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is<00:11:02.820><c> acting</c><00:11:03.059><c> right</c>

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He's<00:11:23.320><c> a</c><00:11:23.500><c> pretender.</c><00:11:24.379><c> These</c><00:11:24.779><c> are</c><00:11:24.980><c> all</c><00:11:25.399><c> either</c><00:11:25.700><c> real</c><00:11:25.940><c> or</c><00:11:26.139><c> they</c>

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and<00:11:35.820><c> the</c><00:11:35.940><c> right</c><00:11:36.080><c> morals</c><00:11:37.000><c> but</c><00:11:38.519><c> is</c><00:11:38.820><c> acting</c><00:11:39.159><c> right.</c>

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Pardon?

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Slothful?

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Possibly.<00:11:56.299><c> Actually,</c><00:11:56.700><c> I'll</c><00:11:56.759><c> tell</c><00:11:56.840><c> you</c><00:11:56.980><c> what</c><00:11:57.019><c> I</c><00:11:57.139><c> was</c><00:11:57.259><c> thinking.</c>

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That's<00:13:27.460><c> what</c><00:13:27.700><c> exercises</c><00:13:28.360><c> are</c><00:13:28.740><c> for.</c>

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Believe<00:13:29.639><c> that</c><00:13:30.080><c> it</c><00:13:30.419><c> might</c><00:13:30.659><c> be</c><00:13:30.960><c> helpful</c><00:13:31.379><c> in</c><00:13:32.019><c> bringing</c><00:13:32.220><c> you</c><00:13:32.539><c> to</c>

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Because<00:13:36.139><c> you</c><00:13:36.259><c> know</c><00:13:36.720><c> that</c><00:13:36.940><c> having</c><00:13:37.259><c> your</c><00:13:37.720><c> Bible,</c><00:13:39.559><c> having</c><00:13:39.759><c> Jesus</c>

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and<00:13:40.500><c> having</c><00:13:40.700><c> God</c><00:13:40.980><c> in</c><00:13:41.100><c> your</c><00:13:41.299><c> life</c>

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has<00:13:41.679><c> made</c><00:13:41.879><c> many</c><00:13:42.179><c> demands</c><00:13:42.620><c> and</c><00:13:42.840><c> will</c><00:13:43.100><c> continue</c><00:13:43.740><c> to</c><00:13:44.279><c> make</c><00:13:44.519><c> many</c>

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demands<00:13:45.340><c> upon</c><00:13:45.700><c> you.</c>

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But<00:13:47.700><c> clearly,</c><00:13:49.500><c> these</c><00:13:49.820><c> demands</c><00:13:50.259><c> are</c><00:13:50.620><c> for</c><00:13:51.120><c> your,</c><00:13:51.740><c> my,</c><00:13:52.799><c> our</c><00:13:53.240><c> good</c><00:13:53.539><c> always.</c>

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If<00:13:57.259><c> we</c><00:13:57.460><c> were</c><00:13:57.639><c> to</c><00:13:57.820><c> read</c><00:13:57.980><c> from</c><00:13:58.340><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:13:59.000><c> chapter</c><00:13:59.419><c> 6,</c><00:14:00.200><c> verse</c>

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24,<00:14:01.039><c> it</c><00:14:01.200><c> says</c><00:14:01.419><c> almost</c><00:14:01.899><c> exactly</c><00:14:02.419><c> that.</c>

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Verse<00:14:04.580><c> 18</c><00:14:05.000><c> in</c><00:14:05.159><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:14:05.740><c> 6</c><00:14:06.120><c> says</c><00:14:06.399><c> the</c><00:14:06.620><c> same</c><00:14:06.860><c> thing.</c>

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Very<00:14:08.620><c> interesting</c><00:14:09.039><c> passage</c><00:14:09.500><c> in</c><00:14:09.779><c> Jeremiah</c><00:14:10.240><c> 32,</c><00:14:11.159><c> 39</c><00:14:12.019><c> says</c><00:14:12.759><c> that.</c>

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One<00:14:14.679><c> I</c><00:14:14.860><c> would</c><00:14:15.080><c> like</c><00:14:15.299><c> you</c><00:14:15.460><c> to</c><00:14:15.580><c> look</c><00:14:15.779><c> at</c><00:14:15.919><c> is</c><00:14:16.120><c> in</c><00:14:16.340><c> John's</c><00:14:16.759><c> letter,</c>

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chapter<00:14:18.179><c> 5,</c><00:14:21.120><c> beginning</c><00:14:21.399><c> at</c><00:14:21.659><c> verse</c><00:14:22.039><c> 3.</c>

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Context<00:14:25.940><c> of</c><00:14:26.460><c> being</c><00:14:26.899><c> children</c><00:14:27.399><c> of</c><00:14:27.679><c> God.</c>

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We<00:14:29.320><c> know</c><00:14:29.460><c> that</c><00:14:29.639><c> we</c><00:14:29.740><c> love</c><00:14:29.919><c> the</c><00:14:30.080><c> children</c><00:14:30.320><c> of</c><00:14:30.539><c> God</c><00:14:30.659><c> when</c><00:14:30.820><c> we</c><00:14:31.039><c> love</c>

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God<00:14:31.500><c> and</c><00:14:31.659><c> obey</c><00:14:31.840><c> his</c><00:14:32.059><c> commandments.</c>

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For<00:14:33.340><c> this</c><00:14:33.720><c> is</c><00:14:33.940><c> the</c><00:14:34.100><c> love</c><00:14:34.240><c> of</c><00:14:34.500><c> God</c><00:14:34.879><c> that</c><00:14:35.320><c> we</c><00:14:35.700><c> keep</c><00:14:35.960><c> his</c><00:14:36.259><c> commandments.</c>

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And<00:14:38.159><c> his</c><00:14:38.360><c> commandments</c><00:14:38.679><c> are</c><00:14:38.960><c> not</c><00:14:39.220><c> burdensome.</c>

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For<00:14:40.700><c> whatever</c><00:14:41.059><c> is</c><00:14:41.360><c> born</c><00:14:41.620><c> of</c><00:14:41.720><c> God</c><00:14:41.980><c> overcomes</c><00:14:42.580><c> the</c><00:14:42.799><c> world.</c>

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And<00:14:44.440><c> this</c><00:14:44.700><c> is</c><00:14:44.919><c> the</c><00:14:45.000><c> victory</c><00:14:45.299><c> that</c><00:14:45.580><c> overcomes</c><00:14:45.940><c> the</c><00:14:46.120><c> world,</c><00:14:46.919><c> our</c><00:14:47.580><c> faith.</c>

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Who<00:14:49.620><c> is</c><00:14:49.879><c> it</c><00:14:50.100><c> that</c><00:14:50.320><c> overcomes</c><00:14:50.720><c> the</c><00:14:50.980><c> world</c><00:14:51.200><c> but</c><00:14:51.440><c> he</c><00:14:51.799><c> who</c><00:14:52.039><c> believes</c><00:14:52.559><c> that</c><00:14:53.000><c> Jesus</c><00:14:53.559><c> is</c>

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the<00:14:54.620><c> son</c><00:14:54.820><c> of</c><00:14:55.059><c> God?</c>

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These<00:14:57.740><c> for</c><00:14:58.039><c> our</c><00:14:58.279><c> good</c><00:14:58.419><c> always,</c><00:14:58.860><c> not</c><00:14:59.340><c> burdensome.</c>

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That's<00:15:02.740><c> 1</c><00:15:03.120><c> John</c><00:15:03.460><c> 5,</c><00:15:04.399><c> verses</c><00:15:04.740><c> 3</c><00:15:05.080><c> to</c><00:15:05.240><c> 5.</c>

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We<00:15:08.679><c> overcome</c><00:15:09.279><c> the</c><00:15:09.539><c> world</c><00:15:09.759><c> by</c><00:15:10.080><c> our</c><00:15:10.379><c> belief</c><00:15:10.700><c> that</c><00:15:11.100><c> Jesus</c><00:15:11.539><c> is</c><00:15:11.960><c> the</c>

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son<00:15:12.440><c> of</c><00:15:12.679><c> God.</c>

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And<00:15:13.159><c> this</c><00:15:13.419><c> is</c><00:15:13.779><c> fundamental.</c>

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This<00:15:16.659><c> statement</c><00:15:17.259><c> in</c><00:15:18.220><c> all</c><00:15:18.399><c> its</c><00:15:18.580><c> simplicity</c><00:15:19.120><c> or</c><00:15:19.460><c> in</c><00:15:19.559><c> parent</c><00:15:19.820><c> simplicity</c><00:15:20.480><c> should</c><00:15:21.000><c> be</c>

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That's<00:15:26.639><c> what</c><00:15:26.759><c> it</c><00:15:26.960><c> says.</c><00:15:27.120><c> Here's</c><00:15:27.440><c> our</c><00:15:27.639><c> victory.</c>

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We<00:15:28.220><c> just</c><00:15:28.500><c> believe</c><00:15:28.799><c> that.</c>

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It<00:15:29.820><c> doesn't</c><00:15:29.960><c> say</c><00:15:30.539><c> all</c><00:15:30.720><c> the</c><00:15:31.039><c> other</c><00:15:31.299><c> details.</c>

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If<00:15:31.879><c> we</c><00:15:32.080><c> just</c><00:15:32.340><c> believe</c><00:15:32.659><c> this,</c><00:15:35.879><c> it</c><00:15:36.159><c> will</c><00:15:37.120><c> protect</c><00:15:37.620><c> us</c><00:15:37.899><c> from</c><00:15:38.179><c> the</c>

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cares<00:15:38.779><c> of</c><00:15:39.080><c> the</c><00:15:39.240><c> world.</c>

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Things<00:15:40.580><c> that</c><00:15:40.720><c> we</c><00:15:40.940><c> cause</c><00:15:41.220><c> for</c><00:15:41.519><c> ourselves</c><00:15:42.019><c> and</c><00:15:42.259><c> the</c><00:15:42.440><c> cause</c><00:15:42.899><c> and</c>

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These<00:15:45.620><c> worries</c><00:15:46.019><c> that</c><00:15:46.299><c> so</c><00:15:46.460><c> easily</c><00:15:46.779><c> distract</c><00:15:47.360><c> and</c><00:15:47.740><c> frustrate</c><00:15:48.279><c> us.</c>

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Well,<00:15:51.440><c> those</c><00:15:51.600><c> are</c><00:15:51.740><c> some</c><00:15:51.940><c> happy</c><00:15:52.279><c> discoveries.</c>

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What<00:15:53.960><c> about</c><00:15:54.120><c> some</c><00:15:54.659><c> unhappy</c><00:15:55.220><c> ones?</c>

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Take<00:15:58.759><c> Adam</c><00:15:59.059><c> and</c><00:15:59.240><c> Eve.</c>

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They<00:16:01.600><c> discovered</c><00:16:02.179><c> they</c><00:16:02.360><c> were</c><00:16:02.639><c> naked</c><00:16:03.100><c> after</c><00:16:03.679><c> they</c><00:16:03.919><c> ate</c><00:16:04.139><c> the</c>

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forbidden<00:16:04.720><c> fruit.</c>

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Their<00:16:06.139><c> eyes</c><00:16:06.379><c> were</c><00:16:06.700><c> opened,</c><00:16:07.240><c> weren't</c><00:16:07.440><c> they?</c>

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But<00:16:08.879><c> they</c><00:16:08.980><c> were</c><00:16:09.059><c> open</c><00:16:09.220><c> to</c><00:16:09.519><c> great</c><00:16:10.279><c> disappointment.</c>

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What<00:16:12.700><c> a</c><00:16:12.940><c> letdown</c><00:16:13.539><c> from</c><00:16:13.799><c> their</c><00:16:14.059><c> expectations.</c>

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They<00:16:14.940><c> thought</c><00:16:15.240><c> that</c><00:16:15.419><c> they'd</c><00:16:15.679><c> be</c><00:16:15.759><c> like</c><00:16:16.039><c> God.</c>

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And<00:16:18.820><c> this</c><00:16:19.100><c> mortification</c><00:16:20.000><c> illustrates</c><00:16:20.840><c> another</c><00:16:21.980><c> fundamental</c><00:16:22.600><c> lesson,</c><00:16:23.399><c> a</c>

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first<00:16:23.779><c> principle.</c>

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It<00:16:24.820><c> points</c><00:16:25.259><c> out</c><00:16:25.539><c> the</c><00:16:25.879><c> falling</c><00:16:26.460><c> of</c><00:16:27.259><c> yielding</c><00:16:27.679><c> to</c><00:16:27.860><c> our</c><00:16:28.059><c> own</c><00:16:28.299><c> desires.</c>

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Because<00:16:31.299><c> what</c><00:16:31.440><c> happens</c><00:16:31.860><c> when</c><00:16:32.080><c> you</c><00:16:32.299><c> yield</c><00:16:32.500><c> to</c><00:16:32.679><c> your</c><00:16:32.840><c> desires?</c>

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It<00:16:35.340><c> conceives.</c>

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It<00:16:37.259><c> brings</c><00:16:37.419><c> forth</c><00:16:37.799><c> sin.</c>

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And<00:16:39.639><c> when</c><00:16:39.899><c> sin</c><00:16:40.100><c> is</c><00:16:40.360><c> full</c><00:16:40.539><c> grown,</c><00:16:42.200><c> it</c><00:16:42.320><c> brings</c><00:16:42.620><c> forth</c><00:16:43.100><c> death.</c>

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James<00:16:45.379><c> 1</c><00:16:45.679><c>.15</c>

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So<00:16:48.259><c> we</c><00:16:48.360><c> know</c><00:16:48.519><c> what</c><00:16:48.740><c> God</c><00:16:48.940><c> feels</c><00:16:49.179><c> about</c><00:16:49.419><c> rebellion.</c>

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What<00:16:52.639><c> about</c><00:16:53.279><c> Achan?</c>

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He<00:16:55.700><c> discovered</c><00:16:56.159><c> his</c><00:16:56.480><c> greed</c><00:16:56.740><c> for</c><00:16:57.080><c> material</c><00:16:57.480><c> things</c><00:16:58.059><c> could</c><00:16:58.500><c> not</c>

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be<00:16:58.960><c> hidden.</c>

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Imagine<00:17:00.659><c> his</c><00:17:01.200><c> thoughts</c><00:17:01.460><c> as</c><00:17:01.840><c> the</c><00:17:02.379><c> selection</c><00:17:02.860><c> began</c><00:17:03.960><c> with</c><00:17:04.279><c> the</c><00:17:04.420><c> lots.</c>

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They<00:17:06.880><c> picked</c><00:17:07.140><c> out</c><00:17:07.400><c> the</c><00:17:07.559><c> right</c><00:17:08.460><c> tribe</c><00:17:09.019><c> and</c><00:17:09.299><c> then</c><00:17:09.559><c> the</c><00:17:09.700><c> right</c><00:17:09.920><c> families.</c>

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And<00:17:11.059><c> all</c><00:17:11.240><c> this</c><00:17:11.500><c> time,</c><00:17:12.119><c> he</c><00:17:13.059><c> could</c><00:17:13.200><c> come</c><00:17:13.440><c> forward</c><00:17:13.640><c> and</c><00:17:13.759><c> say</c><00:17:13.799><c> it</c>

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was<00:17:14.039><c> me.</c>

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But<00:17:14.460><c> he</c><00:17:14.799><c> waits</c><00:17:15.160><c> until</c><00:17:15.880><c> it</c><00:17:16.000><c> comes</c><00:17:16.299><c> down</c><00:17:16.640><c> to</c><00:17:16.880><c> the</c><00:17:17.000><c> actual</c><00:17:17.299><c> family</c>

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and<00:17:19.539><c> himself.</c>

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He's<00:17:22.380><c> tried</c><00:17:22.640><c> to</c><00:17:25.220><c> hold</c><00:17:25.640><c> out,</c><00:17:26.839><c> but</c><00:17:26.920><c> the</c><00:17:27.119><c> inevitable</c><00:17:27.500><c> end</c><00:17:27.799><c> came</c>

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How<00:17:31.240><c> heavy</c><00:17:31.859><c> that</c><00:17:33.279><c> gold</c><00:17:33.819><c> must</c><00:17:34.240><c> have</c><00:17:34.660><c> felt</c><00:17:34.839><c> on</c><00:17:35.160><c> his</c><00:17:35.460><c> mind</c><00:17:35.740><c> now.</c>

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How<00:17:36.960><c> utterly</c><00:17:37.420><c> useless</c><00:17:37.960><c> those</c><00:17:38.940><c> festal</c><00:17:39.400><c> garments,</c><00:17:39.839><c> which</c><00:17:40.180><c> at</c>

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best<00:17:40.640><c> he</c><00:17:40.779><c> had</c><00:17:40.960><c> hidden</c><00:17:41.140><c> in</c><00:17:41.279><c> the</c><00:17:41.440><c> ground.</c>

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They<00:17:41.720><c> weren't</c><00:17:41.880><c> doing</c><00:17:42.059><c> him</c><00:17:42.240><c> any</c><00:17:42.380><c> good</c><00:17:42.519><c> anyhow.</c>

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The<00:17:45.000><c> hoarded</c><00:17:45.319><c> gold</c><00:17:46.019><c> brought</c><00:17:47.000><c> him</c><00:17:47.240><c> nothing.</c>

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In<00:17:47.700><c> the</c><00:17:47.980><c> end,</c><00:17:48.220><c> he's</c><00:17:48.599><c> forced</c><00:17:48.900><c> to</c><00:17:49.180><c> admit</c><00:17:49.440><c> his</c><00:17:49.779><c> folly.</c>

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Joshua<00:17:51.160><c> made</c><00:17:51.420><c> him</c><00:17:51.680><c> fess</c><00:17:51.920><c> up</c><00:17:52.119><c> for</c><00:17:52.319><c> the</c><00:17:52.500><c> glory</c><00:17:52.759><c> of</c><00:17:52.960><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:54.000><c> his</c><00:17:54.279><c> shame,</c><00:17:55.359><c> his</c><00:17:55.700><c> shame</c><00:17:55.920><c> was</c><00:17:56.200><c> not</c><00:17:56.359><c> only</c><00:17:56.559><c> made</c><00:17:56.759><c> public</c><00:17:57.099><c> then,</c>

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it's<00:17:58.180><c> put</c><00:17:58.359><c> in</c><00:17:58.519><c> the</c><00:17:58.680><c> Bible</c><00:17:58.920><c> for</c><00:17:59.240><c> every</c><00:17:59.539><c> generation</c><00:18:00.259><c> to</c><00:18:00.980><c> read.</c>

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What<00:18:02.720><c> did</c><00:18:02.900><c> he</c><00:18:03.119><c> learn?</c>

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That<00:18:04.059><c> the</c><00:18:04.259><c> wages</c><00:18:04.640><c> of</c><00:18:05.059><c> sin</c><00:18:05.460><c> is</c><00:18:06.660><c> death,</c><00:18:07.460><c> just</c><00:18:07.779><c> like</c><00:18:08.039><c> before.</c>

