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we're<00:15:11.679><c> there,</c><00:15:12.580><c> side</c><00:15:13.039><c> by</c><00:15:13.360><c> side</c><00:15:13.700><c> working</c><00:15:14.059><c> together.</c><00:15:15.059><c> But</c><00:15:15.379><c> when</c>

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activity,<00:15:18.879><c> it's</c><00:15:19.840><c> a</c><00:15:19.960><c> measure</c><00:15:20.399><c> that</c><00:15:20.840><c> the</c><00:15:21.159><c> commitment</c><00:15:21.500><c> is</c><00:15:21.879><c> very</c>

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low.<00:15:23.659><c> We've</c><00:15:24.039><c> got</c><00:15:24.120><c> to</c><00:15:24.259><c> have</c><00:15:24.399><c> a</c><00:15:24.620><c> higher</c><00:15:24.899><c> level</c><00:15:25.240><c> of</c>

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commitment.<00:15:26.480><c> If</c><00:15:26.620><c> that's</c><00:15:27.059><c> obvious</c><00:15:27.360><c> to</c><00:15:27.539><c> us</c><00:15:28.100><c> that</c><00:15:28.600><c> we're</c><00:15:28.779><c> not</c><00:15:29.000><c> very</c><00:15:29.340><c> committed</c><00:15:29.679><c> as</c>

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a<00:15:30.240><c> community,</c><00:15:31.620><c> then</c><00:15:31.720><c> how</c><00:15:31.919><c> much</c><00:15:32.240><c> more</c>

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and<00:15:36.460><c> can</c><00:15:36.759><c> see</c><00:15:36.940><c> that</c><00:15:38.460><c> even</c><00:15:39.460><c> if</c><00:15:39.820><c> it's</c><00:15:40.080><c> in</c><00:15:40.200><c> our</c><00:15:40.379><c> heart</c><00:15:40.539><c> to</c><00:15:40.720><c> do</c>

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it<00:15:41.059><c> and</c><00:15:41.139><c> we're</c><00:15:41.279><c> not</c><00:15:41.539><c> doing</c><00:15:41.759><c> it,</c><00:15:42.519><c> we</c><00:15:42.659><c> are</c><00:15:43.000><c> maybe</c><00:15:43.279><c> even</c><00:15:43.480><c> at</c><00:15:43.580><c> a</c><00:15:43.759><c> worse</c><00:15:43.940><c> stage</c><00:15:44.480><c> in</c>

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deceiving<00:15:45.480><c> ourselves.</c><00:15:46.980><c> We</c><00:15:47.299><c> look</c><00:15:47.500><c> at</c><00:15:47.639><c> the</c>

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same<00:15:48.139><c> thing</c><00:15:48.320><c> with</c><00:15:48.500><c> respect</c><00:15:48.899><c> to</c><00:15:49.159><c> our</c><00:15:49.360><c> lecture</c><00:15:49.820><c> attendance,</c><00:15:51.519><c> where</c><00:15:51.700><c> some</c><00:15:51.940><c> of</c>

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us<00:15:52.240><c> seem</c><00:15:52.440><c> to</c><00:15:52.620><c> have</c><00:15:52.860><c> lapsed</c><00:15:53.200><c> into</c><00:15:53.399><c> the</c>

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feeling,<00:15:53.899><c> well,</c><00:15:54.659><c> it's</c><00:15:54.820><c> not</c><00:15:55.019><c> likely</c><00:15:55.379><c> anyone's</c><00:15:55.940><c> going</c><00:15:56.059><c> to</c><00:15:56.360><c> come</c>

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anyway,<00:15:57.740><c> and</c><00:15:58.100><c> therefore,</c><00:15:58.799><c> you</c><00:15:58.940><c> know,</c><00:15:59.139><c> maybe</c><00:15:59.419><c> other</c>

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things<00:15:59.879><c> have</c><00:16:00.100><c> a</c><00:16:00.279><c> higher</c><00:16:00.539><c> priority.</c><00:16:01.720><c> Brothers</c><00:16:01.820><c> and</c><00:16:02.059><c> sisters,</c>

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you<00:16:02.639><c> only</c><00:16:02.919><c> have</c><00:16:03.120><c> to</c><00:16:03.320><c> look</c><00:16:03.480><c> around</c><00:16:03.860><c> today</c>

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to<00:16:04.899><c> various</c><00:16:05.259><c> ecclesias</c><00:16:05.820><c> on</c><00:16:06.080><c> this</c><00:16:06.320><c> continent,</c><00:16:07.240><c> which</c><00:16:07.340><c> are</c><00:16:07.500><c> having</c><00:16:07.679><c> great</c><00:16:08.139><c> success</c><00:16:08.940><c> in</c>

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bringing<00:16:09.820><c> people</c><00:16:10.179><c> to</c><00:16:10.360><c> their</c>

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lectures.<00:16:11.960><c> There</c><00:16:12.279><c> is</c><00:16:12.500><c> no</c><00:16:12.759><c> one</c><00:16:12.919><c> that</c><00:16:13.080><c> can</c><00:16:13.379><c> really</c><00:16:13.740><c> use</c><00:16:14.000><c> the</c><00:16:14.240><c> excuse,</c><00:16:15.519><c> no</c>

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one's<00:16:15.899><c> listening</c><00:16:16.240><c> today.</c>

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reasoning<00:16:22.500><c> that</c><00:16:23.139><c> there's</c><00:16:23.460><c> no</c><00:16:23.600><c> one</c><00:16:23.720><c> out</c><00:16:23.919><c> there</c><00:16:24.139><c> today</c>

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that<00:16:24.559><c> we</c><00:16:24.740><c> can</c><00:16:24.940><c> bring</c><00:16:25.179><c> into</c><00:16:25.360><c> the</c><00:16:25.600><c> truth.</c><00:16:26.159><c> If</c><00:16:26.419><c> that</c><00:16:26.820><c> was</c><00:16:27.220><c> true,</c>

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the<00:16:28.059><c> Lord</c><00:16:28.259><c> would</c><00:16:28.440><c> be</c><00:16:28.700><c> here.</c><00:16:30.299><c> It's</c><00:16:30.740><c> because</c><00:16:31.080><c> of</c><00:16:31.240><c> the</c><00:16:31.360><c> very</c>

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fact<00:16:32.019><c> that</c><00:16:32.299><c> the</c><00:16:32.679><c> full</c><00:16:32.960><c> number</c><00:16:33.559><c> of</c><00:16:34.039><c> the</c><00:16:34.240><c> disciples</c><00:16:34.620><c> is</c><00:16:34.960><c> not</c><00:16:35.279><c> yet</c>

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complete,<00:16:37.120><c> that</c><00:16:37.240><c> our</c><00:16:37.419><c> Lord</c><00:16:37.600><c> has</c><00:16:37.820><c> not</c><00:16:38.000><c> returned.</c>

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out<00:16:43.259><c> there</c><00:16:43.659><c> actively</c><00:16:44.240><c> campaigning</c><00:16:44.820><c> to</c>

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bring<00:16:45.200><c> others</c><00:16:45.480><c> into</c><00:16:46.639><c> the</c><00:16:46.899><c> fellowship,</c><00:16:47.980><c> such</c><00:16:48.159><c> that</c><00:16:48.860><c> the</c><00:16:49.299><c> total</c>

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number<00:16:49.879><c> might</c><00:16:50.179><c> finally</c><00:16:50.639><c> be</c><00:16:50.980><c> achieved,</c>

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and<00:16:51.679><c> our</c><00:16:51.879><c> Lord</c><00:16:52.039><c> will</c><00:16:52.259><c> return.</c><00:16:54.059><c> On</c><00:16:54.299><c> and</c><00:16:54.480><c> on</c><00:16:54.879><c> this</c><00:16:55.679><c> kind</c><00:16:56.059><c> of</c><00:16:56.259><c> work</c>

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goes.<00:16:57.159><c> It</c><00:16:57.179><c> seems</c><00:16:57.419><c> to</c><00:16:57.580><c> me,</c><00:16:57.860><c> brothers</c><00:16:58.000><c> and</c><00:16:58.220><c> sisters,</c>

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we<00:16:58.600><c> have</c><00:16:59.220><c> very,</c><00:16:59.759><c> very</c><00:17:00.000><c> few</c><00:17:00.259><c> people</c><00:17:00.799><c> volunteering</c><00:17:01.539><c> today</c><00:17:02.000><c> for</c>

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the<00:17:02.399><c> work</c><00:17:02.539><c> of</c><00:17:02.700><c> the</c><00:17:02.899><c> truth.</c><00:17:03.759><c> I</c><00:17:03.919><c> don't</c><00:17:04.099><c> know</c><00:17:04.259><c> whether</c>

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it's<00:17:05.380><c> a</c><00:17:05.460><c> matter</c><00:17:05.660><c> of</c><00:17:05.900><c> the</c><00:17:06.119><c> fact</c><00:17:06.319><c> that</c><00:17:06.480><c> we</c><00:17:06.619><c> are</c><00:17:06.880><c> so</c><00:17:07.279><c> tied</c><00:17:07.480><c> up</c><00:17:07.700><c> with</c>

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things<00:17:08.099><c> in</c><00:17:08.220><c> our</c><00:17:08.420><c> life</c><00:17:08.599><c> that</c><00:17:08.740><c> we</c><00:17:08.880><c> don't</c><00:17:09.119><c> have</c><00:17:09.319><c> the</c><00:17:09.539><c> time,</c>

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or<00:17:10.460><c> whether</c><00:17:10.619><c> people</c><00:17:10.940><c> don't</c><00:17:11.380><c> see</c><00:17:11.619><c> the</c><00:17:11.940><c> commitment</c><00:17:12.240><c> that's</c><00:17:12.579><c> needed.</c><00:17:13.720><c> When</c><00:17:13.859><c> we</c>

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look<00:17:14.119><c> at</c><00:17:14.279><c> ASK</c><00:17:14.759><c> work,</c>

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a<00:17:16.279><c> lot</c><00:17:16.420><c> of</c><00:17:16.579><c> you</c><00:17:16.660><c> know</c><00:17:16.980><c> the</c><00:17:17.359><c> ASK</c><00:17:17.859><c> in</c><00:17:18.019><c> the</c><00:17:18.240><c> New</c><00:17:18.380><c> England</c><00:17:18.599><c> area</c><00:17:18.839><c> as</c>

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well<00:17:19.180><c> as</c><00:17:19.319><c> the</c><00:17:19.460><c> Great</c><00:17:19.640><c> Lakes</c><00:17:19.839><c> area.</c>

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We<00:17:21.099><c> have</c><00:17:21.400><c> very,</c><00:17:21.920><c> very</c><00:17:22.299><c> few</c><00:17:22.559><c> people</c><00:17:23.000><c> who</c><00:17:23.279><c> are</c><00:17:23.539><c> volunteers,</c><00:17:25.200><c> where</c><00:17:25.319><c> people</c><00:17:25.619><c> come</c><00:17:25.920><c> to</c>

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this<00:17:26.299><c> because</c><00:17:26.599><c> they've</c><00:17:26.819><c> been</c>

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appointed<00:17:27.700><c> by</c><00:17:28.279><c> their</c><00:17:28.519><c> ecclesia,</c><00:17:29.380><c> and</c><00:17:29.880><c> almost</c><00:17:30.359><c> unwillingly</c>

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they<00:17:31.859><c> plod</c><00:17:32.119><c> along</c><00:17:32.420><c> to</c><00:17:32.579><c> the</c><00:17:32.720><c> meetings</c><00:17:32.960><c> and</c><00:17:33.480><c> plop</c><00:17:33.700><c> themselves</c>

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in<00:17:34.319><c> their</c><00:17:34.640><c> chair,</c><00:17:35.119><c> and</c><00:17:35.319><c> then</c><00:17:35.539><c> avoid</c><00:17:35.880><c> any</c><00:17:36.400><c> kind</c><00:17:36.599><c> of</c><00:17:36.819><c> voluntary</c>

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actions<00:17:38.140><c> that</c><00:17:38.839><c> would</c><00:17:39.039><c> maybe</c><00:17:39.299><c> involve</c>

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them<00:17:39.920><c> more.</c><00:17:40.900><c> That's</c><00:17:41.519><c> just</c><00:17:41.900><c> not</c><00:17:42.299><c> acceptable,</c><00:17:43.140><c> brothers</c><00:17:43.220><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:17:45.400><c> We</c><00:17:45.660><c> have</c><00:17:45.960><c> some</c><00:17:46.400><c> very</c><00:17:46.940><c> interesting</c><00:17:47.660><c> and</c>

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I<00:17:48.660><c> think</c><00:17:49.039><c> very</c><00:17:49.440><c> unusual</c><00:17:50.079><c> things</c><00:17:50.460><c> that</c><00:17:50.680><c> we</c><00:17:50.880><c> can</c><00:17:51.119><c> do</c><00:17:51.359><c> now</c><00:17:51.839><c> in</c><00:17:52.380><c> terms</c><00:17:52.700><c> of</c>

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combining<00:17:53.900><c> the</c><00:17:54.220><c> ecclesias</c><00:17:54.559><c> together</c><00:17:54.960><c> to</c><00:17:55.259><c> work</c>

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in<00:17:56.000><c> those</c><00:17:56.299><c> related</c><00:17:57.039><c> preaching</c><00:17:57.420><c> activities.</c><00:17:58.940><c> But</c><00:17:59.099><c> if</c><00:17:59.200><c> we</c><00:17:59.380><c> don't</c><00:17:59.519><c> have</c>

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done.<00:18:07.759><c> We</c><00:18:07.920><c> look</c><00:18:08.099><c> at</c><00:18:08.319><c> the</c><00:18:08.519><c> reunion</c><00:18:08.880><c> effort.</c>

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Now,<00:18:11.160><c> brothers</c><00:18:11.220><c> and</c><00:18:11.480><c> sisters,</c><00:18:12.559><c> too</c><00:18:12.920><c> often</c><00:18:13.299><c> we'll</c><00:18:13.660><c> leave</c><00:18:13.960><c> these</c><00:18:14.400><c> kinds</c><00:18:14.660><c> of</c><00:18:14.839><c> things</c><00:18:15.000><c> up</c><00:18:15.240><c> to</c><00:18:15.460><c> a</c>

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committee<00:18:15.839><c> and</c><00:18:16.039><c> say,</c>

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well,<00:18:16.519><c> we'll</c><00:18:16.660><c> let</c><00:18:16.740><c> the</c><00:18:16.960><c> committee</c><00:18:17.180><c> work</c><00:18:17.460><c> it</c><00:18:17.619><c> out.</c><00:18:18.299><c> And</c><00:18:18.440><c> when</c><00:18:18.539><c> we've</c><00:18:18.839><c> got</c><00:18:19.000><c> a</c>

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good<00:18:19.559><c> solution</c><00:18:20.000><c> for</c><00:18:20.279><c> us,</c>

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we'll<00:18:20.720><c> say</c><00:18:20.900><c> yes</c><00:18:21.180><c> or</c><00:18:21.339><c> no.</c><00:18:22.740><c> But</c><00:18:23.000><c> those</c><00:18:23.559><c> who</c><00:18:24.400><c> are</c><00:18:24.700><c> familiar</c><00:18:25.160><c> with</c>

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the<00:18:25.859><c> present</c><00:18:26.180><c> reunion</c><00:18:26.660><c> effort</c><00:18:26.980><c> will</c><00:18:27.259><c> know</c><00:18:27.500><c> that</c>

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the<00:18:27.880><c> situation</c><00:18:28.440><c> is</c><00:18:28.859><c> very</c><00:18:29.200><c> complex,</c><00:18:30.920><c> and</c><00:18:31.019><c> to</c><00:18:31.160><c> get</c><00:18:31.299><c> a</c><00:18:31.500><c> handle</c><00:18:31.720><c> on</c>

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what<00:18:32.059><c> is</c><00:18:32.279><c> really</c><00:18:32.559><c> happening</c><00:18:33.000><c> takes</c><00:18:33.339><c> a</c><00:18:33.519><c> lot</c><00:18:33.660><c> of</c><00:18:33.900><c> reading.</c>

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It<00:18:35.960><c> takes</c><00:18:36.220><c> a</c><00:18:36.380><c> lot</c><00:18:36.559><c> of</c><00:18:36.779><c> research</c><00:18:37.259><c> to</c><00:18:37.440><c> be</c><00:18:37.640><c> able</c><00:18:37.779><c> to</c><00:18:37.960><c> know</c><00:18:38.119><c> what</c><00:18:38.339><c> is</c>

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meant<00:18:38.920><c> by</c><00:18:39.279><c> certain</c><00:18:39.559><c> phrases.</c>

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And<00:18:42.160><c> I</c><00:18:42.319><c> wonder</c><00:18:42.519><c> how</c><00:18:42.759><c> many</c><00:18:42.960><c> people</c><00:18:43.259><c> are</c><00:18:43.500><c> really</c><00:18:43.759><c> committed</c><00:18:44.119><c> to</c>

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the<00:18:44.619><c> task</c><00:18:44.940><c> of</c><00:18:45.180><c> making</c><00:18:45.460><c> sure</c><00:18:45.759><c> that</c><00:18:45.920><c> if</c><00:18:46.079><c> there</c><00:18:46.259><c> is</c><00:18:46.440><c> a</c>

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reunion,<00:18:47.400><c> there</c><00:18:47.559><c> is</c><00:18:47.740><c> an</c><00:18:48.019><c> honorable</c><00:18:48.420><c> reunion.</c><00:18:50.660><c> This</c><00:18:51.140><c> is</c><00:18:51.440><c> calling</c><00:18:51.700><c> us,</c>

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brothers<00:18:52.180><c> and</c><00:18:52.440><c> sisters,</c><00:18:52.819><c> to</c><00:18:53.039><c> higher</c>

