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they're<00:14:54.559><c> together</c><00:14:54.940><c> with</c><00:14:55.200><c> other</c><00:14:55.559><c> folks</c>

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I'm<00:14:59.659><c> going</c><00:14:59.759><c> to</c><00:14:59.820><c> talk</c><00:15:00.059><c> about</c><00:15:00.240><c> an</c><00:15:00.559><c> extreme</c><00:15:00.840><c> just</c><00:15:01.080><c> a</c><00:15:01.159><c> little</c><00:15:01.360><c> bit</c>

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into<00:15:06.200><c> isolation.</c>

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Mountain<00:15:14.460><c> Town</c><00:15:14.820><c> in</c><00:15:15.080><c> Colorado.</c>

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to<00:15:18.740><c> meeting</c><00:15:18.980><c> pretty</c><00:15:19.320><c> regular</c><00:15:19.840><c> every</c><00:15:20.379><c> month,</c>

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month<00:15:21.440><c> and</c><00:15:21.580><c> a</c><00:15:21.720><c> half.</c><00:15:23.000><c> And</c><00:15:23.500><c> that</c><00:15:23.639><c> was</c><00:15:23.860><c> regular</c><00:15:24.200><c> for</c><00:15:24.639><c> that</c><00:15:24.980><c> distance</c><00:15:25.399><c> and</c>

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that<00:15:25.840><c> place.</c>

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But<00:15:27.759><c> we</c><00:15:28.320><c> were</c><00:15:28.500><c> in</c><00:15:28.639><c> isolation,</c><00:15:29.320><c> basically,</c><00:15:29.840><c> compared</c><00:15:30.139><c> to</c><00:15:30.820><c> what</c>

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we're<00:15:31.779><c> involved</c><00:15:32.240><c> in</c><00:15:32.419><c> now</c><00:15:32.740><c> with</c><00:15:33.200><c> the</c><00:15:33.399><c> Denver</c>

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Ecclesia.

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family,<00:15:41.919><c> especially</c><00:15:42.200><c> for</c><00:15:42.440><c> a</c>

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young<00:15:42.639><c> family,</c><00:15:43.019><c> but</c><00:15:43.179><c> for</c><00:15:43.419><c> anyone,</c><00:15:43.720><c> can</c><00:15:43.940><c> be</c><00:15:44.179><c> especially</c><00:15:44.759><c> tragic</c><00:15:45.320><c> and</c><00:15:45.580><c> difficult.</c>

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I'll<00:15:46.940><c> preface</c><00:15:47.179><c> what</c><00:15:47.360><c> I'm</c><00:15:47.480><c> about</c><00:15:47.740><c> to</c><00:15:48.000><c> say</c><00:15:48.580><c> with</c><00:15:49.500><c> the</c><00:15:49.759><c> comment</c>

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that<00:15:50.360><c> there</c><00:15:50.659><c> are</c><00:15:50.899><c> those</c><00:15:51.139><c> individuals</c><00:15:51.740><c> within</c>

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the<00:15:52.240><c> faith</c><00:15:52.580><c> who</c><00:15:53.779><c> have</c><00:15:53.960><c> gone</c><00:15:54.120><c> into</c><00:15:54.379><c> isolation</c><00:15:55.039><c> and</c><00:15:55.679><c> done</c><00:15:55.899><c> the</c>

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work<00:15:56.220><c> of</c><00:15:56.399><c> the</c><00:15:56.539><c> Lord</c><00:15:56.759><c> tirelessly,</c><00:15:58.139><c> especially</c>

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in<00:15:58.740><c> the</c><00:15:58.799><c> area</c><00:15:59.120><c> of</c><00:15:59.320><c> preaching.</c><00:16:00.759><c> They</c><00:16:00.940><c> have</c><00:16:01.179><c> started</c><00:16:01.419><c> light</c><00:16:01.779><c> stands</c><00:16:02.139><c> in</c>

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areas<00:16:02.700><c> previously</c><00:16:03.340><c> untouched</c>

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by<00:16:04.059><c> at</c><00:16:04.139><c> least</c><00:16:04.399><c> the</c><00:16:04.620><c> modern</c><00:16:04.919><c> day</c><00:16:05.179><c> disciples.</c><00:16:06.299><c> I'd</c><00:16:06.559><c> be</c><00:16:06.720><c> interested</c><00:16:07.019><c> if</c><00:16:07.159><c> you</c>

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would<00:16:07.460><c> share</c><00:16:07.679><c> with</c><00:16:07.879><c> me</c><00:16:08.679><c> some</c>

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accounts<00:16:09.399><c> of</c><00:16:09.600><c> that.</c>

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Brothers<00:16:10.279><c> and</c><00:16:10.379><c> sisters</c><00:16:10.759><c> who've</c><00:16:11.100><c> gone</c><00:16:11.320><c> into</c><00:16:12.019><c> isolation,</c><00:16:12.879><c> basically,</c><00:16:13.879><c> and</c>

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this<00:16:14.399><c> I</c><00:16:14.559><c> think</c><00:16:14.779><c> has</c><00:16:15.039><c> happened</c><00:16:15.279><c> more</c>

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in<00:16:15.620><c> the</c><00:16:15.799><c> past</c><00:16:16.059><c> than</c><00:16:16.200><c> it</c><00:16:16.419><c> happens</c><00:16:16.620><c> today.</c><00:16:17.379><c> That's</c><00:16:17.679><c> my</c><00:16:17.840><c> impression,</c><00:16:18.259><c> but</c><00:16:18.419><c> you</c>

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correct<00:16:18.820><c> me</c><00:16:19.019><c> if</c><00:16:19.100><c> I'm</c>

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wrong,<00:16:19.940><c> but</c><00:16:20.259><c> have</c><00:16:20.440><c> gone</c><00:16:20.639><c> into</c><00:16:20.879><c> isolation</c><00:16:21.419><c> and</c><00:16:21.659><c> actually</c><00:16:21.919><c> been</c>

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able<00:16:22.240><c> to</c><00:16:22.500><c> start</c><00:16:22.679><c> a</c><00:16:22.840><c> light</c><00:16:23.059><c> stand</c><00:16:23.279><c> and</c><00:16:23.500><c> start</c>

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an<00:16:23.820><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:24.399><c> in</c><00:16:25.159><c> that</c><00:16:25.700><c> area</c><00:16:26.059><c> without</c><00:16:26.720><c> a</c><00:16:26.960><c> lot</c><00:16:27.179><c> of</c><00:16:27.320><c> brothers</c><00:16:27.519><c> and</c><00:16:27.720><c> sisters</c><00:16:28.059><c> close</c><00:16:28.480><c> by,</c><00:16:28.740><c> at</c>

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least<00:16:29.120><c> physically.</c>

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an<00:16:36.340><c> isolated</c>

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area<00:16:37.080><c> that</c><00:16:37.279><c> needs</c><00:16:37.620><c> the</c><00:16:37.840><c> word</c><00:16:38.019><c> of</c><00:16:38.179><c> God</c><00:16:38.879><c> and</c><00:16:40.620><c> moving</c><00:16:41.039><c> into</c><00:16:41.299><c> that</c>

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isolated<00:16:42.000><c> area</c><00:16:42.320><c> for</c><00:16:42.580><c> separation's</c>

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sake<00:16:43.480><c> or</c><00:16:43.759><c> to,</c><00:16:43.960><c> quote,</c><00:16:44.220><c> get</c><00:16:44.480><c> away</c><00:16:44.759><c> from</c><00:16:44.960><c> it</c><00:16:45.120><c> all,</c><00:16:45.259><c> unquote.</c><00:16:46.500><c> By</c>

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that,<00:16:47.019><c> I</c><00:16:47.200><c> mean</c><00:16:47.440><c> withdrawing</c><00:16:48.000><c> for</c><00:16:48.159><c> the</c><00:16:48.360><c> sake</c>

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of<00:16:49.080><c> personal</c><00:16:49.100><c> priorities</c><00:16:49.799><c> and</c><00:16:50.440><c> to</c><00:16:50.600><c> not</c><00:16:50.720><c> be</c><00:16:50.919><c> bothered,</c><00:16:51.419><c> really,</c><00:16:51.580><c> with</c>

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the<00:16:52.000><c> expectations</c><00:16:52.559><c> and</c><00:16:52.840><c> interactions</c>

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of<00:16:53.519><c> an</c><00:16:53.700><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:16:54.820><c> Those</c><00:16:55.220><c> brothers</c><00:16:55.580><c> and</c><00:16:56.200><c> sisters</c><00:16:56.440><c> who</c><00:16:56.679><c> make</c>

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that<00:16:57.080><c> decision</c><00:16:57.740><c> won't</c><00:16:58.659><c> say</c><00:16:58.919><c> that,</c><00:16:59.740><c> won't</c>

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say<00:17:00.299><c> that,</c><00:17:00.539><c> but</c><00:17:00.700><c> I</c><00:17:00.820><c> think</c><00:17:01.019><c> their</c><00:17:01.259><c> actions</c><00:17:01.659><c> might</c><00:17:01.879><c> be</c><00:17:02.120><c> speaking</c>

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a<00:17:02.440><c> little</c><00:17:02.700><c> louder</c><00:17:02.940><c> than</c><00:17:03.120><c> their</c><00:17:03.360><c> words.</c>

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If<00:17:09.160><c> someone</c><00:17:09.500><c> does</c><00:17:09.799><c> choose</c><00:17:10.079><c> to</c><00:17:10.279><c> move</c><00:17:10.400><c> into</c><00:17:10.660><c> isolation</c><00:17:11.180><c> because</c>

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they<00:17:11.619><c> just</c><00:17:11.799><c> really</c><00:17:12.059><c> don't</c><00:17:12.339><c> want</c><00:17:12.500><c> to</c><00:17:12.579><c> be</c>

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bothered<00:17:12.980><c> with</c><00:17:13.420><c> interaction</c><00:17:14.079><c> with</c><00:17:14.279><c> the</c><00:17:14.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:14.839><c> and</c><00:17:15.299><c> the</c>

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problems<00:17:16.259><c> that</c><00:17:16.480><c> the</c><00:17:16.599><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:16.859><c> is</c><00:17:17.039><c> always</c>

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talking<00:17:17.539><c> about</c><00:17:17.960><c> and</c><00:17:18.099><c> the</c><00:17:18.259><c> A</c><00:17:18.400><c>.B.'s</c><00:17:18.660><c> are</c><00:17:18.839><c> always</c><00:17:19.059><c> dealing</c><00:17:19.279><c> with</c>

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some<00:17:19.680><c> issue</c><00:17:20.000><c> or</c><00:17:20.220><c> another,</c><00:17:21.140><c> and</c><00:17:21.380><c> it</c><00:17:21.519><c> can</c><00:17:21.759><c> be</c>

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something,<00:17:22.079><c> we</c><00:17:22.240><c> have</c><00:17:22.380><c> to</c><00:17:22.420><c> look</c><00:17:22.599><c> at</c><00:17:22.700><c> that</c><00:17:22.880><c> aspect,</c><00:17:23.359><c> too,</c><00:17:23.440><c> brothers</c><00:17:23.599><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:17:24.140><c> If</c><00:17:24.339><c> our</c><00:17:24.579><c> Ecclesia</c>

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is<00:17:25.059><c> a</c><00:17:25.240><c> place</c><00:17:25.380><c> of</c><00:17:25.720><c> strife</c><00:17:26.000><c> and</c><00:17:26.259><c> contention</c><00:17:27.440><c> and</c><00:17:27.920><c> not</c><00:17:28.519><c> a</c><00:17:28.980><c> peace</c>

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-filled<00:17:29.660><c> and</c><00:17:29.960><c> joy</c><00:17:30.220><c>-filled</c><00:17:30.640><c> and</c><00:17:31.440><c> comforting</c>

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place,<00:17:32.759><c> then</c><00:17:32.920><c> we</c><00:17:33.099><c> as</c><00:17:33.259><c> an</c><00:17:33.420><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:33.759><c> can</c><00:17:33.960><c> encourage</c><00:17:34.559><c> a</c><00:17:34.960><c> family</c>

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to<00:17:35.440><c> move</c><00:17:35.759><c> into</c><00:17:36.240><c> isolation.</c><00:17:36.880><c> I</c><00:17:37.059><c> believe</c>

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that's<00:17:37.579><c> happened,</c><00:17:38.619><c> but</c><00:17:38.920><c> it's</c><00:17:39.059><c> still</c><00:17:39.259><c> not</c><00:17:39.460><c> the</c><00:17:39.559><c> best</c><00:17:39.819><c> decision</c>

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because<00:17:41.980><c> we're</c><00:17:42.319><c> exposing</c><00:17:42.660><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:17:43.279><c> our</c><00:17:43.420><c> family</c><00:17:43.960><c> to</c><00:17:44.579><c> the</c><00:17:44.720><c> world</c><00:17:45.380><c> all</c><00:17:45.720><c> the</c><00:17:45.920><c> more.</c><00:17:46.619><c> If</c><00:17:46.880><c> we</c><00:17:47.119><c> are</c><00:17:48.240><c> the</c><00:17:48.599><c> head</c><00:17:48.700><c> of</c><00:17:48.839><c> a</c>

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household<00:17:49.579><c> who</c><00:17:49.779><c> makes</c>

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this<00:17:50.299><c> decision</c><00:17:50.680><c> to</c><00:17:50.839><c> move</c><00:17:51.019><c> into</c><00:17:51.259><c> isolation,</c><00:17:52.079><c> to</c><00:17:52.240><c> just</c><00:17:52.599><c> basically</c><00:17:53.200><c> have</c><00:17:53.400><c> a</c>

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more<00:17:54.500><c> peaceful</c><00:17:55.140><c> life,</c><00:17:56.519><c> we</c><00:17:56.740><c> are</c>

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little<00:18:11.640><c> ones,</c><00:18:12.579><c> the</c><00:18:12.960><c> context</c><00:18:13.400><c> was</c><00:18:13.619><c> children,</c><00:18:14.700><c> but</c><00:18:14.799><c> the</c><00:18:14.960><c> little</c>

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our<00:18:22.339><c> spouse.</c><00:18:23.259><c> It</c><00:18:23.460><c> could</c>

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easily<00:18:23.900><c> apply</c><00:18:24.220><c> to</c><00:18:25.339><c> others</c><00:18:25.759><c> that</c><00:18:26.839><c> we've</c><00:18:27.160><c> maybe</c><00:18:27.420><c> taught</c><00:18:27.599><c> the</c>

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be<00:18:40.920><c> a</c><00:18:41.079><c> brother</c><00:18:41.319><c> or</c><00:18:41.400><c> sister</c><00:18:41.799><c> or</c>

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pretty<00:18:46.200><c> young</c><00:18:46.460><c> in</c><00:18:46.619><c> the</c><00:18:46.799><c> faith.</c><00:18:46.980><c> They're</c><00:18:47.180><c> a</c><00:18:47.299><c> little</c><00:18:47.420><c> one</c><00:18:47.660><c> in</c>

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isolation.<00:18:54.440><c> You</c><00:18:54.440><c> might</c>

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whoso<00:19:12.680><c> shall</c><00:19:13.000><c> offend</c><00:19:13.640><c> or</c><00:19:14.339><c> cause</c><00:19:14.680><c> to</c><00:19:15.000><c> stumble</c><00:19:15.359><c> one</c><00:19:15.700><c> of</c><00:19:15.759><c> these</c>

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isn't<00:19:27.920><c> it,</c><00:19:28.059><c> brothers</c><00:19:28.319><c> and</c><00:19:28.559><c> sisters?</c><00:19:28.880><c> Pretty</c>

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serious.<00:19:29.859><c> Let</c><00:19:30.039><c> me</c><00:19:30.079><c> tell</c><00:19:30.240><c> you</c><00:19:30.319><c> a</c><00:19:30.319><c> little</c><00:19:30.619><c> story</c><00:19:30.859><c> about</c><00:19:31.059><c> a</c><00:19:31.240><c> brother</c><00:19:31.420><c> I</c><00:19:31.539><c> know</c><00:19:31.779><c> about,</c><00:19:32.859><c> and</c>

