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shall<00:23:05.049><c> the</c><00:23:05.230><c> Lord</c><00:23:05.470><c> God</c><00:23:05.730><c> rise</c><00:23:06.069><c> up</c><00:23:06.569><c> like</c><00:23:06.910><c> unto</c><00:23:07.430><c> Moses.</c>

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redemption.<00:23:31.490><c> And</c><00:23:31.690><c> he</c><00:23:31.690><c> says</c><00:23:31.869><c> that's</c><00:23:32.150><c> what's</c>

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going<00:23:32.450><c> to</c><00:23:32.549><c> happen</c><00:23:32.730><c> again.</c><00:23:33.809><c> If</c><00:23:33.970><c> you</c><00:23:34.190><c> refuse</c><00:23:34.710><c> the</c><00:23:34.910><c> one</c><00:23:35.069><c> that</c><00:23:35.250><c> God</c>

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most<00:23:43.750><c> remarkable</c><00:23:44.490><c> circumstances</c><00:23:45.190><c> and</c><00:23:45.390><c> has</c><00:23:45.609><c> lived</c>

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elders<00:23:48.970><c> acknowledge</c><00:23:49.670><c> that</c><00:23:51.009><c> no</c><00:23:51.230><c> man</c><00:23:51.390><c> could</c><00:23:51.589><c> do</c>

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these<00:23:51.950><c> miracles</c><00:23:52.369><c> except</c><00:23:52.730><c> God</c><00:23:52.990><c> is</c><00:23:53.109><c> with</c><00:23:53.309><c> him.</c><00:23:53.990><c> They</c><00:23:54.150><c> all</c><00:23:54.349><c> acknowledge</c><00:23:54.690><c> that.</c>

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Nicodemus<00:23:55.930><c> tells</c><00:23:56.210><c> us</c><00:23:56.410><c> they</c><00:23:56.609><c> did.</c>

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Don't<00:23:57.789><c> straighten</c><00:23:58.109><c> their</c><00:23:58.390><c> company</c><00:23:58.589><c> and</c><00:23:58.849><c> tell</c><00:23:58.990><c> the</c><00:23:59.170><c> Lord</c><00:23:59.369><c> that.</c><00:24:00.650><c> They</c>

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talked<00:24:01.170><c> about</c><00:24:01.450><c> it</c><00:24:01.589><c> and</c><00:24:01.690><c> they</c><00:24:01.829><c> couldn't</c>

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answer<00:24:02.849><c> it.</c><00:24:03.930><c> And</c><00:24:04.029><c> the</c><00:24:04.109><c> whole</c><00:24:04.309><c> nation</c><00:24:04.670><c> knew</c><00:24:04.869><c> those</c><00:24:05.190><c> things.</c><00:24:06.609><c> Peter</c><00:24:06.890><c> could</c><00:24:07.109><c> stand</c><00:24:07.309><c> up</c>

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in<00:24:07.630><c> Acts</c><00:24:07.890><c> chapter</c><00:24:08.150><c> 2</c><00:24:08.410><c> and</c><00:24:08.569><c> say</c>

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things.<00:24:13.750><c> Jesus</c><00:24:14.089><c> of</c><00:24:14.329><c> Natter,</c><00:24:14.650><c> a</c><00:24:14.769><c> man</c><00:24:14.990><c> attested</c><00:24:15.410><c> by</c><00:24:15.670><c> God</c>

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by<00:24:16.529><c> miracles</c><00:24:16.990><c> and</c><00:24:17.309><c> signs</c><00:24:17.509><c> and</c><00:24:17.710><c> wonders</c><00:24:17.930><c> among</c><00:24:18.289><c> you.</c><00:24:18.750><c> Nobody</c><00:24:19.190><c> voiced</c><00:24:19.809><c> a</c>

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point<00:24:20.190><c> of</c><00:24:20.390><c> opposition.</c><00:24:21.269><c> You</c><00:24:21.509><c> couldn't.</c>

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Now<00:24:24.049><c> what</c><00:24:24.130><c> have</c><00:24:24.230><c> you</c><00:24:24.309><c> done</c><00:24:24.470><c> with</c><00:24:24.690><c> him?</c><00:24:27.049><c> You've</c><00:24:27.490><c> run</c><00:24:27.589><c> your</c><00:24:27.789><c> history</c><00:24:28.150><c> over</c>

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again<00:24:28.829><c> and</c><00:24:29.890><c> as</c><00:24:30.069><c> they</c><00:24:30.250><c> did</c><00:24:30.349><c> with</c><00:24:30.569><c> Joseph</c><00:24:30.910><c> so</c>

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they<00:24:31.289><c> did</c><00:24:31.369><c> with</c><00:24:31.609><c> Moses</c><00:24:31.950><c> and</c><00:24:32.230><c> so</c><00:24:32.390><c> you've</c><00:24:32.589><c> done</c><00:24:32.750><c> it</c><00:24:32.950><c> again.</c><00:24:34.490><c> And</c>

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so<00:24:34.769><c> the</c><00:24:34.930><c> history</c><00:24:35.170><c> will</c><00:24:35.369><c> go</c><00:24:35.529><c> on</c><00:24:35.670><c> until</c><00:24:35.869><c> you</c><00:24:36.150><c> need</c><00:24:36.569><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:24:38.750><c> a</c><00:24:38.829><c> wonderful,</c><00:24:39.329><c> wonderful</c><00:24:39.809><c> address,</c><00:24:40.130><c> wasn't</c><00:24:40.470><c> it?</c><00:24:43.130><c> My</c><00:24:43.269><c> dear</c><00:24:43.369><c> brethren,</c><00:24:43.630><c> you</c><00:24:43.809><c> see</c><00:24:44.150><c> that</c><00:24:44.769><c> the</c><00:24:45.029><c> power</c><00:24:45.269><c> of</c>

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this<00:24:46.069><c> to</c><00:24:46.930><c> us</c><00:24:47.190><c> is</c><00:24:47.390><c> that</c><00:24:47.630><c> we</c><00:24:47.769><c> really</c><00:24:48.029><c> need</c><00:24:48.210><c> to</c><00:24:48.349><c> know</c><00:24:48.470><c> our</c><00:24:48.650><c> Bibles,</c>

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don't<00:24:49.289><c> we?</c>

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Here's<00:24:51.990><c> a</c><00:24:52.069><c> man</c><00:24:52.170><c> just</c><00:24:52.490><c> standing</c><00:24:52.650><c> on</c><00:24:52.829><c> his</c><00:24:53.049><c> feet.</c><00:24:55.190><c> He</c><00:24:55.309><c> just</c><00:24:55.529><c> stood</c>

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on<00:24:55.809><c> his</c><00:24:56.049><c> feet</c><00:24:56.170><c> and</c><00:24:56.349><c> addressed</c><00:24:56.569><c> all</c><00:24:56.849><c> of</c><00:24:57.009><c> the</c><00:24:57.170><c> assembly</c><00:24:57.410><c> and</c><00:24:57.670><c> as</c>

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he<00:24:57.849><c> was</c><00:24:57.990><c> doing</c><00:24:58.190><c> it</c><00:24:58.329><c> he</c><00:24:58.349><c> was</c><00:24:58.549><c> pulling</c><00:24:58.769><c> bits</c><00:24:59.029><c> and</c><00:24:59.230><c> pieces</c><00:24:59.470><c> from</c>

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everywhere<00:25:00.150><c> and</c><00:25:00.369><c> all</c><00:25:00.529><c> of</c><00:25:00.670><c> their</c><00:25:00.789><c> history.</c>

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It<00:25:02.170><c> wasn't</c><00:25:03.250><c> a</c><00:25:03.390><c> history</c><00:25:03.650><c> lesson,</c><00:25:04.009><c> was</c><00:25:04.190><c> it?</c><00:25:05.269><c> It</c><00:25:05.369><c> was</c><00:25:05.589><c> a</c><00:25:05.730><c> lesson</c><00:25:05.990><c> from</c><00:25:06.349><c> history</c><00:25:07.529><c> but</c><00:25:07.950><c> it</c><00:25:08.170><c> was</c><00:25:08.170><c> far</c><00:25:08.450><c> more</c><00:25:08.730><c> than</c><00:25:08.829><c> history.</c><00:25:09.269><c> It</c><00:25:09.289><c> was</c><00:25:09.529><c> a</c>

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glorious<00:25:10.190><c> argument</c><00:25:10.650><c> from</c><00:25:10.890><c> all</c><00:25:11.250><c> the</c><00:25:11.509><c> facts</c><00:25:11.930><c> of</c><00:25:12.369><c> Revelation,</c>

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the<00:25:14.190><c> revealed</c><00:25:14.509><c> Word</c><00:25:14.769><c> of</c><00:25:15.029><c> God.</c>

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And<00:25:17.009><c> of</c><00:25:17.170><c> course</c><00:25:17.250><c> they</c><00:25:17.450><c> couldn't</c><00:25:17.730><c> really</c><00:25:18.049><c> handle</c><00:25:18.349><c> that.</c><00:25:20.069><c> And</c>

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then<00:25:20.289><c> he</c><00:25:20.329><c> gives</c><00:25:20.490><c> them</c><00:25:20.710><c> some</c><00:25:20.930><c> personal</c><00:25:22.109><c> insight,</c><00:25:23.049><c> verse</c><00:25:23.329><c> 40</c><00:25:23.690><c> to</c>

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43.<00:25:25.190><c> He</c><00:25:25.349><c> said,</c>

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From<00:25:25.589><c> the</c><00:25:25.769><c> time</c><00:25:25.990><c> you</c><00:25:26.089><c> came</c><00:25:26.349><c> out</c><00:25:26.549><c> of</c><00:25:26.670><c> Egypt,</c><00:25:27.750><c> to</c><00:25:27.930><c> the</c><00:25:28.130><c> time</c><00:25:28.309><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:28.569><c> prophet</c><00:25:29.089><c> Amos,</c><00:25:30.369><c> you've</c><00:25:30.750><c> had</c><00:25:30.950><c> idolatry</c><00:25:31.470><c> in</c><00:25:31.569><c> your</c><00:25:31.849><c> heart</c>

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and<00:25:32.170><c> you</c><00:25:32.250><c> have</c><00:25:32.490><c> not</c><00:25:32.750><c> yielded</c><00:25:33.269><c> to</c><00:25:33.390><c> what</c><00:25:33.589><c> God</c><00:25:33.809><c> would</c><00:25:34.029><c> do</c><00:25:34.130><c> with</c><00:25:34.349><c> you.</c>

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From<00:25:35.589><c> the</c><00:25:35.809><c> time</c><00:25:35.910><c> you</c><00:25:36.069><c> made</c><00:25:36.230><c> a</c><00:25:36.490><c> calf,</c><00:25:36.690><c> verse</c><00:25:36.950><c> 41,</c><00:25:38.549><c> to</c><00:25:38.710><c> the</c><00:25:38.910><c> time</c>

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when<00:25:39.230><c> Amos</c><00:25:39.569><c> said</c><00:25:39.769><c> the</c><00:25:39.970><c> words</c><00:25:40.190><c> of</c><00:25:40.329><c> verse</c><00:25:40.589><c> 42</c><00:25:41.029><c> and</c><00:25:41.210><c> 43,</c><00:25:42.829><c> you've</c>

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had<00:25:43.450><c> idolatry</c><00:25:44.069><c> in</c><00:25:44.230><c> your</c><00:25:44.450><c> hearts</c><00:25:44.769><c> and</c><00:25:44.930><c> God</c><00:25:45.190><c> has</c><00:25:46.089><c> remonstrated</c>

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with<00:25:46.970><c> you</c><00:25:47.089><c> and</c><00:25:47.269><c> said</c><00:25:47.390><c> he</c><00:25:47.509><c> will</c><00:25:47.710><c> take</c><00:25:47.930><c> you</c><00:25:48.130><c> back</c><00:25:48.289><c> where</c><00:25:48.470><c> Abraham</c>

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came<00:25:49.230><c> from.</c>

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I<00:25:50.349><c> will</c><00:25:50.569><c> carry</c><00:25:50.809><c> you</c><00:25:51.069><c> always,</c><00:25:51.430><c> verse</c><00:25:51.690><c> 43,</c><00:25:52.950><c> beyond</c><00:25:53.430><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:25:55.490><c> as</c><00:25:55.710><c> far</c><00:25:55.869><c> as</c><00:25:56.009><c> this</c><00:25:56.210><c> house</c><00:25:56.450><c> is</c><00:25:56.710><c> concerned</c><00:25:57.309><c> and</c><00:25:57.970><c> your</c><00:25:58.230><c> concept</c><00:25:58.809><c> that</c>

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God<00:25:59.470><c> is</c><00:25:59.710><c> locked</c><00:25:59.970><c> up</c><00:26:00.170><c> in</c><00:26:00.349><c> there</c><00:26:00.490><c> and</c><00:26:00.670><c> can't</c><00:26:00.890><c> be</c><00:26:01.109><c> somewhere</c><00:26:01.369><c> else,</c><00:26:03.470><c> well</c>

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he<00:26:03.769><c> said,</c>

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One<00:26:04.769><c> time</c><00:26:04.970><c> we</c><00:26:05.150><c> never</c><00:26:05.470><c> had</c><00:26:05.670><c> the</c><00:26:05.890><c> temple.</c><00:26:06.589><c> We</c><00:26:06.869><c> only</c><00:26:07.130><c> had</c><00:26:07.309><c> the</c><00:26:07.529><c> tabernacle</c><00:26:08.069><c> and</c>

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it<00:26:09.250><c> went</c><00:26:09.349><c> from</c><00:26:09.609><c> place</c><00:26:09.829><c> to</c><00:26:10.069><c> place.</c>

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It<00:26:12.109><c> wasn't</c><00:26:12.509><c> just</c><00:26:13.109><c> here</c><00:26:13.470><c> in</c><00:26:13.630><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:26:16.009><c> And</c><00:26:16.089><c> he</c><00:26:16.130><c> had</c><00:26:16.309><c> to</c><00:26:16.470><c> make</c>

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it<00:26:16.750><c> according</c><00:26:17.029><c> to</c><00:26:17.289><c> the</c><00:26:17.670><c> fashion</c><00:26:18.029><c> that</c><00:26:18.230><c> he</c><00:26:18.369><c> had</c><00:26:18.730><c> seen.</c>

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Did<00:26:19.789><c> that</c><00:26:19.930><c> mean</c><00:26:20.089><c> to</c><00:26:20.250><c> say</c><00:26:20.369><c> because</c><00:26:20.650><c> it</c><00:26:20.789><c> was</c><00:26:20.990><c> said</c><00:26:21.109><c> in</c><00:26:21.289><c> Exodus</c><00:26:21.549><c> 25,</c><00:26:22.150><c> verse</c><00:26:22.289><c> 8,</c>

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there<00:26:22.710><c> couldn't</c><00:26:22.990><c> be</c><00:26:23.230><c> therefore</c><00:26:23.569><c> any</c><00:26:23.950><c> other</c><00:26:24.250><c> thing?</c><00:26:24.609><c> Well</c>

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there<00:26:24.849><c> was.</c>

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And<00:26:26.410><c> there</c><00:26:26.490><c> came</c><00:26:26.630><c> a</c><00:26:26.789><c> time</c><00:26:26.910><c> when</c><00:26:27.250><c> God</c><00:26:27.450><c> said</c><00:26:27.630><c> to</c><00:26:27.829><c> Solomon,</c><00:26:28.150><c> you</c><00:26:28.329><c> will</c><00:26:28.509><c> build</c><00:26:28.690><c> me</c><00:26:28.829><c> a</c>

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house.<00:26:29.250><c> What</c><00:26:29.390><c> about</c><00:26:29.569><c> the</c><00:26:29.809><c> tabernacle?</c>

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Of<00:26:31.829><c> which</c><00:26:31.970><c> God</c><00:26:32.170><c> had</c><00:26:32.369><c> said</c><00:26:32.529><c> so</c><00:26:32.789><c> emphatically,</c><00:26:33.329><c> you</c><00:26:33.329><c> should</c><00:26:33.430><c> make</c><00:26:33.630><c> it</c>

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according<00:26:33.990><c> to</c><00:26:34.390><c> that</c><00:26:34.630><c> which</c><00:26:34.890><c> thou</c><00:26:35.089><c> hast</c><00:26:35.410><c> seen.</c><00:26:35.809><c> Well</c><00:26:36.029><c> there</c><00:26:36.230><c> came</c><00:26:36.410><c> a</c><00:26:36.630><c> change.</c>

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And<00:26:38.190><c> we</c><00:26:38.369><c> all</c><00:26:38.589><c> accepted</c><00:26:38.890><c> that</c><00:26:39.230><c> change.</c><00:26:39.809><c> Why</c><00:26:39.890><c> can't</c><00:26:40.109><c> you</c><00:26:40.309><c> accept</c>

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it<00:26:40.809><c> now,</c><00:26:41.230><c> Sir</c><00:26:41.230><c> Stephen?</c>

