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was<00:11:14.120><c> getting</c><00:11:14.340><c> any</c><00:11:14.639><c> attention</c><00:11:15.000><c> for</c><00:11:15.240><c> a</c><00:11:15.299><c> little</c><00:11:15.500><c> while.</c>

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And<00:11:16.519><c> the</c><00:11:16.940><c> worst</c><00:11:17.080><c> part</c><00:11:17.360><c> about</c><00:11:17.539><c> it</c><00:11:17.720><c> was</c>

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when<00:11:18.059><c> I</c><00:11:18.200><c> was</c><00:11:18.379><c> finally</c><00:11:18.659><c> able</c><00:11:18.879><c> to</c><00:11:19.039><c> walk</c><00:11:19.240><c> again,</c>

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I<00:11:19.639><c> went</c><00:11:19.740><c> out</c><00:11:19.919><c> to</c><00:11:20.100><c> finish</c><00:11:20.299><c> the</c><00:11:20.559><c> job,</c>

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I<00:11:21.259><c> set</c><00:11:21.480><c> the</c><00:11:21.720><c> axe</c><00:11:21.879><c> down</c><00:11:22.279><c> and</c><00:11:22.700><c> turned</c><00:11:22.820><c> around</c>

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and<00:11:23.320><c> banged</c><00:11:23.600><c> the</c><00:11:23.620><c> end</c><00:11:23.779><c> of</c><00:11:23.879><c> it,</c>

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and<00:11:24.120><c> it</c><00:11:24.220><c> fell</c><00:11:24.320><c> off,</c><00:11:24.480><c> hit</c><00:11:24.620><c> my</c><00:11:24.840><c> foot</c><00:11:24.980><c> again.</c>

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And<00:11:26.860><c> when</c><00:11:27.100><c> you</c><00:11:27.480><c> have</c><00:11:27.700><c> that</c><00:11:28.039><c> kind</c><00:11:28.299><c> of</c><00:11:28.700><c> experience,</c>

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you<00:11:29.600><c> realize</c><00:11:29.919><c> just</c><00:11:30.159><c> what</c><00:11:30.299><c> the</c><00:11:30.539><c> apostle</c><00:11:30.879><c> means,</c>

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what<00:11:31.360><c> he</c><00:11:31.480><c> says,</c><00:11:31.620><c> when</c><00:11:31.820><c> one</c><00:11:32.080><c> suffers,</c><00:11:32.419><c> all</c><00:11:32.600><c> suffer,</c>

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because<00:11:33.759><c> we're</c><00:11:34.080><c> one</c><00:11:34.399><c> body.</c>

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We're<00:11:37.759><c> to</c><00:11:37.919><c> be</c><00:11:38.139><c> a</c><00:11:38.279><c> habitation</c><00:11:38.779><c> of</c><00:11:38.960><c> God</c><00:11:39.500><c> through</c><00:11:39.960><c> the</c><00:11:40.220><c> spirit,</c>

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and<00:11:41.580><c> that</c><00:11:41.820><c> spirit's</c><00:11:42.220><c> got</c><00:11:42.279><c> to</c><00:11:42.460><c> draw</c><00:11:42.620><c> us</c><00:11:42.840><c> together</c>

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and<00:11:44.019><c> draw</c><00:11:44.279><c> us</c><00:11:44.539><c> away</c><00:11:44.899><c> from</c><00:11:45.120><c> the</c><00:11:45.379><c> world.</c>

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So<00:11:46.539><c> that's</c><00:11:46.700><c> why</c><00:11:46.960><c> in</c><00:11:47.240><c> First</c><00:11:47.500><c> Corinthians</c><00:11:47.740><c> 6,</c>

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where<00:11:50.120><c> the</c><00:11:50.340><c> context</c><00:11:50.679><c> is</c><00:11:51.000><c> about</c><00:11:51.179><c> being</c><00:11:51.539><c> joined</c>

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in<00:11:53.159><c> promiscuous</c><00:11:53.720><c> sexual</c><00:11:54.139><c> relationships,</c>

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we<00:11:55.220><c> can't</c><00:11:55.460><c> be</c><00:11:55.659><c> so</c><00:11:55.960><c> joined</c>

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because<00:11:57.159><c> we're</c><00:11:57.519><c> one</c><00:11:57.799><c> spirit</c><00:11:58.259><c> with</c><00:11:58.500><c> the</c><00:11:58.679><c> Lord.</c>

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He<00:12:01.720><c> that</c><00:12:01.899><c> is</c><00:12:02.139><c> joined</c><00:12:02.360><c> unto</c><00:12:02.580><c> the</c><00:12:02.759><c> Lord</c><00:12:02.940><c> is</c><00:12:03.200><c> one</c><00:12:03.480><c> spirit.</c>

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And<00:12:04.639><c> so</c><00:12:04.779><c> we</c><00:12:05.159><c> strive</c><00:12:05.580><c> for</c><00:12:05.820><c> that</c><00:12:06.039><c> sort</c><00:12:06.259><c> of</c><00:12:06.460><c> unity</c><00:12:06.679><c> with</c><00:12:06.899><c> God,</c>

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and<00:12:07.820><c> that</c><00:12:08.500><c> striving</c><00:12:09.039><c> extends</c><00:12:09.940><c> to</c><00:12:10.159><c> our</c><00:12:10.340><c> relationship</c>

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with<00:12:11.039><c> our</c><00:12:11.179><c> brothers</c><00:12:11.399><c> and</c><00:12:11.639><c> sisters.</c>

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There's<00:12:12.759><c> one</c><00:12:13.059><c> body,</c><00:12:13.399><c> it</c><00:12:13.559><c> says</c><00:12:13.720><c> in</c><00:12:13.919><c> Ephesians</c><00:12:14.299><c> 4,</c>

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and<00:12:15.259><c> one</c><00:12:15.419><c> spirit</c><00:12:15.879><c> even</c><00:12:16.759><c> as</c><00:12:16.980><c> you're</c><00:12:17.279><c> called</c>

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in<00:12:18.100><c> one</c><00:12:18.399><c> hope</c><00:12:18.820><c> of</c><00:12:19.240><c> your</c><00:12:19.460><c> calling.</c>

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My<00:12:22.639><c> experience</c><00:12:23.059><c> with</c><00:12:23.240><c> the</c><00:12:23.419><c> Brotherhood</c>

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in<00:12:25.799><c> traveling</c><00:12:26.159><c> around</c><00:12:26.639><c> various</c><00:12:26.980><c> parts,</c>

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and<00:12:28.279><c> those</c><00:12:28.440><c> of</c><00:12:28.639><c> you</c><00:12:28.799><c> who've</c><00:12:28.980><c> had</c><00:12:29.059><c> the</c><00:12:29.240><c> privilege</c>

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of<00:12:30.220><c> traveling</c><00:12:30.460><c> and</c><00:12:30.700><c> meeting</c><00:12:30.840><c> brothers</c><00:12:31.299><c> and</c><00:12:31.940><c> sisters</c>

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in<00:12:32.399><c> other</c><00:12:32.580><c> parts</c><00:12:32.779><c> of</c><00:12:32.940><c> the</c><00:12:33.059><c> world,</c>

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I'm<00:12:34.399><c> sure</c><00:12:34.519><c> you'll</c><00:12:34.779><c> agree</c><00:12:35.279><c> that</c><00:12:36.080><c> we</c><00:12:36.320><c> have</c><00:12:36.460><c> a</c><00:12:36.639><c> wonderful</c><00:12:37.039><c> unity.</c>

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It's<00:12:39.340><c> the</c><00:12:39.539><c> most</c><00:12:39.860><c> remarkable</c><00:12:40.320><c> thing</c>

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that<00:12:41.440><c> we</c><00:12:41.580><c> can</c><00:12:41.720><c> be</c><00:12:41.860><c> picked</c><00:12:41.980><c> up</c><00:12:42.139><c> in</c><00:12:42.279><c> an</c><00:12:42.419><c> airport</c>

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by<00:12:42.940><c> somebody</c><00:12:43.200><c> holding</c><00:12:43.480><c> a</c><00:12:43.659><c> Christodelfian</c><00:12:44.200><c> magazine</c>

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and<00:12:45.419><c> sort</c><00:12:45.559><c> of</c><00:12:45.700><c> reading</c><00:12:45.879><c> it.</c>

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We<00:12:47.500><c> know</c><00:12:47.700><c> they're</c><00:12:47.899><c> the</c><00:12:47.980><c> one</c><00:12:48.100><c> to</c><00:12:48.299><c> pick</c><00:12:48.379><c> us</c><00:12:48.600><c> up.</c>

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And<00:12:49.519><c> we</c><00:12:49.580><c> know</c><00:12:49.679><c> that</c><00:12:49.820><c> we</c><00:12:49.879><c> can</c><00:12:49.980><c> go</c><00:12:50.080><c> to</c><00:12:50.159><c> their</c><00:12:50.360><c> house</c>

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and<00:12:51.279><c> we</c><00:12:51.580><c> use</c><00:12:51.759><c> the</c><00:12:51.899><c> phrase,</c><00:12:52.279><c> we</c><00:12:52.419><c> do</c><00:12:52.759><c> the</c><00:12:53.019><c> readings.</c>

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That's<00:12:53.820><c> a</c><00:12:53.899><c> phrase</c><00:12:54.000><c> that</c><00:12:54.399><c> means</c><00:12:54.879><c> nothing</c><00:12:55.179><c> to</c><00:12:55.379><c> most</c><00:12:55.539><c> people,</c>

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but<00:12:55.860><c> we</c><00:12:56.059><c> do</c><00:12:56.259><c> the</c><00:12:56.419><c> readings.</c>

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Everybody<00:12:56.919><c> knows</c><00:12:57.139><c> what</c><00:12:57.299><c> it</c><00:12:57.440><c> means.</c>

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Would<00:12:58.159><c> you</c><00:12:58.299><c> like</c><00:12:58.419><c> to</c><00:12:58.620><c> do</c><00:12:58.779><c> the</c><00:12:58.980><c> readings?</c>

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So<00:12:59.740><c> we</c><00:12:59.860><c> do</c><00:13:00.080><c> the</c><00:13:00.279><c> readings.</c>

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We<00:13:02.019><c> have</c><00:13:02.419><c> the</c><00:13:03.000><c> important</c><00:13:03.379><c> things</c><00:13:04.179><c> in</c><00:13:04.659><c> common,</c>

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and<00:13:05.940><c> so</c><00:13:06.039><c> we're</c><00:13:06.200><c> completely</c><00:13:06.620><c> comfortable.</c>

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This<00:13:09.340><c> fellow</c><00:13:09.639><c> lives</c><00:13:10.480><c> next</c><00:13:10.799><c> door</c><00:13:10.940><c> to</c><00:13:11.080><c> us.</c>

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Years<00:13:13.740><c> ago,</c><00:13:15.139><c> Carol</c><00:13:15.240><c> and</c><00:13:15.419><c> I</c><00:13:15.720><c> were</c><00:13:16.240><c> going</c><00:13:16.720><c> off</c><00:13:17.019><c> to</c><00:13:17.919><c> another</c><00:13:18.179><c> meeting,</c>

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and<00:13:19.100><c> we</c><00:13:19.279><c> had</c><00:13:19.740><c> brothers</c><00:13:20.120><c> and</c><00:13:20.279><c> sisters</c>

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coming<00:13:20.960><c> who</c><00:13:21.120><c> were</c><00:13:21.200><c> from</c><00:13:21.379><c> Australia.</c>

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So<00:13:23.340><c> we</c><00:13:23.419><c> went</c><00:13:23.559><c> to</c><00:13:23.720><c> our</c><00:13:23.840><c> neighbor,</c><00:13:24.279><c> John,</c>

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and<00:13:24.840><c> we</c><00:13:25.019><c> said</c><00:13:25.179><c> to</c><00:13:25.340><c> him,</c>

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we've<00:13:26.480><c> got</c><00:13:26.559><c> some</c><00:13:26.779><c> company</c><00:13:27.059><c> coming</c><00:13:27.299><c> this</c><00:13:27.519><c> afternoon.</c>

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We're<00:13:29.000><c> liable</c><00:13:29.120><c> not</c><00:13:29.259><c> to</c><00:13:29.360><c> be</c><00:13:29.539><c> back</c><00:13:29.700><c> on</c><00:13:29.940><c> time.</c>

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Would<00:13:30.559><c> you</c><00:13:30.700><c> give</c><00:13:30.820><c> them</c><00:13:30.940><c> the</c><00:13:31.039><c> key</c><00:13:31.139><c> to</c><00:13:31.299><c> our</c><00:13:31.460><c> house?</c>

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He<00:13:32.220><c> says,</c><00:13:32.340><c> sure,</c><00:13:32.559><c> what</c><00:13:32.679><c> do</c><00:13:32.740><c> they</c><00:13:32.879><c> look</c><00:13:33.039><c> like?</c>

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We<00:13:33.700><c> said,</c><00:13:33.879><c> we</c><00:13:33.940><c> don't</c><00:13:34.220><c> know.</c>

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And<00:13:38.379><c> he</c><00:13:38.580><c> said,</c><00:13:38.879><c> oh.</c>

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Now,<00:13:42.740><c> as</c><00:13:42.899><c> a</c><00:13:42.940><c> matter</c><00:13:43.080><c> of</c><00:13:43.240><c> fact,</c>

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I<00:13:43.460><c> think</c><00:13:43.679><c> that</c><00:13:44.500><c> is</c><00:13:44.820><c> one</c><00:13:44.960><c> of</c><00:13:45.100><c> the</c><00:13:45.220><c> witnesses</c>

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that<00:13:45.940><c> now</c><00:13:46.139><c> he's</c><00:13:46.399><c> brother</c><00:13:46.720><c> John.</c>

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He's<00:13:47.659><c> just</c><00:13:47.860><c> not</c><00:13:48.059><c> neighbor</c><00:13:48.440><c> John.</c>

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And<00:13:49.360><c> he's</c><00:13:49.600><c> come</c><00:13:49.679><c> to</c><00:13:49.940><c> see</c><00:13:50.080><c> what</c><00:13:50.580><c> a</c><00:13:50.759><c> lovely</c><00:13:51.279><c> fellowship</c><00:13:51.860><c> we</c><00:13:52.919><c> have</c>

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because<00:13:53.580><c> we</c><00:13:53.879><c> have</c><00:13:54.019><c> the</c><00:13:54.220><c> most</c><00:13:54.580><c> important</c><00:13:55.200><c> things</c><00:13:55.860><c> in</c><00:13:56.620><c> common.</c>

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I<00:13:58.440><c> think</c><00:13:58.620><c> the</c><00:13:58.899><c> biggest</c><00:13:59.179><c> challenge</c><00:13:59.899><c> to</c><00:14:00.860><c> unity</c>

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comes<00:14:02.100><c> from</c><00:14:02.340><c> our</c><00:14:02.600><c> common</c><00:14:03.019><c> interest</c>

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to<00:14:04.679><c> preserve</c><00:14:05.120><c> our</c><00:14:05.379><c> Christadelphian</c><00:14:06.000><c> heritage</c><00:14:06.539><c> of</c><00:14:06.740><c> the</c><00:14:06.940><c> truth.</c>

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I've<00:14:09.259><c> heard</c><00:14:09.360><c> the</c><00:14:09.580><c> words</c><00:14:09.759><c> of</c><00:14:10.019><c> James</c><00:14:10.379><c> misused,</c>

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first<00:14:12.019><c> pure,</c><00:14:12.419><c> then</c><00:14:12.639><c> peaceable.</c>

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And<00:14:14.879><c> it</c><00:14:15.139><c> makes</c><00:14:15.340><c> me</c><00:14:15.539><c> crazy</c>

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because<00:14:16.139><c> the</c><00:14:16.379><c> context</c><00:14:16.940><c> screams</c><00:14:17.600><c> against</c><00:14:18.299><c> the</c><00:14:18.580><c> use</c>

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that<00:14:18.919><c> we</c><00:14:19.059><c> can</c><00:14:19.240><c> be</c><00:14:19.720><c> a</c><00:14:19.980><c> little</c><00:14:20.159><c> bit</c><00:14:20.360><c> of</c><00:14:20.480><c> bloodletting</c>

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and<00:14:21.120><c> then</c><00:14:21.320><c> peaceable</c>

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because<00:14:23.240><c> we</c><00:14:23.419><c> have</c><00:14:23.519><c> to</c><00:14:23.600><c> have</c><00:14:23.820><c> purity</c><00:14:24.120><c> first.</c>

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I<00:14:25.919><c> doubt</c><00:14:26.100><c> there's</c><00:14:26.360><c> ever</c><00:14:26.559><c> been</c><00:14:26.740><c> any</c><00:14:27.019><c> trouble</c><00:14:27.320><c> among</c><00:14:27.580><c> brethren</c>

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where<00:14:28.159><c> it</c><00:14:28.259><c> didn't</c><00:14:28.740><c> boil</c><00:14:29.080><c> down</c>

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to<00:14:30.340><c> different</c><00:14:30.679><c> sides</c><00:14:31.139><c> maintaining</c>

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that<00:14:33.039><c> they</c><00:14:33.279><c> were</c><00:14:33.480><c> the</c><00:14:33.600><c> ones</c><00:14:33.879><c> maintaining</c><00:14:34.360><c> the</c><00:14:34.580><c> purity</c><00:14:34.820><c> of</c><00:14:35.000><c> the</c><00:14:35.179><c> truth</c>