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standards<00:18:53.980><c> than</c><00:18:54.519><c> we</c><00:18:54.740><c> have</c><00:18:55.059><c> presently</c><00:18:55.720><c> for</c><00:18:56.000><c> ourselves.</c><00:18:58.940><c> When</c>

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we<00:18:59.259><c> look</c><00:18:59.480><c> at</c><00:18:59.859><c> 2</c><00:19:00.119><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:00.740><c> chapter</c><00:19:01.200><c> 25,</c>

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I<00:19:03.319><c> find</c><00:19:03.579><c> a</c><00:19:03.819><c> verse</c><00:19:04.000><c> that</c><00:19:04.299><c> means</c><00:19:05.140><c> a</c><00:19:05.559><c> tremendous</c><00:19:05.880><c> amount</c><00:19:06.259><c> to</c><00:19:06.440><c> me.</c>

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It's<00:19:08.279><c> the</c><00:19:08.400><c> kind</c><00:19:08.599><c> of</c><00:19:08.759><c> verse</c><00:19:09.000><c> that</c><00:19:09.740><c> I'd</c><00:19:10.079><c> very</c><00:19:10.279><c> much</c><00:19:10.500><c> like</c>

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to<00:19:11.000><c> see</c><00:19:11.160><c> on</c><00:19:11.319><c> the</c><00:19:11.539><c> walls</c><00:19:11.940><c> of</c><00:19:12.299><c> the</c><00:19:12.460><c> house.</c><00:19:13.839><c> It's</c><00:19:14.099><c> not</c><00:19:14.359><c> the</c><00:19:14.539><c> kind</c>

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of<00:19:14.900><c> verse</c><00:19:15.180><c> that</c><00:19:15.420><c> you</c><00:19:15.559><c> would</c><00:19:15.920><c> find</c><00:19:16.339><c> necessarily</c><00:19:17.359><c> in</c>

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a<00:19:17.559><c> store</c><00:19:18.019><c> somewhere</c><00:19:18.519><c> already</c><00:19:19.160><c> carved</c><00:19:19.539><c> in</c><00:19:19.839><c> wood</c><00:19:20.059><c> or</c><00:19:20.579><c> already</c>

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printed<00:19:21.200><c> on</c><00:19:21.579><c> cardboard</c><00:19:22.079><c> and</c><00:19:22.519><c> framed,</c><00:19:23.160><c> and</c>

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you<00:19:23.440><c> could</c><00:19:23.559><c> just</c><00:19:23.819><c> purchase</c><00:19:24.140><c> it</c><00:19:24.440><c> and</c><00:19:24.579><c> mount</c><00:19:24.720><c> it</c><00:19:24.880><c> on</c><00:19:25.000><c> your</c><00:19:25.539><c> hall</c>

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or<00:19:26.059><c> on</c><00:19:26.259><c> your</c><00:19:26.619><c> wall</c><00:19:26.740><c> of</c><00:19:26.880><c> your</c><00:19:27.019><c> living</c><00:19:27.160><c> room.</c>

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But<00:19:28.859><c> this</c><00:19:29.119><c> verse</c><00:19:29.480><c> has</c><00:19:29.960><c> a</c><00:19:30.240><c> very</c><00:19:30.700><c> significant</c><00:19:31.380><c> meaning</c><00:19:31.779><c> at</c><00:19:32.279><c> this</c>

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particular<00:19:33.079><c> time</c><00:19:33.440><c> in</c><00:19:33.599><c> our</c><00:19:33.839><c> class</c>

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because<00:19:35.960><c> many</c><00:19:36.299><c> people</c><00:19:36.779><c> who</c><00:19:38.059><c> are</c><00:19:38.579><c> contemplating</c><00:19:39.400><c> a</c><00:19:39.799><c> greater</c>

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dedication<00:19:40.880><c> and</c><00:19:41.180><c> service</c><00:19:41.440><c> to</c><00:19:41.640><c> the</c><00:19:41.839><c> Lord</c>

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also<00:19:42.759><c> recognize</c><00:19:43.460><c> that</c><00:19:43.740><c> it</c><00:19:44.019><c> must</c><00:19:45.119><c> involve</c><00:19:45.720><c> giving</c><00:19:45.980><c> up</c><00:19:46.279><c> something,</c><00:19:47.460><c> and</c><00:19:47.700><c> quite</c><00:19:47.980><c> often</c><00:19:48.380><c> that's</c><00:19:48.940><c> a</c><00:19:49.079><c> pretty</c>

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high<00:19:49.579><c> price</c><00:19:49.960><c> tag.</c><00:19:51.480><c> 2</c><00:19:51.599><c> Chronicles</c><00:19:52.180><c> 25</c><00:19:53.859><c> verse</c><00:19:57.660><c> 9.</c><00:19:59.319><c> The</c><00:19:59.480><c> situation</c><00:20:00.279><c> was</c><00:20:00.859><c> in</c>

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this<00:20:01.279><c> chapter,</c><00:20:02.160><c> brothers</c><00:20:02.279><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:20:02.920><c> that</c><00:20:03.539><c> Amaziah</c><00:20:05.200><c> in</c><00:20:06.119><c> going</c><00:20:06.339><c> out</c><00:20:06.640><c> to</c><00:20:06.880><c> battle</c><00:20:07.299><c> had</c><00:20:07.940><c> hired</c><00:20:08.480><c> a</c><00:20:09.680><c> great</c><00:20:09.900><c> number</c><00:20:10.819><c> of</c>

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soldiers<00:20:12.019><c> from</c><00:20:12.359><c> the</c>

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army<00:20:12.980><c> of</c><00:20:13.119><c> Israel,</c><00:20:15.220><c> and</c><00:20:15.500><c> he</c><00:20:15.839><c> had</c><00:20:16.059><c> met</c><00:20:16.180><c> a</c><00:20:16.339><c> man</c><00:20:16.440><c> of</c><00:20:16.660><c> God</c><00:20:16.940><c> in</c><00:20:17.079><c> verse</c>

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7<00:20:17.839><c> saying</c><00:20:18.299><c> to</c><00:20:18.460><c> him,</c><00:20:19.140><c> O</c><00:20:19.220><c> King,</c><00:20:19.819><c> let</c><00:20:20.059><c> not</c><00:20:20.339><c> the</c><00:20:20.519><c> army</c>

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of<00:20:20.920><c> Israel</c><00:20:21.200><c> go</c><00:20:21.500><c> with</c><00:20:21.759><c> thee,</c><00:20:22.160><c> for</c><00:20:22.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:22.759><c> is</c><00:20:22.960><c> not</c><00:20:23.200><c> with</c><00:20:23.400><c> Israel</c>

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to<00:20:24.299><c> wit</c><00:20:24.559><c> with</c><00:20:25.140><c> all</c><00:20:25.319><c> the</c><00:20:25.480><c> children</c><00:20:25.720><c> of</c><00:20:25.900><c> Ephraim.</c>

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He'd<00:20:27.460><c> already</c><00:20:27.740><c> paid</c><00:20:28.039><c> the</c><00:20:28.319><c> sum.</c><00:20:29.779><c> His</c><00:20:29.819><c> money</c><00:20:30.019><c> had</c><00:20:30.200><c> already</c><00:20:30.539><c> gone.</c><00:20:31.519><c> He'd</c>

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already<00:20:32.019><c> obtained</c><00:20:32.579><c> his</c><00:20:32.880><c> army.</c>

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But<00:20:34.319><c> if</c><00:20:34.559><c> thou</c><00:20:34.759><c> wilt</c><00:20:34.960><c> go,</c><00:20:35.440><c> verse</c><00:20:35.740><c> 8,</c><00:20:35.960><c> do</c><00:20:36.220><c> it,</c><00:20:36.480><c> be</c><00:20:36.759><c> strong</c><00:20:37.099><c> for</c>

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the<00:20:37.519><c> battle,</c><00:20:38.319><c> God</c><00:20:38.740><c> shall</c><00:20:39.079><c> make</c><00:20:39.400><c> thee</c><00:20:39.900><c> fall</c><00:20:40.240><c> before</c>

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the<00:20:40.839><c> enemy,</c><00:20:41.220><c> for</c><00:20:41.380><c> God</c><00:20:41.680><c> hath</c><00:20:42.099><c> power</c><00:20:42.559><c> to</c><00:20:42.839><c> help</c><00:20:43.160><c> and</c><00:20:43.680><c> to</c><00:20:43.960><c> cast</c><00:20:44.240><c> down.</c><00:20:45.559><c> And</c>

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Amaziah<00:20:46.220><c> said</c><00:20:46.460><c> to</c><00:20:46.619><c> the</c><00:20:46.740><c> man</c><00:20:46.859><c> of</c><00:20:47.099><c> God,</c>

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but<00:20:47.680><c> what</c><00:20:48.140><c> shall</c><00:20:48.259><c> I</c><00:20:48.539><c> or</c><00:20:48.799><c> what</c><00:20:49.039><c> shall</c><00:20:49.220><c> we</c><00:20:49.539><c> do</c><00:20:49.759><c> for</c><00:20:49.960><c> the</c><00:20:50.140><c> hundred</c>

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talents<00:20:50.940><c> which</c><00:20:51.240><c> I</c><00:20:51.440><c> have</c><00:20:51.660><c> given</c><00:20:51.880><c> to</c><00:20:52.099><c> the</c><00:20:52.240><c> army</c>

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of<00:20:52.480><c> Israel?</c><00:20:54.099><c> And</c><00:20:54.160><c> the</c><00:20:54.259><c> man</c><00:20:54.400><c> of</c><00:20:54.599><c> God</c><00:20:54.759><c> answered,</c><00:20:57.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:57.599><c> is</c><00:20:57.799><c> able</c><00:20:58.019><c> to</c>

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give<00:20:58.400><c> thee</c><00:20:58.559><c> much</c><00:20:58.839><c> more</c><00:20:59.140><c> than</c><00:20:59.339><c> this.</c>

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They<00:21:02.700><c> are</c><00:21:02.819><c> the</c><00:21:02.960><c> word,</c><00:21:03.319><c> brothers</c><00:21:03.460><c> and</c><00:21:03.559><c> sisters.</c><00:21:05.359><c> If</c><00:21:05.640><c> we</c><00:21:05.839><c> really</c>

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knew<00:21:06.420><c> the</c><00:21:06.759><c> context</c><00:21:07.319><c> of</c><00:21:07.539><c> those</c><00:21:07.799><c> words,</c>

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that<00:21:08.359><c> would</c><00:21:08.559><c> be</c><00:21:08.779><c> a</c><00:21:08.980><c> lovely</c><00:21:09.299><c> expression</c><00:21:09.980><c> to</c><00:21:10.279><c> be</c><00:21:10.380><c> on</c><00:21:10.519><c> our</c><00:21:10.839><c> wall.</c>

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Yahweh<00:21:13.299><c> is</c><00:21:13.500><c> able</c><00:21:13.700><c> to</c><00:21:13.920><c> give</c><00:21:14.079><c> thee</c><00:21:14.259><c> much</c><00:21:14.640><c> more</c>

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than<00:21:15.599><c> this.</c><00:21:17.599><c> And</c><00:21:17.859><c> it's</c><00:21:18.039><c> a</c><00:21:18.140><c> verse</c><00:21:18.359><c> that</c><00:21:18.599><c> should</c><00:21:18.900><c> spring</c><00:21:19.180><c> into</c><00:21:19.500><c> our</c><00:21:19.819><c> mind</c><00:21:20.180><c> when</c><00:21:20.400><c> we</c><00:21:20.720><c> are</c><00:21:20.980><c> of</c><00:21:21.160><c> a</c>

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double<00:21:21.539><c> mind,</c>

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on<00:21:22.420><c> whether</c><00:21:22.579><c> or</c><00:21:22.740><c> not</c><00:21:22.859><c> we</c><00:21:23.039><c> should</c><00:21:23.240><c> really</c><00:21:23.619><c> go</c><00:21:23.859><c> the</c><00:21:24.059><c> way</c><00:21:24.200><c> we</c><00:21:24.500><c> maybe</c><00:21:24.799><c> have</c>

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gone,<00:21:25.819><c> or</c><00:21:25.960><c> whether</c><00:21:26.119><c> we</c><00:21:26.359><c> should</c><00:21:26.460><c> be</c>

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dedicating<00:21:27.079><c> ourselves</c><00:21:27.700><c> and</c><00:21:28.200><c> retrieving</c><00:21:28.859><c> our</c><00:21:29.220><c> time,</c><00:21:29.599><c> redeeming</c><00:21:30.319><c> the</c><00:21:30.619><c> time,</c><00:21:31.759><c> so</c>

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that<00:21:32.099><c> we</c><00:21:32.240><c> can</c><00:21:32.839><c> increase</c><00:21:33.339><c> our</c>

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service<00:21:33.940><c> to</c><00:21:34.140><c> the</c><00:21:34.319><c> Lord.</c><00:21:35.900><c> Well,</c><00:21:36.220><c> it</c><00:21:36.420><c> may</c><00:21:36.660><c> be</c><00:21:36.880><c> that</c><00:21:37.160><c> we</c><00:21:37.359><c> will</c><00:21:37.519><c> just</c><00:21:37.740><c> have</c><00:21:37.920><c> to</c>

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write<00:21:38.400><c> off</c><00:21:39.880><c> money.</c><00:21:41.720><c> You</c><00:21:41.779><c> might</c><00:21:41.980><c> just</c><00:21:42.220><c> have</c>

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to<00:21:42.660><c> write</c><00:21:42.880><c> off</c><00:21:43.220><c> certain</c><00:21:43.559><c> things</c><00:21:43.859><c> that</c><00:21:44.039><c> we</c><00:21:44.180><c> had</c><00:21:44.460><c> started,</c><00:21:45.200><c> just</c>

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completely,<00:21:46.299><c> totally</c><00:21:46.740><c> give</c><00:21:47.099><c> them</c><00:21:47.299><c> up.</c><00:21:49.339><c> Yahweh</c><00:21:49.660><c> is</c>

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able<00:21:50.039><c> to</c><00:21:50.240><c> give</c><00:21:50.420><c> thee</c><00:21:50.579><c> much</c><00:21:50.940><c> more</c><00:21:51.420><c> than</c><00:21:51.700><c> this.</c><00:21:53.140><c> It</c><00:21:53.200><c> should</c><00:21:53.279><c> be</c>

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the<00:21:53.619><c> words</c><00:21:53.900><c> that</c><00:21:54.220><c> ring</c><00:21:54.500><c> in</c><00:21:54.839><c> our</c><00:21:55.019><c> mind.</c><00:21:55.680><c> Wonderful</c>

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expression.<00:21:57.960><c> Giving</c><00:21:58.240><c> faith,</c><00:21:58.839><c> that's</c><00:21:59.140><c> where</c><00:21:59.400><c> faith</c><00:21:59.700><c> comes</c>

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from,<00:22:00.460><c> brothers</c><00:22:00.599><c> and</c><00:22:00.819><c> sisters.</c><00:22:01.619><c> That's</c><00:22:02.000><c> the</c><00:22:02.200><c> substance</c>

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of<00:22:02.960><c> faith.</c><00:22:03.559><c> If</c><00:22:03.779><c> that</c><00:22:04.079><c> verse</c><00:22:04.359><c> can't</c><00:22:04.740><c> move</c><00:22:04.980><c> us</c><00:22:05.279><c> to</c><00:22:05.519><c> greater</c><00:22:05.720><c> things,</c><00:22:06.119><c> then</c>

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nothing<00:22:06.640><c> can,</c><00:22:07.579><c> because</c><00:22:07.900><c> it's</c><00:22:08.180><c> the</c><00:22:08.299><c> word</c>

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of<00:22:08.619><c> God</c><00:22:09.099><c> where</c><00:22:09.720><c> faith</c><00:22:09.980><c> comes</c><00:22:10.279><c> from.</c><00:22:11.059><c> And</c><00:22:11.200><c> it's</c><00:22:11.539><c> these</c><00:22:11.799><c> accounts</c><00:22:12.279><c> of</c><00:22:12.519><c> how</c>

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God<00:22:13.059><c> blessed</c><00:22:13.440><c> people</c><00:22:13.799><c> in</c><00:22:13.960><c> the</c><00:22:14.160><c> past</c>

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who<00:22:14.940><c> put</c><00:22:15.200><c> their</c><00:22:15.480><c> trust</c><00:22:15.759><c> in</c><00:22:16.000><c> him</c><00:22:16.420><c> that</c><00:22:16.799><c> gives</c><00:22:17.019><c> us</c><00:22:17.359><c> the</c><00:22:17.640><c> belief</c>

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and<00:22:18.259><c> the</c><00:22:18.420><c> basis</c><00:22:18.700><c> for</c><00:22:18.980><c> putting</c><00:22:19.200><c> our</c><00:22:19.539><c> trust</c><00:22:19.880><c> in</c><00:22:20.119><c> him.</c>

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Yahweh<00:22:22.380><c> is</c><00:22:22.559><c> able</c><00:22:22.799><c> to</c><00:22:23.000><c> give</c><00:22:23.180><c> thee</c><00:22:23.519><c> much</c><00:22:23.900><c> more</c><00:22:24.640><c> than</c><00:22:25.180><c> this.</c><00:22:28.220><c> Matthew</c><00:22:28.440><c> chapter</c><00:22:28.880><c> 10,</c>

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verse<00:22:29.920><c> 39.</c>

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It<00:22:32.839><c> increases,</c><00:22:33.660><c> I</c><00:22:34.980><c> think,</c><00:22:35.500><c> our</c><00:22:35.619><c> level</c><00:22:35.900><c> of</c><00:22:36.160><c> commitment</c><00:22:36.440><c> even</c>

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higher<00:22:37.119><c> to</c><00:22:37.380><c> see</c><00:22:37.599><c> these</c><00:22:37.859><c> words</c><00:22:38.259><c> and</c><00:22:38.460><c> to</c><00:22:38.740><c> ponder</c>

