:26:45.450><c> a</c><00:26:45.730><c> warmth</c><00:26:45.990><c> in</c><00:26:46.170><c> our</c><00:26:46.369><c> meeting.</c><00:26:47.930><c> There's</c><00:26:48.109><c> a</c><00:26:48.390><c> purity</c><00:26:48.750><c> in</c>

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our<00:26:49.150><c> meeting.</c>

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It's<00:26:51.589><c> of</c><00:26:51.809><c> good</c><00:26:52.130><c> conscience.</c><00:26:52.730><c> They</c><00:26:52.750><c> live</c><00:26:52.990><c> lives</c><00:26:53.630><c> before</c><00:26:53.990><c> God</c>

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and<00:26:55.869><c> their</c><00:26:56.089><c> belief</c>

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is<00:27:00.170><c> unalloyed.</c><00:27:00.910><c> It's</c><00:27:01.089><c> truthful.</c><00:27:02.589><c> It's</c><00:27:02.890><c> unfamed.</c><00:27:03.650><c> It's</c><00:27:03.809><c> sincere.</c><00:27:05.130><c> That's</c><00:27:05.309><c> something,</c><00:27:05.529><c> isn't</c>

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it,<00:27:05.869><c> to</c><00:27:05.869><c> think</c>

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about.<00:27:07.730><c> Young</c><00:27:07.970><c> people</c><00:27:08.329><c> coming</c><00:27:08.609><c> through</c><00:27:08.890><c> in</c><00:27:09.109><c> life</c><00:27:09.269><c> with</c><00:27:09.490><c> all</c>

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of<00:27:10.009><c> life's</c><00:27:10.750><c> challenges,</c><00:27:11.170><c> particularly</c><00:27:11.670><c> in</c><00:27:11.910><c> youth,</c>

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it's<00:27:12.710><c> not</c><00:27:12.910><c> easy</c><00:27:13.549><c> to</c><00:27:13.829><c> think</c><00:27:14.069><c> like</c><00:27:14.410><c> that.</c><00:27:16.750><c> In</c><00:27:16.809><c> James</c><00:27:17.470><c> 3</c><00:27:18.190><c> we</c><00:27:18.230><c> have</c>

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a<00:27:18.710><c> very</c><00:27:19.150><c> similar</c><00:27:20.109><c> passage.</c>

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James<00:27:32.009><c> 3,</c><00:27:33.170><c> verse</c><00:27:33.490><c> 16</c><00:27:34.410><c> through</c><00:27:34.890><c> to</c><00:27:35.009><c> verse</c><00:27:35.210><c> 18.</c>

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For<00:27:37.809><c> where</c><00:27:38.329><c> envy</c><00:27:38.890><c> and</c><00:27:40.269><c> strife</c><00:27:40.670><c> is,</c><00:27:41.930><c> there</c><00:27:42.130><c> is</c><00:27:42.470><c> confusion</c><00:27:43.230><c> and</c>

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every<00:27:44.009><c> evil</c><00:27:44.369><c> work.</c>

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But<00:27:46.349><c> the</c><00:27:46.710><c> wisdom</c><00:27:47.109><c> that</c><00:27:47.369><c> is</c><00:27:47.730><c> from</c><00:27:48.049><c> above,</c><00:27:50.170><c> there</c><00:27:50.609><c> were</c><00:27:50.750><c> many</c>

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teachers,<00:27:52.289><c> some</c><00:27:52.549><c> had</c><00:27:52.750><c> the</c><00:27:52.930><c> wrong</c><00:27:53.150><c> motives,</c>

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but<00:27:54.470><c> they're</c><00:27:54.690><c> all</c><00:27:54.910><c> teachers.</c><00:27:56.490><c> But</c><00:27:56.710><c> the</c><00:27:56.990><c> wisdom</c><00:27:57.690><c> that</c><00:27:58.549><c> is</c><00:27:58.769><c> from</c>

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above,<00:28:00.849><c> the</c><00:28:01.029><c> teaching</c><00:28:01.349><c> that's</c><00:28:01.690><c> coming</c><00:28:01.930><c> from</c>

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God's<00:28:03.670><c> side,</c><00:28:04.710><c> is</c><00:28:04.869><c> first</c><00:28:05.589><c> pure,</c><00:28:07.869><c> then</c><00:28:08.589><c> peaceable,</c><00:28:10.910><c> gentle</c><00:28:11.569><c> and</c>

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easy<00:28:12.970><c> to</c><00:28:13.230><c> be</c><00:28:13.490><c> entreated.</c><00:28:15.029><c> You</c><00:28:15.029><c> can</c><00:28:15.309><c> work</c>

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with<00:28:16.769><c> a</c><00:28:16.950><c> person.</c><00:28:18.349><c> He</c><00:28:18.549><c> will</c><00:28:18.869><c> listen.</c><00:28:19.349><c> He</c><00:28:19.410><c> will</c><00:28:19.710><c> respond.</c><00:28:20.890><c> There's</c><00:28:21.089><c> a</c><00:28:21.309><c> reason</c><00:28:21.630><c> of</c>

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honest<00:28:22.089><c> there.</c><00:28:22.809><c> Full</c><00:28:23.069><c> of</c><00:28:23.369><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:28:24.549><c> good</c><00:28:24.910><c> fruits,</c><00:28:25.549><c> charity.</c><00:28:26.670><c> Without</c><00:28:27.150><c> partiality</c><00:28:28.509><c> among</c>

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the<00:28:29.130><c> brethren</c><00:28:29.569><c> and</c><00:28:30.289><c> without</c><00:28:30.670><c> hypocrisy,</c>

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it's<00:28:32.309><c> unfamed.</c><00:28:33.730><c> And</c><00:28:33.829><c> the</c><00:28:34.009><c> fruit</c><00:28:34.170><c> of</c><00:28:34.430><c> righteousness</c><00:28:34.950><c> is</c><00:28:35.369><c> sown</c>

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in<00:28:35.950><c> peace</c><00:28:36.509><c> of</c><00:28:37.369><c> them</c><00:28:37.650><c> that</c><00:28:37.910><c> make</c><00:28:38.210><c> peace.</c>

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It's<00:28:39.549><c> not</c><00:28:39.769><c> just</c><00:28:40.329><c> Paul</c><00:28:40.569><c> that</c><00:28:40.730><c> thinks</c><00:28:40.950><c> like</c><00:28:41.170><c> this.</c><00:28:41.829><c> This</c><00:28:42.170><c> is</c><00:28:42.349><c> what</c><00:28:42.549><c> the</c>

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apostolic<00:28:43.349><c> product</c><00:28:43.809><c> was</c><00:28:44.089><c> to</c><00:28:44.289><c> be.</c>

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People<00:28:45.690><c> that</c><00:28:45.950><c> had</c><00:28:46.269><c> those</c><00:28:46.930><c> kinds</c><00:28:47.289><c> of</c><00:28:47.529><c> qualities</c><00:28:47.950><c> in</c><00:28:49.869><c> their</c>

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ecclesias<00:28:51.569><c> that</c><00:28:51.670><c> were</c><00:28:51.930><c> developed</c>

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under<00:28:52.809><c> the</c><00:28:54.869><c> apostles'</c><00:28:55.690><c> teaching,</c><00:28:55.769><c> Timothy's</c><00:28:56.390><c> teaching,</c><00:28:56.950><c> that's</c><00:28:57.410><c> the</c>

00:28:57.589 --> 00:28:59.269
kind<00:28:57.869><c> of</c><00:28:58.029><c> people</c><00:28:58.289><c> Paul</c><00:28:58.529><c> wanted</c><00:28:58.769><c> to</c><00:28:59.029><c> see</c><00:28:59.130><c> when</c>

00:28:59.269 --> 00:29:01.869
he<00:28:59.609><c> came</c><00:28:59.609><c> back</c><00:28:59.829><c> to</c><00:28:59.990><c> Ephesus</c><00:29:00.369><c> and</c><00:29:00.809><c> met</c><00:29:01.069><c> with</c><00:29:01.269><c> him.</c><00:29:01.549><c> That's</c><00:29:01.670><c> the</c>

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kind<00:29:02.289><c> of</c><00:29:02.470><c> people</c><00:29:02.930><c> that</c><00:29:03.410><c> he</c><00:29:03.450><c> was</c><00:29:04.049><c> wanting</c><00:29:04.329><c> to</c><00:29:04.529><c> see.</c>

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It's<00:29:08.269><c> not</c><00:29:08.410><c> hard</c><00:29:08.750><c> to</c><00:29:09.089><c> actually</c><00:29:09.470><c> visualise</c><00:29:10.009><c> that</c><00:29:10.230><c> kind</c><00:29:10.490><c> of</c><00:29:10.630><c> person,</c><00:29:11.049><c> is</c>

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it?<00:29:11.529><c> In</c><00:29:11.730><c> our</c><00:29:11.930><c> own</c><00:29:12.150><c> minds.</c>

00:29:13.589 --> 00:29:20.650
It's<00:29:13.829><c> a</c><00:29:13.950><c> very</c><00:29:14.349><c> lovely</c><00:29:14.930><c> rounded</c><00:29:15.589><c> character.</c><00:29:17.809><c> There's</c><00:29:18.410><c> a</c><00:29:18.630><c> firmness</c><00:29:19.069><c> there.</c><00:29:20.349><c> There's</c><00:29:20.509><c> a</c>

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sincerity<00:29:21.269><c> there.</c>

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There's<00:29:23.630><c> a</c><00:29:23.950><c> attention</c><00:29:24.349><c> to</c><00:29:24.549><c> the</c><00:29:24.809><c> detail</c><00:29:25.130><c> of</c><00:29:25.309><c> the</c><00:29:25.509><c> meeting.</c><00:29:27.009><c> It's</c><00:29:27.250><c> faith</c><00:29:27.569><c> unfamed.</c><00:29:28.289><c> There's</c><00:29:28.509><c> a</c>

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godliness<00:29:29.029><c> in</c>

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that<00:29:29.609><c> person.</c><00:29:31.369><c> And</c><00:29:31.430><c> yet</c><00:29:31.569><c> there's</c><00:29:31.789><c> a</c><00:29:31.970><c> warm</c><00:29:32.230><c> environment.</c><00:29:34.269><c> Interesting</c><00:29:34.690><c> to</c>

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think<00:29:35.049><c> of</c><00:29:35.170><c> that.</c>

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When<00:29:37.509><c> we</c><00:29:38.089><c> set</c><00:29:38.329><c> out</c><00:29:39.029><c> as</c><00:29:39.529><c> teachers,</c><00:29:40.109><c> coming</c><00:29:40.490><c> us</c><00:29:40.769><c> back</c><00:29:41.089><c> to</c><00:29:41.769><c> Timothy,</c><00:29:42.390><c> again</c>

00:29:42.630 --> 00:29:44.309
to<00:29:42.829><c> that</c><00:29:42.930><c> last</c><00:29:43.309><c> phrase</c><00:29:43.509><c> of</c><00:29:43.710><c> chapter</c><00:29:44.029><c> 4,</c>

00:29:44.490 --> 00:29:47.470
which<00:29:44.490><c> was</c><00:29:44.650><c> like</c><00:29:44.829><c> the</c><00:29:45.029><c> summary</c><00:29:45.329><c> phrase,</c><00:29:46.750><c> if</c><00:29:46.930><c> a</c><00:29:47.069><c> young</c><00:29:47.250><c> brother</c>

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was<00:29:47.710><c> setting</c><00:29:47.910><c> out</c><00:29:48.109><c> in</c><00:29:48.190><c> his</c><00:29:48.470><c> life</c><00:29:48.829><c> to</c><00:29:49.890><c> think,</c>

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what<00:29:51.150><c> kind</c><00:29:51.450><c> of</c><00:29:51.670><c> teaching</c><00:29:51.950><c> should</c><00:29:52.210><c> he</c><00:29:52.430><c> provide?</c><00:29:53.829><c> Well,</c><00:29:54.049><c> that</c><00:29:54.170><c> last</c><00:29:54.630><c> phrase</c><00:29:54.990><c> in</c><00:29:55.170><c> verse</c><00:29:55.410><c> 4</c>

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is<00:29:55.809><c> a</c><00:29:55.970><c> very</c><00:29:56.289><c> helpful</c><00:29:56.650><c> one.</c>

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Rather<00:29:58.789><c> than</c><00:29:59.230><c> godly</c><00:29:59.869><c> edifying</c><00:30:00.470><c> which</c><00:30:00.769><c> is</c><00:30:01.049><c> in</c><00:30:01.250><c> faith.</c><00:30:02.450><c> That's</c>

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an<00:30:02.829><c> excellent</c><00:30:03.309><c> expression,</c><00:30:03.950><c> isn't</c><00:30:04.150><c> it?</c>

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How<00:30:05.109><c> do</c><00:30:05.289><c> you</c><00:30:05.289><c> want</c><00:30:05.490><c> to</c><00:30:05.670><c> teach?</c><00:30:06.450><c> Well,</c><00:30:06.690><c> you</c><00:30:06.710><c> want</c><00:30:06.930><c> to</c><00:30:07.130><c> teach</c><00:30:07.390><c> so</c>

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that<00:30:07.970><c> your</c><00:30:08.230><c> teaching</c><00:30:08.509><c> is</c><00:30:08.950><c> godly</c><00:30:09.650><c> edifying</c>

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in<00:30:12.470><c> faith.</c><00:30:14.589><c> It's</c><00:30:14.890><c> not</c><00:30:15.150><c> speculative.</c><00:30:17.250><c> It's</c><00:30:17.410><c> not</c><00:30:17.670><c> just</c><00:30:17.950><c> high</c>

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sounding.<00:30:19.630><c> It's</c><00:30:19.769><c> not</c><00:30:20.009><c> above</c><00:30:20.390><c> the</c><00:30:20.589><c> people</c><00:30:20.809><c> you're</c>

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speaking<00:30:27.690><c> to</c><00:30:28.630><c> and</c><00:30:28.829><c> who</c><00:30:28.950><c> it's</c><00:30:29.130><c> speaking</c><00:30:29.490><c> under.</c><00:30:31.049><c> Godly</c><00:30:31.650><c> edifying</c><00:30:32.230><c> which</c>

00:30:32.529 --> 00:30:35.029
is<00:30:32.750><c> in</c><00:30:33.009><c> faith.</c><00:30:34.170><c> That's</c><00:30:34.269><c> a</c><00:30:34.430><c> good</c><00:30:34.670><c> maxim</c>

00:30:35.029 --> 00:30:38.210
for<00:30:35.269><c> any</c><00:30:35.450><c> young</c><00:30:35.690><c> brother</c><00:30:36.150><c> coming</c><00:30:36.690><c> into</c><00:30:36.910><c> a</c><00:30:37.089><c> pleasurable</c><00:30:37.390><c> life</c>

00:30:38.210 --> 00:30:40.410
who<00:30:38.490><c> thinks,</c><00:30:38.809><c> well,</c><00:30:39.009><c> how</c><00:30:39.269><c> should</c><00:30:39.609><c> I</c><00:30:39.849><c> think</c>

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when<00:30:41.250><c> I</c><00:30:41.869><c> am</c><00:30:42.289><c> standing</c><00:30:42.630><c> there</c><00:30:42.910><c> to</c><00:30:43.109><c> teach</c><00:30:43.369><c> others?</c><00:30:44.369><c> Well,</c><00:30:44.690><c> it</c><00:30:44.710><c> is</c>

00:30:44.990 --> 00:30:48.710
to<00:30:45.150><c> produce</c><00:30:45.630><c> godly</c><00:30:46.309><c> edifying</c><00:30:46.869><c> which</c><00:30:47.190><c> is</c><00:30:47.529><c> in</c><00:30:47.789><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:30:49.170><c> product</c><00:30:49.730><c> is</c><00:30:50.390><c> those</c><00:30:50.730><c> of</c><00:30:50.890><c> verse</c><00:30:51.130><c> 5,</c><00:30:52.250><c> people</c><00:30:52.569><c> of</c><00:30:52.789><c> charity,</c>

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warmth<00:30:54.410><c> of</c><00:30:54.730><c> heart</c><00:30:54.890><c> and</c><00:30:55.190><c> pure</c><00:30:55.490><c> of</c><00:30:55.730><c> heart,</c>

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of<00:30:56.710><c> good</c><00:30:57.029><c> conscience</c><00:30:57.890><c> and</c><00:30:58.289><c> faith</c><00:30:58.930><c> and</c><00:30:59.710><c> fame.</c><00:31:02.869><c> So</c><00:31:03.150><c> the</c><00:31:03.289><c> apostle</c>

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sketches<00:31:04.250><c> out</c><00:31:04.930><c> the</c><00:31:05.130><c> objective</c>

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of<00:31:06.710><c> writing</c><00:31:07.069><c> to</c><00:31:07.269><c> Timothy.</c><00:31:09.289><c> You</c><00:31:09.289><c> know,</c><00:31:09.869><c> it's</c><00:31:10.089><c> a</c><00:31:10.490><c> wonderful</c><00:31:10.910><c> thing</c><00:31:11.150><c> to</c>

00:31:11.329 --> 00:31:13.309
think<00:31:11.529><c> about</c><00:31:11.849><c> him</c><00:31:12.349><c> writing</c><00:31:12.650><c> this,</c><00:31:13.190><c> isn't</c><00:31:13.190><c> it?</c>

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What<00:31:13.609><c> if</c><00:31:13.650><c> he</c><00:31:13.829><c> hadn't</c><00:31:14.089><c> written</c><00:31:14.349><c> that?</c><00:31:16.509><c> Written</c><00:31:16.789><c> by</c><00:31:17.049><c> the</c><00:31:17.309><c> Spirit</c>

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of<00:31:17.730><c> God,</c><00:31:18.069><c> no</c><00:31:18.269><c> question.</c><00:31:19.589><c> This</c><00:31:19.789><c> is</c><00:31:20.150><c> a</c><00:31:20.309><c> long</c>

00:31:20.690 --> 00:31:25.089
epistle.<00:31:21.009><c> Have</c><00:31:21.009><c> you</c><00:31:21.170><c> ever</c><00:31:21.309><c> written</c><00:31:21.549><c> a</c><00:31:21.670><c> letter</c><00:31:21.910><c> as</c><00:31:22.049><c> long</c><00:31:22.329><c> as</c><00:31:22.509><c> this?</c><00:31:24.230><c> Well,</c><00:31:24.230><c> there's</c><00:31:24.630><c> lots</c><00:31:24.910><c> of</c>

00:31:25.089 --> 00:31:25.930
them<00:31:25.190><c> here</c>

00:31:26.670 --> 00:31:30.549
in<00:31:27.150><c> the</c><00:31:27.369><c> epistles</c><00:31:27.710><c> of</c><00:31:27.970><c> the</c><00:31:28.170><c> apostle</c><00:31:28.509><c> Paul.</c><00:31:28.829><c> But</c><00:31:28.890><c> have</c><00:31:29.029><c> you</c><00:31:29.170><c> ever</c><00:31:29.990><c> written</c><00:31:30.309><c> a</c>

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letter<00:31:30.710><c> like</c><00:31:30.990><c> this?</c>

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I<00:31:33.049><c> think</c><00:31:33.190><c> it's</c><00:31:33.410><c> worth</c><00:31:33.509><c> thinking</c><00:31:33.829><c> about</c><00:31:34.049><c> what</c><00:31:34.349><c> our</c><00:31:34.769><c> letter</c><00:31:35.049><c> writing</c><00:31:35.390><c> is</c>

00:31:35.670 --> 00:31:38.769
like.<00:31:37.190><c> If</c><00:31:37.369><c> in</c><00:31:37.470><c> fact</c><00:31:37.690><c> it</c><00:31:37.930><c> still</c><00:31:38.109><c> exists</c><00:31:38.490><c> in</c>

00:31:38.769 --> 00:31:42.809
some<00:31:38.990><c> places,</c><00:31:39.769><c> I</c><00:31:41.230><c> don't</c><00:31:41.490><c> think</c><00:31:41.670><c> that</c><00:31:41.930><c> some</c><00:31:42.089><c> really</c><00:31:42.390><c> know</c><00:31:42.569><c> how</c>

00:31:42.809 --> 00:31:46.670
to<00:31:42.930><c> write</c><00:31:43.190><c> a</c><00:31:43.349><c> letter</c><00:31:43.710><c> sometimes.</c><00:31:46.150><c> And</c><00:31:46.329><c> I</c><00:31:46.450><c> think</c>

00:31:46.670 --> 00:31:49.990
the<00:31:46.930><c> world</c><00:31:47.130><c> in</c><00:31:47.269><c> which</c><00:31:47.430><c> we</c><00:31:47.569><c> live</c><00:31:47.809><c> sort</c><00:31:48.029><c> of</c><00:31:48.230><c> encourages</c><00:31:48.710><c> that.</c>

00:31:50.450 --> 00:31:52.089
Correspondence<00:31:50.930><c> today</c><00:31:51.210><c> is</c><00:31:51.369><c> just</c><00:31:51.589><c> about</c><00:31:51.849><c> the</c>