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God<00:26:43.450><c> has</c><00:26:43.690><c> said</c><00:26:43.809><c> in</c><00:26:44.009><c> Isaiah</c><00:26:44.349><c> chapter</c><00:26:44.650><c> 66</c><00:26:45.210><c> that</c><00:26:45.609><c> I</c><00:26:46.230><c> will</c><00:26:46.410><c> not</c><00:26:46.670><c> be</c>

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confined<00:26:47.390><c> to</c><00:26:47.630><c> a</c><00:26:47.769><c> place.</c><00:26:48.069><c> What</c><00:26:48.289><c> house</c><00:26:48.549><c> is</c><00:26:48.690><c> it</c><00:26:48.809><c> that</c><00:26:48.869><c> you</c><00:26:48.950><c> will</c>

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make<00:26:49.410><c> me?</c>

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See<00:26:50.170><c> verse</c><00:26:50.390><c> 49</c><00:26:50.869><c> and</c><00:26:51.029><c> 50.</c><00:26:52.390><c> Heaven</c><00:26:52.630><c> is</c><00:26:52.869><c> my</c><00:26:53.109><c> throne</c><00:26:53.430><c> and</c><00:26:53.609><c> earth</c><00:26:53.869><c> my</c>

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footstool.<00:26:55.930><c> Can</c><00:26:56.170><c> you</c><00:26:56.349><c> box</c><00:26:56.670><c> me</c><00:26:56.930><c> up?</c>

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Contain<00:26:59.509><c> me?</c><00:27:00.329><c> What</c><00:27:00.450><c> house</c><00:27:00.730><c> will</c><00:27:00.950><c> you</c><00:27:01.130><c> build</c><00:27:01.349><c> me,</c><00:27:02.410><c> saith</c><00:27:02.509><c> the</c>

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Lord,<00:27:02.910><c> or</c><00:27:03.069><c> what</c><00:27:03.230><c> is</c><00:27:03.390><c> the</c><00:27:03.589><c> place</c><00:27:03.769><c> of</c><00:27:04.009><c> my</c><00:27:04.250><c> rest?</c>

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Hasn't<00:27:05.869><c> he</c><00:27:05.990><c> made</c><00:27:06.170><c> all</c><00:27:06.430><c> things?</c><00:27:08.829><c> And</c><00:27:09.230><c> of</c><00:27:09.369><c> course</c><00:27:09.490><c> it</c><00:27:09.589><c> was</c><00:27:09.809><c> an</c><00:27:10.029><c> unanswerable</c><00:27:10.630><c> argument</c><00:27:11.029><c> from</c><00:27:11.309><c> the</c><00:27:11.529><c> prophet</c><00:27:11.710><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:12.109><c> in</c>

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his<00:27:12.450><c> 66th</c><00:27:13.150><c> chapter.</c>

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And<00:27:15.250><c> then</c><00:27:15.730><c> he</c><00:27:16.269><c> turns</c><00:27:16.589><c> and</c><00:27:16.869><c> remonstrates</c><00:27:17.450><c> with</c><00:27:17.690><c> them</c><00:27:17.829><c> because</c>

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of<00:27:19.069><c> the</c><00:27:19.390><c> hardness</c><00:27:19.750><c> of</c><00:27:20.009><c> their</c><00:27:20.230><c> hearts</c><00:27:20.569><c> and</c><00:27:20.809><c> the</c><00:27:21.289><c> strength</c><00:27:21.569><c> of</c>

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their<00:27:21.930><c> necks,</c>

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stiff<00:27:23.049><c>-necked</c><00:27:23.269><c> and</c><00:27:23.490><c> uncircumcised,</c><00:27:24.750><c> in</c><00:27:24.890><c> heart</c><00:27:25.109><c> and</c><00:27:25.289><c> ears.</c><00:27:25.769><c> You</c><00:27:26.029><c> do</c>

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always<00:27:26.589><c> resist</c><00:27:26.970><c> the</c><00:27:27.210><c> Holy</c><00:27:27.470><c> Spirit.</c><00:27:27.750><c> As</c><00:27:27.869><c> your</c><00:27:28.069><c> fathers</c><00:27:28.390><c> did,</c>

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so<00:27:29.470><c> do</c><00:27:29.710><c> ye.</c>

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It<00:27:30.390><c> was</c><00:27:30.529><c> an</c><00:27:30.750><c> appeal,</c><00:27:31.210><c> a</c><00:27:31.329><c> deep</c><00:27:31.609><c> appeal,</c><00:27:32.910><c> that</c><00:27:33.029><c> you're</c><00:27:33.210><c> doing</c>

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exactly<00:27:33.970><c> what</c><00:27:34.170><c> they've</c><00:27:34.569><c> done.</c>

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And<00:27:36.029><c> he</c><00:27:36.089><c> wants</c><00:27:36.309><c> them</c><00:27:36.470><c> to</c><00:27:36.730><c> turn</c><00:27:36.930><c> and</c><00:27:37.210><c> see</c><00:27:37.509><c> that.</c><00:27:38.390><c> Which</c><00:27:38.609><c> of</c><00:27:38.750><c> the</c>

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prophets<00:27:39.190><c> have</c><00:27:39.470><c> not</c><00:27:39.730><c> your</c><00:27:39.950><c> fathers</c><00:27:40.349><c> persecuted?</c>

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They've<00:27:42.690><c> slain</c><00:27:42.930><c> them</c><00:27:43.089><c> which</c><00:27:43.309><c> showed</c><00:27:43.490><c> before</c><00:27:43.890><c> of</c><00:27:44.049><c> the</c><00:27:44.250><c> coming</c>

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of<00:27:44.589><c> the</c><00:27:44.730><c> just</c><00:27:45.009><c> one,</c><00:27:45.730><c> and</c><00:27:45.809><c> of</c><00:27:45.970><c> whom</c><00:27:46.150><c> ye</c><00:27:46.309><c> have</c><00:27:46.430><c> been</c><00:27:46.670><c> now,</c><00:27:47.049><c> the</c>

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betrayers<00:27:47.849><c> and</c><00:27:48.069><c> murderers.</c>

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I<00:27:50.589><c> suppose</c><00:27:50.910><c> he</c><00:27:51.049><c> couldn't</c><00:27:51.269><c> really</c><00:27:51.609><c> have</c><00:27:51.849><c> said</c><00:27:52.309><c> what</c><00:27:52.789><c> he</c><00:27:52.970><c> said</c>

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in<00:27:53.289><c> verse</c><00:27:53.490><c> 52</c><00:27:53.869><c> without</c><00:27:54.230><c> reference</c><00:27:54.609><c> to</c><00:27:54.890><c> some</c><00:27:55.250><c> passage</c><00:27:55.710><c> which</c>

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spoke<00:27:57.130><c> about</c><00:27:57.829><c> how</c><00:27:58.970><c> they</c><00:27:59.190><c> would</c><00:27:59.470><c> betray</c><00:28:00.049><c> and</c><00:28:01.210><c> murder</c><00:28:01.509><c> him.</c>

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Which<00:28:03.170><c> passage</c><00:28:03.490><c> is</c><00:28:03.730><c> it</c><00:28:04.490><c> that</c><00:28:04.970><c> shines</c><00:28:05.309><c> out</c><00:28:05.589><c> above</c><00:28:05.809><c> all</c><00:28:06.049><c> others?</c>

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It's<00:28:07.650><c> in</c><00:28:07.789><c> Isaiah,</c><00:28:08.190><c> isn't</c><00:28:08.349><c> it,</c><00:28:09.569><c> the</c><00:28:09.670><c> 53rd</c><00:28:10.390><c> chapter?</c>

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He<00:28:14.990><c> must</c><00:28:15.289><c> have</c><00:28:15.470><c> had</c><00:28:15.630><c> to</c><00:28:15.809><c> make</c><00:28:16.049><c> reference</c><00:28:16.349><c> to</c><00:28:16.589><c> this</c><00:28:16.769><c> because</c><00:28:18.269><c> all</c><00:28:20.950><c> his</c><00:28:21.829><c> basis</c><00:28:22.349><c> was</c><00:28:22.690><c> a</c>

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scriptural<00:28:23.369><c> basis.</c>

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So<00:28:27.630><c> in</c><00:28:27.690><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:27.970><c> 53,</c><00:28:29.490><c> what</c><00:28:29.690><c> did</c><00:28:29.809><c> he</c><00:28:29.990><c> say?</c><00:28:31.769><c> He</c><00:28:32.009><c> said,</c><00:28:32.250><c> you</c><00:28:32.250><c> have</c>

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been<00:28:32.589><c> the</c><00:28:32.930><c> betrayers</c><00:28:33.430><c> and</c><00:28:33.670><c> murderers.</c>

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In<00:28:36.710><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:36.910><c> 53,</c><00:28:38.410><c> evidence</c><00:28:38.670><c> that</c><00:28:39.049><c> very</c><00:28:39.829><c> point</c><00:28:40.190><c> indeed.</c>

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He<00:28:43.250><c> is</c><00:28:43.509><c> despised</c><00:28:44.869><c> and</c><00:28:45.069><c> rejected</c><00:28:45.569><c> of</c><00:28:45.809><c> men,</c><00:28:47.750><c> a</c><00:28:47.890><c> man</c><00:28:48.130><c> of</c><00:28:48.430><c> sorrows</c>

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and<00:28:49.210><c> acquainted</c><00:28:49.529><c> with</c><00:28:49.809><c> grief,</c><00:28:50.250><c> verse</c><00:28:50.430><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:28:52.410><c> we</c><00:28:52.569><c> hid</c><00:28:52.710><c> as</c><00:28:52.869><c> it</c><00:28:53.029><c> were</c><00:28:53.190><c> our</c><00:28:53.450><c> faces</c><00:28:53.769><c> from</c><00:28:54.130><c> him.</c><00:28:54.329><c> He</c><00:28:54.450><c> was</c><00:28:54.730><c> despised</c><00:28:55.750><c> and</c>

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we<00:28:56.170><c> esteemed</c><00:28:56.450><c> him</c><00:28:56.710><c> not.</c>

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He<00:28:59.710><c> was</c><00:28:59.970><c> wounded,</c><00:29:00.529><c> verse</c><00:29:00.869><c> 5,</c><00:29:01.190><c> for</c><00:29:01.430><c> our</c><00:29:01.730><c> transgressions,</c><00:29:03.349><c> bruised</c><00:29:03.670><c> for</c>

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our<00:29:04.150><c> iniquities.</c>

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The<00:29:05.990><c> chastisement</c><00:29:06.490><c> of</c><00:29:06.670><c> our</c><00:29:06.910><c> peace</c><00:29:07.069><c> was</c><00:29:07.250><c> upon</c><00:29:07.450><c> him.</c><00:29:07.950><c> With</c><00:29:08.170><c> his</c>

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stripes<00:29:08.750><c> we</c><00:29:09.029><c> are</c><00:29:09.230><c> healed.</c>

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Were<00:29:11.230><c> the</c><00:29:11.329><c> Jewish</c><00:29:11.470><c> people</c><00:29:11.769><c> involved</c><00:29:12.190><c> in</c><00:29:12.329><c> this?</c><00:29:14.009><c> Were</c><00:29:14.210><c> men</c><00:29:14.410><c> involved</c><00:29:14.789><c> in</c>

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bringing<00:29:15.150><c> this</c><00:29:15.390><c> upon</c><00:29:15.650><c> him?</c>

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He<00:29:15.990><c> was</c><00:29:16.210><c> oppressed,</c><00:29:16.569><c> verse</c><00:29:16.869><c> 7.</c><00:29:19.609><c> And</c><00:29:19.750><c> he</c><00:29:19.849><c> was</c><00:29:20.049><c> afflicted.</c>

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It<00:29:22.150><c> was</c><00:29:22.470><c> men</c><00:29:22.890><c> that</c><00:29:23.170><c> would</c><00:29:23.329><c> do</c><00:29:23.549><c> this.</c><00:29:25.309><c> Yet</c><00:29:25.369><c> he</c><00:29:25.549><c> opened</c><00:29:25.730><c> not</c><00:29:25.930><c> his</c><00:29:26.150><c> mouth.</c>

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He<00:29:27.430><c> is</c><00:29:27.589><c> brought</c><00:29:27.710><c> as</c><00:29:27.869><c> a</c><00:29:28.029><c> lamb</c><00:29:28.210><c> to</c><00:29:28.369><c> the</c><00:29:28.569><c> slaughter</c><00:29:28.789><c> and</c><00:29:28.930><c> as</c><00:29:29.069><c> a</c><00:29:29.210><c> sheep</c><00:29:29.369><c> before</c><00:29:29.589><c> his</c>

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shearers<00:29:30.930><c> is</c><00:29:31.809><c> dumb.</c>

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So<00:29:32.289><c> he</c><00:29:32.670><c> openeth</c><00:29:32.990><c> not</c><00:29:33.190><c> his</c><00:29:33.470><c> mouth.</c><00:29:34.589><c> The</c><00:29:34.869><c> shearers</c><00:29:35.130><c> must</c><00:29:35.329><c> be</c><00:29:35.509><c> those</c><00:29:35.710><c> who</c>

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had<00:29:36.049><c> control</c><00:29:36.509><c> of</c><00:29:36.829><c> circumstances.</c>

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Must<00:29:38.009><c> they?</c><00:29:38.509><c> Must</c><00:29:38.809><c> be.</c><00:29:40.470><c> This</c><00:29:40.670><c> isn't</c><00:29:40.930><c> happening</c><00:29:41.230><c> outside</c><00:29:41.710><c> Israel</c><00:29:42.109><c> somewhere,</c><00:29:42.490><c> it's</c>

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happening<00:29:43.150><c> inside.</c>

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He<00:29:45.210><c> was</c><00:29:45.410><c> taken</c><00:29:45.670><c> from</c><00:29:45.890><c> prison</c><00:29:46.210><c> and</c><00:29:46.390><c> from</c><00:29:46.630><c> judgment.</c><00:29:47.329><c> And</c><00:29:47.450><c> who</c>

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shall<00:29:47.750><c> declare</c><00:29:48.069><c> his</c><00:29:48.309><c> generation?</c>

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For<00:29:49.230><c> he</c><00:29:49.329><c> was</c><00:29:49.490><c> cut</c><00:29:49.710><c> off</c><00:29:49.930><c> out</c><00:29:50.109><c> of</c><00:29:50.210><c> the</c><00:29:50.349><c> land</c><00:29:50.529><c> of</c><00:29:50.690><c> the</c><00:29:50.829><c> living.</c><00:29:51.529><c> For</c>

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the<00:29:51.890><c> transgression</c><00:29:52.390><c> of</c><00:29:52.589><c> my</c><00:29:52.789><c> people</c><00:29:53.029><c> was</c><00:29:53.230><c> his</c><00:29:53.450><c> stricken.</c>

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Israel<00:29:54.170><c> will</c><00:29:54.349><c> get</c><00:29:54.470><c> the</c><00:29:54.789><c> entire</c><00:29:55.150><c> wrong</c><00:29:55.589><c> concept</c><00:29:56.309><c> of</c><00:29:56.490><c> this.</c><00:29:56.789><c> That's</c><00:29:57.109><c> what</c><00:29:57.309><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:57.710><c> is</c><00:29:58.069><c> saying.</c>

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He's<00:29:59.529><c> not</c><00:29:59.690><c> only</c><00:29:59.869><c> saying</c><00:30:00.029><c> it</c><00:30:00.230><c> will</c><00:30:00.349><c> happen</c><00:30:00.730><c> but</c><00:30:01.009><c> he</c><00:30:01.150><c> says</c><00:30:01.269><c> when</c>

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it<00:30:01.809><c> happens</c><00:30:02.230><c> the</c><00:30:02.769><c> nation</c><00:30:03.069><c> will</c><00:30:03.329><c> not</c><00:30:03.589><c> see</c><00:30:03.750><c> what</c><00:30:03.970><c> they're</c><00:30:04.250><c> doing.</c>

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And<00:30:05.470><c> they</c><00:30:05.730><c> didn't.</c><00:30:07.490><c> The</c><00:30:07.650><c> very</c><00:30:07.849><c> chapter</c><00:30:08.250><c> opened</c><00:30:08.569><c> up</c><00:30:08.769><c> with</c><00:30:09.009><c> that</c><00:30:10.470><c> thought.</c>

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Who<00:30:11.390><c> hath</c><00:30:11.750><c> believed</c><00:30:12.589><c> our</c><00:30:13.269><c> report?</c><00:30:14.089><c> And</c><00:30:14.349><c> to</c><00:30:14.549><c> whom</c><00:30:14.789><c> is</c><00:30:14.990><c> the</c><00:30:15.230><c> arm</c>

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of<00:30:15.529><c> the</c><00:30:15.690><c> Lord</c><00:30:15.869><c> revealed?</c>

