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sanctification.<00:14:43.429><c> And</c><00:14:43.590><c> we</c><00:14:43.789><c> sing</c><00:14:43.929><c> that</c><00:14:44.169><c> in</c><00:14:44.389><c> our</c><00:14:44.590><c> hymns,</c><00:14:44.929><c> don't</c>

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we?<00:14:46.490><c> We</c><00:14:46.889><c> sing</c><00:14:47.009><c> that</c><00:14:47.269><c> very</c><00:14:47.529><c> thing.</c>

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that<00:15:12.230><c> were</c><00:15:12.470><c> impure.</c><00:15:13.210><c> They</c><00:15:13.210><c> had</c><00:15:13.470><c> turned</c><00:15:13.710><c> from</c><00:15:14.149><c> what</c><00:15:14.470><c> Paul</c><00:15:14.769><c> calls</c><00:15:15.169><c> idols</c><00:15:15.830><c> and</c>

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all<00:15:17.269><c> the</c><00:15:17.450><c> things</c><00:15:17.590><c> that</c><00:15:17.750><c> were</c><00:15:17.950><c> involved</c>

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in<00:15:19.129><c> the</c><00:15:19.470><c> name</c><00:15:19.669><c> of</c><00:15:19.990><c> religion</c><00:15:20.289><c> and</c><00:15:20.570><c> connection</c><00:15:20.929><c> with</c><00:15:21.610><c> idols</c><00:15:21.990><c> and</c>

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the<00:15:22.429><c> idol's</c><00:15:22.769><c> temple.</c><00:15:23.309><c> I</c><00:15:23.330><c> mean,</c><00:15:23.549><c> this</c><00:15:23.769><c> was</c><00:15:23.929><c> the</c><00:15:24.250><c> focal</c>

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point<00:15:24.950><c> of</c><00:15:25.169><c> immorality.</c><00:15:26.950><c> Fornication</c><00:15:27.570><c> was</c><00:15:27.889><c> not</c><00:15:28.230><c> a</c><00:15:28.490><c> sin</c><00:15:28.789><c> in</c><00:15:30.009><c> the</c>

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idol's<00:15:30.629><c> temple.</c><00:15:34.549><c> Is</c><00:15:35.169><c> it</c><00:15:35.309><c> in</c><00:15:35.409><c> our</c><00:15:35.610><c> world?</c>

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And<00:15:44.110><c> yet</c><00:15:44.190><c> we</c><00:15:44.330><c> switch</c><00:15:44.590><c> that</c><00:15:46.070><c> TV</c><00:15:46.509><c> on</c><00:15:47.210><c> and</c><00:15:48.570><c> we</c><00:15:48.809><c> see</c><00:15:49.009><c> these</c><00:15:49.370><c> things</c>

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and<00:15:50.909><c> we</c><00:15:51.210><c> sit</c><00:15:51.370><c> in</c><00:15:51.610><c> front</c><00:15:51.730><c> of</c><00:15:51.830><c> it.</c>

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And<00:15:53.169><c> I</c><00:15:53.330><c> say</c><00:15:53.490><c> we</c><00:15:53.710><c> to</c><00:15:53.870><c> this.</c><00:15:54.110><c> I've</c><00:15:54.250><c> already</c><00:15:54.490><c> told</c><00:15:54.690><c> you</c><00:15:54.809><c> I</c><00:15:54.850><c> don't</c><00:15:54.970><c> have</c><00:15:55.169><c> a</c>

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television.<00:15:55.710><c> I</c><00:15:55.929><c> had</c><00:15:56.230><c> one.</c>

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I<00:15:58.850><c> know</c><00:15:59.029><c> what</c><00:15:59.169><c> it</c><00:15:59.330><c> does.</c><00:16:00.370><c> I</c><00:16:00.610><c> know</c><00:16:00.730><c> how</c><00:16:00.909><c> it</c><00:16:01.110><c> eats</c><00:16:01.350><c> away</c><00:16:01.649><c> at</c><00:16:01.889><c> our</c>

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spiritual<00:16:03.049><c> well</c><00:16:03.389><c>-being.</c>

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I<00:16:05.730><c> know</c><00:16:05.889><c> how</c><00:16:06.070><c> it</c><00:16:06.269><c> eats</c><00:16:06.490><c> away</c><00:16:06.750><c> at</c><00:16:06.889><c> the</c><00:16:07.190><c> time</c><00:16:07.409><c> that</c><00:16:07.590><c> could</c><00:16:07.789><c> be</c><00:16:08.490><c> spent</c><00:16:08.789><c> far</c>

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more<00:16:09.509><c> profitably.</c>

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But<00:16:12.669><c> I've</c><00:16:12.789><c> just</c><00:16:12.970><c> got</c><00:16:13.070><c> to</c><00:16:13.289><c> tell</c><00:16:13.389><c> you</c><00:16:13.490><c> that</c><00:16:13.649><c> these</c><00:16:14.049><c> things</c><00:16:14.570><c> that</c>

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are<00:16:16.210><c> so</c><00:16:16.450><c> oftentimes</c><00:16:16.950><c> called</c><00:16:17.809><c> soap</c><00:16:18.429><c> operas</c>

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are<00:16:21.289><c> the</c><00:16:21.409><c> most</c><00:16:21.769><c> evil</c><00:16:22.350><c> inventions</c><00:16:22.990><c> that</c><00:16:23.350><c> ever</c><00:16:23.570><c> could</c><00:16:23.750><c> have</c><00:16:23.929><c> been</c><00:16:24.190><c> perpetrated</c><00:16:24.710><c> on</c>

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the<00:16:25.110><c> human</c><00:16:25.289><c> race.</c>

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Because<00:16:27.669><c> individuals</c><00:16:28.149><c> sit</c><00:16:28.409><c> in</c><00:16:28.590><c> front</c><00:16:28.690><c> of</c><00:16:28.870><c> those</c><00:16:29.169><c> things</c><00:16:29.570><c> saying</c><00:16:30.149><c> in</c><00:16:30.730><c> their</c><00:16:31.009><c> hearts,</c><00:16:31.490><c> I'm</c><00:16:31.850><c> a</c>

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moral<00:16:32.389><c> individual,</c>

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I<00:16:34.110><c> would</c><00:16:34.409><c> never</c><00:16:34.669><c> do</c><00:16:34.950><c> these</c><00:16:35.309><c> things</c><00:16:35.870><c> and</c><00:16:37.230><c> somehow</c><00:16:37.690><c> draw</c><00:16:38.029><c> some</c>

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sort<00:16:38.669><c> of</c><00:16:39.450><c> pleasure</c><00:16:39.990><c> and</c><00:16:41.190><c> satisfaction</c>

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off<00:16:42.409><c> seeing</c><00:16:42.690><c> others</c><00:16:43.029><c> do</c><00:16:43.289><c> them.</c><00:16:44.049><c> Now,</c><00:16:44.190><c> I</c><00:16:44.269><c> tell</c><00:16:44.470><c> you,</c><00:16:44.730><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:16:45.049><c> sisters,</c><00:16:45.289><c> that</c><00:16:45.470><c> is</c><00:16:45.649><c> inconsistent</c>

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for<00:16:47.309><c> the</c><00:16:47.490><c> life</c><00:16:47.669><c> in</c><00:16:47.850><c> Christ</c><00:16:48.129><c> Jesus.</c><00:16:49.529><c> And</c><00:16:49.769><c> if</c><00:16:49.870><c> we're</c><00:16:50.090><c> involved</c>

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in<00:16:50.590><c> this</c><00:16:50.850><c> sort</c><00:16:51.009><c> of</c><00:16:51.190><c> thing,</c><00:16:51.429><c> then</c><00:16:51.629><c> stop</c><00:16:52.049><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:16:53.570><c> no</c><00:16:53.830><c> good.</c><00:16:54.690><c> It</c><00:16:54.870><c> will</c><00:16:55.230><c> doom</c><00:16:55.549><c> you.</c><00:16:56.750><c> You</c><00:16:56.909><c> can't</c><00:16:57.169><c> put</c><00:16:57.370><c> these</c>

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things<00:16:57.830><c> into</c><00:16:58.029><c> the</c><00:16:58.330><c> mind</c><00:16:58.610><c> and</c><00:16:58.929><c> just</c><00:16:59.289><c> erase</c><00:16:59.649><c> them</c>

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though<00:17:00.070><c> they</c><00:17:00.190><c> were</c><00:17:00.350><c> never</c><00:17:00.610><c> there.</c><00:17:01.669><c> They</c><00:17:01.789><c> make</c><00:17:02.110><c> their</c><00:17:02.409><c> mark.</c>

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They'll<00:17:03.169><c> come</c><00:17:03.490><c> back.</c><00:17:03.870><c> They'll</c><00:17:04.230><c> speak</c><00:17:04.490><c> to</c><00:17:04.690><c> you</c>

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when<00:17:04.990><c> you</c><00:17:05.210><c> least</c><00:17:05.470><c> expect</c><00:17:05.950><c> it.</c><00:17:07.630><c> And</c><00:17:07.829><c> they'll</c><00:17:08.109><c> damage</c><00:17:08.490><c> your</c><00:17:09.190><c> sanctification</c><00:17:10.349><c> in</c>

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the<00:17:11.150><c> Lord</c><00:17:11.349><c> Jesus</c><00:17:11.789><c> Christ.</c>

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bush<00:17:20.210><c> beating</c><00:17:20.509><c> in</c><00:17:20.710><c> the</c><00:17:20.849><c> word</c><00:17:20.990><c> of</c><00:17:21.309><c> God.</c>

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Paul<00:17:22.549><c> is</c><00:17:22.789><c> saying</c><00:17:22.990><c> don't</c><00:17:23.410><c> look</c><00:17:23.650><c> over</c><00:17:23.930><c> your</c><00:17:24.210><c> shoulder.</c><00:17:25.430><c> Don't</c>

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look<00:17:25.930><c> at</c><00:17:26.049><c> where</c><00:17:26.150><c> you've</c><00:17:26.410><c> come</c><00:17:26.630><c> from.</c><00:17:26.849><c> You've</c>

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set<00:17:28.089><c> to</c><00:17:28.410><c> the</c><00:17:28.549><c> eyes</c><00:17:28.849><c> now</c><00:17:29.170><c> and</c><00:17:29.289><c> a</c><00:17:29.490><c> focus</c><00:17:29.750><c> to</c><00:17:29.950><c> the</c><00:17:30.109><c> life.</c><00:17:31.230><c> Hang</c><00:17:31.450><c> on</c>

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to<00:17:31.869><c> that.</c><00:17:32.609><c> That's</c><00:17:32.910><c> what</c><00:17:33.069><c> counts.</c><00:17:34.309><c> There's</c>

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eternal<00:17:34.910><c> life</c><00:17:35.230><c> in</c><00:17:35.430><c> this.</c><00:17:35.990><c> We</c><00:17:36.170><c> don't</c><00:17:36.369><c> have</c><00:17:36.710><c> lifestyles</c><00:17:37.450><c> in</c><00:17:37.650><c> Christ</c><00:17:37.950><c> Jesus.</c><00:17:38.950><c> We</c>

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don't<00:17:39.349><c> all</c><00:17:39.509><c> leave</c><00:17:39.789><c> Bible</c><00:17:40.130><c> school</c>

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and<00:17:40.509><c> go</c><00:17:40.690><c> back</c><00:17:40.910><c> to</c><00:17:41.150><c> separate</c><00:17:41.450><c> lifestyles.</c><00:17:43.349><c> We</c><00:17:43.490><c> have</c><00:17:43.690><c> an</c><00:17:43.789><c> eternal</c><00:17:44.349><c> lifestyle,</c><00:17:45.190><c> brethren</c><00:17:45.349><c> and</c><00:17:45.569><c> sisters.</c>

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That's<00:17:47.769><c> what</c><00:17:47.890><c> we've</c><00:17:48.230><c> entered</c><00:17:48.369><c> into</c><00:17:48.829><c> when</c><00:17:49.009><c> we</c><00:17:49.450><c> entered</c><00:17:49.650><c> into</c>

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the<00:17:50.269><c> covenant</c><00:17:50.569><c> with</c><00:17:50.890><c> the</c><00:17:51.029><c> Lord</c><00:17:51.210><c> Jesus</c><00:17:51.609><c> Christ,</c>

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an<00:17:53.009><c> eternal</c><00:17:53.690><c> lifestyle</c><00:17:54.509><c> in</c><00:17:55.130><c> Christ,</c><00:17:56.609><c> because</c><00:17:56.890><c> that's</c><00:17:57.130><c> the</c><00:17:57.289><c> relationship</c><00:17:57.769><c> we</c>

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have.<00:17:58.589><c> We're</c><00:17:58.769><c> related</c><00:17:59.089><c> to</c>

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eternity.<00:18:00.470><c> We</c><00:18:00.670><c> walk</c><00:18:01.009><c> in</c><00:18:01.190><c> the</c><00:18:01.410><c> ambit</c><00:18:01.609><c> of</c><00:18:01.869><c> eternity.</c><00:18:03.190><c> That's</c><00:18:03.509><c> a</c>

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marvelous<00:18:03.950><c> thing.</c><00:18:05.710><c> But</c><00:18:05.910><c> that's</c><00:18:06.230><c> the</c><00:18:06.450><c> tone</c>

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that<00:18:07.289><c> pervades</c><00:18:07.789><c> this</c><00:18:08.150><c> chapter.</c><00:18:09.390><c> We'll</c><00:18:09.490><c> just</c><00:18:09.690><c> read</c><00:18:09.869><c> together</c>

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verse<00:18:10.509><c> three</c><00:18:11.190><c> through</c><00:18:11.470><c> eight.</c><00:18:11.789><c> I</c><00:18:11.910><c> get</c><00:18:12.029><c> the</c>

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feeling<00:18:12.670><c> here</c><00:18:12.930><c> of</c><00:18:13.509><c> this</c><00:18:13.890><c> little</c><00:18:14.230><c> section</c><00:18:14.630><c> that</c><00:18:15.190><c> he's</c><00:18:15.349><c> dealing</c>

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with.<00:18:18.069><c> Just</c><00:18:18.289><c> going</c><00:18:18.490><c> in</c><00:18:18.630><c> at</c><00:18:18.769><c> verse</c><00:18:18.970><c> three,</c>

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this<00:18:19.569><c> is</c><00:18:19.829><c> the</c><00:18:19.950><c> will</c><00:18:20.109><c> of</c><00:18:20.349><c> God,</c><00:18:21.529><c> even</c><00:18:21.750><c> your</c><00:18:22.170><c> sanctification,</c>

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that<00:18:23.890><c> you</c><00:18:24.029><c> should</c><00:18:24.210><c> abstain</c><00:18:24.829><c> from</c><00:18:25.109><c> fornication,</c>

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that<00:18:26.589><c> every</c><00:18:26.970><c> one</c><00:18:27.150><c> of</c><00:18:27.269><c> you</c><00:18:27.390><c> should</c><00:18:27.549><c> know</c><00:18:27.730><c> how</c><00:18:27.970><c> to</c><00:18:28.170><c> possess</c><00:18:28.450><c> his</c>

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vessel<00:18:29.089><c> and</c><00:18:29.430><c> sanctification</c><00:18:30.269><c> and</c><00:18:30.509><c> honor,</c>

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not<00:18:31.930><c> in</c><00:18:32.150><c> the</c><00:18:32.369><c> lust</c><00:18:33.069><c> of</c><00:18:33.369><c> concupiscence,</c><00:18:34.910><c> even</c><00:18:35.170><c> as</c><00:18:35.430><c> the</c><00:18:35.569><c> Gentiles</c><00:18:36.170><c> which</c>

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know<00:18:36.589><c> not</c><00:18:36.849><c> God,</c><00:18:37.890><c> that</c><00:18:38.170><c> no</c><00:18:38.430><c> man</c><00:18:38.650><c> go</c>

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beyond<00:18:39.250><c> and</c><00:18:39.470><c> defraud</c><00:18:39.890><c> his</c><00:18:40.150><c> brother</c><00:18:40.369><c> in</c><00:18:40.650><c> any</c><00:18:40.869><c> matter,</c><00:18:42.029><c> because</c>

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if<00:18:42.549><c> the</c><00:18:42.789><c> Lord</c><00:18:43.009><c> is</c><00:18:43.230><c> the</c><00:18:43.430><c> avenger</c><00:18:43.809><c> of</c><00:18:43.950><c> all</c><00:18:44.269><c> such,</c>

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as<00:18:45.470><c> we</c><00:18:45.630><c> also</c><00:18:46.049><c> have</c><00:18:46.309><c> forewarned</c><00:18:46.829><c> you</c><00:18:47.029><c> and</c><00:18:47.289><c> testified,</c><00:18:49.029><c> for</c><00:18:49.190><c> God</c>

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hath<00:18:49.769><c> not</c><00:18:50.269><c> called</c><00:18:50.589><c> us</c><00:18:51.369><c> unto</c><00:18:51.710><c> uncleanness,</c>

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but<00:18:53.670><c> unto</c><00:18:53.970><c> holiness.</c><00:18:55.789><c> He</c><00:18:55.970><c> therefore</c><00:18:56.390><c> that</c><00:18:56.690><c> despiseth,</c><00:18:58.349><c> despiseth</c><00:18:58.869><c> not</c>

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man,<00:19:00.690><c> but</c><00:19:00.869><c> God,</c><00:19:01.990><c> who</c><00:19:02.130><c> hath</c><00:19:02.349><c> also</c><00:19:02.890><c> given</c>

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unto<00:19:03.509><c> us</c><00:19:03.869><c> his</c><00:19:04.109><c> Holy</c><00:19:04.430><c> Spirit.</c><00:19:06.609><c> We're</c><00:19:07.230><c> reading</c><00:19:07.509><c> about</c><00:19:07.829><c> self</c><00:19:08.190><c>-control</c><00:19:08.730><c> here,</c><00:19:09.109><c> brethren</c><00:19:09.289><c> and</c><00:19:09.490><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:19:11.430><c> formula</c><00:19:11.990><c> that's</c><00:19:12.269><c> given</c><00:19:12.450><c> to</c><00:19:12.769><c> us</c><00:19:12.950><c> is</c><00:19:13.390><c> that</c><00:19:13.690><c> the</c><00:19:13.910><c> will</c><00:19:14.069><c> of</c>

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God<00:19:15.049><c> equals</c><00:19:16.269><c> sanctification,</c>

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a<00:19:18.930><c> little</c><00:19:19.089><c> formula.</c><00:19:20.789><c> God</c><00:19:20.990><c> hath</c><00:19:21.269><c> not</c><00:19:21.589><c> called</c><00:19:21.769><c> us</c><00:19:21.990><c> unto</c><00:19:22.269><c> uncleanness,</c><00:19:23.549><c> but</c><00:19:23.650><c> unto</c><00:19:23.910><c> holiness.</c><00:19:25.650><c> And</c>

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he<00:19:25.809><c> says,</c>

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every<00:19:26.450><c> one</c><00:19:26.650><c> of</c><00:19:26.750><c> you</c><00:19:26.829><c> knows</c><00:19:27.049><c> how</c><00:19:27.329><c> to</c><00:19:27.829><c> possess</c><00:19:28.170><c> his</c><00:19:28.569><c> vessel.</c><00:19:30.750><c> Now,</c><00:19:30.930><c> that's</c><00:19:31.130><c> always</c><00:19:31.369><c> been</c><00:19:31.529><c> a</c><00:19:31.630><c> bit</c><00:19:31.730><c> of</c><00:19:32.869><c> a</c>

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question<00:19:33.490><c> as</c>

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to<00:19:33.910><c> what</c><00:19:33.910><c> this</c><00:19:34.170><c> was</c><00:19:34.589><c> all</c><00:19:34.910><c> about.</c><00:19:36.250><c> The</c><00:19:36.569><c> NIV</c><00:19:37.009><c> says</c><00:19:37.450><c> to</c><00:19:37.670><c> control</c>

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our<00:19:38.529><c> own</c><00:19:38.849><c> bodies,</c><00:19:39.390><c> and</c><00:19:39.490><c> some</c><00:19:39.690><c> will</c><00:19:39.910><c> say</c><00:19:40.069><c> that</c>

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the<00:19:40.849><c> vessel</c><00:19:41.190><c> is</c><00:19:42.210><c> the</c><00:19:42.390><c> body.</c><00:19:42.849><c> We</c><00:19:42.930><c> ought</c><00:19:43.109><c> to</c><00:19:43.190><c> know</c><00:19:43.289><c> how</c><00:19:43.490><c> to</c><00:19:43.769><c> control</c><00:19:44.130><c> our</c>

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own<00:19:44.750><c> bodies</c><00:19:45.109><c> and</c><00:19:45.329><c> our</c><00:19:46.170><c> own</c><00:19:46.329><c> lives.</c>

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Interesting<00:19:47.950><c> thing</c><00:19:48.269><c> is</c><00:19:48.470><c> that</c><00:19:48.569><c> in</c><00:19:48.690><c> the</c><00:19:48.890><c> margin</c><00:19:49.130><c> of</c><00:19:49.349><c> my</c><00:19:49.569><c> Bible,</c>

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I've<00:19:50.049><c> got</c><00:19:50.150><c> two</c><00:19:50.430><c> references</c><00:19:50.809><c> against</c><00:19:51.190><c> this,</c>

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and<00:19:52.970><c> they</c><00:19:53.130><c> lead</c><00:19:53.230><c> you</c><00:19:53.390><c> off</c><00:19:53.509><c> in</c><00:19:53.670><c> different</c><00:19:53.869><c> directions</c><00:19:54.369><c> and</c><00:19:54.990><c> to</c>

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somewhat<00:19:55.490><c> different</c><00:19:55.890><c> conclusions.</c>

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One<00:19:58.210><c> is</c><00:19:58.410><c> in</c><00:19:58.549><c> 2</c><00:19:58.710><c> Corinthians,</c><00:20:00.609><c> the</c><00:20:00.930><c> words</c><00:20:01.069><c> again</c><00:20:01.369><c> of</c><00:20:01.509><c> the</c><00:20:01.670><c> apostle</c><00:20:01.970><c> Paul.</c>

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It's<00:20:03.650><c> in</c><00:20:03.869><c> the</c><00:20:04.210><c> fourth</c><00:20:04.470><c> chapter</c><00:20:04.849><c> and</c><00:20:04.990><c> the</c>

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seventh<00:20:05.430><c> verse.</c><00:20:05.750><c> If</c><00:20:05.829><c> you</c><00:20:05.970><c> want</c><00:20:06.150><c> to</c><00:20:06.569><c> turn</c><00:20:06.730><c> it</c><00:20:06.849><c> up,</c><00:20:07.029><c> you're</c><00:20:07.190><c> welcome</c><00:20:07.369><c> to</c>

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do<00:20:07.710><c> so.</c><00:20:08.670><c> But</c><00:20:08.769><c> after</c><00:20:09.170><c> pointing</c><00:20:09.490><c> out</c><00:20:09.730><c> that</c><00:20:10.049><c> the</c>

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light<00:20:11.130><c> of</c><00:20:11.309><c> the</c><00:20:11.609><c> truth</c><00:20:12.009><c> has</c><00:20:12.950><c> shined</c><00:20:13.349><c> into</c><00:20:13.609><c> our</c><00:20:13.950><c> hearts,</c><00:20:14.450><c> he</c><00:20:14.690><c> says</c><00:20:14.869><c> we</c>

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have<00:20:15.269><c> this</c><00:20:15.529><c> treasure</c><00:20:15.789><c> in</c><00:20:16.029><c> earthen</c><00:20:16.410><c> vessels</c>

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in<00:20:18.029><c> the</c><00:20:18.269><c> flesh,</c><00:20:19.170><c> human</c><00:20:19.349><c> nature,</c><00:20:20.289><c> a</c><00:20:20.490><c> body.</c><00:20:22.369><c> It's</c><00:20:22.569><c> true,</c><00:20:22.869><c> isn't</c>

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it?<00:20:24.109><c> For</c><00:20:24.309><c> all</c><00:20:24.589><c> the</c><00:20:24.829><c> wonder</c><00:20:25.069><c> of</c><00:20:25.250><c> the</c><00:20:25.509><c> light</c><00:20:25.750><c> of</c>

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God's<00:20:26.549><c> truth</c><00:20:26.809><c> shining</c><00:20:27.230><c> into</c><00:20:27.529><c> our</c><00:20:27.809><c> hearts</c><00:20:28.029><c> and</c><00:20:28.410><c> residing</c><00:20:28.789><c> in</c>