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We<00:18:10.039><c> know</c><00:18:10.220><c> how</c><00:18:10.400><c> God</c><00:18:10.640><c> feels</c><00:18:10.940><c> about</c><00:18:11.400><c> stealing.</c>

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What<00:18:12.779><c> does</c><00:18:13.660><c> God</c><00:18:14.099><c> feel</c><00:18:14.380><c> about</c><00:18:14.680><c> deceit?</c>

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What<00:18:15.319><c> was</c><00:18:15.579><c> another</c><00:18:15.880><c> discovery?</c>

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Well,<00:18:16.619><c> we</c><00:18:16.680><c> have</c><00:18:16.960><c> Ananias</c><00:18:17.380><c> and</c><00:18:17.579><c> Sapphira,</c><00:18:18.039><c> don't</c><00:18:18.259><c> we?</c>

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They<00:18:19.559><c> found</c><00:18:19.779><c> out</c><00:18:19.980><c> the</c><00:18:20.180><c> same</c><00:18:20.440><c> thing.</c>

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Their<00:18:21.599><c> fraud</c><00:18:21.859><c> was</c><00:18:22.099><c> found</c><00:18:22.400><c> out.</c>

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And<00:18:23.400><c> even</c><00:18:23.740><c> though</c><00:18:24.000><c> they</c><00:18:24.140><c> were</c><00:18:24.279><c> given</c><00:18:24.440><c> the</c><00:18:24.619><c> opportunity</c><00:18:25.200><c> to</c><00:18:25.539><c> confess,</c>

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they<00:18:26.140><c> tried</c><00:18:26.400><c> to</c><00:18:26.680><c> brazen</c><00:18:26.920><c> it</c><00:18:27.119><c> out,</c><00:18:27.339><c> didn't</c><00:18:27.440><c> they?</c><00:18:27.660><c> Both</c><00:18:27.859><c> of</c><00:18:28.039><c> them.</c>

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They<00:18:29.779><c> refused</c><00:18:30.099><c> to</c><00:18:30.359><c> admit</c><00:18:30.619><c> their</c><00:18:31.160><c> folly.</c>

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And<00:18:31.920><c> like</c><00:18:32.200><c> Adam</c><00:18:32.400><c> and</c><00:18:32.579><c> Eve,</c><00:18:32.799><c> their</c><00:18:33.039><c> shame</c><00:18:33.259><c> was</c><00:18:33.740><c> uncovered</c><00:18:34.299><c> and</c>

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made<00:18:35.559><c> public</c><00:18:36.220><c> by</c><00:18:36.799><c> Achan.</c>

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They<00:18:38.779><c> were</c><00:18:39.019><c> guilty,</c><00:18:40.880><c> no</c><00:18:41.119><c> longer</c><00:18:41.440><c> innocent,</c>

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and<00:18:44.079><c> shocked</c><00:18:44.420><c> by</c><00:18:44.920><c> the</c><00:18:45.079><c> realization</c><00:18:45.660><c> that</c><00:18:46.059><c> their</c><00:18:46.240><c> only</c><00:18:46.460><c> reward</c>

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was<00:18:48.460><c> death.</c>

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They<00:18:49.559><c> collapsed</c><00:18:50.299><c> Peter's</c><00:18:51.160><c> feet.</c>

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So<00:18:53.559><c> whether</c><00:18:53.779><c> it's</c><00:18:54.339><c> immediate</c><00:18:54.819><c> or</c><00:18:55.519><c> inevitable,</c>

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the<00:18:56.960><c> outcome</c><00:18:57.319><c> of</c><00:18:57.640><c> wrong</c><00:18:57.880><c> pursuits</c><00:18:58.519><c> must</c><00:18:59.259><c> result</c><00:18:59.920><c> in</c><00:19:00.180><c> suitable</c><00:19:00.539><c> punishment.</c>

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And<00:19:02.400><c> those</c><00:19:02.599><c> who</c><00:19:02.799><c> think</c><00:19:03.019><c> that</c><00:19:03.299><c> their</c><00:19:03.480><c> deeds</c><00:19:03.839><c> are</c><00:19:04.140><c> hidden</c><00:19:04.720><c> sooner</c><00:19:05.339><c> or</c><00:19:05.619><c> later,</c>

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learn<00:19:06.579><c> that</c><00:19:06.779><c> all</c><00:19:07.000><c> is</c><00:19:07.200><c> known</c><00:19:07.359><c> to</c><00:19:07.559><c> God</c><00:19:08.079><c> and</c><00:19:08.779><c> will</c><00:19:08.960><c> be</c><00:19:09.220><c> revealed.</c>

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Luke<00:19:11.660><c> 18,</c><00:19:12.420><c> 1</c><00:19:12.519><c> Corinthians</c><00:19:12.960><c> 4,</c><00:19:13.440><c> 5,</c><00:19:13.819><c> Romans</c><00:19:14.140><c> 2,</c><00:19:14.480><c> 5,</c><00:19:14.859><c> and</c><00:19:15.019><c> Ephesians</c><00:19:15.460><c> 5,</c><00:19:15.740><c> 13</c>

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are<00:19:17.799><c> references</c><00:19:18.339><c> that</c><00:19:18.759><c> illustrate</c><00:19:19.119><c> that.</c>

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Jesus<00:19:23.200><c> came</c><00:19:23.779><c> as</c><00:19:24.140><c> light</c><00:19:24.500><c> to</c><00:19:26.180><c> a</c><00:19:26.339><c> darkened</c><00:19:26.720><c> world.</c>

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He<00:19:28.880><c> came</c><00:19:28.980><c> in</c><00:19:29.119><c> the</c><00:19:29.279><c> world</c><00:19:29.420><c> to</c><00:19:29.660><c> invite</c><00:19:30.039><c> men</c><00:19:30.460><c> and</c><00:19:30.700><c> women</c><00:19:30.960><c> to</c><00:19:31.259><c> come</c>

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to<00:19:31.660><c> him</c>

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so<00:19:32.220><c> that</c><00:19:32.480><c> their</c><00:19:32.720><c> deeds</c><00:19:32.900><c> would</c><00:19:33.160><c> be</c><00:19:33.559><c> exposed</c><00:19:34.140><c> and</c><00:19:35.740><c> repudiated,</c><00:19:37.900><c> encouraged.</c>

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They<00:19:38.640><c> would</c><00:19:38.920><c> confess</c><00:19:39.359><c> their</c><00:19:39.700><c> sins,</c><00:19:40.700><c> John</c><00:19:41.019><c> 3,</c><00:19:41.359><c> 19</c><00:19:41.720><c> to</c><00:19:41.900><c> 21.</c>

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And<00:19:43.059><c> men</c><00:19:43.180><c> and</c><00:19:43.359><c> women</c><00:19:43.480><c> who</c><00:19:43.680><c> come</c><00:19:43.779><c> to</c><00:19:43.960><c> Jesus</c><00:19:44.279><c> on</c><00:19:44.599><c> that</c><00:19:44.900><c> basis</c><00:19:45.200><c> are</c><00:19:45.500><c> forgiven.</c>

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And<00:19:46.559><c> they're</c><00:19:46.839><c> given</c><00:19:47.119><c> power</c><00:19:47.619><c> to</c><00:19:47.880><c> become</c><00:19:48.220><c> children</c><00:19:48.680><c> of</c><00:19:48.940><c> God,</c><00:19:49.559><c> John</c><00:19:49.819><c> 1,</c><00:19:50.160><c> 12.</c>

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They're<00:19:51.059><c> given</c><00:19:51.240><c> new</c><00:19:51.539><c> life,</c><00:19:52.160><c> born</c><00:19:52.259><c> again,</c><00:19:52.640><c> John</c><00:19:53.000><c> 3,</c><00:19:53.420><c> 3</c><00:19:53.680><c> to</c><00:19:53.819><c> 5,</c>

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and<00:19:54.559><c> hope</c><00:19:54.880><c> for</c><00:19:55.259><c> eternal</c><00:19:55.619><c> life</c><00:19:56.240><c> which</c><00:19:56.839><c> forever</c><00:19:57.440><c> satisfies</c><00:19:58.259><c> and</c><00:19:58.599><c> fulfills.</c>

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But<00:20:00.000><c> if</c><00:20:00.200><c> you</c><00:20:00.440><c> flee</c><00:20:00.619><c> from</c><00:20:00.859><c> that</c><00:20:01.140><c> light,</c><00:20:02.240><c> choose</c><00:20:02.640><c> to</c><00:20:02.900><c> remain</c><00:20:03.180><c> in</c><00:20:03.400><c> darkness,</c>

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you're<00:20:05.759><c> condemned</c><00:20:06.160><c> already,</c><00:20:06.960><c> says</c><00:20:07.000><c> scripture.</c>

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You're<00:20:09.079><c> left</c><00:20:09.259><c> in</c><00:20:09.500><c> darkness</c><00:20:09.839><c> and</c><00:20:10.180><c> sin.</c>

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Death<00:20:11.900><c> is</c><00:20:12.180><c> a</c><00:20:12.279><c> certain</c><00:20:12.500><c> end.</c>

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In<00:20:14.000><c> our</c><00:20:14.259><c> lives,</c><00:20:15.980><c> we</c><00:20:16.140><c> need</c><00:20:16.400><c> to</c><00:20:16.759><c> recognize</c><00:20:17.279><c> that</c><00:20:17.539><c> even</c><00:20:17.740><c> these</c>

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unhappy<00:20:18.740><c> discoveries</c>

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provide<00:20:20.539><c> principles</c><00:20:21.220><c> that</c><00:20:21.880><c> must</c><00:20:22.259><c> apply</c><00:20:22.839><c> to</c><00:20:23.099><c> our</c><00:20:23.279><c> life.</c>

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If<00:20:25.299><c> we</c><00:20:25.740><c> pursue</c><00:20:26.220><c> mammon,</c><00:20:26.880><c> for</c><00:20:27.180><c> example,</c>

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we<00:20:27.759><c> discover</c><00:20:28.220><c> that</c><00:20:28.779><c> it's</c><00:20:29.279><c> a</c><00:20:29.519><c> terrible</c><00:20:29.839><c> master,</c>

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for<00:20:31.700><c> we</c><00:20:31.920><c> are</c><00:20:32.140><c> enslaved</c><00:20:32.440><c> by</c><00:20:32.700><c> it.</c>

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Romans<00:20:34.200><c> 6,</c><00:20:34.480><c> 16</c><00:20:34.900><c> says</c><00:20:35.500><c> that</c><00:20:36.079><c> we</c><00:20:36.240><c> are</c><00:20:36.319><c> enslaved</c><00:20:36.539><c> by</c><00:20:36.900><c> such</c><00:20:37.140><c> things.</c>

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And<00:20:38.660><c> not</c><00:20:38.799><c> only</c><00:20:38.980><c> do</c><00:20:39.140><c> we</c><00:20:39.279><c> suffer</c><00:20:39.539><c> the</c><00:20:39.880><c> pangs</c><00:20:40.339><c> of</c><00:20:40.640><c> getting</c><00:20:40.839><c> it,</c>

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of<00:20:42.079><c> this</c><00:20:42.359><c> grabbing</c><00:20:42.680><c> for</c><00:20:42.940><c> the</c><00:20:43.140><c> gold</c><00:20:43.400><c> or</c><00:20:43.579><c> whatever</c><00:20:43.799><c> that</c><00:20:44.019><c> means,</c>

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in<00:20:45.420><c> the</c><00:20:45.539><c> end</c><00:20:45.619><c> we'll</c><00:20:45.839><c> find</c><00:20:46.079><c> out</c><00:20:46.279><c> that</c><00:20:46.380><c> we've</c><00:20:46.559><c> got</c><00:20:46.660><c> nothing.</c>

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Jesus<00:20:50.799><c> says,</c><00:20:51.299><c> consider</c><00:20:51.440><c> Solomon</c><00:20:51.880><c> in</c><00:20:52.140><c> all</c><00:20:52.440><c> of</c><00:20:52.579><c> his</c><00:20:52.779><c> glory,</c>

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that<00:20:52.980><c> he</c><00:20:53.099><c> was</c><00:20:53.359><c> not</c><00:20:53.539><c> a</c><00:20:53.920><c> great</c><00:20:53.980><c> like</c><00:20:54.319><c> one</c><00:20:55.480><c> flower</c><00:20:56.299><c> of</c><00:20:56.440><c> the</c><00:20:56.599><c> field.</c>

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And<00:21:00.920><c> if</c><00:21:01.059><c> we</c><00:21:01.319><c> doubt</c><00:21:01.920><c> the</c><00:21:02.720><c> folly,</c><00:21:03.500><c> desiring</c><00:21:04.200><c> to</c><00:21:04.400><c> be</c><00:21:04.599><c> rich,</c>

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in<00:21:06.640><c> all</c><00:21:06.759><c> his</c><00:21:06.940><c> various</c><00:21:07.099><c> forms,</c>

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whether<00:21:08.880><c> it's</c><00:21:09.259><c> dollars</c><00:21:09.500><c> or</c><00:21:09.819><c> status</c><00:21:10.160><c> or</c><00:21:10.420><c> possessions</c><00:21:10.839><c> or</c><00:21:11.259><c> accomplishments,</c>

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just<00:21:12.279><c> read</c><00:21:12.640><c> with</c><00:21:12.900><c> me</c><00:21:13.299><c> from</c><00:21:13.640><c> 1</c><00:21:13.940><c> Timothy</c><00:21:14.299><c> chapter</c><00:21:14.859><c> 6,</c><00:21:16.579><c> 9</c><00:21:17.779><c> to</c><00:21:17.920><c> 10.</c>

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It's<00:21:19.460><c> in</c><00:21:19.619><c> a</c><00:21:19.740><c> context</c><00:21:20.059><c> where</c><00:21:20.279><c> it</c><00:21:20.420><c> says,</c><00:21:20.640><c> you</c><00:21:20.799><c> know,</c>

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we<00:21:20.980><c> didn't</c><00:21:21.160><c> bring</c><00:21:21.380><c> anything</c><00:21:21.680><c> into</c><00:21:21.880><c> the</c><00:21:22.079><c> world,</c><00:21:22.339><c> we</c><00:21:22.359><c> can't</c>

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take<00:21:22.759><c> anything</c><00:21:23.039><c> out,</c>

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so<00:21:23.700><c> you</c><00:21:23.799><c> can't</c><00:21:24.160><c> take</c><00:21:24.380><c> your</c><00:21:24.539><c> gold</c><00:21:24.660><c> with</c><00:21:24.940><c> you.</c>

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We<00:21:26.880><c> should</c><00:21:27.019><c> be</c><00:21:27.180><c> content</c><00:21:27.460><c> with</c><00:21:27.640><c> food</c><00:21:27.799><c> and</c><00:21:28.039><c> clothing.</c>

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But<00:21:28.640><c> verse</c><00:21:29.019><c> 9,</c><00:21:30.059><c> those</c><00:21:30.640><c> who</c><00:21:31.359><c> desire</c><00:21:31.839><c> to</c><00:21:32.019><c> be</c><00:21:32.240><c> rich,</c>

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those<00:21:35.279><c> who</c><00:21:35.579><c> desire</c><00:21:36.259><c> to</c><00:21:37.059><c> be</c><00:21:37.240><c> rich,</c>

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I<00:21:37.900><c> mean,</c><00:21:37.900><c> here's</c><00:21:38.180><c> the</c><00:21:38.380><c> pursuit</c><00:21:38.779><c> of</c><00:21:39.039><c> it,</c>

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it<00:21:39.880><c> isn't</c><00:21:40.019><c> that</c><00:21:40.200><c> you're</c><00:21:40.400><c> rich,</c><00:21:41.099><c> those</c><00:21:41.299><c> who</c><00:21:41.579><c> desire</c><00:21:42.000><c> to</c><00:21:42.220><c> be</c><00:21:42.380><c> rich</c>

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fall<00:21:44.319><c> into</c><00:21:44.619><c> temptation,</c><00:21:46.920><c> into</c><00:21:47.299><c> a</c><00:21:47.859><c> snare.</c>

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You're<00:21:49.319><c> trapped,</c><00:21:49.619><c> you're</c><00:21:49.920><c> entangled,</c>

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into<00:21:52.019><c> many</c><00:21:52.559><c> senseless</c><00:21:53.140><c> and</c><00:21:53.500><c> hurtful</c><00:21:53.920><c> desires</c>

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that<00:21:55.480><c> plunge</c><00:21:55.960><c> men</c><00:21:56.200><c> into</c><00:21:56.599><c> ruin</c><00:21:56.980><c> and</c><00:21:57.220><c> destruction.</c>

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There<00:22:00.220><c> has</c><00:22:00.420><c> to</c><00:22:00.559><c> be</c><00:22:00.779><c> hundreds</c><00:22:01.160><c> of</c><00:22:01.440><c> case</c><00:22:01.579><c> examples</c><00:22:02.019><c> of</c><00:22:02.220><c> that</c><00:22:02.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:02.819><c> world</c><00:22:02.960><c> around</c><00:22:03.299><c> us,</c>

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much<00:22:04.259><c> less</c><00:22:04.460><c> what</c><00:22:04.599><c> we</c><00:22:04.819><c> have</c><00:22:04.900><c> here</c><00:22:05.099><c> in</c><00:22:05.319><c> Scripture.</c>

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For<00:22:07.059><c> the</c><00:22:07.319><c> love</c><00:22:07.940><c> of</c><00:22:08.380><c> money</c><00:22:08.900><c> is</c><00:22:10.539><c> the</c><00:22:10.779><c> root</c><00:22:11.640><c> of</c><00:22:12.559><c> all</c><00:22:12.720><c> of</c><00:22:12.839><c> this.</c>

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It<00:22:14.299><c> is</c><00:22:14.539><c> through</c><00:22:14.740><c> this</c><00:22:15.039><c> craving</c>

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that<00:22:18.480><c> some</c><00:22:18.819><c> have</c><00:22:19.180><c> wandered</c><00:22:19.599><c> away</c><00:22:19.920><c> from</c><00:22:20.119><c> the</c><00:22:20.319><c> faith.</c>

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I'm<00:22:21.859><c> talking</c><00:22:21.859><c> about</c><00:22:22.019><c> people</c><00:22:22.400><c> who</c><00:22:22.619><c> know</c><00:22:22.819><c> better,</c><00:22:23.099><c> people</c><00:22:23.359><c> who</c>

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know<00:22:23.880><c> truth,</c>

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people<00:22:24.480><c> in</c><00:22:24.819><c> the</c><00:22:25.019><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:22:25.700><c> that's</c><00:22:26.079><c> who</c><00:22:26.160><c> it's</c><00:22:26.279><c> talking</c><00:22:26.519><c> about,</c>

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they've<00:22:27.059><c> got</c><00:22:27.160><c> it</c><00:22:27.319><c> and</c><00:22:27.460><c> they</c><00:22:27.819><c> wander</c><00:22:28.160><c> away</c><00:22:28.559><c> from</c><00:22:28.759><c> it</c>