00:31:52.089 --> 00:31:55.930
fact,<00:31:52.430><c> not</c><00:31:52.650><c> about</c><00:31:54.289><c> yourself</c><00:31:54.789><c> or</c><00:31:55.029><c> the</c><00:31:55.210><c> person</c><00:31:55.430><c> on</c><00:31:55.609><c> the</c><00:31:55.690><c> other</c>

00:31:55.930 --> 00:31:59.349
end.<00:31:57.769><c> You</c><00:31:57.829><c> know,</c><00:31:58.089><c> if</c><00:31:58.190><c> some</c><00:31:58.369><c> people</c><00:31:58.569><c> were</c><00:31:59.049><c> writing</c>

00:31:59.349 --> 00:32:01.390
this<00:31:59.589><c> letter</c><00:31:59.849><c> to</c><00:32:00.029><c> Timothy,</c><00:32:00.430><c> it</c><00:32:00.450><c> would</c><00:32:00.710><c> start</c><00:32:00.890><c> off</c><00:32:01.130><c> something</c>

00:32:01.390 --> 00:32:03.789
like<00:32:01.630><c> this,</c><00:32:02.049><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:02.049><c> it?</c><00:32:02.490><c> Hi</c><00:32:02.809><c> Tim!</c>

00:32:05.549 --> 00:32:10.210
And<00:32:05.849><c> get</c><00:32:06.049><c> two</c><00:32:06.289><c> lines</c><00:32:06.630><c> and</c><00:32:07.450><c> see</c><00:32:07.710><c> ya.</c><00:32:08.670><c> Or</c><00:32:08.910><c> why</c><00:32:09.089><c> be</c><00:32:09.250><c> I</c><00:32:09.529><c> seen?</c>

00:32:14.089 --> 00:32:17.890
Well,<00:32:14.769><c> it</c><00:32:14.990><c> is</c><00:32:15.269><c> funny,</c><00:32:15.569><c> but</c><00:32:15.690><c> really</c><00:32:15.950><c> it's</c><00:32:16.250><c> tragic,</c><00:32:17.009><c> isn't</c><00:32:17.329><c> it?</c>

00:32:18.170 --> 00:32:20.529
It<00:32:18.289><c> is</c><00:32:18.569><c> tragic.</c><00:32:19.450><c> How</c><00:32:19.630><c> do</c><00:32:19.809><c> we</c><00:32:19.849><c> ever</c><00:32:20.109><c> let</c><00:32:20.230><c> that</c>

00:32:20.529 --> 00:32:24.529
sort<00:32:20.710><c> of</c><00:32:20.890><c> behaviour</c><00:32:21.289><c> creep</c><00:32:21.569><c> in?</c><00:32:23.450><c> And</c><00:32:23.650><c> you</c><00:32:23.789><c> don't</c><00:32:24.069><c> feel</c><00:32:24.289><c> like</c>

00:32:24.529 --> 00:32:25.950
that<00:32:24.670><c> about</c><00:32:24.950><c> the</c><00:32:25.130><c> person</c><00:32:25.369><c> you're</c><00:32:25.569><c> writing</c><00:32:25.769><c> to.</c>

00:32:26.009 --> 00:32:28.690
You<00:32:26.069><c> probably</c><00:32:26.309><c> love</c><00:32:26.589><c> him.</c><00:32:27.549><c> You</c><00:32:27.690><c> probably</c><00:32:27.869><c> think</c><00:32:28.049><c> very</c><00:32:28.450><c> highly</c>

00:32:28.690 --> 00:32:29.930
of<00:32:28.750><c> him.</c><00:32:28.829><c> Why</c><00:32:28.990><c> would</c><00:32:29.150><c> you</c><00:32:29.250><c> have</c><00:32:29.349><c> the</c><00:32:29.509><c> audacity</c>

00:32:29.930 --> 00:32:33.109
to<00:32:30.150><c> write</c><00:32:30.289><c> to</c><00:32:30.450><c> somebody</c><00:32:30.690><c> like</c><00:32:30.990><c> that?</c><00:32:31.990><c> Why</c><00:32:32.130><c> do</c><00:32:32.269><c> you</c><00:32:32.269><c> think</c><00:32:32.369><c> someone</c><00:32:32.670><c> thinks</c><00:32:32.950><c> at</c>

00:32:33.109 --> 00:32:33.670
the<00:32:33.190><c> other</c><00:32:33.369><c> end</c><00:32:33.509><c> of</c><00:32:33.589><c> it</c>

00:32:33.670 --> 00:32:38.509
is<00:32:33.990><c> called</c><00:32:34.210><c> a</c><00:32:34.450><c> why</c><00:32:34.569><c> be</c><00:32:34.730><c> I</c><00:32:34.970><c> seen?</c><00:32:37.609><c> If</c><00:32:37.750><c> they</c><00:32:37.970><c> were</c><00:32:38.130><c> our</c><00:32:38.309><c> brother</c>

00:32:38.509 --> 00:32:39.769
in<00:32:38.730><c> Christ,</c><00:32:39.089><c> surely</c><00:32:39.309><c> you've</c><00:32:39.470><c> got</c><00:32:39.529><c> enough</c>

00:32:39.769 --> 00:32:44.150
ink<00:32:39.950><c> and</c><00:32:40.089><c> enough</c><00:32:40.349><c> time</c><00:32:40.630><c> to</c><00:32:41.049><c> say</c><00:32:41.410><c> so.</c><00:32:43.289><c> Rather</c><00:32:43.589><c> than</c><00:32:43.869><c> to</c><00:32:43.950><c> think</c>

00:32:44.150 --> 00:32:46.109
that<00:32:44.450><c> short</c><00:32:44.809><c>-cutting</c><00:32:45.069><c> our</c><00:32:45.349><c> correspondence</c><00:32:45.890><c> is</c>

00:32:46.109 --> 00:32:49.630
going<00:32:46.269><c> to</c><00:32:47.009><c> carry</c><00:32:47.470><c> the</c><00:32:47.710><c> same</c><00:32:47.990><c> impetus,</c><00:32:48.410><c> it</c><00:32:48.470><c> would</c><00:32:48.690><c> never.</c><00:32:49.410><c> But</c>

00:32:49.630 --> 00:32:51.490
you<00:32:49.710><c> know,</c><00:32:50.009><c> you</c><00:32:50.069><c> would</c><00:32:50.309><c> have</c><00:32:50.470><c> somewhere</c><00:32:50.829><c> in</c><00:32:51.069><c> your</c>

00:32:51.490 --> 00:32:57.630
lockers,<00:32:51.769><c> I'm</c><00:32:51.930><c> sure,</c><00:32:53.450><c> a</c><00:32:53.589><c> little</c><00:32:53.910><c> column</c><00:32:54.210><c> of</c><00:32:54.529><c> special</c><00:32:54.869><c> letters,</c><00:32:56.430><c> eh?</c><00:32:57.450><c> You</c>

00:32:57.630 --> 00:32:58.849
clear<00:32:57.809><c> out</c><00:32:58.009><c> a</c><00:32:58.069><c> lot</c><00:32:58.269><c> through</c><00:32:58.549><c> life,</c>

00:32:58.849 --> 00:33:03.589
but<00:32:59.130><c> some</c><00:32:59.490><c> of</c><00:32:59.549><c> them</c><00:32:59.690><c> you</c><00:32:59.769><c> just</c><00:33:00.230><c> can</c><00:33:00.410><c> never</c><00:33:00.630><c> throw</c><00:33:00.890><c> out.</c><00:33:02.750><c> And</c><00:33:02.869><c> you</c><00:33:03.130><c> store</c><00:33:03.250><c> them</c><00:33:03.450><c> in</c>

00:33:03.589 --> 00:33:04.210
there<00:33:03.730><c> because</c><00:33:03.950><c> they're</c>

00:33:04.210 --> 00:33:09.009
precious.<00:33:04.710><c> Why</c><00:33:04.950><c> would</c><00:33:05.089><c> they</c><00:33:05.250><c> be</c><00:33:05.430><c> precious?</c><00:33:07.289><c> Because</c><00:33:07.609><c> that</c><00:33:07.869><c> person,</c><00:33:08.170><c> when</c><00:33:08.349><c> they</c><00:33:08.650><c> wrote</c><00:33:08.869><c> to</c>

00:33:09.009 --> 00:33:09.549
you,<00:33:09.069><c> put</c><00:33:09.230><c> their</c>

00:33:09.549 --> 00:33:15.190
heart<00:33:09.769><c> and</c><00:33:09.970><c> soul</c><00:33:10.170><c> behind</c><00:33:10.549><c> it.</c><00:33:11.269><c> They</c><00:33:11.470><c> read</c><00:33:11.710><c> your</c><00:33:12.049><c> circumstances,</c><00:33:13.289><c> they</c><00:33:13.690><c> saw</c><00:33:14.170><c> their</c><00:33:14.450><c> own,</c><00:33:14.690><c> they</c><00:33:14.930><c> saw</c>

00:33:15.190 --> 00:33:19.950
the<00:33:15.410><c> urgency</c><00:33:15.789><c> of</c><00:33:16.049><c> things</c><00:33:16.269><c> or</c><00:33:16.450><c> whatever</c><00:33:16.670><c> they</c><00:33:16.829><c> wanted</c><00:33:17.029><c> to</c><00:33:17.269><c> write</c><00:33:17.450><c> about.</c><00:33:19.690><c> And</c>

00:33:19.950 --> 00:33:21.569
they<00:33:19.970><c> never</c><00:33:20.130><c> give</c><00:33:20.250><c> those</c><00:33:20.509><c> letters</c><00:33:20.670><c> away.</c>

00:33:22.730 --> 00:33:27.829
You<00:33:23.049><c> could</c><00:33:23.250><c> never</c><00:33:23.670><c> take</c><00:33:24.730><c> these</c><00:33:24.990><c> letters</c><00:33:25.230><c> out,</c><00:33:25.549><c> could</c><00:33:25.609><c> you?</c><00:33:25.789><c> Why?</c><00:33:26.049><c> Because</c><00:33:26.210><c> they're</c><00:33:26.430><c> just</c><00:33:26.630><c> so</c><00:33:27.369><c> wonderfully</c>

00:33:27.829 --> 00:33:32.029
written.<00:33:28.390><c> We</c><00:33:28.569><c> would</c><00:33:28.809><c> be</c><00:33:28.970><c> very</c><00:33:29.549><c> poor</c><00:33:29.769><c> without</c><00:33:30.069><c> Paul's</c><00:33:30.450><c> letters.</c><00:33:31.930><c> Well,</c>

00:33:32.109 --> 00:33:33.470
if<00:33:32.190><c> we</c><00:33:32.430><c> read</c><00:33:32.609><c> them</c><00:33:32.789><c> and</c><00:33:32.890><c> love</c><00:33:33.130><c> them</c><00:33:33.309><c> and</c>

00:33:33.470 --> 00:33:37.049
can<00:33:33.710><c> see</c><00:33:33.809><c> their</c><00:33:34.029><c> power,</c><00:33:34.730><c> and</c><00:33:34.829><c> look</c><00:33:35.170><c> at</c><00:33:35.349><c> the</c><00:33:35.490><c> time</c><00:33:35.670><c> they've</c><00:33:35.869><c> been</c><00:33:36.089><c> going.</c><00:33:36.890><c> How</c>

00:33:37.049 --> 00:33:39.369
many<00:33:37.289><c> times</c><00:33:37.630><c> have</c><00:33:37.789><c> you</c><00:33:37.869><c> read</c><00:33:38.289><c> 1</c><00:33:38.910><c> Timothy?</c>

00:33:39.650 --> 00:33:44.589
My<00:33:40.069><c> poor</c><00:33:40.210><c> old</c><00:33:40.470><c> pages</c><00:33:40.670><c> are</c><00:33:40.849><c> just</c><00:33:41.049><c> about</c><00:33:41.349><c> gone.</c><00:33:42.430><c> So</c><00:33:42.549><c> it's</c><00:33:42.670><c> been</c><00:33:42.869><c> read</c><00:33:43.130><c> many,</c><00:33:43.529><c> many</c><00:33:43.750><c> times,</c><00:33:44.250><c> but</c><00:33:44.369><c> I</c>

00:33:44.589 --> 00:33:45.450
still<00:33:44.829><c> love</c><00:33:45.109><c> that</c>

00:33:45.450 --> 00:33:50.609
epistle,<00:33:45.730><c> don't</c><00:33:46.009><c> you?</c><00:33:47.589><c> Because</c><00:33:48.069><c> there's</c><00:33:48.430><c> weight</c><00:33:48.730><c> in</c><00:33:48.910><c> it.</c><00:33:50.450><c> And</c>

00:33:50.609 --> 00:33:53.930
I<00:33:50.789><c> feel</c><00:33:51.049><c> that</c><00:33:51.529><c> really</c><00:33:51.990><c> when</c><00:33:52.190><c> we</c><00:33:52.430><c> write</c><00:33:52.869><c> to</c><00:33:53.190><c> people,</c>

00:33:54.369 --> 00:33:56.970
experiences<00:33:54.849><c> that</c><00:33:55.190><c> after</c><00:33:55.549><c> you've</c><00:33:55.750><c> written,</c><00:33:56.009><c> you</c><00:33:56.009><c> really</c><00:33:56.369><c> feel</c><00:33:56.589><c> after</c><00:33:56.809><c> a</c>

00:33:56.970 --> 00:33:58.569
few<00:33:57.069><c> letters</c><00:33:57.289><c> that</c><00:33:57.430><c> you're</c><00:33:57.650><c> quite</c><00:33:57.869><c> worn</c>

00:33:58.630 --> 00:34:02.069
out<00:33:59.109><c> because</c><00:33:59.589><c> you've</c><00:34:00.029><c> been</c><00:34:00.210><c> trying</c><00:34:00.430><c> to</c><00:34:00.869><c> impart</c><00:34:01.230><c> yourself</c><00:34:01.769><c> in</c>

00:34:02.069 --> 00:34:05.269
that<00:34:02.349><c> letter.</c><00:34:04.089><c> So</c><00:34:04.210><c> I</c><00:34:04.309><c> hope</c><00:34:04.369><c> that's</c><00:34:04.609><c> helpful</c><00:34:04.930><c> for</c><00:34:05.089><c> us</c>

00:34:05.269 --> 00:34:10.489
to<00:34:05.470><c> just</c><00:34:05.730><c> think</c><00:34:05.930><c> again</c><00:34:06.269><c> before</c><00:34:06.589><c> we</c><00:34:07.349><c> adopt</c><00:34:07.670><c> the,</c><00:34:08.489><c> you</c><00:34:08.570><c> know,</c><00:34:09.190><c> the</c><00:34:09.329><c> email</c><00:34:09.710><c> etiquette,</c><00:34:10.309><c> if</c>

00:34:10.489 --> 00:34:11.710
there<00:34:10.670><c> is</c><00:34:10.909><c> such,</c>

00:34:11.949 --> 00:34:15.130
that<00:34:12.090><c> just</c><00:34:12.570><c> stops</c><00:34:13.090><c> as</c><00:34:13.389><c> soon</c><00:34:13.530><c> as</c><00:34:13.590><c> it's</c><00:34:13.889><c> said</c><00:34:13.969><c> what</c><00:34:14.130><c> it</c><00:34:14.389><c> has</c><00:34:14.610><c> and</c>

00:34:15.130 --> 00:34:16.710
zips<00:34:15.449><c> it</c><00:34:15.690><c> off.</c>

00:34:18.929 --> 00:34:24.489
That's<00:34:19.409><c> not</c><00:34:19.789><c> really</c><00:34:20.070><c> what</c><00:34:20.389><c> correspondence</c><00:34:21.010><c> is</c><00:34:21.170><c> all</c><00:34:21.429><c> about.</c><00:34:22.489><c> There's</c><00:34:22.630><c> sometimes</c><00:34:23.010><c> when</c><00:34:23.929><c> just</c><00:34:24.329><c> a</c>

00:34:24.489 --> 00:34:24.929
number<00:34:24.670><c> has</c>

00:34:24.929 --> 00:34:28.849
to<00:34:25.110><c> be</c><00:34:25.349><c> referred</c><00:34:25.590><c> or</c><00:34:25.809><c> some</c><00:34:26.030><c> particular</c><00:34:26.510><c> detail.</c><00:34:27.289><c> I</c><00:34:27.289><c> understand</c><00:34:27.750><c> that.</c><00:34:28.769><c> But</c>

00:34:28.849 --> 00:34:30.469
that<00:34:29.110><c> can't</c><00:34:29.409><c> become</c><00:34:29.949><c> the</c>

00:34:30.469 --> 00:34:33.269
excuse<00:34:30.929><c> for</c><00:34:31.130><c> not</c><00:34:31.409><c> conveying</c><00:34:31.969><c> our</c><00:34:32.269><c> brotherly</c><00:34:32.730><c> love</c><00:34:32.909><c> and</c><00:34:33.090><c> our</c>

00:34:33.269 --> 00:34:35.570
brotherly<00:34:33.710><c> interest</c><00:34:34.090><c> and</c><00:34:34.269><c> our</c><00:34:34.489><c> urgency,</c>

00:34:36.130 --> 00:34:40.150
our<00:34:36.369><c> faith</c><00:34:36.590><c> and</c><00:34:36.909><c> fame,</c><00:34:38.650><c> our</c><00:34:38.909><c> vigor</c><00:34:39.130><c> for</c><00:34:39.349><c> the</c><00:34:39.510><c> things</c><00:34:39.710><c> of</c><00:34:39.949><c> God.</c>

00:34:40.630 --> 00:34:42.550
When<00:34:40.949><c> the</c><00:34:41.130><c> person</c><00:34:41.369><c> at</c><00:34:41.510><c> the</c><00:34:41.610><c> other</c><00:34:41.829><c> end</c><00:34:42.110><c> receives</c>

00:34:42.550 --> 00:34:44.469
it,<00:34:42.829><c> they</c><00:34:42.849><c> think,</c><00:34:43.010><c> oh,</c><00:34:43.170><c> that</c><00:34:43.309><c> was</c><00:34:43.489><c> really</c><00:34:43.730><c> nice</c><00:34:44.010><c> to</c><00:34:44.210><c> receive</c>

00:34:44.469 --> 00:34:45.610
that.<00:34:44.929><c> You</c><00:34:45.050><c> know,</c><00:34:45.110><c> when</c><00:34:45.230><c> you're</c><00:34:45.389><c> going</c><00:34:45.469><c> to</c>

00:34:45.610 --> 00:34:54.329
get<00:34:45.769><c> the</c><00:34:45.909><c> post,</c><00:34:46.269><c> what</c><00:34:46.429><c> do</c><00:34:46.590><c> you</c><00:34:46.630><c> read</c><00:34:46.869><c> first?</c><00:34:49.909><c> The</c><00:34:50.150><c> bills?</c><00:34:54.070><c> You</c>

00:34:54.329 --> 00:34:56.230
leave<00:34:54.610><c> them</c><00:34:54.789><c> to</c><00:34:54.929><c> the</c><00:34:55.070><c> last,</c><00:34:55.610><c> don't</c><00:34:55.610><c> you?</c><00:34:55.829><c> Sometimes</c>

00:34:56.230 --> 00:34:59.170
you're<00:34:56.489><c> not</c><00:34:56.710><c> on</c><00:34:56.929><c> time.</c><00:34:57.690><c> And</c><00:34:57.969><c> the</c><00:34:58.210><c> kind</c><00:34:58.429><c> of</c><00:34:58.750><c> advertisement</c>

00:34:59.170 --> 00:35:02.570
stuff<00:34:59.530><c> that</c><00:34:59.750><c> comes</c><00:34:59.989><c> through.</c><00:35:01.650><c> It's</c><00:35:01.949><c> something</c><00:35:02.329><c> that</c>

00:35:02.570 --> 00:35:05.750
might<00:35:02.869><c> have</c><00:35:03.090><c> a</c><00:35:03.210><c> little</c><00:35:03.449><c> personal</c><00:35:03.929><c> touch.</c><00:35:04.909><c> I</c><00:35:05.070><c> get</c><00:35:05.289><c> to</c><00:35:05.449><c> the</c><00:35:05.610><c> mail</c>

00:35:05.750 --> 00:35:07.909
and<00:35:05.889><c> some</c><00:35:06.130><c> of</c><00:35:06.190><c> them</c><00:35:06.309><c> are</c><00:35:06.409><c> always</c><00:35:06.730><c> opened</c>

00:35:07.949 --> 00:35:14.610
because<00:35:08.469><c> Lorna</c><00:35:08.730><c> gets</c><00:35:08.949><c> there</c><00:35:09.210><c> first.</c><00:35:10.449><c> And</c><00:35:10.650><c> they're</c><00:35:10.929><c> always</c><00:35:11.590><c> the</c><00:35:12.889><c> things</c><00:35:13.150><c> that</c><00:35:13.250><c> might</c><00:35:13.530><c> have</c><00:35:13.750><c> a</c><00:35:14.070><c> personal</c>

00:35:14.610 --> 00:35:19.289
touch,<00:35:15.309><c> a</c><00:35:15.469><c> message</c><00:35:16.050><c> that's</c><00:35:17.010><c> personal</c><00:35:17.369><c> and</c><00:35:17.710><c> of</c><00:35:18.210><c> the</c><00:35:18.469><c> truth.</c><00:35:19.230><c> So</c>