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preaching<00:20:20.799><c> the</c><00:20:21.019><c> word.</c><00:20:21.680><c> He</c><00:20:21.920><c> made</c><00:20:22.099><c> some</c><00:20:22.299><c> modest</c>

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are<00:24:27.880><c> still,</c><00:24:28.920><c> this</c><00:24:29.279><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:29.759><c> and</c><00:24:29.920><c> the</c><00:24:30.039><c> other</c><00:24:30.240><c> ecclesias</c><00:24:30.660><c> are</c>

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both<00:24:31.099><c> members</c><00:24:31.400><c> of</c><00:24:31.579><c> the</c><00:24:31.700><c> central</c><00:24:31.980><c> fellowship.</c>

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or<00:24:38.720><c> our</c><00:24:38.900><c> young</c><00:24:39.099><c> people</c>

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interact<00:24:39.779><c> with</c><00:24:39.980><c> those</c><00:24:40.240><c> brothers</c><00:24:40.480><c> and</c><00:24:40.720><c> sisters</c><00:24:40.940><c> on</c><00:24:41.119><c> a</c><00:24:41.140><c> regular</c>

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basis<00:24:41.779><c> because</c><00:24:42.140><c> there's</c><00:24:42.380><c> some</c><00:24:42.599><c> issue</c>

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that<00:24:43.819><c> we</c><00:24:44.279><c> disagree</c><00:24:44.599><c> on.</c><00:24:46.539><c> If</c><00:24:46.720><c> this</c><00:24:46.940><c> is</c><00:24:47.160><c> the</c><00:24:47.279><c> case,</c><00:24:48.940><c> brothers</c><00:24:49.059><c> and</c><00:24:49.319><c> sisters,</c><00:24:50.359><c> we</c>

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had<00:24:50.700><c> better</c><00:24:51.019><c> weigh</c>

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carefully<00:24:51.759><c> the</c><00:24:52.000><c> benefit</c><00:24:52.339><c> of</c><00:24:52.579><c> associating</c><00:24:53.119><c> with</c><00:24:53.319><c> other</c><00:24:53.619><c> ecclesias</c><00:24:54.059><c> versus</c><00:24:54.400><c> the</c>

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cost<00:24:55.259><c> of</c><00:24:55.759><c> remaining</c>

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isolated,<00:24:57.200><c> particularly</c><00:24:57.900><c> if</c><00:24:58.140><c> we</c><00:24:58.339><c> are</c><00:24:58.460><c> a</c><00:24:58.640><c> small</c><00:24:58.839><c> ecclesia,</c><00:24:59.279><c> particularly</c><00:24:59.819><c> if</c>

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we<00:25:00.180><c> have</c><00:25:00.680><c> just</c><00:25:01.160><c> a</c><00:25:01.359><c> few,</c><00:25:01.680><c> a</c><00:25:01.720><c> little</c>

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handful<00:25:02.259><c> of</c><00:25:02.640><c> brothers</c><00:25:02.859><c> or</c><00:25:03.460><c> brothers</c><00:25:03.740><c> and</c><00:25:03.960><c> sisters</c><00:25:04.160><c> and</c><00:25:04.400><c> young</c>

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people<00:25:05.000><c> in</c><00:25:05.240><c> our</c><00:25:05.420><c> ecclesia.</c><00:25:06.779><c> Because</c>

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the<00:25:07.180><c> more</c><00:25:07.339><c> we</c><00:25:07.619><c> remain</c><00:25:07.880><c> isolated</c><00:25:08.380><c> as</c><00:25:08.660><c> an</c><00:25:08.880><c> ecclesia,</c><00:25:09.700><c> the</c><00:25:09.839><c> more</c>

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vulnerable<00:25:10.420><c> we</c><00:25:10.720><c> are</c><00:25:10.880><c> to</c><00:25:11.039><c> the</c><00:25:11.279><c> influence</c>

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and<00:25:11.700><c> temptation</c><00:25:12.099><c> of</c><00:25:12.299><c> the</c><00:25:12.440><c> world.</c><00:25:13.000><c> You</c><00:25:13.140><c> see,</c><00:25:13.259><c> it's</c><00:25:13.420><c> the</c><00:25:13.579><c> same</c>

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as<00:25:14.519><c> it</c><00:25:14.660><c> is</c><00:25:14.779><c> with</c><00:25:14.940><c> an</c><00:25:15.140><c> individual</c><00:25:15.500><c> who</c><00:25:15.819><c> isolates</c>

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himself<00:25:16.539><c> or</c><00:25:16.740><c> herself.</c><00:25:18.859><c> I've</c><00:25:19.099><c> actually</c><00:25:19.440><c> seen</c><00:25:19.740><c> individuals</c><00:25:20.299><c> and</c><00:25:20.599><c> families</c><00:25:20.980><c> in</c>

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small<00:25:21.460><c> ecclesias</c><00:25:21.960><c> become</c><00:25:22.259><c> very</c>

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worldly<00:25:23.000><c> in</c><00:25:23.740><c> their</c><00:25:23.980><c> pursuits</c><00:25:24.359><c> at</c><00:25:24.599><c> times,</c><00:25:25.319><c> even</c><00:25:26.079><c> when</c><00:25:26.759><c> they</c><00:25:27.059><c> have</c><00:25:27.240><c> a</c>

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very<00:25:27.680><c> conservative</c><00:25:28.400><c> teaching.</c><00:25:30.140><c> I'll</c>

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use<00:25:30.880><c> that</c><00:25:31.099><c> term</c><00:25:31.279><c> for</c><00:25:31.500><c> want</c><00:25:31.579><c> of</c><00:25:31.740><c> a</c><00:25:31.859><c> better</c><00:25:32.039><c> term.</c><00:25:32.700><c> They</c><00:25:32.980><c> think</c>

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they're<00:25:33.400><c> holding</c><00:25:33.720><c> the</c><00:25:33.980><c> line</c><00:25:34.519><c> in</c><00:25:35.160><c> terms</c><00:25:35.420><c> of</c>

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doctrine,<00:25:37.220><c> but</c><00:25:37.579><c> because</c><00:25:38.339><c> they're</c><00:25:38.839><c> not</c><00:25:39.039><c> involved</c><00:25:39.519><c> with</c><00:25:40.059><c> other</c>

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ecclesias<00:25:40.900><c> or</c><00:25:41.059><c> the</c><00:25:41.240><c> brotherhood</c><00:25:41.619><c> at</c>

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large<00:25:42.119><c> and</c><00:25:42.259><c> they're</c><00:25:42.420><c> not</c><00:25:42.599><c> those</c><00:25:42.880><c> projects</c><00:25:43.240><c> and</c><00:25:43.440><c> those</c><00:25:43.640><c> activities,</c><00:25:45.599><c> what</c>

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do<00:25:45.759><c> they</c><00:25:45.920><c> fill</c><00:25:46.019><c> their</c><00:25:46.200><c> time</c><00:25:46.420><c> with?</c>

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The<00:25:49.339><c> job,</c><00:25:50.599><c> vacations,</c><00:25:51.640><c> purchasing</c><00:25:51.960><c> things,</c><00:25:52.819><c> bigger</c><00:25:53.000><c> home.</c>

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I've<00:25:54.819><c> seen</c><00:25:54.920><c> it</c><00:25:55.180><c> happen.</c><00:25:56.099><c> I've</c><00:25:56.200><c> seen</c><00:25:56.279><c> it</c><00:25:56.539><c> happen.</c>

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I've<00:26:00.099><c> said</c><00:26:00.240><c> enough</c><00:26:00.240><c> on</c><00:26:01.500><c> that.</c><00:26:12.059><c> We</c><00:26:12.539><c> need</c><00:26:12.740><c> to</c><00:26:12.940><c> be</c><00:26:13.259><c> careful</c><00:26:13.619><c> because</c><00:26:13.920><c> we</c><00:26:14.140><c> may</c><00:26:14.240><c> be</c>

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putting<00:26:14.599><c> a</c><00:26:14.839><c> stumbling</c><00:26:15.119><c> block</c>

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in<00:26:16.279><c> front</c><00:26:16.460><c> of</c><00:26:16.720><c> our</c><00:26:16.960><c> little</c><00:26:17.140><c> ones,</c><00:26:19.019><c> whether</c><00:26:19.119><c> they</c><00:26:19.220><c> be</c><00:26:19.359><c> our</c><00:26:19.599><c> children</c><00:26:20.079><c> or</c>

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those<00:26:20.819><c> who</c><00:26:20.980><c> are</c><00:26:21.099><c> young</c><00:26:21.299><c> and</c>

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in<00:26:21.619><c> the</c><00:26:21.819><c> truth.</c><00:26:22.079><c> I</c><00:26:22.079><c> think</c><00:26:22.420><c> strong,</c><00:26:23.779><c> scriptural,</c><00:26:26.440><c> studious</c><00:26:26.920><c> brothers</c><00:26:27.339><c> and</c><00:26:27.619><c> sisters</c><00:26:28.019><c> can</c><00:26:28.440><c> be</c>

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in<00:26:28.859><c> isolation</c><00:26:29.380><c> more</c>

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possibly<00:26:31.059><c> than</c><00:26:31.279><c> others,</c><00:26:31.599><c> although</c><00:26:31.799><c> I</c><00:26:31.940><c> would</c><00:26:32.119><c> say</c><00:26:32.279><c> they're</c><00:26:32.500><c> at</c>

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risk<00:26:32.880><c> too.</c><00:26:34.180><c> But</c><00:26:34.480><c> if</c><00:26:35.079><c> they</c><00:26:35.400><c> are</c><00:26:35.599><c> truly</c>

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involved<00:26:36.359><c> with</c><00:26:36.579><c> the</c><00:26:36.740><c> Word</c><00:26:36.920><c> every</c><00:26:37.259><c> day</c><00:26:37.519><c> and</c><00:26:37.700><c> truly</c><00:26:38.000><c> doing</c><00:26:38.299><c> things</c><00:26:38.579><c> for</c>

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the<00:26:38.920><c> work</c><00:26:39.039><c> of</c><00:26:39.180><c> the</c><00:26:39.319><c> Lord,</c><00:26:39.480><c> maybe</c>

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they<00:26:39.839><c> are</c><00:26:40.000><c> doing</c><00:26:40.180><c> a</c><00:26:40.380><c> preaching</c><00:26:40.619><c> effort.</c><00:26:40.900><c> Maybe</c><00:26:41.099><c> they</c><00:26:41.259><c> are</c><00:26:41.420><c> staying</c><00:26:41.640><c> in</c>

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touch<00:26:42.240><c> through</c><00:26:42.599><c> email</c><00:26:43.000><c> or</c><00:26:43.180><c> letters</c>

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or<00:26:43.920><c> phone</c><00:26:44.259><c> with</c><00:26:44.440><c> other</c><00:26:44.660><c> brothers</c><00:26:44.880><c> and</c><00:26:45.099><c> sisters</c><00:26:45.359><c> and</c><00:26:45.460><c> they</c><00:26:45.640><c> are</c>

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actually<00:26:46.279><c> accessing</c><00:26:47.039><c> the</c><00:26:47.359><c> lifelines</c>

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of<00:26:48.500><c> support,</c><00:26:49.400><c> even</c><00:26:49.539><c> though</c><00:26:49.700><c> they're</c><00:26:49.900><c> not</c><00:26:50.460><c> right</c><00:26:50.700><c> down</c><00:26:50.900><c> the</c><00:26:51.039><c> road</c><00:26:51.180><c> from</c><00:26:51.359><c> an</c>

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ecclesia,<00:26:51.980><c> then</c><00:26:52.079><c> that's</c>

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a<00:26:52.460><c> different</c><00:26:52.720><c> situation.</c><00:26:54.099><c> But</c><00:26:54.299><c> I'm</c><00:26:54.519><c> afraid</c><00:26:54.960><c> too</c><00:26:55.460><c> often</c><00:26:55.720><c> it's</c>

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another<00:26:57.579><c> situation.</c><00:26:59.519><c> The</c><00:26:59.640><c> Denver</c><00:26:59.880><c> Ecclesia</c>

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was<00:27:00.539><c> a</c><00:27:00.819><c> small</c><00:27:01.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:01.480><c> when</c><00:27:01.619><c> Susie</c><00:27:01.819><c> and</c><00:27:01.940><c> I</c><00:27:02.000><c> got</c><00:27:02.220><c> there</c><00:27:02.480><c> and</c>

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still<00:27:03.279><c> is,</c><00:27:03.619><c> but</c><00:27:04.119><c> it's</c><00:27:04.700><c> very</c><00:27:05.140><c> big</c><00:27:05.539><c> now</c>

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compared<00:27:06.200><c> to</c><00:27:06.299><c> what</c><00:27:06.460><c> it</c><00:27:06.640><c> was.</c><00:27:07.059><c> It</c><00:27:07.400><c> was</c><00:27:07.420><c> about</c><00:27:07.619><c> ten</c><00:27:07.859><c> members</c><00:27:08.220><c> when</c><00:27:08.400><c> we</c>

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arrived.<00:27:09.880><c> This</c><00:27:10.119><c> does</c><00:27:10.380><c> not</c><00:27:10.619><c> have</c>

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anything<00:27:11.059><c> to</c><00:27:11.160><c> do</c><00:27:11.220><c> with</c><00:27:11.339><c> our</c><00:27:11.940><c> efforts</c><00:27:12.200><c> particularly</c><00:27:12.680><c> because</c>

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it's<00:27:13.779><c> gone</c><00:27:13.900><c> up</c><00:27:14.099><c> and</c><00:27:14.299><c> down</c><00:27:14.500><c> for</c><00:27:14.680><c> the</c><00:27:14.759><c> last</c>

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25<00:27:15.480><c> years.</c><00:27:16.000><c> It's</c><00:27:16.420><c> about</c><00:27:16.640><c> 30</c><00:27:16.900><c> members</c><00:27:17.240><c> now,</c><00:27:17.599><c> but</c><00:27:17.700><c> when</c><00:27:17.880><c> we</c><00:27:18.119><c> were</c>

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small,<00:27:20.099><c> but</c><00:27:20.259><c> we</c><00:27:20.420><c> had</c><00:27:20.599><c> a</c><00:27:20.700><c> lot</c><00:27:20.900><c> of</c><00:27:21.079><c> children</c>

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for<00:27:22.299><c> our</c><00:27:22.559><c> small</c><00:27:22.880><c> group</c><00:27:23.240><c> size.</c><00:27:23.940><c> They</c><00:27:24.140><c> outnumbered</c><00:27:24.660><c> us</c><00:27:24.779><c> in</c><00:27:24.920><c> other</c><00:27:25.119><c> words.</c><00:27:25.880><c> And</c>

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we<00:27:26.500><c> said,</c><00:27:26.720><c> what</c><00:27:26.819><c> are</c><00:27:27.000><c> we</c>

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going<00:27:27.220><c> to</c><00:27:27.400><c> do?</c><00:27:28.420><c> Well,</c><00:27:28.799><c> one</c><00:27:28.920><c> of</c><00:27:29.140><c> the</c><00:27:29.420><c> smart</c><00:27:29.660><c> things</c><00:27:29.960><c> we</c><00:27:30.299><c> did</c><00:27:30.559><c> do,</c>

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and<00:27:31.079><c> there</c><00:27:31.200><c> are</c><00:27:31.200><c> many</c><00:27:31.420><c> mistakes</c><00:27:31.839><c> we</c>

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made<00:27:32.259><c> as</c><00:27:32.440><c> a</c><00:27:32.519><c> young</c><00:27:32.660><c> ecclesia,</c><00:27:33.059><c> many</c><00:27:33.299><c> mistakes,</c><00:27:33.700><c> but</c><00:27:33.859><c> one</c><00:27:34.019><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:34.319><c> smart</c><00:27:34.539><c> things</c><00:27:34.819><c> we</c><00:27:35.079><c> did</c><00:27:35.519><c> was</c><00:27:35.980><c> to</c><00:27:36.180><c> make</c>

