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subdued<00:15:28.120><c> kingdoms,</c><00:15:29.960><c> wrought</c><00:15:30.299><c> righteousness,</c><00:15:31.299><c> wrought</c><00:15:31.720><c> righteousness,</c><00:15:32.779><c> something</c><00:15:33.100><c> we're</c><00:15:33.500><c> capable</c><00:15:33.919><c> of</c><00:15:34.179><c> doing,</c>

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accepted<00:16:09.279><c> deliverance,</c><00:16:10.340><c> that</c><00:16:10.620><c> they</c><00:16:10.840><c> might</c><00:16:11.059><c> obtain</c>

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imprisonment.<00:16:31.240><c> They</c><00:16:31.360><c> were</c><00:16:31.639><c> stone,</c>

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and<00:16:37.679><c> goatskins</c><00:16:38.100><c> being</c><00:16:38.419><c> destitute,</c><00:16:39.159><c> afflicted</c><00:16:39.539><c> and</c><00:16:39.679><c> tormented,</c><00:16:40.259><c> of</c><00:16:40.399><c> whom</c>

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the<00:16:40.860><c> world</c><00:16:41.440><c> was</c><00:16:41.879><c> not</c><00:16:42.299><c> worthy.</c>

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They<00:16:43.240><c> wandered</c><00:16:43.539><c> in</c><00:16:43.799><c> deserts</c><00:16:44.200><c> and</c><00:16:44.279><c> mountains</c><00:16:44.659><c> and</c><00:16:44.940><c> dens</c><00:16:45.120><c> and</c>

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caves<00:16:45.559><c> of</c><00:16:45.759><c> the</c><00:16:45.919><c> earth.</c><00:16:46.500><c> And</c><00:16:46.700><c> these</c><00:16:46.919><c> all</c><00:16:47.179><c> having</c>

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obtained<00:16:47.759><c> a</c><00:16:48.059><c> good</c><00:16:48.240><c> report</c><00:16:48.779><c> through</c><00:16:49.460><c> faith</c><00:16:49.879><c> received</c><00:16:50.480><c> not</c><00:16:50.759><c> the</c>

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promises.<00:16:51.919><c> So</c><00:16:52.159><c> there</c><00:16:52.299><c> are</c><00:16:52.480><c> some</c><00:16:52.679><c> things</c><00:16:52.879><c> there</c><00:16:53.100><c> that,</c>

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thank<00:16:54.000><c> God,</c><00:16:54.299><c> none</c><00:16:54.460><c> of</c><00:16:54.580><c> us</c><00:16:54.720><c> have</c><00:16:54.860><c> ever</c><00:16:55.059><c> been</c><00:16:55.279><c> subjected</c><00:16:55.720><c> to.</c>

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But<00:16:56.100><c> there</c><00:16:56.279><c> are</c><00:16:56.379><c> other</c><00:16:56.539><c> things</c><00:16:56.759><c> that</c><00:16:56.919><c> we're</c><00:16:57.100><c> quite</c><00:16:57.399><c> capable</c>

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of<00:16:58.500><c> having</c><00:16:58.860><c> to</c><00:16:59.519><c> overcome</c><00:17:00.019><c> in</c><00:17:00.700><c> order</c><00:17:00.899><c> to</c><00:17:01.179><c> be</c><00:17:01.740><c> here</c><00:17:02.279><c> and</c><00:17:02.899><c> present</c>

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and<00:17:04.839><c> part</c><00:17:05.779><c> of</c><00:17:05.960><c> the</c><00:17:06.200><c> community,</c><00:17:07.599><c> hopefully,</c>

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of<00:17:08.180><c> saints.</c><00:17:09.359><c> So</c><00:17:09.599><c> now</c><00:17:09.779><c> I'd</c><00:17:09.960><c> like</c><00:17:09.980><c> to</c><00:17:10.180><c> take</c><00:17:10.299><c> a</c><00:17:10.420><c> little</c><00:17:10.559><c> bit</c><00:17:10.880><c> deeper</c><00:17:11.119><c> look</c>

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at<00:17:11.500><c> this</c><00:17:11.720><c> word</c><00:17:11.900><c> faith</c><00:17:12.259><c> as</c><00:17:12.460><c> it's</c><00:17:12.799><c> used</c><00:17:12.940><c> in</c>

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And<00:17:13.880><c> it</c><00:17:14.480><c> clearly</c><00:17:14.759><c> does</c><00:17:15.160><c> not</c><00:17:15.680><c> mean</c><00:17:16.019><c> here</c><00:17:17.440><c> principles</c><00:17:18.079><c> of</c><00:17:18.400><c> belief.</c><00:17:19.539><c> It</c><00:17:19.839><c> means</c><00:17:20.079><c> an</c>

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attitude<00:17:20.720><c> and</c><00:17:21.000><c> way</c><00:17:21.279><c> of</c><00:17:21.599><c> life,</c>

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of<00:17:22.380><c> putting</c><00:17:22.619><c> those</c><00:17:23.380><c> principles</c><00:17:24.039><c> into</c><00:17:24.500><c> action.</c><00:17:26.819><c> And</c><00:17:27.200><c> without</c>

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faith,<00:17:28.140><c> it</c><00:17:28.259><c> is</c><00:17:28.480><c> impossible</c><00:17:29.000><c> to</c><00:17:29.339><c> please</c><00:17:29.559><c> God,</c>

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becomes<00:17:30.960><c> actually</c><00:17:31.440><c> a</c><00:17:31.619><c> way</c><00:17:31.759><c> of</c><00:17:32.059><c> life</c><00:17:32.400><c> that</c><00:17:32.720><c> we</c><00:17:32.880><c> have</c><00:17:33.079><c> to</c><00:17:33.259><c> live</c><00:17:33.480><c> every</c><00:17:33.859><c> day.</c><00:17:35.200><c> Now</c><00:17:35.400><c> let's</c><00:17:35.559><c> take</c><00:17:35.799><c> a</c>

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look<00:17:35.980><c> at</c><00:17:36.140><c> a</c><00:17:36.279><c> few</c>

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places<00:17:37.920><c> which</c><00:17:38.180><c> I</c><00:17:38.359><c> think</c><00:17:38.640><c> sort</c><00:17:38.900><c> of</c><00:17:39.160><c> clarify</c><00:17:39.619><c> the</c><00:17:39.960><c> subject.</c><00:17:40.539><c> First,</c><00:17:40.819><c> go</c>

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to<00:17:41.240><c> Galatians</c><00:17:41.700><c> chapter</c><00:17:42.180><c> two,</c>

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verse<00:17:44.500><c> 16.</c><00:17:46.519><c> And</c><00:17:46.720><c> here</c><00:17:46.980><c> we</c><00:17:47.259><c> see</c><00:17:47.599><c> Paul</c><00:17:48.059><c> quoting</c><00:17:48.559><c> something</c><00:17:49.180><c> that</c>

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he<00:17:52.359><c> alludes</c><00:17:52.640><c> to</c><00:17:52.859><c> a</c><00:17:53.059><c> number</c><00:17:53.319><c> of</c><00:17:53.619><c> times</c><00:17:54.039><c> in</c><00:17:54.420><c> his</c><00:17:54.599><c> other</c>

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letters.<00:17:56.480><c> And</c><00:17:56.900><c> it</c><00:17:57.140><c> becomes</c><00:17:57.359><c> almost</c><00:17:57.660><c> a</c><00:17:57.900><c> central</c><00:17:58.339><c> theme</c><00:17:58.859><c> of</c><00:17:59.400><c> a</c><00:17:59.440><c> lot</c><00:17:59.599><c> of</c><00:17:59.839><c> Paul's</c><00:18:00.240><c> writings,</c><00:18:00.460><c> which</c><00:18:00.660><c> is</c><00:18:00.940><c> exactly</c><00:18:01.299><c> why</c><00:18:01.660><c> I</c>

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was<00:18:03.220><c> also</c><00:18:03.579><c> written</c><00:18:03.819><c> by</c><00:18:04.140><c> Paul,</c><00:18:05.519><c> or</c><00:18:05.880><c> at</c><00:18:06.000><c> least</c><00:18:06.420><c> dictated</c><00:18:06.940><c> by</c><00:18:07.200><c> Paul</c><00:18:07.420><c> to</c>

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someone<00:18:07.839><c> else.</c><00:18:09.059><c> Verse</c><00:18:09.200><c> 16</c><00:18:09.839><c> of</c><00:18:10.539><c> Galatians</c><00:18:11.019><c> 2,</c>

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knowing<00:18:12.180><c> that</c><00:18:12.579><c> a</c><00:18:12.819><c> man</c><00:18:13.079><c> is</c><00:18:13.440><c> not</c><00:18:13.839><c> justified</c><00:18:14.480><c> by</c><00:18:14.740><c> the</c><00:18:14.960><c> works</c><00:18:15.180><c> of</c>

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Even<00:18:21.079><c> we</c><00:18:21.500><c> have</c><00:18:21.680><c> believed</c><00:18:22.140><c> in</c><00:18:22.420><c> Jesus</c><00:18:22.759><c> Christ</c><00:18:23.319><c> that</c><00:18:24.059><c> we</c><00:18:24.279><c> might</c>

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be<00:18:24.839><c> justified</c><00:18:25.400><c> by</c><00:18:25.960><c> the</c><00:18:26.440><c> faith</c><00:18:26.819><c> of</c><00:18:27.160><c> Christ</c><00:18:27.500><c> and</c>

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not<00:18:27.880><c> by</c><00:18:28.119><c> the</c><00:18:28.319><c> works</c><00:18:28.500><c> of</c><00:18:28.680><c> the</c><00:18:28.819><c> law.</c><00:18:31.220><c> And</c><00:18:31.220><c> notice</c><00:18:33.359><c> here</c><00:18:33.559><c> the</c><00:18:33.799><c> article</c><00:18:34.220><c> is</c>

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belief.<00:18:40.759><c> And</c><00:18:40.880><c> he</c><00:18:41.019><c> actually</c>

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separates<00:18:41.759><c> the</c><00:18:42.059><c> belief</c><00:18:42.319><c> here,</c><00:18:42.559><c> right?</c><00:18:43.380><c> We</c><00:18:43.599><c> have</c><00:18:43.839><c> believed</c><00:18:44.339><c> in</c>

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Jesus<00:18:44.900><c> Christ.</c><00:18:45.960><c> And</c><00:18:46.180><c> so</c><00:18:46.319><c> here</c><00:18:46.519><c> is</c><00:18:46.779><c> wrapped</c><00:18:46.940><c> up</c>

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everything.<00:18:48.400><c> It's</c><00:18:48.700><c> the</c><00:18:48.960><c> principles</c><00:18:49.420><c> that</c><00:18:49.640><c> we</c><00:18:49.900><c> practice</c><00:18:50.539><c> and</c>

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it<00:18:51.539><c> is</c><00:18:51.759><c> the</c><00:18:52.079><c> belief</c><00:18:52.460><c> which</c><00:18:53.319><c> has</c><00:18:53.720><c> inspired</c><00:18:54.200><c> us</c><00:18:54.420><c> to</c>

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accept<00:18:54.880><c> those</c><00:18:55.160><c> principles.</c><00:18:57.799><c> Now</c><00:18:58.039><c> believing</c><00:18:58.259><c> in</c><00:18:58.460><c> Jesus</c><00:18:58.880><c> Christ</c><00:18:59.480><c> is</c><00:19:00.380><c> not</c><00:19:00.720><c> just</c><00:19:01.059><c> a</c>

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mere<00:19:01.519><c> assent</c><00:19:02.299><c> that</c><00:19:02.599><c> he</c><00:19:02.859><c> existed</c>

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and<00:19:03.500><c> was</c><00:19:03.680><c> a</c><00:19:03.839><c> good</c><00:19:03.980><c> man</c><00:19:04.380><c> and</c><00:19:04.480><c> was</c><00:19:04.680><c> the</c><00:19:04.839><c> son</c><00:19:04.960><c> of</c><00:19:05.180><c> God</c><00:19:05.599><c> and</c><00:19:06.019><c> we</c><00:19:06.240><c> put</c>

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on<00:19:06.579><c> that</c><00:19:06.839><c> name.</c><00:19:08.059><c> Here</c><00:19:08.200><c> he</c><00:19:08.400><c> clearly</c><00:19:08.720><c> states</c><00:19:09.000><c> that</c><00:19:09.240><c> that</c>

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faith<00:19:09.920><c> is</c><00:19:10.279><c> the</c><00:19:10.539><c> faith.</c><00:19:11.759><c> It's</c><00:19:11.900><c> everything</c><00:19:12.220><c> wrapped</c><00:19:12.559><c> up,</c><00:19:12.880><c> the</c>

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promises,<00:19:14.200><c> the</c><00:19:14.359><c> hope</c><00:19:14.480><c> of</c><00:19:14.640><c> the</c><00:19:14.819><c> kingdom,</c>

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the<00:19:16.140><c> resurrection,</c><00:19:16.799><c> and</c><00:19:17.000><c> the</c><00:19:17.140><c> life.</c><00:19:17.359><c> It's</c><00:19:17.539><c> all</c><00:19:17.839><c> that</c><00:19:18.079><c> wrapped</c>

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up<00:19:18.779><c> that</c><00:19:19.539><c> makes</c><00:19:19.779><c> us</c><00:19:20.980><c> believe</c><00:19:21.440><c> in</c><00:19:21.640><c> Jesus</c><00:19:22.019><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:19:22.740><c> carry</c><00:19:22.980><c> out</c><00:19:24.000><c> those</c><00:19:24.420><c> promises.</c><00:19:25.579><c> And</c><00:19:25.839><c> he</c><00:19:25.940><c> says</c><00:19:26.079><c> the</c><00:19:26.339><c> works</c>

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of<00:19:26.859><c> the</c><00:19:27.000><c> law</c><00:19:27.099><c> doesn't</c><00:19:27.420><c> justify</c><00:19:28.000><c> us.</c>

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And<00:19:29.640><c> that</c><00:19:30.000><c> was</c><00:19:30.220><c> a</c><00:19:30.559><c> problem</c><00:19:30.779><c> with</c><00:19:31.019><c> the</c><00:19:31.240><c> Pharisees.</c><00:19:31.920><c> It</c><00:19:32.019><c> was</c><00:19:32.380><c> a</c>

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really<00:19:33.220><c> bad</c><00:19:33.839><c> problem</c><00:19:34.220><c> with</c><00:19:34.400><c> the</c><00:19:34.579><c> Pharisees.</c><00:19:35.279><c> So</c><00:19:35.799><c> bad,</c>

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in<00:19:36.339><c> fact,</c><00:19:36.500><c> that</c><00:19:36.660><c> Jesus</c><00:19:37.019><c> at</c><00:19:37.400><c> one</c><00:19:37.660><c> point</c><00:19:37.859><c> says</c><00:19:38.299><c> to</c><00:19:39.619><c> the</c><00:19:39.880><c> crowd,</c>

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behave.<00:19:45.299><c> It's</c><00:19:45.880><c> in</c><00:19:46.299><c> Matthew</c><00:19:46.980><c> chapter</c><00:19:48.259><c> 23</c><00:19:49.380><c> verse</c><00:19:52.119><c> 1.</c><00:19:53.319><c> Then</c><00:19:53.579><c> spake</c><00:19:53.900><c> Jesus</c><00:19:54.299><c> to</c>

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saying,<00:19:57.200><c> the</c><00:19:57.240><c> scribes</c><00:19:57.660><c> and</c><00:19:57.799><c> the</c><00:19:58.039><c> Pharisees</c><00:19:58.500><c> sit</c><00:19:58.700><c> in</c><00:19:58.839><c> Moses'</c>

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seat.<00:20:00.319><c> All</c><00:20:00.559><c> therefore</c><00:20:01.019><c> whatsoever</c><00:20:01.539><c> they</c><00:20:01.880><c> bid</c><00:20:02.039><c> you</c><00:20:02.259><c> observe,</c>

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that<00:20:03.019><c> observe</c><00:20:03.440><c> and</c><00:20:03.960><c> do,</c><00:20:05.220><c> but</c><00:20:05.420><c> do</c><00:20:06.420><c> not</c><00:20:07.359><c> ye</c><00:20:07.859><c> after</c><00:20:08.640><c> their</c><00:20:09.339><c> works.</c>

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burdens<00:20:14.339><c> and</c><00:20:14.660><c> grievous</c><00:20:14.960><c> to</c><00:20:15.180><c> be</c><00:20:15.420><c> borne,</c><00:20:16.059><c> and</c><00:20:16.220><c> lay</c><00:20:16.400><c> them</c><00:20:16.559><c> on</c><00:20:16.700><c> men's</c><00:20:17.119><c> shoulders,</c><00:20:17.440><c> but</c>

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deserve<00:21:21.000><c> eternal</c><00:21:21.400><c> life?</c>

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live<00:21:33.279><c> for</c><00:21:33.599><c> eternity,</c><00:21:34.059><c> forever?</c>

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scripture<00:22:05.920><c> is</c><00:22:05.980><c> saying.</c><00:22:07.400><c> What</c><00:22:07.579><c> the</c><00:22:07.799><c> scriptures</c><00:22:08.059><c> are</c><00:22:08.319><c> saying</c>

