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Shall<00:11:26.620><c> one</c><00:11:27.259><c> man</c><00:11:27.720><c> sin?</c>

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Clearly<00:11:29.960><c> pointing</c><00:11:30.340><c> to</c><00:11:30.659><c> Korah,</c><00:11:31.019><c> the</c><00:11:31.120><c> one</c><00:11:31.259><c> who</c><00:11:31.379><c> was</c><00:11:31.580><c> the</c><00:11:31.779><c> leader</c>

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will<00:11:33.940><c> you</c><00:11:34.059><c> be</c><00:11:34.379><c> angry</c><00:11:34.620><c> with</c><00:11:34.799><c> the</c><00:11:34.960><c> whole</c><00:11:35.179><c> congregation?</c>

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And<00:11:36.940><c> the</c><00:11:37.080><c> Lord</c><00:11:37.240><c> said,</c>

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get<00:11:38.220><c> away</c><00:11:38.539><c> from</c><00:11:38.700><c> the</c><00:11:38.879><c> tabernacle</c><00:11:39.240><c> of</c><00:11:39.419><c> Korah,</c><00:11:39.860><c> Dathan</c><00:11:40.059><c> and</c><00:11:40.240><c> the</c><00:11:40.360><c> baron,</c>

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and<00:11:40.700><c> see</c><00:11:40.919><c> what</c><00:11:41.080><c> will</c><00:11:41.299><c> happen.</c>

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And<00:11:42.720><c> so</c><00:11:42.860><c> the</c><00:11:43.059><c> men</c><00:11:43.320><c> are</c><00:11:43.740><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:11:46.039><c> the</c><00:11:46.200><c> action</c><00:11:46.580><c> which</c><00:11:46.860><c> took</c><00:11:47.080><c> place</c><00:11:47.399><c> on</c><00:11:47.639><c> that</c><00:11:47.840><c> day</c><00:11:48.120><c> was</c><00:11:49.200><c> required.</c>

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because<00:11:52.100><c> Korah,</c><00:11:52.460><c> Dathan</c><00:11:52.659><c> and</c><00:11:52.820><c> the</c><00:11:52.980><c> baron</c><00:11:53.200><c> would</c><00:11:54.000><c> lead</c><00:11:54.539><c> the</c>

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people<00:11:55.299><c> away,</c>

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without<00:11:57.080><c> any</c><00:11:57.340><c> doubt</c><00:11:57.580><c> at</c><00:11:57.860><c> all.</c>

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you<00:12:00.899><c> might</c><00:12:01.080><c> just</c><00:12:01.279><c> like</c><00:12:01.419><c> to</c><00:12:01.600><c> turn</c><00:12:01.740><c> back</c><00:12:01.960><c> to</c><00:12:02.120><c> Chapter</c><00:12:02.360><c> 14.</c>

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Because<00:12:15.279><c> Chapter</c><00:12:15.679><c> 13</c><00:12:16.139><c> of</c><00:12:16.340><c> Numbers</c><00:12:16.679><c> is</c><00:12:16.940><c> the</c><00:12:17.179><c> occasion</c>

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where<00:12:17.919><c> the</c><00:12:18.279><c> spies</c><00:12:18.600><c> bring</c><00:12:18.899><c> their</c><00:12:19.139><c> report</c><00:12:19.500><c> of</c><00:12:19.700><c> the</c><00:12:19.879><c> land,</c>

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and<00:12:21.179><c> there</c><00:12:21.360><c> are</c><00:12:21.580><c> the</c><00:12:21.860><c> two</c><00:12:22.080><c> reports</c><00:12:22.559><c> you</c><00:12:22.679><c> may</c><00:12:22.899><c> recall,</c>

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which<00:12:28.399><c> says</c><00:12:28.559><c> that</c><00:12:28.720><c> the</c><00:12:28.840><c> land</c><00:12:29.000><c> is</c><00:12:29.299><c> worth</c><00:12:29.500><c> going</c><00:12:29.799><c> to,</c>

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and<00:12:30.220><c> the</c><00:12:30.539><c> other</c><00:12:30.740><c> from</c><00:12:30.960><c> the</c><00:12:31.159><c> ten</c><00:12:32.139><c> spies,</c>

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who<00:12:32.919><c> say</c><00:12:33.299><c> that</c><00:12:33.580><c> the</c><00:12:33.779><c> difficulties</c><00:12:34.220><c> of</c><00:12:34.519><c> entering</c><00:12:34.759><c> into</c><00:12:35.019><c> the</c><00:12:35.200><c> land</c><00:12:35.340><c> are</c><00:12:35.519><c> so</c><00:12:35.799><c> great</c>

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that<00:12:36.720><c> they</c><00:12:37.059><c> ought</c><00:12:37.220><c> not</c><00:12:37.440><c> to</c><00:12:37.679><c> go.</c>

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And<00:12:40.779><c> despite</c><00:12:41.360><c> what</c><00:12:41.779><c> happens</c><00:12:42.179><c> at</c><00:12:42.399><c> that</c><00:12:42.659><c> time,</c>

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the<00:12:44.620><c> people</c><00:12:44.980><c> feel</c><00:12:45.419><c> that</c><00:12:45.620><c> they</c><00:12:45.860><c> ought</c><00:12:46.159><c> then</c><00:12:46.940><c> to</c><00:12:47.460><c> return</c><00:12:47.919><c> into</c><00:12:48.259><c> Egypt.</c>

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Numbers<00:12:50.179><c> 14,</c><00:12:50.740><c> verse</c><00:12:50.919><c> 3,</c>

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Wherefore<00:12:51.620><c> hath</c><00:12:51.740><c> the</c><00:12:51.919><c> Lord</c><00:12:52.100><c> brought</c><00:12:52.379><c> us</c><00:12:52.559><c> to</c><00:12:52.720><c> this</c><00:12:52.960><c> land,</c>

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that<00:12:55.200><c> our</c><00:12:55.419><c> wives</c><00:12:55.720><c> and</c><00:12:55.940><c> children</c><00:12:56.299><c> should</c><00:12:56.480><c> be</c><00:12:56.700><c> a</c><00:12:56.899><c> prey?</c>

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Were<00:12:57.740><c> it</c><00:12:57.899><c> not</c><00:12:58.080><c> better</c><00:12:58.379><c> for</c><00:12:58.639><c> us</c><00:12:58.779><c> to</c><00:12:58.960><c> return</c><00:12:59.279><c> to</c><00:12:59.500><c> Egypt?</c>

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They<00:13:00.019><c> said</c><00:13:00.220><c> one</c><00:13:00.399><c> to</c><00:13:00.600><c> another,</c>

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let<00:13:01.580><c> us</c><00:13:01.779><c> make</c><00:13:01.980><c> a</c><00:13:02.299><c> captain,</c>

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Let's<00:13:06.539><c> make</c><00:13:06.700><c> a</c><00:13:06.919><c> captain</c><00:13:07.159><c> and</c><00:13:07.340><c> go</c><00:13:07.539><c> into</c><00:13:07.799><c> Egypt.</c>

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And<00:13:09.139><c> what</c><00:13:09.259><c> Numbers</c><00:13:09.559><c> 14</c><00:13:10.039><c> does</c><00:13:10.340><c> not</c><00:13:10.700><c> reveal</c><00:13:11.080><c> to</c><00:13:11.399><c> us,</c>

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but<00:13:13.159><c> Nehemiah</c><00:13:13.779><c> 9</c><00:13:14.240><c> does,</c>

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thou<00:14:04.360><c> didst</c><00:14:04.639><c> among</c><00:14:04.840><c> them.</c>

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to<00:14:11.580><c> return</c><00:14:12.039><c> to</c><00:14:12.200><c> their</c><00:14:12.440><c> bondage.</c>

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But<00:14:14.539><c> thou</c><00:14:14.700><c> art</c><00:14:14.899><c> a</c><00:14:15.019><c> god</c><00:14:15.159><c> ready</c><00:14:15.419><c> to</c><00:14:15.700><c> pardon,</c>

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gracious<00:14:16.879><c> and</c><00:14:17.159><c> merciful,</c>

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slow<00:14:17.980><c> to</c><00:14:18.220><c> anger,</c>

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and<00:14:19.340><c> of</c><00:14:19.580><c> great</c><00:14:19.799><c> kindness.</c>

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but<00:14:24.419><c> what</c><00:14:24.799><c> becomes</c><00:14:25.320><c> apparent,</c><00:14:25.840><c> I</c><00:14:26.039><c> think,</c>

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is<00:14:29.000><c> that</c><00:14:29.179><c> the</c><00:14:29.440><c> captain,</c>

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whom<00:14:30.419><c> they</c><00:14:30.679><c> appointed</c><00:14:31.179><c> to</c><00:14:31.879><c> return</c><00:14:32.480><c> into</c><00:14:33.240><c> Egypt,</c>

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was<00:14:34.360><c> Korah.</c>

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And<00:14:36.659><c> so</c><00:14:36.779><c> the</c><00:14:37.059><c> seeds</c><00:14:37.320><c> of</c><00:14:37.519><c> that</c><00:14:37.740><c> rebellion,</c><00:14:38.220><c> we</c><00:14:38.460><c> can</c><00:14:38.700><c> see,</c>

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began<00:14:39.360><c> to</c><00:14:39.720><c> grow.</c>

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if<00:14:43.539><c> the</c><00:14:43.740><c> nation</c><00:14:44.039><c> was</c><00:14:44.259><c> going</c><00:14:44.399><c> to</c><00:14:44.559><c> be</c><00:14:44.740><c> protected</c><00:14:45.240><c> now</c>

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where<00:14:48.259><c> God</c><00:14:48.500><c> was</c><00:14:48.779><c> leading</c><00:14:49.080><c> them.</c>

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in<00:14:52.700><c> 2nd</c><00:14:53.120><c> Timothy</c><00:14:53.379><c> Chapter</c><00:14:53.799><c> 2,</c>

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when<00:14:55.179><c> the</c><00:14:55.360><c> apostle</c><00:14:55.620><c> is</c><00:14:55.940><c> speaking</c>

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to<00:14:57.059><c> the</c><00:14:57.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:57.539><c> in</c><00:14:57.759><c> Ephesus,</c>

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and<00:14:58.980><c> says,</c>

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having<00:15:03.299><c> this</c><00:15:03.720><c> seal,</c>

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the<00:15:04.220><c> Lord</c><00:15:04.639><c> knoweth</c><00:15:05.139><c> them</c><00:15:05.639><c> that</c><00:15:05.960><c> are</c><00:15:06.200><c> his.</c>

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And<00:15:09.700><c> the</c><00:15:09.840><c> words</c><00:15:10.100><c> probably</c><00:15:10.460><c> have</c><00:15:10.600><c> an</c><00:15:10.700><c> even</c><00:15:10.919><c> greater</c><00:15:11.240><c> meaning,</c>

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because<00:15:11.919><c> it's</c><00:15:12.120><c> not</c><00:15:12.700><c> absolutely</c><00:15:13.259><c> apparent</c><00:15:13.740><c> to</c><00:15:13.980><c> us</c>

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exactly<00:15:14.779><c> how</c><00:15:16.240><c> the</c><00:15:16.860><c> rebels</c>

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in<00:15:17.580><c> Numbers</c><00:15:17.980><c> Chapter</c><00:15:18.340><c> 16</c><00:15:18.779><c> were</c><00:15:19.000><c> destroyed.</c>

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All<00:15:19.679><c> that</c><00:15:19.820><c> we're</c><00:15:19.980><c> told</c><00:15:20.159><c> is</c><00:15:20.340><c> the</c><00:15:20.480><c> earth</c><00:15:20.720><c> opened</c><00:15:21.080><c> up</c>

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and<00:15:21.720><c> swallowed</c><00:15:22.019><c> them</c><00:15:22.240><c> up.</c>

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But<00:15:23.940><c> probably</c><00:15:24.360><c> what</c><00:15:24.559><c> occurred</c><00:15:25.059><c> was</c><00:15:25.279><c> an</c><00:15:25.460><c> earthquake,</c>

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a<00:15:26.019><c> very</c><00:15:26.360><c> localized,</c><00:15:27.879><c> specialized</c><00:15:28.500><c> earthquake,</c>

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so<00:15:29.379><c> that</c><00:15:29.519><c> the</c><00:15:29.700><c> ground</c><00:15:29.919><c> opened</c><00:15:30.379><c> up,</c>

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and<00:15:31.379><c> the</c><00:15:31.600><c> tents</c><00:15:31.820><c> of</c><00:15:32.039><c> those</c><00:15:32.320><c> wicked</c><00:15:32.580><c> men</c>

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were<00:15:33.240><c> swallowed</c><00:15:33.539><c> into</c><00:15:33.799><c> the</c><00:15:34.080><c> earth.</c>

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So<00:15:36.000><c> it's</c><00:15:36.100><c> therefore</c><00:15:36.399><c> very</c><00:15:36.720><c> appropriate,</c><00:15:37.259><c> isn't</c><00:15:37.379><c> it,</c>

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that<00:15:37.679><c> in</c><00:15:37.899><c> 2nd</c><00:15:38.159><c> Timothy</c><00:15:38.399><c> 2,</c><00:15:39.399><c> the</c><00:15:39.460><c> apostle</c><00:15:39.779><c> says,</c>

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the<00:15:40.940><c> foundation</c><00:15:41.799><c> of</c><00:15:42.299><c> God</c><00:15:42.779><c> stands</c><00:15:43.519><c> sure.</c>

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It<00:15:45.539><c> stands</c><00:15:45.860><c> sure</c><00:15:46.200><c> for</c><00:15:46.360><c> those</c><00:15:46.960><c> who</c><00:15:47.360><c> are</c><00:15:47.720><c> his.</c>

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It<00:15:48.820><c> doesn't</c><00:15:49.220><c> stand</c><00:15:49.580><c> sure</c><00:15:49.879><c> for</c><00:15:50.059><c> those</c>

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who<00:15:50.980><c> are</c><00:15:51.039><c> going</c><00:15:51.139><c> to</c><00:15:51.379><c> be</c><00:15:51.860><c> shaken</c>

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and<00:15:52.919><c> destroyed</c><00:15:53.600><c> and</c><00:15:54.519><c> swallowed</c><00:15:54.860><c> up.</c>

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And<00:15:56.539><c> such</c><00:15:56.779><c> were</c><00:15:57.200><c> in</c><00:15:57.899><c> Ephesus</c>

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Hymenaeus<00:15:59.700><c> and</c><00:15:59.919><c> Philetus,</c>

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men<00:16:00.960><c> who</c><00:16:01.220><c> concerning</c><00:16:01.600><c> the</c><00:16:01.919><c> truth</c><00:16:02.100><c> of</c><00:16:02.340><c> earth,</c>

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saying<00:16:02.879><c> the</c><00:16:03.679><c> resurrection</c><00:16:04.299><c> is</c><00:16:05.039><c> past</c><00:16:05.360><c> already.</c>

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And<00:16:07.600><c> it's</c><00:16:07.759><c> not</c><00:16:07.919><c> surprising,</c><00:16:08.740><c> is</c><00:16:08.840><c> it,</c>

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that<00:16:09.200><c> the</c><00:16:09.539><c> spiritual</c><00:16:10.019><c> health</c><00:16:10.460><c> of</c><00:16:10.779><c> the</c><00:16:11.000><c> nation</c>

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in<00:16:12.639><c> the</c><00:16:12.799><c> wilderness</c><00:16:13.220><c> was</c><00:16:13.659><c> determined</c>

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by<00:16:14.419><c> the</c><00:16:14.759><c> quality</c><00:16:15.200><c> of</c><00:16:15.940><c> the</c><00:16:16.200><c> elders</c>

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who<00:16:17.399><c> were</c><00:16:17.659><c> appointed</c><00:16:18.000><c> to</c><00:16:18.279><c> rule</c><00:16:18.460><c> over</c><00:16:18.759><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:20.039><c> the</c><00:16:20.360><c> spiritual</c><00:16:20.779><c> quality</c><00:16:21.299><c> of</c><00:16:21.559><c> the</c><00:16:21.740><c> Ecclesia</c>

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in<00:16:22.820><c> Ephesus</c><00:16:23.299><c> was</c><00:16:23.600><c> going</c><00:16:23.720><c> to</c><00:16:23.899><c> be</c><00:16:24.080><c> determined</c>

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by<00:16:25.399><c> the</c><00:16:25.639><c> elders</c><00:16:26.000><c> who</c><00:16:26.559><c> would</c><00:16:26.779><c> rule</c><00:16:27.000><c> over</c><00:16:27.299><c> them.</c>

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And<00:16:30.080><c> those</c><00:16:30.519><c> leaders</c><00:16:31.120><c> need</c><00:16:31.720><c> the</c><00:16:32.120><c> support</c><00:16:32.580><c> of</c><00:16:33.179><c> the</c><00:16:33.379><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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If<00:16:34.659><c> you'd</c><00:16:34.960><c> just</c><00:16:34.960><c> like</c><00:16:35.080><c> to</c><00:16:35.240><c> turn</c><00:16:35.399><c> to</c><00:16:35.580><c> Hebrews</c><00:16:35.919><c> chapter</c><00:16:36.379><c> 13,</c>

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a<00:16:38.840><c> passage</c><00:16:39.179><c> which</c><00:16:40.659><c> some</c><00:16:41.519><c> believe</c>

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applies<00:16:42.559><c> only</c><00:16:43.019><c> to</c><00:16:43.379><c> spirit</c><00:16:43.740><c>-guided</c><00:16:44.220><c> elders.</c>

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I<00:16:44.879><c> would</c><00:16:45.080><c> not</c><00:16:45.259><c> make</c><00:16:45.419><c> that</c><00:16:45.659><c> distinction.</c>

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I<00:16:47.139><c> don't</c><00:16:47.320><c> believe</c><00:16:47.519><c> that's</c><00:16:47.899><c> true.</c>

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Otherwise<00:16:49.799><c> there</c><00:16:49.980><c> would</c><00:16:50.139><c> be</c><00:16:50.279><c> no</c><00:16:50.519><c> point</c>

