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we<00:11:43.899><c> take</c><00:11:44.159><c> on</c><00:11:44.620><c> many</c><00:11:44.960><c> things.</c>

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Job,<00:11:53.139><c> you'll</c><00:11:53.500><c> find</c><00:11:53.659><c> that</c>

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comfort<00:12:01.299><c> really</c><00:12:02.320><c> didn't</c><00:12:02.559><c> turn</c>

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They<00:12:20.220><c> get</c><00:12:20.440><c> touched</c><00:12:20.759><c> on</c><00:12:20.980><c> occasionally.</c>

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I<00:12:22.679><c> wasn't</c><00:12:22.960><c> brought</c><00:12:23.220><c> up</c><00:12:23.460><c> a</c><00:12:23.620><c> Christadelphian</c><00:12:24.419><c> and</c><00:12:25.159><c> I</c><00:12:25.299><c> had</c><00:12:25.379><c> to</c>

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figure,<00:12:39.179><c> some</c><00:12:39.840><c> human</c><00:12:40.399><c> leader,</c><00:12:40.620><c> and</c><00:12:40.820><c> there's</c><00:12:40.940><c> been</c><00:12:41.200><c> numerous</c>

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No,<00:13:22.220><c> we</c><00:13:22.320><c> are</c><00:13:22.379><c> not.</c>

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you'll<00:13:26.759><c> probably</c><00:13:27.000><c> get</c><00:13:27.240><c> three</c><00:13:27.480><c> opinions</c><00:13:27.980><c> and</c><00:13:28.440><c> if</c><00:13:28.559><c> I</c><00:13:28.700><c> look</c><00:13:28.899><c> around</c><00:13:29.259><c> here</c>

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couple<00:13:30.360><c> of</c><00:13:30.519><c> hundred</c><00:13:30.679><c> people</c><00:13:31.059><c> here,</c><00:13:31.539><c> there's</c><00:13:31.779><c> probably</c><00:13:32.080><c> 400</c>

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opinions<00:13:33.019><c> here.</c>

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Cults<00:13:39.159><c> are</c><00:13:39.419><c> about</c><00:13:39.840><c> singular</c><00:13:40.240><c> authority.</c>

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giving<00:13:44.779><c> away</c><00:13:45.080><c> your</c><00:13:45.379><c> free</c>

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choice,<00:13:45.960><c> your</c><00:13:46.139><c> ability</c><00:13:46.460><c> to</c><00:13:46.759><c> think</c><00:13:47.340><c> to</c><00:13:48.480><c> a</c><00:13:48.639><c> fallible</c><00:13:48.940><c> person</c><00:13:49.340><c> who</c><00:13:49.559><c> plays</c><00:13:49.820><c> a</c>

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part<00:13:50.700><c> of</c><00:13:51.019><c> God</c>

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and<00:13:52.620><c> cults</c><00:13:52.860><c> are</c><00:13:53.000><c> run</c><00:13:53.080><c> by</c><00:13:53.419><c> sociopathic</c><00:13:54.159><c> people</c><00:13:54.620><c> who</c><00:13:55.500><c> steal</c><00:13:55.759><c> your</c><00:13:56.059><c> free</c><00:13:56.299><c> will</c><00:13:57.340><c> and</c><00:13:57.799><c> are</c>

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thereby<00:13:58.100><c> empowered</c><00:13:58.820><c> to</c><00:13:59.100><c> decide</c><00:13:59.580><c> your</c><00:13:59.960><c> life</c><00:14:00.259><c> for</c><00:14:00.559><c> you.</c>

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We<00:14:02.500><c> are</c><00:14:02.720><c> certainly</c><00:14:02.940><c> not</c><00:14:03.179><c> members</c><00:14:03.460><c> of</c><00:14:03.679><c> a</c><00:14:03.840><c> cult.</c>

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Cult<00:14:05.379><c> leaders</c><00:14:05.659><c> inevitably</c><00:14:06.279><c> self</c><00:14:06.679><c>-destruct.</c>

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Who<00:14:08.120><c> are</c><00:14:08.379><c> we?</c>

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We're<00:14:09.159><c> really,</c><00:14:09.559><c> I</c><00:14:09.700><c> guess</c><00:14:09.919><c> if</c><00:14:10.059><c> there</c><00:14:10.220><c> is</c><00:14:10.419><c> a</c><00:14:10.639><c> classification,</c>

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we're<00:14:11.980><c> Biblical</c><00:14:12.419><c> Unitarians.</c>

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worldview,<00:14:25.100><c> a</c><00:14:25.320><c> change</c><00:14:25.580><c> in</c><00:14:25.740><c> how</c><00:14:25.919><c> we</c><00:14:26.179><c> think</c><00:14:26.340><c> and</c><00:14:26.539><c> act,</c><00:14:27.360><c> but</c><00:14:27.559><c> we</c>

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found<00:14:28.100><c> those</c><00:14:28.519><c> things</c><00:14:29.259><c> upon</c>

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We<00:14:43.539><c> believe</c><00:14:43.840><c> God</c><00:14:44.000><c> is</c><00:14:44.220><c> a</c><00:14:44.440><c> unity</c><00:14:44.779><c> and</c><00:14:45.840><c> there</c><00:14:46.000><c> are</c><00:14:46.139><c> other</c><00:14:46.279><c> groups,</c>

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of<00:14:46.759><c> course,</c><00:14:46.919><c> who</c><00:14:47.100><c> are</c>

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Biblical<00:14:47.620><c> Unitarians,</c><00:14:48.299><c> not</c><00:14:48.559><c> all</c><00:14:48.879><c> who</c><00:14:49.039><c> hold</c><00:14:49.200><c> the</c><00:14:49.440><c> same</c><00:14:49.600><c> beliefs</c><00:14:49.940><c> as</c><00:14:50.179><c> us,</c>

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but<00:14:50.779><c> in</c><00:14:51.120><c> the</c>

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general<00:14:51.600><c> classification,</c><00:14:52.340><c> I</c><00:14:52.519><c> guess</c><00:14:52.720><c> we</c><00:14:52.960><c> are</c><00:14:53.460><c> scriptural</c><00:14:54.019><c> or</c>

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Biblical<00:14:54.580><c> Unitarians.</c>

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Are<00:14:57.480><c> we</c><00:14:57.700><c> a</c><00:14:57.919><c> Protestant</c><00:14:58.279><c> denomination?</c>

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Now<00:15:00.000><c> I</c><00:15:00.139><c> came</c><00:15:00.419><c> from</c><00:15:00.659><c> that</c><00:15:01.179><c> sort</c><00:15:01.340><c> of</c><00:15:01.500><c> background.</c>

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My<00:15:02.039><c> wife</c><00:15:02.259><c> certainly</c><00:15:02.679><c> did.</c>

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Well,<00:15:06.639><c> I've</c><00:15:06.740><c> done</c><00:15:06.840><c> some</c><00:15:07.340><c> study</c><00:15:07.639><c> on</c><00:15:07.820><c> this</c><00:15:07.980><c> subject</c><00:15:08.360><c> because</c><00:15:08.700><c> it's</c><00:15:08.980><c> a</c><00:15:09.139><c> pretty</c>

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important<00:15:09.940><c> question</c><00:15:10.740><c> to</c><00:15:11.159><c> deal</c><00:15:11.399><c> with.</c>

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Sometimes<00:15:13.539><c> we</c><00:15:13.740><c> feel</c><00:15:13.960><c> comfortable</c><00:15:14.419><c> being</c><00:15:14.740><c> associated</c><00:15:15.320><c> with</c><00:15:15.559><c> a</c>

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larger<00:15:15.980><c> group,</c><00:15:16.360><c> you</c>

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know,<00:15:16.639><c> the</c><00:15:16.840><c> Catholics,</c><00:15:17.259><c> the</c><00:15:17.419><c> Orthodox</c><00:15:17.740><c> and</c><00:15:17.919><c> the</c><00:15:18.179><c> Protestants,</c><00:15:19.059><c> and</c><00:15:19.240><c> we</c><00:15:19.460><c> fit</c>

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somehow<00:15:20.039><c> into</c><00:15:20.279><c> that</c><00:15:20.620><c> group.</c>

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I<00:15:22.159><c> don't</c><00:15:22.379><c> believe</c><00:15:22.620><c> we</c><00:15:22.820><c> are</c><00:15:23.120><c> Protestants</c><00:15:23.720><c> and</c><00:15:23.820><c> I</c><00:15:23.960><c> don't</c><00:15:24.120><c> think</c>

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we<00:15:24.519><c> should</c><00:15:24.759><c> really</c>

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identify<00:15:25.639><c> with</c><00:15:25.860><c> that</c><00:15:26.120><c> movement</c><00:15:26.539><c> and</c><00:15:27.259><c> I'll</c><00:15:27.480><c> show</c><00:15:27.679><c> you</c><00:15:27.840><c> why.</c>

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There's<00:15:29.419><c> two</c><00:15:29.659><c> reasons.</c>

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Many<00:15:30.899><c> historians</c><00:15:31.399><c> contend</c><00:15:31.899><c> that</c><00:15:32.100><c> in</c><00:15:32.240><c> the</c><00:15:32.419><c> main,</c><00:15:33.240><c> the</c><00:15:33.379><c> Protestant</c><00:15:33.799><c> movement</c><00:15:34.399><c> was</c>

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not<00:15:35.240><c> purely</c><00:15:35.480><c> a</c><00:15:35.779><c> religious</c><00:15:36.139><c> movement,</c><00:15:37.399><c> but</c><00:15:37.600><c> it</c><00:15:37.679><c> was</c><00:15:37.940><c> rather</c><00:15:38.299><c> part</c><00:15:38.539><c> of</c>

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a<00:15:38.879><c> political</c><00:15:39.220><c> one.</c>

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The<00:15:41.600><c> Reformation</c><00:15:42.179><c> was</c><00:15:42.659><c> primarily,</c><00:15:43.340><c> if</c><00:15:43.519><c> you</c><00:15:43.639><c> read</c><00:15:43.799><c> your</c>

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history<00:15:44.200><c> books,</c><00:15:44.399><c> you'll</c>

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find<00:15:44.840><c> this,</c><00:15:45.580><c> was</c><00:15:45.759><c> about</c><00:15:46.779><c> dominion,</c><00:15:48.120><c> power</c><00:15:48.500><c> and</c><00:15:48.919><c> wealth,</c><00:15:49.639><c> those</c><00:15:50.019><c> things</c><00:15:50.360><c> that</c>

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always<00:15:51.379><c> motivate</c><00:15:52.059><c> people.</c>

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Religion<00:15:54.240><c> was</c><00:15:54.620><c> the</c><00:15:54.960><c> excuse</c><00:15:56.019><c> rather</c><00:15:56.720><c> than</c><00:15:56.940><c> the</c><00:15:57.200><c> initial</c><00:15:57.480><c> cause</c>

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used<00:15:59.399><c> by</c><00:15:59.759><c> certain</c>

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rulers<00:16:00.700><c> to</c><00:16:01.120><c> cast</c><00:16:01.419><c> off</c><00:16:01.659><c> allegiance</c><00:16:02.220><c> to</c><00:16:02.980><c> foreign</c><00:16:03.299><c> rule.</c>

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The<00:16:06.440><c> historical</c><00:16:06.980><c> context</c><00:16:07.580><c> of</c><00:16:07.759><c> the</c><00:16:07.899><c> Reformation</c><00:16:08.399><c> in</c><00:16:09.200><c> the</c><00:16:09.360><c> 16th</c><00:16:09.960><c> century,</c>

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which<00:16:10.539><c> is</c><00:16:10.899><c> of</c><00:16:11.120><c> course</c><00:16:11.220><c> when</c><00:16:11.399><c> the</c><00:16:11.580><c> Reformation</c><00:16:12.000><c> began.</c>

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The<00:16:14.340><c> Medieval</c><00:16:14.700><c> period</c><00:16:15.159><c> was</c><00:16:15.399><c> at</c><00:16:15.580><c> an</c><00:16:15.779><c> end.</c>

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The<00:16:16.940><c> Renaissance,</c><00:16:17.460><c> which</c><00:16:17.620><c> means</c><00:16:17.919><c> the</c><00:16:18.019><c> idea</c><00:16:18.259><c> of</c><00:16:18.700><c> rebirth,</c><00:16:22.019><c> had</c>

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now<00:16:22.840><c> emerged.</c>

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There<00:16:24.740><c> was</c><00:16:25.679><c> an</c><00:16:25.679><c> intellectual</c><00:16:26.779><c> enlightenment.</c>

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Learning<00:16:28.159><c> had</c><00:16:28.460><c> now</c><00:16:28.700><c> gone</c><00:16:28.919><c> out</c><00:16:29.159><c> of</c><00:16:29.259><c> the</c><00:16:29.500><c> monasteries</c><00:16:29.940><c> and</c><00:16:30.220><c> come</c>

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Greater<00:16:30.960><c> Society.</c>

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There<00:16:34.399><c> was</c><00:16:34.720><c> political,</c><00:16:35.179><c> these</c><00:16:35.700><c> forces</c><00:16:36.059><c> were</c><00:16:37.039><c> at</c><00:16:37.139><c> play.</c>

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There<00:16:37.879><c> was</c><00:16:38.159><c> political</c><00:16:38.600><c> nationalism,</c><00:16:39.419><c> it</c><00:16:39.700><c> was</c><00:16:39.740><c> on</c><00:16:39.899><c> the</c><00:16:40.100><c> rise.</c>

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There<00:16:41.139><c> was</c><00:16:41.519><c> commercialism,</c><00:16:42.740><c> capitalism</c><00:16:43.200><c> and</c><00:16:44.919><c> very</c><00:16:45.240><c> importantly,</c><00:16:46.379><c> this</c><00:16:46.580><c> is</c><00:16:46.820><c> the</c>

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part<00:16:46.980><c> we</c><00:16:47.100><c> don't</c><00:16:47.299><c> often</c><00:16:47.620><c> know</c><00:16:47.879><c> unless</c><00:16:48.539><c> you</c><00:16:48.779><c> really</c><00:16:49.000><c> look</c><00:16:49.139><c> at</c>

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local<00:16:51.000><c> kings</c><00:16:51.480><c> were</c><00:16:51.840><c> consolidating</c><00:16:52.779><c> their</c><00:16:53.139><c> personal</c><00:16:53.679><c> power</c>

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to<00:16:57.019><c> the</c><00:16:57.460><c> exclusion</c><00:16:57.700><c> of</c><00:16:57.960><c> foreign</c><00:16:58.139><c> influence.</c>

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So<00:17:01.139><c> in</c><00:17:01.320><c> the</c><00:17:01.440><c> main</c><00:17:01.639><c> areas,</c><00:17:02.519><c> whether</c><00:17:02.539><c> in</c><00:17:02.700><c> the</c><00:17:02.860><c> 16th</c><00:17:03.320><c> century</c>

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Reformation<00:17:04.119><c> took</c>

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hold,<00:17:05.380><c> areas</c><00:17:05.660><c> like</c><00:17:06.119><c> Germany,</c><00:17:06.799><c> Switzerland,</c><00:17:07.420><c> Holland</c><00:17:07.660><c> and</c>

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England,<00:17:09.000><c> these</c>

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places<00:17:09.619><c> saw</c><00:17:10.039><c> the</c><00:17:10.319><c> more</c><00:17:10.660><c> powerful</c><00:17:11.019><c> kings</c><00:17:11.359><c> and</c><00:17:11.660><c> nobles</c><00:17:12.819><c> for</c>

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political<00:17:14.180><c> reasons</c>

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rebel<00:17:15.880><c> against</c><00:17:16.519><c> the</c><00:17:16.819><c> religious</c><00:17:17.220><c> and</c><00:17:17.980><c> political</c><00:17:18.440><c> hegemony</c><00:17:18.980><c> or</c>

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power<00:17:19.940><c>-based</c>

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or<00:17:20.440><c> concentration</c><00:17:21.039><c> of</c><00:17:21.319><c> power</c><00:17:21.759><c> of</c><00:17:22.180><c> the</c><00:17:22.400><c> Catholic</c><00:17:23.099><c> Universal</c><00:17:23.740><c> Church.</c>

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And<00:17:25.119><c> there</c><00:17:25.200><c> was</c><00:17:25.420><c> a</c><00:17:25.619><c> really</c><00:17:25.920><c> a</c><00:17:26.119><c> good</c><00:17:26.319><c> reason</c><00:17:26.640><c> why</c><00:17:26.839><c> they</c><00:17:27.059><c> did</c><00:17:27.240><c> that.</c>

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There<00:17:29.700><c> was</c><00:17:30.019><c> widespread</c><00:17:30.539><c> religious</c><00:17:31.019><c> abuses,</c><00:17:32.299><c> excesses</c><00:17:32.700><c> and</c>

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corruption<00:17:33.480><c> were</c>

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everywhere<00:17:34.500><c> and</c><00:17:35.019><c> they</c><00:17:35.180><c> were</c><00:17:35.380><c> used</c><00:17:35.579><c> really</c><00:17:35.839><c> as</c><00:17:36.039><c> an</c><00:17:36.319><c> excuse</c><00:17:36.960><c> to</c>

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throw<00:17:37.880><c> off</c>

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allegiance<00:17:38.519><c> to</c><00:17:38.759><c> the</c><00:17:39.059><c> corrupt</c><00:17:39.480><c> Catholic</c><00:17:40.180><c> papacy</c><00:17:40.859><c> and</c><00:17:42.460><c> to</c><00:17:42.720><c> end</c>

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the<00:17:43.059><c> various</c>

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taxes<00:17:43.920><c> and</c><00:17:44.259><c> ties.</c>

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Now,<00:17:44.660><c> this</c><00:17:44.779><c> is</c><00:17:45.000><c> the</c><00:17:45.119><c> big</c><00:17:45.279><c> one.</c>

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It's<00:17:46.380><c> always</c><00:17:46.740><c> about</c><00:17:47.099><c> money</c><00:17:47.680><c> that</c><00:17:48.640><c> were</c><00:17:48.779><c> to</c><00:17:49.059><c> end</c><00:17:49.299><c> the</c><00:17:49.579><c> taxes</c>

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and<00:17:50.180><c> ties</c><00:17:50.440><c> that</c>

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were<00:17:50.819><c> negatively</c><00:17:51.339><c> affecting</c><00:17:52.000><c> many</c><00:17:52.400><c> nations.</c>

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For<00:17:53.980><c> example,</c><00:17:54.680><c> the</c><00:17:54.880><c> lands</c><00:17:55.119><c> of</c><00:17:55.339><c> the</c><00:17:55.519><c> churches</c><00:17:55.819><c> were</c><00:17:56.099><c> extensive.</c>

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The<00:17:58.319><c> Catholic</c><00:17:58.759><c> Church</c><00:17:59.079><c> in</c><00:17:59.200><c> England,</c><00:17:59.440><c> for</c><00:17:59.599><c> example,</c><00:18:00.279><c> owned</c>

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through<00:18:01.059><c> its</c>

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monasteries<00:18:02.259><c> and</c><00:18:02.779><c> churches,</c><00:18:03.799><c> 30</c><00:18:04.279><c>%</c><00:18:05.440><c> of</c><00:18:05.759><c> the</c><00:18:06.140><c> physical</c><00:18:06.799><c> land</c><00:18:07.500><c> of</c><00:18:08.079><c> England.</c>

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That's<00:18:10.279><c> a</c><00:18:10.619><c> lot.</c>

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And<00:18:12.019><c> of</c><00:18:12.200><c> course,</c><00:18:12.460><c> it</c><00:18:12.579><c> was</c><00:18:12.839><c> all</c><00:18:13.200><c> tax</c><00:18:13.500><c> exempt.</c>

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The<00:18:14.759><c> church</c><00:18:15.059><c> was</c><00:18:15.279><c> not</c><00:18:15.480><c> paying</c><00:18:15.720><c> any</c><00:18:16.039><c> tax</c><00:18:16.259><c> on</c><00:18:16.460><c> it.</c>

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And<00:18:18.220><c> all</c><00:18:18.440><c> the</c><00:18:18.720><c> landed</c><00:18:19.000><c> gentry,</c><00:18:19.500><c> the</c><00:18:19.720><c> nobles</c><00:18:20.119><c> and</c><00:18:20.279><c> the</c><00:18:20.500><c> kings,</c>

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well,<00:18:21.259><c> their</c>

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collections<00:18:22.380><c> were</c><00:18:22.759><c> shrinking.</c>

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And<00:18:25.279><c> it's</c><00:18:25.960><c> interesting</c><00:18:26.299><c> that</c><00:18:26.480><c> the</c><00:18:26.640><c> American</c><00:18:27.019><c> Revolution</c><00:18:27.740><c> was</c><00:18:28.480><c> brought</c>

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about<00:18:28.940><c> for</c><00:18:29.140><c> the</c><00:18:29.259><c> same</c><00:18:29.500><c> reason,</c><00:18:30.319><c> about</c><00:18:30.759><c> taxation.</c>