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and<00:14:36.700><c> that</c><00:14:36.899><c> the</c><00:14:37.039><c> others</c><00:14:37.240><c> were</c><00:14:37.460><c> in</c><00:14:37.600><c> some</c><00:14:37.759><c> way</c><00:14:37.899><c> or</c><00:14:38.000><c> other</c>

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sacrificing<00:14:39.480><c> Christ's</c><00:14:40.460><c> truth</c><00:14:40.460><c> or</c><00:14:40.860><c> Christ's</c><00:14:41.559><c> principles.</c>

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It's<00:14:44.820><c> very</c><00:14:45.080><c> difficult</c><00:14:45.860><c> to</c><00:14:46.759><c> resolve</c><00:14:47.100><c> problems</c><00:14:47.980><c> among</c><00:14:48.519><c> brethren.</c>

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You<00:14:50.720><c> know,</c><00:14:50.820><c> there's</c><00:14:51.100><c> a</c><00:14:51.320><c> proverb</c><00:14:51.600><c> that</c><00:14:52.240><c> says,</c>

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a<00:14:53.600><c> brother</c><00:14:54.000><c> offended</c><00:14:54.580><c> is</c><00:14:55.000><c> harder</c><00:14:55.279><c> to</c><00:14:55.480><c> be</c><00:14:55.700><c> one</c><00:14:56.159><c> than</c><00:14:56.460><c> a</c><00:14:56.759><c> strong</c><00:14:57.019><c> city.</c>

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And<00:14:58.580><c> such</c><00:14:58.899><c> contentions</c><00:14:59.500><c> are</c><00:14:59.720><c> like</c><00:14:59.860><c> the</c><00:15:00.100><c> bars</c><00:15:00.299><c> of</c><00:15:00.519><c> a</c><00:15:00.679><c> castle.</c>

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And,<00:15:04.759><c> you</c><00:15:04.940><c> know,</c><00:15:05.019><c> when</c><00:15:05.139><c> we</c><00:15:05.299><c> start</c><00:15:05.460><c> talking</c><00:15:05.700><c> about</c><00:15:05.879><c> these</c><00:15:06.080><c> things,</c>

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maybe<00:15:06.500><c> we</c><00:15:06.679><c> start</c><00:15:06.879><c> getting</c><00:15:07.120><c> a</c><00:15:07.139><c> little</c><00:15:07.299><c> bit</c><00:15:07.480><c> uneasy</c>

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because<00:15:07.980><c> we</c><00:15:08.179><c> think</c><00:15:08.299><c> of</c><00:15:08.360><c> some</c><00:15:08.519><c> of</c><00:15:08.600><c> the</c><00:15:08.779><c> big</c><00:15:09.019><c> challenges</c>

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that<00:15:09.860><c> face</c><00:15:10.059><c> us</c><00:15:10.480><c> as</c><00:15:10.700><c> a</c><00:15:10.960><c> community.</c>

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I<00:15:12.860><c> think</c><00:15:13.100><c> the</c><00:15:13.399><c> big</c><00:15:13.620><c> problems</c><00:15:14.279><c> have</c><00:15:15.019><c> to</c><00:15:15.220><c> have</c><00:15:15.379><c> their</c><00:15:15.679><c> start</c>

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in<00:15:16.120><c> little</c><00:15:16.460><c> things.</c>

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And<00:15:18.080><c> what</c><00:15:18.759><c> Paul,</c><00:15:19.080><c> in</c><00:15:19.220><c> his</c><00:15:19.399><c> letter</c><00:15:19.559><c> to</c><00:15:19.759><c> the</c><00:15:19.899><c> Philippians,</c>

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is<00:15:20.580><c> encouraging</c><00:15:21.120><c> us</c><00:15:21.440><c> to</c><00:15:21.679><c> do</c>

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is<00:15:22.559><c> to</c><00:15:22.759><c> make</c><00:15:22.899><c> sure</c><00:15:23.120><c> the</c><00:15:23.500><c> little</c><00:15:23.779><c> things</c><00:15:24.120><c> don't</c><00:15:24.440><c> get</c><00:15:24.720><c> out</c><00:15:24.899><c> of</c><00:15:25.059><c> control.</c>

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And<00:15:25.919><c> so</c><00:15:26.539><c> let's,</c><00:15:26.960><c> this</c><00:15:27.159><c> morning,</c>

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as<00:15:27.580><c> we're</c><00:15:27.820><c> looking</c><00:15:28.080><c> at</c><00:15:28.240><c> these</c><00:15:28.480><c> exhortations</c><00:15:29.080><c> of</c><00:15:29.320><c> Paul</c><00:15:29.600><c> for</c><00:15:30.000><c> unity,</c>

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let's<00:15:30.980><c> think</c><00:15:31.259><c> about</c><00:15:31.460><c> how</c><00:15:31.639><c> they</c><00:15:31.860><c> apply</c><00:15:32.360><c> within</c><00:15:32.919><c> our</c><00:15:33.240><c> ecclesias,</c>

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with<00:15:34.299><c> the</c><00:15:34.519><c> brothers</c><00:15:34.740><c> and</c><00:15:34.980><c> sisters</c><00:15:35.259><c> that</c><00:15:35.399><c> we</c><00:15:35.600><c> have</c><00:15:35.820><c> to</c><00:15:36.000><c> do</c><00:15:36.159><c> with</c><00:15:36.519><c> regularly.</c>

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Because<00:15:38.039><c> if</c><00:15:38.220><c> we</c><00:15:38.419><c> don't</c><00:15:38.759><c> let</c><00:15:39.080><c> this</c><00:15:39.440><c> unity</c><00:15:39.840><c> happen,</c>

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we<00:15:41.379><c> won't</c><00:15:41.620><c> have</c><00:15:41.919><c> to</c><00:15:42.740><c> solve</c><00:15:43.159><c> terrible</c><00:15:43.720><c> problems.</c>

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In<00:15:45.080><c> the</c><00:15:45.320><c> context</c><00:15:45.700><c> of</c><00:15:45.899><c> what</c><00:15:46.019><c> we're</c><00:15:46.220><c> reading,</c>

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unity,<00:15:47.820><c> we</c><00:15:48.039><c> see,</c><00:15:48.360><c> is</c><00:15:48.460><c> a</c><00:15:48.679><c> practical</c><00:15:49.240><c> necessity.</c>

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You<00:15:50.879><c> see,</c><00:15:51.059><c> Paul</c><00:15:51.360><c> points</c><00:15:51.679><c> out,</c><00:15:52.360><c> like</c><00:15:52.600><c> I</c><00:15:52.779><c> said</c><00:15:52.860><c> last</c><00:15:53.120><c> night,</c>

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that<00:15:54.159><c> they</c><00:15:54.159><c> weren't</c><00:15:54.360><c> simply</c><00:15:54.840><c> struggling</c><00:15:55.320><c> against</c><00:15:55.759><c> inertia.</c>

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They<00:15:57.960><c> were</c><00:15:58.200><c> going</c><00:15:58.419><c> to</c><00:15:58.919><c> suffer</c><00:15:59.159><c> the</c><00:15:59.360><c> same</c><00:15:59.580><c> sort</c><00:15:59.820><c> of</c><00:15:59.960><c> things</c>

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that<00:16:01.639><c> he</c><00:16:01.879><c> himself</c><00:16:02.360><c> was</c><00:16:02.559><c> suffering.</c>

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And<00:16:03.759><c> he</c><00:16:03.799><c> tells</c><00:16:04.000><c> them,</c><00:16:04.659><c> looking</c><00:16:04.879><c> in</c><00:16:06.279><c> verse</c><00:16:06.860><c> 27,</c>

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that<00:16:09.379><c> they</c><00:16:09.659><c> need</c><00:16:09.980><c> to</c><00:16:10.340><c> strive</c><00:16:10.779><c> together.</c>

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And<00:16:11.779><c> if</c><00:16:11.879><c> you</c><00:16:12.000><c> like</c><00:16:12.220><c> etymology,</c>

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and<00:16:13.419><c> who</c><00:16:13.580><c> doesn't</c><00:16:13.840><c> like</c><00:16:14.080><c> etymology,</c><00:16:14.759><c> you</c><00:16:14.799><c> know?</c>

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If<00:16:15.480><c> you</c><00:16:15.559><c> like</c><00:16:15.740><c> etymology,</c>

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the<00:16:17.360><c> word</c><00:16:17.860><c> that</c><00:16:18.519><c> he</c><00:16:18.700><c> uses</c><00:16:19.000><c> for</c><00:16:19.320><c> striving</c><00:16:19.679><c> together</c>

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is<00:16:22.159><c> synathleo.</c>

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And<00:16:22.940><c> it's</c><00:16:23.139><c> like</c><00:16:23.379><c> synonym,</c><00:16:23.899><c> you</c><00:16:23.960><c> know,</c><00:16:24.259><c> that</c><00:16:24.259><c> is</c><00:16:24.720><c> together,</c>

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and<00:16:25.740><c> athleo,</c><00:16:27.220><c> and</c><00:16:27.279><c> that's</c><00:16:27.799><c> like</c><00:16:28.179><c> athletics,</c><00:16:28.700><c> like</c><00:16:28.879><c> working</c><00:16:29.139><c> together.</c>

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It's<00:16:29.799><c> the</c><00:16:29.940><c> idea</c><00:16:30.179><c> of</c><00:16:30.240><c> teamwork.</c>

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It's<00:16:31.220><c> the</c><00:16:31.299><c> same</c><00:16:31.480><c> word</c><00:16:31.639><c> as</c><00:16:31.820><c> he</c><00:16:31.919><c> uses</c><00:16:32.139><c> later</c><00:16:32.440><c> on</c><00:16:32.659><c> in</c><00:16:32.799><c> chapter</c><00:16:33.019><c> 4</c>

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when<00:16:33.440><c> he</c><00:16:33.620><c> says</c><00:16:33.700><c> stand</c><00:16:34.139><c> fast,</c>

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or<00:16:35.899><c> when</c><00:16:36.039><c> he</c><00:16:36.200><c> says</c><00:16:36.340><c> we're</c><00:16:36.659><c> working</c><00:16:36.919><c> together.</c>

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And<00:16:39.080><c> he</c><00:16:39.240><c> says</c><00:16:39.440><c> that</c><00:16:39.879><c> it</c><00:16:39.980><c> has</c><00:16:40.200><c> been</c><00:16:40.419><c> given</c><00:16:40.639><c> to</c><00:16:40.860><c> us,</c><00:16:41.120><c> verse</c><00:16:41.379><c> 29,</c>

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as<00:16:42.299><c> a</c><00:16:42.659><c> gift,</c><00:16:43.100><c> not</c><00:16:43.399><c> just</c><00:16:43.700><c> simply</c><00:16:44.019><c> handed</c><00:16:44.419><c> over,</c>

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but<00:16:45.620><c> it</c><00:16:45.779><c> is</c><00:16:46.159><c> gifted</c><00:16:46.519><c> to</c><00:16:46.899><c> us</c><00:16:47.500><c> on</c><00:16:48.440><c> the</c><00:16:48.720><c> behalf</c><00:16:48.940><c> of</c><00:16:49.259><c> Christ.</c>

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Not<00:16:50.519><c> only</c><00:16:50.820><c> to</c><00:16:51.080><c> believe</c><00:16:51.320><c> on</c><00:16:51.559><c> him,</c>

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but<00:16:53.980><c> to</c><00:16:54.259><c> suffer</c><00:16:54.519><c> for</c><00:16:54.779><c> his</c><00:16:55.039><c> sake.</c>

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See,<00:16:59.980><c> it's</c><00:17:00.200><c> a</c><00:17:00.320><c> privilege</c><00:17:00.779><c> to</c><00:17:02.019><c> suffer</c><00:17:02.360><c> adversity.</c>

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That's<00:17:05.980><c> why</c><00:17:06.119><c> Jesus</c><00:17:06.460><c> could</c><00:17:06.720><c> say,</c>

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blessed<00:17:08.240><c> are</c><00:17:08.440><c> you,</c><00:17:08.660><c> happy</c><00:17:09.059><c> are</c><00:17:09.279><c> you,</c>

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when<00:17:10.920><c> men</c><00:17:11.160><c> shall</c><00:17:11.359><c> hate</c><00:17:11.579><c> you,</c>

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when<00:17:12.740><c> they</c><00:17:12.980><c> shall</c><00:17:13.200><c> separate</c><00:17:13.519><c> you</c><00:17:13.779><c> from</c><00:17:13.900><c> their</c><00:17:14.140><c> company</c>

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and<00:17:14.619><c> shall</c><00:17:14.759><c> reproach</c><00:17:15.200><c> you,</c>

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and<00:17:16.200><c> cast</c><00:17:16.420><c> out</c><00:17:16.619><c> your</c><00:17:16.799><c> name</c><00:17:17.039><c> as</c><00:17:17.279><c> evil</c><00:17:17.480><c> for</c><00:17:17.680><c> the</c><00:17:17.859><c> son</c><00:17:17.980><c> of</c><00:17:18.079><c> man's</c><00:17:18.779><c> sake.</c>

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We<00:17:20.200><c> think</c><00:17:20.400><c> also</c><00:17:20.759><c> of</c><00:17:20.980><c> Acts,</c><00:17:21.279><c> chapter</c><00:17:21.480><c> 5,</c><00:17:21.960><c> verse</c><00:17:22.099><c> 41,</c>

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where<00:17:23.180><c> Peter</c><00:17:23.539><c> and</c><00:17:23.740><c> others,</c><00:17:24.059><c> shortly</c><00:17:24.279><c> after</c><00:17:24.599><c> the</c><00:17:24.819><c> Pentecost,</c>

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arrested,<00:17:26.319><c> beaten,</c><00:17:26.920><c> commanded</c><00:17:27.160><c> not</c><00:17:27.420><c> to</c><00:17:27.619><c> preach,</c>

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and<00:17:28.759><c> they</c><00:17:28.980><c> departed</c><00:17:29.319><c> from</c><00:17:29.559><c> the</c><00:17:29.759><c> presence</c><00:17:29.960><c> of</c><00:17:30.140><c> the</c><00:17:30.319><c> council,</c>

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rejoicing<00:17:31.819><c> that</c><00:17:32.119><c> they</c><00:17:32.279><c> were</c><00:17:32.500><c> counted</c><00:17:32.759><c> worthy</c>

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to<00:17:34.079><c> suffer</c><00:17:34.759><c> shame</c><00:17:35.180><c> for</c><00:17:35.380><c> his</c><00:17:35.660><c> name.</c>

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So<00:17:36.660><c> the</c><00:17:37.200><c> exhortation</c><00:17:37.740><c> is</c><00:17:37.859><c> that</c><00:17:37.960><c> our</c><00:17:38.200><c> belief</c><00:17:38.460><c> isn't</c><00:17:38.740><c> to</c><00:17:39.000><c> be</c><00:17:39.180><c> a</c>

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passive<00:17:39.619><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:17:40.900><c> a</c><00:17:41.099><c> gift</c><00:17:41.339><c> for</c><00:17:41.519><c> us</c><00:17:41.720><c> to</c><00:17:41.880><c> face</c><00:17:42.099><c> opposition,</c><00:17:43.000><c> to</c><00:17:43.279><c> struggle.</c>

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And<00:17:45.079><c> God</c><00:17:45.480><c> has</c><00:17:45.819><c> not</c><00:17:46.039><c> intended</c><00:17:46.579><c> for</c><00:17:47.039><c> us</c><00:17:47.380><c> to</c><00:17:47.720><c> struggle</c><00:17:48.079><c> alone.</c>

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We're<00:17:50.000><c> supposed</c><00:17:50.299><c> to</c><00:17:50.460><c> be</c><00:17:50.700><c> working</c><00:17:50.940><c> together</c><00:17:51.940><c> in</c><00:17:52.759><c> unity.</c>

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Now<00:17:57.119><c> that</c><00:17:57.500><c> all</c><00:17:57.799><c> sounds</c><00:17:58.160><c> good,</c><00:17:58.480><c> and</c><00:17:58.599><c> it's</c><00:17:59.099><c> high</c><00:17:59.380><c> sounding</c><00:17:59.740><c> words,</c>

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but<00:18:01.319><c> we've</c><00:18:01.500><c> got</c><00:18:01.579><c> to</c><00:18:01.640><c> put</c><00:18:01.799><c> it</c><00:18:01.960><c> into</c><00:18:02.160><c> practice.</c>

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How<00:18:04.279><c> do</c><00:18:04.420><c> we</c><00:18:04.539><c> do</c><00:18:04.740><c> it?</c>

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Let's<00:18:08.279><c> read</c><00:18:08.799><c> Philippians,</c><00:18:09.299><c> chapter</c><00:18:09.619><c> 2,</c><00:18:10.880><c> the</c><00:18:11.019><c> first</c><00:18:11.259><c> four</c><00:18:11.500><c> verses.</c>

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If<00:18:19.140><c> there</c><00:18:19.779><c> be,</c><00:18:20.740><c> therefore,</c><00:18:21.420><c> any</c><00:18:21.720><c> consolation</c><00:18:22.339><c> in</c><00:18:22.519><c> Christ,</c>

