Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:06.500 --> 00:00:14.519
This<00:00:07.620><c> is</c><00:00:07.839><c> the</c><00:00:08.080><c> 1990</c><00:00:09.000><c> Southwest</c><00:00:10.320><c> Christadelphian</c><00:00:11.519><c> Bible</c><00:00:12.019><c> School,</c><00:00:13.160><c> Monday,</c><00:00:14.019><c> July</c>

00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.000
2,<00:00:15.679><c> 1990.</c>

00:00:17.579 --> 00:00:22.260
The<00:00:17.859><c> first</c><00:00:18.399><c> period</c><00:00:18.899><c> speaker</c><00:00:19.640><c> is</c><00:00:20.320><c> Brother</c><00:00:20.699><c> David</c><00:00:21.320><c> Pride</c><00:00:21.800><c> from</c>

00:00:22.260 --> 00:00:24.780
the<00:00:22.480><c> Cranston,</c><00:00:23.500><c> Rhode</c><00:00:23.739><c> Island</c><00:00:24.039><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:00:24.780 --> 00:00:30.079
His<00:00:25.820><c> subject</c><00:00:26.339><c> for</c><00:00:26.679><c> this</c><00:00:27.000><c> week,</c><00:00:28.079><c> a</c><00:00:28.280><c> model</c><00:00:28.660><c> to</c><00:00:29.140><c> all</c><00:00:29.500><c> believers,</c>

00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:33.179
the<00:00:30.760><c> Thessalonian</c><00:00:31.960><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:37.979
His<00:00:33.880><c> class</c><00:00:34.460><c> topic</c><00:00:35.039><c> for</c><00:00:35.380><c> this</c><00:00:35.679><c> morning,</c><00:00:36.759><c> the</c><00:00:36.979><c> world</c><00:00:37.619><c> turned</c>

00:00:37.979 --> 00:00:39.570
upside<00:00:38.600><c> down.</c>

00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:40.920
Brother<00:00:40.000><c> David.</c>

00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:07.500
Good<00:01:05.659><c> morning,</c><00:01:06.000><c> brothers</c><00:01:06.219><c> and</c><00:01:06.219><c> sisters.</c>

00:01:08.579 --> 00:01:10.560
That<00:01:09.000><c> didn't</c><00:01:09.260><c> sound</c><00:01:09.459><c> like</c><00:01:09.640><c> Bible</c><00:01:09.980><c> school</c><00:01:10.299><c> today.</c>

00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:15.500
I<00:01:10.879><c> go</c><00:01:11.099><c> back</c><00:01:11.359><c> a</c><00:01:11.480><c> long</c><00:01:11.719><c> way</c><00:01:11.959><c> with</c><00:01:12.159><c> Bible</c><00:01:12.579><c> school,</c><00:01:13.540><c> and</c><00:01:13.560><c> this</c><00:01:14.019><c> is</c><00:01:14.159><c> kind</c><00:01:14.340><c> of</c><00:01:14.459><c> a</c><00:01:14.579><c> tradition.</c>

00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:16.920
Good<00:01:15.780><c> morning,</c><00:01:16.040><c> brothers</c><00:01:16.200><c> and</c><00:01:16.439><c> sisters.</c>

00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:18.659
Good<00:01:17.359><c> morning.</c>

00:01:19.540 --> 00:01:21.920
Sounds<00:01:19.859><c> more</c><00:01:20.219><c> like</c><00:01:20.400><c> Bible</c><00:01:20.780><c> school.</c>

00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:26.819
It's<00:01:23.420><c> a</c><00:01:23.500><c> great</c><00:01:23.620><c> privilege,</c><00:01:24.260><c> brothers</c><00:01:24.379><c> and</c><00:01:24.620><c> sisters,</c><00:01:26.480><c> to</c><00:01:26.480><c> be</c>

00:01:26.819 --> 00:01:29.920
able<00:01:27.000><c> to</c><00:01:27.159><c> come</c><00:01:27.420><c> to</c><00:01:28.260><c> Southwest</c><00:01:28.599><c> Bible</c><00:01:29.000><c> School.</c>

00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.540
This<00:01:30.659><c> is</c><00:01:30.780><c> to</c><00:01:30.980><c> Karen</c><00:01:31.159><c> and</c><00:01:31.340><c> for</c><00:01:31.519><c> myself,</c><00:01:33.659><c> particularly</c><00:01:34.000><c> to</c><00:01:34.340><c> be</c>

00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:37.819
able<00:01:34.780><c> to</c><00:01:35.280><c> meet</c><00:01:35.480><c> together</c><00:01:35.879><c> around</c><00:01:36.200><c> the</c><00:01:36.379><c> Word</c><00:01:36.519><c> of</c><00:01:36.780><c> God.</c>

00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:41.319
To<00:01:38.519><c> strengthen</c><00:01:38.760><c> ourselves</c><00:01:39.400><c> in</c><00:01:39.680><c> our</c><00:01:40.219><c> walk,</c><00:01:40.620><c> in</c><00:01:40.799><c> our</c><00:01:41.040><c> journey</c>

00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:42.719
toward<00:01:41.700><c> God's</c><00:01:42.319><c> kingdom.</c>

00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:49.019
And<00:01:43.439><c> it's</c><00:01:44.560><c> a</c><00:01:44.700><c> particular</c><00:01:45.120><c> pleasure</c><00:01:45.480><c> for</c><00:01:46.359><c> me</c><00:01:46.760><c> to</c><00:01:46.920><c> be</c><00:01:47.079><c> able</c><00:01:47.340><c> to</c>

00:01:49.019 --> 00:01:52.239
discuss<00:01:49.439><c> with</c><00:01:49.700><c> you</c><00:01:49.939><c> together</c><00:01:50.319><c> this</c><00:01:51.180><c> marvelous</c><00:01:51.760><c> letter</c><00:01:52.040><c> of</c>

00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:53.640
our<00:01:52.439><c> brother</c><00:01:52.640><c> Paul.</c>

00:01:54.060 --> 00:01:57.000
The<00:01:54.500><c> letter</c><00:01:54.739><c> to</c><00:01:55.200><c> the</c><00:01:55.560><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:58.540
You'll<00:01:57.500><c> have</c><00:01:57.500><c> to</c><00:01:57.680><c> bear</c><00:01:57.859><c> with</c><00:01:58.019><c> me</c><00:01:58.180><c> this</c><00:01:58.400><c> week.</c>

00:01:58.659 --> 00:02:02.859
Of<00:01:58.719><c> all</c><00:01:59.019><c> the</c><00:01:59.280><c> books</c><00:01:59.459><c> of</c><00:01:59.659><c> the</c><00:01:59.840><c> Bible,</c><00:02:00.840><c> this</c><00:02:01.019><c> is</c><00:02:01.200><c> the</c><00:02:01.280><c> most</c><00:02:01.579><c> difficult</c><00:02:02.040><c> to</c><00:02:02.239><c> pronounce</c><00:02:02.599><c> as</c>

00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:03.659
far<00:02:03.000><c> as</c><00:02:03.140><c> I'm</c><00:02:03.359><c> concerned.</c>

00:02:03.700 --> 00:02:07.140
So<00:02:03.819><c> if</c><00:02:03.939><c> you</c><00:02:04.060><c> hear</c><00:02:04.159><c> it</c><00:02:04.319><c> come</c><00:02:04.459><c> out</c><00:02:05.739><c> somewhat</c><00:02:06.299><c> different</c><00:02:06.700><c> at</c><00:02:06.879><c> some</c>

00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:08.379
point,<00:02:07.420><c> just</c><00:02:07.700><c> bear</c><00:02:08.000><c> with</c><00:02:08.240><c> us.</c>

00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:10.460
You<00:02:08.479><c> know</c><00:02:08.639><c> that</c><00:02:08.740><c> we're</c><00:02:08.919><c> still</c><00:02:09.099><c> in</c><00:02:09.219><c> the</c><00:02:09.379><c> same</c><00:02:09.620><c> letter.</c>

00:02:11.419 --> 00:02:14.539
We<00:02:11.939><c> want,</c><00:02:12.360><c> brothers</c><00:02:12.740><c> and</c><00:02:12.759><c> sisters,</c><00:02:13.379><c> before</c><00:02:13.719><c> we</c><00:02:13.960><c> actually</c><00:02:14.340><c> get</c>

00:02:14.539 --> 00:02:16.879
into<00:02:14.719><c> that</c><00:02:14.960><c> letter,</c><00:02:15.259><c> to</c><00:02:15.479><c> just</c><00:02:15.740><c> think</c><00:02:15.939><c> about</c><00:02:16.180><c> a</c><00:02:16.400><c> description</c>

00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:18.520
of<00:02:17.219><c> the</c><00:02:17.500><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:23.080
And<00:02:19.759><c> I'll</c><00:02:19.900><c> say</c><00:02:20.120><c> to</c><00:02:20.219><c> you</c><00:02:21.240><c> that</c><00:02:21.500><c> these</c><00:02:21.759><c> are</c><00:02:21.979><c> our</c><00:02:22.319><c> brothers</c><00:02:22.719><c> and</c>

00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:26.000
our<00:02:23.360><c> sisters</c><00:02:23.819><c> in</c><00:02:24.039><c> the</c><00:02:24.159><c> Lord</c><00:02:24.400><c> Jesus</c><00:02:24.860><c> Christ.</c>

00:02:26.599 --> 00:02:28.860
We<00:02:26.819><c> want</c><00:02:26.979><c> to</c><00:02:27.180><c> identify</c><00:02:27.699><c> with</c><00:02:28.039><c> them.</c>

00:02:29.219 --> 00:02:31.719
We<00:02:29.360><c> want</c><00:02:29.539><c> to</c><00:02:29.759><c> relate</c><00:02:30.099><c> to</c><00:02:30.300><c> the</c><00:02:30.500><c> things</c><00:02:30.680><c> that</c><00:02:30.860><c> are</c><00:02:30.979><c> taking</c><00:02:31.219><c> place</c>

00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:33.080
with<00:02:32.000><c> them.</c>

00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:37.020
We<00:02:33.680><c> want</c><00:02:34.039><c> to</c><00:02:34.659><c> weave</c><00:02:34.919><c> ourselves</c><00:02:35.520><c> into</c><00:02:35.719><c> the</c><00:02:35.919><c> Word</c><00:02:36.060><c> of</c><00:02:36.280><c> God</c><00:02:36.620><c> and</c>

00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:41.219
see<00:02:37.280><c> ourselves</c><00:02:37.680><c> in</c><00:02:37.800><c> the</c><00:02:38.060><c> place</c><00:02:38.280><c> of</c><00:02:38.580><c> our</c><00:02:39.159><c> brethren</c><00:02:39.460><c> and</c><00:02:39.759><c> sisters</c><00:02:40.099><c> then.</c>

00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:43.719
And<00:02:42.020><c> that's</c><00:02:42.219><c> the</c><00:02:42.360><c> question,</c><00:02:42.639><c> how</c><00:02:42.840><c> do</c><00:02:43.000><c> we</c><00:02:43.159><c> respond?</c>

00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:48.340
How<00:02:43.919><c> do</c><00:02:44.099><c> we</c><00:02:44.300><c> react</c><00:02:44.680><c> to</c><00:02:44.939><c> these</c><00:02:45.599><c> circumstances</c><00:02:46.479><c> that</c><00:02:46.759><c> they</c><00:02:47.139><c> faced</c><00:02:47.659><c> day</c>

00:02:48.340 --> 00:02:51.900
in<00:02:48.580><c> and</c><00:02:48.719><c> day</c><00:02:49.020><c> out</c><00:02:50.080><c> in</c><00:02:50.639><c> the</c><00:02:50.759><c> first</c><00:02:50.960><c> century?</c>

00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:56.120
And<00:02:52.900><c> so</c><00:02:52.979><c> we</c><00:02:53.080><c> want</c><00:02:53.219><c> to</c><00:02:53.319><c> look</c><00:02:53.460><c> at</c><00:02:53.520><c> how</c><00:02:53.740><c> it</c><00:02:53.919><c> all</c><00:02:55.020><c> began</c><00:02:55.560><c> for</c><00:02:55.919><c> them,</c>

00:02:56.120 --> 00:03:00.400
but<00:02:56.740><c> first</c><00:02:57.039><c> of</c><00:02:57.180><c> all,</c><00:02:57.280><c> just</c><00:02:57.479><c> to</c><00:02:57.740><c> think</c><00:02:57.919><c> about</c><00:02:59.240><c> the</c><00:02:59.560><c> brothers</c><00:02:59.740><c> and</c><00:03:00.000><c> sisters</c><00:03:00.199><c> of</c>

00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:01.500
the<00:03:00.539><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:03:02.379 --> 00:03:07.479
Because<00:03:03.020><c> after</c><00:03:03.439><c> reading</c><00:03:03.840><c> through</c><00:03:04.259><c> this</c><00:03:04.780><c> letter</c><00:03:05.360><c> more</c><00:03:07.219><c> than</c>

00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:11.000
once,<00:03:09.219><c> several</c><00:03:09.639><c> times,</c>

00:03:11.379 --> 00:03:16.080
after<00:03:11.659><c> reading</c><00:03:12.099><c> through</c><00:03:12.379><c> this</c><00:03:12.599><c> letter,</c><00:03:12.919><c> I've</c><00:03:13.780><c> concluded</c><00:03:14.219><c> that</c><00:03:14.479><c> these</c><00:03:15.120><c> people</c><00:03:15.599><c> are</c>

00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:17.979
special,<00:03:17.300><c> brethren</c><00:03:17.400><c> and</c><00:03:17.599><c> sisters.</c>

00:03:18.219 --> 00:03:19.340
They're<00:03:18.439><c> a</c><00:03:18.699><c> special</c><00:03:19.020><c> lot.</c>

00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:23.759
I<00:03:19.780><c> guess</c><00:03:20.099><c> we</c><00:03:20.419><c> would</c><00:03:20.960><c> describe</c><00:03:21.419><c> them</c><00:03:21.599><c> as</c><00:03:21.740><c> the</c><00:03:22.000><c> cream</c><00:03:22.259><c> of</c><00:03:22.479><c> the</c><00:03:22.780><c> crop.</c>

00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:27.479
That's<00:03:24.900><c> not</c><00:03:25.039><c> to</c><00:03:25.259><c> say</c><00:03:25.400><c> they</c><00:03:25.919><c> didn't</c><00:03:26.120><c> have</c><00:03:26.400><c> problems.</c>

00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:29.960
They<00:03:28.099><c> were</c><00:03:28.319><c> not</c><00:03:28.539><c> perfect.</c><00:03:28.960><c> They</c><00:03:29.080><c> were</c><00:03:29.259><c> not</c><00:03:29.539><c> flawless.</c>

00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:31.840
They<00:03:30.199><c> had</c><00:03:30.460><c> their</c><00:03:30.740><c> problems.</c>

00:03:32.219 --> 00:03:35.300
There<00:03:32.340><c> was</c><00:03:33.020><c> the</c><00:03:33.360><c> understanding</c><00:03:33.960><c> of</c><00:03:34.259><c> some</c><00:03:34.560><c> things</c><00:03:34.879><c> that</c><00:03:35.099><c> had</c>

00:03:35.300 --> 00:03:38.159
to<00:03:35.539><c> be</c><00:03:36.199><c> corrected</c><00:03:36.539><c> by</c><00:03:36.860><c> our</c><00:03:37.039><c> brother</c><00:03:37.219><c> Paul.</c>

00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:40.500
He<00:03:38.599><c> had</c><00:03:38.719><c> to</c><00:03:39.000><c> straighten</c><00:03:39.159><c> them</c><00:03:39.379><c> out.</c>

00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.460
We<00:03:41.240><c> would</c><00:03:41.419><c> expect</c><00:03:41.800><c> this,</c><00:03:42.099><c> wouldn't</c><00:03:42.219><c> we?</c>

00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:49.199
We<00:03:44.159><c> would</c><00:03:44.340><c> expect</c><00:03:44.800><c> this</c><00:03:45.539><c> made</c><00:03:46.500><c> of</c><00:03:46.659><c> the</c><00:03:46.919><c> same</c><00:03:47.560><c> stuff</c><00:03:48.039><c> we</c><00:03:48.580><c> are,</c>

00:03:49.460 --> 00:03:50.840
brethren<00:03:49.620><c> and</c><00:03:49.840><c> sisters.</c>

00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:54.659
But<00:03:51.939><c> why</c><00:03:52.419><c> was</c><00:03:52.699><c> it,</c><00:03:52.900><c> when</c><00:03:53.039><c> we</c><00:03:53.280><c> read</c><00:03:53.500><c> through</c><00:03:53.740><c> this</c><00:03:53.939><c> letter</c><00:03:54.159><c> carefully,</c>

00:03:55.060 --> 00:04:00.860
why<00:03:55.360><c> was</c><00:03:55.659><c> it</c><00:03:55.819><c> that</c><00:03:56.000><c> this</c><00:03:56.699><c> particular</c><00:03:57.379><c> Ecclesia</c><00:03:58.759><c> seems</c><00:03:59.379><c> to</c><00:03:59.800><c> stand</c><00:04:00.120><c> out</c>

00:04:00.860 --> 00:04:07.599
as<00:04:02.180><c> exemplary</c><00:04:03.560><c> for</c><00:04:03.979><c> so</c><00:04:04.259><c> much</c><00:04:04.560><c> praise,</c><00:04:05.000><c> for</c><00:04:05.180><c> so</c><00:04:05.379><c> much</c><00:04:06.139><c> commendation?</c>

00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:09.960
Why<00:04:08.500><c> was</c><00:04:08.819><c> this?</c>

00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.139
I've<00:04:11.939><c> thought</c><00:04:12.080><c> about</c><00:04:12.280><c> it</c><00:04:12.439><c> a</c><00:04:12.520><c> great</c><00:04:12.719><c> deal</c><00:04:13.080><c> and</c><00:04:13.340><c> it</c><00:04:13.620><c> seems</c><00:04:13.879><c> to</c><00:04:14.120><c> me</c>

00:04:15.139 --> 00:04:18.459
that<00:04:15.599><c> the</c><00:04:15.800><c> answer</c><00:04:16.139><c> is</c><00:04:16.500><c> that</c><00:04:16.600><c> they</c><00:04:16.839><c> had</c><00:04:17.300><c> one</c><00:04:17.779><c> idea,</c>

00:04:18.459 --> 00:04:26.879
one<00:04:19.420><c> concept,</c><00:04:20.420><c> one</c><00:04:20.579><c> belief</c><00:04:21.079><c> upon</c><00:04:21.439><c> which</c><00:04:21.720><c> they</c><00:04:21.939><c> were</c><00:04:22.180><c> rock</c><00:04:22.660><c> solid,</c><00:04:23.920><c> from</c><00:04:24.139><c> which</c><00:04:24.379><c> they</c><00:04:24.620><c> would</c><00:04:24.899><c> not</c><00:04:25.220><c> budge.</c>

00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:28.939
And<00:04:27.180><c> it's</c><00:04:27.379><c> this,</c><00:04:27.740><c> brethren</c><00:04:27.860><c> and</c><00:04:28.019><c> sisters.</c>

00:04:29.740 --> 00:04:31.720
Jesus<00:04:30.259><c> is</c><00:04:30.819><c> coming.</c>

00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.180
His<00:04:33.000><c> coming</c><00:04:33.279><c> is</c><00:04:33.639><c> going</c><00:04:33.779><c> to</c><00:04:33.939><c> be</c><00:04:34.220><c> sudden.</c>

00:04:35.300 --> 00:04:37.220
It's<00:04:35.560><c> going</c><00:04:35.680><c> to</c><00:04:35.839><c> be</c><00:04:36.040><c> unexpected.</c>

00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:41.779
And<00:04:37.699><c> their</c><00:04:37.980><c> approach</c><00:04:38.339><c> is,</c><00:04:39.540><c> he's</c><00:04:39.720><c> coming</c><00:04:39.920><c> and</c><00:04:40.379><c> we</c><00:04:40.759><c> must</c><00:04:41.040><c> be</c><00:04:41.339><c> prepared.</c>

00:04:41.939 --> 00:04:43.980
We<00:04:42.160><c> don't</c><00:04:42.439><c> want</c><00:04:42.600><c> to</c><00:04:42.740><c> be</c><00:04:42.959><c> caught.</c>

00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:50.079
And<00:04:45.639><c> so</c><00:04:46.120><c> they</c><00:04:46.279><c> lived</c><00:04:46.500><c> their</c><00:04:46.759><c> lives</c><00:04:47.500><c> as</c><00:04:49.000><c> though</c><00:04:49.180><c> his</c><00:04:49.480><c> coming</c><00:04:49.699><c> was</c><00:04:49.920><c> in</c>

00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:53.399
the<00:04:50.240><c> very</c><00:04:50.879><c> next</c><00:04:51.620><c> moment</c><00:04:52.019><c> of</c><00:04:52.180><c> their</c><00:04:52.439><c> life.</c>

00:04:54.500 --> 00:04:57.339
What<00:04:54.620><c> a</c><00:04:54.779><c> lesson</c><00:04:54.980><c> in</c><00:04:55.160><c> that</c><00:04:55.300><c> for</c><00:04:55.480><c> us,</c><00:04:56.319><c> my</c><00:04:56.439><c> dear</c><00:04:56.560><c> brethren</c><00:04:56.860><c> and</c><00:04:57.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:04:57.399 --> 00:04:59.019
That<00:04:57.560><c> was</c><00:04:57.740><c> their</c><00:04:57.939><c> approach.</c>

00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:00.360
He's<00:04:59.560><c> coming.</c>

00:05:00.980 --> 00:05:02.860
We<00:05:01.220><c> don't</c><00:05:01.480><c> want</c><00:05:01.620><c> to</c><00:05:01.759><c> be</c><00:05:01.899><c> caught</c><00:05:02.120><c> unprepared.</c>

00:05:03.100 --> 00:05:06.019
Therefore,<00:05:03.660><c> our</c><00:05:03.980><c> lives</c><00:05:04.240><c> must</c><00:05:04.500><c> be</c><00:05:04.819><c> lived</c><00:05:04.980><c> as</c><00:05:05.160><c> though</c><00:05:05.319><c> the</c><00:05:05.620><c> coming</c><00:05:05.800><c> is</c>

00:05:06.019 --> 00:05:07.939
in<00:05:06.139><c> the</c><00:05:06.319><c> very</c><00:05:06.639><c> next</c><00:05:07.040><c> moment.</c>

00:05:07.959 --> 00:05:08.639
That's<00:05:08.420><c> it.</c>

00:05:08.939 --> 00:05:12.519
And<00:05:09.040><c> if</c><00:05:09.139><c> this</c><00:05:09.339><c> is</c><00:05:09.639><c> indicative</c><00:05:10.000><c> of</c><00:05:10.220><c> our</c><00:05:10.500><c> life</c><00:05:11.000><c> in</c><00:05:11.300><c> the</c><00:05:11.540><c> truth,</c>

00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:17.120
then<00:05:13.300><c> the</c><00:05:13.579><c> times</c><00:05:14.000><c> and</c><00:05:14.199><c> the</c><00:05:14.500><c> seasons</c><00:05:14.860><c> that</c><00:05:15.500><c> Paul</c><00:05:15.819><c> writes</c><00:05:16.160><c> about,</c>

00:05:17.399 --> 00:05:21.439
the<00:05:17.639><c> dates</c><00:05:18.060><c> of</c><00:05:18.399><c> things</c><00:05:19.220><c> become</c><00:05:20.120><c> secondary.</c>

00:05:22.139 --> 00:05:26.100
Not<00:05:22.360><c> to</c><00:05:22.579><c> say</c><00:05:22.740><c> that</c><00:05:23.240><c> we</c><00:05:23.959><c> diminish</c><00:05:24.519><c> the</c><00:05:24.860><c> importance</c><00:05:25.220><c> of</c><00:05:25.439><c> these</c><00:05:25.800><c> things</c>

00:05:26.100 --> 00:05:30.759
or<00:05:26.500><c> we</c><00:05:26.860><c> minimize</c><00:05:27.279><c> the</c><00:05:27.699><c> importance</c><00:05:28.019><c> of</c><00:05:28.660><c> prophecy</c><00:05:29.100><c> and</c><00:05:29.259><c> the</c><00:05:29.540><c> study</c><00:05:29.720><c> of</c><00:05:29.920><c> it.</c>

00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:33.660
But<00:05:31.259><c> if</c><00:05:31.480><c> our</c><00:05:31.720><c> lives</c><00:05:31.980><c> are</c><00:05:32.220><c> lived</c><00:05:32.420><c> as</c><00:05:32.620><c> though</c><00:05:32.839><c> Jesus</c><00:05:33.220><c> is</c><00:05:33.519><c> coming</c>

00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:35.019
in<00:05:33.839><c> the</c><00:05:33.920><c> very</c><00:05:34.160><c> next</c><00:05:34.459><c> moment,</c>

00:05:35.019 --> 00:05:39.759
working<00:05:35.959><c> out</c><00:05:36.240><c> the</c><00:05:36.480><c> intricacies</c><00:05:36.899><c> of</c><00:05:37.120><c> the</c><00:05:37.319><c> times</c><00:05:37.600><c> and</c><00:05:37.800><c> the</c><00:05:38.019><c> seasons</c><00:05:38.300><c> is</c><00:05:38.519><c> irrelevant.</c>

00:05:41.779 --> 00:05:44.300
So<00:05:42.259><c> it's</c><00:05:42.459><c> our</c><00:05:42.600><c> lives</c><00:05:42.800><c> that</c><00:05:42.939><c> we're</c><00:05:43.060><c> looking</c><00:05:43.300><c> at</c><00:05:43.660><c> as</c><00:05:43.899><c> we</c><00:05:44.040><c> look</c><00:05:44.160><c> at</c>

00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:46.000
their<00:05:44.540><c> lives</c><00:05:44.879><c> in</c><00:05:45.259><c> Scripture</c><00:05:45.699><c> here.</c>

00:05:46.019 --> 00:05:46.959
And<00:05:46.120><c> look</c><00:05:46.199><c> at</c><00:05:46.339><c> this</c><00:05:46.519><c> example.</c>

00:05:47.300 --> 00:05:53.540
Maybe<00:05:47.600><c> it</c><00:05:47.899><c> was</c><00:05:48.740><c> that</c><00:05:50.180><c> the</c><00:05:50.519><c> intensity</c><00:05:50.980><c> of</c><00:05:51.199><c> their</c><00:05:51.439><c> faith</c><00:05:52.019><c> came</c><00:05:53.100><c> as</c><00:05:53.339><c> a</c>

00:05:53.540 --> 00:05:55.600
direct<00:05:53.740><c> result</c><00:05:54.100><c> of</c><00:05:54.259><c> where</c><00:05:54.360><c> they'd</c><00:05:54.680><c> come</c><00:05:54.860><c> from.</c>

00:05:56.459 --> 00:06:00.699
You<00:05:56.519><c> know,</c><00:05:56.759><c> the</c><00:05:56.980><c> contrast</c><00:05:57.959><c> with</c><00:05:58.839><c> the</c><00:05:58.980><c> way</c><00:05:59.100><c> that</c><00:05:59.220><c> it</c><00:05:59.360><c> was</c><00:05:59.519><c> before</c><00:06:00.060><c> as</c><00:06:00.519><c> to</c>

00:06:00.699 --> 00:06:03.079
the<00:06:00.839><c> way</c><00:06:01.000><c> that</c><00:06:01.160><c> it</c><00:06:01.300><c> is</c><00:06:01.560><c> in</c><00:06:01.779><c> the</c><00:06:02.040><c> truth.</c>

00:06:05.019 --> 00:06:09.879
Now,<00:06:05.459><c> some</c><00:06:05.500><c> of</c><00:06:05.699><c> us</c><00:06:06.819><c> who</c><00:06:07.160><c> have</c><00:06:07.699><c> grown</c><00:06:07.899><c> up</c><00:06:08.079><c> in</c><00:06:08.220><c> the</c><00:06:08.480><c> truth</c><00:06:09.160><c> perhaps</c><00:06:09.620><c> don't</c>

00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:11.100
really,<00:06:10.199><c> really</c><00:06:10.540><c> feel</c><00:06:10.839><c> that.</c>

00:06:11.120 --> 00:06:16.100
Perhaps<00:06:11.339><c> we're</c><00:06:11.519><c> not</c><00:06:11.779><c> sensitive</c><00:06:12.199><c> to</c><00:06:12.420><c> this</c><00:06:13.019><c> great</c><00:06:13.879><c> contrast</c><00:06:14.720><c> that</c><00:06:14.959><c> exists,</c><00:06:15.639><c> the</c><00:06:15.839><c> way</c><00:06:15.980><c> it</c>

00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:16.899
is<00:06:16.360><c> out</c><00:06:16.680><c> there.</c>

00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:22.240
And<00:06:17.060><c> they've</c><00:06:17.459><c> come</c><00:06:17.800><c> from</c><00:06:18.079><c> it</c><00:06:18.420><c> to</c><00:06:19.199><c> embrace</c><00:06:19.660><c> the</c><00:06:20.139><c> marvels</c><00:06:20.759><c> of</c><00:06:21.100><c> God's</c><00:06:21.720><c> truth</c><00:06:21.899><c> in</c>

00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:23.660
Christ<00:06:22.579><c> Jesus.</c>

00:06:23.779 --> 00:06:25.139
And<00:06:23.939><c> it's</c><00:06:24.079><c> a</c><00:06:24.220><c> great</c><00:06:24.459><c> contrast.</c>

00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:29.579
For<00:06:25.740><c> some</c><00:06:25.939><c> of</c><00:06:26.079><c> us</c><00:06:26.240><c> it's,</c><00:06:27.879><c> well,</c><00:06:28.139><c> maybe</c><00:06:28.319><c> it's</c><00:06:28.480><c> more</c><00:06:28.660><c> like</c><00:06:29.000><c> a</c>

00:06:29.579 --> 00:06:30.939
transition<00:06:30.079><c> that</c><00:06:30.399><c> takes</c><00:06:30.600><c> place.</c>

00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.680
You<00:06:31.060><c> know,</c><00:06:31.240><c> we</c><00:06:31.500><c> grow</c><00:06:31.779><c> up</c><00:06:32.060><c> as</c><00:06:32.300><c> little</c><00:06:32.519><c> ones</c><00:06:32.680><c> in</c><00:06:32.839><c> the</c><00:06:33.019><c> Sunday</c><00:06:33.279><c> school.</c>

00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:36.399
And<00:06:33.980><c> there's</c><00:06:34.519><c> just</c><00:06:34.779><c> this</c><00:06:35.220><c> transition.</c>

00:06:36.459 --> 00:06:38.860
We<00:06:36.639><c> realize</c><00:06:37.019><c> we've</c><00:06:37.360><c> got</c><00:06:37.459><c> to</c><00:06:37.600><c> do</c><00:06:37.740><c> more.</c>

00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:41.860
We<00:06:39.459><c> realize</c><00:06:39.800><c> that</c><00:06:40.160><c> baptism</c><00:06:40.519><c> is</c><00:06:40.899><c> important.</c>

