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be<00:12:35.679><c> accomplished?</c>

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were<00:12:42.340><c> not</c><00:12:42.639><c> simply</c><00:12:43.039><c> matters</c><00:12:43.419><c> of</c><00:12:43.679><c> idle</c><00:12:43.980><c> speculation.</c>

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He<00:12:45.919><c> felt</c><00:12:46.159><c> an</c><00:12:46.500><c> incredible</c><00:12:46.919><c> urgency</c><00:12:47.480><c> to</c><00:12:47.980><c> teach</c><00:12:48.139><c> them</c><00:12:48.320><c> about</c>

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their<00:12:48.720><c> Messiah.</c>

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I<00:12:56.059><c> have</c><00:12:56.340><c> great</c><00:12:56.659><c> heaviness</c><00:12:57.200><c> and</c><00:12:57.460><c> continual</c><00:12:57.940><c> sorrow</c><00:12:58.299><c> in</c><00:12:58.500><c> my</c><00:12:58.720><c> heart,</c>

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for<00:13:00.080><c> I</c><00:13:00.279><c> could</c><00:13:00.500><c> wish</c><00:13:00.740><c> that</c><00:13:00.940><c> myself</c><00:13:01.379><c> were</c><00:13:01.759><c> cursed</c><00:13:02.120><c> from</c><00:13:02.419><c> Christ</c>

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for<00:13:03.379><c> my</c><00:13:03.620><c> brethren,</c>

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my<00:13:04.799><c> kinsmen</c><00:13:05.240><c> according</c><00:13:05.539><c> to</c><00:13:05.720><c> the</c><00:13:05.940><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:13:07.259><c> so</c><00:13:07.440><c> Paul</c><00:13:07.779><c> felt</c><00:13:08.120><c> a</c><00:13:08.340><c> tremendous</c><00:13:08.940><c> urgency</c><00:13:10.039><c> about</c><00:13:10.440><c> preaching</c>

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In<00:13:13.019><c> the</c><00:13:13.179><c> words</c><00:13:13.419><c> of</c><00:13:13.700><c> a</c><00:13:13.700><c> much</c><00:13:13.960><c> loved</c><00:13:14.220><c> and</c><00:13:14.480><c> respected</c><00:13:14.860><c> brother,</c>

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Paul<00:13:16.440><c> was</c><00:13:16.759><c> desperately</c><00:13:17.320><c> anxious</c><00:13:17.899><c> to</c><00:13:18.220><c> share</c><00:13:18.460><c> with</c><00:13:18.639><c> his</c><00:13:18.879><c> own</c><00:13:19.159><c> race</c>

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It's<00:13:35.500><c> easy</c><00:13:35.779><c> to</c><00:13:36.080><c> become</c><00:13:36.279><c> laxadaisical,</c><00:13:37.059><c> isn't</c><00:13:37.299><c> it?</c>

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And<00:13:38.980><c> especially</c><00:13:39.519><c> when</c><00:13:39.740><c> we</c><00:13:39.940><c> meet</c><00:13:40.159><c> opposition,</c><00:13:41.559><c> like</c><00:13:41.759><c> Paul</c><00:13:42.139><c> met.</c>

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He<00:13:43.519><c> had</c><00:13:43.759><c> little</c><00:13:44.100><c> success</c><00:13:44.620><c> among</c><00:13:44.919><c> the</c><00:13:45.179><c> Jews.</c>

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The<00:13:46.220><c> RV</c><00:13:46.519><c> margin</c><00:13:46.960><c> makes</c><00:13:47.200><c> things</c><00:13:47.480><c> a</c><00:13:47.559><c> little</c><00:13:47.799><c> clearer</c><00:13:48.159><c> with</c><00:13:48.399><c> verse</c><00:13:48.720><c> 4.</c>

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But<00:13:54.139><c> we</c><00:13:54.299><c> read</c><00:13:54.500><c> in</c><00:13:54.720><c> verse</c><00:13:54.960><c> 6,</c><00:13:56.120><c> they</c><00:13:56.399><c> opposed</c><00:13:56.919><c> themselves</c><00:13:57.639><c> and</c><00:13:58.620><c> blasphemed.</c>

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How<00:14:04.299><c> easy</c><00:14:04.519><c> it</c><00:14:04.639><c> would</c><00:14:04.740><c> have</c><00:14:04.860><c> been</c><00:14:04.980><c> for</c><00:14:05.200><c> Paul</c><00:14:05.399><c> at</c><00:14:05.580><c> this</c><00:14:05.779><c> point</c><00:14:06.000><c> to</c>

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have<00:14:06.159><c> just</c><00:14:06.399><c> given</c><00:14:06.600><c> up.</c>

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Thrown<00:14:11.340><c> in</c><00:14:11.519><c> the</c><00:14:11.740><c> towel,</c><00:14:13.000><c> said,</c><00:14:13.120><c> well,</c><00:14:13.419><c> I</c><00:14:13.500><c> did</c><00:14:13.639><c> my</c><00:14:13.940><c> best.</c>

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I<00:14:14.440><c> tried.</c><00:14:15.200><c> I</c><00:14:15.360><c> was</c><00:14:15.600><c> very</c><00:14:15.919><c> earnest.</c><00:14:17.840><c> No</c><00:14:18.159><c> success.</c>

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How<00:14:22.799><c> do</c><00:14:22.960><c> we</c><00:14:23.179><c> measure</c><00:14:23.460><c> our</c><00:14:23.740><c> success</c><00:14:24.240><c> when</c><00:14:24.500><c> we</c><00:14:24.860><c> run</c><00:14:25.039><c> into</c><00:14:25.299><c> our</c>

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first<00:14:25.759><c> obstacles?</c>

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We<00:14:28.100><c> can't</c><00:14:28.379><c> see</c><00:14:28.600><c> how</c><00:14:28.799><c> things</c><00:14:29.059><c> will</c><00:14:29.320><c> work</c><00:14:29.539><c> out.</c>

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We<00:14:31.720><c> shouldn't</c><00:14:32.080><c> despair</c><00:14:32.679><c> or</c><00:14:32.899><c> give</c><00:14:33.080><c> up</c><00:14:33.440><c> too</c><00:14:33.779><c> easily.</c>

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If<00:14:35.840><c> we</c><00:14:36.000><c> were</c><00:14:36.220><c> there</c><00:14:36.480><c> in</c><00:14:36.779><c> Corinth,</c><00:14:37.039><c> we</c><00:14:37.139><c> might</c><00:14:37.360><c> have</c><00:14:37.519><c> been</c><00:14:37.720><c> tempted</c><00:14:37.879><c> at</c><00:14:38.080><c> this</c><00:14:38.279><c> point</c><00:14:38.460><c> to</c><00:14:38.679><c> say</c>

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nothing<00:14:39.700><c> there</c><00:14:40.039><c> but</c><00:14:40.220><c> a</c><00:14:40.340><c> bunch</c><00:14:40.519><c> of</c><00:14:40.840><c> hard</c><00:14:41.120><c>-headed,</c><00:14:41.940><c> unreasonable,</c><00:14:43.340><c> traditionalist</c><00:14:43.879><c> Jews</c>

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It<00:14:48.980><c> would</c><00:14:49.080><c> have</c><00:14:49.159><c> been</c><00:14:49.259><c> easy</c><00:14:49.600><c> to</c><00:14:49.820><c> give</c><00:14:49.960><c> up,</c><00:14:51.200><c> but</c><00:14:51.500><c> Paul</c><00:14:51.779><c> didn't.</c>

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Verse<00:15:03.919><c> 9,</c><00:15:05.019><c> then</c><00:15:05.259><c> spake</c><00:15:05.620><c> the</c><00:15:05.799><c> Lord</c><00:15:06.039><c> to</c><00:15:06.299><c> Paul</c><00:15:06.480><c> in</c><00:15:06.679><c> the</c><00:15:06.820><c> night</c><00:15:07.360><c> by</c>

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He<00:15:21.440><c> continued</c><00:15:21.860><c> there</c><00:15:22.240><c> a</c><00:15:22.519><c> year</c><00:15:22.720><c> and</c><00:15:22.940><c> six</c><00:15:23.120><c> months</c><00:15:23.679><c> teaching</c><00:15:24.460><c> the</c>

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He<00:15:54.179><c> refers</c><00:15:54.639><c> to</c><00:15:54.899><c> them</c><00:15:55.019><c> as</c><00:15:55.320><c> his</c><00:15:55.679><c> beloved</c><00:15:56.159><c> children.</c>

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He<00:16:19.799><c> says</c><00:16:20.039><c> to</c><00:16:20.139><c> them</c><00:16:20.340><c> there,</c><00:16:21.019><c> I</c><00:16:21.039><c> write</c><00:16:21.299><c> not</c><00:16:21.539><c> these</c><00:16:21.799><c> things</c><00:16:22.059><c> to</c><00:16:22.360><c> shame</c><00:16:22.559><c> you,</c><00:16:23.100><c> but</c><00:16:23.240><c> as</c>

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have<00:16:31.240><c> ye</c><00:16:31.399><c> not</c><00:16:31.519><c> many</c><00:16:31.779><c> fathers.</c>

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It's<00:16:37.440><c> worth</c><00:16:37.600><c> noting</c><00:16:37.860><c> that</c><00:16:38.039><c> this</c><00:16:38.279><c> form</c><00:16:38.460><c> of</c><00:16:38.840><c> expression</c><00:16:39.379><c> of</c><00:16:40.179><c> them</c><00:16:40.379><c> as</c>

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his<00:16:40.840><c> beloved</c><00:16:41.200><c> children</c>

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occurs<00:16:42.480><c> only</c><00:16:43.279><c> in</c><00:16:43.580><c> two</c><00:16:43.820><c> other</c><00:16:44.080><c> places</c><00:16:44.440><c> in</c><00:16:44.659><c> the</c><00:16:44.720><c> New</c><00:16:44.919><c> Testament.</c>

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They're<00:16:45.980><c> both</c><00:16:46.279><c> with</c><00:16:46.580><c> reference</c><00:16:46.960><c> to</c><00:16:47.259><c> Timothy,</c><00:16:48.279><c> one</c><00:16:48.480><c> of</c><00:16:48.600><c> them</c>

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being<00:16:49.000><c> here</c><00:16:49.320><c> in</c><00:16:49.480><c> verse</c><00:16:49.700><c> 17.</c>

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For<00:16:50.720><c> this</c><00:16:51.039><c> cause</c><00:16:51.240><c> have</c><00:16:51.440><c> I</c><00:16:51.600><c> sent</c><00:16:51.779><c> unto</c><00:16:51.940><c> you</c><00:16:52.139><c> Timotheus,</c><00:16:53.340><c> who</c><00:16:53.460><c> is</c>

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my<00:16:54.080><c> beloved</c><00:16:54.600><c> son.</c>

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This<00:16:57.220><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:16:58.179><c> Paul</c><00:16:58.480><c> could</c><00:16:58.820><c> say,</c><00:16:59.879><c> were</c><00:17:00.159><c> manifestly</c><00:17:00.980><c> declared</c><00:17:01.440><c> to</c><00:17:01.720><c> be</c>

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the<00:17:02.120><c> Epistle</c><00:17:02.519><c> of</c><00:17:02.740><c> Christ,</c>

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ministered<00:17:04.359><c> by</c><00:17:04.700><c> us,</c><00:17:06.740><c> written</c><00:17:06.980><c> not</c><00:17:07.259><c> with</c><00:17:07.460><c> ink,</c><00:17:07.799><c> but</c><00:17:07.859><c> with</c><00:17:08.079><c> the</c>

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Spirit<00:17:08.500><c> of</c><00:17:08.700><c> the</c><00:17:08.819><c> Living</c><00:17:09.039><c> God.</c>

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This<00:17:11.880><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:12.279><c> was</c><00:17:12.519><c> a</c><00:17:12.779><c> special</c><00:17:13.160><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:13.799><c> for</c><00:17:14.680><c> Paul.</c>

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There's<00:17:18.240><c> numerous</c><00:17:18.759><c> references</c><00:17:19.279><c> to</c><00:17:19.579><c> his</c><00:17:19.740><c> role</c><00:17:20.079><c> in</c><00:17:20.319><c> founding</c>

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the<00:17:20.839><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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whereas<00:17:22.519><c> not</c><00:17:22.880><c> so</c><00:17:23.099><c> for</c><00:17:23.319><c> other</c><00:17:23.579><c> letters</c><00:17:23.880><c> of</c><00:17:24.119><c> his,</c>