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enormous<00:18:37.859><c> financial</c>

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gain<00:18:38.940><c> in</c><00:18:39.319><c> acquiring</c><00:18:39.740><c> the</c><00:18:40.019><c> church</c><00:18:40.359><c> lands,</c><00:18:41.579><c> which</c><00:18:41.700><c> had</c><00:18:41.920><c> become,</c>

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which<00:18:42.900><c> had</c>

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been,<00:18:43.319><c> of</c><00:18:43.480><c> course,</c><00:18:43.839><c> exempt</c><00:18:43.940><c> from</c><00:18:44.180><c> taxes</c><00:18:44.640><c> and</c><00:18:45.279><c> they</c><00:18:45.660><c> subsequently</c><00:18:46.200><c> acquired</c>

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these<00:18:47.099><c> lands</c><00:18:47.400><c> and</c><00:18:47.579><c> the</c><00:18:47.680><c> name</c><00:18:47.799><c> of</c><00:18:47.940><c> the</c><00:18:48.119><c> crown,</c><00:18:48.779><c> you</c><00:18:48.880><c> get</c><00:18:48.980><c> the</c><00:18:49.099><c> idea</c><00:18:49.420><c> of</c><00:18:49.640><c> crown</c>

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land,<00:18:51.440><c> and</c><00:18:51.720><c> distributed</c><00:18:52.319><c> portions</c><00:18:52.859><c> of</c><00:18:53.039><c> the</c><00:18:53.220><c> land</c><00:18:53.220><c> to</c><00:18:53.220><c> the</c><00:18:53.220><c> people</c><00:18:53.220><c> of</c><00:18:53.220><c> the</c>

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land<00:18:53.640><c> to</c><00:18:54.059><c> their</c><00:18:54.359><c> closest</c><00:18:54.859><c> supporters,</c><00:18:57.539><c> nobles,</c><00:18:58.640><c> et</c><00:18:58.900><c> cetera,</c>

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thus<00:19:00.819><c> consolidating</c>

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their<00:19:01.880><c> position</c><00:19:02.380><c> with</c><00:19:02.559><c> a</c><00:19:02.779><c> power</c><00:19:03.019><c> base</c><00:19:03.299><c> that</c><00:19:03.539><c> would</c><00:19:03.740><c> have</c><00:19:03.859><c> the</c>

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same<00:19:04.420><c> mind</c><00:19:04.799><c> as</c>

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them,<00:19:05.519><c> financially</c><00:19:05.960><c> committed</c><00:19:06.339><c> to</c><00:19:06.579><c> the</c><00:19:06.740><c> same</c><00:19:07.299><c> goals,</c><00:19:09.319><c> as</c><00:19:09.500><c> well</c><00:19:09.759><c> as</c><00:19:09.859><c> making</c>

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return<00:19:10.619><c> to</c><00:19:10.859><c> the</c><00:19:11.099><c> mother</c><00:19:11.420><c> Catholic</c><00:19:11.799><c> Church</c><00:19:12.599><c> impossible.</c>

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Many<00:19:14.640><c> of</c><00:19:14.859><c> the</c><00:19:15.019><c> nobility</c><00:19:15.519><c> of</c><00:19:15.859><c> England</c><00:19:16.220><c> to</c><00:19:16.400><c> this</c><00:19:16.700><c> day</c><00:19:17.000><c> are</c><00:19:17.440><c> heirs</c>

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of<00:19:18.259><c> the</c><00:19:18.420><c> gift,</c>

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this<00:19:19.420><c> gift</c><00:19:19.680><c> of</c><00:19:19.880><c> the</c><00:19:20.019><c> crown,</c><00:19:21.140><c> is</c><00:19:21.240><c> a</c><00:19:21.400><c> famous</c><00:19:22.039><c> television</c><00:19:23.440><c> program</c><00:19:23.880><c> at</c><00:19:24.059><c> the</c>

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moment<00:19:24.319><c> on</c><00:19:24.599><c> called</c><00:19:24.859><c> Downton</c><00:19:25.319><c> Abbey.</c>

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It's<00:19:25.839><c> about</c><00:19:26.019><c> a</c><00:19:26.279><c> famous</c><00:19:26.660><c> or</c><00:19:28.299><c> mythical,</c><00:19:28.980><c> of</c><00:19:29.380><c> course,</c><00:19:31.900><c> family</c><00:19:31.920><c> of</c><00:19:32.180><c> nobility</c>

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who<00:19:32.980><c> live</c><00:19:33.259><c> in</c><00:19:33.539><c> what</c><00:19:33.759><c> used</c><00:19:34.039><c> to</c><00:19:34.119><c> be</c><00:19:34.240><c> an</c><00:19:34.400><c> abbey.</c>

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That's<00:19:34.920><c> the</c><00:19:35.059><c> idea.</c>

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Okay.

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These<00:19:36.500><c> things</c><00:19:36.759><c> were</c><00:19:37.000><c> taken</c><00:19:37.299><c> from</c><00:19:37.480><c> the</c><00:19:37.680><c> Catholic</c><00:19:37.960><c> Church,</c><00:19:39.059><c> but</c>

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there<00:19:39.940><c> is</c>

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a<00:19:40.259><c> religious</c><00:19:40.539><c> context</c><00:19:41.079><c> in</c><00:19:41.240><c> the</c><00:19:41.420><c> Reformation</c><00:19:41.819><c> as</c><00:19:42.160><c> well.</c>

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In<00:19:42.799><c> the</c><00:19:42.960><c> 15th</c><00:19:43.380><c> and</c><00:19:43.460><c> 16th</c><00:19:44.059><c> century,</c><00:19:44.380><c> the</c><00:19:44.519><c> nascent</c><00:19:44.940><c> and</c><00:19:45.119><c> the</c><00:19:45.279><c> new</c>

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age<00:19:45.680><c> of</c>

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learning<00:19:46.140><c> was</c><00:19:46.420><c> as</c><00:19:46.500><c> well</c><00:19:46.720><c> established.</c>

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The<00:19:47.880><c> educated</c><00:19:48.500><c> yearned</c><00:19:49.140><c> for</c><00:19:49.319><c> the</c><00:19:49.460><c> days</c><00:19:49.680><c> of</c><00:19:50.019><c> Socrates,</c><00:19:51.140><c> Plato</c>

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and<00:19:51.640><c> Aristotle,</c>

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and<00:19:52.359><c> what</c><00:19:52.440><c> they</c><00:19:52.700><c> call</c><00:19:52.779><c> the</c><00:19:53.039><c> Classics</c><00:19:53.539><c> period,</c><00:19:57.180><c> and</c><00:19:57.400><c> the</c><00:19:57.640><c> stability</c><00:19:58.200><c> and</c>

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the<00:19:58.559><c> reign</c><00:19:58.660><c> of</c><00:19:58.839><c> the</c><00:19:58.920><c> old</c><00:19:59.200><c> Caesars,</c><00:19:59.680><c> as</c><00:19:59.839><c> well</c><00:20:00.000><c> as</c><00:20:00.119><c> the</c><00:20:00.380><c> freedom</c>

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and<00:20:01.059><c> the</c><00:20:01.299><c> order</c>

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and<00:20:01.680><c> prosperity</c><00:20:02.319><c> that</c><00:20:02.559><c> they</c><00:20:02.859><c> thought</c><00:20:02.960><c> it</c><00:20:03.140><c> would</c><00:20:03.640><c> bring.</c>

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You<00:20:04.880><c> see,</c><00:20:05.180><c> the</c><00:20:05.380><c> Dark</c><00:20:05.720><c> Ages</c><00:20:06.000><c> and</c><00:20:06.220><c> the</c><00:20:06.359><c> Medieval</c><00:20:06.680><c> period</c><00:20:07.019><c> was</c>

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very<00:20:08.339><c> static.</c>

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Everything<00:20:10.200><c> was</c><00:20:10.599><c> set,</c><00:20:10.859><c> the</c><00:20:11.099><c> routines</c><00:20:11.420><c> were</c><00:20:11.720><c> set,</c><00:20:12.039><c> and</c><00:20:12.319><c> you</c>

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could<00:20:12.779><c> not</c>

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progress<00:20:13.380><c> in</c><00:20:13.779><c> society.</c>

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It<00:20:15.480><c> was</c><00:20:15.720><c> very</c><00:20:16.339><c> stifling.</c>

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The<00:20:18.640><c> reformers</c><00:20:19.119><c> themselves,</c><00:20:19.700><c> and</c><00:20:19.859><c> this</c><00:20:19.960><c> is</c><00:20:20.119><c> the</c><00:20:20.220><c> interesting</c><00:20:20.539><c> part,</c>

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these<00:20:21.299><c> are</c><00:20:21.519><c> the</c><00:20:21.579><c> leaders</c><00:20:21.759><c> of</c><00:20:22.220><c> the</c><00:20:22.319><c> Reformation,</c><00:20:23.299><c> looked</c><00:20:23.440><c> back</c><00:20:23.720><c> beyond</c>

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the<00:20:24.180><c> Medieval</c><00:20:24.599><c> period</c><00:20:24.960><c> and</c><00:20:25.140><c> its</c><00:20:25.359><c> restrictive</c><00:20:25.880><c> beliefs,</c><00:20:26.500><c> superstitious</c>

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practice,<00:20:27.400><c> and</c><00:20:27.619><c> brutal</c><00:20:27.819><c> ways</c><00:20:28.099><c> back</c><00:20:28.420><c> to</c><00:20:28.640><c> the</c><00:20:28.880><c> early</c><00:20:29.180><c> age</c><00:20:29.440><c> of</c>

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the<00:20:29.779><c> Church.</c>

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But<00:20:30.940><c> unfortunately,</c><00:20:32.660><c> they</c><00:20:32.779><c> only</c><00:20:32.960><c> look</c><00:20:33.119><c> back</c><00:20:33.900><c> to</c><00:20:34.380><c> the</c><00:20:34.599><c> time,</c>

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the<00:20:35.019><c> pre</c>

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and<00:20:35.240><c> post</c><00:20:35.619><c>-Nicene</c><00:20:36.119><c> days,</c><00:20:36.480><c> the</c><00:20:36.680><c> third</c><00:20:36.859><c> to</c><00:20:37.019><c> the</c><00:20:37.140><c> fifth</c><00:20:37.299><c> century,</c>

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a<00:20:38.980><c> corrupted</c><00:20:39.220><c> era,</c><00:20:41.420><c> in</c><00:20:41.619><c> which</c><00:20:42.380><c> it</c><00:20:44.319><c> was</c><00:20:44.559><c> full</c><00:20:44.799><c> of</c><00:20:45.059><c> false</c><00:20:45.319><c> teachings.</c>

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It<00:20:46.720><c> was</c><00:20:47.599><c> full</c><00:20:47.920><c> of</c><00:20:48.099><c> a</c><00:20:48.319><c> strange</c><00:20:48.579><c> mixture</c><00:20:49.000><c> of</c><00:20:49.240><c> philosophy</c><00:20:49.720><c> and</c><00:20:49.940><c> religion,</c>

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and<00:20:52.099><c> most</c><00:20:52.319><c> importantly,</c><00:20:53.880><c> what</c><00:20:54.099><c> became</c><00:20:54.839><c> a</c><00:20:55.519><c> close</c><00:20:55.759><c> relationship</c><00:20:56.359><c> between</c>

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the<00:20:57.079><c> Church</c><00:20:57.519><c> and</c><00:20:58.220><c> the</c><00:20:58.480><c> state.</c>

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This<00:20:59.900><c> stands</c><00:21:00.559><c> very</c><00:21:01.619><c> starkly</c><00:21:02.079><c> in</c><00:21:02.480><c> what</c><00:21:02.720><c> the</c><00:21:03.019><c> reformers</c><00:21:03.660><c> endeavored</c><00:21:04.059><c> to</c><00:21:04.319><c> do.</c>

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They<00:21:05.640><c> didn't</c><00:21:05.859><c> look</c><00:21:06.140><c> back</c><00:21:06.599><c> to</c><00:21:06.920><c> the</c><00:21:07.140><c> times</c><00:21:07.339><c> of</c><00:21:07.539><c> the</c><00:21:07.700><c> Apostles</c><00:21:08.099><c> of</c><00:21:08.200><c> what's</c>

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called<00:21:08.700><c> in</c><00:21:08.880><c> the</c><00:21:09.000><c> Scriptures,</c><00:21:09.900><c> the</c><00:21:10.019><c> Apostles'</c><00:21:10.660><c> doctrine</c><00:21:10.779><c> and</c><00:21:11.000><c> fellowship.</c>

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They<00:21:11.859><c> look</c><00:21:12.000><c> back</c><00:21:12.220><c> to</c><00:21:12.400><c> this</c><00:21:12.599><c> period.</c>

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called,<00:21:20.400><c> I</c><00:21:20.599><c> call</c><00:21:20.779><c> him</c><00:21:20.980><c> St.</c><00:21:21.400><c> Augustine</c><00:21:21.839><c> of</c><00:21:22.000><c> Hippo,</c><00:21:23.019><c> very</c>

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clever<00:21:23.759><c> fellow.</c>

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I've<00:21:24.980><c> read</c><00:21:25.119><c> his</c><00:21:26.140><c> autobiography,</c><00:21:27.740><c> full</c><00:21:28.160><c> of</c><00:21:28.319><c> himself,</c><00:21:28.799><c> but</c>

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very<00:21:30.539><c> intelligent</c>

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fellow.<00:21:31.519><c> He's</c><00:21:31.700><c> a</c><00:21:31.779><c> teacher</c><00:21:32.039><c> of</c><00:21:32.299><c> philosophy</c><00:21:32.859><c> who</c><00:21:33.359><c> became</c><00:21:33.720><c> converted</c>

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to<00:21:34.339><c> Christianity.</c>

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And<00:21:36.500><c> other</c><00:21:36.700><c> similar</c><00:21:37.079><c> theologians</c><00:21:37.680><c> and</c><00:21:37.880><c> doctors</c><00:21:38.160><c> of</c><00:21:38.339><c> the</c><00:21:38.559><c> Church</c><00:21:38.900><c> to</c>

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support<00:21:39.880><c> their</c><00:21:40.180><c> justification</c><00:21:40.960><c> for</c><00:21:41.240><c> beliefs</c><00:21:41.559><c> and</c><00:21:41.740><c> actions.</c>

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You<00:21:42.500><c> see,</c><00:21:44.220><c> Augustine</c><00:21:44.460><c> taught</c><00:21:44.799><c> about</c><00:21:45.359><c> original</c><00:21:45.880><c> sin,</c><00:21:46.740><c> salvation,</c>

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grace,<00:21:48.420><c> the</c><00:21:48.619><c> Trinity,</c><00:21:49.579><c> society,</c><00:21:50.700><c> the</c><00:21:50.859><c> idea</c><00:21:51.160><c> of</c><00:21:51.359><c> a</c><00:21:51.660><c> just</c><00:21:52.019><c> war.</c>

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And<00:21:55.240><c> these</c><00:21:55.420><c> things</c><00:21:55.660><c> were</c><00:21:55.980><c> accepted</c><00:21:56.420><c> by</c><00:21:56.660><c> the</c><00:21:56.839><c> reformers.</c>

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And<00:21:58.940><c> these</c><00:21:59.180><c> remain</c><00:21:59.519><c> core</c><00:21:59.900><c> teachings</c><00:22:00.400><c> of</c><00:22:00.700><c> the</c><00:22:01.819><c> main</c><00:22:01.819><c> Protestant</c>

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churches.

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In<00:22:05.500><c> the</c><00:22:05.680><c> main,</c><00:22:05.940><c> the</c><00:22:06.079><c> Protestant</c><00:22:06.420><c> churches</c><00:22:07.519><c> remained</c><00:22:08.299><c> state</c><00:22:08.880><c>-funded.</c>

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They<00:22:10.119><c> were</c><00:22:10.380><c> sponsored</c><00:22:10.960><c> and</c><00:22:11.160><c> supported</c><00:22:11.599><c> by</c><00:22:11.859><c> the</c><00:22:12.059><c> state.</c>

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They<00:22:13.359><c> only</c><00:22:13.599><c> abandoned</c><00:22:14.559><c> certain</c><00:22:14.960><c> excessive</c><00:22:15.500><c> beliefs</c><00:22:15.839><c> and</c><00:22:16.099><c> practices</c>

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such<00:22:16.980><c> as</c><00:22:18.039><c> papal</c><00:22:18.420><c> supremacy,</c><00:22:19.319><c> image</c><00:22:19.519><c> worship,</c><00:22:20.680><c> priestly</c><00:22:21.019><c> celibacy,</c>

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transubstantiation,<00:22:23.480><c> purgatory</c><00:22:23.980><c> and</c><00:22:24.180><c> a</c><00:22:24.779><c> few</c><00:22:24.980><c> other</c><00:22:25.259><c> minor</c><00:22:26.200><c> concepts.</c>

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They<00:22:29.240><c> retained</c><00:22:29.779><c> the</c><00:22:30.140><c> main</c><00:22:30.440><c> doctrines</c><00:22:31.319><c> and</c><00:22:31.640><c> many</c><00:22:31.900><c> of</c><00:22:32.079><c> the</c><00:22:32.299><c> practices</c><00:22:32.759><c> of</c>

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Mother<00:22:33.380><c> Church.</c>

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They<00:22:35.440><c> were</c><00:22:35.619><c> not</c><00:22:35.799><c> able</c><00:22:36.039><c> to</c><00:22:36.299><c> cast</c><00:22:36.539><c> off</c><00:22:36.740><c> the</c><00:22:36.960><c> brutality</c><00:22:37.480><c> of</c><00:22:37.680><c> their</c>

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age<00:22:38.180><c> also</c>

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with<00:22:38.819><c> the</c><00:22:39.039><c> sectarian</c><00:22:39.700><c> violence</c><00:22:40.240><c> and</c><00:22:40.440><c> aggressive</c><00:22:40.920><c> politics,</c><00:22:42.619><c> making</c>

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their<00:22:43.359><c> overall</c><00:22:43.700><c> movement</c><00:22:44.319><c> really</c><00:22:45.059><c> a</c><00:22:45.299><c> failure.</c>

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And<00:22:47.779><c> this</c><00:22:48.259><c> failure</c><00:22:48.640><c> gave</c><00:22:48.960><c> birth</c><00:22:49.279><c> to</c><00:22:49.440><c> what</c><00:22:49.640><c> we</c><00:22:49.920><c> understand</c><00:22:50.299><c> today</c><00:22:50.680><c> as</c><00:22:50.900><c> being</c>

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the<00:22:51.400><c> intellectual</c><00:22:51.819><c> enlightenment</c><00:22:52.660><c> of</c><00:22:54.019><c> rationalism,</c><00:22:55.160><c> which</c>

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is<00:22:55.559><c> the</c>

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other<00:22:55.880><c> force</c><00:22:56.160><c> that</c><00:22:56.420><c> works</c><00:22:56.680><c> in</c><00:22:56.880><c> the</c><00:22:57.059><c> world.</c>

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They<00:23:00.440><c> persecuted</c><00:23:01.079><c> with</c><00:23:01.599><c> vigor</c><00:23:02.039><c> those</c><00:23:02.640><c> who</c><00:23:02.859><c> didn't</c><00:23:03.079><c> agree</c>

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with<00:23:03.579><c> them.</c>

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You<00:23:04.299><c> know,</c><00:23:04.880><c> rather</c><00:23:05.200><c> than</c><00:23:05.480><c> being</c><00:23:05.960><c> men</c><00:23:06.259><c> of</c><00:23:07.599><c> virtue,</c><00:23:08.180><c> they</c><00:23:08.220><c> were</c><00:23:08.460><c> brutes.</c>

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They<00:23:10.420><c> were</c><00:23:10.819><c> entrenched</c><00:23:11.440><c> in</c><00:23:11.839><c> pagan</c><00:23:12.259><c> superstition.</c>

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Here's<00:23:13.180><c> some</c><00:23:13.380><c> examples.</c>

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The<00:23:14.960><c> brutal</c><00:23:15.220><c> execution</c><00:23:15.779><c> of</c><00:23:16.019><c> a</c><00:23:16.259><c> man</c><00:23:16.480><c> called</c><00:23:16.900><c> Michael</c><00:23:17.680><c> Servetus.</c>

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Now<00:23:19.519><c> he</c><00:23:19.579><c> was</c><00:23:19.799><c> a</c><00:23:19.920><c> very</c><00:23:20.279><c> famous</c><00:23:20.680><c> doctor</c><00:23:21.299><c> who</c><00:23:22.079><c> discovered,</c><00:23:22.960><c> one</c>

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of<00:23:23.200><c> the</c><00:23:23.339><c> men</c>

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who<00:23:23.680><c> discovered</c><00:23:23.940><c> how</c><00:23:24.099><c> the</c><00:23:24.299><c> blood</c><00:23:24.859><c> flows</c><00:23:25.400><c> through</c><00:23:25.619><c> the</c><00:23:25.799><c> body.</c>