00:35:19.289 --> 00:35:21.030
that's<00:35:19.489><c> worth</c><00:35:19.769><c> remembering,</c><00:35:20.469><c> isn't</c><00:35:20.469><c> it?</c>

00:35:21.389 --> 00:35:24.429
We<00:35:21.590><c> do</c><00:35:21.869><c> communicate,</c><00:35:22.630><c> but</c><00:35:22.809><c> today</c><00:35:23.130><c> it's</c><00:35:23.510><c> become</c><00:35:23.789><c> a</c><00:35:23.929><c> matter</c><00:35:24.150><c> of</c>

00:35:24.429 --> 00:35:26.829
just<00:35:24.869><c> doing</c><00:35:25.070><c> what</c><00:35:25.250><c> you</c><00:35:25.429><c> have</c><00:35:25.670><c> to</c><00:35:25.809><c> do.</c><00:35:26.250><c> The</c><00:35:26.429><c> fact's</c>

00:35:26.829 --> 00:35:30.570
important.<00:35:27.710><c> The</c><00:35:27.869><c> spirit</c><00:35:28.230><c> of</c><00:35:28.469><c> it</c><00:35:28.929><c> doesn't</c><00:35:29.369><c> seem</c><00:35:29.869><c> to</c><00:35:30.289><c> matter,</c>

00:35:30.590 --> 00:35:33.969
but<00:35:30.789><c> it</c><00:35:31.030><c> does.</c><00:35:32.230><c> In</c><00:35:32.469><c> fact,</c><00:35:33.309><c> if</c><00:35:33.449><c> we</c><00:35:33.590><c> don't</c><00:35:33.789><c> have</c>

00:35:33.969 --> 00:35:37.570
the<00:35:34.150><c> right</c><00:35:34.469><c> spirit</c><00:35:34.909><c> in</c><00:35:35.210><c> the</c><00:35:35.329><c> way</c><00:35:35.510><c> we</c><00:35:35.769><c> convey</c><00:35:36.210><c> our</c><00:35:36.530><c> correspondence,</c><00:35:37.070><c> the</c><00:35:37.170><c> way</c><00:35:37.329><c> we</c>

00:35:37.570 --> 00:35:38.630
talk<00:35:37.829><c> to</c><00:35:37.969><c> each</c><00:35:38.210><c> other</c>

00:35:38.630 --> 00:35:43.769
in<00:35:39.010><c> matters</c><00:35:39.369><c> that</c><00:35:39.590><c> are</c><00:35:39.909><c> of</c><00:35:40.070><c> urgency,</c><00:35:40.590><c> if</c><00:35:40.750><c> that</c><00:35:40.949><c> right</c><00:35:41.329><c> spirit's</c><00:35:41.849><c> not</c><00:35:42.050><c> there,</c><00:35:42.409><c> we'll</c><00:35:42.670><c> never</c><00:35:43.030><c> reach</c><00:35:43.429><c> the</c><00:35:43.630><c> mark.</c>

00:35:43.769 --> 00:35:45.789
Whatever<00:35:44.329><c> we're</c><00:35:44.489><c> trying</c><00:35:44.750><c> to</c><00:35:44.889><c> achieve,</c><00:35:45.250><c> we'll</c><00:35:45.269><c> never</c><00:35:45.530><c> reach</c>

00:35:45.789 --> 00:35:48.869
it<00:35:46.210><c> because</c><00:35:46.570><c> the</c><00:35:47.309><c> mind</c><00:35:47.769><c> that's</c><00:35:48.070><c> going</c><00:35:48.309><c> into</c><00:35:48.550><c> that,</c>

00:35:48.989 --> 00:35:52.550
the<00:35:49.230><c> spirit</c><00:35:49.590><c> that's</c><00:35:49.849><c> going</c><00:35:50.070><c> into</c><00:35:50.309><c> that,</c><00:35:51.489><c> is</c><00:35:51.630><c> not</c><00:35:51.909><c> going</c><00:35:52.070><c> to</c><00:35:52.230><c> be</c>

00:35:52.550 --> 00:35:56.789
curative.<00:35:54.150><c> It's</c><00:35:54.369><c> lacking</c><00:35:54.650><c> this</c><00:35:55.309><c> kind</c><00:35:55.690><c> of</c><00:35:55.969><c> time,</c>

00:35:57.269 --> 00:36:04.190
charity,<00:35:58.670><c> pure</c><00:35:58.949><c> heart,</c><00:35:59.650><c> good</c><00:35:59.809><c> conscience,</c><00:36:01.409><c> faith,</c><00:36:02.949><c> and</c><00:36:03.230><c> fame.</c>

00:36:06.849 --> 00:36:12.369
It<00:36:07.030><c> might</c><00:36:07.190><c> just</c><00:36:07.429><c> be</c><00:36:07.730><c> interesting</c><00:36:08.190><c> to</c><00:36:08.389><c> remember</c><00:36:08.730><c> that</c><00:36:09.469><c> when</c><00:36:10.110><c> the</c><00:36:10.789><c> Lord</c><00:36:10.969><c> Jesus</c><00:36:11.449><c> Christ</c><00:36:11.769><c> wrote</c><00:36:12.050><c> to</c>

00:36:12.369 --> 00:36:13.289
Ephesus<00:36:12.869><c> in</c>

00:36:13.289 --> 00:36:20.070
2<00:36:13.769><c> Revelation</c><00:36:15.510><c> 2,</c><00:36:16.670><c> he</c><00:36:16.809><c> says</c><00:36:17.070><c> that</c><00:36:17.230><c> they</c><00:36:17.369><c> had</c><00:36:17.710><c> lost</c><00:36:18.010><c> their</c><00:36:18.269><c> first</c><00:36:18.949><c> love.</c><00:36:19.889><c> Well,</c><00:36:20.050><c> that</c>

00:36:20.070 --> 00:36:21.269
was<00:36:20.510><c> the</c><00:36:20.510><c> first</c><00:36:20.949><c> point,</c>

00:36:21.269 --> 00:36:31.710
wasn't<00:36:21.610><c> it,</c><00:36:22.269><c> of</c><00:36:22.510><c> verse</c><00:36:22.849><c> 5.</c><00:36:24.969><c> The</c><00:36:25.130><c> very</c><00:36:25.550><c> first</c><00:36:26.090><c> point,</c><00:36:28.369><c> he</c><00:36:28.570><c> was</c><00:36:28.889><c> trying</c><00:36:29.210><c> to</c><00:36:29.409><c> develop</c><00:36:29.710><c> people</c><00:36:30.110><c> that</c><00:36:30.369><c> had</c><00:36:30.949><c> a</c><00:36:31.329><c> large</c>

00:36:31.710 --> 00:36:36.909
heart<00:36:32.110><c> and</c><00:36:32.550><c> a</c><00:36:32.630><c> lot</c><00:36:32.889><c> of</c><00:36:33.110><c> feeling</c><00:36:33.389><c> of</c><00:36:33.610><c> love</c><00:36:34.289><c> for</c><00:36:34.710><c> others,</c><00:36:36.070><c> from</c>

00:36:36.909 --> 00:36:43.769
which<00:36:38.489><c> some</c><00:36:39.230><c> having</c><00:36:39.989><c> swerved,</c><00:36:42.170><c> missing</c><00:36:42.590><c> the</c><00:36:42.869><c> mark,</c>

00:36:43.849 --> 00:36:48.750
have<00:36:44.190><c> turned</c><00:36:44.690><c> aside</c><00:36:45.369><c> unto</c><00:36:45.949><c> vain</c><00:36:46.550><c> jangling.</c><00:36:47.989><c> Again,</c><00:36:48.469><c> it's</c><00:36:48.710><c> the</c>

00:36:48.750 --> 00:36:52.909
same<00:36:49.150><c> idea</c><00:36:49.489><c> of</c><00:36:50.409><c> endless</c><00:36:51.829><c> genealogies</c><00:36:52.630><c> or</c>

00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:58.809
ministering<00:36:53.650><c> questions,</c><00:36:54.690><c> promoting</c><00:36:55.150><c> speculations.</c><00:36:57.110><c> He</c><00:36:57.269><c> described</c><00:36:57.929><c> as</c>

00:36:58.809 --> 00:37:01.630
vain<00:36:59.210><c> discussion,</c><00:37:00.429><c> vain</c><00:37:00.849><c> jangling,</c>

00:37:02.030 --> 00:37:05.250
talk<00:37:02.190><c> all</c><00:37:02.929><c> night</c><00:37:03.110><c> long,</c><00:37:03.750><c> but</c><00:37:03.889><c> never</c><00:37:04.170><c> come</c><00:37:04.409><c> to</c><00:37:04.610><c> conclusions,</c>

00:37:05.590 --> 00:37:06.809
ever<00:37:05.769><c> learning</c><00:37:06.030><c> and</c><00:37:06.210><c> never</c><00:37:06.550><c> able</c>

00:37:06.809 --> 00:37:10.650
to<00:37:06.989><c> come</c><00:37:07.110><c> to</c><00:37:07.250><c> a</c><00:37:07.349><c> knowledge</c><00:37:07.550><c> of</c><00:37:07.750><c> the</c><00:37:07.969><c> truth.</c><00:37:09.909><c> They</c><00:37:10.130><c> loved</c><00:37:10.409><c> it</c><00:37:10.630><c> at</c>

00:37:10.650 --> 00:37:12.670
that<00:37:10.889><c> level</c><00:37:11.190><c> because</c><00:37:11.570><c> it</c><00:37:11.849><c> meant</c><00:37:12.070><c> they</c><00:37:12.190><c> were</c><00:37:12.489><c> a</c>

00:37:12.670 --> 00:37:16.690
in<00:37:12.969><c> the</c><00:37:13.369><c> scene,</c><00:37:14.909><c> desiring</c><00:37:15.369><c> to</c><00:37:15.530><c> be</c><00:37:15.730><c> teachers,</c><00:37:16.110><c> you</c><00:37:16.190><c> see,</c><00:37:16.550><c> verse</c>

00:37:16.690 --> 00:37:19.610
7,<00:37:17.329><c> of</c><00:37:17.650><c> the</c><00:37:17.869><c> law,</c><00:37:18.250><c> understanding</c><00:37:18.929><c> neither</c><00:37:19.250><c> what</c>

00:37:19.610 --> 00:37:23.570
they<00:37:19.869><c> say</c><00:37:20.070><c> nor</c><00:37:20.269><c> were</c><00:37:20.510><c> of</c><00:37:20.630><c> they</c><00:37:20.849><c> have</c><00:37:21.110><c> firm.</c><00:37:22.769><c> What</c><00:37:23.010><c> a</c><00:37:23.309><c> powerful</c>

00:37:23.570 --> 00:37:24.889
expression<00:37:24.030><c> that</c><00:37:24.210><c> is.</c><00:37:24.469><c> And</c><00:37:24.570><c> again,</c>

00:37:25.289 --> 00:37:27.690
the<00:37:25.389><c> colour</c><00:37:25.730><c> of</c><00:37:26.050><c> the</c><00:37:26.170><c> Jewish</c><00:37:26.489><c> influence</c><00:37:26.969><c> is</c><00:37:27.269><c> quite</c><00:37:27.469><c> through</c>

00:37:27.690 --> 00:37:29.349
that<00:37:27.929><c> verse,</c><00:37:28.170><c> isn't</c><00:37:28.409><c> it.</c>

00:37:29.550 --> 00:37:34.030
There<00:37:29.769><c> was</c><00:37:30.070><c> a</c><00:37:30.429><c> competitive</c><00:37:31.090><c> sense</c><00:37:31.570><c> in</c><00:37:31.849><c> teaching,</c><00:37:33.690><c> a</c><00:37:33.710><c> desire</c>

00:37:34.030 --> 00:37:36.210
to<00:37:34.190><c> be</c><00:37:34.389><c> teachers</c><00:37:34.809><c> of</c><00:37:35.070><c> the</c><00:37:35.269><c> law.</c>

00:37:36.889 --> 00:37:39.809
The<00:37:37.050><c> apostle</c><00:37:37.349><c> Paul</c><00:37:37.610><c> says</c><00:37:37.929><c> they</c><00:37:38.309><c> don't</c><00:37:38.530><c> even</c><00:37:38.849><c> comprehend</c><00:37:39.429><c> where</c><00:37:39.630><c> the</c>

00:37:39.809 --> 00:37:40.530
law<00:37:39.929><c> was</c><00:37:40.170><c> going,</c>

00:37:40.530 --> 00:37:43.929
understanding<00:37:41.469><c> neither</c><00:37:41.829><c> what</c><00:37:42.090><c> they</c><00:37:42.349><c> say</c><00:37:42.809><c> nor</c><00:37:43.190><c> were</c><00:37:43.429><c> of</c><00:37:43.590><c> they</c>

00:37:43.929 --> 00:37:46.710
affirm<00:37:44.190><c> it.</c><00:37:45.429><c> So</c><00:37:45.489><c> it</c><00:37:45.489><c> was</c><00:37:45.710><c> all</c><00:37:45.929><c> out</c><00:37:46.110><c> in</c><00:37:46.349><c> vague</c>

00:37:46.710 --> 00:37:51.389
possibilities,<00:37:49.190><c> speculations</c><00:37:49.750><c> that</c><00:37:49.889><c> were</c><00:37:50.070><c> dealing</c><00:37:50.329><c> with</c><00:37:50.650><c> shadows</c><00:37:51.090><c> of</c>

00:37:51.389 --> 00:37:53.650
which<00:37:51.630><c> the</c><00:37:51.869><c> reality</c><00:37:52.170><c> was</c><00:37:52.409><c> not</c><00:37:52.710><c> clear.</c>

00:37:54.070 --> 00:37:58.989
It's<00:37:54.510><c> a</c><00:37:54.690><c> tragic</c><00:37:54.929><c> thing</c><00:37:55.190><c> that</c><00:37:57.650><c> in</c><00:37:57.769><c> the</c><00:37:57.969><c> greatest</c><00:37:58.269><c> subject</c><00:37:58.789><c> of</c>

00:37:58.989 --> 00:38:00.309
all<00:37:59.190><c> of</c><00:37:59.329><c> our</c><00:37:59.489><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:59.869><c> life,</c>

00:38:00.690 --> 00:38:04.329
in<00:38:00.730><c> the</c><00:38:00.869><c> matter</c><00:38:01.090><c> of</c><00:38:01.329><c> how</c><00:38:01.429><c> God</c><00:38:01.789><c> has</c><00:38:02.849><c> taken</c><00:38:03.289><c> sin</c><00:38:03.650><c> from</c><00:38:03.889><c> mankind</c>

00:38:04.329 --> 00:38:05.630
and<00:38:04.670><c> provided</c><00:38:05.010><c> salvation,</c>

00:38:05.630 --> 00:38:08.110
it's<00:38:06.170><c> a</c><00:38:06.429><c> tragic</c><00:38:06.789><c> thing</c><00:38:07.090><c> that</c><00:38:07.250><c> if</c><00:38:07.269><c> you</c><00:38:07.389><c> go</c><00:38:07.550><c> down</c><00:38:07.710><c> through</c><00:38:07.889><c> our</c>

00:38:08.110 --> 00:38:09.710
history,<00:38:08.670><c> you'll</c><00:38:08.869><c> find</c><00:38:08.969><c> that</c><00:38:09.230><c> repeatedly,</c>

00:38:09.789 --> 00:38:13.869
when<00:38:09.909><c> it</c><00:38:10.050><c> gets</c><00:38:10.190><c> difficult,</c><00:38:10.550><c> they</c><00:38:10.710><c> slip</c><00:38:10.929><c> into</c><00:38:11.130><c> the</c><00:38:11.309><c> law</c><00:38:11.750><c> and</c><00:38:13.090><c> murking</c><00:38:13.429><c> around</c><00:38:13.710><c> in</c>

00:38:13.869 --> 00:38:14.630
those<00:38:14.150><c> shadows,</c>

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they<00:38:15.250><c> can't</c><00:38:15.789><c> extricate</c><00:38:16.349><c> one</c><00:38:16.690><c> thing</c><00:38:16.909><c> from</c><00:38:17.170><c> another.</c><00:38:18.909><c> The</c><00:38:19.050><c> apostle's</c><00:38:19.610><c> comment</c><00:38:19.809><c> to</c>

00:38:20.010 --> 00:38:21.050
that<00:38:20.170><c> is</c><00:38:20.429><c> they</c><00:38:20.750><c> neither</c>

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understand<00:38:21.570><c> what</c><00:38:21.690><c> they're</c><00:38:21.989><c> saying</c><00:38:22.329><c> or</c><00:38:23.230><c> that</c><00:38:23.489><c> of</c><00:38:23.690><c> which</c><00:38:23.889><c> they</c>

00:38:24.230 --> 00:38:26.869
affirm.<00:38:24.989><c> It's</c><00:38:25.349><c> never</c><00:38:25.650><c> clear</c><00:38:25.969><c> in</c><00:38:26.150><c> the</c><00:38:26.269><c> law.</c><00:38:26.489><c> That's</c>

00:38:26.869 --> 00:38:32.969
why<00:38:27.090><c> the</c><00:38:27.369><c> substance</c><00:38:27.809><c> came,</c><00:38:29.510><c> because</c><00:38:29.969><c> it</c><00:38:30.269><c> wasn't</c><00:38:30.590><c> clear</c><00:38:30.809><c> in</c><00:38:30.989><c> the</c><00:38:31.130><c> law.</c><00:38:32.170><c> The</c><00:38:32.389><c> law</c><00:38:32.550><c> was</c><00:38:32.750><c> as</c>

00:38:32.969 --> 00:38:33.989
much<00:38:33.150><c> to</c><00:38:33.429><c> tell</c><00:38:33.570><c> them</c>

00:38:33.989 --> 00:38:39.210
what<00:38:34.610><c> it</c><00:38:35.250><c> couldn't</c><00:38:35.730><c> do</c><00:38:35.969><c> as</c><00:38:36.130><c> what</c><00:38:36.250><c> it</c><00:38:36.349><c> could</c><00:38:36.650><c> do.</c><00:38:38.130><c> But</c><00:38:38.230><c> if</c><00:38:38.309><c> we</c><00:38:38.489><c> say</c><00:38:38.769><c> that</c><00:38:38.949><c> in</c>

00:38:39.210 --> 00:38:40.190
everything<00:38:39.530><c> in</c><00:38:39.789><c> the</c><00:38:39.929><c> law,</c>

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there<00:38:40.690><c> is</c><00:38:40.909><c> the</c><00:38:41.170><c> type</c><00:38:41.369><c> of</c><00:38:41.650><c> Christ,</c><00:38:42.070><c> then</c><00:38:42.250><c> we</c><00:38:42.409><c> miss</c><00:38:42.670><c> the</c><00:38:42.869><c> point.</c>

00:38:45.710 --> 00:38:48.010
And<00:38:45.809><c> yet</c><00:38:46.130><c> that's</c><00:38:46.550><c> a</c><00:38:46.590><c> very</c><00:38:47.010><c> common</c><00:38:47.349><c> Christadelphian</c>

00:38:48.010 --> 00:39:03.969
thing.<00:38:50.449><c> In</c><00:38:51.030><c> Hebrews</c><00:38:51.429><c> 7,</c><00:38:52.070><c> the</c><00:38:52.329><c> whole</c><00:38:52.630><c> of</c><00:38:54.369><c> that</c><00:38:54.630><c> chapter</c><00:38:54.949><c> is</c><00:38:56.170><c> about</c><00:38:56.590><c> contrast,</c><00:38:57.670><c> whether</c><00:38:57.869><c> it's</c><00:38:58.050><c> Melchizedek</c><00:38:58.730><c> or</c>

00:39:03.969 --> 00:39:08.989
Paul,<00:39:05.389><c> and</c><00:39:05.610><c> the</c><00:39:06.250><c> ingredients</c><00:39:07.190><c> of</c><00:39:08.210><c> the</c><00:39:08.289><c> Day</c><00:39:08.510><c> of</c><00:39:08.710><c> Atonement.</c>

00:39:09.230 --> 00:39:12.730
They<00:39:09.230><c> are</c><00:39:09.469><c> all</c><00:39:09.909><c> deliberately</c><00:39:10.570><c> contrasted</c><00:39:11.349><c> with</c><00:39:12.110><c> one</c><00:39:12.510><c> who</c>

00:39:12.730 --> 00:39:17.610
was<00:39:13.369><c> spotless,</c><00:39:14.349><c> without</c><00:39:14.690><c> spot,</c><00:39:15.730><c> offered</c><00:39:15.889><c> himself</c><00:39:16.309><c> to</c><00:39:16.469><c> God.</c>

00:39:18.349 --> 00:39:20.769
And<00:39:18.489><c> yet</c><00:39:18.889><c> people</c><00:39:19.510><c> will</c><00:39:19.769><c> use</c><00:39:20.030><c> that</c><00:39:20.329><c> chapter,</c>