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making<00:17:25.500><c> all</c><00:17:26.000><c> the</c><00:17:26.160><c> more</c><00:17:26.480><c> poignant</c><00:17:27.059><c> Paul's</c><00:17:27.680><c> later</c><00:17:27.859><c> appeals</c><00:17:28.380><c> when</c><00:17:29.519><c> some</c><00:17:29.839><c> questioned</c><00:17:30.279><c> his</c><00:17:30.539><c> authority.</c>

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Paul<00:17:33.819><c> describes</c><00:17:34.319><c> his</c><00:17:34.559><c> feeling</c><00:17:34.759><c> for</c><00:17:34.980><c> the</c><00:17:35.160><c> Corinthians</c><00:17:35.500><c> as</c><00:17:36.059><c> a</c>

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godly<00:17:36.720><c> jealously.</c>

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He<00:17:38.200><c> pleads</c><00:17:38.539><c> with</c><00:17:38.799><c> them</c><00:17:38.960><c> to</c><00:17:39.119><c> be</c><00:17:39.359><c> followers</c><00:17:39.819><c> of</c><00:17:40.119><c> me,</c><00:17:41.099><c> using</c><00:17:41.380><c> the</c>

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same<00:17:41.920><c> term</c><00:17:42.160><c> he</c><00:17:42.400><c> uses</c><00:17:42.880><c> in</c><00:17:43.420><c> urging</c><00:17:43.680><c> the</c><00:17:43.980><c> Ephesians</c>

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to<00:17:44.660><c> be</c><00:17:44.859><c> followers</c><00:17:45.359><c> of</c><00:17:45.660><c> God</c><00:17:46.200><c> as</c><00:17:46.880><c> dear</c><00:17:47.140><c> children.</c>

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I<00:17:49.799><c> think</c><00:17:50.039><c> Paul's</c><00:17:50.759><c> earnest</c><00:17:51.160><c> concern</c><00:17:52.019><c> for</c><00:17:52.619><c> the</c><00:17:52.819><c> Ecclesias</c><00:17:53.400><c> is</c>

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perhaps<00:17:54.140><c> best</c><00:17:54.599><c> illustrated</c>

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by<00:17:56.759><c> the</c><00:17:56.960><c> familiar</c><00:17:57.359><c> passage</c><00:17:57.839><c> in</c><00:17:57.980><c> his</c><00:17:58.240><c> second</c><00:17:58.519><c> letter</c><00:17:58.779><c> to</c><00:17:58.980><c> the</c>

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Corinthians<00:17:59.559><c> in</c><00:18:00.119><c> chapter</c><00:18:00.480><c> 11.</c>

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Would<00:18:01.920><c> you</c><00:18:02.039><c> turn</c><00:18:02.240><c> with</c><00:18:02.400><c> me</c><00:18:02.539><c> to</c><00:18:02.680><c> chapter</c><00:18:03.119><c> 11</c><00:18:03.599><c> of</c><00:18:03.819><c> 2</c><00:18:04.000><c> Corinthians,</c><00:18:05.099><c> beginning</c>

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in<00:18:05.539><c> verse</c><00:18:05.799><c> 23.</c>

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And<00:18:09.099><c> here</c><00:18:09.259><c> Paul</c><00:18:09.440><c> goes</c><00:18:09.779><c> through</c><00:18:10.019><c> the</c><00:18:10.200><c> whole</c><00:18:10.420><c> catalog</c><00:18:10.980><c> of</c><00:18:12.039><c> the</c>

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awful<00:18:12.480><c> experiences</c><00:18:13.019><c> he'd</c><00:18:13.500><c> had</c><00:18:14.480><c> in</c><00:18:15.279><c> teaching</c><00:18:15.500><c> the</c><00:18:15.720><c> Gospel.</c>

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In<00:18:19.900><c> labors</c><00:18:20.440><c> more</c><00:18:20.799><c> abundant,</c><00:18:21.240><c> he</c><00:18:21.559><c> says,</c><00:18:23.019><c> in</c><00:18:23.299><c> stripes</c><00:18:23.720><c> above</c><00:18:24.079><c> measure,</c>

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in<00:18:26.420><c> prisons</c><00:18:26.700><c> more</c><00:18:27.140><c> frequent,</c><00:18:27.539><c> in</c><00:18:27.779><c> deaths</c><00:18:28.180><c> oft,</c>

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the<00:18:30.140><c> Jews</c><00:18:30.559><c> five</c><00:18:31.099><c> times</c><00:18:31.559><c> received</c><00:18:32.000><c> I</c><00:18:32.180><c> forty</c><00:18:32.500><c> stripes</c><00:18:32.839><c> save</c><00:18:33.140><c> one.</c>

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Thrice<00:18:34.660><c> was</c><00:18:34.859><c> I</c><00:18:35.019><c> beaten</c><00:18:35.160><c> with</c><00:18:35.420><c> rods,</c><00:18:36.039><c> once</c><00:18:36.299><c> was</c><00:18:36.539><c> I</c><00:18:36.859><c> stoned,</c>

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thrice<00:18:38.259><c> I</c><00:18:38.480><c> suffered</c><00:18:38.740><c> shipwreck,</c><00:18:40.019><c> a</c><00:18:40.140><c> night</c><00:18:40.319><c> and</c><00:18:40.519><c> a</c><00:18:40.660><c> day</c><00:18:40.859><c> I</c><00:18:41.539><c> have</c>

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been<00:18:41.839><c> in</c><00:18:42.039><c> the</c><00:18:42.180><c> deep.</c>

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In<00:18:43.779><c> journeyings</c><00:18:44.339><c> often,</c><00:18:44.839><c> in</c><00:18:44.980><c> perils</c><00:18:45.259><c> of</c><00:18:45.539><c> winter,</c><00:18:46.779><c> in</c><00:18:46.940><c> perils</c>

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of<00:18:47.539><c> robbers,</c>

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in<00:18:48.799><c> perils</c><00:18:49.099><c> by</c><00:18:49.380><c> mine</c><00:18:49.579><c> own</c><00:18:49.819><c> countrymen,</c><00:18:51.480><c> in</c><00:18:51.740><c> perils</c><00:18:52.079><c> by</c><00:18:52.339><c> the</c><00:18:52.539><c> heathen,</c>

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in<00:18:53.619><c> perils</c><00:18:53.880><c> in</c><00:18:54.079><c> the</c><00:18:54.240><c> city,</c><00:18:55.319><c> in</c><00:18:55.539><c> perils</c><00:18:55.779><c> in</c><00:18:55.940><c> the</c><00:18:56.059><c> wilderness.</c>

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Imagine<00:18:57.920><c> the</c><00:18:58.200><c> stories</c><00:18:58.400><c> that</c><00:18:58.660><c> Paul</c><00:18:58.819><c> could</c><00:18:59.059><c> tell</c><00:18:59.220><c> us</c><00:18:59.799><c> about</c><00:19:00.039><c> these</c><00:19:00.359><c> experiences</c><00:19:00.799><c> he</c><00:19:01.059><c> had.</c>

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In<00:19:02.200><c> perils</c><00:19:02.539><c> in</c><00:19:02.759><c> the</c><00:19:02.980><c> sea,</c><00:19:03.519><c> in</c><00:19:03.759><c> perils</c><00:19:04.099><c> among</c><00:19:04.440><c> false</c><00:19:04.859><c> brethren,</c>

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in<00:19:06.680><c> weariness</c><00:19:07.380><c> and</c><00:19:07.880><c> painfulness,</c><00:19:09.660><c> in</c><00:19:09.900><c> watchings</c><00:19:10.359><c> often,</c>

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in<00:19:11.700><c> hunger</c><00:19:12.079><c> and</c><00:19:12.400><c> thirst,</c><00:19:13.460><c> in</c><00:19:13.759><c> fastings</c><00:19:14.240><c> often,</c><00:19:15.240><c> in</c><00:19:15.480><c> cold</c><00:19:15.900><c> and</c><00:19:16.180><c> nakedness.</c>

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Then<00:19:18.940><c> he</c><00:19:19.099><c> says,</c><00:19:20.160><c> beside</c><00:19:20.619><c> those</c><00:19:21.079><c> things</c><00:19:21.460><c> that</c><00:19:21.660><c> are</c><00:19:21.839><c> without,</c>

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that<00:19:23.599><c> which</c><00:19:23.880><c> cometh</c><00:19:24.140><c> upon</c><00:19:24.500><c> me</c><00:19:24.940><c> daily,</c><00:19:26.900><c> the</c><00:19:27.339><c> care</c><00:19:27.640><c> of</c><00:19:27.880><c> all</c><00:19:28.099><c> the</c><00:19:28.319><c> Ecclesiastes.</c>

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It's<00:19:30.619><c> as</c><00:19:30.759><c> if</c><00:19:30.920><c> to</c><00:19:31.140><c> say</c><00:19:31.400><c> all</c><00:19:31.920><c> those</c><00:19:32.579><c> things</c><00:19:32.960><c> that</c><00:19:33.220><c> Paul</c><00:19:33.420><c> had</c><00:19:33.599><c> been</c><00:19:33.839><c> through,</c>

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all<00:19:34.200><c> those</c><00:19:34.440><c> adventures,</c><00:19:35.579><c> all</c><00:19:35.700><c> those</c><00:19:35.960><c> times</c><00:19:36.160><c> when</c><00:19:36.259><c> he</c><00:19:36.359><c> was</c><00:19:36.539><c> in</c>

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fear<00:19:36.980><c> of</c><00:19:37.220><c> his</c><00:19:37.460><c> life.</c>

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They<00:19:39.819><c> were</c><00:19:40.099><c> bad,</c><00:19:40.480><c> but</c><00:19:40.880><c> the</c><00:19:41.200><c> care</c><00:19:41.440><c> of</c><00:19:41.720><c> the</c><00:19:41.880><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:19:43.900><c> is</c>

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the<00:19:45.000><c> pinnacle,</c>

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it's<00:19:46.259><c> the</c><00:19:46.579><c> capper</c><00:19:46.859><c> of</c><00:19:47.059><c> the</c><00:19:47.200><c> whole</c><00:19:47.460><c> list.</c>

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The<00:19:50.619><c> word</c><00:19:51.279><c> Paul</c><00:19:52.099><c> uses</c><00:19:52.579><c> to</c><00:19:52.859><c> describe</c><00:19:53.339><c> his</c><00:19:53.700><c> feelings,</c>

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marimna,<00:19:57.859><c> it</c><00:19:58.140><c> comes</c><00:19:58.319><c> from</c><00:19:58.500><c> a</c><00:19:58.579><c> word</c><00:19:58.660><c> that</c><00:19:58.799><c> means</c><00:19:59.019><c> to</c><00:19:59.339><c> pull</c><00:19:59.519><c> in</c>

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different<00:20:00.000><c> directions.</c>

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He<00:20:00.599><c> has</c><00:20:01.240><c> been</c><00:20:01.460><c> pulled</c><00:20:01.799><c> apart</c><00:20:02.339><c> with</c><00:20:02.539><c> his</c><00:20:02.759><c> anxieties.</c>

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In<00:20:04.579><c> fact,</c><00:20:04.859><c> it's</c><00:20:05.240><c> interesting</c><00:20:05.619><c> that</c><00:20:05.779><c> it's</c><00:20:05.980><c> the</c><00:20:06.140><c> same</c><00:20:06.339><c> word</c>

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that<00:20:06.740><c> Jesus</c><00:20:07.059><c> uses</c>

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to<00:20:07.680><c> talk</c><00:20:07.900><c> about</c><00:20:08.140><c> the</c><00:20:08.440><c> cares</c><00:20:08.619><c> of</c><00:20:08.779><c> this</c><00:20:09.099><c> world</c><00:20:09.480><c> being</c><00:20:10.039><c> like</c><00:20:10.480><c> thorns</c><00:20:10.880><c> that</c>

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can<00:20:11.440><c> choke</c><00:20:11.579><c> us.</c>

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Not<00:20:13.000><c> simply</c><00:20:13.380><c> the</c><00:20:13.660><c> worries,</c><00:20:14.140><c> but</c><00:20:14.259><c> all</c><00:20:14.680><c> the</c><00:20:15.079><c> distractions,</c><00:20:15.740><c> the</c><00:20:15.900><c> enticements,</c>

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the<00:20:17.380><c> things</c><00:20:17.539><c> that</c><00:20:17.720><c> can</c><00:20:17.920><c> preoccupy</c><00:20:18.519><c> us</c><00:20:18.740><c> with</c><00:20:18.920><c> this</c><00:20:19.160><c> life.</c>

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but<00:20:23.839><c> the</c><00:20:24.380><c> feeling</c><00:20:24.700><c> of</c><00:20:24.920><c> being</c><00:20:25.240><c> pulled</c><00:20:25.599><c> apart</c><00:20:26.680><c> with</c><00:20:27.200><c> concerns</c>

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was<00:20:28.079><c> still</c><00:20:28.400><c> there.</c>

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him<00:20:33.680><c> to</c><00:20:33.859><c> be</c><00:20:34.059><c> concerned</c><00:20:34.480><c> about.</c>

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It<00:20:35.859><c> must</c><00:20:36.059><c> have</c><00:20:36.180><c> been</c><00:20:36.319><c> awful</c><00:20:36.619><c> for</c><00:20:36.900><c> Paul</c><00:20:37.299><c> not</c><00:20:38.259><c> being</c><00:20:38.660><c> there</c><00:20:39.599><c> and</c>

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hearing<00:20:41.380><c> of</c><00:20:41.579><c> these</c><00:20:41.819><c> problems.</c>

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There<00:20:44.359><c> was</c><00:20:44.579><c> a</c><00:20:44.819><c> denial</c><00:20:45.119><c> of</c><00:20:45.420><c> the</c><00:20:45.640><c> doctrine</c><00:20:45.920><c> of</c><00:20:46.119><c> the</c><00:20:46.259><c> resurrection.</c>

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Incredible.