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in<00:16:50.960><c> it</c><00:16:51.379><c> being</c><00:16:51.879><c> recorded</c><00:16:52.519><c> for</c><00:16:53.159><c> our</c><00:16:53.500><c> benefit.</c>

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Spirit<00:16:55.860><c>-guided</c><00:16:56.200><c> eldership</c><00:16:57.159><c> died</c><00:16:57.480><c> out</c>

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about<00:16:59.799><c> the</c><00:17:00.139><c> turn</c><00:17:00.419><c> at</c><00:17:00.700><c> the</c><00:17:00.740><c> end</c><00:17:00.899><c> of</c><00:17:01.059><c> the</c><00:17:01.159><c> first</c><00:17:01.399><c> century</c><00:17:01.879><c> AD.</c>

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For<00:17:02.679><c> the</c><00:17:02.899><c> centuries</c><00:17:03.139><c> that</c><00:17:03.340><c> have</c><00:17:03.840><c> continued</c><00:17:04.319><c> since,</c>

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the<00:17:05.000><c> eldership</c><00:17:05.359><c> of</c><00:17:05.500><c> Ecclesius</c><00:17:05.980><c> has</c><00:17:06.160><c> been</c>

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in<00:17:07.240><c> the</c><00:17:07.380><c> hands</c><00:17:07.619><c> of</c><00:17:07.779><c> those</c><00:17:08.059><c> who</c><00:17:08.220><c> have</c><00:17:08.380><c> not</c><00:17:08.599><c> had</c><00:17:08.740><c> the</c><00:17:08.920><c> Holy</c><00:17:09.140><c> Spirit.</c>

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But<00:17:10.779><c> these</c><00:17:11.039><c> words</c><00:17:11.279><c> have</c><00:17:11.480><c> been</c><00:17:11.599><c> left</c><00:17:11.839><c> on</c><00:17:12.140><c> record</c><00:17:12.480><c> for</c><00:17:12.680><c> us</c><00:17:13.180><c> too.</c>

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So<00:17:14.640><c> the</c><00:17:14.740><c> apostle</c><00:17:15.099><c> in</c><00:17:15.640><c> Hebrews</c><00:17:15.980><c> 13</c>

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says<00:17:17.799><c> in</c><00:17:17.960><c> verse</c><00:17:18.220><c> 16,</c>

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to<00:17:18.920><c> do</c><00:17:19.180><c> good</c><00:17:19.500><c> and</c><00:17:19.900><c> to</c><00:17:20.240><c> communicate,</c>

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and<00:17:21.160><c> that's</c><00:17:21.619><c> the</c><00:17:21.740><c> word</c><00:17:21.980><c> koinonia,</c>

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the<00:17:22.759><c> Greek</c><00:17:23.019><c> word</c><00:17:23.279><c> koinonia,</c>

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it's<00:17:24.680><c> the</c><00:17:24.799><c> word</c><00:17:25.140><c> fellowship,</c>

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translated<00:17:27.160><c> in</c><00:17:27.359><c> a</c><00:17:27.400><c> whole</c><00:17:27.559><c> variety</c><00:17:28.059><c> of</c><00:17:28.259><c> ways</c>

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in<00:17:28.640><c> our</c><00:17:28.759><c> New</c><00:17:28.940><c> Testament.</c>

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To<00:17:29.859><c> do</c><00:17:30.099><c> good</c><00:17:30.359><c> and</c><00:17:30.579><c> to</c><00:17:30.880><c> communicate,</c>

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forget<00:17:31.859><c> not,</c>

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for<00:17:32.920><c> with</c><00:17:33.220><c> such</c><00:17:33.599><c> sacrifices,</c>

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God<00:17:35.559><c> is</c><00:17:35.859><c> well</c><00:17:36.200><c> pleased,</c>

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obey<00:17:38.099><c> them</c><00:17:38.640><c> that</c><00:17:39.400><c> have</c><00:17:39.619><c> the</c><00:17:40.039><c> rule</c><00:17:40.460><c> over</c><00:17:40.880><c> you.</c>

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Or<00:17:41.839><c> if</c><00:17:41.960><c> you</c><00:17:42.059><c> just</c><00:17:42.220><c> look</c><00:17:42.339><c> in</c><00:17:42.440><c> your</c><00:17:42.660><c> margin,</c>

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you'll<00:17:43.180><c> see</c><00:17:43.259><c> the</c><00:17:43.500><c> alternative</c><00:17:44.000><c> translation.</c>

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Obey<00:17:45.619><c> them</c><00:17:46.140><c> which</c><00:17:46.759><c> guide</c><00:17:47.240><c> you</c>

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and<00:17:48.640><c> submit</c><00:17:49.059><c> yourselves,</c>

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for<00:17:49.839><c> they</c><00:17:50.920><c> watch</c><00:17:51.299><c> for</c><00:17:51.539><c> your</c><00:17:51.859><c> souls</c>

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as<00:17:52.480><c> they</c><00:17:52.660><c> that</c><00:17:52.819><c> must</c><00:17:52.980><c> give</c><00:17:53.180><c> account,</c>

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that<00:17:54.519><c> they</c><00:17:54.700><c> may</c><00:17:54.880><c> do</c><00:17:55.000><c> it</c><00:17:55.160><c> with</c><00:17:55.359><c> joy</c><00:17:55.640><c> and</c><00:17:55.799><c> not</c><00:17:55.940><c> with</c><00:17:56.240><c> grief,</c>

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for<00:17:56.700><c> that</c><00:17:56.900><c> is</c><00:17:57.119><c> unprofitable</c><00:17:57.940><c> for</c><00:17:58.240><c> you.</c>

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Perhaps<00:17:59.960><c> at</c><00:18:00.140><c> our</c><00:18:00.359><c> first</c><00:18:00.660><c> reading</c><00:18:00.900><c> it</c><00:18:01.119><c> sounds</c><00:18:01.319><c> a</c><00:18:01.380><c> little</c><00:18:01.680><c> harsh.</c>

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We<00:18:02.920><c> don't</c><00:18:03.200><c> like</c><00:18:03.440><c> to</c><00:18:03.640><c> think</c><00:18:03.779><c> that</c><00:18:03.920><c> there</c><00:18:04.059><c> are</c><00:18:04.140><c> people</c>

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who<00:18:05.059><c> rule</c><00:18:05.420><c> over</c><00:18:05.900><c> us.</c>

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But<00:18:08.259><c> if</c><00:18:08.400><c> you</c><00:18:08.480><c> look</c><00:18:08.660><c> carefully</c><00:18:09.079><c> at</c><00:18:09.259><c> the</c><00:18:09.440><c> verse,</c>

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you'll<00:18:10.279><c> see</c><00:18:10.380><c> first</c><00:18:10.680><c> of</c><00:18:10.880><c> all</c>

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that<00:18:11.579><c> there</c><00:18:11.740><c> is</c><00:18:11.900><c> that</c><00:18:12.059><c> alternative</c><00:18:12.640><c> translation.</c>

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These<00:18:14.000><c> are</c><00:18:14.119><c> the</c><00:18:14.200><c> ones</c><00:18:14.400><c> who</c><00:18:14.559><c> are</c><00:18:14.720><c> there</c><00:18:14.920><c> to</c><00:18:15.220><c> guide.</c>

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They<00:18:17.680><c> are</c><00:18:17.940><c> watching</c><00:18:18.359><c> for</c><00:18:18.900><c> our</c><00:18:19.220><c> lives,</c>

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they're<00:18:20.440><c> concerned</c><00:18:20.980><c> for</c><00:18:21.220><c> our</c><00:18:21.539><c> eternal</c><00:18:22.039><c> wellbeing.</c>

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That's<00:18:24.079><c> the</c><00:18:24.240><c> job</c><00:18:24.519><c> of</c><00:18:24.859><c> elders,</c>

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it's<00:18:25.460><c> the</c><00:18:25.559><c> job</c><00:18:25.740><c> of</c><00:18:26.039><c> shepherds.</c>

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We<00:18:28.240><c> want</c><00:18:28.440><c> them</c><00:18:28.619><c> to</c><00:18:28.740><c> be</c><00:18:28.839><c> able</c><00:18:29.000><c> to</c><00:18:29.119><c> do</c><00:18:29.220><c> it</c><00:18:29.440><c> joyfully</c>

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and<00:18:30.180><c> not</c><00:18:30.380><c> with</c><00:18:30.640><c> grief.</c>

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And<00:18:33.339><c> above</c><00:18:33.599><c> all,</c>

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they<00:18:35.420><c> are</c><00:18:35.579><c> people</c><00:18:36.000><c> who</c><00:18:36.220><c> will</c><00:18:36.500><c> have</c><00:18:36.720><c> to</c><00:18:37.019><c> give</c><00:18:37.420><c> account.</c>

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They<00:18:39.920><c> recognise</c><00:18:40.539><c> that</c><00:18:40.740><c> they</c><00:18:41.180><c> too</c><00:18:41.740><c> are</c><00:18:42.339><c> being</c><00:18:42.720><c> guided,</c>

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they<00:18:43.460><c> are</c><00:18:43.700><c> being</c><00:18:44.000><c> led</c><00:18:44.400><c> by</c><00:18:44.859><c> the</c><00:18:45.160><c> great</c><00:18:45.640><c> shepherd,</c>

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the<00:18:46.839><c> good</c><00:18:47.119><c> shepherd.</c>

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And<00:18:48.579><c> there</c><00:18:48.660><c> will</c><00:18:48.819><c> be</c><00:18:48.960><c> a</c><00:18:49.140><c> time</c><00:18:49.339><c> when</c><00:18:49.480><c> they'll</c><00:18:49.700><c> have</c><00:18:49.819><c> to</c><00:18:49.940><c> give</c><00:18:50.059><c> account</c>

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of<00:18:50.799><c> their</c><00:18:51.200><c> stewardship,</c>

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as<00:18:52.259><c> we</c><00:18:52.420><c> shall</c><00:18:52.559><c> all</c><00:18:52.759><c> have</c><00:18:52.920><c> to</c><00:18:53.019><c> give</c><00:18:53.160><c> account</c>

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of<00:18:53.619><c> our</c><00:18:53.779><c> own</c><00:18:54.019><c> individual</c><00:18:54.519><c> stewardship.</c>

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But<00:18:56.579><c> as</c><00:18:56.740><c> if</c><00:18:57.019><c> here</c><00:18:57.359><c> we</c><00:18:57.559><c> have</c><00:18:58.119><c> the</c><00:18:58.640><c> good</c><00:18:58.980><c> shepherd</c>

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to<00:19:00.559><c> whom</c><00:19:00.700><c> ultimately</c><00:19:01.220><c> all</c><00:19:01.660><c> must</c><00:19:01.920><c> give</c><00:19:02.200><c> account.</c>

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But<00:19:04.180><c> the</c><00:19:04.480><c> shepherds</c><00:19:05.240><c> have</c><00:19:05.519><c> to</c><00:19:05.720><c> give</c><00:19:05.880><c> account</c>

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to<00:19:07.059><c> the</c><00:19:07.279><c> good</c><00:19:07.480><c> shepherd.</c>

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And<00:19:09.200><c> if</c><00:19:09.380><c> we</c><00:19:09.579><c> have</c><00:19:09.759><c> made</c><00:19:09.980><c> their</c><00:19:10.400><c> job</c><00:19:10.700><c> particularly</c><00:19:11.420><c> hard</c>

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by<00:19:13.740><c> causing</c><00:19:14.119><c> them</c><00:19:14.380><c> grief</c><00:19:14.740><c> rather</c><00:19:15.180><c> than</c><00:19:15.400><c> joy,</c>

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by<00:19:15.920><c> just</c><00:19:16.140><c> being</c><00:19:16.420><c> cantankerous,</c>

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then<00:19:20.240><c> we</c><00:19:20.480><c> shall</c><00:19:20.599><c> have</c><00:19:20.740><c> to</c><00:19:20.880><c> give</c><00:19:21.039><c> account</c><00:19:21.359><c> of</c><00:19:21.500><c> that</c>

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to<00:19:22.680><c> the</c><00:19:22.839><c> good</c><00:19:23.019><c> shepherd</c><00:19:23.319><c> when</c><00:19:23.500><c> we</c><00:19:23.740><c> stand</c><00:19:23.920><c> before</c><00:19:24.299><c> him.</c>

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And<00:19:25.680><c> how</c><00:19:25.859><c> much</c><00:19:26.059><c> better</c><00:19:26.380><c> that</c><00:19:26.680><c> our</c><00:19:26.980><c> shepherds</c>

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could<00:19:28.519><c> give</c><00:19:28.740><c> account</c><00:19:29.180><c> to</c><00:19:29.559><c> the</c><00:19:29.859><c> shepherd</c>

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of<00:19:32.119><c> the</c><00:19:32.380><c> joyfulness</c><00:19:32.980><c> with</c><00:19:33.380><c> which</c>

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those<00:19:35.160><c> whom</c><00:19:35.440><c> they</c><00:19:35.759><c> attempted</c><00:19:36.160><c> to</c><00:19:36.460><c> guide</c>

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were<00:19:37.839><c> helped</c><00:19:38.160><c> into</c><00:19:38.579><c> pastures</c>

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which<00:19:40.059><c> were</c><00:19:40.319><c> calm</c><00:19:40.819><c> and</c><00:19:41.500><c> pleasant</c>

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and<00:19:42.640><c> peaceful</c><00:19:43.259><c> and</c><00:19:43.740><c> non</c><00:19:44.099><c>-threatening.</c>

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See,<00:19:45.759><c> that's</c><00:19:45.920><c> what</c><00:19:46.079><c> that</c><00:19:46.339><c> verse</c><00:19:46.559><c> is</c><00:19:46.779><c> telling</c><00:19:46.900><c> us.</c>

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If<00:19:47.779><c> we</c><00:19:48.180><c> have</c><00:19:49.079><c> appointed,</c>

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and<00:19:50.240><c> remember</c><00:19:50.819><c> that</c><00:19:51.220><c> the</c><00:19:51.460><c> eldership</c><00:19:51.940><c> of</c><00:19:52.119><c> the</c><00:19:52.259><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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we<00:19:52.759><c> looked,</c><00:19:52.980><c> didn't</c><00:19:53.220><c> we,</c><00:19:53.380><c> on</c><00:19:53.619><c> Tuesday,</c>

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the<00:19:54.200><c> eldership</c><00:19:54.700><c> of</c><00:19:54.839><c> the</c><00:19:54.960><c> Ecclesia</c>

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doesn't<00:19:56.440><c> take</c><00:19:56.680><c> that</c><00:19:56.900><c> eldership</c><00:19:57.299><c> upon</c><00:19:57.559><c> themselves,</c>

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it's<00:19:58.400><c> we</c><00:19:58.640><c> who</c><00:19:58.799><c> have</c><00:19:59.000><c> put</c><00:19:59.119><c> them</c><00:19:59.259><c> in</c><00:19:59.420><c> that</c><00:19:59.599><c> position,</c>

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choose<00:20:00.779><c> out</c><00:20:01.099><c> from</c><00:20:01.339><c> among</c><00:20:01.619><c> you</c><00:20:01.819><c> men</c><00:20:02.079><c> of</c><00:20:02.359><c> honest</c><00:20:02.680><c> report,</c>

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wise<00:20:04.000><c> men</c><00:20:04.279><c> who</c><00:20:04.500><c> are</c><00:20:04.759><c> understanding.</c>

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Having<00:20:06.420><c> done</c><00:20:06.839><c> that,</c>

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well,<00:20:07.740><c> let's</c><00:20:08.039><c> help</c><00:20:08.339><c> them</c><00:20:08.579><c> to</c><00:20:08.759><c> do</c><00:20:08.900><c> their</c><00:20:09.180><c> work.</c>

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And<00:20:09.619><c> the</c><00:20:09.740><c> best</c><00:20:09.960><c> way</c><00:20:10.140><c> we</c><00:20:10.240><c> can</c><00:20:10.400><c> help</c><00:20:10.599><c> them</c><00:20:10.759><c> to</c><00:20:10.900><c> do</c><00:20:11.000><c> their</c><00:20:11.259><c> work</c>

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is<00:20:12.299><c> by</c><00:20:12.700><c> ensuring</c><00:20:13.160><c> that</c><00:20:13.359><c> we're</c><00:20:13.660><c> all</c><00:20:14.019><c> trying</c><00:20:14.299><c> to</c><00:20:14.619><c> move</c>

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in<00:20:15.039><c> the</c><00:20:15.299><c> same</c><00:20:15.539><c> direction</c><00:20:16.099><c> together,</c>

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that<00:20:18.720><c> we've</c><00:20:18.940><c> got</c><00:20:19.019><c> this</c><00:20:19.279><c> one</c><00:20:19.579><c> priority</c><00:20:20.400><c> in</c><00:20:21.099><c> our</c><00:20:21.359><c> lives,</c>

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that<00:20:22.680><c> we</c><00:20:22.859><c> shall</c><00:20:23.019><c> try</c><00:20:23.279><c> to</c><00:20:23.480><c> do</c><00:20:23.680><c> things</c>

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which<00:20:25.079><c> feed</c><00:20:25.700><c> the</c><00:20:26.359><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:26.799><c> of</c><00:20:27.059><c> God</c>

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and<00:20:28.039><c> not</c><00:20:28.279><c> destroy</c><00:20:28.799><c> it.</c>

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So<00:20:31.000><c> that's</c><00:20:31.240><c> the</c><00:20:31.400><c> work</c><00:20:31.680><c> which</c><00:20:31.940><c> we're</c><00:20:32.720><c> really</c><00:20:33.160><c> trying</c><00:20:33.500><c> to</c><00:20:33.779><c> undertake.</c>

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And<00:20:35.519><c> having</c><00:20:35.720><c> discovered</c><00:20:36.180><c> that</c><00:20:36.339><c> there</c><00:20:36.519><c> were</c><00:20:36.700><c> problems</c><00:20:37.160><c> in</c><00:20:37.400><c> Ephesus</c>

