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them.<00:12:04.399><c> And</c><00:12:04.639><c> so</c><00:12:04.779><c> it</c><00:12:04.899><c> was</c><00:12:05.340><c> quite</c><00:12:05.620><c> natural</c><00:12:06.200><c> that</c><00:12:06.360><c> they</c><00:12:06.519><c> would</c><00:12:06.779><c> invite</c><00:12:07.100><c> him</c>

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And<00:12:10.299><c> so</c><00:12:10.440><c> he</c><00:12:10.659><c> spoke</c><00:12:10.919><c> to</c><00:12:11.120><c> them</c><00:12:11.500><c> every</c><00:12:12.080><c> Sabbath.</c><00:12:14.120><c> What</c><00:12:14.240><c> you</c><00:12:14.440><c> see</c><00:12:14.600><c> on</c><00:12:14.799><c> the</c><00:12:15.000><c> slide</c><00:12:15.259><c> here</c><00:12:15.639><c> is</c><00:12:15.940><c> a</c>

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stone<00:12:16.659><c> that</c><00:12:16.840><c> was</c><00:12:17.159><c> discovered</c>

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in<00:12:18.200><c> the</c><00:12:18.360><c> late</c><00:12:18.659><c> 1800s.</c><00:12:20.960><c> This</c><00:12:21.200><c> stone</c><00:12:21.500><c> was</c><00:12:22.759><c> probably</c><00:12:23.580><c> about</c><00:12:23.879><c> three</c><00:12:24.139><c> or</c>

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four<00:12:24.600><c> feet</c><00:12:24.919><c> long.</c>

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And<00:12:26.340><c> the</c><00:12:26.539><c> archaeologists</c><00:12:27.080><c> discovered</c><00:12:27.620><c> some</c><00:12:27.940><c> writing</c><00:12:28.220><c> on</c><00:12:28.460><c> the</c>

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stone.<00:12:30.240><c> And</c><00:12:30.399><c> that</c><00:12:30.620><c> writing</c><00:12:30.860><c> has</c><00:12:31.080><c> been</c><00:12:31.419><c> translated.</c>

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picture<00:12:43.440><c> is</c><00:12:44.120><c> the</c><00:12:44.399><c> lintel</c><00:12:44.820><c> post</c><00:12:45.279><c> that</c><00:12:45.879><c> was</c>

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above<00:12:47.379><c> the</c><00:12:47.720><c> doorway.</c><00:12:49.360><c> And</c><00:12:49.559><c> it's</c><00:12:49.759><c> likely</c><00:12:50.139><c> that</c><00:12:50.360><c> it</c><00:12:50.460><c> was</c><00:12:50.620><c> under</c>

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that<00:12:51.299><c> lintel</c><00:12:51.759><c> post</c><00:12:52.179><c> that</c><00:12:52.860><c> the</c><00:12:53.120><c> Apostle</c><00:12:53.580><c> Paul</c>

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would<00:12:54.539><c> have</c><00:12:55.019><c> traveled</c><00:12:55.679><c> every</c><00:12:56.279><c> Sabbath.</c><00:12:57.940><c> He</c><00:12:58.080><c> would</c><00:12:58.259><c> have</c><00:12:58.440><c> walked</c><00:12:58.720><c> underneath</c><00:12:59.279><c> that</c>

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to<00:13:01.360><c> preach</c><00:13:01.639><c> the</c><00:13:01.899><c> gospel.</c><00:13:03.600><c> And</c><00:13:03.940><c> I</c><00:13:04.159><c> love</c><00:13:04.320><c> these</c><00:13:04.759><c> discoveries</c><00:13:05.220><c> of</c>

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archaeological<00:13:06.399><c> finds</c><00:13:06.960><c> because</c><00:13:07.440><c> it</c>

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again<00:13:08.720><c> confirms</c><00:13:09.340><c> that</c><00:13:09.639><c> the</c><00:13:09.860><c> things</c><00:13:10.059><c> that</c><00:13:10.299><c> we</c><00:13:10.580><c> read</c><00:13:10.820><c> in</c><00:13:11.019><c> the</c>

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scripture<00:13:11.899><c> aren't</c><00:13:12.779><c> merely</c><00:13:13.240><c> stories.</c><00:13:14.460><c> But</c><00:13:14.779><c> these</c><00:13:15.039><c> are</c>

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actual<00:13:15.840><c> things</c><00:13:16.340><c> that</c><00:13:16.519><c> were</c><00:13:16.840><c> lived</c><00:13:17.039><c> out</c><00:13:17.340><c> in</c><00:13:17.519><c> the</c><00:13:17.700><c> lives</c><00:13:18.100><c> of</c><00:13:18.399><c> real</c><00:13:18.720><c> men</c>

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and<00:13:19.179><c> women.</c><00:13:20.860><c> And</c><00:13:21.059><c> so</c><00:13:21.240><c> in</c><00:13:21.379><c> my</c><00:13:21.740><c> mind's</c><00:13:22.240><c> eye,</c>

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I<00:13:22.620><c> can</c><00:13:22.899><c> see</c><00:13:23.039><c> the</c><00:13:23.320><c> Apostle</c><00:13:23.799><c> Paul</c><00:13:24.500><c> walking</c><00:13:25.740><c> underneath</c><00:13:26.740><c> that</c><00:13:27.399><c> doorway,</c><00:13:29.120><c> being</c><00:13:29.340><c> invited</c><00:13:29.740><c> to</c>

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speak<00:13:30.259><c> to</c><00:13:30.460><c> the</c><00:13:30.679><c> congregation.</c>

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And<00:13:33.159><c> so</c><00:13:33.559><c> the</c><00:13:33.840><c> Apostle</c><00:13:34.259><c> Paul</c><00:13:34.679><c> began</c><00:13:35.039><c> to</c><00:13:35.360><c> preach</c><00:13:35.720><c> and</c><00:13:36.259><c> to</c><00:13:36.539><c> teach.</c>

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And<00:13:37.960><c> so</c><00:13:38.100><c> what</c><00:13:38.259><c> was</c><00:13:38.500><c> it</c><00:13:38.639><c> that</c><00:13:38.779><c> he</c><00:13:38.940><c> taught?</c>

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Well,<00:13:42.419><c> Silas</c><00:13:42.919><c> and</c><00:13:43.139><c> Timothy</c><00:13:43.399><c> came.</c><00:13:44.639><c> And</c><00:13:44.759><c> it</c><00:13:44.820><c> was</c><00:13:44.980><c> at</c><00:13:45.100><c> that</c><00:13:45.320><c> point</c><00:13:45.519><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:13:45.960><c> was</c><00:13:46.240><c> able</c><00:13:46.500><c> to</c><00:13:46.840><c> devote</c><00:13:47.059><c> himself</c>

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exclusively<00:13:48.480><c> to</c><00:13:48.899><c> preaching.</c><00:13:49.980><c> And</c><00:13:50.159><c> he</c><00:13:50.500><c> testified</c><00:13:50.919><c> to</c><00:13:51.240><c> the</c><00:13:51.519><c> Jews</c><00:13:52.120><c> that</c><00:13:53.379><c> Jesus</c><00:13:54.200><c> was</c>

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the<00:13:55.519><c> Christ.</c><00:13:57.080><c> That</c><00:13:57.460><c> Jesus</c><00:13:58.259><c> was</c><00:13:59.100><c> the</c><00:13:59.500><c> Messiah.</c>

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Messiah.<00:14:07.080><c> They</c><00:14:07.539><c> had</c><00:14:07.940><c> longed</c><00:14:08.419><c> to</c><00:14:08.460><c> see</c>

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the<00:14:08.759><c> Messiah.</c><00:14:11.279><c> And</c><00:14:11.600><c> yet</c><00:14:11.700><c> in</c><00:14:11.960><c> Corinthians,</c><00:14:13.139><c> Paul</c><00:14:13.419><c> says</c><00:14:13.779><c> that</c>

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he<00:14:14.220><c> came</c><00:14:14.639><c> preaching</c><00:14:15.220><c> Christ</c><00:14:16.200><c> crucified,</c>

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a<00:14:18.759><c> stumbling</c><00:14:19.240><c> block</c><00:14:19.879><c> to</c><00:14:20.460><c> the</c><00:14:20.679><c> Jews.</c><00:14:21.860><c> They</c><00:14:22.179><c> couldn't</c><00:14:22.460><c> understand</c><00:14:23.159><c> how</c><00:14:23.399><c> the</c>

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Messiah<00:14:24.100><c> would</c><00:14:24.399><c> come,</c><00:14:24.659><c> not</c><00:14:24.899><c> as</c><00:14:25.159><c> a</c><00:14:25.399><c> king.</c>

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here<00:14:31.480><c> in</c><00:14:31.639><c> Acts</c><00:14:31.940><c> chapter</c><00:14:32.379><c> 18</c>

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that<00:14:33.960><c> the</c><00:14:34.340><c> Jews</c><00:14:34.700><c> became</c><00:14:35.720><c> abusive.</c><00:14:37.399><c> Verse</c><00:14:37.620><c> six.</c><00:14:39.440><c> When</c><00:14:39.639><c> the</c><00:14:39.879><c> Jews</c><00:14:40.120><c> opposed</c><00:14:40.759><c> Paul</c><00:14:41.299><c> and</c>

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became<00:14:42.539><c> abusive,</c>

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the<00:14:45.139><c> King</c><00:14:45.340><c> James</c><00:14:45.639><c> uses</c><00:14:45.980><c> the</c><00:14:46.159><c> word</c><00:14:46.460><c> blasphemed.</c><00:14:48.360><c> Paul</c><00:14:48.659><c> shook</c>

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out<00:14:49.220><c> his</c><00:14:49.539><c> clothes</c><00:14:49.759><c> in</c><00:14:50.039><c> protest</c><00:14:50.580><c> and</c><00:14:50.860><c> said</c><00:14:50.980><c> to</c><00:14:51.100><c> them,</c>

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your<00:14:51.559><c> blood</c><00:14:51.980><c> be</c><00:14:52.200><c> on</c><00:14:52.299><c> your</c><00:14:52.600><c> own</c><00:14:52.820><c> heads.</c><00:14:53.820><c> I'm</c><00:14:54.259><c> clear</c><00:14:54.600><c> of</c><00:14:54.860><c> my</c><00:14:55.179><c> responsibility.</c><00:14:56.740><c> From</c>

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now<00:14:57.340><c> on,</c><00:14:57.580><c> I'll</c><00:14:57.740><c> go</c><00:14:57.980><c> to</c><00:14:58.200><c> the</c><00:14:58.320><c> gentiles.</c>

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Verse<00:14:59.379><c> seven.</c><00:15:00.879><c> Then</c><00:15:01.100><c> Paul</c><00:15:01.419><c> left</c><00:15:01.720><c> the</c><00:15:02.019><c> synagogue</c><00:15:02.480><c> and</c><00:15:03.159><c> went</c><00:15:03.440><c> next</c><00:15:03.879><c> door</c><00:15:04.259><c> to</c>

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the<00:15:04.519><c> house</c><00:15:04.840><c> of</c><00:15:05.080><c> Titius</c><00:15:05.480><c> Justice,</c>

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a<00:15:06.279><c> worshiper</c><00:15:06.659><c> of</c><00:15:06.860><c> God.</c><00:15:08.539><c> But</c><00:15:08.700><c> look</c><00:15:08.840><c> what</c><00:15:08.980><c> it</c><00:15:09.200><c> says</c><00:15:09.440><c> in</c><00:15:09.639><c> verse</c><00:15:09.879><c> eight.</c><00:15:12.240><c> In</c>

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verse<00:15:12.639><c> eight,</c><00:15:13.080><c> we</c><00:15:13.200><c> discover</c>

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the<00:15:19.100><c> gospel</c><00:15:19.600><c> was</c><00:15:20.820><c> none</c><00:15:21.100><c> other</c><00:15:21.620><c> than</c><00:15:22.399><c> the</c>

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synagogue<00:15:23.019><c> ruler</c><00:15:23.440><c> himself.</c><00:15:25.399><c> When</c><00:15:25.639><c> Paul</c><00:15:26.279><c> shook</c><00:15:26.580><c> out</c><00:15:26.899><c> the</c><00:15:27.139><c> clothes</c><00:15:27.440><c> of</c>

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his,<00:15:28.039><c> shook</c><00:15:28.340><c> out</c><00:15:28.659><c> his</c><00:15:29.360><c> garments,</c>

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when<00:15:30.659><c> he</c><00:15:30.779><c> said</c><00:15:30.919><c> your</c><00:15:31.519><c> blood</c><00:15:31.799><c> be</c><00:15:32.000><c> on</c><00:15:32.080><c> your</c><00:15:32.340><c> own</c><00:15:32.580><c> heads,</c><00:15:33.460><c> I</c><00:15:33.620><c> can't</c>

