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different</c><00:11:47.039><c> parts.</c> 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:50.460 Now,<00:11:48.740><c> come</c><00:11:48.879><c> and</c><00:11:48.960><c> have</c><00:11:49.059><c> a</c><00:11:49.120><c> look</c><00:11:49.240><c> at</c><00:11:49.580><c> maybe</c><00:11:49.799><c> just</c><00:11:50.000><c> one</c><00:11:50.139><c> of</c><00:11:50.279><c> those,</c> 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:52.139 the<00:11:50.639><c> 1</c><00:11:50.799><c> Corinthians</c><00:11:51.320><c> chapter</c><00:11:51.679><c> 12.</c> 00:11:52.139 --> 00:11:56.299 And<00:11:52.500><c> let's</c><00:11:52.799><c> just</c><00:11:53.019><c> work</c><00:11:53.179><c> our</c><00:11:53.399><c> way</c><00:11:53.559><c> through</c><00:11:53.840><c> each</c><00:11:54.179><c> of</c><00:11:54.399><c> these</c><00:11:54.960><c> in</c> 00:11:56.299 --> 00:11:59.419 terms<00:11:56.600><c> of</c><00:11:57.059><c> the</c><00:11:57.480><c> power</c><00:11:57.840><c> of</c><00:11:58.240><c> those</c><00:11:58.620><c> particular</c> 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body</c><00:12:33.700><c> being</c> 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:38.100 many,<00:12:34.600><c> are</c><00:12:34.799><c> one</c><00:12:35.120><c> body,</c><00:12:36.200><c> so</c><00:12:36.360><c> also</c><00:12:36.639><c> is</c><00:12:37.000><c> Christ.</c> 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:41.519 For<00:12:38.860><c> by</c><00:12:39.139><c> one</c><00:12:39.379><c> spirit</c><00:12:39.700><c> are</c><00:12:39.899><c> we</c><00:12:40.039><c> all</c><00:12:40.259><c> baptised</c><00:12:40.799><c> into</c><00:12:41.019><c> one</c><00:12:41.299><c> body,</c> 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:43.500 whether<00:12:41.720><c> we</c><00:12:41.940><c> be</c><00:12:42.120><c> Jews</c><00:12:42.440><c> or</c><00:12:42.720><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.799 whether<00:12:44.080><c> we</c><00:12:44.299><c> be</c><00:12:44.519><c> bond</c><00:12:44.700><c> or</c><00:12:44.980><c> free,</c><00:12:45.879><c> and</c><00:12:46.299><c> have</c><00:12:46.480><c> been</c><00:12:46.940><c> all</c><00:12:47.360><c> 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if</c><00:13:07.759><c> the</c><00:13:07.919><c> whole</c><00:13:08.039><c> were</c><00:13:08.259><c> hearing,</c><00:13:08.960><c> where</c><00:13:09.100><c> were</c><00:13:09.240><c> the</c><00:13:09.519><c> smelling?</c> 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:13.039 But<00:13:10.320><c> now</c><00:13:10.600><c> hath</c><00:13:10.700><c> God</c><00:13:11.080><c> set</c><00:13:11.379><c> the</c><00:13:11.620><c> members,</c><00:13:12.259><c> every</c><00:13:12.600><c> one</c><00:13:12.779><c> of</c><00:13:12.940><c> them</c> 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:15.639 in<00:13:13.200><c> the</c><00:13:13.360><c> body,</c><00:13:14.000><c> as</c><00:13:14.419><c> it</c><00:13:14.720><c> hath</c><00:13:14.899><c> pleased</c><00:13:15.320><c> him.</c> 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:20.360 So<00:13:16.159><c> what</c><00:13:16.320><c> do</c><00:13:16.440><c> you</c><00:13:16.519><c> think</c><00:13:16.740><c> verses</c><00:13:18.299><c> 15</c><00:13:18.799><c> and</c><00:13:19.019><c> 16</c><00:13:19.460><c> are</c><00:13:19.740><c> talking</c><00:13:20.019><c> about?</c> 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:23.860 If<00:13:21.080><c> the</c><00:13:21.360><c> foot</c><00:13:21.539><c> shall</c><00:13:21.720><c> say,</c><00:13:22.179><c> because</c><00:13:22.240><c> I'm</c><00:13:22.480><c> not</c><00:13:22.679><c> the</c><00:13:22.940><c> hand.</c> 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:25.059 What<00:13:24.059><c> do</c><00:13:24.179><c> you</c><00:13:24.179><c> think</c><00:13:24.299><c> that's</c><00:13:24.639><c> talking</c><00:13:24.840><c> about?