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which<00:10:21.899><c> ye</c><00:10:22.120><c> have</c><00:10:22.320><c> heard</c><00:10:23.000><c> and</c><00:10:23.500><c> which</c><00:10:24.200><c> was</c><00:10:24.480><c> preached</c><00:10:24.960><c> to</c><00:10:26.120><c> every</c>

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creature<00:10:26.860><c> which</c><00:10:27.039><c> is</c><00:10:27.200><c> under</c><00:10:27.399><c> heaven,</c>

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whereof<00:10:28.679><c> I,</c><00:10:29.899><c> Paul,</c><00:10:30.159><c> have</c><00:10:30.360><c> made</c><00:10:30.940><c> a</c><00:10:31.340><c> minister.</c>

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Notice<00:10:34.200><c> that</c><00:10:34.500><c> wonderful</c><00:10:35.059><c> promise.</c>

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So<00:10:57.179><c> pay</c><00:10:57.740><c> special</c><00:10:58.179><c> attention</c><00:10:58.679><c> to</c><00:10:58.899><c> the</c><00:10:59.080><c> chapter</c><00:10:59.440><c> on</c><00:11:00.200><c> conviction</c>

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because<00:15:10.240><c> getting</c><00:15:10.820><c> it</c><00:15:11.220><c> wrong</c><00:15:12.259><c> may</c><00:15:13.919><c> result</c><00:15:14.500><c> in</c><00:15:15.139><c> disappointment</c>

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and<00:15:17.840><c> distraction.</c>

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So<00:15:20.860><c> the</c><00:15:21.519><c> chapter</c><00:15:22.000><c> on</c><00:15:22.480><c> perspective</c><00:15:23.340><c> is</c><00:15:24.279><c> something</c><00:15:24.639><c> to</c><00:15:24.980><c> ponder</c>

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very<00:15:25.600><c> carefully,</c>

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and<00:15:27.340><c> so</c><00:15:27.559><c> is</c><00:15:27.740><c> the</c><00:15:27.940><c> one</c><00:15:28.200><c> on</c><00:15:28.700><c> individuality.</c>

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These<00:15:31.639><c> forces</c><00:15:32.399><c> are</c><00:15:32.860><c> related</c><00:15:33.419><c> to</c><00:15:33.919><c> surrender</c><00:15:34.519><c> in</c><00:15:35.159><c> a</c><00:15:35.480><c> close</c><00:15:35.799><c> and</c>

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a<00:15:36.299><c> vital</c><00:15:36.620><c> way,</c>

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and<00:15:38.620><c> they</c><00:15:38.980><c> should</c><00:15:39.200><c> give</c><00:15:39.399><c> you</c><00:15:39.639><c> plenty</c><00:15:39.940><c> of</c><00:15:40.200><c> opportunity</c><00:15:40.639><c> for</c>

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discussion<00:15:41.539><c> and</c><00:15:42.059><c> investigation.</c>

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Now<00:15:46.740><c> then,</c><00:15:47.039><c> we</c><00:15:47.080><c> turn</c><00:15:47.259><c> to</c><00:15:47.399><c> something</c><00:15:47.700><c> else.</c>

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The<00:15:50.000><c> two</c><00:15:50.299><c> chapters</c><00:15:51.039><c> on</c><00:15:51.860><c> prayer</c><00:15:52.519><c> come</c><00:15:53.659><c> in</c><00:15:53.919><c> the</c><00:15:54.120><c> middle</c><00:15:54.299><c> of</c><00:15:54.519><c> the</c><00:15:54.659><c> book,</c>

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and<00:15:56.399><c> that</c><00:15:56.580><c> is</c><00:15:56.820><c> appropriate</c><00:15:57.399><c> because</c><00:15:57.980><c> prayer</c><00:15:58.480><c> is</c><00:15:58.840><c> right</c><00:15:59.220><c> at</c><00:15:59.480><c> the</c><00:15:59.700><c> centre</c><00:16:00.019><c> of</c><00:16:00.500><c> discipleship.</c>

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Jesus<00:16:03.340><c> says</c><00:16:04.059><c> that</c><00:16:05.299><c> a</c><00:16:05.659><c> prayerless</c><00:16:06.100><c> disciple</c><00:16:06.659><c> is</c><00:16:07.220><c> a</c><00:16:07.440><c> fainting</c><00:16:07.960><c> disciple.</c>

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There<00:16:10.559><c> will</c><00:16:10.779><c> be</c><00:16:10.899><c> plenty</c><00:16:11.179><c> of</c><00:16:11.440><c> provocation</c><00:16:12.120><c> to</c><00:16:12.360><c> discussion</c><00:16:12.919><c> when</c><00:16:13.159><c> you</c>

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think<00:16:13.600><c> about</c><00:16:13.960><c> the</c><00:16:14.159><c> purpose</c><00:16:14.559><c> of</c><00:16:14.940><c> prayer</c>

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and<00:16:16.039><c> what</c><00:16:16.379><c> prayer</c><00:16:16.759><c> is</c><00:16:17.519><c> designed</c><00:16:18.039><c> to</c><00:16:19.460><c> achieve.</c>

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There<00:16:21.899><c> are</c><00:16:22.220><c> disciples</c><00:16:22.659><c> who</c><00:16:22.980><c> believe</c><00:16:23.299><c> quite</c><00:16:23.679><c> sincerely</c><00:16:24.320><c> that</c>

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the<00:16:25.539><c> real</c><00:16:25.860><c> purpose</c><00:16:26.240><c> of</c><00:16:26.620><c> prayer</c><00:16:26.820><c> is</c><00:16:27.059><c> to</c><00:16:27.360><c> change</c><00:16:27.679><c> those</c><00:16:27.980><c> who</c><00:16:28.320><c> pray,</c>

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but<00:16:29.860><c> nothing</c><00:16:30.860><c> else</c><00:16:31.220><c> than</c><00:16:31.460><c> that.</c>

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They<00:16:33.279><c> believe</c><00:16:33.580><c> only</c><00:16:34.039><c> in</c><00:16:34.840><c> what</c><00:16:35.080><c> might</c><00:16:35.340><c> be</c><00:16:35.580><c> called</c><00:16:35.779><c> the</c><00:16:36.039><c> subjective</c><00:16:36.720><c> value</c>

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of<00:16:37.500><c> prayer.</c>