00:39:21.130 --> 00:39:24.989
going<00:39:21.510><c> back</c><00:39:21.829><c> to</c><00:39:21.949><c> the</c><00:39:22.030><c> law,</c><00:39:22.349><c> to</c><00:39:22.389><c> try</c><00:39:22.630><c> and</c><00:39:22.869><c> put</c><00:39:23.690><c> the</c><00:39:24.269><c> Lord</c><00:39:24.550><c> Jesus</c>

00:39:24.989 --> 00:39:28.349
in<00:39:25.289><c> the</c><00:39:25.710><c> same</c><00:39:25.969><c> position</c><00:39:26.690><c> as</c><00:39:27.469><c> those</c><00:39:27.710><c> he</c><00:39:27.869><c> saved,</c>

00:39:28.349 --> 00:39:35.449
and<00:39:28.670><c> he</c><00:39:28.690><c> wasn't.</c><00:39:31.150><c> And</c><00:39:31.789><c> that's</c><00:39:32.030><c> the</c><00:39:32.130><c> kind</c><00:39:32.469><c> of</c><00:39:32.690><c> thing</c><00:39:33.030><c> that</c><00:39:33.329><c> happened</c><00:39:33.670><c> here,</c><00:39:34.070><c> obviously,</c><00:39:35.289><c> in</c>

00:39:35.449 --> 00:39:36.389
the<00:39:35.690><c> atmosphere</c><00:39:36.190><c> of</c>

00:39:36.389 --> 00:39:39.269
Ephesus.<00:39:37.309><c> They</c><00:39:37.429><c> were</c><00:39:37.630><c> pulling</c><00:39:37.909><c> the</c><00:39:38.150><c> law</c><00:39:38.289><c> across</c><00:39:38.750><c> into</c><00:39:38.989><c> their</c>

00:39:39.269 --> 00:39:45.090
ecclesial<00:39:39.730><c> life,</c><00:39:41.250><c> and</c><00:39:41.250><c> by</c><00:39:42.929><c> the</c><00:39:43.230><c> vagary</c><00:39:44.070><c> of</c><00:39:44.630><c> the</c><00:39:44.809><c> law</c>

00:39:45.090 --> 00:39:48.010
they<00:39:45.309><c> were</c><00:39:45.590><c> endeavouring</c><00:39:46.010><c> to</c><00:39:46.190><c> teach</c><00:39:46.929><c> the</c><00:39:47.210><c> people</c><00:39:47.469><c> back</c><00:39:47.789><c> from</c>

00:39:48.010 --> 00:39:51.250
Christ<00:39:48.530><c> to</c><00:39:48.849><c> the</c><00:39:48.929><c> law,</c><00:39:50.130><c> and</c><00:39:50.230><c> the</c><00:39:50.429><c> authority</c><00:39:50.869><c> therefore</c>

00:39:51.250 --> 00:39:57.730
of<00:39:51.769><c> Christ</c><00:39:51.769><c> was</c><00:39:52.090><c> lost.</c><00:39:54.329><c> I</c><00:39:54.329><c> remember</c><00:39:54.670><c> one</c><00:39:54.929><c> night,</c><00:39:55.510><c> very</c><00:39:56.130><c> vividly,</c><00:39:57.070><c> when</c><00:39:57.190><c> there</c><00:39:57.210><c> was</c><00:39:57.429><c> a</c>

00:39:57.730 --> 00:39:58.829
discussion<00:39:58.030><c> about</c>

00:39:59.170 --> 00:40:02.130
the<00:39:59.489><c> matters</c><00:39:59.710><c> of</c><00:39:59.989><c> Atonement,</c><00:40:01.130><c> and</c><00:40:01.210><c> the</c><00:40:01.349><c> brother</c><00:40:01.530><c> arrested</c>

00:40:02.130 --> 00:40:04.789
the<00:40:02.530><c> meeting</c><00:40:02.750><c> and</c><00:40:02.869><c> said,</c><00:40:03.210><c> brethren,</c><00:40:03.530><c> brethren,</c><00:40:03.929><c> brethren,</c>

00:40:07.070 --> 00:40:12.829
the<00:40:07.469><c> story</c><00:40:07.969><c> is</c><00:40:08.349><c> in</c><00:40:08.550><c> the</c><00:40:08.769><c> law,</c><00:40:09.929><c> the</c><00:40:10.269><c> truth</c><00:40:10.489><c> is</c><00:40:10.730><c> in</c><00:40:10.809><c> the</c><00:40:10.969><c> law.</c><00:40:12.630><c> And</c>

00:40:12.829 --> 00:40:17.510
I<00:40:12.969><c> thought,</c><00:40:14.130><c> well,</c><00:40:15.090><c> it</c><00:40:15.889><c> has</c><00:40:16.190><c> a</c><00:40:16.469><c> form</c><00:40:16.789><c> of</c><00:40:17.030><c> the</c><00:40:17.250><c> knowledge</c>

00:40:17.510 --> 00:40:22.369
of<00:40:17.730><c> the</c><00:40:17.869><c> truth</c><00:40:18.269><c> in</c><00:40:18.510><c> the</c><00:40:18.710><c> law.</c><00:40:20.750><c> But</c><00:40:20.789><c> if</c><00:40:21.170><c> the</c><00:40:21.409><c> final</c><00:40:21.809><c> answer</c><00:40:22.210><c> is</c>

00:40:22.369 --> 00:40:24.469
to<00:40:22.489><c> be</c><00:40:22.690><c> found</c><00:40:22.869><c> in</c><00:40:22.989><c> the</c><00:40:23.090><c> law,</c><00:40:23.469><c> then</c><00:40:23.610><c> why</c><00:40:23.869><c> was</c><00:40:24.110><c> Christ</c>

00:40:24.469 --> 00:40:28.690
sent?<00:40:25.969><c> And</c><00:40:26.150><c> if</c><00:40:26.210><c> that</c><00:40:26.369><c> was</c><00:40:26.630><c> the</c><00:40:26.809><c> shadow</c><00:40:27.090><c> institution,</c><00:40:27.849><c> why</c><00:40:28.110><c> then</c><00:40:28.349><c> should</c><00:40:28.530><c> we</c>

00:40:28.690 --> 00:40:31.769
be<00:40:29.170><c> in</c><00:40:29.989><c> unfortunate</c><00:40:30.909><c> discussion</c>

00:40:31.769 --> 00:40:35.869
of<00:40:32.030><c> difference,</c><00:40:33.289><c> when</c><00:40:33.369><c> the</c><00:40:33.670><c> substance</c><00:40:34.090><c> was</c><00:40:34.369><c> here</c><00:40:34.570><c> and</c><00:40:34.670><c> the</c><00:40:34.989><c> outline</c><00:40:35.309><c> was</c><00:40:35.550><c> as</c>

00:40:35.869 --> 00:40:38.809
clear<00:40:36.110><c> as</c><00:40:36.349><c> a</c><00:40:36.469><c> line?</c><00:40:37.829><c> Why</c><00:40:38.210><c> would</c><00:40:38.530><c> ever</c>

00:40:39.210 --> 00:40:43.030
we<00:40:39.650><c> play</c><00:40:39.829><c> in</c><00:40:40.010><c> that</c><00:40:40.309><c> field</c><00:40:40.769><c> then</c><00:40:41.389><c> as</c><00:40:41.670><c> this</c><00:40:42.030><c> clarity</c><00:40:42.530><c> here</c><00:40:42.889><c> that</c>

00:40:43.030 --> 00:40:46.750
was<00:40:43.429><c> so</c><00:40:43.909><c> obviously</c><00:40:44.409><c> stronger</c><00:40:45.389><c> and</c><00:40:45.750><c> clearer</c><00:40:45.969><c> and</c>

00:40:47.050 --> 00:40:51.329
was<00:40:47.329><c> the</c><00:40:47.530><c> interpretation</c><00:40:48.429><c> of</c><00:40:49.750><c> that</c><00:40:49.750><c> and</c><00:40:49.949><c> could</c><00:40:50.269><c> dissolve</c><00:40:51.030><c> the</c>

00:40:51.329 --> 00:40:54.010
speculations<00:40:52.030><c> because</c><00:40:52.349><c> there's</c><00:40:52.809><c> the</c><00:40:52.989><c> substance?</c>

00:40:54.030 --> 00:40:56.730
Why<00:40:54.190><c> would</c><00:40:54.349><c> you</c><00:40:54.469><c> talk</c><00:40:54.730><c> about</c><00:40:55.210><c> the</c><00:40:55.670><c> vague</c><00:40:55.989><c> shadows</c><00:40:56.289><c> of</c><00:40:56.510><c> the</c><00:40:56.650><c> law</c>

00:40:56.730 --> 00:40:58.590
when<00:40:56.929><c> the</c><00:40:57.289><c> substance</c><00:40:57.650><c> was</c><00:40:57.949><c> there,</c>

00:40:58.730 --> 00:41:04.050
especially<00:40:59.210><c> in</c><00:40:59.389><c> time</c><00:40:59.610><c> of</c><00:40:59.889><c> controversy?</c><00:41:01.570><c> Well,</c><00:41:02.010><c> that's</c><00:41:02.150><c> what's</c><00:41:02.289><c> happening</c><00:41:02.789><c> in</c><00:41:03.409><c> Ephesus,</c><00:41:03.849><c> and</c><00:41:03.929><c> we</c>

00:41:04.050 --> 00:41:05.110
can<00:41:04.230><c> do</c><00:41:04.309><c> exactly</c>

00:41:05.110 --> 00:41:07.670
the<00:41:05.329><c> same</c><00:41:05.809><c> thing.</c><00:41:06.130><c> I've</c><00:41:06.309><c> heard</c><00:41:06.469><c> it</c><00:41:06.550><c> for</c><00:41:06.869><c> afternoons</c><00:41:07.389><c> after</c>

00:41:07.670 --> 00:41:10.269
afternoons,<00:41:08.309><c> sometimes</c><00:41:08.750><c> people</c><00:41:09.349><c> going</c><00:41:09.949><c> back</c>

00:41:10.269 --> 00:41:13.469
to<00:41:10.409><c> those</c><00:41:10.750><c> things</c><00:41:10.969><c> when</c><00:41:11.170><c> the</c><00:41:11.510><c> substance</c><00:41:11.909><c> was</c><00:41:12.210><c> standing,</c><00:41:12.949><c> looking</c><00:41:13.230><c> at</c>

00:41:13.469 --> 00:41:16.110
us<00:41:13.750><c> in</c><00:41:14.030><c> the</c><00:41:14.190><c> face.</c><00:41:15.050><c> We</c><00:41:15.269><c> can</c><00:41:15.429><c> be</c><00:41:15.630><c> just</c><00:41:15.909><c> as</c>

00:41:16.110 --> 00:41:23.090
foolish<00:41:16.710><c> as</c><00:41:18.010><c> they</c><00:41:18.210><c> were</c><00:41:18.670><c> in</c><00:41:18.909><c> the</c><00:41:19.070><c> days</c><00:41:19.289><c> when</c><00:41:19.550><c> Timothy</c><00:41:19.949><c> was</c><00:41:20.210><c> dealing</c><00:41:20.730><c> with</c><00:41:21.250><c> similar</c><00:41:21.610><c> issues,</c><00:41:22.329><c> desiring</c><00:41:22.750><c> to</c><00:41:22.929><c> be</c>

00:41:23.090 --> 00:41:26.250
teachers<00:41:23.489><c> of</c><00:41:23.710><c> the</c><00:41:23.829><c> law,</c><00:41:24.869><c> understanding</c><00:41:25.429><c> neither</c><00:41:25.769><c> what</c><00:41:25.969><c> they</c>

00:41:26.250 --> 00:41:30.650
say,<00:41:27.590><c> nor</c><00:41:27.730><c> neither</c><00:41:28.690><c> whereof</c><00:41:29.369><c> they</c><00:41:29.690><c> affirm.</c>

00:41:31.550 --> 00:41:35.030
Well,<00:41:31.769><c> what</c><00:41:31.849><c> was</c><00:41:32.130><c> the</c><00:41:32.150><c> purpose</c><00:41:32.469><c> of</c><00:41:32.730><c> law?</c><00:41:34.369><c> If</c><00:41:34.449><c> he</c><00:41:34.630><c> said</c><00:41:34.829><c> that</c>

00:41:35.030 --> 00:41:37.630
about<00:41:35.849><c> their</c><00:41:36.190><c> behavior,</c><00:41:36.670><c> what</c><00:41:36.849><c> was</c><00:41:37.170><c> the</c><00:41:37.250><c> purpose</c>

00:41:37.630 --> 00:41:41.449
of<00:41:37.869><c> law?</c><00:41:38.949><c> Well,</c><00:41:39.210><c> verse</c><00:41:39.210><c> eight</c><00:41:39.369><c> picks</c><00:41:39.630><c> that</c><00:41:39.849><c> up.</c><00:41:40.750><c> But</c><00:41:40.969><c> we</c><00:41:41.170><c> know</c>

00:41:41.449 --> 00:41:45.090
that<00:41:41.769><c> the</c><00:41:41.989><c> law</c><00:41:42.389><c> is</c><00:41:43.210><c> good.</c><00:41:44.130><c> Of</c><00:41:44.489><c> course</c><00:41:44.710><c> it</c><00:41:44.909><c> was,</c>

00:41:45.090 --> 00:41:50.289
was<00:41:45.309><c> given</c><00:41:45.610><c> by</c><00:41:45.889><c> God</c><00:41:46.909><c> under</c><00:41:47.309><c> his</c><00:41:47.510><c> servant</c><00:41:47.809><c> Moses.</c><00:41:49.090><c> If</c><00:41:49.170><c> a</c><00:41:49.369><c> man</c><00:41:49.530><c> use</c><00:41:49.849><c> it</c>

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lawfully,<00:41:52.630><c> knowing</c><00:41:52.989><c> this,</c>

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that<00:41:54.909><c> the</c><00:41:55.070><c> law</c><00:41:55.269><c> is</c><00:41:55.469><c> not</c><00:41:55.769><c> made</c><00:41:56.090><c> for</c><00:41:56.349><c> a</c><00:41:56.650><c> righteous</c><00:41:57.130><c> man,</c><00:41:58.730><c> but</c><00:41:58.909><c> for</c>

00:41:59.130 --> 00:42:01.050
the<00:41:59.449><c> lawless</c><00:41:59.889><c> and</c><00:42:00.130><c> disobedient,</c>

00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:05.510
for<00:42:01.650><c> the</c><00:42:01.929><c> ungodly</c><00:42:02.429><c> and</c><00:42:02.530><c> for</c><00:42:02.809><c> sinners,</c><00:42:03.269><c> for</c><00:42:03.449><c> unholy</c><00:42:03.989><c> and</c><00:42:04.210><c> profane,</c><00:42:05.329><c> for</c>

00:42:05.510 --> 00:42:07.269
murderers<00:42:05.969><c> of</c><00:42:06.190><c> fathers</c><00:42:06.550><c> and</c><00:42:06.710><c> murderers</c>

00:42:07.269 --> 00:42:14.909
of<00:42:07.469><c> mothers,</c><00:42:07.849><c> for</c><00:42:08.030><c> manslayers,</c><00:42:09.010><c> hallmongers,</c><00:42:10.329><c> for</c><00:42:10.449><c> them</c><00:42:10.630><c> that</c><00:42:10.909><c> defile</c><00:42:11.329><c> themselves,</c><00:42:12.449><c> sodomites,</c><00:42:13.289><c> says</c><00:42:13.469><c> the</c><00:42:13.730><c> RSV.</c>

00:42:15.769 --> 00:42:19.530
With<00:42:16.289><c> mankind,</c><00:42:16.969><c> for</c><00:42:17.150><c> men</c><00:42:17.670><c> stealers,</c><00:42:18.530><c> for</c><00:42:18.789><c> liars,</c><00:42:19.349><c> for</c>

00:42:19.530 --> 00:42:20.369
perjured<00:42:19.909><c> persons,</c>

00:42:20.650 --> 00:42:22.909
and<00:42:20.829><c> if</c><00:42:20.889><c> there</c><00:42:20.989><c> be</c><00:42:21.210><c> any</c><00:42:21.449><c> other</c><00:42:21.710><c> thing</c><00:42:21.909><c> that</c><00:42:22.050><c> is</c><00:42:22.349><c> contrary</c><00:42:22.630><c> to</c>

00:42:22.909 --> 00:42:24.210
sound<00:42:23.150><c> doctrine.</c>

00:42:25.449 --> 00:42:28.929
The<00:42:25.670><c> law</c><00:42:25.829><c> is</c><00:42:26.150><c> not</c><00:42:26.429><c> made</c><00:42:26.710><c> for</c><00:42:26.949><c> a</c><00:42:27.070><c> righteous</c><00:42:27.409><c> man,</c><00:42:27.909><c> but</c><00:42:28.050><c> for</c><00:42:28.610><c> the</c>

00:42:28.929 --> 00:42:31.909
lawless<00:42:29.309><c> and</c><00:42:29.630><c> disobedient.</c><00:42:30.329><c> Why</c><00:42:30.530><c> would</c><00:42:30.670><c> he</c><00:42:30.809><c> say</c><00:42:31.030><c> that?</c>

00:42:32.489 --> 00:42:36.449
It's<00:42:32.710><c> a</c><00:42:32.809><c> pretty</c><00:42:33.210><c> enormous</c><00:42:33.829><c> thing</c><00:42:34.150><c> to</c><00:42:34.389><c> say,</c><00:42:34.730><c> isn't</c><00:42:34.730><c> it?</c><00:42:36.130><c> Well,</c>

00:42:36.449 --> 00:42:40.130
where<00:42:36.570><c> in</c><00:42:36.690><c> the</c><00:42:36.889><c> law</c><00:42:37.349><c> does</c><00:42:38.510><c> it</c><00:42:38.650><c> give</c><00:42:38.849><c> you</c><00:42:39.070><c> something</c><00:42:39.369><c> like</c>

00:42:44.289 --> 00:42:48.969
verse<00:42:44.750><c> five?</c><00:42:45.289><c> See,</c><00:42:45.650><c> verse</c><00:42:45.929><c> five</c><00:42:46.250><c> is</c><00:42:46.469><c> not</c><00:42:46.769><c> a</c><00:42:47.010><c> negative.</c><00:42:48.750><c> That</c>

00:42:48.969 --> 00:42:50.789
is<00:42:49.170><c> to</c><00:42:49.309><c> say</c><00:42:49.369><c> it's</c><00:42:49.489><c> not</c><00:42:49.750><c> an</c><00:42:49.889><c> injunction</c><00:42:50.309><c> of</c><00:42:50.449><c> what</c><00:42:50.570><c> you</c>

00:42:50.789 --> 00:42:55.550
shouldn't<00:42:51.110><c> do,</c><00:42:52.550><c> but</c><00:42:52.710><c> in</c><00:42:52.989><c> the</c><00:42:53.210><c> law</c><00:42:53.429><c> there's</c><00:42:53.809><c> all</c><00:42:54.190><c> kinds</c><00:42:54.610><c> of</c><00:42:54.750><c> verses</c><00:42:55.070><c> nine</c><00:42:55.429><c> and</c>

00:42:55.550 --> 00:42:57.130
ten,<00:42:55.869><c> isn't</c><00:42:55.969><c> there?</c><00:42:56.170><c> There's</c><00:42:56.409><c> pages</c><00:42:56.849><c> of</c>

00:42:57.130 --> 00:43:02.469
it.<00:42:58.590><c> Sometimes</c><00:42:59.050><c> the</c><00:42:59.289><c> chapter</c><00:42:59.510><c> is</c><00:42:59.650><c> just</c><00:42:59.969><c> all</c><00:43:00.250><c> about</c><00:43:00.550><c> that.</c><00:43:01.170><c> Thou</c><00:43:01.409><c> shalt</c><00:43:01.610><c> not,</c><00:43:01.909><c> thou</c><00:43:02.090><c> shalt</c><00:43:02.329><c> not</c>

00:43:02.469 --> 00:43:02.889
do<00:43:02.610><c> this,</c>

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thou<00:43:03.369><c> shalt</c><00:43:03.590><c> not</c><00:43:03.769><c> do</c><00:43:03.929><c> that.</c><00:43:04.389><c> It's</c><00:43:04.570><c> wrong</c><00:43:04.809><c> to</c><00:43:04.969><c> do</c><00:43:05.050><c> this</c><00:43:05.289><c> and</c><00:43:05.389><c> so</c>

00:43:05.650 --> 00:43:07.449
on.<00:43:05.789><c> This</c><00:43:05.949><c> will</c><00:43:06.110><c> be</c><00:43:06.230><c> the</c><00:43:06.329><c> penalty</c><00:43:06.610><c> for</c><00:43:06.869><c> such</c><00:43:07.030><c> and</c><00:43:07.190><c> such.</c>

00:43:07.449 --> 00:43:12.710
There<00:43:08.070><c> are</c><00:43:08.329><c> pages</c><00:43:08.789><c> and</c><00:43:08.949><c> pages</c><00:43:09.449><c> of</c><00:43:09.650><c> that,</c><00:43:11.550><c> which</c><00:43:11.849><c> means</c><00:43:12.110><c> the</c>