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these<00:22:39.220><c> words</c><00:22:39.619><c> of</c><00:22:39.779><c> the</c><00:22:39.940><c> Lord.</c><00:22:43.660><c> We</c><00:22:43.819><c> know</c><00:22:44.019><c> these</c><00:22:44.259><c> words</c><00:22:44.559><c> very</c><00:22:44.980><c> well.</c><00:22:45.359><c> We</c>

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teach<00:22:45.740><c> them</c><00:22:45.940><c> to</c><00:22:46.160><c> our</c><00:22:46.319><c> young</c><00:22:46.519><c> people.</c>

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We<00:22:47.200><c> mention</c><00:22:47.500><c> them</c><00:22:47.700><c> to</c><00:22:47.839><c> those</c><00:22:48.299><c> who</c><00:22:48.519><c> we're</c><00:22:48.799><c> trying</c><00:22:49.019><c> to</c><00:22:49.200><c> attract</c>

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to<00:22:49.839><c> the</c><00:22:50.059><c> service</c><00:22:50.240><c> of</c><00:22:50.420><c> the</c><00:22:50.680><c> truth.</c>

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But,<00:22:52.059><c> brothers</c><00:22:52.160><c> and</c><00:22:52.400><c> sisters,</c><00:22:53.220><c> in</c><00:22:53.400><c> all</c><00:22:53.680><c> that</c><00:22:53.940><c> usage,</c><00:22:56.240><c> let's</c>

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not<00:22:57.119><c> lose</c><00:22:57.779><c> the</c><00:22:58.200><c> sight</c><00:22:58.319><c> of</c><00:22:58.500><c> those</c><00:22:58.759><c> words</c><00:22:59.099><c> for</c>

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self.<00:23:02.440><c> It</c><00:23:02.799><c> says</c><00:23:03.079><c> in</c><00:23:03.220><c> verse</c><00:23:03.440><c> 38,</c>

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Well,<00:23:18.400><c> that</c><00:23:18.640><c> verse</c><00:23:18.880><c> 39</c><00:23:19.299><c> is</c><00:23:19.700><c> just</c><00:23:19.700><c> another</c><00:23:20.039><c> one</c><00:23:20.259><c> of</c><00:23:20.359><c> those</c><00:23:20.640><c> verses.</c><00:23:22.200><c> It</c>

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doesn't<00:23:22.700><c> have</c><00:23:23.019><c> much</c><00:23:23.299><c> significance</c><00:23:23.859><c> to</c>

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people<00:23:24.380><c> who</c><00:23:24.559><c> haven't</c><00:23:24.740><c> investigated</c><00:23:25.279><c> it.</c><00:23:25.420><c> It's</c><00:23:25.559><c> just</c><00:23:25.779><c> a</c><00:23:25.980><c> verse</c>

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which<00:23:26.359><c> is</c><00:23:26.579><c> rather</c><00:23:26.900><c> confusing.</c>

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But<00:23:29.099><c> when</c><00:23:29.299><c> you</c><00:23:29.579><c> search</c><00:23:29.859><c> out</c><00:23:30.339><c> and</c><00:23:30.660><c> plumb</c><00:23:30.900><c> the</c><00:23:31.079><c> depths</c><00:23:31.299><c> of</c><00:23:31.539><c> that</c>

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verse,<00:23:32.079><c> it's</c><00:23:32.380><c> a</c><00:23:32.480><c> fantastic</c><00:23:33.380><c> instructional</c><00:23:34.140><c> verse</c>

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for<00:23:35.599><c> our</c><00:23:36.160><c> day,</c><00:23:37.440><c> because</c><00:23:37.660><c> people</c><00:23:38.099><c> are</c><00:23:38.480><c> constantly</c><00:23:39.299><c> trying</c><00:23:40.019><c> to</c>

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find<00:23:40.799><c> life,</c><00:23:42.180><c> find</c><00:23:42.359><c> happiness</c><00:23:42.900><c> and</c><00:23:43.359><c> joy</c><00:23:43.619><c> in</c><00:23:43.960><c> this</c><00:23:44.279><c> life.</c>

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And<00:23:46.400><c> they're</c><00:23:46.640><c> missing</c><00:23:46.980><c> the</c><00:23:47.420><c> mark</c><00:23:47.640><c> completely</c><00:23:48.279><c> in</c><00:23:48.819><c> terms</c><00:23:49.099><c> of</c>

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what<00:23:49.440><c> the</c><00:23:49.720><c> Lord</c><00:23:49.900><c> meant</c><00:23:50.420><c> in</c><00:23:50.940><c> this</c><00:23:51.200><c> verse</c><00:23:51.420><c> 39.</c>

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This<00:23:54.660><c> is</c><00:23:54.839><c> what</c><00:23:54.980><c> I</c><00:23:55.140><c> think</c><00:23:55.259><c> he</c><00:23:55.460><c> means.</c><00:23:57.180><c> Let's</c><00:23:57.339><c> say</c><00:23:57.519><c> we're</c><00:23:57.859><c> pondering</c><00:23:58.799><c> a</c><00:23:59.380><c> trip</c>

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around<00:23:59.839><c> the</c><00:24:00.019><c> world,</c><00:24:00.680><c> a</c><00:24:00.880><c> world</c><00:24:01.180><c> cruise.</c>

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Let's<00:24:02.339><c> say</c><00:24:02.480><c> we</c><00:24:02.700><c> have</c><00:24:02.900><c> the</c><00:24:03.299><c> means</c><00:24:03.660><c> whereby</c><00:24:04.140><c> we</c><00:24:04.400><c> could</c><00:24:04.660><c> purchase</c>

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the<00:24:05.920><c> ticket</c><00:24:06.119><c> to</c><00:24:06.359><c> take</c><00:24:06.579><c> a</c><00:24:06.779><c> trip</c><00:24:06.940><c> around</c><00:24:07.240><c> the</c><00:24:07.420><c> world.</c>

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We<00:24:08.460><c> could</c><00:24:08.680><c> drop</c><00:24:08.980><c> in</c><00:24:09.200><c> and</c><00:24:09.339><c> we</c><00:24:09.420><c> could</c><00:24:09.559><c> look</c><00:24:09.799><c> at</c><00:24:10.119><c> the</c><00:24:10.359><c> places</c><00:24:10.660><c> where</c><00:24:11.599><c> Paul</c>

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journeyed.<00:24:12.640><c> We</c><00:24:12.759><c> could</c><00:24:12.859><c> look</c><00:24:13.019><c> at</c><00:24:13.259><c> Athens.</c>

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We<00:24:13.980><c> could</c><00:24:14.180><c> maybe</c><00:24:14.359><c> go</c><00:24:14.539><c> to</c><00:24:14.779><c> Rome</c><00:24:15.019><c> and</c><00:24:15.220><c> have</c><00:24:15.380><c> a</c><00:24:15.440><c> look</c><00:24:15.599><c> at</c><00:24:15.819><c> Rome.</c><00:24:16.420><c> We</c>

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could<00:24:16.660><c> go</c><00:24:16.859><c> to</c><00:24:17.000><c> the</c><00:24:17.119><c> Middle</c><00:24:17.400><c> East</c><00:24:17.680><c> and</c><00:24:17.920><c> go</c><00:24:18.160><c> through</c>

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Israel<00:24:18.940><c> and</c><00:24:19.200><c> see</c><00:24:19.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:24:19.960><c> and</c><00:24:20.220><c> go</c><00:24:20.380><c> all</c><00:24:20.599><c> over</c><00:24:20.759><c> the</c><00:24:21.359><c> sites</c><00:24:21.779><c> that</c><00:24:22.099><c> are</c><00:24:22.319><c> so</c>

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prominent<00:24:22.920><c> in</c><00:24:23.140><c> the</c><00:24:23.240><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:24:24.279><c> then</c><00:24:24.380><c> we</c><00:24:24.480><c> could</c><00:24:24.700><c> continue</c><00:24:25.079><c> on</c><00:24:25.299><c> and</c><00:24:25.380><c> go</c><00:24:25.480><c> down</c><00:24:25.759><c> and</c><00:24:26.180><c> visit</c>

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world.<00:24:32.900><c> Take</c><00:24:33.119><c> a</c><00:24:33.299><c> long</c><00:24:33.500><c> time</c><00:24:33.720><c> to</c><00:24:33.880><c> do</c><00:24:34.019><c> that.</c>

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Brothers<00:24:35.680><c> and</c><00:24:35.920><c> sisters,</c><00:24:36.180><c> I</c><00:24:36.299><c> think</c><00:24:36.460><c> you'd</c><00:24:36.759><c> want</c><00:24:36.859><c> to</c><00:24:36.960><c> be</c><00:24:37.140><c> very,</c>

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very<00:24:38.000><c> careful.</c><00:24:39.119><c> Take</c><00:24:39.420><c> the</c><00:24:39.779><c> time,</c>

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the<00:24:41.180><c> energy</c><00:24:41.599><c> and</c><00:24:41.880><c> the</c><00:24:42.160><c> money</c><00:24:42.480><c> that's</c><00:24:42.920><c> required</c><00:24:43.220><c> to</c><00:24:43.420><c> do</c><00:24:43.559><c> something</c><00:24:43.859><c> like</c>

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that<00:24:44.640><c> always</c><00:24:45.720><c> is</c><00:24:46.599><c> replaceable</c>

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by<00:24:47.640><c> something</c><00:24:48.019><c> else.</c><00:24:48.400><c> You</c><00:24:48.579><c> could</c><00:24:48.900><c> do</c><00:24:49.140><c> something</c><00:24:49.500><c> else</c><00:24:49.900><c> with</c>

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that<00:24:50.420><c> time,</c><00:24:51.180><c> that</c><00:24:51.359><c> energy</c><00:24:51.759><c> and</c><00:24:52.039><c> that</c><00:24:52.279><c> money.</c>

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If<00:24:54.279><c> there</c><00:24:54.519><c> is</c><00:24:54.740><c> in</c><00:24:54.900><c> one's</c><00:24:55.339><c> mind</c><00:24:55.539><c> any</c><00:24:56.019><c> sense</c><00:24:56.359><c> that,</c><00:24:56.740><c> look,</c><00:24:56.759><c> I</c><00:24:56.920><c> better</c><00:24:57.140><c> do</c>

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this.<00:24:57.599><c> I'm</c><00:24:57.859><c> getting</c><00:24:58.019><c> old.</c>

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If<00:24:59.220><c> I</c><00:24:59.319><c> don't</c><00:24:59.460><c> do</c><00:24:59.619><c> it</c><00:24:59.779><c> now,</c><00:24:59.900><c> I</c><00:25:00.019><c> might</c><00:25:00.160><c> never</c><00:25:00.420><c> have</c><00:25:00.640><c> the</c><00:25:00.819><c> opportunity.</c>

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You<00:25:02.940><c> want</c><00:25:03.099><c> to</c><00:25:03.400><c> consider</c><00:25:03.640><c> whether</c><00:25:03.880><c> or</c><00:25:04.079><c> not</c><00:25:04.480><c> you</c><00:25:04.839><c> are</c><00:25:05.140><c> trying</c><00:25:05.480><c> to</c>

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find<00:25:06.740><c> your</c><00:25:07.380><c> life</c><00:25:07.880><c> now.</c>

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If<00:25:10.980><c> people</c><00:25:11.259><c> think</c><00:25:11.619><c> now</c><00:25:12.039><c> is</c><00:25:12.220><c> a</c><00:25:12.440><c> time</c><00:25:12.619><c> to</c><00:25:12.839><c> go</c><00:25:13.039><c> and</c><00:25:13.299><c> view</c><00:25:13.460><c> the</c><00:25:13.720><c> mountains</c><00:25:14.099><c> and</c>

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see<00:25:14.539><c> the</c><00:25:14.680><c> lovely</c><00:25:15.480><c> scenery.</c><00:25:16.299><c> If</c><00:25:16.599><c> now</c><00:25:16.859><c> is</c>

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time<00:25:17.380><c> to</c><00:25:17.519><c> take</c><00:25:17.740><c> a</c><00:25:18.000><c> world</c><00:25:18.259><c> cruise</c><00:25:18.579><c> on</c><00:25:18.759><c> a</c><00:25:18.960><c> boat</c><00:25:19.279><c> and</c><00:25:19.880><c> enjoy</c><00:25:20.160><c> the</c>

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Mediterranean<00:25:20.920><c> and</c><00:25:21.200><c> enjoy</c><00:25:21.619><c> going</c><00:25:21.900><c> across</c><00:25:22.299><c> the</c>

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equator<00:25:22.859><c> and</c><00:25:23.039><c> things</c><00:25:23.220><c> like</c><00:25:23.539><c> that.</c><00:25:24.079><c> This</c><00:25:24.339><c> is</c><00:25:24.599><c> not</c><00:25:24.880><c> that</c><00:25:25.259><c> time,</c>

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brothers<00:25:25.900><c> and</c><00:25:26.140><c> sisters.</c><00:25:27.180><c> This</c><00:25:27.400><c> is</c><00:25:27.640><c> not</c><00:25:27.799><c> a</c><00:25:28.059><c> time</c>

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the<00:28:13.619><c> ecclesia.</c><00:28:16.359><c> Brethren</c><00:28:16.539><c> and</c><00:28:16.700><c> sisters,</c><00:28:17.160><c> the</c>

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book<00:28:17.460><c> of</c><00:28:17.680><c> Hebrews</c><00:28:18.019><c> reminds</c><00:28:18.859><c> us</c><00:28:19.599><c> that</c><00:28:20.259><c> as</c><00:28:20.539><c> far</c><00:28:20.720><c> as</c><00:28:20.900><c> our</c><00:28:21.180><c> forefathers</c><00:28:21.819><c> were</c><00:28:22.099><c> concerned,</c><00:28:22.720><c> going</c><00:28:22.900><c> back</c><00:28:23.240><c> to</c><00:28:23.460><c> Abraham,</c>

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Isaac,<00:28:24.599><c> and</c><00:28:24.680><c> Jacob,</c><00:28:25.779><c> we</c><00:28:25.940><c> must</c><00:28:26.259><c> consider</c><00:28:26.680><c> them</c><00:28:27.200><c> as</c><00:28:28.160><c> sojourners</c>

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and<00:28:29.579><c> strangers.</c><00:28:31.380><c> People</c><00:28:31.759><c> who</c><00:28:33.359><c> were</c>

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only<00:28:34.619><c> purchasing</c><00:28:35.420><c> land,</c><00:28:35.859><c> it</c><00:28:36.140><c> seems,</c><00:28:36.480><c> for</c><00:28:36.660><c> the</c><00:28:36.819><c> reason</c><00:28:37.099><c> of</c><00:28:37.519><c> burying</c><00:28:38.359><c> and</c>

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the<00:28:38.940><c> reasons</c><00:28:39.259><c> that</c><00:28:39.500><c> were</c><00:28:39.839><c> absolutely</c>

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essential.<00:28:42.680><c> But</c><00:28:42.920><c> today,</c><00:28:43.660><c> brethren</c><00:28:43.859><c> and</c><00:28:44.079><c> sisters,</c><00:28:44.319><c> look</c><00:28:44.539><c> at</c><00:28:44.660><c> what</c><00:28:44.839><c> we</c><00:28:45.039><c> have</c><00:28:45.279><c> done.</c><00:28:47.140><c> If</c><00:28:47.400><c> a</c>

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person<00:28:47.819><c> of</c><00:28:47.960><c> the</c><00:28:48.140><c> world</c><00:28:48.359><c> was</c>

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there<00:28:55.140><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:55.400><c> be</c><00:28:55.579><c> any</c><00:28:55.799><c> difference.</c><00:28:58.059><c> Do</c><00:28:58.240><c> you</c><00:28:58.400><c> think</c><00:28:58.559><c> that</c>

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maybe<00:28:59.039><c> we've</c><00:28:59.339><c> gone</c><00:28:59.579><c> too</c><00:28:59.980><c> far</c><00:29:00.220><c> in</c><00:29:00.440><c> this,</c>

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that<00:29:01.700><c> some</c><00:29:01.960><c> of</c><00:29:02.059><c> us</c><00:29:02.200><c> have</c><00:29:02.359><c> really</c><00:29:02.680><c> tried</c><00:29:03.000><c> to</c><00:29:03.279><c> create</c><00:29:03.500><c> our</c><00:29:03.940><c> mansions</c><00:29:04.859><c> in</c><00:29:05.400><c> this</c><00:29:05.740><c> world</c><00:29:06.000><c> now,</c><00:29:07.160><c> to</c>

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get<00:29:07.440><c> the</c><00:29:07.740><c> most</c><00:29:08.039><c> out</c>

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of<00:29:08.400><c> this</c><00:29:08.680><c> life</c><00:29:08.960><c> now,</c><00:29:09.279><c> to</c><00:29:09.440><c> have</c><00:29:09.759><c> every</c><00:29:10.599><c> possible</c><00:29:11.180><c> thing</c><00:29:11.559><c> that</c>

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:14.819
can<00:29:12.000><c> aid</c><00:29:12.160><c> our</c><00:29:12.440><c> life</c><00:29:12.700><c> in</c><00:29:13.019><c> that</c><00:29:13.200><c> home,</c><00:29:14.140><c> and</c><00:29:14.420><c> to</c><00:29:14.680><c> spend</c>

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:18.259
our<00:29:14.960><c> time</c><00:29:15.240><c> out</c><00:29:15.440><c> in</c><00:29:15.539><c> the</c><00:29:15.700><c> gardens</c><00:29:16.039><c> to</c><00:29:16.240><c> make</c><00:29:16.319><c> it</c><00:29:16.480><c> look</c><00:29:16.619><c> beautiful?</c><00:29:17.700><c> And</c><00:29:17.839><c> because</c><00:29:18.059><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:18.440><c> commitment</c><00:29:18.759><c> there,</c>

