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birth.<00:16:02.049><c> And</c><00:16:02.210><c> so</c><00:16:02.570><c> when</c><00:16:02.909><c> we</c><00:16:03.149><c> see</c><00:16:03.350><c> the</c><00:16:03.610><c> record</c>

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in<00:16:04.210><c> Exodus</c><00:16:04.769><c> 12</c><00:16:05.809><c> and</c><00:16:05.990><c> 37,</c><00:16:07.610><c> it</c><00:16:07.649><c> says,</c><00:16:08.070><c> the</c><00:16:08.070><c> people</c><00:16:08.490><c> of</c><00:16:08.629><c> Israel</c><00:16:09.070><c> journeyed</c><00:16:09.669><c> from</c><00:16:09.929><c> Ramesses</c><00:16:10.610><c> to</c><00:16:10.889><c> Sokoth,</c>

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about<00:16:12.370><c> 600</c><00:16:12.970><c>,000</c><00:16:13.490><c> men</c><00:16:13.750><c> on</c><00:16:14.149><c> foot,</c><00:16:14.830><c> besides</c><00:16:15.289><c> women</c><00:16:15.629><c> and</c><00:16:15.970><c> children,</c><00:16:16.710><c> a</c><00:16:16.889><c> mixed</c>

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multitude<00:16:17.750><c> also</c><00:16:18.230><c> went</c><00:16:18.429><c> up</c><00:16:18.710><c> with</c>

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and<00:16:19.669><c> very</c><00:16:20.149><c> much</c><00:16:20.509><c> livestock</c><00:16:21.070><c> both</c><00:16:21.629><c> flocks</c><00:16:22.070><c> and</c><00:16:22.429><c> herds.</c><00:16:23.549><c> Now,</c>

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that's<00:16:23.970><c> pretty</c><00:16:24.289><c> interesting.</c><00:16:25.570><c> If</c><00:16:25.669><c> you</c><00:16:25.889><c> figure</c>

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600<00:16:26.629><c>,000</c><00:16:27.230><c> men,</c><00:16:29.149><c> a</c><00:16:29.269><c> rough</c><00:16:29.570><c> estimate</c><00:16:30.230><c> would</c><00:16:30.610><c> put</c><00:16:30.789><c> it</c><00:16:30.990><c> at</c><00:16:31.149><c> about</c>

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maybe<00:16:31.730><c> two</c><00:16:32.029><c> million</c><00:16:32.350><c> total</c><00:16:32.789><c> people.</c>

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That's<00:16:34.529><c> not</c><00:16:34.809><c> really</c><00:16:35.190><c> impossible.</c><00:16:37.350><c> That</c><00:16:37.570><c> means</c><00:16:37.789><c> a</c><00:16:38.029><c> doubling</c>

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population<00:16:39.169><c> somewhere</c><00:16:39.730><c> between</c><00:16:40.309><c> 20</c><00:16:40.730><c> and</c><00:16:40.850><c> 40</c><00:16:41.269><c> years.</c>

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And<00:16:42.830><c> so</c><00:16:43.129><c> it's</c><00:16:43.370><c> not</c><00:16:43.590><c> unreasonable</c><00:16:44.250><c> for</c><00:16:44.970><c> that</c><00:16:45.230><c> to</c><00:16:45.549><c> have</c><00:16:45.850><c> actually</c><00:16:46.370><c> happened</c><00:16:46.970><c> to</c><00:16:47.789><c> the</c><00:16:48.110><c> Israelites.</c>

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The<00:16:50.730><c> people</c><00:16:51.049><c> who</c><00:16:51.450><c> dismissed</c><00:16:51.730><c> this,</c><00:16:52.070><c> of</c><00:16:52.269><c> course,</c><00:16:53.169><c> say,</c><00:16:53.970><c> well,</c>

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the<00:16:54.830><c> area,</c><00:16:55.350><c> the</c><00:16:55.529><c> Sinai</c><00:16:55.909><c> there</c><00:16:56.269><c> could</c><00:16:56.809><c> never</c>