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if<00:18:24.400><c> any</c><00:18:24.819><c> comfort</c><00:18:25.160><c> of</c><00:18:25.420><c> love,</c>

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if<00:18:27.200><c> any</c><00:18:27.480><c> fellowship</c><00:18:27.900><c> of</c><00:18:28.140><c> the</c><00:18:28.380><c> Spirit,</c>

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if<00:18:29.599><c> any</c><00:18:29.940><c> bowels</c><00:18:30.339><c> and</c><00:18:30.480><c> mercies,</c>

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fulfill<00:18:32.539><c> ye</c><00:18:32.740><c> my</c><00:18:33.019><c> joy,</c><00:18:33.680><c> that</c><00:18:33.839><c> ye</c><00:18:34.140><c> be</c><00:18:34.359><c> like</c><00:18:34.680><c>-minded,</c>

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having<00:18:36.619><c> the</c><00:18:36.880><c> same</c><00:18:37.200><c> love,</c>

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being<00:18:38.599><c> of</c><00:18:38.799><c> one</c><00:18:38.980><c> accord,</c><00:18:40.359><c> of</c><00:18:40.619><c> one</c><00:18:40.839><c> mind.</c>

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Let<00:18:43.119><c> nothing</c><00:18:43.500><c> be</c><00:18:43.779><c> done</c><00:18:43.980><c> through</c><00:18:44.380><c> strife</c><00:18:44.960><c> or</c><00:18:45.279><c> vainglory,</c>

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but<00:18:47.440><c> in</c><00:18:47.720><c> lowliness</c><00:18:48.079><c> of</c><00:18:48.380><c> mind,</c>

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let<00:18:49.099><c> each</c><00:18:49.519><c> esteem</c><00:18:49.920><c> other</c><00:18:50.119><c> better</c><00:18:50.440><c> than</c><00:18:50.640><c> themselves.</c>

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Look<00:18:52.059><c> not</c><00:18:52.279><c> every</c><00:18:52.519><c> man</c><00:18:52.720><c> on</c><00:18:52.880><c> his</c><00:18:53.119><c> own</c><00:18:53.359><c> things,</c>

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but<00:18:54.759><c> every</c><00:18:55.200><c> man</c><00:18:55.500><c> also</c><00:18:56.220><c> on</c><00:18:57.000><c> the</c><00:18:57.160><c> things</c><00:18:57.400><c> of</c><00:18:57.660><c> others.</c>

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One<00:19:00.900><c> of</c><00:19:00.980><c> the</c><00:19:01.119><c> books</c><00:19:01.339><c> I</c><00:19:01.579><c> use</c><00:19:01.720><c> when</c><00:19:01.940><c> I</c><00:19:01.940><c> was</c><00:19:02.839><c> studying</c><00:19:03.200><c> this,</c>

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I'm<00:19:04.220><c> not</c><00:19:04.380><c> sure</c><00:19:04.500><c> if</c><00:19:04.599><c> it's</c><00:19:04.779><c> right</c><00:19:04.900><c> or</c><00:19:04.980><c> not,</c><00:19:05.140><c> but</c><00:19:05.259><c> it</c><00:19:05.359><c> says,</c>

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you<00:19:05.619><c> know</c><00:19:05.740><c> in</c><00:19:05.859><c> verse</c><00:19:06.220><c> 1</c><00:19:06.539><c> when</c><00:19:06.640><c> it</c><00:19:06.779><c> says,</c><00:19:07.680><c> if,</c><00:19:08.279><c> over</c><00:19:08.500><c> again</c><00:19:08.759><c> there,</c><00:19:08.980><c> if,</c>

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if,<00:19:09.720><c> if,</c>

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that<00:19:10.259><c> it</c><00:19:10.359><c> could</c><00:19:10.539><c> be</c><00:19:10.880><c> since.</c>

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Now<00:19:11.880><c> what</c><00:19:11.940><c> it's</c><00:19:12.079><c> saying</c><00:19:12.259><c> is,</c><00:19:13.059><c> because</c><00:19:13.440><c> of</c><00:19:13.720><c> all</c><00:19:14.079><c> these</c><00:19:14.319><c> things,</c>

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it's<00:19:15.039><c> the,</c><00:19:15.259><c> it's</c><00:19:15.539><c> the</c><00:19:15.779><c> necessary</c><00:19:16.400><c> outcome.</c>

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If<00:19:18.559><c> there's</c><00:19:18.859><c> any</c><00:19:19.279><c> consolation</c><00:19:19.940><c> in</c><00:19:20.160><c> Christ,</c>

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if<00:19:20.480><c> there's</c><00:19:20.660><c> any</c><00:19:20.859><c> of</c><00:19:20.960><c> the</c><00:19:21.220><c> paraclesis,</c><00:19:21.960><c> the</c><00:19:22.200><c> comforting,</c>

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if<00:19:23.920><c> there's</c><00:19:24.180><c> any</c><00:19:24.480><c> exhortation</c><00:19:25.680><c> or</c><00:19:25.940><c> encouragement,</c>

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let<00:19:28.319><c> it</c><00:19:28.500><c> be</c><00:19:28.839><c> expressed</c><00:19:29.359><c> in</c><00:19:29.619><c> one</c><00:19:29.799><c> mind.</c>

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One<00:19:31.380><c> mind</c><00:19:31.759><c> in</c><00:19:32.079><c> striving</c><00:19:32.319><c> together</c><00:19:32.799><c> is</c><00:19:33.420><c> a</c><00:19:33.619><c> logical</c><00:19:34.140><c> consequence.</c>

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It's<00:19:36.160><c> not</c><00:19:36.359><c> a</c><00:19:36.539><c> nice</c><00:19:36.839><c> garnish.</c>

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That's<00:19:39.599><c> the</c><00:19:39.779><c> exhortation</c><00:19:40.299><c> for</c><00:19:40.539><c> us.</c>

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We<00:19:42.440><c> think</c><00:19:42.559><c> of</c><00:19:42.680><c> these</c><00:19:42.920><c> principles</c><00:19:43.319><c> in</c><00:19:43.579><c> interoclesial</c><00:19:44.259><c> affairs</c>

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and<00:19:45.039><c> sometimes</c><00:19:45.380><c> of</c><00:19:45.579><c> the</c><00:19:45.779><c> sad</c><00:19:46.660><c> failings</c><00:19:47.079><c> that</c><00:19:47.240><c> have</c><00:19:47.440><c> troubled</c><00:19:47.680><c> us.</c>

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Where<00:19:49.680><c> large</c><00:19:50.000><c> scale</c><00:19:50.319><c> problems</c><00:19:50.759><c> exist,</c>

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it<00:19:53.279><c> must</c><00:19:53.559><c> be</c><00:19:53.880><c> because</c><00:19:54.200><c> of</c><00:19:54.480><c> failings</c><00:19:54.880><c> first</c><00:19:55.220><c> at</c><00:19:55.420><c> the</c><00:19:55.579><c> local</c><00:19:55.859><c> level.</c>

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And<00:19:57.240><c> so</c><00:19:57.359><c> we</c><00:19:57.480><c> have</c><00:19:57.640><c> to</c><00:19:57.779><c> make</c><00:19:57.940><c> every</c><00:19:58.319><c> effort</c><00:19:58.559><c> among</c><00:19:58.799><c> ourselves</c>

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and<00:20:00.160><c> among</c><00:20:00.319><c> the</c><00:20:00.519><c> brothers</c><00:20:00.740><c> and</c><00:20:00.980><c> sisters</c><00:20:01.240><c> of</c><00:20:01.460><c> our</c><00:20:01.700><c> acquaintance</c>

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to<00:20:03.460><c> be</c><00:20:03.660><c> involved,</c><00:20:05.160><c> merciful,</c><00:20:06.579><c> and</c><00:20:06.900><c> serving.</c>

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And<00:20:08.859><c> so</c><00:20:08.980><c> we</c><00:20:09.200><c> have</c><00:20:09.740><c> unity</c><00:20:10.279><c> of</c><00:20:10.740><c> what?</c>

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The<00:20:12.539><c> same</c><00:20:12.819><c> love</c><00:20:13.440><c> of</c><00:20:14.059><c> one</c><00:20:14.259><c> accord,</c><00:20:15.240><c> of</c><00:20:15.559><c> one</c><00:20:15.799><c> mind.</c>

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Let<00:20:17.920><c> this</c><00:20:18.220><c> mind</c><00:20:18.500><c> be</c><00:20:18.799><c> in</c><00:20:18.940><c> you</c><00:20:19.079><c> in</c><00:20:19.200><c> verse</c><00:20:19.500><c> 5.</c>

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Oops.

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Did<00:20:24.339><c> that</c><00:20:24.440><c> just</c><00:20:24.640><c> happen?</c>

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Help.

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Oh,<00:20:35.380><c> where</c><00:20:35.539><c> are</c><00:20:35.720><c> you?</c>

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We'll<00:20:36.339><c> manage</c><00:20:36.619><c> without</c><00:20:36.859><c> the</c><00:20:37.140><c> screen</c><00:20:37.279><c> if</c><00:20:37.839><c> we</c><00:20:38.000><c> have</c><00:20:38.259><c> to.</c>

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I<00:20:44.099><c> want</c><00:20:44.259><c> to</c><00:20:44.380><c> say</c><00:20:44.460><c> a</c><00:20:44.720><c> couple...</c>

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Use<00:20:46.900><c> this</c><00:20:47.140><c> PowerPoint.</c>

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That's<00:20:48.299><c> the</c><00:20:48.380><c> Bob</c><00:20:48.640><c> Lloyd</c><00:20:48.839><c> PowerPoint.</c>

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There's<00:20:50.779><c> power</c><00:20:51.099><c> in</c><00:20:51.279><c> that</c><00:20:51.539><c> point.</c>

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Let's<00:20:57.079><c> look</c><00:20:57.240><c> at</c><00:20:57.380><c> verses</c><00:20:57.599><c> 3</c><00:20:57.920><c> and</c><00:20:57.920><c> 4</c>

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while<00:20:59.019><c> our</c><00:20:59.299><c> technicians</c><00:20:59.720><c> solve</c><00:21:00.079><c> our</c><00:21:00.359><c> problems.</c>

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There<00:21:01.259><c> we</c><00:21:01.480><c> are.</c><00:21:02.740><c> Got</c><00:21:02.799><c> it?</c>

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Beautiful.

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I<00:21:06.319><c> must</c><00:21:06.539><c> have</c><00:21:06.779><c> stomped</c><00:21:07.019><c> on</c><00:21:07.200><c> something.</c>

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I<00:21:09.819><c> overheated.</c>

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I<00:21:11.460><c> overheat</c><00:21:11.799><c> sometimes.</c>

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Oh,<00:21:17.740><c> good.</c><00:21:17.900><c> I'm</c><00:21:18.079><c> glad</c><00:21:18.160><c> it</c><00:21:18.279><c> came</c><00:21:18.480><c> back</c>

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because<00:21:18.799><c> I</c><00:21:18.940><c> want</c><00:21:19.039><c> us</c><00:21:19.240><c> to</c><00:21:19.240><c> look</c><00:21:19.400><c> at</c><00:21:19.519><c> this</c><00:21:19.740><c> cross</c><00:21:19.980><c>-reference.</c>

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This<00:21:20.460><c> is</c><00:21:20.660><c> an</c><00:21:20.819><c> excellent</c><00:21:21.119><c> one,</c><00:21:21.279><c> and</c><00:21:21.460><c> I</c><00:21:21.740><c> might</c><00:21:21.920><c> have</c><00:21:22.059><c> missed</c><00:21:22.200><c> it</c>

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in<00:21:22.480><c> my</c><00:21:22.660><c> notes.</c>

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Romans<00:21:23.680><c> 15,</c><00:21:24.380><c> verses</c><00:21:24.619><c> 5</c><00:21:24.940><c> and</c><00:21:25.099><c> 6.</c>

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In<00:21:28.599><c> Philippians</c><00:21:29.000><c> 2,</c><00:21:29.299><c> verse</c><00:21:29.559><c> 5,</c>

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it<00:21:30.000><c> tells</c><00:21:30.220><c> us,</c><00:21:30.720><c> Let</c><00:21:30.720><c> this</c><00:21:31.059><c> mind</c><00:21:31.380><c> be</c><00:21:31.640><c> in</c><00:21:31.799><c> us,</c>

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which<00:21:32.619><c> was</c><00:21:32.859><c> also</c><00:21:33.180><c> in</c><00:21:33.400><c> Christ</c><00:21:33.740><c> Jesus.</c>

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And<00:21:35.380><c> it</c><00:21:35.759><c> is</c><00:21:36.000><c> the</c><00:21:36.259><c> mind</c><00:21:36.559><c> that</c><00:21:36.759><c> we</c><00:21:36.980><c> see</c><00:21:37.180><c> in</c><00:21:37.480><c> Christ</c><00:21:37.779><c> Jesus</c>

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that<00:21:38.779><c> if</c><00:21:38.880><c> we</c><00:21:39.079><c> have</c><00:21:39.240><c> it</c><00:21:39.400><c> in</c><00:21:39.559><c> us,</c>

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that<00:21:39.980><c> we</c><00:21:40.160><c> will</c><00:21:40.359><c> be</c><00:21:40.579><c> able</c><00:21:40.759><c> to</c><00:21:41.200><c> attain</c><00:21:41.539><c> unity.</c>

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I'll<00:21:44.160><c> read</c><00:21:44.259><c> it</c><00:21:44.440><c> to</c><00:21:44.480><c> you</c><00:21:44.559><c> from</c><00:21:44.740><c> the</c><00:21:44.839><c> New</c><00:21:44.980><c> King</c><00:21:45.220><c> James</c><00:21:45.519><c> Version.</c>

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Now<00:21:46.440><c> may</c><00:21:46.619><c> the</c><00:21:46.819><c> God</c><00:21:47.000><c> of</c><00:21:47.259><c> patience</c><00:21:47.640><c> and</c><00:21:47.940><c> comfort</c>

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grant<00:21:48.920><c> you</c><00:21:49.099><c> to</c><00:21:49.279><c> be</c><00:21:49.559><c> like</c><00:21:49.920><c>-minded</c><00:21:50.460><c> toward</c><00:21:51.119><c> one</c><00:21:51.380><c> another</c>

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according<00:21:52.819><c> to</c><00:21:53.180><c> Christ</c><00:21:53.480><c> Jesus.</c>

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In<00:21:53.880><c> other</c><00:21:54.019><c> words,</c><00:21:54.440><c> after</c><00:21:54.700><c> the</c><00:21:54.960><c> example</c><00:21:55.339><c> of</c><00:21:55.539><c> Christ</c><00:21:55.759><c> Jesus,</c>

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that<00:21:57.079><c> you</c><00:21:57.279><c> may</c><00:21:57.420><c> with</c><00:21:57.640><c> one</c><00:21:57.920><c> mind</c><00:21:58.220><c> and</c><00:21:58.400><c> one</c><00:21:58.640><c> mouth</c>

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glorify<00:21:59.859><c> the</c><00:22:00.059><c> God</c><00:22:00.259><c> and</c><00:22:00.480><c> Father</c><00:22:00.700><c> of</c><00:22:00.880><c> our</c><00:22:01.000><c> Lord</c><00:22:01.160><c> Jesus</c><00:22:01.519><c> Christ.</c>

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I<00:22:02.680><c> don't</c><00:22:02.859><c> know</c><00:22:02.960><c> if</c><00:22:03.039><c> that</c><00:22:03.200><c> one's</c><00:22:03.380><c> in</c><00:22:03.460><c> our</c><00:22:03.660><c> marginal</c><00:22:03.980><c> references</c>

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or<00:22:04.640><c> not,</c>

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but<00:22:04.880><c> if</c><00:22:05.039><c> it</c><00:22:05.200><c> is,</c><00:22:05.299><c> then</c><00:22:05.400><c> it</c><00:22:05.500><c> should</c><00:22:05.720><c> be.</c>

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It's<00:22:06.400><c> an</c><00:22:06.559><c> awful</c><00:22:06.740><c> good</c><00:22:07.380><c> cross</c><00:22:07.680><c>-reference</c><00:22:08.059><c> to</c><00:22:08.339><c> Philippians</c><00:22:08.859><c> 2.</c>

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See,<00:22:10.480><c> we</c><00:22:10.680><c> follow</c><00:22:11.039><c> the</c><00:22:11.359><c> example</c><00:22:11.819><c> of</c><00:22:12.059><c> Christ</c><00:22:12.460><c> Jesus.</c>

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Verse<00:22:15.059><c> 3.</c>

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Let<00:22:16.359><c> nothing</c><00:22:16.759><c> be</c><00:22:17.039><c> done</c><00:22:17.319><c> through</c><00:22:17.700><c> strife</c><00:22:18.240><c> or</c><00:22:18.519><c> vain</c><00:22:18.819><c> glory.</c>

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In<00:22:20.359><c> loneliness</c><00:22:20.700><c> of</c><00:22:20.980><c> mind,</c><00:22:21.160><c> let</c><00:22:21.299><c> each</c><00:22:21.579><c> esteem</c><00:22:21.900><c> other</c><00:22:22.059><c> better</c>

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You<00:22:24.960><c> know,</c><00:22:25.119><c> we</c><00:22:25.380><c> aren't</c><00:22:25.880><c> all</c><00:22:26.400><c> equal.</c>

