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So<00:10:06.419><c> I</c><00:10:06.539><c> want</c><00:10:06.539><c> you</c><00:10:06.639><c> to</c><00:10:06.799><c> imagine</c><00:10:07.019><c> that,</c>

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that<00:10:07.379><c> the</c><00:10:07.559><c> doors</c><00:10:07.840><c> have</c><00:10:08.019><c> been</c><00:10:08.159><c> open,</c>

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the<00:10:09.059><c> chains</c><00:10:09.299><c> have</c><00:10:09.480><c> been</c><00:10:09.620><c> loosed,</c>

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and<00:10:11.019><c> yet</c><00:10:11.299><c> here</c><00:10:12.399><c> Paul</c><00:10:13.259><c> calls</c><00:10:13.639><c> for</c><00:10:13.879><c> a</c><00:10:14.019><c> light.</c>

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It<00:10:14.919><c> was</c><00:10:15.200><c> utter</c><00:10:15.840><c> darkness,</c>

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brothers<00:10:16.980><c> and</c><00:10:17.200><c> sisters</c><00:10:17.399><c> and</c><00:10:17.559><c> young</c><00:10:17.700><c> people.</c>

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How<00:10:18.240><c> then</c><00:10:18.440><c> did</c><00:10:18.620><c> Paul</c><00:10:18.960><c> know</c><00:10:19.580><c> that</c><00:10:20.179><c> no</c><00:10:20.500><c> one</c><00:10:20.960><c> had</c><00:10:21.720><c> escaped?</c>

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Well,<00:10:23.860><c> I</c><00:10:24.179><c> think</c><00:10:24.620><c> there's</c><00:10:25.000><c> a</c><00:10:25.100><c> little</c><00:10:25.320><c> hint</c><00:10:25.620><c> here</c>

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in<00:10:26.200><c> the</c><00:10:26.519><c> expression</c><00:10:26.899><c> that</c><00:10:27.120><c> he</c><00:10:27.299><c> uses</c>

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because<00:10:28.879><c> he</c><00:10:29.679><c> says</c><00:10:30.000><c> there</c><00:10:30.860><c> that</c><00:10:31.159><c> they</c><00:10:31.320><c> are</c><00:10:31.639><c> all</c><00:10:31.860><c> here.</c>

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At<00:10:32.299><c> the</c><00:10:32.360><c> end</c><00:10:32.620><c> of</c><00:10:32.779><c> verse</c><00:10:33.039><c> 28,</c>

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for<00:10:35.320><c> we</c><00:10:35.539><c> are</c><00:10:35.820><c> all</c><00:10:36.139><c> here.</c>

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And<00:10:36.700><c> that</c><00:10:36.840><c> has</c><00:10:37.080><c> a</c><00:10:37.500><c> particular</c><00:10:38.080><c> meaning.</c>

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I've<00:10:38.620><c> got</c><00:10:38.679><c> it</c><00:10:38.820><c> on</c><00:10:38.960><c> the</c><00:10:39.600><c> overhead</c><00:10:39.980><c> here.</c>

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The<00:10:41.200><c> word</c><00:10:41.639><c> here</c><00:10:42.159><c> in</c><00:10:42.480><c> the</c><00:10:42.740><c> Greek</c><00:10:43.200><c> means</c><00:10:44.460><c> hither.</c>

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It<00:10:45.220><c> speaks</c><00:10:45.639><c> of</c><00:10:46.480><c> immediate</c><00:10:47.220><c> proximity.</c>

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It<00:10:48.299><c> is</c><00:10:48.899><c> a</c><00:10:49.240><c> person</c><00:10:49.720><c> standing</c><00:10:50.240><c> in</c><00:10:50.539><c> an</c><00:10:50.820><c> intimate</c><00:10:51.220><c> position</c>

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with<00:10:52.000><c> another</c><00:10:52.220><c> person.</c>

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In<00:10:52.899><c> other</c><00:10:53.100><c> words,</c><00:10:53.379><c> then,</c><00:10:53.460><c> we're</c><00:10:53.519><c> being</c><00:10:53.759><c> told,</c>

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I<00:10:54.200><c> would</c><00:10:54.379><c> suggest</c><00:10:54.620><c> in</c><00:10:54.779><c> these</c><00:10:55.039><c> words,</c>

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that<00:10:57.059><c> as</c><00:10:57.360><c> the</c><00:10:57.600><c> prison</c><00:10:57.820><c> doors</c><00:10:58.120><c> opened</c><00:10:58.600><c> and</c><00:10:58.759><c> the</c><00:10:58.960><c> chains</c><00:10:59.139><c> were</c><00:10:59.379><c> loosed,</c>

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the<00:11:00.440><c> inmates</c><00:11:00.960><c> crowded</c><00:11:01.740><c> the</c><00:11:02.039><c> apostle</c><00:11:02.340><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:11:03.399><c> they</c><00:11:03.700><c> surrounded</c><00:11:04.200><c> Paul</c><00:11:04.519><c> because</c><00:11:04.960><c> they</c><00:11:06.679><c> could</c><00:11:06.899><c> see</c>

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from<00:11:08.899><c> the</c><00:11:09.120><c> events</c><00:11:09.299><c> that</c><00:11:09.460><c> were</c><00:11:09.659><c> unfolding</c>

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that<00:11:10.320><c> this</c><00:11:10.679><c> was</c><00:11:10.980><c> miraculous,</c><00:11:11.679><c> brothers</c><00:11:12.039><c> and</c><00:11:12.320><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:11:13.340><c> they</c><00:11:13.519><c> wanted</c><00:11:13.679><c> to</c><00:11:13.820><c> be</c><00:11:14.059><c> close</c><00:11:14.360><c> to</c><00:11:14.639><c> this</c><00:11:14.899><c> man</c><00:11:15.039><c> of</c><00:11:15.200><c> God.</c>

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He<00:11:15.679><c> was</c><00:11:15.919><c> the</c><00:11:16.179><c> only</c><00:11:16.480><c> man</c><00:11:16.840><c> that</c><00:11:17.019><c> could</c><00:11:17.220><c> give</c><00:11:17.419><c> them</c><00:11:17.740><c> safety</c>

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and<00:11:18.399><c> security</c><00:11:18.980><c> and</c><00:11:19.460><c> solace</c><00:11:19.879><c> in</c><00:11:20.240><c> a</c><00:11:20.639><c> trembling</c><00:11:21.159><c> world.</c>

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There's<00:11:24.299><c> a</c><00:11:24.500><c> powerful</c><00:11:24.759><c> lesson</c><00:11:25.039><c> there,</c>

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isn't<00:11:25.460><c> there,</c><00:11:25.620><c> brothers</c><00:11:25.820><c> and</c><00:11:26.080><c> sisters?</c>

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Here,<00:11:26.820><c> Paul,</c><00:11:27.399><c> a</c><00:11:27.639><c> figure</c><00:11:27.860><c> of</c><00:11:28.039><c> the</c><00:11:28.120><c> Lord</c><00:11:28.299><c> Jesus</c><00:11:28.600><c> Christ.</c>

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He's<00:11:29.000><c> going</c><00:11:29.139><c> to</c><00:11:29.360><c> take</c><00:11:29.519><c> the</c><00:11:29.879><c> sufferings</c><00:11:30.159><c> of</c><00:11:30.360><c> Christ</c><00:11:30.700><c> to</c><00:11:30.919><c> Rome.</c>

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And<00:11:31.539><c> here</c><00:11:31.759><c> he</c><00:11:31.899><c> is</c><00:11:32.100><c> in</c><00:11:32.179><c> this</c><00:11:32.659><c> metaphorical</c><00:11:33.460><c> picture</c>

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as<00:11:34.159><c> well</c><00:11:34.340><c> as</c><00:11:34.440><c> a</c><00:11:34.639><c> literal</c><00:11:34.899><c> picture</c>

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where<00:11:35.639><c> the</c><00:11:35.899><c> inmates</c><00:11:36.200><c> now</c><00:11:36.700><c> crowd</c><00:11:37.059><c> and</c><00:11:37.399><c> they</c><00:11:37.799><c> swarm</c><00:11:38.039><c> him</c>

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because<00:11:39.340><c> he</c><00:11:39.620><c> is</c><00:11:39.759><c> the</c><00:11:39.960><c> man</c><00:11:40.360><c> who</c><00:11:40.620><c> is</c><00:11:40.840><c> going</c><00:11:40.980><c> to</c><00:11:41.220><c> bring</c><00:11:41.399><c> peace</c>

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to<00:11:42.100><c> their</c><00:11:42.379><c> lives.</c>

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Well,<00:11:44.919><c> there's</c><00:11:45.159><c> another</c><00:11:45.480><c> chiasm</c><00:11:45.960><c> here.</c>

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If<00:11:46.480><c> you</c><00:11:46.620><c> go</c><00:11:46.840><c> down</c><00:11:47.120><c> to</c><00:11:47.399><c> verse</c><00:11:47.700><c> 33,</c><00:11:49.299><c> we</c><00:11:49.399><c> read</c><00:11:49.659><c> these</c><00:11:50.019><c> words.</c>

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And<00:11:54.120><c> he</c><00:11:54.299><c> took</c><00:11:54.600><c> them</c><00:11:55.039><c> the</c><00:11:55.500><c> same</c><00:11:55.759><c> hour</c><00:11:56.159><c> of</c><00:11:56.379><c> the</c><00:11:56.620><c> night,</c>

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this<00:11:57.419><c> is</c><00:11:57.620><c> the</c><00:11:57.779><c> jailer,</c>

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and<00:11:58.519><c> washed</c><00:11:58.759><c> their</c><00:11:59.200><c> stripes,</c><00:11:59.600><c> Paul</c><00:11:59.779><c> and</c><00:12:00.080><c> Silas,</c>

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and<00:12:01.019><c> was</c><00:12:01.379><c> baptized,</c><00:12:02.320><c> he</c><00:12:02.539><c> and</c><00:12:02.799><c> all</c><00:12:03.080><c> his,</c><00:12:04.100><c> straight</c><00:12:04.500><c> away.</c>

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So<00:12:05.639><c> it's</c><00:12:05.779><c> drawing</c><00:12:05.899><c> our</c><00:12:06.120><c> attention</c><00:12:06.440><c> to</c><00:12:06.620><c> this</c><00:12:06.779><c> particular</c><00:12:07.320><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:12:07.659><c> I</c><00:12:07.700><c> think</c><00:12:07.799><c> this</c><00:12:07.940><c> is</c><00:12:08.179><c> interesting</c>

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because<00:12:08.720><c> it's</c><00:12:08.980><c> speaking</c><00:12:09.200><c> about</c><00:12:09.379><c> the</c><00:12:09.600><c> jailer</c><00:12:09.860><c> and</c><00:12:09.940><c> the</c><00:12:10.100><c> family.</c>

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We've<00:12:10.940><c> already</c><00:12:11.200><c> had</c><00:12:11.460><c> the</c><00:12:11.740><c> baptism</c><00:12:12.179><c> of</c><00:12:13.019><c> Lydia,</c>

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but<00:12:14.279><c> just</c><00:12:14.539><c> notice</c><00:12:14.759><c> a</c><00:12:14.980><c> few</c><00:12:15.159><c> words</c><00:12:15.539><c> here.</c>

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It<00:12:15.980><c> says</c><00:12:16.179><c> that</c><00:12:16.360><c> they</c><00:12:16.480><c> were</c><00:12:16.779><c> baptized</c><00:12:17.519><c> straight</c><00:12:18.659><c> away.</c>

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Something<00:12:21.100><c> momentous</c><00:12:21.559><c> had</c><00:12:21.759><c> happened</c><00:12:21.879><c> in</c><00:12:22.080><c> the</c><00:12:22.179><c> life</c><00:12:22.419><c> of</c><00:12:22.720><c> this</c><00:12:23.019><c> jailer.</c>

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He'd<00:12:25.039><c> heard</c><00:12:25.139><c> them</c><00:12:25.419><c> singing</c><00:12:25.919><c> and</c><00:12:26.340><c> praising</c><00:12:26.840><c> to</c><00:12:27.220><c> God</c><00:12:27.480><c> at</c><00:12:27.679><c> midnight</c>

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when<00:12:28.240><c> they</c><00:12:28.500><c> shouldn't</c><00:12:28.679><c> have</c><00:12:28.860><c> been</c><00:12:29.000><c> doing</c><00:12:29.240><c> that.</c>

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Circumstances<00:12:30.080><c> told</c><00:12:30.279><c> them</c><00:12:30.399><c> that</c><00:12:30.539><c> they</c><00:12:30.779><c> shouldn't</c><00:12:30.960><c> be</c><00:12:31.240><c> doing</c><00:12:31.440><c> that.</c>

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And<00:12:32.139><c> then</c><00:12:32.279><c> this</c><00:12:32.779><c> unusual,</c><00:12:33.759><c> this</c><00:12:33.960><c> miraculous</c><00:12:34.779><c> earthquake</c>

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and<00:12:36.419><c> the</c><00:12:36.659><c> words</c><00:12:36.879><c> of</c><00:12:37.100><c> assurance</c><00:12:37.360><c> from</c><00:12:37.580><c> Paul</c>

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and<00:12:38.240><c> the</c><00:12:38.580><c> entire</c><00:12:39.019><c> experience</c><00:12:40.279><c> convinced</c><00:12:40.919><c> this</c><00:12:41.299><c> man</c>

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that<00:12:42.440><c> this</c><00:12:43.019><c> was</c><00:12:43.379><c> a</c><00:12:43.539><c> man</c><00:12:43.799><c> of</c><00:12:44.080><c> God.</c>

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And<00:12:44.759><c> he</c><00:12:44.860><c> was</c><00:12:45.200><c> baptized</c><00:12:45.899><c> straight</c><00:12:46.720><c> away.</c>

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And<00:12:47.200><c> there's</c><00:12:47.440><c> a</c><00:12:47.580><c> play</c><00:12:47.679><c> on</c><00:12:47.960><c> words</c><00:12:48.259><c> here,</c><00:12:48.559><c> brothers</c><00:12:48.679><c> and</c><00:12:48.940><c> sisters,</c>

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I<00:12:49.519><c> would</c><00:12:49.659><c> suggest,</c><00:12:50.039><c> because</c><00:12:50.399><c> that</c><00:12:50.720><c> word</c><00:12:50.940><c> straight</c><00:12:51.559><c> away</c><00:12:51.980><c> there</c>

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at<00:12:53.080><c> the</c><00:12:53.200><c> end</c><00:12:53.379><c> of</c><00:12:53.559><c> verse</c><00:12:53.759><c> 33,</c><00:12:54.539><c> where</c><00:12:54.779><c> he</c><00:12:55.320><c> was</c><00:12:55.639><c> baptized</c>

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and<00:12:56.399><c> his</c><00:12:56.620><c> family</c><00:12:57.000><c> straight</c><00:12:57.799><c> away</c><00:12:58.299><c> is</c><00:12:59.399><c> the</c><00:12:59.740><c> same</c><00:13:00.100><c> word.</c>

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If<00:13:00.600><c> you</c><00:13:00.740><c> go</c><00:13:00.919><c> down</c><00:13:01.120><c> to</c><00:13:01.320><c> verse</c><00:13:01.740><c> 26,</c>

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it's<00:13:04.080><c> the</c><00:13:04.320><c> same</c><00:13:04.620><c> word</c><00:13:04.860><c> as</c><00:13:05.080><c> the</c><00:13:05.240><c> word</c><00:13:05.539><c> immediately.</c>

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Now<00:13:06.759><c> that's</c><00:13:06.960><c> interesting.</c>

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Because<00:13:09.279><c> the</c><00:13:09.519><c> word</c><00:13:09.679><c> immediately</c><00:13:10.240><c> there,</c>

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the<00:13:10.720><c> context</c><00:13:11.000><c> in</c><00:13:11.159><c> verse</c><00:13:11.320><c> 26,</c>

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is<00:13:11.980><c> that</c><00:13:12.240><c> the</c><00:13:12.899><c> doors</c><00:13:13.320><c> of</c><00:13:13.539><c> the</c><00:13:13.740><c> prison</c><00:13:14.419><c> swung</c><00:13:15.100><c> open.</c>

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They<00:13:15.899><c> sprung</c><00:13:16.340><c> open</c><00:13:16.679><c> immediately</c><00:13:17.519><c> at</c><00:13:17.759><c> the</c><00:13:17.960><c> response</c>

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of<00:13:18.539><c> the</c><00:13:18.720><c> earthquake.</c>

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And<00:13:19.419><c> that</c><00:13:19.559><c> was,</c><00:13:19.759><c> of</c><00:13:19.940><c> course,</c><00:13:20.279><c> instantaneous,</c><00:13:20.759><c> wasn't</c><00:13:20.919><c> it?</c>

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And<00:13:21.580><c> it's</c><00:13:21.840><c> the</c><00:13:22.000><c> same</c><00:13:22.419><c> speed</c>

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that<00:13:26.519><c> the</c><00:13:26.759><c> jailer</c><00:13:27.179><c> and</c><00:13:27.399><c> his</c><00:13:27.600><c> family</c><00:13:27.940><c> were</c><00:13:28.460><c> committed</c>

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to<00:13:29.080><c> the</c><00:13:29.240><c> waters</c><00:13:29.460><c> of</c><00:13:29.679><c> baptism.</c>

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There's<00:13:30.320><c> a</c><00:13:30.519><c> play</c><00:13:30.679><c> on</c><00:13:30.960><c> words</c><00:13:31.220><c> here,</c><00:13:31.559><c> brothers</c><00:13:31.659><c> and</c><00:13:31.919><c> sisters.</c>

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And<00:13:32.840><c> it's</c><00:13:33.000><c> also</c><00:13:33.200><c> interesting,</c>

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that<00:13:34.000><c> word</c><00:13:34.419><c> straight</c><00:13:34.980><c> away</c><00:13:35.259><c> there</c><00:13:35.600><c> in</c><00:13:35.840><c> verse</c><00:13:36.220><c> 33,</c>

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the<00:13:37.080><c> same</c><00:13:37.299><c> word</c><00:13:37.440><c> as</c><00:13:37.600><c> the</c><00:13:37.720><c> word</c><00:13:37.820><c> immediately</c>

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was<00:13:38.620><c> we've</c><00:13:38.860><c> already</c><00:13:39.019><c> pointed</c><00:13:39.200><c> out</c><00:13:39.379><c> in</c><00:13:39.399><c> verse</c><00:13:39.600><c> 26.</c>

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Have<00:13:41.299><c> a</c><00:13:41.559><c> look</c><00:13:41.700><c> at</c><00:13:41.860><c> the</c><00:13:42.139><c> similarity</c><00:13:42.759><c> to</c><00:13:43.100><c> verse</c><00:13:43.639><c> 11.</c>

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Remember<00:13:46.080><c> this?</c>

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Paul<00:13:47.639><c> and</c><00:13:47.879><c> Silas</c><00:13:48.240><c> and</c><00:13:48.419><c> Timothy</c><00:13:48.759><c> on</c><00:13:48.980><c> their</c><00:13:49.220><c> journey,</c>

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how<00:13:50.399><c> God</c><00:13:50.919><c> blew</c><00:13:51.539><c> the</c><00:13:51.879><c> sails</c>

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and<00:13:52.580><c> they</c><00:13:53.360><c> ensure</c><00:13:53.700><c> that</c><00:13:53.860><c> they</c><00:13:54.000><c> got</c><00:13:54.100><c> from</c><00:13:54.340><c> Neapolis</c>

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to<00:13:57.720><c> Philippi</c><00:13:58.320><c> in</c><00:13:58.659><c> a</c><00:13:58.799><c> very</c><00:13:59.100><c> short</c><00:13:59.279><c> period</c><00:13:59.600><c> of</c><00:13:59.740><c> time,</c>

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perhaps<00:14:00.200><c> two</c><00:14:00.440><c> to</c><00:14:00.600><c> three</c><00:14:00.860><c> days.</c>

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And<00:14:02.120><c> look,</c><00:14:02.279><c> it</c><00:14:02.500><c> was</c><00:14:02.740><c> a</c><00:14:03.899><c> straight</c><00:14:03.899><c> course.</c>

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And<00:14:05.500><c> we</c><00:14:05.700><c> spoke</c><00:14:05.879><c> about</c><00:14:06.080><c> yesterday,</c>

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there<00:14:06.700><c> was</c><00:14:06.899><c> this</c><00:14:07.100><c> sense</c><00:14:07.299><c> of</c><00:14:07.600><c> speed</c><00:14:07.879><c> and</c><00:14:08.220><c> urgency.</c>

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And<00:14:10.259><c> there</c><00:14:10.480><c> was</c><00:14:10.779><c> because</c><00:14:11.279><c> Lydia</c><00:14:11.620><c> had</c><00:14:11.879><c> to</c><00:14:12.000><c> be</c><00:14:12.240><c> down</c>

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at<00:14:13.159><c> the</c><00:14:13.379><c> riverside</c><00:14:13.919><c> on</c><00:14:14.100><c> the</c><00:14:14.320><c> Sabbath.</c>

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And<00:14:15.580><c> here</c><00:14:16.100><c> at</c><00:14:16.899><c> the</c><00:14:17.340><c> conclusion</c><00:14:17.860><c> of</c><00:14:18.340><c> this</c><00:14:18.559><c> earthquake,</c>

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the<00:14:20.700><c> prisoner,</c><00:14:21.480><c> jailer</c><00:14:22.159><c> and</c><00:14:22.460><c> his</c><00:14:22.679><c> family</c>

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were<00:14:23.639><c> baptized</c><00:14:24.299><c> immediately.</c>

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So<00:14:25.580><c> it</c><00:14:25.779><c> speaks</c><00:14:26.000><c> about</c><00:14:26.299><c> the</c><00:14:26.759><c> speed</c>

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of<00:14:27.139><c> the</c><00:14:27.379><c> response</c><00:14:27.659><c> of</c><00:14:27.879><c> their</c><00:14:28.379><c> heart.</c>

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There<00:14:29.740><c> wasn't</c><00:14:30.080><c> a</c><00:14:30.360><c> moment's</c><00:14:30.820><c> hesitation.</c>

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They<00:14:31.559><c> were</c><00:14:31.820><c> utterly</c><00:14:32.240><c> convinced</c><00:14:32.860><c> by</c><00:14:33.360><c> the</c><00:14:33.639><c> power</c><00:14:33.980><c> of</c><00:14:34.340><c> God.</c>

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There<00:14:34.620><c> was</c><00:14:34.820><c> not</c><00:14:34.960><c> a</c><00:14:35.200><c> shadow</c><00:14:35.559><c> of</c><00:14:36.000><c> doubt.</c>

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Now<00:14:36.580><c> go</c><00:14:36.759><c> down</c><00:14:36.879><c> to</c><00:14:37.019><c> the</c><00:14:37.139><c> end</c><00:14:37.340><c> of</c><00:14:37.580><c> this</c><00:14:37.860><c> chapter</c>

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because<00:14:38.340><c> this</c><00:14:38.539><c> is</c><00:14:39.100><c> highly</c><00:14:39.340><c> fascinating,</c><00:14:39.899><c> isn't</c><00:14:40.019><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:14:40.620><c> there</c><00:14:41.480><c> was</c><00:14:41.679><c> Paul</c><00:14:41.899><c> and</c><00:14:42.120><c> Silas</c>

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and<00:14:42.360><c> they'd</c><00:14:42.519><c> been</c><00:14:42.679><c> flogged.</c>

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They'd<00:14:45.179><c> been</c><00:14:45.320><c> put</c><00:14:45.820><c> unfairly</c><00:14:46.659><c> within</c><00:14:46.840><c> the</c><00:14:47.039><c> prison.</c>

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And<00:14:47.399><c> we</c><00:14:47.539><c> read</c><00:14:47.659><c> these</c><00:14:47.899><c> words</c><00:14:48.019><c> in</c><00:14:48.200><c> verse</c><00:14:48.519><c> 40.</c>

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And<00:14:50.120><c> Paul</c><00:14:50.419><c> and</c><00:14:50.700><c> Silas</c><00:14:50.899><c> went</c><00:14:51.100><c> out</c><00:14:51.440><c> of</c><00:14:51.620><c> the</c><00:14:51.840><c> prison</c>

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and<00:14:53.360><c> entered</c><00:14:53.580><c> into</c><00:14:53.840><c> the</c><00:14:54.019><c> house</c><00:14:54.220><c> of</c><00:14:54.480><c> Lydia.</c>

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And<00:14:56.220><c> when</c><00:14:56.500><c> they</c><00:14:56.759><c> had</c><00:14:57.000><c> seen</c><00:14:57.240><c> the</c><00:14:57.519><c> brethren,</c>

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they<00:14:58.299><c> comforted</c><00:14:58.799><c> them</c><00:14:59.019><c> and</c><00:14:59.500><c> departed.</c>

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So<00:15:00.039><c> who</c><00:15:00.179><c> are</c><00:15:00.240><c> the</c><00:15:00.399><c> brethren</c><00:15:00.679><c> there?</c>

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Have<00:15:02.200><c> you</c><00:15:02.279><c> ever</c><00:15:02.480><c> reflected</c><00:15:02.879><c> upon</c><00:15:03.159><c> that?</c>

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Well,<00:15:03.740><c> of</c><00:15:04.179><c> course,</c><00:15:04.320><c> that's</c><00:15:04.639><c> Lydia</c><00:15:04.879><c> and</c><00:15:05.179><c> her</c><00:15:05.440><c> household.</c>

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Perhaps<00:15:06.220><c> this</c><00:15:07.460><c> is</c><00:15:08.379><c> the</c><00:15:08.799><c> beginning</c><00:15:09.200><c> of</c><00:15:09.480><c> the</c><00:15:09.639><c> Ecclesia</c>

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within<00:15:10.320><c> Lydia's</c><00:15:10.899><c> house.</c>

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And<00:15:11.679><c> there's</c><00:15:11.960><c> also</c><00:15:12.179><c> the</c><00:15:12.440><c> jailer</c><00:15:12.740><c> and</c><00:15:12.860><c> the</c><00:15:13.039><c> household.</c>

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And<00:15:13.820><c> perhaps</c><00:15:14.059><c> at</c><00:15:14.240><c> this</c><00:15:14.440><c> time,</c><00:15:14.799><c> some</c><00:15:15.019><c> of</c><00:15:15.200><c> the</c><00:15:15.419><c> inmates</c>

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to<00:15:16.159><c> boost</c><00:15:16.480><c> the</c><00:15:16.740><c> numbers</c><00:15:17.039><c> you</c><00:15:17.220><c> can</c><00:15:17.399><c> well</c><00:15:17.539><c> imagine,</c>

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can't<00:15:18.200><c> you,</c><00:15:18.500><c> brothers</c><00:15:18.639><c> and</c><00:15:18.840><c> sisters?</c>

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But<00:15:19.399><c> what's</c><00:15:19.720><c> unusual</c><00:15:20.080><c> about</c><00:15:20.360><c> that</c><00:15:20.659><c> verse</c>

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is<00:15:21.299><c> that</c><00:15:21.580><c> the</c><00:15:22.039><c> terrible</c><00:15:22.500><c> experiences</c><00:15:23.200><c> of</c><00:15:23.480><c> Paul</c><00:15:23.620><c> and</c><00:15:23.879><c> Silas,</c>

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yet<00:15:24.220><c> Paul</c><00:15:24.519><c> and</c><00:15:24.740><c> Silas</c><00:15:24.919><c> are</c><00:15:25.139><c> found</c><00:15:25.480><c> comforting</c>

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the<00:15:27.259><c> brothers</c><00:15:27.559><c> and</c><00:15:27.840><c> sisters</c><00:15:28.139><c> of</c><00:15:28.460><c> Philippi.</c>

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What<00:15:33.059><c> tremendous</c><00:15:33.500><c> faith,</c><00:15:34.080><c> brothers</c><00:15:34.220><c> and</c><00:15:34.480><c> sisters,</c>

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and<00:15:35.320><c> courage</c><00:15:36.039><c> that</c><00:15:37.340><c> through</c><00:15:37.700><c> their</c><00:15:38.120><c> experiences,</c>

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they<00:15:39.220><c> still</c><00:15:39.779><c> could</c><00:15:40.179><c> comfort</c><00:15:40.980><c> this</c><00:15:41.740><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:15:42.179><c> we're</c><00:15:42.279><c> gonna</c><00:15:42.399><c> see</c><00:15:42.659><c> the</c><00:15:42.919><c> message</c><00:15:43.139><c> of</c><00:15:43.379><c> comfort</c><00:15:43.620><c> in</c><00:15:43.799><c> a</c><00:15:43.919><c> moment.</c>

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But<00:15:44.440><c> you</c><00:15:44.559><c> know,</c><00:15:44.820><c> there's</c><00:15:45.039><c> a</c><00:15:45.200><c> very</c><00:15:45.419><c> powerful</c><00:15:45.759><c> exaltation,</c>

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brothers<00:15:46.440><c> and</c><00:15:46.679><c> sisters,</c>

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because<00:15:47.340><c> some</c><00:15:47.740><c> of</c><00:15:47.899><c> us</c><00:15:48.019><c> are</c><00:15:48.200><c> feeling</c><00:15:48.379><c> very</c><00:15:48.840><c> down.</c>

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I<00:15:49.220><c> know</c><00:15:49.399><c> that</c><00:15:49.539><c> because</c><00:15:49.899><c> you</c><00:15:50.500><c> shared</c><00:15:50.759><c> a</c><00:15:50.919><c> few</c><00:15:51.039><c> things</c>

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with<00:15:51.440><c> me</c><00:15:51.580><c> this</c><00:15:51.740><c> week.</c>

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Some<00:15:52.399><c> of</c><00:15:52.539><c> us</c><00:15:52.659><c> are</c><00:15:52.820><c> feeling</c><00:15:52.960><c> down</c><00:15:53.399><c> and</c><00:15:53.659><c> brokenhearted.</c>

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But<00:15:56.200><c> what</c><00:15:56.360><c> this</c><00:15:56.600><c> tells</c><00:15:56.899><c> me</c><00:15:57.179><c> at</c><00:15:57.360><c> least,</c>

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whatever<00:15:58.559><c> state</c><00:15:58.860><c> we're</c><00:15:59.200><c> in,</c><00:15:59.360><c> brothers</c><00:15:59.360><c> and</c><00:15:59.360><c> sisters,</c>

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however<00:16:00.559><c> brokenhearted</c><00:16:01.580><c> we</c><00:16:01.840><c> may</c><00:16:02.139><c> be</c><00:16:02.340><c> in</c><00:16:02.500><c> the</c><00:16:02.720><c> circumstances</c>

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that<00:16:03.419><c> we</c><00:16:03.559><c> find</c><00:16:03.799><c> ourselves</c><00:16:04.279><c> in,</c>

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there<00:16:06.779><c> will</c><00:16:07.100><c> always</c><00:16:07.559><c> be</c><00:16:07.860><c> an</c><00:16:08.000><c> opportunity</c><00:16:08.659><c> to</c><00:16:09.580><c> help</c><00:16:09.820><c> somebody</c><00:16:10.299><c> else.</c>

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And<00:16:13.919><c> this</c><00:16:14.200><c> week,</c><00:16:14.659><c> brothers</c><00:16:14.720><c> and</c><00:16:15.000><c> sisters,</c>

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will<00:16:15.519><c> provide</c><00:16:15.919><c> so</c><00:16:16.340><c> many</c><00:16:16.580><c> opportunities</c><00:16:17.220><c> for</c><00:16:17.559><c> all</c><00:16:17.879><c> of</c><00:16:18.019><c> us</c>

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if<00:16:19.179><c> we</c><00:16:19.340><c> have</c><00:16:19.480><c> our</c><00:16:19.639><c> eyes</c><00:16:20.000><c> open</c><00:16:20.360><c> and</c><00:16:20.559><c> we</c><00:16:20.879><c> seek</c><00:16:21.159><c> out</c><00:16:21.500><c> that</c><00:16:21.860><c> opportunity</c>

