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Now,<00:10:44.539><c> many</c><00:10:44.820><c> of</c><00:10:44.960><c> you</c><00:10:45.059><c> might</c><00:10:45.240><c> know</c><00:10:45.480><c> a</c><00:10:45.539><c> little</c><00:10:45.820><c> bit</c><00:10:45.980><c> about</c><00:10:46.580><c> Titus.</c>

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If<00:10:49.740><c> you</c><00:10:49.879><c> take</c><00:10:50.100><c> your</c><00:10:50.340><c> concordance</c><00:10:50.840><c> out</c><00:10:50.940><c> sometime</c><00:10:51.419><c> and</c><00:10:51.899><c> have</c><00:10:52.139><c> a</c>

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look<00:10:52.399><c> at</c><00:10:52.779><c> where</c><00:10:53.059><c> Titus</c><00:10:53.460><c> is</c><00:10:53.740><c> mentioned,</c>

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you'll<00:10:54.799><c> find</c><00:10:54.940><c> every</c><00:10:55.179><c> time</c><00:10:55.360><c> that</c><00:10:55.500><c> he's</c><00:10:55.779><c> mentioned,</c><00:10:56.200><c> first</c><00:10:56.460><c> of</c>

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all,<00:10:56.700><c> he's</c><00:10:57.019><c> a</c><00:10:57.159><c> Gentile.</c><00:10:57.659><c> He's</c><00:10:57.799><c> a</c><00:10:57.960><c> Greek.</c>

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He's<00:10:59.080><c> not</c><00:10:59.279><c> somebody</c><00:10:59.580><c> who</c><00:10:59.759><c> is</c><00:11:00.360><c> Jewish</c><00:11:00.759><c> in</c><00:11:01.000><c> his</c><00:11:01.240><c> origin.</c><00:11:02.720><c> He,</c><00:11:03.220><c> together</c><00:11:03.559><c> with</c><00:11:03.799><c> Timothy,</c><00:11:05.620><c> would</c><00:11:05.799><c> seem</c><00:11:06.059><c> to</c><00:11:06.259><c> have</c>

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been<00:11:06.500><c> a</c><00:11:06.779><c> young</c><00:11:06.980><c> man</c><00:11:07.620><c> that</c><00:11:08.240><c> was</c><00:11:08.519><c> under</c><00:11:08.940><c> the</c><00:11:09.840><c> guidance,</c><00:11:10.580><c> the</c><00:11:10.820><c> instruction,</c><00:11:11.500><c> the</c>

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tutelage<00:11:12.720><c> of</c><00:11:13.139><c> the</c><00:11:13.320><c> Apostle</c><00:11:13.720><c> Paul.</c>

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In<00:11:14.860><c> other</c><00:11:15.139><c> words,</c><00:11:16.220><c> mature</c><00:11:16.480><c> elderly</c><00:11:17.200><c> brother</c><00:11:17.600><c> Paul</c><00:11:18.159><c> was</c><00:11:19.059><c> developing</c><00:11:19.720><c> a</c><00:11:20.059><c> younger</c><00:11:20.480><c> man</c>

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underneath<00:11:21.379><c> him</c>

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who<00:11:22.480><c> would</c><00:11:22.720><c> be</c><00:11:23.000><c> able</c><00:11:23.279><c> to</c><00:11:23.679><c> labor</c><00:11:24.039><c> to</c><00:11:24.360><c> keep</c><00:11:24.639><c> the</c><00:11:24.879><c> Ecclesias</c><00:11:25.480><c> alive.</c><00:11:27.360><c> Now,</c>

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Titus<00:11:27.899><c> was</c><00:11:28.080><c> unlike</c><00:11:28.419><c> Timothy.</c><00:11:28.899><c> Timothy</c>

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seems<00:11:29.539><c> to</c><00:11:29.799><c> have</c><00:11:29.899><c> been</c><00:11:30.000><c> a</c><00:11:30.200><c> man</c><00:11:30.379><c> who</c><00:11:31.460><c> was</c><00:11:32.019><c> a</c><00:11:32.179><c> little</c><00:11:32.419><c> bit</c><00:11:33.159><c> more</c><00:11:33.779><c> in</c>

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need<00:11:34.259><c> of</c><00:11:34.720><c> encouragement,</c><00:11:36.220><c> direction,</c>

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strengthening<00:11:39.259><c> than</c><00:11:39.820><c> Titus</c><00:11:40.440><c> was.</c><00:11:41.559><c> If</c><00:11:41.700><c> you</c><00:11:41.820><c> look</c><00:11:41.960><c> at</c><00:11:42.100><c> the</c><00:11:42.240><c> two</c>

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men<00:11:42.899><c> as</c><00:11:43.159><c> brethren</c><00:11:43.620><c> and</c><00:11:44.080><c> Paul</c><00:11:44.320><c> as</c><00:11:44.500><c> their</c><00:11:44.720><c> father,</c>

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Titus<00:11:46.080><c> is</c><00:11:46.240><c> the</c><00:11:46.399><c> older</c><00:11:46.659><c> brother.</c><00:11:47.940><c> He's</c><00:11:48.419><c> a</c><00:11:48.600><c> man</c><00:11:48.860><c> who</c><00:11:49.419><c> has</c><00:11:49.659><c> a</c><00:11:49.940><c> stronger</c><00:11:50.399><c> character.</c><00:11:51.720><c> He</c><00:11:51.720><c> has</c><00:11:51.879><c> a</c>

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stronger<00:11:52.299><c> personality.</c>

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He<00:11:52.980><c> doesn't</c><00:11:53.179><c> put</c><00:11:53.399><c> up</c><00:11:53.500><c> with</c><00:11:53.679><c> any</c><00:11:53.899><c> nonsense.</c><00:11:54.820><c> When</c><00:11:54.960><c> you</c><00:11:55.059><c> read</c><00:11:55.240><c> about</c><00:11:55.440><c> him</c><00:11:55.639><c> throughout</c><00:11:55.919><c> Corinthians,</c><00:11:57.019><c> he</c><00:11:57.159><c> is,</c>

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as<00:11:58.220><c> Steve</c><00:11:58.600><c> Cheatham</c><00:11:58.940><c> has</c><00:11:59.240><c> called</c><00:11:59.460><c> him,</c><00:12:00.159><c> the</c><00:12:00.500><c> enforcer</c><00:12:01.399><c> that</c>

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is<00:12:01.960><c> sent</c><00:12:02.240><c> out</c><00:12:02.659><c> by</c><00:12:03.059><c> Paul</c><00:12:03.500><c> to</c><00:12:03.899><c> enforce</c><00:12:04.539><c> the</c><00:12:04.820><c> principles</c><00:12:05.159><c> of</c>

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truth,<00:12:06.179><c> to</c><00:12:06.379><c> take</c><00:12:06.580><c> an</c><00:12:06.860><c> unruly</c><00:12:07.419><c> Ecclesia</c><00:12:07.759><c> and</c><00:12:07.940><c> to</c><00:12:08.220><c> pull</c><00:12:08.320><c> it</c><00:12:08.519><c> into</c>

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line<00:12:09.120><c> so</c><00:12:09.360><c> that</c><00:12:10.379><c> the</c><00:12:10.840><c> doctrines</c><00:12:11.519><c> and</c><00:12:12.000><c> the</c><00:12:12.240><c> behavior</c>

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of<00:12:12.860><c> that</c><00:12:13.080><c> Ecclesia</c><00:12:13.820><c> are</c><00:12:14.299><c> brought</c><00:12:14.600><c> in</c><00:12:14.980><c> line</c><00:12:15.179><c> with</c><00:12:15.399><c> the</c><00:12:15.700><c> principles</c><00:12:16.159><c> that</c>

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these<00:12:16.779><c> people</c><00:12:17.080><c> had</c><00:12:17.299><c> originally</c><00:12:17.659><c> been</c>

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taught.<00:12:19.539><c> Timothy</c><00:12:19.919><c> is</c><00:12:20.179><c> a</c><00:12:20.279><c> different</c><00:12:20.519><c> kind</c><00:12:20.820><c> of</c><00:12:20.960><c> man.</c><00:12:21.179><c> He's</c><00:12:21.399><c> not</c>

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that<00:12:22.120><c> kind</c><00:12:22.340><c> of</c><00:12:22.919><c> strong</c><00:12:23.480><c> personality.</c><00:12:24.419><c> So</c><00:12:24.480><c> wherever</c>

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we<00:12:25.299><c> see</c><00:12:25.559><c> Titus</c><00:12:25.879><c> mentioned,</c><00:12:26.620><c> that's</c><00:12:27.120><c> the</c><00:12:27.259><c> kind</c><00:12:27.419><c> of</c><00:12:27.580><c> man</c><00:12:27.720><c> that</c>

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he<00:12:28.019><c> is.</c><00:12:28.679><c> Nothing</c><00:12:28.960><c> wrong</c><00:12:29.179><c> with</c><00:12:29.440><c> that</c><00:12:29.960><c> if</c><00:12:30.379><c> it</c><00:12:30.559><c> is</c><00:12:30.820><c> used</c>

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in<00:12:31.220><c> the</c><00:12:31.340><c> right</c><00:12:31.740><c> way,</c><00:12:32.559><c> if</c><00:12:32.740><c> it's</c><00:12:32.940><c> used</c><00:12:33.340><c> in</c><00:12:33.639><c> a</c><00:12:33.940><c> godly</c><00:12:34.519><c> and</c><00:12:34.919><c> loving</c>

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way<00:12:35.620><c> to</c><00:12:36.340><c> help</c><00:12:36.759><c> and</c><00:12:37.139><c> encourage</c><00:12:37.659><c> an</c><00:12:37.919><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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So<00:12:39.340><c> that's</c><00:12:39.559><c> the</c><00:12:39.659><c> kind</c><00:12:39.820><c> of</c><00:12:39.940><c> man</c><00:12:40.059><c> that</c><00:12:40.320><c> Titus</c><00:12:40.580><c> was.</c><00:12:41.299><c> He's</c><00:12:41.460><c> a</c><00:12:41.539><c> man</c>

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who<00:12:41.860><c> shows</c><00:12:42.019><c> a</c><00:12:42.220><c> terrific</c><00:12:42.679><c> amount</c><00:12:43.000><c> of</c><00:12:43.200><c> ability</c>

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for<00:12:44.559><c> hard</c><00:12:45.139><c> labor,</c><00:12:47.019><c> self</c><00:12:47.279><c>-sacrificing</c><00:12:48.120><c> work</c><00:12:48.500><c> for</c><00:12:49.100><c> the</c><00:12:49.200><c> good</c><00:12:49.279><c> of</c>

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other<00:12:49.679><c> people,</c><00:12:50.659><c> and</c><00:12:51.120><c> firmness</c><00:12:51.980><c> and</c><00:12:52.440><c> a</c><00:12:52.659><c> resolute</c>

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character.<00:12:54.240><c> That's</c><00:12:54.539><c> the</c><00:12:54.659><c> kind</c><00:12:54.799><c> of</c><00:12:54.960><c> man</c><00:12:55.080><c> that</c><00:12:55.360><c> Titus</c><00:12:55.679><c> was.</c><00:12:57.120><c> Paul</c><00:12:57.360><c> calls</c><00:12:57.679><c> him</c>

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his<00:12:58.600><c> partner</c><00:12:59.159><c> in</c><00:12:59.340><c> the</c><00:12:59.559><c> faith,</c>

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his<00:13:00.360><c> fellow</c><00:13:00.679><c> helper,</c><00:13:01.200><c> his</c><00:13:01.320><c> fellow</c><00:13:01.600><c> laborer.</c><00:13:02.779><c> He</c><00:13:02.980><c> refers</c><00:13:03.340><c> to</c><00:13:03.559><c> him</c><00:13:03.659><c> as</c><00:13:03.840><c> a</c>

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man<00:13:04.159><c> who</c><00:13:04.519><c> caused</c><00:13:04.779><c> him</c><00:13:05.000><c> great</c><00:13:05.340><c> joy</c><00:13:05.679><c> every</c>

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time<00:13:06.139><c> he</c><00:13:06.279><c> saw</c><00:13:06.559><c> him.</c><00:13:08.259><c> Now</c><00:13:08.659><c> Titus,</c><00:13:09.019><c> with</c><00:13:09.100><c> all</c><00:13:09.340><c> of</c><00:13:09.460><c> his</c><00:13:09.659><c> ability,</c>

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and<00:13:11.179><c> you</c><00:13:11.340><c> might</c><00:13:11.519><c> be</c><00:13:11.720><c> the</c><00:13:11.899><c> kind</c><00:13:12.100><c> of</c><00:13:12.279><c> brother</c>

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or<00:13:12.740><c> sister</c><00:13:13.080><c> with</c><00:13:13.279><c> a</c><00:13:13.600><c> lot</c><00:13:13.759><c> of</c><00:13:13.980><c> ability,</c><00:13:16.019><c> had</c><00:13:16.259><c> a</c><00:13:16.620><c> terrific</c><00:13:17.120><c> challenge</c><00:13:17.940><c> put</c><00:13:18.440><c> before</c><00:13:18.799><c> him.</c><00:13:19.820><c> He</c><00:13:20.039><c> had</c><00:13:20.279><c> to</c><00:13:20.360><c> go</c><00:13:20.539><c> to</c><00:13:20.679><c> a</c><00:13:20.820><c> place</c>

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called<00:13:21.559><c> Crete.</c><00:13:22.899><c> Crete</c><00:13:23.080><c> was</c><00:13:23.299><c> a</c><00:13:23.519><c> large</c><00:13:24.299><c> island</c><00:13:24.860><c> off</c><00:13:25.200><c> the</c><00:13:25.659><c> coast</c>

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of<00:13:26.240><c> Greece.</c><00:13:27.500><c> It</c><00:13:27.639><c> had</c><00:13:27.899><c> a</c><00:13:27.980><c> hundred</c><00:13:28.320><c> cities,</c>

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and<00:13:30.440><c> there</c><00:13:30.659><c> are</c><00:13:31.080><c> many</c><00:13:31.500><c> Ecclesias</c><00:13:32.259><c> in</c><00:13:32.559><c> the</c><00:13:32.740><c> island</c><00:13:33.000><c> of</c><00:13:33.200><c> Crete</c>

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when<00:13:34.259><c> Paul</c><00:13:34.620><c> sends</c><00:13:34.960><c> Titus</c><00:13:35.360><c> there.</c><00:13:36.779><c> Now</c>

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the<00:13:38.059><c> Cretians</c><00:13:38.779><c> had</c><00:13:39.580><c> a</c><00:13:39.940><c> horrible</c><00:13:40.340><c> reputation</c><00:13:41.019><c> throughout</c><00:13:41.419><c> all</c>

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fact,<00:13:48.980><c> a</c><00:13:49.139><c> word</c><00:13:49.399><c> was</c><00:13:49.899><c> coined,</c>

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the<00:13:51.120><c> word</c><00:13:51.399><c> Cretizo,</c><00:13:53.120><c> which</c><00:13:53.299><c> means</c><00:13:53.600><c> to</c><00:13:53.940><c> Cretize,</c><00:13:55.200><c> and</c><00:13:55.299><c> it</c><00:13:55.700><c> means</c><00:13:55.940><c> to</c>

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lie<00:13:56.679><c> continually.</c><00:13:57.840><c> So</c><00:13:58.019><c> if</c><00:13:58.159><c> somebody</c>

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was<00:13:59.200><c> lying</c><00:13:59.500><c> to</c><00:13:59.740><c> somebody</c><00:14:00.080><c> else</c><00:14:00.279><c> or</c><00:14:00.419><c> trying</c><00:14:00.700><c> to</c><00:14:01.320><c> to</c><00:14:01.399><c> fool</c><00:14:01.700><c> them,</c>

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they'd<00:14:02.179><c> say,</c><00:14:02.320><c> look,</c><00:14:02.399><c> you're</c><00:14:02.620><c> just</c><00:14:02.899><c> Cretizing</c>

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right<00:14:03.759><c> now.</c><00:14:04.600><c> That's</c><00:14:04.919><c> how</c><00:14:05.320><c> horrible</c><00:14:05.639><c> it</c><00:14:05.899><c> was</c><00:14:06.259><c> in</c><00:14:06.860><c> the</c><00:14:07.279><c> land</c><00:14:07.500><c> of</c>

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Crete.<00:14:08.440><c> So</c><00:14:08.620><c> the</c><00:14:08.820><c> people</c><00:14:09.279><c> lied</c><00:14:09.980><c> continually.</c>

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violent.<00:14:15.980><c> They</c><00:14:16.019><c> were</c><00:14:16.179><c> the</c><00:14:16.360><c> kinds</c><00:14:16.519><c> of</c><00:14:16.759><c> individuals</c>

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who<00:14:17.720><c> were</c><00:14:17.980><c> continually</c><00:14:18.460><c> stirring</c><00:14:19.159><c> up</c><00:14:19.440><c> rebellion.</c><00:14:19.860><c> They</c><00:14:19.960><c> were</c>

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always<00:14:20.419><c> having</c><00:14:20.679><c> some</c><00:14:20.919><c> kind</c><00:14:21.080><c> of</c><00:14:21.340><c> civil</c><00:14:21.620><c> war,</c>

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and<00:14:22.480><c> right</c><00:14:22.720><c> now</c><00:14:22.899><c> they</c><00:14:22.960><c> were</c><00:14:23.120><c> under</c><00:14:23.299><c> the</c><00:14:23.519><c> Romans,</c><00:14:24.000><c> because</c><00:14:24.120><c> these</c><00:14:24.320><c> were</c><00:14:24.580><c> Roman</c><00:14:25.279><c> times.</c><00:14:26.220><c> So</c>

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they<00:14:26.539><c> were</c><00:14:26.940><c> particularly</c>

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bruised<00:14:28.740><c> in</c><00:14:28.940><c> their</c><00:14:29.159><c> feelings,</c><00:14:30.100><c> these</c><00:14:30.740><c> angry,</c><00:14:31.779><c> rebellious,</c>

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stubborn,<00:14:34.059><c> lying</c><00:14:34.419><c> people.</c><00:14:35.639><c> One</c><00:14:35.820><c> of</c><00:14:35.940><c> the</c><00:14:36.139><c> worst</c>

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misfortunes<00:14:37.059><c> that</c><00:14:37.179><c> could</c><00:14:37.340><c> happen</c><00:14:37.620><c> to</c><00:14:37.779><c> an</c><00:14:37.980><c> individual</c><00:14:38.419><c> is</c><00:14:39.019><c> that</c><00:14:39.360><c> they</c><00:14:39.559><c> might</c><00:14:39.820><c> have</c><00:14:40.019><c> to</c>

