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But<00:15:19.279><c> the</c><00:15:19.440><c> challenge,</c><00:15:19.980><c> brothers</c><00:15:20.139><c> and</c><00:15:20.360><c> sisters,</c><00:15:22.740><c> is</c><00:15:22.940><c> will</c><00:15:23.139><c> we</c>

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all<00:15:23.879><c> be</c><00:15:24.179><c> deemed</c><00:15:24.500><c> to</c><00:15:24.759><c> be</c><00:15:25.059><c> dearly</c><00:15:25.440><c> beloved</c><00:15:25.779><c> sons</c>

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and<00:15:26.860><c> daughters</c><00:15:27.340><c> of</c><00:15:27.639><c> God</c><00:15:28.419><c> in</c><00:15:29.980><c> the</c><00:15:30.139><c> day</c><00:15:30.279><c> of</c><00:15:30.480><c> account?</c>

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Have<00:15:34.279><c> we</c><00:15:34.559><c> captured</c><00:15:35.120><c> the</c><00:15:36.700><c> spirit</c><00:15:36.860><c> of</c><00:15:37.039><c> our</c><00:15:37.220><c> father</c><00:15:37.779><c> and</c><00:15:39.960><c> know</c><00:15:40.100><c> how</c><00:15:40.240><c> to</c>

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teach<00:15:40.559><c> it</c><00:15:40.740><c> to</c><00:15:40.919><c> others?</c>

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Funny<00:15:44.759><c> thing</c><00:15:44.980><c> how</c><00:15:45.159><c> little</c><00:15:45.440><c> details</c><00:15:45.840><c> are</c><00:15:46.039><c> always</c><00:15:46.259><c> important,</c>

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aren't<00:15:46.940><c> they?</c>

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Good<00:15:49.220><c> Bible</c><00:15:49.519><c> study</c><00:15:49.879><c> is</c><00:15:50.100><c> based</c><00:15:50.360><c> on</c><00:15:51.220><c> good</c><00:15:51.440><c> Bible</c><00:15:51.799><c> reading.</c>

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And<00:15:54.080><c> you'll</c><00:15:54.320><c> probably</c><00:15:54.539><c> know</c><00:15:54.779><c> that</c><00:15:55.000><c> this</c><00:15:55.360><c> salutation</c><00:15:56.080><c> in</c><00:15:56.480><c> verse</c><00:15:56.740><c> two</c>

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when<00:15:57.139><c> it</c><00:15:57.299><c> says,</c>

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grace,<00:15:58.419><c> mercy</c><00:15:58.679><c> and</c><00:15:58.919><c> peace</c><00:15:59.179><c> from</c><00:15:59.399><c> God</c><00:15:59.639><c> the</c><00:15:59.799><c> Father</c><00:16:00.080><c> and</c><00:16:00.299><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus<00:16:00.960><c> our</c><00:16:01.220><c> Lord,</c>

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that's<00:16:02.000><c> the</c><00:16:02.200><c> common</c><00:16:02.460><c> salutation</c><00:16:03.100><c> in</c><00:16:03.340><c> every</c><00:16:03.659><c> epistle</c><00:16:03.980><c> of</c><00:16:04.200><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:16:04.659><c> Paul.</c>

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Every<00:16:05.840><c> letter</c><00:16:06.059><c> that</c><00:16:06.220><c> he</c><00:16:06.419><c> writes</c><00:16:06.639><c> starts</c><00:16:07.000><c> with</c><00:16:07.200><c> that</c><00:16:07.480><c> salutation,</c><00:16:08.000><c> except</c>

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not<00:16:08.559><c> quite.</c>

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You<00:16:08.919><c> see,</c><00:16:09.620><c> they</c><00:16:09.860><c> all</c><00:16:10.159><c> begin</c><00:16:10.620><c> with</c><00:16:11.139><c> grace</c><00:16:11.919><c> and</c><00:16:12.720><c> peace.</c>

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But<00:16:16.220><c> in</c><00:16:16.480><c> the</c><00:16:16.799><c> pastoral</c><00:16:17.659><c> letters,</c><00:16:20.620><c> one</c><00:16:20.820><c> other</c><00:16:21.059><c> detail</c><00:16:21.440><c> is</c><00:16:21.659><c> added.</c>

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Grace,<00:16:25.159><c> mercy</c><00:16:25.740><c> and</c><00:16:27.120><c> peace.</c>

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You<00:16:30.580><c> see,</c><00:16:30.759><c> these</c><00:16:31.059><c> letters</c><00:16:31.419><c> were</c><00:16:31.759><c> written</c><00:16:31.919><c> right</c><00:16:32.220><c> at</c><00:16:32.399><c> the</c><00:16:32.480><c> end</c>

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of<00:16:32.879><c> Paul's</c><00:16:33.320><c> life.</c>

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And<00:16:35.799><c> it's</c><00:16:36.120><c> Paul</c><00:16:36.539><c> that</c><00:16:36.960><c> on</c><00:16:37.179><c> another</c><00:16:37.379><c> occasion</c><00:16:38.100><c> wrote</c><00:16:38.419><c> these</c><00:16:38.759><c> words.</c>

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This<00:16:41.000><c> is</c><00:16:41.179><c> a</c><00:16:41.299><c> faithful</c><00:16:41.639><c> saying</c><00:16:42.019><c> and</c><00:16:42.340><c> worthy</c><00:16:42.580><c> of</c><00:16:42.820><c> all</c><00:16:43.159><c> acceptation,</c>

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that<00:16:44.879><c> Christ</c><00:16:45.399><c> Jesus</c><00:16:45.840><c> came</c><00:16:46.259><c> into</c><00:16:46.679><c> the</c><00:16:46.960><c> world</c><00:16:47.240><c> to</c><00:16:47.580><c> save</c><00:16:47.860><c> sinners</c>

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of<00:16:48.940><c> whom</c><00:16:49.139><c> I</c><00:16:49.500><c> am</c><00:16:49.740><c> chief,</c>

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how<00:16:50.919><c> be</c><00:16:51.080><c> it</c><00:16:51.679><c> for</c><00:16:52.200><c> this</c><00:16:52.500><c> cause,</c><00:16:55.019><c> I</c><00:16:55.320><c> obtain</c><00:16:55.759><c> mercy,</c><00:16:56.580><c> says</c><00:16:56.679><c> the</c><00:16:56.960><c> apostle.</c>

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It's<00:16:59.860><c> a</c><00:16:59.960><c> quality</c><00:17:00.200><c> we</c><00:17:00.440><c> all</c><00:17:00.620><c> understand,</c><00:17:01.320><c> is</c><00:17:01.340><c> it</c><00:17:01.480><c> not?</c>

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But<00:17:01.860><c> this</c><00:17:02.019><c> is</c><00:17:02.259><c> the</c><00:17:02.600><c> older</c><00:17:03.019><c> we</c><00:17:03.360><c> become</c><00:17:03.919><c> and</c><00:17:06.019><c> perhaps</c><00:17:06.359><c> the</c><00:17:06.660><c> wiser</c>

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we<00:17:07.299><c> become.</c>

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How<00:17:10.319><c> vital</c><00:17:10.680><c> the</c><00:17:10.920><c> mercy</c><00:17:11.299><c> of</c><00:17:11.539><c> God</c><00:17:11.720><c> is</c><00:17:12.140><c> in</c><00:17:12.359><c> our</c><00:17:12.579><c> lives.</c>

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Can<00:17:15.700><c> you</c><00:17:15.920><c> picture</c><00:17:16.200><c> that</c><00:17:16.460><c> old</c><00:17:16.720><c> man</c><00:17:17.519><c> in</c><00:17:20.299><c> that</c><00:17:21.019><c> terrible</c><00:17:21.500><c> prison?</c>

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And<00:17:25.220><c> yet</c><00:17:25.400><c> he's</c><00:17:25.660><c> still</c><00:17:25.880><c> conscious</c><00:17:26.720><c> of</c><00:17:28.460><c> the</c><00:17:28.619><c> mercy</c><00:17:28.900><c> of</c><00:17:29.099><c> God.</c>

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In<00:17:31.059><c> fact,</c><00:17:31.220><c> he</c><00:17:31.339><c> says</c><00:17:31.640><c> in</c><00:17:31.960><c> his</c><00:17:32.240><c> recollections,</c><00:17:32.880><c> verse</c><00:17:33.240><c> three,</c>

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I<00:17:33.740><c> thank</c><00:17:34.079><c> God</c><00:17:34.720><c> whom</c><00:17:35.519><c> I</c><00:17:36.200><c> serve</c><00:17:36.500><c> from</c><00:17:36.920><c> my</c><00:17:37.259><c> forefathers</c><00:17:37.900><c> with</c><00:17:38.279><c> pure</c><00:17:38.660><c> conscience,</c><00:17:39.319><c> he</c><00:17:39.519><c> says.</c>

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See,<00:17:40.099><c> that</c><00:17:40.220><c> word</c><00:17:40.400><c> forefathers,</c><00:17:41.339><c> progenos,</c><00:17:42.440><c> it</c><00:17:42.619><c> actually</c><00:17:42.960><c> refers</c><00:17:43.440><c> to</c>

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immediate<00:17:44.500><c> progenitors.</c>

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It<00:17:45.519><c> really</c><00:17:45.740><c> means</c><00:17:46.119><c> parents</c><00:17:46.500><c> and</c><00:17:46.799><c> grandparents.</c>

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In<00:17:48.000><c> fact,</c><00:17:48.140><c> the</c><00:17:48.279><c> only</c><00:17:48.380><c> other</c><00:17:48.619><c> time</c><00:17:48.720><c> it's</c><00:17:48.980><c> used</c><00:17:49.119><c> is</c><00:17:49.299><c> in</c><00:17:49.400><c> the</c><00:17:49.519><c> first</c><00:17:49.720><c> of</c><00:17:49.920><c> Timothy,</c>

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chapter<00:17:50.440><c> five</c><00:17:50.839><c> and</c><00:17:51.019><c> verse</c><00:17:51.220><c> four,</c><00:17:51.539><c> that</c><00:17:51.700><c> children</c><00:17:52.000><c> ought</c><00:17:52.240><c> to</c>

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requite<00:17:52.920><c> their</c><00:17:53.599><c> parents.</c>

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So<00:17:55.579><c> it's</c><00:17:55.720><c> at</c><00:17:55.839><c> the</c><00:17:56.099><c> immediate</c><00:17:56.759><c> progenitors</c><00:17:57.700><c> that</c><00:17:58.079><c> came</c><00:17:58.319><c> before</c><00:17:58.759><c> you,</c>

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mom<00:17:59.319><c> and</c><00:17:59.500><c> dad,</c><00:17:59.920><c> grandma</c><00:18:00.140><c> and</c><00:18:00.440><c> grandpa.</c>

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And<00:18:02.980><c> the</c><00:18:03.119><c> apostle</c><00:18:03.519><c> was</c><00:18:03.920><c> really</c><00:18:04.299><c> saying</c><00:18:04.519><c> that</c><00:18:04.680><c> he</c><00:18:04.799><c> was</c><00:18:04.980><c> grateful</c><00:18:05.400><c> that</c><00:18:05.619><c> he'd</c><00:18:05.799><c> grown</c><00:18:05.980><c> up</c>

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in<00:18:06.259><c> a</c><00:18:06.500><c> family</c>

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where<00:18:07.000><c> both</c><00:18:07.259><c> his</c><00:18:07.720><c> parents</c><00:18:07.960><c> and</c><00:18:08.140><c> his</c><00:18:08.380><c> grandparents</c><00:18:08.839><c> had</c><00:18:09.140><c> known</c>

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the<00:18:09.680><c> scriptures.</c>

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His<00:18:11.420><c> family</c><00:18:11.900><c> background</c><00:18:12.480><c> gave</c><00:18:12.819><c> him</c><00:18:13.039><c> a</c><00:18:13.380><c> scriptural</c><00:18:14.279><c> grounding</c>

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in<00:18:15.240><c> the</c><00:18:15.480><c> truth,</c>

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which<00:18:16.259><c> became</c><00:18:16.559><c> the</c><00:18:16.859><c> unwavering</c><00:18:17.660><c> guide</c><00:18:17.900><c> of</c><00:18:18.059><c> his</c><00:18:18.299><c> life,</c><00:18:18.720><c> the</c><00:18:18.880><c> anchor</c><00:18:19.079><c> of</c>

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his<00:18:19.440><c> soul.</c>

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He<00:18:19.640><c> was</c><00:18:19.900><c> thankful</c><00:18:20.299><c> for</c><00:18:20.539><c> that.</c>

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Paul<00:18:20.940><c> says,</c><00:18:21.140><c> I'm</c><00:18:21.299><c> so</c><00:18:21.619><c> thankful</c><00:18:21.960><c> for</c><00:18:22.160><c> the</c><00:18:22.400><c> family</c><00:18:22.720><c> life</c><00:18:23.220><c> I</c><00:18:23.599><c> had</c>

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of<00:18:24.440><c> scriptural</c><00:18:25.140><c> learning.</c>

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And<00:18:26.980><c> he</c><00:18:27.220><c> says</c><00:18:27.720><c> that</c><00:18:28.900><c> I</c><00:18:29.119><c> have</c><00:18:29.299><c> all</c><00:18:29.579><c> that</c><00:18:29.759><c> with</c><00:18:30.000><c> a</c><00:18:30.140><c> pure</c><00:18:30.400><c> conscience.</c>

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You<00:18:32.819><c> see,</c><00:18:32.900><c> he</c><00:18:32.980><c> knew</c><00:18:33.160><c> what</c><00:18:33.279><c> he'd</c><00:18:33.559><c> done</c><00:18:33.680><c> and</c><00:18:34.059><c> he</c><00:18:34.299><c> knew</c><00:18:34.720><c> that</c><00:18:34.859><c> he'd</c>

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And<00:18:36.759><c> to</c><00:18:36.839><c> have</c><00:18:36.940><c> a</c><00:18:37.119><c> pure</c><00:18:37.299><c> conscience</c><00:18:37.799><c> in</c><00:18:37.980><c> the</c><00:18:38.119><c> face</c><00:18:38.319><c> of</c><00:18:38.660><c> impending</c><00:18:39.420><c> death</c><00:18:39.720><c> is</c>

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a<00:18:40.339><c> matter</c><00:18:40.519><c> of</c><00:18:40.779><c> comfort.</c>

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That<00:18:41.339><c> no</c><00:18:41.500><c> matter</c><00:18:41.680><c> what</c><00:18:41.920><c> the</c><00:18:42.200><c> authorities</c><00:18:42.559><c> of</c><00:18:42.759><c> the</c><00:18:42.940><c> world</c><00:18:43.420><c> might</c><00:18:43.740><c> do</c>

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to<00:18:44.240><c> him,</c>

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his<00:18:45.319><c> conscience</c><00:18:45.759><c> was</c><00:18:46.099><c> clean</c><00:18:46.460><c> before</c><00:18:46.819><c> his</c><00:18:47.059><c> God,</c><00:18:47.559><c> and</c><00:18:47.779><c> he</c><00:18:47.940><c> thanked</c><00:18:48.140><c> God</c>

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for<00:18:48.660><c> that.</c>

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And<00:18:50.339><c> he</c><00:18:50.500><c> also</c><00:18:50.900><c> thanked</c><00:18:51.259><c> God,</c><00:18:52.859><c> says</c><00:18:53.079><c> verse</c><00:18:53.420><c> three,</c><00:18:55.880><c> for</c><00:18:56.059><c> his</c><00:18:56.240><c> memories</c><00:18:56.579><c> of</c><00:18:56.779><c> Timothy.</c>

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He<00:18:59.799><c> says,</c><00:19:00.400><c> I</c><00:19:00.500><c> thank</c><00:19:00.839><c> God</c><00:19:01.220><c> that</c><00:19:01.700><c> without</c><00:19:02.019><c> ceasing</c><00:19:02.420><c> I</c><00:19:02.640><c> have</c><00:19:02.839><c> remembrance</c><00:19:03.319><c> of</c>

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thee<00:19:04.140><c> in</c><00:19:04.640><c> my</c><00:19:05.019><c> prayers</c><00:19:05.400><c> day</c><00:19:05.779><c> and</c><00:19:05.940><c> night.</c>

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Alone<00:19:08.819><c> in</c><00:19:09.519><c> the</c><00:19:09.759><c> prison,</c><00:19:11.380><c> he</c><00:19:11.940><c> thought</c><00:19:12.119><c> about</c><00:19:12.380><c> Timothy.</c>

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He<00:19:15.359><c> thought</c><00:19:15.559><c> about</c><00:19:15.839><c> his</c><00:19:16.539><c> zeal</c><00:19:16.880><c> for</c><00:19:17.059><c> the</c><00:19:17.259><c> word.</c>

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He<00:19:17.579><c> thought</c><00:19:17.799><c> about</c><00:19:18.079><c> his</c><00:19:18.359><c> enthusiasm</c><00:19:18.880><c> for</c><00:19:19.140><c> things</c><00:19:19.500><c> divine.</c>

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He<00:19:20.059><c> thought</c><00:19:20.240><c> about</c><00:19:20.460><c> his</c><00:19:20.940><c> commitment</c><00:19:21.259><c> to</c><00:19:21.460><c> the</c><00:19:21.599><c> truth.</c>

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Every<00:19:22.000><c> day</c><00:19:22.259><c> he</c><00:19:22.339><c> thought</c><00:19:22.539><c> about</c><00:19:22.779><c> the</c><00:19:22.940><c> young</c><00:19:23.119><c> man.</c>

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I<00:19:23.900><c> have</c><00:19:24.140><c> remembrance</c><00:19:24.599><c> of</c><00:19:24.960><c> thee,</c><00:19:25.259><c> he</c><00:19:25.519><c> says.</c>

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You<00:19:28.759><c> see,</c><00:19:28.980><c> to</c><00:19:29.500><c> remember</c><00:19:29.980><c> things</c><00:19:31.039><c> reawakens</c><00:19:33.799><c> our</c><00:19:34.339><c> gratitude.</c>

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And<00:19:38.920><c> I</c><00:19:39.000><c> think</c><00:19:39.099><c> there's</c><00:19:39.259><c> a</c><00:19:39.380><c> marvelous</c><00:19:39.819><c> lesson</c><00:19:40.200><c> here</c><00:19:40.480><c> that</c><00:19:41.059><c> even</c>

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in<00:19:41.640><c> the</c><00:19:41.839><c> greatest</c><00:19:42.259><c> of</c><00:19:42.720><c> privations</c>

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that<00:19:43.680><c> the</c><00:19:43.880><c> apostle</c><00:19:44.200><c> suffered</c><00:19:44.559><c> at</c><00:19:44.779><c> this</c><00:19:45.000><c> moment,</c><00:19:45.900><c> he</c><00:19:46.759><c> could</c><00:19:47.039><c> still</c><00:19:47.319><c> recount</c><00:19:47.799><c> blessings</c><00:19:48.480><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:49.160><c> life</c>

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that<00:19:50.400><c> brought</c><00:19:50.700><c> warmth</c><00:19:51.079><c> to</c><00:19:51.299><c> his</c><00:19:51.559><c> heart</c><00:19:52.200><c> and</c><00:19:53.559><c> peace</c><00:19:54.019><c> to</c><00:19:54.279><c> his</c><00:19:54.519><c> mind.</c>

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Would<00:19:59.380><c> to</c><00:19:59.539><c> God</c><00:19:59.900><c> that</c><00:20:00.240><c> we</c><00:20:00.480><c> could</c><00:20:00.700><c> be</c><00:20:02.880><c> grateful</c><00:20:03.799><c> and</c><00:20:04.140><c> thankful</c>

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for<00:20:07.299><c> everything</c><00:20:07.819><c> we</c><00:20:08.039><c> have.</c>

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Do<00:20:10.859><c> you</c><00:20:10.940><c> know,</c><00:20:11.180><c> brothers</c><00:20:11.240><c> and</c><00:20:11.440><c> sisters,</c><00:20:11.680><c> we</c><00:20:11.900><c> live</c><00:20:12.099><c> in</c><00:20:12.259><c> an</c><00:20:12.480><c> age</c>

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of<00:20:14.660><c> deep</c><00:20:15.339><c> ingratitude</c><00:20:16.680><c> and</c><00:20:20.680><c> of</c><00:20:20.900><c> unthankfulness.</c>

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We<00:20:23.819><c> live</c><00:20:24.099><c> in</c><00:20:24.339><c> a</c><00:20:24.660><c> time</c><00:20:25.039><c> where</c><00:20:25.519><c> portions</c><00:20:26.240><c> are</c><00:20:26.859><c> plentiful</c><00:20:27.559><c> and</c>

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manners<00:20:28.519><c> are</c><00:20:29.000><c> mean.</c>

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And<00:20:33.480><c> the</c><00:20:33.640><c> apostle</c><00:20:34.000><c> in</c><00:20:34.279><c> prison</c><00:20:34.519><c> said,</c><00:20:36.160><c> I'm</c><00:20:36.779><c> thankful,</c><00:20:38.480><c> thankful</c><00:20:38.700><c> for</c><00:20:38.920><c> everything.</c>

