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It<00:12:26.879><c> came</c><00:12:27.019><c> out</c><00:12:27.299><c> and</c><00:12:27.500><c> landed</c><00:12:27.659><c> on</c><00:12:27.879><c> my</c><00:12:28.159><c> foot</c><00:12:28.519><c> and</c><00:12:29.860><c> for</c><00:12:30.899><c> a</c><00:12:31.100><c> few</c><00:12:31.220><c> minutes</c><00:12:31.700><c> I</c><00:12:32.399><c> was</c>

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I<00:12:49.139><c> went</c><00:12:49.259><c> out</c><00:12:49.500><c> to</c><00:12:49.620><c> split</c><00:12:49.779><c> some</c><00:12:50.039><c> more</c><00:12:50.220><c> wood</c><00:12:50.379><c> and</c><00:12:50.799><c> I</c><00:12:50.960><c> just</c><00:12:51.179><c> laid</c><00:12:51.399><c> the</c><00:12:51.700><c> splitting</c><00:12:51.860><c> axe</c><00:12:52.100><c> down</c><00:12:52.399><c> for</c><00:12:52.620><c> a</c><00:12:52.779><c> second,</c>

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There's<00:13:07.379><c> nothing</c><00:13:07.639><c> else</c><00:13:07.960><c> on</c><00:13:08.120><c> your</c><00:13:08.399><c> mind</c><00:13:08.940><c> when</c><00:13:10.220><c> a</c><00:13:10.600><c> small</c><00:13:10.799><c> part</c>

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What<00:13:15.759><c> an</c><00:13:16.019><c> amazing</c><00:13:16.379><c> metaphor</c><00:13:16.840><c> Paul's</c><00:13:17.399><c> chosen</c><00:13:17.879><c> to</c><00:13:19.580><c> describe</c>

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Verse<00:13:23.259><c> 26</c><00:13:24.019><c> of</c><00:13:24.720><c> chapter</c><00:13:25.019><c> 12,</c>

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Whether<00:13:26.500><c> one</c><00:13:26.899><c> member</c><00:13:27.240><c> suffer,</c><00:13:28.799><c> all</c><00:13:29.299><c> the</c><00:13:29.620><c> members</c><00:13:30.460><c> suffer</c><00:13:31.840><c> with</c><00:13:32.100><c> it.</c>

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We<00:14:01.279><c> can't</c><00:14:01.519><c> say</c><00:14:01.740><c> go</c><00:14:01.960><c> in</c><00:14:02.240><c> peace</c><00:14:02.519><c> and</c><00:14:02.759><c> God</c><00:14:03.080><c> bless</c><00:14:03.379><c> you</c><00:14:03.679><c> and</c><00:14:04.279><c> hope</c>

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everything<00:14:04.919><c> works</c><00:14:05.240><c> out</c><00:14:05.419><c> alright</c><00:14:05.639><c> for</c><00:14:05.879><c> you.</c>

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That's<00:14:07.740><c> not</c><00:14:08.100><c> how,</c><00:14:08.340><c> it</c><00:14:08.779><c> should</c><00:14:09.000><c> be</c><00:14:09.320><c> reflexive.</c>

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It<00:14:09.940><c> should</c><00:14:10.720><c> be,</c><00:14:11.220><c> we</c><00:14:11.399><c> should</c><00:14:11.559><c> be</c><00:14:11.759><c> just</c><00:14:12.059><c> as</c><00:14:12.679><c> eager</c><00:14:13.059><c> to</c><00:14:13.399><c> do</c><00:14:13.500><c> what</c><00:14:13.700><c> we</c><00:14:13.960><c> can</c><00:14:14.220><c> as</c><00:14:14.460><c> I</c>

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all<00:14:35.320><c> men,</c><00:14:36.639><c> especially</c><00:14:37.399><c> unto</c><00:14:37.779><c> them</c><00:14:38.519><c> who</c><00:14:38.860><c> are</c><00:14:38.940><c> of</c><00:14:39.039><c> the</c><00:14:39.240><c> household</c><00:14:39.600><c> of</c><00:14:39.879><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:14:41.740><c> have</c><00:14:41.980><c> a</c><00:14:42.100><c> duty</c><00:14:42.299><c> to</c><00:14:42.600><c> all,</c><00:14:43.340><c> but</c><00:14:43.559><c> a</c><00:14:43.840><c> special</c><00:14:44.139><c> duty</c><00:14:44.519><c> to</c><00:14:44.840><c> those</c><00:14:45.320><c> who</c><00:14:45.700><c> are</c><00:14:45.820><c> members</c><00:14:46.139><c> of</c>

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we<00:15:14.159><c> come</c><00:15:14.379><c> to</c><00:15:14.559><c> 1</c><00:15:14.779><c> Corinthians</c><00:15:15.220><c> 13,</c>

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which<00:15:16.940><c> is</c><00:15:18.139><c> without</c><00:15:18.600><c> doubt</c><00:15:18.919><c> one</c><00:15:19.120><c> of</c><00:15:19.220><c> the</c><00:15:19.360><c> most</c><00:15:19.519><c> beautiful</c><00:15:19.919><c> passages</c><00:15:20.360><c> of</c><00:15:20.620><c> scripture.</c>

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He<00:16:20.220><c> gives</c><00:16:20.480><c> two</c><00:16:20.799><c> examples</c><00:16:21.340><c> of</c><00:16:21.580><c> things</c><00:16:22.000><c> that</c><00:16:22.860><c> are</c><00:16:23.320><c> deemed</c><00:16:23.620><c> valuable</c><00:16:24.120><c> to</c><00:16:24.340><c> man,</c>

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but<00:16:25.960><c> are</c><00:16:26.539><c> valueless</c><00:16:27.299><c> without</c><00:16:27.919><c> love.</c>

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First<00:16:28.879><c> of</c><00:16:29.039><c> all,</c><00:16:29.320><c> verses</c><00:16:29.399><c> 1</c><00:16:29.740><c> to</c><00:16:29.879><c> 2,</c><00:16:31.379><c> he</c><00:16:31.539><c> talks</c><00:16:31.779><c> about</c><00:16:32.039><c> our</c><00:16:32.299><c> capabilities.</c>

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Though<00:16:34.399><c> I</c><00:16:34.639><c> speak</c><00:16:34.899><c> with</c><00:16:35.139><c> the</c><00:16:35.299><c> tongues</c><00:16:35.519><c> of</c><00:16:35.700><c> men</c><00:16:35.940><c> and</c><00:16:36.059><c> of</c><00:16:36.360><c> angels,</c>

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and<00:16:37.600><c> have</c><00:16:37.820><c> not</c><00:16:38.159><c> love,</c>

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I<00:16:39.639><c> am</c><00:16:39.820><c> become</c><00:16:40.100><c> a</c><00:16:40.340><c> sounding</c><00:16:40.740><c> brass</c><00:16:41.320><c> or</c><00:16:41.799><c> a</c><00:16:41.940><c> tinkling</c><00:16:42.320><c> cymbal.</c>

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Though<00:16:44.179><c> I</c><00:16:44.340><c> have</c><00:16:44.460><c> the</c><00:16:44.659><c> gift</c><00:16:44.879><c> of</c><00:16:45.200><c> prophecy,</c><00:16:46.159><c> and</c><00:16:46.340><c> understand</c>

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all<00:16:47.139><c> mysteries</c><00:16:47.539><c> and</c><00:16:47.799><c> all</c><00:16:48.120><c> knowledge,</c>

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and<00:16:49.379><c> though</c><00:16:49.519><c> I</c><00:16:49.679><c> have</c><00:16:49.820><c> all</c><00:16:50.200><c> faith</c><00:16:50.539><c> so</c><00:16:50.840><c> that</c><00:16:50.960><c> I</c><00:16:51.059><c> could</c><00:16:51.279><c> remove</c><00:16:51.700><c> mountains,</c>

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and<00:16:53.259><c> have</c><00:16:53.460><c> not</c><00:16:53.840><c> love,</c><00:16:54.799><c> I</c><00:16:55.080><c> am</c><00:16:55.279><c> nothing.</c>

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We<00:16:57.580><c> think</c><00:16:57.820><c> of</c><00:16:57.980><c> the</c><00:16:58.100><c> first</c><00:16:58.320><c> century</c><00:16:58.759><c> gift</c><00:16:59.100><c> of</c><00:16:59.360><c> tongues.</c>

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So<00:17:02.259><c> much</c><00:17:02.580><c> noise,</c><00:17:03.940><c> unless</c><00:17:04.579><c> the</c><00:17:04.900><c> gift</c><00:17:05.140><c> was</c><00:17:05.380><c> used</c><00:17:05.680><c> in</c><00:17:05.880><c> love.</c>

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Gifts<00:17:07.839><c> of</c><00:17:08.279><c> prophecy,</c><00:17:09.460><c> insight,</c><00:17:10.220><c> and</c><00:17:10.420><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:17:12.160><c> one</c><00:17:12.380><c> having</c><00:17:12.740><c> these</c><00:17:13.240><c> is</c><00:17:13.960><c> nothing</c><00:17:14.359><c> without</c><00:17:14.960><c> love,</c><00:17:15.640><c> verse</c><00:17:15.819><c> 2.</c>

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Whatever<00:17:17.279><c> capabilities</c><00:17:18.000><c> we</c><00:17:18.359><c> have</c><00:17:18.559><c> in</c><00:17:18.720><c> the</c><00:17:18.940><c> service</c><00:17:19.140><c> of</c><00:17:19.319><c> the</c>

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truth<00:17:19.859><c> are</c><00:17:20.720><c> absolutely</c><00:17:21.339><c> nothing</c><00:17:21.680><c> without</c><00:17:22.000><c> love.</c>

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Now<00:17:22.900><c> that's</c><00:17:23.279><c> a</c><00:17:23.460><c> sobering</c><00:17:23.940><c> thought,</c><00:17:25.380><c> because</c><00:17:25.759><c> we</c><00:17:26.279><c> take</c><00:17:26.500><c> a</c><00:17:26.559><c> lot</c>

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of<00:17:26.960><c> pride</c><00:17:27.640><c> in</c><00:17:28.319><c> what</c><00:17:28.519><c> we</c><00:17:28.740><c> can</c><00:17:29.000><c> do.</c>

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Of<00:17:33.960><c> course,</c><00:17:34.819><c> we</c><00:17:34.940><c> should</c><00:17:35.119><c> be</c><00:17:35.400><c> glad</c><00:17:35.759><c> for</c><00:17:36.339><c> what</c><00:17:36.539><c> we</c><00:17:36.819><c> can</c><00:17:37.099><c> do.</c>

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We<00:17:37.680><c> should</c><00:17:37.859><c> be</c><00:17:38.099><c> glad</c><00:17:38.279><c> of</c><00:17:38.559><c> opportunities.</c>

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The<00:17:39.859><c> passage</c><00:17:40.099><c> we've</c><00:17:40.319><c> just</c><00:17:40.559><c> said,</c><00:17:41.079><c> as</c><00:17:41.160><c> we</c><00:17:41.299><c> have</c><00:17:41.480><c> therefore</c><00:17:41.700><c> opportunity,</c>

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as<00:17:43.559><c> we</c><00:17:43.700><c> have</c><00:17:43.799><c> the</c><00:17:44.039><c> potential</c><00:17:44.400><c> to</c><00:17:44.660><c> do</c><00:17:44.859><c> good,</c><00:17:46.160><c> we</c><00:17:46.420><c> should</c><00:17:46.559><c> be</c><00:17:46.819><c> glad</c><00:17:46.980><c> of</c>

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that<00:17:47.380><c> opportunity.</c>

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We<00:17:49.720><c> should</c><00:17:49.900><c> be</c><00:17:50.079><c> glad</c><00:17:50.420><c> of</c><00:17:50.839><c> what</c><00:17:51.200><c> God's</c><00:17:51.680><c> given</c><00:17:51.859><c> us,</c><00:17:54.220><c> so</c><00:17:54.299><c> that</c><00:17:54.380><c> we</c>

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have<00:17:54.599><c> the</c><00:17:54.819><c> potential</c><00:17:55.200><c> of</c><00:17:55.480><c> service.</c>

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But<00:18:00.660><c> these</c><00:18:00.980><c> gifts,</c><00:18:03.900><c> though</c><00:18:04.079><c> they</c><00:18:04.240><c> are</c><00:18:04.420><c> from</c><00:18:04.720><c> God,</c><00:18:05.779><c> and</c><00:18:05.880><c> of</c><00:18:06.039><c> such</c><00:18:06.200><c> value</c><00:18:06.920><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:07.720><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:18:08.140><c> are</c><00:18:08.380><c> nothing.</c>

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Nothing<00:18:09.740><c> at</c><00:18:10.059><c> all,</c><00:18:10.359><c> if</c><00:18:10.519><c> not</c><00:18:10.799><c> motivated</c><00:18:11.440><c> and</c><00:18:12.180><c> guided</c><00:18:12.480><c> by</c><00:18:12.720><c> the</c><00:18:12.940><c> character</c><00:18:13.220><c> of</c><00:18:13.420><c> Christ,</c>

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who<00:18:14.859><c> is</c><00:18:15.019><c> the</c><00:18:15.200><c> embodiment</c><00:18:15.579><c> of</c><00:18:15.819><c> love.</c>

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From<00:18:18.039><c> capabilities,</c><00:18:19.000><c> Paul</c><00:18:19.259><c> turns</c><00:18:19.680><c> to</c><00:18:20.000><c> deeds,</c><00:18:20.960><c> the</c><00:18:21.099><c> things</c><00:18:21.339><c> that</c><00:18:21.599><c> we</c><00:18:21.779><c> do.</c>