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and<00:20:37.920><c> that</c><00:20:38.039><c> the</c><00:20:38.200><c> Apostle</c><00:20:38.539><c> Paul</c><00:20:39.099><c> announced</c>

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that<00:20:40.559><c> problems</c><00:20:40.920><c> would</c><00:20:41.220><c> come</c><00:20:41.460><c> in</c><00:20:41.700><c> Ephesus,</c>

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we<00:20:42.819><c> get</c><00:20:42.960><c> an</c><00:20:43.160><c> inkling</c><00:20:43.500><c> of</c><00:20:43.640><c> what</c><00:20:43.839><c> those</c><00:20:44.119><c> problems</c><00:20:44.559><c> were</c>

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by<00:20:45.299><c> looking</c><00:20:45.640><c> at</c><00:20:45.819><c> the</c><00:20:46.079><c> qualities</c><00:20:46.460><c> of</c><00:20:46.660><c> the</c><00:20:46.839><c> men</c>

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who<00:20:47.200><c> were</c><00:20:47.319><c> to</c><00:20:47.440><c> be</c><00:20:47.660><c> appointed</c><00:20:48.059><c> to</c><00:20:48.619><c> lead</c><00:20:48.819><c> the</c><00:20:49.079><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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So<00:20:50.279><c> just</c><00:20:50.460><c> turn</c><00:20:50.619><c> back</c><00:20:50.819><c> to</c><00:20:51.000><c> 1</c><00:20:51.200><c> Timothy</c><00:20:51.480><c> chapter</c><00:20:51.940><c> 3,</c>

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a<00:20:52.519><c> chapter</c><00:20:52.799><c> that</c><00:20:52.960><c> we've</c><00:20:53.180><c> gone</c><00:20:53.359><c> to</c><00:20:53.480><c> on</c><00:20:53.640><c> a</c><00:20:53.720><c> number</c><00:20:53.880><c> of</c><00:20:54.119><c> occasions</c>

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this<00:20:54.720><c> week.</c>

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Because<00:20:59.039><c> in</c><00:20:59.200><c> the</c><00:20:59.359><c> very</c><00:20:59.720><c> qualities</c>

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which<00:21:00.880><c> were</c><00:21:01.160><c> to</c><00:21:01.400><c> be</c><00:21:02.059><c> sought</c><00:21:02.460><c> out</c>

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in<00:21:03.019><c> those</c><00:21:03.400><c> who</c><00:21:03.579><c> were</c><00:21:03.839><c> elders,</c>

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we<00:21:05.440><c> can</c><00:21:05.660><c> also</c><00:21:06.039><c> discover</c><00:21:06.440><c> the</c><00:21:06.700><c> problems</c>

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that<00:21:07.559><c> these</c><00:21:07.799><c> men</c><00:21:08.059><c> were</c><00:21:08.339><c> to</c><00:21:08.500><c> address.</c>

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1<00:21:11.460><c> Timothy</c><00:21:11.740><c> chapter</c><00:21:12.240><c> 3,</c><00:21:12.619><c> you'll</c><00:21:12.720><c> notice</c>

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that<00:21:13.160><c> the</c><00:21:13.240><c> bishop,</c><00:21:13.660><c> verse</c><00:21:13.859><c> 2,</c><00:21:14.839><c> must</c><00:21:14.980><c> be</c><00:21:15.259><c> blameless.</c>

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He<00:21:15.880><c> must</c><00:21:16.079><c> be</c><00:21:16.700><c> the</c><00:21:17.019><c> husband</c><00:21:17.619><c> of</c><00:21:17.960><c> one</c><00:21:18.279><c> wife.</c>

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So<00:21:19.240><c> one</c><00:21:19.500><c> problem</c><00:21:19.859><c> that</c><00:21:20.000><c> was</c><00:21:20.220><c> occurring</c><00:21:20.539><c> in</c><00:21:20.779><c> the</c><00:21:20.940><c> Ecclesias</c>

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was<00:21:22.400><c> a</c><00:21:22.700><c> marital</c><00:21:23.099><c> problem.</c>

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Nothing<00:21:26.140><c> new</c><00:21:26.319><c> under</c><00:21:26.539><c> the</c><00:21:26.799><c> sun,</c><00:21:27.019><c> is</c><00:21:27.259><c> there?</c>

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So<00:21:29.079><c> there</c><00:21:29.220><c> were</c><00:21:29.420><c> problems</c><00:21:29.819><c> in</c><00:21:30.039><c> the</c><00:21:30.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:21:30.559><c> of</c><00:21:30.819><c> that</c><00:21:31.079><c> nature,</c>

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and<00:21:31.759><c> you</c><00:21:31.980><c> appoint</c><00:21:32.599><c> men</c><00:21:33.440><c> who</c><00:21:34.420><c> will</c><00:21:34.660><c> be</c><00:21:34.839><c> elders</c><00:21:35.240><c> in</c><00:21:35.579><c> the</c><00:21:35.759><c> Ecclesia</c>

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who<00:21:36.839><c> are</c><00:21:37.119><c> not</c><00:21:37.339><c> affected</c><00:21:37.960><c> themselves</c><00:21:38.779><c> personally</c><00:21:39.480><c> by</c><00:21:39.779><c> that</c><00:21:40.099><c> problem.</c>

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And<00:21:41.960><c> they</c><00:21:42.079><c> will</c><00:21:42.299><c> then</c><00:21:42.500><c> be</c><00:21:42.700><c> able</c><00:21:42.940><c> better</c><00:21:43.259><c> to</c><00:21:43.559><c> guide</c><00:21:43.839><c> the</c><00:21:44.099><c> Ecclesia</c>

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into<00:21:45.359><c> right</c><00:21:45.700><c> ways.</c>

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There<00:21:47.619><c> are</c><00:21:47.900><c> to</c><00:21:48.019><c> be</c><00:21:48.140><c> men</c><00:21:48.400><c> who</c><00:21:48.599><c> are</c><00:21:48.960><c> given</c><00:21:49.279><c> to</c><00:21:49.599><c> hospitality.</c>

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So<00:21:51.079><c> clearly</c><00:21:51.359><c> there</c><00:21:51.500><c> was</c><00:21:51.640><c> a</c><00:21:51.799><c> problem</c><00:21:52.000><c> in</c><00:21:52.160><c> the</c><00:21:52.359><c> Ecclesia</c>

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that<00:21:52.859><c> the</c><00:21:53.059><c> Ecclesia</c><00:21:53.319><c> was</c><00:21:53.599><c> not</c><00:21:53.920><c> hospitable.</c>

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I<00:21:57.440><c> don't</c><00:21:57.599><c> know</c><00:21:57.740><c> about</c><00:21:57.920><c> your</c><00:21:58.160><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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but<00:21:59.640><c> you</c><00:21:59.799><c> must</c><00:22:00.019><c> answer</c><00:22:00.220><c> that</c><00:22:00.460><c> question</c><00:22:00.779><c> for</c><00:22:01.039><c> yourselves.</c>

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Is<00:22:01.640><c> your</c><00:22:01.920><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:02.339><c> one</c><00:22:02.599><c> which</c><00:22:02.880><c> is</c><00:22:03.200><c> hospitable?</c>

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And<00:22:06.000><c> if</c><00:22:06.160><c> it</c><00:22:06.400><c> isn't,</c><00:22:08.480><c> the</c><00:22:08.579><c> way</c><00:22:08.859><c> to</c><00:22:09.200><c> change</c><00:22:09.640><c> that</c>

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isn't<00:22:11.539><c> to</c><00:22:11.920><c> stand</c><00:22:12.240><c> up</c><00:22:12.460><c> and</c><00:22:12.759><c> say,</c>

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I<00:22:14.259><c> think</c><00:22:14.460><c> there</c><00:22:14.619><c> ought</c><00:22:14.740><c> to</c><00:22:14.859><c> be</c><00:22:14.960><c> more</c><00:22:15.240><c> hospitality</c><00:22:15.720><c> in</c><00:22:15.920><c> this</c><00:22:16.059><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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you<00:22:16.579><c> know,</c><00:22:17.940><c> and</c><00:22:18.299><c> point</c><00:22:18.519><c> the</c><00:22:18.720><c> finger</c><00:22:18.940><c> at</c><00:22:19.099><c> those</c>

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who<00:22:19.519><c> you</c><00:22:19.759><c> believe</c><00:22:19.960><c> are</c><00:22:20.160><c> not</c><00:22:20.400><c> hospitable.</c>

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That's<00:22:21.119><c> not</c><00:22:21.279><c> the</c><00:22:21.380><c> way</c><00:22:21.500><c> to</c><00:22:21.700><c> resolve</c><00:22:21.980><c> the</c><00:22:22.220><c> problem.</c>

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The<00:22:23.799><c> way</c><00:22:23.980><c> to</c><00:22:24.299><c> change</c><00:22:24.619><c> it</c><00:22:24.920><c> is</c><00:22:25.099><c> to</c><00:22:25.339><c> ensure</c>

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that<00:22:26.059><c> you</c><00:22:26.559><c> are</c><00:22:27.119><c> hospitable.</c>

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Throw<00:22:29.619><c> your</c><00:22:30.099><c> home</c><00:22:30.480><c> open,</c>

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not<00:22:31.400><c> just</c><00:22:31.680><c> to</c><00:22:31.819><c> those</c><00:22:32.039><c> who</c><00:22:32.200><c> are</c><00:22:32.299><c> going</c><00:22:32.420><c> to</c><00:22:32.619><c> invite</c><00:22:32.859><c> you</c><00:22:33.079><c> back.</c>

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That's<00:22:33.519><c> not</c><00:22:33.660><c> hospitality</c><00:22:34.279><c> in</c><00:22:34.759><c> the</c><00:22:34.940><c> scriptural</c><00:22:35.279><c> sense.</c>

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Hospitality<00:22:38.279><c> is</c><00:22:38.559><c> opening</c><00:22:38.980><c> our</c><00:22:39.440><c> home</c>

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to<00:22:40.599><c> those</c><00:22:40.960><c> who</c><00:22:41.200><c> are</c><00:22:41.380><c> not</c><00:22:41.539><c> in</c><00:22:41.759><c> a</c><00:22:41.779><c> position</c>

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to<00:22:43.359><c> return</c><00:22:43.799><c> the</c><00:22:44.059><c> compliment.</c>

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Hospitality<00:22:46.579><c> is</c><00:22:46.799><c> looking</c><00:22:47.019><c> after</c><00:22:47.420><c> the</c><00:22:47.740><c> poor</c><00:22:48.240><c> and</c><00:22:48.880><c> the</c><00:22:49.079><c> weak,</c>

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the<00:22:50.700><c> homeless,</c><00:22:51.339><c> the</c><00:22:51.619><c> fatherless,</c><00:22:52.539><c> the</c><00:22:52.720><c> widow.</c>

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That's<00:22:53.720><c> true</c><00:22:54.119><c> scriptural</c><00:22:54.759><c> hospitality.</c>

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And<00:22:55.960><c> if</c><00:22:56.039><c> it's</c><00:22:56.259><c> not</c><00:22:56.460><c> happening</c><00:22:56.640><c> in</c><00:22:56.839><c> your</c><00:22:57.059><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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the<00:22:58.279><c> only</c><00:22:58.460><c> way</c><00:22:58.660><c> to</c><00:22:58.839><c> make</c><00:22:58.960><c> it</c><00:22:59.299><c> start</c>

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is<00:22:59.880><c> for</c><00:23:00.140><c> you</c><00:23:00.359><c> to</c><00:23:00.680><c> start</c><00:23:00.900><c> the</c><00:23:01.119><c> ball</c><00:23:01.359><c> rolling,</c>

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for<00:23:02.619><c> you</c><00:23:02.819><c> to</c><00:23:03.119><c> start</c><00:23:03.279><c> the</c><00:23:03.519><c> process.</c>

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There<00:23:05.240><c> was</c><00:23:05.500><c> no</c><00:23:05.980><c> sound</c><00:23:06.359><c> scriptural</c><00:23:06.940><c> teaching</c><00:23:07.400><c> taking</c><00:23:07.819><c> place</c>

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in<00:23:08.460><c> the</c><00:23:08.640><c> Ephesus</c><00:23:09.000><c> Ecclesia</c>

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because<00:23:10.359><c> the</c><00:23:10.720><c> bishops</c><00:23:10.980><c> had</c><00:23:11.220><c> to</c><00:23:11.460><c> be</c><00:23:11.920><c> apt</c><00:23:12.319><c> to</c><00:23:12.799><c> teach.</c>

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Like<00:23:16.039><c> the</c><00:23:16.240><c> problem</c><00:23:16.559><c> which</c><00:23:16.839><c> occurred</c><00:23:17.079><c> in</c><00:23:17.240><c> the</c><00:23:17.359><c> wilderness</c>

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with<00:23:18.079><c> Nadab</c><00:23:18.500><c> and</c><00:23:18.640><c> Abihu,</c>

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the<00:23:20.059><c> leaders</c><00:23:20.599><c> were</c><00:23:21.140><c> too</c><00:23:21.480><c> fond</c><00:23:21.779><c> of</c><00:23:22.160><c> alcohol.</c>

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I<00:23:23.779><c> don't</c><00:23:23.980><c> know</c><00:23:24.079><c> whether</c><00:23:24.220><c> you</c><00:23:24.380><c> realised</c>

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that<00:23:24.819><c> was</c><00:23:25.019><c> the</c><00:23:25.059><c> problem</c><00:23:25.299><c> with</c><00:23:25.539><c> Nadab</c><00:23:25.839><c> and</c><00:23:25.920><c> Abihu,</c>

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but<00:23:26.440><c> it</c><00:23:26.599><c> was.</c>

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Because<00:23:27.759><c> immediately</c><00:23:28.339><c> after</c><00:23:28.660><c> the</c><00:23:28.880><c> incident,</c>

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it's<00:23:30.299><c> recorded</c><00:23:30.779><c> that</c><00:23:31.079><c> the</c><00:23:31.279><c> priests</c><00:23:31.660><c> were</c><00:23:31.960><c> not</c><00:23:32.180><c> to</c><00:23:32.440><c> drink</c><00:23:32.680><c> wine</c>

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while<00:23:33.299><c> they</c><00:23:33.480><c> were</c><00:23:33.700><c> on</c><00:23:33.940><c> duty.</c>

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Clearly<00:23:35.720><c> implying</c><00:23:36.200><c> that</c><00:23:36.359><c> that's</c><00:23:36.559><c> what</c><00:23:36.740><c> was</c><00:23:36.960><c> happening</c>

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and<00:23:37.420><c> that's</c><00:23:37.660><c> why</c><00:23:37.859><c> Nadab</c><00:23:38.200><c> and</c><00:23:38.299><c> Abihu</c><00:23:38.759><c> got</c><00:23:39.059><c> so</c><00:23:39.700><c> out</c><00:23:40.119><c> of</c><00:23:40.380><c> kilter</c>

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with<00:23:40.920><c> the</c><00:23:41.059><c> Ecclesia</c><00:23:41.500><c> in</c><00:23:42.019><c> the</c><00:23:42.180><c> wilderness.</c>

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And<00:23:43.779><c> the</c><00:23:43.980><c> same</c><00:23:44.140><c> was</c><00:23:44.359><c> happening</c><00:23:44.599><c> in</c><00:23:44.859><c> Ephesus.</c>

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So<00:23:45.539><c> the</c><00:23:45.740><c> bishops,</c><00:23:47.059><c> the</c><00:23:47.339><c> elders,</c>

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were<00:23:47.819><c> to</c><00:23:47.980><c> be</c><00:23:48.180><c> men</c><00:23:48.380><c> who</c><00:23:48.500><c> were</c><00:23:48.740><c> not</c><00:23:48.920><c> given</c><00:23:49.200><c> to</c><00:23:49.480><c> wine.</c>

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There<00:23:51.599><c> was</c><00:23:51.920><c> happening</c><00:23:52.259><c> in</c><00:23:52.480><c> Ephesus</c><00:23:52.779><c> something</c>

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which<00:23:53.319><c> I</c><00:23:53.460><c> hope</c><00:23:53.720><c> never</c><00:23:54.200><c> happens</c><00:23:54.559><c> in</c><00:23:54.779><c> our</c><00:23:55.000><c> Ecclesias</c>

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and<00:23:57.000><c> that</c><00:23:57.160><c> is</c><00:23:57.359><c> that</c><00:23:57.599><c> brethren</c><00:23:57.819><c> were</c><00:23:58.059><c> coming</c><00:23:58.640><c> literally</c><00:23:59.579><c> to</c><00:24:00.440><c> blows.</c>

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There<00:24:03.579><c> was</c><00:24:03.880><c> fighting,</c><00:24:04.660><c> literal</c><00:24:05.119><c> fighting,</c>

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in<00:24:06.700><c> the</c><00:24:07.079><c> Ephesian</c><00:24:07.579><c> Ecclesia</c>

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because<00:24:09.359><c> the</c><00:24:09.720><c> bishops</c><00:24:09.960><c> were</c><00:24:10.200><c> not</c><00:24:10.400><c> to</c><00:24:10.619><c> be</c><00:24:11.359><c> strikers.</c>

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They<00:24:13.099><c> weren't</c><00:24:13.380><c> to</c><00:24:13.599><c> be</c><00:24:14.099><c> brawlers.</c>

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Has<00:24:15.559><c> a</c><00:24:15.940><c> brawl</c><00:24:16.900><c> ever</c><00:24:17.299><c> occurred</c><00:24:17.759><c> in</c><00:24:18.000><c> your</c><00:24:18.200><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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I<00:24:19.960><c> hope</c><00:24:20.140><c> not.</c>

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There<00:24:24.299><c> were</c><00:24:24.480><c> men</c><00:24:24.779><c> who</c><00:24:24.960><c> were</c><00:24:25.160><c> more</c><00:24:25.539><c> concerned</c><00:24:26.140><c> with</c><00:24:26.480><c> dollars</c>