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You'll<00:30:17.289><c> get</c><00:30:17.369><c> it</c><00:30:17.529><c> all</c><00:30:17.710><c> wrong,</c><00:30:17.950><c> he</c><00:30:18.150><c> says.</c><00:30:19.029><c> And</c><00:30:19.150><c> that's</c><00:30:19.329><c> exactly</c>

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what<00:30:19.809><c> did</c><00:30:19.990><c> happen.</c>

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Not<00:30:21.890><c> only</c><00:30:22.069><c> what</c><00:30:22.230><c> they</c><00:30:22.430><c> would</c><00:30:22.650><c> do</c><00:30:22.809><c> but</c><00:30:22.970><c> that</c><00:30:23.150><c> they</c><00:30:23.329><c> would</c><00:30:23.569><c> not</c>

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see<00:30:24.130><c> it</c><00:30:24.230><c> at</c><00:30:24.390><c> the</c><00:30:24.609><c> time.</c>

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How<00:30:26.789><c> did</c><00:30:26.890><c> we</c><00:30:27.049><c> see</c><00:30:27.250><c> things</c><00:30:27.529><c> then,</c><00:30:27.789><c> my</c><00:30:27.890><c> dear</c><00:30:28.029><c> Britain?</c><00:30:28.329><c> What</c><00:30:28.470><c> was</c>

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really<00:30:28.990><c> wrong?</c>

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This<00:30:30.109><c> weekend</c><00:30:30.490><c> has</c><00:30:30.750><c> been</c><00:30:31.250><c> a</c><00:30:31.609><c> weekend</c><00:30:31.970><c> of</c><00:30:34.049><c> prophecy,</c><00:30:34.950><c> hasn't</c><00:30:35.130><c> it?</c>

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Prophecy<00:30:37.650><c> is</c><00:30:37.769><c> not</c><00:30:37.910><c> some</c><00:30:38.089><c> little</c><00:30:38.809><c> caged</c><00:30:39.190><c> up</c><00:30:39.549><c> separate</c><00:30:39.910><c> identity</c><00:30:40.430><c> that</c><00:30:41.029><c> has</c><00:30:41.309><c> one</c><00:30:41.470><c> or</c>

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two<00:30:41.829><c> specialists</c><00:30:42.250><c> around</c><00:30:42.549><c> the</c><00:30:42.789><c> place.</c>

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Prophecy<00:30:44.990><c> is</c><00:30:45.509><c> God's</c><00:30:46.609><c> remarkable</c><00:30:47.130><c> gift</c><00:30:47.450><c> to</c><00:30:47.609><c> us,</c><00:30:47.950><c> isn't</c><00:30:48.130><c> it?</c>

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It's<00:30:50.289><c> not</c><00:30:50.670><c> in</c><00:30:51.609><c> your</c><00:30:51.869><c> Bible</c><00:30:52.089><c> and</c><00:30:52.269><c> not</c><00:30:52.410><c> in</c><00:30:52.690><c> mine.</c><00:30:53.470><c> It's</c><00:30:53.549><c> in</c><00:30:53.750><c> everybody's</c><00:30:54.349><c> Bible,</c><00:30:54.589><c> isn't</c><00:30:54.829><c> it?</c>

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God<00:30:56.430><c> didn't</c><00:30:56.630><c> give</c><00:30:56.750><c> it</c><00:30:56.849><c> because</c><00:30:57.009><c> he</c><00:30:57.109><c> wanted</c><00:30:57.269><c> a</c><00:30:57.609><c> specialist</c><00:30:58.029><c> or</c><00:30:58.309><c> two.</c>

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But<00:31:00.269><c> because</c><00:31:00.569><c> he</c><00:31:00.690><c> wanted</c><00:31:00.910><c> it</c><00:31:01.109><c> to</c><00:31:01.190><c> be</c><00:31:01.329><c> a</c><00:31:01.670><c> power</c><00:31:01.970><c> in</c><00:31:02.150><c> our</c><00:31:02.430><c> lives.</c>

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You<00:31:04.190><c> know</c><00:31:04.190><c> what</c><00:31:04.329><c> we</c><00:31:04.490><c> read</c><00:31:04.650><c> in</c><00:31:04.829><c> Daniel</c><00:31:05.069><c> chapter</c><00:31:05.349><c> 7</c><00:31:05.650><c> today?</c>

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What<00:31:08.130><c> was</c><00:31:08.430><c> Daniel's</c><00:31:08.970><c> reaction</c><00:31:09.430><c> to</c><00:31:09.730><c> that</c><00:31:10.809><c> concept?</c><00:31:11.730><c> He</c><00:31:11.829><c> was</c><00:31:12.009><c> given</c><00:31:12.190><c> a</c>

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picture<00:31:12.589><c> of</c><00:31:12.829><c> four</c><00:31:13.029><c> beasts,</c><00:31:13.410><c> wasn't</c><00:31:13.730><c> he?</c>

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What<00:31:15.109><c> was</c><00:31:15.230><c> his</c><00:31:15.430><c> concept?</c><00:31:17.109><c> Was</c><00:31:17.269><c> he</c><00:31:17.529><c> indifferent?</c>

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Did<00:31:18.690><c> he</c><00:31:18.769><c> say,</c><00:31:19.049><c> oh</c><00:31:19.130><c> well,</c><00:31:19.349><c> you</c><00:31:19.410><c> can</c><00:31:19.569><c> toss</c><00:31:19.730><c> a</c><00:31:19.869><c> coin,</c><00:31:20.089><c> it</c><00:31:20.170><c> might</c><00:31:20.250><c> be</c>

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this,<00:31:20.470><c> it</c><00:31:20.509><c> might</c><00:31:20.589><c> be</c><00:31:20.769><c> that.</c>

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Oh,<00:31:22.130><c> it's</c><00:31:22.289><c> all</c><00:31:22.450><c> good</c><00:31:22.609><c> fun</c><00:31:22.809><c> talking</c><00:31:23.069><c> about</c><00:31:23.309><c> this.</c><00:31:24.470><c> He</c><00:31:24.650><c> wasn't</c>

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like<00:31:25.049><c> that</c><00:31:25.210><c> at</c><00:31:25.349><c> all.</c>

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He<00:31:26.410><c> was</c><00:31:26.609><c> dead</c><00:31:26.869><c> serious</c><00:31:27.190><c> about</c><00:31:27.470><c> the</c><00:31:27.750><c> issues.</c><00:31:29.029><c> Dead</c><00:31:29.309><c> serious.</c>

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As<00:31:30.769><c> a</c><00:31:30.869><c> matter</c><00:31:30.930><c> of</c><00:31:31.009><c> fact,</c><00:31:31.369><c> he</c><00:31:31.369><c> wouldn't</c><00:31:31.630><c> eat</c><00:31:31.849><c> or</c><00:31:31.970><c> drink</c><00:31:32.269><c> on</c><00:31:32.589><c> certain</c><00:31:32.789><c> occasions</c><00:31:33.150><c> because</c><00:31:33.630><c> he</c>

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was<00:31:33.990><c> so</c><00:31:34.329><c> intent</c><00:31:34.569><c> on</c><00:31:34.970><c> knowing</c><00:31:35.289><c> what</c><00:31:35.529><c> it</c><00:31:35.750><c> meant.</c>

00:31:37.769 --> 00:31:41.269
And<00:31:37.829><c> his</c><00:31:37.990><c> words</c><00:31:38.289><c> to</c><00:31:38.490><c> God</c><00:31:38.730><c> were,</c><00:31:39.369><c> I</c><00:31:39.390><c> would</c><00:31:39.750><c> know</c><00:31:40.029><c> the</c><00:31:40.569><c> truth</c><00:31:41.009><c> of</c>

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the<00:31:41.490><c> fourth</c><00:31:41.710><c> beast.</c>

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And<00:31:46.569><c> my</c><00:31:46.710><c> dear</c><00:31:46.809><c> brethren</c><00:31:47.029><c> and</c><00:31:47.170><c> sisters,</c><00:31:47.309><c> I</c><00:31:47.470><c> ask</c><00:31:47.730><c> this</c><00:31:47.990><c> question.</c>

00:31:49.390 --> 00:31:53.690
If<00:31:49.529><c> he</c><00:31:49.730><c> asked</c><00:31:49.970><c> that</c><00:31:50.910><c> 2600</c><00:31:52.390><c> years</c><00:31:52.710><c> ago,</c>

00:31:54.269 --> 00:31:58.029
do<00:31:54.910><c> you</c><00:31:55.029><c> think</c><00:31:55.289><c> it</c><00:31:55.450><c> at</c><00:31:55.609><c> all</c><00:31:55.769><c> reasonable</c><00:31:56.349><c> that</c><00:31:57.410><c> we</c><00:31:57.609><c> should</c><00:31:57.769><c> say</c>

00:31:58.029 --> 00:32:00.869
today,<00:31:59.230><c> I</c><00:31:59.390><c> don't</c><00:31:59.549><c> know</c><00:31:59.630><c> who</c><00:31:59.849><c> it</c><00:32:00.049><c> is?</c>

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Today.

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That<00:32:07.789><c> really</c><00:32:08.109><c> is</c><00:32:08.349><c> most</c><00:32:08.670><c> illogical</c><00:32:09.470><c> and</c><00:32:10.829><c> unrealistic</c><00:32:11.569><c> and</c><00:32:12.730><c> it</c>

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fails<00:32:13.450><c> in</c><00:32:13.789><c> appreciation.</c>

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Of<00:32:16.230><c> course</c><00:32:16.369><c> we</c><00:32:16.509><c> know</c><00:32:16.690><c> who</c><00:32:16.869><c> it</c><00:32:17.009><c> is.</c>

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It<00:32:19.450><c> would</c><00:32:19.670><c> be</c><00:32:19.950><c> profoundly</c><00:32:20.509><c> illogical,</c><00:32:22.069><c> profoundly</c><00:32:22.670><c> unappreciative</c><00:32:23.849><c> to</c><00:32:24.789><c> say</c>

00:32:24.950 --> 00:32:27.569
that<00:32:25.190><c> after</c><00:32:25.450><c> now</c><00:32:25.809><c> 2600</c><00:32:26.829><c> years,</c>

00:32:27.910 --> 00:32:30.150
we<00:32:28.109><c> still</c><00:32:28.430><c> haven't</c><00:32:28.630><c> got</c><00:32:28.809><c> a</c><00:32:29.009><c> clue</c><00:32:29.150><c> who</c><00:32:29.349><c> it</c><00:32:29.450><c> is</c><00:32:29.569><c> and</c><00:32:29.710><c> it</c><00:32:29.849><c> doesn't</c>

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really<00:32:30.450><c> matter</c><00:32:31.170><c> anyway.</c>

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Would<00:32:34.369><c> you</c><00:32:34.569><c> say</c><00:32:34.809><c> that?</c>

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When<00:32:37.309><c> God</c><00:32:37.509><c> went</c><00:32:37.690><c> out</c><00:32:37.849><c> of</c><00:32:37.930><c> his</c><00:32:38.190><c> way</c><00:32:38.630><c> to</c><00:32:38.970><c> tell</c><00:32:39.150><c> Daniel</c><00:32:39.509><c> what</c><00:32:39.829><c> the</c>

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charter<00:32:40.329><c> would</c><00:32:40.609><c> be?</c>

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See,<00:32:41.769><c> when</c><00:32:41.890><c> you</c><00:32:42.049><c> see</c><00:32:42.150><c> it</c><00:32:42.329><c> like</c><00:32:42.490><c> that,</c><00:32:42.609><c> it</c><00:32:42.750><c> changes</c><00:32:43.089><c> the</c><00:32:43.369><c> scene,</c>

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doesn't<00:32:43.829><c> it?</c>

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Not<00:32:44.509><c> just</c><00:32:44.730><c> a</c><00:32:44.789><c> little</c><00:32:45.369><c> point</c><00:32:45.569><c> of</c><00:32:45.750><c> interest</c><00:32:46.069><c> between</c><00:32:46.789><c> this</c><00:32:47.529><c> brother</c><00:32:47.710><c> or</c>

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that<00:32:48.029><c> brother,</c><00:32:48.470><c> these</c><00:32:48.789><c> brethren</c><00:32:49.089><c> or</c><00:32:49.210><c> those</c><00:32:49.529><c> brethren.</c>

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Of<00:32:49.930><c> course</c><00:32:50.009><c> it's</c><00:32:50.230><c> not</c><00:32:50.410><c> that.</c><00:32:51.029><c> It's</c><00:32:51.369><c> the</c><00:32:51.529><c> word</c><00:32:51.690><c> of</c><00:32:51.910><c> God.</c>

00:32:52.490 --> 00:32:55.269
And<00:32:52.529><c> when</c><00:32:52.750><c> Israel</c><00:32:53.089><c> got</c><00:32:53.309><c> that</c><00:32:53.609><c> way</c><00:32:53.809><c> that</c><00:32:53.990><c> they</c><00:32:54.589><c> couldn't</c><00:32:54.910><c> see</c>

00:32:55.269 --> 00:32:56.849
through<00:32:55.470><c> it,</c><00:32:55.589><c> the</c><00:32:55.650><c> book</c><00:32:55.809><c> was</c><00:32:56.049><c> given</c><00:32:56.230><c> to</c><00:32:56.390><c> the</c><00:32:56.589><c> learned.</c>

00:32:57.190 --> 00:32:59.349
They<00:32:57.210><c> said,</c><00:32:57.789><c> oh,</c><00:32:57.910><c> we</c><00:32:58.049><c> can't</c><00:32:58.329><c> understand,</c><00:32:58.789><c> given</c><00:32:58.970><c> to</c><00:32:59.170><c> the</c><00:32:59.269><c> under.</c>

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And<00:32:59.509><c> they</c><00:32:59.589><c> said,</c><00:33:00.130><c> don't</c><00:33:00.369><c> give</c><00:33:00.529><c> it</c><00:33:00.630><c> to</c><00:33:00.750><c> us,</c><00:33:01.049><c> give</c><00:33:01.109><c> it</c><00:33:01.170><c> to</c><00:33:01.250><c> the</c><00:33:01.450><c> learned.</c>

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No<00:33:02.410><c> one</c><00:33:02.529><c> could</c><00:33:02.750><c> understand</c><00:33:03.109><c> the</c><00:33:03.289><c> book</c><00:33:03.630><c> as</c><00:33:04.250><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:04.549><c> portrayed</c><00:33:05.009><c> it.</c>

00:33:06.230 --> 00:33:07.650
What<00:33:06.430><c> happened</c><00:33:06.670><c> to</c><00:33:06.849><c> that</c><00:33:07.029><c> group</c><00:33:07.190><c> of</c><00:33:07.430><c> people?</c>

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They<00:33:07.970><c> got</c><00:33:08.190><c> to</c><00:33:08.349><c> where</c><00:33:08.549><c> Stephen</c><00:33:08.910><c> was</c><00:33:09.250><c> and</c><00:33:09.529><c> they</c><00:33:09.750><c> didn't</c><00:33:09.910><c> know</c>

00:33:10.230 --> 00:33:12.430
right<00:33:10.569><c> from</c><00:33:10.809><c> wrong,</c><00:33:11.150><c> black</c><00:33:11.369><c> from</c><00:33:11.630><c> white.</c>

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But<00:33:13.390><c> was</c><00:33:13.630><c> it</c><00:33:13.789><c> not</c><00:33:13.990><c> clear?</c>

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When<00:33:15.769><c> Stephen</c><00:33:16.069><c> gave</c><00:33:16.269><c> that</c><00:33:16.529><c> argument,</c><00:33:16.750><c> wasn't</c><00:33:16.970><c> it</c><00:33:17.190><c> clear?</c>

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He<00:33:17.690><c> just</c><00:33:17.970><c> culled</c><00:33:18.150><c> from</c><00:33:18.329><c> all</c><00:33:18.609><c> parts</c><00:33:18.849><c> of</c><00:33:19.049><c> the</c><00:33:19.150><c> scripture</c><00:33:19.390><c> and</c>

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there<00:33:19.869><c> was</c><00:33:20.089><c> the</c><00:33:20.309><c> argument.</c>

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Who<00:33:20.930><c> could</c><00:33:21.109><c> do</c><00:33:21.289><c> anything</c><00:33:21.710><c> to</c><00:33:22.509><c> answer</c><00:33:22.730><c> the</c><00:33:22.970><c> argument?</c>

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All<00:33:23.390><c> they</c><00:33:23.569><c> could</c><00:33:23.730><c> do</c><00:33:23.890><c> was</c><00:33:24.049><c> throw</c><00:33:24.309><c> stones.</c>

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Nobody<00:33:25.890><c> could</c><00:33:26.109><c> answer</c><00:33:26.430><c> it.</c>

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But<00:33:27.789><c> it</c><00:33:27.849><c> was</c><00:33:28.009><c> all</c><00:33:28.289><c> there</c><00:33:28.609><c> in</c><00:33:28.950><c> the</c><00:33:29.109><c> Bible,</c><00:33:29.450><c> sitting</c><00:33:29.710><c> in</c><00:33:29.890><c> the</c><00:33:30.049><c> Bible.</c>