00:43:12.710 --> 00:43:14.969
person<00:43:13.010><c> goes</c><00:43:13.289><c> through</c><00:43:13.550><c> life</c><00:43:13.809><c> ricocheting</c><00:43:14.469><c> off</c><00:43:14.690><c> those</c>

00:43:14.969 --> 00:43:18.090
laws.<00:43:16.130><c> He</c><00:43:16.269><c> hits</c><00:43:16.530><c> this</c><00:43:16.849><c> one</c><00:43:16.969><c> and</c><00:43:17.070><c> bumps</c><00:43:17.369><c> off</c><00:43:17.610><c> because</c><00:43:17.750><c> he's</c><00:43:17.909><c> not</c>

00:43:18.090 --> 00:43:19.789
to<00:43:18.210><c> do</c><00:43:18.309><c> this,</c><00:43:18.530><c> and</c><00:43:18.590><c> he</c><00:43:18.690><c> hits</c><00:43:18.730><c> that</c><00:43:18.909><c> one</c><00:43:18.949><c> and</c><00:43:18.949><c> bumps</c><00:43:19.269><c> off,</c>

00:43:19.869 --> 00:43:23.329
and<00:43:20.110><c> he's</c><00:43:20.250><c> not</c><00:43:20.449><c> to</c><00:43:20.570><c> do</c><00:43:20.730><c> that.</c><00:43:21.030><c> So</c><00:43:21.030><c> he's</c><00:43:21.630><c> among</c><00:43:21.949><c> all</c><00:43:22.230><c> this</c><00:43:22.469><c> ricocheting</c><00:43:23.070><c> of</c>

00:43:23.329 --> 00:43:25.269
life.<00:43:24.150><c> But</c><00:43:24.150><c> the</c><00:43:24.429><c> difference</c><00:43:24.929><c> is,</c>

00:43:25.269 --> 00:43:30.949
in<00:43:25.409><c> verse</c><00:43:25.610><c> five,</c><00:43:25.889><c> that</c><00:43:26.070><c> that</c><00:43:26.369><c> person,</c><00:43:26.750><c> in</c><00:43:26.889><c> verse</c><00:43:27.110><c> five,</c><00:43:27.349><c> is</c><00:43:27.489><c> driven</c><00:43:27.769><c> from</c><00:43:28.070><c> inside.</c><00:43:30.369><c> He's</c><00:43:30.730><c> got</c><00:43:30.829><c> it</c>

00:43:30.949 --> 00:43:32.190
in<00:43:31.030><c> his</c><00:43:31.309><c> heart.</c>

00:43:32.429 --> 00:43:36.030
The<00:43:33.010><c> end</c><00:43:33.309><c> of</c><00:43:33.590><c> the</c><00:43:33.710><c> charge</c><00:43:34.010><c> is</c><00:43:34.510><c> charity,</c><00:43:35.090><c> love,</c><00:43:35.389><c> out</c><00:43:35.570><c> of</c><00:43:35.670><c> a</c><00:43:35.829><c> pure</c>

00:43:36.030 --> 00:43:39.170
heart.<00:43:36.789><c> There</c><00:43:36.889><c> it</c><00:43:37.030><c> is.</c><00:43:37.869><c> That's</c><00:43:38.110><c> the</c><00:43:38.269><c> difference.</c>

00:43:39.489 --> 00:43:42.150
The<00:43:39.650><c> apostle</c><00:43:39.949><c> Paul</c><00:43:40.269><c> often</c><00:43:40.670><c> thought</c><00:43:40.969><c> like</c><00:43:41.170><c> that</c><00:43:41.349><c> and</c><00:43:41.369><c> often</c><00:43:41.750><c> wrote</c><00:43:41.989><c> in</c>

00:43:42.150 --> 00:43:43.179
that<00:43:42.389><c> way.</c>

00:43:43.409 --> 00:43:46.849
He<00:43:43.469><c> had</c><00:43:43.469><c> a</c><00:43:43.610><c> little</c><00:43:43.809><c> formula</c><00:43:44.190><c> and</c><00:43:44.369><c> it</c><00:43:44.389><c> said,</c><00:43:45.769><c> but</c><00:43:46.030><c> how</c><00:43:46.510><c> he</c><00:43:46.670><c> was</c>

00:43:46.849 --> 00:43:49.409
moved<00:43:47.070><c> in</c><00:43:47.309><c> life,</c><00:43:47.570><c> he</c><00:43:47.570><c> said,</c><00:43:48.329><c> but</c><00:43:48.329><c> faith</c>

00:43:49.610 --> 00:43:59.090
which<00:43:50.030><c> is</c><00:43:50.349><c> moved</c><00:43:50.710><c> by</c><00:43:51.090><c> love,</c><00:43:52.349><c> in</c><00:43:53.010><c> Galatians</c><00:43:53.670><c> chapter</c><00:43:54.010><c> five.</c><00:43:54.949><c> Think</c><00:43:55.090><c> about</c><00:43:55.369><c> that.</c><00:43:56.489><c> Faith</c><00:43:56.909><c> which</c><00:43:57.389><c> worketh</c><00:43:57.769><c> by</c><00:43:58.030><c> love.</c>

00:43:59.750 --> 00:44:03.449
It's<00:44:00.349><c> informed.</c><00:44:01.349><c> Faith</c><00:44:01.630><c> is</c><00:44:01.949><c> informed.</c><00:44:02.650><c> It</c><00:44:02.650><c> knows</c><00:44:03.010><c> what</c><00:44:03.269><c> the</c>

00:44:03.449 --> 00:44:05.570
scripture<00:44:03.750><c> says.</c><00:44:04.329><c> It</c><00:44:04.329><c> says</c><00:44:04.550><c> it</c><00:44:04.690><c> knows</c><00:44:04.929><c> what</c><00:44:05.210><c> Christ</c>

00:44:05.570 --> 00:44:10.909
asks<00:44:05.949><c> of</c><00:44:06.090><c> it.</c><00:44:07.590><c> But</c><00:44:07.750><c> it's</c><00:44:07.949><c> not</c><00:44:08.250><c> cold</c><00:44:08.550><c> hard</c><00:44:08.849><c> knowledge</c><00:44:09.530><c> alone.</c>

00:44:11.130 --> 00:44:14.230
It's<00:44:11.550><c> driven</c><00:44:11.949><c> by</c><00:44:12.250><c> love.</c><00:44:13.670><c> Now</c><00:44:13.750><c> that's</c><00:44:13.969><c> really</c>

00:44:14.230 --> 00:44:18.210
exactly<00:44:14.710><c> what</c><00:44:14.949><c> verse</c><00:44:15.230><c> five</c><00:44:15.489><c> is</c><00:44:15.670><c> saying,</c><00:44:15.989><c> isn't</c><00:44:16.070><c> it?</c><00:44:17.369><c> Galatians</c><00:44:17.909><c> chapter</c>

00:44:18.210 --> 00:44:20.610
five,<00:44:18.590><c> verse</c><00:44:18.710><c> 24,</c><00:44:19.550><c> is</c><00:44:19.750><c> exactly</c><00:44:20.289><c> the</c>

00:44:20.610 --> 00:44:23.610
same.<00:44:21.130><c> And</c><00:44:21.329><c> that's</c><00:44:21.710><c> obviously</c><00:44:22.130><c> how</c><00:44:22.349><c> he</c><00:44:22.550><c> thought.</c><00:44:22.670><c> How</c><00:44:22.949><c> interesting</c><00:44:23.369><c> that</c>

00:44:23.610 --> 00:44:25.269
is,<00:44:23.909><c> going</c><00:44:24.150><c> through</c><00:44:24.570><c> passages</c><00:44:24.969><c> in</c>

00:44:25.269 --> 00:44:27.510
life.<00:44:25.849><c> And</c><00:44:25.909><c> that's</c><00:44:26.130><c> how</c><00:44:26.309><c> he's</c><00:44:26.610><c> thinking,</c><00:44:27.050><c> my</c><00:44:27.130><c> dear</c><00:44:27.269><c> brothers</c>

00:44:27.510 --> 00:44:30.090
and<00:44:27.690><c> sisters.</c><00:44:28.690><c> I've</c><00:44:28.869><c> been</c><00:44:28.969><c> given</c><00:44:29.269><c> sometimes</c>

00:44:30.090 --> 00:44:32.989
books<00:44:30.510><c> by</c><00:44:30.769><c> other</c><00:44:31.050><c> people</c><00:44:31.329><c> and</c><00:44:31.510><c> it's,</c><00:44:31.650><c> you</c><00:44:31.750><c> know,</c><00:44:31.969><c> seven</c><00:44:32.449><c> ways</c>

00:44:32.989 --> 00:44:34.809
to<00:44:33.210><c> think</c><00:44:33.449><c> and</c><00:44:33.610><c> seven</c><00:44:33.849><c> things</c><00:44:34.090><c> to</c><00:44:34.269><c> do</c><00:44:34.369><c> in</c><00:44:34.550><c> life</c>

00:44:34.809 --> 00:44:37.989
so<00:44:34.969><c> your</c><00:44:35.130><c> life</c><00:44:35.269><c> will</c><00:44:35.449><c> be</c><00:44:35.590><c> successful</c><00:44:36.090><c> and</c><00:44:36.349><c> so</c><00:44:36.449><c> on.</c><00:44:36.849><c> Even</c><00:44:37.030><c> people</c><00:44:37.250><c> in</c><00:44:37.309><c> the</c><00:44:37.530><c> truth,</c><00:44:37.829><c> there</c><00:44:37.869><c> can</c><00:44:37.869><c> be</c>

00:44:37.989 --> 00:44:39.349
books<00:44:38.269><c> like</c><00:44:38.510><c> that.</c>

00:44:39.469 --> 00:44:41.449
I've<00:44:39.750><c> kindly</c><00:44:39.989><c> handed</c><00:44:40.230><c> them</c><00:44:40.429><c> back</c><00:44:40.610><c> and</c><00:44:40.789><c> said,</c><00:44:40.969><c> look,</c><00:44:41.070><c> I</c><00:44:41.150><c> really</c>

00:44:41.449 --> 00:44:43.550
can't<00:44:41.710><c> think</c><00:44:41.929><c> like</c><00:44:42.190><c> that.</c><00:44:42.929><c> I</c><00:44:43.090><c> can't</c><00:44:43.369><c> think</c>

00:44:43.550 --> 00:44:45.650
of<00:44:43.769><c> seven</c><00:44:43.969><c> things</c><00:44:44.190><c> along</c><00:44:44.429><c> the</c><00:44:44.590><c> way</c><00:44:44.730><c> as</c><00:44:44.889><c> I'm</c><00:44:45.010><c> going</c><00:44:45.269><c> in</c><00:44:45.590><c> life,</c>

00:44:45.670 --> 00:44:50.010
can<00:44:45.889><c> you?</c><00:44:48.070><c> It</c><00:44:48.449><c> just</c><00:44:48.449><c> doesn't</c><00:44:49.190><c> happen</c><00:44:49.590><c> like</c><00:44:49.849><c> that,</c>

00:44:50.010 --> 00:44:56.070
does<00:44:50.090><c> it?</c><00:44:51.809><c> You</c><00:44:52.030><c> can</c><00:44:52.210><c> only</c><00:44:52.369><c> really</c><00:44:52.690><c> have</c><00:44:52.829><c> one</c><00:44:53.170><c> thing</c><00:44:53.349><c> in</c><00:44:53.469><c> your</c><00:44:53.670><c> life,</c><00:44:53.929><c> can't</c><00:44:54.170><c> you,</c><00:44:54.570><c> to</c><00:44:54.769><c> think</c><00:44:55.010><c> about</c><00:44:55.349><c> as</c><00:44:55.590><c> a</c><00:44:55.809><c> guiding</c>

00:44:56.070 --> 00:45:01.010
motive<00:44:56.469><c> force.</c><00:44:57.849><c> And</c><00:44:57.929><c> there</c><00:44:58.110><c> it</c><00:44:58.170><c> is</c><00:44:58.389><c> in</c><00:44:58.590><c> Ephesians</c><00:44:58.989><c> chapter</c><00:44:59.309><c> five,</c><00:45:00.809><c> in</c>

00:45:01.010 --> 00:45:02.969
Galatians<00:45:01.550><c> chapter</c><00:45:01.829><c> five,</c><00:45:02.250><c> verse</c><00:45:02.329><c> 24.</c><00:45:02.889><c> And</c>

00:45:02.969 --> 00:45:08.409
what<00:45:03.110><c> it's</c><00:45:03.349><c> saying</c><00:45:03.829><c> is</c><00:45:05.469><c> that</c><00:45:05.730><c> our</c><00:45:06.010><c> faith</c><00:45:06.289><c> is</c><00:45:07.090><c> encouraged</c><00:45:08.050><c> by</c>

00:45:08.409 --> 00:45:11.650
love.<00:45:09.710><c> It's</c><00:45:09.909><c> not</c><00:45:10.130><c> that</c><00:45:10.309><c> we</c><00:45:10.469><c> just</c><00:45:10.769><c> believe</c><00:45:11.170><c> that</c><00:45:11.329><c> that's</c>

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faith,<00:45:12.670><c> but</c><00:45:12.909><c> we</c><00:45:13.210><c> love</c><00:45:13.449><c> it.</c><00:45:14.829><c> That</c><00:45:15.230><c> warms</c><00:45:15.730><c> it.</c><00:45:15.929><c> It</c><00:45:16.010><c> gives</c><00:45:16.190><c> it</c><00:45:16.389><c> energy.</c><00:45:17.090><c> In</c>

00:45:17.170 --> 00:45:19.429
fact,<00:45:17.329><c> that's</c><00:45:17.590><c> what</c><00:45:17.829><c> the</c><00:45:18.030><c> word</c><00:45:18.590><c> worketh</c>

00:45:19.429 --> 00:45:21.969
in<00:45:19.630><c> that</c><00:45:19.789><c> expression</c><00:45:20.250><c> actually</c><00:45:20.769><c> is.</c><00:45:21.409><c> That's</c><00:45:21.570><c> where</c><00:45:21.710><c> we</c><00:45:21.769><c> get</c>

00:45:21.969 --> 00:45:24.949
our<00:45:22.050><c> English</c><00:45:22.349><c> word,</c><00:45:22.690><c> energy.</c><00:45:23.690><c> It's</c><00:45:24.130><c> energised</c><00:45:24.750><c> by</c>

00:45:24.949 --> 00:45:28.170
love.<00:45:25.670><c> And</c><00:45:25.789><c> that's</c><00:45:25.909><c> all</c><00:45:26.130><c> the</c><00:45:26.289><c> difference</c><00:45:26.469><c> in</c><00:45:26.630><c> the</c><00:45:26.750><c> world,</c><00:45:26.949><c> isn't</c><00:45:27.150><c> it?</c>

00:45:28.210 --> 00:45:31.050
In<00:45:28.309><c> fact,</c><00:45:28.769><c> the</c><00:45:28.789><c> apostle</c><00:45:29.210><c> Paul,</c><00:45:30.469><c> he</c><00:45:30.469><c> personalises</c>

00:45:31.050 --> 00:45:36.170
that<00:45:31.369><c> in</c><00:45:31.769><c> Galatians</c><00:45:32.190><c> chapter</c><00:45:32.650><c> two.</c><00:45:35.190><c> In</c><00:45:35.289><c> Galatians</c><00:45:35.769><c> chapter</c>

00:45:36.170 --> 00:45:44.590
two,<00:45:42.590><c> Brother</c><00:45:42.750><c> Carter</c><00:45:43.110><c> called</c><00:45:43.369><c> this,</c><00:45:43.849><c> verse</c><00:45:44.090><c> 20,</c>

00:45:44.590 --> 00:45:50.869
the<00:45:45.110><c> most</c><00:45:45.449><c> beautiful</c><00:45:45.929><c> spiritual</c><00:45:46.769><c> autobiography</c><00:45:47.869><c> ever</c><00:45:48.210><c> written.</c><00:45:49.530><c> That's</c><00:45:49.969><c> a</c><00:45:50.070><c> mouthful,</c><00:45:50.610><c> isn't</c><00:45:50.670><c> it?</c>

00:45:50.889 --> 00:46:00.909
The<00:45:50.969><c> most</c><00:45:51.329><c> beautiful</c><00:45:51.849><c> spiritual</c><00:45:52.610><c> autobiography</c><00:45:55.510><c> ever</c><00:45:55.849><c> written.</c><00:45:57.369><c> Now</c><00:45:57.550><c> see</c><00:45:57.869><c> that</c><00:45:58.110><c> it's</c><00:45:59.469><c> just</c><00:46:00.010><c> a</c><00:46:00.530><c> development,</c>

00:46:01.170 --> 00:46:06.309
a<00:46:01.409><c> personalisation</c><00:46:02.409><c> of</c><00:46:03.210><c> what</c><00:46:03.389><c> we</c><00:46:03.610><c> said</c><00:46:03.789><c> before,</c><00:46:05.309><c> faith</c><00:46:05.690><c> which</c>

00:46:06.309 --> 00:46:11.190
worketh<00:46:06.989><c> by</c><00:46:07.389><c> love,</c><00:46:09.070><c> which</c><00:46:09.250><c> is</c><00:46:09.789><c> Galatians</c><00:46:10.369><c> five</c>

00:46:11.190 --> 00:46:17.969
verse<00:46:11.530><c> six.</c><00:46:13.250><c> Keep</c><00:46:13.429><c> that</c><00:46:13.730><c> in</c><00:46:13.730><c> mind,</c><00:46:14.670><c> verse</c><00:46:15.130><c> 20</c><00:46:15.610><c> of</c><00:46:15.690><c> chapter</c><00:46:16.030><c> two.</c><00:46:17.869><c> I</c>

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am<00:46:18.150><c> crucified</c><00:46:18.829><c> with</c><00:46:19.110><c> Christ,</c>

00:46:19.969 --> 00:46:25.510
and<00:46:20.070><c> nevertheless</c><00:46:20.369><c> I</c><00:46:20.730><c> live.</c><00:46:21.849><c> Yet</c><00:46:22.130><c> not</c><00:46:22.409><c> I,</c><00:46:23.389><c> but</c><00:46:23.750><c> Christ</c><00:46:24.989><c> liveth</c>

00:46:25.510 --> 00:46:29.650
in<00:46:25.829><c> me.</c><00:46:28.449><c> You</c><00:46:28.630><c> can't</c><00:46:28.869><c> have</c><00:46:29.070><c> too</c><00:46:29.269><c> many</c><00:46:29.429><c> more</c>

00:46:29.650 --> 00:46:35.190
thoughts<00:46:29.929><c> than</c><00:46:30.110><c> that,</c><00:46:30.349><c> can</c><00:46:30.510><c> you?</c><00:46:33.449><c> And</c><00:46:33.750><c> the</c><00:46:33.889><c> life</c><00:46:34.250><c> which</c><00:46:34.530><c> I</c><00:46:34.869><c> now</c>

00:46:35.190 --> 00:46:40.389
live<00:46:35.409><c> in</c><00:46:35.630><c> the</c><00:46:35.929><c> flesh,</c><00:46:38.289><c> I</c><00:46:38.429><c> live</c><00:46:38.670><c> by</c><00:46:39.070><c> the</c><00:46:39.570><c> faith.</c>

00:46:41.190 --> 00:46:48.070
Of<00:46:41.590><c> the</c><00:46:41.869><c> Son</c><00:46:42.070><c> of</c><00:46:42.289><c> God.</c><00:46:43.469><c> He's</c><00:46:43.889><c> real.</c><00:46:45.570><c> I</c><00:46:45.690><c> know</c><00:46:45.969><c> Him.</c><00:46:47.329><c> I</c><00:46:47.630><c> can</c><00:46:47.889><c> hear</c>

00:46:48.070 --> 00:46:51.670
Him.<00:46:48.329><c> I</c><00:46:48.469><c> can</c><00:46:48.789><c> see</c><00:46:48.989><c> Him.</c><00:46:49.769><c> I</c><00:46:49.929><c> understand</c><00:46:50.409><c> what</c><00:46:50.550><c> He</c><00:46:50.670><c> wants.</c>

00:46:52.090 --> 00:46:57.469
I<00:46:52.289><c> live</c><00:46:52.530><c> by</c><00:46:52.809><c> the</c><00:46:53.130><c> faith</c><00:46:53.329><c> of</c><00:46:53.510><c> the</c><00:46:53.690><c> Son</c><00:46:53.849><c> of</c><00:46:54.010><c> God.</c><00:46:54.130><c> I</c><00:46:54.309><c> see</c><00:46:54.590><c> His</c><00:46:54.829><c> sacrifice.</c><00:46:56.849><c> I</c><00:46:57.010><c> know</c><00:46:57.230><c> what</c><00:46:57.369><c> He</c>

00:46:57.469 --> 00:46:59.170
did.<00:46:57.769><c> I</c><00:46:57.909><c> know</c><00:46:57.989><c> what</c><00:46:58.050><c> He</c><00:46:58.250><c> spoke.</c>

