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the<00:12:58.299><c> magician,</c><00:12:59.159><c> who</c><00:12:59.360><c> wanted</c><00:12:59.559><c> to</c><00:12:59.759><c> buy</c><00:12:59.840><c> the</c><00:13:00.019><c> Holy</c><00:13:00.200><c> Spirit</c><00:13:00.480><c> gifts.</c>

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And<00:13:01.620><c> Peter</c><00:13:01.740><c> rebukes</c><00:13:02.120><c> him,</c><00:13:02.299><c> and</c><00:13:02.440><c> we</c><00:13:02.600><c> see</c><00:13:02.740><c> an</c><00:13:02.840><c> effort</c><00:13:03.059><c> of</c><00:13:03.360><c> peacemaking</c><00:13:03.759><c> that</c>

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Peter<00:13:04.080><c> does</c><00:13:04.299><c> with</c><00:13:04.600><c> Simon,</c><00:13:05.559><c> and</c><00:13:05.700><c> in</c><00:13:05.860><c> his</c><00:13:06.120><c> rebuke,</c><00:13:06.700><c> Simon</c><00:13:07.000><c> ends</c>

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up<00:13:07.320><c> being</c><00:13:07.539><c> reconciled</c><00:13:08.019><c> to</c><00:13:08.220><c> the</c><00:13:08.379><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:08.679><c> again.</c>

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We<00:13:11.059><c> also</c><00:13:11.240><c> get</c><00:13:11.320><c> the</c><00:13:11.539><c> story</c><00:13:11.659><c> of</c><00:13:11.799><c> the</c><00:13:11.980><c> Ethiopian</c><00:13:12.460><c> unit</c><00:13:12.860><c> on</c><00:13:13.259><c> the</c><00:13:13.460><c> desert</c><00:13:13.759><c> road</c><00:13:14.259><c> down</c><00:13:14.740><c> here</c><00:13:15.340><c> where</c><00:13:15.700><c> Philip</c><00:13:15.940><c> appears</c><00:13:16.299><c> to</c>

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him<00:13:16.779><c> on</c><00:13:16.960><c> that</c><00:13:17.139><c> desert</c><00:13:17.340><c> road,</c><00:13:19.379><c> somewhere</c><00:13:19.679><c> along</c><00:13:20.279><c> that</c><00:13:20.679><c> path</c><00:13:20.879><c> there.</c>

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In<00:13:24.740><c> Acts</c><00:13:24.919><c> 9,</c><00:13:25.279><c> we</c><00:13:25.379><c> read</c><00:13:25.500><c> about</c><00:13:25.639><c> the</c><00:13:25.860><c> conversion</c><00:13:26.399><c> of</c><00:13:27.059><c> Paul</c><00:13:27.440><c> on</c><00:13:27.960><c> the</c><00:13:28.080><c> road</c><00:13:28.200><c> to</c>

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Emmaus<00:13:28.759><c> as</c><00:13:28.899><c> he</c><00:13:29.039><c> travels</c><00:13:29.259><c> up</c><00:13:29.620><c> towards</c><00:13:30.000><c> Damascus.</c>

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No,<00:13:32.259><c> not</c><00:13:32.460><c> to</c><00:13:32.580><c> Damascus,</c><00:13:33.019><c> to</c><00:13:33.139><c> Damascus,</c><00:13:33.559><c> I</c><00:13:33.639><c> don't</c><00:13:33.720><c> know</c><00:13:33.779><c> why</c><00:13:33.879><c> I</c>

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have<00:13:34.000><c> Emmaus</c><00:13:34.279><c> on</c><00:13:34.399><c> there.</c><00:13:34.600><c> On</c><00:13:34.740><c> the</c><00:13:34.840><c> road</c><00:13:34.919><c> up</c><00:13:35.019><c> to</c><00:13:35.080><c> Damascus,</c><00:13:36.039><c> we</c>

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get<00:13:36.360><c> the</c><00:13:36.580><c> conversion</c><00:13:36.940><c> of</c><00:13:37.320><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:13:39.539><c> that's</c><00:13:39.720><c> roughly,</c><00:13:40.080><c> probably</c><00:13:40.679><c> several</c><00:13:41.340><c> months</c><00:13:41.779><c> into</c><00:13:42.100><c> his</c>

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ministry,<00:13:43.720><c> or</c><00:13:43.980><c> his</c><00:13:44.179><c> persecution,</c><00:13:45.120><c> sorry.</c>

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So<00:13:45.820><c> maybe</c><00:13:47.139><c> at</c><00:13:47.860><c> most</c><00:13:48.139><c> two</c><00:13:48.320><c> years</c><00:13:48.500><c> into</c><00:13:48.659><c> his</c><00:13:48.799><c> persecution,</c><00:13:49.159><c> so</c>

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around<00:13:49.659><c> four</c><00:13:50.120><c> to</c><00:13:50.259><c> five</c><00:13:50.580><c> years</c><00:13:50.919><c> after</c><00:13:51.200><c> the</c><00:13:51.379><c> resurrection</c><00:13:51.659><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:13:52.240><c> at</c><00:13:52.740><c> the</c><00:13:52.799><c> time</c><00:13:52.960><c> of</c><00:13:53.120><c> Paul's</c><00:13:53.419><c> conversion.</c>

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Paul's<00:13:55.379><c> blinded,</c><00:13:55.720><c> he</c><00:13:55.860><c> continues</c><00:13:56.139><c> to</c><00:13:56.299><c> travel</c><00:13:56.460><c> to</c><00:13:56.659><c> Damascus,</c><00:13:57.200><c> and</c><00:13:57.299><c> there</c><00:13:57.419><c> he's</c><00:13:57.600><c> met</c><00:13:57.679><c> by</c><00:13:57.879><c> a</c>

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man<00:13:58.039><c> named</c><00:13:58.320><c> Ananias,</c><00:13:59.700><c> who</c><00:13:59.960><c> again,</c><00:14:00.559><c> in</c><00:14:00.740><c> peacemaking</c><00:14:01.159><c> effort,</c>

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reconciles<00:14:02.240><c> Paul</c><00:14:02.500><c> by</c><00:14:02.679><c> giving</c><00:14:02.940><c> him</c><00:14:03.139><c> back</c><00:14:03.299><c> his</c><00:14:03.559><c> sight.</c>

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He<00:14:05.240><c> immediately</c><00:14:05.740><c> starts</c><00:14:06.019><c> preaching</c><00:14:06.259><c> Christ</c><00:14:06.600><c> in</c><00:14:06.720><c> Damascus</c><00:14:07.240><c> until</c><00:14:07.460><c> the</c><00:14:07.659><c> Jews</c><00:14:07.840><c> drive</c><00:14:08.120><c> him</c><00:14:08.299><c> out,</c><00:14:08.440><c> and</c><00:14:08.539><c> he's</c><00:14:08.799><c> lowered</c><00:14:09.240><c> out</c><00:14:09.679><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:09.879><c> city</c><00:14:10.059><c> walls</c><00:14:10.220><c> in</c><00:14:10.360><c> a</c><00:14:10.519><c> basket.</c>

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All<00:14:11.019><c> that</c><00:14:11.139><c> takes</c><00:14:11.320><c> place</c><00:14:11.559><c> in</c><00:14:11.740><c> Acts</c><00:14:11.879><c> 9,</c><00:14:12.279><c> verses</c><00:14:12.460><c> 23</c><00:14:12.899><c> to</c><00:14:13.059><c> 25.</c>

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There's<00:14:15.139><c> a</c><00:14:15.299><c> gap</c><00:14:15.519><c> in</c><00:14:15.879><c> between</c><00:14:16.120><c> Acts</c><00:14:16.519><c> 9,</c><00:14:16.980><c> 25</c><00:14:17.440><c> and</c><00:14:17.559><c> 9,</c><00:14:17.899><c> 26.</c>