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He<00:18:22.880><c> says</c><00:18:23.700><c> that</c><00:18:24.539><c> even</c><00:18:24.900><c> our</c><00:18:25.279><c> deeds</c><00:18:25.740><c> are</c><00:18:26.440><c> of</c><00:18:26.619><c> no</c><00:18:26.920><c> value,</c><00:18:27.759><c> good</c><00:18:28.000><c> deeds</c><00:18:28.359><c> as</c>

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they<00:18:28.839><c> are.</c>

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No<00:18:29.940><c> value</c><00:18:30.500><c> unless</c><00:18:30.880><c> done</c><00:18:31.119><c> in</c><00:18:31.359><c> love.</c>

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He<00:18:32.319><c> gives</c><00:18:32.559><c> two</c><00:18:32.759><c> examples,</c><00:18:33.740><c> the</c><00:18:33.880><c> first</c><00:18:34.140><c> of</c><00:18:34.299><c> which,</c><00:18:34.980><c> giving</c><00:18:35.279><c> all</c>

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possessions<00:18:36.339><c> to</c><00:18:37.119><c> the</c><00:18:37.339><c> poor,</c><00:18:38.319><c> verse</c><00:18:38.539><c> 3.</c>

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And<00:18:39.839><c> though</c><00:18:40.099><c> I</c><00:18:40.319><c> bestow</c><00:18:40.740><c> all</c><00:18:41.059><c> my</c><00:18:41.339><c> goods</c><00:18:41.579><c> to</c><00:18:41.880><c> feed</c><00:18:42.059><c> the</c><00:18:42.339><c> poor,</c>

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though<00:18:43.680><c> I</c><00:18:43.900><c> give</c><00:18:44.039><c> my</c><00:18:44.259><c> body</c><00:18:44.519><c> to</c><00:18:44.700><c> be</c><00:18:44.900><c> burned</c><00:18:45.119><c> and</c><00:18:45.400><c> have</c><00:18:45.559><c> not</c><00:18:45.839><c> charity,</c><00:18:46.559><c> it</c><00:18:46.680><c> profiteth</c><00:18:46.900><c> me</c><00:18:47.079><c> nothing.</c>

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Here's<00:18:48.480><c> a</c><00:18:48.640><c> good</c><00:18:48.799><c> example</c><00:18:49.140><c> of</c><00:18:49.319><c> how</c><00:18:49.519><c> words</c><00:18:49.799><c> changed</c><00:18:50.279><c> its</c><00:18:50.559><c> meaning</c><00:18:50.819><c> in</c><00:18:51.079><c> the</c>

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English<00:18:51.539><c> language.</c>

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The<00:18:52.720><c> word</c><00:18:53.039><c> charity.</c>

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Nowadays,<00:18:55.420><c> we</c><00:18:55.500><c> think</c><00:18:55.720><c> of</c><00:18:55.900><c> people</c><00:18:56.099><c> who</c><00:18:56.759><c> contribute</c><00:18:57.160><c> to</c><00:18:57.339><c> a</c><00:18:57.579><c> charity</c><00:18:58.180><c> as</c>

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being<00:18:59.200><c> giving</c><00:18:59.500><c> to</c><00:18:59.740><c> the</c><00:18:59.920><c> poor.</c>

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And<00:19:01.259><c> yet,</c><00:19:01.559><c> it</c><00:19:01.700><c> says</c><00:19:01.880><c> here</c><00:19:02.079><c> that</c><00:19:02.220><c> we</c><00:19:02.319><c> can</c><00:19:02.740><c> give</c><00:19:03.099><c> to</c><00:19:03.279><c> the</c><00:19:03.460><c> poor</c>

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and<00:19:03.839><c> not</c><00:19:04.000><c> have</c><00:19:04.240><c> charity.</c>

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Of<00:19:06.359><c> course,</c><00:19:06.440><c> it's</c><00:19:06.720><c> talking</c><00:19:06.940><c> about</c><00:19:07.220><c> the</c><00:19:07.799><c> self</c><00:19:08.059><c>-sacrificing</c><00:19:08.859><c> love,</c>

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which<00:19:09.500><c> can</c><00:19:10.559><c> be</c><00:19:10.819><c> manifest</c><00:19:11.619><c> by</c><00:19:12.299><c> giving</c><00:19:12.619><c> our</c><00:19:13.099><c> goods</c><00:19:13.259><c> to</c><00:19:13.480><c> the</c><00:19:13.680><c> poor.</c>

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But<00:19:15.799><c> giving</c><00:19:16.440><c> goods</c><00:19:16.759><c> to</c><00:19:17.000><c> the</c><00:19:17.220><c> poor,</c><00:19:17.819><c> these</c><00:19:18.099><c> deeds</c><00:19:18.680><c> would</c><00:19:19.619><c> have</c>

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to<00:19:20.140><c> be</c><00:19:20.519><c> done</c><00:19:20.900><c> in</c><00:19:21.099><c> the</c><00:19:21.279><c> spirit</c><00:19:21.440><c> of</c><00:19:21.619><c> love.</c>

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It's<00:19:25.140><c> a</c><00:19:25.279><c> strong</c><00:19:25.480><c> statement.</c>

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Though<00:19:27.259><c> I</c><00:19:27.579><c> bestow</c><00:19:28.160><c> all</c><00:19:28.799><c> my</c><00:19:29.259><c> goods</c><00:19:29.759><c> to</c><00:19:31.000><c> feed</c><00:19:31.200><c> the</c><00:19:31.500><c> poor.</c>

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You<00:19:32.940><c> know,</c><00:19:33.359><c> to</c><00:19:33.680><c> take</c><00:19:34.079><c> everything</c><00:19:34.660><c> that</c><00:19:34.940><c> you</c><00:19:35.220><c> owned</c><00:19:35.779><c> and</c><00:19:38.480><c> to</c><00:19:38.720><c> sell</c><00:19:38.880><c> it</c><00:19:39.099><c> all,</c>

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everything<00:19:40.720><c> but</c><00:19:40.940><c> the</c><00:19:41.140><c> bare</c><00:19:41.359><c> necessities,</c>

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and<00:19:44.480><c> to</c><00:19:44.700><c> use</c><00:19:44.900><c> that</c><00:19:45.900><c> to</c><00:19:46.720><c> provide</c><00:19:47.019><c> for</c><00:19:47.180><c> the</c><00:19:47.319><c> needs</c><00:19:47.420><c> of</c><00:19:47.599><c> the</c><00:19:47.779><c> poor</c>

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or<00:19:48.339><c> to</c><00:19:48.759><c> provide</c><00:19:49.039><c> for</c><00:19:49.240><c> the</c><00:19:49.380><c> work</c><00:19:49.500><c> of</c><00:19:49.680><c> the</c><00:19:49.839><c> truth,</c>

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that<00:19:50.559><c> would</c><00:19:50.740><c> be</c><00:19:51.140><c> quite</c><00:19:51.400><c> a</c><00:19:51.700><c> remarkable</c><00:19:52.259><c> act</c><00:19:52.839><c> of</c><00:19:53.119><c> devotion.</c>

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I<00:19:55.140><c> can't</c><00:19:55.380><c> help</c><00:19:55.539><c> but</c><00:19:55.700><c> think</c><00:19:55.839><c> of</c><00:19:56.079><c> the</c><00:19:56.599><c> rich</c><00:19:56.799><c> young</c><00:19:57.039><c> ruler</c><00:19:57.359><c> that</c>

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we<00:19:57.779><c> read</c><00:19:57.920><c> about</c><00:19:58.140><c> in</c><00:19:58.299><c> Matthew</c><00:19:58.619><c> chapter</c><00:19:58.940><c> 19.</c>

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Because<00:20:02.920><c> Jesus</c><00:20:03.380><c> suggested</c><00:20:03.960><c> to</c><00:20:04.200><c> this</c><00:20:04.359><c> young</c><00:20:04.599><c> man</c><00:20:05.140><c> that</c><00:20:06.339><c> this</c>

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was<00:20:06.700><c> something</c><00:20:07.000><c> that</c><00:20:07.279><c> he</c><00:20:07.460><c> should</c><00:20:07.660><c> actually</c><00:20:08.180><c> do.</c>

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Matthew<00:20:11.380><c> 19,</c><00:20:11.980><c> verse</c><00:20:12.119><c> 16.</c>

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Behold,<00:20:21.920><c> one</c><00:20:22.140><c> came</c><00:20:22.460><c> and</c><00:20:22.799><c> said</c><00:20:22.960><c> unto</c><00:20:23.140><c> him,</c><00:20:23.400><c> Good</c><00:20:23.579><c> Master,</c>

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what<00:20:24.940><c> good</c><00:20:25.259><c> things</c><00:20:25.579><c> should</c><00:20:25.799><c> I</c><00:20:26.059><c> do</c><00:20:26.339><c> that</c><00:20:26.500><c> I</c><00:20:26.740><c> may</c><00:20:26.980><c> have</c><00:20:27.859><c> eternal</c><00:20:28.279><c> life?</c>

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He<00:20:30.079><c> said</c><00:20:30.259><c> unto</c><00:20:30.440><c> him,</c><00:20:30.880><c> Why</c><00:20:31.099><c> callest</c><00:20:31.460><c> thou</c><00:20:31.619><c> me</c><00:20:31.819><c> good?</c><00:20:32.099><c> There</c><00:20:32.299><c> is</c>

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none<00:20:32.640><c> good</c><00:20:32.819><c> but</c><00:20:33.099><c> one,</c><00:20:33.359><c> that</c><00:20:33.500><c> is</c><00:20:33.700><c> God.</c>

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But<00:20:34.839><c> if</c><00:20:34.980><c> thou</c><00:20:35.079><c> wilt</c><00:20:35.259><c> enter</c><00:20:35.500><c> into</c><00:20:35.680><c> life,</c><00:20:36.019><c> keep</c><00:20:36.180><c> the</c><00:20:36.400><c> commandments.</c>

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The<00:20:39.079><c> young</c><00:20:39.240><c> man</c><00:20:39.500><c> says,</c><00:20:40.960><c> Which?</c>

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Jesus<00:20:44.319><c> said,</c><00:20:45.319><c> Thou</c><00:20:45.519><c> shalt</c><00:20:45.680><c> do</c><00:20:45.900><c> no</c><00:20:46.039><c> murder,</c><00:20:47.160><c> thou</c><00:20:47.319><c> shalt</c><00:20:47.500><c> not</c>

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commit<00:20:47.960><c> adultery,</c>

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thou<00:20:49.160><c> shalt</c><00:20:49.299><c> not</c><00:20:49.559><c> steal,</c><00:20:50.019><c> thou</c><00:20:50.119><c> shalt</c><00:20:50.299><c> not</c><00:20:50.420><c> bear</c><00:20:50.640><c> false</c><00:20:51.000><c> witness,</c>

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honor<00:20:52.200><c> thy</c><00:20:52.380><c> father</c><00:20:52.700><c> and</c><00:20:52.880><c> thy</c><00:20:53.000><c> mother,</c><00:20:54.279><c> and</c><00:20:55.019><c> thou</c><00:20:55.380><c> shalt</c><00:20:55.579><c> love</c>

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thy<00:20:56.039><c> neighbor</c><00:20:56.359><c> as</c><00:20:56.579><c> thyself.</c>

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Now<00:20:58.720><c> it's</c><00:20:58.900><c> interesting</c><00:20:59.240><c> there,</c><00:21:00.339><c> the</c><00:21:00.420><c> commandments</c><00:21:00.900><c> that</c><00:21:01.220><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:21:01.960><c> man</c><00:21:02.160><c> says,</c><00:21:02.559><c> Which</c><00:21:02.779><c> commandments</c><00:21:03.339><c> do</c><00:21:04.660><c> you</c><00:21:04.700><c> want</c><00:21:04.859><c> me</c><00:21:04.980><c> to</c><00:21:05.119><c> keep?</c>

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Jesus<00:21:08.099><c> gives</c><00:21:08.660><c> six</c><00:21:09.339><c> of</c><00:21:09.559><c> the</c><00:21:09.740><c> ten</c><00:21:09.940><c> commandments.</c>

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He's<00:21:11.859><c> left</c><00:21:12.019><c> out</c><00:21:12.259><c> the</c><00:21:12.440><c> first</c><00:21:12.720><c> four.</c>

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We<00:21:14.819><c> know</c><00:21:14.980><c> that</c><00:21:15.140><c> the</c><00:21:15.319><c> first</c><00:21:15.619><c> four</c><00:21:16.000><c> commandments</c><00:21:16.480><c> are</c><00:21:16.700><c> the</c><00:21:16.839><c> ones</c>

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that<00:21:17.759><c> specifically</c><00:21:18.400><c> talk</c><00:21:18.759><c> about</c><00:21:19.400><c> one's</c><00:21:20.019><c> relation</c><00:21:20.400><c> with</c><00:21:20.660><c> God.</c>

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The<00:21:22.640><c> fifth,</c><00:21:22.900><c> maybe</c><00:21:23.180><c> we</c><00:21:23.319><c> can</c><00:21:23.579><c> consider</c><00:21:23.839><c> that</c><00:21:24.079><c> as</c><00:21:24.299><c> a</c><00:21:24.480><c> transitional</c><00:21:24.940><c> commandment,</c><00:21:25.480><c> the</c><00:21:25.619><c> one</c>

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about<00:21:25.960><c> parents.</c>

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And<00:21:27.160><c> the</c><00:21:27.359><c> remainder,</c><00:21:28.140><c> strictly</c><00:21:28.680><c> about</c><00:21:29.099><c> how</c><00:21:29.359><c> we</c><00:21:29.740><c> deal</c><00:21:30.000><c> with</c>

