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00:47:10.289 --> 00:47:12.789 Now,<00:47:10.690><c> whatever</c><00:47:11.050><c> conclusion</c><00:47:11.630><c> you</c><00:47:11.829><c> come</c><00:47:12.230><c> to</c> 00:47:12.789 --> 00:47:16.329 as<00:47:13.429><c> to</c><00:47:13.570><c> why</c><00:47:14.130><c> Timothy</c><00:47:14.550><c> was</c><00:47:15.090><c> circumcised</c> 00:47:16.329 --> 00:47:19.969 we<00:47:17.050><c> have</c><00:47:17.309><c> the</c><00:47:17.570><c> witness</c><00:47:18.230><c> of</c><00:47:18.909><c> one</c><00:47:19.230><c> man</c> 00:47:19.969 --> 00:47:24.349 who<00:47:21.389><c> said</c><00:47:21.730><c> he</c><00:47:22.510><c> agreed</c><00:47:23.269><c> with</c><00:47:23.929><c> Timothy</c> 00:47:24.349 --> 00:47:26.590 being<00:47:24.849><c> circumcised.</c> 00:47:28.130 --> 00:47:31.469 And<00:47:28.829><c> that's</c><00:47:29.409><c> Silas.</c> 00:47:31.730 --> 00:47:35.170 You<00:47:32.210><c> see,</c><00:47:32.769><c> Paul</c><00:47:32.889><c> and</c><00:47:33.389><c> Silas</c><00:47:33.869><c> have</c><00:47:34.090><c> gone</c><00:47:34.289><c> to</c><00:47:34.510><c> Lystra</c><00:47:34.849><c> here</c> 00:47:35.170 --> 00:47:38.969 in<00:47:35.389><c> Acts</c><00:47:35.650><c> chapter</c><00:47:35.969><c> 16.</c><00:47:36.590><c> You</c><00:47:36.789><c> remember</c><00:47:36.929><c> where</c><00:47:37.090><c> we</c><00:47:37.289><c> first</c><00:47:37.590><c> met</c><00:47:37.789><c> Silas?</c> 00:47:39.190 --> 00:47:42.369 Well,<00:47:39.289><c> we</c><00:47:39.469><c> first</c><00:47:39.690><c> met</c><00:47:39.829><c> him</c><00:47:39.969><c> during</c><00:47:40.170><c> the</c><00:47:40.389><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:40.750><c> Conference.</c><00:47:41.769><c> It</c><00:47:41.849><c> was</c><00:47:42.070><c> he</c> 00:47:42.369 --> 00:47:43.210 with<00:47:42.510><c> his</c><00:47:42.750><c> companion</c> 00:47:43.210 --> 00:47:46.489 Judas<00:47:43.750><c> who</c><00:47:44.230><c> was</c><00:47:44.489><c> sent</c><00:47:44.630><c> by</c><00:47:44.869><c> the</c><00:47:45.050><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:45.389><c> Ecclesia</c><00:47:45.789><c> with</c><00:47:45.989><c> Paul</c><00:47:46.289><c> and</c> 00:47:46.489 --> 00:47:47.070 Barnabas<00:47:46.730><c> to</c><00:47:46.889><c> go</c> 00:47:47.070 --> 00:47:51.050 back<00:47:47.329><c> to</c><00:47:47.510><c> Antioch</c><00:47:48.269><c> with</c><00:47:48.590><c> the</c><00:47:48.849><c> result</c><00:47:49.110><c> of</c><00:47:49.269><c> the</c><00:47:49.469><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:49.849><c> Conference.</c> 00:47:51.670 --> 00:47:54.889 He<00:47:51.849><c> was</c><00:47:52.050><c> someone</c><00:47:52.349><c> whom</c><00:47:52.510><c> you</c><00:47:52.650><c> could</c><00:47:52.889><c> depend</c><00:47:53.250><c> upon</c><00:47:53.929><c> to</c><00:47:54.329><c> say</c><00:47:54.530><c> why</c> 00:47:54.889 --> 00:47:55.309 it<00:47:55.130><c> was</c> 00:47:55.309 --> 00:47:59.050 they'd<00:47:55.590><c> come</c><00:47:55.730><c> to</c><00:47:55.889><c> this</c><00:47:56.110><c> conclusion</c><00:47:56.510><c> that</c><00:47:56.650><c> you</c><00:47:56.869><c> do</c><00:47:57.150><c> not</c><00:47:57.670><c> circumcise</c> 00:47:59.050 --> 00:48:01.670 new<00:47:59.510><c> converts</c><00:47:59.989><c> to</c><00:48:00.230><c> the</c><00:48:00.389><c> truth.</c> 00:48:03.230 --> 00:48:06.710 And<00:48:03.590><c> Silas</c><00:48:04.269><c> stands</c><00:48:04.750><c> by</c><00:48:05.110><c> in</c><00:48:05.329><c> Acts</c><00:48:05.550><c> chapter</c><00:48:05.909><c> 16</c> 00:48:06.710 --> 00:48:11.269 and<00:48:07.969><c> never</c><00:48:08.369><c> raises</c><00:48:08.869><c> an</c><00:48:09.130><c> objection.</c><00:48:10.670><c> Never</c><00:48:10.869><c> raises</c> 00:48:11.269 --> 00:48:14.989 an<00:48:11.510><c> objection.</c><00:48:12.710><c> So</c><00:48:12.969><c> clearly</c><00:48:13.250><c> he</c><00:48:13.510><c> felt,</c><00:48:13.909><c> as</c><00:48:14.030><c> did</c><00:48:14.170><c> the</c><00:48:14.309><c> Apostle</c><00:48:14.650><c> Paul</c> 00:48:14.989 --> 00:48:19.670 that<00:48:15.349><c> it</c><00:48:15.469><c> was</c><00:48:15.650><c> the</c><00:48:15.869><c> right</c><00:48:16.130><c> thing</c><00:48:16.409><c> to</c><00:48:16.630><c> do</c><00:48:17.250><c> to</c><00:48:17.989><c> circumcise</c><00:48:18.610><c> Timothy.