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imagine<00:15:34.360><c> but</c><00:15:34.580><c> to</c><00:15:34.820><c> think</c><00:15:35.019><c> that</c><00:15:35.820><c> the</c><00:15:36.139><c> synagogue</c>

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ruler<00:15:36.960><c> recognized</c><00:15:37.899><c> the</c><00:15:38.799><c> biblical</c><00:15:39.200><c> echoes</c><00:15:39.840><c> that</c><00:15:40.460><c> went</c><00:15:40.580><c> back</c>

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to<00:15:41.039><c> the</c><00:15:41.159><c> Old</c><00:15:41.340><c> Testament</c><00:15:41.860><c> and</c><00:15:42.919><c> that</c><00:15:43.019><c> his</c><00:15:43.220><c> heart</c><00:15:43.419><c> was</c><00:15:43.759><c> pricked.</c>

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And<00:15:46.899><c> that</c><00:15:46.980><c> he</c><00:15:47.159><c> realized</c><00:15:47.799><c> and</c><00:15:48.159><c> discovered</c><00:15:48.659><c> and</c><00:15:50.000><c> understood</c><00:15:50.919><c> that</c><00:15:51.360><c> Jesus</c><00:15:51.899><c> was,</c><00:15:52.559><c> in</c>

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fact,<00:15:53.120><c> the</c><00:15:53.299><c> long</c><00:15:53.659><c>-promised</c><00:15:54.139><c> Messiah.</c>

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And<00:15:56.179><c> so</c><00:15:56.360><c> in</c><00:15:56.519><c> verse</c><00:15:56.779><c> eight,</c><00:15:57.320><c> we</c><00:15:57.340><c> read</c><00:15:57.740><c> that</c><00:15:58.039><c> Crispus,</c><00:15:58.679><c> the</c><00:15:58.919><c> synagogue</c><00:15:59.340><c> ruler,</c><00:16:00.620><c> and</c>

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his<00:16:01.000><c> entire</c><00:16:01.500><c> household</c>

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believed<00:16:02.740><c> in</c><00:16:02.960><c> the</c><00:16:03.159><c> Lord.</c><00:16:04.120><c> And</c><00:16:04.539><c> many</c><00:16:04.879><c> of</c><00:16:05.100><c> the</c><00:16:05.340><c> Corinthians</c><00:16:05.740><c> who</c>

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heard<00:16:06.340><c> him</c><00:16:07.039><c> believed</c><00:16:07.960><c> and</c><00:16:09.799><c> were</c><00:16:10.039><c> baptized.</c>

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And<00:16:12.340><c> so,</c><00:16:12.820><c> brothers</c><00:16:12.919><c> and</c><00:16:13.200><c> sisters,</c><00:16:14.700><c> here</c><00:16:15.000><c> we</c><00:16:15.320><c> are</c><00:16:15.620><c> as</c><00:16:15.960><c> a</c><00:16:16.240><c> congregation,</c><00:16:17.399><c> as</c><00:16:17.620><c> a</c>

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body<00:16:18.120><c> of</c><00:16:18.399><c> Christ.</c><00:16:19.419><c> And</c><00:16:19.580><c> we</c><00:16:19.740><c> look</c>

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back<00:16:20.299><c> historically,</c><00:16:21.080><c> and</c><00:16:21.279><c> we</c><00:16:21.360><c> can</c><00:16:21.720><c> see</c><00:16:22.039><c> that</c><00:16:22.779><c> one</c><00:16:23.240><c> by</c><00:16:23.879><c> one,</c><00:16:25.340><c> individuals</c><00:16:25.679><c> like</c><00:16:26.480><c> Crispus</c><00:16:27.019><c> responded</c><00:16:27.740><c> to</c>

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He<00:16:29.399><c> and</c><00:16:29.519><c> his</c><00:16:29.820><c> whole</c><00:16:30.259><c> household,</c><00:16:31.720><c> and</c><00:16:32.159><c> soon</c><00:16:32.620><c> the</c><00:16:33.100><c> Christadelphian</c><00:16:33.919><c> ecclesia</c><00:16:34.519><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:45.059><c> body</c><00:16:45.399><c> of</c><00:16:45.679><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:16:47.399><c> we</c><00:16:47.700><c> share</c><00:16:47.899><c> with</c><00:16:48.139><c> them</c><00:16:48.940><c> through</c><00:16:49.360><c> the</c><00:16:49.679><c> years</c><00:16:50.059><c> of</c><00:16:50.879><c> time,</c><00:16:52.000><c> we</c>

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continue<00:16:52.740><c> to</c><00:16:53.080><c> share</c><00:16:53.320><c> fellowship.</c>

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But<00:17:02.460><c> we</c><00:17:02.759><c> started</c><00:17:03.000><c> out</c><00:17:03.240><c> our</c><00:17:03.480><c> class</c><00:17:03.740><c> this</c><00:17:04.079><c> morning</c><00:17:04.500><c> with</c><00:17:05.539><c> me</c><00:17:05.740><c> asking</c><00:17:06.059><c> the</c>

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question,<00:17:06.720><c> did</c><00:17:06.839><c> you</c><00:17:07.180><c> hear?</c>

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Did<00:17:08.299><c> you</c><00:17:08.579><c> notice</c><00:17:09.220><c> that</c><00:17:10.700><c> the</c><00:17:10.900><c> Lord</c><00:17:11.119><c> Jesus</c><00:17:11.599><c> Christ</c><00:17:12.039><c> appeared</c><00:17:12.680><c> to</c>

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Paul<00:17:13.380><c> in</c><00:17:13.700><c> a</c><00:17:13.779><c> vision?</c>

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How<00:17:17.400><c> many</c><00:17:17.619><c> times</c><00:17:18.059><c> have</c><00:17:18.339><c> we</c><00:17:20.079><c> been</c><00:17:20.700><c> lying</c><00:17:21.339><c> in</c><00:17:21.880><c> bed</c><00:17:22.119><c> at</c><00:17:22.480><c> night,</c><00:17:24.160><c> concerned</c><00:17:24.559><c> with</c><00:17:24.880><c> the</c><00:17:25.079><c> tension</c><00:17:25.400><c> in</c>

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our<00:17:25.900><c> ecclesia,</c>

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concerned<00:17:27.579><c> with</c><00:17:27.880><c> family</c><00:17:28.460><c> problems,</c><00:17:29.339><c> concerned</c><00:17:29.779><c> about</c><00:17:30.480><c> the</c>

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cares<00:17:31.259><c> of</c><00:17:31.559><c> the</c><00:17:31.799><c> world,</c><00:17:34.019><c> unable</c><00:17:34.339><c> to</c><00:17:34.680><c> sleep?</c>

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These<00:17:43.900><c> things</c><00:17:44.140><c> happen</c><00:17:44.380><c> to</c><00:17:44.579><c> us</c><00:17:44.759><c> because</c><00:17:45.039><c> we</c><00:17:45.200><c> have</c><00:17:45.359><c> such</c><00:17:45.579><c> a</c><00:17:45.859><c> passion</c><00:17:46.519><c> and</c>

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such<00:17:48.200><c> a</c><00:17:48.460><c> love</c><00:17:48.619><c> for</c><00:17:48.819><c> the</c><00:17:49.000><c> gospel.</c>

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And<00:17:52.339><c> the</c><00:17:52.539><c> apostle</c><00:17:52.900><c> Paul</c><00:17:53.240><c> was</c><00:17:53.660><c> struggling.</c><00:17:54.779><c> He</c><00:17:54.920><c> was</c><00:17:55.259><c> abused</c><00:17:55.720><c> wherever</c><00:17:56.200><c> he</c>

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went,<00:17:56.960><c> from</c><00:17:57.200><c> city</c><00:17:57.539><c> to</c><00:17:57.839><c> city</c><00:17:58.240><c> to</c><00:17:58.460><c> city.</c>

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They<00:18:00.140><c> abused</c><00:18:00.480><c> him</c><00:18:00.660><c> in</c><00:18:00.779><c> the</c><00:18:01.000><c> synagogue</c><00:18:01.319><c> and</c><00:18:01.700><c> one</c><00:18:02.000><c> night,</c><00:18:04.180><c> the</c><00:18:04.299><c> Lord</c><00:18:04.519><c> Jesus</c><00:18:05.059><c> Christ</c><00:18:06.359><c> appeared</c><00:18:07.140><c> to</c><00:18:07.339><c> him</c><00:18:07.519><c> in</c><00:18:07.819><c> a</c><00:18:07.900><c> vision</c>

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our<00:18:52.359><c> lives,</c><00:18:53.099><c> helping</c><00:18:53.460><c> us?</c>

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with<00:19:12.500><c> this</c><00:19:12.880><c> lovely</c><00:19:13.400><c> prayer</c><00:19:13.880><c> where</c><00:19:14.099><c> he</c><00:19:14.440><c> prays</c><00:19:15.299><c> for</c><00:19:15.579><c> the</c><00:19:15.779><c> brothers</c><00:19:16.059><c> and</c><00:19:16.400><c> sisters.</c><00:19:18.779><c> But</c><00:19:19.000><c> I</c>

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want<00:19:19.279><c> to</c><00:19:19.480><c> draw</c>

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world,<00:19:31.380><c> but</c><00:19:31.559><c> for</c><00:19:31.880><c> those</c><00:19:32.500><c> you</c><00:19:33.740><c> have</c><00:19:34.019><c> given</c><00:19:34.259><c> me,</c><00:19:35.500><c> for</c><00:19:35.680><c> they</c><00:19:35.920><c> are</c>

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yours.<00:19:37.779><c> And</c><00:19:38.059><c> so</c><00:19:38.279><c> one</c><00:19:38.539><c> way</c><00:19:38.880><c> that</c><00:19:39.079><c> the</c><00:19:39.240><c> Lord</c><00:19:39.440><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:19:40.440><c> helped</c><00:19:41.180><c> his</c><00:19:41.799><c> disciples</c><00:19:42.400><c> while</c><00:19:42.740><c> he</c><00:19:42.880><c> was</c><00:19:43.160><c> alive</c><00:19:43.619><c> and</c><00:19:43.900><c> walking</c><00:19:44.180><c> on</c>

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And<00:19:48.960><c> I'd</c><00:19:49.180><c> suggest</c><00:19:49.559><c> to</c><00:19:49.779><c> you</c><00:19:50.000><c> that</c><00:19:50.279><c> our</c><00:19:50.539><c> Lord</c><00:19:51.059><c> still</c><00:19:51.660><c> prays</c><00:19:52.079><c> for</c>

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that<00:19:56.460><c> Jesus</c><00:19:56.880><c> is</c><00:19:57.180><c> alive</c><00:19:57.599><c> in</c><00:19:57.839><c> heaven.</c><00:19:58.099><c> And</c><00:19:58.279><c> when</c><00:19:58.420><c> we</c><00:19:58.619><c> don't</c><00:19:58.839><c> know</c>

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what<00:19:59.359><c> to</c><00:19:59.720><c> pray,</c><00:20:00.680><c> the</c><00:20:00.920><c> spirit</c><00:20:01.319><c> intercedes</c><00:20:02.700><c> with</c>

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our<00:20:03.559><c> own</c><00:20:03.619><c> on</c><00:20:04.339><c> our</c><00:20:04.700><c> behalf.</c><00:20:07.400><c> We</c><00:20:07.599><c> can</c><00:20:07.799><c> draw</c><00:20:07.960><c> such</c><00:20:08.279><c> strength</c><00:20:08.759><c> and</c>

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comfort<00:20:09.319><c> from</c><00:20:09.519><c> that,</c><00:20:09.759><c> knowing</c><00:20:10.180><c> that</c><00:20:10.500><c> Paul,</c><00:20:11.039><c> who</c><00:20:11.160><c> was</c>

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struggling,<00:20:12.839><c> so</c><00:20:13.019><c> much</c><00:20:13.299><c> so</c><00:20:13.700><c> that</c><00:20:13.920><c> the</c><00:20:14.180><c> Lord</c><00:20:14.339><c> had</c><00:20:14.539><c> to</c><00:20:14.799><c> appear</c><00:20:15.079><c> in</c>

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and<00:20:24.380><c> the</c><00:20:24.640><c> intercession</c><00:20:25.180><c> that</c><00:20:25.380><c> Jesus</c><00:20:25.740><c> continues</c>

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John<00:20:37.599><c> 14</c><00:20:38.140><c> verse</c><00:20:38.460><c> 14,</c><00:20:39.079><c> Jesus</c><00:20:39.480><c> says,</c><00:20:40.559><c> you</c><00:20:40.579><c> may</c><00:20:40.859><c> ask</c><00:20:41.200><c> me</c><00:20:41.400><c> for</c><00:20:41.740><c> anything</c><00:20:42.259><c> in</c><00:20:42.859><c> my</c><00:20:43.160><c> name,</c><00:20:43.880><c> and</c><00:20:44.519><c> I</c>