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them.<00:23:17.920><c> It's</c><00:23:18.220><c> so</c><00:23:18.480><c> filled</c><00:23:18.619><c> with</c><00:23:18.819><c> people</c><00:23:19.079><c> who</c>

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acceptable.<00:23:26.220><c> That</c><00:23:26.660><c> we</c><00:23:26.839><c> can</c><00:23:27.380><c> develop</c><00:23:27.839><c> the</c><00:23:28.099><c> pharistitic</c><00:23:28.619><c> attitude</c><00:23:29.059><c> in</c>

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sometimes<00:23:36.299><c> if</c><00:23:36.500><c> that</c><00:23:36.740><c> attitude</c><00:23:37.019><c> comes</c><00:23:37.359><c> through</c><00:23:37.579><c> when</c><00:23:37.720><c> you're</c>

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trying<00:23:38.059><c> to</c><00:23:38.259><c> preach</c><00:23:38.400><c> the</c><00:23:38.599><c> gospel</c><00:23:38.920><c> to</c><00:23:39.140><c> someone</c><00:23:39.359><c> else,</c>

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or<00:23:40.099><c> if</c><00:23:40.220><c> it</c><00:23:40.279><c> comes</c><00:23:40.460><c> through</c><00:23:40.619><c> in</c><00:23:40.759><c> the</c><00:23:40.880><c> kind</c><00:23:41.019><c> of</c><00:23:41.240><c> life</c><00:23:41.400><c> you</c><00:23:41.680><c> live,</c>

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they're<00:23:42.920><c> going</c><00:23:43.019><c> to</c><00:23:43.119><c> see</c><00:23:43.259><c> right</c><00:23:43.539><c> through</c><00:23:43.720><c> it.</c>

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They're<00:23:45.240><c> going</c><00:23:45.339><c> to</c><00:23:45.440><c> think</c><00:23:45.579><c> we're</c><00:23:45.759><c> just</c><00:23:45.980><c> a</c><00:23:46.119><c> bunch</c><00:23:46.299><c> of</c><00:23:46.579><c> hypocrites.</c><00:23:47.759><c> They're</c>

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going<00:23:48.039><c> to</c><00:23:48.180><c> think</c><00:23:48.299><c> that</c><00:23:48.500><c> geez,</c>

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those<00:23:48.880><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:23:49.519><c> they</c><00:23:49.740><c> think</c><00:23:49.880><c> they're</c><00:23:50.119><c> so</c><00:23:50.380><c> wonderful.</c><00:23:50.720><c> They</c>

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think<00:23:51.039><c> they</c><00:23:51.259><c> know</c><00:23:51.460><c> everything.</c>

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It<00:23:53.700><c> even</c><00:23:54.000><c> comes</c><00:23:54.240><c> through</c><00:23:54.460><c> sometimes</c><00:23:54.880><c> to</c><00:23:55.079><c> our</c><00:23:55.180><c> young</c><00:23:55.400><c> people.</c>

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I<00:23:56.299><c> was</c><00:23:56.460><c> teaching</c><00:23:56.759><c> a</c><00:23:56.940><c> Bible</c><00:23:57.180><c> school</c><00:23:57.400><c> in</c><00:23:57.579><c> another</c>

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country<00:23:58.339><c> and</c><00:23:58.960><c> one</c><00:23:59.140><c> of</c><00:23:59.259><c> the</c><00:23:59.400><c> young</c><00:23:59.579><c> people</c><00:23:59.880><c> said</c><00:24:00.099><c> to</c><00:24:00.299><c> me,</c><00:24:00.900><c> well,</c>

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the<00:24:01.539><c> Christadelphian</c><00:24:01.980><c> faith</c><00:24:02.259><c> is</c><00:24:02.460><c> just</c><00:24:02.680><c> hypocritical.</c>

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You<00:24:04.940><c> know,</c><00:24:04.940><c> I</c><00:24:05.039><c> was</c><00:24:05.240><c> taken</c><00:24:05.420><c> back</c><00:24:05.680><c> a</c><00:24:05.799><c> little</c><00:24:05.960><c> bit</c><00:24:06.099><c> and</c><00:24:06.200><c> I</c><00:24:06.339><c> said,</c><00:24:06.420><c> well,</c><00:24:06.660><c> I</c>

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don't<00:24:07.039><c> agree</c><00:24:07.279><c> with</c><00:24:07.500><c> you.</c>

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He<00:24:08.759><c> says,</c><00:24:08.920><c> well,</c><00:24:09.140><c> look</c><00:24:09.380><c> at</c><00:24:09.500><c> all</c><00:24:09.640><c> the</c><00:24:09.779><c> things</c><00:24:09.900><c> those</c><00:24:10.140><c> people</c><00:24:10.440><c> do.</c><00:24:11.079><c> I</c>

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says,<00:24:11.559><c> well,</c><00:24:11.740><c> I</c><00:24:12.319><c> can</c><00:24:12.519><c> see</c><00:24:12.720><c> that.</c><00:24:12.960><c> He</c><00:24:13.099><c> says,</c>

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well,<00:24:13.579><c> there,</c><00:24:13.880><c> that</c><00:24:13.880><c> proves</c><00:24:14.160><c> the</c><00:24:14.359><c> Christadelphian</c><00:24:14.880><c> faith</c><00:24:15.119><c> is</c>

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hypocritical.<00:24:16.339><c> I</c><00:24:16.539><c> said,</c><00:24:16.799><c> no,</c><00:24:17.240><c> quite</c><00:24:17.420><c> the</c><00:24:17.660><c> contrary.</c>

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You<00:24:18.160><c> just</c><00:24:18.440><c> proved</c><00:24:18.660><c> that</c><00:24:18.799><c> all</c><00:24:18.940><c> the</c><00:24:19.099><c> people</c><00:24:19.259><c> are</c><00:24:19.460><c> hypocritical.</c>

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There<00:24:21.339><c> is</c><00:24:21.559><c> nothing</c><00:24:21.799><c> hypocritical</c>

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about<00:24:22.680><c> the</c><00:24:22.819><c> Christadelphian</c><00:24:23.380><c> faith</c><00:24:23.680><c> at</c><00:24:23.920><c> all.</c><00:24:24.859><c> The</c><00:24:25.079><c> principles</c><00:24:25.440><c> that</c><00:24:25.660><c> we</c>

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practice<00:24:26.200><c> have</c><00:24:26.460><c> probably</c><00:24:26.819><c> lasted</c>

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longer<00:24:27.500><c> than</c><00:24:27.700><c> any</c><00:24:27.940><c> other</c><00:24:28.180><c> group</c><00:24:28.339><c> that</c><00:24:28.539><c> has</c><00:24:28.740><c> come</c><00:24:28.980><c> to</c><00:24:29.140><c> an</c><00:24:29.240><c> realization</c><00:24:29.819><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:30.180><c> truth.</c><00:24:32.160><c> But</c><00:24:32.420><c> that</c><00:24:32.559><c> doesn't</c>

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guarantee<00:24:33.279><c> that</c><00:24:33.500><c> the</c><00:24:33.680><c> people</c><00:24:33.900><c> who</c><00:24:34.200><c> practice</c><00:24:34.519><c> it</c><00:24:35.039><c> are</c><00:24:36.980><c> not</c><00:24:37.200><c> hypocritical.</c><00:24:38.019><c> And</c>

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so<00:24:38.299><c> I</c><00:24:38.519><c> gave</c><00:24:38.700><c> this</c><00:24:38.920><c> kid</c><00:24:39.039><c> the</c>

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standard<00:24:39.480><c> answer.</c><00:24:39.960><c> Well,</c><00:24:40.500><c> you</c><00:24:40.559><c> might</c><00:24:40.700><c> as</c><00:24:40.819><c> well</c><00:24:40.920><c> join.</c><00:24:41.200><c> One</c><00:24:41.359><c> more</c><00:24:41.539><c> hypocrite</c><00:24:41.940><c> is</c>

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not<00:24:42.240><c> going</c><00:24:42.359><c> to</c><00:24:42.480><c> make</c><00:24:42.599><c> any</c><00:24:42.880><c> difference.</c>

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You<00:24:44.920><c> know,</c><00:24:45.119><c> we're</c><00:24:45.220><c> all</c><00:24:45.460><c> hypocritical</c><00:24:46.019><c> to</c><00:24:46.279><c> some</c><00:24:46.579><c> sense</c><00:24:46.839><c> at</c><00:24:47.039><c> one</c>

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point<00:24:47.539><c> or</c><00:24:47.740><c> other</c><00:24:47.920><c> in</c><00:24:48.079><c> our</c><00:24:48.259><c> lives.</c><00:24:48.700><c> Who</c><00:24:49.000><c> is</c><00:24:49.299><c> there</c>

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among<00:24:49.700><c> us</c><00:24:49.859><c> who</c><00:24:50.039><c> hasn't</c><00:24:50.359><c> made</c><00:24:50.599><c> a</c><00:24:50.880><c> fault?</c><00:24:52.259><c> That</c><00:24:52.500><c> is</c><00:24:52.779><c> not</c><00:24:53.079><c> the</c><00:24:53.400><c> fault</c><00:24:53.579><c> of</c>

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what<00:24:53.980><c> we</c><00:24:54.359><c> believe</c><00:24:54.660><c> or</c><00:24:54.839><c> what</c><00:24:55.039><c> we</c><00:24:55.339><c> teach.</c>

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That's<00:24:56.480><c> the</c><00:24:56.720><c> fault</c><00:24:56.880><c> of</c><00:24:57.099><c> our</c><00:24:57.240><c> own</c><00:24:57.400><c> human</c><00:24:57.640><c> nature,</c><00:24:57.980><c> our</c><00:24:58.099><c> own</c><00:24:58.400><c> character,</c><00:24:58.759><c> where</c><00:24:58.880><c> we</c>

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fail<00:24:59.440><c> from</c><00:24:59.720><c> time</c><00:24:59.920><c> to</c><00:25:00.119><c> time.</c>

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And<00:25:01.539><c> so</c><00:25:01.579><c> when</c><00:25:01.720><c> people</c><00:25:02.000><c> say</c><00:25:02.259><c> that</c><00:25:02.460><c> the</c><00:25:02.660><c> faith</c><00:25:02.799><c> is</c><00:25:03.019><c> hypocritical,</c><00:25:03.539><c> they're</c><00:25:03.700><c> just</c>

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wrong.<00:25:04.099><c> Don't</c><00:25:04.380><c> accept</c>

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that.<00:25:06.119><c> Just</c><00:25:06.359><c> tell</c><00:25:06.500><c> them</c><00:25:06.559><c> that's</c><00:25:06.839><c> not</c><00:25:07.079><c> right.</c><00:25:08.339><c> You</c><00:25:08.680><c> cannot</c><00:25:09.059><c> blame</c><00:25:09.420><c> my</c>

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failing<00:25:10.259><c> on</c><00:25:10.759><c> the</c><00:25:11.019><c> faith,</c><00:25:11.339><c> the</c><00:25:11.640><c> gospel</c><00:25:12.079><c> message</c>

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that<00:25:12.700><c> Jesus</c><00:25:13.119><c> Christ</c><00:25:13.480><c> has</c><00:25:13.779><c> taught.</c><00:25:14.460><c> Because</c><00:25:14.759><c> as</c><00:25:15.039><c> a</c><00:25:15.339><c> community,</c>

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we<00:25:16.440><c> are</c><00:25:17.380><c> teaching</c><00:25:17.759><c> it</c><00:25:18.140><c> as</c><00:25:18.519><c> best</c><00:25:18.799><c> we</c><00:25:19.140><c> can</c>

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in<00:25:20.339><c> a</c><00:25:20.539><c> way</c><00:25:20.660><c> that</c><00:25:20.799><c> has</c><00:25:21.039><c> been</c><00:25:21.279><c> preserved</c><00:25:21.680><c> for</c><00:25:21.940><c> as</c><00:25:22.200><c> long</c><00:25:22.440><c> as</c><00:25:22.799><c> possible.</c><00:25:24.119><c> And</c>

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that<00:25:24.680><c> from</c><00:25:24.960><c> time</c><00:25:25.220><c> to</c><00:25:25.400><c> time</c><00:25:25.619><c> people</c><00:25:26.019><c> fail</c>

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in<00:25:26.660><c> its</c><00:25:26.819><c> perfect</c><00:25:27.259><c> practice</c><00:25:27.839><c> is</c><00:25:29.099><c> human</c><00:25:29.400><c> nature.</c><00:25:30.039><c> That's</c><00:25:30.279><c> what</c>

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we're<00:25:30.619><c> here</c><00:25:30.799><c> to</c><00:25:31.059><c> conquer.</c><00:25:32.900><c> If</c><00:25:33.279><c> this</c><00:25:33.599><c> was</c><00:25:33.819><c> a</c><00:25:34.059><c> perfect</c>

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community,<00:25:38.420><c> aside</c><00:25:38.920><c> from</c><00:25:39.140><c> being</c><00:25:39.319><c> boring,</c><00:25:41.099><c> if</c><00:25:41.299><c> it</c><00:25:41.539><c> were</c><00:25:41.740><c> a</c><00:25:41.859><c> perfect</c><00:25:42.279><c> community,</c><00:25:43.799><c> would</c><00:25:43.940><c> there</c><00:25:44.160><c> be</c>

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any<00:25:44.740><c> need</c>

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for<00:25:45.980><c> the</c><00:25:46.160><c> gospel?</c><00:25:48.640><c> Would</c><00:25:48.839><c> we</c><00:25:49.140><c> really</c><00:25:49.500><c> need</c><00:25:49.940><c> the</c><00:25:50.220><c> salvation</c><00:25:50.859><c> by</c>

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grace<00:25:51.920><c> that</c><00:25:52.180><c> Jesus</c><00:25:52.579><c> Christ</c><00:25:52.940><c> has</c><00:25:53.240><c> offered?</c>

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I<00:25:56.140><c> think</c><00:25:56.359><c> not.</c><00:25:59.519><c> And</c><00:25:59.599><c> now</c><00:26:00.160><c> Paul</c><00:26:00.420><c> makes</c><00:26:00.720><c> this</c><00:26:01.019><c> point</c><00:26:01.240><c> so</c><00:26:01.539><c> many</c><00:26:01.779><c> times</c><00:26:02.099><c> over.</c><00:26:02.400><c> In</c>

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fact,<00:26:02.799><c> he's</c><00:26:03.359><c> really</c><00:26:03.740><c> quoting</c>

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here<00:26:04.279><c> as</c><00:26:04.420><c> he</c><00:26:04.539><c> is</c><00:26:04.660><c> a</c><00:26:04.779><c> number</c><00:26:04.980><c> of</c><00:26:05.160><c> other</c><00:26:05.380><c> times</c><00:26:05.599><c> in</c><00:26:05.759><c> the</c><00:26:05.819><c> New</c><00:26:06.000><c> Testament</c><00:26:06.500><c> from</c>

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the<00:26:07.799><c> prophet</c><00:26:08.119><c> Habakkuk.</c><00:26:09.180><c> And</c><00:26:09.380><c> go</c><00:26:09.500><c> back</c>

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to<00:26:09.940><c> that</c><00:26:10.599><c> chapter.</c><00:26:11.779><c> It's</c><00:26:12.299><c> chapter</c><00:26:12.759><c> two.</c><00:26:15.180><c> And</c><00:26:15.319><c> the</c><00:26:16.299><c> verse</c><00:26:16.579><c> is</c>

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slightly<00:26:18.460><c> misquoted</c><00:26:19.299><c> by</c><00:26:19.579><c> Paul,</c><00:26:20.140><c> actually.</c>

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Quite<00:26:24.559><c> deliberately,</c><00:26:25.140><c> I</c><00:26:25.380><c> believe.</c><00:26:26.700><c> Chapter</c><00:26:27.019><c> two,</c><00:26:27.819><c> verse</c><00:26:28.599><c> four.</c>

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Habakkuk<00:26:32.839><c> writing</c><00:26:33.180><c> in</c><00:26:33.359><c> an</c><00:26:33.660><c> age</c><00:26:33.960><c> when</c><00:26:34.200><c> the</c><00:26:34.480><c> Jews</c><00:26:34.740><c> had</c><00:26:35.019><c> turned</c>

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their<00:26:35.519><c> back</c><00:26:35.720><c> on</c><00:26:35.940><c> God,</c><00:26:36.740><c> when</c><00:26:37.220><c> they</c><00:26:37.400><c> had</c><00:26:37.680><c> forsaken</c>

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the<00:26:38.559><c> faith.</c><00:26:39.460><c> And</c><00:26:39.539><c> he</c><00:26:39.660><c> says,</c><00:26:40.019><c> behold,</c><00:26:41.059><c> his</c><00:26:41.359><c> soul</c><00:26:41.640><c> which</c><00:26:41.880><c> is</c><00:26:42.119><c> lifted</c><00:26:42.319><c> up</c>

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is<00:26:42.740><c> not</c><00:26:42.980><c> upright</c><00:26:43.359><c> in</c><00:26:43.640><c> him,</c><00:26:44.519><c> but</c><00:26:44.779><c> the</c><00:26:45.119><c> just</c><00:26:45.460><c> shall</c>