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Whether<00:16:40.500><c> there</c><00:16:40.840><c> are</c><00:16:41.059><c> any</c><00:16:41.360><c> in</c><00:16:41.539><c> your</c><00:16:41.960><c> class</c><00:16:42.200><c> who</c><00:16:42.519><c> hold</c><00:16:43.100><c> to</c><00:16:43.600><c> this</c><00:16:43.860><c> view,</c>

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no<00:16:45.679><c> doubt</c><00:16:45.860><c> you</c><00:16:46.039><c> will</c><00:16:46.299><c> discover</c><00:16:46.679><c> in</c><00:16:46.860><c> your</c><00:16:47.120><c> discussion.</c>

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And<00:16:49.519><c> if</c><00:16:49.679><c> there</c><00:16:49.980><c> are,</c><00:16:50.399><c> then</c><00:16:50.580><c> you</c><00:16:50.740><c> will</c><00:16:51.000><c> be</c><00:16:51.200><c> able</c><00:16:51.480><c> to</c><00:16:52.179><c> hear</c><00:16:52.740><c> both</c>

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points<00:16:53.779><c> of</c><00:16:54.019><c> view</c>

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in<00:16:56.440><c> this</c><00:16:56.759><c> issue</c><00:16:57.100><c> of</c><00:16:57.299><c> the</c><00:16:57.440><c> purpose</c><00:16:58.059><c> and</c><00:16:58.580><c> the</c><00:16:58.759><c> possibility</c><00:16:59.340><c> of</c><00:16:59.720><c> prayer.</c>

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If<00:17:02.980><c> you</c><00:17:03.220><c> have</c><00:17:03.460><c> time,</c><00:17:04.720><c> please</c><00:17:05.200><c> go</c><00:17:05.460><c> into</c><00:17:05.720><c> the</c><00:17:06.140><c> practice</c><00:17:06.539><c> of</c><00:17:06.940><c> prayer</c><00:17:07.140><c> in</c>

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daily<00:17:07.799><c> life.</c>

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When<00:17:10.539><c> and</c><00:17:11.380><c> where</c><00:17:12.059><c> and</c><00:17:12.839><c> for</c><00:17:13.059><c> how</c><00:17:13.380><c> long</c><00:17:13.880><c> should</c><00:17:14.140><c> we</c><00:17:14.420><c> pray?</c>

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Think<00:17:18.079><c> of</c><00:17:18.299><c> posture</c><00:17:18.880><c> and</c><00:17:19.880><c> what</c><00:17:20.039><c> should</c><00:17:20.279><c> we</c><00:17:20.579><c> include</c><00:17:21.279><c> in</c><00:17:22.500><c> our</c><00:17:22.759><c> prayers.</c>

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Think<00:17:26.539><c> of</c><00:17:26.720><c> some</c><00:17:26.960><c> of</c><00:17:27.059><c> the</c><00:17:27.319><c> prayer</c><00:17:27.519><c> problems</c><00:17:27.980><c> which</c><00:17:28.220><c> may</c><00:17:28.500><c> arise</c>

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from<00:17:29.700><c> the</c><00:17:30.019><c> individual</c><00:17:30.880><c> members</c><00:17:31.460><c> of</c><00:17:31.700><c> your</c><00:17:31.940><c> class.</c>

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Very<00:17:35.880><c> often</c><00:17:36.140><c> people</c><00:17:37.160><c> do</c><00:17:38.079><c> have</c><00:17:38.359><c> problems</c><00:17:38.740><c> about</c><00:17:39.119><c> praying,</c>

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and<00:17:39.980><c> this</c><00:17:41.099><c> should</c><00:17:41.380><c> be</c><00:17:41.640><c> a</c><00:17:41.700><c> good</c><00:17:42.160><c> opportunity</c><00:17:42.799><c> to</c><00:17:43.519><c> hear</c><00:17:43.839><c> about</c>

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them<00:17:44.299><c> and</c><00:17:44.519><c> consider</c><00:17:44.940><c> them.</c>

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And<00:17:47.319><c> see</c><00:17:47.460><c> what</c><00:17:47.619><c> you</c><00:17:47.880><c> make</c><00:17:48.259><c> of</c><00:17:48.779><c> what</c><00:17:49.019><c> is</c><00:17:49.359><c> called</c><00:17:49.619><c> in</c><00:17:49.799><c> the</c><00:17:49.920><c> book</c>

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the<00:17:50.779><c> discipline</c><00:17:51.460><c> of</c><00:17:51.839><c> prayer.</c>

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That<00:17:53.940><c> is,</c><00:17:55.079><c> it's</c><00:17:55.200><c> difficult</c><00:17:55.599><c> to</c><00:17:55.960><c> pray</c><00:17:56.339><c> faithfully</c><00:17:57.259><c> and</c><00:17:58.119><c> then</c>

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act<00:17:58.859><c> unfaithfully.</c>

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It's<00:18:01.680><c> difficult</c><00:18:01.980><c> to</c><00:18:02.240><c> pray</c><00:18:02.400><c> one</c><00:18:02.779><c> thing</c><00:18:03.119><c> and</c><00:18:03.779><c> then</c><00:18:04.059><c> do</c><00:18:04.400><c> the</c><00:18:04.579><c> very</c><00:18:04.819><c> opposite.</c>

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Give<00:18:07.079><c> that</c><00:18:07.559><c> full</c><00:18:07.859><c> consideration</c><00:18:08.700><c> and</c><00:18:09.259><c> examine</c><00:18:09.640><c> it</c><00:18:10.079><c> in</c><00:18:10.299><c> the</c><00:18:10.440><c> light</c><00:18:10.579><c> of</c>

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your<00:18:10.980><c> own</c><00:18:11.259><c> experience.</c>

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Now<00:18:19.059><c> the</c><00:18:19.259><c> chapters</c><00:18:19.720><c> on</c><00:18:20.059><c> love</c><00:18:20.839><c> speak</c><00:18:21.460><c> for</c><00:18:21.740><c> themselves.</c>

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Love<00:18:24.900><c> is</c><00:18:25.460><c> central</c><00:18:26.079><c> to</c><00:18:26.640><c> the</c><00:18:26.819><c> genius</c><00:18:27.839><c> of</c><00:18:29.200><c> discipleship.</c>

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John<00:18:30.799><c> says,</c><00:18:32.180><c> the</c><00:18:32.180><c> loveless</c><00:18:33.500><c> disciple</c><00:18:34.099><c> is</c><00:18:35.180><c> in</c><00:18:35.640><c> darkness.</c>