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He<00:23:27.380><c> was</c><00:23:27.519><c> also</c><00:23:27.819><c> a</c><00:23:27.880><c> great</c><00:23:28.059><c> Bible</c><00:23:28.440><c> student.</c>

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Now<00:23:29.420><c> he</c><00:23:29.779><c> wrote</c><00:23:30.000><c> a</c><00:23:30.220><c> treatise</c><00:23:30.680><c> on</c><00:23:32.299><c> who</c><00:23:32.660><c> Jesus</c><00:23:33.079><c> was.</c>

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That<00:23:33.519><c> Jesus</c><00:23:33.900><c> wasn't</c><00:23:34.420><c> God,</c><00:23:35.619><c> that</c><00:23:35.779><c> Jesus</c><00:23:36.180><c> was</c><00:23:37.160><c> a</c><00:23:37.480><c> man.</c>

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The<00:23:38.759><c> Son</c><00:23:38.980><c> of</c><00:23:39.180><c> God</c><00:23:39.440><c> raised</c><00:23:39.819><c> up</c><00:23:40.059><c> much</c><00:23:40.259><c> the</c><00:23:40.480><c> same</c><00:23:40.640><c> as</c><00:23:40.839><c> our</c><00:23:41.140><c> own</c><00:23:41.380><c> belief.</c>

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Now<00:23:43.839><c> he</c><00:23:43.960><c> was</c><00:23:44.240><c> in</c><00:23:44.880><c> Catholic</c><00:23:45.299><c> Europe</c><00:23:45.799><c> and</c><00:23:46.359><c> he</c><00:23:46.859><c> fled</c><00:23:47.099><c> from</c><00:23:47.480><c> there</c><00:23:47.720><c> because</c>

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the<00:23:48.440><c> Catholics</c><00:23:48.720><c> are</c><00:23:48.980><c> after</c><00:23:49.319><c> him</c><00:23:49.579><c> and</c><00:23:50.019><c> he</c><00:23:50.240><c> goes</c><00:23:50.440><c> up</c><00:23:51.140><c> to</c><00:23:51.480><c> where</c>

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John<00:23:52.579><c> Calvin</c>

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lived,<00:23:53.500><c> that</c><00:23:53.500><c> great,</c><00:23:53.799><c> they</c><00:23:54.000><c> called</c><00:23:54.339><c> Calvin</c><00:23:54.880><c> the</c><00:23:55.220><c> Protestant</c><00:23:55.640><c> Pope.</c>

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They<00:23:56.720><c> went</c><00:23:56.880><c> up,</c><00:23:57.140><c> he</c><00:23:57.279><c> went</c><00:23:57.400><c> up</c><00:23:57.619><c> there</c><00:23:57.839><c> and</c><00:23:58.019><c> thought</c><00:23:58.220><c> he</c><00:23:58.359><c> would</c>

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find<00:23:58.859><c> some</c>

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protection<00:23:59.819><c> and</c><00:24:00.700><c> soon</c><00:24:01.019><c> as</c><00:24:01.279><c> Calvin</c><00:24:01.579><c> got</c><00:24:01.819><c> hold</c><00:24:02.099><c> of</c><00:24:02.240><c> him.</c>

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He<00:24:04.859><c> had</c><00:24:05.279><c> the</c><00:24:05.920><c> civil</c><00:24:06.140><c> government</c><00:24:06.740><c> at</c><00:24:07.279><c> his</c><00:24:07.619><c> bidding</c><00:24:07.980><c> have</c><00:24:08.599><c> this</c>

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man<00:24:09.279><c> burnt</c>

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to<00:24:09.880><c> death</c><00:24:10.539><c> slowly,</c><00:24:11.720><c> not</c><00:24:11.960><c> quickly.</c>

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It<00:24:12.640><c> was</c><00:24:12.779><c> no</c><00:24:12.960><c> quick</c><00:24:13.160><c> execution,</c><00:24:14.180><c> but</c><00:24:14.559><c> slowly</c><00:24:15.000><c> and</c><00:24:16.400><c> he</c><00:24:16.640><c> slew</c>

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also<00:24:17.160><c> many</c>

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others<00:24:18.220><c> who</c><00:24:19.099><c> didn't</c><00:24:19.279><c> agree</c><00:24:19.779><c> with</c><00:24:20.400><c> his</c><00:24:20.680><c> position.</c>

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It<00:24:24.019><c> was</c><00:24:24.220><c> also</c><00:24:24.500><c> the</c><00:24:24.740><c> brutal</c><00:24:24.920><c> and</c><00:24:25.140><c> wholesale</c><00:24:25.460><c> destruction</c><00:24:25.960><c> of</c><00:24:26.099><c> the</c>

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Anabaptists<00:24:26.940><c> and</c><00:24:27.140><c> the</c><00:24:27.359><c> peasants</c><00:24:27.680><c> revolt</c><00:24:28.039><c> in</c><00:24:28.259><c> Germany</c><00:24:28.640><c> at</c>

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Luther's<00:24:29.460><c> bidding.</c>

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Luther<00:24:32.460><c> hated</c><00:24:32.799><c> civil</c><00:24:33.140><c> disobedience.</c>

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He<00:24:35.079><c> was</c><00:24:35.319><c> a</c><00:24:35.460><c> man</c><00:24:35.579><c> of</c><00:24:35.740><c> the</c><00:24:36.000><c> status</c><00:24:36.319><c> quo,</c><00:24:37.839><c> as</c><00:24:37.940><c> long</c><00:24:38.019><c> as</c><00:24:38.119><c> he</c><00:24:38.220><c> had</c><00:24:38.460><c> control</c><00:24:38.819><c> of</c>

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course<00:24:39.160><c> what</c><00:24:39.299><c> that</c><00:24:39.619><c> status</c><00:24:39.920><c> quo</c><00:24:40.119><c> was</c><00:24:40.559><c> and</c><00:24:41.220><c> he</c><00:24:41.480><c> put</c><00:24:41.640><c> down</c><00:24:42.299><c> many</c><00:24:42.940><c> thousands</c>

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of<00:24:44.259><c> Anabaptists.</c>

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There's<00:24:46.240><c> also</c><00:24:46.700><c> a</c><00:24:47.079><c> revival</c><00:24:47.440><c> of</c><00:24:47.799><c> superstition.</c>

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The<00:24:55.039><c> Reformation</c><00:24:55.640><c> brought</c><00:24:55.940><c> about</c><00:24:56.200><c> this</c><00:24:56.519><c> widespread</c><00:24:57.700><c> revival</c>

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of<00:24:59.180><c> superstition</c>

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and<00:25:00.119><c> brought</c><00:25:00.319><c> about</c><00:25:00.700><c> the</c><00:25:01.339><c> torture</c><00:25:01.640><c> and</c><00:25:01.940><c> burning</c><00:25:02.200><c> of</c><00:25:02.460><c> witches.</c>

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There<00:25:04.220><c> was</c><00:25:04.420><c> a</c><00:25:04.599><c> period</c><00:25:04.799><c> there,</c><00:25:05.180><c> it</c><00:25:05.220><c> went</c><00:25:05.299><c> for</c><00:25:05.980><c> a</c><00:25:06.039><c> hundred</c><00:25:06.319><c> years</c>

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or<00:25:06.839><c> so,</c>

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where<00:25:07.920><c> young</c><00:25:08.279><c> girls</c><00:25:08.619><c> to</c><00:25:08.920><c> old</c><00:25:09.240><c> women</c><00:25:10.019><c> were</c><00:25:12.039><c> accused</c><00:25:12.619><c> of</c><00:25:12.799><c> being</c><00:25:12.960><c> witches</c>

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and<00:25:13.579><c> tortured</c><00:25:14.000><c> and</c><00:25:14.720><c> slain</c><00:25:15.019><c> brutally.</c>

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They<00:25:16.259><c> reckon</c><00:25:16.599><c> there</c><00:25:16.740><c> was</c><00:25:16.960><c> around</c><00:25:17.680><c> 30</c><00:25:18.160><c>,000</c><00:25:18.759><c> women</c><00:25:19.339><c> destroyed.</c>

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Some<00:25:22.400><c> towns</c><00:25:22.680><c> lost</c><00:25:23.180><c> all</c><00:25:23.680><c> their</c><00:25:23.880><c> women.</c>

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The<00:25:27.880><c> reformers</c><00:25:28.500><c> were</c><00:25:28.819><c> vigorous</c><00:25:29.259><c> men</c><00:25:29.579><c> like</c><00:25:30.099><c> and</c><00:25:30.099><c> I</c><00:25:30.359><c> liken</c><00:25:30.539><c> him</c>

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to<00:25:31.019><c> Jehu</c><00:25:31.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:32.579><c> Old</c><00:25:32.759><c> Testament</c><00:25:33.180><c> scriptures</c><00:25:33.700><c> who</c><00:25:34.259><c> brought</c><00:25:34.619><c> down</c>

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Jezebel's<00:25:35.880><c> idolatry,</c>

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but<00:25:37.460><c> he</c><00:25:37.779><c> returned</c><00:25:38.059><c> to</c><00:25:38.279><c> the</c><00:25:38.500><c> compromised</c><00:25:39.339><c> ways</c><00:25:39.900><c> and</c><00:25:40.259><c> worship</c>

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of<00:25:40.759><c> Jeroboam</c>

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rather<00:25:42.660><c> than</c><00:25:43.200><c> to</c><00:25:43.579><c> God's</c><00:25:44.160><c> way,</c><00:25:44.619><c> which</c><00:25:44.619><c> of</c><00:25:44.880><c> course</c><00:25:44.980><c> in</c><00:25:45.119><c> this</c>

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context<00:25:45.740><c> would</c>

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be<00:25:46.119><c> Apostles</c><00:25:46.700><c> fellowship</c><00:25:47.240><c> and</c><00:25:47.500><c> doctrine.</c>

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Where<00:25:49.000><c> are</c><00:25:49.140><c> we</c><00:25:49.319><c> brothers</c><00:25:49.559><c> and</c><00:25:49.859><c> sisters?</c>

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We<00:25:50.799><c> are</c><00:25:51.220><c> closer</c><00:25:51.619><c> to</c><00:25:51.940><c> some</c><00:25:52.160><c> of</c><00:25:52.279><c> the</c><00:25:52.420><c> Anabaptists</c><00:25:53.240><c> position.</c>

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We<00:25:56.519><c> believe</c><00:25:56.880><c> that</c><00:25:57.440><c> belief</c><00:25:57.740><c> is</c><00:25:58.019><c> a</c><00:25:58.400><c> personal</c><00:25:58.980><c> matter.</c>

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It's<00:26:00.799><c> of</c><00:26:00.940><c> the</c><00:26:01.119><c> conscience</c><00:26:01.640><c> and</c><00:26:02.740><c> it</c><00:26:02.980><c> can't</c><00:26:03.140><c> be</c><00:26:03.420><c> subject</c><00:26:03.779><c> to</c><00:26:04.000><c> the</c><00:26:04.440><c> controls</c>

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of<00:26:05.240><c> man</c><00:26:05.500><c>-made</c><00:26:05.720><c> institutions</c><00:26:06.500><c> or</c><00:26:07.259><c> civil</c><00:26:07.539><c> governments.</c>

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We<00:26:09.140><c> also</c><00:26:09.519><c> hold</c><00:26:09.880><c> that</c><00:26:10.180><c> all</c><00:26:10.539><c> the</c><00:26:10.839><c> teachings</c><00:26:11.180><c> and</c><00:26:11.460><c> beliefs</c><00:26:11.640><c> must</c>

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be<00:26:12.299><c> founded</c>

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on<00:26:13.279><c> scripture,</c><00:26:15.339><c> not</c><00:26:15.460><c> on</c><00:26:15.700><c> human</c><00:26:15.940><c> reasoning,</c><00:26:17.000><c> not</c><00:26:17.119><c> on</c><00:26:17.400><c> philosophy,</c><00:26:18.880><c> not</c>

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on<00:26:19.380><c> accepted</c><00:26:20.099><c> theology,</c><00:26:23.099><c> consensus,</c><00:26:23.640><c> opinion</c><00:26:24.039><c> or</c><00:26:24.539><c> tradition.</c>

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That's<00:26:26.279><c> what</c><00:26:26.400><c> we</c><00:26:26.660><c> stand</c><00:26:26.880><c> for</c><00:26:27.160><c> as</c><00:26:27.400><c> a</c><00:26:27.619><c> community.</c>

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So<00:26:30.359><c> we</c><00:26:30.480><c> have</c><00:26:30.619><c> a</c><00:26:30.819><c> different</c><00:26:31.079><c> worldview.</c>

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This<00:26:32.140><c> causes</c><00:26:32.759><c> us</c><00:26:33.200><c> to</c><00:26:33.940><c> view</c><00:26:34.180><c> the</c><00:26:34.440><c> world</c><00:26:34.559><c> differently.</c>

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In<00:26:37.900><c> the</c><00:26:38.119><c> main</c><00:26:38.339><c> area,</c><00:26:38.619><c> this</c><00:26:38.779><c> is</c><00:26:39.000><c> one</c><00:26:39.140><c> of</c><00:26:39.240><c> the</c><00:26:39.380><c> main</c><00:26:39.579><c> areas</c><00:26:39.779><c> that</c><00:26:40.160><c> separates</c>

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us<00:26:40.599><c> from</c><00:26:40.740><c> the</c><00:26:40.900><c> mainstream</c><00:26:41.299><c> churches</c><00:26:41.900><c> and</c><00:26:42.500><c> has</c><00:26:42.700><c> a</c><00:26:42.960><c> huge</c><00:26:43.400><c> impact</c>

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upon<00:26:44.240><c> how</c>

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we<00:26:46.019><c> interact</c><00:26:46.480><c> with</c><00:26:46.720><c> the</c><00:26:46.920><c> world.</c>

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So<00:26:48.019><c> here's</c><00:26:48.299><c> my</c><00:26:48.519><c> question.</c>

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Is<00:26:49.279><c> the</c><00:26:49.519><c> Kingdom</c><00:26:49.759><c> of</c><00:26:50.019><c> God</c><00:26:50.819><c> the</c><00:26:52.200><c> Christian</c><00:26:52.619><c> Church,</c><00:26:53.519><c> Christendom,</c>

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which<00:26:54.400><c> is</c><00:26:54.619><c> what</c><00:26:54.779><c> Christendom</c><00:26:55.339><c> means,</c><00:26:56.359><c> the</c><00:26:56.579><c> Kingdom</c><00:26:56.839><c> of</c><00:26:57.140><c> Christ,</c>

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which<00:26:59.240><c> is</c><00:26:59.480><c> about</c><00:26:59.779><c> the</c><00:27:00.119><c> now,</c><00:27:01.960><c> or</c><00:27:02.119><c> is</c><00:27:02.279><c> the</c><00:27:02.420><c> Kingdom</c><00:27:02.640><c> of</c><00:27:02.900><c> God,</c><00:27:03.819><c> the</c><00:27:03.880><c> Restored</c>

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Kingdom<00:27:04.519><c> of</c><00:27:04.660><c> Israel</c><00:27:05.160><c> and</c><00:27:05.539><c> all</c><00:27:06.180><c> that's</c><00:27:06.779><c> going</c><00:27:06.900><c> to</c><00:27:07.099><c> grow</c><00:27:07.359><c> from</c>

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that<00:27:08.339><c> and</c>

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it<00:27:08.940><c> relates</c><00:27:09.119><c> to</c><00:27:09.319><c> the</c><00:27:09.480><c> future?</c>

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You<00:27:12.640><c> see,</c><00:27:13.099><c> we</c><00:27:14.839><c> believe</c><00:27:15.480><c> this</c><00:27:15.799><c> over</c><00:27:16.180><c> here.</c>

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It's<00:27:17.779><c> future.</c>

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And<00:27:19.799><c> therefore</c><00:27:20.000><c> we</c><00:27:20.119><c> don't</c><00:27:20.299><c> get</c><00:27:20.539><c> involved</c><00:27:21.000><c> in</c><00:27:21.440><c> politics</c><00:27:21.980><c> and</c>

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in<00:27:23.880><c> all</c>

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those<00:27:24.339><c> things</c><00:27:24.680><c> and</c><00:27:24.880><c> in</c><00:27:25.160><c> wars</c><00:27:25.559><c> and</c><00:27:25.839><c> all</c><00:27:26.019><c> those</c><00:27:26.259><c> things</c><00:27:26.660><c> that</c>

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the<00:27:29.640><c> reform</c>

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churches<00:27:31.059><c> get</c><00:27:31.279><c> involved</c><00:27:31.700><c> in,</c><00:27:31.880><c> as</c><00:27:32.059><c> do</c><00:27:32.279><c> all</c><00:27:32.759><c> the</c><00:27:33.000><c> mainstream</c><00:27:33.460><c> churches.</c>

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We<00:27:34.599><c> stand</c><00:27:34.859><c> apart</c><00:27:35.220><c> because</c><00:27:35.579><c> our</c><00:27:35.920><c> hope</c><00:27:36.259><c> is</c><00:27:36.880><c> for</c><00:27:37.160><c> the</c><00:27:37.259><c> future.</c>

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Another<00:27:39.460><c> area</c><00:27:39.920><c> where</c><00:27:40.099><c> we</c><00:27:40.279><c> differ</c><00:27:40.660><c> is</c><00:27:41.460><c> our</c><00:27:41.720><c> understanding</c><00:27:42.200><c> of</c><00:27:42.480><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Now,<00:27:43.200><c> this</c><00:27:43.339><c> is</c><00:27:43.539><c> very</c><00:27:43.779><c> important</c><00:27:44.200><c> and</c><00:27:44.319><c> it's</c><00:27:44.579><c> a</c><00:27:44.660><c> little</c><00:27:44.859><c> bit</c><00:27:45.660><c> controversial</c>

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and<00:27:48.720><c> it</c><00:27:49.019><c> sounds</c><00:27:49.480><c> perhaps</c><00:27:49.839><c> a</c><00:27:49.960><c> little</c><00:27:50.079><c> bit</c><00:27:50.279><c> confronting,</c><00:27:51.299><c> but</c>

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in<00:27:51.539><c> the</c>

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main,<00:27:53.079><c> mainstream</c><00:27:53.660><c> churches</c><00:27:54.180><c> believe</c><00:27:54.599><c> and</c><00:27:54.799><c> teach</c><00:27:55.039><c> Jesus</c><00:27:55.440><c> died</c><00:27:55.720><c> as</c><00:27:55.940><c> a</c>

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form<00:27:56.500><c> or</c><00:27:56.980><c> a</c><00:27:57.160><c> type</c><00:27:57.339><c> of</c><00:27:57.640><c> human</c><00:27:57.859><c> sacrifice.</c>

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I<00:28:00.339><c> don't</c><00:28:00.519><c> know</c><00:28:00.619><c> if</c><00:28:00.720><c> you've</c><00:28:00.920><c> given</c><00:28:01.079><c> this</c><00:28:01.339><c> much</c><00:28:01.660><c> thought,</c><00:28:02.019><c> but</c>

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it<00:28:02.680><c> stands</c>

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in<00:28:03.420><c> all</c><00:28:03.920><c> their</c><00:28:04.099><c> language</c><00:28:04.700><c> and</c><00:28:05.920><c> in</c><00:28:06.039><c> all</c><00:28:06.339><c> their</c><00:28:06.619><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:28:07.339><c> the</c>

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Bible.