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In<00:14:19.480><c> Galatians</c><00:14:19.779><c> 1,</c><00:14:20.179><c> when</c><00:14:20.340><c> we're</c><00:14:20.539><c> counting</c><00:14:20.740><c> his</c><00:14:21.019><c> conversion,</c>

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Paul<00:14:21.679><c> says</c><00:14:21.919><c> that</c><00:14:22.200><c> he</c><00:14:23.059><c> was</c><00:14:23.379><c> in</c><00:14:23.559><c> Damascus.</c>

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When<00:14:25.059><c> he</c><00:14:25.179><c> had</c><00:14:25.279><c> to</c><00:14:25.440><c> leave</c><00:14:25.539><c> Damascus,</c><00:14:25.940><c> he</c><00:14:26.120><c> spends</c><00:14:26.320><c> three</c><00:14:26.659><c> years</c>

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in<00:14:28.360><c> Syria</c><00:14:28.820><c> before</c><00:14:29.200><c> he</c><00:14:29.340><c> goes</c><00:14:29.460><c> up</c><00:14:29.639><c> to</c><00:14:29.840><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:14:30.440><c> Acts</c><00:14:30.580><c> 9,</c><00:14:31.120><c> 26</c><00:14:31.559><c> is</c><00:14:31.799><c> about</c><00:14:31.960><c> Paul</c><00:14:32.139><c> going</c><00:14:32.259><c> up</c><00:14:32.399><c> to</c><00:14:32.539><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:14:32.940><c> there's</c><00:14:33.320><c> this</c><00:14:33.500><c> three</c><00:14:33.700><c>-year</c><00:14:33.860><c> gap</c><00:14:34.159><c> in</c><00:14:34.340><c> that</c><00:14:34.580><c> time</c><00:14:34.740><c> period,</c>

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where<00:14:36.419><c> he's</c><00:14:36.679><c> in</c><00:14:37.000><c> Syria</c><00:14:37.600><c> before</c><00:14:38.080><c> he</c><00:14:38.240><c> comes,</c><00:14:38.480><c> and</c><00:14:38.559><c> then</c><00:14:38.980><c> ultimately</c><00:14:39.139><c> comes</c>

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back<00:14:39.740><c> to</c><00:14:39.860><c> Damascus</c><00:14:40.279><c> before</c><00:14:40.720><c> heading</c><00:14:41.019><c> up</c><00:14:41.320><c> to</c><00:14:41.480><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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In<00:14:45.080><c> Acts</c><00:14:45.740><c> 9,</c><00:14:47.820><c> we</c><00:14:47.940><c> see</c><00:14:48.120><c> that</c><00:14:48.240><c> there's</c><00:14:48.360><c> this</c><00:14:48.600><c> piece,</c><00:14:49.139><c> 931,</c><00:14:49.779><c> we</c><00:14:49.860><c> see</c><00:14:49.879><c> there's</c><00:14:50.000><c> this</c><00:14:50.139><c> piece</c><00:14:50.360><c> of</c>

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the<00:14:50.539><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:50.759><c> experiences</c><00:14:51.600><c> around</c><00:14:52.419><c> this</c><00:14:52.679><c> time</c><00:14:52.940><c> period.</c>

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Arrest<00:14:54.740><c> from</c><00:14:54.960><c> their</c><00:14:55.200><c> trials.</c>

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And<00:14:56.080><c> probably</c><00:14:56.519><c> a</c><00:14:56.639><c> relatively</c><00:14:56.899><c> quiet</c><00:14:57.259><c> three</c><00:14:57.519><c> years.</c>

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We<00:14:57.860><c> have</c><00:14:57.980><c> no</c><00:14:58.200><c> record</c><00:14:58.840><c> of</c><00:14:59.139><c> it</c><00:14:59.279><c> in</c><00:14:59.379><c> the</c><00:14:59.460><c> book</c><00:14:59.559><c> of</c><00:14:59.799><c> Acts.</c>

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So<00:15:00.620><c> there</c><00:15:00.740><c> was</c><00:15:00.879><c> probably</c><00:15:01.100><c> a</c><00:15:01.460><c> quiet</c><00:15:01.700><c> period</c><00:15:02.000><c> of</c><00:15:02.159><c> growth</c><00:15:02.279><c> that</c>

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the<00:15:02.740><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:02.980><c> went</c><00:15:03.220><c> through</c><00:15:03.419><c> during</c><00:15:03.639><c> that</c><00:15:03.860><c> time</c><00:15:04.039><c> period.</c>

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Now<00:15:08.500><c> seven</c><00:15:08.720><c> years</c><00:15:09.000><c> away</c><00:15:09.320><c> from</c><00:15:09.480><c> the</c><00:15:09.639><c> resurrection,</c><00:15:10.279><c> roughly,</c>

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Paul<00:15:11.179><c> goes</c><00:15:11.379><c> up</c><00:15:11.559><c> to</c><00:15:11.759><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:12.080><c> in</c><00:15:12.360><c> Acts</c><00:15:12.559><c> 9,</c><00:15:12.879><c> verse</c><00:15:13.039><c> 26,</c><00:15:13.580><c> where</c>

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he<00:15:13.799><c> meets</c><00:15:14.000><c> Peter</c><00:15:14.320><c> and</c><00:15:14.500><c> James,</c><00:15:15.179><c> the</c><00:15:15.399><c> brother</c><00:15:15.580><c> of</c><00:15:15.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:15:16.000><c> for</c>

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about<00:15:16.379><c> 15</c><00:15:16.820><c> days.</c>

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He<00:15:18.240><c> also</c><00:15:18.440><c> goes</c><00:15:18.559><c> about</c><00:15:18.820><c> preaching</c><00:15:19.159><c> in</c><00:15:19.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:19.820><c> at</c><00:15:20.000><c> this</c><00:15:20.200><c> time</c><00:15:20.340><c> until</c><00:15:20.519><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:15:20.860><c> get</c><00:15:21.039><c> wind</c><00:15:21.220><c> of</c><00:15:21.320><c> it,</c><00:15:21.440><c> and</c><00:15:21.580><c> eventually</c><00:15:21.879><c> they</c><00:15:22.139><c> drive</c><00:15:22.340><c> him</c><00:15:22.500><c> out</c><00:15:22.799><c> as</c>

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well,<00:15:23.700><c> trying</c><00:15:23.980><c> to</c><00:15:24.139><c> kill</c><00:15:24.279><c> him</c><00:15:24.399><c> in</c><00:15:24.559><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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So<00:15:25.879><c> the</c><00:15:26.080><c> brethren</c><00:15:26.259><c> help</c><00:15:26.419><c> him</c><00:15:26.600><c> escape,</c><00:15:27.000><c> and</c><00:15:27.000><c> he</c><00:15:27.100><c> flees</c><00:15:27.340><c> to</c><00:15:27.580><c> Caesarea</c><00:15:28.019><c> first</c><00:15:28.299><c> on</c>

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the<00:15:28.620><c> coast</c><00:15:29.100><c> before</c><00:15:29.679><c> he</c><00:15:29.879><c> sails</c><00:15:30.039><c> up</c><00:15:30.299><c> to</c><00:15:30.480><c> Tarsus,</c><00:15:30.980><c> which</c><00:15:31.159><c> is</c><00:15:31.500><c> where</c><00:15:31.639><c> he</c>

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was<00:15:32.000><c> from.</c>

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At<00:15:35.320><c> the</c><00:15:35.360><c> end</c><00:15:35.519><c> of</c><00:15:35.600><c> Acts</c><00:15:35.700><c> 9,</c><00:15:35.879><c> we</c><00:15:35.960><c> get</c><00:15:36.080><c> the</c><00:15:36.200><c> story</c><00:15:36.320><c> of</c><00:15:36.460><c> Peter's</c><00:15:36.919><c> mission</c><00:15:37.159><c> trip</c><00:15:37.379><c> to</c>