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What<00:20:40.519><c> an</c><00:20:40.740><c> amazing</c><00:20:41.000><c> spirit</c><00:20:41.440><c> with</c><00:20:41.819><c> which</c><00:20:41.980><c> to</c><00:20:42.240><c> inspire</c><00:20:42.579><c> Timothy,</c>

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brothers<00:20:43.180><c> and</c><00:20:43.319><c> sisters.</c>

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He<00:20:43.720><c> says,</c><00:20:43.839><c> I</c><00:20:43.980><c> thank</c><00:20:44.259><c> God.</c>

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I<00:20:44.839><c> thank</c><00:20:45.039><c> God</c><00:20:45.259><c> for</c><00:20:45.440><c> my</c><00:20:45.619><c> mother</c><00:20:45.779><c> and</c><00:20:45.940><c> my</c><00:20:46.200><c> father.</c>

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I<00:20:46.819><c> thank</c><00:20:47.059><c> God</c><00:20:47.240><c> for</c><00:20:47.400><c> the</c><00:20:47.640><c> truth.</c>

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I<00:20:48.099><c> thank</c><00:20:48.339><c> God</c><00:20:48.579><c> for</c><00:20:48.740><c> my</c><00:20:49.019><c> clear</c><00:20:49.220><c> conscience.</c>

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And<00:20:50.079><c> I</c><00:20:50.299><c> thank</c><00:20:50.519><c> God</c><00:20:50.779><c> for</c><00:20:51.059><c> thee,</c><00:20:51.500><c> Timothy,</c><00:20:51.920><c> he</c><00:20:52.240><c> says.</c>

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In<00:20:53.599><c> fact,</c><00:20:53.839><c> he</c><00:20:53.980><c> says,</c><00:20:54.299><c> verse</c><00:20:54.500><c> four,</c><00:20:54.920><c> I</c><00:20:55.380><c> greatly</c><00:20:56.059><c> desire</c><00:20:56.859><c> to</c><00:20:57.160><c> see</c>

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thee<00:20:57.579><c> being</c><00:20:58.000><c> mindful</c><00:20:58.440><c> of</c><00:20:58.700><c> thy</c><00:20:58.880><c> tears</c>

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that<00:20:59.700><c> I</c><00:21:00.220><c> might</c><00:21:00.440><c> be</c><00:21:00.720><c> filled</c><00:21:00.880><c> with</c><00:21:01.140><c> joy.</c>

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Now<00:21:03.420><c> you</c><00:21:03.480><c> see</c><00:21:03.519><c> that</c><00:21:03.680><c> word</c><00:21:03.900><c> greatly</c><00:21:04.279><c> desiring.</c>

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It's<00:21:05.019><c> a</c><00:21:05.119><c> very</c><00:21:05.420><c> strong</c><00:21:05.700><c> word</c><00:21:06.000><c> in</c><00:21:06.160><c> the</c><00:21:06.339><c> Greek</c><00:21:06.519><c> epipatheo.</c>

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It<00:21:07.500><c> means</c><00:21:07.759><c> to</c><00:21:08.200><c> long</c><00:21:08.599><c> for.</c>

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And<00:21:09.039><c> it's</c><00:21:09.220><c> a</c><00:21:09.299><c> word</c><00:21:09.420><c> that</c><00:21:09.599><c> was</c><00:21:10.079><c> common</c><00:21:10.460><c> in</c><00:21:10.900><c> the</c><00:21:11.099><c> apostle's</c><00:21:11.680><c> writings.</c>

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Just<00:21:12.619><c> have</c><00:21:12.799><c> a</c><00:21:12.880><c> look</c><00:21:12.980><c> at</c><00:21:13.119><c> this</c><00:21:13.279><c> because</c><00:21:13.539><c> it's</c><00:21:14.119><c> quite</c><00:21:14.440><c> interesting</c><00:21:14.980><c> to</c><00:21:15.220><c> see</c><00:21:15.339><c> the</c><00:21:15.500><c> way</c><00:21:15.839><c> the</c><00:21:16.119><c> apostle</c><00:21:16.420><c> used</c><00:21:16.880><c> it</c>

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in<00:21:17.319><c> that</c><00:21:17.619><c> context,</c>

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In<00:21:21.480><c> Romans</c><00:21:21.900><c> chapter</c><00:21:22.380><c> one,</c><00:21:22.720><c> he</c><00:21:23.000><c> says</c><00:21:23.220><c> in</c><00:21:23.680><c> verses</c><00:21:23.980><c> 11</c><00:21:24.339><c> and</c><00:21:24.519><c> 12,</c>

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For<00:21:25.519><c> I</c><00:21:26.200><c> long</c><00:21:27.079><c> epipatheo</c><00:21:28.039><c> to</c><00:21:28.359><c> see</c><00:21:28.700><c> you,</c><00:21:29.220><c> that</c><00:21:29.500><c> I</c><00:21:29.839><c> might</c><00:21:30.079><c> impart</c>

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unto<00:21:30.759><c> you</c><00:21:31.039><c> some</c><00:21:31.440><c> gift.</c>

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eight,<00:21:36.180><c> he</c><00:21:36.240><c> says,</c>

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Because<00:21:37.059><c> I</c><00:21:37.599><c> have</c><00:21:37.740><c> you</c><00:21:37.940><c> in</c><00:21:38.059><c> my</c><00:21:38.400><c> heart,</c><00:21:39.000><c> for</c><00:21:39.259><c> God</c><00:21:39.559><c> is</c><00:21:39.799><c> my</c><00:21:40.000><c> record,</c>

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how<00:21:41.279><c> greatly</c><00:21:41.839><c> I</c><00:21:42.480><c> long</c><00:21:42.920><c> epipatheo</c><00:21:44.099><c> after</c><00:21:44.619><c> you</c><00:21:44.880><c> in</c><00:21:45.119><c> all</c><00:21:45.460><c> the</c><00:21:45.700><c> bowels</c><00:21:46.099><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:21:46.720><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:21:49.099><c> again,</c><00:21:49.579><c> in</c><00:21:49.660><c> the</c><00:21:49.799><c> first</c><00:21:49.960><c> of</c><00:21:50.160><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:21:50.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:51.079><c> three,</c><00:21:51.640><c> verses</c><00:21:51.720><c> five</c><00:21:52.119><c> to</c>

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seven,<00:21:52.539><c> he</c><00:21:52.759><c> says,</c>

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Desiring<00:21:54.619><c> greatly</c><00:21:55.180><c> epipatheo</c><00:21:55.940><c> to</c><00:21:56.160><c> see</c><00:21:56.380><c> us</c><00:21:56.599><c> as</c><00:21:56.740><c> we</c><00:21:56.940><c> also</c><00:21:57.240><c> to</c>

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see<00:21:57.640><c> you.</c>

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Therefore,<00:21:59.079><c> brethren,</c><00:21:59.720><c> we</c><00:21:59.960><c> were</c><00:22:00.319><c> comforted</c><00:22:00.900><c> over</c><00:22:01.200><c> you</c><00:22:01.380><c> in</c>

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all<00:22:02.319><c> our</c><00:22:03.119><c> affliction.</c>

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And<00:22:04.779><c> now</c><00:22:04.960><c> this</c><00:22:05.180><c> one</c><00:22:05.279><c> in</c><00:22:05.460><c> Timothy,</c><00:22:05.900><c> you</c><00:22:05.980><c> see,</c><00:22:06.140><c> the</c><00:22:06.240><c> second</c><00:22:06.480><c> of</c>

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Timothy<00:22:06.940><c> chapter</c><00:22:07.279><c> one,</c><00:22:07.819><c> verses</c><00:22:08.059><c> three</c><00:22:08.400><c> and</c><00:22:08.559><c> four,</c>

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I<00:22:09.000><c> have</c><00:22:09.220><c> remembrance</c><00:22:09.759><c> of</c><00:22:10.079><c> thee,</c><00:22:10.519><c> greatly</c><00:22:10.900><c> desiring</c><00:22:11.759><c> epipatheo</c><00:22:12.680><c> to</c><00:22:13.000><c> see</c><00:22:13.220><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:22:13.759><c> I</c><00:22:13.839><c> think</c><00:22:13.880><c> that's</c><00:22:14.160><c> a</c><00:22:14.200><c> tremendous</c><00:22:14.559><c> lesson</c><00:22:14.980><c> here,</c><00:22:15.259><c> you</c><00:22:15.460><c> see.</c>

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And<00:22:16.359><c> the</c><00:22:16.519><c> lesson</c><00:22:16.819><c> is</c><00:22:17.400><c> that</c><00:22:18.099><c> fellowship</c><00:22:18.680><c> wasn't</c><00:22:19.279><c> just</c><00:22:19.940><c> a</c><00:22:20.220><c> doctrine</c><00:22:20.720><c> to</c>

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the<00:22:21.339><c> apostle.</c>

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It<00:22:23.339><c> was</c><00:22:23.619><c> a</c><00:22:23.859><c> real,</c><00:22:24.920><c> living,</c><00:22:25.880><c> breathing</c><00:22:26.279><c> thing.</c>

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I<00:22:27.420><c> long</c><00:22:27.880><c> to</c><00:22:28.240><c> see</c><00:22:28.599><c> you,</c><00:22:28.799><c> he</c><00:22:29.039><c> says,</c><00:22:29.440><c> to</c><00:22:29.579><c> the</c><00:22:29.740><c> Roman</c><00:22:29.980><c> ecclesia.</c>

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I<00:22:31.400><c> long</c><00:22:31.740><c> to</c><00:22:32.119><c> see</c><00:22:32.420><c> you,</c><00:22:32.579><c> he</c><00:22:32.700><c> says,</c><00:22:33.359><c> to</c><00:22:33.500><c> the</c><00:22:33.660><c> Philippian</c><00:22:34.039><c> ecclesia.</c>

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I<00:22:35.440><c> long</c><00:22:35.759><c> to</c><00:22:36.000><c> see</c><00:22:36.160><c> you,</c><00:22:36.259><c> he</c><00:22:36.359><c> says,</c><00:22:36.960><c> to</c><00:22:37.119><c> the</c><00:22:37.279><c> Thessalonian</c><00:22:37.900><c> ecclesia.</c>

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You<00:22:38.779><c> see,</c><00:22:38.980><c> the</c><00:22:39.299><c> joy</c><00:22:39.779><c> of</c><00:22:40.180><c> fellowship</c><00:22:40.559><c> was</c><00:22:40.839><c> an</c><00:22:41.180><c> emotional</c><00:22:41.920><c> reality</c>

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care<00:22:50.460><c> and</c><00:22:50.720><c> concern,</c>

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but<00:22:52.859><c> they</c><00:22:53.059><c> were</c><00:22:53.279><c> also</c><00:22:53.700><c> his</c><00:22:54.019><c> comfort</c><00:22:54.380><c> and</c><00:22:54.619><c> his</c><00:22:54.819><c> joy.</c>

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But<00:22:58.559><c> in</c><00:22:58.779><c> this</c><00:22:59.019><c> verse</c><00:22:59.299><c> here,</c><00:23:02.319><c> in</c><00:23:02.500><c> second</c><00:23:02.759><c> Timothy</c><00:23:03.119><c> chapter</c>

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one,<00:23:03.839><c> verse</c><00:23:04.099><c> four,</c>

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he's<00:23:07.180><c> not</c><00:23:07.380><c> talking</c><00:23:07.599><c> about</c><00:23:07.859><c> an</c><00:23:08.000><c> ecclesia.</c>

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This<00:23:10.880><c> matter,</c><00:23:11.259><c> this</c><00:23:11.740><c> moment</c><00:23:12.019><c> was</c><00:23:12.339><c> more</c><00:23:12.720><c> personal.</c>

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He<00:23:15.380><c> wanted</c><00:23:15.640><c> to</c><00:23:15.900><c> see</c><00:23:16.099><c> Timothy.</c>

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He<00:23:17.799><c> had</c><00:23:18.059><c> a</c><00:23:18.539><c> yearning</c><00:23:19.099><c> to</c><00:23:19.559><c> talk</c><00:23:19.799><c> with</c><00:23:20.039><c> his</c><00:23:20.339><c> son</c><00:23:20.680><c> in</c><00:23:21.099><c> the</c><00:23:21.299><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:23:21.920><c> he</c><00:23:22.019><c> knew</c><00:23:22.160><c> that</c><00:23:22.400><c> even</c><00:23:22.539><c> if</c><00:23:22.740><c> Timothy</c><00:23:22.980><c> managed</c><00:23:23.480><c> to</c><00:23:23.680><c> get</c><00:23:23.859><c> to</c><00:23:24.039><c> him,</c>

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it<00:23:26.599><c> would</c><00:23:26.799><c> be</c><00:23:26.960><c> for</c><00:23:27.140><c> the</c><00:23:27.279><c> last</c><00:23:27.599><c> time.</c>

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I<00:23:30.000><c> yearn</c><00:23:30.559><c> to</c><00:23:30.779><c> see</c><00:23:31.019><c> you,</c><00:23:31.140><c> he</c><00:23:31.380><c> says,</c><00:23:32.000><c> being</c><00:23:32.299><c> mindful</c><00:23:32.740><c> of</c><00:23:33.039><c> thy</c><00:23:33.220><c> tears.</c>

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We<00:23:35.099><c> refer</c><00:23:35.599><c> sometimes</c><00:23:36.160><c> to</c><00:23:36.440><c> Timothy's</c><00:23:37.160><c> character,</c><00:23:37.759><c> don't</c><00:23:37.839><c> we,</c>

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brothers<00:23:38.160><c> and</c><00:23:38.299><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:23:38.680><c> perhaps</c><00:23:38.960><c> he</c><00:23:39.059><c> was</c><00:23:39.259><c> a</c><00:23:39.380><c> timid</c><00:23:39.599><c> and</c><00:23:39.900><c> shy</c><00:23:40.420><c> boy.</c>

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Perhaps<00:23:41.680><c> he</c><00:23:41.920><c> was.</c>

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Which<00:23:44.180><c> made</c><00:23:44.519><c> all</c><00:23:44.799><c> the</c><00:23:44.920><c> more</c><00:23:45.160><c> remarkable</c><00:23:45.660><c> how</c><00:23:46.799><c> courageous</c><00:23:47.259><c> he</c>

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really<00:23:47.799><c> was</c><00:23:48.000><c> for</c><00:23:48.180><c> the</c><00:23:48.359><c> truth.</c>

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But<00:23:49.039><c> I</c><00:23:49.180><c> think</c><00:23:49.359><c> actually</c><00:23:49.779><c> the</c><00:23:50.059><c> tears</c><00:23:50.519><c> of</c><00:23:50.819><c> Timothy</c><00:23:51.319><c> may</c><00:23:51.880><c> not</c><00:23:52.319><c> here</c><00:23:52.599><c> be</c>

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a<00:23:53.180><c> reference</c>

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to<00:23:53.599><c> the</c><00:23:53.799><c> weakness</c><00:23:54.119><c> of</c><00:23:54.359><c> his</c><00:23:54.640><c> character,</c><00:23:55.720><c> but</c><00:23:55.880><c> to</c><00:23:56.059><c> the</c><00:23:56.299><c> strength</c>

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of<00:23:56.819><c> his</c><00:23:57.079><c> feeling.</c>

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Now,<00:23:58.259><c> just</c><00:23:58.640><c> wait</c><00:23:58.839><c> for</c><00:23:59.000><c> a</c><00:23:59.099><c> moment</c><00:23:59.259><c> while</c><00:23:59.440><c> I</c><00:23:59.619><c> read</c><00:23:59.759><c> a</c><00:23:59.960><c> passage</c><00:24:00.180><c> to</c>

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you<00:24:00.400><c> from</c><00:24:00.599><c> Acts.</c>

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We<00:24:01.019><c> shan't</c><00:24:01.319><c> turn</c><00:24:01.539><c> it</c><00:24:01.720><c> up,</c><00:24:01.859><c> but</c><00:24:02.140><c> you'll</c><00:24:02.579><c> probably</c><00:24:02.880><c> know</c><00:24:03.079><c> where</c>

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it's<00:24:03.519><c> from.</c>

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Where<00:24:05.140><c> was</c><00:24:05.319><c> Timothy</c><00:24:05.599><c> based,</c><00:24:05.940><c> by</c><00:24:06.180><c> the</c><00:24:06.319><c> way,</c><00:24:06.420><c> when</c><00:24:06.619><c> Paul</c><00:24:06.859><c> writes</c>

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to<00:24:07.440><c> him?</c>

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He's<00:24:08.180><c> in</c><00:24:08.299><c> the</c><00:24:08.500><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:24:08.960><c> Ephesus,</c><00:24:09.400><c> is</c><00:24:09.539><c> he</c><00:24:09.680><c> not?</c>

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And<00:24:11.000><c> to</c><00:24:11.240><c> the</c><00:24:11.460><c> elders</c><00:24:11.680><c> of</c><00:24:11.900><c> Ephesus,</c><00:24:12.519><c> you'll</c><00:24:12.900><c> remember</c><00:24:13.119><c> that</c>

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the<00:24:13.480><c> Apostle</c><00:24:13.839><c> said</c><00:24:14.079><c> these</c><00:24:14.440><c> words</c>

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when<00:24:15.220><c> he'd</c><00:24:15.680><c> spoken,</c><00:24:16.420><c> he</c><00:24:16.420><c> kneeled</c><00:24:16.859><c> down</c><00:24:17.180><c> with</c><00:24:17.339><c> them</c><00:24:17.539><c> and</c><00:24:17.720><c> prayed</c><00:24:17.859><c> with</c>

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them<00:24:18.200><c> all.</c>

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And<00:24:19.019><c> they</c><00:24:19.240><c> all</c><00:24:19.759><c> wept,</c><00:24:20.519><c> saw,</c><00:24:20.779><c> and</c><00:24:21.140><c> fell</c><00:24:21.339><c> on</c><00:24:21.579><c> Paul's</c><00:24:22.160><c> neck</c><00:24:22.259><c> and</c>

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kissed<00:24:22.900><c> him,</c>

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sorrowing<00:24:24.140><c> most</c><00:24:24.539><c> of</c><00:24:24.720><c> all</c><00:24:24.940><c> for</c><00:24:25.119><c> the</c><00:24:25.319><c> words</c><00:24:25.559><c> which</c><00:24:25.799><c> he</c><00:24:26.019><c> spake,</c>

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that<00:24:26.519><c> they</c><00:24:27.000><c> should</c><00:24:27.299><c> see</c><00:24:27.900><c> his</c><00:24:28.359><c> face</c><00:24:28.779><c> no</c><00:24:29.079><c> more.</c>

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And<00:24:29.880><c> they</c><00:24:30.180><c> accompanied</c><00:24:30.559><c> him</c><00:24:30.740><c> unto</c><00:24:30.940><c> the</c><00:24:31.240><c> ship,</c><00:24:31.680><c> Acts</c><00:24:31.920><c> chapter</c>

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20,<00:24:32.519><c> verses</c><00:24:32.779><c> 36</c><00:24:33.339><c> to</c><00:24:33.579><c> 38.</c>

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And<00:24:34.440><c> you</c><00:24:34.579><c> see,</c><00:24:34.640><c> what</c><00:24:34.799><c> we're</c><00:24:35.099><c> told</c><00:24:35.740><c> in</c><00:24:36.700><c> Acts</c><00:24:37.140><c> is</c><00:24:37.720><c> that</c><00:24:38.079><c> the</c><00:24:38.240><c> Apostle</c><00:24:38.740><c> Paul</c>

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called<00:24:40.019><c> together</c><00:24:40.359><c> the</c><00:24:40.640><c> arranging</c><00:24:41.180><c> brethren</c><00:24:41.500><c> of</c><00:24:41.819><c> the</c><00:24:42.079><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:24:42.859><c> Ephesus</c>

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and<00:24:43.380><c> he</c><00:24:43.480><c> gave</c><00:24:43.640><c> them</c><00:24:43.819><c> a</c><00:24:43.920><c> speech.</c>

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He<00:24:44.279><c> said,</c><00:24:44.420><c> I'm</c><00:24:44.599><c> leaving,</c><00:24:44.900><c> by</c><00:24:45.099><c> the</c><00:24:45.180><c> way,</c><00:24:45.279><c> and</c><00:24:45.400><c> I'm</c><00:24:45.539><c> never</c><00:24:45.779><c> coming</c><00:24:46.000><c> back.</c>

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You'll<00:24:46.799><c> never</c><00:24:47.000><c> see</c><00:24:47.200><c> me</c><00:24:47.420><c> again.</c>

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And<00:24:48.000><c> when</c><00:24:48.140><c> he'd</c><00:24:48.319><c> finished</c><00:24:48.500><c> his</c><00:24:48.720><c> talk,</c><00:24:48.819><c> they</c><00:24:48.980><c> all</c><00:24:49.200><c> burst</c><00:24:49.400><c> into</c><00:24:49.680><c> tears.</c>

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All<00:24:50.319><c> the</c><00:24:50.460><c> arranging</c><00:24:50.740><c> brethren</c><00:24:50.960><c> are</c><00:24:51.140><c> sitting</c><00:24:51.279><c> there</c><00:24:51.559><c> sobbing.</c>

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Now,<00:24:53.460><c> if</c><00:24:53.680><c> the</c><00:24:53.960><c> arranging</c><00:24:54.440><c> brethren</c><00:24:54.960><c> of</c><00:24:55.339><c> Ephesus</c><00:24:55.700><c> were</c><00:24:55.960><c> in</c><00:24:56.259><c> tears</c>