00:06:42.420 --> 00:06:45.560
And<00:06:42.699><c> so</c><00:06:42.860><c> we</c><00:06:43.139><c> enter</c><00:06:43.399><c> into</c><00:06:43.579><c> this</c><00:06:44.000><c> phase</c><00:06:44.279><c> of</c><00:06:44.480><c> our</c><00:06:44.720><c> life</c><00:06:44.939><c> in</c><00:06:45.160><c> the</c><00:06:45.420><c> truth.</c>

00:06:45.899 --> 00:06:49.019
But<00:06:45.899><c> what's</c><00:06:46.300><c> gone</c><00:06:46.439><c> before</c><00:06:46.879><c> is</c><00:06:47.180><c> part</c><00:06:47.500><c> of</c><00:06:47.680><c> it</c><00:06:48.079><c> because</c><00:06:48.360><c> we've</c><00:06:48.699><c> grown</c><00:06:48.800><c> up</c>

00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:50.300
that<00:06:49.300><c> way.</c>

00:06:51.019 --> 00:06:55.439
It's<00:06:51.319><c> a</c><00:06:51.459><c> transition</c><00:06:52.000><c> from</c><00:06:52.879><c> Sunday</c><00:06:53.220><c> school</c><00:06:53.540><c> to</c><00:06:53.740><c> brother</c><00:06:54.040><c> or</c><00:06:54.439><c> sister.</c>

00:06:56.980 --> 00:07:02.439
But<00:06:57.240><c> I'm</c><00:06:57.420><c> sure</c><00:06:57.639><c> some</c><00:06:57.980><c> here,</c><00:06:59.759><c> some</c><00:07:00.180><c> here</c><00:07:00.480><c> will</c><00:07:00.699><c> know</c><00:07:00.980><c> the</c><00:07:01.259><c> impact</c>

00:07:02.819 --> 00:07:07.420
of<00:07:03.420><c> what</c><00:07:03.639><c> it</c><00:07:03.800><c> is</c><00:07:04.019><c> to</c><00:07:04.220><c> come</c><00:07:04.500><c> from</c><00:07:04.800><c> something</c><00:07:05.199><c> that</c><00:07:05.439><c> is</c><00:07:06.000><c> totally</c><00:07:06.360><c> different,</c>

00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:11.459
the<00:07:08.079><c> contrast</c><00:07:08.800><c> of</c><00:07:09.459><c> a</c><00:07:09.740><c> former</c><00:07:09.939><c> life</c><00:07:10.300><c> to</c><00:07:10.459><c> the</c><00:07:10.620><c> life</c><00:07:10.779><c> in</c><00:07:10.920><c> the</c><00:07:11.180><c> truth.</c>

00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:16.540
Paul<00:07:12.120><c> tells</c><00:07:12.420><c> us</c><00:07:13.240><c> concerning</c><00:07:13.899><c> these</c><00:07:14.399><c> people</c><00:07:14.939><c> in</c><00:07:15.259><c> Thessalonica</c>

00:07:16.819 --> 00:07:21.740
that<00:07:17.420><c> they</c><00:07:17.759><c> turned</c><00:07:18.079><c> from</c><00:07:18.519><c> idols</c><00:07:19.079><c> to</c><00:07:20.939><c> serve</c><00:07:21.139><c> the</c><00:07:21.300><c> living</c><00:07:21.480><c> and</c>

00:07:21.740 --> 00:07:22.819
true<00:07:21.879><c> God.</c>

00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:25.360
That's<00:07:23.560><c> the</c><00:07:23.600><c> way</c><00:07:23.720><c> he</c><00:07:24.019><c> describes</c><00:07:24.319><c> this</c><00:07:24.540><c> in</c><00:07:24.639><c> the</c><00:07:24.759><c> first</c><00:07:25.000><c> chapter.</c>

00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:27.220
We're<00:07:25.839><c> going</c><00:07:26.040><c> to</c><00:07:26.160><c> look</c><00:07:26.279><c> at</c><00:07:26.360><c> this</c><00:07:26.560><c> in</c><00:07:26.680><c> some</c><00:07:26.920><c> detail,</c>

00:07:27.220 --> 00:07:31.879
but<00:07:28.160><c> that</c><00:07:28.839><c> will</c><00:07:29.240><c> come</c><00:07:29.660><c> as</c><00:07:29.899><c> we</c><00:07:30.379><c> study</c><00:07:30.600><c> through</c><00:07:30.860><c> the</c><00:07:31.019><c> week.</c>

00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:36.040
They<00:07:32.560><c> turned</c><00:07:32.899><c> from</c><00:07:33.240><c> idols</c><00:07:33.579><c> to</c><00:07:33.920><c> serve</c><00:07:34.199><c> the</c><00:07:34.519><c> living</c><00:07:34.860><c> and</c><00:07:35.639><c> true</c>

00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:38.100
God,<00:07:36.699><c> brethren</c><00:07:36.819><c> and</c><00:07:37.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:07:38.660 --> 00:07:41.339
And<00:07:38.759><c> the</c><00:07:38.939><c> result</c><00:07:39.120><c> of</c><00:07:39.319><c> that,</c><00:07:39.560><c> that</c><00:07:39.579><c> they</c><00:07:40.040><c> were</c><00:07:40.180><c> constantly</c><00:07:40.720><c> on</c><00:07:41.100><c> guard</c>

00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:45.600
against<00:07:41.699><c> the</c><00:07:42.259><c> day</c><00:07:42.560><c> of</c><00:07:43.399><c> the</c><00:07:43.660><c> coming</c><00:07:43.819><c> of</c><00:07:44.019><c> God's</c><00:07:44.379><c> own</c><00:07:44.639><c> Son.</c>

00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:51.600
Their<00:07:46.579><c> job</c><00:07:46.819><c> was</c><00:07:47.060><c> to</c><00:07:47.420><c> wait</c><00:07:47.899><c> for</c><00:07:48.740><c> His</c><00:07:49.199><c> Son</c><00:07:49.699><c> from</c><00:07:50.160><c> heaven,</c>

00:07:51.639 --> 00:07:54.620
whom<00:07:51.720><c> He</c><00:07:51.980><c> raised</c><00:07:52.300><c> from</c><00:07:52.560><c> the</c><00:07:52.800><c> dead,</c><00:07:53.480><c> even</c><00:07:53.860><c> Jesus,</c>

00:07:54.620 --> 00:07:57.399
which<00:07:55.519><c> delivered</c><00:07:56.000><c> us</c><00:07:56.220><c> from</c><00:07:56.420><c> the</c><00:07:56.620><c> wrath</c><00:07:56.839><c> to</c><00:07:57.160><c> come.</c>

00:07:57.560 --> 00:08:00.399
That's<00:07:57.860><c> the</c><00:07:57.879><c> way</c><00:07:57.980><c> it's</c><00:07:58.279><c> outlined</c><00:07:58.579><c> for</c><00:07:58.860><c> us</c><00:07:59.259><c> in</c><00:07:59.540><c> the</c><00:07:59.699><c> first</c><00:07:59.920><c> chapter</c><00:08:00.259><c> of</c>

00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:00.860
the<00:08:00.579><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:05.199
in<00:08:01.360><c> verses</c><00:08:02.100><c> 9</c><00:08:02.779><c> and</c><00:08:03.240><c> 10.</c>

00:08:06.980 --> 00:08:09.360
And<00:08:07.180><c> let</c><00:08:07.279><c> me</c><00:08:07.360><c> just</c><00:08:07.579><c> tell</c><00:08:07.699><c> you</c><00:08:07.839><c> something</c><00:08:08.100><c> about</c><00:08:08.379><c> waiting.</c>

00:08:11.980 --> 00:08:15.639
Waiting<00:08:12.540><c> isn't</c><00:08:13.100><c> inactivity</c><00:08:14.180><c> for</c><00:08:14.560><c> us.</c>

00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:18.199
You<00:08:16.160><c> know</c><00:08:16.199><c> how</c><00:08:16.540><c> Solomon</c><00:08:16.819><c> speaks</c><00:08:17.160><c> about</c><00:08:17.540><c> this,</c><00:08:17.879><c> you</c><00:08:17.920><c> know,</c><00:08:18.139><c> a</c>

00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:19.759
little<00:08:18.699><c> sleep,</c>

00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.740
a<00:08:20.120><c> little</c><00:08:20.279><c> slumber,</c><00:08:21.420><c> a</c><00:08:21.459><c> little</c><00:08:21.639><c> folding</c><00:08:22.000><c> of</c><00:08:22.199><c> the</c><00:08:22.439><c> arms.</c>

00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:26.180
We<00:08:23.180><c> get</c><00:08:23.439><c> the</c><00:08:23.579><c> picture</c><00:08:23.800><c> of</c><00:08:24.019><c> someone</c><00:08:24.519><c> kind</c><00:08:24.860><c> of</c><00:08:25.040><c> pushing</c><00:08:25.259><c> their</c>

00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:27.279
recliner<00:08:26.899><c> back</c>

00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:29.819
and<00:08:27.459><c> putting</c><00:08:27.639><c> the</c><00:08:27.860><c> feet</c><00:08:28.000><c> up</c><00:08:28.220><c> and</c><00:08:28.339><c> just</c><00:08:28.540><c> taking</c><00:08:28.699><c> it</c><00:08:28.920><c> easy.</c>

00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:32.899
That's<00:08:31.240><c> not</c><00:08:31.420><c> what</c><00:08:31.600><c> Paul</c><00:08:31.779><c> is</c><00:08:31.939><c> talking</c><00:08:32.200><c> about</c><00:08:32.419><c> here,</c><00:08:32.740><c> brethren</c>

00:08:32.899 --> 00:08:33.919
and<00:08:33.100><c> sisters.</c>

00:08:34.019 --> 00:08:35.720
Let<00:08:34.179><c> me</c><00:08:34.320><c> just</c><00:08:34.539><c> take</c><00:08:34.740><c> you</c><00:08:34.940><c> over,</c><00:08:35.039><c> and</c><00:08:35.100><c> I've</c><00:08:35.179><c> got</c><00:08:35.220><c> to</c><00:08:35.360><c> be</c><00:08:35.419><c> very</c>

00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.139
careful<00:08:36.019><c> here.</c>

00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:40.299
Brother<00:08:37.580><c> Peter</c><00:08:37.879><c> is</c><00:08:38.139><c> with</c><00:08:39.559><c> the</c><00:08:39.679><c> young</c><00:08:39.840><c> people,</c>

00:08:40.659 --> 00:08:43.440
so<00:08:40.919><c> we</c><00:08:41.039><c> can</c><00:08:41.139><c> just</c><00:08:41.340><c> take</c><00:08:41.500><c> a</c><00:08:41.659><c> peek</c><00:08:41.799><c> into</c><00:08:42.080><c> Luke</c><00:08:42.340><c> while</c><00:08:42.620><c> he</c><00:08:42.899><c> is</c><00:08:43.279><c> out</c>

00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:44.559
of<00:08:43.539><c> the</c><00:08:43.720><c> room.</c>

00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:46.620
I'm<00:08:44.779><c> sure</c><00:08:44.899><c> that</c><00:08:45.100><c> no</c><00:08:45.240><c> one</c><00:08:45.399><c> will</c><00:08:45.740><c> tell.</c>

00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:49.639
But<00:08:47.200><c> in</c><00:08:47.559><c> the</c><00:08:47.700><c> Gospel</c><00:08:47.980><c> of</c><00:08:48.100><c> Luke,</c><00:08:48.299><c> this</c><00:08:48.440><c> is</c><00:08:48.600><c> the</c><00:08:48.639><c> only</c><00:08:48.879><c> time</c><00:08:49.039><c> we'll</c><00:08:49.200><c> do</c><00:08:49.399><c> this.</c>

00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:51.360
But<00:08:50.379><c> there's</c><00:08:50.539><c> such</c><00:08:50.740><c> a</c><00:08:50.980><c> connection.</c>

00:08:51.860 --> 00:08:53.379
I<00:08:52.279><c> think</c><00:08:52.440><c> we've</c><00:08:52.639><c> got</c><00:08:52.759><c> to</c><00:08:52.940><c> see</c><00:08:53.159><c> this.</c>

00:08:53.399 --> 00:09:00.500
The<00:08:53.480><c> Gospel</c><00:08:53.860><c> of</c><00:08:54.019><c> Luke,</c><00:08:55.460><c> chapter</c><00:08:55.460><c> 12.</c>

00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:10.799
And<00:09:06.679><c> we're</c><00:09:06.820><c> going</c><00:09:07.039><c> in</c><00:09:07.320><c> here</c><00:09:07.460><c> at</c><00:09:07.620><c> verse</c><00:09:08.179><c> 36,</c><00:09:08.759><c> just</c><00:09:08.960><c> a</c><00:09:09.100><c> couple</c><00:09:09.299><c> of</c><00:09:09.500><c> verses.</c>

00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:15.500
Verse<00:09:14.720><c> 36,</c><00:09:15.299><c> he</c><00:09:15.299><c> says,</c>

00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:20.159
And<00:09:15.679><c> ye</c><00:09:15.899><c> yourselves</c><00:09:16.620><c> like</c><00:09:16.940><c> unto</c><00:09:17.200><c> men</c><00:09:17.519><c> that</c><00:09:17.879><c> wait</c><00:09:18.259><c> for</c><00:09:18.860><c> their</c><00:09:19.120><c> Lord,</c>

00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:21.759
when<00:09:20.320><c> he</c><00:09:20.460><c> will</c><00:09:20.620><c> return</c><00:09:21.019><c> from</c><00:09:21.220><c> the</c><00:09:21.399><c> wedding,</c>

00:09:22.259 --> 00:09:24.799
that<00:09:22.440><c> when</c><00:09:22.600><c> he</c><00:09:22.840><c> cometh</c><00:09:23.100><c> and</c><00:09:23.440><c> knocketh,</c><00:09:23.779><c> they</c><00:09:23.960><c> may</c><00:09:24.139><c> open</c><00:09:24.480><c> unto</c>

00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:26.480
him<00:09:25.100><c> immediately.</c>

00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:31.779
Blessed<00:09:27.440><c> are</c><00:09:27.600><c> those</c><00:09:27.940><c> servants</c><00:09:28.279><c> whom</c><00:09:28.519><c> the</c><00:09:28.740><c> Lord</c><00:09:28.919><c> when</c><00:09:29.080><c> he</c><00:09:29.299><c> cometh</c><00:09:29.539><c> shall</c><00:09:29.820><c> find</c><00:09:30.500><c> watching.</c>

00:09:32.200 --> 00:09:35.740
Verily<00:09:32.480><c> I</c><00:09:32.759><c> say</c><00:09:32.899><c> unto</c><00:09:33.100><c> you</c><00:09:33.320><c> that</c><00:09:33.460><c> he</c><00:09:33.700><c> shall</c><00:09:33.940><c> gird</c><00:09:34.200><c> himself</c><00:09:34.899><c> and</c>

00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:38.019
make<00:09:36.000><c> them</c><00:09:36.120><c> to</c><00:09:36.340><c> sit</c><00:09:36.480><c> down</c><00:09:36.759><c> to</c><00:09:37.000><c> meet,</c>

00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.320
and<00:09:38.299><c> will</c><00:09:38.480><c> come</c><00:09:38.759><c> forth</c><00:09:39.080><c> and</c><00:09:39.539><c> serve</c><00:09:39.899><c> them.</c>

00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:45.580
What<00:09:41.159><c> a</c><00:09:41.340><c> marvelous</c><00:09:41.740><c> picture</c><00:09:42.179><c> of</c><00:09:42.679><c> being</c><00:09:43.019><c> accepted</c><00:09:43.580><c> by</c><00:09:43.940><c> our</c><00:09:44.159><c> Lord</c><00:09:44.379><c> Jesus</c><00:09:44.820><c> that</c><00:09:45.019><c> is</c><00:09:45.259><c> coming.</c>

00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:47.519
Marvelous<00:09:46.440><c> picture,</c><00:09:46.879><c> brethren</c><00:09:47.000><c> and</c><00:09:47.200><c> sisters.</c>

00:09:47.820 --> 00:09:50.620
But<00:09:47.960><c> these</c><00:09:48.200><c> are</c><00:09:48.399><c> people</c><00:09:48.620><c> that</c><00:09:48.779><c> are</c><00:09:49.000><c> waiting</c><00:09:49.259><c> for</c><00:09:49.539><c> their</c><00:09:49.740><c> Lord.</c>

00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:53.700
Some<00:09:51.460><c> of</c><00:09:51.580><c> your</c><00:09:51.799><c> translations,</c><00:09:52.559><c> the</c><00:09:52.740><c> revised</c><00:09:53.080><c> version,</c><00:09:53.519><c> and</c>

00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:55.600
others<00:09:53.899><c> will</c><00:09:54.159><c> say</c><00:09:54.500><c> looking.</c>

00:09:56.600 --> 00:10:00.940
The<00:09:56.820><c> idea</c><00:09:57.179><c> is</c><00:09:57.639><c> looking</c><00:09:58.080><c> with</c><00:09:58.679><c> eagerness</c><00:09:59.299><c> for</c><00:10:00.360><c> the</c><00:10:00.580><c> coming</c><00:10:00.740><c> of</c>

00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:01.320
the<00:10:01.100><c> Lord</c>

00:10:01.320 --> 00:10:03.879
and<00:10:01.500><c> a</c><00:10:01.759><c> life</c><00:10:02.019><c> that</c><00:10:02.200><c> is</c><00:10:02.500><c> lived</c><00:10:02.700><c> accordingly.</c>

00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:05.620
That's<00:10:05.120><c> the</c><00:10:05.340><c> key.</c>

00:10:05.940 --> 00:10:07.519
That's<00:10:06.220><c> what</c><00:10:06.440><c> waiting</c><00:10:06.779><c> is</c><00:10:06.980><c> all</c><00:10:07.220><c> about.</c>

00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:10.399
This<00:10:07.919><c> parallel</c><00:10:08.340><c> is</c><00:10:08.480><c> important</c><00:10:08.940><c> to</c><00:10:09.019><c> see</c><00:10:09.320><c> this.</c>

00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:12.299
So<00:10:10.720><c> they</c><00:10:10.779><c> were</c><00:10:11.019><c> looking,</c><00:10:11.639><c> they</c><00:10:11.740><c> were</c><00:10:12.019><c> eager.</c>

00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:16.559
It<00:10:12.700><c> means</c><00:10:13.120><c> we</c><00:10:13.580><c> want</c><00:10:13.940><c> it,</c><00:10:15.240><c> brethren</c><00:10:15.360><c> and</c><00:10:15.620><c> sisters.</c>

00:10:16.980 --> 00:10:21.980
There<00:10:17.100><c> is</c><00:10:17.460><c> nothing</c><00:10:17.960><c> that</c><00:10:19.019><c> takes</c><00:10:19.379><c> precedent</c><00:10:19.840><c> over</c><00:10:20.240><c> this.</c>

00:10:22.659 --> 00:10:25.460
We're<00:10:23.299><c> looking</c><00:10:23.759><c> eagerly</c><00:10:24.399><c> for</c><00:10:24.539><c> the</c><00:10:24.620><c> return</c><00:10:24.940><c> of</c><00:10:25.139><c> our</c><00:10:25.259><c> Lord</c>

00:10:25.460 --> 00:10:26.259
Jesus<00:10:25.860><c> Christ.</c>

00:10:26.480 --> 00:10:31.120
It<00:10:26.700><c> says</c><00:10:26.899><c> in</c><00:10:27.200><c> effect</c><00:10:27.419><c> to</c><00:10:27.679><c> us,</c><00:10:28.620><c> this</c><00:10:28.840><c> idea</c><00:10:29.240><c> of</c><00:10:29.480><c> waiting</c><00:10:29.700><c> for</c><00:10:29.960><c> his</c><00:10:30.139><c> coming,</c>

00:10:31.580 --> 00:10:34.360
that<00:10:31.700><c> we're</c><00:10:31.860><c> ready</c><00:10:32.080><c> to</c><00:10:32.460><c> cancel</c><00:10:32.779><c> all</c><00:10:33.240><c> our</c><00:10:33.559><c> goals</c><00:10:33.820><c> related</c><00:10:34.159><c> to</c>

00:10:34.360 --> 00:10:35.500
this<00:10:34.559><c> life.</c>

00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:41.639
Every<00:10:36.779><c> hope</c><00:10:37.139><c> we</c><00:10:37.320><c> have</c><00:10:37.740><c> now</c><00:10:38.080><c> is</c><00:10:38.440><c> brought</c><00:10:38.899><c> into</c><00:10:39.259><c> perspective</c><00:10:40.159><c> by</c>

00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:43.919
the<00:10:41.860><c> one</c><00:10:42.120><c> great</c><00:10:42.559><c> hope</c>

00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.139
focused<00:10:44.539><c> on</c><00:10:44.759><c> the</c><00:10:44.899><c> return</c><00:10:45.159><c> of</c><00:10:45.360><c> our</c><00:10:45.500><c> Lord</c><00:10:45.700><c> Jesus.</c>

00:10:49.139 --> 00:10:53.679
That's<00:10:49.860><c> the</c><00:10:50.000><c> picture</c><00:10:50.259><c> of</c><00:10:50.460><c> our</c><00:10:50.620><c> brothers</c><00:10:51.000><c> and</c><00:10:51.639><c> our</c><00:10:51.919><c> sisters</c><00:10:52.559><c> of</c>

00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:55.940
the<00:10:53.840><c> Thessalonian</c><00:10:54.399><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:02.019
Men<00:10:57.320><c> and</c><00:10:57.519><c> women,</c><00:10:59.480><c> brethren</c><00:10:59.700><c> and</c><00:11:00.000><c> sisters</c><00:11:00.259><c> with</c><00:11:00.519><c> their</c><00:11:00.799><c> families,</c>

00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:06.139
looking<00:11:02.799><c> for</c><00:11:03.139><c> his</c><00:11:03.519><c> son</c><00:11:04.179><c> from</c><00:11:05.159><c> heaven.</c>

00:11:07.419 --> 00:11:09.639
That's<00:11:07.779><c> the</c><00:11:07.919><c> key</c><00:11:08.120><c> thing,</c><00:11:08.419><c> isn't</c><00:11:08.659><c> it?</c>

00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.860
Now<00:11:11.100><c> how</c><00:11:11.279><c> did</c><00:11:11.419><c> it</c><00:11:11.539><c> all</c><00:11:11.700><c> begin,</c><00:11:12.279><c> brethren</c><00:11:12.419><c> and</c><00:11:12.620><c> sisters?</c>

00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:16.899
I'm<00:11:13.080><c> going</c><00:11:13.200><c> to</c><00:11:13.360><c> try</c><00:11:13.539><c> to</c><00:11:14.259><c> work</c><00:11:14.919><c> this</c><00:11:15.360><c> overhead</c><00:11:15.799><c> on</c><00:11:16.279><c> the</c><00:11:16.440><c> wall</c><00:11:16.679><c> here.</c>

00:11:17.019 --> 00:11:19.360
I<00:11:17.080><c> don't</c><00:11:17.259><c> know</c><00:11:17.399><c> if</c><00:11:17.460><c> you</c><00:11:17.539><c> can</c><00:11:17.740><c> see</c><00:11:17.919><c> it</c><00:11:18.120><c> all</c><00:11:18.279><c> from</c><00:11:18.820><c> where</c><00:11:19.059><c> you're</c>

00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:20.179
all<00:11:19.940><c> sitting,</c>

00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:22.600
kind<00:11:20.379><c> of</c><00:11:20.659><c> spread</c><00:11:20.799><c> out</c><00:11:20.960><c> as</c><00:11:21.100><c> you</c><00:11:21.279><c> are,</c><00:11:21.419><c> but</c><00:11:21.539><c> we'll</c><00:11:21.700><c> try</c><00:11:21.899><c> to</c><00:11:22.460><c> move</c>

00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:23.720
this<00:11:22.879><c> around</c>

00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.879
and<00:11:24.399><c> get</c><00:11:24.799><c> it</c><00:11:25.019><c> so</c><00:11:25.139><c> that</c><00:11:25.259><c> you</c><00:11:25.539><c> can.</c>

00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:35.980
All<00:11:34.039><c> right,</c><00:11:34.120><c> we're</c><00:11:34.259><c> just</c><00:11:34.360><c> going</c><00:11:34.480><c> to</c><00:11:34.759><c> follow</c><00:11:34.940><c> along</c><00:11:35.179><c> in</c><00:11:35.320><c> the</c><00:11:35.500><c> scripture</c><00:11:35.759><c> a</c>

00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:36.740
few<00:11:36.100><c> things</c>

00:11:36.740 --> 00:11:38.559
to<00:11:37.440><c> see</c><00:11:37.600><c> how</c><00:11:37.820><c> it</c><00:11:38.000><c> all</c><00:11:38.179><c> began.</c>

00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:42.379
I<00:11:38.720><c> think</c><00:11:38.840><c> it's</c><00:11:39.120><c> important</c><00:11:39.460><c> that</c><00:11:39.779><c> we</c><00:11:40.399><c> see</c><00:11:41.559><c> the</c><00:11:41.840><c> background,</c>

00:11:42.860 --> 00:11:46.740
that<00:11:43.000><c> we</c><00:11:43.179><c> get</c><00:11:43.340><c> a</c><00:11:43.799><c> sense</c><00:11:44.159><c> for</c><00:11:44.379><c> the</c><00:11:44.679><c> setting</c><00:11:45.100><c> of</c><00:11:45.679><c> what</c><00:11:45.919><c> led</c><00:11:46.139><c> up</c><00:11:46.440><c> to</c>

00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:47.539
the<00:11:47.139><c> establishing</c>

00:11:47.539 --> 00:11:49.419
of<00:11:47.779><c> the</c><00:11:47.940><c> Thessalonian</c><00:11:48.480><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:51.639
So<00:11:50.200><c> we're</c><00:11:50.340><c> going</c><00:11:50.419><c> to</c><00:11:50.539><c> have</c><00:11:50.639><c> this</c><00:11:50.919><c> map</c><00:11:51.080><c> before</c><00:11:51.440><c> us.</c>

00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:53.820
I<00:11:51.919><c> suppose</c><00:11:52.220><c> we'll</c><00:11:52.480><c> just</c><00:11:52.700><c> leave</c><00:11:52.820><c> it</c><00:11:53.000><c> there</c><00:11:53.139><c> for</c><00:11:53.279><c> the</c><00:11:53.419><c> rest</c><00:11:53.580><c> of</c>

00:11:53.820 --> 00:11:55.399
our<00:11:54.360><c> class</c>

00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:59.179
and<00:11:56.240><c> refer</c><00:11:56.720><c> to</c><00:11:56.879><c> it</c><00:11:57.019><c> from</c><00:11:57.259><c> time</c><00:11:57.519><c> to</c><00:11:57.779><c> time.</c>

00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:02.179
Perhaps<00:12:00.279><c> you</c><00:12:00.539><c> know,</c><00:12:01.059><c> brethren</c><00:12:01.179><c> and</c><00:12:01.419><c> sisters,</c>

00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:05.419
and<00:12:02.299><c> oftentimes</c><00:12:03.120><c> I</c><00:12:03.940><c> think</c><00:12:04.139><c> of</c><00:12:04.259><c> this</c><00:12:04.500><c> sort</c><00:12:04.720><c> of</c><00:12:04.899><c> thing</c><00:12:05.059><c> as</c>

00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:06.340
Sunday<00:12:05.720><c> school</c><00:12:06.059><c> stuff,</c>

00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.700
and<00:12:06.519><c> I</c><00:12:06.700><c> guess</c><00:12:06.919><c> it</c><00:12:07.059><c> is.</c>

00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.159
We've<00:12:08.200><c> all</c><00:12:08.639><c> studied</c><00:12:08.980><c> in</c><00:12:09.200><c> our</c><00:12:09.440><c> Sunday</c><00:12:09.700><c> schools</c><00:12:10.179><c> at</c><00:12:10.639><c> one</c><00:12:10.940><c> point</c>

00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.500
of<00:12:11.379><c> time</c><00:12:11.600><c> or</c><00:12:11.779><c> another</c>

00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:16.679
the<00:12:13.000><c> missionary</c><00:12:13.440><c> journeys</c><00:12:13.919><c> or</c><00:12:14.559><c> the</c><00:12:15.320><c> preaching</c><00:12:15.740><c> campaigns</c><00:12:16.440><c> of</c>

00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:17.919
our<00:12:16.820><c> brother</c><00:12:17.000><c> Paul.</c>

00:12:18.500 --> 00:12:20.559
So<00:12:18.600><c> you</c><00:12:18.639><c> can</c><00:12:18.779><c> look</c><00:12:18.860><c> on</c><00:12:19.019><c> this</c><00:12:19.200><c> as</c><00:12:19.379><c> kind</c><00:12:19.480><c> of</c><00:12:19.639><c> a</c><00:12:19.840><c> review</c><00:12:20.000><c> of</c><00:12:20.220><c> that,</c>

00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:21.879
but<00:12:21.179><c> it</c><00:12:21.399><c> helps</c><00:12:21.620><c> us,</c>

00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:24.460
and<00:12:22.080><c> I'm</c><00:12:22.639><c> a</c><00:12:22.740><c> firm</c><00:12:22.919><c> believer</c><00:12:23.240><c> that</c><00:12:23.379><c> if</c><00:12:23.519><c> we</c><00:12:23.639><c> can</c><00:12:23.740><c> just</c><00:12:23.980><c> get</c><00:12:24.120><c> this</c>

00:12:24.460 --> 00:12:25.600
set<00:12:24.639><c> in</c><00:12:24.899><c> our</c><00:12:25.159><c> minds</c>

00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:29.340
as<00:12:26.440><c> to</c><00:12:26.559><c> how</c><00:12:26.940><c> the</c><00:12:27.419><c> movement</c><00:12:27.879><c> takes</c><00:12:28.259><c> place</c><00:12:28.659><c> and</c><00:12:28.759><c> just</c><00:12:28.960><c> look</c><00:12:29.100><c> at</c><00:12:29.220><c> a</c>

00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:29.759
few<00:12:29.519><c> circumstances</c>

00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:33.620
along<00:12:30.600><c> the</c><00:12:30.779><c> way,</c><00:12:31.320><c> then</c><00:12:31.419><c> it</c><00:12:31.539><c> becomes</c><00:12:31.779><c> very</c><00:12:32.159><c> real</c><00:12:32.379><c> to</c><00:12:32.600><c> us.</c>

00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:38.279
This<00:12:34.440><c> map</c><00:12:34.759><c> and</c><00:12:34.919><c> this</c><00:12:35.179><c> geography</c><00:12:35.639><c> is</c><00:12:35.940><c> as</c><00:12:36.299><c> real</c><00:12:36.820><c> as</c><00:12:37.539><c> any</c><00:12:37.759><c> map</c><00:12:37.980><c> that</c><00:12:38.120><c> we</c>

00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:38.879
open<00:12:38.440><c> out</c><00:12:38.639><c> today</c>