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There<00:20:50.799><c> was</c><00:20:51.079><c> the</c><00:20:51.640><c> case</c><00:20:52.000><c> in</c><00:20:52.359><c> 1</c><00:20:52.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:20:52.960><c> chapter</c><00:20:53.420><c> 5</c><00:20:54.480><c> of</c><00:20:55.460><c> immorality,</c>

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immorality<00:20:57.700><c> that</c><00:20:58.000><c> we</c><00:20:58.220><c> would</c><00:20:58.400><c> be</c><00:20:58.599><c> embarrassed</c><00:20:59.019><c> even</c><00:20:59.279><c> to</c><00:20:59.519><c> speak</c><00:20:59.680><c> about.</c>

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There<00:21:03.019><c> was</c><00:21:03.200><c> at</c><00:21:03.319><c> least</c><00:21:03.480><c> one</c><00:21:03.740><c> case</c><00:21:03.940><c> of</c><00:21:04.140><c> a</c><00:21:04.299><c> lawsuit</c><00:21:04.680><c> between</c><00:21:05.099><c> brethren.</c>

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Can<00:21:07.339><c> we</c><00:21:07.519><c> imagine</c><00:21:07.839><c> how</c><00:21:08.039><c> we'd</c><00:21:08.400><c> feel</c><00:21:08.779><c> if</c><00:21:10.339><c> we</c><00:21:10.480><c> knew</c><00:21:10.599><c> that</c><00:21:10.759><c> a</c><00:21:10.920><c> brother</c><00:21:11.119><c> or</c><00:21:11.240><c> sister</c><00:21:11.559><c> in</c>

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our<00:21:11.960><c> Ecclesia</c>

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were<00:21:13.579><c> involved</c><00:21:14.059><c> in</c><00:21:14.259><c> a</c><00:21:14.440><c> lawsuit</c><00:21:14.920><c> with</c><00:21:16.019><c> someone</c><00:21:16.279><c> in</c><00:21:16.460><c> the</c><00:21:16.660><c> world?</c>

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That<00:21:18.859><c> would</c><00:21:19.059><c> be</c><00:21:19.380><c> bad</c><00:21:19.640><c> enough.</c><00:21:19.980><c> It</c><00:21:20.099><c> would</c><00:21:20.319><c> be</c><00:21:20.619><c> shocking</c><00:21:20.960><c> enough.</c>

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But<00:21:22.619><c> to</c><00:21:22.920><c> know</c><00:21:23.119><c> that</c><00:21:23.420><c> brother</c><00:21:23.980><c> was</c><00:21:24.500><c> taking</c><00:21:24.859><c> brother</c><00:21:25.279><c> to</c><00:21:25.660><c> law</c>

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and<00:21:26.640><c> before</c><00:21:26.960><c> the</c><00:21:27.200><c> unbelievers,</c>

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well<00:21:29.839><c> could</c><00:21:30.079><c> Paul</c><00:21:30.500><c> say</c><00:21:31.339><c> that</c><00:21:32.700><c> the</c><00:21:32.980><c> cares</c><00:21:33.220><c> of</c><00:21:33.480><c> the</c><00:21:33.720><c> Ecclesia</c><00:21:34.400><c> were</c><00:21:35.539><c> a</c>

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burden<00:21:36.700><c> for</c><00:21:37.019><c> him.</c>

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We<00:21:42.880><c> find</c><00:21:43.240><c> in</c><00:21:43.460><c> the</c><00:21:43.599><c> 11th</c><00:21:44.000><c> chapter</c><00:21:44.339><c> of</c><00:21:44.519><c> 1</c><00:21:44.700><c> Corinthians</c>

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that<00:21:46.599><c> their</c><00:21:46.880><c> worship</c><00:21:47.319><c> service</c><00:21:48.140><c> had</c><00:21:48.920><c> become</c><00:21:49.140><c> quite</c><00:21:49.500><c> disorderly.</c>

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Even<00:21:52.019><c> the</c><00:21:52.319><c> memorial</c><00:21:52.839><c> service</c><00:21:53.579><c> was</c><00:21:54.759><c> disorderly.</c>

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Worst<00:21:59.000><c> of</c><00:21:59.200><c> all,</c><00:22:00.599><c> and</c><00:22:00.680><c> the</c><00:22:00.859><c> problem</c><00:22:01.119><c> that</c><00:22:01.339><c> Paul</c><00:22:01.519><c> gave</c><00:22:01.799><c> his</c><00:22:02.079><c> first</c><00:22:02.380><c> and</c>

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most<00:22:02.779><c> careful</c><00:22:03.160><c> attention</c><00:22:03.579><c> to,</c>

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there<00:22:05.059><c> were</c><00:22:05.279><c> divisions</c><00:22:05.779><c> and</c><00:22:07.160><c> factions</c><00:22:07.559><c> in</c><00:22:07.779><c> the</c><00:22:07.940><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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When<00:22:10.180><c> we</c><00:22:10.299><c> get</c><00:22:10.460><c> to</c><00:22:10.599><c> the</c><00:22:10.779><c> second</c><00:22:11.019><c> letter,</c><00:22:11.799><c> the</c><00:22:11.980><c> problems</c><00:22:12.319><c> still</c>

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are<00:22:12.920><c> there.</c>

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There<00:22:14.319><c> was</c><00:22:14.559><c> a</c><00:22:14.799><c> questioning</c><00:22:15.180><c> of</c><00:22:15.380><c> his</c><00:22:15.619><c> authority.</c>

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Incredible<00:22:17.440><c> given</c><00:22:17.740><c> his</c><00:22:18.039><c> fundamental</c><00:22:18.460><c> work</c><00:22:18.720><c> there.</c>

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There<00:22:20.079><c> was</c><00:22:20.299><c> a</c><00:22:20.460><c> hesitancy</c><00:22:20.960><c> to</c><00:22:21.220><c> follow</c><00:22:21.400><c> through</c><00:22:21.759><c> on</c><00:22:21.940><c> their</c><00:22:22.059><c> commitment</c><00:22:22.660><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:23.440><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:23.920><c> Poor</c><00:22:24.200><c> Fund.</c>

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How<00:22:28.740><c> did</c><00:22:28.960><c> these</c><00:22:29.180><c> things</c><00:22:29.420><c> make</c><00:22:29.700><c> Paul</c><00:22:30.019><c> feel?</c>

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And<00:22:31.680><c> how</c><00:22:31.900><c> would</c><00:22:32.140><c> we</c><00:22:32.519><c> feel</c><00:22:32.839><c> about</c><00:22:33.160><c> that</c><00:22:33.400><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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Would<00:22:36.079><c> we</c><00:22:36.359><c> say</c><00:22:36.599><c> that</c><00:22:36.859><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:37.500><c> is</c><00:22:39.119><c> practically</c><00:22:39.579><c> a</c><00:22:39.799><c> write</c><00:22:39.980><c>-off?</c>

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Is<00:22:40.720><c> that</c><00:22:40.920><c> what</c><00:22:41.079><c> our</c><00:22:41.299><c> feeling</c><00:22:41.500><c> would</c><00:22:41.700><c> be?</c>

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One<00:22:45.319><c> of</c><00:22:45.420><c> the</c><00:22:45.559><c> reasons</c><00:22:45.859><c> I've</c><00:22:46.119><c> chosen</c><00:22:47.079><c> Paul's</c><00:22:48.140><c> first</c><00:22:48.880><c> letter</c><00:22:49.099><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:49.460><c> Corinthians</c><00:22:49.799><c> as</c><00:22:50.039><c> a</c><00:22:50.220><c> topic</c><00:22:50.559><c> for</c><00:22:50.960><c> these</c><00:22:51.220><c> classes</c>

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is<00:22:53.000><c> that</c><00:22:53.279><c> Paul's</c><00:22:53.799><c> attitude</c><00:22:54.279><c> toward</c><00:22:54.599><c> the</c><00:22:54.880><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:55.599><c> provides</c>

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such<00:22:56.759><c> encouragement</c><00:22:57.380><c> to</c><00:22:57.640><c> us</c>

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in<00:22:58.819><c> our</c><00:22:59.039><c> feelings</c><00:22:59.400><c> toward</c><00:22:59.799><c> our</c><00:23:00.119><c> brethren</c><00:23:00.539><c> and</c><00:23:01.339><c> in</c><00:23:01.539><c> our</c><00:23:01.839><c> service</c><00:23:02.180><c> to</c><00:23:02.380><c> those</c><00:23:03.000><c> to</c>

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whom<00:23:03.500><c> we</c><00:23:03.759><c> attempt</c><00:23:03.960><c> to</c><00:23:04.200><c> teach</c><00:23:04.359><c> the</c><00:23:04.619><c> truth</c>

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and<00:23:05.720><c> to</c><00:23:05.960><c> those</c><00:23:06.339><c> that</c><00:23:06.599><c> are</c><00:23:06.759><c> young</c><00:23:06.900><c> in</c><00:23:07.059><c> the</c><00:23:07.240><c> faith.</c>

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There's<00:23:09.079><c> a</c><00:23:09.279><c> wonderful</c><00:23:09.720><c> passage</c><00:23:10.220><c> in</c><00:23:10.480><c> 2</c><00:23:10.740><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:11.359><c> chapter</c><00:23:12.460><c> 5</c>

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describing<00:23:19.140><c> Paul's</c><00:23:19.900><c> reason</c><00:23:20.440><c> for</c><00:23:22.680><c> not</c><00:23:22.980><c> giving</c><00:23:23.259><c> up</c><00:23:24.400><c> on</c><00:23:24.599><c> the</c>

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Corinthian<00:23:25.240><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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It's<00:23:27.099><c> one</c><00:23:27.259><c> of</c><00:23:27.339><c> these</c><00:23:27.579><c> compact</c><00:23:28.160><c> verses</c><00:23:28.940><c> that</c><00:23:31.819><c> says</c><00:23:32.079><c> an</c><00:23:32.359><c> awful</c><00:23:32.539><c> lot</c><00:23:32.859><c> in</c><00:23:33.079><c> just</c><00:23:33.259><c> a</c>

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few<00:23:33.619><c> phrases.</c>

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Second<00:23:35.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:36.140><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.039><c> 5</c><00:23:38.140><c> verses</c><00:23:38.920><c> 14</c><00:23:39.519><c> and</c><00:23:39.680><c> 15.</c>

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Let's<00:23:40.279><c> see</c><00:23:40.480><c> if</c><00:23:40.559><c> we</c><00:23:40.680><c> can</c><00:23:40.880><c> follow</c><00:23:41.160><c> Paul's</c><00:23:42.000><c> reasoning</c><00:23:42.279><c> there.</c>

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For<00:23:45.180><c> the</c><00:23:45.440><c> love</c><00:23:45.680><c> of</c><00:23:45.980><c> Christ</c><00:23:47.119><c> constraineth</c><00:23:48.240><c> us,</c>

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because<00:23:50.980><c> we</c><00:23:51.440><c> thus</c><00:23:51.759><c> judge</c><00:23:52.400><c> that</c><00:23:53.319><c> if</c><00:23:53.819><c> one</c><00:23:54.099><c> died</c><00:23:54.500><c> for</c><00:23:54.859><c> all,</c><00:23:55.839><c> then</c>

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we're<00:23:56.519><c> all</c><00:23:56.839><c> dead,</c>