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will<00:20:44.859><c> do</c><00:20:45.079><c> it.</c>

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his<00:20:51.259><c> sake.</c><00:20:52.279><c> And</c><00:20:52.500><c> we</c><00:20:52.660><c> can</c><00:20:52.880><c> draw</c><00:20:53.099><c> comfort</c><00:20:53.559><c> knowing</c><00:20:53.960><c> that</c>

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Jesus<00:20:54.539><c> hears</c><00:20:54.960><c> us</c><00:20:55.839><c> and</c><00:20:56.119><c> he</c><00:20:56.339><c> says</c><00:20:56.599><c> here</c><00:20:56.920><c> that</c><00:20:57.119><c> he</c><00:20:57.240><c> will</c><00:20:57.720><c> do</c><00:20:58.000><c> it.</c><00:21:01.839><c> John</c><00:21:02.059><c> chapter</c><00:21:02.519><c> 3</c>

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verse<00:21:07.799><c> 35,</c>

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the<00:21:13.660><c> father</c><00:21:14.119><c> loves</c><00:21:14.619><c> the</c><00:21:14.960><c> son</c><00:21:15.500><c> and</c><00:21:17.039><c> has</c><00:21:17.400><c> placed</c><00:21:17.859><c> everything</c><00:21:18.640><c> in</c>

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his<00:21:19.839><c> hands.</c>

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Think<00:21:23.059><c> on</c><00:21:23.259><c> those</c><00:21:23.519><c> words.</c><00:21:25.279><c> The</c><00:21:25.359><c> father</c><00:21:25.759><c> loves</c><00:21:26.140><c> the</c><00:21:26.440><c> son</c><00:21:26.779><c> and</c><00:21:26.980><c> has</c><00:21:27.319><c> placed</c><00:21:27.700><c> everything</c><00:21:28.380><c> in</c>

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his<00:21:29.180><c> hands.</c>

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Now<00:21:31.460><c> let's</c><00:21:31.619><c> go</c><00:21:31.839><c> back</c><00:21:32.099><c> to</c><00:21:32.380><c> Acts</c><00:21:32.680><c> 18</c><00:21:33.259><c> and</c><00:21:33.500><c> read</c><00:21:33.900><c> about</c><00:21:34.339><c> this</c><00:21:34.740><c> vision</c><00:21:35.039><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:21:36.000><c> received</c><00:21:36.819><c> from</c><00:21:37.119><c> the</c><00:21:37.359><c> Lord.</c>

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We're<00:21:40.660><c> in</c><00:21:40.799><c> Acts</c><00:21:41.079><c> 18</c><00:21:42.400><c> verse</c><00:21:44.299><c> 9,</c><00:21:45.980><c> one</c><00:21:46.579><c> night</c><00:21:46.839><c> the</c><00:21:47.059><c> Lord</c><00:21:47.279><c> spoke</c><00:21:47.680><c> to</c>

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Paul<00:21:48.180><c> in</c><00:21:48.420><c> a</c><00:21:48.500><c> vision,</c>

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do<00:21:50.119><c> not</c><00:21:50.400><c> be</c><00:21:50.680><c> afraid,</c><00:21:52.160><c> keep</c><00:21:52.440><c> on</c><00:21:52.880><c> speaking,</c><00:21:54.339><c> do</c><00:21:54.559><c> not</c><00:21:54.799><c> be</c><00:21:55.059><c> silent,</c>

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for<00:21:55.700><c> I'm</c><00:21:55.960><c> with</c><00:21:56.240><c> you</c><00:21:56.940><c> and</c><00:21:57.339><c> no</c><00:21:57.599><c> one</c><00:21:57.779><c> is</c><00:21:57.940><c> going</c><00:21:58.119><c> to</c>

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attack<00:21:58.740><c> and</c><00:21:59.039><c> harm</c><00:21:59.240><c> you</c><00:22:00.140><c> because</c><00:22:00.839><c> I</c><00:22:01.859><c> have</c><00:22:02.059><c> many</c><00:22:02.539><c> people</c><00:22:03.220><c> in</c><00:22:03.880><c> the</c>

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city.<00:22:05.799><c> Now</c><00:22:05.980><c> brothers</c><00:22:06.160><c> and</c><00:22:06.440><c> sisters,</c><00:22:06.799><c> we</c><00:22:07.019><c> just</c>

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began<00:22:08.519><c> by</c><00:22:09.019><c> talking</c><00:22:09.400><c> about</c><00:22:09.799><c> the</c><00:22:10.160><c> formation</c><00:22:10.900><c> of</c><00:22:11.480><c> the</c><00:22:11.660><c> Christadelphian</c><00:22:12.519><c> ecclesia</c>

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in<00:22:13.700><c> Corinth.</c>

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That<00:22:14.720><c> this</c><00:22:14.980><c> was</c><00:22:15.180><c> an</c><00:22:15.380><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:15.819><c> in</c><00:22:16.019><c> its</c><00:22:16.359><c> formative</c><00:22:16.980><c> stages</c><00:22:17.680><c> and</c>

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yet<00:22:18.700><c> the</c><00:22:18.980><c> Lord</c><00:22:19.259><c> says</c><00:22:19.700><c> to</c><00:22:20.039><c> Paul</c><00:22:20.279><c> that</c><00:22:20.460><c> he</c><00:22:20.539><c> has</c><00:22:20.759><c> many</c>

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people<00:22:21.700><c> in</c><00:22:21.940><c> the</c><00:22:22.140><c> city.</c><00:22:23.440><c> And</c><00:22:23.559><c> so</c><00:22:23.660><c> my</c><00:22:23.900><c> question</c><00:22:24.240><c> is,</c><00:22:24.880><c> who</c><00:22:25.200><c> were</c>

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those<00:22:25.759><c> people?</c><00:22:27.420><c> And</c><00:22:27.640><c> perhaps</c><00:22:28.079><c> the</c><00:22:28.400><c> answer</c><00:22:28.779><c> might</c>

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be<00:22:29.539><c> that</c><00:22:29.799><c> some</c><00:22:30.099><c> of</c><00:22:30.319><c> those</c><00:22:30.559><c> people</c><00:22:30.900><c> were</c><00:22:31.160><c> none</c><00:22:31.460><c> other</c><00:22:32.000><c> than</c><00:22:33.240><c> the</c>

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ministering<00:22:34.099><c> spirits,</c><00:22:35.279><c> the</c><00:22:35.640><c> angels</c><00:22:36.339><c> to</c><00:22:36.980><c> which</c><00:22:37.380><c> our</c>

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Lord<00:22:37.960><c> has</c><00:22:38.559><c> command.</c><00:22:41.079><c> And</c><00:22:41.380><c> can</c><00:22:41.579><c> we</c><00:22:41.720><c> not</c><00:22:41.900><c> draw</c><00:22:42.160><c> strength</c><00:22:42.599><c> from</c>

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that<00:22:43.140><c> thought?</c><00:22:44.259><c> That</c><00:22:44.519><c> when</c><00:22:44.759><c> we</c><00:22:45.019><c> are</c><00:22:45.240><c> hurting,</c>

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when<00:22:46.359><c> we</c><00:22:46.559><c> are</c><00:22:46.839><c> struggling</c><00:22:47.319><c> with</c><00:22:47.900><c> our</c><00:22:48.180><c> health</c><00:22:48.619><c> or</c><00:22:49.180><c> with</c><00:22:49.539><c> problems</c><00:22:49.940><c> in</c><00:22:50.140><c> our</c>

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meeting<00:22:50.700><c> or</c><00:22:51.160><c> with</c><00:22:51.700><c> problems</c><00:22:52.119><c> in</c><00:22:52.380><c> our</c>

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family<00:22:53.180><c> or</c><00:22:53.599><c> with</c><00:22:53.819><c> the</c><00:22:54.039><c> cares</c><00:22:54.279><c> of</c><00:22:54.480><c> the</c><00:22:54.680><c> world,</c><00:22:55.839><c> that</c><00:22:56.000><c> the</c><00:22:56.180><c> Lord</c>

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might<00:22:57.200><c> send</c><00:22:57.539><c> angels</c><00:22:58.059><c> to</c><00:22:58.380><c> help</c><00:22:58.579><c> us</c><00:22:59.279><c> and</c><00:22:59.480><c> to</c><00:22:59.819><c> strengthen</c>

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us<00:23:00.420><c> and</c><00:23:01.000><c> to</c><00:23:01.339><c> comfort</c><00:23:01.640><c> us.</c><00:23:03.680><c> Sometimes</c><00:23:04.359><c> perhaps</c><00:23:05.880><c> that</c><00:23:06.539><c> is</c><00:23:06.799><c> the</c>

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case.<00:23:08.839><c> And</c><00:23:08.980><c> so</c><00:23:09.240><c> Paul</c><00:23:09.839><c> received</c><00:23:10.740><c> great</c><00:23:11.259><c> comfort</c><00:23:11.680><c> from</c>

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this<00:23:12.400><c> and</c><00:23:12.880><c> he</c><00:23:13.039><c> was</c><00:23:13.240><c> able</c><00:23:13.480><c> to,</c><00:23:13.839><c> having</c><00:23:14.440><c> experienced</c><00:23:15.180><c> this</c><00:23:15.539><c> vision,</c><00:23:16.539><c> to</c>

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go<00:23:16.900><c> out</c><00:23:17.220><c> with</c><00:23:17.619><c> renewed</c><00:23:17.960><c> enthusiasm</c>

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and<00:23:19.900><c> he</c><00:23:20.000><c> was</c><00:23:20.180><c> able</c><00:23:20.339><c> to</c><00:23:20.579><c> continue</c><00:23:21.180><c> to</c><00:23:21.619><c> preach</c><00:23:21.839><c> despite</c><00:23:22.440><c> the</c><00:23:22.859><c> abuse</c><00:23:23.279><c> that</c><00:23:24.240><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:23:24.759><c> levied</c><00:23:25.460><c> against</c><00:23:25.880><c> him.</c>

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So<00:23:27.440><c> think</c><00:23:27.819><c> now</c><00:23:28.240><c> of</c><00:23:29.500><c> the</c><00:23:29.740><c> Roman,</c><00:23:30.200><c> not</c><00:23:30.440><c> the</c><00:23:30.619><c> Roman,</c><00:23:30.859><c> the</c><00:23:31.039><c> Jewish</c>

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synagogue<00:23:31.880><c> there</c><00:23:32.220><c> in</c><00:23:32.519><c> Corinth.</c>

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They've<00:23:34.920><c> just</c><00:23:35.240><c> seen</c><00:23:35.460><c> their</c><00:23:35.759><c> ruler,</c><00:23:36.740><c> Crispus,</c><00:23:37.059><c> and</c><00:23:37.160><c> his</c><00:23:37.420><c> entire</c><00:23:37.940><c> family</c><00:23:38.579><c> defect.</c><00:23:40.539><c> They've</c><00:23:40.819><c> just</c>

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seen<00:23:41.359><c> that</c>

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this<00:23:42.099><c> man</c><00:23:42.359><c> has</c><00:23:42.779><c> been</c><00:23:43.140><c> baptized</c><00:23:43.920><c> into</c><00:23:44.960><c> the</c><00:23:45.220><c> name</c><00:23:45.420><c> of</c><00:23:45.619><c> the</c><00:23:45.759><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:23:46.359><c> Christ.</c><00:23:48.220><c> And</c><00:23:48.599><c> so</c><00:23:48.720><c> they</c><00:23:48.980><c> replace</c><00:23:49.460><c> the</c><00:23:49.720><c> synagogue</c>

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ruler<00:23:50.700><c> with</c><00:23:51.500><c> one</c><00:23:51.779><c> by</c><00:23:52.079><c> the</c><00:23:52.119><c> name</c><00:23:52.339><c> of</c><00:23:52.660><c> Sosthenes.</c><00:23:53.960><c> And</c><00:23:54.279><c> together</c>

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they<00:23:55.640><c> lodge</c><00:23:56.099><c> a</c><00:23:56.640><c> united</c><00:23:57.000><c> attack</c><00:23:57.539><c> against</c><00:23:57.960><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:24:00.660><c> I'm</c><00:24:00.799><c> going</c><00:24:00.920><c> to</c><00:24:01.099><c> suggest</c><00:24:01.519><c> to</c><00:24:01.740><c> you</c><00:24:01.960><c> that</c><00:24:02.220><c> this</c><00:24:02.700><c> attack</c><00:24:03.380><c> was</c>

