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and<00:12:36.360><c> they're</c><00:12:36.600><c> there</c><00:12:36.860><c> in</c><00:12:37.080><c> the</c><00:12:37.200><c> box</c><00:12:37.399><c> at</c><00:12:37.580><c> the</c><00:12:37.700><c> back,</c><00:12:38.240><c> there's</c><00:12:38.600><c> a</c>

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yellow<00:12:39.080><c> dividing</c><00:12:39.460><c> sheet.</c>

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They,<00:12:40.860><c> some</c><00:12:41.039><c> of</c><00:12:41.200><c> the</c><00:12:41.399><c> words,</c><00:12:41.879><c> the</c><00:12:42.179><c> wisdom</c><00:12:42.580><c> of</c><00:12:42.840><c> his</c><00:12:43.259><c> words</c><00:12:43.700><c> are</c>

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absolutely<00:12:45.080><c> so,</c>

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so<00:12:48.340><c> appropriate</c><00:12:49.059><c> to</c><00:12:49.519><c> this</c><00:12:49.799><c> study</c><00:12:50.100><c> today.</c>

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So<00:12:52.259><c> strong</c><00:12:52.720><c> plug</c><00:12:53.200><c> for</c><00:12:53.720><c> taking</c><00:12:54.100><c> those</c><00:12:54.360><c> today.</c>

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Okay,<00:12:55.860><c> verses</c><00:12:55.960><c> 7</c><00:12:56.279><c> to</c><00:12:56.340><c> 12,</c><00:12:57.000><c> the</c><00:12:57.000><c> illustrations</c><00:12:57.580><c> here</c><00:12:58.120><c> now</c><00:12:58.460><c> of</c><00:12:59.580><c> inconsistency.</c>

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For<00:13:01.240><c> every</c><00:13:01.659><c> kind</c><00:13:01.980><c> of</c><00:13:02.200><c> beast</c><00:13:02.419><c> and</c><00:13:02.620><c> of</c><00:13:02.820><c> birds</c><00:13:03.100><c> and</c><00:13:03.299><c> of</c><00:13:03.480><c> serpents</c>

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and<00:13:03.980><c> of</c><00:13:04.120><c> things</c><00:13:04.320><c> in</c><00:13:04.480><c> the</c><00:13:04.700><c> sea</c><00:13:04.840><c> is</c><00:13:05.139><c> tamed</c>

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and<00:13:05.840><c> hath</c><00:13:06.039><c> been</c><00:13:06.399><c> tamed</c><00:13:06.720><c> of</c><00:13:06.980><c> mankind.</c>

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What<00:13:08.159><c> a</c><00:13:08.580><c> contrast</c><00:13:08.820><c> it</c><00:13:09.000><c> is,</c><00:13:09.220><c> brothers</c><00:13:09.379><c> and</c><00:13:09.399><c> sisters,</c><00:13:09.700><c> that</c><00:13:09.899><c> man</c>

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has<00:13:10.519><c> exercised</c><00:13:11.059><c> dominion</c>

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over<00:13:12.919><c> the</c><00:13:13.299><c> animal</c><00:13:13.639><c> world</c><00:13:13.879><c> but</c><00:13:14.440><c> no</c><00:13:14.919><c> one</c><00:13:15.919><c> has</c><00:13:16.480><c> ever</c><00:13:16.840><c> learned</c><00:13:17.139><c> to</c>

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tame<00:13:18.080><c> this</c><00:13:18.720><c> little</c><00:13:19.320><c> member</c><00:13:19.799><c> in</c><00:13:20.100><c> the</c><00:13:20.220><c> human</c><00:13:20.519><c> body.</c>

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To<00:13:22.519><c> buy</c><00:13:22.820><c> greater</c><00:13:23.539><c> prowess,</c><00:13:24.120><c> of</c><00:13:24.279><c> course,</c><00:13:24.679><c> man</c><00:13:24.840><c> can</c><00:13:25.120><c> exercise</c>

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dominion<00:13:26.120><c> but</c><00:13:26.259><c> he</c><00:13:26.679><c> can't,</c><00:13:27.059><c> and</c><00:13:27.399><c> we</c><00:13:27.600><c> admit</c><00:13:27.799><c> it,</c>

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we<00:13:29.220><c> cannot</c><00:13:29.539><c> exercise</c><00:13:30.399><c> dominion</c><00:13:31.100><c> over</c><00:13:31.360><c> this</c><00:13:31.580><c> little</c><00:13:31.799><c> member.</c>

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But<00:13:33.700><c> the</c><00:13:33.919><c> tongue</c><00:13:34.039><c> can</c><00:13:34.360><c> no</c><00:13:34.559><c> man</c><00:13:34.779><c> tame.</c>

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It's<00:13:35.279><c> an</c><00:13:35.500><c> unruly</c><00:13:35.879><c> evil</c><00:13:36.220><c> full</c><00:13:36.580><c> of</c><00:13:36.799><c> deadly</c><00:13:37.139><c> poison.</c>

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A<00:13:37.960><c> tongue</c><00:13:38.120><c> is</c><00:13:38.519><c> unruly.</c>

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It's<00:13:40.440><c> forever</c><00:13:40.779><c> restless</c><00:13:41.419><c> and</c><00:13:42.340><c> at</c><00:13:42.679><c> times</c><00:13:43.080><c> it</c><00:13:43.659><c> spits</c><00:13:44.019><c> out</c><00:13:44.340><c> this</c>

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deadly<00:13:45.159><c> poison</c><00:13:45.759><c> of</c><00:13:46.700><c> lies,</c><00:13:47.580><c> of</c><00:13:47.720><c> backbiting</c><00:13:48.500><c> and</c><00:13:49.019><c> slander.</c>

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You<00:13:51.419><c> know,</c><00:13:51.500><c> Paul</c><00:13:51.659><c> warns</c><00:13:52.139><c> Titus</c><00:13:52.440><c> of</c><00:13:52.639><c> those</c><00:13:53.019><c> whose</c><00:13:53.299><c> mouths</c><00:13:53.740><c> must</c>

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be<00:13:54.679><c> stopped.</c>

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Well,<00:14:00.200><c> brothers</c><00:14:00.360><c> and</c><00:14:00.580><c> sisters,</c><00:14:00.820><c> I</c><00:14:00.960><c> want</c><00:14:01.100><c> to</c><00:14:01.259><c> just</c><00:14:02.740><c> pause</c><00:14:03.120><c> and</c>

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consider<00:14:03.759><c> an</c><00:14:04.039><c> application</c><00:14:04.539><c> here.</c>

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Keep<00:14:09.059><c> on</c><00:14:09.440><c> forgetting</c><00:14:09.820><c> my</c><00:14:10.320><c> 21</c><00:14:10.639><c>-year</c><00:14:10.899><c>-old's</c><00:14:11.240><c> advice,</c><00:14:11.600><c> sorry.</c>

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Okay,<00:14:17.379><c> today,</c><00:14:19.379><c> brothers</c><00:14:19.580><c> and</c><00:14:19.840><c> sisters</c><00:14:20.080><c> and</c><00:14:20.299><c> young</c><00:14:20.480><c> people,</c>

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the<00:14:23.299><c> fiery</c><00:14:23.740><c> tongue</c><00:14:24.500><c> has</c><00:14:25.299><c> gained</c><00:14:26.039><c> an</c><00:14:27.159><c> electronic</c><00:14:28.240><c> medium,</c><00:14:32.200><c> right?</c>

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At<00:14:35.980><c> the</c><00:14:36.120><c> click</c><00:14:36.240><c> of</c><00:14:36.399><c> a</c><00:14:36.519><c> button</c><00:14:37.179><c> at</c><00:14:37.639><c> a</c><00:14:37.820><c> computer,</c><00:14:40.759><c> an</c><00:14:41.000><c> email</c><00:14:41.419><c> can</c>

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slander<00:14:43.620><c> and</c><00:14:44.980><c> well</c><00:14:45.360><c>-knight</c><00:14:45.740><c> destroy</c><00:14:46.799><c> a</c><00:14:47.120><c> brother's</c><00:14:47.559><c> reputation.</c>

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In<00:14:50.419><c> an</c><00:14:50.639><c> instant,</c><00:14:52.200><c> you</c><00:14:52.419><c> can</c><00:14:52.679><c> have</c><00:14:52.940><c> a</c><00:14:53.360><c> thousand</c><00:14:54.019><c>-strong</c><00:14:54.899><c> mailing</c>

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list,<00:14:56.259><c> well,</c><00:14:56.539><c> hundreds</c><00:14:56.860><c> at</c><00:14:57.080><c> least.</c>

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That<00:14:59.259><c> mailing</c><00:14:59.659><c> list</c><00:14:59.860><c> can</c><00:15:00.159><c> be</c><00:15:01.320><c> accessed</c><00:15:01.919><c> and</c><00:15:04.139><c> deadly</c><00:15:04.480><c> poison</c>

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can<00:15:06.259><c> spread</c><00:15:06.940><c> like</c><00:15:07.379><c> wildfire.</c>

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You<00:15:10.700><c> might</c><00:15:10.980><c> have</c><00:15:11.379><c> material</c><00:15:11.820><c> sent</c><00:15:12.120><c> through</c><00:15:12.360><c> to</c><00:15:12.620><c> you,</c><00:15:12.980><c> you</c><00:15:13.240><c> haven't</c><00:15:13.500><c> asked</c><00:15:13.779><c> for</c>

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it,<00:15:14.879><c> it's</c><00:15:15.320><c> distorted,</c>

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it's<00:15:17.799><c> a</c><00:15:17.940><c> slanderous</c><00:15:18.559><c> report.</c>

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You<00:15:20.700><c> never</c><00:15:21.000><c> invited</c><00:15:21.419><c> that,</c><00:15:22.360><c> but</c><00:15:22.600><c> there</c><00:15:22.860><c> it</c><00:15:23.019><c> is,</c><00:15:23.580><c> bang,</c><00:15:24.740><c> it's</c>

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there<00:15:25.419><c> in</c><00:15:25.620><c> your</c><00:15:25.799><c> inbox.</c>

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And<00:15:29.379><c> tragically,</c><00:15:29.960><c> at</c><00:15:30.159><c> the</c><00:15:30.460><c> click</c><00:15:30.620><c> of</c><00:15:30.860><c> another</c><00:15:31.100><c> button,</c><00:15:33.720><c> away</c>

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it<00:15:34.200><c> goes,</c><00:15:35.720><c> lacking</c><00:15:35.940><c> any</c><00:15:36.259><c> context.</c>

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How<00:15:40.440><c> much</c><00:15:40.759><c> damage</c><00:15:41.059><c> has</c><00:15:41.320><c> been</c><00:15:41.559><c> done,</c><00:15:41.960><c> brothers</c><00:15:42.200><c> and</c><00:15:42.379><c> sisters?</c>

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In<00:15:43.639><c> recent</c><00:15:44.200><c> times,</c><00:15:46.659><c> by</c><00:15:46.759><c> the</c><00:15:47.059><c> tongue,</c><00:15:47.879><c> in</c><00:15:48.200><c> an</c><00:15:48.559><c> electronic</c><00:15:49.320><c> medium.</c>

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So,<00:15:54.279><c> we</c><00:15:54.539><c> find</c><00:15:54.879><c> these</c><00:15:55.259><c> malicious</c><00:15:55.740><c> reports,</c><00:15:57.360><c> breaking</c><00:15:57.600><c> out</c><00:15:57.899><c> all</c>

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over<00:15:58.399><c> the</c><00:15:58.700><c> Ecclesial</c><00:15:59.220><c> world,</c>

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and<00:16:01.840><c> true</c><00:16:02.159><c> brethren</c><00:16:02.639><c> despair.</c>

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You<00:16:05.879><c> know,</c><00:16:06.000><c> it</c><00:16:06.019><c> used</c><00:16:06.200><c> to</c><00:16:06.279><c> be</c><00:16:06.500><c> said</c><00:16:06.759><c> that</c><00:16:07.139><c> the</c><00:16:07.559><c> pen</c><00:16:07.700><c> was</c><00:16:07.919><c> more</c><00:16:08.279><c> powerful</c><00:16:08.659><c> than</c><00:16:08.879><c> a</c><00:16:09.120><c> sword.</c>

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I'm<00:16:12.240><c> not</c><00:16:12.500><c> so</c><00:16:12.799><c> sure</c><00:16:13.000><c> about</c><00:16:13.220><c> that.</c>

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The<00:16:15.740><c> process,</c><00:16:16.480><c> brothers</c><00:16:16.580><c> and</c><00:16:16.820><c> sisters,</c><00:16:17.600><c> the</c><00:16:17.840><c> damage</c><00:16:18.279><c> can</c><00:16:18.620><c> be</c>

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activated<00:16:19.340><c> worldwide</c><00:16:20.220><c> in</c><00:16:20.720><c> an</c><00:16:21.080><c> instant.</c>

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And<00:16:23.500><c> brethren</c><00:16:23.919><c> have</c><00:16:24.320><c> to</c><00:16:24.639><c> go</c><00:16:24.940><c> about</c><00:16:25.379><c> damage</c><00:16:26.019><c> control.</c>

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Let's<00:16:29.000><c> take</c><00:16:29.279><c> this</c><00:16:29.659><c> analogy</c><00:16:30.059><c> a</c><00:16:30.259><c> little</c><00:16:30.419><c> further.</c>

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You<00:16:30.980><c> know</c><00:16:31.220><c> how</c><00:16:31.539><c> with</c><00:16:31.940><c> computers,</c><00:16:32.919><c> and</c><00:16:33.100><c> I'm</c><00:16:33.340><c> sorry,</c><00:16:33.539><c> I</c><00:16:33.600><c> don't</c><00:16:33.779><c> know</c><00:16:33.899><c> a</c>

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lot<00:16:34.080><c> about</c><00:16:34.340><c> computers,</c><00:16:34.720><c> I</c><00:16:34.860><c> can</c>

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do<00:16:36.659><c> this,</c><00:16:37.799><c> and</c><00:16:38.000><c> I</c><00:16:38.120><c> can</c><00:16:38.299><c> use</c><00:16:38.460><c> it</c><00:16:38.639><c> as</c><00:16:38.820><c> a</c><00:16:38.919><c> word</c><00:16:39.139><c> processor</c><00:16:39.700><c> and</c><00:16:39.960><c> a</c>

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few<00:16:40.240><c> other</c><00:16:40.440><c> things,</c><00:16:42.340><c> but</c>

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you<00:16:44.340><c> know</c><00:16:44.539><c> as</c><00:16:44.659><c> well</c><00:16:44.779><c> as</c><00:16:44.960><c> I</c><00:16:45.100><c> do,</c><00:16:45.379><c> that</c><00:16:45.460><c> you</c><00:16:45.580><c> can</c><00:16:45.799><c> put</c><00:16:45.980><c> a</c><00:16:46.279><c> block</c><00:16:46.519><c> on</c>