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It's<00:33:31.109><c> the</c><00:33:31.170><c> same</c><00:33:31.410><c> too</c><00:33:31.710><c> with</c><00:33:32.190><c> lots</c><00:33:32.509><c> of</c><00:33:32.650><c> the</c><00:33:32.789><c> things</c><00:33:33.009><c> which</c><00:33:33.230><c> we</c><00:33:33.450><c> discuss.</c>

00:33:34.450 --> 00:33:36.750
We're<00:33:34.589><c> talking</c><00:33:34.769><c> about</c><00:33:35.289><c> some</c><00:33:35.589><c> little</c><00:33:35.829><c> incidental</c><00:33:36.430><c> point</c><00:33:36.589><c> of</c>

00:33:36.750 --> 00:33:40.490
which<00:33:36.910><c> there</c><00:33:37.109><c> may</c><00:33:37.289><c> well</c><00:33:37.650><c> be,</c><00:33:37.990><c> of</c><00:33:38.210><c> course,</c><00:33:39.450><c> some</c><00:33:39.569><c> variation</c><00:33:40.069><c> of</c><00:33:40.369><c> thought.</c>

00:33:40.490 --> 00:33:42.690
We're<00:33:40.690><c> talking</c><00:33:40.950><c> about</c><00:33:41.170><c> the</c><00:33:41.430><c> large</c><00:33:41.730><c> scheme</c><00:33:42.089><c> of</c><00:33:42.349><c> things.</c>

00:33:42.990 --> 00:33:45.930
For<00:33:43.109><c> example,</c><00:33:43.490><c> to</c><00:33:43.690><c> say</c><00:33:44.150><c> who</c><00:33:44.849><c> is</c><00:33:45.029><c> the</c><00:33:45.190><c> fourth</c><00:33:45.410><c> beast</c><00:33:45.650><c> and</c><00:33:45.769><c> we</c>

00:33:45.930 --> 00:33:46.869
still<00:33:46.109><c> don't</c><00:33:46.329><c> know</c><00:33:46.589><c> that.</c>

00:33:47.049 --> 00:33:48.710
Don't<00:33:47.170><c> we</c><00:33:47.289><c> know</c><00:33:47.430><c> the</c><00:33:47.509><c> four</c><00:33:47.730><c> kingdoms?</c>

00:33:49.849 --> 00:33:50.849
Wasn't<00:33:49.970><c> the</c><00:33:50.150><c> fourth</c><00:33:50.349><c> one</c><00:33:50.529><c> Roman?</c>

00:33:51.269 --> 00:33:52.710
Was<00:33:51.410><c> there</c><00:33:51.529><c> a</c><00:33:51.609><c> fifth</c><00:33:51.769><c> one?</c>

00:33:54.109 --> 00:33:57.309
You<00:33:54.309><c> know,</c><00:33:54.410><c> in</c><00:33:54.509><c> the</c><00:33:54.549><c> very</c><00:33:54.890><c> first</c><00:33:55.210><c> century,</c><00:33:56.730><c> and</c><00:33:56.910><c> the</c><00:33:57.089><c> writings</c>

00:33:57.309 --> 00:33:59.970
are<00:33:57.470><c> in</c><00:33:57.650><c> the</c><00:33:57.690><c> second</c><00:33:58.009><c> century</c><00:33:58.289><c> to</c><00:33:58.569><c> illustrate</c><00:33:59.109><c> this,</c>

00:34:00.089 --> 00:34:04.630
there<00:34:00.410><c> is</c><00:34:00.670><c> that</c><00:34:00.990><c> very</c><00:34:01.349><c> argument</c><00:34:01.789><c> presented</c><00:34:02.369><c> that</c><00:34:03.470><c> it</c><00:34:03.750><c> must</c><00:34:04.009><c> be</c><00:34:04.289><c> Roman.</c>

00:34:04.869 --> 00:34:08.070
That's<00:34:05.089><c> why</c><00:34:05.190><c> they</c><00:34:05.410><c> said</c><00:34:05.609><c> 666</c><00:34:06.130><c> is</c><00:34:06.609><c> Latinos,</c><00:34:07.390><c> the</c><00:34:07.630><c> Latin</c><00:34:07.869><c> one.</c>

00:34:08.250 --> 00:34:09.289
Why<00:34:08.510><c> did</c><00:34:08.650><c> they</c><00:34:08.829><c> say</c><00:34:09.070><c> that?</c>

00:34:09.289 --> 00:34:12.369
Because<00:34:09.849><c> they</c><00:34:10.329><c> said</c><00:34:10.429><c> it</c><00:34:10.630><c> must</c><00:34:11.050><c> be</c><00:34:11.349><c> something</c><00:34:11.530><c> to</c><00:34:11.750><c> do</c><00:34:11.849><c> with</c><00:34:11.989><c> the</c><00:34:12.190><c> present.</c>

00:34:12.610 --> 00:34:12.670
Why?

00:34:13.130 --> 00:34:15.690
Well,<00:34:13.690><c> three</c><00:34:13.909><c> have</c><00:34:14.110><c> gone</c><00:34:14.210><c> and</c><00:34:14.289><c> we're</c><00:34:14.489><c> in</c><00:34:14.590><c> the</c><00:34:14.769><c> fourth.</c>

00:34:17.070 --> 00:34:19.050
First<00:34:17.389><c> century,</c><00:34:17.789><c> second</c><00:34:18.050><c> century,</c><00:34:18.190><c> they're</c><00:34:18.329><c> in</c><00:34:18.489><c> the</c><00:34:18.670><c> fourth.</c>

00:34:19.329 --> 00:34:20.670
Wasn't<00:34:19.590><c> another</c><00:34:19.829><c> one.</c>

00:34:21.170 --> 00:34:24.010
It's<00:34:21.510><c> all</c><00:34:21.650><c> the</c><00:34:21.809><c> fourth</c><00:34:22.150><c> until</c><00:34:22.429><c> the</c><00:34:22.630><c> coming</c><00:34:22.769><c> of</c><00:34:22.949><c> the</c><00:34:23.050><c> Lord.</c>

00:34:24.210 --> 00:34:26.130
So<00:34:24.349><c> they</c><00:34:24.429><c> said</c><00:34:24.489><c> it's</c><00:34:24.610><c> got</c><00:34:24.710><c> to</c><00:34:24.829><c> be</c><00:34:24.949><c> a</c><00:34:25.070><c> Latin</c><00:34:25.190><c> one.</c>

00:34:27.150 --> 00:34:30.489
And<00:34:27.369><c> that</c><00:34:27.670><c> they</c><00:34:27.989><c> received,</c><00:34:28.389><c> they</c><00:34:28.670><c> believed</c><00:34:28.929><c> from</c><00:34:29.130><c> the</c><00:34:29.289><c> Apostle</c><00:34:29.610><c> John.</c>

00:34:30.989 --> 00:34:34.409
And<00:34:31.309><c> here</c><00:34:31.469><c> we</c><00:34:31.630><c> are</c><00:34:31.909><c> still</c><00:34:32.409><c> tossing</c><00:34:32.809><c> coins</c><00:34:33.010><c> about</c><00:34:33.349><c> it.</c>

00:34:34.570 --> 00:34:36.449
There's<00:34:34.730><c> something</c><00:34:34.969><c> of</c><00:34:35.170><c> a</c><00:34:35.369><c> tragedy,</c><00:34:35.809><c> my</c><00:34:35.909><c> dear</c><00:34:36.050><c> brothers</c><00:34:36.269><c> and</c>

00:34:36.449 --> 00:34:37.769
sisters,<00:34:36.570><c> in</c><00:34:36.769><c> that.</c>

00:34:39.289 --> 00:34:41.210
We<00:34:39.710><c> don't</c><00:34:39.949><c> make</c><00:34:40.190><c> it,</c><00:34:40.389><c> do</c><00:34:40.530><c> we?</c>

00:34:41.429 --> 00:34:42.929
Matters<00:34:41.829><c> of</c><00:34:41.969><c> fellowship.</c>

00:34:44.570 --> 00:34:48.969
But<00:34:44.789><c> logically</c><00:34:45.250><c> and</c><00:34:45.829><c> with</c><00:34:46.070><c> appreciation,</c><00:34:47.730><c> we</c><00:34:48.130><c> can't</c><00:34:48.409><c> say</c><00:34:48.590><c> it's</c><00:34:48.769><c> not</c>

00:34:48.969 --> 00:34:51.329
important<00:34:49.730><c> to</c><00:34:50.170><c> our</c><00:34:50.429><c> faith.</c>

00:34:51.949 --> 00:34:53.829
Because<00:34:52.170><c> God</c><00:34:52.389><c> thinks</c><00:34:52.670><c> it</c><00:34:52.869><c> is.</c>

00:34:54.369 --> 00:34:56.269
And<00:34:54.590><c> never</c><00:34:54.769><c> did</c><00:34:54.969><c> he</c><00:34:55.210><c> speak</c><00:34:55.489><c> so</c><00:34:55.750><c> vehemently.</c>

00:34:56.269 --> 00:35:01.150
Never<00:34:56.489><c> did</c><00:34:56.710><c> our</c><00:34:56.889><c> Master</c><00:34:57.550><c> address</c><00:34:58.449><c> any</c><00:34:58.809><c> issue</c><00:34:59.250><c> so</c><00:35:00.150><c> passionately</c>

00:35:01.150 --> 00:35:04.750
as<00:35:02.090><c> when</c><00:35:02.250><c> he</c><00:35:02.449><c> spoke</c><00:35:02.710><c> in</c><00:35:03.130><c> the</c><00:35:03.329><c> Book</c><00:35:03.489><c> of</c><00:35:03.690><c> Revelation</c><00:35:04.130><c> about</c><00:35:04.489><c> that</c>

00:35:04.750 --> 00:35:06.809
woman<00:35:05.230><c> and</c><00:35:05.869><c> about</c><00:35:06.130><c> that</c><00:35:06.409><c> system.</c>

00:35:06.809 --> 00:35:11.329
Can<00:35:07.650><c> you</c><00:35:07.849><c> name</c><00:35:08.070><c> anywhere</c><00:35:08.610><c> in</c><00:35:08.889><c> the</c><00:35:09.030><c> Bible</c><00:35:09.489><c> where</c><00:35:10.730><c> God</c><00:35:11.010><c> speaks</c>

00:35:11.329 --> 00:35:13.429
so<00:35:11.789><c> passionately</c><00:35:12.389><c> and</c><00:35:12.610><c> vehemently?</c>

00:35:39.090 --> 00:35:43.309
Harlots<00:35:39.690><c> and</c><00:35:40.289><c> abominations</c><00:35:41.050><c> in</c><00:35:41.289><c> the</c><00:35:41.449><c> earth.</c>

00:35:43.630 --> 00:35:46.190
Perpetrator<00:35:44.230><c> of</c><00:35:44.829><c> blasphemy.</c>

00:35:46.489 --> 00:35:46.949
Mystery.

00:35:47.210 --> 00:35:49.010
Babylon<00:35:47.429><c> the</c><00:35:47.730><c> Great.</c>

00:35:49.329 --> 00:35:51.829
Spoiler<00:35:49.750><c> of</c><00:35:50.289><c> his</c><00:35:50.530><c> own</c><00:35:50.869><c> people.</c>

00:35:51.849 --> 00:35:54.090
Drunk<00:35:52.190><c> with</c><00:35:52.349><c> the</c><00:35:52.510><c> blood</c><00:35:52.690><c> of</c><00:35:52.929><c> the</c><00:35:53.090><c> saints.</c>

00:35:55.530 --> 00:35:57.610
And<00:35:55.670><c> all</c><00:35:55.909><c> that</c><00:35:56.070><c> we</c><00:35:56.250><c> don't</c><00:35:56.590><c> know.</c>

00:35:57.710 --> 00:36:00.909
And<00:35:57.809><c> there</c><00:35:57.969><c> was</c><00:35:58.110><c> a</c><00:35:58.230><c> system</c><00:35:58.530><c> that's</c><00:35:58.809><c> done</c><00:35:59.030><c> all</c><00:35:59.489><c> of</c><00:35:59.730><c> that.</c>

00:36:02.389 --> 00:36:05.949
The<00:36:02.570><c> great</c><00:36:02.849><c> city</c><00:36:03.170><c> that</c><00:36:04.530><c> reigneth</c><00:36:04.829><c> over</c><00:36:05.030><c> the</c><00:36:05.210><c> kings</c><00:36:05.409><c> of</c><00:36:05.610><c> the</c><00:36:05.730><c> earth.</c>

00:36:05.949 --> 00:36:09.969
It's<00:36:06.389><c> as</c><00:36:06.769><c> plain</c><00:36:07.010><c> as</c><00:36:07.210><c> the</c><00:36:07.510><c> nose</c><00:36:07.690><c> on</c><00:36:07.869><c> our</c><00:36:08.130><c> face,</c><00:36:08.409><c> isn't</c><00:36:08.630><c> it?</c>

00:36:10.429 --> 00:36:14.510
The<00:36:10.750><c> bald</c><00:36:11.070><c> facts</c><00:36:11.449><c> just</c><00:36:12.210><c> cry</c><00:36:12.469><c> out</c><00:36:12.650><c> to</c><00:36:12.829><c> us</c><00:36:13.070><c> and</c><00:36:13.230><c> so</c><00:36:13.449><c> does</c><00:36:13.610><c> history.</c>

00:36:17.989 --> 00:36:23.210
So<00:36:18.150><c> the</c><00:36:18.349><c> same</c><00:36:18.590><c> issues</c><00:36:18.849><c> come</c><00:36:19.090><c> to</c><00:36:19.329><c> us</c><00:36:20.090><c> as</c><00:36:20.469><c> what</c><00:36:20.670><c> came</c><00:36:20.909><c> to</c><00:36:21.230><c> Stephen's</c><00:36:21.610><c> generation,</c><00:36:22.269><c> don't</c><00:36:22.449><c> they?</c>

00:36:23.789 --> 00:36:25.369
Do<00:36:23.969><c> our</c><00:36:24.210><c> own</c><00:36:24.469><c> homework.</c>

00:36:26.090 --> 00:36:29.730
And<00:36:26.449><c> be</c><00:36:26.750><c> honest</c><00:36:27.190><c> to</c><00:36:27.489><c> the</c><00:36:27.690><c> facts,</c><00:36:28.050><c> the</c><00:36:28.269><c> great</c><00:36:28.610><c> facts.</c>

00:36:30.369 --> 00:36:32.789
Charitable<00:36:30.809><c> with</c><00:36:31.070><c> little</c><00:36:31.329><c> details,</c><00:36:31.829><c> but</c><00:36:32.010><c> the</c><00:36:32.250><c> great</c><00:36:32.510><c> facts</c>

00:36:32.789 --> 00:36:35.530
just<00:36:34.050><c> swell</c><00:36:34.230><c> out</c><00:36:34.409><c> of</c><00:36:34.510><c> the</c><00:36:34.690><c> page.</c>

00:36:35.869 --> 00:36:38.550
And<00:36:36.349><c> because</c><00:36:36.690><c> of</c><00:36:36.829><c> that,</c><00:36:37.030><c> therefore,</c><00:36:37.349><c> we</c><00:36:37.570><c> have</c><00:36:38.030><c> a</c><00:36:38.230><c> direction,</c>

00:36:38.610 --> 00:36:39.809
don't<00:36:38.849><c> we?</c>

00:36:40.010 --> 00:36:41.869
Stephen<00:36:40.289><c> knew</c><00:36:40.469><c> where</c><00:36:40.610><c> he</c><00:36:40.769><c> was</c><00:36:41.010><c> going.</c>

00:36:43.170 --> 00:36:46.670
You<00:36:43.210><c> know,</c><00:36:43.469><c> Stephen</c><00:36:43.650><c> wasn't</c><00:36:43.889><c> just</c><00:36:44.849><c> a</c><00:36:45.550><c> man</c><00:36:45.730><c> of</c><00:36:46.110><c> the</c><00:36:46.349><c> Scriptures.</c>

00:36:46.829 --> 00:36:48.630
Do<00:36:47.010><c> you</c><00:36:47.070><c> remember</c><00:36:47.250><c> how</c><00:36:47.409><c> he</c><00:36:47.570><c> was</c><00:36:47.789><c> first</c><00:36:48.130><c> chosen?</c>

00:36:48.989 --> 00:36:52.230
Very<00:36:49.329><c> interesting,</c><00:36:50.030><c> in</c><00:36:50.150><c> Acts</c><00:36:50.309><c> chapter</c><00:36:50.570><c> 6.</c>

00:36:55.869 --> 00:37:00.010
They<00:36:56.309><c> needed</c><00:36:56.610><c> someone</c><00:36:56.969><c> that</c><00:36:57.150><c> would</c><00:36:57.389><c> care</c><00:36:57.969><c> for</c><00:36:58.610><c> widows.</c>