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at<00:24:56.859><c> the</c><00:24:57.059><c> knowledge</c><00:24:57.279><c> of</c><00:24:57.539><c> Paul's</c><00:24:57.960><c> departure,</c><00:24:59.140><c> if</c><00:24:59.359><c> that's</c><00:24:59.619><c> how</c>

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the<00:25:00.160><c> elders</c><00:25:00.619><c> of</c><00:25:01.019><c> Ephesus</c><00:25:01.579><c> felt,</c>

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can<00:25:04.140><c> you</c><00:25:04.440><c> imagine</c><00:25:05.319><c> how</c><00:25:07.059><c> Timothy</c><00:25:07.519><c> must</c><00:25:07.880><c> have</c><00:25:08.140><c> felt</c>

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on<00:25:09.900><c> hearing</c><00:25:10.299><c> the</c><00:25:10.720><c> news</c><00:25:10.960><c> of</c><00:25:11.220><c> Paul's</c><00:25:12.099><c> second</c><00:25:12.380><c> arrest</c><00:25:12.980><c> and</c><00:25:14.099><c> imprisonment?</c>

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His<00:25:16.799><c> heart</c><00:25:17.359><c> must</c><00:25:17.720><c> have</c><00:25:18.119><c> quailed</c><00:25:18.640><c> at</c><00:25:19.099><c> the</c><00:25:19.480><c> thought</c><00:25:19.740><c> of</c><00:25:20.180><c> the</c><00:25:20.420><c> magnitude</c><00:25:20.859><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:21.220><c> labors</c>

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in<00:25:22.160><c> the</c><00:25:22.339><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:22.779><c> world.</c>

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How<00:25:24.140><c> would</c><00:25:24.480><c> he</c><00:25:24.880><c> carry</c><00:25:25.079><c> on</c><00:25:25.700><c> without</c><00:25:25.980><c> the</c><00:25:26.299><c> guidance</c><00:25:26.680><c> and</c><00:25:27.059><c> the</c><00:25:27.380><c> support</c><00:25:27.559><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:27.940><c> mentor,</c>

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his<00:25:28.859><c> champion,</c><00:25:29.640><c> his</c><00:25:29.819><c> hero,</c><00:25:30.339><c> who</c><00:25:30.480><c> had</c><00:25:30.660><c> always</c><00:25:31.019><c> been</c><00:25:31.339><c> there?</c>

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Oh,<00:25:33.299><c> yes,</c><00:25:33.500><c> Timothy</c><00:25:33.799><c> had</c><00:25:33.960><c> every</c><00:25:34.099><c> right</c><00:25:34.339><c> to</c><00:25:34.460><c> have</c><00:25:34.680><c> tears,</c><00:25:35.059><c> did</c>

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he<00:25:35.319><c> not,</c><00:25:35.640><c> brothers</c><00:25:35.779><c> and</c><00:25:35.980><c> sisters?</c>

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And<00:25:39.079><c> you</c><00:25:39.180><c> see,</c><00:25:39.319><c> Paul</c><00:25:39.559><c> knew</c><00:25:39.799><c> all</c><00:25:40.000><c> this.</c>

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But<00:25:43.259><c> the</c><00:25:43.519><c> problem</c><00:25:43.880><c> was</c><00:25:45.220><c> that</c><00:25:47.539><c> Paul</c><00:25:47.819><c> couldn't</c><00:25:48.099><c> come</c><00:25:48.460><c> to</c><00:25:48.680><c> see</c><00:25:48.819><c> Timothy.</c>

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Timothy<00:25:52.579><c> must</c><00:25:53.019><c> leave</c><00:25:53.420><c> Ephesus</c><00:25:54.339><c> to</c><00:25:55.920><c> visit</c><00:25:56.079><c> the</c><00:25:56.339><c> apostle.</c>

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And<00:25:59.559><c> so</c><00:25:59.660><c> when</c><00:25:59.799><c> he</c><00:26:00.000><c> says</c><00:26:00.200><c> here,</c><00:26:00.799><c> verse</c><00:26:01.140><c> 4,</c>

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greatly<00:26:03.799><c> desiring</c><00:26:04.380><c> to</c><00:26:04.779><c> see</c><00:26:04.980><c> thee,</c>

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it's<00:26:07.940><c> really</c><00:26:08.240><c> Paul's</c><00:26:09.420><c> entreaty</c><00:26:09.920><c> for</c><00:26:10.200><c> him</c><00:26:10.339><c> to</c><00:26:10.579><c> come</c><00:26:10.779><c> to</c><00:26:11.000><c> Rome.</c>

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Timothy,<00:26:11.640><c> come</c><00:26:12.140><c> and</c><00:26:12.700><c> come</c><00:26:12.960><c> now.</c>

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You<00:26:16.059><c> see,</c><00:26:16.200><c> this</c><00:26:16.400><c> visit</c><00:26:16.559><c> wasn't</c><00:26:16.779><c> just</c><00:26:17.000><c> for</c><00:26:17.200><c> Timothy's</c><00:26:17.660><c> benefit,</c><00:26:17.960><c> was</c><00:26:18.160><c> it?</c>

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It<00:26:20.450><c> was</c><00:26:20.589><c> for</c><00:26:20.809><c> Paul.</c>

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Isn't<00:26:23.230><c> that</c><00:26:23.369><c> what</c><00:26:23.430><c> he</c><00:26:23.589><c> says</c><00:26:23.670><c> at</c><00:26:23.829><c> the</c><00:26:23.890><c> end</c><00:26:24.029><c> of</c><00:26:24.170><c> the</c><00:26:24.230><c> verse?</c>

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That<00:26:26.269><c> I</c><00:26:26.829><c> may</c><00:26:27.089><c> be</c><00:26:27.269><c> filled</c><00:26:27.490><c> with</c><00:26:27.750><c> joy.</c>

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You<00:26:29.549><c> see,</c><00:26:29.609><c> he</c><00:26:29.750><c> wanted</c><00:26:29.970><c> to</c><00:26:30.210><c> encourage</c><00:26:30.690><c> Timothy</c><00:26:31.130><c> in</c><00:26:31.690><c> this</c><00:26:31.990><c> work,</c>

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but<00:26:32.710><c> Paul</c><00:26:33.369><c> needed</c><00:26:33.710><c> this</c><00:26:34.029><c> meeting.</c>

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Paul<00:26:35.369><c> needed</c><00:26:35.809><c> this</c><00:26:36.130><c> contact</c><00:26:36.670><c> to</c><00:26:37.109><c> see</c><00:26:37.609><c> his</c><00:26:37.990><c> successor</c>

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and<00:26:38.890><c> to</c><00:26:39.130><c> converse</c><00:26:39.470><c> with</c><00:26:39.650><c> him</c><00:26:39.849><c> this</c><00:26:40.190><c> one</c><00:26:40.670><c> last</c><00:26:41.470><c> time.</c>

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And<00:26:45.750><c> we</c><00:26:45.970><c> suddenly</c><00:26:46.250><c> realized,</c><00:26:46.990><c> brothers</c><00:26:47.029><c> and</c><00:26:47.269><c> sisters,</c>

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that<00:26:50.849><c> even</c><00:26:51.069><c> apostles</c><00:26:51.710><c> could</c><00:26:54.049><c> feel</c><00:26:54.289><c> lonely.</c>

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We<00:26:57.269><c> somehow</c><00:26:57.609><c> imagine,</c><00:26:58.450><c> don't</c><00:26:58.730><c> we,</c><00:26:58.990><c> that</c><00:26:59.049><c> they</c><00:26:59.210><c> were</c><00:26:59.390><c> heroes</c>

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striding<00:27:00.329><c> the</c><00:27:00.630><c> world</c><00:27:00.990><c> stage,</c>

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braving<00:27:03.490><c> every</c><00:27:03.789><c> difficulty.</c>

00:27:08.410 --> 00:27:09.890
But<00:27:08.549><c> Paul</c><00:27:08.710><c> felt</c><00:27:08.930><c> lonely.</c>

00:27:10.390 --> 00:27:15.890
He<00:27:11.109><c> was</c><00:27:11.450><c> desperately</c><00:27:12.289><c> lonely</c><00:27:13.289><c> in</c><00:27:14.289><c> the</c><00:27:14.490><c> prison,</c>

00:27:16.869 --> 00:27:18.589
languishing<00:27:17.410><c> in</c><00:27:17.789><c> the</c><00:27:17.990><c> mammantine,</c>

00:27:19.069 --> 00:27:25.250
a<00:27:19.390><c> vile,</c><00:27:20.369><c> black</c><00:27:20.730><c> hole</c><00:27:21.569><c> full</c><00:27:22.289><c> of</c><00:27:22.809><c> human</c><00:27:23.230><c> misery</c><00:27:23.809><c> and</c><00:27:24.349><c> human</c><00:27:24.730><c> suffering</c>

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left<00:27:25.910><c> there</c><00:27:26.369><c> with</c><00:27:26.849><c> nothing</c><00:27:27.329><c> but</c><00:27:27.730><c> his</c><00:27:27.970><c> memories.</c>

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And<00:27:30.210><c> what</c><00:27:30.289><c> he's</c><00:27:30.490><c> really</c><00:27:30.789><c> saying</c><00:27:31.049><c> is,</c>

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Timothy,<00:27:34.250><c> I</c><00:27:34.250><c> need</c><00:27:34.470><c> you</c><00:27:34.650><c> now.</c>

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I<00:27:37.470><c> need</c><00:27:37.750><c> you</c><00:27:38.150><c> now.</c>

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Now<00:27:40.450><c> is</c><00:27:40.670><c> the</c><00:27:40.829><c> time.</c>

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And<00:27:43.089><c> one</c><00:27:43.190><c> of</c><00:27:43.289><c> the</c><00:27:43.430><c> memories</c><00:27:43.789><c> that</c><00:27:44.029><c> he</c><00:27:44.150><c> was</c><00:27:44.289><c> left</c><00:27:44.490><c> alone</c><00:27:44.829><c> with</c>

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was<00:27:45.549><c> verse</c><00:27:45.890><c> five.</c>

00:27:46.730 --> 00:27:49.490
The<00:27:46.930><c> memories</c><00:27:47.150><c> of</c><00:27:47.569><c> not</c><00:27:47.710><c> only</c><00:27:47.930><c> Timothy,</c><00:27:48.410><c> but</c><00:27:48.509><c> Timothy's</c><00:27:49.109><c> family.</c>

00:27:49.670 --> 00:27:53.250
He<00:27:49.670><c> says,</c><00:27:50.089><c> when</c><00:27:50.170><c> I</c><00:27:50.430><c> call</c><00:27:50.609><c> to</c><00:27:50.849><c> remembrance</c><00:27:51.269><c> the</c><00:27:51.829><c> unfeigned</c><00:27:52.569><c> faith</c><00:27:52.930><c> that</c><00:27:53.089><c> is</c>

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in<00:27:53.490><c> thee,</c>

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which<00:27:54.109><c> dwelt</c><00:27:54.349><c> first</c><00:27:54.750><c> in</c><00:27:54.950><c> thy</c><00:27:55.150><c> grandmother</c><00:27:55.609><c> Lois</c><00:27:56.269><c> and</c><00:27:56.529><c> thy</c>

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mother<00:27:56.890><c> Eunice,</c>

00:27:57.289 --> 00:28:00.089
and<00:27:57.769><c> I</c><00:27:57.950><c> am</c><00:27:58.029><c> persuaded</c><00:27:58.430><c> that</c><00:27:58.670><c> in</c><00:27:58.829><c> thee</c><00:27:59.049><c> also.</c>

00:28:01.549 --> 00:28:06.829
You<00:28:02.130><c> see,</c><00:28:03.250><c> Paul</c><00:28:03.250><c> had</c><00:28:03.769><c> been</c><00:28:04.170><c> thankful</c><00:28:04.890><c> for</c><00:28:05.529><c> his</c><00:28:05.910><c> own</c><00:28:06.369><c> parents</c>

00:28:06.829 --> 00:28:10.109
and<00:28:07.230><c> his</c><00:28:07.450><c> own</c><00:28:07.809><c> grandparents,</c><00:28:08.670><c> verse</c><00:28:08.970><c> three.</c>

00:28:10.549 --> 00:28:13.089
But<00:28:10.730><c> you</c><00:28:10.829><c> see,</c><00:28:10.970><c> Timothy</c><00:28:11.329><c> had</c><00:28:11.529><c> a</c><00:28:11.809><c> similar</c><00:28:12.130><c> spiritual</c><00:28:12.670><c> background.</c>

00:28:13.250 --> 00:28:15.910
The<00:28:13.430><c> spirit</c><00:28:13.670><c> of</c><00:28:13.829><c> the</c><00:28:14.029><c> truth</c><00:28:14.190><c> had</c><00:28:14.369><c> been</c><00:28:14.630><c> passed</c><00:28:14.990><c> down</c><00:28:15.289><c> in</c><00:28:15.609><c> this</c>

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boy's<00:28:16.309><c> family</c>

00:28:16.730 --> 00:28:18.809
through<00:28:17.170><c> his</c><00:28:17.450><c> grandmother</c><00:28:17.890><c> and</c><00:28:18.210><c> his</c><00:28:18.529><c> mother.</c>

00:28:19.109 --> 00:28:22.069
The<00:28:19.390><c> flame</c><00:28:19.549><c> of</c><00:28:19.730><c> the</c><00:28:19.970><c> truth</c><00:28:20.109><c> had</c><00:28:20.309><c> been</c><00:28:20.450><c> lit</c><00:28:20.549><c> in</c><00:28:20.730><c> this</c><00:28:21.150><c> boy's</c><00:28:21.509><c> heart</c><00:28:21.670><c> from</c><00:28:21.869><c> an</c>

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early<00:28:22.349><c> age.</c>

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But<00:28:23.150><c> you</c><00:28:23.250><c> see,</c><00:28:23.369><c> I</c><00:28:23.369><c> think</c><00:28:23.589><c> what</c><00:28:23.789><c> verse</c><00:28:24.049><c> five</c><00:28:25.690><c> is</c><00:28:26.109><c> telling</c><00:28:26.329><c> us</c>

00:28:27.009 --> 00:28:33.190
is<00:28:28.069><c> that</c><00:28:28.410><c> when</c><00:28:28.950><c> Paul</c><00:28:29.470><c> says</c><00:28:30.250><c> that</c><00:28:30.910><c> he</c><00:28:31.210><c> knew</c><00:28:31.650><c> what</c><00:28:32.150><c> the</c><00:28:32.410><c> faith</c><00:28:32.650><c> was</c>

00:28:33.190 --> 00:28:35.710
not<00:28:33.569><c> only</c><00:28:33.789><c> in</c><00:28:34.009><c> Timothy's</c><00:28:34.509><c> heart,</c><00:28:34.690><c> but</c><00:28:34.769><c> in</c><00:28:34.930><c> his</c><00:28:35.150><c> mother's</c><00:28:35.569><c> heart</c>

00:28:35.710 --> 00:28:37.230
and<00:28:35.829><c> in</c><00:28:35.930><c> his</c><00:28:36.190><c> grandmother's</c><00:28:36.890><c> heart,</c>

00:28:37.549 --> 00:28:38.950
don't<00:28:37.789><c> you</c><00:28:38.029><c> think,</c><00:28:38.450><c> brothers</c><00:28:38.490><c> and</c><00:28:38.690><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:39.190 --> 00:28:43.650
that<00:28:39.349><c> it</c><00:28:39.569><c> suggests</c><00:28:39.970><c> that</c><00:28:40.410><c> when</c><00:28:40.930><c> Paul</c><00:28:41.630><c> visited</c><00:28:42.269><c> Lystra</c>

00:28:44.170 --> 00:28:47.490
that<00:28:44.730><c> this</c><00:28:45.049><c> is</c><00:28:45.329><c> probably</c><00:28:45.609><c> the</c><00:28:45.890><c> house</c><00:28:46.150><c> where</c><00:28:46.369><c> he</c><00:28:46.630><c> stayed.</c>

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He<00:28:48.150><c> knew</c><00:28:48.390><c> this</c><00:28:48.650><c> family.</c>

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He'd<00:28:49.809><c> been</c><00:28:49.950><c> in</c><00:28:50.130><c> this</c><00:28:50.369><c> home.</c>

00:28:51.009 --> 00:28:52.970
He<00:28:51.309><c> knew</c><00:28:51.509><c> what</c><00:28:51.670><c> it</c><00:28:51.829><c> was</c><00:28:52.029><c> like.</c>

00:28:53.190 --> 00:28:57.309
He<00:28:53.589><c> knew</c><00:28:53.849><c> their</c><00:28:54.210><c> spirit</c><00:28:54.490><c> was</c><00:28:54.990><c> absolutely</c><00:28:55.609><c> sincere</c><00:28:56.190><c> and</c><00:28:56.789><c> genuine</c><00:28:57.150><c> in</c>

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the<00:28:57.470><c> truth,</c>

00:28:57.609 --> 00:29:01.630
and<00:28:57.730><c> he</c><00:28:57.789><c> had</c><00:28:58.210><c> wonderful</c><00:28:58.769><c> memories</c><00:28:59.190><c> of</c><00:28:59.410><c> spending</c><00:28:59.730><c> time</c><00:29:00.230><c> with</c><00:29:00.450><c> them.</c>

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And<00:29:02.190><c> many</c><00:29:02.369><c> of</c><00:29:02.569><c> you</c><00:29:02.710><c> will</c><00:29:02.910><c> know,</c><00:29:03.269><c> brothers</c><00:29:03.349><c> and</c><00:29:03.549><c> sisters,</c><00:29:03.769><c> as</c>

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we<00:29:04.970><c> also</c><00:29:05.549><c> do,</c>

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what<00:29:06.710><c> an</c><00:29:07.049><c> astonishing</c><00:29:07.430><c> thing</c><00:29:07.690><c> it</c><00:29:07.930><c> is</c><00:29:08.369><c> in</c><00:29:08.710><c> our</c><00:29:08.950><c> community</c>

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to<00:29:10.210><c> fly</c><00:29:10.490><c> to</c><00:29:10.670><c> the</c><00:29:10.809><c> other</c><00:29:11.029><c> side</c><00:29:11.210><c> of</c><00:29:11.369><c> the</c><00:29:11.509><c> world</c>

00:29:11.849 --> 00:29:14.589
and<00:29:12.210><c> be</c><00:29:12.390><c> picked</c><00:29:12.529><c> up</c><00:29:12.710><c> from</c><00:29:12.869><c> an</c><00:29:13.049><c> airport</c><00:29:13.450><c> by</c><00:29:13.930><c> someone</c><00:29:14.109><c> who's</c><00:29:14.309><c> a</c>

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complete<00:29:14.849><c> stranger</c><00:29:15.269><c> to</c><00:29:15.430><c> us</c>

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and<00:29:15.750><c> driven</c><00:29:15.950><c> to</c><00:29:16.150><c> their</c><00:29:16.329><c> home,</c><00:29:16.849><c> and</c><00:29:17.089><c> we</c><00:29:17.250><c> walk</c><00:29:17.390><c> into</c><00:29:17.589><c> their</c><00:29:17.829><c> home,</c>

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and<00:29:18.490><c> we</c><00:29:18.609><c> sit</c><00:29:18.789><c> down,</c><00:29:19.069><c> we</c><00:29:19.130><c> give</c><00:29:19.309><c> thanks</c><00:29:19.609><c> for</c><00:29:19.769><c> the</c><00:29:19.890><c> meal,</c><00:29:20.069><c> we</c><00:29:20.230><c> have</c>

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a<00:29:20.529><c> meal,</c>

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we<00:29:20.930><c> open</c><00:29:21.269><c> our</c><00:29:21.549><c> Bibles,</c><00:29:21.869><c> and</c><00:29:21.950><c> we</c><00:29:22.029><c> do</c><00:29:22.150><c> the</c><00:29:22.349><c> daily</c><00:29:22.589><c> readings,</c>

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and<00:29:23.109><c> you</c><00:29:23.230><c> suddenly</c><00:29:23.390><c> think,</c><00:29:23.569><c> I'm</c><00:29:23.710><c> home.</c>

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This<00:29:26.349><c> is</c><00:29:26.930><c> family.</c>

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And<00:29:29.009><c> you</c><00:29:29.130><c> feel</c><00:29:29.329><c> safe</c><00:29:29.650><c> and</c><00:29:29.910><c> comfortable</c><00:29:30.289><c> and</c><00:29:30.569><c> secure.</c>

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It's<00:29:32.549><c> an</c><00:29:32.769><c> amazing</c><00:29:33.210><c> spirit.</c>

00:29:33.690 --> 00:29:36.950
You<00:29:33.690><c> see,</c><00:29:34.509><c> imagine</c><00:29:34.869><c> how</c><00:29:35.190><c> Paul</c><00:29:35.569><c> felt</c><00:29:36.009><c> being</c><00:29:36.309><c> able</c><00:29:36.529><c> to</c><00:29:36.650><c> go</c><00:29:36.769><c> into</c>

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a<00:29:37.049><c> home</c><00:29:37.170><c> like</c><00:29:37.450><c> that.</c>