00:46:59.289 --> 00:47:04.230
I<00:46:59.510><c> live</c><00:46:59.750><c> by</c><00:47:00.030><c> the</c><00:47:00.369><c> faith</c><00:47:00.829><c> of</c><00:47:01.630><c> the</c><00:47:01.869><c> Son</c><00:47:02.070><c> of</c><00:47:02.289><c> God.</c><00:47:03.570><c> But</c><00:47:03.690><c> it's</c><00:47:03.929><c> not</c>

00:47:04.230 --> 00:47:06.150
just<00:47:04.590><c> knowledge</c><00:47:04.969><c> and</c><00:47:05.250><c> belief.</c>

00:47:06.630 --> 00:47:15.369
It's<00:47:07.469><c> response</c><00:47:08.010><c> to</c><00:47:08.190><c> His</c><00:47:08.429><c> love,</c><00:47:09.650><c> who</c><00:47:09.929><c> loved</c><00:47:10.250><c> me,</c><00:47:12.070><c> and</c><00:47:12.309><c> gave</c><00:47:12.869><c> Himself</c><00:47:13.530><c> for</c><00:47:13.929><c> me.</c>

00:47:15.409 --> 00:47:18.150
Now<00:47:15.590><c> you</c><00:47:15.650><c> can</c><00:47:15.969><c> see</c><00:47:16.150><c> the</c><00:47:16.409><c> apostle's</c><00:47:16.969><c> mind</c><00:47:17.110><c> in</c><00:47:17.289><c> that</c><00:47:17.489><c> country.</c>

00:47:18.570 --> 00:47:21.909
Galatians<00:47:18.969><c> five</c><00:47:19.690><c> verse</c><00:47:19.889><c> six,</c><00:47:20.469><c> Galatians</c><00:47:20.929><c> two</c><00:47:21.190><c> verse</c><00:47:21.449><c> 20.</c>

00:47:22.329 --> 00:47:28.750
This<00:47:22.550><c> is</c><00:47:22.969><c> the</c><00:47:23.550><c> personalising</c><00:47:24.690><c> of</c><00:47:25.590><c> that</c><00:47:25.989><c> theoretical</c><00:47:26.489><c> statement</c><00:47:26.949><c> in</c><00:47:27.630><c> chapter</c><00:47:28.170><c> five</c>

00:47:28.750 --> 00:47:30.070
verse<00:47:28.949><c> six.</c><00:47:29.449><c> And</c><00:47:29.650><c> it's</c>

00:47:30.070 --> 00:47:34.030
exactly<00:47:30.550><c> the</c><00:47:30.829><c> same</c><00:47:31.550><c> as</c><00:47:31.929><c> what</c><00:47:32.130><c> we</c><00:47:32.230><c> have</c><00:47:32.469><c> in</c><00:47:32.610><c> first</c><00:47:32.929><c> Timothy</c><00:47:33.190><c> two</c>

00:47:34.030 --> 00:47:36.269
and<00:47:34.389><c> verse</c><00:47:34.989><c> five.</c>

00:47:36.650 --> 00:47:41.550
Now<00:47:37.010><c> if</c><00:47:37.449><c> we</c><00:47:37.530><c> come</c><00:47:37.769><c> back</c><00:47:37.989><c> to</c><00:47:38.170><c> our</c><00:47:38.409><c> first</c><00:47:38.829><c> Timothy</c><00:47:39.210><c> one,</c><00:47:41.269><c> we</c><00:47:41.289><c> can</c>

00:47:41.550 --> 00:47:44.250
see<00:47:41.730><c> the</c><00:47:41.949><c> contrast</c><00:47:42.489><c> between</c><00:47:42.949><c> that</c><00:47:43.349><c> and</c><00:47:43.550><c> verses</c>

00:47:44.250 --> 00:47:48.690
nine<00:47:44.730><c> and</c><00:47:44.949><c> ten.</c><00:47:46.010><c> Here</c><00:47:46.210><c> a</c><00:47:46.309><c> person</c><00:47:46.630><c> is</c><00:47:47.030><c> as</c><00:47:47.130><c> it</c><00:47:47.369><c> were</c><00:47:47.449><c> sort</c><00:47:47.650><c> of</c><00:47:47.869><c> ricocheting</c><00:47:48.429><c> off</c>

00:47:48.690 --> 00:47:49.869
the<00:47:48.889><c> negatives,</c><00:47:49.210><c> if</c><00:47:49.329><c> I</c><00:47:49.510><c> can</c><00:47:49.650><c> put</c><00:47:49.769><c> it</c>

00:47:49.869 --> 00:47:52.489
that<00:47:50.130><c> way.</c><00:47:50.429><c> You</c><00:47:50.429><c> know</c><00:47:50.550><c> what</c><00:47:50.710><c> I</c><00:47:50.789><c> mean?</c><00:47:51.789><c> Don't</c><00:47:51.989><c> do</c><00:47:52.130><c> this,</c><00:47:52.329><c> don't</c>

00:47:52.489 --> 00:47:54.570
do<00:47:52.650><c> that,</c><00:47:52.869><c> don't</c><00:47:53.030><c> do</c><00:47:53.130><c> this,</c><00:47:53.389><c> don't</c><00:47:53.570><c> do</c><00:47:53.750><c> that.</c>

00:47:54.710 --> 00:47:58.150
So<00:47:55.150><c> the</c><00:47:55.489><c> cane</c><00:47:55.750><c> of</c><00:47:55.909><c> the</c><00:47:56.050><c> law</c><00:47:56.210><c> is</c><00:47:56.389><c> coming</c><00:47:56.610><c> in</c><00:47:56.829><c> on</c><00:47:56.909><c> left</c><00:47:57.130><c> and</c><00:47:57.309><c> right.</c><00:47:57.889><c> But</c>

00:47:58.150 --> 00:48:01.510
the<00:47:58.349><c> other</c><00:47:58.730><c> person</c><00:47:59.190><c> has</c><00:47:59.570><c> the</c><00:47:59.909><c> desire</c><00:48:00.429><c> inside</c>

00:48:01.570 --> 00:48:06.349
and<00:48:01.889><c> that's</c><00:48:02.289><c> the</c><00:48:02.469><c> difference.</c><00:48:04.010><c> And</c><00:48:04.130><c> it's</c><00:48:04.309><c> an</c><00:48:04.489><c> enormous</c><00:48:04.869><c> difference,</c><00:48:05.349><c> isn't</c><00:48:05.530><c> it?</c>

00:48:07.110 --> 00:48:10.809
The<00:48:07.250><c> person</c><00:48:07.570><c> that's</c><00:48:07.769><c> got</c><00:48:07.969><c> that</c><00:48:08.190><c> inside</c><00:48:08.570><c> is</c><00:48:08.789><c> going</c><00:48:08.929><c> to</c><00:48:09.929><c> be</c><00:48:10.090><c> prepared</c><00:48:10.530><c> for</c>

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much<00:48:11.150><c> greater</c><00:48:11.630><c> service.</c>

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He<00:48:13.469><c> doesn't</c><00:48:13.809><c> count</c><00:48:14.190><c> things</c><00:48:14.670><c> as</c><00:48:15.030><c> what</c><00:48:15.170><c> He's</c><00:48:15.429><c> given.</c><00:48:16.829><c> He</c><00:48:17.150><c> responds</c><00:48:17.889><c> because</c><00:48:18.349><c> inside</c>

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He<00:48:19.210><c> wants</c><00:48:19.769><c> to</c><00:48:20.050><c> please</c>

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a<00:48:20.670><c> God</c><00:48:20.909><c> that</c><00:48:21.170><c> loves</c><00:48:21.409><c> Him</c><00:48:21.889><c> and</c><00:48:22.610><c> a</c><00:48:22.710><c> God</c><00:48:22.969><c> that</c><00:48:23.130><c> He</c><00:48:23.289><c> loves</c><00:48:23.590><c> therefore</c><00:48:24.030><c> in</c><00:48:24.309><c> return.</c><00:48:25.769><c> What</c>

00:48:25.869 --> 00:48:26.809
a<00:48:25.949><c> beautiful</c><00:48:26.329><c> thing</c><00:48:26.590><c> that</c>

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is.<00:48:27.690><c> You</c><00:48:27.769><c> know,</c><00:48:27.989><c> my</c><00:48:28.030><c> dear</c><00:48:28.170><c> Brindis,</c><00:48:28.449><c> we</c><00:48:28.650><c> might</c><00:48:28.829><c> think</c><00:48:28.929><c> this</c><00:48:29.130><c> is</c>

00:48:29.269 --> 00:48:31.590
interesting,<00:48:29.869><c> but</c><00:48:29.889><c> really</c><00:48:30.230><c> this</c><00:48:30.949><c> is</c><00:48:31.289><c> heart</c>

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material,<00:48:32.090><c> isn't</c><00:48:32.349><c> it?</c><00:48:33.030><c> This</c><00:48:33.349><c> is</c><00:48:33.690><c> our</c><00:48:33.929><c> life</c><00:48:34.130><c> or</c><00:48:34.329><c> it's</c><00:48:34.530><c> not</c><00:48:34.730><c> our</c>

00:48:34.969 --> 00:48:39.789
life.<00:48:37.230><c> In</c><00:48:37.750><c> Ephesus</c><00:48:38.150><c> they</c><00:48:38.389><c> would</c><00:48:38.630><c> talk</c><00:48:38.849><c> all</c><00:48:39.369><c> the</c>

00:48:39.789 --> 00:48:46.210
hours<00:48:40.150><c> under</c><00:48:40.429><c> the</c><00:48:40.730><c> sun</c><00:48:40.929><c> about</c><00:48:41.590><c> all</c><00:48:41.949><c> sorts</c><00:48:42.269><c> of</c><00:48:42.550><c> unimportant</c><00:48:43.190><c> things,</c><00:48:43.969><c> genealogies,</c><00:48:44.889><c> all</c><00:48:45.070><c> the</c><00:48:45.389><c> bits</c><00:48:45.550><c> and</c><00:48:45.730><c> pieces</c><00:48:45.949><c> of</c>

00:48:46.210 --> 00:48:52.889
law,<00:48:47.289><c> but</c><00:48:47.630><c> there</c><00:48:47.929><c> was</c><00:48:48.329><c> a</c><00:48:48.650><c> lack</c><00:48:48.909><c> of</c><00:48:49.469><c> internal</c><00:48:49.989><c> drama.</c><00:48:51.869><c> The</c><00:48:52.050><c> motive</c><00:48:52.510><c> was</c>

00:48:52.889 --> 00:48:56.710
wrong.<00:48:54.150><c> The</c><00:48:54.289><c> motive</c><00:48:54.650><c> was</c><00:48:55.010><c> less,</c><00:48:55.369><c> far</c><00:48:55.710><c> less.</c>

00:48:56.789 --> 00:48:59.050
You<00:48:56.889><c> have</c><00:48:57.210><c> a</c><00:48:57.349><c> willing</c><00:48:57.650><c> servant</c><00:48:58.010><c> work</c><00:48:58.329><c> for</c><00:48:58.530><c> you</c><00:48:58.650><c> and</c><00:48:58.789><c> another</c>

00:48:59.050 --> 00:49:00.489
person<00:48:59.369><c> just</c><00:48:59.590><c> looks</c><00:48:59.789><c> at</c><00:48:59.949><c> the</c><00:49:00.110><c> clock</c><00:49:00.250><c> until</c>

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it<00:49:00.630><c> turns</c><00:49:00.869><c> up</c><00:49:01.070><c> to</c><00:49:01.170><c> be</c><00:49:01.309><c> five</c><00:49:01.550><c> o</c><00:49:01.710><c>'clock.</c><00:49:01.989><c> What's</c><00:49:02.369><c> the</c><00:49:02.530><c> difference?</c><00:49:02.849><c> All</c><00:49:03.070><c> the</c><00:49:03.349><c> world</c><00:49:03.550><c> of</c><00:49:03.769><c> difference.</c>

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Tremendous<00:49:06.849><c> difference.</c><00:49:07.610><c> The</c><00:49:07.789><c> whole</c><00:49:08.010><c> day</c><00:49:08.250><c> is</c><00:49:08.389><c> different</c><00:49:08.510><c> for</c>

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them<00:49:08.869><c> and</c><00:49:09.070><c> for</c><00:49:09.269><c> you.</c><00:49:10.030><c> Well,</c><00:49:10.309><c> so</c><00:49:10.610><c> it</c><00:49:10.730><c> is</c><00:49:10.829><c> with</c><00:49:11.090><c> God.</c>

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If<00:49:12.269><c> there's</c><00:49:12.510><c> a</c><00:49:12.710><c> willingness</c><00:49:12.989><c> there,</c><00:49:13.349><c> you're</c><00:49:13.349><c> not</c><00:49:13.550><c> looking</c><00:49:13.769><c> up</c>

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all<00:49:14.110><c> the</c><00:49:14.289><c> chapters</c><00:49:14.510><c> to</c><00:49:14.690><c> see</c><00:49:14.789><c> whether</c><00:49:14.929><c> you</c><00:49:15.010><c> can</c><00:49:15.210><c> do</c><00:49:15.389><c> this</c>

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or<00:49:15.570><c> you</c><00:49:15.710><c> can't</c><00:49:15.969><c> do</c><00:49:16.110><c> that.</c><00:49:16.210><c> You</c><00:49:16.329><c> know</c><00:49:16.550><c> what's</c><00:49:16.849><c> right</c><00:49:17.130><c> because</c>

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you're<00:49:17.809><c> driven</c><00:49:18.150><c> because</c><00:49:18.889><c> of</c><00:49:19.070><c> the</c><00:49:19.210><c> example</c><00:49:19.570><c> of</c>

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Christ.<00:49:20.110><c> And</c><00:49:20.269><c> that's</c><00:49:20.429><c> what</c><00:49:20.570><c> Paul</c><00:49:20.750><c> was.</c><00:49:22.349><c> Three</c><00:49:22.610><c> years</c><00:49:22.869><c> night</c>

00:49:23.090 --> 00:49:25.289
and<00:49:23.309><c> day</c><00:49:23.449><c> with</c><00:49:23.690><c> tears.</c><00:49:24.070><c> That's</c><00:49:24.309><c> how</c><00:49:24.449><c> he</c><00:49:24.550><c> had</c><00:49:24.710><c> to</c><00:49:24.929><c> be.</c>

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Working<00:49:25.989><c> away</c><00:49:26.289><c> with</c><00:49:27.489><c> his</c><00:49:29.409><c> canvas</c><00:49:30.070><c> work</c><00:49:30.369><c> to</c><00:49:30.570><c> make</c><00:49:30.789><c> his</c><00:49:31.090><c> tents</c>

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and<00:49:31.570><c> so</c><00:49:31.769><c> on,</c><00:49:32.170><c> supporting</c><00:49:32.570><c> Timothy</c><00:49:33.110><c> and</c><00:49:33.449><c> Titus</c>

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and<00:49:33.829><c> the</c><00:49:33.949><c> others</c><00:49:34.090><c> that</c><00:49:34.230><c> were</c><00:49:34.409><c> all</c><00:49:34.670><c> around,</c><00:49:35.550><c> receiving</c><00:49:35.929><c> problem</c><00:49:36.309><c> after</c>

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problem<00:49:37.110><c> and</c><00:49:37.969><c> the</c><00:49:37.989><c> longevity</c><00:49:38.349><c> of</c><00:49:38.590><c> his</c>

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own<00:49:39.070><c> very</c><00:49:39.369><c> life.</c><00:49:39.650><c> Why</c><00:49:39.809><c> would</c><00:49:39.909><c> he</c><00:49:40.050><c> keep</c><00:49:40.190><c> doing</c><00:49:40.389><c> that</c><00:49:40.550><c> for</c><00:49:40.730><c> three</c>

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years?<00:49:42.829><c> Why</c><00:49:43.030><c> would</c><00:49:43.150><c> he</c><00:49:43.329><c> write</c><00:49:43.449><c> this</c><00:49:43.710><c> epistle?</c>

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Because<00:49:44.170><c> he</c><00:49:44.269><c> loved</c><00:49:44.570><c> them.</c><00:49:45.650><c> He</c><00:49:45.670><c> didn't</c><00:49:45.829><c> have</c><00:49:46.010><c> to</c><00:49:46.110><c> tell</c><00:49:46.269><c> him</c><00:49:46.369><c> to</c>

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do<00:49:46.530><c> it</c><00:49:46.590><c> because</c><00:49:46.789><c> he</c><00:49:46.929><c> wanted</c><00:49:47.250><c> to</c><00:49:47.449><c> do</c><00:49:47.630><c> it.</c><00:49:48.050><c> It</c><00:49:48.050><c> was</c>

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in<00:49:48.309><c> his</c><00:49:48.530><c> heart</c><00:49:48.730><c> to</c><00:49:48.949><c> do</c><00:49:49.110><c> so.</c><00:49:50.210><c> This</c><00:49:50.369><c> is</c><00:49:50.610><c> an</c><00:49:50.849><c> amazingly</c><00:49:51.449><c> wonderful</c>

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section<00:49:52.750><c> of</c><00:49:52.949><c> the</c><00:49:53.090><c> scripture.</c><00:49:53.469><c> First</c><00:49:53.730><c> Timothy</c>

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chapter<00:49:54.530><c> one</c><00:49:55.289><c> brings</c><00:49:56.030><c> out</c><00:49:56.389><c> to</c><00:49:56.530><c> bear</c><00:49:56.750><c> all</c><00:49:57.289><c> of</c><00:49:57.849><c> the</c><00:49:58.050><c> true</c><00:49:58.409><c> essence</c><00:49:58.889><c> of</c><00:49:59.090><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:49:59.570><c> Paul.</c><00:50:02.710><c> So</c><00:50:02.869><c> having</c><00:50:03.050><c> put</c><00:50:03.309><c> those</c>

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things<00:50:04.289><c> down</c><00:50:05.269><c> in</c><00:50:05.409><c> verse</c><00:50:05.590><c> nine</c><00:50:05.849><c> and</c><00:50:06.090><c> ten,</c><00:50:06.429><c> he</c><00:50:06.429><c> says,</c><00:50:06.949><c> according</c>

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to<00:50:07.670><c> the</c><00:50:08.369><c> glorious</c><00:50:09.030><c> gospel</c><00:50:09.670><c> of</c><00:50:09.909><c> the</c><00:50:10.090><c> blessed</c><00:50:10.409><c> God.</c>

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Now<00:50:13.530><c> that's</c><00:50:14.170><c> not</c><00:50:14.469><c> quite</c><00:50:14.889><c> really</c><00:50:15.269><c> how</c><00:50:15.750><c> the</c><00:50:16.070><c> original</c><00:50:16.329><c> goes.</c>

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The<00:50:16.969><c> original</c><00:50:17.349><c> says,</c>

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according<00:50:18.750><c> to</c><00:50:19.070><c> the</c><00:50:19.309><c> gospel</c><00:50:19.869><c> of</c><00:50:21.449><c> the</c><00:50:21.769><c> glory</c><00:50:22.510><c> of</c><00:50:22.809><c> the</c><00:50:22.929><c> blessed</c>

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God.<00:50:24.369><c> In</c><00:50:24.570><c> other</c><00:50:24.789><c> words,</c><00:50:25.170><c> the</c><00:50:25.230><c> gospel</c><00:50:25.690><c> is</c>

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about<00:50:26.409><c> the</c><00:50:27.329><c> glory</c><00:50:28.090><c> of</c><00:50:29.570><c> the</c><00:50:29.869><c> blessed</c><00:50:30.329><c> God.</c><00:50:31.969><c> In</c><00:50:32.289><c> other</c><00:50:32.590><c> words,</c>

00:50:32.949 --> 00:50:35.309
it's<00:50:33.110><c> the</c><00:50:33.349><c> gospel</c><00:50:33.909><c> of</c><00:50:34.429><c> God.</c><00:50:34.809><c> It's</c><00:50:34.989><c> the</c><00:50:35.070><c> gospel</c>

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of<00:50:35.510><c> Christ,</c><00:50:36.030><c> of</c><00:50:36.030><c> course,</c><00:50:36.829><c> but</c><00:50:37.210><c> in</c><00:50:37.650><c> that</c><00:50:37.929><c> gospel</c><00:50:38.289><c> of</c><00:50:38.469><c> Christ,</c>

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God<00:50:39.309><c> is</c><00:50:39.630><c> magnified.</c><00:50:41.550><c> The</c><00:50:41.789><c> righteousness</c>

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of<00:50:42.570><c> God</c><00:50:42.769><c> is</c><00:50:43.010><c> declared</c><00:50:43.349><c> in</c><00:50:43.690><c> what</c><00:50:43.989><c> Christ</c><00:50:44.329><c> did</c><00:50:44.690><c> and</c><00:50:45.090><c> so</c><00:50:45.389><c> God</c><00:50:45.650><c> is</c>

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blessed<00:50:46.670><c> by</c><00:50:47.030><c> that.</c><00:50:48.050><c> He's</c><00:50:48.550><c> magnified</c><00:50:49.309><c> and</c><00:50:49.570><c> that's</c><00:50:49.809><c> how</c>