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than<00:24:27.900><c> they</c><00:24:28.180><c> were</c><00:24:28.319><c> with</c><00:24:28.559><c> the</c><00:24:28.740><c> truth</c><00:24:29.420><c> in</c><00:24:30.180><c> Ephesus</c>

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because<00:24:32.619><c> the</c><00:24:32.900><c> bishops</c><00:24:33.180><c> had</c><00:24:33.559><c> not</c><00:24:33.880><c> to</c><00:24:34.119><c> be</c><00:24:34.400><c> greedy</c><00:24:34.700><c> of</c><00:24:35.119><c> filthy</c><00:24:35.440><c> lucre.</c>

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There<00:24:38.039><c> were</c><00:24:38.200><c> just</c><00:24:38.460><c> signs</c><00:24:38.680><c> of</c><00:24:39.039><c> impatience.</c>

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Men<00:24:41.240><c> with</c><00:24:41.559><c> short</c><00:24:41.920><c> fuses,</c><00:24:42.640><c> quick</c><00:24:42.819><c> tempers,</c>

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ready<00:24:45.400><c> to</c><00:24:45.819><c> speak</c><00:24:46.059><c> inadvisably</c><00:24:46.799><c> with</c><00:24:47.019><c> their</c><00:24:47.259><c> lips</c>

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because<00:24:47.740><c> they</c><00:24:47.940><c> were</c><00:24:48.200><c> speaking</c><00:24:48.460><c> quickly.</c>

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Does<00:24:48.960><c> that</c><00:24:49.119><c> happen</c><00:24:49.359><c> in</c><00:24:49.539><c> your</c><00:24:49.700><c> Ecclesia?</c>

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It<00:24:51.460><c> was</c><00:24:51.640><c> happening</c><00:24:51.839><c> in</c><00:24:52.059><c> Ephesus</c>

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and<00:24:53.819><c> the</c><00:24:54.059><c> elders</c><00:24:54.400><c> had</c><00:24:54.599><c> to</c><00:24:54.779><c> be</c><00:24:55.000><c> patient.</c>

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There<00:24:58.740><c> were</c><00:24:58.920><c> brethren</c><00:24:59.440><c> in</c><00:24:59.740><c> Ephesus</c>

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who<00:25:00.839><c> had</c><00:25:01.079><c> no</c><00:25:01.400><c> control</c><00:25:01.960><c> over</c><00:25:02.240><c> their</c><00:25:02.539><c> children</c><00:25:03.019><c> whatsoever.</c>

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Their<00:25:06.019><c> children</c><00:25:06.400><c> ran</c><00:25:06.720><c> riot.</c>

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The<00:25:07.980><c> tail</c><00:25:08.200><c> was</c><00:25:08.480><c> wagging</c><00:25:08.740><c> the</c><00:25:08.920><c> dog.</c>

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The<00:25:09.400><c> children</c><00:25:10.000><c> were</c><00:25:11.019><c> making</c><00:25:11.960><c> their</c><00:25:12.299><c> mark</c><00:25:12.579><c> in</c><00:25:12.799><c> the</c><00:25:12.960><c> Ecclesia</c>

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in<00:25:13.359><c> a</c><00:25:13.480><c> way</c><00:25:13.579><c> that</c><00:25:13.680><c> was</c><00:25:13.900><c> not</c><00:25:14.140><c> right</c>

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and<00:25:14.640><c> so</c><00:25:14.759><c> the</c><00:25:14.980><c> bishops</c><00:25:15.680><c> had</c><00:25:16.039><c> to</c><00:25:16.180><c> be</c><00:25:16.279><c> those</c>

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who<00:25:16.900><c> ruled</c><00:25:17.119><c> well</c><00:25:17.440><c> their</c><00:25:17.640><c> own</c><00:25:17.880><c> houses,</c>

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having<00:25:19.640><c> their</c><00:25:19.920><c> children</c><00:25:20.200><c> in</c><00:25:20.460><c> subjection</c><00:25:20.920><c> with</c><00:25:21.140><c> all</c><00:25:21.380><c> gravity.</c>

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And<00:25:23.400><c> there</c><00:25:23.579><c> were</c><00:25:24.359><c> new</c><00:25:24.940><c> converts</c><00:25:25.599><c> to</c><00:25:25.839><c> the</c><00:25:25.980><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:29.079
who<00:25:27.240><c> were</c><00:25:27.460><c> trying</c><00:25:27.720><c> to</c><00:25:28.079><c> rule</c><00:25:28.339><c> the</c><00:25:28.599><c> roost,</c>

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puffed<00:25:29.559><c> up</c><00:25:29.700><c> with</c><00:25:30.039><c> pride.</c>

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And<00:25:32.400><c> so</c><00:25:32.539><c> the</c><00:25:32.680><c> apostle</c><00:25:32.940><c> says,</c>

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''Appoint<00:25:33.559><c> over</c><00:25:33.819><c> you</c><00:25:33.980><c> men</c><00:25:34.240><c> who</c><00:25:34.380><c> are</c><00:25:34.539><c> not</c><00:25:34.720><c> like</c><00:25:34.980><c> that,</c>

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not<00:25:36.240><c> novices,</c><00:25:36.880><c> lest</c><00:25:37.039><c> being</c><00:25:37.319><c> lifted</c><00:25:37.559><c> up</c><00:25:37.759><c> with</c><00:25:37.980><c> pride</c>

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:42.140
they<00:25:38.480><c> fall</c><00:25:38.680><c> into</c><00:25:38.940><c> the</c><00:25:39.099><c> condemnation</c><00:25:39.640><c> of</c><00:25:39.819><c> the</c><00:25:39.940><c> devil.''</c>

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And<00:25:42.519><c> these</c><00:25:42.859><c> difficulties</c><00:25:43.660><c> in</c><00:25:44.079><c> Ephesus</c>

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gave<00:25:44.880><c> rise</c><00:25:45.319><c> to</c><00:25:45.839><c> three</c><00:25:46.779><c> specific</c><00:25:47.759><c> problems.</c>

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The<00:25:50.720><c> first</c><00:25:51.079><c> problem</c><00:25:51.539><c> is</c><00:25:52.019><c> that</c><00:25:52.619><c> there</c><00:25:52.900><c> were</c><00:25:53.059><c> people</c><00:25:53.539><c> in</c><00:25:53.940><c> the</c><00:25:54.160><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:57.619
who<00:25:54.960><c> were</c><00:25:55.299><c> not</c><00:25:55.819><c> speaking</c><00:25:56.359><c> the</c><00:25:57.259><c> truth</c>

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as<00:25:57.920><c> we</c><00:25:58.140><c> learn</c><00:25:58.339><c> it</c><00:25:58.519><c> from</c><00:25:58.740><c> the</c><00:25:58.900><c> apostles.</c>

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They<00:26:01.079><c> were</c><00:26:01.380><c> not</c><00:26:01.680><c> teaching</c><00:26:02.140><c> the</c><00:26:02.480><c> apostles'</c><00:26:03.319><c> doctrine.</c>

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They<00:26:05.079><c> are</c><00:26:05.220><c> called,</c><00:26:05.359><c> and</c><00:26:05.519><c> it's</c><00:26:05.640><c> a</c><00:26:05.720><c> very</c><00:26:06.000><c> specialist</c><00:26:06.359><c> word</c>

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that<00:26:06.859><c> runs</c><00:26:07.119><c> through</c><00:26:07.339><c> the</c><00:26:07.559><c> three</c><00:26:07.740><c> pastoral</c><00:26:08.160><c> letters,</c>

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they<00:26:09.240><c> were</c><00:26:09.599><c> other</c><00:26:10.000><c> teachers</c>

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because<00:26:10.799><c> they</c><00:26:10.960><c> were</c><00:26:11.119><c> teaching</c><00:26:11.480><c> other</c><00:26:11.880><c> things.</c>

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:15.220
And<00:26:13.759><c> they</c><00:26:13.859><c> were</c><00:26:14.119><c> allowed</c><00:26:14.420><c> to</c><00:26:14.640><c> do</c><00:26:14.880><c> that</c>

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:17.539
because<00:26:15.559><c> there</c><00:26:15.740><c> was</c><00:26:15.940><c> no</c><00:26:16.140><c> one</c><00:26:16.420><c> standing</c><00:26:16.740><c> up</c>

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:21.859
and<00:26:18.460><c> positively</c><00:26:19.039><c> preaching</c><00:26:19.640><c> the</c><00:26:20.380><c> truth</c><00:26:20.619><c> of</c><00:26:20.799><c> the</c><00:26:20.960><c> scriptures.</c>

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:25.759
The<00:26:23.079><c> second</c><00:26:23.339><c> problem</c><00:26:23.619><c> that</c><00:26:23.779><c> was</c><00:26:23.940><c> arising</c><00:26:24.319><c> in</c><00:26:24.700><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:24.980><c> and</c><00:26:25.279><c> in</c><00:26:25.519><c> Crete</c>

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.440
was<00:26:26.380><c> that</c><00:26:26.579><c> there</c><00:26:26.720><c> were</c><00:26:26.839><c> men</c><00:26:27.099><c> there</c>

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:31.400
who<00:26:27.619><c> would</c><00:26:28.000><c> have</c><00:26:28.400><c> taken</c><00:26:28.619><c> the</c><00:26:28.859><c> Ecclesias</c><00:26:29.440><c> back</c><00:26:29.880><c> into</c><00:26:30.259><c> Jewry.</c>

00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:33.059
There<00:26:31.779><c> were</c><00:26:31.960><c> the</c><00:26:32.220><c> Judaizers.</c>

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There<00:26:33.799><c> were</c><00:26:33.980><c> the</c><00:26:34.240><c> legalistic</c><00:26:35.039><c> ones</c><00:26:35.460><c> in</c><00:26:35.700><c> the</c><00:26:35.859><c> midst</c>

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:40.299
who<00:26:38.400><c> forgot</c><00:26:38.980><c> that</c><00:26:39.359><c> the</c><00:26:39.559><c> grace</c><00:26:39.819><c> of</c><00:26:40.079><c> God</c>

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:42.599
had<00:26:40.519><c> been</c><00:26:40.779><c> shed</c><00:26:41.099><c> forth</c><00:26:41.480><c> in</c><00:26:41.660><c> their</c><00:26:42.019><c> hearts</c>

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:45.619
by<00:26:43.980><c> the</c><00:26:44.180><c> gospel</c><00:26:44.559><c> which</c><00:26:44.779><c> we</c><00:26:44.940><c> have</c><00:26:45.140><c> embraced,</c>

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:48.279
as<00:26:45.900><c> the</c><00:26:46.039><c> apostle</c><00:26:46.279><c> Peter</c><00:26:46.619><c> tells</c><00:26:46.960><c> us.</c>

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:53.799
And<00:26:49.339><c> thirdly,</c><00:26:50.640><c> there</c><00:26:50.759><c> were</c><00:26:50.980><c> men</c><00:26:51.259><c> there</c><00:26:51.640><c> with</c><00:26:52.079><c> domineering</c><00:26:52.900><c> attitudes</c>

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:57.019
who<00:26:54.700><c> by</c><00:26:55.039><c> force</c><00:26:55.380><c> of</c><00:26:55.859><c> personality,</c>

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force<00:26:57.839><c> of</c><00:26:58.259><c> speech,</c>

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and<00:26:59.759><c> in</c><00:26:59.940><c> the</c><00:27:00.200><c> end,</c>

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force<00:27:01.940><c> of</c><00:27:02.339><c> arm</c>

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were<00:27:04.559><c> pushing</c><00:27:04.920><c> their</c><00:27:05.319><c> own</c><00:27:05.680><c> views,</c>

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:09.180
their<00:27:06.359><c> own</c><00:27:06.640><c> position</c><00:27:07.259><c> within</c><00:27:07.940><c> the</c><00:27:08.240><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.799
All<00:27:11.420><c> of</c><00:27:11.579><c> those</c><00:27:11.799><c> things</c><00:27:12.119><c> can</c><00:27:12.380><c> happen</c><00:27:12.640><c> within</c><00:27:13.019><c> our</c><00:27:13.380><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.460
if<00:27:13.940><c> we're</c><00:27:14.140><c> not</c><00:27:14.339><c> careful,</c><00:27:15.339><c> all</c><00:27:15.680><c> of</c><00:27:15.900><c> them.</c>

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:21.339
There's<00:27:17.259><c> a</c><00:27:17.460><c> sense</c><00:27:17.799><c> in</c><00:27:18.140><c> which</c><00:27:18.720><c> each</c><00:27:19.200><c> of</c><00:27:19.400><c> them</c><00:27:19.640><c> breeds</c><00:27:20.000><c> the</c><00:27:20.319><c> others.</c>

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:28.460
It's<00:27:25.140><c> possible</c><00:27:25.480><c> for</c><00:27:25.700><c> us</c><00:27:25.839><c> to</c><00:27:26.019><c> be</c><00:27:26.480><c> so</c><00:27:26.920><c> legalistic</c>

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:33.019
that<00:27:29.339><c> we</c><00:27:29.519><c> forget</c><00:27:30.059><c> the</c><00:27:30.960><c> grace</c><00:27:31.519><c> of</c><00:27:31.920><c> the</c><00:27:32.059><c> gospel</c><00:27:32.420><c> message</c>

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:35.559
and<00:27:33.759><c> the</c><00:27:33.920><c> sort</c><00:27:34.019><c> of</c><00:27:34.299><c> people</c><00:27:34.559><c> that</c><00:27:34.759><c> we</c><00:27:34.880><c> ought</c><00:27:35.079><c> to</c><00:27:35.299><c> be.</c>

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We're<00:27:35.759><c> not</c><00:27:36.140><c> reflecting</c><00:27:36.680><c> anymore</c>

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:40.779
the<00:27:37.980><c> character</c><00:27:38.380><c> of</c><00:27:38.599><c> the</c><00:27:38.759><c> Lord</c><00:27:38.980><c> whom</c><00:27:39.140><c> we</c><00:27:39.400><c> seek</c><00:27:39.539><c> to</c><00:27:39.859><c> serve.</c>

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:44.240
It's<00:27:41.960><c> possible</c><00:27:42.299><c> for</c><00:27:42.599><c> us</c><00:27:42.740><c> to</c><00:27:43.339><c> be</c><00:27:43.579><c> so</c><00:27:43.799><c> involved</c>

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with<00:27:44.420><c> one</c><00:27:44.680><c> particular</c><00:27:45.319><c> aspect</c>

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.460
of<00:27:47.960><c> the</c><00:27:48.259><c> truth</c><00:27:48.519><c> that</c><00:27:48.680><c> we've</c><00:27:49.000><c> received</c>

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.839
that<00:27:49.640><c> we</c><00:27:49.900><c> miss</c><00:27:50.180><c> the</c><00:27:50.380><c> rest</c>

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.720
and<00:27:51.279><c> we</c><00:27:51.440><c> get</c><00:27:51.539><c> the</c><00:27:51.819><c> whole</c><00:27:52.039><c> of</c><00:27:52.200><c> the</c><00:27:52.339><c> gospel</c><00:27:52.660><c> message</c><00:27:53.019><c> out</c><00:27:53.279><c> of</c><00:27:53.519><c> balance.</c>

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:55.779
It's<00:27:53.980><c> possible</c><00:27:54.420><c> for</c><00:27:54.740><c> us</c><00:27:54.880><c> to</c><00:27:55.000><c> be</c><00:27:55.099><c> like</c><00:27:55.460><c> that.</c>

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.940
What<00:27:56.400><c> happens</c><00:27:56.400><c> in</c><00:27:56.579><c> the</c><00:27:56.759><c> Ecclesia</c><00:27:57.000><c> is</c><00:27:57.200><c> so</c><00:27:57.519><c> important</c>

00:27:57.940 --> 00:28:00.839
that<00:27:58.099><c> we</c><00:27:58.200><c> will</c><00:27:58.500><c> fight</c><00:27:58.819><c> for</c><00:27:59.039><c> that</c><00:27:59.279><c> come</c><00:27:59.539><c> what</c><00:27:59.859><c> may</c>

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:03.299
despite<00:28:01.500><c> the</c><00:28:01.900><c> casualties</c><00:28:02.380><c> that</c><00:28:02.660><c> might</c><00:28:02.859><c> arise</c>

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:05.619
and<00:28:03.519><c> we</c><00:28:03.619><c> will</c><00:28:03.779><c> go</c><00:28:04.039><c> for</c><00:28:04.319><c> it.</c>

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:09.779
And<00:28:06.900><c> that's</c><00:28:07.059><c> not</c><00:28:07.240><c> what</c><00:28:07.420><c> the</c><00:28:07.559><c> scriptures</c><00:28:07.819><c> teach</c><00:28:08.119><c> us</c><00:28:08.279><c> to</c><00:28:08.480><c> be.</c>

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:11.940
It<00:28:10.299><c> doesn't</c><00:28:10.440><c> work</c><00:28:10.720><c> in</c><00:28:10.940><c> family</c><00:28:11.259><c> life</c>

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:14.980
and<00:28:12.380><c> it</c><00:28:12.539><c> doesn't</c><00:28:12.720><c> work</c><00:28:13.019><c> in</c><00:28:13.259><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:13.779><c> life.</c>

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:19.539
This<00:28:17.160><c> is</c><00:28:17.299><c> how</c><00:28:17.420><c> we</c><00:28:17.599><c> ought</c><00:28:17.700><c> to</c><00:28:17.880><c> act</c><00:28:18.059><c> in</c><00:28:18.259><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:23.319
If<00:28:20.980><c> there's</c><00:28:21.220><c> a</c><00:28:21.319><c> matter</c><00:28:21.500><c> which</c><00:28:21.720><c> needs</c><00:28:22.079><c> discussing</c>

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:26.900
then<00:28:24.259><c> we</c><00:28:24.420><c> must</c><00:28:24.680><c> discuss</c><00:28:25.059><c> it</c><00:28:25.240><c> without</c><00:28:25.559><c> rancour.</c>