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Paul<00:18:37.640><c> says,</c><00:18:38.039><c> without</c><00:18:38.359><c> love</c><00:18:38.960><c> we</c><00:18:39.619><c> are</c><00:18:39.859><c> nothing.</c>

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In<00:18:45.000><c> chapter</c><00:18:45.579><c> 18</c><00:18:46.119><c> there</c><00:18:46.400><c> is</c><00:18:46.779><c> a</c><00:18:47.480><c> consideration</c><00:18:48.220><c> of</c><00:18:49.480><c> the</c><00:18:49.960><c> fruit</c>

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of<00:18:50.500><c> the</c><00:18:50.740><c> Spirit,</c>

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as<00:18:51.420><c> revealed</c><00:18:51.799><c> in</c><00:18:52.039><c> Galatians</c><00:18:52.619><c> 5</c><00:18:53.460><c> verse</c><00:18:53.880><c> 22.</c>

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Please<00:18:56.619><c> discuss</c><00:18:57.339><c> the</c><00:18:57.619><c> idea</c><00:18:58.059><c> presented</c><00:18:58.539><c> there</c><00:18:59.279><c> that</c><00:18:59.819><c> there</c><00:19:00.140><c> is</c>

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one<00:19:01.319><c> fruit</c><00:19:01.660><c> of</c><00:19:01.880><c> the</c><00:19:02.119><c> Spirit,</c><00:19:02.980><c> namely</c><00:19:03.400><c> love,</c>

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and<00:19:05.440><c> that</c><00:19:05.680><c> all</c><00:19:05.859><c> the</c><00:19:06.119><c> other</c><00:19:06.539><c> virtues</c><00:19:06.920><c> which</c><00:19:07.299><c> follow</c><00:19:07.599><c> in</c><00:19:07.799><c> the</c>

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list,<00:19:08.500><c> like</c><00:19:08.700><c> joy</c><00:19:09.180><c> and</c><00:19:09.680><c> peace,</c><00:19:10.420><c> long</c><00:19:10.619><c>-suffering,</c><00:19:11.380><c> etc.,</c>

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are<00:19:13.640><c> aspects</c><00:19:14.299><c> of</c><00:19:14.819><c> the</c><00:19:15.099><c> one</c><00:19:15.519><c> fruit</c><00:19:15.839><c> of</c><00:19:16.140><c> love.</c>

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That<00:19:17.579><c> is</c><00:19:17.779><c> to</c><00:19:17.900><c> say,</c><00:19:18.440><c> they</c><00:19:18.519><c> are</c><00:19:18.799><c> its</c><00:19:19.259><c> colour,</c><00:19:20.640><c> texture,</c><00:19:21.799><c> flavour.</c>

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See<00:19:24.279><c> what</c><00:19:24.500><c> you</c><00:19:24.740><c> think</c><00:19:24.960><c> to</c><00:19:25.160><c> this</c><00:19:25.339><c> idea</c><00:19:25.740><c> in</c><00:19:25.960><c> the</c><00:19:26.140><c> light</c><00:19:26.519><c> of</c><00:19:26.980><c> what</c>

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has<00:19:27.519><c> been</c><00:19:27.779><c> written</c><00:19:28.019><c> there.</c>

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Of<00:19:30.859><c> course,</c><00:19:31.099><c> in</c><00:19:31.339><c> the</c><00:19:31.579><c> end,</c><00:19:32.559><c> whatever</c><00:19:32.900><c> theory</c><00:19:33.359><c> of</c><00:19:33.559><c> love</c><00:19:33.819><c> you</c>

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may<00:19:34.500><c> prefer,</c>

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the<00:19:36.000><c> essential</c><00:19:36.380><c> thing</c><00:19:36.619><c> is</c><00:19:36.799><c> to</c><00:19:36.960><c> make</c><00:19:37.099><c> it</c><00:19:37.400><c> incarnate</c><00:19:37.980><c> in</c><00:19:38.119><c> your</c><00:19:38.420><c> life.</c>

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To<00:19:40.380><c> talk</c><00:19:40.599><c> about</c><00:19:40.920><c> love,</c><00:19:41.559><c> but</c><00:19:41.740><c> never</c><00:19:42.160><c> to</c><00:19:42.380><c> do</c><00:19:42.500><c> it,</c><00:19:42.819><c> is</c><00:19:43.039><c> to</c><00:19:43.180><c> make</c><00:19:43.359><c> it</c><00:19:43.740><c> false.</c>

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And<00:19:48.059><c> in</c><00:19:48.279><c> that</c><00:19:48.559><c> falsity</c><00:19:49.059><c> there</c><00:19:49.259><c> is</c><00:19:49.819><c> no</c><00:19:50.259><c> spiritual</c><00:19:50.779><c> profit,</c><00:19:51.680><c> and</c>

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there<00:19:52.599><c> might</c><00:19:52.880><c> indeed</c><00:19:53.160><c> be</c><00:19:53.480><c> spiritual</c><00:19:53.819><c> disaster.</c>

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In<00:19:56.779><c> Matthew</c><00:19:57.140><c> 25,</c><00:19:59.220><c> where</c><00:19:59.720><c> the</c><00:19:59.960><c> king</c><00:20:00.220><c> is</c><00:20:00.480><c> on</c><00:20:00.660><c> his</c><00:20:01.059><c> throne</c>

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dispensing<00:20:03.140><c> rewards,</c>

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and<00:20:04.819><c> before</c><00:20:05.019><c> him</c><00:20:05.220><c> are</c><00:20:05.380><c> gathered</c><00:20:06.380><c> peoples</c><00:20:06.900><c> out</c><00:20:07.140><c> of</c><00:20:07.299><c> all</c><00:20:07.500><c> nations,</c>

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he<00:20:08.920><c> reveals</c><00:20:09.380><c> that</c><00:20:10.400><c> those</c><00:20:10.700><c> who</c><00:20:10.940><c> have</c><00:20:11.559><c> failed</c><00:20:11.819><c> to</c><00:20:12.119><c> practice</c>

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love<00:20:12.920><c> have</c><00:20:13.380><c> failed</c><00:20:13.859><c> altogether.</c>