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to<00:16:24.559><c> have</c><00:16:24.899><c> words</c><00:16:25.360><c> of</c><00:16:25.659><c> comfort</c><00:16:26.000><c> and</c><00:16:26.340><c> consolation</c><00:16:26.980><c> to</c><00:16:27.179><c> one</c><00:16:27.299><c> another,</c>

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however<00:16:28.080><c> down</c><00:16:28.600><c> and</c><00:16:29.059><c> broken</c><00:16:29.539><c> we</c><00:16:29.919><c> may</c><00:16:30.159><c> be</c><00:16:30.419><c> personally</c><00:16:30.759><c> feeling.</c>

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This<00:16:31.379><c> is</c><00:16:31.600><c> the</c><00:16:31.779><c> exaltation</c><00:16:32.279><c> that</c><00:16:33.059><c> springs</c><00:16:33.700><c> out</c>

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from<00:16:34.179><c> God's</c><00:16:34.519><c> word</c><00:16:34.659><c> here.</c>

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But<00:16:36.519><c> Paul</c><00:16:36.659><c> and</c><00:16:36.980><c> Silas</c><00:16:37.159><c> encourage</c><00:16:37.940><c> this</c><00:16:38.820><c> Ecclesia</c>

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in<00:16:39.580><c> the</c><00:16:39.940><c> circumstances</c><00:16:40.500><c> that</c><00:16:40.779><c> they</c><00:16:41.059><c> found</c><00:16:41.299><c> themselves</c><00:16:42.000><c> in.</c>

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Well,<00:16:44.820><c> I</c><00:16:45.019><c> just</c><00:16:45.200><c> want</c><00:16:45.279><c> to</c><00:16:45.460><c> reflect</c><00:16:45.720><c> a</c><00:16:45.940><c> moment</c><00:16:46.759><c> upon</c><00:16:47.620><c> this</c><00:16:48.899><c> earthquake</c>

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because<00:16:49.820><c> I</c><00:16:50.000><c> do</c><00:16:50.360><c> want</c><00:16:50.519><c> us</c><00:16:50.659><c> to</c><00:16:50.960><c> reflect,</c>

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there's<00:16:52.100><c> an</c><00:16:52.179><c> unusual</c><00:16:52.559><c> fly</c><00:16:52.820><c> flying</c><00:16:53.059><c> around</c><00:16:53.240><c> there.</c>

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I<00:16:53.860><c> do</c><00:16:54.100><c> want</c><00:16:54.279><c> us</c><00:16:54.440><c> to</c><00:16:54.679><c> reflect</c><00:16:55.019><c> for</c><00:16:55.259><c> a</c><00:16:55.440><c> moment</c><00:16:55.779><c> on</c><00:16:57.159><c> Lydia</c>

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and<00:16:58.340><c> what</c><00:16:58.600><c> took</c><00:16:58.840><c> place</c><00:16:59.179><c> because</c><00:16:59.700><c> I</c><00:17:00.320><c> feel</c><00:17:01.259><c> strongly</c>

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that<00:17:03.139><c> this</c><00:17:03.399><c> was</c><00:17:03.759><c> far</c><00:17:04.920><c> more</c><00:17:05.220><c> than</c><00:17:05.339><c> an</c><00:17:05.539><c> epistle,</c>

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something<00:17:06.200><c> incredibly</c><00:17:06.759><c> significant</c><00:17:07.299><c> had</c><00:17:07.539><c> taken</c><00:17:07.759><c> place</c><00:17:08.200><c> here.</c>

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And<00:17:09.559><c> we</c><00:17:09.759><c> find</c><00:17:09.960><c> a</c><00:17:10.180><c> Bible</c><00:17:10.680><c> echo,</c>

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a<00:17:12.680><c> very</c><00:17:13.059><c> strong</c><00:17:13.539><c> parallel</c><00:17:14.160><c> here</c><00:17:14.720><c> in</c><00:17:14.859><c> Acts</c><00:17:15.000><c> chapter</c><00:17:15.220><c> 16</c>

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to<00:17:16.160><c> something</c><00:17:16.440><c> else</c><00:17:16.680><c> in</c><00:17:16.900><c> the</c><00:17:16.980><c> Old</c><00:17:17.140><c> Testament</c>

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that<00:17:18.019><c> I</c><00:17:18.240><c> feel</c><00:17:18.619><c> enlightens</c><00:17:19.480><c> us</c>

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concerning<00:17:20.619><c> the</c><00:17:21.039><c> significance</c><00:17:21.920><c> of</c><00:17:22.240><c> this</c><00:17:22.480><c> event.</c>

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An<00:17:23.559><c> event</c><00:17:23.680><c> that</c><00:17:23.880><c> even</c><00:17:24.059><c> our</c><00:17:24.400><c> school</c><00:17:24.599><c> children,</c>

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our<00:17:25.200><c> Sunday</c><00:17:25.359><c> school</c><00:17:25.539><c> children</c><00:17:25.839><c> know</c>

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concerning<00:17:26.859><c> the</c><00:17:27.380><c> earthquake</c><00:17:27.960><c> in</c><00:17:28.440><c> Philippi.</c>

00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:31.619
Well,<00:17:29.359><c> it's</c><00:17:29.700><c> a</c><00:17:29.940><c> massive</c><00:17:30.380><c> milestone</c><00:17:30.880><c> I</c><00:17:31.079><c> would</c><00:17:31.220><c> suggest</c>

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in<00:17:31.940><c> the</c><00:17:32.559><c> purpose</c><00:17:32.980><c> of</c><00:17:33.240><c> God.</c>

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So<00:17:34.220><c> look</c><00:17:34.380><c> at</c><00:17:34.500><c> this</c><00:17:34.680><c> then,</c>

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I<00:17:35.019><c> would</c><00:17:35.180><c> suggest</c><00:17:35.539><c> that</c><00:17:35.700><c> the</c><00:17:35.839><c> Bible</c><00:17:36.079><c> echo</c><00:17:36.539><c> is</c><00:17:36.980><c> with</c><00:17:37.259><c> Rahab</c>

00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:41.839
and<00:17:39.640><c> well</c><00:17:39.960><c> done</c><00:17:40.160><c> for</c><00:17:40.359><c> those</c><00:17:40.740><c> who</c><00:17:41.000><c> guessed.</c>

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Rahab,<00:17:42.900><c> and</c><00:17:43.119><c> just</c><00:17:43.319><c> look</c><00:17:43.480><c> at</c><00:17:43.599><c> the</c><00:17:43.799><c> connections</c><00:17:44.160><c> here.</c>

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You<00:17:44.559><c> can</c><00:17:44.779><c> take</c><00:17:44.900><c> my</c><00:17:45.039><c> slides</c><00:17:45.319><c> after.</c>

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Let's<00:17:46.099><c> just</c><00:17:46.240><c> run</c><00:17:46.380><c> through</c><00:17:46.660><c> these</c><00:17:47.000><c> connections.</c>

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They're<00:17:47.539><c> very</c><00:17:47.940><c> strong.</c>

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Lydia<00:17:50.539><c> was</c><00:17:50.720><c> the</c><00:17:50.940><c> first</c><00:17:51.200><c> Gentile</c>

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to<00:17:51.880><c> be</c><00:17:52.019><c> converted</c><00:17:52.400><c> outside</c><00:17:53.059><c> the</c><00:17:53.319><c> land</c><00:17:53.819><c> here</c><00:17:54.339><c> by</c><00:17:54.519><c> the</c><00:17:54.660><c> apostle</c><00:17:54.960><c> Paul.</c>

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So<00:17:56.039><c> Rahab,</c><00:17:56.920><c> a</c><00:17:57.119><c> Gentile</c><00:17:57.640><c> was</c><00:17:57.819><c> the</c><00:17:58.019><c> first</c>

00:17:58.180 --> 00:18:00.259
in<00:17:58.339><c> the</c><00:17:58.500><c> promised</c><00:17:58.680><c> land</c><00:17:58.859><c> to</c><00:17:59.019><c> be</c><00:17:59.180><c> converted.</c>

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:05.220
Lydia<00:18:01.519><c> offered</c><00:18:02.039><c> her</c><00:18:02.420><c> home</c><00:18:02.720><c> for</c><00:18:03.180><c> hospitality</c><00:18:03.700><c> to</c><00:18:04.099><c> strangers.</c>

00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:08.519
So<00:18:05.759><c> Rahab</c><00:18:06.700><c> housed</c><00:18:07.200><c> the</c><00:18:07.539><c> spies.</c>

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.660
Lydia<00:18:09.240><c> and</c><00:18:09.400><c> her</c><00:18:09.519><c> whole</c><00:18:09.720><c> household</c><00:18:10.119><c> were</c><00:18:10.400><c> saved.</c>

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So<00:18:10.960><c> Rahab's</c><00:18:11.579><c> faith</c><00:18:11.779><c> not</c><00:18:12.140><c> only</c><00:18:12.420><c> saved</c><00:18:12.660><c> herself</c>

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but<00:18:13.220><c> her</c><00:18:13.460><c> entire</c><00:18:13.759><c> household.</c>

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Lydia<00:18:14.859><c> attended</c><00:18:15.519><c> notice</c><00:18:16.019><c> unto</c><00:18:16.440><c> the</c><00:18:16.720><c> things</c>

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which<00:18:17.079><c> were</c><00:18:17.299><c> spoken</c><00:18:17.579><c> of</c><00:18:17.779><c> poor.</c>

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So<00:18:18.579><c> Rahab</c><00:18:19.380><c> carefully</c><00:18:19.980><c> heeded</c><00:18:20.319><c> the</c><00:18:20.579><c> instructions</c><00:18:20.920><c> of</c><00:18:21.119><c> the</c><00:18:21.279><c> spies</c>

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as<00:18:21.900><c> Lydia</c><00:18:22.400><c> was</c><00:18:22.720><c> a</c><00:18:22.960><c> seller</c><00:18:23.160><c> of</c><00:18:23.539><c> purple.</c>

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So<00:18:24.960><c> Rahab</c><00:18:25.359><c> was</c><00:18:25.660><c> a</c><00:18:26.000><c> merchant</c><00:18:26.480><c> in</c><00:18:26.720><c> red</c><00:18:27.660><c> linen</c><00:18:28.559><c> garments.</c>

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She<00:18:29.460><c> was</c><00:18:29.759><c> a</c><00:18:29.940><c> harlot,</c><00:18:30.220><c> wasn't</c><00:18:30.380><c> she?</c>

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But<00:18:31.319><c> there</c><00:18:31.519><c> are</c><00:18:31.700><c> much</c><00:18:32.200><c> broader</c><00:18:32.900><c> connections.</c>

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You<00:18:33.720><c> may</c><00:18:33.920><c> have</c><00:18:34.099><c> found</c><00:18:34.220><c> more.</c>

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These<00:18:34.799><c> are</c><00:18:34.940><c> the</c><00:18:35.039><c> ones</c><00:18:35.180><c> that</c><00:18:35.339><c> I</c><00:18:35.599><c> found.</c>

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We're<00:18:36.420><c> not</c><00:18:36.579><c> gonna</c><00:18:36.720><c> turn</c><00:18:36.960><c> to</c><00:18:37.140><c> them</c>

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but<00:18:37.519><c> we're</c><00:18:37.700><c> gonna</c><00:18:37.819><c> go</c><00:18:38.099><c> through</c><00:18:38.279><c> these</c><00:18:38.559><c> in</c><00:18:38.720><c> the</c><00:18:38.880><c> table.</c>

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They're<00:18:39.400><c> very</c><00:18:39.799><c> powerful.</c>

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So<00:18:41.960><c> then</c><00:18:42.200><c> we</c><00:18:42.420><c> will</c><00:18:42.720><c> confine</c><00:18:43.119><c> ourselves</c><00:18:43.640><c> to</c><00:18:43.859><c> Joshua</c><00:18:44.160><c> one</c><00:18:44.579><c> to</c><00:18:44.779><c> six</c>

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and<00:18:45.940><c> Acts</c><00:18:46.220><c> chapter</c><00:18:46.539><c> 16.</c>

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And<00:18:47.140><c> we're</c><00:18:47.380><c> going</c><00:18:47.500><c> to</c><00:18:47.819><c> connect</c><00:18:48.079><c> Joshua</c><00:18:48.799><c> and</c><00:18:49.200><c> Jericho</c><00:18:49.640><c> and</c><00:18:50.099><c> Jesus</c>

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or<00:18:51.240><c> Paul</c><00:18:51.640><c> here</c><00:18:51.960><c> and</c><00:18:52.240><c> Philippi.</c>

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So<00:18:52.940><c> first</c><00:18:53.240><c> of</c><00:18:53.440><c> all</c><00:18:53.599><c> then,</c><00:18:54.900><c> in</c><00:18:55.000><c> Joshua</c><00:18:55.359><c> five</c><00:18:55.700><c> verse</c><00:18:55.940><c> 13</c>

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there<00:18:56.619><c> is</c><00:18:56.839><c> a</c><00:18:57.019><c> divine</c><00:18:57.579><c> vision</c><00:18:58.200><c> of</c><00:18:58.440><c> a</c><00:18:58.579><c> man</c>

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and<00:18:59.140><c> the</c><00:18:59.440><c> phrase</c><00:18:59.859><c> is</c><00:19:00.960><c> there</c><00:19:01.480><c> stood</c><00:19:01.779><c> a</c><00:19:01.960><c> man</c>

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and<00:19:04.420><c> it</c><00:19:04.559><c> is</c><00:19:04.759><c> a</c><00:19:04.940><c> strong</c><00:19:05.140><c> angel</c><00:19:05.500><c> of</c><00:19:05.700><c> God.</c>

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In<00:19:06.740><c> Acts</c><00:19:06.880><c> chapter</c><00:19:07.099><c> 16</c><00:19:07.460><c> and</c><00:19:07.579><c> verse</c><00:19:07.799><c> nine</c>

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we<00:19:08.240><c> know</c><00:19:08.460><c> that</c><00:19:08.599><c> there</c><00:19:08.759><c> was</c><00:19:08.900><c> a</c><00:19:09.119><c> divine</c><00:19:09.339><c> vision</c><00:19:09.619><c> of</c><00:19:09.779><c> a</c><00:19:09.920><c> man</c>

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and<00:19:10.480><c> the</c><00:19:10.660><c> very</c><00:19:10.920><c> same</c><00:19:11.200><c> phrase</c><00:19:11.619><c> stood</c><00:19:12.380><c> a</c><00:19:12.839><c> man.</c>

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So<00:19:13.319><c> perhaps</c><00:19:13.559><c> as</c><00:19:13.740><c> I</c><00:19:13.859><c> said</c><00:19:13.940><c> at</c><00:19:14.119><c> the</c><00:19:14.240><c> outset</c><00:19:14.460><c> yesterday</c>

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it<00:19:15.200><c> may</c><00:19:15.460><c> well</c><00:19:15.740><c> not</c><00:19:15.980><c> have</c><00:19:16.099><c> been</c><00:19:16.259><c> Luke.</c>

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It<00:19:16.539><c> may</c><00:19:16.720><c> have</c><00:19:16.880><c> been</c><00:19:16.980><c> a</c><00:19:17.200><c> mighty</c><00:19:17.480><c> angel.</c>

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The<00:19:19.319><c> man</c><00:19:19.539><c> of</c><00:19:19.799><c> one,</c><00:19:20.420><c> a</c><00:19:20.599><c> symbol</c><00:19:20.920><c> that</c><00:19:21.259><c> we've</c><00:19:21.559><c> seen</c><00:19:21.700><c> already</c>

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in<00:19:22.559><c> the</c><00:19:22.680><c> book</c><00:19:22.819><c> of</c><00:19:23.019><c> Daniel.</c>

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Let's<00:19:25.359><c> continue</c><00:19:25.680><c> with</c><00:19:25.880><c> these</c><00:19:26.119><c> connections.</c>

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Jericho<00:19:27.259><c> was</c><00:19:27.599><c> taken</c><00:19:27.940><c> on</c><00:19:28.160><c> the</c><00:19:28.359><c> Sabbath,</c><00:19:28.619><c> wasn't</c><00:19:28.740><c> it?</c>

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It<00:19:29.000><c> was</c><00:19:29.200><c> the</c><00:19:29.359><c> seventh</c><00:19:29.539><c> day</c><00:19:30.160><c> in</c><00:19:30.480><c> Joshua</c><00:19:30.779><c> six</c><00:19:31.160><c> verse</c><00:19:31.400><c> 15.</c>

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Philippi<00:19:32.779><c> was</c><00:19:33.079><c> taken</c><00:19:33.500><c> on</c><00:19:34.400><c> the</c><00:19:34.779><c> Sabbath</c>

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where<00:19:36.940><c> Paul</c><00:19:37.220><c> goes</c><00:19:37.480><c> down</c><00:19:38.200><c> to</c><00:19:38.480><c> the</c><00:19:38.660><c> riverside</c><00:19:39.180><c> to</c><00:19:39.460><c> pray.</c>

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We<00:19:41.319><c> know</c><00:19:41.539><c> in</c><00:19:41.759><c> Joshua</c><00:19:42.140><c> that</c><00:19:42.339><c> it</c><00:19:42.559><c> concerned,</c>

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the<00:19:43.380><c> whole</c><00:19:43.579><c> narrative</c><00:19:44.019><c> was</c><00:19:44.220><c> about</c><00:19:44.579><c> Rahab</c><00:19:45.019><c> and</c><00:19:45.200><c> the</c><00:19:45.339><c> two</c><00:19:45.539><c> spies</c>

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and<00:19:46.000><c> here</c><00:19:46.140><c> it's</c><00:19:46.500><c> Lydia</c><00:19:46.839><c> with</c><00:19:47.440><c> Paul</c><00:19:47.720><c> and</c><00:19:48.000><c> Silas.</c>

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We<00:19:49.000><c> read</c><00:19:49.440><c> concerning</c><00:19:50.140><c> that</c><00:19:50.480><c> the</c><00:19:52.240><c> family</c><00:19:52.619><c> of</c><00:19:52.779><c> the</c><00:19:52.940><c> faithful</c>

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in<00:19:53.400><c> Hebrews</c><00:19:53.720><c> chapter</c><00:19:54.059><c> 11,</c><00:19:54.680><c> by</c><00:19:54.859><c> faith</c><00:19:55.319><c> Rahab</c><00:19:55.839><c> we</c><00:19:56.200><c> read</c>

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and<00:19:57.500><c> in</c><00:19:57.599><c> Lydia's</c><00:19:58.000><c> words,</c><00:19:58.460><c> if</c><00:19:58.480><c> you</c><00:19:58.720><c> have</c><00:19:58.920><c> judged</c><00:19:59.160><c> me</c>

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to<00:19:59.539><c> be</c><00:19:59.960><c> faithful</c><00:20:00.460><c> to</c><00:20:00.700><c> the</c><00:20:00.880><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:20:01.240><c> she</c><00:20:01.380><c> was</c><00:20:01.619><c> appealing</c><00:20:02.079><c> for</c><00:20:02.319><c> Paul</c><00:20:02.480><c> and</c><00:20:02.700><c> Silas</c>

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to<00:20:03.000><c> enter</c><00:20:03.160><c> her</c><00:20:03.359><c> home.</c>

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We<00:20:05.519><c> read</c><00:20:05.779><c> in</c><00:20:05.920><c> Joshua</c><00:20:06.160><c> two</c><00:20:07.819><c> that</c><00:20:09.180><c> Joshua</c><00:20:09.740><c> and</c><00:20:10.839><c> Caleb</c>

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stayed<00:20:11.700><c> at</c><00:20:11.920><c> Rahab's</c><00:20:12.380><c> house</c><00:20:12.799><c> and</c><00:20:13.500><c> we</c><00:20:13.640><c> also</c><00:20:13.920><c> read</c>

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in<00:20:14.220><c> Acts</c><00:20:14.339><c> chapter</c><00:20:14.559><c> 16</c><00:20:14.980><c> again,</c><00:20:15.839><c> twice</c><00:20:16.200><c> as</c><00:20:16.420><c> we</c><00:20:16.599><c> read</c>

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in<00:20:16.839><c> Joshua</c><00:20:17.099><c> chapter</c><00:20:17.400><c> two</c><00:20:18.240><c> that</c><00:20:19.180><c> Paul</c><00:20:19.599><c> and</c><00:20:19.880><c> Silas</c>

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stayed<00:20:20.680><c> at</c><00:20:20.920><c> Lydia's</c><00:20:21.319><c> house.</c>

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Rahab's<00:20:22.539><c> household</c><00:20:22.859><c> was</c><00:20:23.240><c> saved</c>

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and<00:20:24.440><c> Lydia's</c><00:20:24.980><c> household</c><00:20:25.259><c> was</c><00:20:25.519><c> saved.</c>

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Now<00:20:26.220><c> for</c><00:20:26.579><c> me,</c><00:20:28.359><c> the</c><00:20:28.619><c> crux</c><00:20:28.880><c> of</c><00:20:29.059><c> the</c><00:20:29.299><c> connection</c><00:20:29.519><c> is</c><00:20:29.700><c> found</c><00:20:29.980><c> here</c>

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as<00:20:30.940><c> they</c><00:20:31.200><c> went</c><00:20:31.400><c> round</c><00:20:32.059><c> seven</c><00:20:32.980><c> times</c><00:20:33.579><c> and</c><00:20:33.819><c> we</c><00:20:33.980><c> read</c><00:20:34.200><c> there,</c>

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so<00:20:34.839><c> the</c><00:20:35.099><c> people</c><00:20:35.599><c> shouted</c><00:20:36.339><c> and</c><00:20:36.940><c> when</c><00:20:37.160><c> the</c><00:20:37.420><c> people</c><00:20:37.700><c> heard</c>

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the<00:20:38.720><c> war</c><00:20:39.180><c> fell</c><00:20:39.559><c> down</c><00:20:39.980><c> flat</c><00:20:40.359><c> in</c><00:20:40.619><c> Joshua</c><00:20:40.960><c> six</c><00:20:41.259><c> verse</c><00:20:41.420><c> 20,</c>

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there<00:20:41.960><c> was</c><00:20:42.200><c> an</c><00:20:42.440><c> earthquake.</c>

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And<00:20:44.380><c> that</c><00:20:44.759><c> earthquake</c><00:20:45.640><c> symbolized</c><00:20:47.000><c> the</c><00:20:47.279><c> foundation</c><00:20:48.019><c> stone</c>

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of<00:20:48.920><c> God's</c><00:20:49.900><c> hope</c><00:20:50.140><c> of</c><00:20:50.380><c> Israel</c><00:20:50.779><c> being</c><00:20:51.099><c> established</c>

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with<00:20:52.119><c> Gentiles</c><00:20:52.759><c> in</c><00:20:53.180><c> his</c><00:20:53.480><c> land</c><00:20:54.180><c> and</c><00:20:55.339><c> it</c><00:20:55.480><c> was</c><00:20:55.759><c> commemorated</c>

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by<00:20:57.339><c> an</c><00:20:57.559><c> earthquake</c><00:20:58.119><c> and</c><00:20:59.599><c> here</c><00:20:59.920><c> in</c><00:21:00.200><c> Acts</c><00:21:00.339><c> chapter</c><00:21:00.619><c> 16</c>

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we're<00:21:01.420><c> praying</c><00:21:01.819><c> and</c><00:21:02.240><c> singing</c><00:21:02.599><c> hymns</c><00:21:02.920><c> to</c><00:21:03.160><c> God</c>

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and<00:21:03.539><c> the</c><00:21:03.740><c> prisoners</c><00:21:03.980><c> were</c><00:21:04.420><c> listening,</c><00:21:05.079><c> notice,</c>

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when<00:21:06.160><c> the</c><00:21:06.319><c> people</c><00:21:06.500><c> heard,</c><00:21:07.200><c> we</c><00:21:07.460><c> read</c><00:21:07.539><c> in</c><00:21:07.700><c> Joshua</c><00:21:07.940><c> chapter</c><00:21:08.819><c> six,</c>

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the<00:21:09.960><c> prisoners</c><00:21:10.259><c> were</c><00:21:10.480><c> listening</c><00:21:10.819><c> and</c><00:21:11.079><c> suddenly</c>

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the<00:21:11.859><c> foundations</c><00:21:12.700><c> were</c><00:21:13.799><c> shaken.</c>

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Now<00:21:14.839><c> that's</c><00:21:15.160><c> amazing.</c>

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Now<00:21:17.339><c> before</c><00:21:17.599><c> we</c><00:21:18.720><c> highlight</c><00:21:19.519><c> the</c><00:21:19.900><c> true</c><00:21:20.119><c> connection</c>

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between<00:21:20.900><c> the</c><00:21:21.099><c> two</c><00:21:21.240><c> accounts,</c><00:21:21.700><c> you</c><00:21:21.799><c> know</c><00:21:21.859><c> what</c><00:21:21.940><c> it</c><00:21:22.039><c> does</c><00:21:22.220><c> for</c><00:21:22.440><c> me?</c>

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It<00:21:24.400><c> illuminates</c><00:21:25.019><c> the</c><00:21:25.220><c> two</c><00:21:25.400><c> figures,</c><00:21:27.500><c> Rahab</c><00:21:28.059><c> who</c><00:21:28.380><c> hid</c><00:21:28.539><c> the</c><00:21:28.819><c> spies.</c>

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Remember<00:21:30.119><c> what</c><00:21:30.359><c> Lydia</c><00:21:30.619><c> was</c><00:21:30.839><c> doing?</c>

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She<00:21:32.019><c> was</c><00:21:32.279><c> hearing</c><00:21:32.700><c> continually</c><00:21:33.400><c> and</c><00:21:33.880><c> the</c><00:21:34.000><c> Lord</c><00:21:34.140><c> opened</c><00:21:34.440><c> her</c><00:21:34.700><c> heart.</c>

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I<00:21:35.720><c> would</c><00:21:35.920><c> suggest</c><00:21:36.640><c> that</c><00:21:37.259><c> Rahab,</c><00:21:38.079><c> given</c><00:21:38.359><c> that</c><00:21:38.519><c> they</c><00:21:38.640><c> are</c>

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two<00:21:39.180><c> parallel</c><00:21:39.619><c> figures</c><00:21:40.000><c> in</c><00:21:40.240><c> scripture,</c>

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that<00:21:41.240><c> Rahab</c><00:21:41.740><c> was</c><00:21:42.059><c> praying,</c><00:21:43.720><c> that</c><00:21:43.880><c> the</c><00:21:44.079><c> Lord</c><00:21:44.319><c> had</c><00:21:44.680><c> opened</c><00:21:44.900><c> her</c><00:21:45.220><c> heart</c>

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and<00:21:47.079><c> Joshua</c><00:21:47.440><c> and</c><00:21:47.700><c> Caleb</c><00:21:47.920><c> appearing</c><00:21:48.359><c> at</c><00:21:48.539><c> her</c><00:21:48.759><c> home</c>

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was<00:21:49.140><c> an</c><00:21:49.339><c> answer</c><00:21:49.519><c> to</c><00:21:49.779><c> prayer.</c>

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We<00:21:50.400><c> would</c><00:21:50.660><c> have</c><00:21:50.880><c> to</c><00:21:51.099><c> conclude</c><00:21:51.559><c> that,</c>

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they<00:21:52.019><c> are</c><00:21:52.220><c> two</c><00:21:52.480><c> parallel</c><00:21:52.900><c> figures.</c>

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And<00:21:54.880><c> if</c><00:21:55.000><c> we</c><00:21:55.180><c> have</c><00:21:55.299><c> any</c><00:21:55.640><c> question</c><00:21:55.960><c> of</c><00:21:56.180><c> the</c><00:21:56.519><c> standing</c><00:21:56.880><c> of</c><00:21:57.180><c> Lydia,</c>

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then<00:21:58.579><c> think</c><00:21:58.779><c> about</c><00:21:59.079><c> Rahab.</c>

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Rahab<00:22:01.079><c> not</c><00:22:01.240><c> only</c><00:22:01.480><c> hid</c><00:22:01.680><c> the</c><00:22:02.000><c> spies,</c><00:22:02.640><c> she</c><00:22:02.839><c> was</c><00:22:03.039><c> of</c><00:22:03.220><c> the</c><00:22:03.480><c> line</c>

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of<00:22:03.920><c> the</c><00:22:04.140><c> Lord</c><00:22:04.460><c> Jesus</c><00:22:05.059><c> Christ.</c>

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Through<00:22:06.359><c> her</c><00:22:06.640><c> the</c><00:22:06.900><c> seed</c><00:22:07.160><c> of</c><00:22:07.519><c> promise</c><00:22:07.759><c> came</c>

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and<00:22:09.299><c> through</c><00:22:09.559><c> Lydia</c><00:22:09.980><c> and</c><00:22:10.319><c> her</c><00:22:10.619><c> actions,</c><00:22:11.240><c> brothers</c><00:22:11.319><c> and</c><00:22:11.599><c> sisters,</c>

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the<00:22:12.920><c> fulfillment,</c><00:22:13.619><c> the</c><00:22:13.880><c> wider</c><00:22:14.140><c> fulfillment</c><00:22:14.619><c> of</c><00:22:14.819><c> Genesis</c><00:22:15.160><c> 12,</c>

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that<00:22:15.680><c> all</c><00:22:15.920><c> the</c><00:22:16.059><c> nations</c><00:22:16.299><c> of</c><00:22:16.500><c> the</c><00:22:16.660><c> earth</c><00:22:16.799><c> will</c><00:22:16.980><c> be</c><00:22:17.299><c> blessed,</c>

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came<00:22:18.960><c> through</c><00:22:19.319><c> her.</c>

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The<00:22:22.059><c> dynamo,</c><00:22:22.940><c> the</c><00:22:23.440><c> instrument</c><00:22:24.019><c> of</c><00:22:24.740><c> the</c><00:22:24.960><c> ecclesia</c><00:22:25.339><c> of</c><00:22:25.599><c> God</c>

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outside<00:22:27.019><c> the</c><00:22:27.539><c> land</c><00:22:28.119><c> of</c><00:22:29.000><c> Israel.</c>

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I<00:22:29.680><c> want</c><00:22:29.779><c> you</c><00:22:29.900><c> to</c><00:22:30.119><c> think</c><00:22:30.299><c> about</c><00:22:30.640><c> that.</c>

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These<00:22:31.200><c> two</c><00:22:32.799><c> bookends</c><00:22:33.240><c> of</c><00:22:33.539><c> milestones,</c><00:22:34.279><c> these</c><00:22:34.519><c> two</c><00:22:34.799><c> earthquakes,</c>

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that<00:22:35.500><c> the</c><00:22:35.700><c> first</c><00:22:36.180><c> earthquake</c><00:22:36.859><c> in</c><00:22:37.299><c> Jericho,</c>

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that<00:22:38.500><c> Jericho</c><00:22:38.940><c> had</c><00:22:39.299><c> to</c><00:22:39.539><c> fall</c><00:22:39.660><c> in</c><00:22:39.900><c> order</c><00:22:40.220><c> for</c><00:22:40.500><c> God's</c><00:22:41.000><c> word</c>

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to<00:22:41.299><c> be</c><00:22:41.579><c> planted</c><00:22:41.859><c> within</c><00:22:42.119><c> the</c><00:22:42.339><c> land.</c>

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And<00:22:43.740><c> here,</c><00:22:45.039><c> in</c><00:22:45.220><c> this</c><00:22:45.500><c> prison,</c><00:22:47.299><c> the</c><00:22:47.519><c> earthquake,</c>

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in<00:22:48.759><c> order</c><00:22:49.059><c> for</c><00:22:49.519><c> God's</c><00:22:50.039><c> word</c><00:22:50.299><c> to</c><00:22:50.519><c> be</c><00:22:50.819><c> planted</c>

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outside<00:22:52.180><c> the</c><00:22:52.519><c> confines</c><00:22:53.119><c> of</c><00:22:53.480><c> the</c><00:22:53.619><c> land</c><00:22:53.779><c> of</c><00:22:53.960><c> Israel.</c>

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Extraordinary,<00:22:55.440><c> isn't</c><00:22:55.539><c> it,</c><00:22:55.640><c> brothers</c><00:22:55.859><c> and</c><00:22:56.140><c> sisters?</c>

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And<00:22:56.579><c> it</c><00:22:56.819><c> illuminates</c><00:22:57.779><c> the</c><00:22:58.220><c> significance</c><00:22:58.779><c> of</c><00:22:59.099><c> these</c><00:22:59.279><c> events</c><00:22:59.599><c> here</c>

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and<00:23:01.140><c> the</c><00:23:01.599><c> purpose</c><00:23:01.980><c> of</c><00:23:02.259><c> God</c><00:23:02.579><c> in</c><00:23:03.200><c> this</c><00:23:03.480><c> wonderful</c><00:23:03.940><c> woman.</c>

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Lydia.