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In<00:22:28.440><c> fact,</c><00:22:29.480><c> we're</c><00:22:29.839><c> quite</c><00:22:30.119><c> different.</c>

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But<00:22:32.099><c> if</c><00:22:32.279><c> we</c><00:22:32.519><c> have</c><00:22:32.700><c> a</c><00:22:32.880><c> humble</c><00:22:33.140><c> acknowledgement</c><00:22:33.720><c> of</c><00:22:34.440><c> our</c><00:22:34.720><c> failures</c>

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and<00:22:36.900><c> if</c><00:22:37.079><c> we</c><00:22:37.240><c> have</c><00:22:37.420><c> generosity</c><00:22:38.079><c> in</c><00:22:38.460><c> spirit</c><00:22:39.039><c> in</c><00:22:39.880><c> evaluating</c><00:22:40.339><c> others,</c>

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then<00:22:43.660><c> it</c><00:22:44.180><c> will</c><00:22:44.339><c> be</c><00:22:44.460><c> much</c><00:22:44.680><c> harder</c><00:22:45.039><c> to</c><00:22:45.279><c> be</c><00:22:45.680><c> fighting</c><00:22:45.980><c> amongst</c><00:22:46.420><c> ourselves.</c>

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Paul<00:22:48.559><c> tells</c><00:22:48.799><c> us</c><00:22:49.240><c> not</c><00:22:49.480><c> to</c><00:22:49.740><c> look</c><00:22:49.880><c> every</c><00:22:50.160><c> man</c><00:22:50.339><c> on</c><00:22:50.480><c> his</c><00:22:50.660><c> own</c><00:22:50.920><c> things,</c>

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but<00:22:52.559><c> every</c><00:22:52.799><c> man</c><00:22:53.059><c> also</c><00:22:53.319><c> on</c><00:22:53.480><c> the</c><00:22:53.619><c> things</c><00:22:53.779><c> of</c><00:22:54.019><c> others.</c>

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We<00:22:56.579><c> have</c><00:22:56.779><c> a</c><00:22:56.960><c> sister</c><00:22:57.599><c> who</c><00:22:58.380><c> used</c><00:22:58.599><c> to</c><00:22:58.700><c> be</c><00:22:58.819><c> in</c><00:22:58.920><c> our</c><00:22:59.059><c> meeting</c><00:22:59.240><c> in</c><00:22:59.359><c> Baltimore,</c>

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but<00:22:59.920><c> she's</c><00:23:00.160><c> had</c><00:23:00.240><c> to</c><00:23:00.400><c> move</c><00:23:00.539><c> away.</c>

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She<00:23:01.779><c> lives</c><00:23:01.980><c> in</c><00:23:02.200><c> isolation.</c>

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She's<00:23:03.319><c> a</c><00:23:03.400><c> lovely</c><00:23:03.720><c> sister.</c>

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She<00:23:05.400><c> has</c><00:23:05.799><c> so</c><00:23:06.220><c> many</c><00:23:06.599><c> problems.</c>

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She<00:23:08.420><c> has</c><00:23:08.740><c> health</c><00:23:09.119><c> problems,</c><00:23:11.119><c> terrible</c><00:23:11.400><c> health</c><00:23:11.680><c> problems,</c>

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all<00:23:12.579><c> sorts.</c>

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And<00:23:14.359><c> yet</c><00:23:14.480><c> when</c><00:23:14.660><c> you</c><00:23:15.119><c> get</c><00:23:15.359><c> together</c><00:23:15.700><c> with</c><00:23:15.900><c> her,</c><00:23:16.359><c> if</c><00:23:16.500><c> you</c><00:23:16.619><c> ask</c><00:23:16.799><c> her,</c>

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how<00:23:17.039><c> are</c><00:23:17.220><c> you</c><00:23:17.220><c> doing?</c>

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She<00:23:17.839><c> says,</c><00:23:18.539><c> oh,</c><00:23:18.700><c> I'm</c><00:23:18.880><c> fine.</c>

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And<00:23:19.519><c> she</c><00:23:19.640><c> wants</c><00:23:19.839><c> to</c><00:23:20.019><c> know</c><00:23:20.140><c> every</c><00:23:20.460><c> little</c><00:23:20.720><c> detail</c><00:23:21.119><c> about</c><00:23:21.440><c> you</c>

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because<00:23:21.980><c> she</c><00:23:22.240><c> is</c><00:23:22.380><c> not</c><00:23:22.519><c> looking</c><00:23:22.779><c> on</c><00:23:22.960><c> the</c><00:23:23.140><c> things</c><00:23:23.319><c> of</c><00:23:23.519><c> herself,</c>

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but<00:23:24.079><c> she's</c><00:23:24.420><c> thinking</c><00:23:24.660><c> of</c><00:23:24.839><c> the</c><00:23:24.980><c> things</c><00:23:25.160><c> of</c><00:23:25.400><c> others.</c>

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She's<00:23:26.279><c> a</c><00:23:26.359><c> wonderful</c><00:23:26.799><c> exhortation</c><00:23:27.740><c> to</c><00:23:28.480><c> us.</c>

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If<00:23:30.099><c> you</c><00:23:30.200><c> know</c><00:23:30.400><c> Sister</c><00:23:30.700><c> Melanie</c><00:23:31.160><c> Stevens,</c><00:23:32.319><c> you</c><00:23:32.619><c> will</c><00:23:32.880><c> know</c><00:23:32.980><c> what</c><00:23:33.160><c> I</c><00:23:33.380><c> mean.</c>

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And<00:23:34.579><c> if</c><00:23:34.759><c> you</c><00:23:35.079><c> do</c><00:23:35.339><c> know</c><00:23:35.460><c> her,</c><00:23:36.400><c> write</c><00:23:36.400><c> her</c><00:23:36.559><c> a</c><00:23:36.680><c> letter.</c>

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She's<00:23:37.980><c> a</c><00:23:38.019><c> lovely</c><00:23:38.380><c> sister.</c>

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Very<00:23:40.400><c> good</c><00:23:40.960><c> example</c><00:23:41.440><c> to</c><00:23:41.720><c> all</c><00:23:41.900><c> of</c><00:23:42.019><c> us.</c>

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So<00:23:47.319><c> Paul</c><00:23:47.599><c> goes</c><00:23:47.900><c> on</c><00:23:48.220><c> now</c><00:23:48.680><c> to</c><00:23:49.180><c> describe</c><00:23:49.779><c> how</c><00:23:50.339><c> the</c><00:23:50.599><c> Lord</c><00:23:50.839><c> Jesus</c>

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shows<00:23:52.400><c> us</c><00:23:53.319><c> the</c><00:23:53.700><c> way</c><00:23:53.900><c> in</c><00:23:54.140><c> which</c><00:23:54.819><c> to</c><00:23:56.420><c> have</c><00:23:56.799><c> the</c><00:23:57.099><c> humility</c>

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that<00:23:57.700><c> is</c><00:23:57.940><c> necessary</c><00:23:58.559><c> for</c><00:23:59.940><c> unity.</c>

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And<00:24:01.579><c> it's</c><00:24:02.319><c> all</c><00:24:02.480><c> going</c><00:24:02.680><c> to</c><00:24:02.940><c> shame</c><00:24:03.400><c> that</c><00:24:04.099><c> verses</c><00:24:04.400><c> 6</c><00:24:04.759><c> to</c><00:24:04.819><c> 8</c><00:24:05.299><c> of</c><00:24:06.279><c> Philippians</c><00:24:06.700><c> 2,</c>

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that<00:24:07.160><c> when</c><00:24:07.319><c> we</c><00:24:07.500><c> read</c><00:24:07.660><c> them,</c><00:24:09.220><c> we're</c><00:24:09.500><c> right</c><00:24:09.680><c> away</c><00:24:10.539><c> distracted</c>

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into<00:24:11.319><c> thinking</c><00:24:11.579><c> how</c><00:24:11.799><c> can</c><00:24:12.039><c> we</c><00:24:12.220><c> explain</c><00:24:12.599><c> these</c><00:24:12.920><c> difficult</c><00:24:13.380><c> verses.</c>

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And<00:24:15.700><c> so</c><00:24:15.900><c> we're</c><00:24:16.140><c> all</c><00:24:16.240><c> so</c><00:24:16.539><c> wrapped</c><00:24:16.759><c> up</c><00:24:17.019><c> in</c><00:24:17.180><c> explaining</c><00:24:17.599><c> in</c><00:24:17.819><c> a</c><00:24:17.859><c> way</c>

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the<00:24:18.799><c> difficulties</c><00:24:18.799><c> that</c><00:24:19.119><c> people</c><00:24:20.339><c> impose</c><00:24:20.980><c> on</c><00:24:21.240><c> these</c><00:24:21.480><c> verses</c>

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that<00:24:22.640><c> we</c><00:24:23.019><c> could</c><00:24:23.460><c> almost</c><00:24:23.799><c> miss</c><00:24:24.119><c> the</c><00:24:24.279><c> beautiful</c><00:24:24.759><c> lessons.</c>

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Verses<00:24:27.420><c> 6</c><00:24:27.740><c> to</c><00:24:27.799><c> 8</c><00:24:28.140><c> of</c><00:24:28.779><c> Philippians</c><00:24:29.420><c> are</c><00:24:30.539><c> really,</c><00:24:31.019><c> really</c><00:24:31.380><c> mishandled.</c>

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It's<00:24:38.059><c> one</c><00:24:38.240><c> of</c><00:24:38.339><c> the</c><00:24:38.380><c> most</c><00:24:38.700><c> exalted</c><00:24:39.119><c> passages</c><00:24:39.640><c> of</c><00:24:39.880><c> scriptures,</c>

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but<00:24:41.440><c> it's</c><00:24:41.579><c> one</c><00:24:41.740><c> that</c><00:24:42.539><c> I</c><00:24:42.799><c> think</c><00:24:43.359><c> folks</c><00:24:43.740><c> who</c><00:24:43.900><c> would</c><00:24:44.059><c> like</c><00:24:44.200><c> to</c>

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make<00:24:44.500><c> Jesus</c>

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be<00:24:45.359><c> God</c><00:24:45.839><c> himself.</c>

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It's<00:24:47.140><c> one</c><00:24:47.299><c> of</c><00:24:47.380><c> the</c><00:24:47.519><c> few</c><00:24:47.640><c> places</c><00:24:47.980><c> that</c><00:24:48.299><c> they</c><00:24:48.460><c> can</c><00:24:48.619><c> sort</c><00:24:48.740><c> of</c><00:24:48.880><c> hang</c>

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their<00:24:49.160><c> hat.</c>

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And<00:24:51.039><c> the</c><00:24:51.259><c> bias</c><00:24:51.660><c> of</c><00:24:51.900><c> a</c><00:24:51.900><c> lot</c><00:24:52.140><c> of</c><00:24:52.339><c> modern</c><00:24:52.599><c> translations</c><00:24:53.299><c> is</c><00:24:53.720><c> very</c><00:24:54.180><c> evident</c>

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in<00:24:56.980><c> how</c><00:24:57.579><c> we</c><00:24:57.799><c> read</c><00:24:58.240><c> Philippians</c><00:24:58.819><c> 2,</c><00:24:59.140><c> verses</c><00:24:59.400><c> 6</c><00:24:59.720><c> to</c><00:24:59.839><c> 8.</c>

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The<00:25:02.660><c> New</c><00:25:02.859><c> International</c><00:25:03.339><c> Version</c><00:25:04.059><c> describes</c><00:25:04.759><c> Jesus</c><00:25:05.279><c> as</c><00:25:05.799><c> being</c>

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in<00:25:06.759><c> very</c><00:25:07.099><c> nature</c><00:25:07.880><c> God.</c>

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Interesting<00:25:10.740><c> thing</c><00:25:11.000><c> about</c><00:25:11.240><c> that</c><00:25:11.440><c> is</c><00:25:11.619><c> that</c><00:25:11.819><c> in</c><00:25:11.960><c> the</c><00:25:12.099><c> early</c><00:25:12.359><c> versions</c><00:25:12.660><c> of</c>

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they<00:25:14.079><c> said</c><00:25:14.200><c> he</c><00:25:14.299><c> was</c><00:25:14.559><c> in</c><00:25:14.700><c> very</c><00:25:14.960><c> nature</c><00:25:15.279><c> God,</c><00:25:15.599><c> but</c><00:25:15.740><c> he</c><00:25:15.859><c> took</c><00:25:15.980><c> the</c>

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form<00:25:16.339><c> of</c><00:25:16.579><c> a</c><00:25:16.680><c> servant,</c>

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even<00:25:17.140><c> though</c><00:25:17.319><c> it's</c><00:25:17.480><c> the</c><00:25:17.660><c> same</c><00:25:17.900><c> word</c><00:25:18.180><c> in</c><00:25:18.380><c> both</c><00:25:19.039><c> phrases.</c>

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And<00:25:19.759><c> then</c><00:25:19.900><c> later</c><00:25:20.099><c> on</c><00:25:20.299><c> they</c><00:25:20.440><c> made</c><00:25:20.680><c> it</c><00:25:20.880><c> so</c><00:25:20.980><c> he</c><00:25:21.319><c> took</c><00:25:21.500><c> the</c><00:25:21.680><c> very</c><00:25:21.900><c> nature</c><00:25:22.240><c> of</c>

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a<00:25:22.599><c> servant.</c>

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The<00:25:24.500><c> Good</c><00:25:24.680><c> News</c><00:25:24.920><c> Bible</c><00:25:25.299><c> says</c><00:25:25.759><c> he</c><00:25:26.380><c> always</c><00:25:27.160><c> had</c><00:25:28.180><c> the</c><00:25:29.019><c> nature</c><00:25:29.400><c> of</c><00:25:29.680><c> God.</c>

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The<00:25:31.579><c> New</c><00:25:31.799><c> English</c><00:25:32.079><c> Bible,</c><00:25:32.740><c> the</c><00:25:32.920><c> divine</c><00:25:33.319><c> nature</c><00:25:33.740><c> was</c><00:25:34.160><c> his</c><00:25:34.660><c> from</c>

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the<00:25:35.380><c> first.</c>

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Jerusalem<00:25:37.279><c> Bible,</c><00:25:37.640><c> his</c><00:25:37.900><c> state</c><00:25:38.140><c> was</c><00:25:38.460><c> divine.</c>

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That's<00:25:40.000><c> probably</c><00:25:40.440><c> the</c><00:25:41.039><c> closest,</c><00:25:41.980><c> the</c><00:25:42.339><c> best</c><00:25:42.619><c> of</c><00:25:42.839><c> a</c><00:25:42.940><c> lot</c><00:25:43.099><c> so</c><00:25:43.400><c> far.</c>

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Phillips<00:25:45.259><c> translation.</c>

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He<00:25:48.259><c> who</c><00:25:48.859><c> has</c><00:25:49.200><c> always</c><00:25:49.660><c> been</c><00:25:50.319><c> God</c><00:25:50.759><c> by</c><00:25:51.099><c> nature.</c>

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So<00:25:54.099><c> first</c><00:25:54.299><c> thing</c><00:25:54.599><c> we</c><00:25:54.759><c> have</c><00:25:54.900><c> to</c><00:25:55.059><c> do,</c><00:25:55.500><c> I</c><00:25:55.839><c> suppose,</c><00:25:56.299><c> in</c><00:25:56.519><c> reading</c>

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these<00:25:56.960><c> verses,</c>

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is<00:25:58.980><c> clear</c><00:25:59.299><c> away</c><00:25:59.559><c> some</c><00:25:59.759><c> of</c><00:25:59.880><c> the</c><00:26:00.059><c> brush</c><00:26:00.420><c> and</c><00:26:01.240><c> make</c><00:26:01.440><c> sure</c><00:26:02.200><c> we</c><00:26:02.440><c> feel</c><00:26:02.640><c> comfortable</c>

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with<00:26:03.880><c> what</c><00:26:04.059><c> the</c><00:26:04.319><c> passage</c><00:26:04.519><c> is</c><00:26:04.799><c> actually</c><00:26:05.099><c> saying</c><00:26:05.380><c> and</c><00:26:05.720><c> what</c><00:26:05.859><c> it's</c><00:26:06.039><c> actually</c><00:26:06.279><c> not</c><00:26:06.539><c> saying.</c>

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The<00:26:11.240><c> first</c><00:26:11.680><c> question,</c><00:26:11.920><c> well</c><00:26:12.079><c> let's</c><00:26:12.220><c> read</c><00:26:12.480><c> the</c><00:26:12.539><c> verses,</c><00:26:12.799><c> verses</c><00:26:13.019><c> 6</c><00:26:13.339><c> to</c><00:26:13.380><c> 8.</c>

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Who<00:26:14.059><c> being</c><00:26:14.359><c> in</c><00:26:14.519><c> the</c><00:26:14.700><c> form</c><00:26:14.859><c> of</c><00:26:15.079><c> God,</c><00:26:15.599><c> thought</c><00:26:15.680><c> it</c><00:26:15.900><c> not</c><00:26:16.059><c> robbery</c>

00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.880
to<00:26:16.660><c> be</c><00:26:16.880><c> equal</c><00:26:17.180><c> with</c><00:26:17.400><c> God,</c>