00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:44.340
to<00:12:39.059><c> see</c><00:12:39.240><c> where</c><00:12:39.419><c> we're</c><00:12:39.600><c> going</c><00:12:39.820><c> on</c><00:12:40.059><c> a</c><00:12:40.200><c> trip</c><00:12:40.480><c> for</c><00:12:41.019><c> us</c><00:12:41.220><c> to</c><00:12:41.379><c> come</c><00:12:41.500><c> from</c><00:12:41.659><c> Rhode</c><00:12:41.899><c> Island</c><00:12:42.200><c> to</c><00:12:43.059><c> Texas.</c>

00:12:46.620 --> 00:12:50.519
So<00:12:47.000><c> we'll</c><00:12:47.340><c> set</c><00:12:47.539><c> the</c><00:12:48.000><c> background,</c><00:12:48.740><c> and</c><00:12:48.960><c> you</c><00:12:49.100><c> may</c><00:12:49.320><c> remember</c>

00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.299
that<00:12:51.440><c> it</c><00:12:51.620><c> all</c><00:12:51.820><c> began</c><00:12:52.220><c> with</c><00:12:52.440><c> a</c><00:12:52.759><c> call,</c><00:12:53.200><c> didn't</c><00:12:53.440><c> it?</c>

00:12:54.299 --> 00:12:57.059
That's<00:12:54.879><c> how</c><00:12:55.039><c> things</c><00:12:55.340><c> oftentimes</c><00:12:55.940><c> begin.</c>

00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:59.399
For<00:12:57.639><c> us,</c><00:12:58.000><c> the</c><00:12:58.120><c> phone</c><00:12:58.379><c> rings.</c>

00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:03.899
Someone<00:12:59.879><c> on</c><00:13:00.039><c> the</c><00:13:00.159><c> other</c><00:13:00.360><c> end</c><00:13:00.480><c> says</c><00:13:00.720><c> that</c><00:13:00.960><c> there's</c><00:13:01.759><c> some</c><00:13:02.220><c> help</c><00:13:02.740><c> needed,</c>

00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:06.919
and<00:13:04.779><c> we</c><00:13:05.100><c> oftentimes</c><00:13:05.500><c> say,</c><00:13:05.820><c> well,</c><00:13:05.820><c> I've</c><00:13:05.940><c> got</c><00:13:06.019><c> to</c><00:13:06.159><c> check</c><00:13:06.340><c> the</c><00:13:06.639><c> schedule.</c>

00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:09.759
I've<00:13:07.159><c> got</c><00:13:07.259><c> to</c><00:13:07.379><c> see</c><00:13:07.480><c> if</c><00:13:07.639><c> I</c><00:13:07.720><c> can</c><00:13:08.000><c> fit</c><00:13:08.200><c> you</c><00:13:08.460><c> in</c><00:13:08.700><c> here.</c>

00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:16.440
Well,<00:13:12.100><c> if</c><00:13:12.179><c> it's</c><00:13:12.379><c> a</c><00:13:12.480><c> brother</c><00:13:12.639><c> or</c><00:13:12.879><c> a</c><00:13:13.039><c> sister</c><00:13:13.659><c> and</c><00:13:14.259><c> there's</c><00:13:14.500><c> a</c><00:13:14.620><c> real</c><00:13:14.899><c> need,</c><00:13:16.100><c> we</c>

00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:17.840
fit<00:13:16.600><c> it</c><00:13:16.799><c> in.</c>

00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:19.779
We<00:13:18.440><c> do</c><00:13:18.659><c> it.</c>

00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:23.379
Perhaps<00:13:20.720><c> that's</c><00:13:20.980><c> the</c><00:13:21.159><c> first</c><00:13:21.399><c> real</c><00:13:21.639><c> lesson</c><00:13:22.000><c> in</c><00:13:22.820><c> our</c><00:13:23.080><c> studies</c>

00:13:23.379 --> 00:13:24.879
together<00:13:23.779><c> in</c><00:13:23.899><c> this</c><00:13:24.100><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:13:25.139 --> 00:13:26.799
concerning<00:13:25.460><c> this</c><00:13:25.740><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:31.440
The<00:13:27.580><c> call</c><00:13:27.840><c> comes,</c><00:13:28.899><c> what</c><00:13:29.039><c> is</c><00:13:29.259><c> our</c><00:13:29.460><c> response,</c><00:13:30.179><c> brethren</c><00:13:30.299><c> and</c><00:13:30.500><c> sisters?</c>

00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:37.039
Sometimes<00:13:32.460><c> ecclesially,</c><00:13:34.320><c> the</c><00:13:34.580><c> cries</c><00:13:34.860><c> are</c><00:13:35.299><c> almost</c><00:13:35.779><c> inaudible.</c>

00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:40.639
It's<00:13:38.039><c> not</c><00:13:38.200><c> a</c><00:13:38.399><c> question</c><00:13:38.659><c> of</c><00:13:38.840><c> someone</c><00:13:39.159><c> coming</c><00:13:39.460><c> and</c><00:13:39.679><c> saying,</c><00:13:40.080><c> brother,</c><00:13:40.419><c> I</c>

00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:42.220
need<00:13:40.860><c> your</c><00:13:41.139><c> help.</c>

00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:47.240
But<00:13:44.240><c> as</c><00:13:44.399><c> a</c><00:13:44.480><c> case</c><00:13:44.600><c> of</c><00:13:44.759><c> looking</c><00:13:44.980><c> about</c><00:13:45.379><c> the</c><00:13:45.960><c> ecclesial</c><00:13:46.539><c> environment,</c>

00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:50.659
some<00:13:48.039><c> of</c><00:13:48.139><c> us</c><00:13:48.299><c> are</c><00:13:48.480><c> from</c><00:13:48.620><c> larger</c><00:13:48.960><c> ecclesias</c><00:13:49.379><c> and</c><00:13:49.480><c> others</c><00:13:49.679><c> from</c><00:13:50.240><c> small,</c>

00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.159
but<00:13:51.399><c> we're</c><00:13:51.759><c> all</c><00:13:51.899><c> made</c><00:13:52.080><c> of</c><00:13:52.179><c> the</c><00:13:52.419><c> same</c><00:13:52.659><c> stuff,</c><00:13:53.019><c> as</c><00:13:53.159><c> we</c><00:13:53.379><c> said.</c>

00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.980
The<00:13:54.720><c> same</c><00:13:54.980><c> problems</c><00:13:55.519><c> creep</c><00:13:55.860><c> in,</c><00:13:56.000><c> and</c><00:13:56.159><c> the</c><00:13:56.340><c> pressures</c><00:13:56.580><c> are</c><00:13:56.759><c> the</c>

00:13:56.980 --> 00:13:58.899
same<00:13:57.139><c> from</c><00:13:57.340><c> the</c><00:13:57.480><c> world</c><00:13:57.620><c> about</c><00:13:57.860><c> us.</c>

00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:03.299
And<00:13:59.559><c> we</c><00:13:59.759><c> see</c><00:14:00.019><c> a</c><00:14:00.200><c> need,</c><00:14:01.159><c> and</c><00:14:01.379><c> we</c><00:14:01.679><c> recognize</c><00:14:02.139><c> that</c><00:14:02.299><c> there's</c><00:14:02.519><c> this</c>

00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:05.519
quiet,<00:14:04.139><c> inaudible</c><00:14:04.620><c> cry</c><00:14:04.940><c> for</c><00:14:05.279><c> help,</c>

00:14:05.539 --> 00:14:08.120
and<00:14:05.679><c> we</c><00:14:05.940><c> respond,</c><00:14:06.480><c> we</c><00:14:06.679><c> must</c><00:14:07.019><c> respond.</c>

00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:12.600
Let's<00:14:10.299><c> go</c><00:14:10.460><c> into</c><00:14:10.620><c> the</c><00:14:11.259><c> book</c><00:14:11.419><c> of</c><00:14:11.639><c> Acts</c>

00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:16.159
and<00:14:13.360><c> just</c><00:14:13.500><c> follow</c><00:14:13.879><c> along</c><00:14:14.220><c> with</c><00:14:14.539><c> some</c><00:14:15.240><c> of</c><00:14:15.419><c> these</c><00:14:15.679><c> things</c><00:14:15.919><c> that</c>

00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:17.460
lead<00:14:16.320><c> up</c><00:14:16.620><c> to</c><00:14:16.860><c> the</c>

00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:19.860
establishing<00:14:17.879><c> of</c><00:14:18.159><c> the</c><00:14:18.320><c> Thessalonian</c><00:14:18.879><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:23.460
and<00:14:20.379><c> we're</c><00:14:20.539><c> going</c><00:14:20.740><c> in</c><00:14:20.919><c> at</c><00:14:21.100><c> Acts</c><00:14:21.500><c> chapter</c><00:14:22.000><c> 15.</c>

00:14:25.299 --> 00:14:27.240
We've<00:14:25.460><c> said</c><00:14:25.580><c> already</c><00:14:26.000><c> that</c><00:14:26.139><c> this</c><00:14:26.320><c> is</c><00:14:26.519><c> the</c><00:14:26.620><c> time</c><00:14:26.779><c> of</c><00:14:26.960><c> the</c>

00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:29.740
second<00:14:27.980><c> missionary</c><00:14:28.620><c> journey,</c>

00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:31.740
the<00:14:30.220><c> Apostle</c><00:14:30.639><c> Paul.</c>

00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:36.620
Acts<00:14:32.860><c> 15</c><00:14:33.419><c> tells</c><00:14:33.700><c> us</c><00:14:33.960><c> about</c><00:14:34.179><c> a</c><00:14:34.480><c> disagreement</c><00:14:35.000><c> that</c><00:14:35.279><c> takes</c><00:14:35.440><c> place</c><00:14:35.820><c> between</c><00:14:36.200><c> Paul</c>

00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:40.080
and<00:14:36.820><c> his</c><00:14:37.220><c> companion</c><00:14:37.779><c> from</c><00:14:37.960><c> the</c><00:14:38.179><c> first</c><00:14:38.559><c> journey,</c><00:14:39.179><c> Barnabas.</c>

00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:44.840
Dear<00:14:40.620><c> friends,</c><00:14:41.820><c> but</c><00:14:41.879><c> it's</c><00:14:42.120><c> centered</c><00:14:42.179><c> around</c><00:14:42.580><c> Barnabas'</c><00:14:43.759><c> nephew,</c><00:14:44.360><c> didn't</c><00:14:44.600><c> it?</c>

00:14:44.840 --> 00:14:46.100
John<00:14:45.179><c> Mark.</c>

00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.440
It's<00:14:47.259><c> described</c><00:14:47.600><c> in</c><00:14:47.840><c> Scripture</c><00:14:48.120><c> as</c><00:14:48.399><c> a</c><00:14:48.720><c> contention,</c>

00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:55.279
a<00:14:51.019><c> contention</c><00:14:51.480><c> between</c><00:14:52.039><c> brethren</c><00:14:52.799><c> who</c><00:14:53.159><c> love</c><00:14:53.320><c> themselves</c><00:14:54.100><c> greatly.</c>

00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:57.960
Sharp<00:14:55.940><c> contention,</c><00:14:56.639><c> Scripture</c><00:14:57.000><c> says.</c>

00:14:58.019 --> 00:15:01.059
And<00:14:58.200><c> it</c><00:14:58.360><c> caused</c><00:14:58.519><c> the</c><00:14:58.799><c> separation</c><00:14:59.240><c> between</c><00:14:59.679><c> these</c><00:15:00.360><c> two</c><00:15:00.679><c> brethren,</c>

00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:04.580
separation<00:15:01.960><c> actually</c><00:15:02.539><c> that...</c>

00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:09.139
I<00:15:07.159><c> guess</c><00:15:07.639><c> that's</c><00:15:07.899><c> about</c><00:15:08.100><c> as</c><00:15:08.279><c> good</c><00:15:08.360><c> as</c><00:15:08.480><c> it</c><00:15:08.580><c> will</c><00:15:08.779><c> be.</c>

00:15:09.440 --> 00:15:12.519
But<00:15:09.559><c> the</c><00:15:09.759><c> separation</c><00:15:10.240><c> eventually</c><00:15:10.960><c> would</c><00:15:11.279><c> cause</c><00:15:11.879><c> Barnabas</c>

00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.539
and<00:15:12.799><c> his</c><00:15:13.059><c> nephew</c>

00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:16.240
to<00:15:13.980><c> head</c><00:15:14.179><c> down</c><00:15:14.580><c> to</c><00:15:15.059><c> Cyprus,</c>

00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:19.700
and<00:15:16.759><c> Paul</c><00:15:17.179><c> would</c><00:15:17.559><c> get</c><00:15:17.700><c> another</c><00:15:17.960><c> companion</c><00:15:18.559><c> and</c><00:15:19.100><c> head</c><00:15:19.259><c> north</c>

00:15:19.700 --> 00:15:23.419
and<00:15:20.159><c> begin</c><00:15:20.379><c> this</c><00:15:20.899><c> real</c><00:15:21.820><c> missionary</c><00:15:22.360><c> journey.</c>

00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.519
I<00:15:26.299><c> always</c><00:15:26.440><c> say,</c><00:15:26.740><c> what</c><00:15:26.759><c> caused</c><00:15:27.179><c> the</c><00:15:27.500><c> problem?</c>

00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:30.860
And<00:15:29.019><c> it's</c><00:15:29.179><c> difficult</c><00:15:29.500><c> to</c><00:15:29.799><c> say,</c><00:15:30.279><c> brethren</c><00:15:30.440><c> and</c><00:15:30.620><c> sisters.</c>

00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:33.779
It's<00:15:31.279><c> hard</c><00:15:31.600><c> to</c><00:15:31.759><c> go</c><00:15:31.799><c> into</c><00:15:32.000><c> Scripture</c><00:15:32.320><c> and</c><00:15:32.480><c> put</c><00:15:32.620><c> your</c><00:15:32.860><c> finger</c><00:15:33.139><c> on</c>

00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.700
really<00:15:34.179><c> what</c><00:15:34.320><c> it</c><00:15:34.559><c> was.</c>

00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:38.720
Maybe<00:15:35.320><c> John</c><00:15:35.860><c> Mark,</c><00:15:36.120><c> a</c><00:15:36.240><c> younger</c><00:15:36.460><c> man,</c><00:15:36.899><c> was</c><00:15:37.139><c> just</c><00:15:37.519><c> homesick.</c>

00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:41.000
Maybe<00:15:39.080><c> he</c><00:15:39.220><c> was</c><00:15:39.480><c> fearful</c><00:15:39.799><c> about</c><00:15:40.059><c> the</c><00:15:40.299><c> fact</c><00:15:40.440><c> that</c><00:15:40.620><c> the</c><00:15:40.799><c> journey</c>

00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.120
was<00:15:41.220><c> going</c><00:15:41.340><c> to</c><00:15:41.519><c> take</c><00:15:41.779><c> a</c><00:15:41.860><c> turn</c>

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:45.820
into<00:15:42.539><c> perhaps</c><00:15:43.419><c> a</c><00:15:44.120><c> more</c><00:15:44.440><c> wild</c><00:15:44.779><c> area.</c>

00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:49.139
Maybe<00:15:46.799><c> it</c><00:15:46.899><c> was</c><00:15:47.080><c> the</c><00:15:47.279><c> fact</c><00:15:47.440><c> that</c><00:15:47.580><c> there</c><00:15:47.659><c> was</c><00:15:47.820><c> a</c><00:15:48.000><c> change</c><00:15:48.179><c> in</c><00:15:48.480><c> leadership</c><00:15:48.960><c> that</c>

00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:50.700
had<00:15:49.299><c> taken</c><00:15:49.500><c> place.</c>

00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:54.000
If<00:15:51.720><c> you</c><00:15:51.879><c> read</c><00:15:52.080><c> through</c><00:15:52.320><c> the</c><00:15:52.500><c> 13th</c><00:15:53.139><c> chapter</c><00:15:53.480><c> of</c><00:15:53.659><c> the</c><00:15:53.860><c> Acts,</c>

00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:55.820
and<00:15:54.100><c> we</c><00:15:54.159><c> won't</c><00:15:54.299><c> do</c><00:15:54.480><c> this</c><00:15:54.659><c> now,</c>

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:59.980
you'll<00:15:56.340><c> see</c><00:15:56.480><c> that</c><00:15:56.639><c> that</c><00:15:57.039><c> starts</c><00:15:57.399><c> out</c><00:15:58.039><c> with</c><00:15:58.740><c> this</c><00:15:59.080><c> gathering</c><00:15:59.539><c> together</c>

00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:02.460
of<00:16:00.120><c> these</c><00:16:00.419><c> men</c><00:16:00.700><c> who</c><00:16:00.860><c> are</c><00:16:00.980><c> going</c><00:16:01.139><c> to</c><00:16:01.259><c> be</c><00:16:01.379><c> the</c><00:16:01.539><c> great</c><00:16:02.039><c> preachers</c>

00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.820
of<00:16:02.620><c> the</c><00:16:02.799><c> word.</c>

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:08.100
And<00:16:04.419><c> it</c><00:16:04.539><c> is</c><00:16:04.980><c> Barnabas</c><00:16:05.519><c> and</c><00:16:06.019><c> Saul.</c><00:16:06.820><c> That's</c><00:16:07.139><c> the</c><00:16:07.340><c> order.</c>

00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.080
But<00:16:08.700><c> as</c><00:16:08.820><c> you</c><00:16:08.960><c> come</c><00:16:09.120><c> through</c><00:16:09.360><c> that</c><00:16:09.659><c> chapter,</c><00:16:09.980><c> you</c><00:16:10.120><c> see</c><00:16:10.240><c> that</c><00:16:10.419><c> there's</c><00:16:10.720><c> a</c>

00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:12.600
turnaround<00:16:11.480><c> that</c><00:16:11.799><c> takes</c><00:16:12.000><c> place</c>

00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:16.519
until<00:16:13.600><c> finally</c><00:16:14.019><c> it's</c><00:16:14.559><c> Paul</c><00:16:14.940><c> and</c><00:16:15.159><c> his</c><00:16:15.419><c> company,</c>

00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:18.299
Paul<00:16:17.019><c> and</c><00:16:17.340><c> Barnabas.</c>

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:22.259
So<00:16:18.620><c> there's</c><00:16:18.899><c> a</c><00:16:19.059><c> shifting</c><00:16:19.379><c> of</c><00:16:19.940><c> responsibility</c><00:16:20.779><c> and</c><00:16:20.960><c> a</c><00:16:21.240><c> shifting</c><00:16:21.360><c> of</c><00:16:21.700><c> leadership.</c>

00:16:22.740 --> 00:16:26.100
Paul<00:16:23.059><c> is</c><00:16:23.779><c> definitely</c><00:16:24.440><c> the</c><00:16:25.299><c> leader.</c>

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:28.259
But<00:16:26.899><c> whatever</c><00:16:27.059><c> the</c><00:16:27.279><c> reason,</c>

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:31.080
whatever<00:16:29.679><c> the</c><00:16:29.919><c> reason,</c>

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:33.960
Paul<00:16:31.379><c> had</c><00:16:31.759><c> one</c><00:16:32.220><c> concern,</c><00:16:33.000><c> brethren</c><00:16:33.159><c> and</c><00:16:33.340><c> sisters,</c><00:16:33.580><c> and</c><00:16:33.720><c> that's</c><00:16:33.879><c> what</c>

00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:34.879
we've<00:16:34.200><c> got</c><00:16:34.340><c> to</c><00:16:34.600><c> see.</c>

00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:37.460
And<00:16:35.340><c> in</c><00:16:35.440><c> this</c><00:16:35.580><c> 15th</c><00:16:36.120><c> chapter,</c>

00:16:39.659 --> 00:16:42.120
just<00:16:40.179><c> look</c><00:16:40.379><c> in</c><00:16:40.500><c> at</c><00:16:40.659><c> verse</c><00:16:40.919><c> 38,</c>

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.360
because<00:16:42.759><c> there</c><00:16:43.019><c> we</c><00:16:43.200><c> read,</c>

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:47.500
But<00:16:43.539><c> Paul</c><00:16:44.039><c> thought</c><00:16:44.399><c> not</c><00:16:44.960><c> good</c><00:16:45.259><c> to</c><00:16:45.659><c> take</c><00:16:46.580><c> him</c><00:16:46.820><c> with</c><00:16:47.179><c> them,</c>

00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:50.259
who<00:16:47.860><c> departed</c><00:16:48.480><c> from</c><00:16:48.919><c> them,</c><00:16:49.100><c> from</c><00:16:49.419><c> Pamphylia,</c>

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:52.500
and<00:16:50.799><c> went</c><00:16:51.019><c> not</c><00:16:51.340><c> with</c><00:16:51.580><c> them</c><00:16:51.799><c> to</c><00:16:51.980><c> the</c><00:16:52.240><c> work.</c>

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:58.179
Now<00:16:53.220><c> Pamphylia</c><00:16:53.919><c> is</c><00:16:54.100><c> over</c><00:16:54.320><c> in</c><00:16:54.480><c> this</c><00:16:55.580><c> region,</c><00:16:56.259><c> right</c><00:16:56.559><c> over</c><00:16:56.860><c> in</c><00:16:57.059><c> here,</c>

00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:01.240
south<00:16:58.559><c> of</c><00:16:58.799><c> the</c><00:16:59.080><c> area</c><00:16:59.299><c> that</c><00:16:59.460><c> we</c><00:16:59.580><c> know</c><00:16:59.740><c> as</c><00:16:59.980><c> Galatia,</c>

00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:04.200
and<00:17:02.399><c> John</c><00:17:02.700><c> Mark</c><00:17:02.840><c> left</c><00:17:03.159><c> them.</c>

00:17:05.059 --> 00:17:08.779
That<00:17:05.279><c> word</c><00:17:05.500><c> departed</c><00:17:06.380><c> means</c><00:17:07.279><c> actually</c><00:17:07.799><c> deserted.</c>

00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:10.759
Some<00:17:09.019><c> of</c><00:17:09.140><c> your</c><00:17:09.319><c> translations</c><00:17:09.759><c> will</c><00:17:10.000><c> say</c><00:17:10.200><c> that.</c>

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:16.619
He<00:17:11.519><c> deserted</c><00:17:11.960><c> the</c><00:17:13.339><c> companionship</c><00:17:14.299><c> of</c><00:17:14.519><c> Paul</c><00:17:15.119><c> and</c><00:17:15.559><c> Barnabas.</c>

00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:18.960
He<00:17:17.099><c> left</c><00:17:17.299><c> them</c><00:17:17.480><c> and</c><00:17:17.539><c> went</c><00:17:17.740><c> back.</c>

00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:23.740
Well,<00:17:21.259><c> I</c><00:17:21.299><c> think</c><00:17:21.420><c> the</c><00:17:21.599><c> key</c><00:17:21.799><c> thing</c><00:17:22.019><c> there,</c><00:17:22.380><c> brethren</c><00:17:22.480><c> and</c><00:17:22.680><c> sisters,</c><00:17:22.920><c> is</c><00:17:23.160><c> this.</c>

00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:26.759
And<00:17:24.220><c> I</c><00:17:24.299><c> think</c><00:17:24.400><c> this</c><00:17:24.579><c> is</c><00:17:24.759><c> all</c><00:17:25.059><c> that</c><00:17:25.299><c> Paul</c><00:17:25.480><c> cared</c><00:17:25.839><c> about.</c>

00:17:27.079 --> 00:17:30.019
And<00:17:27.220><c> it's</c><00:17:27.480><c> essential</c><00:17:27.880><c> that</c><00:17:28.059><c> we</c><00:17:28.299><c> grasp</c><00:17:28.619><c> hold</c><00:17:28.920><c> of</c><00:17:29.160><c> this.</c>

00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:32.559
Here<00:17:30.359><c> it</c><00:17:30.500><c> is,</c><00:17:30.619><c> here's</c><00:17:30.859><c> the</c><00:17:31.059><c> key,</c><00:17:31.200><c> the</c><00:17:31.420><c> last</c><00:17:31.859><c> part</c><00:17:32.140><c> of</c><00:17:32.400><c> that.</c>

00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:34.880
He<00:17:32.819><c> departed</c><00:17:33.279><c> from</c><00:17:33.660><c> them,</c><00:17:33.819><c> from</c><00:17:34.079><c> Pamphylia,</c>

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:38.680
and<00:17:35.380><c> went</c><00:17:35.759><c> not</c><00:17:36.240><c> with</c><00:17:36.599><c> them</c><00:17:37.000><c> to</c><00:17:37.420><c> the</c><00:17:37.700><c> work.</c>

00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:41.140
That's<00:17:40.079><c> the</c><00:17:40.259><c> key.</c>

00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:45.900
Paul<00:17:42.440><c> was</c><00:17:42.700><c> only</c><00:17:43.059><c> interested</c><00:17:43.559><c> in</c><00:17:43.720><c> the</c><00:17:44.000><c> work</c><00:17:44.359><c> and</c><00:17:44.819><c> the</c><00:17:45.039><c> word</c><00:17:45.220><c> of</c><00:17:45.559><c> God,</c>

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:47.799
my<00:17:46.160><c> dear</c><00:17:46.400><c> brethren</c><00:17:46.660><c> and</c><00:17:46.819><c> sisters.</c>

00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:51.819
And<00:17:49.359><c> one</c><00:17:49.480><c> who</c><00:17:49.640><c> was</c><00:17:49.920><c> not</c><00:17:50.140><c> interested</c><00:17:50.579><c> in</c><00:17:50.920><c> continuing</c><00:17:51.279><c> with</c><00:17:51.599><c> him</c>

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.519
along<00:17:52.140><c> the</c><00:17:52.359><c> way</c>

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.940
in<00:17:52.680><c> the</c><00:17:52.900><c> work</c><00:17:53.059><c> and</c><00:17:53.220><c> in</c><00:17:53.400><c> the</c><00:17:53.579><c> word</c>

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:57.259
was<00:17:54.579><c> one</c><00:17:54.799><c> that</c><00:17:55.019><c> Paul</c><00:17:55.319><c> felt</c><00:17:55.559><c> was</c><00:17:55.819><c> not</c><00:17:56.119><c> fit</c><00:17:56.359><c> to</c><00:17:56.799><c> take</c><00:17:57.000><c> with</c><00:17:57.160><c> him</c>

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:58.700
on<00:17:57.400><c> the</c><00:17:57.559><c> next</c><00:17:57.779><c> journey.</c>

00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:03.700
It<00:17:59.400><c> was</c><00:17:59.680><c> too</c><00:18:00.339><c> critical,</c><00:18:00.880><c> too</c><00:18:01.119><c> crucial</c><00:18:01.559><c> a</c><00:18:01.839><c> job</c><00:18:02.079><c> that</c><00:18:02.220><c> he</c><00:18:02.339><c> had</c><00:18:02.539><c> to</c><00:18:02.799><c> do.</c>

00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:06.099
And<00:18:04.640><c> so</c><00:18:04.740><c> he</c><00:18:04.940><c> thought</c><00:18:05.019><c> it</c><00:18:05.240><c> not</c><00:18:05.559><c> good.</c>

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.759
It<00:18:06.700><c> was</c><00:18:06.819><c> not</c><00:18:06.960><c> a</c><00:18:07.119><c> good</c><00:18:07.299><c> thing.</c>

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.779
And<00:18:08.119><c> it</c><00:18:08.319><c> caused</c><00:18:08.519><c> a</c><00:18:08.720><c> contention.</c>

00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:11.819
We<00:18:10.160><c> know</c><00:18:10.279><c> that</c><00:18:10.440><c> it</c><00:18:10.559><c> all</c><00:18:10.720><c> turned</c><00:18:10.960><c> out</c><00:18:11.259><c> all</c><00:18:11.440><c> right.</c>

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:15.140
We<00:18:12.279><c> know</c><00:18:12.440><c> that</c><00:18:12.680><c> John</c><00:18:12.960><c> Mark</c><00:18:13.140><c> became</c><00:18:13.539><c> profitable</c><00:18:14.220><c> to</c><00:18:14.640><c> him.</c>

00:18:15.140 --> 00:18:19.019
And<00:18:15.880><c> it</c><00:18:16.440><c> would</c><00:18:16.619><c> seem</c><00:18:16.759><c> evident</c><00:18:17.079><c> that</c><00:18:17.279><c> he</c><00:18:17.400><c> was</c><00:18:17.740><c> profitable</c><00:18:18.119><c> to</c><00:18:18.460><c> Barnabas</c>

00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:21.099
in<00:18:19.400><c> the</c><00:18:19.619><c> work</c><00:18:19.799><c> on</c><00:18:20.140><c> Cyprus.</c>

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:22.799
And<00:18:21.359><c> we're</c><00:18:21.519><c> thankful</c><00:18:21.740><c> to</c><00:18:21.859><c> be</c><00:18:21.960><c> able</c><00:18:22.099><c> to</c><00:18:22.279><c> say</c><00:18:22.440><c> that.</c>

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:25.900
But<00:18:23.079><c> I</c><00:18:23.180><c> think</c><00:18:23.279><c> at</c><00:18:23.480><c> the</c><00:18:23.640><c> same</c><00:18:23.920><c> time,</c><00:18:24.539><c> we</c><00:18:24.859><c> must</c><00:18:25.140><c> be</c><00:18:25.460><c> appreciative</c>

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:29.859
of<00:18:26.099><c> what</c><00:18:26.519><c> our</c><00:18:26.799><c> brother</c><00:18:26.980><c> Paul</c><00:18:27.359><c> did</c><00:18:27.700><c> and</c><00:18:27.900><c> his</c><00:18:28.180><c> perspective</c><00:18:28.700><c> on</c><00:18:28.960><c> this.</c>

00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:33.339
One<00:18:30.319><c> who</c><00:18:30.500><c> would</c><00:18:30.720><c> not</c><00:18:30.880><c> go</c><00:18:31.059><c> to</c><00:18:31.200><c> the</c><00:18:31.380><c> work</c><00:18:31.980><c> was</c><00:18:32.380><c> not</c><00:18:32.619><c> going</c><00:18:32.759><c> to</c><00:18:33.000><c> join</c><00:18:33.200><c> him</c>

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.500
in<00:18:33.460><c> the</c><00:18:33.619><c> work.</c>

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:36.819
And<00:18:35.640><c> that's</c><00:18:35.900><c> a</c><00:18:36.000><c> key</c><00:18:36.099><c> for</c><00:18:36.259><c> us</c><00:18:36.480><c> as</c><00:18:36.680><c> well.</c>

00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:38.759
I<00:18:36.940><c> think</c><00:18:37.079><c> it's</c><00:18:37.240><c> something</c><00:18:37.500><c> that</c><00:18:37.640><c> we</c><00:18:37.720><c> can</c><00:18:37.920><c> take</c><00:18:38.180><c> hold</c><00:18:38.420><c> of</c>

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:42.660
and<00:18:39.180><c> see</c><00:18:39.440><c> as</c><00:18:39.599><c> the</c><00:18:39.759><c> key</c><00:18:39.940><c> to</c><00:18:40.619><c> our</c><00:18:41.000><c> associations</c><00:18:41.779><c> and</c><00:18:42.059><c> our</c><00:18:42.319><c> work</c>