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Well,<00:23:09.779><c> many</c><00:23:10.119><c> years</c><00:23:10.460><c> later,</c><00:23:11.259><c> perhaps</c><00:23:11.640><c> 10</c><00:23:12.019><c> years</c><00:23:12.380><c> later,</c>

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Paul<00:23:13.299><c> wrote</c><00:23:14.420><c> this</c><00:23:14.880><c> epistle</c><00:23:15.180><c> to</c><00:23:15.460><c> the</c><00:23:15.660><c> Philippians</c>

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and<00:23:16.339><c> it</c><00:23:16.440><c> was</c><00:23:16.579><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:23:17.220><c> who</c><00:23:17.359><c> was</c><00:23:17.579><c> going</c><00:23:17.680><c> to</c><00:23:18.019><c> return</c><00:23:18.359><c> back</c>

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from<00:23:20.299><c> Rome</c><00:23:20.619><c> to</c><00:23:21.059><c> Philippi,</c><00:23:21.500><c> I</c><00:23:21.539><c> would</c><00:23:21.720><c> suggest,</c>

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and<00:23:23.059><c> read</c><00:23:23.400><c> it</c><00:23:23.599><c> out,</c><00:23:23.740><c> and</c><00:23:23.900><c> I</c><00:23:23.980><c> want</c><00:23:24.119><c> you</c><00:23:24.259><c> to</c><00:23:24.480><c> imagine</c><00:23:24.720><c> that,</c>

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and<00:23:25.240><c> perhaps</c><00:23:25.579><c> this</c><00:23:25.880><c> epistle</c><00:23:26.180><c> was</c><00:23:26.500><c> read</c><00:23:26.779><c> within</c><00:23:27.039><c> the</c><00:23:27.319><c> house</c><00:23:27.599><c> of</c><00:23:28.380><c> Lydia.</c>

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And<00:23:30.039><c> there</c><00:23:30.180><c> was</c><00:23:30.400><c> Lydia,</c><00:23:30.779><c> now</c><00:23:30.960><c> 10</c><00:23:31.220><c> years</c><00:23:31.519><c> older,</c><00:23:32.279><c> I</c><00:23:32.579><c> would</c><00:23:32.779><c> suggest,</c>

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and<00:23:33.339><c> she's</c><00:23:33.559><c> still</c><00:23:33.960><c> full</c><00:23:34.279><c> of</c><00:23:34.940><c> compassion</c><00:23:35.519><c> and</c><00:23:35.819><c> hospitality.</c>

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And<00:23:36.700><c> this</c><00:23:36.940><c> woman,</c><00:23:37.480><c> this</c><00:23:37.700><c> young</c><00:23:38.000><c> woman,</c><00:23:38.339><c> this</c><00:23:38.599><c> young</c><00:23:38.940><c> damsel</c><00:23:39.380><c> now,</c>

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she<00:23:40.119><c> had</c><00:23:40.240><c> grown</c><00:23:40.539><c> into</c><00:23:40.880><c> a</c><00:23:41.079><c> mature</c><00:23:41.400><c> sister</c><00:23:41.759><c> of</c><00:23:42.019><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:42.619><c> you</c><00:23:42.720><c> can</c><00:23:42.920><c> imagine</c><00:23:43.240><c> the</c><00:23:43.500><c> jailer</c><00:23:43.779><c> now,</c><00:23:43.920><c> 10</c><00:23:44.160><c> years</c><00:23:44.420><c> on,</c>

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if<00:23:45.279><c> he</c><00:23:45.420><c> was</c><00:23:45.579><c> still</c><00:23:45.819><c> around,</c><00:23:46.940><c> a</c><00:23:47.259><c> wise</c><00:23:47.599><c> man</c><00:23:48.059><c> within</c><00:23:48.539><c> the</c><00:23:48.819><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:53.759
And<00:23:49.660><c> perhaps</c><00:23:50.140><c> some</c><00:23:50.960><c> of</c><00:23:51.640><c> the</c><00:23:51.920><c> inmates</c><00:23:52.220><c> that</c><00:23:52.420><c> had</c><00:23:52.759><c> heard</c>

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:57.359
Paul<00:23:54.180><c> singing</c><00:23:54.720><c> and</c><00:23:55.480><c> praying</c><00:23:55.960><c> were</c><00:23:56.480><c> boosting</c><00:23:56.880><c> the</c><00:23:57.140><c> numbers</c>

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of<00:23:57.559><c> this</c><00:23:57.759><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:23:58.279><c> brothers</c><00:23:58.440><c> and</c><00:23:58.660><c> sisters,</c><00:23:58.859><c> as</c><00:23:59.019><c> I've</c><00:23:59.200><c> already</c><00:23:59.339><c> said,</c>

00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:02.359
the<00:23:59.799><c> most</c><00:24:00.099><c> unlikely</c><00:24:00.759><c> group</c><00:24:01.099><c> of</c><00:24:01.259><c> men</c><00:24:01.400><c> and</c><00:24:01.500><c> women</c><00:24:01.680><c> coming</c><00:24:02.000><c> together</c>

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:04.819
in<00:24:02.599><c> the</c><00:24:02.819><c> purpose</c><00:24:03.160><c> of</c><00:24:03.380><c> God,</c><00:24:03.660><c> and</c><00:24:03.779><c> you</c><00:24:04.000><c> could</c><00:24:04.279><c> not</c><00:24:04.500><c> believe</c>

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:07.039
that<00:24:04.980><c> this</c><00:24:05.160><c> is</c><00:24:05.339><c> going</c><00:24:05.440><c> to</c><00:24:05.579><c> be</c><00:24:05.680><c> the</c><00:24:05.940><c> foundation</c><00:24:06.599><c> of</c><00:24:06.799><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:09.539
for<00:24:07.299><c> the</c><00:24:07.539><c> world,</c><00:24:08.000><c> but</c><00:24:08.160><c> it</c><00:24:08.440><c> was.</c>

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:13.279
All<00:24:11.059><c> of</c><00:24:11.180><c> them,</c><00:24:11.680><c> entirely</c><00:24:12.140><c> unlikely.</c>

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:16.480
You'd<00:24:14.000><c> never</c><00:24:14.240><c> naturally</c><00:24:14.680><c> bring</c><00:24:15.019><c> these</c><00:24:15.339><c> together.</c>

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:21.039
Yet<00:24:17.400><c> God</c><00:24:17.880><c> bound</c><00:24:18.380><c> them</c><00:24:18.660><c> together,</c><00:24:19.720><c> revealing</c><00:24:20.279><c> his</c><00:24:20.599><c> purpose,</c>

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:25.099
that<00:24:21.240><c> he</c><00:24:21.519><c> is</c><00:24:21.640><c> in</c><00:24:21.859><c> control,</c><00:24:23.819><c> that</c><00:24:23.980><c> he</c><00:24:24.200><c> is</c><00:24:24.359><c> the</c><00:24:24.559><c> great</c><00:24:24.759><c> one,</c>

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and<00:24:25.619><c> he</c><00:24:25.759><c> will</c><00:24:26.000><c> bring</c><00:24:26.240><c> the</c><00:24:26.539><c> humble</c><00:24:26.960><c> and</c><00:24:27.259><c> the</c><00:24:27.480><c> brokenhearted</c><00:24:27.940><c> together</c>

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:31.619
in<00:24:28.940><c> order</c><00:24:29.240><c> that</c><00:24:29.480><c> he</c><00:24:29.900><c> is</c><00:24:31.160><c> honored.</c>

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:34.900
So<00:24:32.079><c> let's</c><00:24:32.519><c> go</c><00:24:32.819><c> to</c><00:24:33.160><c> Philippians</c><00:24:33.559><c> chapter</c><00:24:33.940><c> one.</c>

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And<00:24:37.400><c> these</c><00:24:38.099><c> incredibly</c><00:24:38.940><c> important</c><00:24:39.460><c> words</c><00:24:39.799><c> now</c><00:24:40.079><c> are</c><00:24:40.400><c> expressed.</c>

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:43.980
A<00:24:41.680><c> theme</c><00:24:41.920><c> now</c><00:24:42.160><c> is</c><00:24:42.359><c> going</c><00:24:42.480><c> to</c><00:24:42.819><c> run</c><00:24:43.019><c> throughout</c><00:24:43.420><c> this</c><00:24:43.779><c> book,</c>

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:47.039
and<00:24:44.380><c> this</c><00:24:44.680><c> is</c><00:24:44.880><c> the</c><00:24:45.319><c> foundation,</c><00:24:46.019><c> the</c><00:24:46.279><c> cornerstone,</c><00:24:46.839><c> really,</c>

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of<00:24:47.220><c> this</c><00:24:47.400><c> particular</c><00:24:47.859><c> theme.</c>

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We<00:24:48.460><c> read</c><00:24:48.660><c> there</c><00:24:48.920><c> in</c><00:24:49.119><c> verse</c><00:24:49.420><c> six,</c><00:24:51.000><c> Paul</c><00:24:51.279><c> says,</c>

00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:54.660
"'Being<00:24:52.079><c> confident</c><00:24:52.480><c> of</c><00:24:52.700><c> this</c><00:24:53.059><c> very</c><00:24:53.480><c> thing,</c>

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:58.059
"'that<00:24:55.000><c> he</c><00:24:55.339><c> which</c><00:24:55.519><c> hath</c><00:24:55.759><c> begun</c><00:24:56.079><c> a</c><00:24:56.259><c> good</c><00:24:56.460><c> work</c><00:24:56.720><c> in</c><00:24:56.960><c> you,</c>

00:24:58.940 --> 00:25:02.059
"'will<00:24:59.460><c> perform</c><00:24:59.940><c> it</c><00:25:00.160><c> until</c><00:25:00.440><c> the</c><00:25:00.619><c> day</c><00:25:01.299><c> of</c><00:25:01.660><c> Christ.'"</c>

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And<00:25:02.220><c> you're</c><00:25:02.400><c> having</c><00:25:02.500><c> your</c><00:25:02.779><c> margin,</c><00:25:03.220><c> we'll</c><00:25:03.759><c> finish</c><00:25:04.039><c> it.</c>

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So<00:25:05.900><c> these</c><00:25:06.119><c> may</c><00:25:06.420><c> well</c><00:25:06.640><c> have</c><00:25:06.819><c> been</c><00:25:06.980><c> the</c><00:25:07.220><c> words.</c>

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Remember,<00:25:08.519><c> Paul</c><00:25:08.740><c> and</c><00:25:08.940><c> Silas,</c><00:25:09.099><c> they</c><00:25:09.220><c> came</c><00:25:09.380><c> out</c><00:25:09.579><c> of</c><00:25:09.740><c> prison,</c>

00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:11.420
and<00:25:10.180><c> they</c><00:25:10.500><c> comforted</c><00:25:10.920><c> this</c><00:25:11.180><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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and<00:25:11.619><c> perhaps</c><00:25:11.880><c> these</c><00:25:12.180><c> were</c><00:25:12.339><c> the</c><00:25:12.500><c> very</c><00:25:12.779><c> words.</c>

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:16.359
You<00:25:14.680><c> have</c><00:25:15.019><c> seen</c><00:25:15.339><c> the</c><00:25:15.660><c> power</c><00:25:15.900><c> of</c><00:25:16.220><c> God,</c>

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the<00:25:16.660><c> visitation</c><00:25:17.279><c> of</c><00:25:17.460><c> his</c><00:25:17.720><c> power</c><00:25:18.039><c> in</c><00:25:18.299><c> your</c><00:25:18.519><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:22.119
The<00:25:20.519><c> man</c><00:25:20.740><c> from</c><00:25:20.960><c> Macedonia,</c><00:25:21.599><c> the</c><00:25:21.799><c> vision,</c>

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:26.619
God<00:25:22.839><c> blowing</c><00:25:23.359><c> the</c><00:25:24.980><c> ship</c><00:25:25.200><c> across</c><00:25:25.599><c> the</c><00:25:25.839><c> seas,</c>

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:28.599
God<00:25:26.960><c> opening</c><00:25:27.259><c> the</c><00:25:27.480><c> heart</c><00:25:27.720><c> of</c><00:25:27.880><c> this</c><00:25:28.039><c> woman</c><00:25:28.259><c> Lydia.</c>

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This<00:25:29.200><c> is</c><00:25:29.359><c> all</c><00:25:29.599><c> around</c><00:25:29.839><c> the</c><00:25:29.980><c> purpose</c><00:25:30.259><c> of</c><00:25:30.480><c> God.</c>

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:33.160
You<00:25:30.740><c> can</c><00:25:31.059><c> see</c><00:25:31.359><c> God</c><00:25:31.720><c> working</c><00:25:32.299><c> with</c><00:25:32.539><c> this</c><00:25:32.759><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:36.059
and<00:25:34.099><c> you</c><00:25:34.240><c> can</c><00:25:34.519><c> see,</c><00:25:35.019><c> brothers</c><00:25:35.119><c> and</c><00:25:35.359><c> sisters</c><00:25:35.579><c> in</c><00:25:35.779><c> Philippi,</c>

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:39.019
how<00:25:36.339><c> God</c><00:25:36.559><c> has</c><00:25:36.819><c> begun</c><00:25:37.079><c> a</c><00:25:37.220><c> good</c><00:25:37.440><c> work</c><00:25:37.720><c> in</c><00:25:38.039><c> you,</c><00:25:38.339><c> in</c><00:25:38.640><c> you,</c>

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not<00:25:39.420><c> with</c><00:25:39.680><c> you,</c><00:25:39.940><c> in</c><00:25:40.299><c> you.</c>

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This<00:25:40.779><c> was</c><00:25:40.920><c> all</c><00:25:41.059><c> about</c><00:25:41.180><c> a</c><00:25:41.660><c> transformation</c><00:25:42.220><c> of</c><00:25:42.519><c> people,</c>

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.400
people<00:25:43.880><c> to</c><00:25:44.039><c> be</c><00:25:44.220><c> like</c><00:25:44.400><c> the</c><00:25:44.579><c> Lord</c><00:25:44.779><c> Jesus</c><00:25:45.079><c> Christ,</c>

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:47.440
who<00:25:45.599><c> are</c><00:25:45.720><c> going</c><00:25:45.859><c> to</c><00:25:46.019><c> mimic</c><00:25:46.319><c> Paul.</c>

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They<00:25:48.279><c> will</c><00:25:48.440><c> be</c><00:25:48.700><c> transformed.</c>

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You<00:25:52.380><c> can</c><00:25:52.519><c> imagine</c><00:25:52.880><c> these</c><00:25:53.200><c> words</c><00:25:53.480><c> of</c><00:25:53.779><c> comfort,</c>

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and<00:25:53.960><c> he</c><00:25:54.140><c> that</c><00:25:54.319><c> has</c><00:25:54.579><c> begun</c><00:25:54.859><c> a</c><00:25:55.019><c> good</c><00:25:55.200><c> work</c><00:25:55.440><c> in</c><00:25:55.599><c> you</c><00:25:56.119><c> will</c><00:25:56.920><c> finish</c><00:25:57.259><c> it.</c>

00:25:57.519 --> 00:26:02.019
You<00:25:57.779><c> need</c><00:25:58.059><c> to</c><00:25:58.299><c> be</c><00:25:59.519><c> confident</c><00:26:00.200><c> that</c><00:26:00.579><c> Paul</c><00:26:01.079><c> here</c>

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:05.819
is<00:26:02.740><c> saying</c><00:26:02.960><c> these</c><00:26:03.299><c> words</c><00:26:03.579><c> with</c><00:26:03.940><c> true</c><00:26:04.380><c> sincerity.</c>

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:09.180
Now,<00:26:07.500><c> if</c><00:26:07.579><c> we</c><00:26:07.660><c> think</c><00:26:07.779><c> about</c><00:26:08.019><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:08.619><c> brothers</c><00:26:08.700><c> and</c><00:26:08.960><c> sisters,</c>

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I'm<00:26:09.359><c> sure</c><00:26:09.519><c> we</c><00:26:09.720><c> all</c><00:26:09.920><c> agree</c><00:26:10.259><c> that</c><00:26:10.480><c> God</c><00:26:10.660><c> has</c><00:26:10.839><c> been</c><00:26:11.039><c> working</c>

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in<00:26:11.599><c> our</c><00:26:11.839><c> lives,</c><00:26:13.220><c> working</c><00:26:13.539><c> with</c><00:26:13.880><c> us,</c><00:26:14.700><c> working</c><00:26:14.980><c> with</c><00:26:15.200><c> our</c><00:26:15.500><c> characters,</c>

00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:19.920
and<00:26:16.500><c> we</c><00:26:17.000><c> look</c><00:26:17.339><c> back,</c><00:26:17.900><c> we</c><00:26:18.240><c> can</c><00:26:18.539><c> see</c><00:26:18.740><c> that</c><00:26:18.920><c> he</c><00:26:19.059><c> has</c><00:26:19.279><c> kept</c><00:26:19.420><c> us</c><00:26:19.680><c> away</c>

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from<00:26:20.779><c> many</c><00:26:21.220><c> unforeseeable</c><00:26:21.980><c> problems,</c>

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:25.000
while<00:26:23.240><c> at</c><00:26:23.400><c> other</c><00:26:23.559><c> times</c><00:26:23.799><c> we</c><00:26:23.940><c> know</c><00:26:24.200><c> that</c><00:26:24.359><c> he's</c><00:26:24.619><c> led</c><00:26:24.759><c> us</c>

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into<00:26:25.200><c> the</c><00:26:25.440><c> very</c><00:26:25.839><c> fires</c><00:26:26.240><c> of</c><00:26:26.539><c> tribulation.</c>

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:30.680
We<00:26:27.460><c> know</c><00:26:27.799><c> that,</c><00:26:28.519><c> but</c><00:26:28.759><c> it</c><00:26:28.940><c> is</c><00:26:29.099><c> in</c><00:26:29.220><c> the</c><00:26:29.380><c> very</c><00:26:29.660><c> fires</c><00:26:29.900><c> of</c><00:26:30.160><c> tribulation</c>

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that<00:26:30.819><c> we</c><00:26:31.079><c> find</c><00:26:31.420><c> the</c><00:26:31.700><c> Lord.</c>

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They're<00:26:32.400><c> like</c><00:26:33.059><c> Daniel's</c><00:26:33.759><c> three</c><00:26:33.940><c> friends</c>

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in<00:26:34.799><c> the</c><00:26:35.059><c> fiery</c><00:26:35.359><c> fire</c><00:26:35.599><c> of</c><00:26:35.819><c> tribulation.</c>

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Wherever<00:26:39.259><c> the</c><00:26:39.559><c> Lord</c><00:26:39.740><c> is</c><00:26:39.960><c> leading</c><00:26:40.240><c> us,</c>

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:43.880
we<00:26:41.579><c> need</c><00:26:41.960><c> to</c><00:26:42.279><c> have</c><00:26:42.460><c> the</c><00:26:42.700><c> confidence</c>

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:47.000
that<00:26:44.940><c> he</c><00:26:45.240><c> that</c><00:26:45.359><c> has</c><00:26:45.519><c> begun</c><00:26:45.920><c> a</c><00:26:46.180><c> good</c><00:26:46.339><c> work</c><00:26:46.619><c> in</c><00:26:46.779><c> us,</c>

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:50.799
he<00:26:47.220><c> will</c><00:26:47.500><c> finish</c><00:26:47.799><c> us</c><00:26:48.660><c> until</c><00:26:49.099><c> the</c><00:26:49.319><c> day</c><00:26:49.440><c> of</c><00:26:49.700><c> salvation.</c>

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.740
And<00:26:51.240><c> we</c><00:26:51.420><c> must</c><00:26:51.640><c> ask</c><00:26:51.900><c> ourselves</c><00:26:52.220><c> that</c><00:26:52.440><c> question,</c>

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brothers<00:26:53.000><c> and</c><00:26:53.259><c> sisters.</c>

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Do<00:26:53.900><c> we</c><00:26:54.400><c> feel</c><00:26:54.759><c> that</c><00:26:55.000><c> within</c><00:26:55.220><c> our</c><00:26:55.539><c> hearts</c>

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:59.240
that<00:26:57.700><c> God</c><00:26:57.900><c> is</c><00:26:58.140><c> developing</c><00:26:58.559><c> our</c><00:26:58.940><c> characters</c>

00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:03.640
so<00:26:59.480><c> that</c><00:26:59.619><c> we</c><00:26:59.720><c> are</c><00:26:59.980><c> fit</c><00:27:00.259><c> for</c><00:27:01.140><c> his</c><00:27:02.319><c> kingdom?</c>

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Whatever<00:27:04.920><c> our</c><00:27:05.420><c> circumstances</c><00:27:05.920><c> are,</c>

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do<00:27:06.440><c> we</c><00:27:06.640><c> honestly</c><00:27:07.000><c> feel</c><00:27:07.700><c> that</c><00:27:08.279><c> is</c><00:27:08.539><c> the</c><00:27:08.779><c> case?</c>

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Well,<00:27:09.220><c> this</c><00:27:09.420><c> is</c><00:27:09.640><c> the</c><00:27:09.859><c> point</c><00:27:10.039><c> that</c><00:27:10.259><c> Paul</c><00:27:10.480><c> is</c><00:27:10.720><c> making</c>

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:12.579
to<00:27:11.220><c> this</c><00:27:11.380><c> occasion</c><00:27:11.700><c> at</c><00:27:12.000><c> Philippi.</c>

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:16.259
Be<00:27:13.359><c> assured</c><00:27:13.940><c> that</c><00:27:14.680><c> he</c><00:27:14.940><c> that</c><00:27:15.039><c> has</c><00:27:15.220><c> begun</c><00:27:15.400><c> a</c><00:27:15.559><c> good</c><00:27:15.720><c> work</c><00:27:15.940><c> in</c><00:27:16.140><c> you</c>

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.000
will<00:27:16.559><c> finish</c><00:27:16.859><c> it.</c>

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.200
He<00:27:17.160><c> will</c><00:27:17.380><c> complete</c><00:27:17.799><c> it</c><00:27:18.380><c> to</c><00:27:18.539><c> the</c><00:27:18.700><c> day</c><00:27:18.819><c> of</c><00:27:19.119><c> Christ.</c>

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:24.299
So<00:27:22.460><c> we</c><00:27:23.059><c> need</c><00:27:23.240><c> to</c><00:27:23.299><c> ask</c><00:27:23.480><c> ourselves</c><00:27:23.839><c> the</c><00:27:24.000><c> question,</c>

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:26.420
where<00:27:24.640><c> was</c><00:27:24.920><c> Paul</c><00:27:25.200><c> writing</c><00:27:25.700><c> this</c><00:27:26.099><c> epistle?</c>

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.660
Well,<00:27:26.619><c> if</c><00:27:26.740><c> you</c><00:27:26.819><c> look</c><00:27:26.940><c> down</c><00:27:27.140><c> at</c><00:27:27.339><c> verse</c><00:27:27.599><c> 13,</c>

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:31.559
Paul<00:27:29.420><c> mentioned</c><00:27:29.799><c> something</c><00:27:30.119><c> that's</c><00:27:30.500><c> helpful.</c>

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:35.500
He<00:27:32.839><c> says</c><00:27:33.039><c> there,</c><00:27:33.799><c> so</c><00:27:33.819><c> that</c><00:27:34.160><c> my</c><00:27:34.480><c> bonds</c><00:27:34.799><c> in</c><00:27:35.099><c> Christ</c>

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:41.359
are<00:27:36.059><c> manifest</c><00:27:36.759><c> in</c><00:27:37.500><c> all</c><00:27:38.000><c> the</c><00:27:38.319><c> palace,</c><00:27:39.200><c> which</c><00:27:39.920><c> is</c><00:27:40.140><c> a</c><00:27:40.359><c> chiasm.</c>

00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:44.400
Again,<00:27:42.259><c> drawing</c><00:27:42.400><c> us</c><00:27:42.700><c> to</c><00:27:43.000><c> this</c><00:27:43.259><c> very</c><00:27:43.559><c> point.</c>

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:48.799
If<00:27:44.640><c> you</c><00:27:44.799><c> go</c><00:27:45.059><c> back</c><00:27:45.779><c> to</c><00:27:46.480><c> verse</c><00:27:46.759><c> seven,</c><00:27:47.359><c> halfway</c><00:27:47.519><c> down</c><00:27:47.980><c> verse</c><00:27:48.259><c> seven,</c>

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:53.240
Paul<00:27:49.099><c> says,</c><00:27:49.680><c> in</c><00:27:49.680><c> my</c><00:27:50.059><c> heart,</c><00:27:51.000><c> inasmuch</c><00:27:51.559><c> as</c><00:27:51.759><c> both</c><00:27:52.019><c> in</c><00:27:52.380><c> my</c><00:27:52.640><c> bonds</c>

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.099
and<00:27:53.940><c> in</c><00:27:54.119><c> the</c><00:27:54.299><c> defense</c><00:27:54.680><c> and</c><00:27:55.079><c> confirmation</c><00:27:55.539><c> of</c><00:27:55.759><c> the</c><00:27:55.900><c> gospel.</c>

00:27:56.140 --> 00:28:00.299
So<00:27:56.319><c> he</c><00:27:56.519><c> repeats</c><00:27:56.920><c> this</c><00:27:57.200><c> point</c><00:27:57.480><c> that</c><00:27:58.079><c> he</c><00:27:58.359><c> is</c><00:27:58.720><c> in</c><00:27:59.700><c> bonds.</c>

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.400
He<00:28:00.700><c> is</c><00:28:00.900><c> in</c><00:28:01.140><c> prison.</c>

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:04.559
He<00:28:01.579><c> has</c><00:28:01.740><c> gone</c><00:28:01.839><c> from</c><00:28:02.099><c> one</c><00:28:02.380><c> prison</c><00:28:02.700><c> to</c><00:28:02.960><c> another,</c><00:28:03.400><c> hasn't</c><00:28:03.700><c> he?</c>

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:10.759
And<00:28:07.480><c> this</c><00:28:08.039><c> idea,</c><00:28:08.559><c> if</c><00:28:08.779><c> you</c><00:28:09.019><c> look</c><00:28:09.380><c> at</c><00:28:09.680><c> verse</c><00:28:09.920><c> 13</c><00:28:10.380><c> again,</c>

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:13.220
you<00:28:10.960><c> may</c><00:28:11.200><c> have</c><00:28:11.319><c> in</c><00:28:11.480><c> your</c><00:28:11.700><c> margin</c><00:28:12.000><c> by</c><00:28:12.380><c> my</c><00:28:12.779><c> bonds,</c>

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:18.420
you<00:28:13.380><c> may</c><00:28:13.700><c> have,</c><00:28:16.019><c> and</c><00:28:16.579><c> certainly</c><00:28:17.019><c> by</c><00:28:17.700><c> that</c><00:28:17.920><c> expression,</c>

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:20.900
the<00:28:18.680><c> palace,</c><00:28:19.099><c> if</c><00:28:19.279><c> you</c><00:28:19.380><c> look</c><00:28:19.539><c> in</c><00:28:19.660><c> your</c><00:28:20.059><c> margin,</c>

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:23.619
you<00:28:21.319><c> may</c><00:28:21.559><c> have</c><00:28:21.720><c> something</c><00:28:22.000><c> like</c><00:28:22.220><c> the</c><00:28:22.519><c> praetorian</c><00:28:23.180><c> guard.</c>

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:27.279
Have<00:28:23.819><c> you</c><00:28:23.920><c> got</c><00:28:24.079><c> that,</c><00:28:24.339><c> the</c><00:28:24.440><c> praetorian</c><00:28:25.799><c> guard?</c>

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:31.099
Well,<00:28:28.059><c> in</c><00:28:28.160><c> fact,</c><00:28:28.599><c> the</c><00:28:28.779><c> AV</c><00:28:29.000><c> margin</c><00:28:29.380><c> has</c><00:28:29.700><c> Caesar's</c><00:28:30.319><c> court.</c>

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.140
The<00:28:31.420><c> revised</c><00:28:31.819><c> version</c><00:28:32.140><c> has</c><00:28:32.380><c> the</c><00:28:32.519><c> praetorian</c><00:28:32.920><c> guard.</c>

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:36.819
The<00:28:33.420><c> revised</c><00:28:33.740><c> version</c><00:28:34.119><c> margin</c><00:28:34.559><c> has</c><00:28:34.859><c> in</c><00:28:35.119><c> the</c><00:28:35.380><c> whole</c><00:28:35.640><c> praetorian.</c>

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.740
And<00:28:37.740><c> so</c><00:28:37.839><c> what</c><00:28:37.980><c> we're</c><00:28:38.059><c> being</c><00:28:38.259><c> told</c><00:28:38.460><c> here</c>

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:41.519
that<00:28:38.839><c> this</c><00:28:39.099><c> is</c><00:28:39.359><c> far</c><00:28:39.619><c> more</c><00:28:40.140><c> than</c><00:28:40.660><c> Caesar's</c><00:28:41.339><c> court,</c>

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:45.779
this<00:28:41.799><c> was</c><00:28:42.019><c> the</c><00:28:42.380><c> large</c><00:28:43.019><c> camp</c><00:28:43.599><c> of</c><00:28:44.119><c> the</c><00:28:44.279><c> praetorian</c><00:28:44.819><c> guard.</c>

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:47.920
And<00:28:46.220><c> the</c><00:28:46.359><c> praetorian</c><00:28:46.799><c> camp</c><00:28:47.279><c> of</c><00:28:47.559><c> Rome</c>

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:51.160
had<00:28:48.240><c> been</c><00:28:48.519><c> erected</c><00:28:49.059><c> by</c><00:28:49.519><c> Emperor</c><00:28:50.299><c> Tiberius.</c>

00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:54.460
It<00:28:51.240><c> was</c><00:28:51.460><c> outside</c><00:28:51.819><c> the</c><00:28:52.099><c> confines</c><00:28:52.539><c> of</c><00:28:52.819><c> the</c><00:28:52.960><c> city</c><00:28:53.240><c> of</c><00:28:53.460><c> Rome.</c>

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:59.940
And<00:28:56.099><c> here,</c><00:28:56.640><c> Paul</c><00:28:57.160><c> is</c><00:28:57.660><c> reminding</c><00:28:58.579><c> his</c><00:28:59.480><c> readers</c>

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:02.160
that<00:29:00.200><c> that</c><00:29:00.700><c> is</c><00:29:01.059><c> where</c><00:29:01.339><c> he</c><00:29:01.640><c> was.</c>

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:05.779
And<00:29:02.579><c> in</c><00:29:02.859><c> these</c><00:29:03.140><c> circumstances</c><00:29:03.880><c> that</c><00:29:04.079><c> he</c><00:29:04.279><c> found</c><00:29:04.500><c> himself</c><00:29:04.940><c> in,</c>

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:08.859
we<00:29:06.099><c> read</c><00:29:06.460><c> there,</c><00:29:07.599><c> at</c><00:29:07.759><c> the</c><00:29:07.900><c> beginning</c><00:29:08.079><c> of</c><00:29:08.259><c> verse</c><00:29:08.420><c> 13,</c>