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Lydda,<00:15:38.080><c> Joppa,</c><00:15:38.320><c> and</c><00:15:38.500><c> Sharon,</c><00:15:39.259><c> where</c><00:15:39.440><c> he</c><00:15:39.539><c> raises</c><00:15:39.759><c> a</c><00:15:40.059><c> sister</c><00:15:40.240><c> named</c><00:15:40.419><c> Dorcas,</c><00:15:41.259><c> before</c><00:15:41.559><c> staying</c><00:15:41.740><c> with</c><00:15:41.879><c> a</c>

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man<00:15:42.039><c> named</c><00:15:42.259><c> Simon</c><00:15:42.539><c> with</c><00:15:42.759><c> his</c><00:15:42.779><c> hammer,</c><00:15:43.240><c> Tanner,</c><00:15:43.919><c> and</c><00:15:44.100><c> Joppa.</c>

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And<00:15:44.820><c> that's</c><00:15:45.519><c> the</c><00:15:45.620><c> story</c><00:15:45.840><c> that</c><00:15:46.000><c> we</c><00:15:46.120><c> get.</c>

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That's<00:15:46.600><c> the</c><00:15:46.679><c> house</c><00:15:46.820><c> that</c><00:15:46.980><c> he's</c><00:15:47.179><c> in</c><00:15:47.679><c> when</c><00:15:47.879><c> we</c><00:15:48.000><c> come</c><00:15:48.100><c> to</c><00:15:48.240><c> Acts</c><00:15:48.419><c> 10</c>

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and<00:15:48.740><c> the</c><00:15:48.879><c> conversion</c><00:15:49.159><c> of</c><00:15:49.379><c> Cornelius.</c>

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door<00:19:00.980><c> doesn't</c><00:19:01.180><c> recognize</c><00:19:01.660><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:02.119><c> there's</c><00:19:02.359><c> that</c><00:19:02.660><c> whole</c><00:19:02.980><c> story</c><00:19:03.140><c> that</c><00:19:03.259><c> we</c><00:19:03.359><c> get</c><00:19:03.519><c> there.</c>

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Peter<00:19:06.000><c> then</c><00:19:06.279><c> flees</c><00:19:06.480><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:06.880><c> because</c><00:19:07.200><c> of</c><00:19:07.319><c> the</c><00:19:07.440><c> persecution</c>

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He<00:19:08.420><c> goes</c><00:19:08.599><c> down</c><00:19:08.819><c> to</c><00:19:08.980><c> Caesarea</c><00:19:09.319><c> as</c><00:19:09.559><c> well</c><00:19:10.079><c> and</c><00:19:10.579><c> hides</c><00:19:10.779><c> out</c><00:19:10.960><c> in</c><00:19:11.059><c> Caesarea</c><00:19:11.460><c> for</c>

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a<00:19:11.839><c> time.</c>

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Acts<00:19:16.680><c> 12</c><00:19:16.940><c> records</c><00:19:17.259><c> the</c><00:19:17.420><c> death</c><00:19:17.579><c> of</c><00:19:17.759><c> Herod</c><00:19:17.880><c> for</c><00:19:18.119><c> us</c><00:19:18.640><c> and</c><00:19:19.059><c> it</c><00:19:19.460><c> finishes</c><00:19:19.700><c> in</c>

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verse<00:19:20.019><c> 25</c><00:19:20.440><c> by</c><00:19:20.660><c> saying</c><00:19:20.880><c> Barnabas</c><00:19:21.299><c> and</c><00:19:21.500><c> Saul</c><00:19:21.539><c> returned</c><00:19:22.079><c> from</c>

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them<00:19:26.279><c> John</c><00:19:26.539><c> who</c><00:19:26.680><c> was</c><00:19:26.799><c> also</c><00:19:27.079><c> called</c><00:19:27.500><c> Mark.</c>

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So<00:19:28.460><c> you</c><00:19:28.539><c> see</c><00:19:28.660><c> how</c><00:19:29.019><c> Luke</c><00:19:29.559><c> is</c><00:19:30.019><c> slowly</c><00:19:30.339><c> laying</c><00:19:30.900><c> out</c><00:19:31.079><c> the</c><00:19:31.240><c> foundations</c><00:19:31.640><c> for</c><00:19:32.019><c> what's</c><00:19:32.279><c> about</c><00:19:32.420><c> to</c>

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come<00:19:32.920><c> for</c><00:19:33.200><c> us</c><00:19:33.579><c> as</c><00:19:34.000><c> we've</c><00:19:34.339><c> been</c><00:19:34.440><c> introduced</c><00:19:34.680><c> to</c><00:19:34.839><c> the</c><00:19:34.940><c> first</c><00:19:35.160><c> mission</c><00:19:35.359><c> trip</c><00:19:35.519><c> of</c>

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Barnabas<00:19:36.240><c> and</c><00:19:36.420><c> Saul</c><00:19:36.539><c> and</c><00:19:36.660><c> now</c><00:19:36.839><c> we</c><00:19:36.960><c> get</c><00:19:37.079><c> John</c><00:19:37.359><c> Mark</c><00:19:37.579><c> who</c><00:19:37.740><c> joins</c><00:19:37.980><c> them.</c>

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in<00:19:42.819><c> the</c><00:19:42.980><c> narrative.</c>

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we<00:19:45.859><c> read</c><00:19:46.000><c> about</c><00:19:46.559><c> these</c><00:19:47.059><c> prophets,</c><00:19:47.539><c> the</c><00:19:47.700><c> teachers</c><00:19:47.920><c> who</c><00:19:48.059><c> were</c>

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Curian,<00:19:53.279><c> Manan,</c><00:19:53.819><c> and</c><00:19:54.119><c> Saul.</c>

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And<00:19:58.420><c> this</c><00:19:58.539><c> is</c><00:19:58.640><c> when</c><00:19:58.660><c> we</c><00:19:58.799><c> come</c><00:19:58.900><c> to</c><00:19:59.140><c> the</c><00:19:59.359><c> first</c><00:19:59.559><c> mission</c><00:19:59.819><c> trip</c><00:19:59.980><c> here</c><00:20:00.220><c> over</c><00:20:00.400><c> in</c>

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different<00:20:25.720><c> cities.</c>

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Paul<00:20:43.680><c> would</c><00:20:43.880><c> preach</c><00:20:44.420><c> to</c><00:20:45.079><c> this</c><00:20:45.480><c> city</c><00:20:45.960><c> of</c><00:20:46.279><c> Pisidia</c><00:20:46.720><c> and</c><00:20:46.940><c> Antioch</c>

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in<00:20:48.000><c> the</c><00:20:48.160><c> synagogue</c><00:20:48.480><c> to</c><00:20:48.700><c> the</c><00:20:48.779><c> point</c><00:20:48.900><c> where</c><00:20:49.079><c> the</c><00:20:49.220><c> Jews</c><00:20:49.319><c> would</c><00:20:49.539><c> beg</c><00:20:49.680><c> him</c><00:20:49.839><c> to</c>

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stay<00:20:50.200><c> and</c><00:20:50.359><c> come</c><00:20:50.460><c> back</c><00:20:50.660><c> and</c><00:20:50.759><c> preach</c><00:20:50.859><c> the</c><00:20:51.000><c> next</c><00:20:51.240><c> week.</c>

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comes<00:20:54.680><c> out</c><00:20:54.880><c> to</c><00:20:55.039><c> hear</c><00:20:55.160><c> him</c><00:20:55.380><c> preach,</c><00:20:55.839><c> even</c><00:20:56.079><c> the</c><00:20:56.279><c> Gentiles,</c><00:20:56.839><c> and</c>