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We<00:29:37.730><c> just</c><00:29:38.029><c> thought,</c><00:29:40.309><c> I'm</c><00:29:41.670><c> at</c><00:29:41.849><c> home.</c>

00:29:43.430 --> 00:29:45.210
He<00:29:43.569><c> was</c><00:29:43.710><c> at</c><00:29:43.809><c> home</c><00:29:43.910><c> with</c><00:29:44.069><c> this</c><00:29:44.329><c> family.</c>

00:29:45.390 --> 00:29:46.910
Now,<00:29:45.569><c> there's</c><00:29:45.750><c> a</c><00:29:45.910><c> lesson</c><00:29:46.109><c> here,</c><00:29:46.569><c> brothers</c><00:29:46.589><c> and</c><00:29:46.750><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:46.910 --> 00:29:48.970
because,<00:29:47.390><c> you</c><00:29:47.529><c> see,</c><00:29:47.609><c> Timothy</c><00:29:47.910><c> had</c><00:29:48.109><c> obviously</c><00:29:48.369><c> been</c><00:29:48.589><c> affected</c>

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by<00:29:49.210><c> that</c><00:29:49.430><c> background,</c>

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hadn't<00:29:50.049><c> he,</c><00:29:50.430><c> clearly?</c>

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That's<00:29:51.670><c> why</c><00:29:51.809><c> he</c><00:29:51.869><c> was</c><00:29:52.009><c> such</c><00:29:52.210><c> a</c><00:29:52.289><c> promising</c><00:29:52.630><c> young</c><00:29:52.890><c> man.</c>

00:29:53.950 --> 00:29:55.789
But<00:29:54.089><c> there's</c><00:29:54.250><c> a</c><00:29:54.410><c> lesson</c><00:29:54.589><c> here,</c><00:29:54.809><c> and</c><00:29:54.930><c> it's</c><00:29:55.049><c> a</c><00:29:55.150><c> wonderful</c><00:29:55.390><c> lesson</c>

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for<00:29:56.150><c> young</c><00:29:56.490><c> families</c><00:29:56.950><c> and</c><00:29:57.450><c> young</c><00:29:57.730><c> couples.</c>

00:29:59.009 --> 00:30:04.750
You<00:29:59.309><c> see,</c><00:29:59.849><c> we</c><00:30:00.009><c> can</c><00:30:00.309><c> give</c><00:30:00.609><c> our</c><00:30:01.150><c> children</c><00:30:01.990><c> no</c><00:30:02.710><c> finer</c><00:30:03.190><c> a</c><00:30:03.650><c> legacy</c>

00:30:05.289 --> 00:30:09.869
than<00:30:05.930><c> family</c><00:30:06.569><c> life</c><00:30:07.130><c> that</c><00:30:07.670><c> irresistibly</c><00:30:08.750><c> revolves</c><00:30:09.369><c> around</c>

00:30:09.869 --> 00:30:10.369
the<00:30:10.190><c> truth</c>

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and<00:30:10.490><c> is</c><00:30:10.710><c> always</c><00:30:11.170><c> centered</c><00:30:11.569><c> upon</c><00:30:11.890><c> it.</c>

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Shall<00:30:14.430><c> I</c><00:30:14.529><c> just</c><00:30:14.789><c> graphically</c><00:30:15.210><c> illustrate</c><00:30:15.710><c> that?</c>

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It's<00:30:17.390><c> primitive,</c><00:30:18.890><c> but</c><00:30:19.170><c> you'll</c><00:30:19.410><c> get</c><00:30:19.549><c> the</c><00:30:19.769><c> idea.</c>

00:30:22.569 --> 00:30:26.109
You<00:30:22.650><c> see,</c><00:30:22.769><c> imagine</c><00:30:23.150><c> that</c><00:30:23.349><c> this</c><00:30:23.609><c> hand</c><00:30:23.849><c> here</c><00:30:24.410><c> represents</c><00:30:25.230><c> God</c>

00:30:26.109 --> 00:30:27.849
and<00:30:26.509><c> the</c><00:30:26.710><c> greatness</c><00:30:26.950><c> of</c><00:30:27.150><c> His</c><00:30:27.289><c> purpose.</c>

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And<00:30:28.809><c> here</c><00:30:28.950><c> is</c><00:30:29.109><c> mother</c><00:30:29.289><c> and</c><00:30:29.569><c> father,</c><00:30:29.829><c> and</c><00:30:30.069><c> children</c><00:30:30.369><c> are</c><00:30:30.650><c> added</c>

00:30:30.809 --> 00:30:32.549
to<00:30:31.049><c> that</c><00:30:31.710><c> grouping,</c><00:30:32.109><c> you</c><00:30:32.329><c> see,</c>

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and<00:30:32.950><c> the</c><00:30:33.170><c> family</c><00:30:33.509><c> revolves</c><00:30:34.190><c> around</c><00:30:34.609><c> the</c><00:30:34.930><c> center</c><00:30:35.250><c> of</c><00:30:35.589><c> God's</c><00:30:36.210><c> purpose.</c>

00:30:39.109 --> 00:30:42.009
And<00:30:39.529><c> even</c><00:30:39.789><c> though</c><00:30:40.029><c> a</c><00:30:40.309><c> child</c><00:30:40.750><c> joins</c><00:30:41.269><c> that</c><00:30:41.589><c> family,</c>

00:30:42.009 --> 00:30:45.950
and<00:30:42.269><c> they</c><00:30:42.450><c> know</c><00:30:42.630><c> they're</c><00:30:42.849><c> loved</c><00:30:43.150><c> and</c><00:30:43.430><c> wanted</c><00:30:43.750><c> and</c><00:30:44.170><c> valued</c><00:30:44.529><c> and</c><00:30:44.849><c> appreciated,</c>

00:30:47.069 --> 00:30:50.329
from<00:30:47.410><c> the</c><00:30:47.650><c> earliest</c><00:30:47.970><c> age</c><00:30:48.390><c> they</c><00:30:48.569><c> have</c><00:30:48.829><c> this</c><00:30:49.390><c> innate</c><00:30:49.769><c> sense</c>

00:30:50.329 --> 00:30:53.670
that<00:30:51.049><c> their</c><00:30:51.529><c> family</c><00:30:51.970><c> revolves</c><00:30:52.430><c> around</c><00:30:52.809><c> something</c><00:30:53.250><c> bigger</c>

00:30:53.670 --> 00:30:55.549
and<00:30:54.170><c> larger</c><00:30:54.650><c> and</c><00:30:55.049><c> greater</c>

00:30:55.549 --> 00:30:59.569
and<00:30:56.289><c> more</c><00:30:56.589><c> wonderful</c><00:30:57.029><c> than</c><00:30:57.269><c> even</c><00:30:58.289><c> mom</c><00:30:58.490><c> and</c><00:30:58.710><c> dad.</c>

00:31:00.609 --> 00:31:03.029
They<00:31:01.230><c> can't</c><00:31:01.430><c> put</c><00:31:01.589><c> it</c><00:31:01.710><c> into</c><00:31:01.829><c> words.</c>

00:31:03.690 --> 00:31:05.529
Little<00:31:03.869><c> children</c><00:31:04.190><c> can't</c><00:31:04.450><c> even</c><00:31:04.730><c> articulate</c><00:31:05.289><c> that,</c>

00:31:05.650 --> 00:31:08.509
and<00:31:05.710><c> yet</c><00:31:05.890><c> already</c><00:31:06.230><c> they</c><00:31:06.549><c> sense</c><00:31:06.910><c> that</c><00:31:07.430><c> their</c><00:31:07.710><c> family</c><00:31:08.049><c> revolves</c>

00:31:08.509 --> 00:31:10.789
around<00:31:08.950><c> a</c><00:31:09.329><c> higher</c><00:31:09.650><c> principle.</c>

00:31:12.690 --> 00:31:17.349
You<00:31:13.089><c> see,</c><00:31:13.309><c> the</c><00:31:13.430><c> danger</c><00:31:13.730><c> is</c><00:31:13.930><c> that</c><00:31:14.029><c> when</c><00:31:14.710><c> young</c><00:31:15.049><c> families</c><00:31:15.490><c> first</c><00:31:16.089><c> start,</c>

00:31:17.809 --> 00:31:21.690
young<00:31:17.950><c> parents</c><00:31:18.410><c> are</c><00:31:18.769><c> so</c><00:31:18.950><c> enamored</c><00:31:19.170><c> of</c><00:31:19.329><c> their</c><00:31:20.069><c> gorgeous</c><00:31:20.589><c> child</c>

00:31:21.990 --> 00:31:24.210
that<00:31:22.390><c> suddenly</c><00:31:22.670><c> it's</c><00:31:22.809><c> all</c><00:31:22.970><c> about</c><00:31:23.130><c> the</c><00:31:23.349><c> child</c><00:31:23.730><c> and</c><00:31:23.930><c> what</c><00:31:24.049><c> they</c>

00:31:24.210 --> 00:31:24.509
can<00:31:24.369><c> do</c>

00:31:24.509 --> 00:31:25.890
and<00:31:24.549><c> what</c><00:31:24.670><c> you</c><00:31:24.809><c> would</c><00:31:24.990><c> like</c><00:31:25.150><c> and</c><00:31:25.210><c> what</c><00:31:25.309><c> you</c><00:31:25.450><c> don't</c><00:31:25.650><c> like</c>

00:31:25.890 --> 00:31:27.230
and<00:31:25.970><c> what</c><00:31:26.089><c> you</c><00:31:26.250><c> want</c><00:31:26.329><c> to</c><00:31:26.490><c> eat</c><00:31:26.589><c> or</c><00:31:26.690><c> don't</c><00:31:26.890><c> want</c><00:31:27.069><c> to</c><00:31:27.150><c> eat,</c>

00:31:27.289 --> 00:31:30.869
and<00:31:27.390><c> before</c><00:31:27.569><c> you</c><00:31:27.750><c> realize</c><00:31:28.009><c> it</c><00:31:28.670><c> or</c><00:31:28.789><c> don't</c><00:31:29.069><c> realize</c><00:31:29.490><c> it,</c>

00:31:31.289 --> 00:31:33.349
life<00:31:31.470><c> suddenly</c><00:31:31.690><c> revolves</c><00:31:31.950><c> around</c><00:31:32.109><c> the</c><00:31:32.309><c> child.</c>

00:31:34.730 --> 00:31:37.289
And<00:31:34.990><c> that's</c><00:31:35.210><c> the</c><00:31:35.349><c> worst</c><00:31:35.589><c> possible</c><00:31:36.210><c> legacy</c><00:31:36.609><c> any</c><00:31:36.829><c> of</c><00:31:36.930><c> us</c><00:31:37.069><c> could</c>

00:31:37.289 --> 00:31:39.109
give<00:31:37.829><c> to</c><00:31:38.450><c> our</c><00:31:38.650><c> families</c>

00:31:39.569 --> 00:31:42.609
if<00:31:40.009><c> we</c><00:31:40.150><c> want</c><00:31:40.329><c> to</c><00:31:40.509><c> teach</c><00:31:40.670><c> them</c><00:31:40.890><c> the</c><00:31:41.029><c> reality</c><00:31:41.349><c> of</c><00:31:41.569><c> God</c><00:31:41.849><c>-manifestation</c>

00:31:42.609 --> 00:31:44.490
and<00:31:42.750><c> the</c><00:31:42.990><c> greatness</c><00:31:43.289><c> of</c><00:31:43.509><c> the</c><00:31:43.670><c> purpose</c><00:31:43.930><c> of</c><00:31:44.130><c> the</c><00:31:44.289><c> deity,</c>

00:31:44.609 --> 00:31:46.410
to<00:31:44.730><c> fill</c><00:31:44.930><c> the</c><00:31:45.089><c> earth</c><00:31:45.250><c> with</c><00:31:45.410><c> his</c><00:31:45.609><c> glory,</c>

00:31:46.569 --> 00:31:48.569
then<00:31:46.690><c> give</c><00:31:47.009><c> them</c><00:31:47.230><c> the</c><00:31:47.309><c> legacy</c><00:31:47.670><c> of</c><00:31:47.849><c> a</c><00:31:48.009><c> family</c>

00:31:48.569 --> 00:31:53.950
where<00:31:49.210><c> it</c><00:31:49.710><c> all</c><00:31:49.990><c> revolves</c><00:31:50.470><c> around</c><00:31:50.829><c> the</c><00:31:51.029><c> center</c><00:31:51.269><c> of</c><00:31:51.430><c> God's</c><00:31:51.849><c> purpose,</c><00:31:52.470><c> you</c><00:31:52.849><c> see.</c>

00:31:55.990 --> 00:32:02.109
That<00:31:56.150><c> was</c><00:31:56.349><c> Timothy's</c><00:31:56.849><c> home,</c><00:31:59.990><c> and</c><00:32:00.109><c> Paul</c><00:32:00.250><c> had</c><00:32:00.430><c> been</c><00:32:00.549><c> there.</c>

00:32:03.049 --> 00:32:05.190
Children<00:32:03.369><c> that</c><00:32:03.569><c> grow</c><00:32:03.670><c> up</c><00:32:03.829><c> in</c><00:32:03.950><c> that</c><00:32:04.210><c> type</c><00:32:04.390><c> of</c><00:32:04.609><c> atmosphere</c><00:32:04.970><c> are</c>

00:32:05.190 --> 00:32:07.329
blessed<00:32:05.589><c> from</c><00:32:06.190><c> the</c><00:32:06.410><c> earliest</c><00:32:06.809><c> age</c>

00:32:07.329 --> 00:32:11.390
with<00:32:07.490><c> a</c><00:32:07.690><c> sense</c><00:32:08.150><c> that</c><00:32:08.490><c> they</c><00:32:08.690><c> can't</c><00:32:08.950><c> even</c><00:32:09.190><c> articulate</c><00:32:09.809><c> that</c><00:32:11.130><c> God</c>

00:32:11.390 --> 00:32:12.069
is<00:32:11.710><c> great.</c>

00:32:12.130 --> 00:32:16.730
He<00:32:12.509><c> must</c><00:32:12.769><c> be</c><00:32:13.009><c> great</c><00:32:13.349><c> because</c><00:32:13.829><c> our</c><00:32:14.069><c> whole</c><00:32:14.329><c> family</c><00:32:14.930><c> revolves</c><00:32:15.490><c> around</c><00:32:16.009><c> the</c><00:32:16.230><c> greatness</c><00:32:16.470><c> of</c>

00:32:16.730 --> 00:32:17.890
that<00:32:16.950><c> truth.</c>

00:32:19.369 --> 00:32:25.589
And<00:32:19.549><c> so</c><00:32:19.690><c> Paul</c><00:32:19.950><c> says,</c><00:32:21.250><c> 2</c><00:32:21.470><c> Timothy</c><00:32:22.789><c> 1</c><00:32:23.509><c> and</c><00:32:24.049><c> verse</c><00:32:24.349><c> 6,</c>

00:32:26.250 --> 00:32:26.630
he<00:32:26.369><c> says,</c>

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Wherefore<00:32:27.390><c> I</c><00:32:27.789><c> put</c><00:32:28.069><c> thee</c><00:32:28.470><c> in</c><00:32:28.829><c> remembrance</c><00:32:29.190><c> that</c><00:32:29.410><c> they</c><00:32:29.650><c> are</c><00:32:29.930><c> stir</c><00:32:30.150><c> up</c>

00:32:30.470 --> 00:32:31.329
the<00:32:30.650><c> gift</c><00:32:30.869><c> of</c><00:32:31.069><c> God</c>

00:32:31.329 --> 00:32:33.869
which<00:32:31.589><c> is</c><00:32:31.829><c> in</c><00:32:32.029><c> thee</c><00:32:32.190><c> by</c><00:32:32.390><c> the</c><00:32:32.569><c> putting</c><00:32:32.750><c> on</c><00:32:32.950><c> of</c><00:32:33.130><c> my</c><00:32:33.410><c> hands.</c>

00:32:33.869 --> 00:32:37.410
Do<00:32:34.210><c> you</c><00:32:34.789><c> know</c><00:32:34.930><c> that</c><00:32:35.089><c> between</c><00:32:35.470><c> verses</c><00:32:35.890><c> 3</c><00:32:36.390><c> to</c><00:32:36.569><c> 6,</c>

00:32:38.269 --> 00:32:46.589
Paul<00:32:38.549><c> uses</c><00:32:39.329><c> four</c><00:32:40.069><c> different</c><00:32:40.589><c> Greek</c><00:32:40.950><c> words</c><00:32:41.650><c> to</c><00:32:42.329><c> describe</c><00:32:43.130><c> memory</c><00:32:44.369><c> and</c><00:32:44.869><c> recollection.</c>

00:32:46.630 --> 00:32:49.710
Paul<00:32:46.869><c> had</c><00:32:47.089><c> his</c><00:32:47.549><c> memories</c><00:32:47.990><c> of</c><00:32:48.170><c> his</c><00:32:48.450><c> time</c><00:32:48.609><c> with</c><00:32:48.869><c> Timothy's</c><00:32:49.369><c> family,</c>

00:32:49.789 --> 00:32:54.390
and<00:32:50.009><c> he</c><00:32:50.190><c> had</c><00:32:50.410><c> memory</c><00:32:50.670><c> of</c><00:32:50.809><c> his</c><00:32:50.950><c> own</c><00:32:51.170><c> upbringing</c><00:32:51.509><c> in</c><00:32:52.069><c> the</c><00:32:52.329><c> scriptures</c><00:32:52.750><c> from</c><00:32:53.049><c> a</c><00:32:53.349><c> child.</c>

00:32:54.549 --> 00:32:56.650
But<00:32:54.690><c> I</c><00:32:54.789><c> think</c><00:32:55.009><c> that</c><00:32:55.170><c> the</c><00:32:55.289><c> one</c><00:32:55.650><c> thing,</c><00:32:56.029><c> verse</c><00:32:56.329><c> 6,</c>

00:32:56.670 --> 00:33:01.369
the<00:32:56.849><c> one</c><00:32:57.430><c> memory</c><00:32:57.930><c> he</c><00:32:58.349><c> encouraged</c><00:32:59.009><c> Timothy</c><00:32:59.589><c> to</c><00:32:59.990><c> recall</c>

00:33:01.410 --> 00:33:06.190
was<00:33:01.890><c> the</c><00:33:02.349><c> moment</c><00:33:02.730><c> of</c><00:33:03.029><c> his</c><00:33:03.410><c> first</c><00:33:04.269><c> meeting</c><00:33:04.829><c> with</c><00:33:05.369><c> the</c><00:33:05.609><c> apostle</c>

00:33:06.190 --> 00:33:08.670
back<00:33:06.710><c> in</c><00:33:07.009><c> Acts</c><00:33:07.269><c> 16,</c><00:33:07.970><c> verse</c><00:33:08.250><c> 1.</c>

00:33:08.869 --> 00:33:12.829
Because<00:33:09.069><c> at</c><00:33:09.369><c> that</c><00:33:09.630><c> meeting,</c><00:33:10.349><c> Paul</c><00:33:10.589><c> had</c><00:33:11.069><c> chosen</c><00:33:11.529><c> Timothy</c><00:33:11.910><c> based</c><00:33:12.450><c> upon</c>

00:33:12.829 --> 00:33:14.109
his<00:33:13.150><c> attitude</c><00:33:13.529><c> to</c><00:33:13.730><c> the</c><00:33:13.910><c> truth.</c>

00:33:14.250 --> 00:33:16.529
But<00:33:14.349><c> he'd</c><00:33:14.569><c> done</c><00:33:14.670><c> something</c><00:33:14.990><c> more.</c><00:33:15.529><c> It</c><00:33:15.650><c> was</c><00:33:15.849><c> more</c><00:33:16.089><c> than</c><00:33:16.329><c> that.</c>

00:33:16.750 --> 00:33:19.369
If<00:33:16.869><c> you</c><00:33:16.990><c> come</c><00:33:17.150><c> back</c><00:33:17.349><c> to</c><00:33:17.490><c> the</c><00:33:17.670><c> first</c><00:33:17.910><c> of</c><00:33:18.130><c> Timothy</c><00:33:18.390><c> in</c><00:33:18.589><c> chapter</c><00:33:18.890><c> 1,</c>

00:33:19.849 --> 00:33:23.069
I<00:33:20.009><c> draw</c><00:33:20.130><c> your</c><00:33:20.410><c> attention</c><00:33:20.730><c> to</c><00:33:20.910><c> what</c><00:33:21.130><c> verse</c><00:33:21.490><c> 18</c><00:33:22.029><c> says.</c>

00:33:23.950 --> 00:33:26.890
So<00:33:24.109><c> when</c><00:33:24.250><c> it</c><00:33:24.450><c> says</c><00:33:24.589><c> here</c><00:33:24.750><c> in</c><00:33:24.930><c> the</c><00:33:25.089><c> second</c><00:33:25.329><c> epistle,</c><00:33:25.990><c> he</c><00:33:26.130><c> says,</c>

00:33:27.230 --> 00:33:29.470
I<00:33:27.230><c> put</c><00:33:27.630><c> thee</c><00:33:27.869><c> in</c><00:33:28.130><c> remembrance</c><00:33:28.430><c> that</c><00:33:28.670><c> they</c><00:33:28.829><c> are</c><00:33:29.009><c> stir</c><00:33:29.130><c> up</c><00:33:29.309><c> the</c>