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our<00:21:30.420><c> neighbors.</c>

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Why<00:21:34.619><c> did</c><00:21:34.839><c> Jesus</c><00:21:35.099><c> choose</c><00:21:35.400><c> these</c><00:21:35.700><c> particular</c><00:21:36.259><c> commandments?</c>

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I<00:21:39.039><c> think</c><00:21:39.240><c> that</c><00:21:39.440><c> Jesus</c><00:21:39.759><c> could</c><00:21:40.140><c> see</c><00:21:40.460><c> in</c><00:21:40.700><c> the</c><00:21:40.859><c> man.</c>

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Jesus,<00:21:41.920><c> we're</c><00:21:42.099><c> told,</c><00:21:42.700><c> who</c><00:21:42.900><c> knew</c><00:21:43.079><c> what</c><00:21:43.319><c> was</c><00:21:43.519><c> in</c><00:21:43.660><c> a</c><00:21:43.839><c> man.</c>

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He<00:21:45.519><c> knew</c><00:21:45.740><c> that</c><00:21:45.980><c> this</c><00:21:46.720><c> young</c><00:21:46.920><c> man</c><00:21:47.319><c> had</c><00:21:47.680><c> been</c><00:21:48.000><c> scrupulous</c><00:21:48.740><c> in</c><00:21:49.440><c> his</c><00:21:49.700><c> relationship</c><00:21:50.160><c> to</c><00:21:50.359><c> God.</c>

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But<00:21:51.660><c> perhaps</c><00:21:52.220><c> there</c><00:21:52.400><c> was</c><00:21:52.599><c> something</c><00:21:53.000><c> needful</c><00:21:53.859><c> in</c><00:21:54.319><c> his</c><00:21:54.619><c> relation</c><00:21:55.119><c> with</c>

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his<00:21:55.599><c> fellow</c><00:21:55.880><c> man.</c>

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And<00:21:57.519><c> so</c><00:21:57.680><c> Jesus</c><00:21:58.200><c> cites</c><00:21:58.880><c> the</c><00:21:59.440><c> last</c><00:21:59.920><c> six</c><00:22:00.220><c> of</c><00:22:00.359><c> the</c><00:22:00.500><c> ten</c><00:22:00.700><c> commandments,</c>

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and<00:22:01.579><c> furthermore,</c><00:22:02.740><c> their</c><00:22:02.880><c> summary</c><00:22:03.259><c> from</c><00:22:03.559><c> elsewhere</c><00:22:03.839><c> in</c><00:22:04.039><c> the</c><00:22:04.220><c> law,</c>

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Thou<00:22:06.059><c> shalt</c><00:22:06.240><c> love</c><00:22:06.519><c> thy</c><00:22:06.720><c> neighbor</c><00:22:07.220><c> as</c><00:22:07.579><c> thyself.</c>

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The<00:22:15.160><c> young</c><00:22:15.420><c> man</c><00:22:15.680><c> saith</c><00:22:15.920><c> unto</c><00:22:16.160><c> him,</c><00:22:16.920><c> verse</c><00:22:17.240><c> 20,</c>

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All<00:22:18.740><c> these</c><00:22:19.059><c> things</c><00:22:19.359><c> have</c><00:22:19.559><c> I</c><00:22:19.759><c> kept</c><00:22:19.980><c> from</c><00:22:20.259><c> my</c><00:22:20.519><c> youth</c><00:22:20.720><c> up.</c>

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What<00:22:22.279><c> lack</c><00:22:22.559><c> I</c><00:22:22.779><c> yet?</c>

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It<00:22:25.920><c> wasn't</c><00:22:26.240><c> an</c><00:22:26.539><c> impudent</c><00:22:26.940><c> question,</c><00:22:27.740><c> I</c><00:22:28.119><c> don't</c><00:22:28.359><c> believe,</c>

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because<00:22:29.759><c> in</c><00:22:29.920><c> the</c><00:22:30.140><c> parallel</c><00:22:30.400><c> account</c><00:22:30.759><c> in</c><00:22:31.000><c> Mark,</c>

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it<00:22:32.440><c> says</c><00:22:32.660><c> Jesus,</c><00:22:34.039><c> beholding</c><00:22:34.519><c> the</c><00:22:34.640><c> young</c><00:22:34.859><c> man,</c><00:22:35.759><c> loved</c><00:22:35.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:40.200><c> Jesus</c><00:22:40.460><c> said</c><00:22:40.720><c> to</c><00:22:40.859><c> him,</c><00:22:41.799><c> If</c><00:22:41.920><c> thou</c><00:22:42.119><c> wilt</c><00:22:42.279><c> be</c><00:22:42.599><c> perfect,</c>

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go<00:22:44.019><c> and</c><00:22:44.460><c> sell</c><00:22:44.740><c> that</c><00:22:44.940><c> thou</c><00:22:45.220><c> hast,</c><00:22:46.339><c> and</c><00:22:46.519><c> give</c><00:22:46.660><c> to</c><00:22:46.799><c> the</c><00:22:47.039><c> poor,</c>

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and<00:22:48.500><c> thou</c><00:22:48.700><c> shalt</c><00:22:48.859><c> have</c><00:22:49.119><c> treasure</c><00:22:49.519><c> in</c><00:22:49.759><c> heaven,</c><00:22:50.740><c> and</c><00:22:51.019><c> come</c><00:22:51.579><c> and</c>

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follow<00:22:52.519><c> me.</c>

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We<00:22:55.160><c> don't</c><00:22:55.380><c> know</c><00:22:55.460><c> what</c><00:22:55.599><c> became</c><00:22:55.920><c> of</c><00:22:56.059><c> that</c><00:22:56.220><c> man.</c>

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I<00:22:58.839><c> find</c><00:22:59.119><c> the</c><00:22:59.500><c> idea</c><00:22:59.880><c> that</c><00:23:00.180><c> the</c><00:23:00.319><c> Levite</c><00:23:00.700><c> Joseph,</c>

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who<00:23:02.339><c> sold</c><00:23:02.579><c> his</c><00:23:02.839><c> land</c><00:23:03.099><c> and</c><00:23:03.299><c> brought</c><00:23:03.480><c> it</c><00:23:03.660><c> as</c><00:23:03.859><c> a</c><00:23:04.019><c> contribution</c><00:23:04.480><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:04.880><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:05.200><c> in</c><00:23:05.420><c> Acts</c><00:23:05.660><c> chapter</c><00:23:05.980><c> 4,</c>

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who<00:23:07.759><c> the</c><00:23:08.039><c> apostles</c><00:23:08.559><c> surnamed</c><00:23:09.799><c> Barnabas,</c>

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meaning<00:23:12.180><c> son</c><00:23:12.460><c> of</c><00:23:12.720><c> exhortation,</c>

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or<00:23:14.319><c> perhaps</c><00:23:14.859><c> the</c><00:23:15.220><c> one</c><00:23:15.420><c> who</c><00:23:15.660><c> did</c><00:23:16.579><c> what</c><00:23:16.720><c> he</c><00:23:16.880><c> was</c><00:23:17.059><c> encouraged</c><00:23:17.460><c> to</c><00:23:17.680><c> do,</c>

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I<00:23:19.099><c> find</c><00:23:19.299><c> that</c><00:23:19.519><c> an</c><00:23:19.700><c> attractive</c><00:23:20.079><c> idea.</c>

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But<00:23:22.700><c> the</c><00:23:22.900><c> point</c><00:23:23.059><c> we</c><00:23:23.299><c> consider</c><00:23:23.700><c> now</c><00:23:24.319><c> is</c><00:23:25.059><c> that</c><00:23:25.339><c> even</c><00:23:25.720><c> such</c><00:23:25.980><c> an</c>

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incredibly<00:23:26.740><c> generous</c><00:23:27.240><c> act,</c>

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if<00:23:28.400><c> it</c><00:23:28.579><c> could</c><00:23:28.720><c> be</c><00:23:29.000><c> done</c><00:23:29.160><c> without</c><00:23:29.460><c> the</c><00:23:29.819><c> spirit</c><00:23:30.039><c> of</c><00:23:30.259><c> love,</c>

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would<00:23:32.619><c> be</c><00:23:32.940><c> inadequate.</c>

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Similarly,<00:23:36.099><c> back</c><00:23:36.319><c> to</c><00:23:36.460><c> 1</c><00:23:36.660><c> Corinthians</c><00:23:37.079><c> chapter</c><00:23:37.480><c> 13,</c>

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in<00:23:39.940><c> the</c><00:23:40.180><c> same</c><00:23:40.440><c> verse</c><00:23:40.740><c> Paul</c><00:23:41.059><c> says,</c>

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if<00:23:42.460><c> we</c><00:23:42.680><c> were</c><00:23:42.859><c> to</c><00:23:43.079><c> give</c><00:23:43.319><c> our</c><00:23:43.740><c> body</c><00:23:44.099><c> to</c><00:23:44.359><c> be</c><00:23:44.619><c> burned</c><00:23:45.319><c> without</c><00:23:47.400><c> love,</c>

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it<00:23:50.460><c> would</c><00:23:50.660><c> mean</c><00:23:50.859><c> nothing.</c>

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People<00:23:53.299><c> have</c><00:23:53.579><c> died</c><00:23:53.759><c> for</c><00:23:53.980><c> all</c><00:23:54.200><c> sorts</c><00:23:54.460><c> of</c><00:23:54.680><c> causes.</c>

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Here<00:23:57.819><c> in</c><00:23:57.980><c> the</c><00:23:58.099><c> United</c><00:23:58.400><c> States</c><00:23:58.799><c> in</c><00:23:59.299><c> the</c><00:23:59.819><c> 60s,</c>

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there<00:24:02.720><c> was</c><00:24:02.920><c> a</c><00:24:03.079><c> person</c><00:24:03.400><c> who,</c><00:24:05.200><c> outside</c><00:24:05.660><c> of</c><00:24:05.920><c> the</c><00:24:06.160><c> Secretary</c><00:24:06.579><c> of</c>

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Defense's<00:24:07.420><c> office,</c>

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poured<00:24:09.720><c> kerosene</c><00:24:10.400><c> over</c><00:24:10.619><c> himself</c><00:24:11.299><c> and</c><00:24:13.640><c> ignited</c><00:24:14.380><c> himself</c><00:24:14.819><c> on</c><00:24:15.099><c> fire</c>

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as<00:24:17.319><c> a</c><00:24:17.539><c> protest</c><00:24:18.400><c> to</c><00:24:19.859><c> the</c><00:24:19.940><c> Vietnam</c><00:24:20.200><c> War.</c>

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There<00:24:22.539><c> have</c><00:24:22.619><c> been</c><00:24:22.700><c> people</c><00:24:22.960><c> who</c><00:24:23.220><c> have</c><00:24:23.259><c> died</c><00:24:23.519><c> in</c><00:24:23.759><c> all</c><00:24:24.059><c> sorts</c><00:24:24.400><c> of</c><00:24:25.599><c> ways,</c>

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standing<00:24:26.420><c> up</c><00:24:26.720><c> for</c><00:24:27.160><c> the</c><00:24:28.519><c> principles</c><00:24:29.039><c> that</c><00:24:29.319><c> they</c><00:24:29.420><c> had</c><00:24:29.640><c> embraced.</c>

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We<00:24:32.900><c> think</c><00:24:33.259><c> in</c><00:24:33.740><c> the</c><00:24:33.920><c> scripture</c><00:24:34.339><c> of</c><00:24:34.920><c> Shadrach,</c><00:24:35.480><c> Meshach,</c><00:24:35.940><c> and</c><00:24:36.079><c> Abednego,</c>

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or<00:24:38.799><c> I</c><00:24:38.880><c> guess</c><00:24:39.099><c> as</c><00:24:39.279><c> they</c><00:24:39.500><c> probably</c><00:24:39.859><c> prefer</c><00:24:40.680><c> to</c><00:24:41.039><c> be</c><00:24:41.299><c> remembered,</c>

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Hananiah,<00:24:42.819><c> Mishael,</c><00:24:43.279><c> and</c><00:24:43.480><c> Azariah,</c>

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Daniel's<00:24:44.740><c> three</c><00:24:44.940><c> friends</c><00:24:45.440><c> who</c><00:24:47.119><c> were</c><00:24:47.259><c> willing</c><00:24:47.460><c> to</c><00:24:47.680><c> die</c><00:24:47.819><c> in</c><00:24:48.000><c> the</c>

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fiery<00:24:48.359><c> furnace</c>

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rather<00:24:49.359><c> than</c><00:24:49.559><c> to</c><00:24:49.740><c> worship</c><00:24:50.119><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:24:51.279><c> image.</c>

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Even<00:24:52.900><c> such</c><00:24:53.319><c> dedication,</c><00:24:54.160><c> Paul</c><00:24:54.440><c> says,</c>

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if<00:24:55.980><c> not</c><00:24:56.299><c> accompanied</c><00:24:56.740><c> by</c><00:24:57.099><c> love,</c><00:24:58.839><c> would</c><00:24:59.000><c> be</c><00:24:59.160><c> of</c><00:24:59.380><c> no</c><00:24:59.599><c> value.</c>

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If<00:25:01.839><c> these</c><00:25:02.359><c> three</c><00:25:02.680><c> young</c><00:25:02.900><c> men's</c><00:25:04.279><c> act</c><00:25:04.480><c> had</c><00:25:04.740><c> simply</c><00:25:05.079><c> been</c><00:25:05.319><c> a</c>

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political<00:25:05.940><c> statement,</c>