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.519
that<00:29:09.099><c> he</c><00:29:09.299><c> was</c><00:29:09.640><c> revealing</c><00:29:10.220><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.759
Think<00:29:10.799><c> about</c><00:29:11.019><c> that,</c><00:29:11.259><c> brothers</c><00:29:11.359><c> and</c><00:29:11.579><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:16.920
He<00:29:12.180><c> was</c><00:29:12.440><c> revealing</c><00:29:12.980><c> Christ</c><00:29:13.720><c> in</c><00:29:14.359><c> prison</c><00:29:14.759><c> in</c><00:29:15.359><c> all</c><00:29:15.680><c> the</c><00:29:15.940><c> palace,</c>

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:19.200
in<00:29:17.400><c> all</c><00:29:17.779><c> the</c><00:29:18.000><c> praetorian</c><00:29:18.579><c> guard.</c>

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:22.059
Now,<00:29:19.779><c> the</c><00:29:19.920><c> praetorian</c><00:29:20.319><c> guard</c><00:29:21.220><c> consisted</c>

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:28.079
of<00:29:22.539><c> 10</c><00:29:23.200><c>,000</c><00:29:24.319><c> Roman</c><00:29:24.740><c> soldiers,</c><00:29:25.200><c> the</c><00:29:25.460><c> very</c><00:29:25.920><c> finest</c><00:29:26.319><c> in</c><00:29:26.619><c> all</c><00:29:26.920><c> of</c><00:29:27.180><c> Europe.</c>

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:34.079
And<00:29:29.079><c> their</c><00:29:29.460><c> sole</c><00:29:29.740><c> objective</c><00:29:30.700><c> was</c><00:29:31.539><c> to</c><00:29:31.960><c> protect</c><00:29:32.779><c> Caesar.</c>

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.240
That's<00:29:34.779><c> interesting,</c><00:29:35.099><c> isn't</c><00:29:35.099><c> it?</c>

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:38.839
Because<00:29:36.160><c> Philippi</c><00:29:36.619><c> really</c><00:29:36.940><c> was</c><00:29:37.220><c> founded</c><00:29:37.680><c> by</c><00:29:38.059><c> Brutus</c><00:29:38.380><c> and</c><00:29:38.599><c> Cassius,</c>

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:42.140
who<00:29:38.980><c> murdered</c><00:29:39.599><c> Caesar,</c><00:29:40.880><c> the</c><00:29:41.240><c> irony.</c>

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:45.700
But<00:29:43.059><c> here,</c><00:29:43.440><c> the</c><00:29:43.579><c> responsibility</c><00:29:44.220><c> of</c><00:29:44.559><c> these</c><00:29:44.839><c> guards</c>

00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:48.480
was<00:29:46.099><c> to</c><00:29:46.740><c> protect</c><00:29:47.759><c> Caesar.</c>

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:50.619
And<00:29:48.819><c> so</c><00:29:49.019><c> here,</c><00:29:49.440><c> Paul,</c><00:29:49.519><c> I</c><00:29:49.619><c> want</c><00:29:49.720><c> you</c><00:29:49.859><c> to</c><00:29:50.099><c> imagine</c><00:29:50.359><c> this,</c>

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.339
brothers<00:29:50.839><c> and</c><00:29:51.079><c> sisters.</c>

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:54.400
He's<00:29:52.000><c> surrounded,</c><00:29:52.420><c> he's</c><00:29:52.640><c> in</c><00:29:52.779><c> the</c><00:29:52.880><c> middle</c><00:29:53.019><c> of</c><00:29:53.160><c> these</c><00:29:53.640><c> hard</c><00:29:54.099><c>-nosed</c>

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:56.539
and<00:29:54.779><c> ruthless</c><00:29:55.400><c> soldiers</c><00:29:56.079><c> here</c>

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:59.079
in<00:29:56.839><c> these</c><00:29:57.160><c> incredibly</c><00:29:57.720><c> difficult</c><00:29:58.359><c> circumstances,</c>

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:02.799
yet<00:29:59.619><c> he</c><00:29:59.839><c> is</c><00:30:00.180><c> revealing</c><00:30:00.880><c> Christ.</c>

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.680
And<00:30:04.440><c> though</c><00:30:04.660><c> he</c><00:30:04.900><c> finds</c><00:30:05.200><c> himself</c>

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:07.900
in<00:30:05.859><c> these</c><00:30:06.119><c> very</c><00:30:06.599><c> pressing</c><00:30:07.019><c> circumstances,</c>

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:11.400
now<00:30:08.440><c> the</c><00:30:08.740><c> whole</c><00:30:09.519><c> thrust</c><00:30:09.880><c> of</c><00:30:10.079><c> his</c><00:30:10.299><c> epistle</c><00:30:10.700><c> is,</c>

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:13.700
do<00:30:11.799><c> not</c><00:30:12.099><c> worry</c><00:30:12.380><c> about</c><00:30:12.700><c> me.</c>

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.579
I'm<00:30:15.559><c> concerned</c><00:30:15.960><c> about</c><00:30:16.319><c> you.</c>

00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:20.440
So<00:30:16.819><c> though</c><00:30:17.000><c> his</c><00:30:17.259><c> circumstances</c><00:30:17.819><c> are</c><00:30:18.339><c> incredibly</c><00:30:18.960><c> acute,</c>

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:23.920
nevertheless,<00:30:22.359><c> the</c><00:30:22.619><c> thrust</c><00:30:22.880><c> of</c><00:30:23.319><c> his</c><00:30:23.539><c> letter</c>

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:27.539
is<00:30:24.599><c> his</c><00:30:24.920><c> concern</c><00:30:25.720><c> and</c><00:30:25.920><c> his</c><00:30:26.319><c> love</c><00:30:26.619><c> and</c><00:30:26.779><c> his</c><00:30:27.000><c> compassion</c>

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:30.519
for<00:30:27.759><c> his</c><00:30:27.980><c> brothers</c><00:30:28.220><c> and</c><00:30:28.440><c> sisters</c><00:30:28.900><c> at</c><00:30:29.519><c> Philippi.</c>

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:33.900
Now,<00:30:31.500><c> throughout</c><00:30:31.980><c> this</c><00:30:32.740><c> epistle,</c>

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:38.119
littered<00:30:34.839><c> are</c><00:30:35.279><c> little</c><00:30:35.740><c> phrases</c><00:30:36.200><c> and</c><00:30:36.500><c> terms</c><00:30:36.759><c> and</c><00:30:37.059><c> expressions</c>

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:40.180
that<00:30:38.420><c> highlight</c><00:30:39.140><c> where</c><00:30:39.640><c> Paul</c><00:30:39.859><c> was.</c>

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.880
Can<00:30:40.400><c> you</c><00:30:40.680><c> go</c><00:30:41.039><c> with</c><00:30:41.220><c> me</c><00:30:41.420><c> to</c><00:30:41.740><c> Philippians</c><00:30:42.059><c> chapter</c><00:30:42.400><c> four</c><00:30:42.660><c> now,</c>

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:44.259
just<00:30:43.059><c> to</c><00:30:43.200><c> pick</c><00:30:43.319><c> out</c><00:30:43.500><c> one</c><00:30:43.700><c> example?</c>

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.500
It's<00:30:44.720><c> a</c><00:30:44.859><c> helpful</c><00:30:45.140><c> example.</c>

00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:51.099
And<00:30:49.920><c> what</c><00:30:49.980><c> we're</c><00:30:50.140><c> going</c><00:30:50.160><c> to</c><00:30:50.400><c> see</c><00:30:50.579><c> during</c><00:30:50.819><c> the</c><00:30:50.980><c> course</c>

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:52.319
of<00:30:51.220><c> the</c><00:30:51.259><c> next</c><00:30:51.420><c> couple</c><00:30:51.579><c> of</c><00:30:51.700><c> days,</c><00:30:52.039><c> at</c><00:30:52.039><c> least,</c>

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:55.059
are<00:30:52.519><c> these</c><00:30:52.799><c> military</c><00:30:53.400><c> terms</c><00:30:53.960><c> here.</c>

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:58.160
You<00:30:55.940><c> may</c><00:30:56.119><c> have</c><00:30:56.299><c> seen</c><00:30:56.460><c> this</c><00:30:56.680><c> one</c><00:30:56.819><c> before</c>

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.700
in<00:30:58.640><c> Philippians</c><00:30:59.019><c> four,</c><00:30:59.279><c> verse</c><00:30:59.460><c> seven.</c>

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.680
It's<00:30:59.859><c> a</c><00:31:00.019><c> well</c><00:31:00.259><c>-known</c><00:31:00.420><c> verse.</c>

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:02.099
We'll<00:31:01.079><c> look</c><00:31:01.279><c> at</c><00:31:01.400><c> this</c><00:31:01.619><c> verse,</c><00:31:01.819><c> I</c><00:31:01.940><c> think,</c>

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:03.940
in<00:31:02.160><c> our</c><00:31:02.480><c> concluding</c><00:31:03.079><c> talk</c><00:31:03.279><c> at</c><00:31:03.440><c> the</c><00:31:03.440><c> end</c><00:31:03.579><c> of</c><00:31:03.680><c> this</c><00:31:03.839><c> week,</c>

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:06.220
God<00:31:04.119><c> willing,</c><00:31:05.000><c> and</c><00:31:05.160><c> we</c><00:31:05.339><c> read</c><00:31:05.579><c> there,</c>

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:09.680
and<00:31:06.480><c> the</c><00:31:06.559><c> peace</c><00:31:07.059><c> of</c><00:31:07.359><c> God</c><00:31:07.619><c> which</c><00:31:07.980><c> passeth</c><00:31:08.519><c> all</c><00:31:08.880><c> understanding</c>

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:12.660
shall<00:31:10.380><c> keep</c><00:31:10.799><c> your</c><00:31:11.039><c> hearts</c><00:31:11.380><c> and</c><00:31:11.599><c> minds</c><00:31:11.799><c> through</c><00:31:12.079><c> Christ</c><00:31:12.359><c> Jesus.</c>

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:15.680
Now,<00:31:13.160><c> that's</c><00:31:13.480><c> a</c><00:31:13.640><c> familiar</c><00:31:13.980><c> verse,</c><00:31:14.519><c> but</c><00:31:14.720><c> it's</c><00:31:14.960><c> the</c><00:31:15.140><c> term</c><00:31:15.339><c> keep.</c>

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.779
If<00:31:15.859><c> you</c><00:31:15.980><c> look</c><00:31:16.140><c> in</c><00:31:16.279><c> your</c><00:31:16.460><c> margin,</c>

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:19.859
it<00:31:17.259><c> is</c><00:31:17.500><c> the</c><00:31:17.680><c> word</c><00:31:18.079><c> guard,</c><00:31:18.880><c> shall</c><00:31:19.119><c> guard.</c>

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:22.599
It's<00:31:20.619><c> the</c><00:31:20.700><c> idea</c><00:31:20.920><c> of</c><00:31:21.059><c> a</c><00:31:21.140><c> praetorian</c><00:31:21.579><c> guard,</c>

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.539
overseeing<00:31:24.039><c> the</c><00:31:24.480><c> prisoner.</c>

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:28.539
Now,<00:31:27.099><c> that's</c><00:31:27.579><c> helpful.</c>

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:31.960
If<00:31:29.039><c> you</c><00:31:29.160><c> come</c><00:31:29.319><c> back</c><00:31:29.539><c> to</c><00:31:29.700><c> Acts</c><00:31:29.900><c> chapter</c><00:31:30.220><c> 27</c><00:31:30.859><c> now,</c>

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:33.779
we<00:31:32.059><c> just</c><00:31:32.319><c> want</c><00:31:32.440><c> to</c><00:31:32.599><c> pick</c><00:31:32.720><c> up</c><00:31:32.839><c> a</c><00:31:32.920><c> little</c><00:31:33.160><c> narrative</c>

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:37.619
that<00:31:34.039><c> I</c><00:31:34.140><c> think</c><00:31:34.299><c> is</c><00:31:34.640><c> helpful</c><00:31:35.059><c> in</c><00:31:35.599><c> terms</c><00:31:35.880><c> of</c><00:31:36.059><c> the</c><00:31:36.259><c> context,</c>

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:42.380
because<00:31:39.200><c> here,</c><00:31:39.859><c> Paul</c><00:31:39.900><c> is</c><00:31:40.180><c> told</c><00:31:40.359><c> by</c><00:31:40.640><c> an</c><00:31:40.859><c> angel</c><00:31:41.140><c> in</c><00:31:41.339><c> Acts</c><00:31:41.500><c> chapter</c><00:31:41.799><c> 27</c>

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:45.140
that<00:31:42.559><c> he</c><00:31:42.700><c> has</c><00:31:42.980><c> to</c><00:31:43.140><c> go</c><00:31:43.319><c> to</c><00:31:43.519><c> Rome</c><00:31:43.880><c> to</c><00:31:44.319><c> face</c><00:31:44.539><c> Caesar.</c>

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:48.420
We're<00:31:45.799><c> just</c><00:31:45.980><c> going</c><00:31:46.099><c> to</c><00:31:46.240><c> pick</c><00:31:46.339><c> this</c><00:31:46.519><c> up</c><00:31:46.680><c> in</c><00:31:46.859><c> verse</c><00:31:47.079><c> 23.</c>

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.920
So<00:31:50.500><c> there</c><00:31:50.700><c> we</c><00:31:50.880><c> read</c><00:31:51.039><c> then</c><00:31:51.319><c> concerning</c><00:31:51.619><c> Paul,</c>

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:54.279
for<00:31:52.019><c> they</c><00:31:52.259><c> stood</c><00:31:52.440><c> by</c><00:31:52.700><c> me</c><00:31:52.880><c> the</c><00:31:53.059><c> night</c><00:31:53.240><c> of</c><00:31:53.420><c> the</c><00:31:53.559><c> angel</c><00:31:53.759><c> of</c><00:31:53.960><c> God,</c>

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:57.680
whose<00:31:54.740><c> I</c><00:31:54.980><c> am,</c><00:31:55.400><c> and</c><00:31:55.700><c> whom</c><00:31:55.880><c> I</c><00:31:56.160><c> serve,</c><00:31:57.180><c> saying,</c>

00:31:57.900 --> 00:32:01.519
fear<00:31:58.240><c> not,</c><00:31:58.859><c> Paul,</c><00:31:59.680><c> thou</c><00:31:59.859><c> must</c><00:32:00.140><c> be</c><00:32:00.420><c> brought</c><00:32:00.599><c> before</c><00:32:01.039><c> Caesar,</c>

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:05.660
and<00:32:01.920><c> lo,</c><00:32:02.180><c> God</c><00:32:02.720><c> hath</c><00:32:03.059><c> given</c><00:32:03.359><c> thee</c><00:32:03.759><c> all</c><00:32:04.180><c> them</c><00:32:04.500><c> that</c><00:32:04.880><c> sail</c><00:32:05.240><c> with</c><00:32:05.519><c> thee.</c>

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:10.259
So<00:32:05.839><c> the</c><00:32:06.039><c> whole</c><00:32:06.420><c> end,</c><00:32:06.880><c> the</c><00:32:07.200><c> conclusion</c><00:32:07.740><c> of</c><00:32:09.619><c> the</c><00:32:09.799><c> book</c><00:32:09.940><c> of</c><00:32:10.160><c> Acts</c>

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:13.880
is<00:32:10.519><c> building</c><00:32:10.980><c> up</c><00:32:11.319><c> to</c><00:32:11.579><c> Paul</c><00:32:11.920><c> being</c><00:32:12.200><c> in</c><00:32:12.480><c> Rome</c><00:32:12.700><c> and</c><00:32:13.099><c> facing</c><00:32:13.480><c> Caesar,</c>

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:17.019
and<00:32:14.019><c> we</c><00:32:14.119><c> don't</c><00:32:14.720><c> actually</c><00:32:15.299><c> find</c><00:32:15.680><c> out</c><00:32:15.859><c> what</c><00:32:16.000><c> the</c><00:32:16.259><c> outcome</c><00:32:16.539><c> is</c>

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:18.079
at<00:32:17.220><c> the</c><00:32:17.420><c> conclusion</c><00:32:17.720><c> of</c><00:32:17.920><c> Acts,</c>

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.339
but<00:32:18.440><c> if</c><00:32:18.559><c> you</c><00:32:18.680><c> go</c><00:32:18.839><c> to</c><00:32:19.019><c> the</c><00:32:19.220><c> final</c><00:32:19.539><c> chapter</c><00:32:19.940><c> here,</c>

00:32:20.640 --> 00:32:23.599
and<00:32:20.819><c> bearing</c><00:32:21.099><c> in</c><00:32:21.500><c> mind</c><00:32:21.680><c> now</c><00:32:22.119><c> that</c><00:32:22.680><c> Paul</c><00:32:23.160><c> here</c>

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:25.940
is<00:32:23.880><c> going</c><00:32:24.019><c> to</c><00:32:24.140><c> be</c><00:32:24.279><c> in</c><00:32:24.460><c> Rome,</c><00:32:24.759><c> he's</c><00:32:25.059><c> going</c><00:32:25.200><c> to</c><00:32:25.380><c> face</c><00:32:25.519><c> Caesar,</c>

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:28.339
we<00:32:26.319><c> find</c><00:32:26.599><c> something,</c><00:32:27.039><c> again,</c><00:32:27.559><c> helpful.</c>

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:32.559
There<00:32:29.019><c> in</c><00:32:29.160><c> verse</c><00:32:29.380><c> 20,</c><00:32:30.680><c> for</c><00:32:31.019><c> this</c><00:32:31.480><c> cause,</c>

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:35.539
therefore<00:32:33.160><c> have</c><00:32:33.640><c> I</c><00:32:33.880><c> called</c><00:32:34.119><c> for</c><00:32:34.420><c> you</c><00:32:34.740><c> to</c><00:32:34.920><c> see</c><00:32:35.299><c> you</c>

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:38.920
and<00:32:35.720><c> to</c><00:32:36.019><c> speak</c><00:32:36.240><c> with</c><00:32:36.480><c> you,</c><00:32:37.079><c> because</c><00:32:37.460><c> for</c><00:32:37.740><c> the</c><00:32:38.000><c> hope</c><00:32:38.220><c> of</c><00:32:38.440><c> Israel,</c>

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:41.519
I<00:32:39.380><c> am</c><00:32:39.660><c> bound</c><00:32:40.079><c> with</c><00:32:40.920><c> this</c><00:32:41.279><c> chain,</c>

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:43.119
and<00:32:41.859><c> what</c><00:32:42.059><c> I</c><00:32:42.180><c> want</c><00:32:42.339><c> to</c><00:32:42.519><c> draw</c><00:32:42.619><c> your</c><00:32:42.779><c> attention</c><00:32:42.960><c> to</c>

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:44.539
is<00:32:43.240><c> the</c><00:32:43.359><c> word</c><00:32:43.500><c> chain.</c>

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:46.579
It's<00:32:45.000><c> a</c><00:32:45.200><c> technical</c><00:32:45.539><c> term,</c>

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:49.740
and<00:32:46.940><c> it's</c><00:32:47.180><c> the</c><00:32:47.279><c> word</c><00:32:47.660><c> helusis</c><00:32:48.500><c> in</c><00:32:48.660><c> the</c><00:32:48.880><c> Greek,</c>

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.859
and<00:32:50.140><c> it's</c><00:32:50.400><c> actually</c><00:32:50.680><c> an</c><00:32:50.920><c> object.</c>

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.900
Though<00:32:52.799><c> we</c><00:32:52.980><c> know</c><00:32:53.220><c> the</c><00:32:53.480><c> phrase,</c><00:32:54.000><c> it's</c><00:32:54.220><c> actually</c><00:32:54.460><c> an</c><00:32:54.660><c> object.</c>

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:56.259
It's<00:32:55.140><c> a</c><00:32:55.279><c> short</c><00:32:55.500><c> length</c><00:32:55.759><c> of</c><00:32:56.019><c> chain</c>

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:59.640
which<00:32:56.539><c> connected</c><00:32:56.920><c> the</c><00:32:57.220><c> wrist</c><00:32:57.420><c> of</c><00:32:57.680><c> the</c><00:32:57.900><c> prisoner</c><00:32:58.240><c> to</c><00:32:58.519><c> the</c><00:32:58.759><c> guard,</c>

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:05.279
and<00:33:00.160><c> this</c><00:33:00.339><c> was</c><00:33:00.480><c> an</c><00:33:00.680><c> active</c><00:33:00.920><c> term</c><00:33:01.400><c> in</c><00:33:02.319><c> the</c><00:33:02.740><c> Roman</c><00:33:03.200><c> praetorian</c><00:33:03.920><c> guard.</c>

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:08.940
And<00:33:06.220><c> so</c><00:33:06.359><c> then</c><00:33:06.579><c> we've</c><00:33:07.079><c> got</c><00:33:07.359><c> here</c><00:33:07.720><c> Paul</c>

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:13.680
connected<00:33:09.819><c> by</c><00:33:10.099><c> the</c><00:33:10.319><c> wrist</c><00:33:10.640><c> to</c><00:33:11.920><c> a</c><00:33:12.619><c> guard</c><00:33:13.039><c> there.</c>

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:16.500
Remember<00:33:14.339><c> where</c><00:33:14.599><c> we've</c><00:33:14.880><c> been</c><00:33:15.039><c> in</c><00:33:15.240><c> Philippians</c><00:33:15.619><c> chapter</c><00:33:15.980><c> four,</c>

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:19.460
and<00:33:17.220><c> then</c><00:33:17.359><c> if</c><00:33:17.460><c> you</c><00:33:17.599><c> go</c><00:33:17.740><c> down</c><00:33:17.920><c> to</c><00:33:18.039><c> verse</c><00:33:18.279><c> 30,</c><00:33:18.660><c> this</c><00:33:18.839><c> is</c><00:33:19.099><c> interesting,</c>

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.019
because<00:33:20.099><c> Paul</c><00:33:20.420><c> says</c><00:33:20.680><c> here,</c>

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:23.859
and<00:33:21.299><c> Paul</c><00:33:21.579><c> dwelt</c><00:33:21.940><c> two</c><00:33:22.279><c> whole</c><00:33:22.579><c> years</c><00:33:22.859><c> in</c><00:33:23.000><c> his</c><00:33:23.160><c> own</c><00:33:23.359><c> hide</c><00:33:23.599><c> house</c>

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:26.460
and<00:33:24.259><c> received</c><00:33:24.779><c> all</c><00:33:25.079><c> that</c><00:33:25.339><c> came</c><00:33:25.839><c> in</c><00:33:26.119><c> unto</c><00:33:26.279><c> him.</c>

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.880
So<00:33:26.619><c> in</c><00:33:26.720><c> other</c><00:33:26.839><c> words,</c><00:33:27.119><c> then,</c><00:33:27.200><c> we</c><00:33:27.380><c> know</c>

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.000
that<00:33:28.299><c> Paul</c><00:33:28.480><c> is</c><00:33:28.680><c> waiting</c><00:33:29.079><c> to</c><00:33:29.420><c> face</c><00:33:29.660><c> Caesar.</c>

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:33.079
He<00:33:30.240><c> finds</c><00:33:30.579><c> himself</c><00:33:30.859><c> in</c><00:33:31.140><c> Rome</c><00:33:31.339><c> in</c><00:33:31.519><c> the</c><00:33:31.740><c> concluding</c><00:33:32.000><c> chapter</c><00:33:32.259><c> of</c><00:33:32.519><c> Acts,</c>

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:35.859
and<00:33:33.480><c> there</c><00:33:33.759><c> he</c><00:33:33.900><c> is</c><00:33:34.299><c> in</c><00:33:34.819><c> a</c><00:33:35.039><c> hide</c><00:33:35.200><c> house</c>

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:38.079
under<00:33:36.440><c> house</c><00:33:36.859><c> arrest</c><00:33:37.339><c> for</c><00:33:37.720><c> two</c><00:33:37.960><c> years.</c>

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:40.759
Now,<00:33:38.359><c> why</c><00:33:38.880><c> am</c><00:33:39.200><c> I</c><00:33:39.339><c> laboring</c><00:33:39.619><c> that</c><00:33:39.920><c> point?</c>

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:45.900
Well,<00:33:41.720><c> of</c><00:33:41.940><c> course,</c><00:33:42.079><c> I'm</c><00:33:42.279><c> suggesting</c><00:33:42.880><c> that</c><00:33:44.200><c> Paul</c><00:33:44.759><c> is</c><00:33:45.119><c> in</c><00:33:45.339><c> Rome.</c>

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:48.579
He's<00:33:46.799><c> in</c><00:33:46.980><c> Rome</c><00:33:47.140><c> at</c><00:33:47.279><c> the</c><00:33:47.440><c> Roman</c><00:33:47.619><c> praetorian.</c>

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:53.140
But<00:33:49.200><c> if</c><00:33:49.359><c> you</c><00:33:49.539><c> think</c><00:33:49.720><c> about</c><00:33:49.980><c> this,</c><00:33:50.900><c> this</c><00:33:51.920><c> is</c><00:33:52.200><c> helpful.</c>

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:56.380
Paul<00:33:54.759><c> is</c><00:33:54.960><c> in</c><00:33:55.160><c> Rome,</c><00:33:55.420><c> I</c><00:33:55.700><c> would</c><00:33:55.799><c> suggest.</c>

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:59.259
The<00:33:56.940><c> ecclesia,</c><00:33:57.220><c> of</c><00:33:57.420><c> course,</c><00:33:57.660><c> is</c><00:33:57.859><c> in</c><00:33:58.140><c> Philippi.</c>

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:01.039
And<00:34:00.119><c> just</c><00:34:00.319><c> reflect</c><00:34:00.579><c> for</c><00:34:00.779><c> a</c><00:34:00.900><c> moment,</c>

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:03.119
there<00:34:01.220><c> must</c><00:34:01.500><c> have</c><00:34:01.640><c> been</c><00:34:01.779><c> a</c><00:34:02.019><c> number</c><00:34:02.339><c> of</c><00:34:02.740><c> journeys</c>

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:07.039
that<00:34:03.420><c> were</c><00:34:03.680><c> conducted</c><00:34:04.400><c> in</c><00:34:05.079><c> order</c><00:34:05.640><c> for</c><00:34:06.420><c> the</c><00:34:06.579><c> ecclesia</c>

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:09.599
to<00:34:07.400><c> finally</c><00:34:07.759><c> receive</c><00:34:08.219><c> the</c><00:34:08.500><c> epistle</c><00:34:08.840><c> from</c><00:34:09.079><c> Epaphroditus.</c>

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:11.699
Just<00:34:09.920><c> think</c><00:34:10.199><c> about</c><00:34:10.440><c> these</c><00:34:10.719><c> journeys,</c><00:34:11.179><c> brothers</c><00:34:11.260><c> and</c><00:34:11.500><c> sisters,</c>

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:13.980
and<00:34:11.860><c> we'll</c><00:34:12.019><c> see</c><00:34:12.179><c> what</c><00:34:12.360><c> the</c><00:34:13.159><c> lesson,</c><00:34:13.380><c> the</c><00:34:13.619><c> exhortation,</c>

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.460
is<00:34:14.099><c> in</c><00:34:14.219><c> a</c><00:34:14.320><c> moment.</c>

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:18.739
So<00:34:14.880><c> first</c><00:34:15.139><c> of</c><00:34:15.320><c> all,</c><00:34:15.980><c> then,</c><00:34:16.960><c> the</c><00:34:17.159><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:17.480><c> at</c><00:34:17.719><c> Philippi</c>

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:23.000
must<00:34:19.139><c> have</c><00:34:19.340><c> heard</c><00:34:19.760><c> that</c><00:34:20.019><c> Paul</c><00:34:20.159><c> was</c><00:34:20.420><c> in</c><00:34:20.659><c> prison</c><00:34:21.119><c> in</c><00:34:22.019><c> Rome.</c>

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:25.360
So<00:34:24.019><c> that's</c><00:34:24.300><c> one</c><00:34:24.480><c> journey.</c>

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:29.340
In<00:34:27.260><c> response,</c><00:34:28.159><c> they</c><00:34:28.300><c> send</c><00:34:28.539><c> Epaphroditus.</c>

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:31.179
That's<00:34:29.840><c> the</c><00:34:30.039><c> second</c><00:34:30.280><c> journey.</c>

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:34.800
Then<00:34:32.219><c> the</c><00:34:32.480><c> Philippians</c><00:34:32.860><c> hear</c><00:34:33.199><c> that</c><00:34:33.380><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:34:34.079><c> falls</c><00:34:34.440><c> ill.</c>

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.639
He<00:34:35.059><c> nearly</c><00:34:35.260><c> dies.</c>

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.380
We'll<00:34:35.940><c> consider</c><00:34:36.159><c> that</c><00:34:36.400><c> a</c><00:34:36.500><c> little</c><00:34:36.659><c> later</c><00:34:36.900><c> in</c><00:34:37.039><c> the</c><00:34:37.139><c> week,</c>

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.860
God<00:34:37.619><c> willing.</c>

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:39.000
That's<00:34:38.260><c> the</c><00:34:38.400><c> third</c><00:34:38.599><c> journey.</c>

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:41.539
And<00:34:39.480><c> then</c><00:34:39.639><c> the</c><00:34:39.860><c> fourth</c><00:34:40.219><c> journey</c><00:34:40.539><c> to</c><00:34:40.820><c> put,</c>

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:43.400
to<00:34:41.900><c> quell</c><00:34:42.239><c> really</c><00:34:42.599><c> their</c><00:34:42.780><c> concerns,</c>

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:47.280
Paul<00:34:44.059><c> sends</c><00:34:44.380><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:34:45.159><c> with</c><00:34:45.380><c> the</c><00:34:45.599><c> epistle</c><00:34:45.860><c> back</c><00:34:46.340><c> to</c><00:34:46.599><c> Philippi.</c>

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:49.559
And<00:34:47.619><c> perhaps</c><00:34:47.820><c> it</c><00:34:47.960><c> was</c><00:34:48.099><c> read</c><00:34:48.320><c> out</c><00:34:48.679><c> in</c><00:34:48.940><c> Lydia's</c><00:34:49.380><c> house.</c>

00:34:49.619 --> 00:34:52.179
That's<00:34:50.000><c> four</c><00:34:50.260><c> journeys,</c><00:34:50.920><c> brothers</c><00:34:51.059><c> and</c><00:34:51.300><c> sisters.</c>

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:57.679
And<00:34:53.659><c> remember,</c><00:34:53.980><c> Paul</c><00:34:54.360><c> is</c><00:34:54.579><c> in</c><00:34:54.739><c> Rome</c><00:34:54.960><c> for</c><00:34:55.219><c> two</c><00:34:55.559><c> years</c><00:34:56.139><c> to</c><00:34:56.500><c> face</c><00:34:56.719><c> Caesar.</c>

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.659
Now,<00:34:58.840><c> if</c><00:34:58.920><c> you</c><00:34:59.019><c> do</c><00:34:59.099><c> the</c><00:34:59.300><c> arithmetic,</c>

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:04.280
that's<00:35:00.179><c> 800</c><00:35:00.480><c> miles</c><00:35:00.860><c> between</c><00:35:01.179><c> Philippi</c><00:35:01.639><c> and</c><00:35:01.800><c> Rome,</c><00:35:03.340><c> 800</c><00:35:03.780><c> miles.</c>

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:07.039
If<00:35:04.980><c> you</c><00:35:05.239><c> calculate</c><00:35:05.699><c> roughly</c><00:35:06.239><c> conservatively</c>

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:10.039
that<00:35:07.179><c> you</c><00:35:07.340><c> can</c><00:35:07.539><c> cover</c><00:35:07.699><c> 20</c><00:35:08.139><c> miles</c><00:35:08.639><c> a</c><00:35:08.820><c> day</c><00:35:08.940><c> on</c><00:35:09.239><c> foot,</c>

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:15.320
that's<00:35:10.960><c> over</c><00:35:11.360><c> a</c><00:35:11.880><c> month</c><00:35:12.340><c> traveling</c><00:35:13.239><c> between</c><00:35:13.739><c> Philippi</c><00:35:14.260><c> and</c><00:35:14.420><c> Rome.</c>