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a<00:16:47.139><c> computer.</c>

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You<00:16:48.779><c> can</c><00:16:49.100><c> stop</c><00:16:49.539><c> certain</c><00:16:50.600><c> graphic</c><00:16:51.519><c> images</c><00:16:51.940><c> coming</c><00:16:52.259><c> through</c>

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for<00:16:52.860><c> the,</c><00:16:53.320><c> particularly</c><00:16:53.600><c> for</c><00:16:53.879><c> the</c><00:16:54.059><c> safety</c>

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of<00:16:54.480><c> your</c><00:16:54.580><c> children,</c><00:16:55.259><c> pornographic</c><00:16:55.779><c> stuff,</c><00:16:56.100><c> you</c><00:16:56.100><c> can</c><00:16:56.200><c> put</c><00:16:56.340><c> a</c>

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block<00:16:56.960><c> in</c><00:16:57.419><c> your</c><00:16:57.600><c> computer.</c>

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Have<00:17:00.820><c> you</c><00:17:01.000><c> ever</c><00:17:01.220><c> thought</c><00:17:01.440><c> about</c><00:17:01.779><c> putting</c><00:17:02.100><c> a</c><00:17:02.399><c> block</c><00:17:02.539><c> in</c><00:17:02.700><c> your</c>

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computer<00:17:03.379><c> that</c><00:17:04.180><c> is</c><00:17:05.519><c> Matthew</c><00:17:06.420><c> 18?</c>

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Yeah,<00:17:11.519><c> maybe,</c><00:17:12.240><c> maybe</c><00:17:12.859><c> somebody</c><00:17:13.220><c> should</c><00:17:13.539><c> devise</c><00:17:14.339><c> a</c><00:17:14.660><c> Matthew</c>

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18<00:17:15.480><c> block.</c>

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Because<00:17:18.420><c> Matthew</c><00:17:18.900><c> 18</c><00:17:19.259><c> and</c><00:17:19.400><c> verse</c><00:17:19.619><c> 15</c><00:17:20.140><c> that</c><00:17:20.380><c> we</c><00:17:20.440><c> won't</c><00:17:20.640><c> turn</c><00:17:20.859><c> to,</c><00:17:21.059><c> but</c><00:17:21.339><c> is,</c><00:17:21.960><c> that</c><00:17:22.319><c> is</c><00:17:22.960><c> overridden</c>

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by<00:17:26.700><c> clever,</c><00:17:28.319><c> malicious</c><00:17:28.779><c> brethren,</c><00:17:30.779><c> by</c><00:17:31.019><c> our</c><00:17:31.279><c> own</c><00:17:31.480><c> words</c><00:17:31.819><c> and</c>

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electronic<00:17:33.019><c> messages,</c><00:17:33.839><c> we</c><00:17:34.279><c> shall,</c><00:17:35.039><c> and</c><00:17:35.299><c> I'm</c><00:17:36.619><c> not,</c>

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I'm<00:17:36.960><c> not</c><00:17:37.859><c> thinking</c><00:17:38.079><c> of</c><00:17:38.299><c> any</c><00:17:38.579><c> particular</c><00:17:39.059><c> instance</c><00:17:39.480><c> here,</c><00:17:41.079><c> but</c>

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I'm<00:17:41.660><c> aware</c><00:17:41.900><c> of</c><00:17:42.059><c> the</c><00:17:42.240><c> danger</c><00:17:42.740><c> we</c><00:17:43.680><c> can</c><00:17:44.480><c> be,</c>

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or<00:17:44.920><c> may</c><00:17:45.220><c> be,</c><00:17:46.440><c> condemned</c><00:17:46.759><c> by</c><00:17:47.359><c> our</c><00:17:47.599><c> words</c><00:17:47.839><c> and</c><00:17:48.099><c> even</c><00:17:48.319><c> by</c><00:17:48.740><c> our</c>

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electronic<00:17:49.380><c> messages.</c>

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There's<00:17:52.059><c> no</c><00:17:52.740><c> anti</c><00:17:53.559><c>-venom</c><00:17:53.920><c> dose</c><00:17:54.539><c> that</c><00:17:56.140><c> can</c><00:17:56.400><c> nullify</c><00:17:56.980><c> the</c><00:17:57.180><c> deadly</c><00:17:57.519><c> poison</c><00:17:57.920><c> it</c><00:17:58.119><c> sometimes</c><00:17:58.640><c> sweeps</c><00:17:59.140><c> through</c><00:17:59.759><c> like</c><00:18:00.819><c> a</c><00:18:01.039><c> virus.</c>

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Except,<00:18:05.019><c> brethren</c><00:18:05.180><c> and</c><00:18:05.440><c> sisters,</c><00:18:05.960><c> except</c><00:18:06.799><c> the</c><00:18:07.980><c> shield</c><00:18:08.319><c> of</c>

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faith,<00:18:09.279><c> that's</c><00:18:10.019><c> our</c><00:18:10.259><c> block,</c>

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the<00:18:11.779><c> shield</c><00:18:12.119><c> of</c><00:18:12.380><c> faith.</c><00:18:13.920><c> Hopefully</c><00:18:14.339><c> these</c><00:18:14.700><c> messages</c><00:18:15.079><c> won't</c>

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get<00:18:15.599><c> through</c><00:18:15.839><c> the</c><00:18:16.039><c> shield</c><00:18:16.319><c> of</c><00:18:16.579><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:18:17.799><c> reliance</c><00:18:18.180><c> on</c><00:18:18.440><c> prayer</c><00:18:18.720><c> and</c><00:18:18.900><c> the</c><00:18:19.140><c> consolation</c><00:18:19.539><c> of</c><00:18:19.680><c> the</c><00:18:19.839><c> word,</c><00:18:20.660><c> and</c>

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God<00:18:22.079><c> knows</c><00:18:22.440><c> the</c><00:18:22.660><c> mischief</c><00:18:23.000><c> makers.</c>

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You<00:18:25.259><c> know,</c><00:18:25.500><c> we</c><00:18:25.819><c> have</c><00:18:25.980><c> a</c><00:18:26.160><c> saying</c><00:18:26.279><c> in</c><00:18:26.480><c> our</c><00:18:26.680><c> family</c><00:18:27.240><c> in</c><00:18:28.720><c> the</c><00:18:28.920><c> context</c><00:18:29.259><c> of</c>

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this,<00:18:30.859><c> you</c><00:18:30.960><c> sometimes</c><00:18:31.259><c> despair</c>

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and<00:18:31.980><c> then</c><00:18:32.079><c> you</c><00:18:32.259><c> say</c><00:18:32.380><c> to</c><00:18:32.559><c> yourself,</c><00:18:33.559><c> well</c><00:18:33.700><c> really,</c><00:18:35.299><c> God</c><00:18:35.559><c> knows,</c>

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and<00:18:37.900><c> that's</c><00:18:38.119><c> all</c><00:18:38.299><c> that</c><00:18:38.500><c> really</c><00:18:38.740><c> matters.</c>

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There's<00:18:41.140><c> another</c><00:18:41.400><c> saying,</c><00:18:43.119><c> keep</c><00:18:43.339><c> your</c><00:18:43.579><c> words</c><00:18:43.799><c> sweet,</c><00:18:45.140><c> because</c><00:18:45.359><c> one</c><00:18:45.619><c> day</c><00:18:45.779><c> we</c>

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may<00:18:46.079><c> have</c><00:18:46.279><c> to</c><00:18:46.400><c> eat</c><00:18:46.539><c> them.</c>

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We<00:18:50.019><c> also</c><00:18:50.299><c> have</c><00:18:50.460><c> an</c><00:18:50.640><c> unwritten</c><00:18:50.920><c> policy</c><00:18:51.480><c> in</c><00:18:51.839><c> our</c><00:18:52.099><c> arranging</c><00:18:52.539><c> board,</c><00:18:54.240><c> and</c>

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we've<00:18:54.859><c> devised</c><00:18:55.299><c> it</c><00:18:55.460><c> over</c><00:18:55.880><c> quite</c><00:18:56.099><c> a</c><00:18:56.259><c> few</c><00:18:56.380><c> years,</c>

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and<00:18:56.880><c> when</c><00:18:56.960><c> we</c><00:18:57.220><c> write</c><00:18:57.420><c> letters,</c><00:18:57.839><c> you</c><00:18:57.839><c> know,</c><00:18:58.259><c> the</c><00:18:58.339><c> sort</c><00:18:58.460><c> of</c><00:18:58.519><c> letters</c><00:18:58.720><c> that</c>

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have<00:18:59.160><c> to</c><00:18:59.339><c> be</c><00:18:59.599><c> carefully</c><00:18:59.940><c> drafted</c><00:19:00.400><c> and</c><00:19:00.680><c> written,</c>

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so<00:19:02.019><c> you</c><00:19:02.160><c> sit</c><00:19:02.420><c> down</c><00:19:02.660><c> and</c><00:19:02.819><c> you</c><00:19:03.039><c> write</c><00:19:03.240><c> this</c><00:19:03.539><c> letter,</c><00:19:03.779><c> and</c><00:19:03.940><c> it</c><00:19:04.019><c> might</c><00:19:04.180><c> be</c>

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on<00:19:04.460><c> a</c><00:19:04.759><c> particular</c><00:19:05.140><c> issue</c><00:19:05.599><c> that</c><00:19:06.180><c> really</c><00:19:06.740><c> has,</c>

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has<00:19:09.839><c> a</c><00:19:10.039><c> great</c><00:19:10.240><c> deal</c><00:19:10.440><c> of</c><00:19:10.720><c> sensitivity,</c><00:19:11.180><c> and</c><00:19:11.359><c> you're</c><00:19:11.599><c> concerned</c>

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about<00:19:12.259><c> how</c><00:19:12.480><c> to</c><00:19:12.759><c> choose</c><00:19:13.079><c> the</c><00:19:13.299><c> words,</c>

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and<00:19:14.059><c> perhaps</c><00:19:14.720><c> you</c><00:19:14.859><c> come</c><00:19:15.059><c> home</c><00:19:15.299><c> from</c><00:19:15.779><c> an</c><00:19:15.940><c> AB</c><00:19:16.200><c> meeting</c><00:19:16.559><c> and</c><00:19:16.720><c> you</c>

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sit<00:19:17.059><c> down</c><00:19:17.220><c> and</c><00:19:17.359><c> write</c><00:19:17.579><c> this</c><00:19:17.799><c> letter</c><00:19:17.960><c> off</c>

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whilst<00:19:18.359><c> it's</c><00:19:18.619><c> fresh</c><00:19:18.819><c> in</c><00:19:18.940><c> your</c><00:19:19.099><c> mind.</c><00:19:19.900><c> You</c><00:19:20.019><c> know,</c><00:19:20.619><c> we</c><00:19:20.980><c> have</c><00:19:21.160><c> a</c>

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saying<00:19:21.660><c> in</c><00:19:22.079><c> our</c><00:19:22.559><c> arranging</c><00:19:22.920><c> board,</c>

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you<00:19:24.119><c> write</c><00:19:24.299><c> the</c><00:19:24.480><c> letter,</c><00:19:25.720><c> put</c><00:19:25.859><c> the</c><00:19:26.039><c> letter</c><00:19:26.180><c> down,</c><00:19:26.559><c> put</c><00:19:26.680><c> the</c><00:19:26.859><c> pen</c><00:19:27.000><c> down,</c><00:19:28.200><c> go</c>

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to<00:19:28.740><c> sleep</c><00:19:29.180><c> in</c><00:19:31.160><c> the</c><00:19:31.299><c> morning,</c>

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have<00:19:32.900><c> a</c><00:19:32.980><c> look</c><00:19:33.059><c> at</c><00:19:33.200><c> that</c><00:19:33.380><c> letter,</c><00:19:34.799><c> decide</c><00:19:35.259><c> then</c><00:19:35.539><c> whether</c><00:19:35.640><c> you</c>

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still<00:19:36.059><c> want</c><00:19:36.240><c> to</c><00:19:36.380><c> send</c><00:19:36.539><c> it.</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:39.940><c> you</c><00:19:40.200><c> think,</c><00:19:40.859><c> oh</c><00:19:41.240><c> wait</c><00:19:41.460><c> a</c><00:19:41.599><c> minute,</c><00:19:41.759><c> I</c><00:19:41.920><c> think</c><00:19:42.099><c> we</c>

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better<00:19:42.339><c> rewrite</c><00:19:42.759><c> that</c><00:19:43.039><c> letter.</c>

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So,<00:19:45.680><c> never</c><00:19:45.940><c> write</c><00:19:46.220><c> letters</c><00:19:46.539><c> like</c><00:19:46.880><c> that</c><00:19:47.460><c> in</c><00:19:47.799><c> any</c><00:19:48.099><c> hasty</c><00:19:48.500><c> fashion</c><00:19:48.880><c> at</c><00:19:49.140><c> all.</c>

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So,<00:19:50.579><c> verse</c><00:19:50.720><c> 9,</c><00:19:51.099><c> therewith,</c><00:19:51.579><c> bless</c><00:19:51.859><c> we</c><00:19:52.079><c> God,</c><00:19:52.400><c> even</c><00:19:52.579><c> the</c><00:19:52.839><c> Father,</c><00:19:53.240><c> and</c><00:19:53.420><c> therewith</c><00:19:54.119><c> we</c>

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curse<00:19:54.759><c> men.</c>

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Nowhere<00:19:56.359><c> is</c><00:19:57.019><c> inconsistency</c><00:19:57.980><c> of</c><00:19:58.259><c> behaviour</c><00:19:58.700><c> more</c><00:19:59.119><c> marked</c><00:19:59.480><c> than</c><00:19:59.759><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:00.579><c> inconsistent</c><00:20:01.400><c> use</c><00:20:01.799><c> of</c><00:20:02.059><c> the</c><00:20:02.299><c> tongue,</c>

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and<00:20:02.960><c> we're</c><00:20:03.200><c> all</c><00:20:03.480><c> guilty</c><00:20:03.839><c> of</c><00:20:04.720><c> such</c><00:20:05.180><c> inconsistency</c><00:20:06.539><c> where,</c><00:20:07.059><c> in</c>

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many<00:20:07.480><c> ways,</c><00:20:07.980><c> we're</c><00:20:08.839><c> all</c><00:20:09.039><c> faulty.</c>

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You<00:20:10.200><c> know,</c><00:20:10.359><c> for</c><00:20:10.559><c> example,</c><00:20:11.480><c> our</c><00:20:11.599><c> words</c><00:20:11.920><c> of</c><00:20:12.559><c> worship,</c><00:20:13.480><c> of</c><00:20:13.799><c> prayer,</c><00:20:14.319><c> and</c>