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:30.619
We<00:28:27.339><c> must</c><00:28:27.559><c> discuss</c><00:28:27.900><c> it</c><00:28:28.099><c> without</c><00:28:28.380><c> letting</c><00:28:28.720><c> emotion</c><00:28:29.299><c> enter</c><00:28:29.740><c> into</c><00:28:30.059><c> it</c>

00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:33.259
and<00:28:30.980><c> we</c><00:28:31.099><c> must</c><00:28:31.299><c> discuss</c><00:28:31.640><c> it</c><00:28:31.759><c> from</c><00:28:31.920><c> the</c><00:28:32.180><c> scriptures.</c>

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:37.160
And<00:28:35.559><c> we</c><00:28:35.660><c> will</c><00:28:35.900><c> bring</c><00:28:36.180><c> to</c><00:28:36.380><c> that</c><00:28:36.640><c> discussion</c>

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:40.440
because<00:28:37.519><c> we</c><00:28:37.720><c> are</c><00:28:37.880><c> individuals</c><00:28:38.319><c> different</c><00:28:38.799><c> points</c><00:28:39.259><c> of</c><00:28:39.500><c> view,</c>

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:43.579
different<00:28:41.319><c> emphases</c><00:28:42.140><c> because</c><00:28:42.440><c> of</c><00:28:42.599><c> our</c><00:28:42.779><c> different</c><00:28:43.059><c> backgrounds</c>

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:45.539
and<00:28:43.799><c> our</c><00:28:43.980><c> different</c><00:28:44.259><c> personalities.</c>

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:50.859
And<00:28:48.019><c> out</c><00:28:48.220><c> of</c><00:28:48.420><c> that</c><00:28:48.680><c> discussion</c><00:28:49.440><c> ought</c><00:28:49.859><c> to</c><00:28:50.319><c> come</c>

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:55.259
a<00:28:51.900><c> view</c><00:28:52.099><c> with</c><00:28:52.400><c> which</c><00:28:52.599><c> we</c><00:28:53.059><c> are</c><00:28:53.460><c> ultimately</c><00:28:53.880><c> all</c><00:28:54.539><c> comfortable.</c>

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:58.440
And<00:28:55.920><c> I</c><00:28:56.059><c> mean</c><00:28:56.240><c> that,</c><00:28:56.759><c> all</c><00:28:57.180><c> comfortable.</c>

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.740
And<00:28:59.460><c> the</c><00:28:59.680><c> effect</c><00:28:59.900><c> of</c><00:29:00.099><c> that</c><00:29:00.319><c> is</c>

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:04.359
that<00:29:01.079><c> no</c><00:29:01.440><c> one</c><00:29:01.779><c> person's</c><00:29:02.339><c> view</c><00:29:02.500><c> will</c><00:29:02.779><c> predominate.</c>

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:07.740
No<00:29:05.099><c> one</c><00:29:05.480><c> person's</c><00:29:06.000><c> view</c><00:29:06.140><c> will</c><00:29:06.420><c> predominate.</c>

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:10.339
Can<00:29:08.799><c> I</c><00:29:08.900><c> just</c><00:29:09.019><c> give</c><00:29:09.099><c> you</c><00:29:09.220><c> an</c><00:29:09.339><c> example?</c>

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:12.359
I've<00:29:10.799><c> been</c><00:29:10.900><c> a</c><00:29:11.000><c> member</c><00:29:11.119><c> of</c><00:29:11.279><c> my</c><00:29:11.500><c> present</c><00:29:11.700><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:12.059><c> now</c>

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:14.940
for<00:29:13.440><c> probably</c><00:29:13.940><c> 13</c><00:29:14.500><c> years.</c>

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:18.759
Ten<00:29:15.559><c> of</c><00:29:15.779><c> those,</c><00:29:16.099><c> I</c><00:29:16.380><c> guess,</c><00:29:17.140><c> as</c><00:29:17.279><c> an</c><00:29:17.460><c> arranging</c><00:29:17.880><c> brother.</c>

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:21.380
During<00:29:19.799><c> those</c><00:29:20.400><c> ten</c><00:29:20.680><c> years,</c>

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.720
the<00:29:22.079><c> discussions</c><00:29:22.420><c> that</c><00:29:22.619><c> we've</c><00:29:22.839><c> had</c><00:29:22.940><c> in</c><00:29:23.180><c> our</c><00:29:23.359><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:26.079
in<00:29:24.000><c> arranging</c><00:29:24.380><c> brethren's</c><00:29:25.039><c> meetings,</c>

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:30.559
we<00:29:26.559><c> have</c><00:29:26.859><c> never</c><00:29:27.400><c> once,</c><00:29:29.059><c> never</c><00:29:29.720><c> missed.</c>

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That's<00:29:31.279><c> deliberate.</c>

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Whenever<00:29:34.019><c> we've</c><00:29:34.440><c> discussed</c><00:29:34.759><c> a</c><00:29:34.920><c> matter,</c>

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.839
we<00:29:35.839><c> have</c><00:29:36.079><c> continued</c><00:29:36.680><c> to</c><00:29:37.119><c> discuss</c><00:29:37.339><c> it</c>

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:41.039
until<00:29:38.779><c> we</c><00:29:39.180><c> are</c><00:29:39.380><c> all</c><00:29:39.740><c> in</c><00:29:40.079><c> agreement.</c>

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:43.339
Now<00:29:41.839><c> that</c><00:29:41.960><c> means</c><00:29:42.200><c> that</c><00:29:42.359><c> there</c><00:29:42.480><c> have</c><00:29:42.519><c> been</c><00:29:42.660><c> many</c><00:29:42.920><c> occasions</c>

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:45.380
when<00:29:43.539><c> I've</c><00:29:43.740><c> gone</c><00:29:43.839><c> along</c><00:29:44.119><c> to</c><00:29:44.240><c> an</c><00:29:44.359><c> arranging</c><00:29:44.660><c> brethren's</c><00:29:45.180><c> meeting</c>

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:48.579
and<00:29:45.640><c> known</c><00:29:45.799><c> that</c><00:29:46.039><c> an</c><00:29:46.319><c> issue</c><00:29:46.680><c> is</c><00:29:47.099><c> going</c><00:29:47.319><c> to</c><00:29:47.579><c> arise,</c>

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:51.619
and<00:29:48.859><c> I've</c><00:29:48.980><c> had</c><00:29:49.099><c> my</c><00:29:49.359><c> view</c><00:29:49.539><c> about</c><00:29:49.759><c> what</c><00:29:49.940><c> I</c><00:29:50.119><c> think</c><00:29:50.279><c> ought</c><00:29:50.460><c> to</c><00:29:50.599><c> be</c><00:29:50.759><c> done.</c>

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.500
And<00:29:52.180><c> there</c><00:29:52.299><c> have</c><00:29:52.339><c> been</c><00:29:52.500><c> many</c><00:29:52.799><c> times</c>

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:56.319
when<00:29:54.019><c> my</c><00:29:54.440><c> view</c><00:29:54.740><c> has</c><00:29:55.000><c> not</c><00:29:55.259><c> been</c><00:29:55.539><c> the</c><00:29:55.740><c> one</c>

00:29:56.319 --> 00:29:58.279
which<00:29:56.660><c> has</c><00:29:56.779><c> been</c><00:29:57.059><c> followed</c><00:29:57.299><c> by</c><00:29:57.579><c> everyone</c><00:29:57.859><c> else.</c>

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Many<00:29:58.859><c> times.</c>

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.339
But<00:30:00.460><c> I've</c><00:30:00.700><c> listened</c><00:30:00.920><c> to</c><00:30:01.140><c> what</c><00:30:01.440><c> everyone</c><00:30:01.779><c> else</c><00:30:02.019><c> has</c><00:30:02.180><c> had</c><00:30:02.279><c> to</c><00:30:02.500><c> say.</c>

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:06.500
And<00:30:04.160><c> in</c><00:30:04.380><c> the</c><00:30:04.539><c> end,</c><00:30:05.299><c> the</c><00:30:05.460><c> decision</c><00:30:05.819><c> that's</c><00:30:06.079><c> come</c><00:30:06.299><c> out</c>

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:08.619
has<00:30:06.640><c> been</c><00:30:06.900><c> better</c><00:30:07.279><c> than</c><00:30:07.480><c> the</c><00:30:07.660><c> one</c><00:30:07.819><c> that</c><00:30:07.980><c> would</c><00:30:08.140><c> have</c><00:30:08.339><c> happened</c>

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.539
if<00:30:08.740><c> they'd</c><00:30:09.160><c> followed</c><00:30:09.299><c> my</c><00:30:09.619><c> advice.</c>

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.980
Much<00:30:11.799><c> better.</c>

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:17.099
In<00:30:13.099><c> a</c><00:30:13.259><c> multitude</c><00:30:13.700><c> of</c><00:30:14.180><c> counsellors,</c><00:30:15.519><c> there</c><00:30:15.759><c> is</c><00:30:16.000><c> wisdom.</c>

00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:19.400
Sometimes,<00:30:17.740><c> of</c><00:30:17.900><c> course,</c><00:30:18.160><c> the</c><00:30:18.279><c> difference</c><00:30:18.579><c> has</c><00:30:18.880><c> been</c>

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:22.480
between<00:30:20.000><c> when</c><00:30:20.440><c> something</c><00:30:20.859><c> should</c><00:30:21.140><c> be</c><00:30:21.420><c> done.</c>

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:26.660
It's<00:30:23.200><c> been</c><00:30:23.400><c> a</c><00:30:23.660><c> timing</c><00:30:24.079><c> difference</c><00:30:24.759><c> that</c><00:30:25.140><c> we've</c><00:30:25.420><c> been</c><00:30:25.660><c> discussing.</c>

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:29.500
Sometimes<00:30:27.599><c> it's</c><00:30:27.759><c> been</c><00:30:28.059><c> just</c><00:30:28.319><c> the</c><00:30:28.440><c> method</c><00:30:28.619><c> of</c><00:30:28.940><c> approach</c>

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:31.799
which<00:30:30.140><c> we've</c><00:30:30.579><c> spoken</c><00:30:30.839><c> about.</c>

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:36.559
But<00:30:33.220><c> the</c><00:30:33.539><c> most</c><00:30:33.779><c> important</c><00:30:34.259><c> thing</c><00:30:34.519><c> is</c><00:30:34.720><c> to</c><00:30:34.960><c> keep</c><00:30:35.180><c> on</c><00:30:35.599><c> talking</c><00:30:35.880><c> about</c><00:30:36.299><c> it</c>

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:39.319
without<00:30:36.900><c> emotion</c><00:30:37.579><c> until</c><00:30:38.500><c> in</c><00:30:38.720><c> the</c><00:30:38.980><c> end</c>

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:42.380
everybody,<00:30:40.700><c> from</c><00:30:40.880><c> the</c><00:30:41.079><c> whole</c><00:30:41.420><c> spectrum</c><00:30:41.940><c> of</c><00:30:42.220><c> view,</c>

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:45.400
till<00:30:42.680><c> everybody</c><00:30:43.460><c> is</c><00:30:44.460><c> happy.</c>

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:49.119
Now,<00:30:46.299><c> if</c><00:30:46.440><c> it</c><00:30:46.660><c> can</c><00:30:46.880><c> work</c><00:30:47.539><c> within</c><00:30:47.880><c> a</c><00:30:48.059><c> group</c><00:30:48.200><c> of</c><00:30:48.400><c> arranging</c><00:30:48.799><c> brethren,</c>

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:52.380
and<00:30:49.700><c> my</c><00:30:50.019><c> own</c><00:30:50.259><c> experience</c><00:30:50.599><c> tells</c><00:30:50.839><c> me</c><00:30:51.019><c> that</c><00:30:51.160><c> it</c><00:30:51.400><c> can,</c>

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:55.680
it<00:30:53.000><c> can</c><00:30:53.220><c> also</c><00:30:53.559><c> work</c><00:30:53.839><c> in</c><00:30:54.099><c> ecclesial</c><00:30:54.640><c> life.</c>

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:59.039
Let's<00:30:56.400><c> try</c><00:30:56.599><c> to</c><00:30:56.819><c> do</c><00:30:56.960><c> that</c><00:30:57.160><c> if</c><00:30:57.279><c> we</c><00:30:57.500><c> possibly</c><00:30:57.799><c> can.</c>

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:01.700
Because<00:30:59.539><c> then</c><00:30:59.779><c> we're</c><00:30:59.940><c> trying</c><00:31:00.160><c> to</c><00:31:00.500><c> edify,</c><00:31:01.099><c> we're</c><00:31:01.279><c> trying</c><00:31:01.380><c> to</c>

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:03.000
build<00:31:01.940><c> up.</c>

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:06.599
We're<00:31:04.119><c> trying</c><00:31:04.220><c> to</c><00:31:04.380><c> do</c><00:31:04.500><c> things</c><00:31:04.799><c> which</c><00:31:05.099><c> are</c><00:31:05.900><c> of</c><00:31:06.140><c> benefit</c>

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:09.440
to<00:31:06.960><c> the</c><00:31:07.180><c> whole</c><00:31:07.480><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:18.420
Well,<00:31:13.220><c> just</c><00:31:13.339><c> notice</c><00:31:13.599><c> now,</c><00:31:13.940><c> if</c><00:31:14.000><c> you</c><00:31:14.220><c> turn</c><00:31:14.440><c> to</c><00:31:14.980><c> 2nd</c><00:31:15.339><c> Timothy,</c><00:31:15.619><c> Chapter</c><00:31:16.039><c> 3,</c>

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:25.039
you<00:31:22.619><c> see,</c><00:31:22.720><c> to</c><00:31:22.839><c> act</c><00:31:23.079><c> differently</c><00:31:23.700><c> from</c><00:31:24.000><c> that,</c>

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:27.140
for<00:31:25.519><c> someone</c><00:31:25.779><c> to</c><00:31:26.000><c> say,</c><00:31:26.240><c> well,</c><00:31:26.319><c> I'm</c><00:31:26.480><c> now</c><00:31:26.700><c> going</c><00:31:26.880><c> to</c><00:31:27.059><c> go</c>

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:29.460
and<00:31:27.299><c> I'm</c><00:31:27.420><c> going</c><00:31:27.579><c> to</c><00:31:27.740><c> lobby</c><00:31:28.019><c> a</c><00:31:28.240><c> few</c><00:31:28.539><c> brethren</c><00:31:28.819><c> and</c><00:31:29.059><c> sisters</c><00:31:29.279><c> in</c>

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.900
the<00:31:29.599><c> ecclesia</c>

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:32.660
because<00:31:30.059><c> I</c><00:31:30.299><c> think</c><00:31:30.400><c> this</c><00:31:30.519><c> is</c><00:31:30.640><c> what</c><00:31:30.740><c> the</c><00:31:30.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:31:31.339><c> ought</c><00:31:31.539><c> to</c><00:31:31.700><c> be</c><00:31:31.859><c> doing.</c>

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:34.440
I'm<00:31:32.839><c> just</c><00:31:32.920><c> going</c><00:31:33.000><c> to</c><00:31:33.140><c> gather</c><00:31:33.279><c> this</c><00:31:33.460><c> little</c><00:31:33.700><c> group</c><00:31:33.940><c> together</c>

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:37.339
and<00:31:35.119><c> it</c><00:31:35.420><c> may</c><00:31:35.640><c> be</c><00:31:35.839><c> possible,</c><00:31:36.400><c> with</c><00:31:36.579><c> this</c><00:31:36.839><c> little</c><00:31:37.099><c> group,</c>

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.740
now<00:31:37.579><c> to</c><00:31:37.859><c> build</c><00:31:38.200><c> up</c><00:31:38.900><c> a</c><00:31:39.220><c> body</c><00:31:39.480><c> of</c><00:31:39.759><c> opinion</c><00:31:40.019><c> in</c><00:31:40.220><c> the</c><00:31:40.400><c> ecclesiast.</c>

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:44.380
Over<00:31:40.980><c> a</c><00:31:41.140><c> period</c><00:31:41.380><c> of</c><00:31:41.700><c> time,</c><00:31:42.779><c> our</c><00:31:43.119><c> viewpoint</c><00:31:43.640><c> can</c><00:31:43.960><c> gradually</c>

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:45.339
take<00:31:44.839><c> over</c>

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:47.359
the<00:31:45.500><c> view</c><00:31:45.640><c> in</c><00:31:45.799><c> the</c><00:31:45.940><c> ecclesia.</c><00:31:46.240><c> Have</c><00:31:46.299><c> you</c><00:31:46.500><c> ever</c><00:31:46.680><c> experienced</c>

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:48.519
that<00:31:47.619><c> happening?</c>

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:51.200
I<00:31:49.420><c> can</c><00:31:49.619><c> see</c><00:31:49.740><c> that</c><00:31:49.880><c> you</c><00:31:50.059><c> have.</c><00:31:50.259><c> It's</c><00:31:50.460><c> awful,</c><00:31:50.819><c> isn't</c><00:31:50.920><c> it?</c>

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:52.980
But<00:31:51.599><c> it</c><00:31:51.759><c> does</c><00:31:52.000><c> happen.</c>

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:58.420
There's<00:31:54.319><c> a</c><00:31:54.519><c> description</c><00:31:55.279><c> of</c><00:31:55.900><c> someone</c><00:31:56.259><c> who</c><00:31:56.660><c> does</c><00:31:56.900><c> that</c>

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:02.960
in<00:32:00.299><c> 2nd</c><00:32:00.819><c> Timothy,</c><00:32:01.220><c> Chapter</c><00:32:01.480><c> 3.</c>

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:10.660
And<00:32:06.720><c> it's</c><00:32:07.279><c> so</c><00:32:07.839><c> stark,</c><00:32:08.660><c> we</c><00:32:08.740><c> may</c><00:32:08.980><c> not</c><00:32:09.160><c> like</c><00:32:09.339><c> the</c><00:32:09.599><c> description.</c>