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:22.700
but<00:26:18.519><c> made</c><00:26:18.759><c> himself</c><00:26:19.140><c> of</c><00:26:19.319><c> no</c><00:26:19.539><c> reputation</c><00:26:20.180><c> and</c><00:26:20.900><c> took</c><00:26:21.099><c> upon</c><00:26:21.400><c> him</c><00:26:21.579><c> the</c><00:26:21.779><c> form</c><00:26:22.000><c> of</c><00:26:22.220><c> a</c><00:26:22.359><c> servant</c>

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:25.859
and<00:26:23.460><c> was</c><00:26:23.680><c> made</c><00:26:23.900><c> in</c><00:26:24.119><c> the</c><00:26:24.259><c> likeness</c><00:26:24.640><c> of</c><00:26:24.859><c> man.</c>

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And<00:26:26.759><c> being</c><00:26:26.960><c> found</c><00:26:27.279><c> in</c><00:26:27.539><c> fashion</c><00:26:27.839><c> as</c><00:26:28.039><c> a</c><00:26:28.200><c> man,</c><00:26:28.759><c> he</c><00:26:29.000><c> humbled</c><00:26:29.259><c> himself</c><00:26:29.980><c> and</c>

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became<00:26:30.839><c> obedient</c>

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unto<00:26:31.619><c> death,</c><00:26:32.880><c> even</c><00:26:33.119><c> the</c><00:26:33.359><c> death</c><00:26:33.579><c> of</c><00:26:33.779><c> the</c><00:26:33.960><c> cross.</c>

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The<00:26:36.380><c> first</c><00:26:36.660><c> question</c><00:26:37.039><c> we've</c><00:26:37.279><c> got</c><00:26:37.400><c> to</c><00:26:37.619><c> ask</c><00:26:37.940><c> is</c><00:26:39.000><c> when</c><00:26:39.859><c> was</c><00:26:41.079><c> Jesus</c>

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in<00:26:41.640><c> the</c><00:26:41.799><c> form</c><00:26:41.940><c> of</c><00:26:42.200><c> God</c>

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:44.960
and<00:26:42.720><c> when</c><00:26:43.059><c> did</c><00:26:43.279><c> he</c><00:26:43.500><c> empty</c><00:26:43.839><c> himself?</c>

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:52.019
The<00:26:48.380><c> Trinitarian</c><00:26:49.059><c> explanation</c><00:26:50.119><c> and</c><00:26:50.980><c> translations</c><00:26:51.519><c> of</c><00:26:51.700><c> this</c>

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.420
put<00:26:52.359><c> a</c><00:26:52.460><c> lot</c><00:26:52.680><c> of</c><00:26:53.079><c> emphasis</c>

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:58.000
on<00:26:53.700><c> the</c><00:26:53.900><c> word</c><00:26:54.259><c> being</c><00:26:54.880><c> in</c><00:26:55.339><c> verse</c><00:26:55.619><c> 6,</c><00:26:56.200><c> who</c><00:26:56.380><c> being</c><00:26:56.839><c> in</c><00:26:57.579><c> the</c><00:26:57.779><c> form</c>

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of<00:26:58.240><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:59.700><c> they</c><00:26:59.960><c> suggest</c><00:27:00.519><c> that</c><00:27:00.759><c> the</c><00:27:00.839><c> word</c><00:27:01.160><c> being</c><00:27:01.720><c> there</c><00:27:02.400><c> means</c><00:27:02.880><c> an</c>

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.599
essential<00:27:03.839><c> attribute,</c>

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something<00:27:05.339><c> that</c><00:27:05.619><c> someone</c><00:27:05.900><c> always</c><00:27:06.700><c> has</c><00:27:07.019><c> had.</c>

00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:12.220
Now,<00:27:10.319><c> that's</c><00:27:10.660><c> just</c><00:27:11.000><c> plain</c><00:27:11.180><c> wrong.</c>

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It's<00:27:13.539><c> just</c><00:27:13.819><c> plain</c><00:27:14.039><c> wrong.</c>

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I<00:27:15.440><c> can</c><00:27:15.599><c> give</c><00:27:15.799><c> you</c><00:27:15.980><c> a</c><00:27:16.099><c> list.</c>

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:19.700
I've<00:27:16.500><c> got</c><00:27:16.660><c> a</c><00:27:16.700><c> list</c><00:27:16.940><c> of</c><00:27:17.180><c> passages</c><00:27:17.519><c> where</c><00:27:17.759><c> the</c><00:27:18.059><c> same</c><00:27:18.660><c> verb</c><00:27:19.220><c> and</c>

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the<00:27:19.859><c> same</c><00:27:20.259><c> tense</c><00:27:21.200><c> occurs</c>

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:27.000
and<00:27:23.460><c> where</c><00:27:23.619><c> it</c><00:27:23.779><c> has</c><00:27:24.079><c> nothing</c><00:27:24.380><c> to</c><00:27:24.700><c> do</c><00:27:25.019><c> with</c><00:27:25.740><c> essential</c><00:27:26.440><c> nature.</c>

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:32.920
For<00:27:27.960><c> instance,</c><00:27:28.579><c> one</c><00:27:28.720><c> of</c><00:27:28.880><c> them</c><00:27:29.059><c> is</c><00:27:29.480><c> in</c><00:27:29.799><c> describing</c><00:27:30.299><c> Abraham,</c><00:27:32.180><c> Romans</c><00:27:32.559><c> 4</c>

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.519
verse<00:27:33.200><c> 19,</c>

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being<00:27:35.140><c> about</c><00:27:35.900><c> 100</c><00:27:36.380><c> years</c><00:27:36.779><c> old.</c>

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:40.079
Now,<00:27:37.960><c> it</c><00:27:37.960><c> doesn't</c><00:27:38.259><c> mean</c><00:27:38.500><c> that</c><00:27:38.680><c> he</c><00:27:38.759><c> was</c><00:27:39.099><c> in</c><00:27:39.299><c> essential</c><00:27:39.660><c> nature</c>

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100<00:27:40.480><c> years</c><00:27:40.859><c> old</c>

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or<00:27:41.440><c> that</c><00:27:41.619><c> he'd</c><00:27:41.799><c> always</c><00:27:42.160><c> been</c><00:27:42.380><c> 100</c><00:27:42.759><c> years</c><00:27:43.220><c> old.</c>

00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:48.799
It<00:27:44.579><c> just</c><00:27:44.759><c> means</c><00:27:44.960><c> that</c><00:27:45.140><c> he</c><00:27:45.299><c> was,</c><00:27:45.819><c> at</c><00:27:46.039><c> that</c><00:27:46.299><c> point</c><00:27:46.539><c> in</c><00:27:46.799><c> time,</c><00:27:48.279><c> about</c><00:27:48.519><c> 100</c>

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.359
years<00:27:49.180><c> old.</c>

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I<00:27:49.500><c> have</c><00:27:49.759><c> a</c><00:27:50.019><c> list</c><00:27:50.380><c> of</c><00:27:51.000><c> 29</c><00:27:51.559><c> cases</c><00:27:52.039><c> where</c><00:27:52.259><c> the</c><00:27:52.460><c> same</c><00:27:52.779><c> verb,</c><00:27:53.359><c> tense,</c>

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voice,<00:27:54.019><c> and</c><00:27:54.240><c> mood</c><00:27:54.579><c> occurs</c>

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in<00:27:55.740><c> the</c><00:27:55.799><c> New</c><00:27:56.000><c> Testament.</c>

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One<00:27:57.000><c> of</c><00:27:57.140><c> them,</c><00:27:57.539><c> 2</c><00:27:57.559><c> Peter</c><00:27:57.839><c> 1</c><00:27:58.140><c> verse</c><00:27:58.400><c> 8,</c>

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if<00:27:59.180><c> these</c><00:27:59.579><c> things</c><00:27:59.900><c> be</c><00:28:00.380><c> in</c><00:28:00.579><c> you</c><00:28:00.859><c> and</c><00:28:01.039><c> abound,</c>

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it's<00:28:02.119><c> a</c><00:28:02.200><c> description</c><00:28:02.619><c> of</c><00:28:02.799><c> what</c><00:28:02.980><c> we</c><00:28:03.279><c> are,</c><00:28:03.960><c> not</c><00:28:04.059><c> what</c><00:28:04.200><c> we</c><00:28:04.500><c> always</c>

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:06.109
have<00:28:05.319><c> been.</c>

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There's<00:28:15.220><c> nothing</c><00:28:15.500><c> in</c><00:28:15.720><c> this</c><00:28:16.019><c> passage</c><00:28:16.539><c> to</c><00:28:17.299><c> suggest</c><00:28:18.059><c> a</c><00:28:18.980><c> pre</c>

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-human<00:28:19.480><c> existence.</c>

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That's<00:28:24.200><c> an</c><00:28:24.400><c> assumption</c><00:28:25.000><c> that</c><00:28:26.039><c> the</c><00:28:26.200><c> Trinitarian</c><00:28:26.720><c> brings</c><00:28:27.180><c> to</c>

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.859
the<00:28:27.920><c> verse.</c>

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In<00:28:30.259><c> fact,</c><00:28:30.539><c> I</c><00:28:30.559><c> think,</c><00:28:30.799><c> as</c><00:28:30.859><c> we'll</c><00:28:31.099><c> see</c><00:28:31.160><c> as</c><00:28:31.299><c> we</c><00:28:31.400><c> go</c><00:28:31.579><c> through</c><00:28:31.880><c> this</c>

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exposition<00:28:33.400><c> of</c><00:28:33.539><c> these</c><00:28:33.660><c> verses,</c>

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:39.700
that<00:28:35.460><c> to</c><00:28:36.079><c> make</c><00:28:36.259><c> this</c><00:28:36.920><c> refer</c><00:28:37.339><c> to</c><00:28:37.579><c> Jesus</c><00:28:38.140><c> before</c><00:28:38.799><c> he</c><00:28:39.000><c> was</c><00:28:39.279><c> born</c>

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:42.819
just<00:28:40.079><c> absolutely</c><00:28:40.599><c> ruins</c><00:28:41.079><c> the</c><00:28:41.339><c> sense</c><00:28:41.559><c> of</c><00:28:41.759><c> the</c><00:28:41.960><c> passage.</c>

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:46.000
We're<00:28:43.299><c> being</c><00:28:43.539><c> told,</c><00:28:43.799><c> take</c><00:28:44.059><c> Jesus</c><00:28:44.440><c> as</c><00:28:44.740><c> your</c><00:28:44.880><c> example.</c>

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:48.859
Look<00:28:46.440><c> at</c><00:28:46.579><c> him,</c><00:28:47.359><c> and</c><00:28:47.640><c> we</c><00:28:47.759><c> look</c><00:28:47.900><c> at</c><00:28:47.940><c> him</c><00:28:48.079><c> during</c><00:28:48.319><c> his</c><00:28:48.559><c> lifetime,</c>

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:51.480
and<00:28:49.099><c> we</c><00:28:49.119><c> will</c><00:28:49.400><c> see</c><00:28:49.619><c> how</c><00:28:49.880><c> he</c><00:28:50.119><c> emptied</c><00:28:50.559><c> himself</c><00:28:51.039><c> through</c><00:28:51.299><c> his</c>

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.160
whole<00:28:51.759><c> lifetime,</c>

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and<00:28:52.380><c> he</c><00:28:52.519><c> humbled</c><00:28:52.720><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:28:55.180><c> that's</c><00:28:55.579><c> where</c><00:28:55.880><c> the</c><00:28:56.160><c> exhortation</c><00:28:56.720><c> comes.</c>

00:28:57.440 --> 00:29:01.720
So<00:28:57.559><c> that's</c><00:28:57.880><c> the</c><00:28:58.039><c> first</c><00:28:58.240><c> question</c><00:28:58.599><c> we</c><00:28:58.759><c> need</c><00:28:58.940><c> to</c><00:28:59.220><c> ask</c><00:28:59.799><c> in</c><00:29:01.059><c> dealing</c><00:29:01.259><c> with</c><00:29:01.400><c> this.</c>

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:07.839
Second<00:29:02.220><c> one</c><00:29:02.440><c> is,</c><00:29:03.819><c> what</c><00:29:03.960><c> is</c><00:29:04.299><c> meant</c><00:29:04.900><c> by</c><00:29:06.339><c> the</c><00:29:06.559><c> form</c><00:29:06.759><c> of</c><00:29:07.019><c> God?</c>

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:12.980
A<00:29:10.339><c> big</c><00:29:10.539><c> step</c><00:29:10.819><c> in</c><00:29:11.000><c> the</c><00:29:11.079><c> right</c><00:29:11.220><c> direction,</c><00:29:11.779><c> I</c><00:29:11.799><c> think,</c><00:29:12.039><c> is</c><00:29:12.259><c> taken</c>

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:15.440
by<00:29:13.460><c> seeing</c><00:29:13.759><c> that</c><00:29:14.000><c> the</c><00:29:14.220><c> same</c><00:29:14.539><c> word</c>

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:19.619
for<00:29:16.140><c> the</c><00:29:16.380><c> form</c><00:29:16.640><c> of</c><00:29:16.880><c> God</c><00:29:17.420><c> is</c><00:29:18.220><c> used</c><00:29:18.660><c> in</c><00:29:18.900><c> the</c><00:29:19.180><c> immediately</c>

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following<00:29:20.119><c> context</c>

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:24.759
when<00:29:22.220><c> it</c><00:29:22.359><c> talks</c><00:29:22.579><c> about</c><00:29:22.900><c> the</c><00:29:23.279><c> form</c><00:29:23.539><c> of</c><00:29:23.799><c> a</c><00:29:23.920><c> servant.</c>

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:29.220
So<00:29:25.420><c> again,</c><00:29:25.700><c> there's</c><00:29:26.059><c> no</c><00:29:26.339><c> hint</c><00:29:26.819><c> of</c><00:29:27.519><c> essential</c><00:29:28.099><c> nature.</c>

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:35.960
In<00:29:31.299><c> fact,</c><00:29:31.460><c> the</c><00:29:31.579><c> only</c><00:29:31.740><c> other</c><00:29:32.019><c> New</c><00:29:32.339><c> Testament</c><00:29:32.720><c> use</c><00:29:33.259><c> of</c><00:29:34.059><c> the</c><00:29:34.319><c> exact</c><00:29:34.660><c> same</c><00:29:35.380><c> word</c>

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:39.160
is<00:29:36.859><c> in</c><00:29:37.059><c> Mark</c><00:29:37.259><c> chapter</c><00:29:37.579><c> 16,</c><00:29:38.220><c> verse</c><00:29:38.380><c> 12,</c>

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:43.640
where<00:29:40.079><c> it</c><00:29:40.180><c> says</c><00:29:40.359><c> Jesus</c><00:29:40.759><c> appeared</c><00:29:41.240><c> in</c><00:29:41.480><c> another</c><00:29:41.900><c> form</c><00:29:42.380><c> unto</c><00:29:43.400><c> two</c>

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.900
of<00:29:43.799><c> them.</c>

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Several<00:29:45.900><c> times</c><00:29:46.660><c> the</c><00:29:47.000><c> word</c><00:29:47.359><c> form</c><00:29:47.799><c> here</c><00:29:48.380><c> occurs</c><00:29:49.119><c> in</c><00:29:49.339><c> the</c><00:29:49.480><c> Septuagint,</c>

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:55.980
none<00:29:51.039><c> of</c><00:29:51.180><c> them</c><00:29:51.339><c> suggesting</c><00:29:51.900><c> anything</c><00:29:52.519><c> like</c><00:29:53.619><c> the</c><00:29:54.079><c> Trinitarian</c><00:29:54.640><c> interpretation.</c>

00:29:56.180 --> 00:30:00.099
Some<00:29:56.400><c> of</c><00:29:56.480><c> them</c><00:29:56.579><c> in</c><00:29:56.720><c> Daniel</c><00:29:57.119><c> I</c><00:29:57.440><c> find</c><00:29:57.859><c> particularly</c><00:29:58.559><c> interesting</c>

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because<00:30:00.460><c> they</c><00:30:00.740><c> seem</c><00:30:00.880><c> to</c><00:30:01.180><c> reflect</c><00:30:01.779><c> a</c><00:30:02.200><c> state</c><00:30:02.339><c> of</c><00:30:02.660><c> mind.</c>

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For<00:30:04.619><c> example,</c><00:30:04.980><c> Daniel</c><00:30:05.359><c> himself</c><00:30:05.880><c> in</c><00:30:06.160><c> chapter</c><00:30:06.480><c> 7,</c><00:30:06.960><c> verse</c><00:30:07.140><c> 28,</c><00:30:07.920><c> says,</c>

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My<00:30:08.920><c> thoughts</c><00:30:09.259><c> greatly</c><00:30:09.880><c> troubled</c><00:30:10.279><c> me,</c><00:30:10.839><c> and</c><00:30:11.119><c> my</c><00:30:11.460><c> countenance,</c>

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:15.660
my<00:30:12.859><c> morphé,</c><00:30:13.380><c> my</c><00:30:13.720><c> form</c><00:30:14.039><c> was</c><00:30:14.420><c> changed.</c>

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:20.920
The<00:30:17.740><c> same</c><00:30:18.019><c> word</c><00:30:18.259><c> is</c><00:30:18.539><c> used</c><00:30:18.720><c> to</c><00:30:19.079><c> describe</c><00:30:19.859><c> Belshazzar</c>