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of<00:20:14.720><c> praise,</c>

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particularly,<00:20:16.660><c> but</c><00:20:16.839><c> not</c><00:20:17.079><c> only</c><00:20:17.240><c> on</c><00:20:17.779><c> Sunday</c><00:20:18.019><c> morning,</c><00:20:19.880><c> and</c><00:20:20.339><c> five</c><00:20:20.619><c> minutes</c><00:20:20.880><c> after</c><00:20:21.200><c> the</c><00:20:21.359><c> meeting,</c>

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the<00:20:23.900><c> tongues</c><00:20:24.160><c> are</c><00:20:24.420><c> wagging,</c><00:20:26.539><c> people</c><00:20:26.819><c> get</c><00:20:27.019><c> a</c><00:20:27.140><c> little</c><00:20:27.339><c> huddle,</c>

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the<00:20:30.039><c> hand</c><00:20:30.259><c> covers</c><00:20:30.579><c> the</c><00:20:30.799><c> mouth,</c><00:20:32.920><c> and</c>

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backbiting<00:20:40.799><c> goes</c><00:20:41.339><c> on.</c><00:20:43.960><c> You</c><00:20:43.960><c> know,</c><00:20:44.359><c> grandma</c><00:20:44.519><c> used</c><00:20:44.779><c> to</c><00:20:44.960><c> tell</c>

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our<00:20:45.400><c> children</c><00:20:45.980><c> whenever</c><00:20:46.660><c> she</c><00:20:47.299><c> caught</c><00:20:47.599><c> them</c><00:20:47.859><c> whispering,</c>

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I<00:20:49.000><c> don't</c><00:20:49.299><c> think</c><00:20:49.579><c> they</c><00:20:49.740><c> ever</c><00:20:49.859><c> did</c><00:20:49.960><c> it</c><00:20:50.119><c> more</c><00:20:50.279><c> than</c><00:20:50.420><c> once,</c><00:20:51.420><c> because</c><00:20:51.539><c> grandma</c><00:20:51.819><c> was</c><00:20:52.000><c> one</c><00:20:52.180><c> of</c>

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those<00:20:52.519><c> sort</c><00:20:52.640><c> of</c>

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grandmothers<00:20:54.059><c> that</c><00:20:55.299><c> we</c><00:20:55.480><c> love</c><00:20:55.640><c> dearly,</c><00:20:56.440><c> believe</c><00:20:56.740><c> me.</c><00:20:58.000><c> She</c><00:20:58.240><c> said,</c><00:20:59.759><c> if</c>

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it's<00:21:00.000><c> not</c><00:21:00.200><c> worth</c><00:21:00.380><c> saying</c><00:21:00.559><c> publicly,</c>

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don't<00:21:01.299><c> say</c><00:21:01.460><c> it</c><00:21:01.599><c> aloud.</c><00:21:03.920><c> It's</c><00:21:04.420><c> true,</c><00:21:05.099><c> it's</c><00:21:05.480><c> true.</c><00:21:07.140><c> So,</c><00:21:07.640><c> out</c><00:21:07.640><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:07.859><c> mouth,</c><00:21:08.299><c> out</c><00:21:08.500><c> of</c><00:21:08.599><c> the</c><00:21:08.779><c> same</c><00:21:09.019><c> mouth,</c>

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proceed<00:21:09.579><c> with</c><00:21:09.819><c> blessings</c><00:21:10.240><c> and</c><00:21:10.559><c> cursings.</c><00:21:11.019><c> My</c><00:21:11.259><c> brethren,</c><00:21:11.619><c> these</c><00:21:11.839><c> things</c><00:21:12.180><c> ought</c><00:21:12.460><c> not</c>

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so<00:21:13.279><c> to</c><00:21:13.480><c> be.</c><00:21:13.599><c> My</c><00:21:14.000><c> brethren,</c>

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and<00:21:16.140><c> sisters,</c><00:21:16.700><c> and</c><00:21:16.859><c> young</c><00:21:17.039><c> people,</c><00:21:17.319><c> these</c><00:21:17.579><c> things</c><00:21:17.940><c> ought</c><00:21:18.200><c> not</c>

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so<00:21:18.839><c> to</c><00:21:19.019><c> be</c><00:21:19.140><c> at</c><00:21:19.319><c> the</c><00:21:19.519><c> meetings,</c><00:21:20.339><c> at</c><00:21:20.599><c> home,</c>

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especially<00:21:22.480><c> in</c><00:21:22.759><c> front</c><00:21:22.900><c> of</c><00:21:23.059><c> the</c><00:21:23.299><c> children,</c><00:21:24.440><c> especially</c><00:21:25.480><c> in</c><00:21:25.700><c> front</c><00:21:25.880><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:26.160><c> children.</c><00:21:26.579><c> You</c><00:21:26.579><c> know,</c><00:21:27.460><c> ecclesial</c><00:21:28.059><c> talk,</c>

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ecclesial<00:21:29.920><c> politics</c><00:21:30.579><c> is</c><00:21:31.180><c> not</c><00:21:31.440><c> table</c><00:21:31.880><c> talk.</c><00:21:33.619><c> It</c><00:21:33.740><c> is</c><00:21:34.099><c> not</c><00:21:34.500><c> table</c><00:21:35.000><c> talk.</c>

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You<00:21:37.640><c> know,</c><00:21:38.619><c> grandma</c><00:21:38.740><c> used</c><00:21:39.039><c> to,</c><00:21:39.559><c> grandma</c><00:21:39.920><c> was</c><00:21:40.180><c> an</c><00:21:40.380><c> amazing</c><00:21:40.839><c> woman,</c><00:21:41.920><c> only</c><00:21:42.079><c> a</c>

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little,<00:21:42.460><c> little</c><00:21:42.599><c> woman,</c><00:21:43.900><c> heart</c><00:21:43.980><c> of</c><00:21:44.279><c> gold,</c>

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but<00:21:46.119><c> she</c><00:21:46.640><c> had</c><00:21:46.839><c> some</c><00:21:47.339><c> marvellous,</c><00:21:48.220><c> marvellous</c><00:21:48.759><c> little</c><00:21:49.099><c> practicalities</c><00:21:49.779><c> about</c>

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her.<00:21:50.180><c> She</c><00:21:50.299><c> had</c><00:21:50.500><c> a</c><00:21:50.759><c> plaque</c><00:21:50.940><c> next</c>

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to<00:21:51.559><c> the</c><00:21:51.579><c> phone.</c><00:21:52.519><c> Christ</c><00:21:52.680><c> is</c><00:21:52.900><c> the</c><00:21:52.940><c> head</c><00:21:53.039><c> of</c><00:21:53.200><c> the</c><00:21:53.339><c> house,</c><00:21:53.579><c> the</c><00:21:53.759><c> unseen</c><00:21:54.279><c> listener</c><00:21:55.900><c> to</c>

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every<00:21:57.720><c> conversation.</c>

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So,<00:22:02.680><c> this,</c><00:22:03.079><c> this,</c><00:22:03.140><c> brethren</c><00:22:03.220><c> and</c><00:22:03.339><c> sisters,</c><00:22:03.759><c> is</c><00:22:04.480><c> the</c><00:22:04.759><c> antidote</c>

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to<00:22:05.759><c> speaking</c><00:22:06.140><c> with</c><00:22:06.400><c> a</c><00:22:06.619><c> forked</c><00:22:07.059><c> tongue.</c>

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The<00:22:09.380><c> serpent</c><00:22:09.799><c> spoke</c><00:22:10.240><c> with</c><00:22:10.460><c> a</c><00:22:10.599><c> forked</c><00:22:10.940><c> tongue.</c><00:22:13.220><c> So,</c><00:22:13.500><c> the</c><00:22:13.599><c> tongue</c><00:22:13.779><c> of</c><00:22:14.000><c> the</c><00:22:14.140><c> serpent,</c><00:22:14.539><c> the</c><00:22:14.779><c> first</c><00:22:15.099><c> lie</c><00:22:15.359><c> led</c><00:22:15.619><c> to</c><00:22:15.839><c> death.</c>

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So,<00:22:17.880><c> here's</c><00:22:18.059><c> the</c><00:22:18.220><c> double</c><00:22:18.480><c> mindedness,</c><00:22:19.200><c> here</c><00:22:19.440><c> is</c><00:22:19.880><c> fickleness,</c>

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here<00:22:20.920><c> is</c><00:22:22.240><c> gross,</c><00:22:22.880><c> a</c><00:22:23.220><c> case</c><00:22:23.539><c> of</c><00:22:23.799><c> being</c><00:22:24.019><c> so</c>

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unstable<00:22:25.380><c> and</c><00:22:25.700><c> restless.</c><00:22:27.160><c> That's</c><00:22:27.619><c> completely</c><00:22:28.079><c> the</c><00:22:28.339><c> opposite</c>

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to<00:22:29.619><c> the</c><00:22:29.880><c> single</c><00:22:30.180><c> mindedness</c><00:22:30.779><c> of</c><00:22:31.480><c> God.</c><00:22:32.039><c> And</c><00:22:32.140><c> then</c>

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James<00:22:32.640><c> gives</c><00:22:33.140><c> three</c><00:22:33.740><c> illustrations</c><00:22:34.480><c> from</c><00:22:34.900><c> creation</c><00:22:35.500><c> to</c><00:22:36.299><c> show</c>

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how<00:22:37.220><c> inconsistent</c><00:22:38.660><c> human</c><00:22:39.559><c> behaviour</c><00:22:40.240><c> is</c><00:22:40.700><c> with</c>

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the<00:22:41.640><c> natural</c><00:22:41.940><c> world.</c><00:22:42.640><c> So,</c><00:22:42.819><c> doth</c><00:22:43.660><c> a</c><00:22:44.000><c> fountain</c><00:22:44.400><c> send</c><00:22:44.779><c> forth</c><00:22:45.160><c> at</c>

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the<00:22:45.480><c> same</c><00:22:45.720><c> place</c><00:22:46.059><c> sweet</c><00:22:46.319><c> water</c><00:22:46.720><c> and</c><00:22:47.019><c> bitter?</c>

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Well,<00:22:50.400><c> I</c><00:22:50.539><c> don't</c><00:22:50.660><c> know</c><00:22:50.819><c> what</c><00:22:50.960><c> it's</c><00:22:51.200><c> like</c><00:22:51.299><c> walking</c><00:22:51.559><c> through</c><00:22:51.839><c> the</c>

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Death<00:22:52.200><c> Valley,</c>

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but<00:22:52.640><c> I've</c><00:22:52.839><c> been</c><00:22:53.000><c> in</c><00:22:53.119><c> some</c><00:22:53.380><c> dry</c><00:22:53.660><c> places</c><00:22:54.119><c> of</c><00:22:54.359><c> Australia.</c><00:22:56.839><c> You</c><00:22:57.119><c> imagine</c><00:22:57.480><c> the</c><00:22:57.720><c> disappointment</c><00:22:58.240><c> of</c>

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a<00:22:58.960><c> thirsty</c><00:22:59.259><c> traveller</c>

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struggling<00:23:00.119><c> to</c><00:23:00.440><c> reach</c><00:23:00.680><c> a</c><00:23:00.900><c> distant</c><00:23:01.240><c> fountain,</c><00:23:02.640><c> you</c><00:23:02.980><c> know,</c><00:23:03.259><c> on</c>

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hands<00:23:04.019><c> and</c><00:23:04.299><c> knees,</c><00:23:05.500><c> desperate</c><00:23:05.960><c> to</c><00:23:06.220><c> relieve</c><00:23:06.559><c> their</c>

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parched<00:23:07.420><c> lips</c><00:23:07.859><c> only</c><00:23:08.180><c> to</c><00:23:08.480><c> find</c><00:23:08.720><c> that</c><00:23:08.920><c> he</c><00:23:09.220><c> spews</c><00:23:09.500><c> out</c><00:23:09.779><c> what</c><00:23:09.920><c> is</c><00:23:10.200><c> brackish</c><00:23:10.680><c> water.</c><00:23:12.880><c> But</c><00:23:13.319><c> how</c><00:23:13.640><c> welcome</c><00:23:14.480><c> to</c><00:23:15.059><c> such</c><00:23:15.279><c> a</c><00:23:15.500><c> person</c>

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is<00:23:17.400><c> clear,</c><00:23:18.339><c> fresh,</c><00:23:19.579><c> sweet</c><00:23:19.779><c> water.</c><00:23:22.519><c> So,</c><00:23:22.940><c> there's</c><00:23:23.200><c> no</c><00:23:23.559><c> mixer</c><00:23:23.900><c> valve</c><00:23:24.500><c> in</c>

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fountains,<00:23:26.180><c> is</c><00:23:26.279><c> there?</c>

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It's<00:23:28.660><c> either</c><00:23:28.859><c> one</c><00:23:29.099><c> or</c><00:23:29.240><c> the</c><00:23:29.440><c> other.</c>

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So,<00:23:32.960><c> why</c><00:23:32.960><c> can't</c><00:23:33.539><c> the</c><00:23:33.880><c> sweet</c><00:23:34.359><c> counsels</c><00:23:35.160><c> of</c><00:23:35.299><c> the</c><00:23:35.519><c> word</c><00:23:35.680><c> of</c><00:23:35.960><c> life</c>

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flow<00:23:36.720><c> consistently</c><00:23:37.680><c> from</c><00:23:38.039><c> our</c><00:23:38.460><c> brain</c><00:23:39.079><c> through</c><00:23:40.019><c> our</c>

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mouth?<00:23:42.160><c> Why</c><00:23:42.559><c> is</c><00:23:43.099><c> there</c><00:23:43.319><c> this</c><00:23:43.819><c> mixer</c><00:23:44.299><c> valve</c><00:23:44.960><c> in</c><00:23:45.440><c> our</c><00:23:45.759><c> brains</c><00:23:46.160><c> that</c><00:23:46.680><c> switches</c><00:23:46.960><c> in</c>

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and<00:23:47.359><c> out?</c>

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Verse<00:23:51.759><c> 12,</c><00:23:52.099><c> can</c><00:23:52.319><c> the</c><00:23:52.519><c> fig</c><00:23:52.680><c> tree,</c><00:23:52.839><c> my</c><00:23:53.059><c> brethren,</c><00:23:53.640><c> bear</c><00:23:53.759><c> olive</c><00:23:54.079><c> berries,</c><00:23:54.539><c> either</c><00:23:55.000><c> a</c>

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vine,<00:23:55.799><c> figs,</c>

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so<00:23:57.480><c> can</c><00:23:57.660><c> no</c><00:23:57.880><c> fountain</c><00:23:58.220><c> both</c><00:23:58.640><c> yield</c><00:23:59.240><c> salt</c><00:23:59.579><c> water</c><00:23:59.880><c> and</c><00:24:00.220><c> fresh?</c>