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it's<00:20:57.339><c> caused</c><00:20:57.480><c> jealousy</c><00:20:57.920><c> among</c><00:20:58.200><c> the</c><00:20:58.460><c> Jews.</c>

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So<00:21:00.460><c> Paul</c><00:21:00.900><c> says</c><00:21:01.119><c> from</c><00:21:01.539><c> that</c><00:21:01.759><c> day</c><00:21:01.940><c> forward</c><00:21:02.079><c> he's</c><00:21:02.299><c> going</c><00:21:02.440><c> to</c><00:21:02.539><c> go</c>

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and<00:21:02.839><c> preach</c><00:21:03.160><c> the</c><00:21:03.480><c> gospel</c><00:21:03.799><c> to</c><00:21:03.980><c> the</c><00:21:04.140><c> Gentiles.</c>

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And<00:21:05.559><c> so</c><00:21:05.640><c> we</c><00:21:05.759><c> see</c><00:21:05.859><c> the</c><00:21:06.140><c> start</c><00:21:06.259><c> of</c><00:21:06.420><c> the</c><00:21:06.500><c> spread</c><00:21:06.619><c> of</c><00:21:06.759><c> the</c><00:21:06.859><c> gospel</c>

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to<00:21:07.240><c> these</c><00:21:07.420><c> Gentiles.</c>

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We<00:21:07.960><c> saw</c><00:21:08.259><c> it</c><00:21:08.480><c> start</c><00:21:08.700><c> here</c><00:21:08.900><c> in</c><00:21:09.140><c> Antioch</c><00:21:09.700><c> and</c><00:21:10.099><c> now</c><00:21:10.339><c> it's</c><00:21:10.539><c> being</c><00:21:10.720><c> spread</c><00:21:10.880><c> again</c><00:21:11.119><c> over</c><00:21:11.359><c> here</c><00:21:11.480><c> in</c>

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Antioch<00:21:11.880><c> and</c><00:21:12.039><c> Pisidia</c><00:21:12.539><c> as</c><00:21:13.140><c> Paul</c><00:21:13.420><c> and</c><00:21:13.519><c> Barnabas</c><00:21:13.799><c> start</c><00:21:13.980><c> preaching</c><00:21:14.240><c> to</c><00:21:14.480><c> more</c><00:21:14.640><c> and</c>

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more<00:21:14.900><c> Gentiles</c><00:21:15.259><c> on</c><00:21:15.420><c> their</c><00:21:15.660><c> trip.</c>

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Paul<00:21:18.079><c> and</c><00:21:18.220><c> Barnabas</c><00:21:18.380><c> eventually</c><00:21:18.799><c> make</c><00:21:18.960><c> their</c><00:21:19.099><c> way</c><00:21:19.380><c> to</c><00:21:19.859><c> Lystra</c>

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and<00:21:20.359><c> Derbe,</c><00:21:20.640><c> which</c><00:21:20.819><c> is</c><00:21:21.000><c> where</c><00:21:21.420><c> Timothy</c><00:21:21.799><c> was.</c>

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We<00:21:23.299><c> don't</c><00:21:23.500><c> have</c><00:21:23.700><c> Timothy</c><00:21:23.960><c> recorded,</c><00:21:24.359><c> but</c><00:21:24.420><c> there's</c><00:21:24.599><c> a</c><00:21:24.640><c> good</c><00:21:24.779><c> chance</c><00:21:24.940><c> that</c><00:21:25.079><c> he</c>

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witnessed<00:21:25.500><c> the</c><00:21:25.839><c> experience</c><00:21:26.220><c> in</c><00:21:26.480><c> Lystra</c><00:21:26.740><c> where</c><00:21:26.960><c> Paul</c><00:21:27.220><c> is</c><00:21:27.480><c> hailed</c><00:21:27.740><c> as</c>

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Hermes<00:21:28.460><c> and</c><00:21:28.680><c> Barnabas</c><00:21:29.119><c> is</c><00:21:29.299><c> hailed</c><00:21:29.480><c> as</c><00:21:29.700><c> Zeus.</c>

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Jews<00:21:31.720><c> from</c><00:21:31.980><c> Antioch</c><00:21:32.500><c> come</c><00:21:32.779><c> and</c><00:21:32.940><c> chase</c><00:21:33.099><c> him</c><00:21:33.259><c> down</c><00:21:33.440><c> and</c><00:21:33.720><c> an</c><00:21:33.799><c> anacronym</c><00:21:34.079><c> come</c>

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to<00:21:34.420><c> Lystra</c><00:21:34.660><c> and</c><00:21:34.799><c> they</c><00:21:35.000><c> chase</c><00:21:35.160><c> Paul</c><00:21:35.400><c> down</c><00:21:36.420><c> in</c><00:21:37.519><c> Lystra</c><00:21:37.859><c> and</c><00:21:38.039><c> they</c>

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It<00:33:12.779><c> means</c><00:33:12.880><c> that</c><00:33:13.019><c> we</c><00:33:13.099><c> need</c><00:33:13.220><c> to</c><00:33:13.400><c> create</c><00:33:13.519><c> an</c><00:33:13.700><c> environment</c><00:33:14.079><c> where</c>

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our<00:33:14.380><c> members</c><00:33:14.519><c> not</c><00:33:14.680><c> only</c><00:33:14.859><c> feel</c><00:33:15.039><c> welcome</c><00:33:15.380><c> to</c><00:33:15.559><c> preach</c><00:33:15.680><c> the</c><00:33:15.880><c> gospel,</c><00:33:16.759><c> but</c>

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It<00:33:19.819><c> means</c><00:33:19.940><c> that</c><00:33:20.099><c> we</c><00:33:20.220><c> have</c><00:33:20.660><c> an</c><00:33:20.880><c> environment</c><00:33:21.259><c> where</c><00:33:21.519><c> we're</c><00:33:21.539><c> prepared.</c><00:33:21.960><c> If</c><00:33:22.099><c> a</c>

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guest<00:33:22.380><c> walks</c><00:33:22.619><c> in</c><00:33:22.779><c> the</c><00:33:22.900><c> door,</c><00:33:24.079><c> we're</c><00:33:24.319><c> ready</c><00:33:24.559><c> to</c><00:33:25.079><c> greet</c><00:33:25.299><c> them</c>

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and<00:33:25.640><c> welcome</c><00:33:25.859><c> them</c><00:33:26.019><c> and</c><00:33:26.180><c> share</c><00:33:26.319><c> their</c><00:33:26.500><c> last</c><00:33:26.720><c> message</c><00:33:26.980><c> with</c><00:33:27.180><c> them.</c>

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It<00:33:28.519><c> means</c><00:33:28.660><c> that</c><00:33:28.799><c> if</c><00:33:28.880><c> a</c><00:33:28.960><c> petition</c><00:33:29.359><c> goes</c><00:33:29.720><c> out</c><00:33:30.039><c> in</c><00:33:30.259><c> the</c><00:33:30.400><c> community</c>

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asking<00:33:31.539><c> for</c><00:33:31.799><c> help</c><00:33:31.900><c> in</c><00:33:32.039><c> the</c><00:33:32.160><c> mission</c><00:33:32.359><c> field,</c><00:33:32.579><c> members</c><00:33:32.859><c> in</c><00:33:33.059><c> our</c>

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ecclesia<00:33:33.420><c> are</c><00:33:33.660><c> willing</c><00:33:33.980><c> and</c><00:33:34.599><c> willing</c><00:33:34.960><c> to</c><00:33:35.180><c> consider</c><00:33:35.400><c> to</c><00:33:35.599><c> go.</c>