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and<00:23:59.660><c> that</c><00:23:59.880><c> he</c><00:24:00.140><c> died</c><00:24:00.440><c> for</c><00:24:00.779><c> all,</c><00:24:01.700><c> that</c><00:24:02.000><c> they</c><00:24:02.279><c> which</c><00:24:02.539><c> live</c><00:24:03.160><c> should</c>

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not<00:24:03.940><c> henceforth</c><00:24:04.500><c> live</c><00:24:04.680><c> unto</c><00:24:04.920><c> themselves,</c>

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but<00:24:07.019><c> unto</c><00:24:07.299><c> him</c><00:24:07.619><c> which</c><00:24:07.900><c> died</c><00:24:08.259><c> for</c><00:24:08.579><c> them,</c><00:24:09.980><c> and</c><00:24:10.079><c> rose</c><00:24:10.339><c> again.</c>

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Paul<00:24:12.660><c> says</c><00:24:13.380><c> that</c><00:24:14.440><c> the</c><00:24:14.680><c> love</c><00:24:14.839><c> of</c><00:24:15.099><c> Christ</c><00:24:15.660><c> constrained</c><00:24:16.559><c> him.</c>

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It<00:24:18.180><c> constrains</c><00:24:18.680><c> us.</c><00:24:20.640><c> It</c><00:24:21.019><c> obligates</c><00:24:21.640><c> us.</c>

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How<00:24:24.599><c> does</c><00:24:24.839><c> it</c><00:24:25.000><c> do</c><00:24:25.240><c> it?</c><00:24:26.220><c> How</c><00:24:26.480><c> is</c><00:24:26.740><c> it</c><00:24:26.859><c> that</c><00:24:27.000><c> the</c><00:24:27.160><c> love</c><00:24:27.299><c> of</c><00:24:27.500><c> Christ</c>

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constrains<00:24:28.559><c> us?</c>

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Well,<00:24:30.599><c> Paul</c><00:24:30.779><c> says,</c><00:24:31.299><c> verse</c><00:24:31.480><c> 14,</c><00:24:32.960><c> for</c><00:24:33.180><c> we</c><00:24:33.660><c> thus</c><00:24:34.039><c> judge.</c>

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This<00:24:35.279><c> is</c><00:24:35.480><c> how</c><00:24:35.660><c> we</c><00:24:35.940><c> reckon.</c><00:24:37.160><c> This</c><00:24:37.359><c> is</c><00:24:37.539><c> how</c><00:24:37.680><c> we</c><00:24:37.960><c> figure.</c>

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That<00:24:39.880><c> if</c><00:24:40.359><c> it</c><00:24:40.559><c> was</c><00:24:40.880><c> necessary</c><00:24:41.880><c> for</c><00:24:43.319><c> one</c><00:24:43.799><c> to</c><00:24:44.119><c> die</c><00:24:44.460><c> for</c><00:24:44.920><c> all,</c>

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then<00:24:47.619><c> it</c><00:24:47.900><c> must</c><00:24:48.220><c> have</c><00:24:48.539><c> been</c><00:24:48.940><c> that</c><00:24:49.259><c> all</c><00:24:49.619><c> were</c><00:24:49.920><c> dead.</c>

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We<00:24:53.660><c> were</c><00:24:53.960><c> dead</c><00:24:54.259><c> in</c><00:24:54.599><c> trespasses</c><00:24:55.180><c> and</c><00:24:55.559><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:24:57.019><c> if</c><00:24:57.119><c> it</c><00:24:57.500><c> weren't</c><00:24:57.680><c> that</c><00:24:57.880><c> we</c><00:24:58.119><c> were</c><00:24:58.339><c> in</c><00:24:58.480><c> an</c><00:24:58.819><c> extreme</c><00:24:59.640><c> position</c>

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of<00:25:00.720><c> need,</c>

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then<00:25:03.160><c> such</c><00:25:03.420><c> an</c><00:25:03.700><c> extreme</c><00:25:04.299><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:05.200><c> would</c><00:25:06.480><c> not</c><00:25:06.680><c> have</c><00:25:06.880><c> been</c><00:25:07.079><c> needed.</c>

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The<00:25:09.980><c> love</c><00:25:10.220><c> of</c><00:25:10.480><c> Christ,</c><00:25:10.900><c> when</c><00:25:11.099><c> we</c><00:25:11.420><c> contemplate</c><00:25:12.940><c> His</c><00:25:13.220><c> sacrifice,</c>

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must<00:25:15.940><c> make</c><00:25:16.220><c> us</c><00:25:16.779><c> very</c><00:25:17.299><c> much</c><00:25:17.579><c> aware</c><00:25:17.960><c> of</c><00:25:18.200><c> our</c><00:25:18.480><c> need.</c>

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And<00:25:20.180><c> then</c><00:25:20.279><c> we</c><00:25:20.420><c> go</c><00:25:20.599><c> from</c><00:25:20.880><c> there.</c>

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That<00:25:23.799><c> He</c><00:25:24.039><c> died</c><00:25:24.319><c> for</c><00:25:24.640><c> all,</c><00:25:24.859><c> verse</c><00:25:25.079><c> 15,</c>

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shows<00:25:27.680><c> us</c><00:25:28.079><c> that</c><00:25:28.279><c> they</c><00:25:28.680><c> which</c><00:25:29.119><c> live</c><00:25:29.940><c> should</c><00:25:30.420><c> not</c><00:25:30.700><c> henceforth</c>

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live<00:25:31.599><c> unto</c><00:25:31.940><c> themselves.</c>

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If<00:25:34.819><c> we</c><00:25:35.500><c> really</c><00:25:35.859><c> believe</c><00:25:36.339><c> that</c><00:25:36.599><c> our</c><00:25:37.039><c> circumstances,</c><00:25:38.539><c> being</c><00:25:38.859><c> dead</c><00:25:39.180><c> in</c>

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trespasses<00:25:39.920><c> and</c><00:25:40.299><c> sin,</c>

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were<00:25:41.299><c> so</c><00:25:41.799><c> severe</c><00:25:42.380><c> that</c><00:25:42.839><c> it</c><00:25:43.119><c> required</c><00:25:43.940><c> the</c><00:25:44.720><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:45.259><c> of</c><00:25:45.500><c> Christ,</c>

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if<00:25:46.319><c> we</c><00:25:46.700><c> really</c><00:25:47.079><c> believe</c><00:25:47.539><c> that,</c>

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and<00:25:50.759><c> if</c><00:25:51.140><c> Christ</c><00:25:51.500><c> has</c><00:25:51.980><c> given</c><00:25:52.259><c> Himself</c><00:25:52.839><c> for</c><00:25:53.099><c> us,</c>

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then<00:25:55.079><c> we're</c><00:25:55.339><c> no</c><00:25:55.599><c> longer</c><00:25:56.220><c> our</c><00:25:56.900><c> own.</c>

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We<00:25:58.759><c> can</c><00:25:58.980><c> no</c><00:25:59.200><c> longer</c><00:25:59.539><c> live</c><00:25:59.940><c> unto</c><00:26:00.299><c> ourselves,</c>

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but<00:26:02.140><c> we</c><00:26:02.339><c> must</c><00:26:02.519><c> live</c><00:26:02.779><c> unto</c><00:26:03.019><c> Him</c><00:26:03.319><c> which</c><00:26:03.579><c> died</c><00:26:04.039><c> for</c><00:26:05.000><c> us</c><00:26:06.160><c> and</c><00:26:06.619><c> rose</c><00:26:06.940><c> again.</c>

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The<00:26:11.799><c> beneficiaries</c><00:26:12.400><c> of</c><00:26:12.720><c> such</c><00:26:12.980><c> love</c><00:26:13.559><c> can</c><00:26:14.519><c> no</c><00:26:14.900><c> longer</c><00:26:15.420><c> live</c><00:26:15.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:16.240><c> old,</c><00:26:17.160><c> dead,</c>

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or<00:26:17.700><c> at</c><00:26:17.940><c> least</c><00:26:18.180><c> as</c><00:26:18.440><c> good</c><00:26:18.599><c> as</c><00:26:18.880><c> dead,</c><00:26:19.859><c> way</c><00:26:20.019><c> of</c><00:26:20.299><c> life.</c>

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The<00:26:21.960><c> life</c><00:26:22.220><c> that</c><00:26:22.460><c> we</c><00:26:22.680><c> live</c><00:26:22.859><c> can</c><00:26:23.079><c> no</c><00:26:23.299><c> longer</c><00:26:23.539><c> be</c><00:26:23.799><c> for</c><00:26:24.019><c> ourselves,</c>

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but<00:26:25.579><c> must</c><00:26:25.900><c> be</c><00:26:26.119><c> for</c><00:26:26.319><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:26:27.559><c> all</c><00:26:27.880><c> this</c><00:26:28.099><c> we</c><00:26:28.420><c> deduce</c><00:26:29.140><c> from</c><00:26:29.660><c> the</c><00:26:29.900><c> fact</c><00:26:30.099><c> of</c><00:26:30.359><c> Christ</c><00:26:30.660><c> as</c><00:26:30.920><c> a</c>

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sacrifice<00:26:31.640><c> for</c><00:26:31.940><c> us.</c>

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That<00:26:33.200><c> our</c><00:26:33.480><c> previous</c><00:26:33.940><c> state</c><00:26:34.400><c> was</c><00:26:34.980><c> desperate.</c>

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:39.039
That<00:26:36.480><c> we</c><00:26:36.660><c> were</c><00:26:36.940><c> saved</c><00:26:37.259><c> from</c><00:26:37.460><c> that</c><00:26:37.700><c> hopeless</c><00:26:38.019><c> state.</c>

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That<00:26:39.599><c> the</c><00:26:39.779><c> life</c><00:26:40.079><c> we</c><00:26:40.299><c> now</c><00:26:40.579><c> live</c><00:26:40.799><c> is</c><00:26:41.059><c> not</c><00:26:41.259><c> unto</c><00:26:42.220><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:26:44.460><c> should</c><00:26:44.720><c> henceforth</c><00:26:45.640><c> no</c><00:26:46.079><c> longer</c><00:26:46.440><c> live</c><00:26:46.720><c> to</c><00:26:47.019><c> ourselves.</c>

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You<00:26:48.259><c> know,</c><00:26:48.500><c> just</c><00:26:48.799><c> stopping</c><00:26:49.019><c> for</c><00:26:49.259><c> a</c><00:26:49.279><c> second</c><00:26:49.460><c> to</c><00:26:49.660><c> think</c><00:26:49.759><c> about</c><00:26:50.039><c> that.</c>

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That's<00:26:51.680><c> an</c><00:26:52.059><c> idea</c><00:26:52.519><c> that</c><00:26:52.799><c> goes</c><00:26:53.279><c> completely</c><00:26:53.940><c> against</c><00:26:55.000><c> the</c><00:26:55.640><c> way</c>

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of<00:26:56.160><c> thinking</c><00:26:56.420><c> of</c><00:26:56.640><c> the</c><00:26:56.880><c> world.</c>

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That<00:26:59.240><c> says,</c><00:26:59.700><c> live</c><00:26:59.759><c> for</c><00:27:00.000><c> yourself.</c>

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You've<00:27:01.720><c> got</c><00:27:01.819><c> to</c><00:27:01.960><c> be</c><00:27:02.160><c> fulfilled.</c><00:27:02.700><c> You've</c><00:27:02.960><c> got</c><00:27:03.079><c> to</c><00:27:03.220><c> be</c><00:27:03.420><c> happy.</c>

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You<00:27:04.400><c> deserve</c><00:27:04.819><c> to</c><00:27:05.059><c> have</c><00:27:05.240><c> this</c><00:27:05.519><c> or</c><00:27:05.740><c> you</c><00:27:05.839><c> deserve</c><00:27:06.279><c> to</c><00:27:06.519><c> have</c><00:27:06.700><c> that.</c>

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You<00:27:07.279><c> are</c><00:27:07.559><c> special.</c>

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You<00:27:09.400><c> should</c><00:27:09.640><c> live</c><00:27:09.880><c> for</c><00:27:10.099><c> yourselves,</c><00:27:10.720><c> live</c><00:27:11.000><c> for</c><00:27:11.240><c> the</c><00:27:11.420><c> day.</c>

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The<00:27:14.440><c> love</c><00:27:14.619><c> of</c><00:27:14.819><c> Christ</c><00:27:15.480><c> changes</c><00:27:16.359><c> our</c><00:27:16.759><c> outlook,</c><00:27:18.640><c> changes</c><00:27:18.960><c> our</c><00:27:19.279><c> thinking.</c>