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:24.240
when<00:30:21.640><c> he</c><00:30:21.819><c> saw</c><00:30:21.980><c> the</c><00:30:22.259><c> hand</c><00:30:22.500><c> writing</c><00:30:22.779><c> on</c><00:30:23.000><c> the</c><00:30:23.180><c> wall.</c>

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.779
His<00:30:25.980><c> form</c><00:30:26.460><c> changed.</c>

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.619
Also,<00:30:28.500><c> on</c><00:30:28.619><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:30:29.519><c> Restorel,</c>

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:34.660
that<00:30:30.880><c> his</c><00:30:31.539><c> mind</c><00:30:32.180><c> was</c><00:30:32.680><c> made</c><00:30:32.880><c> like</c><00:30:33.119><c> the</c><00:30:33.319><c> beast</c><00:30:33.579><c> and</c><00:30:33.740><c> he</c><00:30:33.880><c> was</c><00:30:34.180><c> restored</c><00:30:34.460><c> to</c>

00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.700
his<00:30:34.819><c> previous</c><00:30:35.200><c> status.</c>

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:43.200
And<00:30:36.940><c> so</c><00:30:37.400><c> position</c><00:30:38.319><c> or</c><00:30:38.779><c> status</c><00:30:39.319><c> or</c><00:30:40.039><c> aspect</c><00:30:40.700><c> or</c><00:30:41.339><c> role</c><00:30:41.779><c> or</c><00:30:42.259><c> manner,</c>

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:46.579
all<00:30:43.779><c> of</c><00:30:44.000><c> these</c><00:30:44.240><c> are</c><00:30:44.559><c> apt</c><00:30:45.200><c> descriptors</c><00:30:45.819><c> of</c><00:30:45.980><c> the</c><00:30:46.119><c> way</c><00:30:46.259><c> in</c><00:30:46.400><c> which</c>

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:50.759
Jesus<00:30:47.220><c> bore</c><00:30:47.599><c> the</c><00:30:48.000><c> express</c><00:30:48.359><c> image</c><00:30:48.900><c> of</c><00:30:49.960><c> God's</c><00:30:50.420><c> person.</c>

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:56.000
But<00:30:51.440><c> the</c><00:30:51.660><c> idea</c><00:30:52.180><c> of</c><00:30:52.539><c> essential</c><00:30:52.920><c> nature</c><00:30:53.440><c> is</c><00:30:54.420><c> simply</c><00:30:54.680><c> not</c><00:30:55.019><c> supported.</c>

00:30:56.779 --> 00:31:00.400
The<00:30:57.079><c> context</c><00:30:57.460><c> tells</c><00:30:57.740><c> us</c><00:30:58.359><c> what</c><00:30:58.619><c> form</c><00:30:58.880><c> of</c><00:30:59.140><c> God</c><00:30:59.339><c> means.</c>

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:09.880
Next,<00:31:06.500><c> this</c><00:31:06.819><c> strange</c><00:31:07.660><c> phrase</c><00:31:08.160><c> about</c><00:31:08.799><c> thinking</c><00:31:09.240><c> at</c><00:31:09.559><c> robbery</c>

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.960
to<00:31:10.119><c> be</c><00:31:10.359><c> equal</c><00:31:10.660><c> with</c><00:31:10.920><c> God.</c>

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:15.700
The<00:31:12.859><c> Revised</c><00:31:13.180><c> Standard</c><00:31:13.460><c> Version</c><00:31:13.720><c> I</c><00:31:13.859><c> think</c><00:31:14.000><c> is</c><00:31:14.180><c> helpful</c><00:31:14.500><c> here.</c>

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:19.980
It<00:31:16.599><c> reads,</c><00:31:17.319><c> Who,</c><00:31:17.420><c> though</c><00:31:17.599><c> he</c><00:31:17.799><c> was</c><00:31:18.000><c> in</c><00:31:18.180><c> the</c><00:31:18.400><c> form</c><00:31:18.660><c> of</c><00:31:18.960><c> God,</c>

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:26.660
did<00:31:20.619><c> not</c><00:31:20.880><c> count</c><00:31:21.240><c> equality</c><00:31:21.960><c> with</c><00:31:22.259><c> God</c><00:31:22.839><c> a</c><00:31:23.839><c> thing</c><00:31:24.339><c> to</c><00:31:24.759><c> be</c><00:31:25.039><c> grasped.</c>

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:34.039
Again,<00:31:30.160><c> when</c><00:31:30.319><c> we</c><00:31:30.519><c> look</c><00:31:30.700><c> in</c><00:31:31.440><c> the</c><00:31:31.619><c> Septuagint</c><00:31:32.500><c> and</c><00:31:33.180><c> other</c><00:31:33.519><c> places</c><00:31:33.839><c> in</c>

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.720
the<00:31:34.119><c> New</c><00:31:34.319><c> Testament</c>

00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:37.740
where<00:31:34.940><c> the</c><00:31:35.160><c> same</c><00:31:35.400><c> words</c><00:31:35.640><c> are</c><00:31:35.859><c> used,</c><00:31:36.319><c> it</c><00:31:36.519><c> always</c><00:31:36.960><c> has</c><00:31:37.339><c> to</c><00:31:37.559><c> do</c>

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:39.880
with<00:31:38.119><c> unlawful</c><00:31:38.779><c> possession.</c>

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:45.279
Here,<00:31:40.200><c> have</c><00:31:40.359><c> a</c><00:31:40.500><c> look.</c><00:31:40.599><c> I'll</c><00:31:40.720><c> just</c><00:31:40.960><c> show</c><00:31:41.099><c> you</c><00:31:41.920><c> in</c><00:31:42.799><c> Leviticus</c><00:31:43.339><c> chapter</c><00:31:43.799><c> 6,</c>

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:50.319
two<00:31:45.519><c> cases</c><00:31:45.940><c> where</c><00:31:47.099><c> the</c><00:31:48.660><c> noun</c><00:31:48.960><c> and</c><00:31:49.180><c> verb</c><00:31:49.400><c> form</c><00:31:49.680><c> of</c><00:31:49.859><c> this</c><00:31:50.079><c> word</c>

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:55.599
occur<00:31:51.160><c> in</c><00:31:53.940><c> the</c><00:31:54.140><c> Septuagint.</c>

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:59.099
And<00:31:56.579><c> it</c><00:31:56.740><c> has</c><00:31:56.980><c> to</c><00:31:57.140><c> do</c><00:31:57.220><c> with</c><00:31:57.460><c> unlawful</c><00:31:57.920><c> possession.</c>

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:03.359
Leviticus<00:31:59.799><c> 6</c><00:32:00.079><c> verse</c><00:32:00.299><c> 2,</c><00:32:00.519><c> If</c><00:32:00.640><c> a</c><00:32:00.880><c> soul</c><00:32:01.039><c> sin</c><00:32:01.380><c> and</c><00:32:01.619><c> commit</c><00:32:01.859><c> a</c><00:32:02.059><c> trespass</c><00:32:02.559><c> against</c><00:32:02.819><c> the</c><00:32:03.119><c> Lord</c>

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:06.140
and<00:32:03.839><c> lie</c><00:32:04.140><c> unto</c><00:32:04.339><c> his</c><00:32:04.539><c> neighbor</c><00:32:04.799><c> in</c><00:32:05.059><c> that</c><00:32:05.319><c> which</c><00:32:05.480><c> was</c><00:32:05.740><c> delivered</c>

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.579
him<00:32:06.640><c> to</c><00:32:06.980><c> keep,</c>

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.420
we're<00:32:08.059><c> in</c><00:32:08.259><c> fellowship,</c><00:32:08.900><c> we're</c><00:32:08.940><c> in</c><00:32:09.019><c> a</c><00:32:09.160><c> thing</c><00:32:09.359><c> taken</c><00:32:09.740><c> away</c><00:32:10.099><c> by</c>

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.720
violence,<00:32:10.859><c> that's</c><00:32:11.160><c> it,</c>

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:14.019
or<00:32:12.240><c> hath</c><00:32:12.460><c> deceived</c><00:32:12.880><c> his</c><00:32:13.180><c> neighbor.</c>

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:16.460
Then<00:32:14.220><c> again,</c><00:32:14.519><c> verse</c><00:32:14.680><c> 4,</c><00:32:14.980><c> It</c><00:32:15.140><c> shall</c><00:32:15.240><c> be</c><00:32:15.480><c> because</c><00:32:15.819><c> he</c><00:32:15.980><c> hath</c><00:32:16.059><c> sinned</c><00:32:16.380><c> and</c>

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.099
is<00:32:16.660><c> guilty</c>

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:20.880
that<00:32:17.500><c> he</c><00:32:17.720><c> shall</c><00:32:17.859><c> restore</c><00:32:18.339><c> that</c><00:32:18.579><c> which</c><00:32:18.819><c> he</c><00:32:19.000><c> took</c><00:32:19.220><c> violently</c><00:32:19.799><c> away.</c>

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:25.980
The<00:32:22.339><c> sense</c><00:32:22.740><c> of</c><00:32:23.180><c> this</c><00:32:24.380><c> robbery,</c><00:32:25.140><c> it's</c><00:32:25.480><c> robbery.</c>

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:29.480
It's<00:32:26.240><c> taking</c><00:32:26.559><c> something</c><00:32:27.079><c> that</c><00:32:27.539><c> one</c><00:32:28.039><c> ought</c><00:32:28.480><c> not</c><00:32:28.799><c> to</c><00:32:29.099><c> take.</c>

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:34.839
So<00:32:30.640><c> what</c><00:32:30.839><c> we</c><00:32:31.119><c> have</c><00:32:31.359><c> in</c><00:32:31.640><c> Philippians</c><00:32:32.119><c> 2</c><00:32:32.720><c> is</c><00:32:33.539><c> a</c><00:32:33.779><c> hearkening</c><00:32:34.240><c> back</c>

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.099
to<00:32:35.319><c> the</c><00:32:35.519><c> Garden</c><00:32:35.819><c> of</c><00:32:36.079><c> Eden.</c>

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:42.759
You<00:32:38.880><c> remember</c><00:32:39.279><c> Eve,</c><00:32:41.460><c> what</c><00:32:41.660><c> she</c><00:32:41.940><c> wanted.</c>

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:47.660
She<00:32:43.579><c> wanted</c><00:32:43.759><c> to</c><00:32:43.920><c> be</c><00:32:44.019><c> like</c><00:32:44.279><c> God,</c><00:32:45.799><c> and</c><00:32:46.000><c> so</c><00:32:46.259><c> she</c><00:32:46.700><c> took,</c>

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:51.779
she<00:32:48.680><c> grasped</c><00:32:49.079><c> after</c><00:32:49.460><c> that</c><00:32:49.839><c> which</c><00:32:49.980><c> she</c><00:32:50.259><c> shouldn't</c><00:32:50.480><c> have</c><00:32:50.759><c> taken.</c>

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:58.359
But<00:32:53.720><c> Jesus</c><00:32:54.319><c> did</c><00:32:55.000><c> nothing</c><00:32:55.319><c> of</c><00:32:55.480><c> the</c><00:32:55.660><c> sort,</c><00:32:57.460><c> though</c><00:32:57.619><c> he</c><00:32:57.799><c> had</c><00:32:58.039><c> more</c>

00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:02.380
title<00:32:59.019><c> as</c><00:33:00.819><c> Son</c><00:33:01.059><c> of</c><00:33:01.259><c> God</c>

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:07.440
to<00:33:03.339><c> an</c><00:33:03.559><c> exalted</c><00:33:03.900><c> position,</c><00:33:05.400><c> he</c><00:33:05.759><c> humbled</c><00:33:06.079><c> himself.</c>

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:16.259
We<00:33:12.779><c> want</c><00:33:13.000><c> to</c><00:33:13.180><c> look</c><00:33:13.319><c> at</c><00:33:13.460><c> the</c><00:33:13.599><c> Lord</c><00:33:13.799><c> Jesus</c><00:33:14.240><c> as</c><00:33:14.420><c> an</c><00:33:14.680><c> example</c><00:33:15.019><c> of</c><00:33:15.299><c> humility.</c>

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:19.160
Where<00:33:17.140><c> do</c><00:33:17.319><c> we</c><00:33:17.480><c> find</c><00:33:17.740><c> the</c><00:33:17.940><c> best</c><00:33:18.259><c> example</c><00:33:18.700><c> of</c><00:33:18.880><c> it?</c>

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.859
Certainly,<00:33:19.799><c> John</c><00:33:20.200><c> chapter</c><00:33:20.519><c> 13</c><00:33:21.140><c> is</c><00:33:21.740><c> one</c><00:33:21.900><c> that</c><00:33:22.099><c> ought</c><00:33:22.240><c> to</c><00:33:22.380><c> spring</c><00:33:22.619><c> to</c>

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.339
our<00:33:23.059><c> minds</c>

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:26.240
and<00:33:23.480><c> it's</c><00:33:23.579><c> one</c><00:33:23.700><c> that</c><00:33:23.880><c> we</c><00:33:23.960><c> ought</c><00:33:24.119><c> to</c><00:33:24.660><c> show</c><00:33:25.200><c> our</c><00:33:25.519><c> friends</c>

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:29.380
who<00:33:26.839><c> might</c><00:33:27.000><c> be</c><00:33:27.180><c> having</c><00:33:27.380><c> difficulties</c><00:33:27.880><c> with</c><00:33:28.119><c> this</c><00:33:28.359><c> passage.</c>

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:36.079
There<00:33:32.740><c> they</c><00:33:33.000><c> are</c><00:33:33.160><c> at</c><00:33:33.359><c> the</c><00:33:34.339><c> Last</c><00:33:34.700><c> Supper.</c>

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:41.859
Jesus<00:33:38.920><c> is</c><00:33:39.559><c> full</c><00:33:39.900><c> of</c><00:33:40.240><c> worries,</c><00:33:41.099><c> no</c><00:33:41.440><c> doubt.</c>

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:45.660
He's<00:33:42.680><c> thinking</c><00:33:42.920><c> about</c><00:33:43.180><c> the</c><00:33:43.400><c> ordeal</c><00:33:43.759><c> that's</c><00:33:44.099><c> coming</c><00:33:44.279><c> on</c><00:33:44.500><c> him.</c>

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:54.779
The<00:33:49.539><c> devil</c><00:33:49.819><c> has</c><00:33:50.119><c> entered</c><00:33:50.319><c> into</c><00:33:50.619><c> the</c><00:33:50.660><c> heart</c><00:33:50.960><c> of</c><00:33:51.160><c> Judas</c><00:33:51.420><c> Iscariot.</c>

00:33:55.160 --> 00:34:00.359
It<00:33:55.200><c> says</c><00:33:55.480><c> in</c><00:33:55.579><c> verse</c><00:33:55.839><c> 4</c><00:33:56.160><c> of</c><00:33:56.420><c> John</c><00:33:56.680><c> 13</c><00:33:57.640><c> that</c><00:33:58.720><c> he</c><00:33:58.819><c> rose</c><00:33:59.079><c> from</c><00:33:59.359><c> supper</c>

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:05.259
and<00:34:01.099><c> laid</c><00:34:01.279><c> aside</c><00:34:01.700><c> his</c><00:34:01.940><c> garments</c><00:34:02.400><c> and</c><00:34:03.380><c> took</c><00:34:03.579><c> a</c><00:34:03.880><c> towel</c><00:34:04.299><c> and</c>

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.700
girded<00:34:05.539><c> himself.</c>

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:11.360
After<00:34:07.680><c> that</c><00:34:08.019><c> he</c><00:34:08.199><c> poureth</c><00:34:08.599><c> water</c><00:34:08.860><c> into</c><00:34:09.159><c> a</c><00:34:09.360><c> basin</c><00:34:09.739><c> and</c><00:34:10.860><c> began</c><00:34:11.079><c> to</c>

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:13.460
wash<00:34:11.619><c> the</c><00:34:11.940><c> disciples'</c><00:34:12.760><c> feet.</c>

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:17.699
I've<00:34:14.860><c> thought</c><00:34:15.000><c> of</c><00:34:15.079><c> this</c><00:34:15.300><c> once</c><00:34:15.460><c> or</c><00:34:15.619><c> twice</c><00:34:15.840><c> in</c><00:34:16.039><c> the</c><00:34:16.079><c> last</c><00:34:16.320><c> few</c><00:34:16.519><c> days.</c>

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:21.599
I've<00:34:18.860><c> never</c><00:34:19.139><c> seen</c><00:34:19.360><c> so</c><00:34:19.579><c> much</c><00:34:19.820><c> dust</c><00:34:20.079><c> on</c><00:34:20.280><c> my</c><00:34:20.500><c> shoes.</c>

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:24.480
Imagine<00:34:22.260><c> if</c><00:34:22.440><c> we</c><00:34:22.559><c> all</c><00:34:22.980><c> had</c><00:34:23.219><c> sandals</c><00:34:23.719><c> on.</c>

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:28.019
Imagine<00:34:25.139><c> if</c><00:34:25.320><c> there's</c><00:34:26.059><c> the</c><00:34:26.460><c> twelve</c><00:34:26.780><c> sitting</c><00:34:27.059><c> around</c><00:34:27.539><c> in</c><00:34:27.739><c> Jesus</c>