</c> 00:48:21.170 --> 00:48:24.750 Furthermore,<00:48:21.909><c> turn</c><00:48:22.110><c> to</c><00:48:22.210><c> Galatians</c><00:48:22.750><c> chapter</c><00:48:23.130><c> 2</c> 00:48:28.050 --> 00:48:30.269 because<00:48:28.769><c> here</c><00:48:29.090><c> is</c> 00:48:30.269 --> 00:48:32.070 another<00:48:30.769><c> occasion</c> 00:48:34.429 --> 00:48:36.710 and<00:48:35.150><c> another</c><00:48:35.429><c> man</c> 00:48:37.190 --> 00:48:39.889 and<00:48:37.909><c> this</c><00:48:38.110><c> is</c><00:48:38.449><c> Titus</c> 00:48:39.889 --> 00:48:44.590 Galatians<00:48:40.630><c> 2</c><00:48:41.190><c> and</c><00:48:41.449><c> verse</c><00:48:41.750><c> 3.</c><00:48:43.730><c> The</c><00:48:43.869><c> Apostle</c><00:48:44.230><c> says</c> 00:48:44.829 --> 00:48:48.329 Titus<00:48:45.530><c> who</c><00:48:45.650><c> was</c><00:48:45.829><c> with</c><00:48:45.969><c> me</c><00:48:46.150><c> being</c><00:48:46.369><c> a</c><00:48:46.590><c> Greek</c><00:48:46.929><c> was</c><00:48:47.550><c> not</c><00:48:47.849><c> compelled</c> 00:48:48.329 --> 00:48:52.610 to<00:48:48.590><c> be</c><00:48:48.989><c> circumcised.</c><00:48:51.489><c> So</c><00:48:51.670><c> it's</c><00:48:51.849><c> the</c><00:48:51.989><c> same</c><00:48:52.170><c> Apostle</c> 00:48:52.610 --> 00:48:56.309 Paul<00:48:53.030><c> and</c><00:48:54.789><c> there</c><00:48:54.909><c> are</c><00:48:55.170><c> two</c><00:48:55.369><c> men,</c><00:48:56.110><c> Timothy</c> 00:48:56.309 --> 00:49:01.510 in<00:48:56.710><c> Acts</c><00:48:56.929><c> 16</c><00:48:57.909><c> and</c><00:48:58.610><c> Titus</c><00:48:58.969><c> in</c><00:48:59.150><c> Galatians</c><00:48:59.670><c> chapter</c><00:49:00.070><c> 2</c> 00:49:01.809 --> 00:49:04.469 he<00:49:02.369><c> circumcises</c><00:49:02.929><c> Timothy</c><00:49:03.429><c> and</c><00:49:03.989><c> he</c><00:49:04.190><c> doesn't</c> 00:49:04.469 --> 00:49:09.090 circumcise<00:49:05.190><c> Titus.</c><00:49:08.010><c> And</c><00:49:08.090><c> there</c><00:49:08.269><c> is</c><00:49:08.489><c> no</c> 00:49:09.090 --> 00:49:11.730 hint<00:49:09.369><c> of</c><00:49:09.690><c> rebuke</c><00:49:10.030><c> anywhere</c><00:49:10.369><c> in</c><00:49:10.550><c> the</c><00:49:10.730><c> record</c><00:49:11.130><c> and</c><00:49:11.349><c> we</c><00:49:11.530><c> must</c> 00:49:11.730 --> 00:49:12.769 assume<00:49:12.250><c> that</c><00:49:12.530><c> both</c> 00:49:12.769 --> 00:49:16.690 decisions<00:49:13.230><c> were</c><00:49:13.510><c> right.</c><00:49:16.150><c> And</c><00:49:16.429><c> the</c><00:49:16.510><c> only</c> 00:49:16.690 --> 00:49:19.630 thing<00:49:16.869><c> that</c><00:49:17.110><c> is</c><00:49:17.369><c> different</c><00:49:17.750><c> apart</c><00:49:18.110><c> from</c><00:49:18.690><c> the</c><00:49:18.829><c> fact</c><00:49:18.949><c> that</c><00:49:19.150><c> Timothy</c><00:49:19.429><c> was</c> 00:49:19.630 --> 00:49:20.630 different<00:49:19.889><c> from</c><00:49:20.170><c> Titus</c> 00:49:20.630 --> 00:49:23.409 is<00:49:20.989><c> the</c><00:49:21.289><c> circumstances</c><00:49:21.969><c> must</c><00:49:22.269><c> be</c><00:49:22.530><c> different,</c><00:49:22.750><c> mustn't</c><00:49:23.050><c> they?</c> 00:49:23.650 --> 00:49:24.690 If<00:49:23.929><c> both</c><00:49:24.250><c> decisions</c> 00:49:24.690 --> 00:49:28.750 were<00:49:24.949><c> right,</c><00:49:25.809><c> the</c><00:49:26.050><c> circumstances</c><00:49:26.570><c> must</c><00:49:26.809><c> be</c><00:49:27.050><c> different.</c><00:49:28.010><c> And</c><00:49:28.369><c> by</c> 00:49:28.750 --> 00:49:33.260 the<00:49:28.929><c> way,</c><00:49:29.250><c> in</c><00:49:29.329><c> 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Titus</c><00:49:46.110><c> with</c><00:49:46.329><c> me,</c><00:49:47.369><c> spoke</c><00:49:47.849><c> to</c><00:49:48.110><c> the</c><00:49:48.329><c> brethren</c><00:49:48.530><c> in</c> 00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:53.079 Ecclesia<00:49:49.260><c> there</c><00:49:49.800><c> and</c><00:49:50.320><c> they</c><00:49:50.500><c> did</c><00:49:50.780><c> not</c><00:49:51.099><c> compel</c><00:49:51.619><c> Titus</c><00:49:52.019><c> to</c><00:49:52.219><c> be</c><00:49:52.500><c> circumcised</c> 00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:56.079 and<00:49:53.420><c> Silas</c><00:49:53.679><c> was</c><00:49:53.880><c> a</c><00:49:53.980><c> member</c><00:49:54.139><c> of</c><00:49:54.280><c> the</c><00:49:54.420><c> Jerusalem</c><00:49:54.739><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:49:55.840><c> So</c> 00:49:56.079 --> 00:49:57.000 Silas<00:49:56.380><c> is</c><00:49:56.539><c> part</c><00:49:56.719><c> of</c><00:49:56.860><c> the</c> 00:49:57.000 --> 00:50:00.280 picture<00:49:57.219><c> on</c><00:49:57.400><c> both</c><00:49:57.599><c> occasions,</c><00:49:58.179><c> when</c><00:49:58.400><c> Timothy</c><00:49:58.719><c> was</c><00:49:59.039><c> circumcised,</c><00:49:59.980><c> when</c> 00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:01.440 Titus<00:50:00.659><c> wasn't.