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possibly<00:16:58.149><c> have</c><00:16:59.269><c> fed</c><00:16:59.470><c> that</c><00:16:59.730><c> many</c><00:17:00.070><c> people,</c><00:17:00.509><c> because</c><00:17:01.350><c> people</c><00:17:01.889><c> who</c><00:17:02.149><c> are</c><00:17:02.330><c> skeptics</c><00:17:02.950><c> and</c><00:17:03.190><c> atheists,</c><00:17:03.649><c> of</c><00:17:03.830><c> course,</c>

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completely<00:17:05.289><c> discount</c><00:17:06.029><c> the</c><00:17:06.710><c> miracle</c><00:17:07.190><c> that</c><00:17:08.390><c> God</c><00:17:09.369><c> provided</c><00:17:10.210><c> food</c><00:17:10.490><c> to</c>

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them<00:17:10.910><c> with</c><00:17:11.190><c> the</c><00:17:11.410><c> manna</c><00:17:11.849><c> and</c><00:17:11.970><c> so</c><00:17:12.349><c> on.</c>

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And<00:17:13.329><c> so</c><00:17:13.589><c> I</c><00:17:13.890><c> think</c><00:17:14.230><c> the</c><00:17:14.470><c> number</c><00:17:14.769><c> of</c><00:17:14.990><c> 600</c><00:17:15.410><c>,000</c><00:17:16.170><c> is</c><00:17:16.869><c> probably</c><00:17:17.690><c> correct.</c><00:17:18.210><c> And</c>

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this<00:17:18.529><c> is</c><00:17:18.849><c> a</c><00:17:19.029><c> huge</c><00:17:19.450><c> immigrant</c><00:17:20.109><c> population.</c>

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So<00:17:25.109><c> I</c><00:17:25.750><c> started</c><00:17:25.890><c> thinking</c><00:17:26.190><c> about</c><00:17:26.529><c> this</c><00:17:26.769><c> some</c><00:17:27.089><c> time</c><00:17:27.309><c> back.</c><00:17:27.849><c> In</c>

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fact,<00:17:29.029><c> over</c><00:17:29.369><c> several</c><00:17:29.869><c> years,</c>

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you<00:17:31.730><c> know,</c><00:17:31.829><c> when</c><00:17:32.009><c> you</c><00:17:32.190><c> retire,</c><00:17:32.670><c> you</c><00:17:32.710><c> have</c><00:17:32.910><c> more</c><00:17:33.250><c> time</c><00:17:33.430><c> to</c>

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think<00:17:33.890><c> without</c><00:17:34.289><c> pressure.</c>

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And<00:17:36.650><c> one</c><00:17:37.250><c> time</c><00:17:37.549><c> when</c><00:17:37.789><c> reading</c><00:17:38.130><c> this</c><00:17:38.569><c> in</c><00:17:38.990><c> Acts,</c><00:17:40.950><c> I</c><00:17:41.109><c> came</c><00:17:41.349><c> across</c>

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this<00:17:42.130><c> word</c><00:17:42.369><c> sojourn,</c><00:17:43.069><c> which</c><00:17:43.269><c> I</c><00:17:43.529><c> thought</c><00:17:43.630><c> was</c><00:17:43.869><c> a</c>

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very<00:17:44.630><c> strange</c><00:17:45.009><c> word.</c><00:17:46.269><c> Acts</c><00:17:46.490><c> 7</c><00:17:46.809><c> and</c><00:17:47.009><c> 6,</c><00:17:48.130><c> Stephen</c><00:17:48.470><c> says</c><00:17:48.750><c> something</c><00:17:49.130><c> that</c><00:17:49.390><c> always</c><00:17:50.089><c> puzzled</c><00:17:50.509><c> me.</c><00:17:50.809><c> He</c><00:17:50.809><c> says,</c>

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And<00:17:51.309><c> God</c><00:17:51.789><c> spake</c><00:17:52.230><c> on</c><00:17:52.470><c> this</c><00:17:52.789><c> wise,</c><00:17:53.890><c> that</c><00:17:54.029><c> his</c><00:17:54.309><c> seed</c><00:17:54.569><c> should</c><00:17:55.009><c> sojourn</c><00:17:56.269><c> in</c><00:17:56.450><c> a</c>