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That<00:28:10.539><c> is,</c><00:28:11.500><c> that</c><00:28:11.819><c> one</c><00:28:12.039><c> died</c><00:28:12.460><c> in</c><00:28:12.980><c> place</c><00:28:13.319><c> of</c><00:28:13.579><c> or</c><00:28:13.779><c> as</c><00:28:14.019><c> a</c><00:28:14.180><c> substitute</c>

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for<00:28:15.059><c> others</c>

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to<00:28:16.140><c> placate</c><00:28:16.700><c> God's</c><00:28:17.480><c> wrath.</c>

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The<00:28:18.980><c> God</c><00:28:19.119><c> of</c><00:28:19.279><c> the</c><00:28:19.380><c> Old</c><00:28:19.599><c> Testament</c><00:28:20.000><c> was</c><00:28:20.380><c> angry</c><00:28:21.099><c> and</c><00:28:22.339><c> he</c><00:28:23.259><c> needed</c>

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blood<00:28:24.160><c> to</c>

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placate<00:28:25.000><c> his</c><00:28:25.279><c> wrath.</c>

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That<00:28:27.000><c> all</c><00:28:27.240><c> our</c><00:28:27.559><c> sins</c><00:28:27.980><c> and</c><00:28:28.200><c> the</c><00:28:28.420><c> sins</c><00:28:28.559><c> of</c><00:28:28.720><c> the</c><00:28:28.880><c> whole</c><00:28:29.119><c> world</c>

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were<00:28:29.559><c> somehow</c>

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transferred<00:28:31.500><c> onto</c><00:28:31.779><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:32.880><c> he</c><00:28:33.119><c> taking</c><00:28:33.440><c> the</c><00:28:33.720><c> blame</c><00:28:33.900><c> for</c><00:28:34.140><c> them.</c>

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And<00:28:34.859><c> by</c><00:28:35.079><c> that</c><00:28:35.319><c> means</c><00:28:35.640><c> he</c><00:28:36.420><c> fully</c><00:28:36.799><c> paid</c><00:28:37.140><c> the</c><00:28:37.420><c> price</c><00:28:37.619><c> and</c><00:28:37.880><c> thereby</c><00:28:38.759><c> took</c>

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away<00:28:39.660><c> our</c><00:28:40.359><c> sins.</c>

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At<00:28:43.640><c> the</c><00:28:43.819><c> heart</c><00:28:43.960><c> of</c><00:28:44.099><c> this</c><00:28:44.319><c> doctrine</c><00:28:44.680><c> is</c><00:28:44.859><c> the</c><00:28:45.019><c> doctrine</c><00:28:45.259><c> that</c><00:28:45.539><c> proclaims</c>

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that<00:28:46.140><c> Jesus</c><00:28:46.480><c> is</c><00:28:46.819><c> God</c><00:28:47.319><c> and</c><00:28:48.420><c> that</c><00:28:48.680><c> God</c><00:28:48.859><c> in</c><00:28:50.079><c> an</c><00:28:50.279><c> expression</c><00:28:50.740><c> of</c><00:28:50.880><c> his</c>

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unlimited<00:28:51.500><c> love</c><00:28:51.960><c> became</c><00:28:52.500><c> a</c><00:28:52.940><c> man</c><00:28:53.200><c> that</c><00:28:53.400><c> he</c><00:28:53.559><c> might</c><00:28:53.779><c> die</c><00:28:54.500><c> for</c><00:28:55.660><c> and</c><00:28:55.980><c> in</c>

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place<00:28:56.380><c> of</c><00:28:56.680><c> sinners.</c>

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Now<00:28:58.740><c> this</c><00:28:58.940><c> is</c><00:28:59.039><c> at</c><00:28:59.279><c> the</c><00:28:59.400><c> heart</c><00:28:59.619><c> of</c><00:29:00.079><c> all</c><00:29:00.319><c> their</c><00:29:00.559><c> theology</c><00:29:00.940><c> and</c>

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it's<00:29:01.299><c> the</c>

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reason,<00:29:03.559><c> the</c><00:29:03.799><c> substitutionary</c><00:29:04.559><c> understanding</c><00:29:04.980><c> of</c><00:29:05.140><c> the</c><00:29:05.299><c> Atonement</c>

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:08.460
it<00:29:05.960><c> colors</c><00:29:06.140><c> all</c><00:29:06.619><c> their</c><00:29:06.859><c> beliefs</c><00:29:07.160><c> and</c><00:29:07.359><c> their</c><00:29:07.539><c> theology</c><00:29:07.900><c> and</c><00:29:08.119><c> is</c><00:29:08.279><c> the</c>

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reason<00:29:08.720><c> why</c><00:29:08.880><c> they</c><00:29:09.160><c> so</c><00:29:09.339><c> aggressively</c><00:29:09.980><c> defend</c><00:29:10.559><c> the</c><00:29:11.140><c> doctrine</c>

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of<00:29:11.640><c> the</c>

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Trinity<00:29:12.240><c> because</c><00:29:13.519><c> in</c><00:29:13.859><c> their</c><00:29:14.160><c> view</c><00:29:14.680><c> a</c><00:29:15.640><c> mere</c><00:29:15.859><c> man</c><00:29:16.599><c> does</c><00:29:16.960><c> not</c>

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have<00:29:17.279><c> enough</c>

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moral<00:29:18.099><c> value</c><00:29:18.500><c> or</c><00:29:18.819><c> virtue</c><00:29:19.220><c> to</c><00:29:19.579><c> balance</c><00:29:19.920><c> out</c><00:29:20.319><c> the</c><00:29:20.640><c> weight</c><00:29:20.799><c> of</c><00:29:20.960><c> the</c>

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world's<00:29:21.680><c> sins.</c>

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It<00:29:23.279><c> has</c><00:29:23.519><c> to</c><00:29:23.700><c> be</c><00:29:23.839><c> the</c><00:29:23.960><c> death</c><00:29:24.160><c> of</c><00:29:24.519><c> God.</c>

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God<00:29:26.960><c> comes</c><00:29:27.339><c> and</c><00:29:27.619><c> becomes</c><00:29:27.920><c> a</c><00:29:28.200><c> man</c><00:29:28.519><c> that</c><00:29:28.740><c> he</c><00:29:28.859><c> might</c><00:29:29.019><c> bear</c><00:29:29.400><c> the</c><00:29:29.660><c> burden</c><00:29:29.859><c> of</c>

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all<00:29:30.500><c> sins</c><00:29:30.960><c> as</c><00:29:31.799><c> an</c><00:29:32.019><c> expression</c><00:29:32.400><c> of</c><00:29:32.579><c> God's</c><00:29:32.920><c> unlimited</c><00:29:33.240><c> love</c><00:29:33.559><c> to</c>

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as<00:29:34.039><c> it</c>

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were<00:29:34.559><c> balance</c><00:29:35.099><c> the</c><00:29:35.460><c> scales.</c>

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Now<00:29:39.440><c> this</c><00:29:40.000><c> understanding</c><00:29:40.640><c> is</c><00:29:40.819><c> one</c><00:29:40.960><c> of</c><00:29:41.059><c> the</c><00:29:41.220><c> main</c><00:29:41.420><c> reasons</c><00:29:42.200><c> why</c><00:29:42.779><c> they</c>

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:46.400
believe<00:29:43.440><c> that</c><00:29:43.799><c> having</c><00:29:44.019><c> faith</c><00:29:44.319><c> in</c><00:29:44.579><c> Jesus</c><00:29:45.059><c> is</c><00:29:45.579><c> the</c><00:29:45.759><c> only</c><00:29:45.920><c> thing</c><00:29:46.119><c> that</c>

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matters.

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We've<00:29:47.960><c> got</c><00:29:48.000><c> to</c><00:29:48.099><c> be</c><00:29:48.319><c> careful</c><00:29:48.579><c> when</c><00:29:48.740><c> we</c><00:29:49.079><c> hear</c><00:29:49.259><c> and</c><00:29:49.460><c> sometimes</c>

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adopt<00:29:50.200><c> some</c>

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of<00:29:50.660><c> their</c><00:29:50.660><c> ideas</c><00:29:51.440><c> that</c><00:29:52.640><c> we</c><00:29:52.740><c> don't</c><00:29:53.460><c> get</c><00:29:53.940><c> ensnared</c><00:29:55.200><c> with</c><00:29:55.779><c> and</c><00:29:56.079><c> start</c><00:29:56.200><c> on</c>

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the<00:29:56.640><c> path</c><00:29:56.880><c> that</c><00:29:57.160><c> leads</c><00:29:57.420><c> to</c><00:29:57.700><c> this</c><00:29:57.940><c> sort</c><00:29:58.140><c> of</c><00:29:58.299><c> conclusion.</c>

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We<00:30:00.480><c> believe</c><00:30:00.740><c> that</c><00:30:00.940><c> the</c><00:30:01.140><c> scriptural</c><00:30:01.460><c> teaching</c><00:30:01.720><c> on</c><00:30:02.099><c> sacrifice</c>

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is<00:30:02.880><c> more</c>

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complex<00:30:03.940><c> and</c><00:30:05.200><c> instructive</c><00:30:05.900><c> than</c><00:30:06.039><c> is</c><00:30:06.339><c> generally</c><00:30:06.660><c> understood.</c>

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We<00:30:09.079><c> also</c><00:30:09.440><c> believe</c><00:30:09.799><c> that</c><00:30:10.539><c> fairly</c><00:30:10.859><c> early</c><00:30:11.160><c> on</c><00:30:11.539><c> a</c><00:30:11.980><c> foreign</c><00:30:12.259><c> way</c><00:30:12.680><c> of</c>

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understanding<00:30:15.240><c> of</c><00:30:15.880><c> human</c><00:30:16.119><c> sacrifice</c><00:30:16.720><c> was</c><00:30:16.980><c> adopted</c><00:30:17.339><c> by</c><00:30:17.660><c> a</c>

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corrupted<00:30:18.079><c> Christianity.</c>

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This<00:30:19.859><c> belief</c><00:30:20.180><c> was</c><00:30:20.880><c> itself</c><00:30:21.319><c> built</c><00:30:21.599><c> on</c><00:30:21.839><c> a</c><00:30:22.160><c> changed</c><00:30:22.599><c> view</c><00:30:22.980><c> of</c><00:30:23.200><c> the</c><00:30:23.359><c> nature</c>

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and<00:30:23.940><c> person</c><00:30:24.220><c> of</c><00:30:24.359><c> Jesus</c><00:30:24.740><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:30:26.420><c> view</c><00:30:26.779><c> of</c><00:30:27.079><c> things</c><00:30:27.460><c> changed</c><00:30:28.059><c> the</c><00:30:28.259><c> purpose</c><00:30:28.579><c> of</c><00:30:28.900><c> sacrifice</c>

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and<00:30:30.259><c> the</c>

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overall<00:30:30.859><c> scheme</c><00:30:31.160><c> of</c><00:30:31.420><c> things.</c>

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We<00:30:33.480><c> believe</c><00:30:33.819><c> it</c><00:30:34.160><c> subtly</c><00:30:34.740><c> misrepresents</c><00:30:35.859><c> the</c><00:30:36.220><c> way</c><00:30:36.420><c> of</c><00:30:36.680><c> God.</c>

00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:39.140
This<00:30:37.279><c> is</c><00:30:37.519><c> where</c><00:30:37.579><c> we</c><00:30:37.680><c> want</c><00:30:37.779><c> to</c><00:30:37.920><c> get</c><00:30:38.119><c> to.</c>

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:45.119
We<00:30:40.019><c> are</c><00:30:40.160><c> taught</c><00:30:40.259><c> in</c><00:30:40.420><c> the</c><00:30:40.619><c> word</c><00:30:41.380><c> that</c><00:30:42.660><c> sacrifice</c><00:30:43.440><c> was</c><00:30:44.079><c> meant</c><00:30:44.240><c> to</c><00:30:44.559><c> express</c>

00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:46.559
death<00:30:45.900><c> of</c><00:30:46.259><c> self.</c>

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:48.579
You<00:30:47.180><c> find</c><00:30:47.559><c> it</c><00:30:47.779><c> Romans</c><00:30:48.200><c> 12.</c>

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:50.900
We<00:30:48.799><c> present</c><00:30:49.200><c> ourselves</c><00:30:49.680><c> a</c><00:30:49.960><c> living</c><00:30:50.279><c> sacrifice.</c>

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:53.819
You<00:30:51.319><c> find</c><00:30:51.599><c> it</c><00:30:51.759><c> in</c><00:30:51.900><c> the</c><00:30:52.259><c> Old</c><00:30:52.519><c> Testament</c><00:30:52.859><c> where</c><00:30:53.079><c> the</c><00:30:53.299><c> offer</c><00:30:53.440><c> was</c><00:30:53.619><c> to</c>

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:57.220
lay<00:30:53.960><c> their</c><00:30:54.240><c> hands</c><00:30:54.500><c> upon</c><00:30:54.720><c> the</c><00:30:54.900><c> head</c><00:30:55.000><c> of</c><00:30:55.160><c> the</c><00:30:55.319><c> offering</c><00:30:55.680><c> and</c><00:30:57.099><c> it</c>

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.519
was<00:30:57.380><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:57.779><c> slain</c><00:30:58.319><c> and</c><00:30:58.619><c> able</c><00:30:58.799><c> to</c><00:30:58.980><c> feel</c><00:30:59.099><c> the</c><00:30:59.299><c> life</c><00:30:59.559><c> of</c><00:30:59.740><c> that</c><00:30:59.900><c> animal</c><00:31:00.119><c> go</c><00:31:00.359><c> out.</c>

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It<00:31:00.619><c> was</c><00:31:00.779><c> to</c><00:31:00.960><c> represent</c><00:31:01.460><c> their</c><00:31:01.880><c> life.</c>

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Also<00:31:05.599><c> note</c><00:31:05.839><c> of</c><00:31:06.019><c> course</c><00:31:06.299><c> human</c><00:31:06.660><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:07.420><c> was</c><00:31:07.839><c> forbidden</c><00:31:08.200><c> in</c><00:31:08.400><c> the</c>

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:09.759
Old<00:31:08.720><c> Testament.</c>

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:15.500
Scriptural<00:31:11.460><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:12.079><c> is</c><00:31:12.440><c> quite</c><00:31:13.140><c> unlike</c><00:31:14.079><c> the</c><00:31:14.599><c> foreign</c><00:31:14.839><c> or</c><00:31:15.140><c> pagan</c>

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:19.619
concept<00:31:16.279><c> of</c><00:31:16.599><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:17.140><c> that</c><00:31:17.339><c> is</c><00:31:17.700><c> paying</c><00:31:18.059><c> a</c><00:31:18.420><c> price</c><00:31:18.940><c> through</c><00:31:19.339><c> an</c>

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:22.779
offering<00:31:20.000><c> so</c><00:31:21.519><c> that</c><00:31:21.680><c> the</c><00:31:21.859><c> offer</c><00:31:22.019><c> could</c><00:31:22.259><c> go</c><00:31:22.559><c> free.</c>

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It's<00:31:23.019><c> not</c><00:31:23.279><c> quite</c><00:31:23.680><c> like</c><00:31:24.079><c> that.</c>

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:28.000
In<00:31:25.759><c> this</c><00:31:26.000><c> regard</c><00:31:26.400><c> we</c><00:31:26.579><c> believe</c><00:31:26.920><c> that</c><00:31:27.140><c> the</c><00:31:27.319><c> scriptures</c><00:31:27.579><c> teach</c>

00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:29.099
that<00:31:28.680><c> Jesus</c>

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:33.359
sacrifice<00:31:29.740><c> was</c><00:31:29.940><c> not</c><00:31:30.259><c> substitutionary</c><00:31:31.160><c> but</c><00:31:32.019><c> representative.</c>

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:37.720
We<00:31:35.200><c> clearly</c><00:31:35.519><c> recognize</c><00:31:36.099><c> that</c><00:31:36.480><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:36.880><c> of</c><00:31:37.059><c> self</c><00:31:37.259><c> is</c><00:31:37.460><c> not</c>

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sufficient.

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You<00:31:39.500><c> can't</c><00:31:39.819><c> simply</c><00:31:40.200><c> sacrifice</c><00:31:40.779><c> yourself</c><00:31:41.119><c> and</c><00:31:41.279><c> say</c><00:31:41.420><c> well</c><00:31:41.579><c> there</c><00:31:41.779><c> you</c>

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:42.319
go<00:31:42.039><c> God.</c>

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:43.859
I've<00:31:42.740><c> given</c><00:31:42.920><c> you</c><00:31:43.200><c> what</c><00:31:43.440><c> you</c><00:31:43.700><c> want.</c>

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:46.680
It's<00:31:44.519><c> not</c><00:31:44.700><c> really</c><00:31:45.380><c> sufficient.</c>

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:50.839
The<00:31:47.339><c> scriptures</c><00:31:47.960><c> scriptures</c><00:31:48.140><c> teaches</c><00:31:48.420><c> that</c><00:31:49.059><c> God</c><00:31:49.480><c> raised</c><00:31:49.859><c> up</c><00:31:50.220><c> one</c>

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:54.759
Jesus<00:31:51.599><c> in</c><00:31:51.819><c> the</c><00:31:52.119><c> same</c><00:31:52.539><c> flesh</c><00:31:53.079><c> as</c><00:31:53.819><c> us.</c>

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:59.940
Yet<00:31:55.759><c> one</c><00:31:56.000><c> who</c><00:31:56.160><c> never</c><00:31:56.460><c> sinned</c><00:31:57.680><c> to</c><00:31:57.920><c> be</c><00:31:58.099><c> a</c><00:31:58.400><c> perfect</c><00:31:59.160><c> sacrifice</c>

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:01.079
for<00:32:00.240><c> sin.</c>

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:06.019
That<00:32:02.720><c> in</c><00:32:02.880><c> his</c><00:32:03.079><c> death</c><00:32:03.259><c> he</c><00:32:03.460><c> condemned</c><00:32:03.920><c> sin</c><00:32:04.440><c> in</c><00:32:04.819><c> the</c><00:32:05.000><c> flesh.</c>

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:11.000
And<00:32:07.019><c> his</c><00:32:07.200><c> nature</c><00:32:07.460><c> is</c><00:32:08.019><c> called</c><00:32:08.299><c> the</c><00:32:08.640><c> devil</c><00:32:08.940><c> for</c><00:32:09.200><c> that</c><00:32:09.420><c> reason</c><00:32:10.019><c> which</c><00:32:10.700><c> is</c>

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:13.579
the<00:32:11.200><c> source</c><00:32:11.380><c> and</c><00:32:11.700><c> cause</c><00:32:11.980><c> of</c><00:32:12.539><c> all</c><00:32:12.819><c> sin.</c>

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:17.079
And<00:32:14.460><c> by</c><00:32:14.779><c> being</c><00:32:15.259><c> in</c><00:32:16.039><c> him</c><00:32:16.240><c> and</c><00:32:16.359><c> this</c><00:32:16.539><c> is</c><00:32:16.740><c> the</c><00:32:16.940><c> key.</c>

00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:20.279
This<00:32:17.220><c> is</c><00:32:17.420><c> why</c><00:32:17.579><c> baptism</c><00:32:18.019><c> is</c><00:32:18.440><c> so</c><00:32:18.619><c> important</c><00:32:19.220><c> and</c><00:32:19.640><c> identifying</c><00:32:20.019><c> with</c>

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:23.619
Christ<00:32:20.579><c> is</c><00:32:20.779><c> so</c><00:32:21.099><c> important</c><00:32:21.519><c> that</c><00:32:22.000><c> by</c><00:32:22.319><c> being</c><00:32:22.519><c> in</c><00:32:22.759><c> him</c><00:32:23.039><c> we</c><00:32:23.440><c> can</c>

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.259
both<00:32:23.960><c> share</c>

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:27.839
in<00:32:24.579><c> his</c><00:32:24.819><c> condemnation</c><00:32:25.539><c> of</c><00:32:25.819><c> sin</c><00:32:26.099><c> and</c><00:32:26.799><c> in</c><00:32:27.000><c> his</c><00:32:27.200><c> victory</c><00:32:27.539><c> over</c>

00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.220
sin<00:32:28.019><c> and</c>

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:29.019
death.