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live<00:26:46.359><c> by</c><00:26:47.180><c> his</c><00:26:48.000><c> faith.</c><00:26:49.880><c> And</c><00:26:50.079><c> notice</c><00:26:50.299><c> that</c><00:26:50.660><c> the</c><00:26:51.059><c> just</c><00:26:51.519><c> shall</c><00:26:51.880><c> live</c><00:26:52.220><c> by</c>

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his<00:26:53.559><c> faith.</c><00:26:54.599><c> And</c><00:26:54.839><c> now</c><00:26:55.099><c> turn</c><00:26:55.279><c> back</c><00:26:55.519><c> to</c><00:26:55.700><c> the</c><00:26:55.819><c> New</c>

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Testament<00:26:56.579><c> and</c><00:26:57.720><c> look</c><00:26:58.079><c> at</c><00:26:58.259><c> several</c><00:26:58.519><c> other</c><00:26:58.740><c> places</c><00:26:59.099><c> where</c><00:26:59.359><c> Paul</c>

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makes<00:27:00.240><c> the</c><00:27:00.559><c> same</c><00:27:01.700><c> reference.</c><00:27:02.259><c> Romans</c><00:27:02.579><c> 1</c><00:27:02.859><c> and</c><00:27:03.039><c> 17.</c>

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For<00:27:10.160><c> therein</c><00:27:10.619><c> is</c><00:27:10.799><c> the</c><00:27:11.019><c> righteousness</c><00:27:11.380><c> of</c><00:27:11.619><c> God</c><00:27:11.859><c> revealed</c><00:27:12.240><c> from</c>

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faith<00:27:12.880><c> to</c><00:27:13.140><c> faith</c><00:27:13.339><c> as</c><00:27:13.619><c> it</c><00:27:13.759><c> is</c><00:27:13.960><c> written,</c>

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the<00:27:14.779><c> just</c><00:27:15.220><c> shall</c><00:27:15.519><c> live</c><00:27:16.059><c> by</c><00:27:16.599><c> faith.</c><00:27:17.799><c> And</c><00:27:18.039><c> notice</c><00:27:18.200><c> he</c><00:27:18.440><c> leaves</c>

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out<00:27:19.019><c> the</c><00:27:19.200><c> word</c><00:27:19.599><c> his</c><00:27:20.240><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:27:22.960><c> again,</c><00:27:23.579><c> in</c><00:27:23.660><c> Romans</c><00:27:24.079><c> 3</c><00:27:26.140><c> and</c><00:27:26.480><c> 28,</c><00:27:26.960><c> he</c><00:27:27.279><c> paraphrases</c><00:27:27.859><c> it</c><00:27:28.160><c> again.</c><00:27:28.920><c> Therefore,</c><00:27:29.559><c> we</c><00:27:29.559><c> conclude</c><00:27:30.099><c> that</c><00:27:30.279><c> a</c>

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man<00:27:30.599><c> is</c>

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justified<00:27:31.460><c> by</c><00:27:31.920><c> faith</c><00:27:32.700><c> without</c><00:27:33.819><c> the</c><00:27:34.200><c> deeds</c><00:27:34.400><c> of</c><00:27:34.579><c> the</c><00:27:34.720><c> law.</c><00:27:34.940><c> He</c><00:27:35.119><c> leaves</c><00:27:35.400><c> out</c><00:27:35.599><c> again</c><00:27:36.019><c> his</c><00:27:36.619><c> faith.</c><00:27:37.759><c> Galatians</c><00:27:38.279><c> 3</c>

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and<00:27:38.759><c> 11,</c>

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another<00:27:41.240><c> example</c><00:27:41.779><c> of</c><00:27:41.920><c> him</c><00:27:42.160><c> quoting</c><00:27:42.880><c> from</c><00:27:43.759><c> the</c><00:27:43.980><c> prophet</c><00:27:44.259><c> Habakkuk.</c>

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But<00:27:49.200><c> that</c><00:27:49.519><c> no</c><00:27:49.779><c> man</c><00:27:50.000><c> is</c><00:27:50.259><c> justified</c><00:27:50.779><c> by</c><00:27:51.039><c> the</c><00:27:51.220><c> law</c><00:27:51.359><c> in</c><00:27:51.519><c> the</c><00:27:51.700><c> sight</c>

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of<00:27:52.039><c> God</c><00:27:52.200><c> is</c><00:27:52.480><c> evident,</c><00:27:53.099><c> for</c><00:27:53.319><c> the</c><00:27:53.599><c> just</c><00:27:53.779><c> shall</c><00:27:54.119><c> live</c>

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by<00:27:55.319><c> faith.</c><00:27:56.599><c> In</c><00:27:56.799><c> every</c><00:27:57.119><c> case,</c><00:27:57.559><c> he</c><00:27:57.720><c> leaves</c><00:27:58.000><c> out</c><00:27:58.660><c> the</c><00:27:58.920><c> pronoun</c><00:27:59.380><c> his.</c><00:28:01.559><c> Why?</c><00:28:03.539><c> Well,</c><00:28:03.859><c> again,</c><00:28:04.299><c> turn</c><00:28:04.579><c> to</c>

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Hebrews<00:28:05.180><c> chapter</c><00:28:05.579><c> 11,</c>

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because<00:28:06.519><c> he</c><00:28:06.759><c> quotes</c><00:28:06.920><c> it</c><00:28:07.160><c> again.</c><00:28:07.880><c> This</c><00:28:08.119><c> is</c><00:28:08.279><c> another</c><00:28:08.400><c> one</c><00:28:08.680><c> of</c><00:28:08.779><c> those</c><00:28:09.019><c> little</c><00:28:09.299><c> instances</c><00:28:09.779><c> where</c><00:28:10.119><c> I</c>

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believe<00:28:11.119><c> it</c><00:28:11.579><c> gives</c>

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the<00:28:12.079><c> clue</c><00:28:12.180><c> that</c><00:28:12.420><c> Paul</c><00:28:12.700><c> was</c><00:28:12.900><c> the</c><00:28:13.079><c> author,</c><00:28:13.880><c> because</c><00:28:14.019><c> this</c><00:28:14.259><c> seemed</c><00:28:14.440><c> to</c><00:28:14.619><c> be</c>

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his<00:28:15.000><c> favorite</c><00:28:15.660><c> quote,</c><00:28:16.980><c> favorite</c><00:28:17.380><c> thread</c>

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of<00:28:17.920><c> thought</c><00:28:18.119><c> through</c><00:28:18.759><c> many,</c><00:28:19.640><c> many</c><00:28:19.640><c> letters.</c><00:28:20.640><c> And</c><00:28:20.740><c> in</c><00:28:20.900><c> Hebrews</c>

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10<00:28:21.660><c> verse</c><00:28:22.200><c> 38,</c><00:28:23.380><c> he</c><00:28:23.559><c> quotes</c><00:28:24.000><c> Habakkuk</c><00:28:24.559><c> again.</c>

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And<00:28:26.220><c> he</c><00:28:26.279><c> says,</c><00:28:26.960><c> now</c><00:28:27.099><c> the</c><00:28:27.380><c> just</c><00:28:27.559><c> shall</c><00:28:27.799><c> live</c><00:28:28.160><c> by</c><00:28:28.799><c> faith.</c><00:28:31.380><c> And</c><00:28:31.700><c> if</c>

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you<00:28:31.920><c> look</c><00:28:32.059><c> at</c><00:28:32.240><c> several</c><00:28:32.519><c> other</c><00:28:32.960><c> references</c><00:28:33.380><c> in</c>

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Corinthians<00:28:34.160><c> and</c><00:28:34.440><c> again</c><00:28:34.720><c> somewhere</c><00:28:35.059><c> else</c><00:28:35.299><c> in</c><00:28:35.500><c> Galatians</c><00:28:35.880><c> 5</c><00:28:36.359><c> and</c><00:28:36.720><c> in</c><00:28:37.680><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:28:38.339><c> 6,</c><00:28:39.259><c> 16,</c><00:28:39.799><c> he</c><00:28:40.079><c> paraphrases</c><00:28:40.660><c> that.</c>

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In<00:28:41.119><c> every</c><00:28:41.700><c> single</c><00:28:42.119><c> case,</c><00:28:42.539><c> he</c><00:28:42.539><c> leaves</c><00:28:42.799><c> out</c><00:28:43.099><c> the</c><00:28:43.220><c> pronoun</c><00:28:43.599><c> his.</c>

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And<00:28:45.420><c> I</c><00:28:45.480><c> think</c><00:28:45.640><c> the</c><00:28:45.859><c> answer</c><00:28:46.240><c> is</c><00:28:47.019><c> because</c><00:28:47.500><c> the</c><00:28:47.839><c> just</c>

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shall<00:28:48.440><c> live</c><00:28:48.640><c> by</c><00:28:49.039><c> his</c><00:28:49.500><c> faith</c><00:28:49.779><c> is</c><00:28:50.059><c> a</c><00:28:50.279><c> reference</c><00:28:50.500><c> to</c><00:28:50.680><c> the</c><00:28:50.799><c> Messiah.</c><00:28:52.559><c> The</c><00:28:52.759><c> his</c>

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is<00:28:53.279><c> Jesus</c><00:28:53.720><c> Christ.</c><00:28:55.220><c> And</c><00:28:55.440><c> we</c><00:28:55.740><c> live</c>

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through<00:28:56.660><c> Jesus</c><00:28:57.180><c> Christ.</c><00:28:57.539><c> It</c><00:28:57.660><c> is</c><00:28:57.799><c> Jesus</c><00:28:58.220><c> Christ</c><00:28:58.500><c> who</c><00:28:58.720><c> has</c><00:28:59.599><c> crucified</c><00:29:00.480><c> the</c>

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law<00:29:02.079><c> on</c><00:29:03.279><c> the</c><00:29:03.519><c> cross.</c><00:29:05.119><c> It</c><00:29:05.339><c> is</c><00:29:05.539><c> Jesus</c><00:29:05.960><c> Christ</c>

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who<00:29:06.279><c> has</c><00:29:06.579><c> provided</c><00:29:06.980><c> a</c><00:29:07.319><c> way</c><00:29:07.779><c> to</c><00:29:08.619><c> cover</c><00:29:08.920><c> those</c><00:29:09.279><c> sins</c><00:29:09.640><c> which</c><00:29:09.859><c> were</c>

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not<00:29:10.460><c> possible</c><00:29:10.920><c> to</c><00:29:11.099><c> be</c><00:29:11.299><c> covered</c><00:29:11.500><c> under</c><00:29:11.779><c> the</c><00:29:11.940><c> law</c><00:29:12.099><c> of</c>

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Moses.<00:29:14.400><c> It</c><00:29:14.539><c> is</c><00:29:14.740><c> through</c><00:29:14.960><c> Jesus</c><00:29:15.400><c> Christ</c><00:29:15.759><c> and</c><00:29:16.119><c> faith</c><00:29:16.440><c> in</c><00:29:16.619><c> him</c><00:29:16.779><c> that</c><00:29:16.960><c> we</c>

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get<00:29:17.500><c> the</c><00:29:17.720><c> rest</c><00:29:17.940><c> of</c><00:29:18.160><c> the</c><00:29:18.299><c> way</c><00:29:18.680><c> when</c><00:29:19.119><c> we</c><00:29:19.500><c> fail,</c>

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as<00:29:20.720><c> long</c><00:29:21.099><c> as</c><00:29:21.339><c> we</c><00:29:21.559><c> lift</c><00:29:21.799><c> ourselves</c><00:29:22.339><c> up,</c><00:29:23.440><c> repent,</c><00:29:24.500><c> and</c><00:29:24.720><c> walk</c><00:29:24.900><c> anew.</c><00:29:26.240><c> And</c>

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so<00:29:26.640><c> it</c><00:29:26.720><c> is</c><00:29:27.180><c> not</c><00:29:27.400><c> necessary</c><00:29:27.980><c> for</c><00:29:28.240><c> Paul</c>

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to<00:29:28.740><c> put</c><00:29:29.000><c> in</c><00:29:29.200><c> the</c><00:29:29.319><c> his</c><00:29:29.500><c> because</c><00:29:29.880><c> Christ</c><00:29:30.240><c> was</c><00:29:30.519><c> now</c><00:29:30.859><c> there.</c><00:29:32.000><c> Every</c>

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focus<00:29:32.920><c> of</c><00:29:33.279><c> every</c><00:29:33.640><c> letter</c><00:29:33.920><c> of</c><00:29:34.180><c> every</c><00:29:34.599><c> word</c><00:29:34.859><c> that</c>

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he<00:29:35.440><c> wrote</c><00:29:35.440><c> was</c><00:29:35.940><c> wrapped</c><00:29:36.299><c> up</c><00:29:36.700><c> in</c><00:29:36.960><c> Jesus</c><00:29:37.460><c> Christ</c><00:29:41.359><c> to</c><00:29:48.619><c> be</c><00:29:48.680><c> completed.</c><00:29:50.400><c> And</c><00:29:50.660><c> so</c>

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one<00:29:51.000><c> of</c><00:29:51.140><c> the</c><00:29:51.299><c> things</c><00:29:51.460><c> we</c><00:29:51.619><c> have</c><00:29:51.839><c> to</c>

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bear<00:29:52.180><c> in</c><00:29:52.380><c> mind</c><00:29:52.539><c> as</c><00:29:52.740><c> we</c><00:29:52.960><c> go</c><00:29:53.160><c> through</c><00:29:53.339><c> this</c><00:29:53.599><c> week,</c><00:29:53.819><c> and</c><00:29:54.039><c> we're</c><00:29:54.240><c> going</c><00:29:54.440><c> to</c>

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look<00:29:54.940><c> at</c><00:29:55.059><c> the</c><00:29:55.380><c> lives</c><00:29:55.859><c> of</c><00:29:56.480><c> a</c><00:29:56.660><c> number</c><00:29:56.859><c> of</c><00:29:57.119><c> people,</c>

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not<00:29:57.599><c> mentioned</c><00:29:58.000><c> in</c><00:29:58.240><c> Hebrews</c><00:29:58.660><c> 11,</c><00:30:00.380><c> but</c><00:30:00.460><c> who</c><00:30:00.660><c> were</c><00:30:00.920><c> men</c><00:30:01.240><c> or</c><00:30:01.599><c> women</c><00:30:01.940><c> of</c>

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faith<00:30:02.940><c> and</c><00:30:03.779><c> who</c><00:30:03.940><c> took</c><00:30:04.099><c> on</c><00:30:04.339><c> that</c><00:30:04.640><c> spirit,</c>

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who<00:30:06.119><c> looked</c><00:30:06.359><c> ahead</c><00:30:06.740><c> through</c><00:30:07.700><c> the</c><00:30:08.920><c> law,</c><00:30:10.019><c> through</c><00:30:10.140><c> the</c><00:30:10.319><c> fulfilling</c><00:30:10.720><c> of</c><00:30:10.980><c> it</c>

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in<00:30:11.700><c> his</c><00:30:12.059><c> faith,</c><00:30:12.720><c> the</c><00:30:12.940><c> faith</c><00:30:13.119><c> in</c><00:30:13.299><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ.<00:30:15.119><c> And</c><00:30:15.299><c> now</c><00:30:15.420><c> we</c><00:30:15.539><c> say,</c><00:30:15.799><c> well,</c><00:30:15.819><c> how</c><00:30:15.940><c> do</c><00:30:16.079><c> we</c><00:30:16.180><c> get</c><00:30:16.400><c> this</c><00:30:16.740><c> faith?</c><00:30:17.259><c> Where</c><00:30:17.420><c> does</c>

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it<00:30:17.819><c> come</c><00:30:18.079><c> from?</c>

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That<00:30:20.640><c> we</c><00:30:20.740><c> suddenly</c><00:30:21.019><c> wake</c><00:30:21.279><c> up</c><00:30:21.480><c> one</c><00:30:21.680><c> morning</c><00:30:21.960><c> and</c><00:30:22.099><c> we</c><00:30:22.359><c> feel,</c><00:30:22.619><c> wow,</c><00:30:22.839><c> we're</c><00:30:23.059><c> going</c><00:30:23.059><c> to</c>

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be<00:30:23.339><c> faithful</c><00:30:23.619><c> people.</c>

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Well,<00:30:25.039><c> the</c><00:30:25.180><c> scriptures</c><00:30:25.519><c> gives</c><00:30:25.799><c> us</c><00:30:26.220><c> tremendous</c><00:30:26.740><c> guides</c><00:30:27.140><c> on</c><00:30:27.400><c> how</c><00:30:27.579><c> to</c>

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do<00:30:27.960><c> this,</c>

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how<00:30:28.819><c> to</c><00:30:28.980><c> go</c><00:30:29.240><c> about</c><00:30:29.440><c> it.</c><00:30:30.079><c> And</c><00:30:30.339><c> it</c><00:30:30.420><c> starts</c><00:30:30.539><c> in</c><00:30:30.759><c> a</c><00:30:30.859><c> very</c><00:30:31.200><c> elementary</c><00:30:31.660><c> way.</c><00:30:32.680><c> Turn</c>

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back<00:30:33.259><c> to</c><00:30:33.619><c> Romans</c><00:30:33.960><c> chapter</c><00:30:34.460><c> 10.</c>

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And<00:30:39.039><c> the</c><00:30:39.680><c> admonition</c><00:30:40.299><c> there</c><00:30:40.500><c> is</c><00:30:40.700><c> very</c><00:30:41.200><c> simple.</c><00:30:43.319><c> Romans</c><00:30:43.640><c> chapter</c><00:30:44.059><c> 10,</c>