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our<00:20:29.269><c> lives,</c><00:20:30.789><c> the</c><00:20:31.130><c> container</c><00:20:31.710><c> is</c><00:20:32.950><c> an</c><00:20:33.130><c> earthen</c><00:20:33.450><c> vessel</c>

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with<00:20:35.250><c> all</c><00:20:35.509><c> the</c><00:20:35.829><c> problems</c><00:20:36.230><c> that</c><00:20:36.410><c> an</c><00:20:36.670><c> earthen</c><00:20:37.150><c> vessel</c><00:20:37.849><c> could</c>

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possibly<00:20:39.109><c> manifest.</c>

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You<00:20:45.990><c> get</c><00:20:46.130><c> into</c><00:20:46.309><c> the</c><00:20:46.549><c> concordance</c><00:20:47.029><c> and</c><00:20:47.170><c> you</c><00:20:47.430><c> search</c><00:20:47.690><c> this</c><00:20:47.950><c> thing</c><00:20:48.130><c> out,</c>

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trying<00:20:48.630><c> to</c><00:20:49.109><c> get</c><00:20:49.289><c> at</c><00:20:49.450><c> the</c>

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meaning<00:20:50.549><c> of</c><00:20:50.769><c> it.</c><00:20:51.329><c> And</c><00:20:51.329><c> I</c><00:20:51.609><c> have</c><00:20:51.809><c> to</c><00:20:51.970><c> tell</c><00:20:52.049><c> you,</c><00:20:52.269><c> it</c><00:20:52.269><c> doesn't</c><00:20:53.809><c> solve</c><00:20:54.210><c> anything,</c><00:20:54.490><c> at</c>

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least<00:20:54.750><c> it</c><00:20:54.869><c> didn't</c><00:20:55.089><c> for</c><00:20:55.269><c> me.</c>

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You<00:20:56.769><c> look</c><00:20:56.950><c> the</c><00:20:57.130><c> word</c><00:20:57.250><c> up</c><00:20:57.390><c> in</c><00:20:57.529><c> the</c><00:20:57.690><c> concordance</c><00:20:58.109><c> and</c><00:20:58.230><c> you</c><00:20:58.349><c> find</c>

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out<00:20:58.789><c> that</c><00:20:58.930><c> the</c><00:20:59.509><c> word</c><00:20:59.730><c> vessel</c><00:21:00.089><c> means</c><00:21:00.450><c> goods,</c>

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stuff,<00:21:03.509><c> vessel.</c><00:21:04.170><c> That's</c><00:21:04.390><c> the</c><00:21:04.470><c> way</c><00:21:04.589><c> that</c><00:21:04.710><c> it's</c><00:21:05.130><c> translated</c><00:21:05.390><c> as</c>

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you<00:21:06.190><c> find</c><00:21:06.470><c> the</c><00:21:06.730><c> original</c><00:21:07.009><c> word</c><00:21:07.289><c> in</c><00:21:07.470><c> the</c><00:21:07.529><c> New</c><00:21:07.690><c> Testament.</c>

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We've<00:21:10.829><c> got</c><00:21:10.910><c> to</c><00:21:10.990><c> look</c><00:21:11.069><c> at</c><00:21:11.190><c> the</c><00:21:11.410><c> context</c><00:21:11.809><c> of</c><00:21:11.990><c> the</c><00:21:12.069><c> way</c><00:21:12.170><c> this</c><00:21:12.349><c> is</c><00:21:12.529><c> used,</c><00:21:12.710><c> I</c>

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think,<00:21:13.150><c> and</c><00:21:13.609><c> compare</c><00:21:13.990><c> it</c><00:21:14.130><c> with</c><00:21:14.269><c> other</c><00:21:14.470><c> parts</c>

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of<00:21:14.970><c> scripture.</c><00:21:16.670><c> And</c><00:21:17.069><c> I'd</c><00:21:17.309><c> just</c><00:21:17.309><c> like</c><00:21:17.410><c> to</c><00:21:17.670><c> back</c><00:21:17.869><c> up</c><00:21:18.049><c> just</c><00:21:18.250><c> a</c><00:21:18.349><c> little</c><00:21:18.529><c> bit</c>

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here.<00:21:18.829><c> There's</c><00:21:19.029><c> another</c><00:21:19.250><c> word</c><00:21:19.470><c> that</c><00:21:19.690><c> precedes</c>

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it<00:21:20.230><c> that</c><00:21:20.390><c> we</c><00:21:20.529><c> should</c><00:21:20.730><c> take</c><00:21:20.970><c> a</c><00:21:21.029><c> look</c><00:21:21.190><c> at.</c><00:21:22.410><c> He</c><00:21:22.589><c> says,</c><00:21:23.609><c> every</c><00:21:23.670><c> one</c>

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of<00:21:24.029><c> you</c><00:21:24.170><c> should</c><00:21:24.369><c> know</c><00:21:24.609><c> how</c><00:21:24.990><c> to</c><00:21:25.410><c> possess</c>

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his<00:21:27.230><c> vessel.</c><00:21:28.569><c> And</c><00:21:28.670><c> the</c><00:21:28.789><c> word</c><00:21:28.970><c> possess</c><00:21:29.369><c> means</c><00:21:29.710><c> to</c><00:21:30.069><c> get,</c><00:21:31.430><c> or</c><00:21:31.549><c> to</c>

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acquire,<00:21:33.430><c> or</c><00:21:33.529><c> to</c><00:21:33.730><c> obtain.</c>

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And<00:21:35.490><c> that</c><00:21:35.650><c> sounds</c><00:21:35.890><c> a</c><00:21:35.990><c> little</c><00:21:36.150><c> strange</c><00:21:36.529><c> when</c><00:21:36.670><c> we</c><00:21:36.809><c> think</c><00:21:36.910><c> of</c><00:21:36.970><c> it</c>

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as<00:21:37.210><c> a</c><00:21:37.369><c> body.</c><00:21:39.269><c> Every</c><00:21:39.529><c> one</c><00:21:39.670><c> of</c><00:21:39.769><c> us</c><00:21:40.029><c> should</c><00:21:40.190><c> know</c><00:21:40.349><c> how</c><00:21:40.609><c> to</c>

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obtain<00:21:41.250><c> a</c><00:21:41.569><c> body,</c><00:21:42.470><c> or</c><00:21:42.569><c> to</c><00:21:42.849><c> get</c><00:21:42.990><c> a</c><00:21:43.230><c> body,</c><00:21:43.529><c> or</c><00:21:43.650><c> to</c><00:21:43.890><c> acquire</c><00:21:44.210><c> a</c><00:21:44.430><c> body.</c><00:21:45.069><c> And</c>

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yet<00:21:45.289><c> we</c><00:21:45.369><c> can</c><00:21:45.569><c> see</c><00:21:45.710><c> an</c><00:21:45.890><c> application</c><00:21:46.390><c> because</c>

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obviously<00:21:48.049><c> the</c><00:21:48.690><c> physical</c><00:21:49.170><c> body,</c><00:21:49.829><c> our</c><00:21:49.970><c> human</c><00:21:50.210><c> nature,</c><00:21:50.670><c> the</c><00:21:50.789><c> flesh,</c><00:21:51.450><c> should</c><00:21:51.569><c> be</c>

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being<00:21:52.269><c> brought</c><00:21:52.430><c> under</c><00:21:52.690><c> control.</c>

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he<00:21:56.609><c> keeps</c><00:21:56.769><c> it</c><00:21:57.009><c> under.</c>

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concordance,<00:22:02.349><c> something</c><00:22:02.670><c> else</c><00:22:02.930><c> is</c><00:22:03.250><c> added.</c>

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And<00:22:04.769><c> it's</c><00:22:04.970><c> another</c><00:22:05.210><c> thought.</c><00:22:05.630><c> I'm</c><00:22:05.650><c> just</c><00:22:06.289><c> giving</c><00:22:06.490><c> you</c><00:22:06.690><c> these</c>

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two<00:22:07.130><c> things.</c><00:22:07.430><c> I'm</c><00:22:07.569><c> not</c><00:22:07.710><c> going</c><00:22:07.930><c> to</c><00:22:08.309><c> necessarily</c>

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don't<00:22:13.210><c> want</c><00:22:13.289><c> anybody</c><00:22:13.549><c> coming</c>

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that<00:22:20.329><c> the</c><00:22:21.130><c> word</c><00:22:21.349><c> vessel</c><00:22:21.769><c> is</c><00:22:22.730><c> a</c><00:22:23.170><c> wife</c><00:22:23.670><c> contributing</c><00:22:24.829><c> to</c><00:22:25.190><c> the</c><00:22:25.430><c> usefulness</c><00:22:26.390><c> of</c>

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the<00:22:26.930><c> husband.</c><00:22:28.670><c> Now</c><00:22:28.869><c> I</c><00:22:28.869><c> don't</c><00:22:29.009><c> know</c>

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if<00:22:29.210><c> your</c><00:22:29.430><c> sisters</c><00:22:29.930><c> like</c><00:22:30.269><c> the</c><00:22:30.529><c> idea</c><00:22:30.809><c> of</c><00:22:32.170><c> having</c><00:22:32.950><c> this</c><00:22:33.250><c> kind</c><00:22:33.450><c> of</c>

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term<00:22:33.950><c> attached</c><00:22:34.470><c> to</c><00:22:34.710><c> you,</c><00:22:35.069><c> the</c><00:22:35.289><c> vessel,</c><00:22:36.130><c> but</c><00:22:36.569><c> that's</c>

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what<00:22:37.130><c> the</c><00:22:37.309><c> concordance</c><00:22:37.750><c> says</c><00:22:38.029><c> and</c><00:22:38.170><c> that</c><00:22:38.769><c> kind</c><00:22:38.990><c> of</c><00:22:39.289><c> steers</c><00:22:39.470><c> us</c>

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off<00:22:39.910><c> with</c><00:22:40.430><c> a</c><00:22:40.609><c> slightly</c><00:22:40.869><c> different</c><00:22:41.250><c> thought,</c><00:22:41.589><c> doesn't</c>

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it?<00:22:42.349><c> This</c><00:22:42.990><c> may</c><00:22:43.210><c> be</c><00:22:43.390><c> the</c><00:22:43.490><c> idea</c><00:22:43.849><c> here</c><00:22:44.690><c> that</c><00:22:45.309><c> the</c><00:22:45.750><c> vessel</c><00:22:46.109><c> represents</c><00:22:46.890><c> a</c><00:22:47.369><c> wife</c>

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and<00:22:49.009><c> the</c><00:22:49.349><c> sanctified</c><00:22:50.049><c> maintenance</c>

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of<00:22:50.789><c> the</c><00:22:50.970><c> married</c><00:22:51.289><c> state.</c><00:22:53.130><c> There's</c><00:22:53.170><c> nothing</c><00:22:53.490><c> low</c><00:22:53.809><c> here,</c><00:22:54.390><c> brethren</c><00:22:54.529><c> and</c>

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sisters.<00:22:55.630><c> There's</c><00:22:55.829><c> nothing</c><00:22:56.089><c> degrading</c>

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or<00:22:56.910><c> demeaning</c><00:22:57.390><c> here.</c><00:22:59.150><c> The</c><00:22:59.250><c> word</c><00:22:59.529><c> honor</c><00:22:59.950><c> is</c><00:23:00.190><c> used</c><00:23:00.410><c> in</c><00:23:00.690><c> connection</c><00:23:00.990><c> with</c><00:23:01.190><c> this</c><00:23:01.390><c> whole</c><00:23:01.630><c> thing.</c><00:23:02.950><c> It's</c><00:23:03.390><c> a</c><00:23:03.509><c> word</c>

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that<00:23:03.809><c> means</c><00:23:04.089><c> value.</c><00:23:04.650><c> It's</c><00:23:04.829><c> a</c><00:23:04.950><c> word</c><00:23:05.089><c> that</c><00:23:05.329><c> means</c><00:23:05.670><c> to</c><00:23:06.089><c> esteem,</c>

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dignity.<00:23:09.809><c> Those</c><00:23:10.009><c> are</c><00:23:10.170><c> the</c><00:23:10.269><c> ideas</c><00:23:10.609><c> in</c><00:23:10.849><c> this.</c>

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And<00:23:12.430><c> of</c><00:23:12.609><c> course,</c><00:23:13.029><c> we'll</c><00:23:13.170><c> remember</c><00:23:13.549><c> too</c><00:23:13.930><c> the</c><00:23:14.990><c> words</c><00:23:15.150><c> of</c><00:23:15.309><c> the</c><00:23:15.410><c> apostle</c><00:23:15.690><c> Peter</c><00:23:16.430><c> when</c><00:23:17.190><c> he</c>

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gives<00:23:17.490><c> advice</c><00:23:17.890><c> to</c><00:23:18.170><c> husbands</c>

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there<00:23:18.950><c> in</c><00:23:19.289><c> his</c><00:23:19.569><c> first</c><00:23:19.890><c> epistle.</c><00:23:21.150><c> And</c><00:23:21.250><c> he</c><00:23:21.329><c> says</c><00:23:21.470><c> to</c><00:23:21.630><c> give</c><00:23:21.849><c> honor</c>

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unto<00:23:22.769><c> the</c><00:23:23.089><c> wife</c><00:23:23.690><c> as</c><00:23:24.650><c> unto</c><00:23:24.829><c> the</c><00:23:25.029><c> weaker</c><00:23:25.269><c> vessel.</c>

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So<00:23:27.329><c> there's</c><00:23:27.490><c> something</c><00:23:27.690><c> to</c><00:23:27.849><c> be</c><00:23:28.069><c> said</c><00:23:28.190><c> and</c><00:23:28.309><c> we</c><00:23:28.430><c> can</c><00:23:28.609><c> kind</c><00:23:28.750><c> of</c><00:23:28.930><c> weigh</c><00:23:29.049><c> these</c><00:23:29.410><c> things.</c><00:23:29.990><c> And</c><00:23:30.109><c> I'm</c><00:23:30.210><c> not</c><00:23:30.390><c> going</c><00:23:30.529><c> to</c><00:23:30.690><c> tell</c>

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you<00:23:30.930><c> that</c><00:23:31.130><c> I</c><00:23:32.150><c> prefer</c><00:23:32.690><c> one</c><00:23:34.190><c> above</c><00:23:34.490><c> another.</c><00:23:35.710><c> I</c><00:23:36.029><c> can</c><00:23:36.230><c> tell</c><00:23:36.349><c> you</c>

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that<00:23:36.549><c> when</c><00:23:36.690><c> Sister</c><00:23:36.990><c> Karen</c><00:23:37.250><c> was</c><00:23:37.450><c> typing</c><00:23:37.730><c> these</c><00:23:37.990><c> notes</c>

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for<00:23:38.589><c> me,</c><00:23:38.589><c> she</c><00:23:38.849><c> said</c><00:23:39.049><c> that</c><00:23:40.349><c> her</c><00:23:40.670><c> eyebrows</c><00:23:41.150><c> raised</c><00:23:41.690><c> a</c><00:23:41.890><c> bit</c><00:23:41.990><c> as</c>

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she<00:23:42.990><c> went</c><00:23:43.170><c> through</c><00:23:43.349><c> this</c><00:23:43.630><c> section</c><00:23:43.950><c> and</c><00:23:44.730><c> couldn't</c>

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wait<00:23:45.210><c> to</c><00:23:45.430><c> question</c><00:23:45.710><c> me</c><00:23:45.950><c> on</c><00:23:46.069><c> this.</c><00:23:47.049><c> And</c><00:23:47.250><c> I</c><00:23:48.329><c> kind</c><00:23:48.490><c> of</c><00:23:48.630><c> determined</c>

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that<00:23:49.190><c> it</c><00:23:49.289><c> might</c><00:23:49.470><c> be</c><00:23:49.670><c> best</c><00:23:49.869><c> if</c><00:23:50.029><c> I</c><00:23:50.130><c> just</c><00:23:50.369><c> came</c>

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and<00:23:51.130><c> told</c><00:23:51.410><c> you</c><00:23:51.589><c> what</c><00:23:51.869><c> the</c><00:23:52.789><c> possibilities</c><00:23:53.390><c> are,</c><00:23:54.569><c> either</c><00:23:54.930><c> of</c><00:23:55.210><c> which</c><00:23:55.390><c> is</c>

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not<00:23:55.809><c> a</c><00:23:55.910><c> violation</c><00:23:56.410><c> of</c><00:23:56.609><c> the</c><00:23:56.750><c> word</c><00:23:56.869><c> of</c><00:23:57.109><c> God,</c>

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by<00:23:57.509><c> the</c><00:23:57.630><c> way,</c><00:23:57.849><c> brethren</c><00:23:58.049><c> and</c><00:23:58.309><c> sisters.</c><00:23:59.049><c> If</c><00:23:59.430><c> it</c><00:23:59.569><c> was</c><00:23:59.750><c> something</c>

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that<00:24:00.230><c> I</c><00:24:00.369><c> felt</c><00:24:00.589><c> was</c><00:24:01.069><c> a</c><00:24:01.329><c> right</c><00:24:01.490><c> and</c><00:24:01.650><c> a</c><00:24:01.869><c> wrong,</c>

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I<00:24:02.190><c> would</c><00:24:02.369><c> say</c><00:24:02.509><c> then</c><00:24:02.670><c> it</c><00:24:02.809><c> is</c><00:24:03.069><c> this.</c><00:24:04.930><c> But</c><00:24:05.150><c> both</c><00:24:05.329><c> of</c><00:24:05.490><c> these</c><00:24:05.710><c> things</c>

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have<00:24:06.089><c> a</c><00:24:06.269><c> very</c><00:24:07.109><c> serious</c><00:24:07.589><c> and</c>

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right<00:24:08.430><c> application</c><00:24:09.069><c> to</c><00:24:09.309><c> our</c><00:24:09.490><c> lives</c><00:24:09.710><c> and</c><00:24:09.869><c> the</c><00:24:10.109><c> truth</c><00:24:10.390><c> and</c><00:24:10.730><c> to</c>

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the<00:24:11.089><c> relationships</c><00:24:11.549><c> that</c><00:24:11.750><c> we</c><00:24:11.930><c> have</c><00:24:12.069><c> in</c><00:24:12.329><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:24:13.730><c> they're</c><00:24:13.990><c> worthy</c><00:24:14.210><c> to</c><00:24:14.970><c> think</c><00:24:15.210><c> about</c><00:24:15.450><c> these</c><00:24:15.789><c> things.</c><00:24:16.930><c> Just</c><00:24:17.269><c> notice</c><00:24:17.670><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians<00:24:18.490><c> chapter</c><00:24:19.150><c> 7.</c><00:24:19.490><c> I</c><00:24:19.609><c> just</c>

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think<00:24:19.970><c> that</c><00:24:20.150><c> there's</c><00:24:20.369><c> something</c><00:24:20.630><c> here</c><00:24:20.930><c> that</c><00:24:21.690><c> is</c><00:24:22.049><c> just</c><00:24:22.269><c> worth</c>

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mentioning<00:24:23.269><c> and</c><00:24:23.529><c> maybe</c><00:24:23.849><c> a</c><00:24:24.589><c> bit</c><00:24:24.769><c> of</c><00:24:24.990><c> a</c><00:24:25.230><c> parallel.</c>

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The<00:24:34.349><c> same</c><00:24:34.470><c> terms</c><00:24:34.849><c> are</c><00:24:35.049><c> used</c><00:24:35.369><c> here.</c><00:24:37.089><c> Verse</c><00:24:37.190><c> 1</c><00:24:37.450><c> and</c><00:24:37.609><c> 2,</c><00:24:37.809><c> he</c><00:24:37.890><c> says,</c>

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Now<00:24:38.230><c> concerning</c><00:24:38.670><c> the</c><00:24:38.970><c> things</c><00:24:39.230><c> were</c><00:24:39.470><c> of</c><00:24:39.569><c> he</c><00:24:39.789><c> wrote</c><00:24:40.009><c> unto</c><00:24:40.250><c> me,</c>

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it<00:24:41.349><c> is</c><00:24:41.549><c> good</c><00:24:41.750><c> for</c><00:24:41.970><c> a</c><00:24:42.130><c> man</c><00:24:42.289><c> not</c><00:24:42.470><c> to</c><00:24:42.690><c> touch</c><00:24:42.829><c> a</c><00:24:43.009><c> woman.</c><00:24:44.190><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:24:45.390><c> to</c><00:24:45.569><c> avoid</c>

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fornication,<00:24:46.690><c> let</c><00:24:46.890><c> every</c>

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man<00:24:47.470><c> have</c><00:24:47.650><c> his</c><00:24:47.869><c> own</c><00:24:48.130><c> wife</c><00:24:48.549><c> and</c><00:24:49.269><c> let</c><00:24:49.490><c> every</c><00:24:49.829><c> woman</c><00:24:50.210><c> have</c><00:24:50.710><c> her</c><00:24:50.950><c> own</c><00:24:51.170><c> husband.</c><00:24:52.509><c> Perhaps</c><00:24:52.809><c> there's</c><00:24:53.049><c> a</c><00:24:53.289><c> connection</c>

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there<00:24:53.890><c> with</c><00:24:54.210><c> Peter</c><00:24:54.569><c> in</c><00:24:54.970><c> what</c><00:24:55.130><c> he</c><00:24:55.390><c> says,</c><00:24:55.690><c> let</c><00:24:56.009><c> everyone</c><00:24:56.710><c> learn</c>

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to<00:24:57.269><c> possess</c><00:24:57.569><c> his</c><00:24:57.869><c> own</c><00:24:58.309><c> vessel.</c><00:24:59.170><c> And</c><00:24:59.529><c> it</c><00:24:59.670><c> works</c>

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both<00:25:00.630><c> ways,</c><00:25:00.950><c> I</c><00:25:01.089><c> guess,</c><00:25:01.349><c> when</c><00:25:01.490><c> you</c><00:25:01.569><c> look</c><00:25:01.710><c> at</c><00:25:01.849><c> this</c><00:25:02.289><c> reference</c><00:25:02.690><c> in</c><00:25:02.910><c> 1</c>

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Corinthians,<00:25:03.609><c> doesn't</c><00:25:03.930><c> it?</c>

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The<00:25:05.829><c> only</c><00:25:05.950><c> other</c><00:25:06.190><c> thing</c><00:25:06.309><c> I'll</c><00:25:06.490><c> just</c><00:25:06.650><c> tell</c><00:25:06.789><c> you</c><00:25:06.930><c> about</c><00:25:07.150><c> this</c><00:25:07.410><c> is</c>

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that<00:25:07.849><c> the</c><00:25:08.549><c> some</c><00:25:08.769><c> translations,</c><00:25:09.569><c> the</c><00:25:09.809><c> RSV,</c>

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for<00:25:10.589><c> example,</c><00:25:12.210><c> renders</c><00:25:12.529><c> this</c><00:25:12.849><c> verse.</c><00:25:13.910><c> But</c><00:25:14.009><c> each</c><00:25:14.369><c> one</c><00:25:14.549><c> of</c><00:25:14.730><c> you</c>

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or<00:25:15.289><c> each</c><00:25:15.589><c> one</c><00:25:15.769><c> of</c><00:25:15.890><c> you</c><00:25:16.130><c> know</c><00:25:16.470><c> how</c><00:25:16.930><c> to</c><00:25:17.230><c> take</c><00:25:17.450><c> a</c><00:25:17.670><c> wife</c>

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for<00:25:18.769><c> himself</c><00:25:19.410><c> in</c><00:25:20.150><c> holiness</c><00:25:20.650><c> and</c><00:25:21.710><c> honor.</c><00:25:23.990><c> There</c><00:25:24.569><c> it</c><00:25:24.730><c> is</c><00:25:24.890><c> in</c><00:25:25.190><c> holiness</c><00:25:25.730><c> and</c>

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in<00:25:26.849><c> honor,</c><00:25:27.650><c> still</c><00:25:27.829><c> talking</c><00:25:28.170><c> about</c><00:25:28.470><c> that</c>

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theme<00:25:29.029><c> of</c><00:25:29.269><c> sanctification,</c><00:25:30.890><c> holiness,</c><00:25:32.029><c> consecration,</c><00:25:33.130><c> our</c>

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lives<00:25:33.630><c> before</c><00:25:34.049><c> God</c><00:25:34.390><c> in</c><00:25:34.549><c> the</c><00:25:34.789><c> truth.</c><00:25:36.710><c> You</c><00:25:36.829><c> see,</c>