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:33.360
and<00:34:28.880><c> one</c><00:34:29.280><c> by</c><00:34:29.679><c> one</c><00:34:29.980><c> he</c><00:34:30.159><c> goes</c><00:34:30.800><c> and</c><00:34:31.460><c> stoops</c><00:34:31.739><c> in</c><00:34:31.960><c> front</c><00:34:32.139><c> of</c><00:34:32.280><c> them</c>

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:35.360
and<00:34:34.400><c> washes</c><00:34:34.699><c> their</c><00:34:35.059><c> feet.</c>

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:39.980
Twelve<00:34:36.039><c> pairs</c><00:34:36.320><c> of</c><00:34:36.599><c> grimy</c><00:34:36.860><c> feet,</c><00:34:37.300><c> including</c><00:34:37.760><c> those</c><00:34:39.179><c> of</c><00:34:39.380><c> the</c><00:34:39.519><c> one</c><00:34:39.659><c> who</c><00:34:39.800><c> is</c>

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:41.699
going<00:34:40.159><c> to</c><00:34:40.380><c> betray</c><00:34:40.659><c> him.</c>

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:45.920
Verse<00:34:45.699><c> 6.</c>

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:48.760
Then<00:34:46.059><c> cometh</c><00:34:46.460><c> he</c><00:34:46.639><c> to</c><00:34:46.739><c> Simon</c><00:34:47.079><c> Peter,</c><00:34:47.579><c> and</c><00:34:47.639><c> Peter</c><00:34:47.920><c> saith</c><00:34:48.179><c> unto</c><00:34:48.400><c> him,</c>

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:51.440
Lord,<00:34:49.579><c> dost</c><00:34:49.780><c> thou</c><00:34:49.980><c> wash</c><00:34:50.320><c> my</c><00:34:50.659><c> feet?</c>

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:53.619
It<00:34:51.960><c> was</c><00:34:52.199><c> a</c><00:34:52.300><c> thing</c><00:34:52.539><c> incredible.</c>

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:57.820
Peter<00:34:55.980><c> didn't</c><00:34:56.260><c> think</c><00:34:56.460><c> it</c><00:34:56.599><c> was</c><00:34:56.820><c> appropriate.</c>

00:34:59.099 --> 00:35:00.619
Jesus<00:34:59.440><c> answered</c><00:34:59.820><c> and</c><00:34:59.960><c> said</c><00:35:00.119><c> unto</c><00:35:00.360><c> him,</c>

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:05.679
What<00:35:00.900><c> I</c><00:35:01.159><c> do</c><00:35:01.340><c> now,</c><00:35:03.039><c> what</c><00:35:03.159><c> I</c><00:35:03.460><c> do,</c><00:35:03.800><c> thou</c><00:35:03.880><c> knowest</c><00:35:04.340><c> not</c><00:35:04.599><c> now,</c><00:35:05.539><c> but</c>

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:07.699
thou<00:35:05.880><c> shalt</c><00:35:06.139><c> know</c><00:35:06.480><c> hereafter.</c>

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:11.659
Peter<00:35:09.039><c> saith</c><00:35:09.340><c> unto</c><00:35:09.559><c> him,</c><00:35:10.260><c> Thou</c><00:35:10.300><c> shalt</c><00:35:10.440><c> never</c><00:35:10.699><c> wash</c><00:35:10.960><c> my</c><00:35:11.300><c> feet.</c>

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:14.440
I'm<00:35:12.280><c> not</c><00:35:12.480><c> going</c><00:35:12.679><c> to</c><00:35:12.880><c> allow</c><00:35:13.059><c> that.</c>

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:17.019
Jesus<00:35:15.139><c> answered</c><00:35:15.440><c> him,</c><00:35:15.639><c> If</c><00:35:15.719><c> I</c><00:35:15.900><c> wash</c><00:35:16.099><c> thee</c><00:35:16.300><c> not,</c><00:35:16.579><c> thou</c><00:35:16.639><c> hast</c><00:35:16.820><c> no</c>

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.780
part<00:35:17.159><c> with</c><00:35:17.360><c> me.</c>

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:20.320
Simon<00:35:18.340><c> Peter</c><00:35:18.599><c> saith</c><00:35:18.840><c> unto</c><00:35:19.039><c> him,</c><00:35:19.219><c> Lord,</c><00:35:19.480><c> not</c><00:35:19.639><c> my</c><00:35:19.900><c> feet</c><00:35:20.039><c> only,</c>

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:23.059
but<00:35:20.500><c> also</c><00:35:20.840><c> my</c><00:35:21.139><c> hands</c><00:35:21.440><c> and</c><00:35:21.619><c> my</c><00:35:22.039><c> head.</c>

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:26.699
Jesus<00:35:24.000><c> saith</c><00:35:24.320><c> to</c><00:35:24.480><c> him,</c><00:35:24.719><c> He</c><00:35:24.960><c> that</c><00:35:25.099><c> is</c><00:35:25.360><c> washed</c><00:35:25.659><c> needeth</c><00:35:26.059><c> not</c><00:35:26.300><c> save</c><00:35:26.500><c> to</c>

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.659
wash<00:35:26.980><c> his</c><00:35:27.280><c> feet,</c>

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:29.420
but<00:35:28.300><c> is</c><00:35:28.500><c> clean</c><00:35:28.800><c> every</c><00:35:29.179><c> wit.</c>

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:33.059
And<00:35:30.059><c> ye</c><00:35:30.199><c> are</c><00:35:30.380><c> clean,</c><00:35:31.159><c> but</c><00:35:31.300><c> not</c><00:35:31.599><c> all,</c><00:35:31.880><c> for</c><00:35:32.019><c> he</c><00:35:32.300><c> knew</c><00:35:32.519><c> who</c><00:35:32.780><c> should</c>

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.800
betray<00:35:33.400><c> him.</c>

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:38.059
Therefore<00:35:34.900><c> said</c><00:35:35.239><c> he,</c><00:35:36.079><c> ye</c><00:35:36.159><c> are</c><00:35:36.280><c> not</c><00:35:36.639><c> all</c><00:35:37.019><c> clean.</c>

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:44.280
So<00:35:39.980><c> after</c><00:35:40.360><c> he</c><00:35:40.539><c> had</c><00:35:40.659><c> washed</c><00:35:40.940><c> their</c><00:35:41.219><c> feet,</c><00:35:42.599><c> and</c><00:35:42.679><c> had</c><00:35:42.920><c> taken</c><00:35:43.099><c> his</c><00:35:43.340><c> garments,</c>

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:48.880
and<00:35:44.880><c> was</c><00:35:45.139><c> set</c><00:35:45.340><c> down</c><00:35:45.659><c> again,</c><00:35:47.340><c> he</c><00:35:47.539><c> said</c><00:35:47.639><c> unto</c><00:35:47.880><c> them,</c>

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:51.360
Know<00:35:49.500><c> ye</c><00:35:49.599><c> what</c><00:35:49.699><c> I've</c><00:35:49.900><c> done</c><00:35:50.099><c> to</c><00:35:50.340><c> you?</c>

00:35:52.260 --> 00:35:59.300
Ye<00:35:52.559><c> call</c><00:35:52.780><c> me</c><00:35:52.980><c> master</c><00:35:53.840><c> and</c><00:35:54.639><c> lord,</c><00:35:55.940><c> and</c><00:35:56.440><c> ye</c><00:35:56.679><c> say</c><00:35:56.940><c> well,</c><00:35:57.820><c> for</c><00:35:57.920><c> so</c><00:35:58.159><c> I</c><00:35:58.360><c> am.</c>

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:04.619
If<00:36:00.219><c> I</c><00:36:00.739><c> then,</c><00:36:01.800><c> your</c><00:36:02.119><c> lord</c><00:36:02.400><c> and</c><00:36:02.559><c> master,</c><00:36:03.000><c> have</c><00:36:03.119><c> washed</c><00:36:03.400><c> your</c><00:36:03.659><c> feet,</c>

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:08.159
ye<00:36:05.260><c> also</c><00:36:05.719><c> ought</c><00:36:06.000><c> to</c><00:36:06.280><c> wash</c><00:36:06.559><c> one</c><00:36:06.840><c> another's</c><00:36:07.280><c> feet.</c>

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:13.079
Now,<00:36:10.440><c> ought</c><00:36:10.440><c> doesn't</c><00:36:10.760><c> mean</c><00:36:11.360><c> it'd</c><00:36:11.820><c> be</c><00:36:11.840><c> a</c><00:36:11.920><c> nice</c><00:36:12.139><c> idea</c><00:36:12.599><c> if</c><00:36:12.860><c> maybe</c>

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.940
you<00:36:13.219><c> would</c><00:36:13.340><c> do</c><00:36:13.579><c> this.</c>

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:15.900
It<00:36:14.539><c> means</c><00:36:14.760><c> you</c><00:36:14.940><c> must</c><00:36:15.239><c> do</c><00:36:15.519><c> this.</c>

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:18.380
We<00:36:16.659><c> must</c><00:36:16.980><c> wash</c><00:36:17.360><c> one</c><00:36:17.659><c> another's</c><00:36:18.159><c> feet.</c>

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.800
It's<00:36:19.019><c> our</c><00:36:19.199><c> obligation.</c>

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:24.840
If<00:36:20.340><c> our</c><00:36:20.619><c> master</c><00:36:21.099><c> has</c><00:36:21.619><c> set</c><00:36:21.760><c> us</c><00:36:21.940><c> this</c><00:36:22.179><c> example,</c><00:36:24.079><c> we've</c><00:36:24.619><c> got</c><00:36:24.699><c> to</c>

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:25.320
do<00:36:24.940><c> the</c><00:36:25.139><c> same.</c>

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:27.860
I<00:36:25.619><c> have</c><00:36:25.860><c> given</c><00:36:26.000><c> you</c><00:36:26.199><c> an</c><00:36:26.360><c> example,</c><00:36:26.719><c> he</c><00:36:26.880><c> says,</c><00:36:27.159><c> verse</c><00:36:27.340><c> 15,</c>

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:32.159
that<00:36:28.420><c> ye</c><00:36:28.679><c> should</c><00:36:28.940><c> do</c><00:36:29.460><c> as</c><00:36:30.059><c> I</c><00:36:30.260><c> have</c><00:36:30.420><c> done</c><00:36:30.579><c> unto</c><00:36:30.860><c> you.</c>

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:37.980
So<00:36:33.679><c> if</c><00:36:33.800><c> we</c><00:36:33.960><c> look</c><00:36:34.139><c> for</c><00:36:34.400><c> examples</c><00:36:34.840><c> of</c><00:36:35.119><c> Jesus'</c><00:36:35.579><c> humility</c><00:36:36.219><c> and</c><00:36:37.000><c> service</c><00:36:37.559><c> to</c>

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.519
his<00:36:38.139><c> brethren</c>

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:42.039
in<00:36:39.059><c> his</c><00:36:39.320><c> lifetime,</c><00:36:40.300><c> we</c><00:36:40.500><c> won't</c><00:36:40.699><c> be</c><00:36:41.000><c> disappointed.</c>

00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:44.440
But<00:36:42.340><c> if</c><00:36:42.460><c> we</c><00:36:42.659><c> try</c><00:36:42.840><c> to</c><00:36:43.019><c> say,</c><00:36:43.199><c> okay,</c><00:36:43.400><c> here's</c><00:36:43.579><c> what</c><00:36:43.739><c> the</c><00:36:44.019><c> passage</c><00:36:44.199><c> says.</c>

00:36:44.739 --> 00:36:47.800
Let<00:36:44.780><c> me</c><00:36:45.219><c> show</c><00:36:45.440><c> you</c><00:36:45.579><c> how,</c><00:36:46.619><c> let's</c><00:36:46.920><c> see.</c>

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:49.639
Oh,<00:36:48.280><c> I</c><00:36:48.340><c> don't</c><00:36:48.559><c> have</c><00:36:48.800><c> that.</c>

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:53.760
I<00:36:49.960><c> had</c><00:36:50.500><c> a</c><00:36:50.699><c> Trinitarian</c><00:36:51.380><c> paraphrase,</c><00:36:52.900><c> and</c><00:36:53.320><c> I</c><00:36:53.400><c> must</c><00:36:53.519><c> have</c><00:36:53.599><c> left</c>

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.260
it<00:36:54.000><c> out.</c>

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:57.280
Trinitarian<00:36:55.059><c> paraphrase</c><00:36:55.539><c> goes</c><00:36:56.019><c> something</c><00:36:56.340><c> like</c><00:36:56.619><c> this.</c>

00:36:57.760 --> 00:37:00.880
You<00:36:57.980><c> ought</c><00:36:58.179><c> to</c><00:36:58.300><c> be</c><00:36:58.519><c> humble,</c><00:36:58.840><c> just</c><00:36:59.059><c> like</c><00:36:59.260><c> Jesus</c><00:36:59.619><c> was</c><00:37:00.039><c> when</c><00:37:00.340><c> before</c><00:37:00.739><c> he</c>

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.460
was<00:37:01.119><c> born</c>

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:04.539
and<00:37:01.659><c> up</c><00:37:01.800><c> in</c><00:37:02.059><c> heaven,</c><00:37:02.599><c> he</c><00:37:02.900><c> decided</c><00:37:03.400><c> that</c><00:37:03.619><c> he'd</c><00:37:03.780><c> no</c><00:37:04.039><c> longer</c><00:37:04.280><c> be</c>

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.260
part<00:37:04.780><c> of</c><00:37:05.039><c> God,</c>

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:08.539
but<00:37:05.460><c> he'd</c><00:37:05.639><c> come</c><00:37:05.960><c> down</c><00:37:06.480><c> and</c><00:37:06.880><c> he</c><00:37:07.099><c> would</c><00:37:07.219><c> be</c><00:37:07.460><c> a</c><00:37:07.619><c> man.</c>

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:12.059
And<00:37:09.440><c> you</c><00:37:09.619><c> think</c><00:37:09.840><c> to</c><00:37:09.960><c> yourself,</c><00:37:10.460><c> how</c><00:37:10.780><c> is</c><00:37:11.019><c> that</c><00:37:11.300><c> an</c><00:37:11.500><c> exhortation</c>

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:13.219
to<00:37:12.340><c> me?</c>

00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.119
How<00:37:14.420><c> can</c><00:37:14.619><c> I</c><00:37:14.920><c> identify</c><00:37:15.360><c> with</c><00:37:15.639><c> that?</c>

00:37:16.119 --> 00:37:20.679
But<00:37:16.860><c> I</c><00:37:17.099><c> can</c><00:37:17.360><c> identify</c><00:37:17.840><c> with</c><00:37:18.059><c> the</c><00:37:18.219><c> Lord</c><00:37:18.400><c> Jesus</c><00:37:19.059><c> the</c><00:37:19.920><c> very</c><00:37:20.320><c> night</c>

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:27.699
in<00:37:20.820><c> which</c><00:37:20.960><c> he</c><00:37:21.139><c> was</c><00:37:21.380><c> betrayed,</c><00:37:25.699><c> washing</c><00:37:25.840><c> lovingly</c><00:37:27.159><c> the</c><00:37:27.579><c> feet</c>

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:29.119
of<00:37:27.860><c> his</c><00:37:28.039><c> disciples.</c>

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:31.019
He's<00:37:29.920><c> given</c><00:37:30.119><c> us</c><00:37:30.420><c> example.</c>

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:34.079
And<00:37:31.679><c> if</c><00:37:31.760><c> we'll</c><00:37:32.099><c> wash</c><00:37:32.300><c> the</c><00:37:32.579><c> feet</c><00:37:32.780><c> of</c><00:37:33.019><c> our</c><00:37:33.159><c> brothers</c><00:37:33.400><c> and</c><00:37:33.679><c> sisters,</c>

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:36.800
if<00:37:34.619><c> we'll</c><00:37:35.019><c> esteem</c><00:37:35.340><c> them</c><00:37:35.539><c> as</c><00:37:35.820><c> better</c><00:37:36.059><c> than</c><00:37:36.260><c> us,</c>

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:40.380
if<00:37:37.420><c> we</c><00:37:37.699><c> will</c><00:37:37.940><c> care</c><00:37:38.159><c> about</c><00:37:38.460><c> their</c><00:37:38.820><c> things</c><00:37:39.119><c> and</c><00:37:39.360><c> not</c><00:37:39.559><c> our</c><00:37:39.860><c> things,</c>

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:46.380
then<00:37:41.440><c> unity</c><00:37:42.039><c> is</c><00:37:42.420><c> going</c><00:37:42.559><c> to</c><00:37:42.719><c> be</c><00:37:42.860><c> a</c><00:37:42.960><c> lot</c><00:37:43.239><c> more</c><00:37:43.659><c> easy</c><00:37:44.380><c> to</c><00:37:45.219><c> attain.</c>

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:52.059
Jesus<00:37:49.420><c> showed</c><00:37:49.780><c> great</c><00:37:50.119><c> humility</c><00:37:50.639><c> here,</c>

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:56.960
but<00:37:53.340><c> he</c><00:37:53.579><c> showed</c><00:37:53.760><c> even</c><00:37:54.239><c> greater</c><00:37:54.559><c> humility</c><00:37:55.659><c> in</c><00:37:56.400><c> what</c><00:37:56.519><c> was</c><00:37:56.780><c> to</c>