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verse<00:30:45.180><c> 17.</c>

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So<00:30:47.559><c> then</c><00:30:48.039><c> faith</c><00:30:48.779><c> cometh</c><00:30:49.339><c> by</c><00:30:49.759><c> hearing</c><00:30:50.359><c> and</c><00:30:51.380><c> hearing</c><00:30:51.700><c> by</c><00:30:52.000><c> the</c><00:30:52.220><c> word</c><00:30:52.559><c> of</c>

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God.<00:30:54.400><c> Now</c><00:30:54.559><c> I</c><00:30:54.680><c> want</c><00:30:54.880><c> to</c><00:30:55.059><c> point</c><00:30:55.220><c> that</c><00:30:55.500><c> out</c>

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because<00:30:56.059><c> a</c><00:30:56.180><c> lot</c><00:30:56.420><c> of</c><00:30:57.079><c> religions</c><00:30:57.660><c> in</c><00:30:57.880><c> the</c><00:30:58.059><c> world</c><00:30:58.299><c> think</c><00:30:58.559><c> faith</c>

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comes<00:30:59.180><c> through</c><00:30:59.500><c> some</c><00:30:59.740><c> mystical</c><00:31:00.559><c> inner</c><00:31:01.380><c> response.</c>

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It<00:31:04.079><c> doesn't</c><00:31:04.539><c> come</c><00:31:05.559><c> through</c><00:31:06.960><c> a</c><00:31:07.180><c> mystical</c><00:31:07.660><c> inner</c><00:31:08.160><c> response.</c><00:31:09.500><c> It</c>

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comes<00:31:10.220><c> about</c><00:31:10.779><c> by</c><00:31:11.119><c> the</c><00:31:11.359><c> word</c><00:31:11.599><c> of</c><00:31:11.880><c> God</c><00:31:12.180><c> being</c><00:31:12.519><c> implanted</c>

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in<00:31:13.420><c> us.</c><00:31:14.700><c> We</c><00:31:14.700><c> cannot</c><00:31:15.000><c> have</c><00:31:15.380><c> faith</c><00:31:15.619><c> in</c><00:31:15.839><c> some</c><00:31:17.480><c> nebulous</c><00:31:20.220><c> idea.</c><00:31:23.000><c> We</c>

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cannot<00:31:23.559><c> have</c><00:31:23.880><c> faith</c><00:31:24.099><c> in</c><00:31:24.319><c> something</c><00:31:24.579><c> that</c><00:31:24.740><c> is</c><00:31:24.980><c> not</c>

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:31.099
proven.<00:31:26.079><c> As</c><00:31:26.200><c> he</c><00:31:26.400><c> says</c><00:31:26.559><c> in</c><00:31:26.720><c> Hebrews</c><00:31:26.960><c> 11,</c><00:31:27.420><c> it</c><00:31:27.420><c> is</c><00:31:28.099><c> substance.</c><00:31:28.640><c> Faith</c><00:31:28.880><c> has</c><00:31:29.319><c> substance.</c><00:31:30.779><c> And</c><00:31:30.980><c> so</c>

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:32.019
it<00:31:31.240><c> comes</c><00:31:31.559><c> through</c><00:31:31.819><c> the</c>

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:35.420
word<00:31:32.240><c> of</c><00:31:32.480><c> God</c><00:31:32.839><c> and</c><00:31:33.500><c> it</c><00:31:33.759><c> makes</c><00:31:33.920><c> a</c><00:31:34.099><c> tremendous</c><00:31:34.559><c> responsibility</c>

00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:38.279
on<00:31:35.619><c> all</c><00:31:35.859><c> of</c><00:31:35.960><c> us,</c><00:31:36.640><c> everywhere</c><00:31:36.880><c> from</c><00:31:37.259><c> the</c><00:31:37.400><c> way</c><00:31:37.559><c> we</c><00:31:37.900><c> teach</c><00:31:38.099><c> in</c>

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:41.859
our<00:31:38.420><c> Sunday</c><00:31:38.759><c> schools,</c><00:31:39.859><c> from</c><00:31:40.079><c> the</c><00:31:40.180><c> way</c><00:31:40.359><c> we</c><00:31:40.640><c> bring</c><00:31:40.799><c> up</c><00:31:41.019><c> our</c><00:31:41.259><c> children,</c><00:31:41.660><c> from</c>

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:43.920
the<00:31:42.180><c> CYCs</c><00:31:42.799><c> and</c><00:31:43.019><c> on</c><00:31:43.259><c> through</c><00:31:43.460><c> life</c><00:31:43.700><c> how</c>

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:46.839
we<00:31:44.160><c> preach</c><00:31:44.359><c> and</c><00:31:44.539><c> teach</c><00:31:44.819><c> the</c><00:31:45.000><c> word</c><00:31:45.140><c> that</c><00:31:45.420><c> that</c><00:31:45.819><c> faith</c><00:31:46.059><c> comes</c><00:31:46.460><c> through</c><00:31:46.700><c> in</c>

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:50.819
the<00:31:47.000><c> word.</c><00:31:48.579><c> People</c><00:31:48.859><c> have</c><00:31:49.099><c> to</c><00:31:49.380><c> see</c><00:31:49.660><c> in</c><00:31:49.880><c> us</c><00:31:50.319><c> not</c>

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only<00:31:51.240><c> the</c><00:31:51.500><c> things</c><00:31:51.700><c> that</c><00:31:51.900><c> we're</c><00:31:52.119><c> preaching</c><00:31:52.440><c> but</c><00:31:52.700><c> that</c><00:31:52.900><c> the</c><00:31:53.019><c> faith</c><00:31:53.440><c> is</c>

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:57.559
living<00:31:54.079><c> because</c><00:31:55.279><c> without</c><00:31:55.680><c> that</c><00:31:55.960><c> the</c><00:31:56.200><c> word</c><00:31:56.460><c> itself</c>

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is<00:31:58.079><c> meaningless.</c><00:31:58.619><c> And</c><00:31:58.619><c> so</c><00:31:58.819><c> faith</c><00:31:59.119><c> and</c><00:31:59.380><c> works</c><00:31:59.700><c> are</c><00:32:00.240><c> not</c><00:32:00.460><c> like,</c>

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they're<00:32:01.700><c> like</c><00:32:01.880><c> this.</c><00:32:02.119><c> They're</c><00:32:02.279><c> not</c><00:32:02.380><c> like</c><00:32:02.640><c> this.</c>

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They're<00:32:03.160><c> not</c><00:32:03.180><c> two</c><00:32:03.440><c> different</c><00:32:03.700><c> things.</c><00:32:03.940><c> They're</c><00:32:04.359><c> wrapped</c><00:32:04.539><c> together.</c><00:32:06.000><c> They're</c><00:32:06.359><c> entwined.</c><00:32:08.180><c> And</c>

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when<00:32:08.619><c> we</c><00:32:09.019><c> teach</c><00:32:09.279><c> the</c>

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:13.759
word<00:32:09.660><c> of</c><00:32:09.900><c> God,</c><00:32:10.160><c> the</c><00:32:10.440><c> faith</c><00:32:10.700><c> that</c><00:32:10.900><c> is</c><00:32:11.039><c> in</c><00:32:11.140><c> us</c><00:32:11.319><c> has</c><00:32:11.519><c> to</c><00:32:11.660><c> come</c><00:32:11.880><c> through.</c><00:32:13.559><c> But</c>

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:16.059
it<00:32:13.880><c> is</c><00:32:14.119><c> based</c><00:32:14.420><c> on</c><00:32:14.640><c> that</c><00:32:14.920><c> word.</c><00:32:15.720><c> We</c><00:32:15.819><c> don't</c>

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:19.799
have<00:32:16.380><c> faith</c><00:32:16.680><c> in</c><00:32:16.920><c> some</c><00:32:17.740><c> nebulous</c><00:32:18.259><c> thing.</c><00:32:18.880><c> We</c><00:32:19.019><c> have</c><00:32:19.299><c> faith</c><00:32:19.539><c> in</c>

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:22.279
what?<00:32:20.380><c> That</c><00:32:20.579><c> the</c><00:32:20.940><c> promises</c><00:32:21.200><c> are</c><00:32:21.400><c> going</c><00:32:21.500><c> to</c><00:32:21.619><c> be</c><00:32:21.799><c> fulfilled,</c>

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:25.559
that<00:32:22.720><c> Jesus</c><00:32:23.119><c> Christ</c><00:32:23.380><c> is</c><00:32:23.599><c> going</c><00:32:23.759><c> to</c><00:32:23.980><c> come</c><00:32:24.140><c> again,</c><00:32:24.839><c> that</c><00:32:25.059><c> the</c><00:32:25.220><c> earth</c><00:32:25.380><c> is</c>

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:27.099
going<00:32:25.680><c> to</c><00:32:25.779><c> be</c><00:32:25.960><c> judged,</c><00:32:26.220><c> and</c><00:32:26.400><c> that</c><00:32:26.539><c> God</c><00:32:26.740><c> will</c>

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fill<00:32:27.259><c> it</c><00:32:27.400><c> with</c><00:32:27.559><c> his</c><00:32:27.839><c> glory</c><00:32:28.319><c> and</c><00:32:28.900><c> so</c><00:32:29.200><c> on.</c><00:32:29.359><c> These</c><00:32:29.579><c> are</c><00:32:30.240><c> incredibly</c><00:32:30.740><c> important</c>

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:33.859
concepts.<00:32:32.680><c> And</c><00:32:32.799><c> if</c><00:32:32.880><c> we</c><00:32:33.099><c> don't</c>

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:39.480
teach<00:32:34.359><c> that</c><00:32:34.839><c> and</c><00:32:35.420><c> our</c><00:32:35.660><c> lives</c><00:32:35.920><c> are</c><00:32:36.180><c> not</c><00:32:36.539><c> lived</c><00:32:37.119><c> to</c><00:32:37.859><c> show</c><00:32:38.119><c> we</c><00:32:38.480><c> really</c><00:32:38.880><c> believe</c><00:32:39.279><c> it</c>

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:41.740
and<00:32:39.700><c> will</c><00:32:40.440><c> aim</c><00:32:40.819><c> toward</c><00:32:41.079><c> it,</c><00:32:41.279><c> that</c><00:32:41.460><c> we</c>

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:43.799
want<00:32:41.960><c> to</c><00:32:42.180><c> be</c><00:32:42.299><c> in</c><00:32:42.400><c> that</c><00:32:42.599><c> kingdom</c><00:32:42.880><c> through</c><00:32:43.140><c> the</c><00:32:43.279><c> way</c><00:32:43.400><c> we</c><00:32:43.640><c> live,</c>

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:46.559
then<00:32:44.519><c> the</c><00:32:44.940><c> preaching</c><00:32:45.180><c> we</c><00:32:45.480><c> do</c><00:32:45.619><c> is</c><00:32:45.779><c> not</c><00:32:45.980><c> going</c><00:32:46.160><c> to</c><00:32:46.319><c> be</c>

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acceptable.<00:32:48.359><c> And</c><00:32:48.460><c> so</c><00:32:48.660><c> faith</c><00:32:48.900><c> comes</c><00:32:49.279><c> through</c><00:32:49.519><c> the</c><00:32:49.880><c> hearing</c><00:32:50.160><c> of</c>

00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:53.180
the<00:32:50.539><c> word</c><00:32:50.680><c> of</c><00:32:50.920><c> God.</c><00:32:51.160><c> It</c><00:32:51.299><c> is</c><00:32:51.619><c> based</c><00:32:51.980><c> on</c><00:32:52.359><c> the</c><00:32:52.660><c> principles</c>

00:32:53.180 --> 00:33:03.500
which<00:32:53.480><c> we</c><00:32:53.740><c> teach.</c><00:32:58.900><c> Take</c><00:32:59.259><c> a</c><00:32:59.440><c> look</c><00:32:59.559><c> at</c><00:32:59.700><c> Paul's</c><00:33:00.380><c> letter</c><00:33:00.579><c> to</c><00:33:00.819><c> Timothy,</c><00:33:02.359><c> chapter</c><00:33:02.680><c> 4,</c><00:33:03.259><c> 1</c>

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Timothy.<00:33:05.680><c> And</c><00:33:05.859><c> he</c><00:33:06.279><c> reinforces</c>

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this<00:33:07.200><c> point</c><00:33:07.519><c> very</c><00:33:08.359><c> strongly.</c><00:33:11.680><c> It's</c><00:33:11.920><c> 1</c><00:33:12.160><c> Timothy</c><00:33:12.500><c> chapter</c><00:33:12.900><c> 4,</c>

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verse<00:33:13.539><c> 6.</c><00:33:16.200><c> If</c><00:33:16.319><c> thou</c><00:33:16.680><c> put</c><00:33:17.299><c> the</c><00:33:17.579><c> brethren</c><00:33:17.900><c> in</c><00:33:18.200><c> remembrance</c>

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of<00:33:19.099><c> these</c><00:33:19.400><c> things.</c><00:33:19.839><c> And</c><00:33:19.980><c> so</c><00:33:20.099><c> he's</c><00:33:20.440><c> giving</c><00:33:20.640><c> an</c><00:33:20.920><c> exhortation.</c><00:33:22.880><c> A</c>

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remembrance<00:33:23.440><c> is</c><00:33:23.779><c> an</c><00:33:23.980><c> exhortation</c><00:33:24.640><c> to</c><00:33:25.160><c> stir</c><00:33:25.359><c> us</c><00:33:25.559><c> up</c><00:33:25.680><c> to</c>

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remember<00:33:26.279><c> the</c><00:33:26.579><c> important</c><00:33:26.920><c> things.</c><00:33:27.740><c> Thou</c><00:33:27.980><c> shalt</c><00:33:28.160><c> be</c><00:33:28.400><c> a</c><00:33:28.660><c> good</c>

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minister<00:33:29.519><c> of</c><00:33:30.500><c> Jesus</c><00:33:31.019><c> Christ,</c><00:33:32.200><c> nourished</c><00:33:32.519><c> up</c><00:33:32.720><c> in</c><00:33:32.940><c> the</c>

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:37.579
words<00:33:33.720><c> of</c><00:33:34.440><c> faith.</c><00:33:35.460><c> You</c><00:33:35.700><c> see,</c><00:33:36.079><c> it's</c><00:33:36.359><c> not</c><00:33:36.480><c> come</c><00:33:36.759><c> forward</c><00:33:37.019><c> brother</c><00:33:37.359><c> and</c>

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accept<00:33:37.799><c> Jesus</c><00:33:38.180><c> Christ</c><00:33:38.420><c> and</c><00:33:38.539><c> you're</c><00:33:38.740><c> saved.</c>

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:43.339
It's<00:33:39.779><c> the</c><00:33:40.140><c> words</c><00:33:40.579><c> of</c><00:33:40.900><c> faith.</c><00:33:41.700><c> Faith</c><00:33:41.980><c> is</c><00:33:42.339><c> based</c><00:33:42.660><c> on</c><00:33:42.940><c> the</c><00:33:43.140><c> things</c>

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we<00:33:43.779><c> believe.</c>

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And<00:33:45.099><c> of</c><00:33:45.339><c> good</c><00:33:45.660><c> doctrine.</c><00:33:46.339><c> And</c><00:33:46.920><c> of</c><00:33:47.160><c> good</c><00:33:47.440><c> doctrine.</c><00:33:50.460><c> And</c><00:33:50.500><c> so</c>

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:53.559
the<00:33:51.000><c> faith</c><00:33:51.240><c> and</c><00:33:51.519><c> doctrine</c><00:33:51.900><c> are</c><00:33:52.259><c> wrapped</c><00:33:52.500><c> up.</c>

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Whereunto<00:33:54.539><c> thou</c><00:33:54.819><c> hast</c><00:33:55.259><c> attained.</c><00:33:57.059><c> It's</c><00:33:57.640><c> a</c><00:33:57.819><c> great</c><00:33:58.039><c> exhortation</c><00:33:58.700><c> here</c><00:33:58.859><c> to</c><00:33:58.980><c> remember</c><00:33:59.420><c> to</c>

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be<00:33:59.819><c> a</c><00:34:00.059><c> good</c><00:34:00.220><c> minister.</c>

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But<00:34:01.779><c> notice</c><00:34:02.019><c> that</c><00:34:02.299><c> slight</c><00:34:02.539><c> separation</c><00:34:03.160><c> between</c><00:34:03.720><c> faith</c><00:34:04.019><c> and</c>

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:06.130
doctrine.<00:34:04.660><c> The</c><00:34:04.759><c> two</c><00:34:04.900><c> are</c><00:34:05.119><c> wrapped</c><00:34:05.339><c> up.</c>

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:10.380
But<00:34:06.980><c> faith</c><00:34:07.259><c> is</c><00:34:07.599><c> more</c><00:34:07.859><c> than</c><00:34:08.079><c> doctrine.</c><00:34:08.780><c> It's</c><00:34:09.139><c> a</c><00:34:09.260><c> way</c><00:34:09.579><c> of</c><00:34:10.000><c> life.</c>