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we<00:29:19.400><c> have</c><00:29:19.839><c> obviously</c><00:29:20.299><c> to</c><00:29:20.599><c> do</c><00:29:20.779><c> this</c><00:29:21.339><c> day</c><00:29:21.779><c> in</c><00:29:22.000><c> and</c><00:29:22.140><c> day</c><00:29:22.380><c> out.</c><00:29:22.619><c> We</c>

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are<00:29:23.000><c> enslaved</c><00:29:23.839><c> to</c><00:29:24.380><c> our</c><00:29:24.579><c> way</c><00:29:24.700><c> of</c><00:29:24.960><c> life</c><00:29:25.339><c> because</c><00:29:25.980><c> we</c><00:29:26.299><c> have</c>

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thought<00:29:27.220><c> that</c><00:29:28.279><c> it</c><00:29:28.420><c> is</c><00:29:28.799><c> good</c><00:29:29.200><c> for</c><00:29:29.799><c> us</c><00:29:30.140><c> to</c><00:29:30.599><c> attain</c><00:29:31.019><c> to</c><00:29:31.259><c> the</c><00:29:31.480><c> level</c>

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of<00:29:32.240><c> the</c><00:29:32.500><c> standards</c><00:29:32.740><c> of</c><00:29:32.920><c> the</c><00:29:33.059><c> world</c><00:29:33.220><c> about</c><00:29:33.440><c> us.</c>

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We're<00:29:35.619><c> spending</c><00:29:35.880><c> that</c><00:29:36.200><c> kind</c><00:29:36.400><c> of</c><00:29:36.640><c> time</c><00:29:36.799><c> in</c><00:29:36.980><c> our</c><00:29:37.220><c> gardens,</c><00:29:38.500><c> on</c>

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our<00:29:39.019><c> lawns,</c><00:29:40.140><c> on</c><00:29:40.359><c> our</c><00:29:40.660><c> trees,</c><00:29:41.019><c> and</c><00:29:41.160><c> our</c><00:29:41.400><c> flowers,</c>

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and<00:29:41.900><c> our</c><00:29:42.079><c> shrubs.</c><00:29:43.160><c> We're</c><00:29:43.480><c> spending</c><00:29:43.700><c> that</c><00:29:44.019><c> kind</c><00:29:44.200><c> of</c><00:29:44.400><c> time</c><00:29:44.640><c> painting</c><00:29:44.980><c> our</c>

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house<00:29:45.519><c> and</c><00:29:45.900><c> decorating</c><00:29:46.240><c> our</c><00:29:46.559><c> house,</c>

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and<00:29:47.940><c> fixing</c><00:29:48.180><c> up</c><00:29:48.460><c> and</c><00:29:48.700><c> finishing</c><00:29:49.000><c> our</c><00:29:49.500><c> rooms</c><00:29:49.880><c> downstairs.</c><00:29:51.880><c> Brethren</c><00:29:52.119><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:29:52.839><c> the</c><00:29:53.079><c> truth</c><00:29:53.440><c> is</c><00:29:53.960><c> suffering</c><00:29:54.380><c> at</c>

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the<00:29:55.019><c> same</c><00:29:55.279><c> time,</c><00:29:56.640><c> and</c><00:29:56.960><c> surely</c><00:29:57.359><c> those</c><00:29:57.740><c> who</c><00:29:57.900><c> have</c><00:29:58.099><c> read</c><00:29:58.259><c> through</c>

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the<00:29:58.700><c> extortations</c><00:29:59.319><c> of</c><00:29:59.619><c> Haggai</c><00:30:00.480><c> will</c><00:30:01.019><c> know</c>

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and<00:30:01.500><c> will</c><00:30:01.859><c> think</c><00:30:02.119><c> of,</c><00:30:02.619><c> is</c><00:30:02.700><c> it</c><00:30:03.019><c> time</c><00:30:03.299><c> to</c><00:30:03.599><c> dwell</c><00:30:03.960><c> in</c><00:30:04.420><c> your</c><00:30:04.740><c> paneled</c><00:30:05.279><c> houses?</c><00:30:07.180><c> And</c><00:30:07.359><c> the</c><00:30:07.460><c> house</c><00:30:07.660><c> of</c>

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God<00:30:08.059><c> lie</c><00:30:08.339><c> waste.</c>

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Brethren<00:30:10.980><c> and</c><00:30:11.220><c> sisters,</c><00:30:12.160><c> think</c><00:30:12.359><c> it</c><00:30:12.559><c> over.</c><00:30:14.420><c> Is</c><00:30:14.660><c> this</c><00:30:15.019><c> the</c><00:30:15.259><c> way</c>

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we<00:30:15.740><c> have</c><00:30:16.000><c> gone?</c><00:30:16.799><c> Have</c><00:30:16.920><c> we</c><00:30:17.200><c> just</c><00:30:17.539><c> accepted</c>

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the<00:30:18.420><c> world's</c><00:30:19.400><c> standards</c><00:30:19.400><c> for</c><00:30:19.960><c> our</c><00:30:20.180><c> living</c><00:30:20.460><c> standards,</c><00:30:21.680><c> and</c>

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gone<00:30:22.059><c> along</c><00:30:22.380><c> with</c><00:30:22.619><c> them,</c><00:30:23.420><c> and</c><00:30:23.619><c> now</c><00:30:23.839><c> maybe</c><00:30:24.779><c> suffering</c>

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as<00:30:26.119><c> a</c><00:30:26.380><c> community</c><00:30:26.920><c> because</c><00:30:27.519><c> of</c><00:30:27.660><c> it?</c><00:30:29.660><c> Well,</c><00:30:30.319><c> let's</c><00:30:30.500><c> look</c><00:30:30.920><c> at</c><00:30:31.559><c> this</c><00:30:31.839><c> aspect</c><00:30:32.259><c> of</c>

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civilian<00:30:32.920><c> life.</c><00:30:33.380><c> I</c><00:30:33.539><c> believe</c><00:30:33.900><c> that</c><00:30:34.259><c> many</c>

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of<00:30:34.539><c> you</c><00:30:34.720><c> will</c><00:30:34.920><c> have</c><00:30:35.099><c> picked</c><00:30:35.279><c> up</c><00:30:35.559><c> the</c><00:30:36.220><c> idea</c><00:30:36.559><c> of</c><00:30:36.859><c> civilian</c><00:30:37.200><c> life</c>

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:41.259
from<00:30:38.180><c> the</c><00:30:38.380><c> quotation</c><00:30:38.819><c> in</c><00:30:39.119><c> 2</c><00:30:39.279><c> Timothy</c><00:30:39.640><c> chapter</c><00:30:40.180><c> 2.</c>

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It's<00:30:42.420><c> a</c><00:30:42.599><c> beautiful</c><00:30:43.380><c> contrast</c><00:30:44.059><c> the</c><00:30:44.279><c> apostle</c><00:30:44.740><c> Paul</c><00:30:45.440><c> makes</c><00:30:45.880><c> here</c>

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between<00:30:47.259><c> a</c><00:30:47.759><c> man</c><00:30:48.119><c> who's</c><00:30:48.359><c> been</c><00:30:48.680><c> chosen</c><00:30:49.059><c> to</c><00:30:49.240><c> be</c><00:30:49.380><c> a</c><00:30:49.599><c> soldier</c>

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and<00:30:51.539><c> a</c><00:30:51.720><c> person</c><00:30:52.039><c> who</c><00:30:52.299><c> is</c><00:30:52.619><c> entangled</c><00:30:53.160><c> with</c><00:30:53.380><c> all</c><00:30:53.680><c> kinds</c><00:30:53.940><c> of</c><00:30:54.119><c> other</c><00:30:54.279><c> things,</c>

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:58.460
quite<00:30:55.299><c> apart</c><00:30:55.700><c> from</c><00:30:55.900><c> what</c><00:30:56.079><c> he</c><00:30:56.279><c> has</c><00:30:56.400><c> been</c><00:30:56.700><c> commanded</c><00:30:57.200><c> to</c><00:30:57.599><c> do</c><00:30:57.960><c> as</c>

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a<00:30:58.660><c> soldier,</c><00:30:59.319><c> and</c><00:30:59.559><c> he's</c><00:30:59.819><c> trying</c><00:30:59.960><c> to</c><00:31:00.200><c> show</c><00:31:00.339><c> how</c>

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inconsistent<00:31:01.539><c> that</c><00:31:01.880><c> is.</c><00:31:04.420><c> Verse</c><00:31:04.720><c> 4,</c><00:31:05.799><c> 2</c><00:31:06.059><c> Timothy</c><00:31:06.720><c> chapter</c><00:31:07.599><c> 2.</c>

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No<00:31:10.319><c> man</c><00:31:10.859><c> that</c><00:31:11.440><c> warth</c><00:31:12.039><c> and</c><00:31:12.559><c> tangleth</c><00:31:13.019><c> himself</c><00:31:13.480><c> with</c><00:31:13.680><c> the</c><00:31:13.859><c> affairs</c><00:31:14.140><c> of</c><00:31:14.460><c> this</c><00:31:14.680><c> life,</c><00:31:16.039><c> that</c><00:31:16.119><c> he</c>

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.599
may<00:31:16.559><c> please</c><00:31:16.980><c> him</c>

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who<00:31:18.079><c> hath</c><00:31:18.319><c> chosen</c><00:31:18.779><c> him</c><00:31:19.119><c> to</c><00:31:19.299><c> be</c><00:31:19.460><c> a</c><00:31:19.680><c> soldier.</c><00:31:22.119><c> Interesting</c><00:31:22.819><c> to</c>

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note<00:31:23.559><c> this,</c><00:31:24.140><c> brethren</c><00:31:24.240><c> and</c><00:31:24.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:29.220
that<00:31:26.480><c> when</c><00:31:26.680><c> Paul</c><00:31:27.000><c> said</c><00:31:27.259><c> this,</c><00:31:27.720><c> first</c><00:31:27.980><c> of</c><00:31:28.180><c> all</c><00:31:28.299><c> he</c><00:31:28.420><c> was</c><00:31:28.740><c> talking</c>

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as<00:31:29.660><c> if</c><00:31:30.319><c> we</c><00:31:30.880><c> were</c><00:31:31.180><c> soldiers.</c>

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Why<00:31:32.799><c> would</c><00:31:33.000><c> he</c><00:31:33.200><c> ever</c><00:31:33.460><c> use</c><00:31:33.779><c> that</c><00:31:34.160><c> kind</c><00:31:34.440><c> of</c><00:31:34.700><c> a</c><00:31:34.799><c> phrasing?</c><00:31:36.160><c> When</c>

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obviously<00:31:36.799><c> none</c><00:31:37.059><c> of</c><00:31:37.180><c> us</c><00:31:37.380><c> are</c><00:31:37.619><c> soldiers,</c><00:31:38.180><c> and</c><00:31:38.279><c> none</c>

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of<00:31:38.440><c> us</c><00:31:38.599><c> ever</c><00:31:38.819><c> will</c><00:31:38.980><c> be</c><00:31:39.200><c> soldiers</c><00:31:39.640><c> in</c><00:31:39.859><c> this</c><00:31:40.140><c> day</c><00:31:40.339><c> and</c><00:31:40.819><c> age,</c><00:31:41.559><c> because</c><00:31:41.900><c> none</c>

00:31:42.099 --> 00:31:44.599
of<00:31:42.279><c> us</c><00:31:43.140><c> will</c><00:31:43.539><c> want</c><00:31:43.740><c> to</c><00:31:43.920><c> do</c><00:31:44.039><c> anything</c><00:31:44.339><c> other</c>

00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:47.619
than<00:31:44.740><c> our</c><00:31:44.940><c> Lord</c><00:31:45.240><c> said</c><00:31:45.539><c> concerning</c><00:31:46.119><c> fighting</c><00:31:46.740><c> and</c><00:31:47.240><c> concerning</c>

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:50.079
taking<00:31:47.960><c> up</c><00:31:48.259><c> arms.</c><00:31:49.720><c> Well,</c><00:31:49.779><c> it's</c><00:31:49.900><c> because</c>

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:52.579
he<00:31:50.220><c> didn't</c><00:31:50.440><c> mean</c><00:31:50.759><c> that</c><00:31:50.940><c> we</c><00:31:51.079><c> should</c><00:31:51.240><c> take</c><00:31:51.519><c> up</c><00:31:51.759><c> arms</c><00:31:52.099><c> with</c><00:31:52.359><c> our</c>

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countries<00:31:52.880><c> where</c><00:31:53.119><c> we</c><00:31:53.359><c> reside,</c><00:31:54.640><c> but</c><00:31:54.819><c> that</c><00:31:54.819><c> we</c><00:31:54.819><c> should</c>

00:31:54.819 --> 00:32:02.140
take<00:31:55.339><c> the</c><00:31:55.579><c> analogy</c><00:31:56.160><c> of</c><00:31:56.480><c> how</c><00:31:56.759><c> soldiers</c><00:31:57.279><c> fulfill</c><00:31:58.099><c> the</c><00:31:58.460><c> commandments</c><00:31:58.880><c> of</c><00:31:59.200><c> superior</c><00:31:59.599><c> officers</c><00:32:00.400><c> so</c><00:32:01.480><c> that</c><00:32:01.700><c> we</c><00:32:01.880><c> are</c>

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warring<00:32:02.460><c> a</c><00:32:02.740><c> spiritual</c><00:32:03.140><c> warfare,</c><00:32:03.900><c> and</c><00:32:04.720><c> that</c><00:32:04.880><c> we</c><00:32:05.099><c> have</c><00:32:05.279><c> been</c><00:32:05.579><c> given</c><00:32:06.059><c> commandments</c><00:32:06.680><c> by</c>

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:10.660
a<00:32:07.200><c> superior.</c><00:32:09.099><c> And</c><00:32:09.680><c> if</c><00:32:10.339><c> there</c><00:32:10.539><c> is</c>

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:13.299
any<00:32:10.880><c> understanding</c><00:32:11.440><c> of</c><00:32:11.720><c> that</c><00:32:12.019><c> kind</c><00:32:12.180><c> of</c><00:32:12.319><c> a</c><00:32:12.460><c> military</c><00:32:12.859><c> command,</c>

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:15.859
we<00:32:13.519><c> know</c><00:32:13.779><c> that</c><00:32:14.079><c> it</c><00:32:14.420><c> has</c><00:32:14.720><c> to</c><00:32:14.980><c> be</c><00:32:15.240><c> fulfilled</c>

00:32:15.859 --> 00:32:21.900
in<00:32:16.559><c> detail.</c><00:32:18.579><c> That</c><00:32:18.700><c> for</c><00:32:18.940><c> a</c><00:32:19.079><c> person</c><00:32:19.380><c> to</c><00:32:20.200><c> receive</c><00:32:20.619><c> a</c><00:32:20.839><c> command</c><00:32:21.059><c> like</c><00:32:21.400><c> that,</c><00:32:21.700><c> the</c>

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only<00:32:22.220><c> way</c><00:32:22.579><c> that</c><00:32:22.859><c> one</c><00:32:23.019><c> would</c><00:32:23.279><c> receive</c><00:32:23.700><c> it</c>

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in<00:32:24.440><c> the</c><00:32:24.740><c> proper</c><00:32:25.039><c> light</c><00:32:25.400><c> is</c><00:32:25.960><c> to</c><00:32:26.220><c> fulfill</c><00:32:26.680><c> it</c><00:32:27.059><c> completely,</c><00:32:28.440><c> leaving</c><00:32:28.660><c> nothing</c><00:32:28.980><c> out,</c>

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.500
putting<00:32:30.119><c> nothing</c><00:32:30.420><c> else</c><00:32:30.700><c> in.</c>

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That<00:32:32.900><c> way,</c><00:32:34.119><c> the</c><00:32:34.339><c> military</c><00:32:35.420><c> excursion</c><00:32:36.579><c> or</c><00:32:36.720><c> whatever</c><00:32:37.019><c> it</c><00:32:37.180><c> might</c>

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be<00:32:37.619><c> could</c><00:32:37.859><c> be</c><00:32:38.240><c> fulfilled</c><00:32:38.799><c> successful.</c>

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Without<00:32:41.180><c> that</c><00:32:41.579><c> kind</c><00:32:41.779><c> of</c><00:32:41.980><c> commitment,</c><00:32:42.440><c> it</c><00:32:42.660><c> cannot</c><00:32:43.079><c> be</c><00:32:43.799><c> fulfilled</c><00:32:44.160><c> successful.</c><00:32:46.460><c> First</c>

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.779
of<00:32:46.960><c> all,</c><00:32:47.240><c> the</c><00:32:47.339><c> soldier's</c>

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:50.759
not<00:32:47.980><c> trying</c><00:32:48.500><c> to</c><00:32:48.799><c> please</c><00:32:48.960><c> himself.</c><00:32:49.839><c> It</c><00:32:50.059><c> says</c><00:32:50.220><c> in</c><00:32:50.460><c> the</c><00:32:50.599><c> latter</c>

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:53.819
end<00:32:50.980><c> of</c><00:32:51.099><c> that</c><00:32:51.319><c> verse</c><00:32:51.680><c> that</c><00:32:52.160><c> he</c><00:32:52.319><c> may</c><00:32:52.680><c> please</c><00:32:53.279><c> him</c>

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:57.259
who<00:32:54.259><c> hath</c><00:32:54.579><c> chosen</c><00:32:54.960><c> him</c><00:32:55.220><c> to</c><00:32:55.359><c> be</c><00:32:55.740><c> a</c><00:32:55.960><c> soldier.</c><00:32:56.660><c> Well,</c><00:32:56.859><c> a</c><00:32:57.000><c> soldier</c>

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:59.380
doesn't<00:32:57.599><c> fight</c><00:32:57.940><c> for</c><00:32:58.140><c> his</c><00:32:58.319><c> own</c><00:32:58.519><c> honor.</c>