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somehow<00:14:41.179><c> have</c><00:14:42.100><c> a</c><00:14:42.299><c> shipwreck</c>

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and<00:14:43.340><c> land</c><00:14:43.899><c> through</c><00:14:44.559><c> misfortune</c><00:14:45.399><c> on</c><00:14:45.759><c> the</c><00:14:45.919><c> island</c><00:14:46.159><c> of</c><00:14:46.500><c> Crete.</c>

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Rather<00:14:47.580><c> than</c><00:14:47.879><c> hoping</c><00:14:48.200><c> to</c><00:14:48.419><c> be</c><00:14:48.700><c> saved</c>

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and<00:14:49.840><c> to</c><00:14:50.000><c> be</c><00:14:50.220><c> helped</c><00:14:50.440><c> by</c><00:14:50.659><c> the</c><00:14:50.820><c> people</c><00:14:50.940><c> on</c><00:14:51.139><c> the</c><00:14:51.320><c> island,</c><00:14:52.080><c> you</c><00:14:52.200><c> could</c><00:14:52.360><c> be</c>

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absolutely<00:14:53.200><c> certain</c><00:14:53.480><c> of</c><00:14:53.659><c> being</c><00:14:53.940><c> robbed</c>

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and<00:14:54.519><c> abused</c><00:14:54.960><c> in</c><00:14:55.139><c> all</c><00:14:55.340><c> kinds</c><00:14:55.620><c> of</c><00:14:55.779><c> ways.</c><00:14:56.639><c> That</c><00:14:56.980><c> was</c><00:14:57.220><c> what</c><00:14:57.460><c> Crete</c>

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was<00:14:58.259><c> like.</c><00:14:59.539><c> Yet</c><00:14:59.779><c> there</c><00:14:59.960><c> were</c><00:15:00.120><c> people</c><00:15:00.460><c> even</c><00:15:00.720><c> in</c>

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Crete<00:15:01.200><c> who</c><00:15:01.279><c> wanted</c><00:15:01.559><c> the</c><00:15:01.820><c> truth</c><00:15:02.200><c> and</c><00:15:03.379><c> became</c><00:15:03.799><c> Christadelphians.</c><00:15:06.639><c> And</c><00:15:06.919><c> Titus,</c><00:15:07.519><c> the</c>

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man<00:15:07.840><c> with</c><00:15:08.080><c> so</c><00:15:08.279><c> much</c><00:15:08.480><c> ability,</c>

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with<00:15:10.200><c> so</c><00:15:10.480><c> much</c><00:15:11.360><c> dependability,</c><00:15:12.940><c> was</c><00:15:13.159><c> sent</c><00:15:13.539><c> right</c><00:15:14.100><c> into</c><00:15:14.580><c> Crete,</c><00:15:15.059><c> the</c>

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most<00:15:15.679><c> horrible</c><00:15:16.460><c> part</c><00:15:17.000><c> of</c><00:15:17.399><c> the</c><00:15:17.620><c> world,</c>

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as<00:15:18.080><c> far</c><00:15:18.240><c> as</c><00:15:18.399><c> the</c><00:15:18.539><c> truth</c><00:15:18.659><c> was</c><00:15:18.919><c> concerned,</c><00:15:19.860><c> so</c><00:15:20.039><c> that</c><00:15:20.139><c> he</c><00:15:20.259><c> could</c>

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somehow<00:15:21.179><c> help</c><00:15:21.740><c> the</c><00:15:21.980><c> Ecclesias.</c><00:15:23.039><c> Now</c><00:15:23.240><c> there's</c>

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lots<00:15:23.559><c> of</c><00:15:23.799><c> problems</c><00:15:24.039><c> going</c><00:15:24.340><c> on</c><00:15:24.480><c> in</c><00:15:24.659><c> Crete,</c><00:15:25.940><c> and</c><00:15:26.539><c> here</c><00:15:26.779><c> is</c><00:15:26.879><c> what</c>

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Paul<00:15:27.299><c> has</c><00:15:27.559><c> to</c><00:15:27.759><c> say</c><00:15:28.259><c> concerning</c><00:15:28.840><c> the</c><00:15:29.039><c> whole</c><00:15:29.179><c> situation.</c>

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Begins<00:15:31.000><c> chapter</c><00:15:31.519><c> one.</c><00:15:33.279><c> I</c><00:15:33.279><c> am</c><00:15:33.740><c> Paul,</c><00:15:36.059><c> little</c><00:15:36.200><c> one,</c><00:15:37.440><c> somebody</c>

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who<00:15:38.000><c> is</c><00:15:38.320><c> little</c><00:15:38.700><c> in</c><00:15:38.940><c> his</c><00:15:39.279><c> own</c><00:15:39.899><c> self</c><00:15:40.200><c>-esteem.</c>

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I'm<00:15:41.580><c> a</c><00:15:42.000><c> servant</c><00:15:42.620><c> of</c><00:15:42.960><c> God.</c><00:15:43.960><c> And</c><00:15:44.120><c> the</c><00:15:44.200><c> word</c><00:15:44.340><c> servant</c><00:15:44.659><c> means</c><00:15:45.000><c> a</c><00:15:45.580><c> slave,</c><00:15:46.820><c> a</c>

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bond<00:15:47.559><c> slave,</c><00:15:48.559><c> somebody</c><00:15:48.899><c> who</c><00:15:49.059><c> is</c><00:15:49.399><c> perpetually</c>

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underneath<00:15:51.299><c> somebody</c><00:15:52.480><c> else,</c><00:15:53.899><c> who</c><00:15:54.100><c> is</c><00:15:54.279><c> perpetually</c><00:15:54.879><c> at</c><00:15:55.039><c> the</c><00:15:55.360><c> beck</c><00:15:55.639><c> and</c><00:15:55.899><c> call</c><00:15:56.340><c> of</c><00:15:56.740><c> his</c><00:15:56.960><c> master.</c><00:15:57.840><c> That's</c><00:15:58.200><c> what</c><00:15:58.360><c> I</c><00:15:58.559><c> am.</c>

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I'm<00:15:59.480><c> a</c><00:15:59.840><c> slave.</c><00:16:01.240><c> It's</c><00:16:01.399><c> the</c><00:16:01.559><c> first</c><00:16:01.840><c> principle</c><00:16:02.220><c> that</c><00:16:02.539><c> Paul</c><00:16:02.960><c> outlines</c><00:16:03.480><c> for</c>

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these<00:16:03.879><c> people,</c><00:16:04.740><c> these</c><00:16:05.259><c> unruly,</c><00:16:06.639><c> selfish,</c>

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greedy<00:16:07.639><c> people.</c><00:16:08.820><c> I</c><00:16:08.980><c> am</c><00:16:09.240><c> a</c><00:16:09.519><c> slave,</c><00:16:10.539><c> a</c><00:16:10.799><c> slave</c><00:16:10.980><c> of</c><00:16:11.220><c> God</c><00:16:11.720><c> and</c><00:16:12.460><c> an</c><00:16:12.759><c> apostle</c><00:16:13.120><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:16:13.759><c> Christ.</c><00:16:14.580><c> The</c><00:16:14.779><c> word</c><00:16:15.019><c> apostle</c><00:16:15.500><c> was</c><00:16:15.720><c> a</c>

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beautiful<00:16:16.340><c> Greek</c><00:16:16.600><c> word.</c><00:16:17.779><c> It</c><00:16:17.840><c> meant</c><00:16:18.080><c> originally</c><00:16:18.720><c> a</c><00:16:19.539><c> fleet</c><00:16:19.759><c> of</c>

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ships<00:16:20.779><c> sent</c><00:16:21.320><c> out</c><00:16:22.259><c> bearing</c><00:16:22.879><c> grain.</c>

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That's<00:16:24.779><c> what</c><00:16:24.879><c> it</c><00:16:25.019><c> meant</c><00:16:25.200><c> originally,</c><00:16:27.580><c> a</c><00:16:27.759><c> fleet</c><00:16:27.919><c> of</c><00:16:28.100><c> ships</c>

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that<00:16:28.480><c> were</c><00:16:28.679><c> sent</c><00:16:28.980><c> out.</c><00:16:30.200><c> Eventually,</c>

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it<00:16:31.139><c> began</c><00:16:31.379><c> to</c><00:16:31.539><c> be</c><00:16:31.759><c> associated</c><00:16:32.200><c> with</c><00:16:32.440><c> ambassadors.</c><00:16:33.740><c> So</c><00:16:33.919><c> somebody</c><00:16:34.179><c> sent</c><00:16:34.480><c> out</c><00:16:34.820><c> bearing</c><00:16:35.080><c> a</c><00:16:35.360><c> message,</c>

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bearing<00:16:36.740><c> some</c><00:16:37.080><c> kind</c><00:16:37.360><c> of</c><00:16:38.039><c> words</c><00:16:38.440><c> from</c><00:16:39.179><c> whoever</c><00:16:39.580><c> had</c><00:16:39.940><c> sent</c><00:16:40.120><c> them.</c><00:16:41.799><c> That's</c><00:16:42.100><c> what</c>

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the<00:16:42.419><c> apostle</c><00:16:42.659><c> Paul</c><00:16:42.940><c> was.</c>

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He<00:16:44.460><c> was</c><00:16:44.659><c> a</c><00:16:44.840><c> man</c><00:16:45.159><c> bearing</c><00:16:45.700><c> the</c><00:16:46.419><c> life</c><00:16:46.919><c>-giving</c><00:16:47.360><c> word</c><00:16:47.840><c> of</c><00:16:48.019><c> the</c><00:16:48.320><c> truth,</c><00:16:49.320><c> like</c>

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the<00:16:49.799><c> grain</c><00:16:50.100><c> that</c><00:16:50.340><c> these</c><00:16:50.559><c> ships</c><00:16:50.899><c> would</c><00:16:51.179><c> bear,</c>

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sent<00:16:52.279><c> out</c><00:16:52.580><c> by</c><00:16:52.799><c> Christ.</c><00:16:53.419><c> That</c><00:16:53.600><c> was</c><00:16:53.820><c> his</c><00:16:54.039><c> job.</c><00:16:54.500><c> He</c><00:16:54.580><c> was</c><00:16:54.779><c> made</c><00:16:54.940><c> an</c>

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apostle<00:16:55.460><c> by</c><00:16:55.740><c> Christ,</c>

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an<00:16:56.799><c> apostle</c><00:16:57.100><c> to</c><00:16:57.340><c> the</c><00:16:57.460><c> Gentiles,</c><00:16:58.460><c> sent</c><00:16:58.679><c> out</c><00:16:59.299><c> bearing</c><00:16:59.720><c> the</c><00:17:00.159><c> word</c>

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of<00:17:00.580><c> the</c><00:17:00.820><c> truth.</c><00:17:01.460><c> He</c><00:17:01.639><c> is</c><00:17:01.899><c> the</c><00:17:02.240><c> slave</c><00:17:02.419><c> of</c><00:17:02.679><c> God.</c>

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He<00:17:03.620><c> is</c><00:17:04.599><c> an</c><00:17:04.880><c> apostle</c><00:17:05.299><c> of</c><00:17:05.559><c> Christ</c><00:17:06.240><c> according</c><00:17:07.099><c> to</c><00:17:07.380><c> the</c><00:17:07.640><c> faith</c><00:17:07.980><c> of</c>

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God's<00:17:08.700><c> elect.</c><00:17:09.799><c> Now</c><00:17:10.079><c> what</c><00:17:10.160><c> that</c><00:17:10.440><c> word</c><00:17:10.619><c> means,</c>

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according,<00:17:11.859><c> is</c><00:17:12.460><c> for</c><00:17:13.059><c> the</c><00:17:13.500><c> furtherance</c><00:17:14.400><c> of</c><00:17:14.720><c> the</c><00:17:15.039><c> faith</c><00:17:15.480><c> of</c>

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God's<00:17:17.440><c> specially</c><00:17:17.960><c> chosen</c><00:17:18.660><c> people.</c>

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So<00:17:20.759><c> the</c><00:17:20.920><c> whole</c><00:17:21.119><c> aim</c><00:17:21.359><c> of</c><00:17:21.539><c> his</c><00:17:22.079><c> work,</c><00:17:22.420><c> brothers</c><00:17:22.839><c> and</c><00:17:23.119><c> sisters,</c><00:17:24.660><c> the</c><00:17:24.819><c> whole</c><00:17:25.240><c> aim</c><00:17:25.700><c> of</c><00:17:26.420><c> his</c><00:17:26.799><c> work</c><00:17:27.119><c> as</c><00:17:27.599><c> a</c>

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primary<00:17:28.599><c> slave</c><00:17:29.160><c> of</c>

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God<00:17:29.859><c> was</c><00:17:30.960><c> to</c><00:17:31.259><c> build</c><00:17:31.539><c> the</c><00:17:31.839><c> faith</c><00:17:32.000><c> of</c><00:17:32.200><c> his</c><00:17:32.339><c> brothers</c><00:17:32.579><c> and</c><00:17:32.819><c> sisters.</c><00:17:34.079><c> That's</c>

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what<00:17:34.400><c> it</c><00:17:34.619><c> was.</c><00:17:35.480><c> According</c><00:17:35.779><c> to</c><00:17:35.980><c> the</c>

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faith<00:17:36.420><c> of</c><00:17:36.660><c> God's</c><00:17:36.980><c> elect</c><00:17:37.160><c> and</c><00:17:38.000><c> the</c><00:17:38.359><c> knowledge,</c><00:17:39.059><c> the</c><00:17:39.359><c> acknowledging</c><00:17:39.779><c> of</c><00:17:40.039><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:17:41.160><c> the</c><00:17:41.579><c> accurate</c><00:17:42.359><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:17:43.720><c> the</c><00:17:44.759><c> truth,</c><00:17:46.559><c> not</c><00:17:46.799><c> just</c><00:17:47.019><c> to</c><00:17:47.180><c> make</c><00:17:47.240><c> them</c><00:17:47.460><c> feel</c><00:17:47.759><c> good</c><00:17:48.059><c> about</c>

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God<00:17:48.759><c> and</c><00:17:49.259><c> feel</c><00:17:49.500><c> good</c><00:17:49.819><c> about</c><00:17:50.039><c> the</c><00:17:50.220><c> kingdom,</c>

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but<00:17:51.319><c> to</c><00:17:51.559><c> make</c><00:17:51.700><c> them</c><00:17:52.420><c> complement</c><00:17:53.059><c> that</c><00:17:53.519><c> faith</c><00:17:53.799><c> and</c><00:17:54.000><c> that</c><00:17:54.259><c> belief</c><00:17:54.880><c> with</c>

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an<00:17:55.920><c> accurate</c><00:17:56.539><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:17:57.460><c> what</c><00:17:57.619><c> the</c><00:17:57.819><c> faith</c><00:17:57.940><c> was</c><00:17:58.099><c> all</c><00:17:58.299><c> about.</c><00:18:00.819><c> So</c><00:18:01.039><c> the</c><00:18:01.299><c> other</c><00:18:01.640><c> aim</c><00:18:02.380><c> that</c><00:18:03.440><c> underlay</c><00:18:04.220><c> the</c>

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purpose<00:18:05.220><c> that</c><00:18:05.640><c> Paul's</c><00:18:06.339><c> work</c><00:18:06.539><c> had</c>

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things?<00:18:15.799><c> Because</c><00:18:16.160><c> arranging</c><00:18:16.720><c> brethren,</c><00:18:17.900><c> he's</c><00:18:18.140><c> talking</c><00:18:18.359><c> to</c>

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chapter.<00:18:22.079><c> Then</c><00:18:22.240><c> he</c><00:18:22.319><c> says,</c><00:18:23.660><c> the</c><00:18:23.720><c> acknowledging</c><00:18:24.119><c> of</c><00:18:24.319><c> the</c><00:18:24.559><c> truth,</c><00:18:25.599><c> which</c>

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so<00:18:27.920><c> after</c><00:18:28.319><c> godliness.</c><00:18:29.759><c> So</c><00:18:30.039><c> faith</c><00:18:30.539><c> together</c><00:18:31.779><c> with</c><00:18:32.339><c> a</c><00:18:32.720><c> knowledge</c><00:18:33.019><c> of</c><00:18:33.200><c> the</c>

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truth,<00:18:34.660><c> together</c><00:18:35.180><c> these</c><00:18:35.559><c> things</c>

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lead<00:18:36.240><c> to</c><00:18:37.140><c> godliness.</c><00:18:38.440><c> And</c><00:18:38.539><c> the</c><00:18:38.599><c> word</c><00:18:38.759><c> godliness</c><00:18:39.279><c> consists</c><00:18:39.680><c> of</c>

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two<00:18:40.039><c> words,</c><00:18:41.140><c> right</c><00:18:41.339><c> and</c><00:18:41.920><c> worship,</c>

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right<00:18:43.279><c> worship,</c><00:18:44.680><c> a</c><00:18:44.880><c> right</c><00:18:45.079><c> way</c><00:18:45.299><c> of</c><00:18:45.579><c> living</c><00:18:45.920><c> that</c><00:18:46.660><c> is</c><00:18:46.900><c> according</c><00:18:47.259><c> to</c><00:18:47.720><c> godliness</c><00:18:48.400><c> and</c>

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says,<00:18:54.839><c> in</c><00:18:54.940><c> hope</c><00:18:55.180><c> of</c><00:18:55.440><c> eternal</c><00:18:55.740><c> life,</c>

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we<00:18:57.380><c> live</c><00:18:57.599><c> godly</c><00:18:58.099><c> lives,</c><00:18:59.140><c> we</c><00:18:59.400><c> chose</c><00:18:59.819><c> the</c><00:19:00.160><c> truth</c><00:19:00.319><c> as</c><00:19:00.539><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:19:01.079><c> sisters</c><00:19:01.660><c> because</c><00:19:02.980><c> we're</c><00:19:03.240><c> hoping</c><00:19:03.539><c> for</c>

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eternal<00:19:04.619><c> life</c><00:19:05.240><c> in</c><00:19:05.920><c> God's</c><00:19:06.359><c> kingdom.</c><00:19:07.339><c> That's</c><00:19:07.859><c> what</c><00:19:07.980><c> we</c><00:19:08.259><c> want</c><00:19:08.460><c> more</c><00:19:08.799><c> than</c><00:19:09.059><c> anything</c><00:19:09.440><c> else.</c><00:19:10.559><c> That's</c><00:19:10.799><c> what</c><00:19:10.920><c> we</c>

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today,<00:19:16.279><c> it</c><00:19:16.480><c> might</c><00:19:16.740><c> not</c><00:19:17.140><c> really</c><00:19:17.519><c> be</c><00:19:17.799><c> what</c>