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sure<00:27:36.579><c> that</c><00:27:36.759><c> our</c><00:27:36.940><c> children</c><00:27:37.259><c> got</c><00:27:37.500><c> the</c><00:27:37.720><c> chance</c><00:27:37.940><c> to</c><00:27:38.259><c> interact</c><00:27:38.599><c> with</c><00:27:38.819><c> other</c><00:27:39.019><c> Christadelphian</c><00:27:39.680><c> young</c><00:27:39.880><c> people.</c><00:27:40.759><c> And</c>

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that<00:27:41.079><c> was</c><00:27:41.299><c> a</c><00:27:41.339><c> little</c><00:27:41.460><c> bit</c><00:27:41.579><c> of</c><00:27:41.720><c> a</c><00:27:41.839><c> challenge</c><00:27:42.160><c> being</c><00:27:42.380><c> in</c><00:27:42.519><c> Denver,</c>

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Colorado.<00:27:43.640><c> At</c><00:27:43.880><c> that</c><00:27:44.119><c> time</c><00:27:44.319><c> when</c><00:27:44.440><c> our</c>

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kids<00:27:44.720><c> were</c><00:27:44.880><c> real</c><00:27:45.140><c> little,</c><00:27:45.900><c> the</c><00:27:46.059><c> closest</c><00:27:46.319><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:46.740><c> was</c><00:27:46.900><c> a</c><00:27:46.980><c> thousand</c><00:27:47.299><c> miles</c><00:27:47.579><c> away.</c><00:27:49.000><c> And</c>

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we've<00:27:50.000><c> got</c><00:27:50.119><c> a</c>

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closer<00:27:50.480><c> one</c><00:27:50.619><c> now.</c><00:27:50.839><c> It's</c><00:27:51.039><c> only</c><00:27:51.299><c> 600</c><00:27:51.680><c> miles</c><00:27:51.980><c> away.</c><00:27:53.740><c> So</c><00:27:54.039><c> we're</c><00:27:54.259><c> still</c><00:27:54.539><c> isolated</c><00:27:55.019><c> in</c>

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terms<00:27:55.460><c> of</c><00:27:56.000><c> distance.</c>

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But<00:27:59.480><c> with</c><00:28:00.000><c> the</c><00:28:00.140><c> help</c><00:28:00.339><c> of</c><00:28:00.759><c> a</c><00:28:00.940><c> loving</c><00:28:01.140><c> brother,</c><00:28:01.599><c> Bob</c><00:28:01.759><c> Lloyd,</c><00:28:02.079><c> who</c>

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:04.940
put<00:28:02.400><c> the</c><00:28:03.000><c> seed</c><00:28:03.200><c> in</c><00:28:03.460><c> our</c><00:28:04.000><c> minds,</c><00:28:04.519><c> we</c><00:28:04.680><c> started</c>

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:10.200
a<00:28:05.119><c> Bible</c><00:28:05.359><c> school</c><00:28:05.740><c> back</c><00:28:06.220><c> in</c><00:28:07.019><c> 1979,</c><00:28:08.480><c> 1980.</c><00:28:09.200><c> It</c><00:28:09.299><c> was</c><00:28:09.400><c> the</c><00:28:09.500><c> first</c>

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:12.160
year<00:28:10.359><c> of</c><00:28:10.480><c> the</c><00:28:10.579><c> Bible</c><00:28:10.799><c> school.</c><00:28:11.619><c> We</c><00:28:11.920><c> made</c>

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:15.240
sure<00:28:12.359><c> in</c><00:28:12.460><c> the</c><00:28:12.640><c> off</c><00:28:12.880><c> years</c><00:28:13.039><c> that</c><00:28:13.220><c> we</c><00:28:13.279><c> got</c><00:28:13.500><c> our</c><00:28:13.720><c> children</c><00:28:13.960><c> to</c><00:28:14.119><c> other</c><00:28:14.279><c> Bible</c><00:28:14.599><c> schools.</c><00:28:15.140><c> So</c>

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my<00:28:15.380><c> daughters</c><00:28:15.680><c> in</c>

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particular<00:28:16.220><c> benefited</c><00:28:16.759><c> from</c><00:28:17.000><c> being</c><00:28:17.299><c> at</c><00:28:17.579><c> the</c><00:28:18.940><c> New</c><00:28:19.140><c> Year's</c><00:28:19.500><c> gathering</c><00:28:19.819><c> in</c>

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Detroit<00:28:20.440><c> with</c><00:28:21.000><c> all</c><00:28:21.160><c> the</c><00:28:21.240><c> Canadian</c>

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young<00:28:21.799><c> people</c><00:28:22.140><c> and</c><00:28:22.299><c> the</c><00:28:22.420><c> Great</c><00:28:22.640><c> Lakes</c><00:28:22.819><c> young</c><00:28:23.019><c> people</c><00:28:23.279><c> coming</c>

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together.<00:28:23.819><c> When</c><00:28:23.940><c> they</c><00:28:24.079><c> were</c><00:28:24.140><c> very</c><00:28:24.460><c> young,</c>

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we<00:28:24.740><c> were</c><00:28:24.920><c> a</c><00:28:24.980><c> little</c><00:28:25.119><c> nervous</c><00:28:25.460><c> sending</c><00:28:25.759><c> a</c><00:28:26.000><c> 13</c><00:28:26.279><c> year</c><00:28:26.519><c> old</c><00:28:26.740><c> off</c><00:28:26.980><c> on</c>

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a<00:28:27.299><c> plane</c><00:28:27.839><c> back</c><00:28:28.960><c> then,</c><00:28:29.359><c> maybe</c><00:28:29.539><c> even</c><00:28:29.740><c> younger.</c>

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But<00:28:32.119><c> I</c><00:28:32.599><c> can't</c><00:28:32.900><c> tell</c><00:28:33.180><c> you</c><00:28:33.380><c> how</c><00:28:33.519><c> much</c><00:28:33.720><c> it's</c><00:28:34.059><c> paid</c><00:28:34.200><c> off</c><00:28:34.500><c> in</c><00:28:34.599><c> terms</c>

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of<00:28:35.380><c> the</c><00:28:35.660><c> lifeline</c><00:28:36.099><c> and</c><00:28:36.279><c> the</c><00:28:36.559><c> support</c><00:28:36.839><c> that</c>

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our<00:28:37.599><c> daughters</c><00:28:37.799><c> have</c><00:28:38.319><c> experienced</c><00:28:38.819><c> and</c><00:28:39.079><c> the</c><00:28:39.200><c> other</c><00:28:39.420><c> children</c>

00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:42.099
in<00:28:40.299><c> the</c><00:28:40.539><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:40.940><c> who</c><00:28:41.339><c> were</c><00:28:41.759><c> involved</c>

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:47.839
in<00:28:42.279><c> the</c><00:28:42.460><c> same</c><00:28:43.299><c> interactions.</c><00:28:46.160><c> What</c><00:28:46.319><c> was</c><00:28:46.500><c> the</c><00:28:46.700><c> benefit?</c><00:28:47.359><c> Well,</c>

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.599
there<00:28:48.279><c> were</c><00:28:48.420><c> other</c><00:28:48.579><c> reasons</c><00:28:49.000><c> for</c><00:28:49.240><c> this,</c><00:28:49.460><c> but</c>

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I'm<00:28:50.099><c> certain</c><00:28:50.500><c> that</c><00:28:50.740><c> this</c><00:28:50.900><c> was</c><00:28:51.079><c> one</c><00:28:51.240><c> of</c><00:28:51.339><c> the</c><00:28:51.420><c> reasons</c><00:28:52.000><c> that</c><00:28:53.160><c> every</c><00:28:53.660><c> one</c>

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.900
of<00:28:53.880><c> those</c><00:28:54.059><c> young</c><00:28:54.259><c> people</c><00:28:54.579><c> in</c><00:28:54.740><c> that</c>

00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:58.660
Sunday<00:28:55.180><c> school,</c><00:28:55.720><c> we</c><00:28:56.099><c> had</c><00:28:56.319><c> about</c><00:28:56.640><c> 12</c><00:28:57.099><c> at</c><00:28:57.279><c> the</c><00:28:57.480><c> time.</c><00:28:58.240><c> Every</c><00:28:58.480><c> one</c>

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but<00:28:58.900><c> one,</c><00:28:59.039><c> unfortunately,</c><00:29:01.039><c> did</c><00:29:01.660><c> accept</c>

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:07.200
the<00:29:02.579><c> faith.</c><00:29:04.599><c> And</c><00:29:04.940><c> everyone</c><00:29:05.519><c> that's</c><00:29:05.819><c> married</c><00:29:06.200><c> at</c><00:29:06.579><c> this</c><00:29:06.779><c> point</c>

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.940
is<00:29:07.720><c> married</c><00:29:07.980><c> to</c><00:29:08.180><c> a</c><00:29:08.299><c> brother</c><00:29:08.480><c> or</c><00:29:08.599><c> sister</c>

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in<00:29:09.140><c> Christ.</c><00:29:10.359><c> And</c><00:29:10.839><c> every</c><00:29:11.200><c> one</c><00:29:11.319><c> of</c><00:29:11.420><c> those</c><00:29:11.700><c> is</c><00:29:11.880><c> active</c><00:29:12.140><c> in</c><00:29:12.279><c> an</c><00:29:12.420><c> ecclesia,</c><00:29:13.359><c> not</c>

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necessarily<00:29:14.180><c> in</c><00:29:14.400><c> Denver,</c>

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but<00:29:15.140><c> somewhere</c><00:29:15.559><c> in</c><00:29:16.000><c> the</c><00:29:16.099><c> country.</c><00:29:16.740><c> What</c><00:29:16.880><c> you</c><00:29:17.019><c> remember</c><00:29:17.259><c> now,</c>

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:19.859
our<00:29:17.759><c> children</c><00:29:18.039><c> are</c><00:29:18.220><c> only</c><00:29:18.420><c> ours</c><00:29:18.599><c> for</c><00:29:18.819><c> a</c><00:29:18.960><c> time.</c>

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They're<00:29:20.059><c> the</c><00:29:20.240><c> Lord's</c><00:29:20.660><c> in</c><00:29:20.779><c> the</c><00:29:20.880><c> first</c><00:29:21.079><c> place.</c><00:29:21.339><c> We</c><00:29:21.519><c> just</c><00:29:21.779><c> have</c><00:29:21.940><c> them</c><00:29:22.119><c> for</c><00:29:22.359><c> a</c>

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time.<00:29:23.380><c> Keep</c><00:29:23.640><c> Hannah</c><00:29:23.980><c> in</c>

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mind<00:29:24.539><c> in</c><00:29:24.720><c> that</c><00:29:24.880><c> regard.</c><00:29:27.259><c> We</c><00:29:27.740><c> turn</c><00:29:27.900><c> them</c><00:29:28.059><c> back</c><00:29:28.299><c> over</c><00:29:28.480><c> to</c><00:29:28.619><c> the</c><00:29:28.759><c> Lord,</c><00:29:29.299><c> even</c><00:29:29.539><c> if</c>

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that<00:29:29.880><c> involves</c><00:29:30.200><c> sending</c>

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them<00:29:30.619><c> a</c><00:29:30.700><c> long</c><00:29:30.940><c> way</c><00:29:31.079><c> away.</c><00:29:31.279><c> I'll</c><00:29:31.339><c> never</c><00:29:31.519><c> forget</c><00:29:31.980><c> the</c><00:29:32.240><c> young,</c><00:29:33.720><c> active</c><00:29:34.339><c> sister</c><00:29:35.940><c> of</c>

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17,<00:29:37.519><c> 18</c><00:29:37.920><c> years</c><00:29:38.319><c> old.</c>

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This<00:29:38.799><c> was</c><00:29:38.940><c> when</c><00:29:39.079><c> I</c><00:29:39.119><c> was</c><00:29:39.279><c> on</c><00:29:39.440><c> Truth</c><00:29:39.619><c> Corps</c><00:29:39.720><c> a</c><00:29:39.859><c> few</c><00:29:39.900><c> years</c><00:29:40.180><c> ago,</c>

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and<00:29:40.980><c> her</c><00:29:41.440><c> parents</c><00:29:41.720><c> were</c><00:29:41.859><c> getting</c><00:29:42.079><c> ready</c><00:29:42.359><c> to</c>

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see<00:29:42.819><c> her</c><00:29:43.299><c> go</c><00:29:43.539><c> to</c><00:29:43.799><c> Australia</c><00:29:44.400><c> with</c><00:29:45.279><c> her</c><00:29:45.740><c> new</c><00:29:45.940><c> husband.</c><00:29:47.339><c> And</c><00:29:47.519><c> I</c>

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:50.940
know<00:29:47.940><c> that</c><00:29:48.200><c> their</c><00:29:48.339><c> hearts</c><00:29:48.660><c> were</c><00:29:48.960><c> just</c><00:29:49.960><c> really,</c>

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:54.859
being<00:29:51.400><c> the</c><00:29:51.599><c> father</c><00:29:51.819><c> of</c><00:29:51.960><c> two</c><00:29:52.099><c> daughters,</c><00:29:52.480><c> they</c><00:29:52.640><c> had</c><00:29:52.799><c> to</c><00:29:52.920><c> be</c><00:29:53.099><c> struggling.</c><00:29:54.519><c> But</c>

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.700
they<00:29:55.000><c> were</c><00:29:55.180><c> turning</c><00:29:55.440><c> their</c>

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daughter<00:29:55.880><c> back</c><00:29:56.140><c> over</c><00:29:56.400><c> to</c><00:29:56.519><c> the</c><00:29:56.660><c> Lord</c><00:29:56.839><c> to</c><00:29:57.000><c> do</c><00:29:57.160><c> the</c><00:29:57.339><c> work</c><00:29:57.980><c> in</c><00:29:58.339><c> an</c>

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.539
ecclesia<00:29:58.880><c> in</c><00:29:58.940><c> Australia.</c><00:30:00.099><c> And</c><00:30:00.200><c> that's</c><00:30:00.420><c> the</c>

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:04.339
attitude<00:30:00.859><c> we</c><00:30:01.019><c> need</c><00:30:01.259><c> to</c><00:30:01.819><c> hang</c><00:30:02.059><c> on</c><00:30:02.339><c> to</c><00:30:02.440><c> when</c><00:30:02.599><c> we</c><00:30:02.799><c> raise</c><00:30:02.920><c> our</c><00:30:03.160><c> children</c><00:30:03.480><c> for</c>

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a<00:30:04.519><c> time</c><00:30:04.839><c> when</c><00:30:05.019><c> we're</c><00:30:05.240><c> raising</c>

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God's<00:30:06.539><c> children.</c><00:30:07.660><c> Well,</c><00:30:07.819><c> we</c><00:30:08.000><c> followed</c><00:30:08.240><c> the</c><00:30:08.460><c> advice</c><00:30:08.799><c> of</c><00:30:09.119><c> a</c><00:30:09.279><c> young</c><00:30:09.519><c> man.</c><00:30:10.039><c> Young</c><00:30:10.319><c> man?</c><00:30:11.440><c> He'd</c><00:30:11.920><c> like</c><00:30:12.019><c> me</c><00:30:12.160><c> saying</c>

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:16.000
that.<00:30:13.099><c> We</c><00:30:13.240><c> followed</c><00:30:13.480><c> the</c><00:30:13.700><c> advice</c><00:30:13.960><c> of</c><00:30:14.380><c> someone</c><00:30:14.680><c> you</c><00:30:15.200><c> know.</c>

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He's<00:30:17.900><c> from</c><00:30:18.099><c> this</c><00:30:18.359><c> area.</c><00:30:18.700><c> Brother</c><00:30:18.920><c> Fred</c><00:30:19.240><c> Johns</c>