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:13.860
It's<00:34:11.099><c> a</c><00:34:11.199><c> way</c><00:34:11.340><c> of</c><00:34:11.539><c> life</c><00:34:11.719><c> based</c><00:34:12.239><c> on</c><00:34:12.500><c> those</c><00:34:12.860><c> doctrines.</c>

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:20.039
We<00:34:14.340><c> must</c><00:34:14.619><c> not</c><00:34:14.860><c> be</c><00:34:15.139><c> just</c><00:34:15.920><c> hearers</c><00:34:16.300><c> of</c><00:34:16.460><c> the</c><00:34:16.679><c> word,</c><00:34:17.780><c> but</c><00:34:18.119><c> doers</c><00:34:18.739><c> also.</c><00:34:19.920><c> As</c>

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:22.480
the<00:34:20.280><c> apostle</c><00:34:20.599><c> says</c><00:34:20.900><c> in</c><00:34:21.099><c> another</c><00:34:21.320><c> place.</c>

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And<00:34:23.019><c> so</c><00:34:23.400><c> the</c><00:34:23.679><c> faith,</c><00:34:24.000><c> works,</c><00:34:24.920><c> doctrine,</c><00:34:25.619><c> you</c><00:34:25.940><c> can't</c><00:34:26.239><c> separate</c>

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:28.880
them.<00:34:27.420><c> You</c><00:34:27.519><c> can't</c><00:34:27.800><c> put</c><00:34:27.980><c> one</c><00:34:28.159><c> over</c><00:34:28.440><c> here,</c>

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another<00:34:29.380><c> over</c><00:34:29.659><c> here,</c><00:34:29.880><c> another</c><00:34:30.099><c> over</c><00:34:30.380><c> here.</c><00:34:31.480><c> They</c><00:34:31.679><c> are</c><00:34:32.179><c> totally</c><00:34:32.599><c> wrapped</c><00:34:32.900><c> up.</c><00:34:33.960><c> If</c>

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.480
we<00:34:34.380><c> are</c><00:34:34.480><c> to</c><00:34:34.719><c> be</c><00:34:34.900><c> followers</c><00:34:35.280><c> of</c>

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the<00:34:35.579><c> Lord</c><00:34:35.760><c> Jesus</c><00:34:36.139><c> Christ,</c><00:34:37.179><c> our</c><00:34:37.380><c> whole</c><00:34:37.619><c> lives</c><00:34:37.880><c> must</c><00:34:38.099><c> be</c><00:34:38.360><c> based</c>

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:41.039
on<00:34:38.739><c> those</c><00:34:39.059><c> pillars.</c><00:34:40.159><c> It's</c><00:34:40.480><c> a</c><00:34:40.579><c> little</c><00:34:40.739><c> bit</c><00:34:40.900><c> like</c>

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:47.219
trying<00:34:41.340><c> to</c><00:34:41.559><c> build</c><00:34:41.820><c> a</c><00:34:42.139><c> building</c><00:34:42.579><c> and</c><00:34:43.360><c> leaving</c><00:34:43.619><c> out</c><00:34:43.860><c> the</c><00:34:44.019><c> foundation.</c><00:34:46.860><c> What</c>

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happens?<00:34:49.460><c> The</c><00:34:49.639><c> first</c><00:34:49.780><c> time</c>

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:52.239
you<00:34:50.059><c> get</c><00:34:50.179><c> a</c><00:34:50.280><c> little</c><00:34:50.480><c> shake</c><00:34:50.800><c> out</c><00:34:51.019><c> in</c><00:34:51.239><c> California</c><00:34:51.719><c> or</c><00:34:51.960><c> a</c><00:34:52.019><c> little</c>

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rain,<00:34:53.099><c> mudslide,</c><00:34:54.059><c> right?</c><00:34:54.219><c> I</c><00:34:54.219><c> mean,</c>

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people<00:34:54.639><c> in</c><00:34:54.780><c> California</c><00:34:55.099><c> can</c><00:34:55.340><c> appreciate</c><00:34:55.780><c> bad</c><00:34:56.099><c> foundations</c>

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probably<00:34:57.440><c> more</c><00:34:57.679><c> than</c><00:34:57.800><c> anywhere</c><00:34:58.039><c> else.</c>

00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:04.599
What<00:35:00.440><c> happens?</c><00:35:01.619><c> It's</c><00:35:02.000><c> going</c><00:35:02.139><c> to</c><00:35:02.559><c> float</c><00:35:02.699><c> away.</c><00:35:04.039><c> And</c><00:35:04.260><c> so</c><00:35:04.420><c> you</c>

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:08.019
must<00:35:04.900><c> have</c><00:35:05.360><c> those</c><00:35:05.940><c> pillars</c><00:35:06.280><c> wrapped</c><00:35:06.900><c> together.</c>

00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:15.320
And<00:35:10.219><c> when</c><00:35:10.639><c> you</c><00:35:10.820><c> do</c><00:35:11.079><c> that,</c><00:35:11.820><c> you</c><00:35:12.000><c> can</c><00:35:12.260><c> withstand</c><00:35:12.940><c> a</c><00:35:13.340><c> lot</c><00:35:13.659><c> of</c><00:35:14.000><c> trial</c><00:35:14.380><c> and</c>

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:17.880
trouble.<00:35:16.119><c> Take</c><00:35:16.340><c> a</c><00:35:16.460><c> look</c><00:35:16.559><c> at</c><00:35:16.739><c> 2</c><00:35:16.960><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:22.719
chapter<00:35:18.519><c> one,</c><00:35:20.579><c> because</c><00:35:20.840><c> faith</c><00:35:21.219><c> also</c><00:35:21.719><c> gets</c><00:35:21.960><c> us</c><00:35:22.219><c> through</c><00:35:22.420><c> some</c>

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:27.409
very<00:35:23.280><c> bad</c><00:35:23.659><c> things</c><00:35:24.000><c> in</c><00:35:24.260><c> life.</c><00:35:25.400><c> Chapter</c><00:35:25.800><c> one,</c><00:35:26.300><c> verse</c><00:35:26.539><c> four.</c>

00:35:31.530 --> 00:35:35.389
So<00:35:32.150><c> that</c><00:35:32.769><c> we</c><00:35:32.989><c> ourselves</c><00:35:33.409><c> glory</c><00:35:33.929><c> in</c><00:35:34.250><c> you</c><00:35:34.489><c> in</c><00:35:34.670><c> the</c><00:35:34.889><c> churches</c><00:35:35.170><c> of</c>

00:35:35.389 --> 00:35:39.849
God<00:35:35.570><c> for</c><00:35:35.849><c> your</c><00:35:36.250><c> patience</c><00:35:36.909><c> and</c><00:35:37.809><c> faith</c><00:35:38.349><c> in</c><00:35:39.030><c> all</c><00:35:39.429><c> your</c>

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persecutions<00:35:40.510><c> and</c><00:35:40.769><c> tribulations</c><00:35:41.409><c> that</c><00:35:41.809><c> ye</c><00:35:42.269><c> endure.</c><00:35:43.909><c> And</c><00:35:44.110><c> I</c>

00:35:44.250 --> 00:35:46.829
know<00:35:44.449><c> myself</c><00:35:44.829><c> that</c><00:35:45.130><c> there</c><00:35:45.369><c> have</c><00:35:45.510><c> been</c><00:35:45.869><c> dark</c><00:35:46.210><c> times</c><00:35:46.630><c> in</c>

00:35:46.829 --> 00:35:50.130
life,<00:35:47.469><c> times</c><00:35:47.570><c> when</c><00:35:47.789><c> illness,</c><00:35:48.889><c> troubles,</c><00:35:49.510><c> when</c><00:35:49.670><c> you've</c><00:35:49.909><c> lost</c>

00:35:50.130 --> 00:35:53.289
a<00:35:50.329><c> loved</c><00:35:50.530><c> one,</c><00:35:51.889><c> when</c><00:35:52.190><c> things</c><00:35:52.409><c> weren't</c><00:35:52.630><c> going</c><00:35:52.909><c> well</c>

00:35:53.289 --> 00:35:59.190
at<00:35:53.449><c> work,</c><00:35:54.429><c> family,</c><00:35:56.010><c> neoclesia,</c><00:35:56.710><c> or</c><00:35:56.869><c> anywhere</c><00:35:57.150><c> else,</c><00:35:58.289><c> that</c><00:35:58.429><c> the</c><00:35:58.670><c> faith</c><00:35:58.969><c> in</c>

00:35:59.190 --> 00:36:00.309
the<00:35:59.289><c> Lord</c><00:35:59.449><c> Jesus</c><00:35:59.869><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:00.610 --> 00:36:04.590
the<00:36:00.750><c> hope</c><00:36:00.949><c> of</c><00:36:01.110><c> the</c><00:36:01.329><c> promises,</c><00:36:02.269><c> the</c><00:36:02.550><c> eternal</c><00:36:02.929><c> things</c><00:36:03.269><c> that</c><00:36:03.469><c> were</c><00:36:03.630><c> before</c><00:36:04.010><c> me</c>

00:36:04.590 --> 00:36:07.550
got<00:36:04.909><c> me</c><00:36:05.150><c> through</c><00:36:05.329><c> it.</c><00:36:06.769><c> And</c><00:36:07.050><c> if</c><00:36:07.170><c> we</c><00:36:07.389><c> have</c>

00:36:07.550 --> 00:36:12.150
that,<00:36:08.190><c> we're</c><00:36:08.329><c> never</c><00:36:08.489><c> going</c><00:36:08.670><c> to</c><00:36:08.869><c> turn</c><00:36:09.010><c> our</c><00:36:09.269><c> backs</c><00:36:09.510><c> on</c><00:36:09.710><c> the</c><00:36:09.909><c> truth.</c><00:36:11.190><c> We're</c><00:36:11.510><c> never</c><00:36:11.730><c> going</c><00:36:11.909><c> to</c>

00:36:12.150 --> 00:36:12.889
turn<00:36:12.250><c> our</c><00:36:12.489><c> backs</c><00:36:12.690><c> on</c>

00:36:12.889 --> 00:36:16.710
ourselves.<00:36:13.989><c> And</c><00:36:14.489><c> we're</c><00:36:14.670><c> going</c><00:36:14.809><c> to</c><00:36:15.110><c> remember</c><00:36:15.530><c> how</c><00:36:16.190><c> important</c>

00:36:16.710 --> 00:36:20.250
it<00:36:16.929><c> is</c><00:36:17.489><c> to</c><00:36:17.989><c> wrap</c><00:36:18.170><c> those</c><00:36:18.530><c> principles</c><00:36:18.989><c> in</c><00:36:19.329><c> every</c><00:36:19.690><c> action</c><00:36:20.030><c> of</c>

00:36:20.250 --> 00:36:26.150
life.<00:36:21.309><c> You</c><00:36:21.369><c> know,</c><00:36:21.610><c> Paul</c><00:36:21.730><c> says</c><00:36:21.969><c> to</c><00:36:22.269><c> the</c><00:36:22.530><c> Ephesians,</c><00:36:22.929><c> he</c><00:36:23.110><c> puts</c><00:36:23.409><c> faith</c><00:36:23.710><c> on</c><00:36:23.929><c> the</c><00:36:24.210><c> same</c><00:36:24.670><c> level</c><00:36:25.269><c> as</c><00:36:25.869><c> a</c>

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first<00:36:26.349><c> principle.</c>

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Again,<00:36:28.070><c> it's</c><00:36:28.269><c> in</c><00:36:28.429><c> Ephesians</c><00:36:28.769><c> chapter</c><00:36:29.150><c> four,</c><00:36:30.190><c> where</c><00:36:30.429><c> we</c><00:36:30.670><c> come</c>

00:36:30.909 --> 00:36:33.269
about<00:36:31.349><c> as</c><00:36:31.610><c> close</c><00:36:31.789><c> as</c><00:36:31.909><c> we</c><00:36:32.150><c> can</c><00:36:32.389><c> to</c><00:36:32.530><c> what</c><00:36:32.809><c> the</c><00:36:33.070><c> Bible</c>

00:36:33.269 --> 00:36:38.130
might<00:36:34.170><c> be</c><00:36:34.570><c> styled</c><00:36:34.789><c> a</c><00:36:34.949><c> statement</c><00:36:35.150><c> of</c><00:36:35.349><c> faith.</c><00:36:36.469><c> In</c><00:36:36.670><c> this</c><00:36:36.909><c> great</c>

00:36:38.130 --> 00:36:40.190
fourth<00:36:38.750><c> chapter</c><00:36:39.130><c> of</c><00:36:39.369><c> Ephesians,</c><00:36:39.869><c> he</c><00:36:40.090><c> says,</c>

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there<00:36:40.329><c> is</c><00:36:40.630><c> one</c><00:36:40.889><c> body,</c><00:36:41.710><c> verse</c><00:36:42.050><c> four</c><00:36:42.409><c> of</c><00:36:42.610><c> chapter</c><00:36:42.989><c> four,</c><00:36:43.849><c> one</c><00:36:44.210><c> spirit,</c><00:36:45.489><c> even</c><00:36:45.630><c> as</c>

00:36:45.849 --> 00:36:47.630
ye<00:36:45.969><c> are</c><00:36:46.210><c> called</c><00:36:46.429><c> in</c><00:36:46.710><c> one</c><00:36:46.989><c> hope</c><00:36:47.190><c> of</c><00:36:47.369><c> your</c>

00:36:47.630 --> 00:36:52.909
calling,<00:36:47.869><c> one</c><00:36:48.409><c> Lord,</c><00:36:49.530><c> one</c><00:36:49.889><c> faith,</c><00:36:50.869><c> one</c><00:36:51.050><c> baptism.</c><00:36:52.389><c> And</c><00:36:52.730><c> here</c>

00:36:52.909 --> 00:36:55.909
he's<00:36:53.150><c> using</c><00:36:53.630><c> that</c><00:36:54.269><c> faith</c><00:36:54.449><c> in</c><00:36:54.610><c> an</c><00:36:54.829><c> all</c><00:36:55.050><c>-encompassing</c><00:36:55.670><c> way</c>

00:36:55.909 --> 00:36:59.170
to<00:36:56.070><c> mean</c><00:36:56.250><c> both</c><00:36:56.530><c> the</c><00:36:56.789><c> principles</c><00:36:57.150><c> and</c><00:36:57.530><c> practice</c><00:36:58.090><c> of</c><00:36:58.849><c> the</c><00:36:59.030><c> word</c>

00:36:59.170 --> 00:37:03.269
of<00:36:59.389><c> God.</c><00:37:01.010><c> It's</c><00:37:01.250><c> not</c><00:37:01.389><c> just</c><00:37:01.630><c> a</c><00:37:01.809><c> mere</c><00:37:02.010><c> belief</c><00:37:02.489><c> in</c><00:37:02.809><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:03.269 --> 00:37:11.909
Christ<00:37:03.630><c> that</c><00:37:03.809><c> he</c><00:37:04.010><c> was</c><00:37:04.269><c> here.</c><00:37:05.610><c> It's</c><00:37:06.070><c> a</c><00:37:06.349><c> complete,</c><00:37:07.429><c> complete</c><00:37:08.289><c> picture.</c><00:37:10.050><c> Now,</c><00:37:10.409><c> without</c><00:37:10.829><c> that</c><00:37:11.210><c> kind</c><00:37:11.409><c> of</c><00:37:11.590><c> picture,</c>

00:37:12.369 --> 00:37:15.929
we're<00:37:12.610><c> not</c><00:37:12.869><c> going</c><00:37:13.050><c> to</c><00:37:13.289><c> be</c><00:37:13.510><c> able</c><00:37:13.789><c> to</c><00:37:14.190><c> understand</c><00:37:14.730><c> why</c><00:37:15.030><c> the</c><00:37:15.269><c> people</c><00:37:15.670><c> that</c>

00:37:15.929 --> 00:37:17.329
we're<00:37:16.070><c> going</c><00:37:16.190><c> to</c><00:37:16.329><c> read</c><00:37:16.489><c> about</c><00:37:16.829><c> in</c>

00:37:17.329 --> 00:37:22.489
the<00:37:17.590><c> week</c><00:37:17.670><c> ahead</c><00:37:18.289><c> were</c><00:37:18.750><c> able</c><00:37:19.050><c> to</c><00:37:19.210><c> endure</c><00:37:19.469><c> such</c><00:37:19.730><c> incredible</c><00:37:20.210><c> things,</c><00:37:22.389><c> a</c>

00:37:22.489 --> 00:37:26.510
way<00:37:22.789><c> of</c><00:37:23.090><c> life</c><00:37:23.449><c> that</c><00:37:23.969><c> they</c><00:37:24.809><c> believe</c><00:37:25.429><c> so</c><00:37:25.849><c> strongly</c>

00:37:26.510 --> 00:37:30.269
that<00:37:27.190><c> nothing</c><00:37:27.610><c> could</c><00:37:27.909><c> knock</c><00:37:28.090><c> it</c><00:37:28.269><c> out</c><00:37:28.409><c> of</c><00:37:28.510><c> them.</c><00:37:29.730><c> And</c><00:37:29.929><c> in</c><00:37:30.030><c> many</c>

00:37:30.269 --> 00:37:33.030
of<00:37:30.429><c> these</c><00:37:30.630><c> cases,</c><00:37:30.989><c> they</c><00:37:31.190><c> give</c><00:37:31.329><c> us</c><00:37:31.909><c> absolutely</c>