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else.<00:19:24.559><c> And</c><00:19:24.720><c> a</c><00:19:24.799><c> life</c><00:19:24.940><c> of</c><00:19:25.440><c> godliness</c><00:19:25.980><c> is</c><00:19:26.660><c> lived</c><00:19:27.079><c> because</c><00:19:28.099><c> we</c><00:19:28.460><c> want</c><00:19:28.660><c> to</c>

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in<00:19:45.259><c> hope</c><00:19:45.579><c> of</c><00:19:45.799><c> eternal</c><00:19:46.079><c> life,</c><00:19:46.880><c> which</c><00:19:47.039><c> God</c><00:19:47.420><c> that</c><00:19:47.859><c> cannot</c><00:19:48.319><c> lie.</c>

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God,<00:19:51.259><c> it</c><00:19:51.599><c> means</c><00:19:51.859><c> literally</c><00:19:52.299><c> the</c><00:19:52.880><c> unlying</c><00:19:53.380><c> God,</c>

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the<00:19:55.380><c> unlying</c><00:19:55.839><c> God.</c><00:19:57.240><c> Do</c><00:19:57.400><c> you</c><00:19:57.420><c> see</c><00:19:57.519><c> what</c><00:19:57.660><c> Paul</c><00:19:57.900><c> is</c><00:19:58.099><c> doing?</c><00:19:59.140><c> He's</c>

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talking<00:19:59.759><c> about</c><00:20:00.180><c> all</c><00:20:00.759><c> the</c><00:20:01.180><c> problems</c><00:20:01.700><c> that</c><00:20:02.059><c> the</c>

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ecclesias<00:20:03.519><c> in</c><00:20:03.920><c> Crete</c><00:20:04.119><c> have,</c><00:20:05.140><c> all</c><00:20:05.500><c> the</c><00:20:05.779><c> problems</c><00:20:06.220><c> that</c><00:20:06.440><c> are</c><00:20:06.819><c> natural</c><00:20:07.259><c> to</c>

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hath<00:20:41.059><c> in</c><00:20:41.180><c> due</c><00:20:41.440><c> times</c><00:20:41.960><c> shown</c><00:20:42.460><c> forth</c><00:20:42.779><c> his</c><00:20:43.140><c> word</c>

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commandment<00:20:48.619><c> of</c><00:20:48.839><c> God</c><00:20:49.059><c> our</c><00:20:49.319><c> Savior.</c>

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have<00:20:53.500><c> to</c><00:20:53.660><c> do.</c><00:20:54.259><c> This</c><00:20:54.440><c> is</c><00:20:54.700><c> my</c><00:20:54.880><c> position</c><00:20:55.259><c> in</c><00:20:55.460><c> the</c><00:20:55.599><c> brotherhood.</c>

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I<00:20:55.960><c> am</c><00:20:56.059><c> the</c><00:20:56.440><c> slave</c><00:20:56.619><c> of</c><00:20:56.880><c> God.</c><00:20:58.099><c> I</c><00:20:58.359><c> am</c><00:20:58.420><c> the</c><00:20:58.640><c> apostle</c><00:20:58.940><c> to</c><00:20:59.160><c> the</c><00:20:59.259><c> Gentiles.</c><00:21:00.400><c> I</c><00:21:00.660><c> am</c><00:21:01.519><c> a</c>

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believer<00:21:02.319><c> in</c><00:21:02.680><c> the</c><00:21:03.039><c> unlying</c><00:21:03.519><c> God,</c>

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who<00:21:04.680><c> has</c><00:21:04.859><c> promised</c><00:21:05.200><c> you</c><00:21:05.460><c> eternal</c><00:21:05.759><c> life,</c><00:21:06.700><c> for</c><00:21:07.019><c> which</c><00:21:07.259><c> if</c><00:21:07.480><c> you</c><00:21:07.839><c> want</c><00:21:08.119><c> to</c><00:21:08.420><c> have</c><00:21:08.599><c> that</c><00:21:08.900><c> hope,</c><00:21:09.500><c> you</c><00:21:09.960><c> must</c><00:21:10.400><c> live</c><00:21:10.759><c> in</c><00:21:13.779><c> a</c>

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world<00:21:13.779><c> that</c><00:21:13.819><c> is</c><00:21:13.819><c> tied</c><00:21:14.000><c> together.</c><00:21:15.019><c> And</c><00:21:15.319><c> then</c><00:21:15.460><c> he</c><00:21:15.539><c> says,</c><00:21:16.400><c> this</c>

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means<00:21:23.140><c> honorable,</c><00:21:23.920><c> brothers</c><00:21:24.259><c> and</c><00:21:24.539><c> sisters,</c><00:21:25.660><c> honorable.</c><00:21:28.180><c> This</c><00:21:28.619><c> word,</c><00:21:29.480><c> this</c><00:21:29.740><c> message</c><00:21:30.200><c> is</c>

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you<00:21:38.079><c> have</c><00:21:38.240><c> your</c><00:21:38.500><c> problems,</c><00:21:39.779><c> but</c><00:21:40.140><c> take</c><00:21:40.480><c> your</c><00:21:40.799><c> minds</c><00:21:41.279><c> and</c>

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little<00:21:45.640><c> problems</c><00:21:46.140><c> and</c><00:21:46.319><c> your</c><00:21:46.480><c> little</c><00:21:46.700><c> lives.</c>

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It<00:22:02.839><c> means</c><00:22:03.140><c> genuine.</c><00:22:05.640><c> Literally,</c><00:22:06.319><c> it</c><00:22:06.440><c> means</c><00:22:07.180><c> my</c><00:22:08.579><c> born</c><00:22:09.619><c>-in</c><00:22:10.740><c> wedlock</c><00:22:11.579><c> son.</c>

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He's<00:22:16.900><c> saying</c><00:22:17.000><c> to</c><00:22:17.140><c> him,</c><00:22:18.160><c> he's</c><00:22:18.480><c> saying</c><00:22:18.599><c> to</c><00:22:18.940><c> all</c><00:22:19.200><c> the</c><00:22:19.380><c> people</c><00:22:19.619><c> who</c>

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heard<00:22:20.099><c> this</c><00:22:20.440><c> message</c><00:22:20.819><c> when</c><00:22:20.980><c> it</c><00:22:21.119><c> was</c><00:22:21.259><c> read</c><00:22:21.420><c> from</c><00:22:21.619><c> the</c>

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platform<00:22:22.279><c> one</c><00:22:22.900><c> morning</c><00:22:23.539><c> that</c><00:22:25.400><c> Titus</c><00:22:25.740><c> is</c><00:22:26.000><c> his</c><00:22:26.259><c> son.</c><00:22:27.599><c> I</c><00:22:27.859><c> have</c><00:22:28.160><c> sent</c><00:22:28.380><c> my</c>

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son<00:22:29.279><c> to</c><00:22:30.059><c> work</c><00:22:30.279><c> with</c><00:22:30.559><c> you.</c><00:22:31.599><c> That's</c><00:22:31.900><c> the</c>

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message<00:22:32.259><c> that</c><00:22:32.440><c> he's</c><00:22:32.619><c> giving</c><00:22:32.779><c> us.</c><00:22:34.539><c> And</c><00:22:34.579><c> brothers</c><00:22:34.740><c> and</c><00:22:35.000><c> sisters,</c><00:22:36.279><c> when</c><00:22:36.599><c> our</c><00:22:36.960><c> brethren</c><00:22:37.380><c> speak</c><00:22:37.940><c> to</c><00:22:38.240><c> us,</c>

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when<00:22:40.400><c> our</c><00:22:40.900><c> brethren</c><00:22:41.500><c> teach</c><00:22:42.000><c> us,</c><00:22:42.579><c> whoever</c><00:22:43.000><c> they</c><00:22:43.299><c> may</c><00:22:43.519><c> be,</c><00:22:44.480><c> whatever</c><00:22:44.799><c> their</c><00:22:45.619><c> varying</c><00:22:46.059><c> abilities</c><00:22:47.000><c> may</c><00:22:47.480><c> be,</c>

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they<00:22:49.259><c> are</c><00:22:49.579><c> people</c><00:22:50.079><c> bearing</c><00:22:50.500><c> a</c><00:22:51.000><c> message.</c><00:22:52.640><c> God's</c><00:22:53.240><c> sons</c><00:22:53.759><c> speaking</c><00:22:54.480><c> to</c><00:22:54.940><c> us.</c>

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A<00:22:56.160><c> message</c><00:22:56.339><c> that</c><00:22:56.519><c> we</c><00:22:56.640><c> have</c><00:22:56.859><c> got</c><00:22:57.000><c> to</c>

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listen<00:22:57.559><c> to.</c><00:22:58.319><c> If</c><00:22:58.480><c> we</c><00:22:58.660><c> are</c><00:22:58.839><c> to</c><00:22:59.160><c> grow</c><00:22:59.539><c> in</c><00:22:59.980><c> godliness,</c><00:23:01.480><c> if</c><00:23:01.619><c> we</c><00:23:01.799><c> are</c>

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to<00:23:02.259><c> grow</c><00:23:02.460><c> in</c><00:23:03.079><c> the</c><00:23:03.440><c> joy</c><00:23:03.740><c> of</c><00:23:03.920><c> the</c><00:23:04.180><c> faith,</c><00:23:04.480><c> of</c><00:23:04.619><c> the</c><00:23:04.759><c> hope,</c>

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of<00:23:06.160><c> eternal</c><00:23:06.460><c> life,</c><00:23:08.720><c> then</c><00:23:08.880><c> what</c><00:23:09.160><c> are</c><00:23:09.380><c> the</c><00:23:09.619><c> things</c><00:23:09.819><c> that</c><00:23:10.099><c> keep</c>

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us<00:23:10.500><c> alive?</c><00:23:12.279><c> What</c><00:23:12.559><c> are</c><00:23:12.799><c> the</c><00:23:13.039><c> things</c><00:23:13.480><c> that</c><00:23:13.900><c> keep</c><00:23:14.059><c> us</c>

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growing<00:23:14.880><c> in</c><00:23:15.140><c> that</c><00:23:15.420><c> direction</c><00:23:15.819><c> of</c><00:23:16.119><c> godliness?</c><00:23:17.440><c> The</c><00:23:17.559><c> word</c><00:23:17.740><c> of</c><00:23:17.900><c> God</c><00:23:18.039><c> itself,</c><00:23:19.619><c> a</c>

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word<00:23:20.000><c> that</c><00:23:20.200><c> is</c><00:23:20.440><c> preached</c><00:23:20.660><c> to</c><00:23:20.940><c> us</c><00:23:21.240><c> every</c>

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Sunday,<00:23:22.880><c> every</c><00:23:23.119><c> Wednesday,</c><00:23:24.420><c> at</c><00:23:24.539><c> every</c><00:23:24.740><c> gathering</c><00:23:25.160><c> that</c><00:23:25.359><c> we</c>

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have,<00:23:26.299><c> at</c><00:23:26.420><c> every</c><00:23:26.640><c> fraternal</c><00:23:27.319><c> that</c><00:23:27.460><c> we</c><00:23:27.740><c> have,</c>

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at<00:23:28.480><c> every</c><00:23:28.700><c> Bible</c><00:23:29.099><c> school</c><00:23:29.319><c> that</c><00:23:29.480><c> we</c><00:23:29.599><c> have</c><00:23:29.720><c> the</c><00:23:29.920><c> privilege</c><00:23:30.220><c> of</c>

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attending.<00:23:33.059><c> He</c><00:23:33.359><c> that</c><00:23:33.579><c> hath</c><00:23:33.779><c> ears</c><00:23:34.220><c> to</c><00:23:34.460><c> hear,</c><00:23:35.079><c> let</c><00:23:35.160><c> him</c>

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hear<00:23:35.859><c> the</c><00:23:36.359><c> Son</c><00:23:36.579><c> of</c><00:23:36.779><c> God</c><00:23:37.319><c> would</c><00:23:37.700><c> say</c><00:23:37.940><c> throughout</c><00:23:38.259><c> his</c><00:23:38.539><c> lifetime.</c><00:23:39.619><c> And</c><00:23:39.880><c> right</c><00:23:40.079><c> into</c>

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the<00:23:41.119><c> period</c><00:23:41.720><c> of</c><00:23:42.319><c> the</c><00:23:42.579><c> giving</c>

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of<00:23:42.940><c> the</c><00:23:43.519><c> book</c><00:23:44.160><c> of</c><00:23:44.400><c> Revelation.</c><00:23:45.960><c> We</c><00:23:46.180><c> don't</c><00:23:46.440><c> like</c><00:23:46.640><c> to</c><00:23:46.900><c> listen,</c>

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brothers<00:23:47.460><c> and</c><00:23:47.700><c> sisters.</c><00:23:49.220><c> The</c><00:23:49.400><c> Cretians</c><00:23:49.779><c> were</c><00:23:49.980><c> not</c><00:23:50.160><c> people</c>

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that<00:23:51.059><c> liked</c><00:23:51.319><c> to</c><00:23:51.680><c> listen.</c><00:23:52.279><c> They</c><00:23:52.460><c> were</c><00:23:52.859><c> independent.</c><00:23:54.900><c> They</c><00:23:55.019><c> didn't</c><00:23:55.200><c> want</c><00:23:55.420><c> anybody</c><00:23:55.799><c> to</c>

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tell<00:23:56.180><c> them</c><00:23:56.420><c> what</c><00:23:56.700><c> to</c><00:23:56.940><c> do.</c>

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We're<00:23:58.660><c> the</c><00:23:58.839><c> same</c><00:23:59.079><c> way.</c><00:24:00.420><c> We're</c><00:24:00.640><c> just</c><00:24:00.839><c> like</c><00:24:01.099><c> them.</c><00:24:02.420><c> Many</c><00:24:02.660><c> would</c>

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have<00:24:03.000><c> received</c><00:24:03.259><c> this</c><00:24:03.599><c> lesson,</c><00:24:04.279><c> this</c><00:24:04.740><c> letter,</c>

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this<00:24:05.519><c> message</c><00:24:05.900><c> to</c><00:24:06.200><c> Titus</c><00:24:06.559><c> with</c><00:24:06.960><c> anger,</c><00:24:07.799><c> bitterness.</c><00:24:08.980><c> Look</c><00:24:09.200><c> at</c>

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how<00:24:09.480><c> he</c><00:24:09.660><c> continues,</c><00:24:10.660><c> brethren</c><00:24:10.799><c> and</c><00:24:11.019><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:24:12.099><c> says,</c><00:24:13.019><c> this</c><00:24:13.059><c> is</c><00:24:13.299><c> a</c><00:24:13.380><c> letter</c><00:24:13.539><c> to</c><00:24:13.859><c> Titus,</c><00:24:14.759><c> my</c><00:24:14.859><c> known</c><00:24:15.279><c> Son,</c><00:24:16.079><c> after</c><00:24:16.400><c> the</c>

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common<00:24:17.119><c> faith,</c><00:24:18.059><c> grace,</c><00:24:20.359><c> mercy</c><00:24:20.940><c> and</c><00:24:22.460><c> peace</c>

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from<00:24:24.440><c> God</c><00:24:24.720><c> the</c><00:24:24.940><c> Father</c><00:24:25.619><c> and</c><00:24:26.440><c> the</c><00:24:26.559><c> Lord</c><00:24:26.759><c> Jesus</c><00:24:27.119><c> Christ</c><00:24:27.420><c> our</c><00:24:27.720><c> Saviour.</c>

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Brethren<00:24:31.420><c> and</c><00:24:31.640><c> sisters,</c><00:24:32.440><c> at</c><00:24:32.660><c> some</c><00:24:32.920><c> point</c><00:24:33.079><c> in</c><00:24:33.299><c> our</c><00:24:33.500><c> lives,</c><00:24:34.839><c> as</c>

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we<00:24:35.279><c> study</c><00:24:35.519><c> and</c><00:24:35.759><c> read</c><00:24:36.039><c> the</c><00:24:36.299><c> epistles</c><00:24:36.599><c> of</c><00:24:36.859><c> Paul,</c>

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we<00:24:38.660><c> begin</c><00:24:38.920><c> to</c><00:24:39.140><c> realize</c><00:24:39.519><c> that</c><00:24:39.700><c> those</c><00:24:39.980><c> very</c><00:24:40.380><c> sections</c><00:24:40.799><c> that</c><00:24:40.980><c> we</c>

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have<00:24:41.359><c> a</c><00:24:41.519><c> tendency</c><00:24:41.859><c> to</c><00:24:42.480><c> run</c><00:24:43.099><c> through,</c><00:24:44.119><c> to</c><00:24:44.380><c> rush</c><00:24:44.640><c> past,</c>

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are<00:24:46.480><c> the</c><00:24:46.559><c> most</c><00:24:46.819><c> important</c><00:24:47.400><c> sections</c><00:24:48.039><c> of</c><00:24:48.339><c> all</c><00:24:48.539><c> of</c><00:24:48.660><c> his</c><00:24:48.779><c> letters.</c><00:24:50.480><c> When</c><00:24:50.799><c> Paul</c><00:24:51.079><c> is</c>

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talking<00:24:51.579><c> about</c><00:24:52.460><c> who</c><00:24:53.200><c> God</c><00:24:53.720><c> is</c>

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and<00:24:55.779><c> his</c><00:24:56.079><c> relation</c><00:24:56.500><c> to</c><00:24:56.720><c> God</c><00:24:57.380><c> at</c><00:24:58.200><c> the</c><00:24:58.359><c> beginning</c><00:24:58.579><c> of</c><00:24:58.779><c> his</c><00:24:58.980><c> epistles,</c><00:25:00.940><c> when</c>

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he's<00:25:01.559><c> talking</c><00:25:01.920><c> about</c><00:25:02.599><c> grace</c><00:25:03.200><c> and</c><00:25:03.660><c> mercy</c>

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and<00:25:04.440><c> peace,</c><00:25:06.019><c> he's</c><00:25:06.339><c> talking</c><00:25:06.660><c> about</c><00:25:06.920><c> the</c><00:25:07.019><c> most</c><00:25:07.339><c> important</c><00:25:07.980><c> things</c><00:25:08.559><c> that</c>

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exist.<00:25:11.559><c> Grace</c><00:25:12.079><c> means</c><00:25:13.440><c> kindness.</c>

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It<00:25:16.220><c> means</c><00:25:16.440><c> good</c><00:25:16.819><c> favour.</c><00:25:19.599><c> It</c><00:25:19.740><c> means,</c><00:25:20.359><c> brothers</c><00:25:20.460><c> and</c><00:25:20.759><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:25:23.180><c> act</c><00:25:23.640><c> of</c><00:25:23.940><c> a</c><00:25:24.160><c> human</c><00:25:24.559><c> being</c><00:25:24.940><c> or</c><00:25:25.319><c> of</c><00:25:25.980><c> God</c>