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brethren<00:25:37.210><c> and</c><00:25:37.369><c> sisters,</c><00:25:37.589><c> when</c><00:25:37.690><c> we</c><00:25:37.809><c> come</c><00:25:38.009><c> back</c><00:25:38.210><c> to</c><00:25:38.410><c> 1</c><00:25:38.809><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:25:41.670><c> we've</c><00:25:41.950><c> read</c><00:25:42.130><c> that</c><00:25:42.490><c> in</c><00:25:42.869><c> Christ,</c>

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we're<00:25:44.829><c> no</c><00:25:45.009><c> longer</c><00:25:45.349><c> Gentiles.</c><00:25:47.849><c> That's</c><00:25:48.410><c> the</c><00:25:48.549><c> statement</c><00:25:48.849><c> that</c>

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Paul<00:25:49.670><c> makes</c><00:25:49.970><c> here.</c><00:25:51.230><c> He</c><00:25:51.410><c> says,</c>

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not<00:25:51.690><c> in</c><00:25:51.930><c> the</c><00:25:52.089><c> lust</c><00:25:52.289><c> of</c><00:25:52.549><c> concupiscence,</c><00:25:53.250><c> even</c><00:25:53.609><c> as</c><00:25:53.990><c> the</c><00:25:54.250><c> Gentiles,</c><00:25:55.470><c> which</c>

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know<00:25:55.930><c> not</c><00:25:56.230><c> God.</c><00:25:57.029><c> So</c><00:25:57.309><c> we're</c>

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not<00:25:57.509><c> in</c><00:25:57.630><c> that</c><00:25:57.910><c> category</c><00:25:58.430><c> anymore.</c><00:25:59.849><c> We're</c><00:25:59.950><c> the</c><00:26:00.130><c> Israel</c><00:26:00.369><c> of</c><00:26:00.549><c> God</c>

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now.<00:26:02.849><c> Our</c><00:26:03.210><c> calling</c><00:26:03.509><c> is</c><00:26:04.509><c> as</c><00:26:04.829><c> it</c><00:26:04.970><c> was</c><00:26:05.109><c> for</c><00:26:05.410><c> Israel</c><00:26:05.730><c> of</c>

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old.<00:26:07.589><c> The</c><00:26:07.750><c> life</c><00:26:07.990><c> that</c><00:26:08.470><c> we</c><00:26:08.769><c> live</c><00:26:08.890><c> is</c><00:26:09.009><c> the</c><00:26:09.210><c> life</c><00:26:09.410><c> of</c><00:26:09.670><c> God.</c><00:26:09.869><c> It's</c><00:26:10.009><c> the</c><00:26:10.089><c> life</c><00:26:10.250><c> of</c><00:26:10.549><c> holiness.</c><00:26:11.069><c> And</c><00:26:11.210><c> there's</c><00:26:11.349><c> a</c><00:26:11.549><c> principle.</c>

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The<00:26:13.049><c> principle</c><00:26:13.450><c> is</c><00:26:13.910><c> demonstrated</c><00:26:14.430><c> in</c><00:26:14.730><c> perfection</c><00:26:15.430><c> in</c><00:26:17.529><c> our</c>

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Lord<00:26:17.890><c> Jesus</c><00:26:18.289><c> Christ,</c><00:26:18.730><c> isn't</c><00:26:18.910><c> it?</c><00:26:20.230><c> God</c><00:26:20.829><c> manifests</c>

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in<00:26:21.690><c> the</c><00:26:22.009><c> flesh.</c><00:26:23.349><c> 1</c><00:26:23.549><c> Timothy</c><00:26:23.910><c> 3</c><00:26:24.269><c>.16,</c><00:26:24.710><c> you'll</c><00:26:24.970><c> remember</c><00:26:25.190><c> this.</c>

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But<00:26:27.410><c> if</c><00:26:27.549><c> we're</c><00:26:27.769><c> spiritual</c><00:26:28.230><c> Israel,</c><00:26:28.670><c> then</c><00:26:28.789><c> we've</c>

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got<00:26:29.109><c> to</c><00:26:29.329><c> hear</c><00:26:29.430><c> the</c><00:26:29.710><c> echo</c><00:26:29.950><c> that</c><00:26:30.130><c> comes</c><00:26:30.329><c> down</c><00:26:30.609><c> through</c><00:26:30.849><c> the</c><00:26:31.009><c> ages.</c><00:26:31.829><c> We've</c><00:26:32.190><c> got</c>

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to<00:26:32.509><c> hear</c><00:26:32.609><c> the</c><00:26:32.890><c> word</c><00:26:33.069><c> that</c><00:26:33.190><c> was</c><00:26:33.450><c> spoken</c>

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to<00:26:33.950><c> Israel</c><00:26:34.329><c> of</c><00:26:34.589><c> old.</c><00:26:35.349><c> We've</c><00:26:35.569><c> got</c><00:26:35.690><c> to</c><00:26:35.849><c> see</c><00:26:35.930><c> how</c><00:26:36.210><c> we</c><00:26:36.950><c> take</c><00:26:37.329><c> these</c>

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lessons<00:26:38.029><c> and</c><00:26:38.190><c> these</c><00:26:38.430><c> examples</c><00:26:38.829><c> and</c><00:26:39.069><c> apply</c><00:26:39.390><c> them</c><00:26:39.549><c> as</c>

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the<00:26:40.450><c> spiritual</c><00:26:40.970><c> Israel</c><00:26:41.589><c> of</c><00:26:41.869><c> God.</c><00:26:44.029><c> Just</c><00:26:44.210><c> go</c><00:26:44.369><c> back</c><00:26:44.609><c> into</c><00:26:44.750><c> the</c><00:26:44.869><c> Old</c><00:26:45.029><c> Testament.</c><00:26:45.950><c> Obviously,</c><00:26:46.450><c> keep</c><00:26:46.690><c> your</c><00:26:46.990><c> place</c><00:26:47.190><c> here</c><00:26:47.589><c> in</c>

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1<00:26:48.690><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:26:49.450><c> but</c><00:26:49.509><c> go</c><00:26:49.650><c> back</c><00:26:49.849><c> into</c><00:26:50.049><c> Leviticus.</c><00:26:57.789><c> Chapter</c>

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11.<00:27:01.470><c> And</c><00:27:01.589><c> just</c><00:27:01.809><c> think</c><00:27:01.930><c> about</c><00:27:02.150><c> the</c><00:27:02.430><c> terms</c><00:27:02.690><c> that</c>

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are<00:27:03.049><c> expressed</c><00:27:03.470><c> here</c><00:27:03.710><c> in</c><00:27:03.829><c> this</c><00:27:03.970><c> 11th</c><00:27:04.450><c> chapter.</c><00:27:05.369><c> This</c><00:27:05.569><c> is</c><00:27:05.849><c> the</c>

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chapter<00:27:06.150><c> that</c><00:27:06.309><c> is</c><00:27:06.789><c> outlining</c><00:27:07.490><c> some</c><00:27:08.789><c> of</c><00:27:08.930><c> the</c><00:27:09.069><c> things</c>

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to<00:27:09.430><c> do</c><00:27:09.549><c> with</c><00:27:09.769><c> the</c><00:27:10.170><c> clean</c><00:27:10.410><c> and</c><00:27:10.569><c> the</c><00:27:10.789><c> unclean</c><00:27:11.269><c> things</c><00:27:11.589><c> that</c><00:27:11.750><c> were</c>

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acceptable<00:27:13.170><c> or</c><00:27:13.430><c> not</c><00:27:13.710><c> acceptable</c><00:27:14.250><c> to</c><00:27:14.769><c> the</c><00:27:15.009><c> people</c>

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of<00:27:15.289><c> God.</c><00:27:16.990><c> And</c><00:27:17.170><c> the</c><00:27:17.369><c> terms</c><00:27:17.630><c> here</c><00:27:17.890><c> are</c><00:27:18.049><c> the</c><00:27:18.190><c> very</c><00:27:18.509><c> same</c><00:27:18.769><c> things</c>

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that<00:27:19.210><c> we've</c><00:27:19.450><c> read</c><00:27:19.750><c> in</c><00:27:20.269><c> the</c><00:27:20.450><c> fourth</c><00:27:20.630><c> chapter</c><00:27:21.009><c> of</c>

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1<00:27:21.349><c> Thessalonians.</c><00:27:23.190><c> Unclean,</c><00:27:24.069><c> clean,</c><00:27:24.809><c> sanctification,</c><00:27:26.109><c> holiness.</c><00:27:26.769><c> It's</c>

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all<00:27:27.210><c> here</c><00:27:27.410><c> in</c><00:27:27.549><c> Leviticus</c><00:27:27.890><c> chapter</c><00:27:28.269><c> 11.</c>

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Just<00:27:29.809><c> look</c><00:27:29.950><c> at</c><00:27:30.109><c> verse</c><00:27:30.309><c> 44.</c><00:27:32.009><c> 11th</c><00:27:32.589><c> chapter,</c><00:27:32.690><c> verse</c><00:27:33.009><c> 44</c><00:27:33.490><c> and</c><00:27:33.690><c> 45.</c>

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And<00:27:35.549><c> you</c><00:27:35.670><c> see</c><00:27:35.809><c> the</c><00:27:36.049><c> principle.</c>

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I<00:27:39.410><c> am</c><00:27:39.670><c> the</c><00:27:39.809><c> Lord</c><00:27:40.130><c> your</c><00:27:40.490><c> God.</c><00:27:41.910><c> He</c><00:27:41.970><c> shall</c><00:27:42.289><c> therefore</c><00:27:43.190><c> sanctify</c>

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yourselves,<00:27:46.390><c> and</c><00:27:46.650><c> ye</c><00:27:46.869><c> shall</c><00:27:47.089><c> be</c><00:27:47.390><c> holy,</c>

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for<00:27:48.509><c> I</c><00:27:48.710><c> am</c><00:27:48.869><c> holy.</c><00:27:50.250><c> Neither</c><00:27:50.529><c> shall</c><00:27:50.769><c> ye</c><00:27:50.970><c> defile</c><00:27:51.430><c> yourselves</c><00:27:51.910><c> with</c><00:27:52.109><c> any</c>

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manner<00:27:52.569><c> of</c><00:27:52.809><c> creeping</c><00:27:53.069><c> thing</c><00:27:53.390><c> that</c><00:27:53.630><c> creepeth</c>

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upon<00:27:54.210><c> the</c><00:27:54.450><c> earth.</c><00:27:54.890><c> For</c><00:27:55.109><c> I</c><00:27:55.490><c> am</c><00:27:55.650><c> the</c><00:27:55.869><c> Lord</c><00:27:56.309><c> that</c><00:27:56.970><c> bringeth</c><00:27:57.190><c> you</c>

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up<00:27:57.549><c> out</c><00:27:57.690><c> of</c><00:27:57.769><c> the</c><00:27:57.910><c> land</c><00:27:58.069><c> of</c><00:27:58.250><c> Egypt</c><00:27:58.549><c> to</c><00:27:58.829><c> be</c><00:27:59.089><c> your</c><00:27:59.369><c> God.</c>

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Ye<00:28:00.670><c> shall</c><00:28:00.910><c> therefore</c><00:28:01.390><c> be</c><00:28:01.690><c> holy,</c><00:28:02.490><c> for</c><00:28:02.670><c> I</c><00:28:03.009><c> am</c><00:28:03.150><c> holy.</c><00:28:05.029><c> Remember?</c>

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Be<00:28:06.210><c> ye</c><00:28:06.609><c> followers</c><00:28:06.970><c> of</c><00:28:07.369><c> God</c><00:28:08.069><c> as</c><00:28:09.069><c> dear</c><00:28:09.349><c> children.</c>

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Ephesians<00:28:11.390><c> 5</c><00:28:11.690><c> and</c><00:28:11.869><c> 1.</c><00:28:12.869><c> We</c><00:28:12.990><c> spoke</c><00:28:13.170><c> about</c><00:28:13.470><c> that</c><00:28:13.950><c> ladder</c><00:28:14.529><c> of</c><00:28:14.750><c> imitation</c><00:28:15.210><c> that</c>

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we're<00:28:15.609><c> involved</c><00:28:16.029><c> in</c><00:28:16.569><c> as</c><00:28:17.069><c> followers</c>

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or<00:28:17.910><c> imitators.</c><00:28:19.690><c> It</c><00:28:19.829><c> brings</c><00:28:20.049><c> us</c><00:28:20.269><c> to</c><00:28:20.450><c> God,</c><00:28:20.829><c> doesn't</c><00:28:20.990><c> it?</c><00:28:22.029><c> Be</c><00:28:22.369><c> ye</c>

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holy,<00:28:23.809><c> for</c><00:28:24.009><c> I</c><00:28:24.210><c> am</c><00:28:24.410><c> holy,</c><00:28:24.670><c> he</c><00:28:24.930><c> says.</c>

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You<00:28:26.369><c> go</c><00:28:26.490><c> down</c><00:28:26.630><c> to</c><00:28:26.750><c> verse</c><00:28:26.950><c> 47.</c><00:28:27.549><c> He</c><00:28:27.630><c> says</c><00:28:27.869><c> to</c><00:28:28.190><c> make</c><00:28:28.390><c> a</c><00:28:28.710><c> difference</c>

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between<00:28:30.250><c> the</c><00:28:30.529><c> unclean</c><00:28:31.029><c> and</c><00:28:31.150><c> the</c><00:28:31.390><c> clean,</c>

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and<00:28:31.849><c> between</c><00:28:32.069><c> the</c><00:28:32.309><c> beast</c><00:28:32.509><c> that</c><00:28:32.690><c> may</c><00:28:32.930><c> be</c><00:28:33.150><c> eaten</c><00:28:33.309><c> and</c><00:28:33.470><c> the</c><00:28:33.630><c> beast</c>

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that<00:28:33.970><c> may</c><00:28:34.130><c> not</c><00:28:34.329><c> be</c><00:28:34.549><c> eaten.</c><00:28:35.150><c> We're</c><00:28:35.329><c> not</c><00:28:35.509><c> talking</c>

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about<00:28:35.849><c> eating</c><00:28:36.170><c> beasts</c><00:28:36.509><c> here,</c><00:28:37.369><c> but</c><00:28:37.509><c> we</c><00:28:37.650><c> are</c><00:28:37.930><c> talking</c><00:28:38.190><c> about</c><00:28:38.410><c> making</c><00:28:38.690><c> a</c>

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difference.<00:28:40.170><c> We</c><00:28:40.650><c> are</c><00:28:40.970><c> talking</c><00:28:41.190><c> about</c>

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making<00:28:41.730><c> a</c><00:28:42.049><c> difference</c><00:28:42.269><c> between</c><00:28:42.630><c> that</c><00:28:42.869><c> which</c><00:28:42.990><c> is</c><00:28:43.289><c> holy</c><00:28:43.569><c> and</c><00:28:43.950><c> that</c><00:28:44.109><c> which</c><00:28:44.289><c> is</c>

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unholy,<00:28:45.190><c> between</c><00:28:45.410><c> that</c><00:28:45.609><c> which</c><00:28:45.750><c> is</c><00:28:46.049><c> clean</c>

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and<00:28:46.710><c> that</c><00:28:46.890><c> which</c><00:28:47.069><c> is</c><00:28:47.349><c> unclean.</c><00:28:48.990><c> That's</c><00:28:49.470><c> our</c><00:28:49.690><c> job</c><00:28:49.890><c> in</c><00:28:50.109><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus.<00:28:51.190><c> That's</c><00:28:51.470><c> what</c><00:28:51.730><c> sanctification</c><00:28:52.490><c> is</c><00:28:52.670><c> all</c><00:28:52.869><c> about.</c>

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Making<00:28:54.230><c> a</c><00:28:54.529><c> difference.</c><00:28:57.250><c> It's</c><00:28:57.369><c> important</c><00:28:57.630><c> that</c><00:28:57.789><c> we</c><00:28:57.869><c> see</c><00:28:58.069><c> this,</c>

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brothers<00:28:58.509><c> and</c><00:28:58.750><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:28:59.529><c> bottom</c><00:28:59.769><c> line</c><00:29:00.369><c> is</c><00:29:01.829><c> this</c><00:29:02.289><c> in</c><00:29:03.329><c> verse</c><00:29:03.670><c> 8</c><00:29:03.990><c> of</c><00:29:04.289><c> the</c><00:29:04.789><c> fourth</c><00:29:05.190><c> chapter</c><00:29:05.609><c> of</c><00:29:05.769><c> 1</c><00:29:05.930><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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He<00:29:08.170><c> therefore</c><00:29:08.710><c> that</c><00:29:09.109><c> despiseth,</c><00:29:11.089><c> despiseth</c><00:29:11.769><c> not</c><00:29:12.190><c> man,</c><00:29:14.009><c> but</c>

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God,<00:29:15.670><c> who</c><00:29:15.789><c> hath</c><00:29:15.910><c> also</c><00:29:16.289><c> given</c><00:29:16.470><c> unto</c><00:29:16.650><c> us</c><00:29:17.009><c> his</c><00:29:17.250><c> Holy</c><00:29:17.609><c> Spirit.</c>

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So<00:29:20.849><c> it's</c><00:29:20.970><c> not</c><00:29:21.190><c> man's</c><00:29:21.750><c> rules.</c><00:29:22.069><c> It's</c><00:29:22.269><c> not</c><00:29:22.410><c> man's</c><00:29:22.970><c> laws.</c><00:29:23.470><c> They</c><00:29:23.630><c> are</c><00:29:23.890><c> God's.</c><00:29:25.410><c> If</c>

00:29:25.569 --> 00:29:26.730
we<00:29:25.670><c> don't</c><00:29:25.890><c> like</c><00:29:26.069><c> them</c><00:29:26.230><c> very</c><00:29:26.569><c> much,</c>

00:29:26.769 --> 00:29:30.650
and<00:29:26.869><c> if</c><00:29:26.970><c> we</c><00:29:27.190><c> choose</c><00:29:27.430><c> to</c><00:29:27.710><c> set</c><00:29:27.849><c> them</c><00:29:28.109><c> aside,</c><00:29:28.509><c> which</c><00:29:28.750><c> the</c><00:29:28.950><c> word</c><00:29:29.130><c> despise</c><00:29:29.710><c> means,</c><00:29:30.470><c> or</c>

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to<00:29:31.089><c> disesteem,</c>

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to<00:29:33.630><c> make</c><00:29:33.849><c> less</c><00:29:34.150><c> of</c><00:29:34.250><c> them</c><00:29:34.410><c> than</c><00:29:34.509><c> they</c><00:29:34.809><c> should</c><00:29:35.029><c> be,</c><00:29:36.170><c> to</c><00:29:36.730><c> neutralize</c><00:29:37.509><c> them</c><00:29:37.690><c> or</c>

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violate<00:29:38.490><c> them,</c><00:29:39.069><c> all</c><00:29:39.329><c> these</c>

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meanings<00:29:40.549><c> of</c><00:29:40.809><c> this</c><00:29:41.069><c> word</c><00:29:41.410><c> despiseth</c><00:29:42.349><c> are</c><00:29:42.849><c> found</c><00:29:43.210><c> throughout</c>

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the<00:29:44.190><c> New</c><00:29:44.329><c> Testament.</c><00:29:45.990><c> If</c><00:29:46.230><c> we</c><00:29:46.410><c> desire</c><00:29:46.670><c> to</c><00:29:46.829><c> do</c><00:29:47.009><c> that,</c><00:29:47.369><c> then</c>

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it's<00:29:48.569><c> not</c><00:29:48.750><c> against</c><00:29:49.049><c> any</c><00:29:49.289><c> man.</c><00:29:50.529><c> It's</c><00:29:51.049><c> against</c><00:29:51.329><c> God</c><00:29:51.710><c> who</c><00:29:51.970><c> set</c><00:29:52.089><c> the</c><00:29:52.369><c> terms.</c><00:29:54.769><c> To</c>

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do<00:29:55.109><c> anything</c><00:29:55.589><c> that</c><00:29:55.890><c> lessens</c><00:29:56.369><c> the</c>

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impact<00:29:57.170><c> and</c><00:29:57.349><c> the</c><00:29:57.670><c> importance</c><00:29:57.970><c> of</c><00:29:58.190><c> the</c><00:29:58.309><c> word</c><00:29:58.490><c> of</c><00:29:58.710><c> God</c><00:29:59.269><c> is</c><00:30:00.769><c> a</c><00:30:00.910><c> rejection</c><00:30:01.309><c> of</c>

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here.<00:30:06.690><c> It's</c><00:30:06.849><c> a</c><00:30:06.930><c> good</c><00:30:07.130><c> example</c><00:30:07.529><c> for</c><00:30:07.750><c> us</c><00:30:08.230><c> when</c><00:30:08.609><c> we</c><00:30:08.789><c> read</c><00:30:09.009><c> these</c>

00:30:09.309 --> 00:30:10.890
words<00:30:09.549><c> and</c><00:30:09.710><c> we</c><00:30:09.849><c> read</c><00:30:09.990><c> the</c><00:30:10.150><c> way</c><00:30:10.269><c> that</c><00:30:10.410><c> the</c><00:30:10.589><c> apostle</c>

00:30:10.890 --> 00:30:15.549
Paul<00:30:11.230><c> dealt</c><00:30:11.529><c> with</c><00:30:12.250><c> situations</c><00:30:13.009><c> in</c><00:30:13.190><c> the</c><00:30:13.369><c> Ecclesia</c><00:30:13.750><c> and</c><00:30:14.970><c> straight</c><00:30:15.230><c> talk</c>

00:30:15.549 --> 00:30:17.349
to<00:30:15.730><c> the</c><00:30:15.910><c> brethren.</c><00:30:16.549><c> That's</c><00:30:16.750><c> what</c><00:30:16.869><c> it</c><00:30:17.069><c> was.</c>

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It's<00:30:18.049><c> a</c><00:30:18.150><c> good</c><00:30:18.269><c> example</c><00:30:18.710><c> for</c><00:30:18.950><c> us,</c><00:30:19.250><c> isn't</c><00:30:19.309><c> it,</c><00:30:19.410><c> in</c><00:30:19.549><c> the</c><00:30:19.609><c> way</c><00:30:19.750><c> that</c>

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we<00:30:20.490><c> deal</c><00:30:20.789><c> with</c><00:30:21.069><c> situations</c><00:30:21.529><c> that</c><00:30:21.710><c> come</c><00:30:21.809><c> up</c><00:30:21.910><c> in</c><00:30:22.049><c> the</c>

00:30:23.329 --> 00:30:28.809
Ecclesia.<00:30:23.809><c> Ecclesial</c><00:30:24.289><c> problems,</c><00:30:24.789><c> sometimes</c><00:30:25.390><c> serious</c><00:30:26.089><c> Ecclesial</c><00:30:26.609><c> problems.</c><00:30:28.490><c> There</c>

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are<00:30:28.970><c> no</c><00:30:29.190><c> platitudes</c><00:30:29.730><c> here.</c>

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try<00:30:35.529><c> to</c><00:30:36.269><c> soften</c><00:30:36.589><c> somebody</c><00:30:36.970><c> up</c><00:30:37.210><c> before</c><00:30:37.509><c> we</c>

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slip<00:30:38.309><c> them</c><00:30:38.509><c> the</c><00:30:39.130><c> real</c><00:30:39.410><c> thing.</c><00:30:40.430><c> There's</c><00:30:40.789><c> none</c><00:30:40.950><c> of</c><00:30:41.130><c> that.</c><00:30:42.369><c> He</c><00:30:42.549><c> goes</c><00:30:42.750><c> right</c><00:30:42.990><c> to</c>

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the<00:30:43.289><c> heart</c><00:30:43.470><c> of</c><00:30:43.630><c> the</c><00:30:43.750><c> matter.</c><00:30:46.849><c> There's</c>

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fortified<00:30:48.509><c> by</c><00:30:48.710><c> the</c><00:30:48.890><c> principles</c><00:30:49.269><c> of</c><00:30:49.450><c> the</c><00:30:49.710><c> truth</c><00:30:50.250><c> and</c><00:30:50.869><c> they</c><00:30:51.069><c> relate</c><00:30:51.329><c> to</c>

00:30:51.490 --> 00:30:53.490
the<00:30:51.750><c> calling</c><00:30:51.990><c> that</c><00:30:52.150><c> we</c><00:30:52.329><c> have</c><00:30:52.529><c> in</c><00:30:52.769><c> Christ</c><00:30:53.049><c> Jesus</c>