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And<00:27:20.920><c> in</c><00:27:21.160><c> this</c><00:27:21.420><c> chapter,</c><00:27:21.960><c> 2</c><00:27:22.160><c> Corinthians</c><00:27:22.579><c> chapter</c><00:27:23.099><c> 5,</c>

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Paul<00:27:24.339><c> shows</c><00:27:25.019><c> how</c><00:27:26.079><c> it</c><00:27:26.319><c> had</c><00:27:26.619><c> constrained</c><00:27:27.259><c> him</c><00:27:28.240><c> in</c><00:27:29.720><c> his</c><00:27:30.000><c> feelings</c>

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for<00:27:30.539><c> the</c><00:27:30.680><c> Corinthian</c><00:27:31.059><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Despite<00:27:33.000><c> all</c><00:27:33.420><c> of</c><00:27:33.559><c> their</c><00:27:33.819><c> problems,</c><00:27:34.519><c> he</c><00:27:34.700><c> couldn't</c><00:27:35.059><c> write</c><00:27:35.319><c> them</c><00:27:35.619><c> off.</c>

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Verse<00:27:40.920><c> 20,</c><00:27:41.519><c> he</c><00:27:42.319><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:27:42.779><c> then</c><00:27:43.099><c> we</c><00:27:43.359><c> are</c><00:27:43.660><c> ambassadors</c><00:27:44.299><c> for</c><00:27:44.559><c> Christ,</c><00:27:45.960><c> as</c><00:27:46.220><c> though</c><00:27:46.400><c> God</c>

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did<00:27:47.099><c> beseech</c><00:27:47.539><c> you</c><00:27:47.799><c> by</c><00:27:48.079><c> us.</c>

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You<00:27:49.000><c> Corinthians,</c><00:27:49.539><c> even</c><00:27:49.740><c> though</c><00:27:50.000><c> you're</c><00:27:50.259><c> questioning</c><00:27:50.720><c> my</c><00:27:51.059><c> authority,</c>

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:56.779
even<00:27:54.039><c> though</c><00:27:54.299><c> things</c><00:27:54.559><c> seem</c><00:27:54.859><c> to</c><00:27:55.019><c> be</c><00:27:55.200><c> falling</c><00:27:55.440><c> apart</c><00:27:55.880><c> so</c><00:27:56.220><c> much,</c>

00:27:56.779 --> 00:28:02.319
we<00:27:57.920><c> will</c><00:27:58.160><c> continue</c><00:27:58.660><c> to</c><00:27:58.960><c> beseech</c><00:27:59.299><c> you</c><00:28:00.299><c> as</c><00:28:00.940><c> ambassadors</c><00:28:01.539><c> for</c><00:28:01.799><c> Christ.</c>

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We<00:28:02.920><c> pray</c><00:28:03.259><c> you</c><00:28:03.500><c> in</c><00:28:03.660><c> Christ's</c><00:28:04.160><c> stead</c><00:28:04.559><c> be</c><00:28:05.420><c> reconciled</c><00:28:06.140><c> to</c><00:28:06.339><c> God.</c>

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So<00:28:13.259><c> we</c><00:28:13.339><c> ask</c><00:28:13.519><c> ourselves,</c><00:28:15.680><c> what</c><00:28:15.880><c> is</c><00:28:16.079><c> it</c><00:28:16.240><c> about</c><00:28:16.480><c> the</c><00:28:16.640><c> love</c><00:28:16.779><c> of</c><00:28:17.019><c> Christ</c><00:28:17.299><c> that</c><00:28:17.599><c> constrains</c><00:28:18.180><c> us?</c>

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In<00:28:21.500><c> Paul's</c><00:28:22.099><c> own</c><00:28:22.359><c> case,</c><00:28:24.559><c> he</c><00:28:24.680><c> could</c><00:28:24.920><c> look</c><00:28:25.180><c> back</c><00:28:26.119><c> on</c><00:28:27.559><c> his</c><00:28:27.759><c> severe</c>

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persecution<00:28:28.900><c> of</c><00:28:29.099><c> the</c><00:28:29.279><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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He<00:28:31.480><c> says</c><00:28:31.759><c> in</c><00:28:32.119><c> Acts</c><00:28:32.920><c> 26</c><00:28:33.460><c> verse</c><00:28:33.720><c> 11,</c>

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I<00:28:34.680><c> punished</c><00:28:35.019><c> them</c><00:28:35.279><c> often</c><00:28:35.519><c> in</c><00:28:35.799><c> every</c><00:28:35.980><c> synagogue</c><00:28:36.299><c> and</c><00:28:36.539><c> compelled</c><00:28:36.859><c> them</c><00:28:37.099><c> to</c><00:28:37.319><c> blaspheme.</c>

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Now<00:28:39.259><c> that</c><00:28:39.339><c> must</c><00:28:39.579><c> have</c><00:28:39.960><c> pained</c><00:28:40.259><c> Paul</c><00:28:40.579><c> to</c><00:28:40.819><c> remember</c><00:28:41.240><c> that,</c><00:28:42.200><c> forcing</c><00:28:42.819><c> believers</c><00:28:44.700><c> to</c><00:28:45.119><c> blaspheme.</c>

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I<00:28:47.480><c> was</c><00:28:47.819><c> exceedingly</c><00:28:48.519><c> mad</c><00:28:48.880><c> against</c><00:28:49.279><c> them.</c><00:28:49.559><c> I</c><00:28:49.799><c> persecuted</c><00:28:50.380><c> them,</c><00:28:50.700><c> even</c>

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unto<00:28:51.279><c> strange</c><00:28:51.680><c> cities.</c>

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Paul<00:28:53.799><c> had</c><00:28:54.180><c> stood</c><00:28:54.380><c> there</c><00:28:55.339><c> while</c><00:28:55.920><c> Stephen</c><00:28:56.319><c> died</c><00:28:56.740><c> under</c><00:28:57.079><c> the</c><00:28:57.279><c> crushing</c><00:28:57.579><c> hail</c><00:28:57.859><c> of</c><00:28:58.200><c> stones.</c>

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He'd<00:29:00.259><c> heard</c><00:29:00.480><c> the</c><00:29:00.759><c> fervent</c><00:29:01.200><c> effectual</c><00:29:01.779><c> prayer</c><00:29:02.119><c> of</c><00:29:02.339><c> that</c><00:29:02.480><c> righteous</c><00:29:02.859><c> man,</c>

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that<00:29:04.859><c> his</c><00:29:05.160><c> sins</c><00:29:05.440><c> be</c><00:29:05.700><c> not</c><00:29:05.940><c> laid</c><00:29:06.220><c> his</c><00:29:06.619><c> charge.</c>

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He<00:29:08.599><c> had</c><00:29:08.980><c> scoffed</c><00:29:09.380><c> when</c><00:29:09.720><c> Stephen</c><00:29:10.220><c> said,</c>

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Behold,<00:29:11.819><c> I</c><00:29:12.000><c> see</c><00:29:12.240><c> the</c><00:29:12.420><c> heavens</c><00:29:12.660><c> open</c><00:29:13.039><c> and</c><00:29:13.279><c> the</c><00:29:13.359><c> Son</c><00:29:13.579><c> of</c><00:29:13.740><c> Man</c><00:29:13.960><c> standing</c><00:29:14.380><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:14.660><c> right</c><00:29:14.880><c> hand</c><00:29:15.039><c> of</c><00:29:15.160><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:17.700><c> then</c><00:29:17.880><c> on</c><00:29:18.099><c> the</c><00:29:18.220><c> road</c><00:29:18.420><c> to</c><00:29:18.660><c> Damascus,</c><00:29:21.319><c> the</c><00:29:21.559><c> voice</c><00:29:22.059><c> saying,</c>

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Why<00:29:23.960><c> persecutest</c><00:29:24.440><c> thou</c><00:29:24.680><c> me?</c>

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Even<00:29:29.019><c> with</c><00:29:29.420><c> the</c><00:29:29.619><c> knowledge</c><00:29:30.000><c> of</c><00:29:30.500><c> Christ's</c><00:29:31.059><c> forgiveness,</c><00:29:32.099><c> that</c>

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the<00:29:32.420><c> old</c><00:29:32.660><c> life</c><00:29:32.920><c> was</c><00:29:33.160><c> behind</c><00:29:33.519><c> him,</c>

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even<00:29:34.700><c> though</c><00:29:34.980><c> he</c><00:29:35.059><c> could</c><00:29:35.299><c> say,</c><00:29:35.579><c> verse</c><00:29:35.799><c> 17</c><00:29:36.400><c> here,</c>

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If<00:29:37.259><c> any</c><00:29:37.599><c> man</c><00:29:38.119><c> be</c><00:29:38.339><c> in</c><00:29:38.579><c> Christ,</c><00:29:39.240><c> he</c><00:29:39.339><c> is</c><00:29:39.559><c> a</c><00:29:39.680><c> new</c><00:29:39.839><c> creature.</c>

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Old<00:29:40.920><c> things</c><00:29:41.180><c> are</c><00:29:41.400><c> passed</c><00:29:41.680><c> away.</c><00:29:42.420><c> Behold,</c><00:29:42.839><c> all</c><00:29:43.019><c> things</c><00:29:43.240><c> are</c>

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become<00:29:43.680><c> new.</c>

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Even<00:29:44.720><c> so,</c><00:29:45.240><c> the</c><00:29:45.420><c> awareness</c><00:29:45.720><c> of</c><00:29:46.000><c> the</c><00:29:46.160><c> hurt</c><00:29:46.319><c> that</c><00:29:46.519><c> he</c><00:29:46.740><c> had</c><00:29:47.019><c> caused</c>

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Christ<00:29:48.599><c> appears</c><00:29:49.180><c> to</c><00:29:49.400><c> have</c><00:29:49.680><c> stayed</c><00:29:49.940><c> with</c><00:29:50.220><c> him.</c>

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For<00:29:51.640><c> Paul</c><00:29:51.940><c> told</c><00:29:52.279><c> the</c><00:29:52.480><c> Corinthian</c><00:29:52.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:53.440><c> that</c><00:29:54.299><c> he</c><00:29:54.480><c> was</c><00:29:54.740><c> the</c>

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.660
least<00:29:55.259><c> of</c><00:29:55.460><c> the</c><00:29:55.680><c> apostles,</c>

00:29:56.920 --> 00:30:02.680
not<00:29:57.240><c> worthy</c><00:29:57.660><c> to</c><00:29:57.859><c> be</c><00:29:58.079><c> called</c><00:29:58.319><c> an</c><00:29:58.559><c> apostle,</c><00:29:59.619><c> because</c><00:29:59.960><c> he</c><00:30:00.240><c> persecuted</c><00:30:00.759><c> the</c><00:30:01.039><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:01.400><c> of</c><00:30:01.640><c> God.</c>

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:09.700
Paul's<00:30:05.019><c> own</c><00:30:05.240><c> words</c><00:30:05.660><c> to</c><00:30:05.900><c> the</c><00:30:06.079><c> Romans</c><00:30:06.440><c> in</c><00:30:06.680><c> chapter</c><00:30:07.000><c> 5,</c><00:30:07.519><c> verses</c><00:30:07.700><c> 10</c><00:30:07.940><c> and</c><00:30:08.099><c> 11,</c><00:30:09.420><c> had</c><00:30:09.480><c> a</c>

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:11.579
special<00:30:09.920><c> significance</c><00:30:10.480><c> to</c><00:30:10.720><c> him.</c>

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:15.980
He<00:30:12.660><c> said,</c><00:30:13.079><c> If</c><00:30:13.099><c> when</c><00:30:13.380><c> we</c><00:30:13.619><c> were</c><00:30:13.900><c> enemies,</c><00:30:15.000><c> we</c><00:30:15.140><c> were</c><00:30:15.420><c> reconciled</c>

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.839
to<00:30:16.140><c> the</c><00:30:16.339><c> God</c><00:30:16.599><c> by</c><00:30:16.880><c> the</c><00:30:17.019><c> death</c><00:30:17.160><c> of</c><00:30:17.359><c> his</c><00:30:17.500><c> son,</c>

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:22.220
much<00:30:18.480><c> more</c><00:30:18.740><c> being</c><00:30:19.059><c> reconciled,</c><00:30:19.839><c> we</c><00:30:19.960><c> shall</c><00:30:20.140><c> be</c><00:30:20.400><c> saved</c><00:30:20.720><c> by</c><00:30:21.000><c> his</c><00:30:21.299><c> life.</c>