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:23.359
a<00:30:20.299><c> few</c><00:30:20.500><c> years</c><00:30:20.819><c> ago</c><00:30:21.099><c> told</c><00:30:21.460><c> me</c><00:30:21.779><c> at</c><00:30:21.920><c> a</c><00:30:22.059><c> Bible</c><00:30:22.299><c> school</c><00:30:22.759><c> when</c><00:30:23.039><c> I</c><00:30:23.220><c> was</c>

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out<00:30:23.579><c> west,</c><00:30:23.960><c> he</c><00:30:23.960><c> said,</c><00:30:25.059><c> Brad,</c><00:30:25.579><c> he</c><00:30:25.579><c> said,</c>

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if<00:30:25.900><c> we</c><00:30:26.140><c> have</c><00:30:26.299><c> to</c><00:30:26.559><c> spend</c><00:30:27.079><c> our</c><00:30:27.480><c> last</c><00:30:27.920><c> dollar</c><00:30:28.380><c> to</c><00:30:28.819><c> get</c><00:30:29.000><c> our</c><00:30:29.279><c> children</c><00:30:29.619><c> to</c>

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meet<00:30:30.460><c> with</c><00:30:30.720><c> other</c><00:30:30.880><c> Christelfian</c>

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young<00:30:31.660><c> people</c><00:30:31.960><c> and</c><00:30:32.079><c> get</c><00:30:32.240><c> them</c><00:30:32.400><c> to</c><00:30:32.619><c> interact</c><00:30:32.839><c> with</c><00:30:33.059><c> them,</c><00:30:33.519><c> we</c>

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:36.880
do<00:30:34.099><c> it.</c><00:30:35.240><c> Our</c><00:30:35.400><c> last</c><00:30:35.779><c> dollar.</c><00:30:36.420><c> Get</c><00:30:36.720><c> them</c>

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:40.660
together<00:30:37.380><c> with</c><00:30:37.859><c> other</c><00:30:38.099><c> young</c><00:30:38.339><c> people</c><00:30:38.700><c> who</c><00:30:38.900><c> have</c><00:30:39.079><c> similar</c><00:30:39.420><c> values</c><00:30:39.900><c> and</c>

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are<00:30:41.200><c> sharing</c><00:30:41.500><c> the</c><00:30:41.900><c> precious</c>

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faith.<00:30:42.480><c> Now</c><00:30:42.640><c> where</c><00:30:42.740><c> did</c><00:30:42.839><c> he</c><00:30:42.920><c> get</c><00:30:43.099><c> an</c><00:30:43.319><c> idea</c><00:30:43.559><c> like</c><00:30:43.859><c> that,</c><00:30:44.019><c> you</c><00:30:44.200><c> think?</c><00:30:46.279><c> Well,</c><00:30:46.660><c> he's</c><00:30:46.900><c> a</c>

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product<00:30:47.279><c> of</c><00:30:47.420><c> the</c><00:30:47.559><c> Wilbur</c>

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family<00:30:48.920><c> and</c><00:30:48.920><c> the</c><00:30:48.920><c> Eastern</c><00:30:49.400><c> Bible</c><00:30:49.779><c> School.</c><00:30:50.779><c> And</c><00:30:50.859><c> certainly</c><00:30:51.299><c> the</c><00:30:51.480><c> connections</c><00:30:51.839><c> that</c><00:30:52.099><c> he</c><00:30:52.359><c> experienced</c>

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here,<00:30:53.559><c> not</c><00:30:53.779><c> to</c><00:30:53.940><c> mention</c><00:30:54.180><c> his</c><00:30:54.619><c> wife.</c><00:30:56.500><c> It</c><00:30:56.619><c> was</c><00:30:56.799><c> an</c><00:30:57.920><c> important</c><00:30:58.319><c> thing</c><00:30:58.599><c> for</c><00:30:58.799><c> him</c><00:30:59.099><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:59.420><c> development</c><00:30:59.680><c> of</c><00:30:59.859><c> the</c><00:31:00.000><c> truth</c>

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for<00:31:01.559><c> his</c><00:31:01.839><c> life.</c><00:31:03.279><c> Our</c><00:31:03.500><c> ecclesial</c><00:31:03.900><c> life,</c><00:31:04.240><c> brothers</c><00:31:04.380><c> and</c><00:31:04.640><c> sisters,</c><00:31:04.779><c> is</c><00:31:05.019><c> crucial.</c><00:31:05.359><c> And</c>

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I've<00:31:05.599><c> been</c><00:31:05.700><c> talking</c>

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about<00:31:06.180><c> our</c><00:31:06.420><c> larger</c><00:31:06.740><c> ecclesia,</c><00:31:07.200><c> the</c><00:31:07.319><c> Bible</c><00:31:07.720><c> school.</c><00:31:08.799><c> We've</c><00:31:09.140><c> got</c><00:31:09.660><c> our</c><00:31:10.099><c> smaller</c><00:31:10.400><c> ecclesias</c><00:31:10.880><c> as</c>

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.940
well<00:31:11.599><c> that</c>

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:17.839
we<00:31:12.400><c> need</c><00:31:13.900><c> to</c><00:31:14.039><c> be</c><00:31:14.259><c> involved</c><00:31:14.539><c> with.</c><00:31:15.339><c> Whether</c><00:31:15.720><c> it's</c><00:31:15.900><c> local</c><00:31:16.279><c> or</c><00:31:16.579><c> global</c><00:31:17.079><c> or</c>

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:19.740
national,<00:31:18.380><c> we</c><00:31:18.579><c> need</c><00:31:18.839><c> to</c><00:31:19.440><c> be</c>

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:23.400
involved<00:31:20.019><c> with</c><00:31:20.279><c> the</c><00:31:20.480><c> ecclesia.</c><00:31:21.180><c> The</c><00:31:21.519><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:21.980><c> is</c><00:31:22.200><c> the</c><00:31:22.480><c> primary</c><00:31:22.920><c> venue</c>

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for<00:31:23.680><c> assembling</c><00:31:24.059><c> ourselves</c>

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:29.259
together<00:31:24.980><c> in</c><00:31:25.160><c> these</c><00:31:25.359><c> last</c><00:31:25.720><c> days.</c><00:31:26.299><c> This</c><00:31:26.539><c> cannot</c><00:31:26.819><c> be</c><00:31:27.099><c> overstated.</c><00:31:28.000><c> The</c><00:31:28.359><c> interaction</c><00:31:28.940><c> of</c>

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.619
the<00:31:29.420><c> brothers</c>

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:33.619
and<00:31:29.859><c> sisters</c><00:31:30.119><c> and</c><00:31:30.299><c> young</c><00:31:30.500><c> people</c><00:31:30.839><c> within</c><00:31:31.059><c> a</c><00:31:31.299><c> local</c><00:31:31.559><c> or</c><00:31:31.900><c> a</c><00:31:32.039><c> larger</c><00:31:32.299><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:32.980><c> is</c>

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an<00:31:33.900><c> essential</c><00:31:34.299><c> support</c>

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:39.380
network,<00:31:35.940><c> but</c><00:31:36.160><c> the</c><00:31:36.380><c> other</c><00:31:36.579><c> part</c><00:31:36.799><c> of</c><00:31:36.920><c> it</c><00:31:37.099><c> is</c><00:31:38.000><c> it's</c><00:31:38.400><c> an</c><00:31:38.640><c> essential</c><00:31:38.980><c> training</c>

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ground<00:31:39.819><c> for</c><00:31:41.759><c> our</c><00:31:41.920><c> larger</c>

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:48.819
discipleship.<00:31:44.359><c> How</c><00:31:44.880><c> else</c><00:31:45.380><c> can</c><00:31:45.680><c> these</c><00:31:46.980><c> commandments</c><00:31:47.420><c> be</c><00:31:47.819><c> met?</c>

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:58.119
How<00:31:54.799><c> else</c><00:31:55.339><c> can</c><00:31:56.700><c> we</c><00:31:56.819><c> bear</c><00:31:57.319><c> one</c><00:31:57.700><c> another's</c>

00:31:58.119 --> 00:32:02.160
burdens,<00:31:59.420><c> confess</c><00:31:59.880><c> our</c><00:32:00.180><c> faults</c><00:32:00.460><c> to</c><00:32:00.640><c> one</c><00:32:00.839><c> another,</c><00:32:01.799><c> esteem</c>

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:04.380
our<00:32:02.400><c> brother</c><00:32:02.619><c> better</c><00:32:02.900><c> than</c><00:32:03.099><c> ourselves,</c>

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:07.940
do<00:32:04.920><c> good</c><00:32:05.220><c> unto</c><00:32:05.480><c> all,</c><00:32:05.839><c> but</c><00:32:05.940><c> especially</c><00:32:06.559><c> to</c><00:32:06.839><c> those</c><00:32:07.079><c> of</c><00:32:07.240><c> the</c><00:32:07.400><c> household</c><00:32:07.700><c> of</c>

00:32:07.940 --> 00:32:09.880
faith?<00:32:08.980><c> How</c><00:32:09.200><c> can</c><00:32:09.359><c> we</c><00:32:09.460><c> develop</c>

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:13.700
the<00:32:10.160><c> fruit</c><00:32:10.180><c> of</c><00:32:10.380><c> the</c><00:32:10.579><c> Spirit,</c><00:32:11.240><c> love,</c><00:32:11.660><c> joy,</c><00:32:12.059><c> peace,</c><00:32:13.440><c> long</c>

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:16.740
-suffering,<00:32:14.599><c> gentleness,</c><00:32:15.579><c> goodness,</c><00:32:16.380><c> faith,</c>

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meekness,<00:32:18.559><c> temperance?</c><00:32:20.180><c> How</c><00:32:20.420><c> can</c><00:32:20.700><c> we</c><00:32:21.279><c> give?</c><00:32:22.740><c> It's</c><00:32:22.920><c> more</c><00:32:23.119><c> blessed</c><00:32:23.440><c> to</c>

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give<00:32:23.799><c> than</c><00:32:23.940><c> to</c><00:32:24.119><c> receive.</c><00:32:24.920><c> How</c>

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:31.160
can<00:32:25.319><c> we</c><00:32:25.500><c> forgive</c><00:32:25.900><c> one</c><00:32:26.140><c> another?</c><00:32:28.700><c> How</c><00:32:29.000><c> can</c><00:32:29.240><c> we</c><00:32:29.380><c> submit</c><00:32:29.740><c> ourselves</c><00:32:30.559><c> one</c><00:32:30.920><c> to</c>

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another<00:32:31.579><c> if</c><00:32:32.400><c> we're</c><00:32:32.599><c> not</c><00:32:32.880><c> around</c>

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:39.799
one<00:32:34.259><c> another?</c><00:32:36.259><c> It</c><00:32:36.599><c> seems</c><00:32:36.880><c> pretty</c><00:32:37.180><c> basic.</c><00:32:38.559><c> We</c><00:32:39.079><c> could</c><00:32:39.339><c> say,</c><00:32:39.599><c> oh,</c>

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:42.240
I<00:32:40.019><c> do</c><00:32:40.160><c> those</c><00:32:40.440><c> things</c><00:32:40.859><c> with</c><00:32:41.339><c> my</c><00:32:41.759><c> coworkers</c>

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:47.599
and<00:32:42.500><c> my</c><00:32:42.900><c> schoolmates</c><00:32:43.599><c> and</c><00:32:45.000><c> the</c><00:32:45.160><c> people</c><00:32:45.319><c> in</c><00:32:45.460><c> the</c><00:32:45.579><c> neighborhood.</c><00:32:46.599><c> Fine.</c><00:32:47.220><c> Good.</c>

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That<00:32:47.880><c> is</c><00:32:48.119><c> proper.</c><00:32:48.720><c> Do</c><00:32:48.839><c> good</c><00:32:49.059><c> unto</c>

00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:54.460
all,<00:32:50.980><c> but,</c><00:32:52.079><c> Brother</c><00:32:52.200><c> Paul</c><00:32:52.500><c> says,</c><00:32:53.220><c> especially</c><00:32:53.819><c> to</c><00:32:54.059><c> those</c><00:32:54.279><c> of</c>

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:59.259
the<00:32:54.660><c> household</c><00:32:54.980><c> of</c><00:32:55.240><c> faith.</c><00:32:58.380><c> How</c><00:32:58.980><c> do</c><00:32:59.099><c> we</c>

00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:02.220
practice<00:32:59.819><c> any</c><00:33:00.099><c> of</c><00:33:00.220><c> the</c><00:33:00.359><c> fruit</c><00:33:00.460><c> of</c><00:33:00.599><c> the</c><00:33:00.839><c> Spirit</c><00:33:01.119><c> unless</c><00:33:01.380><c> we</c><00:33:01.579><c> have</c><00:33:01.700><c> brothers</c><00:33:02.000><c> or</c>

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:04.380
sisters,<00:33:03.519><c> younger</c><00:33:03.819><c> and</c><00:33:04.099><c> older</c>

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folks<00:33:04.839><c> in</c><00:33:05.759><c> our</c><00:33:06.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:06.339><c> to</c><00:33:06.559><c> practice</c><00:33:06.880><c> with?</c><00:33:07.779><c> How</c><00:33:08.039><c> do</c><00:33:08.160><c> we</c><00:33:08.319><c> take</c><00:33:08.480><c> up</c>

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:10.980
a<00:33:08.900><c> towel</c><00:33:09.220><c> to</c><00:33:09.599><c> spiritually</c><00:33:10.180><c> wash</c>

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each<00:33:11.359><c> other's</c><00:33:11.799><c> feet</c><00:33:12.220><c> unless</c><00:33:12.680><c> we</c><00:33:12.900><c> have</c><00:33:13.039><c> feet</c><00:33:13.259><c> around</c><00:33:13.559><c> to</c><00:33:13.819><c> wash?</c>

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It's<00:33:14.859><c> our</c><00:33:16.420><c> Lord's</c><00:33:17.559><c> object</c><00:33:17.859><c> lesson</c><00:33:18.180><c> to</c>

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:24.920
the<00:33:18.720><c> apostles,</c><00:33:19.240><c> right?</c><00:33:22.319><c> The</c><00:33:22.880><c> instructions</c><00:33:23.440><c> in</c><00:33:23.680><c> the</c><00:33:23.779><c> New</c><00:33:23.920><c> Testament,</c><00:33:24.539><c> brothers</c><00:33:24.640><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:33:25.339><c> all</c><00:33:25.559><c> of</c>

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:34.140
the<00:33:26.980><c> epistles</c><00:33:27.940><c> were</c><00:33:29.480><c> addressed</c><00:33:29.859><c> to</c><00:33:30.119><c> whom?</c><00:33:32.480><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:33:33.140><c> or</c>

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:36.579
to<00:33:34.579><c> individuals</c><00:33:35.119><c> who</c><00:33:35.500><c> would</c><00:33:35.599><c> be</c><00:33:35.799><c> working</c><00:33:36.140><c> with</c>

00:33:36.579 --> 00:33:40.640
Ecclesiastes.<00:33:38.119><c> I</c><00:33:38.259><c> don't</c><00:33:38.440><c> know</c><00:33:38.700><c> of</c><00:33:38.839><c> one</c><00:33:39.420><c> that's</c><00:33:39.900><c> not</c><00:33:40.099><c> addressed</c><00:33:40.319><c> to</c><00:33:40.480><c> the</c>

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:42.960
Ecclesiastes.<00:33:42.660><c> Let</c><00:33:42.819><c> me</c><00:33:42.900><c> know</c>

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if<00:33:43.059><c> you</c><00:33:43.180><c> can</c><00:33:43.359><c> find</c><00:33:43.559><c> one.</c><00:33:46.720><c> Yes,</c><00:33:47.279><c> marriage</c><00:33:47.420><c> and</c><00:33:47.680><c> family</c><00:33:48.000><c> can</c><00:33:48.220><c> be</c>

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the<00:33:48.640><c> first</c><00:33:49.740><c> workshop</c><00:33:50.420><c> for</c><00:33:50.660><c> developing</c><00:33:51.059><c> our</c>