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one<00:24:04.180><c> of</c><00:24:04.359><c> the</c><00:24:05.160><c> greatest</c><00:24:05.720><c> threats</c><00:24:06.220><c> to</c><00:24:06.500><c> the</c><00:24:06.680><c> spread</c><00:24:06.940><c> of</c>

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Christianity<00:24:07.900><c> in</c><00:24:08.400><c> history.</c><00:24:10.380><c> That</c><00:24:10.660><c> this</c><00:24:10.960><c> could</c><00:24:11.160><c> have</c><00:24:11.400><c> been</c><00:24:11.680><c> a</c>

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tipping<00:24:12.279><c> point</c><00:24:12.740><c> that</c><00:24:12.980><c> would</c><00:24:13.160><c> have</c>

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would<00:24:15.259><c> have</c><00:24:15.599><c> had</c><00:24:15.839><c> extreme</c><00:24:16.799><c> consequences</c><00:24:17.759><c> to</c><00:24:18.220><c> the</c><00:24:18.480><c> spread</c><00:24:18.700><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:19.059><c> Gospel.</c>

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You<00:24:21.220><c> see,</c><00:24:21.680><c> the</c><00:24:21.859><c> Jews</c><00:24:22.180><c> went</c><00:24:22.539><c> to</c><00:24:22.779><c> the</c><00:24:22.839><c> Roman</c><00:24:23.299><c> council,</c><00:24:24.000><c> the</c>

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Roman<00:24:24.599><c> proconsul,</c>

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and<00:24:26.660><c> they</c><00:24:26.880><c> wanted</c><00:24:27.059><c> to</c><00:24:27.400><c> have</c><00:24:27.680><c> Paul</c><00:24:28.559><c> stripped</c><00:24:29.240><c> of</c><00:24:29.460><c> his</c><00:24:29.720><c> ability</c>

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to<00:24:30.579><c> preach</c><00:24:31.000><c> Christ</c><00:24:31.839><c> and</c><00:24:32.480><c> him</c><00:24:32.680><c> crucified.</c>

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And<00:24:35.160><c> had</c><00:24:35.400><c> the</c><00:24:35.700><c> Romans</c><00:24:36.160><c> accepted</c><00:24:37.339><c> the</c><00:24:38.000><c> case</c><00:24:38.599><c> and</c><00:24:40.099><c> had</c><00:24:40.420><c> Paul</c><00:24:40.779><c> been</c><00:24:41.119><c> thrown</c><00:24:41.319><c> in</c>

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prison<00:24:41.920><c> and</c><00:24:42.220><c> had</c><00:24:42.559><c> Christianity</c>

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been<00:24:43.559><c> outlawed,</c><00:24:45.279><c> we</c><00:24:45.539><c> can</c><00:24:45.740><c> only</c><00:24:45.960><c> imagine</c><00:24:46.519><c> the</c><00:24:46.880><c> devastating</c>

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effects<00:24:47.920><c> that</c><00:24:48.160><c> might</c><00:24:48.380><c> have</c><00:24:48.700><c> had.</c>

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And<00:24:53.200><c> yet</c><00:24:53.339><c> the</c><00:24:53.539><c> Lord</c><00:24:53.759><c> said,</c><00:24:55.779><c> do</c><00:24:55.859><c> not</c><00:24:56.079><c> be</c><00:24:56.319><c> afraid.</c>

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And<00:25:00.720><c> so</c><00:25:00.960><c> in</c><00:25:01.140><c> Acts</c><00:25:01.380><c> chapter</c><00:25:01.779><c> 18,</c><00:25:03.619><c> verse</c><00:25:03.880><c> 12,</c><00:25:05.259><c> we</c><00:25:05.380><c> read,</c><00:25:05.680><c> while</c>

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Galio<00:25:06.440><c> was</c><00:25:06.720><c> proconsul</c><00:25:07.500><c> of</c><00:25:07.680><c> Achaia,</c>

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the<00:25:09.259><c> Jews</c><00:25:09.599><c> made</c><00:25:09.880><c> a</c><00:25:10.140><c> united</c><00:25:10.440><c> attack</c><00:25:10.900><c> on</c><00:25:11.200><c> Paul</c><00:25:11.500><c> and</c><00:25:11.680><c> brought</c><00:25:11.900><c> him</c>

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into<00:25:12.400><c> course.</c>

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This<00:25:14.059><c> man,</c><00:25:14.720><c> they</c><00:25:15.059><c> charged,</c><00:25:16.299><c> is</c><00:25:16.579><c> persuading</c><00:25:17.140><c> the</c><00:25:17.380><c> people</c><00:25:17.599><c> to</c>

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worship<00:25:18.180><c> God</c><00:25:18.559><c> in</c><00:25:18.880><c> ways</c><00:25:19.180><c> contrary</c><00:25:19.920><c> to</c><00:25:20.140><c> the</c><00:25:20.319><c> law.</c>

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Just<00:25:24.779><c> as</c><00:25:24.960><c> Paul</c><00:25:25.279><c> was</c><00:25:25.500><c> about</c><00:25:25.720><c> to</c><00:25:26.059><c> speak,</c><00:25:26.539><c> Galio</c><00:25:26.819><c> said</c><00:25:27.059><c> to</c><00:25:27.299><c> the</c><00:25:27.480><c> Jews,</c>

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if<00:25:29.180><c> you</c><00:25:29.420><c> Jews</c><00:25:29.740><c> were</c><00:25:29.940><c> making</c><00:25:30.259><c> a</c><00:25:30.700><c> complaint</c><00:25:30.960><c> about</c><00:25:31.339><c> some</c><00:25:31.740><c> misdemeanor</c><00:25:32.440><c> or</c>

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serious<00:25:33.299><c> crime,</c>

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it'd<00:25:35.019><c> be</c><00:25:35.160><c> reasonable</c><00:25:35.759><c> for</c><00:25:35.960><c> me</c><00:25:36.119><c> to</c><00:25:36.339><c> listen</c><00:25:36.500><c> to</c><00:25:36.740><c> you.</c>

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But<00:25:39.240><c> since</c><00:25:39.559><c> it</c><00:25:39.859><c> involves</c><00:25:40.259><c> questions</c><00:25:40.900><c> about</c><00:25:41.319><c> words</c><00:25:41.880><c> and</c><00:25:42.240><c> names</c>

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and<00:25:42.900><c> your</c><00:25:43.160><c> own</c><00:25:43.400><c> law,</c>

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settle<00:25:44.880><c> the</c><00:25:45.039><c> matter</c><00:25:45.180><c> yourselves.</c><00:25:46.619><c> I</c><00:25:46.980><c> will</c><00:25:47.220><c> not</c><00:25:47.440><c> be</c><00:25:47.700><c> a</c><00:25:47.900><c> judge</c>

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of<00:25:48.980><c> such</c><00:25:49.200><c> things.</c>

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Jesus'<00:25:53.740><c> promise</c><00:25:54.420><c> was</c><00:25:55.440><c> upheld.</c>

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And<00:25:58.079><c> so</c><00:25:58.079><c> Paul</c><00:25:58.079><c> was</c><00:25:58.359><c> able</c><00:25:58.619><c> to</c><00:25:59.140><c> withstand</c><00:25:59.819><c> this</c><00:26:00.299><c> united</c><00:26:00.819><c> attack</c>

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against<00:26:01.880><c> him</c><00:26:02.180><c> because</c>

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of<00:26:05.640><c> the</c><00:26:05.839><c> comfort</c><00:26:06.299><c> and</c><00:26:07.000><c> the</c><00:26:07.359><c> strength</c><00:26:07.599><c> he</c><00:26:07.880><c> received</c><00:26:08.579><c> from</c><00:26:09.059><c> our</c><00:26:09.339><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:26:11.000><c> so</c><00:26:11.160><c> when</c><00:26:11.440><c> the</c><00:26:11.660><c> proconsul</c><00:26:12.640><c> heard</c><00:26:13.099><c> this</c><00:26:13.519><c> complaint,</c><00:26:14.900><c> he</c><00:26:15.160><c> threw</c><00:26:15.400><c> it</c>

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out<00:26:15.819><c> of</c><00:26:16.019><c> course.</c>

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Now<00:26:17.700><c> you'll</c><00:26:17.960><c> notice</c><00:26:18.220><c> that</c><00:26:18.400><c> at</c><00:26:18.619><c> the</c><00:26:18.660><c> beginning</c><00:26:19.019><c> of</c><00:26:19.519><c> chapter</c><00:26:19.859><c> 18</c>

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here,<00:26:21.420><c> we</c><00:26:21.759><c> learned</c><00:26:22.019><c> that</c><00:26:22.279><c> Priscilla</c>

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and<00:26:22.980><c> Aquila</c><00:26:23.460><c> had</c><00:26:23.759><c> left</c><00:26:24.099><c> Rome,</c><00:26:24.980><c> because</c><00:26:26.859><c> Claudius</c><00:26:28.619><c> Caesar</c><00:26:29.400><c> in</c>

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verse<00:26:30.839><c> 3,</c><00:26:33.740><c> verse</c><00:26:34.019><c> 2,</c><00:26:35.220><c> had</c><00:26:35.420><c> ordered</c><00:26:35.680><c> the</c><00:26:36.019><c> Jews</c><00:26:36.319><c> to</c>

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leave<00:26:36.839><c> Rome.</c><00:26:38.039><c> It</c><00:26:38.299><c> so</c><00:26:38.660><c> happened</c><00:26:39.160><c> that</c><00:26:39.839><c> the</c><00:26:40.079><c> Jews</c><00:26:40.359><c> had</c><00:26:40.779><c> fallen</c>

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out<00:26:41.299><c> of</c><00:26:41.519><c> favor</c><00:26:41.819><c> with</c><00:26:42.059><c> the</c><00:26:42.259><c> Romans.</c>

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And<00:26:43.799><c> perhaps</c><00:26:44.200><c> it's</c><00:26:44.480><c> because</c><00:26:44.839><c> of</c><00:26:45.099><c> this</c><00:26:45.680><c> that</c><00:26:46.460><c> the</c><00:26:46.900><c> Roman</c><00:26:47.240><c> proconsul</c><00:26:48.000><c> over</c>

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Achaia,<00:26:48.960><c> the</c><00:26:49.039><c> one</c>

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whom<00:26:50.180><c> the</c><00:26:50.740><c> united</c><00:26:51.200><c> attack</c><00:26:51.759><c> was</c><00:26:52.440><c> lodged,</c><00:26:53.380><c> to</c><00:26:53.559><c> whom</c><00:26:53.880><c> they</c><00:26:54.559><c> brought</c><00:26:54.779><c> this</c>

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court<00:26:55.359><c> case,</c><00:26:56.099><c> he</c><00:26:56.339><c> threw</c><00:26:56.519><c> it</c><00:26:56.759><c> out.</c>

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Partly<00:26:58.619><c> because</c><00:26:58.980><c> the</c><00:26:59.240><c> Jews</c><00:26:59.420><c> had</c><00:26:59.740><c> fallen</c><00:26:59.960><c> out</c><00:27:00.180><c> of</c><00:27:00.359><c> favor,</c><00:27:01.380><c> but</c>

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significantly<00:27:02.400><c> because</c><00:27:02.960><c> our</c><00:27:03.240><c> Lord</c><00:27:03.460><c> Jesus</c><00:27:04.079><c> had</c>

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appeared<00:27:04.980><c> to</c><00:27:05.279><c> Paul</c><00:27:05.440><c> in</c><00:27:05.799><c> a</c><00:27:05.900><c> dream,</c><00:27:07.039><c> in</c><00:27:07.240><c> a</c><00:27:07.319><c> vision,</c><00:27:08.640><c> and</c><00:27:08.880><c> said</c><00:27:08.980><c> that</c><00:27:09.119><c> he</c>

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would<00:27:09.480><c> protect</c><00:27:09.799><c> him.</c>

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So<00:27:13.700><c> what</c><00:27:13.880><c> was</c><00:27:14.079><c> the</c><00:27:14.359><c> result</c><00:27:14.619><c> of</c><00:27:14.880><c> this?</c><00:27:15.880><c> Imagine</c><00:27:16.299><c> yourselves</c><00:27:16.819><c> now</c><00:27:17.200><c> as</c>

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a<00:27:17.579><c> member</c><00:27:17.839><c> of</c><00:27:18.079><c> this</c><00:27:18.359><c> congregation</c>

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of<00:27:19.339><c> Jews</c><00:27:19.819><c> who</c><00:27:20.240><c> were</c><00:27:20.519><c> located</c><00:27:21.000><c> in</c><00:27:21.359><c> Corinth.</c><00:27:22.299><c> They've</c><00:27:22.619><c> just</c><00:27:22.900><c> seen</c><00:27:23.119><c> their</c><00:27:23.420><c> first</c><00:27:23.720><c> synagogue</c><00:27:24.220><c> ruler</c><00:27:24.640><c> defect</c><00:27:25.099><c> with</c><00:27:25.319><c> his</c>