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Now<00:32:30.140><c> God's</c><00:32:30.680><c> work</c><00:32:30.839><c> in</c><00:32:31.160><c> Christ</c><00:32:31.500><c> defies</c><00:32:32.799><c> human</c><00:32:33.319><c> expectations</c>

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and<00:32:34.859><c> will</c>

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and<00:32:36.000><c> their</c><00:32:36.200><c> wisdom.</c>

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:42.660
It's<00:32:38.460><c> so</c><00:32:38.720><c> different</c><00:32:39.220><c> that</c><00:32:39.599><c> Paul</c><00:32:39.920><c> says</c><00:32:40.359><c> we</c><00:32:41.259><c> preach</c><00:32:41.619><c> Christ</c><00:32:42.039><c> crucified</c>

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:47.720
to<00:32:42.920><c> the</c><00:32:43.119><c> Jews</c><00:32:43.500><c> a</c><00:32:43.859><c> stumbling</c><00:32:44.180><c> block</c><00:32:44.680><c> and</c><00:32:45.319><c> to</c><00:32:45.460><c> the</c><00:32:45.640><c> Gentiles</c><00:32:46.220><c> foolishness.</c>

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:52.599
The<00:32:49.400><c> Gentiles</c><00:32:49.940><c> the</c><00:32:50.119><c> Greeks</c><00:32:50.400><c> particularly</c><00:32:51.059><c> believed</c><00:32:51.480><c> in</c><00:32:51.799><c> the</c>

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:56.640
wonder<00:32:53.900><c> of</c><00:32:54.200><c> the</c><00:32:54.500><c> human</c><00:32:54.759><c> body</c><00:32:55.059><c> and</c><00:32:55.380><c> mind</c><00:32:55.619><c> so</c><00:32:55.799><c> they</c><00:32:55.940><c> would</c><00:32:56.160><c> train</c><00:32:56.400><c> the</c>

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:58.960
muscles<00:32:56.920><c> and</c><00:32:57.079><c> I</c><00:32:57.180><c> would</c><00:32:57.400><c> train</c><00:32:57.559><c> the</c><00:32:57.819><c> brain</c><00:32:58.019><c> so</c><00:32:58.220><c> that</c><00:32:58.339><c> they</c><00:32:58.480><c> could</c><00:32:58.579><c> make</c><00:32:58.779><c> a</c>

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better<00:32:59.099><c> man.</c>

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That's<00:33:03.500><c> not</c><00:33:03.759><c> what</c><00:33:03.940><c> it's</c><00:33:04.240><c> about</c><00:33:04.460><c> brothers</c><00:33:04.740><c> and</c><00:33:05.099><c> sisters</c><00:33:05.720><c> crucifixions</c>

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:12.440
about<00:33:07.000><c> putting</c><00:33:07.680><c> to</c><00:33:08.279><c> death</c><00:33:08.779><c> the</c><00:33:09.099><c> man</c><00:33:09.500><c> not</c><00:33:10.619><c> enhancing</c><00:33:11.380><c> him</c><00:33:11.819><c> not</c><00:33:12.140><c> making</c>

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.480
him<00:33:12.740><c> stronger</c><00:33:12.920><c> or</c><00:33:13.119><c> better</c><00:33:13.339><c> or</c><00:33:13.599><c> faster.</c>

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:18.799
So<00:33:15.579><c> what</c><00:33:15.720><c> is</c><00:33:15.940><c> the</c><00:33:16.160><c> path</c><00:33:16.400><c> to</c><00:33:16.640><c> believing</c><00:33:16.940><c> now</c><00:33:17.640><c> I</c><00:33:17.920><c> came</c><00:33:18.099><c> in</c><00:33:18.279><c> from</c><00:33:18.400><c> outside</c>

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:21.759
the<00:33:19.039><c> truth</c><00:33:19.180><c> as</c><00:33:19.359><c> I</c><00:33:19.559><c> said</c><00:33:19.660><c> a</c><00:33:19.819><c> number</c><00:33:19.980><c> of</c><00:33:20.220><c> times</c><00:33:20.599><c> and</c><00:33:20.960><c> I</c><00:33:21.059><c> know</c><00:33:21.140><c> a</c><00:33:21.359><c> number</c><00:33:21.599><c> of</c>

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.960
you<00:33:21.960><c> have</c><00:33:22.259><c> so</c><00:33:22.740><c> I've</c><00:33:23.019><c> tried</c><00:33:23.160><c> to</c><00:33:23.400><c> map</c><00:33:23.539><c> it</c><00:33:23.759><c> out.</c>

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:26.339
Okay<00:33:24.380><c> now</c><00:33:24.700><c> just</c><00:33:25.119><c> bear</c><00:33:25.279><c> with</c><00:33:25.539><c> me.</c>

00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:29.920
We<00:33:28.039><c> as</c><00:33:28.319><c> human</c><00:33:28.779><c> beings</c><00:33:29.099><c> are</c><00:33:29.380><c> self</c><00:33:29.619><c>-aware.</c>

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:32.740
That<00:33:30.160><c> means</c><00:33:30.380><c> we</c><00:33:30.680><c> see</c><00:33:30.980><c> or</c><00:33:31.160><c> have</c><00:33:31.279><c> the</c><00:33:31.400><c> ability</c><00:33:31.619><c> to</c><00:33:31.839><c> see</c><00:33:32.039><c> outside</c><00:33:32.539><c> of</c>

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.140
ourselves.

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:37.240
We<00:33:33.599><c> can</c><00:33:33.859><c> perceive</c><00:33:34.299><c> things</c><00:33:34.759><c> differently</c><00:33:35.200><c> to</c><00:33:35.740><c> the</c><00:33:35.980><c> other</c><00:33:36.180><c> animals.</c>

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:40.259
Animals<00:33:38.799><c> can</c><00:33:39.019><c> only</c><00:33:39.180><c> be</c><00:33:39.339><c> driven</c><00:33:39.500><c> by</c><00:33:39.839><c> instincts.</c>

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:43.680
We<00:33:40.799><c> can</c><00:33:41.019><c> use</c><00:33:41.259><c> a</c><00:33:41.480><c> mind</c><00:33:41.640><c> to</c><00:33:41.900><c> think</c><00:33:42.059><c> outside</c><00:33:42.500><c> ourselves</c><00:33:42.900><c> make</c><00:33:43.180><c> decisions</c>

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:46.859
about<00:33:44.000><c> the</c><00:33:44.259><c> future</c><00:33:44.700><c> about</c><00:33:45.099><c> all</c><00:33:45.400><c> sorts</c><00:33:45.700><c> of</c><00:33:45.920><c> things.</c>

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:50.400
That<00:33:49.160><c> they</c><00:33:49.519><c> come.</c>

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We're<00:33:51.839><c> confronted.</c>

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By<00:33:55.079><c> incredible</c><00:33:56.319><c> design</c><00:33:57.940><c> and</c><00:33:58.279><c> complexity</c><00:33:58.720><c> the</c><00:33:59.500><c> world</c><00:33:59.640><c> we</c><00:33:59.859><c> live</c><00:33:59.940><c> in</c>

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:04.759
is<00:34:00.420><c> wonderful</c><00:34:01.240><c> and</c><00:34:01.819><c> it's</c><00:34:03.000><c> incredibly</c><00:34:03.559><c> complex.</c>

00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:07.539
So<00:34:05.640><c> how</c><00:34:05.880><c> do</c><00:34:06.000><c> we</c><00:34:06.180><c> understand</c><00:34:06.660><c> it?</c>

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.699
How<00:34:08.079><c> do</c><00:34:08.239><c> we</c><00:34:08.420><c> explain</c><00:34:08.820><c> it?</c>

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:14.880
There<00:34:11.039><c> is</c><00:34:11.420><c> only</c><00:34:11.820><c> chance</c><00:34:12.579><c> there</c><00:34:13.519><c> is</c><00:34:13.760><c> no</c><00:34:13.940><c> God.</c>

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Or<00:34:15.900><c> there</c><00:34:16.059><c> is</c><00:34:16.280><c> a</c><00:34:16.619><c> mind</c><00:34:17.019><c> at</c><00:34:17.539><c> work</c><00:34:17.980><c> in</c><00:34:18.400><c> these</c><00:34:18.719><c> things.</c>

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:22.619
You<00:34:20.139><c> see</c><00:34:20.199><c> that's</c><00:34:20.460><c> the</c><00:34:20.699><c> first</c><00:34:20.960><c> choice</c><00:34:21.300><c> we</c><00:34:21.579><c> face.</c>

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:27.960
And<00:34:24.820><c> then</c><00:34:25.460><c> you</c><00:34:27.059><c> get</c><00:34:27.199><c> this</c><00:34:27.440><c> one</c><00:34:27.579><c> down</c><00:34:27.780><c> here.</c>

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:31.860
There's<00:34:28.239><c> an</c><00:34:28.500><c> import</c><00:34:28.860><c> is</c><00:34:29.619><c> there's</c><00:34:30.039><c> an</c><00:34:30.219><c> impersonal</c><00:34:30.960><c> God</c><00:34:31.219><c> well</c>

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.719
God<00:34:32.300><c> exists</c>

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:37.400
but<00:34:32.980><c> we</c><00:34:33.159><c> have</c><00:34:33.320><c> no</c><00:34:33.500><c> idea</c><00:34:33.739><c> who</c><00:34:33.960><c> he</c><00:34:34.159><c> is</c><00:34:34.480><c> that's</c><00:34:35.340><c> called</c><00:34:35.559><c> deism</c><00:34:36.139><c> and</c><00:34:36.440><c> theism</c>

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:42.360
that's<00:34:38.079><c> what</c><00:34:38.340><c> Socrates</c><00:34:38.900><c> and</c><00:34:39.300><c> Plato</c><00:34:39.780><c> and</c><00:34:40.119><c> Aristotle</c><00:34:40.619><c> and</c><00:34:41.320><c> the</c><00:34:42.039><c> great</c>

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:47.400
philosophers<00:34:43.159><c> of</c><00:34:43.900><c> the</c><00:34:44.840><c> Renaissance</c><00:34:45.480><c> been</c><00:34:45.920><c> like</c><00:34:46.199><c> Gibbon</c><00:34:46.579><c> and</c>

00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:52.639
Voltaire<00:34:51.280><c> the</c><00:34:51.920><c> great</c><00:34:52.179><c> philosophers.</c>

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.880
That's<00:34:52.860><c> what</c><00:34:52.980><c> they</c><00:34:53.219><c> were</c><00:34:53.300><c> they</c><00:34:53.440><c> were</c><00:34:53.619><c> deists.</c>

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:56.860
They<00:34:54.119><c> believe</c><00:34:54.260><c> there</c><00:34:54.400><c> was</c><00:34:54.539><c> a</c><00:34:54.739><c> God</c><00:34:54.960><c> but</c><00:34:55.539><c> there</c><00:34:55.760><c> was</c><00:34:56.019><c> no</c><00:34:56.340><c> way</c><00:34:56.480><c> you</c><00:34:56.619><c> can</c>

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:58.940
work<00:34:57.239><c> out</c><00:34:57.880><c> what</c><00:34:58.239><c> it</c><00:34:58.360><c> was</c><00:34:58.480><c> all</c><00:34:58.659><c> about.</c>

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:03.059
You<00:34:59.099><c> just</c><00:34:59.360><c> had</c><00:34:59.460><c> to</c><00:34:59.739><c> use</c><00:34:59.900><c> your</c><00:35:00.280><c> intelligence</c><00:35:00.940><c> your</c><00:35:01.920><c> wisdom.</c>

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:06.780
That's<00:35:04.119><c> why</c><00:35:04.219><c> they</c><00:35:04.519><c> like</c><00:35:04.860><c> the</c><00:35:05.280><c> classics</c><00:35:05.739><c> period.</c>

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:12.659
And<00:35:07.719><c> there's</c><00:35:08.079><c> the</c><00:35:08.199><c> idea</c><00:35:08.500><c> of</c><00:35:08.780><c> multiple</c><00:35:09.320><c> gods</c><00:35:09.880><c> polytheism</c><00:35:11.980><c> Hinduism</c>

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:15.579
is<00:35:12.780><c> one</c><00:35:12.980><c> example</c><00:35:13.579><c> and</c><00:35:13.960><c> the</c><00:35:14.119><c> others</c><00:35:14.280><c> of</c><00:35:14.519><c> course</c><00:35:14.679><c> are</c><00:35:14.860><c> those</c><00:35:15.159><c> which</c><00:35:15.340><c> we</c>

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:18.039
find<00:35:15.719><c> in</c><00:35:15.880><c> the</c><00:35:16.000><c> Old</c><00:35:16.159><c> Testament,</c><00:35:16.719><c> you</c><00:35:16.719><c> know,</c><00:35:17.260><c> Baal</c><00:35:17.360><c> and</c><00:35:17.559><c> Ashtaroth</c>

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:21.340
and<00:35:18.460><c> the</c><00:35:18.679><c> God</c><00:35:18.780><c> of</c><00:35:18.940><c> the</c><00:35:19.079><c> Zidaneans</c><00:35:19.619><c> and</c><00:35:19.820><c> all</c><00:35:20.179><c> these</c><00:35:20.460><c> different</c><00:35:20.820><c> concepts</c>

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of<00:35:21.619><c> God.</c>

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:26.400
Then<00:35:24.380><c> there's</c><00:35:24.860><c> an</c><00:35:25.059><c> incorrect</c><00:35:25.559><c> view</c><00:35:25.860><c> of</c><00:35:26.199><c> God.</c>

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:29.500
There's<00:35:26.639><c> a</c><00:35:26.800><c> singular</c><00:35:27.079><c> God</c><00:35:27.400><c> but</c><00:35:27.940><c> and</c><00:35:28.500><c> I</c><00:35:28.659><c> call</c><00:35:28.739><c> this</c><00:35:28.980><c> one</c><00:35:29.099><c> here</c>

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.059
Allah<00:35:29.820><c> or</c>

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:31.099
Islam.

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:37.059
They<00:35:32.179><c> believe</c><00:35:32.320><c> there's</c><00:35:32.579><c> a</c><00:35:32.800><c> singular</c><00:35:33.280><c> God</c><00:35:33.900><c> at</c><00:35:34.360><c> work,</c><00:35:35.500><c> but</c><00:35:35.980><c> it's</c><00:35:36.280><c> Allah.</c>

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:42.019
And<00:35:38.579><c> then</c><00:35:38.800><c> there's</c><00:35:39.099><c> a</c><00:35:39.500><c> corrupted</c><00:35:40.260><c> view</c><00:35:40.860><c> of</c><00:35:41.119><c> God.</c>

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:45.659
They<00:35:42.900><c> believe</c><00:35:43.079><c> God</c><00:35:43.320><c> is</c><00:35:43.559><c> a</c><00:35:43.880><c> triune</c><00:35:44.500><c> God.</c>

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:50.340
These<00:35:46.780><c> three</c><00:35:47.039><c> persons</c><00:35:47.579><c> in</c><00:35:47.900><c> one</c><00:35:48.139><c> substance,</c><00:35:48.960><c> whatever</c><00:35:49.239><c> that</c><00:35:49.539><c> needs</c>

00:35:50.739 --> 00:35:54.760
and<00:35:51.340><c> then</c><00:35:51.579><c> there's</c><00:35:51.840><c> the</c><00:35:52.079><c> truth</c><00:35:52.280><c> brothers</c><00:35:52.559><c> and</c><00:35:52.840><c> sisters</c><00:35:53.380><c> that</c><00:35:54.480><c> there</c>

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:59.579
is<00:35:55.119><c> one</c><00:35:55.400><c> God</c><00:35:55.739><c> and</c><00:35:56.460><c> this</c><00:35:56.800><c> God</c><00:35:57.039><c> has</c><00:35:57.460><c> revealed</c><00:35:57.960><c> himself</c><00:35:58.579><c> and</c><00:35:59.300><c> the</c><00:35:59.420><c> Old</c>

00:35:59.579 --> 00:36:01.380
Testament<00:35:59.840><c> is</c><00:36:00.059><c> called</c><00:36:00.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:36:00.619><c> in</c><00:36:00.760><c> the</c><00:36:00.840><c> New</c><00:36:01.039><c> Testament.</c>

00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:03.059
He's<00:36:01.659><c> called</c><00:36:01.780><c> the</c><00:36:02.039><c> father.</c>

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:07.099
Now<00:36:04.360><c> note</c><00:36:04.719><c> the</c><00:36:05.099><c> importance</c><00:36:05.519><c> here</c><00:36:05.800><c> of</c><00:36:06.019><c> Revelation.</c>

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:11.119
You<00:36:07.639><c> see</c><00:36:07.800><c> if</c><00:36:08.059><c> God</c><00:36:08.500><c> has</c><00:36:09.000><c> not</c><00:36:09.380><c> revealed</c><00:36:09.820><c> himself.</c>

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:15.920
How<00:36:12.400><c> would</c><00:36:12.559><c> you</c><00:36:12.760><c> decide</c><00:36:13.420><c> what</c><00:36:14.619><c> the</c><00:36:14.860><c> truth</c><00:36:15.019><c> was?</c>

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:18.780
How<00:36:17.019><c> would</c><00:36:17.179><c> you</c><00:36:17.360><c> know</c><00:36:17.500><c> what</c><00:36:17.679><c> to</c><00:36:17.960><c> choose?</c>

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:22.420
How<00:36:19.199><c> would</c><00:36:19.360><c> you</c><00:36:19.500><c> know</c><00:36:19.599><c> where</c><00:36:19.860><c> truth</c><00:36:20.179><c> lay</c><00:36:20.480><c> and</c><00:36:21.500><c> it</c><00:36:21.739><c> comes</c><00:36:21.940><c> down</c><00:36:22.159><c> this</c>

00:36:22.420 --> 00:36:25.000
way<00:36:22.579><c> God</c><00:36:23.039><c> has</c><00:36:23.420><c> revealed</c><00:36:23.739><c> himself</c><00:36:24.139><c> and</c><00:36:24.260><c> this</c><00:36:24.420><c> is</c><00:36:24.559><c> where</c><00:36:24.719><c> the</c>

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:26.039
word<00:36:25.699><c> fits</c>

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:28.079
in<00:36:26.760><c> right</c><00:36:27.840><c> here.</c>

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:32.260
It<00:36:28.400><c> directs</c><00:36:28.900><c> us</c><00:36:29.079><c> God</c><00:36:29.679><c> has</c><00:36:30.920><c> spoken.</c>

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:40.440
Now<00:36:34.739><c> man</c><00:36:35.380><c> is</c><00:36:35.619><c> without</c><00:36:35.960><c> excuse</c><00:36:36.639><c> because</c><00:36:37.260><c> God's</c><00:36:38.099><c> signature</c><00:36:38.739><c> is</c><00:36:40.260><c> in</c>

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.679
his<00:36:40.679><c> creation.</c>

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:44.519
It<00:36:42.139><c> witnesses</c><00:36:42.559><c> to</c><00:36:42.840><c> the</c><00:36:42.980><c> works</c><00:36:43.179><c> of</c><00:36:43.360><c> his</c><00:36:43.539><c> hands.</c>

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:49.079
This<00:36:46.420><c> witness</c><00:36:46.719><c> is</c><00:36:46.820><c> a</c><00:36:47.199><c> witness</c><00:36:47.599><c> alerts</c><00:36:47.920><c> us</c><00:36:48.099><c> to</c><00:36:48.239><c> the</c><00:36:48.480><c> fact</c><00:36:48.679><c> of</c><00:36:48.840><c> an</c>

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:52.900
overall<00:36:49.340><c> powerful</c><00:36:50.059><c> wise</c><00:36:50.380><c> creator</c><00:36:50.719><c> God</c><00:36:51.179><c> but</c><00:36:51.820><c> tells</c><00:36:52.019><c> us</c><00:36:52.360><c> nothing</c><00:36:52.719><c> of</c>

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:55.599
his<00:36:53.260><c> character</c><00:36:53.559><c> his</c><00:36:53.780><c> purpose</c><00:36:54.159><c> or</c><00:36:54.360><c> his</c><00:36:54.539><c> will.</c>

00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:03.559
God<00:36:58.679><c> spoke</c><00:36:59.239><c> of</c><00:36:59.960><c> his</c><00:37:00.260><c> works</c><00:37:00.579><c> to</c><00:37:00.920><c> Job</c><00:37:01.179><c> and</c><00:37:01.380><c> a</c><00:37:01.500><c> later</c><00:37:01.760><c> again</c><00:37:02.300><c> to</c><00:37:02.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:06.199
You<00:37:04.119><c> see</c><00:37:04.260><c> it</c><00:37:04.400><c> in</c><00:37:04.539><c> the</c><00:37:04.780><c> Psalms</c><00:37:05.139><c> as</c><00:37:05.420><c> well.</c>

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:12.039
Paul<00:37:08.719><c> informs</c><00:37:09.380><c> us</c><00:37:10.059><c> and</c><00:37:10.440><c> uses</c><00:37:10.679><c> this</c><00:37:11.099><c> form</c><00:37:11.340><c> of</c><00:37:11.519><c> it's</c><00:37:11.739><c> called</c><00:37:11.840><c> the</c>

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:13.079
theological<00:37:12.500><c> argument.</c>

00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:16.599
He<00:37:13.739><c> uses</c><00:37:13.920><c> this</c><00:37:14.239><c> form</c><00:37:14.400><c> of</c><00:37:14.820><c> reasoning</c><00:37:15.079><c> in</c><00:37:15.340><c> Romans</c><00:37:15.679><c> chapter</c><00:37:16.039><c> 1</c><00:37:16.320><c> verse</c>

00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:20.760
19<00:37:17.059><c> and</c><00:37:17.260><c> 20</c><00:37:17.880><c> again</c><00:37:18.219><c> in</c><00:37:18.440><c> Acts</c><00:37:18.599><c> 17</c><00:37:19.119><c> when</c><00:37:19.260><c> he</c><00:37:19.440><c> comes</c><00:37:19.639><c> to</c><00:37:19.860><c> Athens.</c>

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:25.039
He<00:37:21.079><c> speaks</c><00:37:21.639><c> and</c><00:37:22.159><c> warns</c><00:37:22.940><c> of</c><00:37:23.239><c> man's</c><00:37:23.900><c> responsibility</c><00:37:24.599><c> to</c><00:37:24.860><c> God</c>

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.360
and<00:37:25.179><c> what</c>

00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:29.659
is<00:37:25.539><c> it</c><00:37:25.920><c> that</c><00:37:26.639><c> man</c><00:37:26.980><c> should</c><00:37:27.320><c> seek</c><00:37:27.639><c> out</c><00:37:28.179><c> and</c><00:37:28.719><c> find</c><00:37:28.940><c> God</c><00:37:29.159><c> and</c><00:37:29.360><c> know</c><00:37:29.480><c> his</c>

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.599
ways.