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.500
relationship.<00:33:55.519><c> That's</c><00:33:55.519><c> one</c><00:33:55.519><c> of</c><00:33:55.519><c> the</c><00:33:55.579><c> reasons</c><00:33:55.839><c> why</c><00:33:56.180><c> marriage</c>

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was<00:33:56.880><c> instituted</c><00:33:57.859><c> so</c><00:33:58.859><c> that</c><00:33:59.000><c> we</c><00:33:59.079><c> could</c><00:33:59.339><c> begin</c>

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:03.119
to<00:33:59.859><c> practice</c><00:34:00.319><c> this</c><00:34:00.779><c> relationship</c><00:34:01.380><c> between</c><00:34:02.240><c> the</c><00:34:02.700><c> bride</c><00:34:02.960><c> and</c>

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the<00:34:03.299><c> bridegroom</c><00:34:04.059><c> so</c><00:34:04.859><c> that</c><00:34:04.980><c> we</c><00:34:05.059><c> could</c>

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be<00:34:05.640><c> an</c><00:34:06.000><c> acceptable</c><00:34:06.940><c> bride</c><00:34:07.559><c> for</c><00:34:08.199><c> Christ.</c><00:34:10.280><c> But</c><00:34:10.760><c> the</c><00:34:11.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:11.579><c> is</c><00:34:12.619><c> next,</c><00:34:13.820><c> and</c><00:34:14.159><c> I</c>

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shouldn't<00:34:14.699><c> say</c><00:34:14.900><c> next</c>

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in<00:34:15.320><c> terms</c><00:34:15.579><c> of</c><00:34:15.719><c> priority.</c><00:34:16.559><c> The</c><00:34:16.719><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:17.039><c> is</c><00:34:17.260><c> there</c><00:34:17.519><c> as</c><00:34:17.800><c> well.</c>

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Sometimes<00:34:19.559><c> we</c><00:34:19.699><c> do</c><00:34:19.880><c> get</c><00:34:20.059><c> that</c><00:34:20.280><c> priority</c>

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mixed<00:34:21.159><c> up,</c><00:34:21.320><c> don't</c><00:34:21.519><c> we?</c><00:34:22.599><c> You</c><00:34:22.800><c> know</c><00:34:22.880><c> what</c><00:34:23.039><c> Christ's</c><00:34:23.420><c> definition</c>

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was<00:34:24.280><c> of</c><00:34:24.800><c> family?</c><00:34:25.260><c> It</c><00:34:25.440><c> should</c><00:34:25.599><c> be</c><00:34:25.800><c> ours</c>

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as<00:34:26.260><c> well.</c><00:34:27.059><c> Many</c><00:34:27.280><c> times</c><00:34:27.579><c> we</c><00:34:27.719><c> get</c><00:34:28.639><c> out</c><00:34:28.860><c> of</c><00:34:29.039><c> balance</c><00:34:29.280><c> in</c><00:34:29.480><c> this</c><00:34:29.679><c> area.</c><00:34:32.460><c> He</c>

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said<00:34:32.940><c> in</c><00:34:33.059><c> Matthew</c><00:34:33.460><c> 12,</c><00:34:34.239><c> whosoever</c>

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:37.960
does<00:34:35.420><c> the</c><00:34:35.599><c> will</c><00:34:35.719><c> of</c><00:34:35.900><c> my</c><00:34:36.059><c> heavenly</c><00:34:36.360><c> father</c><00:34:36.820><c> the</c><00:34:37.440><c> same</c><00:34:37.639><c> as</c><00:34:37.780><c> my</c>

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brother<00:34:38.340><c> and</c><00:34:38.719><c> sister</c><00:34:39.079><c> and</c><00:34:39.420><c> mother.</c><00:34:40.059><c> And</c><00:34:40.239><c> you</c>

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:43.179
know<00:34:40.539><c> his</c><00:34:40.719><c> mother</c><00:34:40.980><c> and</c><00:34:41.199><c> brother</c><00:34:41.360><c> are</c><00:34:41.480><c> waiting</c><00:34:41.760><c> for</c><00:34:42.039><c> him</c><00:34:42.199><c> outside</c><00:34:42.820><c> when</c>

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:45.260
he<00:34:43.340><c> made</c><00:34:43.460><c> that</c><00:34:43.739><c> statement.</c><00:34:44.780><c> Whosoever</c>

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does<00:34:45.460><c> the</c><00:34:45.579><c> will</c><00:34:45.760><c> of</c><00:34:45.940><c> my</c><00:34:46.039><c> heavenly</c><00:34:46.360><c> father</c><00:34:46.920><c> is</c><00:34:47.300><c> my</c><00:34:47.500><c> family.</c><00:34:52.099><c> Sometimes,</c><00:34:52.760><c> brothers</c><00:34:52.880><c> and</c><00:34:53.139><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:57.139
we<00:34:53.639><c> limit</c><00:34:53.900><c> our</c><00:34:54.159><c> interaction</c><00:34:54.719><c> to</c><00:34:55.380><c> our</c><00:34:55.559><c> own</c><00:34:55.739><c> natural</c><00:34:56.079><c> family,</c><00:34:56.480><c> especially</c><00:34:56.780><c> if</c><00:34:56.920><c> it's</c><00:34:57.019><c> a</c>

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.019
big<00:34:57.280><c> family,</c><00:34:57.659><c> especially</c>

00:34:58.019 --> 00:35:02.420
if<00:34:58.440><c> they're</c><00:34:58.840><c> around</c><00:34:59.300><c> our</c><00:35:00.059><c> area,</c><00:35:00.320><c> they're</c><00:35:00.539><c> living</c><00:35:00.679><c> in</c><00:35:00.860><c> our</c><00:35:01.039><c> area.</c><00:35:02.179><c> Oh,</c>

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.659
we<00:35:02.619><c> attend</c><00:35:02.920><c> all</c><00:35:03.119><c> of</c><00:35:03.239><c> the</c><00:35:03.380><c> regular</c>

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:06.900
meetings,<00:35:04.559><c> and</c><00:35:04.780><c> our</c><00:35:04.920><c> family</c><00:35:05.199><c> does</c><00:35:05.539><c> too,</c><00:35:06.260><c> but</c><00:35:06.420><c> when</c><00:35:06.579><c> it</c><00:35:06.699><c> comes</c>

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:08.960
to<00:35:07.119><c> family</c><00:35:07.380><c> vacations,</c><00:35:08.239><c> birthdays,</c><00:35:08.699><c> holidays,</c>

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:12.500
even<00:35:09.300><c> weekends</c><00:35:09.739><c> or</c><00:35:10.000><c> leisure</c><00:35:10.460><c> time,</c><00:35:11.500><c> we</c><00:35:11.659><c> spend</c><00:35:11.900><c> time</c><00:35:12.179><c> with</c><00:35:12.380><c> our</c>

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:15.159
natural<00:35:12.820><c> family,</c><00:35:14.320><c> perhaps</c><00:35:14.639><c> just</c><00:35:14.980><c> our</c>

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:18.179
spouse<00:35:15.380><c> and</c><00:35:15.559><c> ourselves,</c><00:35:16.119><c> or</c><00:35:16.519><c> we</c><00:35:16.619><c> have</c><00:35:16.719><c> the</c><00:35:16.880><c> kids</c><00:35:17.039><c> and</c><00:35:17.179><c> the</c><00:35:17.360><c> grandkids</c><00:35:17.719><c> over</c><00:35:18.039><c> and</c>

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.860
the<00:35:18.340><c> cousins</c><00:35:18.619><c> and</c>

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:24.139
the<00:35:18.980><c> aunts</c><00:35:19.179><c> and</c><00:35:19.280><c> uncles.</c><00:35:22.519><c> This</c><00:35:22.880><c> is</c><00:35:23.099><c> an</c><00:35:23.239><c> area</c><00:35:23.500><c> where</c><00:35:23.679><c> I</c><00:35:23.760><c> need</c><00:35:23.920><c> to</c>

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.340
work<00:35:24.300><c> on</c><00:35:24.500><c> it,</c><00:35:24.699><c> brothers</c><00:35:24.840><c> and</c><00:35:25.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:27.480
so<00:35:25.559><c> I</c><00:35:25.559><c> don't</c><00:35:25.739><c> want</c><00:35:25.860><c> you</c><00:35:26.000><c> to</c><00:35:26.099><c> think</c><00:35:26.219><c> I'm</c><00:35:26.559><c> trying</c><00:35:26.760><c> to</c><00:35:26.920><c> be</c><00:35:27.099><c> harsh</c>

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:30.519
because<00:35:28.539><c> I'm</c><00:35:29.599><c> speaking</c><00:35:29.880><c> to</c><00:35:30.059><c> Brother</c><00:35:30.219><c> Brad</c>

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:35.239
Butts<00:35:30.719><c> here.</c><00:35:32.579><c> There's</c><00:35:32.920><c> an</c><00:35:33.099><c> example</c><00:35:33.460><c> of</c><00:35:33.619><c> two.</c><00:35:33.800><c> I'm</c><00:35:33.880><c> sure</c><00:35:33.900><c> you</c><00:35:34.059><c> guys</c><00:35:34.219><c> could</c><00:35:34.380><c> give</c><00:35:34.519><c> me</c><00:35:34.659><c> more,</c><00:35:34.860><c> but</c><00:35:34.980><c> I</c><00:35:35.119><c> know</c>

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:38.000
the<00:35:35.659><c> example</c><00:35:35.760><c> of</c><00:35:35.920><c> the</c><00:35:36.019><c> Washington,</c><00:35:36.639><c> D</c><00:35:36.639><c>.C.</c><00:35:36.840><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:35:37.719><c> where</c>

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.920
the<00:35:38.179><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:38.460><c> comes</c><00:35:38.719><c> together</c><00:35:39.179><c> at</c><00:35:39.420><c> Thanksgiving</c>

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:44.920
to<00:35:40.880><c> have</c><00:35:41.059><c> a</c><00:35:41.280><c> meal.</c><00:35:42.059><c> That's</c><00:35:42.280><c> a</c><00:35:42.460><c> time</c><00:35:42.559><c> for</c><00:35:42.739><c> family,</c><00:35:43.860><c> right?</c><00:35:44.119><c> Thanksgiving,</c><00:35:44.679><c> and</c>

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.679
we<00:35:45.059><c> all,</c><00:35:45.539><c> probably</c>

00:35:45.679 --> 00:35:49.659
most<00:35:45.940><c> of</c><00:35:46.059><c> us,</c><00:35:46.239><c> have</c><00:35:46.579><c> a</c><00:35:46.920><c> family</c><00:35:47.119><c> get</c><00:35:47.320><c>-together</c><00:35:47.659><c> then,</c><00:35:48.960><c> but</c><00:35:49.460><c> they</c>

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:51.460
have<00:35:49.840><c> a</c><00:35:50.079><c> Thanksgiving</c><00:35:50.400><c> meal</c><00:35:50.719><c> at</c><00:35:50.980><c> the</c><00:35:51.139><c> Ecclesial</c>

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:54.519
Hall.<00:35:52.599><c> I'm</c><00:35:52.840><c> sure</c><00:35:53.019><c> they</c><00:35:53.199><c> do</c><00:35:53.360><c> something</c><00:35:53.659><c> with</c><00:35:53.860><c> the</c><00:35:54.059><c> family</c><00:35:54.260><c> as</c>

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:56.219
well<00:35:54.940><c> during</c><00:35:55.239><c> the</c><00:35:55.420><c> day,</c><00:35:55.579><c> but</c><00:35:55.860><c> of</c><00:35:56.119><c> course</c>

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:59.079
their<00:35:56.400><c> family</c><00:35:56.619><c> comes</c><00:35:56.940><c> to</c><00:35:57.079><c> the</c><00:35:57.239><c> Ecclesial</c><00:35:57.559><c> Hall</c><00:35:57.800><c> to</c><00:35:58.460><c> provide</c>

00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:01.599
an<00:35:59.280><c> opportunity</c><00:35:59.800><c> for</c><00:36:00.679><c> the</c><00:36:00.880><c> Ecclesial</c><00:36:01.280><c> family</c>

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:04.480
to<00:36:01.840><c> come</c><00:36:01.920><c> together</c><00:36:02.340><c> and</c><00:36:02.460><c> give</c><00:36:02.619><c> thanks.</c><00:36:03.820><c> And</c><00:36:03.940><c> certainly</c><00:36:04.300><c> it's</c>

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:06.099
good<00:36:04.639><c> for</c><00:36:04.780><c> the</c><00:36:05.000><c> single</c><00:36:05.199><c> brothers</c><00:36:05.519><c> and</c><00:36:05.780><c> sisters</c>

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:08.400
and<00:36:06.280><c> for</c><00:36:06.440><c> those</c><00:36:06.579><c> that</c><00:36:06.739><c> don't</c><00:36:06.980><c> have</c><00:36:07.219><c> extended</c><00:36:07.579><c> family</c><00:36:08.000><c> in</c><00:36:08.179><c> the</c>

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.940
area<00:36:08.579><c> to</c><00:36:08.719><c> come</c><00:36:08.920><c> together</c><00:36:09.300><c> and</c><00:36:09.480><c> do</c><00:36:09.619><c> that,</c>

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:13.360
but<00:36:10.320><c> it's</c><00:36:10.539><c> also</c><00:36:10.860><c> good</c><00:36:11.139><c> for</c><00:36:11.320><c> those</c><00:36:11.579><c> who</c><00:36:11.800><c> do</c><00:36:11.980><c> have</c><00:36:12.460><c> natural</c><00:36:12.860><c> family</c><00:36:13.199><c> to</c>

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:15.179
come<00:36:13.539><c> together</c><00:36:13.900><c> and</c><00:36:14.039><c> do</c><00:36:14.239><c> that</c><00:36:14.539><c> and</c><00:36:14.980><c> to</c>

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:17.800
give<00:36:15.360><c> thanks</c><00:36:15.619><c> for</c><00:36:15.800><c> the</c><00:36:15.980><c> manifold</c><00:36:16.300><c> blessings</c><00:36:16.800><c> that</c><00:36:17.059><c> the</c><00:36:17.219><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:17.500><c> has</c>

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:20.699
been<00:36:18.440><c> given.</c><00:36:19.719><c> We</c><00:36:20.159><c> did</c><00:36:20.320><c> this</c><00:36:20.559><c> in</c>

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:23.280
Denver<00:36:20.920><c> in</c><00:36:21.099><c> the</c><00:36:21.219><c> early</c><00:36:21.380><c> days</c><00:36:21.619><c> when</c><00:36:21.780><c> we</c><00:36:21.940><c> were</c><00:36:22.019><c> all</c><00:36:22.159><c> young</c><00:36:22.400><c> families,</c><00:36:22.860><c> and</c>

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.219
most<00:36:23.500><c> of</c><00:36:23.639><c> us</c><00:36:23.760><c> didn't</c><00:36:23.940><c> have</c>

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:27.380
family<00:36:24.539><c> in</c><00:36:24.739><c> the</c><00:36:24.960><c> area.</c><00:36:25.699><c> We</c><00:36:25.940><c> came</c><00:36:26.159><c> together</c><00:36:26.519><c> as</c><00:36:26.739><c> a</c><00:36:26.900><c> family</c><00:36:27.159><c> at</c>

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:30.300
Thanksgiving,<00:36:28.260><c> just</c><00:36:28.420><c> as</c><00:36:29.199><c> an</c><00:36:29.320><c> example.</c>

00:36:30.670 --> 00:36:32.800
Let<00:36:30.960><c> us</c><00:36:31.119><c> never</c><00:36:31.320><c> forget,</c><00:36:31.699><c> brothers</c><00:36:32.000><c> and</c><00:36:32.239><c> sisters,</c><00:36:32.519><c> that</c><00:36:32.659><c> our</c>

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:34.780
natural<00:36:33.159><c> families</c><00:36:33.519><c> are</c><00:36:33.760><c> blessings</c><00:36:34.079><c> from</c><00:36:34.280><c> God</c>