00:33:29.470 --> 00:33:30.029
gift<00:33:29.630><c> of</c><00:33:29.849><c> God.</c>

00:33:30.029 --> 00:33:32.750
I<00:33:30.130><c> think</c><00:33:30.289><c> that</c><00:33:30.509><c> Paul</c><00:33:30.670><c> was</c><00:33:30.950><c> deliberately</c><00:33:31.569><c> taking</c><00:33:32.049><c> Timothy's</c>

00:33:32.750 --> 00:33:33.470
mind<00:33:33.089><c> back</c>

00:33:33.470 --> 00:33:37.250
to<00:33:33.910><c> the</c><00:33:34.130><c> very</c><00:33:34.470><c> first</c><00:33:34.849><c> meeting</c><00:33:35.230><c> they</c><00:33:35.710><c> too</c><00:33:36.170><c> had.</c>

00:33:37.630 --> 00:33:41.069
But<00:33:37.789><c> it</c><00:33:37.890><c> was</c><00:33:38.150><c> more</c><00:33:38.430><c> remarkable</c><00:33:38.869><c> than</c><00:33:39.049><c> we</c><00:33:39.470><c> might</c><00:33:39.690><c> have</c><00:33:39.930><c> imagined.</c>

00:33:41.509 --> 00:33:43.509
Because<00:33:41.789><c> it</c><00:33:41.990><c> says</c><00:33:42.109><c> in</c><00:33:42.289><c> the</c><00:33:42.410><c> first</c><00:33:42.630><c> of</c><00:33:42.769><c> Timothy,</c><00:33:43.029><c> chapter</c><00:33:43.289><c> 1,</c>

00:33:43.609 --> 00:33:44.910
verse<00:33:43.809><c> 18,</c>

00:33:45.410 --> 00:33:48.589
this<00:33:45.829><c> charge</c><00:33:46.390><c> I</c><00:33:46.809><c> commit</c><00:33:47.029><c> unto</c><00:33:47.390><c> thee,</c><00:33:47.789><c> son</c><00:33:48.069><c> Timothy,</c>

00:33:49.049 --> 00:33:52.910
according<00:33:49.309><c> to</c><00:33:49.609><c> the</c><00:33:49.869><c> prophecies</c><00:33:50.289><c> which</c><00:33:50.529><c> went</c><00:33:50.789><c> before</c><00:33:51.369><c> on</c><00:33:51.849><c> thee.</c>

00:33:53.970 --> 00:33:59.170
According<00:33:54.450><c> to</c><00:33:54.769><c> the</c><00:33:55.130><c> prophecies</c><00:33:56.309><c> which</c><00:33:57.150><c> went</c><00:33:57.430><c> before</c><00:33:58.170><c> on</c><00:33:58.730><c> thee.</c>

00:33:59.170 --> 00:34:01.930
The<00:34:00.150><c> American</c><00:34:00.690><c> Standard</c><00:34:01.269><c> Version</c><00:34:01.609><c> says,</c>

00:34:02.329 --> 00:34:06.589
according<00:34:02.369><c> to</c><00:34:02.650><c> the</c><00:34:02.890><c> prophecies</c><00:34:03.329><c> which</c><00:34:03.890><c> led</c><00:34:04.349><c> the</c><00:34:04.690><c> way</c><00:34:05.309><c> to</c><00:34:05.769><c> thee.</c>

00:34:06.849 --> 00:34:08.570
The<00:34:07.049><c> Revised</c><00:34:07.509><c> Standard</c><00:34:07.890><c> Version</c><00:34:08.190><c> says,</c>

00:34:08.969 --> 00:34:13.730
in<00:34:09.190><c> accordance</c><00:34:09.550><c> with</c><00:34:09.929><c> the</c><00:34:10.150><c> prophetic</c><00:34:10.650><c> utterances</c><00:34:11.389><c> which</c><00:34:12.150><c> pointed</c><00:34:12.630><c> to</c><00:34:13.309><c> you.</c>

00:34:14.130 --> 00:34:18.150
And<00:34:14.329><c> what</c><00:34:14.449><c> we're</c><00:34:14.650><c> being</c><00:34:14.989><c> told</c><00:34:15.570><c> is</c><00:34:16.090><c> that</c><00:34:16.389><c> that</c><00:34:16.750><c> meeting</c><00:34:17.070><c> in</c><00:34:17.309><c> Acts</c><00:34:17.570><c> 16</c>

00:34:18.150 --> 00:34:19.630
was<00:34:18.630><c> providential.</c>

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That<00:34:20.070><c> in</c><00:34:20.389><c> some</c><00:34:20.750><c> way,</c><00:34:21.110><c> Paul</c><00:34:21.469><c> was</c><00:34:21.969><c> advised</c><00:34:22.469><c> by</c><00:34:22.869><c> the</c><00:34:23.250><c> Spirit</c>

00:34:23.590 --> 00:34:28.989
that<00:34:24.389><c> Timothy</c><00:34:24.909><c> was</c><00:34:25.250><c> a</c><00:34:25.570><c> suitable</c><00:34:25.989><c> candidate</c><00:34:26.690><c> for</c><00:34:27.610><c> more</c><00:34:28.130><c> responsibility</c>

00:34:28.989 --> 00:34:30.130
in<00:34:29.210><c> the</c><00:34:29.429><c> truth</c><00:34:29.630><c> service.</c>

00:34:30.449 --> 00:34:33.769
So<00:34:30.730><c> Paul</c><00:34:30.929><c> was</c><00:34:31.309><c> guided</c><00:34:31.789><c> to</c><00:34:32.130><c> meet</c><00:34:32.349><c> that</c><00:34:32.610><c> young</c><00:34:32.889><c> man.</c>

00:34:34.289 --> 00:34:38.550
And<00:34:34.510><c> Paul</c><00:34:34.909><c> not</c><00:34:35.230><c> only</c><00:34:35.590><c> chose</c><00:34:36.110><c> him</c><00:34:36.429><c> to</c><00:34:36.710><c> join</c><00:34:37.090><c> his</c><00:34:37.489><c> ministry,</c>

00:34:38.590 --> 00:34:42.769
but<00:34:38.750><c> he</c><00:34:39.090><c> imparted</c><00:34:39.610><c> some</c><00:34:40.090><c> special</c><00:34:40.809><c> spirit</c><00:34:41.250><c> gift</c><00:34:41.630><c> to</c><00:34:41.869><c> Timothy.</c>

00:34:42.829 --> 00:34:45.429
In<00:34:42.849><c> fact,</c><00:34:43.090><c> the</c><00:34:43.170><c> word</c><00:34:43.530><c> gift</c><00:34:43.889><c> in</c><00:34:44.090><c> the</c><00:34:44.289><c> second</c><00:34:44.469><c> of</c><00:34:44.610><c> Timothy,</c><00:34:44.869><c> chapter</c><00:34:45.170><c> 1,</c>

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verse<00:34:45.630><c> 6,</c>

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is<00:34:46.150><c> the</c><00:34:46.349><c> Greek</c><00:34:46.570><c> word</c><00:34:47.090><c> charisma,</c>

00:34:47.809 --> 00:34:52.309
which<00:34:48.530><c> is</c><00:34:49.030><c> the</c><00:34:49.329><c> same</c><00:34:49.610><c> word</c><00:34:49.989><c> used</c><00:34:50.570><c> in</c><00:34:51.030><c> the</c><00:34:51.030><c> first</c><00:34:51.750><c> of</c><00:34:51.949><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:34:52.369 --> 00:34:56.530
chapter<00:34:52.710><c> 12,</c><00:34:53.789><c> verses</c><00:34:54.110><c> 4</c><00:34:54.409><c> and</c><00:34:54.489><c> 9,</c><00:34:54.789><c> for</c><00:34:54.949><c> the</c><00:34:55.130><c> gifts</c><00:34:55.309><c> of</c><00:34:55.510><c> the</c><00:34:55.730><c> Spirit.</c>

00:34:57.070 --> 00:34:58.929
It<00:34:57.329><c> might</c><00:34:57.489><c> have</c><00:34:57.590><c> been</c><00:34:57.730><c> the</c><00:34:57.849><c> gift</c><00:34:58.030><c> of</c><00:34:58.190><c> the</c><00:34:58.309><c> word</c><00:34:58.469><c> of</c><00:34:58.670><c> wisdom,</c>

00:34:58.989 --> 00:35:00.809
or<00:34:59.110><c> it</c><00:34:59.230><c> might</c><00:34:59.349><c> have</c><00:34:59.489><c> been</c><00:34:59.590><c> the</c><00:34:59.750><c> gift</c><00:34:59.929><c> of</c><00:35:00.070><c> the</c><00:35:00.150><c> word</c><00:35:00.309><c> of</c><00:35:00.570><c> knowledge,</c>

00:35:00.889 --> 00:35:02.349
or<00:35:00.989><c> it</c><00:35:01.130><c> might</c><00:35:01.269><c> have</c><00:35:01.409><c> been</c><00:35:01.530><c> the</c><00:35:01.710><c> gift</c><00:35:01.869><c> of</c><00:35:02.130><c> faith,</c>

00:35:02.449 --> 00:35:05.030
or<00:35:02.849><c> a</c><00:35:03.070><c> gift</c><00:35:03.250><c> of</c><00:35:03.489><c> discerning</c><00:35:03.889><c> of</c><00:35:04.190><c> spirits.</c>

00:35:05.170 --> 00:35:07.190
Whatever<00:35:05.489><c> the</c><00:35:05.750><c> gift</c><00:35:05.949><c> was,</c>

00:35:07.309 --> 00:35:11.849
it<00:35:07.570><c> must</c><00:35:07.889><c> have</c><00:35:08.409><c> especially</c><00:35:09.150><c> suited</c><00:35:09.769><c> Timothy</c><00:35:10.269><c> to</c><00:35:10.949><c> equip</c><00:35:11.309><c> him</c>

00:35:11.849 --> 00:35:13.610
for<00:35:12.550><c> his</c><00:35:12.789><c> future</c><00:35:13.090><c> labors.</c>

00:35:14.070 --> 00:35:16.989
And<00:35:14.289><c> that</c><00:35:14.489><c> gift</c><00:35:14.730><c> of</c><00:35:14.889><c> the</c><00:35:15.130><c> Spirit</c><00:35:15.289><c> had</c><00:35:15.489><c> been</c><00:35:15.670><c> given</c><00:35:15.929><c> to</c><00:35:16.389><c> the</c><00:35:16.530><c> young</c><00:35:16.750><c> man</c>

00:35:16.989 --> 00:35:20.530
by<00:35:17.429><c> Paul</c><00:35:17.750><c> himself</c><00:35:18.329><c> at</c><00:35:18.750><c> the</c><00:35:18.989><c> time</c><00:35:19.190><c> of</c><00:35:19.369><c> their</c><00:35:19.809><c> first</c><00:35:20.130><c> meeting</c>

00:35:20.530 --> 00:35:22.329
when<00:35:20.869><c> he</c><00:35:21.150><c> called</c><00:35:21.369><c> him</c><00:35:21.610><c> to</c><00:35:21.789><c> the</c><00:35:21.989><c> ministry.</c>

00:35:22.550 --> 00:35:23.750
Well,<00:35:22.690><c> there's</c><00:35:22.809><c> one</c><00:35:22.969><c> more</c><00:35:23.150><c> thing,</c><00:35:23.530><c> too.</c>

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There's<00:35:23.989><c> another</c><00:35:24.210><c> aspect.</c>

00:35:25.250 --> 00:35:29.010
Because,<00:35:25.650><c> you</c><00:35:25.650><c> see,</c><00:35:25.789><c> the</c><00:35:25.929><c> gift</c><00:35:26.150><c> came</c><00:35:26.710><c> from</c><00:35:27.250><c> Paul</c><00:35:27.789><c> to</c><00:35:28.030><c> Timothy.</c>

00:35:29.150 --> 00:35:32.130
But<00:35:29.269><c> if</c><00:35:29.389><c> you</c><00:35:29.510><c> come</c><00:35:29.670><c> to</c><00:35:29.929><c> the</c><00:35:30.170><c> first</c><00:35:30.369><c> of</c><00:35:30.530><c> Timothy,</c><00:35:30.829><c> chapter</c><00:35:31.250><c> 4,</c>

00:35:32.369 --> 00:35:35.670
and<00:35:32.630><c> verses</c><00:35:33.050><c> 14</c><00:35:33.829><c> and</c><00:35:34.510><c> 15,</c>

00:35:36.289 --> 00:35:39.210
there<00:35:36.449><c> was</c><00:35:36.610><c> another</c><00:35:36.869><c> part</c><00:35:37.269><c> of</c><00:35:37.469><c> the</c><00:35:37.769><c> story</c><00:35:38.010><c> as</c><00:35:38.289><c> well.</c>

00:35:39.309 --> 00:35:41.929
It<00:35:39.530><c> says</c><00:35:39.670><c> in</c><00:35:39.889><c> there,</c><00:35:40.070><c> first</c><00:35:40.289><c> of</c><00:35:40.389><c> Timothy,</c><00:35:40.630><c> chapter</c><00:35:40.909><c> 4,</c><00:35:41.190><c> verse</c><00:35:41.429><c> 14,</c>

00:35:42.230 --> 00:35:43.829
neglect<00:35:42.570><c> not</c><00:35:42.809><c> the</c><00:35:42.969><c> gift</c><00:35:43.150><c> that</c><00:35:43.309><c> is</c><00:35:43.449><c> in</c><00:35:43.630><c> thee,</c>

00:35:43.929 --> 00:35:45.710
which<00:35:44.130><c> was</c><00:35:44.409><c> given</c><00:35:44.610><c> thee</c><00:35:44.849><c> by</c><00:35:45.230><c> prophecy.</c>

00:35:45.710 --> 00:35:49.650
I<00:35:46.070><c> think</c><00:35:46.230><c> that's</c><00:35:46.550><c> a</c><00:35:46.710><c> reference</c><00:35:46.949><c> to</c><00:35:47.170><c> that</c><00:35:47.989><c> prophetic</c><00:35:48.750><c> utterance</c>

00:35:49.650 --> 00:35:51.949
that<00:35:50.130><c> led</c><00:35:50.389><c> Paul</c><00:35:50.769><c> to</c><00:35:51.190><c> this</c><00:35:51.389><c> young</c><00:35:51.610><c> man,</c>

00:35:52.130 --> 00:35:53.789
that<00:35:52.230><c> he</c><00:35:52.309><c> might</c><00:35:52.550><c> impart</c><00:35:52.869><c> a</c><00:35:53.050><c> gift</c><00:35:53.210><c> to</c><00:35:53.489><c> him.</c>

00:35:54.070 --> 00:35:55.949
But<00:35:54.210><c> it</c><00:35:54.409><c> also</c><00:35:54.789><c> says</c><00:35:55.070><c> in</c><00:35:55.269><c> verse</c><00:35:55.550><c> 14</c>

00:35:55.949 --> 00:36:01.329
that<00:35:56.429><c> not</c><00:35:56.809><c> only</c><00:35:57.050><c> did</c><00:35:57.449><c> Paul</c><00:35:58.170><c> lay</c><00:35:58.670><c> his</c><00:35:59.050><c> hands</c><00:35:59.510><c> on</c><00:35:59.829><c> the</c><00:35:59.969><c> young</c><00:36:00.230><c> man,</c>

00:36:01.429 --> 00:36:07.590
so<00:36:01.650><c> also</c><00:36:02.590><c> there</c><00:36:03.090><c> was</c><00:36:03.329><c> a</c><00:36:03.510><c> laying</c><00:36:03.769><c> on</c><00:36:04.190><c> of</c><00:36:04.369><c> the</c><00:36:04.710><c> hands</c><00:36:05.130><c> of</c><00:36:05.590><c> the</c><00:36:05.929><c> presbytery.</c>

00:36:09.369 --> 00:36:13.610
And<00:36:09.969><c> that</c><00:36:10.289><c> laying</c><00:36:10.550><c> on</c><00:36:10.769><c> of</c><00:36:10.929><c> the</c><00:36:11.150><c> hands</c><00:36:11.550><c> of</c><00:36:11.869><c> the</c><00:36:12.150><c> presbytery,</c>

00:36:13.610 --> 00:36:17.590
I<00:36:14.090><c> suggest,</c><00:36:14.670><c> was</c><00:36:14.730><c> not</c><00:36:15.050><c> to</c><00:36:15.409><c> impart</c><00:36:15.809><c> a</c><00:36:16.369><c> spirit</c><00:36:16.650><c> gift</c><00:36:16.949><c> to</c><00:36:17.250><c> him.</c>

00:36:17.750 --> 00:36:20.150
The<00:36:18.010><c> apostle</c><00:36:18.349><c> Paul</c><00:36:18.630><c> had</c><00:36:18.750><c> already</c><00:36:19.010><c> done</c><00:36:19.210><c> that.</c>

00:36:20.210 --> 00:36:23.650
But<00:36:20.489><c> it</c><00:36:20.710><c> was</c><00:36:20.929><c> to</c><00:36:21.230><c> confirm</c><00:36:21.889><c> Timothy</c><00:36:22.369><c> in</c><00:36:22.809><c> his</c><00:36:23.130><c> appointment</c>

00:36:23.650 --> 00:36:28.469
and<00:36:24.369><c> to</c><00:36:24.710><c> send</c><00:36:24.929><c> him</c><00:36:25.289><c> forth</c><00:36:25.750><c> with</c><00:36:26.570><c> their</c><00:36:27.090><c> ecclesial</c><00:36:27.889><c> blessing.</c>

00:36:28.929 --> 00:36:30.309
In<00:36:29.010><c> fact,</c><00:36:29.130><c> you</c><00:36:29.190><c> might</c><00:36:29.369><c> remember</c><00:36:29.650><c> the</c><00:36:29.849><c> same</c><00:36:30.010><c> thing</c><00:36:30.170><c> happened</c>

00:36:30.309 --> 00:36:31.150
in<00:36:30.510><c> Acts</c><00:36:30.690><c> 13,</c>

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verses<00:36:31.489><c> 2</c><00:36:31.730><c> and</c><00:36:31.809><c> 3,</c>

00:36:32.110 --> 00:36:34.730
when<00:36:32.349><c> Paul</c><00:36:32.690><c> and</c><00:36:32.929><c> Barnabas</c><00:36:33.230><c> were</c><00:36:33.489><c> separated</c><00:36:33.909><c> for</c><00:36:34.110><c> the</c><00:36:34.329><c> ministry.</c>

00:36:35.090 --> 00:36:37.769
It<00:36:35.429><c> says</c><00:36:35.610><c> that</c><00:36:35.869><c> the</c><00:36:36.369><c> elders</c><00:36:36.849><c> of</c><00:36:37.170><c> the</c><00:36:37.469><c> ecclesia</c>

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laid<00:36:38.769><c> their</c><00:36:39.269><c> hands</c><00:36:39.829><c> upon</c><00:36:40.269><c> them</c>

00:36:40.690 --> 00:36:43.530
before<00:36:41.110><c> they</c><00:36:41.349><c> went</c><00:36:41.590><c> forth</c><00:36:41.889><c> in</c><00:36:42.010><c> the</c><00:36:42.150><c> work</c><00:36:42.289><c> of</c><00:36:42.550><c> ministry.</c>

00:36:43.630 --> 00:36:45.389
And<00:36:43.769><c> I</c><00:36:43.809><c> think</c><00:36:43.929><c> the</c><00:36:44.090><c> same</c><00:36:44.289><c> thing</c><00:36:44.449><c> was</c><00:36:44.750><c> actually</c><00:36:45.050><c> going</c><00:36:45.210><c> to</c>

00:36:45.389 --> 00:36:45.969
happen<00:36:45.550><c> here,</c>

00:36:46.269 --> 00:36:48.530
that<00:36:46.469><c> the</c><00:36:46.769><c> presbytery</c><00:36:47.269><c> laid</c><00:36:47.530><c> their</c><00:36:47.769><c> hands</c><00:36:47.969><c> upon</c><00:36:48.210><c> Timothy</c>

00:36:48.530 --> 00:36:52.889
to<00:36:49.050><c> approve</c><00:36:49.789><c> of</c><00:36:50.349><c> his</c><00:36:50.610><c> labors</c><00:36:51.389><c> in</c><00:36:51.789><c> joining</c><00:36:52.050><c> the</c><00:36:52.530><c> apostle.</c>

00:36:53.130 --> 00:36:54.650
Let's<00:36:53.349><c> just</c><00:36:53.489><c> put</c><00:36:53.590><c> that</c><00:36:53.750><c> on</c><00:36:53.989><c> screen,</c><00:36:54.530><c> shall</c><00:36:54.530><c> we,</c>

00:36:54.650 --> 00:36:56.409
so<00:36:54.789><c> we</c><00:36:54.909><c> just</c><00:36:55.130><c> see</c><00:36:55.329><c> the</c><00:36:55.650><c> totality</c><00:36:56.090><c> of</c><00:36:56.289><c> that.</c>