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and<00:22:31.460><c> pierced</c><00:22:31.940><c> their</c><00:22:32.380><c> hearts</c><00:22:32.779><c> with</c><00:22:33.339><c> many</c><00:22:33.640><c> pains.</c>

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You<00:22:36.599><c> know,</c><00:22:36.680><c> I</c><00:22:36.720><c> heard</c><00:22:36.880><c> of</c><00:22:37.019><c> a</c><00:22:37.140><c> brother</c><00:22:37.339><c> who</c><00:22:37.539><c> decided</c><00:22:37.920><c> he</c><00:22:38.119><c> wanted</c>

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to<00:22:38.500><c> be</c><00:22:38.660><c> a</c><00:22:38.799><c> millionaire</c>

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by<00:22:39.279><c> the</c><00:22:39.460><c> time</c><00:22:39.640><c> he</c><00:22:39.759><c> was</c><00:22:39.960><c> 35.</c>

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I<00:22:44.940><c> think</c><00:22:45.140><c> he</c><00:22:45.339><c> might</c><00:22:45.500><c> have</c><00:22:45.660><c> got</c><00:22:45.839><c> there,</c>

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but<00:22:48.160><c> he's</c><00:22:48.500><c> living</c><00:22:48.779><c> testimony</c><00:22:49.299><c> of</c><00:22:49.420><c> these</c><00:22:49.900><c> two</c><00:22:50.180><c> verses.</c>

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If<00:22:57.200><c> we</c><00:22:57.460><c> pursue</c><00:22:57.859><c> gratification,</c>

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we<00:23:00.680><c> discover</c><00:23:01.160><c> that</c><00:23:01.420><c> it</c><00:23:01.619><c> is,</c><00:23:02.200><c> first</c><00:23:02.380><c> of</c><00:23:02.500><c> all,</c><00:23:02.680><c> very</c><00:23:03.000><c> short</c><00:23:03.240><c>-lived.</c>

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Secondly,<00:23:05.779><c> it</c><00:23:05.900><c> doesn't</c><00:23:06.359><c> really</c><00:23:06.700><c> satisfy.</c>

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Third,<00:23:09.720><c> it</c><00:23:09.799><c> seduces</c><00:23:10.279><c> us</c><00:23:10.539><c> to</c><00:23:10.720><c> want</c><00:23:10.920><c> more,</c><00:23:12.180><c> but</c><00:23:12.319><c> it's</c><00:23:12.539><c> got</c><00:23:12.660><c> empty</c><00:23:12.920><c> promises.</c>

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And<00:23:16.440><c> it's</c><00:23:16.759><c> unfeeling,</c><00:23:18.740><c> uncaring,</c><00:23:20.500><c> harsh,</c><00:23:21.380><c> it's</c><00:23:21.700><c> ruthless.</c>

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It<00:23:25.180><c> discards</c><00:23:25.819><c> the</c><00:23:26.140><c> disillusioned</c><00:23:26.720><c> man</c><00:23:26.940><c> or</c><00:23:27.119><c> woman</c><00:23:27.299><c> at</c><00:23:27.500><c> the</c><00:23:27.640><c> very</c><00:23:27.740><c> end</c>

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of<00:23:27.920><c> it</c>

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and<00:23:28.640><c> care</c><00:23:28.779><c> too</c><00:23:29.000><c> sensed</c><00:23:29.339><c> for</c><00:23:29.500><c> it.</c>

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Not<00:23:34.920><c> a</c><00:23:35.160><c> second</c><00:23:35.400><c> thought</c><00:23:35.779><c> caring</c><00:23:36.160><c> for</c><00:23:36.400><c> it.</c>

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Let<00:23:38.400><c> me</c><00:23:38.539><c> give</c><00:23:38.700><c> what</c><00:23:39.059><c> I</c><00:23:39.319><c> think</c><00:23:39.460><c> is</c><00:23:39.720><c> a</c><00:23:39.900><c> pertinent</c><00:23:40.259><c> example</c><00:23:40.880><c> or</c><00:23:41.220><c> two.</c>

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The<00:23:45.900><c> act</c><00:23:46.140><c> of</c><00:23:46.380><c> sex</c><00:23:46.599><c> before</c><00:23:46.940><c> marriage,</c>

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the<00:23:48.380><c> Bible</c><00:23:48.400><c> calls</c><00:23:48.660><c> it</c><00:23:48.839><c> fornication,</c>

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is<00:23:50.460><c> at</c><00:23:50.799><c> best</c><00:23:51.359><c> a</c><00:23:52.000><c> very</c><00:23:52.519><c> short</c><00:23:52.779><c> thrill</c>

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which<00:23:55.019><c> ends</c><00:23:55.559><c> with</c><00:23:56.019><c> the</c><00:23:56.279><c> realities</c><00:23:56.759><c> of</c><00:23:57.220><c> lost</c><00:23:57.460><c> purity,</c><00:23:59.299><c> lost</c>

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self<00:23:59.819><c>-respect,</c>

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lost<00:24:02.220><c> joy</c><00:24:02.519><c> when</c><00:24:02.700><c> marriage</c><00:24:03.019><c> comes.</c>

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And<00:24:05.059><c> at</c><00:24:05.259><c> worst,</c>

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just<00:24:06.920><c> a</c><00:24:07.319><c> multitude</c><00:24:07.779><c> of</c><00:24:08.200><c> demoralizing,</c><00:24:09.859><c> despairing,</c><00:24:10.519><c> crushing</c><00:24:10.839><c> things</c>

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descend<00:24:13.079><c> upon</c><00:24:13.460><c> both</c><00:24:13.779><c> the</c><00:24:14.019><c> parties</c>

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as<00:24:14.579><c> witness</c><00:24:15.079><c> the</c><00:24:15.900><c> widespread</c><00:24:16.440><c> occurrences</c><00:24:17.160><c> and</c><00:24:17.480><c> stories</c><00:24:17.859><c> of</c>

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unwed<00:24:18.420><c> mothers.</c>

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Or<00:24:21.759><c> the</c><00:24:21.859><c> act</c><00:24:22.099><c> of</c><00:24:22.299><c> sex</c><00:24:22.500><c> outside</c><00:24:22.920><c> of</c><00:24:23.140><c> marriage,</c>

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the<00:24:24.779><c> Bible</c><00:24:24.779><c> calls</c><00:24:25.039><c> it</c><00:24:25.259><c> adultery,</c>

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yields<00:24:27.319><c> the</c><00:24:27.599><c> same</c><00:24:27.819><c> results.</c>

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At<00:24:29.680><c> best,</c><00:24:30.200><c> adultery</c><00:24:30.579><c> is</c><00:24:31.240><c> a</c><00:24:31.500><c> short</c><00:24:31.920><c>-lived</c><00:24:32.259><c> activity</c>

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which<00:24:34.200><c> ends</c><00:24:34.400><c> up</c><00:24:34.619><c> burning</c><00:24:34.960><c> both</c><00:24:35.279><c> parties</c>

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and<00:24:37.480><c> often</c><00:24:37.839><c> results</c><00:24:38.299><c> in</c><00:24:38.500><c> destroying</c><00:24:38.960><c> many</c><00:24:39.240><c> other</c><00:24:39.460><c> lives.</c>

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It's<00:24:40.460><c> been</c><00:24:40.759><c> cited</c><00:24:40.980><c> already,</c><00:24:41.420><c> I</c><00:24:41.480><c> think,</c><00:24:41.700><c> this</c><00:24:41.819><c> week.</c>

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The<00:24:42.259><c> scripture</c><00:24:42.480><c> says,</c>

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Can<00:24:44.039><c> a</c><00:24:44.799><c> man</c><00:24:45.039><c> carry</c><00:24:45.420><c> fire</c><00:24:45.799><c> in</c><00:24:46.000><c> his</c><00:24:46.200><c> bosom</c><00:24:46.579><c> and</c><00:24:46.819><c> his</c><00:24:47.079><c> clothes</c><00:24:47.259><c> not</c>

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be<00:24:47.720><c> burned?</c>

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Or<00:24:49.400><c> can</c><00:24:49.599><c> anyone</c><00:24:49.839><c> walk</c><00:24:50.200><c> upon</c><00:24:50.480><c> hot</c><00:24:50.839><c> coals</c><00:24:51.099><c> and</c><00:24:51.259><c> his</c><00:24:51.480><c> feet</c><00:24:51.660><c> not</c><00:24:51.980><c> be</c><00:24:52.299><c> scorched?</c>

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So<00:24:54.460><c> is</c><00:24:54.779><c> he</c><00:24:55.019><c> who</c><00:24:55.160><c> goes</c><00:24:55.460><c> into</c><00:24:55.779><c> his</c><00:24:56.019><c> neighbor's</c><00:24:56.500><c> wife.</c>

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None<00:24:58.059><c> who</c><00:24:58.380><c> touches</c><00:24:58.660><c> her</c><00:24:59.380><c> will</c><00:24:59.740><c> go</c><00:25:00.039><c> unpunished.</c>

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The<00:25:03.200><c> world</c><00:25:03.500><c> we</c><00:25:03.740><c> live</c><00:25:03.880><c> in,</c><00:25:04.220><c> it's</c><00:25:04.240><c> got</c><00:25:04.859><c> books,</c><00:25:05.799><c> magazines,</c><00:25:06.359><c> movies</c>

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about<00:25:07.099><c> how</c><00:25:07.559><c> great</c><00:25:07.880><c> unrestrained</c><00:25:08.720><c> sex</c><00:25:09.059><c> is.</c>

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You<00:25:10.880><c> know,</c><00:25:11.019><c> people</c><00:25:11.259><c> talk</c><00:25:11.660><c> about</c><00:25:11.900><c> it.</c>

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They<00:25:12.740><c> make</c><00:25:13.000><c> jokes</c><00:25:13.259><c> about</c><00:25:13.519><c> it.</c>

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They<00:25:14.240><c> brag</c><00:25:14.579><c> about</c><00:25:14.839><c> it.</c>

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They<00:25:15.279><c> plunge</c><00:25:15.619><c> themselves</c><00:25:16.099><c> into</c><00:25:16.380><c> it.</c>

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You<00:25:17.900><c> know</c><00:25:18.119><c> this</c><00:25:18.400><c> as</c><00:25:18.579><c> well</c><00:25:18.680><c> as</c><00:25:18.880><c> I</c><00:25:19.019><c> do.</c>

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I'm<00:25:19.259><c> not</c><00:25:19.480><c> telling</c><00:25:19.680><c> you</c><00:25:19.900><c> anything</c><00:25:20.119><c> new.</c>

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This<00:25:20.839><c> isn't</c><00:25:21.059><c> meant</c><00:25:21.279><c> to</c><00:25:21.420><c> be</c><00:25:21.640><c> scandalous</c><00:25:22.039><c> or</c><00:25:22.180><c> anything.</c>

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This<00:25:22.619><c> is</c><00:25:22.839><c> our</c><00:25:23.059><c> world.</c>

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But<00:25:24.740><c> everyone</c><00:25:25.220><c> that</c><00:25:25.619><c> does</c><00:25:25.880><c> that</c><00:25:26.180><c> gets</c><00:25:26.579><c> burned.</c>

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Burn<00:25:28.900><c> badly.</c>

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Sometimes<00:25:31.839><c> the</c><00:25:32.119><c> burns</c><00:25:32.299><c> are</c><00:25:32.559><c> so</c><00:25:32.880><c> great,</c>

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they're<00:25:33.400><c> scarred</c><00:25:33.779><c> and</c><00:25:34.000><c> marred</c><00:25:34.220><c> for</c><00:25:34.440><c> the</c><00:25:34.559><c> rest</c><00:25:34.740><c> of</c><00:25:34.900><c> their</c><00:25:35.079><c> life.</c>

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People<00:25:40.000><c> who</c><00:25:40.299><c> believe</c><00:25:40.660><c> and</c><00:25:40.900><c> obey</c><00:25:41.299><c> God's</c><00:25:42.519><c> clear</c><00:25:42.700><c> teaching</c><00:25:43.240><c> in</c>

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the<00:25:43.720><c> matter</c><00:25:43.960><c> of</c><00:25:44.140><c> sex</c>

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are<00:25:44.539><c> rewarded</c><00:25:45.140><c> and</c><00:25:46.220><c> rewarded</c><00:25:46.799><c> wonderfully.</c>

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Those<00:25:49.460><c> who</c><00:25:49.759><c> have</c><00:25:49.759><c> chosen</c><00:25:50.160><c> to</c><00:25:50.539><c> disregard</c><00:25:51.140><c> this</c><00:25:51.380><c> teaching,</c>

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they<00:25:52.420><c> suffer</c><00:25:52.980><c> and</c><00:25:54.000><c> they</c><00:25:54.319><c> suffer</c><00:25:54.599><c> terribly.</c>

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They'll<00:25:56.220><c> believe</c><00:25:56.440><c> it.</c>

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Broken<00:25:58.980><c> lives,</c><00:26:01.279><c> broken</c><00:26:01.539><c> homes</c><00:26:02.059><c> are</c><00:26:02.339><c> the</c><00:26:02.500><c> reward</c><00:26:03.079><c> of</c><00:26:03.440><c> immorality.</c>

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It's<00:26:06.180><c> not</c><00:26:06.420><c> for</c><00:26:06.740><c> nothing</c><00:26:07.059><c> there's</c><00:26:07.500><c> this</c><00:26:07.859><c> scourge</c><00:26:08.380><c> of</c><00:26:08.599><c> venereal</c><00:26:09.079><c> diseases,</c>

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syphilis<00:26:10.700><c> and</c><00:26:10.920><c> AIDS.</c>

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That's<00:26:11.640><c> not</c><00:26:11.880><c> just</c><00:26:12.180><c> a</c><00:26:12.380><c> quirk</c><00:26:12.559><c> of</c><00:26:12.759><c> nature.</c>

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:18.559
And<00:26:15.700><c> similar</c><00:26:15.940><c> conclusions</c><00:26:16.539><c> can</c><00:26:16.839><c> apply</c><00:26:17.200><c> to</c><00:26:17.660><c> self</c><00:26:17.920><c>-indulgence</c>

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:21.079
in<00:26:18.720><c> terms</c><00:26:19.039><c> of</c><00:26:19.339><c> alcohol</c><00:26:19.799><c> or</c><00:26:20.140><c> drugs,</c>

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:25.920
to<00:26:21.940><c> the</c><00:26:22.339><c> pursuit</c><00:26:22.579><c> of</c><00:26:22.920><c> power</c><00:26:23.259><c> or</c><00:26:23.539><c> prestige</c><00:26:24.099><c> in</c><00:26:24.380><c> their</c><00:26:24.619><c> various</c><00:26:24.839><c> forms.</c>

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:31.019
In<00:26:27.380><c> general,</c><00:26:27.700><c> it</c><00:26:27.960><c> applies</c><00:26:28.119><c> to</c><00:26:28.440><c> any</c><00:26:28.759><c> form</c><00:26:29.339><c> of</c><00:26:30.019><c> indulging</c><00:26:30.539><c> self.</c>

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:33.940
And<00:26:31.599><c> that</c><00:26:31.799><c> might</c><00:26:32.019><c> include</c><00:26:32.420><c> escapism,</c><00:26:33.059><c> trying</c><00:26:33.319><c> to</c><00:26:33.400><c> get</c><00:26:33.579><c> out</c><00:26:33.720><c> of</c><00:26:33.799><c> it.</c>

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Don't<00:26:34.180><c> give</c><00:26:34.359><c> me</c><00:26:34.599><c> that</c><00:26:34.779><c> job.</c><00:26:34.980><c> I</c><00:26:35.119><c> don't</c><00:26:35.400><c> want</c><00:26:35.500><c> it.</c>

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That's<00:26:38.160><c> self</c><00:26:38.319><c>-indulgence.</c>

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:43.900
And<00:26:40.279><c> sooner</c><00:26:40.440><c> or</c><00:26:40.619><c> later</c><00:26:40.759><c> we</c><00:26:41.319><c> believe</c><00:26:41.519><c> that</c><00:26:41.759><c> we've</c><00:26:42.900><c> become</c><00:26:43.119><c> a</c><00:26:43.420><c> slave</c><00:26:43.680><c> of</c>

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that<00:26:44.160><c> sin</c>

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and<00:26:46.539><c> we're</c><00:26:46.779><c> actually</c><00:26:47.099><c> in</c><00:26:47.420><c> bondage.</c>

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Only<00:26:50.920><c> in</c><00:26:51.240><c> Christ</c><00:26:51.599><c> and</c><00:26:51.799><c> obedience</c><00:26:52.319><c> to</c><00:26:52.599><c> God</c>

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:56.299
will<00:26:54.839><c> release</c><00:26:55.200><c> us</c><00:26:55.400><c> from</c><00:26:55.559><c> that</c><00:26:55.779><c> bondage.</c>

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We<00:26:57.000><c> have</c><00:26:57.160><c> the</c><00:26:57.420><c> details</c><00:26:57.720><c> for</c><00:26:57.920><c> us.</c>

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:59.019
We've<00:26:58.319><c> read</c><00:26:58.380><c> a</c><00:26:58.519><c> number</c><00:26:58.680><c> of</c><00:26:58.859><c> times.</c>

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They're<00:26:59.440><c> all</c><00:26:59.759><c> laid</c><00:26:59.960><c> out</c><00:27:00.420><c> pretty</c><00:27:00.859><c> clearly</c><00:27:01.200><c> in</c><00:27:01.539><c> Romans</c><00:27:01.900><c> chapter</c><00:27:02.359><c> 6.</c>

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:06.400
Pick<00:27:04.119><c> it</c><00:27:04.220><c> up</c><00:27:04.279><c> from</c><00:27:04.480><c> verse</c><00:27:04.720><c> 12</c><00:27:05.079><c> and</c><00:27:05.380><c> went</c><00:27:05.519><c> down</c><00:27:05.740><c> to</c><00:27:05.980><c> 23</c>

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and<00:27:06.539><c> I</c><00:27:06.779><c> don't</c><00:27:07.000><c> really</c><00:27:07.259><c> want</c><00:27:07.440><c> to</c><00:27:07.579><c> read</c><00:27:07.720><c> every</c><00:27:08.059><c> verse</c><00:27:08.339><c> in</c><00:27:08.519><c> terms</c>

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of<00:27:08.960><c> time,</c>

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but<00:27:09.579><c> let</c><00:27:10.400><c> not</c><00:27:10.920><c> sin</c><00:27:11.180><c> therefore</c><00:27:11.680><c> reign</c><00:27:12.079><c> in</c><00:27:12.279><c> your</c><00:27:12.500><c> mortal</c><00:27:12.779><c> bodies</c>

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:15.319
to<00:27:13.900><c> make</c><00:27:14.039><c> you</c><00:27:14.279><c> obey</c><00:27:14.579><c> their</c><00:27:14.779><c> passions.</c>

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:18.839
Do<00:27:15.960><c> not</c><00:27:16.240><c> yield</c><00:27:16.440><c> your</c><00:27:16.680><c> members</c><00:27:16.960><c> to</c><00:27:17.299><c> sin</c><00:27:17.480><c> as</c><00:27:17.779><c> instruments</c><00:27:18.160><c> of</c><00:27:18.400><c> wickedness,</c>