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:18.380
For<00:35:15.840><c> four</c><00:35:16.059><c> journeys,</c><00:35:17.199><c> 20</c><00:35:17.519><c> miles</c><00:35:17.820><c> a</c><00:35:17.980><c> day,</c>

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:21.179
if<00:35:18.559><c> you</c><00:35:18.659><c> do</c><00:35:18.780><c> the</c><00:35:18.960><c> arithmetic,</c><00:35:19.599><c> it's</c><00:35:19.820><c> six</c><00:35:20.099><c> months.</c>

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:26.360
Now<00:35:22.099><c> we</c><00:35:22.199><c> know</c><00:35:22.840><c> that</c><00:35:24.260><c> traveling</c><00:35:24.940><c> was</c><00:35:25.320><c> restricted</c><00:35:25.780><c> and</c><00:35:26.039><c> forbidden</c>

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:28.079
during<00:35:26.840><c> certain</c><00:35:27.340><c> times</c><00:35:27.639><c> of</c><00:35:27.800><c> the</c><00:35:27.940><c> year</c>

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:29.900
because<00:35:28.320><c> of</c><00:35:28.480><c> the</c><00:35:28.639><c> soaring</c><00:35:28.920><c> heat.</c>

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:33.760
It<00:35:31.260><c> is</c><00:35:31.559><c> fair</c><00:35:31.719><c> to</c><00:35:32.000><c> say,</c><00:35:32.360><c> brothers</c><00:35:32.480><c> and</c><00:35:32.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:36.179
to<00:35:34.519><c> complete</c><00:35:35.019><c> these</c><00:35:35.400><c> four</c><00:35:35.679><c> journeys,</c>

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:39.619
it<00:35:36.420><c> would</c><00:35:36.619><c> have</c><00:35:36.820><c> taken</c><00:35:37.440><c> two</c><00:35:38.619><c> years.</c>

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:44.039
Now<00:35:41.519><c> what's</c><00:35:41.800><c> the</c><00:35:41.880><c> lesson</c><00:35:42.079><c> in</c><00:35:42.260><c> all</c><00:35:42.360><c> of</c><00:35:42.460><c> that,</c><00:35:42.539><c> brothers</c><00:35:42.800><c> and</c><00:35:43.079><c> sisters?</c>

00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:48.159
Throughout<00:35:45.159><c> the</c><00:35:45.460><c> time</c><00:35:45.659><c> that</c><00:35:46.000><c> Paul</c><00:35:46.300><c> was</c><00:35:46.579><c> in</c><00:35:46.820><c> Rome,</c>

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:52.659
about<00:35:49.340><c> to</c><00:35:49.659><c> face</c><00:35:50.199><c> his</c><00:35:50.599><c> final</c><00:35:51.019><c> outcome</c><00:35:51.420><c> with</c><00:35:51.719><c> Caesar,</c>

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:58.079
he<00:35:53.739><c> was</c><00:35:54.239><c> continually</c><00:35:55.139><c> engaged</c><00:35:56.260><c> with</c><00:35:56.980><c> the</c><00:35:57.179><c> Philippian</c><00:35:57.559><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:35:58.300 --> 00:36:00.599
That's<00:35:58.699><c> the</c><00:35:58.860><c> powerful</c><00:35:59.280><c> excitation,</c><00:35:59.940><c> brothers</c><00:36:00.099><c> and</c><00:36:00.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.860
They<00:36:01.019><c> were</c><00:36:01.320><c> there</c><00:36:02.159><c> with</c><00:36:02.559><c> him.</c>

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:05.039
We're<00:36:03.119><c> gonna</c><00:36:03.239><c> see</c><00:36:03.420><c> that</c><00:36:03.579><c> a</c><00:36:03.719><c> little</c><00:36:03.840><c> later</c><00:36:04.280><c> this</c><00:36:04.820><c> week.</c>

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:10.599
They<00:36:05.300><c> were</c><00:36:05.579><c> there</c><00:36:06.320><c> in</c><00:36:06.820><c> his</c><00:36:07.039><c> moments</c><00:36:07.519><c> of</c><00:36:08.639><c> loneliness</c><00:36:09.000><c> and</c><00:36:09.380><c> isolation.</c>

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:13.880
When<00:36:12.059><c> he</c><00:36:12.159><c> was</c><00:36:12.340><c> questioning,</c><00:36:13.039><c> really</c><00:36:13.400><c> at</c><00:36:13.599><c> times,</c>

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:17.639
the<00:36:14.059><c> purpose</c><00:36:14.420><c> of</c><00:36:14.739><c> God,</c><00:36:16.139><c> they</c><00:36:16.460><c> were</c><00:36:16.719><c> there</c><00:36:17.139><c> to</c><00:36:17.380><c> help</c><00:36:17.519><c> him.</c>

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.860
Isn't<00:36:17.840><c> that</c><00:36:18.039><c> lovely?</c>

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.179
To<00:36:19.280><c> complete</c><00:36:19.480><c> these</c><00:36:19.760><c> four</c><00:36:19.920><c> journeys,</c>

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:22.519
it<00:36:20.360><c> would</c><00:36:20.500><c> have</c><00:36:20.639><c> meant</c><00:36:20.860><c> that</c><00:36:21.260><c> they</c><00:36:21.460><c> were</c><00:36:21.639><c> there</c><00:36:21.860><c> with</c><00:36:22.019><c> him</c>

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:24.119
at<00:36:22.920><c> all</c><00:36:23.420><c> the</c><00:36:23.840><c> time.</c>

00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.079
Well,<00:36:24.480><c> if</c><00:36:24.599><c> you</c><00:36:24.639><c> go</c><00:36:24.780><c> back</c><00:36:24.980><c> to</c><00:36:25.199><c> Philippians</c><00:36:25.539><c> chapter</c><00:36:25.920><c> one,</c>

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:30.260
we've<00:36:27.780><c> already</c><00:36:27.940><c> made</c><00:36:28.119><c> the</c><00:36:28.300><c> point,</c><00:36:28.460><c> of</c><00:36:28.619><c> course</c><00:36:28.800><c> they</c><00:36:28.960><c> were</c><00:36:29.380><c> there.</c>

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:33.440
They<00:36:30.900><c> were</c><00:36:31.159><c> there</c><00:36:31.500><c> engaged</c><00:36:32.079><c> and</c><00:36:32.579><c> reminding</c><00:36:33.099><c> Paul</c>

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:36.219
how<00:36:33.760><c> important</c><00:36:34.719><c> Paul</c><00:36:35.099><c> was</c><00:36:35.500><c> to</c><00:36:35.880><c> them,</c>

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:39.639
but<00:36:36.760><c> nevertheless,</c><00:36:37.559><c> Paul</c><00:36:37.920><c> naturally</c><00:36:38.460><c> would</c><00:36:38.719><c> have</c><00:36:38.920><c> felt</c><00:36:39.199><c> tired.</c>

00:36:39.699 --> 00:36:43.559
It<00:36:39.820><c> was</c><00:36:40.019><c> not</c><00:36:40.199><c> going</c><00:36:40.300><c> to</c><00:36:40.420><c> be</c><00:36:40.519><c> an</c><00:36:40.679><c> easy</c><00:36:40.980><c> time</c><00:36:41.239><c> for</c><00:36:41.500><c> him</c><00:36:41.980><c> in</c><00:36:42.739><c> Rome.</c>

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:47.840
And<00:36:44.039><c> notice</c><00:36:44.739><c> these</c><00:36:45.079><c> words</c><00:36:45.400><c> here</c><00:36:45.860><c> in</c><00:36:46.559><c> verses</c><00:36:46.880><c> 23</c><00:36:47.380><c> and</c><00:36:47.539><c> 24.</c>

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:50.920
We<00:36:48.019><c> don't</c><00:36:48.300><c> necessarily</c><00:36:48.739><c> associate</c><00:36:49.460><c> these</c><00:36:49.880><c> kind</c><00:36:50.139><c> of</c><00:36:50.460><c> words</c>

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:53.300
and<00:36:51.639><c> language</c><00:36:52.260><c> to</c><00:36:52.559><c> the</c><00:36:52.739><c> apostle</c><00:36:53.059><c> Paul,</c>

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:55.360
but<00:36:53.539><c> nevertheless,</c><00:36:53.940><c> it</c><00:36:54.099><c> is</c><00:36:54.320><c> here.</c>

00:36:56.300 --> 00:36:57.039
Paul<00:36:56.460><c> says</c><00:36:56.679><c> here,</c>

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:59.019
for<00:36:57.360><c> I</c><00:36:57.659><c> am</c><00:36:57.760><c> in</c><00:36:57.860><c> a</c><00:36:58.119><c> strait</c><00:36:58.400><c> betwixt</c><00:36:58.760><c> two,</c>

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:01.599
having<00:36:59.219><c> a</c><00:36:59.480><c> desire</c><00:36:59.719><c> to</c><00:36:59.980><c> depart</c><00:37:00.519><c> and</c><00:37:00.719><c> to</c><00:37:00.880><c> be</c><00:37:00.980><c> with</c><00:37:01.179><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.780
which<00:37:02.079><c> is</c><00:37:02.300><c> far</c><00:37:02.460><c> better.</c>

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:05.199
Nevertheless,<00:37:03.400><c> to</c><00:37:03.639><c> abide</c><00:37:03.860><c> in</c><00:37:04.019><c> the</c><00:37:04.219><c> flesh</c><00:37:04.380><c> is</c><00:37:04.559><c> more</c><00:37:04.840><c> needful</c>

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:05.840
for<00:37:05.440><c> you.</c>

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:08.920
And<00:37:06.320><c> having</c><00:37:06.480><c> this</c><00:37:06.699><c> confidence,</c><00:37:07.460><c> I</c><00:37:07.679><c> know</c><00:37:07.920><c> that</c><00:37:08.119><c> I</c><00:37:08.300><c> shall</c><00:37:08.420><c> abide</c>

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:11.719
and<00:37:09.699><c> continue</c><00:37:10.579><c> with</c><00:37:10.860><c> you</c><00:37:11.119><c> all</c>

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:14.500
for<00:37:12.360><c> the</c><00:37:12.579><c> furtherance</c><00:37:13.019><c> and</c><00:37:13.340><c> joy</c><00:37:13.699><c> of</c><00:37:14.199><c> faith.</c>

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:19.039
And<00:37:14.679><c> it's</c><00:37:14.940><c> this</c><00:37:15.099><c> little</c><00:37:15.320><c> expression</c><00:37:15.780><c> here</c><00:37:16.139><c> to</c><00:37:16.460><c> depart</c><00:37:17.179><c> in</c><00:37:17.860><c> verse</c><00:37:18.199><c> 23.</c>

00:37:19.500 --> 00:37:21.800
And<00:37:19.760><c> it</c><00:37:19.900><c> literally</c><00:37:20.099><c> means</c><00:37:20.320><c> to</c><00:37:20.619><c> pull</c><00:37:20.780><c> up</c><00:37:20.940><c> the</c><00:37:21.159><c> tent</c><00:37:21.400><c> pegs,</c>

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:24.320
to<00:37:21.940><c> pull</c><00:37:22.099><c> up</c><00:37:22.260><c> the</c><00:37:22.440><c> anchors</c><00:37:22.860><c> and</c><00:37:23.360><c> to</c><00:37:23.679><c> set</c><00:37:23.920><c> sail.</c>

00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:28.320
And<00:37:25.059><c> for</c><00:37:25.300><c> Paul,</c><00:37:25.639><c> death</c><00:37:25.960><c> was</c><00:37:26.239><c> like</c><00:37:26.539><c> moving</c><00:37:27.059><c> camp,</c>

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:33.840
settling,<00:37:31.900><c> settling</c><00:37:32.380><c> in</c><00:37:32.780><c> a</c><00:37:32.980><c> different</c><00:37:33.340><c> place.</c>

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:35.719
That's<00:37:34.239><c> what</c><00:37:34.440><c> death</c><00:37:34.719><c> was</c><00:37:35.119><c> for</c><00:37:35.360><c> him.</c>

00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:37.539
Moving<00:37:36.539><c> camp.</c>

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:42.340
Because<00:37:40.480><c> he</c><00:37:40.739><c> knew</c><00:37:41.000><c> that</c><00:37:41.219><c> his</c><00:37:41.400><c> next</c><00:37:41.880><c> moment</c>

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:43.940
would<00:37:42.579><c> be</c><00:37:42.760><c> with</c><00:37:42.940><c> the</c><00:37:43.019><c> Lord</c><00:37:43.239><c> Jesus</c><00:37:43.619><c> Christ.</c>

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:45.340
But<00:37:44.119><c> he</c><00:37:44.280><c> was</c><00:37:44.519><c> prepared</c><00:37:44.840><c> to</c><00:37:45.139><c> suffer</c>

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:49.460
for<00:37:45.579><c> the</c><00:37:45.800><c> sake</c><00:37:46.239><c> of</c><00:37:47.440><c> others,</c><00:37:47.880><c> brothers</c><00:37:48.039><c> and</c><00:37:48.320><c> sisters.</c>

00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:53.019
And<00:37:51.059><c> again,</c><00:37:51.380><c> that's</c><00:37:51.659><c> a</c><00:37:51.780><c> very</c><00:37:52.099><c> powerful</c><00:37:52.500><c> point,</c><00:37:52.860><c> isn't</c><00:37:52.960><c> it?</c>

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:56.699
Perhaps<00:37:53.320><c> at</c><00:37:53.559><c> times</c><00:37:53.719><c> we</c><00:37:53.940><c> feel</c><00:37:54.179><c> like</c><00:37:54.480><c> we</c><00:37:54.619><c> need</c><00:37:54.820><c> to</c><00:37:55.039><c> pull</c><00:37:55.139><c> up</c><00:37:55.300><c> the</c><00:37:55.460><c> anchors</c>

00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:58.420
and<00:37:57.199><c> to</c><00:37:57.400><c> set</c><00:37:57.579><c> sail.</c>

00:37:58.539 --> 00:38:00.800
I<00:37:58.679><c> don't</c><00:37:58.780><c> know</c><00:37:58.860><c> if</c><00:37:58.960><c> any</c><00:37:59.119><c> of</c><00:37:59.219><c> us</c><00:37:59.340><c> have</c><00:37:59.500><c> ever</c><00:37:59.659><c> felt</c><00:37:59.940><c> like</c><00:38:00.280><c> that</c>

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:02.179
when<00:38:01.340><c> we</c><00:38:01.519><c> think</c><00:38:01.659><c> about</c><00:38:01.920><c> death.</c>

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:07.480
And<00:38:02.699><c> perhaps</c><00:38:02.940><c> at</c><00:38:03.239><c> times</c><00:38:03.480><c> death</c><00:38:04.300><c> feels</c><00:38:04.820><c> like</c><00:38:05.079><c> an</c><00:38:05.360><c> escape</c><00:38:05.780><c> for</c><00:38:06.239><c> us</c>

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:09.940
to<00:38:08.119><c> remove</c><00:38:08.579><c> ourselves</c><00:38:09.119><c> from</c><00:38:09.300><c> the</c><00:38:09.619><c> sufferings</c>

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:11.119
of<00:38:10.139><c> this</c><00:38:10.420><c> present</c><00:38:10.760><c> time.</c>

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:13.199
I<00:38:11.300><c> don't</c><00:38:11.519><c> know,</c><00:38:11.780><c> brothers</c><00:38:11.900><c> and</c><00:38:12.139><c> sisters.</c>

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:17.199
That<00:38:15.119><c> was</c><00:38:15.380><c> certainly</c><00:38:15.599><c> the</c><00:38:15.840><c> feeling</c><00:38:16.059><c> of</c><00:38:16.400><c> Paul.</c>

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:19.219
But<00:38:17.719><c> he</c><00:38:17.880><c> was</c><00:38:18.139><c> prepared</c><00:38:18.519><c> to</c><00:38:18.780><c> go</c><00:38:18.980><c> on</c>

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:21.360
because<00:38:19.579><c> he</c><00:38:20.000><c> knew</c><00:38:20.360><c> that</c><00:38:20.599><c> there</c><00:38:20.820><c> were</c><00:38:21.079><c> others,</c>

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:24.519
particularly<00:38:21.920><c> this</c><00:38:22.219><c> ecclesia</c><00:38:22.619><c> that</c><00:38:22.960><c> needed</c><00:38:23.440><c> him.</c>

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:28.000
So<00:38:25.980><c> again,</c><00:38:26.199><c> the</c><00:38:26.340><c> excitation</c><00:38:26.639><c> is</c><00:38:26.800><c> a</c><00:38:26.920><c> very</c><00:38:27.139><c> direct</c><00:38:27.320><c> and</c><00:38:27.559><c> powerful</c><00:38:27.800><c> one.</c>

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:30.960
However<00:38:28.360><c> low</c><00:38:28.599><c> and</c><00:38:28.780><c> brokenhearted</c><00:38:29.260><c> we</c><00:38:29.500><c> may</c><00:38:29.699><c> be</c><00:38:29.900><c> feeling</c>

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:35.059
and<00:38:31.719><c> we</c><00:38:31.980><c> may</c><00:38:32.280><c> feel</c><00:38:32.559><c> that</c><00:38:32.760><c> we</c><00:38:32.900><c> want</c><00:38:33.079><c> to</c><00:38:33.320><c> uproot</c>

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:39.940
and<00:38:36.960><c> to</c><00:38:37.079><c> see</c><00:38:37.360><c> Christ</c><00:38:37.739><c> in</c><00:38:37.900><c> our</c><00:38:38.119><c> next</c><00:38:38.340><c> waking</c><00:38:38.699><c> moment.</c>

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:43.139
The<00:38:41.039><c> excitation,</c><00:38:41.719><c> brothers</c><00:38:41.780><c> and</c><00:38:42.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:47.820
there<00:38:44.739><c> may</c><00:38:44.880><c> be</c><00:38:45.059><c> a</c><00:38:45.239><c> son</c><00:38:45.340><c> or</c><00:38:45.500><c> a</c><00:38:45.679><c> daughter,</c><00:38:46.059><c> a</c><00:38:46.159><c> mother</c><00:38:46.360><c> or</c><00:38:46.519><c> a</c><00:38:46.760><c> father,</c>

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:52.519
a<00:38:48.599><c> grandparent,</c><00:38:49.119><c> a</c><00:38:49.320><c> friend,</c><00:38:50.360><c> a</c><00:38:50.500><c> brother</c><00:38:50.659><c> and</c><00:38:50.880><c> sister</c><00:38:51.119><c> in</c><00:38:51.320><c> Christ</c>

00:38:52.650 --> 00:38:55.179
that<00:38:52.900><c> absolutely</c><00:38:53.639><c> needs</c><00:38:54.019><c> us.</c>

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:57.019
Can<00:38:55.559><c> you</c><00:38:55.579><c> see</c><00:38:55.679><c> what</c><00:38:55.820><c> Paul</c><00:38:56.019><c> is</c><00:38:56.219><c> doing?</c>

00:38:57.420 --> 00:39:01.960
He<00:38:57.619><c> can</c><00:38:57.940><c> see</c><00:38:58.159><c> that</c><00:38:58.420><c> there</c><00:38:58.739><c> are</c><00:38:59.519><c> a</c><00:38:59.860><c> group</c><00:39:00.099><c> of</c><00:39:00.420><c> brothers</c><00:39:00.619><c> and</c><00:39:00.880><c> sisters</c>

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:05.199
that<00:39:02.460><c> are</c><00:39:02.840><c> needful</c><00:39:03.760><c> of</c><00:39:04.239><c> his</c><00:39:04.659><c> help.</c>

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:07.599
However<00:39:05.920><c> broken</c><00:39:06.360><c> he</c><00:39:06.639><c> may</c><00:39:06.900><c> well</c><00:39:07.119><c> be</c><00:39:07.320><c> feeling</c>

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:11.340
and<00:39:07.900><c> he</c><00:39:08.059><c> was</c><00:39:08.280><c> broken</c><00:39:08.719><c> here,</c><00:39:09.300><c> he</c><00:39:10.320><c> was</c><00:39:10.559><c> prepared</c><00:39:10.840><c> to</c><00:39:11.039><c> go</c><00:39:11.199><c> on.</c>

00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:14.059
And<00:39:11.480><c> we</c><00:39:11.599><c> should</c><00:39:11.739><c> think</c><00:39:12.019><c> about</c><00:39:12.239><c> that,</c><00:39:12.579><c> brothers</c><00:39:12.659><c> and</c><00:39:12.920><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:17.260
And<00:39:15.900><c> we</c><00:39:16.059><c> can</c><00:39:16.340><c> exhort</c><00:39:16.840><c> one</c><00:39:17.039><c> another</c>

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:20.960
in<00:39:17.500><c> the</c><00:39:17.800><c> sufferings</c><00:39:18.179><c> that</c><00:39:18.380><c> we</c><00:39:18.559><c> are</c><00:39:19.360><c> going</c><00:39:19.780><c> through.</c>

00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:24.860
There<00:39:22.440><c> may</c><00:39:22.699><c> well</c><00:39:22.900><c> be</c><00:39:23.139><c> a</c><00:39:23.320><c> Lydia</c><00:39:23.539><c> that</c><00:39:23.860><c> needs</c><00:39:24.300><c> our</c><00:39:24.699><c> help.</c>

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:28.679
There<00:39:25.179><c> may</c><00:39:25.460><c> well</c><00:39:25.639><c> be</c><00:39:25.820><c> a</c><00:39:26.000><c> Lydia</c><00:39:26.199><c> that's</c><00:39:26.719><c> praying</c><00:39:27.019><c> for</c><00:39:27.519><c> our</c><00:39:27.820><c> help.</c>

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:32.260
We<00:39:29.760><c> should</c><00:39:29.940><c> think</c><00:39:30.179><c> and</c><00:39:30.400><c> reflect</c><00:39:30.699><c> upon</c><00:39:30.980><c> that.</c>

00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:36.019
So<00:39:33.360><c> as</c><00:39:33.559><c> Paul</c><00:39:33.840><c> reflects</c><00:39:34.260><c> upon</c><00:39:34.599><c> these</c><00:39:34.880><c> things,</c>

00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:37.719
he's<00:39:36.699><c> overcome</c><00:39:37.039><c> with</c><00:39:37.420><c> joy.</c>

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:41.199
And<00:39:38.079><c> I'm</c><00:39:38.219><c> sure</c><00:39:38.340><c> you</c><00:39:38.519><c> know</c><00:39:38.639><c> that</c><00:39:38.780><c> this</c><00:39:38.980><c> epistle,</c><00:39:39.679><c> again,</c>

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:46.099
is<00:39:41.820><c> around,</c><00:39:42.239><c> it's</c><00:39:42.460><c> crowded</c><00:39:42.920><c> with</c><00:39:43.760><c> these</c><00:39:44.179><c> expressions</c><00:39:44.860><c> of</c><00:39:45.280><c> joy</c><00:39:45.699><c> here</c>

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:49.539
and<00:39:46.579><c> he's</c><00:39:47.019><c> joyful,</c><00:39:47.539><c> not</c><00:39:47.920><c> because</c><00:39:48.280><c> of</c><00:39:48.480><c> his</c><00:39:48.780><c> circumstances.</c>

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.760
Of<00:39:49.840><c> course,</c><00:39:50.059><c> he's</c><00:39:50.460><c> suffering</c>

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.920
for<00:39:51.019><c> the</c><00:39:51.539><c> sake</c><00:39:51.739><c> of</c><00:39:51.960><c> the</c><00:39:52.099><c> Lord</c><00:39:52.280><c> Jesus</c><00:39:52.619><c> Christ,</c>

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:54.880
but<00:39:53.300><c> he's</c><00:39:53.699><c> joyful,</c><00:39:54.119><c> brothers</c><00:39:54.420><c> and</c><00:39:54.659><c> sisters,</c>

00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:57.480
in<00:39:55.099><c> the</c><00:39:55.239><c> way</c><00:39:55.480><c> that</c><00:39:55.679><c> this</c><00:39:55.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:56.340><c> has</c><00:39:56.800><c> responded</c>

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.360
to<00:39:57.699><c> this</c><00:39:57.860><c> earthquake.</c>

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.820
They<00:39:58.659><c> are</c><00:39:58.920><c> taking</c><00:39:59.300><c> root,</c>

00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:02.139
that<00:40:00.219><c> the</c><00:40:00.500><c> truth</c><00:40:00.699><c> is</c><00:40:00.960><c> now</c><00:40:01.239><c> beginning</c><00:40:01.599><c> to</c><00:40:01.940><c> blossom</c>

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:06.820
and<00:40:02.420><c> he</c><00:40:02.639><c> is</c><00:40:02.900><c> joyful,</c><00:40:04.480><c> whatever</c><00:40:04.880><c> the</c><00:40:05.219><c> outcome</c><00:40:05.480><c> of</c><00:40:05.659><c> his</c><00:40:05.880><c> life.</c>

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:09.559
And<00:40:07.980><c> if</c><00:40:08.059><c> you</c><00:40:08.179><c> look</c><00:40:08.340><c> at</c><00:40:08.460><c> these</c><00:40:08.719><c> five</c><00:40:09.099><c> Greek</c><00:40:09.340><c> words,</c>

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.559
we're<00:40:09.719><c> not</c><00:40:09.800><c> gonna</c><00:40:09.940><c> look</c><00:40:10.159><c> at</c><00:40:10.320><c> them,</c>

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:12.519
but<00:40:10.820><c> if</c><00:40:10.900><c> you</c><00:40:11.019><c> just</c><00:40:11.199><c> look</c><00:40:11.320><c> on</c><00:40:11.480><c> the</c><00:40:11.679><c> screen,</c>

00:40:12.739 --> 00:40:16.000
the<00:40:13.039><c> way</c><00:40:13.400><c> that</c><00:40:13.719><c> Paul</c><00:40:13.980><c> under</c><00:40:14.300><c> inspiration</c><00:40:14.820><c> is</c><00:40:15.179><c> describing</c>

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.739
this<00:40:16.420><c> joy,</c>

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:19.360
to<00:40:17.159><c> rejoice,</c><00:40:17.599><c> to</c><00:40:17.699><c> be</c><00:40:17.880><c> glad,</c><00:40:18.119><c> to</c><00:40:18.280><c> rejoice</c><00:40:18.579><c> together</c><00:40:19.019><c> with</c><00:40:19.260><c> you,</c>

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:21.380
to<00:40:19.639><c> boast,</c><00:40:19.900><c> a</c><00:40:20.099><c> subject</c><00:40:20.420><c> of</c><00:40:20.659><c> boasting</c><00:40:21.019><c> joy,</c>

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:23.400
it's<00:40:22.000><c> found</c><00:40:22.159><c> throughout.</c>

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:26.559
And<00:40:24.860><c> it</c><00:40:25.000><c> runs</c><00:40:25.500><c> throughout</c><00:40:26.119><c> the</c><00:40:26.360><c> book,</c>

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:30.940
this<00:40:26.820><c> whole</c><00:40:27.119><c> idea</c><00:40:27.800><c> of</c><00:40:28.380><c> being</c><00:40:29.500><c> joyful.</c>

00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:33.860
And<00:40:32.480><c> brothers</c><00:40:32.679><c> and</c><00:40:32.920><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:38.380
this<00:40:34.739><c> is</c><00:40:35.039><c> interesting</c><00:40:35.559><c> because</c><00:40:36.440><c> he</c><00:40:37.000><c> is</c><00:40:37.280><c> joyful,</c>

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:42.400
because<00:40:39.440><c> something</c><00:40:40.039><c> is</c><00:40:41.320><c> happening.</c>

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:48.440
Look<00:40:44.179><c> at</c><00:40:44.320><c> this,</c><00:40:45.380><c> in</c><00:40:45.719><c> verse</c><00:40:46.179><c> 12</c><00:40:46.780><c> of</c><00:40:47.000><c> chapter</c><00:40:47.420><c> one.</c>

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:51.179
Look<00:40:50.639><c> at</c><00:40:50.800><c> the</c><00:40:50.920><c> end,</c>

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:52.880
have<00:40:51.599><c> fallen</c><00:40:51.960><c> out</c><00:40:52.400><c> rather</c>

00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:54.360
unto<00:40:53.300><c> the</c><00:40:53.599><c> furtherance</c><00:40:53.920><c> of</c><00:40:54.059><c> the</c><00:40:54.179><c> gospel.</c>

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:55.980
I've<00:40:54.579><c> already</c><00:40:54.719><c> mentioned</c><00:40:55.099><c> that</c><00:40:55.280><c> he</c><00:40:55.460><c> is</c><00:40:55.699><c> pleased,</c>

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:58.619
he's<00:40:56.340><c> delighted</c><00:40:56.659><c> because</c><00:40:57.079><c> this</c><00:40:57.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:57.840><c> is</c><00:40:58.179><c> responding.</c>

00:40:58.699 --> 00:41:00.639
It's<00:40:58.800><c> not</c><00:40:58.900><c> my</c><00:40:59.099><c> words,</c><00:41:00.000><c> they're</c><00:41:00.139><c> Paul's</c><00:41:00.500><c> words,</c>

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.840
because<00:41:00.880><c> the</c><00:41:01.039><c> end</c><00:41:01.239><c> of</c><00:41:01.360><c> verse</c><00:41:01.539><c> 12,</c>

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:06.099
we<00:41:02.099><c> read</c><00:41:02.400><c> there</c><00:41:02.719><c> that</c><00:41:03.019><c> the</c><00:41:03.320><c> gospel</c><00:41:03.699><c> is</c><00:41:04.039><c> being</c><00:41:05.280><c> furthered.</c>

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:08.880
As<00:41:06.300><c> we've</c><00:41:06.460><c> got</c><00:41:06.500><c> on</c><00:41:06.679><c> the</c><00:41:06.860><c> screen,</c><00:41:07.059><c> again,</c><00:41:07.280><c> this</c><00:41:07.460><c> is</c><00:41:07.619><c> an</c><00:41:07.800><c> unusual</c><00:41:08.320><c> word.</c>

00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:10.800
The<00:41:09.219><c> revised</c><00:41:09.440><c> version</c><00:41:09.699><c> will</c><00:41:09.900><c> have</c><00:41:10.159><c> progress,</c>

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:14.679
but<00:41:11.260><c> the</c><00:41:11.480><c> Greek</c><00:41:11.599><c> word</c><00:41:11.860><c> is</c><00:41:12.579><c> pro</c><00:41:12.900><c>-cope,</c><00:41:13.139><c> or</c><00:41:13.639><c> pro</c><00:41:13.980><c>-copae,</c>

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:17.920
and<00:41:15.420><c> it's</c><00:41:15.840><c> used</c><00:41:16.300><c> for</c><00:41:16.519><c> the</c><00:41:16.719><c> progression</c><00:41:17.199><c> of</c><00:41:17.500><c> an</c><00:41:17.699><c> army.</c>

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:21.219
Again,<00:41:18.699><c> it's</c><00:41:18.900><c> reminding</c><00:41:19.360><c> us</c><00:41:19.860><c> of</c><00:41:20.300><c> the</c><00:41:20.699><c> circumstances</c>

00:41:21.219 --> 00:41:22.719
that<00:41:21.500><c> Paul</c><00:41:21.639><c> finds</c><00:41:22.000><c> himself</c><00:41:22.400><c> in.</c>

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:25.480
And<00:41:23.059><c> it's</c><00:41:23.300><c> from</c><00:41:23.519><c> the</c><00:41:23.760><c> verb</c><00:41:24.039><c> pro</c><00:41:24.739><c>-cope</c><00:41:25.019><c> team,</c>

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:27.820
which<00:41:25.960><c> means</c><00:41:26.199><c> to</c><00:41:26.460><c> cut</c><00:41:26.659><c> down</c><00:41:27.039><c> in</c><00:41:27.320><c> advance.</c>

00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:30.380
And<00:41:28.340><c> it's</c><00:41:28.599><c> used</c><00:41:28.719><c> particularly</c><00:41:29.260><c> to</c><00:41:29.500><c> cut</c><00:41:29.719><c> down</c><00:41:29.900><c> trees</c>