00:30:53.490 --> 00:30:57.789
before<00:30:53.849><c> God.</c><00:30:55.710><c> What</c><00:30:55.950><c> it</c><00:30:56.210><c> entails</c><00:30:56.490><c> is</c><00:30:56.730><c> a</c><00:30:56.910><c> model</c><00:30:57.130><c> walk,</c><00:30:57.630><c> brethren</c>

00:30:57.789 --> 00:31:00.769
and<00:30:58.009><c> sisters.</c><00:30:59.589><c> A</c><00:30:59.869><c> walk</c><00:31:00.029><c> that's</c><00:31:00.430><c> designed</c>

00:31:00.769 --> 00:31:04.670
not<00:31:01.009><c> to</c><00:31:01.309><c> please</c><00:31:01.509><c> ourselves</c><00:31:02.369><c> or</c><00:31:03.549><c> to</c><00:31:03.789><c> please</c><00:31:03.950><c> others</c><00:31:04.269><c> for</c><00:31:04.450><c> that</c>

00:31:04.670 --> 00:31:08.009
matter,<00:31:06.210><c> but</c><00:31:06.390><c> a</c><00:31:06.569><c> walk</c><00:31:06.730><c> that's</c><00:31:07.109><c> designed</c><00:31:07.470><c> to</c><00:31:07.789><c> please</c>

00:31:08.009 --> 00:31:13.509
our<00:31:08.349><c> God.</c><00:31:10.529><c> That's</c><00:31:10.829><c> the</c><00:31:10.990><c> approach</c><00:31:11.210><c> that</c><00:31:11.410><c> Paul</c><00:31:11.650><c> uses.</c><00:31:13.150><c> That's</c>

00:31:13.509 --> 00:31:15.650
the<00:31:13.710><c> approach</c><00:31:13.890><c> that</c><00:31:14.069><c> we</c><00:31:14.170><c> must</c><00:31:14.390><c> use</c><00:31:14.609><c> as</c><00:31:14.890><c> well.</c>

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And<00:31:17.990><c> then</c><00:31:18.109><c> as</c><00:31:18.210><c> he</c><00:31:18.369><c> continues,</c><00:31:18.990><c> if</c><00:31:19.130><c> he</c><00:31:19.250><c> was</c><00:31:19.410><c> speaking</c><00:31:19.710><c> out</c><00:31:20.049><c> loud,</c><00:31:20.410><c> I</c>

00:31:20.410 --> 00:31:22.009
think<00:31:20.630><c> now</c><00:31:20.890><c> the</c><00:31:21.130><c> tone</c><00:31:21.369><c> would</c>

00:31:22.009 --> 00:31:27.170
would<00:31:22.130><c> become</c><00:31:22.410><c> a</c><00:31:22.549><c> bit</c><00:31:22.750><c> softer,</c><00:31:24.630><c> a</c><00:31:24.910><c> bit</c><00:31:25.029><c> more</c><00:31:25.289><c> gentle.</c><00:31:27.029><c> Verse</c>

00:31:27.170 --> 00:31:28.250
nine<00:31:27.430><c> and</c><00:31:27.650><c> ten,</c><00:31:27.910><c> he</c><00:31:28.130><c> says,</c>

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As<00:31:28.509><c> touching</c><00:31:29.109><c> brotherly</c><00:31:29.809><c> love,</c><00:31:31.150><c> ye</c><00:31:31.309><c> need</c><00:31:31.569><c> not</c><00:31:31.789><c> that</c><00:31:31.970><c> I</c><00:31:32.109><c> write</c>

00:31:32.309 --> 00:31:34.809
unto<00:31:32.529><c> you.</c><00:31:33.470><c> For</c><00:31:33.609><c> ye</c><00:31:33.829><c> yourselves</c><00:31:34.309><c> are</c><00:31:34.609><c> taught</c>

00:31:34.809 --> 00:31:39.009
of<00:31:35.069><c> God</c><00:31:35.349><c> to</c><00:31:35.549><c> love</c><00:31:35.750><c> one</c><00:31:35.970><c> another.</c><00:31:37.329><c> And</c><00:31:37.529><c> indeed</c><00:31:37.789><c> ye</c><00:31:38.069><c> do</c><00:31:38.289><c> it</c><00:31:38.529><c> toward</c><00:31:38.730><c> all</c>

00:31:39.009 --> 00:31:41.789
the<00:31:39.230><c> brethren</c><00:31:39.450><c> which</c><00:31:39.750><c> are</c><00:31:40.029><c> in</c><00:31:40.309><c> all</c><00:31:40.569><c> Macedonia.</c>

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But<00:31:42.210><c> we</c><00:31:42.450><c> beseech</c><00:31:42.890><c> you,</c><00:31:43.809><c> brethren,</c><00:31:44.470><c> that</c><00:31:44.650><c> ye</c><00:31:44.869><c> increase</c><00:31:45.769><c> more</c>

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and<00:31:46.549><c> more.</c>

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Never<00:31:49.490><c> seems</c><00:31:49.789><c> to</c><00:31:49.869><c> be</c><00:31:50.029><c> enough,</c><00:31:50.450><c> does</c><00:31:50.490><c> it,</c><00:31:50.750><c> brethren</c><00:31:50.990><c> and</c><00:31:51.210><c> sisters?</c>

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Brotherly<00:31:54.750><c> love</c><00:31:54.869><c> he's</c><00:31:55.089><c> talking</c><00:31:55.410><c> about</c><00:31:55.670><c> here.</c><00:31:57.670><c> This</c><00:31:57.950><c> too</c><00:31:58.170><c> a</c><00:31:58.309><c> commandment</c><00:31:58.710><c> of</c>

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God.<00:32:00.069><c> This</c><00:32:00.410><c> too</c><00:32:00.710><c> a</c><00:32:00.930><c> fundamental</c>

00:32:01.450 --> 00:32:06.390
teaching<00:32:01.869><c> of</c><00:32:02.069><c> the</c><00:32:02.190><c> Lord</c><00:32:02.410><c> Jesus</c><00:32:02.829><c> Christ.</c><00:32:04.549><c> The</c><00:32:04.950><c> personal</c><00:32:05.150><c> instruction</c><00:32:05.650><c> of</c><00:32:05.950><c> Paul,</c><00:32:06.210><c> no</c>

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doubt<00:32:06.630><c> when</c><00:32:06.809><c> he</c><00:32:06.890><c> was</c><00:32:07.069><c> with</c>

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him,<00:32:08.289><c> but</c><00:32:08.990><c> more</c><00:32:10.509><c> than</c><00:32:10.789><c> brotherly</c><00:32:11.269><c> love,</c><00:32:12.670><c> more</c><00:32:12.930><c> than</c><00:32:13.109><c> brotherly</c><00:32:13.549><c> love.</c><00:32:13.750><c> If</c>

00:32:13.789 --> 00:32:14.809
we<00:32:13.950><c> think</c><00:32:14.109><c> back</c><00:32:14.329><c> to</c><00:32:14.450><c> the</c><00:32:14.609><c> teaching</c>

00:32:14.809 --> 00:32:19.349
of<00:32:15.049><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:16.349><c> the</c><00:32:16.569><c> commandment,</c><00:32:17.509><c> John</c><00:32:17.809><c> 13,</c><00:32:18.450><c> don't</c><00:32:18.769><c> turn</c><00:32:18.990><c> it</c><00:32:19.130><c> up,</c>

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but<00:32:19.829><c> in</c><00:32:20.130><c> John</c><00:32:20.289><c> 13,</c><00:32:20.730><c> you'll</c><00:32:20.970><c> know</c><00:32:21.029><c> it</c><00:32:21.269><c> well.</c>

00:32:22.630 --> 00:32:25.990
A<00:32:22.750><c> new</c><00:32:22.970><c> commandment</c><00:32:23.390><c> I</c><00:32:23.549><c> give</c><00:32:23.650><c> unto</c><00:32:23.849><c> you</c><00:32:24.009><c> that</c><00:32:24.130><c> you'll</c><00:32:24.349><c> love</c><00:32:24.529><c> one</c><00:32:24.769><c> another.</c><00:32:25.769><c> We're</c><00:32:25.890><c> to</c>

00:32:25.990 --> 00:32:27.309
love<00:32:26.210><c> one</c><00:32:26.430><c> another</c><00:32:26.630><c> as</c><00:32:26.809><c> he</c><00:32:27.049><c> has</c>

00:32:27.309 --> 00:32:33.930
loved<00:32:27.529><c> us.</c><00:32:29.769><c> Agape,</c><00:32:31.650><c> the</c><00:32:31.869><c> highest</c><00:32:32.170><c> form</c><00:32:32.430><c> of</c><00:32:32.710><c> love.</c><00:32:33.750><c> We're</c><00:32:33.809><c> to</c>

00:32:33.930 --> 00:32:36.569
give<00:32:34.109><c> everything</c><00:32:34.750><c> for</c><00:32:34.970><c> one</c><00:32:35.190><c> another,</c><00:32:35.470><c> he</c><00:32:35.710><c> says.</c>

00:32:38.369 --> 00:32:41.789
And<00:32:38.769><c> Paul's</c><00:32:39.130><c> talking</c><00:32:39.269><c> about</c><00:32:39.509><c> brotherly</c><00:32:39.970><c> love</c><00:32:40.109><c> here.</c><00:32:41.609><c> He's</c>

00:32:41.789 --> 00:32:43.210
saying<00:32:41.910><c> you</c><00:32:42.049><c> don't</c><00:32:42.269><c> need</c><00:32:42.450><c> instruction</c><00:32:42.950><c> about</c>

00:32:43.210 --> 00:32:46.089
brotherly<00:32:43.710><c> love.</c><00:32:44.029><c> Everybody</c><00:32:44.349><c> knows</c><00:32:44.910><c> that</c><00:32:45.150><c> you</c><00:32:45.309><c> people</c><00:32:45.710><c> are</c>

00:32:46.089 --> 00:32:49.329
full<00:32:46.289><c> of</c><00:32:46.529><c> brotherly</c><00:32:46.970><c> love.</c><00:32:48.170><c> The</c><00:32:48.390><c> reputation</c><00:32:48.849><c> is</c><00:32:49.109><c> all</c>

00:32:49.329 --> 00:32:54.210
over<00:32:49.549><c> Macedonia.</c><00:32:50.670><c> It's</c><00:32:50.829><c> a</c><00:32:50.990><c> great</c><00:32:51.190><c> thing,</c><00:32:53.529><c> but</c><00:32:53.569><c> there's</c><00:32:53.769><c> always</c><00:32:54.029><c> room</c>

00:32:54.210 --> 00:32:57.430
for<00:32:54.589><c> improvement.</c><00:32:56.829><c> I</c><00:32:56.930><c> know</c><00:32:56.970><c> one</c><00:32:57.210><c> brother,</c>

00:32:57.430 --> 00:33:00.589
and<00:32:57.569><c> you</c><00:32:57.690><c> know</c><00:32:57.849><c> him</c><00:32:58.029><c> too,</c><00:32:58.269><c> who</c><00:32:58.470><c> says</c><00:32:58.630><c> the</c><00:32:59.150><c> largest</c><00:32:59.589><c> room</c><00:32:59.849><c> in</c><00:33:00.009><c> our</c><00:33:00.210><c> house</c><00:33:00.410><c> is</c>

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the<00:33:00.769><c> room</c><00:33:00.910><c> for</c><00:33:01.210><c> improvement.</c>

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And<00:33:02.950><c> how</c><00:33:03.109><c> true</c><00:33:03.250><c> that</c><00:33:03.490><c> is.</c><00:33:03.630><c> And</c><00:33:03.750><c> that's</c><00:33:03.890><c> the</c><00:33:03.910><c> way</c><00:33:04.069><c> it</c><00:33:04.190><c> seems</c><00:33:04.349><c> to</c>

00:33:04.470 --> 00:33:05.750
be<00:33:04.549><c> with</c><00:33:04.730><c> Paul</c><00:33:05.009><c> when</c><00:33:05.109><c> he</c><00:33:05.269><c> writes</c><00:33:05.410><c> to</c><00:33:05.569><c> these</c>

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brethren<00:33:05.950><c> and</c><00:33:06.150><c> sisters.</c><00:33:06.589><c> You'd</c><00:33:06.710><c> think</c><00:33:06.910><c> that</c><00:33:07.730><c> he</c><00:33:08.450><c> would</c><00:33:08.609><c> be</c>

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satisfied,<00:33:09.349><c> but</c><00:33:09.430><c> he's</c><00:33:09.710><c> not.</c><00:33:10.190><c> He's</c><00:33:10.329><c> saying,</c>

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there's<00:33:11.109><c> more.</c><00:33:11.509><c> There's</c><00:33:11.630><c> more,</c><00:33:11.849><c> brethren.</c><00:33:12.970><c> You</c><00:33:13.130><c> can</c><00:33:13.250><c> do</c><00:33:13.410><c> better</c><00:33:13.630><c> than</c>

00:33:13.829 --> 00:33:16.930
this.<00:33:15.369><c> There's</c><00:33:15.490><c> room</c><00:33:15.690><c> for</c><00:33:16.029><c> improvement.</c>

00:33:17.549 --> 00:33:21.849
Brotherly<00:33:17.950><c> love</c><00:33:18.130><c> is</c><00:33:18.930><c> Philadelphia.</c><00:33:20.390><c> You</c><00:33:20.490><c> know</c><00:33:20.710><c> that.</c>

00:33:22.130 --> 00:33:24.789
Fondness,<00:33:23.230><c> fraternal</c><00:33:23.730><c> affection.</c>

00:33:25.829 --> 00:33:30.349
He's<00:33:26.089><c> saying</c><00:33:26.170><c> it</c><00:33:26.309><c> can</c><00:33:26.490><c> be</c><00:33:26.769><c> better</c><00:33:26.970><c> than</c><00:33:27.250><c> that.</c><00:33:28.609><c> He</c><00:33:28.730><c> says</c><00:33:28.849><c> you're</c><00:33:29.210><c> taught</c><00:33:29.450><c> of</c><00:33:29.789><c> God</c><00:33:30.049><c> to</c>

00:33:30.349 --> 00:33:31.750
love<00:33:30.509><c> one</c><00:33:30.750><c> another.</c>

00:33:32.609 --> 00:33:40.930
Agape.<00:33:34.890><c> So</c><00:33:35.130><c> the</c><00:33:35.369><c> brotherly</c><00:33:35.829><c> love</c><00:33:35.970><c> is</c><00:33:36.170><c> to</c><00:33:36.390><c> grow.</c><00:33:37.690><c> It's</c><00:33:37.890><c> to</c><00:33:38.089><c> become</c><00:33:38.769><c> agape,</c><00:33:40.730><c> the</c>

00:33:40.930 --> 00:33:41.930
highest<00:33:41.190><c> form</c><00:33:41.490><c> of</c><00:33:41.730><c> love,</c>

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taught<00:33:42.470><c> of</c><00:33:42.769><c> God</c><00:33:43.210><c> to</c><00:33:43.569><c> love,</c><00:33:43.950><c> to</c><00:33:44.210><c> give</c><00:33:44.430><c> everything.</c><00:33:45.730><c> As</c><00:33:45.910><c> Paul</c><00:33:46.190><c> has</c><00:33:46.430><c> said</c><00:33:46.529><c> in</c>

00:33:46.670 --> 00:33:48.009
this<00:33:46.890><c> letter,</c><00:33:47.490><c> he's</c><00:33:47.730><c> ready</c><00:33:47.849><c> to</c>

00:33:48.009 --> 00:33:54.329
give<00:33:48.109><c> his</c><00:33:48.369><c> life</c><00:33:48.589><c> for</c><00:33:48.750><c> them.</c><00:33:51.430><c> As</c><00:33:51.950><c> I</c><00:33:52.130><c> have</c><00:33:52.309><c> loved</c><00:33:52.549><c> you,</c><00:33:53.950><c> that's</c>

00:33:54.329 --> 00:33:58.910
the<00:33:54.509><c> key.</c><00:33:55.369><c> That's</c><00:33:55.730><c> Paul.</c><00:33:57.289><c> That's</c><00:33:57.589><c> our</c><00:33:57.710><c> Lord</c><00:33:57.910><c> Jesus.</c>

00:33:59.369 --> 00:34:01.150
That's<00:33:59.890><c> our</c><00:34:00.029><c> Heavenly</c><00:34:00.390><c> Father.</c>

00:34:05.509 --> 00:34:08.210
And<00:34:05.750><c> then</c><00:34:05.890><c> the</c><00:34:06.029><c> next</c><00:34:06.309><c> advice</c><00:34:06.809><c> that</c><00:34:07.049><c> comes</c><00:34:07.269><c> along.</c>

00:34:09.269 --> 00:34:16.949
Well,<00:34:09.590><c> maybe</c><00:34:09.829><c> we'd</c><00:34:10.090><c> like</c><00:34:10.170><c> to</c><00:34:10.429><c> apply</c><00:34:10.730><c> this</c><00:34:11.010><c> to</c><00:34:11.969><c> some</c><00:34:12.389><c> situations</c><00:34:13.010><c> in</c><00:34:13.190><c> the</c><00:34:13.329><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:34:14.949><c> some</c><00:34:15.170><c> that</c><00:34:15.349><c> we</c><00:34:15.550><c> know.</c>

00:34:17.650 --> 00:34:25.769
Verse<00:34:17.829><c> 11</c><00:34:18.130><c> and</c><00:34:18.289><c> 12.</c><00:34:21.090><c> He</c><00:34:21.210><c> says</c><00:34:21.289><c> in</c><00:34:21.449><c> that</c><00:34:21.530><c> he</c><00:34:21.949><c> studied</c><00:34:22.170><c> to</c><00:34:22.389><c> be</c><00:34:22.690><c> quiet.</c><00:34:24.630><c> Right?</c><00:34:25.610><c> Have</c><00:34:25.710><c> you</c>

00:34:25.769 --> 00:34:26.289
ever<00:34:25.829><c> liked</c><00:34:25.869><c> to</c><00:34:26.110><c> apply</c>

00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:33.869
that<00:34:26.590><c> to</c><00:34:26.849><c> any</c><00:34:27.670><c> situation?</c><00:34:29.550><c> A</c><00:34:29.670><c> little</c><00:34:29.789><c> bit</c><00:34:30.250><c> of</c><00:34:30.769><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:31.230><c> unrest,</c><00:34:32.369><c> a</c><00:34:32.469><c> little</c><00:34:32.570><c> bit</c><00:34:32.829><c> of</c><00:34:32.969><c> turmoil.</c>

00:34:34.710 --> 00:34:38.469
You'd<00:34:34.929><c> like</c><00:34:34.989><c> to</c><00:34:35.130><c> just</c><00:34:35.269><c> go</c><00:34:35.409><c> and</c><00:34:35.570><c> say,</c><00:34:35.710><c> well,</c><00:34:35.769><c> you</c><00:34:35.849><c> know,</c><00:34:36.170><c> the</c><00:34:36.369><c> scripture</c><00:34:36.630><c> says</c><00:34:37.010><c> that</c><00:34:37.849><c> study</c><00:34:38.329><c> to</c>

00:34:38.469 --> 00:34:39.789
be<00:34:38.690><c> quiet.</c>

00:34:42.489 --> 00:34:47.289
He<00:34:42.690><c> says</c><00:34:42.949><c> study</c><00:34:43.550><c> to</c><00:34:43.730><c> be</c><00:34:43.989><c> quiet</c><00:34:44.289><c> and</c><00:34:44.670><c> to</c><00:34:44.949><c> do</c><00:34:45.110><c> your</c><00:34:45.389><c> own</c><00:34:45.630><c> business,</c><00:34:46.989><c> to</c><00:34:47.150><c> work</c>

00:34:47.289 --> 00:34:48.590
with<00:34:47.469><c> your</c><00:34:47.750><c> own</c><00:34:48.070><c> hands</c>

00:34:48.590 --> 00:34:52.750
as<00:34:49.489><c> we</c><00:34:49.750><c> commanded,</c><00:34:50.989><c> that</c><00:34:51.070><c> you</c><00:34:51.230><c> may</c><00:34:51.449><c> walk</c><00:34:51.889><c> honestly</c><00:34:52.329><c> toward</c>

00:34:52.750 --> 00:34:53.809
them<00:34:53.050><c> that</c><00:34:53.210><c> are</c><00:34:53.369><c> without,</c>

00:34:53.809 --> 00:35:00.010
and<00:34:54.530><c> that</c><00:34:54.710><c> you</c><00:34:54.849><c> may</c><00:34:55.050><c> have</c><00:34:55.269><c> lack</c><00:34:55.869><c> of</c><00:34:56.269><c> nothing.</c><00:34:57.929><c> Study</c><00:34:58.210><c> to</c><00:34:58.369><c> be</c><00:34:58.610><c> quiet.</c><00:34:59.869><c> It</c>

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seems<00:35:00.230><c> to</c><00:35:00.349><c> me,</c>

00:35:00.630 --> 00:35:02.949
brethren<00:35:00.730><c> and</c><00:35:00.989><c> sisters,</c><00:35:01.210><c> from</c><00:35:01.349><c> reading</c><00:35:01.670><c> this,</c><00:35:01.949><c> that</c><00:35:02.030><c> there</c><00:35:02.130><c> was</c><00:35:02.369><c> a</c>

00:35:02.949 --> 00:35:05.489
spirit<00:35:03.230><c> of</c><00:35:04.309><c> idleness</c><00:35:04.809><c> creeping</c><00:35:05.210><c> into</c>

00:35:05.489 --> 00:35:10.309
the<00:35:05.670><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:35:07.190><c> And</c><00:35:07.409><c> as</c><00:35:07.630><c> a</c><00:35:07.949><c> consequence,</c><00:35:08.289><c> there</c><00:35:08.389><c> was</c><00:35:08.550><c> some</c><00:35:08.809><c> agitation</c><00:35:09.429><c> that</c><00:35:09.570><c> was</c><00:35:09.769><c> beginning</c><00:35:10.010><c> to</c>

00:35:10.309 --> 00:35:10.650
set<00:35:10.469><c> in,</c>

00:35:10.750 --> 00:35:16.329
some<00:35:11.309><c> strife,</c><00:35:11.829><c> some</c><00:35:12.130><c> noisy</c><00:35:12.550><c> unrest.</c><00:35:15.409><c> You</c><00:35:15.469><c> know,</c><00:35:15.570><c> these</c><00:35:15.769><c> people</c><00:35:16.070><c> were</c>

00:35:16.329 --> 00:35:18.789
from<00:35:17.010><c> Greece,</c><00:35:17.590><c> and</c><00:35:17.889><c> the</c><00:35:18.050><c> Greek</c>

00:35:19.030 --> 00:35:23.570
approach<00:35:19.710><c> to</c><00:35:20.030><c> physical</c><00:35:20.449><c> labor</c><00:35:20.809><c> was</c><00:35:21.210><c> that</c><00:35:21.510><c> it</c><00:35:21.929><c> was</c><00:35:22.210><c> for</c><00:35:22.449><c> slaves.</c><00:35:23.409><c> It</c><00:35:23.409><c> was</c>

00:35:23.570 --> 00:35:25.530
a<00:35:23.769><c> degrading</c><00:35:24.269><c> thing.</c><00:35:24.750><c> Fit</c><00:35:24.949><c> only</c><00:35:25.230><c> for</c>

00:35:25.530 --> 00:35:31.190
slaves.<00:35:28.670><c> The</c><00:35:28.849><c> NIV</c><00:35:29.230><c> says</c><00:35:29.530><c> that</c><00:35:29.969><c> it</c><00:35:30.150><c> renders</c><00:35:30.510><c> this</c><00:35:30.710><c> verse</c><00:35:30.849><c> this</c>

00:35:31.190 --> 00:35:33.710
way.<00:35:31.429><c> It</c><00:35:31.429><c> says</c><00:35:31.670><c> your</c><00:35:32.309><c> daily</c><00:35:32.909><c> lives</c>

00:35:33.710 --> 00:35:38.429
should<00:35:34.469><c> win</c><00:35:34.789><c> the</c><00:35:35.130><c> respect</c><00:35:35.829><c> of</c><00:35:36.349><c> outsiders</c><00:35:37.090><c> so</c><00:35:38.050><c> that</c><00:35:38.150><c> you</c><00:35:38.210><c> will</c>

00:35:38.429 --> 00:35:40.809
not<00:35:38.630><c> be</c><00:35:38.889><c> dependent</c><00:35:39.309><c> on</c><00:35:39.849><c> anyone.</c>