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that<00:25:27.880><c> is</c><00:25:28.140><c> not</c><00:25:28.400><c> merited</c><00:25:28.839><c> in</c><00:25:29.019><c> any</c><00:25:29.220><c> way.</c><00:25:30.839><c> It's</c><00:25:31.279><c> somebody</c><00:25:31.619><c> doing</c>

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something<00:25:32.559><c> that</c><00:25:32.720><c> he's</c><00:25:32.920><c> not</c><00:25:33.259><c> compelled</c><00:25:33.779><c> to</c><00:25:34.000><c> do</c>

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because<00:25:34.859><c> he</c><00:25:35.119><c> wants</c><00:25:35.559><c> to</c><00:25:35.779><c> do</c><00:25:35.940><c> it.</c><00:25:37.740><c> That's</c><00:25:38.380><c> what</c><00:25:38.519><c> grace</c><00:25:38.740><c> is.</c><00:25:41.359><c> Would</c><00:25:41.500><c> we</c>

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love<00:25:41.859><c> each</c><00:25:42.119><c> other</c><00:25:42.319><c> naturally</c><00:25:42.819><c> under</c><00:25:43.140><c> any</c>

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circumstances?<00:25:46.019><c> And</c><00:25:46.140><c> yet</c><00:25:46.220><c> we</c><00:25:46.500><c> expect</c><00:25:46.759><c> God,</c><00:25:47.599><c> who</c><00:25:47.700><c> is</c><00:25:47.940><c> holy</c><00:25:48.240><c> and</c>

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pure,<00:25:50.519><c> to</c><00:25:50.740><c> love</c><00:25:50.920><c> us.</c><00:25:52.279><c> And</c><00:25:52.599><c> we're</c><00:25:52.900><c> right</c><00:25:53.039><c> to</c><00:25:53.380><c> expect</c>

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that<00:25:54.339><c> because</c><00:25:55.400><c> God,</c><00:25:55.940><c> who</c><00:25:55.960><c> is</c><00:25:56.240><c> holy</c><00:25:56.700><c> and</c><00:25:57.140><c> pure,</c><00:25:58.240><c> looked</c><00:25:58.380><c> at</c><00:25:58.779><c> wretches</c><00:25:59.099><c> like</c><00:25:59.339><c> you</c>

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and<00:25:59.779><c> me</c><00:26:00.599><c> and</c><00:26:02.140><c> decided</c><00:26:02.640><c> to</c><00:26:03.480><c> extend</c>

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his<00:26:03.980><c> kindness</c><00:26:05.200><c> and</c><00:26:06.660><c> good</c><00:26:06.920><c> favour</c><00:26:07.259><c> towards</c><00:26:07.579><c> us</c><00:26:08.440><c> when</c><00:26:09.779><c> we've</c><00:26:10.059><c> never</c><00:26:10.279><c> deserved</c><00:26:11.099><c> anything</c><00:26:11.619><c> at</c>

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all<00:26:12.819><c> but</c><00:26:13.140><c> death</c>

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and<00:26:13.740><c> destruction,</c><00:26:15.759><c> grace,</c><00:26:16.579><c> brothers</c><00:26:16.759><c> and</c><00:26:17.019><c> sisters,</c><00:26:18.519><c> and</c><00:26:18.759><c> mercy.</c><00:26:19.799><c> You</c>

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know<00:26:19.980><c> what</c><00:26:20.079><c> the</c><00:26:20.359><c> word</c><00:26:20.359><c> mercy</c><00:26:20.640><c> means?</c>

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It<00:26:22.599><c> means</c><00:26:23.380><c> the</c><00:26:24.099><c> desire</c><00:26:24.900><c> to</c><00:26:25.940><c> relieve</c><00:26:26.700><c> those</c><00:26:27.519><c> who</c><00:26:28.339><c> are</c><00:26:28.700><c> in</c><00:26:29.000><c> a</c><00:26:29.420><c> miserable</c><00:26:29.900><c> condition.</c><00:26:31.519><c> That's</c><00:26:31.880><c> what</c><00:26:32.019><c> it</c><00:26:32.180><c> means.</c>

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Do<00:26:33.400><c> you</c><00:26:33.660><c> see</c><00:26:33.920><c> yourself</c><00:26:34.339><c> being</c><00:26:34.599><c> in</c><00:26:34.720><c> a</c><00:26:34.900><c> miserable</c><00:26:35.259><c> condition?</c><00:26:36.220><c> I</c>

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don't<00:26:36.819><c> frequently</c><00:26:37.240><c> see</c><00:26:37.460><c> myself</c><00:26:37.819><c> that</c><00:26:38.059><c> way,</c>

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but<00:26:39.420><c> we</c><00:26:39.660><c> are,</c><00:26:40.000><c> brothers</c><00:26:40.180><c> and</c><00:26:40.440><c> sisters.</c><00:26:42.099><c> With</c><00:26:42.359><c> all</c><00:26:42.619><c> that</c><00:26:42.779><c> we</c><00:26:43.000><c> have,</c><00:26:43.220><c> with</c><00:26:43.400><c> all</c><00:26:43.539><c> that</c><00:26:43.740><c> we</c><00:26:43.980><c> own,</c>

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:51.640
with<00:26:46.200><c> all</c><00:26:46.440><c> that</c><00:26:46.559><c> we</c><00:26:46.680><c> have</c><00:26:46.920><c> accomplished,</c><00:26:48.619><c> we're</c><00:26:48.859><c> really</c><00:26:49.240><c> miserable.</c><00:26:51.059><c> We're</c><00:26:51.200><c> people</c><00:26:51.420><c> who</c>

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need<00:26:51.799><c> help</c>

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because<00:26:53.240><c> we're</c><00:26:53.559><c> weak,</c><00:26:54.299><c> we're</c><00:26:54.700><c> frail,</c><00:26:55.099><c> we're</c><00:26:55.299><c> full</c><00:26:55.500><c> of</c><00:26:55.700><c> anxiety</c><00:26:56.279><c> and</c><00:26:56.619><c> care</c><00:26:56.900><c> and</c><00:26:57.119><c> worry</c><00:26:57.319><c> in</c>

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this<00:26:57.700><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:59.200><c> we</c><00:26:59.380><c> have</c><00:26:59.740><c> to</c><00:26:59.920><c> look</c><00:27:00.240><c> forward</c><00:27:00.799><c> at</c><00:27:01.279><c> the</c><00:27:01.559><c> end</c><00:27:01.839><c> of</c><00:27:02.059><c> our</c><00:27:02.279><c> lives</c>

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:08.019
to<00:27:04.000><c> loneliness,</c><00:27:05.420><c> to</c><00:27:05.519><c> pain,</c><00:27:06.819><c> to</c><00:27:06.920><c> death.</c>

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:14.019
In<00:27:09.519><c> the</c><00:27:09.759><c> brevity</c><00:27:10.099><c> of</c><00:27:10.339><c> this</c><00:27:10.619><c> difficult</c><00:27:11.119><c> life,</c><00:27:11.880><c> we</c><00:27:13.400><c> are</c><00:27:13.680><c> people</c>

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:16.940
who<00:27:14.420><c> need</c><00:27:15.099><c> God's</c><00:27:15.880><c> mercy,</c>

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:22.900
and<00:27:17.539><c> God</c><00:27:17.859><c> has</c><00:27:18.380><c> expressed</c><00:27:18.960><c> his</c><00:27:19.259><c> mercy</c><00:27:19.539><c> to</c><00:27:19.819><c> us</c><00:27:20.720><c> in</c><00:27:21.119><c> the</c><00:27:21.440><c> providing</c><00:27:21.640><c> of</c><00:27:22.000><c> a</c><00:27:22.160><c> son</c>

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through<00:27:23.400><c> whom</c><00:27:23.519><c> we</c><00:27:23.660><c> can</c><00:27:23.880><c> escape</c>

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:31.640
from<00:27:25.940><c> all</c><00:27:26.220><c> of</c><00:27:26.400><c> the</c><00:27:28.240><c> awful</c><00:27:28.799><c> evil</c><00:27:29.339><c> of</c><00:27:29.559><c> this</c><00:27:29.779><c> life,</c><00:27:31.140><c> all</c><00:27:31.279><c> of</c><00:27:31.400><c> the</c>

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:33.440
weakness<00:27:31.960><c> and</c><00:27:32.339><c> frailty,</c>

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:40.339
all<00:27:34.400><c> of</c><00:27:34.539><c> the</c><00:27:34.859><c> fearfulness,</c><00:27:35.380><c> the</c><00:27:35.619><c> sorrow</c><00:27:35.839><c> of</c><00:27:36.160><c> heart,</c><00:27:37.279><c> the</c><00:27:37.559><c> grief</c><00:27:38.279><c> that</c>

00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:41.400
many<00:27:40.619><c> have.</c>

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:50.460
God<00:27:44.359><c> has</c><00:27:44.640><c> expressed</c><00:27:44.920><c> his</c><00:27:45.099><c> mercy</c><00:27:45.359><c> to</c><00:27:45.559><c> us,</c><00:27:46.119><c> and</c><00:27:46.220><c> peace,</c><00:27:48.019><c> the</c><00:27:48.160><c> word</c><00:27:48.400><c> peace,</c><00:27:48.960><c> brothers</c><00:27:49.119><c> and</c><00:27:49.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:53.480
has<00:27:51.319><c> to</c><00:27:51.519><c> do</c><00:27:51.579><c> with</c><00:27:51.740><c> the</c><00:27:52.019><c> breaking</c><00:27:52.299><c> down</c><00:27:52.539><c> of</c><00:27:52.819><c> boundaries</c>

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between<00:27:54.420><c> people,</c>

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the<00:27:56.779><c> breaking</c><00:27:57.079><c> down</c><00:27:57.299><c> of</c><00:27:57.480><c> boundaries</c><00:27:57.859><c> between</c><00:27:58.319><c> God</c><00:27:58.680><c> and</c><00:27:58.980><c> man</c>

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through<00:27:59.500><c> the</c><00:27:59.740><c> giving</c><00:27:59.900><c> of</c><00:28:00.140><c> his</c><00:28:00.519><c> son,</c>

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:07.859
the<00:28:02.099><c> breaking</c><00:28:02.420><c> down</c><00:28:02.619><c> of</c><00:28:02.839><c> boundaries</c><00:28:03.220><c> between</c><00:28:04.279><c> Greeks,</c><00:28:06.339><c> Gentiles</c><00:28:07.220><c> and</c>

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:10.329
Jews,<00:28:09.140><c> between</c><00:28:09.440><c> people</c><00:28:09.759><c> of</c><00:28:10.019><c> all</c>

00:28:10.329 --> 00:28:19.609
backgrounds,<00:28:11.950><c> all</c><00:28:12.630><c> races,</c><00:28:13.390><c> colours,</c><00:28:15.029><c> all</c><00:28:15.309><c> backgrounds,</c><00:28:17.230><c> breaking</c><00:28:17.589><c> down</c><00:28:18.150><c> of</c><00:28:18.569><c> walls.</c>

00:28:20.450 --> 00:28:29.690
That's<00:28:20.769><c> what</c><00:28:21.009><c> Paul</c><00:28:21.329><c> is</c><00:28:21.990><c> saying</c><00:28:22.309><c> to</c><00:28:22.690><c> them.</c><00:28:23.890><c> I</c><00:28:24.210><c> pray</c><00:28:24.710><c> for</c><00:28:25.069><c> you</c><00:28:25.349><c> that</c><00:28:25.589><c> you</c><00:28:25.849><c> will</c><00:28:26.150><c> have</c><00:28:26.809><c> God's</c><00:28:27.349><c> grace</c><00:28:28.130><c> in</c><00:28:28.609><c> mind,</c>

00:28:30.430 --> 00:28:38.230
his<00:28:31.190><c> mercy</c><00:28:31.930><c> in</c><00:28:32.490><c> mind,</c><00:28:33.410><c> and</c><00:28:33.970><c> the</c><00:28:34.349><c> peace</c><00:28:35.049><c> that</c><00:28:35.329><c> he</c><00:28:35.569><c> offers</c><00:28:36.049><c> in</c><00:28:37.109><c> mind.</c>

00:28:38.890 --> 00:28:42.450
And<00:28:39.029><c> the</c><00:28:39.130><c> word</c><00:28:39.269><c> peace</c><00:28:39.609><c> means,</c><00:28:39.950><c> quite</c><00:28:40.170><c> literally,</c><00:28:41.910><c> freedom</c>

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from<00:28:43.390><c> fighting,</c><00:28:45.329><c> freedom</c><00:28:45.630><c> from</c><00:28:46.049><c> strife.</c>

00:28:48.470 --> 00:28:54.009
If<00:28:48.809><c> there</c><00:28:49.049><c> is</c><00:28:49.289><c> strife</c><00:28:49.549><c> in</c><00:28:49.730><c> our</c><00:28:49.910><c> ecclesia,</c><00:28:50.890><c> in</c><00:28:51.089><c> our</c><00:28:51.329><c> lives,</c><00:28:53.190><c> then</c><00:28:53.390><c> through</c><00:28:53.750><c> God</c>

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we<00:28:54.210><c> have</c><00:28:54.430><c> the</c><00:28:54.589><c> hope</c><00:28:54.730><c> of</c>

00:28:55.210 --> 00:29:01.390
freedom<00:28:55.529><c> from</c><00:28:56.130><c> strife,</c><00:28:57.369><c> if</c><00:28:57.769><c> we</c><00:28:58.009><c> want</c><00:28:58.309><c> it,</c><00:28:59.549><c> brothers</c><00:28:59.730><c> and</c><00:29:00.009><c> sisters.</c><00:29:01.250><c> So</c>

00:29:01.390 --> 00:29:05.690
God<00:29:02.869><c> provides</c><00:29:03.650><c> for</c><00:29:03.910><c> us</c><00:29:04.410><c> grace,</c>

00:29:06.329 --> 00:29:10.609
mercy<00:29:06.849><c> and</c><00:29:07.369><c> peace,</c><00:29:07.990><c> if</c><00:29:08.410><c> we</c><00:29:08.650><c> want</c><00:29:08.869><c> these</c><00:29:09.170><c> things.</c><00:29:10.210><c> Paul</c><00:29:10.410><c> puts</c>

00:29:10.609 --> 00:29:12.089
it<00:29:10.849><c> right</c><00:29:11.029><c> into</c><00:29:11.250><c> his</c><00:29:11.410><c> letter.</c><00:29:11.890><c> Look,</c>

00:29:12.349 --> 00:29:16.130
my<00:29:12.569><c> letter</c><00:29:12.890><c> is</c><00:29:13.230><c> to</c><00:29:13.490><c> Titus,</c><00:29:13.890><c> but</c><00:29:14.049><c> it</c><00:29:14.250><c> is</c><00:29:14.349><c> to</c><00:29:14.470><c> the</c><00:29:14.589><c> whole</c><00:29:14.769><c> ecclesia,</c><00:29:15.470><c> and</c><00:29:15.710><c> what</c><00:29:15.910><c> I</c>

00:29:16.130 --> 00:29:17.509
am<00:29:16.289><c> praying</c><00:29:16.509><c> for</c><00:29:16.849><c> you</c><00:29:17.230><c> for,</c>

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more<00:29:17.750><c> than</c><00:29:17.910><c> anything</c><00:29:18.150><c> else,</c><00:29:20.410><c> is</c><00:29:20.730><c> grace,</c><00:29:21.349><c> mercy</c><00:29:21.730><c> and</c><00:29:21.990><c> peace,</c>

00:29:23.329 --> 00:29:25.349
right<00:29:23.470><c> in</c><00:29:23.630><c> your</c><00:29:23.829><c> midst</c><00:29:24.089><c> as</c><00:29:24.269><c> an</c><00:29:24.410><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:29:28.490 --> 00:29:32.269
He<00:29:29.089><c> says,</c><00:29:29.750><c> brothers</c><00:29:29.910><c> and</c><00:29:30.150><c> sisters,</c><00:29:31.250><c> as</c><00:29:31.369><c> we</c><00:29:31.509><c> go</c><00:29:31.710><c> down</c><00:29:31.910><c> to</c><00:29:32.069><c> verse</c>

00:29:32.269 --> 00:29:37.529
5,<00:29:33.630><c> for</c><00:29:33.809><c> this</c><00:29:34.170><c> cause</c><00:29:34.789><c> left</c><00:29:35.849><c> I</c><00:29:36.089><c> thee</c><00:29:36.309><c> in</c><00:29:36.589><c> Crete.</c>

00:29:38.029 --> 00:29:44.089
This<00:29:38.230><c> is</c><00:29:38.430><c> the</c><00:29:38.630><c> reason</c><00:29:39.250><c> that</c><00:29:39.769><c> I</c><00:29:40.029><c> left</c><00:29:40.309><c> you</c><00:29:40.609><c> behind</c><00:29:41.009><c> in</c><00:29:41.309><c> Crete,</c><00:29:42.329><c> Titus.</c><00:29:43.210><c> This</c><00:29:43.450><c> is</c><00:29:43.690><c> the</c><00:29:43.829><c> work</c><00:29:43.930><c> I</c>

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left<00:29:44.289><c> you</c><00:29:44.549><c> for,</c>

00:29:44.930 --> 00:29:51.849
that<00:29:45.470><c> you</c><00:29:46.250><c> should</c><00:29:46.890><c> fix</c><00:29:47.869><c> the</c><00:29:48.269><c> things</c><00:29:48.630><c> that</c><00:29:48.950><c> need</c><00:29:49.369><c> fixing,</c><00:29:51.630><c> set</c>

00:29:51.849 --> 00:29:54.670
in<00:29:52.130><c> order</c><00:29:52.430><c> the</c><00:29:52.750><c> things</c><00:29:53.069><c> that</c><00:29:53.269><c> are</c><00:29:53.609><c> wanting.</c>

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And<00:29:55.690><c> ordain</c><00:29:56.650><c> elders</c><00:29:57.509><c> in</c><00:29:58.609><c> every</c><00:29:59.009><c> city,</c><00:30:00.970><c> as</c><00:30:01.130><c> I</c><00:30:02.450><c> gave</c><00:30:03.230><c> thee</c><00:30:03.609><c> charge,</c><00:30:04.869><c> as</c><00:30:05.089><c> I</c>

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told<00:30:05.769><c> you</c><00:30:05.950><c> and</c><00:30:06.150><c> instructed</c><00:30:06.730><c> you,</c>

00:30:07.269 --> 00:30:10.750
this<00:30:07.569><c> is</c><00:30:08.009><c> my</c><00:30:08.289><c> regulation</c><00:30:08.869><c> to</c><00:30:09.049><c> you,</c><00:30:09.109><c> this</c><00:30:09.269><c> is</c><00:30:09.609><c> my</c><00:30:10.009><c> command</c><00:30:10.509><c> to</c>