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:32.699
and<00:41:30.639><c> undergrowth,</c><00:41:31.260><c> to</c><00:41:31.500><c> remove</c><00:41:32.079><c> barriers</c>

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:38.019
so<00:41:33.099><c> that</c><00:41:33.280><c> an</c><00:41:33.579><c> army</c><00:41:33.860><c> can</c><00:41:34.539><c> progress</c><00:41:35.300><c> in</c><00:41:36.119><c> strength</c><00:41:36.579><c> and</c><00:41:36.900><c> in</c><00:41:37.179><c> might.</c>

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:41.099
And<00:41:38.679><c> so</c><00:41:38.880><c> brothers</c><00:41:39.079><c> and</c><00:41:39.340><c> sisters,</c><00:41:40.400><c> think</c><00:41:40.639><c> about</c><00:41:40.900><c> this.</c>

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:45.199
This<00:41:41.719><c> gospel</c><00:41:42.440><c> message</c><00:41:42.860><c> now</c><00:41:43.219><c> takes</c><00:41:43.500><c> on</c><00:41:43.800><c> this</c><00:41:44.760><c> idea</c>

00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:47.739
of<00:41:45.559><c> personification,</c><00:41:46.760><c> that</c><00:41:46.900><c> this</c><00:41:47.360><c> gospel</c>

00:41:47.739 --> 00:41:50.099
becomes<00:41:48.139><c> a</c><00:41:48.500><c> person,</c><00:41:49.079><c> it</c><00:41:49.179><c> becomes</c><00:41:49.500><c> a</c><00:41:49.820><c> general,</c>

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:52.320
and<00:41:50.360><c> it</c><00:41:50.559><c> begins</c><00:41:50.900><c> to</c><00:41:51.239><c> march.</c>

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:56.400
And<00:41:53.739><c> it</c><00:41:54.019><c> marches</c><00:41:54.519><c> out</c><00:41:54.860><c> of</c><00:41:55.119><c> Philippi.</c>

00:41:56.840 --> 00:42:00.960
The<00:41:57.099><c> shaking,</c><00:41:57.960><c> the</c><00:41:58.280><c> earthquake</c><00:41:58.659><c> has</c><00:41:59.079><c> released</c><00:41:59.760><c> the</c><00:42:00.000><c> gospel.</c>

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:03.920
It's<00:42:02.320><c> highly</c><00:42:02.719><c> pictorial</c><00:42:03.440><c> and</c><00:42:03.719><c> graphic,</c>

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:06.440
and<00:42:04.199><c> it's</c><00:42:04.400><c> gonna</c><00:42:04.679><c> march</c><00:42:05.179><c> the</c><00:42:05.480><c> earth.</c>

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:08.900
And<00:42:07.559><c> nothing</c><00:42:07.840><c> is</c><00:42:08.139><c> going</c><00:42:08.300><c> to</c><00:42:08.559><c> stop</c><00:42:08.719><c> it,</c>

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:11.500
though<00:42:09.179><c> Paul</c><00:42:09.460><c> is</c><00:42:09.619><c> in</c><00:42:09.880><c> chains,</c><00:42:10.159><c> he's</c><00:42:10.400><c> bound.</c>

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:13.500
The<00:42:12.179><c> gospel</c><00:42:12.480><c> is</c><00:42:12.780><c> unloosed.</c>

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:15.119
Can<00:42:14.000><c> you</c><00:42:14.119><c> see</c><00:42:14.260><c> that?</c>

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:18.260
And<00:42:15.940><c> nothing</c><00:42:16.280><c> will</c><00:42:16.519><c> hold</c><00:42:16.760><c> it</c><00:42:17.039><c> back.</c>

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.840
But<00:42:19.860><c> you</c><00:42:19.960><c> know</c><00:42:20.079><c> what?</c>

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:22.500
This<00:42:21.579><c> is</c><00:42:21.780><c> the</c><00:42:21.920><c> power</c><00:42:22.019><c> of</c><00:42:22.159><c> the</c><00:42:22.260><c> gospel,</c>

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.820
but<00:42:22.679><c> we</c><00:42:22.820><c> don't</c><00:42:22.940><c> often</c><00:42:23.179><c> think</c><00:42:23.420><c> about</c><00:42:23.679><c> that.</c>

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:25.300
This<00:42:24.039><c> is</c><00:42:24.260><c> the</c><00:42:24.500><c> power</c><00:42:24.739><c> of</c><00:42:24.900><c> the</c><00:42:25.039><c> gospel.</c>

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:28.300
This<00:42:25.840><c> idea</c><00:42:26.139><c> of</c><00:42:26.360><c> personification,</c><00:42:27.380><c> the</c><00:42:27.460><c> general,</c>

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:30.699
marching<00:42:28.780><c> the</c><00:42:29.079><c> earth,</c><00:42:29.800><c> looking</c><00:42:30.099><c> for</c><00:42:30.340><c> those</c>

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:33.599
who<00:42:30.940><c> are</c><00:42:31.199><c> brokenhearted,</c><00:42:32.099><c> the</c><00:42:32.300><c> Lydias</c><00:42:32.699><c> and</c><00:42:32.880><c> the</c><00:42:33.099><c> Damsels</c>

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:37.860
and<00:42:33.800><c> the</c><00:42:34.019><c> Jailers,</c><00:42:35.019><c> and</c><00:42:35.440><c> gathering</c><00:42:36.619><c> them</c><00:42:36.880><c> in.</c>

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.920
But<00:42:38.719><c> do</c><00:42:39.019><c> we,</c><00:42:39.340><c> brothers</c><00:42:39.460><c> and</c><00:42:39.719><c> sisters,</c>

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:43.019
do<00:42:40.139><c> we</c><00:42:40.380><c> think</c><00:42:40.559><c> about</c><00:42:40.860><c> the</c><00:42:41.159><c> gospel</c><00:42:41.460><c> having</c><00:42:41.860><c> power?</c>

00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.519
Think<00:42:45.840><c> about</c><00:42:46.000><c> your</c><00:42:46.139><c> last</c><00:42:46.400><c> campaign.</c>

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:52.320
Think<00:42:49.019><c> about</c><00:42:49.219><c> your</c><00:42:49.440><c> last</c><00:42:50.219><c> Sunday</c><00:42:50.659><c> evening</c><00:42:51.159><c> address,</c>

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:55.800
and<00:42:53.579><c> how</c><00:42:53.780><c> many</c><00:42:53.960><c> interested</c><00:42:54.280><c> friends</c><00:42:54.639><c> attended.</c>

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:59.619
And<00:42:57.440><c> the</c><00:42:57.539><c> times</c><00:42:57.719><c> we</c><00:42:58.019><c> question</c><00:42:58.440><c> the</c><00:42:58.719><c> power</c><00:42:58.960><c> of</c><00:42:59.159><c> the</c><00:42:59.320><c> gospel.</c>

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:02.760
Brothers<00:42:59.920><c> and</c><00:43:00.179><c> sisters,</c><00:43:01.079><c> the</c><00:43:01.199><c> gospel</c><00:43:01.480><c> is</c><00:43:01.679><c> not</c><00:43:01.900><c> powered</c><00:43:02.239><c> by</c><00:43:02.559><c> us.</c>

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:06.119
It<00:43:02.900><c> is</c><00:43:03.199><c> powered</c><00:43:03.440><c> by</c><00:43:03.679><c> Almighty</c><00:43:04.199><c> God,</c><00:43:04.500><c> and</c><00:43:04.679><c> it</c><00:43:04.840><c> is</c><00:43:05.079><c> powerful.</c>

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:09.019
And<00:43:06.579><c> it</c><00:43:06.739><c> is</c><00:43:07.119><c> marching,</c><00:43:07.639><c> brothers</c><00:43:07.739><c> and</c><00:43:08.000><c> sisters.</c>

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:13.360
And<00:43:09.500><c> it</c><00:43:09.639><c> is</c><00:43:09.840><c> looking</c><00:43:10.019><c> for</c><00:43:10.280><c> those</c><00:43:10.940><c> that</c><00:43:11.460><c> will</c><00:43:11.760><c> heed</c><00:43:12.099><c> the</c><00:43:12.480><c> call.</c>

00:43:13.260 --> 00:43:16.199
And<00:43:13.539><c> there</c><00:43:13.780><c> was</c><00:43:14.000><c> Lydia</c><00:43:14.420><c> and</c><00:43:14.840><c> the</c><00:43:15.039><c> Damsel</c><00:43:15.420><c> and</c><00:43:15.639><c> the</c><00:43:15.840><c> Jailer.</c>

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.579
And<00:43:16.519><c> between</c><00:43:16.780><c> them,</c><00:43:17.000><c> in</c><00:43:17.139><c> this</c><00:43:17.260><c> accreture,</c>

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:19.900
they<00:43:17.760><c> were</c><00:43:17.920><c> going</c><00:43:18.000><c> to</c><00:43:18.280><c> change</c><00:43:18.519><c> the</c><00:43:18.800><c> course</c><00:43:19.059><c> of</c><00:43:19.420><c> history.</c>

00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:22.300
Just<00:43:20.579><c> three,</c><00:43:21.320><c> with</c><00:43:21.440><c> their</c><00:43:21.679><c> families.</c>

00:43:22.739 --> 00:43:26.239
Like<00:43:22.900><c> the</c><00:43:23.039><c> woman</c><00:43:23.260><c> of</c><00:43:23.500><c> Zarephath,</c><00:43:24.679><c> just</c><00:43:24.920><c> one,</c><00:43:25.179><c> a</c><00:43:25.360><c> widow.</c>

00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:29.500
The<00:43:27.119><c> first</c><00:43:27.320><c> Gentile</c><00:43:27.820><c> is</c><00:43:28.000><c> brought</c><00:43:28.280><c> into</c><00:43:28.539><c> covenant</c><00:43:28.840><c> relationship</c>

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:31.340
in<00:43:29.699><c> a</c><00:43:29.860><c> Gentile</c><00:43:30.280><c> land.</c>

00:43:33.579 --> 00:43:35.719
The<00:43:33.820><c> gospel</c><00:43:34.219><c> is</c><00:43:34.619><c> altogether</c><00:43:35.099><c> powerful,</c>

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:40.119
and<00:43:36.420><c> these</c><00:43:36.800><c> ideas</c><00:43:37.300><c> are</c><00:43:38.179><c> developed</c><00:43:39.119><c> here.</c>

00:43:40.260 --> 00:43:42.239
Look<00:43:40.500><c> at</c><00:43:40.659><c> verse</c><00:43:40.920><c> 17.</c>

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:45.320
Again,<00:43:44.340><c> in</c><00:43:44.460><c> Philippians</c><00:43:44.840><c> chapter</c><00:43:45.159><c> one,</c>

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:48.440
there's<00:43:45.519><c> a</c><00:43:45.659><c> whole</c><00:43:45.980><c> cluster</c><00:43:46.400><c> of</c><00:43:46.900><c> these</c><00:43:47.340><c> expressions</c><00:43:48.059><c> here</c>

00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:51.119
that<00:43:48.780><c> Paul</c><00:43:49.280><c> is</c><00:43:49.699><c> really</c><00:43:50.159><c> focusing</c><00:43:50.619><c> our</c><00:43:50.920><c> mind.</c>

00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:53.119
We<00:43:51.420><c> read</c><00:43:51.619><c> there,</c><00:43:52.039><c> but</c><00:43:52.099><c> the</c><00:43:52.440><c> other</c><00:43:52.659><c> of</c><00:43:52.940><c> love,</c>

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:55.500
knowing<00:43:53.460><c> that</c><00:43:53.800><c> I</c><00:43:54.000><c> am</c><00:43:54.380><c> set,</c><00:43:54.960><c> noticed,</c>

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:57.699
for<00:43:56.400><c> the</c><00:43:56.800><c> defense</c><00:43:57.139><c> of</c><00:43:57.360><c> the</c><00:43:57.500><c> gospel.</c>

00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:59.239
Now<00:43:57.940><c> this,</c><00:43:58.219><c> again,</c><00:43:58.340><c> is</c><00:43:58.519><c> a</c><00:43:58.619><c> military</c><00:43:58.980><c> term.</c>

00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:01.199
It<00:43:59.679><c> literally</c><00:43:59.980><c> means</c><00:44:00.199><c> to</c><00:44:00.400><c> be</c><00:44:00.559><c> outstretched.</c>

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:04.380
It<00:44:01.800><c> describes</c><00:44:02.400><c> a</c><00:44:02.659><c> soldier</c><00:44:03.159><c> who</c><00:44:03.380><c> would</c><00:44:03.639><c> lie</c><00:44:03.900><c> in</c><00:44:04.139><c> waiting.</c>

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:07.019
He<00:44:04.820><c> would</c><00:44:05.159><c> pretend</c><00:44:05.639><c> to</c><00:44:05.880><c> be</c><00:44:06.079><c> dead.</c>

00:44:07.659 --> 00:44:09.059
And<00:44:07.940><c> as</c><00:44:08.099><c> the</c><00:44:08.360><c> enemy</c><00:44:08.579><c> approached,</c>

00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:12.480
he<00:44:09.219><c> would</c><00:44:09.559><c> spring</c><00:44:09.820><c> up</c><00:44:09.980><c> on</c><00:44:10.099><c> his</c><00:44:10.300><c> feet</c><00:44:10.539><c> and</c><00:44:11.179><c> defend</c><00:44:11.519><c> himself.</c>

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:17.239
Through<00:44:16.300><c> surprise.</c>

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:20.800
And<00:44:18.099><c> so</c><00:44:18.219><c> what</c><00:44:18.460><c> Paul,</c><00:44:18.659><c> it's</c><00:44:18.719><c> quite</c><00:44:18.880><c> abusing,</c><00:44:19.619><c> actually.</c>

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:22.960
Paul<00:44:21.000><c> is</c><00:44:21.320><c> saying</c><00:44:21.519><c> that</c><00:44:21.719><c> the</c><00:44:21.940><c> gospel</c><00:44:22.199><c> is</c><00:44:22.380><c> so</c><00:44:22.699><c> powerful,</c>

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:26.239
it's<00:44:23.239><c> going</c><00:44:23.380><c> to</c><00:44:23.659><c> take</c><00:44:23.840><c> the</c><00:44:24.099><c> world</c><00:44:24.320><c> by</c><00:44:24.760><c> surprise.</c>

00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:27.340
Isn't<00:44:26.420><c> that</c><00:44:26.559><c> lovely?</c>

00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.679
Don't<00:44:28.539><c> doubt</c><00:44:28.739><c> it,</c><00:44:29.059><c> brothers</c><00:44:29.139><c> and</c><00:44:29.400><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:32.480
It's<00:44:29.940><c> taking</c><00:44:30.260><c> the</c><00:44:30.659><c> world</c><00:44:30.840><c> by</c><00:44:31.219><c> surprise.</c>

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:35.460
And<00:44:32.920><c> as</c><00:44:33.059><c> we</c><00:44:33.500><c> have</c><00:44:33.900><c> the</c><00:44:34.039><c> opportunity</c><00:44:34.440><c> to</c><00:44:34.599><c> talk</c><00:44:34.900><c> to</c><00:44:35.039><c> one</c><00:44:35.219><c> another</c>

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:36.920
and<00:44:35.639><c> think</c><00:44:35.900><c> about</c><00:44:36.099><c> the</c><00:44:36.519><c> stories</c>

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:38.340
that<00:44:37.099><c> have</c><00:44:37.320><c> brought</c><00:44:37.480><c> us</c><00:44:37.699><c> into</c><00:44:37.900><c> the</c><00:44:38.139><c> truth,</c>

00:44:38.820 --> 00:44:40.079
it's<00:44:39.260><c> divine,</c><00:44:39.760><c> isn't</c><00:44:39.940><c> it?</c>

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:42.460
How<00:44:40.280><c> we</c><00:44:40.440><c> are</c><00:44:40.699><c> here,</c><00:44:41.019><c> how</c><00:44:41.280><c> God</c><00:44:41.460><c> has</c><00:44:41.719><c> shaped</c><00:44:41.940><c> and</c><00:44:42.179><c> molded</c>

00:44:42.460 --> 00:44:45.079
and<00:44:42.719><c> directed</c><00:44:42.960><c> our</c><00:44:43.219><c> step,</c><00:44:43.460><c> it's</c><00:44:43.820><c> providence.</c>

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:47.820
Don't<00:44:45.659><c> limit</c><00:44:46.000><c> the</c><00:44:46.579><c> power</c><00:44:47.039><c> of</c><00:44:47.659><c> God.</c>

00:44:47.860 --> 00:44:51.079
There's<00:44:48.059><c> another</c><00:44:48.260><c> term</c><00:44:48.500><c> here,</c><00:44:48.639><c> if</c><00:44:48.739><c> you</c><00:44:48.880><c> go</c><00:44:49.019><c> down</c><00:44:49.300><c> to</c><00:44:49.539><c> verse</c><00:44:49.800><c> 28.</c>

00:44:53.500 --> 00:44:56.119
We<00:44:54.059><c> read</c><00:44:54.619><c> there,</c>

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:58.659
And<00:44:56.699><c> in</c><00:44:56.880><c> nothing</c><00:44:57.179><c> terrified</c><00:44:57.760><c> by</c><00:44:57.940><c> your</c><00:44:58.159><c> adversary,</c>

00:44:58.840 --> 00:45:00.719
says<00:44:58.940><c> Paul,</c><00:44:59.480><c> so</c><00:44:59.659><c> do</c><00:44:59.840><c> not</c><00:44:59.980><c> be</c><00:45:00.219><c> afraid,</c>

00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:03.780
which<00:45:01.420><c> is</c><00:45:01.699><c> to</c><00:45:01.820><c> them</c><00:45:02.019><c> an</c><00:45:02.300><c> evident</c><00:45:02.619><c> token</c><00:45:03.079><c> of</c><00:45:03.320><c> perdition,</c>

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:06.780
but<00:45:04.019><c> to</c><00:45:04.360><c> you</c><00:45:04.539><c> of</c><00:45:04.780><c> salvation</c><00:45:05.320><c> and</c><00:45:05.900><c> that</c><00:45:06.079><c> of</c><00:45:06.480><c> God.</c>

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:12.199
And<00:45:07.000><c> that</c><00:45:07.300><c> idea</c><00:45:07.780><c> of</c><00:45:08.500><c> evident</c><00:45:08.940><c> token</c><00:45:09.400><c> is</c><00:45:09.880><c> certainly</c><00:45:10.199><c> a</c><00:45:11.179><c> Roman</c><00:45:11.679><c> term.</c>

00:45:12.460 --> 00:45:16.699
It<00:45:13.099><c> means</c><00:45:13.400><c> a</c><00:45:13.699><c> pointing</c><00:45:14.019><c> out,</c><00:45:14.440><c> an</c><00:45:14.780><c> indication,</c><00:45:15.400><c> a</c><00:45:15.639><c> proof</c><00:45:15.860><c> or</c><00:45:16.239><c> a</c><00:45:16.440><c> sign.</c>

00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:20.679
And<00:45:17.300><c> it</c><00:45:17.400><c> was</c><00:45:17.760><c> used</c><00:45:18.340><c> in</c><00:45:18.639><c> the</c><00:45:18.880><c> gladiator</c><00:45:19.579><c> arena.</c>

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:24.380
And<00:45:21.800><c> so</c><00:45:21.880><c> when</c><00:45:22.039><c> a</c><00:45:22.219><c> gladiator</c><00:45:22.639><c> was</c><00:45:22.920><c> defeated,</c>

00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:28.099
the<00:45:25.039><c> fickle</c><00:45:25.420><c> crowd</c><00:45:26.019><c> would</c><00:45:26.860><c> either</c><00:45:27.079><c> put</c><00:45:27.280><c> a</c><00:45:27.480><c> thumbs</c><00:45:27.719><c> up</c>

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.940
or<00:45:28.320><c> a</c><00:45:28.480><c> thumbs</c><00:45:28.719><c> down.</c>

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:30.900
That's<00:45:29.219><c> the</c><00:45:29.460><c> idea</c><00:45:29.659><c> of</c><00:45:29.840><c> this</c><00:45:30.139><c> evident</c><00:45:30.539><c> token.</c>

00:45:31.139 --> 00:45:32.760
And<00:45:31.320><c> if</c><00:45:31.420><c> it</c><00:45:31.539><c> was</c><00:45:31.760><c> thumbs</c><00:45:32.059><c> up,</c><00:45:32.320><c> it</c><00:45:32.400><c> was</c><00:45:32.559><c> life.</c>

00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:36.519
And<00:45:32.940><c> if</c><00:45:33.019><c> it</c><00:45:33.119><c> was</c><00:45:33.260><c> thumbs</c><00:45:33.559><c> down,</c><00:45:34.019><c> it</c><00:45:34.139><c> was</c><00:45:34.820><c> immediate</c><00:45:35.340><c> death.</c>

00:45:37.980 --> 00:45:40.300
And<00:45:38.199><c> here</c><00:45:38.420><c> Paul</c><00:45:38.619><c> is</c><00:45:38.860><c> saying</c><00:45:39.139><c> to</c><00:45:39.340><c> this</c><00:45:39.519><c> ecclesiast</c><00:45:39.880><c> Philippi,</c>

00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:42.159
don't<00:45:40.780><c> worry</c><00:45:41.099><c> about</c><00:45:41.340><c> the</c><00:45:41.559><c> fickle</c><00:45:41.860><c> crowd</c>

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:43.179
and<00:45:42.320><c> this</c><00:45:42.480><c> evident</c><00:45:42.820><c> token.</c>

00:45:43.619 --> 00:45:46.039
The<00:45:43.739><c> evident</c><00:45:44.059><c> token</c><00:45:44.460><c> has</c><00:45:44.739><c> been</c><00:45:45.059><c> made.</c>

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:47.940
The<00:45:46.300><c> thumb</c><00:45:46.500><c> is</c><00:45:46.880><c> up.</c>

00:45:48.739 --> 00:45:52.219
The<00:45:48.880><c> Lord</c><00:45:49.179><c> Jesus</c><00:45:49.639><c> Christ</c><00:45:50.079><c> has</c><00:45:50.539><c> destroyed</c><00:45:51.300><c> the</c><00:45:51.760><c> power</c>

00:45:52.219 --> 00:45:54.739
of<00:45:53.059><c> sin</c><00:45:53.300><c> and</c><00:45:53.800><c> death.</c>

00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:58.039
And<00:45:55.119><c> the</c><00:45:55.340><c> evident</c><00:45:55.679><c> token</c><00:45:56.099><c> of</c><00:45:56.619><c> salvation</c><00:45:57.159><c> has</c><00:45:57.440><c> been</c><00:45:57.719><c> made.</c>

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:59.420
Isn't<00:45:58.460><c> that</c><00:45:58.559><c> lovely,</c><00:45:58.780><c> brothers</c><00:45:59.019><c> and</c><00:45:59.239><c> sisters?</c>

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:01.559
Yes,<00:45:59.760><c> we</c><00:45:59.900><c> all</c><00:46:00.099><c> have</c><00:46:00.440><c> difficult</c><00:46:00.920><c> circumstances,</c>

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:04.219
but<00:46:01.780><c> the</c><00:46:02.059><c> point</c><00:46:02.219><c> in</c><00:46:02.380><c> all</c><00:46:02.519><c> of</c><00:46:02.659><c> this,</c><00:46:03.000><c> the</c><00:46:03.260><c> great</c><00:46:03.619><c> battle</c><00:46:03.980><c> has</c>

00:46:04.219 --> 00:46:05.360
been<00:46:04.519><c> won.</c>

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:08.360
We<00:46:05.960><c> need</c><00:46:06.179><c> to</c><00:46:06.380><c> just</c><00:46:06.559><c> be</c><00:46:07.139><c> faithful</c><00:46:07.599><c> to</c><00:46:08.019><c> the</c><00:46:08.199><c> end.</c>

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:10.119
So<00:46:08.579><c> here</c><00:46:08.760><c> then,</c><00:46:09.179><c> Paul</c><00:46:09.340><c> under</c><00:46:09.579><c> inspiration</c>

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:13.119
draws<00:46:10.739><c> on</c><00:46:11.059><c> another</c><00:46:11.440><c> military</c><00:46:12.280><c> technical</c><00:46:12.840><c> term.</c>

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:14.860
And<00:46:13.300><c> so</c><00:46:13.480><c> he's</c><00:46:14.059><c> saying</c><00:46:14.199><c> to</c><00:46:14.380><c> this</c><00:46:14.599><c> ecclesiast,</c>

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:16.579
though<00:46:15.159><c> I</c><00:46:15.380><c> am</c><00:46:15.739><c> bound</c><00:46:16.139><c> in</c><00:46:16.440><c> chains,</c>

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:21.340
though<00:46:17.039><c> I'm</c><00:46:17.380><c> here</c><00:46:17.699><c> with</c><00:46:17.920><c> this</c><00:46:18.739><c> jailer,</c><00:46:20.260><c> this</c><00:46:20.440><c> praetorium</c><00:46:21.079><c> guard,</c>

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:23.440
I<00:46:21.739><c> am</c><00:46:22.139><c> winning.</c>

00:46:24.380 --> 00:46:26.219
We<00:46:24.940><c> are</c><00:46:25.280><c> winning.</c>

00:46:26.760 --> 00:46:30.000
The<00:46:27.139><c> gospel</c><00:46:27.760><c> is</c><00:46:28.340><c> unbounded</c>

00:46:30.309 --> 00:46:33.920
and<00:46:30.619><c> will</c><00:46:30.880><c> deliver</c><00:46:31.500><c> the</c><00:46:32.079><c> objective</c><00:46:32.820><c> almighty</c><00:46:33.539><c> God.</c>

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:36.380
The<00:46:34.380><c> victory</c><00:46:34.780><c> is</c><00:46:35.159><c> in</c><00:46:35.320><c> sight</c><00:46:35.440><c> and</c><00:46:35.639><c> so</c><00:46:35.900><c> then</c><00:46:36.079><c> rejoice.</c>

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:38.039
That's<00:46:36.900><c> the</c><00:46:37.119><c> point,</c><00:46:37.480><c> brothers</c><00:46:37.619><c> and</c><00:46:37.840><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:40.639
That's<00:46:38.780><c> really</c><00:46:38.960><c> the</c><00:46:39.260><c> nub</c><00:46:39.440><c> of</c><00:46:39.619><c> his</c><00:46:39.780><c> argument.</c>

00:46:40.900 --> 00:46:43.219
Rejoice,<00:46:41.460><c> brothers</c><00:46:41.679><c> and</c><00:46:41.880><c> sisters</c><00:46:42.039><c> in</c><00:46:42.219><c> Philippi</c>

00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:47.420
because<00:46:45.000><c> the</c><00:46:45.519><c> gospel</c><00:46:45.920><c> goes</c><00:46:46.340><c> forth.</c>

00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:53.000
Now,<00:46:50.539><c> I</c><00:46:50.719><c> made</c><00:46:50.900><c> a</c><00:46:51.159><c> little</c><00:46:51.300><c> mention</c><00:46:51.559><c> of</c><00:46:51.699><c> this</c><00:46:51.880><c> yesterday.</c>

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:56.699
Paul<00:46:53.900><c> is</c><00:46:54.219><c> in</c><00:46:54.320><c> his</c><00:46:54.579><c> second</c><00:46:55.079><c> missionary</c><00:46:55.599><c> journey</c><00:46:56.000><c> at</c><00:46:56.260><c> Philippi.</c>

00:46:56.820 --> 00:46:59.840
What<00:46:57.039><c> happened</c><00:46:57.679><c> of</c><00:46:58.519><c> tremendous</c><00:46:59.159><c> significance</c>

00:46:59.840 --> 00:47:02.239
at<00:47:00.039><c> the</c><00:47:00.340><c> conclusion</c><00:47:00.639><c> of</c><00:47:00.840><c> his</c><00:47:01.059><c> first?</c>

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:03.820
Let's<00:47:02.639><c> have</c><00:47:02.699><c> a</c><00:47:02.699><c> look</c><00:47:02.820><c> at</c><00:47:02.900><c> Acts</c><00:47:03.039><c> chapter</c><00:47:03.260><c> 13,</c>

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:06.340
the<00:47:04.360><c> period</c><00:47:04.659><c> in</c><00:47:05.019><c> Antioch.</c>

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:13.139
So<00:47:11.239><c> he's</c><00:47:11.420><c> in</c><00:47:11.599><c> Antioch,</c><00:47:12.099><c> he's</c><00:47:12.179><c> in</c><00:47:12.340><c> Galatia</c><00:47:12.739><c> here.</c>

00:47:13.539 --> 00:47:15.519
And<00:47:13.599><c> as</c><00:47:13.860><c> you</c><00:47:14.059><c> just</c><00:47:14.320><c> look</c><00:47:14.480><c> down</c><00:47:14.719><c> at</c><00:47:14.820><c> Acts</c><00:47:14.940><c> chapter</c><00:47:15.139><c> 13,</c>

00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:18.619
you<00:47:15.780><c> can</c><00:47:16.039><c> see</c><00:47:16.219><c> here</c><00:47:16.440><c> that</c><00:47:16.619><c> Paul</c><00:47:16.880><c> is</c><00:47:17.219><c> speaking</c><00:47:17.440><c> in</c><00:47:17.619><c> the</c><00:47:17.780><c> synagogues,</c>

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:20.480
he's<00:47:18.880><c> speaking</c><00:47:19.219><c> concerning</c><00:47:19.579><c> the</c><00:47:19.860><c> risen</c><00:47:20.099><c> Lord</c>

00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:24.059
and<00:47:21.099><c> they</c><00:47:21.460><c> continually</c><00:47:22.139><c> refuted</c><00:47:23.099><c> his</c><00:47:23.659><c> message.</c>

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:27.320
So<00:47:24.880><c> let's</c><00:47:25.559><c> go</c><00:47:25.739><c> in</c><00:47:25.920><c> then,</c><00:47:26.179><c> it's</c><00:47:26.420><c> Acts</c><00:47:26.639><c> chapter</c><00:47:26.920><c> 13,</c>

00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:29.820
halfway<00:47:27.639><c> down</c><00:47:27.960><c> verse</c><00:47:28.219><c> 46.</c>

00:47:30.619 --> 00:47:32.380
Notice<00:47:30.900><c> these</c><00:47:31.159><c> words</c><00:47:31.420><c> then.</c>

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:35.619
Well,<00:47:32.800><c> let's</c><00:47:33.199><c> just</c><00:47:33.460><c> begin</c><00:47:33.679><c> with</c><00:47:33.860><c> what</c><00:47:34.360><c> Paul</c><00:47:34.719><c> and</c><00:47:35.019><c> Barnabas</c><00:47:35.340><c> said.</c>

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:37.900
It<00:47:35.880><c> was</c><00:47:36.280><c> necessary</c><00:47:36.940><c> that</c><00:47:37.159><c> the</c><00:47:37.340><c> word</c><00:47:37.559><c> of</c><00:47:37.699><c> God</c>

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.019
should<00:47:38.019><c> be</c><00:47:38.019><c> spoken</c><00:47:38.019><c> in</c><00:47:38.019><c> the</c><00:47:38.019><c> synagogues.</c>

00:47:38.019 --> 00:47:40.260
It<00:47:38.019><c> first</c><00:47:38.340><c> had</c><00:47:38.500><c> been</c><00:47:38.639><c> spoken</c><00:47:38.900><c> to</c><00:47:39.159><c> you,</c>

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:41.880
but<00:47:40.679><c> seeing</c><00:47:40.980><c> you</c><00:47:41.219><c> put</c><00:47:41.380><c> it</c><00:47:41.539><c> from</c><00:47:41.739><c> you</c>

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:44.019
and<00:47:42.019><c> judge</c><00:47:42.199><c> yourselves</c><00:47:42.599><c> unworthy</c><00:47:43.059><c> of</c><00:47:43.300><c> everlasting</c><00:47:43.639><c> life,</c>