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That's<00:35:42.230><c> a</c><00:35:42.269><c> nice</c><00:35:42.449><c> way</c><00:35:42.670><c> of</c><00:35:42.730><c> putting</c><00:35:42.969><c> it,</c><00:35:43.170><c> isn't</c><00:35:43.309><c> it?</c><00:35:44.969><c> Study</c><00:35:45.250><c> to</c>

00:35:45.409 --> 00:35:49.650
be<00:35:45.650><c> quiet</c><00:35:45.949><c> means</c><00:35:46.369><c> be</c><00:35:46.889><c> eager</c><00:35:47.329><c> to</c><00:35:48.070><c> hold</c><00:35:48.409><c> peace,</c>

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to<00:35:49.909><c> keep</c><00:35:50.250><c> peace,</c><00:35:51.090><c> to</c><00:35:51.150><c> be</c><00:35:51.449><c> a</c><00:35:51.929><c> peacemaker</c><00:35:52.829><c> in</c><00:35:53.449><c> which</c><00:35:53.630><c> there</c><00:35:53.789><c> is</c>

00:35:53.929 --> 00:35:57.230
great<00:35:54.210><c> blessing.</c><00:35:55.670><c> And</c><00:35:55.769><c> he</c><00:35:55.889><c> says</c><00:35:56.070><c> in</c><00:35:56.329><c> effect</c><00:35:56.570><c> to</c><00:35:57.230><c> them,</c>

00:35:57.590 --> 00:36:02.849
mind<00:35:57.889><c> your</c><00:35:58.150><c> own</c><00:35:58.329><c> business.</c><00:36:00.150><c> This</c><00:36:00.309><c> is</c><00:36:00.510><c> it,</c><00:36:00.710><c> isn't</c><00:36:00.829><c> it?</c><00:36:02.190><c> He</c><00:36:02.369><c> says,</c><00:36:02.610><c> do</c>

00:36:02.849 --> 00:36:07.050
your<00:36:03.130><c> own</c><00:36:03.309><c> business.</c><00:36:04.550><c> Same</c><00:36:04.809><c> thing.</c><00:36:06.489><c> Stop</c>

00:36:07.050 --> 00:36:09.849
fiddling<00:36:07.630><c> around</c><00:36:08.010><c> with</c><00:36:08.190><c> the</c><00:36:08.389><c> business</c><00:36:08.650><c> of</c><00:36:08.909><c> everyone</c><00:36:09.130><c> else.</c>

00:36:09.989 --> 00:36:12.829
Stop<00:36:10.269><c> trying</c><00:36:10.550><c> to</c><00:36:10.829><c> live</c><00:36:11.050><c> in</c><00:36:11.210><c> one</c><00:36:11.349><c> another's</c><00:36:11.929><c> pocket.</c>

00:36:13.030 --> 00:36:16.849
Every<00:36:13.510><c> aspect</c><00:36:13.989><c> of</c><00:36:14.170><c> their</c><00:36:14.349><c> life,</c><00:36:14.630><c> as</c><00:36:14.769><c> though</c><00:36:14.889><c> you</c><00:36:15.469><c> can</c><00:36:15.610><c> manipulate</c><00:36:16.150><c> and</c><00:36:16.530><c> shape</c><00:36:16.690><c> it</c>

00:36:16.849 --> 00:36:19.170
to<00:36:16.969><c> be</c><00:36:17.329><c> just</c><00:36:17.690><c> like</c><00:36:18.030><c> yours.</c>

00:36:20.050 --> 00:36:26.329
He's<00:36:20.190><c> saying</c><00:36:20.269><c> it's</c><00:36:20.510><c> not</c><00:36:20.630><c> like</c><00:36:20.929><c> that.</c><00:36:25.329><c> Now,</c><00:36:25.630><c> maybe</c><00:36:25.909><c> this</c><00:36:26.130><c> came</c>

00:36:26.329 --> 00:36:27.869
as<00:36:26.530><c> a</c><00:36:26.670><c> result</c><00:36:26.869><c> of</c><00:36:27.090><c> something.</c>

00:36:28.849 --> 00:36:31.510
Maybe<00:36:29.110><c> the</c><00:36:29.349><c> reason</c><00:36:29.670><c> for</c><00:36:29.849><c> this</c><00:36:30.090><c> kind</c><00:36:30.309><c> of</c><00:36:30.849><c> spirit</c><00:36:31.090><c> that</c><00:36:31.389><c> seemed</c>

00:36:31.510 --> 00:36:33.349
to<00:36:31.630><c> be</c><00:36:31.809><c> developing</c><00:36:32.110><c> in</c><00:36:32.269><c> the</c><00:36:32.409><c> Ecclesia</c><00:36:32.710><c> was</c>

00:36:33.349 --> 00:36:38.389
their<00:36:33.949><c> intense</c><00:36:34.989><c> eagerness</c><00:36:36.269><c> for</c><00:36:37.590><c> the</c><00:36:37.710><c> return</c><00:36:37.969><c> of</c><00:36:38.110><c> the</c><00:36:38.170><c> Lord</c>

00:36:38.389 --> 00:36:39.469
Jesus<00:36:38.769><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:36:39.869><c> their</c><00:36:40.050><c> belief</c><00:36:40.369><c> that</c><00:36:40.550><c> that</c><00:36:40.750><c> return</c><00:36:41.130><c> was</c><00:36:41.949><c> imminent.</c><00:36:42.570><c> It</c><00:36:42.570><c> was</c><00:36:42.750><c> right</c><00:36:43.050><c> at</c><00:36:43.309><c> hand.</c>

00:36:47.190 --> 00:36:49.349
The<00:36:47.449><c> problem</c><00:36:47.750><c> wasn't</c><00:36:48.030><c> solved,</c><00:36:48.489><c> brothers</c><00:36:48.650><c> and</c><00:36:48.869><c> sisters.</c><00:36:49.150><c> We're</c><00:36:49.190><c> not</c>

00:36:49.349 --> 00:36:50.730
going<00:36:49.489><c> to</c><00:36:49.710><c> carry</c><00:36:49.969><c> through</c><00:36:50.170><c> into</c><00:36:50.349><c> the</c><00:36:50.550><c> second</c>

00:36:50.730 --> 00:36:53.909
letter<00:36:50.909><c> now</c><00:36:51.210><c> because</c><00:36:51.590><c> we've</c><00:36:52.889><c> got</c><00:36:53.110><c> some</c><00:36:53.349><c> things</c><00:36:53.489><c> that</c><00:36:53.630><c> we</c><00:36:53.789><c> want</c>

00:36:53.909 --> 00:36:54.989
to<00:36:54.030><c> go</c><00:36:54.150><c> into</c><00:36:54.289><c> in</c><00:36:54.449><c> this</c><00:36:54.670><c> session.</c>

00:36:55.449 --> 00:36:57.030
But<00:36:55.530><c> in</c><00:36:55.690><c> the</c><00:36:55.869><c> second</c><00:36:56.070><c> letter,</c><00:36:56.269><c> if</c><00:36:56.369><c> you</c><00:36:56.449><c> want</c><00:36:56.530><c> to</c><00:36:56.650><c> make</c><00:36:56.769><c> a</c><00:36:56.909><c> note</c>

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of<00:36:57.130><c> it,</c><00:36:57.230><c> you'll</c><00:36:57.369><c> see</c><00:36:57.489><c> that</c><00:36:57.630><c> that</c><00:36:57.909><c> problem</c><00:36:58.190><c> wasn't</c>

00:36:58.389 --> 00:37:01.650
really<00:36:58.710><c> solved.</c><00:36:59.849><c> Third</c><00:37:00.030><c> chapter</c><00:37:00.469><c> of</c><00:37:00.750><c> second</c><00:37:00.989><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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verse<00:37:01.869><c> eight</c><00:37:02.110><c> through</c><00:37:02.369><c> 12.</c>

00:37:03.070 --> 00:37:07.929
But<00:37:03.210><c> I</c><00:37:04.170><c> don't</c><00:37:04.369><c> want</c><00:37:04.469><c> to</c><00:37:04.550><c> go</c><00:37:04.630><c> into</c><00:37:04.769><c> this</c><00:37:04.929><c> at</c><00:37:05.090><c> this</c><00:37:05.289><c> point</c><00:37:05.469><c> in</c><00:37:05.750><c> time</c><00:37:06.170><c> because</c><00:37:06.929><c> there</c><00:37:07.110><c> is</c>

00:37:07.929 --> 00:37:09.730
another<00:37:08.469><c> situation</c><00:37:09.190><c> here</c><00:37:09.510><c> that</c>

00:37:09.730 --> 00:37:16.110
had<00:37:09.869><c> to</c><00:37:10.030><c> be</c><00:37:10.210><c> dealt</c><00:37:10.449><c> with,</c><00:37:10.710><c> another</c><00:37:11.050><c> problem,</c><00:37:12.909><c> a</c><00:37:13.210><c> doctrinal</c><00:37:13.909><c> consideration.</c><00:37:15.409><c> And</c><00:37:15.670><c> again,</c><00:37:15.849><c> I</c>

00:37:16.110 --> 00:37:17.010
think<00:37:16.269><c> it's</c><00:37:16.530><c> related</c><00:37:16.789><c> to</c>

00:37:17.010 --> 00:37:21.190
the<00:37:17.230><c> fact</c><00:37:17.409><c> that</c><00:37:17.670><c> they</c><00:37:18.150><c> were</c><00:37:18.389><c> so</c><00:37:19.489><c> concerned</c><00:37:20.210><c> and</c><00:37:20.449><c> involved</c><00:37:21.010><c> in</c>

00:37:21.190 --> 00:37:23.369
the<00:37:21.550><c> belief</c><00:37:21.869><c> that</c><00:37:22.050><c> the</c><00:37:22.210><c> return</c><00:37:22.489><c> of</c><00:37:22.650><c> the</c><00:37:22.769><c> Lord</c><00:37:22.949><c> Jesus</c>

00:37:23.369 --> 00:37:28.130
Christ<00:37:23.630><c> was</c><00:37:24.130><c> right</c><00:37:24.570><c> at</c><00:37:24.849><c> hand.</c><00:37:26.289><c> He</c><00:37:26.809><c> is</c><00:37:27.090><c> coming.</c><00:37:27.489><c> The</c><00:37:27.650><c> King</c><00:37:27.849><c> is</c>

00:37:28.130 --> 00:37:30.670
coming.<00:37:29.210><c> And</c><00:37:29.409><c> they</c><00:37:29.510><c> were</c><00:37:29.929><c> ready</c><00:37:30.190><c> for</c><00:37:30.429><c> this.</c>

00:37:30.769 --> 00:37:33.710
That<00:37:30.909><c> was</c><00:37:31.130><c> their</c><00:37:31.309><c> focus</c><00:37:31.630><c> of</c><00:37:31.849><c> their</c><00:37:32.050><c> lives.</c><00:37:33.349><c> And</c><00:37:33.409><c> so</c><00:37:33.510><c> now</c><00:37:33.610><c> there</c>

00:37:33.710 --> 00:37:37.010
was<00:37:33.949><c> a</c><00:37:34.730><c> doctrinal</c><00:37:35.230><c> thing</c><00:37:35.469><c> that</c><00:37:35.610><c> had</c><00:37:35.809><c> crept</c><00:37:36.030><c> in.</c>

00:37:38.230 --> 00:37:43.510
They<00:37:38.710><c> were</c><00:37:38.909><c> disturbed.</c><00:37:41.269><c> There</c><00:37:41.510><c> were</c><00:37:41.650><c> some</c><00:37:42.590><c> anxious</c><00:37:43.070><c> thoughts</c>

00:37:43.510 --> 00:37:45.329
going<00:37:43.809><c> on</c><00:37:43.969><c> in</c><00:37:44.130><c> their</c><00:37:44.329><c> minds.</c>

00:37:46.190 --> 00:37:50.429
They<00:37:46.570><c> probably</c><00:37:47.070><c> were</c><00:37:47.469><c> afraid</c><00:37:47.909><c> that</c><00:37:49.269><c> some</c><00:37:49.730><c> of</c><00:37:49.869><c> the</c><00:37:50.050><c> folks</c><00:37:50.269><c> in</c>

00:37:50.429 --> 00:37:53.349
their<00:37:50.670><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:37:51.710><c> some</c><00:37:51.929><c> of</c><00:37:52.070><c> their</c><00:37:52.269><c> loved</c><00:37:52.550><c> ones</c><00:37:52.829><c> that</c>

00:37:53.369 --> 00:37:57.409
that<00:37:54.050><c> had</c><00:37:54.329><c> died</c><00:37:54.610><c> since</c><00:37:54.909><c> Paul</c><00:37:55.210><c> had</c><00:37:55.489><c> left</c><00:37:56.190><c> would</c><00:37:56.869><c> now</c><00:37:57.090><c> take</c><00:37:57.250><c> a</c>

00:37:57.409 --> 00:38:01.309
back<00:37:57.730><c> seat.</c><00:37:59.570><c> Christ's</c><00:37:59.989><c> coming</c><00:38:00.090><c> was</c><00:38:00.389><c> imminent.</c>

00:38:01.929 --> 00:38:05.809
These<00:38:02.090><c> people</c><00:38:02.389><c> had</c><00:38:02.690><c> died.</c><00:38:03.929><c> The</c><00:38:04.070><c> ones</c><00:38:04.170><c> that</c><00:38:04.489><c> remained</c><00:38:04.730><c> and</c><00:38:04.829><c> were</c><00:38:05.070><c> alive</c><00:38:05.369><c> were</c><00:38:05.550><c> going</c><00:38:05.670><c> to</c>

00:38:05.809 --> 00:38:06.610
have<00:38:06.090><c> precedence</c>

00:38:06.610 --> 00:38:10.889
over<00:38:06.829><c> those</c><00:38:07.090><c> that</c><00:38:07.230><c> had</c><00:38:07.449><c> already</c><00:38:07.929><c> died</c><00:38:08.449><c> in</c><00:38:08.630><c> the</c><00:38:08.789><c> Lord.</c><00:38:10.449><c> So</c><00:38:10.650><c> Paul</c>

00:38:10.889 --> 00:38:12.909
is<00:38:11.090><c> going</c><00:38:11.309><c> to</c><00:38:11.590><c> hear</c><00:38:11.750><c> outline</c><00:38:12.269><c> the</c><00:38:12.510><c> events</c><00:38:12.710><c> of</c>

00:38:12.909 --> 00:38:18.510
the<00:38:13.050><c> Lord's</c><00:38:13.469><c> coming.</c><00:38:14.429><c> He's</c><00:38:14.650><c> going</c><00:38:14.769><c> to</c><00:38:14.949><c> do</c><00:38:15.130><c> this</c><00:38:15.750><c> to</c><00:38:16.090><c> ease</c><00:38:16.389><c> their</c><00:38:16.710><c> minds.</c><00:38:18.389><c> And</c>

00:38:18.510 --> 00:38:19.750
what<00:38:18.650><c> begins</c><00:38:18.989><c> with</c><00:38:19.210><c> a</c><00:38:19.309><c> lack</c><00:38:19.469><c> of</c>

00:38:19.750 --> 00:38:22.710
understanding,<00:38:20.849><c> I</c><00:38:21.090><c> believe,</c><00:38:21.610><c> brethren</c><00:38:21.829><c> and</c><00:38:22.010><c> sisters,</c><00:38:22.309><c> ends</c>

00:38:22.710 --> 00:38:25.070
with<00:38:23.190><c> a</c><00:38:23.309><c> great</c><00:38:23.630><c> sigh</c><00:38:23.809><c> of</c><00:38:24.050><c> relief</c>

00:38:25.110 --> 00:38:28.730
for<00:38:25.429><c> our</c><00:38:25.590><c> brethren</c><00:38:25.789><c> and</c><00:38:26.010><c> sisters</c><00:38:26.210><c> at</c><00:38:26.369><c> Thessalonica.</c><00:38:28.510><c> Let's</c>

00:38:28.730 --> 00:38:30.889
just<00:38:28.889><c> look</c><00:38:29.010><c> at</c><00:38:29.130><c> verse</c><00:38:29.349><c> 13</c><00:38:29.730><c> and</c><00:38:29.849><c> 14,</c><00:38:30.250><c> and</c><00:38:30.369><c> we</c><00:38:30.489><c> see</c><00:38:30.630><c> the</c>

00:38:30.889 --> 00:38:35.269
problem<00:38:31.710><c> emerging</c><00:38:32.789><c> here.</c><00:38:34.010><c> He</c><00:38:34.150><c> says,</c><00:38:34.289><c> I</c><00:38:34.369><c> would</c><00:38:34.670><c> not</c><00:38:34.889><c> have</c><00:38:35.110><c> you</c>

00:38:35.269 --> 00:38:38.110
to<00:38:35.429><c> be</c><00:38:35.650><c> ignorant,</c><00:38:36.210><c> brethren,</c><00:38:37.309><c> concerning</c><00:38:37.610><c> them</c><00:38:37.889><c> which</c>

00:38:38.110 --> 00:38:41.409
are<00:38:38.269><c> asleep,</c><00:38:39.590><c> that</c><00:38:39.690><c> ye</c><00:38:39.929><c> sorrow</c><00:38:40.230><c> not</c><00:38:40.469><c> even</c><00:38:40.710><c> as</c><00:38:40.989><c> others</c><00:38:41.150><c> which</c>

00:38:41.409 --> 00:38:45.269
have<00:38:41.590><c> no</c><00:38:41.869><c> hope.</c><00:38:43.289><c> For</c><00:38:43.510><c> if</c><00:38:43.849><c> we</c><00:38:44.090><c> believe</c><00:38:44.429><c> that</c><00:38:44.690><c> Jesus</c>

00:38:45.269 --> 00:38:50.889
died<00:38:45.889><c> and</c><00:38:46.590><c> rose</c><00:38:46.929><c> again,</c><00:38:48.409><c> even</c><00:38:48.829><c> so</c><00:38:49.110><c> them</c><00:38:49.389><c> also</c><00:38:49.829><c> which</c><00:38:50.230><c> sleep</c><00:38:50.570><c> in</c>

00:38:50.889 --> 00:38:54.630
Jesus<00:38:51.570><c> will</c><00:38:52.570><c> God</c><00:38:53.050><c> bring</c><00:38:53.369><c> with</c><00:38:53.690><c> him.</c>

00:38:55.309 --> 00:38:57.210
So<00:38:55.710><c> he</c><00:38:55.769><c> gets</c><00:38:55.849><c> right</c><00:38:56.030><c> to</c><00:38:56.190><c> the</c><00:38:56.289><c> heart</c><00:38:56.489><c> of</c><00:38:56.650><c> the</c><00:38:56.789><c> matter,</c><00:38:56.949><c> doesn't</c>

00:38:57.210 --> 00:38:59.150
he?<00:38:57.690><c> He</c><00:38:57.849><c> gets</c><00:38:57.969><c> right</c><00:38:58.250><c> into</c><00:38:58.429><c> the</c><00:38:58.590><c> situation.</c>

00:38:59.170 --> 00:39:01.409
He<00:38:59.329><c> says,</c><00:38:59.590><c> I</c><00:38:59.969><c> don't</c><00:39:00.130><c> want</c><00:39:00.230><c> you</c><00:39:00.329><c> to</c><00:39:00.409><c> be</c><00:39:00.650><c> ignorant</c><00:39:00.869><c> about</c><00:39:01.150><c> this,</c>

00:39:01.409 --> 00:39:04.469
brethren.<00:39:02.369><c> He's</c><00:39:02.610><c> not</c><00:39:02.809><c> calling</c><00:39:02.989><c> them</c><00:39:03.269><c> stupid.</c>

00:39:04.710 --> 00:39:08.469
That's<00:39:04.849><c> not</c><00:39:04.929><c> what</c><00:39:05.050><c> the</c><00:39:05.230><c> word</c><00:39:05.389><c> means.</c><00:39:06.690><c> There's</c><00:39:06.769><c> a</c><00:39:06.889><c> lot</c><00:39:06.969><c> more</c><00:39:07.530><c> sensitivity</c><00:39:08.230><c> to</c>

00:39:08.469 --> 00:39:09.590
the<00:39:08.630><c> needs</c><00:39:08.809><c> of</c><00:39:09.070><c> the</c>

00:39:09.590 --> 00:39:13.429
brethren<00:39:09.809><c> and</c><00:39:10.050><c> sisters</c><00:39:10.329><c> than</c><00:39:10.610><c> that.</c><00:39:12.530><c> He's</c><00:39:12.969><c> saying,</c><00:39:13.130><c> I</c><00:39:13.210><c> don't</c>

00:39:13.429 --> 00:39:15.750
want<00:39:13.570><c> you</c><00:39:13.690><c> to</c><00:39:13.769><c> have</c><00:39:13.909><c> a</c><00:39:14.090><c> misunderstanding</c><00:39:14.769><c> here.</c>

00:39:15.829 --> 00:39:19.869
I<00:39:16.090><c> don't</c><00:39:16.289><c> want</c><00:39:16.469><c> you</c><00:39:16.989><c> not</c><00:39:17.309><c> to</c><00:39:17.550><c> know</c><00:39:17.750><c> the</c><00:39:18.070><c> truth</c><00:39:18.289><c> of</c><00:39:18.429><c> what's</c><00:39:18.690><c> going</c><00:39:18.849><c> to</c><00:39:19.130><c> happen.</c>

00:39:21.710 --> 00:39:24.409
Fact<00:39:21.929><c> is,</c><00:39:22.150><c> that</c><00:39:22.329><c> does</c><00:39:22.570><c> happen</c><00:39:22.869><c> sometimes,</c><00:39:23.389><c> doesn't</c><00:39:23.650><c> it?</c><00:39:24.210><c> We</c>

00:39:24.409 --> 00:39:27.530
go<00:39:24.909><c> slightly</c><00:39:25.329><c> off</c><00:39:25.630><c> the</c><00:39:25.889><c> track</c><00:39:26.030><c> in</c><00:39:26.190><c> our</c><00:39:26.349><c> understanding,</c>

00:39:28.469 --> 00:39:31.869
and<00:39:28.750><c> further</c><00:39:29.070><c> explanation</c><00:39:29.789><c> is</c><00:39:30.070><c> necessary,</c><00:39:30.650><c> and</c><00:39:30.789><c> we</c><00:39:30.909><c> need</c><00:39:31.110><c> to</c>

00:39:31.869 --> 00:39:33.389
be<00:39:31.869><c> to</c><00:39:31.869><c> be</c><00:39:32.190><c> strengthened</c><00:39:32.489><c> and</c><00:39:32.750><c> built</c><00:39:32.929><c> up.</c><00:39:33.150><c> And</c><00:39:33.230><c> the</c>

00:39:33.389 --> 00:39:37.989
things<00:39:33.530><c> that</c><00:39:33.730><c> we</c><00:39:34.010><c> believe</c><00:39:34.710><c> are</c><00:39:35.849><c> growth</c><00:39:36.090><c> in</c><00:39:36.250><c> the</c><00:39:36.469><c> truth.</c><00:39:37.809><c> We're</c>

00:39:37.989 --> 00:39:40.329
all<00:39:38.190><c> growing.</c><00:39:39.349><c> We're</c><00:39:39.530><c> all</c><00:39:39.750><c> growing,</c><00:39:40.150><c> brethren</c>

00:39:40.329 --> 00:39:42.590
sisters,<00:39:40.750><c> and</c><00:39:40.889><c> we're</c><00:39:41.050><c> growing</c><00:39:41.309><c> at</c><00:39:41.489><c> different</c><00:39:41.869><c> speeds.</c><00:39:42.510><c> We're</c>

00:39:42.590 --> 00:39:45.989
growing<00:39:42.889><c> to</c><00:39:43.769><c> different</c><00:39:44.090><c> degrees.</c><00:39:45.590><c> Perhaps</c><00:39:45.829><c> some</c>

00:39:45.989 --> 00:39:49.690
will<00:39:46.130><c> never</c><00:39:46.349><c> grow</c><00:39:46.570><c> as</c><00:39:46.769><c> much</c><00:39:47.010><c> as</c><00:39:47.409><c> others</c><00:39:47.869><c> this</c><00:39:48.210><c> side</c><00:39:48.389><c> of</c><00:39:48.650><c> the</c><00:39:49.150><c> kingdom</c><00:39:49.429><c> of</c>