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it<00:25:10.420><c> would</c><00:25:10.579><c> have</c><00:25:10.680><c> been</c><00:25:10.799><c> of</c><00:25:11.099><c> no</c><00:25:11.380><c> value.</c>

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Now<00:25:13.660><c> these</c><00:25:13.779><c> are</c><00:25:14.059><c> sobering</c><00:25:14.519><c> thoughts,</c>

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because<00:25:16.920><c> most</c><00:25:17.200><c> of</c><00:25:17.359><c> us</c><00:25:17.460><c> aren't</c><00:25:17.740><c> called</c><00:25:18.079><c> on</c><00:25:18.359><c> to</c><00:25:18.539><c> give</c><00:25:18.720><c> all</c><00:25:18.980><c> of</c><00:25:19.099><c> our</c><00:25:19.319><c> possessions</c><00:25:19.759><c> to</c>

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the<00:25:20.200><c> poor.</c>

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Most<00:25:21.960><c> of</c><00:25:22.119><c> us</c><00:25:22.220><c> aren't</c><00:25:22.400><c> called</c><00:25:22.619><c> upon</c><00:25:23.099><c> to</c><00:25:24.380><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:25.039><c> our</c><00:25:25.420><c> bodies</c>

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for<00:25:26.480><c> our</c><00:25:26.740><c> faith.</c>

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But<00:25:30.059><c> in</c><00:25:30.400><c> smaller</c><00:25:30.660><c> ways,</c><00:25:31.220><c> we</c><00:25:31.299><c> are</c><00:25:31.619><c> called</c><00:25:31.819><c> on</c><00:25:32.019><c> to</c><00:25:32.200><c> make</c><00:25:32.519><c> sacrifices.</c>

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And<00:25:34.440><c> we</c><00:25:34.519><c> have</c><00:25:34.759><c> to</c><00:25:35.079><c> remind</c><00:25:35.519><c> ourselves</c><00:25:35.980><c> always</c><00:25:36.559><c> that</c><00:25:36.799><c> it's</c><00:25:37.039><c> not</c>

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just<00:25:37.680><c> the</c><00:25:37.940><c> outward</c><00:25:38.319><c> appearance,</c>

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but<00:25:40.079><c> the</c><00:25:40.380><c> truth</c><00:25:40.640><c> in</c><00:25:40.880><c> our</c><00:25:41.099><c> hearts,</c><00:25:42.279><c> the</c><00:25:42.480><c> love</c><00:25:42.700><c> of</c><00:25:43.000><c> Christ</c><00:25:43.480><c> constraining</c><00:25:44.480><c> our</c><00:25:44.759><c> actions</c>

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that<00:25:47.579><c> makes</c><00:25:48.359><c> these</c><00:25:49.140><c> acts</c><00:25:49.660><c> have</c><00:25:50.819><c> value.</c>

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Verses<00:25:56.180><c> four</c><00:25:56.500><c> to</c><00:25:56.700><c> seven</c><00:25:57.460><c> of</c><00:25:58.019><c> Acts</c><00:25:58.220><c> 13</c><00:25:59.119><c> give</c><00:26:00.140><c> a</c><00:26:00.480><c> personification</c><00:26:01.359><c> of</c><00:26:01.619><c> love.</c>

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But<00:26:04.380><c> before</c><00:26:04.619><c> we</c><00:26:04.779><c> look</c><00:26:04.960><c> at</c><00:26:05.099><c> that,</c>

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it's<00:26:06.079><c> perhaps</c><00:26:06.480><c> worthwhile</c><00:26:07.000><c> to</c><00:26:07.240><c> spend</c><00:26:07.319><c> a</c><00:26:07.500><c> few</c><00:26:07.599><c> moments</c><00:26:07.900><c> with</c>

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the<00:26:08.380><c> Greek</c><00:26:08.619><c> word,</c>

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here<00:26:09.839><c> translated</c><00:26:10.299><c> charity</c><00:26:10.880><c> by</c><00:26:11.160><c> the</c><00:26:11.500><c> authorized</c><00:26:11.839><c> version,</c>

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and<00:26:12.980><c> love</c><00:26:13.279><c> by</c><00:26:13.500><c> more</c><00:26:13.740><c> modern</c><00:26:14.160><c> versions.</c>

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Of<00:26:15.480><c> course,</c><00:26:16.099><c> it's</c><00:26:16.380><c> the</c><00:26:16.559><c> word</c><00:26:16.819><c> agape.</c>

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It<00:26:18.619><c> signifies</c><00:26:19.160><c> a</c><00:26:19.420><c> love</c><00:26:19.640><c> that</c><00:26:20.000><c> selflessly</c><00:26:21.380><c> seeks</c><00:26:21.720><c> the</c><00:26:22.019><c> well</c><00:26:22.220><c>-being</c><00:26:22.460><c> of</c><00:26:22.720><c> others.</c>

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It<00:26:23.960><c> reflects</c><00:26:24.359><c> the</c><00:26:24.700><c> highest</c><00:26:25.019><c> standards</c><00:26:25.519><c> set</c><00:26:25.720><c> by</c><00:26:25.960><c> Christ.</c>

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Have<00:26:27.480><c> a</c><00:26:27.579><c> look</c><00:26:27.720><c> back</c><00:26:27.980><c> to</c><00:26:28.160><c> the</c><00:26:28.279><c> Gospel</c><00:26:28.599><c> of</c><00:26:28.819><c> John,</c><00:26:29.720><c> Chapter</c><00:26:29.980><c> 13,</c><00:26:31.579><c> please.</c>

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John,<00:26:32.480><c> Chapter</c><00:26:32.839><c> 13,</c><00:26:33.480><c> so</c><00:26:33.640><c> shortly</c><00:26:34.019><c> before</c>

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:42.960
the<00:26:40.240><c> wonderful</c><00:26:40.740><c> act</c><00:26:41.039><c> of</c><00:26:41.420><c> love</c><00:26:41.619><c> which</c><00:26:41.880><c> Jesus</c><00:26:42.240><c> did</c><00:26:42.579><c> in</c><00:26:42.799><c> giving</c>

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himself<00:26:43.319><c> on</c><00:26:43.559><c> the</c><00:26:43.759><c> cross.</c>

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John,<00:26:46.759><c> Chapter</c><00:26:46.940><c> 13,</c><00:26:47.880><c> reading</c><00:26:48.160><c> from</c><00:26:48.400><c> verse</c><00:26:48.759><c> 31.</c>

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When<00:26:55.660><c> Judas</c><00:26:55.980><c> had</c><00:26:56.220><c> gone</c><00:26:56.400><c> out,</c><00:26:57.759><c> Jesus</c><00:26:57.940><c> said,</c>

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Now<00:26:59.680><c> is</c><00:26:59.940><c> the</c><00:27:00.000><c> Son</c><00:27:00.220><c> of</c><00:27:00.319><c> Man</c><00:27:00.539><c> glorified,</c><00:27:01.839><c> and</c><00:27:01.940><c> God</c><00:27:02.180><c> is</c><00:27:02.460><c> glorified</c>

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in<00:27:03.079><c> him.</c>

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If<00:27:04.059><c> God</c><00:27:04.380><c> be</c><00:27:04.619><c> glorified</c><00:27:05.180><c> in</c><00:27:05.339><c> him,</c><00:27:06.059><c> God</c><00:27:06.380><c> shall</c><00:27:06.640><c> also</c><00:27:07.000><c> glorify</c><00:27:07.539><c> him</c><00:27:07.799><c> in</c><00:27:08.039><c> himself,</c>

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and<00:27:09.559><c> shall</c><00:27:09.779><c> straightway</c><00:27:10.200><c> glorify</c><00:27:10.779><c> him.</c>

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:15.299
Little<00:27:12.660><c> children,</c><00:27:13.380><c> ye</c><00:27:13.480><c> have</c><00:27:13.579><c> a</c><00:27:13.720><c> little</c><00:27:13.940><c> while</c><00:27:14.220><c> I</c><00:27:14.420><c> am</c><00:27:14.519><c> with</c><00:27:14.759><c> you.</c>

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Ye<00:27:15.920><c> shall</c><00:27:16.099><c> seek</c><00:27:16.380><c> me,</c><00:27:16.839><c> and</c><00:27:16.960><c> as</c><00:27:17.119><c> I</c><00:27:17.279><c> said</c><00:27:17.380><c> unto</c><00:27:17.559><c> the</c><00:27:17.799><c> Jews,</c>

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Wither<00:27:18.380><c> I</c><00:27:18.500><c> go,</c><00:27:18.740><c> ye</c><00:27:18.880><c> cannot</c><00:27:19.099><c> come.</c>

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So<00:27:19.660><c> now</c><00:27:19.880><c> I</c><00:27:20.119><c> say</c><00:27:20.259><c> to</c><00:27:20.500><c> you,</c><00:27:22.220><c> a</c><00:27:23.079><c> new</c><00:27:23.319><c> commandment</c><00:27:23.839><c> I</c><00:27:24.019><c> give</c><00:27:24.180><c> unto</c><00:27:24.440><c> you,</c>

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That<00:27:25.359><c> ye</c><00:27:25.559><c> love</c><00:27:25.839><c> one</c><00:27:26.099><c> another,</c><00:27:26.920><c> as</c><00:27:27.140><c> I</c><00:27:27.299><c> have</c><00:27:27.519><c> loved</c><00:27:27.720><c> you,</c>

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That<00:27:29.019><c> ye</c><00:27:29.279><c> also</c><00:27:29.720><c> love</c><00:27:30.099><c> one</c><00:27:30.380><c> another.</c>

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By<00:27:32.359><c> this</c><00:27:32.599><c> shall</c><00:27:32.859><c> all</c><00:27:33.140><c> men</c><00:27:33.319><c> know</c><00:27:33.640><c> that</c><00:27:33.779><c> ye</c><00:27:33.960><c> are</c><00:27:34.079><c> my</c><00:27:34.240><c> disciples,</c>

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If<00:27:35.619><c> ye</c><00:27:35.920><c> have</c><00:27:36.180><c> love</c><00:27:37.039><c> one</c><00:27:37.420><c> to</c><00:27:37.660><c> another.</c>

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And<00:27:41.500><c> we</c><00:27:41.640><c> ask</c><00:27:41.839><c> ourselves,</c><00:27:42.299><c> and</c><00:27:42.440><c> we've</c><00:27:42.720><c> asked</c><00:27:42.960><c> ourselves</c><00:27:43.319><c> this</c>

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question<00:27:43.940><c> before,</c>

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and<00:27:45.500><c> we're</c><00:27:45.680><c> familiar</c><00:27:46.039><c> with</c><00:27:46.220><c> the</c><00:27:46.380><c> answer.</c>

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In<00:27:47.920><c> what</c><00:27:48.319><c> sense</c><00:27:48.819><c> was</c><00:27:50.359><c> it</c><00:27:50.599><c> a</c><00:27:50.619><c> new</c><00:27:50.900><c> commandment?</c>

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In<00:27:53.200><c> what</c><00:27:53.500><c> sense</c><00:27:53.839><c> was</c><00:27:54.079><c> it?</c>

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And<00:27:55.519><c> the</c><00:27:55.640><c> answer</c><00:27:55.920><c> is,</c><00:27:56.160><c> of</c><00:27:56.220><c> course,</c><00:27:56.700><c> that</c><00:27:56.740><c> it's</c><00:27:56.960><c> a</c><00:27:57.019><c> new</c><00:27:57.200><c> commandment</c>

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in<00:27:57.819><c> that</c><00:27:57.940><c> we</c><00:27:58.460><c> follow</c><00:27:58.779><c> Jesus'</c><00:27:59.460><c> example.</c>

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Because<00:28:02.859><c> love</c><00:28:03.579><c> of</c><00:28:04.039><c> our</c><00:28:04.240><c> brethren</c><00:28:04.700><c> was</c><00:28:05.680><c> there</c><00:28:06.200><c> a</c><00:28:07.180><c> very</c><00:28:07.680><c> high</c>

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standard<00:28:08.599><c> under</c><00:28:09.700><c> the</c><00:28:09.960><c> law.</c>

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Keep<00:28:11.380><c> a</c><00:28:11.579><c> finger</c><00:28:11.759><c> here,</c><00:28:12.740><c> and</c><00:28:13.200><c> we'll</c><00:28:13.259><c> go</c><00:28:13.500><c> back</c><00:28:13.960><c> to</c><00:28:14.579><c> Leviticus</c>

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chapter<00:28:15.460><c> 19.</c>

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Here<00:28:28.839><c> we</c><00:28:29.019><c> read</c><00:28:29.160><c> a</c><00:28:29.380><c> statement</c><00:28:29.640><c> which</c><00:28:29.900><c> Paul</c><00:28:30.200><c> says</c><00:28:30.579><c> briefly</c><00:28:31.559><c> comprehends,</c>

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:38.000
that<00:28:33.539><c> is</c><00:28:33.980><c> succinctly</c><00:28:34.819><c> summarizes</c><00:28:35.940><c> the</c><00:28:36.799><c> law's</c><00:28:37.500><c> instruction</c>

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about<00:28:38.240><c> our</c><00:28:38.500><c> treatment</c><00:28:38.740><c> of</c><00:28:38.900><c> our</c><00:28:39.019><c> fellow</c><00:28:39.240><c> man.</c>

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Leviticus<00:28:41.900><c> 19,</c><00:28:43.720><c> well,</c><00:28:43.960><c> we'll</c><00:28:44.160><c> begin</c><00:28:44.339><c> at</c><00:28:44.500><c> verse</c><00:28:44.640><c> 17.</c>

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Thou<00:28:46.700><c> shalt</c><00:28:46.839><c> not</c><00:28:47.059><c> hate</c><00:28:47.319><c> thy</c><00:28:47.599><c> brother</c><00:28:47.900><c> in</c><00:28:48.140><c> thine</c><00:28:48.319><c> heart.</c>