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family.<00:27:26.500><c> They've</c><00:27:26.839><c> just</c><00:27:27.099><c> elected</c><00:27:27.460><c> this</c><00:27:27.759><c> man</c><00:27:28.039><c> Sosthenes</c><00:27:28.839><c> to</c><00:27:29.039><c> be</c>

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their<00:27:29.420><c> new</c><00:27:29.740><c> synagogue</c><00:27:30.200><c> ruler.</c><00:27:31.200><c> Sosthenes</c>

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gathers<00:27:32.380><c> everyone</c><00:27:32.839><c> together.</c><00:27:33.619><c> They</c><00:27:33.759><c> make</c><00:27:33.940><c> this</c><00:27:34.180><c> united</c><00:27:34.599><c> attack</c><00:27:35.079><c> against</c><00:27:35.460><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:27:36.740><c> the</c><00:27:36.900><c> proconsul</c><00:27:37.480><c> throws</c><00:27:37.740><c> it</c>

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out.<00:27:39.180><c> And</c><00:27:39.519><c> so</c><00:27:40.140><c> the</c><00:27:40.619><c> Jews</c><00:27:40.960><c> were</c><00:27:41.279><c> told,</c><00:27:42.539><c> beat</c><00:27:43.039><c> Sosthenes.</c><00:27:44.559><c> Can</c>

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you<00:27:45.039><c> imagine?</c><00:27:46.119><c> They</c><00:27:46.420><c> turned</c><00:27:46.859><c> on</c><00:27:47.079><c> this</c><00:27:47.380><c> man.</c>

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They<00:27:48.720><c> turned</c><00:27:49.079><c> on</c><00:27:49.240><c> him.</c><00:27:49.440><c> In</c><00:27:49.539><c> verse</c><00:27:49.779><c> 17,</c><00:27:50.359><c> they</c><00:27:50.480><c> all</c><00:27:50.880><c> turned</c><00:27:51.220><c> on</c>

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Sosthenes,<00:27:52.220><c> the</c><00:27:52.440><c> synagogue</c><00:27:52.839><c> ruler,</c><00:27:53.920><c> and</c><00:27:54.279><c> beat</c><00:27:54.619><c> him</c>

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in<00:27:56.059><c> front</c><00:27:56.220><c> of</c><00:27:56.460><c> the</c><00:27:56.680><c> court.</c><00:27:58.640><c> But</c><00:27:58.920><c> Galio</c><00:27:59.380><c> showed</c><00:27:59.680><c> no</c><00:28:00.579><c> concern</c><00:28:01.480><c> whatsoever.</c>

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So<00:28:04.559><c> in</c><00:28:04.799><c> your</c><00:28:05.099><c> mind's</c><00:28:05.599><c> eye,</c><00:28:05.980><c> brothers</c><00:28:06.220><c> and</c><00:28:06.519><c> sisters,</c><00:28:07.880><c> picture</c>

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yourselves<00:28:08.880><c> there</c><00:28:09.380><c> in</c><00:28:09.759><c> Corinth</c><00:28:10.000><c> that</c><00:28:10.480><c> day.</c>

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And<00:28:12.160><c> picture</c><00:28:12.480><c> this</c><00:28:12.799><c> man</c><00:28:13.180><c> Sosthenes,</c><00:28:14.940><c> having</c><00:28:15.180><c> been</c><00:28:15.579><c> beaten</c><00:28:15.920><c> by</c>

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his<00:28:16.599><c> entire</c><00:28:17.140><c> congregation,</c>

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having<00:28:19.440><c> been</c><00:28:19.839><c> ignored</c><00:28:20.480><c> by</c><00:28:20.920><c> the</c><00:28:21.140><c> Romans.</c><00:28:22.680><c> Imagine</c><00:28:23.099><c> him</c><00:28:23.420><c> sitting</c><00:28:23.700><c> there</c>

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on<00:28:24.500><c> the</c><00:28:24.819><c> so</c><00:28:25.119><c>-called</c><00:28:25.339><c> steps</c><00:28:25.740><c> of</c><00:28:26.019><c> the</c>

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courthouse,<00:28:27.599><c> bleeding</c><00:28:27.839><c> from</c><00:28:28.299><c> a</c><00:28:28.599><c> cut</c><00:28:28.759><c> in</c><00:28:28.980><c> his</c><00:28:29.220><c> lip,</c><00:28:30.240><c> with</c><00:28:30.480><c> a</c><00:28:30.640><c> welt</c><00:28:30.819><c> on</c>

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his<00:28:31.359><c> face,</c><00:28:32.579><c> having</c><00:28:32.740><c> been</c><00:28:33.039><c> embarrassed</c><00:28:33.680><c> and</c>

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ashamed<00:28:34.400><c> by</c><00:28:34.740><c> those</c><00:28:35.180><c> who</c><00:28:35.420><c> were</c><00:28:35.619><c> members</c><00:28:35.960><c> of</c><00:28:36.160><c> his</c><00:28:36.460><c> congregation.</c><00:28:38.099><c> There</c><00:28:38.400><c> he</c><00:28:38.619><c> is,</c><00:28:39.640><c> alone.</c>

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Or<00:28:44.160><c> not.</c><00:28:45.859><c> He</c><00:28:46.200><c> wasn't</c><00:28:46.539><c> alone.</c><00:28:47.940><c> Because</c><00:28:48.339><c> the</c><00:28:48.579><c> apostle</c><00:28:49.000><c> Paul</c><00:28:49.700><c> demonstrated</c><00:28:50.819><c> the</c><00:28:51.240><c> love</c>

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for<00:28:52.579><c> his</c><00:28:52.940><c> enemies</c><00:28:53.500><c> the</c><00:28:54.420><c> way</c><00:28:55.519><c> that</c><00:28:55.740><c> our</c><00:28:55.900><c> Lord</c><00:28:56.079><c> Jesus</c><00:28:56.559><c> Christ</c>

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instructed.<00:28:58.779><c> The</c><00:28:59.160><c> apostle</c><00:28:59.640><c> Paul</c><00:29:00.079><c> was</c><00:29:00.359><c> the</c><00:29:00.599><c> one,</c>

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I<00:29:00.880><c> would</c><00:29:01.059><c> suggest,</c><00:29:01.839><c> that</c><00:29:02.000><c> came</c><00:29:02.259><c> to</c><00:29:02.539><c> Sosthenes</c><00:29:03.359><c> to</c><00:29:04.359><c> soothe</c><00:29:04.859><c> him,</c><00:29:05.619><c> to</c>

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comfort<00:29:06.240><c> him,</c><00:29:07.319><c> to</c><00:29:07.579><c> care</c><00:29:07.980><c> for</c><00:29:08.599><c> the</c><00:29:08.980><c> cuts</c><00:29:09.240><c> and</c><00:29:09.440><c> the</c>

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bruises.<00:29:12.460><c> Does</c><00:29:13.119><c> it</c><00:29:13.319><c> say</c><00:29:13.559><c> anything</c><00:29:14.000><c> in</c><00:29:14.640><c> Acts</c><00:29:14.980><c> chapter</c><00:29:15.400><c> 18</c><00:29:15.920><c> about</c><00:29:16.200><c> that</c>

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having<00:29:16.880><c> been</c><00:29:17.059><c> the</c><00:29:17.240><c> case?</c><00:29:18.680><c> Well,</c><00:29:18.880><c> the</c><00:29:18.940><c> answer</c>

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is<00:29:19.460><c> no.</c><00:29:20.880><c> There's</c><00:29:21.180><c> nothing</c><00:29:21.500><c> in</c><00:29:21.819><c> here</c><00:29:22.019><c> that</c><00:29:22.359><c> speaks</c><00:29:22.720><c> of</c><00:29:23.000><c> Paul</c><00:29:23.420><c> having</c><00:29:23.980><c> turned</c><00:29:24.579><c> to</c>

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Sosthenes<00:29:25.559><c> and</c><00:29:25.819><c> providing</c><00:29:26.200><c> him</c>

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comfort.<00:29:27.619><c> So</c><00:29:27.920><c> why</c><00:29:28.119><c> do</c><00:29:28.279><c> we</c><00:29:28.420><c> suggest</c><00:29:28.880><c> that?</c><00:29:30.339><c> Well,</c><00:29:30.559><c> turn</c><00:29:30.720><c> with</c><00:29:30.900><c> me</c><00:29:31.059><c> now</c><00:29:31.339><c> to</c><00:29:31.539><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:29:32.259><c> chapter</c><00:29:32.839><c> 1.</c>

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And<00:29:35.200><c> it's</c><00:29:35.339><c> here</c><00:29:35.619><c> in</c><00:29:35.720><c> 1</c><00:29:36.000><c> Corinthians</c><00:29:36.519><c> chapter</c><00:29:37.019><c> 1</c><00:29:37.480><c> where</c><00:29:37.759><c> we</c><00:29:38.019><c> discover</c><00:29:38.599><c> who</c>

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it<00:29:39.180><c> was</c><00:29:39.519><c> that</c><00:29:39.839><c> wrote</c><00:29:40.579><c> the</c><00:29:41.079><c> letter</c>

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to<00:29:42.339><c> the</c><00:29:42.579><c> congregation</c><00:29:43.319><c> in</c><00:29:43.759><c> Corinth.</c><00:29:45.779><c> The</c><00:29:46.059><c> first</c><00:29:46.299><c> verse</c><00:29:46.599><c> says</c>

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this,<00:29:48.220><c> Paul</c><00:29:48.940><c> called</c><00:29:49.940><c> to</c><00:29:50.319><c> be</c><00:29:50.500><c> an</c><00:29:50.700><c> apostle</c><00:29:51.119><c> of</c><00:29:51.359><c> Christ</c>

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by<00:29:52.240><c> the</c><00:29:52.420><c> will</c><00:29:52.559><c> of</c><00:29:52.799><c> God</c><00:29:53.339><c> and</c><00:29:55.240><c> our</c><00:29:56.299><c> brother</c><00:29:56.700><c> Sosthenes</c><00:29:57.839><c> to</c><00:29:59.579><c> the</c>

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church<00:30:00.039><c> of</c><00:30:00.279><c> God</c><00:30:01.119><c> in</c><00:30:01.640><c> Corinth.</c><00:30:03.359><c> And</c><00:30:03.640><c> so</c><00:30:03.779><c> the</c><00:30:03.920><c> letter</c>

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that<00:30:04.440><c> we</c><00:30:04.740><c> know</c><00:30:05.059><c> as</c><00:30:05.400><c> 1</c><00:30:05.720><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:06.579><c> was</c><00:30:07.480><c> really</c><00:30:07.880><c> co</c><00:30:08.160><c>-written,</c>

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not<00:30:10.180><c> only</c><00:30:10.420><c> by</c><00:30:10.660><c> the</c><00:30:10.859><c> apostle</c><00:30:11.220><c> Paul,</c>

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but<00:30:12.619><c> by</c><00:30:12.859><c> the</c><00:30:13.079><c> man</c><00:30:13.380><c> who</c><00:30:13.579><c> had</c><00:30:13.779><c> been</c><00:30:13.940><c> left</c><00:30:14.240><c> bleeding</c><00:30:14.640><c> in</c><00:30:14.880><c> the</c><00:30:15.099><c> courthouse</c><00:30:15.460><c> steps,</c><00:30:16.640><c> the</c>

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one<00:30:17.940><c> who</c><00:30:18.440><c> was</c><00:30:19.160><c> recovered</c>

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by<00:30:21.059><c> the</c><00:30:21.279><c> apostle,</c><00:30:22.700><c> the</c><00:30:22.960><c> one</c><00:30:23.299><c> who</c><00:30:23.460><c> was</c><00:30:23.819><c> comforted</c><00:30:24.759><c> by</c><00:30:25.039><c> the</c><00:30:25.299><c> apostle,</c><00:30:26.599><c> the</c>

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one<00:30:27.299><c> whom</c><00:30:27.579><c> the</c><00:30:27.859><c> apostle</c><00:30:28.319><c> taught</c>

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the<00:30:29.420><c> gospel</c><00:30:29.920><c> message.</c><00:30:32.160><c> And</c><00:30:32.440><c> isn't</c><00:30:32.619><c> there</c><00:30:32.880><c> a</c><00:30:33.099><c> wonderful</c><00:30:33.640><c> exhortation</c><00:30:34.380><c> for</c>

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us,<00:30:35.160><c> brothers</c><00:30:35.240><c> and</c><00:30:35.519><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:30:37.039><c> there</c><00:30:37.279><c> are</c><00:30:37.500><c> times</c><00:30:37.880><c> in</c><00:30:38.200><c> our</c><00:30:38.559><c> lives</c><00:30:38.960><c> when</c><00:30:39.220><c> we</c><00:30:39.640><c> feel</c><00:30:40.039><c> as</c>