</c> 00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:04.719 And<00:50:02.820><c> I</c><00:50:03.079><c> say</c><00:50:03.159><c> the</c><00:50:03.300><c> only</c><00:50:03.480><c> conclusion</c><00:50:03.860><c> I</c><00:50:04.019><c> can</c><00:50:04.219><c> come</c><00:50:04.380><c> to</c> 00:50:04.719 --> 00:50:08.760 is<00:50:05.340><c> that</c><00:50:05.980><c> Titus</c><00:50:06.559><c> was</c><00:50:06.840><c> a</c><00:50:07.260><c> full</c><00:50:07.699><c> Gentile</c> 00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:12.039 because<00:50:09.340><c> I</c><00:50:09.480><c> believe</c><00:50:09.679><c> Titus</c><00:50:10.139><c> to</c><00:50:10.300><c> have</c><00:50:10.420><c> been</c><00:50:10.699><c> Luke's</c><00:50:11.519><c> brother,</c> 00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:12.880 Luke<00:50:12.699><c> the</c> 00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:16.900 physician's<00:50:13.539><c> brother,</c><00:50:14.480><c> a</c><00:50:14.639><c> Gentile,</c><00:50:16.260><c> probably</c> 00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:21.260 from<00:50:17.400><c> Troas</c><00:50:17.980><c> or</c><00:50:18.300><c> Philippi,</c><00:50:20.699><c> and</c><00:50:20.739><c> Timothy</c> 00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:25.039 was<00:50:21.719><c> a</c><00:50:22.059><c> half</c><00:50:22.400><c> Jew</c><00:50:22.780><c> and</c><00:50:23.880><c> the</c><00:50:24.159><c> circumcising</c><00:50:24.840><c> was</c> 00:50:25.039 --> 00:50:28.219 to<00:50:25.280><c> sort</c><00:50:25.340><c> of</c><00:50:25.699><c> regularise</c><00:50:26.280><c> his</c><00:50:26.440><c> position,</c><00:50:27.400><c> to</c><00:50:27.480><c> put</c><00:50:27.619><c> him</c><00:50:27.780><c> in</c><00:50:27.920><c> one</c> 00:50:28.219 --> 00:50:29.099 camp<00:50:28.500><c> rather</c><00:50:28.880><c> than</c> 00:50:29.099 --> 00:50:33.519 another<00:50:29.400><c> camp</c><00:50:30.000><c> because</c><00:50:30.960><c> of</c><00:50:31.179><c> the</c><00:50:31.360><c> Jews</c><00:50:31.679><c> that</c><00:50:31.900><c> were</c><00:50:32.059><c> in</c><00:50:32.219><c> those</c><00:50:32.519><c> quarters.</c> 00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:37.400 So<00:50:34.980><c> Timothy</c><00:50:35.599><c> is</c><00:50:36.099><c> circumcised.</c> 00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:45.059 So<00:50:42.559><c> what</c><00:50:42.760><c> happens?</c><00:50:43.900><c> What</c><00:50:44.099><c> do</c><00:50:44.179><c> they</c><00:50:44.360><c> do</c><00:50:44.579><c> now?</c> 00:50:45.059 --> 00:50:48.860 Now<00:50:45.500><c> that</c><00:50:45.780><c> Timothy</c><00:50:46.019><c> has</c><00:50:46.320><c> complied</c><00:50:46.860><c> with</c><00:50:47.059><c> that</c> 00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:53.159 and<00:50:49.539><c> away</c><00:50:49.820><c> they</c><00:50:50.139><c> go.</c><00:50:52.099><c> Well,</c><00:50:52.480><c> let's</c><00:50:52.659><c> just</c><00:50:52.820><c> have</c><00:50:52.980><c> a</c><00:50:53.039><c> look</c> 00:50:53.159 --> 00:50:57.219 at<00:50:53.239><c> where</c><00:50:53.460><c> they</c><00:50:53.619><c> did</c><00:50:53.840><c> go,</c><00:50:54.519><c> shall</c><00:50:54.619><c> we?</c><00:50:55.260><c> And</c><00:50:55.639><c> remember</c><00:50:56.500><c> Timothy's</c> 00:50:57.219 --> 00:50:58.500 questions. 00:51:00.880 --> 00:51:05.239 And<00:51:00.980><c> we've</c><00:51:01.079><c> not</c><00:51:01.199><c> got</c><00:51:01.360><c> long</c><00:51:01.599><c> to</c><00:51:03.079><c> look</c><00:51:03.280><c> at</c><00:51:03.460><c> this</c><00:51:03.679><c> but</c><00:51:04.099><c> I</c><00:51:04.480><c> would</c><00:51:04.699><c> like</c><00:51:04.880><c> us</c><00:51:05.099><c> to</c> 00:51:05.239 --> 00:51:07.599 reach<00:51:05.500><c> Philippi</c><00:51:06.179><c> if</c><00:51:06.420><c> we</c><00:51:06.679><c> can.