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:15.680
Of<00:32:12.619><c> this</c><00:32:13.019><c> sort,</c><00:32:13.480><c> verse</c><00:32:13.700><c> 6</c><00:32:14.200><c> of</c><00:32:14.500><c> 2nd</c><00:32:14.799><c> Timothy</c><00:32:15.039><c> 3,</c>

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:18.500
are<00:32:16.240><c> they</c><00:32:16.420><c> which</c><00:32:16.619><c> creep</c><00:32:16.900><c> into</c><00:32:17.180><c> houses</c><00:32:17.579><c> and</c><00:32:17.839><c> lead</c><00:32:18.019><c> captive</c>

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.339
silly<00:32:18.980><c> women,</c>

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:23.940
lay<00:32:19.640><c> them</c><00:32:19.779><c> with</c><00:32:20.140><c> sins,</c><00:32:21.440><c> led</c><00:32:21.559><c> away</c><00:32:21.859><c> with</c><00:32:22.200><c> divers'</c><00:32:22.819><c> lusts,</c>

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:26.500
ever<00:32:24.440><c> learning</c><00:32:24.839><c> and</c><00:32:25.099><c> never</c><00:32:25.400><c> able</c><00:32:25.640><c> to</c><00:32:25.799><c> come</c><00:32:25.980><c> to</c><00:32:26.119><c> the</c><00:32:26.299><c> knowledge</c>

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.059
of<00:32:26.660><c> the</c><00:32:26.859><c> truth.</c>

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:29.700
As<00:32:27.779><c> Jannes</c><00:32:28.160><c> and</c><00:32:28.400><c> Jambres</c><00:32:28.839><c> withstood</c><00:32:29.339><c> Moses,</c>

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.660
so<00:32:29.980><c> do</c><00:32:30.099><c> these</c><00:32:30.339><c> also</c><00:32:30.700><c> resist</c><00:32:31.119><c> the</c><00:32:31.359><c> truth.</c>

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:35.619
Men<00:32:32.240><c> of</c><00:32:32.539><c> corrupt</c><00:32:32.900><c> minds</c><00:32:33.319><c> reprobate</c><00:32:34.099><c> concerning</c><00:32:34.660><c> the</c><00:32:35.200><c> truth,</c>

00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:37.539
concerning<00:32:36.339><c> the</c><00:32:36.660><c> faith.</c>

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:39.920
They<00:32:37.779><c> shall</c><00:32:37.940><c> proceed</c><00:32:38.240><c> no</c><00:32:38.579><c> further,</c><00:32:39.059><c> their</c><00:32:39.220><c> folly</c><00:32:39.480><c> shall</c><00:32:39.640><c> be</c>

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:41.200
manifest<00:32:40.220><c> unto</c><00:32:40.480><c> all</c><00:32:40.859><c> men,</c>

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:44.380
as<00:32:41.900><c> theirs</c><00:32:42.420><c> also</c><00:32:43.140><c> was.</c>

00:32:45.160 --> 00:32:47.240
Wouldn't<00:32:45.319><c> you</c><00:32:45.559><c> expect</c><00:32:45.980><c> it,</c><00:32:46.099><c> would</c><00:32:46.279><c> you?</c>

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:52.099
That<00:32:48.160><c> to</c><00:32:48.319><c> be</c><00:32:48.500><c> said</c><00:32:48.700><c> of</c><00:32:48.839><c> people</c><00:32:49.279><c> who</c><00:32:49.640><c> do</c><00:32:49.839><c> this</c><00:32:50.220><c> work</c><00:32:50.579><c> within</c><00:32:50.859><c> an</c><00:32:51.059><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:54.759
But<00:32:52.920><c> that's</c><00:32:53.299><c> exactly</c><00:32:53.559><c> what's</c><00:32:53.880><c> happening.</c>

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:57.359
They're<00:32:55.400><c> going</c><00:32:55.519><c> to</c><00:32:55.779><c> people,</c><00:32:56.579><c> they're</c><00:32:56.799><c> going</c><00:32:56.920><c> to</c><00:32:57.119><c> brethren</c>

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:58.019
and<00:32:57.640><c> sisters</c>

00:32:58.019 --> 00:33:00.859
whose<00:32:58.380><c> situation</c><00:32:59.099><c> means</c><00:32:59.480><c> that</c><00:32:59.640><c> they're</c><00:32:59.779><c> not</c><00:33:00.039><c> able</c><00:33:00.420><c> fully</c>

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:02.759
to<00:33:01.660><c> discriminate</c><00:33:02.119><c> what's</c><00:33:02.539><c> happening.</c>

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.799
And<00:33:03.019><c> that's</c><00:33:03.240><c> that</c><00:33:03.500><c> group</c><00:33:03.759><c> that's</c><00:33:04.079><c> gathering</c><00:33:04.319><c> around,</c>

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:08.079
these<00:33:05.400><c> men</c><00:33:05.680><c> who</c><00:33:05.819><c> would</c><00:33:06.039><c> lead</c><00:33:06.240><c> a</c><00:33:06.480><c> faction.</c>

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:12.599
Their<00:33:10.079><c> folly</c><00:33:10.359><c> is</c><00:33:10.660><c> obvious,</c><00:33:11.299><c> we're</c><00:33:11.599><c> told.</c>

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:15.940
And<00:33:13.019><c> the</c><00:33:13.140><c> apostle</c><00:33:13.460><c> refers</c><00:33:14.059><c> to</c><00:33:14.700><c> Jannes</c><00:33:15.140><c> and</c><00:33:15.380><c> Jambres,</c>

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:22.140
the<00:33:16.220><c> Egyptian</c><00:33:16.759><c> magicians</c><00:33:17.940><c> who</c><00:33:19.339><c> stood</c><00:33:19.539><c> there</c><00:33:19.839><c> before</c><00:33:20.279><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:33:20.720><c> you</c><00:33:20.880><c> may</c><00:33:21.119><c> recall.</c>

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:25.339
Now<00:33:22.700><c> he</c><00:33:22.799><c> did</c><00:33:22.980><c> that</c><00:33:23.240><c> deliberately</c><00:33:23.940><c> because</c><00:33:24.759><c> he</c><00:33:24.880><c> was</c><00:33:25.039><c> writing</c>

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:25.859
to<00:33:25.599><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:28.819
If<00:33:26.000><c> you'd</c><00:33:26.180><c> just</c><00:33:26.220><c> like</c><00:33:26.299><c> to</c><00:33:26.480><c> turn</c><00:33:26.619><c> back</c><00:33:26.799><c> to</c><00:33:26.940><c> Acts</c><00:33:27.119><c> chapter</c><00:33:27.440><c> 19,</c>

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.960
because<00:33:29.400><c> he</c><00:33:29.539><c> was</c><00:33:29.680><c> trying</c><00:33:29.859><c> to</c><00:33:30.079><c> remind</c><00:33:30.380><c> the</c><00:33:30.579><c> brethren</c><00:33:30.740><c> and</c><00:33:31.019><c> sisters</c><00:33:31.180><c> in</c><00:33:31.440><c> Ephesus</c>

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:36.299
of<00:33:32.619><c> what</c><00:33:32.819><c> they</c><00:33:33.140><c> had</c><00:33:33.380><c> professed</c><00:33:33.880><c> to</c><00:33:34.039><c> leave</c><00:33:34.339><c> behind</c><00:33:34.880><c> them.</c>

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:41.259
Because<00:33:38.900><c> as</c><00:33:39.420><c> a</c><00:33:39.460><c> result</c><00:33:39.839><c> of</c><00:33:40.019><c> the</c><00:33:40.259><c> preaching</c><00:33:40.660><c> that</c><00:33:40.859><c> had</c><00:33:41.039><c> taken</c>

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:43.779
place<00:33:41.619><c> in</c><00:33:41.880><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:49.500
then<00:33:46.740><c> the</c><00:33:47.319><c> work</c><00:33:47.960><c> that</c><00:33:48.480><c> had</c><00:33:48.539><c> been</c><00:33:48.880><c> undertaken,</c>

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:53.720
and<00:33:50.299><c> particularly</c><00:33:50.900><c> the</c><00:33:51.599><c> work</c><00:33:51.920><c> of</c><00:33:52.900><c> the</c><00:33:53.059><c> apostle</c><00:33:53.380><c> Paul</c>

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:57.279
in<00:33:54.359><c> driving</c><00:33:54.380><c> out</c><00:33:54.859><c> the</c><00:33:55.140><c> evil</c><00:33:55.519><c> spirit</c><00:33:56.019><c> from</c><00:33:56.279><c> amongst</c><00:33:56.579><c> this</c><00:33:56.940><c> man</c>

00:33:57.279 --> 00:34:00.000
in<00:33:57.799><c> the</c><00:33:57.940><c> middle</c><00:33:58.119><c> of</c><00:33:58.279><c> Acts</c><00:33:58.460><c> chapter</c><00:33:58.759><c> 19,</c>

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:03.539
that<00:34:00.740><c> work</c><00:34:01.059><c> of</c><00:34:01.240><c> the</c><00:34:01.380><c> apostle,</c><00:34:02.680><c> verse</c><00:34:03.039><c> 17,</c>

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:07.059
was<00:34:03.759><c> known</c><00:34:04.019><c> to</c><00:34:04.200><c> all</c><00:34:04.440><c> the</c><00:34:04.619><c> Jews</c><00:34:04.799><c> and</c><00:34:05.039><c> Greeks</c><00:34:05.319><c> that</c><00:34:05.579><c> dwelt</c><00:34:05.740><c> in</c><00:34:05.960><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:10.900
Fear<00:34:07.579><c> fell</c><00:34:07.779><c> on</c><00:34:07.960><c> them</c><00:34:08.099><c> all,</c><00:34:08.320><c> the</c><00:34:08.480><c> name</c><00:34:08.679><c> of</c><00:34:08.840><c> the</c><00:34:08.960><c> Lord</c><00:34:09.099><c> Jesus</c><00:34:09.400><c> was</c><00:34:09.639><c> magnified.</c>

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:13.440
Many<00:34:11.219><c> that</c><00:34:11.519><c> believed</c><00:34:11.820><c> came</c><00:34:12.199><c> and</c><00:34:12.519><c> confessed</c><00:34:12.940><c> and</c><00:34:13.260><c> showed</c>

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.059
their<00:34:13.719><c> deeds,</c>

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:17.099
and<00:34:14.320><c> many</c><00:34:14.500><c> of</c><00:34:14.639><c> them</c><00:34:14.760><c> also,</c><00:34:15.579><c> which</c><00:34:15.820><c> used</c><00:34:16.099><c> curious</c><00:34:16.699><c> art,</c>

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:19.460
brought<00:34:17.480><c> their</c><00:34:17.739><c> books</c><00:34:18.039><c> together</c><00:34:18.400><c> and</c><00:34:18.679><c> burned</c><00:34:18.900><c> them</c><00:34:19.119><c> before</c>

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:19.820
all<00:34:19.659><c> men</c>

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:25.280
counted<00:34:20.619><c> the</c><00:34:20.920><c> price</c><00:34:21.079><c> of</c><00:34:21.239><c> them,</c><00:34:22.099><c> 50</c><00:34:22.420><c>,000</c><00:34:23.480><c> pieces</c><00:34:23.900><c> of</c><00:34:24.159><c> silver.</c>

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:30.159
So<00:34:27.099><c> mightily</c><00:34:27.699><c> grew</c><00:34:27.980><c> the</c><00:34:28.239><c> word</c><00:34:28.400><c> of</c><00:34:28.639><c> God</c><00:34:28.980><c> and</c><00:34:29.739><c> prevailed.</c>

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.800
That<00:34:30.360><c> had</c><00:34:30.519><c> been</c><00:34:30.639><c> the</c><00:34:30.840><c> background</c><00:34:31.179><c> in</c><00:34:31.440><c> Ephesus.</c>

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:35.519
Ephesus<00:34:32.599><c> was</c><00:34:32.820><c> a</c><00:34:33.059><c> city</c><00:34:33.340><c> which</c><00:34:33.579><c> was</c><00:34:33.940><c> shot</c><00:34:34.239><c> through</c>

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:39.480
with<00:34:36.980><c> belief</c><00:34:37.420><c> in</c><00:34:37.639><c> the</c><00:34:37.860><c> occult,</c><00:34:38.280><c> in</c><00:34:38.420><c> the</c><00:34:38.619><c> magic</c><00:34:38.960><c> arts,</c>

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:41.340
and<00:34:39.860><c> that's</c><00:34:40.119><c> what</c><00:34:40.219><c> had</c><00:34:40.380><c> been</c><00:34:40.519><c> left</c><00:34:40.840><c> behind,</c>

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:44.980
but<00:34:41.480><c> what</c><00:34:41.639><c> had</c><00:34:41.940><c> not</c><00:34:42.159><c> been</c><00:34:42.739><c> wholly</c><00:34:43.219><c> left</c><00:34:43.639><c> behind</c>

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:50.280
was<00:34:46.340><c> the</c><00:34:46.599><c> attitude</c><00:34:47.019><c> of</c><00:34:47.300><c> mind</c><00:34:47.500><c> that</c><00:34:47.719><c> went</c><00:34:47.940><c> along</c><00:34:48.360><c> with</c><00:34:48.659><c> those</c><00:34:49.019><c> beliefs.</c>

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:53.159
The<00:34:51.059><c> attitude</c><00:34:51.360><c> of</c><00:34:51.619><c> mind</c><00:34:51.800><c> that</c><00:34:52.000><c> meant</c><00:34:52.139><c> that</c><00:34:52.300><c> it</c><00:34:52.400><c> would</c><00:34:52.519><c> be</c><00:34:52.719><c> possible</c>

00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:57.699
to<00:34:53.440><c> gather</c><00:34:53.679><c> together</c><00:34:54.079><c> little</c><00:34:54.360><c> groups,</c><00:34:55.320><c> dominate</c><00:34:55.820><c> little</c><00:34:56.119><c> groups</c><00:34:56.440><c> of</c><00:34:56.719><c> people,</c>

00:34:57.900 --> 00:35:01.519
make<00:34:58.139><c> inroads</c><00:34:58.659><c> into</c><00:34:58.960><c> the</c><00:34:59.179><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:59.619><c> and</c><00:34:59.880><c> draw</c><00:35:00.280><c> men</c><00:35:00.539><c> aside</c><00:35:01.139><c> to</c>

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:03.000
your<00:35:01.699><c> own</c><00:35:01.980><c> way.</c>

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:08.260
And<00:35:04.280><c> that's</c><00:35:04.420><c> what</c><00:35:04.539><c> was</c><00:35:04.739><c> happening</c><00:35:04.980><c> here</c><00:35:05.840><c> in</c><00:35:07.460><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:35:08.320 --> 00:35:09.719
and<00:35:08.619><c> it</c><00:35:08.699><c> was</c><00:35:08.920><c> happening</c><00:35:09.219><c> in</c><00:35:09.559><c> Crete.</c>

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:14.219
Let's<00:35:09.719><c> go</c><00:35:09.900><c> back</c><00:35:10.079><c> into</c><00:35:10.300><c> 1</c><00:35:10.679><c> Timothy</c><00:35:11.420><c> and</c><00:35:12.440><c> chapter</c><00:35:12.760><c> 6.</c>

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:22.480
And<00:35:20.219><c> verse</c><00:35:20.500><c> 3,</c><00:35:20.920><c> this</c><00:35:21.000><c> is</c><00:35:21.159><c> talking</c><00:35:21.420><c> about</c><00:35:21.659><c> those</c><00:35:21.900><c> who</c><00:35:22.179><c> taught</c>

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.380
other<00:35:22.940><c> doctrine</c>

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:27.019
apart<00:35:23.800><c> from</c><00:35:24.099><c> the</c><00:35:24.699><c> doctrine</c><00:35:25.000><c> which</c><00:35:25.219><c> they'd</c><00:35:25.579><c> learned</c><00:35:25.800><c> from</c><00:35:26.059><c> the</c><00:35:26.300><c> apostles,</c>

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:30.320
which<00:35:27.639><c> of</c><00:35:27.820><c> course</c><00:35:28.099><c> was</c><00:35:28.760><c> the</c><00:35:29.059><c> basis</c><00:35:29.420><c> of</c><00:35:29.619><c> their</c><00:35:29.840><c> fellowship</c>

00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:34.239
as<00:35:30.539><c> we</c><00:35:30.739><c> see</c><00:35:30.940><c> from</c><00:35:31.800><c> Acts</c><00:35:32.179><c> 2</c><00:35:32.400><c> and</c><00:35:32.559><c> verse</c><00:35:32.900><c> 42.</c>

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:36.519
1<00:35:35.239><c> Timothy</c><00:35:35.579><c> 6</c><00:35:35.960><c> and</c><00:35:36.119><c> verse</c><00:35:36.300><c> 3,</c>

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:38.980
If<00:35:36.639><c> any</c><00:35:36.880><c> man</c><00:35:37.099><c> teach</c><00:35:37.480><c> otherwise,</c>

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:42.780
teach<00:35:39.480><c> a</c><00:35:39.679><c> different</c><00:35:40.619><c> doctrine</c><00:35:41.199><c> from</c><00:35:41.539><c> the</c><00:35:41.739><c> apostles'</c><00:35:42.780><c> doctrine.</c>

00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:48.219
If<00:35:43.340><c> any</c><00:35:43.500><c> man</c><00:35:43.639><c> teach</c><00:35:43.880><c> otherwise</c><00:35:44.599><c> and</c><00:35:45.320><c> consent</c><00:35:45.739><c> not</c><00:35:46.119><c> to</c><00:35:47.039><c> wholesome</c><00:35:47.699><c> words,</c>

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:51.219
that<00:35:48.519><c> sound</c><00:35:49.000><c> words,</c><00:35:49.420><c> those</c><00:35:49.619><c> are</c><00:35:49.699><c> those</c><00:35:49.960><c> hygienic</c><00:35:50.659><c> words</c>

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:54.099
that<00:35:51.840><c> we</c><00:35:52.059><c> thought</c><00:35:52.260><c> about</c><00:35:52.480><c> in</c><00:35:52.659><c> our</c><00:35:52.920><c> first</c><00:35:53.179><c> talk.</c>