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:45.139
lo,<00:47:44.320><c> we</c><00:47:44.559><c> turn</c><00:47:44.679><c> to</c><00:47:44.840><c> the</c><00:47:45.000><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:46.000
Now,<00:47:45.320><c> that's</c><00:47:45.519><c> interesting,</c><00:47:45.840><c> isn't</c><00:47:45.920><c> it?</c>

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:49.119
Because<00:47:46.139><c> I've</c><00:47:46.400><c> talked</c><00:47:46.500><c> about</c><00:47:46.980><c> the</c><00:47:47.440><c> symbolic</c><00:47:48.320><c> significance</c>

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:51.960
of<00:47:49.820><c> the</c><00:47:50.199><c> shaking</c><00:47:50.559><c> of</c><00:47:50.880><c> the</c><00:47:51.119><c> jail,</c>

00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:55.699
that<00:47:53.400><c> the</c><00:47:53.679><c> gospel</c><00:47:54.000><c> now</c><00:47:54.320><c> would</c><00:47:54.480><c> go</c><00:47:54.820><c> forth</c><00:47:55.079><c> to</c><00:47:55.260><c> the</c><00:47:55.440><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:47:55.719 --> 00:47:58.739
And<00:47:56.000><c> here,</c><00:47:56.539><c> at</c><00:47:56.719><c> the</c><00:47:57.019><c> conclusion</c><00:47:57.300><c> of</c><00:47:57.420><c> his</c><00:47:57.659><c> first</c><00:47:58.059><c> missionary</c><00:47:58.460><c> journey,</c>

00:47:59.019 --> 00:48:02.579
this<00:47:59.280><c> was</c><00:47:59.460><c> the</c><00:47:59.820><c> specific</c><00:48:00.400><c> message</c><00:48:00.780><c> that</c><00:48:01.059><c> Paul</c><00:48:01.159><c> received</c><00:48:01.579><c> here.</c>

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:04.099
And<00:48:03.260><c> then</c><00:48:03.440><c> verse</c><00:48:03.639><c> 47,</c>

00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:06.699
for<00:48:04.380><c> so</c><00:48:04.820><c> hath</c><00:48:05.019><c> the</c><00:48:05.260><c> Lord</c><00:48:05.500><c> commanded</c><00:48:06.079><c> us,</c><00:48:06.639><c> saying,</c>

00:48:06.699 --> 00:48:09.260
I<00:48:06.940><c> have</c><00:48:07.260><c> set</c><00:48:07.440><c> thee</c><00:48:07.619><c> to</c><00:48:07.780><c> be</c><00:48:07.980><c> a</c><00:48:08.260><c> light</c><00:48:08.440><c> to</c><00:48:08.599><c> the</c><00:48:08.739><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:11.099
that<00:48:09.420><c> thou</c><00:48:09.699><c> shouldest</c><00:48:10.099><c> be</c><00:48:10.300><c> for</c><00:48:10.579><c> salvation</c>

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:13.679
until<00:48:11.719><c> the</c><00:48:12.260><c> ends</c><00:48:12.679><c> of</c><00:48:13.139><c> the</c><00:48:13.340><c> earth.</c>

00:48:13.820 --> 00:48:16.179
Now,<00:48:14.400><c> they</c><00:48:14.739><c> hated</c><00:48:15.159><c> this.</c>

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:19.920
The<00:48:16.920><c> first</c><00:48:17.400><c> reason</c><00:48:18.059><c> why</c><00:48:18.800><c> the</c><00:48:19.179><c> Jews</c><00:48:19.340><c> hated</c><00:48:19.639><c> this,</c>

00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:23.760
because<00:48:20.639><c> Paul</c><00:48:20.980><c> makes</c><00:48:21.440><c> explicit</c><00:48:22.199><c> mention</c><00:48:22.500><c> of</c><00:48:22.820><c> the</c><00:48:23.159><c> Gentiles,</c>

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:26.139
and<00:48:23.980><c> the</c><00:48:24.099><c> Gentiles</c><00:48:24.320><c> had</c><00:48:24.619><c> no</c><00:48:25.199><c> room</c><00:48:25.519><c> in</c><00:48:25.659><c> God's</c><00:48:25.980><c> purpose.</c>

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:28.219
They<00:48:26.280><c> were</c><00:48:26.500><c> dogs,</c><00:48:26.960><c> according</c><00:48:27.219><c> to</c><00:48:27.400><c> the</c><00:48:27.539><c> Jews.</c>

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:32.440
And<00:48:28.619><c> the</c><00:48:28.860><c> second</c><00:48:29.119><c> thing</c><00:48:29.539><c> is</c><00:48:30.119><c> that</c><00:48:30.400><c> he</c><00:48:30.639><c> uses</c><00:48:31.039><c> this</c><00:48:31.380><c> phrase,</c>

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:35.079
a<00:48:32.840><c> light</c><00:48:33.239><c> to</c><00:48:34.159><c> the</c><00:48:34.599><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:37.199
Now,<00:48:35.280><c> we're</c><00:48:35.360><c> gonna</c><00:48:35.480><c> spend</c><00:48:35.639><c> a</c><00:48:35.679><c> bit</c><00:48:35.840><c> of</c><00:48:35.940><c> time</c><00:48:36.059><c> in</c><00:48:36.239><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:48:37.699 --> 00:48:40.940
Come<00:48:37.840><c> with</c><00:48:37.980><c> me</c><00:48:38.119><c> to</c><00:48:38.260><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:38.519><c> 49,</c><00:48:40.440><c> please.</c>

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:46.460
And<00:48:43.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:44.380><c> is</c><00:48:44.739><c> going</c><00:48:44.920><c> to</c><00:48:45.320><c> illuminate</c>

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:50.139
what<00:48:47.599><c> Paul</c><00:48:47.900><c> is</c><00:48:48.139><c> writing</c><00:48:48.440><c> here</c><00:48:48.719><c> under</c><00:48:48.980><c> inspiration.</c>

00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:53.199
We've<00:48:52.539><c> got</c><00:48:52.619><c> all</c><00:48:52.800><c> the</c><00:48:52.960><c> connections.</c>

00:48:53.280 --> 00:48:54.699
There<00:48:53.400><c> are</c><00:48:53.599><c> many</c><00:48:53.900><c> connections</c><00:48:54.380><c> here,</c>

00:48:54.699 --> 00:48:56.000
and<00:48:54.920><c> they're</c><00:48:55.280><c> really</c><00:48:55.599><c> exciting.</c>

00:48:56.079 --> 00:49:00.420
So<00:48:56.219><c> here</c><00:48:56.380><c> then,</c><00:48:57.300><c> halfway</c><00:48:57.480><c> down,</c><00:48:58.500><c> verse</c><00:48:58.860><c> six,</c>

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:03.320
in<00:49:00.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:01.320><c> 49,</c><00:49:02.280><c> we</c><00:49:02.599><c> read</c><00:49:02.860><c> the</c><00:49:03.059><c> words,</c>

00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:05.860
I<00:49:03.739><c> will</c><00:49:03.920><c> also</c><00:49:04.400><c> give</c><00:49:04.699><c> thee</c><00:49:04.920><c> for</c><00:49:05.099><c> a</c><00:49:05.260><c> light</c><00:49:05.360><c> to</c><00:49:05.519><c> the</c><00:49:05.639><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:08.840
So<00:49:06.019><c> just</c><00:49:06.280><c> put</c><00:49:06.539><c> a</c><00:49:06.719><c> marker</c><00:49:07.039><c> in</c><00:49:07.659><c> your</c><00:49:07.920><c> margin,</c><00:49:08.340><c> please.</c>

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:12.639
Paul,<00:49:09.380><c> in</c><00:49:09.559><c> Acts</c><00:49:09.719><c> 13,</c><00:49:10.159><c> is</c><00:49:10.460><c> quoting</c><00:49:10.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:11.400><c> 49.</c>

00:49:13.760 --> 00:49:16.480
He's<00:49:14.199><c> quoting</c><00:49:14.639><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:15.719><c> 49.</c>

00:49:16.579 --> 00:49:19.440
And<00:49:16.800><c> to</c><00:49:17.159><c> remind</c><00:49:18.079><c> his</c><00:49:18.739><c> readers</c>

00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:22.699
of<00:49:19.900><c> what</c><00:49:20.260><c> happened</c><00:49:20.420><c> in</c><00:49:20.719><c> Antioch</c><00:49:21.039><c> and</c><00:49:21.159><c> Galatia,</c>

00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:25.960
in<00:49:23.119><c> Galatians</c><00:49:23.800><c> 1</c><00:49:24.139><c> and</c><00:49:24.280><c> verse</c><00:49:24.500><c> 16,</c><00:49:24.880><c> just</c><00:49:25.139><c> make</c><00:49:25.380><c> a</c><00:49:25.519><c> note</c><00:49:25.659><c> of</c><00:49:25.780><c> it,</c>

00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:28.320
he<00:49:26.260><c> reminds</c><00:49:26.760><c> them</c><00:49:27.000><c> of</c><00:49:27.159><c> what</c><00:49:27.420><c> happened.</c>

00:49:28.820 --> 00:49:32.380
So<00:49:29.019><c> not</c><00:49:29.159><c> only</c><00:49:29.360><c> does</c><00:49:29.500><c> he</c><00:49:29.800><c> quote</c><00:49:30.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:30.380><c> 49</c><00:49:30.920><c> in</c><00:49:31.900><c> Galatia,</c>

00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:35.239
he<00:49:32.739><c> reminds</c><00:49:33.519><c> them</c><00:49:34.159><c> when</c><00:49:34.440><c> he</c><00:49:34.579><c> writes</c><00:49:34.840><c> to</c><00:49:35.059><c> them</c>

00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:37.679
in<00:49:35.480><c> Galatians</c><00:49:35.880><c> 1</c><00:49:36.219><c> and</c><00:49:36.440><c> verse</c><00:49:36.619><c> 16.</c>

00:49:38.179 --> 00:49:40.559
Now,<00:49:38.300><c> there's</c><00:49:38.480><c> a</c><00:49:38.579><c> few</c><00:49:38.659><c> things</c><00:49:38.840><c> I</c><00:49:38.960><c> want</c><00:49:39.079><c> you</c><00:49:39.199><c> to</c><00:49:39.340><c> notice</c><00:49:39.559><c> here.</c>

00:49:40.579 --> 00:49:42.539
So<00:49:40.780><c> verse</c><00:49:41.079><c> one</c><00:49:41.380><c> of</c><00:49:41.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:41.840><c> 49</c><00:49:42.320><c> says,</c>

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:47.019
the<00:49:42.820><c> Lord</c><00:49:43.619><c> hath</c><00:49:44.119><c> called</c><00:49:44.579><c> me</c><00:49:45.280><c> from</c><00:49:45.920><c> the</c><00:49:46.280><c> womb.</c>

00:49:47.280 --> 00:49:49.300
If<00:49:47.460><c> you</c><00:49:47.539><c> look</c><00:49:47.659><c> down</c><00:49:47.820><c> at</c><00:49:47.960><c> Galatians</c><00:49:48.260><c> 1</c><00:49:48.460><c> and</c><00:49:48.579><c> verse</c><00:49:48.739><c> 15,</c>

00:49:49.460 --> 00:49:54.019
we<00:49:49.599><c> read,</c><00:49:50.699><c> God</c><00:49:51.019><c> who</c><00:49:51.480><c> separated</c><00:49:52.000><c> me</c><00:49:52.639><c> from</c><00:49:52.940><c> my</c><00:49:53.440><c> mother's</c><00:49:53.940><c> womb.</c>

00:49:54.039 --> 00:49:56.539
So<00:49:54.159><c> there's</c><00:49:54.480><c> another</c><00:49:54.820><c> connection</c><00:49:55.380><c> with</c><00:49:55.619><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:56.039><c> 49</c>

00:49:56.539 --> 00:49:58.440
and<00:49:56.780><c> here</c><00:49:56.900><c> in</c><00:49:57.099><c> Galatians.</c>

00:49:58.539 --> 00:50:00.679
And<00:49:58.800><c> then</c><00:49:59.059><c> incidentally,</c><00:49:59.559><c> if</c><00:49:59.699><c> you</c><00:49:59.780><c> look</c><00:49:59.900><c> at</c><00:50:00.039><c> verse</c><00:50:00.320><c> four</c>

00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:03.960
of<00:50:00.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:01.159><c> 49,</c><00:50:01.800><c> we</c><00:50:01.900><c> read</c><00:50:02.119><c> there,</c><00:50:02.639><c> I</c><00:50:02.699><c> have</c><00:50:03.039><c> labored</c><00:50:03.440><c> in</c><00:50:03.840><c> vain.</c>

00:50:04.179 --> 00:50:06.559
I<00:50:04.179><c> have</c><00:50:04.480><c> spent</c><00:50:04.679><c> my</c><00:50:05.039><c> strength</c><00:50:05.400><c> for</c><00:50:05.659><c> naught</c><00:50:05.920><c> and</c><00:50:06.179><c> in</c><00:50:06.400><c> vain.</c>

00:50:06.659 --> 00:50:10.300
And<00:50:06.860><c> the</c><00:50:07.099><c> very</c><00:50:07.500><c> same</c><00:50:07.820><c> words</c><00:50:08.320><c> are</c><00:50:08.780><c> used</c><00:50:09.059><c> in</c><00:50:09.260><c> Philippians</c><00:50:09.539><c> 2</c><00:50:09.760><c> verse</c><00:50:09.860><c> 16,</c>

00:50:10.719 --> 00:50:13.599
that<00:50:10.840><c> I</c><00:50:10.980><c> have</c><00:50:11.260><c> not</c><00:50:11.679><c> run</c><00:50:11.860><c> in</c><00:50:12.099><c> vain,</c><00:50:12.400><c> neither</c><00:50:12.579><c> labored</c><00:50:13.119><c> in</c><00:50:13.440><c> vain.</c>

00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:15.840
Okay,<00:50:14.019><c> so</c><00:50:14.719><c> what</c><00:50:14.980><c> we're</c><00:50:15.320><c> saying</c><00:50:15.579><c> here,</c>

00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:17.579
something<00:50:16.239><c> incredibly</c><00:50:16.780><c> important</c><00:50:17.159><c> happened</c>

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:20.219
in<00:50:17.840><c> Antioch</c><00:50:18.119><c> and</c><00:50:18.239><c> Galatia</c><00:50:18.860><c> and</c><00:50:19.239><c> through</c><00:50:19.559><c> Galatians</c>

00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:22.539
and<00:50:20.539><c> through</c><00:50:21.239><c> the</c><00:50:21.699><c> Philippians,</c>

00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:25.280
Paul<00:50:23.260><c> makes</c><00:50:23.719><c> mention</c><00:50:24.199><c> of</c><00:50:24.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:24.840><c> 49.</c>

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:27.039
So<00:50:25.460><c> that's</c><00:50:25.639><c> the</c><00:50:25.739><c> point</c><00:50:25.820><c> we're</c><00:50:25.980><c> making</c><00:50:26.219><c> here.</c>

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:28.199
Why?

00:50:29.519 --> 00:50:30.920
Why,<00:50:30.280><c> brothers</c><00:50:30.420><c> and</c><00:50:30.659><c> sisters?</c>

00:50:31.260 --> 00:50:36.320
Why<00:50:31.579><c> is</c><00:50:31.900><c> Paul</c><00:50:32.139><c> making</c><00:50:32.900><c> special</c><00:50:33.539><c> mention</c><00:50:33.900><c> of</c><00:50:34.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:34.800><c> 49?</c>

00:50:39.179 --> 00:50:41.900
And<00:50:39.340><c> brothers</c><00:50:39.519><c> and</c><00:50:39.699><c> sisters,</c><00:50:39.960><c> I</c><00:50:40.239><c> find</c><00:50:40.420><c> this</c><00:50:40.559><c> very</c><00:50:40.860><c> moving.</c>

00:50:42.440 --> 00:50:43.880
Because<00:50:42.699><c> when</c><00:50:42.880><c> you</c><00:50:43.039><c> look</c><00:50:43.179><c> at</c><00:50:43.340><c> verse</c><00:50:43.559><c> six,</c>

00:50:44.059 --> 00:50:45.960
I<00:50:44.099><c> will</c><00:50:44.360><c> also</c><00:50:44.699><c> give</c><00:50:44.940><c> the</c><00:50:45.119><c> light</c><00:50:45.360><c> to</c><00:50:45.559><c> the</c><00:50:45.639><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:50:46.019 --> 00:50:48.159
Paul<00:50:46.360><c> is</c><00:50:46.679><c> saying</c><00:50:46.880><c> plainly,</c>

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:52.099
that<00:50:49.659><c> not</c><00:50:49.860><c> only</c><00:50:50.039><c> was</c><00:50:50.219><c> he</c><00:50:50.380><c> the</c><00:50:50.579><c> chosen</c><00:50:50.980><c> vessel,</c>

00:50:53.059 --> 00:50:57.719
the<00:50:53.619><c> light</c><00:50:54.019><c> would</c><00:50:54.340><c> not</c><00:50:54.900><c> shine</c><00:50:55.300><c> upon</c><00:50:55.619><c> the</c><00:50:55.800><c> Gentiles</c>

00:50:57.940 --> 00:51:00.539
until<00:50:58.500><c> Paul</c><00:50:58.860><c> came</c><00:50:59.199><c> upon</c><00:50:59.500><c> the</c><00:50:59.739><c> scene.</c>

00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:02.719
Brothers<00:51:02.340><c> and</c><00:51:02.579><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:02.760 --> 00:51:05.719
that<00:51:02.960><c> is</c><00:51:03.179><c> the</c><00:51:03.400><c> standing</c><00:51:03.659><c> of</c><00:51:03.960><c> Paul</c><00:51:04.139><c> in</c><00:51:04.360><c> history.</c>

00:51:06.500 --> 00:51:08.900
He<00:51:06.599><c> calls</c><00:51:06.679><c> himself</c><00:51:07.039><c> the</c><00:51:07.320><c> least</c><00:51:07.480><c> of</c><00:51:07.659><c> the</c><00:51:07.840><c> apostles.</c>

00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:10.880
He<00:51:09.500><c> is</c><00:51:09.800><c> the</c><00:51:10.179><c> chosen</c><00:51:10.619><c> vessel.</c>

00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:14.039
He<00:51:11.239><c> wasn't</c><00:51:11.500><c> just</c><00:51:12.239><c> a</c><00:51:13.019><c> vehicle</c><00:51:13.360><c> of</c><00:51:13.619><c> the</c><00:51:13.800><c> gospel.</c>

00:51:14.179 --> 00:51:17.559
He<00:51:14.460><c> was</c><00:51:14.860><c> the</c><00:51:15.440><c> vehicle</c><00:51:16.059><c> of</c><00:51:16.420><c> the</c><00:51:16.579><c> gospel,</c><00:51:17.000><c> brothers</c><00:51:17.119><c> and</c><00:51:17.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:17.619 --> 00:51:20.199
This<00:51:17.900><c> is</c><00:51:18.420><c> our</c><00:51:18.659><c> beloved</c><00:51:19.179><c> Paul.</c>

00:51:20.500 --> 00:51:22.420
And<00:51:21.019><c> this</c><00:51:21.260><c> is</c><00:51:21.480><c> the</c><00:51:21.619><c> point</c><00:51:21.760><c> that's</c><00:51:21.940><c> being</c><00:51:22.119><c> made.</c>

00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:25.280
And<00:51:22.800><c> now</c><00:51:23.000><c> the</c><00:51:23.280><c> light</c><00:51:23.480><c> is</c><00:51:23.699><c> going</c><00:51:23.820><c> to</c><00:51:23.980><c> be</c><00:51:24.239><c> released.</c>

00:51:25.659 --> 00:51:29.780
The<00:51:25.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:51:26.280><c> 49</c><00:51:27.179><c> prophecy</c><00:51:27.840><c> is</c><00:51:28.300><c> now</c><00:51:28.619><c> going</c><00:51:28.860><c> to</c><00:51:29.039><c> be</c><00:51:29.260><c> released.</c>

00:51:30.219 --> 00:51:31.780
He<00:51:30.460><c> announces</c><00:51:30.960><c> himself</c><00:51:31.380><c> at</c><00:51:31.579><c> the</c><00:51:31.659><c> end</c>

00:51:31.780 --> 00:51:33.360
of<00:51:31.940><c> the</c><00:51:32.079><c> first</c><00:51:32.280><c> missionary</c><00:51:32.559><c> journey</c><00:51:32.820><c> in</c><00:51:33.079><c> Antioch.</c>

00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:36.619
And<00:51:33.679><c> now</c><00:51:34.300><c> Philippi</c><00:51:35.260><c> is</c><00:51:35.659><c> going</c><00:51:35.840><c> to</c><00:51:36.019><c> now</c><00:51:36.199><c> feel</c>

00:51:36.619 --> 00:51:39.480
that<00:51:36.900><c> the</c><00:51:37.260><c> full</c><00:51:37.619><c> weight</c><00:51:37.840><c> of</c><00:51:38.119><c> this</c><00:51:38.400><c> message,</c><00:51:38.760><c> isn't</c><00:51:38.940><c> that</c><00:51:39.139><c> lovely?</c>

00:51:39.940 --> 00:51:45.579
The<00:51:40.300><c> shaking</c><00:51:40.739><c> of</c><00:51:41.320><c> the</c><00:51:41.519><c> prison</c><00:51:41.760><c> there</c><00:51:42.119><c> in</c><00:51:42.880><c> Acts</c><00:51:43.400><c> chapter</c><00:51:44.320><c> 16.</c>

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:48.219
So<00:51:47.000><c> you</c><00:51:47.519><c> can</c><00:51:47.719><c> take</c><00:51:47.900><c> the</c><00:51:48.079><c> slides,</c>

00:51:48.219 --> 00:51:49.880
but<00:51:48.380><c> remember</c><00:51:48.800><c> here</c><00:51:49.039><c> in</c><00:51:49.079><c> Acts</c><00:51:49.239><c> chapter</c><00:51:49.480><c> nine,</c>

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:51.320
the<00:51:50.139><c> words</c><00:51:50.380><c> of</c><00:51:50.579><c> Ananias</c><00:51:50.940><c> there,</c>

00:51:51.440 --> 00:51:52.480
that<00:51:51.599><c> the</c><00:51:51.679><c> God</c><00:51:51.820><c> said</c><00:51:51.940><c> to</c><00:51:52.079><c> Ananias,</c>

00:51:52.619 --> 00:51:54.019
Paul<00:51:52.699><c> is</c><00:51:52.840><c> a</c><00:51:53.000><c> chosen</c><00:51:53.380><c> vessel</c><00:51:53.659><c> unto</c><00:51:53.840><c> me</c>

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:56.719
to<00:51:54.199><c> bear</c><00:51:54.460><c> my</c><00:51:54.739><c> name</c><00:51:54.880><c> before</c><00:51:55.440><c> the</c><00:51:55.699><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:56.099><c> and</c><00:51:56.340><c> kings</c>

00:51:56.719 --> 00:51:57.900
and<00:51:56.880><c> the</c><00:51:57.059><c> children</c><00:51:57.320><c> of</c><00:51:57.519><c> Israel.</c>

00:51:58.219 --> 00:52:02.000
And<00:51:58.340><c> now</c><00:51:58.599><c> he</c><00:51:58.860><c> becomes</c><00:51:59.159><c> the</c><00:51:59.699><c> fulfillment</c><00:52:00.260><c> of</c><00:52:00.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:01.340><c> 49.</c>

00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:03.539
And<00:52:02.480><c> have</c><00:52:02.599><c> you</c><00:52:02.679><c> ever</c><00:52:02.860><c> thought</c><00:52:03.099><c> about</c><00:52:03.360><c> this,</c>

00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:05.179
as<00:52:03.719><c> you</c><00:52:03.880><c> make</c><00:52:04.159><c> these</c><00:52:04.539><c> connections</c><00:52:04.900><c> here,</c>

00:52:05.239 --> 00:52:07.179
that<00:52:05.460><c> the</c><00:52:05.960><c> earth,</c><00:52:06.219><c> the</c><00:52:06.420><c> Gentile</c><00:52:06.960><c> earth,</c>

00:52:07.219 --> 00:52:09.539
now<00:52:07.460><c> is</c><00:52:07.699><c> beginning</c><00:52:08.079><c> to</c><00:52:08.420><c> shake</c><00:52:08.559><c> in</c><00:52:08.699><c> Acts</c><00:52:08.900><c> chapter</c><00:52:09.139><c> 16.</c>

00:52:09.679 --> 00:52:13.559
And<00:52:10.000><c> that</c><00:52:10.320><c> shaking</c><00:52:10.699><c> would</c><00:52:11.039><c> continue</c><00:52:11.559><c> through</c><00:52:12.260><c> time.</c>

00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:16.320
God<00:52:14.179><c> is</c><00:52:14.579><c> shaking</c><00:52:14.900><c> the</c><00:52:15.159><c> earth,</c><00:52:15.500><c> brothers</c><00:52:15.619><c> and</c><00:52:15.880><c> sisters.</c>

00:52:16.320 --> 00:52:17.840
We're<00:52:16.940><c> living</c><00:52:17.199><c> in</c><00:52:17.360><c> a</c><00:52:17.579><c> world</c>

00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:21.219
that<00:52:18.139><c> is</c><00:52:18.340><c> to</c><00:52:18.480><c> describe</c><00:52:18.699><c> a</c><00:52:18.880><c> world</c><00:52:18.980><c> of</c><00:52:19.260><c> fear</c><00:52:19.440><c> and</c><00:52:19.900><c> trembling.</c>

00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:23.179
Men's<00:52:21.960><c> hearts</c><00:52:22.119><c> failing</c><00:52:22.539><c> them</c><00:52:22.719><c> for</c><00:52:22.960><c> fear.</c>

00:52:23.300 --> 00:52:24.420
This<00:52:23.500><c> is</c><00:52:23.719><c> the</c><00:52:23.820><c> purpose</c><00:52:24.119><c> of</c><00:52:24.320><c> God.</c>

00:52:24.579 --> 00:52:26.219
And<00:52:24.699><c> he</c><00:52:24.820><c> will</c><00:52:25.039><c> continue</c><00:52:25.559><c> to</c><00:52:25.820><c> shake</c><00:52:25.940><c> the</c><00:52:26.099><c> earth</c>

00:52:26.219 --> 00:52:28.400
until<00:52:26.619><c> as</c><00:52:26.780><c> we</c><00:52:26.980><c> read</c><00:52:27.079><c> at</c><00:52:27.199><c> the</c><00:52:27.219><c> end</c><00:52:27.380><c> of</c><00:52:27.539><c> Ezekiel</c><00:52:27.840><c> 38,</c>

00:52:28.619 --> 00:52:31.539
until<00:52:29.019><c> the</c><00:52:29.719><c> world,</c><00:52:30.360><c> the</c><00:52:30.500><c> nations</c><00:52:30.840><c> of</c><00:52:31.039><c> the</c><00:52:31.239><c> earth</c>

00:52:31.539 --> 00:52:33.760
will<00:52:31.920><c> know</c><00:52:32.159><c> that</c><00:52:32.420><c> I</c><00:52:32.699><c> am</c><00:52:32.960><c> Yahweh.</c>

00:52:34.099 --> 00:52:34.840
Can<00:52:34.280><c> you</c><00:52:34.340><c> see</c><00:52:34.480><c> that?</c>

00:52:35.219 --> 00:52:37.539
The<00:52:35.559><c> nations</c><00:52:36.000><c> of</c><00:52:36.260><c> the</c><00:52:36.500><c> earth.</c>

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:40.119
This<00:52:37.760><c> is</c><00:52:37.960><c> the</c><00:52:38.139><c> Genesis</c><00:52:38.480><c> 12</c><00:52:38.980><c> promise.</c>

00:52:40.139 --> 00:52:42.900
And<00:52:40.320><c> he</c><00:52:40.519><c> begins</c><00:52:40.900><c> here</c><00:52:41.420><c> with</c><00:52:41.760><c> a</c><00:52:42.019><c> shaking</c><00:52:42.300><c> at</c><00:52:42.579><c> Philippi.</c>

00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:44.480
That<00:52:43.079><c> is</c><00:52:43.300><c> the</c><00:52:43.500><c> significance.</c>

00:52:45.619 --> 00:52:47.280
Well,<00:52:46.139><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:46.519><c> 49,</c>

00:52:47.840 --> 00:52:50.079
and<00:52:48.360><c> we're</c><00:52:48.539><c> gonna</c><00:52:48.599><c> see</c><00:52:48.780><c> you</c><00:52:48.860><c> in</c><00:52:48.980><c> the</c><00:52:49.099><c> course</c><00:52:49.239><c> of</c><00:52:49.440><c> the</c><00:52:49.440><c> week,</c>

00:52:50.320 --> 00:52:53.800
that<00:52:50.360><c> I</c><00:52:51.000><c> would</c><00:52:51.159><c> suggest</c><00:52:51.360><c> the</c><00:52:51.659><c> whole</c><00:52:51.940><c> of</c><00:52:52.179><c> the</c><00:52:52.460><c> prophetic</c><00:52:53.219><c> sufferings</c>

00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:56.599
of<00:52:54.840><c> Isaiah,</c><00:52:55.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:55.739><c> 40</c><00:52:56.079><c> to</c><00:52:56.239><c> 66,</c>

00:52:56.840 --> 00:52:59.579
come<00:52:56.940><c> all</c><00:52:57.219><c> the</c><00:52:57.280><c> way</c><00:52:57.420><c> through</c><00:52:57.880><c> the</c><00:52:58.179><c> book</c><00:52:58.440><c> of</c><00:52:58.719><c> Philippi.</c>

00:53:00.800 --> 00:53:04.099
But<00:53:01.320><c> there</c><00:53:01.480><c> was</c><00:53:01.659><c> a</c><00:53:01.820><c> first</c><00:53:02.039><c> message</c><00:53:02.340><c> here,</c><00:53:02.739><c> brothers</c><00:53:02.840><c> and</c><00:53:03.099><c> sisters.</c>

00:53:04.179 --> 00:53:06.239
The<00:53:04.480><c> suffering</c><00:53:04.860><c> servant</c><00:53:05.179><c> prophecies</c><00:53:05.659><c> of</c><00:53:05.860><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:53:06.320 --> 00:53:09.000
who<00:53:06.900><c> did</c><00:53:07.079><c> it</c><00:53:07.360><c> relate</c><00:53:07.559><c> to</c><00:53:07.780><c> first?</c>

00:53:10.219 --> 00:53:11.760
It<00:53:10.579><c> pointed</c><00:53:10.840><c> to</c><00:53:11.079><c> Jesus</c><00:53:11.500><c> Christ,</c>

00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:12.820
but<00:53:11.940><c> who</c><00:53:12.099><c> did</c><00:53:12.219><c> it</c><00:53:12.400><c> relate</c><00:53:12.559><c> to</c><00:53:12.679><c> first?</c>

00:53:12.820 --> 00:53:15.360
It<00:53:13.119><c> related</c><00:53:13.619><c> to</c><00:53:14.260><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:53:16.219 --> 00:53:18.360
And<00:53:16.519><c> why</c><00:53:16.699><c> was</c><00:53:16.900><c> Hezekiah</c><00:53:17.460><c> a</c><00:53:17.599><c> man</c><00:53:17.760><c> who</c><00:53:17.880><c> was</c><00:53:18.119><c> described</c>

00:53:18.360 --> 00:53:19.320
as<00:53:18.519><c> a</c><00:53:18.659><c> light</c><00:53:18.780><c> to</c><00:53:18.920><c> the</c><00:53:19.059><c> Gentiles?</c>

00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:22.000
Because<00:53:19.659><c> he</c><00:53:19.840><c> was</c><00:53:20.059><c> the</c><00:53:20.239><c> one</c><00:53:20.480><c> who</c><00:53:20.820><c> started</c><00:53:21.099><c> a</c><00:53:21.400><c> reformation.</c>