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:22.519
but<00:27:19.319><c> yield</c><00:27:19.519><c> yourselves</c><00:27:19.960><c> to</c><00:27:20.259><c> God</c><00:27:20.700><c> as</c><00:27:21.099><c> men</c><00:27:21.299><c> who</c><00:27:21.500><c> have</c><00:27:21.619><c> been</c><00:27:21.920><c> brought</c><00:27:22.220><c> from</c>

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death<00:27:22.819><c> to</c><00:27:23.059><c> life.</c>

00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.640
And<00:27:24.220><c> your</c><00:27:24.400><c> members</c><00:27:24.700><c> to</c><00:27:24.940><c> God</c><00:27:25.140><c> as</c><00:27:25.440><c> instruments</c><00:27:25.880><c> of</c><00:27:26.220><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:29.680
For<00:27:27.559><c> sin</c><00:27:27.799><c> will</c><00:27:28.019><c> no</c><00:27:28.200><c> longer</c><00:27:28.480><c> have</c><00:27:28.720><c> dominion</c><00:27:29.059><c> over</c><00:27:29.259><c> you</c>

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:32.519
since<00:27:30.019><c> you</c><00:27:30.180><c> are</c><00:27:30.359><c> not</c><00:27:30.480><c> under</c><00:27:30.759><c> law</c><00:27:30.980><c> but</c><00:27:31.160><c> under</c><00:27:31.500><c> grace.</c>

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:38.000
Do<00:27:34.240><c> not</c><00:27:34.460><c> know</c><00:27:34.940><c> that</c><00:27:35.299><c> if</c><00:27:35.440><c> any</c><00:27:35.680><c> of</c><00:27:35.740><c> you</c><00:27:36.019><c> yield</c><00:27:36.220><c> yourselves</c><00:27:36.759><c> to</c><00:27:37.279><c> anyone</c><00:27:37.720><c> as</c>

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obedient<00:27:38.259><c> slaves,</c>

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:40.940
you<00:27:39.140><c> are</c><00:27:39.400><c> slaves</c><00:27:39.740><c> of</c><00:27:39.900><c> the</c><00:27:40.039><c> one</c><00:27:40.200><c> to</c><00:27:40.339><c> whom</c><00:27:40.400><c> you</c><00:27:40.619><c> obey,</c>

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:44.279
either<00:27:41.559><c> of</c><00:27:41.819><c> sin,</c><00:27:42.660><c> which</c><00:27:42.839><c> leads</c><00:27:43.079><c> to</c><00:27:43.279><c> death,</c>

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:47.440
or<00:27:44.519><c> of</c><00:27:44.720><c> obedience,</c><00:27:45.779><c> which</c><00:27:45.940><c> leads</c><00:27:46.220><c> to</c><00:27:46.440><c> righteousness.</c>

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:52.220
But<00:27:49.019><c> thanks</c><00:27:49.319><c> be</c><00:27:49.559><c> to</c><00:27:49.720><c> God</c><00:27:50.200><c> that</c><00:27:50.640><c> you</c><00:27:50.980><c> who</c><00:27:51.160><c> are</c><00:27:51.259><c> once</c><00:27:51.480><c> slaves</c><00:27:51.799><c> of</c><00:27:52.039><c> sin</c>

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:54.259
have<00:27:52.440><c> become</c><00:27:52.680><c> obedient</c><00:27:53.140><c> from</c><00:27:53.799><c> the</c><00:27:54.039><c> heart</c>

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:57.240
to<00:27:54.440><c> the</c><00:27:54.640><c> standard</c><00:27:54.940><c> of</c><00:27:55.220><c> teaching</c><00:27:55.539><c> to</c><00:27:55.940><c> which</c><00:27:56.079><c> you</c><00:27:56.220><c> were</c><00:27:56.380><c> committed.</c>

00:27:57.380 --> 00:28:00.160
And<00:27:57.819><c> having</c><00:27:58.000><c> been</c><00:27:58.299><c> set</c><00:27:58.579><c> free</c><00:27:58.859><c> from</c><00:27:59.220><c> sin,</c>

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.619
have<00:28:00.460><c> become</c><00:28:00.779><c> slaves</c><00:28:01.319><c> of</c><00:28:01.680><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:05.180
When<00:28:04.240><c> you</c><00:28:04.339><c> were</c><00:28:04.500><c> slaves</c><00:28:04.740><c> of</c><00:28:05.000><c> sin,</c>

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:07.140
you<00:28:05.559><c> were</c><00:28:05.759><c> free</c><00:28:06.019><c> in</c><00:28:06.259><c> regard</c><00:28:06.480><c> to</c><00:28:06.680><c> righteousness.</c>

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:09.660
But<00:28:07.779><c> then</c><00:28:08.019><c> what</c><00:28:08.200><c> return</c><00:28:08.539><c> did</c><00:28:08.700><c> you</c><00:28:08.880><c> get</c><00:28:09.000><c> from</c><00:28:09.200><c> those</c><00:28:09.420><c> things</c>

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.740
of<00:28:09.859><c> which</c><00:28:09.980><c> you</c><00:28:10.119><c> are</c><00:28:10.220><c> now</c><00:28:10.420><c> ashamed?</c>

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:13.339
The<00:28:11.299><c> end</c><00:28:11.440><c> of</c><00:28:11.619><c> those</c><00:28:11.859><c> things</c><00:28:12.099><c> is</c><00:28:12.319><c> death.</c>

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:17.339
But<00:28:14.599><c> now</c><00:28:15.079><c> that</c><00:28:15.619><c> you've</c><00:28:15.859><c> been</c><00:28:16.039><c> set</c><00:28:16.279><c> free</c><00:28:16.559><c> from</c><00:28:16.880><c> sin</c>

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:19.619
and<00:28:17.960><c> have</c><00:28:18.160><c> become</c><00:28:18.460><c> slaves</c><00:28:18.880><c> of</c><00:28:19.140><c> God,</c>

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:22.019
the<00:28:20.339><c> return</c><00:28:20.579><c> you</c><00:28:20.819><c> get</c><00:28:20.920><c> is</c><00:28:21.200><c> sanctification.</c>

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:26.359
In<00:28:22.799><c> its</c><00:28:23.200><c> end,</c><00:28:24.539><c> eternal</c><00:28:24.880><c> life.</c>

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:30.000
For<00:28:28.039><c> the</c><00:28:28.200><c> wages</c><00:28:28.440><c> of</c><00:28:28.740><c> sin</c><00:28:28.859><c> is</c><00:28:29.119><c> death.</c>

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:34.680
But<00:28:31.299><c> the</c><00:28:31.579><c> free</c><00:28:31.759><c> gift</c><00:28:31.980><c> of</c><00:28:32.180><c> God</c><00:28:32.619><c> is</c><00:28:33.440><c> eternal</c><00:28:33.859><c> life</c><00:28:34.119><c> in</c><00:28:34.400><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus<00:28:35.079><c> our</c><00:28:35.279><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:28:39.380><c> key</c><00:28:39.559><c> in</c><00:28:39.799><c> understanding</c><00:28:40.240><c> the</c><00:28:40.500><c> implications</c><00:28:41.059><c> of</c><00:28:41.920><c> this</c>

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:43.039
Bible<00:28:42.579><c> passage</c>

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is<00:28:43.339><c> that</c><00:28:44.000><c> these</c><00:28:44.519><c> apply</c><00:28:44.839><c> to</c><00:28:45.079><c> us,</c><00:28:46.160><c> to</c><00:28:46.400><c> you,</c><00:28:47.720><c> to</c><00:28:48.059><c> me.</c>

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:52.920
Discovery<00:28:50.859><c> of</c><00:28:51.039><c> these</c><00:28:51.220><c> things</c><00:28:51.539><c> and</c><00:28:51.799><c> confession</c><00:28:52.259><c> of</c><00:28:52.400><c> these</c><00:28:52.680><c> things</c>

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:55.720
is<00:28:53.059><c> what</c><00:28:53.279><c> the</c><00:28:53.500><c> Bible</c><00:28:53.720><c> teaches</c><00:28:54.140><c> about</c><00:28:54.640><c> self.</c>

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Sinful,<00:28:56.480><c> terrible</c><00:28:57.000><c> self.</c>

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And<00:28:58.599><c> that's</c><00:28:58.900><c> fundamental</c><00:28:59.480><c> to</c><00:28:59.940><c> our</c><00:29:01.000><c> changing</c><00:29:01.380><c> our</c><00:29:01.720><c> thinking</c>

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and<00:29:02.200><c> our</c><00:29:02.319><c> behavior.</c>

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You<00:29:03.700><c> know,</c><00:29:03.980><c> we</c><00:29:04.119><c> Christadelphians</c><00:29:04.779><c> benefit</c><00:29:05.259><c> greatly</c><00:29:05.759><c> from</c>

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.480
believing<00:29:06.319><c> this</c>

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because<00:29:06.799><c> we</c><00:29:07.079><c> try</c><00:29:07.359><c> not</c><00:29:07.579><c> to</c><00:29:07.819><c> kid</c><00:29:07.880><c> ourselves</c><00:29:08.319><c> too</c><00:29:08.599><c> much.</c>

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.839
And<00:29:09.460><c> there's</c><00:29:09.619><c> a</c><00:29:09.759><c> lot</c><00:29:09.880><c> of</c><00:29:10.099><c> fringe</c><00:29:10.319><c> benefits</c>

00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:14.140
from<00:29:11.339><c> just</c><00:29:11.619><c> knowing</c><00:29:11.859><c> where</c><00:29:12.140><c> the</c><00:29:12.460><c> source</c><00:29:12.839><c> of</c><00:29:13.200><c> the</c><00:29:13.380><c> problem</c><00:29:13.700><c> is.</c>

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:16.119
A<00:29:14.700><c> lot</c><00:29:14.759><c> of</c><00:29:15.000><c> pain</c><00:29:15.160><c> and</c><00:29:15.480><c> suffering</c><00:29:15.740><c> in</c><00:29:15.940><c> the</c><00:29:16.019><c> world</c>

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.779
because<00:29:16.400><c> people</c><00:29:16.680><c> still</c><00:29:16.980><c> don't</c><00:29:17.220><c> know</c><00:29:17.359><c> what's</c><00:29:17.720><c> wrong.</c>

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But<00:29:19.339><c> we</c><00:29:19.480><c> do.</c>

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:23.440
Thanks<00:29:20.980><c> be</c><00:29:21.220><c> to</c><00:29:21.359><c> God</c><00:29:21.579><c> for</c><00:29:21.839><c> such</c><00:29:22.079><c> deliverance.</c>

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Now<00:29:25.099><c> these</c><00:29:25.220><c> are</c><00:29:25.420><c> some</c><00:29:25.640><c> generalities.</c>

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:32.259
How<00:29:27.539><c> about</c><00:29:27.799><c> some</c><00:29:29.220><c> specifics</c><00:29:29.799><c> in</c><00:29:30.299><c> the</c><00:29:30.559><c> 20th</c><00:29:31.059><c> century</c><00:29:31.380><c> world,</c>

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1988<00:29:33.160><c> and</c><00:29:33.759><c> going</c><00:29:34.039><c> forward.</c>

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What<00:29:34.980><c> about</c><00:29:35.299><c> some</c><00:29:35.839><c> for</c><00:29:36.140><c> instances?</c>

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Well,<00:29:42.259><c> let</c><00:29:42.420><c> me</c><00:29:42.480><c> tell</c><00:29:42.619><c> you</c><00:29:42.720><c> a</c><00:29:42.759><c> little</c><00:29:42.940><c> bit</c><00:29:43.059><c> about</c><00:29:43.220><c> myself</c><00:29:43.720><c> first.</c>

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.500
I<00:29:47.000><c> wasn't</c><00:29:47.259><c> raised</c><00:29:47.700><c> Christadelphian.</c>

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:50.500
I<00:29:48.839><c> was</c><00:29:49.160><c> convinced</c><00:29:49.640><c> of</c><00:29:49.859><c> their</c><00:29:50.059><c> teaching</c>

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:55.200
and<00:29:51.319><c> partly</c><00:29:51.579><c> by</c><00:29:51.859><c> logic,</c><00:29:53.380><c> partly</c><00:29:53.700><c> by</c><00:29:54.059><c> example.</c>

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.859
There's<00:29:56.440><c> some</c><00:29:56.740><c> consequences</c><00:29:57.240><c> to</c><00:29:57.500><c> that.</c>

00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:00.000
I<00:29:58.400><c> lost</c><00:29:58.559><c> a</c><00:29:58.660><c> lot</c><00:29:58.799><c> of</c><00:29:58.960><c> friends.</c>

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:04.200
I<00:30:02.619><c> had</c><00:30:02.700><c> to</c><00:30:02.819><c> clean</c><00:30:02.900><c> up</c><00:30:03.039><c> my</c><00:30:03.180><c> language.</c>

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I<00:30:06.259><c> alienated</c><00:30:06.859><c> myself.</c>

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Some<00:30:07.400><c> members</c><00:30:07.859><c> of</c><00:30:08.079><c> my</c><00:30:08.279><c> family</c><00:30:08.599><c> that</c><00:30:08.819><c> I'm</c><00:30:09.000><c> still</c><00:30:09.319><c> trying</c><00:30:09.660><c> to</c><00:30:10.500><c> recover.</c>

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:14.579
I<00:30:12.940><c> broke</c><00:30:13.160><c> up</c><00:30:13.279><c> with</c><00:30:13.480><c> my</c><00:30:13.660><c> girlfriend</c>

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.200
who<00:30:16.359><c> I've</c><00:30:16.559><c> been</c><00:30:16.759><c> dating</c><00:30:16.960><c> for</c><00:30:17.380><c> about</c><00:30:18.039><c> three</c><00:30:18.779><c> years.</c>

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:21.900
That<00:30:19.579><c> was</c><00:30:19.799><c> not</c><00:30:20.000><c> an</c><00:30:20.180><c> easy</c><00:30:20.440><c> thing</c><00:30:20.680><c> to</c><00:30:20.900><c> do.</c>

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:26.099
I<00:30:24.559><c> contended</c><00:30:24.880><c> with</c><00:30:25.119><c> a</c><00:30:25.259><c> Jehovah's</c><00:30:25.819><c> witness</c>

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:28.039
for<00:30:26.440><c> about</c><00:30:26.640><c> eight</c><00:30:26.880><c> months</c><00:30:27.200><c> in</c><00:30:27.400><c> my</c><00:30:27.579><c> living</c><00:30:27.799><c> room</c>

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:31.460
and<00:30:28.279><c> we</c><00:30:29.259><c> slung</c><00:30:29.700><c> scripture</c><00:30:30.140><c> back</c><00:30:30.460><c> and</c><00:30:30.720><c> forth</c><00:30:30.900><c> at</c><00:30:31.039><c> each</c><00:30:31.240><c> other</c>

00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.940
which<00:30:31.680><c> wasn't</c><00:30:31.900><c> the</c><00:30:32.079><c> best</c><00:30:32.240><c> way</c><00:30:32.480><c> of</c><00:30:32.500><c> doing</c><00:30:32.720><c> it</c>

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:35.900
but<00:30:33.059><c> that</c><00:30:33.259><c> was</c><00:30:33.500><c> an</c><00:30:33.720><c> interesting</c><00:30:34.720><c> consequence</c><00:30:35.519><c> of</c><00:30:35.759><c> doing</c>

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these<00:30:36.140><c> things.</c>

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And<00:30:37.619><c> I</c><00:30:37.740><c> began</c><00:30:38.059><c> to</c><00:30:39.819><c> talk</c><00:30:40.140><c> to</c><00:30:40.319><c> other</c><00:30:40.460><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:44.079
Travel<00:30:42.180><c> a</c><00:30:42.279><c> little</c><00:30:42.460><c> bit</c><00:30:42.599><c> because</c><00:30:42.900><c> those</c><00:30:43.259><c> who</c><00:30:43.440><c> instructed</c><00:30:43.839><c> me</c>

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:48.019
were<00:30:44.299><c> good</c><00:30:44.599><c> fathers</c><00:30:44.980><c> for</c><00:30:45.319><c> me</c><00:30:45.960><c> in</c><00:30:46.759><c> the</c><00:30:47.099><c> Christadelphian</c><00:30:47.700><c> world.</c>

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:50.039
And<00:30:48.180><c> they</c><00:30:48.359><c> taught</c><00:30:48.500><c> me</c><00:30:49.019><c> two</c><00:30:49.380><c> key</c><00:30:49.619><c> lessons</c>

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which<00:30:50.299><c> I'll</c><00:30:51.619><c> never</c><00:30:52.039><c> forget</c><00:30:52.380><c> because</c>

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:58.119
a<00:30:54.539><c> lot</c><00:30:54.680><c> of</c><00:30:54.819><c> it's</c><00:30:55.000><c> been</c><00:30:55.240><c> expressed</c><00:30:55.759><c> this</c><00:30:56.299><c> week</c><00:30:56.539><c> one</c><00:30:56.839><c> way</c><00:30:57.079><c> or</c><00:30:57.160><c> the</c><00:30:57.279><c> other.</c>

00:30:58.500 --> 00:31:00.619
One<00:30:58.720><c> was,</c><00:30:59.140><c> having</c><00:30:59.279><c> found</c><00:30:59.660><c> this</c><00:31:00.000><c> truth,</c><00:31:00.420><c> Norman,</c>

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:03.380
don't<00:31:01.059><c> be</c><00:31:01.440><c> afraid</c><00:31:01.779><c> to</c><00:31:02.019><c> keep</c><00:31:02.220><c> on</c><00:31:02.519><c> looking</c>

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:06.599
because<00:31:04.200><c> there's</c><00:31:04.579><c> a</c><00:31:04.700><c> lot</c><00:31:04.900><c> more</c><00:31:05.240><c> of</c><00:31:05.339><c> it</c><00:31:05.500><c> where</c><00:31:05.640><c> you</c><00:31:05.859><c> got</c><00:31:06.019><c> it</c><00:31:06.240><c> from</c><00:31:06.400><c> in</c>

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.579
the<00:31:06.720><c> Bible.</c>

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:10.519
And<00:31:08.839><c> you</c><00:31:08.980><c> have</c><00:31:09.200><c> to</c><00:31:09.400><c> tell</c><00:31:09.519><c> other</c><00:31:09.799><c> people</c><00:31:10.099><c> about</c><00:31:10.359><c> it.</c>

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.779
You<00:31:10.640><c> can't</c><00:31:10.940><c> keep</c><00:31:11.160><c> it</c><00:31:11.420><c> inside</c><00:31:11.720><c> yourself.</c>

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:16.519
If<00:31:13.119><c> you've</c><00:31:13.519><c> got</c><00:31:13.680><c> it</c><00:31:14.000><c> inside</c><00:31:14.400><c> you,</c><00:31:14.920><c> you</c><00:31:15.039><c> must</c><00:31:15.339><c> be</c><00:31:15.640><c> talking</c><00:31:15.880><c> about</c><00:31:16.180><c> it.</c>