00:37:00.869 --> 00:37:03.929
Widows<00:37:01.170><c> that</c><00:37:01.329><c> were</c><00:37:01.510><c> neglected</c><00:37:01.929><c> in</c><00:37:02.170><c> the</c><00:37:02.369><c> daily</c><00:37:02.610><c> ministration.</c>

00:37:05.070 --> 00:37:07.429
And<00:37:05.550><c> they</c><00:37:05.750><c> chose</c><00:37:06.090><c> twelve.</c>

00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:13.389
They<00:37:08.090><c> weren't</c><00:37:08.909><c> so</c><00:37:09.489><c> sure</c><00:37:09.809><c> that</c><00:37:09.989><c> they</c><00:37:10.929><c> were</c><00:37:11.130><c> men</c><00:37:11.630><c> of</c><00:37:12.889><c> teaching.</c>

00:37:13.849 --> 00:37:16.050
It's<00:37:13.989><c> not</c><00:37:14.190><c> reasonable,</c><00:37:14.829><c> said</c><00:37:14.869><c> the</c><00:37:15.090><c> apostles,</c><00:37:15.409><c> that</c><00:37:15.510><c> we</c><00:37:15.690><c> should</c><00:37:15.869><c> leave</c>

00:37:16.050 --> 00:37:18.269
the<00:37:16.230><c> Word</c><00:37:16.409><c> of</c><00:37:16.510><c> God</c><00:37:16.730><c> and</c><00:37:16.949><c> serve</c><00:37:17.190><c> tables.</c>

00:37:19.469 --> 00:37:21.929
But<00:37:19.650><c> we</c><00:37:19.909><c> will</c><00:37:20.349><c> appoint</c><00:37:20.630><c> seven</c><00:37:20.969><c> men.</c>

00:37:22.510 --> 00:37:25.730
Full<00:37:22.670><c> of</c><00:37:22.889><c> the</c><00:37:23.250><c> Holy</c><00:37:23.489><c> Spirit</c><00:37:23.829><c> and</c><00:37:24.050><c> wisdom,</c><00:37:24.530><c> whom</c><00:37:24.610><c> we</c><00:37:25.010><c> may</c><00:37:25.230><c> appoint</c><00:37:25.510><c> over</c>

00:37:25.730 --> 00:37:27.610
this<00:37:26.030><c> business</c><00:37:26.369><c>-like</c><00:37:26.610><c> affair.</c>

00:37:28.230 --> 00:37:30.849
But<00:37:28.590><c> we</c><00:37:28.769><c> will</c><00:37:28.909><c> give</c><00:37:29.010><c> ourselves</c><00:37:29.570><c> continually</c><00:37:30.170><c> to</c><00:37:30.489><c> prayer</c><00:37:30.690><c> and</c>

00:37:30.849 --> 00:37:32.630
to<00:37:30.929><c> the</c><00:37:31.150><c> ministry</c><00:37:31.469><c> of</c><00:37:31.650><c> the</c><00:37:31.809><c> Word.</c>

00:37:32.789 --> 00:37:34.710
The<00:37:33.230><c> first</c><00:37:33.449><c> one</c><00:37:33.590><c> they</c><00:37:33.750><c> thought</c><00:37:33.949><c> about</c><00:37:34.170><c> was</c><00:37:34.469><c> Stephen.</c>

00:37:34.750 --> 00:37:37.409
Why<00:37:34.909><c> do</c><00:37:35.070><c> you</c><00:37:35.070><c> think</c><00:37:35.150><c> they</c><00:37:35.409><c> spoke</c><00:37:35.650><c> of</c><00:37:36.250><c> the</c><00:37:36.349><c> thought</c><00:37:36.349><c> of</c><00:37:36.570><c> Stephen?</c>

00:37:38.829 --> 00:37:41.949
Well,<00:37:39.110><c> I</c><00:37:39.250><c> suppose</c><00:37:39.610><c> because</c><00:37:39.949><c> he</c><00:37:40.090><c> was</c><00:37:40.349><c> known</c><00:37:40.510><c> to</c><00:37:40.670><c> be</c><00:37:41.030><c> charitable.</c>

00:37:42.610 --> 00:37:45.429
He<00:37:42.710><c> was</c><00:37:42.829><c> known</c><00:37:42.949><c> to</c><00:37:43.110><c> have</c><00:37:43.250><c> a</c><00:37:43.449><c> large</c><00:37:43.769><c> heart</c><00:37:44.090><c> and</c><00:37:44.369><c> his</c><00:37:44.650><c> mind</c><00:37:44.989><c> was</c>

00:37:45.429 --> 00:37:47.130
in<00:37:45.750><c> the</c><00:37:45.989><c> interest</c><00:37:46.170><c> of</c><00:37:46.349><c> his</c><00:37:46.530><c> brethren</c><00:37:46.710><c> and</c><00:37:46.909><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:47.570 --> 00:37:48.289
Isn't<00:37:47.710><c> that</c><00:37:47.849><c> reasonable?</c>

00:37:48.750 --> 00:37:51.469
He<00:37:48.909><c> probably</c><00:37:49.190><c> had</c><00:37:49.369><c> some</c><00:37:49.630><c> organisational</c><00:37:50.429><c> skills.</c>

00:37:52.269 --> 00:37:53.409
A<00:37:52.429><c> brother</c><00:37:52.590><c> who</c><00:37:52.769><c> loved</c><00:37:53.010><c> to</c><00:37:53.269><c> help.</c>

00:37:53.570 --> 00:37:56.170
He<00:37:53.570><c> was</c><00:37:53.750><c> warm</c><00:37:54.250><c> among</c><00:37:54.630><c> the</c><00:37:54.809><c> brethren</c><00:37:55.010><c> and</c><00:37:55.210><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:56.190 --> 00:38:00.309
He<00:37:56.210><c> could</c><00:37:56.329><c> feel</c><00:37:57.369><c> the</c><00:37:57.869><c> needs</c><00:37:58.309><c> of</c><00:37:58.849><c> the</c><00:37:58.989><c> widows</c><00:37:59.349><c> that</c><00:37:59.489><c> were</c><00:37:59.710><c> neglected</c><00:38:00.050><c> in</c>

00:38:00.309 --> 00:38:01.309
the<00:38:00.429><c> daily</c><00:38:00.630><c> ministration.</c>

00:38:01.309 --> 00:38:05.269
That<00:38:02.050><c> was</c><00:38:02.969><c> a</c><00:38:02.969><c> lovely</c><00:38:02.969><c> reflection</c><00:38:03.710><c> upon</c><00:38:04.130><c> Stephen.</c>

00:38:06.230 --> 00:38:07.449
A<00:38:06.230><c> man</c><00:38:06.369><c> of</c><00:38:06.530><c> the</c><00:38:06.670><c> Word.</c>

00:38:08.250 --> 00:38:10.730
A<00:38:08.309><c> man</c><00:38:08.429><c> who</c><00:38:08.530><c> got</c><00:38:08.670><c> down</c><00:38:08.929><c> and</c><00:38:09.110><c> understood</c><00:38:09.650><c> the</c><00:38:09.869><c> Scriptures</c><00:38:10.110><c> himself,</c><00:38:10.690><c> as</c>

00:38:10.730 --> 00:38:11.929
he<00:38:10.869><c> was.</c>

00:38:12.809 --> 00:38:15.449
But<00:38:12.929><c> he</c><00:38:12.989><c> was</c><00:38:13.170><c> a</c><00:38:13.349><c> charitable</c><00:38:13.570><c> man</c><00:38:13.909><c> too.</c>

00:38:16.010 --> 00:38:16.550
That's<00:38:16.150><c> why</c><00:38:16.269><c> he</c><00:38:16.309><c> was</c><00:38:16.449><c> appointed.</c>

00:38:16.630 --> 00:38:18.409
First<00:38:16.809><c> person</c><00:38:17.050><c> they</c><00:38:17.190><c> thought</c><00:38:17.349><c> about.</c>

00:38:20.349 --> 00:38:23.670
So<00:38:20.829><c> the</c><00:38:21.309><c> whole</c><00:38:21.530><c> package</c><00:38:21.849><c> can</c><00:38:22.070><c> come</c><00:38:22.250><c> together,</c><00:38:22.750><c> can't</c><00:38:22.889><c> it?</c>

00:38:23.710 --> 00:38:28.409
I<00:38:23.949><c> suppose</c><00:38:24.289><c> it</c><00:38:24.429><c> was</c><00:38:24.650><c> that,</c><00:38:25.510><c> that</c><00:38:25.690><c> in</c><00:38:25.869><c> his</c><00:38:26.090><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:26.469><c> life</c><00:38:26.789><c> meant</c><00:38:27.309><c> that</c><00:38:28.030><c> his</c>

00:38:28.409 --> 00:38:30.230
Word<00:38:28.710><c> was</c><00:38:28.969><c> so</c><00:38:29.250><c> much</c><00:38:29.590><c> effective.</c>

00:38:30.230 --> 00:38:33.530
He<00:38:31.110><c> wasn't</c><00:38:31.389><c> even</c><00:38:31.690><c> among</c><00:38:32.110><c> the</c><00:38:32.389><c> Apostles.</c>

00:38:33.909 --> 00:38:35.130
He<00:38:33.929><c> was</c><00:38:34.030><c> someone</c><00:38:34.150><c> outside</c><00:38:34.650><c> the</c><00:38:34.849><c> Apostles.</c>

00:38:35.269 --> 00:38:36.929
But<00:38:35.289><c> look</c><00:38:35.449><c> who</c><00:38:35.630><c> gave</c><00:38:35.789><c> that</c><00:38:36.050><c> speech.</c>

00:38:38.170 --> 00:38:40.849
And<00:38:38.230><c> you</c><00:38:38.309><c> know</c><00:38:38.510><c> that</c><00:38:38.750><c> speech</c><00:38:38.969><c> was,</c><00:38:39.449><c> as</c><00:38:39.590><c> I</c><00:38:39.769><c> said,</c><00:38:40.369><c> fundamental</c>

00:38:40.849 --> 00:38:42.809
foundation<00:38:41.789><c> work.</c>

00:38:42.969 --> 00:38:46.449
After<00:38:43.389><c> that</c><00:38:43.610><c> speech</c><00:38:43.869><c> was</c><00:38:44.150><c> given,</c><00:38:45.070><c> you</c><00:38:45.210><c> could</c><00:38:45.389><c> go</c><00:38:45.590><c> to</c><00:38:45.789><c> the</c><00:38:45.949><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:46.309><c> and</c>

00:38:46.449 --> 00:38:47.449
you<00:38:46.469><c> could</c><00:38:46.670><c> preach</c><00:38:46.869><c> to</c><00:38:47.030><c> the</c><00:38:47.210><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:38:47.449 --> 00:38:52.449
Why?<00:38:47.909><c> Because</c><00:38:48.250><c> the</c><00:38:48.690><c> grounds</c><00:38:49.130><c> of</c><00:38:49.550><c> reason</c><00:38:49.849><c> had</c><00:38:50.170><c> been</c><00:38:50.630><c> provided</c><00:38:51.289><c> publicly.</c>

00:38:53.349 --> 00:38:55.730
And<00:38:53.590><c> not</c><00:38:53.789><c> a</c><00:38:54.110><c> soul</c><00:38:54.289><c> could</c><00:38:54.510><c> resist</c><00:38:54.909><c> them.</c>

00:38:55.769 --> 00:38:59.710
It<00:38:55.989><c> put</c><00:38:56.150><c> the</c><00:38:56.469><c> whole</c><00:38:56.889><c> Scriptural</c><00:38:57.429><c> evidence,</c><00:38:58.409><c> the</c><00:38:58.730><c> case</c><00:38:59.050><c> was</c><00:38:59.329><c> there.</c>

00:38:59.710 --> 00:39:01.090
Why<00:39:00.429><c> could</c><00:39:00.610><c> you</c><00:39:00.769><c> do</c><00:39:00.869><c> it?</c>

00:39:01.110 --> 00:39:04.369
Well,<00:39:01.250><c> because</c><00:39:01.610><c> God</c><00:39:01.889><c> went</c><00:39:02.050><c> and</c><00:39:02.250><c> found</c><00:39:02.429><c> Abraham</c><00:39:03.130><c> in</c><00:39:03.590><c> Ur</c><00:39:03.730><c> of</c><00:39:03.849><c> the</c><00:39:04.010><c> Chaldees.</c>

00:39:04.429 --> 00:39:07.809
Why<00:39:04.710><c> can't</c><00:39:04.969><c> you</c><00:39:05.050><c> therefore</c><00:39:05.389><c> find</c><00:39:05.809><c> an</c><00:39:06.090><c> Ethiopian</c><00:39:06.650><c> eunuch?</c>

00:39:09.190 --> 00:39:11.869
And<00:39:09.610><c> that's</c><00:39:09.710><c> what</c><00:39:09.969><c> the</c><00:39:10.130><c> next</c><00:39:10.349><c> chapter</c><00:39:10.590><c> was</c><00:39:10.730><c> all</c><00:39:10.969><c> about.</c>

00:39:14.889 --> 00:39:17.289
So<00:39:15.250><c> the</c><00:39:15.550><c> grounds,</c><00:39:16.150><c> my</c><00:39:16.269><c> dear</c><00:39:16.409><c> brothers</c><00:39:16.630><c> and</c><00:39:16.769><c> sisters,</c><00:39:17.010><c> were</c><00:39:17.090><c> there.</c>

00:39:17.389 --> 00:39:19.150
And<00:39:17.510><c> the</c><00:39:17.610><c> next</c><00:39:17.889><c> chapter,</c><00:39:18.110><c> what</c><00:39:18.250><c> did</c><00:39:18.429><c> that</c><00:39:18.849><c> find?</c>

00:39:19.190 --> 00:39:23.530
It<00:39:19.369><c> finds</c><00:39:19.610><c> a</c><00:39:19.829><c> man</c><00:39:19.929><c> that's</c><00:39:20.170><c> going</c><00:39:20.289><c> to</c><00:39:20.550><c> take</c><00:39:20.750><c> the</c><00:39:20.989><c> Gospel</c><00:39:21.449><c> to</c><00:39:22.849><c> the</c><00:39:23.030><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:39:23.530 --> 00:39:25.269
In<00:39:23.710><c> the</c><00:39:23.929><c> wonder</c><00:39:24.110><c> of</c><00:39:24.309><c> God.</c>

00:39:25.469 --> 00:39:29.949
In<00:39:26.030><c> the</c><00:39:26.210><c> wonder</c><00:39:26.369><c> of</c><00:39:26.570><c> God,</c><00:39:26.769><c> it</c><00:39:26.769><c> was</c><00:39:26.929><c> the</c><00:39:26.989><c> very</c><00:39:27.269><c> man</c><00:39:27.909><c> that</c><00:39:28.309><c> accepted</c><00:39:28.650><c> the</c><00:39:28.969><c> clothes</c><00:39:29.449><c> of</c>

00:39:29.949 --> 00:39:31.269
the<00:39:30.090><c> witnesses.</c>

00:39:32.389 --> 00:39:34.829
God<00:39:32.550><c> works</c><00:39:32.829><c> in</c><00:39:33.090><c> wondrous</c><00:39:33.429><c> ways,</c><00:39:33.929><c> doesn't</c><00:39:34.050><c> he?</c>

00:39:34.889 --> 00:39:36.809
Truly<00:39:35.210><c> remarkable</c><00:39:35.809><c> ways.</c>

00:39:36.929 --> 00:39:40.469
You<00:39:36.929><c> know,</c><00:39:37.289><c> Paul</c><00:39:37.329><c> must</c><00:39:37.610><c> have</c><00:39:37.789><c> been,</c><00:39:39.389><c> Saul,</c><00:39:39.630><c> Paul</c><00:39:40.030><c> must</c><00:39:40.329><c> have</c>

00:39:40.469 --> 00:39:42.730
been<00:39:40.550><c> one</c><00:39:40.750><c> of</c><00:39:40.869><c> the</c><00:39:41.130><c> chief</c><00:39:41.610><c> opponents</c><00:39:42.190><c> of</c><00:39:42.469><c> Stephen.</c>

00:39:43.150 --> 00:39:46.670
Just<00:39:43.429><c> notice</c><00:39:43.769><c> down</c><00:39:43.989><c> in</c><00:39:44.150><c> verse</c><00:39:44.329><c> 8,</c><00:39:45.789><c> chapter</c><00:39:45.989><c> 6</c><00:39:46.329><c> still.</c>

00:39:46.929 --> 00:39:50.750
It<00:39:46.969><c> says</c><00:39:47.190><c> of</c><00:39:47.449><c> Stephen</c><00:39:47.789><c> that</c><00:39:47.969><c> he</c><00:39:48.050><c> was</c><00:39:48.289><c> full</c><00:39:48.550><c> of</c><00:39:48.750><c> faith</c><00:39:49.010><c> and</c><00:39:49.349><c> power</c><00:39:49.849><c> and</c>