00:36:56.510 --> 00:36:57.969
The<00:36:56.590><c> gift</c><00:36:56.889><c> of</c><00:36:57.070><c> God</c><00:36:57.250><c> that's</c><00:36:57.590><c> in</c><00:36:57.750><c> thee.</c>

00:36:58.150 --> 00:37:01.969
It<00:36:58.429><c> began</c><00:36:59.030><c> with</c><00:36:59.449><c> a</c><00:36:59.590><c> young</c><00:36:59.809><c> man</c><00:37:00.030><c> who</c><00:37:00.309><c> already</c><00:37:00.769><c> of</c><00:37:00.929><c> his</c><00:37:01.210><c> own</c><00:37:01.530><c> accord</c>

00:37:01.969 --> 00:37:05.030
showed<00:37:02.449><c> promise</c><00:37:03.110><c> in</c><00:37:03.429><c> the</c><00:37:03.570><c> things</c><00:37:03.750><c> of</c><00:37:03.929><c> the</c><00:37:04.130><c> truth.</c>

00:37:06.070 --> 00:37:10.030
But<00:37:06.309><c> this</c><00:37:06.530><c> is</c><00:37:06.710><c> the</c><00:37:06.829><c> young</c><00:37:07.050><c> man</c><00:37:07.550><c> that</c><00:37:07.889><c> Paul</c><00:37:08.210><c> had</c><00:37:08.449><c> been</c><00:37:08.909><c> guided</c><00:37:09.369><c> to</c>

00:37:10.030 --> 00:37:12.489
by<00:37:10.510><c> means</c><00:37:10.909><c> of</c><00:37:11.329><c> prophecies,</c>

00:37:12.789 --> 00:37:17.289
and<00:37:12.989><c> unto</c><00:37:13.369><c> whom</c><00:37:13.750><c> the</c><00:37:14.449><c> spirit</c><00:37:14.909><c> gift</c><00:37:15.309><c> had</c><00:37:15.489><c> been</c><00:37:15.750><c> given</c><00:37:16.070><c> in</c><00:37:16.710><c> some</c><00:37:16.989><c> form</c>

00:37:17.289 --> 00:37:19.349
by<00:37:17.670><c> the</c><00:37:17.909><c> apostle</c><00:37:18.190><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:37:20.090><c> in</c><00:37:20.369><c> addition</c><00:37:20.670><c> to</c><00:37:20.909><c> that,</c>

00:37:22.110 --> 00:37:24.210
the<00:37:22.269><c> laying</c><00:37:22.489><c> on</c><00:37:22.710><c> of</c><00:37:22.849><c> the</c><00:37:23.050><c> hands</c><00:37:23.250><c> of</c><00:37:23.469><c> the</c><00:37:23.690><c> presbytery,</c>

00:37:24.269 --> 00:37:25.349
or<00:37:24.369><c> as</c><00:37:24.550><c> Roderam</c><00:37:24.889><c> says</c><00:37:25.150><c> here,</c>

00:37:25.570 --> 00:37:29.690
the<00:37:25.750><c> eldership</c><00:37:26.510><c> had</c><00:37:26.889><c> confirmed</c><00:37:27.489><c> him</c><00:37:27.849><c> to</c><00:37:28.309><c> that</c><00:37:28.789><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:29.389><c> office</c>

00:37:29.690 --> 00:37:31.230
that<00:37:29.869><c> he</c><00:37:30.030><c> was</c><00:37:30.449><c> about</c><00:37:30.670><c> to</c><00:37:30.889><c> perform.</c>

00:37:31.630 --> 00:37:34.150
And<00:37:31.769><c> now</c><00:37:32.250><c> Paul</c><00:37:32.469><c> would</c><00:37:32.789><c> remind</c><00:37:33.110><c> him</c><00:37:33.230><c> of</c><00:37:33.409><c> that</c><00:37:33.670><c> occasion</c>

00:37:34.150 --> 00:37:35.789
in<00:37:34.570><c> 2</c><00:37:34.909><c> Timothy</c><00:37:35.369><c> 1,</c>

00:37:35.789 --> 00:37:37.809
I<00:37:36.050><c> call,</c><00:37:36.690><c> I</c><00:37:36.949><c> put</c><00:37:37.150><c> thee</c><00:37:37.329><c> in</c><00:37:37.530><c> remembrance</c>

00:37:37.809 --> 00:37:39.889
that<00:37:38.010><c> thou</c><00:37:38.269><c> stir</c><00:37:38.670><c> up</c><00:37:38.989><c> the</c><00:37:39.170><c> gift</c><00:37:39.409><c> of</c><00:37:39.630><c> God,</c>

00:37:40.150 --> 00:37:43.429
which<00:37:40.269><c> is</c><00:37:40.510><c> in</c><00:37:40.670><c> thee</c><00:37:40.789><c> by</c><00:37:41.030><c> the</c><00:37:41.230><c> putting</c><00:37:41.510><c> on</c><00:37:41.969><c> of</c><00:37:42.230><c> my</c><00:37:42.889><c> hands.</c>

00:37:43.610 --> 00:37:45.489
Interesting<00:37:44.050><c> thought</c><00:37:44.309><c> when</c><00:37:44.469><c> you</c><00:37:44.610><c> think</c><00:37:44.769><c> about</c><00:37:45.030><c> it.</c>

00:37:45.789 --> 00:37:49.610
You<00:37:45.869><c> see,</c><00:37:46.269><c> Paul</c><00:37:46.510><c> asked</c><00:37:46.849><c> him</c><00:37:46.989><c> to</c><00:37:47.289><c> join</c><00:37:47.730><c> his</c><00:37:48.190><c> labors,</c>

00:37:50.329 --> 00:37:52.530
but<00:37:50.530><c> Timothy</c><00:37:50.949><c> only</c><00:37:51.510><c> went</c><00:37:51.829><c> forth</c>

00:37:52.530 --> 00:37:56.369
with<00:37:53.469><c> the</c><00:37:53.750><c> blessing</c><00:37:54.269><c> and</c><00:37:55.250><c> approval</c>

00:37:56.690 --> 00:37:59.750
of<00:37:57.210><c> his</c><00:37:57.469><c> ecclesial</c><00:37:58.610><c> elders.</c>

00:38:01.730 --> 00:38:03.409
And<00:38:01.969><c> even</c><00:38:02.090><c> when</c><00:38:02.269><c> Paul</c><00:38:02.469><c> came</c><00:38:02.710><c> back</c><00:38:02.869><c> from</c><00:38:03.030><c> his</c><00:38:03.210><c> labors,</c>

00:38:03.409 --> 00:38:05.590
did<00:38:03.550><c> he</c><00:38:03.730><c> not</c><00:38:03.889><c> return</c><00:38:04.329><c> to</c><00:38:04.670><c> his</c><00:38:04.849><c> own</c><00:38:05.030><c> home</c><00:38:05.250><c> at</c><00:38:05.389><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:38:05.590 --> 00:38:08.090
and<00:38:05.829><c> deliver</c><00:38:06.150><c> a</c><00:38:06.409><c> report</c><00:38:06.630><c> of</c><00:38:06.750><c> all</c><00:38:06.909><c> that</c><00:38:07.050><c> they'd</c><00:38:07.309><c> done?</c>

00:38:08.469 --> 00:38:12.389
You<00:38:08.650><c> see,</c><00:38:08.869><c> in</c><00:38:09.150><c> these</c><00:38:09.510><c> times,</c><00:38:10.409><c> in</c><00:38:10.610><c> the</c><00:38:10.769><c> acts</c><00:38:10.909><c> of</c><00:38:11.110><c> the</c><00:38:11.289><c> apostles,</c>

00:38:12.510 --> 00:38:14.670
everything<00:38:12.809><c> was</c><00:38:13.190><c> done</c><00:38:13.369><c> under</c><00:38:13.630><c> the</c><00:38:13.989><c> auspices</c>

00:38:14.670 --> 00:38:18.630
of<00:38:15.050><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:15.710><c> authority</c><00:38:16.349><c> and</c><00:38:16.610><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:17.289><c> consent.</c>

00:38:20.170 --> 00:38:22.289
Despite<00:38:20.690><c> Timothy's</c><00:38:21.210><c> promise,</c>

00:38:23.090 --> 00:38:25.550
he<00:38:23.329><c> didn't</c><00:38:23.489><c> go</c><00:38:23.710><c> out</c><00:38:23.909><c> with</c><00:38:24.090><c> the</c><00:38:24.269><c> apostle</c>

00:38:25.710 --> 00:38:29.309
until<00:38:26.230><c> his</c><00:38:26.349><c> own</c><00:38:26.570><c> Ecclesia</c><00:38:27.150><c> supported</c><00:38:27.610><c> him</c><00:38:27.789><c> in</c><00:38:27.929><c> those</c><00:38:28.130><c> labors.</c>

00:38:30.929 --> 00:38:33.510
And<00:38:31.769><c> we</c><00:38:32.010><c> live</c><00:38:32.190><c> in</c><00:38:32.269><c> an</c><00:38:32.449><c> age,</c><00:38:32.909><c> brothers</c><00:38:32.929><c> and</c><00:38:33.130><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:33.889 --> 00:38:35.909
even<00:38:34.150><c> in</c><00:38:34.309><c> the</c><00:38:34.550><c> truth,</c>

00:38:37.070 --> 00:38:40.630
where<00:38:37.210><c> that</c><00:38:37.429><c> principle</c><00:38:37.789><c> is</c><00:38:37.989><c> being</c><00:38:38.989><c> undermined.</c>

00:38:42.130 --> 00:38:45.210
We<00:38:42.969><c> have</c><00:38:43.190><c> a</c><00:38:43.329><c> virtual</c><00:38:43.909><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:38:46.429 --> 00:38:48.690
where<00:38:46.610><c> matters</c><00:38:46.829><c> are</c><00:38:47.250><c> arranged</c><00:38:47.829><c> and</c><00:38:48.289><c> planned</c>

00:38:48.690 --> 00:38:51.369
and<00:38:49.130><c> discussed</c><00:38:49.690><c> and</c><00:38:50.170><c> advanced,</c>

00:38:51.969 --> 00:38:55.309
totally<00:38:52.190><c> outside</c><00:38:53.110><c> ecclesial</c><00:38:54.070><c> process,</c>

00:38:55.389 --> 00:38:57.369
arranging<00:38:55.730><c> brethren's</c><00:38:56.250><c> authority,</c>

00:38:58.010 --> 00:38:59.530
apostolic<00:38:58.530><c> custom.</c>

00:39:00.750 --> 00:39:03.150
It's<00:39:01.269><c> not</c><00:39:01.429><c> the</c><00:39:01.550><c> right</c><00:39:01.670><c> way,</c><00:39:02.010><c> brothers</c><00:39:02.110><c> and</c><00:39:02.349><c> sisters.</c>

00:39:03.730 --> 00:39:06.630
It's<00:39:04.250><c> in</c><00:39:04.429><c> breach</c><00:39:04.730><c> of</c><00:39:05.090><c> the</c><00:39:05.230><c> apostolic</c><00:39:05.710><c> standard.</c>

00:39:07.690 --> 00:39:09.869
And<00:39:07.949><c> when</c><00:39:08.090><c> we</c><00:39:08.210><c> have</c><00:39:08.429><c> everyone</c><00:39:08.670><c> doing</c><00:39:08.909><c> whatever</c><00:39:09.150><c> they</c><00:39:09.349><c> want</c><00:39:09.510><c> to</c><00:39:09.750><c> do</c>

00:39:09.869 --> 00:39:12.969
without<00:39:10.210><c> reference</c><00:39:10.650><c> to</c><00:39:11.789><c> ecclesias,</c>

00:39:13.769 --> 00:39:15.670
we<00:39:14.289><c> start</c><00:39:14.530><c> to</c><00:39:14.829><c> undermine</c><00:39:15.070><c> the</c><00:39:15.389><c> fabric</c>

00:39:15.670 --> 00:39:18.050
of<00:39:15.889><c> how</c><00:39:16.210><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:16.570><c> life</c><00:39:16.829><c> operates</c>

00:39:18.590 --> 00:39:22.010
and<00:39:19.110><c> how</c><00:39:19.429><c> our</c><00:39:19.969><c> fellowship</c><00:39:20.349><c> principles</c><00:39:20.889><c> operate.</c>

00:39:22.690 --> 00:39:24.590
So<00:39:22.889><c> let's</c><00:39:23.010><c> get</c><00:39:23.190><c> back</c><00:39:23.349><c> to</c><00:39:23.510><c> 2</c><00:39:23.670><c> Timothy,</c><00:39:24.110><c> shall</c><00:39:24.329><c> we,</c>

00:39:24.590 --> 00:39:26.869
and<00:39:24.829><c> just</c><00:39:25.090><c> remind</c><00:39:25.429><c> ourselves</c><00:39:25.789><c> of</c><00:39:25.969><c> what</c><00:39:26.110><c> the</c><00:39:26.289><c> apostle</c><00:39:26.590><c> said,</c>

00:39:26.949 --> 00:39:29.650
because<00:39:27.230><c> I</c><00:39:28.010><c> think</c><00:39:28.110><c> he</c><00:39:28.250><c> said</c><00:39:28.369><c> this</c><00:39:28.610><c> deliberately,</c><00:39:29.309><c> you</c><00:39:29.309><c> see.</c>

00:39:30.030 --> 00:39:34.570
He<00:39:30.090><c> said,</c><00:39:31.550><c> 2</c><00:39:31.869><c> Timothy</c><00:39:32.230><c> 1,</c><00:39:34.010><c> verse</c><00:39:34.210><c> 6,</c>

00:39:34.809 --> 00:39:39.250
I<00:39:35.090><c> put</c><00:39:35.530><c> thee</c><00:39:36.030><c> in</c><00:39:36.489><c> remembrance</c><00:39:37.070><c> that</c><00:39:37.469><c> thou</c><00:39:37.949><c> stir</c><00:39:38.449><c> up</c><00:39:38.789><c> the</c><00:39:39.010><c> gift</c>

00:39:39.250 --> 00:39:39.650
of<00:39:39.429><c> God,</c>

00:39:39.809 --> 00:39:42.630
which<00:39:39.989><c> is</c><00:39:40.469><c> in</c><00:39:40.809><c> thee</c><00:39:41.010><c> by</c><00:39:41.289><c> the</c><00:39:41.449><c> putting</c><00:39:41.630><c> on</c><00:39:41.829><c> of</c><00:39:42.030><c> my</c><00:39:42.250><c> hands.</c>

00:39:42.909 --> 00:39:44.769
Now,<00:39:43.130><c> why</c><00:39:43.329><c> did</c><00:39:43.510><c> he</c><00:39:43.590><c> need</c><00:39:43.730><c> to</c><00:39:43.889><c> say</c><00:39:44.010><c> that,</c><00:39:44.409><c> brothers</c><00:39:44.550><c> and</c><00:39:44.710><c> sisters?</c>

00:39:44.769 --> 00:39:46.409
Why<00:39:45.010><c> did</c><00:39:45.190><c> he</c><00:39:45.329><c> need</c><00:39:45.469><c> to</c><00:39:45.690><c> remind</c><00:39:45.969><c> Timothy</c>

00:39:46.409 --> 00:39:48.949
that<00:39:46.809><c> it</c><00:39:46.969><c> was</c><00:39:47.090><c> his</c><00:39:47.469><c> hands,</c><00:39:48.030><c> the</c><00:39:48.210><c> apostle's</c><00:39:48.789><c> hands,</c>

00:39:49.050 --> 00:39:51.070
who'd<00:39:49.349><c> laid</c><00:39:49.489><c> that</c><00:39:49.769><c> gift</c><00:39:49.949><c> upon</c><00:39:50.210><c> him?</c>

00:39:51.510 --> 00:39:55.110
Well,<00:39:51.969><c> you</c><00:39:52.190><c> see,</c><00:39:52.650><c> not</c><00:39:52.869><c> only</c><00:39:53.110><c> had</c><00:39:53.369><c> Paul</c><00:39:53.690><c> given</c><00:39:54.030><c> Timothy</c><00:39:54.389><c> the</c><00:39:54.670><c> gift,</c>

00:39:55.530 --> 00:39:56.969
so<00:39:55.789><c> he</c><00:39:55.969><c> knew</c><00:39:56.110><c> that</c><00:39:56.309><c> Timothy</c><00:39:56.550><c> had</c><00:39:56.789><c> it,</c>

00:39:56.969 --> 00:39:58.969
but<00:39:57.110><c> he</c><00:39:57.210><c> wanted</c><00:39:57.409><c> to</c><00:39:57.630><c> remind</c><00:39:57.829><c> Timothy</c><00:39:58.210><c> that</c><00:39:58.369><c> he</c><00:39:58.489><c> was</c><00:39:58.650><c> aware.</c>

00:39:59.130 --> 00:40:01.570
He<00:39:59.250><c> was</c><00:39:59.409><c> really</c><00:39:59.670><c> saying,</c><00:39:59.929><c> Timothy,</c><00:40:00.550><c> I</c><00:40:00.769><c> know</c><00:40:01.010><c> that</c><00:40:01.250><c> you</c><00:40:01.429><c> know,</c>

00:40:01.650 --> 00:40:04.429
I<00:40:01.829><c> want</c><00:40:02.030><c> you</c><00:40:02.210><c> to</c><00:40:02.329><c> know</c><00:40:02.429><c> that</c><00:40:02.610><c> I</c><00:40:02.769><c> know</c><00:40:02.929><c> that</c><00:40:03.070><c> you've</c><00:40:03.289><c> got</c><00:40:03.409><c> the</c><00:40:03.570><c> gift,</c>

00:40:04.510 --> 00:40:06.090
because<00:40:04.909><c> remember,</c><00:40:05.170><c> I</c><00:40:05.349><c> gave</c><00:40:05.530><c> it</c><00:40:05.730><c> to</c><00:40:05.849><c> you.</c>

00:40:06.250 --> 00:40:07.389
So<00:40:06.389><c> don't</c><00:40:06.530><c> pretend</c><00:40:06.789><c> you</c><00:40:06.949><c> haven't</c><00:40:07.110><c> got</c><00:40:07.289><c> it,</c>

00:40:07.389 --> 00:40:09.010
because<00:40:07.510><c> I</c><00:40:07.730><c> know,</c><00:40:07.869><c> because</c><00:40:07.989><c> I</c><00:40:08.190><c> gave</c><00:40:08.369><c> it</c><00:40:08.530><c> to</c><00:40:08.550><c> you,</c><00:40:08.610><c> do</c><00:40:08.750><c> you</c><00:40:08.750><c> remember?</c>

00:40:09.230 --> 00:40:10.869
And<00:40:09.449><c> what</c><00:40:09.530><c> he's</c><00:40:09.670><c> really</c><00:40:10.090><c> saying,</c><00:40:10.389><c> I</c><00:40:10.469><c> think,</c><00:40:10.670><c> is,</c>

00:40:10.869 --> 00:40:14.610
Timothy,<00:40:11.550><c> you've</c><00:40:11.949><c> been</c><00:40:12.269><c> given</c><00:40:12.730><c> the</c><00:40:13.190><c> gifts</c><00:40:13.489><c> that</c><00:40:13.789><c> you</c><00:40:14.190><c> need</c>

00:40:14.610 --> 00:40:18.369
to<00:40:15.130><c> succeed</c><00:40:15.750><c> me</c><00:40:16.230><c> in</c><00:40:16.429><c> the</c><00:40:16.849><c> stewardship</c><00:40:17.269><c> of</c><00:40:17.590><c> the</c><00:40:17.789><c> ecclesias.</c>

00:40:18.369 --> 00:40:20.349
Believe<00:40:18.869><c> it.</c>

00:40:21.449 --> 00:40:22.929
And<00:40:21.590><c> now</c><00:40:21.730><c> we</c><00:40:21.909><c> come</c><00:40:22.070><c> to</c><00:40:22.230><c> the</c><00:40:22.369><c> nub</c><00:40:22.489><c> of</c><00:40:22.670><c> the</c><00:40:22.769><c> matter,</c>

00:40:22.989 --> 00:40:25.610
to<00:40:23.170><c> the</c><00:40:23.650><c> first</c><00:40:24.030><c> great</c><00:40:24.510><c> exhortation</c>

00:40:25.610 --> 00:40:27.989
that<00:40:26.010><c> Paul</c><00:40:26.429><c> will</c><00:40:26.789><c> give</c><00:40:26.929><c> to</c><00:40:27.170><c> this</c><00:40:27.349><c> young</c><00:40:27.630><c> man.</c>

00:40:28.269 --> 00:40:29.550
He<00:40:28.409><c> says,</c><00:40:28.789><c> that</c><00:40:28.809><c> gift</c><00:40:29.050><c> of</c><00:40:29.269><c> God,</c>

00:40:29.869 --> 00:40:32.969
that<00:40:30.110><c> gift</c><00:40:30.329><c> that</c><00:40:30.510><c> was</c><00:40:30.670><c> given</c><00:40:30.969><c> to</c><00:40:31.429><c> thee</c><00:40:31.650><c> by</c><00:40:32.050><c> my</c><00:40:32.469><c> hands,</c>

00:40:33.269 --> 00:40:36.510
I<00:40:33.670><c> want</c><00:40:34.010><c> you</c><00:40:34.510><c> to</c><00:40:35.250><c> stir</c><00:40:35.469><c> it</c><00:40:35.690><c> up,</c><00:40:35.849><c> he</c><00:40:36.070><c> says.</c>