00:30:10.750 --> 00:30:16.130
you,<00:30:11.789><c> that</c><00:30:11.910><c> you</c><00:30:12.150><c> set</c><00:30:12.430><c> up</c><00:30:13.690><c> elders</c><00:30:14.369><c> in</c><00:30:15.410><c> all</c><00:30:15.789><c> of</c><00:30:15.950><c> the</c>

00:30:16.130 --> 00:30:21.430
ecclesias.<00:30:18.329><c> What's</c><00:30:18.809><c> he</c><00:30:18.849><c> talking</c><00:30:19.109><c> about?</c><00:30:20.849><c> He's</c><00:30:21.089><c> talking</c>

00:30:21.430 --> 00:30:26.410
about<00:30:21.849><c> arranging</c><00:30:22.690><c> boards.</c><00:30:24.990><c> Brethren,</c>

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whose<00:30:27.150><c> duty</c><00:30:28.089><c> and</c><00:30:28.670><c> privilege</c><00:30:29.250><c> it</c><00:30:29.609><c> is</c><00:30:30.289><c> to</c><00:30:30.809><c> be</c><00:30:31.089><c> the</c><00:30:31.630><c> floor</c><00:30:32.329><c> upon</c>

00:30:32.869 --> 00:30:36.390
which<00:30:33.630><c> their</c><00:30:34.130><c> brethren</c><00:30:34.529><c> and</c><00:30:34.970><c> sisters</c><00:30:35.349><c> walk.</c>

00:30:36.829 --> 00:30:42.190
That's<00:30:37.230><c> what</c><00:30:37.710><c> he</c><00:30:37.950><c> wants</c><00:30:38.950><c> Titus</c><00:30:39.210><c> to</c><00:30:39.410><c> do.</c><00:30:40.390><c> He</c><00:30:40.589><c> says,</c><00:30:41.849><c> and</c><00:30:42.009><c> we</c>

00:30:42.190 --> 00:30:45.230
read<00:30:42.369><c> these</c><00:30:42.730><c> things</c><00:30:43.089><c> always,</c><00:30:44.269><c> year</c><00:30:44.509><c> after</c><00:30:44.829><c> year,</c>

00:30:45.230 --> 00:30:49.109
when<00:30:45.509><c> it</c><00:30:45.750><c> comes</c><00:30:46.130><c> to</c><00:30:46.470><c> the</c><00:30:47.730><c> electing</c><00:30:48.269><c> of</c><00:30:48.430><c> arranging</c><00:30:48.769><c> brethren,</c>

00:30:49.529 --> 00:30:51.750
of<00:30:49.809><c> serving</c><00:30:50.049><c> brethren.</c><00:30:51.089><c> We</c><00:30:51.250><c> read</c><00:30:51.529><c> these</c>

00:30:51.750 --> 00:30:55.450
things<00:30:51.910><c> and</c><00:30:52.190><c> rightly</c><00:30:52.470><c> so.</c><00:30:52.970><c> Now</c><00:30:53.210><c> arranging</c><00:30:53.589><c> brethren</c><00:30:53.849><c> especially,</c><00:30:54.990><c> look</c><00:30:55.309><c> at</c>

00:30:55.450 --> 00:30:58.490
what<00:30:55.589><c> he's</c><00:30:55.930><c> saying.</c><00:30:57.329><c> He</c><00:30:57.509><c> says,</c>

00:30:59.410 --> 00:31:03.089
I<00:30:59.410><c> want</c><00:30:59.769><c> you</c><00:31:00.170><c> to</c><00:31:00.470><c> set</c><00:31:00.609><c> these</c><00:31:00.849><c> men</c><00:31:01.029><c> up</c><00:31:01.410><c> in</c><00:31:01.670><c> every</c><00:31:01.910><c> city.</c><00:31:02.829><c> Verse</c>

00:31:03.089 --> 00:31:04.769
6,<00:31:03.589><c> this</c><00:31:03.789><c> is</c><00:31:03.930><c> what</c><00:31:04.029><c> they</c><00:31:04.190><c> should</c><00:31:04.309><c> be</c><00:31:04.509><c> like,</c>

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if<00:31:05.309><c> any</c><00:31:05.710><c> man</c><00:31:06.049><c> be</c><00:31:07.490><c> blameless,</c><00:31:10.369><c> if</c><00:31:10.569><c> any</c><00:31:10.809><c> man</c><00:31:11.009><c> be</c><00:31:11.269><c> blameless.</c><00:31:12.410><c> The</c>

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word<00:31:12.809><c> blameless</c><00:31:13.230><c> means</c><00:31:13.529><c> above</c><00:31:13.910><c> reproach,</c>

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unaccusable,<00:31:17.869><c> somebody</c><00:31:18.329><c> who</c><00:31:18.609><c> cannot</c><00:31:18.849><c> be</c><00:31:19.190><c> criticised.</c><00:31:20.450><c> How</c>

00:31:20.750 --> 00:31:23.430
many<00:31:21.029><c> of</c><00:31:21.190><c> us</c><00:31:21.329><c> are</c><00:31:21.470><c> like</c><00:31:21.650><c> that</c><00:31:21.829><c> on</c><00:31:22.029><c> our</c><00:31:22.230><c> boards</c><00:31:22.529><c> brethren?</c>

00:31:25.609 --> 00:31:28.089
There's<00:31:26.210><c> lots</c><00:31:26.410><c> of</c><00:31:26.609><c> people</c><00:31:26.890><c> sort</c><00:31:27.089><c> of</c><00:31:27.250><c> laughing</c><00:31:27.549><c> to</c><00:31:27.750><c> themselves</c>

00:31:28.089 --> 00:31:30.509
right<00:31:28.390><c> now</c><00:31:28.990><c> and</c><00:31:29.509><c> you're</c><00:31:29.910><c> all</c><00:31:30.210><c> arranging</c>

00:31:30.509 --> 00:31:34.630
brethren,<00:31:31.309><c> right?</c><00:31:32.650><c> Because</c><00:31:33.109><c> we</c><00:31:33.269><c> know</c><00:31:33.589><c> we're</c><00:31:33.869><c> not</c><00:31:34.109><c> blameless.</c>

00:31:35.069 --> 00:31:36.869
We're<00:31:35.309><c> not</c><00:31:35.509><c> above</c><00:31:35.849><c> criticism.</c><00:31:36.289><c> We</c><00:31:36.509><c> all</c>

00:31:36.869 --> 00:31:40.289
have<00:31:37.329><c> many</c><00:31:37.829><c> things</c><00:31:38.150><c> in</c><00:31:38.309><c> our</c><00:31:38.509><c> lives</c><00:31:38.670><c> that</c><00:31:38.789><c> can</c><00:31:38.970><c> be</c><00:31:39.190><c> criticised.</c>

00:31:40.549 --> 00:31:43.049
But<00:31:40.789><c> what's</c><00:31:41.150><c> he</c><00:31:41.369><c> talking</c><00:31:41.670><c> about?</c><00:31:42.809><c> He's</c>

00:31:43.049 --> 00:31:46.430
not<00:31:43.250><c> talking</c><00:31:43.509><c> about</c><00:31:43.789><c> perfection</c><00:31:44.269><c> of</c><00:31:44.609><c> character.</c><00:31:45.930><c> He's</c><00:31:46.190><c> not</c>

00:31:46.430 --> 00:31:48.309
talking<00:31:46.650><c> about</c><00:31:46.970><c> freedom</c><00:31:47.369><c> from</c><00:31:47.789><c> sin,</c>

00:31:48.609 --> 00:31:53.150
because<00:31:49.049><c> he</c><00:31:49.329><c> now</c><00:31:49.670><c> goes</c><00:31:49.950><c> on</c><00:31:50.230><c> to</c><00:31:50.490><c> define</c><00:31:50.849><c> what</c><00:31:51.869><c> blamelessness</c>

00:31:53.150 --> 00:31:56.170
is<00:31:53.430><c> all</c><00:31:53.650><c> about.</c><00:31:54.769><c> Look</c><00:31:54.910><c> where</c><00:31:55.009><c> he</c><00:31:55.190><c> begins,</c>

00:31:56.309 --> 00:32:05.190
the<00:31:56.609><c> husband</c><00:31:57.049><c> of</c><00:31:57.230><c> one</c><00:31:57.470><c> wife,</c><00:31:58.750><c> the</c><00:32:00.289><c> husband</c><00:32:01.069><c> of</c><00:32:02.029><c> one</c><00:32:02.250><c> wife.</c><00:32:04.029><c> That's</c><00:32:04.450><c> been</c><00:32:04.650><c> understood</c><00:32:04.990><c> in</c>

00:32:05.190 --> 00:32:06.329
different<00:32:05.369><c> ways.</c><00:32:05.930><c> It</c><00:32:06.150><c> can</c>

00:32:06.329 --> 00:32:09.970
mean<00:32:06.609><c> that</c><00:32:07.230><c> in</c><00:32:07.430><c> a</c><00:32:07.650><c> society</c><00:32:08.190><c> where</c><00:32:08.509><c> it</c><00:32:08.670><c> was</c><00:32:08.869><c> possible</c><00:32:09.250><c> for</c><00:32:09.549><c> a</c><00:32:09.670><c> Jew</c><00:32:09.769><c> to</c>

00:32:09.970 --> 00:32:11.769
have<00:32:10.089><c> more</c><00:32:10.329><c> than</c><00:32:10.450><c> one</c><00:32:10.650><c> wife,</c><00:32:11.349><c> and</c><00:32:11.509><c> there</c><00:32:11.609><c> were</c>

00:32:11.769 --> 00:32:14.809
Jewish<00:32:12.130><c> believers</c><00:32:12.569><c> together</c><00:32:12.950><c> with</c><00:32:13.170><c> Gentile</c><00:32:13.630><c> believers</c><00:32:14.230><c> in</c>

00:32:14.809 --> 00:32:18.950
Crete,<00:32:16.470><c> that</c><00:32:16.829><c> the</c><00:32:17.390><c> men</c><00:32:17.630><c> who</c><00:32:17.809><c> were</c><00:32:18.089><c> chosen</c><00:32:18.470><c> to</c><00:32:18.690><c> be</c>

00:32:18.950 --> 00:32:22.950
arranging<00:32:19.349><c> brethren</c><00:32:19.789><c> should</c><00:32:20.269><c> only</c><00:32:20.589><c> be</c><00:32:20.890><c> husbands</c><00:32:21.289><c> of</c><00:32:21.589><c> one</c><00:32:21.829><c> wife.</c><00:32:22.390><c> That's</c><00:32:22.809><c> one</c>

00:32:22.950 --> 00:32:24.509
way<00:32:23.150><c> of</c><00:32:23.269><c> looking</c><00:32:23.470><c> at</c><00:32:23.650><c> it.</c>

00:32:24.730 --> 00:32:32.509
Another<00:32:25.190><c> way</c><00:32:25.430><c> of</c><00:32:25.529><c> looking</c><00:32:25.809><c> at</c><00:32:25.990><c> it</c><00:32:26.130><c> is</c><00:32:26.869><c> the</c><00:32:27.509><c> man</c><00:32:28.170><c> who</c><00:32:29.089><c> has</c><00:32:29.809><c> married</c><00:32:30.109><c> a</c><00:32:30.349><c> woman</c><00:32:30.869><c> when</c><00:32:32.190><c> she</c>

00:32:32.509 --> 00:32:34.170
dies<00:32:32.950><c> doesn't</c><00:32:33.529><c> remarry.</c>

00:32:34.589 --> 00:32:37.589
Not<00:32:34.829><c> that</c><00:32:35.029><c> there's</c><00:32:35.250><c> anything</c><00:32:35.549><c> wrong</c><00:32:35.869><c> with</c><00:32:36.150><c> that,</c><00:32:37.089><c> but</c><00:32:37.309><c> Paul</c>

00:32:37.589 --> 00:32:40.769
is<00:32:37.829><c> saying</c><00:32:38.109><c> if</c><00:32:38.569><c> you're</c><00:32:38.910><c> going</c><00:32:39.190><c> to</c><00:32:39.569><c> choose</c><00:32:40.089><c> people</c>

00:32:40.769 --> 00:32:47.170
to<00:32:41.029><c> be</c><00:32:41.250><c> arranging</c><00:32:41.769><c> brethren,</c><00:32:43.710><c> that's</c><00:32:44.210><c> the</c><00:32:44.369><c> condition</c><00:32:44.609><c> they</c><00:32:44.789><c> ought</c><00:32:44.950><c> to</c><00:32:45.069><c> be</c><00:32:45.250><c> in.</c><00:32:46.349><c> And</c><00:32:46.609><c> then</c><00:32:46.730><c> there's</c><00:32:46.930><c> a</c><00:32:47.049><c> third</c>

00:32:47.170 --> 00:32:51.470
way<00:32:47.309><c> of</c><00:32:47.410><c> looking</c><00:32:47.670><c> at</c><00:32:47.869><c> it.</c><00:32:50.029><c> And</c><00:32:50.250><c> this</c><00:32:50.369><c> has</c><00:32:50.630><c> to</c><00:32:50.769><c> do</c><00:32:50.890><c> with</c><00:32:51.029><c> divorce</c>

00:32:51.470 --> 00:32:55.250
and<00:32:51.750><c> remarriage.</c><00:32:52.710><c> If</c><00:32:53.130><c> the</c><00:32:53.490><c> brother</c><00:32:53.750><c> is</c><00:32:54.150><c> divorced,</c>

00:32:55.289 --> 00:33:02.549
he<00:32:55.490><c> has</c><00:32:55.950><c> not</c><00:32:56.329><c> remarried.</c><00:32:57.529><c> He's</c><00:32:57.769><c> been</c><00:32:58.170><c> in</c><00:32:58.289><c> his</c><00:32:58.609><c> life</c><00:32:59.089><c> the</c><00:32:59.690><c> husband</c><00:33:00.009><c> of</c><00:33:00.190><c> one</c><00:33:00.369><c> wife.</c><00:33:01.950><c> However</c><00:33:02.309><c> we</c>

00:33:02.549 --> 00:33:03.230
interpret<00:33:02.950><c> that,</c>

00:33:03.390 --> 00:33:12.569
brethren,<00:33:04.349><c> what</c><00:33:04.529><c> it</c><00:33:04.710><c> all</c><00:33:04.970><c> boils</c><00:33:05.190><c> down</c><00:33:05.529><c> to</c><00:33:05.809><c> is</c><00:33:06.890><c> faithfulness</c><00:33:07.910><c> to</c><00:33:08.289><c> one</c><00:33:08.890><c> woman,</c><00:33:10.730><c> faithfulness</c><00:33:11.329><c> to</c><00:33:11.529><c> a</c><00:33:11.650><c> wife.</c>

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:17.170
He<00:33:13.130><c> cannot</c><00:33:13.450><c> be</c><00:33:14.049><c> a</c><00:33:14.250><c> husband</c><00:33:14.750><c> who</c><00:33:14.970><c> has</c><00:33:15.190><c> been</c><00:33:15.490><c> accused</c><00:33:16.130><c> in</c><00:33:16.549><c> the</c><00:33:16.750><c> midst</c><00:33:16.990><c> of</c>

00:33:17.170 --> 00:33:18.829
an<00:33:17.410><c> adulterous</c><00:33:18.049><c> generation</c>

00:33:18.829 --> 00:33:23.970
of<00:33:19.589><c> adultery.</c><00:33:21.670><c> He</c><00:33:21.670><c> must,</c><00:33:22.769><c> through</c><00:33:23.029><c> thick</c><00:33:23.190><c> and</c><00:33:23.490><c> thin,</c><00:33:23.789><c> through</c>

00:33:23.970 --> 00:33:26.289
all<00:33:24.289><c> the</c><00:33:24.430><c> ups</c><00:33:24.630><c> and</c><00:33:24.829><c> downs</c><00:33:25.089><c> of</c><00:33:25.289><c> marriage,</c>

00:33:26.349 --> 00:33:31.890
have<00:33:26.470><c> been</c><00:33:26.849><c> faithful</c><00:33:27.289><c> to</c><00:33:27.529><c> her.</c><00:33:29.670><c> Thus</c><00:33:30.269><c> he</c><00:33:31.029><c> will</c><00:33:31.230><c> be</c><00:33:31.490><c> faithful</c>

00:33:31.890 --> 00:33:33.309
to<00:33:32.109><c> his</c><00:33:32.309><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:33:34.250 --> 00:33:40.390
So<00:33:34.890><c> that's</c><00:33:35.210><c> the</c><00:33:35.430><c> first</c><00:33:35.750><c> principle</c><00:33:36.309><c> that</c><00:33:37.410><c> Paul</c><00:33:37.609><c> brings</c><00:33:37.869><c> to</c><00:33:38.089><c> mind.</c><00:33:39.430><c> Faithfulness</c><00:33:40.069><c> in</c>

00:33:40.390 --> 00:33:42.609
marriage<00:33:40.930><c> is</c><00:33:41.910><c> necessary</c>

00:33:42.609 --> 00:33:46.970
for<00:33:43.490><c> an</c><00:33:43.690><c> arranging</c><00:33:44.069><c> brother.</c><00:33:45.630><c> The</c><00:33:45.750><c> next</c><00:33:45.930><c> thing</c><00:33:46.069><c> he</c><00:33:46.230><c> says</c><00:33:46.490><c> is</c>

00:33:46.970 --> 00:33:49.390
he<00:33:47.390><c> must</c><00:33:47.630><c> have</c><00:33:47.930><c> faithful</c><00:33:48.309><c> children.</c>

00:33:50.049 --> 00:33:55.809
So<00:33:50.250><c> what</c><00:33:50.430><c> makes</c><00:33:50.630><c> him</c><00:33:50.890><c> blameless?</c><00:33:51.990><c> His</c><00:33:52.269><c> relationship</c><00:33:53.069><c> to</c><00:33:53.609><c> other</c><00:33:53.849><c> people.</c><00:33:55.589><c> The</c>

00:33:55.809 --> 00:33:56.970
first<00:33:56.049><c> thing</c><00:33:56.230><c> is</c><00:33:56.369><c> his</c><00:33:56.549><c> relationship</c>

00:33:56.970 --> 00:34:02.250
to<00:33:57.109><c> his</c><00:33:57.250><c> wife.</c><00:33:58.549><c> And</c><00:33:58.849><c> his</c><00:33:59.130><c> children</c><00:33:59.589><c> must</c><00:33:59.910><c> be</c><00:34:00.329><c> believers.</c><00:34:01.849><c> That's</c><00:34:02.089><c> what</c>