</c> 00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:12.519 They're<00:51:10.880><c> set</c><00:51:11.039><c> off</c><00:51:11.159><c> from</c><00:51:11.380><c> Lystra.</c> 00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:16.320 We've<00:51:14.019><c> already</c><00:51:14.340><c> seen</c><00:51:14.699><c> that</c><00:51:15.099><c> despite</c><00:51:15.840><c> what</c><00:51:16.039><c> we</c><00:51:16.219><c> read</c> 00:51:16.320 --> 00:51:20.380 at<00:51:16.500><c> the</c><00:51:16.559><c> end</c><00:51:17.000><c> of</c><00:51:17.679><c> Acts</c><00:51:17.880><c> chapter</c><00:51:18.219><c> 15,</c><00:51:18.679><c> that</c><00:51:18.800><c> they're</c><00:51:18.960><c> going</c><00:51:19.159><c> back</c><00:51:19.559><c> to</c> 00:51:20.380 --> 00:51:23.480 see<00:51:20.760><c> how</c><00:51:21.000><c> the</c><00:51:21.179><c> brethren</c><00:51:21.340><c> and</c><00:51:21.559><c> sisters</c><00:51:21.840><c> were,</c><00:51:22.440><c> whom</c><00:51:22.460><c> they</c><00:51:23.239><c> had</c> 00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:24.139 baptised<00:51:23.920><c> during</c> 00:51:24.139 --> 00:51:28.119 the<00:51:24.360><c> 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the</c><00:52:08.099><c> Lord</c><00:52:08.280><c> Jesus</c> 00:52:08.639 --> 00:52:11.480 Christ<00:52:09.000><c> in</c><00:52:09.159><c> the</c><00:52:09.280><c> book</c><00:52:09.400><c> of</c><00:52:09.619><c> Revelation</c><00:52:10.119><c> because</c><00:52:10.980><c> it</c><00:52:11.159><c> was</c><00:52:11.320><c> at</c> 00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:12.219 the<00:52:11.699><c> centre</c> 00:52:12.219 --> 00:52:16.460 of<00:52:12.880><c> a</c><00:52:13.400><c> circle</c><00:52:13.860><c> of</c><00:52:14.099><c> ecclesias.</c><00:52:15.599><c> It</c><00:52:15.719><c> was</c><00:52:15.920><c> as</c><00:52:16.079><c> it</c><00:52:16.280><c> were</c> 00:52:16.460 --> 00:52:20.539 the<00:52:16.760><c> mother</c><00:52:17.159><c> ecclesia</c><00:52:17.800><c> in</c><00:52:18.500><c> that</c><00:52:18.800><c> area.</c><00:52:19.820><c> And</c><00:52:20.199><c> that</c><00:52:20.320><c> was</c> 00:52:20.539 --> 00:52:24.739 partly<00:52:20.920><c> geographical.</c><00:52:22.619><c> 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west.</c> 00:53:03.059 --> 00:53:05.119 And<00:53:03.179><c> you</c><00:53:03.280><c> notice</c><00:53:03.519><c> what</c><00:53:03.699><c> he's</c><00:53:03.940><c> doing</c><00:53:04.159><c> as</c><00:53:04.360><c> they</c><00:53:04.619><c> go.</c> 00:53:05.119 --> 00:53:09.539 Verse<00:53:05.679><c> four.</c><00:53:06.800><c> Incredible</c><00:53:07.360><c> really.</c><00:53:08.179><c> Verse</c><00:53:08.260><c> three</c><00:53:08.619><c> tells</c><00:53:08.940><c> us</c> 00:53:09.539 --> 00:53:12.860 that<00:53:09.760><c> Timothy</c><00:53:10.059><c> is</c><00:53:10.460><c> circumcised.</c><00:53:11.659><c> Verse</c><00:53:11.980><c> four</c><00:53:12.380><c> says</c> 00:53:12.860 --> 00:53:16.179 as<00:53:13.679><c> they</c><00:53:13.960><c> went</c><00:53:14.199><c> through</c><00:53:14.519><c> the</c><00:53:14.800><c> cities</c><00:53:15.119><c> they</c><00:53:15.420><c> delivered</c><00:53:15.860><c> them</c> 00:53:16.179 --> 00:53:17.239 the<00:53:16.500><c> 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as</c><00:53:28.059><c> they</c><00:53:28.199><c> go</c> 00:53:28.340 --> 00:53:29.019 on<00:53:28.539><c> their</c><00:53:28.739><c> way</c> 00:53:29.019 --> 00:53:32.559 they<00:53:29.679><c> give</c><00:53:29.960><c> them</c><00:53:30.179><c> the</c><00:53:30.380><c> paper</c><00:53:30.659><c> that</c><00:53:30.860><c> came</c><00:53:31.059><c> out</c><00:53:31.320><c> from</c><00:53:31.500><c> the</c><00:53:31.639><c> Jerusalem</c><00:53:31.980><c> conference</c><00:53:32.400><c> you</c> 00:53:32.559 --> 00:53:33.239 don't<00:53:32.760><c> need</c><00:53:32.960><c> to</c> 00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:37.480 circumcise.<00:53:34.260><c> All</c><00:53:34.440><c> you</c><00:53:34.559><c> need</c><00:53:34.760><c> to</c><00:53:34.880><c> do</c><00:53:35.000><c> is</c><00:53:35.159><c> to</c><00:53:35.300><c> stop</c><00:53:35.440><c> being</c><00:53:35.780><c> pagans.</c> 00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:40.980 But<00:53:40.219><c> the</c><00:53:40.480><c> Ecclesias,</c> 00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:43.820 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was</c><00:53:54.420><c> stopped.