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So<00:20:17.140><c> love</c><00:20:17.339><c> is</c><00:20:17.579><c> not</c><00:20:17.799><c> a</c><00:20:18.160><c> sickly,</c><00:20:19.519><c> silly,</c><00:20:20.680><c> sentimental</c><00:20:21.079><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:20:22.140><c> is</c><00:20:22.460><c> real</c><00:20:23.000><c> and</c><00:20:23.740><c> practical</c><00:20:24.380><c> and</c><00:20:25.299><c> truth</c><00:20:25.579><c>-mastered.</c>

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In<00:20:27.420><c> the</c><00:20:27.660><c> end,</c><00:20:28.579><c> it</c><00:20:28.599><c> is</c><00:20:28.839><c> the</c><00:20:29.079><c> noblest</c><00:20:29.779><c> and</c><00:20:30.539><c> the</c><00:20:30.839><c> finest</c><00:20:31.259><c> measurement</c><00:20:31.700><c> of</c><00:20:32.000><c> all,</c>

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because<00:20:33.359><c> things</c><00:20:33.900><c> done</c><00:20:34.299><c> for</c><00:20:34.579><c> love's</c><00:20:35.640><c> sake</c><00:20:35.720><c> are</c><00:20:37.500><c> best</c><00:20:38.119><c> of</c><00:20:39.019><c> all</c><00:20:39.339><c> things.</c>

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Thinking<00:20:47.460><c> back</c><00:20:47.980><c> to</c><00:20:48.180><c> the</c><00:20:48.380><c> idea</c><00:20:48.640><c> we</c><00:20:48.880><c> began</c><00:20:49.220><c> with,</c><00:20:49.480><c> that</c><00:20:49.720><c> is,</c><00:20:50.759><c> transformation,</c>

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quite<00:20:53.720><c> evidently</c><00:20:54.200><c> this</c><00:20:54.380><c> is</c><00:20:54.599><c> not</c><00:20:54.799><c> something</c><00:20:55.079><c> which</c><00:20:55.339><c> happens</c><00:20:56.299><c> overnight.</c>

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The<00:20:59.559><c> genius</c><00:21:00.000><c> of</c><00:21:00.339><c> discipleship</c><00:21:01.039><c> is</c><00:21:01.279><c> not</c><00:21:01.759><c> magic.</c>

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It<00:21:04.119><c> progresses</c><00:21:04.680><c> on</c><00:21:05.859><c> the</c><00:21:06.000><c> basis</c><00:21:06.319><c> of</c><00:21:06.599><c> divine</c><00:21:06.880><c> principles.</c>

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So<00:21:09.839><c> chapters</c><00:21:10.380><c> 19</c><00:21:11.039><c> and</c><00:21:11.180><c> 20</c><00:21:11.940><c> are</c><00:21:13.000><c> something</c><00:21:13.380><c> to</c><00:21:14.119><c> bear</c><00:21:14.319><c> in</c><00:21:14.619><c> mind.</c>

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That<00:21:16.079><c> is,</c><00:21:16.640><c> the</c><00:21:16.880><c> principles</c><00:21:17.359><c> of</c><00:21:17.920><c> progress.</c>

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The<00:21:21.099><c> thing</c><00:21:21.319><c> to</c><00:21:21.559><c> remember</c><00:21:21.839><c> is</c><00:21:22.140><c> that</c><00:21:22.440><c> if</c><00:21:22.759><c> the</c><00:21:23.059><c> right</c><00:21:23.359><c> conditions</c><00:21:24.160><c> prevail,</c>

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then<00:21:26.059><c> spiritual</c><00:21:26.680><c> growth</c><00:21:27.240><c> will</c><00:21:27.779><c> occur,</c><00:21:28.680><c> because</c><00:21:29.880><c> it</c><00:21:30.059><c> is</c><00:21:30.339><c> a</c>

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divinely<00:21:31.140><c> natural</c><00:21:31.759><c> process.</c>

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Remember,<00:21:34.940><c> in</c><00:21:35.259><c> the</c><00:21:35.559><c> parable</c><00:21:35.859><c> of</c><00:21:36.140><c> the</c><00:21:36.519><c> sower,</c><00:21:37.380><c> growth</c><00:21:37.819><c> was</c><00:21:38.180><c> hindered</c><00:21:39.059><c> simply</c><00:21:39.579><c> by</c>

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bad<00:21:40.119><c> conditions.</c>

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Growth<00:21:41.980><c> would</c><00:21:42.440><c> follow</c><00:21:42.759><c> naturally,</c><00:21:43.500><c> but</c><00:21:44.079><c> it</c><00:21:44.200><c> was</c><00:21:44.539><c> hindered</c><00:21:45.299><c> by</c>

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bad<00:21:46.000><c> conditions,</c>

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either<00:21:48.059><c> shallow</c><00:21:48.539><c> soil</c><00:21:49.380><c> or</c><00:21:50.299><c> weeds</c><00:21:51.079><c> or</c><00:21:52.220><c> bird</c><00:21:52.539><c> interference.</c>

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And<00:21:56.259><c> in</c><00:21:56.500><c> the</c><00:21:56.680><c> part</c><00:21:56.819><c> of</c><00:21:57.000><c> the</c><00:21:57.200><c> parable</c><00:21:57.480><c> where</c><00:21:57.799><c> these</c><00:21:58.180><c> things</c>

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were<00:21:59.680><c> absent,</c>

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then<00:22:00.619><c> growth</c><00:22:00.980><c> went</c><00:22:01.339><c> ahead</c><00:22:01.799><c> impressively.</c>

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So<00:22:04.119><c> give</c><00:22:04.400><c> special</c><00:22:05.319><c> consideration</c><00:22:06.259><c> to</c><00:22:06.599><c> the</c><00:22:06.779><c> suggested</c><00:22:07.720><c> principles</c><00:22:08.519><c> of</c><00:22:08.819><c> growth.</c>

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Some<00:22:11.279><c> are</c><00:22:11.539><c> negative</c><00:22:12.180><c> and</c><00:22:12.920><c> some</c><00:22:13.180><c> are</c><00:22:13.460><c> positive,</c><00:22:14.359><c> but</c><00:22:14.819><c> all</c><00:22:15.160><c> are</c>

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essential<00:22:15.980><c> to</c><00:22:16.259><c> success.</c>

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The<00:22:19.259><c> other</c><00:22:19.539><c> thing</c><00:22:19.759><c> to</c><00:22:20.000><c> realize</c><00:22:20.619><c> about</c><00:22:21.599><c> spiritual</c><00:22:22.220><c> progress</c>