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:19.099
And<00:31:16.819><c> if</c><00:31:16.940><c> you're</c><00:31:17.099><c> not</c><00:31:17.380><c> talking</c><00:31:17.720><c> about</c><00:31:18.019><c> it,</c><00:31:18.460><c> you</c><00:31:18.680><c> haven't</c><00:31:18.900><c> got</c>

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:21.640
it<00:31:19.359><c> inside</c><00:31:19.700><c> you.</c>

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:25.460
Bible<00:31:22.359><c> truth</c><00:31:22.660><c> will</c><00:31:22.920><c> continue</c><00:31:23.380><c> to</c><00:31:23.759><c> transform</c><00:31:24.259><c> your</c><00:31:24.519><c> life</c>

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:29.480
but<00:31:25.900><c> you</c><00:31:26.079><c> must</c><00:31:26.339><c> be</c><00:31:26.740><c> doing</c><00:31:27.160><c> something</c><00:31:27.599><c> about</c><00:31:27.940><c> what</c><00:31:28.200><c> you</c><00:31:28.400><c> know.</c>

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:32.740
And<00:31:30.619><c> they're</c><00:31:31.019><c> absolutely</c><00:31:31.740><c> right.</c>

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And<00:31:33.039><c> I</c><00:31:33.259><c> can</c><00:31:34.140><c> thank</c><00:31:34.619><c> God</c><00:31:35.039><c> for</c><00:31:35.859><c> such</c><00:31:36.180><c> teachers.</c>

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:40.960
When<00:31:38.980><c> I</c><00:31:39.319><c> traveled</c><00:31:39.599><c> around</c><00:31:40.059><c> I</c><00:31:40.440><c> discovered</c>

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:43.700
that<00:31:41.160><c> there</c><00:31:41.299><c> was</c><00:31:41.400><c> more</c><00:31:41.660><c> than</c><00:31:41.779><c> one</c><00:31:42.000><c> group</c><00:31:42.240><c> of</c><00:31:42.500><c> Christadelphians.</c>

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:47.940
And<00:31:45.779><c> I</c><00:31:45.900><c> asked,</c><00:31:47.119><c> why?</c>

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How<00:31:49.740><c> come?</c><00:31:51.180><c> What's</c><00:31:51.579><c> the</c><00:31:51.819><c> difference?</c>

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:57.920
I<00:31:54.559><c> found</c><00:31:54.700><c> in</c><00:31:54.940><c> some</c><00:31:55.599><c> circles</c><00:31:55.960><c> you</c><00:31:56.140><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:56.380><c> ask</c><00:31:56.619><c> such</c><00:31:56.839><c> questions.</c>

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:02.539
But<00:32:00.059><c> my</c><00:32:00.480><c> homotheist</c><00:32:01.019><c> said,</c><00:32:01.539><c> ask</c><00:32:01.559><c> such</c><00:32:01.839><c> questions,</c><00:32:02.319><c> Norman.</c>

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So<00:32:02.759><c> I</c><00:32:02.980><c> did</c><00:32:03.119><c> and</c><00:32:03.299><c> I</c><00:32:03.500><c> kept</c><00:32:03.640><c> on</c><00:32:03.900><c> asking.</c>

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:08.240
And<00:32:06.119><c> it</c><00:32:06.240><c> was</c><00:32:06.480><c> the</c><00:32:06.700><c> beginning</c><00:32:06.960><c> of</c><00:32:07.160><c> a</c><00:32:07.319><c> very</c><00:32:07.660><c> profitable</c>

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and<00:32:09.200><c> a</c><00:32:09.480><c> very</c><00:32:09.960><c> sad</c><00:32:10.680><c> investigation.</c>

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:16.400
Now<00:32:15.019><c> I</c><00:32:15.140><c> belong</c><00:32:15.420><c> to</c><00:32:15.619><c> both</c><00:32:15.799><c> fellowships.</c>

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:18.900
I<00:32:16.480><c> think</c><00:32:16.660><c> I've</c><00:32:16.859><c> been</c><00:32:17.019><c> in</c><00:32:17.299><c> probably</c><00:32:17.640><c> more</c><00:32:18.000><c> than</c><00:32:18.240><c> half</c><00:32:18.500><c> if</c><00:32:18.720><c> not</c>

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three<00:32:19.180><c>-quarters</c>

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of<00:32:19.700><c> all</c><00:32:19.980><c> the</c><00:32:20.240><c> unamended</c><00:32:20.660><c> and</c><00:32:20.900><c> amended</c><00:32:21.700><c> ecclesias</c><00:32:22.480><c> in</c><00:32:22.660><c> North</c><00:32:22.900><c> America.</c>

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:28.940
And<00:32:26.400><c> you</c><00:32:26.539><c> know</c><00:32:26.759><c> that</c><00:32:26.940><c> I</c><00:32:27.079><c> worked</c><00:32:27.380><c> on</c><00:32:27.660><c> Christadelphians</c><00:32:28.400><c> for</c><00:32:28.660><c> unity</c>

00:32:28.940 --> 00:32:31.259
for<00:32:29.220><c> a</c><00:32:29.299><c> couple</c><00:32:29.519><c> of</c><00:32:29.660><c> years</c><00:32:29.859><c> as</c><00:32:30.140><c> well.</c>

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:35.339
And<00:32:31.940><c> I</c><00:32:32.119><c> reached</c><00:32:32.400><c> some</c><00:32:32.880><c> very</c><00:32:33.339><c> disappointing</c><00:32:34.000><c> conclusions.</c>

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And<00:32:37.180><c> one</c><00:32:37.339><c> of</c><00:32:37.460><c> them</c><00:32:37.619><c> is</c><00:32:38.339><c> that</c><00:32:39.519><c> our</c><00:32:39.779><c> community</c><00:32:40.380><c> is</c><00:32:41.539><c> very</c><00:32:41.900><c> reluctant</c>

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to<00:32:43.660><c> obey</c><00:32:43.839><c> Bible</c><00:32:44.160><c> truth.</c>

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Or<00:32:47.819><c> at</c><00:32:47.980><c> least</c><00:32:48.099><c> what</c><00:32:48.279><c> I</c><00:32:48.519><c> think</c><00:32:48.720><c> is</c><00:32:48.980><c> Bible</c><00:32:49.220><c> truth.</c>

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:51.400
I<00:32:49.799><c> should</c><00:32:50.019><c> qualify</c><00:32:50.480><c> that.</c>

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And<00:32:52.539><c> by</c><00:32:52.779><c> and</c><00:32:52.940><c> large</c><00:32:53.099><c> brothers</c><00:32:53.460><c> and</c><00:32:53.700><c> sisters</c><00:32:53.880><c> did</c><00:32:54.200><c> not</c><00:32:54.519><c> want</c><00:32:54.819><c> to</c><00:32:55.140><c> relook</c>

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:59.980
at<00:32:55.759><c> the</c><00:32:56.380><c> division</c><00:32:56.779><c> to</c><00:32:57.559><c> see</c><00:32:57.819><c> whether</c><00:32:58.180><c> or</c><00:32:58.559><c> not</c><00:32:58.779><c> we</c><00:32:58.980><c> might</c><00:32:59.220><c> be</c><00:32:59.500><c> wrong</c>

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in<00:33:00.380><c> making</c><00:33:00.700><c> ourselves</c><00:33:01.319><c> separate.</c>

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Very<00:33:02.519><c> few</c><00:33:02.839><c> were</c><00:33:03.259><c> willing</c><00:33:03.579><c> to</c><00:33:03.839><c> sit</c><00:33:04.019><c> down</c><00:33:04.339><c> with</c><00:33:04.539><c> an</c><00:33:04.759><c> open</c><00:33:04.960><c> Bible</c>

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:07.640
and<00:33:05.559><c> discuss</c><00:33:05.880><c> matters</c><00:33:06.259><c> face</c><00:33:06.619><c> to</c><00:33:06.779><c> face.</c>

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:11.180
And<00:33:08.200><c> has</c><00:33:08.559><c> been</c><00:33:09.039><c> alluded</c><00:33:09.319><c> to</c><00:33:09.640><c> already</c><00:33:09.920><c> this</c><00:33:10.220><c> morning.</c>

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There's<00:33:12.220><c> been</c><00:33:12.519><c> problems</c><00:33:13.380><c> with</c><00:33:14.400><c> intimidation</c><00:33:15.380><c> and</c><00:33:15.799><c> expediency</c>

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:20.559
and<00:33:17.180><c> politicking</c><00:33:17.680><c> that</c><00:33:18.160><c> all</c><00:33:18.380><c> too</c><00:33:18.640><c> often</c><00:33:19.279><c> preempted</c><00:33:19.900><c> the</c><00:33:20.119><c> obvious</c><00:33:20.359><c> need</c>

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:23.220
to<00:33:20.799><c> sit</c><00:33:20.859><c> down</c><00:33:21.200><c> and</c><00:33:21.319><c> see</c><00:33:21.500><c> if</c><00:33:21.599><c> there's</c><00:33:21.900><c> fundamental</c><00:33:22.259><c> differences</c><00:33:22.779><c> here.</c>

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Now<00:33:23.799><c> don't</c><00:33:23.940><c> get</c><00:33:24.079><c> me</c><00:33:24.200><c> wrong.</c>

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I'm<00:33:24.500><c> not</c><00:33:24.640><c> trying</c><00:33:24.819><c> to</c><00:33:25.019><c> reopen</c><00:33:25.279><c> this</c><00:33:25.539><c> issue.</c>

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I'm<00:33:26.400><c> not</c><00:33:26.480><c> here</c><00:33:26.660><c> to</c><00:33:26.839><c> blame</c><00:33:27.000><c> anyone.</c>

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I'm<00:33:28.559><c> making</c><00:33:29.059><c> an</c><00:33:29.900><c> observation.</c>

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In<00:33:30.819><c> fact,</c><00:33:31.119><c> I'm</c><00:33:31.420><c> lamenting</c><00:33:32.759><c> in</c><00:33:32.960><c> making</c><00:33:33.200><c> this</c><00:33:33.539><c> observation.</c>

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:42.119
An<00:33:34.980><c> apparent</c><00:33:35.960><c> apathy</c><00:33:37.440><c> in</c><00:33:38.140><c> our</c><00:33:38.359><c> community</c><00:33:39.079><c> and</c><00:33:40.279><c> a</c><00:33:40.539><c> seeming</c><00:33:41.680><c> loss</c>

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:46.059
of<00:33:42.640><c> the</c><00:33:42.920><c> spirit</c><00:33:43.160><c> of</c><00:33:43.799><c> willingness</c><00:33:44.079><c> to</c><00:33:44.500><c> investigate</c><00:33:44.940><c> the</c><00:33:45.220><c> truth.</c>

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:49.720
Why<00:33:47.279><c> are</c><00:33:47.559><c> we</c><00:33:47.740><c> so</c><00:33:48.019><c> reluctant</c><00:33:48.440><c> to</c><00:33:48.680><c> do</c><00:33:48.839><c> that?</c>

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:53.220
I<00:33:50.519><c> ask</c><00:33:50.759><c> myself.</c><00:33:51.539><c> I</c><00:33:51.660><c> ask</c><00:33:51.859><c> you.</c>

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:57.059
And<00:33:55.059><c> I</c><00:33:55.180><c> think</c><00:33:55.319><c> it's</c><00:33:55.480><c> because</c><00:33:55.720><c> we're</c><00:33:56.019><c> afraid.</c>

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.640
Afraid<00:33:59.799><c> of</c><00:33:59.960><c> what?</c>

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.660
Afraid<00:34:03.359><c> of</c><00:34:03.480><c> being</c><00:34:03.640><c> wrong?</c>

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:07.400
Yes,<00:34:05.079><c> I</c><00:34:05.299><c> think</c><00:34:05.480><c> we're</c><00:34:05.740><c> afraid</c><00:34:05.960><c> of</c><00:34:06.039><c> being</c><00:34:06.259><c> wrong.</c>

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:09.860
That's<00:34:07.839><c> really</c><00:34:07.940><c> just</c><00:34:08.239><c> a</c><00:34:08.320><c> matter</c><00:34:08.519><c> of</c><00:34:08.800><c> pride.</c>

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:12.059
So<00:34:10.780><c> I</c><00:34:10.960><c> was</c><00:34:11.139><c> wrong.</c>

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:14.280
You<00:34:12.639><c> can</c><00:34:12.820><c> deal</c><00:34:12.960><c> with</c><00:34:13.099><c> that</c><00:34:13.280><c> one</c><00:34:13.440><c> pretty</c><00:34:13.679><c> easily.</c>

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:16.199
If<00:34:14.719><c> you</c><00:34:14.920><c> want</c><00:34:15.039><c> to</c><00:34:15.239><c> become</c><00:34:15.500><c> teachable,</c>

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:19.579
if<00:34:16.539><c> we're</c><00:34:16.800><c> willing</c><00:34:17.079><c> to</c><00:34:17.440><c> surrender</c><00:34:17.960><c> ourselves.</c>

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.780
Afraid<00:34:21.500><c> of</c><00:34:21.739><c> other</c><00:34:21.960><c> brethren?</c>

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:23.860
Yes.

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:27.059
Yes,<00:34:25.059><c> I</c><00:34:25.219><c> think</c><00:34:25.380><c> we're</c><00:34:25.579><c> afraid</c><00:34:25.840><c> of</c><00:34:26.019><c> other</c><00:34:26.260><c> brethren,</c>

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.340
what<00:34:27.539><c> they</c><00:34:27.739><c> might</c><00:34:28.039><c> think.</c>

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:31.500
And<00:34:28.679><c> this</c><00:34:28.820><c> is</c><00:34:29.099><c> a</c><00:34:29.159><c> very</c><00:34:29.519><c> real</c><00:34:29.780><c> problem</c><00:34:30.260><c> in</c><00:34:30.539><c> my</c><00:34:30.739><c> mind.</c>

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:34.219
There's<00:34:32.039><c> no</c><00:34:32.280><c> easy</c><00:34:32.579><c> solution</c><00:34:33.019><c> to</c><00:34:33.239><c> that.</c>

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:40.280
There's<00:34:36.420><c> a</c><00:34:37.119><c> straightforward</c><00:34:37.639><c> solution,</c><00:34:38.079><c> but</c><00:34:38.260><c> not</c><00:34:38.440><c> an</c><00:34:38.539><c> easy</c><00:34:38.860><c> one.</c>

00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:45.960
The<00:34:43.920><c> answer</c><00:34:44.179><c> is</c><00:34:44.320><c> you</c><00:34:44.400><c> must</c><00:34:44.739><c> do</c><00:34:45.119><c> what</c><00:34:45.340><c> you</c><00:34:45.659><c> think</c>

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:49.320
scripture<00:34:46.380><c> teaches</c><00:34:46.840><c> you</c><00:34:47.079><c> to</c><00:34:47.239><c> be</c><00:34:47.420><c> right</c><00:34:47.599><c> and</c><00:34:47.820><c> serve</c><00:34:48.199><c> God</c><00:34:48.539><c> first.</c>

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:53.599
And<00:34:52.440><c> you</c><00:34:52.599><c> can</c><00:34:52.840><c> do</c><00:34:53.079><c> it.</c>

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:55.059
You<00:34:54.320><c> can</c><00:34:54.599><c> do</c><00:34:54.800><c> it.</c>

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:57.719
Every<00:34:55.500><c> one</c><00:34:55.659><c> of</c><00:34:55.739><c> us</c><00:34:55.880><c> can</c><00:34:56.099><c> do</c><00:34:56.320><c> that.</c>

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:59.599
We're<00:34:58.320><c> obliged</c><00:34:58.559><c> to</c><00:34:58.820><c> do.</c>

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:05.059
And<00:35:01.480><c> you</c><00:35:01.659><c> would</c><00:35:01.880><c> be</c><00:35:02.139><c> surprised</c><00:35:02.840><c> what</c><00:35:03.139><c> the</c><00:35:03.460><c> courage</c><00:35:03.820><c> of</c><00:35:04.139><c> one</c><00:35:04.360><c> individual</c>

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.800
will<00:35:05.940><c> do</c><00:35:06.119><c> to</c><00:35:06.400><c> others.</c>

00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:10.880
And<00:35:07.760><c> how</c><00:35:07.940><c> much</c><00:35:08.099><c> support</c><00:35:08.460><c> he</c><00:35:08.860><c> or</c><00:35:09.119><c> her</c><00:35:09.400><c> will</c><00:35:09.699><c> get.</c>

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:15.219
Not<00:35:12.519><c> to</c><00:35:12.719><c> mention</c><00:35:12.980><c> that</c><00:35:13.179><c> you</c><00:35:13.320><c> will</c><00:35:13.440><c> have</c><00:35:13.500><c> God</c><00:35:13.699><c> on</c><00:35:13.880><c> your</c><00:35:14.119><c> side.</c>

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:19.559
And<00:35:16.079><c> God</c><00:35:16.639><c> in</c><00:35:16.840><c> one</c><00:35:17.019><c> man</c><00:35:17.179><c> or</c><00:35:17.320><c> woman</c><00:35:17.559><c> is</c><00:35:17.820><c> a</c><00:35:17.920><c> majority,</c><00:35:19.059><c> right?</c>

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:23.940
Afraid<00:35:21.880><c> of</c><00:35:22.079><c> where</c><00:35:22.380><c> the</c><00:35:22.900><c> exploration</c><00:35:23.340><c> might</c><00:35:23.619><c> go?</c>

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:27.239
Yes,<00:35:25.159><c> I</c><00:35:25.380><c> think</c><00:35:25.559><c> that's</c><00:35:25.900><c> the</c><00:35:26.119><c> biggest</c><00:35:26.320><c> one.</c>

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:29.460
Where<00:35:27.760><c> will</c><00:35:28.099><c> this</c><00:35:28.599><c> lead?</c>

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:33.159
Not<00:35:29.780><c> us,</c><00:35:30.840><c> but</c><00:35:31.139><c> where</c><00:35:31.280><c> will</c><00:35:31.460><c> this</c><00:35:31.780><c> lead</c><00:35:32.119><c> me?</c>

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:37.400
So<00:35:34.099><c> it's</c><00:35:34.619><c> one</c><00:35:34.780><c> thing</c><00:35:35.000><c> to</c><00:35:35.239><c> concede</c><00:35:35.480><c> a</c><00:35:35.679><c> point,</c>

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:40.380
quite<00:35:38.360><c> another</c><00:35:38.599><c> to</c><00:35:38.840><c> change</c><00:35:39.300><c> your</c><00:35:39.519><c> whole</c><00:35:39.739><c> line</c><00:35:39.900><c> of</c><00:35:40.139><c> thinking,</c>

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:44.780
and<00:35:40.719><c> still</c><00:35:41.139><c> quite</c><00:35:41.559><c> another</c><00:35:42.380><c> to</c><00:35:43.360><c> change</c><00:35:43.699><c> your</c><00:35:44.059><c> behavior</c>