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Making<00:33:39.099><c> outreach</c><00:33:39.519><c> a</c><00:33:39.880><c> court</c><00:33:39.960><c> pillar</c><00:33:40.200><c> in</c><00:33:40.359><c> our</c><00:33:40.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:40.619><c> doesn't</c><00:33:40.839><c> necessarily</c><00:33:41.119><c> mean</c>

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that<00:33:41.460><c> every</c><00:33:41.619><c> member</c><00:33:41.880><c> in</c><00:33:41.980><c> our</c><00:33:42.160><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:42.319><c> needs</c><00:33:42.500><c> to</c><00:33:42.660><c> go</c><00:33:42.740><c> and</c><00:33:42.920><c> join</c><00:33:43.039><c> the</c><00:33:43.240><c> CBMA.</c>

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Although<00:33:44.359><c> I'm</c><00:33:44.440><c> sure,</c><00:33:45.039><c> I</c><00:33:45.299><c> don't</c><00:33:45.440><c> want</c><00:33:45.539><c> to</c><00:33:45.700><c> encourage</c><00:33:45.940><c> that,</c>

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I'm<00:33:46.700><c> sure</c><00:33:46.859><c> they</c><00:33:46.980><c> would</c><00:33:47.140><c> appreciate</c><00:33:47.720><c> the</c><00:33:47.940><c> support.</c>

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But<00:33:49.619><c> what</c><00:33:49.759><c> it</c><00:33:49.839><c> means</c><00:33:49.980><c> is</c><00:33:50.099><c> that</c><00:33:50.240><c> we</c><00:33:50.339><c> are</c><00:33:50.599><c> all</c><00:33:50.779><c> willing</c><00:33:50.960><c> to</c><00:33:51.180><c> help</c>

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encourage<00:33:51.759><c> each</c><00:33:51.940><c> other</c><00:33:52.039><c> to</c><00:33:52.200><c> do</c><00:33:52.299><c> the</c><00:33:52.460><c> work.</c>

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we<00:33:54.900><c> can,</c><00:33:55.259><c> removing</c><00:33:55.480><c> any</c><00:33:55.759><c> obstacles.</c>

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to<00:34:07.059><c> tell</c><00:34:07.779><c> ourselves</c><00:34:08.039><c> that</c><00:34:08.260><c> someone</c><00:34:08.420><c> else</c><00:34:08.659><c> will</c><00:34:08.800><c> do</c><00:34:08.900><c> the</c><00:34:09.039><c> work.</c>

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That's<00:34:10.699><c> someone</c><00:34:10.820><c> else's</c><00:34:11.139><c> job.</c>

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I<00:34:13.039><c> think</c><00:34:13.159><c> it's</c><00:34:13.300><c> a</c><00:34:13.420><c> principle</c><00:34:13.619><c> that</c><00:34:13.780><c> many</c><00:34:13.960><c> of</c><00:34:14.099><c> us</c><00:34:14.340><c> in</c><00:34:14.579><c> the</c><00:34:14.780><c> ecclesia,</c><00:34:15.659><c> many</c>

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of<00:34:16.039><c> our</c><00:34:16.119><c> ecclesias</c><00:34:16.559><c> in</c><00:34:16.699><c> North</c><00:34:16.900><c> America</c><00:34:17.219><c> right</c><00:34:17.460><c> now</c><00:34:17.559><c> and</c><00:34:17.639><c> as</c><00:34:17.760><c> a</c>

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community<00:34:18.099><c> as</c><00:34:18.340><c> a</c><00:34:18.420><c> whole,</c><00:34:19.340><c> are</c><00:34:19.480><c> actually</c><00:34:19.719><c> struggling</c><00:34:20.039><c> to</c><00:34:20.179><c> put</c>

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into<00:34:20.420><c> practice</c><00:34:20.780><c> a</c><00:34:20.940><c> little</c><00:34:21.119><c> bit.</c>

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I<00:34:23.139><c> don't</c><00:34:23.420><c> know</c><00:34:23.579><c> what</c><00:34:23.719><c> the</c><00:34:24.079><c> cause</c><00:34:24.340><c> is,</c><00:34:24.500><c> whether</c><00:34:24.639><c> it's</c><00:34:24.800><c> letting</c>

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the<00:34:25.119><c> cares</c><00:34:25.219><c> of</c><00:34:25.380><c> this</c><00:34:25.539><c> life</c><00:34:25.679><c> get</c><00:34:25.860><c> in</c><00:34:26.000><c> the</c><00:34:26.079><c> way</c><00:34:26.199><c> or</c><00:34:26.300><c> maybe</c><00:34:26.559><c> it's</c>

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the<00:34:26.960><c> leftover</c><00:34:27.239><c> side</c><00:34:27.480><c> effect</c><00:34:27.739><c> of</c><00:34:27.940><c> the</c><00:34:28.079><c> pandemic,</c><00:34:28.639><c> but</c><00:34:29.320><c> our</c><00:34:29.920><c> community</c><00:34:30.280><c> seems</c><00:34:30.480><c> to</c>

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be<00:34:30.760><c> struggling</c><00:34:31.039><c> to</c><00:34:31.300><c> support</c><00:34:31.559><c> our</c><00:34:31.800><c> outreach</c><00:34:32.159><c> efforts,</c>

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especially<00:34:33.039><c> internationally.</c>

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And<00:34:35.199><c> this</c><00:34:35.360><c> is</c><00:34:35.539><c> not</c><00:34:35.619><c> to</c><00:34:35.760><c> say</c><00:34:35.820><c> that</c><00:34:35.960><c> there's</c><00:34:36.139><c> not</c><00:34:36.280><c> good</c><00:34:36.460><c> work</c>

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still<00:34:36.820><c> being</c><00:34:37.019><c> done.</c>

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Really,<00:34:38.739><c> this</c><00:34:39.059><c> point</c><00:34:39.260><c> comes</c><00:34:39.440><c> from</c><00:34:39.599><c> a</c><00:34:39.780><c> conversation</c><00:34:40.139><c> that</c><00:34:40.300><c> I</c><00:34:40.420><c> had</c><00:34:40.500><c> with</c><00:34:40.679><c> a</c>

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brother<00:34:40.920><c> who</c><00:34:41.179><c> raised</c><00:34:41.460><c> some</c><00:34:41.699><c> concerns</c><00:34:42.039><c> over</c><00:34:43.139><c> a</c><00:34:43.820><c> low</c><00:34:44.000><c> number</c><00:34:44.219><c> of</c>

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young<00:34:44.460><c> people</c><00:34:44.659><c> volunteering</c><00:34:45.079><c> for</c><00:34:45.380><c> Truth</c><00:34:45.579><c> Corps</c><00:34:45.800><c> and</c><00:34:46.260><c> the</c><00:34:46.400><c> number</c><00:34:46.599><c> of</c>

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North<00:34:47.420><c> American</c><00:34:47.739><c> missionaries</c><00:34:48.300><c> working</c><00:34:48.800><c> abroad.</c>

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And<00:34:51.260><c> so</c><00:34:51.380><c> I</c><00:34:51.380><c> just</c><00:34:51.539><c> want</c><00:34:51.639><c> to</c><00:34:51.780><c> highlight</c><00:34:52.000><c> the</c><00:34:52.179><c> fact</c><00:34:52.260><c> that</c><00:34:52.400><c> this</c><00:34:52.519><c> is</c>

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still<00:34:53.079><c> a</c><00:34:53.219><c> need,</c><00:34:53.320><c> even</c><00:34:53.500><c> though</c><00:34:53.659><c> it's</c><00:34:53.719><c> something</c><00:34:53.860><c> I</c><00:34:54.000><c> think</c><00:34:54.079><c> we</c>

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all<00:34:54.440><c> understand,</c><00:34:54.920><c> it's</c><00:34:55.039><c> something</c><00:34:55.199><c> we</c><00:34:55.400><c> still</c><00:34:55.539><c> need</c><00:34:55.679><c> to</c><00:34:55.840><c> work</c>