</c><00:53:56.119><c> When</c><00:53:56.420><c> they'd</c><00:53:56.579><c> gone</c><00:53:56.739><c> throughout</c> 00:53:57.059 --> 00:54:00.699 Phrygia<00:53:57.460><c> and</c><00:53:57.639><c> the</c><00:53:57.679><c> region</c><00:53:57.900><c> of</c><00:53:58.079><c> Galatia</c><00:53:58.760><c> and</c><00:53:59.800><c> were</c><00:54:00.159><c> forbidden</c> 00:54:00.699 --> 00:54:01.219 of<00:54:01.019><c> the</c> 00:54:01.219 --> 00:54:04.539 Holy<00:54:01.480><c> Spirit</c><00:54:01.980><c> to</c><00:54:02.300><c> preach</c><00:54:02.639><c> the</c><00:54:02.920><c> word</c><00:54:03.199><c> in</c><00:54:03.519><c> Asia,</c><00:54:04.039><c> so</c><00:54:04.139><c> it's</c><00:54:04.280><c> clear</c> 00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.480 that's<00:54:04.739><c> what</c><00:54:04.900><c> they</c><00:54:05.079><c> wanted</c> 00:54:05.480 --> 00:54:06.880 to<00:54:05.739><c> do.</c> 00:54:09.780 --> 00:54:13.460 Well<00:54:10.179><c> they</c><00:54:10.500><c> then</c><00:54:11.199><c> decided</c><00:54:11.860><c> that</c><00:54:12.039><c> they</c><00:54:12.199><c> would</c><00:54:12.539><c> change</c><00:54:12.980><c> course</c> 00:54:13.460 --> 00:54:17.340 by<00:54:13.880><c> ninety</c><00:54:14.239><c> degrees.</c><00:54:16.639><c> And</c><00:54:16.820><c> so</c><00:54:16.940><c> now</c><00:54:17.099><c> they're</c><00:54:17.260><c> going</c> 00:54:17.340 --> 00:54:21.639 to<00:54:17.500><c> go</c><00:54:17.659><c> north.</c><00:54:20.639><c> Timothy's</c><00:54:21.039><c> question</c> 00:54:21.639 --> 00:54:24.920 whether<00:54:22.179><c> he</c><00:54:22.440><c> said</c><00:54:22.539><c> it</c><00:54:22.699><c> in</c><00:54:22.760><c> his</c><00:54:23.039><c> mind</c><00:54:23.280><c> or</c><00:54:23.559><c> openly</c><00:54:23.860><c> to</c><00:54:24.059><c> the</c><00:54:24.199><c> Apostle</c><00:54:24.599><c> Paul</c> 00:54:24.920 --> 00:54:28.840 where<00:54:25.699><c> are</c><00:54:25.860><c> we</c><00:54:26.019><c> going</c><00:54:26.179><c> to</c><00:54:26.420><c> go?</c><00:54:27.920><c> And</c><00:54:28.039><c> the</c><00:54:28.179><c> Apostle</c><00:54:28.500><c> Paul</c><00:54:28.619><c> would</c> 00:54:28.840 --> 00:54:29.539 have<00:54:29.019><c> to</c><00:54:29.260><c> say</c> 00:54:29.539 --> 00:54:33.400 I<00:54:30.039><c> can't</c><00:54:30.440><c> tell</c><00:54:30.659><c> you.</c><00:54:31.519><c> We</c><00:54:31.639><c> have</c><00:54:31.780><c> to</c><00:54:31.920><c> go</c><00:54:32.159><c> where</c><00:54:32.380><c> we're</c><00:54:32.780><c> sent.</c><00:54:33.199><c> And</c> 00:54:33.400 --> 00:54:33.760 they<00:54:33.519><c> are</c> 00:54:33.760 --> 00:54:38.199 now<00:54:34.139><c> clearly</c><00:54:34.539><c> being</c><00:54:34.960><c> sent.</c><00:54:36.079><c> So</c><00:54:36.400><c> you're</c><00:54:36.659><c> not</c><00:54:36.860><c> to</c><00:54:37.019><c> go</c><00:54:37.139><c> into</c><00:54:37.360><c> Asia.</c> 00:54:38.900 --> 00:54:41.699 Right,<00:54:39.239><c> well</c><00:54:39.340><c> if</c><00:54:39.400><c> we're</c><00:54:39.460><c> not</c><00:54:39.579><c> going</c><00:54:39.719><c> to</c><00:54:39.900><c> Asia</c><00:54:40.300><c> and</c><00:54:40.559><c> we've</c><00:54:40.739><c> already</c><00:54:41.019><c> been</c><00:54:41.300><c> south</c> 00:54:41.699 --> 00:54:44.480 there's<00:54:41.980><c> only</c><00:54:42.139><c> one</c><00:54:42.420><c> other</c><00:54:42.599><c> way</c><00:54:42.760><c> we</c><00:54:42.860><c> can</c><00:54:43.000><c> go</c><00:54:43.159><c> and</c><00:54:43.239><c> that's</c><00:54:43.519><c> north.</c><00:54:44.219><c> So</c> 00:54:44.480 --> 00:54:46.219 they<00:54:44.760><c> head</c><00:54:44.920><c> off</c><00:54:45.199><c> north.</c> 00:54:46.719 --> 00:54:49.079 After<00:54:47.000><c> they</c><00:54:47.199><c> had</c><00:54:47.300><c> come</c><00:54:47.519><c> to</c><00:54:47.780><c> Mysia,</c> 00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:53.719 they<00:54:50.000><c> wanted</c><00:54:50.239><c> to</c><00:54:50.480><c> carry</c><00:54:50.679><c> on</c><00:54:50.940><c> going</c><00:54:51.219><c> north</c><00:54:51.539><c> up</c><00:54:51.719><c> into</c><00:54:51.940><c> Bithynia.</c> 00:54:54.519 --> 00:54:57.280 But<00:54:54.900><c> that</c><00:54:55.119><c> wasn't</c><00:54:55.639><c> in</c><00:54:56.019><c> God's</c><00:54:56.420><c> plan</c><00:54:56.699><c> either.