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:45.240
in<00:18:42.900><c> the</c><00:18:43.000><c> Lord</c><00:18:43.200><c> Jesus</c><00:18:43.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:50.319
Paul<00:18:48.180><c> had</c><00:18:48.400><c> his</c><00:18:48.660><c> preaching</c><00:18:49.019><c> goals,</c>

00:18:52.599 --> 00:18:55.480
but<00:18:53.079><c> they</c><00:18:53.200><c> were</c><00:18:53.400><c> God</c><00:18:53.579><c>-directed.</c>

00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:58.880
The<00:18:56.519><c> Apostle</c><00:18:56.880><c> Peter</c><00:18:57.119><c> says</c><00:18:57.400><c> that</c><00:18:57.640><c> holy</c><00:18:57.839><c> men</c><00:18:58.039><c> of</c><00:18:58.220><c> old</c><00:18:58.420><c> spoke</c><00:18:58.759><c> as</c>

00:18:58.880 --> 00:19:00.519
they<00:18:59.019><c> were</c><00:18:59.259><c> moved</c><00:18:59.519><c> by</c><00:18:59.740><c> the</c><00:18:59.940><c> Holy</c><00:19:00.140><c> Spirit.</c>

00:19:00.619 --> 00:19:02.859
We're<00:19:00.700><c> very</c><00:19:00.960><c> familiar</c><00:19:01.299><c> with</c><00:19:01.500><c> this,</c><00:19:01.680><c> I'm</c><00:19:01.960><c> sure.</c>

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:05.380
And<00:19:03.099><c> the</c><00:19:03.279><c> moving</c><00:19:03.539><c> by</c><00:19:03.779><c> the</c><00:19:04.000><c> Holy</c><00:19:04.220><c> Spirit</c><00:19:04.640><c> meant</c><00:19:04.799><c> that</c><00:19:05.000><c> the</c><00:19:05.200><c> word</c>

00:19:05.380 --> 00:19:08.180
that<00:19:05.559><c> they</c><00:19:05.799><c> spoke</c><00:19:06.059><c> was</c><00:19:06.339><c> God</c><00:19:06.759><c>-breathed.</c>

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.740
That's<00:19:08.759><c> inspiration.</c>

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:13.119
But<00:19:10.859><c> their</c><00:19:11.119><c> lives</c><00:19:11.400><c> were</c><00:19:11.640><c> moved</c><00:19:11.940><c> about</c><00:19:12.200><c> by</c><00:19:12.400><c> the</c><00:19:12.579><c> Holy</c><00:19:12.839><c> Spirit</c>

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:14.339
as<00:19:13.380><c> well.</c>

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:17.900
And<00:19:14.900><c> we</c><00:19:15.000><c> can</c><00:19:15.180><c> see</c><00:19:15.299><c> that</c><00:19:15.519><c> very</c><00:19:15.920><c> clearly</c><00:19:16.160><c> in</c><00:19:16.880><c> the</c><00:19:17.240><c> movement</c><00:19:17.680><c> and</c>

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.980
the<00:19:18.200><c> redirecting</c>

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:22.160
of<00:19:19.380><c> the</c><00:19:19.640><c> things</c><00:19:19.839><c> that</c><00:19:20.500><c> Paul</c><00:19:20.759><c> would</c><00:19:21.059><c> do.</c>

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:26.180
Moved<00:19:22.799><c> by</c><00:19:23.019><c> the</c><00:19:23.220><c> Holy</c><00:19:23.460><c> Spirit,</c><00:19:23.960><c> guided</c><00:19:24.339><c> and</c><00:19:25.140><c> redirected.</c>

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:29.440
Because<00:19:27.000><c> while</c><00:19:27.240><c> he</c><00:19:27.380><c> had</c><00:19:27.599><c> a</c><00:19:27.799><c> goal,</c><00:19:28.019><c> he</c><00:19:28.119><c> had</c><00:19:28.279><c> a</c><00:19:28.519><c> direction,</c>

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:33.460
the<00:19:30.539><c> Spirit</c><00:19:30.720><c> would</c><00:19:30.960><c> say,</c><00:19:31.380><c> not</c><00:19:31.619><c> that</c><00:19:31.880><c> way,</c><00:19:32.359><c> Paul,</c><00:19:32.799><c> not</c><00:19:33.059><c> that</c><00:19:33.359><c> way.</c>

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:35.339
You're<00:19:33.640><c> going</c><00:19:33.779><c> to</c><00:19:34.000><c> veer</c><00:19:34.240><c> off</c><00:19:34.519><c> here,</c><00:19:34.740><c> you're</c><00:19:34.940><c> going</c><00:19:35.059><c> to</c><00:19:35.200><c> head</c>

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:36.200
to<00:19:35.519><c> another</c><00:19:35.700><c> area.</c>

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:38.420
And<00:19:37.099><c> we</c><00:19:37.259><c> can</c><00:19:37.460><c> see</c><00:19:37.640><c> this</c><00:19:37.839><c> very</c><00:19:38.200><c> clearly.</c>

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:41.680
Let's<00:19:38.839><c> just</c><00:19:39.160><c> follow</c><00:19:39.359><c> this</c><00:19:39.680><c> through</c><00:19:39.839><c> now</c><00:19:40.059><c> in</c><00:19:40.220><c> a</c><00:19:40.900><c> few</c><00:19:41.119><c> verses</c><00:19:41.460><c> in</c>

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.720
the<00:19:41.839><c> Acts.</c>

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:47.079
We<00:19:43.420><c> might</c><00:19:43.619><c> say</c><00:19:43.839><c> that</c><00:19:44.000><c> it</c><00:19:44.140><c> all</c><00:19:44.319><c> began</c><00:19:44.759><c> with</c><00:19:45.039><c> the</c><00:19:45.339><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:45.799><c> Conference.</c>

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:49.380
From<00:19:47.420><c> there,</c><00:19:47.720><c> they</c><00:19:47.880><c> went</c><00:19:48.140><c> to</c><00:19:48.839><c> Antioch.</c>

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.500
You<00:19:49.500><c> can</c><00:19:49.720><c> see</c><00:19:50.099><c> the</c><00:19:50.299><c> area</c><00:19:50.460><c> of</c><00:19:50.720><c> Jerusalem</c><00:19:51.019><c> here.</c>

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:58.079
From<00:19:52.140><c> there</c><00:19:52.440><c> up</c><00:19:52.640><c> to</c><00:19:52.980><c> Antioch,</c><00:19:54.380><c> they</c><00:19:54.420><c> were</c><00:19:55.380><c> teaching</c><00:19:56.180><c> and</c><00:19:57.619><c> preaching.</c>

00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:00.380
That's<00:19:58.759><c> the</c><00:19:58.960><c> work,</c><00:19:59.319><c> teaching</c><00:19:59.700><c> and</c><00:19:59.980><c> preaching.</c>

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:03.819
And<00:20:00.960><c> it</c><00:20:01.019><c> was</c><00:20:01.200><c> there</c><00:20:01.460><c> that</c><00:20:01.680><c> Paul</c><00:20:01.940><c> and</c><00:20:02.200><c> Barnabas</c><00:20:02.680><c> would</c><00:20:03.299><c> separate.</c>

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:07.059
And<00:20:04.259><c> Paul</c><00:20:04.619><c> would</c><00:20:04.960><c> choose</c><00:20:05.539><c> another</c><00:20:05.960><c> companion.</c>

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:10.660
He<00:20:07.519><c> would</c><00:20:07.819><c> choose</c><00:20:08.240><c> the</c><00:20:08.559><c> man</c><00:20:08.759><c> that</c><00:20:08.940><c> is</c><00:20:09.180><c> called</c><00:20:09.400><c> in</c><00:20:09.640><c> the</c><00:20:09.940><c> first</c>

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.900
verse<00:20:10.940><c> of</c><00:20:11.140><c> the</c><00:20:11.279><c> first</c><00:20:11.519><c> chapter</c>

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:16.920
of<00:20:12.079><c> the</c><00:20:12.319><c> first</c><00:20:12.579><c> letter</c><00:20:13.059><c> to</c><00:20:13.480><c> the</c><00:20:13.640><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:20:14.720><c> Silvanus,</c><00:20:16.339><c> Silas.</c>

00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:20.119
Same<00:20:17.640><c> man,</c><00:20:18.339><c> it's</c><00:20:18.420><c> the</c><00:20:18.599><c> different</c><00:20:18.900><c> form</c><00:20:19.420><c> of</c><00:20:19.660><c> the</c><00:20:19.880><c> word,</c>

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:22.539
the<00:20:20.359><c> Latin</c><00:20:20.680><c> form</c><00:20:21.039><c> as</c><00:20:21.279><c> opposed</c><00:20:21.559><c> to</c><00:20:21.740><c> the</c><00:20:21.859><c> Hebrew</c><00:20:22.140><c> form.</c>

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:25.539
So<00:20:23.240><c> he</c><00:20:23.619><c> chooses</c><00:20:23.980><c> Silas</c><00:20:24.539><c> to</c><00:20:24.720><c> be</c><00:20:24.819><c> his</c><00:20:25.019><c> companion,</c>

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:30.319
and<00:20:26.380><c> they</c><00:20:26.660><c> would</c><00:20:26.900><c> head</c><00:20:27.660><c> north</c><00:20:28.359><c> and</c><00:20:28.579><c> then</c><00:20:28.900><c> to</c><00:20:29.119><c> the</c><00:20:29.339><c> west.</c>

00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:33.480
But<00:20:31.400><c> Paul</c><00:20:31.640><c> and</c><00:20:31.839><c> Barnabas</c><00:20:32.140><c> are</c><00:20:32.339><c> to</c><00:20:32.539><c> separate.</c>

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:39.920
And<00:20:34.779><c> Paul</c><00:20:35.119><c> and</c><00:20:36.039><c> Silas</c><00:20:36.759><c> are</c><00:20:37.000><c> to</c><00:20:37.140><c> go</c><00:20:37.259><c> to</c><00:20:37.539><c> Syria</c><00:20:37.940><c> and</c><00:20:38.660><c> to</c><00:20:38.900><c> Cilicia,</c>

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.980
confirming<00:20:40.819><c> the</c><00:20:41.240><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:44.859
That's<00:20:42.559><c> what</c><00:20:42.700><c> the</c><00:20:42.920><c> scripture</c><00:20:43.160><c> says,</c><00:20:44.119><c> confirming</c><00:20:44.579><c> the</c>

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:46.279
Ecclesias,<00:20:45.400><c> strengthening.</c>

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.900
That's<00:20:47.539><c> what</c><00:20:47.640><c> it</c><00:20:47.799><c> is.</c>

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.119
That's<00:20:48.339><c> our</c><00:20:48.480><c> work,</c><00:20:48.660><c> brethren</c><00:20:48.980><c> and</c><00:20:49.259><c> sisters,</c><00:20:49.619><c> isn't</c><00:20:49.779><c> it?</c>

00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.500
Strengthening.

00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:55.339
Think<00:20:54.140><c> of</c><00:20:54.400><c> anything</c><00:20:54.619><c> different</c><00:20:55.000><c> than</c><00:20:55.220><c> that.</c>

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.160
How<00:20:55.579><c> could</c><00:20:55.740><c> we</c><00:20:55.940><c> do</c><00:20:56.079><c> it?</c>

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:58.440
How<00:20:56.279><c> can</c><00:20:56.460><c> we</c><00:20:56.660><c> weaken</c><00:20:57.400><c> the</c><00:20:57.940><c> Ecclesias?</c>

00:20:58.440 --> 00:21:00.859
How<00:20:58.940><c> could</c><00:20:59.119><c> we</c><00:20:59.240><c> do</c><00:20:59.440><c> this?</c>

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.920
We<00:21:02.039><c> strengthen.</c>

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.680
That's<00:21:03.759><c> the</c><00:21:03.859><c> work</c><00:21:03.960><c> of</c><00:21:04.140><c> these</c><00:21:04.319><c> brethren.</c>

00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:10.640
So<00:21:05.299><c> in</c><00:21:05.420><c> the</c><00:21:05.579><c> 16th</c><00:21:06.200><c> chapter,</c><00:21:08.700><c> and</c><00:21:08.740><c> at</c><00:21:08.920><c> verse</c><00:21:09.180><c> 6,</c>

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:13.779
now<00:21:10.799><c> when</c><00:21:10.940><c> they</c><00:21:11.079><c> had</c><00:21:11.279><c> gone</c><00:21:11.480><c> throughout</c><00:21:11.960><c> Phrygia</c><00:21:12.539><c> and</c><00:21:12.740><c> the</c><00:21:12.880><c> region</c><00:21:13.140><c> of</c><00:21:13.380><c> Galatia</c>

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:16.420
and<00:21:13.960><c> were</c><00:21:14.160><c> forbidden</c><00:21:14.579><c> of</c><00:21:14.779><c> the</c><00:21:15.019><c> Holy</c><00:21:15.240><c> Spirit</c><00:21:15.640><c> to</c><00:21:15.900><c> preach</c><00:21:16.140><c> the</c>

00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:17.799
word<00:21:16.579><c> in</c><00:21:16.819><c> Asia.</c>

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.559
Interesting,<00:21:18.819><c> isn't</c><00:21:18.920><c> it?</c>

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:27.599
This<00:21:25.279><c> area</c><00:21:25.759><c> here</c><00:21:26.059><c> of</c><00:21:26.259><c> going</c><00:21:26.380><c> through</c><00:21:26.640><c> the</c><00:21:26.799><c> region</c><00:21:27.039><c> of</c><00:21:27.259><c> Galatia,</c>

00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:31.079
I<00:21:27.700><c> think</c><00:21:27.859><c> you</c><00:21:28.240><c> realize,</c><00:21:28.720><c> you</c><00:21:28.880><c> understand</c><00:21:29.480><c> that</c><00:21:29.660><c> when</c><00:21:30.220><c> Paul</c><00:21:30.559><c> writes</c><00:21:30.880><c> to</c>

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.700
the<00:21:31.200><c> Galatians,</c>

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:34.420
he's<00:21:31.940><c> not</c><00:21:32.140><c> writing</c><00:21:32.400><c> to</c><00:21:33.039><c> one</c><00:21:33.380><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:37.920
He's<00:21:35.559><c> writing</c><00:21:35.740><c> to</c><00:21:35.940><c> the</c><00:21:36.160><c> Ecclesias</c><00:21:36.700><c> of</c><00:21:36.920><c> the</c><00:21:37.220><c> region</c><00:21:37.539><c> that</c><00:21:37.720><c> is</c>

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:39.460
known<00:21:38.059><c> as</c><00:21:38.279><c> Galatia.</c>

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:42.299
It<00:21:39.779><c> would</c><00:21:39.799><c> be</c><00:21:39.940><c> Derbe,</c><00:21:40.460><c> Lystra,</c><00:21:41.119><c> Iconium,</c><00:21:41.900><c> Antioch.</c>

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:45.779
These<00:21:42.680><c> Ecclesias</c><00:21:43.319><c> that</c><00:21:43.859><c> made</c><00:21:44.039><c> up</c><00:21:44.259><c> the</c><00:21:44.440><c> Galatian</c><00:21:44.839><c> region.</c>

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:49.380
But<00:21:46.799><c> when</c><00:21:46.900><c> they</c><00:21:47.220><c> passed</c><00:21:47.579><c> through</c><00:21:48.059><c> that</c><00:21:48.400><c> region,</c>

00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:52.460
they<00:21:50.240><c> desired</c><00:21:50.680><c> that</c><00:21:50.839><c> they</c><00:21:51.000><c> would</c><00:21:51.140><c> go</c><00:21:51.440><c> down</c><00:21:51.640><c> into</c><00:21:51.940><c> Asia.</c>

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:55.460
Now,<00:21:53.539><c> this</c><00:21:53.799><c> perhaps</c><00:21:54.200><c> indicates</c><00:21:54.619><c> that</c><00:21:54.799><c> they</c><00:21:54.960><c> wanted</c><00:21:55.099><c> to</c><00:21:55.259><c> come</c>

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.180
down<00:21:55.619><c> into</c><00:21:55.779><c> the</c><00:21:56.000><c> area</c>

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:59.579
where<00:21:56.339><c> the</c><00:21:56.920><c> seven</c><00:21:57.319><c> Ecclesias</c><00:21:57.799><c> of</c><00:21:57.960><c> the</c><00:21:58.140><c> Revelation</c><00:21:58.599><c> were,</c>

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:03.869
along<00:22:00.119><c> with</c><00:22:00.599><c> perhaps</c><00:22:01.460><c> the</c><00:22:01.660><c> addition</c><00:22:01.960><c> of</c><00:22:02.279><c> the</c><00:22:02.559><c> Colossian</c><00:22:03.079><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:09.599
the<00:22:05.400><c> church</c><00:22:06.099><c> at</c><00:22:06.619><c> Colossi</c><00:22:07.359><c> being</c><00:22:07.599><c> adjacent</c><00:22:08.220><c> to</c><00:22:08.539><c> the</c><00:22:08.720><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:11.599
at<00:22:10.839><c> Laodicea.</c>

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:14.039
You<00:22:12.180><c> read</c><00:22:12.279><c> of</c><00:22:12.400><c> this</c><00:22:12.539><c> in</c><00:22:12.700><c> the</c><00:22:12.819><c> Colossian</c><00:22:13.200><c> letter.</c>

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:16.460
But<00:22:14.519><c> it</c><00:22:14.640><c> would</c><00:22:14.799><c> seem</c><00:22:14.980><c> that</c><00:22:15.220><c> Paul</c><00:22:15.359><c> and</c><00:22:15.640><c> Silas</c><00:22:15.880><c> wanted</c><00:22:16.119><c> to</c><00:22:16.299><c> come</c>

00:22:16.460 --> 00:22:17.640
down<00:22:16.740><c> into</c><00:22:16.920><c> this</c><00:22:17.160><c> region.</c>

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:22.599
And<00:22:18.299><c> the</c><00:22:18.440><c> Spirit</c><00:22:18.599><c> says,</c><00:22:18.960><c> no,</c><00:22:21.000><c> no,</c><00:22:21.279><c> you're</c><00:22:21.700><c> being</c><00:22:21.940><c> directed</c><00:22:22.279><c> by</c>

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.500
God<00:22:22.940><c> here.</c>

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:27.960
So<00:22:24.519><c> they</c><00:22:25.740><c> headed</c><00:22:26.079><c> more</c><00:22:26.559><c> to</c><00:22:26.740><c> the</c><00:22:26.920><c> north</c><00:22:27.140><c> and</c><00:22:27.299><c> to</c><00:22:27.460><c> the</c><00:22:27.599><c> west.</c>

00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.799
They<00:22:28.359><c> come</c><00:22:28.539><c> up</c><00:22:28.680><c> into</c><00:22:28.819><c> this</c><00:22:28.980><c> area</c><00:22:29.279><c> of</c><00:22:29.539><c> Messia.</c>

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:31.680
Now<00:22:30.059><c> look</c><00:22:30.200><c> at</c><00:22:30.319><c> the</c><00:22:30.440><c> next</c><00:22:30.700><c> verse.</c>

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.799
Verse<00:22:32.759><c> seven.</c>

00:22:33.900 --> 00:22:36.880
After<00:22:34.019><c> they</c><00:22:34.240><c> were</c><00:22:34.380><c> come</c><00:22:34.519><c> to</c><00:22:34.759><c> Messia,</c><00:22:35.880><c> they</c><00:22:36.059><c> are</c><00:22:36.299><c> saved</c><00:22:36.500><c> to</c><00:22:36.759><c> go</c>

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:38.259
into<00:22:37.119><c> Bithynia.</c>

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:40.839
But<00:22:38.680><c> the</c><00:22:39.000><c> Spirit</c><00:22:39.279><c> suffered</c><00:22:39.680><c> them</c><00:22:40.019><c> not.</c>

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:44.680
So<00:22:42.059><c> this</c><00:22:42.579><c> desire</c><00:22:43.039><c> to</c><00:22:43.180><c> go</c><00:22:43.359><c> up</c><00:22:43.500><c> into</c><00:22:43.640><c> this</c><00:22:43.819><c> area</c><00:22:44.079><c> of</c><00:22:44.259><c> Bithynia</c>

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:48.460
now<00:22:45.000><c> was</c><00:22:45.680><c> turned</c><00:22:46.099><c> aside</c><00:22:46.579><c> and</c><00:22:46.880><c> redirected.</c>

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:51.500
And<00:22:49.180><c> so</c><00:22:49.279><c> they</c><00:22:49.440><c> came</c><00:22:49.700><c> over</c><00:22:50.079><c> to</c><00:22:50.960><c> Troas.</c>

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:55.440
As<00:22:51.799><c> passing</c><00:22:52.059><c> by</c><00:22:52.440><c> Messia,</c><00:22:53.339><c> they</c><00:22:53.480><c> came</c><00:22:53.720><c> down</c><00:22:54.079><c> to</c><00:22:54.400><c> Troas,</c><00:22:55.359><c> which</c>

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.279
is<00:22:55.579><c> on</c><00:22:55.839><c> the</c><00:22:55.980><c> coast.</c>

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:06.880
So<00:23:05.259><c> the</c><00:23:05.500><c> Spirit</c><00:23:05.700><c> is</c><00:23:05.920><c> directing.</c>

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.799
It's<00:23:07.960><c> there</c><00:23:08.220><c> at</c><00:23:08.380><c> Troas</c><00:23:08.900><c> that</c><00:23:09.059><c> something</c><00:23:09.640><c> remarkable</c><00:23:10.400><c> happens.</c>

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:12.279
Verse<00:23:11.119><c> nine.</c>

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:15.359
And<00:23:12.519><c> a</c><00:23:12.759><c> vision</c><00:23:13.039><c> appeared</c><00:23:13.519><c> to</c><00:23:13.839><c> Paul</c><00:23:14.059><c> in</c><00:23:14.240><c> the</c><00:23:14.420><c> night.</c>

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:18.819
There<00:23:15.960><c> stood</c><00:23:16.119><c> a</c><00:23:16.319><c> man</c><00:23:16.440><c> of</c><00:23:16.740><c> Macedonia</c><00:23:17.339><c> and</c><00:23:17.680><c> prayed</c><00:23:18.019><c> him,</c><00:23:18.599><c> saying,</c>

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:22.880
Come<00:23:19.660><c> over</c><00:23:19.960><c> into</c><00:23:20.160><c> Macedonia</c><00:23:20.859><c> and</c><00:23:21.059><c> help</c><00:23:21.299><c> us.</c>

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:25.539
That's<00:23:23.960><c> a</c><00:23:24.099><c> marvelous</c><00:23:24.420><c> call</c><00:23:24.680><c> that's</c><00:23:24.880><c> going</c><00:23:25.039><c> out,</c><00:23:25.400><c> brethren</c>

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:26.460
and<00:23:25.740><c> sisters.</c>

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.779
The<00:23:26.839><c> call</c><00:23:27.079><c> went</c><00:23:27.240><c> out</c><00:23:27.460><c> as</c><00:23:27.680><c> a</c><00:23:27.880><c> prayer.</c>

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:32.680
That's<00:23:30.000><c> what</c><00:23:30.119><c> scripture</c><00:23:30.400><c> says,</c><00:23:30.779><c> but</c><00:23:31.059><c> more</c><00:23:31.400><c> than</c><00:23:31.619><c> a</c><00:23:31.819><c> prayer.</c>

00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:36.579
This<00:23:33.759><c> word</c><00:23:33.980><c> in</c><00:23:34.119><c> the</c><00:23:34.319><c> original</c><00:23:34.579><c> that</c><00:23:34.799><c> we</c><00:23:35.039><c> see,</c><00:23:35.339><c> prayed</c><00:23:35.839><c> him,</c><00:23:36.400><c> is</c>

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:39.539
the<00:23:36.779><c> word</c><00:23:36.920><c> that</c><00:23:37.059><c> is</c><00:23:37.299><c> all</c><00:23:37.599><c> through</c><00:23:37.839><c> the</c><00:23:38.039><c> Thessalonian</c><00:23:38.640><c> letter.</c>

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.500
All<00:23:39.920><c> through</c><00:23:40.160><c> it.</c>

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:42.339
It's<00:23:40.880><c> the</c><00:23:41.019><c> word</c><00:23:41.119><c> for</c><00:23:41.380><c> comfort.</c>

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:44.500
It's<00:23:42.980><c> the</c><00:23:43.099><c> word</c><00:23:43.220><c> for</c><00:23:43.500><c> exhort.</c>

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:47.240
That's<00:23:45.720><c> the</c><00:23:45.799><c> word</c><00:23:45.960><c> parakeleo.</c>

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:50.680
To<00:23:48.000><c> call</c><00:23:48.359><c> near</c><00:23:48.740><c> is</c><00:23:49.000><c> the</c><00:23:49.140><c> meaning</c><00:23:49.339><c> of</c><00:23:49.539><c> it.</c>

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:52.200
So<00:23:51.059><c> the</c><00:23:51.279><c> call</c><00:23:51.420><c> was</c><00:23:51.619><c> to</c><00:23:51.799><c> come</c><00:23:52.019><c> near.</c>

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:55.299
But<00:23:52.519><c> that's</c><00:23:52.720><c> what</c><00:23:52.880><c> comfort's</c><00:23:53.259><c> all</c><00:23:53.480><c> about,</c><00:23:53.799><c> isn't</c><00:23:53.920><c> it,</c><00:23:54.119><c> brethren</c><00:23:54.279><c> and</c><00:23:54.440><c> sisters?</c>

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:59.099
It's<00:23:56.319><c> hard</c><00:23:56.519><c> comforting</c><00:23:56.920><c> someone</c><00:23:57.259><c> from</c><00:23:57.460><c> a</c><00:23:57.599><c> great</c><00:23:57.759><c> distance.</c>

00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:03.140
But<00:24:00.019><c> when</c><00:24:00.079><c> we</c><00:24:00.220><c> can</c><00:24:00.380><c> get</c><00:24:00.559><c> near</c><00:24:00.759><c> to</c><00:24:01.059><c> someone</c><00:24:01.480><c> and</c><00:24:02.559><c> put</c><00:24:02.720><c> our</c><00:24:02.940><c> arms</c>

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:07.960
around<00:24:03.460><c> that</c><00:24:03.740><c> person</c><00:24:04.480><c> in</c><00:24:06.279><c> the</c><00:24:06.420><c> love</c><00:24:06.519><c> of</c><00:24:06.759><c> Christ,</c>

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:11.339
there<00:24:08.700><c> is</c><00:24:08.859><c> comfort</c><00:24:09.480><c> and</c><00:24:10.500><c> there</c><00:24:10.599><c> is</c><00:24:10.859><c> strengthening.</c>

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:13.599
And<00:24:12.220><c> that's</c><00:24:12.519><c> our</c><00:24:12.720><c> job.</c>

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:16.599
Come<00:24:14.460><c> over</c><00:24:14.680><c> into</c><00:24:14.859><c> Macedonia</c><00:24:15.539><c> and</c><00:24:15.819><c> help</c><00:24:16.039><c> us.</c>

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:20.200
And<00:24:16.980><c> he</c><00:24:17.279><c> prayed</c><00:24:17.559><c> him</c><00:24:17.960><c> that</c><00:24:18.299><c> this</c><00:24:18.539><c> would</c><00:24:18.660><c> be</c><00:24:18.819><c> the</c><00:24:19.000><c> case.</c>

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.960
And<00:24:21.619><c> Paul</c><00:24:21.799><c> responded.</c>

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:28.740
Now<00:24:24.019><c> some</c><00:24:24.160><c> have</c><00:24:24.319><c> suggested</c><00:24:24.880><c> that</c><00:24:26.980><c> the</c><00:24:27.160><c> call</c><00:24:27.400><c> was</c><00:24:27.599><c> from</c><00:24:27.839><c> Luke.</c>

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:31.759
Luke<00:24:29.480><c> is</c><00:24:29.660><c> the</c><00:24:29.839><c> writer</c><00:24:30.000><c> of</c><00:24:30.200><c> the</c><00:24:30.380><c> Acts,</c><00:24:30.559><c> as</c><00:24:30.720><c> we</c><00:24:30.920><c> know.</c>

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:34.720
I'm<00:24:32.839><c> more</c><00:24:33.019><c> inclined</c><00:24:33.240><c> to</c><00:24:33.500><c> feel</c><00:24:33.619><c> that</c><00:24:33.740><c> this</c><00:24:33.920><c> is</c><00:24:34.099><c> the</c><00:24:34.279><c> point</c><00:24:34.460><c> here</c>

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:37.160
in<00:24:34.940><c> Troas</c><00:24:35.279><c> where</c><00:24:35.480><c> Luke</c><00:24:36.160><c> joins</c><00:24:36.700><c> the</c><00:24:37.000><c> group,</c>

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:39.900
because<00:24:37.420><c> this</c><00:24:37.660><c> is,</c><00:24:38.079><c> as</c><00:24:38.259><c> you</c><00:24:38.400><c> know,</c><00:24:38.539><c> the</c><00:24:38.680><c> point</c><00:24:38.880><c> where</c><00:24:39.119><c> the</c><00:24:39.519><c> we</c>

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:41.759
passages<00:24:40.519><c> come</c><00:24:40.880><c> in.</c>

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:45.339
Luke<00:24:42.099><c> gives</c><00:24:42.460><c> you</c><00:24:42.599><c> this</c><00:24:42.779><c> little</c><00:24:43.019><c> author's</c><00:24:43.640><c> clue</c><00:24:43.839><c> that</c><00:24:44.460><c> he</c><00:24:45.059><c> is</c>

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.039
involved<00:24:45.799><c> now.</c>

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.779
It's<00:24:46.319><c> we.</c>

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.660
And<00:24:47.420><c> I'll</c><00:24:47.779><c> just</c><00:24:47.960><c> give</c><00:24:48.039><c> you</c><00:24:48.180><c> the</c><00:24:48.380><c> references.</c>

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:50.240
I'm<00:24:48.900><c> not</c><00:24:49.000><c> going</c><00:24:49.140><c> to</c><00:24:49.240><c> look</c><00:24:49.380><c> at</c><00:24:49.519><c> these</c><00:24:49.680><c> at</c><00:24:49.839><c> this</c><00:24:50.059><c> time.</c>

00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:52.619
We<00:24:50.380><c> just</c><00:24:50.519><c> don't</c><00:24:50.680><c> have</c><00:24:51.319><c> really</c><00:24:51.640><c> the</c><00:24:51.859><c> time</c><00:24:52.019><c> to</c><00:24:52.220><c> do</c><00:24:52.339><c> it.</c>

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:56.779
But<00:24:52.880><c> they</c><00:24:53.119><c> begin</c><00:24:53.579><c> here</c><00:24:54.079><c> in</c><00:24:54.799><c> 16,</c><00:24:55.480><c> verse</c><00:24:55.720><c> 10.</c>

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:59.500
We<00:24:57.480><c> see</c><00:24:57.599><c> them</c><00:24:57.759><c> continue</c><00:24:58.160><c> through</c><00:24:58.359><c> the</c><00:24:58.579><c> 17th</c><00:24:59.180><c> verse.</c>