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the<00:50:50.170><c> apostle</c><00:50:50.469><c> Paul</c><00:50:50.789><c> saw</c><00:50:51.070><c> it.</c><00:50:52.010><c> According</c><00:50:52.389><c> to</c><00:50:57.289><c> the</c><00:50:57.750><c> gospel</c><00:50:58.349><c> of</c>

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the<00:50:59.329><c> glory</c><00:51:00.030><c> of</c><00:51:00.289><c> the</c><00:51:00.429><c> blessed</c><00:51:00.730><c> God,</c>

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which<00:51:02.909><c> was</c><00:51:03.170><c> committed</c><00:51:03.670><c> to</c><00:51:04.030><c> my</c><00:51:04.309><c> trust.</c><00:51:05.489><c> So</c><00:51:05.730><c> working</c><00:51:05.989><c> as</c><00:51:06.289><c> he</c><00:51:06.429><c> was,</c><00:51:07.789><c> that's</c><00:51:07.969><c> how</c>

00:51:08.110 --> 00:51:10.510
he<00:51:08.289><c> felt.</c><00:51:09.090><c> It</c><00:51:09.090><c> was</c><00:51:09.230><c> no</c><00:51:09.469><c> harm</c><00:51:09.670><c> to</c><00:51:09.849><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:51:10.989><c> not</c><00:51:11.150><c> that</c><00:51:11.269><c> he</c><00:51:11.369><c> was</c><00:51:11.550><c> being</c><00:51:11.889><c> shoved</c><00:51:12.190><c> along.</c><00:51:13.030><c> He</c><00:51:13.230><c> did</c><00:51:13.429><c> it</c><00:51:13.590><c> because</c><00:51:13.809><c> he</c>

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wanted<00:51:14.349><c> to</c><00:51:14.590><c> in</c><00:51:14.670><c> his</c><00:51:14.989><c> heart.</c><00:51:15.650><c> There</c><00:51:15.769><c> was</c>

00:51:15.949 --> 00:51:19.989
this<00:51:16.150><c> sense</c><00:51:16.590><c> of</c><00:51:16.949><c> responding</c><00:51:17.409><c> to</c><00:51:17.630><c> God</c><00:51:18.090><c> that</c><00:51:18.730><c> had</c><00:51:18.929><c> been</c><00:51:19.070><c> so</c><00:51:19.389><c> wonderful</c><00:51:19.769><c> to</c>

00:51:19.989 --> 00:51:22.590
him.<00:51:21.269><c> And</c><00:51:21.409><c> then</c><00:51:21.670><c> by</c><00:51:21.829><c> that</c><00:51:22.010><c> last</c><00:51:22.289><c> little</c>

00:51:22.590 --> 00:51:26.269
phrase<00:51:22.829><c> in</c><00:51:23.010><c> verse</c><00:51:23.210><c> 11,</c><00:51:24.050><c> he</c><00:51:24.329><c> introduces</c><00:51:24.809><c> his</c><00:51:25.130><c> next</c><00:51:25.449><c> thought.</c>

00:51:26.690 --> 00:51:29.989
He<00:51:26.849><c> says,</c><00:51:27.090><c> which</c><00:51:27.289><c> was</c><00:51:27.550><c> committed</c><00:51:28.050><c> to</c><00:51:28.469><c> my</c><00:51:28.789><c> trust.</c>

00:51:30.590 --> 00:51:38.090
And<00:51:31.309><c> he</c><00:51:31.489><c> expands</c><00:51:31.909><c> that</c><00:51:32.610><c> in</c><00:51:32.969><c> the</c><00:51:33.010><c> following</c><00:51:33.309><c> beautiful</c><00:51:33.730><c> verses.</c><00:51:35.130><c> I</c><00:51:35.210><c> thank</c><00:51:35.570><c> Christ</c><00:51:36.070><c> Jesus</c><00:51:36.590><c> our</c><00:51:36.949><c> Lord.</c>

00:51:38.429 --> 00:51:42.210
He's<00:51:39.150><c> getting</c><00:51:39.369><c> old,</c><00:51:39.869><c> you</c><00:51:39.869><c> know.</c><00:51:41.030><c> He's</c><00:51:41.210><c> been</c><00:51:41.429><c> out</c><00:51:41.630><c> there</c><00:51:41.789><c> for</c><00:51:42.110><c> a</c>

00:51:42.210 --> 00:51:46.730
fair<00:51:42.329><c> time.</c><00:51:43.789><c> I</c><00:51:44.150><c> thank</c><00:51:44.449><c> Christ</c><00:51:44.889><c> Jesus</c><00:51:45.449><c> our</c><00:51:45.730><c> Lord,</c>

00:51:47.110 --> 00:51:52.909
who<00:51:47.289><c> have</c><00:51:47.570><c> enabled</c><00:51:48.409><c> me,</c><00:51:49.570><c> given</c><00:51:49.690><c> me</c><00:51:50.070><c> strength</c><00:51:50.429><c> to</c><00:51:50.650><c> do</c><00:51:50.849><c> so,</c><00:51:52.530><c> given</c><00:51:52.650><c> me</c>

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opportunity.<00:51:55.789><c> For</c><00:51:56.070><c> that</c><00:51:56.269><c> he</c><00:51:56.570><c> counted</c><00:51:56.929><c> me</c>

00:51:57.530 --> 00:52:04.369
faithful,<00:51:59.389><c> putting</c><00:51:59.809><c> me</c><00:52:00.110><c> in</c><00:52:00.230><c> the</c><00:52:00.429><c> ministry.</c><00:52:02.130><c> And</c><00:52:02.190><c> he</c><00:52:02.269><c> can't</c><00:52:02.610><c> still</c><00:52:02.809><c> get</c><00:52:03.010><c> over</c><00:52:03.250><c> it.</c><00:52:04.110><c> It</c>

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happened<00:52:04.510><c> on</c><00:52:04.730><c> the</c><00:52:04.769><c> road</c><00:52:04.969><c> to</c>

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Damascus.<00:52:06.409><c> He's</c><00:52:06.650><c> never</c><00:52:06.929><c> been</c><00:52:07.150><c> able</c><00:52:07.389><c> to</c><00:52:07.690><c> understand</c><00:52:08.170><c> why</c><00:52:08.369><c> God</c>

00:52:08.610 --> 00:52:10.570
should<00:52:08.769><c> have</c><00:52:08.909><c> been</c><00:52:09.070><c> so</c><00:52:09.369><c> good</c><00:52:09.489><c> to</c><00:52:09.630><c> him.</c><00:52:10.329><c> He</c><00:52:10.449><c> should</c>

00:52:10.570 --> 00:52:13.789
have<00:52:10.730><c> been</c><00:52:11.030><c> struck</c><00:52:11.210><c> down</c><00:52:11.469><c> and</c><00:52:11.630><c> left</c><00:52:11.829><c> there.</c><00:52:13.190><c> But</c><00:52:13.289><c> he</c><00:52:13.389><c> put</c><00:52:13.590><c> me</c>

00:52:13.789 --> 00:52:16.690
into<00:52:13.989><c> the</c><00:52:14.269><c> ministry,</c><00:52:15.369><c> was</c><00:52:15.630><c> committed</c><00:52:15.949><c> to</c><00:52:16.150><c> my</c><00:52:16.389><c> trust,</c>

00:52:16.690 --> 00:52:19.530
verse<00:52:16.949><c> 11.</c><00:52:17.670><c> He</c><00:52:17.809><c> keeps</c><00:52:18.030><c> on</c><00:52:18.309><c> repeating</c><00:52:18.590><c> this</c><00:52:18.969><c> phrase</c><00:52:19.210><c> through</c>

00:52:19.530 --> 00:52:23.050
this<00:52:19.789><c> epistle.</c><00:52:20.789><c> The</c><00:52:20.929><c> wonder</c><00:52:21.250><c> of</c><00:52:21.590><c> it</c><00:52:21.730><c> was</c><00:52:22.190><c> still</c><00:52:22.670><c> true</c><00:52:22.909><c> to</c>

00:52:23.050 --> 00:52:26.750
him.<00:52:23.829><c> And</c><00:52:23.949><c> he</c><00:52:23.969><c> wanted</c><00:52:24.250><c> Timothy</c><00:52:24.630><c> to</c><00:52:24.809><c> know</c><00:52:25.269><c> how</c><00:52:25.750><c> remarkable</c><00:52:26.309><c> that</c><00:52:26.570><c> was</c>

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because<00:52:27.030><c> as</c><00:52:27.269><c> sure</c><00:52:27.449><c> as</c><00:52:27.550><c> that</c><00:52:27.690><c> was</c><00:52:27.849><c> remarkable,</c>

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so<00:52:28.789><c> what</c><00:52:28.969><c> he</c><00:52:29.070><c> was</c><00:52:29.250><c> saying</c><00:52:29.429><c> to</c><00:52:29.570><c> Timothy</c><00:52:29.929><c> was</c><00:52:30.190><c> remarkable.</c><00:52:30.989><c> The</c>

00:52:31.130 --> 00:52:32.869
strength<00:52:31.389><c> of</c><00:52:31.550><c> what</c><00:52:31.650><c> he</c><00:52:31.710><c> was</c><00:52:31.929><c> saying</c><00:52:32.070><c> to</c><00:52:32.190><c> Timothy</c><00:52:32.530><c> was</c>

00:52:32.869 --> 00:52:37.550
predicated<00:52:33.309><c> on</c><00:52:33.769><c> the</c><00:52:34.050><c> calling</c><00:52:34.329><c> that</c><00:52:34.590><c> he</c><00:52:34.750><c> had</c><00:52:35.070><c> by</c><00:52:35.590><c> God.</c><00:52:36.570><c> Why</c><00:52:36.750><c> would</c><00:52:36.929><c> Timothy</c><00:52:37.210><c> want</c><00:52:37.389><c> to</c>

00:52:37.550 --> 00:52:38.269
worry<00:52:37.710><c> about</c><00:52:37.929><c> it</c><00:52:38.050><c> if</c><00:52:38.130><c> it</c><00:52:38.130><c> was</c>

00:52:38.269 --> 00:52:41.130
just<00:52:38.469><c> an</c><00:52:38.530><c> old</c><00:52:38.690><c> man</c><00:52:38.869><c> writing</c><00:52:39.110><c> a</c><00:52:39.230><c> letter</c><00:52:39.389><c> to</c><00:52:39.550><c> him?</c><00:52:39.750><c> But</c><00:52:39.909><c> it</c><00:52:40.010><c> wasn't.</c><00:52:40.889><c> This</c>

00:52:41.130 --> 00:52:43.449
was<00:52:41.309><c> committed</c><00:52:41.750><c> to</c><00:52:42.329><c> Paul</c><00:52:42.650><c> and</c><00:52:42.949><c> made</c><00:52:43.269><c> him</c>

00:52:43.449 --> 00:52:46.949
an<00:52:43.670><c> apostle</c><00:52:43.849><c> and</c><00:52:44.429><c> this</c><00:52:44.769><c> charge</c><00:52:44.949><c> was</c><00:52:45.250><c> committed</c><00:52:45.630><c> to</c><00:52:45.789><c> him.</c><00:52:46.289><c> Timothy</c><00:52:46.730><c> had</c>

00:52:46.949 --> 00:52:48.369
now<00:52:47.170><c> that</c><00:52:47.409><c> charge</c><00:52:47.610><c> upon</c><00:52:47.849><c> his</c><00:52:48.150><c> shoulders.</c>

00:52:48.369 --> 00:52:52.349
It<00:52:48.750><c> enriched</c><00:52:49.309><c> Timothy's</c><00:52:50.909><c> sense</c><00:52:50.909><c> of</c><00:52:51.210><c> the</c><00:52:51.349><c> authority</c><00:52:52.010><c> that</c><00:52:52.130><c> was</c>

00:52:52.349 --> 00:52:55.090
in<00:52:52.469><c> the</c><00:52:52.610><c> work</c><00:52:52.829><c> that</c><00:52:53.010><c> he</c><00:52:53.050><c> was</c><00:52:53.289><c> doing</c><00:52:53.869><c> and</c><00:52:54.469><c> so</c><00:52:54.630><c> he</c><00:52:54.769><c> tells</c>

00:52:55.090 --> 00:52:59.289
him<00:52:56.170><c> of</c><00:52:56.650><c> his</c><00:52:56.969><c> indebtedness</c><00:52:57.469><c> to</c><00:52:57.630><c> God</c><00:52:57.849><c> and</c><00:52:58.050><c> the</c><00:52:58.269><c> marvelous</c><00:52:58.730><c> nature</c><00:52:59.150><c> of</c>

00:52:59.289 --> 00:53:01.489
God's<00:52:59.789><c> calling,</c><00:53:00.530><c> even</c><00:53:00.849><c> incorporating</c>

00:53:01.489 --> 00:53:07.650
himself.<00:53:02.130><c> Look</c><00:53:02.289><c> what</c><00:53:02.550><c> he</c><00:53:02.570><c> was.</c><00:53:04.289><c> A</c><00:53:04.610><c> blasphemer,</c><00:53:06.170><c> and</c><00:53:06.329><c> he</c><00:53:06.510><c> was.</c>

00:53:09.550 --> 00:53:15.010
And<00:53:09.969><c> a</c><00:53:10.230><c> persecutor,</c><00:53:12.610><c> and</c><00:53:12.750><c> he</c><00:53:12.929><c> was</c><00:53:13.190><c> above</c><00:53:13.570><c> all</c><00:53:14.010><c> the</c><00:53:14.150><c> others.</c>

00:53:15.289 --> 00:53:17.789
He<00:53:15.730><c> would</c><00:53:15.989><c> be</c><00:53:16.090><c> the</c><00:53:16.170><c> one</c><00:53:16.369><c> that</c><00:53:16.409><c> would</c><00:53:16.670><c> sneak</c><00:53:16.869><c> into</c><00:53:17.090><c> the</c><00:53:17.230><c> high</c><00:53:17.449><c> priest</c><00:53:17.630><c> to</c>

00:53:17.789 --> 00:53:19.510
get<00:53:17.969><c> the</c><00:53:18.130><c> letter.</c><00:53:18.409><c> Above</c><00:53:18.550><c> any</c><00:53:18.849><c> other</c><00:53:19.090><c> person.</c>

00:53:19.889 --> 00:53:22.489
Put<00:53:20.070><c> the</c><00:53:20.230><c> clothes</c><00:53:20.429><c> of</c><00:53:21.170><c> Stephen</c><00:53:21.409><c> at</c><00:53:21.610><c> my</c><00:53:21.829><c> feet.</c><00:53:21.949><c> I'll</c><00:53:22.130><c> take</c><00:53:22.329><c> the</c>

00:53:22.489 --> 00:53:27.150
responsibility.<00:53:24.309><c> And</c><00:53:24.489><c> injurious,</c><00:53:26.690><c> throwing</c><00:53:26.929><c> men</c>

00:53:27.150 --> 00:53:33.730
and<00:53:27.250><c> women</c><00:53:27.489><c> into</c><00:53:27.769><c> prison,</c><00:53:28.309><c> casting</c><00:53:28.690><c> a</c><00:53:29.050><c> stone</c><00:53:29.250><c> of</c><00:53:29.690><c> judgment</c><00:53:30.050><c> against</c><00:53:30.469><c> them</c><00:53:31.510><c> simply</c><00:53:32.130><c> because</c><00:53:32.789><c> they</c><00:53:33.070><c> believed</c><00:53:33.389><c> in</c><00:53:33.590><c> the</c>

00:53:33.730 --> 00:53:41.150
Son<00:53:33.869><c> of</c><00:53:34.110><c> God.</c><00:53:36.590><c> But</c><00:53:36.789><c> he</c><00:53:36.849><c> says,</c><00:53:37.250><c> I</c><00:53:37.369><c> obtained</c><00:53:38.010><c> mercy,</c><00:53:39.070><c> using</c><00:53:39.409><c> Hosea's</c><00:53:40.110><c> little</c><00:53:40.309><c> phrase,</c><00:53:40.989><c> of</c>

00:53:41.150 --> 00:53:42.150
the<00:53:41.389><c> Jews</c><00:53:41.590><c> when</c><00:53:41.750><c> they</c><00:53:41.929><c> will</c>

00:53:42.150 --> 00:53:46.570
be<00:53:42.329><c> brought</c><00:53:42.829><c> back</c><00:53:43.110><c> into</c><00:53:43.309><c> God's</c><00:53:44.889><c> favour,</c><00:53:45.190><c> as</c><00:53:45.329><c> though</c><00:53:45.489><c> he</c><00:53:45.630><c> was</c>

00:53:46.570 --> 00:53:50.170
brought<00:53:46.889><c> back</c><00:53:47.550><c> earlier</c><00:53:48.369><c> than</c><00:53:48.869><c> the</c><00:53:49.050><c> rest.</c>

00:53:50.610 --> 00:53:55.929
I<00:53:50.789><c> obtained</c><00:53:51.469><c> mercy</c><00:53:52.210><c> because</c><00:53:53.650><c> I</c><00:53:53.869><c> did</c><00:53:54.070><c> it</c><00:53:54.409><c> ignorantly</c><00:53:54.869><c> in</c><00:53:55.050><c> unbelief.</c>

00:53:58.570 --> 00:54:00.949
Forgive<00:53:58.809><c> them</c><00:53:59.090><c> father</c><00:53:59.409><c> for</c><00:53:59.610><c> they</c><00:53:59.869><c> know</c><00:54:00.110><c> not</c><00:54:00.309><c> what</c><00:54:00.510><c> they</c><00:54:00.750><c> do.</c>

00:54:01.070 --> 00:54:04.969
It<00:54:01.070><c> was</c><00:54:01.329><c> true.</c><00:54:02.650><c> He</c><00:54:02.869><c> did</c><00:54:03.110><c> do</c><00:54:03.269><c> it</c><00:54:03.469><c> ignorantly</c><00:54:03.929><c> in</c><00:54:04.110><c> unbelief.</c>

00:54:05.389 --> 00:54:12.409
And<00:54:06.070><c> the</c><00:54:06.289><c> grace</c><00:54:06.750><c> of</c><00:54:07.010><c> our</c><00:54:07.190><c> Lord</c><00:54:07.730><c> was</c><00:54:08.889><c> exceeding</c><00:54:10.269><c> abundant.</c><00:54:11.969><c> Here's</c><00:54:12.230><c> our</c>

00:54:12.409 --> 00:54:16.570
words<00:54:12.630><c> again,</c><00:54:13.849><c> in</c><00:54:14.190><c> faith</c><00:54:14.750><c> and</c><00:54:15.449><c> love,</c>

00:54:16.929 --> 00:54:22.070
which<00:54:17.090><c> is</c><00:54:17.389><c> in</c><00:54:17.690><c> Christ</c><00:54:18.030><c> Jesus.</c><00:54:19.570><c> He</c><00:54:19.829><c> received</c><00:54:20.510><c> faith</c><00:54:20.989><c> and</c><00:54:21.230><c> love.</c>

00:54:22.269 --> 00:54:24.909
That<00:54:22.469><c> now</c><00:54:22.670><c> was</c><00:54:22.909><c> his</c><00:54:23.369><c> way</c><00:54:23.670><c> of</c><00:54:23.949><c> life.</c>

00:54:25.230 --> 00:54:28.989
And<00:54:25.409><c> that</c><00:54:25.489><c> was</c><00:54:25.730><c> the</c><00:54:26.269><c> principles</c><00:54:26.809><c> of</c><00:54:27.070><c> his</c><00:54:27.329><c> teaching.</c><00:54:28.670><c> It</c><00:54:28.809><c> was</c>

00:54:28.989 --> 00:54:30.389
the<00:54:29.230><c> message</c><00:54:29.489><c> that</c><00:54:29.769><c> ran</c><00:54:29.989><c> through,</c>

00:54:30.389 --> 00:54:36.010
faith<00:54:30.889><c> which</c><00:54:31.269><c> worketh</c><00:54:31.610><c> by</c><00:54:31.869><c> love.</c><00:54:33.250><c> So</c><00:54:33.429><c> he</c><00:54:33.590><c> was</c><00:54:34.969><c> a</c><00:54:35.449><c> recipient</c><00:54:35.809><c> of</c>

00:54:36.010 --> 00:54:38.969
the<00:54:36.170><c> grace</c><00:54:36.510><c> of</c><00:54:36.690><c> God</c><00:54:37.289><c> in</c><00:54:37.769><c> exceeding</c><00:54:38.469><c> abundance,</c>

00:54:39.349 --> 00:54:43.550
through<00:54:39.429><c> faith</c><00:54:39.809><c> and</c><00:54:40.030><c> love</c><00:54:40.309><c> which</c><00:54:40.570><c> is</c><00:54:40.869><c> in</c><00:54:41.210><c> Christ</c><00:54:41.590><c> Jesus.</c><00:54:43.510><c> And</c>

00:54:43.550 --> 00:54:45.050
because<00:54:43.989><c> of</c><00:54:44.150><c> that,</c><00:54:44.530><c> verse</c><00:54:44.530><c> 15,</c>