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though<00:30:40.519><c> there</c><00:30:40.799><c> are</c><00:30:41.740><c> people</c><00:30:42.180><c> making</c><00:30:42.619><c> attacks</c><00:30:43.079><c> on</c><00:30:43.339><c> us.</c>

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And<00:30:46.220><c> we</c><00:30:46.960><c> need</c><00:30:47.140><c> to</c><00:30:47.299><c> love</c><00:30:47.579><c> those</c><00:30:47.920><c> people</c><00:30:48.500><c> because</c><00:30:49.460><c> their</c><00:30:49.839><c> eternal</c><00:30:50.380><c> salvation</c><00:30:51.299><c> is</c><00:30:52.200><c> at</c>

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stake.<00:30:53.519><c> The</c><00:30:53.680><c> apostle</c><00:30:53.980><c> Paul</c>

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knew<00:30:54.539><c> that.</c><00:30:55.579><c> And</c><00:30:55.700><c> the</c><00:30:55.839><c> apostle</c><00:30:56.160><c> Paul</c><00:30:56.599><c> demonstrated</c><00:30:57.440><c> that.</c>

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And<00:30:59.980><c> one</c><00:31:00.259><c> day,</c><00:31:03.259><c> Sosthenes</c><00:31:03.579><c> was</c><00:31:03.859><c> baptized</c><00:31:04.500><c> into</c><00:31:04.859><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:31:06.359><c> became</c><00:31:06.940><c> a</c><00:31:07.460><c> member</c><00:31:07.779><c> of</c><00:31:08.019><c> that</c><00:31:08.240><c> one</c><00:31:08.480><c> body.</c>

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When<00:31:15.460><c> we</c><00:31:15.740><c> consider</c><00:31:16.220><c> the</c><00:31:16.539><c> Corinthian</c><00:31:17.079><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:31:19.339><c> we</c><00:31:19.839><c> see</c><00:31:20.200><c> a</c><00:31:20.539><c> tremendous</c><00:31:21.160><c> amount</c><00:31:21.559><c> of</c><00:31:21.839><c> diversity.</c>

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1<00:31:26.900><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:27.299><c> chapter</c><00:31:27.819><c> 1</c><00:31:28.599><c> verse</c><00:31:29.460><c> 26</c><00:31:30.339><c> has</c><00:31:31.059><c> an</c><00:31:31.200><c> interesting</c><00:31:31.779><c> comment.</c><00:31:33.400><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:31:34.059><c> chapter</c><00:31:34.460><c> 1</c><00:31:34.779><c> verse</c><00:31:35.059><c> 26</c><00:31:35.740><c> has,</c>

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Brothers,<00:31:37.579><c> think</c><00:31:37.839><c> of</c><00:31:37.980><c> what</c><00:31:38.160><c> you</c><00:31:38.480><c> were</c><00:31:38.940><c> when</c><00:31:39.359><c> you</c><00:31:39.599><c> were</c><00:31:39.859><c> called.</c><00:31:41.180><c> Not</c><00:31:41.619><c> many</c><00:31:42.119><c> of</c>

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you<00:31:43.000><c> were</c><00:31:43.539><c> wise</c><00:31:44.180><c> by</c><00:31:44.680><c> human</c><00:31:45.079><c> standards.</c>

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Not<00:31:46.900><c> many</c><00:31:47.200><c> were</c><00:31:47.559><c> influential.</c><00:31:49.480><c> Not</c><00:31:49.920><c> many</c><00:31:50.640><c> were</c><00:31:51.099><c> of</c><00:31:51.380><c> noble</c>

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birth.<00:31:53.279><c> That</c><00:31:53.660><c> verse</c><00:31:54.019><c> clearly</c><00:31:54.480><c> indicates</c><00:31:55.019><c> that</c>

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while<00:31:55.519><c> not</c><00:31:55.880><c> many</c><00:31:56.119><c> were</c><00:31:56.339><c> those</c><00:31:56.700><c> things,</c><00:31:57.400><c> some</c><00:31:57.720><c> in</c><00:31:57.960><c> fact</c><00:31:58.220><c> were.</c>

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And<00:31:59.660><c> so</c><00:31:59.839><c> the</c><00:32:00.079><c> Corinthian</c><00:32:00.640><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:01.259><c> included</c>

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a<00:32:02.420><c> diverse</c><00:32:02.960><c> number</c><00:32:03.299><c> of</c><00:32:03.779><c> diversity</c><00:32:04.160><c> of</c><00:32:04.420><c> members,</c><00:32:05.759><c> including</c>

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those<00:32:06.339><c> of</c><00:32:06.680><c> noble</c><00:32:06.960><c> birth.</c>

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In<00:32:10.160><c> 1</c><00:32:10.359><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:10.759><c> chapter</c><00:32:11.400><c> 7,</c><00:32:12.859><c> we</c><00:32:13.019><c> read</c><00:32:13.619><c> of</c><00:32:14.440><c> slaves</c><00:32:15.220><c> being</c>

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members<00:32:16.839><c> of</c><00:32:17.400><c> the</c><00:32:17.740><c> congregation.</c>

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In<00:32:20.059><c> 2</c><00:32:20.339><c> Corinthians</c><00:32:20.819><c> chapter</c><00:32:21.339><c> 8,</c><00:32:22.240><c> we</c><00:32:22.420><c> discover</c><00:32:22.880><c> that</c><00:32:23.140><c> the</c><00:32:23.400><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:23.880><c> was</c>

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made<00:32:25.579><c> up</c><00:32:25.779><c> of</c><00:32:26.039><c> some</c><00:32:26.579><c> who</c><00:32:27.000><c> were</c><00:32:27.319><c> wealthy.</c>

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And<00:32:28.960><c> when</c><00:32:29.140><c> we</c><00:32:29.319><c> looked</c><00:32:29.539><c> and</c><00:32:29.779><c> saw</c><00:32:30.099><c> how</c><00:32:30.539><c> Corinth</c><00:32:30.859><c> was</c><00:32:31.299><c> the</c><00:32:31.779><c> center</c>

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of<00:32:33.079><c> finance</c><00:32:33.619><c> in</c><00:32:33.819><c> the</c><00:32:34.039><c> Mediterranean</c><00:32:34.599><c> world,</c>

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it<00:32:36.019><c> only</c><00:32:36.339><c> makes</c><00:32:36.599><c> sense</c><00:32:36.960><c> that</c><00:32:37.140><c> that's</c><00:32:37.519><c> the</c><00:32:37.700><c> case.</c>

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But<00:32:41.759><c> in</c><00:32:41.960><c> addition</c><00:32:42.220><c> to</c><00:32:42.420><c> the</c><00:32:42.579><c> wealthy,</c><00:32:43.420><c> some</c><00:32:43.680><c> were</c><00:32:43.880><c> poor.</c><00:32:45.420><c> Look</c>

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at<00:32:45.799><c> the</c><00:32:45.980><c> contrast.</c><00:32:47.019><c> Nobility</c><00:32:47.680><c> and</c><00:32:48.119><c> slaves,</c>

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wealthy<00:32:49.640><c> and</c><00:32:50.339><c> poor.</c><00:32:51.200><c> Jews</c><00:32:51.799><c> and</c><00:32:52.480><c> gentiles.</c><00:32:54.660><c> Corinth</c><00:32:54.859><c> was</c><00:32:55.140><c> a</c><00:32:55.319><c> melting</c><00:32:55.680><c> pot.</c><00:32:56.720><c> And</c><00:32:57.039><c> all</c><00:32:57.460><c> of</c>

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these<00:32:57.980><c> diverse</c><00:32:58.819><c> members</c>

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came<00:33:01.759><c> together</c><00:33:02.279><c> as</c><00:33:02.640><c> one</c><00:33:03.319><c> to</c><00:33:04.799><c> form</c><00:33:05.039><c> the</c><00:33:05.319><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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On<00:33:11.619><c> the</c><00:33:11.779><c> left</c><00:33:12.019><c>-hand</c><00:33:12.279><c> side,</c><00:33:12.680><c> we</c><00:33:12.819><c> see</c><00:33:13.119><c> a</c><00:33:13.359><c> list</c><00:33:13.619><c> of</c><00:33:13.819><c> some</c><00:33:14.059><c> of</c><00:33:14.240><c> the</c>

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names<00:33:14.839><c> of</c><00:33:15.680><c> individuals</c><00:33:16.319><c> who</c><00:33:17.180><c> have</c><00:33:17.579><c> been</c><00:33:17.880><c> identified</c>

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as<00:33:19.099><c> brothers</c><00:33:19.539><c> and</c><00:33:19.819><c> sisters</c><00:33:20.220><c> in</c><00:33:20.500><c> Christ.</c><00:33:21.660><c> Of</c><00:33:21.940><c> course,</c><00:33:22.240><c> in</c><00:33:22.400><c> Acts</c>

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chapter<00:33:23.039><c> 18,</c><00:33:23.519><c> which</c><00:33:23.700><c> we</c><00:33:23.960><c> just</c><00:33:24.200><c> have</c><00:33:24.460><c> considered,</c>

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we<00:33:25.740><c> see</c><00:33:25.960><c> Priscilla</c><00:33:26.480><c> and</c><00:33:26.759><c> Aquila,</c><00:33:27.779><c> Titius</c><00:33:28.099><c> Justus,</c><00:33:28.819><c> Crispus,</c>

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Sosthenes,<00:33:30.880><c> and</c><00:33:31.119><c> Apollos.</c><00:33:32.400><c> That</c><00:33:32.700><c> great</c><00:33:33.140><c> orator.</c>

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These<00:33:35.180><c> were</c><00:33:35.440><c> members</c><00:33:35.839><c> of</c><00:33:36.079><c> the</c><00:33:36.259><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:36.640><c> there.</c><00:33:38.339><c> And</c><00:33:38.500><c> in</c><00:33:38.680><c> 1</c><00:33:38.859><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:39.240><c> 1</c>

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and<00:33:39.900><c> 1</c><00:33:40.160><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:40.579><c> 16,</c>

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we<00:33:41.420><c> read</c><00:33:41.599><c> about</c><00:33:41.900><c> Chloe</c><00:33:42.380><c> and</c><00:33:42.660><c> Stephanus</c><00:33:43.380><c> and</c><00:33:43.640><c> Fortinatus.</c><00:33:44.819><c> And</c>

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when<00:33:45.160><c> we</c><00:33:45.339><c> look</c><00:33:45.539><c> at</c><00:33:47.200><c> the</c><00:33:47.460><c> words</c><00:33:47.799><c> or</c><00:33:48.000><c> the</c><00:33:48.299><c> names</c><00:33:48.599><c> of</c>

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these<00:33:48.940><c> individuals,</c><00:33:49.880><c> we</c><00:33:50.200><c> can</c><00:33:50.480><c> identify</c><00:33:51.099><c> that</c><00:33:51.359><c> they</c><00:33:51.680><c> included</c>

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both<00:33:52.460><c> Greeks</c><00:33:52.779><c> and</c><00:33:53.119><c> Jews.</c>

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But<00:33:56.579><c> come</c><00:33:56.700><c> with</c><00:33:56.900><c> me</c><00:33:57.019><c> now</c><00:33:57.299><c> to</c><00:33:57.480><c> Romans</c><00:33:57.859><c> chapter</c><00:33:58.420><c> 16.</c>

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It's<00:34:03.619><c> here</c><00:34:03.839><c> in</c><00:34:04.099><c> Romans</c><00:34:04.440><c> that</c><00:34:04.700><c> we</c><00:34:04.900><c> read</c><00:34:05.660><c> of</c><00:34:06.559><c> Paul</c><00:34:06.900><c> sending</c><00:34:07.319><c> greetings</c><00:34:08.159><c> at</c>

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the<00:34:09.360><c> conclusion</c><00:34:09.739><c> of</c><00:34:09.960><c> his</c><00:34:10.219><c> letter.</c>

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Romans,<00:34:12.360><c> of</c><00:34:12.619><c> course,</c><00:34:13.000><c> was</c><00:34:13.219><c> written</c><00:34:13.500><c> while</c><00:34:13.780><c> Paul</c><00:34:14.199><c> was</c><00:34:14.800><c> living</c>

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in<00:34:15.719><c> Corinth.</c><00:34:16.420><c> I</c><00:34:16.760><c> imagine</c><00:34:17.099><c> him</c><00:34:17.440><c> sitting</c><00:34:17.739><c> in</c><00:34:17.980><c> his</c>