00:34:02.250 --> 00:34:04.410
the<00:34:02.329><c> word</c><00:34:02.529><c> faithful</c><00:34:03.049><c> means.</c><00:34:03.849><c> They</c><00:34:03.970><c> may</c><00:34:04.210><c> not</c>

00:34:04.410 --> 00:34:08.789
necessarily<00:34:04.890><c> be</c><00:34:05.210><c> baptized</c><00:34:05.630><c> because</c><00:34:05.950><c> of</c><00:34:06.109><c> their</c><00:34:06.309><c> age,</c><00:34:07.109><c> but</c><00:34:08.130><c> they</c><00:34:08.289><c> must</c><00:34:08.550><c> be</c>

00:34:08.789 --> 00:34:11.530
people<00:34:09.670><c> for</c><00:34:10.730><c> whom</c><00:34:10.889><c> the</c><00:34:11.170><c> truth</c><00:34:11.309><c> is</c>

00:34:11.530 --> 00:34:19.929
something<00:34:11.769><c> important.</c><00:34:13.469><c> And</c><00:34:13.989><c> if</c><00:34:14.150><c> their</c><00:34:14.349><c> children</c><00:34:14.789><c> are</c><00:34:15.289><c> not</c><00:34:15.829><c> believers,</c><00:34:18.090><c> ought</c><00:34:18.230><c> they</c><00:34:18.750><c> to</c>

00:34:19.929 --> 00:34:23.070
accept<00:34:20.909><c> that</c><00:34:22.210><c> role</c><00:34:22.630><c> of</c><00:34:22.869><c> being</c>

00:34:23.070 --> 00:34:26.670
an<00:34:23.070><c> arranging</c><00:34:23.449><c> brethren?</c><00:34:24.550><c> He</c><00:34:24.750><c> says</c><00:34:25.070><c> the</c><00:34:25.469><c> children</c><00:34:25.969><c> must</c><00:34:26.369><c> not</c>

00:34:26.670 --> 00:34:29.750
be,<00:34:27.110><c> what?</c><00:34:28.090><c> So</c><00:34:28.190><c> go</c><00:34:28.329><c> on</c><00:34:28.489><c> in</c><00:34:28.630><c> that</c><00:34:28.789><c> verse.</c>

00:34:31.829 --> 00:34:37.389
These<00:34:31.989><c> children</c><00:34:32.389><c> must</c><00:34:32.650><c> not</c><00:34:32.929><c> be</c><00:34:33.190><c> accused</c><00:34:33.469><c> of</c><00:34:33.949><c> riot</c><00:34:34.389><c> or</c><00:34:36.050><c> unruly.</c>

00:34:37.769 --> 00:34:41.130
And<00:34:38.010><c> the</c><00:34:38.150><c> word</c><00:34:38.309><c> riot</c><00:34:38.630><c> means</c><00:34:39.230><c> they</c><00:34:40.469><c> must</c><00:34:40.789><c> not</c><00:34:40.989><c> be</c>

00:34:41.130 --> 00:34:46.010
the<00:34:41.309><c> kind</c><00:34:41.510><c> of</c><00:34:41.730><c> people</c><00:34:42.130><c> who</c><00:34:43.010><c> squander</c><00:34:43.889><c> things</c><00:34:44.650><c> foolishly.</c><00:34:45.590><c> That's</c><00:34:45.789><c> what</c><00:34:45.909><c> the</c>

00:34:46.010 --> 00:34:51.150
word<00:34:46.150><c> riot</c><00:34:46.389><c> means</c><00:34:46.570><c> literally.</c><00:34:50.530><c> To</c>

00:34:51.150 --> 00:34:56.989
go<00:34:51.230><c> out</c><00:34:51.489><c> and</c><00:34:51.889><c> foolishly</c><00:34:53.489><c> waste.</c><00:34:55.889><c> That's</c><00:34:56.230><c> one</c><00:34:56.489><c> thing</c><00:34:56.670><c> that</c><00:34:56.829><c> the</c>

00:34:56.989 --> 00:34:59.530
children<00:34:57.230><c> cannot</c><00:34:57.550><c> do.</c><00:34:58.250><c> The</c><00:34:58.650><c> children</c><00:34:59.090><c> of</c><00:34:59.369><c> an</c>

00:34:59.530 --> 00:35:03.730
arranging<00:35:00.030><c> brother.</c><00:35:01.690><c> The</c><00:35:01.949><c> second</c><00:35:02.170><c> thing</c><00:35:02.369><c> is</c><00:35:02.550><c> they</c><00:35:02.789><c> must</c><00:35:03.269><c> not</c>

00:35:03.730 --> 00:35:10.289
be<00:35:04.030><c> unruly.</c><00:35:05.329><c> And</c><00:35:05.469><c> the</c><00:35:05.570><c> word</c><00:35:05.769><c> unruly</c><00:35:06.429><c> means</c><00:35:09.849><c> without</c>

00:35:10.289 --> 00:35:15.869
rules.<00:35:12.349><c> Somebody</c><00:35:12.670><c> who</c><00:35:12.869><c> is</c><00:35:13.210><c> lawless,</c><00:35:14.610><c> who</c><00:35:14.690><c> is</c><00:35:15.090><c> disrespectful</c>

00:35:15.869 --> 00:35:20.269
and<00:35:16.329><c> disobedient</c><00:35:17.449><c> and</c><00:35:18.389><c> is</c><00:35:18.590><c> not</c><00:35:18.769><c> willing</c><00:35:18.969><c> to</c><00:35:19.170><c> be</c><00:35:19.630><c> bound</c><00:35:19.889><c> by</c>

00:35:20.269 --> 00:35:30.010
rules.<00:35:23.110><c> That's</c><00:35:23.909><c> one</c><00:35:24.130><c> of</c><00:35:24.289><c> the</c><00:35:24.469><c> things</c><00:35:25.150><c> that</c><00:35:25.610><c> Paul</c><00:35:25.849><c> says</c><00:35:26.489><c> an</c><00:35:27.170><c> arranging</c><00:35:27.590><c> brother</c><00:35:27.829><c> must</c><00:35:28.150><c> have.</c><00:35:29.909><c> Now</c>

00:35:30.010 --> 00:35:30.489
let's<00:35:30.110><c> go</c><00:35:30.309><c> on</c>

00:35:30.489 --> 00:35:34.349
further,<00:35:30.849><c> brothers</c><00:35:30.949><c> and</c><00:35:31.190><c> sisters.</c><00:35:32.710><c> He</c><00:35:32.889><c> says</c><00:35:33.110><c> also</c><00:35:33.730><c> that</c><00:35:34.130><c> the</c>

00:35:34.349 --> 00:35:41.369
individual<00:35:34.789><c> is</c><00:35:36.610><c> a</c><00:35:37.530><c> steward</c><00:35:38.010><c> of</c><00:35:38.269><c> God.</c><00:35:40.409><c> Verse</c><00:35:40.650><c> seven,</c>

00:35:41.789 --> 00:35:47.090
for<00:35:42.210><c> a</c><00:35:42.789><c> bishop</c><00:35:43.110><c> must</c><00:35:43.409><c> be</c><00:35:43.750><c> blameless</c><00:35:44.309><c> as</c><00:35:44.949><c> the</c><00:35:45.349><c> steward</c><00:35:45.889><c> of</c><00:35:46.170><c> God.</c>

00:35:47.230 --> 00:35:49.530
The<00:35:47.369><c> word</c><00:35:47.590><c> steward</c><00:35:48.190><c> was</c><00:35:48.590><c> an</c><00:35:48.829><c> official</c><00:35:49.150><c> business</c>

00:35:49.530 --> 00:35:52.849
term.<00:35:50.349><c> It</c><00:35:50.530><c> meant</c><00:35:50.750><c> a</c><00:35:51.230><c> slave,</c><00:35:51.329><c> a</c><00:35:51.489><c> chief</c><00:35:51.670><c> slave</c><00:35:51.929><c> in</c><00:35:52.110><c> a</c><00:35:52.250><c> household</c>

00:35:52.849 --> 00:35:55.269
whose<00:35:53.429><c> job</c><00:35:53.730><c> was</c><00:35:53.989><c> to</c><00:35:54.130><c> look</c><00:35:54.329><c> after</c><00:35:54.610><c> the</c><00:35:54.869><c> needs</c>

00:35:55.269 --> 00:35:59.869
of<00:35:55.670><c> the</c><00:35:55.809><c> whole</c><00:35:55.989><c> household.</c><00:35:57.090><c> To</c><00:35:57.369><c> care</c><00:35:57.750><c> for</c><00:35:58.110><c> and</c><00:35:58.449><c> to</c><00:35:58.630><c> ensure</c><00:35:59.090><c> that</c><00:35:59.329><c> everybody</c><00:35:59.610><c> was</c>

00:35:59.869 --> 00:36:01.769
in<00:35:59.989><c> good</c><00:36:00.170><c> health.</c><00:36:00.889><c> To</c><00:36:01.130><c> feed</c><00:36:01.409><c> them,</c>

00:36:01.949 --> 00:36:07.590
clothe<00:36:02.329><c> them,</c><00:36:03.090><c> to</c><00:36:03.250><c> make</c><00:36:03.389><c> sure</c><00:36:03.570><c> that</c><00:36:03.710><c> they</c><00:36:03.809><c> had</c><00:36:04.030><c> work</c><00:36:04.309><c> to</c><00:36:04.469><c> do</c><00:36:04.570><c> and</c><00:36:04.710><c> did</c><00:36:04.969><c> their</c><00:36:05.269><c> work.</c><00:36:06.630><c> And</c><00:36:07.150><c> all</c><00:36:07.369><c> of</c>

00:36:07.590 --> 00:36:09.090
this<00:36:08.130><c> because</c><00:36:08.889><c> he</c>

00:36:09.090 --> 00:36:12.530
was<00:36:09.329><c> responsible</c><00:36:09.869><c> to</c><00:36:10.050><c> his</c><00:36:10.210><c> master</c><00:36:10.690><c> and</c><00:36:11.389><c> was</c><00:36:11.650><c> responsible</c><00:36:12.329><c> for</c>

00:36:12.530 --> 00:36:15.250
the<00:36:12.730><c> condition</c><00:36:13.050><c> of</c><00:36:13.190><c> the</c><00:36:13.329><c> whole</c><00:36:13.510><c> household.</c><00:36:14.449><c> That</c><00:36:14.889><c> is</c>

00:36:15.250 --> 00:36:19.510
what<00:36:15.389><c> the</c><00:36:15.630><c> work</c><00:36:15.829><c> of</c><00:36:16.050><c> the</c><00:36:16.289><c> chief</c><00:36:16.510><c> slave</c><00:36:16.769><c> in</c><00:36:16.909><c> the</c><00:36:17.050><c> household</c><00:36:17.369><c> was.</c><00:36:19.429><c> So</c>

00:36:19.510 --> 00:36:22.550
that's<00:36:19.809><c> what</c><00:36:19.989><c> an</c><00:36:20.190><c> arranging</c><00:36:20.510><c> brother</c><00:36:20.750><c> is.</c><00:36:22.389><c> He's</c>

00:36:22.550 --> 00:36:25.929
a<00:36:22.670><c> chief</c><00:36:22.869><c> slave</c><00:36:23.530><c> whose</c><00:36:24.210><c> job</c><00:36:24.469><c> is</c><00:36:24.590><c> not</c><00:36:24.730><c> to</c><00:36:24.869><c> be</c><00:36:25.130><c> over</c><00:36:25.530><c> managing</c>

00:36:25.929 --> 00:36:29.789
the<00:36:26.210><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:26.730><c> but</c><00:36:27.489><c> underneath</c><00:36:28.010><c> helping,</c><00:36:28.590><c> supporting,</c>

00:36:30.889 --> 00:36:35.550
building<00:36:31.429><c> and</c><00:36:31.969><c> keeping</c><00:36:32.369><c> the</c><00:36:32.710><c> flock</c><00:36:32.869><c> alive</c><00:36:33.329><c> and</c><00:36:33.590><c> healthy.</c><00:36:35.010><c> Goes</c><00:36:35.250><c> on</c>

00:36:35.550 --> 00:36:37.630
further,<00:36:35.909><c> brothers</c><00:36:36.030><c> and</c><00:36:36.289><c> sisters.</c><00:36:37.150><c> He</c><00:36:37.329><c> says</c>

00:36:37.630 --> 00:36:41.429
when<00:36:37.769><c> we</c><00:36:37.909><c> go</c><00:36:37.989><c> to</c><00:36:38.130><c> verse</c><00:36:38.309><c> eight,</c><00:36:39.250><c> or</c><00:36:39.349><c> verse</c><00:36:39.530><c> seven,</c><00:36:40.250><c> the</c><00:36:40.389><c> individual</c><00:36:41.010><c> must</c>

00:36:41.429 --> 00:36:44.210
not<00:36:41.670><c> be</c><00:36:42.050><c> self</c><00:36:42.610><c>-willed.</c><00:36:43.510><c> That</c><00:36:43.849><c> means</c>

00:36:44.210 --> 00:36:48.449
obstinate<00:36:44.849><c> in</c><00:36:44.949><c> his</c><00:36:45.190><c> own</c><00:36:45.409><c> opinion.</c><00:36:46.670><c> An</c><00:36:46.909><c> individual</c><00:36:47.349><c> who</c><00:36:47.590><c> doesn't</c><00:36:47.949><c> listen</c><00:36:48.289><c> to</c>

00:36:48.449 --> 00:36:49.730
other<00:36:48.690><c> people's</c><00:36:49.190><c> opinions,</c>

00:36:50.170 --> 00:36:53.929
who's<00:36:50.389><c> always</c><00:36:50.750><c> concerned</c><00:36:51.150><c> about</c><00:36:51.449><c> protecting</c><00:36:51.869><c> his</c><00:36:52.250><c> rights</c><00:36:53.010><c> as</c>

00:36:53.929 --> 00:36:56.489
an<00:36:54.190><c> individual</c><00:36:54.710><c> but</c><00:36:55.510><c> at</c><00:36:55.650><c> the</c><00:36:55.809><c> same</c><00:36:56.050><c> time</c>

00:36:56.489 --> 00:37:02.309
tramples<00:36:57.269><c> rafshan</c><00:36:57.929><c> over</c><00:36:58.469><c> the</c><00:36:58.789><c> rights</c><00:36:59.170><c> and</c><00:36:59.670><c> feelings</c><00:37:00.130><c> of</c><00:37:00.489><c> other</c><00:37:00.869><c> people.</c><00:37:01.829><c> Because</c><00:37:02.130><c> the</c>

00:37:02.309 --> 00:37:03.389
only<00:37:02.489><c> important</c><00:37:02.989><c> feelings</c>

00:37:03.389 --> 00:37:08.110
that<00:37:03.590><c> there</c><00:37:03.869><c> are</c><00:37:04.190><c> are</c><00:37:04.730><c> his</c><00:37:05.230><c> and</c><00:37:05.769><c> the</c><00:37:05.949><c> only</c><00:37:06.230><c> will</c><00:37:06.409><c> that</c><00:37:06.570><c> is</c><00:37:06.769><c> important</c><00:37:07.329><c> is</c>

00:37:08.110 --> 00:37:13.349
his.<00:37:08.929><c> He</c><00:37:09.150><c> is</c><00:37:09.989><c> self</c><00:37:10.809><c>-willed.</c><00:37:12.550><c> The</c><00:37:12.849><c> individual</c>

00:37:13.349 --> 00:37:16.309
who<00:37:13.469><c> is</c><00:37:13.670><c> an</c><00:37:13.849><c> arranging</c><00:37:14.190><c> brother</c><00:37:14.690><c> must</c><00:37:15.369><c> not</c><00:37:15.530><c> be</c><00:37:15.789><c> self</c><00:37:16.030><c>-willed.</c>

00:37:16.690 --> 00:37:19.889
He<00:37:16.750><c> mustn't</c><00:37:17.030><c> be</c><00:37:17.469><c> soon</c><00:37:17.849><c> angry,</c><00:37:19.269><c> quick</c><00:37:19.510><c>-tempered,</c>

00:37:20.050 --> 00:37:23.789
short<00:37:20.329><c>-tempered.</c><00:37:21.269><c> He</c><00:37:21.429><c> must</c><00:37:21.690><c> not</c><00:37:21.829><c> be</c><00:37:21.969><c> given</c><00:37:22.150><c> to</c><00:37:22.469><c> wine.</c><00:37:23.070><c> He</c><00:37:23.250><c> mustn't</c><00:37:23.570><c> be</c>

00:37:23.789 --> 00:37:28.250
somebody<00:37:24.650><c> who</c><00:37:26.130><c> is</c><00:37:26.469><c> enslaved</c><00:37:26.989><c> to</c><00:37:27.329><c> liquor.</c>

00:37:29.869 --> 00:37:34.230
Also<00:37:30.429><c> no</c><00:37:30.989><c> striker,</c><00:37:32.110><c> somebody</c><00:37:32.530><c> who</c><00:37:32.690><c> is</c><00:37:32.909><c> not</c><00:37:33.150><c> soon</c><00:37:33.289><c> to</c><00:37:33.969><c> to</c><00:37:34.090><c> lash</c>

00:37:34.230 --> 00:37:36.710
out<00:37:34.469><c> in</c><00:37:34.730><c> anger</c><00:37:35.050><c> in</c><00:37:35.309><c> defense</c><00:37:35.570><c> of</c><00:37:35.750><c> himself.</c>

00:37:36.989 --> 00:37:40.550
And<00:37:37.510><c> also</c><00:37:37.969><c> in</c><00:37:38.170><c> addition</c><00:37:38.469><c> to</c><00:37:38.690><c> that</c><00:37:38.889><c> he</c><00:37:39.289><c> must</c><00:37:39.530><c> not</c><00:37:39.730><c> be</c><00:37:39.949><c> given</c><00:37:40.210><c> to</c>

00:37:40.550 --> 00:37:45.190
filthy<00:37:40.929><c> luka.</c><00:37:42.550><c> Filthy</c><00:37:42.829><c> luka</c><00:37:43.150><c> means</c><00:37:43.550><c> ill</c><00:37:44.090><c>-gotten</c><00:37:44.650><c> gain.</c>

00:37:45.630 --> 00:37:49.329
It<00:37:45.789><c> means</c><00:37:45.989><c> in</c><00:37:46.150><c> his</c><00:37:46.409><c> business</c><00:37:46.909><c> dealings</c><00:37:47.530><c> an</c><00:37:48.269><c> arranging</c><00:37:48.829><c> brother</c><00:37:49.090><c> must</c>