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The<00:24:00.700><c> diaglut</c><00:24:01.259><c> describes</c><00:24:01.859><c> it,</c>

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Rotherham,<00:24:03.599><c> revised</c><00:24:04.059><c> version,</c><00:24:04.460><c> described</c><00:24:04.980><c> it</c><00:24:05.180><c> as</c><00:24:05.440><c> a</c><00:24:05.740><c> salty</c>

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fountain<00:24:06.759><c> trying</c><00:24:07.539><c> to</c><00:24:08.420><c> produce</c><00:24:08.980><c> fresh</c><00:24:09.380><c> water.</c>

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It's<00:24:09.920><c> impossible.</c><00:24:13.279><c> Well,</c><00:24:14.019><c> with</c><00:24:14.240><c> a</c><00:24:14.420><c> sense</c><00:24:14.640><c> of</c><00:24:14.839><c> relief,</c><00:24:15.180><c> we</c><00:24:15.319><c> come</c><00:24:15.480><c> to</c>

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verse<00:24:15.940><c> 13.</c>

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Who<00:24:17.519><c> is</c><00:24:17.920><c> a</c><00:24:18.079><c> wise</c><00:24:18.619><c> man</c><00:24:19.200><c> and</c><00:24:19.740><c> endued</c><00:24:20.240><c> with</c><00:24:20.619><c> knowledge</c><00:24:21.200><c> among</c><00:24:21.640><c> you?</c><00:24:23.460><c> Endued</c><00:24:24.099><c> with</c><00:24:24.359><c> knowledge.</c><00:24:24.740><c> Some</c><00:24:24.920><c> of</c><00:24:25.119><c> the</c>

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translations<00:24:26.059><c> have</c><00:24:26.400><c> it</c><00:24:26.680><c> as,</c><00:24:27.119><c> because</c><00:24:27.420><c> it's</c><00:24:27.680><c> one</c><00:24:27.960><c> word</c><00:24:28.200><c> in</c><00:24:28.420><c> the</c>

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Greek,<00:24:29.180><c> it's</c><00:24:29.960><c> understanding.</c><00:24:31.880><c> It's</c><00:24:32.240><c> understanding.</c>

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Here<00:24:32.900><c> is</c><00:24:33.180><c> a</c><00:24:33.400><c> wise</c><00:24:33.960><c> and</c><00:24:34.680><c> understanding</c><00:24:35.339><c> man,</c><00:24:35.779><c> and</c><00:24:35.920><c> you</c><00:24:36.099><c> can</c><00:24:36.519><c> find</c><00:24:36.880><c> such</c><00:24:37.240><c> a</c><00:24:37.420><c> one.</c><00:24:39.259><c> You</c><00:24:39.799><c> can</c><00:24:40.079><c> find</c><00:24:40.380><c> such</c><00:24:40.660><c> a</c>

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one<00:24:41.019><c> by</c>

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applying<00:24:42.000><c> one</c><00:24:42.579><c> test.</c><00:24:45.240><c> Look</c><00:24:45.440><c> for</c><00:24:45.960><c> a</c><00:24:46.279><c> way</c><00:24:46.480><c> of</c><00:24:46.799><c> life.</c><00:24:48.920><c> By</c><00:24:49.079><c> their</c>

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fruits<00:24:50.119><c> ye</c><00:24:50.619><c> shall</c><00:24:50.880><c> know</c><00:24:51.140><c> them,</c><00:24:51.500><c> Christ</c><00:24:51.799><c> said.</c>

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The<00:24:54.579><c> diaglut</c><00:24:55.039><c> has</c><00:24:55.660><c> honourable</c><00:24:56.619><c> conduct.</c><00:24:57.380><c> Isn't</c><00:24:57.539><c> that</c><00:24:57.799><c> a</c>

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beautiful<00:24:58.259><c> expression?</c><00:24:59.200><c> Honourable</c><00:25:00.079><c> conduct.</c>

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Marked,<00:25:03.279><c> and</c><00:25:03.440><c> I've</c><00:25:03.559><c> just</c><00:25:03.759><c> added</c><00:25:03.920><c> this</c><00:25:04.160><c> phrase,</c><00:25:05.019><c> marked</c><00:25:05.240><c> with</c>

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meekness.<00:25:08.819><c> And</c><00:25:09.079><c> how</c><00:25:09.299><c> often</c><00:25:09.500><c> does</c><00:25:09.819><c> meekness</c>

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characterise<00:25:11.220><c> great</c><00:25:11.920><c> men</c><00:25:12.539><c> and</c><00:25:12.759><c> women</c><00:25:12.980><c> of</c><00:25:13.259><c> scriptures?</c><00:25:13.839><c> So</c><00:25:14.339><c> right</c><00:25:14.799><c> living,</c><00:25:15.420><c> right</c><00:25:16.039><c> living</c><00:25:16.599><c> is</c>

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the<00:25:17.940><c> hallmark.</c>

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And<00:25:19.940><c> that</c><00:25:20.279><c> good</c><00:25:20.500><c> living</c><00:25:20.740><c> is</c><00:25:21.180><c> graced</c><00:25:21.579><c> by</c><00:25:22.019><c> a</c><00:25:22.539><c> selfless</c><00:25:23.240><c> humility.</c><00:25:25.059><c> The</c><00:25:25.400><c> perfect</c><00:25:25.680><c> example</c><00:25:26.160><c> of</c>

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course<00:25:26.680><c> is</c>

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Christ<00:25:27.700><c> and</c><00:25:27.940><c> the</c><00:25:28.180><c> prophets</c><00:25:28.420><c> like</c><00:25:28.759><c> unto</c><00:25:29.119><c> Christ.</c><00:25:30.160><c> You</c><00:25:30.279><c> know</c><00:25:30.400><c> we</c>

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have<00:25:30.700><c> Moses,</c><00:25:31.400><c> we</c><00:25:31.599><c> have</c><00:25:31.920><c> John</c><00:25:32.240><c> the</c><00:25:32.420><c> Baptist.</c>

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So<00:25:34.160><c> let's</c><00:25:34.500><c> show</c><00:25:34.819><c> the</c><00:25:35.099><c> mind</c><00:25:35.339><c> of</c><00:25:35.640><c> Christ,</c><00:25:35.980><c> who</c><00:25:36.119><c> in</c><00:25:36.420><c> lowliness</c><00:25:36.759><c> of</c>

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mind<00:25:37.220><c> took</c><00:25:37.440><c> upon</c><00:25:37.720><c> himself</c><00:25:38.200><c> the</c><00:25:38.559><c> form</c><00:25:38.720><c> of</c><00:25:39.000><c> a</c>

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servant<00:25:40.160><c> whose</c><00:25:40.980><c> delight</c><00:25:41.539><c> was</c><00:25:41.839><c> to</c><00:25:42.220><c> hear</c><00:25:42.460><c> and</c><00:25:42.640><c> to</c><00:25:43.000><c> do</c><00:25:43.480><c> his</c><00:25:43.900><c> father's</c><00:25:44.500><c> will.</c>

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His<00:25:45.720><c> was</c><00:25:46.019><c> a</c><00:25:46.359><c> true</c><00:25:46.680><c> meekness</c><00:25:47.319><c> of</c><00:25:47.839><c> spirit.</c>

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Because<00:25:49.759><c> it</c><00:25:49.980><c> was</c><00:25:50.339><c> governed</c><00:25:50.819><c> by</c><00:25:51.380><c> a</c><00:25:51.519><c> wisdom</c><00:25:51.779><c> from</c><00:25:52.059><c> above.</c><00:25:52.420><c> You</c>

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know<00:25:52.519><c> brother</c><00:25:52.799><c> Dennis</c><00:25:53.160><c> Gillop</c><00:25:53.420><c> makes</c><00:25:53.759><c> that</c><00:25:54.039><c> beautiful</c>

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description<00:25:58.160><c> of</c><00:25:58.880><c> the</c><00:25:59.099><c> Lord</c><00:25:59.319><c> Jesus</c><00:25:59.700><c> Christ.</c><00:26:00.500><c> He</c><00:26:00.740><c> describes</c><00:26:01.319><c> Christ</c><00:26:01.839><c> as</c>

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being<00:26:02.859><c> a</c><00:26:04.160><c> God</c><00:26:04.839><c> governed</c><00:26:05.440><c> man.</c>

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Well<00:26:08.440><c> that</c><00:26:08.920><c> really</c><00:26:09.299><c> just</c><00:26:09.500><c> sums</c><00:26:09.660><c> it</c><00:26:09.839><c> all</c><00:26:09.920><c> up</c><00:26:10.059><c> doesn't</c><00:26:10.259><c> it?</c><00:26:10.839><c> Christ</c><00:26:11.220><c> was</c>

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a<00:26:11.640><c> God</c><00:26:12.099><c> governed</c><00:26:12.619><c> man.</c><00:26:14.140><c> He</c><00:26:14.359><c> was</c><00:26:14.579><c> not</c><00:26:14.920><c> interested</c>

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in<00:26:16.019><c> enhancing</c><00:26:16.640><c> his</c><00:26:17.019><c> own</c><00:26:17.259><c> reputation.</c><00:26:19.539><c> There</c><00:26:19.740><c> was</c><00:26:19.960><c> the</c><00:26:20.160><c> glory</c>

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to<00:26:20.799><c> his</c><00:26:21.059><c> father.</c><00:26:21.700><c> At</c><00:26:22.019><c> every</c><00:26:22.240><c> opportunity</c>

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he<00:26:23.720><c> deflected</c><00:26:24.460><c> the</c><00:26:24.660><c> praise</c><00:26:24.980><c> to</c><00:26:25.319><c> his</c><00:26:25.640><c> father.</c><00:26:28.359><c> There</c><00:26:28.740><c> was</c><00:26:28.980><c> no</c>

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self<00:26:29.579><c>-defence,</c><00:26:31.160><c> no</c><00:26:31.539><c> protestation</c><00:26:32.660><c> or</c><00:26:33.380><c> self</c><00:26:33.700><c>-assertion.</c>

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He<00:26:34.480><c> was</c><00:26:34.940><c> and</c><00:26:35.519><c> is</c><00:26:35.980><c> the</c><00:26:36.359><c> perfect</c><00:26:36.960><c> role</c><00:26:37.299><c> model</c><00:26:37.579><c> for</c><00:26:37.779><c> us</c><00:26:37.960><c> today.</c>

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But<00:26:38.980><c> how</c><00:26:39.400><c> unnatural</c><00:26:40.099><c> and</c><00:26:40.380><c> how</c><00:26:41.059><c> uncommon</c>

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are<00:26:43.220><c> these</c><00:26:43.519><c> attributes?</c><00:26:44.339><c> In</c><00:26:44.460><c> the</c><00:26:44.700><c> world</c><00:26:44.880><c> it's</c><00:26:45.220><c> viewed</c><00:26:45.460><c> as</c><00:26:45.880><c> weakness.</c><00:26:46.480><c> In</c>

00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:48.000
the<00:26:46.779><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:47.319><c> brother</c><00:26:47.539><c> and</c><00:26:47.759><c> sisters</c>

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it's<00:26:48.460><c> the</c><00:26:48.599><c> measure</c><00:26:49.180><c> of</c><00:26:50.140><c> a</c><00:26:50.539><c> true</c><00:26:50.920><c> teacher.</c><00:26:53.440><c> Unaffected</c><00:26:54.119><c> by</c><00:26:54.420><c> the</c>

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praises<00:26:55.079><c> of</c><00:26:55.400><c> men,</c><00:26:56.440><c> mightily</c><00:26:56.859><c> affected</c><00:26:57.380><c> by</c><00:26:57.720><c> the</c>

00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:03.000
word<00:26:58.099><c> of</c><00:26:58.359><c> God.</c><00:26:59.960><c> They</c><00:27:00.240><c> brother</c><00:27:00.500><c> and</c><00:27:00.700><c> sisters</c><00:27:00.900><c> are</c><00:27:01.339><c> in</c><00:27:01.759><c> love</c><00:27:02.319><c> with</c><00:27:02.799><c> the</c>

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word<00:27:03.200><c> of</c><00:27:03.500><c> God.</c><00:27:05.599><c> So</c><00:27:06.039><c> again</c><00:27:06.480><c> as</c><00:27:06.720><c> brother</c><00:27:06.960><c> Dennis</c>

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Gillop<00:27:07.619><c> puts</c><00:27:07.839><c> it</c><00:27:08.059><c> talking</c><00:27:08.279><c> about</c><00:27:08.660><c> meekness</c><00:27:09.140><c> and</c><00:27:09.500><c> humility.</c>

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:12.920
He<00:27:11.160><c> says</c><00:27:11.279><c> that</c><00:27:11.480><c> these</c><00:27:11.680><c> people</c><00:27:11.940><c> are</c><00:27:12.220><c> so</c><00:27:12.619><c> committed,</c>

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:16.960
they're<00:27:13.339><c> too</c><00:27:13.660><c> committed</c><00:27:14.059><c> to</c><00:27:14.299><c> the</c><00:27:14.599><c> truth.</c><00:27:16.180><c> They</c><00:27:16.420><c> don't</c><00:27:16.519><c> give</c><00:27:16.700><c> a</c>

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second<00:27:17.240><c> thought</c><00:27:17.740><c> to</c><00:27:17.980><c> their</c><00:27:18.220><c> own</c><00:27:18.460><c> reputation.</c>

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:27.740
Christ<00:27:22.319><c> of</c><00:27:22.599><c> course</c><00:27:22.839><c> made</c><00:27:23.200><c> himself</c><00:27:23.940><c> of</c><00:27:24.660><c> no</c><00:27:25.299><c> reputation.</c><00:27:26.920><c> So</c><00:27:27.180><c> God</c><00:27:27.440><c> is</c>

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doing<00:27:27.920><c> the</c><00:27:28.180><c> work.</c>

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We<00:27:29.559><c> are</c><00:27:29.799><c> just</c><00:27:30.299><c> the</c><00:27:30.680><c> medium</c><00:27:31.039><c> and</c><00:27:32.119><c> it's</c><00:27:32.460><c> a</c><00:27:32.619><c> great</c><00:27:32.839><c> privilege,</c><00:27:34.920><c> a</c>

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:39.829
great<00:27:35.799><c> privilege</c><00:27:36.599><c> to</c><00:27:37.859><c> handle</c><00:27:38.339><c> the</c><00:27:38.579><c> word</c><00:27:38.700><c> of</c><00:27:38.960><c> God.</c>

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:46.799
So<00:27:41.079><c> verses</c><00:27:41.319><c> 14</c><00:27:41.779><c> to</c><00:27:41.940><c> 16,</c><00:27:42.500><c> a</c><00:27:42.640><c> very</c><00:27:43.119><c> strong</c><00:27:43.680><c> language</c><00:27:44.180><c> here</c><00:27:44.440><c> because</c><00:27:44.640><c> we</c><00:27:44.859><c> have</c><00:27:45.000><c> the</c><00:27:45.299><c> characteristics</c><00:27:45.960><c> of</c>