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Thou<00:28:50.059><c> shalt</c><00:28:50.259><c> in</c><00:28:50.460><c> any</c><00:28:50.619><c> wise</c><00:28:50.900><c> rebuke</c><00:28:51.380><c> thy</c><00:28:51.579><c> neighbor,</c><00:28:52.619><c> and</c><00:28:52.700><c> not</c>

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suffer<00:28:53.299><c> sin</c><00:28:53.579><c> upon</c><00:28:53.880><c> him.</c>

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Thou<00:28:55.539><c> shalt</c><00:28:55.700><c> not</c><00:28:55.900><c> avenge</c><00:28:56.380><c> nor</c><00:28:56.539><c> bear</c><00:28:56.759><c> any</c><00:28:57.200><c> grudge</c><00:28:57.480><c> against</c><00:28:57.759><c> the</c>

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children<00:28:58.200><c> of</c><00:28:58.400><c> thy</c><00:28:58.599><c> people.</c>

00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:04.460
But<00:29:00.059><c> thou</c><00:29:00.339><c> shalt</c><00:29:00.660><c> love</c><00:29:01.099><c> thy</c><00:29:01.420><c> neighbor</c><00:29:02.019><c> as</c><00:29:03.059><c> thyself.</c>

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I<00:29:04.839><c> am</c><00:29:04.980><c> the</c><00:29:05.200><c> Lord.</c>

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Now,<00:29:09.740><c> we're</c><00:29:09.980><c> told</c><00:29:10.160><c> not</c><00:29:10.400><c> to</c><00:29:10.619><c> bear</c><00:29:10.880><c> any</c><00:29:11.640><c> grudge,</c><00:29:13.400><c> any</c><00:29:13.799><c> grudge</c><00:29:14.119><c> whatsoever</c><00:29:14.640><c> in</c>

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:16.000
our<00:29:15.019><c> heart.</c>

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:20.420
Moses<00:29:17.500><c> has</c><00:29:17.779><c> set</c><00:29:17.920><c> us</c><00:29:18.140><c> a</c><00:29:18.339><c> pretty</c><00:29:18.660><c> high</c><00:29:18.960><c> standard</c><00:29:19.359><c> there.</c>

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And<00:29:22.079><c> I</c><00:29:22.220><c> think</c><00:29:22.779><c> if</c><00:29:23.960><c> we're</c><00:29:24.200><c> honest</c><00:29:24.440><c> with</c><00:29:24.640><c> ourselves,</c>

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it's<00:29:25.359><c> a</c><00:29:25.519><c> standard</c><00:29:25.740><c> that</c><00:29:26.599><c> we</c><00:29:26.859><c> might</c><00:29:27.039><c> have</c><00:29:27.319><c> trouble</c><00:29:28.019><c> maintaining.</c>

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But<00:29:32.079><c> Jesus</c><00:29:32.500><c> has</c><00:29:32.839><c> set</c><00:29:32.980><c> us</c><00:29:33.299><c> an</c><00:29:33.539><c> even</c><00:29:33.859><c> higher</c><00:29:34.259><c> standard,</c>

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that<00:29:36.079><c> we</c><00:29:36.299><c> love</c><00:29:36.480><c> one</c><00:29:36.660><c> another</c><00:29:36.900><c> as</c><00:29:37.140><c> he</c><00:29:37.339><c> has</c><00:29:37.579><c> loved</c><00:29:37.720><c> us.</c>

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:45.140
And<00:29:39.539><c> you</c><00:29:39.660><c> noticed</c><00:29:40.039><c> back</c><00:29:40.700><c> in</c><00:29:40.960><c> John,</c><00:29:42.039><c> it</c><00:29:42.259><c> wasn't</c><00:29:42.900><c> a</c><00:29:43.279><c> new</c><00:29:43.559><c> suggestion,</c><00:29:44.759><c> it</c><00:29:44.920><c> was</c>

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a<00:29:45.279><c> new</c><00:29:45.619><c> commandment.</c>

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:57.230
Go<00:29:50.660><c> back</c><00:29:51.160><c> to</c><00:29:51.559><c> the</c><00:29:51.640><c> New</c><00:29:51.799><c> Testament</c><00:29:52.119><c> with</c><00:29:52.339><c> me</c><00:29:52.539><c> to</c><00:29:53.059><c> 1</c><00:29:53.420><c> John</c><00:29:54.400><c> chapter</c><00:29:56.480><c> 3.</c>

00:29:57.579 --> 00:30:00.309
And<00:29:57.740><c> I</c><00:29:57.839><c> know</c><00:29:57.960><c> I</c><00:29:58.099><c> told</c><00:29:58.259><c> you</c><00:29:58.440><c> to</c><00:29:58.579><c> keep</c><00:29:58.740><c> a</c><00:29:58.920><c> finger</c><00:29:59.119><c> in</c><00:29:59.279><c> John</c><00:29:59.559><c> 13.</c>

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.480
You<00:30:00.539><c> can</c><00:30:00.740><c> take</c><00:30:00.900><c> that</c><00:30:01.140><c> out</c><00:30:01.319><c> now.</c>

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:04.460
I'd<00:30:02.099><c> have</c><00:30:02.240><c> your</c><00:30:02.440><c> fingers</c><00:30:02.740><c> all</c><00:30:03.019><c> over</c><00:30:03.200><c> the</c><00:30:03.380><c> place.</c>

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:14.119
1<00:30:07.220><c> John</c><00:30:07.519><c> chapter</c><00:30:07.880><c> 3,</c><00:30:12.619><c> verse</c><00:30:12.799><c> 16.</c>

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:21.420
Hereby<00:30:17.279><c> perceive</c><00:30:17.920><c> we</c><00:30:18.519><c> the</c><00:30:19.740><c> love</c><00:30:19.940><c> of</c><00:30:20.240><c> Christ,</c>

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:26.160
because<00:30:22.779><c> he</c><00:30:23.079><c> laid</c><00:30:23.339><c> down</c><00:30:23.779><c> his</c><00:30:24.140><c> life</c><00:30:24.559><c> for</c><00:30:24.859><c> us,</c>

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:30.259
and<00:30:26.619><c> we</c><00:30:26.859><c> ought</c><00:30:26.980><c> to</c><00:30:27.220><c> lay</c><00:30:27.420><c> down</c><00:30:27.720><c> our</c><00:30:28.000><c> lives</c><00:30:28.660><c> for</c><00:30:29.220><c> our</c><00:30:29.440><c> brethren.</c>

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:35.339
This<00:30:31.640><c> word</c><00:30:31.980><c> ought</c><00:30:32.420><c> is</c><00:30:33.220><c> one</c><00:30:33.519><c> that,</c><00:30:33.980><c> at</c><00:30:34.039><c> least</c><00:30:34.279><c> in</c><00:30:34.539><c> American</c><00:30:34.960><c> English,</c>

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:39.339
means<00:30:35.819><c> something</c><00:30:36.259><c> different</c><00:30:36.720><c> than</c><00:30:36.940><c> it</c><00:30:37.140><c> did</c><00:30:37.440><c> in</c><00:30:37.839><c> King</c><00:30:38.099><c> James</c><00:30:38.400><c> English.</c>

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:42.240
When<00:30:39.859><c> we</c><00:30:40.119><c> say,</c><00:30:40.819><c> well,</c><00:30:41.079><c> you</c><00:30:41.160><c> know,</c><00:30:41.339><c> I</c><00:30:41.460><c> probably</c><00:30:41.819><c> ought</c><00:30:41.980><c> to</c><00:30:42.079><c> do</c>

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.819
this<00:30:42.420><c> or</c><00:30:42.619><c> that,</c>

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:46.920
what<00:30:44.279><c> we</c><00:30:44.519><c> mean</c><00:30:44.680><c> is</c><00:30:45.220><c> we're</c><00:30:45.720><c> probably</c><00:30:45.960><c> not</c><00:30:46.140><c> going</c><00:30:46.279><c> to</c><00:30:46.339><c> do</c><00:30:46.519><c> it.</c>

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:49.859
It<00:30:47.599><c> would</c><00:30:47.660><c> be</c><00:30:47.819><c> a</c><00:30:47.920><c> good</c><00:30:48.019><c> way</c><00:30:48.220><c> of</c><00:30:48.220><c> going</c><00:30:48.380><c> about</c><00:30:48.539><c> things,</c><00:30:48.759><c> but</c><00:30:48.880><c> we're</c><00:30:49.339><c> probably</c><00:30:49.660><c> not</c>

00:30:49.859 --> 00:30:50.359
going<00:30:49.980><c> to</c><00:30:50.059><c> do</c><00:30:50.200><c> it.</c>

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:54.579
I<00:30:50.579><c> ought</c><00:30:50.779><c> to</c><00:30:50.900><c> do</c><00:30:51.059><c> it,</c><00:30:51.380><c> but</c><00:30:52.160><c> I'm</c><00:30:52.940><c> not</c><00:30:53.140><c> going</c><00:30:53.339><c> to</c><00:30:53.460><c> do</c><00:30:53.579><c> it.</c>

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:59.700
Well,<00:30:56.720><c> that's</c><00:30:57.119><c> not</c><00:30:57.539><c> the</c><00:30:57.759><c> way</c><00:30:57.980><c> we</c><00:30:58.180><c> should</c><00:30:58.380><c> understand</c><00:30:58.819><c> this.</c>

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:04.539
See,<00:31:00.880><c> the</c><00:31:01.059><c> word</c><00:31:01.400><c> ought</c><00:31:01.680><c> means</c><00:31:02.039><c> that</c><00:31:03.059><c> it</c><00:31:03.319><c> behooves</c><00:31:03.880><c> us.</c>

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.099
We<00:31:05.240><c> have</c><00:31:05.619><c> to.</c>

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:10.579
We<00:31:07.539><c> must</c><00:31:08.039><c> lay</c><00:31:08.400><c> down</c><00:31:08.680><c> our</c><00:31:08.900><c> lives</c><00:31:09.240><c> for</c><00:31:09.519><c> our</c><00:31:09.740><c> brethren.</c>

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:16.400
It<00:31:12.240><c> behooves</c><00:31:12.619><c> us</c><00:31:12.880><c> to</c><00:31:13.099><c> lay</c><00:31:13.319><c> down</c><00:31:13.559><c> our</c><00:31:13.799><c> lives</c><00:31:14.400><c> for</c><00:31:15.259><c> our</c><00:31:15.500><c> brethren.</c>

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:21.119
So<00:31:17.839><c> agape</c><00:31:18.420><c> love,</c><00:31:18.880><c> which</c><00:31:19.059><c> we're</c><00:31:19.299><c> considering</c><00:31:19.779><c> this</c><00:31:20.140><c> morning</c><00:31:20.480><c> in</c><00:31:20.880><c> 1</c>

00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:22.779
Corinthians<00:31:21.559><c> 13,</c>

00:31:22.940 --> 00:31:26.319
is<00:31:23.059><c> not</c><00:31:23.380><c> based</c><00:31:23.819><c> on</c><00:31:24.299><c> ordinary</c><00:31:24.839><c> human</c><00:31:25.259><c> affection.</c>

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:32.339
Ordinary<00:31:29.740><c> human</c><00:31:30.180><c> affection</c><00:31:30.680><c> is</c><00:31:30.940><c> more</c><00:31:31.519><c> commonly</c><00:31:31.960><c> described</c>

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:35.440
by<00:31:32.700><c> the</c><00:31:32.880><c> word</c><00:31:33.259><c> phileo</c><00:31:33.880><c> in</c><00:31:34.079><c> Greek.</c>

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:39.599
Agape<00:31:36.799><c> is</c><00:31:37.039><c> a</c><00:31:37.220><c> love</c><00:31:37.400><c> which,</c><00:31:37.859><c> in</c><00:31:37.859><c> Paul's</c><00:31:38.240><c> words</c><00:31:38.400><c> of</c><00:31:38.640><c> Galatians</c><00:31:39.160><c> 6,</c>

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:42.839
seeks<00:31:40.240><c> opportunity</c><00:31:41.019><c> to</c><00:31:41.319><c> do</c><00:31:41.500><c> good</c><00:31:41.700><c> unto</c><00:31:41.940><c> all</c><00:31:42.279><c> men,</c>

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:46.579
especially<00:31:43.799><c> unto</c><00:31:44.099><c> them</c><00:31:44.319><c> that</c><00:31:44.480><c> are</c><00:31:44.579><c> of</c><00:31:44.720><c> the</c><00:31:45.240><c> household</c><00:31:45.519><c> of</c><00:31:45.819><c> faith.</c>

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:51.700
I'd<00:31:48.720><c> like</c><00:31:48.720><c> to</c><00:31:48.900><c> take</c><00:31:49.019><c> a</c><00:31:49.160><c> minute</c><00:31:49.319><c> to</c><00:31:49.559><c> talk</c><00:31:49.720><c> about</c><00:31:50.000><c> the</c><00:31:50.299><c> distinction</c><00:31:50.680><c> between</c>

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:53.740
affection<00:31:52.500><c> and</c><00:31:52.880><c> love.</c>

00:31:55.700 --> 00:32:00.220
Have<00:31:55.980><c> you</c><00:31:56.140><c> ever</c><00:31:56.339><c> heard</c><00:31:56.619><c> someone</c><00:31:56.980><c> say,</c><00:31:58.400><c> or</c><00:31:58.559><c> maybe</c><00:31:58.839><c> said</c><00:31:59.000><c> it</c><00:31:59.140><c> yourself,</c>