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:47.280
in<00:35:45.460><c> the</c><00:35:45.739><c> light</c><00:35:45.980><c> of</c><00:35:46.239><c> this</c><00:35:46.480><c> thinking.</c>

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:52.420
But<00:35:48.500><c> this</c><00:35:48.760><c> is</c><00:35:49.639><c> a</c><00:35:50.320><c> self</c><00:35:50.900><c>-defense</c><00:35:51.460><c> mechanism,</c><00:35:52.119><c> isn't</c><00:35:52.239><c> it?</c>

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:56.300
That<00:35:52.679><c> is,</c><00:35:53.719><c> it's</c><00:35:54.179><c> self</c><00:35:54.539><c>-protecting</c><00:35:55.260><c> itself.</c>

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:59.360
And<00:35:56.579><c> we</c><00:35:56.699><c> need</c><00:35:56.960><c> to</c><00:35:57.239><c> recognize</c><00:35:57.900><c> this</c><00:35:58.260><c> fear,</c><00:35:58.659><c> this</c><00:35:58.900><c> phobia,</c>

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:02.139
for<00:35:59.599><c> what</c><00:35:59.760><c> it</c><00:35:59.920><c> is</c><00:36:00.260><c> and</c><00:36:01.360><c> chase</c><00:36:01.699><c> it</c><00:36:01.960><c> down.</c>

00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:05.719
This<00:36:02.280><c> is</c><00:36:02.440><c> where</c><00:36:02.619><c> we</c><00:36:02.800><c> must</c><00:36:03.039><c> be</c><00:36:03.340><c> fearless</c><00:36:03.659><c> in</c><00:36:03.960><c> going</c><00:36:04.199><c> after</c><00:36:04.659><c> truth.</c>

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:07.460
It's<00:36:06.260><c> God's</c><00:36:06.880><c> truth,</c><00:36:07.099><c> isn't</c><00:36:07.300><c> it?</c>

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:09.500
And<00:36:07.820><c> finding</c><00:36:08.079><c> and</c><00:36:08.420><c> grasping</c><00:36:08.840><c> His</c><00:36:09.119><c> truth</c>

00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:12.719
is<00:36:10.000><c> worth</c><00:36:10.360><c> the</c><00:36:10.800><c> dare</c><00:36:11.199><c> to</c><00:36:11.599><c> be</c><00:36:11.860><c> brave.</c>

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.900
Now,<00:36:14.599><c> I</c><00:36:14.639><c> think</c><00:36:14.780><c> it</c><00:36:14.960><c> does</c><00:36:15.179><c> depend</c><00:36:15.519><c> upon</c><00:36:16.000><c> our</c><00:36:16.659><c> upbringing</c><00:36:17.000><c> and</c><00:36:17.460><c> background,</c>

00:36:18.219 --> 00:36:20.539
our<00:36:18.460><c> education,</c><00:36:19.519><c> our</c><00:36:19.739><c> disposition</c>

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:23.699
as<00:36:21.139><c> to</c><00:36:21.300><c> whether</c><00:36:21.440><c> we're</c><00:36:21.739><c> inclined</c><00:36:22.119><c> to</c><00:36:22.559><c> investigate.</c>

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:25.980
But<00:36:23.920><c> I</c><00:36:24.019><c> think</c><00:36:24.219><c> investigation</c><00:36:24.980><c> in</c><00:36:25.320><c> truth</c>

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:29.840
should<00:36:26.860><c> point</c><00:36:27.239><c> every</c><00:36:27.619><c> person</c><00:36:28.159><c> in</c><00:36:28.639><c> that</c><00:36:28.920><c> direction.</c>

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:36.059
Now,<00:36:32.420><c> yesterday</c><00:36:32.420><c> you</c><00:36:33.059><c> saw</c><00:36:33.420><c> some</c><00:36:33.739><c> of</c><00:36:33.980><c> my</c><00:36:34.719><c> questioning</c><00:36:35.260><c> ideas</c>

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:38.800
in<00:36:36.840><c> understanding</c><00:36:37.300><c> the</c><00:36:37.480><c> Book</c><00:36:37.639><c> of</c><00:36:37.800><c> Revelation.</c>

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:43.119
One<00:36:39.760><c> of</c><00:36:39.940><c> the</c><00:36:40.059><c> things</c><00:36:40.320><c> that</c><00:36:40.559><c> got</c><00:36:40.780><c> me</c><00:36:41.420><c> interested</c><00:36:41.880><c> in</c><00:36:42.239><c> that,</c>

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:47.619
I<00:36:43.480><c> remember</c><00:36:43.880><c> my</c><00:36:44.800><c> CYC</c><00:36:45.400><c> days</c><00:36:45.980><c> taking</c><00:36:46.739><c> out</c><00:36:47.019><c> my</c><00:36:47.239><c> Bible</c>

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:50.820
and<00:36:48.059><c> marking</c><00:36:48.659><c> notes</c><00:36:49.079><c> from</c><00:36:49.420><c> the</c><00:36:49.719><c> Apocalypse</c><00:36:50.199><c> Epitomized</c>

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:52.239
in<00:36:50.960><c> the</c><00:36:51.139><c> margin,</c><00:36:51.420><c> and</c><00:36:51.559><c> I</c><00:36:51.699><c> was</c><00:36:51.940><c> thrilled.</c>

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:54.099
I<00:36:52.320><c> mean,</c><00:36:52.539><c> that</c><00:36:52.840><c> was</c><00:36:53.079><c> so</c><00:36:53.340><c> right.</c>

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.380
And<00:36:55.179><c> then</c><00:36:55.300><c> in</c><00:36:55.480><c> our</c><00:36:55.519><c> weekly</c><00:36:55.780><c> Bible</c><00:36:56.139><c> class,</c>

00:36:56.380 --> 00:36:59.440
we<00:36:56.559><c> listened</c><00:36:56.920><c> to</c><00:36:57.360><c> a</c><00:36:57.679><c> take</c><00:36:57.820><c> from</c><00:36:58.059><c> a</c><00:36:58.199><c> brother</c><00:36:58.380><c> in</c><00:36:58.519><c> England</c>

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:01.780
who<00:37:00.219><c> was</c><00:37:00.440><c> talking</c><00:37:00.699><c> about</c><00:37:00.980><c> the</c><00:37:01.119><c> Book</c><00:37:01.280><c> of</c><00:37:01.460><c> Revelation,</c>

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:03.760
and<00:37:01.980><c> he</c><00:37:02.019><c> had</c><00:37:02.179><c> a</c><00:37:02.280><c> very</c><00:37:02.539><c> different</c><00:37:02.739><c> viewpoint.</c>

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:07.760
Which<00:37:06.340><c> of</c><00:37:06.460><c> these</c><00:37:06.619><c> two</c><00:37:06.780><c> is</c><00:37:07.000><c> right?</c>

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:10.260
How<00:37:08.960><c> was</c><00:37:09.179><c> I</c><00:37:09.320><c> to</c><00:37:09.420><c> know?</c><00:37:09.559><c> I'm</c><00:37:09.699><c> just</c><00:37:09.820><c> a</c><00:37:09.820><c> young</c><00:37:10.000><c> person.</c>

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:11.519
I<00:37:10.360><c> didn't</c><00:37:10.519><c> know</c><00:37:10.719><c> anything.</c>

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:14.619
So<00:37:12.659><c> you</c><00:37:13.059><c> start</c><00:37:13.280><c> asking</c><00:37:13.619><c> around,</c><00:37:14.000><c> and</c><00:37:14.159><c> you</c><00:37:14.280><c> read</c><00:37:14.480><c> it,</c>

00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:16.079
and<00:37:14.719><c> you</c><00:37:14.800><c> start</c><00:37:15.079><c> checking</c><00:37:15.380><c> it</c><00:37:15.539><c> out</c><00:37:15.639><c> for</c><00:37:15.820><c> yourself.</c>

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:18.539
There's<00:37:16.420><c> no</c><00:37:16.659><c> mystery</c><00:37:17.019><c> about</c><00:37:17.219><c> that,</c><00:37:17.460><c> no</c><00:37:17.659><c> magic.</c>

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:21.059
When<00:37:19.300><c> I</c><00:37:19.440><c> was</c><00:37:19.639><c> in</c><00:37:19.840><c> Toronto,</c><00:37:20.199><c> a</c><00:37:20.340><c> young</c><00:37:20.519><c> man</c><00:37:20.699><c> boarding,</c>

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:23.199
there<00:37:21.320><c> was</c><00:37:21.480><c> a</c><00:37:21.639><c> sister,</c><00:37:22.199><c> she</c><00:37:22.400><c> was</c><00:37:22.619><c> in</c><00:37:22.739><c> her</c><00:37:22.860><c> 60s,</c>

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:25.380
she<00:37:23.380><c> came</c><00:37:23.579><c> up</c><00:37:23.860><c> and</c><00:37:24.019><c> she</c><00:37:24.280><c> thrust</c><00:37:24.480><c> a</c><00:37:24.659><c> booklet</c><00:37:24.840><c> in</c><00:37:25.000><c> my</c><00:37:25.219><c> hand</c>

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:27.440
saying,<00:37:25.619><c> Norman,</c><00:37:26.480><c> don't</c><00:37:26.820><c> you</c><00:37:27.039><c> do</c><00:37:27.219><c> anything.</c>

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.079
You<00:37:27.739><c> can't</c><00:37:28.039><c> even</c><00:37:28.320><c> have</c><00:37:28.460><c> your</c><00:37:28.780><c> supper.</c>

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:32.920
Until<00:37:29.860><c> you</c><00:37:31.460><c> read</c><00:37:31.719><c> this</c><00:37:32.039><c> book,</c>

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:38.340
it<00:37:35.300><c> was</c><00:37:35.639><c> The</c><00:37:35.900><c> Last</c><00:37:36.199><c> Days,</c><00:37:37.239><c> written</c><00:37:37.400><c> by</c><00:37:37.639><c> Brother</c><00:37:37.940><c> Whitaker,</c>

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:40.260
the<00:37:38.699><c> beginning</c><00:37:38.960><c> of</c><00:37:39.199><c> his</c><00:37:39.380><c> efforts</c><00:37:39.679><c> to</c><00:37:39.980><c> say,</c>

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:43.159
should<00:37:40.739><c> we</c><00:37:41.039><c> rebook</c><00:37:41.500><c> at</c><00:37:41.780><c> Bible</c><00:37:42.119><c> prophecy?</c>

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:46.679
There's<00:37:44.860><c> an</c><00:37:45.019><c> older</c><00:37:45.300><c> sister</c><00:37:45.539><c> saying,</c><00:37:45.880><c> Norman,</c><00:37:46.079><c> do</c><00:37:46.300><c> this.</c>

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.880
It's<00:37:47.440><c> unsettling.</c>

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:51.440
Another<00:37:48.699><c> sister</c><00:37:49.340><c> in</c><00:37:49.980><c> New</c><00:37:50.219><c> England,</c><00:37:50.619><c> about</c><00:37:50.780><c> a</c><00:37:50.920><c> year</c><00:37:51.039><c> after</c><00:37:51.300><c> that,</c>

00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:52.559
she<00:37:51.559><c> says,</c><00:37:51.900><c> I</c><00:37:51.900><c> read</c><00:37:52.079><c> that,</c><00:37:52.400><c> Norman,</c>

00:37:52.840 --> 00:37:55.760
and<00:37:52.840><c> it</c><00:37:53.039><c> destroyed</c><00:37:53.219><c> everything</c><00:37:53.579><c> I</c><00:37:53.860><c> believed</c><00:37:54.079><c> in.</c>

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:57.599
Is<00:37:57.079><c> that</c><00:37:57.300><c> true?</c>

00:37:57.760 --> 00:38:00.579
Will<00:37:57.840><c> reading</c><00:37:58.099><c> a</c><00:37:58.360><c> booklet</c><00:37:58.539><c> destroy</c><00:37:58.980><c> everything</c><00:37:59.300><c> you</c><00:37:59.519><c> believe</c><00:37:59.659><c> in?</c>

00:38:01.699 --> 00:38:03.659
Well,<00:38:01.940><c> I</c><00:38:02.079><c> don't</c><00:38:02.260><c> know</c><00:38:02.460><c> for</c><00:38:02.699><c> sure.</c>

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:05.699
It<00:38:03.940><c> may</c><00:38:04.139><c> have</c><00:38:04.360><c> been</c><00:38:04.460><c> if</c><00:38:04.639><c> everything</c><00:38:04.940><c> you</c><00:38:05.159><c> believe</c><00:38:05.239><c> was</c><00:38:05.480><c> wrong,</c>

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.460
but<00:38:05.880><c> I</c><00:38:06.119><c> doubt</c><00:38:06.280><c> it.</c>

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.780
That's<00:38:06.719><c> probably</c><00:38:06.940><c> an</c><00:38:07.199><c> exaggeration.</c>

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:09.820
But<00:38:08.280><c> things</c><00:38:08.619><c> affect</c><00:38:08.960><c> people</c><00:38:09.219><c> a</c><00:38:09.400><c> different</c><00:38:09.539><c> way.</c>

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:12.079
Now,<00:38:10.099><c> what's</c><00:38:10.380><c> the</c><00:38:10.599><c> solution</c><00:38:11.039><c> to</c><00:38:11.260><c> that?</c>

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:15.599
Not<00:38:12.559><c> to</c><00:38:12.780><c> read</c><00:38:12.900><c> the</c><00:38:13.119><c> booklet?</c><00:38:14.199><c> Burn</c><00:38:14.559><c> the</c><00:38:14.820><c> book?</c>

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:17.940
These<00:38:16.420><c> are</c><00:38:16.659><c> exaggerated</c><00:38:17.119><c> statements,</c><00:38:17.519><c> obviously,</c>

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:22.780
but<00:38:18.340><c> no,</c><00:38:19.039><c> if</c><00:38:20.139><c> it's</c><00:38:20.360><c> right,</c><00:38:21.360><c> it'll</c><00:38:21.539><c> be</c><00:38:21.719><c> shown</c><00:38:21.880><c> to</c><00:38:22.039><c> be</c><00:38:22.199><c> right.</c>

00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:27.440
If<00:38:23.380><c> it's</c><00:38:23.719><c> wrong,</c><00:38:25.119><c> then</c><00:38:25.239><c> we</c><00:38:25.440><c> just</c><00:38:25.739><c> ignore</c><00:38:26.019><c> it</c><00:38:26.159><c> and</c><00:38:26.219><c> go</c><00:38:26.440><c> on.</c>

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:31.400
And<00:38:29.139><c> that's</c><00:38:29.840><c> things</c><00:38:30.079><c> about</c><00:38:30.400><c> all</c><00:38:30.639><c> broad</c><00:38:30.820><c> prophecy</c>

00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:35.079
and<00:38:31.780><c> interpretations,</c><00:38:33.219><c> at</c><00:38:33.219><c> least</c><00:38:33.820><c> in</c><00:38:33.980><c> my</c><00:38:34.260><c> mind.</c>

00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:37.579
I<00:38:35.559><c> certainly</c><00:38:35.780><c> have</c><00:38:35.940><c> some</c><00:38:36.179><c> different</c><00:38:36.420><c> viewpoints,</c>

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:39.719
and<00:38:38.079><c> I</c><00:38:38.300><c> try</c><00:38:38.460><c> to</c><00:38:38.639><c> argue</c><00:38:38.880><c> and</c><00:38:39.099><c> reason</c><00:38:39.320><c> for</c><00:38:39.559><c> them.</c>

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:44.659
But<00:38:39.980><c> one</c><00:38:40.300><c> thing's</c><00:38:40.739><c> certain,</c><00:38:41.980><c> Christ</c><00:38:42.420><c> Jesus</c><00:38:42.980><c> is</c><00:38:43.300><c> coming</c><00:38:43.500><c> back.</c>

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:46.980
He's<00:38:45.119><c> coming</c><00:38:45.320><c> back</c><00:38:45.699><c> soon.</c>

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:51.840
That's<00:38:48.920><c> the</c><00:38:49.059><c> one</c><00:38:49.280><c> thing</c><00:38:49.519><c> we</c><00:38:49.719><c> want</c><00:38:49.980><c> to</c><00:38:50.159><c> know</c><00:38:50.360><c> and</c><00:38:50.559><c> get</c><00:38:50.760><c> ready</c><00:38:51.000><c> for.</c>

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:57.579
Those<00:38:55.880><c> of</c><00:38:56.039><c> you</c><00:38:56.139><c> at</c><00:38:56.380><c> the</c><00:38:56.579><c> Bloomin'</c><00:38:57.039><c> Study</c><00:38:57.239><c> Day,</c>

00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:00.980
one<00:38:58.000><c> other</c><00:38:58.300><c> thing</c><00:38:58.559><c> that</c><00:38:58.739><c> I</c><00:38:58.900><c> came</c><00:38:59.039><c> across</c><00:38:59.440><c> was</c><00:38:59.880><c> some</c><00:39:00.739><c> notes</c>

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:03.239
when<00:39:01.139><c> I</c><00:39:01.300><c> was</c><00:39:01.400><c> in</c><00:39:01.579><c> all</c><00:39:01.800><c> places,</c><00:39:02.159><c> Columbia.</c>

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:05.480
I<00:39:03.840><c> was</c><00:39:03.920><c> visiting</c><00:39:04.119><c> there,</c><00:39:04.420><c> and</c><00:39:04.579><c> then</c><00:39:04.739><c> I</c><00:39:04.900><c> wrote</c><00:39:05.079><c> to</c><00:39:05.280><c> England</c>

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:07.139
for<00:39:05.719><c> some</c><00:39:05.920><c> notes</c><00:39:06.119><c> by</c><00:39:06.320><c> Brother</c><00:39:06.639><c> Oxtoby,</c>

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:11.599
because<00:39:07.519><c> I'd</c><00:39:07.840><c> read</c><00:39:08.480><c> Brother</c><00:39:09.780><c> Sully's</c><00:39:10.179><c> book</c><00:39:10.360><c> on</c><00:39:10.800><c> Ezekiel's</c><00:39:11.300><c> temple,</c>

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:14.280
and<00:39:11.820><c> I</c><00:39:11.940><c> was,</c><00:39:13.219><c> wow,</c><00:39:13.760><c> is</c><00:39:13.840><c> this</c><00:39:14.019><c> ever</c><00:39:14.179><c> great?</c>

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.699
Look<00:39:14.460><c> at</c><00:39:14.579><c> the</c><00:39:14.760><c> pictures,</c><00:39:15.159><c> he's</c><00:39:15.239><c> an</c><00:39:15.420><c> architect,</c>

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:16.960
he's<00:39:15.900><c> got</c><00:39:16.019><c> all</c><00:39:16.199><c> this</c><00:39:16.360><c> information,</c>

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:18.559
and<00:39:17.460><c> then</c><00:39:17.619><c> I</c><00:39:17.739><c> read</c><00:39:17.820><c> this</c><00:39:18.059><c> other</c><00:39:18.260><c> viewpoint</c>

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:22.059
that<00:39:19.219><c> seriously</c><00:39:19.719><c> caught</c><00:39:19.980><c> into</c><00:39:20.320><c> question,</c><00:39:20.960><c> that</c><00:39:21.079><c> viewpoint.</c>