</c> 00:54:57.280 --> 00:55:01.920 So<00:54:58.139><c> it</c><00:54:58.420><c> wasn't</c><00:54:58.760><c> Asia,</c><00:55:00.059><c> it</c><00:55:00.199><c> wasn't</c><00:55:00.579><c> Bithynia.</c> 00:55:02.840 --> 00:55:05.320 The<00:55:02.940><c> Spirit</c><00:55:03.340><c> suffered</c><00:55:03.739><c> them</c><00:55:04.039><c> not</c><00:55:04.239><c> we're</c><00:55:04.480><c> told</c><00:55:04.699><c> at</c><00:55:04.900><c> the</c><00:55:04.920><c> end</c><00:55:05.139><c> of</c> 00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:09.579 verse<00:55:05.519><c> seven.</c><00:55:07.179><c> And</c><00:55:07.519><c> so</c><00:55:07.860><c> they</c><00:55:08.159><c> turn</c><00:55:08.659><c> ninety</c><00:55:09.099><c> degrees</c> 00:55:09.579 --> 00:55:13.400 for<00:55:09.820><c> the</c><00:55:10.019><c> second</c><00:55:10.239><c> time.</c><00:55:12.639><c> And</c><00:55:13.059><c> they</c><00:55:13.280><c> head</c> 00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:15.659 off<00:55:13.820><c> to</c><00:55:14.059><c> Choas.</c> 00:55:19.139 --> 00:55:21.000 As<00:55:19.619><c> we</c><00:55:19.820><c> read</c><00:55:19.960><c> at</c><00:55:20.099><c> the</c><00:55:20.139><c> end</c><00:55:20.320><c> of</c><00:55:20.480><c> verse</c><00:55:20.639><c> eight.</c> 00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:23.679 Where<00:55:21.300><c> a</c><00:55:21.500><c> vision</c><00:55:21.659><c> appeared</c><00:55:22.019><c> to</c><00:55:22.260><c> Paul</c><00:55:22.420><c> in</c><00:55:22.619><c> the</c><00:55:22.739><c> night,</c><00:55:23.360><c> there</c><00:55:23.400><c> stood</c><00:55:23.500><c> a</c> 00:55:23.679 --> 00:55:25.500 man<00:55:23.840><c> of</c><00:55:24.079><c> Macedonia</c><00:55:24.679><c> and</c><00:55:25.000><c> prayed</c><00:55:25.219><c> him</c> 00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:30.500 saying<00:55:25.960><c> come</c><00:55:26.960><c> over</c><00:55:27.219><c> into</c><00:55:27.480><c> Macedonia</c><00:55:28.219><c> and</c><00:55:28.639><c> help</c><00:55:29.059><c> us.</c> 00:55:31.199 --> 00:55:33.699 And<00:55:31.320><c> it</c><00:55:31.460><c> might</c><00:55:31.679><c> seem</c><00:55:32.019><c> strange</c><00:55:32.679><c> that</c><00:55:33.280><c> we've</c><00:55:33.519><c> given</c> 00:55:33.699 --> 00:55:37.659 all<00:55:34.059><c> that</c><00:55:34.320><c> information,</c><00:55:36.719><c> but</c><00:55:36.800><c> it's</c><00:55:37.219><c> apparent</c> 00:55:37.659 --> 00:55:41.239 isn't<00:55:37.920><c> it,</c><00:55:39.119><c> that</c><00:55:39.300><c> the</c><00:55:39.539><c> Lord</c><00:55:39.840><c> wanted</c><00:55:40.260><c> them</c><00:55:40.480><c> to</c><00:55:40.719><c> go</c> 00:55:41.239 --> 00:55:44.639 into<00:55:41.840><c> Europe.</c><00:55:43.179><c> Because</c><00:55:43.340><c> there's</c><00:55:43.639><c> a</c><00:55:43.820><c> division</c><00:55:44.019><c> between</c><00:55:44.360><c> Asia</c> 00:55:44.639 --> 00:55:45.699 and<00:55:44.840><c> Europe.</c> 00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:48.579 That<00:55:46.139><c> little</c><00:55:46.460><c> narrow</c><00:55:47.000><c> bit</c><00:55:47.219><c> of</c><00:55:47.559><c> sea</c><00:55:47.739><c> that</c><00:55:47.960><c> leads</c><00:55:48.159><c> into</c><00:55:48.400><c> the</c> 00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:49.820 Black<00:55:48.900><c> Sea.</c> 00:55:50.179 --> 00:55:53.579 That's<00:55:50.780><c> the</c><00:55:50.940><c> part</c><00:55:51.420><c> which</c><00:55:52.760><c> is</c> 00:55:53.579 --> 00:55:57.440 the<00:55:54.159><c> division</c><00:55:54.280><c> between</c><00:55:54.780><c> Asia</c><00:55:55.199><c> and</c><00:55:55.480><c> Europe.</c><00:55:56.159><c> And</c><00:55:56.260><c> for</c><00:55:56.420><c> the</c><00:55:56.659><c> first</c><00:55:56.980><c> time</c><00:55:57.260><c> in</c> 00:55:57.440 --> 00:55:57.719 the<00:55:57.559><c> Acts</c> 00:55:57.719 --> 00:56:01.440 of<00:55:57.880><c> the</c><00:55:58.019><c> Apostles,</c><00:55:59.280><c> as</c><00:55:59.360><c> they're</c><00:55:59.760><c> called</c><00:56:00.059><c> over</c><00:56:00.639><c> by</c><00:56:01.059><c> the</c><00:56:01.280><c> vision</c> 00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:01.760 of<00:56:01.619><c> the</c> 00:56:01.760 --> 00:56:05.539 man<00:56:01.940><c> from</c><00:56:02.139><c> Macedonia,</c><00:56:02.800><c> the</c><00:56:03.059><c> truth</c><00:56:03.480><c> goes</c><00:56:04.139><c> into</c><00:56:04.519><c> Europe.