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:33.880
Therefore<00:37:31.480><c> man</c><00:37:31.760><c> is</c><00:37:31.940><c> without</c><00:37:32.199><c> excuse</c><00:37:32.679><c> his</c><00:37:33.000><c> ignorance</c><00:37:33.539><c> and</c><00:37:33.719><c> his</c>

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:36.639
rebellion<00:37:34.260><c> brings</c><00:37:34.539><c> him</c><00:37:34.739><c> under</c><00:37:35.139><c> general</c><00:37:35.760><c> condemnation</c><00:37:36.420><c> and</c>

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.880
judgment<00:37:37.000><c> and</c><00:37:37.679><c> so</c><00:37:37.820><c> he</c><00:37:38.019><c> dies.</c>

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:43.300
Just<00:37:39.699><c> like</c><00:37:39.920><c> the</c><00:37:40.139><c> beast</c><00:37:40.280><c> of</c><00:37:40.460><c> the</c><00:37:40.639><c> field</c><00:37:41.039><c> God</c><00:37:41.920><c> has</c><00:37:42.699><c> spoken</c><00:37:43.059><c> and</c>

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:47.940
revealed<00:37:43.539><c> his</c><00:37:43.800><c> ways</c><00:37:44.420><c> man</c><00:37:45.219><c> this</c><00:37:45.619><c> seems</c><00:37:45.860><c> to</c><00:37:46.179><c> prompt</c><00:37:46.400><c> in</c><00:37:46.679><c> man</c><00:37:46.900><c> a</c><00:37:47.480><c> rebellious</c>

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:49.719
and<00:37:48.159><c> perverse</c><00:37:48.519><c> response.</c>

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:54.300
We<00:37:51.039><c> are</c><00:37:51.340><c> constantly</c><00:37:51.840><c> warned</c><00:37:52.380><c> of</c><00:37:52.659><c> false</c><00:37:52.900><c> teachers</c><00:37:53.480><c> in</c><00:37:54.119><c> the</c>

00:37:54.300 --> 00:37:58.199
scriptures<00:37:54.699><c> and</c><00:37:55.300><c> false</c><00:37:55.599><c> prophets</c><00:37:56.099><c> both</c><00:37:56.519><c> old</c><00:37:56.820><c> and</c><00:37:57.000><c> New</c><00:37:57.219><c> Testament.</c>

00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:02.039
Why<00:37:58.820><c> is</c><00:37:59.019><c> this</c><00:37:59.400><c> warning</c><00:37:59.639><c> given</c><00:37:59.980><c> because</c><00:38:00.460><c> false</c><00:38:00.860><c> teachers</c>

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:07.719
misrepresent<00:38:03.139><c> God</c><00:38:03.599><c> they</c><00:38:04.659><c> misrepresent</c><00:38:05.559><c> the</c><00:38:05.920><c> things</c><00:38:06.280><c> of</c><00:38:06.559><c> God</c>

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:11.539
and<00:38:09.139><c> turn</c><00:38:09.400><c> people</c><00:38:09.800><c> astray</c><00:38:10.239><c> from</c><00:38:10.500><c> ever</c><00:38:10.860><c> finding</c><00:38:11.260><c> God.</c>

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God's<00:38:11.940><c> very</c><00:38:12.159><c> angry</c><00:38:12.420><c> with</c><00:38:12.659><c> false</c><00:38:12.940><c> teachers.</c>

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Paul<00:38:18.059><c> says</c><00:38:18.380><c> that</c><00:38:18.579><c> faith</c><00:38:18.780><c> comes</c><00:38:19.019><c> from</c><00:38:19.280><c> hearing</c><00:38:19.559><c> and</c><00:38:19.739><c> hearing</c><00:38:19.940><c> the</c>

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word<00:38:20.239><c> of</c><00:38:20.440><c> God</c><00:38:20.780><c> very</c><00:38:21.280><c> clearly.</c>

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We<00:38:22.659><c> believe</c><00:38:23.039><c> brothers</c><00:38:23.380><c> and</c><00:38:23.679><c> sisters</c><00:38:23.980><c> in</c><00:38:24.219><c> what</c><00:38:24.519><c> it's</c><00:38:24.960><c> called</c>

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plenary<00:38:26.099><c> or</c><00:38:26.519><c> full</c><00:38:26.760><c> inspiration</c><00:38:27.340><c> of</c><00:38:27.500><c> the</c><00:38:27.619><c> scriptures</c><00:38:28.039><c> that</c><00:38:28.780><c> this</c>

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book<00:38:29.579><c> is</c><00:38:30.099><c> composed</c><00:38:30.260><c> of</c><00:38:30.440><c> these</c><00:38:30.639><c> 66</c><00:38:31.619><c> sections</c><00:38:32.519><c> represents</c><00:38:33.480><c> one</c>

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revelation<00:38:34.400><c> of</c><00:38:34.619><c> God</c><00:38:34.900><c> concerning</c><00:38:35.320><c> his</c><00:38:35.619><c> will</c><00:38:35.780><c> and</c><00:38:36.039><c> purpose.</c>

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Faith<00:38:38.400><c> is</c><00:38:38.719><c> believing</c><00:38:39.139><c> God's</c><00:38:39.659><c> revelation</c><00:38:40.059><c> not</c><00:38:40.340><c> simply</c><00:38:40.659><c> believing</c>

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God<00:38:41.619><c> exists</c><00:38:42.059><c> but</c><00:38:42.320><c> believing</c><00:38:42.900><c> what</c><00:38:43.300><c> he</c><00:38:43.440><c> sees</c><00:38:43.440><c> in</c><00:38:43.440><c> the</c><00:38:43.440><c> world.</c>

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He<00:38:43.900><c> says</c><00:38:43.900><c> and</c><00:38:44.300><c> believing</c><00:38:44.539><c> his</c><00:38:44.780><c> witness</c><00:38:45.260><c> and</c><00:38:46.159><c> faith</c><00:38:46.340><c> as</c><00:38:46.539><c> it</c><00:38:46.760><c> says</c>

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in<00:38:47.159><c> Romans</c><00:38:47.420><c> 10</c><00:38:47.760><c> 17</c><00:38:48.159><c> comes</c><00:38:48.480><c> from</c><00:38:48.719><c> hearing</c><00:38:49.019><c> the</c><00:38:49.199><c> word</c><00:38:49.340><c> of</c><00:38:49.559><c> God.</c>

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And<00:38:51.519><c> so</c><00:38:51.699><c> the</c><00:38:52.019><c> gospel</c><00:38:52.519><c> is</c><00:38:52.880><c> preached</c><00:38:53.300><c> and</c><00:38:54.000><c> people</c><00:38:54.320><c> hear</c><00:38:54.840><c> and</c><00:38:55.460><c> believe.</c>

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I<00:38:57.559><c> have</c><00:38:57.679><c> to</c><00:38:57.940><c> speed</c><00:38:58.059><c> up</c><00:38:58.280><c> I</c><00:38:58.500><c> see.</c>

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And<00:39:00.300><c> it's</c><00:39:00.460><c> by</c><00:39:00.679><c> the</c><00:39:00.760><c> foolishness</c><00:39:01.639><c> of</c><00:39:01.679><c> foolishness</c><00:39:02.079><c> of</c><00:39:02.320><c> preaching</c><00:39:02.719><c> that</c>

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many<00:39:04.460><c> come</c><00:39:04.760><c> to</c><00:39:05.000><c> know</c><00:39:05.139><c> God</c><00:39:05.659><c> yet</c><00:39:06.159><c> God</c><00:39:06.559><c> remains</c><00:39:07.019><c> in</c><00:39:07.320><c> control</c><00:39:07.739><c> of</c><00:39:07.900><c> the</c>

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process<00:39:08.519><c> as</c><00:39:09.239><c> these</c><00:39:09.719><c> references</c><00:39:10.179><c> here</c><00:39:10.880><c> will</c><00:39:11.860><c> testify</c><00:39:12.400><c> to.</c>

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So<00:39:14.579><c> our</c><00:39:15.039><c> pioneer</c><00:39:15.360><c> brethren</c><00:39:15.719><c> brothers</c><00:39:16.079><c> and</c><00:39:16.360><c> sisters</c><00:39:16.599><c> what</c><00:39:16.920><c> really</c>

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have<00:39:17.340><c> they</c><00:39:17.599><c> taught</c><00:39:17.780><c> us.</c>

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Here's<00:39:20.860><c> where</c><00:39:21.000><c> I</c><00:39:21.179><c> wake</c><00:39:21.320><c> you</c><00:39:21.559><c> all</c><00:39:21.780><c> up.</c>

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What<00:39:24.820><c> does</c><00:39:25.059><c> our</c><00:39:26.360><c> heritage</c><00:39:26.639><c> teach</c><00:39:27.099><c> us</c><00:39:27.199><c> does</c><00:39:27.340><c> it</c><00:39:27.579><c> teach</c><00:39:27.760><c> us</c><00:39:28.400><c> what</c><00:39:28.659><c> to</c>

00:39:28.940 --> 00:39:33.840
believe<00:39:29.340><c> or</c><00:39:30.639><c> does</c><00:39:30.860><c> it</c><00:39:31.079><c> teach</c><00:39:31.239><c> us</c><00:39:31.480><c> how</c><00:39:31.739><c> to</c><00:39:32.039><c> think</c><00:39:32.400><c> and</c><00:39:32.940><c> reason.</c>

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You<00:39:34.780><c> know</c><00:39:34.840><c> it's</c><00:39:35.039><c> quite</c><00:39:35.179><c> a</c><00:39:35.400><c> choice</c><00:39:35.619><c> and</c><00:39:35.780><c> it's</c><00:39:35.920><c> quite</c><00:39:36.039><c> a</c><00:39:36.340><c> challenge</c>

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one's<00:39:38.000><c> law</c><00:39:38.159><c> and</c><00:39:38.380><c> one's</c><00:39:38.780><c> spirit.</c>

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I<00:39:40.340><c> believe</c><00:39:40.619><c> it's</c><00:39:41.139><c> the</c><00:39:41.300><c> one</c><00:39:41.380><c> on</c><00:39:41.539><c> the</c><00:39:41.699><c> right.</c>

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:45.940
That's<00:39:43.039><c> what</c><00:39:43.179><c> we</c><00:39:43.400><c> receive</c><00:39:43.760><c> from</c><00:39:44.000><c> Brethren</c><00:39:44.360><c> Thomas</c><00:39:45.019><c> Roberts</c><00:39:45.579><c> and</c>

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those<00:39:46.219><c> who</c><00:39:46.380><c> went</c><00:39:46.500><c> before</c><00:39:47.380><c> if</c><00:39:47.820><c> you</c><00:39:48.000><c> open</c><00:39:48.159><c> up</c><00:39:48.400><c> as</c><00:39:48.539><c> Israel</c><00:39:48.860><c> you</c><00:39:49.099><c> find</c>

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:53.039
in<00:39:49.460><c> these</c><00:39:49.659><c> references</c><00:39:50.119><c> here</c><00:39:50.619><c> where</c><00:39:51.079><c> brother</c><00:39:51.360><c> Thomas</c><00:39:51.719><c> says</c><00:39:52.179><c> if</c><00:39:52.840><c> you</c>

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:55.559
find<00:39:53.260><c> something</c><00:39:53.599><c> I'm</c><00:39:53.900><c> writing</c><00:39:54.099><c> that's</c><00:39:54.420><c> not</c><00:39:54.639><c> true</c><00:39:54.860><c> he</c><00:39:55.099><c> says</c><00:39:55.239><c> throw</c>

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it<00:39:55.760><c> out</c><00:39:56.440><c> set</c><00:39:56.900><c> your</c><00:39:57.239><c> face</c><00:39:57.480><c> like</c><00:39:57.659><c> an</c><00:39:57.880><c> adamant</c><00:39:58.159><c> against</c><00:39:58.500><c> it</c><00:39:58.659><c> he</c><00:39:58.860><c> says</c>

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because<00:40:00.400><c> he</c><00:40:00.960><c> stands</c><00:40:01.840><c> for</c><00:40:03.099><c> truth</c><00:40:03.800><c> and</c><00:40:04.260><c> truth</c><00:40:04.719><c> comes</c><00:40:05.219><c> from</c><00:40:05.519><c> God</c><00:40:05.920><c> very</c>

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important<00:40:06.920><c> that</c><00:40:07.079><c> we</c><00:40:07.340><c> discern</c><00:40:07.659><c> that</c><00:40:08.099><c> and</c><00:40:08.480><c> we</c><00:40:08.840><c> apply</c><00:40:09.139><c> it.</c>

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So<00:40:11.539><c> what</c><00:40:11.739><c> is</c><00:40:11.880><c> it</c><00:40:12.079><c> what</c><00:40:12.239><c> do</c><00:40:12.500><c> the</c><00:40:12.639><c> Christadelphians</c><00:40:13.219><c> really</c><00:40:13.579><c> stand</c>

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for<00:40:14.079><c> what</c><00:40:14.539><c> should</c><00:40:14.960><c> we</c><00:40:15.219><c> stand</c><00:40:15.460><c> for</c><00:40:16.099><c> the</c><00:40:16.820><c> truth</c><00:40:17.179><c> the</c><00:40:17.460><c> whole</c><00:40:17.679><c> truth</c><00:40:18.019><c> and</c>

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nothing<00:40:18.440><c> but</c><00:40:18.659><c> the</c><00:40:18.840><c> truth</c><00:40:18.980><c> when</c><00:40:19.139><c> I</c><00:40:19.260><c> was</c><00:40:19.440><c> a</c><00:40:19.519><c> kid</c><00:40:19.659><c> growing</c><00:40:19.900><c> up</c><00:40:20.099><c> watching</c>

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television<00:40:20.860><c> programs</c><00:40:21.340><c> he</c><00:40:21.559><c> said</c><00:40:21.619><c> this</c><00:40:21.920><c> law</c><00:40:22.159><c> court</c><00:40:22.340><c> program</c><00:40:22.860><c> and</c>

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people<00:40:23.659><c> used</c><00:40:23.860><c> to</c><00:40:24.059><c> stand</c><00:40:24.199><c> up</c><00:40:24.440><c> and</c><00:40:24.760><c> swear</c><00:40:25.119><c> this</c><00:40:25.940><c> oath.</c>

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I<00:40:27.159><c> usually</c><00:40:27.300><c> went</c><00:40:27.420><c> on</c><00:40:27.619><c> to</c><00:40:27.840><c> lie</c><00:40:28.000><c> of</c><00:40:28.219><c> course</c><00:40:28.480><c> but</c><00:40:29.659><c> this</c><00:40:31.039><c> is</c><00:40:31.199><c> what</c><00:40:31.320><c> we</c>

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should<00:40:31.639><c> be</c><00:40:31.900><c> standing</c><00:40:32.139><c> for</c><00:40:32.559><c> the</c><00:40:32.980><c> truth</c><00:40:33.239><c> the</c><00:40:33.480><c> whole</c><00:40:33.659><c> truth</c><00:40:34.019><c> and</c>

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nothing<00:40:34.500><c> but</c><00:40:34.739><c> the</c><00:40:34.980><c> truth</c><00:40:35.380><c> look</c><00:40:36.159><c> closely</c><00:40:36.619><c> at</c><00:40:36.820><c> our</c><00:40:37.059><c> core</c><00:40:37.239><c> beliefs</c><00:40:37.639><c> as</c>

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outlined<00:40:38.559><c> in</c><00:40:38.780><c> our</c><00:40:39.139><c> BASF</c><00:40:39.820><c> 30</c><00:40:40.739><c> affirmations</c><00:40:41.760><c> and</c><00:40:42.320><c> they're</c><00:40:42.659><c> all</c>

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based<00:40:43.519><c> upon</c><00:40:43.920><c> scriptural</c><00:40:44.739><c> statements</c><00:40:45.400><c> and</c><00:40:45.960><c> teachings.</c>

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It's<00:40:48.059><c> all</c><00:40:48.320><c> about</c><00:40:48.579><c> that</c><00:40:48.800><c> brothers</c><00:40:49.019><c> and</c><00:40:49.320><c> sisters</c><00:40:49.760><c> and</c><00:40:50.340><c> when</c><00:40:50.480><c> you</c>

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come<00:40:50.739><c> to</c><00:40:50.940><c> our</c><00:40:51.280><c> statement</c><00:40:51.559><c> of</c><00:40:51.820><c> faith</c><00:40:52.000><c> the</c><00:40:52.280><c> foundation</c><00:40:52.920><c> is</c><00:40:53.199><c> about</c>

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what<00:40:53.780><c> the</c><00:40:54.199><c> foundation</c><00:40:54.840><c> is</c><00:40:55.139><c> about</c><00:40:55.599><c> the</c><00:40:56.619><c> Bible.</c>

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That's<00:40:58.199><c> how</c><00:40:58.320><c> it</c><00:40:58.639><c> starts.</c>

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It's<00:41:01.719><c> our</c><00:41:01.980><c> sole</c><00:41:02.119><c> authority</c><00:41:02.659><c> when</c><00:41:03.219><c> we</c><00:41:03.460><c> argue</c><00:41:03.780><c> brothers</c><00:41:04.039><c> and</c><00:41:04.320><c> sisters</c>

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:07.579
we<00:41:04.880><c> argue</c><00:41:05.199><c> from</c><00:41:05.519><c> the</c><00:41:05.760><c> Bible</c><00:41:06.000><c> there's</c><00:41:06.380><c> no</c><00:41:06.679><c> substitute</c><00:41:07.219><c> for</c><00:41:07.420><c> this</c>

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foundation<00:41:08.099><c> there</c><00:41:08.219><c> can</c><00:41:08.480><c> be</c><00:41:08.679><c> no</c><00:41:08.880><c> other</c><00:41:09.179><c> authority.</c>

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Therefore<00:41:15.320><c> we</c><00:41:15.619><c> reason</c><00:41:16.099><c> from</c><00:41:16.340><c> the</c><00:41:16.539><c> scriptures</c><00:41:17.000><c> believing</c><00:41:17.659><c> they</c>

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communicate<00:41:18.460><c> to</c><00:41:18.679><c> us</c><00:41:18.920><c> the</c><00:41:19.360><c> mind</c><00:41:19.659><c> the</c><00:41:19.840><c> purpose</c><00:41:20.159><c> and</c><00:41:20.340><c> the</c><00:41:20.420><c> will</c>

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of<00:41:20.679><c> God.</c>

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We<00:41:22.519><c> strive</c><00:41:22.800><c> to</c><00:41:23.000><c> lay</c><00:41:23.119><c> our</c><00:41:23.360><c> foundations</c><00:41:23.900><c> all</c><00:41:24.219><c> our</c><00:41:24.460><c> core</c><00:41:24.659><c> beliefs</c>

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:27.679
in<00:41:25.340><c> plain</c><00:41:25.579><c> scriptural</c><00:41:26.059><c> statements</c><00:41:26.420><c> and</c><00:41:26.719><c> teachings.</c>

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:32.019
We<00:41:28.219><c> assume</c><00:41:28.599><c> nothing</c><00:41:29.059><c> we</c><00:41:30.260><c> don't</c><00:41:30.480><c> rely</c><00:41:30.800><c> upon</c><00:41:31.059><c> traditions</c><00:41:31.619><c> or</c><00:41:31.860><c> any</c>

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:35.820
other<00:41:32.300><c> authority</c><00:41:32.800><c> but</c><00:41:33.039><c> upon</c><00:41:33.300><c> scriptural</c><00:41:33.780><c> teachings</c><00:41:34.300><c> and</c><00:41:35.639><c> this</c>

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:38.860
is<00:41:36.239><c> what</c><00:41:36.239><c> differentiates</c><00:41:36.820><c> us</c><00:41:37.119><c> from</c><00:41:37.719><c> the</c><00:41:37.940><c> mainstream</c><00:41:38.400><c> churches</c>

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:42.579
Catholic<00:41:39.579><c> Protestant</c><00:41:40.420><c> Orthodox</c><00:41:41.199><c> and</c><00:41:41.480><c> many</c><00:41:41.639><c> others</c><00:41:41.900><c> as</c><00:41:42.179><c> well.</c>

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We<00:41:43.199><c> recognize</c><00:41:43.699><c> no</c><00:41:44.039><c> traditional</c><00:41:44.599><c> interpretations</c><00:41:45.519><c> or</c><00:41:45.900><c> dogmas</c>

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:50.820
or<00:41:46.559><c> oral</c><00:41:46.800><c> laws</c><00:41:47.300><c> that</c><00:41:48.460><c> are</c><00:41:48.719><c> equal</c><00:41:49.079><c> or</c><00:41:49.599><c> higher</c><00:41:49.960><c> value</c><00:41:50.380><c> to</c><00:41:50.579><c> the</c><00:41:50.699><c> word</c>

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of<00:41:51.039><c> God.</c>

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This<00:41:53.659><c> is</c><00:41:54.519><c> our</c><00:41:54.860><c> heritage</c><00:41:55.179><c> that</c><00:41:55.420><c> makes</c><00:41:55.619><c> our</c><00:41:55.840><c> community</c><00:41:56.500><c> and</c>