00:37:33.409 --> 00:37:35.889
tremendous<00:37:33.809><c> inspiration.</c><00:37:34.710><c> And</c><00:37:34.909><c> that's</c><00:37:35.090><c> why</c><00:37:35.269><c> the</c><00:37:35.449><c> Bible</c><00:37:35.690><c> is</c>

00:37:35.889 --> 00:37:38.329
written,<00:37:36.050><c> by</c><00:37:36.269><c> the</c><00:37:36.409><c> way,</c><00:37:36.670><c> one</c><00:37:36.829><c> of</c><00:37:36.949><c> the</c><00:37:37.130><c> main</c><00:37:37.309><c> reasons.</c>

00:37:38.570 --> 00:37:40.869
There<00:37:38.730><c> are</c><00:37:38.869><c> so</c><00:37:38.989><c> many</c><00:37:39.230><c> stories</c><00:37:39.630><c> in</c><00:37:39.809><c> the</c><00:37:39.969><c> Bible</c><00:37:40.150><c> you</c><00:37:40.329><c> say,</c><00:37:40.670><c> well,</c>

00:37:41.110 --> 00:37:43.090
why<00:37:41.449><c> did</c><00:37:41.590><c> they</c><00:37:41.989><c> tell</c><00:37:42.250><c> that?</c><00:37:42.510><c> Well,</c><00:37:42.630><c> if</c><00:37:42.769><c> you</c><00:37:42.949><c> read</c>

00:37:43.090 --> 00:37:46.750
other<00:37:43.530><c> ancient</c><00:37:43.849><c> books,</c><00:37:44.210><c> in</c><00:37:44.389><c> fact,</c><00:37:44.590><c> if</c><00:37:44.710><c> you</c><00:37:44.849><c> read</c><00:37:45.030><c> modern</c><00:37:45.369><c> biographies,</c><00:37:46.510><c> most</c>

00:37:46.750 --> 00:37:47.969
people<00:37:47.070><c> who</c><00:37:47.329><c> write</c><00:37:47.489><c> their</c><00:37:47.730><c> own</c>

00:37:47.969 --> 00:37:50.650
biographies<00:37:48.670><c> or</c><00:37:48.949><c> have</c><00:37:49.130><c> authorized</c><00:37:49.550><c> biographies</c><00:37:50.250><c> write</c><00:37:50.469><c> them</c>

00:37:50.650 --> 00:37:53.130
to<00:37:50.889><c> cover</c><00:37:51.070><c> up</c><00:37:51.309><c> all</c><00:37:51.489><c> the</c><00:37:51.630><c> things</c><00:37:51.750><c> that</c><00:37:51.929><c> they</c><00:37:52.050><c> did</c><00:37:52.250><c> bad,</c>

00:37:53.909 --> 00:37:57.989
right?<00:37:54.750><c> I</c><00:37:55.010><c> mean,</c><00:37:55.150><c> I'm</c><00:37:55.389><c> going</c><00:37:55.449><c> to</c><00:37:55.570><c> write</c><00:37:55.650><c> my</c><00:37:55.869><c> own</c><00:37:56.070><c> autobiography</c><00:37:56.869><c> myself</c><00:37:57.289><c> because</c><00:37:57.550><c> if</c><00:37:57.769><c> somebody</c>

00:37:57.989 --> 00:38:02.250
else<00:37:58.269><c> wrote</c><00:37:58.409><c> it,</c><00:37:58.510><c> I'm</c><00:37:58.690><c> in</c><00:37:58.789><c> deep</c><00:37:58.989><c> trouble,</c><00:38:00.230><c> right?</c><00:38:01.210><c> Unless</c><00:38:01.489><c> Harry</c><00:38:01.789><c> wants</c><00:38:02.070><c> to</c>

00:38:02.250 --> 00:38:02.889
write<00:38:02.389><c> it.</c><00:38:02.690><c> I</c><00:38:02.690><c> mean,</c>

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Harry<00:38:03.329><c> would</c><00:38:03.550><c> probably</c><00:38:03.809><c> be</c><00:38:04.090><c> extremely</c><00:38:04.429><c> favorable.</c><00:38:05.949><c> Absolutely.</c><00:38:07.309><c> So,</c><00:38:07.429><c> you</c>

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know,<00:38:08.110><c> that</c><00:38:08.349><c> is</c><00:38:08.610><c> the</c><00:38:08.750><c> main,</c>

00:38:08.849 --> 00:38:12.369
but<00:38:09.050><c> the</c><00:38:09.250><c> Bible</c><00:38:09.570><c> is</c><00:38:09.849><c> filled</c><00:38:10.210><c> with</c><00:38:10.550><c> incredible</c><00:38:11.190><c> stories</c><00:38:11.650><c> which</c>

00:38:12.369 --> 00:38:14.949
lay<00:38:12.630><c> bare</c><00:38:13.110><c> everything.</c><00:38:14.570><c> David,</c>

00:38:14.969 --> 00:38:20.469
one<00:38:15.150><c> of</c><00:38:15.269><c> the</c><00:38:15.489><c> greatest</c><00:38:15.869><c> heroes</c><00:38:16.269><c> of</c><00:38:16.469><c> Israel.</c><00:38:18.969><c> What</c><00:38:19.110><c> other</c><00:38:19.329><c> nation</c><00:38:19.690><c> would</c><00:38:19.949><c> write</c><00:38:20.190><c> a</c>

00:38:20.469 --> 00:38:21.690
story<00:38:20.750><c> about</c><00:38:21.050><c> David</c><00:38:21.409><c> the</c><00:38:21.570><c> way</c>

00:38:21.690 --> 00:38:28.090
it's<00:38:21.969><c> presented</c><00:38:22.289><c> in</c><00:38:22.489><c> the</c><00:38:22.630><c> Bible?</c><00:38:24.429><c> Absolutely,</c><00:38:25.269><c> brutally</c><00:38:25.530><c> true.</c><00:38:26.989><c> Every</c><00:38:27.489><c> flaw</c><00:38:27.750><c> he</c>

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practiced<00:38:28.610><c> is</c><00:38:29.570><c> there,</c><00:38:30.329><c> and</c><00:38:31.070><c> yet</c>

00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:36.269
he<00:38:31.389><c> is</c><00:38:31.710><c> called</c><00:38:31.989><c> a</c><00:38:32.250><c> man</c><00:38:32.590><c> after</c><00:38:33.090><c> God's</c><00:38:33.630><c> own</c><00:38:33.829><c> heart.</c><00:38:35.969><c> And</c><00:38:36.110><c> those</c>

00:38:36.269 --> 00:38:38.230
things<00:38:36.429><c> are</c><00:38:36.630><c> for</c><00:38:36.769><c> our</c><00:38:37.050><c> learning.</c><00:38:37.789><c> Those</c><00:38:38.030><c> things</c>

00:38:38.230 --> 00:38:42.409
are<00:38:38.449><c> for</c><00:38:38.449><c> us</c><00:38:38.670><c> to</c><00:38:38.849><c> learn</c><00:38:38.989><c> how</c><00:38:39.190><c> we</c><00:38:39.449><c> can</c><00:38:39.730><c> overcome.</c><00:38:41.150><c> The</c><00:38:41.349><c> only</c><00:38:41.670><c> person</c><00:38:42.030><c> that</c><00:38:42.230><c> God</c>

00:38:42.409 --> 00:38:43.750
cannot<00:38:42.750><c> save</c><00:38:43.150><c> is</c><00:38:43.329><c> the</c><00:38:43.510><c> person</c>

00:38:43.750 --> 00:38:46.909
who<00:38:43.929><c> turns</c><00:38:44.210><c> his</c><00:38:44.409><c> back</c><00:38:44.590><c> on</c><00:38:44.730><c> him</c><00:38:44.909><c> completely.</c><00:38:46.130><c> And</c><00:38:46.389><c> that's</c><00:38:46.769><c> the</c>

00:38:46.909 --> 00:38:48.690
person<00:38:47.170><c> who</c><00:38:47.389><c> blasphemes</c><00:38:47.769><c> against</c><00:38:48.070><c> the</c><00:38:48.210><c> Holy</c><00:38:48.409><c> Spirit</c>

00:38:48.690 --> 00:38:50.949
because<00:38:48.949><c> that</c><00:38:49.210><c> person</c><00:38:49.429><c> doesn't</c><00:38:49.650><c> even</c><00:38:49.869><c> accept</c><00:38:50.250><c> the</c><00:38:50.469><c> power</c><00:38:50.710><c> of</c>

00:38:50.949 --> 00:38:53.389
God.<00:38:51.809><c> If</c><00:38:52.010><c> you</c><00:38:52.170><c> don't</c><00:38:52.329><c> accept</c><00:38:52.570><c> the</c><00:38:52.730><c> power</c><00:38:53.010><c> of</c><00:38:53.250><c> God,</c>

00:38:53.469 --> 00:39:00.250
there's<00:38:53.650><c> nothing</c><00:38:53.849><c> really</c><00:38:54.150><c> God</c><00:38:54.349><c> can</c><00:38:54.550><c> do</c><00:38:54.730><c> for</c><00:38:55.010><c> you.</c><00:38:59.250><c> But</c><00:38:59.730><c> men</c><00:38:59.909><c> of</c>

00:39:00.250 --> 00:39:05.889
faith,<00:39:01.510><c> they</c><00:39:03.429><c> overcome</c><00:39:03.949><c> even</c><00:39:04.349><c> the</c><00:39:04.610><c> impossible,</c>

00:39:06.409 --> 00:39:11.530
and<00:39:07.050><c> they</c><00:39:07.170><c> can</c><00:39:07.389><c> relate</c><00:39:07.989><c> to</c><00:39:08.789><c> the</c><00:39:08.949><c> things</c><00:39:09.090><c> of</c><00:39:09.289><c> God.</c><00:39:10.449><c> Now,</c><00:39:10.929><c> take</c><00:39:11.329><c> a</c>

00:39:11.530 --> 00:39:14.210
look<00:39:11.670><c> at</c><00:39:12.010><c> Matthew,</c><00:39:12.469><c> Chapter</c><00:39:12.829><c> 17,</c><00:39:13.610><c> Verse</c><00:39:13.789><c> 20,</c>

00:39:14.210 --> 00:39:18.409
and<00:39:14.389><c> you</c><00:39:14.570><c> get</c><00:39:14.710><c> some</c><00:39:15.030><c> comments</c><00:39:15.389><c> in</c><00:39:16.070><c> the</c><00:39:16.230><c> Gospel</c><00:39:16.670><c> on</c><00:39:17.369><c> Jesus'</c><00:39:17.829><c> view</c><00:39:18.090><c> of</c>

00:39:18.409 --> 00:39:21.150
faith<00:39:18.630><c> that</c><00:39:18.889><c> are</c><00:39:19.190><c> just</c><00:39:19.550><c> truly</c><00:39:19.969><c> startling.</c>

00:39:22.190 --> 00:39:30.090
Chapter<00:39:22.510><c> 17</c><00:39:23.349><c> of</c><00:39:24.070><c> the</c><00:39:24.269><c> Gospel</c><00:39:24.550><c> of</c><00:39:24.670><c> Matthew,</c><00:39:25.050><c> Verse</c><00:39:25.369><c> 20.</c><00:39:29.250><c> And</c><00:39:29.610><c> we're</c><00:39:29.750><c> going</c><00:39:29.849><c> to</c>

00:39:30.090 --> 00:39:32.250
start<00:39:30.889><c> with</c><00:39:31.550><c> Verse</c><00:39:31.809><c> 19.</c>

00:39:32.250 --> 00:39:36.090
The<00:39:32.590><c> disciples</c><00:39:32.989><c> were</c><00:39:33.250><c> questioning</c><00:39:33.550><c> Jesus</c><00:39:34.250><c> because</c><00:39:34.730><c> they</c><00:39:34.969><c> tried</c><00:39:35.309><c> to</c>

00:39:37.989 --> 00:39:41.230
heal,<00:39:38.590><c> and</c><00:39:38.869><c> it</c><00:39:39.030><c> didn't</c><00:39:39.250><c> work.</c><00:39:39.929><c> They</c><00:39:40.110><c> couldn't</c><00:39:40.489><c> cast</c><00:39:40.809><c> out</c><00:39:41.050><c> the</c>

00:39:41.230 --> 00:39:43.110
demons<00:39:41.489><c> that</c><00:39:41.690><c> were</c><00:39:41.809><c> in</c><00:39:41.969><c> this</c><00:39:42.210><c> man.</c>

00:39:44.610 --> 00:39:48.449
And<00:39:44.690><c> then</c><00:39:44.889><c> came</c><00:39:45.150><c> the</c><00:39:45.269><c> disciples,</c><00:39:45.769><c> Verse</c><00:39:46.050><c> 19,</c><00:39:47.530><c> to</c><00:39:47.769><c> Jesus</c><00:39:48.170><c> apart</c>

00:39:48.449 --> 00:39:51.849
and<00:39:48.610><c> said,</c><00:39:48.929><c> Why</c><00:39:49.269><c> could</c><00:39:49.610><c> not</c><00:39:49.869><c> we</c><00:39:50.210><c> cast</c><00:39:50.530><c> him</c><00:39:50.750><c> out?</c>

00:39:55.230 --> 00:40:00.590
And<00:39:55.789><c> Jesus</c><00:39:56.289><c> said</c><00:39:56.590><c> unto</c><00:39:56.849><c> them,</c><00:39:57.849><c> Because</c><00:39:57.869><c> of</c><00:39:58.190><c> your</c><00:39:58.510><c> unbelief.</c>

00:40:01.210 --> 00:40:03.590
Now<00:40:01.369><c> that's</c><00:40:01.650><c> really</c><00:40:02.070><c> startling.</c><00:40:02.510><c> They</c><00:40:02.630><c> had</c><00:40:02.789><c> been</c><00:40:03.030><c> given</c>

00:40:03.590 --> 00:40:09.170
the<00:40:04.010><c> power</c><00:40:04.230><c> to</c><00:40:04.469><c> do</c><00:40:04.630><c> this,</c><00:40:05.510><c> and</c><00:40:05.769><c> yet</c><00:40:05.889><c> this</c><00:40:06.130><c> power</c><00:40:06.409><c> wasn't</c><00:40:06.809><c> absolute.</c><00:40:09.010><c> There</c>

00:40:09.170 --> 00:40:11.090
was<00:40:09.349><c> still</c><00:40:09.849><c> more</c><00:40:10.269><c> within</c><00:40:10.670><c> them</c><00:40:10.969><c> that</c>

00:40:11.090 --> 00:40:16.010
they<00:40:11.329><c> had</c><00:40:11.550><c> to</c><00:40:11.849><c> accomplish.</c><00:40:14.150><c> For</c><00:40:14.449><c> verily</c><00:40:14.889><c> I</c><00:40:15.110><c> say</c><00:40:15.250><c> unto</c><00:40:15.429><c> you,</c><00:40:15.730><c> If</c>

00:40:16.010 --> 00:40:18.429
ye<00:40:16.210><c> have</c><00:40:16.489><c> faith</c><00:40:16.750><c> as</c><00:40:17.050><c> a</c><00:40:17.230><c> grain</c><00:40:17.429><c> of</c><00:40:17.670><c> mustard</c><00:40:18.030><c> seed,</c>

00:40:18.429 --> 00:40:22.789
ye<00:40:18.889><c> shall</c><00:40:19.110><c> say</c><00:40:19.369><c> unto</c><00:40:19.610><c> this</c><00:40:19.909><c> mountain,</c><00:40:20.489><c> Remove</c><00:40:20.690><c> hence</c><00:40:21.289><c> to</c><00:40:21.789><c> yonder</c><00:40:22.150><c> place,</c><00:40:22.610><c> and</c>

00:40:22.789 --> 00:40:23.590
it<00:40:22.949><c> shall</c><00:40:23.130><c> remove,</c>

00:40:23.869 --> 00:40:30.650
and<00:40:24.250><c> nothing</c><00:40:24.769><c> shall</c><00:40:25.070><c> be</c><00:40:25.429><c> impossible</c><00:40:26.250><c> unto</c><00:40:26.570><c> you.</c><00:40:28.590><c> Howbeit</c><00:40:28.969><c> this</c><00:40:29.289><c> kind</c><00:40:29.489><c> goeth</c><00:40:30.110><c> not</c>

00:40:30.650 --> 00:40:32.570
out,<00:40:30.969><c> but</c><00:40:31.150><c> by</c><00:40:31.449><c> prayer</c><00:40:31.869><c> and</c><00:40:32.250><c> fasting.</c>

00:40:32.570 --> 00:40:34.989
Now,<00:40:32.769><c> I</c><00:40:32.909><c> don't</c><00:40:33.130><c> know</c><00:40:33.329><c> about</c><00:40:33.710><c> you,</c><00:40:34.110><c> brethren</c><00:40:34.170><c> and</c><00:40:34.389><c> sisters,</c><00:40:34.530><c> but</c><00:40:34.730><c> I</c>

00:40:34.989 --> 00:40:37.309
have<00:40:35.150><c> not</c><00:40:35.389><c> been</c><00:40:35.550><c> able</c><00:40:35.849><c> to</c><00:40:36.050><c> move</c><00:40:36.250><c> a</c><00:40:36.530><c> mountain.</c>