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:05.700
well,<00:32:01.980><c> I'll</c><00:32:02.380><c> love</c><00:32:02.599><c> them,</c><00:32:03.440><c> but</c><00:32:03.660><c> I</c><00:32:03.799><c> don't</c><00:32:04.039><c> like</c><00:32:04.359><c> them?</c>

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:10.859
Somehow<00:32:08.000><c> we</c><00:32:08.180><c> can</c><00:32:08.460><c> convince</c><00:32:08.920><c> ourselves</c><00:32:09.539><c> that</c><00:32:09.819><c> it's</c><00:32:10.099><c> okay</c><00:32:10.440><c> not</c>

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:12.839
to<00:32:11.180><c> like</c><00:32:11.500><c> certain</c><00:32:11.880><c> people,</c>

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:16.119
provided<00:32:13.640><c> that</c><00:32:13.900><c> we</c><00:32:14.099><c> treat</c><00:32:14.279><c> them</c><00:32:14.460><c> with</c><00:32:14.700><c> Christ</c><00:32:14.960><c>-like</c><00:32:15.180><c> love.</c>

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:20.960
I<00:32:17.519><c> believe</c><00:32:17.920><c> that</c><00:32:18.099><c> this</c><00:32:18.319><c> is</c><00:32:18.680><c> mistaken</c><00:32:19.140><c> and</c><00:32:19.559><c> dangerous.</c>

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:26.740
Agape<00:32:22.480><c> love,</c><00:32:23.259><c> of</c><00:32:23.579><c> course,</c><00:32:23.960><c> does</c><00:32:24.119><c> not</c><00:32:24.420><c> have</c><00:32:24.720><c> ordinary</c><00:32:25.240><c> affection</c><00:32:25.700><c> as</c><00:32:26.039><c> its</c><00:32:26.259><c> basis,</c>

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:31.279
but<00:32:27.799><c> in</c><00:32:28.200><c> demonstrating</c><00:32:28.920><c> agape</c><00:32:29.480><c> love</c><00:32:29.900><c> for</c><00:32:30.200><c> our</c><00:32:30.440><c> brethren,</c>

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:36.259
it<00:32:31.819><c> is</c><00:32:32.220><c> necessary</c><00:32:32.900><c> to</c><00:32:33.579><c> develop</c><00:32:33.960><c> affection</c><00:32:34.640><c> for</c><00:32:35.500><c> them.</c>

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.680
Let<00:32:37.140><c> me</c><00:32:37.279><c> repeat</c><00:32:37.599><c> that.</c>

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:42.460
In<00:32:39.299><c> demonstrating</c><00:32:40.000><c> agape</c><00:32:40.660><c> love</c><00:32:41.000><c> for</c><00:32:41.279><c> our</c><00:32:41.559><c> brethren,</c>

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:46.519
it<00:32:42.619><c> is</c><00:32:43.039><c> necessary</c><00:32:43.960><c> to</c><00:32:44.400><c> develop</c><00:32:45.119><c> affection</c><00:32:45.819><c> for</c><00:32:46.220><c> them.</c>

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:51.619
This<00:32:47.140><c> is</c><00:32:47.460><c> not</c><00:32:47.720><c> just</c><00:32:48.000><c> my</c><00:32:48.319><c> opinion,</c><00:32:49.660><c> it's</c><00:32:50.160><c> the</c><00:32:50.319><c> word</c><00:32:50.519><c> of</c><00:32:50.779><c> Scripture.</c>

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:56.700
Have<00:32:52.519><c> a</c><00:32:52.640><c> look</c><00:32:52.799><c> over</c><00:32:53.039><c> at</c><00:32:53.220><c> 1</c><00:32:53.420><c> Peter,</c><00:32:53.819><c> chapter</c><00:32:54.180><c> 1,</c><00:32:54.920><c> verse</c><00:32:55.119><c> 22.</c>

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:06.839
1<00:33:04.279><c> Peter</c><00:33:04.579><c> 1,</c><00:33:04.960><c> verse</c><00:33:05.240><c> 22</c><00:33:05.779><c> says,</c>

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:12.400
Seeing<00:33:07.640><c> ye</c><00:33:07.940><c> have</c><00:33:08.200><c> purified</c><00:33:08.839><c> your</c><00:33:09.140><c> souls</c><00:33:09.700><c> in</c><00:33:10.240><c> obeying</c><00:33:10.640><c> the</c><00:33:10.920><c> truth</c><00:33:11.140><c> through</c><00:33:11.380><c> the</c><00:33:11.660><c> Spirit,</c>

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:18.160
Unto<00:33:13.000><c> unfeigned</c><00:33:13.839><c> love</c><00:33:14.259><c> of</c><00:33:14.480><c> the</c><00:33:14.660><c> brethren,</c><00:33:16.839><c> Philadelphia,</c>

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:24.680
See<00:33:19.759><c> that</c><00:33:20.039><c> ye</c><00:33:20.259><c> love</c><00:33:20.480><c> one</c><00:33:20.759><c> another,</c><00:33:21.920><c> have</c><00:33:22.140><c> agape</c><00:33:22.640><c> love,</c><00:33:24.240><c> with</c><00:33:24.420><c> a</c>

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:27.539
pure<00:33:24.920><c> heart,</c><00:33:26.400><c> fervently.</c>

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:34.759
Philadelphia<00:33:30.799><c> goes</c><00:33:31.640><c> hand</c><00:33:32.019><c> in</c><00:33:32.299><c> hand</c><00:33:33.160><c> with</c><00:33:33.799><c> agape</c><00:33:34.299><c> love,</c>

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:38.859
and<00:33:35.420><c> it</c><00:33:35.579><c> must</c><00:33:35.819><c> be</c><00:33:36.220><c> of</c><00:33:36.420><c> fondness,</c><00:33:37.339><c> unfeigned,</c>

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:44.619
and<00:33:39.740><c> it's</c><00:33:40.039><c> treated</c><00:33:40.599><c> as</c><00:33:41.480><c> a</c><00:33:41.599><c> prerequisite</c><00:33:42.460><c> to</c><00:33:42.920><c> agape</c><00:33:43.339><c> love</c><00:33:43.599><c> here.</c>

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:49.740
It's<00:33:46.339><c> a</c><00:33:46.579><c> fondness,</c><00:33:47.339><c> unfeigned.</c>

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:58.619
Of<00:33:53.319><c> the</c><00:33:53.559><c> six</c><00:33:53.839><c> passages</c><00:33:54.380><c> using</c><00:33:54.960><c> the</c><00:33:55.819><c> word,</c><00:33:57.779><c> unfeigned,</c>

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:02.420
that<00:33:59.160><c> we</c><00:33:59.359><c> have</c><00:33:59.500><c> here</c><00:33:59.779><c> in</c><00:33:59.920><c> 1</c><00:34:00.119><c> Peter</c><00:34:00.400><c> 1,</c><00:34:01.079><c> verse</c><00:34:01.359><c> 22,</c>

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:04.920
of<00:34:03.240><c> the</c><00:34:03.460><c> six</c><00:34:03.720><c> passages,</c>

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:11.039
three<00:34:08.159><c> are</c><00:34:08.460><c> with</c><00:34:08.739><c> regard</c><00:34:09.159><c> to</c><00:34:09.460><c> love,</c><00:34:10.179><c> as</c><00:34:10.420><c> this</c><00:34:10.699><c> one.</c>

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:16.199
The<00:34:11.659><c> other</c><00:34:11.960><c> two</c><00:34:12.500><c> are</c><00:34:12.900><c> Romans</c><00:34:13.179><c> 12,</c><00:34:13.760><c> verse</c><00:34:13.980><c> 9,</c><00:34:14.400><c> and</c><00:34:14.659><c> 2</c><00:34:14.820><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:15.139><c> 6,</c><00:34:15.920><c> verses</c>

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:18.019
1<00:34:16.440><c> and</c><00:34:16.659><c> 6.</c>

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Romans<00:34:18.440><c> 12,</c><00:34:18.800><c> verse</c><00:34:19.019><c> 9,</c>

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Let<00:34:19.880><c> love</c><00:34:20.539><c> be</c><00:34:21.079><c> without</c><00:34:21.559><c> dissimulation.</c>

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.280
2<00:34:27.179><c> Corinthians</c><00:34:27.519><c> 6,</c>

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:30.139
We<00:34:28.719><c> then</c><00:34:28.860><c> as</c><00:34:29.000><c> workers</c><00:34:29.260><c> together</c><00:34:29.659><c> with</c><00:34:29.840><c> him,</c>

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:32.420
besuit<00:34:30.539><c> you</c><00:34:30.739><c> also</c><00:34:30.980><c> that</c><00:34:31.159><c> ye</c><00:34:31.320><c> receive</c><00:34:31.519><c> not</c><00:34:31.719><c> the</c><00:34:31.860><c> grace</c><00:34:32.019><c> of</c><00:34:32.159><c> God</c>

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.920
in<00:34:32.699><c> vain,</c>

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:37.199
by<00:34:33.400><c> pureness,</c><00:34:34.099><c> by</c><00:34:34.320><c> knowledge,</c><00:34:35.179><c> by</c><00:34:35.420><c> long</c><00:34:35.679><c>-suffering,</c><00:34:36.099><c> by</c><00:34:36.360><c> kindness,</c><00:34:37.039><c> by</c>

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:38.780
the<00:34:37.420><c> Holy</c><00:34:37.639><c> Spirit,</c>

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:42.179
by<00:34:40.340><c> love,</c><00:34:41.519><c> unfeigned.</c>

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:46.500
The<00:34:42.840><c> Greek</c><00:34:43.159><c> word</c><00:34:43.579><c> means</c><00:34:44.119><c> without</c><00:34:44.800><c> hypocrisy.</c>

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:53.679
We<00:34:49.940><c> are</c><00:34:50.119><c> to</c><00:34:50.380><c> have</c><00:34:50.900><c> unhypocritical</c><00:34:52.079><c> love</c><00:34:52.440><c> for</c><00:34:52.659><c> one</c><00:34:52.880><c> another.</c>

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:56.659
Now,<00:34:54.320><c> if</c><00:34:54.460><c> we're</c><00:34:54.719><c> supposed</c><00:34:54.920><c> to</c><00:34:55.139><c> have</c><00:34:55.420><c> unhypocritical</c><00:34:56.360><c> love</c>

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.440
for<00:34:56.880><c> one</c><00:34:57.139><c> another,</c>

00:34:57.940 --> 00:35:00.960
I<00:34:58.139><c> ask</c><00:34:58.420><c> you,</c><00:34:58.820><c> what</c><00:34:59.000><c> is</c><00:34:59.400><c> hypocritical</c><00:35:00.119><c> love?</c>

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:05.719
Is<00:35:03.380><c> hypocritical</c><00:35:04.019><c> love</c><00:35:04.420><c> the</c><00:35:04.739><c> love</c><00:35:04.960><c> that</c><00:35:05.239><c> says,</c>

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:09.460
Well,<00:35:06.300><c> I'll</c><00:35:06.679><c> love</c><00:35:06.860><c> them,</c><00:35:07.139><c> but</c><00:35:07.300><c> I</c><00:35:07.480><c> don't</c><00:35:07.739><c> like</c><00:35:08.059><c> them?</c>

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:14.179
I<00:35:12.360><c> know</c><00:35:12.460><c> that</c><00:35:12.619><c> what</c><00:35:12.719><c> I'm</c><00:35:12.940><c> saying</c><00:35:13.139><c> here</c><00:35:13.360><c> might</c><00:35:13.539><c> make</c><00:35:13.719><c> us</c><00:35:13.920><c> feel</c><00:35:14.079><c> a</c>

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.840
bit<00:35:14.320><c> uncomfortable.</c>

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:17.099
It<00:35:15.099><c> makes</c><00:35:15.340><c> me</c><00:35:15.599><c> feel</c><00:35:15.820><c> a</c><00:35:15.920><c> bit</c><00:35:16.059><c> uncomfortable.</c>

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:24.519
We<00:35:18.219><c> might</c><00:35:18.500><c> be</c><00:35:18.960><c> thinking</c><00:35:19.219><c> of</c><00:35:19.539><c> someone</c><00:35:20.119><c> for</c><00:35:21.059><c> whom</c><00:35:21.760><c> we</c><00:35:23.679><c> don't,</c>

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:27.039
someone<00:35:25.039><c> we're</c><00:35:25.340><c> just</c><00:35:25.599><c> not</c><00:35:25.820><c> attracted</c><00:35:26.260><c> to,</c>

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:29.619
someone<00:35:27.440><c> perhaps</c><00:35:27.820><c> who's</c><00:35:28.219><c> done</c><00:35:28.400><c> us</c><00:35:28.619><c> a</c><00:35:28.840><c> great</c><00:35:29.039><c> injustice,</c>

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:34.559
perhaps<00:35:30.360><c> somebody</c><00:35:30.659><c> who</c><00:35:30.960><c> has</c><00:35:31.400><c> repeatedly</c><00:35:32.159><c> treated</c><00:35:33.280><c> us</c><00:35:33.579><c> badly,</c>

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:36.900
repeatedly<00:35:35.219><c> offended</c><00:35:35.639><c> us.</c>

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:45.460
Can<00:35:40.559><c> we</c><00:35:40.760><c> allow</c><00:35:41.039><c> ourselves</c><00:35:41.719><c> to</c><00:35:43.340><c> say,</c><00:35:44.760><c> I'll</c><00:35:44.900><c> love</c><00:35:45.039><c> them,</c><00:35:45.219><c> but</c><00:35:45.320><c> I</c>

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:47.340
don't<00:35:45.679><c> like</c><00:35:45.920><c> them?</c>