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understanding<00:41:57.920><c> of</c><00:41:58.119><c> the</c><00:41:58.280><c> teachings</c><00:41:58.800><c> of</c><00:41:59.579><c> God</c><00:41:59.840><c> unique</c><00:42:00.239><c> in</c><00:42:00.519><c> the</c><00:42:00.719><c> world.</c>

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But<00:42:02.340><c> it</c><00:42:02.519><c> only</c><00:42:02.679><c> remains</c><00:42:03.179><c> so</c><00:42:03.460><c> as</c><00:42:03.639><c> long</c><00:42:04.019><c> as</c><00:42:04.480><c> we</c><00:42:04.739><c> remain</c><00:42:05.179><c> and</c><00:42:06.199><c> adhere</c><00:42:06.460><c> to</c>

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that<00:42:06.780><c> approach.</c>

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What<00:42:09.380><c> are</c><00:42:09.599><c> these</c><00:42:09.920><c> core</c><00:42:10.159><c> teachings</c><00:42:10.599><c> now</c><00:42:10.760><c> we</c><00:42:10.960><c> spoke</c><00:42:11.159><c> about</c><00:42:11.420><c> these.</c>

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I<00:42:14.340><c> believe</c><00:42:14.500><c> there's</c><00:42:14.699><c> only</c><00:42:14.960><c> five</c><00:42:15.380><c> core</c><00:42:15.539><c> teachings</c><00:42:15.960><c> in</c><00:42:16.159><c> the</c><00:42:16.300><c> Bible</c>

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enough<00:42:17.940><c> to</c><00:42:18.179><c> remember</c><00:42:18.440><c> on</c><00:42:18.760><c> one</c><00:42:19.079><c> hand.</c>

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These<00:42:21.780><c> are</c><00:42:21.900><c> what</c><00:42:22.000><c> they</c><00:42:22.239><c> are</c><00:42:22.659><c> and</c><00:42:23.179><c> I'll</c><00:42:23.380><c> show</c><00:42:23.559><c> you</c><00:42:23.679><c> how</c><00:42:23.820><c> they</c><00:42:23.980><c> are</c>

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in<00:42:24.159><c> the</c><00:42:24.340><c> statement</c><00:42:24.539><c> of</c><00:42:24.820><c> faith</c><00:42:25.019><c> tomorrow.</c>

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We<00:42:26.760><c> believe</c><00:42:26.960><c> in</c><00:42:27.159><c> Revelation</c><00:42:27.659><c> God's</c><00:42:28.219><c> Word</c><00:42:29.179><c> where</c><00:42:29.579><c> it</c><00:42:29.699><c> is</c><00:42:29.840><c> revealed</c>

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his<00:42:30.400><c> will</c><00:42:30.539><c> his</c><00:42:30.820><c> ways</c><00:42:31.119><c> purpose</c><00:42:31.599><c> his</c><00:42:31.860><c> character</c><00:42:32.300><c> and</c><00:42:32.940><c> faith</c><00:42:33.139><c> comes</c>

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from<00:42:33.579><c> hearing</c><00:42:33.780><c> that</c><00:42:34.079><c> word.</c>

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The<00:42:37.300><c> next</c><00:42:37.760><c> and</c><00:42:38.219><c> these</c><00:42:38.400><c> aren't</c><00:42:38.559><c> in</c><00:42:38.760><c> necessarily</c><00:42:39.099><c> an</c><00:42:39.400><c> order</c><00:42:39.619><c> of</c>

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priority.

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But<00:42:42.159><c> there's</c><00:42:42.539><c> one</c><00:42:42.800><c> God</c><00:42:43.179><c> who</c><00:42:43.539><c> is</c><00:42:43.719><c> the</c><00:42:43.940><c> father</c><00:42:44.300><c> who</c><00:42:44.960><c> was</c><00:42:45.159><c> unlimited</c>

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power<00:42:45.980><c> and</c><00:42:46.239><c> wisdom.</c>

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He's<00:42:47.099><c> a</c><00:42:47.260><c> creator</c><00:42:47.539><c> and</c><00:42:47.780><c> sustainer</c><00:42:48.280><c> of</c><00:42:48.460><c> all</c><00:42:48.920><c> he's</c><00:42:49.780><c> motivated</c><00:42:50.179><c> by</c>

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love<00:42:50.699><c> and</c><00:42:50.860><c> he</c><00:42:51.059><c> shows</c><00:42:51.280><c> his</c><00:42:51.579><c> love</c><00:42:51.719><c> and</c><00:42:51.880><c> what</c><00:42:51.980><c> he</c><00:42:52.179><c> does.</c>

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We<00:42:53.599><c> believe</c><00:42:53.940><c> that</c><00:42:54.260><c> mankind</c><00:42:54.699><c> have</c><00:42:54.980><c> rebelled</c><00:42:55.500><c> about</c><00:42:56.039><c> man</c><00:42:56.480><c> mankind</c>

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has<00:42:57.300><c> rebelled</c><00:42:57.500><c> against</c><00:42:57.920><c> God</c><00:42:58.139><c> ignore</c><00:42:58.599><c> these</c><00:42:59.099><c> gone</c><00:42:59.320><c> their</c><00:42:59.619><c> own</c><00:42:59.860><c> way</c>

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and<00:43:00.199><c> for</c><00:43:00.320><c> this</c><00:43:00.539><c> reason</c><00:43:01.019><c> God</c><00:43:01.599><c> has</c><00:43:01.900><c> cursed</c><00:43:02.119><c> them.</c>

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:06.400
We<00:43:03.239><c> believe</c><00:43:03.599><c> that</c><00:43:03.920><c> Jesus</c><00:43:04.420><c> is</c><00:43:04.800><c> God's</c><00:43:05.199><c> only</c><00:43:05.320><c> begotten</c><00:43:05.760><c> son</c><00:43:05.980><c> a</c><00:43:06.179><c> man</c>

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raised<00:43:06.699><c> up</c><00:43:07.039><c> by</c><00:43:07.320><c> God</c><00:43:07.639><c> to</c><00:43:08.440><c> save</c><00:43:08.619><c> us</c><00:43:08.800><c> from</c><00:43:09.000><c> sin</c><00:43:09.199><c> and</c><00:43:09.420><c> death.</c>

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Our<00:43:11.659><c> inevitable</c><00:43:12.019><c> and</c><00:43:12.260><c> just</c><00:43:12.500><c> end</c><00:43:12.780><c> and</c><00:43:12.980><c> he</c><00:43:13.119><c> is</c><00:43:13.280><c> expression</c><00:43:13.699><c> of</c><00:43:13.880><c> God's</c>

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love<00:43:14.699><c> and</c><00:43:15.380><c> wisdom.</c>

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We<00:43:17.360><c> believe</c><00:43:17.519><c> in</c><00:43:17.739><c> God's</c><00:43:18.119><c> purpose</c><00:43:18.460><c> to</c><00:43:18.860><c> fill</c><00:43:19.079><c> the</c><00:43:19.300><c> earth</c><00:43:19.440><c> with</c><00:43:19.699><c> people</c><00:43:20.300><c> to</c>

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bring<00:43:20.940><c> about</c><00:43:21.199><c> his</c><00:43:21.440><c> keep</c><00:43:21.619><c> bringing</c><00:43:21.760><c> his</c><00:43:21.940><c> kingdom</c><00:43:22.119><c> to</c><00:43:22.320><c> the</c><00:43:22.460><c> earth</c><00:43:22.980><c> and</c>

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his<00:43:23.719><c> dominion</c><00:43:24.119><c> to</c><00:43:24.380><c> fill</c><00:43:24.599><c> the</c><00:43:24.820><c> earth</c><00:43:24.960><c> with</c><00:43:25.159><c> people</c><00:43:25.480><c> who</c><00:43:25.800><c> think</c><00:43:26.239><c> like</c>

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him.

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And<00:43:27.500><c> we</c><00:43:27.719><c> believe</c><00:43:28.019><c> that</c><00:43:28.260><c> these</c><00:43:28.539><c> principles</c><00:43:29.119><c> when</c><00:43:29.460><c> believed</c><00:43:29.980><c> and</c>

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manifested.

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That's<00:43:33.119><c> simply</c><00:43:33.380><c> what</c><00:43:34.079><c> the</c><00:43:34.340><c> truth</c><00:43:34.500><c> is</c><00:43:34.699><c> about.</c>

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Now.

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I<00:43:35.920><c> don't</c><00:43:36.019><c> know</c><00:43:36.139><c> about</c><00:43:36.340><c> your</c><00:43:36.639><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:43:36.900><c> but</c><00:43:37.039><c> we</c><00:43:37.219><c> do</c><00:43:37.420><c> seminars</c>

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:40.659
at<00:43:38.059><c> our</c><00:43:38.199><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:43:38.460><c> where</c><00:43:38.599><c> we</c><00:43:38.860><c> teach</c><00:43:39.119><c> and</c><00:43:39.320><c> we</c><00:43:39.639><c> preach</c><00:43:39.860><c> on</c><00:43:40.179><c> in</c><00:43:40.599><c> a</c>

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very<00:43:41.019><c> informal</c><00:43:41.480><c> way</c><00:43:41.860><c> to</c><00:43:42.559><c> visitors.</c>

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Now<00:43:43.619><c> when</c><00:43:43.920><c> we</c><00:43:44.179><c> teach</c><00:43:44.380><c> those</c><00:43:44.639><c> I</c><00:43:44.800><c> did</c><00:43:45.039><c> a</c><00:43:45.360><c> number</c><00:43:45.679><c> of</c><00:43:45.840><c> those</c><00:43:46.000><c> myself.</c>

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I<00:43:47.159><c> usually</c><00:43:47.619><c> preach</c><00:43:48.219><c> the</c><00:43:48.500><c> truth</c><00:43:48.699><c> this</c><00:43:49.099><c> way</c><00:43:49.539><c> and</c><00:43:50.139><c> I</c><00:43:50.280><c> used</c><00:43:50.420><c> to</c>

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draw<00:43:50.679><c> this</c>

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little<00:43:51.119><c> circle</c><00:43:51.500><c> on</c><00:43:51.699><c> the</c><00:43:51.900><c> wall</c><00:43:52.179><c> to</c><00:43:52.420><c> people</c><00:43:52.679><c> when</c><00:43:52.800><c> they</c><00:43:53.079><c> came</c><00:43:53.239><c> in</c>

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and<00:43:53.519><c> I</c>

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said<00:43:53.679><c> well</c><00:43:53.980><c> this</c><00:43:54.239><c> is</c><00:43:54.380><c> what</c><00:43:54.480><c> we're</c><00:43:54.679><c> going</c><00:43:54.760><c> to</c><00:43:54.980><c> do</c><00:43:55.460><c> with</c><00:43:55.800><c> this</c><00:43:55.960><c> is</c><00:43:56.019><c> what</c>

00:43:56.119 --> 00:44:00.460
we<00:43:56.239><c> believe</c><00:43:56.519><c> the</c><00:43:56.719><c> Bible</c><00:43:57.000><c> teaches</c><00:43:57.420><c> this</c><00:43:57.880><c> is</c><00:43:58.079><c> your</c><00:43:58.340><c> life</c><00:43:58.820><c> and</c><00:44:00.099><c> God's</c>

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endeavoring<00:44:00.780><c> to</c><00:44:00.980><c> sow</c><00:44:01.119><c> a</c><00:44:01.460><c> seed.</c>

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It's<00:44:02.559><c> the</c><00:44:02.699><c> word</c><00:44:02.800><c> of</c><00:44:03.079><c> God</c><00:44:03.460><c> and</c><00:44:04.320><c> it's</c><00:44:04.519><c> like</c><00:44:04.639><c> a</c><00:44:04.840><c> seed</c><00:44:04.940><c> it</c><00:44:05.079><c> comes</c>

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into<00:44:05.500><c> your</c>

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heart<00:44:06.340><c> right</c><00:44:06.739><c> in</c><00:44:07.039><c> the</c><00:44:07.119><c> midst</c><00:44:07.360><c> of</c><00:44:07.519><c> you</c><00:44:07.579><c> and</c><00:44:07.699><c> it</c><00:44:07.880><c> teaches</c><00:44:08.059><c> you</c>

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about<00:44:08.619><c> God</c>

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about<00:44:09.780><c> you</c><00:44:10.219><c> about</c><00:44:10.659><c> Jesus</c><00:44:11.119><c> and</c><00:44:11.360><c> about</c><00:44:11.579><c> God's</c><00:44:12.059><c> purpose</c><00:44:12.699><c> and</c><00:44:14.019><c> he</c><00:44:14.179><c> wants</c>

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you<00:44:14.900><c> to</c><00:44:15.280><c> radiate</c><00:44:15.719><c> that</c><00:44:16.079><c> in</c><00:44:16.480><c> your</c><00:44:16.820><c> way</c><00:44:17.039><c> in</c><00:44:17.199><c> the</c><00:44:17.340><c> way</c><00:44:17.480><c> you</c><00:44:17.719><c> live.</c>

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Now<00:44:19.440><c> I</c><00:44:19.920><c> use</c><00:44:20.079><c> this</c><00:44:20.320><c> for</c><00:44:20.539><c> quite</c><00:44:20.699><c> some</c><00:44:21.000><c> time</c><00:44:21.219><c> till</c><00:44:21.440><c> one</c><00:44:21.739><c> day</c><00:44:22.039><c> I</c><00:44:22.599><c> did</c>

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this<00:44:23.340><c> I</c>

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turned<00:44:23.920><c> it</c><00:44:24.199><c> sideways.</c>

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And<00:44:26.300><c> what</c><00:44:26.460><c> did</c><00:44:26.559><c> I</c><00:44:26.699><c> get?</c>

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No<00:44:27.840><c> you're</c><00:44:28.019><c> not</c><00:44:28.119><c> that</c><00:44:28.280><c> you</c><00:44:28.440><c> are</c><00:44:28.519><c> the</c><00:44:28.679><c> temple</c><00:44:29.039><c> of</c><00:44:29.219><c> God</c><00:44:29.440><c> and</c><00:44:29.599><c> the</c><00:44:29.860><c> Spirit</c>

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of<00:44:30.139><c> God</c><00:44:30.400><c> dwells</c><00:44:30.739><c> in</c><00:44:30.840><c> you.</c>

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What<00:44:31.320><c> is</c><00:44:31.500><c> that?</c>

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It's<00:44:32.860><c> a</c><00:44:33.019><c> camp</c><00:44:33.159><c> of</c><00:44:33.340><c> Israel.</c>

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Now<00:44:36.340><c> I</c><00:44:36.380><c> don't</c><00:44:36.559><c> know</c><00:44:36.739><c> whether</c><00:44:36.900><c> this</c><00:44:37.139><c> is</c><00:44:37.400><c> coincidence</c><00:44:37.780><c> and</c><00:44:37.940><c> I'm</c><00:44:38.059><c> just</c>

00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:41.659
making<00:44:38.519><c> this</c><00:44:38.780><c> up</c><00:44:38.960><c> but</c><00:44:39.280><c> I</c><00:44:39.559><c> look</c><00:44:39.659><c> at</c><00:44:39.820><c> the</c><00:44:40.019><c> symbols</c><00:44:40.260><c> here</c><00:44:40.500><c> God</c><00:44:40.880><c> the</c><00:44:41.300><c> eagle</c>

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:48.500
man<00:44:42.559><c> the</c><00:44:42.880><c> man</c><00:44:43.420><c> Jesus</c><00:44:44.340><c> the</c><00:44:44.739><c> lion</c><00:44:45.219><c> purpose</c><00:44:46.000><c> the</c><00:44:46.460><c> ox</c><00:44:46.760><c> which</c><00:44:47.139><c> is</c><00:44:47.420><c> service.</c>

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There's<00:44:50.260><c> God</c><00:44:50.559><c> manifest</c><00:44:51.179><c> in</c><00:44:51.420><c> ancient</c><00:44:51.639><c> Israel.</c>

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There's<00:44:52.900><c> God</c><00:44:53.320><c> wishing</c><00:44:53.920><c> to</c><00:44:54.440><c> be</c><00:44:54.639><c> in</c><00:44:55.039><c> you</c><00:44:55.360><c> to</c><00:44:55.599><c> dwell</c><00:44:55.900><c> in</c><00:44:56.059><c> you</c><00:44:56.139><c> that</c><00:44:56.280><c> you</c>

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:58.719
might<00:44:56.639><c> manifest</c><00:44:57.239><c> and</c><00:44:57.480><c> live</c><00:44:57.619><c> his</c><00:44:57.880><c> truth.</c>

00:45:01.559 --> 00:45:03.360
Is<00:45:01.619><c> the</c><00:45:01.840><c> truth</c><00:45:01.940><c> really</c><00:45:02.239><c> that</c><00:45:02.519><c> simple?</c>

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The<00:45:03.519><c> core</c><00:45:03.739><c> truths</c><00:45:04.019><c> of</c><00:45:04.260><c> God</c><00:45:04.400><c> are</c><00:45:04.760><c> really</c><00:45:05.260><c> that</c><00:45:05.599><c> simple</c><00:45:05.940><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:45:06.539><c> sisters.</c>

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Unfortunately<00:45:09.239><c> in</c><00:45:09.800><c> our</c><00:45:10.000><c> teaching</c><00:45:10.300><c> and</c><00:45:10.579><c> preaching</c><00:45:10.960><c> efforts</c>

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:12.059
we<00:45:11.699><c> often</c>

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:16.440
complicate<00:45:12.679><c> the</c><00:45:12.960><c> truth</c><00:45:13.219><c> by</c><00:45:13.699><c> not</c><00:45:13.860><c> emphasizing</c><00:45:14.739><c> these</c><00:45:15.360><c> core</c><00:45:15.820><c> concepts</c>

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:20.119
and<00:45:16.679><c> ideas</c><00:45:17.119><c> which</c><00:45:17.960><c> can</c><00:45:18.139><c> give</c><00:45:18.300><c> such</c><00:45:18.559><c> a</c><00:45:18.739><c> meaning</c><00:45:18.900><c> and</c><00:45:19.179><c> hope</c><00:45:19.340><c> to</c><00:45:19.519><c> a</c><00:45:19.679><c> blinded</c>

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:20.579
humanity.

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:24.699
Perhaps<00:45:21.480><c> we</c><00:45:21.659><c> need</c><00:45:21.960><c> to</c><00:45:22.079><c> review</c><00:45:22.380><c> the</c><00:45:22.539><c> way</c><00:45:22.719><c> we</c><00:45:22.920><c> do</c><00:45:23.119><c> it</c><00:45:23.639><c> and</c><00:45:23.900><c> I</c><00:45:23.980><c> know</c><00:45:24.239><c> that</c>

00:45:24.699 --> 00:45:27.719
brother<00:45:24.920><c> Michael</c><00:45:25.320><c> Wilson</c><00:45:25.579><c> cross</c><00:45:25.860><c> going</c><00:45:26.019><c> to</c><00:45:26.300><c> speak</c><00:45:26.460><c> upon</c><00:45:26.780><c> the</c><00:45:27.260><c> gospel</c>

00:45:27.719 --> 00:45:30.760
as<00:45:28.300><c> the</c><00:45:28.559><c> new</c><00:45:28.679><c> in</c><00:45:28.880><c> the</c><00:45:29.260><c> in</c><00:45:29.300><c> the</c><00:45:29.400><c> book</c><00:45:29.539><c> of</c><00:45:29.719><c> Acts</c><00:45:29.920><c> how</c><00:45:30.119><c> the</c><00:45:30.340><c> Apostles</c>

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:33.500
preached<00:45:31.079><c> it</c><00:45:31.360><c> and</c><00:45:31.739><c> I</c><00:45:31.880><c> think</c><00:45:31.980><c> we</c><00:45:32.219><c> have</c><00:45:32.360><c> a</c><00:45:32.619><c> similar</c><00:45:32.920><c> might</c><00:45:33.179><c> even</c><00:45:33.380><c> though</c>

00:45:33.500 --> 00:45:35.699
we<00:45:33.639><c> didn't</c><00:45:33.800><c> even</c><00:45:34.000><c> talk</c><00:45:34.179><c> about</c><00:45:34.380><c> it</c><00:45:34.539><c> till</c><00:45:34.619><c> the</c><00:45:34.780><c> other</c><00:45:34.960><c> night</c><00:45:35.159><c> about</c>

00:45:35.699 --> 00:45:37.059
these<00:45:36.039><c> things.</c>

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:41.280
It's<00:45:38.059><c> the</c><00:45:38.320><c> churches</c><00:45:38.820><c> who</c><00:45:39.039><c> have</c><00:45:39.119><c> the</c><00:45:39.400><c> complicated</c><00:45:40.019><c> theology.</c>

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:44.019
They're<00:45:41.699><c> the</c><00:45:41.860><c> one</c><00:45:42.099><c> who've</c><00:45:42.400><c> got</c><00:45:42.460><c> the</c><00:45:42.739><c> complicated</c><00:45:43.159><c> theology</c><00:45:43.760><c> and</c>

00:45:44.019 --> 00:45:44.460
philosophy.