00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:25.119
And<00:39:23.360><c> now</c><00:39:23.599><c> I'm</c><00:39:23.800><c> of</c><00:39:23.920><c> the</c><00:39:24.079><c> opinion</c><00:39:24.320><c> that</c><00:39:24.500><c> those</c><00:39:24.739><c> of</c><00:39:24.960><c> you</c>

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:27.699
who<00:39:25.360><c> got</c><00:39:25.619><c> this</c><00:39:25.900><c> picture</c><00:39:26.179><c> of</c><00:39:26.360><c> the</c><00:39:26.500><c> temple</c><00:39:26.800><c> on</c><00:39:27.059><c> your</c><00:39:27.260><c> wall,</c>

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.840
the<00:39:28.000><c> wall</c><00:39:28.099><c> sitting</c><00:39:28.320><c> and</c><00:39:28.460><c> so</c><00:39:28.559><c> on,</c>

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:32.300
I<00:39:29.199><c> think</c><00:39:29.380><c> you</c><00:39:29.539><c> should</c><00:39:29.719><c> accept</c><00:39:30.000><c> that</c><00:39:30.219><c> with</c><00:39:30.579><c> grave</c><00:39:31.039><c> consequences.</c>

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:35.519
I'm<00:39:33.559><c> sure</c><00:39:33.760><c> that's</c><00:39:34.159><c> a</c><00:39:34.239><c> Bible</c><00:39:34.440><c> position.</c>

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:38.579
It's<00:39:36.679><c> just</c><00:39:36.820><c> a</c><00:39:36.940><c> matter</c><00:39:37.099><c> of</c><00:39:37.300><c> checking</c><00:39:37.500><c> it</c><00:39:37.719><c> out</c><00:39:37.840><c> to</c><00:39:38.000><c> see</c><00:39:38.099><c> if</c><00:39:38.199><c> it's</c><00:39:38.420><c> right.</c>

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:43.300
I've<00:39:39.260><c> alluded</c><00:39:39.440><c> already</c><00:39:39.960><c> to</c><00:39:40.179><c> this</c><00:39:40.460><c> book,</c><00:39:41.239><c> Genesis</c><00:39:42.119><c> Flood,</c>

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.760
I<00:39:43.639><c> read</c><00:39:43.780><c> by</c><00:39:44.059><c> Morrison</c><00:39:44.360><c> Whitcomb,</c>

00:39:44.840 --> 00:39:47.559
this<00:39:44.960><c> was</c><00:39:45.219><c> a</c><00:39:45.300><c> defense</c><00:39:45.699><c> of</c><00:39:45.980><c> creation</c><00:39:46.260><c> against</c><00:39:46.579><c> evolution,</c><00:39:47.320><c> great.</c>

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:49.679
Flood<00:39:47.900><c> theory</c><00:39:48.139><c> explained</c><00:39:48.559><c> everything.</c>

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.860
And<00:39:50.159><c> then</c><00:39:50.320><c> Brother</c><00:39:50.719><c> Alan</c><00:39:51.000><c> Hayward</c><00:39:51.219><c> came</c><00:39:51.460><c> up</c><00:39:51.619><c> with</c><00:39:51.780><c> a</c><00:39:51.960><c> book</c>

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:55.920
that<00:39:53.539><c> burst</c><00:39:53.800><c> all</c><00:39:53.980><c> my</c><00:39:54.219><c> bubbles</c><00:39:54.579><c> and</c><00:39:55.739><c> said,</c>

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:58.460
Norman<00:39:56.260><c> Fadal,</c><00:39:56.639><c> you</c><00:39:56.840><c> don't</c><00:39:57.179><c> know</c><00:39:57.460><c> what</c><00:39:57.639><c> you're</c><00:39:57.880><c> talking</c><00:39:58.159><c> about.</c>

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:00.980
And<00:39:58.639><c> I</c><00:39:58.800><c> didn't,</c><00:39:59.059><c> I</c><00:39:59.239><c> was</c><00:39:59.480><c> ignorant,</c><00:39:59.880><c> I</c><00:40:00.019><c> was</c><00:40:00.380><c> wrong,</c>

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:03.639
dead<00:40:01.400><c> wrong</c><00:40:01.960><c> on</c><00:40:02.380><c> a</c><00:40:02.480><c> lot</c><00:40:02.639><c> of</c><00:40:02.800><c> matters.</c>

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:05.219
But<00:40:03.820><c> now</c><00:40:04.000><c> I</c><00:40:04.019><c> know</c><00:40:04.179><c> better.</c>

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.760
And<00:40:05.599><c> the</c><00:40:05.800><c> point</c><00:40:05.980><c> is,</c><00:40:06.260><c> realize</c><00:40:06.659><c> that</c><00:40:06.940><c> better</c><00:40:07.139><c> information</c>

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:10.619
may<00:40:07.960><c> come</c><00:40:08.199><c> along</c><00:40:08.619><c> and</c><00:40:09.199><c> cause</c><00:40:09.400><c> you</c><00:40:09.639><c> to</c><00:40:09.800><c> abandon</c><00:40:10.079><c> your</c><00:40:10.360><c> ideas.</c>

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:13.500
It's<00:40:10.860><c> much</c><00:40:11.039><c> better</c><00:40:11.300><c> to</c><00:40:11.480><c> admit</c><00:40:11.579><c> we're</c><00:40:11.820><c> wrong</c><00:40:12.000><c> now,</c>

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:17.380
face<00:40:13.719><c> up</c><00:40:14.019><c> to</c><00:40:14.159><c> it,</c><00:40:15.519><c> rather</c><00:40:15.780><c> than</c><00:40:16.519><c> wait</c><00:40:16.860><c> till</c><00:40:17.039><c> we</c><00:40:17.199><c> get</c>

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:19.360
a<00:40:17.699><c> totally</c><00:40:18.099><c> indefensible</c><00:40:18.880><c> position</c>

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:22.360
and<00:40:19.500><c> be</c><00:40:19.760><c> toppled</c><00:40:20.519><c> from</c><00:40:20.940><c> crashing</c><00:40:21.360><c> down.</c>

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:28.139
One<00:40:25.000><c> of</c><00:40:25.139><c> the</c><00:40:25.380><c> key</c><00:40:25.619><c> discoveries</c><00:40:26.179><c> I</c><00:40:26.539><c> made</c><00:40:26.860><c> myself,</c>

00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:31.380
and<00:40:28.579><c> I've</c><00:40:28.880><c> talked</c><00:40:29.000><c> about</c><00:40:29.199><c> this</c><00:40:29.440><c> before,</c>

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:34.440
it<00:40:31.739><c> was</c><00:40:31.840><c> in</c><00:40:32.260><c> Second</c><00:40:32.539><c> Timothy</c><00:40:32.900><c> chapter</c><00:40:33.340><c> three,</c><00:40:33.719><c> two</c><00:40:33.980><c> points.</c>

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:38.380
One<00:40:34.940><c> is</c><00:40:35.139><c> verse</c><00:40:35.340><c> 16,</c><00:40:36.380><c> and</c><00:40:36.539><c> one</c><00:40:36.699><c> is</c><00:40:36.940><c> verses</c><00:40:37.219><c> one</c><00:40:37.539><c> to</c><00:40:37.780><c> five.</c>

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:40.699
The<00:40:39.019><c> one</c><00:40:39.139><c> in</c><00:40:39.340><c> 16,</c><00:40:39.780><c> you</c><00:40:40.000><c> know,</c><00:40:40.440><c> is,</c>

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:44.760
all<00:40:41.099><c> scripture</c><00:40:41.480><c> is</c><00:40:41.780><c> inspired</c><00:40:42.159><c> by</c><00:40:42.400><c> God</c><00:40:42.719><c> and</c><00:40:42.980><c> profitable</c><00:40:43.380><c> for</c><00:40:43.719><c> teaching,</c>

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:48.260
for<00:40:45.000><c> reproof,</c><00:40:45.739><c> for</c><00:40:46.059><c> correction,</c><00:40:46.639><c> for</c><00:40:46.840><c> training</c><00:40:47.119><c> in</c><00:40:47.360><c> righteousness.</c>

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:51.719
It<00:40:49.739><c> dawned</c><00:40:49.960><c> upon</c><00:40:50.179><c> me</c><00:40:50.380><c> that</c><00:40:50.519><c> this</c><00:40:50.719><c> was</c><00:40:50.900><c> not</c><00:40:51.099><c> a</c><00:40:51.280><c> proof</c><00:40:51.460><c> text</c>

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for<00:40:51.940><c> Bible</c><00:40:52.280><c> inspiration.</c>

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This<00:40:55.980><c> verse</c><00:40:56.219><c> was</c><00:40:56.380><c> saying,</c><00:40:57.019><c> you,</c><00:40:57.539><c> the</c><00:40:57.760><c> reader,</c>

00:40:58.360 --> 00:41:01.739
in<00:40:58.480><c> this</c><00:40:58.719><c> case,</c><00:40:59.119><c> Norman</c><00:40:59.360><c> Fadal,</c><00:41:00.440><c> ought</c><00:41:00.579><c> to</c><00:41:00.800><c> be</c><00:41:01.000><c> reading</c><00:41:01.199><c> your</c><00:41:01.500><c> Bible</c>

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:06.260
so<00:41:01.980><c> that</c><00:41:02.460><c> you</c><00:41:02.920><c> will</c><00:41:03.260><c> be</c><00:41:03.519><c> trained,</c><00:41:04.500><c> so</c><00:41:04.619><c> that</c><00:41:05.039><c> you</c><00:41:05.320><c> will</c><00:41:05.579><c> be</c><00:41:05.860><c> improved.</c>

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So<00:41:07.000><c> I</c><00:41:07.239><c> will</c><00:41:07.460><c> be</c><00:41:07.920><c> all</c><00:41:08.440><c> these</c><00:41:08.659><c> things.</c>

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That's<00:41:10.719><c> the</c><00:41:10.820><c> purpose</c><00:41:11.159><c> of</c><00:41:11.400><c> it.</c>

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And<00:41:13.840><c> verses</c><00:41:14.139><c> one</c><00:41:14.519><c> to</c><00:41:14.920><c> five</c><00:41:15.579><c> in</c><00:41:15.860><c> that</c><00:41:16.079><c> chapter,</c>

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:18.519
and<00:41:16.619><c> also</c><00:41:16.840><c> in</c><00:41:17.079><c> chapter</c><00:41:17.360><c> four,</c>

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:22.219
I<00:41:18.760><c> realized</c><00:41:19.300><c> that</c><00:41:19.619><c> this</c><00:41:19.920><c> warning</c><00:41:20.519><c> about</c><00:41:21.400><c> what</c><00:41:21.659><c> would</c><00:41:21.840><c> happen</c>

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:26.099
in<00:41:22.579><c> the</c><00:41:22.760><c> latter</c><00:41:22.980><c> days,</c><00:41:24.000><c> and</c><00:41:24.159><c> people</c><00:41:24.480><c> not</c><00:41:24.760><c> enduring</c><00:41:25.260><c> sound</c><00:41:25.579><c> teaching</c>

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:28.880
and<00:41:26.440><c> being</c><00:41:26.639><c> lovers</c><00:41:26.980><c> of</c><00:41:27.320><c> self,</c><00:41:27.500><c> lovers</c><00:41:27.820><c> of</c><00:41:27.980><c> money</c><00:41:28.199><c> and</c><00:41:28.380><c> so</c><00:41:28.539><c> on,</c>

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:32.920
was<00:41:29.400><c> not</c><00:41:29.780><c> primarily</c><00:41:30.320><c> talking</c><00:41:31.019><c> about</c>

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those<00:41:33.579><c> outside</c><00:41:34.179><c> of</c><00:41:34.480><c> our</c><00:41:34.820><c> community,</c>

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:38.480
at<00:41:36.880><c> least</c><00:41:37.119><c> necessarily</c><00:41:37.840><c> out</c><00:41:38.139><c> there.</c>

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:39.719
You<00:41:38.800><c> know,</c><00:41:38.860><c> it's</c><00:41:38.980><c> very</c><00:41:39.159><c> easy</c><00:41:39.280><c> to</c><00:41:39.519><c> say,</c>

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:41.679
these<00:41:40.119><c> are</c><00:41:40.280><c> all</c><00:41:40.400><c> the</c><00:41:40.559><c> bad</c><00:41:40.699><c> people.</c>

00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:46.119
Well,<00:41:43.800><c> we,</c><00:41:44.340><c> the</c><00:41:44.619><c> lesson</c><00:41:44.860><c> here,</c><00:41:45.199><c> we</c><00:41:45.320><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:45.679><c> fail</c>

00:41:46.119 --> 00:41:49.099
to<00:41:46.440><c> see</c><00:41:46.679><c> the</c><00:41:47.699><c> application</c><00:41:48.360><c> to</c><00:41:48.719><c> ourselves,</c>

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:52.380
that<00:41:49.340><c> we</c><00:41:49.659><c> are</c><00:41:49.980><c> just</c><00:41:50.400><c> as</c><00:41:50.699><c> reasonable</c><00:41:51.139><c> candidates</c><00:41:51.579><c> for</c><00:41:51.820><c> this</c>

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as<00:41:53.300><c> other</c><00:41:53.679><c> churches.</c>

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So<00:41:55.820><c> those</c><00:41:56.340><c> are</c><00:41:56.579><c> some</c><00:41:56.860><c> things,</c><00:41:57.199><c> those</c><00:41:57.420><c> are</c><00:41:57.659><c> some</c><00:41:58.000><c> specifics</c>

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.599
for<00:41:58.739><c> me,</c>

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:02.659
and<00:42:00.539><c> really</c><00:42:00.840><c> what</c><00:42:01.039><c> I'm</c><00:42:01.199><c> asking</c><00:42:01.559><c> you</c><00:42:01.820><c> to</c><00:42:02.019><c> do</c><00:42:02.280><c> today</c>

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:04.380
is<00:42:02.880><c> to</c><00:42:03.019><c> think</c><00:42:03.159><c> about</c><00:42:03.420><c> your</c><00:42:03.679><c> life.</c>

00:42:04.719 --> 00:42:06.280
What<00:42:05.239><c> has</c><00:42:05.480><c> happened</c><00:42:05.699><c> in</c><00:42:05.820><c> your</c><00:42:06.099><c> life</c>

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:10.320
the<00:42:06.440><c> last</c><00:42:06.820><c> five,</c><00:42:07.320><c> ten,</c><00:42:08.719><c> thirty</c><00:42:09.079><c> years?</c>

00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:13.619
What<00:42:11.599><c> have</c><00:42:11.679><c> you</c><00:42:11.719><c> done</c><00:42:11.900><c> about</c><00:42:12.239><c> new</c><00:42:12.500><c> information?</c>

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:16.860
How<00:42:14.300><c> much</c><00:42:14.559><c> have</c><00:42:14.679><c> you</c><00:42:14.900><c> investigated</c><00:42:15.480><c> for</c><00:42:15.840><c> yourself?</c>

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:19.039
Have<00:42:17.179><c> you</c><00:42:17.380><c> grown</c><00:42:17.659><c> in</c><00:42:17.860><c> your</c><00:42:18.099><c> understanding?</c>

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Are<00:42:19.880><c> you</c><00:42:20.179><c> bearing</c><00:42:20.480><c> fruit</c><00:42:20.900><c> for</c><00:42:21.139><c> God?</c>

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:24.019
This<00:42:22.800><c> is</c><00:42:22.840><c> the</c><00:42:22.840><c> last</c><00:42:23.139><c> time</c><00:42:23.300><c> you</c><00:42:23.559><c> talk</c>

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:26.019
about<00:42:24.519><c> the</c><00:42:24.800><c> truth</c><00:42:24.920><c> to</c><00:42:25.199><c> a</c><00:42:25.380><c> friend</c><00:42:25.579><c> or</c><00:42:25.780><c> a</c><00:42:25.880><c> neighbor.</c>

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:27.900
These<00:42:26.360><c> are</c><00:42:26.500><c> some</c><00:42:26.780><c> things</c><00:42:26.980><c> you</c><00:42:27.159><c> should</c><00:42:27.320><c> talk</c><00:42:27.559><c> to</c><00:42:27.699><c> yourself.</c>

00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:30.260
But<00:42:28.159><c> we</c><00:42:28.260><c> must</c><00:42:28.920><c> face</c><00:42:29.239><c> up</c><00:42:29.500><c> to</c><00:42:29.659><c> these</c><00:42:29.900><c> things.</c>

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:33.260
We<00:42:30.739><c> must</c><00:42:30.960><c> face</c><00:42:31.239><c> up</c><00:42:31.440><c> to</c><00:42:31.539><c> it</c><00:42:31.659><c> because</c><00:42:31.920><c> life</c><00:42:32.360><c> is</c><00:42:32.800><c> tough</c>

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:35.239
and<00:42:33.800><c> must</c><00:42:34.139><c> be</c><00:42:34.400><c> faced.</c>

00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:37.440
We<00:42:35.519><c> must</c><00:42:35.699><c> face</c><00:42:35.960><c> the</c><00:42:36.239><c> problems</c><00:42:36.619><c> in</c><00:42:36.800><c> our</c><00:42:37.000><c> community.</c>

00:42:37.500 --> 00:42:38.380
They<00:42:37.699><c> won't</c><00:42:37.920><c> disappear.</c>

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:41.360
We<00:42:38.579><c> must</c><00:42:39.000><c> face</c><00:42:39.639><c> that</c><00:42:40.000><c> person</c><00:42:40.440><c> in</c><00:42:40.639><c> our</c><00:42:40.860><c> community</c>

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or<00:42:41.940><c> in</c><00:42:42.219><c> our</c><00:42:42.460><c> eplesia.</c>

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:47.679
I<00:42:45.219><c> surmise</c><00:42:45.739><c> that</c><00:42:45.960><c> if</c><00:42:46.320><c> we</c><00:42:46.960><c> individually,</c>

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with<00:42:48.219><c> problem</c><00:42:48.800><c> situations,</c>

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spent<00:42:50.559><c> thirty</c><00:42:51.179><c> minutes,</c>

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:54.179
only<00:42:52.639><c> thirty</c><00:42:53.019><c> minutes,</c>

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:57.139
talking<00:42:55.119><c> face</c><00:42:55.699><c> to</c><00:42:55.920><c> face,</c>

00:42:57.900 --> 00:43:01.179
in<00:42:58.099><c> a</c><00:42:58.199><c> Bible</c><00:42:58.480><c> context,</c><00:42:59.519><c> with</c><00:42:59.679><c> an</c><00:42:59.980><c> individual,</c>

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:04.820
seventy<00:43:02.059><c>-five</c><00:43:02.719><c> percent</c><00:43:03.420><c> of</c><00:43:04.059><c> the</c><00:43:04.340><c> problems</c>

00:43:04.820 --> 00:43:07.360
in<00:43:05.159><c> our</c><00:43:05.400><c> community</c><00:43:05.900><c> would</c><00:43:06.260><c> disappear.</c>