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did<00:39:50.969><c> great</c><00:39:51.289><c> wonders</c><00:39:51.630><c> and</c><00:39:51.909><c> miracles</c><00:39:52.269><c> among</c><00:39:52.610><c> the</c><00:39:52.869><c> people.</c>

00:39:53.289 --> 00:39:58.150
Then<00:39:54.269><c> there</c><00:39:54.530><c> arose</c><00:39:54.849><c> certain</c><00:39:55.190><c> of</c><00:39:55.369><c> the</c><00:39:55.590><c> synagogue</c><00:39:55.889><c> which</c><00:39:56.090><c> is</c><00:39:56.389><c> called</c><00:39:56.710><c> the</c><00:39:57.469><c> Synagogue</c><00:39:57.929><c> of</c>

00:39:58.150 --> 00:39:58.949
the<00:39:58.289><c> Lipertines</c>

00:39:58.949 --> 00:40:03.030
and<00:39:59.250><c> Cyrenians</c><00:40:00.389><c> and</c><00:40:01.030><c> Alexandrians</c><00:40:01.849><c> and</c><00:40:02.050><c> of</c><00:40:02.190><c> them</c><00:40:02.309><c> of</c><00:40:02.570><c> Cilicia</c>

00:40:03.030 --> 00:40:06.769
and<00:40:03.829><c> of</c><00:40:04.010><c> Asia,</c><00:40:04.329><c> disputing</c><00:40:04.909><c> with</c><00:40:05.150><c> Stephen.</c>

00:40:08.349 --> 00:40:12.809
Alexandria<00:40:08.949><c> was</c><00:40:09.170><c> a</c><00:40:09.530><c> center</c><00:40:09.809><c> of</c><00:40:10.050><c> learning</c><00:40:10.530><c> in</c><00:40:11.449><c> the</c><00:40:11.670><c> diaspora.</c>

00:40:13.269 --> 00:40:14.909
Very<00:40:13.610><c> much</c><00:40:13.869><c> so.</c>

00:40:14.949 --> 00:40:16.489
But<00:40:15.110><c> look</c><00:40:15.230><c> at</c><00:40:15.409><c> Cilicia.</c>

00:40:16.969 --> 00:40:18.750
Who<00:40:17.190><c> came</c><00:40:17.409><c> from</c><00:40:17.610><c> Cilicia?</c>

00:40:19.730 --> 00:40:22.309
So<00:40:19.849><c> he</c><00:40:19.969><c> was</c><00:40:20.150><c> from</c><00:40:20.369><c> the</c><00:40:20.469><c> city</c><00:40:20.809><c> of</c><00:40:21.170><c> Tarsus,</c><00:40:21.530><c> wasn't</c><00:40:21.750><c> he?</c>

00:40:22.309 --> 00:40:24.769
Of<00:40:22.929><c> the</c><00:40:23.030><c> province</c><00:40:23.469><c> of</c><00:40:23.730><c> Cilicia.</c>

00:40:25.570 --> 00:40:28.309
And<00:40:25.610><c> there</c><00:40:25.730><c> were</c><00:40:25.969><c> various</c><00:40:26.309><c> synagogues</c><00:40:26.889><c> within</c><00:40:27.150><c> Jerusalem</c><00:40:27.650><c> because</c><00:40:28.190><c> a</c>

00:40:28.309 --> 00:40:32.610
lot<00:40:28.409><c> of</c><00:40:28.550><c> people</c><00:40:28.730><c> came</c><00:40:29.150><c> from</c><00:40:29.550><c> different</c><00:40:29.849><c> places</c><00:40:30.449><c> to</c><00:40:31.110><c> go</c><00:40:31.289><c> up</c><00:40:31.469><c> to</c><00:40:31.690><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:40:32.730 --> 00:40:35.969
They'd<00:40:33.090><c> like</c><00:40:33.190><c> to</c><00:40:33.389><c> hear</c><00:40:33.570><c> the</c><00:40:33.849><c> synagogue</c><00:40:34.849><c> procedures</c><00:40:35.530><c> in</c><00:40:35.710><c> their</c>

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own<00:40:36.170><c> language.</c>

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Of<00:40:37.190><c> course</c><00:40:37.309><c> they</c><00:40:37.510><c> would.</c>

00:40:38.309 --> 00:40:40.510
So<00:40:38.489><c> there</c><00:40:38.630><c> was</c><00:40:38.829><c> a</c><00:40:39.010><c> synagogue</c><00:40:39.289><c> of</c><00:40:39.489><c> these</c><00:40:39.750><c> and</c><00:40:39.969><c> a</c><00:40:40.070><c> synagogue</c><00:40:40.309><c> of</c>

00:40:40.510 --> 00:40:43.230
those<00:40:40.809><c> and</c><00:40:41.010><c> a</c><00:40:41.170><c> synagogue</c><00:40:41.369><c> of</c><00:40:41.989><c> some</c><00:40:42.230><c> other</c><00:40:42.489><c> group</c><00:40:42.750><c> that</c><00:40:43.010><c> came</c>

00:40:43.230 --> 00:40:44.190
from<00:40:43.449><c> different</c><00:40:43.690><c> places.</c>

00:40:44.650 --> 00:40:48.809
Well,<00:40:44.829><c> who</c><00:40:44.989><c> would</c><00:40:45.170><c> have</c><00:40:45.329><c> been</c><00:40:46.050><c> in</c><00:40:46.769><c> the</c><00:40:46.929><c> synagogue</c><00:40:47.289><c> of</c><00:40:47.630><c> the</c><00:40:47.849><c> Cilician?</c>

00:40:49.710 --> 00:40:53.369
More<00:40:50.309><c> than</c><00:40:50.909><c> young</c><00:40:51.449><c> Saul</c><00:40:51.829><c> of</c><00:40:52.130><c> Tarsus.</c>

00:40:53.730 --> 00:40:56.809
And<00:40:53.869><c> who</c><00:40:54.030><c> would</c><00:40:54.190><c> have</c><00:40:54.349><c> nodded</c><00:40:54.710><c> on</c><00:40:55.110><c> to</c><00:40:55.590><c> the</c><00:40:55.849><c> arguments</c><00:40:56.190><c> of</c><00:40:56.530><c> Stephen?</c>

00:40:56.969 --> 00:40:59.070
Why?<00:40:57.469><c> Who</c><00:40:57.730><c> more</c><00:40:58.010><c> than</c><00:40:58.250><c> Saul?</c>

00:40:59.130 --> 00:41:02.369
He'd<00:40:59.289><c> be</c><00:40:59.449><c> in</c><00:40:59.610><c> there</c><00:40:59.769><c> with</c><00:41:00.250><c> his</c><00:41:00.590><c> teeth</c><00:41:00.889><c> back,</c><00:41:01.190><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:01.309><c> he?</c>

00:41:02.429 --> 00:41:06.730
And<00:41:02.789><c> he</c><00:41:02.909><c> would</c><00:41:03.090><c> be</c><00:41:03.389><c> wrestling</c><00:41:03.849><c> in</c><00:41:05.190><c> argument</c><00:41:05.530><c> with</c><00:41:05.809><c> Stephen.</c>

00:41:09.070 --> 00:41:11.550
You<00:41:09.349><c> know,</c><00:41:09.510><c> the</c><00:41:09.650><c> ways</c><00:41:09.809><c> of</c><00:41:10.030><c> God</c><00:41:10.210><c> really</c><00:41:10.530><c> are</c><00:41:10.769><c> very</c><00:41:11.090><c> remarkable,</c>

00:41:11.670 --> 00:41:12.769
aren't<00:41:11.809><c> they?</c>

00:41:13.210 --> 00:41:15.289
His<00:41:13.690><c> two</c><00:41:14.090><c> opponents.</c>

00:41:16.550 --> 00:41:20.449
And<00:41:16.690><c> in</c><00:41:17.070><c> a</c><00:41:17.230><c> short</c><00:41:17.449><c> time,</c><00:41:18.809><c> the</c><00:41:19.010><c> chief</c><00:41:19.269><c> opponent.</c>

00:41:21.730 --> 00:41:23.230
Chief<00:41:21.989><c> in</c><00:41:22.309><c> the</c><00:41:22.590><c> deepest</c><00:41:22.969><c> sense.</c>

00:41:23.349 --> 00:41:24.710
I<00:41:23.369><c> mean,</c><00:41:23.570><c> he</c><00:41:23.710><c> went</c><00:41:23.889><c> to</c><00:41:24.090><c> the</c><00:41:24.210><c> high</c><00:41:24.449><c> priest.</c>

00:41:24.849 --> 00:41:26.050
Wasn't<00:41:25.050><c> the</c><00:41:25.190><c> high</c><00:41:25.329><c> priest</c><00:41:25.469><c> today,</c><00:41:25.949><c> Saul?</c>

00:41:26.190 --> 00:41:27.389
Would<00:41:26.369><c> you</c><00:41:26.489><c> do</c><00:41:26.630><c> a</c><00:41:26.750><c> job</c><00:41:26.869><c> for</c><00:41:27.050><c> us?</c>

00:41:27.869 --> 00:41:29.170
Got<00:41:28.010><c> a</c><00:41:28.130><c> job</c><00:41:28.269><c> up</c><00:41:28.429><c> in</c><00:41:28.570><c> Damascus.</c>

00:41:29.429 --> 00:41:30.530
Wasn't<00:41:29.710><c> that?</c>

00:41:30.750 --> 00:41:32.369
Saul<00:41:31.050><c> went</c><00:41:31.329><c> to</c><00:41:31.570><c> them.</c>

00:41:33.710 --> 00:41:37.750
More<00:41:34.190><c> forward</c><00:41:34.670><c> in</c><00:41:34.849><c> this</c><00:41:35.090><c> work</c><00:41:35.269><c> of</c><00:41:35.489><c> opposing</c><00:41:35.849><c> the</c><00:41:36.050><c> name</c><00:41:36.230><c> of</c><00:41:36.409><c> Christ</c><00:41:36.670><c> than</c><00:41:37.170><c> any</c>

00:41:37.750 --> 00:41:38.570
other<00:41:38.090><c> person.</c>

00:41:38.570 --> 00:41:41.349
He<00:41:39.530><c> went</c><00:41:39.909><c> to</c><00:41:40.130><c> them.</c>

00:41:42.610 --> 00:41:44.150
Never<00:41:42.730><c> knew</c><00:41:42.989><c> what</c><00:41:43.130><c> was</c><00:41:43.369><c> ahead,</c><00:41:43.730><c> did</c><00:41:43.809><c> he?</c>

00:41:44.349 --> 00:41:47.210
But<00:41:44.570><c> it</c><00:41:44.690><c> was</c><00:41:44.989><c> a</c><00:41:45.110><c> sincerity</c><00:41:45.769><c> in</c><00:41:45.949><c> his</c><00:41:46.250><c> heart.</c>

00:41:47.670 --> 00:41:50.750
And<00:41:47.949><c> Stephen's</c><00:41:48.369><c> arguments</c><00:41:48.650><c> just</c><00:41:49.409><c> banged</c><00:41:49.889><c> around</c><00:41:50.110><c> in</c><00:41:50.289><c> his</c><00:41:50.550><c> mind.</c>

00:41:50.929 --> 00:41:52.690
I'm<00:41:51.070><c> sure</c><00:41:51.389><c> that's</c><00:41:52.170><c> what</c><00:41:52.329><c> it</c><00:41:52.489><c> means.</c>

00:41:52.989 --> 00:41:54.489
When<00:41:53.070><c> the</c><00:41:53.250><c> Lord</c><00:41:53.489><c> said,</c>

00:41:54.909 --> 00:41:59.110
It<00:41:54.909><c> is</c><00:41:55.090><c> hard</c><00:41:55.610><c> for</c><00:41:55.929><c> thee</c><00:41:56.150><c> to</c><00:41:56.369><c> kick</c><00:41:56.650><c> against</c><00:41:57.130><c> the</c><00:41:57.449><c> pricks.</c>

00:41:59.389 --> 00:42:02.329
That<00:41:59.650><c> means</c><00:41:59.989><c> that</c><00:42:00.289><c> all</c><00:42:00.590><c> that</c><00:42:00.929><c> Stephen</c><00:42:01.130><c> had</c><00:42:01.530><c> said,</c>

00:42:02.750 --> 00:42:06.150
that<00:42:02.889><c> he'd</c><00:42:03.230><c> battled</c><00:42:03.510><c> for</c><00:42:03.809><c> day</c><00:42:03.989><c> after</c><00:42:04.329><c> day,</c><00:42:04.889><c> for</c><00:42:04.989><c> Sabbath</c><00:42:05.210><c> after</c><00:42:05.570><c> Sabbath,</c><00:42:05.969><c> for</c>

00:42:06.150 --> 00:42:06.889
week<00:42:06.369><c> after</c><00:42:06.670><c> week,</c>

00:42:06.889 --> 00:42:10.389
hounding<00:42:07.550><c> that</c><00:42:07.829><c> man</c><00:42:08.130><c> and</c><00:42:08.469><c> could</c><00:42:08.710><c> never</c><00:42:08.969><c> beat</c><00:42:09.190><c> his</c><00:42:09.429><c> arguments.</c>

00:42:11.449 --> 00:42:15.010
There<00:42:11.610><c> was</c><00:42:12.349><c> sincerity</c><00:42:12.949><c> in</c><00:42:13.130><c> his</c><00:42:13.389><c> heart</c><00:42:13.809><c> until</c><00:42:14.449><c> eventually,</c>

00:42:15.170 --> 00:42:18.510
when<00:42:15.349><c> the</c><00:42:15.550><c> Lord</c><00:42:15.849><c> spoke</c><00:42:16.269><c> to</c><00:42:16.409><c> him</c><00:42:16.590><c> and</c><00:42:16.809><c> struck</c><00:42:17.030><c> him</c><00:42:17.289><c> down,</c>

00:42:18.530 --> 00:42:21.969
it<00:42:18.630><c> all</c><00:42:18.809><c> just</c><00:42:19.190><c> flowed</c><00:42:19.429><c> in</c><00:42:19.869><c> like</c><00:42:20.110><c> the</c><00:42:20.389><c> falling</c><00:42:20.590><c> of</c><00:42:20.809><c> the</c><00:42:20.969><c> bank.</c>

00:42:22.010 --> 00:42:24.449
In<00:42:22.150><c> it</c><00:42:22.389><c> came,</c><00:42:22.710><c> flowed</c><00:42:23.130><c> into</c><00:42:23.309><c> his</c><00:42:23.590><c> heart.</c>

00:42:24.489 --> 00:42:27.849
I<00:42:24.630><c> don't</c><00:42:24.710><c> think</c><00:42:24.809><c> he</c><00:42:25.130><c> dropped</c><00:42:25.510><c> a</c><00:42:25.889><c> syllable</c><00:42:26.170><c> of</c><00:42:26.469><c> Stephen's</c><00:42:26.929><c> arguments.</c>

00:42:28.630 --> 00:42:31.250
And<00:42:28.849><c> he</c><00:42:29.050><c> knew</c><00:42:29.269><c> that</c><00:42:29.469><c> that</c><00:42:29.630><c> was</c><00:42:29.829><c> the</c><00:42:29.969><c> right</c><00:42:30.230><c> way.</c>

00:42:31.349 --> 00:42:33.449
But<00:42:31.510><c> what</c><00:42:31.690><c> big</c><00:42:31.969><c> mistakes</c><00:42:32.289><c> we</c><00:42:32.590><c> make.</c>

00:42:33.570 --> 00:42:35.550
If<00:42:34.090><c> we</c><00:42:34.269><c> don't</c><00:42:34.550><c> discern</c><00:42:34.829><c> at</c><00:42:35.170><c> first,</c>

00:42:35.869 --> 00:42:38.869
so<00:42:36.050><c> much</c><00:42:36.309><c> sadness</c><00:42:36.690><c> might</c><00:42:36.949><c> have</c><00:42:37.090><c> been</c><00:42:37.269><c> prevented</c><00:42:37.690><c> if</c><00:42:38.429><c> he</c><00:42:38.610><c> had</c>

00:42:38.869 --> 00:42:40.449
seen<00:42:39.110><c> that</c><00:42:39.429><c> first.</c>

00:42:41.829 --> 00:42:43.690
The<00:42:41.989><c> lesson</c><00:42:42.170><c> to</c><00:42:42.369><c> us,</c><00:42:42.650><c> my</c><00:42:42.690><c> dear</c><00:42:42.829><c> brothers</c><00:42:43.050><c> and</c><00:42:43.289><c> sisters,</c><00:42:43.530><c> is</c>

00:42:43.690 --> 00:42:44.929
surely<00:42:43.929><c> this.</c>

00:42:45.170 --> 00:42:48.610
We<00:42:45.269><c> live</c><00:42:45.389><c> in</c><00:42:45.530><c> a</c><00:42:45.710><c> time</c><00:42:45.989><c> where</c><00:42:46.610><c> great</c><00:42:46.889><c> things</c><00:42:47.170><c> are</c><00:42:47.389><c> ahead</c><00:42:47.530><c> of</c><00:42:47.690><c> us.</c>