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:43.159
and<00:36:35.579><c> to</c><00:36:35.820><c> be</c><00:36:36.119><c> enjoyed</c><00:36:36.679><c> within</c><00:36:37.400><c> the</c><00:36:37.800><c> context</c><00:36:38.639><c> of</c><00:36:40.179><c> God's</c><00:36:40.639><c> plan</c><00:36:41.059><c> and</c><00:36:41.480><c> God's</c><00:36:41.920><c> family.</c><00:36:43.039><c> I</c>

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.360
got<00:36:43.460><c> ahead</c><00:36:43.659><c> of</c><00:36:43.699><c> myself</c><00:36:44.059><c> a</c><00:36:44.159><c> bit</c>

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:48.500
ago,<00:36:44.639><c> but</c><00:36:44.800><c> children</c><00:36:45.179><c> are</c><00:36:46.119><c> a</c><00:36:46.300><c> heritage</c><00:36:46.699><c> from</c><00:36:47.099><c> the</c><00:36:47.320><c> Lord.</c><00:36:48.340><c> Our</c>

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:51.099
major<00:36:48.800><c> purpose</c><00:36:49.199><c> of</c><00:36:49.400><c> God's</c><00:36:50.039><c> institution</c><00:36:50.619><c> of</c><00:36:50.880><c> marriage</c>

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:55.440
is<00:36:51.340><c> so</c><00:36:51.500><c> that</c><00:36:51.780><c> a</c><00:36:52.360><c> godly</c><00:36:52.820><c> seed</c><00:36:53.139><c> could</c><00:36:53.340><c> be</c><00:36:53.579><c> produced.</c><00:36:55.139><c> There</c><00:36:55.320><c> will</c>

00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:57.199
be<00:36:55.519><c> enough</c><00:36:55.760><c> time</c><00:36:56.059><c> to</c><00:36:56.199><c> do</c><00:36:56.320><c> things</c><00:36:56.539><c> with</c><00:36:56.699><c> our</c><00:36:56.920><c> family,</c>

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:59.860
our<00:36:57.440><c> natural</c><00:36:57.739><c> family,</c><00:36:58.199><c> if</c><00:36:58.300><c> we</c><00:36:58.480><c> make</c><00:36:58.599><c> it</c><00:36:58.739><c> a</c><00:36:58.980><c> priority,</c><00:36:59.239><c> but</c><00:36:59.340><c> let's</c><00:36:59.579><c> not</c>

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:02.679
leave<00:37:00.739><c> our</c><00:37:01.199><c> Ecclesial</c><00:37:01.579><c> family</c><00:37:02.059><c> unattended</c>

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:07.039
to.<00:37:03.400><c> And</c><00:37:03.559><c> as</c><00:37:03.699><c> much</c><00:37:03.860><c> as</c><00:37:04.099><c> possible,</c><00:37:04.460><c> blend</c><00:37:04.820><c> the</c><00:37:05.059><c> two.</c><00:37:05.800><c> Bring</c><00:37:06.179><c> our</c>

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:09.420
natural<00:37:07.400><c> family</c><00:37:07.679><c> together</c><00:37:08.079><c> with</c><00:37:08.679><c> our</c><00:37:09.099><c> Ecclesial</c>

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:12.019
family.<00:37:09.940><c> Bring</c><00:37:10.420><c> brothers</c><00:37:10.780><c> and</c><00:37:11.000><c> sisters</c><00:37:11.199><c> into</c><00:37:11.460><c> our</c><00:37:11.679><c> home</c><00:37:11.860><c> from</c>

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:14.019
the<00:37:12.199><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:12.460><c> as</c><00:37:12.659><c> we're</c><00:37:12.880><c> doing</c><00:37:13.099><c> our</c><00:37:13.320><c> family</c><00:37:13.619><c> things.</c>

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:19.119
That's<00:37:14.699><c> been</c><00:37:14.820><c> very</c><00:37:15.119><c> helpful</c><00:37:15.559><c> for</c><00:37:17.519><c> folks</c><00:37:17.900><c> that</c><00:37:18.119><c> don't</c><00:37:18.320><c> have</c><00:37:18.579><c> family</c><00:37:18.920><c> in</c>

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:21.440
the<00:37:19.340><c> area,</c><00:37:19.920><c> especially.</c><00:37:21.199><c> Of</c><00:37:21.320><c> course,</c>

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:25.280
it<00:37:21.579><c> takes</c><00:37:21.780><c> careful</c><00:37:22.139><c> planning</c><00:37:22.460><c> and</c><00:37:22.739><c> sacrifice</c><00:37:23.320><c> of</c><00:37:23.559><c> worldly</c><00:37:23.780><c> pursuits</c><00:37:24.800><c> to</c>

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:26.760
provide<00:37:25.619><c> the</c><00:37:25.840><c> time</c><00:37:26.000><c> and</c><00:37:26.219><c> energy</c><00:37:26.420><c> to</c><00:37:26.599><c> do</c>

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.260
this.<00:37:27.000><c> You</c><00:37:27.480><c> see,</c><00:37:27.920><c> remember,</c><00:37:28.340><c> the</c><00:37:28.360><c> world</c><00:37:28.619><c> doesn't</c><00:37:28.900><c> even</c><00:37:29.139><c> have</c>

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:32.519
enough<00:37:29.480><c> time</c><00:37:29.679><c> to</c><00:37:29.900><c> spend</c><00:37:30.219><c> with</c><00:37:30.920><c> their</c><00:37:31.079><c> natural</c><00:37:31.500><c> family,</c>

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:35.659
and<00:37:33.480><c> it</c><00:37:33.659><c> gets</c><00:37:33.860><c> so</c><00:37:34.179><c> complicated,</c><00:37:34.820><c> too,</c><00:37:34.900><c> as</c><00:37:35.039><c> they</c><00:37:35.179><c> blend</c><00:37:35.420><c> the</c>

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:38.300
families<00:37:35.980><c> and</c><00:37:36.159><c> there's</c><00:37:37.159><c> step</c><00:37:37.400><c> dads</c><00:37:37.619><c> and</c><00:37:37.760><c> step</c><00:37:38.000><c> moms</c>

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:42.219
and<00:37:38.519><c> step</c><00:37:38.800><c> brothers</c><00:37:39.139><c> and</c><00:37:39.360><c> sisters</c><00:37:39.739><c> and</c><00:37:40.380><c> they</c><00:37:41.420><c> don't</c><00:37:41.599><c> have</c><00:37:41.780><c> time</c><00:37:42.059><c> to</c>

00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:44.780
even<00:37:42.440><c> spend</c><00:37:43.340><c> time</c><00:37:43.679><c> with</c><00:37:43.820><c> the</c><00:37:43.980><c> first</c><00:37:44.179><c> group,</c>

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:49.119
much<00:37:45.239><c> less</c><00:37:45.480><c> include</c><00:37:45.739><c> everybody.</c><00:37:48.019><c> And</c><00:37:48.159><c> so</c><00:37:48.260><c> I</c><00:37:48.300><c> know</c><00:37:48.420><c> it's</c><00:37:48.539><c> difficult,</c><00:37:49.039><c> too,</c>

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:50.059
because<00:37:49.219><c> we</c><00:37:49.380><c> have</c><00:37:49.420><c> some</c><00:37:49.659><c> situations</c>

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:52.480
like<00:37:50.360><c> that</c><00:37:50.519><c> within</c><00:37:50.719><c> the</c><00:37:50.940><c> brotherhood,</c><00:37:51.500><c> too,</c><00:37:51.800><c> and</c><00:37:51.960><c> it's</c><00:37:52.280><c> more</c>

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:55.679
of<00:37:52.639><c> a</c><00:37:52.679><c> challenge</c><00:37:53.119><c> to</c><00:37:53.659><c> do</c><00:37:53.900><c> that.</c><00:37:55.219><c> It's</c><00:37:55.400><c> doubly</c>

00:37:55.679 --> 00:38:02.280
difficult<00:37:56.039><c> if</c><00:37:56.219><c> a</c><00:37:56.360><c> family's</c><00:37:56.619><c> been</c><00:37:56.840><c> split</c><00:37:57.099><c> up</c><00:37:57.860><c> to</c><00:37:58.420><c> have</c><00:37:59.679><c> our</c><00:38:00.440><c> time</c><00:38:00.920><c> with</c><00:38:01.519><c> families,</c><00:38:02.000><c> but</c>

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:03.400
it<00:38:02.559><c> takes</c><00:38:02.780><c> sacrifice</c>

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:08.880
and<00:38:03.579><c> takes</c><00:38:03.860><c> careful</c><00:38:04.239><c> planning.</c><00:38:05.800><c> We</c><00:38:05.940><c> have</c><00:38:06.139><c> to</c><00:38:06.260><c> be</c><00:38:06.480><c> careful</c><00:38:06.880><c> about</c><00:38:07.599><c> natural</c><00:38:08.260><c> brothers</c><00:38:08.639><c> and</c>

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.980
sisters<00:38:09.280><c> and</c><00:38:09.559><c> parents</c>

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:13.960
and<00:38:10.260><c> children</c><00:38:10.719><c> who</c><00:38:11.320><c> have</c><00:38:11.500><c> not</c><00:38:11.719><c> accepted</c><00:38:12.019><c> the</c><00:38:12.280><c> faith</c><00:38:12.519><c> and</c><00:38:13.139><c> their</c><00:38:13.360><c> demands</c><00:38:13.760><c> on</c>

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:15.960
our<00:38:14.179><c> time,</c><00:38:15.099><c> because</c><00:38:15.300><c> they'd</c><00:38:15.599><c> like</c><00:38:15.679><c> us</c>

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:17.840
to<00:38:16.079><c> be</c><00:38:16.159><c> with</c><00:38:16.320><c> them,</c><00:38:16.639><c> too,</c><00:38:16.699><c> and</c><00:38:16.840><c> we</c><00:38:16.940><c> spend</c><00:38:17.099><c> lots</c><00:38:17.340><c> of</c><00:38:17.420><c> time</c><00:38:17.659><c> with</c>

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:20.139
them<00:38:18.079><c> on</c><00:38:18.380><c> holidays</c><00:38:18.840><c> and</c><00:38:19.420><c> special</c><00:38:19.659><c> occasions,</c>

00:38:20.239 --> 00:38:22.820
especially<00:38:20.519><c> if</c><00:38:20.619><c> they</c><00:38:20.840><c> live</c><00:38:20.980><c> in</c><00:38:21.159><c> our</c><00:38:21.340><c> area.</c><00:38:22.239><c> If</c><00:38:22.340><c> they</c><00:38:22.480><c> want</c><00:38:22.639><c> us</c>

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:24.380
to<00:38:23.000><c> visit</c><00:38:23.119><c> and</c><00:38:23.380><c> interact</c><00:38:23.619><c> with</c><00:38:23.760><c> them</c><00:38:23.940><c> regularly,</c>

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:28.900
do<00:38:24.639><c> we</c><00:38:24.760><c> choose</c><00:38:25.039><c> to</c><00:38:25.260><c> do</c><00:38:25.619><c> that</c><00:38:26.360><c> more</c><00:38:26.760><c> often</c><00:38:27.219><c> than</c><00:38:27.820><c> we</c><00:38:28.019><c> choose</c><00:38:28.460><c> to</c>

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:30.719
be<00:38:29.000><c> with</c><00:38:29.179><c> our</c><00:38:29.360><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:29.699><c> family?</c>

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:33.800
And<00:38:31.099><c> I'm</c><00:38:31.159><c> not</c><00:38:31.500><c> saying</c><00:38:31.760><c> to</c><00:38:32.000><c> ignore</c><00:38:32.239><c> them</c><00:38:32.739><c> or</c><00:38:33.039><c> to</c><00:38:33.280><c> drop</c><00:38:33.460><c> them.</c><00:38:33.659><c> We</c>

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:35.719
always<00:38:34.019><c> keep</c><00:38:34.219><c> the</c><00:38:34.340><c> door</c><00:38:34.500><c> open</c><00:38:34.760><c> for</c><00:38:34.900><c> them</c><00:38:35.139><c> to</c>

00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:37.800
to<00:38:35.920><c> make</c><00:38:36.059><c> a</c><00:38:36.280><c> commitment</c><00:38:36.500><c> themselves,</c><00:38:37.000><c> and</c><00:38:37.199><c> that</c><00:38:37.500><c> should</c><00:38:37.639><c> be</c>

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:39.579
part<00:38:38.019><c> of</c><00:38:38.139><c> our</c><00:38:38.300><c> getting</c><00:38:38.440><c> together</c><00:38:38.840><c> with</c><00:38:39.059><c> them</c><00:38:39.219><c> if</c><00:38:39.340><c> we</c>

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:44.460
can,<00:38:39.820><c> wherever</c><00:38:40.000><c> we</c><00:38:40.199><c> can</c><00:38:40.320><c> drop</c><00:38:40.559><c> a</c><00:38:40.780><c> seed.</c><00:38:43.039><c> But</c><00:38:43.199><c> do</c><00:38:43.380><c> we</c><00:38:43.559><c> do</c><00:38:43.739><c> it</c><00:38:43.900><c> just</c><00:38:44.079><c> because</c><00:38:44.300><c> we</c>

00:38:44.460 --> 00:38:45.840
like<00:38:44.639><c> their</c><00:38:44.820><c> company</c><00:38:45.219><c> and</c><00:38:45.579><c> because</c>

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:50.440
it's<00:38:46.039><c> a</c><00:38:46.179><c> social</c><00:38:46.820><c> connection?</c><00:38:48.119><c> Is</c><00:38:48.340><c> our</c><00:38:48.679><c> lifeline,</c><00:38:49.099><c> brothers</c><00:38:49.380><c> and</c><00:38:49.659><c> sisters,</c><00:38:49.900><c> this</c><00:38:50.079><c> is</c><00:38:50.300><c> a</c>

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.099
point<00:38:50.539><c> I</c><00:38:50.659><c> was</c><00:38:50.800><c> going</c><00:38:50.860><c> to</c><00:38:50.960><c> make</c>

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:54.199
somewhere,<00:38:51.440><c> I</c><00:38:51.519><c> can't</c><00:38:51.739><c> remember</c><00:38:52.039><c> where,</c><00:38:52.380><c> but</c><00:38:52.420><c> I</c><00:38:52.679><c> could</c><00:38:52.900><c> mention</c><00:38:53.179><c> it</c><00:38:53.340><c> now,</c><00:38:54.000><c> is</c>

00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:55.480
our<00:38:54.460><c> lifeline,</c><00:38:54.820><c> the</c><00:38:54.980><c> person</c><00:38:55.260><c> we</c>

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:58.179
rely<00:38:55.820><c> on,</c><00:38:56.440><c> somebody</c><00:38:56.699><c> in</c><00:38:56.920><c> the</c><00:38:57.119><c> truth</c><00:38:57.320><c> or</c><00:38:57.460><c> somebody</c><00:38:57.760><c> out</c><00:38:57.940><c> of</c><00:38:58.000><c> the</c>

00:38:58.179 --> 00:39:01.860
truth?<00:38:59.280><c> Do</c><00:38:59.480><c> we</c><00:38:59.619><c> go</c><00:38:59.860><c> to</c><00:39:00.119><c> a</c><00:39:00.320><c> brother</c><00:39:00.519><c> or</c><00:39:01.340><c> a</c><00:39:01.579><c> natural</c>

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:06.679
brother<00:39:02.219><c> or</c><00:39:02.340><c> natural</c><00:39:02.619><c> sister</c><00:39:03.019><c> or</c><00:39:03.199><c> parent</c><00:39:03.539><c> or</c><00:39:04.019><c> child</c><00:39:04.420><c> or</c><00:39:04.900><c> a</c><00:39:05.179><c> friend</c><00:39:05.360><c> from</c><00:39:06.000><c> work</c><00:39:06.460><c> or</c>

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:08.219
school<00:39:07.059><c> to</c><00:39:07.440><c> talk</c><00:39:07.659><c> about</c><00:39:07.920><c> issues</c>