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:56.039
Even<00:35:54.500><c> the</c><00:35:54.679><c> words</c><00:35:54.820><c> of</c><00:35:55.019><c> our</c><00:35:55.159><c> Lord</c><00:35:55.320><c> Jesus</c><00:35:55.659><c> Christ</c>

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:58.599
and<00:35:56.239><c> the</c><00:35:56.400><c> doctrine</c><00:35:56.639><c> which</c><00:35:56.800><c> is</c><00:35:57.000><c> according</c><00:35:57.219><c> to</c><00:35:57.519><c> godliness,</c>

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:01.320
if<00:35:59.099><c> someone</c><00:35:59.340><c> is</c><00:35:59.599><c> teaching</c><00:35:59.880><c> differently</c><00:36:00.400><c> from</c><00:36:00.719><c> that,</c>

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:04.400
verse<00:36:01.739><c> 4,</c><00:36:02.579><c> he</c><00:36:02.820><c> is</c><00:36:03.199><c> proud.</c>

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:08.260
He<00:36:05.320><c> thinks</c><00:36:05.559><c> he</c><00:36:05.679><c> knows</c><00:36:05.900><c> a</c><00:36:06.079><c> lot,</c><00:36:06.280><c> actually</c><00:36:06.539><c> he</c><00:36:06.659><c> knows</c><00:36:06.940><c> nothing.</c>

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:12.460
Might<00:36:08.880><c> seem</c><00:36:09.420><c> to</c><00:36:09.659><c> be</c><00:36:09.980><c> learned,</c><00:36:11.079><c> might</c><00:36:11.280><c> seem</c><00:36:11.659><c> to</c><00:36:11.800><c> be</c><00:36:12.059><c> knowledgeable,</c>

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:17.639
but<00:36:13.199><c> true</c><00:36:13.500><c> knowledge,</c><00:36:14.719><c> true</c><00:36:15.039><c> knowledge</c><00:36:15.480><c> comes</c><00:36:15.960><c> from</c><00:36:16.239><c> our</c><00:36:16.559><c> understanding</c>

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:20.920
of<00:36:18.039><c> the</c><00:36:18.400><c> apostles'</c><00:36:19.139><c> doctrine,</c><00:36:19.559><c> the</c><00:36:19.840><c> sound</c><00:36:20.179><c> doctrine</c><00:36:20.599><c> that</c><00:36:20.800><c> we</c>

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:22.239
have<00:36:21.079><c> embraced.</c>

00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:23.519
He<00:36:23.019><c> knows</c><00:36:23.280><c> nothing.</c>

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:30.619
All<00:36:23.820><c> he's</c><00:36:24.179><c> doing,</c><00:36:25.599><c> he's</c><00:36:26.000><c> doting</c><00:36:26.619><c> about</c><00:36:27.039><c> questions</c><00:36:27.820><c> and</c><00:36:28.400><c> stripes</c><00:36:28.840><c> of</c><00:36:29.519><c> words.</c>

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:33.260
And<00:36:31.480><c> here</c><00:36:31.659><c> is</c><00:36:31.880><c> another</c><00:36:32.079><c> of</c><00:36:32.239><c> the</c><00:36:32.480><c> medical</c><00:36:32.960><c> terms</c>

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:35.780
which<00:36:34.340><c> appears</c><00:36:34.699><c> in</c><00:36:34.880><c> the</c><00:36:35.059><c> pastoral</c><00:36:35.460><c> letters.</c>

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.960
We<00:36:36.019><c> thought</c><00:36:36.340><c> of</c><00:36:36.920><c> the</c><00:36:37.219><c> sickness</c><00:36:37.579><c> of</c><00:36:37.820><c> the</c><00:36:38.000><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:41.599
There<00:36:39.619><c> was</c><00:36:39.820><c> something</c><00:36:40.199><c> broken</c><00:36:40.760><c> in</c><00:36:40.960><c> the</c><00:36:41.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:41.420><c> that</c>

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.619
needed<00:36:41.920><c> putting</c><00:36:42.280><c> right.</c>

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:45.340
Do<00:36:42.840><c> you</c><00:36:42.880><c> remember</c><00:36:43.099><c> from</c><00:36:43.760><c> Titus</c><00:36:44.139><c> 1</c><00:36:44.340><c> and</c><00:36:44.539><c> verse</c><00:36:44.760><c> 9?</c>

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:48.880
And<00:36:45.960><c> therefore</c><00:36:46.260><c> the</c><00:36:46.639><c> sound,</c><00:36:47.059><c> the</c><00:36:47.199><c> wholesome,</c><00:36:47.699><c> the</c><00:36:47.880><c> hygienic</c><00:36:48.519><c> words</c>

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:52.340
were<00:36:49.059><c> there</c><00:36:49.260><c> to</c><00:36:49.480><c> help</c><00:36:49.920><c> cure</c><00:36:50.380><c> the</c><00:36:50.599><c> body</c><00:36:50.880><c> of</c><00:36:51.119><c> Christ</c><00:36:51.559><c> in</c><00:36:51.900><c> Ephesus</c>

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.659
or<00:36:52.639><c> in</c><00:36:52.860><c> Crete.</c>

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:57.880
Well<00:36:54.360><c> here</c><00:36:54.639><c> these</c><00:36:55.079><c> men</c><00:36:55.539><c> who</c><00:36:55.960><c> speak</c><00:36:56.260><c> like</c><00:36:56.639><c> this</c><00:36:57.159><c> are,</c>

00:36:57.880 --> 00:37:01.219
when<00:36:58.280><c> it</c><00:36:58.440><c> says</c><00:36:58.699><c> doting,</c><00:36:59.380><c> the</c><00:36:59.440><c> word</c><00:36:59.639><c> is</c><00:37:00.039><c> sick.</c>

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:05.579
They<00:37:01.880><c> are</c><00:37:02.280><c> sick,</c><00:37:03.760><c> they</c><00:37:03.860><c> are</c><00:37:04.300><c> unhealthy.</c>

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:10.940
They're<00:37:07.559><c> sick</c><00:37:07.820><c> about</c><00:37:08.179><c> questions</c><00:37:08.719><c> and</c><00:37:09.159><c> stripes</c><00:37:09.440><c> of</c><00:37:09.739><c> words,</c>

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:13.780
whereof<00:37:11.559><c> comes</c><00:37:12.579><c> envy.</c>

00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.420
You'll<00:37:14.739><c> see</c><00:37:14.900><c> that</c><00:37:15.099><c> in</c><00:37:15.739><c> the</c><00:37:16.000><c> margin</c><00:37:16.239><c> of</c><00:37:16.440><c> your</c><00:37:16.539><c> Bible.</c>

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:23.840
All<00:37:18.380><c> of</c><00:37:18.519><c> these</c><00:37:18.699><c> come</c><00:37:18.920><c> from</c><00:37:19.179><c> that,</c><00:37:19.719><c> envy,</c><00:37:21.179><c> strife,</c><00:37:22.619><c> railings,</c>

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.920
evil<00:37:24.380><c> surmising.</c>

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:27.199
Well<00:37:25.199><c> we've</c><00:37:25.340><c> already</c><00:37:25.619><c> discovered</c><00:37:26.019><c> that</c><00:37:26.179><c> they</c><00:37:26.300><c> were</c><00:37:26.380><c> the</c><00:37:26.519><c> problems</c><00:37:26.980><c> in</c>

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.099
Ephesus,<00:37:27.579><c> weren't</c><00:37:27.780><c> they?</c>

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:30.360
That's<00:37:28.639><c> why</c><00:37:28.780><c> the</c><00:37:29.000><c> elders</c><00:37:29.159><c> have</c><00:37:29.320><c> been</c><00:37:29.480><c> appointed,</c><00:37:29.900><c> because</c>

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:32.579
there<00:37:30.679><c> were</c><00:37:30.920><c> just</c><00:37:31.219><c> those</c><00:37:31.500><c> difficulties.</c>

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:34.719
And<00:37:33.239><c> that's</c><00:37:33.420><c> where</c><00:37:33.559><c> they</c><00:37:33.780><c> come.</c>

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:38.780
They<00:37:34.880><c> were</c><00:37:35.139><c> perverse</c><00:37:36.059><c> disputings</c><00:37:36.900><c> of</c><00:37:37.179><c> men</c><00:37:37.400><c> of</c><00:37:37.699><c> corrupt</c><00:37:38.059><c> minds.</c>

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:43.579
Notice,<00:37:40.500><c> they're</c><00:37:40.900><c> bereft</c><00:37:41.659><c> of</c><00:37:42.260><c> the</c><00:37:42.539><c> truth.</c>

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:49.539
Someone<00:37:45.099><c> who</c><00:37:45.300><c> is</c><00:37:45.659><c> out</c><00:37:46.039><c> on</c><00:37:46.320><c> an</c><00:37:46.539><c> aspect</c><00:37:46.920><c> of</c><00:37:47.099><c> the</c><00:37:47.320><c> truth</c><00:37:47.519><c> is</c><00:37:47.719><c> bereft</c><00:37:48.159><c> of</c><00:37:48.300><c> it</c><00:37:48.519><c> all.</c>

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:51.679
That's<00:37:50.559><c> what</c><00:37:50.699><c> this</c><00:37:50.960><c> passage</c><00:37:51.159><c> is</c><00:37:51.420><c> saying.</c>

00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:54.920
They're<00:37:52.019><c> bereft</c><00:37:52.500><c> of</c><00:37:52.679><c> the</c><00:37:52.840><c> truth,</c><00:37:53.119><c> they're</c><00:37:53.280><c> destitute.</c>

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:57.340
And<00:37:55.900><c> these</c><00:37:56.079><c> men</c><00:37:56.260><c> had</c><00:37:56.420><c> an</c><00:37:56.659><c> additional</c><00:37:56.960><c> problem.</c>

00:37:57.400 --> 00:38:00.539
They<00:37:57.619><c> thought</c><00:37:57.900><c> that</c><00:37:58.280><c> gain</c><00:37:58.659><c> is</c><00:37:59.920><c> godliness.</c>

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:04.219
There<00:38:00.960><c> was</c><00:38:01.099><c> this</c><00:38:01.400><c> problem</c><00:38:01.780><c> of</c><00:38:03.159><c> covetousness.</c>

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.380
They<00:38:04.639><c> were</c><00:38:04.820><c> after</c><00:38:05.159><c> the</c><00:38:05.460><c> dollar.</c>

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:12.239
But<00:38:07.679><c> godliness</c><00:38:08.119><c> with</c><00:38:08.400><c> contentment</c><00:38:09.559><c> is</c><00:38:10.420><c> great</c><00:38:10.920><c> gain,</c><00:38:11.980><c> the</c>

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:13.480
apostle<00:38:12.539><c> says.</c>

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:17.539
So<00:38:15.480><c> that</c><00:38:15.599><c> was</c><00:38:15.719><c> the</c><00:38:15.900><c> difficulty</c><00:38:16.199><c> that</c><00:38:16.340><c> was</c><00:38:16.500><c> occurring.</c>

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:27.460
When<00:38:19.300><c> it</c><00:38:19.599><c> says</c><00:38:20.460><c> they</c><00:38:22.079><c> were</c><00:38:22.320><c> having</c><00:38:22.860><c> battles</c><00:38:24.019><c> here,</c><00:38:27.320><c> battles</c>

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:29.300
about<00:38:27.900><c> words</c><00:38:28.579><c> it</c><00:38:28.840><c> seems,</c>

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:34.059
they<00:38:29.500><c> were</c><00:38:29.719><c> doting</c><00:38:30.159><c> about</c><00:38:30.539><c> questions</c><00:38:31.260><c> and</c><00:38:32.179><c> strifes,</c><00:38:33.519><c> battles</c>

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:36.039
of<00:38:34.860><c> words,</c>

00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:38.420
it<00:38:36.400><c> means</c><00:38:36.820><c> exactly</c><00:38:37.460><c> that</c><00:38:37.639><c> that's</c><00:38:37.840><c> what</c><00:38:38.000><c> was</c><00:38:38.179><c> happening.</c>

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:41.539
They<00:38:38.579><c> weren't</c><00:38:39.039><c> arguing</c><00:38:39.619><c> about</c><00:38:39.940><c> what</c><00:38:40.199><c> a</c><00:38:40.340><c> word</c><00:38:40.539><c> meant.</c>

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:43.880
But<00:38:42.159><c> these</c><00:38:42.440><c> were</c><00:38:42.780><c> word</c><00:38:43.159><c> battles.</c>

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:47.699
This<00:38:44.760><c> was</c><00:38:44.960><c> where</c><00:38:45.139><c> the</c><00:38:45.440><c> strife</c><00:38:45.679><c> was</c><00:38:45.900><c> happening,</c><00:38:47.119><c> the</c><00:38:47.360><c> argument</c>

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:49.260
that<00:38:47.880><c> was</c><00:38:48.119><c> recurring.</c>

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:57.579
And<00:38:52.280><c> then</c><00:38:52.400><c> at</c><00:38:52.519><c> the</c><00:38:52.599><c> end</c><00:38:52.739><c> of</c><00:38:52.960><c> verse</c><00:38:54.039><c> 9,</c><00:38:56.900><c> no</c><00:38:57.059><c> it's</c><00:38:57.139><c> not</c><00:38:57.320><c> the</c><00:38:57.420><c> end</c>

00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.239
of<00:38:57.719><c> verse</c><00:38:57.900><c> 9,</c>

00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:01.880
the<00:38:58.539><c> end</c><00:38:58.699><c> of</c><00:38:58.880><c> verse</c><00:38:59.239><c> 5,</c><00:38:59.880><c> sorry,</c><00:39:00.840><c> we</c><00:39:01.000><c> have</c><00:39:01.139><c> a</c><00:39:01.280><c> little</c><00:39:01.500><c> phrase</c>

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:04.719
which<00:39:02.199><c> doesn't</c><00:39:02.500><c> appear</c><00:39:02.800><c> in</c><00:39:03.019><c> all</c><00:39:03.320><c> the</c><00:39:03.639><c> manuscripts.</c>

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:10.039
From<00:39:06.599><c> such</c><00:39:07.079><c> withdraw</c><00:39:08.380><c> thyself.</c>

00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:13.460
But<00:39:10.920><c> even</c><00:39:11.179><c> though</c><00:39:11.380><c> it's</c><00:39:11.460><c> not</c><00:39:11.679><c> in</c><00:39:11.840><c> all</c><00:39:12.139><c> the</c><00:39:12.360><c> manuscripts,</c>

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:17.460
the<00:39:14.280><c> message</c><00:39:14.579><c> is</c><00:39:14.860><c> there</c><00:39:15.199><c> in</c><00:39:15.500><c> verse</c><00:39:15.820><c> 11,</c><00:39:16.579><c> clearly.</c>

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:22.280
Thou,<00:39:18.480><c> O</c><00:39:18.539><c> man</c><00:39:18.679><c> of</c><00:39:18.880><c> God,</c><00:39:19.860><c> flee</c><00:39:20.380><c> these</c><00:39:20.980><c> things,</c>

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:27.139
and<00:39:22.960><c> instead</c><00:39:23.880><c> follow</c><00:39:24.360><c> after</c><00:39:24.699><c> righteousness,</c><00:39:26.139><c> godliness,</c>

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:31.699
faith,<00:39:28.099><c> love,</c><00:39:29.280><c> patience,</c><00:39:30.300><c> meekness.</c>

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:34.820
Fight<00:39:32.400><c> the</c><00:39:32.519><c> good</c><00:39:32.820><c> fight</c><00:39:33.059><c> of</c><00:39:33.219><c> the</c><00:39:33.599><c> faith.</c>

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:37.679
It<00:39:35.179><c> doesn't</c><00:39:35.420><c> mean</c><00:39:36.000><c> engage</c><00:39:36.579><c> in</c><00:39:36.699><c> the</c><00:39:36.860><c> same</c><00:39:37.039><c> things</c><00:39:37.300><c> that</c><00:39:37.500><c> these</c>

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.940
men<00:39:37.840><c> are</c><00:39:38.079><c> engaging</c><00:39:38.420><c> in.</c>

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:41.619
If<00:39:39.440><c> they're</c><00:39:39.760><c> battling</c><00:39:40.019><c> with</c><00:39:40.239><c> you,</c><00:39:40.519><c> then</c><00:39:40.579><c> you</c><00:39:40.800><c> battle</c><00:39:41.059><c> with</c><00:39:41.280><c> them,</c>

00:39:41.860 --> 00:39:44.699
you<00:39:42.000><c> enter</c><00:39:42.320><c> into</c><00:39:42.539><c> that</c><00:39:42.719><c> argument</c><00:39:43.099><c> of</c><00:39:43.380><c> words,</c><00:39:43.639><c> it</c><00:39:43.760><c> doesn't</c><00:39:43.880><c> mean</c><00:39:44.079><c> that</c><00:39:44.280><c> at</c><00:39:44.480><c> all.</c>

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:51.099
It's<00:39:45.619><c> the</c><00:39:45.980><c> faith,</c><00:39:47.280><c> our</c><00:39:47.599><c> faith</c><00:39:48.159><c> is</c><00:39:49.079><c> to</c><00:39:49.360><c> fight</c><00:39:49.699><c> the</c><00:39:50.039><c> fight</c><00:39:50.320><c> for</c><00:39:50.679><c> us.</c>

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:57.900
And<00:39:51.880><c> hold</c><00:39:52.380><c> fast</c><00:39:52.780><c> above</c><00:39:53.119><c> all</c><00:39:53.519><c> else,</c><00:39:54.900><c> hold</c><00:39:55.199><c> fast</c><00:39:55.860><c> on</c><00:39:56.900><c> what</c><00:39:57.400><c> faith</c>

00:39:57.900 --> 00:40:01.780
will<00:39:58.260><c> bring</c><00:39:58.460><c> us</c><00:39:58.719><c> in</c><00:39:58.880><c> the</c><00:39:59.059><c> end,</c><00:40:00.260><c> eternal</c><00:40:00.619><c> life,</c>