00:42:48.809 --> 00:42:52.289
We<00:42:49.070><c> may</c><00:42:49.349><c> in</c><00:42:49.550><c> fact</c><00:42:49.769><c> be</c><00:42:50.090><c> generous</c><00:42:50.449><c> about</c><00:42:50.849><c> small</c><00:42:51.130><c> details.</c>

00:42:52.750 --> 00:42:55.809
But<00:42:52.909><c> the</c><00:42:53.190><c> overall</c><00:42:53.429><c> picture</c><00:42:53.909><c> is</c><00:42:54.349><c> clear</c><00:42:54.510><c> to</c><00:42:54.710><c> us,</c><00:42:54.909><c> isn't</c><00:42:55.070><c> it?</c>

00:42:56.210 --> 00:42:58.050
By<00:42:56.429><c> the</c><00:42:56.630><c> word</c><00:42:56.809><c> of</c><00:42:57.150><c> prophecy.</c>

00:42:59.130 --> 00:43:01.409
And<00:42:59.570><c> I'm</c><00:42:59.849><c> a</c><00:42:59.989><c> Christadelphian</c><00:43:00.510><c> and</c><00:43:00.650><c> I</c><00:43:00.710><c> was</c><00:43:00.929><c> born</c><00:43:01.090><c> into</c><00:43:01.289><c> a</c>

00:43:01.409 --> 00:43:03.070
Christadelphian<00:43:01.969><c> family.</c>

00:43:03.570 --> 00:43:05.849
And<00:43:03.730><c> I</c><00:43:03.769><c> suppose</c><00:43:04.130><c> a</c><00:43:04.269><c> lot</c><00:43:04.349><c> of</c><00:43:04.429><c> you</c><00:43:04.590><c> were</c><00:43:04.809><c> too.</c>

00:43:06.849 --> 00:43:09.269
And<00:43:07.010><c> you</c><00:43:07.130><c> sometimes</c><00:43:07.489><c> think</c><00:43:07.989><c> as</c><00:43:08.289><c> you're</c><00:43:08.469><c> growing</c><00:43:08.670><c> up</c><00:43:08.889><c> in</c><00:43:09.070><c> life,</c>

00:43:09.650 --> 00:43:12.190
well,<00:43:10.329><c> if</c><00:43:10.510><c> I'd</c><00:43:10.769><c> been</c><00:43:10.909><c> born</c><00:43:11.170><c> somewhere</c><00:43:11.530><c> else,</c><00:43:11.949><c> might</c><00:43:12.030><c> have</c>

00:43:12.190 --> 00:43:13.989
perhaps<00:43:12.449><c> been</c><00:43:12.670><c> something</c><00:43:13.030><c> else.</c>

00:43:17.269 --> 00:43:21.130
This<00:43:17.469><c> I</c><00:43:17.670><c> do</c><00:43:17.909><c> know,</c><00:43:19.030><c> and</c><00:43:19.170><c> I'm</c><00:43:19.409><c> sure</c><00:43:19.550><c> you</c><00:43:19.750><c> do</c><00:43:19.889><c> too,</c>

00:43:21.469 --> 00:43:23.550
is<00:43:21.590><c> there's</c><00:43:21.809><c> nothing</c><00:43:22.030><c> like</c><00:43:22.329><c> the</c><00:43:22.570><c> truth.</c>

00:43:24.389 --> 00:43:26.769
It<00:43:24.909><c> is</c><00:43:25.210><c> the</c><00:43:25.429><c> truth.</c>

00:43:27.530 --> 00:43:28.789
Is<00:43:27.570><c> God</c><00:43:27.809><c> one?</c>

00:43:30.030 --> 00:43:31.269
Is<00:43:30.170><c> man</c><00:43:30.409><c> mortal?</c>

00:43:32.630 --> 00:43:35.349
Is<00:43:32.969><c> Christ</c><00:43:33.329><c> Jesus</c><00:43:33.610><c> going</c><00:43:33.869><c> to</c><00:43:34.030><c> reign</c><00:43:34.190><c> from</c><00:43:34.409><c> Jerusalem?</c>

00:43:36.510 --> 00:43:37.929
Will<00:43:36.650><c> he</c><00:43:36.789><c> come</c><00:43:37.010><c> again?</c>

00:43:38.789 --> 00:43:40.530
Will<00:43:38.969><c> Israel</c><00:43:39.269><c> be</c><00:43:39.550><c> restored?</c>

00:43:41.469 --> 00:43:42.869
My<00:43:41.730><c> word</c><00:43:41.909><c> they</c><00:43:42.150><c> will.</c>

00:43:43.329 --> 00:43:44.929
My<00:43:43.610><c> word</c><00:43:43.789><c> he</c><00:43:44.010><c> will.</c>

00:43:46.530 --> 00:43:48.190
The<00:43:46.730><c> grass</c><00:43:47.110><c> roots</c><00:43:47.329><c> facts</c><00:43:47.690><c> of</c><00:43:47.949><c> scripture.</c>

00:43:48.309 --> 00:43:50.610
You<00:43:48.349><c> know,</c><00:43:48.769><c> all</c><00:43:49.030><c> those</c><00:43:49.269><c> things</c><00:43:49.489><c> are</c><00:43:49.750><c> prophecy.</c>

00:43:52.590 --> 00:43:55.570
Even<00:43:53.090><c> his</c><00:43:53.409><c> first</c><00:43:53.610><c> coming</c><00:43:53.829><c> was</c><00:43:54.050><c> once</c><00:43:54.429><c> prophecy.</c>

00:43:56.710 --> 00:43:58.230
The<00:43:56.750><c> Jews</c><00:43:56.849><c> got</c><00:43:57.030><c> that</c><00:43:57.289><c> wrong.</c>

00:43:58.349 --> 00:43:59.130
They<00:43:58.449><c> got</c><00:43:58.590><c> their</c><00:43:58.730><c> vagus.</c>

00:43:59.250 --> 00:44:02.789
It<00:43:59.289><c> was</c><00:43:59.570><c> a</c><00:43:59.690><c> matter</c><00:43:59.769><c> of</c><00:44:00.469><c> interesting</c><00:44:00.849><c> intellectual</c><00:44:01.329><c> argument.</c>

00:44:03.670 --> 00:44:04.750
Toss<00:44:03.849><c> a</c><00:44:03.989><c> coin.</c>

00:44:06.070 --> 00:44:09.030
We<00:44:06.210><c> need</c><00:44:06.369><c> to</c><00:44:06.550><c> be</c><00:44:06.929><c> more</c><00:44:07.250><c> serious</c><00:44:07.690><c> than</c><00:44:07.949><c> that.</c>

00:44:10.050 --> 00:44:12.809
And<00:44:10.230><c> I</c><00:44:10.329><c> don't</c><00:44:11.130><c> fully</c><00:44:11.489><c> understand,</c><00:44:12.210><c> my</c><00:44:12.210><c> dear</c><00:44:12.349><c> brothers</c><00:44:12.550><c> and</c><00:44:12.789><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:12.889 --> 00:44:15.929
the<00:44:13.030><c> wonder</c><00:44:13.230><c> of</c><00:44:13.409><c> God</c><00:44:13.550><c> in</c><00:44:13.829><c> providing</c><00:44:14.170><c> us</c><00:44:14.690><c> the</c><00:44:14.949><c> way.</c>

00:44:16.230 --> 00:44:17.610
But<00:44:16.469><c> of</c><00:44:16.570><c> this</c><00:44:16.730><c> I</c><00:44:16.869><c> do</c><00:44:17.130><c> know</c>

00:44:17.610 --> 00:44:22.489
that<00:44:18.210><c> our</c><00:44:18.409><c> understanding</c><00:44:18.949><c> of</c><00:44:19.269><c> prophecy</c><00:44:19.550><c> has</c><00:44:19.869><c> been</c><00:44:20.190><c> profoundly</c><00:44:20.690><c> accurate,</c>

00:44:22.530 --> 00:44:24.110
profoundly<00:44:22.909><c> so.</c>

00:44:25.130 --> 00:44:27.829
None<00:44:25.289><c> of</c><00:44:25.469><c> us</c><00:44:26.030><c> worship</c><00:44:26.389><c> anyone</c><00:44:27.090><c> other</c><00:44:27.329><c> than</c><00:44:27.590><c> God,</c>

00:44:27.909 --> 00:44:30.150
and<00:44:28.050><c> only</c><00:44:28.230><c> his</c><00:44:28.469><c> word</c><00:44:28.710><c> do</c><00:44:28.909><c> we</c><00:44:29.110><c> revere.</c>

00:44:30.650 --> 00:44:33.449
But<00:44:30.789><c> it</c><00:44:30.949><c> is</c><00:44:31.130><c> a</c><00:44:31.329><c> remarkable</c><00:44:31.730><c> thing</c><00:44:32.210><c> that</c><00:44:32.510><c> in</c><00:44:32.650><c> our</c><00:44:32.889><c> own</c><00:44:33.150><c> writings,</c>

00:44:33.750 --> 00:44:35.610
small<00:44:33.969><c> community</c><00:44:34.489><c> though</c><00:44:34.730><c> we</c><00:44:34.889><c> might</c><00:44:35.230><c> be,</c>

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in<00:44:36.210><c> our</c><00:44:36.469><c> own</c><00:44:36.730><c> writings</c><00:44:37.210><c> there's</c><00:44:38.289><c> a</c><00:44:38.449><c> depth</c><00:44:38.630><c> of</c><00:44:38.989><c> truth</c><00:44:39.190><c> and</c><00:44:39.429><c> perception</c>

00:44:39.809 --> 00:44:41.590
which<00:44:40.050><c> is</c><00:44:40.230><c> not</c><00:44:40.489><c> found</c><00:44:40.710><c> in</c><00:44:40.949><c> any</c><00:44:41.210><c> other</c><00:44:41.389><c> book.</c>

00:44:41.650 --> 00:44:43.829
You<00:44:41.769><c> can</c><00:44:42.090><c> search</c><00:44:42.429><c> them.</c>

00:44:43.929 --> 00:44:45.469
Go<00:44:44.070><c> down</c><00:44:44.210><c> to</c><00:44:44.289><c> the</c><00:44:44.409><c> local</c><00:44:44.690><c> bookshop</c><00:44:45.050><c> today</c>

00:44:45.469 --> 00:44:47.630
and<00:44:46.010><c> search</c><00:44:46.110><c> what</c><00:44:46.269><c> they've</c><00:44:46.570><c> got</c><00:44:46.670><c> to</c><00:44:46.809><c> say</c><00:44:46.949><c> about</c><00:44:47.210><c> Revelation.</c>

00:44:47.769 --> 00:44:50.690
You'll<00:44:47.969><c> find</c><00:44:48.110><c> all</c><00:44:48.550><c> kinds</c><00:44:48.829><c> of</c><00:44:49.110><c> phantoms</c><00:44:49.349><c> under</c><00:44:49.909><c> the</c><00:44:50.269><c> sun.</c>

00:44:51.090 --> 00:44:55.090
And<00:44:51.269><c> they're</c><00:44:51.690><c> swinging</c><00:44:51.889><c> around</c><00:44:52.449><c> as</c><00:44:52.690><c> the</c><00:44:52.849><c> winds</c><00:44:53.130><c> of</c><00:44:53.449><c> change.</c>

00:44:58.789 --> 00:45:02.849
The<00:44:58.989><c> proper</c><00:44:59.210><c> disposition</c><00:44:59.989><c> surely</c><00:45:00.949><c> from</c><00:45:01.190><c> us</c><00:45:01.510><c> should</c><00:45:01.690><c> be</c><00:45:01.889><c> something</c><00:45:02.190><c> like</c><00:45:02.489><c> this</c>

00:45:02.849 --> 00:45:05.989
that<00:45:03.110><c> I've</c><00:45:03.349><c> got</c><00:45:03.449><c> to</c><00:45:03.670><c> spend</c><00:45:03.829><c> some</c><00:45:04.150><c> time</c>

00:45:07.349 --> 00:45:08.409
personally

00:45:08.670 --> 00:45:11.150
in<00:45:09.230><c> doing</c><00:45:09.369><c> my</c><00:45:09.769><c> own</c><00:45:10.150><c> study,</c>

00:45:11.969 --> 00:45:15.730
in<00:45:12.409><c> noting</c><00:45:12.849><c> the</c><00:45:13.530><c> relevance</c><00:45:13.969><c> of</c><00:45:14.250><c> Scripture</c><00:45:14.530><c> to</c><00:45:14.769><c> my</c><00:45:15.050><c> own</c><00:45:15.449><c> time</c>

00:45:15.730 --> 00:45:20.889
so<00:45:16.250><c> that</c><00:45:16.469><c> I</c><00:45:16.769><c> too</c><00:45:16.929><c> in</c><00:45:16.969><c> my</c><00:45:17.230><c> own</c><00:45:17.550><c> life</c><00:45:18.050><c> have</c><00:45:18.369><c> got</c><00:45:18.590><c> a</c><00:45:18.789><c> driven</c><00:45:19.949><c> perspective.</c>

00:45:21.289 --> 00:45:22.670
I'm<00:45:21.409><c> driven</c><00:45:21.730><c> by</c><00:45:22.010><c> the</c><00:45:22.289><c> facts.</c>

00:45:23.070 --> 00:45:24.250
I<00:45:23.210><c> can</c><00:45:23.550><c> see</c><00:45:23.730><c> where</c><00:45:23.889><c> we're</c><00:45:24.110><c> going.</c>

00:45:24.429 --> 00:45:26.590
I<00:45:24.550><c> know</c><00:45:24.789><c> what</c><00:45:24.949><c> our</c><00:45:25.170><c> community</c><00:45:25.610><c> needs.</c>

00:45:26.730 --> 00:45:28.090
I<00:45:26.889><c> can</c><00:45:27.190><c> see</c><00:45:27.329><c> what</c><00:45:27.530><c> God</c><00:45:27.710><c> is</c><00:45:27.929><c> doing.</c>

00:45:28.150 --> 00:45:29.730
I<00:45:28.269><c> know</c><00:45:28.469><c> where</c><00:45:28.670><c> it's</c><00:45:28.869><c> going.</c>

00:45:30.150 --> 00:45:32.110
And<00:45:30.269><c> in</c><00:45:30.469><c> the</c><00:45:30.650><c> fullness</c><00:45:30.889><c> of</c><00:45:31.150><c> that</c><00:45:31.369><c> persuasion</c>

00:45:32.110 --> 00:45:34.150
we<00:45:32.250><c> can</c><00:45:32.449><c> therefore</c><00:45:32.650><c> be</c><00:45:33.030><c> helpful</c><00:45:33.349><c> to</c><00:45:33.570><c> our</c><00:45:33.750><c> young</c><00:45:33.929><c> people.</c>

00:45:34.170 --> 00:45:35.550
What<00:45:34.329><c> does</c><00:45:34.429><c> a</c><00:45:34.530><c> young</c><00:45:34.710><c> man</c><00:45:35.250><c> need?</c>

00:45:35.829 --> 00:45:38.769
What<00:45:35.949><c> he</c><00:45:36.070><c> needs</c><00:45:36.269><c> to</c><00:45:36.550><c> see</c><00:45:36.730><c> is</c><00:45:36.949><c> that</c><00:45:37.230><c> God's</c><00:45:37.570><c> in</c><00:45:37.769><c> control.</c>

00:45:38.889 --> 00:45:40.670
Why<00:45:39.329><c> is</c><00:45:39.349><c> he</c><00:45:39.349><c> going</c><00:45:39.489><c> to</c><00:45:39.570><c> be</c><00:45:39.750><c> going</c><00:45:39.869><c> off</c><00:45:40.050><c> into</c><00:45:40.190><c> the</c><00:45:40.409><c> world</c>

00:45:40.670 --> 00:45:42.610
and<00:45:41.030><c> sitting</c><00:45:41.190><c> down</c><00:45:41.469><c> and</c><00:45:41.670><c> wasting</c><00:45:41.969><c> his</c><00:45:42.250><c> time</c>

00:45:42.610 --> 00:45:45.590
in<00:45:42.869><c> the</c><00:45:43.030><c> things</c><00:45:43.190><c> that</c><00:45:43.849><c> every</c><00:45:44.110><c> other</c><00:45:44.409><c> child</c><00:45:44.690><c> outside</c><00:45:45.210><c> wastes</c>

00:45:45.590 --> 00:45:46.829
their<00:45:45.769><c> time</c><00:45:45.969><c> on?</c>

00:45:47.469 --> 00:45:49.610
What's<00:45:47.650><c> he</c><00:45:47.710><c> going</c><00:45:47.809><c> to</c><00:45:47.969><c> put</c><00:45:48.050><c> his</c><00:45:48.250><c> whole</c><00:45:48.449><c> life</c><00:45:48.730><c> into</c><00:45:49.150><c> sport</c>