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is<00:22:23.200><c> that</c><00:22:23.599><c> essentially</c>

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there<00:22:26.960><c> is</c><00:22:27.900><c> first</c><00:22:28.440><c> of</c><00:22:28.599><c> all</c><00:22:28.759><c> God's</c><00:22:29.920><c> part,</c><00:22:31.119><c> but</c><00:22:31.259><c> just</c><00:22:31.559><c> as</c><00:22:31.859><c> essentially</c><00:22:32.579><c> there</c>

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is<00:22:33.440><c> man's</c><00:22:33.980><c> part.</c>

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Trying<00:22:36.500><c> and</c><00:22:37.480><c> trusting</c><00:22:37.960><c> are</c><00:22:38.359><c> not</c><00:22:38.680><c> contradictory,</c><00:22:40.079><c> they</c><00:22:40.319><c> are</c><00:22:40.779><c> complementary.</c>

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Trust<00:22:43.279><c> in</c><00:22:43.539><c> the</c><00:22:43.700><c> Redeemer</c><00:22:44.559><c> and</c><00:22:46.160><c> follow</c><00:22:46.579><c> after</c><00:22:47.039><c> righteousness.</c>

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It<00:22:52.640><c> will</c><00:22:52.859><c> be</c><00:22:53.039><c> evident</c><00:22:53.380><c> to</c><00:22:54.000><c> any</c><00:22:54.480><c> well</c><00:22:54.799><c>-informed</c><00:22:55.119><c> disciple</c><00:22:55.680><c> that</c>

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unity<00:22:57.180><c> is</c><00:22:57.480><c> one</c><00:22:57.680><c> of</c><00:22:57.859><c> the</c><00:22:57.960><c> great</c><00:22:58.380><c> benefits</c><00:22:59.140><c> of</c><00:23:00.380><c> transformation,</c>

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because<00:23:04.400><c> there</c><00:23:05.339><c> is</c><00:23:05.599><c> one</c><00:23:05.920><c> head</c><00:23:06.740><c> and</c><00:23:07.960><c> there</c><00:23:08.180><c> is</c><00:23:08.420><c> one</c><00:23:08.640><c> body.</c>

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In<00:23:10.839><c> Ephesians</c><00:23:11.380><c> chapter</c><00:23:11.700><c> 4,</c><00:23:12.079><c> the</c><00:23:12.160><c> apostle</c><00:23:12.519><c> Paul</c><00:23:13.259><c> urges</c><00:23:14.000><c> disciples</c><00:23:14.660><c> to</c><00:23:15.079><c> give</c><00:23:15.319><c> diligence</c><00:23:16.039><c> to</c>

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preserve<00:23:17.519><c> unity.</c>

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And<00:23:19.519><c> in</c><00:23:19.680><c> the</c><00:23:19.759><c> Roman</c><00:23:20.079><c> letter</c><00:23:20.400><c> in</c><00:23:20.579><c> chapter</c><00:23:20.859><c> 16,</c><00:23:21.500><c> he</c><00:23:21.759><c> warns</c><00:23:22.460><c> them</c>

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to<00:23:24.299><c> avoid</c><00:23:25.039><c> those</c><00:23:25.519><c> who</c><00:23:25.920><c> cause</c><00:23:26.240><c> divisions.</c>

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Disciples<00:23:29.299><c> do</c><00:23:29.619><c> not</c><00:23:29.859><c> create</c><00:23:30.259><c> unity,</c><00:23:32.920><c> their</c><00:23:33.319><c> business</c><00:23:34.000><c> is</c><00:23:35.160><c> to</c>

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preserve<00:23:35.720><c> it.</c>

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The<00:23:37.259><c> unity</c><00:23:37.740><c> arises</c><00:23:38.619><c> naturally</c><00:23:40.259><c> out</c><00:23:41.039><c> of</c><00:23:41.319><c> a</c><00:23:41.500><c> common</c><00:23:41.759><c> faith</c><00:23:42.359><c> and</c>

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a<00:23:43.359><c> common</c><00:23:43.559><c> hope.</c>

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Where<00:23:45.099><c> these</c><00:23:45.579><c> things</c><00:23:45.880><c> exist</c><00:23:46.480><c> sincerely,</c><00:23:48.059><c> then</c><00:23:48.339><c> unity</c><00:23:48.900><c> follows</c><00:23:49.680><c> as</c><00:23:50.079><c> a</c>

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divinely<00:23:50.900><c> natural</c><00:23:51.480><c> thing.</c>

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In<00:23:54.180><c> John</c><00:23:54.559><c> chapter</c><00:23:54.960><c> 17,</c><00:23:55.740><c> it</c><00:23:55.799><c> is</c><00:23:56.019><c> recorded</c><00:23:56.420><c> that</c><00:23:56.619><c> Jesus</c><00:23:57.039><c> prayed</c>

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for<00:23:57.700><c> his</c><00:23:57.960><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:23:59.759><c> among</c><00:24:00.099><c> his</c><00:24:00.420><c> petitions</c><00:24:01.099><c> was</c><00:24:01.400><c> that</c><00:24:01.559><c> they</c><00:24:01.920><c> might</c><00:24:02.220><c> be</c><00:24:02.599><c> one</c>

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with<00:24:03.480><c> the</c><00:24:03.779><c> same</c><00:24:04.140><c> oneness</c><00:24:04.680><c> that</c><00:24:04.980><c> existed</c><00:24:05.359><c> between</c><00:24:05.759><c> himself</c>

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and<00:24:06.559><c> his</c><00:24:06.859><c> father.</c>

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He<00:24:08.079><c> said</c><00:24:08.380><c> that</c><00:24:08.680><c> they</c><00:24:08.900><c> may</c><00:24:09.140><c> be</c><00:24:09.440><c> one</c><00:24:09.900><c> even</c><00:24:10.480><c> as</c><00:24:10.740><c> we</c><00:24:11.000><c> are</c><00:24:11.259><c> one.</c>

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Now<00:24:12.920><c> let</c><00:24:13.119><c> us</c><00:24:13.440><c> recollect</c><00:24:13.920><c> how</c><00:24:14.160><c> the</c><00:24:14.400><c> father</c><00:24:14.660><c> and</c><00:24:14.900><c> the</c><00:24:15.160><c> son</c><00:24:16.079><c> were</c>

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one<00:24:16.960><c> or</c><00:24:17.160><c> are</c><00:24:17.519><c> one.</c>