</c> 00:56:06.099 --> 00:56:09.079 And<00:56:06.320><c> if</c><00:56:06.480><c> that</c><00:56:06.780><c> had</c><00:56:07.059><c> never</c><00:56:07.340><c> happened,</c><00:56:08.079><c> the</c><00:56:08.219><c> majority</c><00:56:08.599><c> of</c><00:56:08.800><c> us</c><00:56:08.940><c> in</c> 00:56:09.079 --> 00:56:09.679 this<00:56:09.300><c> room</c><00:56:09.460><c> would</c> 00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:13.579 not<00:56:09.820><c> be</c><00:56:10.039><c> here.</c><00:56:11.980><c> Because</c><00:56:12.239><c> the</c><00:56:12.420><c> majority</c><00:56:12.880><c> of</c><00:56:13.000><c> us</c><00:56:13.119><c> are</c><00:56:13.320><c> of</c> 00:56:13.579 --> 00:56:17.639 European<00:56:14.119><c> descent,</c><00:56:15.559><c> one</c><00:56:15.800><c> way</c><00:56:16.099><c> or</c><00:56:16.400><c> another.</c><00:56:16.940><c> The</c><00:56:17.320><c> truth</c> 00:56:17.639 --> 00:56:21.920 went<00:56:18.019><c> into</c><00:56:18.360><c> Europe</c><00:56:19.019><c> and</c><00:56:20.780><c> they</c><00:56:21.019><c> were</c><00:56:21.280><c> specifically</c> 00:56:21.920 --> 00:56:25.860 led<00:56:22.139><c> there.</c><00:56:22.800><c> And</c><00:56:22.960><c> Timothy</c><00:56:23.300><c> was</c><00:56:23.559><c> in</c><00:56:23.780><c> the</c><00:56:23.940><c> vanguard</c><00:56:24.460><c> at</c><00:56:24.659><c> that</c><00:56:24.920><c> time.</c> 00:56:26.159 --> 00:56:29.579 This<00:56:26.599><c> great</c><00:56:27.039><c> leap</c><00:56:27.679><c> that's</c><00:56:28.320><c> now</c><00:56:28.579><c> taking</c><00:56:28.880><c> place.</c><00:56:29.280><c> Because</c><00:56:29.400><c> as</c> 00:56:29.579 --> 00:56:30.119 soon<00:56:29.780><c> as</c><00:56:29.940><c> the</c> 00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:33.219 door<00:56:30.300><c> is</c><00:56:30.460><c> open</c><00:56:30.719><c> to</c><00:56:30.940><c> the</c><00:56:31.079><c> Gentiles,</c><00:56:32.420><c> where</c><00:56:32.639><c> are</c><00:56:32.760><c> you</c><00:56:32.880><c> going</c><00:56:33.000><c> to</c> 00:56:33.219 --> 00:56:34.840 find<00:56:33.380><c> Gentiles?</c> 00:56:35.519 --> 00:56:37.519 Well<00:56:35.699><c> you're</c><00:56:35.860><c> going</c><00:56:35.940><c> to</c><00:56:36.119><c> find</c><00:56:36.260><c> them</c><00:56:36.380><c> in</c><00:56:36.519><c> Europe.</c> 00:56:37.739 --> 00:56:40.079 More<00:56:38.059><c> than</c><00:56:38.159><c> you</c><00:56:38.360><c> are</c><00:56:38.440><c> in</c><00:56:38.619><c> Asia.</c><00:56:39.139><c> And</c><00:56:39.340><c> so</c><00:56:39.440><c> that's</c><00:56:39.659><c> where</c><00:56:39.820><c> they</c> 00:56:40.079 --> 00:56:42.079 got<00:56:40.280><c> to</c><00:56:40.500><c> go.</c><00:56:40.780><c> And</c><00:56:41.000><c> Paul</c><00:56:41.139><c> is</c><00:56:41.380><c> being</c><00:56:41.699><c> led</c> 00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:46.059 specifically<00:56:42.800><c> now</c><00:56:43.440><c> by</c><00:56:44.019><c> the</c><00:56:44.280><c> spirit</c><00:56:44.480><c> to</c><00:56:44.699><c> go</c><00:56:44.900><c> there.</c><00:56:45.380><c> And</c><00:56:45.599><c> as</c><00:56:45.760><c> we</c><00:56:45.920><c> know</c> 00:56:46.059 --> 00:56:49.960 he<00:56:46.179><c> comes</c><00:56:46.639><c> from</c><00:56:47.380><c> Choas,</c><00:56:47.820><c> which</c><00:56:47.920><c> is</c><00:56:48.119><c> the</c><00:56:48.260><c> port,</c><00:56:48.539><c> to</c><00:56:48.800><c> Philippi.</c> 00:56:49.960 --> 00:56:54.000 Philippi<00:56:50.739><c> the</c><00:56:51.699><c> provincial</c><00:56:52.199><c> capital</c><00:56:52.739><c> of</c><00:56:53.719><c> that</c> 00:56:54.000 --> 00:56:57.900 particular<00:56:54.619><c> area</c><00:56:55.139><c> of</c><00:56:55.579><c> Macedonia,</c> 00:56:58.159 --> 00:57:02.440 northern<00:56:58.320><c> Greece.</c><00:57:00.239><c> And</c><00:57:00.360><c> so</c><00:57:00.440><c> they</c><00:57:00.559><c> come</c><00:57:00.739><c> to</c><00:57:01.000><c> Philippi.</c> 00:57:04.800 --> 00:57:06.239 And<00:57:05.039><c> what</c><00:57:05.300><c> I'd</c><00:57:05.519><c> like</c><00:57:05.579><c> to</c><00:57:05.820><c> point</c><00:57:06.019><c> out</c> 00:57:06.239 --> 00:57:10.039 to<00:57:06.320><c> you,</c><00:57:06.400><c> and</c><00:57:06.519><c> I'm</c><00:57:06.639><c> sure</c><00:57:07.039><c> many</c><00:57:07.619><c> 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me</c><01:10:55.920><c> that</c><01:10:56.039><c> I</c><01:10:56.140><c> was</c><01:10:56.279><c> to</c><01:10:56.479><c> take</c><01:10:56.659><c> you</c><01:10:56.920><c> with</c><01:10:57.140><c> me.