00:37:49.329 --> 00:37:52.690
be<00:37:49.670><c> honest,</c><00:37:50.869><c> above</c><00:37:51.090><c> board,</c><00:37:52.329><c> straight</c>

00:37:52.690 --> 00:37:56.750
in<00:37:53.010><c> his</c><00:37:53.230><c> dealings</c><00:37:53.809><c> with</c><00:37:54.110><c> those</c><00:37:54.369><c> who</c><00:37:54.550><c> are</c><00:37:54.690><c> on</c><00:37:54.809><c> the</c><00:37:54.949><c> outside.</c><00:37:56.250><c> That's</c><00:37:56.449><c> what</c><00:37:56.590><c> it</c>

00:37:56.750 --> 00:37:58.429
means,<00:37:57.170><c> brothers</c><00:37:57.269><c> and</c><00:37:57.510><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:59.570 --> 00:38:02.690
Now<00:38:00.090><c> we</c><00:38:00.389><c> may</c><00:38:00.590><c> have</c><00:38:00.730><c> looked</c><00:38:00.889><c> at</c><00:38:01.030><c> all</c><00:38:01.150><c> of</c><00:38:01.269><c> these</c><00:38:01.449><c> things</c><00:38:01.650><c> and</c><00:38:01.849><c> felt</c><00:38:01.989><c> terrible</c><00:38:02.530><c> if</c>

00:38:02.690 --> 00:38:04.090
we<00:38:02.789><c> were</c><00:38:02.889><c> arranging</c><00:38:03.210><c> brethren.</c>

00:38:04.329 --> 00:38:08.550
None<00:38:04.809><c> of</c><00:38:04.949><c> us</c><00:38:05.090><c> is</c><00:38:05.170><c> perfect.</c><00:38:06.949><c> None</c><00:38:07.090><c> of</c><00:38:07.250><c> us</c><00:38:07.469><c> measures</c><00:38:07.789><c> up</c><00:38:08.090><c> to</c><00:38:08.289><c> all</c>

00:38:08.550 --> 00:38:12.429
of<00:38:08.750><c> these</c><00:38:09.010><c> things</c><00:38:09.510><c> that</c><00:38:10.349><c> we</c><00:38:10.650><c> ought</c><00:38:10.889><c> not</c><00:38:11.170><c> to</c><00:38:11.369><c> be.</c>

00:38:12.710 --> 00:38:16.309
In<00:38:12.869><c> other</c><00:38:13.070><c> words,</c><00:38:14.909><c> not</c><00:38:15.010><c> that</c><00:38:15.170><c> we</c><00:38:15.309><c> don't</c><00:38:15.550><c> measure</c><00:38:15.750><c> up</c><00:38:15.909><c> to</c><00:38:16.050><c> these</c>

00:38:16.309 --> 00:38:20.289
things,<00:38:17.610><c> but</c><00:38:17.789><c> none</c><00:38:18.050><c> of</c><00:38:18.210><c> us</c><00:38:18.409><c> is</c><00:38:18.829><c> free</c><00:38:19.349><c> of</c><00:38:19.869><c> all</c><00:38:20.110><c> of</c>

00:38:20.289 --> 00:38:23.750
these<00:38:20.530><c> things.</c><00:38:21.550><c> We</c><00:38:21.730><c> all</c><00:38:21.969><c> have</c><00:38:22.170><c> one</c><00:38:22.389><c> or</c><00:38:22.449><c> two</c><00:38:22.670><c> of</c><00:38:22.789><c> these</c><00:38:22.969><c> problems</c><00:38:23.409><c> to</c><00:38:23.570><c> deal</c>

00:38:23.750 --> 00:38:26.329
with.<00:38:25.110><c> What</c><00:38:25.250><c> Paul</c><00:38:25.489><c> is</c><00:38:25.710><c> doing</c><00:38:25.869><c> is</c>

00:38:26.329 --> 00:38:33.110
a<00:38:26.949><c> standard</c><00:38:27.869><c> of</c><00:38:28.510><c> behavior</c><00:38:29.250><c> and</c><00:38:29.809><c> activity.</c><00:38:31.550><c> The</c><00:38:31.730><c> standard</c><00:38:32.269><c> is</c>

00:38:33.110 --> 00:38:35.869
that<00:38:33.409><c> we</c><00:38:33.750><c> are</c><00:38:34.090><c> not</c><00:38:34.309><c> to</c><00:38:34.530><c> do</c><00:38:34.809><c> these</c><00:38:35.150><c> things</c><00:38:35.389><c> or</c><00:38:35.550><c> have</c>

00:38:35.869 --> 00:38:40.449
these<00:38:36.190><c> things</c><00:38:36.369><c> in</c><00:38:36.550><c> our</c><00:38:36.750><c> lives.</c><00:38:37.670><c> If</c><00:38:37.829><c> our</c><00:38:38.110><c> children</c><00:38:39.269><c> are</c><00:38:40.150><c> having</c>

00:38:40.449 --> 00:38:44.909
difficult<00:38:41.010><c> times,</c><00:38:41.929><c> we</c><00:38:41.949><c> must</c><00:38:42.309><c> at</c><00:38:42.650><c> least</c><00:38:43.110><c> consider</c>

00:38:45.570 --> 00:38:49.809
if<00:38:46.250><c> they</c><00:38:46.510><c> are</c><00:38:46.650><c> young</c><00:38:47.010><c> and</c><00:38:47.530><c> we</c><00:38:47.630><c> can</c><00:38:47.949><c> still</c><00:38:48.210><c> have</c><00:38:48.849><c> some</c><00:38:49.329><c> kind</c><00:38:49.570><c> of</c>

00:38:49.809 --> 00:38:51.510
effect<00:38:50.010><c> for</c><00:38:50.190><c> good</c><00:38:50.289><c> in</c><00:38:50.449><c> their</c><00:38:50.650><c> lives.</c>

00:38:51.650 --> 00:38:54.989
But<00:38:51.969><c> if</c><00:38:52.110><c> they're</c><00:38:52.309><c> too</c><00:38:52.590><c> old,</c><00:38:53.050><c> we</c><00:38:53.190><c> may</c><00:38:53.389><c> not</c><00:38:53.590><c> be</c><00:38:53.789><c> able</c><00:38:54.050><c> to.</c><00:38:54.750><c> But</c><00:38:54.869><c> if</c>

00:38:54.989 --> 00:38:56.690
they're<00:38:55.230><c> young,</c><00:38:55.550><c> we</c><00:38:55.570><c> must</c><00:38:55.929><c> at</c><00:38:56.030><c> least</c><00:38:56.309><c> consider</c>

00:38:56.690 --> 00:39:01.949
the<00:38:56.849><c> possibility</c><00:38:57.429><c> of</c><00:38:58.090><c> holding</c><00:38:58.690><c> back</c><00:38:59.289><c> from</c><00:38:59.570><c> being</c><00:38:59.909><c> on</c><00:39:00.130><c> the</c><00:39:00.309><c> board</c><00:39:00.590><c> until</c><00:39:01.730><c> we</c>

00:39:01.949 --> 00:39:04.590
have<00:39:02.110><c> our</c><00:39:02.409><c> houses</c><00:39:02.929><c> in</c><00:39:03.489><c> order.</c>

00:39:05.590 --> 00:39:08.989
It's<00:39:05.829><c> something</c><00:39:06.010><c> that</c><00:39:06.170><c> we</c><00:39:06.349><c> have</c><00:39:06.550><c> to</c><00:39:06.769><c> consider,</c><00:39:07.630><c> brethren.</c><00:39:08.750><c> If</c>

00:39:08.989 --> 00:39:12.530
our<00:39:10.389><c> situation</c><00:39:11.130><c> with</c><00:39:11.409><c> our</c><00:39:11.750><c> wife</c>

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involves<00:39:13.650><c> difficulty,</c><00:39:14.590><c> stress,</c><00:39:15.250><c> we're</c><00:39:15.449><c> having</c><00:39:15.710><c> problems</c><00:39:16.150><c> in</c>

00:39:16.349 --> 00:39:20.309
our<00:39:16.510><c> marriage,</c><00:39:17.329><c> then</c><00:39:17.710><c> stay</c><00:39:18.329><c> off</c><00:39:18.909><c> the</c><00:39:19.309><c> board.</c>

00:39:20.610 --> 00:39:27.550
Work<00:39:21.010><c> things</c><00:39:21.329><c> out</c><00:39:21.630><c> first,</c><00:39:23.389><c> then</c><00:39:23.670><c> accept</c><00:39:24.349><c> that</c><00:39:24.730><c> duty</c><00:39:25.090><c> and</c><00:39:25.349><c> task.</c><00:39:27.469><c> This</c>

00:39:27.550 --> 00:39:28.570
is<00:39:27.690><c> what</c><00:39:27.809><c> we're</c><00:39:27.949><c> being</c><00:39:28.190><c> told.</c>

00:39:28.969 --> 00:39:32.650
He<00:39:29.070><c> says,</c><00:39:29.730><c> look,</c><00:39:29.909><c> this</c><00:39:30.090><c> is</c><00:39:30.250><c> what</c><00:39:30.469><c> an</c><00:39:30.710><c> arranging</c><00:39:30.949><c> brother</c><00:39:31.210><c> should</c><00:39:31.489><c> be.</c>

00:39:32.690 --> 00:39:35.389
Verse<00:39:32.829><c> eight,</c><00:39:33.710><c> he</c><00:39:33.769><c> must</c><00:39:33.989><c> be</c><00:39:34.250><c> a</c><00:39:34.590><c> lover</c><00:39:34.849><c> of</c>

00:39:35.389 --> 00:39:42.570
hospitality.<00:39:36.889><c> That</c><00:39:37.369><c> means</c><00:39:37.690><c> literally</c><00:39:38.329><c> a</c><00:39:39.110><c> lover</c><00:39:39.389><c> of</c><00:39:39.889><c> strangers.</c><00:39:42.090><c> In</c><00:39:42.389><c> our</c>

00:39:42.570 --> 00:39:49.789
ecclesia<00:39:49.510><c> where</c><00:39:49.610><c> there</c><00:39:49.610><c> are</c><00:39:49.789><c> so</c>

00:39:49.789 --> 00:39:52.130
many<00:39:49.789><c> people,</c><00:39:49.789><c> it</c><00:39:49.789><c> doesn't</c><00:39:49.789><c> mean</c><00:39:49.909><c> related</c><00:39:50.230><c> to</c><00:39:50.449><c> anybody</c><00:39:50.730><c> else.</c>

00:39:53.789 --> 00:39:56.070
An<00:39:53.929><c> arranging</c><00:39:54.309><c> brother</c><00:39:54.829><c> must</c><00:39:55.369><c> be</c><00:39:55.570><c> the</c><00:39:55.750><c> kind</c><00:39:55.929><c> of</c>

00:39:56.070 --> 00:40:02.670
person<00:39:56.690><c> who</c><00:39:57.269><c> says,</c><00:39:58.329><c> come</c><00:39:58.610><c> to</c><00:39:58.869><c> my</c><00:39:59.230><c> home,</c><00:40:00.090><c> sit</c><00:40:00.409><c> with</c><00:40:00.670><c> me.</c><00:40:02.110><c> We</c><00:40:02.309><c> are</c>

00:40:02.670 --> 00:40:06.590
family<00:40:03.090><c> to</c><00:40:03.309><c> each</c><00:40:03.489><c> other</c><00:40:04.110><c> and</c><00:40:05.530><c> makes</c><00:40:06.010><c> the</c><00:40:06.250><c> ecclesia</c>

00:40:06.590 --> 00:40:11.389
his<00:40:06.909><c> family.</c><00:40:07.630><c> That's</c><00:40:08.289><c> what</c><00:40:09.309><c> an</c><00:40:09.690><c> arranging</c><00:40:10.050><c> brother</c><00:40:10.289><c> must</c><00:40:10.550><c> do.</c>

00:40:11.710 --> 00:40:14.989
He<00:40:12.150><c> must</c><00:40:12.469><c> be</c><00:40:12.769><c> a</c><00:40:12.989><c> lover</c><00:40:13.170><c> of</c><00:40:13.510><c> strangers,</c><00:40:14.289><c> a</c><00:40:14.449><c> lover</c><00:40:14.650><c> of</c>

00:40:14.989 --> 00:40:19.309
good,<00:40:15.789><c> not</c><00:40:16.030><c> good</c><00:40:16.250><c> men,</c><00:40:16.489><c> a</c><00:40:16.610><c> lover</c><00:40:16.750><c> of</c><00:40:17.010><c> good.</c><00:40:17.929><c> That</c><00:40:18.230><c> means</c><00:40:18.429><c> he</c><00:40:18.570><c> doesn't</c><00:40:18.969><c> do</c>

00:40:19.309 --> 00:40:21.349
good<00:40:19.570><c> out</c><00:40:19.809><c> of</c><00:40:19.989><c> a</c><00:40:20.130><c> feeling</c><00:40:20.309><c> of</c><00:40:20.710><c> responsibility.</c>

00:40:21.650 --> 00:40:24.449
Well,<00:40:21.889><c> I</c><00:40:22.150><c> have</c><00:40:22.530><c> to</c><00:40:22.690><c> do</c><00:40:22.869><c> this.</c><00:40:23.090><c> It's</c><00:40:23.389><c> the</c><00:40:23.510><c> right</c><00:40:23.730><c> thing</c><00:40:23.969><c> to</c><00:40:24.190><c> do,</c>

00:40:24.690 --> 00:40:27.369
so<00:40:24.909><c> I'll</c><00:40:25.110><c> do</c><00:40:25.289><c> it.</c><00:40:26.070><c> I'm</c><00:40:26.590><c> miserable</c><00:40:27.030><c> doing</c><00:40:27.230><c> it,</c>

00:40:27.369 --> 00:40:32.230
but<00:40:27.449><c> I</c><00:40:27.610><c> have</c><00:40:27.809><c> to</c><00:40:27.949><c> do</c><00:40:28.090><c> it.</c><00:40:28.690><c> He</c><00:40:28.949><c> does</c><00:40:29.190><c> it</c><00:40:29.789><c> out</c><00:40:29.989><c> of</c><00:40:30.530><c> a</c><00:40:30.969><c> warm</c><00:40:31.349><c> and</c><00:40:31.730><c> loving</c><00:40:31.929><c> and</c>

00:40:32.230 --> 00:40:33.510
generous<00:40:32.610><c> heart</c><00:40:32.969><c> and</c><00:40:33.269><c> spirit.</c>

00:40:33.869 --> 00:40:39.550
He<00:40:34.250><c> wants</c><00:40:34.769><c> to</c><00:40:35.070><c> do</c><00:40:35.250><c> these</c><00:40:35.590><c> things.</c><00:40:37.190><c> He</c><00:40:37.550><c> doesn't</c><00:40:37.969><c> just</c><00:40:38.429><c> do</c><00:40:38.650><c> it</c><00:40:39.110><c> out</c><00:40:39.309><c> of</c>

00:40:39.550 --> 00:40:43.530
duty.<00:40:40.530><c> He</c><00:40:40.690><c> is</c><00:40:40.969><c> a</c><00:40:41.269><c> lover</c><00:40:41.730><c> of</c><00:40:42.289><c> doing</c><00:40:42.550><c> good.</c>

00:40:43.889 --> 00:40:52.369
What<00:40:44.329><c> else?</c><00:40:45.469><c> He</c><00:40:45.670><c> is</c><00:40:46.269><c> just,</c><00:40:47.989><c> fair</c><00:40:48.190><c> in</c><00:40:48.469><c> his</c><00:40:48.710><c> dealings,</c><00:40:50.389><c> holy.</c><00:40:51.289><c> That</c><00:40:51.489><c> means,</c><00:40:52.130><c> well,</c><00:40:52.369><c> it</c>

00:40:52.369 --> 00:40:54.030
means<00:40:52.650><c> exactly</c><00:40:52.889><c> what</c><00:40:52.949><c> it</c><00:40:53.090><c> says.</c>

00:40:54.190 --> 00:40:58.530
Holy,<00:40:55.449><c> godly</c><00:40:55.829><c> in</c><00:40:55.929><c> all</c><00:40:56.150><c> of</c><00:40:56.289><c> his</c><00:40:56.449><c> dealings,</c><00:40:57.469><c> temperate,</c><00:40:58.369><c> self</c>

00:40:58.530 --> 00:41:02.809
-controlled,<00:41:00.369><c> holding</c><00:41:00.989><c> fast</c><00:41:01.530><c> the</c><00:41:01.869><c> faithful</c><00:41:02.349><c> word</c>

00:41:02.809 --> 00:41:14.289
as<00:41:03.590><c> he</c><00:41:03.949><c> has</c><00:41:04.550><c> been</c><00:41:05.050><c> taught,</c><00:41:06.590><c> not</c><00:41:07.289><c> picking</c><00:41:08.150><c> up</c><00:41:08.550><c> and</c><00:41:09.030><c> fiddling</c><00:41:09.610><c> with</c><00:41:10.190><c> the</c><00:41:10.650><c> most</c><00:41:11.610><c> recent</c><00:41:12.369><c> and</c><00:41:12.869><c> idle</c><00:41:13.230><c> controversies</c><00:41:13.989><c> in</c><00:41:14.150><c> the</c>

00:41:14.289 --> 00:41:18.610
brotherhood,<00:41:15.210><c> not</c><00:41:15.530><c> teaching</c><00:41:15.969><c> from</c><00:41:16.250><c> the</c><00:41:16.590><c> platform</c><00:41:17.150><c> all</c><00:41:17.889><c> manner</c><00:41:18.230><c> of</c>

00:41:18.610 --> 00:41:20.210
foolishness<00:41:19.190><c> and</c><00:41:19.449><c> speculation,</c>

00:41:20.530 --> 00:41:22.849
or<00:41:20.650><c> things</c><00:41:20.829><c> that</c><00:41:21.190><c> get</c><00:41:21.329><c> under</c><00:41:21.650><c> the</c><00:41:21.869><c> skin</c><00:41:21.989><c> of</c><00:41:22.210><c> our</c><00:41:22.349><c> brethren</c><00:41:22.590><c> and</c>

00:41:22.849 --> 00:41:25.809
sisters<00:41:23.110><c> and</c><00:41:23.590><c> hurt</c><00:41:23.829><c> them</c><00:41:24.010><c> and</c><00:41:24.250><c> irritate</c><00:41:24.750><c> them.</c>

00:41:25.869 --> 00:41:30.429
He<00:41:26.130><c> must</c><00:41:26.389><c> be</c><00:41:26.630><c> somebody</c><00:41:27.030><c> who</c><00:41:27.389><c> holds</c><00:41:27.909><c> fast</c><00:41:28.889><c> the</c><00:41:29.690><c> word</c><00:41:29.929><c> of</c><00:41:30.210><c> truth</c>