</c> 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:28.159 If<00:13:25.220><c> the</c><00:13:25.500><c> foot</c><00:13:25.980><c> shall</c><00:13:26.259><c> say,</c><00:13:27.080><c> I'm</c><00:13:27.480><c> not</c><00:13:27.679><c> the</c><00:13:27.940><c> hand.</c> 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.399 What's<00:13:28.580><c> the</c><00:13:28.899><c> spirit</c><00:13:29.159><c> of</c><00:13:29.620><c> these</c><00:13:29.919><c> ones</c><00:13:30.200><c> here?</c> 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:38.139 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says,</c><00:14:10.299><c> hey,</c><00:14:10.799><c> I'm</c><00:14:10.960><c> not</c><00:14:11.159><c> an</c><00:14:11.320><c> eye.</c> 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.639 Oh,<00:14:12.039><c> well,</c><00:14:12.179><c> because</c><00:14:12.320><c> I'm</c><00:14:12.480><c> not</c><00:14:12.580><c> an</c><00:14:12.700><c> eye,</c><00:14:12.779><c> I'm</c><00:14:12.899><c> not</c><00:14:13.019><c> part</c><00:14:13.159><c> of</c><00:14:13.259><c> the</c><00:14:13.360><c> body.</c> 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:15.460 What's<00:14:13.639><c> the</c><00:14:14.740><c> spirit</c><00:14:15.000><c> behind</c><00:14:15.320><c> that?</c> 00:14:15.500 --> 00:14:17.960 What's<00:14:15.740><c> the</c><00:14:15.860><c> attitude</c><00:14:16.159><c> behind</c><00:14:16.500><c> that?</c> 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:23.279 Exactly. 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:30.299 So<00:14:27.539><c> in</c><00:14:27.659><c> other</c><00:14:27.820><c> words,</c><00:14:28.080><c> this</c><00:14:28.240><c> is</c><00:14:28.460><c> someone</c><00:14:28.639><c> in</c><00:14:28.840><c> the</c><00:14:28.980><c> meeting</c><00:14:29.460><c> who</c> 00:14:30.299 --> 00:14:31.879 really<00:14:30.659><c> would</c><00:14:30.940><c> like</c><00:14:31.080><c> to</c><00:14:31.279><c> be</c><00:14:31.500><c> something</c> 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:33.820 other<00:14:32.159><c> than</c><00:14:32.340><c> what</c><00:14:32.559><c> they</c><00:14:32.840><c> are.</c> 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:39.139 So<00:14:35.659><c> they're</c><00:14:35.879><c> in</c><00:14:36.059><c> the</c><00:14:36.220><c> Ecclesia</c><00:14:36.620><c> and</c><00:14:36.860><c> they</c><00:14:37.100><c> say,</c><00:14:37.559><c> oh,</c><00:14:38.620><c> I'm</c><00:14:39.000><c> only</c> 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.059 an<00:14:39.320><c> ear.</c> 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:42.419 I'd<00:14:40.419><c> really</c><00:14:40.600><c> like</c><00:14:40.759><c> to</c><00:14:40.919><c> be</c><00:14:41.019><c> an</c><00:14:41.200><c> eye,</c><00:14:41.539><c> but</c><00:14:41.759><c> I'm</c><00:14:41.919><c> not</c><00:14:42.080><c> an</c><00:14:42.259><c> eye.</c> 00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:44.100 Oh,<00:14:42.639><c> well,</c><00:14:42.820><c> I</c><00:14:42.899><c> don't</c><00:14:43.080><c> really</c><00:14:43.299><c> belong</c><00:14:43.519><c> to</c><00:14:43.659><c> the</c><00:14:43.799><c> body</c><00:14:43.960><c> then.</c> 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:45.960 I've<00:14:44.299><c> got</c><00:14:44.440><c> nothing</c><00:14:44.639><c> good</c><00:14:44.820><c> to</c><00:14:44.980><c> give</c><00:14:45.080><c> because</c><00:14:45.259><c> I</c><00:14:45.580><c> really</c><00:14:45.799><c> would</c> 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:46.980 like<00:14:46.080><c> to</c><00:14:46.220><c> be</c><00:14:46.320><c> an</c><00:14:46.440><c> eye,</c><00:14:46.559><c> but</c><00:14:46.639><c> I'm</c><00:14:46.840><c> not.</c> 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:49.879 And<00:14:47.139><c> so</c><00:14:47.299><c> therefore,</c><00:14:47.820><c> I</c><00:14:47.860><c> know</c><00:14:48.059><c> that</c><00:14:48.220><c> I'm</c><00:14:48.519><c> an</c><00:14:48.639><c> ear,</c><00:14:48.940><c> but</c><00:14:49.039><c> I'm</c><00:14:49.620><c> useless.