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:03.240
A<00:33:00.579><c> soldier</c><00:33:00.920><c> fights</c><00:33:01.279><c> for</c><00:33:01.500><c> the</c><00:33:01.740><c> honor</c><00:33:01.880><c> of</c><00:33:02.119><c> some</c><00:33:02.279><c> other</c><00:33:02.779><c> person</c>

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:07.299
or<00:33:03.500><c> some</c><00:33:03.759><c> other</c><00:33:04.359><c> country</c><00:33:05.220><c> or</c><00:33:05.900><c> group</c><00:33:06.160><c> of</c><00:33:06.420><c> people.</c>

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:12.400
What<00:33:08.220><c> honor</c><00:33:08.839><c> are</c><00:33:09.859><c> we</c><00:33:10.099><c> fighting</c><00:33:10.420><c> for,</c><00:33:11.220><c> brethren</c><00:33:11.319><c> and</c><00:33:11.500><c> sisters?</c>

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:17.759
This<00:33:14.920><c> is</c><00:33:15.339><c> where,</c><00:33:15.759><c> at</c><00:33:16.019><c> a</c><00:33:16.160><c> Bible</c><00:33:16.440><c> school,</c><00:33:16.759><c> we</c><00:33:16.940><c> have</c><00:33:17.140><c> an</c><00:33:17.319><c> immense</c>

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:21.240
advantage,<00:33:19.500><c> because</c><00:33:19.900><c> here</c><00:33:20.279><c> we're</c><00:33:20.500><c> not</c><00:33:20.940><c> sitting</c>

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:25.099
necessarily<00:33:21.859><c> beside</c><00:33:22.480><c> brethren</c><00:33:22.819><c> and</c><00:33:22.980><c> sisters</c><00:33:23.299><c> in</c><00:33:23.480><c> our</c><00:33:23.579><c> own</c><00:33:23.799><c> ecclesia.</c><00:33:24.960><c> We</c>

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.759
now<00:33:25.359><c> see</c><00:33:25.559><c> the</c><00:33:25.819><c> truth</c><00:33:26.079><c> in</c><00:33:26.299><c> a</c><00:33:26.500><c> broader</c>

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:30.920
light.<00:33:27.900><c> We're</c><00:33:28.119><c> sitting</c><00:33:28.380><c> beside</c><00:33:28.799><c> people</c><00:33:29.299><c> who</c><00:33:29.539><c> have</c><00:33:29.700><c> been</c><00:33:30.019><c> drawn</c><00:33:30.339><c> out</c>

00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:33.559
of<00:33:31.220><c> the</c><00:33:31.400><c> Gentiles</c><00:33:32.200><c> because</c><00:33:32.759><c> of</c><00:33:32.940><c> the</c><00:33:33.099><c> hope</c><00:33:33.299><c> that</c>

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:37.519
we<00:33:33.880><c> share,</c><00:33:34.900><c> but</c><00:33:35.160><c> who</c><00:33:35.720><c> may</c><00:33:36.000><c> not</c><00:33:36.220><c> be</c><00:33:36.440><c> personally</c><00:33:36.759><c> acquainted</c><00:33:37.140><c> with</c><00:33:37.319><c> us</c>

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:41.759
at<00:33:37.720><c> all.</c><00:33:38.779><c> And</c><00:33:38.980><c> as</c><00:33:39.200><c> we</c><00:33:39.500><c> sit</c><00:33:39.740><c> side</c><00:33:40.319><c> by</c><00:33:40.619><c> side,</c>

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:46.200
we<00:33:42.299><c> are</c><00:33:42.500><c> all</c><00:33:42.779><c> here</c><00:33:43.140><c> for</c><00:33:43.380><c> the</c><00:33:43.759><c> honor</c><00:33:44.039><c> of</c><00:33:44.380><c> our</c><00:33:44.599><c> Lord</c><00:33:45.000><c> and</c><00:33:45.740><c> of</c><00:33:45.960><c> our</c>

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:49.660
God.<00:33:47.359><c> We're</c><00:33:47.640><c> not</c><00:33:47.880><c> here</c><00:33:48.099><c> for</c><00:33:48.400><c> personal</c><00:33:48.740><c> honor.</c>

00:33:49.730 --> 00:33:53.140
If<00:33:50.019><c> we</c><00:33:50.259><c> remember</c><00:33:50.740><c> that,</c><00:33:51.200><c> brethren</c><00:33:51.339><c> and</c><00:33:51.619><c> sisters,</c><00:33:52.279><c> we</c><00:33:52.519><c> can</c><00:33:52.819><c> be</c>

00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:56.799
united<00:33:53.779><c> and</c><00:33:54.359><c> go</c><00:33:54.599><c> out</c><00:33:54.940><c> side</c><00:33:55.240><c> by</c><00:33:55.559><c> side</c><00:33:55.880><c> in</c><00:33:56.079><c> our</c><00:33:56.380><c> spiritual</c>

00:33:56.799 --> 00:34:01.740
warfare<00:33:57.339><c> with</c><00:33:58.279><c> a</c><00:33:58.460><c> tremendous</c><00:33:59.240><c> feeling</c><00:33:59.960><c> of</c><00:34:00.440><c> fellowship</c><00:34:00.900><c> that</c>

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:04.579
is<00:34:02.000><c> not</c><00:34:02.180><c> available</c><00:34:02.599><c> unless</c><00:34:02.920><c> we</c><00:34:03.319><c> perceive</c><00:34:04.140><c> these</c>

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:10.980
aspects<00:34:05.039><c> of</c><00:34:05.240><c> the</c><00:34:05.440><c> truth.</c><00:34:08.619><c> There's</c><00:34:08.900><c> another</c><00:34:09.480><c> depth</c><00:34:10.019><c> to</c><00:34:10.239><c> be</c><00:34:10.519><c> plumbed</c><00:34:10.880><c> in</c>

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.579
the<00:34:11.219><c> statement</c><00:34:11.480><c> of</c><00:34:11.659><c> the</c><00:34:11.820><c> apostle</c><00:34:12.119><c> Paul.</c><00:34:12.460><c> I</c>

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:17.099
just<00:34:12.780><c> want</c><00:34:12.880><c> to</c><00:34:13.019><c> refer</c><00:34:13.380><c> to</c><00:34:13.579><c> it,</c><00:34:13.739><c> but</c><00:34:13.920><c> not</c><00:34:14.119><c> get</c><00:34:14.260><c> into</c><00:34:14.500><c> it,</c><00:34:14.719><c> because</c><00:34:14.960><c> we</c><00:34:15.320><c> don't</c><00:34:15.539><c> have</c><00:34:15.820><c> sufficient</c><00:34:16.260><c> time.</c><00:34:16.599><c> In</c><00:34:16.780><c> verse</c>

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:22.420
5,<00:34:17.900><c> if</c><00:34:18.199><c> a</c><00:34:18.420><c> man</c><00:34:18.559><c> also</c><00:34:19.139><c> strives</c><00:34:19.840><c> for</c><00:34:20.139><c> masteries,</c><00:34:21.440><c> yet</c><00:34:21.619><c> is</c><00:34:21.860><c> he</c><00:34:22.019><c> not</c>

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:25.480
crowned<00:34:23.139><c> except</c><00:34:23.539><c> he</c><00:34:23.920><c> strives</c><00:34:24.320><c> lawfully?</c>

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:32.239
Well,<00:34:26.619><c> along</c><00:34:27.019><c> with</c><00:34:28.139><c> a</c><00:34:28.820><c> person</c><00:34:29.219><c> who</c><00:34:29.460><c> is</c><00:34:29.619><c> engaged</c><00:34:30.340><c> in</c><00:34:30.940><c> a</c><00:34:31.179><c> spiritual</c><00:34:31.639><c> warfare</c>

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.780
for<00:34:32.599><c> the</c><00:34:32.880><c> honor</c><00:34:33.119><c> of</c><00:34:33.500><c> someone</c>

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:38.260
other<00:34:34.219><c> than</c><00:34:34.440><c> himself,</c><00:34:36.059><c> so</c><00:34:36.300><c> we</c><00:34:36.500><c> must</c><00:34:36.800><c> also</c><00:34:37.280><c> remember</c><00:34:37.780><c> that</c><00:34:38.000><c> in</c>

00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:41.559
our<00:34:38.599><c> strife,</c><00:34:39.519><c> in</c><00:34:39.719><c> our</c><00:34:40.059><c> daily</c><00:34:40.380><c> activity,</c>

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:49.039
we<00:34:42.659><c> are</c><00:34:42.860><c> also</c><00:34:43.219><c> abiding</c><00:34:43.619><c> by</c><00:34:43.920><c> laws.</c><00:34:45.380><c> We</c><00:34:45.659><c> can't</c><00:34:46.239><c> set</c><00:34:46.500><c> our</c><00:34:46.840><c> own</c><00:34:47.079><c> laws.</c><00:34:48.880><c> And</c>

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:50.820
that<00:34:49.179><c> has</c><00:34:49.400><c> a</c><00:34:49.619><c> real</c><00:34:49.820><c> application</c><00:34:50.400><c> today,</c>

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:55.300
brethren<00:34:51.179><c> and</c><00:34:51.380><c> sisters,</c><00:34:51.780><c> when</c><00:34:51.940><c> we</c><00:34:52.239><c> happen</c><00:34:52.420><c> to</c><00:34:53.320><c> work</c><00:34:53.539><c> with,</c><00:34:54.440><c> live</c><00:34:54.659><c> beside</c><00:34:55.099><c> a</c>

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:57.860
neighbor<00:34:55.559><c> who</c><00:34:56.440><c> seems,</c><00:34:57.260><c> as</c><00:34:57.260><c> far</c><00:34:57.599><c> as</c><00:34:57.719><c> we</c>

00:34:57.860 --> 00:35:03.059
can<00:34:58.159><c> tell,</c><00:34:58.539><c> a</c><00:34:58.699><c> very</c><00:34:58.960><c> good</c><00:34:59.480><c> living</c><00:34:59.860><c> person.</c><00:35:01.880><c> This</c><00:35:02.139><c> idea</c><00:35:02.619><c> that</c><00:35:02.820><c> a</c>

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:10.340
person<00:35:03.320><c> is</c><00:35:03.599><c> a</c><00:35:03.760><c> good</c><00:35:04.179><c> living</c><00:35:04.679><c> person,</c><00:35:09.679><c> not</c><00:35:09.960><c> a</c>

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:12.559
good<00:35:10.500><c> living</c><00:35:10.500><c> person,</c><00:35:10.500><c> we</c><00:35:10.500><c> think</c><00:35:10.739><c> that,</c><00:35:11.000><c> well,</c><00:35:11.880><c> maybe</c><00:35:12.260><c> God</c>

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:15.179
will<00:35:12.820><c> make</c><00:35:13.119><c> some</c><00:35:13.500><c> allowance</c><00:35:13.960><c> for</c><00:35:14.239><c> that</c><00:35:14.579><c> person</c>

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:20.079
in<00:35:15.780><c> the</c><00:35:15.940><c> kingdom.</c><00:35:16.400><c> Maybe</c><00:35:16.699><c> the</c><00:35:17.000><c> Lord</c><00:35:17.179><c> will</c><00:35:17.500><c> recognize</c><00:35:18.079><c> this</c><00:35:18.420><c> person.</c><00:35:18.880><c> They</c><00:35:19.480><c> don't</c><00:35:19.820><c> do</c>

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:21.019
the<00:35:20.300><c> things</c><00:35:20.480><c> that</c><00:35:20.699><c> the</c><00:35:20.840><c> world</c>

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:27.619
out<00:35:21.219><c> there</c><00:35:21.400><c> does.</c><00:35:23.219><c> Don't</c><00:35:23.500><c> be</c><00:35:23.800><c> fooled,</c><00:35:24.300><c> brethren</c><00:35:24.440><c> and</c><00:35:24.619><c> sisters.</c><00:35:26.480><c> No</c><00:35:26.780><c> one</c>

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:30.960
can<00:35:28.099><c> be</c><00:35:28.519><c> crowned</c><00:35:29.599><c> except</c><00:35:30.059><c> he</c><00:35:30.440><c> strives</c>

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:34.659
lawfully.<00:35:32.159><c> If</c><00:35:32.420><c> there's</c><00:35:32.780><c> any</c><00:35:33.059><c> meaning</c><00:35:33.420><c> to</c><00:35:33.679><c> the</c><00:35:33.960><c> substance</c><00:35:34.420><c> of</c>

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:39.880
the<00:35:34.960><c> truth</c><00:35:35.559><c> that</c><00:35:36.400><c> we</c><00:35:38.199><c> have</c><00:35:38.519><c> embraced</c>

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:43.380
and<00:35:40.260><c> that</c><00:35:40.440><c> we</c><00:35:40.699><c> have</c><00:35:41.119><c> engaged</c><00:35:41.739><c> in</c><00:35:41.940><c> a</c><00:35:42.179><c> covenant</c><00:35:42.460><c> with,</c><00:35:43.019><c> with</c><00:35:43.199><c> our</c>

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:46.159
Lord,<00:35:44.199><c> if</c><00:35:44.420><c> there's</c><00:35:44.699><c> any</c><00:35:45.059><c> substance</c><00:35:45.539><c> to</c><00:35:45.820><c> that,</c>

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:49.920
then<00:35:46.679><c> there's</c><00:35:47.000><c> much</c><00:35:47.300><c> more</c><00:35:47.739><c> to</c><00:35:47.980><c> receiving</c><00:35:48.320><c> a</c><00:35:48.639><c> crown</c><00:35:48.900><c> than</c><00:35:49.199><c> just</c>

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.900
living<00:35:50.260><c> a</c><00:35:50.659><c> good</c><00:35:50.840><c> life.</c>

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:56.719
Those<00:35:53.460><c> good</c><00:35:53.739><c> living</c><00:35:54.000><c> people,</c><00:35:54.599><c> unless</c><00:35:54.840><c> they</c><00:35:55.179><c> are</c><00:35:55.800><c> educated</c><00:35:56.440><c> in</c>

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:58.480
the<00:35:56.880><c> ways</c><00:35:57.079><c> of</c><00:35:57.300><c> the</c><00:35:57.480><c> scriptures</c>

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:05.760
and<00:35:58.920><c> understand</c><00:35:59.619><c> the</c><00:35:59.960><c> covenants</c><00:36:00.260><c> of</c><00:36:00.559><c> promise</c><00:36:01.219><c> and</c><00:36:02.179><c> are</c><00:36:02.699><c> submissive</c><00:36:03.739><c> to</c><00:36:04.179><c> the</c><00:36:04.760><c> waters</c><00:36:05.039><c> of</c><00:36:05.340><c> baptism,</c>

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:10.460
have<00:36:06.559><c> no</c><00:36:07.039><c> hope</c><00:36:07.380><c> whatsoever,</c><00:36:09.139><c> and</c><00:36:09.420><c> we've</c><00:36:09.659><c> got</c><00:36:09.699><c> to</c><00:36:09.800><c> be</c><00:36:09.860><c> very</c><00:36:10.159><c> clear</c><00:36:10.280><c> on</c>

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:13.239
that.<00:36:11.699><c> Unless</c><00:36:12.000><c> we're</c><00:36:12.199><c> very</c><00:36:12.559><c> clear</c><00:36:12.659><c> on</c><00:36:12.880><c> that,</c>

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:18.239
we<00:36:13.699><c> aren't</c><00:36:14.000><c> fighting</c><00:36:14.579><c> this</c><00:36:14.920><c> spiritual</c><00:36:15.380><c> warfare</c><00:36:15.900><c> with</c><00:36:16.199><c> the</c><00:36:16.420><c> same</c><00:36:16.599><c> orders.</c><00:36:17.940><c> We</c>

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.199
have<00:36:18.420><c> different</c><00:36:18.719><c> orders,</c>

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:22.159
and<00:36:19.719><c> that</c><00:36:19.940><c> can't</c><00:36:20.300><c> be</c><00:36:20.559><c> because</c><00:36:20.860><c> we</c><00:36:21.079><c> have</c><00:36:21.179><c> the</c><00:36:21.400><c> same</c><00:36:21.679><c> commanding</c>

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:24.039
officer.<00:36:22.940><c> He's</c><00:36:23.260><c> given</c><00:36:23.380><c> the</c><00:36:23.619><c> same</c><00:36:23.800><c> orders</c>

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:28.760
to<00:36:24.300><c> all</c><00:36:24.460><c> of</c><00:36:24.579><c> us.</c><00:36:26.039><c> Let's</c><00:36:26.280><c> be</c><00:36:26.480><c> very</c><00:36:26.820><c> careful</c><00:36:27.280><c> that</c><00:36:27.860><c> we</c><00:36:28.099><c> don't</c><00:36:28.500><c> mix</c>

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:32.739
up<00:36:29.619><c> what</c><00:36:30.219><c> people</c><00:36:30.679><c> have</c><00:36:31.039><c> to</c><00:36:31.280><c> do</c><00:36:31.639><c> to</c><00:36:31.900><c> be</c><00:36:32.219><c> acceptable</c>

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:39.820
to<00:36:33.139><c> our</c><00:36:33.420><c> Lord.</c><00:36:37.139><c> Well,</c><00:36:37.320><c> there's</c><00:36:37.460><c> many</c><00:36:37.719><c> things</c><00:36:38.059><c> that</c><00:36:39.159><c> come</c><00:36:39.559><c> to</c>

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:42.980
mind<00:36:40.179><c> with</c><00:36:40.420><c> respect</c><00:36:40.860><c> to</c><00:36:41.079><c> how</c><00:36:41.300><c> we</c><00:36:41.599><c> can</c><00:36:42.480><c> separate</c>

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:47.039
ourselves<00:36:43.659><c> from</c><00:36:44.320><c> civilian</c><00:36:44.800><c> life</c><00:36:45.280><c> and</c><00:36:45.860><c> dedicate</c><00:36:46.360><c> ourselves</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:49.320
to<00:36:47.539><c> the</c><00:36:47.780><c> truth</c><00:36:47.980><c> more,</c><00:36:48.320><c> and</c><00:36:48.480><c> there's</c><00:36:48.940><c> nothing,</c>