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strange<00:17:57.250><c> land,</c><00:17:58.089><c> and</c><00:17:58.210><c> that</c><00:17:58.289><c> they</c><00:17:58.509><c> should</c>

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bring<00:17:59.009><c> them</c><00:17:59.269><c> into</c><00:17:59.690><c> bondage</c><00:18:00.450><c> and</c><00:18:00.849><c> entreat</c><00:18:01.329><c> them</c><00:18:01.970><c> for</c><00:18:02.369><c> 400</c><00:18:02.789><c> years.</c>

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Excuse<00:18:10.309><c> me</c><00:18:10.529><c> a</c><00:18:10.630><c> minute,</c><00:18:10.890><c> Nikah,</c><00:18:11.069><c> to</c><00:18:11.269><c> take</c><00:18:11.470><c> some</c><00:18:11.849><c> medicine</c><00:18:12.289><c> that's</c><00:18:12.769><c> due</c>

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at<00:18:13.109><c> exactly</c><00:18:13.569><c> that</c><00:18:13.869><c> time.</c><00:18:14.549><c> And</c><00:18:14.750><c> my</c><00:18:15.950><c> nurse</c>

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made<00:18:16.910><c> sure</c><00:18:17.089><c> that</c><00:18:17.329><c> I</c><00:18:17.509><c> took</c><00:18:17.690><c> it.</c><00:18:18.569><c> So</c><00:18:18.910><c> this</c><00:18:19.190><c> word</c><00:18:19.390><c> sojourn</c><00:18:20.769><c> is</c><00:18:22.170><c> absolutely</c><00:18:23.549><c> weird</c><00:18:24.109><c> to</c>

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me.<00:18:24.730><c> And</c><00:18:24.910><c> I'll</c><00:18:25.210><c> tell</c><00:18:25.349><c> you</c><00:18:25.490><c> why.</c>

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sojourn.<00:18:31.589><c> It</c><00:18:32.130><c> is</c><00:18:32.430><c> a</c><00:18:32.670><c> frequent</c>

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translation<00:18:33.789><c> of</c><00:18:34.049><c> the</c><00:18:34.269><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:34.630><c> term</c><00:18:35.869><c> ger.</c><00:18:36.950><c> I</c><00:18:37.029><c> think</c><00:18:37.329><c> I'm</c><00:18:37.670><c> pronouncing</c><00:18:38.109><c> it</c>

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ger.<00:18:38.710><c> That's</c><00:18:38.950><c> probably</c>

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not<00:18:40.049><c> right,</c><00:18:40.289><c> but</c><00:18:40.509><c> you</c><00:18:40.750><c> see</c><00:18:40.950><c> the</c><00:18:41.250><c> spelling.</c><00:18:42.410><c> This</c><00:18:42.710><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:43.190><c> term</c>

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and<00:18:43.650><c> its</c><00:18:43.930><c> translation</c><00:18:44.609><c> convey</c><00:18:45.049><c> the</c><00:18:45.289><c> basic</c><00:18:45.730><c> idea</c>

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that<00:18:46.970><c> a</c><00:18:47.210><c> personal</c><00:18:47.769><c> group</c><00:18:48.170><c> is</c><00:18:48.490><c> residing</c><00:18:49.390><c> either</c><00:18:49.950><c> temporarily</c>

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or<00:18:51.329><c> permanently</c><00:18:52.069><c> in</c><00:18:52.809><c> a</c><00:18:53.069><c> community</c>

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and<00:18:54.109><c> place</c><00:18:54.109><c> that</c><00:18:54.349><c> is</c><00:18:54.650><c> not</c><00:18:54.930><c> permanently</c><00:18:55.509><c> there,</c><00:18:55.970><c> primarily</c><00:18:56.609><c> their</c><00:18:57.009><c> own,</c><00:18:57.730><c> and</c><00:18:58.009><c> is</c>

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dependent<00:18:58.809><c> on</c><00:18:59.109><c> the</c><00:18:59.369><c> goodwill</c><00:18:59.890><c> of</c>