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on<00:34:56.280><c> and</c><00:34:56.500><c> put</c><00:34:56.659><c> effort</c><00:34:56.900><c> into</c><00:34:57.239><c> and</c><00:34:57.480><c> focus</c><00:34:57.719><c> on</c><00:34:58.059><c> striving</c><00:34:58.440><c> after</c><00:34:58.840><c> this.</c>

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So<00:35:00.139><c> that</c><00:35:00.239><c> as</c><00:35:00.420><c> a</c><00:35:00.559><c> community,</c><00:35:00.800><c> we</c><00:35:00.900><c> can</c><00:35:01.019><c> spend</c><00:35:01.159><c> more</c><00:35:01.440><c> time</c><00:35:01.719><c> and</c><00:35:01.880><c> effort</c><00:35:02.079><c> focused</c><00:35:02.400><c> on</c>

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these<00:35:02.699><c> events.</c>

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We<00:35:04.199><c> have</c><00:35:04.400><c> just</c><00:35:04.619><c> as</c><00:35:04.800><c> great</c><00:35:04.920><c> a</c><00:35:05.099><c> call</c><00:35:05.199><c> today</c><00:35:05.460><c> to</c><00:35:05.719><c> spread</c><00:35:05.860><c> the</c><00:35:06.239><c> gospel</c><00:35:06.500><c> message</c><00:35:06.840><c> to</c>

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the<00:35:07.139><c> far</c><00:35:07.300><c> corners</c><00:35:07.539><c> of</c><00:35:07.699><c> the</c><00:35:07.820><c> world</c><00:35:08.019><c> as</c><00:35:08.179><c> we</c><00:35:08.340><c> did,</c><00:35:09.039><c> as</c><00:35:09.239><c> the</c><00:35:09.420><c> apostles</c><00:35:09.719><c> did</c><00:35:10.239><c> back</c><00:35:10.699><c> in</c>

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their<00:35:11.039><c> day.</c>

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So<00:35:14.820><c> similar</c><00:35:15.159><c> to</c><00:35:15.599><c> what</c><00:35:15.900><c> we</c><00:35:16.039><c> looked</c><00:35:16.159><c> at</c><00:35:16.239><c> with</c><00:35:16.400><c> the</c><00:35:16.559><c> in</c><00:35:16.659><c>-reach</c><00:35:17.059><c> examples,</c><00:35:17.719><c> I</c>

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wanted<00:35:18.079><c> to</c><00:35:18.300><c> share</c><00:35:18.500><c> some</c><00:35:19.139><c> brainstorming</c><00:35:19.840><c> ideas</c><00:35:20.079><c> with</c><00:35:20.340><c> you</c><00:35:20.820><c> about</c><00:35:21.320><c> outreach</c><00:35:21.800><c> activities</c><00:35:22.199><c> that</c><00:35:22.360><c> you</c>

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can<00:35:22.599><c> be</c><00:35:22.820><c> involved</c><00:35:23.039><c> in.</c>

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And<00:35:24.300><c> like</c><00:35:24.440><c> I</c><00:35:24.519><c> said,</c><00:35:24.940><c> this</c><00:35:25.139><c> is</c><00:35:25.280><c> for</c><00:35:25.420><c> you</c><00:35:25.519><c> to</c><00:35:25.719><c> take</c><00:35:25.840><c> and</c><00:35:26.079><c> implement</c><00:35:26.340><c> however</c>

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you<00:35:26.860><c> see</c><00:35:27.039><c> best</c><00:35:27.380><c> in</c><00:35:27.659><c> your</c><00:35:27.840><c> own</c><00:35:28.019><c> community</c><00:35:28.340><c> or</c><00:35:28.619><c> to</c><00:35:28.780><c> help</c><00:35:28.960><c> stir</c><00:35:29.159><c> up</c>

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Paul<00:38:27.400><c> says,</c><00:38:28.699><c> there's</c><00:38:28.760><c> no</c><00:38:28.940><c> distinction</c><00:38:29.340><c> between</c><00:38:29.679><c> Jews</c><00:38:29.940><c> and</c><00:38:30.199><c> Greeks,</c><00:38:30.960><c> for</c><00:38:31.000><c> the</c><00:38:31.219><c> same</c><00:38:31.400><c> Lord</c><00:38:31.619><c> is</c>

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Lord<00:38:31.960><c> of</c><00:38:32.199><c> all,</c><00:38:33.079><c> abounding</c><00:38:33.380><c> in</c><00:38:33.599><c> riches,</c><00:38:34.539><c> for</c><00:38:34.840><c> all</c><00:38:35.099><c> who</c><00:38:35.340><c> call</c><00:38:35.480><c> on</c>

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him,<00:38:36.280><c> for</c><00:38:36.380><c> whoever</c><00:38:36.619><c> will</c><00:38:36.860><c> call</c><00:38:36.920><c> on</c><00:38:37.059><c> the</c><00:38:37.159><c> name</c><00:38:37.280><c> of</c><00:38:37.400><c> the</c><00:38:37.480><c> Lord</c><00:38:37.579><c> will</c><00:38:37.760><c> be</c><00:38:37.980><c> saved.</c>

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And<00:38:39.239><c> how</c><00:38:39.380><c> will</c><00:38:39.480><c> they</c><00:38:39.699><c> call</c><00:38:40.000><c> in</c><00:38:40.760><c> him</c><00:38:41.159><c> whom</c><00:38:41.360><c> they</c><00:38:41.519><c> have</c><00:38:41.639><c> not</c><00:38:41.900><c> believed?</c><00:38:42.860><c> And</c>

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how<00:38:43.300><c> will</c><00:38:43.380><c> they</c><00:38:43.539><c> believe</c><00:38:43.679><c> in</c><00:38:43.840><c> him</c><00:38:44.239><c> of</c><00:38:44.599><c> whom</c><00:38:44.699><c> they</c><00:38:44.840><c> have</c><00:38:44.960><c> not</c><00:38:45.159><c> heard?</c>

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And<00:38:46.159><c> how</c><00:38:46.340><c> will</c><00:38:46.420><c> they</c><00:38:46.639><c> hear</c><00:38:46.780><c> without</c><00:38:47.000><c> a</c><00:38:47.199><c> preacher?</c><00:38:48.199><c> And</c><00:38:48.539><c> how</c>

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will<00:38:48.860><c> they</c><00:38:49.059><c> preach</c><00:38:49.340><c> unless</c><00:38:49.619><c> they</c><00:38:49.920><c> are</c><00:38:50.400><c> sent?</c>

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And<00:38:51.460><c> that</c><00:38:51.639><c> word</c><00:38:51.860><c> sent</c><00:38:52.099><c> is</c><00:38:52.380><c> apostle.</c>

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Just<00:38:54.739><c> as</c><00:38:54.920><c> it</c><00:38:55.000><c> is</c><00:38:55.159><c> written,</c><00:38:55.420><c> how</c><00:38:55.480><c> beautiful</c><00:38:55.860><c> are</c><00:38:56.059><c> the</c><00:38:56.280><c> feet</c><00:38:56.440><c> of</c>

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those<00:38:56.880><c> who</c><00:38:57.039><c> bring</c><00:38:57.159><c> the</c><00:38:57.360><c> good</c><00:38:57.500><c> news</c><00:38:57.679><c> of</c><00:38:57.840><c> the</c><00:38:57.920><c> kingdom</c><00:38:58.119><c> of</c><00:38:58.360><c> God.</c>

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This<00:39:00.300><c> needs</c><00:39:00.559><c> to</c><00:39:00.800><c> be</c><00:39:01.219><c> our</c><00:39:01.780><c> mission.</c>