00:39:49.690 --> 00:39:52.690
God.<00:39:51.289><c> Sometimes</c><00:39:51.630><c> we</c><00:39:51.789><c> fail</c><00:39:52.010><c> to</c><00:39:52.230><c> recognize</c>

00:39:52.690 --> 00:39:56.170
that.<00:39:53.789><c> Sometimes</c><00:39:54.170><c> the</c><00:39:54.409><c> situation</c><00:39:54.869><c> is</c><00:39:55.150><c> such</c><00:39:55.289><c> that</c><00:39:55.449><c> we</c><00:39:55.590><c> just</c><00:39:55.789><c> kind</c><00:39:55.889><c> of</c>

00:39:56.170 --> 00:39:59.530
attack<00:39:56.469><c> it,</c><00:39:58.289><c> failing</c><00:39:58.530><c> to</c><00:39:58.789><c> recognize</c><00:39:59.170><c> the</c><00:39:59.389><c> fact</c>

00:39:59.530 --> 00:40:04.289
that<00:39:59.710><c> this</c><00:40:00.309><c> person</c><00:40:00.809><c> a</c><00:40:01.269><c> little</c><00:40:01.429><c> more</c><00:40:01.650><c> than</c><00:40:01.849><c> obeyed,</c><00:40:03.849><c> but</c><00:40:04.090><c> not</c>

00:40:04.289 --> 00:40:08.329
that<00:40:04.489><c> much</c><00:40:04.690><c> more.</c><00:40:07.469><c> So</c><00:40:07.750><c> we're</c><00:40:07.889><c> all</c><00:40:08.090><c> growing,</c>

00:40:08.329 --> 00:40:10.949
and<00:40:08.510><c> they</c><00:40:08.550><c> were</c><00:40:08.789><c> growing</c><00:40:09.090><c> too.</c><00:40:09.409><c> They</c><00:40:09.530><c> had</c><00:40:09.690><c> to</c><00:40:09.809><c> be</c><00:40:10.070><c> instructed.</c>

00:40:11.110 --> 00:40:12.650
They<00:40:11.210><c> had</c><00:40:11.329><c> to</c><00:40:11.449><c> be</c><00:40:11.750><c> strengthened</c>

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in<00:40:13.030><c> their</c><00:40:13.309><c> faith,</c><00:40:13.949><c> and</c><00:40:14.250><c> they</c><00:40:14.829><c> actually</c><00:40:15.329><c> were</c><00:40:15.670><c> sorrowing</c><00:40:16.190><c> here.</c><00:40:17.829><c> They</c>

00:40:18.210 --> 00:40:21.030
were<00:40:18.510><c> grieving.</c><00:40:20.130><c> That's</c><00:40:20.409><c> the</c><00:40:20.489><c> way</c><00:40:20.610><c> the</c><00:40:20.869><c> New</c>

00:40:21.030 --> 00:40:23.989
International<00:40:21.610><c> Version</c><00:40:21.969><c> puts</c><00:40:22.170><c> it.</c><00:40:22.289><c> They</c><00:40:22.369><c> were</c><00:40:22.650><c> grieving</c><00:40:23.050><c> over</c><00:40:23.329><c> those</c><00:40:23.570><c> that</c><00:40:23.730><c> had</c>

00:40:23.989 --> 00:40:25.949
died.<00:40:24.489><c> This</c><00:40:24.670><c> was</c><00:40:24.909><c> eating</c><00:40:25.210><c> them</c><00:40:25.469><c> up.</c>

00:40:26.090 --> 00:40:31.530
We're<00:40:26.329><c> just</c><00:40:26.510><c> chewing</c><00:40:26.789><c> away</c><00:40:27.090><c> at</c><00:40:27.329><c> them.</c><00:40:28.829><c> And</c><00:40:29.050><c> Paul</c><00:40:29.289><c> first</c><00:40:29.710><c> explains</c><00:40:30.369><c> that</c>

00:40:31.530 --> 00:40:36.590
our<00:40:31.750><c> belief</c><00:40:31.929><c> is</c><00:40:32.150><c> different</c><00:40:32.409><c> from</c><00:40:32.570><c> the</c>

00:40:36.590 --> 00:40:41.530
that<00:40:36.829><c> have</c><00:40:37.050><c> no</c><00:40:37.329><c> hope.</c><00:40:40.230><c> The</c><00:40:40.389><c> world</c><00:40:40.590><c> around</c><00:40:40.909><c> us</c><00:40:41.110><c> doesn't</c><00:40:41.289><c> have</c>

00:40:41.530 --> 00:40:43.250
the<00:40:41.690><c> hope</c><00:40:41.829><c> that</c><00:40:42.010><c> we</c><00:40:42.150><c> have.</c><00:40:42.710><c> They've</c><00:40:42.889><c> got</c><00:40:42.989><c> good</c>

00:40:43.250 --> 00:40:47.110
reason<00:40:43.530><c> to</c><00:40:43.809><c> sorrow,</c><00:40:44.909><c> but</c><00:40:45.010><c> he</c><00:40:45.130><c> says</c><00:40:45.269><c> we</c><00:40:45.469><c> don't</c><00:40:45.849><c> in</c><00:40:46.190><c> Christ.</c><00:40:46.929><c> Not</c>

00:40:47.110 --> 00:40:50.150
like<00:40:47.429><c> that.</c><00:40:48.809><c> He</c><00:40:48.829><c> doesn't</c><00:40:49.090><c> say,</c><00:40:49.590><c> brethren</c><00:40:49.730><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:50.190 --> 00:40:54.670
by<00:40:50.389><c> the</c><00:40:50.570><c> way,</c><00:40:50.969><c> that</c><00:40:51.050><c> there</c><00:40:51.230><c> is</c><00:40:51.489><c> no</c><00:40:51.849><c> sorrow</c><00:40:52.190><c> at</c><00:40:52.510><c> all</c><00:40:52.710><c> that</c><00:40:52.889><c> is</c><00:40:53.409><c> acceptable.</c><00:40:54.510><c> He</c>

00:40:54.670 --> 00:40:56.690
doesn't<00:40:54.889><c> say</c><00:40:55.170><c> that.</c><00:40:56.449><c> I</c><00:40:56.469><c> mean,</c>

00:40:56.710 --> 00:41:01.829
in<00:40:57.409><c> my</c><00:40:57.730><c> mind</c><00:40:57.969><c> anyway,</c><00:40:58.329><c> it</c><00:40:58.369><c> would</c><00:40:58.449><c> be</c><00:40:58.670><c> a</c><00:40:58.869><c> totally</c><00:40:59.389><c> unnatural</c><00:41:00.710><c> thing</c><00:41:01.550><c> to</c>

00:41:01.829 --> 00:41:04.190
think<00:41:01.989><c> in</c><00:41:02.170><c> terms</c><00:41:02.489><c> of</c><00:41:02.949><c> no</c><00:41:03.309><c> sorrow</c><00:41:03.710><c> for</c><00:41:03.929><c> someone</c>

00:41:04.190 --> 00:41:06.989
who<00:41:04.309><c> has</c><00:41:04.449><c> fallen</c><00:41:04.690><c> asleep</c><00:41:05.030><c> in</c><00:41:05.190><c> Christ.</c><00:41:05.690><c> Of</c><00:41:05.969><c> course</c><00:41:06.210><c> there</c><00:41:06.409><c> is.</c>

00:41:07.289 --> 00:41:09.150
Of<00:41:07.489><c> course</c><00:41:07.750><c> there</c><00:41:07.929><c> is.</c><00:41:08.269><c> It</c><00:41:08.389><c> doesn't</c><00:41:08.570><c> mean</c><00:41:08.769><c> we</c><00:41:08.949><c> think</c>

00:41:09.150 --> 00:41:13.909
that<00:41:09.289><c> they're</c><00:41:09.489><c> in</c><00:41:09.690><c> trouble,</c><00:41:11.269><c> but</c><00:41:11.590><c> it</c><00:41:11.670><c> does</c><00:41:11.889><c> mean</c><00:41:12.050><c> that</c><00:41:12.170><c> there's</c><00:41:12.329><c> a</c><00:41:12.510><c> separation</c><00:41:12.949><c> now.</c>

00:41:14.449 --> 00:41:15.730
It<00:41:14.610><c> does</c><00:41:14.889><c> mean</c><00:41:15.050><c> that</c><00:41:15.230><c> those</c>

00:41:15.730 --> 00:41:19.050
good<00:41:16.050><c> times</c><00:41:16.429><c> that</c><00:41:16.590><c> we</c><00:41:16.769><c> know</c><00:41:16.909><c> are</c><00:41:17.070><c> not</c><00:41:17.230><c> going</c><00:41:17.389><c> to</c><00:41:17.670><c> continue</c><00:41:17.889><c> together</c><00:41:18.429><c> until</c><00:41:18.869><c> the</c>

00:41:19.050 --> 00:41:21.230
Lord<00:41:19.230><c> comes,</c><00:41:20.090><c> and</c><00:41:20.309><c> we</c><00:41:20.530><c> cherish</c><00:41:20.849><c> those</c>

00:41:21.230 --> 00:41:24.690
and<00:41:21.369><c> we'd</c><00:41:21.610><c> like</c><00:41:21.710><c> them</c><00:41:21.869><c> to</c><00:41:22.190><c> continue.</c><00:41:22.909><c> Sure,</c><00:41:23.150><c> we</c><00:41:23.329><c> sorrow.</c><00:41:24.449><c> Of</c>

00:41:24.690 --> 00:41:28.369
course<00:41:24.829><c> we</c><00:41:25.050><c> do.</c><00:41:26.949><c> But</c><00:41:27.150><c> at</c><00:41:27.269><c> the</c><00:41:27.409><c> same</c><00:41:27.650><c> time,</c><00:41:27.889><c> we</c><00:41:28.030><c> look</c><00:41:28.170><c> at</c>

00:41:28.789 --> 00:41:33.449
the<00:41:29.150><c> situation</c><00:41:29.150><c> and</c><00:41:30.690><c> we</c><00:41:30.789><c> know</c><00:41:30.929><c> that</c><00:41:31.070><c> it's</c><00:41:31.190><c> not</c><00:41:31.349><c> over.</c><00:41:33.150><c> We</c><00:41:33.269><c> look</c>

00:41:33.449 --> 00:41:35.190
at<00:41:33.610><c> this</c><00:41:33.769><c> situation.</c><00:41:34.250><c> We</c><00:41:34.429><c> know</c><00:41:34.650><c> that</c><00:41:34.789><c> we'll</c><00:41:34.869><c> be</c><00:41:35.030><c> with</c>

00:41:35.190 --> 00:41:38.429
them<00:41:35.329><c> again.</c><00:41:35.949><c> We'll</c><00:41:36.309><c> see</c><00:41:36.469><c> them</c><00:41:36.650><c> again.</c><00:41:36.969><c> We'll</c><00:41:37.210><c> associate</c><00:41:37.670><c> with</c><00:41:37.849><c> them</c><00:41:38.010><c> again</c><00:41:38.250><c> by</c>

00:41:38.429 --> 00:41:40.369
the<00:41:38.670><c> grace</c><00:41:38.849><c> of</c><00:41:39.110><c> God</c><00:41:39.489><c> in</c><00:41:40.030><c> a</c><00:41:40.170><c> much</c>

00:41:40.369 --> 00:41:44.190
better<00:41:40.530><c> way</c><00:41:40.730><c> than</c><00:41:40.889><c> anything</c><00:41:41.110><c> we'd</c><00:41:41.349><c> ever</c><00:41:41.449><c> known</c><00:41:41.670><c> before.</c><00:41:44.070><c> So</c>

00:41:44.190 --> 00:41:46.230
we<00:41:44.269><c> don't</c><00:41:44.550><c> sorrow</c><00:41:44.889><c> as</c><00:41:45.010><c> those</c><00:41:45.190><c> that</c><00:41:45.449><c> have</c><00:41:45.610><c> no</c><00:41:45.909><c> hope,</c>

00:41:46.250 --> 00:41:50.769
Paul<00:41:46.610><c> says,</c><00:41:47.550><c> and</c><00:41:48.090><c> he</c><00:41:48.250><c> brings</c><00:41:48.389><c> us</c><00:41:48.570><c> to</c><00:41:48.750><c> their</c><00:41:48.929><c> attention</c><00:41:49.309><c> right</c><00:41:49.650><c> off.</c>

00:41:59.889 --> 00:42:03.469
You'll<00:42:00.349><c> notice</c><00:42:00.489><c> in</c><00:42:00.650><c> verse</c><00:42:00.869><c> 13,</c><00:42:01.309><c> he</c><00:42:01.449><c> uses</c><00:42:01.789><c> that</c><00:42:02.530><c> metaphor</c><00:42:03.110><c> for</c>

00:42:03.469 --> 00:42:05.610
death<00:42:03.710><c> for</c><00:42:04.489><c> the</c><00:42:04.730><c> saints.</c>

00:42:06.449 --> 00:42:12.010
They<00:42:06.570><c> are</c><00:42:06.849><c> asleep.</c><00:42:08.489><c> They</c><00:42:08.789><c> are</c><00:42:09.110><c> asleep</c><00:42:09.389><c> in</c><00:42:09.690><c> Christ.</c><00:42:10.869><c> It's</c><00:42:11.130><c> a</c><00:42:11.250><c> good</c><00:42:11.429><c> metaphor.</c><00:42:11.869><c> We</c>

00:42:12.010 --> 00:42:13.489
use<00:42:12.250><c> it</c><00:42:12.650><c> concerning</c><00:42:13.050><c> our</c><00:42:13.309><c> own</c>

00:42:13.489 --> 00:42:17.530
brethren<00:42:13.750><c> and</c><00:42:13.989><c> sisters</c><00:42:14.230><c> that</c><00:42:14.409><c> have</c><00:42:14.690><c> fallen</c><00:42:14.909><c> asleep</c><00:42:15.630><c> in</c><00:42:16.050><c> Christ,</c><00:42:16.349><c> we</c><00:42:16.590><c> say.</c><00:42:17.269><c> And</c><00:42:17.429><c> I</c>

00:42:17.530 --> 00:42:18.389
happen<00:42:17.670><c> to</c><00:42:17.829><c> like</c><00:42:17.969><c> that.</c><00:42:18.230><c> I</c><00:42:18.250><c> think</c>

00:42:18.389 --> 00:42:21.429
it's<00:42:18.570><c> a</c><00:42:18.650><c> very</c><00:42:19.210><c> expressive</c><00:42:19.969><c> thing.</c><00:42:20.409><c> It</c><00:42:20.570><c> speaks</c><00:42:20.829><c> of</c><00:42:21.030><c> our</c><00:42:21.269><c> hope,</c>

00:42:21.510 --> 00:42:23.869
doesn't<00:42:21.730><c> it?</c><00:42:22.190><c> And</c><00:42:22.329><c> it</c><00:42:22.449><c> says</c><00:42:22.590><c> that</c><00:42:22.769><c> it's</c><00:42:23.650><c> not</c><00:42:23.750><c> going</c>

00:42:23.869 --> 00:42:26.369
to<00:42:24.150><c> continue</c><00:42:24.349><c> that</c><00:42:24.630><c> way.</c><00:42:25.190><c> So</c><00:42:25.329><c> that's</c><00:42:25.489><c> a</c><00:42:25.570><c> good</c><00:42:25.730><c> metaphor.</c><00:42:26.250><c> It's</c>

00:42:26.369 --> 00:42:27.969
something<00:42:26.550><c> that</c><00:42:26.710><c> we've</c><00:42:26.969><c> taken</c><00:42:27.130><c> to</c><00:42:27.429><c> heart</c><00:42:27.590><c> and</c><00:42:27.750><c> we</c>

00:42:27.969 --> 00:42:34.250
use<00:42:28.130><c> it.</c><00:42:29.230><c> They're</c><00:42:29.429><c> asleep,</c><00:42:30.650><c> these</c><00:42:30.809><c> that</c><00:42:31.070><c> are</c><00:42:31.510><c> dead</c><00:42:31.650><c> in</c><00:42:31.889><c> Christ.</c><00:42:33.449><c> Actually,</c><00:42:33.889><c> brethren</c><00:42:34.010><c> and</c>

00:42:34.250 --> 00:42:34.510
sisters,<00:42:34.469><c> there's</c>

00:42:34.510 --> 00:42:38.570
no<00:42:34.750><c> such</c><00:42:35.010><c> thing</c><00:42:35.269><c> as</c><00:42:35.429><c> a</c><00:42:35.630><c> dead</c><00:42:35.889><c> saint.</c><00:42:37.750><c> We</c><00:42:37.969><c> can</c><00:42:38.070><c> just</c><00:42:38.230><c> remember</c>

00:42:38.570 --> 00:42:40.730
that<00:42:38.929><c> fact.</c><00:42:39.230><c> There's</c><00:42:39.389><c> no</c><00:42:39.690><c> such</c><00:42:40.010><c> thing</c>

00:42:40.730 --> 00:42:43.869
as<00:42:41.230><c> a</c><00:42:41.449><c> dead</c><00:42:41.730><c> saint.</c><00:42:42.050><c> God</c><00:42:42.250><c> is</c><00:42:42.489><c> not</c><00:42:42.690><c> the</c><00:42:42.949><c> God</c><00:42:43.110><c> of</c><00:42:43.289><c> the</c><00:42:43.510><c> dead,</c><00:42:43.730><c> but</c>

00:42:43.869 --> 00:42:46.510
of<00:42:44.050><c> the</c><00:42:44.230><c> living.</c><00:42:45.210><c> The</c><00:42:45.329><c> Lord</c><00:42:45.489><c> Jesus</c><00:42:45.869><c> tells</c><00:42:46.130><c> us</c><00:42:46.349><c> this</c>

00:42:46.510 --> 00:42:50.570
when<00:42:46.590><c> he</c><00:42:46.789><c> speaks</c><00:42:46.989><c> about</c><00:42:47.530><c> Abraham,</c><00:42:48.210><c> Isaac,</c><00:42:48.510><c> and</c><00:42:48.829><c> Jacob.</c><00:42:50.329><c> God</c>

00:42:50.570 --> 00:42:53.170
is<00:42:50.750><c> not</c><00:42:50.889><c> the</c><00:42:51.070><c> God</c><00:42:51.250><c> of</c><00:42:51.409><c> the</c><00:42:51.630><c> dead,</c><00:42:51.809><c> but</c><00:42:51.909><c> of</c><00:42:52.110><c> the</c><00:42:52.269><c> living.</c>

00:42:54.530 --> 00:42:59.210
And<00:42:55.170><c> so</c><00:42:55.289><c> you</c><00:42:55.369><c> notice</c><00:42:55.610><c> in</c><00:42:55.750><c> verse</c><00:42:55.989><c> 14,</c><00:42:58.010><c> he</c><00:42:58.130><c> says,</c><00:42:58.469><c> if</c><00:42:58.550><c> we</c><00:42:58.909><c> believe</c>

00:42:59.210 --> 00:43:01.289
that<00:42:59.449><c> Jesus</c><00:42:59.889><c> died</c><00:43:00.329><c> and</c><00:43:00.570><c> rose</c><00:43:00.849><c> again.</c><00:43:01.170><c> Now,</c>

00:43:01.289 --> 00:43:05.710
here's<00:43:01.570><c> a</c><00:43:02.570><c> very</c><00:43:03.070><c> common</c><00:43:03.630><c> approach</c><00:43:03.969><c> of</c><00:43:04.130><c> the</c><00:43:04.289><c> apostle</c><00:43:04.590><c> Paul,</c>

00:43:05.730 --> 00:43:08.849
just<00:43:06.090><c> bringing</c><00:43:06.449><c> straight</c><00:43:07.070><c> logic</c><00:43:07.590><c> into</c><00:43:07.789><c> the</c><00:43:08.030><c> picture.</c>

00:43:09.369 --> 00:43:15.650
If<00:43:10.010><c> we</c><00:43:10.329><c> believe</c><00:43:10.489><c> that</c><00:43:10.690><c> Jesus</c><00:43:11.130><c> died</c><00:43:11.590><c> and</c><00:43:11.809><c> rose</c><00:43:12.130><c> again,</c><00:43:12.769><c> even</c><00:43:13.110><c> so,</c><00:43:13.469><c> them</c><00:43:13.590><c> which</c><00:43:13.969><c> sleep</c><00:43:14.289><c> in</c><00:43:14.809><c> Jesus,</c>

00:43:16.090 --> 00:43:22.309
will<00:43:16.449><c> God</c><00:43:16.789><c> bring</c><00:43:17.090><c> with</c><00:43:17.369><c> him?</c><00:43:18.929><c> Just</c><00:43:19.610><c> logical,</c><00:43:21.630><c> not</c><00:43:21.889><c> difficult</c>

00:43:22.309 --> 00:43:24.070
language<00:43:22.710><c> to</c><00:43:22.989><c> understand.</c>

00:43:24.429 --> 00:43:28.650
That's<00:43:24.690><c> the</c><00:43:24.869><c> approach</c><00:43:25.110><c> that</c><00:43:25.289><c> he</c><00:43:25.369><c> uses.</c><00:43:26.050><c> Jesus</c><00:43:26.429><c> died,</c><00:43:28.170><c> Jesus</c>

00:43:28.650 --> 00:43:31.750
rose.<00:43:30.369><c> Those</c><00:43:30.650><c> that</c><00:43:30.849><c> the</c><00:43:31.030><c> Thessalonians</c><00:43:31.550><c> are</c>

00:43:31.750 --> 00:43:36.969
worried<00:43:31.909><c> about</c><00:43:32.150><c> have</c><00:43:32.429><c> died,</c><00:43:34.849><c> but</c><00:43:35.110><c> they</c><00:43:35.250><c> haven't</c><00:43:35.429><c> risen.</c><00:43:36.809><c> And</c>

00:43:36.969 --> 00:43:39.429
they're<00:43:37.210><c> concerned</c><00:43:37.610><c> because</c><00:43:37.889><c> Jesus</c><00:43:38.289><c> is</c><00:43:38.570><c> coming.</c>

00:43:40.389 --> 00:43:43.949
But<00:43:40.869><c> they</c><00:43:41.110><c> will</c><00:43:41.409><c> rise,</c><00:43:41.769><c> he</c><00:43:41.969><c> says.</c><00:43:42.329><c> Jesus</c><00:43:42.690><c> will</c><00:43:43.329><c> bring</c><00:43:43.730><c> them</c>

00:43:43.949 --> 00:43:46.590
with<00:43:44.210><c> him.</c><00:43:45.170><c> That's</c><00:43:45.510><c> the</c><00:43:45.650><c> logical</c><00:43:46.030><c> approach.</c><00:43:46.449><c> It's</c>

00:43:46.590 --> 00:43:49.909
like<00:43:47.070><c> step</c><00:43:47.369><c> one,</c><00:43:47.949><c> step</c><00:43:48.429><c> two.</c><00:43:48.849><c> That's</c><00:43:49.050><c> what</c><00:43:49.230><c> Paul</c><00:43:49.469><c> is</c><00:43:49.690><c> giving</c>

00:43:49.909 --> 00:43:53.730
them.<00:43:51.590><c> And</c><00:43:51.730><c> so</c><00:43:51.829><c> he</c><00:43:51.929><c> continues</c><00:43:52.289><c> in</c><00:43:52.449><c> the</c><00:43:52.570><c> 15th</c><00:43:53.090><c> verse.</c><00:43:53.630><c> He</c>

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says,<00:43:54.030><c> for</c><00:43:54.030><c> this</c><00:43:54.369><c> we</c><00:43:54.610><c> say</c><00:43:54.789><c> unto</c><00:43:54.989><c> you</c><00:43:55.170><c> by</c><00:43:55.369><c> the</c><00:43:55.610><c> word</c><00:43:55.730><c> of</c><00:43:55.889><c> the</c><00:43:56.050><c> Lord,</c><00:43:57.050><c> that</c><00:43:57.170><c> we</c>

00:43:57.489 --> 00:43:59.630
which<00:43:57.710><c> are</c><00:43:57.989><c> alive</c><00:43:58.369><c> and</c><00:43:58.690><c> remain</c><00:43:59.170><c> under</c><00:43:59.409><c> the</c>

00:43:59.630 --> 00:44:02.610
coming<00:43:59.789><c> of</c><00:43:59.989><c> the</c><00:44:00.170><c> Lord</c><00:44:00.530><c> shall</c><00:44:00.969><c> not</c><00:44:01.389><c> prevent</c><00:44:01.889><c> them</c><00:44:02.210><c> which</c><00:44:02.429><c> are</c>