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:01.299
And<00:24:59.759><c> there's</c><00:24:59.900><c> a</c><00:25:00.019><c> bit</c><00:25:00.099><c> of</c><00:25:00.259><c> a</c><00:25:00.440><c> break.</c>

00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:06.339
We<00:25:02.079><c> pick</c><00:25:02.319><c> it</c><00:25:02.440><c> up</c><00:25:02.559><c> again</c><00:25:02.819><c> in</c><00:25:03.079><c> the</c><00:25:03.400><c> 20th</c><00:25:03.799><c> chapter</c><00:25:04.200><c> at</c><00:25:04.420><c> verse</c><00:25:04.720><c> five.</c>

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:10.619
And<00:25:08.420><c> I</c><00:25:08.599><c> believe,</c><00:25:09.019><c> brethren</c><00:25:09.160><c> and</c><00:25:09.380><c> sisters,</c><00:25:09.839><c> it</c><00:25:09.839><c> continues.</c>

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:16.259
Luke<00:25:11.339><c> continues</c><00:25:12.240><c> associated</c><00:25:13.299><c> closely</c><00:25:13.900><c> with</c><00:25:14.299><c> Paul</c><00:25:14.799><c> to</c><00:25:16.160><c> the</c>

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:17.859
very<00:25:16.579><c> end,</c>

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:24.480
because<00:25:18.900><c> we</c><00:25:19.119><c> find</c><00:25:19.319><c> in</c><00:25:19.579><c> Paul's</c><00:25:20.079><c> last</c><00:25:20.279><c> words</c><00:25:20.759><c> to</c><00:25:21.920><c> Timothy,</c><00:25:23.700><c> Second</c><00:25:23.920><c> Timothy,</c><00:25:24.279><c> the</c>

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.980
last<00:25:24.819><c> letter.</c>

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:26.380
Don't<00:25:25.400><c> bother</c><00:25:25.799><c> turning</c><00:25:26.079><c> it</c><00:25:26.279><c> up.</c>

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.579
You'll<00:25:26.680><c> remember</c><00:25:26.859><c> this.</c>

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:34.960
At<00:25:28.180><c> the</c><00:25:28.319><c> very</c><00:25:28.680><c> end,</c><00:25:30.920><c> he</c><00:25:30.940><c> says,</c><00:25:31.539><c> only</c><00:25:31.880><c> Luke</c><00:25:32.440><c> is</c><00:25:33.660><c> with</c><00:25:33.920><c> me.</c>

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:40.000
The<00:25:35.940><c> beloved</c><00:25:36.180><c> physician</c><00:25:37.079><c> ministering</c><00:25:38.700><c> to</c><00:25:38.900><c> the</c><00:25:39.180><c> end</c><00:25:39.579><c> for</c><00:25:39.799><c> the</c>

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.779
needs<00:25:40.519><c> of</c><00:25:41.160><c> our</c><00:25:41.279><c> beloved</c><00:25:41.539><c> brother,</c><00:25:42.039><c> Paul.</c>

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:44.279
Only<00:25:43.279><c> Luke</c><00:25:43.519><c> is</c><00:25:43.740><c> with</c><00:25:43.920><c> me.</c>

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:47.519
So<00:25:44.640><c> perhaps</c><00:25:44.880><c> he</c><00:25:45.119><c> joins</c><00:25:45.460><c> the</c><00:25:45.819><c> group</c><00:25:46.079><c> at</c><00:25:46.279><c> this</c><00:25:46.559><c> point</c><00:25:46.779><c> and</c><00:25:47.259><c> gives</c>

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.480
us<00:25:47.759><c> this</c><00:25:47.960><c> little</c><00:25:48.220><c> clue.</c>

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:50.000
And<00:25:48.660><c> we</c><00:25:48.740><c> can</c><00:25:49.240><c> trace</c><00:25:49.519><c> that</c><00:25:49.839><c> through.</c>

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.799
And<00:25:50.119><c> it's</c><00:25:50.259><c> quite</c><00:25:50.480><c> interesting</c><00:25:50.880><c> that</c><00:25:51.039><c> we</c><00:25:51.259><c> do</c><00:25:51.440><c> this.</c>

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:54.420
And<00:25:52.160><c> I'm</c><00:25:52.299><c> going</c><00:25:52.339><c> to</c><00:25:52.480><c> take</c><00:25:52.579><c> the</c><00:25:52.839><c> time</c><00:25:53.059><c> now.</c>

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:58.740
More<00:25:55.519><c> likely</c><00:25:56.059><c> than</c><00:25:56.480><c> Luke</c><00:25:56.859><c> making</c><00:25:57.299><c> the</c><00:25:57.640><c> call,</c>

00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:02.779
it's<00:25:59.599><c> more</c><00:25:59.839><c> likely</c><00:26:00.200><c> that</c><00:26:00.380><c> it's</c><00:26:00.619><c> the</c><00:26:00.900><c> spirit</c><00:26:01.220><c> guidance</c><00:26:01.740><c> continuing</c><00:26:02.339><c> as</c><00:26:02.619><c> far</c>

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.559
as<00:26:02.900><c> I'm</c><00:26:03.140><c> concerned.</c>

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:08.259
In<00:26:04.180><c> verse</c><00:26:04.480><c> 10,</c><00:26:06.000><c> after</c><00:26:06.339><c> he</c><00:26:06.500><c> had</c><00:26:06.740><c> seen</c><00:26:06.920><c> the</c><00:26:07.200><c> vision,</c>

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:10.859
immediately<00:26:08.920><c> we</c><00:26:09.220><c> endeavored</c><00:26:09.519><c> to</c><00:26:09.700><c> go</c><00:26:09.839><c> into</c><00:26:10.039><c> Macedonia,</c>

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:14.420
assuredly<00:26:12.000><c> gathering</c><00:26:12.339><c> that</c><00:26:12.539><c> the</c><00:26:12.799><c> Lord</c><00:26:13.019><c> had</c><00:26:13.359><c> called</c><00:26:13.579><c> us</c><00:26:14.180><c> for</c>

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:17.000
to<00:26:14.680><c> preach</c><00:26:14.880><c> the</c><00:26:15.220><c> gospel</c><00:26:15.599><c> unto</c><00:26:15.859><c> them.</c>

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:21.039
So<00:26:17.759><c> he's</c><00:26:18.000><c> in</c><00:26:18.200><c> Troas,</c><00:26:20.119><c> here</c><00:26:20.279><c> on</c><00:26:20.440><c> the</c><00:26:20.660><c> coast.</c>

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:24.839
The<00:26:21.539><c> call</c><00:26:21.839><c> comes</c><00:26:22.200><c> across</c><00:26:22.599><c> from</c><00:26:22.839><c> Macedonia,</c><00:26:23.720><c> which</c><00:26:23.720><c> is,</c><00:26:24.240><c> we</c><00:26:24.319><c> would</c><00:26:24.539><c> call</c><00:26:24.660><c> it</c>

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:26.140
northern<00:26:25.160><c> Greece.</c>

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:29.000
At<00:26:26.319><c> that</c><00:26:26.619><c> time,</c><00:26:27.180><c> Greece</c><00:26:27.440><c> was</c><00:26:27.700><c> divided</c><00:26:28.039><c> into</c><00:26:28.279><c> two</c><00:26:28.519><c> regions.</c>

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:32.720
There<00:26:29.400><c> was</c><00:26:29.599><c> Macedonia</c><00:26:30.240><c> in</c><00:26:30.400><c> the</c><00:26:30.579><c> north</c><00:26:30.779><c> and</c><00:26:30.960><c> Achaia</c><00:26:31.380><c> in</c><00:26:31.539><c> the</c><00:26:31.779><c> south.</c>

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:35.140
And<00:26:33.640><c> the</c><00:26:33.900><c> call</c><00:26:34.059><c> comes</c><00:26:34.319><c> from</c><00:26:34.519><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.339
Come<00:26:35.359><c> over</c><00:26:35.619><c> and</c><00:26:35.799><c> help</c><00:26:35.960><c> us.</c>

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:45.400
And<00:26:36.779><c> immediately,</c><00:26:40.180><c> immediately,</c><00:26:41.640><c> that's</c><00:26:43.579><c> something</c><00:26:43.880><c> to</c><00:26:44.200><c> underline,</c>

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:49.119
because<00:26:45.980><c> that</c><00:26:46.220><c> should</c><00:26:46.460><c> be</c><00:26:46.759><c> our</c><00:26:46.980><c> response</c><00:26:47.619><c> to</c><00:26:48.579><c> service</c><00:26:48.940><c> for</c>

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:50.299
the<00:26:49.220><c> Lord</c><00:26:49.440><c> Jesus</c><00:26:49.880><c> Christ,</c>

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.539
my<00:26:50.519><c> dear</c><00:26:50.700><c> brethren</c><00:26:50.940><c> and</c><00:26:51.160><c> sisters.</c>

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:54.559
When<00:26:52.000><c> the</c><00:26:52.259><c> call</c><00:26:52.460><c> comes,</c><00:26:53.420><c> it's</c><00:26:53.579><c> immediate.</c>

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.720
How<00:26:55.119><c> many</c><00:26:55.380><c> times</c><00:26:55.640><c> do</c><00:26:55.759><c> we</c><00:26:55.819><c> say,</c><00:26:56.119><c> well,</c><00:26:56.119><c> I'll</c><00:26:56.259><c> have</c><00:26:56.359><c> to</c><00:26:56.559><c> think</c>

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.500
about<00:26:57.000><c> it?</c>

00:26:57.720 --> 00:27:00.559
I'll<00:26:57.960><c> let</c><00:26:58.059><c> you</c><00:26:58.180><c> know</c><00:26:58.400><c> tomorrow</c><00:26:58.839><c> or</c><00:26:58.980><c> I'll</c><00:26:59.099><c> let</c><00:26:59.200><c> you</c><00:26:59.359><c> know</c><00:26:59.539><c> later.</c>

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.220
And<00:27:00.920><c> it</c><00:27:01.039><c> appears</c><00:27:01.200><c> to</c><00:27:01.440><c> me,</c><00:27:01.720><c> from</c><00:27:01.880><c> my</c><00:27:02.119><c> own</c><00:27:02.400><c> personal</c><00:27:02.680><c> experience,</c>

00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:05.059
that<00:27:03.400><c> the</c><00:27:03.599><c> longer</c><00:27:03.920><c> I</c><00:27:04.220><c> think</c><00:27:04.359><c> about</c><00:27:04.619><c> something,</c>

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:08.059
the<00:27:05.440><c> more</c><00:27:05.740><c> likely</c><00:27:06.079><c> it</c><00:27:06.319><c> is</c><00:27:06.539><c> that</c><00:27:06.819><c> I'll</c><00:27:07.079><c> find</c><00:27:07.259><c> some</c><00:27:07.599><c> rationale</c>

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:11.619
for<00:27:08.259><c> not</c><00:27:08.519><c> really</c><00:27:09.200><c> putting</c><00:27:09.480><c> myself</c><00:27:09.900><c> to</c><00:27:10.059><c> the</c><00:27:10.259><c> work.</c>

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:14.240
Immediately,<00:27:13.680><c> that's</c><00:27:13.940><c> the</c><00:27:14.119><c> key.</c>

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.319
That's<00:27:14.500><c> the</c><00:27:14.519><c> way</c><00:27:14.660><c> it</c><00:27:14.660><c> was</c><00:27:14.839><c> with</c><00:27:15.059><c> Paul.</c>

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.579
We<00:27:15.480><c> see</c><00:27:15.680><c> it</c><00:27:15.900><c> crop</c><00:27:16.039><c> up</c><00:27:16.339><c> time</c><00:27:16.640><c> and</c><00:27:16.819><c> time</c><00:27:17.039><c> again.</c>

00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:19.059
And<00:27:18.240><c> it's</c><00:27:18.400><c> a</c><00:27:18.559><c> great</c><00:27:18.759><c> thing.</c>

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:23.519
That's<00:27:19.400><c> a</c><00:27:19.519><c> great</c><00:27:20.500><c> example</c><00:27:21.279><c> and</c><00:27:21.460><c> a</c><00:27:21.579><c> great</c><00:27:21.740><c> lesson</c><00:27:22.059><c> for</c><00:27:22.319><c> us.</c>

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:28.619
So<00:27:25.420><c> immediately,</c><00:27:25.980><c> as</c><00:27:26.000><c> we</c><00:27:26.220><c> read</c><00:27:26.359><c> in</c><00:27:26.559><c> verse</c><00:27:26.740><c> 10</c><00:27:27.319><c> and</c><00:27:27.619><c> verse</c><00:27:27.880><c> 11,</c>

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.880
just<00:27:29.099><c> take</c><00:27:29.319><c> verse</c><00:27:29.539><c> 11.</c>

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:33.380
Therefore,<00:27:30.480><c> loosing</c><00:27:30.839><c> from</c><00:27:31.140><c> Troas,</c><00:27:31.940><c> we</c><00:27:32.099><c> came</c><00:27:32.319><c> with</c><00:27:32.519><c> a</c><00:27:32.799><c> straight</c><00:27:33.059><c> course</c>

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:35.140
to<00:27:33.720><c> Samothracia</c>

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:37.319
and<00:27:35.559><c> the</c><00:27:35.720><c> next</c><00:27:36.019><c> day</c><00:27:36.299><c> to</c><00:27:36.599><c> Neapolis.</c>

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:39.960
All<00:27:38.000><c> right,</c><00:27:38.140><c> so</c><00:27:38.299><c> they're</c><00:27:38.519><c> crossing</c><00:27:38.839><c> this</c><00:27:39.240><c> little</c><00:27:39.599><c> part</c><00:27:39.799><c> of</c>

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.599
the<00:27:40.180><c> sea</c><00:27:40.339><c> here.</c>

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.720
Straight<00:27:41.200><c> course.</c>

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:44.579
I<00:27:42.619><c> think</c><00:27:42.799><c> it</c><00:27:42.880><c> would</c><00:27:43.000><c> be</c><00:27:43.079><c> very</c><00:27:43.359><c> difficult,</c><00:27:44.119><c> straight</c><00:27:44.319><c> course,</c>

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:45.859
because<00:27:44.880><c> there's</c><00:27:45.180><c> islands</c><00:27:45.400><c> involved.</c>

00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:48.559
You<00:27:46.000><c> don't</c><00:27:46.160><c> take</c><00:27:46.319><c> a</c><00:27:46.559><c> straight</c><00:27:46.720><c> course</c><00:27:47.000><c> in</c><00:27:47.160><c> a</c><00:27:47.279><c> boat</c><00:27:47.420><c> through</c><00:27:47.619><c> an</c><00:27:47.819><c> island.</c>

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:53.480
But<00:27:49.740><c> what</c><00:27:49.880><c> it's</c><00:27:50.059><c> saying</c><00:27:50.220><c> is</c><00:27:50.480><c> that</c><00:27:51.119><c> he</c><00:27:51.680><c> made</c><00:27:51.960><c> his</c><00:27:52.299><c> way</c><00:27:52.839><c> straight</c>

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:56.859
in<00:27:54.559><c> the</c><00:27:54.759><c> purpose</c><00:27:55.039><c> of</c><00:27:55.359><c> God</c><00:27:55.539><c> and</c><00:27:55.700><c> in</c><00:27:55.839><c> the</c><00:27:56.000><c> hand</c><00:27:56.180><c> of</c><00:27:56.460><c> God,</c>

00:27:57.319 --> 00:28:00.039
in<00:27:57.619><c> the</c><00:27:57.880><c> direction</c><00:27:58.319><c> that</c><00:27:58.559><c> God</c><00:27:58.779><c> had</c><00:27:59.119><c> set</c><00:27:59.279><c> for</c><00:27:59.619><c> him.</c>

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.039
And<00:28:00.380><c> so</c><00:28:00.480><c> he</c><00:28:00.599><c> comes</c><00:28:00.839><c> to</c><00:28:01.119><c> Samothracia,</c><00:28:01.819><c> the</c><00:28:02.059><c> island,</c><00:28:02.759><c> and</c><00:28:02.900><c> then</c>

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:04.619
on<00:28:03.180><c> to</c><00:28:03.339><c> Neapolis,</c><00:28:03.880><c> on</c><00:28:04.039><c> the</c><00:28:04.220><c> mainland,</c>

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:07.500
and<00:28:05.019><c> it</c><00:28:05.160><c> will</c><00:28:05.420><c> continue</c><00:28:05.819><c> on,</c><00:28:06.579><c> as</c><00:28:06.859><c> we'll</c><00:28:07.180><c> see.</c>

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:12.599
It<00:28:08.440><c> will</c><00:28:08.680><c> continue</c><00:28:09.039><c> on</c><00:28:09.779><c> to</c><00:28:10.460><c> Philippi.</c>

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:15.859
Now,<00:28:13.079><c> obviously,</c><00:28:13.480><c> I</c><00:28:13.599><c> wish</c><00:28:13.720><c> we</c><00:28:13.839><c> had</c><00:28:13.980><c> time</c><00:28:14.299><c> to</c><00:28:14.839><c> spend</c><00:28:15.220><c> in</c><00:28:15.500><c> Philippi,</c>

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:18.960
but<00:28:16.000><c> we're</c><00:28:16.140><c> on</c><00:28:16.380><c> our</c><00:28:16.579><c> way</c><00:28:16.779><c> to</c><00:28:17.740><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:22.720
You'll<00:28:20.019><c> remember</c><00:28:20.299><c> the</c><00:28:20.779><c> circumstances</c><00:28:21.440><c> here,</c><00:28:21.819><c> I</c><00:28:21.819><c> think,</c><00:28:22.140><c> brethren</c><00:28:22.299><c> and</c><00:28:22.539><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:24.940
without<00:28:23.019><c> a</c><00:28:23.099><c> lot</c><00:28:23.339><c> of</c><00:28:24.200><c> discussion</c><00:28:24.619><c> on</c><00:28:24.859><c> it.</c>

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:29.599
You'll<00:28:25.240><c> remember</c><00:28:25.519><c> Lydia</c><00:28:25.940><c> of</c><00:28:26.259><c> Thyatira,</c><00:28:27.380><c> the</c><00:28:28.160><c> merchant</c><00:28:28.539><c> woman,</c>

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:33.440
who<00:28:30.299><c> was</c><00:28:30.440><c> so</c><00:28:30.700><c> impressed</c><00:28:31.019><c> with</c><00:28:31.640><c> the</c><00:28:31.859><c> teaching</c><00:28:32.160><c> of</c><00:28:32.460><c> Paul</c><00:28:32.799><c> that</c>

00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:34.619
she<00:28:33.839><c> was</c><00:28:34.099><c> baptized</c>

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:38.920
with<00:28:34.799><c> all</c><00:28:35.019><c> her</c><00:28:35.200><c> household</c><00:28:35.660><c> there</c><00:28:36.079><c> in</c><00:28:36.759><c> Philippi.</c>

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:41.980
You'll<00:28:39.539><c> remember</c><00:28:39.700><c> that</c><00:28:40.039><c> servant</c><00:28:40.380><c> girl</c><00:28:40.619><c> that</c><00:28:40.980><c> followed</c><00:28:41.200><c> Paul</c><00:28:41.460><c> around</c>

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:46.319
and<00:28:42.859><c> harassed</c><00:28:43.539><c> him</c><00:28:43.680><c> as</c><00:28:44.059><c> he</c><00:28:44.240><c> attempted</c><00:28:44.559><c> to</c><00:28:44.920><c> preach</c><00:28:45.400><c> and</c><00:28:46.039><c> was</c><00:28:46.200><c> a</c>

00:28:46.319 --> 00:28:47.359
great<00:28:46.579><c> trouble</c><00:28:46.940><c> to</c><00:28:47.180><c> Paul.</c>

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:49.960
The<00:28:47.700><c> girl</c><00:28:47.900><c> with</c><00:28:48.059><c> the</c><00:28:48.380><c> spirit</c><00:28:48.660><c> of</c><00:28:48.920><c> divination.</c>

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:53.220
That<00:28:50.920><c> actually,</c><00:28:51.420><c> brethren</c><00:28:51.559><c> and</c><00:28:51.779><c> sisters,</c><00:28:51.880><c> just</c><00:28:52.079><c> a</c><00:28:52.140><c> little</c><00:28:52.319><c> aside,</c><00:28:53.079><c> is</c>

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:54.960
a<00:28:53.480><c> spirit</c><00:28:53.660><c> of</c><00:28:53.960><c> python.</c>

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:58.880
If<00:28:56.140><c> you</c><00:28:56.140><c> look</c><00:28:56.299><c> this</c><00:28:56.619><c> up</c><00:28:56.819><c> and</c><00:28:56.940><c> do</c><00:28:57.079><c> some</c><00:28:57.299><c> research</c><00:28:57.700><c> on</c><00:28:57.980><c> this,</c><00:28:58.180><c> that's</c><00:28:58.779><c> the</c>

00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.759
word<00:28:59.039><c> divination.</c>

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:04.599
This<00:29:00.599><c> is</c><00:29:00.599><c> python,</c><00:29:02.599><c> and</c><00:29:02.720><c> that</c><00:29:03.039><c> has</c><00:29:03.339><c> a</c><00:29:03.579><c> direct</c><00:29:03.799><c> relationship</c><00:29:04.400><c> to</c>

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:05.000
the<00:29:04.819><c> belief</c>

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:09.920
that<00:29:05.119><c> was</c><00:29:05.359><c> held</c><00:29:05.559><c> down</c><00:29:06.240><c> in</c><00:29:06.880><c> Delphi</c><00:29:07.579><c> in</c><00:29:08.119><c> Greece,</c><00:29:08.700><c> down</c><00:29:08.839><c> near</c><00:29:09.420><c> Athens.</c>

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:13.619
This<00:29:10.779><c> spirit</c><00:29:11.079><c> of</c><00:29:11.380><c> python,</c><00:29:11.920><c> you</c><00:29:12.039><c> know</c><00:29:12.140><c> what</c><00:29:12.299><c> a</c><00:29:12.420><c> python</c><00:29:12.759><c> is,</c>

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:15.000
this<00:29:14.220><c> large</c><00:29:14.660><c> snake.</c>

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:18.980
The<00:29:15.559><c> snake</c><00:29:15.819><c> would</c><00:29:16.299><c> take</c><00:29:16.640><c> over</c><00:29:16.940><c> the</c><00:29:17.900><c> mind</c><00:29:18.240><c> of</c><00:29:18.420><c> the</c><00:29:18.579><c> individual</c>

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.460
and<00:29:19.200><c> would</c><00:29:19.420><c> speak</c><00:29:19.619><c> through</c><00:29:19.859><c> the</c><00:29:20.140><c> individual.</c>

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:22.940
That<00:29:21.039><c> was</c><00:29:21.180><c> the</c><00:29:21.279><c> way</c><00:29:21.359><c> the</c><00:29:22.519><c> belief</c><00:29:22.680><c> ran.</c>

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:25.559
That<00:29:23.079><c> was</c><00:29:23.279><c> what</c><00:29:23.559><c> Paul</c><00:29:23.839><c> was</c><00:29:24.119><c> encountering</c><00:29:24.700><c> here.</c>

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:29.039
To<00:29:26.160><c> him,</c><00:29:26.359><c> I</c><00:29:26.559><c> believe,</c><00:29:26.819><c> it</c><00:29:26.920><c> was</c><00:29:27.039><c> the</c><00:29:27.319><c> conflict,</c><00:29:27.819><c> the</c><00:29:28.140><c> enmity</c>

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:31.920
between<00:29:29.680><c> the</c><00:29:30.000><c> seed</c><00:29:30.140><c> of</c><00:29:30.319><c> the</c><00:29:30.440><c> woman</c><00:29:30.660><c> and</c><00:29:30.799><c> the</c><00:29:31.019><c> seed</c><00:29:31.140><c> of</c><00:29:31.299><c> the</c><00:29:31.519><c> serpent,</c><00:29:31.779><c> and</c>

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.200
it<00:29:32.000><c> had</c><00:29:32.099><c> to</c><00:29:32.220><c> be</c><00:29:32.420><c> broken.</c>

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:35.900
It<00:29:33.640><c> had</c><00:29:33.819><c> to</c><00:29:33.920><c> be</c><00:29:34.220><c> bruised</c><00:29:34.539><c> and</c><00:29:34.759><c> crushed</c><00:29:35.140><c> upon</c><00:29:35.420><c> the</c><00:29:35.660><c> head.</c>

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:40.240
And<00:29:36.259><c> he</c><00:29:36.359><c> did</c><00:29:36.579><c> this</c><00:29:37.359><c> with</c><00:29:38.420><c> this</c><00:29:38.799><c> spirit</c><00:29:39.000><c> of</c><00:29:39.279><c> python.</c>

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.839
We<00:29:42.259><c> can't</c><00:29:42.559><c> spend</c><00:29:42.759><c> time</c><00:29:43.079><c> here,</c><00:29:43.420><c> brethren</c><00:29:43.519><c> and</c><00:29:43.779><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:47.880
We'd<00:29:44.160><c> like</c><00:29:44.259><c> to,</c><00:29:44.480><c> but</c><00:29:45.039><c> as</c><00:29:45.559><c> I</c><00:29:45.799><c> say,</c><00:29:45.900><c> we're</c><00:29:46.000><c> on</c><00:29:46.180><c> the</c><00:29:46.299><c> way</c><00:29:46.440><c> to</c><00:29:46.599><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:52.700
We<00:29:48.460><c> hope</c><00:29:48.559><c> that</c><00:29:48.700><c> we</c><00:29:48.900><c> arrive</c><00:29:49.259><c> in</c><00:29:50.599><c> this</c><00:29:50.839><c> session</c><00:29:51.140><c> so</c><00:29:51.380><c> we</c><00:29:51.500><c> can</c><00:29:51.799><c> continue.</c>

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:56.559
The<00:29:54.779><c> route</c><00:29:54.920><c> is</c><00:29:55.059><c> not</c><00:29:55.279><c> easy.</c>

00:29:58.319 --> 00:30:00.240
The<00:29:58.519><c> route</c><00:29:58.579><c> was</c><00:29:58.779><c> never</c><00:29:58.980><c> easy</c><00:29:59.299><c> for</c><00:29:59.519><c> our</c><00:29:59.720><c> brethren</c><00:29:59.920><c> in</c><00:30:00.160><c> the</c>

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.380
first<00:30:00.420><c> century.</c>

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:07.720
Sometimes<00:30:03.119><c> I</c><00:30:03.339><c> think</c><00:30:03.599><c> we</c><00:30:03.799><c> like</c><00:30:04.019><c> to</c><00:30:04.460><c> spare</c><00:30:04.660><c> ourselves</c><00:30:05.420><c> the</c><00:30:07.380><c> pain</c>

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:09.099
of<00:30:07.900><c> the</c><00:30:08.200><c> details.</c>

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:12.440
I<00:30:10.880><c> don't</c><00:30:11.039><c> think</c><00:30:11.140><c> we</c><00:30:11.259><c> have</c><00:30:11.359><c> the</c><00:30:11.539><c> right</c><00:30:11.680><c> to</c><00:30:11.880><c> do</c><00:30:11.960><c> this,</c><00:30:12.319><c> brethren</c>

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.400
and<00:30:12.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.160
I<00:30:15.000><c> personally</c><00:30:15.240><c> believe</c><00:30:15.579><c> that</c><00:30:15.720><c> if</c><00:30:15.880><c> we</c><00:30:16.200><c> spare</c><00:30:16.420><c> ourselves</c><00:30:17.160><c> the</c>

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.440
pain<00:30:18.559><c> of</c><00:30:18.759><c> the</c><00:30:19.000><c> details,</c>

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:23.420
we<00:30:19.660><c> will</c><00:30:20.200><c> fail</c><00:30:20.500><c> to</c><00:30:20.839><c> grasp</c><00:30:21.180><c> the</c><00:30:21.519><c> magnitude</c><00:30:22.039><c> of</c><00:30:22.779><c> the</c><00:30:23.019><c> work</c><00:30:23.240><c> and</c>

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:25.640
the<00:30:23.720><c> extent</c><00:30:23.900><c> of</c><00:30:24.059><c> the</c><00:30:24.180><c> love</c><00:30:24.279><c> of</c><00:30:24.599><c> God</c>

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:27.599
manifest<00:30:26.140><c> in</c><00:30:26.259><c> these</c><00:30:26.539><c> men.</c>

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:33.420
Our<00:30:27.900><c> brethren</c><00:30:28.660><c> come</c><00:30:31.240><c> over</c><00:30:31.460><c> and</c><00:30:31.700><c> help</c><00:30:31.859><c> us,</c><00:30:32.140><c> was</c><00:30:32.240><c> the</c><00:30:32.480><c> call.</c>

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.980
And<00:30:35.299><c> Paul</c><00:30:35.440><c> went</c><00:30:35.640><c> over</c><00:30:35.880><c> and</c><00:30:35.940><c> it</c><00:30:36.059><c> was</c><00:30:36.200><c> a</c><00:30:36.380><c> mob</c><00:30:36.599><c> scene</c><00:30:36.900><c> there.</c>

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.819
If<00:30:39.559><c> any</c><00:30:39.640><c> of</c><00:30:39.759><c> you</c><00:30:39.960><c> read</c><00:30:40.259><c> from</c><00:30:40.500><c> the</c><00:30:40.740><c> NIV,</c><00:30:41.160><c> you'll</c><00:30:41.339><c> see</c><00:30:41.519><c> that</c><00:30:41.680><c> the</c>

00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.519
NIV<00:30:42.299><c> says</c>

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:45.440
that<00:30:42.819><c> the</c><00:30:42.960><c> crowd</c><00:30:43.339><c> joined</c><00:30:43.839><c> in</c><00:30:44.000><c> the</c><00:30:44.259><c> attack</c><00:30:44.500><c> against</c><00:30:44.920><c> him.</c>

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:50.019
The<00:30:46.640><c> magistrates</c><00:30:47.279><c> ordered</c><00:30:47.740><c> that</c><00:30:47.940><c> he</c><00:30:48.039><c> be</c><00:30:48.380><c> stripped</c><00:30:48.759><c> and</c><00:30:49.140><c> beaten.</c>

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:54.579
So<00:30:51.640><c> they</c><00:30:51.799><c> came</c><00:30:51.960><c> over</c><00:30:52.180><c> to</c><00:30:52.339><c> help</c><00:30:52.519><c> and</c><00:30:52.660><c> this</c><00:30:52.819><c> is</c><00:30:52.880><c> what</c><00:30:52.980><c> they</c><00:30:53.240><c> walked</c><00:30:53.440><c> right</c><00:30:53.680><c> into,</c>

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:59.400
a<00:30:55.500><c> mob</c><00:30:55.759><c> scene</c><00:30:56.319><c> in</c><00:30:56.980><c> Philippi.</c>

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:02.680
They<00:31:00.319><c> laid</c><00:31:00.440><c> many</c><00:31:00.799><c> stripes</c><00:31:01.059><c> upon</c><00:31:01.440><c> them.</c>