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As<00:39:03.380><c> Peter</c><00:39:03.659><c> says</c><00:39:04.000><c> in</c><00:39:04.239><c> Acts</c><00:39:04.500><c> 5,</c><00:39:06.079><c> we</c><00:39:06.300><c> shouldn't</c><00:39:06.480><c> be</c><00:39:06.679><c> able</c><00:39:06.820><c> to</c><00:39:06.980><c> help</c>

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but<00:39:07.340><c> speak</c><00:39:07.500><c> of</c><00:39:07.599><c> these</c><00:39:07.820><c> things</c><00:39:08.280><c> because</c><00:39:08.719><c> they're</c><00:39:08.940><c> so</c><00:39:09.239><c> great.</c>

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And<00:39:12.019><c> I</c><00:39:12.079><c> think</c><00:39:12.239><c> really</c><00:39:12.480><c> the</c><00:39:12.579><c> other</c><00:39:12.760><c> lesson</c><00:39:12.920><c> I</c><00:39:13.059><c> really</c><00:39:13.179><c> want</c><00:39:13.280><c> to</c>

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highlight<00:39:13.619><c> here</c><00:39:13.840><c> is</c><00:39:13.940><c> that</c><00:39:14.099><c> preaching</c><00:39:14.300><c> was</c><00:39:14.500><c> not</c><00:39:14.679><c> easy.</c>

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It<00:39:18.599><c> takes</c><00:39:18.920><c> time.</c><00:39:19.539><c> It's</c><00:39:19.619><c> not</c><00:39:19.800><c> a</c><00:39:19.960><c> quick,</c><00:39:20.280><c> simple</c><00:39:20.840><c> solution</c><00:39:21.260><c> to</c>

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go<00:39:21.500><c> out</c><00:39:21.679><c> and</c><00:39:21.780><c> preach</c><00:39:21.900><c> the</c><00:39:22.079><c> gospel.</c>

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Roughly<00:39:23.500><c> three</c><00:39:23.639><c> years</c><00:39:23.860><c> ago,</c><00:39:24.159><c> Shoshana</c><00:39:24.300><c> and</c><00:39:24.519><c> I</c><00:39:24.539><c> got</c><00:39:24.699><c> to</c><00:39:24.960><c> spend</c>

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about<00:39:25.340><c> a</c><00:39:25.460><c> month</c><00:39:25.599><c> in</c><00:39:25.780><c> South</c><00:39:26.019><c> Africa.</c>

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And<00:39:27.519><c> if</c><00:39:27.659><c> that</c><00:39:27.860><c> trip</c><00:39:27.960><c> really</c><00:39:28.239><c> taught</c><00:39:28.380><c> us</c><00:39:28.579><c> anything,</c><00:39:28.940><c> it</c><00:39:29.099><c> highlighted</c><00:39:29.340><c> for</c><00:39:29.579><c> us</c>

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just<00:39:29.880><c> how</c><00:39:30.079><c> long</c><00:39:30.659><c> these</c><00:39:31.420><c> outreach</c><00:39:31.760><c> efforts</c><00:39:32.099><c> take</c><00:39:32.539><c> to</c><00:39:32.780><c> get</c><00:39:32.980><c> started.</c>

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We<00:39:34.500><c> had</c><00:39:34.579><c> the</c><00:39:34.739><c> blessing</c><00:39:34.960><c> of</c><00:39:35.139><c> returning</c><00:39:35.380><c> there</c><00:39:35.559><c> last</c><00:39:35.820><c> summer,</c>

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about<00:39:36.360><c> two</c><00:39:36.539><c> years</c><00:39:36.659><c> after</c><00:39:36.860><c> our</c><00:39:37.039><c> first</c><00:39:37.199><c> visit,</c><00:39:37.480><c> and</c><00:39:37.579><c> it</c><00:39:37.699><c> was</c><00:39:37.780><c> incredible</c><00:39:38.139><c> to</c>

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see<00:39:38.460><c> the</c><00:39:38.659><c> growth</c><00:39:38.980><c> that</c><00:39:39.099><c> was</c><00:39:39.219><c> starting</c><00:39:39.480><c> to</c><00:39:39.780><c> happen.</c>

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Even<00:39:41.719><c> in</c><00:39:41.980><c> our</c><00:39:41.980><c> local</c><00:39:42.179><c> communities,</c><00:39:43.019><c> if</c><00:39:43.280><c> we</c><00:39:43.440><c> want</c><00:39:43.539><c> to</c><00:39:43.619><c> make</c><00:39:43.760><c> a</c>

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lasting<00:39:44.099><c> impact,</c><00:39:44.500><c> these</c><00:39:44.639><c> need</c><00:39:44.780><c> to</c><00:39:44.860><c> be</c><00:39:45.059><c> long</c><00:39:45.380><c>-term,</c><00:39:45.679><c> ongoing</c>

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efforts<00:39:46.480><c> that</c><00:39:46.659><c> we</c><00:39:46.820><c> do</c><00:39:47.440><c> to</c><00:39:48.320><c> make</c><00:39:48.500><c> sure</c><00:39:48.619><c> we</c><00:39:48.739><c> have</c><00:39:48.840><c> an</c><00:39:49.000><c> impact</c><00:39:49.179><c> in</c>

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our<00:39:49.440><c> community.</c>

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Over<00:39:51.760><c> in</c><00:39:51.900><c> Colossians</c><00:39:52.300><c> 1,</c><00:39:52.920><c> Paul</c><00:39:53.099><c> talks</c><00:39:53.380><c> about</c><00:39:53.559><c> how</c><00:39:53.760><c> he</c><00:39:54.199><c> worked</c>

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hard<00:39:54.800><c> to</c><00:39:54.960><c> preach</c><00:39:55.059><c> the</c><00:39:55.219><c> gospel</c><00:39:55.539><c> to</c><00:39:55.739><c> the</c><00:39:55.860><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:56.099><c> there.</c>

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He<00:39:57.739><c> says</c><00:39:58.039><c> in</c><00:39:58.360><c> verse</c><00:39:58.579><c> 24,</c><00:39:58.920><c> he</c><00:39:59.039><c> rejoiced</c><00:39:59.480><c> in</c><00:39:59.619><c> his</c><00:39:59.840><c> suffering</c><00:40:00.159><c> for</c>

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their<00:40:00.599><c> sake.</c><00:40:00.719><c> He</c><00:40:00.820><c> was</c><00:40:01.000><c> happy</c><00:40:01.260><c> to</c><00:40:01.539><c> suffer</c><00:40:01.960><c> so</c><00:40:02.400><c> that</c><00:40:02.519><c> he</c><00:40:02.639><c> could</c>

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share<00:40:02.840><c> the</c><00:40:02.980><c> gospel</c><00:40:03.260><c> message</c><00:40:03.559><c> with</c><00:40:03.800><c> them.</c>

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labors,<00:40:07.300><c> continuing</c><00:40:07.840><c> to</c><00:40:08.199><c> strive</c><00:40:08.579><c> according</c><00:40:09.099><c> to</c><00:40:09.260><c> his</c><00:40:09.440><c> power,</c>

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which<00:40:10.320><c> was</c><00:40:10.800><c> God's</c><00:40:11.380><c> power,</c><00:40:11.679><c> which</c><00:40:11.719><c> was</c><00:40:12.019><c> mightily</c><00:40:12.360><c> at</c><00:40:12.559><c> work</c><00:40:12.699><c> in</c><00:40:12.920><c> him.</c>

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In<00:40:15.019><c> 1</c><00:40:15.119><c> Thessalonians</c><00:40:15.719><c> 2,</c><00:40:16.039><c> Paul</c><00:40:16.179><c> would</c><00:40:16.360><c> say,</c>