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:54.159
brethren<00:36:49.820><c> and</c><00:36:50.059><c> sisters,</c><00:36:50.820><c> there</c><00:36:51.019><c> is</c><00:36:51.360><c> nothing</c><00:36:51.900><c> that</c><00:36:52.460><c> comes</c><00:36:53.139><c> closer</c><00:36:53.780><c> to</c>

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:57.039
that<00:36:54.440><c> preparation</c><00:36:55.019><c> than</c><00:36:55.679><c> the</c><00:36:55.920><c> daily</c><00:36:56.159><c> readings.</c>

00:36:58.980 --> 00:37:02.820
I<00:36:59.500><c> would</c><00:36:59.760><c> hope</c><00:37:00.000><c> that</c><00:37:00.219><c> that</c><00:37:00.360><c> is</c><00:37:00.579><c> just</c><00:37:01.280><c> a</c><00:37:01.579><c> way</c><00:37:01.679><c> of</c><00:37:01.900><c> life</c><00:37:02.300><c> with</c><00:37:02.639><c> all</c>

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:06.340
of<00:37:02.920><c> us,</c><00:37:04.440><c> a</c><00:37:04.659><c> way</c><00:37:04.800><c> of</c><00:37:05.039><c> life,</c><00:37:05.500><c> the</c><00:37:05.699><c> daily</c><00:37:06.000><c> readings.</c>

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:12.659
They<00:37:06.760><c> just</c><00:37:07.179><c> have</c><00:37:07.460><c> to</c><00:37:07.639><c> be</c><00:37:07.820><c> done</c><00:37:08.059><c> to</c><00:37:08.380><c> survive.</c><00:37:11.079><c> No</c><00:37:11.179><c> matter</c><00:37:11.400><c> whether</c><00:37:11.599><c> we</c><00:37:11.820><c> got</c><00:37:11.980><c> 25</c>

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:14.559
children<00:37:13.219><c> or</c><00:37:13.860><c> whether</c><00:37:14.000><c> we</c><00:37:14.159><c> have</c><00:37:14.280><c> no</c>

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:18.760
children,<00:37:15.840><c> we</c><00:37:16.920><c> have</c><00:37:17.239><c> to</c><00:37:17.500><c> find</c><00:37:17.659><c> a</c><00:37:17.780><c> way</c><00:37:17.900><c> to</c><00:37:18.039><c> do</c><00:37:18.139><c> the</c><00:37:18.340><c> readings,</c>

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:23.739
and<00:37:20.059><c> as</c><00:37:20.219><c> we</c><00:37:20.380><c> will</c><00:37:20.559><c> refer</c><00:37:20.960><c> to</c><00:37:21.219><c> this</c><00:37:22.059><c> from</c><00:37:22.880><c> time</c><00:37:23.179><c> to</c><00:37:23.440><c> time,</c>

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:27.900
that<00:37:24.039><c> has</c><00:37:24.400><c> application.</c><00:37:26.300><c> The</c><00:37:26.500><c> things</c><00:37:26.760><c> that</c><00:37:27.099><c> we</c><00:37:27.320><c> do</c><00:37:27.460><c> with</c><00:37:27.659><c> our</c>

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:29.639
children<00:37:28.260><c> when</c><00:37:28.460><c> they're</c><00:37:28.800><c> old</c><00:37:29.019><c> enough</c><00:37:29.340><c> to</c>

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:32.960
recognize<00:37:30.179><c> what</c><00:37:30.460><c> we're</c><00:37:30.699><c> doing</c><00:37:31.099><c> are</c><00:37:31.719><c> the</c><00:37:31.980><c> patterns</c><00:37:32.340><c> they</c><00:37:32.659><c> will</c>

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:36.179
follow<00:37:33.159><c> when</c><00:37:33.340><c> they</c><00:37:33.519><c> get</c><00:37:33.679><c> older.</c><00:37:35.260><c> If</c><00:37:35.460><c> we</c><00:37:35.679><c> allow</c><00:37:35.920><c> them</c>

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:38.500
to<00:37:36.380><c> go</c><00:37:36.539><c> on</c><00:37:36.780><c> without</c><00:37:37.079><c> doing</c><00:37:37.280><c> the</c><00:37:37.460><c> readings</c><00:37:37.719><c> and</c><00:37:37.900><c> say,</c><00:37:38.059><c> well,</c><00:37:38.199><c> you</c><00:37:38.360><c> go</c>

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:40.260
to<00:37:38.699><c> bed,</c><00:37:38.820><c> you're</c><00:37:39.000><c> too</c><00:37:39.199><c> young</c><00:37:39.400><c> to</c><00:37:40.000><c> really</c>

00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:43.099
understand<00:37:40.739><c> them</c><00:37:40.920><c> anyway,</c><00:37:41.599><c> if</c><00:37:41.760><c> that</c><00:37:41.940><c> is</c><00:37:42.159><c> a</c><00:37:42.280><c> way</c><00:37:42.380><c> of</c><00:37:42.659><c> life</c><00:37:42.880><c> with</c>

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:46.199
us,<00:37:44.139><c> if</c><00:37:44.340><c> we</c><00:37:44.559><c> can't</c><00:37:45.039><c> stand</c><00:37:45.260><c> the</c><00:37:45.599><c> stumbling</c><00:37:45.940><c> through</c>

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:49.340
the<00:37:46.420><c> words,</c><00:37:46.880><c> if</c><00:37:47.079><c> we</c><00:37:47.260><c> haven't</c><00:37:47.420><c> got</c><00:37:47.599><c> the</c><00:37:47.820><c> patience</c><00:37:48.099><c> for</c><00:37:48.360><c> that,</c>

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:51.340
we<00:37:49.559><c> will</c><00:37:49.739><c> expect</c><00:37:50.280><c> that</c><00:37:50.760><c> our</c><00:37:50.980><c> young</c><00:37:51.139><c> people,</c>

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:54.699
when<00:37:51.440><c> they</c><00:37:51.639><c> grow</c><00:37:51.820><c> up,</c><00:37:52.059><c> will</c><00:37:52.219><c> find</c><00:37:52.460><c> excuses</c><00:37:53.260><c> very</c><00:37:53.860><c> easily</c><00:37:54.320><c> for</c>

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:56.940
not<00:37:54.900><c> doing</c><00:37:55.079><c> the</c><00:37:55.300><c> readings.</c><00:37:56.179><c> But</c><00:37:56.360><c> the</c><00:37:56.519><c> readings</c><00:37:56.679><c> are</c>

00:37:56.940 --> 00:38:01.119
essential.<00:37:58.139><c> We</c><00:37:58.360><c> have</c><00:37:58.599><c> to</c><00:37:58.780><c> do</c><00:37:58.880><c> the</c><00:37:59.099><c> readings.</c><00:38:00.179><c> If</c><00:38:00.360><c> we</c><00:38:00.659><c> want</c><00:38:00.840><c> God</c>

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:04.079
to<00:38:01.420><c> direct</c><00:38:01.599><c> our</c><00:38:01.920><c> life,</c><00:38:02.619><c> if</c><00:38:02.800><c> we</c><00:38:03.059><c> want</c><00:38:03.239><c> to</c><00:38:03.460><c> develop</c><00:38:03.659><c> faith,</c>

00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:10.039
we<00:38:04.440><c> have</c><00:38:04.679><c> to</c><00:38:04.840><c> get</c><00:38:04.980><c> to</c><00:38:05.179><c> the</c><00:38:05.400><c> source,</c><00:38:07.860><c> and</c><00:38:08.219><c> nothing</c><00:38:08.519><c> can,</c><00:38:09.119><c> I</c><00:38:09.579><c> think,</c><00:38:09.940><c> take</c>

00:38:10.039 --> 00:38:13.099
us<00:38:10.659><c> from</c><00:38:10.980><c> this</c><00:38:11.380><c> place</c><00:38:11.739><c> and</c><00:38:12.420><c> maintain</c>

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:19.820
the<00:38:13.440><c> spiritual</c><00:38:13.800><c> level</c><00:38:14.380><c> like</c><00:38:15.300><c> the</c><00:38:15.519><c> daily</c><00:38:15.699><c> readings.</c><00:38:17.199><c> A</c><00:38:17.460><c> real</c><00:38:17.860><c> submission</c><00:38:18.420><c> to</c><00:38:18.820><c> the</c><00:38:18.960><c> daily</c><00:38:19.179><c> readings,</c><00:38:19.699><c> a</c>

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.440
real<00:38:20.119><c> setting</c>

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:24.159
aside<00:38:20.860><c> of</c><00:38:21.000><c> them,</c><00:38:21.340><c> just</c><00:38:21.639><c> as</c><00:38:22.039><c> essential</c><00:38:22.500><c> as</c><00:38:22.920><c> supper</c><00:38:23.139><c> is.</c><00:38:23.780><c> We've</c>

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:26.659
got<00:38:24.340><c> to</c><00:38:24.539><c> do</c><00:38:24.659><c> the</c><00:38:24.880><c> readings.</c><00:38:25.739><c> So</c><00:38:25.900><c> those</c><00:38:26.199><c> children</c>

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:31.519
will<00:38:27.099><c> tell</c><00:38:27.340><c> us.</c><00:38:28.940><c> If</c><00:38:29.159><c> we</c><00:38:29.380><c> don't</c><00:38:29.599><c> tell</c><00:38:29.840><c> them,</c><00:38:30.699><c> it's</c><00:38:31.039><c> time</c><00:38:31.260><c> to</c><00:38:31.420><c> do</c>

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:35.280
the<00:38:31.659><c> readings,</c><00:38:32.780><c> and</c><00:38:33.420><c> we'll</c><00:38:33.679><c> feel</c><00:38:34.159><c> that</c><00:38:34.699><c> we've</c><00:38:35.000><c> got</c><00:38:35.139><c> to</c>

00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:38.280
get<00:38:35.400><c> something</c><00:38:35.699><c> out</c><00:38:35.840><c> of</c><00:38:35.940><c> it.</c><00:38:36.940><c> And,</c><00:38:37.099><c> brothers</c><00:38:37.219><c> and</c><00:38:37.400><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:42.179
the<00:38:38.820><c> readings</c><00:38:39.139><c> must</c><00:38:39.639><c> never,</c><00:38:40.480><c> must</c><00:38:41.019><c> never</c><00:38:41.380><c> just</c><00:38:41.699><c> get</c><00:38:41.880><c> down</c>

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:46.639
to<00:38:42.360><c> the</c><00:38:42.559><c> point</c><00:38:42.780><c> of</c><00:38:43.099><c> reading.</c><00:38:45.079><c> If</c><00:38:45.239><c> that's</c><00:38:45.579><c> the</c><00:38:45.699><c> way</c><00:38:45.840><c> our</c><00:38:46.079><c> readings</c><00:38:46.300><c> go,</c><00:38:46.519><c> we</c>

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:48.159
must<00:38:46.880><c> expect</c><00:38:47.380><c> that</c><00:38:47.579><c> we</c><00:38:47.739><c> are</c><00:38:47.920><c> going</c><00:38:48.039><c> to</c>

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.840
be<00:38:48.360><c> like</c><00:38:48.500><c> people</c><00:38:48.800><c> who</c><00:38:48.960><c> are</c><00:38:49.199><c> trying</c><00:38:49.420><c> to</c><00:38:49.639><c> digest</c><00:38:49.980><c> something</c><00:38:50.320><c> that's</c><00:38:50.599><c> not</c>

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:54.099
chewed<00:38:51.119><c> very</c><00:38:51.340><c> well.</c><00:38:52.860><c> The</c><00:38:53.159><c> idea</c><00:38:53.420><c> is</c><00:38:53.579><c> to</c><00:38:53.800><c> discuss</c>

00:38:54.099 --> 00:38:58.860
the<00:38:54.380><c> readings.</c><00:38:55.420><c> Even</c><00:38:55.739><c> if</c><00:38:55.960><c> we</c><00:38:56.179><c> just</c><00:38:56.420><c> take</c><00:38:56.780><c> one</c><00:38:57.440><c> thing</c><00:38:58.079><c> new</c><00:38:58.400><c> each</c>

00:38:58.860 --> 00:39:01.480
night<00:38:59.280><c> out</c><00:38:59.480><c> of</c><00:38:59.599><c> those</c><00:38:59.900><c> three</c><00:39:00.219><c> readings,</c><00:39:00.800><c> just</c><00:39:01.119><c> one</c>

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:07.099
new<00:39:01.840><c> thing,</c><00:39:02.940><c> just</c><00:39:03.179><c> think</c><00:39:03.360><c> of</c><00:39:03.579><c> how</c><00:39:04.460><c> reinforced</c><00:39:05.159><c> and</c><00:39:05.380><c> how</c><00:39:05.820><c> strengthened</c><00:39:06.119><c> we</c><00:39:06.360><c> would</c><00:39:06.599><c> be</c>

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:11.199
as<00:39:07.599><c> a</c><00:39:07.840><c> family</c><00:39:08.280><c> after</c><00:39:09.059><c> 365</c><00:39:10.039><c> days.</c>

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:16.960
If<00:39:12.300><c> we</c><00:39:12.500><c> can</c><00:39:12.679><c> just</c><00:39:12.960><c> struggle</c><00:39:13.320><c> to</c><00:39:13.579><c> maintain</c><00:39:14.079><c> a</c><00:39:14.559><c> little</c><00:39:15.000><c> each</c><00:39:15.739><c> day,</c><00:39:16.780><c> we</c>

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:19.380
will<00:39:17.219><c> gain</c><00:39:17.500><c> strength,</c><00:39:18.380><c> and</c><00:39:18.579><c> that</c><00:39:18.840><c> strength</c><00:39:19.159><c> will</c>

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:23.519
be<00:39:19.579><c> in</c><00:39:19.679><c> evidence</c><00:39:20.079><c> in</c><00:39:20.780><c> our</c><00:39:21.039><c> families,</c><00:39:22.059><c> in</c><00:39:22.179><c> our</c><00:39:22.340><c> own</c><00:39:22.559><c> lives,</c><00:39:23.400><c> in</c>

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:26.480
our<00:39:23.679><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:24.099><c> life.</c><00:39:24.920><c> It'll</c><00:39:25.179><c> be,</c><00:39:25.440><c> it'll</c><00:39:25.820><c> be</c><00:39:26.059><c> obvious</c>

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:31.280
to<00:39:27.000><c> all</c><00:39:27.179><c> of</c><00:39:27.280><c> us.</c><00:39:29.559><c> Well,</c><00:39:29.679><c> there's</c><00:39:29.900><c> another</c><00:39:30.360><c> point</c><00:39:30.760><c> I'd</c><00:39:31.019><c> like</c><00:39:31.059><c> to</c>

00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:33.619
make<00:39:31.420><c> just</c><00:39:31.659><c> before</c><00:39:32.099><c> we</c><00:39:32.659><c> come</c><00:39:32.780><c> to</c><00:39:32.960><c> the</c><00:39:33.119><c> end,</c><00:39:33.239><c> and</c><00:39:33.360><c> that's</c>

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:39.260
in<00:39:34.039><c> 2</c><00:39:34.380><c> Corinthians</c><00:39:34.900><c> chapter</c><00:39:35.420><c> 6,</c><00:39:36.900><c> the</c><00:39:37.079><c> verse</c><00:39:37.440><c> that</c><00:39:38.440><c> we</c><00:39:38.599><c> use</c><00:39:38.739><c> so</c>

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:42.199
often<00:39:39.599><c> to</c><00:39:40.059><c> counsel</c><00:39:40.460><c> our</c><00:39:40.760><c> young</c><00:39:41.000><c> people</c>

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:45.219
that<00:39:42.659><c> when</c><00:39:42.900><c> they're</c><00:39:43.159><c> choosing</c><00:39:43.440><c> a</c><00:39:43.739><c> partner,</c><00:39:44.500><c> they</c><00:39:44.719><c> had</c><00:39:44.920><c> best</c>

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:47.400
choose<00:39:45.519><c> one</c><00:39:45.920><c> in</c><00:39:46.139><c> the</c><00:39:46.300><c> Lord.</c>

00:39:51.539 --> 00:39:56.059
But<00:39:51.800><c> surely</c><00:39:51.980><c> that</c><00:39:52.280><c> verse,</c><00:39:52.739><c> brothers</c><00:39:52.900><c> and</c><00:39:53.039><c> sisters,</c><00:39:53.440><c> has</c><00:39:53.699><c> a</c><00:39:53.820><c> much</c><00:39:54.420><c> wider,</c><00:39:55.880><c> a</c>

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:57.719
much<00:39:56.300><c> more</c><00:39:56.639><c> significant</c>

00:39:58.099 --> 00:40:01.800
application<00:39:58.679><c> than</c><00:39:59.360><c> just</c><00:39:59.719><c> limiting</c><00:40:00.099><c> it</c><00:40:00.519><c> to</c><00:40:00.739><c> that</c><00:40:01.019><c> one</c><00:40:01.199><c> aspect.</c>

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Verse<00:40:02.400><c> 14,</c><00:40:03.360><c> 2</c><00:40:03.559><c> Corinthians</c><00:40:03.980><c> 6,</c>

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:09.719
Be<00:40:06.039><c> you</c><00:40:06.320><c> not</c><00:40:06.820><c> unequally</c><00:40:07.380><c> yoked</c><00:40:07.699><c> together</c><00:40:08.199><c> with</c><00:40:08.420><c> unbelievers?</c>

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:12.239
For<00:40:10.280><c> what</c><00:40:10.699><c> fellowship</c><00:40:11.239><c> hath</c><00:40:11.559><c> righteousness</c>