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:51.960
earthly<00:27:47.119><c> wisdom</c><00:27:47.559><c> here</c><00:27:48.119><c> and</c><00:27:48.640><c> the</c><00:27:48.980><c> potential</c><00:27:49.359><c> here.</c><00:27:50.980><c> These</c><00:27:51.400><c> words</c><00:27:51.680><c> are</c>

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:54.460
so<00:27:52.279><c> strong</c><00:27:52.519><c> because</c><00:27:52.880><c> James</c><00:27:53.380><c> is</c><00:27:53.720><c> speaking</c><00:27:54.039><c> to</c>

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:58.579
early<00:27:55.140><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:55.779><c> and</c><00:27:56.220><c> the</c><00:27:56.559><c> potential</c><00:27:57.140><c> was</c><00:27:57.920><c> that</c><00:27:58.059><c> it</c><00:27:58.259><c> could</c>

00:27:58.579 --> 00:28:02.099
just<00:27:58.980><c> destroy</c><00:27:59.619><c> the</c><00:28:00.000><c> ecclesia.</c><00:28:01.180><c> Verse</c><00:28:01.539><c> 14,</c>

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:06.460
but<00:28:02.259><c> if</c><00:28:02.440><c> you</c><00:28:02.619><c> have</c><00:28:02.779><c> bitter</c><00:28:03.039><c> envy</c><00:28:03.400><c> and</c><00:28:03.839><c> strife</c><00:28:04.099><c> in</c><00:28:04.279><c> your</c><00:28:04.519><c> hearts.</c><00:28:06.220><c> So</c><00:28:06.339><c> we</c>

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.539
can<00:28:06.599><c> imagine</c><00:28:06.940><c> brothers</c><00:28:07.160><c> and</c><00:28:07.339><c> sisters</c>

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:10.019
their<00:28:07.880><c> hearts</c><00:28:08.220><c> were</c><00:28:08.460><c> eaten</c><00:28:08.579><c> out</c><00:28:08.859><c> with</c><00:28:09.079><c> jealousy</c><00:28:09.480><c> and</c><00:28:09.779><c> fault</c>

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:11.819
finding.<00:28:10.559><c> There</c><00:28:10.559><c> were</c><00:28:10.799><c> factions</c><00:28:11.240><c> forming</c>

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:16.640
and<00:28:12.619><c> far</c><00:28:12.799><c> from</c><00:28:13.079><c> Christ</c><00:28:13.480><c> being</c><00:28:13.819><c> their</c><00:28:14.240><c> head</c><00:28:14.779><c> and</c><00:28:16.140><c> all</c><00:28:16.359><c> of</c><00:28:16.480><c> them</c>

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:18.579
being<00:28:16.839><c> brethren.</c><00:28:17.539><c> The</c><00:28:17.619><c> would</c><00:28:17.839><c>-be</c><00:28:18.019><c> teachers</c>

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:21.700
were<00:28:19.099><c> bitterly</c><00:28:19.660><c> jealous</c><00:28:19.900><c> of</c><00:28:20.079><c> each</c><00:28:20.299><c> other</c><00:28:20.980><c> and</c><00:28:21.299><c> they</c><00:28:21.559><c> sought</c>

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:24.079
their<00:28:22.039><c> preeminence</c><00:28:22.519><c> over</c><00:28:22.799><c> each</c><00:28:23.119><c> other.</c>

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:27.559
There<00:28:24.480><c> were</c><00:28:24.759><c> personality</c><00:28:25.319><c> conflicts,</c><00:28:26.140><c> there</c><00:28:26.140><c> was</c><00:28:26.500><c> crack</c><00:28:26.880><c> showing</c><00:28:27.259><c> in</c>

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their<00:28:27.799><c> fellowship</c>

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and<00:28:29.859><c> if</c><00:28:30.000><c> it</c><00:28:30.180><c> happened</c><00:28:30.400><c> then,</c><00:28:32.359><c> in</c><00:28:32.480><c> days</c><00:28:32.839><c> of</c><00:28:33.180><c> spirit</c><00:28:33.720><c> guidance</c>

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.960
brothers<00:28:34.680><c> and</c><00:28:34.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:42.220
how<00:28:37.619><c> much</c><00:28:38.160><c> more</c><00:28:39.059><c> should</c><00:28:39.640><c> we</c><00:28:40.039><c> endeavour</c><00:28:40.839><c> to</c><00:28:41.279><c> keep</c><00:28:41.579><c> the</c><00:28:41.900><c> unity</c>

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:46.259
of<00:28:42.460><c> the</c><00:28:42.759><c> spirit</c><00:28:43.279><c> in</c><00:28:44.400><c> the</c><00:28:44.579><c> bond</c><00:28:44.759><c> of</c><00:28:45.059><c> peace?</c>

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:54.220
So,<00:28:51.960><c> but</c><00:28:52.099><c> if</c><00:28:52.240><c> you</c><00:28:52.359><c> have</c><00:28:52.519><c> bitter</c><00:28:52.740><c> envy</c><00:28:53.039><c> and</c><00:28:53.380><c> strife</c><00:28:53.660><c> in</c><00:28:53.779><c> your</c><00:28:54.019><c> hearts,</c>

00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:59.880
glory<00:28:54.640><c> not</c><00:28:54.900><c> and</c><00:28:55.259><c> lie</c><00:28:55.559><c> not</c><00:28:56.059><c> against</c><00:28:56.759><c> the</c><00:28:57.359><c> truth.</c><00:28:59.160><c> So</c><00:28:59.500><c> far</c><00:28:59.680><c> from</c>

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:01.819
being<00:29:00.180><c> worried</c><00:29:00.519><c> about</c><00:29:00.960><c> strife</c><00:29:01.500><c> and</c>

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contention<00:29:02.220><c> they</c><00:29:02.579><c> gloried</c><00:29:03.180><c> in</c><00:29:03.339><c> it,</c><00:29:05.380><c> defiantly</c><00:29:05.900><c> claiming</c><00:29:06.539><c> to</c>

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be<00:29:07.180><c> standing</c><00:29:07.420><c> up</c><00:29:07.660><c> for</c><00:29:07.880><c> one</c><00:29:08.200><c> principle</c><00:29:08.660><c> or</c><00:29:08.920><c> another.</c>

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They<00:29:12.079><c> would</c><00:29:12.380><c> in</c><00:29:12.619><c> effect</c><00:29:12.799><c> be</c><00:29:13.099><c> saying,</c><00:29:15.240><c> if</c><00:29:15.279><c> it</c><00:29:15.480><c> wasn't</c><00:29:15.700><c> for</c><00:29:15.900><c> them,</c>

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:22.299
the<00:29:18.779><c> truth</c><00:29:19.000><c> would</c><00:29:19.200><c> be</c><00:29:19.420><c> lost.</c><00:29:21.059><c> You</c><00:29:21.059><c> know</c><00:29:21.259><c> brother</c><00:29:21.480><c> Islip</c><00:29:21.940><c> Cully,</c><00:29:22.299><c> I'm</c>

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.740
not<00:29:22.539><c> sure</c><00:29:22.640><c> whether</c><00:29:22.799><c> I've</c><00:29:23.000><c> got</c><00:29:23.119><c> it</c><00:29:23.279><c> on</c><00:29:23.420><c> those</c>

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:26.960
notes<00:29:24.019><c> but</c><00:29:24.579><c> you</c><00:29:24.839><c> know</c><00:29:25.160><c> he</c><00:29:25.619><c> must</c><00:29:25.859><c> have</c><00:29:26.019><c> been</c><00:29:26.200><c> through</c><00:29:26.500><c> a</c><00:29:26.700><c> lot</c><00:29:26.779><c> of</c>

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:30.269
this.<00:29:27.980><c> But</c><00:29:28.180><c> he</c><00:29:28.359><c> uses</c><00:29:28.640><c> the</c><00:29:28.900><c> illustration</c><00:29:29.519><c> of</c>

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brethren<00:29:31.059><c> in</c><00:29:31.339><c> a</c><00:29:31.519><c> yacht,</c><00:29:31.859><c> a</c><00:29:31.920><c> little</c><00:29:32.140><c> dinghy</c><00:29:33.099><c> and</c><00:29:34.779><c> their</c><00:29:34.779><c> you</c>

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:38.200
know<00:29:35.519><c> strong</c><00:29:36.039><c> winds</c><00:29:36.420><c> and</c><00:29:37.039><c> the</c><00:29:37.400><c> boats</c><00:29:37.519><c> rocking</c><00:29:37.880><c> away</c>

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.519
and<00:29:38.740><c> the</c><00:29:38.900><c> brethren</c><00:29:39.140><c> are</c><00:29:39.539><c> agitating,</c><00:29:39.940><c> you've</c><00:29:40.119><c> got</c><00:29:40.119><c> to</c><00:29:40.400><c> trim</c>

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:42.140
the<00:29:40.799><c> sails</c><00:29:41.059><c> this</c><00:29:41.440><c> way.</c><00:29:41.619><c> Another</c><00:29:41.839><c> one</c><00:29:42.019><c> says,</c>

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:44.619
no<00:29:42.299><c> I'm</c><00:29:42.460><c> going</c><00:29:42.480><c> to</c><00:29:42.640><c> trim</c><00:29:42.740><c> the</c><00:29:42.980><c> sails</c><00:29:43.240><c> this</c><00:29:43.539><c> way</c><00:29:43.759><c> and</c><00:29:44.099><c> there's</c>

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:47.980
barney<00:29:45.119><c> going</c><00:29:45.420><c> on</c><00:29:45.720><c> and</c><00:29:45.900><c> they</c><00:29:46.640><c> are</c><00:29:47.200><c> so</c><00:29:47.500><c> contentious</c>

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:51.059
about<00:29:48.240><c> how</c><00:29:48.500><c> that</c><00:29:48.759><c> yacht</c><00:29:48.900><c> should</c><00:29:49.180><c> sail</c><00:29:49.420><c> that</c><00:29:49.599><c> in</c><00:29:49.759><c> the</c><00:29:49.900><c> end</c><00:29:50.660><c> they</c>

00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:55.680
capsize<00:29:51.640><c> the</c><00:29:51.839><c> yacht</c><00:29:52.180><c> and</c><00:29:54.259><c> they</c><00:29:54.400><c> nearly</c><00:29:54.619><c> drown.</c>

00:29:57.440 --> 00:30:05.000
Well,<00:29:57.940><c> brethren</c><00:29:58.259><c> sisters,</c><00:30:00.839><c> are</c><00:30:01.059><c> we</c><00:30:01.259><c> at</c><00:30:01.440><c> risk</c><00:30:02.000><c> in</c><00:30:02.359><c> our</c><00:30:02.619><c> contentions</c><00:30:03.640><c> to</c><00:30:04.099><c> cause</c><00:30:04.480><c> the</c>

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.519
ecclesial<00:30:05.680><c> yacht</c><00:30:06.039><c> to</c>

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:12.319
capsize<00:30:07.619><c> and</c><00:30:09.619><c> not</c><00:30:09.900><c> all</c><00:30:10.200><c> of</c><00:30:10.319><c> us</c><00:30:10.559><c> have</c><00:30:10.759><c> the</c><00:30:11.019><c> life</c><00:30:11.240><c> jackets</c><00:30:11.480><c> on?</c>

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So<00:30:15.180><c> brethren</c><00:30:15.339><c> sisters,</c><00:30:15.859><c> all</c><00:30:16.119><c> of</c><00:30:16.279><c> our</c><00:30:16.480><c> life</c><00:30:16.839><c> is</c><00:30:17.359><c> conducted</c><00:30:18.160><c> in</c>

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:24.640
the<00:30:19.740><c> truth,</c><00:30:21.220><c> for</c><00:30:21.640><c> the</c><00:30:21.900><c> truth</c><00:30:22.380><c> and</c><00:30:22.700><c> because</c><00:30:23.279><c> it</c><00:30:23.859><c> is</c><00:30:24.359><c> the</c>

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truth<00:30:24.880><c> and</c><00:30:25.700><c> we</c><00:30:26.059><c> are</c><00:30:26.380><c> in</c><00:30:26.579><c> danger,</c><00:30:27.259><c> brethren</c><00:30:27.519><c> sisters,</c><00:30:28.019><c> we</c><00:30:28.240><c> are</c>

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:32.119
in<00:30:28.799><c> danger</c><00:30:29.319><c> of</c><00:30:29.700><c> besmirching,</c><00:30:31.339><c> staining</c><00:30:31.720><c> and</c>

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:41.819
damaging<00:30:32.819><c> the</c><00:30:33.440><c> truth.</c><00:30:35.500><c> Forget</c><00:30:36.000><c> ourselves.</c><00:30:39.200><c> So</c><00:30:39.420><c> to</c><00:30:39.559><c> be</c><00:30:39.859><c> disruptive</c><00:30:40.380><c> and</c><00:30:40.900><c> schismatic</c>

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was<00:30:43.660><c> to</c><00:30:43.980><c> lie</c><00:30:44.200><c> against</c><00:30:44.559><c> the</c><00:30:44.940><c> very</c><00:30:45.480><c> truth</c><00:30:45.859><c> that</c><00:30:46.059><c> they</c><00:30:46.240><c> were</c><00:30:46.500><c> claiming</c><00:30:46.920><c> to</c><00:30:47.319><c> teach,</c><00:30:48.299><c> they</c><00:30:48.519><c> were</c><00:30:48.720><c> living</c><00:30:49.000><c> a</c>

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lie<00:30:49.460><c> for</c><00:30:49.740><c> all</c>

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their<00:30:50.299><c> claims</c><00:30:50.660><c> to</c><00:30:50.880><c> the</c><00:30:51.079><c> contrary,</c><00:30:52.799><c> they</c><00:30:53.119><c> were</c><00:30:54.000><c> denying</c><00:30:54.740><c> the</c>

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:58.799
truth.<00:30:56.640><c> So</c><00:30:56.880><c> this</c><00:30:57.119><c> wisdom</c><00:30:57.400><c> descends</c><00:30:57.839><c> not</c><00:30:58.119><c> from</c><00:30:58.380><c> above</c>

00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:03.420
but<00:30:59.119><c> is</c><00:30:59.619><c> earthly,</c><00:31:00.759><c> sensual</c><00:31:01.420><c> and</c><00:31:01.920><c> devilish.</c><00:31:02.319><c> I</c><00:31:02.380><c> mean</c><00:31:02.599><c> they</c><00:31:02.880><c> are</c>