00:40:38.429 --> 00:40:43.530
I<00:40:38.989><c> don't</c><00:40:39.250><c> even</c><00:40:39.530><c> think</c><00:40:39.690><c> I</c><00:40:39.809><c> can</c><00:40:40.010><c> move</c><00:40:40.230><c> a</c><00:40:40.409><c> chair.</c><00:40:42.050><c> This</c><00:40:42.489><c> is</c><00:40:42.769><c> a</c><00:40:42.949><c> tough,</c><00:40:43.389><c> a</c>

00:40:43.530 --> 00:40:44.489
very<00:40:43.809><c> tough</c><00:40:44.030><c> thing</c>

00:40:44.489 --> 00:40:49.349
to<00:40:44.489><c> do.</c><00:40:45.929><c> To</c><00:40:46.489><c> have</c><00:40:46.690><c> this</c><00:40:47.050><c> kind</c><00:40:47.269><c> of</c><00:40:47.510><c> level</c><00:40:47.730><c> of</c><00:40:48.050><c> faith,</c><00:40:49.110><c> and</c><00:40:49.210><c> yet</c>

00:40:49.349 --> 00:40:51.690
it's<00:40:49.530><c> something</c><00:40:49.809><c> we</c><00:40:50.050><c> need</c><00:40:50.409><c> to</c><00:40:50.710><c> develop</c><00:40:51.050><c> more</c><00:40:51.389><c> of.</c>

00:40:52.110 --> 00:40:54.989
Many<00:40:52.369><c> times</c><00:40:52.690><c> things</c><00:40:52.929><c> don't</c><00:40:53.190><c> get</c><00:40:53.530><c> accomplished</c><00:40:54.050><c> in</c><00:40:54.269><c> ecclesias</c>

00:40:54.989 --> 00:40:56.949
because<00:40:55.590><c> people</c><00:40:55.929><c> don't</c><00:40:56.170><c> have</c><00:40:56.389><c> enough</c><00:40:56.690><c> faith</c>

00:40:56.949 --> 00:40:59.769
that<00:40:57.130><c> they</c><00:40:57.269><c> can</c><00:40:57.489><c> do</c><00:40:57.670><c> it.</c><00:40:58.250><c> They</c><00:40:58.510><c> start</c><00:40:58.769><c> worrying</c><00:40:59.150><c> about</c><00:40:59.510><c> the</c>

00:40:59.769 --> 00:41:02.510
money,<00:41:00.329><c> the</c><00:41:00.550><c> workers,</c><00:41:01.130><c> the</c><00:41:01.409><c> time,</c><00:41:01.889><c> the</c><00:41:02.070><c> trouble.</c>

00:41:02.750 --> 00:41:07.409
We've<00:41:02.989><c> done</c><00:41:03.110><c> it</c><00:41:03.329><c> before,</c><00:41:03.750><c> it</c><00:41:03.929><c> didn't</c><00:41:04.230><c> work.</c><00:41:05.690><c> We</c><00:41:06.070><c> tried</c><00:41:06.329><c> it</c><00:41:06.510><c> five</c><00:41:06.750><c> years</c><00:41:07.050><c> ago,</c><00:41:07.269><c> it</c>

00:41:07.409 --> 00:41:09.849
doesn't<00:41:07.710><c> pay</c><00:41:08.070><c> off,</c><00:41:08.989><c> and</c><00:41:09.349><c> so</c><00:41:09.630><c> on.</c>

00:41:09.849 --> 00:41:13.670
And<00:41:10.329><c> so</c><00:41:10.469><c> you</c><00:41:10.670><c> think</c><00:41:10.989><c> of</c><00:41:11.230><c> all</c><00:41:11.570><c> the</c><00:41:11.809><c> negatives</c><00:41:12.130><c> instead</c><00:41:12.530><c> of</c><00:41:12.769><c> having</c><00:41:13.030><c> faith</c><00:41:13.489><c> that</c>

00:41:13.670 --> 00:41:14.769
if<00:41:13.849><c> it's</c><00:41:14.150><c> something</c><00:41:14.449><c> that</c>

00:41:14.769 --> 00:41:18.570
should<00:41:14.989><c> be</c><00:41:15.369><c> done</c><00:41:15.610><c> for</c><00:41:15.809><c> God's</c><00:41:16.250><c> purpose,</c><00:41:16.469><c> you</c><00:41:16.590><c> can</c><00:41:16.849><c> carry</c><00:41:17.070><c> it</c><00:41:17.329><c> out.</c><00:41:18.269><c> Many</c><00:41:18.389><c> an</c>

00:41:18.570 --> 00:41:20.070
ecclesial<00:41:18.989><c> hall</c><00:41:19.230><c> has</c><00:41:19.429><c> not</c><00:41:19.610><c> been</c><00:41:19.809><c> built</c>

00:41:20.070 --> 00:41:22.789
because<00:41:20.429><c> of</c><00:41:20.610><c> lack</c><00:41:20.809><c> of</c><00:41:21.030><c> faith.</c><00:41:21.650><c> Many</c><00:41:21.829><c> a</c><00:41:22.050><c> preaching</c><00:41:22.329><c> campaign</c>

00:41:22.789 --> 00:41:24.909
never<00:41:23.090><c> got</c><00:41:23.329><c> started</c><00:41:23.670><c> because</c><00:41:24.090><c> of</c><00:41:24.269><c> lack</c><00:41:24.469><c> of</c><00:41:24.690><c> faith.</c>

00:41:25.289 --> 00:41:28.570
Many<00:41:25.530><c> a</c><00:41:25.710><c> Sunday</c><00:41:25.969><c> school</c><00:41:26.269><c> wasn't</c><00:41:26.630><c> organized</c><00:41:27.050><c> and</c><00:41:27.230><c> had</c><00:41:27.349><c> good</c><00:41:27.590><c> teachers</c><00:41:27.969><c> because</c><00:41:28.389><c> of</c>

00:41:28.570 --> 00:41:29.849
lack<00:41:28.809><c> of</c><00:41:29.030><c> faith.</c>

00:41:31.389 --> 00:41:35.210
We<00:41:31.690><c> have</c><00:41:31.889><c> to</c><00:41:32.050><c> be</c><00:41:32.230><c> able</c><00:41:32.590><c> to</c><00:41:32.909><c> give</c><00:41:33.190><c> of</c><00:41:33.469><c> ourselves</c><00:41:34.110><c> and</c><00:41:34.829><c> believe</c>

00:41:35.210 --> 00:41:38.150
completely<00:41:36.010><c> that</c><00:41:36.929><c> we</c><00:41:37.329><c> will</c><00:41:37.710><c> accomplish</c>

00:41:38.150 --> 00:41:40.750
what<00:41:38.289><c> needs</c><00:41:38.550><c> to</c><00:41:38.769><c> be</c><00:41:38.989><c> accomplished</c><00:41:39.329><c> and</c><00:41:39.510><c> that</c><00:41:39.750><c> God</c><00:41:39.929><c> will</c><00:41:40.130><c> be</c><00:41:40.309><c> with</c><00:41:40.510><c> us</c>

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in<00:41:40.969><c> doing</c><00:41:41.130><c> it.</c>

00:41:43.190 --> 00:41:48.130
And<00:41:43.309><c> go</c><00:41:43.449><c> back</c><00:41:43.730><c> a</c><00:41:44.010><c> couple</c><00:41:44.230><c> of</c><00:41:44.429><c> pages</c><00:41:44.730><c> to</c><00:41:45.789><c> Matthew</c><00:41:46.510><c> chapter</c><00:41:47.289><c> 14</c>

00:41:48.130 --> 00:41:50.409
verse<00:41:49.130><c> 29.</c>

00:41:52.929 --> 00:41:57.789
He<00:41:53.070><c> says</c><00:41:53.329><c> here,</c><00:41:55.929><c> Peter</c><00:41:55.929><c> coming</c><00:41:56.429><c> out</c><00:41:56.690><c> to</c><00:41:56.889><c> meet</c><00:41:57.030><c> him</c><00:41:57.250><c> upon</c><00:41:57.530><c> the</c>

00:41:57.789 --> 00:42:00.429
water,<00:41:58.389><c> and</c><00:41:58.590><c> he</c><00:41:58.730><c> said,</c><00:41:59.210><c> come.</c>

00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:04.389
Now<00:42:01.750><c> I'm</c><00:42:01.829><c> going</c><00:42:01.949><c> to</c><00:42:01.989><c> read</c><00:42:02.250><c> back</c><00:42:03.150><c> a</c><00:42:03.309><c> verse</c><00:42:03.590><c> connection,</c><00:42:04.090><c> verse</c>

00:42:04.389 --> 00:42:05.989
28,<00:42:04.809><c> and</c><00:42:04.949><c> Peter</c><00:42:05.210><c> answered</c><00:42:05.590><c> him</c><00:42:05.769><c> and</c><00:42:05.889><c> said,</c>

00:42:05.989 --> 00:42:09.849
Lord,<00:42:06.269><c> if</c><00:42:06.389><c> thou</c><00:42:06.690><c> bid</c><00:42:06.929><c> me,</c><00:42:07.289><c> come</c><00:42:07.469><c> unto</c><00:42:07.710><c> thee</c><00:42:07.929><c> on</c><00:42:08.170><c> the</c><00:42:08.369><c> water.</c><00:42:09.449><c> So</c>

00:42:09.849 --> 00:42:10.849
Peter<00:42:10.030><c> was</c><00:42:10.190><c> going</c><00:42:10.329><c> to</c><00:42:10.409><c> go</c><00:42:10.510><c> out</c><00:42:10.710><c> and</c><00:42:10.769><c> meet</c>

00:42:10.849 --> 00:42:16.409
him<00:42:10.969><c> on</c><00:42:11.070><c> this</c><00:42:11.329><c> water.</c><00:42:12.289><c> And</c><00:42:12.550><c> he</c><00:42:12.610><c> said,</c><00:42:12.969><c> come</c><00:42:13.510><c> to</c><00:42:13.929><c> do</c><00:42:14.070><c> it.</c><00:42:14.869><c> And</c><00:42:14.989><c> when</c><00:42:15.150><c> Peter</c><00:42:15.309><c> had</c><00:42:15.429><c> come</c><00:42:15.650><c> down</c><00:42:16.110><c> out</c><00:42:16.309><c> of</c>

00:42:16.409 --> 00:42:16.670
the<00:42:16.570><c> ship,</c>

00:42:16.690 --> 00:42:20.809
he<00:42:16.889><c> walked</c><00:42:17.130><c> on</c><00:42:17.329><c> the</c><00:42:17.510><c> water</c><00:42:17.650><c> to</c><00:42:17.849><c> go</c><00:42:17.989><c> to</c><00:42:18.130><c> Jesus.</c><00:42:19.130><c> And</c><00:42:19.309><c> when</c><00:42:19.449><c> he</c><00:42:19.650><c> saw</c><00:42:19.789><c> the</c><00:42:20.030><c> wind</c><00:42:20.210><c> boisterous,</c><00:42:20.690><c> he</c>

00:42:20.809 --> 00:42:21.630
was<00:42:21.030><c> afraid,</c>

00:42:21.789 --> 00:42:24.530
and<00:42:22.110><c> beginning</c><00:42:22.389><c> to</c><00:42:22.730><c> sink,</c><00:42:22.889><c> he</c><00:42:23.150><c> cried,</c><00:42:23.570><c> saying,</c><00:42:23.690><c> Lord,</c><00:42:24.170><c> save</c>

00:42:24.530 --> 00:42:27.150
me.<00:42:25.230><c> And</c><00:42:25.630><c> immediately</c><00:42:26.070><c> Jesus</c><00:42:26.489><c> stretched</c><00:42:26.949><c> forth</c>

00:42:27.150 --> 00:42:30.329
his<00:42:27.429><c> hand</c><00:42:27.710><c> and</c><00:42:27.869><c> called</c><00:42:28.130><c> him</c><00:42:28.289><c> and</c><00:42:28.469><c> said</c><00:42:28.590><c> unto</c><00:42:28.750><c> him,</c><00:42:29.530><c> O</c><00:42:29.710><c> thou</c><00:42:30.010><c> of</c>

00:42:30.329 --> 00:42:34.389
little<00:42:30.769><c> faith,</c><00:42:31.909><c> wherefore</c><00:42:32.409><c> didst</c><00:42:32.989><c> thou</c><00:42:33.409><c> doubt?</c>

00:42:34.750 --> 00:42:40.449
And<00:42:35.269><c> when</c><00:42:35.550><c> they</c><00:42:35.989><c> were</c><00:42:36.670><c> come</c><00:42:36.909><c> into</c><00:42:37.170><c> the</c><00:42:37.489><c> ship,</c><00:42:37.869><c> the</c><00:42:37.989><c> wind</c><00:42:38.329><c> ceased.</c><00:42:40.190><c> Now</c><00:42:40.369><c> I</c>

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don't<00:42:40.650><c> know</c><00:42:40.829><c> about</c><00:42:41.070><c> you,</c>

00:42:42.210 --> 00:42:46.010
but<00:42:42.610><c> I'm</c><00:42:42.889><c> not</c><00:42:43.090><c> walking</c><00:42:43.349><c> on</c><00:42:43.630><c> water</c><00:42:43.769><c> for</c><00:42:44.050><c> anybody.</c><00:42:45.610><c> I</c><00:42:45.809><c> don't</c>

00:42:46.010 --> 00:42:48.090
even<00:42:46.210><c> like</c><00:42:46.449><c> swimming</c><00:42:46.789><c> sometimes,</c><00:42:47.389><c> especially</c><00:42:47.690><c> here</c><00:42:47.949><c> with</c>

00:42:48.090 --> 00:42:50.630
those,<00:42:48.409><c> even</c><00:42:48.590><c> those</c><00:42:48.809><c> little</c><00:42:49.030><c> baby</c><00:42:49.289><c> alligators.</c><00:42:49.929><c> I'm</c><00:42:50.050><c> not</c><00:42:50.230><c> keen</c><00:42:50.429><c> on</c>

00:42:50.630 --> 00:42:53.550
this.<00:42:52.130><c> This</c><00:42:52.389><c> must</c><00:42:52.550><c> have</c><00:42:52.750><c> taken</c><00:42:52.929><c> tremendous</c>

00:42:53.550 --> 00:42:56.710
faith<00:42:53.809><c> for</c><00:42:54.010><c> Peter</c><00:42:54.210><c> to</c><00:42:54.369><c> even</c><00:42:54.590><c> start</c><00:42:54.909><c> out.</c><00:42:56.010><c> Too</c><00:42:56.090><c> many,</c><00:42:56.289><c> too</c><00:42:56.510><c> many</c>

00:42:56.710 --> 00:42:58.630
Bible<00:42:57.070><c> commentaries</c><00:42:57.730><c> criticize</c><00:42:58.309><c> Peter,</c>

00:42:58.630 --> 00:43:03.989
but<00:42:58.809><c> I</c><00:42:59.010><c> think</c><00:42:59.130><c> it's</c><00:42:59.349><c> incredible</c><00:42:59.750><c> that</c><00:42:59.909><c> he</c><00:42:59.989><c> went</c><00:43:00.170><c> that</c><00:43:00.550><c> far.</c><00:43:03.409><c> And</c><00:43:03.610><c> yet</c><00:43:03.750><c> he</c>

00:43:03.989 --> 00:43:07.090
failed.<00:43:04.489><c> He</c><00:43:04.809><c> didn't</c><00:43:05.170><c> go</c><00:43:05.570><c> all</c><00:43:05.889><c> the</c><00:43:06.130><c> way.</c>

00:43:07.170 --> 00:43:11.190
And<00:43:07.409><c> in</c><00:43:07.550><c> this</c><00:43:07.710><c> is</c><00:43:07.929><c> the</c><00:43:08.110><c> lesson</c><00:43:08.349><c> for</c><00:43:08.630><c> us.</c><00:43:09.969><c> We've</c><00:43:10.269><c> got</c><00:43:10.329><c> to</c><00:43:10.489><c> complete</c><00:43:11.010><c> what</c>

00:43:11.190 --> 00:43:12.829
we<00:43:11.449><c> start</c><00:43:11.630><c> out</c><00:43:11.809><c> to</c><00:43:12.030><c> do.</c>

00:43:13.090 --> 00:43:16.510
Our<00:43:13.329><c> faith</c><00:43:13.630><c> can't</c><00:43:14.150><c> take</c><00:43:14.349><c> us</c><00:43:14.590><c> part</c><00:43:14.789><c> of</c><00:43:14.949><c> the</c><00:43:15.050><c> way</c><00:43:15.130><c> or</c><00:43:15.230><c> we're</c><00:43:15.349><c> going</c><00:43:15.429><c> to</c><00:43:15.650><c> sink.</c>

00:43:17.329 --> 00:43:20.090
We've<00:43:17.730><c> got</c><00:43:17.809><c> to</c><00:43:17.909><c> go</c><00:43:18.130><c> all</c><00:43:18.570><c> the</c><00:43:18.730><c> way</c><00:43:18.929><c> in</c><00:43:19.070><c> our</c><00:43:19.349><c> commitment</c><00:43:19.710><c> to</c><00:43:19.929><c> the</c>