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:23.159
He<00:53:22.400><c> restored</c><00:53:22.739><c> the</c><00:53:22.960><c> temple.</c>

00:53:23.199 --> 00:53:26.360
So<00:53:23.360><c> the</c><00:53:23.519><c> temple</c><00:53:23.840><c> then</c><00:53:24.099><c> became</c><00:53:24.659><c> a</c><00:53:25.139><c> light</c><00:53:25.340><c> to</c><00:53:25.519><c> the</c><00:53:25.699><c> surrounding</c><00:53:26.000><c> nations.</c>

00:53:26.559 --> 00:53:28.920
That's<00:53:26.800><c> what</c><00:53:26.980><c> God</c><00:53:27.219><c> instructed</c><00:53:27.639><c> the</c><00:53:27.820><c> nation</c><00:53:28.059><c> of</c><00:53:28.159><c> Israel</c><00:53:28.440><c> to</c><00:53:28.719><c> do,</c>

00:53:29.059 --> 00:53:30.579
to<00:53:29.179><c> be</c><00:53:29.380><c> a</c><00:53:29.599><c> light</c><00:53:29.760><c> to</c><00:53:29.900><c> the</c><00:53:30.039><c> surrounding</c><00:53:30.300><c> nations.</c>

00:53:30.679 --> 00:53:33.119
And<00:53:30.820><c> it</c><00:53:30.880><c> was</c><00:53:31.059><c> Hezekiah</c><00:53:31.739><c> that</c><00:53:31.980><c> started</c><00:53:32.119><c> the</c><00:53:32.340><c> reformation.</c>

00:53:33.519 --> 00:53:35.119
And<00:53:33.719><c> it</c><00:53:33.840><c> became</c><00:53:34.000><c> this</c><00:53:34.280><c> beaming</c><00:53:34.659><c> light.</c>

00:53:35.440 --> 00:53:38.219
And<00:53:35.599><c> he</c><00:53:35.699><c> was</c><00:53:35.880><c> the</c><00:53:36.059><c> one</c><00:53:36.360><c> who</c><00:53:36.719><c> restored</c><00:53:37.139><c> the</c><00:53:37.420><c> health</c><00:53:37.619><c> of</c><00:53:37.860><c> Israel.</c>

00:53:38.360 --> 00:53:41.500
He<00:53:38.579><c> was</c><00:53:38.840><c> a</c><00:53:38.980><c> light</c><00:53:39.119><c> to</c><00:53:39.280><c> the</c><00:53:39.420><c> Gentiles,</c><00:53:40.039><c> brothers</c><00:53:40.159><c> and</c><00:53:40.420><c> sisters.</c>

00:53:42.300 --> 00:53:44.579
Hezekiah,<00:53:42.920><c> and</c><00:53:43.320><c> we're</c><00:53:43.500><c> gonna</c><00:53:43.539><c> see</c><00:53:43.760><c> many</c><00:53:44.099><c> connections</c>

00:53:44.579 --> 00:53:48.119
with<00:53:45.079><c> Hezekiah</c><00:53:45.840><c> this</c><00:53:46.980><c> week.</c>

00:53:49.380 --> 00:53:51.079
And<00:53:49.480><c> we're</c><00:53:49.639><c> gonna</c><00:53:49.659><c> look</c><00:53:49.840><c> at</c><00:53:49.960><c> one</c><00:53:50.079><c> now.</c>

00:53:51.420 --> 00:53:55.039
So,<00:53:52.780><c> just</c><00:53:53.079><c> take</c><00:53:53.300><c> your</c><00:53:53.460><c> mind</c><00:53:53.579><c> back</c><00:53:53.760><c> a</c><00:53:53.920><c> few</c><00:53:54.039><c> moments.</c>

00:53:55.699 --> 00:53:58.300
Remember<00:53:56.079><c> that</c><00:53:56.400><c> cornerstone</c><00:53:57.159><c> verse</c><00:53:57.739><c> that</c><00:53:57.880><c> I</c><00:53:58.079><c> said,</c>

00:53:58.719 --> 00:54:00.500
we<00:53:58.840><c> find</c><00:53:59.039><c> in</c><00:53:59.219><c> Philippians</c><00:53:59.599><c> 1</c><00:53:59.860><c> verse</c><00:54:00.119><c> 6,</c>

00:54:00.539 --> 00:54:03.800
"'He<00:54:00.760><c> that</c><00:54:00.880><c> hath</c><00:54:01.079><c> begun</c><00:54:01.380><c> a</c><00:54:01.539><c> good</c><00:54:01.739><c> work</c><00:54:02.059><c> in</c><00:54:02.280><c> you</c><00:54:02.619><c> will</c><00:54:03.260><c> finish</c><00:54:03.639><c> it.'"</c>

00:54:03.800 --> 00:54:07.039
Well,<00:54:04.139><c> brothers</c><00:54:04.219><c> and</c><00:54:04.420><c> sisters,</c><00:54:04.659><c> this</c><00:54:04.900><c> is</c><00:54:05.119><c> a</c><00:54:05.280><c> Hezekiah</c><00:54:05.880><c> phrase.</c>

00:54:08.719 --> 00:54:11.500
When<00:54:09.159><c> you</c><00:54:09.380><c> look</c><00:54:09.599><c> at</c><00:54:09.719><c> the</c><00:54:09.900><c> kings</c><00:54:10.179><c> of</c><00:54:10.420><c> Israel,</c>

00:54:11.920 --> 00:54:14.500
there<00:54:12.079><c> is</c><00:54:12.300><c> a</c><00:54:12.400><c> description</c><00:54:12.880><c> about</c><00:54:13.219><c> Hezekiah</c><00:54:13.780><c> that</c><00:54:13.940><c> is</c><00:54:14.219><c> unique.</c>

00:54:14.519 --> 00:54:15.659
It<00:54:14.619><c> is</c><00:54:14.860><c> entirely</c><00:54:15.199><c> distinctive.</c>

00:54:16.139 --> 00:54:17.900
And<00:54:16.320><c> you</c><00:54:16.360><c> know</c><00:54:16.460><c> what</c><00:54:16.599><c> it</c><00:54:16.780><c> is?</c>

00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:20.159
Hezekiah<00:54:18.340><c> began</c><00:54:18.760><c> and</c><00:54:18.940><c> he</c><00:54:19.219><c> finished.</c>

00:54:20.800 --> 00:54:22.920
We<00:54:21.079><c> would</c><00:54:21.360><c> call</c><00:54:21.519><c> Hezekiah</c><00:54:22.099><c> a</c><00:54:22.480><c> finisher.</c>

00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:24.059
It's<00:54:23.519><c> a</c><00:54:23.579><c> good</c><00:54:23.659><c> thing,</c><00:54:23.860><c> isn't</c><00:54:23.940><c> it?</c>

00:54:24.059 --> 00:54:25.280
He<00:54:24.260><c> was</c><00:54:24.480><c> a</c><00:54:24.820><c> finisher.</c>

00:54:25.420 --> 00:54:27.199
He<00:54:25.619><c> began</c><00:54:25.840><c> things</c><00:54:26.059><c> and</c><00:54:26.199><c> he</c><00:54:26.360><c> finished.</c>

00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:29.719
And<00:54:28.119><c> the</c><00:54:28.559><c> references</c><00:54:28.960><c> there</c><00:54:29.300><c> on</c><00:54:29.539><c> the</c><00:54:29.639><c> screen,</c>

00:54:29.739 --> 00:54:31.320
we<00:54:29.840><c> don't</c><00:54:29.980><c> have</c><00:54:30.119><c> time</c><00:54:30.300><c> to</c><00:54:30.420><c> look</c><00:54:30.599><c> at</c><00:54:30.659><c> them</c><00:54:30.880><c> individually,</c>

00:54:31.320 --> 00:54:32.679
but<00:54:31.480><c> it's</c><00:54:31.739><c> lovely.</c>

00:54:32.699 --> 00:54:35.420
The<00:54:32.900><c> way</c><00:54:33.000><c> he</c><00:54:33.320><c> restored</c><00:54:33.940><c> the</c><00:54:34.300><c> Passover</c><00:54:34.800><c> and</c><00:54:35.079><c> the</c><00:54:35.260><c> temple.</c>

00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:36.519
There's<00:54:35.639><c> a</c><00:54:35.739><c> whole</c><00:54:35.980><c> series</c><00:54:36.519><c> of</c><00:54:36.519><c> references</c>

00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:38.860
of<00:54:36.719><c> things</c><00:54:37.019><c> that</c><00:54:37.199><c> he</c><00:54:37.400><c> began</c><00:54:37.659><c> and</c><00:54:37.800><c> he</c><00:54:38.039><c> finished.</c>

00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:41.500
And<00:54:39.139><c> this</c><00:54:39.280><c> is</c><00:54:39.460><c> the</c><00:54:39.679><c> language</c><00:54:40.059><c> of</c><00:54:40.500><c> Philippi.</c>

00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:45.400
So,<00:54:44.019><c> in</c><00:54:44.139><c> other</c><00:54:44.260><c> words,</c><00:54:44.599><c> then,</c><00:54:44.699><c> brothers</c><00:54:44.840><c> and</c><00:54:45.039><c> sisters,</c>

00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:47.980
Paul<00:54:45.800><c> is</c><00:54:46.199><c> saying</c><00:54:46.500><c> to</c><00:54:46.699><c> this</c><00:54:46.880><c> lovely</c><00:54:47.219><c> Ecclesia</c><00:54:47.480><c> of</c><00:54:47.659><c> Philippi,</c>

00:54:48.139 --> 00:54:49.619
remember<00:54:48.380><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:54:50.159 --> 00:54:52.699
Remember<00:54:50.519><c> how</c><00:54:50.679><c> he</c><00:54:50.900><c> began</c><00:54:51.179><c> and</c><00:54:51.340><c> he</c><00:54:51.679><c> finished.</c>

00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:57.179
And<00:54:54.019><c> God</c><00:54:54.159><c> hath</c><00:54:54.360><c> begun</c><00:54:54.599><c> a</c><00:54:54.780><c> good</c><00:54:54.960><c> work</c><00:54:55.179><c> in</c><00:54:55.420><c> you,</c><00:54:55.619><c> so</c><00:54:55.900><c> finish.</c>

00:54:57.639 --> 00:54:58.880
Be<00:54:58.019><c> like</c><00:54:58.320><c> Hezekiah.</c>

00:54:58.980 --> 00:55:00.480
And<00:54:59.260><c> the</c><00:54:59.519><c> strength</c><00:54:59.659><c> comes</c><00:54:59.860><c> from</c><00:55:00.019><c> God</c><00:55:00.159><c> anyway,</c>

00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:02.320
because<00:55:00.739><c> he's</c><00:55:01.059><c> going</c><00:55:01.199><c> to</c><00:55:01.420><c> finish.</c>

00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:03.659
But<00:55:02.599><c> allow</c><00:55:02.920><c> God</c><00:55:03.159><c> to</c><00:55:03.480><c> finish.</c>

00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:04.340
Can<00:55:03.880><c> you</c><00:55:03.980><c> see</c><00:55:04.099><c> that?</c>

00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:06.239
You<00:55:04.820><c> can</c><00:55:05.179><c> see</c><00:55:05.579><c> this</c><00:55:05.840><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:55:06.239 --> 00:55:09.940
You<00:55:06.420><c> can</c><00:55:06.780><c> see</c><00:55:06.980><c> how</c><00:55:07.219><c> God</c><00:55:07.460><c> is</c><00:55:08.300><c> so</c><00:55:08.699><c> pervasive</c><00:55:09.300><c> with</c><00:55:09.480><c> this</c><00:55:09.679><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:55:09.940 --> 00:55:12.079
in<00:55:10.179><c> establishing</c><00:55:10.639><c> this</c><00:55:10.900><c> Gentile</c><00:55:11.380><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:55:12.420 --> 00:55:14.500
Allow<00:55:12.840><c> God</c><00:55:13.159><c> to</c><00:55:13.480><c> finish,</c><00:55:13.820><c> brothers</c><00:55:14.079><c> and</c><00:55:14.300><c> sisters.</c>

00:55:14.800 --> 00:55:16.699
We<00:55:15.079><c> need</c><00:55:15.340><c> to</c><00:55:15.480><c> be</c><00:55:15.639><c> the</c><00:55:15.820><c> same,</c><00:55:16.119><c> don't</c><00:55:16.340><c> we?</c>

00:55:16.900 --> 00:55:17.860
We<00:55:17.099><c> need</c><00:55:17.300><c> to</c><00:55:17.400><c> be</c><00:55:17.519><c> the</c><00:55:17.659><c> same.</c>

00:55:18.179 --> 00:55:19.460
There's<00:55:18.340><c> some</c><00:55:18.559><c> other</c><00:55:18.739><c> connections</c><00:55:19.159><c> here</c>

00:55:19.460 --> 00:55:20.340
which<00:55:19.579><c> are</c><00:55:19.800><c> rather</c><00:55:19.980><c> delightful</c>

00:55:20.340 --> 00:55:22.320
because<00:55:20.639><c> it</c><00:55:20.920><c> relates</c><00:55:21.119><c> to</c><00:55:21.320><c> the</c><00:55:21.500><c> prison.</c>

00:55:24.280 --> 00:55:25.739
So<00:55:24.500><c> as</c><00:55:24.579><c> you</c><00:55:24.719><c> look</c><00:55:24.840><c> at</c><00:55:25.000><c> these</c><00:55:25.260><c> words,</c>

00:55:26.019 --> 00:55:26.780
you<00:55:26.079><c> don't</c><00:55:26.199><c> need</c><00:55:26.340><c> to</c><00:55:26.500><c> turn</c><00:55:26.639><c> to</c><00:55:26.719><c> it,</c>

00:55:26.780 --> 00:55:28.539
but<00:55:26.920><c> just</c><00:55:27.059><c> look</c><00:55:27.199><c> at</c><00:55:27.260><c> the</c><00:55:27.480><c> table</c><00:55:27.679><c> on</c><00:55:27.860><c> the</c><00:55:28.039><c> screen</c><00:55:28.219><c> here.</c>

00:55:28.539 --> 00:55:31.639
It<00:55:28.739><c> relates</c><00:55:28.940><c> to</c><00:55:29.559><c> two</c><00:55:29.800><c> chronicles</c><00:55:30.239><c> in</c><00:55:30.440><c> chapter</c><00:55:30.760><c> 29.</c>

00:55:32.019 --> 00:55:35.219
And<00:55:32.179><c> it's</c><00:55:32.300><c> all</c><00:55:32.480><c> about</c><00:55:32.780><c> the</c><00:55:33.420><c> year,</c><00:55:33.800><c> the</c><00:55:33.980><c> first</c><00:55:34.199><c> year</c><00:55:34.300><c> of</c><00:55:34.440><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:55:35.219 --> 00:55:37.099
and<00:55:35.699><c> how</c><00:55:35.940><c> he</c><00:55:36.340><c> reversed</c><00:55:36.619><c> everything</c>

00:55:37.099 --> 00:55:39.719
that<00:55:37.239><c> his</c><00:55:37.400><c> wicked</c><00:55:37.579><c> father</c><00:55:37.920><c> Ahas</c><00:55:38.420><c> had</c><00:55:38.679><c> done.</c>

00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:42.360
And<00:55:40.619><c> look</c><00:55:40.800><c> at</c><00:55:40.980><c> the</c><00:55:41.300><c> expressions</c><00:55:41.719><c> that</c><00:55:41.920><c> are</c><00:55:42.139><c> used</c>

00:55:42.360 --> 00:55:45.659
concerning<00:55:42.880><c> Hezekiah</c><00:55:43.780><c> and</c><00:55:44.460><c> the</c><00:55:44.699><c> temple.</c>

00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:48.059
So<00:55:46.619><c> in</c><00:55:46.659><c> two</c><00:55:46.780><c> chronicles</c><00:55:47.079><c> 29</c><00:55:47.460><c> and</c><00:55:47.619><c> verse</c><00:55:47.800><c> three,</c>

00:55:48.400 --> 00:55:52.579
he<00:55:48.400><c> opened</c><00:55:49.099><c> the</c><00:55:49.500><c> doors,</c><00:55:51.760><c> the</c><00:55:51.940><c> doors</c><00:55:52.059><c> of</c><00:55:52.199><c> the</c><00:55:52.300><c> temple.</c>

00:55:52.900 --> 00:55:55.000
And<00:55:53.059><c> then</c><00:55:53.179><c> in</c><00:55:53.320><c> two</c><00:55:53.460><c> chronicles</c><00:55:53.760><c> 29</c><00:55:54.219><c> and</c><00:55:54.380><c> verse</c><00:55:54.559><c> 28,</c>

00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:57.579
the<00:55:55.480><c> singers</c><00:55:56.119><c> sang.</c>

00:55:57.900 --> 00:56:01.679
And<00:55:58.139><c> then</c><00:55:58.280><c> in</c><00:55:58.460><c> verse</c><00:55:58.639><c> 30,</c><00:55:59.460><c> to</c><00:55:59.619><c> sing</c><00:55:59.940><c> praise,</c><00:56:00.639><c> they</c><00:56:00.840><c> sang</c><00:56:01.219><c> praises.</c>

00:56:01.739 --> 00:56:04.519
Well,<00:56:01.880><c> that's</c><00:56:02.139><c> language</c><00:56:02.380><c> of</c><00:56:02.599><c> Acts</c><00:56:02.800><c> 16,</c><00:56:03.460><c> isn't</c><00:56:03.579><c> it?</c>

00:56:04.420 --> 00:56:07.599
In<00:56:04.719><c> Acts</c><00:56:04.840><c> 16</c><00:56:05.159><c> and</c><00:56:05.300><c> verse</c><00:56:05.440><c> 26,</c><00:56:06.119><c> all</c><00:56:06.440><c> the</c><00:56:06.639><c> doors</c><00:56:06.860><c> were</c><00:56:07.199><c> opened.</c>

00:56:07.679 --> 00:56:09.619
The<00:56:07.920><c> prison</c><00:56:08.260><c> doors</c><00:56:08.579><c> were</c><00:56:08.880><c> opened.</c>

00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:12.980
And<00:56:09.739><c> Paul</c><00:56:10.019><c> and</c><00:56:10.320><c> Silas</c><00:56:10.480><c> there</c><00:56:10.760><c> were</c><00:56:10.940><c> singing</c><00:56:11.460><c> praises</c><00:56:12.039><c> till</c><00:56:12.320><c> midnight.</c>

00:56:13.320 --> 00:56:14.539
You<00:56:13.500><c> see</c><00:56:13.599><c> that?</c>

00:56:15.400 --> 00:56:17.780
This<00:56:15.679><c> is</c><00:56:15.940><c> Hezekiah</c><00:56:16.519><c> language.</c>

00:56:18.480 --> 00:56:21.000
So<00:56:18.619><c> what's</c><00:56:18.900><c> the</c><00:56:19.000><c> lesson</c><00:56:19.199><c> there,</c><00:56:19.579><c> brothers</c><00:56:19.699><c> and</c><00:56:19.980><c> sisters?</c>

00:56:22.739 --> 00:56:26.920
Well,<00:56:22.920><c> I</c><00:56:23.079><c> feel</c><00:56:23.239><c> Hezekiah</c><00:56:23.820><c> is</c><00:56:24.139><c> found</c><00:56:24.519><c> here</c><00:56:24.840><c> in</c><00:56:24.980><c> Acts</c><00:56:25.179><c> chapter</c><00:56:25.519><c> 16.</c>

00:56:27.199 --> 00:56:31.480
And<00:56:27.599><c> as</c><00:56:28.079><c> Hezekiah</c><00:56:28.800><c> opened</c><00:56:29.340><c> the</c><00:56:29.679><c> doors</c><00:56:30.000><c> of</c><00:56:30.300><c> the</c><00:56:30.519><c> temple</c>

00:56:31.719 --> 00:56:34.380
and<00:56:32.039><c> sang</c><00:56:32.400><c> praises,</c><00:56:33.139><c> so</c><00:56:33.599><c> the</c><00:56:33.920><c> prison,</c>

00:56:34.800 --> 00:56:37.300
the<00:56:34.960><c> doors</c><00:56:35.340><c> were</c><00:56:35.619><c> opened</c><00:56:36.019><c> and</c><00:56:36.320><c> praises</c><00:56:36.800><c> were</c><00:56:37.099><c> sung.</c>

00:56:37.400 --> 00:56:40.179
And<00:56:37.639><c> in</c><00:56:37.780><c> other</c><00:56:37.960><c> words,</c><00:56:38.199><c> it's</c><00:56:38.400><c> telling</c><00:56:38.480><c> me</c><00:56:38.800><c> at</c><00:56:38.940><c> least</c>

00:56:40.340 --> 00:56:42.659
that<00:56:40.659><c> this</c><00:56:41.119><c> prison</c><00:56:41.500><c> in</c><00:56:41.699><c> Acts</c><00:56:41.920><c> chapter</c><00:56:42.219><c> 16</c>

00:56:42.659 --> 00:56:46.440
becomes<00:56:43.079><c> a</c><00:56:43.400><c> symbol</c><00:56:43.980><c> of</c><00:56:45.280><c> a</c><00:56:45.460><c> temple,</c>

00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:49.280
of<00:56:47.559><c> a</c><00:56:47.739><c> place</c><00:56:47.920><c> of</c><00:56:48.280><c> worship.</c>

00:56:49.920 --> 00:56:53.420
And<00:56:50.139><c> a</c><00:56:50.460><c> new</c><00:56:50.760><c> invitation</c><00:56:51.519><c> is</c><00:56:51.960><c> going</c><00:56:52.260><c> forth.</c>

00:56:53.840 --> 00:56:55.780
Something<00:56:54.300><c> new</c><00:56:54.659><c> is</c><00:56:54.920><c> beginning</c><00:56:55.260><c> to</c><00:56:55.579><c> change.</c>

00:56:55.880 --> 00:56:59.320
Something<00:56:56.239><c> is</c><00:56:56.559><c> beginning</c><00:56:56.920><c> and</c><00:56:57.179><c> God</c><00:56:57.460><c> is</c><00:56:57.719><c> going</c><00:56:57.860><c> to</c><00:56:58.300><c> finish</c><00:56:58.599><c> it.</c>

00:56:59.320 --> 00:57:02.679
And<00:56:59.880><c> it</c><00:56:59.980><c> is</c><00:57:00.159><c> the</c><00:57:00.340><c> gospel</c><00:57:00.659><c> going</c><00:57:00.940><c> forth</c><00:57:01.440><c> to</c><00:57:02.000><c> the</c><00:57:02.179><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:57:02.800 --> 00:57:04.480
And<00:57:02.880><c> brothers</c><00:57:03.039><c> and</c><00:57:03.280><c> sisters,</c><00:57:03.519><c> this</c><00:57:03.719><c> Ecclesia</c><00:57:04.019><c> at</c><00:57:04.199><c> Philippi,</c>

00:57:04.539 --> 00:57:06.599
what<00:57:04.659><c> an</c><00:57:04.820><c> opportunity</c><00:57:05.280><c> they</c><00:57:05.539><c> had</c><00:57:05.639><c> because</c><00:57:05.960><c> Hezekiah</c>

00:57:06.599 --> 00:57:08.980
was<00:57:07.000><c> the</c><00:57:07.300><c> man</c><00:57:07.559><c> who</c><00:57:07.960><c> distinguished</c><00:57:08.519><c> himself</c>

00:57:08.980 --> 00:57:10.900
as<00:57:09.420><c> running</c><00:57:09.719><c> a</c><00:57:10.119><c> reformation.</c>

00:57:11.159 --> 00:57:13.099
And<00:57:11.400><c> this</c><00:57:11.599><c> Ecclesia</c><00:57:12.000><c> was</c><00:57:12.199><c> going</c><00:57:12.360><c> to</c><00:57:12.500><c> be</c><00:57:12.659><c> a</c><00:57:12.860><c> catalyst</c>

00:57:13.099 --> 00:57:15.400
that<00:57:13.300><c> was</c><00:57:13.440><c> going</c><00:57:13.559><c> to</c><00:57:13.800><c> change</c><00:57:14.019><c> the</c><00:57:14.199><c> course</c><00:57:14.380><c> of</c><00:57:14.599><c> history.</c>

00:57:15.420 --> 00:57:19.119
This<00:57:15.659><c> Ecclesia</c><00:57:16.119><c> was</c><00:57:16.380><c> the</c><00:57:16.719><c> beginning</c><00:57:17.000><c> of</c><00:57:17.300><c> a</c><00:57:17.559><c> reformation.</c>

00:57:20.619 --> 00:57:25.820
When<00:57:21.119><c> the</c><00:57:21.300><c> gospel,</c><00:57:22.320><c> God's</c><00:57:23.119><c> good</c><00:57:23.340><c> news</c><00:57:23.860><c> would</c><00:57:24.320><c> go</c><00:57:24.679><c> forth</c>

00:57:25.699 --> 00:57:29.320
to<00:57:25.960><c> all</c><00:57:26.519><c> the</c><00:57:26.780><c> lands</c><00:57:27.420><c> and</c><00:57:27.940><c> peoples</c><00:57:28.460><c> of</c><00:57:28.840><c> the</c><00:57:29.079><c> earth.</c>

00:57:29.440 --> 00:57:31.940
And<00:57:29.519><c> brothers</c><00:57:29.699><c> and</c><00:57:29.840><c> sisters,</c><00:57:30.019><c> as</c><00:57:30.179><c> we</c><00:57:30.400><c> conclude</c><00:57:30.780><c> now,</c>

00:57:32.340 --> 00:57:35.239
here,<00:57:32.980><c> and</c><00:57:33.340><c> several</c><00:57:33.659><c> have</c><00:57:33.840><c> mentioned</c><00:57:34.139><c> it</c><00:57:34.460><c> in</c><00:57:34.619><c> their</c><00:57:34.880><c> prayers,</c>

00:57:35.320 --> 00:57:38.559
we<00:57:35.519><c> have</c><00:57:35.699><c> been</c><00:57:35.940><c> called</c><00:57:36.159><c> from</c><00:57:36.420><c> all</c><00:57:36.860><c> different</c><00:57:37.639><c> parts</c><00:57:38.039><c> of</c><00:57:38.219><c> the</c><00:57:38.360><c> world</c>

00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:40.980
and<00:57:38.800><c> different</c><00:57:39.119><c> courses</c><00:57:39.579><c> of</c><00:57:39.840><c> life.</c>

00:57:42.199 --> 00:57:45.260
And<00:57:42.480><c> we</c><00:57:42.679><c> have</c><00:57:42.940><c> benefited</c><00:57:43.579><c> so</c><00:57:44.300><c> richly</c>

00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:48.420
from<00:57:46.239><c> this</c><00:57:46.480><c> gospel</c><00:57:46.920><c> marching</c><00:57:47.380><c> forth.</c>

00:57:49.619 --> 00:57:51.780
And<00:57:49.880><c> Paul</c><00:57:50.239><c> was</c><00:57:50.559><c> a</c><00:57:50.760><c> light</c><00:57:51.000><c> to</c><00:57:51.219><c> the</c><00:57:51.340><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:57:51.940 --> 00:57:54.260
The<00:57:52.159><c> light</c><00:57:52.440><c> to</c><00:57:52.579><c> the</c><00:57:52.719><c> Gentiles</c><00:57:53.059><c> would</c><00:57:53.219><c> be</c><00:57:53.400><c> the</c><00:57:53.519><c> Lord</c><00:57:53.699><c> Jesus</c><00:57:53.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:57:54.260 --> 00:57:55.960
When<00:57:54.420><c> He</c><00:57:54.559><c> establishes</c><00:57:55.340><c> God's</c><00:57:55.699><c> kingdom,</c>

00:57:56.340 --> 00:57:59.179
when<00:57:56.519><c> God's</c><00:57:56.940><c> word</c><00:57:57.059><c> will</c><00:57:57.300><c> go</c><00:57:57.599><c> forth</c><00:57:57.920><c> from</c><00:57:58.099><c> Zion.</c>

00:58:01.739 --> 00:58:06.139
But<00:58:01.920><c> we</c><00:58:02.260><c> have</c><00:58:02.500><c> opportunities</c><00:58:03.079><c> now</c><00:58:03.880><c> to</c><00:58:05.099><c> shine,</c>

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to<00:58:07.719><c> shine,</c><00:58:09.500><c> to</c><00:58:09.719><c> find</c><00:58:09.960><c> those</c><00:58:10.360><c> Lydias</c><00:58:10.739><c> who</c><00:58:10.960><c> are</c><00:58:11.260><c> prayerfully</c><00:58:11.760><c> waiting,</c>

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a<00:58:14.159><c> message</c><00:58:14.460><c> of</c><00:58:14.699><c> hope</c><00:58:15.039><c> and</c><00:58:15.940><c> purpose</c><00:58:16.699><c> and</c><00:58:17.239><c> peace.</c>

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What<00:58:19.880><c> are</c><00:58:20.059><c> we</c><00:58:20.260><c> doing</c><00:58:20.480><c> with</c><00:58:20.800><c> that</c><00:58:20.960><c> opportunity,</c>

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brothers<00:58:21.780><c> and</c><00:58:22.039><c> sisters?</c>

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As<00:58:22.360><c> we</c><00:58:22.500><c> are</c><00:58:22.739><c> to</c><00:58:22.840><c> be,</c><00:58:23.300><c> however,</c>

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mere<00:58:23.980><c> and</c><00:58:24.340><c> small</c><00:58:24.480><c> and</c><00:58:24.659><c> insignificant</c><00:58:25.199><c> we</c><00:58:25.380><c> may</c><00:58:25.599><c> feel</c><00:58:25.860><c> that</c><00:58:26.059><c> we</c><00:58:26.199><c> are,</c>

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we<00:58:27.820><c> are</c><00:58:28.019><c> the</c><00:58:28.199><c> lights</c><00:58:28.460><c> to</c><00:58:28.679><c> the</c><00:58:28.800><c> world</c><00:58:29.000><c> now</c>

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as<00:58:29.460><c> we</c><00:58:29.699><c> await</c><00:58:29.900><c> the</c><00:58:30.119><c> coming</c><00:58:30.400><c> King.</c>

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So<00:58:32.960><c> I'll</c><00:58:33.119><c> leave</c><00:58:33.219><c> you</c><00:58:33.360><c> with</c><00:58:33.500><c> the</c><00:58:33.659><c> question.</c>

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What<00:58:36.179><c> are</c><00:58:36.380><c> you</c><00:58:36.559><c> doing</c><00:58:36.780><c> with</c><00:58:37.079><c> your</c><00:58:37.340><c> lights?</c>

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How<00:58:39.699><c> bright</c><00:58:40.079><c> are</c><00:58:40.420><c> you</c><00:58:40.639><c> shining,</c><00:58:41.300><c> brothers</c><00:58:41.300><c> and</c><00:58:41.579><c> sisters?</c>

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How<00:58:43.900><c> many</c><00:58:44.119><c> that</c><00:58:44.480><c> know</c><00:58:44.760><c> you</c><00:58:44.960><c> in</c><00:58:45.119><c> your</c><00:58:45.400><c> everyday</c><00:58:45.800><c> life</c>

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know<00:58:46.539><c> that</c><00:58:46.760><c> you</c><00:58:46.880><c> are</c><00:58:47.139><c> here</c><00:58:47.340><c> this</c><00:58:47.679><c> week</c><00:58:47.960><c> with</c><00:58:48.239><c> God's</c><00:58:49.239><c> word</c><00:58:49.400><c> open</c>

00:58:50.340 --> 00:58:54.099
and<00:58:50.940><c> studying,</c><00:58:52.219><c> reading</c><00:58:52.559><c> and</c><00:58:52.800><c> praying</c><00:58:53.099><c> together?</c>

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That's<00:58:54.719><c> the</c><00:58:54.800><c> question</c><00:58:55.099><c> that</c><00:58:55.260><c> we</c><00:58:55.360><c> need</c><00:58:55.539><c> to</c><00:58:55.739><c> ask</c><00:58:55.900><c> ourselves.</c>