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:07.440
strong<00:31:03.720><c> words.</c><00:31:05.240><c> This</c><00:31:05.500><c> is</c><00:31:05.700><c> a</c><00:31:06.079><c> shocking</c><00:31:06.480><c> condemnation</c>

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:12.259
so<00:31:07.859><c> early</c><00:31:08.279><c> in</c><00:31:08.500><c> the</c><00:31:08.619><c> apostolic</c><00:31:09.079><c> era.</c><00:31:10.680><c> Their</c><00:31:10.920><c> rivalry</c><00:31:11.400><c> drew</c><00:31:11.859><c> its</c>

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:16.000
inspiration<00:31:12.900><c> not</c><00:31:13.220><c> from</c><00:31:13.519><c> above</c><00:31:14.000><c> but</c><00:31:14.740><c> from</c><00:31:15.579><c> beneath,</c>

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:23.019
from<00:31:16.380><c> the</c><00:31:16.700><c> base,</c><00:31:18.000><c> the</c><00:31:18.460><c> carnal,</c><00:31:20.180><c> the</c><00:31:20.859><c> sensual</c><00:31:22.039><c> instincts</c><00:31:22.619><c> and</c>

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:27.420
really<00:31:23.359><c> the</c><00:31:23.859><c> crazed</c><00:31:24.720><c> notions,</c><00:31:26.059><c> the</c><00:31:26.500><c> crazed</c><00:31:26.980><c> notions</c>

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:32.599
of<00:31:27.619><c> a</c><00:31:27.779><c> degenerate</c><00:31:28.519><c> flesh.</c><00:31:29.700><c> This,</c><00:31:30.839><c> all</c><00:31:31.039><c> of</c><00:31:31.180><c> that</c><00:31:31.640><c> in</c><00:31:32.160><c> the</c><00:31:32.359><c> body</c>

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:38.799
of<00:31:32.920><c> Christ,</c><00:31:35.539><c> in</c><00:31:35.660><c> a</c><00:31:35.940><c> community</c><00:31:36.680><c> of</c><00:31:37.099><c> called</c><00:31:37.299><c> out</c><00:31:37.539><c> ones,</c>

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:45.720
you<00:31:40.500><c> know,</c><00:31:40.559><c> this</c><00:31:40.839><c> is</c><00:31:41.180><c> the</c><00:31:41.559><c> holy</c><00:31:42.039><c> temple</c><00:31:42.619><c> of</c><00:31:42.940><c> God.</c><00:31:44.619><c> It's</c><00:31:45.319><c> being</c>

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:50.759
defiled<00:31:47.220><c> by</c><00:31:48.720><c> their</c><00:31:49.019><c> unholy</c><00:31:49.519><c> conduct.</c><00:31:50.220><c> They</c><00:31:50.500><c> were</c>

00:31:50.759 --> 00:32:00.279
men<00:31:51.400><c> possessed.</c><00:31:56.460><c> They</c><00:31:56.740><c> were</c><00:31:57.000><c> crazy</c><00:31:57.599><c> in</c><00:31:57.839><c> their</c><00:31:58.180><c> self</c><00:31:58.539><c>-conceit,</c>

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:03.259
driven<00:32:01.019><c> by</c><00:32:01.460><c> pride,</c><00:32:02.559><c> arrogance</c><00:32:02.940><c> and</c>

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:11.859
chapter<00:32:03.779><c> four,</c><00:32:04.579><c> it</c><00:32:04.579><c> led</c><00:32:04.759><c> to</c><00:32:05.259><c> wars</c><00:32:05.880><c> and</c><00:32:07.079><c> fighting</c><00:32:07.500><c> and</c><00:32:10.500><c> murder.</c>

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:21.440
You<00:32:15.299><c> know,</c><00:32:16.200><c> Christ</c><00:32:16.640><c> would</c><00:32:17.720><c> dismiss</c><00:32:18.299><c> their</c><00:32:18.740><c> claims</c><00:32:19.059><c> of</c><00:32:19.420><c> service</c><00:32:19.700><c> to</c><00:32:19.940><c> him.</c><00:32:21.259><c> The</c>

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:23.059
gates<00:32:21.660><c> of</c><00:32:21.819><c> the</c><00:32:21.980><c> kingdom</c>

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:27.880
would<00:32:23.759><c> be</c><00:32:24.079><c> closed</c><00:32:24.400><c> to</c><00:32:24.619><c> them,</c><00:32:25.920><c> as</c><00:32:26.160><c> Galatians</c><00:32:26.619><c> 5</c><00:32:27.039><c> points</c><00:32:27.339><c> out.</c>

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:31.200
So<00:32:28.359><c> verse</c><00:32:28.559><c> 16,</c><00:32:29.180><c> for</c><00:32:29.180><c> where</c><00:32:29.559><c> envy</c><00:32:29.920><c> and</c><00:32:30.279><c> strife</c><00:32:30.680><c> is,</c>

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:34.660
there<00:32:31.759><c> is</c><00:32:31.980><c> confusion</c><00:32:32.500><c> in</c><00:32:32.779><c> every</c><00:32:33.220><c> evil</c><00:32:33.700><c> work.</c><00:32:34.000><c> These</c><00:32:34.279><c> were</c><00:32:34.460><c> the</c>

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:38.980
fruits.<00:32:36.039><c> Earthly</c><00:32:36.519><c> wisdom</c><00:32:36.940><c> allowed</c><00:32:37.500><c> free</c><00:32:38.059><c> rein,</c>

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:46.500
the<00:32:39.400><c> cohesion</c><00:32:40.099><c> of</c><00:32:40.359><c> the</c><00:32:40.519><c> apostolic</c><00:32:41.039><c> faith</c><00:32:41.599><c> would</c><00:32:43.119><c> rapidly</c><00:32:44.000><c> disintegrate</c><00:32:45.819><c> and</c>

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:47.539
ruin<00:32:46.700><c> would</c><00:32:46.980><c> eventuate.</c>

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:52.500
So<00:32:47.880><c> without</c><00:32:48.140><c> the</c><00:32:48.500><c> vital</c><00:32:48.859><c> glue,</c><00:32:50.539><c> the</c><00:32:50.640><c> love</c><00:32:50.759><c> of</c><00:32:50.960><c> God,</c><00:32:52.240><c> the</c><00:32:52.299><c> love</c>

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:55.359
of<00:32:52.700><c> Christ,</c><00:32:53.180><c> without</c><00:32:53.400><c> that</c><00:32:53.920><c> vital</c><00:32:54.359><c> glue,</c>

00:32:55.960 --> 00:33:01.380
compounding<00:32:56.920><c> fragmentation</c><00:32:57.880><c> would</c><00:32:58.299><c> follow</c><00:32:58.759><c> and</c><00:33:00.539><c> every</c><00:33:01.059><c> evil</c>

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:05.680
practice<00:33:01.980><c> would</c><00:33:02.519><c> just</c><00:33:03.319><c> sweep</c><00:33:03.700><c> in</c><00:33:04.480><c> unchecked.</c>

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:11.920
You<00:33:06.799><c> know,</c><00:33:07.720><c> Paul</c><00:33:08.099><c> faced</c><00:33:08.519><c> that</c><00:33:08.920><c> same</c><00:33:09.259><c> contentious</c><00:33:09.980><c> spirit</c><00:33:10.480><c> in</c><00:33:10.980><c> Corinth,</c>

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:15.900
where<00:33:13.019><c> the</c><00:33:13.200><c> wisdom</c><00:33:13.420><c> of</c><00:33:13.559><c> the</c><00:33:13.740><c> world</c><00:33:13.900><c> had</c><00:33:14.099><c> made</c><00:33:14.339><c> its</c><00:33:14.720><c> inroads.</c>

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:18.440
And<00:33:16.220><c> Paul</c><00:33:16.460><c> says,</c><00:33:17.079><c> if</c><00:33:17.119><c> one</c><00:33:17.559><c> were</c><00:33:17.839><c> to</c><00:33:18.119><c> glory,</c>

00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:25.839
let<00:33:18.940><c> him</c><00:33:19.539><c> glory</c><00:33:20.019><c> in</c><00:33:21.059><c> the</c><00:33:21.640><c> Lord,</c><00:33:23.059><c> and</c><00:33:24.200><c> in</c><00:33:24.440><c> the</c><00:33:24.779><c> denial</c><00:33:25.140><c> of</c><00:33:25.559><c> flesh</c>

00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:28.079
seen<00:33:26.119><c> in</c><00:33:26.440><c> Christ</c><00:33:26.759><c> crucified.</c>

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:36.380
Verses<00:33:31.079><c> 17</c><00:33:31.500><c> to</c><00:33:31.660><c> 18,</c><00:33:32.359><c> the</c><00:33:32.599><c> characteristics</c><00:33:33.160><c> of</c><00:33:33.700><c> heavenly</c><00:33:34.240><c> wisdom,</c><00:33:36.140><c> seen</c>

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:39.220
so<00:33:36.819><c> perfectly</c><00:33:37.339><c> in</c><00:33:37.579><c> the</c><00:33:37.660><c> Lord</c><00:33:37.859><c> Jesus</c><00:33:38.359><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:46.519
Wow,<00:33:41.500><c> now</c><00:33:41.759><c> we've</c><00:33:43.960><c> perhaps</c><00:33:44.319><c> been</c><00:33:44.720><c> bombarded</c><00:33:45.259><c> with</c><00:33:45.500><c> a</c><00:33:45.579><c> lot</c><00:33:45.779><c> of</c>

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.980
strong<00:33:46.759><c> language</c><00:33:47.299><c> and</c><00:33:47.740><c> graphic</c><00:33:48.299><c> word</c><00:33:48.599><c> pictures</c>

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:53.339
this<00:33:49.359><c> morning.</c><00:33:50.980><c> Let's</c><00:33:51.160><c> now</c><00:33:51.359><c> have</c><00:33:51.519><c> a</c><00:33:51.640><c> look</c><00:33:51.759><c> at</c><00:33:51.960><c> these</c><00:33:52.279><c> beautiful</c><00:33:52.880><c> verses.</c>

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:55.220
It's<00:33:54.240><c> just</c><00:33:54.460><c> like</c><00:33:54.640><c> the</c><00:33:54.920><c> healing</c>

00:33:55.220 --> 00:34:00.180
balm,<00:33:55.680><c> isn't</c><00:33:55.779><c> it?</c><00:33:56.700><c> Verses</c><00:33:57.119><c> 17</c><00:33:57.619><c> and</c><00:33:57.779><c> 18,</c><00:33:58.339><c> but</c><00:33:58.500><c> the</c><00:33:58.740><c> wisdom</c><00:33:59.480><c> that</c>

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:03.880
is<00:34:00.559><c> from</c><00:34:00.859><c> above.</c><00:34:02.319><c> And</c><00:34:02.519><c> as</c><00:34:02.740><c> we've</c><00:34:03.059><c> seen</c><00:34:03.259><c> from</c><00:34:03.500><c> chapter</c>

00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:10.860
1,<00:34:05.000><c> this</c><00:34:05.259><c> can</c><00:34:05.539><c> only</c><00:34:05.920><c> be</c><00:34:06.160><c> obtained</c><00:34:06.720><c> by</c><00:34:07.119><c> prayer,</c><00:34:10.260><c> single</c><00:34:10.559><c>-minded</c>

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:15.860
prayer<00:34:11.480><c> to</c><00:34:12.119><c> understand</c><00:34:12.679><c> trial.</c><00:34:14.019><c> And</c><00:34:14.300><c> can</c><00:34:14.440><c> you</c><00:34:14.639><c> imagine</c>

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:24.360
the<00:34:16.559><c> sincere,</c><00:34:18.699><c> meek,</c><00:34:19.519><c> humble</c><00:34:20.159><c> brethren,</c><00:34:21.840><c> indeed</c><00:34:22.199><c> the</c><00:34:22.460><c> teachers,</c><00:34:23.699><c> those</c>

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:27.599
who<00:34:25.320><c> were</c><00:34:25.920><c> controlling</c><00:34:26.320><c> their</c><00:34:26.639><c> tongues,</c>

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:32.059
can<00:34:28.059><c> you</c><00:34:28.219><c> imagine</c><00:34:28.519><c> them</c><00:34:28.860><c> trying</c><00:34:29.300><c> with</c><00:34:29.699><c> James,</c><00:34:31.460><c> trying</c><00:34:31.480><c> meekly</c>

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.639
and<00:34:32.380><c> prayerfully</c><00:34:32.900><c> to</c><00:34:33.320><c> restore</c><00:34:34.039><c> order</c>

00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:41.659
in<00:34:35.400><c> the</c><00:34:35.639><c> household?</c><00:34:37.559><c> These</c><00:34:38.119><c> brethren</c><00:34:38.440><c> were</c><00:34:38.679><c> working</c><00:34:39.059><c> hard</c><00:34:40.199><c> in</c>

00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:43.539
damage<00:34:42.139><c> control,</c>

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:48.260
and<00:34:44.860><c> it</c><00:34:45.000><c> needed</c><00:34:45.260><c> brethren</c><00:34:45.679><c> of</c><00:34:45.980><c> wisdom</c><00:34:46.780><c> and</c><00:34:47.480><c> understanding,</c>

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:52.519
in<00:34:48.880><c> meekness</c><00:34:49.420><c> of</c><00:34:49.699><c> wisdom,</c><00:34:50.119><c> to</c><00:34:50.380><c> reverse</c><00:34:51.159><c> the</c><00:34:51.539><c> trend,</c>

00:34:53.219 --> 00:35:01.000
to<00:34:53.500><c> build</c><00:34:54.300><c> and</c><00:34:55.699><c> to</c><00:34:55.760><c> edify,</c><00:34:58.179><c> and</c><00:34:58.340><c> not</c><00:34:58.559><c> to</c><00:34:58.940><c> destroy</c><00:34:59.340><c> and</c><00:34:59.719><c> tear</c><00:34:59.960><c> down.</c>

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:09.260
So<00:35:04.280><c> he</c><00:35:04.519><c> says</c><00:35:04.739><c> there,</c><00:35:05.159><c> the</c><00:35:05.219><c> wisdom</c><00:35:05.900><c> that</c><00:35:06.239><c> is</c><00:35:06.460><c> from</c><00:35:06.679><c> above</c><00:35:07.079><c> is</c><00:35:07.599><c> first</c><00:35:07.920><c> pure.</c><00:35:08.440><c> Just</c><00:35:08.900><c> let</c><00:35:09.079><c> me</c>

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:10.260
make<00:35:09.380><c> a</c><00:35:09.519><c> little</c><00:35:09.679><c> observation</c>

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:17.219
here.<00:35:11.840><c> I</c><00:35:12.199><c> know</c><00:35:12.380><c> that</c><00:35:12.579><c> we</c><00:35:12.800><c> talk</c><00:35:12.960><c> about</c><00:35:13.960><c> pure</c><00:35:14.500><c> doctrine</c><00:35:15.119><c> elsewhere.</c><00:35:16.440><c> We</c><00:35:16.739><c> don't</c><00:35:16.980><c> talk</c>