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:47.500
They're<00:45:44.699><c> the</c><00:45:44.820><c> one</c><00:45:44.900><c> who</c><00:45:45.019><c> got</c><00:45:45.139><c> three</c><00:45:45.519><c> people</c><00:45:45.860><c> become</c><00:45:46.219><c> one</c><00:45:46.619><c> person</c><00:45:47.159><c> God</c>

00:45:47.500 --> 00:45:51.260
becomes<00:45:47.940><c> a</c><00:45:48.000><c> man</c><00:45:48.340><c> God</c><00:45:48.599><c> dies</c><00:45:49.059><c> all</c><00:45:49.539><c> those</c><00:45:49.820><c> concepts</c><00:45:50.260><c> about</c><00:45:50.639><c> souls</c><00:45:50.980><c> and</c>

00:45:51.260 --> 00:45:53.239
people<00:45:51.480><c> on</c><00:45:52.039><c> clouds</c><00:45:52.460><c> and</c><00:45:52.639><c> lots</c><00:45:52.800><c> of</c><00:45:52.940><c> stuff.</c>

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:56.440
They've<00:45:54.019><c> got</c><00:45:54.079><c> the</c><00:45:54.360><c> complicated</c><00:45:54.840><c> theology</c><00:45:55.420><c> not</c><00:45:55.980><c> us.</c>

00:45:56.840 --> 00:46:00.480
The<00:45:57.199><c> truth</c><00:45:57.539><c> is</c><00:45:58.500><c> really</c><00:45:59.119><c> simple.</c>

00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:04.039
The<00:46:01.519><c> challenge</c><00:46:01.739><c> we</c><00:46:02.039><c> face</c><00:46:02.320><c> brothers</c><00:46:02.619><c> and</c><00:46:02.900><c> sisters</c><00:46:03.099><c> is</c><00:46:03.500><c> overcoming</c>

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:09.420
ingrained<00:46:05.420><c> and</c><00:46:06.000><c> indoctrinated</c><00:46:06.800><c> prejudices</c><00:46:07.519><c> and</c><00:46:07.900><c> beliefs</c><00:46:08.539><c> coupled</c>

00:46:09.420 --> 00:46:13.460
with<00:46:09.780><c> widespread</c><00:46:10.239><c> ignorance</c><00:46:10.880><c> in</c><00:46:11.360><c> what</c><00:46:11.539><c> God</c><00:46:11.840><c> has</c><00:46:12.460><c> revealed.</c>

00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:18.360
Many<00:46:14.820><c> of</c><00:46:14.960><c> these</c><00:46:15.199><c> prejudices</c><00:46:15.760><c> have</c><00:46:16.860><c> become</c><00:46:16.860><c> widely</c><00:46:17.500><c> propagated</c><00:46:18.119><c> as</c>

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:19.639
Bible<00:46:18.719><c> beliefs.</c>

00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:26.599
So<00:46:22.480><c> that</c><00:46:23.159><c> people</c><00:46:23.800><c> are</c><00:46:24.300><c> confused</c><00:46:25.059><c> and</c><00:46:25.559><c> deceived.</c>

00:46:30.219 --> 00:46:34.300
Is<00:46:30.719><c> it</c><00:46:30.840><c> really</c><00:46:31.059><c> that</c><00:46:31.380><c> simple</c><00:46:31.679><c> if</c><00:46:32.340><c> it</c><00:46:32.559><c> is</c><00:46:32.800><c> why</c><00:46:33.039><c> the</c><00:46:33.199><c> mainstream</c><00:46:33.579><c> churches</c>

00:46:34.300 --> 00:46:40.000
oppose<00:46:35.019><c> us</c><00:46:35.880><c> or</c><00:46:36.260><c> they</c><00:46:36.480><c> call</c><00:46:36.699><c> us</c><00:46:36.940><c> names</c><00:46:37.280><c> because</c><00:46:38.679><c> we</c><00:46:39.099><c> claim</c><00:46:39.400><c> and</c><00:46:39.599><c> proclaim</c>

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:43.639
that<00:46:40.280><c> the</c><00:46:40.400><c> main</c><00:46:41.380><c> stream</c><00:46:41.840><c> churches</c><00:46:42.340><c> have</c><00:46:42.579><c> a</c><00:46:42.880><c> corrupted</c><00:46:43.260><c> view</c>

00:46:43.639 --> 00:46:44.219
of<00:46:43.880><c> almost</c>

00:46:44.219 --> 00:46:46.460
every<00:46:44.599><c> one</c><00:46:44.719><c> of</c><00:46:44.820><c> these</c><00:46:45.039><c> five</c><00:46:45.420><c> core</c><00:46:45.559><c> beliefs.</c>

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:52.059
We<00:46:48.920><c> further</c><00:46:49.219><c> claim</c><00:46:49.500><c> that</c><00:46:49.699><c> their</c><00:46:49.920><c> beliefs</c><00:46:50.239><c> in</c><00:46:50.460><c> many</c><00:46:50.860><c> other</c><00:46:51.280><c> areas</c><00:46:51.699><c> are</c>

00:46:52.059 --> 00:46:54.059
a<00:46:52.199><c> mixture</c><00:46:52.539><c> of</c><00:46:52.820><c> truth</c><00:46:52.980><c> and</c><00:46:53.219><c> error.</c>

00:46:54.139 --> 00:46:58.320
That<00:46:54.280><c> is</c><00:46:54.460><c> a</c><00:46:54.639><c> blending</c><00:46:54.860><c> of</c><00:46:55.139><c> scriptural</c><00:46:55.579><c> truth</c><00:46:55.960><c> and</c><00:46:57.239><c> superstition</c><00:46:57.980><c> and</c>

00:46:58.320 --> 00:47:00.219
philosophical<00:46:58.880><c> speculation.</c>

00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:05.239
Because<00:47:01.860><c> we</c><00:47:02.280><c> believe</c><00:47:02.539><c> that</c><00:47:02.820><c> holding</c><00:47:03.000><c> a</c><00:47:03.420><c> corrupted</c><00:47:03.780><c> view</c><00:47:04.219><c> of</c><00:47:04.860><c> these</c>

00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:10.519
things<00:47:06.159><c> and</c><00:47:07.420><c> these</c><00:47:07.679><c> core</c><00:47:07.880><c> teachings</c><00:47:08.400><c> of</c><00:47:08.599><c> the</c><00:47:08.760><c> scripture</c><00:47:09.159><c> we</c>

00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:10.820
are<00:47:10.639><c> not</c>

00:47:10.820 --> 00:47:13.679
prepared<00:47:11.159><c> to</c><00:47:11.420><c> say</c><00:47:11.599><c> that</c><00:47:11.800><c> their</c><00:47:12.000><c> position</c><00:47:12.480><c> is</c><00:47:13.300><c> acceptable</c>

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:14.840
with<00:47:13.940><c> God.</c>

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:18.920
It's<00:47:15.239><c> truthful</c><00:47:15.619><c> or</c><00:47:16.000><c> it</c><00:47:16.000><c> can</c><00:47:16.360><c> save</c><00:47:16.780><c> or</c><00:47:17.260><c> it</c><00:47:17.420><c> doesn't</c><00:47:17.599><c> really</c><00:47:17.940><c> matter.</c>

00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:22.739
In<00:47:19.900><c> taking</c><00:47:20.179><c> this</c><00:47:20.440><c> stand</c><00:47:20.679><c> we</c><00:47:20.940><c> therefore</c><00:47:21.300><c> challenge</c><00:47:22.000><c> their</c><00:47:22.320><c> authority</c>

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:26.900
just<00:47:23.019><c> as</c><00:47:23.219><c> Jesus</c><00:47:23.579><c> challenged</c><00:47:24.000><c> his</c><00:47:24.340><c> contemporaries</c><00:47:24.820><c> authority</c><00:47:25.440><c> and</c>

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:31.719
their<00:47:27.059><c> position</c><00:47:27.500><c> as</c><00:47:27.920><c> true</c><00:47:28.280><c> churches</c><00:47:29.099><c> of</c><00:47:29.719><c> God</c><00:47:30.360><c> and</c><00:47:31.260><c> therefore</c><00:47:31.460><c> their</c>

00:47:31.719 --> 00:47:33.019
relationship<00:47:32.340><c> with</c><00:47:32.559><c> God.</c>

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:35.260
That's<00:47:33.659><c> why</c><00:47:33.780><c> they</c><00:47:33.920><c> don't</c><00:47:34.119><c> like</c><00:47:34.380><c> us.</c>

00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:39.219
Do<00:47:36.719><c> we</c><00:47:36.880><c> believe</c><00:47:37.179><c> that</c><00:47:37.440><c> doctrinal</c><00:47:37.900><c> purity</c><00:47:38.280><c> saves</c><00:47:38.699><c> us?</c>

00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:43.139
Is<00:47:39.739><c> our</c><00:47:39.920><c> religion</c><00:47:40.199><c> one</c><00:47:40.420><c> of</c><00:47:40.820><c> intellectual</c><00:47:41.440><c> strivings</c><00:47:42.139><c> or</c><00:47:42.280><c> salvation</c><00:47:42.820><c> by</c>

00:47:43.139 --> 00:47:43.920
works?

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:46.699
No<00:47:44.440><c> brothers</c><00:47:44.719><c> and</c><00:47:45.019><c> sisters,</c><00:47:45.300><c> no</c><00:47:45.480><c> on</c><00:47:45.639><c> every</c><00:47:45.920><c> count.</c>

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:49.559
We<00:47:47.179><c> believe</c><00:47:47.380><c> that</c><00:47:47.539><c> only</c><00:47:47.820><c> faith</c><00:47:48.159><c> says</c><00:47:48.579><c> we're</c><00:47:49.159><c> going</c><00:47:49.239><c> to</c><00:47:49.440><c> talk</c>

00:47:49.559 --> 00:47:50.139
about<00:47:49.880><c> faith</c>

00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:52.880
and<00:47:50.280><c> there's</c><00:47:50.380><c> two</c><00:47:50.579><c> aspects</c><00:47:51.099><c> I</c><00:47:51.679><c> want</c><00:47:51.780><c> to</c><00:47:51.940><c> talk</c><00:47:52.059><c> about</c><00:47:52.219><c> as</c><00:47:52.400><c> we</c><00:47:52.539><c> go</c><00:47:52.679><c> through</c>

00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:53.320
our<00:47:53.079><c> studies.</c>

00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:54.599
There's<00:47:53.599><c> one</c><00:47:53.739><c> we</c><00:47:53.880><c> talk</c><00:47:54.099><c> about</c><00:47:54.320><c> a</c><00:47:54.460><c> lot.</c>

00:47:54.699 --> 00:47:57.179
There's<00:47:54.840><c> one</c><00:47:54.960><c> we</c><00:47:55.119><c> don't</c><00:47:55.340><c> talk</c><00:47:55.559><c> about</c><00:47:55.800><c> a</c><00:47:55.960><c> lot.</c>

00:47:58.179 --> 00:48:02.260
Only<00:47:58.460><c> faith</c><00:47:58.719><c> says</c><00:47:59.119><c> and</c><00:47:59.940><c> faith</c><00:48:00.139><c> is</c><00:48:00.340><c> a</c><00:48:00.480><c> very</c><00:48:00.860><c> personal</c><00:48:01.420><c> matter.</c>

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:06.059
It's<00:48:03.460><c> not</c><00:48:03.719><c> a</c><00:48:03.820><c> matter</c><00:48:03.940><c> of</c><00:48:04.179><c> natural</c><00:48:04.559><c> right</c><00:48:04.880><c> or</c><00:48:05.179><c> inheritance.</c>

00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:10.019
We<00:48:07.219><c> believe</c><00:48:07.500><c> that</c><00:48:07.760><c> faith</c><00:48:07.940><c> is</c><00:48:08.219><c> based</c><00:48:08.440><c> upon</c><00:48:08.739><c> understanding</c><00:48:09.460><c> and</c><00:48:09.760><c> believing</c>

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:14.900
what<00:48:10.440><c> God</c><00:48:11.019><c> has</c><00:48:12.059><c> revealed</c><00:48:12.599><c> to</c><00:48:12.820><c> us</c><00:48:13.179><c> in</c><00:48:13.480><c> his</c><00:48:13.719><c> word</c><00:48:13.960><c> his</c><00:48:14.219><c> promises</c>

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:15.760
and<00:48:15.579><c> not</c>

00:48:15.760 --> 00:48:18.820
believe<00:48:16.179><c> not</c><00:48:16.440><c> simply</c><00:48:16.800><c> believing</c><00:48:17.159><c> in</c><00:48:17.400><c> God's</c><00:48:17.800><c> existence.</c>

00:48:19.579 --> 00:48:23.760
In<00:48:19.719><c> other</c><00:48:19.860><c> words</c><00:48:20.019><c> we</c><00:48:20.239><c> believe</c><00:48:20.840><c> in</c><00:48:21.780><c> God</c><00:48:22.059><c> and</c><00:48:22.300><c> what</c><00:48:22.480><c> he</c><00:48:22.659><c> has</c><00:48:22.900><c> said.</c>

00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:27.460
And<00:48:24.360><c> we</c><00:48:24.539><c> further</c><00:48:24.760><c> believe</c><00:48:25.119><c> that</c><00:48:25.480><c> faith</c><00:48:25.780><c> must</c><00:48:26.179><c> bear</c><00:48:26.460><c> fruit</c><00:48:26.800><c> and</c><00:48:27.159><c> be</c>

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:30.139
shown<00:48:27.780><c> in</c><00:48:28.539><c> works</c><00:48:28.800><c> of</c><00:48:29.059><c> faith</c><00:48:29.219><c> not</c><00:48:29.480><c> works</c><00:48:29.760><c> of</c><00:48:30.000><c> law.</c>

00:48:30.139 --> 00:48:31.900
There's<00:48:30.400><c> quite</c><00:48:30.579><c> a</c><00:48:30.780><c> difference.</c>

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:34.480
It<00:48:32.199><c> must</c><00:48:32.400><c> be</c><00:48:32.659><c> shown</c><00:48:32.800><c> in</c><00:48:33.000><c> how</c><00:48:33.280><c> we</c><00:48:33.480><c> live.</c>

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:38.800
So<00:48:35.960><c> let's</c><00:48:36.199><c> just</c><00:48:36.659><c> sum</c><00:48:36.820><c> up</c><00:48:37.000><c> what</c><00:48:37.179><c> we've</c><00:48:37.460><c> talked</c><00:48:37.619><c> about.</c>

00:48:39.880 --> 00:48:44.539
The<00:48:40.039><c> truth</c><00:48:40.360><c> is</c><00:48:40.780><c> of</c><00:48:41.039><c> God</c><00:48:41.320><c> and</c><00:48:41.599><c> from</c><00:48:41.820><c> God</c><00:48:42.300><c> and</c><00:48:43.199><c> without</c><00:48:43.639><c> God</c><00:48:44.119><c> revealing</c>

00:48:44.539 --> 00:48:48.099
his<00:48:45.000><c> will</c><00:48:45.199><c> and</c><00:48:45.420><c> his</c><00:48:45.599><c> way</c><00:48:45.760><c> and</c><00:48:45.840><c> his</c><00:48:46.000><c> purpose</c><00:48:46.360><c> we</c><00:48:46.780><c> would</c><00:48:46.980><c> be</c><00:48:47.300><c> groping</c><00:48:47.820><c> in</c>

00:48:48.099 --> 00:48:48.460
darkness.

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We<00:48:48.659><c> would</c><00:48:48.820><c> have</c><00:48:49.039><c> no</c><00:48:49.380><c> confidence</c><00:48:50.039><c> in</c><00:48:50.780><c> the</c><00:48:50.960><c> things</c><00:48:51.139><c> that</c><00:48:51.400><c> we</c><00:48:51.659><c> believe.</c>

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The<00:48:53.219><c> truth</c><00:48:53.380><c> therefore</c><00:48:53.840><c> refers</c><00:48:54.260><c> to</c><00:48:54.500><c> the</c><00:48:54.699><c> things</c><00:48:54.900><c> that</c><00:48:55.079><c> God</c><00:48:55.260><c> has</c><00:48:55.539><c> revealed</c>

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to<00:48:56.000><c> us</c><00:48:56.900><c> through</c><00:48:57.420><c> his</c><00:48:57.780><c> chosen</c><00:48:58.300><c> spokesmen</c><00:48:58.880><c> and</c><00:48:58.940><c> we'll</c><00:48:59.139><c> talk</c><00:48:59.300><c> about</c>

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that<00:48:59.880><c> tomorrow</c><00:49:00.320><c> and</c><00:49:01.139><c> in</c><00:49:01.280><c> the</c><00:49:01.320><c> coming</c><00:49:01.579><c> days.</c>

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At<00:49:04.699><c> common</c><00:49:05.000><c> and</c><00:49:05.300><c> our</c><00:49:05.500><c> communities</c><00:49:05.860><c> first</c><00:49:06.340><c> and</c><00:49:06.559><c> only</c><00:49:06.719><c> objective</c><00:49:07.219><c> should</c>

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be<00:49:07.739><c> to</c><00:49:07.960><c> align</c><00:49:08.239><c> ourselves</c><00:49:08.760><c> with</c><00:49:09.079><c> this</c><00:49:09.500><c> purpose</c><00:49:09.880><c> of</c><00:49:10.139><c> God</c><00:49:10.420><c> as</c>

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it's<00:49:11.739><c> revealed</c>

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in<00:49:12.139><c> the</c><00:49:12.260><c> scriptures</c><00:49:12.519><c> and</c><00:49:12.760><c> every</c><00:49:12.960><c> time</c><00:49:13.099><c> this</c><00:49:13.360><c> concept</c><00:49:13.860><c> has</c>

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been<00:49:14.880><c> lost</c>

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or<00:49:15.599><c> forgotten</c><00:49:15.980><c> the</c><00:49:16.860><c> truth</c><00:49:17.260><c> has</c><00:49:17.699><c> been</c><00:49:18.059><c> lost.</c>

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Let<00:49:20.980><c> us</c><00:49:21.159><c> not</c><00:49:21.320><c> brothers</c><00:49:21.559><c> and</c><00:49:21.860><c> sisters</c><00:49:22.079><c> fall</c><00:49:22.340><c> into</c><00:49:22.500><c> the</c><00:49:22.719><c> same</c><00:49:22.940><c> way</c><00:49:23.199><c> of</c>

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error<00:49:23.639><c> which</c><00:49:24.320><c> others</c><00:49:24.699><c> have</c><00:49:24.980><c> fallen</c><00:49:25.119><c> into</c><00:49:25.420><c> and</c><00:49:25.739><c> lose</c><00:49:26.079><c> this</c><00:49:26.639><c> heritage.</c>

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It<00:49:27.440><c> is</c><00:49:28.219><c> very</c><00:49:28.679><c> precious</c><00:49:29.159><c> and</c><00:49:29.719><c> it's</c><00:49:29.940><c> very</c><00:49:30.260><c> valuable</c><00:49:30.539><c> every</c><00:49:30.820><c> time</c><00:49:31.000><c> it's</c>

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been<00:49:31.460><c> lost</c><00:49:32.059><c> before</c><00:49:33.079><c> the</c><00:49:33.599><c> truth</c><00:49:33.880><c> has</c><00:49:34.300><c> been</c><00:49:34.679><c> lost.</c>

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If<00:49:37.739><c> we</c><00:49:37.960><c> are</c><00:49:38.159><c> to</c><00:49:38.320><c> be</c><00:49:38.480><c> of</c><00:49:38.619><c> the</c><00:49:38.920><c> truth</c><00:49:39.400><c> we</c><00:49:40.500><c> need</c><00:49:40.699><c> to</c><00:49:40.860><c> both</c><00:49:41.099><c> know</c><00:49:41.599><c> and</c><00:49:42.039><c> trust</c>

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God<00:49:42.659><c> and</c><00:49:42.820><c> what</c><00:49:42.940><c> he</c><00:49:43.099><c> has</c><00:49:43.300><c> said</c><00:49:43.360><c> and</c><00:49:43.619><c> revealed</c><00:49:43.820><c> to</c><00:49:44.019><c> us.</c>

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We<00:49:45.000><c> need</c><00:49:45.179><c> to</c><00:49:45.380><c> show</c><00:49:45.519><c> that</c><00:49:46.039><c> in</c><00:49:46.340><c> our</c><00:49:46.500><c> actions.</c>

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We'll<00:49:48.619><c> continue</c><00:49:49.059><c> in</c><00:49:49.260><c> the</c><00:49:49.380><c> next</c><00:49:49.619><c> class</c><00:49:49.980><c> is</c><00:49:50.199><c> of</c><00:49:50.320><c> course</c><00:49:50.500><c> taking</c><00:49:50.880><c> this</c>

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subject<00:49:51.440><c> now.</c>

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We've<00:49:51.900><c> laid</c><00:49:52.000><c> this</c><00:49:52.260><c> platform</c><00:49:52.880><c> significantly</c><00:49:53.880><c> deeper.</c>