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:16.260
with<00:40:12.980><c> unrighteousness?</c><00:40:14.539><c> And</c><00:40:14.820><c> what</c><00:40:15.099><c> communion</c><00:40:15.579><c> hath</c><00:40:15.900><c> light</c>

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:19.719
with<00:40:16.480><c> darkness?</c><00:40:17.860><c> And</c><00:40:18.139><c> what</c><00:40:18.460><c> concord</c><00:40:19.000><c> hath</c><00:40:19.260><c> Christ</c>

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:23.139
with<00:40:19.980><c> Belial?</c><00:40:20.460><c> Or</c><00:40:20.599><c> what</c><00:40:20.920><c> part</c><00:40:21.500><c> hath</c><00:40:21.780><c> he</c><00:40:21.940><c> that</c><00:40:22.239><c> believeth</c><00:40:22.800><c> with</c>

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:27.079
an<00:40:23.400><c> infidel?</c><00:40:25.320><c> Now</c><00:40:25.840><c> we</c><00:40:25.880><c> know</c><00:40:26.139><c> that,</c><00:40:26.719><c> brothers</c><00:40:26.880><c> and</c>

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:30.179
sisters.<00:40:27.980><c> We</c><00:40:28.239><c> know</c><00:40:28.500><c> that.</c><00:40:28.760><c> I'm</c><00:40:28.980><c> sure</c><00:40:29.219><c> that's</c><00:40:29.599><c> not</c><00:40:29.880><c> something</c>

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:33.039
we<00:40:30.400><c> need</c><00:40:30.619><c> to</c><00:40:30.980><c> expound</c><00:40:31.340><c> before</c><00:40:31.719><c> you.</c><00:40:32.800><c> Indeed,</c>

00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:35.880
we<00:40:33.320><c> all</c><00:40:33.659><c> have</c><00:40:33.800><c> an</c><00:40:33.960><c> understanding</c><00:40:34.320><c> of</c><00:40:34.539><c> that</c><00:40:34.780><c> verse,</c><00:40:35.059><c> and</c><00:40:35.199><c> we</c><00:40:35.360><c> know</c><00:40:35.559><c> that</c><00:40:35.739><c> we</c>

00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:37.599
have<00:40:36.000><c> at</c><00:40:36.159><c> least</c><00:40:36.400><c> one</c><00:40:36.699><c> application</c><00:40:37.320><c> for</c>

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:41.159
it<00:40:37.760><c> now,</c><00:40:38.280><c> and</c><00:40:38.559><c> that</c><00:40:38.679><c> is</c><00:40:38.880><c> to</c><00:40:39.139><c> teach</c><00:40:39.320><c> our</c><00:40:39.539><c> young</c><00:40:39.739><c> people,</c><00:40:40.059><c> and</c><00:40:40.440><c> our</c><00:40:40.739><c> not</c><00:40:40.980><c> so</c>

00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:44.300
young<00:40:41.340><c> people</c><00:40:41.800><c> at</c><00:40:42.159><c> times,</c><00:40:43.360><c> that</c><00:40:43.500><c> we</c><00:40:43.739><c> must</c><00:40:44.019><c> not</c>

00:40:44.300 --> 00:40:47.300
be<00:40:44.500><c> unequally</c><00:40:45.039><c> yoked</c><00:40:45.300><c> in</c><00:40:45.480><c> marriage,</c><00:40:46.380><c> that</c><00:40:46.500><c> we</c><00:40:46.659><c> must</c><00:40:46.940><c> marry</c>

00:40:47.300 --> 00:40:50.840
from<00:40:47.599><c> within.</c><00:40:48.760><c> And</c><00:40:49.019><c> where</c><00:40:49.099><c> that</c><00:40:49.300><c> has</c><00:40:49.539><c> not</c><00:40:49.739><c> been</c><00:40:49.980><c> abided</c><00:40:50.360><c> by,</c>

00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:54.320
there<00:40:51.320><c> has</c><00:40:51.659><c> been</c><00:40:52.039><c> the</c><00:40:52.420><c> track</c><00:40:52.599><c> record</c><00:40:52.900><c> of</c><00:40:53.139><c> many</c><00:40:53.340><c> to</c><00:40:53.639><c> show</c><00:40:53.860><c> how</c>

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:56.460
unsuccessful<00:40:55.039><c> and</c><00:40:55.340><c> unsavory</c><00:40:55.980><c> it</c><00:40:56.159><c> is</c>

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:59.880
when<00:40:57.139><c> a</c><00:40:57.360><c> Christadelphian</c><00:40:58.000><c> and</c><00:40:58.280><c> a</c><00:40:58.519><c> non</c><00:40:58.739><c>-Christadelphian</c><00:40:59.500><c> are</c>

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:05.320
married.<00:41:01.820><c> But</c><00:41:02.360><c> look</c><00:41:02.699><c> at</c><00:41:02.800><c> it</c><00:41:02.920><c> this</c><00:41:03.119><c> way.</c><00:41:04.739><c> You</c><00:41:05.000><c> think</c><00:41:05.159><c> of</c>

00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:09.360
the<00:41:05.519><c> world</c><00:41:05.739><c> out</c><00:41:05.920><c> there</c><00:41:06.139><c> looking</c><00:41:06.400><c> at</c><00:41:06.719><c> a</c><00:41:06.920><c> Christadelphian,</c><00:41:08.019><c> whether</c><00:41:08.159><c> that</c><00:41:08.460><c> Christadelphian</c><00:41:09.099><c> is</c>

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.340
married<00:41:09.639><c> or</c><00:41:09.960><c> not,</c>

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:13.719
whether<00:41:10.860><c> that</c><00:41:11.119><c> Christadelphian</c><00:41:11.739><c> is</c><00:41:11.900><c> male</c><00:41:12.139><c> or</c><00:41:12.320><c> female.</c><00:41:13.579><c> The</c>

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:16.719
world<00:41:13.900><c> looks</c><00:41:14.159><c> at</c><00:41:14.340><c> it</c><00:41:14.699><c> maybe</c><00:41:14.940><c> differently</c><00:41:15.360><c> than</c><00:41:15.539><c> we</c><00:41:15.800><c> do,</c>

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:18.940
and<00:41:17.119><c> they</c><00:41:17.280><c> look</c><00:41:17.420><c> at</c><00:41:17.599><c> us</c><00:41:17.739><c> and</c><00:41:17.860><c> they</c><00:41:18.039><c> say,</c><00:41:18.280><c> well,</c><00:41:18.420><c> now</c><00:41:18.519><c> there's</c><00:41:18.760><c> a</c>

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:21.519
person<00:41:19.500><c> that's</c><00:41:20.179><c> conscientious.</c>

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:26.579
There's<00:41:22.480><c> a</c><00:41:22.639><c> person</c><00:41:22.840><c> that</c><00:41:23.039><c> likes</c><00:41:23.159><c> to</c><00:41:23.380><c> put</c><00:41:23.480><c> in</c><00:41:23.639><c> a</c><00:41:23.760><c> good</c><00:41:23.900><c> day</c><00:41:24.079><c> of</c><00:41:24.320><c> work.</c><00:41:26.099><c> There's</c><00:41:26.440><c> a</c>

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:27.659
person,<00:41:26.840><c> as</c><00:41:27.079><c> far</c><00:41:27.219><c> as</c><00:41:27.360><c> we</c><00:41:27.519><c> know,</c>

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:31.320
has<00:41:28.019><c> really</c><00:41:28.420><c> high</c><00:41:28.719><c> moral</c><00:41:29.039><c> values,</c><00:41:30.239><c> and</c><00:41:30.559><c> they're</c><00:41:30.719><c> not</c><00:41:30.960><c> likely</c>

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:34.400
to<00:41:31.599><c> embarrass</c><00:41:32.079><c> the</c><00:41:32.380><c> company</c><00:41:32.800><c> in</c><00:41:33.119><c> what</c><00:41:33.280><c> they</c><00:41:33.539><c> do.</c>

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:38.780
Here's<00:41:35.179><c> a</c><00:41:35.300><c> person</c><00:41:35.659><c> who</c><00:41:35.840><c> is</c><00:41:36.039><c> here</c><00:41:36.280><c> on</c><00:41:36.639><c> time</c><00:41:36.940><c> every</c><00:41:37.380><c> single</c><00:41:37.800><c> day.</c>

00:41:38.820 --> 00:41:41.780
Here's<00:41:39.079><c> a</c><00:41:39.199><c> person</c><00:41:39.440><c> that</c><00:41:39.639><c> doesn't</c><00:41:39.860><c> leave</c><00:41:40.119><c> until</c><00:41:40.400><c> the</c><00:41:40.579><c> day</c><00:41:40.699><c> is</c><00:41:40.940><c> over.</c>

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:45.179
Here's<00:41:42.739><c> a</c><00:41:42.900><c> person</c><00:41:43.119><c> that's</c><00:41:43.360><c> never</c><00:41:43.619><c> been</c><00:41:43.960><c> caught</c><00:41:44.360><c> purloining,</c>

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:48.320
taking<00:41:45.820><c> things</c><00:41:46.199><c> of</c><00:41:46.500><c> small</c><00:41:46.760><c> value</c><00:41:47.099><c> from</c><00:41:47.280><c> the</c><00:41:47.500><c> company.</c>

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:53.860
Here's<00:41:49.739><c> a</c><00:41:49.900><c> person</c><00:41:50.179><c> who,</c><00:41:50.960><c> it</c><00:41:51.460><c> would</c><00:41:51.659><c> seem,</c><00:41:53.239><c> would</c><00:41:53.300><c> be</c><00:41:53.559><c> a</c><00:41:53.679><c> good</c>

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:56.760
person<00:41:54.340><c> to</c><00:41:54.639><c> advance</c><00:41:55.320><c> in</c><00:41:55.659><c> the</c><00:41:55.880><c> company.</c>

00:41:57.380 --> 00:42:00.860
Here's<00:41:57.880><c> a</c><00:41:58.039><c> person</c><00:41:58.300><c> who</c><00:41:58.440><c> would</c><00:41:58.599><c> be</c><00:41:58.760><c> a</c><00:41:58.980><c> good</c><00:41:59.380><c> business</c><00:41:59.860><c> partner.</c>

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:06.480
Here's<00:42:02.380><c> a</c><00:42:02.579><c> person</c><00:42:02.900><c> that</c><00:42:03.139><c> we</c><00:42:03.400><c> should</c><00:42:03.639><c> engage</c><00:42:04.519><c> in</c><00:42:05.079><c> our</c><00:42:05.360><c> society,</c>

00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:08.199
and<00:42:06.800><c> if</c><00:42:07.179><c> we</c><00:42:07.360><c> could</c><00:42:07.500><c> get</c><00:42:07.679><c> them</c><00:42:07.800><c> in</c><00:42:07.980><c> the</c>

00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:12.079
administration<00:42:08.780><c> of</c><00:42:09.000><c> our</c><00:42:09.219><c> society,</c><00:42:09.940><c> think</c><00:42:10.119><c> of</c><00:42:10.260><c> how</c><00:42:10.440><c> much</c><00:42:10.719><c> better</c><00:42:11.000><c> it</c><00:42:11.159><c> would</c><00:42:11.380><c> be.</c><00:42:11.659><c> They're</c><00:42:11.920><c> a</c>

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:12.820
real<00:42:12.340><c> good</c><00:42:12.579><c> living</c>

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:17.820
person.<00:42:14.019><c> We,</c><00:42:14.480><c> I</c><00:42:14.719><c> think,</c><00:42:15.920><c> are</c><00:42:16.179><c> very</c><00:42:16.519><c> attractive</c><00:42:17.159><c> to</c><00:42:17.460><c> the</c><00:42:17.639><c> world</c>

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:20.440
out<00:42:18.039><c> there</c><00:42:18.519><c> because</c><00:42:19.019><c> of</c><00:42:19.219><c> the</c><00:42:19.460><c> value</c><00:42:19.820><c> systems</c><00:42:20.239><c> that</c>

00:42:20.440 --> 00:42:23.940
are<00:42:20.519><c> out</c><00:42:20.739><c> there,</c><00:42:21.320><c> and</c><00:42:21.579><c> they</c><00:42:21.820><c> see</c><00:42:21.960><c> a</c><00:42:22.119><c> Christadelphian</c><00:42:22.840><c> as</c><00:42:23.159><c> something</c><00:42:23.659><c> that</c>

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:25.280
they<00:42:24.360><c> want.</c>

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:30.139
Now,<00:42:27.780><c> how</c><00:42:27.900><c> do</c><00:42:28.019><c> we</c><00:42:28.159><c> deal</c><00:42:28.360><c> with</c><00:42:28.559><c> that?</c><00:42:29.340><c> When</c><00:42:29.500><c> you're</c><00:42:29.780><c> called</c><00:42:29.960><c> in</c>

00:42:30.139 --> 00:42:33.159
by<00:42:30.320><c> the</c><00:42:30.500><c> boss</c><00:42:30.760><c> and</c><00:42:30.940><c> the</c><00:42:31.099><c> boss</c><00:42:31.360><c> offers</c><00:42:31.699><c> you</c><00:42:31.920><c> a</c><00:42:32.019><c> new</c><00:42:32.219><c> job,</c>

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:39.099
more<00:42:33.699><c> pay</c><00:42:34.139><c> that</c><00:42:35.539><c> has</c><00:42:35.780><c> maybe</c><00:42:36.079><c> more</c><00:42:36.639><c> advantages</c><00:42:37.159><c> in</c><00:42:37.599><c> various</c><00:42:37.820><c> ways,</c><00:42:38.840><c> we</c>

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:40.420
have<00:42:39.260><c> to</c><00:42:39.360><c> be</c><00:42:39.460><c> very</c><00:42:39.880><c> careful</c>

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:43.579
because<00:42:41.219><c> those</c><00:42:41.619><c> kinds</c><00:42:41.880><c> of</c><00:42:42.119><c> temptations</c><00:42:42.739><c> may</c><00:42:42.940><c> be</c><00:42:43.079><c> more</c><00:42:43.360><c> common</c>

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:50.099
to<00:42:43.840><c> us</c><00:42:44.320><c> than</c><00:42:44.780><c> they</c><00:42:45.000><c> are</c><00:42:45.139><c> to</c><00:42:45.400><c> others</c><00:42:45.599><c> of</c><00:42:45.800><c> our</c>

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:54.019
fellow.<00:42:51.679><c> One</c><00:42:52.019><c> of</c><00:42:52.099><c> the</c><00:42:52.320><c> things</c><00:42:52.539><c> that</c><00:42:52.760><c> they</c><00:42:52.920><c> may</c><00:42:53.159><c> know</c><00:42:53.460><c> before</c>

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:56.300
we<00:42:54.400><c> ever</c><00:42:54.840><c> tell</c><00:42:55.039><c> them</c><00:42:55.219><c> or</c><00:42:55.400><c> before</c><00:42:55.599><c> we</c><00:42:55.699><c> get</c><00:42:55.880><c> engaged</c>

00:42:56.300 --> 00:42:58.559
is<00:42:56.539><c> the</c><00:42:56.719><c> fact</c><00:42:56.920><c> that</c><00:42:57.099><c> Christadelphians</c><00:42:57.699><c> don't</c><00:42:58.019><c> take</c><00:42:58.260><c> people</c>

00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:02.159
to<00:42:58.800><c> law.</c><00:43:00.599><c> Now,</c><00:43:00.800><c> can</c><00:43:00.920><c> you</c><00:43:01.099><c> imagine</c><00:43:01.500><c> how</c><00:43:01.800><c> people</c>

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:05.880
would<00:43:02.539><c> love</c><00:43:02.780><c> to</c><00:43:03.039><c> have</c><00:43:03.159><c> us</c><00:43:03.400><c> as</c><00:43:03.579><c> a</c><00:43:03.820><c> business</c><00:43:04.219><c> associate,</c><00:43:05.300><c> knowing</c><00:43:05.579><c> that</c>

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:08.260
we<00:43:06.179><c> will</c><00:43:06.440><c> not</c><00:43:06.719><c> take</c><00:43:06.900><c> them</c><00:43:07.119><c> to</c><00:43:07.360><c> law?</c>

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:12.840
We've<00:43:09.860><c> got</c><00:43:09.920><c> to</c><00:43:10.019><c> be</c><00:43:10.119><c> very</c><00:43:10.519><c> careful,</c><00:43:11.659><c> lest</c><00:43:11.719><c> we're</c><00:43:12.059><c> dragged</c><00:43:12.360><c> into</c>

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:15.980
various<00:43:13.300><c> things</c><00:43:14.079><c> because</c><00:43:14.920><c> the</c><00:43:15.179><c> world</c><00:43:15.400><c> sees</c><00:43:15.719><c> the</c>

00:43:15.980 --> 00:43:19.739
advantage<00:43:16.440><c> of</c><00:43:16.659><c> having</c><00:43:16.900><c> us</c><00:43:17.539><c> and</c><00:43:18.000><c> makes</c><00:43:18.239><c> a</c><00:43:18.500><c> very,</c><00:43:18.920><c> very</c><00:43:19.340><c> tasty</c>

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:24.400
offer<00:43:20.099><c> to</c><00:43:20.380><c> us.</c><00:43:21.679><c> But</c><00:43:21.940><c> really,</c><00:43:23.659><c> it's</c><00:43:23.920><c> being</c><00:43:24.179><c> on</c>

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:28.579
equally<00:43:24.679><c> yoke</c><00:43:24.900><c> with</c><00:43:25.159><c> unbelievers.</c><00:43:27.139><c> We</c><00:43:27.420><c> have</c><00:43:27.639><c> got</c><00:43:27.840><c> so</c><00:43:28.179><c> much</c><00:43:28.340><c> to</c>