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First<00:24:19.460><c> of</c><00:24:19.619><c> all,</c><00:24:19.720><c> they</c><00:24:19.940><c> were</c><00:24:20.599><c> united</c><00:24:21.119><c> in</c><00:24:21.559><c> purpose,</c><00:24:23.559><c> then</c><00:24:23.839><c> they</c>

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were<00:24:24.339><c> united</c><00:24:24.799><c> in</c><00:24:25.180><c> direction,</c>

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and<00:24:27.099><c> then</c><00:24:27.299><c> they</c><00:24:27.460><c> were</c><00:24:27.740><c> united</c><00:24:28.180><c> in</c><00:24:28.720><c> final</c><00:24:29.140><c> destination.</c>

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They<00:24:32.039><c> desired</c><00:24:32.480><c> the</c><00:24:32.759><c> same</c><00:24:33.019><c> things,</c><00:24:34.220><c> they</c><00:24:34.619><c> willed</c><00:24:35.019><c> the</c><00:24:35.160><c> same</c>

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objectives,<00:24:36.720><c> they</c><00:24:37.079><c> followed</c><00:24:37.460><c> the</c><00:24:37.759><c> same</c><00:24:38.019><c> principles.</c>

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According<00:24:41.420><c> to</c><00:24:41.700><c> Jesus,</c><00:24:42.640><c> this</c><00:24:42.980><c> is</c><00:24:43.240><c> to</c><00:24:43.339><c> be</c><00:24:43.480><c> the</c><00:24:43.720><c> pattern</c><00:24:44.000><c> of</c><00:24:44.240><c> the</c>

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unity<00:24:44.859><c> among</c><00:24:45.380><c> his</c><00:24:45.779><c> disciples.</c>

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It<00:24:46.700><c> is</c><00:24:48.519><c> not</c><00:24:48.700><c> a</c><00:24:48.880><c> pattern</c><00:24:49.299><c> of</c><00:24:49.799><c> exact</c><00:24:50.339><c> and</c><00:24:50.900><c> dull</c><00:24:51.240><c> uniformity,</c>

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but<00:24:53.440><c> a</c><00:24:53.799><c> joining</c><00:24:54.079><c> of</c><00:24:54.559><c> different</c><00:24:55.000><c> and</c><00:24:55.319><c> disparate</c><00:24:55.900><c> characters</c><00:24:56.640><c> for</c><00:24:57.359><c> a</c>

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common<00:24:57.859><c> purpose</c><00:24:58.559><c> through</c><00:24:59.440><c> a</c><00:24:59.880><c> common</c><00:25:00.160><c> faith.</c>

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Differences<00:25:02.799><c> and</c><00:25:03.200><c> distinctions</c><00:25:04.160><c> remain</c><00:25:04.960><c> intact,</c><00:25:07.180><c> personalities</c><00:25:07.619><c> are</c><00:25:08.000><c> preserved.</c>

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But<00:25:10.460><c> all</c><00:25:10.819><c> of</c><00:25:10.980><c> these</c><00:25:11.160><c> are</c><00:25:11.359><c> made</c><00:25:11.799><c> one</c><00:25:12.000><c> by</c><00:25:12.279><c> the</c><00:25:12.500><c> compulsion</c><00:25:13.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:13.500><c> truth,</c>

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by<00:25:14.980><c> the</c><00:25:16.019><c> unifying</c><00:25:16.579><c> force</c><00:25:16.980><c> of</c><00:25:17.339><c> loyalty</c><00:25:17.920><c> and</c><00:25:18.720><c> love.</c>

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So<00:25:20.539><c> do</c><00:25:20.960><c> please</c><00:25:21.299><c> consider</c><00:25:21.779><c> most</c><00:25:22.259><c> carefully</c><00:25:23.019><c> the</c><00:25:23.839><c> importance</c>

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of<00:25:24.940><c> unity.</c>

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In<00:25:32.599><c> 2</c><00:25:32.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:25:33.900><c> 13,</c><00:25:35.059><c> verse</c><00:25:35.339><c> 5,</c><00:25:36.440><c> the</c><00:25:36.619><c> Apostle</c><00:25:37.099><c> Paul</c><00:25:37.519><c> says,</c>

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Examine<00:25:41.019><c> yourselves,</c><00:25:42.220><c> whether</c><00:25:42.579><c> ye</c><00:25:42.859><c> be</c><00:25:43.019><c> in</c><00:25:43.160><c> the</c><00:25:43.380><c> faith,</c><00:25:44.460><c> prove</c>

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your<00:25:45.200><c> own</c><00:25:45.519><c> selves.</c>

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So<00:25:48.519><c> my</c><00:25:48.960><c> final</c><00:25:49.380><c> reference</c><00:25:49.900><c> is</c><00:25:50.359><c> to</c><00:25:50.640><c> chapter</c><00:25:51.059><c> 27,</c><00:25:53.700><c> the</c><00:25:53.880><c> supreme</c><00:25:54.500><c> test.</c>

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In<00:25:57.839><c> the</c><00:25:58.099><c> process</c><00:25:58.500><c> of</c><00:25:58.920><c> transformation,</c><00:26:00.859><c> it</c><00:26:00.920><c> is</c><00:26:01.220><c> right</c><00:26:01.519><c> that</c>

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disciples<00:26:02.339><c> should</c><00:26:03.039><c> take</c><00:26:03.519><c> stock.</c>

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People<00:26:05.799><c> who</c><00:26:06.059><c> are</c><00:26:06.240><c> pressing</c><00:26:06.559><c> forward</c><00:26:07.099><c> towards</c><00:26:07.480><c> a</c><00:26:07.720><c> goal</c><00:26:08.200><c> do</c><00:26:09.059><c> need</c><00:26:09.420><c> a</c>

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measurement<00:26:10.180><c> to</c><00:26:10.720><c> test</c><00:26:10.980><c> their</c><00:26:11.259><c> progress.</c>

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The<00:26:13.519><c> measurement</c><00:26:14.079><c> is</c><00:26:15.240><c> beyond</c><00:26:15.599><c> doubt</c><00:26:16.019><c> in</c><00:26:16.240><c> this</c><00:26:16.559><c> case,</c><00:26:17.359><c> it</c><00:26:17.599><c> is</c>

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the<00:26:18.480><c> Spirit</c><00:26:18.960><c> of</c><00:26:19.299><c> Christ.</c>