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:04.460
which<00:40:02.239><c> is</c><00:40:02.340><c> what</c><00:40:02.460><c> we've</c><00:40:02.619><c> been</c><00:40:02.960><c> called</c><00:40:03.260><c> to.</c>

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:10.360
And<00:40:05.440><c> about</c><00:40:06.420><c> which</c><00:40:06.659><c> we</c><00:40:06.920><c> made</c><00:40:07.139><c> our</c><00:40:07.500><c> profession</c><00:40:07.980><c> when</c><00:40:08.679><c> we</c><00:40:08.840><c> were</c><00:40:09.079><c> baptised.</c>

00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:13.900
That's<00:40:11.139><c> the</c><00:40:11.400><c> important</c><00:40:11.699><c> part,</c><00:40:11.980><c> you</c><00:40:12.119><c> see,</c><00:40:12.360><c> which</c><00:40:12.519><c> we're</c><00:40:12.739><c> to</c><00:40:12.900><c> do.</c>

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:16.579
Just<00:40:15.059><c> turn</c><00:40:15.239><c> over</c><00:40:15.420><c> to</c><00:40:15.679><c> Titus</c><00:40:15.920><c> chapter</c><00:40:16.239><c> 3,</c>

00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:18.860
because<00:40:16.820><c> here's</c><00:40:17.099><c> the</c><00:40:17.260><c> word</c><00:40:17.380><c> that</c><00:40:17.719><c> describes</c><00:40:18.280><c> the</c><00:40:18.500><c> group</c><00:40:18.619><c> of</c>

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:23.139
people<00:40:19.099><c> who</c><00:40:19.340><c> draw</c><00:40:19.559><c> men</c><00:40:19.780><c> and</c><00:40:20.260><c> women</c><00:40:20.519><c> away</c><00:40:21.139><c> within</c><00:40:21.739><c> the</c><00:40:22.000><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:29.099
Verse<00:40:25.579><c> 9</c><00:40:25.880><c> of</c><00:40:26.119><c> Titus</c><00:40:26.500><c> 3</c><00:40:26.860><c> is</c><00:40:27.420><c> the</c><00:40:27.840><c> equivalent</c><00:40:28.199><c> passage</c><00:40:28.619><c> to</c><00:40:28.860><c> the</c>

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:30.659
passage<00:40:29.320><c> we've</c><00:40:29.539><c> just</c><00:40:29.739><c> looked</c><00:40:29.920><c> at</c><00:40:30.099><c> in</c><00:40:30.300><c> Timothy.</c>

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:36.860
Avoid,<00:40:32.239><c> shun,</c><00:40:32.960><c> flee,</c><00:40:35.019><c> foolish</c><00:40:35.219><c> questions</c><00:40:35.900><c> and</c><00:40:36.239><c> genealogies</c>

00:40:36.860 --> 00:40:37.860
and<00:40:37.239><c> contentions</c>

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:41.840
and<00:40:38.780><c> fighting,</c><00:40:39.699><c> strivings</c><00:40:40.300><c> about</c><00:40:40.500><c> the</c><00:40:40.800><c> law.</c>

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:45.579
They<00:40:43.099><c> are</c><00:40:43.420><c> unprofitable</c><00:40:44.599><c> and</c><00:40:45.119><c> vain.</c>

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:51.340
Because<00:40:46.420><c> men</c><00:40:46.800><c> who</c><00:40:47.119><c> indulge</c><00:40:47.719><c> in</c><00:40:47.920><c> those</c><00:40:48.179><c> sort</c><00:40:48.440><c> of</c><00:40:48.619><c> things</c><00:40:49.000><c> are</c><00:40:49.980><c> heretics.</c>

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:56.280
That's<00:40:53.900><c> a</c><00:40:54.019><c> strong</c><00:40:54.239><c> word,</c><00:40:54.539><c> isn't</c><00:40:54.780><c> it?</c>

00:40:56.539 --> 00:41:00.440
Scripturally,<00:40:57.380><c> a</c><00:40:57.460><c> heretic</c><00:40:58.019><c> is</c><00:40:58.659><c> someone</c><00:40:59.119><c> who</c><00:40:59.420><c> by</c><00:40:59.659><c> his</c><00:40:59.960><c> words,</c>

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:06.440
by<00:41:01.139><c> his</c><00:41:01.360><c> action</c><00:41:01.940><c> or</c><00:41:02.480><c> by</c><00:41:02.739><c> his</c><00:41:02.940><c> behaviour</c><00:41:03.519><c> is</c><00:41:04.360><c> dividing</c><00:41:04.980><c> the</c><00:41:05.340><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:10.099
That's<00:41:07.679><c> why</c><00:41:07.820><c> it's</c><00:41:07.980><c> so</c><00:41:08.260><c> important</c><00:41:08.619><c> that</c><00:41:08.780><c> we</c><00:41:08.940><c> are</c><00:41:09.179><c> of</c><00:41:09.440><c> one</c><00:41:09.619><c> mind,</c>

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:11.699
that<00:41:10.239><c> we're</c><00:41:10.579><c> perfectly</c><00:41:10.980><c> joined</c><00:41:11.280><c> together,</c>

00:41:11.739 --> 00:41:14.840
even<00:41:12.019><c> though</c><00:41:12.219><c> we're</c><00:41:12.480><c> individuals</c><00:41:12.980><c> and</c><00:41:13.159><c> have</c><00:41:13.340><c> our</c><00:41:13.780><c> differences.</c>

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:21.139
That's<00:41:15.719><c> why</c><00:41:15.880><c> our</c><00:41:16.440><c> prime</c><00:41:17.559><c> objective</c><00:41:18.619><c> must</c><00:41:19.139><c> be</c><00:41:19.320><c> to</c><00:41:19.659><c> feed</c><00:41:20.159><c> the</c><00:41:20.420><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:20.880><c> of</c>

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:23.840
God,<00:41:21.579><c> to</c><00:41:21.820><c> add</c><00:41:22.179><c> to</c><00:41:22.380><c> it,</c><00:41:22.519><c> to</c><00:41:22.780><c> edify</c><00:41:23.239><c> it,</c>

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:26.880
not<00:41:24.159><c> to</c><00:41:24.400><c> take</c><00:41:24.559><c> away</c><00:41:24.860><c> from</c><00:41:25.079><c> it</c><00:41:25.219><c> or</c><00:41:25.380><c> to</c><00:41:25.679><c> divide</c><00:41:25.960><c> it.</c>

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:28.699
That's<00:41:27.079><c> why</c><00:41:27.219><c> the</c><00:41:27.440><c> Apostle,</c><00:41:27.780><c> at</c><00:41:27.900><c> the</c><00:41:27.980><c> beginning</c><00:41:28.179><c> of</c><00:41:28.360><c> his</c><00:41:28.500><c> first</c>

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:30.099
letter<00:41:28.900><c> to</c><00:41:29.199><c> Corinth,</c>

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:32.800
criticised<00:41:30.960><c> them</c><00:41:31.139><c> for</c><00:41:31.340><c> the</c><00:41:31.579><c> schisms</c><00:41:31.900><c> and</c><00:41:32.159><c> divisions</c><00:41:32.480><c> which</c>

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:33.719
occurred<00:41:33.019><c> within</c><00:41:33.300><c> the</c><00:41:33.440><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:36.940
some<00:41:33.980><c> saying,</c><00:41:34.219><c> I'm</c><00:41:34.440><c> of</c><00:41:34.659><c> Paul,</c><00:41:35.300><c> I'm</c><00:41:35.559><c> of</c><00:41:35.719><c> Apollos,</c><00:41:36.039><c> I'm</c><00:41:36.239><c> of</c><00:41:36.460><c> Cephas,</c><00:41:36.699><c> I'm</c>

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:38.119
of<00:41:37.119><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:41:38.699><c> that</c><00:41:38.860><c> isn't</c><00:41:39.059><c> actually</c><00:41:39.420><c> what</c><00:41:39.579><c> they</c><00:41:39.800><c> were</c><00:41:39.960><c> saying.</c>

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There<00:41:41.360><c> wasn't</c><00:41:41.579><c> anyone</c><00:41:41.860><c> saying,</c><00:41:42.159><c> I</c><00:41:42.360><c> am</c><00:41:42.539><c> a</c><00:41:42.800><c> Paul</c><00:41:43.079><c> man,</c><00:41:43.739><c> I'm</c><00:41:44.099><c> a</c><00:41:44.280><c> Peter</c><00:41:44.559><c> man,</c><00:41:44.920><c> I'm</c><00:41:45.219><c> an</c>

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Apollos<00:41:45.820><c> man,</c><00:41:46.559><c> I'm</c><00:41:46.840><c> a</c><00:41:47.039><c> Christ</c><00:41:47.340><c> man.</c>

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It<00:41:47.639><c> wasn't</c><00:41:47.840><c> that</c><00:41:48.059><c> at</c><00:41:48.300><c> all.</c>

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The<00:41:49.480><c> Apostle</c><00:41:49.820><c> put</c><00:41:50.079><c> those</c><00:41:50.460><c> names</c><00:41:50.960><c> in</c><00:41:51.619><c> and</c><00:41:52.179><c> they</c><00:41:52.360><c> are</c><00:41:52.599><c> ciphers.</c>

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There<00:41:54.780><c> were</c><00:41:55.099><c> names,</c><00:41:57.480><c> and</c><00:41:57.739><c> I</c><00:41:57.880><c> don't</c><00:41:58.000><c> know</c><00:41:58.059><c> what</c><00:41:58.219><c> the</c><00:41:58.440><c> names</c><00:41:58.659><c> were</c><00:41:58.960><c> and</c>

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nor<00:41:59.280><c> do</c><00:41:59.519><c> we,</c><00:41:59.880><c> none</c><00:42:00.059><c> of</c><00:42:00.219><c> us</c><00:42:00.400><c> do</c><00:42:00.599><c> thankfully,</c>

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but<00:42:02.260><c> there</c><00:42:02.400><c> were</c><00:42:02.519><c> names</c><00:42:02.860><c> of</c><00:42:03.159><c> brethren</c><00:42:03.519><c> in</c><00:42:03.980><c> Corinth</c><00:42:04.360><c> that</c><00:42:05.019><c> we</c>

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:06.900
have<00:42:05.360><c> to</c><00:42:05.519><c> put</c><00:42:05.659><c> in</c><00:42:05.920><c> place</c><00:42:06.239><c> of</c><00:42:06.579><c> Peter,</c>

00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:11.320
in<00:42:07.539><c> place</c><00:42:07.820><c> of</c><00:42:08.179><c> Cephas,</c><00:42:08.500><c> in</c><00:42:08.619><c> place</c><00:42:08.900><c> of</c><00:42:09.099><c> Apollos,</c><00:42:09.900><c> in</c><00:42:10.139><c> place</c><00:42:10.400><c> of</c><00:42:10.719><c> Christ.</c>

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:14.159
And<00:42:12.019><c> there</c><00:42:12.139><c> were</c><00:42:12.280><c> these</c><00:42:12.559><c> different</c><00:42:12.920><c> parties,</c><00:42:13.320><c> there</c><00:42:13.400><c> was</c><00:42:13.659><c> Brother</c><00:42:13.960><c> A</c>

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and<00:42:14.300><c> Brother</c><00:42:14.559><c> B.</c>

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There<00:42:16.320><c> may</c><00:42:16.579><c> have</c><00:42:16.780><c> been</c><00:42:16.980><c> a</c><00:42:17.500><c> sister</c><00:42:17.960><c> X</c><00:42:18.619><c> and</c><00:42:19.559><c> a</c><00:42:19.820><c> sister</c><00:42:20.260><c> Y,</c><00:42:20.900><c> because</c><00:42:21.039><c> these</c>

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words<00:42:21.980><c> aren't</c><00:42:22.199><c> only</c><00:42:22.400><c> to</c><00:42:22.579><c> brethren.</c>

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Sisters<00:42:24.960><c> can</c><00:42:25.260><c> be</c><00:42:25.500><c> divisive,</c><00:42:27.079><c> sisters</c><00:42:27.300><c> can</c><00:42:27.559><c> be</c><00:42:27.820><c> heretics,</c><00:42:29.360><c> sisters</c><00:42:29.699><c> can</c>

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:33.679
be<00:42:30.199><c> schismatic,</c><00:42:31.699><c> just</c><00:42:31.960><c> as</c><00:42:32.219><c> brethren</c><00:42:32.599><c> can.</c>

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:39.460
But<00:42:34.639><c> what</c><00:42:34.800><c> we</c><00:42:34.960><c> should</c><00:42:35.139><c> try</c><00:42:35.500><c> to</c><00:42:35.719><c> do</c><00:42:35.880><c> is</c><00:42:36.059><c> to</c><00:42:36.219><c> think</c><00:42:36.380><c> of</c><00:42:36.619><c> the</c><00:42:36.840><c> Ecclesia's</c><00:42:37.760><c> immediate</c><00:42:38.340><c> good</c>

00:42:40.360 --> 00:42:45.460
and<00:42:40.920><c> seek</c><00:42:41.320><c> to</c><00:42:42.139><c> feed</c><00:42:42.599><c> the</c><00:42:42.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:43.519><c> as</c><00:42:44.179><c> much</c><00:42:44.380><c> as</c><00:42:44.500><c> we</c><00:42:44.679><c> possibly</c><00:42:45.059><c> can.</c>

00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:49.300
And<00:42:45.699><c> there</c><00:42:45.780><c> is</c><00:42:46.039><c> only</c><00:42:46.480><c> one</c><00:42:47.539><c> true</c><00:42:48.239><c> food.</c>

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:53.159
There<00:42:50.000><c> is</c><00:42:50.199><c> only</c><00:42:50.579><c> one</c><00:42:51.059><c> hygienic</c><00:42:52.079><c> food.</c>

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And<00:42:54.039><c> those</c><00:42:54.219><c> are</c><00:42:54.380><c> the</c><00:42:54.639><c> sound</c><00:42:54.940><c> words</c><00:42:55.619><c> which</c><00:42:56.440><c> we</c><00:42:56.679><c> learn</c><00:42:56.840><c> from</c><00:42:57.039><c> the</c>

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mouth<00:42:57.400><c> of</c><00:42:57.619><c> the</c><00:42:57.739><c> Lord</c><00:42:58.000><c> and</c><00:42:58.159><c> his</c><00:42:58.300><c> Apostles.</c>

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And<00:43:00.179><c> it's</c><00:43:00.400><c> on</c><00:43:00.599><c> those</c><00:43:01.039><c> that</c><00:43:01.559><c> we</c><00:43:01.719><c> should</c><00:43:01.920><c> concentrate.</c>

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:07.780
And<00:43:04.059><c> so</c><00:43:04.219><c> in</c><00:43:04.440><c> our</c><00:43:05.079><c> final</c><00:43:05.559><c> session</c><00:43:05.940><c> tomorrow</c><00:43:06.380><c> on</c><00:43:06.599><c> this</c><00:43:06.780><c> subject,</c>

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:10.380
those<00:43:08.280><c> are</c><00:43:08.440><c> what</c><00:43:08.519><c> we're</c><00:43:08.739><c> going</c><00:43:08.840><c> to</c><00:43:09.099><c> look</c><00:43:09.300><c> at.</c>

00:43:10.559 --> 00:43:13.539
And<00:43:10.719><c> we'll</c><00:43:11.059><c> suddenly</c><00:43:11.280><c> discover</c><00:43:11.739><c> that</c><00:43:11.940><c> instead</c><00:43:12.320><c> of</c><00:43:12.500><c> being</c><00:43:12.780><c> involved</c><00:43:13.340><c> in</c>

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:16.820
the<00:43:13.840><c> dirt</c><00:43:14.300><c> and</c><00:43:14.980><c> the</c><00:43:15.280><c> mire</c><00:43:15.619><c> of</c><00:43:15.820><c> the</c><00:43:16.059><c> wrangling</c>

00:43:16.820 --> 00:43:20.320
that<00:43:17.280><c> can</c><00:43:17.539><c> take</c><00:43:17.820><c> place</c><00:43:18.119><c> within</c><00:43:18.340><c> Ecclesia's,</c><00:43:19.360><c> if</c><00:43:19.539><c> we</c><00:43:19.820><c> instead</c>

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concentrate<00:43:20.980><c> on</c><00:43:21.239><c> those</c><00:43:21.559><c> things,</c><00:43:22.500><c> it's</c><00:43:22.780><c> like</c><00:43:22.920><c> being</c><00:43:23.280><c> lifted</c><00:43:23.659><c> up.</c>

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There's<00:43:25.760><c> a</c><00:43:25.900><c> little</c><00:43:26.119><c> verse</c><00:43:26.300><c> in</c><00:43:26.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:26.880><c> chapter</c><00:43:27.239><c> 58</c><00:43:27.900><c> which</c><00:43:28.699><c> talks</c><00:43:29.000><c> of</c>

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those<00:43:29.400><c> who</c><00:43:29.699><c> draw</c><00:43:29.980><c> near</c><00:43:30.280><c> to</c><00:43:30.500><c> God</c>

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in<00:43:30.900><c> every</c><00:43:31.179><c> aspect</c><00:43:31.619><c> of</c><00:43:31.840><c> their</c><00:43:32.039><c> lives,</c><00:43:32.659><c> and</c><00:43:32.800><c> it</c><00:43:32.940><c> says,</c>

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And<00:43:34.840><c> we</c><00:43:34.980><c> shall</c><00:43:35.199><c> walk</c><00:43:35.599><c> upon</c><00:43:35.880><c> the</c><00:43:36.199><c> high</c><00:43:36.559><c> places</c><00:43:37.260><c> that,</c><00:43:39.900><c> God</c><00:43:40.039><c> willing,</c><00:43:40.420><c> is</c>

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:42.159
what<00:43:40.579><c> we</c><00:43:40.760><c> shall</c><00:43:40.860><c> be</c><00:43:41.039><c> doing</c><00:43:41.199><c> tomorrow.</c>