</c> 01:10:58.520 --> 01:11:01.720 This<01:10:58.899><c> is</c><01:10:59.239><c> the</c><01:10:59.460><c> work</c><01:10:59.739><c> now</c><01:11:00.140><c> that</c><01:11:00.340><c> you're</c><01:11:00.500><c> to</c><01:11:00.739><c> undertake,</c><01:11:01.439><c> even</c> 01:11:01.720 --> 01:11:03.239 though<01:11:01.979><c> I'm</c><01:11:02.220><c> not</c><01:11:02.479><c> with</c><01:11:02.760><c> you,</c> 01:11:03.520 --> 01:11:07.060 you're<01:11:03.699><c> to</c><01:11:03.899><c> undertake</c><01:11:04.260><c> that</c><01:11:04.619><c> work</c><01:11:05.079><c> because</c><01:11:05.720><c> that's</c><01:11:06.140><c> the</c><01:11:06.399><c> preparation</c> 01:11:07.060 --> 01:11:11.199 which<01:11:08.000><c> we've</c><01:11:08.460><c> undergone</c><01:11:08.819><c> 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true.</c><01:11:25.520><c> And</c><01:11:25.739><c> of</c><01:11:25.880><c> course</c><01:11:26.000><c> Timothy</c><01:11:26.319><c> did.</c> 01:11:28.140 --> 01:11:30.699 And<01:11:28.279><c> he</c><01:11:28.439><c> had</c><01:11:28.659><c> had</c><01:11:28.819><c> all</c><01:11:29.079><c> those</c><01:11:29.399><c> experiences.</c><01:11:30.060><c> Those</c><01:11:30.239><c> are</c><01:11:30.399><c> the</c><01:11:30.520><c> things</c> 01:11:30.699 --> 01:11:33.880 that<01:11:30.840><c> we're</c><01:11:31.060><c> going</c><01:11:31.060><c> to</c><01:11:31.140><c> have</c><01:11:31.260><c> to</c><01:11:31.340><c> look</c><01:11:31.560><c> at</c><01:11:31.680><c> on</c><01:11:31.880><c> Monday</c><01:11:32.119><c> evening,</c><01:11:32.819><c> the</c><01:11:33.079><c> experiences</c><01:11:33.520><c> that</c><01:11:33.739><c> he</c> 01:11:33.880 --> 01:11:34.880 had<01:11:34.079><c> which</c> 01:11:35.060 --> 01:11:38.640 fitted<01:11:35.380><c> him</c><01:11:35.680><c> for</c><01:11:35.859><c> doing</c><01:11:36.039><c> this</c><01:11:36.300><c> job</c><01:11:36.539><c> in</c><01:11:36.779><c> Ephesus</c><01:11:37.279><c> when</c><01:11:37.920><c> Paul</c><01:11:38.260><c> writes</c> 01:11:38.640 --> 01:11:41.920 to<01:11:38.859><c> him,</c><01:11:39.439><c> 1</c><01:11:39.699><c> Timothy</c><01:11:40.079><c> and</c><01:11:40.560><c> subsequently</c><01:11:41.020><c> 2</c><01:11:41.460><c> Timothy.</c> 01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:45.659 But<01:11:42.960><c> the</c><01:11:43.239><c> prophets</c><01:11:43.439><c> knew</c><01:11:43.699><c> what</c><01:11:43.859><c> they</c><01:11:44.039><c> were</c><01:11:44.239><c> saying,</c><01:11:44.760><c> they</c><01:11:44.939><c> were</c><01:11:45.140><c> guided</c><01:11:45.420><c> by</c> 01:11:45.659 --> 01:11:46.619 the<01:11:45.779><c> Holy</c><01:11:45.960><c> Spirit</c> 01:11:46.619 --> 01:11:50.079 to<01:11:47.319><c> say</c><01:11:47.520><c> those</c><01:11:47.779><c> things</c><01:11:48.060><c> about</c><01:11:48.340><c> Timothy</c><01:11:48.739><c> and</c><01:11:49.600><c> the</c><01:11:49.840><c> prophecies</c> 01:11:50.079 --> 01:11:53.079 had<01:11:50.319><c> gone</c><01:11:50.500><c> before</c><01:11:51.020><c> and</c><01:11:51.779><c> the</c><01:11:52.039><c> brethren</c><01:11:52.199><c> in</c><01:11:52.399><c> Lystra</c><01:11:52.600><c> put</c><01:11:52.840><c> their</c> 01:11:53.079 --> 01:11:55.000 hands<01:11:53.359><c> upon</c><01:11:53.600><c> his</c><01:11:53.920><c> head</c> 01:11:55.399 --> 01:11:58.460 and<01:11:55.920><c> Timothy</c><01:11:56.439><c> without</c><01:11:57.399><c> uttering</c><01:11:57.800><c> a</c><01:11:58.000><c> word</c> 01:11:58.460 --> 01:12:01.579 was<01:11:59.460><c> prepared</c><01:11:59.800><c> to</c><01:12:00.020><c> go</c><01:12:00.239><c> wherever</c><01:12:00.560><c> he</c><01:12:00.779><c> would</c><01:12:01.000><c> be</c><01:12:01.180><c> led</c> 01:12:01.579 --> 01:12:06.039 because<01:12:02.539><c> he</c><01:12:02.739><c> was</c><01:12:02.960><c> indeed</c><01:12:03.939><c> Timothy</c><01:12:04.460><c> by</c><01:12:04.739><c> name</c><01:12:05.420><c> and</c> 01:12:06.039 --> 01:12:07.439 Timothy<01:12:06.319><c> by</c><01:12:06.579><c> nature.</c> 01:12:11.920 --> 01:12:13.039 . 01:12:13.039 --> 01:12:13.560 . 01:12:19.260 --> 01:12:20.460 .