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Remember<00:26:22.019><c> Romans</c><00:26:22.500><c> 8,</c><00:26:23.019><c> verse</c><00:26:23.259><c> 9,</c>

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If<00:26:24.359><c> any</c><00:26:24.740><c> man</c><00:26:24.960><c> hath</c><00:26:25.220><c> not</c><00:26:25.559><c> the</c><00:26:25.759><c> Spirit</c><00:26:26.140><c> of</c><00:26:26.359><c> Christ,</c><00:26:27.539><c> he</c><00:26:27.799><c> is</c><00:26:28.079><c> none</c>

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of<00:26:28.539><c> his.</c>

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Now<00:26:30.259><c> let</c><00:26:30.559><c> us</c><00:26:30.740><c> not</c><00:26:30.960><c> misunderstand</c><00:26:31.720><c> it.</c>

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This<00:26:34.759><c> is</c><00:26:35.059><c> something</c><00:26:35.359><c> which</c><00:26:35.740><c> is</c><00:26:36.660><c> internal</c><00:26:37.160><c> and</c><00:26:37.539><c> quite</c><00:26:38.039><c> fundamental.</c>

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It<00:26:40.380><c> is</c><00:26:40.579><c> not</c><00:26:40.819><c> realized</c><00:26:41.500><c> in</c><00:26:41.900><c> occasional</c><00:26:42.539><c> things,</c>

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but<00:26:44.019><c> in</c><00:26:44.240><c> the</c><00:26:44.839><c> general</c><00:26:45.339><c> and</c><00:26:45.660><c> regular</c><00:26:46.759><c> tendencies</c><00:26:47.359><c> of</c><00:26:47.700><c> our</c><00:26:47.920><c> character</c><00:26:48.599><c> and</c>

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our<00:26:49.480><c> disposition.</c>

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Remember,<00:26:52.859><c> the</c><00:26:53.059><c> genius</c><00:26:53.460><c> of</c><00:26:53.819><c> discipleship</c><00:26:54.500><c> is</c><00:26:54.900><c> a</c><00:26:55.019><c> transforming</c><00:26:57.119><c> power,</c>

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and<00:26:58.900><c> works</c><00:26:59.319><c> at</c><00:26:59.619><c> the</c><00:26:59.859><c> center</c><00:27:00.160><c> of</c><00:27:00.420><c> things.</c>

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It<00:27:02.400><c> is</c><00:27:02.619><c> not</c><00:27:02.819><c> designed</c><00:27:03.200><c> to</c><00:27:03.480><c> tinker</c><00:27:04.000><c> with</c><00:27:05.019><c> incidentals</c><00:27:05.859><c> or</c><00:27:06.059><c> to</c>

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make<00:27:07.079><c> external</c><00:27:07.799><c> adjustments</c><00:27:08.380><c> only.</c>

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Its<00:27:10.240><c> purpose</c><00:27:10.960><c> is</c><00:27:11.740><c> to</c><00:27:12.000><c> develop</c><00:27:12.700><c> a</c><00:27:13.460><c> new</c><00:27:13.720><c> creature</c><00:27:14.339><c> with</c><00:27:15.279><c> new</c><00:27:15.779><c> aspirations</c><00:27:16.640><c> and</c>

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new<00:27:17.599><c> desires,</c>

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created<00:27:19.319><c> by</c><00:27:19.700><c> God</c><00:27:20.240><c> in</c><00:27:20.740><c> righteousness</c><00:27:21.339><c> and</c><00:27:21.859><c> true</c><00:27:22.119><c> holiness.</c>

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So<00:27:24.519><c> do</c><00:27:24.980><c> not</c><00:27:25.279><c> be</c><00:27:25.559><c> reluctant</c><00:27:26.059><c> to</c><00:27:26.440><c> apply</c><00:27:26.660><c> the</c><00:27:26.940><c> supreme</c><00:27:27.440><c> test,</c>

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because<00:27:29.099><c> without</c><00:27:29.460><c> it</c><00:27:29.640><c> we</c><00:27:29.779><c> may</c><00:27:30.000><c> become</c><00:27:30.380><c> self</c><00:27:30.759><c>-satisfied</c><00:27:31.460><c> and</c>

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self<00:27:32.059><c>-deceived.</c>

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Measuring<00:27:34.700><c> ourselves</c><00:27:35.220><c> with</c><00:27:35.440><c> our</c><00:27:35.720><c> fellows</c><00:27:36.059><c> may</c><00:27:36.420><c> well</c><00:27:37.259><c> convince</c><00:27:38.819><c> us</c><00:27:39.059><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:39.380><c> are</c><00:27:39.480><c> doing</c><00:27:39.720><c> very</c><00:27:40.160><c> well,</c>

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perhaps<00:27:42.039><c> even</c><00:27:42.740><c> that</c><00:27:42.900><c> we</c><00:27:43.079><c> are</c><00:27:43.799><c> first</c><00:27:44.279><c> class.</c>

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Obviously,<00:27:47.759><c> that</c><00:27:47.980><c> is</c><00:27:48.299><c> not</c><00:27:48.559><c> the</c><00:27:48.740><c> best</c><00:27:49.059><c> measurement.</c>

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The<00:27:50.480><c> best</c><00:27:50.880><c> measurement</c><00:27:51.400><c> is</c><00:27:51.880><c> the</c><00:27:52.140><c> one</c><00:27:52.380><c> which</c><00:27:52.859><c> arises</c><00:27:53.259><c> out</c><00:27:53.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:54.480><c> call,</c><00:27:55.140><c> follow</c><00:27:55.619><c> me.</c>

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It<00:27:57.160><c> is</c><00:27:57.599><c> a</c><00:27:57.799><c> sane</c><00:27:58.299><c> and</c><00:27:59.059><c> sensible</c><00:27:59.599><c> thing</c><00:28:00.319><c> to</c><00:28:01.920><c> be</c><00:28:02.220><c> tested</c><00:28:02.579><c> by</c><00:28:02.819><c> the</c>

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life<00:28:03.319><c> of</c><00:28:03.539><c> the</c><00:28:03.740><c> one</c><00:28:03.880><c> we</c><00:28:04.220><c> seek</c><00:28:04.420><c> to</c><00:28:04.740><c> follow.</c>

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Of<00:28:07.380><c> course,</c><00:28:08.200><c> let</c><00:28:08.299><c> us</c><00:28:08.519><c> realize</c><00:28:08.920><c> that</c><00:28:09.160><c> our</c><00:28:09.359><c> efforts</c><00:28:09.700><c> to</c><00:28:09.980><c> follow</c>