00:37:56.960 --> 00:37:58.320
come<00:37:57.119><c> next.</c>

00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:02.360
Let's<00:37:58.579><c> return</c><00:37:58.840><c> to</c><00:37:59.039><c> Philippians</c><00:37:59.539><c> chapter</c><00:37:59.900><c> 2,</c><00:38:00.380><c> verse</c><00:38:00.539><c> 8.</c>

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:11.539
Being<00:38:06.760><c> found</c><00:38:07.380><c> in</c><00:38:07.739><c> fashion</c><00:38:08.039><c> as</c><00:38:08.300><c> a</c><00:38:08.460><c> man,</c><00:38:10.360><c> he</c><00:38:10.460><c> humbled</c><00:38:10.780><c> himself</c>

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:17.920
and<00:38:12.719><c> became</c><00:38:13.039><c> obedient</c><00:38:13.619><c> unto</c><00:38:14.019><c> death,</c><00:38:15.820><c> even</c><00:38:16.099><c> the</c><00:38:16.300><c> death</c><00:38:16.480><c> of</c><00:38:16.679><c> the</c><00:38:16.900><c> cross.</c>

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:27.449
So<00:38:19.860><c> imagine,</c><00:38:22.639><c> Son</c><00:38:22.800><c> of</c><00:38:23.039><c> God,</c><00:38:25.579><c> heir</c><00:38:25.840><c> of</c><00:38:26.059><c> all</c><00:38:26.519><c> things,</c>

00:38:28.929 --> 00:38:33.289
the<00:38:29.449><c> one</c><00:38:29.730><c> that</c><00:38:30.110><c> God's</c><00:38:30.630><c> whole</c><00:38:30.889><c> purpose</c><00:38:31.329><c> has</c><00:38:31.530><c> been</c><00:38:31.730><c> working</c><00:38:32.190><c> towards</c>

00:38:33.469 --> 00:38:36.289
to<00:38:33.989><c> be</c><00:38:34.230><c> subjected</c><00:38:34.710><c> to</c><00:38:34.989><c> such</c><00:38:35.190><c> treatment.</c>

00:38:37.050 --> 00:38:38.610
You<00:38:37.130><c> know,</c><00:38:37.210><c> he</c><00:38:37.289><c> could</c><00:38:37.409><c> say</c><00:38:37.590><c> to</c><00:38:37.849><c> Pilate,</c>

00:38:39.250 --> 00:38:43.269
you<00:38:39.349><c> could</c><00:38:39.590><c> have</c><00:38:39.809><c> no</c><00:38:40.130><c> power</c><00:38:40.750><c> at</c><00:38:41.309><c> all</c><00:38:41.610><c> against</c><00:38:41.969><c> me,</c>

00:38:43.429 --> 00:38:45.590
except<00:38:43.750><c> that</c><00:38:43.889><c> we're</c><00:38:44.030><c> given</c><00:38:44.269><c> thee</c><00:38:44.469><c> from</c><00:38:44.690><c> above.</c>

00:38:45.670 --> 00:38:47.449
To<00:38:45.889><c> Peter,</c><00:38:46.170><c> he</c><00:38:46.389><c> could</c><00:38:46.570><c> say,</c>

00:38:47.610 --> 00:38:50.570
don't<00:38:47.869><c> you</c><00:38:48.130><c> realize</c><00:38:48.409><c> that</c><00:38:48.670><c> even</c><00:38:48.989><c> now</c><00:38:49.389><c> I</c><00:38:49.570><c> could</c><00:38:49.730><c> call</c><00:38:49.969><c> twelve</c>

00:38:50.570 --> 00:38:52.170
legions<00:38:51.050><c> of</c><00:38:51.349><c> angels?</c>

00:38:52.889 --> 00:38:55.150
And<00:38:53.389><c> he</c><00:38:53.449><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:53.630><c> have</c><00:38:53.889><c> said</c><00:38:54.010><c> it</c><00:38:54.150><c> if</c><00:38:54.250><c> he</c><00:38:54.429><c> couldn't</c><00:38:54.570><c> have</c><00:38:54.750><c> done</c><00:38:54.889><c> it.</c>

00:38:55.150 --> 00:38:58.670
He<00:38:56.190><c> could</c><00:38:56.389><c> have</c><00:38:56.469><c> got</c><00:38:56.650><c> out</c><00:38:56.849><c> of</c><00:38:56.949><c> it.</c>

00:38:59.829 --> 00:39:04.150
And<00:38:59.969><c> yet</c><00:39:00.130><c> Jesus</c><00:39:00.489><c> allowed</c><00:39:00.789><c> himself</c><00:39:01.130><c> to</c><00:39:01.349><c> be</c><00:39:01.530><c> buffeted,</c><00:39:03.030><c> abused,</c>

00:39:05.210 --> 00:39:10.489
dressed<00:39:05.389><c> in</c><00:39:05.769><c> scarlet</c><00:39:06.429><c> and</c><00:39:07.550><c> battered</c><00:39:08.829><c> and</c><00:39:09.449><c> spit</c><00:39:09.650><c> upon.</c>

00:39:12.150 --> 00:39:16.349
He<00:39:12.690><c> was</c><00:39:12.949><c> oppressed</c><00:39:13.510><c> and</c><00:39:14.829><c> he</c><00:39:14.929><c> was</c><00:39:15.150><c> afflicted,</c>

00:39:16.590 --> 00:39:19.010
yet<00:39:16.829><c> he</c><00:39:17.210><c> openeth</c><00:39:17.590><c> not</c><00:39:17.809><c> his</c><00:39:18.070><c> mouth.</c>

00:39:19.489 --> 00:39:21.289
He<00:39:19.670><c> is</c><00:39:19.869><c> brought</c><00:39:20.050><c> as</c><00:39:20.250><c> a</c><00:39:20.429><c> lamb</c><00:39:20.570><c> to</c><00:39:20.809><c> the</c><00:39:21.050><c> slaughter</c>

00:39:21.289 --> 00:39:24.130
and<00:39:21.510><c> as</c><00:39:21.730><c> a</c><00:39:21.909><c> sheep</c><00:39:22.190><c> before</c><00:39:22.650><c> her</c><00:39:22.989><c> shearers</c><00:39:23.469><c> is</c><00:39:23.690><c> dumb.</c>

00:39:24.130 --> 00:39:28.170
So<00:39:25.269><c> he</c><00:39:25.590><c> openeth</c><00:39:26.050><c> not</c><00:39:26.269><c> his</c><00:39:26.489><c> mouth.</c>

00:39:32.210 --> 00:39:35.750
What<00:39:32.550><c> marvelous</c><00:39:32.929><c> self</c><00:39:33.250><c>-control</c><00:39:33.690><c> and</c><00:39:33.909><c> humility</c><00:39:34.309><c> we</c><00:39:34.610><c> see.</c>

00:39:36.570 --> 00:39:39.489
And<00:39:37.190><c> we're</c><00:39:37.530><c> called</c><00:39:37.690><c> to</c><00:39:37.909><c> follow</c><00:39:38.210><c> his</c><00:39:38.469><c> steps.</c>

00:39:40.909 --> 00:39:44.769
If<00:39:41.150><c> we're</c><00:39:41.429><c> to</c><00:39:41.550><c> be</c><00:39:41.670><c> his</c><00:39:41.969><c> disciples,</c><00:39:42.489><c> we</c><00:39:42.570><c> must</c><00:39:42.829><c> lay</c><00:39:43.110><c> aside</c><00:39:43.510><c> all</c><00:39:43.909><c> pride,</c>

00:39:45.090 --> 00:39:47.889
all<00:39:45.349><c> self</c><00:39:45.630><c>-centeredness,</c><00:39:46.750><c> all</c><00:39:47.070><c> divisiveness,</c>

00:39:48.269 --> 00:39:51.750
and<00:39:49.050><c> take</c><00:39:49.250><c> up</c><00:39:49.429><c> our</c><00:39:49.710><c> cross</c><00:39:50.230><c> every</c><00:39:50.829><c> day.</c>

00:39:52.570 --> 00:39:57.010
So<00:39:53.130><c> here's</c><00:39:53.389><c> my</c><00:39:53.710><c> paraphrase</c><00:39:54.110><c> of</c><00:39:54.289><c> verses</c><00:39:54.530><c> five</c><00:39:54.889><c> to</c><00:39:54.989><c> eight,</c>

00:39:57.489 --> 00:40:02.070
which<00:39:58.050><c> is</c><00:39:58.230><c> better</c><00:39:58.409><c> at</c><00:39:58.610><c> least</c><00:39:59.070><c> than</c><00:40:00.090><c> the</c><00:40:00.250><c> Good</c><00:40:00.389><c> News</c><00:40:00.590><c> Bible,</c><00:40:00.889><c> I</c><00:40:01.070><c> think.</c>

00:40:03.469 --> 00:40:08.650
Let<00:40:03.769><c> this</c><00:40:04.150><c> mind</c><00:40:04.429><c> be</c><00:40:04.690><c> in</c><00:40:04.869><c> you,</c><00:40:06.190><c> which</c><00:40:06.429><c> was</c><00:40:06.630><c> also</c><00:40:06.929><c> in</c><00:40:07.150><c> Christ</c><00:40:07.409><c> Jesus,</c>

00:40:09.110 --> 00:40:14.309
who<00:40:09.309><c> being</c><00:40:09.969><c> Emmanuel,</c><00:40:12.909><c> God</c><00:40:13.329><c> with</c><00:40:13.550><c> us,</c>

00:40:14.510 --> 00:40:17.949
son<00:40:14.730><c> of</c><00:40:14.949><c> God</c><00:40:15.230><c> in</c><00:40:15.369><c> the</c><00:40:15.789><c> express</c><00:40:16.090><c> image</c><00:40:16.389><c> of</c><00:40:16.550><c> his</c><00:40:16.769><c> person,</c>

00:40:18.070 --> 00:40:21.130
did<00:40:18.550><c> not</c><00:40:18.869><c> seize</c><00:40:19.090><c> after</c><00:40:19.469><c> equality</c><00:40:19.869><c> with</c><00:40:20.090><c> God,</c>

00:40:21.369 --> 00:40:23.289
but<00:40:21.570><c> took</c><00:40:21.750><c> the</c><00:40:21.949><c> role</c><00:40:22.090><c> of</c><00:40:22.289><c> a</c><00:40:22.449><c> servant.</c>

00:40:23.730 --> 00:40:26.269
He<00:40:23.969><c> was</c><00:40:24.090><c> made</c><00:40:24.329><c> a</c><00:40:24.489><c> little</c><00:40:24.670><c> lower</c><00:40:24.949><c> than</c><00:40:25.110><c> the</c><00:40:25.349><c> angels.</c>

00:40:26.449 --> 00:40:30.710
And<00:40:26.570><c> as</c><00:40:26.809><c> a</c><00:40:27.010><c> man,</c><00:40:27.530><c> yet</c><00:40:27.690><c> son</c><00:40:27.869><c> of</c><00:40:28.050><c> God,</c><00:40:28.889><c> he</c><00:40:29.130><c> humbled</c><00:40:29.389><c> himself</c>

00:40:31.090 --> 00:40:33.429
right<00:40:31.570><c> to</c><00:40:31.769><c> the</c><00:40:31.969><c> death</c><00:40:32.130><c> of</c><00:40:32.329><c> the</c><00:40:32.530><c> cross.</c>

00:40:35.010 --> 00:40:36.750
He's<00:40:35.349><c> our</c><00:40:35.550><c> example.</c>

00:40:40.190 --> 00:40:45.130
So<00:40:40.510><c> here's</c><00:40:40.949><c> Paul's</c><00:40:41.469><c> argument</c><00:40:42.030><c> from</c><00:40:43.409><c> chapter</c><00:40:43.909><c> one,</c><00:40:44.289><c> verse</c><00:40:44.530><c> 27</c>

00:40:45.130 --> 00:40:48.550
through<00:40:45.329><c> the</c><00:40:45.590><c> eighth</c><00:40:45.929><c> verse</c><00:40:46.250><c> of</c><00:40:46.849><c> Philippians</c><00:40:47.269><c> two.</c>

00:40:49.329 --> 00:40:52.170
It<00:40:49.429><c> is</c><00:40:49.610><c> that</c><00:40:49.769><c> ours</c><00:40:50.010><c> is</c><00:40:50.250><c> a</c><00:40:50.389><c> privileged</c><00:40:50.869><c> citizenship,</c>

00:40:52.590 --> 00:40:57.070
that<00:40:52.730><c> there's</c><00:40:53.030><c> a</c><00:40:53.170><c> way</c><00:40:53.329><c> of</c><00:40:53.650><c> life</c><00:40:54.190><c> that</c><00:40:55.409><c> we</c><00:40:55.610><c> ought</c><00:40:55.730><c> to</c><00:40:55.989><c> have,</c>

00:40:57.210 --> 00:41:00.429
and<00:40:57.349><c> that</c><00:40:57.550><c> as</c><00:40:57.750><c> part</c><00:40:57.929><c> of</c><00:40:58.090><c> it,</c><00:40:58.969><c> we</c><00:40:59.210><c> need</c><00:40:59.369><c> to</c><00:40:59.510><c> be</c><00:40:59.730><c> working</c><00:40:59.929><c> together.</c>

00:41:00.590 --> 00:41:04.670
It's<00:41:00.849><c> not</c><00:41:01.030><c> a</c><00:41:01.210><c> nice</c><00:41:01.449><c> option.</c><00:41:02.409><c> It's</c><00:41:02.469><c> not</c><00:41:03.610><c> a</c><00:41:03.769><c> garnish.</c>

00:41:06.289 --> 00:41:09.949
We<00:41:06.630><c> face</c><00:41:07.070><c> very</c><00:41:07.750><c> serious,</c><00:41:08.449><c> deadly</c><00:41:08.730><c> challenges,</c>

00:41:10.130 --> 00:41:12.869
and<00:41:10.429><c> we</c><00:41:10.630><c> have</c><00:41:10.809><c> to</c><00:41:11.070><c> struggle</c><00:41:11.309><c> together,</c><00:41:11.949><c> working</c><00:41:12.289><c> together</c>

00:41:12.869 --> 00:41:14.230
against<00:41:13.250><c> them.</c>

00:41:14.449 --> 00:41:16.929
What's<00:41:14.929><c> that</c><00:41:15.090><c> mean</c><00:41:15.210><c> in</c><00:41:15.329><c> practical</c><00:41:15.750><c> terms?</c>

00:41:17.630 --> 00:41:22.710
It<00:41:17.730><c> means</c><00:41:17.909><c> that</c><00:41:18.130><c> when</c><00:41:19.289><c> the</c><00:41:20.750><c> power</c><00:41:21.190><c> of</c><00:41:21.429><c> the</c><00:41:21.650><c> flesh</c><00:41:21.949><c> is</c><00:41:22.469><c> strong</c>

00:41:22.710 --> 00:41:24.130
against<00:41:23.110><c> us,</c>

00:41:24.210 --> 00:41:26.889
that<00:41:24.329><c> we've</c><00:41:24.550><c> got</c><00:41:24.630><c> to</c><00:41:24.730><c> be</c><00:41:24.909><c> able</c><00:41:25.090><c> to</c><00:41:25.929><c> work</c><00:41:26.210><c> together</c><00:41:26.550><c> with</c><00:41:26.730><c> our</c>

00:41:26.889 --> 00:41:27.550
brothers<00:41:27.070><c> and</c><00:41:27.329><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:27.610 --> 00:41:29.929
We've<00:41:27.809><c> got</c><00:41:27.869><c> to</c><00:41:27.969><c> be</c><00:41:28.050><c> able</c><00:41:28.210><c> to</c><00:41:28.429><c> confess</c><00:41:28.789><c> our</c><00:41:29.090><c> faults.</c>

00:41:30.190 --> 00:41:35.309
We've<00:41:30.489><c> got</c><00:41:30.590><c> to</c><00:41:30.710><c> be</c><00:41:30.869><c> able</c><00:41:31.110><c> to</c><00:41:31.389><c> accept</c><00:41:31.750><c> rebuke.</c>

00:41:36.030 --> 00:41:38.530
Unity<00:41:36.389><c> is</c><00:41:36.690><c> the</c><00:41:36.849><c> key</c><00:41:37.010><c> to</c><00:41:37.230><c> success.</c>

00:41:39.309 --> 00:41:43.289
And<00:41:39.949><c> the</c><00:41:40.190><c> way</c><00:41:40.849><c> for</c><00:41:42.110><c> us</c><00:41:42.289><c> to</c><00:41:42.530><c> attain</c><00:41:42.789><c> unity</c>

00:41:43.289 --> 00:41:46.210
is<00:41:44.349><c> to</c><00:41:44.610><c> manifest</c><00:41:45.030><c> the</c><00:41:45.349><c> mind</c><00:41:45.570><c> of</c><00:41:45.789><c> Christ</c>

00:41:46.210 --> 00:41:50.030
in<00:41:47.150><c> the</c><00:41:47.230><c> most</c><00:41:47.550><c> humble</c><00:41:47.829><c> of</c><00:41:48.150><c> attitude</c><00:41:48.750><c> toward</c><00:41:49.590><c> our</c><00:41:49.789><c> brothers</c>

00:41:50.030 --> 00:41:51.110
and<00:41:50.269><c> sisters.</c>