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.380
about<00:35:17.579><c> pure</c><00:35:17.940><c> doctrine</c>

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:26.039
and<00:35:18.679><c> then</c><00:35:18.940><c> peace</c><00:35:19.400><c> here.</c><00:35:21.360><c> These</c><00:35:21.699><c> are</c><00:35:22.119><c> fruits.</c><00:35:23.400><c> This</c><00:35:23.679><c> is</c><00:35:24.039><c> wisdom,</c><00:35:25.079><c> and</c><00:35:25.340><c> wisdom</c><00:35:25.679><c> is</c>

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.639
a<00:35:26.380><c> fruit.</c><00:35:26.659><c> It's</c><00:35:26.780><c> in</c><00:35:27.039><c> the</c><00:35:27.179><c> context</c>

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:33.679
of<00:35:28.079><c> fruit,</c><00:35:28.440><c> verse</c><00:35:28.599><c> 13,</c><00:35:29.059><c> verse</c><00:35:29.360><c> 18.</c><00:35:31.199><c> So</c><00:35:31.539><c> it's</c><00:35:31.760><c> not,</c><00:35:32.639><c> you</c><00:35:32.900><c> know,</c>

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:37.239
pure<00:35:34.099><c> doctrine</c><00:35:34.440><c> and</c><00:35:34.659><c> then</c><00:35:34.940><c> peace,</c><00:35:35.940><c> as</c><00:35:36.059><c> though</c><00:35:36.340><c> it's</c>

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:42.480
the<00:35:38.119><c> emphasis</c><00:35:38.579><c> is</c><00:35:38.920><c> upon</c><00:35:39.300><c> one</c><00:35:39.780><c> and</c><00:35:41.199><c> necessarily</c><00:35:41.820><c> the</c><00:35:42.159><c> other.</c>

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:45.059
What<00:35:43.059><c> we're</c><00:35:43.239><c> talking</c><00:35:43.460><c> about</c><00:35:43.679><c> is</c><00:35:44.000><c> wisdom,</c>

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:52.039
the<00:35:45.900><c> fruit</c><00:35:46.380><c> of</c><00:35:47.639><c> wisdom,</c><00:35:49.400><c> and</c><00:35:49.980><c> consequential</c><00:35:50.940><c> upon</c><00:35:51.400><c> that</c>

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:54.199
naturally<00:35:52.679><c> flows.</c>

00:35:55.360 --> 00:36:02.039
Peaceable,<00:35:56.440><c> gentle,</c><00:35:56.880><c> and</c><00:35:57.320><c> other</c><00:35:57.639><c> characteristics</c><00:35:58.460><c> in</c><00:36:00.139><c> contrast</c><00:36:00.760><c> to</c><00:36:01.139><c> earthly</c><00:36:01.480><c> wisdom.</c><00:36:01.900><c> So</c>

00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.519
we're<00:36:02.260><c> talking</c>

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:07.400
about<00:36:02.940><c> wisdom</c><00:36:03.380><c> now,</c><00:36:04.440><c> and</c><00:36:04.639><c> that</c><00:36:05.079><c> pure</c><00:36:05.400><c> wisdom,</c><00:36:05.980><c> and</c><00:36:06.019><c> then</c><00:36:06.440><c> consequential</c><00:36:07.059><c> with</c>

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:09.599
that<00:36:07.780><c> flowing</c><00:36:08.139><c> naturally</c><00:36:08.780><c> from</c><00:36:09.099><c> it</c>

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:13.019
are<00:36:09.920><c> all</c><00:36:10.119><c> of</c><00:36:10.280><c> these</c><00:36:10.460><c> other</c><00:36:10.860><c> characteristics.</c><00:36:12.139><c> So</c><00:36:12.360><c> it's</c><00:36:12.699><c> first</c>

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:16.380
pure.<00:36:13.519><c> Pure</c><00:36:13.800><c> has</c><00:36:14.039><c> the</c><00:36:14.260><c> basic</c><00:36:14.579><c> idea</c><00:36:14.940><c> of</c><00:36:15.260><c> single,</c>

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:20.599
like<00:36:17.659><c> the</c><00:36:17.920><c> contrast</c><00:36:18.340><c> with</c><00:36:18.559><c> verse</c><00:36:18.800><c> 9</c><00:36:19.099><c> being</c><00:36:19.360><c> double</c><00:36:19.719><c>-minded.</c>

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:24.179
So<00:36:21.639><c> there's</c><00:36:22.280><c> no</c><00:36:22.599><c> variableness</c><00:36:23.139><c> here.</c>

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:30.320
It's<00:36:25.079><c> without</c><00:36:25.579><c> hypocrisy,</c><00:36:28.079><c> and</c><00:36:28.260><c> blessed</c><00:36:28.820><c> are</c><00:36:29.199><c> the</c><00:36:29.539><c> pure</c><00:36:29.920><c> in</c>

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:32.820
heart,<00:36:31.519><c> for</c><00:36:31.659><c> they</c><00:36:31.980><c> shall</c><00:36:32.179><c> see</c><00:36:32.519><c> God,</c>

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:36.639
because<00:36:33.260><c> there's</c><00:36:33.619><c> not</c><00:36:33.960><c> that</c><00:36:34.320><c> vacillation</c><00:36:35.079><c> of</c><00:36:35.519><c> loyalties.</c>

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:41.320
The<00:36:37.840><c> following</c><00:36:38.179><c> characteristics</c><00:36:39.019><c> here</c><00:36:39.380><c> now</c><00:36:40.000><c> listed</c><00:36:40.420><c> out</c>

00:36:41.340 --> 00:36:46.940
flow<00:36:41.880><c> from</c><00:36:42.179><c> an</c><00:36:42.539><c> undivided</c><00:36:43.199><c> heart,</c><00:36:45.139><c> single</c><00:36:45.400><c>-mindedly</c><00:36:46.260><c> hearing</c>

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:49.139
and<00:36:47.420><c> doing</c><00:36:47.659><c> the</c><00:36:47.880><c> will</c><00:36:47.960><c> of</c><00:36:48.179><c> God.</c>

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:53.320
So<00:36:50.039><c> it's</c><00:36:50.380><c> peaceable,</c><00:36:50.800><c> and</c><00:36:51.000><c> as</c><00:36:51.199><c> Jesus</c><00:36:51.579><c> showed</c><00:36:52.039><c> beautifully,</c>

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:55.780
blessed<00:36:53.719><c> are</c><00:36:53.940><c> the</c><00:36:54.219><c> pure</c><00:36:54.400><c> in</c><00:36:54.659><c> heart</c><00:36:55.000><c> is</c>

00:36:56.079 --> 00:37:00.760
followed,<00:36:57.940><c> blessed</c><00:36:58.239><c> are</c><00:36:58.619><c> the</c><00:36:58.800><c> peacemakers,</c><00:36:59.420><c> and</c><00:36:59.699><c> James</c><00:37:00.039><c> follows</c><00:37:00.460><c> the</c>

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:03.579
same<00:37:01.039><c> sequence.</c><00:37:02.280><c> So</c><00:37:02.500><c> the</c><00:37:02.719><c> outcomes</c><00:37:03.139><c> of</c><00:37:03.380><c> a</c>

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:10.460
God<00:37:03.840><c>-possessed</c><00:37:04.420><c> purity</c><00:37:05.000><c> is</c><00:37:05.619><c> peace.</c><00:37:07.579><c> To</c><00:37:07.780><c> be</c><00:37:07.960><c> at</c><00:37:08.199><c> one,</c><00:37:09.900><c> to</c><00:37:10.059><c> be</c><00:37:10.280><c> in</c>

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:12.260
a<00:37:10.500><c> meeting,</c><00:37:10.699><c> even</c><00:37:11.039><c> in</c><00:37:11.280><c> a</c><00:37:11.380><c> meeting</c><00:37:11.559><c> where</c><00:37:11.800><c> there</c><00:37:12.019><c> is</c>

00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:17.760
tension,<00:37:12.840><c> but</c><00:37:13.019><c> to</c><00:37:13.360><c> be</c><00:37:13.559><c> at</c><00:37:13.960><c> peace</c><00:37:14.360><c> with</c><00:37:14.719><c> God</c><00:37:15.119><c> and</c><00:37:15.400><c> with</c><00:37:15.699><c> one</c><00:37:15.880><c> another,</c><00:37:16.179><c> with</c><00:37:16.440><c> the</c><00:37:16.719><c> ecclesia,</c>

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:20.840
and<00:37:18.639><c> think,</c><00:37:19.079><c> brethren</c><00:37:19.199><c> and</c><00:37:19.460><c> sisters,</c><00:37:19.780><c> think</c><00:37:20.119><c> ahead,</c><00:37:20.579><c> think</c>

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:23.820
of<00:37:21.039><c> the</c><00:37:21.260><c> kingdom</c><00:37:21.539><c> age,</c><00:37:21.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:22.280><c> 32</c><00:37:22.840><c> and</c><00:37:23.039><c> verse</c><00:37:23.239><c> 17,</c>

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:29.639
where<00:37:24.400><c> the</c><00:37:24.719><c> peaceful</c><00:37:25.139><c> conditions</c><00:37:25.679><c> of</c><00:37:25.880><c> the</c><00:37:26.059><c> kingdom</c><00:37:26.480><c> naturally</c><00:37:27.639><c> flow</c><00:37:28.219><c> from</c><00:37:29.139><c> the</c>

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:30.940
Lord<00:37:29.880><c> Jesus</c><00:37:30.360><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:35.000
he<00:37:31.480><c> who</c><00:37:31.760><c> is</c><00:37:32.179><c> intrinsically</c><00:37:32.820><c> pure,</c><00:37:33.980><c> being</c><00:37:34.239><c> in</c><00:37:34.440><c> the</c><00:37:34.599><c> earth</c><00:37:34.739><c> to</c>

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:38.960
establish<00:37:35.539><c> peace,</c><00:37:36.719><c> gentle</c><00:37:37.159><c> and</c><00:37:37.400><c> easy</c><00:37:37.699><c> to</c><00:37:37.900><c> be</c><00:37:38.079><c> treated,</c>

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:44.539
qualities<00:37:39.880><c> of</c><00:37:40.559><c> reasonableness.</c><00:37:43.059><c> So</c><00:37:43.420><c> far</c><00:37:43.679><c> from</c><00:37:43.920><c> whipping</c><00:37:44.119><c> up</c>

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:46.260
strife<00:37:44.860><c> and</c><00:37:45.079><c> bitter</c><00:37:45.300><c> wrangling,</c><00:37:45.980><c> brethren</c>

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:52.860
moved<00:37:47.159><c> by</c><00:37:47.559><c> the</c><00:37:47.800><c> wisdom</c><00:37:48.079><c> from</c><00:37:48.400><c> above,</c><00:37:49.800><c> were</c><00:37:50.340><c> even</c><00:37:50.920><c> tempered,</c>

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:55.139
they<00:37:53.400><c> were</c><00:37:53.659><c> open</c><00:37:53.940><c> to</c><00:37:54.260><c> reason,</c>

00:37:55.960 --> 00:38:01.219
they<00:37:56.199><c> were</c><00:37:56.500><c> able</c><00:37:56.880><c> to</c><00:37:57.260><c> meet</c><00:37:57.639><c> error</c><00:37:58.099><c> resolutely,</c><00:38:00.039><c> but</c><00:38:00.440><c> at</c><00:38:00.900><c> all</c>

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:06.159
times,<00:38:02.199><c> at</c><00:38:02.440><c> all</c><00:38:02.860><c> times,</c><00:38:04.260><c> trying</c><00:38:04.639><c> by</c><00:38:05.079><c> the</c><00:38:05.400><c> meekness,</c>

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:10.579
and<00:38:06.920><c> this</c><00:38:07.460><c> phrase</c><00:38:07.860><c> is</c><00:38:08.179><c> beautiful,</c><00:38:09.039><c> trying</c><00:38:09.300><c> by</c><00:38:09.659><c> the</c><00:38:09.920><c> meekness</c>

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:13.659
and<00:38:11.119><c> gentleness</c><00:38:11.980><c> of</c><00:38:12.400><c> Christ</c>

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:20.079
to<00:38:15.340><c> win</c><00:38:15.579><c> their</c><00:38:15.860><c> opponent.</c><00:38:18.139><c> Try</c><00:38:18.420><c> doing</c><00:38:18.760><c> that,</c><00:38:19.019><c> that's</c><00:38:19.340><c> not</c><00:38:19.559><c> easy</c><00:38:19.860><c> to</c>

00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:23.239
do,<00:38:20.599><c> but</c><00:38:21.039><c> try</c><00:38:21.539><c> in</c><00:38:22.019><c> the</c><00:38:22.260><c> atmosphere</c><00:38:22.880><c> of</c>

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:29.960
contention,<00:38:24.219><c> try</c><00:38:24.760><c> by</c><00:38:25.739><c> the</c><00:38:26.019><c> meekness</c><00:38:26.659><c> and</c><00:38:27.239><c> gentleness</c><00:38:28.119><c> of</c><00:38:28.500><c> Christ</c><00:38:29.239><c> to</c>

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:33.320
win<00:38:30.539><c> their</c><00:38:31.380><c> brother,</c><00:38:32.559><c> full</c><00:38:32.659><c> of</c><00:38:32.880><c> mercy</c>

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:39.980
and<00:38:33.619><c> good</c><00:38:33.920><c> fruits,</c><00:38:35.539><c> reciprocating</c><00:38:36.260><c> God's</c><00:38:36.739><c> mercy</c><00:38:37.019><c> to</c><00:38:37.280><c> us,</c><00:38:39.360><c> mindful</c><00:38:39.739><c> of</c>

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:42.139
our<00:38:40.199><c> own</c><00:38:40.500><c> need</c><00:38:40.840><c> for</c><00:38:41.099><c> God's</c><00:38:41.719><c> continuing</c>

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:47.500
mercy<00:38:42.900><c> and</c><00:38:43.260><c> forbearance,</c><00:38:44.539><c> as</c><00:38:44.719><c> in</c><00:38:44.900><c> chapter</c><00:38:45.280><c> 2</c><00:38:45.780><c> verse</c><00:38:46.019><c> 13.</c><00:38:47.320><c> So</c>

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:50.280
the<00:38:47.699><c> good</c><00:38:47.920><c> living</c><00:38:48.300><c> of</c><00:38:48.699><c> verse</c><00:38:48.940><c> 13,</c>