</c> 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.460 I'm<00:14:50.240><c> worthless.</c> 00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:51.840 I've<00:14:51.019><c> got</c><00:14:51.159><c> nothing</c><00:14:51.360><c> to</c><00:14:51.580><c> give.</c> 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:55.399 Now,<00:14:52.519><c> by</c><00:14:52.779><c> the</c><00:14:52.899><c> way,</c><00:14:53.080><c> that</c><00:14:53.299><c> attitude</c><00:14:53.620><c> is</c><00:14:53.860><c> really</c><00:14:54.200><c> self</c><00:14:54.500><c>-centered,</c><00:14:54.840><c> isn't</c><00:14:54.960><c> it?</c> 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.919 And<00:14:56.159><c> the</c><00:14:56.379><c> problem</c><00:14:56.700><c> is,</c><00:14:57.120><c> and</c><00:14:57.480><c> this</c><00:14:57.679><c> is</c><00:14:57.860><c> a</c><00:14:57.960><c> really</c><00:14:58.179><c> important</c><00:14:58.539><c> thing.</c> 00:14:59.419 --> 00:15:01.740 I<00:14:59.679><c> don't</c><00:14:59.899><c> know</c><00:15:00.000><c> whether</c><00:15:00.059><c> you've</c><00:15:00.200><c> ever</c><00:15:00.379><c> thought</c><00:15:00.539><c> about</c><00:15:00.759><c> this.</c> 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:05.059 I'm<00:15:02.080><c> imagining</c><00:15:02.419><c> that</c><00:15:02.720><c> probably</c><00:15:02.899><c> you</c><00:15:03.159><c> haven't.</c> 00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:07.340 But<00:15:05.360><c> do</c><00:15:05.480><c> you</c><00:15:05.480><c> know</c><00:15:05.600><c> that</c><00:15:05.820><c> as</c><00:15:06.080><c> we</c><00:15:06.299><c> grow</c><00:15:06.440><c> up</c><00:15:06.620><c> into</c><00:15:06.759><c> the</c><00:15:07.019><c> truth</c><00:15:07.179><c> and</c> 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:10.779 we<00:15:08.340><c> get</c><00:15:08.700><c> baptized</c><00:15:09.399><c> and</c><00:15:09.820><c> we</c><00:15:10.059><c> join</c><00:15:10.220><c> in</c><00:15:10.419><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:12.759 do<00:15:11.139><c> you</c><00:15:11.200><c> know</c><00:15:11.299><c> that</c><00:15:11.419><c> one</c><00:15:11.539><c> of</c><00:15:11.659><c> the</c><00:15:11.820><c> first</c><00:15:11.960><c> things</c><00:15:12.200><c> we've</c><00:15:12.460><c> got</c><00:15:12.580><c> to</c> 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:16.039 come<00:15:12.919><c> to</c><00:15:13.080><c> a</c><00:15:13.220><c> really</c><00:15:13.480><c> good</c><00:15:13.700><c> understanding</c><00:15:14.179><c> of</c><00:15:14.639><c> is</c><00:15:15.159><c> who</c><00:15:15.539><c> are</c><00:15:15.779><c> we?</c> 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:20.279 Are<00:15:16.279><c> we</c><00:15:16.419><c> ears</c><00:15:16.779><c> or</c><00:15:17.019><c> eyes</c><00:15:17.480><c> or</c><00:15:17.720><c> nose</c><00:15:18.120><c> or</c><00:15:18.399><c> feet</c><00:15:18.720><c> or</c><00:15:18.940><c> fingers</c><00:15:19.360><c> or</c><00:15:19.620><c> toes</c><00:15:20.019><c> or</c> 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:21.840 hands<00:15:20.559><c> or</c><00:15:20.700><c> what</c><00:15:20.860><c> are</c><00:15:21.000><c> we?</c> 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:30.700 Have<00:15:24.039><c> you</c><00:15:24.139><c> ever</c><00:15:24.320><c> stopped</c><00:15:24.480><c> to</c><00:15:24.720><c> ask</c><00:15:24.919><c> yourself,</c><00:15:26.379><c> if</c><00:15:26.440><c> you</c><00:15:26.659><c> are</c><00:15:26.820><c> baptized,</c><00:15:28.960><c> what's</c><00:15:30.039><c> your</c><00:15:30.279><c> job</c> 00:15:30.700 --> 00:15:31.980 in<00:15:31.000><c> the</c><00:15:31.159><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:36.960 And<00:15:34.120><c> even</c><00:15:34.279><c> if</c><00:15:34.399><c> you're</c><00:15:34.600><c> not</c><00:15:34.879><c> baptized,</c><00:15:35.740><c> have</c><00:15:35.820><c> you</c><00:15:35.940><c> ever</c><00:15:36.159><c> thought,</c><00:15:36.480><c> if</c><00:15:36.679><c> one</c> 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:38.179 day<00:15:37.100><c> I</c><00:15:37.200><c> might</c><00:15:37.399><c> be</c><00:15:37.659><c> baptized,</c> 00:15:38.179 --> 00:15:41.620 what<00:15:39.000><c> would</c><00:15:39.379><c> my</c><00:15:39.700><c> job</c><00:15:40.059><c> in</c><00:15:40.240><c> the</c><00:15:40.419><c> Ecclesia</c><00:15:40.700><c> be?