00:40:37.010 --> 00:40:40.150
Now,<00:40:37.289><c> that</c><00:40:37.570><c> word,</c><00:40:37.949><c> stir</c><00:40:38.369><c> up,</c><00:40:38.510><c> is</c><00:40:38.690><c> a</c><00:40:38.809><c> lovely</c><00:40:39.190><c> word.</c>

00:40:40.650 --> 00:40:42.630
It's<00:40:40.929><c> really</c><00:40:41.130><c> made</c><00:40:41.309><c> up</c><00:40:41.449><c> of</c><00:40:41.650><c> three</c><00:40:41.929><c> Greek</c><00:40:42.250><c> words,</c>

00:40:42.690 --> 00:40:45.110
the<00:40:42.869><c> word</c><00:40:43.090><c> for</c><00:40:43.349><c> living,</c><00:40:43.909><c> the</c><00:40:44.010><c> word</c><00:40:44.329><c> for</c><00:40:44.670><c> fire,</c>

00:40:45.210 --> 00:40:47.489
and<00:40:45.449><c> the</c><00:40:45.590><c> word</c><00:40:45.809><c> for</c><00:40:46.090><c> in</c><00:40:46.409><c> the</c><00:40:46.570><c> midst.</c>

00:40:48.130 --> 00:40:50.449
Living<00:40:48.730><c> fire</c><00:40:49.329><c> in</c><00:40:49.809><c> the</c><00:40:49.989><c> midst.</c>

00:40:50.929 --> 00:40:52.010
And<00:40:51.170><c> that's</c><00:40:51.329><c> what</c><00:40:51.449><c> the</c><00:40:51.570><c> word</c><00:40:51.670><c> means.</c>

00:40:52.170 --> 00:40:54.449
It<00:40:52.269><c> refers</c><00:40:52.750><c> to</c><00:40:52.969><c> the</c><00:40:53.329><c> stirring</c><00:40:53.570><c> up</c><00:40:53.789><c> of</c><00:40:53.949><c> a</c><00:40:54.210><c> fire</c>

00:40:54.449 --> 00:40:59.949
when<00:40:54.630><c> it</c><00:40:54.809><c> is</c><00:40:55.329><c> almost</c><00:40:55.969><c> extinguished</c><00:40:57.170><c> to</c><00:40:57.670><c> burn</c><00:40:57.949><c> with</c><00:40:58.349><c> fresh</c><00:40:58.750><c> flame.</c>

00:41:00.289 --> 00:41:02.210
So<00:41:00.550><c> Green's</c><00:41:00.969><c> literal</c><00:41:01.250><c> says,</c>

00:41:02.389 --> 00:41:07.489
I<00:41:02.389><c> remind</c><00:41:03.170><c> you</c><00:41:03.929><c> to</c><00:41:04.590><c> fan</c><00:41:04.949><c> into</c><00:41:05.650><c> flame</c><00:41:06.070><c> the</c><00:41:06.610><c> gift.</c>

00:41:08.409 --> 00:41:09.630
The<00:41:08.530><c> revised</c><00:41:08.809><c> standard</c><00:41:09.130><c> version</c><00:41:09.409><c> says,</c>

00:41:09.829 --> 00:41:12.510
I<00:41:10.050><c> remind</c><00:41:10.389><c> you</c><00:41:10.550><c> to</c><00:41:10.789><c> rekindle</c><00:41:11.409><c> the</c><00:41:11.570><c> gift.</c>

00:41:13.710 --> 00:41:16.050
We<00:41:13.909><c> shan't</c><00:41:14.090><c> turn</c><00:41:14.289><c> it</c><00:41:14.449><c> up,</c><00:41:14.570><c> but</c><00:41:14.730><c> there's</c><00:41:15.030><c> a</c><00:41:15.170><c> puzzling</c><00:41:15.550><c> passage</c>

00:41:16.050 --> 00:41:20.110
in<00:41:16.190><c> the</c><00:41:16.389><c> first</c><00:41:16.650><c> of</c><00:41:17.090><c> Thessalonians</c><00:41:17.690><c> 5</c><00:41:18.289><c> and</c><00:41:18.530><c> verse</c><00:41:18.809><c> 19</c><00:41:19.329><c> that</c><00:41:19.690><c> says,</c>

00:41:20.530 --> 00:41:23.550
it's<00:41:20.750><c> one</c><00:41:20.849><c> of</c><00:41:20.989><c> the</c><00:41:21.090><c> short</c><00:41:21.429><c> verses,</c><00:41:22.110><c> you'll</c><00:41:22.349><c> know</c><00:41:22.469><c> it,</c>

00:41:23.809 --> 00:41:25.309
quench<00:41:24.090><c> not</c><00:41:24.329><c> the</c><00:41:24.550><c> spirit.</c>

00:41:25.690 --> 00:41:26.989
You<00:41:25.809><c> ever</c><00:41:25.929><c> thought</c><00:41:26.070><c> about</c><00:41:26.329><c> that,</c><00:41:26.570><c> brothers</c><00:41:26.650><c> and</c><00:41:26.809><c> sisters?</c>

00:41:27.210 --> 00:41:28.170
You<00:41:27.309><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:27.489><c> think</c><00:41:27.590><c> it</c><00:41:27.710><c> was</c><00:41:27.849><c> possible</c>

00:41:28.170 --> 00:41:30.190
to<00:41:28.369><c> quench</c><00:41:28.610><c> the</c><00:41:28.849><c> spirit,</c><00:41:29.110><c> would</c><00:41:29.170><c> you?</c>

00:41:30.489 --> 00:41:32.670
How<00:41:30.670><c> can</c><00:41:30.750><c> you</c><00:41:30.809><c> possibly</c><00:41:31.090><c> quench</c><00:41:31.449><c> the</c><00:41:31.769><c> spirit?</c>

00:41:32.909 --> 00:41:34.349
And<00:41:33.030><c> the</c><00:41:33.110><c> word</c><00:41:33.289><c> quench,</c><00:41:33.769><c> incidentally,</c>

00:41:34.349 --> 00:41:36.449
means<00:41:34.630><c> to</c><00:41:34.949><c> extinguish</c><00:41:35.389><c> a</c><00:41:35.550><c> fire.</c>

00:41:37.349 --> 00:41:39.829
But<00:41:37.550><c> you</c><00:41:37.750><c> see,</c><00:41:38.690><c> it</c><00:41:38.909><c> was.</c>

00:41:40.489 --> 00:41:42.530
It<00:41:40.849><c> was</c><00:41:41.010><c> in</c><00:41:41.190><c> a</c><00:41:41.349><c> person's</c><00:41:42.090><c> power</c>

00:41:42.530 --> 00:41:45.090
to<00:41:43.150><c> extinguish</c><00:41:43.869><c> the</c><00:41:44.250><c> spirit's</c><00:41:44.750><c> flicker</c>

00:41:45.090 --> 00:41:47.409
or<00:41:45.349><c> to</c><00:41:45.630><c> fan</c><00:41:45.730><c> it</c><00:41:45.929><c> into</c><00:41:46.190><c> flame.</c>

00:41:48.469 --> 00:41:51.389
Even<00:41:48.710><c> with</c><00:41:49.030><c> something</c><00:41:49.309><c> as</c><00:41:49.710><c> precious</c><00:41:50.070><c> and</c><00:41:50.690><c> marvelous</c>

00:41:51.389 --> 00:41:54.230
as<00:41:51.949><c> a</c><00:41:52.269><c> Holy</c><00:41:52.610><c> Spirit</c><00:41:53.010><c> gift,</c>

00:41:55.190 --> 00:41:58.789
its<00:41:55.610><c> effectiveness</c><00:41:56.150><c> was</c><00:41:56.809><c> dependent</c><00:41:57.530><c> upon</c><00:41:58.010><c> the</c><00:41:58.329><c> willingness</c>

00:41:58.789 --> 00:42:01.989
of<00:41:59.409><c> the</c><00:41:59.610><c> recipient</c><00:42:00.170><c> to</c><00:42:00.809><c> use</c><00:42:00.949><c> it.</c>

00:42:02.269 --> 00:42:05.190
It<00:42:02.510><c> was</c><00:42:02.869><c> not</c><00:42:03.110><c> a</c><00:42:03.329><c> magic</c><00:42:03.710><c> talisman.</c>

00:42:05.329 --> 00:42:08.210
It<00:42:05.570><c> did</c><00:42:05.989><c> not</c><00:42:06.269><c> confer</c><00:42:06.949><c> a</c><00:42:07.449><c> moral</c><00:42:07.750><c> benefit.</c>

00:42:08.409 --> 00:42:12.170
It<00:42:08.550><c> was</c><00:42:08.789><c> a</c><00:42:08.949><c> gift,</c><00:42:09.610><c> but</c><00:42:09.809><c> it</c><00:42:09.929><c> was</c><00:42:10.269><c> only</c><00:42:10.809><c> a</c><00:42:11.050><c> gift</c><00:42:11.309><c> of</c><00:42:11.690><c> value</c>

00:42:12.170 --> 00:42:14.630
if<00:42:12.889><c> the</c><00:42:13.190><c> person</c><00:42:13.590><c> who</c><00:42:13.849><c> received</c><00:42:14.269><c> it</c>

00:42:14.630 --> 00:42:17.809
was<00:42:15.030><c> ready</c><00:42:15.349><c> to</c><00:42:15.789><c> fan</c><00:42:15.949><c> it</c><00:42:16.230><c> into</c><00:42:16.710><c> flame.</c>

00:42:18.329 --> 00:42:20.909
And<00:42:18.750><c> that's</c><00:42:18.869><c> what</c><00:42:18.989><c> Paul</c><00:42:19.250><c> asks</c><00:42:19.650><c> Timothy</c><00:42:19.949><c> to</c><00:42:20.150><c> do</c><00:42:20.230><c> right</c><00:42:20.550><c> now.</c>

00:42:21.130 --> 00:42:24.090
You<00:42:21.309><c> see,</c><00:42:21.369><c> this</c><00:42:21.550><c> is</c><00:42:21.730><c> the</c><00:42:21.929><c> answer</c><00:42:22.349><c> to</c><00:42:22.769><c> despondency</c><00:42:23.449><c> and</c><00:42:23.789><c> sorrow.</c>

00:42:24.349 --> 00:42:27.670
This<00:42:24.530><c> is</c><00:42:24.809><c> the</c><00:42:25.110><c> antidote</c><00:42:25.610><c> to</c><00:42:25.909><c> suffering</c><00:42:26.309><c> and</c><00:42:26.650><c> despair.</c>

00:42:27.730 --> 00:42:30.670
Stir<00:42:27.889><c> up</c><00:42:28.130><c> the</c><00:42:28.289><c> gift,</c><00:42:29.230><c> rekindle</c><00:42:29.929><c> the</c><00:42:30.210><c> embers,</c>

00:42:31.030 --> 00:42:32.010
fan<00:42:31.230><c> the</c><00:42:31.550><c> flame.</c>

00:42:32.269 --> 00:42:35.389
When<00:42:32.630><c> difficulties</c><00:42:33.070><c> arise,</c><00:42:33.869><c> when</c><00:42:34.130><c> trials</c><00:42:34.570><c> come</c><00:42:34.829><c> upon</c><00:42:35.050><c> us,</c>

00:42:35.849 --> 00:42:38.989
fan<00:42:36.110><c> the</c><00:42:36.349><c> gift</c><00:42:36.610><c> of</c><00:42:36.809><c> God</c><00:42:37.110><c> back</c><00:42:37.570><c> into</c><00:42:37.969><c> flame.</c>

00:42:39.710 --> 00:42:42.090
For<00:42:40.150><c> God,</c><00:42:40.570><c> he</c><00:42:40.570><c> says,</c><00:42:40.849><c> verse</c><00:42:41.050><c> seven,</c>

00:42:42.510 --> 00:42:45.050
has<00:42:42.730><c> not</c><00:42:42.969><c> given</c><00:42:43.289><c> us</c><00:42:43.789><c> the</c><00:42:44.110><c> spirit</c><00:42:44.309><c> of</c><00:42:44.789><c> fear,</c>

00:42:45.090 --> 00:42:48.190
but<00:42:45.250><c> of</c><00:42:45.510><c> power</c><00:42:45.929><c> and</c><00:42:46.130><c> of</c><00:42:46.369><c> love</c><00:42:46.710><c> and</c><00:42:47.230><c> of</c><00:42:47.449><c> a</c><00:42:47.550><c> sound</c><00:42:47.789><c> mind.</c>

00:42:48.449 --> 00:42:49.849
Whatever<00:42:48.710><c> the</c><00:42:48.889><c> gift</c><00:42:49.050><c> of</c><00:42:49.190><c> the</c><00:42:49.369><c> spirit</c><00:42:49.550><c> was</c>

00:42:49.849 --> 00:42:50.869
that<00:42:50.010><c> Timothy</c><00:42:50.289><c> had</c><00:42:50.550><c> received,</c>

00:42:50.889 --> 00:42:54.030
it<00:42:51.030><c> was</c><00:42:51.449><c> essentially</c><00:42:51.949><c> positive</c><00:42:52.590><c> and</c><00:42:52.789><c> not</c><00:42:52.949><c> negative.</c>

00:42:54.789 --> 00:42:56.969
So<00:42:55.090><c> don't</c><00:42:55.329><c> be</c><00:42:55.550><c> fearful,</c><00:42:55.849><c> he</c><00:42:56.050><c> says.</c>

00:42:57.510 --> 00:42:59.050
And<00:42:57.650><c> he</c><00:42:57.750><c> takes</c><00:42:57.949><c> him</c><00:42:58.110><c> back</c><00:42:58.269><c> to</c><00:42:58.429><c> that</c><00:42:58.610><c> one</c><00:42:58.829><c> moment</c>

00:42:59.050 --> 00:43:00.590
when<00:42:59.210><c> he</c><00:42:59.630><c> laid</c><00:42:59.769><c> his</c><00:42:59.989><c> hands</c><00:43:00.210><c> upon</c><00:43:00.489><c> him.</c>

00:43:00.610 --> 00:43:01.989
That<00:43:00.809><c> gift</c><00:43:01.030><c> I</c><00:43:01.289><c> gave</c><00:43:01.530><c> you,</c><00:43:01.710><c> he</c><00:43:01.889><c> said,</c>

00:43:02.070 --> 00:43:03.570
was<00:43:02.210><c> not</c><00:43:02.409><c> of</c><00:43:02.630><c> fear,</c><00:43:02.789><c> but</c><00:43:02.929><c> of</c><00:43:03.190><c> certainty.</c>

00:43:03.869 --> 00:43:04.869
Oh,<00:43:03.949><c> and</c><00:43:04.050><c> did</c><00:43:04.110><c> you</c><00:43:04.250><c> notice</c><00:43:04.449><c> it's</c><00:43:04.670><c> a</c><00:43:04.730><c> gift</c>

00:43:04.869 --> 00:43:06.150
he<00:43:05.210><c> shared</c><00:43:05.429><c> with</c><00:43:05.650><c> his</c><00:43:05.889><c> father?</c>

00:43:06.150 --> 00:43:09.309
Verse<00:43:06.610><c> seven,</c><00:43:07.190><c> God</c><00:43:07.389><c> has</c><00:43:07.610><c> not</c><00:43:07.809><c> given</c><00:43:07.969><c> us.</c>

00:43:09.429 --> 00:43:11.449
You<00:43:09.570><c> and</c><00:43:09.730><c> I</c><00:43:09.869><c> both,</c><00:43:10.150><c> Timothy,</c><00:43:10.769><c> have</c><00:43:10.909><c> been</c><00:43:11.130><c> given</c>

00:43:11.449 --> 00:43:14.190
spiritual<00:43:12.150><c> resources</c><00:43:12.650><c> to</c><00:43:12.989><c> face</c><00:43:13.429><c> adversity</c>

00:43:14.190 --> 00:43:16.710
without<00:43:14.670><c> fear</c><00:43:15.090><c> and</c><00:43:15.610><c> compromise.</c>

00:43:18.170 --> 00:43:20.289
God's<00:43:18.610><c> gift</c><00:43:18.909><c> provided</c><00:43:19.389><c> all</c><00:43:19.650><c> that</c><00:43:19.809><c> was</c><00:43:20.010><c> needed</c>

00:43:20.289 --> 00:43:22.730
for<00:43:20.510><c> the</c><00:43:20.690><c> work</c><00:43:20.869><c> that</c><00:43:21.130><c> lay</c><00:43:21.269><c> before</c><00:43:21.610><c> Timothy.</c>

00:43:23.909 --> 00:43:27.110
The<00:43:24.289><c> spirit</c><00:43:24.469><c> of</c><00:43:24.789><c> power</c><00:43:25.130><c> to</c><00:43:25.389><c> fulfill</c><00:43:25.730><c> his</c><00:43:26.030><c> charge</c>

00:43:27.150 --> 00:43:29.030
and<00:43:27.570><c> to</c><00:43:27.750><c> guard</c><00:43:27.889><c> the</c><00:43:28.170><c> truth.</c>

00:43:29.809 --> 00:43:32.590
The<00:43:30.090><c> spirit</c><00:43:30.269><c> of</c><00:43:30.590><c> control</c><00:43:31.150><c> to</c><00:43:31.429><c> sustain</c><00:43:31.909><c> his</c><00:43:32.150><c> commitment</c>

00:43:32.590 --> 00:43:34.230
and<00:43:32.769><c> to</c><00:43:32.889><c> be</c><00:43:33.010><c> an</c><00:43:33.250><c> example.</c>

00:43:34.889 --> 00:43:38.429
The<00:43:35.349><c> spirit</c><00:43:35.670><c> of</c><00:43:35.889><c> love</c><00:43:36.349><c> to</c><00:43:37.349><c> give</c><00:43:37.489><c> himself</c><00:43:37.889><c> in</c><00:43:38.150><c> service</c>

00:43:38.429 --> 00:43:40.429
and<00:43:38.650><c> to</c><00:43:38.809><c> shepherd</c><00:43:38.989><c> others</c><00:43:39.329><c> well.</c>

00:43:40.849 --> 00:43:42.429
That's<00:43:41.050><c> your</c><00:43:41.250><c> gift,</c><00:43:41.730><c> Timothy,</c><00:43:42.050><c> says</c><00:43:42.170><c> Paul.</c>

00:43:42.590 --> 00:43:44.269
So<00:43:42.789><c> stir</c><00:43:42.929><c> it</c><00:43:43.090><c> up</c><00:43:43.230><c> again.</c>

00:43:46.809 --> 00:43:53.570
You<00:43:46.989><c> see,</c><00:43:47.769><c> Paul</c><00:43:48.710><c> didn't</c><00:43:50.570><c> know</c><00:43:51.929><c> whether</c><00:43:53.230><c> Timothy</c>

00:43:53.570 --> 00:43:55.869
would<00:43:53.730><c> ever</c><00:43:53.889><c> get</c><00:43:54.090><c> to</c><00:43:54.289><c> Rome</c><00:43:54.389><c> before</c><00:43:54.670><c> he</c><00:43:54.909><c> died.</c>

00:43:57.550 --> 00:43:59.409
So<00:43:57.809><c> this</c><00:43:58.070><c> exhortation</c><00:43:58.570><c> must</c><00:43:58.769><c> be</c><00:43:58.969><c> written</c><00:43:59.130><c> now.</c>

00:43:59.429 --> 00:44:00.809
This<00:43:59.610><c> might</c><00:43:59.789><c> be</c><00:43:59.969><c> the</c><00:44:00.130><c> last</c><00:44:00.389><c> chance,</c>

00:44:01.030 --> 00:44:03.590
the<00:44:01.210><c> last</c><00:44:01.630><c> opportunity</c><00:44:02.190><c> he</c><00:44:02.309><c> has</c><00:44:02.550><c> to</c><00:44:02.730><c> give</c><00:44:03.130><c> counsel</c>

00:44:03.590 --> 00:44:04.530
to<00:44:03.769><c> this</c><00:44:03.929><c> young</c><00:44:04.150><c> man.</c>

00:44:04.849 --> 00:44:06.789
Fan<00:44:04.929><c> the</c><00:44:05.130><c> flame,</c><00:44:05.590><c> he</c><00:44:05.809><c> says.</c>

00:44:06.889 --> 00:44:08.630
Do<00:44:07.070><c> you</c><00:44:07.090><c> know</c><00:44:07.190><c> why,</c><00:44:07.630><c> brothers</c><00:44:07.670><c> and</c><00:44:07.889><c> sisters?</c>

00:44:09.050 --> 00:44:11.550
How<00:44:09.429><c> desperately</c><00:44:10.090><c> did</c><00:44:10.469><c> Paul</c><00:44:10.909><c> need</c><00:44:11.210><c> Timothy</c>

00:44:11.550 --> 00:44:13.670
to<00:44:11.809><c> kindle</c><00:44:12.170><c> those</c><00:44:12.530><c> embers?</c>

00:44:14.070 --> 00:44:18.590
For<00:44:14.250><c> he</c><00:44:14.610><c> knew</c><00:44:15.289><c> that</c><00:44:16.889><c> very</c><00:44:17.449><c> shortly</c>