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him<00:28:10.779><c> can</c><00:28:11.180><c> only</c><00:28:11.599><c> be</c><00:28:12.000><c> an</c><00:28:12.259><c> approximation,</c>

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an<00:28:14.339><c> approximation</c><00:28:14.940><c> to</c><00:28:15.220><c> his</c><00:28:15.539><c> character.</c>

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But<00:28:16.940><c> do</c><00:28:17.440><c> not</c><00:28:17.680><c> be</c><00:28:18.039><c> discouraged</c><00:28:18.460><c> by</c><00:28:18.799><c> the</c><00:28:19.099><c> supremacy</c><00:28:19.700><c> of</c><00:28:20.019><c> the</c><00:28:20.319><c> ideal.</c>

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We<00:28:22.559><c> need</c><00:28:22.900><c> the</c><00:28:23.220><c> ideal</c><00:28:23.579><c> to</c><00:28:23.880><c> inspire</c><00:28:24.359><c> us.</c>

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And<00:28:25.640><c> then</c><00:28:25.859><c> remember</c><00:28:26.180><c> again</c><00:28:26.700><c> the</c><00:28:27.099><c> blessed</c><00:28:27.460><c> words</c><00:28:28.119><c> of</c><00:28:28.519><c> Colossians</c><00:28:29.039><c> chapter</c>

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1,<00:28:29.960><c> which</c><00:28:30.079><c> we</c><00:28:30.380><c> quoted</c><00:28:30.599><c> already.</c>

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He<00:28:32.140><c> is</c><00:28:32.440><c> able</c><00:28:32.799><c> to</c><00:28:33.119><c> present</c><00:28:33.380><c> you</c><00:28:34.279><c> holy</c><00:28:34.940><c> and</c><00:28:35.920><c> unblameable</c><00:28:37.019><c> and</c><00:28:37.500><c> unreprovable</c><00:28:38.319><c> in</c>

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his<00:28:38.900><c> sight,</c>

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if<00:28:40.059><c> ye</c><00:28:40.339><c> continue</c><00:28:40.900><c> in</c><00:28:41.099><c> the</c><00:28:41.339><c> faith,</c><00:28:42.160><c> grounded</c><00:28:42.740><c> and</c><00:28:43.140><c> settled,</c>

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and<00:28:44.980><c> be</c><00:28:45.200><c> not</c><00:28:45.420><c> moved</c><00:28:45.700><c> away</c><00:28:46.140><c> from</c><00:28:46.359><c> the</c><00:28:46.599><c> hope</c><00:28:46.779><c> of</c><00:28:46.980><c> the</c><00:28:47.140><c> gospel.</c>

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Let<00:28:50.240><c> us</c><00:28:50.480><c> trust</c><00:28:50.779><c> in</c><00:28:51.019><c> this</c><00:28:51.140><c> with</c><00:28:51.380><c> all</c><00:28:51.579><c> our</c><00:28:51.779><c> hearts</c><00:28:52.339><c> and</c><00:28:52.779><c> let</c><00:28:52.960><c> us</c>

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take<00:28:53.460><c> courage,</c>

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because<00:28:55.480><c> when</c><00:28:55.700><c> all</c><00:28:56.000><c> is</c><00:28:56.160><c> said</c><00:28:56.400><c> and</c><00:28:56.640><c> done,</c><00:28:57.299><c> the</c><00:28:57.539><c> truth</c><00:28:57.880><c> is</c>

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wonderfully<00:28:58.920><c> hopeful.</c>

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Nothing<00:29:00.839><c> can</c><00:29:01.319><c> separate</c><00:29:01.720><c> you</c><00:29:02.019><c> from</c><00:29:02.220><c> the</c><00:29:02.420><c> love</c><00:29:02.539><c> of</c><00:29:02.779><c> Christ</c><00:29:03.440><c> if</c>

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that<00:29:04.480><c> is</c><00:29:04.720><c> your</c><00:29:04.980><c> hope</c><00:29:05.440><c> and</c><00:29:06.099><c> that</c><00:29:06.279><c> is</c><00:29:06.480><c> your</c><00:29:06.720><c> desire.</c>

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Be<00:29:09.180><c> transformed</c><00:29:09.819><c> now</c><00:29:10.539><c> and</c><00:29:11.559><c> you</c><00:29:11.759><c> will</c><00:29:12.039><c> be</c><00:29:12.339><c> transformed</c><00:29:13.000><c> forever.</c>

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This<00:29:15.039><c> is</c><00:29:15.579><c> the</c><00:29:15.799><c> genius</c><00:29:16.359><c> of</c><00:29:17.059><c> discipleship.</c>

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So<00:29:19.380><c> there</c><00:29:19.640><c> it</c><00:29:19.839><c> is,</c><00:29:20.359><c> brethren</c><00:29:20.519><c> and</c><00:29:20.759><c> sisters.</c>

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It<00:29:22.339><c> has</c><00:29:22.400><c> been</c><00:29:22.599><c> a</c><00:29:22.819><c> pleasure</c><00:29:23.039><c> to</c><00:29:23.400><c> speak</c><00:29:23.579><c> to</c><00:29:23.779><c> you</c>

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and<00:29:25.160><c> I</c><00:29:25.420><c> hope</c><00:29:25.640><c> that</c><00:29:25.880><c> you</c><00:29:26.000><c> will</c><00:29:26.240><c> be</c><00:29:26.559><c> blessed</c><00:29:26.920><c> and</c><00:29:27.240><c> benefited</c><00:29:27.640><c> by</c>

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your<00:29:28.400><c> considerations</c>

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and<00:29:30.240><c> that</c><00:29:30.440><c> in</c><00:29:30.640><c> some</c><00:29:30.920><c> small</c><00:29:31.339><c> way</c><00:29:31.660><c> the</c><00:29:31.859><c> genius</c><00:29:32.259><c> of</c><00:29:32.619><c> discipleship</c>

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will<00:29:33.400><c> be</c><00:29:33.539><c> a</c><00:29:33.720><c> help</c><00:29:34.279><c> towards</c><00:29:34.940><c> that</c><00:29:35.160><c> objective.</c>

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May<00:29:37.099><c> God</c><00:29:37.380><c> bless</c><00:29:37.740><c> you</c><00:29:38.000><c> all.</c>