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:07.099
Do<00:31:04.019><c> you</c><00:31:04.039><c> think</c><00:31:04.200><c> those</c><00:31:04.519><c> people</c><00:31:04.880><c> that</c><00:31:05.099><c> were</c><00:31:05.660><c> laying</c><00:31:06.000><c> those</c><00:31:06.480><c> stripes</c><00:31:06.740><c> upon</c>

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.839
our<00:31:07.440><c> brethren</c>

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:14.859
cared<00:31:09.779><c> about</c><00:31:10.079><c> a</c><00:31:10.400><c> law</c><00:31:10.779><c> that</c><00:31:11.779><c> was</c><00:31:12.319><c> an</c><00:31:12.480><c> Old</c><00:31:12.740><c> Testament</c><00:31:13.220><c> mosaic</c><00:31:13.940><c> ordinance</c><00:31:14.420><c> of</c><00:31:14.700><c> things</c>

00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:19.619
that<00:31:15.059><c> said</c><00:31:15.880><c> 39</c><00:31:16.680><c> only,</c><00:31:18.079><c> 40</c><00:31:18.460><c> stripes</c><00:31:18.819><c> save</c><00:31:19.220><c> one?</c>

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:23.799
Do<00:31:20.220><c> you</c><00:31:20.220><c> think</c><00:31:20.319><c> they</c><00:31:20.559><c> cared</c><00:31:20.779><c> about</c><00:31:21.059><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:31:21.539><c> 25</c><00:31:22.240><c> when</c><00:31:22.400><c> they</c><00:31:22.980><c> took</c><00:31:23.200><c> the</c><00:31:23.559><c> scourge</c>

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:26.920
with<00:31:24.000><c> its</c><00:31:24.240><c> bits</c><00:31:24.440><c> of</c><00:31:24.740><c> metal</c><00:31:24.940><c> and</c><00:31:25.319><c> bone</c><00:31:25.660><c> in</c><00:31:26.200><c> leather</c><00:31:26.500><c> thongs</c>

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.839
and<00:31:27.460><c> laid</c><00:31:27.759><c> these</c><00:31:28.019><c> upon</c><00:31:28.299><c> the</c><00:31:28.519><c> backs</c><00:31:28.700><c> of</c><00:31:28.900><c> our</c><00:31:29.079><c> brethren?</c>

00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.960
I<00:31:32.759><c> believe</c><00:31:32.920><c> they</c><00:31:33.079><c> did</c><00:31:33.220><c> it</c><00:31:33.380><c> with</c><00:31:33.640><c> relish.</c>

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:38.420
They<00:31:34.640><c> did</c><00:31:34.900><c> it</c><00:31:35.039><c> as</c><00:31:35.220><c> a</c><00:31:35.480><c> job</c><00:31:35.660><c> and</c><00:31:35.759><c> they</c><00:31:35.900><c> were</c><00:31:36.140><c> good</c><00:31:36.359><c> at</c><00:31:36.579><c> it.</c>

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:40.980
And<00:31:38.740><c> that</c><00:31:38.960><c> scourge</c><00:31:39.279><c> wasn't</c><00:31:39.519><c> designed</c><00:31:40.019><c> to</c><00:31:40.200><c> just</c><00:31:40.359><c> put</c><00:31:40.539><c> a</c><00:31:40.799><c> sting</c>

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.079
to<00:31:41.259><c> someone.</c>

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:46.920
That<00:31:43.200><c> scourge</c><00:31:43.720><c> was</c><00:31:43.940><c> designed</c><00:31:44.480><c> to</c><00:31:45.359><c> bite</c><00:31:45.660><c> into</c><00:31:45.920><c> the</c><00:31:46.240><c> flesh</c><00:31:46.500><c> and</c>

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.579
to<00:31:47.220><c> tear</c><00:31:47.359><c> it</c><00:31:47.559><c> away.</c>

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:51.940
These<00:31:49.660><c> are</c><00:31:49.839><c> the</c><00:31:49.980><c> details,</c><00:31:50.640><c> brethren</c><00:31:50.779><c> and</c><00:31:50.980><c> sisters.</c>

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:55.619
These<00:31:53.039><c> are</c><00:31:53.240><c> the</c><00:31:53.400><c> things</c><00:31:53.640><c> that</c><00:31:53.940><c> our</c><00:31:54.440><c> beloved</c><00:31:54.799><c> brother</c><00:31:55.140><c> Paul</c>

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:59.579
and<00:31:55.859><c> our</c><00:31:55.980><c> beloved</c><00:31:56.380><c> brother</c><00:31:56.740><c> Silas</c><00:31:57.279><c> faced</c><00:31:57.819><c> when</c><00:31:58.940><c> they</c><00:31:59.119><c> went</c><00:31:59.259><c> to</c>

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:01.880
help<00:32:00.019><c> and</c><00:32:00.579><c> to</c><00:32:00.819><c> comfort.</c>

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:07.539
And<00:32:05.180><c> after</c><00:32:05.339><c> being</c><00:32:05.599><c> so</c><00:32:06.019><c> savagely</c><00:32:06.440><c> beaten,</c><00:32:06.920><c> they</c><00:32:07.140><c> took</c><00:32:07.359><c> them</c>

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.279
and<00:32:07.700><c> they</c><00:32:07.960><c> threw</c><00:32:08.059><c> them</c>

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:11.500
into<00:32:08.400><c> the</c><00:32:09.119><c> prison,</c><00:32:09.500><c> into</c><00:32:09.640><c> the</c><00:32:09.940><c> darkest</c><00:32:10.400><c> and</c><00:32:10.779><c> deepest</c><00:32:11.079><c> cell</c><00:32:11.339><c> of</c>

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.579
the<00:32:11.740><c> prison.</c>

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:16.759
And<00:32:13.880><c> then</c><00:32:14.099><c> to</c><00:32:14.579><c> top</c><00:32:14.759><c> it</c><00:32:14.960><c> all</c><00:32:15.160><c> off,</c><00:32:15.819><c> crushed</c><00:32:15.980><c> their</c><00:32:16.319><c> feet</c><00:32:16.480><c> down</c>

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.339
into<00:32:16.980><c> the</c><00:32:17.279><c> stocks</c>

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:21.160
as<00:32:19.500><c> though</c><00:32:19.579><c> they</c><00:32:19.680><c> could</c><00:32:19.859><c> go</c><00:32:20.079><c> anywhere.</c>

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:29.900
And<00:32:25.440><c> when</c><00:32:25.559><c> midnight</c><00:32:25.859><c> came,</c><00:32:28.119><c> they</c><00:32:28.480><c> were</c><00:32:28.680><c> found</c><00:32:28.920><c> praying.</c>

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:35.500
I<00:32:31.940><c> think</c><00:32:32.119><c> we</c><00:32:33.019><c> can</c><00:32:33.180><c> really</c><00:32:33.660><c> see</c><00:32:34.000><c> that,</c><00:32:34.319><c> can't</c><00:32:34.680><c> we?</c>

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:38.380
I<00:32:36.180><c> think</c><00:32:36.319><c> every</c><00:32:36.680><c> one</c><00:32:36.819><c> of</c><00:32:36.920><c> us</c><00:32:37.019><c> can</c><00:32:37.259><c> enter</c><00:32:37.500><c> into</c><00:32:37.759><c> that</c><00:32:38.019><c> and</c><00:32:38.180><c> say,</c>

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:41.680
yes,<00:32:38.700><c> that's</c><00:32:39.119><c> us</c><00:32:39.339><c> all</c><00:32:39.559><c> right,</c><00:32:39.740><c> we</c><00:32:39.839><c> would</c><00:32:40.119><c> certainly</c><00:32:40.380><c> do</c><00:32:40.619><c> that.</c>

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:46.279
I<00:32:43.440><c> wonder</c><00:32:43.599><c> if</c><00:32:43.700><c> we'd</c><00:32:43.880><c> be</c><00:32:44.019><c> having</c><00:32:44.200><c> a</c><00:32:44.400><c> hymn</c><00:32:44.619><c> sing,</c><00:32:45.039><c> brethren</c><00:32:45.180><c> and</c><00:32:45.400><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:50.720
Because<00:32:47.900><c> they</c><00:32:48.039><c> were</c><00:32:48.200><c> also</c><00:32:48.440><c> singing</c><00:32:48.759><c> hymns.</c>

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:53.460
And<00:32:51.420><c> they</c><00:32:51.519><c> were</c><00:32:51.680><c> singing</c><00:32:51.920><c> hymns</c><00:32:52.240><c> so</c><00:32:52.619><c> loudly</c><00:32:52.900><c> that</c><00:32:53.119><c> everybody</c>

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.859
in<00:32:53.579><c> the</c><00:32:53.799><c> prison</c><00:32:54.079><c> heard.</c>

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:57.900
But<00:32:55.940><c> the</c><00:32:56.180><c> important</c><00:32:56.460><c> thing,</c><00:32:56.839><c> my</c><00:32:56.880><c> dear</c><00:32:57.039><c> brethren</c><00:32:57.359><c> and</c><00:32:57.640><c> sisters,</c>

00:32:58.259 --> 00:33:00.700
is<00:32:58.380><c> that</c><00:32:58.539><c> those</c><00:32:58.859><c> hymns</c><00:32:59.099><c> were</c><00:32:59.359><c> heard</c><00:32:59.500><c> in</c><00:32:59.779><c> heaven.</c>

00:33:01.339 --> 00:33:03.539
And<00:33:01.779><c> God</c><00:33:02.059><c> shook</c><00:33:02.359><c> that</c><00:33:02.680><c> prison.</c>

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:08.539
And<00:33:04.420><c> God</c><00:33:04.940><c> broke</c><00:33:05.660><c> those</c><00:33:06.140><c> stocks</c><00:33:06.440><c> and</c><00:33:06.759><c> chains</c><00:33:07.039><c> from</c><00:33:07.240><c> off</c><00:33:07.440><c> our</c><00:33:07.660><c> brethren.</c>

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.900
And<00:33:08.960><c> God</c><00:33:09.180><c> opened</c><00:33:09.500><c> that</c><00:33:09.839><c> door.</c>

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:14.740
And<00:33:13.039><c> that</c><00:33:13.180><c> Philippian</c><00:33:13.579><c> jailer</c><00:33:13.920><c> took</c><00:33:14.119><c> his</c><00:33:14.359><c> sword</c><00:33:14.500><c> and</c><00:33:14.640><c> said,</c>

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:18.480
it's<00:33:14.960><c> all</c><00:33:15.180><c> over,</c><00:33:15.440><c> I'm</c><00:33:15.740><c> through,</c><00:33:16.119><c> I've</c><00:33:16.519><c> ruined</c><00:33:16.700><c> it.</c>

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:21.099
And<00:33:19.599><c> Paul</c><00:33:19.720><c> says,</c><00:33:19.980><c> not</c><00:33:20.160><c> so.</c>

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:25.160
We<00:33:21.680><c> know</c><00:33:21.859><c> that</c><00:33:22.019><c> it</c><00:33:22.319><c> led</c><00:33:22.579><c> to</c><00:33:22.880><c> the</c><00:33:23.680><c> conversion</c><00:33:24.279><c> of</c><00:33:24.519><c> that</c><00:33:24.740><c> man</c><00:33:25.000><c> and</c>

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:26.519
his<00:33:25.460><c> household.</c>

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.779
Marvelous<00:33:27.920><c> thing.</c>

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:34.000
They<00:33:31.079><c> didn't</c><00:33:31.279><c> worry</c><00:33:31.519><c> about</c><00:33:31.700><c> the</c><00:33:31.819><c> law</c><00:33:31.980><c> of</c><00:33:32.200><c> Moses</c><00:33:32.640><c> when</c><00:33:33.599><c> they</c>

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:36.759
laid<00:33:34.000><c> the</c><00:33:34.940><c> scourge</c><00:33:35.259><c> upon</c><00:33:35.519><c> our</c><00:33:35.940><c> brethren.</c>

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:40.539
They<00:33:38.579><c> worried</c><00:33:38.759><c> about</c><00:33:38.980><c> the</c><00:33:39.160><c> Roman</c><00:33:39.400><c> law.</c>

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:43.980
It's<00:33:42.000><c> an</c><00:33:42.079><c> amazing</c><00:33:42.359><c> thing</c><00:33:42.559><c> that</c><00:33:42.839><c> follows</c><00:33:43.140><c> because</c><00:33:43.480><c> they</c><00:33:43.700><c> then</c>

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.700
come<00:33:44.279><c> to</c><00:33:44.700><c> Paul</c><00:33:45.019><c> and</c><00:33:45.400><c> Silas</c>

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:49.220
realizing<00:33:46.500><c> that</c><00:33:47.299><c> there</c><00:33:47.460><c> was</c><00:33:47.660><c> a</c><00:33:47.960><c> travesty</c><00:33:48.460><c> of</c><00:33:48.700><c> justice</c><00:33:49.039><c> that</c>

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.220
had<00:33:49.400><c> taken</c><00:33:49.619><c> place</c>

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:56.319
and<00:33:52.319><c> a</c><00:33:52.900><c> destroying</c><00:33:53.460><c> of</c><00:33:53.839><c> Roman</c><00:33:54.180><c> law</c><00:33:54.519><c> for</c><00:33:54.759><c> Roman</c><00:33:55.099><c> citizens.</c>

00:33:56.920 --> 00:34:00.920
And<00:33:57.440><c> they</c><00:33:57.579><c> come</c><00:33:57.839><c> to</c><00:33:58.000><c> them</c><00:33:58.119><c> and</c><00:33:58.240><c> they</c><00:33:58.480><c> say,</c><00:33:59.539><c> go</c><00:33:59.619><c> in</c><00:33:59.880><c> peace.</c>

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.599
Go<00:34:01.920><c> in</c><00:34:02.200><c> peace.</c>

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:05.079
They<00:34:03.039><c> desire</c><00:34:03.400><c> them</c><00:34:03.599><c> to</c><00:34:03.960><c> depart.</c>

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:09.960
But<00:34:07.599><c> before</c><00:34:07.819><c> he</c><00:34:08.000><c> goes,</c><00:34:08.239><c> he</c><00:34:08.320><c> meets</c><00:34:08.559><c> with</c><00:34:09.119><c> his</c><00:34:09.420><c> brethren</c><00:34:09.719><c> and</c>

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.320
sisters<00:34:10.199><c> there.</c>

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.320
And<00:34:13.679><c> he</c><00:34:14.019><c> comforts</c><00:34:14.360><c> them.</c>

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:19.219
Isn't<00:34:17.000><c> that</c><00:34:17.159><c> an</c><00:34:17.320><c> amazing</c><00:34:17.599><c> thing,</c><00:34:18.000><c> brethren</c><00:34:18.199><c> and</c><00:34:18.460><c> sisters?</c>

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:23.920
He<00:34:20.099><c> who</c><00:34:20.239><c> had</c><00:34:20.420><c> gone</c><00:34:20.559><c> through</c><00:34:20.880><c> so</c><00:34:21.199><c> much</c><00:34:21.400><c> now</c><00:34:21.940><c> comforts</c><00:34:22.760><c> them.</c>

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:27.079
And<00:34:25.460><c> the</c><00:34:25.619><c> journey</c><00:34:25.860><c> continues.</c>

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:30.440
We<00:34:28.239><c> come</c><00:34:28.400><c> to</c><00:34:28.519><c> the</c><00:34:28.599><c> 17th</c><00:34:29.179><c> chapter</c><00:34:29.519><c> of</c><00:34:29.699><c> Acts.</c>

00:34:30.579 --> 00:34:33.139
We've<00:34:30.900><c> read</c><00:34:31.000><c> this</c><00:34:31.199><c> with</c><00:34:31.360><c> our</c><00:34:31.460><c> brother</c><00:34:31.639><c> Larry.</c>

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:38.820
Going<00:34:36.019><c> in</c><00:34:36.159><c> at</c><00:34:36.320><c> verse</c><00:34:36.579><c> 1.</c>

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:44.539
Now<00:34:41.320><c> when</c><00:34:41.440><c> they</c><00:34:41.599><c> had</c><00:34:41.860><c> passed</c><00:34:42.079><c> through</c><00:34:42.340><c> Amphipolis</c><00:34:43.119><c> and</c><00:34:43.360><c> Apollonia,</c>

00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:48.340
they<00:34:44.920><c> came</c><00:34:45.239><c> to</c><00:34:45.440><c> Thessalonica</c><00:34:46.519><c> where</c><00:34:47.199><c> was</c><00:34:47.400><c> a</c><00:34:47.719><c> synagogue</c><00:34:48.139><c> of</c>

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.460
the<00:34:48.559><c> Jews.</c>

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:51.960
All<00:34:49.920><c> right,</c><00:34:50.059><c> you</c><00:34:50.159><c> can</c><00:34:50.340><c> see</c><00:34:50.460><c> the</c><00:34:50.659><c> journey</c><00:34:50.860><c> continuing</c><00:34:51.400><c> now.</c>

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:54.460
They<00:34:52.820><c> were</c><00:34:53.039><c> in</c><00:34:53.239><c> Philippi.</c>

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:57.239
It's<00:34:55.900><c> go</c><00:34:56.019><c> in</c><00:34:56.300><c> peace.</c>

00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:03.400
They<00:34:58.420><c> go</c><00:34:58.599><c> over</c><00:34:58.739><c> to</c><00:34:58.980><c> Amphipolis,</c><00:35:00.260><c> Apollonia,</c><00:35:01.340><c> and</c><00:35:01.579><c> on</c><00:35:01.780><c> to</c><00:35:02.039><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.159
All<00:35:04.880><c> right,</c><00:35:05.099><c> a</c><00:35:05.219><c> hundred</c><00:35:05.420><c> mile</c><00:35:05.719><c> journey.</c>

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:10.440
We<00:35:06.739><c> think</c><00:35:06.880><c> of</c><00:35:07.039><c> these</c><00:35:07.820><c> steps</c><00:35:08.300><c> along</c><00:35:08.679><c> the</c><00:35:08.880><c> way,</c><00:35:09.239><c> brethren</c><00:35:09.360><c> and</c><00:35:09.599><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:12.360
They're<00:35:11.039><c> giant</c><00:35:11.420><c> steps.</c>

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:15.360
This<00:35:12.920><c> is</c><00:35:13.119><c> a</c><00:35:13.219><c> great</c><00:35:13.420><c> journey,</c><00:35:13.840><c> a</c><00:35:13.980><c> great</c><00:35:14.159><c> undertaking</c><00:35:14.679><c> to</c><00:35:14.980><c> travel,</c>

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:19.159
although<00:35:15.639><c> the</c><00:35:16.260><c> Roman</c><00:35:16.599><c> roads</c><00:35:17.000><c> were</c><00:35:17.199><c> the</c><00:35:17.440><c> best</c><00:35:18.119><c> roads</c><00:35:18.519><c> that</c><00:35:18.880><c> had</c>

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:20.440
ever<00:35:19.420><c> existed.</c>

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:24.860
There<00:35:20.940><c> was</c><00:35:21.320><c> a</c><00:35:21.519><c> highway</c><00:35:21.820><c> that</c><00:35:22.579><c> stretched</c><00:35:22.920><c> all</c><00:35:23.260><c> across</c><00:35:23.699><c> northern</c><00:35:24.199><c> Greece</c>

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:27.599
called<00:35:25.579><c> the</c><00:35:25.820><c> Great</c><00:35:26.019><c> Ignatian</c><00:35:26.679><c> Way.</c>

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:30.219
People<00:35:28.139><c> that</c><00:35:28.340><c> have</c><00:35:28.480><c> the</c><00:35:28.679><c> privilege</c><00:35:28.920><c> to</c><00:35:29.039><c> go</c><00:35:29.199><c> to</c><00:35:29.340><c> this</c><00:35:29.480><c> area</c><00:35:29.699><c> today</c><00:35:30.000><c> can</c>

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.820
walk<00:35:30.460><c> on</c><00:35:30.699><c> it.</c>

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:34.000
It<00:35:31.000><c> still</c><00:35:31.199><c> remains</c><00:35:31.659><c> parts</c><00:35:31.960><c> of</c><00:35:32.099><c> it,</c><00:35:32.400><c> running</c><00:35:32.659><c> through</c><00:35:32.920><c> the</c><00:35:33.119><c> cities,</c>

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:35.699
the<00:35:34.440><c> very</c><00:35:34.659><c> cities</c><00:35:34.900><c> that</c><00:35:35.039><c> we're</c><00:35:35.199><c> talking</c><00:35:35.500><c> about.</c>

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:41.300
Some<00:35:35.880><c> of</c><00:35:36.019><c> these</c><00:35:36.179><c> names,</c><00:35:36.659><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:35:39.360><c> the</c><00:35:39.699><c> Great</c><00:35:39.840><c> Ignatian</c><00:35:40.300><c> Way.</c>

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:44.260
But<00:35:41.599><c> it</c><00:35:41.659><c> was</c><00:35:41.780><c> a</c><00:35:41.820><c> hundred</c><00:35:42.079><c> mile</c><00:35:42.380><c> journey</c><00:35:42.739><c> from</c><00:35:43.000><c> Philippi.</c>

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:49.699
This<00:35:44.940><c> whole</c><00:35:45.260><c> thing</c><00:35:45.519><c> is</c><00:35:45.760><c> divided,</c><00:35:46.139><c> as</c><00:35:46.340><c> it</c><00:35:46.500><c> were,</c><00:35:46.679><c> almost</c><00:35:47.000><c> in</c><00:35:48.260><c> steps</c><00:35:48.760><c> of</c><00:35:49.119><c> 300.</c>

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:57.519
From<00:35:50.719><c> Jerusalem</c><00:35:51.579><c> to</c><00:35:51.940><c> Antioch,</c><00:35:53.139><c> from</c><00:35:53.739><c> Antioch</c><00:35:55.619><c> over</c><00:35:56.000><c> into</c><00:35:56.179><c> this</c><00:35:56.440><c> region</c><00:35:56.820><c> of</c><00:35:57.039><c> Galatia,</c>

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.780
from<00:35:57.699><c> there</c><00:35:57.940><c> up</c><00:35:58.119><c> to</c><00:35:58.400><c> Troas.</c>

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:02.420
It's<00:35:59.199><c> like</c><00:35:59.659><c> steps</c><00:36:00.000><c> that</c><00:36:00.219><c> are</c><00:36:00.519><c> 300</c><00:36:00.940><c> miles</c><00:36:01.360><c> long.</c>

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.559
They<00:36:03.119><c> didn't</c><00:36:03.300><c> hop</c><00:36:03.480><c> a</c><00:36:03.739><c> plane.</c>

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:07.059
The<00:36:05.099><c> journey</c><00:36:05.300><c> itself</c><00:36:05.760><c> was</c><00:36:05.960><c> an</c><00:36:06.179><c> ordeal.</c>

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:10.059
The<00:36:07.500><c> journey</c><00:36:07.719><c> itself</c><00:36:08.179><c> must</c><00:36:08.380><c> have</c><00:36:08.579><c> wore</c><00:36:08.840><c> them</c><00:36:09.179><c> thin.</c>

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:12.019
And<00:36:10.380><c> the</c><00:36:10.480><c> amazing</c><00:36:10.800><c> thing</c><00:36:11.019><c> is</c><00:36:11.139><c> when</c><00:36:11.260><c> they</c><00:36:11.519><c> arrived,</c><00:36:11.780><c> they</c><00:36:11.900><c> went</c>

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.280
right<00:36:12.260><c> to</c><00:36:12.480><c> work.</c>

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:16.460
Immediately,<00:36:15.059><c> that's</c><00:36:15.400><c> the</c><00:36:15.559><c> word,</c><00:36:15.960><c> immediately.</c>

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:18.199
We<00:36:16.659><c> want</c><00:36:16.719><c> to</c><00:36:16.860><c> keep</c><00:36:17.000><c> that</c><00:36:17.300><c> word</c><00:36:17.420><c> in</c><00:36:17.619><c> our</c><00:36:17.820><c> minds.</c>

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:20.559
That's<00:36:19.159><c> the</c><00:36:19.199><c> way</c><00:36:19.320><c> they</c><00:36:19.579><c> approached</c><00:36:19.880><c> it.</c>

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.980
So<00:36:21.199><c> Thessalonica,</c><00:36:21.900><c> I</c><00:36:21.900><c> can</c><00:36:22.079><c> tell</c><00:36:22.219><c> you</c><00:36:22.320><c> a</c><00:36:22.360><c> little</c><00:36:22.579><c> bit</c><00:36:22.719><c> about</c>

00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:25.519
this<00:36:23.260><c> without</c><00:36:23.599><c> going</c><00:36:23.880><c> into</c><00:36:24.079><c> too</c><00:36:24.280><c> much</c><00:36:24.500><c> detail.</c>

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:29.119
The<00:36:26.340><c> capital</c><00:36:26.719><c> city</c><00:36:27.079><c> of</c><00:36:27.420><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:31.699
Population<00:36:29.960><c> of</c><00:36:30.139><c> about</c><00:36:30.400><c> 200</c><00:36:30.760><c>,000.</c>

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:35.519
A<00:36:32.400><c> seaport</c><00:36:32.880><c> city</c><00:36:33.239><c> on</c><00:36:34.199><c> the</c><00:36:34.420><c> Thermaic</c><00:36:35.059><c> Gulf.</c>

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:38.019
You<00:36:36.059><c> know,</c><00:36:36.099><c> I</c><00:36:36.159><c> read</c><00:36:36.320><c> these</c><00:36:36.639><c> things</c><00:36:36.880><c> doing</c><00:36:37.139><c> all</c><00:36:37.360><c> the</c><00:36:37.599><c> research</c>

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.280
and<00:36:38.400><c> study</c><00:36:38.579><c> that</c><00:36:38.719><c> we</c><00:36:38.900><c> do</c><00:36:39.039><c> in</c><00:36:39.260><c> preparation.</c>

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:44.440
And,<00:36:41.280><c> frankly,</c><00:36:42.760><c> a</c><00:36:42.880><c> Thermaic</c><00:36:43.440><c> Gulf.</c>

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.320
So<00:36:46.820><c> what?</c>

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:50.119
Didn't<00:36:48.320><c> impress</c><00:36:48.619><c> me,</c><00:36:48.960><c> brethren</c><00:36:49.099><c> and</c><00:36:49.340><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:52.880
But<00:36:50.900><c> it's</c><00:36:51.079><c> important</c><00:36:51.400><c> that</c><00:36:51.559><c> we</c><00:36:51.699><c> set</c><00:36:51.900><c> the</c><00:36:52.280><c> location.</c>

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:56.000
I<00:36:53.300><c> think</c><00:36:53.460><c> the</c><00:36:53.739><c> important</c><00:36:54.019><c> thing</c><00:36:54.260><c> is</c><00:36:54.699><c> that</c><00:36:55.079><c> we</c><00:36:55.280><c> do</c><00:36:55.539><c> that,</c>

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:58.599
and<00:36:56.300><c> we</c><00:36:56.579><c> see</c><00:36:56.780><c> that</c><00:36:57.019><c> our</c><00:36:57.280><c> brethren</c><00:36:57.539><c> and</c><00:36:57.780><c> our</c><00:36:58.039><c> sisters</c><00:36:58.320><c> in</c><00:36:58.480><c> the</c>

00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:00.480
Lord<00:36:58.800><c> Jesus</c><00:36:59.239><c> Christ</c><00:36:59.619><c> are</c><00:36:59.840><c> there.</c>

00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.880
And<00:37:01.260><c> we</c><00:37:01.500><c> relate</c><00:37:01.760><c> to</c><00:37:01.960><c> them</c><00:37:02.079><c> on</c><00:37:02.239><c> that</c><00:37:02.480><c> basis.</c>

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.440
That's<00:37:03.599><c> the</c><00:37:03.840><c> important</c><00:37:04.079><c> thing.</c>

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:08.099
So<00:37:05.019><c> here</c><00:37:05.179><c> he</c><00:37:05.239><c> is</c><00:37:05.400><c> in</c><00:37:05.539><c> this</c><00:37:06.099><c> metropolitan</c><00:37:06.840><c> area,</c><00:37:07.320><c> this</c><00:37:07.619><c> largest</c>

00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:09.440
city<00:37:08.559><c> of</c><00:37:08.800><c> Macedonia.</c>

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:11.360
Paul<00:37:10.079><c> and</c><00:37:10.360><c> Silas.</c>

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.739
What's<00:37:12.199><c> the</c><00:37:12.400><c> approach?</c>

00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:15.800
Look<00:37:13.199><c> at</c><00:37:13.920><c> verse</c><00:37:14.139><c> one</c><00:37:14.380><c> through</c><00:37:14.619><c> three.</c>

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:21.440
When<00:37:17.739><c> they</c><00:37:17.920><c> passed</c><00:37:18.280><c> through</c><00:37:18.579><c> Amphipolis</c><00:37:19.239><c> and</c><00:37:19.460><c> Apollonia,</c><00:37:20.039><c> they</c><00:37:20.179><c> came</c><00:37:20.420><c> to</c><00:37:20.639><c> Thessalonica,</c>

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:24.380
where<00:37:22.179><c> was</c><00:37:22.340><c> a</c><00:37:22.599><c> synagogue</c><00:37:22.960><c> of</c><00:37:23.139><c> the</c><00:37:23.360><c> Jews.</c>

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:27.940
And<00:37:24.860><c> Paul,</c><00:37:25.260><c> as</c><00:37:25.519><c> his</c><00:37:25.760><c> manner</c><00:37:25.960><c> was,</c><00:37:26.400><c> went</c><00:37:26.539><c> in</c><00:37:26.760><c> unto</c><00:37:26.940><c> them,</c>

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:32.000
and<00:37:28.219><c> three</c><00:37:28.659><c> Sabbath</c><00:37:29.059><c> days</c><00:37:29.539><c> reasoned</c><00:37:29.980><c> with</c><00:37:30.199><c> them</c><00:37:30.360><c> out</c><00:37:30.579><c> of</c><00:37:30.719><c> the</c><00:37:30.940><c> Scriptures,</c>

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:36.599
opening<00:37:32.599><c> and</c><00:37:33.059><c> alleging</c><00:37:33.719><c> that</c><00:37:34.159><c> Christ</c><00:37:34.679><c> must</c><00:37:35.019><c> needs</c><00:37:35.360><c> have</c><00:37:35.699><c> suffered,</c>

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:38.280
and<00:37:36.900><c> risen</c><00:37:37.119><c> again</c><00:37:37.420><c> from</c><00:37:37.659><c> the</c><00:37:37.860><c> dead,</c>

00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:44.079
and<00:37:38.800><c> that</c><00:37:38.980><c> this</c><00:37:39.460><c> Jesus</c><00:37:40.380><c> whom</c><00:37:40.880><c> I</c><00:37:41.239><c> preach</c><00:37:41.519><c> unto</c><00:37:41.760><c> you</c><00:37:42.320><c> is</c><00:37:42.739><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.980
So<00:37:45.599><c> there's</c><00:37:45.860><c> the</c><00:37:46.019><c> message.</c>