00:44:02.610 --> 00:44:05.750
asleep.<00:44:04.170><c> For</c><00:44:04.289><c> the</c><00:44:04.469><c> Lord</c><00:44:04.630><c> himself</c><00:44:05.150><c> shall</c><00:44:05.369><c> descend</c>

00:44:05.750 --> 00:44:09.849
from<00:44:05.969><c> heaven</c><00:44:06.409><c> with</c><00:44:06.869><c> a</c><00:44:07.110><c> shout,</c><00:44:07.929><c> with</c><00:44:08.170><c> the</c><00:44:08.329><c> voice</c><00:44:08.510><c> of</c><00:44:08.670><c> the</c><00:44:08.849><c> archangel,</c><00:44:09.610><c> and</c>

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with<00:44:10.050><c> the</c><00:44:10.269><c> trump</c><00:44:10.389><c> of</c><00:44:10.570><c> God,</c>

00:44:11.349 --> 00:44:17.389
and<00:44:11.530><c> the</c><00:44:11.730><c> dead</c><00:44:11.909><c> in</c><00:44:12.130><c> Christ</c><00:44:12.650><c> shall</c><00:44:13.130><c> rise</c><00:44:13.590><c> first.</c><00:44:16.469><c> A</c><00:44:16.829><c> masterly</c>

00:44:17.389 --> 00:44:19.090
statement,<00:44:17.829><c> brethren</c><00:44:18.010><c> and</c><00:44:18.170><c> sisters.</c>

00:44:19.429 --> 00:44:23.550
This<00:44:19.750><c> statement</c><00:44:20.110><c> is</c><00:44:20.409><c> designed</c><00:44:20.789><c> to</c><00:44:21.130><c> dispel</c><00:44:21.989><c> any</c><00:44:22.489><c> wrong</c><00:44:22.769><c> conclusions</c><00:44:23.389><c> that</c>

00:44:23.550 --> 00:44:25.030
they<00:44:23.690><c> might</c><00:44:23.889><c> have</c><00:44:24.130><c> had,</c>

00:44:25.809 --> 00:44:29.230
the<00:44:26.030><c> very</c><00:44:26.250><c> words</c><00:44:26.469><c> that</c><00:44:26.670><c> they</c><00:44:26.829><c> needed,</c><00:44:27.889><c> the</c><00:44:28.250><c> very</c><00:44:28.730><c> thing</c><00:44:29.010><c> they</c>

00:44:29.230 --> 00:44:34.570
needed<00:44:29.489><c> to</c><00:44:29.869><c> hear.</c><00:44:31.130><c> The</c><00:44:31.469><c> dead</c><00:44:31.829><c> in</c><00:44:32.210><c> Christ</c><00:44:33.110><c> shall</c><00:44:33.710><c> rise</c>

00:44:34.570 --> 00:44:39.389
first,<00:44:35.429><c> he</c><00:44:35.650><c> says.</c><00:44:37.329><c> That's</c><00:44:37.809><c> what</c><00:44:37.929><c> they</c><00:44:38.110><c> needed.</c><00:44:38.969><c> There's</c><00:44:39.170><c> no</c>

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reason<00:44:39.570><c> to</c><00:44:39.769><c> fear</c><00:44:39.949><c> for</c><00:44:40.130><c> their</c><00:44:40.329><c> loved</c><00:44:40.530><c> ones.</c>

00:44:41.789 --> 00:44:43.550
There's<00:44:41.969><c> no</c><00:44:42.170><c> reason</c><00:44:42.369><c> to</c><00:44:42.570><c> think</c><00:44:42.710><c> that</c><00:44:42.809><c> they're</c><00:44:43.010><c> going</c><00:44:43.130><c> to</c><00:44:43.309><c> take</c>

00:44:43.550 --> 00:44:45.969
second<00:44:43.809><c> place</c><00:44:44.230><c> or</c><00:44:44.429><c> have</c><00:44:44.610><c> some</c><00:44:45.269><c> disadvantage</c>

00:44:45.969 --> 00:44:51.210
at<00:44:46.150><c> the</c><00:44:46.289><c> return</c><00:44:46.550><c> of</c><00:44:46.730><c> Christ.</c><00:44:47.489><c> Those</c><00:44:47.750><c> that</c><00:44:47.949><c> are</c><00:44:48.170><c> alive</c><00:44:48.429><c> shall</c><00:44:48.690><c> not</c><00:44:48.949><c> prevent,</c><00:44:50.090><c> that's</c><00:44:50.949><c> not</c><00:44:51.130><c> a</c>

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good<00:44:51.389><c> translation</c>

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actually.<00:44:53.210><c> It</c><00:44:53.690><c> actually</c><00:44:53.949><c> means</c><00:44:54.150><c> to</c><00:44:54.409><c> proceed</c><00:44:55.050><c> or</c><00:44:56.230><c> to</c><00:44:56.489><c> be</c><00:44:56.750><c> beforehand.</c><00:44:58.929><c> They're</c><00:44:59.090><c> not</c>

00:44:59.230 --> 00:45:00.610
going<00:44:59.369><c> to</c><00:44:59.570><c> come</c><00:44:59.809><c> before</c><00:45:00.289><c> those</c>

00:45:00.610 --> 00:45:06.130
that<00:45:00.869><c> have</c><00:45:00.869><c> fallen</c><00:45:01.070><c> asleep</c><00:45:01.469><c> in</c><00:45:01.630><c> Christ.</c><00:45:04.250><c> And</c><00:45:04.309><c> so</c><00:45:04.469><c> his</c><00:45:04.650><c> explanation</c><00:45:05.190><c> continues,</c><00:45:05.929><c> verse</c>

00:45:06.130 --> 00:45:09.650
17.<00:45:08.550><c> He</c><00:45:08.550><c> says,</c><00:45:09.150><c> then</c>

00:45:09.949 --> 00:45:13.590
we<00:45:10.570><c> which</c><00:45:10.769><c> are</c><00:45:11.050><c> alive</c><00:45:11.349><c> and</c><00:45:11.650><c> remain</c><00:45:11.969><c> shall</c><00:45:12.170><c> be</c><00:45:12.489><c> caught</c><00:45:12.710><c> up</c><00:45:12.949><c> together</c><00:45:13.269><c> with</c>

00:45:13.590 --> 00:45:16.570
them<00:45:14.030><c> in</c><00:45:14.369><c> the</c><00:45:14.650><c> clouds</c><00:45:15.190><c> to</c><00:45:15.889><c> meet</c><00:45:16.170><c> the</c><00:45:16.389><c> Lord</c>

00:45:16.570 --> 00:45:23.269
in<00:45:16.769><c> the</c><00:45:16.989><c> air,</c><00:45:18.030><c> and</c><00:45:18.230><c> so</c><00:45:18.510><c> shall</c><00:45:18.690><c> we</c><00:45:18.909><c> ever</c><00:45:19.210><c> be</c><00:45:19.610><c> with</c><00:45:19.909><c> the</c><00:45:20.090><c> Lord.</c><00:45:21.429><c> The</c><00:45:21.909><c> foundation</c><00:45:22.449><c> text</c><00:45:22.949><c> of</c>

00:45:23.269 --> 00:45:25.070
the<00:45:24.010><c> evangelical</c><00:45:24.550><c> doctrine</c>

00:45:25.070 --> 00:45:30.010
of<00:45:25.250><c> the</c><00:45:25.369><c> rapture</c><00:45:25.849><c> of</c><00:45:25.969><c> the</c><00:45:26.170><c> church,</c><00:45:27.710><c> as</c><00:45:27.789><c> it's</c><00:45:28.110><c> sometimes</c><00:45:28.429><c> called.</c><00:45:29.750><c> The</c>

00:45:30.010 --> 00:45:31.730
doctrine<00:45:30.230><c> is</c><00:45:30.449><c> that</c><00:45:30.610><c> Christ</c><00:45:31.010><c> catches</c><00:45:31.409><c> away</c>

00:45:31.730 --> 00:45:35.670
the<00:45:31.969><c> saints,</c><00:45:33.349><c> takes</c><00:45:33.530><c> them</c><00:45:33.690><c> to</c><00:45:33.889><c> heaven.</c><00:45:34.769><c> They</c><00:45:34.869><c> rule</c><00:45:35.150><c> over</c><00:45:35.469><c> the</c>

00:45:35.670 --> 00:45:38.329
earth,<00:45:35.929><c> but</c><00:45:36.050><c> not</c><00:45:36.349><c> on</c><00:45:36.690><c> the</c><00:45:36.869><c> earth.</c><00:45:37.829><c> There's</c><00:45:37.989><c> a</c><00:45:38.130><c> great</c>

00:45:38.329 --> 00:45:43.469
tribulation<00:45:38.949><c> involved,</c><00:45:39.369><c> a</c><00:45:39.610><c> tribulation</c><00:45:40.110><c> period.</c><00:45:42.869><c> I'm</c><00:45:43.250><c> not</c>

00:45:43.469 --> 00:45:45.789
going<00:45:43.650><c> to</c><00:45:43.809><c> spend</c><00:45:44.030><c> time,</c><00:45:44.309><c> brethren</c><00:45:44.590><c> and</c><00:45:44.730><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:46.650 --> 00:45:50.650
worrying<00:45:47.170><c> over</c><00:45:47.690><c> a</c><00:45:48.170><c> false</c><00:45:48.489><c> doctrine.</c><00:45:49.789><c> This</c><00:45:50.010><c> one</c><00:45:50.309><c> verse,</c><00:45:50.510><c> I'll</c>

00:45:50.650 --> 00:45:52.429
just<00:45:50.829><c> tell</c><00:45:50.969><c> you</c><00:45:51.070><c> that</c><00:45:51.170><c> this</c><00:45:51.389><c> one</c><00:45:51.650><c> verse</c><00:45:51.949><c> is</c><00:45:52.170><c> the</c>

00:45:52.429 --> 00:45:56.030
basis<00:45:52.769><c> of</c><00:45:52.949><c> it</c><00:45:53.449><c> for</c><00:45:53.750><c> this</c><00:45:53.949><c> idea.</c><00:45:54.889><c> There</c><00:45:54.949><c> are</c><00:45:55.210><c> positive</c><00:45:55.710><c> things</c>

00:45:56.030 --> 00:45:58.030
here,<00:45:56.570><c> positive</c><00:45:57.090><c> things</c><00:45:57.389><c> that</c><00:45:57.550><c> go</c><00:45:57.670><c> throughout</c>

00:45:58.030 --> 00:46:02.570
this<00:45:58.269><c> letter.</c><00:45:59.869><c> One</c><00:46:00.210><c> fact</c><00:46:00.550><c> pressed</c><00:46:00.929><c> home,</c><00:46:01.849><c> the</c><00:46:01.989><c> Thessalonians</c>

00:46:02.570 --> 00:46:04.349
had<00:46:02.869><c> no</c><00:46:03.150><c> doubt</c><00:46:03.329><c> about</c><00:46:03.570><c> this</c><00:46:03.809><c> one</c><00:46:04.110><c> fact,</c>

00:46:04.650 --> 00:46:09.429
that<00:46:04.789><c> is</c><00:46:04.969><c> the</c><00:46:05.090><c> Lord</c><00:46:05.349><c> is</c><00:46:05.650><c> coming.</c><00:46:07.010><c> They</c><00:46:07.289><c> were</c><00:46:07.510><c> waiting,</c><00:46:09.230><c> and</c>

00:46:09.429 --> 00:46:12.969
nowhere<00:46:09.789><c> does</c><00:46:10.010><c> this</c><00:46:10.269><c> passage</c><00:46:10.630><c> teach</c><00:46:11.309><c> that</c><00:46:12.369><c> the</c><00:46:12.769><c> saints</c>

00:46:12.969 --> 00:46:16.909
are<00:46:13.230><c> taken</c><00:46:13.429><c> to</c><00:46:13.670><c> heaven.</c><00:46:13.909><c> You</c><00:46:14.010><c> won't</c><00:46:14.289><c> find</c><00:46:14.570><c> that</c><00:46:14.809><c> there</c><00:46:14.969><c> in</c><00:46:15.090><c> this</c><00:46:15.309><c> passage.</c><00:46:16.690><c> It</c>

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speaks<00:46:17.050><c> about</c><00:46:17.269><c> the</c><00:46:17.570><c> air,</c><00:46:17.829><c> doesn't</c><00:46:18.130><c> it?</c>

00:46:19.019 --> 00:46:21.269
It<00:46:19.269><c> speaks</c><00:46:19.590><c> about</c><00:46:20.110><c> the</c><00:46:20.429><c> fact</c><00:46:20.570><c> that</c><00:46:20.690><c> they're</c><00:46:20.769><c> going</c><00:46:20.909><c> to</c><00:46:21.070><c> meet</c>

00:46:21.269 --> 00:46:24.650
the<00:46:21.469><c> Lord</c><00:46:21.730><c> in</c><00:46:22.010><c> the</c><00:46:22.250><c> air.</c><00:46:23.849><c> That</c><00:46:24.090><c> word</c><00:46:24.269><c> actually</c>

00:46:24.650 --> 00:46:30.369
means<00:46:24.869><c> to</c><00:46:25.150><c> breathe</c><00:46:26.090><c> or</c><00:46:26.730><c> to</c><00:46:27.429><c> respire.</c><00:46:29.110><c> As</c><00:46:29.369><c> far</c><00:46:29.610><c> as</c><00:46:29.750><c> I</c><00:46:29.829><c> know,</c><00:46:30.110><c> air</c>

00:46:30.369 --> 00:46:33.730
only<00:46:31.409><c> extends</c><00:46:31.969><c> just</c><00:46:32.409><c> a</c><00:46:32.590><c> few</c><00:46:32.750><c> miles</c><00:46:33.130><c> above</c><00:46:33.389><c> the</c>

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earth's<00:46:34.210><c> surface.</c><00:46:37.730><c> I</c><00:46:38.230><c> don't</c><00:46:38.389><c> know</c><00:46:38.530><c> about</c><00:46:38.650><c> you,</c><00:46:39.110><c> brethren</c><00:46:39.130><c> and</c>

00:46:39.369 --> 00:46:42.179
sisters,<00:46:39.550><c> but</c><00:46:39.730><c> I'm</c><00:46:41.190><c> not</c><00:46:41.429><c> really</c>

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:47.400
keen<00:46:43.260><c> on</c><00:46:43.719><c> spending</c><00:46:44.059><c> eternity</c><00:46:44.679><c> suspended</c><00:46:45.260><c> in</c><00:46:45.500><c> midair.</c><00:46:47.260><c> Does</c>

00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:49.840
that<00:46:47.519><c> appeal</c><00:46:47.820><c> to</c><00:46:48.000><c> you,</c><00:46:48.800><c> that</c><00:46:49.019><c> idea?</c>

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:58.820
I<00:46:52.840><c> want</c><00:46:52.960><c> to</c><00:46:53.019><c> be</c><00:46:53.079><c> with</c><00:46:53.280><c> Christ</c><00:46:53.579><c> on</c><00:46:53.780><c> this</c><00:46:53.960><c> earth.</c><00:46:56.539><c> I</c><00:46:56.760><c> want</c><00:46:56.920><c> to</c><00:46:57.099><c> walk</c><00:46:57.260><c> with</c><00:46:57.460><c> Abraham,</c><00:46:58.119><c> Isaac,</c><00:46:58.659><c> and</c>

00:46:58.820 --> 00:47:00.400
Jacob,<00:46:59.340><c> and</c><00:46:59.599><c> David,</c>

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and<00:47:00.699><c> Noah,</c><00:47:01.239><c> and</c><00:47:01.460><c> Moses,</c><00:47:02.360><c> and</c><00:47:02.719><c> Peter,</c><00:47:03.179><c> and</c><00:47:03.360><c> all</c><00:47:03.519><c> these</c><00:47:04.420><c> names</c>

00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:06.519
that<00:47:05.000><c> just</c><00:47:05.320><c> jump</c><00:47:05.480><c> out</c><00:47:05.739><c> to</c><00:47:05.780><c> us</c><00:47:05.900><c> from</c><00:47:06.039><c> the</c><00:47:06.260><c> scripture</c>

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:10.039
that<00:47:06.679><c> we</c><00:47:07.119><c> long</c><00:47:07.679><c> to</c><00:47:07.960><c> see</c><00:47:08.179><c> and</c><00:47:08.340><c> we</c><00:47:08.559><c> long</c><00:47:08.760><c> to</c><00:47:08.920><c> be</c><00:47:09.119><c> with</c><00:47:09.300><c> them.</c><00:47:09.519><c> I</c><00:47:09.739><c> want</c><00:47:09.920><c> to</c>

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:11.980
walk<00:47:10.280><c> with</c><00:47:10.420><c> them</c><00:47:10.539><c> on</c><00:47:10.699><c> this</c><00:47:10.920><c> earth.</c>

00:47:12.719 --> 00:47:15.239
I<00:47:12.860><c> want</c><00:47:13.039><c> to</c><00:47:13.159><c> walk</c><00:47:13.420><c> about</c><00:47:13.699><c> Jerusalem</c><00:47:14.280><c> and</c><00:47:14.400><c> say</c><00:47:14.559><c> how</c><00:47:14.820><c> beautiful</c>

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for<00:47:15.460><c> situation</c><00:47:16.039><c> is</c><00:47:16.360><c> Zion,</c><00:47:16.760><c> the</c><00:47:16.940><c> joy</c><00:47:17.119><c> of</c>

00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:24.099
the<00:47:17.420><c> whole</c><00:47:17.699><c> earth.</c><00:47:20.699><c> That's</c><00:47:20.980><c> what</c><00:47:21.099><c> I</c><00:47:21.300><c> want,</c><00:47:21.619><c> brethren</c><00:47:21.800><c> and</c><00:47:21.960><c> sisters.</c><00:47:23.639><c> That's</c><00:47:23.840><c> what</c><00:47:24.000><c> the</c>

00:47:24.099 --> 00:47:25.420
Bible<00:47:24.360><c> teaches</c><00:47:24.699><c> me.</c>

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By<00:47:27.059><c> the</c><00:47:27.199><c> grace</c><00:47:27.400><c> of</c><00:47:27.619><c> God,</c><00:47:29.239><c> I'll</c><00:47:29.659><c> be</c><00:47:29.880><c> there.</c>

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But<00:47:37.400><c> he</c><00:47:37.500><c> says</c><00:47:37.659><c> in</c><00:47:37.739><c> this</c><00:47:37.980><c> verse,</c><00:47:38.320><c> just</c><00:47:38.579><c> a</c><00:47:38.679><c> few</c><00:47:38.920><c> of</c><00:47:39.039><c> these</c><00:47:39.239><c> little</c>

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:41.000
expressions<00:47:40.059><c> here.</c><00:47:40.400><c> Maybe</c><00:47:40.539><c> we</c><00:47:40.659><c> should</c><00:47:40.780><c> just</c>

00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:46.239
think<00:47:41.159><c> about</c><00:47:41.360><c> a</c><00:47:41.519><c> couple</c><00:47:41.679><c> of</c><00:47:41.840><c> these</c><00:47:42.079><c> things</c><00:47:42.260><c> just</c><00:47:42.500><c> in</c><00:47:43.300><c> the</c><00:47:43.400><c> final</c><00:47:43.840><c> minute</c><00:47:44.940><c> or</c><00:47:45.199><c> so.</c>

00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:52.320
He<00:47:48.500><c> says</c><00:47:48.739><c> that,</c><00:47:50.380><c> we</c><00:47:50.380><c> which</c><00:47:50.579><c> are</c><00:47:50.860><c> alive</c><00:47:51.139><c> and</c><00:47:51.500><c> remain</c><00:47:51.780><c> shall</c><00:47:51.960><c> be</c>

00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:56.460
caught<00:47:52.500><c> up</c><00:47:53.019><c> together</c><00:47:53.559><c> with</c><00:47:54.179><c> them</c><00:47:54.639><c> in</c><00:47:55.139><c> the</c><00:47:55.420><c> clouds.</c>

00:47:57.559 --> 00:48:00.840
Caught<00:47:58.039><c> up</c><00:47:58.519><c> together</c><00:47:59.539><c> with</c><00:47:59.980><c> them.</c><00:48:00.219><c> In</c><00:48:00.340><c> other</c><00:48:00.460><c> words,</c><00:48:00.599><c> those</c>

00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:02.420
that<00:48:00.940><c> have</c><00:48:01.079><c> been</c><00:48:01.239><c> raised</c><00:48:01.500><c> from</c><00:48:01.699><c> the</c><00:48:01.880><c> dead</c>

00:48:02.420 --> 00:48:05.599
is<00:48:02.699><c> coming,</c><00:48:03.679><c> joined</c><00:48:04.119><c> together</c><00:48:04.559><c> with</c><00:48:04.719><c> those</c><00:48:04.980><c> that</c><00:48:05.139><c> are</c><00:48:05.280><c> alive</c>

00:48:05.599 --> 00:48:08.780
and<00:48:05.900><c> remain,</c><00:48:06.679><c> and</c><00:48:06.940><c> caught</c><00:48:07.079><c> up</c><00:48:07.539><c> together</c>

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:13.380
with<00:48:10.099><c> them.</c><00:48:11.420><c> That</c><00:48:11.719><c> idea</c><00:48:11.980><c> of</c><00:48:12.019><c> being</c><00:48:12.360><c> caught</c><00:48:12.659><c> up</c><00:48:12.880><c> just</c><00:48:13.099><c> simply</c>

00:48:13.380 --> 00:48:16.059
means<00:48:13.659><c> to</c><00:48:14.059><c> snatch</c><00:48:14.400><c> away</c><00:48:14.719><c> or</c><00:48:15.079><c> to</c><00:48:15.480><c> catch</c><00:48:15.719><c> away.</c>

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:21.420
By<00:48:16.440><c> the</c><00:48:16.579><c> way,</c><00:48:16.800><c> it's</c><00:48:16.920><c> not</c><00:48:17.199><c> up.</c><00:48:18.659><c> There's</c><00:48:18.840><c> no</c><00:48:19.179><c> indication</c><00:48:19.780><c> in</c><00:48:20.039><c> that</c><00:48:20.340><c> expression</c><00:48:20.840><c> of</c>

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:22.559
up,<00:48:21.980><c> brethren</c><00:48:22.099><c> and</c><00:48:22.300><c> sisters.</c>

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:28.239
All<00:48:23.059><c> it</c><00:48:23.199><c> means</c><00:48:23.400><c> is</c><00:48:23.579><c> to</c><00:48:23.679><c> be</c><00:48:24.079><c> taken</c><00:48:24.619><c> away</c><00:48:25.019><c> quickly</c><00:48:25.360><c> or</c><00:48:25.579><c> caught</c><00:48:25.880><c> away</c><00:48:26.219><c> quickly.</c><00:48:27.800><c> There's</c><00:48:28.019><c> no</c>

00:48:28.239 --> 00:48:30.440
direction<00:48:28.699><c> indicated</c><00:48:29.199><c> in</c><00:48:29.400><c> it.</c>

00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.380
You<00:48:31.480><c> want</c><00:48:31.659><c> an</c><00:48:31.840><c> example,</c><00:48:32.300><c> and</c><00:48:32.480><c> again,</c><00:48:32.719><c> I'll</c><00:48:32.880><c> say</c><00:48:33.000><c> don't</c><00:48:33.179><c> look</c>

00:48:33.380 --> 00:48:36.219
this<00:48:33.599><c> up,</c><00:48:34.179><c> but</c><00:48:34.480><c> you</c><00:48:34.800><c> look</c><00:48:34.940><c> at</c><00:48:35.059><c> the</c><00:48:35.260><c> example</c><00:48:35.579><c> of</c><00:48:35.840><c> Philip</c>

00:48:36.219 --> 00:48:39.079
in<00:48:36.619><c> Acts</c><00:48:36.920><c> chapter</c><00:48:37.260><c> 8,</c><00:48:37.840><c> and</c><00:48:37.940><c> you'll</c><00:48:38.179><c> see</c><00:48:38.300><c> that</c><00:48:38.440><c> he</c><00:48:38.519><c> was</c><00:48:38.820><c> caught</c>

00:48:39.079 --> 00:48:41.880
away<00:48:39.500><c> to</c><00:48:39.880><c> a</c><00:48:40.079><c> place</c><00:48:40.260><c> called</c><00:48:40.599><c> Azotus.</c><00:48:41.440><c> From</c><00:48:41.599><c> one</c>