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:24.480
tent<00:34:18.519><c> as</c><00:34:19.179><c> he's</c><00:34:19.860><c> writing</c><00:34:20.320><c> this</c><00:34:20.840><c> letter.</c><00:34:22.599><c> And</c><00:34:23.079><c> we</c><00:34:23.619><c> get</c><00:34:23.840><c> a</c><00:34:24.179><c> feel</c>

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for<00:34:24.960><c> the</c><00:34:25.300><c> love</c><00:34:25.599><c> and</c><00:34:25.800><c> the</c><00:34:26.139><c> friendship</c><00:34:26.599><c> that</c><00:34:26.960><c> Paul</c>

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had<00:34:27.619><c> with</c><00:34:27.860><c> the</c><00:34:28.019><c> brothers</c><00:34:28.260><c> and</c><00:34:28.559><c> sisters</c><00:34:28.880><c> there</c><00:34:29.539><c> by</c><00:34:29.860><c> the</c><00:34:30.039><c> way</c><00:34:30.300><c> he</c>

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expresses<00:34:31.340><c> his</c><00:34:32.000><c> greetings</c><00:34:32.420><c> to</c><00:34:32.800><c> them.</c>

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So<00:34:34.260><c> in</c><00:34:34.579><c> Romans</c><00:34:34.960><c> chapter</c><00:34:35.500><c> 16</c><00:34:36.119><c> verse</c><00:34:36.559><c> 1,</c><00:34:37.039><c> he</c><00:34:37.079><c> says,</c><00:34:37.619><c> I</c><00:34:37.619><c> commend</c><00:34:38.880><c> to</c><00:34:39.199><c> you</c><00:34:39.360><c> our</c><00:34:39.559><c> sister</c><00:34:39.900><c> Phoebe,</c><00:34:40.980><c> a</c>

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servant<00:34:41.639><c> of</c><00:34:41.900><c> the</c>

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church<00:34:42.460><c> in</c><00:34:43.880><c> Sancrea.</c><00:34:45.179><c> I</c><00:34:45.320><c> ask</c><00:34:45.619><c> you</c><00:34:45.800><c> to</c><00:34:46.039><c> receive</c><00:34:46.420><c> her</c><00:34:46.679><c> in</c><00:34:46.800><c> the</c><00:34:47.000><c> Lord</c><00:34:47.219><c> in</c>

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a<00:34:47.500><c> way</c><00:34:47.739><c> worthy</c><00:34:48.239><c> of</c><00:34:48.460><c> the</c><00:34:48.699><c> saints</c>

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and<00:34:50.039><c> to</c><00:34:50.300><c> give</c><00:34:50.420><c> her</c><00:34:50.699><c> any</c><00:34:50.940><c> help</c><00:34:51.239><c> she</c><00:34:51.480><c> may</c><00:34:51.739><c> need</c><00:34:52.099><c> from</c><00:34:52.400><c> you,</c><00:34:53.239><c> for</c><00:34:53.420><c> she</c><00:34:53.659><c> has</c><00:34:53.900><c> been</c><00:34:54.179><c> a</c>

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great<00:34:54.780><c> help</c><00:34:55.300><c> to</c><00:34:55.599><c> many</c><00:34:55.880><c> people,</c>

00:34:57.000 --> 00:35:01.179
including<00:34:57.500><c> me.</c><00:34:58.840><c> And</c><00:34:59.179><c> what</c><00:34:59.260><c> we</c><00:34:59.440><c> see</c><00:34:59.619><c> next</c><00:34:59.980><c> is</c><00:35:00.199><c> a</c><00:35:00.400><c> list</c><00:35:00.619><c> of</c><00:35:00.820><c> these</c>

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:04.360
individuals<00:35:01.800><c> being</c><00:35:02.340><c> greeted</c><00:35:02.760><c> by</c><00:35:03.079><c> the</c><00:35:03.320><c> apostle.</c>

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:08.059
Greet<00:35:05.039><c> Priscilla</c><00:35:05.699><c> and</c><00:35:06.079><c> Aquila,</c><00:35:06.619><c> his</c><00:35:06.880><c> tent</c><00:35:07.139><c>-making</c><00:35:07.539><c> friends.</c>

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.440
They<00:35:08.760><c> had</c><00:35:09.019><c> left</c><00:35:09.320><c> Corinth.</c><00:35:09.820><c> They're</c><00:35:09.860><c> now</c><00:35:10.159><c> in</c>

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:14.679
Rome.<00:35:11.179><c> And</c><00:35:11.340><c> he's</c><00:35:11.500><c> saying,</c><00:35:12.019><c> greet</c><00:35:12.219><c> them.</c><00:35:12.920><c> And</c><00:35:13.239><c> can't</c><00:35:13.639><c> we,</c><00:35:14.179><c> brothers</c><00:35:14.300><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:35:15.760><c> relate</c><00:35:16.159><c> to</c><00:35:16.420><c> that?</c><00:35:17.320><c> How</c><00:35:17.480><c> many</c>

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:22.039
times<00:35:18.179><c> does</c><00:35:18.440><c> a</c><00:35:18.780><c> speaker</c><00:35:19.159><c> stand</c><00:35:19.699><c> in</c><00:35:19.940><c> the</c><00:35:20.219><c> front</c><00:35:20.360><c> of</c><00:35:20.599><c> your</c><00:35:20.860><c> congregation</c><00:35:21.579><c> on</c><00:35:21.860><c> a</c>

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Sunday<00:35:22.280><c> morning,</c><00:35:22.820><c> having</c><00:35:22.940><c> traveled</c>

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a<00:35:23.599><c> great</c><00:35:23.760><c> distance</c><00:35:24.219><c> to</c><00:35:24.460><c> be</c><00:35:24.679><c> there?</c><00:35:25.380><c> And</c><00:35:25.639><c> he</c><00:35:25.800><c> begins</c><00:35:26.139><c> by</c><00:35:26.559><c> saying,</c><00:35:27.260><c> I</c><00:35:27.500><c> bring</c><00:35:27.639><c> with</c>

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me<00:35:28.519><c> the</c><00:35:28.940><c> greetings</c><00:35:29.260><c> of</c><00:35:29.500><c> your</c>

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brothers<00:35:29.940><c> and</c><00:35:30.300><c> sisters</c><00:35:31.139><c> from</c><00:35:32.639><c> Boston.</c><00:35:38.940><c> And</c><00:35:39.099><c> this</c><00:35:39.239><c> is</c><00:35:39.380><c> what</c>

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Paul's<00:35:39.920><c> doing.</c><00:35:41.940><c> Now,</c><00:35:42.360><c> notice</c><00:35:42.360><c> there,</c><00:35:43.099><c> so,</c><00:35:43.480><c> you</c><00:35:43.500><c> know,</c>

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I<00:35:43.639><c> just,</c><00:35:44.579><c> Sister</c><00:35:44.800><c> Sandy</c><00:35:45.139><c> was</c><00:35:45.380><c> telling</c><00:35:45.599><c> me</c><00:35:45.820><c> that</c><00:35:46.019><c> she</c><00:35:46.199><c> was</c><00:35:46.500><c> leading</c><00:35:46.780><c> a</c>

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sister's<00:35:47.519><c> class</c><00:35:47.780><c> one</c><00:35:48.099><c> day</c><00:35:48.320><c> and</c><00:35:48.500><c> the</c><00:35:48.719><c> sisters</c>

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:53.659
went<00:35:49.159><c> around</c><00:35:49.519><c> the</c><00:35:49.780><c> room</c><00:35:50.039><c> and</c><00:35:50.519><c> they</c><00:35:50.760><c> replaced</c><00:35:51.179><c> the</c><00:35:51.480><c> names</c><00:35:51.840><c> here.</c><00:35:53.059><c> So</c>

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rather<00:35:54.420><c> than</c><00:35:54.719><c> reading</c><00:35:55.019><c> greet</c><00:35:55.320><c> Priscilla</c>

00:35:56.019 --> 00:36:03.900
and<00:35:56.380><c> Aquila,</c><00:35:57.579><c> they</c><00:35:57.780><c> might</c><00:35:58.099><c> say,</c><00:35:59.559><c> greet</c><00:35:59.639><c> David,</c><00:36:00.840><c> greet</c><00:36:01.059><c> Jim,</c><00:36:01.860><c> greet</c><00:36:02.079><c> Katie.</c><00:36:02.579><c> And</c><00:36:02.780><c> it</c><00:36:02.960><c> made</c><00:36:03.179><c> a</c><00:36:03.539><c> connection.</c>

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And<00:36:04.960><c> so</c><00:36:05.079><c> we</c><00:36:05.219><c> do</c><00:36:05.460><c> see</c><00:36:05.639><c> that</c><00:36:05.960><c> love</c><00:36:06.239><c> and</c><00:36:06.420><c> that</c><00:36:06.719><c> friendship</c><00:36:07.119><c> that</c>

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the<00:36:07.539><c> apostle</c><00:36:07.900><c> Paul</c><00:36:08.219><c> had.</c>

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Just<00:36:10.420><c> as</c><00:36:10.659><c> an</c><00:36:10.840><c> aside,</c><00:36:11.320><c> I'd</c><00:36:11.539><c> like</c><00:36:11.639><c> to</c><00:36:11.900><c> draw</c><00:36:12.000><c> your</c><00:36:12.239><c> attention</c><00:36:12.539><c> to</c>

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:15.260
the<00:36:12.920><c> 17th</c><00:36:13.579><c> verse</c><00:36:13.739><c> here</c><00:36:14.119><c> in</c><00:36:14.380><c> Romans.</c>

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And<00:36:16.239><c> one</c><00:36:16.679><c> of</c><00:36:16.820><c> the</c><00:36:17.000><c> things</c><00:36:17.199><c> that</c><00:36:17.400><c> we</c><00:36:17.659><c> spoke</c><00:36:17.860><c> about</c><00:36:18.179><c> was</c><00:36:18.440><c> the</c><00:36:18.800><c> period</c><00:36:19.119><c> of</c>

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time<00:36:19.800><c> that</c><00:36:20.039><c> Paul</c><00:36:20.679><c> had</c><00:36:21.500><c> correspondence</c>

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with<00:36:22.539><c> the</c><00:36:22.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:23.300><c> there</c><00:36:23.639><c> in</c><00:36:23.960><c> Corinth.</c><00:36:24.760><c> Recall</c><00:36:25.300><c> that</c><00:36:25.500><c> he</c><00:36:25.719><c> was</c><00:36:26.079><c> probably</c><00:36:26.500><c> arriving</c><00:36:27.000><c> in</c>

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Corinth<00:36:27.539><c> around</c><00:36:27.920><c> 50</c><00:36:28.360><c> AD</c>

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and<00:36:28.920><c> he</c><00:36:29.099><c> had</c><00:36:29.340><c> contact</c><00:36:29.800><c> with</c><00:36:30.019><c> them</c><00:36:30.300><c> through</c><00:36:30.699><c> 56</c><00:36:31.340><c> AD</c><00:36:32.059><c> by</c><00:36:32.340><c> writing</c>

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:35.340
letters<00:36:33.139><c> and</c><00:36:33.579><c> by</c><00:36:33.960><c> encouraging</c><00:36:34.460><c> the</c><00:36:34.780><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:40.579
to<00:36:36.059><c> deal</c><00:36:36.559><c> with</c><00:36:36.760><c> the</c><00:36:37.039><c> moral</c><00:36:37.320><c> and</c><00:36:37.619><c> the</c><00:36:37.840><c> doctrinal</c><00:36:38.300><c> problems</c><00:36:38.780><c> that</c><00:36:39.039><c> they</c><00:36:39.280><c> had.</c><00:36:40.420><c> And</c>

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just<00:36:40.820><c> as</c><00:36:41.000><c> an</c><00:36:41.139><c> aside,</c><00:36:41.599><c> I</c><00:36:42.039><c> point</c><00:36:42.260><c> out</c>

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:45.639
here<00:36:42.880><c> that</c><00:36:43.119><c> Paul</c><00:36:43.480><c> really</c><00:36:44.039><c> seemed</c><00:36:44.280><c> to</c><00:36:44.559><c> draw</c><00:36:44.820><c> a</c><00:36:44.980><c> distinction</c>

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between<00:36:46.139><c> those</c><00:36:46.639><c> who</c><00:36:47.340><c> taught</c><00:36:47.760><c> poorly</c><00:36:48.460><c> and</c><00:36:48.980><c> those</c><00:36:49.300><c> who</c><00:36:49.480><c> had</c>

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:54.019
poorly<00:36:50.119><c> taught.</c><00:36:51.380><c> So</c><00:36:51.579><c> in</c><00:36:51.739><c> the</c><00:36:51.900><c> 17th</c><00:36:52.480><c> verse</c><00:36:52.760><c> he</c><00:36:52.940><c> says,</c><00:36:53.579><c> I</c><00:36:53.579><c> urge</c>