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:51.760
My<00:35:48.659><c> impression</c><00:35:49.260><c> is</c><00:35:49.599><c> that</c><00:35:49.760><c> whenever</c><00:35:50.079><c> we</c><00:35:50.400><c> have</c><00:35:50.539><c> a</c><00:35:50.840><c> choice</c><00:35:51.119><c> in</c><00:35:51.400><c> life,</c>

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:53.659
and<00:35:52.239><c> we</c><00:35:52.400><c> have</c><00:35:52.559><c> this</c><00:35:52.800><c> option</c><00:35:53.079><c> or</c><00:35:53.219><c> this</c><00:35:53.440><c> option,</c>

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:56.719
and<00:35:53.820><c> we</c><00:35:54.059><c> really</c><00:35:54.340><c> can't</c><00:35:54.559><c> decide</c><00:35:55.000><c> which</c><00:35:55.219><c> one's</c><00:35:55.539><c> the</c><00:35:55.719><c> right</c><00:35:56.239><c> way</c>

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.920
to<00:35:56.980><c> go,</c>

00:35:58.860 --> 00:36:01.099
that<00:35:58.940><c> if</c><00:35:59.199><c> one</c><00:35:59.420><c> of</c><00:35:59.579><c> them</c><00:35:59.699><c> is</c><00:36:00.079><c> harder,</c>

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:05.579
the<00:36:02.400><c> harder</c><00:36:02.739><c> way</c><00:36:03.099><c> is</c><00:36:03.300><c> almost</c><00:36:03.539><c> always</c><00:36:04.000><c> the</c><00:36:04.219><c> right</c><00:36:04.500><c> way,</c>

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:09.000
because<00:36:06.440><c> it's</c><00:36:06.739><c> the</c><00:36:06.880><c> way</c><00:36:07.079><c> that</c><00:36:07.340><c> denies</c><00:36:07.739><c> the</c><00:36:08.059><c> flesh.</c>

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:13.980
My<00:36:11.000><c> suspicion</c><00:36:11.679><c> is</c><00:36:12.179><c> that</c><00:36:12.440><c> when</c><00:36:12.619><c> we</c><00:36:12.940><c> say,</c><00:36:13.360><c> I'll</c><00:36:13.500><c> love</c><00:36:13.659><c> them,</c><00:36:13.880><c> but</c>

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.619
I<00:36:14.159><c> don't</c><00:36:14.480><c> like</c><00:36:14.800><c> them,</c>

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.599
that<00:36:16.119><c> we're</c><00:36:16.539><c> accommodating</c><00:36:17.219><c> the</c><00:36:17.539><c> flesh,</c>

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:23.480
and<00:36:19.360><c> that</c><00:36:19.519><c> in</c><00:36:19.800><c> some</c><00:36:20.039><c> way</c><00:36:20.179><c> we</c><00:36:20.360><c> must</c><00:36:20.679><c> try</c><00:36:21.099><c> to</c><00:36:21.500><c> develop</c><00:36:21.860><c> some</c><00:36:22.320><c> affection,</c>

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:26.840
even<00:36:24.699><c> for</c><00:36:24.880><c> the</c><00:36:25.000><c> most</c><00:36:25.260><c> unlovable</c><00:36:25.699><c> people.</c>

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:31.500
If<00:36:28.420><c> there's</c><00:36:28.820><c> someone</c><00:36:29.000><c> who's</c><00:36:29.420><c> treated</c><00:36:29.599><c> us</c><00:36:29.880><c> very</c><00:36:30.320><c> badly,</c>

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:37.360
let's<00:36:33.820><c> imagine</c><00:36:34.320><c> how</c><00:36:34.599><c> we</c><00:36:34.820><c> would</c><00:36:35.019><c> talk</c><00:36:35.300><c> about</c><00:36:35.579><c> that</c><00:36:35.860><c> person</c><00:36:36.300><c> if</c>

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:39.599
we<00:36:37.599><c> were</c><00:36:37.880><c> speaking</c><00:36:38.260><c> to</c><00:36:38.599><c> Jesus.</c>

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:43.019
What<00:36:41.639><c> would</c><00:36:41.800><c> we</c><00:36:42.099><c> say?</c>

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:47.059
Would<00:36:44.780><c> we</c><00:36:45.260><c> haul</c><00:36:45.380><c> out</c><00:36:45.639><c> a</c><00:36:45.739><c> list</c><00:36:45.920><c> of</c><00:36:46.139><c> the</c><00:36:46.320><c> wrongs</c><00:36:46.679><c> that</c><00:36:46.820><c> they've</c>

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:48.659
done<00:36:47.179><c> us?</c>

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:53.960
Actually,<00:36:51.619><c> talking</c><00:36:51.880><c> to</c><00:36:52.059><c> Jesus</c><00:36:52.360><c> about</c><00:36:52.619><c> it</c><00:36:52.780><c> isn't</c><00:36:52.960><c> such</c><00:36:53.179><c> a</c><00:36:53.300><c> bad</c><00:36:53.500><c> idea.</c>

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:57.920
Jesus<00:36:54.860><c> himself</c><00:36:55.320><c> tells</c><00:36:55.599><c> us</c><00:36:56.019><c> that</c><00:36:56.699><c> we</c><00:36:56.760><c> ought</c><00:36:56.980><c> to</c><00:36:57.119><c> love</c><00:36:57.340><c> our</c><00:36:57.599><c> enemies</c>

00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:00.760
and<00:36:58.239><c> bless</c><00:36:58.460><c> them</c><00:36:58.679><c> that</c><00:36:58.880><c> cursed</c><00:36:59.099><c> us,</c><00:36:59.820><c> do</c><00:36:59.920><c> good</c><00:37:00.119><c> to</c><00:37:00.260><c> them</c><00:37:00.519><c> that</c>

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.159
hate<00:37:00.880><c> us,</c>

00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:06.760
and<00:37:01.639><c> pray</c><00:37:01.980><c> for</c><00:37:02.179><c> them</c><00:37:02.460><c> that</c><00:37:02.860><c> despitefully</c><00:37:03.400><c> use</c><00:37:03.719><c> us,</c><00:37:05.239><c> those</c><00:37:05.519><c> that</c><00:37:05.820><c> persecute</c><00:37:06.280><c> us.</c>

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.880
Why<00:37:07.340><c> pray</c><00:37:07.679><c> for</c><00:37:07.860><c> them?</c>

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:11.519
They<00:37:09.159><c> won't</c><00:37:09.360><c> even</c><00:37:09.679><c> know</c><00:37:09.840><c> we're</c><00:37:10.019><c> praying</c><00:37:10.340><c> for</c><00:37:10.559><c> them,</c>

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:15.380
and<00:37:12.260><c> God</c><00:37:12.500><c> knows</c><00:37:12.800><c> anything</c><00:37:13.139><c> we</c><00:37:13.320><c> could</c><00:37:13.519><c> pray</c><00:37:13.760><c> about</c><00:37:14.139><c> before</c><00:37:15.159><c> we</c>

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:16.679
even<00:37:15.639><c> ask.</c>

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:19.860
But<00:37:17.119><c> in</c><00:37:17.400><c> prayer</c><00:37:17.619><c> we</c><00:37:17.820><c> bring</c><00:37:18.019><c> the</c><00:37:18.280><c> problem</c><00:37:18.519><c> before</c><00:37:18.900><c> God</c>

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:22.639
and<00:37:20.139><c> look</c><00:37:20.360><c> on</c><00:37:20.519><c> it</c><00:37:20.659><c> from</c><00:37:20.840><c> His</c><00:37:21.159><c> loving</c><00:37:21.440><c> perspective.</c>

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:26.460
And<00:37:23.539><c> we</c><00:37:23.760><c> think</c><00:37:23.940><c> of</c><00:37:24.079><c> His</c><00:37:24.260><c> mercy</c><00:37:24.579><c> to</c><00:37:24.820><c> us,</c>

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:29.679
despite<00:37:26.960><c> the</c><00:37:27.239><c> wrongs</c><00:37:27.880><c> that</c><00:37:28.019><c> we</c><00:37:28.159><c> do</c><00:37:28.360><c> against</c><00:37:28.699><c> Him.</c>

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:34.739
And<00:37:30.599><c> then</c><00:37:30.860><c> we</c><00:37:31.119><c> become</c><00:37:31.460><c> the</c><00:37:31.760><c> first</c><00:37:32.119><c> beneficiaries</c><00:37:32.900><c> of</c><00:37:33.599><c> that</c><00:37:33.800><c> prayer.</c>

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:38.519
And<00:37:35.500><c> this</c><00:37:35.679><c> is</c><00:37:35.900><c> precisely</c><00:37:36.420><c> the</c><00:37:36.719><c> point</c><00:37:36.940><c> that</c><00:37:37.139><c> Jesus</c><00:37:37.480><c> made</c><00:37:37.800><c> in</c><00:37:37.960><c> his</c><00:37:38.159><c> Sermon</c><00:37:38.360><c> on</c>

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.460
the<00:37:38.679><c> Mount.</c>

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:42.820
For<00:37:39.820><c> in</c><00:37:40.199><c> praying</c><00:37:40.420><c> for</c><00:37:40.699><c> that</c><00:37:40.900><c> person,</c><00:37:41.659><c> we</c><00:37:41.900><c> become</c><00:37:42.260><c> more</c><00:37:42.579><c> like</c>

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.900
our<00:37:43.000><c> Heavenly</c><00:37:43.360><c> Father.</c>

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:47.000
We<00:37:44.619><c> become</c><00:37:44.920><c> the</c><00:37:45.139><c> children</c><00:37:45.460><c> of</c><00:37:45.659><c> our</c><00:37:45.840><c> Father</c><00:37:46.119><c> which</c><00:37:46.300><c> is</c><00:37:46.500><c> in</c><00:37:46.699><c> Heaven,</c>

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:50.199
who<00:37:47.619><c> makes</c><00:37:47.880><c> His</c><00:37:48.159><c> Son</c><00:37:48.380><c> to</c><00:37:48.639><c> rise</c><00:37:48.820><c> on</c><00:37:49.000><c> the</c><00:37:49.260><c> evil</c><00:37:49.440><c> and</c><00:37:49.599><c> on</c><00:37:49.780><c> the</c><00:37:49.960><c> good,</c>

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:53.539
and<00:37:50.619><c> sendeth</c><00:37:51.099><c> rain</c><00:37:51.340><c> on</c><00:37:51.579><c> the</c><00:37:51.780><c> just</c><00:37:52.000><c> and</c><00:37:52.179><c> on</c><00:37:52.320><c> the</c><00:37:52.519><c> unjust.</c>

00:37:54.559 --> 00:38:00.239
For<00:37:54.659><c> if</c><00:37:54.860><c> we</c><00:37:55.079><c> love</c><00:37:55.260><c> them</c><00:37:55.519><c> which</c><00:37:55.780><c> love</c><00:37:55.980><c> us,</c><00:37:58.360><c> what</c><00:37:58.760><c> reward</c><00:37:59.320><c> have</c><00:37:59.579><c> we?</c>

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:03.159
Don't<00:38:01.039><c> even</c><00:38:01.340><c> the</c><00:38:01.579><c> publicans</c><00:38:01.940><c> the</c><00:38:02.199><c> same?</c>

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:06.940
And<00:38:03.460><c> if</c><00:38:03.619><c> we</c><00:38:03.800><c> salute</c><00:38:04.139><c> our</c><00:38:04.460><c> brethren</c><00:38:04.840><c> only,</c><00:38:06.119><c> what</c><00:38:06.320><c> do</c><00:38:06.519><c> we</c><00:38:06.719><c> more</c>

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:07.500
than<00:38:07.139><c> others?</c>

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:10.119
Do<00:38:08.179><c> not</c><00:38:08.360><c> even</c><00:38:08.559><c> the</c><00:38:08.780><c> publicans</c><00:38:09.219><c> so?</c>

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:14.980
We<00:38:10.739><c> must</c><00:38:11.239><c> be</c><00:38:11.760><c> therefore</c><00:38:12.300><c> perfect,</c><00:38:13.980><c> as</c><00:38:14.159><c> our</c><00:38:14.340><c> Father</c><00:38:14.619><c> which</c><00:38:14.820><c> is</c>

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:16.159
in<00:38:15.159><c> Heaven</c><00:38:15.320><c> is</c><00:38:15.579><c> perfect.</c>

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:21.380
Let's<00:38:17.639><c> examine</c><00:38:18.119><c> in</c><00:38:18.340><c> our</c><00:38:18.579><c> hearts</c><00:38:19.159><c> whether</c><00:38:20.000><c> any</c><00:38:20.539><c> justification</c>

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.659
of<00:38:21.760><c> inaffection</c>

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:26.920
stands<00:38:23.420><c> up</c><00:38:23.679><c> under</c><00:38:23.900><c> Paul's</c><00:38:24.440><c> description</c><00:38:25.280><c> of</c><00:38:25.639><c> agape</c><00:38:26.019><c> love,</c>

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:29.760
as<00:38:27.780><c> found</c><00:38:28.019><c> in</c><00:38:28.300><c> 1</c><00:38:28.460><c> Corinthians</c><00:38:28.860><c> 13.</c>

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:33.780
And<00:38:31.239><c> here</c><00:38:31.360><c> this</c><00:38:31.820><c> transparency</c><00:38:32.340><c> gives</c><00:38:32.579><c> it</c><00:38:32.780><c> to</c><00:38:32.900><c> us</c><00:38:33.280><c> from</c><00:38:33.579><c> the</c>

00:38:33.780 --> 00:38:35.519
Revised<00:38:34.099><c> Standard</c><00:38:34.460><c> Version.</c>