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that<00:19:00.369><c> community</c><00:19:01.109><c> for</c><00:19:01.750><c> their</c><00:19:02.009><c> continued</c><00:19:02.750><c> existence.</c><00:19:04.390><c> So</c><00:19:04.609><c> that</c>

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is<00:19:07.029><c> what</c><00:19:07.529><c> Stephen</c><00:19:07.930><c> meant,</c><00:19:08.410><c> that</c><00:19:08.609><c> they</c><00:19:08.970><c> were</c>

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never<00:19:09.450><c> really</c><00:19:10.990><c> going</c><00:19:11.670><c> to</c><00:19:11.829><c> take</c><00:19:12.049><c> out</c><00:19:12.309><c> citizenship</c><00:19:12.950><c> in</c><00:19:13.329><c> Egypt.</c>

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like<00:19:16.630><c> Egyptians.</c><00:19:18.470><c> And</c><00:19:19.150><c> I</c><00:19:19.890><c> guess</c><00:19:20.250><c> that</c><00:19:20.490><c> was</c><00:19:21.410><c> exactly</c><00:19:22.390><c> the</c><00:19:23.369><c> right</c><00:19:23.670><c> word</c>

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for<00:19:24.289><c> Stephen</c><00:19:24.589><c> to</c><00:19:24.970><c> choose.</c>

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temporary<00:19:31.369><c> thing.</c>

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It<00:19:32.390><c> was</c><00:19:32.690><c> not</c><00:19:32.930><c> their</c><00:19:33.150><c> home.</c><00:19:34.109><c> The</c><00:19:34.309><c> land</c><00:19:34.509><c> that</c><00:19:34.730><c> God</c><00:19:34.950><c> promised</c><00:19:35.369><c> Abraham,</c><00:19:36.009><c> Israel,</c><00:19:37.170><c> was</c>

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to<00:19:37.710><c> be</c><00:19:38.130><c> their</c><00:19:38.450><c> home.</c><00:19:39.470><c> And</c><00:19:39.789><c> so</c>

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there's<00:19:40.750><c> a</c><00:19:40.869><c> good</c><00:19:41.069><c> reason</c><00:19:41.490><c> that</c><00:19:42.630><c> the</c><00:19:42.809><c> Jews</c><00:19:43.009><c> for</c><00:19:43.569><c> all</c><00:19:43.930><c> the</c><00:19:44.190><c> years</c>

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every<00:19:49.269><c> year</c><00:19:49.549><c> they</c><00:19:49.730><c> would</c><00:19:49.970><c> say</c><00:19:50.190><c> next</c><00:19:50.630><c> year</c><00:19:51.069><c> in</c><00:19:51.630><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:19:53.009><c> Well,</c><00:19:53.269><c> I</c><00:19:53.470><c> never</c><00:19:53.730><c> appreciated</c><00:19:54.309><c> what</c><00:19:54.529><c> it</c><00:19:54.690><c> meant</c><00:19:54.809><c> to</c><00:19:55.029><c> be</c><00:19:55.230><c> a</c>

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sojourner.<00:19:55.829><c> I</c><00:19:56.130><c> don't</c><00:19:56.269><c> know</c><00:19:56.369><c> if</c><00:19:56.490><c> there's</c><00:19:56.710><c> anybody</c><00:19:57.089><c> listening</c>

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now<00:19:58.609><c> on</c><00:19:58.910><c> to</c><00:19:59.170><c> this</c><00:20:00.130><c> presentation</c><00:20:01.009><c> who</c><00:20:01.910><c> is</c><00:20:02.190><c> a</c>

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sojourner<00:20:02.910><c> here</c><00:20:03.109><c> in</c><00:20:03.230><c> the</c><00:20:03.329><c> United</c><00:20:03.690><c> States</c><00:20:04.190><c> and</c><00:20:04.809><c> doesn't</c><00:20:05.710><c> have</c>