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:45.219
place<00:48:42.159><c> to</c><00:48:42.380><c> another,</c><00:48:42.980><c> not</c><00:48:43.239><c> up</c><00:48:43.460><c> by</c><00:48:43.699><c> the</c><00:48:43.860><c> way,</c><00:48:44.340><c> just</c><00:48:44.679><c> caught</c><00:48:44.880><c> away</c>

00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:47.440
and<00:48:45.440><c> appeared</c><00:48:45.719><c> in</c><00:48:45.920><c> another</c><00:48:46.119><c> place</c><00:48:46.699><c> here</c><00:48:47.019><c> on</c><00:48:47.239><c> this</c>

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:52.159
earth.<00:48:48.139><c> Same</c><00:48:48.400><c> word,</c><00:48:49.219><c> same</c><00:48:49.480><c> idea.</c><00:48:51.019><c> But</c><00:48:51.139><c> we're</c><00:48:51.340><c> caught</c><00:48:51.500><c> away</c><00:48:51.760><c> in</c>

00:48:52.159 --> 00:48:55.440
clouds,<00:48:52.739><c> it</c><00:48:53.000><c> says.</c><00:48:54.320><c> I</c><00:48:54.719><c> don't</c><00:48:54.840><c> know</c><00:48:54.920><c> if</c><00:48:54.960><c> you</c><00:48:55.139><c> think</c><00:48:55.300><c> of</c>

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:59.940
these<00:48:55.739><c> as</c><00:48:55.739><c> these</c><00:48:56.199><c> white,</c><00:48:57.340><c> puffy,</c><00:48:58.340><c> cumulus</c><00:48:58.860><c> cloud</c><00:48:59.280><c> kind</c><00:48:59.659><c> of</c><00:48:59.780><c> a</c>

00:48:59.940 --> 00:49:03.780
thing.<00:49:02.519><c> What</c><00:49:02.659><c> I</c><00:49:02.800><c> think</c><00:49:02.980><c> about</c><00:49:03.179><c> when</c><00:49:03.280><c> I</c><00:49:03.440><c> think</c><00:49:03.559><c> about</c>

00:49:03.780 --> 00:49:05.980
the<00:49:04.059><c> clouds</c><00:49:04.400><c> is</c><00:49:04.579><c> I</c><00:49:04.679><c> think</c><00:49:04.860><c> about</c><00:49:05.099><c> the</c><00:49:05.260><c> ascension</c><00:49:05.559><c> of</c><00:49:05.719><c> the</c><00:49:05.800><c> Lord</c>

00:49:05.980 --> 00:49:07.860
Jesus<00:49:06.400><c> Christ,</c><00:49:07.179><c> brethren</c><00:49:07.320><c> and</c><00:49:07.519><c> sisters.</c>

00:49:08.159 --> 00:49:11.739
When<00:49:08.219><c> he</c><00:49:08.340><c> was</c><00:49:08.500><c> taken</c><00:49:08.800><c> from</c><00:49:09.119><c> them,</c><00:49:10.400><c> clouds</c><00:49:10.760><c> received</c><00:49:11.380><c> him</c><00:49:11.559><c> out</c>

00:49:11.739 --> 00:49:14.719
of<00:49:11.860><c> their</c><00:49:12.079><c> sight.</c><00:49:13.860><c> When</c><00:49:13.980><c> he</c><00:49:14.139><c> comes</c><00:49:14.420><c> again,</c>

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:18.260
the<00:49:14.940><c> revelation</c><00:49:15.380><c> says</c><00:49:15.659><c> in</c><00:49:15.820><c> the</c><00:49:15.960><c> first</c><00:49:16.179><c> chapter</c><00:49:16.500><c> in</c><00:49:16.659><c> the</c><00:49:16.780><c> seventh</c><00:49:17.019><c> verse,</c><00:49:17.519><c> behold,</c><00:49:18.079><c> he</c>

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cometh<00:49:18.400><c> with</c><00:49:18.699><c> clouds.</c>

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In<00:49:20.179><c> like</c><00:49:20.440><c> manner</c><00:49:20.719><c> as</c><00:49:20.920><c> they</c><00:49:21.119><c> saw</c><00:49:21.280><c> him</c><00:49:21.519><c> go,</c><00:49:22.099><c> so</c><00:49:22.360><c> he</c><00:49:22.519><c> shall</c><00:49:22.639><c> come</c>

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:24.460
unto<00:49:23.139><c> them.</c><00:49:23.500><c> We</c><00:49:23.699><c> know</c><00:49:23.940><c> these</c><00:49:24.239><c> things,</c>

00:49:24.460 --> 00:49:29.219
we're<00:49:24.579><c> very</c><00:49:24.840><c> familiar</c><00:49:25.099><c> with</c><00:49:25.280><c> this.</c><00:49:27.360><c> It's</c><00:49:27.420><c> what</c><00:49:27.599><c> the</c><00:49:27.860><c> old</c><00:49:28.159><c> brethren</c><00:49:28.480><c> years</c><00:49:28.800><c> ago</c>

00:49:29.219 --> 00:49:31.219
used<00:49:29.460><c> to</c><00:49:29.699><c> speak</c><00:49:29.860><c> of</c><00:49:30.019><c> as</c><00:49:30.179><c> the</c><00:49:30.380><c> Shekinah</c>

00:49:31.219 --> 00:49:33.880
glory<00:49:31.739><c> of</c><00:49:32.059><c> God.</c><00:49:32.460><c> We</c><00:49:32.480><c> don't</c><00:49:32.639><c> hear</c><00:49:32.820><c> that</c><00:49:33.039><c> expression</c><00:49:33.420><c> very</c><00:49:33.699><c> much</c>

00:49:33.880 --> 00:49:36.739
anymore.<00:49:34.860><c> Maybe</c><00:49:35.039><c> it's</c><00:49:35.340><c> faded</c><00:49:35.579><c> from</c><00:49:35.900><c> our</c><00:49:36.460><c> thinking</c>

00:49:36.739 --> 00:49:40.679
a<00:49:36.960><c> bit,</c><00:49:37.780><c> but</c><00:49:37.940><c> it's</c><00:49:38.139><c> the</c><00:49:38.320><c> glory</c><00:49:38.559><c> that</c><00:49:38.940><c> shone</c><00:49:39.219><c> forth</c><00:49:39.559><c> in</c><00:49:39.739><c> the</c><00:49:40.019><c> tabernacle</c><00:49:40.519><c> in</c>

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the<00:49:40.800><c> most</c><00:49:41.059><c> holy</c><00:49:41.360><c> place,</c>

00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:46.099
and<00:49:43.320><c> was</c><00:49:43.460><c> the</c><00:49:43.659><c> light</c><00:49:43.820><c> for</c><00:49:44.039><c> that</c><00:49:44.300><c> place</c><00:49:44.619><c> that</c><00:49:45.219><c> emanated</c><00:49:45.800><c> forth</c>

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from<00:49:46.280><c> the</c><00:49:46.500><c> mercy</c><00:49:46.840><c> seat.</c>

00:49:48.539 --> 00:49:53.659
The<00:49:49.099><c> Shekinah</c><00:49:49.619><c> glory</c><00:49:49.940><c> of</c><00:49:50.219><c> God</c><00:49:50.679><c> and</c><00:49:52.079><c> many,</c><00:49:52.400><c> many</c><00:49:52.619><c> examples</c><00:49:53.139><c> that</c><00:49:53.340><c> we</c>

00:49:53.659 --> 00:49:55.079
could<00:49:53.760><c> think</c><00:49:54.039><c> about</c><00:49:54.280><c> in</c><00:49:54.440><c> this</c>

00:49:55.079 --> 00:50:01.099
regard.<00:49:56.960><c> We're</c><00:49:57.179><c> caught</c><00:49:57.340><c> up</c><00:49:57.539><c> into</c><00:49:57.719><c> that,</c><00:49:59.019><c> and</c><00:49:59.380><c> I</c><00:50:00.099><c> think</c><00:50:00.300><c> in</c><00:50:00.599><c> this</c><00:50:00.820><c> there</c><00:50:00.960><c> is</c>

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a<00:50:01.340><c> relationship,</c>

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one<00:50:02.519><c> that</c><00:50:02.739><c> we</c><00:50:03.199><c> just</c><00:50:03.440><c> can't</c><00:50:04.119><c> put</c><00:50:04.320><c> aside</c><00:50:04.800><c> because</c><00:50:05.079><c> it's</c><00:50:05.300><c> real,</c>

00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:07.840
and<00:50:06.139><c> that</c><00:50:06.260><c> is</c><00:50:06.380><c> that</c><00:50:06.480><c> we're</c><00:50:06.780><c> joined</c><00:50:06.980><c> together</c><00:50:07.380><c> with</c><00:50:07.579><c> the</c>

00:50:07.840 --> 00:50:10.599
faithful<00:50:08.179><c> saints</c><00:50:08.599><c> of</c><00:50:09.099><c> all</c><00:50:09.400><c> the</c><00:50:09.579><c> ages</c><00:50:09.699><c> of</c><00:50:09.960><c> history,</c><00:50:10.460><c> brethren</c>

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and<00:50:10.820><c> sisters,</c><00:50:11.780><c> drawn</c><00:50:11.920><c> up</c><00:50:12.880><c> from</c><00:50:13.760><c> the</c><00:50:14.079><c> earth</c>

00:50:14.280 --> 00:50:19.880
in<00:50:14.380><c> a</c><00:50:14.719><c> spiritual</c><00:50:15.260><c> sense</c><00:50:15.880><c> by</c><00:50:16.840><c> that</c><00:50:17.159><c> one</c><00:50:17.340><c> who</c><00:50:17.480><c> is</c><00:50:17.780><c> called</c><00:50:17.960><c> the</c><00:50:18.239><c> son</c><00:50:18.460><c> of</c><00:50:18.699><c> righteousness,</c>

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whose<00:50:21.039><c> healing</c><00:50:21.739><c> beams</c><00:50:22.260><c> draw</c><00:50:22.860><c> to</c><00:50:23.159><c> him,</c><00:50:24.400><c> all</c><00:50:24.679><c> these</c><00:50:24.920><c> who</c><00:50:25.440><c> will</c>

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:28.880
make<00:50:25.780><c> up</c><00:50:26.079><c> this</c><00:50:26.699><c> great</c><00:50:27.280><c> cloud</c><00:50:27.699><c> of</c><00:50:27.960><c> witnesses.</c>

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:34.639
When<00:50:30.780><c> you</c><00:50:30.920><c> come</c><00:50:31.039><c> into</c><00:50:31.199><c> the</c><00:50:31.360><c> twelfth</c><00:50:31.659><c> chapter</c><00:50:31.940><c> of</c><00:50:32.079><c> the</c><00:50:32.260><c> Hebrews,</c><00:50:33.360><c> following</c><00:50:33.780><c> on</c><00:50:34.059><c> that</c>

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catalog<00:50:35.079><c> of</c><00:50:35.420><c> faith,</c>

00:50:36.940 --> 00:50:41.079
first<00:50:37.119><c> verse</c><00:50:37.400><c> of</c><00:50:37.579><c> the</c><00:50:37.719><c> twelfth</c><00:50:37.960><c> chapter</c><00:50:38.320><c> says,</c><00:50:38.579><c> seeing</c><00:50:38.940><c> we</c><00:50:39.219><c> are</c><00:50:39.380><c> compassed</c><00:50:39.880><c> about</c><00:50:40.159><c> with</c><00:50:40.639><c> so</c>

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great<00:50:41.300><c> a</c><00:50:41.579><c> cloud</c><00:50:41.780><c> of</c>

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witnesses.<00:50:44.219><c> The</c><00:50:44.400><c> word</c><00:50:44.599><c> cloud</c><00:50:44.840><c> is</c><00:50:45.000><c> a</c><00:50:45.000><c> different</c><00:50:45.300><c> word</c><00:50:45.539><c> there,</c>

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I'll<00:50:45.900><c> just</c><00:50:46.099><c> tell</c><00:50:46.219><c> you</c><00:50:46.320><c> that.</c><00:50:47.420><c> But</c><00:50:47.539><c> I'm</c><00:50:47.579><c> saying</c>

00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:50.179
that<00:50:47.900><c> this</c><00:50:48.039><c> is</c><00:50:48.239><c> the</c><00:50:48.400><c> thought,</c><00:50:48.760><c> brethren</c><00:50:48.900><c> and</c><00:50:49.059><c> sisters,</c><00:50:49.599><c> that</c>

00:50:50.179 --> 00:50:52.679
is<00:50:50.440><c> all</c><00:50:50.659><c> encompassed</c><00:50:51.260><c> in</c><00:50:51.360><c> these</c><00:50:51.719><c> things</c><00:50:51.940><c> and</c><00:50:52.119><c> are</c>

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joining<00:50:52.940><c> together</c><00:50:53.380><c> with</c><00:50:53.579><c> the</c><00:50:53.800><c> saints</c><00:50:53.980><c> of</c><00:50:54.199><c> all</c><00:50:54.440><c> ages</c><00:50:54.679><c> and</c><00:50:54.820><c> with</c>

00:50:55.019 --> 00:50:57.360
our<00:50:55.139><c> Lord</c><00:50:55.340><c> Jesus</c><00:50:55.760><c> Christ</c><00:50:56.199><c> to</c><00:50:56.539><c> meet</c><00:50:56.820><c> him</c>

00:50:57.360 --> 00:51:00.139
in<00:50:57.719><c> clouds</c><00:50:58.019><c> in</c><00:50:58.780><c> this</c><00:50:59.019><c> sense.</c><00:50:59.219><c> These</c><00:50:59.440><c> are</c><00:50:59.639><c> the</c><00:50:59.780><c> thoughts</c><00:50:59.980><c> that</c>

00:51:00.139 --> 00:51:02.199
come<00:51:00.320><c> from</c><00:51:00.500><c> the</c><00:51:00.639><c> word</c><00:51:00.780><c> of</c><00:51:01.059><c> God</c>

00:51:03.739 --> 00:51:06.840
and<00:51:04.179><c> have</c><00:51:04.420><c> special</c><00:51:04.699><c> meaning</c><00:51:05.019><c> to</c><00:51:05.199><c> us</c><00:51:05.480><c> because</c><00:51:05.800><c> of</c><00:51:05.960><c> that.</c>

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I'll<00:51:09.079><c> just</c><00:51:09.079><c> turn</c><00:51:09.340><c> to</c><00:51:09.480><c> the</c><00:51:09.539><c> Gospel</c><00:51:09.920><c> of</c><00:51:10.079><c> John.</c><00:51:10.360><c> This</c><00:51:10.480><c> will</c><00:51:10.659><c> be</c><00:51:10.800><c> our</c><00:51:10.940><c> final</c><00:51:11.360><c> thought</c><00:51:11.639><c> as</c><00:51:11.820><c> we</c>

00:51:13.219 --> 00:51:15.639
draw<00:51:13.639><c> our</c><00:51:13.940><c> thoughts</c><00:51:14.139><c> to</c><00:51:14.340><c> a</c><00:51:14.500><c> conclusion</c><00:51:14.920><c> here.</c>

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John<00:51:20.860><c> chapter</c><00:51:21.280><c> 10.</c>

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It's<00:51:29.860><c> a</c><00:51:30.000><c> good</c><00:51:30.199><c> shepherd</c><00:51:30.500><c> chapter,</c><00:51:30.960><c> isn't</c><00:51:31.159><c> it?</c><00:51:31.639><c> You</c><00:51:31.800><c> like</c><00:51:31.940><c> to</c>

00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:33.840
put<00:51:32.199><c> titles</c><00:51:32.519><c> on</c><00:51:32.760><c> chapters,</c><00:51:33.280><c> brethren</c><00:51:33.480><c> and</c><00:51:33.699><c> sisters.</c>

00:51:33.840 --> 00:51:38.679
I<00:51:33.940><c> like</c><00:51:34.119><c> to</c><00:51:34.300><c> do</c><00:51:34.460><c> this</c><00:51:34.719><c> and</c><00:51:35.000><c> this</c><00:51:35.980><c> is</c><00:51:36.139><c> the</c><00:51:36.239><c> good</c><00:51:36.460><c> shepherd</c><00:51:36.800><c> chapter.</c><00:51:38.519><c> Just</c>

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going<00:51:38.880><c> in</c><00:51:39.059><c> at</c><00:51:39.179><c> verse</c><00:51:39.380><c> 11,</c>

00:51:41.860 --> 00:51:46.139
I<00:51:42.059><c> am</c><00:51:42.179><c> the</c><00:51:42.380><c> good</c><00:51:42.579><c> shepherd.</c><00:51:44.619><c> The</c><00:51:44.739><c> good</c><00:51:44.980><c> shepherd</c><00:51:45.400><c> giveth</c><00:51:45.760><c> his</c>

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life<00:51:46.840><c> for</c><00:51:47.340><c> the</c><00:51:47.579><c> sheep,</c>

00:51:49.260 --> 00:51:52.320
but<00:51:49.360><c> he</c><00:51:49.500><c> that</c><00:51:49.599><c> is</c><00:51:49.719><c> in</c><00:51:49.940><c> hireling</c><00:51:50.320><c> and</c><00:51:50.500><c> not</c><00:51:50.679><c> the</c><00:51:50.940><c> shepherd,</c><00:51:51.880><c> whose</c><00:51:52.039><c> own</c>

00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:53.159
the<00:51:52.559><c> sheep</c><00:51:52.719><c> are</c><00:51:52.920><c> not,</c>

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seeth<00:51:53.539><c> the</c><00:51:53.780><c> wolf</c><00:51:54.039><c> coming,</c><00:51:55.539><c> leaveth</c><00:51:55.719><c> the</c><00:51:56.000><c> sheep</c><00:51:56.199><c> and</c><00:51:56.480><c> fleeth,</c>

00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:59.679
and<00:51:57.579><c> the</c><00:51:57.699><c> wolf</c><00:51:58.320><c> catcheth</c><00:51:58.940><c> them</c>

00:51:59.820 --> 00:52:05.239
and<00:52:00.139><c> scattereth</c><00:52:00.900><c> the</c><00:52:01.159><c> sheep,</c><00:52:02.139><c> catcheth</c><00:52:02.440><c> them,</c><00:52:03.920><c> caught</c><00:52:04.159><c> away.</c>

00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:08.780
Same<00:52:06.079><c> word.</c><00:52:07.280><c> That's</c><00:52:07.579><c> the</c><00:52:07.659><c> way</c><00:52:07.719><c> the</c><00:52:08.059><c> hireling</c><00:52:08.460><c> acts,</c>

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isn't<00:52:09.059><c> it?</c><00:52:10.739><c> It</c><00:52:11.059><c> allows</c><00:52:11.500><c> our</c><00:52:12.559><c> family</c><00:52:12.840><c> in</c><00:52:13.179><c> Christ</c><00:52:13.780><c> to</c><00:52:15.139><c> be</c><00:52:16.300><c> caught</c>

00:52:16.579 --> 00:52:18.760
away<00:52:16.900><c> in</c><00:52:17.039><c> the</c><00:52:17.280><c> wrong</c><00:52:17.599><c> sense</c>

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because<00:52:19.579><c> the</c><00:52:19.860><c> hireling</c><00:52:20.199><c> draws</c><00:52:20.559><c> back</c><00:52:20.880><c> when</c><00:52:21.099><c> trouble</c><00:52:21.380><c> comes.</c>

00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:23.960
But<00:52:21.840><c> that's</c><00:52:22.059><c> not</c><00:52:22.300><c> the</c><00:52:22.699><c> work</c><00:52:22.960><c> of</c><00:52:23.159><c> the</c><00:52:23.280><c> good</c><00:52:23.500><c> shepherd</c>

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:31.860
who<00:52:24.760><c> gives</c><00:52:25.000><c> his</c><00:52:25.239><c> life</c><00:52:25.460><c> for</c><00:52:25.639><c> the</c><00:52:25.900><c> sheep,</c><00:52:26.460><c> whose</c><00:52:26.719><c> life</c><00:52:27.079><c> we</c><00:52:27.400><c> follow.</c><00:52:30.320><c> Verse</c><00:52:30.480><c> 27.</c>

00:52:33.860 --> 00:52:38.519
He<00:52:33.980><c> says,</c><00:52:34.300><c> My</c><00:52:34.320><c> sheep</c><00:52:34.579><c> hear</c><00:52:34.800><c> my</c><00:52:35.079><c> voice,</c><00:52:36.400><c> and</c><00:52:36.599><c> I</c><00:52:36.820><c> know</c><00:52:37.079><c> them,</c><00:52:38.260><c> and</c>

00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:41.760
they<00:52:38.840><c> follow</c><00:52:39.159><c> me,</c><00:52:40.360><c> and</c><00:52:40.659><c> I</c><00:52:41.039><c> give</c><00:52:41.239><c> unto</c><00:52:41.440><c> them</c>

00:52:41.760 --> 00:52:48.219
eternal<00:52:42.420><c> life,</c><00:52:43.860><c> and</c><00:52:43.960><c> they</c><00:52:44.159><c> shall</c><00:52:44.380><c> never</c><00:52:44.739><c> perish,</c><00:52:45.980><c> neither</c><00:52:46.199><c> shall</c><00:52:46.500><c> any</c><00:52:46.900><c> man</c><00:52:47.219><c> pluck</c><00:52:47.559><c> them</c><00:52:47.820><c> out</c><00:52:48.039><c> of</c>

00:52:48.219 --> 00:52:49.659
my<00:52:48.519><c> hand.</c>

00:52:50.139 --> 00:52:55.679
Pluck<00:52:50.619><c> them</c><00:52:51.099><c> out</c><00:52:51.619><c> of</c><00:52:51.719><c> his</c><00:52:52.019><c> hand,</c><00:52:54.260><c> never</c><00:52:54.500><c> for</c><00:52:54.719><c> the</c><00:52:54.880><c> people</c><00:52:55.340><c> of</c>

00:52:55.679 --> 00:52:59.139
God,<00:52:56.360><c> never</c><00:52:56.659><c> for</c><00:52:56.880><c> the</c><00:52:57.139><c> sheep</c><00:52:57.639><c> that</c><00:52:58.480><c> belong</c><00:52:58.760><c> to</c><00:52:58.940><c> this</c>

00:52:59.139 --> 00:53:02.019
shepherd<00:52:59.460><c> that</c><00:52:59.699><c> hear</c><00:52:59.880><c> his</c><00:53:00.139><c> voice.</c><00:53:01.079><c> And</c><00:53:01.199><c> it's</c><00:53:01.400><c> the</c><00:53:01.559><c> same</c><00:53:01.780><c> word,</c>

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:04.420
brethren<00:53:02.300><c> and</c><00:53:02.460><c> sisters,</c><00:53:03.079><c> caught</c><00:53:03.300><c> away.</c>

00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:08.199
None<00:53:04.659><c> shall</c><00:53:04.880><c> be</c><00:53:05.119><c> caught</c><00:53:05.280><c> away</c><00:53:05.559><c> from</c><00:53:05.739><c> the</c><00:53:05.920><c> master.</c><00:53:07.639><c> They're</c><00:53:07.840><c> all</c><00:53:08.079><c> in</c>

00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:10.280
his<00:53:08.519><c> hand,</c><00:53:08.739><c> and</c><00:53:08.860><c> his</c><00:53:09.059><c> hand</c><00:53:09.320><c> is</c><00:53:09.739><c> grasped</c>

00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:17.539
tightly<00:53:10.760><c> upon</c><00:53:11.119><c> our</c><00:53:11.420><c> lives.</c><00:53:13.099><c> The</c><00:53:13.300><c> good</c><00:53:13.559><c> shepherd,</c><00:53:15.000><c> we</c><00:53:15.300><c> hear</c><00:53:15.539><c> his</c><00:53:15.719><c> voice</c><00:53:16.460><c> and</c><00:53:17.260><c> we</c>

00:53:17.539 --> 00:53:18.659
follow<00:53:17.760><c> him.</c>

00:53:18.820 --> 00:53:24.219
And<00:53:18.860><c> as</c><00:53:19.059><c> Paul</c><00:53:19.280><c> says</c><00:53:19.500><c> to</c><00:53:19.699><c> the</c><00:53:19.860><c> Thessalonians,</c><00:53:21.579><c> wherefore</c><00:53:22.519><c> comfort</c><00:53:23.579><c> one</c>

00:53:24.219 --> 00:53:27.599
another<00:53:24.659><c> with</c><00:53:26.139><c> these</c><00:53:26.400><c> words.</c>