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:39.380
Love<00:38:36.820><c> is</c><00:38:37.159><c> patient</c><00:38:37.760><c> and</c><00:38:38.739><c> kind.</c>

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:46.219
Love<00:38:39.579><c> is</c><00:38:43.460><c> not</c><00:38:43.739><c> jealous</c><00:38:44.219><c> or</c><00:38:44.820><c> boastful.</c>

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:49.179
It's<00:38:47.300><c> not</c><00:38:47.579><c> arrogant</c><00:38:47.960><c> or</c><00:38:48.320><c> rude.</c>

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:52.960
Love<00:38:50.659><c> does</c><00:38:50.900><c> not</c><00:38:51.059><c> insist</c><00:38:51.420><c> on</c><00:38:51.579><c> its</c><00:38:51.760><c> own</c><00:38:51.960><c> way.</c>

00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:56.840
It's<00:38:53.840><c> not</c><00:38:54.119><c> irritable</c><00:38:55.059><c> or</c><00:38:55.619><c> resentful.</c>

00:38:57.460 --> 00:39:02.059
It<00:38:57.639><c> does</c><00:38:57.880><c> not</c><00:38:58.079><c> rejoice</c><00:38:58.420><c> at</c><00:38:58.719><c> wrong,</c><00:38:59.780><c> but</c><00:39:00.079><c> rejoices</c><00:39:00.619><c> in</c><00:39:01.039><c> the</c><00:39:01.260><c> right.</c>

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:09.400
Love<00:39:03.440><c> bears</c><00:39:03.880><c> all</c><00:39:04.239><c> things,</c><00:39:05.500><c> believes</c><00:39:05.860><c> all</c><00:39:06.239><c> things,</c><00:39:07.659><c> hopes</c><00:39:07.880><c> all</c><00:39:08.199><c> things.</c>

00:39:09.659 --> 00:39:12.139
Endures<00:39:10.280><c> all</c><00:39:10.619><c> things.</c>

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:15.780
How<00:39:14.119><c> do</c><00:39:14.260><c> we</c><00:39:14.420><c> match</c><00:39:14.619><c> up?</c>

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:19.460
How<00:39:17.500><c> do</c><00:39:17.639><c> we</c><00:39:17.780><c> match</c><00:39:17.980><c> up</c><00:39:18.139><c> on</c><00:39:18.300><c> these</c><00:39:18.539><c> things?</c>

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:26.920
I<00:39:22.980><c> think</c><00:39:23.119><c> honest</c><00:39:23.519><c> introspection</c><00:39:24.219><c> reveals</c><00:39:24.739><c> that</c><00:39:25.219><c> in</c><00:39:25.579><c> some</c><00:39:25.780><c> ways</c><00:39:26.159><c> we</c>

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:28.440
do<00:39:27.139><c> okay.</c>

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:33.440
But<00:39:30.079><c> in</c><00:39:30.420><c> other</c><00:39:30.659><c> ways</c><00:39:31.000><c> we</c><00:39:31.179><c> are</c><00:39:31.380><c> the</c><00:39:31.579><c> things</c><00:39:31.860><c> that</c><00:39:32.099><c> love</c><00:39:32.320><c> is</c><00:39:32.619><c> not.</c>

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:38.500
Love,<00:39:34.719><c> Paul</c><00:39:35.079><c> tells</c><00:39:35.400><c> us,</c><00:39:36.800><c> vaunteth</c><00:39:37.199><c> not</c><00:39:37.400><c> itself.</c>

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:41.860
In<00:39:39.420><c> the</c><00:39:39.539><c> words</c><00:39:39.699><c> of</c><00:39:39.880><c> the</c><00:39:39.920><c> Revised</c><00:39:40.239><c> Standard,</c><00:39:40.760><c> it</c><00:39:40.880><c> does</c><00:39:41.139><c> not</c><00:39:41.300><c> insist</c><00:39:41.659><c> on</c>

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:43.099
its<00:39:42.019><c> own</c><00:39:42.219><c> way.</c>

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:45.239
It<00:39:43.480><c> puts</c><00:39:43.840><c> self</c><00:39:44.239><c> second.</c>

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:48.139
It's<00:39:46.340><c> not</c><00:39:46.679><c> unmannerly.</c>

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:51.380
It<00:39:48.659><c> never</c><00:39:48.960><c> snaps</c><00:39:49.340><c> out</c><00:39:49.659><c> because</c><00:39:49.920><c> it's</c><00:39:50.139><c> in</c><00:39:50.260><c> a</c><00:39:50.380><c> bad</c><00:39:50.559><c> mood.</c>

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:58.059
Love<00:39:52.780><c> is</c><00:39:53.019><c> never</c><00:39:53.380><c> bad</c><00:39:53.699><c> tempered,</c><00:39:55.000><c> but</c><00:39:55.300><c> rather</c><00:39:55.860><c> patient</c><00:39:56.519><c> and</c><00:39:57.079><c> kind.</c>

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:02.199
More<00:39:58.940><c> than</c><00:39:59.219><c> anything</c><00:39:59.579><c> else,</c><00:40:00.320><c> love</c><00:40:00.659><c> is</c><00:40:01.079><c> optimistic.</c>

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:09.119
Verse<00:40:08.059><c> 7.</c>

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:13.039
Beareth<00:40:10.199><c> all</c><00:40:10.420><c> things,</c><00:40:11.000><c> believeth</c><00:40:11.280><c> all</c><00:40:11.539><c> things,</c><00:40:12.380><c> hopeeth</c><00:40:12.739><c> all</c>

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:15.480
things,<00:40:14.519><c> endureth</c><00:40:14.940><c> all</c><00:40:15.179><c> things.</c>

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:20.059
It's<00:40:16.099><c> not</c><00:40:16.280><c> to</c><00:40:16.500><c> say</c><00:40:16.619><c> that</c><00:40:16.820><c> love</c><00:40:16.960><c> is</c><00:40:17.239><c> credulous,</c><00:40:19.059><c> but</c><00:40:19.380><c> rather</c><00:40:19.739><c> a</c>

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.619
loving<00:40:20.340><c> attitude,</c>

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:25.940
colors<00:40:22.480><c> our</c><00:40:22.840><c> evaluation</c><00:40:23.420><c> of</c><00:40:23.739><c> others,</c><00:40:24.340><c> and</c><00:40:24.539><c> hopes</c><00:40:24.719><c> for</c><00:40:24.940><c> the</c><00:40:25.119><c> best.</c>

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:29.280
We<00:40:26.219><c> hope</c><00:40:26.420><c> for</c><00:40:26.639><c> the</c><00:40:26.840><c> best,</c><00:40:27.639><c> trying</c><00:40:27.860><c> to</c><00:40:28.059><c> look</c><00:40:28.199><c> for</c><00:40:28.380><c> the</c><00:40:28.539><c> best</c><00:40:28.780><c> motives</c><00:40:29.099><c> in</c>

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:30.900
the<00:40:29.460><c> behavior</c><00:40:29.760><c> of</c><00:40:29.960><c> our</c><00:40:30.119><c> brethren.</c>

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:33.820
How<00:40:31.820><c> do</c><00:40:32.079><c> we</c><00:40:32.239><c> measure</c><00:40:32.539><c> up?</c>

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:40.800
Let's<00:40:34.639><c> think</c><00:40:34.960><c> of</c><00:40:35.400><c> the</c><00:40:35.659><c> one</c><00:40:35.860><c> who</c><00:40:36.099><c> was</c><00:40:36.699><c> the</c><00:40:37.199><c> epitome,</c><00:40:38.440><c> the</c><00:40:38.619><c> embodiment</c><00:40:39.260><c> of</c><00:40:39.719><c> love,</c>

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.900
and<00:40:41.039><c> read</c><00:40:41.300><c> from</c><00:40:41.539><c> Romans</c><00:40:41.820><c> 5.</c>

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:46.300
Romans<00:40:45.199><c> 5,</c><00:40:45.579><c> verse</c><00:40:45.780><c> 6.</c>

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:52.219
For<00:40:46.619><c> when</c><00:40:46.900><c> we</c><00:40:47.260><c> were</c><00:40:47.539><c> yet</c><00:40:47.880><c> without</c><00:40:48.420><c> strength,</c><00:40:50.460><c> in</c><00:40:50.739><c> due</c><00:40:51.039><c> time</c>

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:54.949
Christ<00:40:53.119><c> died</c><00:40:53.579><c> for</c><00:40:53.820><c> the</c><00:40:54.099><c> ungodly.</c>

00:40:57.170 --> 00:41:02.250
For<00:40:57.769><c> scarcely</c><00:40:58.269><c> for</c><00:40:58.530><c> a</c><00:40:58.670><c> righteous</c><00:40:58.989><c> man</c><00:40:59.329><c> will</c><00:40:59.530><c> one</c><00:40:59.730><c> die,</c><00:41:00.909><c> yet</c><00:41:01.329><c> per</c><00:41:01.610><c> venture</c><00:41:01.869><c> for</c><00:41:02.130><c> a</c>

00:41:02.250 --> 00:41:05.190
good<00:41:02.389><c> man</c><00:41:02.849><c> some</c><00:41:03.170><c> would</c><00:41:03.329><c> even</c><00:41:03.590><c> dare</c><00:41:03.849><c> to</c><00:41:04.130><c> die.</c>

00:41:06.030 --> 00:41:09.730
But<00:41:06.130><c> God</c><00:41:06.590><c> commendeth</c><00:41:07.150><c> his</c><00:41:07.389><c> love</c><00:41:07.670><c> toward</c><00:41:07.989><c> us,</c><00:41:09.170><c> in</c><00:41:09.309><c> that</c><00:41:09.469><c> while</c>

00:41:09.730 --> 00:41:13.889
we<00:41:09.909><c> were</c><00:41:10.150><c> yet</c><00:41:10.429><c> sinners,</c><00:41:11.269><c> Christ</c><00:41:11.630><c> died</c><00:41:12.070><c> for</c><00:41:12.309><c> us.</c>

00:41:14.030 --> 00:41:17.849
Much<00:41:14.329><c> more</c><00:41:14.750><c> than</c><00:41:14.989><c> being</c><00:41:15.289><c> now</c><00:41:15.630><c> justified</c><00:41:16.170><c> by</c><00:41:16.449><c> his</c><00:41:16.750><c> blood,</c><00:41:17.650><c> we</c>

00:41:17.849 --> 00:41:20.150
shall<00:41:18.050><c> be</c><00:41:18.289><c> saved</c><00:41:18.530><c> from</c><00:41:18.829><c> wrath</c><00:41:19.150><c> through</c><00:41:19.469><c> him.</c>

00:41:20.150 --> 00:41:24.809
For<00:41:20.670><c> if</c><00:41:21.090><c> when</c><00:41:21.409><c> we</c><00:41:21.610><c> were</c><00:41:21.869><c> enemies,</c><00:41:23.010><c> we</c><00:41:23.090><c> were</c><00:41:23.409><c> reconciled</c><00:41:24.070><c> to</c><00:41:24.230><c> God</c><00:41:24.530><c> by</c>

00:41:24.809 --> 00:41:26.070
the<00:41:24.949><c> death</c><00:41:25.110><c> of</c><00:41:25.349><c> his</c><00:41:25.469><c> son,</c>

00:41:26.510 --> 00:41:32.789
much<00:41:26.949><c> more</c><00:41:27.289><c> being</c><00:41:27.630><c> reconciled,</c><00:41:28.969><c> we</c><00:41:29.309><c> shall</c><00:41:29.550><c> be</c><00:41:29.869><c> saved</c><00:41:30.389><c> by</c><00:41:31.309><c> his</c><00:41:31.690><c> life.</c>

00:41:33.769 --> 00:41:40.070
The<00:41:34.110><c> love</c><00:41:34.389><c> which</c><00:41:34.610><c> we</c><00:41:34.849><c> have</c><00:41:35.050><c> considered</c><00:41:35.610><c> here</c><00:41:36.289><c> is</c><00:41:37.610><c> an</c><00:41:37.929><c> essential</c><00:41:38.329><c> characteristic</c><00:41:39.130><c> of</c><00:41:39.849><c> the</c>

00:41:40.070 --> 00:41:41.670
disciple<00:41:40.489><c> of</c><00:41:40.769><c> Christ.</c>

00:41:42.070 --> 00:41:44.090
Nothing<00:41:42.409><c> else</c><00:41:42.789><c> matters</c><00:41:43.210><c> without</c><00:41:43.570><c> it.</c>

00:41:44.510 --> 00:41:46.070
It<00:41:44.789><c> doesn't</c><00:41:45.130><c> come</c><00:41:45.489><c> naturally.</c>

00:41:46.070 --> 00:41:48.369
We<00:41:46.849><c> have</c><00:41:47.070><c> to</c><00:41:47.309><c> work</c><00:41:47.510><c> at</c><00:41:47.750><c> it.</c>

00:41:48.670 --> 00:41:52.269
We<00:41:48.829><c> have</c><00:41:49.050><c> to</c><00:41:49.289><c> grow</c><00:41:49.570><c> in</c><00:41:49.929><c> unfeigned</c><00:41:50.670><c> love</c><00:41:51.070><c> of</c><00:41:51.289><c> the</c><00:41:51.449><c> brethren,</c>

00:41:52.969 --> 00:41:57.510
that<00:41:53.030><c> the</c><00:41:53.269><c> world</c><00:41:53.510><c> may</c><00:41:53.849><c> see</c><00:41:54.269><c> that</c><00:41:55.170><c> we're</c><00:41:55.389><c> the</c><00:41:55.570><c> children</c><00:41:56.030><c> of</c><00:41:56.530><c> God.</c>