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This<00:40:30.519><c> is</c><00:40:30.920><c> not</c><00:40:31.079><c> the</c><00:40:31.539><c> words</c><00:40:31.739><c> of</c><00:40:31.880><c> a</c><00:40:32.000><c> man</c><00:40:32.159><c> who</c><00:40:32.539><c> found</c><00:40:32.760><c> preaching</c><00:40:33.059><c> easy.</c><00:40:34.440><c> He's</c><00:40:34.619><c> one</c><00:40:34.800><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:34.960><c> greatest</c><00:40:35.280><c> preachers</c><00:40:35.639><c> ever,</c><00:40:36.139><c> and</c><00:40:36.139><c> he</c><00:40:36.320><c> says</c><00:40:36.400><c> he</c><00:40:36.679><c> struggled,</c><00:40:37.179><c> he</c><00:40:37.340><c> labored,</c><00:40:37.719><c> he</c><00:40:37.960><c> strove,</c><00:40:38.280><c> he</c>

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worked<00:40:38.920><c> to</c><00:40:39.539><c> preach</c><00:40:39.739><c> the</c><00:40:39.920><c> gospel</c><00:40:40.159><c> message.</c>

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I<00:40:42.000><c> think</c><00:40:42.219><c> we</c><00:40:42.300><c> can</c><00:40:42.420><c> take</c><00:40:42.539><c> a</c><00:40:42.539><c> lot</c><00:40:42.739><c> of</c><00:40:42.860><c> comfort</c><00:40:43.059><c> in</c><00:40:43.559><c> our</c><00:40:43.719><c> own</c><00:40:43.980><c> lives.</c><00:40:44.599><c> These</c>

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things<00:40:44.960><c> are</c><00:40:45.139><c> not</c><00:40:45.739><c> things</c><00:40:46.059><c> that</c><00:40:46.199><c> will</c><00:40:46.360><c> come</c><00:40:46.500><c> easy.</c>

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These<00:40:46.900><c> are</c><00:40:47.079><c> things</c><00:40:47.219><c> that</c><00:40:47.500><c> take</c><00:40:47.679><c> effort,</c><00:40:48.099><c> action,</c><00:40:48.840><c> work,</c><00:40:50.139><c> but</c>

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the<00:40:50.619><c> results</c><00:40:50.699><c> of</c><00:40:50.900><c> these</c><00:40:51.099><c> efforts</c><00:40:51.639><c> are</c><00:40:51.980><c> far</c><00:40:52.179><c> worth</c><00:40:52.420><c> it.</c>

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And<00:40:55.400><c> that</c><00:40:55.500><c> brings</c><00:40:55.639><c> me</c><00:40:55.739><c> to</c><00:40:55.820><c> the</c><00:40:55.960><c> final</c><00:40:56.119><c> point</c><00:40:56.340><c> that</c><00:40:56.480><c> I</c><00:40:56.579><c> want</c><00:40:56.659><c> to</c>

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make,<00:40:57.039><c> and</c><00:40:57.179><c> probably</c><00:40:57.380><c> the</c><00:40:57.539><c> most</c><00:40:57.760><c> important</c><00:40:58.800><c> point,</c><00:41:00.239><c> maybe</c><00:41:00.579><c> one</c><00:41:00.739><c> of</c>

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the<00:41:00.880><c> most</c><00:41:01.059><c> important</c><00:41:01.239><c> points</c><00:41:01.699><c> of</c><00:41:02.300><c> the</c><00:41:02.440><c> day.</c>

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Let's<00:41:04.280><c> go</c><00:41:04.400><c> back</c><00:41:04.599><c> to</c><00:41:04.739><c> Acts</c><00:41:04.940><c> 1</c><00:41:05.159><c> verse</c><00:41:05.400><c> 1.</c>

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Luke<00:41:07.920><c> says</c><00:41:08.179><c> in</c><00:41:08.320><c> Acts</c><00:41:08.579><c> 1</c><00:41:09.000><c> that</c><00:41:09.320><c> the</c><00:41:09.440><c> first</c><00:41:09.719><c> account</c><00:41:10.019><c> which</c><00:41:10.239><c> he</c>

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had<00:41:10.559><c> composed,</c><00:41:11.820><c> which</c><00:41:11.940><c> was</c><00:41:12.119><c> the</c><00:41:12.219><c> gospel</c><00:41:12.480><c> of</c><00:41:12.699><c> Luke,</c><00:41:13.699><c> was</c><00:41:13.800><c> about</c>

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all<00:41:14.139><c> the</c><00:41:14.179><c> things</c><00:41:14.360><c> that</c><00:41:14.539><c> Jesus</c><00:41:15.579><c> began</c><00:41:16.280><c> to</c><00:41:16.639><c> do</c><00:41:16.780><c> and</c><00:41:16.980><c> teach.</c>

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This<00:41:18.500><c> means</c><00:41:18.679><c> that</c><00:41:18.880><c> the</c><00:41:19.639><c> gospel</c><00:41:20.019><c> of</c><00:41:20.199><c> Luke</c><00:41:20.320><c> was</c><00:41:20.539><c> just</c><00:41:20.820><c> the</c><00:41:20.980><c> beginning</c><00:41:21.360><c> of</c><00:41:21.579><c> the</c><00:41:21.659><c> work</c><00:41:21.840><c> of</c><00:41:22.000><c> Jesus.</c>

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The<00:41:23.900><c> book</c><00:41:24.079><c> of</c><00:41:24.300><c> Acts</c><00:41:24.500><c> was</c><00:41:24.719><c> the</c><00:41:25.059><c> continuation</c><00:41:25.599><c> of</c><00:41:25.800><c> the</c><00:41:25.940><c> work</c><00:41:26.139><c> of</c><00:41:26.360><c> Jesus.</c>

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and<00:43:14.579><c> Cape</c><00:43:14.820><c> Town</c><00:43:15.039><c> and</c><00:43:15.239><c> Georgetown</c><00:43:15.599><c> and</c><00:43:15.800><c> Verbeest</c><00:43:16.159><c> and</c><00:43:16.460><c> Castries</c><00:43:16.800><c> and</c><00:43:16.980><c> Negril.</c>

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All<00:43:18.719><c> around</c><00:43:18.960><c> the</c><00:43:19.139><c> world,</c><00:43:19.280><c> Jesus</c><00:43:19.480><c> is</c><00:43:19.699><c> at</c><00:43:19.900><c> work</c><00:43:20.079><c> in</c><00:43:20.239><c> these</c><00:43:20.440><c> ekklesias.</c>

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Anywhere<00:43:21.940><c> two</c><00:43:22.099><c> or</c><00:43:22.219><c> three</c><00:43:22.340><c> are</c><00:43:22.500><c> gathered,</c><00:43:22.800><c> Jesus</c><00:43:23.119><c> is</c><00:43:23.360><c> there</c><00:43:23.639><c> working</c><00:43:23.920><c> together</c><00:43:24.280><c> with</c><00:43:24.500><c> them</c><00:43:24.659><c> to</c>

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had<00:43:30.159><c> in</c><00:43:30.320><c> preaching</c><00:43:30.460><c> his</c><00:43:30.679><c> gospel.</c>

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So<00:43:35.159><c> I</c><00:43:35.360><c> want</c><00:43:35.519><c> to</c><00:43:35.639><c> leave</c><00:43:35.760><c> off</c><00:43:35.940><c> our</c><00:43:36.119><c> session</c><00:43:36.280><c> today</c><00:43:36.480><c> with</c><00:43:36.659><c> this</c><00:43:36.840><c> message.</c>

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book<00:43:45.679><c> of</c><00:43:45.860><c> Acts.</c>

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built<00:43:51.639><c> upon.</c>

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laid<00:44:00.639><c> down</c><00:44:00.860><c> for</c><00:44:01.039><c> us.</c>

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same<00:44:14.480><c> goal</c><00:44:14.800><c> with</c><00:44:15.139><c> us.</c>

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