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release.<00:26:06.410><c> Now</c><00:26:06.750><c> by</c><00:26:06.990><c> a</c><00:26:07.269><c> foreigner</c><00:26:07.529><c> I</c><00:26:07.730><c> meant</c><00:26:07.809><c> someone</c><00:26:08.130><c> not</c><00:26:08.630><c> living</c><00:26:08.990><c> in</c><00:26:09.210><c> your</c><00:26:09.390><c> country.</c><00:26:11.609><c> So</c>

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what<00:26:25.849><c> went</c><00:26:26.049><c> on?</c><00:26:26.490><c> Contrast</c><00:26:26.910><c> this</c><00:26:27.089><c> with</c><00:26:27.329><c> Numbers</c><00:26:28.029><c> chapter</c>

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forever<00:26:57.190><c> throughout</c><00:26:57.670><c> your</c><00:26:58.069><c> generations.</c>

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as<00:27:16.390><c> any</c><00:27:16.869><c> other</c><00:27:17.349><c> Israelite.</c><00:27:18.910><c> Now</c><00:27:19.130><c> needless</c><00:27:19.430><c> to</c><00:27:19.650><c> say</c>

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that<00:27:20.430><c> is</c><00:27:20.630><c> obviously</c><00:27:21.130><c> not</c><00:27:21.529><c> true</c><00:27:21.930><c> in</c><00:27:22.230><c> the</c><00:27:22.390><c> United</c><00:27:22.710><c> States</c><00:27:23.069><c> and</c>

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it<00:27:23.329><c> may</c><00:27:23.470><c> become</c><00:27:23.769><c> even</c><00:27:24.089><c> less</c><00:27:24.369><c> true.</c>

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for<00:27:28.549><c> us.</c>

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thinker.<00:33:44.369><c> You're</c><00:33:44.910><c> not</c><00:33:45.190><c> in</c><00:33:45.369><c> tune</c><00:33:45.569><c> with</c><00:33:45.809><c> the</c><00:33:46.089><c> pioneer</c><00:33:46.410><c> brethren.</c><00:33:49.950><c> By</c><00:33:50.589><c> the</c><00:33:50.750><c> way,</c><00:33:52.789><c> I've</c><00:33:53.890><c> written</c><00:33:54.309><c> a</c>

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clothing<00:35:30.750><c> also</c><00:35:31.230><c> comes</c><00:35:31.610><c> in.</c><00:35:32.409><c> And</c><00:35:32.690><c> if</c><00:35:32.829><c> you</c><00:35:32.969><c> pay</c><00:35:33.190><c> attention</c><00:35:33.630><c> to</c>

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that's<00:36:12.329><c> appropriate</c><00:36:12.750><c> to</c><00:36:12.989><c> whatever</c><00:36:13.309><c> color</c><00:36:13.630><c> shirt</c>

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tailor<00:36:18.989><c> and</c><00:36:19.710><c> I</c><00:36:20.570><c> had</c><00:36:20.849><c> good</c>

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suits<00:36:21.849><c> even</c><00:36:22.210><c> when</c><00:36:22.429><c> I</c><00:36:22.690><c> was,</c><00:36:23.530><c> you</c><00:36:23.809><c> know,</c><00:36:25.389><c> five</c><00:36:25.670><c> or</c><00:36:25.849><c> six</c><00:36:26.130><c> years</c><00:36:26.429><c> old.</c><00:36:28.170><c> But</c><00:36:28.570><c> young</c><00:36:28.889><c> people</c><00:36:29.269><c> say</c><00:36:29.730><c> culture</c><00:36:30.090><c> is</c><00:36:30.289><c> different.</c>

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take<00:36:41.250><c> your</c><00:36:41.489><c> jacket</c><00:36:41.769><c> off</c>

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a<00:36:53.769><c> jacket,</c><00:36:54.150><c> I</c><00:36:54.289><c> never</c><00:36:54.510><c> saw</c><00:36:54.670><c> one</c><00:36:54.869><c> ever</c><00:36:55.130><c> wearing</c>

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gender<00:37:04.170><c> differences?</c>

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put<00:37:08.130><c> on</c><00:37:08.389><c> Christ</c><00:37:08.869><c> there</c><00:37:09.349><c> is</c><00:37:09.550><c> neither</c><00:37:09.750><c> Jew</c><00:37:10.110><c> nor</c><00:37:10.449><c> Greek,</c>