00:43:20.090 --> 00:43:21.309
things<00:43:20.210><c> of</c><00:43:20.369><c> the</c><00:43:20.570><c> truth.</c>

00:43:21.510 --> 00:43:23.829
It's<00:43:21.829><c> not</c><00:43:22.050><c> going</c><00:43:22.190><c> to</c><00:43:22.309><c> do</c><00:43:22.429><c> very</c><00:43:22.730><c> much</c><00:43:22.889><c> good</c><00:43:23.070><c> for</c><00:43:23.269><c> us</c><00:43:23.389><c> if</c><00:43:23.530><c> we</c><00:43:23.690><c> say</c>

00:43:23.829 --> 00:43:25.409
to<00:43:23.969><c> the</c><00:43:24.070><c> Lord,</c><00:43:24.369><c> well,</c><00:43:24.489><c> I</c><00:43:24.829><c> was</c><00:43:25.030><c> in</c><00:43:25.150><c> the</c><00:43:25.309><c> truth</c>

00:43:25.409 --> 00:43:29.530
40<00:43:25.690><c> years</c><00:43:25.909><c> and</c><00:43:26.050><c> out</c><00:43:26.190><c> of</c><00:43:26.469><c> 20</c><00:43:26.690><c> of</c><00:43:26.829><c> them</c><00:43:26.889><c> were</c><00:43:27.010><c> pretty</c><00:43:27.289><c> good.</c><00:43:27.610><c> I</c><00:43:27.829><c> worked</c><00:43:27.969><c> pretty</c><00:43:28.250><c> hard.</c><00:43:29.070><c> We've</c><00:43:29.369><c> got</c><00:43:29.409><c> to</c>

00:43:29.530 --> 00:43:31.030
go<00:43:29.670><c> all</c><00:43:30.030><c> the</c><00:43:30.170><c> way.</c>

00:43:31.250 --> 00:43:34.329
There's<00:43:31.489><c> no</c><00:43:31.889><c> part</c><00:43:32.170><c> effort.</c><00:43:33.090><c> Once</c><00:43:33.289><c> we've</c><00:43:33.650><c> started</c><00:43:33.750><c> down</c><00:43:34.070><c> this</c>

00:43:34.329 --> 00:43:36.289
road,<00:43:34.769><c> we</c><00:43:34.909><c> don't</c><00:43:35.170><c> want</c><00:43:35.369><c> part</c><00:43:35.650><c> of</c><00:43:35.809><c> the</c><00:43:35.989><c> kingdom.</c>

00:43:36.630 --> 00:43:39.449
We<00:43:36.730><c> don't</c><00:43:36.949><c> want</c><00:43:37.070><c> to</c><00:43:37.230><c> be</c><00:43:37.409><c> in</c><00:43:37.969><c> the</c><00:43:38.170><c> kingdom</c><00:43:38.429><c> for</c><00:43:38.809><c> half</c><00:43:39.010><c> the</c><00:43:39.269><c> time</c>

00:43:39.449 --> 00:43:41.809
and<00:43:39.610><c> then</c><00:43:39.849><c> thrown</c><00:43:39.969><c> out</c><00:43:40.230><c> again.</c><00:43:40.809><c> We</c><00:43:41.010><c> want</c><00:43:41.309><c> everything</c>

00:43:41.809 --> 00:43:44.690
that<00:43:42.050><c> God</c><00:43:42.190><c> has</c><00:43:42.409><c> promised</c><00:43:42.690><c> us</c><00:43:42.889><c> and</c><00:43:43.050><c> we've</c><00:43:43.329><c> got</c><00:43:43.409><c> to</c><00:43:43.550><c> give</c><00:43:43.610><c> him</c><00:43:43.929><c> everything</c><00:43:44.349><c> that</c><00:43:44.530><c> we</c>

00:43:44.690 --> 00:43:46.329
are<00:43:44.889><c> capable</c><00:43:45.210><c> of</c><00:43:45.449><c> doing.</c>

00:43:46.849 --> 00:43:51.329
And<00:43:47.150><c> that's</c><00:43:47.449><c> where</c><00:43:47.670><c> Peter</c><00:43:48.210><c> failed.</c><00:43:50.030><c> Not</c><00:43:50.269><c> that</c><00:43:50.409><c> he</c><00:43:50.510><c> didn't</c><00:43:50.769><c> have</c><00:43:51.090><c> faith.</c><00:43:51.329><c> He</c>

00:43:51.329 --> 00:43:53.409
had<00:43:51.429><c> more</c><00:43:51.670><c> faith</c><00:43:51.869><c> than</c><00:43:51.989><c> I'll</c><00:43:52.230><c> ever</c><00:43:52.489><c> have.</c>

00:43:53.769 --> 00:43:56.510
And<00:43:54.409><c> something</c><00:43:54.710><c> more</c><00:43:55.050><c> that</c><00:43:55.210><c> I</c><00:43:55.289><c> have</c><00:43:55.469><c> to</c><00:43:55.690><c> learn.</c>

00:43:58.409 --> 00:44:02.449
And<00:43:58.610><c> it</c><00:43:58.690><c> was</c><00:43:58.849><c> so</c><00:43:59.030><c> that</c><00:43:59.190><c> Jesus</c><00:43:59.510><c> would</c><00:43:59.750><c> say,</c><00:44:00.010><c> thou</c><00:44:00.309><c> of</c><00:44:00.849><c> little</c><00:44:01.409><c> faith.</c>

00:44:04.090 --> 00:44:09.190
That<00:44:04.210><c> the</c><00:44:04.349><c> apostles</c><00:44:04.710><c> realized</c><00:44:05.389><c> their</c><00:44:05.610><c> position</c><00:44:06.210><c> and</c><00:44:07.550><c> they</c><00:44:07.969><c> asked</c><00:44:08.369><c> the</c><00:44:08.650><c> Lord</c><00:44:08.869><c> to</c>

00:44:09.190 --> 00:44:10.449
do<00:44:09.449><c> something</c><00:44:09.869><c> for</c><00:44:10.250><c> them.</c>

00:44:10.530 --> 00:44:14.769
Turn<00:44:10.789><c> to</c><00:44:11.309><c> Luke</c><00:44:11.849><c> chapter</c><00:44:12.349><c> 17</c><00:44:13.130><c> verse</c><00:44:13.809><c> 5.</c>

00:44:17.349 --> 00:44:21.590
And<00:44:17.949><c> it's</c><00:44:18.289><c> interesting</c><00:44:18.809><c> that</c><00:44:20.429><c> for</c><00:44:20.670><c> connection</c><00:44:21.050><c> we'll</c><00:44:21.369><c> read</c>

00:44:21.590 --> 00:44:24.909
why<00:44:22.230><c> they</c><00:44:22.590><c> made</c><00:44:22.949><c> this</c><00:44:23.349><c> request</c><00:44:23.809><c> of</c><00:44:23.989><c> the</c><00:44:24.150><c> Lord.</c>

00:44:24.989 --> 00:44:30.090
Take<00:44:24.989><c> heed</c><00:44:25.250><c> to</c><00:44:25.449><c> yourselves,</c><00:44:25.949><c> verse</c><00:44:26.230><c> 3.</c><00:44:27.369><c> If</c><00:44:27.489><c> thy</c><00:44:27.789><c> brother</c><00:44:28.150><c> trespass</c><00:44:28.730><c> against</c><00:44:29.070><c> thee,</c><00:44:29.449><c> rebuke</c><00:44:29.769><c> him.</c>

00:44:30.389 --> 00:44:34.730
And<00:44:30.590><c> if</c><00:44:30.710><c> he</c><00:44:30.929><c> repent,</c><00:44:31.409><c> forgive</c><00:44:31.789><c> him.</c><00:44:32.369><c> And</c><00:44:32.610><c> if</c><00:44:32.730><c> he</c><00:44:32.929><c> trespass</c><00:44:33.369><c> against</c><00:44:33.710><c> thee</c><00:44:33.889><c> seven</c><00:44:34.210><c> times</c><00:44:34.570><c> in</c>

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a<00:44:34.849><c> day,</c>

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and<00:44:35.230><c> seven</c><00:44:35.429><c> times</c><00:44:35.730><c> in</c><00:44:35.909><c> a</c><00:44:36.010><c> day</c><00:44:36.150><c> turn</c><00:44:36.389><c> again</c><00:44:36.710><c> to</c><00:44:36.929><c> thee,</c><00:44:37.429><c> saying,</c>

00:44:37.949 --> 00:44:40.829
I<00:44:37.969><c> repent,</c><00:44:38.510><c> thou</c><00:44:38.909><c> shalt</c><00:44:39.409><c> forgive</c><00:44:39.969><c> him.</c>

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Notice,<00:44:42.530><c> thou</c><00:44:42.650><c> might</c><00:44:43.030><c> forgive</c><00:44:43.349><c> him</c><00:44:43.469><c> is</c><00:44:43.670><c> not</c><00:44:43.909><c> said.</c><00:44:44.710><c> It's</c><00:44:45.030><c> an</c>

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absolute<00:44:45.690><c> command.</c>

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And<00:44:47.989><c> the</c><00:44:48.190><c> apostles</c><00:44:48.550><c> said</c><00:44:48.789><c> unto</c><00:44:49.050><c> the</c><00:44:49.329><c> Lord,</c><00:44:50.210><c> increase</c><00:44:51.030><c> our</c>

00:44:52.010 --> 00:44:54.650
faith.<00:44:53.170><c> Imagine</c><00:44:53.610><c> that.</c>

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The<00:44:55.329><c> thing</c><00:44:55.510><c> that</c><00:44:55.670><c> they</c><00:44:55.829><c> were</c><00:44:55.989><c> most</c><00:44:56.349><c> stunned</c><00:44:56.630><c> at</c><00:44:56.889><c> and</c><00:44:57.670><c> had</c><00:44:57.909><c> needed</c><00:44:58.190><c> to</c>

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pray<00:44:58.650><c> for</c><00:44:58.869><c> more</c><00:44:59.130><c> faith</c><00:44:59.289><c> is</c><00:44:59.429><c> they</c><00:44:59.650><c> didn't</c><00:44:59.889><c> know</c>

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how<00:45:00.269><c> to</c><00:45:00.449><c> give</c><00:45:00.650><c> forgiveness.</c><00:45:02.690><c> That's</c><00:45:03.250><c> an</c><00:45:03.469><c> incredible</c><00:45:03.829><c> thing.</c>

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Fortunately<00:45:05.190><c> we</c><00:45:05.349><c> don't</c><00:45:05.530><c> have</c><00:45:05.690><c> that</c><00:45:05.929><c> problem</c><00:45:06.289><c> in</c>

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our<00:45:07.230><c> community.</c><00:45:08.369><c> Or</c><00:45:08.570><c> do</c><00:45:08.769><c> we?</c><00:45:10.409><c> We</c><00:45:10.889><c> all</c><00:45:11.389><c> need</c><00:45:11.650><c> to</c><00:45:11.849><c> increase</c><00:45:12.170><c> our</c>

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faith<00:45:12.769><c> in</c><00:45:12.969><c> terms</c><00:45:13.269><c> of</c><00:45:13.590><c> forgiveness.</c>

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And<00:45:16.889><c> it's</c><00:45:17.329><c> a</c><00:45:17.570><c> startling</c><00:45:17.969><c> thing</c><00:45:18.570><c> that</c><00:45:19.150><c> that</c><00:45:19.869><c> is</c><00:45:20.289><c> at</c><00:45:20.429><c> the</c><00:45:20.630><c> same</c>

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level<00:45:21.090><c> as</c><00:45:21.309><c> walking</c><00:45:21.610><c> on</c><00:45:21.989><c> water.</c>

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And<00:45:23.409><c> here's</c><00:45:23.590><c> something</c><00:45:23.869><c> we</c><00:45:24.150><c> can</c><00:45:24.489><c> do</c><00:45:24.989><c> to</c><00:45:25.909><c> be</c><00:45:26.349><c> considered</c><00:45:26.769><c> heroes</c><00:45:27.110><c> of</c><00:45:27.289><c> the</c><00:45:27.469><c> faith.</c><00:45:28.570><c> We</c>

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can<00:45:29.230><c> be</c><00:45:29.670><c> more</c><00:45:29.969><c> forgiving</c>

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than<00:45:30.670><c> we</c><00:45:30.929><c> are.</c><00:45:31.869><c> We</c><00:45:31.969><c> can</c><00:45:32.289><c> learn</c><00:45:32.789><c> to</c><00:45:33.829><c> forgive</c><00:45:34.070><c> our</c><00:45:34.349><c> brothers</c><00:45:34.550><c> seven</c><00:45:34.969><c> times</c><00:45:35.449><c> in</c>

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a<00:45:35.909><c> day.</c><00:45:36.570><c> And</c><00:45:36.769><c> sometimes</c><00:45:37.130><c> I</c><00:45:37.289><c> hear</c>

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someone<00:45:37.789><c> say,</c><00:45:38.190><c> well,</c><00:45:38.289><c> I'll</c><00:45:38.510><c> never</c><00:45:38.750><c> forgive</c><00:45:39.050><c> them</c><00:45:39.250><c> until</c><00:45:39.429><c> they</c>

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repent.<00:45:40.809><c> There's</c><00:45:41.250><c> no</c><00:45:41.469><c> connection.</c>

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We<00:45:42.889><c> can</c><00:45:43.170><c> forgive</c><00:45:43.469><c> someone</c><00:45:43.829><c> even</c><00:45:44.050><c> if</c><00:45:44.150><c> they</c><00:45:44.349><c> don't</c><00:45:44.590><c> repent.</c><00:45:46.170><c> Whether</c><00:45:46.309><c> they</c><00:45:46.530><c> repent</c><00:45:46.809><c> or</c>

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not<00:45:47.050><c> is</c><00:45:47.250><c> really</c><00:45:47.550><c> their</c><00:45:47.849><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:45:48.909><c> I</c><00:45:48.989><c> don't</c><00:45:49.210><c> have</c><00:45:49.530><c> time,</c><00:45:49.909><c> you</c><00:45:50.130><c> know,</c><00:45:50.150><c> well,</c><00:45:50.250><c> there's</c><00:45:50.349><c> about</c>

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a<00:45:50.670><c> minute</c><00:45:50.829><c> left.</c><00:45:51.130><c> I</c><00:45:51.250><c> don't</c><00:45:51.309><c> have</c><00:45:51.469><c> time</c><00:45:51.590><c> to</c><00:45:51.710><c> go</c>

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into<00:45:52.030><c> that</c><00:45:52.250><c> in</c><00:45:52.389><c> some</c><00:45:52.590><c> detail.</c><00:45:53.650><c> But</c><00:45:54.090><c> I'll</c><00:45:54.530><c> try</c><00:45:54.730><c> to</c><00:45:55.170><c> catch</c><00:45:55.349><c> that</c>

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a<00:45:55.650><c> little</c><00:45:55.769><c> bit</c><00:45:55.949><c> later</c><00:45:56.170><c> in</c><00:45:56.329><c> the</c><00:45:56.469><c> week</c>

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on<00:45:57.769><c> that</c><00:45:58.030><c> relationship</c><00:45:58.670><c> and</c><00:45:58.849><c> how</c><00:45:59.010><c> that</c><00:45:59.210><c> builds</c><00:45:59.550><c> faith.</c><00:46:00.489><c> And</c><00:46:00.650><c> that</c><00:46:00.809><c> can</c><00:46:01.010><c> make</c><00:46:01.150><c> us</c><00:46:01.429><c> a</c><00:46:01.670><c> faithful</c>

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person.<00:46:02.570><c> But</c><00:46:02.750><c> the</c><00:46:02.909><c> thing</c><00:46:02.989><c> to</c><00:46:03.190><c> focus</c><00:46:03.489><c> on</c><00:46:03.690><c> now</c><00:46:04.090><c> is</c><00:46:04.449><c> that</c><00:46:04.730><c> prayer.</c>

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In<00:46:05.730><c> a</c><00:46:05.869><c> sense,</c><00:46:06.010><c> they're</c><00:46:06.369><c> praying</c><00:46:06.550><c> when</c><00:46:06.690><c> they</c><00:46:06.949><c> say,</c>

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Lord,<00:46:08.250><c> increase</c><00:46:09.090><c> our</c><00:46:10.389><c> faith.</c><00:46:11.369><c> And</c><00:46:11.650><c> that's</c><00:46:11.929><c> a</c><00:46:12.070><c> prayer</c><00:46:12.210><c> I</c><00:46:12.530><c> often</c>

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make<00:46:13.170><c> myself.</c><00:46:14.809><c> It's</c><00:46:15.250><c> a</c><00:46:15.389><c> very</c><00:46:15.710><c> important</c><00:46:16.230><c> prayer.</c>

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Because<00:46:17.349><c> without</c><00:46:18.170><c> the</c><00:46:18.869><c> continual</c><00:46:20.369><c> increasing</c><00:46:20.949><c> of</c><00:46:21.210><c> our</c><00:46:21.510><c> faith,</c><00:46:22.489><c> we</c><00:46:22.650><c> cannot</c><00:46:23.349><c> grow</c><00:46:24.090><c> in</c>

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the<00:46:25.050><c> working</c><00:46:25.309><c> of</c><00:46:25.610><c> the</c><00:46:25.809><c> truth.</c>

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Thank<00:46:27.449><c> you.</c>