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:53.019
The<00:37:48.960><c> first</c><00:37:49.260><c> verse</c><00:37:49.619><c> through</c><00:37:49.880><c> the</c><00:37:50.139><c> tenth</c><00:37:50.420><c> verse</c><00:37:51.179><c> is</c><00:37:52.460><c> about</c><00:37:52.679><c> all</c>

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:54.639
the<00:37:53.280><c> history</c><00:37:53.639><c> you're</c><00:37:53.880><c> going</c><00:37:53.940><c> to</c><00:37:54.139><c> get</c>

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:58.019
concerning<00:37:55.440><c> the</c><00:37:55.699><c> Thessalonian</c><00:37:56.280><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:56.860><c> from</c><00:37:57.539><c> the</c><00:37:57.739><c> Acts</c><00:37:57.880><c> of</c>

00:37:58.019 --> 00:37:58.989
the<00:37:58.179><c> Apostles,</c>

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:01.420
verse<00:37:59.280><c> one</c><00:37:59.519><c> through</c><00:37:59.739><c> ten,</c><00:38:00.079><c> that's</c><00:38:00.420><c> it.</c>

00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:05.119
And<00:38:01.960><c> we're</c><00:38:02.079><c> told</c><00:38:02.260><c> that</c><00:38:02.500><c> three</c><00:38:02.840><c> Sabbath</c><00:38:03.219><c> days</c><00:38:03.599><c> he</c><00:38:03.860><c> reasoned</c><00:38:04.300><c> with</c><00:38:04.380><c> them</c><00:38:04.619><c> out</c><00:38:05.039><c> of</c>

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.280
the<00:38:05.340><c> Scripture.</c>

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:09.639
I'm<00:38:07.960><c> not</c><00:38:08.159><c> going</c><00:38:08.300><c> to</c><00:38:08.480><c> tell</c><00:38:08.639><c> you</c><00:38:08.780><c> that</c><00:38:08.880><c> he</c><00:38:08.960><c> was</c><00:38:09.119><c> only</c><00:38:09.320><c> there</c><00:38:09.500><c> for</c>

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.159
two<00:38:09.860><c> weeks.</c>

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:12.599
That<00:38:10.320><c> would</c><00:38:10.500><c> cover</c><00:38:10.679><c> the</c><00:38:10.920><c> three</c><00:38:11.159><c> Sabbath</c><00:38:11.500><c> days,</c><00:38:12.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:12.179><c> it?</c>

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:16.420
I'm<00:38:13.179><c> not</c><00:38:13.260><c> going</c><00:38:13.420><c> to</c><00:38:13.519><c> tell</c><00:38:13.639><c> you</c><00:38:13.780><c> that</c><00:38:14.079><c> the</c><00:38:14.159><c> total</c><00:38:14.420><c> time</c><00:38:14.840><c> in</c><00:38:15.460><c> Thessalonica</c><00:38:16.159><c> was</c>

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.900
two<00:38:16.699><c> weeks.</c>

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:20.739
My<00:38:18.920><c> belief</c><00:38:19.239><c> is</c><00:38:19.460><c> that</c><00:38:19.579><c> this</c><00:38:19.760><c> was</c><00:38:19.920><c> all</c><00:38:20.059><c> that</c><00:38:20.159><c> he</c><00:38:20.260><c> was</c><00:38:20.420><c> allowed</c><00:38:20.579><c> in</c>

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:22.000
the<00:38:20.980><c> synagogue.</c>

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:24.179
And<00:38:22.539><c> then</c><00:38:22.639><c> he</c><00:38:22.739><c> was</c><00:38:23.139><c> thrust</c><00:38:23.320><c> out</c><00:38:23.539><c> of</c><00:38:23.679><c> the</c><00:38:23.860><c> synagogue.</c>

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:27.059
No<00:38:24.480><c> more</c><00:38:24.780><c> work</c><00:38:24.960><c> here</c><00:38:25.159><c> in</c><00:38:25.320><c> this</c><00:38:25.860><c> synagogue</c><00:38:26.300><c> of</c><00:38:26.519><c> the</c><00:38:26.699><c> Jews</c><00:38:26.880><c> for</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:28.139
you,<00:38:27.639><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:31.800
There<00:38:29.380><c> were</c><00:38:29.559><c> Jews</c><00:38:29.820><c> there</c><00:38:30.079><c> that</c><00:38:30.420><c> believed</c><00:38:30.780><c> not.</c>

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:35.719
And<00:38:32.800><c> so</c><00:38:33.019><c> the</c><00:38:33.619><c> focal</c><00:38:33.980><c> points</c><00:38:34.360><c> shifted,</c><00:38:35.179><c> brethren</c><00:38:35.179><c> and</c><00:38:35.480><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:39.019
The<00:38:36.219><c> headquarters</c><00:38:36.900><c> for</c><00:38:37.539><c> preaching</c><00:38:37.920><c> shifted.</c>

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:42.980
And<00:38:39.780><c> they</c><00:38:39.900><c> went</c><00:38:39.980><c> over</c><00:38:40.179><c> to</c><00:38:40.320><c> the</c><00:38:40.500><c> house</c><00:38:40.780><c> of</c><00:38:41.800><c> Brother</c><00:38:42.000><c> Jason.</c>

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:48.199
And<00:38:44.320><c> that</c><00:38:44.460><c> became</c><00:38:44.719><c> the</c><00:38:44.960><c> focal</c><00:38:45.280><c> point</c><00:38:45.559><c> of</c><00:38:45.860><c> the</c><00:38:46.320><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:46.760><c> in</c><00:38:47.000><c> Thessalonica.</c>

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:53.000
In<00:38:49.619><c> verse</c><00:38:49.860><c> four,</c><00:38:51.559><c> this</c><00:38:51.900><c> gives</c><00:38:52.079><c> you</c><00:38:52.260><c> a</c><00:38:52.300><c> little</c><00:38:52.480><c> bit</c><00:38:52.659><c> about</c><00:38:52.820><c> what</c>

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.420
the<00:38:53.199><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:53.500><c> is</c><00:38:53.760><c> comprised</c><00:38:54.360><c> of.</c>

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:58.719
We<00:38:57.079><c> read</c><00:38:57.260><c> there</c><00:38:57.420><c> that</c><00:38:57.579><c> some</c><00:38:57.800><c> of</c><00:38:57.940><c> them</c><00:38:58.119><c> believed.</c>

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:03.280
This<00:38:59.300><c> is</c><00:38:59.500><c> some</c><00:38:59.679><c> of</c><00:38:59.820><c> them</c><00:38:59.940><c> that</c><00:39:00.820><c> were</c><00:39:01.500><c> in</c><00:39:01.619><c> the</c><00:39:01.860><c> synagogue</c><00:39:02.159><c> originally.</c>

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:07.099
Some<00:39:03.559><c> of</c><00:39:03.739><c> them</c><00:39:03.960><c> believed</c><00:39:04.380><c> and</c><00:39:04.599><c> consorted</c><00:39:05.139><c> with</c><00:39:05.400><c> Paul</c><00:39:05.699><c> and</c><00:39:06.059><c> Silas.</c>

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:10.400
And<00:39:07.519><c> of</c><00:39:07.699><c> the</c><00:39:07.920><c> devout</c><00:39:08.300><c> Greeks,</c><00:39:08.900><c> a</c><00:39:09.079><c> great</c><00:39:09.260><c> multitude.</c>

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:13.719
And<00:39:10.900><c> of</c><00:39:11.039><c> the</c><00:39:11.260><c> chief</c><00:39:11.519><c> women,</c><00:39:12.420><c> not</c><00:39:12.659><c> a</c><00:39:12.920><c> few.</c>

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:16.099
All<00:39:14.440><c> right,</c><00:39:14.579><c> so</c><00:39:14.739><c> you've</c><00:39:14.920><c> got</c><00:39:15.039><c> Jews</c><00:39:15.320><c> from</c><00:39:15.519><c> the</c><00:39:15.760><c> synagogue.</c>

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:19.599
Some<00:39:16.579><c> of</c><00:39:16.800><c> them</c><00:39:17.159><c> believed,</c><00:39:17.739><c> some</c><00:39:18.079><c> not</c><00:39:18.260><c> a</c><00:39:18.460><c> large</c><00:39:18.679><c> number.</c>

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:23.199
But<00:39:20.539><c> there</c><00:39:20.719><c> are</c><00:39:20.920><c> also</c><00:39:21.219><c> devout</c><00:39:22.119><c> Greeks.</c>

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:27.559
That<00:39:24.039><c> term</c><00:39:24.340><c> devout</c><00:39:24.780><c> means</c><00:39:25.039><c> to</c><00:39:25.360><c> feel</c><00:39:25.619><c> awe,</c><00:39:26.099><c> to</c><00:39:26.340><c> feel</c><00:39:26.860><c> religious.</c>

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:32.699
They<00:39:28.179><c> were</c><00:39:28.300><c> that</c><00:39:28.840><c> sort</c><00:39:29.219><c> of</c><00:39:29.559><c> type</c><00:39:30.139><c> of</c><00:39:30.480><c> person,</c><00:39:31.300><c> sensitive</c><00:39:32.079><c> to</c>

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:35.800
things<00:39:33.099><c> that</c><00:39:33.780><c> were</c><00:39:34.300><c> religious</c><00:39:34.719><c> things.</c>

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:39.079
And<00:39:36.360><c> some</c><00:39:36.519><c> of</c><00:39:36.679><c> them</c><00:39:37.219><c> also</c><00:39:37.840><c> believed,</c><00:39:38.179><c> but</c><00:39:38.340><c> they</c><00:39:38.500><c> were</c><00:39:38.699><c> told</c><00:39:38.880><c> that</c><00:39:38.980><c> it</c>

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:40.940
was<00:39:39.239><c> a</c><00:39:39.400><c> great</c><00:39:39.840><c> multitude.</c>

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:43.860
So<00:39:41.940><c> the</c><00:39:42.139><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:42.380><c> is</c><00:39:43.059><c> growing,</c><00:39:43.619><c> isn't</c><00:39:43.760><c> it?</c>

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:45.219
And<00:39:44.019><c> we</c><00:39:44.099><c> see</c><00:39:44.199><c> what</c><00:39:44.300><c> it's</c><00:39:44.500><c> made</c><00:39:44.760><c> up</c><00:39:44.980><c> of.</c>

00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:47.139
And<00:39:45.559><c> there</c><00:39:45.639><c> were</c><00:39:45.800><c> chief</c><00:39:46.059><c> women.</c>

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:51.480
Perhaps<00:39:48.099><c> the</c><00:39:48.579><c> wives</c><00:39:49.019><c> of</c><00:39:49.199><c> some</c><00:39:49.380><c> of</c><00:39:49.480><c> the</c><00:39:49.679><c> chief</c><00:39:49.920><c> men</c><00:39:50.139><c> of</c><00:39:50.340><c> the</c><00:39:50.519><c> city,</c><00:39:51.260><c> as</c>

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:52.800
we<00:39:51.679><c> sometimes</c><00:39:52.119><c> read</c><00:39:52.360><c> about</c><00:39:52.599><c> that.</c>

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:57.380
Or<00:39:52.940><c> maybe</c><00:39:53.119><c> like</c><00:39:53.420><c> Lydia,</c><00:39:54.679><c> the</c><00:39:54.900><c> seller</c><00:39:55.099><c> of</c><00:39:55.400><c> purple</c><00:39:55.679><c> from</c><00:39:56.519><c> Thyatira.</c>

00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:59.340
But<00:39:57.780><c> it</c><00:39:57.860><c> says</c><00:39:57.980><c> chief</c><00:39:58.300><c> women,</c><00:39:58.679><c> not</c><00:39:58.820><c> a</c><00:39:59.039><c> few.</c>

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:03.239
So<00:39:59.960><c> there</c><00:40:00.059><c> was</c><00:40:00.280><c> this</c><00:40:00.659><c> diverse</c><00:40:01.880><c> character</c><00:40:02.519><c> to</c><00:40:02.719><c> the</c><00:40:02.940><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:40:03.300 --> 00:40:05.280
much<00:40:03.519><c> like</c><00:40:03.780><c> the</c><00:40:03.940><c> Ecclesias</c><00:40:04.320><c> today.</c>

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.579
I<00:40:06.179><c> think</c><00:40:06.320><c> we</c><00:40:06.440><c> can</c><00:40:06.579><c> relate</c><00:40:06.820><c> to</c><00:40:07.019><c> that,</c><00:40:07.260><c> can't</c><00:40:07.460><c> we?</c>

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:11.360
From<00:40:07.800><c> all</c><00:40:08.119><c> walks</c><00:40:08.360><c> of</c><00:40:08.639><c> life,</c><00:40:09.619><c> from</c><00:40:09.820><c> different</c><00:40:10.159><c> backgrounds,</c>

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:16.239
all<00:40:12.519><c> one</c><00:40:13.099><c> in</c><00:40:14.880><c> Christ</c><00:40:15.219><c> Jesus.</c>

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:18.539
Hi,<00:40:17.099><c> dear</c><00:40:17.179><c> brethren</c><00:40:17.420><c> and</c><00:40:17.619><c> sisters.</c>

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:23.119
So<00:40:19.960><c> perhaps</c><00:40:20.320><c> Paul</c><00:40:20.579><c> was</c><00:40:20.840><c> there</c><00:40:21.019><c> for</c><00:40:21.199><c> five</c><00:40:21.460><c> or</c><00:40:21.579><c> six</c><00:40:21.860><c> months,</c>

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:26.059
working<00:40:23.739><c> amongst</c><00:40:24.119><c> the</c><00:40:24.780><c> brethren</c><00:40:25.019><c> and</c><00:40:25.300><c> sisters</c><00:40:25.599><c> and</c><00:40:25.760><c> working</c>

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:28.960
in<00:40:26.619><c> the</c><00:40:27.360><c> Thessalonian</c><00:40:28.019><c> area.</c>

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:32.179
Just<00:40:29.239><c> look</c><00:40:29.400><c> at</c><00:40:29.579><c> verses</c><00:40:29.800><c> five</c><00:40:30.900><c> through</c><00:40:31.139><c> seven.</c>

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:37.039
We<00:40:33.960><c> see</c><00:40:34.099><c> the</c><00:40:34.380><c> problems</c><00:40:34.780><c> cropping</c><00:40:35.159><c> up,</c><00:40:35.340><c> as</c><00:40:35.420><c> they</c><00:40:35.639><c> always</c><00:40:36.019><c> do.</c>

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:40.159
But<00:40:37.480><c> the</c><00:40:37.679><c> Jews,</c><00:40:37.920><c> which</c><00:40:38.280><c> believed</c><00:40:38.659><c> not,</c><00:40:39.179><c> moved</c><00:40:39.500><c> with</c><00:40:39.739><c> envy,</c>

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:43.840
took<00:40:40.739><c> unto</c><00:40:40.960><c> them</c><00:40:41.260><c> certain</c><00:40:41.739><c> lewd</c><00:40:42.219><c> fellows</c><00:40:42.539><c> of</c><00:40:42.800><c> the</c><00:40:43.019><c> baser</c><00:40:43.480><c> sort,</c>

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:47.539
and<00:40:44.619><c> gathered</c><00:40:44.980><c> a</c><00:40:45.280><c> company,</c><00:40:45.840><c> and</c><00:40:45.880><c> set</c><00:40:45.960><c> all</c><00:40:46.280><c> the</c><00:40:46.519><c> city</c><00:40:46.679><c> on</c><00:40:46.900><c> an</c><00:40:47.099><c> uproar,</c>

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:51.019
and<00:40:47.940><c> assaulted</c><00:40:48.300><c> the</c><00:40:48.500><c> house</c><00:40:48.739><c> of</c><00:40:49.019><c> Jason,</c><00:40:50.119><c> and</c><00:40:50.380><c> sought</c><00:40:50.599><c> to</c><00:40:50.900><c> bring</c>

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:52.179
them<00:40:51.179><c> out</c><00:40:51.380><c> to</c><00:40:51.500><c> the</c><00:40:51.699><c> people.</c>

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:55.659
And<00:40:52.860><c> when</c><00:40:52.960><c> they</c><00:40:53.139><c> found</c><00:40:53.400><c> them</c><00:40:53.679><c> not,</c><00:40:53.820><c> they</c><00:40:54.059><c> drew</c><00:40:54.280><c> Jason</c><00:40:55.039><c> and</c>

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.420
certain<00:40:55.960><c> brethren</c>

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:58.000
unto<00:40:56.619><c> the</c><00:40:56.860><c> rulers</c><00:40:57.079><c> of</c><00:40:57.280><c> the</c><00:40:57.460><c> city,</c><00:40:57.639><c> crying,</c>

00:40:58.380 --> 00:41:00.980
These<00:40:58.800><c> that</c><00:40:58.940><c> have</c><00:40:59.099><c> turned</c><00:40:59.340><c> the</c><00:40:59.579><c> world</c><00:40:59.860><c> upside</c><00:41:00.360><c> down</c><00:41:00.599><c> are</c><00:41:00.780><c> come</c>

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:02.820
hither<00:41:01.260><c> also,</c>

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:05.300
whom<00:41:03.380><c> Jason</c><00:41:03.800><c> hath</c><00:41:04.079><c> received.</c>

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:08.559
And<00:41:05.719><c> these</c><00:41:06.000><c> all</c><00:41:06.260><c> do</c><00:41:06.420><c> contrary</c><00:41:07.039><c> to</c><00:41:07.300><c> the</c><00:41:07.559><c> decrees</c><00:41:07.820><c> of</c><00:41:08.199><c> Caesar,</c>

00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:13.800
saying<00:41:09.460><c> that</c><00:41:09.639><c> there</c><00:41:09.780><c> is</c><00:41:09.980><c> another</c><00:41:10.219><c> king,</c><00:41:11.440><c> one</c><00:41:12.260><c> Jesus.</c>

00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:20.639
These<00:41:17.980><c> Jews,</c><00:41:18.440><c> the</c><00:41:18.619><c> baser</c><00:41:19.119><c> sort,</c><00:41:19.539><c> he</c><00:41:19.659><c> says,</c><00:41:19.800><c> they</c><00:41:20.340><c> went</c><00:41:20.440><c> into</c>

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:22.539
the<00:41:21.840><c> marketplace.</c>

00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:24.400
That's<00:41:22.960><c> what</c><00:41:23.119><c> the</c><00:41:23.239><c> word</c><00:41:23.460><c> baser</c><00:41:23.960><c> means.</c>

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:28.000
It<00:41:24.639><c> comes</c><00:41:24.920><c> from</c><00:41:25.219><c> the</c><00:41:25.679><c> word</c><00:41:25.940><c> agora,</c><00:41:27.139><c> which</c><00:41:27.280><c> has</c><00:41:27.519><c> to</c><00:41:27.679><c> do</c><00:41:27.719><c> with</c>

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:29.579
the<00:41:28.340><c> marketplace.</c>

00:41:30.639 --> 00:41:35.320
And<00:41:30.980><c> they</c><00:41:31.300><c> gathered</c><00:41:31.559><c> together</c><00:41:32.099><c> these</c><00:41:33.039><c> bad</c><00:41:33.679><c> characters,</c><00:41:34.440><c> as</c>

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:36.260
the<00:41:35.579><c> NIV</c><00:41:35.880><c> says,</c>

00:41:36.260 --> 00:41:39.000
these<00:41:36.519><c> bad</c><00:41:36.980><c> characters</c><00:41:37.360><c> from</c><00:41:37.559><c> the</c><00:41:37.780><c> marketplace,</c>

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:42.360
and<00:41:40.360><c> assaulted</c><00:41:40.800><c> the</c><00:41:41.000><c> house</c><00:41:41.179><c> of</c><00:41:41.460><c> Jason,</c>

00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:45.980
dragged<00:41:43.360><c> out</c><00:41:43.699><c> Jason</c><00:41:44.039><c> and</c><00:41:44.179><c> some</c><00:41:44.320><c> of</c><00:41:44.460><c> the</c><00:41:44.619><c> brethren</c><00:41:44.820><c> to</c><00:41:44.980><c> the</c><00:41:45.159><c> rulers.</c>

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:49.780
The<00:41:46.400><c> accusation</c><00:41:46.880><c> was</c><00:41:47.179><c> treason,</c><00:41:48.400><c> support</c><00:41:48.739><c> of</c><00:41:48.960><c> a</c><00:41:49.059><c> rival</c><00:41:49.380><c> king,</c>

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.539
one<00:41:49.980><c> by</c><00:41:50.219><c> the</c><00:41:50.280><c> name</c><00:41:50.380><c> of</c><00:41:50.699><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:51.380><c> above</c><00:41:51.599><c> Caesar.</c>

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:56.260
So<00:41:54.280><c> it's</c><00:41:54.440><c> trouble</c><00:41:54.679><c> again,</c><00:41:55.000><c> isn't</c><00:41:55.199><c> it?</c>

00:41:57.980 --> 00:42:00.519
But<00:41:58.239><c> notice,</c><00:41:58.659><c> brethren</c><00:41:58.860><c> and</c><00:41:59.019><c> sisters,</c><00:41:59.280><c> the</c><00:41:59.579><c> expression</c><00:41:59.960><c> that's</c><00:42:00.280><c> used</c>

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.920
about<00:42:00.880><c> them.</c>

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:06.699
These<00:42:02.800><c> that</c><00:42:02.980><c> have</c><00:42:03.300><c> turned</c><00:42:03.579><c> the</c><00:42:04.000><c> world</c><00:42:04.500><c> upside</c><00:42:05.300><c> down,</c>

00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:09.679
that's<00:42:08.179><c> the</c><00:42:08.340><c> world's</c><00:42:08.739><c> perspective.</c>

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:12.900
That's<00:42:11.280><c> what</c><00:42:11.420><c> the</c><00:42:11.659><c> truth</c><00:42:11.840><c> does.</c>

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:14.239
We<00:42:13.400><c> might</c><00:42:13.500><c> as</c><00:42:13.619><c> well</c><00:42:13.780><c> face</c><00:42:14.059><c> it.</c>

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:17.679
It<00:42:14.659><c> just</c><00:42:14.980><c> takes</c><00:42:15.300><c> the</c><00:42:15.559><c> world</c><00:42:15.739><c> and</c><00:42:16.019><c> turns</c><00:42:16.179><c> it</c><00:42:16.380><c> upside</c><00:42:16.780><c> down.</c>

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:21.679
Because<00:42:18.239><c> all</c><00:42:18.519><c> that</c><00:42:18.639><c> the</c><00:42:18.880><c> world</c><00:42:19.059><c> holds</c><00:42:19.440><c> dear,</c><00:42:19.920><c> all</c><00:42:20.139><c> the</c><00:42:20.440><c> values,</c><00:42:21.039><c> all</c>

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:23.099
the<00:42:21.980><c> standards,</c>

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:25.760
are<00:42:23.579><c> wrong,</c><00:42:24.539><c> brethren</c><00:42:24.719><c> and</c><00:42:25.039><c> sisters.</c>

00:42:25.980 --> 00:42:27.380
They're<00:42:26.280><c> wrong.</c>

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:31.420
And<00:42:28.219><c> the</c><00:42:28.480><c> truth</c><00:42:28.840><c> turns</c><00:42:29.440><c> things</c><00:42:29.820><c> right</c><00:42:30.179><c> side</c><00:42:30.619><c> up.</c>

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:34.900
That's<00:42:32.420><c> the</c><00:42:32.619><c> marvel</c><00:42:32.820><c> of</c><00:42:33.039><c> our</c><00:42:33.219><c> life</c><00:42:33.380><c> in</c><00:42:33.639><c> Christ</c><00:42:33.900><c> Jesus.</c>

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:37.019
That's<00:42:35.519><c> God's</c><00:42:36.000><c> perspective.</c>

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:42.599
And<00:42:38.900><c> what</c><00:42:39.019><c> happens</c><00:42:39.260><c> to</c><00:42:39.579><c> Paul</c><00:42:39.760><c> and</c><00:42:39.920><c> what</c><00:42:40.019><c> happens</c><00:42:40.300><c> to</c><00:42:40.659><c> Silas</c><00:42:41.119><c> is</c><00:42:41.519><c> amazing.</c>

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:46.039
Wherever<00:42:43.219><c> they</c><00:42:43.539><c> go,</c><00:42:43.800><c> they're</c><00:42:43.940><c> looked</c><00:42:44.139><c> upon</c><00:42:44.500><c> as</c><00:42:44.820><c> troublemakers.</c>

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:47.559
They're<00:42:46.659><c> run</c><00:42:46.820><c> out</c><00:42:47.059><c> of</c><00:42:47.280><c> town.</c>

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:49.699
The<00:42:48.000><c> truth</c><00:42:48.199><c> changes</c><00:42:48.699><c> things.</c>

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:52.559
You<00:42:50.820><c> can't</c><00:42:51.239><c> serve</c><00:42:51.539><c> yourself</c><00:42:51.960><c> anymore.</c>

00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:54.900
You<00:42:52.980><c> must</c><00:42:53.179><c> now</c><00:42:53.539><c> seek</c><00:42:53.780><c> to</c><00:42:54.119><c> please</c><00:42:54.400><c> God.</c>

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:57.559
That's<00:42:55.880><c> the</c><00:42:55.980><c> message</c><00:42:56.280><c> of</c><00:42:56.500><c> God.</c>

00:42:58.059 --> 00:43:01.360
And<00:42:58.179><c> the</c><00:42:58.340><c> key</c><00:42:58.440><c> from</c><00:42:58.659><c> 1</c><00:42:58.940><c> Thessalonians</c><00:42:59.860><c> chapter</c><00:43:00.420><c> 1.</c>

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:03.699
And<00:43:01.699><c> again,</c><00:43:01.880><c> I</c><00:43:02.079><c> say</c><00:43:02.119><c> you</c><00:43:02.199><c> don't</c><00:43:02.380><c> need</c><00:43:02.619><c> to</c><00:43:02.699><c> turn</c><00:43:02.820><c> this</c><00:43:03.039><c> up.</c>

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:05.880
But<00:43:04.079><c> it's</c><00:43:04.219><c> in</c><00:43:04.340><c> verse</c><00:43:04.539><c> 9</c><00:43:04.800><c> and</c><00:43:04.980><c> 10.</c>

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:09.400
You<00:43:06.719><c> serve</c><00:43:07.139><c> the</c><00:43:07.480><c> living</c><00:43:07.739><c> and</c><00:43:08.139><c> true</c><00:43:08.320><c> God</c><00:43:08.659><c> and</c><00:43:08.840><c> you</c><00:43:09.059><c> wait</c><00:43:09.219><c> for</c>

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.480
his<00:43:09.679><c> son</c><00:43:09.860><c> from</c><00:43:10.119><c> heaven.</c>

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:13.800
That's<00:43:11.159><c> what</c><00:43:11.679><c> coming</c><00:43:12.139><c> into</c><00:43:12.340><c> the</c><00:43:12.659><c> truth</c><00:43:12.840><c> means.</c>

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.980
Life<00:43:14.099><c> is</c><00:43:14.360><c> disturbed.</c>

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:17.179
It<00:43:15.500><c> doesn't</c><00:43:15.659><c> go</c><00:43:15.900><c> on</c><00:43:16.079><c> as</c><00:43:16.300><c> usual.</c>

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:18.159
Life<00:43:17.440><c> is</c><00:43:17.739><c> disturbed.</c>

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:21.400
This<00:43:18.840><c> world</c><00:43:19.260><c> is</c><00:43:19.679><c> turned</c><00:43:19.960><c> upside</c><00:43:20.539><c> down.</c>

00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:26.099
When<00:43:22.119><c> God's</c><00:43:22.719><c> world</c><00:43:22.900><c> becomes</c><00:43:23.360><c> evident</c><00:43:23.719><c> in</c><00:43:23.940><c> our</c><00:43:24.159><c> life</c><00:43:24.760><c> and</c><00:43:25.840><c> we</c>

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:28.440
who<00:43:26.340><c> are</c><00:43:26.619><c> dead</c><00:43:27.320><c> or</c><00:43:27.960><c> were</c><00:43:28.159><c> dead</c>

00:43:28.440 --> 00:43:33.400
in<00:43:28.780><c> trespasses</c><00:43:29.239><c> and</c><00:43:29.619><c> sins</c><00:43:29.820><c> are</c><00:43:30.000><c> made</c><00:43:30.199><c> alive</c><00:43:30.900><c> in</c><00:43:32.000><c> Christ</c><00:43:32.360><c> Jesus.</c>

00:43:39.820 --> 00:43:44.940
And<00:43:40.460><c> so</c><00:43:40.579><c> our</c><00:43:40.800><c> brethren</c><00:43:41.039><c> of</c><00:43:41.320><c> the</c><00:43:43.400><c> Thessalonian</c><00:43:44.039><c> area</c><00:43:44.440><c> say</c><00:43:44.679><c> to</c>

00:43:44.940 --> 00:43:47.000
Paul<00:43:45.119><c> and</c><00:43:45.420><c> Silas,</c><00:43:46.039><c> you</c><00:43:46.260><c> must</c><00:43:46.539><c> go.</c>

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:50.760
Once<00:43:47.760><c> again,</c><00:43:48.539><c> it's</c><00:43:49.320><c> time</c><00:43:49.679><c> to</c><00:43:49.940><c> go.</c>

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:56.500
Under<00:43:51.500><c> cover</c><00:43:51.699><c> of</c><00:43:51.940><c> night,</c><00:43:53.579><c> they</c><00:43:53.719><c> go</c><00:43:53.900><c> west</c><00:43:54.480><c> to</c><00:43:55.239><c> Berea.</c>

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:59.800
Immediately<00:43:57.920><c> upon</c><00:43:58.300><c> arrival,</c><00:43:58.719><c> they</c><00:43:58.880><c> go</c><00:43:59.000><c> into</c><00:43:59.179><c> the</c><00:43:59.440><c> synagogue</c>

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:00.539
of<00:44:00.019><c> the</c><00:44:00.219><c> Jews.</c>

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:02.980
And<00:44:01.000><c> the</c><00:44:01.239><c> cycle</c><00:44:01.440><c> repeats</c><00:44:01.940><c> itself</c><00:44:02.360><c> once</c><00:44:02.659><c> again.</c>

00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:06.320
There's<00:44:03.460><c> no</c><00:44:03.800><c> new</c><00:44:04.099><c> work</c><00:44:04.320><c> for</c><00:44:04.579><c> Paul,</c><00:44:05.059><c> brethren</c><00:44:05.199><c> and</c><00:44:05.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:10.619
It's<00:44:06.860><c> a</c><00:44:07.099><c> continuation</c><00:44:07.719><c> from</c><00:44:08.800><c> that</c><00:44:09.099><c> time</c><00:44:09.340><c> when</c><00:44:09.519><c> he</c><00:44:10.039><c> got</c><00:44:10.260><c> up</c><00:44:10.460><c> on</c>

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:12.199
the<00:44:10.760><c> Damascus</c><00:44:11.300><c> Road</c>

00:44:12.400 --> 00:44:15.219
and<00:44:13.039><c> received</c><00:44:13.559><c> again</c><00:44:13.900><c> his</c><00:44:14.300><c> sight.</c>