00:45:49.610 --> 00:45:52.530
or<00:45:50.150><c> into</c><00:45:50.670><c> career</c><00:45:51.010><c> or</c><00:45:51.210><c> other</c><00:45:51.469><c> things?</c>

00:45:53.550 --> 00:45:54.789
What<00:45:53.789><c> will</c><00:45:54.030><c> stop</c><00:45:54.170><c> him</c><00:45:54.349><c> doing</c><00:45:54.570><c> that</c>

00:45:54.789 --> 00:45:56.889
because<00:45:55.050><c> he</c><00:45:55.230><c> can</c><00:45:55.449><c> see</c><00:45:55.590><c> that</c><00:45:55.750><c> there's</c><00:45:55.989><c> a</c><00:45:56.130><c> ring</c><00:45:56.269><c> in</c><00:45:56.429><c> the</c><00:45:56.570><c> Word</c><00:45:56.690><c> of</c>

00:45:56.889 --> 00:45:58.570
God<00:45:56.989><c> that's</c><00:45:57.349><c> true?</c>

00:45:59.170 --> 00:46:00.550
Without<00:45:59.610><c> question.</c>

00:46:01.750 --> 00:46:04.710
He's<00:46:01.869><c> got</c><00:46:01.989><c> a</c><00:46:02.170><c> mind</c><00:46:02.329><c> like</c><00:46:02.630><c> Stephen</c><00:46:02.889><c> that</c><00:46:03.030><c> could</c><00:46:03.230><c> give</c><00:46:03.369><c> his</c><00:46:03.630><c> life.</c>

00:46:05.010 --> 00:46:07.230
And<00:46:05.489><c> though</c><00:46:05.730><c> he</c><00:46:05.789><c> gave</c><00:46:05.989><c> his</c><00:46:06.130><c> life,</c><00:46:06.329><c> it</c><00:46:06.349><c> didn't</c><00:46:06.610><c> stop</c><00:46:06.889><c> the</c><00:46:07.090><c> work,</c>

00:46:07.329 --> 00:46:08.670
did<00:46:07.409><c> it?</c>

00:46:09.250 --> 00:46:11.050
Just<00:46:09.469><c> burgeoned</c><00:46:09.989><c> out.</c>

00:46:11.690 --> 00:46:13.610
And<00:46:11.809><c> soon</c><00:46:11.909><c> it</c><00:46:12.070><c> wasn't</c><00:46:12.250><c> in</c><00:46:12.530><c> Samaria.</c>

00:46:14.309 --> 00:46:17.030
The<00:46:14.489><c> Samaritans</c><00:46:14.989><c> were</c><00:46:15.250><c> turning</c><00:46:15.449><c> to</c><00:46:15.670><c> the</c><00:46:15.889><c> truth.</c>

00:46:17.750 --> 00:46:20.510
And<00:46:17.969><c> Saul</c><00:46:18.110><c> of</c><00:46:18.369><c> Cassus</c><00:46:18.650><c> was</c><00:46:19.110><c> turned</c><00:46:19.329><c> around.</c>

00:46:21.150 --> 00:46:23.690
So<00:46:21.289><c> death</c><00:46:21.449><c> itself</c><00:46:21.909><c> couldn't</c><00:46:22.409><c> stop</c><00:46:22.690><c> the</c><00:46:22.909><c> work.</c>

00:46:24.429 --> 00:46:27.489
They<00:46:24.590><c> were</c><00:46:24.750><c> driven</c><00:46:25.010><c> by</c><00:46:25.489><c> a</c><00:46:25.889><c> powerful</c><00:46:26.190><c> spirit</c><00:46:26.650><c> that</c><00:46:26.829><c> was</c><00:46:27.030><c> beyond</c>

00:46:27.489 --> 00:46:29.030
the<00:46:27.829><c> work</c><00:46:27.989><c> of</c><00:46:28.250><c> men.</c>

00:46:29.250 --> 00:46:31.329
And<00:46:29.409><c> that's</c><00:46:29.530><c> where</c><00:46:29.650><c> we</c><00:46:29.849><c> need</c><00:46:29.989><c> to</c><00:46:30.190><c> be</c><00:46:30.309><c> today.</c>

00:46:32.190 --> 00:46:36.309
It's<00:46:32.789><c> not</c><00:46:32.969><c> time,</c><00:46:33.389><c> my</c><00:46:33.489><c> dear</c><00:46:33.610><c> sisters,</c><00:46:34.389><c> to</c><00:46:34.590><c> change</c><00:46:34.949><c> the</c><00:46:35.210><c> course,</c>

00:46:37.050 --> 00:46:40.769
but<00:46:37.150><c> to</c><00:46:37.329><c> give</c><00:46:37.510><c> thanks</c><00:46:38.170><c> for</c><00:46:38.750><c> the</c><00:46:38.969><c> deliverance</c><00:46:39.289><c> we've</c><00:46:39.610><c> received</c>

00:46:40.829 --> 00:46:43.670
and<00:46:41.429><c> for</c><00:46:41.630><c> a</c><00:46:41.750><c> knowledge</c><00:46:42.090><c> of</c><00:46:42.369><c> things.</c>

00:46:44.210 --> 00:46:49.309
Given<00:46:44.429><c> in</c><00:46:44.710><c> great</c><00:46:44.909><c> difficulties,</c><00:46:46.789><c> in</c><00:46:46.969><c> very</c><00:46:47.309><c> great</c><00:46:47.690><c> smallness.</c>

00:46:49.429 --> 00:46:52.909
You<00:46:49.469><c> know,</c><00:46:49.650><c> our</c><00:46:49.829><c> fathers</c><00:46:50.190><c> were</c><00:46:51.110><c> very</c><00:46:51.449><c> ordinary</c><00:46:51.809><c> people.</c>

00:46:53.389 --> 00:46:55.269
Very<00:46:53.630><c> ordinary</c><00:46:54.010><c> people.</c>

00:46:55.989 --> 00:46:59.369
Dr.<00:46:56.409><c> Thomas</c><00:46:56.570><c> went</c><00:46:56.710><c> up</c><00:46:56.909><c> and</c><00:46:57.030><c> down</c><00:46:57.130><c> this</c><00:46:57.369><c> country</c><00:46:57.670><c> on</c><00:46:57.929><c> horseback</c>

00:47:00.110 --> 00:47:03.130
shooting<00:47:00.590><c> occasionally</c><00:47:01.070><c> a</c><00:47:01.349><c> cut,</c><00:47:02.630><c> a</c><00:47:02.630><c> bird</c><00:47:02.769><c> or</c><00:47:03.010><c> two,</c>

00:47:03.190 --> 00:47:04.889
that<00:47:03.289><c> he</c><00:47:03.369><c> might</c><00:47:03.530><c> be</c><00:47:03.670><c> able</c><00:47:03.789><c> to</c><00:47:04.010><c> live</c><00:47:04.230><c> sometimes.</c>

00:47:05.010 --> 00:47:06.489
Can<00:47:05.230><c> you</c><00:47:05.250><c> imagine</c><00:47:05.510><c> that?</c>

00:47:07.289 --> 00:47:10.210
That<00:47:07.409><c> he</c><00:47:07.489><c> might</c><00:47:07.650><c> come</c><00:47:07.849><c> and</c><00:47:08.030><c> visit</c><00:47:08.170><c> Toronto</c><00:47:08.690><c> and</c><00:47:08.989><c> other</c><00:47:09.170><c> places.</c>

00:47:10.309 --> 00:47:11.289
Horseback.

00:47:13.110 --> 00:47:15.889
Sometimes<00:47:13.429><c> he</c><00:47:13.550><c> was</c><00:47:13.769><c> driven</c><00:47:14.110><c> vehemently</c><00:47:14.849><c> by</c><00:47:15.170><c> this</c><00:47:15.409><c> conviction</c>

00:47:15.889 --> 00:47:19.349
to<00:47:16.170><c> go</c><00:47:16.269><c> out</c><00:47:16.469><c> for</c><00:47:16.750><c> week</c><00:47:16.929><c> upon</c><00:47:17.250><c> week</c><00:47:17.530><c> upon</c><00:47:17.769><c> week</c><00:47:18.429><c> preaching</c><00:47:18.909><c> the</c><00:47:19.130><c> Gospel.</c>

00:47:19.389 --> 00:47:20.909
That's<00:47:19.570><c> what</c><00:47:19.670><c> we're</c><00:47:19.829><c> here</c><00:47:19.989><c> today.</c>

00:47:23.650 --> 00:47:25.030
That's<00:47:24.130><c> our</c><00:47:24.309><c> earlier</c><00:47:24.610><c> brethren.</c>

00:47:25.389 --> 00:47:26.969
That's<00:47:25.610><c> where</c><00:47:25.670><c> we've</c><00:47:25.929><c> come</c><00:47:26.110><c> from.</c>

00:47:27.170 --> 00:47:29.670
I<00:47:27.610><c> think</c><00:47:27.769><c> we</c><00:47:27.949><c> need</c><00:47:28.170><c> therefore</c><00:47:28.469><c> to</c><00:47:28.650><c> be</c><00:47:28.849><c> thankful</c><00:47:29.130><c> to</c><00:47:29.309><c> God</c><00:47:29.530><c> for</c>

00:47:29.670 --> 00:47:31.050
what<00:47:29.789><c> He</c><00:47:29.949><c> has</c><00:47:30.110><c> done.</c>

00:47:31.449 --> 00:47:35.190
It's<00:47:31.630><c> in</c><00:47:31.809><c> agreement</c><00:47:32.110><c> with</c><00:47:32.670><c> the</c><00:47:33.010><c> life</c><00:47:33.230><c> that</c><00:47:33.409><c> is</c><00:47:33.570><c> here</c><00:47:33.750><c> before</c><00:47:34.030><c> us.</c>

00:47:35.329 --> 00:47:36.929
The<00:47:35.530><c> life</c><00:47:35.670><c> that</c><00:47:35.809><c> was</c><00:47:36.030><c> given.</c>

00:47:37.489 --> 00:47:39.750
That<00:47:37.630><c> we</c><00:47:37.769><c> might</c><00:47:37.929><c> have</c><00:47:38.210><c> appreciation</c><00:47:38.809><c> of</c><00:47:38.969><c> what</c><00:47:39.110><c> God</c><00:47:39.329><c> is</c><00:47:39.590><c> doing</c>

00:47:39.750 --> 00:47:40.389
in<00:47:39.969><c> our</c><00:47:40.130><c> lives</c>

00:47:40.389 --> 00:47:43.809
and<00:47:40.889><c> thank</c><00:47:41.190><c> Him</c><00:47:41.550><c> for</c><00:47:41.750><c> this</c><00:47:42.289><c> wonderful</c><00:47:42.869><c> blessing.</c>

00:47:44.349 --> 00:47:46.769
And<00:47:44.530><c> in</c><00:47:44.690><c> the</c><00:47:45.070><c> inspiration</c><00:47:45.610><c> that</c><00:47:45.869><c> comes</c><00:47:46.110><c> from</c><00:47:46.309><c> that</c><00:47:46.489><c> to</c><00:47:46.670><c> give</c>

00:47:46.769 --> 00:47:47.730
our<00:47:47.030><c> lives</c><00:47:47.230><c> to</c><00:47:47.449><c> Him.</c>

00:47:47.949 --> 00:47:52.289
Like<00:47:48.110><c> that</c><00:47:48.329><c> apostle</c><00:47:48.650><c> that</c><00:47:48.949><c> said,</c><00:47:50.090><c> I</c><00:47:50.170><c> am</c><00:47:50.389><c> crucified</c><00:47:50.989><c> with</c><00:47:51.329><c> Christ.</c>

00:47:52.849 --> 00:47:54.210
He<00:47:53.010><c> gave</c><00:47:53.170><c> everything.</c>

00:47:54.409 --> 00:47:56.610
Completely<00:47:54.929><c> rooted</c><00:47:55.269><c> His</c><00:47:55.550><c> life</c><00:47:55.730><c> around.</c>

00:47:57.130 --> 00:47:59.590
I<00:47:57.289><c> am</c><00:47:57.510><c> crucified</c><00:47:58.070><c> with</c><00:47:58.349><c> Christ.</c>

00:48:00.469 --> 00:48:02.570
Yet<00:48:00.550><c> the</c><00:48:00.690><c> life</c><00:48:00.909><c> which</c><00:48:01.170><c> I</c><00:48:01.409><c> now</c><00:48:01.710><c> live,</c>

00:48:03.289 --> 00:48:06.230
I<00:48:03.489><c> live</c><00:48:03.670><c> by</c><00:48:03.909><c> the</c><00:48:04.190><c> faith</c><00:48:04.409><c> of</c><00:48:04.630><c> the</c><00:48:04.789><c> Son</c><00:48:04.989><c> of</c><00:48:05.230><c> God.</c>

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His<00:48:06.869><c> eyes</c><00:48:07.070><c> were</c><00:48:07.369><c> fixed</c><00:48:07.670><c> on</c><00:48:07.829><c> that</c><00:48:08.030><c> direction.</c>

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He<00:48:08.750><c> knew</c><00:48:08.809><c> what</c><00:48:08.949><c> He</c><00:48:09.150><c> stood</c><00:48:09.349><c> for.</c>

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He<00:48:11.409><c> loved</c><00:48:11.670><c> me.</c>

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And<00:48:13.710><c> gave</c><00:48:13.949><c> Himself</c><00:48:14.389><c> for</c><00:48:14.710><c> me.</c>

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Thank<00:48:15.489><c> you.</c>

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Thank<00:48:18.530><c> you,</c><00:48:18.750><c> Brother</c><00:48:18.889><c> Brian.</c>

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A<00:48:25.570><c> few</c><00:48:25.769><c> words</c><00:48:26.170><c> from</c><00:48:26.429><c> the</c><00:48:26.570><c> letters</c><00:48:26.769><c> to</c><00:48:27.389><c> the</c><00:48:27.590><c> Hebrews.</c>

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In<00:48:29.590><c> connection.</c>

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So<00:48:31.489><c> let</c><00:48:31.630><c> us</c><00:48:31.869><c> draw</c><00:48:32.190><c> near</c><00:48:32.590><c> with</c><00:48:33.090><c> a</c><00:48:33.289><c> true</c><00:48:33.449><c> heart.</c>

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In<00:48:34.510><c> full</c><00:48:34.750><c> assurance</c><00:48:35.269><c> of</c><00:48:35.550><c> faith.</c>

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Having<00:48:36.730><c> our</c><00:48:36.989><c> hearts</c><00:48:37.210><c> sprinkled</c><00:48:37.710><c> from</c><00:48:37.909><c> an</c><00:48:38.050><c> evil</c><00:48:38.250><c> conscience</c>

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and<00:48:38.969><c> our</c><00:48:39.170><c> bodies</c><00:48:39.449><c> washed</c><00:48:39.809><c> with</c><00:48:40.030><c> pure</c><00:48:40.250><c> water.</c>

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Let<00:48:41.309><c> us</c><00:48:41.530><c> hold</c><00:48:41.909><c> fast</c><00:48:42.510><c> the</c><00:48:43.150><c> profession</c><00:48:43.570><c> of</c><00:48:43.809><c> our</c><00:48:44.070><c> faith</c><00:48:44.309><c> without</c><00:48:44.730><c> wavering.</c>

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For<00:48:46.010><c> He</c><00:48:46.210><c> is</c><00:48:46.489><c> faithful</c><00:48:46.889><c> that</c><00:48:47.190><c> promised.</c>

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And<00:48:48.769><c> let</c><00:48:48.949><c> us</c><00:48:49.190><c> consider</c><00:48:49.630><c> one</c><00:48:49.849><c> another</c><00:48:50.090><c> to</c><00:48:50.389><c> provoke</c><00:48:50.670><c> and</c><00:48:50.869><c> to</c><00:48:51.050><c> love</c><00:48:51.510><c> and</c>

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to<00:48:52.170><c> good</c><00:48:52.369><c> works.</c>

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And<00:48:54.289><c> as</c><00:48:54.409><c> we</c><00:48:54.550><c> do</c><00:48:54.650><c> this</c><00:48:54.869><c> morning.</c>

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Not<00:48:56.090><c> forsaking</c><00:48:56.610><c> the</c><00:48:56.849><c> assembling</c><00:48:57.230><c> of</c><00:48:57.610><c> ourselves</c><00:48:57.949><c> together.</c>

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As<00:48:59.289><c> the</c><00:48:59.469><c> manner</c><00:48:59.670><c> of</c><00:48:59.789><c> some</c><00:48:59.889><c> is.</c>

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But<00:49:00.730><c> exhorting</c><00:49:01.090><c> one</c><00:49:01.250><c> another.</c>

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And<00:49:02.429><c> so</c><00:49:02.550><c> much</c><00:49:02.750><c> the</c><00:49:02.969><c> more</c><00:49:03.389><c> as</c><00:49:03.789><c> you</c><00:49:03.949><c> see</c><00:49:04.110><c> the</c><00:49:04.250><c> day</c><00:49:04.409><c> approaching.</c>