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there's<00:37:11.289><c> neither</c><00:37:11.530><c> bond</c><00:37:11.869><c> nor</c><00:37:12.230><c> free,</c><00:37:12.750><c> there's</c><00:37:13.070><c> neither</c><00:37:13.250><c> male</c>

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nor<00:37:13.869><c> female</c><00:37:14.170><c> for</c><00:37:14.469><c> we</c><00:37:14.690><c> all</c><00:37:14.949><c> one</c><00:37:15.329><c> in</c><00:37:16.010><c> Christ</c><00:37:16.309><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:37:17.710><c> I</c><00:37:17.849><c> think</c><00:37:18.010><c> you</c><00:37:18.190><c> need</c><00:37:18.289><c> to</c><00:37:18.530><c> be</c><00:37:18.809><c> somewhat</c><00:37:19.150><c> tolerant</c><00:37:19.730><c> of</c><00:37:20.309><c> cultural</c><00:37:20.730><c> differences</c><00:37:21.250><c> also.</c>

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I<00:37:23.510><c> know</c><00:37:23.909><c> to</c><00:37:24.329><c> some</c><00:37:24.570><c> extent</c>

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this<00:37:27.070><c> is</c><00:37:27.210><c> a</c><00:37:27.510><c> tough</c><00:37:27.670><c> one</c><00:37:27.909><c> because</c><00:37:28.309><c> if</c><00:37:28.510><c> you're</c><00:37:28.690><c> brought</c><00:37:28.849><c> up</c><00:37:29.070><c> in</c>

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one<00:37:29.469><c> culture</c><00:37:30.030><c> and</c><00:37:30.730><c> one</c><00:37:30.929><c> way</c><00:37:31.170><c> your</c><00:37:31.449><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:31.710><c> works</c>

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it's<00:37:32.349><c> often</c><00:37:32.630><c> very</c><00:37:33.030><c> difficult</c><00:37:33.570><c> to</c><00:37:33.929><c> accept</c><00:37:34.449><c> somebody</c><00:37:35.289><c> new</c><00:37:35.809><c> who</c>

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does<00:37:37.409><c> not</c><00:37:37.670><c> fit</c><00:37:38.010><c> that</c><00:37:38.389><c> norm.</c><00:37:39.530><c> There</c><00:37:39.710><c> were</c><00:37:39.889><c> several</c>

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they<00:37:53.130><c> were</c><00:37:53.650><c> they</c><00:37:53.889><c> were</c><00:37:54.170><c> so</c>

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pressured<00:37:55.989><c> about</c><00:37:56.389><c> various</c><00:37:56.710><c> things</c><00:37:57.269><c> that</c><00:37:57.829><c> they</c><00:37:58.150><c> decided</c><00:37:58.590><c> to</c>

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Ecclesia<00:38:07.130><c> they</c><00:38:08.289><c> never</c><00:38:09.769><c> transformed</c><00:38:10.369><c> their</c>

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membership<00:38:11.050><c> to</c><00:38:11.389><c> their</c><00:38:11.550><c> new</c><00:38:11.789><c> home.</c><00:38:12.369><c> I</c><00:38:12.570><c> think</c><00:38:12.769><c> that's</c><00:38:13.110><c> sad.</c><00:38:16.030><c> He</c>

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says<00:38:16.369><c> I</c><00:38:16.610><c> put</c><00:38:16.829><c> on</c><00:38:17.429><c> the</c><00:38:17.789><c> new</c><00:38:18.070><c> man</c><00:38:18.349><c> which</c><00:38:18.670><c> was</c><00:38:18.849><c> renewed</c>

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knowledge<00:38:19.730><c> after</c><00:38:20.590><c> the</c><00:38:20.849><c> image</c><00:38:21.110><c> of</c><00:38:21.269><c> him</c><00:38:21.449><c> they</c><00:38:21.730><c> create</c><00:38:21.929><c> him</c><00:38:22.130><c> where</c><00:38:22.289><c> there</c><00:38:22.449><c> was</c>