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:19.519
It<00:44:15.960><c> was</c><00:44:16.300><c> focused</c><00:44:17.059><c> on</c><00:44:18.179><c> the</c><00:44:18.380><c> word</c><00:44:18.539><c> and</c><00:44:18.679><c> the</c><00:44:18.880><c> work</c><00:44:19.019><c> of</c><00:44:19.199><c> the</c><00:44:19.300><c> Lord</c>

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:22.320
God<00:44:20.380><c> and</c><00:44:20.679><c> the</c><00:44:20.780><c> Lord</c><00:44:20.920><c> Jesus</c><00:44:21.340><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:22.639 --> 00:44:24.420
Focused<00:44:23.119><c> very</c><00:44:23.539><c> clearly.</c>

00:44:24.639 --> 00:44:26.360
And<00:44:24.800><c> so</c><00:44:24.900><c> he</c><00:44:24.980><c> comes</c><00:44:25.199><c> to</c><00:44:25.460><c> Berea.</c>

00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:28.460
We'd<00:44:26.739><c> like</c><00:44:26.760><c> to</c><00:44:26.980><c> spend</c><00:44:27.099><c> a</c><00:44:27.179><c> little</c><00:44:27.380><c> time</c><00:44:27.719><c> in</c><00:44:27.900><c> Berea,</c><00:44:28.340><c> brethren</c>

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.920
and<00:44:28.679><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:30.460
Just<00:44:29.179><c> a</c><00:44:29.380><c> couple</c><00:44:29.539><c> of</c><00:44:29.780><c> things</c><00:44:30.019><c> there.</c>

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:32.260
We<00:44:31.119><c> just</c><00:44:31.340><c> have</c><00:44:31.460><c> about</c><00:44:31.699><c> five</c><00:44:32.039><c> minutes.</c>

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:36.500
Just<00:44:32.739><c> think</c><00:44:33.059><c> about</c><00:44:33.340><c> this</c><00:44:33.599><c> as</c><00:44:34.639><c> we</c><00:44:34.980><c> continue</c><00:44:35.460><c> on</c><00:44:35.739><c> with</c><00:44:35.960><c> Paul</c><00:44:36.300><c> and</c>

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:38.900
with<00:44:36.760><c> Silas.</c>

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:41.519
Still<00:44:39.440><c> in</c><00:44:39.579><c> the</c><00:44:39.739><c> 17th</c><00:44:40.280><c> chapter.</c>

00:44:41.619 --> 00:44:44.440
About<00:44:42.179><c> the</c><00:44:42.440><c> Bereans</c><00:44:42.800><c> at</c><00:44:43.000><c> verse</c><00:44:43.260><c> 11.</c>

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:47.900
These<00:44:44.880><c> were</c><00:44:45.099><c> more</c><00:44:45.460><c> noble</c><00:44:45.840><c> than</c><00:44:46.059><c> those</c><00:44:46.360><c> in</c><00:44:46.579><c> Thessalonica,</c>

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:51.960
in<00:44:48.260><c> that</c><00:44:48.400><c> they</c><00:44:48.659><c> received</c><00:44:49.179><c> the</c><00:44:49.480><c> word</c><00:44:49.659><c> with</c><00:44:49.940><c> all</c><00:44:50.300><c> readiness</c><00:44:50.619><c> of</c><00:44:50.980><c> mind</c>

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:57.440
and<00:44:52.360><c> searched</c><00:44:52.860><c> the</c><00:44:53.239><c> scriptures</c><00:44:53.639><c> daily,</c><00:44:55.340><c> whether</c><00:44:55.579><c> those</c><00:44:55.940><c> things</c><00:44:56.159><c> were</c><00:44:56.480><c> so.</c>

00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:02.059
That's<00:44:58.699><c> the</c><00:44:58.840><c> perspective</c><00:44:59.340><c> of</c><00:44:59.559><c> our</c><00:44:59.760><c> brothers</c><00:44:59.960><c> and</c><00:45:00.199><c> sisters</c><00:45:00.619><c> in</c><00:45:01.000><c> Berea.</c>

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:04.960
Do<00:45:02.860><c> you</c><00:45:02.940><c> want</c><00:45:03.000><c> to</c><00:45:03.099><c> be</c><00:45:03.320><c> noble</c><00:45:03.599><c> in</c><00:45:03.760><c> the</c><00:45:04.019><c> truth,</c><00:45:04.420><c> brethren</c><00:45:04.599><c> and</c><00:45:04.780><c> sisters?</c>

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:05.739
That's<00:45:05.219><c> the</c><00:45:05.400><c> question.</c>

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:08.860
Do<00:45:06.179><c> you</c><00:45:06.400><c> want</c><00:45:06.539><c> to</c><00:45:06.659><c> be</c><00:45:06.920><c> noble</c><00:45:07.260><c> in</c><00:45:07.559><c> the</c><00:45:07.900><c> truth?</c>

00:45:10.159 --> 00:45:16.059
Someone<00:45:10.719><c> that's</c><00:45:11.039><c> noble</c><00:45:11.239><c> in</c><00:45:11.440><c> this</c><00:45:12.059><c> world,</c><00:45:12.519><c> I</c><00:45:12.519><c> suppose</c><00:45:12.800><c> they</c><00:45:12.980><c> get</c><00:45:13.219><c> that</c><00:45:13.780><c> nobility</c><00:45:14.300><c> by</c><00:45:15.480><c> birth</c>

00:45:16.059 --> 00:45:17.679
or<00:45:16.340><c> by</c><00:45:16.760><c> rank</c><00:45:16.960><c> of</c><00:45:17.239><c> some</c><00:45:17.500><c> sort.</c>

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:19.320
It's<00:45:17.980><c> aristocracy.</c>

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:23.980
We're<00:45:21.480><c> talking</c><00:45:21.679><c> about</c><00:45:21.840><c> being</c><00:45:22.139><c> noble</c><00:45:22.440><c> in</c><00:45:22.619><c> the</c><00:45:22.920><c> truth.</c>

00:45:24.420 --> 00:45:28.159
Noble<00:45:24.739><c> in</c><00:45:25.139><c> rank</c><00:45:25.380><c> by</c><00:45:26.760><c> rebirth,</c><00:45:27.599><c> brethren</c><00:45:27.760><c> and</c><00:45:28.000><c> sisters.</c>

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:28.940
That's<00:45:28.500><c> it,</c><00:45:28.639><c> isn't</c><00:45:28.820><c> it?</c>

00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:30.179
By<00:45:29.239><c> rebirth.</c>

00:45:30.320 --> 00:45:34.039
Superiority<00:45:30.880><c> of</c><00:45:31.179><c> mind</c><00:45:31.480><c> and</c><00:45:31.840><c> character</c><00:45:32.400><c> only.</c>

00:45:34.659 --> 00:45:36.820
Because<00:45:34.940><c> it's</c><00:45:35.420><c> influenced</c><00:45:35.719><c> by</c><00:45:35.980><c> the</c><00:45:36.199><c> word</c><00:45:36.340><c> of</c><00:45:36.679><c> God.</c>

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:40.280
Now<00:45:36.900><c> that's</c><00:45:37.139><c> the</c><00:45:37.280><c> only</c><00:45:37.480><c> reason</c><00:45:38.000><c> that</c><00:45:39.159><c> we</c><00:45:39.300><c> can</c><00:45:39.579><c> lay</c><00:45:39.679><c> any</c><00:45:40.079><c> claim</c>

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:41.539
to<00:45:40.500><c> nobility.</c>

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:47.440
Because<00:45:42.199><c> the</c><00:45:42.539><c> mind</c><00:45:42.780><c> and</c><00:45:42.940><c> the</c><00:45:43.320><c> character</c><00:45:43.559><c> has</c><00:45:43.780><c> been</c><00:45:44.059><c> influenced</c><00:45:44.719><c> by</c><00:45:46.000><c> the</c><00:45:46.179><c> word</c><00:45:46.320><c> of</c><00:45:46.599><c> God.</c>

00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:51.059
And<00:45:49.659><c> so</c><00:45:49.739><c> here's</c><00:45:49.920><c> a</c><00:45:50.059><c> procedure.</c>

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:56.139
We<00:45:52.480><c> might</c><00:45:52.639><c> call</c><00:45:52.880><c> it</c><00:45:53.940><c> the</c><00:45:54.280><c> procedure</c><00:45:54.699><c> for</c><00:45:54.960><c> becoming</c><00:45:55.320><c> noble</c><00:45:55.820><c> in</c>

00:45:56.139 --> 00:45:57.360
the<00:45:56.460><c> truth.</c>

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:58.480
And<00:45:57.619><c> just</c><00:45:57.800><c> think</c><00:45:57.980><c> of</c><00:45:58.179><c> this.</c>

00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:00.460
Now<00:45:58.760><c> it's</c><00:45:58.880><c> in</c><00:45:58.960><c> this</c><00:45:59.159><c> verse,</c><00:45:59.440><c> in</c><00:45:59.539><c> this</c><00:45:59.699><c> 11th</c><00:46:00.159><c> verse,</c>

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:02.960
just<00:46:00.920><c> a</c><00:46:01.099><c> few</c><00:46:01.239><c> things</c><00:46:01.579><c> there</c><00:46:01.900><c> that</c><00:46:02.000><c> are</c><00:46:02.179><c> quite</c><00:46:02.320><c> interesting.</c>

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:07.039
There's<00:46:03.880><c> a</c><00:46:04.059><c> regular</c><00:46:04.340><c> procedure,</c><00:46:04.960><c> a</c><00:46:05.159><c> two</c><00:46:05.559><c>-step</c><00:46:05.880><c> thing</c><00:46:06.179><c> here.</c>

00:46:07.400 --> 00:46:11.260
They<00:46:07.579><c> received</c><00:46:08.239><c> the</c><00:46:08.679><c> word</c><00:46:08.980><c> with</c><00:46:09.360><c> a</c><00:46:09.639><c> ready</c><00:46:09.900><c> mind.</c>

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:12.679
Readiness.

00:46:13.019 --> 00:46:16.000
That's<00:46:13.199><c> what</c><00:46:13.460><c> the</c><00:46:14.039><c> authorized</c><00:46:14.659><c> version</c><00:46:15.039><c> says.</c>

00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:20.780
The<00:46:16.619><c> NIV</c><00:46:16.880><c> says</c><00:46:17.119><c> they</c><00:46:17.360><c> received</c><00:46:17.840><c> the</c><00:46:18.159><c> message</c><00:46:18.400><c> with</c><00:46:18.820><c> great</c><00:46:19.639><c> eagerness.</c>

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:25.900
The<00:46:23.280><c> original</c><00:46:23.619><c> word</c><00:46:23.860><c> means</c><00:46:24.039><c> a</c><00:46:24.380><c> predisposition.</c>

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:30.119
It<00:46:26.260><c> means</c><00:46:26.440><c> you</c><00:46:26.960><c> are</c><00:46:27.280><c> disposed</c><00:46:28.239><c> to</c><00:46:28.619><c> come</c><00:46:28.920><c> to</c><00:46:29.119><c> this</c><00:46:29.440><c> word</c><00:46:29.619><c> with</c><00:46:29.840><c> a</c>

00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:32.179
desire<00:46:30.500><c> to</c><00:46:31.000><c> take</c><00:46:31.480><c> it</c><00:46:31.699><c> to</c><00:46:31.960><c> heart,</c>

00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:32.960
brethren<00:46:32.480><c> and</c><00:46:32.739><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:34.320
It's<00:46:33.199><c> going</c><00:46:33.320><c> to</c><00:46:33.619><c> direct</c><00:46:33.860><c> you.</c>

00:46:34.619 --> 00:46:37.059
You're<00:46:34.920><c> going</c><00:46:35.000><c> to</c><00:46:35.340><c> manifest</c><00:46:35.780><c> it</c><00:46:35.920><c> in</c><00:46:36.019><c> your</c><00:46:36.219><c> life.</c>

00:46:37.260 --> 00:46:39.300
You<00:46:37.460><c> receive</c><00:46:37.860><c> it</c><00:46:38.039><c> with</c><00:46:38.340><c> readiness.</c>

00:46:40.340 --> 00:46:42.179
That's<00:46:40.599><c> step</c><00:46:40.860><c> one.</c>

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:48.619
Step<00:46:43.239><c> two,</c><00:46:45.079><c> they</c><00:46:45.500><c> searched</c><00:46:46.039><c> the</c><00:46:46.679><c> scriptures</c><00:46:47.159><c> daily.</c>

00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:52.179
They<00:46:49.880><c> searched</c><00:46:50.480><c> the</c><00:46:51.219><c> scriptures.</c>

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:58.280
That's<00:46:53.099><c> a</c><00:46:53.179><c> word</c><00:46:53.280><c> that</c><00:46:53.440><c> means</c><00:46:53.619><c> to</c><00:46:54.079><c> scrutinize,</c><00:46:55.559><c> to</c><00:46:55.820><c> investigate,</c><00:46:57.400><c> to</c><00:46:57.639><c> interrogate.</c>

00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:00.360
You<00:46:58.920><c> ask</c><00:46:59.139><c> questions</c><00:46:59.639><c> about</c><00:46:59.920><c> this</c><00:47:00.239><c> word.</c>

00:47:00.360 --> 00:47:01.940
What<00:47:00.500><c> does</c><00:47:00.679><c> this</c><00:47:00.900><c> mean?</c>

00:47:03.820 --> 00:47:05.780
And<00:47:04.079><c> we</c><00:47:04.360><c> search</c><00:47:04.559><c> it</c><00:47:04.880><c> diligently.</c>

00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:09.840
They<00:47:06.500><c> examine</c><00:47:06.880><c> the</c><00:47:07.159><c> scriptures</c><00:47:07.519><c> every</c><00:47:08.139><c> day,</c><00:47:08.920><c> the</c><00:47:09.119><c> NIV</c><00:47:09.480><c> says.</c>

00:47:09.980 --> 00:47:12.900
They<00:47:10.179><c> were</c><00:47:10.340><c> checking</c><00:47:10.639><c> Paul</c><00:47:10.980><c> out,</c><00:47:11.239><c> and</c><00:47:11.340><c> that's</c><00:47:11.619><c> all</c><00:47:11.840><c> right.</c>

00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:14.639
It's<00:47:13.860><c> all</c><00:47:14.039><c> right</c><00:47:14.159><c> to</c><00:47:14.360><c> do</c><00:47:14.519><c> that.</c>

00:47:14.639 --> 00:47:16.639
I'm<00:47:14.820><c> sure</c><00:47:14.960><c> that</c><00:47:15.199><c> Paul</c><00:47:15.360><c> didn't</c><00:47:15.659><c> mind.</c>

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:20.159
That's<00:47:17.920><c> part</c><00:47:18.179><c> of</c><00:47:18.400><c> nobility,</c><00:47:18.920><c> part</c><00:47:19.119><c> of</c><00:47:19.260><c> the</c><00:47:19.519><c> responsibility</c>

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:21.460
that<00:47:20.380><c> we</c><00:47:20.619><c> have.</c>

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:25.380
As<00:47:22.719><c> far</c><00:47:22.860><c> as</c><00:47:22.960><c> I'm</c><00:47:23.199><c> concerned,</c><00:47:23.539><c> what</c><00:47:23.619><c> you</c><00:47:23.940><c> hear,</c>

00:47:26.139 --> 00:47:28.300
no<00:47:26.239><c> matter</c><00:47:26.360><c> who</c><00:47:26.579><c> it</c><00:47:26.679><c> is</c><00:47:26.800><c> that's</c><00:47:27.079><c> speaking</c><00:47:27.280><c> from</c><00:47:27.480><c> these</c><00:47:27.780><c> platforms,</c>

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:34.179
what<00:47:28.519><c> you</c><00:47:28.719><c> hear</c><00:47:29.380><c> is</c><00:47:30.019><c> only</c><00:47:30.460><c> important</c><00:47:31.500><c> if</c><00:47:32.340><c> it's</c><00:47:32.679><c> consistent</c><00:47:33.460><c> and</c><00:47:33.980><c> in</c>

00:47:34.179 --> 00:47:36.480
harmony<00:47:34.579><c> with</c><00:47:34.820><c> the</c><00:47:34.940><c> word</c><00:47:35.139><c> of</c><00:47:35.239><c> God.</c>

00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:39.320
Anything<00:47:37.300><c> other</c><00:47:37.539><c> than</c><00:47:37.719><c> that</c><00:47:37.860><c> you</c><00:47:38.000><c> can</c><00:47:38.179><c> dismiss.</c>

00:47:39.480 --> 00:47:41.780
You<00:47:39.980><c> don't</c><00:47:40.219><c> need</c><00:47:40.400><c> it.</c>

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:47.659
And<00:47:42.340><c> after</c><00:47:42.539><c> this</c><00:47:42.780><c> procedure,</c><00:47:44.340><c> many</c><00:47:44.360><c> believed,</c><00:47:45.940><c> many</c><00:47:46.280><c> believed.</c>

00:47:47.860 --> 00:47:51.820
They<00:47:48.119><c> received</c><00:47:48.440><c> the</c><00:47:48.659><c> word</c><00:47:48.840><c> with</c><00:47:49.380><c> readiness</c><00:47:49.860><c> and</c><00:47:51.440><c> searched</c>

00:47:51.820 --> 00:47:53.699
the<00:47:52.039><c> scripture</c><00:47:52.340><c> daily.</c>

00:47:56.219 --> 00:48:02.860
So<00:47:56.739><c> we</c><00:47:56.920><c> leave</c><00:47:57.059><c> our</c><00:47:57.340><c> first</c><00:47:57.800><c> session</c><00:47:58.199><c> here</c><00:47:59.260><c> with</c><00:48:01.679><c> jealous</c><00:48:02.099><c> Jews,</c>

00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:06.559
the<00:48:03.960><c> ones</c><00:48:04.099><c> that</c><00:48:04.340><c> had</c><00:48:04.480><c> their</c><00:48:04.820><c> world</c><00:48:05.159><c> turned</c><00:48:05.480><c> upside</c><00:48:06.039><c> down,</c>

00:48:06.780 --> 00:48:09.099
coming<00:48:06.920><c> down</c><00:48:07.260><c> from</c><00:48:07.500><c> Thessalonica</c><00:48:08.139><c> into</c><00:48:08.440><c> Berea.</c>

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:11.539
They're<00:48:09.739><c> going</c><00:48:09.860><c> to</c><00:48:10.019><c> put</c><00:48:10.119><c> an</c><00:48:10.280><c> end</c><00:48:10.420><c> to</c><00:48:10.659><c> this</c><00:48:10.920><c> disruption.</c>

00:48:12.019 --> 00:48:14.639
And<00:48:12.159><c> they</c><00:48:12.280><c> were</c><00:48:12.460><c> diligent</c><00:48:12.800><c> in</c><00:48:12.980><c> the</c><00:48:13.199><c> work,</c><00:48:13.579><c> 40</c><00:48:13.860><c> to</c><00:48:13.980><c> 50</c><00:48:14.320><c> miles.</c>

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:18.940
They're<00:48:14.860><c> willing</c><00:48:15.000><c> to</c><00:48:15.320><c> travel</c><00:48:15.619><c> to</c><00:48:17.059><c> get</c><00:48:17.619><c> rid</c><00:48:17.800><c> of</c><00:48:18.079><c> Paul.</c>

00:48:19.460 --> 00:48:22.599
And<00:48:19.679><c> they</c><00:48:19.940><c> stirred</c><00:48:20.079><c> up</c><00:48:20.300><c> the</c><00:48:20.480><c> people,</c><00:48:21.719><c> and</c><00:48:21.980><c> the</c><00:48:22.139><c> brethren</c><00:48:22.360><c> say,</c>

00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:24.699
Paul,<00:48:22.860><c> you've</c><00:48:23.099><c> got</c><00:48:23.219><c> to</c><00:48:23.380><c> go</c><00:48:23.519><c> again.</c>

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:30.099
And<00:48:25.199><c> now</c><00:48:25.400><c> it's</c><00:48:25.699><c> down,</c><00:48:26.679><c> down</c><00:48:27.059><c> to</c><00:48:27.380><c> Athens</c><00:48:27.739><c> in</c><00:48:29.139><c> the</c><00:48:29.340><c> southern</c><00:48:29.539><c> part</c><00:48:29.840><c> of</c>

00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:31.320
Greece,<00:48:30.360><c> down</c><00:48:30.639><c> to</c><00:48:30.960><c> Athens.</c>

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.900
And<00:48:31.820><c> the</c><00:48:32.059><c> work</c><00:48:32.280><c> goes</c><00:48:32.599><c> on.</c>

00:48:32.940 --> 00:48:33.940
It<00:48:33.079><c> never</c><00:48:33.480><c> changes.</c>

00:48:34.139 --> 00:48:36.099
That<00:48:34.340><c> work</c><00:48:34.519><c> continues</c><00:48:35.039><c> on.</c>

00:48:36.860 --> 00:48:39.659
And<00:48:37.099><c> we</c><00:48:37.239><c> wonder</c><00:48:37.440><c> how</c><00:48:37.679><c> many</c><00:48:38.019><c> times,</c><00:48:39.159><c> brethren</c><00:48:39.239><c> and</c><00:48:39.420><c> sisters,</c>

00:48:39.780 --> 00:48:46.000
Paul's<00:48:40.340><c> mind</c><00:48:40.659><c> would</c><00:48:41.320><c> go</c><00:48:41.599><c> back</c><00:48:42.280><c> and</c><00:48:43.539><c> would</c><00:48:43.800><c> recall</c><00:48:44.320><c> a</c><00:48:44.679><c> man</c>

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:48.360
named<00:48:47.139><c> Saul,</c>

00:48:49.199 --> 00:48:54.199
Saul<00:48:49.780><c> of</c><00:48:50.019><c> Tarsus,</c><00:48:51.300><c> whose</c><00:48:51.440><c> own</c><00:48:51.880><c> world</c><00:48:52.179><c> was</c><00:48:52.820><c> turned</c><00:48:53.159><c> upside</c><00:48:53.860><c> down,</c>

00:48:54.219 --> 00:48:58.519
who<00:48:54.360><c> was</c><00:48:54.599><c> blind</c><00:48:54.920><c> to</c><00:48:55.079><c> the</c><00:48:55.360><c> truth,</c><00:48:55.780><c> who</c><00:48:55.960><c> made</c><00:48:56.260><c> havoc</c><00:48:56.599><c> of</c><00:48:56.800><c> the</c><00:48:56.920><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:04.619
And<00:48:59.840><c> by</c><00:48:59.980><c> the</c><00:49:00.139><c> grace</c><00:49:00.340><c> of</c><00:49:00.559><c> God</c><00:49:01.159><c> is</c><00:49:02.619><c> now</c><00:49:02.860><c> our</c><00:49:03.000><c> beloved</c><00:49:03.239><c> brother</c><00:49:03.539><c> Paul.</c>

00:49:05.940 --> 00:49:10.369
And<00:49:06.320><c> he</c><00:49:06.360><c> comes</c><00:49:06.519><c> down</c><00:49:06.739><c> to</c><00:49:06.960><c> Athens</c><00:49:07.219><c> alone</c><00:49:08.159><c> and</c><00:49:08.559><c> is</c><00:49:08.860><c> longing</c><00:49:09.219><c> for</c><00:49:09.579><c> companionship,</c>

00:49:10.780 --> 00:49:13.760
longing<00:49:11.119><c> for</c><00:49:11.360><c> the</c><00:49:11.559><c> help</c><00:49:11.739><c> of</c><00:49:12.079><c> Silas</c><00:49:12.420><c> and</c><00:49:12.559><c> of</c><00:49:12.840><c> Timothy.</c>

00:49:13.880 --> 00:49:16.219
If<00:49:14.280><c> there</c><00:49:14.440><c> was</c><00:49:14.539><c> ever</c><00:49:14.780><c> a</c><00:49:14.940><c> call</c><00:49:15.099><c> that</c><00:49:15.219><c> goes</c><00:49:15.400><c> out,</c><00:49:15.679><c> come</c><00:49:15.800><c> over</c><00:49:16.039><c> and</c>

00:49:16.219 --> 00:49:16.559
help<00:49:16.380><c> us,</c>

00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:19.380
it<00:49:16.619><c> would</c><00:49:16.760><c> go</c><00:49:16.980><c> from</c><00:49:17.559><c> Paul</c><00:49:17.980><c> at</c><00:49:18.179><c> this</c><00:49:18.420><c> time.</c>

00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:22.380
And<00:49:19.780><c> they</c><00:49:19.960><c> abode</c><00:49:20.340><c> still</c><00:49:20.599><c> in</c><00:49:20.820><c> Berea.</c>

00:49:22.760 --> 00:49:25.500
And<00:49:22.900><c> they'll</c><00:49:23.139><c> join</c><00:49:23.300><c> him</c><00:49:23.500><c> later</c><00:49:23.760><c> when</c><00:49:23.900><c> he</c><00:49:24.019><c> comes</c><00:49:24.239><c> to</c><00:49:24.639><c> Corinth.</c>

00:49:25.760 --> 00:49:28.119
He's<00:49:25.940><c> at</c><00:49:26.119><c> Corinth</c><00:49:26.420><c> for</c><00:49:26.659><c> a</c><00:49:26.760><c> year</c><00:49:26.900><c> and</c><00:49:27.099><c> a</c><00:49:27.219><c> half.</c>

00:49:28.159 --> 00:49:30.360
We<00:49:28.199><c> believe</c><00:49:28.460><c> that</c><00:49:28.639><c> these</c><00:49:28.800><c> letters</c><00:49:29.159><c> to</c><00:49:29.619><c> the</c><00:49:29.780><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:49:30.360 --> 00:49:32.119
were<00:49:30.559><c> written</c><00:49:30.739><c> from</c><00:49:31.119><c> Corinth.</c>

00:49:32.460 --> 00:49:35.219
At<00:49:32.719><c> the</c><00:49:32.820><c> end</c><00:49:32.940><c> of</c><00:49:33.099><c> your</c><00:49:33.739><c> letters</c><00:49:34.059><c> you'll</c><00:49:34.400><c> have</c><00:49:34.539><c> from</c><00:49:34.840><c> Athens,</c>

00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:36.239
you<00:49:35.380><c> can</c><00:49:35.579><c> disregard</c><00:49:36.059><c> that.</c>

00:49:36.239 --> 00:49:38.719
That's<00:49:36.480><c> not</c><00:49:36.659><c> part</c><00:49:36.820><c> of</c><00:49:36.920><c> the</c><00:49:37.099><c> inspired</c><00:49:37.500><c> word</c><00:49:37.699><c> of</c><00:49:37.960><c> God.</c>

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:41.019
We<00:49:39.179><c> believe</c><00:49:39.320><c> it's</c><00:49:39.659><c> far</c><00:49:39.840><c> more</c><00:49:40.119><c> likely</c><00:49:40.400><c> that</c><00:49:40.579><c> these</c><00:49:40.780><c> letters</c>

00:49:41.019 --> 00:49:41.360
were<00:49:41.199><c> written</c>

00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:44.460
from<00:49:41.860><c> the</c><00:49:42.420><c> Corinthian</c><00:49:42.900><c> area</c><00:49:43.300><c> here.</c>

00:49:45.980 --> 00:49:48.420
And<00:49:46.380><c> so</c><00:49:46.500><c> we</c><00:49:46.699><c> read</c><00:49:46.860><c> just</c><00:49:47.139><c> this.</c>

00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:51.300
Just<00:49:49.219><c> turn</c><00:49:49.440><c> to</c><00:49:49.639><c> 1</c><00:49:49.820><c> Thessalonians.</c>

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:59.239
We'll<00:49:54.239><c> conclude</c><00:49:54.579><c> where</c><00:49:54.820><c> we</c><00:49:54.960><c> will</c><00:49:55.219><c> begin,</c><00:49:56.340><c> God</c><00:49:56.900><c> willing,</c><00:49:58.239><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:50:01.900 --> 00:50:05.980
Just<00:50:02.559><c> so</c><00:50:02.719><c> we</c><00:50:02.760><c> can</c><00:50:02.900><c> say</c><00:50:03.039><c> we've</c><00:50:03.320><c> read</c><00:50:03.480><c> something</c><00:50:03.960><c> from</c><00:50:04.239><c> the</c><00:50:04.599><c> Thessalonian</c><00:50:05.139><c> letter</c><00:50:05.340><c> this</c><00:50:05.659><c> morning.</c>

00:50:05.980 --> 00:50:11.880
The<00:50:07.099><c> first</c><00:50:07.460><c> verse,</c><00:50:09.079><c> remember</c><00:50:09.360><c> that</c><00:50:09.579><c> Silvanus</c><00:50:10.119><c> and</c><00:50:10.420><c> Silas,</c>

00:50:12.260 --> 00:50:14.550
Paul<00:50:12.659><c> and</c><00:50:12.880><c> Silvanus</c><00:50:13.559><c> and</c><00:50:13.739><c> Timotheus,</c>

00:50:15.420 --> 00:50:17.960
unto<00:50:15.480><c> the</c><00:50:15.699><c> ecclesia</c><00:50:16.239><c> of</c><00:50:16.460><c> the</c><00:50:16.679><c> Thessalonians</c><00:50:17.320><c> which</c><00:50:17.500><c> is</c><00:50:17.719><c> in</c>

00:50:17.960 --> 00:50:18.820
God<00:50:18.179><c> the</c><00:50:18.500><c> Father</c>

00:50:18.820 --> 00:50:23.400
and<00:50:19.000><c> in</c><00:50:19.139><c> the</c><00:50:19.300><c> Lord</c><00:50:19.519><c> Jesus</c><00:50:19.980><c> Christ,</c><00:50:21.619><c> grace</c><00:50:21.860><c> be</c><00:50:22.039><c> unto</c><00:50:22.219><c> you,</c>

00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:29.639
and<00:50:23.800><c> peace</c><00:50:24.420><c> from</c><00:50:25.539><c> God</c><00:50:25.860><c> our</c><00:50:26.099><c> Father</c><00:50:26.780><c> and</c><00:50:27.619><c> the</c><00:50:27.739><c> Lord</c><00:50:27.980><c> Jesus</c><00:50:28.380><c> Christ.</c>

00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:33.300
And<00:50:30.440><c> Lord</c><00:50:30.579><c> willing,</c><00:50:31.079><c> brethren</c><00:50:31.239><c> and</c><00:50:31.400><c> sisters,</c><00:50:31.679><c> tomorrow</c><00:50:32.340><c> we'll</c><00:50:33.099><c> look</c>

00:50:33.300 --> 00:50:35.440
at<00:50:33.619><c> the</c><00:50:34.340><c> model</c><00:50:34.579><c> ecclesia</c>

00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:39.739
and<00:50:35.900><c> see</c><00:50:36.179><c> that</c><00:50:36.360><c> it</c><00:50:36.420><c> is</c><00:50:36.679><c> indeed</c><00:50:36.980><c> an</c><00:50:37.260><c> example</c><00:50:37.699><c> for</c><00:50:38.500><c> all</c><00:50:38.739><c> believers.</c>