00:54:45.269 --> 00:54:49.550
this<00:54:45.590><c> is</c><00:54:45.809><c> a</c><00:54:46.070><c> faithful</c><00:54:46.449><c> saying.</c><00:54:47.590><c> All</c><00:54:48.110><c> the</c><00:54:48.710><c> discussion</c><00:54:49.070><c> and</c><00:54:49.329><c> all</c>

00:54:49.550 --> 00:54:56.070
the<00:54:51.949><c> endless</c><00:54:52.510><c> speculations,</c><00:54:54.269><c> this</c><00:54:54.789><c> is</c><00:54:55.210><c> a</c><00:54:55.570><c> faithful</c>

00:54:56.070 --> 00:55:03.909
saying.<00:54:57.590><c> And</c><00:54:57.889><c> worthy</c><00:54:58.349><c> of</c><00:54:58.769><c> all</c><00:54:59.210><c> acceptation,</c><00:55:01.230><c> that</c><00:55:01.489><c> Christ</c><00:55:02.130><c> Jesus</c><00:55:02.650><c> came</c><00:55:02.949><c> into</c><00:55:03.210><c> the</c><00:55:03.449><c> world</c><00:55:03.650><c> to</c>

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save<00:55:04.170><c> sinners,</c>

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of<00:55:08.050><c> whom</c><00:55:08.469><c> I</c><00:55:08.710><c> am</c><00:55:08.909><c> chief.</c><00:55:10.590><c> You</c><00:55:10.590><c> know,</c><00:55:11.590><c> sometimes</c><00:55:11.849><c> you</c><00:55:11.989><c> think</c><00:55:12.250><c> that</c><00:55:12.389><c> people</c><00:55:12.630><c> are</c>

00:55:12.829 --> 00:55:14.070
almost<00:55:13.309><c> saying</c><00:55:13.510><c> that</c><00:55:13.710><c> Jesus</c>

00:55:14.070 --> 00:55:19.610
came<00:55:14.329><c> into</c><00:55:14.530><c> the</c><00:55:14.690><c> world</c><00:55:14.849><c> to</c><00:55:15.150><c> save</c><00:55:15.329><c> himself.</c><00:55:18.130><c> Christ</c><00:55:18.510><c> Jesus</c><00:55:18.969><c> came</c><00:55:19.230><c> into</c><00:55:19.409><c> the</c>

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world<00:55:19.769><c> to</c><00:55:20.130><c> save</c><00:55:20.449><c> sinners.</c>

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And<00:55:22.349><c> he</c><00:55:22.530><c> was</c><00:55:22.869><c> saved</c><00:55:23.090><c> himself</c><00:55:23.869><c> in</c><00:55:24.150><c> that</c><00:55:24.369><c> which</c><00:55:24.530><c> he</c><00:55:24.650><c> did</c><00:55:24.869><c> for</c><00:55:25.130><c> others.</c><00:55:25.969><c> That's</c><00:55:26.210><c> the</c>

00:55:26.389 --> 00:55:27.750
truth<00:55:26.610><c> of</c><00:55:26.829><c> it.</c>

00:55:27.809 --> 00:55:30.389
And<00:55:27.969><c> we</c><00:55:28.070><c> must</c><00:55:28.389><c> never</c><00:55:28.730><c> lose</c><00:55:29.010><c> that</c><00:55:29.309><c> balance.</c><00:55:29.949><c> Look,</c><00:55:30.170><c> you</c><00:55:30.170><c> could</c>

00:55:30.389 --> 00:55:31.730
put<00:55:30.550><c> underneath</c><00:55:30.969><c> that</c><00:55:31.289><c> expression,</c>

00:55:31.730 --> 00:55:35.110
you<00:55:31.869><c> could</c><00:55:32.050><c> put</c><00:55:32.230><c> a</c><00:55:32.389><c> whole</c><00:55:32.789><c> list</c><00:55:33.030><c> of</c><00:55:33.230><c> a</c><00:55:33.389><c> hundred</c><00:55:33.730><c> passages</c><00:55:34.309><c> that</c>

00:55:35.110 --> 00:55:38.530
have<00:55:35.289><c> exactly</c><00:55:35.769><c> that</c><00:55:36.210><c> same</c><00:55:36.610><c> accent</c><00:55:37.190><c> that</c><00:55:38.050><c> Christ</c>

00:55:38.530 --> 00:55:42.489
came<00:55:38.889><c> into</c><00:55:39.050><c> the</c><00:55:39.230><c> world</c><00:55:39.389><c> to</c><00:55:39.630><c> save</c><00:55:39.869><c> sinners.</c><00:55:40.190><c> We</c><00:55:40.329><c> must</c><00:55:40.570><c> never</c><00:55:40.929><c> disturb</c><00:55:41.309><c> that</c><00:55:41.570><c> balance</c><00:55:41.849><c> as</c>

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much<00:55:42.710><c> as</c><00:55:42.909><c> we</c><00:55:43.030><c> know</c>

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that<00:55:43.469><c> Jesus</c><00:55:43.849><c> needed</c><00:55:44.210><c> redemption</c><00:55:44.670><c> from</c><00:55:44.909><c> his</c><00:55:45.090><c> own</c><00:55:45.269><c> nature.</c><00:55:45.409><c> We</c>

00:55:45.590 --> 00:55:47.809
know<00:55:45.869><c> that</c><00:55:46.389><c> he</c><00:55:46.670><c> was</c><00:55:46.849><c> a</c><00:55:47.010><c> mortal</c><00:55:47.250><c> man,</c>

00:55:47.809 --> 00:55:52.590
but<00:55:48.170><c> he</c><00:55:48.190><c> was</c><00:55:48.550><c> a</c><00:55:48.730><c> sinless</c><00:55:49.250><c> mortal</c><00:55:49.530><c> man.</c><00:55:50.869><c> He</c><00:55:50.869><c> came</c><00:55:51.190><c> into</c><00:55:51.369><c> the</c><00:55:51.570><c> world</c><00:55:52.010><c> to</c>

00:55:52.590 --> 00:55:54.829
save<00:55:53.050><c> sinners.</c><00:55:53.489><c> Of</c><00:55:53.570><c> course</c><00:55:53.769><c> he</c><00:55:53.889><c> did.</c>

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How<00:55:55.150><c> many</c><00:55:55.409><c> hundred</c><00:55:55.670><c> times</c><00:55:56.010><c> has</c><00:55:56.170><c> that</c><00:55:56.329><c> stated</c><00:55:56.750><c> in</c><00:55:57.309><c> all</c><00:55:57.510><c> of</c><00:55:57.630><c> the</c>

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New<00:55:57.889><c> Testament?</c><00:55:59.170><c> The</c><00:55:59.349><c> apostle</c><00:55:59.650><c> Paul</c><00:56:00.050><c> felt</c><00:56:00.710><c> the</c>

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benefit<00:56:01.329><c> of</c><00:56:01.469><c> that</c><00:56:01.650><c> because</c><00:56:01.889><c> he</c><00:56:02.030><c> said,</c><00:56:02.329><c> I</c><00:56:02.570><c> am</c><00:56:02.849><c> the</c><00:56:03.070><c> chief</c><00:56:03.349><c> sinner.</c><00:56:04.929><c> How</c>

00:56:05.170 --> 00:56:08.489
be<00:56:05.269><c> it,</c><00:56:05.469><c> verse</c><00:56:05.750><c> 16,</c><00:56:06.750><c> for</c><00:56:06.949><c> this</c><00:56:07.389><c> cause,</c>

00:56:09.269 --> 00:56:15.329
I<00:56:09.610><c> obtained</c><00:56:10.030><c> mercy.</c><00:56:11.829><c> For</c><00:56:12.349><c> what</c><00:56:12.610><c> cause?</c><00:56:14.349><c> Well,</c><00:56:14.550><c> he</c><00:56:14.670><c> said,</c><00:56:14.849><c> God's</c><00:56:15.210><c> made</c>

00:56:15.329 --> 00:56:17.489
me<00:56:15.550><c> a</c><00:56:15.730><c> pattern.</c><00:56:16.349><c> I</c><00:56:16.650><c> was</c><00:56:16.849><c> the</c><00:56:17.050><c> worst,</c>

00:56:17.809 --> 00:56:24.750
and<00:56:18.510><c> he's</c><00:56:18.650><c> put</c><00:56:18.809><c> me</c><00:56:19.030><c> out</c><00:56:19.170><c> in</c><00:56:19.409><c> front.</c><00:56:21.630><c> I</c><00:56:21.630><c> was</c><00:56:21.829><c> the</c><00:56:22.010><c> chief</c><00:56:22.170><c> of</c><00:56:22.389><c> sinners,</c><00:56:24.710><c> but</c>

00:56:24.750 --> 00:56:28.510
he's<00:56:25.030><c> made</c><00:56:25.230><c> me</c><00:56:25.510><c> a</c><00:56:25.789><c> pattern,</c><00:56:26.670><c> verse</c><00:56:27.110><c> 16,</c>

00:56:28.610 --> 00:56:36.690
that<00:56:28.750><c> in</c><00:56:29.010><c> me</c><00:56:29.289><c> first</c><00:56:29.630><c> Jesus</c><00:56:30.170><c> Christ</c><00:56:30.570><c> might</c><00:56:30.909><c> show</c><00:56:31.210><c> forth</c><00:56:32.269><c> all</c><00:56:33.010><c> long</c><00:56:33.329><c> suffering.</c><00:56:35.150><c> How</c><00:56:35.409><c> could</c><00:56:35.630><c> God</c><00:56:35.869><c> forgive</c><00:56:36.130><c> a</c><00:56:36.329><c> man</c>

00:56:36.690 --> 00:56:41.389
any<00:56:37.050><c> more</c><00:56:37.210><c> than</c><00:56:37.329><c> he</c><00:56:37.769><c> forgave</c><00:56:38.230><c> me?</c><00:56:39.190><c> If</c><00:56:39.489><c> any</c><00:56:39.869><c> man,</c><00:56:40.190><c> Jew</c><00:56:40.429><c> or</c><00:56:40.630><c> Gentile,</c><00:56:41.130><c> never</c>

00:56:41.389 --> 00:56:42.849
mind<00:56:41.590><c> what</c><00:56:41.969><c> stamp</c><00:56:42.190><c> he</c><00:56:42.309><c> is,</c>

00:56:42.849 --> 00:56:47.349
never<00:56:43.389><c> mind</c><00:56:43.570><c> what</c><00:56:43.849><c> level</c><00:56:44.469><c> of</c><00:56:44.769><c> society</c><00:56:45.090><c> or</c><00:56:45.190><c> how</c><00:56:45.510><c> low</c><00:56:45.690><c> he</c><00:56:45.869><c> has</c><00:56:46.110><c> gone,</c><00:56:46.670><c> why</c><00:56:47.070><c> he</c>

00:56:47.349 --> 00:56:48.989
could<00:56:47.590><c> always</c><00:56:48.070><c> look</c><00:56:48.250><c> at</c><00:56:48.369><c> my</c><00:56:48.610><c> example</c>

00:56:48.989 --> 00:56:51.030
and<00:56:49.130><c> say,</c><00:56:49.329><c> well,</c><00:56:49.409><c> if</c><00:56:49.690><c> God</c><00:56:49.869><c> did</c><00:56:50.070><c> it</c><00:56:50.190><c> for</c><00:56:50.289><c> him,</c><00:56:50.449><c> he</c><00:56:50.510><c> can</c><00:56:50.690><c> do</c><00:56:50.869><c> it</c>

00:56:51.030 --> 00:56:53.230
for<00:56:51.150><c> me.</c><00:56:52.190><c> That's</c><00:56:52.369><c> how</c><00:56:52.550><c> the</c><00:56:52.690><c> apostle</c><00:56:52.929><c> thought.</c>

00:56:53.489 --> 00:56:55.670
What<00:56:53.650><c> an</c><00:56:53.869><c> amazing</c><00:56:54.190><c> mind,</c><00:56:54.710><c> my</c><00:56:54.710><c> dear</c><00:56:54.829><c> princes.</c><00:56:55.110><c> He's</c><00:56:55.349><c> the</c><00:56:55.489><c> chief</c>

00:56:55.670 --> 00:56:57.550
of<00:56:55.849><c> all</c><00:56:56.010><c> the</c><00:56:56.190><c> apostles</c><00:56:56.449><c> working</c><00:56:57.030><c> out</c><00:56:57.289><c> there</c><00:56:57.409><c> in</c>

00:56:57.550 --> 00:56:59.829
the<00:56:57.730><c> Gentiles,</c><00:56:58.250><c> and</c><00:56:58.349><c> yet</c><00:56:58.469><c> he</c><00:56:58.630><c> considered</c><00:56:59.090><c> that</c><00:56:59.309><c> he</c><00:56:59.389><c> was</c><00:56:59.610><c> the</c>

00:56:59.829 --> 00:57:01.650
least<00:57:00.130><c> that</c><00:57:00.269><c> should</c><00:57:00.449><c> have</c><00:57:00.590><c> been</c><00:57:00.769><c> saved.</c><00:57:01.289><c> But</c><00:57:01.429><c> he</c><00:57:01.570><c> said,</c>

00:57:01.650 --> 00:57:04.489
I<00:57:01.730><c> can</c><00:57:01.949><c> see</c><00:57:02.070><c> what</c><00:57:02.230><c> God's</c><00:57:02.610><c> doing.</c><00:57:03.469><c> Out</c><00:57:03.650><c> there</c><00:57:03.789><c> in</c><00:57:03.929><c> the</c><00:57:04.110><c> Gentile</c>

00:57:04.489 --> 00:57:06.070
world,<00:57:04.789><c> it's</c><00:57:04.929><c> full</c><00:57:05.190><c> of</c><00:57:05.369><c> people</c><00:57:05.530><c> that</c><00:57:05.809><c> lust</c>

00:57:06.070 --> 00:57:08.530
the<00:57:06.329><c> track</c><00:57:06.550><c> and</c><00:57:06.789><c> don't</c><00:57:06.989><c> know</c><00:57:07.090><c> where</c><00:57:07.309><c> they're</c><00:57:07.489><c> going,</c><00:57:07.929><c> or</c><00:57:08.050><c> perhaps</c><00:57:08.289><c> full</c>

00:57:08.530 --> 00:57:10.949
of<00:57:08.949><c> Jewish</c><00:57:09.329><c> minds,</c><00:57:10.010><c> on</c><00:57:10.250><c> the</c><00:57:10.389><c> other</c><00:57:10.570><c> hand,</c>

00:57:10.949 --> 00:57:13.050
that<00:57:11.190><c> are</c><00:57:11.389><c> full</c><00:57:11.469><c> of</c><00:57:11.530><c> their</c><00:57:11.750><c> own</c><00:57:12.030><c> importance,</c><00:57:12.389><c> and</c><00:57:12.449><c> that's</c><00:57:12.690><c> where</c><00:57:12.869><c> I</c>

00:57:13.050 --> 00:57:15.409
was<00:57:13.309><c> too.</c><00:57:14.550><c> But</c><00:57:14.550><c> added</c><00:57:15.090><c> to</c><00:57:15.230><c> that,</c>

00:57:15.510 --> 00:57:19.130
I<00:57:15.510><c> was</c><00:57:15.710><c> in</c><00:57:15.889><c> Jewries</c><00:57:16.110><c> and</c><00:57:16.250><c> a</c><00:57:16.409><c> blasphemer,</c><00:57:18.110><c> and</c><00:57:18.369><c> everybody</c><00:57:18.869><c> knew</c>

00:57:19.130 --> 00:57:22.590
it.<00:57:21.010><c> And</c><00:57:21.150><c> never</c><00:57:21.349><c> mind</c><00:57:21.530><c> who</c><00:57:21.769><c> came</c><00:57:22.030><c> into</c><00:57:22.190><c> his</c><00:57:22.449><c> door</c>

00:57:22.590 --> 00:57:25.269
when<00:57:22.730><c> he</c><00:57:22.829><c> was</c><00:57:23.010><c> two</c><00:57:23.210><c> years</c><00:57:23.369><c> in</c><00:57:23.530><c> Rome,</c><00:57:24.110><c> never</c><00:57:24.409><c> mind</c><00:57:24.650><c> whether</c><00:57:25.150><c> it</c>

00:57:25.269 --> 00:57:27.909
was<00:57:25.510><c> a</c><00:57:25.889><c> slave</c><00:57:26.369><c> that</c><00:57:26.530><c> was</c><00:57:26.949><c> right</c><00:57:27.210><c> down</c><00:57:27.389><c> on</c><00:57:27.489><c> the</c><00:57:27.650><c> bottom</c>

00:57:28.389 --> 00:57:31.889
of<00:57:28.789><c> the</c><00:57:28.989><c> rung.</c><00:57:29.550><c> He</c><00:57:29.849><c> could</c><00:57:30.030><c> look</c><00:57:30.190><c> at</c><00:57:30.349><c> the</c><00:57:30.469><c> apostle</c><00:57:30.710><c> Paul</c><00:57:30.949><c> and</c><00:57:31.050><c> say,</c><00:57:31.230><c> well,</c><00:57:31.369><c> God</c><00:57:31.570><c> did</c><00:57:31.769><c> it</c>

00:57:31.889 --> 00:57:32.909
for<00:57:31.969><c> him,</c>

00:57:33.309 --> 00:57:36.289
he<00:57:33.570><c> can</c><00:57:33.730><c> do</c><00:57:33.889><c> it</c><00:57:34.010><c> for</c><00:57:34.170><c> me.</c><00:57:35.210><c> And</c><00:57:35.349><c> that's</c><00:57:35.530><c> how</c><00:57:35.610><c> the</c><00:57:35.750><c> apostle</c><00:57:35.989><c> Paul</c>

00:57:36.289 --> 00:57:37.389
thought<00:57:36.429><c> of</c><00:57:36.550><c> himself.</c>

00:57:38.570 --> 00:57:41.170
With<00:57:39.010><c> all</c><00:57:39.309><c> the</c><00:57:39.530><c> authority</c><00:57:39.849><c> he</c><00:57:39.969><c> had</c><00:57:40.250><c> as</c><00:57:40.409><c> the</c><00:57:40.550><c> apostle</c><00:57:40.789><c> to</c><00:57:41.030><c> the</c>

00:57:41.170 --> 00:57:43.269
Gentiles,<00:57:41.650><c> what</c><00:57:41.750><c> an</c><00:57:42.070><c> amazing</c><00:57:42.449><c> man.</c>

00:57:44.190 --> 00:57:48.210
What<00:57:44.369><c> an</c><00:57:44.630><c> amazing</c><00:57:44.949><c> thing</c><00:57:45.190><c> God</c><00:57:45.409><c> did.</c><00:57:47.250><c> A</c><00:57:47.329><c> bit</c><00:57:47.409><c> like</c><00:57:47.670><c> it</c><00:57:47.829><c> going</c><00:57:47.989><c> on</c>

00:57:48.210 --> 00:57:49.730
with<00:57:48.389><c> saying</c><00:57:48.550><c> about</c><00:57:48.889><c> Samson,</c><00:57:49.449><c> isn't</c><00:57:49.449><c> it?</c>

00:57:49.889 --> 00:57:53.289
Who<00:57:50.110><c> would</c><00:57:50.210><c> ever</c><00:57:50.329><c> have</c><00:57:50.489><c> chosen</c><00:57:50.809><c> Samson?</c><00:57:52.250><c> Who</c><00:57:52.389><c> would</c><00:57:52.570><c> ever</c><00:57:52.730><c> have</c><00:57:52.869><c> chosen</c><00:57:53.130><c> the</c>

00:57:53.289 --> 00:57:53.929
apostle<00:57:53.550><c> Paul?</c>

00:57:54.309 --> 00:57:59.130
Who<00:57:54.510><c> would</c><00:57:54.710><c> have</c><00:57:54.710><c> chosen</c><00:57:55.030><c> Timothy?</c><00:57:57.489><c> And</c><00:57:57.710><c> so</c><00:57:57.849><c> he</c><00:57:57.969><c> rings</c><00:57:58.210><c> it</c><00:57:58.389><c> off,</c><00:57:58.610><c> verse</c><00:57:58.710><c> 17,</c>

00:57:59.190 --> 00:58:00.170
and<00:57:59.289><c> it</c><00:57:59.449><c> says,</c>

00:58:01.389 --> 00:58:07.449
in<00:58:02.530><c> the</c><00:58:03.670><c> light</c><00:58:03.869><c> of</c><00:58:04.050><c> all</c><00:58:04.210><c> of</c><00:58:04.329><c> that,</c><00:58:04.989><c> now</c><00:58:05.110><c> unto</c><00:58:05.369><c> the</c><00:58:05.610><c> King,</c>

00:58:07.469 --> 00:58:13.409
eternal,<00:58:10.130><c> immortal,</c><00:58:12.130><c> invisible,</c>

00:58:14.750 --> 00:58:23.889
the<00:58:14.889><c> only</c><00:58:15.190><c> wise</c><00:58:15.710><c> God,</c><00:58:17.769><c> be</c><00:58:17.989><c> honoured</c><00:58:18.630><c> and</c><00:58:19.769><c> glory</c><00:58:20.650><c> forever</c><00:58:22.190><c> and</c>

00:58:23.889 --> 00:58:25.449
ever.<00:58:24.309><c> Amen.</c>