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:12.019
Thirty<00:43:09.480><c> minute</c><00:43:10.320><c> face</c><00:43:10.840><c> to</c><00:43:11.139><c> face</c><00:43:11.400><c> investment</c>

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:15.280
could<00:43:12.679><c> make</c><00:43:12.980><c> that</c><00:43:13.320><c> many</c><00:43:13.619><c> problems</c><00:43:14.039><c> go</c><00:43:14.340><c> away.</c>

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:18.280
Simple<00:43:16.480><c> solution,</c><00:43:17.099><c> right?</c>

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:20.619
Hard<00:43:19.039><c> to</c><00:43:19.260><c> do,</c><00:43:19.840><c> but</c><00:43:19.960><c> there</c><00:43:20.199><c> it</c><00:43:20.360><c> is.</c>

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.440
Face<00:43:20.920><c> up</c><00:43:21.159><c> to</c><00:43:21.300><c> it.</c>

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:23.780
Face<00:43:21.860><c> up</c><00:43:22.440><c> to</c><00:43:22.719><c> ourselves.</c>

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Well,<00:43:26.239><c> my</c><00:43:26.420><c> closing</c><00:43:26.800><c> two</c><00:43:27.179><c> minutes</c><00:43:27.480><c> here,</c>

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according<00:43:28.679><c> to</c><00:43:28.920><c> my</c><00:43:29.119><c> watch.</c>

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About<00:43:33.679><c> eight</c><00:43:33.880><c> years</c><00:43:34.139><c> ago,</c>

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:37.139
I<00:43:35.159><c> asked</c><00:43:35.400><c> myself</c><00:43:35.920><c> a</c><00:43:36.159><c> question.</c>

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:41.300
What<00:43:38.619><c> does</c><00:43:39.179><c> God</c><00:43:39.500><c> want</c><00:43:39.960><c> me</c><00:43:40.340><c> to</c><00:43:40.500><c> do</c><00:43:40.579><c> with</c><00:43:40.860><c> my</c><00:43:41.059><c> life?</c>

00:43:41.300 --> 00:43:44.420
Have<00:43:41.940><c> you</c><00:43:42.119><c> ever</c><00:43:42.300><c> asked</c><00:43:42.500><c> yourself</c><00:43:42.860><c> that</c><00:43:43.079><c> question?</c>

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:48.679
But<00:43:45.920><c> what</c><00:43:46.119><c> does</c><00:43:46.320><c> God</c><00:43:46.599><c> want</c><00:43:46.840><c> me</c><00:43:47.119><c> to</c><00:43:47.239><c> do,</c><00:43:47.780><c> to</c><00:43:47.880><c> be?</c>

00:43:50.159 --> 00:43:51.280
Is<00:43:50.440><c> there</c><00:43:50.659><c> an</c><00:43:50.940><c> answer,</c>

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:54.039
a<00:43:51.440><c> very</c><00:43:52.000><c> clear</c><00:43:52.239><c> answer</c><00:43:52.760><c> in</c><00:43:53.000><c> the</c><00:43:53.119><c> Bible?</c>

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:58.619
And<00:43:56.559><c> if</c><00:43:56.760><c> I</c><00:43:56.980><c> found</c><00:43:57.139><c> that</c><00:43:57.400><c> answer,</c>

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:02.800
would<00:44:00.039><c> I</c><00:44:00.219><c> be</c><00:44:00.440><c> willing</c><00:44:00.880><c> to</c><00:44:01.500><c> do</c><00:44:01.639><c> something</c><00:44:01.960><c> about</c><00:44:02.239><c> it?</c>

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Like,<00:44:03.320><c> if</c><00:44:03.480><c> you</c><00:44:03.679><c> found</c><00:44:03.900><c> that</c><00:44:04.119><c> answer,</c>

00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:08.860
would<00:44:04.559><c> you</c><00:44:05.320><c> be</c><00:44:05.699><c> willing</c><00:44:06.079><c> to</c><00:44:06.579><c> do</c><00:44:06.719><c> something</c><00:44:07.059><c> about</c><00:44:07.300><c> it?</c>

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:12.320
Accept<00:44:09.639><c> that</c><00:44:09.940><c> truth</c><00:44:10.179><c> that</c><00:44:10.380><c> you</c><00:44:10.539><c> discovered</c><00:44:10.980><c> for</c><00:44:11.260><c> yourself.</c>

00:44:12.860 --> 00:44:15.219
Now,<00:44:13.139><c> this</c><00:44:13.360><c> isn't</c><00:44:13.679><c> a</c><00:44:13.860><c> matter</c><00:44:14.139><c> of</c><00:44:14.420><c> propositional</c><00:44:14.960><c> truth.</c>

00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:16.239
This<00:44:15.420><c> isn't</c><00:44:15.539><c> a</c><00:44:15.639><c> matter</c><00:44:15.800><c> of</c><00:44:16.000><c> doctrine.</c>

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:18.659
We<00:44:16.460><c> already</c><00:44:16.719><c> got</c><00:44:16.880><c> a</c><00:44:17.039><c> good</c><00:44:17.239><c> grasp</c><00:44:17.579><c> on</c><00:44:17.780><c> that.</c>

00:44:18.719 --> 00:44:22.300
This<00:44:18.920><c> is</c><00:44:19.219><c> a</c><00:44:19.739><c> very</c><00:44:20.519><c> personal,</c>

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highly<00:44:23.920><c> specific</c>

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:30.159
thing<00:44:28.679><c> for</c><00:44:29.199><c> you</c><00:44:29.519><c> to</c><00:44:29.739><c> do,</c>

00:44:30.539 --> 00:44:32.420
for<00:44:30.760><c> me</c><00:44:31.079><c> to</c><00:44:31.219><c> do.</c>

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:35.239
The<00:44:33.380><c> results</c><00:44:33.639><c> of</c><00:44:33.900><c> which</c><00:44:34.079><c> should</c><00:44:34.280><c> only</c><00:44:34.559><c> impact</c><00:44:34.900><c> my</c><00:44:35.179><c> life,</c>

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:36.219
not<00:44:35.559><c> someone</c><00:44:35.760><c> else's</c><00:44:36.119><c> life.</c>

00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:39.440
I'm<00:44:36.360><c> not</c><00:44:36.579><c> investigating</c><00:44:37.000><c> this</c><00:44:37.280><c> for</c><00:44:37.400><c> anybody</c><00:44:37.659><c> else</c><00:44:37.940><c> but</c><00:44:38.059><c> myself.</c>

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:44.579
So<00:44:40.719><c> I</c><00:44:41.079><c> won't</c><00:44:41.320><c> find</c><00:44:41.559><c> the</c><00:44:41.760><c> answer</c><00:44:42.119><c> in</c><00:44:42.579><c> reading</c><00:44:42.840><c> a</c><00:44:43.019><c> Bible</c><00:44:43.320><c> commentary</c>

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:46.440
or<00:44:45.739><c> a</c><00:44:45.960><c> reference</c><00:44:46.159><c> book.</c>

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I<00:44:46.639><c> can't</c><00:44:46.900><c> even</c><00:44:47.159><c> find</c><00:44:47.380><c> this</c><00:44:47.619><c> out</c><00:44:47.760><c> by</c><00:44:47.960><c> going</c><00:44:48.239><c> and</c><00:44:48.480><c> talking</c><00:44:48.760><c> to</c>

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someone<00:44:49.199><c> else.</c>

00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:54.000
This<00:44:50.599><c> is</c><00:44:50.820><c> something</c><00:44:51.099><c> that</c><00:44:51.400><c> I,</c><00:44:51.780><c> as</c><00:44:52.039><c> an</c><00:44:52.260><c> individual,</c><00:44:52.760><c> must</c><00:44:53.059><c> seek</c>

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:57.019
in<00:44:54.659><c> trying</c><00:44:54.880><c> to</c><00:44:55.099><c> worship</c><00:44:55.340><c> God</c><00:44:55.619><c> in</c><00:44:55.840><c> spirit</c><00:44:56.039><c> and</c><00:44:56.280><c> truth.</c>

00:44:57.679 --> 00:45:01.619
In<00:44:57.820><c> fact,</c><00:44:58.039><c> it's</c><00:44:58.400><c> not</c><00:44:58.659><c> a</c><00:44:58.840><c> matter</c><00:44:59.079><c> of</c><00:44:59.940><c> my</c><00:45:00.579><c> ecclesial</c><00:45:01.059><c> association</c>

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:03.699
or<00:45:01.880><c> fellowship</c><00:45:02.360><c> or</c><00:45:02.780><c> anything</c><00:45:03.139><c> like</c><00:45:03.440><c> that.</c>

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:05.460
It<00:45:04.059><c> isn't</c><00:45:04.280><c> a</c><00:45:04.500><c> controversial</c><00:45:05.019><c> matter.</c>

00:45:05.460 --> 00:45:07.780
It's<00:45:06.199><c> not</c><00:45:06.360><c> a</c><00:45:06.519><c> matter</c><00:45:06.699><c> even</c><00:45:07.039><c> for</c><00:45:07.360><c> discussing.</c>

00:45:07.820 --> 00:45:11.119
It's<00:45:08.039><c> a</c><00:45:08.179><c> matter</c><00:45:08.559><c> in</c><00:45:09.039><c> private,</c><00:45:09.579><c> totally</c><00:45:09.780><c> in</c><00:45:10.000><c> private</c><00:45:10.199><c> for</c><00:45:10.460><c> me,</c>

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:15.440
finding<00:45:12.079><c> out</c><00:45:12.940><c> and</c><00:45:13.800><c> living</c><00:45:14.099><c> out.</c>

00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:20.360
Because<00:45:17.920><c> truth</c><00:45:18.519><c> invites</c><00:45:19.039><c> investigation.</c>

00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:23.380
Truth<00:45:22.780><c> confronts.</c>

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:25.420
Truth<00:45:23.920><c> also</c><00:45:24.440><c> rewards.</c>

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:28.820
So<00:45:26.679><c> that's</c><00:45:27.280><c> what</c><00:45:27.420><c> I</c><00:45:27.599><c> went</c><00:45:27.760><c> through.</c>

00:45:29.519 --> 00:45:30.840
I<00:45:29.800><c> put</c><00:45:30.019><c> it</c><00:45:30.260><c> now</c><00:45:30.539><c> to</c><00:45:30.739><c> you.</c>

00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:34.579
What<00:45:31.079><c> will</c><00:45:31.320><c> it</c><00:45:31.579><c> be,</c><00:45:32.340><c> brother,</c><00:45:33.519><c> sister</c><00:45:33.840><c> or</c><00:45:34.039><c> friend?</c>

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:40.539
Are<00:45:35.900><c> you</c><00:45:36.239><c> willing</c><00:45:36.760><c> to</c><00:45:38.280><c> ask</c><00:45:38.460><c> yourself</c><00:45:39.019><c> the</c><00:45:39.260><c> question,</c>

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:49.389
what<00:45:41.860><c> does</c><00:45:42.519><c> God</c><00:45:43.139><c> want</c><00:45:43.800><c> of</c><00:45:44.260><c> me</c><00:45:45.260><c> to</c><00:45:46.420><c> be</c><00:45:47.159><c> or</c><00:45:48.019><c> to</c><00:45:48.280><c> do?</c>

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:53.059
And<00:45:51.559><c> then</c><00:45:51.719><c> having</c><00:45:51.900><c> asked</c><00:45:52.139><c> yourself</c><00:45:52.500><c> that</c><00:45:52.760><c> question,</c>

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:58.079
are<00:45:53.320><c> you</c><00:45:53.679><c> willing</c><00:45:54.300><c> to</c><00:45:56.719><c> find</c><00:45:56.960><c> out?</c>

00:46:11.480 --> 00:46:17.079
Well,<00:46:12.000><c> I</c><00:46:12.519><c> developed</c><00:46:13.099><c> a</c><00:46:13.340><c> list</c><00:46:13.519><c> of</c><00:46:13.860><c> passages</c><00:46:14.179><c> that,</c><00:46:15.719><c> to</c><00:46:16.960><c> me,</c>

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:21.340
were<00:46:17.400><c> surprisingly</c><00:46:18.320><c> specific</c><00:46:19.260><c> and</c><00:46:19.960><c> really</c><00:46:20.420><c> clear.</c>

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:24.159
In<00:46:22.380><c> fact,</c><00:46:22.679><c> I've</c><00:46:22.920><c> got</c><00:46:23.000><c> them</c><00:46:23.159><c> in</c><00:46:23.280><c> a</c><00:46:23.400><c> handout,</c>

00:46:24.360 --> 00:46:26.880
which<00:46:24.739><c> I'll</c><00:46:25.000><c> let</c><00:46:25.079><c> you</c><00:46:25.300><c> take</c><00:46:25.460><c> at</c><00:46:25.659><c> the</c><00:46:25.920><c> end</c><00:46:26.119><c> if</c><00:46:26.280><c> you</c><00:46:26.539><c> want.</c>

00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:29.579
I<00:46:27.420><c> didn't</c><00:46:27.739><c> give</c><00:46:27.860><c> them</c><00:46:28.019><c> to</c><00:46:28.099><c> you</c><00:46:28.280><c> now.</c>

00:46:30.599 --> 00:46:35.239
And<00:46:31.280><c> in</c><00:46:31.639><c> title,</c><00:46:32.500><c> what</c><00:46:32.639><c> does</c><00:46:32.900><c> God</c><00:46:33.440><c> want</c><00:46:33.840><c> of</c><00:46:34.019><c> us?</c>

00:46:37.380 --> 00:46:41.260
That's<00:46:38.059><c> the</c><00:46:38.219><c> one</c><00:46:38.599><c> I</c><00:46:39.099><c> came</c><00:46:39.340><c> up</c><00:46:39.599><c> with.</c>

00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:45.139
Prepare<00:46:44.280><c> your</c><00:46:44.559><c> own</c><00:46:44.739><c> list.</c>

00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:47.639
Develop<00:46:46.059><c> one</c><00:46:46.400><c> for</c><00:46:46.639><c> yourself.</c>

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:52.400
If<00:46:50.099><c> you'd</c><00:46:50.440><c> like,</c><00:46:51.059><c> and</c><00:46:51.119><c> I'd</c><00:46:51.380><c> sure</c><00:46:51.480><c> like</c><00:46:51.659><c> it,</c>

00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:54.559
why<00:46:52.860><c> don't</c><00:46:52.860><c> you</c><00:46:53.079><c> send</c><00:46:53.239><c> me</c><00:46:53.420><c> a</c><00:46:53.599><c> copy?</c>

00:46:55.559 --> 00:47:00.179
I'd<00:46:56.039><c> like</c><00:46:56.039><c> to</c><00:46:56.179><c> see</c><00:46:56.780><c> what</c><00:46:57.099><c> you</c><00:46:58.139><c> discovered</c><00:46:58.599><c> for</c><00:46:58.980><c> yourself.</c>

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:02.760
And<00:47:02.000><c> maybe</c><00:47:02.219><c> it</c><00:47:02.340><c> is</c><00:47:02.519><c> no</c><00:47:02.659><c> less.</c>

00:47:02.820 --> 00:47:05.820
Maybe<00:47:03.139><c> there</c><00:47:03.460><c> is</c><00:47:03.559><c> some</c><00:47:04.000><c> one</c><00:47:04.239><c> thing</c><00:47:04.500><c> that</c><00:47:04.840><c> happens</c><00:47:05.159><c> in</c><00:47:05.320><c> your</c><00:47:05.519><c> life</c>

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:08.179
as<00:47:06.099><c> a</c><00:47:06.360><c> consequence</c><00:47:06.880><c> of</c><00:47:07.119><c> some</c><00:47:07.360><c> things</c><00:47:07.639><c> this</c><00:47:07.980><c> week,</c>

00:47:08.219 --> 00:47:10.219
not<00:47:08.440><c> necessarily</c><00:47:08.920><c> for</c><00:47:09.119><c> my</c><00:47:09.380><c> class.</c>

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:12.500
Share<00:47:11.539><c> the</c><00:47:11.699><c> morale.</c>

00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:14.519
I'd<00:47:13.139><c> like</c><00:47:13.280><c> to</c><00:47:13.440><c> hear</c><00:47:13.539><c> from</c><00:47:13.739><c> you</c><00:47:13.900><c> if</c><00:47:13.980><c> you</c><00:47:14.079><c> could</c><00:47:14.179><c> do</c><00:47:14.340><c> that.</c>

00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:16.619
It<00:47:14.699><c> would</c><00:47:14.860><c> be</c><00:47:14.980><c> a</c><00:47:15.079><c> help</c><00:47:15.179><c> for</c><00:47:15.420><c> me.</c>

00:47:18.760 --> 00:47:20.719
But<00:47:19.219><c> don't</c><00:47:19.420><c> be</c><00:47:19.639><c> afraid.</c>

00:47:21.599 --> 00:47:23.659
Don't<00:47:22.199><c> be</c><00:47:22.500><c> afraid.</c>

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:28.079
The<00:47:25.039><c> Bible's</c><00:47:25.760><c> there</c><00:47:26.159><c> for</c><00:47:26.440><c> you.</c>

00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:32.980
And<00:47:29.599><c> Christ</c><00:47:29.980><c> is</c><00:47:30.219><c> there</c><00:47:30.420><c> to</c><00:47:30.639><c> assist</c><00:47:30.920><c> you.</c>

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:36.340
God<00:47:33.840><c> is</c><00:47:34.079><c> there</c><00:47:34.300><c> to</c><00:47:34.500><c> reward</c><00:47:34.820><c> you.</c>

00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:43.099
Now<00:47:39.719><c> to</c><00:47:39.880><c> him</c><00:47:40.119><c> who</c><00:47:40.320><c> by</c><00:47:40.480><c> the</c><00:47:40.800><c> power</c><00:47:41.179><c> at</c><00:47:41.559><c> work</c><00:47:41.780><c> within</c><00:47:42.059><c> us</c>

00:47:43.219 --> 00:47:45.400
is<00:47:43.639><c> able</c><00:47:43.840><c> to</c><00:47:44.019><c> do</c><00:47:44.199><c> far</c><00:47:44.559><c> more</c><00:47:44.980><c> abundantly</c>

00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:47.260
than<00:47:45.579><c> all</c><00:47:45.920><c> we</c><00:47:46.139><c> ask</c><00:47:46.440><c> or</c><00:47:46.679><c> think,</c>

00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:50.739
to<00:47:47.940><c> him</c><00:47:48.679><c> be</c><00:47:49.179><c> glory</c><00:47:49.579><c> in</c><00:47:49.800><c> the</c><00:47:49.960><c> church</c>

00:47:50.739 --> 00:47:54.760
and<00:47:51.119><c> in</c><00:47:51.320><c> Christ</c><00:47:51.559><c> Jesus</c><00:47:51.880><c> to</c><00:47:52.159><c> all</c><00:47:52.360><c> generations</c><00:47:52.960><c> forever</c><00:47:53.420><c> and</c><00:47:53.619><c> ever.</c>

00:47:55.300 --> 00:47:56.019
Amen.