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:56.420
the<00:38:50.699><c> good</c><00:38:50.920><c> living</c><00:38:51.199><c> of</c><00:38:51.460><c> verse</c><00:38:51.639><c> 13</c><00:38:52.280><c> is</c><00:38:53.019><c> here</c><00:38:53.320><c> spoken</c><00:38:53.739><c> of</c><00:38:54.019><c> as</c><00:38:54.400><c> manifesting</c><00:38:55.019><c> good</c><00:38:55.460><c> fruits,</c>

00:38:56.880 --> 00:39:02.019
those<00:38:57.719><c> fruits</c><00:38:58.139><c> of</c><00:38:58.360><c> the</c><00:38:58.619><c> spirit</c><00:38:58.880><c> of</c><00:38:59.199><c> Galatians</c><00:38:59.659><c> 5,</c><00:39:01.400><c> the</c><00:39:01.599><c> very</c>

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:04.900
opposite<00:39:02.679><c> to</c><00:39:02.920><c> those</c><00:39:03.219><c> things</c><00:39:03.460><c> that</c><00:39:03.639><c> were</c><00:39:03.719><c> being</c><00:39:04.119><c> spawned</c>

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:11.179
by<00:39:05.539><c> earthly</c><00:39:06.019><c> wisdom,</c><00:39:07.820><c> verses</c><00:39:08.119><c> 14</c><00:39:08.659><c> and</c><00:39:08.739><c> 16.</c><00:39:09.940><c> So</c><00:39:10.219><c> pure</c><00:39:10.539><c> motives</c>

00:39:11.179 --> 00:39:14.920
engender<00:39:12.079><c> good</c><00:39:12.619><c> fruits,</c><00:39:13.780><c> and</c><00:39:14.000><c> again,</c><00:39:14.539><c> pure</c>

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:21.340
religion<00:39:15.659><c> and</c><00:39:16.880><c> undefiled</c><00:39:18.059><c> before</c><00:39:18.639><c> God</c><00:39:19.239><c> is</c><00:39:19.860><c> shown</c><00:39:20.139><c> by</c><00:39:20.800><c> love</c><00:39:21.099><c> to</c>

00:39:21.340 --> 00:39:24.780
the<00:39:21.539><c> needy</c><00:39:22.340><c> and</c><00:39:22.619><c> to</c><00:39:22.800><c> the</c><00:39:22.900><c> edifying</c><00:39:23.639><c> of</c><00:39:24.099><c> the</c><00:39:24.280><c> body</c><00:39:24.480><c> of</c>

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:35.159
Christ.<00:39:27.039><c> So</c><00:39:27.659><c> is</c><00:39:28.159><c> this</c><00:39:28.599><c> how</c><00:39:29.199><c> we</c><00:39:29.900><c> respond</c><00:39:30.519><c> when</c><00:39:30.840><c> we</c><00:39:31.179><c> are</c><00:39:31.579><c> provoked?</c><00:39:34.679><c> How</c><00:39:34.980><c> do</c>

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:38.760
we<00:39:35.420><c> handle</c><00:39:36.920><c> word</c><00:39:37.500><c> battles,</c><00:39:38.480><c> brethren</c>

00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:43.139
and<00:39:39.639><c> sisters?</c><00:39:41.579><c> So</c><00:39:42.099><c> the</c><00:39:42.239><c> other</c><00:39:42.440><c> fruits,</c><00:39:42.719><c> brethren</c><00:39:42.900><c> and</c>

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:46.320
sisters,<00:39:43.500><c> without</c><00:39:43.920><c> partiality,</c><00:39:45.019><c> hypocrisy,</c>

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:52.519
so<00:39:47.920><c> this</c><00:39:48.239><c> is</c><00:39:48.460><c> being</c><00:39:48.920><c> impartial,</c><00:39:50.539><c> we</c><00:39:50.739><c> talked</c><00:39:50.960><c> about</c><00:39:51.360><c> partiality</c><00:39:52.039><c> before,</c>

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:54.260
this<00:39:52.960><c> is</c><00:39:53.199><c> being</c><00:39:53.519><c> impartial</c>

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:59.440
and<00:39:54.539><c> sincere.</c><00:39:56.400><c> No</c><00:39:56.760><c> wavering,</c><00:39:57.860><c> no</c><00:39:58.199><c> double</c><00:39:58.440><c>-mindedness,</c><00:39:59.099><c> no</c>

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.119
vacillating,<00:40:00.480><c> these</c><00:40:00.780><c> people</c><00:40:01.119><c> have</c><00:40:01.559><c> inner</c><00:40:01.780><c> motives</c>

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:08.260
that<00:40:02.400><c> are</c><00:40:02.719><c> sincere</c><00:40:03.300><c> and</c><00:40:03.699><c> single</c><00:40:04.119><c>-minded</c><00:40:04.500><c> and</c><00:40:05.579><c> outward</c><00:40:05.920><c> actions,</c><00:40:08.000><c> their</c>

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words<00:40:08.679><c> and</c><00:40:09.000><c> actions</c><00:40:09.420><c> are</c><00:40:09.880><c> consistent.</c>

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There's<00:40:11.760><c> no</c><00:40:12.099><c> play</c><00:40:12.340><c> acting</c><00:40:12.639><c> here,</c><00:40:13.679><c> there's</c><00:40:13.880><c> no</c><00:40:14.099><c> prejudice,</c><00:40:15.840><c> there</c><00:40:16.039><c> is</c><00:40:16.480><c> decisiveness,</c>

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Moffat<00:40:18.539><c> has</c><00:40:19.079><c> straightforwardness,</c><00:40:20.920><c> it's</c><00:40:21.340><c> pretty</c><00:40:21.599><c> direct,</c>

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isn't<00:40:22.039><c> it?</c><00:40:23.079><c> And</c><00:40:23.280><c> willingness</c><00:40:23.559><c> to</c><00:40:23.920><c> see</c><00:40:24.079><c> the</c>

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wisdom<00:40:24.539><c> from</c><00:40:24.800><c> above</c><00:40:25.159><c> applied</c><00:40:25.619><c> in</c><00:40:25.940><c> achieving</c><00:40:26.320><c> ecclesial</c><00:40:27.039><c> harmony</c><00:40:27.599><c> and</c>

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upbuilding,<00:40:29.480><c> and</c><00:40:29.619><c> the</c><00:40:29.940><c> fruit</c><00:40:30.239><c> of</c>

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righteousness<00:40:31.199><c> is</c><00:40:31.699><c> sown</c><00:40:31.920><c> in</c><00:40:32.219><c> peace</c><00:40:32.400><c> of</c><00:40:32.639><c> them</c><00:40:32.840><c> that</c><00:40:33.139><c> make</c><00:40:33.340><c> peace.</c><00:40:34.539><c> This</c>

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is<00:40:34.980><c> a</c><00:40:35.059><c> beautiful</c><00:40:35.480><c> last</c><00:40:35.920><c> verse.</c>

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There<00:40:37.360><c> are</c><00:40:37.460><c> many</c><00:40:37.599><c> ways</c><00:40:37.880><c> of</c><00:40:38.079><c> looking</c><00:40:38.340><c> at</c><00:40:38.519><c> this</c><00:40:38.800><c> verse</c><00:40:38.940><c> but</c><00:40:39.119><c> I've</c>

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looked<00:40:39.619><c> at</c><00:40:39.739><c> it</c><00:40:39.920><c> and</c><00:40:39.960><c> I</c><00:40:40.159><c> think</c><00:40:40.480><c> maybe</c>

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what<00:40:41.760><c> we</c><00:40:41.900><c> have</c><00:40:42.079><c> to</c><00:40:42.280><c> say</c><00:40:42.480><c> is</c><00:40:43.039><c> somewhere</c><00:40:43.320><c> close</c><00:40:43.699><c> to</c><00:40:43.860><c> the</c><00:40:44.000><c> mark.</c>

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Because<00:40:46.480><c> James</c><00:40:46.840><c> could</c><00:40:47.139><c> well</c><00:40:47.420><c> have</c><00:40:47.639><c> in</c><00:40:47.880><c> mind</c><00:40:48.079><c> the</c><00:40:48.400><c> proverb,</c><00:40:49.039><c> he</c>

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that<00:40:49.579><c> soweth</c><00:40:50.239><c> righteousness</c><00:40:51.099><c> hath</c><00:40:51.739><c> a</c><00:40:52.059><c> sure</c><00:40:52.420><c> reward,</c>

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Proverbs<00:40:54.219><c> 11,</c><00:40:54.719><c> 18.</c><00:40:56.820><c> So</c><00:40:57.000><c> you're</c><00:40:57.400><c> sowing</c><00:40:57.679><c> righteousness,</c><00:40:58.880><c> you</c>

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have<00:40:59.420><c> a</c><00:40:59.639><c> sure</c><00:40:59.880><c> reward.</c>

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So<00:41:01.880><c> consider</c><00:41:02.260><c> the</c><00:41:02.539><c> blessing,</c><00:41:03.039><c> brethren</c><00:41:03.239><c> and</c><00:41:03.320><c> sisters,</c><00:41:03.659><c> and</c>

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you<00:41:04.519><c> count</c><00:41:04.780><c> your</c><00:41:05.099><c> blessings</c><00:41:05.519><c> if</c><00:41:05.800><c> you</c><00:41:06.059><c> have</c><00:41:06.300><c> ecclesial</c>

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harmony.<00:41:09.539><c> Based</c><00:41:09.900><c> on</c><00:41:10.199><c> righteousness,</c><00:41:11.960><c> peace</c><00:41:12.239><c> is</c><00:41:12.619><c> cultivated</c>

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and<00:41:14.300><c> maintained.</c>

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Fruits<00:41:17.260><c> of</c><00:41:17.519><c> righteousness</c><00:41:17.960><c> are</c><00:41:18.360><c> brought</c><00:41:18.659><c> forth</c><00:41:19.300><c> as</c><00:41:20.340><c> tender</c>

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:24.719
young<00:41:21.519><c> plants</c><00:41:21.960><c> that</c><00:41:22.300><c> grow</c><00:41:22.519><c> up</c><00:41:23.019><c> straight</c><00:41:23.460><c> and</c><00:41:23.960><c> tall</c>

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:28.920
in<00:41:25.019><c> the</c><00:41:25.280><c> context</c><00:41:25.739><c> of</c><00:41:26.119><c> peace</c><00:41:26.460><c> and</c><00:41:26.940><c> those</c><00:41:27.380><c> fruits</c><00:41:27.699><c> produce</c><00:41:28.340><c> seed</c>

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which<00:41:29.599><c> is</c><00:41:30.000><c> ploughed</c><00:41:30.619><c> back</c><00:41:31.019><c> to</c><00:41:31.719><c> bring</c><00:41:31.980><c> another</c>

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cycle<00:41:33.119><c> of</c><00:41:33.639><c> fruits.</c><00:41:35.500><c> So</c><00:41:35.900><c> these</c><00:41:36.119><c> are</c><00:41:36.360><c> teachers</c><00:41:36.780><c> whose</c><00:41:37.099><c> work</c><00:41:37.460><c> show</c><00:41:37.860><c> a</c>

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meekness<00:41:38.679><c> of</c><00:41:39.079><c> wisdom.</c>

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By<00:41:41.260><c> teaching</c><00:41:41.659><c> the</c><00:41:41.860><c> wisdom</c><00:41:42.079><c> from</c><00:41:42.360><c> above</c><00:41:43.000><c> and</c><00:41:43.940><c> by</c><00:41:44.340><c> practising</c>

00:41:44.820 --> 00:41:48.699
it,<00:41:46.360><c> they</c><00:41:46.559><c> lay</c><00:41:46.800><c> down</c><00:41:47.179><c> conditions</c><00:41:47.760><c> of</c><00:41:48.239><c> peace</c>

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in<00:41:49.460><c> which</c><00:41:50.380><c> successive</c><00:41:51.460><c> generations</c><00:41:52.599><c> can</c><00:41:54.579><c> bring</c><00:41:54.960><c> forth</c><00:41:55.639><c> fruits</c><00:41:56.179><c> of</c>

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righteousness.<00:41:57.900><c> Isn't</c><00:41:58.340><c> that</c><00:41:58.880><c> wonderful</c>

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when<00:42:00.619><c> that</c><00:42:00.980><c> happens?</c><00:42:03.900><c> How</c><00:42:04.360><c> sad</c><00:42:04.679><c> it</c><00:42:04.900><c> is</c><00:42:05.780><c> when</c><00:42:06.480><c> it</c><00:42:06.780><c> doesn't</c><00:42:07.039><c> happen.</c>

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So<00:42:09.360><c> far</c><00:42:09.760><c> from</c><00:42:10.079><c> receiving</c><00:42:10.500><c> greater</c><00:42:10.940><c> condemnation,</c><00:42:12.179><c> verse</c>

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one,<00:42:13.619><c> these</c><00:42:13.920><c> brethren,</c><00:42:15.059><c> these</c><00:42:15.360><c> teachers,</c>

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these<00:42:17.719><c> brethren</c><00:42:18.099><c> are</c><00:42:18.500><c> wisdom</c><00:42:19.159><c> and</c><00:42:19.699><c> understanding</c><00:42:20.519><c> and</c><00:42:22.659><c> totally</c><00:42:23.280><c> consistent</c><00:42:24.000><c> Christ</c><00:42:24.739><c>-like</c>

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characteristics<00:42:26.940><c> and</c><00:42:27.619><c> meekness.</c><00:42:29.119><c> These</c><00:42:29.599><c> brethren</c><00:42:30.059><c> are</c><00:42:30.780><c> blessed</c><00:42:31.239><c> in</c>

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their<00:42:32.599><c> deed.</c>

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Chapter<00:42:34.460><c> one,</c><00:42:34.900><c> verse</c><00:42:35.119><c> 25.</c><00:42:36.840><c> So</c><00:42:37.059><c> the</c><00:42:37.400><c> peacemakers</c><00:42:38.039><c> are</c><00:42:38.300><c> blessed.</c><00:42:39.800><c> They</c><00:42:40.000><c> are</c><00:42:40.199><c> the</c><00:42:40.420><c> children</c><00:42:40.659><c> of</c><00:42:40.880><c> God</c>

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and<00:42:42.719><c> the</c><00:42:43.099><c> fruits</c><00:42:43.320><c> are</c><00:42:43.639><c> brought</c><00:42:43.880><c> forth.</c><00:42:45.260><c> The</c><00:42:45.539><c> fruits</c><00:42:45.739><c> are</c><00:42:46.039><c> brought</c><00:42:46.219><c> forth</c><00:42:46.579><c> not</c>

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to<00:42:47.139><c> the</c><00:42:47.340><c> glory</c><00:42:47.559><c> of</c><00:42:47.800><c> men</c>

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but<00:42:50.760><c> to</c><00:42:51.440><c> the</c><00:42:51.599><c> glory</c><00:42:51.800><c> of</c><00:42:52.079><c> God.</c><00:42:52.579><c> Thank</c><00:42:52.920><c> you.</c>