00:44:19.590 --> 00:44:22.969
his<00:44:20.190><c> own</c><00:44:20.670><c> flame</c><00:44:20.909><c> would</c><00:44:21.190><c> be</c><00:44:21.409><c> quenched</c>

00:44:23.889 --> 00:44:26.710
and<00:44:24.489><c> his</c><00:44:24.670><c> own</c><00:44:24.869><c> light</c><00:44:25.110><c> would</c><00:44:25.329><c> be</c><00:44:25.489><c> put</c><00:44:25.650><c> out.</c>

00:44:28.429 --> 00:44:31.369
The<00:44:28.769><c> last</c><00:44:29.170><c> thing</c><00:44:29.449><c> he</c><00:44:29.610><c> could</c><00:44:29.809><c> write</c>

00:44:32.050 --> 00:44:35.070
was<00:44:32.530><c> the</c><00:44:32.650><c> most</c><00:44:32.969><c> important</c><00:44:33.329><c> thing</c><00:44:33.510><c> he</c><00:44:33.610><c> could</c><00:44:33.789><c> say.</c>

00:44:36.809 --> 00:44:41.650
Therefore<00:44:36.989><c> be</c><00:44:37.210><c> not</c><00:44:37.429><c> ashamed</c><00:44:37.969><c> of</c><00:44:39.349><c> the</c><00:44:39.530><c> testimony</c><00:44:39.869><c> of</c><00:44:40.090><c> our</c><00:44:40.250><c> Lord</c>

00:44:42.530 --> 00:44:45.510
nor<00:44:43.010><c> of</c><00:44:43.250><c> me,</c><00:44:43.570><c> his</c><00:44:43.829><c> prisoner,</c><00:44:44.429><c> he</c><00:44:44.610><c> says.</c>

00:44:46.570 --> 00:44:48.969
But<00:44:46.730><c> be</c><00:44:46.949><c> thou</c><00:44:47.150><c> partaker</c><00:44:47.590><c> of</c><00:44:47.769><c> the</c><00:44:47.949><c> afflictions</c><00:44:48.329><c> of</c><00:44:48.489><c> the</c><00:44:48.630><c> gospel</c>

00:44:48.969 --> 00:44:50.230
according<00:44:49.349><c> to</c><00:44:49.510><c> the</c><00:44:49.670><c> power</c><00:44:49.829><c> of</c><00:44:50.050><c> God.</c>

00:44:50.670 --> 00:44:53.789
In<00:44:50.909><c> those</c><00:44:51.210><c> days,</c><00:44:52.010><c> imprisonment</c><00:44:52.510><c> carried</c><00:44:52.769><c> a</c><00:44:53.030><c> social</c><00:44:53.409><c> stigma.</c>

00:44:53.989 --> 00:44:55.969
People<00:44:54.250><c> preferred</c><00:44:54.610><c> not</c><00:44:54.809><c> to</c><00:44:54.949><c> be</c><00:44:55.150><c> associated</c><00:44:55.510><c> with</c><00:44:55.730><c> those</c>

00:44:55.969 --> 00:44:57.309
who<00:44:56.170><c> imprisoned</c><00:44:56.449><c> and</c><00:44:56.730><c> worse</c><00:44:56.929><c> still,</c>

00:44:57.469 --> 00:44:59.670
when<00:44:57.570><c> one</c><00:44:57.730><c> was</c><00:44:57.989><c> imprisoned</c><00:44:58.389><c> and</c><00:44:58.829><c> condemned</c><00:44:59.130><c> to</c><00:44:59.369><c> death.</c>

00:44:59.670 --> 00:45:01.949
And<00:45:00.250><c> yet</c><00:45:00.570><c> notice</c><00:45:00.949><c> how</c><00:45:01.489><c> eloquently</c>

00:45:01.949 --> 00:45:04.590
the<00:45:02.210><c> apostle</c><00:45:02.570><c> encourages</c><00:45:03.369><c> Timothy</c><00:45:03.789><c> here</c>

00:45:04.769 --> 00:45:06.869
because<00:45:05.329><c> Paul</c><00:45:05.630><c> would</c><00:45:05.869><c> not</c><00:45:06.030><c> acknowledge</c><00:45:06.409><c> himself</c>

00:45:06.869 --> 00:45:08.909
to<00:45:07.110><c> be</c><00:45:07.289><c> imprisoned</c><00:45:07.590><c> to</c><00:45:07.750><c> the</c><00:45:07.929><c> world.</c>

00:45:10.329 --> 00:45:13.050
To<00:45:10.449><c> the</c><00:45:10.710><c> world</c><00:45:10.969><c> he</c><00:45:11.090><c> was</c><00:45:11.289><c> the</c><00:45:11.530><c> prisoner</c><00:45:11.809><c> of</c><00:45:12.130><c> Caesar.</c>

00:45:15.130 --> 00:45:17.170
But<00:45:15.250><c> in</c><00:45:15.409><c> the</c><00:45:15.550><c> apostle's</c><00:45:16.010><c> heart</c>

00:45:17.530 --> 00:45:19.809
he<00:45:18.090><c> was</c><00:45:18.269><c> the</c><00:45:18.469><c> prisoner</c><00:45:18.650><c> of</c><00:45:18.809><c> his</c><00:45:18.969><c> Lord.</c>

00:45:21.469 --> 00:45:24.309
And<00:45:21.829><c> he</c><00:45:21.929><c> wanted</c><00:45:22.150><c> Timothy</c><00:45:22.469><c> to</c><00:45:22.750><c> see</c><00:45:22.889><c> the</c><00:45:23.110><c> truth</c><00:45:23.329><c> from</c><00:45:23.670><c> that</c><00:45:23.869><c> perspective.</c>

00:45:24.610 --> 00:45:25.769
Come,<00:45:25.090><c> be</c><00:45:25.230><c> a</c><00:45:25.349><c> partaker.</c>

00:45:25.829 --> 00:45:27.809
And<00:45:25.929><c> the</c><00:45:26.030><c> word</c><00:45:26.150><c> means</c><00:45:26.389><c> take</c><00:45:26.750><c> one's</c><00:45:27.349><c> share.</c>

00:45:27.809 --> 00:45:29.389
Suffer<00:45:28.809><c> the</c><00:45:29.030><c> hardship.</c>

00:45:29.590 --> 00:45:31.690
With<00:45:30.010><c> me</c><00:45:30.489><c> was</c><00:45:30.750><c> Paul's</c><00:45:31.369><c> cry</c>

00:45:31.690 --> 00:45:35.289
as<00:45:32.030><c> he</c><00:45:32.289><c> pleaded</c><00:45:32.570><c> with</c><00:45:32.809><c> Timothy</c><00:45:33.050><c> to</c><00:45:33.349><c> visit</c><00:45:33.570><c> him</c><00:45:34.090><c> in</c><00:45:34.429><c> prison.</c>

00:45:35.610 --> 00:45:38.610
He<00:45:35.769><c> was</c><00:45:36.090><c> incarcerated</c><00:45:36.829><c> there</c><00:45:37.170><c> because</c><00:45:37.650><c> of</c><00:45:38.070><c> his</c><00:45:38.329><c> loyalty</c>

00:45:38.610 --> 00:45:40.809
to<00:45:38.829><c> the</c><00:45:39.010><c> master</c><00:45:39.429><c> that</c><00:45:39.730><c> he'd</c><00:45:39.969><c> served</c><00:45:40.150><c> all</c><00:45:40.369><c> his</c><00:45:40.610><c> life.</c>

00:45:40.989 --> 00:45:42.510
How<00:45:41.309><c> could</c><00:45:41.530><c> Timothy</c><00:45:41.889><c> not</c><00:45:42.210><c> go?</c>

00:45:42.750 --> 00:45:44.409
How<00:45:42.929><c> could</c><00:45:43.150><c> Timothy</c><00:45:43.570><c> not</c><00:45:44.050><c> share?</c>

00:45:44.630 --> 00:45:47.250
How<00:45:44.789><c> could</c><00:45:45.010><c> Timothy</c><00:45:45.289><c> not</c><00:45:45.789><c> join</c><00:45:46.329><c> the</c><00:45:46.809><c> man</c>

00:45:47.250 --> 00:45:50.489
in<00:45:47.650><c> whom</c><00:45:47.809><c> he</c><00:45:47.929><c> had</c><00:45:48.170><c> seen</c><00:45:48.369><c> the</c><00:45:48.630><c> Spirit</c><00:45:48.809><c> of</c><00:45:48.989><c> Christ</c><00:45:49.329><c> himself</c>

00:45:51.650 --> 00:45:54.789
in<00:45:52.210><c> the</c><00:45:52.489><c> power</c><00:45:52.750><c> of</c><00:45:53.010><c> all</c><00:45:53.250><c> that</c><00:45:53.389><c> he</c><00:45:53.590><c> believed</c><00:45:53.849><c> in</c>

00:45:55.309 --> 00:45:58.909
because<00:45:55.750><c> of</c><00:45:55.929><c> this</c><00:45:56.210><c> appeal</c><00:45:56.610><c> from</c><00:45:56.949><c> his</c><00:45:57.210><c> father</c><00:45:57.550><c> in</c><00:45:57.829><c> the</c><00:45:58.010><c> truth?</c>

00:45:59.829 --> 00:46:02.469
He<00:46:00.269><c> would</c><00:46:00.489><c> travel</c><00:46:00.769><c> to</c><00:46:00.949><c> the</c><00:46:01.110><c> lair</c><00:46:01.289><c> of</c><00:46:01.449><c> the</c><00:46:01.610><c> enemy</c>

00:46:02.989 --> 00:46:06.309
and<00:46:03.429><c> visit</c><00:46:03.650><c> the</c><00:46:03.829><c> man</c><00:46:03.989><c> who'd</c><00:46:04.289><c> believed</c><00:46:04.489><c> in</c><00:46:04.730><c> him</c><00:46:04.929><c> from</c><00:46:05.150><c> the</c><00:46:05.349><c> beginning.</c>

00:46:07.429 --> 00:46:09.190
And<00:46:07.570><c> for</c><00:46:07.730><c> Timothy</c><00:46:08.010><c> to</c><00:46:08.369><c> summon</c><00:46:08.570><c> the</c><00:46:08.929><c> courage</c>

00:46:09.190 --> 00:46:11.409
to<00:46:09.550><c> leave</c><00:46:09.929><c> Ephesus</c><00:46:10.389><c> and</c><00:46:10.590><c> to</c><00:46:10.809><c> walk</c><00:46:10.949><c> to</c><00:46:11.210><c> Rome,</c>

00:46:11.610 --> 00:46:13.550
he<00:46:11.769><c> must</c><00:46:12.090><c> stir</c><00:46:12.309><c> up</c><00:46:12.530><c> the</c><00:46:12.670><c> gift</c><00:46:12.809><c> even</c><00:46:13.050><c> for</c><00:46:13.289><c> that</c>

00:46:13.550 --> 00:46:16.030
and<00:46:13.869><c> walk</c><00:46:14.170><c> in</c><00:46:14.449><c> the</c><00:46:14.630><c> light</c><00:46:14.750><c> of</c><00:46:14.909><c> its</c><00:46:15.130><c> glow.</c>

00:46:17.429 --> 00:46:18.750
Now<00:46:17.610><c> here's</c><00:46:17.809><c> the</c><00:46:17.969><c> thing,</c><00:46:18.269><c> brothers</c><00:46:18.389><c> and</c><00:46:18.590><c> sisters.</c>

00:46:18.969 --> 00:46:21.489
You<00:46:19.150><c> see,</c><00:46:19.269><c> we</c><00:46:19.389><c> don't</c><00:46:19.630><c> have</c><00:46:19.849><c> Holy</c><00:46:20.090><c> Spirit</c><00:46:20.369><c> gifts</c><00:46:20.650><c> today,</c><00:46:21.269><c> do</c><00:46:21.349><c> we?</c>

00:46:21.510 --> 00:46:22.909
So<00:46:21.670><c> how</c><00:46:21.789><c> do</c><00:46:21.909><c> we</c><00:46:22.090><c> stir</c><00:46:22.230><c> up</c><00:46:22.409><c> the</c><00:46:22.590><c> gift?</c>

00:46:22.909 --> 00:46:28.030
Well,<00:46:24.510><c> you</c><00:46:24.650><c> see,</c><00:46:25.849><c> perhaps</c><00:46:26.070><c> these</c><00:46:26.409><c> passages</c><00:46:26.789><c> are</c><00:46:27.030><c> helpful.</c>

00:46:29.110 --> 00:46:31.289
Psalm<00:46:29.389><c> 39</c><00:46:30.170><c> verse</c><00:46:30.650><c> 4</c><00:46:30.989><c> says,</c>

00:46:31.610 --> 00:46:33.469
My<00:46:31.610><c> heart</c><00:46:32.070><c> was</c><00:46:32.469><c> hot</c><00:46:32.750><c> within</c><00:46:33.030><c> me</c>

00:46:33.469 --> 00:46:36.829
while<00:46:33.809><c> I</c><00:46:34.190><c> was</c><00:46:34.409><c> musing</c><00:46:34.869><c> the</c><00:46:35.190><c> fire</c><00:46:35.730><c> burned.</c>

00:46:37.510 --> 00:46:39.429
Jeremiah<00:46:37.889><c> chapter</c><00:46:38.190><c> 20</c><00:46:38.550><c> verse</c><00:46:38.789><c> 9</c><00:46:39.150><c> says,</c>

00:46:39.650 --> 00:46:43.050
His<00:46:39.889><c> word</c><00:46:40.369><c> was</c><00:46:40.670><c> in</c><00:46:40.829><c> my</c><00:46:41.170><c> heart</c><00:46:41.530><c> as</c><00:46:41.869><c> a</c><00:46:42.110><c> burning</c><00:46:42.429><c> fire.</c>

00:46:43.489 --> 00:46:46.510
Luke<00:46:43.769><c> chapter</c><00:46:44.030><c> 24</c><00:46:44.550><c> verses</c><00:46:44.929><c> 27</c><00:46:45.469><c> and</c><00:46:45.670><c> 32</c><00:46:46.110><c> says,</c>

00:46:46.789 --> 00:46:49.110
Did<00:46:46.929><c> not</c><00:46:47.150><c> our</c><00:46:47.449><c> hearts</c><00:46:47.909><c> burn</c><00:46:48.389><c> within</c><00:46:48.710><c> us</c>

00:46:49.110 --> 00:46:50.630
while<00:46:49.269><c> he</c><00:46:49.449><c> talked</c><00:46:49.630><c> with</c><00:46:49.869><c> us</c><00:46:50.070><c> by</c><00:46:50.289><c> the</c><00:46:50.449><c> way</c>

00:46:50.630 --> 00:46:52.130
and<00:46:50.969><c> while</c><00:46:51.090><c> he</c><00:46:51.289><c> opened</c><00:46:51.429><c> the</c><00:46:51.690><c> scriptures</c>

00:46:52.130 --> 00:46:53.849
and<00:46:52.530><c> the</c><00:46:52.690><c> lesson,</c><00:46:53.289><c> brothers</c><00:46:53.389><c> and</c><00:46:53.570><c> sisters,</c>

00:46:54.070 --> 00:46:57.010
is<00:46:54.289><c> that</c><00:46:54.489><c> this</c><00:46:54.829><c> Bible,</c><00:46:55.230><c> this</c><00:46:55.730><c> book</c><00:46:56.050><c> that</c><00:46:56.289><c> we</c><00:46:56.730><c> read</c>

00:46:57.010 --> 00:46:59.210
is<00:46:57.469><c> Holy</c><00:46:57.829><c> Spirit</c><00:46:58.230><c> flame.</c>

00:46:59.429 --> 00:47:01.650
It's<00:46:59.809><c> God's</c><00:47:00.250><c> gift</c><00:47:00.409><c> to</c><00:47:00.650><c> us.</c>

00:47:01.829 --> 00:47:06.630
It<00:47:02.170><c> contains</c><00:47:02.949><c> the</c><00:47:03.630><c> power</c><00:47:04.090><c> to</c><00:47:04.469><c> set</c><00:47:04.590><c> our</c><00:47:04.969><c> hearts</c><00:47:05.449><c> ablaze</c>

00:47:06.869 --> 00:47:08.429
and<00:47:07.170><c> our</c><00:47:07.349><c> lives</c><00:47:07.789><c> alight</c>

00:47:08.429 --> 00:47:12.210
with<00:47:09.230><c> fervent</c><00:47:09.630><c> and</c><00:47:09.949><c> passionate</c><00:47:10.309><c> zeal</c><00:47:10.670><c> for</c><00:47:10.869><c> God</c><00:47:11.349><c> and</c><00:47:11.650><c> his</c><00:47:11.789><c> purpose.</c>

00:47:12.269 --> 00:47:14.429
But<00:47:12.570><c> like</c><00:47:13.010><c> all</c><00:47:13.530><c> God's</c><00:47:14.050><c> gifts,</c>

00:47:14.670 --> 00:47:17.469
it<00:47:14.929><c> requires</c><00:47:15.570><c> our</c><00:47:16.250><c> willingness</c><00:47:16.530><c> to</c><00:47:16.889><c> use</c><00:47:17.070><c> it</c>

00:47:17.469 --> 00:47:21.590
and<00:47:17.650><c> to</c><00:47:17.909><c> fan</c><00:47:18.050><c> it</c><00:47:18.170><c> into</c><00:47:18.429><c> flame</c><00:47:19.030><c> in</c><00:47:20.349><c> our</c><00:47:20.570><c> lives.</c>

00:47:23.309 --> 00:47:25.929
Our<00:47:23.730><c> Lord</c><00:47:23.949><c> was</c><00:47:24.170><c> so</c><00:47:24.510><c> touched</c><00:47:24.809><c> by</c><00:47:25.050><c> the</c><00:47:25.269><c> fire</c><00:47:25.469><c> of</c><00:47:25.650><c> the</c><00:47:25.789><c> word,</c>

00:47:25.949 --> 00:47:28.610
he<00:47:26.170><c> burned</c><00:47:26.409><c> so</c><00:47:26.789><c> brightly</c><00:47:27.050><c> that</c><00:47:27.230><c> the</c><00:47:27.369><c> whole</c><00:47:27.650><c> world</c><00:47:27.929><c> was</c><00:47:28.170><c> lit</c><00:47:28.349><c> up,</c>

00:47:28.769 --> 00:47:29.289
brothers<00:47:28.809><c> and</c><00:47:29.010><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:29.590 --> 00:47:32.690
but<00:47:29.730><c> the</c><00:47:29.949><c> question</c><00:47:30.210><c> is</c><00:47:30.329><c> have</c><00:47:30.489><c> we</c><00:47:30.710><c> felt</c><00:47:30.949><c> the</c><00:47:31.210><c> fire</c><00:47:31.469><c> of</c><00:47:31.670><c> the</c><00:47:31.809><c> word</c>

00:47:33.489 --> 00:47:36.070
and<00:47:33.969><c> are</c><00:47:34.170><c> we</c><00:47:34.309><c> prepared</c><00:47:34.510><c> to</c><00:47:34.730><c> stir</c><00:47:34.809><c> it</c><00:47:35.010><c> up?</c>

00:47:37.750 --> 00:47:44.210
Well,<00:47:38.230><c> that's</c><00:47:38.710><c> above</c><00:47:38.929><c> all</c><00:47:40.349><c> what</c><00:47:41.230><c> Timothy</c><00:47:42.230><c> needed</c><00:47:43.309><c> to</c><00:47:43.570><c> do</c>

00:47:44.210 --> 00:47:49.389
if<00:47:45.550><c> he</c><00:47:45.710><c> was</c><00:47:45.889><c> to</c><00:47:46.070><c> hearken</c><00:47:46.550><c> to</c><00:47:47.969><c> the</c><00:47:48.090><c> words</c><00:47:48.210><c> of</c><00:47:48.449><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:50.530 --> 00:47:52.650
In<00:47:51.090><c> the</c><00:47:51.250><c> words</c><00:47:51.369><c> of</c><00:47:51.530><c> him,</c><00:47:52.190><c> brothers</c><00:47:52.289><c> and</c><00:47:52.530><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:52.730 --> 00:47:54.550
that<00:47:52.889><c> puts</c><00:47:53.050><c> it</c><00:47:53.210><c> this</c><00:47:53.449><c> way,</c>

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Grant<00:47:55.829><c> us</c><00:47:56.570><c> thy</c><00:47:56.969><c> truth</c><00:47:57.630><c> to</c><00:47:58.130><c> make</c><00:47:58.309><c> us</c><00:47:58.590><c> free</c>

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and<00:48:00.909><c> kindling</c><00:48:01.630><c> hearts</c><00:48:02.409><c> that</c><00:48:02.969><c> burn</c><00:48:03.449><c> for</c><00:48:04.170><c> thee,</c>

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lit<00:48:06.389><c> by</c><00:48:06.750><c> thy</c><00:48:07.070><c> word</c><00:48:07.690><c> with</c><00:48:08.329><c> heavenly</c><00:48:08.750><c> flame,</c>

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whose<00:48:10.889><c> glow</c><00:48:11.610><c> shall</c><00:48:12.590><c> glorify</c><00:48:14.030><c> thy</c><00:48:15.250><c> name.</c>