00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:11.420
of<00:39:08.440><c> life</c><00:39:08.699><c> more</c><00:39:08.960><c> than</c><00:39:09.059><c> we</c><00:39:09.239><c> do</c><00:39:09.360><c> a</c><00:39:09.440><c> brother</c><00:39:09.639><c> or</c><00:39:09.739><c> sister?</c><00:39:11.179><c> I</c><00:39:11.280><c> think</c>

00:39:11.420 --> 00:39:13.840
that'll<00:39:11.699><c> change</c><00:39:11.980><c> some</c><00:39:12.260><c> if</c><00:39:12.500><c> we</c><00:39:12.719><c> spend</c><00:39:12.900><c> more</c><00:39:13.199><c> time</c>

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:16.260
with<00:39:14.159><c> our</c><00:39:14.360><c> brothers</c><00:39:14.539><c> and</c><00:39:14.780><c> sisters</c><00:39:15.099><c> in</c><00:39:15.300><c> the</c><00:39:15.460><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:15.760><c> family</c>

00:39:16.260 --> 00:39:19.780
and<00:39:17.179><c> less</c><00:39:17.539><c> time</c><00:39:18.099><c> with</c><00:39:18.900><c> others,</c><00:39:19.380><c> particularly</c>

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:24.519
if<00:39:19.940><c> there's</c><00:39:20.239><c> no</c><00:39:20.860><c> apparent</c><00:39:21.300><c> current</c><00:39:22.000><c> hope</c><00:39:22.500><c> that</c><00:39:22.719><c> they</c><00:39:22.880><c> might</c><00:39:23.139><c> make</c><00:39:24.300><c> a</c>

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:26.420
decision<00:39:24.860><c> to</c><00:39:25.480><c> join</c><00:39:25.699><c> the</c><00:39:25.920><c> household</c><00:39:26.179><c> of</c>

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:29.900
faith.<00:39:26.539><c> We</c><00:39:26.719><c> always</c><00:39:26.980><c> keep</c><00:39:27.179><c> the</c><00:39:27.320><c> door</c><00:39:27.460><c> open</c><00:39:27.719><c> and</c><00:39:27.880><c> we</c><00:39:28.059><c> keep</c><00:39:28.960><c> in</c><00:39:29.239><c> touch</c><00:39:29.500><c> and</c><00:39:29.679><c> we</c>

00:39:29.900 --> 00:39:33.260
keep<00:39:30.739><c> involved</c><00:39:31.460><c> for</c><00:39:31.760><c> that</c><00:39:31.980><c> purpose,</c>

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:38.920
but<00:39:33.840><c> which</c><00:39:34.039><c> do</c><00:39:34.199><c> we</c><00:39:34.380><c> prefer</c><00:39:34.599><c> to</c><00:39:34.800><c> be</c><00:39:35.000><c> with?</c><00:39:37.119><c> That's</c><00:39:37.559><c> the</c><00:39:37.679><c> real</c><00:39:37.860><c> question,</c><00:39:38.440><c> which</c><00:39:38.719><c> do</c>

00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.519
we<00:39:39.079><c> prefer</c><00:39:39.400><c> to</c><00:39:39.619><c> be</c><00:39:39.800><c> with?</c>

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:52.539
Many<00:39:47.960><c> times</c><00:39:48.619><c> brothers</c><00:39:49.079><c> and</c><00:39:49.380><c> sisters</c><00:39:49.940><c> and</c><00:39:50.460><c> others</c><00:39:50.980><c> limit</c><00:39:51.679><c> our</c>

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:56.000
assembly<00:39:53.119><c> discussions</c><00:39:53.800><c> to</c><00:39:54.500><c> coming</c><00:39:54.719><c> around</c><00:39:55.380><c> the</c>

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:59.760
table<00:39:56.239><c> of</c><00:39:56.440><c> our</c><00:39:56.619><c> Lord.</c><00:39:57.039><c> If</c><00:39:57.460><c> brothers</c><00:39:57.800><c> and</c><00:39:58.099><c> sisters</c><00:39:58.420><c> do</c><00:39:59.360><c> that,</c>

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:01.760
then<00:39:59.980><c> they're</c><00:40:00.179><c> assembling</c><00:40:00.420><c> themselves</c><00:40:00.760><c> together</c><00:40:01.159><c> and</c>

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:06.760
that's<00:40:02.619><c> our</c><00:40:02.719><c> perhaps</c><00:40:03.079><c> most</c><00:40:03.440><c> significant</c><00:40:03.980><c> and</c><00:40:04.219><c> important</c><00:40:04.639><c> coming</c><00:40:05.000><c> together.</c><00:40:06.519><c> But</c>

00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.579
you<00:40:06.880><c> can</c><00:40:07.139><c> see</c><00:40:07.300><c> that</c><00:40:07.460><c> there</c><00:40:07.579><c> are</c>

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:10.000
many<00:40:07.840><c> other</c><00:40:08.079><c> opportunities</c><00:40:08.400><c> to</c><00:40:08.579><c> do</c><00:40:08.760><c> that,</c><00:40:09.360><c> especially</c><00:40:09.760><c> as</c><00:40:10.000><c> the</c><00:40:10.000><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.000><c> of</c>

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.500
the<00:40:10.000><c> Lord,</c><00:40:10.000><c> and</c><00:40:10.000><c> the</c><00:40:10.000><c> Lord</c><00:40:10.000><c> of</c><00:40:10.000><c> the</c>

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:14.679
day<00:40:10.780><c> of</c><00:40:10.900><c> our</c><00:40:11.059><c> Lord's</c><00:40:11.400><c> return</c><00:40:11.719><c> is</c><00:40:12.000><c> approaching.</c><00:40:14.059><c> I</c><00:40:14.260><c> guess</c><00:40:14.440><c> my</c>

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:17.260
point<00:40:15.119><c> basically</c><00:40:15.659><c> is</c><00:40:15.960><c> that</c><00:40:16.079><c> we</c><00:40:16.139><c> can't</c><00:40:16.659><c> do</c><00:40:16.860><c> without</c>

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:20.739
each<00:40:17.539><c> other</c><00:40:18.000><c> in</c><00:40:18.340><c> these</c><00:40:18.579><c> days</c><00:40:18.980><c> and</c><00:40:19.380><c> we</c><00:40:19.579><c> need</c><00:40:19.840><c> to</c><00:40:20.079><c> find</c><00:40:20.260><c> ways</c><00:40:20.559><c> to</c>

00:40:20.739 --> 00:40:23.099
get<00:40:20.920><c> together</c><00:40:21.300><c> and</c><00:40:21.860><c> support</c><00:40:22.280><c> and</c><00:40:22.519><c> encourage</c><00:40:22.860><c> each</c>

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:27.099
other<00:40:23.400><c> all</c><00:40:23.659><c> the</c><00:40:23.840><c> more.</c><00:40:25.460><c> A</c><00:40:25.659><c> few</c><00:40:25.800><c> comments</c><00:40:26.179><c> about</c><00:40:26.500><c> the</c><00:40:26.739><c> memorial</c>

00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:29.599
service<00:40:27.539><c> and</c><00:40:27.980><c> how</c><00:40:28.219><c> that's</c><00:40:28.519><c> meant</c><00:40:28.719><c> to</c><00:40:28.960><c> be</c>

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:38.539
an<00:40:29.800><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:30.340><c> activity.</c><00:40:32.800><c> It's</c><00:40:33.440><c> proper</c><00:40:34.039><c> to</c><00:40:35.179><c> remember</c><00:40:36.019><c> our</c><00:40:36.579><c> Lord</c><00:40:36.980><c> quietly</c><00:40:37.679><c> and</c><00:40:38.380><c> in</c>

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a<00:40:38.840><c> meditative</c><00:40:39.300><c> way</c>

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when<00:40:40.139><c> we're</c><00:40:40.500><c> out</c><00:40:40.699><c> of</c><00:40:40.780><c> town</c><00:40:41.360><c> or</c><00:40:42.000><c> maybe</c><00:40:42.519><c> on</c><00:40:42.699><c> a</c><00:40:42.780><c> vacation</c><00:40:43.360><c> just</c><00:40:43.840><c> with</c><00:40:44.000><c> our</c><00:40:44.199><c> family</c><00:40:44.739><c> or</c>

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:46.420
we're<00:40:45.440><c> away</c><00:40:45.659><c> by</c><00:40:45.920><c> ourselves.</c>

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It's<00:40:47.059><c> proper</c><00:40:47.440><c> to</c><00:40:47.780><c> partake</c><00:40:48.019><c> of</c><00:40:48.139><c> the</c><00:40:48.340><c> emblems</c><00:40:48.659><c> and</c><00:40:48.820><c> remember</c><00:40:49.179><c> our</c><00:40:49.460><c> Lord's</c><00:40:50.500><c> death</c><00:40:50.699><c> and</c><00:40:51.059><c> sacrifice</c><00:40:51.519><c> on</c>

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our<00:40:51.940><c> behalf.</c>

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But<00:40:54.980><c> the</c><00:40:55.179><c> memorial</c><00:40:55.519><c> service</c><00:40:55.920><c> is</c><00:40:56.300><c> primarily</c><00:40:56.719><c> meant</c><00:40:56.980><c> to</c><00:40:57.219><c> be</c><00:40:57.380><c> an</c>

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ecclesial<00:40:58.000><c> activity,</c>

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an<00:40:59.420><c> activity</c><00:40:59.699><c> done</c><00:40:59.940><c> by</c><00:41:00.159><c> the</c><00:41:00.440><c> assembly,</c><00:41:01.119><c> by</c><00:41:01.340><c> those</c><00:41:01.619><c> gathered</c>

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together<00:41:02.460><c> for</c><00:41:02.659><c> that</c><00:41:02.880><c> express</c><00:41:03.219><c> purpose.</c>

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Let's<00:41:05.599><c> remind</c><00:41:05.900><c> ourselves</c><00:41:06.400><c> of</c><00:41:06.599><c> the</c><00:41:06.780><c> gospel</c><00:41:07.139><c> account</c><00:41:07.500><c> and</c><00:41:07.780><c> what</c>

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Paul<00:41:08.260><c> had</c><00:41:08.440><c> to</c><00:41:08.699><c> say.</c>

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First<00:41:10.940><c> of</c><00:41:11.139><c> all,</c><00:41:11.619><c> remember</c><00:41:12.000><c> that</c><00:41:12.320><c> the</c><00:41:12.920><c> memorial</c><00:41:13.280><c> service</c><00:41:13.679><c> was</c>

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instituted<00:41:14.420><c> at</c><00:41:14.679><c> Passover.</c><00:41:15.940><c> Was</c><00:41:16.079><c> that</c><00:41:16.179><c> a</c><00:41:16.360><c> time</c><00:41:16.519><c> for</c>

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:21.360
people<00:41:16.920><c> to</c><00:41:17.059><c> come</c><00:41:17.219><c> together?</c><00:41:18.340><c> Families</c><00:41:18.840><c> and</c><00:41:19.480><c> others,</c><00:41:20.139><c> even</c><00:41:20.380><c> strangers</c><00:41:20.719><c> that</c><00:41:20.860><c> might</c><00:41:21.039><c> have</c><00:41:21.139><c> been</c><00:41:21.219><c> in</c>

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the<00:41:21.500><c> household,</c>

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come<00:41:22.719><c> together</c><00:41:23.139><c> and</c><00:41:23.300><c> to</c><00:41:23.539><c> remember</c><00:41:24.219><c> the</c><00:41:24.579><c> Lord's</c><00:41:24.960><c> blessing</c><00:41:25.360><c> at</c>

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Passover<00:41:26.420><c> and</c><00:41:26.739><c> His</c><00:41:27.219><c> sparing</c><00:41:27.539><c> of</c><00:41:27.760><c> the</c><00:41:27.920><c> Hebrews</c><00:41:28.300><c> in</c>

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Egypt<00:41:29.260><c> and</c><00:41:29.900><c> to</c><00:41:30.260><c> partake</c><00:41:30.440><c> of</c><00:41:30.579><c> the</c><00:41:30.780><c> Passover</c><00:41:31.139><c> land.</c><00:41:33.539><c> It</c><00:41:34.000><c> was</c><00:41:34.199><c> an</c>

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:37.480
assembly.<00:41:36.079><c> And</c><00:41:36.300><c> of</c><00:41:36.440><c> course</c><00:41:36.599><c> we've</c><00:41:36.840><c> got</c><00:41:36.980><c> instructions</c>

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in<00:41:37.739><c> several</c><00:41:37.920><c> places</c><00:41:38.380><c> in</c><00:41:38.500><c> terms</c><00:41:38.780><c> of</c><00:41:41.260><c> the</c><00:41:41.460><c> partaking</c><00:41:41.860><c> of</c><00:41:41.980><c> the</c><00:41:42.179><c> emblems</c><00:41:43.099><c> themselves,</c><00:41:43.659><c> but</c><00:41:43.800><c> Christ</c><00:41:44.079><c> tells</c><00:41:44.340><c> us</c><00:41:44.559><c> in</c>

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Matthew<00:41:44.980><c> 26,</c><00:41:46.579><c> very</c><00:41:46.920><c> familiar</c><00:41:47.320><c> words,</c><00:41:48.539><c> but</c><00:41:48.619><c> sometimes</c><00:41:48.960><c> we</c><00:41:49.119><c> put</c>

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the<00:41:49.519><c> comma</c><00:41:49.679><c> in</c><00:41:49.820><c> the</c><00:41:49.960><c> wrong</c><00:41:50.159><c> place.</c><00:41:51.280><c> Drink</c><00:41:51.579><c> ye,</c>

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in<00:41:52.019><c> regard</c><00:41:52.260><c> to</c><00:41:52.440><c> the</c><00:41:52.619><c> cup,</c><00:41:53.019><c> drink</c><00:41:53.320><c> ye</c><00:41:53.699><c> all</c><00:41:54.460><c> of</c><00:41:55.440><c> it.</c><00:41:56.619><c> All</c><00:41:56.960><c> of</c><00:41:57.159><c> you</c>

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partake<00:41:58.300><c> of</c><00:41:58.440><c> this</c><00:41:58.679><c> cup,</c><00:41:58.860><c> for</c><00:41:58.980><c> this</c><00:41:59.199><c> is</c><00:41:59.420><c> my</c><00:41:59.619><c> blood</c>

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:04.480
of<00:42:00.659><c> the</c><00:42:00.780><c> New</c><00:42:01.019><c> Testament,</c><00:42:01.860><c> which</c><00:42:02.019><c> is</c><00:42:02.320><c> shed</c><00:42:02.519><c> for</c><00:42:02.920><c> many,</c><00:42:04.159><c> for</c><00:42:04.340><c> the</c>

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remission<00:42:04.880><c> of</c><00:42:05.159><c> sins.</c>

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And<00:42:07.019><c> then</c><00:42:07.280><c> Paul</c><00:42:07.559><c> and</c><00:42:07.780><c> his</c><00:42:07.920><c> comments</c><00:42:08.739><c> in</c><00:42:09.760><c> 1</c><00:42:09.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:42:10.360><c> 10,</c>

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16<00:42:11.239><c> and</c><00:42:11.340><c> 17,</c><00:42:12.260><c> the</c><00:42:12.480><c> cup</c><00:42:12.699><c> of</c><00:42:12.980><c> blessing</c><00:42:13.300><c> which</c><00:42:13.539><c> we</c><00:42:13.880><c> bless,</c>

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is<00:42:14.280><c> it</c><00:42:14.440><c> not</c><00:42:14.619><c> the</c><00:42:14.900><c> communion</c><00:42:15.599><c> of</c><00:42:16.500><c> the</c><00:42:16.639><c> blood</c><00:42:16.820><c> of</c><00:42:16.980><c> Christ?</c><00:42:17.860><c> The</c>

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bread<00:42:18.380><c> which</c><00:42:18.599><c> we</c><00:42:18.940><c> break,</c><00:42:19.179><c> and</c><00:42:19.320><c> the</c><00:42:19.440><c> word</c><00:42:19.579><c> for</c><00:42:19.800><c> bread</c>