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:56.320
you,<00:36:54.519><c> brothers,</c><00:36:54.860><c> to</c><00:36:55.039><c> watch</c><00:36:55.340><c> out</c><00:36:55.619><c> for</c><00:36:55.820><c> those</c>

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:59.800
who<00:36:56.820><c> cause</c><00:36:57.099><c> divisions</c><00:36:57.639><c> and</c><00:36:57.900><c> put</c><00:36:58.119><c> obstacles</c><00:36:58.719><c> in</c><00:36:58.940><c> your</c><00:36:59.139><c> way</c><00:36:59.360><c> that</c><00:36:59.519><c> are</c>

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:02.019
contrary<00:37:00.260><c> to</c><00:37:00.500><c> the</c><00:37:00.699><c> teaching</c><00:37:00.940><c> you've</c><00:37:01.260><c> learned.</c>

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:05.539
Keep<00:37:02.300><c> away</c><00:37:02.639><c> from</c><00:37:02.920><c> them,</c><00:37:04.000><c> for</c><00:37:04.159><c> such</c><00:37:04.420><c> people</c><00:37:04.739><c> are</c><00:37:04.960><c> not</c><00:37:05.199><c> serving</c>

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:09.000
our<00:37:05.800><c> Lord</c><00:37:06.059><c> Christ,</c><00:37:07.000><c> but</c><00:37:07.159><c> their</c><00:37:07.420><c> own</c><00:37:07.719><c> appetites.</c>

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:12.239
By<00:37:09.400><c> smooth</c><00:37:09.800><c> talk</c><00:37:10.059><c> and</c><00:37:10.420><c> flattery,</c><00:37:10.820><c> they</c><00:37:11.059><c> deceive</c><00:37:11.480><c> the</c><00:37:11.860><c> minds</c>

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:16.340
of<00:37:12.539><c> naive</c><00:37:13.059><c> people.</c><00:37:14.420><c> Or</c><00:37:14.559><c> as</c><00:37:14.679><c> the</c><00:37:14.860><c> King</c><00:37:15.079><c> James</c><00:37:15.380><c> says,</c>

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:21.920
simple<00:37:17.159><c> people</c><00:37:17.860><c> or</c><00:37:18.260><c> simple</c><00:37:18.579><c> minds.</c><00:37:20.920><c> And</c><00:37:21.119><c> so</c><00:37:21.280><c> can't</c><00:37:21.539><c> you</c><00:37:21.719><c> see</c>

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:24.199
the<00:37:22.260><c> distinction</c><00:37:22.639><c> there</c><00:37:22.980><c> between</c><00:37:23.300><c> those</c><00:37:23.739><c> who</c>

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:28.719
are<00:37:24.539><c> naive</c><00:37:25.199><c> and</c><00:37:25.780><c> those</c><00:37:26.139><c> who</c><00:37:26.360><c> are</c><00:37:26.579><c> leading</c><00:37:26.920><c> the</c><00:37:27.239><c> factions?</c><00:37:28.440><c> And</c>

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:31.260
Paul,<00:37:29.219><c> through</c><00:37:29.400><c> a</c><00:37:29.440><c> period</c><00:37:29.719><c> of</c><00:37:29.980><c> six</c><00:37:30.199><c> or</c><00:37:30.420><c> seven</c><00:37:30.840><c> years,</c>

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:38.519
had<00:37:31.800><c> great</c><00:37:32.119><c> patience</c><00:37:32.599><c> with</c><00:37:32.860><c> those</c><00:37:33.260><c> who</c><00:37:33.800><c> were,</c><00:37:34.260><c> as</c><00:37:34.460><c> he</c><00:37:34.739><c> says</c><00:37:34.920><c> here,</c><00:37:35.719><c> naive.</c><00:37:37.900><c> Now</c><00:37:38.199><c> look</c><00:37:38.360><c> at</c>

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the<00:37:38.719><c> 23rd</c><00:37:39.420><c> verse.</c>

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It<00:37:41.099><c> says,</c><00:37:42.340><c> Gaius,</c><00:37:42.940><c> whose</c><00:37:43.139><c> hospitality</c><00:37:44.000><c> I</c><00:37:44.599><c> and</c><00:37:44.760><c> the</c><00:37:45.000><c> whole</c><00:37:45.300><c> church</c><00:37:45.679><c> here</c><00:37:45.920><c> enjoy,</c><00:37:46.719><c> send</c><00:37:46.880><c> you</c>

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his<00:37:48.000><c> greetings.</c>

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:54.820
Erastus,<00:37:51.860><c> who</c><00:37:51.940><c> is</c><00:37:52.159><c> the</c><00:37:52.340><c> city's</c><00:37:52.820><c> director</c><00:37:53.159><c> of</c><00:37:53.440><c> public</c><00:37:53.840><c> works,</c>

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and<00:37:55.199><c> our</c><00:37:55.360><c> brother</c><00:37:55.639><c> Quartus</c><00:37:56.519><c> send</c><00:37:57.079><c> you</c><00:37:57.320><c> their</c>

00:37:57.579 --> 00:38:10.760
greetings.<00:38:00.199><c> Erastus,</c><00:38:02.000><c> take</c><00:38:02.219><c> a</c><00:38:02.360><c> look</c><00:38:02.460><c> at</c><00:38:02.619><c> this.</c><00:38:05.079><c> In</c><00:38:05.239><c> one</c><00:38:05.380><c> of</c><00:38:05.480><c> those</c><00:38:05.739><c> archeological</c><00:38:07.519><c> digs,</c><00:38:09.599><c> they</c><00:38:09.780><c> discovered</c><00:38:10.239><c> a</c>

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cobblestone<00:38:11.420><c> road.</c><00:38:13.679><c> But</c><00:38:13.840><c> there</c><00:38:13.980><c> was</c><00:38:14.179><c> one</c><00:38:14.519><c> stone</c><00:38:14.840><c> that</c><00:38:15.019><c> was</c><00:38:15.480><c> different</c><00:38:15.900><c> from</c><00:38:16.159><c> all</c><00:38:16.420><c> the</c><00:38:16.579><c> others.</c><00:38:17.739><c> It</c>

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was<00:38:18.099><c> much</c>

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longer<00:38:18.860><c> and</c><00:38:19.179><c> wider.</c><00:38:20.980><c> And</c><00:38:21.280><c> as</c><00:38:21.500><c> they</c><00:38:21.800><c> uncovered</c><00:38:22.380><c> this</c><00:38:22.880><c> stone,</c>

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they<00:38:23.679><c> learned</c><00:38:24.099><c> or</c><00:38:24.320><c> discovered</c><00:38:24.840><c> that</c><00:38:25.059><c> there</c><00:38:25.260><c> was</c>

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writing<00:38:26.199><c> on</c><00:38:26.980><c> it.</c><00:38:28.860><c> And</c><00:38:29.039><c> if</c><00:38:29.139><c> you</c><00:38:29.300><c> look</c><00:38:29.480><c> there,</c><00:38:31.719><c> you</c><00:38:31.820><c> can</c><00:38:32.099><c> make</c><00:38:32.300><c> out</c><00:38:32.579><c> the</c><00:38:32.920><c> E,</c>

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and<00:38:33.940><c> the</c><00:38:34.179><c> R,</c><00:38:34.960><c> and</c><00:38:35.079><c> the</c><00:38:35.280><c> A,</c><00:38:36.019><c> S,</c><00:38:36.579><c> T,</c><00:38:37.239><c> U,</c><00:38:37.800><c> S.</c>

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Erastus,<00:38:40.460><c> the</c><00:38:40.760><c> brother</c><00:38:41.420><c> who</c><00:38:42.119><c> Paul</c><00:38:42.460><c> was</c><00:38:42.800><c> identifying</c><00:38:43.500><c> here</c><00:38:44.079><c> in</c>

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Romans<00:38:44.880><c> chapter</c><00:38:45.659><c> 16,</c><00:38:46.719><c> Erastus,</c><00:38:47.820><c> who's</c><00:38:48.059><c> the</c>

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director<00:38:49.139><c> of</c><00:38:49.519><c> public</c><00:38:49.920><c> works,</c><00:38:52.679><c> is</c><00:38:52.820><c> the</c><00:38:53.059><c> one</c><00:38:53.659><c> who</c><00:38:54.260><c> is</c><00:38:54.519><c> referred</c>

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to<00:38:55.460><c> in</c><00:38:55.880><c> this</c><00:38:56.139><c> paving</c><00:38:56.559><c> stone.</c>

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These<00:39:00.639><c> words</c><00:39:01.019><c> that</c><00:39:01.239><c> were</c><00:39:01.500><c> transcribed</c><00:39:02.099><c> here</c><00:39:03.019><c> are</c><00:39:03.699><c> translated</c>

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as<00:39:04.659><c> Erastus,</c><00:39:05.360><c> the</c><00:39:05.559><c> commissioner</c><00:39:05.920><c> of</c>

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public<00:39:06.539><c> works,</c><00:39:07.519><c> bore</c><00:39:07.719><c> the</c><00:39:08.179><c> expense</c><00:39:08.900><c> of</c><00:39:09.940><c> this</c><00:39:10.260><c> pavement.</c><00:39:12.800><c> And</c>

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so<00:39:13.239><c> once</c><00:39:13.579><c> again,</c><00:39:15.199><c> we're</c><00:39:15.460><c> reminded</c><00:39:16.139><c> that</c><00:39:17.000><c> the</c>

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individuals<00:39:18.099><c> who</c><00:39:18.920><c> we</c><00:39:19.260><c> read</c><00:39:19.440><c> about</c><00:39:20.079><c> in</c><00:39:20.780><c> Acts,</c><00:39:22.099><c> and</c><00:39:22.099><c> in</c><00:39:22.320><c> Corinthians,</c><00:39:23.639><c> and</c><00:39:23.719><c> in</c>

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Romans,<00:39:24.980><c> and</c><00:39:25.139><c> in</c><00:39:25.400><c> all</c><00:39:25.679><c> of</c><00:39:25.860><c> the</c>

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words<00:39:26.320><c> of</c><00:39:26.539><c> the</c><00:39:26.800><c> scripture,</c><00:39:28.159><c> we're</c><00:39:28.380><c> living,</c><00:39:29.420><c> breathing</c><00:39:30.280><c> individuals.</c><00:39:32.800><c> And</c>

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one<00:39:33.219><c> day</c><00:39:33.500><c> soon,</c><00:39:33.980><c> the</c><00:39:34.099><c> trumpet</c><00:39:34.400><c> call</c>

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:42.280
will<00:39:34.980><c> go</c><00:39:35.280><c> out,</c><00:39:36.300><c> and</c><00:39:36.480><c> the</c><00:39:36.659><c> Lord</c><00:39:36.840><c> Jesus</c><00:39:37.280><c> Christ</c><00:39:37.599><c> will</c><00:39:38.019><c> descend</c><00:39:38.639><c> from</c><00:39:38.980><c> heaven,</c><00:39:40.300><c> and</c><00:39:40.500><c> he</c><00:39:40.599><c> will</c><00:39:40.940><c> establish</c><00:39:41.500><c> a</c><00:39:41.760><c> kingdom,</c>

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:47.099
and<00:39:42.760><c> he</c><00:39:42.900><c> will</c><00:39:43.179><c> raise</c><00:39:43.599><c> the</c><00:39:43.900><c> dead.</c><00:39:45.480><c> And</c><00:39:45.820><c> it</c><00:39:45.880><c> is</c><00:39:46.119><c> our</c><00:39:46.380><c> prayer,</c><00:39:46.739><c> isn't</c><00:39:46.940><c> it,</c>

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brothers<00:39:47.380><c> and</c><00:39:47.659><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:39:48.280><c> on</c><00:39:48.500><c> that</c><00:39:48.800><c> great</c><00:39:49.179><c> day,</c><00:39:49.760><c> we'll</c><00:39:49.960><c> be</c><00:39:50.760><c> united</c><00:39:51.480><c> not</c><00:39:52.099><c> only</c><00:39:52.380><c> with</c>

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Christ,<00:39:54.719><c> but</c><00:39:55.019><c> with</c><00:39:55.760><c> brethren</c><00:39:56.239><c> like</c><00:39:56.900><c> the</c><00:39:57.119><c> Apostle</c><00:39:57.559><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:39:59.300><c> his</c><00:39:59.639><c> friends</c><00:40:00.320><c> like</c><00:40:01.500><c> Sosthenes</c><00:40:02.460><c> and</c><00:40:03.460><c> like</c><00:40:03.739><c> Erastus.</c><00:40:05.860><c> And</c>

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so<00:40:06.480><c> we</c><00:40:06.699><c> pray</c><00:40:07.239><c> for</c><00:40:07.840><c> that</c><00:40:08.039><c> day</c><00:40:08.500><c> to</c><00:40:08.780><c> come.</c>