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neither<00:38:22.889><c> Greek</c><00:38:23.369><c> nor</c><00:38:23.750><c> Jewish</c>

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circumcision<00:38:25.309><c> nor</c><00:38:25.590><c> barbarian,</c><00:38:26.869><c> Scythian</c><00:38:27.570><c> bond</c><00:38:28.030><c> nor</c><00:38:28.449><c> free</c><00:38:28.690><c> but</c><00:38:29.349><c> Christ</c><00:38:29.750><c> is</c>

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all<00:38:30.329><c> and</c><00:38:30.570><c> in</c><00:38:30.789><c> all.</c>

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And<00:38:32.170><c> I</c><00:38:32.409><c> pointed</c><00:38:32.630><c> this</c><00:38:32.989><c> one</c><00:38:33.230><c> out</c><00:38:33.409><c> but</c><00:38:33.909><c> again</c><00:38:34.670><c> that</c><00:38:35.130><c> bond</c><00:38:35.469><c> nor</c><00:38:35.809><c> free</c><00:38:36.010><c> that</c><00:38:36.289><c> is</c>

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both<00:38:36.750><c> there</c><00:38:37.010><c> can</c><00:38:37.269><c> you</c><00:38:37.449><c> imagine</c><00:38:37.849><c> Ecclesia</c>

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where<00:38:39.929><c> the</c><00:38:41.730><c> master</c><00:38:42.190><c> was</c><00:38:42.530><c> a</c><00:38:42.909><c> member</c><00:38:43.110><c> in</c><00:38:43.289><c> the</c><00:38:43.449><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:43.929><c> and</c><00:38:45.050><c> his</c>

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and<00:38:48.230><c> he</c><00:38:48.369><c> had</c><00:38:48.530><c> to</c><00:38:48.789><c> treat</c><00:38:48.949><c> him</c><00:38:49.110><c> the</c><00:38:49.409><c> same</c><00:38:49.650><c> as</c><00:38:49.869><c> anyone</c><00:38:50.190><c> else.</c><00:38:51.369><c> That</c>

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was<00:38:52.469><c> quite</c><00:38:52.849><c> a</c><00:38:53.070><c> leap</c><00:38:53.389><c> in</c><00:38:54.250><c> the</c><00:38:54.429><c> first</c><00:38:54.630><c> century.</c>

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Here<00:38:58.610><c> is</c><00:38:58.829><c> the</c><00:38:59.050><c> challenge</c><00:38:59.429><c> for</c><00:38:59.670><c> us.</c><00:39:01.369><c> There</c><00:39:01.630><c> should</c><00:39:01.809><c> be</c><00:39:01.989><c> no</c><00:39:02.190><c> differences</c><00:39:02.690><c> among</c><00:39:03.050><c> us.</c>

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Our<00:39:04.710><c> Lord</c><00:39:04.889><c> and</c><00:39:05.050><c> Savior</c><00:39:05.250><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:39:06.170><c> taught</c><00:39:06.389><c> us</c><00:39:06.630><c> a</c><00:39:06.789><c> new</c><00:39:07.030><c> commandment</c><00:39:08.489><c> and</c><00:39:09.210><c> I</c><00:39:09.469><c> think</c><00:39:09.730><c> this</c>

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is<00:39:11.449><c> this</c><00:39:13.110><c> idea</c><00:39:13.550><c> of</c><00:39:13.789><c> goodwill</c><00:39:14.230><c> of</c><00:39:14.510><c> the</c><00:39:14.710><c> community</c>

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is<00:39:15.449><c> a</c><00:39:15.730><c> challenge.</c><00:39:18.050><c> I</c><00:39:18.190><c> remember</c><00:39:18.809><c> some</c><00:39:20.070><c> years</c><00:39:20.389><c> back</c><00:39:21.030><c> I</c><00:39:21.650><c> don't</c><00:39:21.909><c> know</c><00:39:22.110><c> some</c><00:39:22.329><c> of</c>

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you<00:39:22.650><c> probably</c><00:39:22.989><c> know</c><00:39:23.389><c> brother</c>

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