00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:23.579
there<00:42:20.199><c> is</c><00:42:20.539><c> loaf,</c><00:42:21.239><c> which</c><00:42:21.460><c> we</c><00:42:21.800><c> break,</c><00:42:22.019><c> is</c><00:42:22.139><c> it</c><00:42:22.320><c> not</c><00:42:22.500><c> the</c><00:42:22.760><c> communion</c><00:42:23.239><c> of</c><00:42:23.480><c> the</c>

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:25.860
body<00:42:23.860><c> of</c><00:42:24.039><c> Christ?</c><00:42:25.059><c> For</c><00:42:25.239><c> we</c><00:42:25.559><c> being</c>

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:30.579
many<00:42:26.039><c> are</c><00:42:26.699><c> one</c><00:42:27.239><c> bread</c><00:42:27.639><c> or</c><00:42:27.980><c> loaf,</c><00:42:28.719><c> and</c><00:42:28.900><c> one</c><00:42:29.159><c> body,</c><00:42:29.900><c> for</c><00:42:30.059><c> we</c><00:42:30.300><c> are</c>

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:33.559
all<00:42:30.900><c> partakers</c><00:42:31.519><c> of</c><00:42:31.880><c> that</c><00:42:32.239><c> one</c><00:42:32.679><c> loaf.</c>

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:37.079
This<00:42:34.679><c> latter</c><00:42:34.960><c> passage</c><00:42:35.320><c> is</c><00:42:35.460><c> full</c><00:42:35.699><c> of</c><00:42:35.820><c> terms</c><00:42:36.119><c> that</c><00:42:36.380><c> indicate</c><00:42:36.719><c> it's</c><00:42:36.940><c> a</c>

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group<00:42:37.380><c> activity.</c>

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You<00:42:39.019><c> see,</c><00:42:39.239><c> to</c><00:42:39.340><c> have</c><00:42:39.519><c> communion</c><00:42:39.920><c> with</c><00:42:40.079><c> somebody</c><00:42:40.559><c> is</c><00:42:41.500><c> an</c><00:42:41.659><c> act</c><00:42:41.880><c> of</c>

00:42:42.059 --> 00:42:45.719
sharing<00:42:42.360><c> with</c><00:42:43.460><c> somebody</c><00:42:43.900><c> else,</c><00:42:44.480><c> sharing</c><00:42:45.199><c> the</c>

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:53.179
emblems<00:42:46.500><c> with</c><00:42:47.059><c> the</c><00:42:47.360><c> faithful.</c><00:42:50.900><c> The</c><00:42:51.139><c> one</c><00:42:51.360><c> loaf</c><00:42:51.719><c> represents</c><00:42:52.300><c> the</c><00:42:52.539><c> one</c><00:42:52.719><c> body</c><00:42:53.000><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:42:53.519><c> the</c><00:42:53.659><c> body</c><00:42:53.880><c> of</c><00:42:54.099><c> believers</c><00:42:54.340><c> in</c>

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:58.480
Christ.<00:42:54.860><c> As</c><00:42:55.059><c> the</c><00:42:55.280><c> bread</c><00:42:55.380><c> is</c><00:42:55.599><c> broken</c><00:42:55.840><c> into</c><00:42:56.139><c> pieces</c><00:42:56.440><c> and</c><00:42:56.760><c> distributed</c><00:42:57.079><c> to</c><00:42:57.320><c> each</c><00:42:57.880><c> part</c><00:42:58.239><c> of</c>

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that<00:42:58.679><c> body,</c>

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we're<00:43:00.079><c> all</c><00:43:00.380><c> tokens</c><00:43:00.719><c> of</c><00:43:01.079><c> the</c><00:43:01.280><c> part</c><00:43:01.400><c> of</c><00:43:01.539><c> that</c><00:43:01.719><c> body.</c><00:43:03.519><c> Each</c><00:43:03.840><c> of</c><00:43:03.980><c> us</c>

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:06.300
is<00:43:04.480><c> a</c><00:43:04.639><c> piece</c><00:43:04.820><c> of</c><00:43:05.019><c> that</c><00:43:05.239><c> unified</c><00:43:05.679><c> loaf</c><00:43:05.900><c> of</c><00:43:06.139><c> bread,</c>

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and<00:43:06.440><c> as</c><00:43:06.619><c> we</c><00:43:06.820><c> partake</c><00:43:07.159><c> then</c><00:43:07.380><c> we</c><00:43:07.539><c> are</c><00:43:07.800><c> identifying</c><00:43:08.239><c> ourselves</c>

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with<00:43:09.440><c> Christ's</c><00:43:10.079><c> sacrifice</c><00:43:10.380><c> and</c><00:43:11.659><c> with</c><00:43:12.199><c> each</c><00:43:12.539><c> other.</c>

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:16.960
Indeed,<00:43:15.320><c> there'd</c><00:43:15.519><c> be</c><00:43:15.619><c> no</c><00:43:15.840><c> need</c><00:43:15.980><c> for</c><00:43:16.139><c> the</c><00:43:16.300><c> bread</c><00:43:16.380><c> to</c><00:43:16.519><c> be</c><00:43:16.719><c> broken</c>

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unless<00:43:17.199><c> it</c><00:43:17.320><c> was</c><00:43:17.420><c> going</c><00:43:17.559><c> to</c><00:43:17.659><c> be</c><00:43:17.880><c> distributed</c>

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to<00:43:20.860><c> others.</c><00:43:22.920><c> So</c><00:43:23.099><c> while</c><00:43:23.280><c> the</c><00:43:23.480><c> emphasis</c><00:43:23.900><c> when</c><00:43:24.099><c> we</c><00:43:24.239><c> come</c><00:43:24.420><c> together</c><00:43:24.800><c> at</c><00:43:24.960><c> the</c>

00:43:25.119 --> 00:43:26.960
table<00:43:25.340><c> might</c><00:43:25.599><c> be</c><00:43:25.820><c> on</c><00:43:26.019><c> the</c><00:43:26.480><c> so</c><00:43:26.760><c>-called</c>

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:29.500
vertical<00:43:27.460><c> relationship</c><00:43:28.119><c> between</c><00:43:28.500><c> ourselves,</c><00:43:29.159><c> our</c><00:43:29.199><c> Heavenly</c>

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Father,<00:43:29.960><c> and</c><00:43:30.039><c> Christ,</c><00:43:31.480><c> we</c><00:43:31.739><c> should</c><00:43:31.980><c> not</c>

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:36.179
minimize<00:43:32.699><c> in</c><00:43:32.980><c> any</c><00:43:33.239><c> way</c><00:43:33.900><c> the</c><00:43:34.840><c> horizontal</c><00:43:35.360><c> relationship</c><00:43:35.980><c> with</c>

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:40.519
our<00:43:36.380><c> brothers</c><00:43:36.880><c> and</c><00:43:37.400><c> sisters.</c><00:43:39.699><c> For</c><00:43:39.900><c> the</c><00:43:40.059><c> Lord</c><00:43:40.300><c> laid</c>

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:47.039
down<00:43:40.820><c> his</c><00:43:41.099><c> life</c><00:43:41.539><c> for</c><00:43:41.820><c> the</c><00:43:42.139><c> ecclesial</c><00:43:42.780><c> bride,</c><00:43:44.320><c> the</c><00:43:44.500><c> multitudinous</c><00:43:45.159><c> Christ,</c><00:43:46.840><c> an</c>

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assembly<00:43:47.420><c> of</c><00:43:47.639><c> disciples</c>

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that<00:43:48.280><c> he</c><00:43:48.380><c> insisted</c><00:43:48.780><c> esteem</c><00:43:49.300><c> their</c><00:43:49.519><c> brothers</c><00:43:49.860><c> and</c><00:43:50.159><c> sisters</c><00:43:50.500><c> better</c><00:43:50.800><c> than</c><00:43:51.000><c> themselves,</c><00:43:51.980><c> and</c><00:43:52.300><c> of</c><00:43:52.440><c> course</c>

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:57.099
better<00:43:52.820><c> than</c><00:43:53.039><c> others</c><00:43:53.260><c> too.</c><00:43:54.460><c> Others</c><00:43:54.719><c> out</c><00:43:54.980><c> of</c><00:43:55.079><c> the</c><00:43:55.260><c> truth,</c><00:43:55.400><c> I</c><00:43:55.579><c> should</c><00:43:55.739><c> say.</c><00:43:56.760><c> He</c>

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insisted<00:43:57.519><c> that</c><00:43:57.719><c> the</c><00:43:57.880><c> brothers</c><00:43:58.079><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:43:58.599><c> love</c><00:43:59.000><c> and</c><00:43:59.239><c> forgive</c><00:43:59.820><c> their</c><00:44:00.239><c> brethren</c><00:44:00.559><c> as</c><00:44:00.860><c> he</c><00:44:01.260><c> and</c><00:44:01.380><c> his</c>

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:04.920
father<00:44:01.920><c> have</c><00:44:02.539><c> loved</c><00:44:02.860><c> and</c><00:44:03.179><c> forgiven</c><00:44:04.079><c> us.</c>

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:09.239
These<00:44:05.800><c> things</c><00:44:06.139><c> then</c><00:44:06.760><c> are</c><00:44:07.219><c> better</c><00:44:07.460><c> brought</c><00:44:07.699><c> to</c><00:44:08.000><c> mind</c><00:44:08.280><c> as</c><00:44:08.500><c> we</c><00:44:08.639><c> partake</c><00:44:09.079><c> of</c>

00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:10.900
the<00:44:09.440><c> emblems</c><00:44:09.739><c> in</c><00:44:09.820><c> a</c><00:44:09.960><c> group</c><00:44:10.119><c> setting.</c>

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It's<00:44:11.860><c> easier</c><00:44:12.159><c> to</c><00:44:12.440><c> examine</c><00:44:12.659><c> ourselves</c><00:44:13.039><c> sometimes</c><00:44:13.500><c> in</c><00:44:13.659><c> a</c><00:44:13.780><c> group</c>

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:15.380
setting<00:44:14.159><c> because</c><00:44:14.460><c> the</c><00:44:14.719><c> person</c><00:44:14.920><c> that</c><00:44:15.059><c> we</c><00:44:15.199><c> might</c>

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have<00:44:15.699><c> a</c><00:44:15.719><c> conflict</c><00:44:16.000><c> or</c><00:44:16.139><c> an</c><00:44:16.280><c> issue</c><00:44:16.400><c> with</c><00:44:16.599><c> might</c><00:44:16.840><c> be</c><00:44:17.059><c> sitting</c><00:44:17.219><c> right</c><00:44:17.440><c> beside</c><00:44:17.719><c> us</c>

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and<00:44:19.639><c> we</c><00:44:19.780><c> may</c><00:44:19.980><c> have</c><00:44:20.159><c> a</c>

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sin<00:44:20.380><c> right</c><00:44:20.699><c> there</c><00:44:20.900><c> to</c><00:44:21.079><c> be</c><00:44:21.280><c> forgiven</c><00:44:21.539><c> of.</c><00:44:21.860><c> It</c><00:44:21.960><c> might</c><00:44:22.059><c> be</c><00:44:22.239><c> our</c><00:44:22.400><c> spouse.</c><00:44:25.239><c> It's</c><00:44:25.699><c> important</c><00:44:26.039><c> to</c>

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come<00:44:26.400><c> together</c>

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and<00:44:27.599><c> partake</c><00:44:27.900><c> of</c><00:44:28.039><c> the</c><00:44:28.239><c> emblems.</c><00:44:29.340><c> If</c><00:44:29.699><c> we</c><00:44:29.880><c> do</c><00:44:30.039><c> it</c><00:44:30.159><c> in</c><00:44:30.280><c> a</c><00:44:30.480><c> spiritual</c><00:44:30.820><c> vacuum</c>

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created<00:44:31.659><c> by</c><00:44:31.960><c> distance</c><00:44:32.340><c> of</c>

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miles<00:44:32.880><c> or</c><00:44:33.079><c> lack</c><00:44:33.340><c> of</c><00:44:33.599><c> regular</c><00:44:33.840><c> coming</c><00:44:34.079><c> together</c><00:44:34.659><c> with</c><00:44:35.139><c> our</c><00:44:35.340><c> families</c><00:44:35.599><c> and</c>

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the<00:44:35.960><c> Lord,</c><00:44:38.239><c> well,</c><00:44:38.840><c> we'll</c><00:44:39.119><c> become</c>

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spiritually<00:44:42.800><c> inept</c><00:44:43.360><c> and</c><00:44:43.860><c> of</c><00:44:43.940><c> no</c><00:44:44.199><c> use.</c><00:44:46.300><c> So,</c><00:44:46.639><c> brothers</c><00:44:46.659><c> and</c><00:44:46.940><c> sisters,</c><00:44:47.280><c> do</c>

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we<00:44:47.699><c> hear</c><00:44:48.179><c> the</c><00:44:48.559><c> trumpet</c><00:44:48.940><c> sounding,</c>

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calling<00:44:50.400><c> us</c><00:44:50.699><c> together</c><00:44:51.320><c> to</c><00:44:52.019><c> the</c><00:44:52.199><c> door</c><00:44:52.460><c> of</c><00:44:52.599><c> the</c><00:44:52.780><c> tabernacle?</c><00:44:53.780><c> Are</c><00:44:54.039><c> both</c><00:44:54.320><c> the</c><00:44:54.480><c> leaders</c><00:44:54.699><c> of</c><00:44:54.920><c> our</c>

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ecclesias<00:44:55.559><c> and</c><00:44:55.659><c> those</c><00:44:55.940><c> being</c><00:44:56.280><c> led</c><00:44:56.780><c> listening</c><00:44:57.579><c> for</c><00:44:57.860><c> the</c><00:44:58.079><c> call</c>

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to<00:44:58.500><c> assemble</c><00:44:58.780><c> ourselves</c><00:44:59.179><c> together,</c>

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both<00:44:59.920><c> in</c><00:45:00.179><c> formal</c><00:45:00.400><c> settings</c><00:45:00.820><c> and</c><00:45:01.579><c> in</c><00:45:01.739><c> informal</c><00:45:02.139><c> settings,</c><00:45:03.079><c> so</c>

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then<00:45:03.480><c> that</c><00:45:03.599><c> we</c><00:45:03.659><c> can</c><00:45:03.820><c> be</c><00:45:04.059><c> moved</c><00:45:04.280><c> to</c><00:45:04.559><c> action,</c>

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so<00:45:05.340><c> we</c><00:45:05.400><c> can</c><00:45:05.619><c> begin</c><00:45:05.940><c> the</c><00:45:06.119><c> journey</c><00:45:06.420><c> anew</c><00:45:06.920><c> through</c><00:45:07.219><c> the</c><00:45:07.360><c> wilderness,</c><00:45:08.239><c> so</c><00:45:08.440><c> that</c>

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we<00:45:08.599><c> can</c><00:45:08.760><c> go</c><00:45:09.019><c> to</c><00:45:09.280><c> war</c><00:45:09.599><c> against</c>

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the<00:45:10.159><c> enemy</c><00:45:10.500><c> that's</c><00:45:10.900><c> in</c><00:45:11.019><c> the</c><00:45:11.079><c> midst</c><00:45:11.260><c> of</c><00:45:11.440><c> our</c><00:45:11.599><c> land,</c><00:45:12.579><c> sin.</c><00:45:14.639><c> And</c>

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let<00:45:14.960><c> us</c><00:45:15.139><c> do</c><00:45:15.340><c> so,</c><00:45:15.579><c> brothers</c><00:45:15.840><c> and</c><00:45:16.099><c> sisters,</c>

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so<00:45:17.320><c> much</c><00:45:17.619><c> the</c><00:45:17.880><c> more</c><00:45:18.539><c> as</c><00:45:19.179><c> we</c><00:45:19.320><c> see</c><00:45:19.500><c> the</c><00:45:19.679><c> day</c><00:45:19.820><c> approaching.</c>