00:41:30.429 --> 00:41:32.369
that<00:41:30.590><c> he</c><00:41:30.750><c> had</c><00:41:30.929><c> received</c><00:41:31.309><c> as</c><00:41:31.750><c> he</c><00:41:31.909><c> was</c><00:41:32.170><c> taught,</c>

00:41:32.369 --> 00:41:36.309
not<00:41:32.610><c> twisting</c><00:41:33.130><c> it</c><00:41:33.630><c> or</c><00:41:33.969><c> perverting</c><00:41:34.469><c> it.</c><00:41:35.130><c> Why</c><00:41:35.530><c> is</c><00:41:35.730><c> it</c><00:41:35.889><c> necessary</c>

00:41:36.309 --> 00:41:37.809
for<00:41:36.489><c> all</c><00:41:36.650><c> of</c><00:41:36.769><c> these</c><00:41:36.909><c> things?</c>

00:41:37.969 --> 00:41:41.909
Goes<00:41:38.210><c> on</c><00:41:38.489><c> further.</c><00:41:39.610><c> He</c><00:41:39.610><c> must</c><00:41:39.909><c> be</c><00:41:40.329><c> the</c><00:41:40.530><c> kind</c><00:41:40.769><c> of</c><00:41:41.050><c> individual</c>

00:41:41.909 --> 00:41:45.170
through<00:41:43.309><c> sound</c><00:41:44.309><c> doctrine.</c><00:41:44.889><c> The</c><00:41:44.989><c> word</c>

00:41:45.170 --> 00:41:48.530
sound<00:41:45.409><c> means</c><00:41:45.710><c> healthy.</c><00:41:47.309><c> It's</c><00:41:47.489><c> a</c><00:41:47.650><c> Greek</c><00:41:47.809><c> word</c><00:41:48.010><c> from</c><00:41:48.210><c> which</c><00:41:48.409><c> the</c>

00:41:48.530 --> 00:41:54.210
word<00:41:48.710><c> hygiene</c><00:41:49.590><c> comes.</c><00:41:51.789><c> Sound,</c><00:41:52.949><c> health</c><00:41:53.309><c> giving,</c>

00:41:54.309 --> 00:41:58.170
healthy<00:41:54.789><c> to</c><00:41:55.150><c> the</c><00:41:55.389><c> body</c><00:41:55.670><c> of</c><00:41:55.849><c> Christ.</c><00:41:56.630><c> That's</c><00:41:57.150><c> the</c><00:41:57.289><c> kind</c><00:41:57.469><c> of</c><00:41:57.670><c> teaching</c><00:41:57.869><c> that</c><00:41:58.070><c> he</c>

00:41:58.170 --> 00:41:59.989
must<00:41:58.409><c> give.</c><00:41:59.190><c> And</c><00:41:59.530><c> through</c><00:41:59.690><c> that</c>

00:41:59.989 --> 00:42:02.809
to<00:42:00.789><c> be</c><00:42:00.929><c> able</c><00:42:01.130><c> to</c><00:42:01.469><c> exhort.</c><00:42:02.030><c> You</c><00:42:02.090><c> know</c><00:42:02.130><c> what</c><00:42:02.230><c> the</c><00:42:02.349><c> word</c><00:42:02.489><c> exhort</c>

00:42:02.809 --> 00:42:05.670
means?<00:42:04.130><c> Yes,</c><00:42:04.389><c> it</c><00:42:04.449><c> means</c><00:42:04.650><c> to</c><00:42:04.929><c> build</c><00:42:05.170><c> people</c><00:42:05.489><c> up</c>

00:42:05.670 --> 00:42:08.730
and<00:42:05.909><c> encourage</c><00:42:06.309><c> them,</c><00:42:06.949><c> but</c><00:42:07.289><c> the</c><00:42:07.429><c> word</c><00:42:07.570><c> literally</c><00:42:07.969><c> meant</c><00:42:08.329><c> to</c>

00:42:08.730 --> 00:42:12.170
put<00:42:08.969><c> your</c><00:42:09.230><c> arm</c><00:42:09.429><c> around</c><00:42:09.710><c> somebody</c><00:42:10.190><c> and</c><00:42:11.469><c> to</c><00:42:11.750><c> call</c><00:42:11.909><c> them</c>

00:42:12.170 --> 00:42:17.530
beside<00:42:12.690><c> you.</c><00:42:15.130><c> Doesn't</c><00:42:15.369><c> it</c><00:42:15.510><c> give</c><00:42:15.630><c> us</c><00:42:15.809><c> a</c><00:42:15.949><c> different</c><00:42:16.210><c> feeling</c><00:42:16.530><c> about</c><00:42:16.789><c> what</c><00:42:16.989><c> that</c><00:42:17.269><c> word</c><00:42:17.369><c> is</c>

00:42:17.530 --> 00:42:18.829
all<00:42:17.730><c> about</c><00:42:17.889><c> now?</c>

00:42:19.750 --> 00:42:26.010
It<00:42:20.250><c> means</c><00:42:20.469><c> not</c><00:42:20.769><c> talking</c><00:42:21.070><c> down</c><00:42:21.590><c> to</c><00:42:21.849><c> somebody,</c><00:42:23.030><c> but</c><00:42:23.590><c> keeping</c><00:42:24.010><c> them</c><00:42:24.250><c> beside</c><00:42:24.789><c> you,</c><00:42:25.769><c> to</c>

00:42:26.010 --> 00:42:27.230
help<00:42:26.309><c> them,</c>

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to<00:42:27.630><c> encourage</c><00:42:28.170><c> them.</c><00:42:30.110><c> So</c><00:42:30.269><c> the</c><00:42:30.429><c> brother</c><00:42:30.750><c> who</c><00:42:30.989><c> holds</c><00:42:31.309><c> on</c><00:42:31.550><c> to</c><00:42:31.650><c> the</c>

00:42:31.909 --> 00:42:35.070
faith<00:42:32.369><c> must</c><00:42:33.010><c> be</c><00:42:33.289><c> able</c><00:42:33.610><c> to</c><00:42:33.789><c> do</c><00:42:33.969><c> that.</c>

00:42:35.909 --> 00:42:39.590
And<00:42:36.469><c> he</c><00:42:36.590><c> must</c><00:42:36.809><c> also</c><00:42:37.190><c> be</c><00:42:37.429><c> able</c><00:42:37.710><c> to</c><00:42:38.030><c> convince</c><00:42:38.510><c> the</c><00:42:38.789><c> game</c><00:42:39.110><c> sayers,</c>

00:42:39.949 --> 00:42:41.989
those<00:42:40.110><c> who</c><00:42:40.369><c> answer</c><00:42:40.750><c> back.</c><00:42:41.730><c> They're</c>

00:42:41.989 --> 00:42:44.369
disrespectful<00:42:42.590><c> when</c><00:42:42.789><c> it</c><00:42:43.030><c> comes</c><00:42:43.289><c> to</c><00:42:43.469><c> the</c><00:42:43.670><c> principles</c><00:42:44.010><c> of</c><00:42:44.190><c> the</c>

00:42:44.369 --> 00:42:46.250
truth<00:42:44.610><c> to</c><00:42:45.050><c> show</c><00:42:45.329><c> them</c><00:42:45.469><c> where</c><00:42:45.630><c> they're</c><00:42:45.889><c> wrong.</c>

00:42:46.590 --> 00:42:49.949
If<00:42:46.710><c> he</c><00:42:46.969><c> understands</c><00:42:47.449><c> the</c><00:42:47.670><c> truth,</c><00:42:47.789><c> if</c><00:42:47.929><c> he</c><00:42:48.170><c> studies</c><00:42:48.550><c> his</c><00:42:48.869><c> Bible,</c>

00:42:50.929 --> 00:42:53.969
then<00:42:51.030><c> he</c><00:42:51.150><c> is</c><00:42:51.309><c> able</c><00:42:51.429><c> to</c><00:42:51.610><c> do</c><00:42:51.750><c> that.</c><00:42:53.650><c> Arranging</c>

00:42:53.969 --> 00:42:59.369
must<00:42:54.449><c> be</c><00:42:54.989><c> in</c><00:42:55.230><c> their</c><00:42:55.750><c> Bibles.</c><00:42:58.150><c> When</c><00:42:58.409><c> Paul</c><00:42:58.610><c> tells</c><00:42:58.849><c> us</c><00:42:59.030><c> all</c><00:42:59.250><c> of</c>

00:42:59.369 --> 00:43:01.789
these<00:42:59.530><c> things,</c><00:43:00.489><c> brothers</c><00:43:00.630><c> and</c><00:43:00.909><c> sisters,</c>

00:43:02.849 --> 00:43:10.329
he's<00:43:03.210><c> telling</c><00:43:03.389><c> us</c><00:43:03.989><c> the</c><00:43:04.429><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:05.110><c> needs</c><00:43:05.829><c> men</c><00:43:06.690><c> who</c><00:43:07.650><c> are</c><00:43:07.949><c> willing</c><00:43:08.289><c> to</c><00:43:08.829><c> serve</c><00:43:09.369><c> it,</c>

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not<00:43:10.710><c> themselves,</c><00:43:12.110><c> and</c><00:43:12.590><c> God,</c>

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not<00:43:13.650><c> themselves,</c><00:43:15.030><c> who</c><00:43:15.369><c> love</c><00:43:15.909><c> the</c><00:43:16.349><c> Ecclesia</c><00:43:16.969><c> and</c><00:43:17.369><c> want</c><00:43:17.869><c> it</c><00:43:18.190><c> to</c>

00:43:18.389 --> 00:43:22.510
be<00:43:18.650><c> healthy</c><00:43:19.250><c> and</c><00:43:20.010><c> strong</c><00:43:20.610><c> with</c><00:43:21.769><c> their</c><00:43:22.050><c> faults</c><00:43:22.329><c> and</c>

00:43:22.510 --> 00:43:26.050
weaknesses<00:43:23.190><c> and</c><00:43:23.949><c> the</c><00:43:24.150><c> problems</c><00:43:24.449><c> of</c><00:43:24.630><c> their</c><00:43:24.829><c> lives.</c><00:43:25.690><c> They</c><00:43:25.750><c> must</c>

00:43:26.050 --> 00:43:29.210
try<00:43:26.329><c> to</c><00:43:26.550><c> aspire</c><00:43:26.909><c> to</c><00:43:27.289><c> this</c><00:43:27.630><c> ideal.</c><00:43:28.090><c> Why?</c><00:43:28.929><c> Because</c>

00:43:29.210 --> 00:43:34.289
verse<00:43:29.510><c> 10</c><00:43:29.989><c> to</c><00:43:30.269><c> the</c><00:43:30.349><c> end</c><00:43:30.489><c> of</c><00:43:30.650><c> that</c><00:43:30.809><c> chapter</c><00:43:31.110><c> tells</c><00:43:31.469><c> us</c><00:43:32.110><c> there</c><00:43:33.130><c> are</c><00:43:33.510><c> people</c><00:43:33.929><c> in</c>

00:43:34.289 --> 00:43:37.369
Crete<00:43:34.610><c> who</c><00:43:35.349><c> are</c><00:43:35.670><c> full</c><00:43:35.909><c> of</c><00:43:36.230><c> ideas,</c>

00:43:37.389 --> 00:43:41.769
full<00:43:37.610><c> of</c><00:43:37.909><c> talk,</c><00:43:38.909><c> and</c><00:43:39.329><c> full</c><00:43:39.670><c> of</c><00:43:40.150><c> pain</c><00:43:40.469><c> and</c><00:43:40.989><c> anguish</c><00:43:41.369><c> for</c><00:43:41.570><c> the</c>

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Ecclesia,<00:43:42.650><c> who</c><00:43:42.929><c> subvert</c><00:43:43.530><c> houses,</c><00:43:44.230><c> who</c><00:43:44.409><c> take</c><00:43:44.650><c> families</c>

00:43:45.090 --> 00:43:48.170
and<00:43:45.329><c> turn</c><00:43:45.550><c> them</c><00:43:45.710><c> upside</c><00:43:46.150><c> down.</c><00:43:47.170><c> That's</c><00:43:47.469><c> what</c><00:43:47.630><c> was</c><00:43:47.809><c> happening</c>

00:43:48.170 --> 00:43:51.190
in<00:43:49.050><c> Crete.</c><00:43:50.010><c> And</c><00:43:50.349><c> in</c><00:43:50.550><c> our</c><00:43:50.750><c> Ecclesias,</c>

00:43:51.190 --> 00:43:55.110
brothers<00:43:51.389><c> and</c><00:43:51.670><c> sisters,</c><00:43:53.369><c> when</c><00:43:53.469><c> there</c><00:43:53.650><c> are</c><00:43:53.869><c> brethren</c><00:43:54.230><c> who</c><00:43:54.670><c> get</c>

00:43:55.110 --> 00:44:00.949
hold<00:43:55.570><c> of</c><00:43:56.489><c> ideas,</c><00:43:58.090><c> principles,</c><00:43:59.429><c> pet</c><00:43:59.710><c> peeves,</c>

00:44:01.849 --> 00:44:06.530
they<00:44:02.630><c> can</c><00:44:02.949><c> turn</c><00:44:03.190><c> the</c><00:44:03.409><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:03.730><c> upside</c><00:44:04.329><c> down.</c><00:44:05.889><c> The</c><00:44:06.150><c> only</c><00:44:06.369><c> way</c>

00:44:06.530 --> 00:44:10.409
to<00:44:06.789><c> help</c><00:44:07.210><c> them</c><00:44:07.789><c> and</c><00:44:08.849><c> to</c><00:44:09.030><c> help</c><00:44:09.150><c> the</c><00:44:09.369><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:14.110
is<00:44:11.010><c> if</c><00:44:11.469><c> our</c><00:44:11.969><c> arranging</c><00:44:12.530><c> brethren</c><00:44:12.889><c> have</c><00:44:13.130><c> the</c><00:44:13.250><c> ability</c><00:44:13.829><c> to</c><00:44:14.010><c> do</c>

00:44:14.110 --> 00:44:15.969
it<00:44:14.409><c> out</c><00:44:14.650><c> of</c><00:44:14.809><c> the</c><00:44:15.030><c> word.</c>

00:44:17.929 --> 00:44:26.190
If<00:44:18.489><c> they</c><00:44:18.750><c> are</c><00:44:18.869><c> the</c><00:44:19.050><c> kind</c><00:44:19.269><c> of</c><00:44:19.489><c> men</c><00:44:19.969><c> who</c><00:44:21.030><c> are</c><00:44:21.550><c> striving</c><00:44:22.030><c> to</c><00:44:22.710><c> do</c><00:44:22.989><c> the</c><00:44:23.250><c> things</c><00:44:23.750><c> that</c><00:44:24.030><c> are</c><00:44:24.329><c> outlined</c><00:44:24.670><c> here</c><00:44:24.929><c> by</c><00:44:25.130><c> Paul,</c>

00:44:26.349 --> 00:44:31.349
lovers<00:44:26.489><c> of</c><00:44:26.769><c> strangers,</c><00:44:28.550><c> lovers</c><00:44:28.710><c> of</c><00:44:28.949><c> doing</c><00:44:29.110><c> good,</c><00:44:30.429><c> holding</c><00:44:30.849><c> fast</c><00:44:31.170><c> to</c>

00:44:31.349 --> 00:44:32.269
the<00:44:31.550><c> word</c><00:44:31.730><c> of</c><00:44:32.010><c> truth,</c>

00:44:32.570 --> 00:44:37.429
how<00:44:32.889><c> do</c><00:44:33.050><c> we</c><00:44:33.210><c> set</c><00:44:33.409><c> things</c><00:44:33.710><c> in</c><00:44:33.989><c> order</c><00:44:34.210><c> in</c><00:44:34.449><c> our</c><00:44:34.630><c> Ecclesias?</c><00:44:36.510><c> We</c><00:44:37.070><c> can't</c><00:44:37.289><c> do</c>

00:44:37.429 --> 00:44:39.050
it<00:44:37.570><c> through</c><00:44:37.730><c> human</c><00:44:38.010><c> logic.</c>

00:44:39.489 --> 00:44:42.309
We<00:44:39.849><c> cannot</c><00:44:40.130><c> do</c><00:44:40.349><c> it</c><00:44:40.469><c> through</c><00:44:40.809><c> psychological</c><00:44:41.530><c> textbooks</c><00:44:41.989><c> that</c>

00:44:42.309 --> 00:44:45.449
are<00:44:42.829><c> so</c><00:44:43.110><c> much</c><00:44:43.289><c> available</c><00:44:43.630><c> in</c><00:44:43.849><c> Christianity</c><00:44:44.429><c> today.</c>

00:44:45.510 --> 00:44:48.469
We<00:44:45.849><c> do</c><00:44:46.050><c> it</c><00:44:46.190><c> by</c><00:44:46.349><c> an</c><00:44:46.570><c> understanding</c><00:44:46.989><c> of</c><00:44:47.210><c> what</c><00:44:47.510><c> God</c><00:44:47.769><c> has</c><00:44:48.010><c> given</c><00:44:48.170><c> to</c>

00:44:48.469 --> 00:44:51.429
us,<00:44:49.710><c> rotten</c><00:44:49.889><c> as</c><00:44:50.130><c> we</c><00:44:50.309><c> are.</c>

00:44:52.190 --> 00:44:55.989
The<00:44:52.409><c> purification,</c><00:44:53.309><c> the</c><00:44:53.570><c> building,</c><00:44:54.389><c> the</c><00:44:54.650><c> strengthening,</c><00:44:55.150><c> and</c><00:44:55.289><c> the</c><00:44:55.449><c> maturing</c><00:44:55.789><c> of</c>

00:44:55.989 --> 00:44:56.530
an<00:44:56.130><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:44:56.530 --> 00:45:01.329
begins<00:44:57.570><c> with</c><00:44:58.969><c> the</c><00:44:59.369><c> servant</c><00:44:59.849><c> of</c><00:45:00.110><c> that</c><00:45:00.289><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:45:02.150 --> 00:45:05.409
And<00:45:02.670><c> then</c><00:45:02.809><c> it</c><00:45:02.929><c> continues</c><00:45:03.429><c> with</c><00:45:03.650><c> the</c><00:45:03.789><c> rest</c><00:45:04.150><c> of</c><00:45:04.409><c> the</c><00:45:04.530><c> meeting,</c>

00:45:05.530 --> 00:45:07.510
which<00:45:05.690><c> we'll</c><00:45:05.909><c> find</c><00:45:06.150><c> in</c><00:45:06.329><c> the</c><00:45:06.429><c> next</c><00:45:06.610><c> session.</c>

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Thank<00:45:25.829><c> you.</c>