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:27.740
Now<00:30:22.839><c> we</c><00:30:22.920><c> might</c><00:30:23.339><c> like</c><00:30:23.839><c> to</c><00:30:24.579><c> think</c><00:30:24.900><c> that</c><00:30:26.160><c> when</c><00:30:26.359><c> we</c><00:30:27.220><c> turn</c><00:30:27.440><c> away</c>

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.980
from<00:30:27.960><c> God,</c>

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:33.740
that<00:30:30.519><c> we're</c><00:30:31.380><c> not</c><00:30:31.640><c> really</c><00:30:32.339><c> enemies,</c><00:30:32.839><c> that</c><00:30:33.000><c> we're</c><00:30:33.259><c> just</c><00:30:33.519><c> sort</c>

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:36.460
of<00:30:33.980><c> non</c><00:30:34.279><c>-aligned.</c>

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:42.400
Paul<00:30:37.940><c> couldn't</c><00:30:38.900><c> deceive</c><00:30:39.400><c> himself</c><00:30:40.319><c> with</c><00:30:41.480><c> that.</c>

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:47.640
His<00:30:43.099><c> had</c><00:30:43.339><c> been</c><00:30:43.559><c> an</c><00:30:43.839><c> active</c><00:30:44.339><c> enmity</c><00:30:45.619><c> against</c><00:30:46.559><c> God,</c>

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:52.140
and<00:30:48.400><c> now</c><00:30:48.839><c> looking</c><00:30:49.180><c> back</c><00:30:49.660><c> and</c><00:30:50.000><c> understanding</c><00:30:50.740><c> the</c><00:30:51.140><c> love</c><00:30:51.339><c> of</c><00:30:51.640><c> Christ</c>

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:58.079
that<00:30:53.420><c> had</c><00:30:53.700><c> saved</c><00:30:54.079><c> him</c><00:30:54.299><c> from</c><00:30:54.519><c> that</c><00:30:54.960><c> desperate</c><00:30:56.019><c> way</c><00:30:56.599><c> of</c><00:30:56.839><c> life.</c>

00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:02.119
The<00:30:59.039><c> love</c><00:30:59.200><c> of</c><00:30:59.440><c> Christ</c><00:30:59.819><c> constrained</c><00:31:00.759><c> him.</c>

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:06.000
You<00:31:03.839><c> know,</c><00:31:03.940><c> it's</c><00:31:04.059><c> interesting.</c><00:31:04.420><c> It's</c><00:31:04.539><c> not</c><00:31:04.759><c> the</c><00:31:05.079><c> love</c><00:31:05.500><c> for</c>

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:09.440
Christ<00:31:06.660><c> which</c><00:31:07.759><c> constrained</c><00:31:08.480><c> Paul.</c>

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:14.799
It's<00:31:10.559><c> Christ's</c><00:31:11.059><c> love</c><00:31:11.400><c> for</c><00:31:11.819><c> Paul</c><00:31:12.420><c> that</c><00:31:13.099><c> constrained</c><00:31:13.700><c> him.</c>

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:18.279
And<00:31:15.380><c> it's</c><00:31:15.559><c> not</c><00:31:15.740><c> the</c><00:31:15.900><c> love</c><00:31:16.039><c> of</c><00:31:16.359><c> Christ,</c><00:31:17.599><c> our</c><00:31:17.740><c> love</c><00:31:17.960><c> of</c><00:31:18.160><c> Christ,</c>

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.619
that<00:31:18.480><c> we</c><00:31:18.640><c> do</c><00:31:18.880><c> love</c><00:31:19.140><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:26.059
It's<00:31:20.900><c> not</c><00:31:21.059><c> that</c><00:31:21.339><c> that</c><00:31:21.660><c> constrains</c><00:31:22.019><c> us.</c><00:31:22.759><c> It's</c><00:31:23.220><c> his</c><00:31:23.480><c> love</c><00:31:24.099><c> for</c><00:31:24.880><c> us.</c>

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:31.539
Those<00:31:27.579><c> who</c><00:31:27.859><c> have</c><00:31:28.140><c> meditated</c><00:31:28.640><c> on</c><00:31:28.859><c> what</c><00:31:29.160><c> Christ</c><00:31:29.579><c> saves</c><00:31:30.099><c> them</c><00:31:30.440><c> from,</c>

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:36.519
the<00:31:32.380><c> price</c><00:31:32.539><c> that</c><00:31:32.799><c> he</c><00:31:32.980><c> paid,</c><00:31:34.440><c> their</c><00:31:34.680><c> own</c><00:31:35.140><c> unworthiness,</c>

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:39.700
cannot<00:31:37.640><c> respond</c><00:31:38.460><c> otherwise.</c>

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:44.960
If<00:31:40.839><c> we</c><00:31:41.160><c> respond</c><00:31:41.799><c> passively</c><00:31:42.480><c> to</c><00:31:42.720><c> the</c><00:31:42.900><c> love</c><00:31:43.019><c> of</c><00:31:43.279><c> Christ,</c><00:31:44.480><c> it</c><00:31:44.720><c> is</c>

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:47.700
because<00:31:45.299><c> we</c><00:31:45.500><c> have</c><00:31:45.700><c> not</c><00:31:45.920><c> understood</c><00:31:46.400><c> his</c><00:31:46.700><c> love.</c>

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:54.220
How<00:31:50.779><c> can</c><00:31:51.140><c> we</c><00:31:51.420><c> respond</c><00:31:52.119><c> to</c><00:31:52.480><c> the</c><00:31:52.660><c> love</c><00:31:52.779><c> of</c><00:31:53.000><c> Christ?</c>

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:04.019
The<00:31:59.420><c> very</c><00:31:59.700><c> first</c><00:32:00.000><c> way</c><00:32:00.640><c> is</c><00:32:01.920><c> in</c><00:32:02.160><c> loving</c><00:32:02.380><c> treatment</c><00:32:02.799><c> of</c><00:32:03.000><c> our</c><00:32:03.180><c> brethren.</c>

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:09.279
It<00:32:04.839><c> is</c><00:32:05.039><c> in</c><00:32:05.200><c> fact</c><00:32:05.380><c> the</c><00:32:05.640><c> standard</c><00:32:06.019><c> that</c><00:32:06.240><c> he</c><00:32:06.440><c> sets</c><00:32:06.720><c> for</c><00:32:07.000><c> us.</c>

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:17.019
The<00:32:13.980><c> king</c><00:32:14.359><c> shall</c><00:32:14.660><c> answer</c><00:32:15.039><c> and</c><00:32:15.220><c> say</c><00:32:15.420><c> unto</c><00:32:15.660><c> them,</c>

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:20.240
Verily<00:32:17.720><c> I</c><00:32:17.940><c> say</c><00:32:18.079><c> unto</c><00:32:18.339><c> you,</c><00:32:18.880><c> inasmuch</c><00:32:19.440><c> as</c><00:32:19.579><c> you</c><00:32:19.759><c> have</c><00:32:19.940><c> done</c><00:32:20.119><c> it</c>

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:22.440
unto<00:32:20.420><c> one</c><00:32:20.579><c> of</c><00:32:20.680><c> the</c><00:32:20.779><c> least</c><00:32:21.059><c> of</c><00:32:21.180><c> these,</c><00:32:21.380><c> my</c><00:32:21.599><c> brethren,</c>

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:24.720
you<00:32:22.660><c> have</c><00:32:22.859><c> done</c><00:32:22.980><c> it</c><00:32:23.099><c> unto</c><00:32:23.279><c> me.</c>

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:31.640
And<00:32:25.500><c> maybe</c><00:32:25.819><c> more</c><00:32:26.200><c> sobering,</c><00:32:28.099><c> inasmuch</c><00:32:28.660><c> as</c><00:32:28.839><c> ye</c><00:32:29.000><c> did</c><00:32:29.160><c> it</c><00:32:29.420><c> not</c><00:32:29.859><c> to</c>

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:35.559
one<00:32:31.819><c> of</c><00:32:31.940><c> the</c><00:32:32.000><c> least</c><00:32:32.279><c> of</c><00:32:32.440><c> these,</c><00:32:33.019><c> ye</c><00:32:33.279><c> did</c><00:32:33.519><c> it</c><00:32:33.779><c> not</c><00:32:34.059><c> to</c><00:32:34.319><c> me.</c>

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:40.559
By<00:32:37.319><c> this</c><00:32:37.720><c> shall</c><00:32:38.019><c> all</c><00:32:38.299><c> men</c><00:32:38.460><c> know</c><00:32:38.740><c> that</c><00:32:38.960><c> ye</c><00:32:39.140><c> are</c><00:32:39.299><c> my</c><00:32:39.480><c> disciples,</c>

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:43.640
if<00:32:41.220><c> you</c><00:32:41.460><c> have</c><00:32:41.740><c> love</c><00:32:42.099><c> one</c><00:32:42.539><c> to</c><00:32:42.819><c> another.</c>

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:48.500
Now<00:32:44.599><c> let</c><00:32:44.759><c> us</c><00:32:44.980><c> think</c><00:32:45.519><c> of</c><00:32:46.720><c> how</c><00:32:46.900><c> we</c><00:32:47.200><c> feel</c><00:32:47.339><c> when</c><00:32:47.480><c> there</c><00:32:47.660><c> are</c><00:32:47.859><c> problems</c><00:32:48.200><c> in</c><00:32:48.420><c> our</c>

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.660
own<00:32:48.680><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:52.279
or<00:32:50.440><c> in</c><00:32:50.599><c> the</c><00:32:50.779><c> brotherhood</c><00:32:51.220><c> generally.</c>

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:56.380
Let's<00:32:53.519><c> think</c><00:32:53.720><c> of</c><00:32:53.880><c> the</c><00:32:54.220><c> discouragement</c><00:32:54.700><c> we</c><00:32:54.920><c> can</c><00:32:55.160><c> feel.</c>

00:32:57.859 --> 00:33:01.039
But<00:32:58.099><c> we've</c><00:32:58.299><c> come</c><00:32:58.500><c> aside</c><00:32:58.819><c> this</c><00:32:59.140><c> week</c><00:32:59.460><c> to</c><00:32:59.819><c> be</c><00:33:00.140><c> refreshed.</c>

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:05.180
Looking<00:33:02.380><c> at</c><00:33:02.740><c> Corinth,</c><00:33:03.160><c> we</c><00:33:03.339><c> see</c><00:33:03.740><c> that</c><00:33:03.960><c> the</c><00:33:04.279><c> tares</c><00:33:04.619><c> have</c><00:33:04.880><c> ever</c>

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:06.680
been<00:33:05.380><c> among</c><00:33:05.599><c> the</c><00:33:05.839><c> wheat,</c>

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:10.019
but<00:33:07.339><c> that</c><00:33:07.500><c> we</c><00:33:07.579><c> ought</c><00:33:07.720><c> not</c><00:33:07.900><c> to</c><00:33:08.119><c> lose</c><00:33:08.319><c> heart</c><00:33:08.859><c> or</c><00:33:09.440><c> to</c><00:33:09.619><c> ever</c><00:33:09.819><c> give</c>

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.839
up<00:33:10.220><c> on</c><00:33:10.380><c> our</c><00:33:10.599><c> brethren.</c>

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:15.619
The<00:33:12.500><c> love</c><00:33:12.720><c> of</c><00:33:12.940><c> Christ</c><00:33:13.539><c> constrains</c><00:33:14.619><c> us.</c>

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:18.039
What<00:33:16.339><c> an</c><00:33:16.660><c> excellent</c><00:33:17.059><c> motto.</c>

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:25.039
The<00:33:22.079><c> love</c><00:33:22.319><c> of</c><00:33:22.599><c> Christ</c><00:33:23.579><c> constrains</c><00:33:24.380><c> us.</c>

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:28.539
In<00:33:25.500><c> the</c><00:33:25.779><c> immediate</c><00:33:26.140><c> context</c><00:33:26.680><c> in</c><00:33:26.880><c> 2</c><00:33:27.099><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:27.500><c> 5,</c>

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:32.579
the<00:33:28.960><c> point</c><00:33:29.240><c> is</c><00:33:29.519><c> that</c><00:33:29.759><c> Christ's</c><00:33:30.420><c> love</c><00:33:30.640><c> demands</c><00:33:31.220><c> dedication</c><00:33:31.900><c> to</c>

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:34.460
our<00:33:32.779><c> brethren's</c><00:33:33.420><c> uplifting.</c>

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:40.599
The<00:33:36.000><c> love</c><00:33:36.160><c> of</c><00:33:36.299><c> Christ</c><00:33:36.619><c> constrains</c><00:33:37.339><c> us</c><00:33:38.480><c> in</c><00:33:38.900><c> service</c><00:33:39.279><c> to</c><00:33:39.500><c> our</c><00:33:39.660><c> brethren,</c>