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:29.980
do<00:43:28.679><c> in</c><00:43:28.840><c> the</c><00:43:29.059><c> truth,</c><00:43:29.360><c> brethren</c><00:43:29.539><c> and</c><00:43:29.739><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:36.940
We<00:43:30.219><c> can't</c><00:43:30.539><c> afford</c><00:43:31.099><c> to</c><00:43:31.480><c> be</c><00:43:31.679><c> going</c><00:43:31.900><c> on</c><00:43:32.239><c> new</c><00:43:32.780><c> risky</c><00:43:33.579><c> business</c><00:43:34.179><c> ventures</c><00:43:34.619><c> with</c><00:43:34.900><c> unbelievers.</c><00:43:36.679><c> We</c>

00:43:36.940 --> 00:43:37.780
have<00:43:37.219><c> track</c><00:43:37.500><c> records</c>

00:43:37.780 --> 00:43:42.940
of<00:43:38.039><c> that</c><00:43:38.219><c> in</c><00:43:38.380><c> the</c><00:43:38.579><c> truth</c><00:43:38.739><c> as</c><00:43:39.019><c> well</c><00:43:39.219><c> to</c><00:43:39.420><c> remind</c><00:43:39.739><c> us</c><00:43:40.360><c> of</c><00:43:40.599><c> how</c><00:43:41.039><c> unsuccessful</c><00:43:42.380><c> and</c>

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:45.400
how<00:43:43.300><c> unsavory</c><00:43:44.019><c> they</c><00:43:44.360><c> have</c><00:43:44.559><c> turned</c><00:43:44.860><c> out</c>

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:48.960
at<00:43:45.780><c> times.</c><00:43:47.019><c> And</c><00:43:47.239><c> whether</c><00:43:47.340><c> they</c><00:43:47.579><c> turned</c><00:43:47.719><c> out</c><00:43:48.039><c> successful</c><00:43:48.699><c> from</c>

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:50.420
the<00:43:49.139><c> world</c><00:43:49.380><c> standard,</c>

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:54.460
we<00:43:51.119><c> wonder</c><00:43:51.420><c> how</c><00:43:51.880><c> successful</c><00:43:52.440><c> they</c><00:43:52.760><c> were</c><00:43:52.920><c> from</c><00:43:53.139><c> the</c><00:43:53.360><c> truth</c><00:43:53.519><c> standard.</c>

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:59.019
We<00:43:56.219><c> see</c><00:43:56.480><c> the</c><00:43:56.719><c> world</c><00:43:57.119><c> in</c><00:43:57.739><c> different</c><00:43:58.039><c> eyes,</c><00:43:58.500><c> I</c><00:43:58.519><c> hope,</c><00:43:58.900><c> brethren</c>

00:43:59.019 --> 00:44:00.880
and<00:43:59.179><c> sisters.</c><00:43:59.500><c> We</c><00:43:59.659><c> must</c><00:43:59.920><c> know</c><00:44:00.260><c> the</c><00:44:00.440><c> reason</c>

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:08.000
why<00:44:01.340><c> we</c><00:44:01.579><c> don't</c><00:44:01.800><c> sit</c><00:44:02.039><c> on</c><00:44:02.219><c> a</c><00:44:02.440><c> jury</c><00:44:02.780><c> with</c><00:44:03.099><c> the</c><00:44:03.280><c> world.</c><00:44:04.440><c> We</c><00:44:04.619><c> must</c><00:44:04.880><c> understand</c><00:44:05.639><c> that</c><00:44:06.340><c> the</c><00:44:06.599><c> rules</c><00:44:06.820><c> that</c><00:44:07.079><c> we're</c><00:44:07.380><c> governed</c><00:44:07.699><c> by</c>

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the<00:44:08.139><c> Lord</c><00:44:08.440><c> Jesus</c><00:44:08.980><c> Christ</c><00:44:09.519><c> are</c><00:44:10.519><c> rules</c><00:44:10.820><c> of</c><00:44:11.099><c> mercy</c><00:44:11.539><c> and</c><00:44:11.980><c> rules</c><00:44:12.260><c> of</c>

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forgiveness.<00:44:14.159><c> We</c><00:44:14.360><c> do</c><00:44:14.599><c> not</c><00:44:14.780><c> have</c><00:44:14.940><c> the</c><00:44:15.239><c> power,</c>

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:18.900
we<00:44:15.639><c> do</c><00:44:15.860><c> not</c><00:44:16.019><c> have</c><00:44:16.199><c> the</c><00:44:16.460><c> authority</c><00:44:16.800><c> to</c><00:44:17.079><c> condemn</c><00:44:17.380><c> anyone</c><00:44:18.099><c> while</c>

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:21.519
we<00:44:19.199><c> are</c><00:44:19.539><c> under</c><00:44:20.000><c> the</c><00:44:20.199><c> law</c><00:44:20.440><c> and</c><00:44:20.659><c> the</c><00:44:20.780><c> rule</c><00:44:20.880><c> of</c><00:44:21.179><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:25.980
We<00:44:22.239><c> have</c><00:44:22.440><c> no</c><00:44:22.679><c> partnership</c><00:44:23.300><c> with</c><00:44:23.519><c> these</c><00:44:23.780><c> people</c><00:44:24.639><c> when</c><00:44:25.219><c> we</c><00:44:25.400><c> consider</c><00:44:25.719><c> the</c>

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unions<00:44:26.280><c> that</c><00:44:26.460><c> are</c><00:44:26.559><c> out</c><00:44:26.780><c> there,</c>

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and<00:44:28.039><c> these</c><00:44:28.460><c> so</c><00:44:28.780><c>-called</c><00:44:29.099><c> democratic</c><00:44:29.880><c> unions,</c><00:44:31.460><c> where</c><00:44:31.579><c> once</c><00:44:31.800><c> you</c>

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become<00:44:32.260><c> a</c><00:44:32.400><c> member</c><00:44:32.579><c> of</c><00:44:32.780><c> the</c><00:44:32.960><c> union,</c>

00:44:33.219 --> 00:44:37.519
even<00:44:33.519><c> though</c><00:44:33.880><c> you</c><00:44:34.099><c> don't</c><00:44:34.500><c> vote</c><00:44:35.059><c> or</c><00:44:36.000><c> even</c><00:44:36.260><c> though</c><00:44:36.480><c> you</c><00:44:36.739><c> do</c><00:44:37.019><c> vote</c>

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because<00:44:38.280><c> it's</c><00:44:38.599><c> democratic,</c>

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you<00:44:40.000><c> submit</c><00:44:40.579><c> to</c><00:44:40.960><c> the</c><00:44:41.199><c> majority</c><00:44:41.699><c> vote.</c><00:44:43.760><c> And</c><00:44:43.980><c> if</c><00:44:44.139><c> your</c><00:44:44.440><c> brother</c>

00:44:44.699 --> 00:44:47.559
or<00:44:44.980><c> your</c><00:44:45.219><c> sister</c><00:44:45.579><c> are</c><00:44:45.940><c> a</c><00:44:46.099><c> member</c><00:44:46.320><c> of</c><00:44:46.519><c> a</c><00:44:46.659><c> union</c>

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and<00:44:48.019><c> your</c><00:44:48.280><c> union</c><00:44:48.619><c> decides</c><00:44:49.079><c> to</c><00:44:49.300><c> go</c><00:44:49.460><c> on</c><00:44:49.780><c> strike</c><00:44:50.000><c> but</c><00:44:50.199><c> you</c><00:44:50.440><c> voted</c>

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against<00:44:51.019><c> it,</c><00:44:51.300><c> you</c><00:44:51.619><c> have</c><00:44:51.840><c> by</c><00:44:52.159><c> joining</c><00:44:52.480><c> that</c><00:44:52.880><c> union</c>

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give<00:44:54.079><c> your</c><00:44:54.400><c> vote</c><00:44:54.559><c> over</c><00:44:54.820><c> to</c><00:44:54.980><c> the</c><00:44:55.119><c> major</c><00:44:55.360><c> consent.</c><00:44:57.360><c> That's</c><00:44:57.679><c> not</c>

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part<00:44:57.960><c> of</c><00:44:58.119><c> our</c><00:44:58.260><c> life.</c><00:44:59.559><c> We</c><00:44:59.840><c> have</c><00:45:00.139><c> no</c><00:45:00.699><c> part</c><00:45:01.119><c> with</c>

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believers<00:45:02.059><c> in</c><00:45:02.340><c> these</c><00:45:02.619><c> things,</c><00:45:03.599><c> which</c><00:45:03.880><c> lead</c><00:45:04.159><c> to</c><00:45:04.420><c> violence,</c><00:45:05.460><c> which</c><00:45:05.659><c> lead</c><00:45:05.940><c> to</c>

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the<00:45:06.699><c> reviling,</c>

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which<00:45:08.079><c> lead</c><00:45:08.320><c> to</c><00:45:08.539><c> the</c><00:45:08.860><c> threatening,</c><00:45:09.760><c> which</c><00:45:10.019><c> our</c><00:45:10.320><c> Lord</c><00:45:10.559><c> showed</c>

00:45:10.840 --> 00:45:13.320
us<00:45:11.119><c> should</c><00:45:11.320><c> not</c><00:45:11.659><c> be</c><00:45:11.880><c> part</c><00:45:12.099><c> of</c><00:45:12.239><c> our</c><00:45:12.400><c> life.</c>

00:45:13.960 --> 00:45:17.300
To<00:45:14.300><c> follow</c><00:45:14.460><c> the</c><00:45:14.719><c> Lord</c><00:45:14.940><c> means</c><00:45:15.360><c> that</c><00:45:15.559><c> we've</c><00:45:15.760><c> got</c><00:45:15.880><c> to</c><00:45:16.079><c> carry</c><00:45:16.300><c> these</c><00:45:16.659><c> things</c><00:45:16.880><c> out</c>

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:21.940
in<00:45:17.619><c> the</c><00:45:17.880><c> details</c><00:45:18.420><c> that</c><00:45:19.079><c> keep</c><00:45:19.320><c> ourselves</c><00:45:19.960><c> unspotted</c><00:45:20.699><c> from</c><00:45:20.940><c> the</c><00:45:21.139><c> world.</c>

00:45:22.820 --> 00:45:25.719
In<00:45:23.079><c> conclusion,</c><00:45:23.699><c> brethren</c><00:45:23.800><c> and</c><00:45:23.980><c> sisters,</c><00:45:24.340><c> just</c><00:45:24.579><c> remember</c><00:45:24.940><c> this.</c>

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:33.179
It<00:45:27.159><c> may</c><00:45:27.760><c> be,</c><00:45:28.119><c> and</c><00:45:28.380><c> it's</c><00:45:28.559><c> quite</c><00:45:29.000><c> natural</c><00:45:29.519><c> for</c><00:45:29.739><c> us</c><00:45:29.960><c> to</c><00:45:30.199><c> think,</c><00:45:31.460><c> that</c><00:45:31.679><c> won't</c><00:45:31.860><c> happen</c><00:45:32.099><c> to</c><00:45:32.300><c> me.</c>

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We<00:45:34.780><c> know</c><00:45:35.380><c> the</c><00:45:35.860><c> apostle</c><00:45:36.280><c> Paul</c><00:45:36.699><c> wrote</c><00:45:37.119><c> a</c><00:45:37.340><c> verse</c><00:45:37.820><c> in</c><00:45:38.139><c> 1</c><00:45:38.420><c> Corinthians</c><00:45:38.880><c> 10</c><00:45:39.380><c> just</c>

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for<00:45:40.000><c> people</c><00:45:40.360><c> who</c><00:45:40.619><c> said</c><00:45:40.739><c> that.</c>

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:47.940
That<00:45:43.340><c> him</c><00:45:43.880><c> who</c><00:45:44.699><c> thinketh</c><00:45:45.179><c> he</c><00:45:45.619><c> standeth</c><00:45:46.360><c> take</c><00:45:47.039><c> heed</c><00:45:47.320><c> lest</c><00:45:47.619><c> he</c>

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:50.500
fall.<00:45:48.579><c> Why</c><00:45:48.960><c> did</c><00:45:49.099><c> he</c><00:45:49.280><c> write</c><00:45:49.480><c> that?</c>

00:45:50.539 --> 00:45:54.059
Because<00:45:50.940><c> the</c><00:45:51.280><c> history</c><00:45:51.920><c> of</c><00:45:52.280><c> Old</c><00:45:52.559><c> Testament</c><00:45:53.019><c> people</c><00:45:53.480><c> attested</c>

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to<00:45:54.280><c> the</c><00:45:54.559><c> truth</c><00:45:54.760><c> of</c><00:45:54.940><c> it.</c>

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:58.739
Who<00:45:56.099><c> was</c><00:45:56.340><c> the</c><00:45:56.480><c> person</c><00:45:56.900><c> who</c><00:45:57.139><c> wrote</c><00:45:57.400><c> the</c><00:45:57.699><c> Proverbs</c><00:45:58.139><c> and</c><00:45:58.420><c> said</c>

00:45:58.739 --> 00:46:00.000
that,<00:45:59.139><c> young</c><00:45:59.219><c> man,</c>

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:06.000
be<00:46:02.019><c> careful</c><00:46:02.500><c> for</c><00:46:02.800><c> the</c><00:46:03.019><c> woman</c><00:46:03.539><c> who</c><00:46:03.960><c> will</c><00:46:04.239><c> take</c><00:46:04.460><c> you</c><00:46:04.659><c> with</c><00:46:04.820><c> her</c><00:46:05.059><c> eyelids?</c>

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Who<00:46:08.320><c> was</c><00:46:08.579><c> the</c><00:46:08.780><c> man</c><00:46:08.980><c> who</c><00:46:09.219><c> wrote</c><00:46:09.420><c> over</c><00:46:09.760><c> and</c><00:46:09.820><c> over</c><00:46:10.119><c> again</c><00:46:10.480><c> in</c>

00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:11.659
those<00:46:11.000><c> Proverbs</c>

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:15.300
that<00:46:12.460><c> young</c><00:46:12.800><c> men</c><00:46:13.079><c> should</c><00:46:13.360><c> beware</c><00:46:13.960><c> lest</c><00:46:14.300><c> they</c><00:46:14.539><c> fall</c><00:46:14.800><c> into</c><00:46:15.079><c> the</c>

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net<00:46:15.519><c> of</c><00:46:15.780><c> the</c><00:46:16.000><c> evil</c><00:46:16.199><c> woman?</c>

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The<00:46:18.000><c> same</c><00:46:18.260><c> man</c><00:46:18.719><c> that</c><00:46:19.079><c> fell</c><00:46:19.260><c> into</c><00:46:19.619><c> the</c><00:46:19.780><c> net</c><00:46:20.079><c> of</c><00:46:20.440><c> evil</c><00:46:20.659><c> women.</c>

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:27.460
Samuel,<00:46:24.820><c> who</c><00:46:25.039><c> was</c><00:46:25.679><c> one</c><00:46:26.039><c> of</c><00:46:26.159><c> the</c><00:46:26.400><c> greatest</c><00:46:26.699><c> seers,</c><00:46:27.079><c> we</c><00:46:27.260><c> might</c>

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:30.300
say,<00:46:27.760><c> in</c><00:46:27.920><c> prophets</c><00:46:28.260><c> of</c><00:46:28.500><c> the</c><00:46:28.719><c> Old,</c><00:46:29.019><c> Old</c><00:46:29.280><c> Testament,</c>

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:33.480
was<00:46:30.719><c> a</c><00:46:30.940><c> person</c><00:46:31.179><c> who</c><00:46:31.420><c> came</c><00:46:31.559><c> on</c><00:46:31.840><c> the</c><00:46:32.059><c> scene</c><00:46:32.219><c> when</c><00:46:32.519><c> Eli's</c><00:46:33.280><c> sons</c>

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were<00:46:33.739><c> very</c><00:46:34.139><c> wicked.</c>

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And<00:46:36.059><c> Samuel</c><00:46:36.280><c> was</c><00:46:36.559><c> held</c><00:46:36.699><c> up</c><00:46:36.920><c> as</c><00:46:37.099><c> a</c><00:46:37.420><c> good</c><00:46:37.599><c> man</c><00:46:37.980><c> in</c><00:46:38.179><c> the</c><00:46:38.360><c> Scriptures.</c><00:46:40.739><c> His</c><00:46:41.079><c> sons</c>

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were<00:46:41.539><c> very</c><00:46:41.880><c> wicked.</c>

00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:46.539
The<00:46:44.579><c> teaching</c><00:46:44.760><c> of</c><00:46:45.019><c> the</c><00:46:45.219><c> Scriptures,</c><00:46:45.820><c> brethren</c><00:46:46.000><c> and</c><00:46:46.219><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:46.739 --> 00:46:49.239
is<00:46:46.900><c> that</c><00:46:47.119><c> him</c><00:46:47.539><c> who</c><00:46:47.900><c> thinketh</c><00:46:48.360><c> he</c><00:46:48.699><c> standeth</c>

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take<00:46:49.920><c> heed</c><00:46:50.239><c> lest</c><00:46:50.539><c> he</c><00:46:50.820><c> fall.</c><00:46:51.559><c> Let's</c><00:46:51.980><c> review</c><00:46:52.420><c> this</c><00:46:52.840><c> week</c><00:46:53.099><c> as</c><00:46:53.599><c> we</c>

00:46:53.760 --> 00:46:56.340
have<00:46:54.000><c> time</c><00:46:54.260><c> to</c><00:46:54.500><c> meditate</c><00:46:54.920><c> and</c><00:46:55.320><c> discuss</c><00:46:55.699><c> together</c>

00:46:56.340 --> 00:47:00.179
the<00:46:56.960><c> levels</c><00:46:57.280><c> of</c><00:46:57.539><c> our</c><00:46:57.780><c> commitment</c><00:46:58.260><c> and</c><00:46:58.980><c> our</c><00:46:59.320><c> separation</c><00:46:59.840><c> from</c>

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:04.420
the<00:47:00.460><c> affairs</c><00:47:00.880><c> of</c><00:47:01.380><c> civilian</c><00:47:01.739><c> life.</c><00:47:02.719><c> Thank</c><00:47:03.019><c> you.</c>