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:44.539
even<00:33:41.640><c> and</c><00:33:42.440><c> especially</c><00:33:42.900><c> when</c><00:33:43.140><c> it's</c><00:33:43.460><c> inconvenient.</c>

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:50.680
Think<00:33:45.960><c> of</c><00:33:46.079><c> a</c><00:33:46.240><c> time</c><00:33:46.440><c> when,</c><00:33:47.519><c> for</c><00:33:47.900><c> instance,</c><00:33:49.319><c> you've</c><00:33:49.599><c> been</c><00:33:49.759><c> working</c><00:33:50.059><c> hard.</c>

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:55.759
Maybe<00:33:51.559><c> the</c><00:33:51.779><c> demands</c><00:33:52.160><c> of</c><00:33:52.359><c> your</c><00:33:52.559><c> job,</c><00:33:54.099><c> maybe</c><00:33:54.099><c> family</c><00:33:54.660><c> demands.</c>

00:33:56.180 --> 00:34:01.900
We<00:33:56.380><c> have</c><00:33:56.579><c> young</c><00:33:56.819><c> children</c><00:33:57.220><c> and</c><00:33:58.559><c> they</c><00:33:59.859><c> demand</c><00:34:00.500><c> a</c><00:34:00.599><c> lot</c><00:34:00.799><c> of</c><00:34:01.059><c> time.</c>

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And<00:34:02.220><c> sometimes</c><00:34:02.839><c> you</c><00:34:04.680><c> sort</c><00:34:04.960><c> of</c><00:34:05.220><c> save</c><00:34:05.539><c> up</c><00:34:05.779><c> a</c><00:34:05.880><c> little</c><00:34:06.099><c> bit</c><00:34:06.359><c> of</c><00:34:06.440><c> time</c><00:34:06.759><c> for</c><00:34:07.019><c> yourself.</c>

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:10.679
And<00:34:08.559><c> you</c><00:34:08.639><c> say,</c><00:34:08.840><c> this</c><00:34:08.920><c> is</c><00:34:09.179><c> my</c><00:34:09.440><c> time.</c><00:34:09.699><c> I've</c><00:34:10.000><c> been</c><00:34:10.179><c> giving</c><00:34:10.440><c> and</c>

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giving<00:34:10.900><c> and</c><00:34:11.019><c> giving.</c>

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:16.199
This<00:34:11.820><c> is</c><00:34:12.099><c> my</c><00:34:12.380><c> time.</c><00:34:13.500><c> And</c><00:34:13.639><c> I'm</c><00:34:14.199><c> sure</c><00:34:14.340><c> that's</c><00:34:14.800><c> everyone's</c><00:34:15.340><c> experience.</c>

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:19.380
And<00:34:17.099><c> then</c><00:34:17.300><c> sometimes</c><00:34:17.719><c> the</c><00:34:17.980><c> phone</c><00:34:18.219><c> will</c><00:34:18.480><c> ring.</c>

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.099
And<00:34:20.320><c> there's</c><00:34:20.800><c> a</c><00:34:21.019><c> brother</c><00:34:21.239><c> or</c><00:34:21.340><c> sister</c><00:34:21.780><c> in</c><00:34:22.099><c> need.</c>

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:26.179
We<00:34:25.380><c> have</c><00:34:25.579><c> no</c><00:34:25.760><c> choice.</c>

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:31.360
The<00:34:26.840><c> love</c><00:34:26.980><c> of</c><00:34:27.179><c> Christ</c><00:34:27.519><c> constrains</c><00:34:28.360><c> us</c><00:34:29.360><c> in</c><00:34:29.860><c> service</c><00:34:30.159><c> to</c><00:34:30.380><c> our</c><00:34:30.539><c> brethren.</c>

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:38.099
The<00:34:32.579><c> love</c><00:34:32.760><c> of</c><00:34:32.980><c> Christ</c><00:34:33.400><c> constrains</c><00:34:34.179><c> us</c><00:34:35.719><c> in</c><00:34:36.480><c> generosity</c><00:34:37.219><c> of</c><00:34:37.619><c> spirit</c><00:34:37.900><c> to</c>

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.099
our<00:34:38.320><c> brethren</c><00:34:38.579><c> as</c><00:34:38.860><c> well.</c>

00:34:39.400 --> 00:34:42.639
Have<00:34:39.539><c> a</c><00:34:39.599><c> look</c><00:34:39.760><c> over</c><00:34:39.960><c> to</c><00:34:40.219><c> Colossians</c><00:34:40.760><c> chapter</c><00:34:41.119><c> 3.</c>

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:08.420
Here<00:35:04.539><c> Paul's</c><00:35:05.260><c> told</c><00:35:05.340><c> us</c><00:35:05.599><c> about</c><00:35:05.760><c> how</c><00:35:05.920><c> if</c><00:35:06.440><c> we're</c><00:35:07.300><c> risen</c><00:35:07.639><c> with</c><00:35:07.960><c> Christ,</c>

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:11.179
we've<00:35:09.059><c> put</c><00:35:09.260><c> aside</c><00:35:09.719><c> certain</c><00:35:10.099><c> things.</c>

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:16.380
We've<00:35:12.460><c> put</c><00:35:12.659><c> to</c><00:35:12.900><c> death,</c><00:35:13.099><c> verse</c><00:35:13.320><c> 5,</c><00:35:14.719><c> fornication</c><00:35:15.400><c> and</c><00:35:15.599><c> uncleanness,</c>

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:18.960
the<00:35:16.639><c> things</c><00:35:16.840><c> that</c><00:35:17.239><c> characterized</c><00:35:17.880><c> Corinth.</c>

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:21.599
We've<00:35:20.280><c> put</c><00:35:20.380><c> them</c><00:35:20.619><c> aside.</c>

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:25.179
We<00:35:21.900><c> walked</c><00:35:22.219><c> in</c><00:35:22.420><c> them</c><00:35:22.619><c> in</c><00:35:22.880><c> some</c><00:35:23.099><c> time</c><00:35:23.420><c> past,</c><00:35:23.820><c> verse</c><00:35:24.099><c> 7.</c>

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:28.739
But<00:35:26.260><c> now</c><00:35:26.599><c> we're</c><00:35:26.900><c> called</c><00:35:27.079><c> onto</c><00:35:27.340><c> an</c><00:35:27.500><c> even</c><00:35:27.739><c> higher</c><00:35:28.019><c> standard,</c><00:35:28.579><c> in</c>

00:35:28.739 --> 00:35:29.940
verse<00:35:28.940><c> 8,</c>

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:35.320
to<00:35:30.440><c> put</c><00:35:30.659><c> aside</c><00:35:31.019><c> anger</c><00:35:31.559><c> and</c><00:35:31.860><c> wrath,</c><00:35:33.440><c> malice,</c><00:35:33.920><c> blasphemy,</c>

00:35:35.400 --> 00:35:37.460
filthy<00:35:35.659><c> communications</c><00:35:36.480><c> out</c><00:35:36.760><c> of</c><00:35:36.920><c> our</c><00:35:37.079><c> mouth.</c>

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:40.760
We're<00:35:38.239><c> told</c><00:35:38.460><c> to</c><00:35:38.719><c> not</c><00:35:38.880><c> lie</c><00:35:39.159><c> to</c><00:35:39.260><c> one</c><00:35:39.420><c> another,</c><00:35:39.900><c> seeing</c><00:35:40.179><c> we've</c>

00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:42.400
put<00:35:40.920><c> off</c><00:35:41.059><c> the</c><00:35:41.260><c> old</c><00:35:41.500><c> man.</c>

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:45.619
These<00:35:43.059><c> are</c><00:35:43.239><c> the</c><00:35:43.380><c> sort</c><00:35:43.519><c> of</c><00:35:43.679><c> spontaneous</c><00:35:44.420><c> sins</c><00:35:44.780><c> that</c><00:35:44.980><c> we're</c><00:35:45.159><c> supposed</c><00:35:45.460><c> to</c>

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:47.059
put<00:35:45.780><c> off</c><00:35:45.940><c> as</c><00:35:46.219><c> well.</c>

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:50.420
And<00:35:47.440><c> we</c><00:35:47.719><c> have,</c><00:35:48.079><c> verse</c><00:35:48.320><c> 10,</c><00:35:48.880><c> put</c><00:35:49.079><c> on</c><00:35:49.420><c> the</c><00:35:49.699><c> new</c><00:35:49.920><c> man,</c>

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:54.300
which<00:35:50.900><c> is</c><00:35:51.300><c> renewed</c><00:35:52.139><c> in</c><00:35:52.480><c> knowledge</c><00:35:52.880><c> after</c><00:35:53.559><c> the</c><00:35:53.780><c> image</c><00:35:54.000><c> of</c><00:35:54.159><c> him</c>

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:56.159
that<00:35:54.599><c> created</c><00:35:54.900><c> him.</c>

00:35:56.260 --> 00:36:01.079
Verse<00:35:56.420><c> 12,</c><00:35:57.159><c> we're</c><00:35:57.880><c> exhorted</c><00:35:58.480><c> to</c><00:35:58.880><c> put</c><00:35:59.039><c> on,</c><00:35:59.619><c> as</c><00:36:00.000><c> the</c><00:36:00.280><c> elect</c><00:36:00.500><c> of</c><00:36:00.719><c> God,</c>

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:06.719
holy<00:36:01.780><c> and</c><00:36:02.099><c> beloved,</c><00:36:02.860><c> bowels</c><00:36:03.219><c> of</c><00:36:03.460><c> mercy,</c><00:36:04.300><c> kindness,</c><00:36:05.559><c> humbleness</c><00:36:05.920><c> of</c><00:36:06.219><c> mind,</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:11.980
meekness,<00:36:08.039><c> long</c><00:36:08.360><c>-suffering,</c><00:36:09.980><c> forbearing</c><00:36:10.480><c> one</c><00:36:10.760><c> another</c><00:36:11.099><c> and</c>

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:13.280
forgiving<00:36:12.460><c> one</c><00:36:12.800><c> another.</c>

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:17.059
If<00:36:13.880><c> any</c><00:36:14.139><c> man</c><00:36:14.340><c> have</c><00:36:14.559><c> a</c><00:36:14.800><c> quarrel</c><00:36:15.159><c> against</c><00:36:15.579><c> any,</c><00:36:16.139><c> even</c><00:36:16.440><c> as</c><00:36:16.719><c> Christ</c>

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:20.440
forgave<00:36:17.639><c> you,</c><00:36:18.800><c> so</c><00:36:19.039><c> also</c><00:36:19.420><c> do</c><00:36:19.719><c> ye.</c>

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:24.460
The<00:36:21.920><c> love</c><00:36:22.079><c> of</c><00:36:22.280><c> Christ</c><00:36:22.579><c> constrains</c><00:36:23.199><c> us.</c>

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:31.420
When<00:36:25.659><c> we</c><00:36:26.059><c> think</c><00:36:26.500><c> of</c><00:36:28.360><c> what</c><00:36:28.639><c> we've</c><00:36:29.179><c> been</c><00:36:29.460><c> forgiven</c><00:36:29.860><c> of,</c>

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:38.559
when<00:36:33.079><c> we</c><00:36:33.300><c> think</c><00:36:33.480><c> about</c><00:36:33.820><c> whatever</c><00:36:34.219><c> petty</c><00:36:34.599><c> quarrels</c><00:36:36.219><c> or</c><00:36:37.739><c> differences</c><00:36:38.159><c> we</c>

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.159
might<00:36:38.860><c> have</c>

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:43.960
with<00:36:39.360><c> our</c><00:36:39.559><c> brothers</c><00:36:39.800><c> and</c><00:36:40.079><c> sisters,</c><00:36:41.719><c> it's</c><00:36:42.480><c> almost</c><00:36:42.679><c> embarrassing.</c>

00:36:44.219 --> 00:36:45.860
We're<00:36:44.820><c> ashamed</c><00:36:45.219><c> of</c><00:36:45.400><c> ourselves.</c>

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:48.659
I<00:36:46.199><c> think</c><00:36:46.340><c> that's</c><00:36:46.559><c> why</c><00:36:46.780><c> the</c><00:36:47.000><c> Lord</c><00:36:47.199><c> instructs</c><00:36:47.800><c> us</c><00:36:47.960><c> to</c><00:36:48.159><c> pray</c><00:36:48.460><c> for</c>

00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:51.139
those<00:36:48.900><c> who</c><00:36:49.219><c> despitefully</c><00:36:49.800><c> use</c><00:36:50.099><c> us.</c>

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:56.679
Because<00:36:52.079><c> when</c><00:36:52.760><c> we</c><00:36:53.159><c> bring</c><00:36:53.400><c> the</c><00:36:55.099><c> things</c><00:36:55.719><c> we</c><00:36:55.940><c> might</c><00:36:56.219><c> have</c><00:36:56.480><c> one</c>

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.760
against<00:36:56.940><c> another,</c><00:36:57.380><c> our</c><00:36:57.539><c> quarrels,</c>

00:36:58.019 --> 00:37:01.760
when<00:36:58.159><c> we</c><00:36:58.420><c> bring</c><00:36:58.579><c> them</c><00:36:58.800><c> into</c><00:36:59.039><c> the</c><00:36:59.300><c> presence</c><00:36:59.579><c> of</c><00:36:59.860><c> God,</c><00:37:01.460><c> having</c>

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:03.940
examined<00:37:02.539><c> ourselves,</c>

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:06.500
we<00:37:05.280><c> see</c><00:37:05.460><c> how</c><00:37:05.760><c> petty</c><00:37:05.960><c> they</c><00:37:06.260><c> are.</c>

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:10.559
And<00:37:07.099><c> we</c><00:37:07.260><c> have,</c><00:37:07.960><c> moreover,</c><00:37:08.519><c> the</c><00:37:08.840><c> excellent</c><00:37:09.179><c> example</c><00:37:09.739><c> of</c><00:37:09.960><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:13.840
as<00:37:11.960><c> he</c><00:37:12.340><c> has</c><00:37:12.739><c> forgiven</c><00:37:13.039><c> us,</c>

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:22.780
as<00:37:14.539><c> he</c><00:37:14.900><c> forbears</c><00:37:15.539><c> us,</c><00:37:17.079><c> putting</c><00:37:17.360><c> up</c><00:37:17.639><c> with</c><00:37:19.420><c> our</c><00:37:20.360><c> ongoing</c><00:37:21.179><c> weakness.</c>

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.960
Can't<00:37:25.099><c> we</c><00:37:25.300><c> do</c><00:37:25.500><c> the</c><00:37:25.719><c> same</c><00:37:25.940><c> for</c><00:37:26.179><c> our</c><00:37:26.400><c> brothers</c><00:37:26.599><c> and</c><00:37:26.880><c> sisters?</c>

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:32.679
The<00:37:29.739><c> love</c><00:37:29.900><c> of</c><00:37:30.179><c> Christ</c><00:37:30.579><c> constrains</c><00:37:31.360><c> us.</c>

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:39.219
So<00:37:35.280><c> in</c><00:37:35.840><c> this</c><00:37:36.079><c> coming</c><00:37:36.340><c> week,</c><00:37:37.760><c> the</c><00:37:37.920><c> emphasis</c><00:37:38.260><c> of</c><00:37:38.500><c> our</c><00:37:38.780><c> classes</c>

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:42.760
will<00:37:40.239><c> be</c><00:37:40.519><c> on</c><00:37:40.760><c> how</c><00:37:41.079><c> we</c><00:37:41.320><c> should</c><00:37:41.480><c> treat</c><00:37:41.739><c> one</c><00:37:41.980><c> another.</c>

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:47.460
I<00:37:43.780><c> believe</c><00:37:44.199><c> that</c><00:37:44.380><c> one</c><00:37:44.500><c> of</c><00:37:44.639><c> the</c><00:37:44.840><c> greatest</c><00:37:45.199><c> practical</c><00:37:45.880><c> challenges</c><00:37:46.480><c> we</c><00:37:46.980><c> have</c>

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:51.400
is<00:37:48.420><c> to</c><00:37:48.659><c> be</c><00:37:48.900><c> united</c><00:37:49.199><c> in</c><00:37:49.579><c> one</c><00:37:49.800><c> mind</c><00:37:50.159><c> in</c><00:37:50.440><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:56.820
It's<00:37:52.380><c> not</c><00:37:52.599><c> a</c><00:37:52.820><c> theoretical</c><00:37:53.219><c> issue,</c><00:37:54.820><c> but</c><00:37:55.019><c> a</c><00:37:55.340><c> practicality</c><00:37:56.139><c> in</c>

00:37:56.820 --> 00:38:00.340
our<00:37:57.079><c> day</c><00:37:57.239><c>-to</c><00:37:57.360><c>-day</c><00:37:57.480><c> life</c><00:37:58.000><c> within</c><00:37:58.420><c> our</c><00:37:58.719><c> individual</c><00:37:59.139><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:05.820
We<00:38:00.900><c> will</c><00:38:01.179><c> find</c><00:38:01.559><c> the</c><00:38:01.960><c> theme</c><00:38:02.300><c> of</c><00:38:02.940><c> love</c><00:38:03.139><c> for</c><00:38:03.380><c> the</c><00:38:03.579><c> brethren</c><00:38:04.059><c> in</c>

00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:07.719
practical<00:38:06.300><c> manifestation</c>

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:10.340
running<00:38:08.519><c> through</c><00:38:09.000><c> 1</c><00:38:09.260><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:15.500
That<00:38:12.460><c> Paul</c><00:38:12.739><c> should</c><00:38:12.960><c> write</c><00:38:13.159><c> so</c><00:38:13.400><c> much</c><00:38:13.559><c> about</c><00:38:13.780><c> the</c><00:38:13.980><c> themes</c><00:38:14.260><c> of</c><00:38:14.559><c> unity</c><00:38:14.820><c> in</c><00:38:15.039><c> Christ</c>

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:18.139
and<00:38:15.880><c> of</c><00:38:16.039><c> self</c><00:38:16.199><c>-sacrificing</c><00:38:16.860><c> love</c><00:38:17.039><c> of</c><00:38:17.219><c> our</c><00:38:17.340><c> brethren</c>

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:21.980
is<00:38:18.559><c> no</c><00:38:18.820><c> doubt</c><00:38:19.099><c> due</c><00:38:19.320><c> to</c><00:38:19.500><c> the</c><00:38:19.739><c> special</c><00:38:19.980><c> problems</c><00:38:20.920><c> that</c><00:38:21.679><c> existed</c>

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:23.079
in<00:38:22.360><c> Corinth.</c>

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:26.860
But<00:38:24.159><c> we</c><00:38:24.360><c> can't</c><00:38:24.579><c> help</c><00:38:24.880><c> but</c><00:38:25.139><c> think</c><00:38:25.380><c> that</c><00:38:25.559><c> in</c><00:38:25.780><c> those</c><00:38:26.019><c> 18</c><00:38:26.519><c> months</c>

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:28.179
that<00:38:27.019><c> he</c><00:38:27.219><c> spent</c><00:38:27.500><c> there,</c>

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:32.820
that<00:38:28.719><c> the</c><00:38:29.039><c> special</c><00:38:29.760><c> relation</c><00:38:30.380><c> he</c><00:38:31.380><c> had</c><00:38:31.599><c> built</c><00:38:31.780><c> up</c><00:38:31.960><c> with</c><00:38:32.159><c> the</c><00:38:32.340><c> ecclesia</c>

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:37.480
as<00:38:33.440><c> the</c><00:38:33.679><c> one</c><00:38:33.860><c> by</c><00:38:34.119><c> whom</c><00:38:34.260><c> the</c><00:38:34.460><c> gospel</c><00:38:34.800><c> was</c><00:38:35.980><c> brought</c><00:38:36.260><c> to</c><00:38:36.579><c> Corinth,</c>

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:40.320
lent<00:38:37.699><c> a</c><00:38:37.960><c> special</c><00:38:38.300><c> urgency</c><00:38:38.780><c> to</c><00:38:39.019><c> his</c><00:38:39.179><c> appeals.</c>

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:44.019
For<00:38:40.920><c> though</c><00:38:41.159><c> ye</c><00:38:41.320><c> have</c><00:38:41.500><c> 10</c><00:38:41.780><c>,000</c><00:38:42.199><c> instructors</c><00:38:42.699><c> in</c><00:38:42.980><c> Christ,</c><00:38:43.880><c> yet</c>

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:45.800
have<00:38:44.260><c> ye</c><00:38:44.400><c> not</c><00:38:44.559><c> many</c><00:38:44.840><c> fathers.</c>

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:49.019
For<00:38:46.139><c> in</c><00:38:46.360><c> Christ</c><00:38:46.599><c> Jesus</c><00:38:46.960><c> I</c><00:38:47.199><c> have</c><00:38:47.360><c> begotten</c><00:38:47.699><c> you</c><00:38:47.840><c> through</c><00:38:48.039><c> the</c><00:38:48.159><c> gospel.</c>

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This<00:38:50.800><c> week,</c><00:38:52.079><c> Lord</c><00:38:52.380><c> willing,</c><00:38:52.719><c> we</c><00:38:52.860><c> will</c><00:38:53.039><c> come</c><00:38:53.219><c> to</c><00:38:53.380><c> know</c><00:38:53.539><c> the</c>

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Corinthian<00:38:54.199><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:54.639><c> somewhat</c><00:38:55.059><c> better.</c>

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We<00:38:56.920><c> will</c><00:38:57.199><c> see</c><00:38:57.360><c> that</c><00:38:57.579><c> our</c><00:38:57.840><c> first</c><00:38:58.019><c> century</c><00:38:58.460><c> brethren</c><00:38:59.039><c> face</c><00:38:59.659><c> the</c>

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same<00:39:00.199><c> challenges</c><00:39:00.699><c> of</c><00:39:00.980><c> being</c><00:39:01.219><c> one</c><00:39:01.380><c> in</c><00:39:01.659><c> Christ</c>

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of<00:39:03.239><c> being</c><00:39:03.440><c> of</c><00:39:03.699><c> one</c><00:39:03.880><c> mind,</c><00:39:04.780><c> of</c><00:39:05.039><c> working</c><00:39:05.320><c> together</c><00:39:05.739><c> in</c><00:39:05.900><c> the</c><00:39:06.039><c> bonds</c><00:39:06.199><c> of</c>

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loving<00:39:06.639><c> fellowship,</c>

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the<00:39:08.039><c> same</c><00:39:08.320><c> challenges</c><00:39:08.820><c> that</c><00:39:09.079><c> we</c><00:39:09.300><c> face.</c>

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Our<00:39:11.900><c> Corinthian</c><00:39:12.380><c> brethren</c><00:39:12.760><c> were</c><00:39:13.340><c> blessed</c><00:39:13.739><c> with</c><00:39:13.960><c> the</c><00:39:14.239><c> direct</c>

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help<00:39:14.699><c> of</c><00:39:14.880><c> the</c><00:39:15.039><c> Apostle</c><00:39:15.420><c> Paul.</c>

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We<00:39:16.940><c> will</c><00:39:17.219><c> examine</c><00:39:17.599><c> his</c><00:39:17.840><c> advice</c><00:39:18.179><c> and</c><00:39:18.360><c> see</c><00:39:18.519><c> how</c><00:39:18.699><c> it</c><00:39:18.820><c> can</c><00:39:19.039><c> be</c><00:39:19.179><c> used</c>

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in<00:39:19.579><c> our</c><00:39:19.860><c> circumstances.</c>

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And<00:39:22.079><c> by</c><00:39:22.260><c> God's</c><00:39:22.699><c> grace</c><00:39:22.900><c> we</c><00:39:23.039><c> will</c><00:39:23.159><c> come</c><00:39:23.300><c> away</c><00:39:23.539><c> from</c><00:39:23.760><c> this</c><00:39:23.920><c> week</c>

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of<00:39:24.360><c> study</c>

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renewed<00:39:26.659><c> and</c><00:39:27.860><c> more</c><00:39:28.119><c> convinced</c><00:39:28.800><c> of</c><00:39:29.599><c> the</c><00:39:29.780><c> love</c><00:39:29.920><c> of</c><00:39:30.179><c> Christ.</c>

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We'll<00:39:33.099><c> be</c><00:39:33.420><c> constrained</c><00:39:34.119><c> by</c><00:39:35.139><c> Christ's</c><00:39:35.880><c> love</c><00:39:36.199><c> to</c><00:39:37.059><c> in</c><00:39:37.300><c> all</c><00:39:37.659><c> holiness</c>

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emulate<00:39:39.300><c> our</c><00:39:39.539><c> master</c><00:39:40.159><c> in</c><00:39:40.840><c> our</c><00:39:41.099><c> kind</c><00:39:41.420><c> care</c><00:39:41.980><c> for</c><00:39:42.460><c> our</c><00:39:42.639><c> brethren.</c>

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Thank<00:40:02.840><c> you.</c>