</c> 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.679 And<00:15:42.259><c> part</c><00:15:42.440><c> of</c><00:15:42.639><c> that</c><00:15:43.019><c> is</c><00:15:43.600><c> trying</c><00:15:43.980><c> to</c><00:15:44.259><c> actually</c><00:15:44.539><c> have</c><00:15:44.919><c> a</c><00:15:45.440><c> good,</c> 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:50.539 honest,<00:15:47.240><c> realistic</c><00:15:47.919><c> assessment</c><00:15:48.919><c> of</c><00:15:49.460><c> your</c><00:15:49.919><c> abilities</c> 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:52.539 that<00:15:50.919><c> you</c><00:15:51.100><c> can</c><00:15:51.360><c> contribute</c><00:15:51.700><c> to</c><00:15:51.860><c> the</c><00:15:52.059><c> truth</c><00:15:52.220><c> service.</c> 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if</c><00:19:23.859><c> you</c><00:19:24.039><c> weren't</c><00:19:24.240><c> happy</c><00:19:24.559><c> with</c><00:19:24.859><c> the</c><00:19:25.279><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:25.660><c> or</c><00:19:25.799><c> the</c> 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:27.359 members<00:19:26.299><c> in</c><00:19:26.900><c> your</c><00:19:27.119><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:28.779 What<00:19:27.500><c> did</c><00:19:27.619><c> you</c><00:19:27.759><c> do?</c> 00:19:29.900 --> 00:19:30.799 Sorry? 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:34.200 The<00:19:31.839><c> answer</c><00:19:32.000><c> is</c><00:19:32.119><c> you</c><00:19:32.160><c> couldn't.</c><00:19:32.460><c> There</c><00:19:32.559><c> was</c><00:19:32.660><c> only</c><00:19:32.819><c> one</c><00:19:32.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:33.200><c> in</c><00:19:33.299><c> the</c><00:19:33.420><c> city.</c> 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:35.339 So<00:19:34.480><c> what</c><00:19:34.640><c> did</c><00:19:34.779><c> you</c><00:19:34.880><c> have</c><00:19:34.980><c> to</c><00:19:35.140><c> do?</c> 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:38.859 You<00:19:36.279><c> had</c><00:19:36.460><c> to</c><00:19:36.720><c> sit</c><00:19:36.859><c> down</c><00:19:37.279><c> and</c><00:19:38.039><c> figure</c><00:19:38.220><c> it</c><00:19:38.460><c> out</c> 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:42.059 and<00:19:39.279><c> work</c><00:19:39.559><c> those</c><00:19:39.880><c> problems</c><00:19:40.279><c> through</c><00:19:40.539><c> with</c><00:19:40.740><c> your</c><00:19:40.880><c> brothers</c><00:19:41.019><c> and</c><00:19:41.259><c> sisters</c><00:19:41.500><c> for</c><00:19:41.700><c> the</c><00:19:41.839><c> good</c><00:19:41.940><c> of</c> 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:43.160 the<00:19:42.180><c> body.</c> 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.660 So<00:19:44.579><c> what</c><00:19:44.779><c> we</c><00:19:45.039><c> don't</c><00:19:45.240><c> do</c><00:19:45.380><c> is</c><00:19:45.480><c> say,</c><00:19:45.839><c> oh,</c><00:19:45.839><c> I</c><00:19:45.900><c> don't</c><00:19:46.099><c> like</c><00:19:46.240><c> these</c><00:19:46.440><c> people.</c> 00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.720 Oh,<00:19:46.859><c> I</c><00:19:46.880><c> don't</c><00:19:47.099><c> like</c><00:19:47.279><c> this</c><00:19:47.460><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:50.240 I'll<00:19:48.000><c> buzz</c><00:19:48.180><c> off</c><00:19:48.359><c> and</c><00:19:48.480><c> go</c><00:19:48.579><c> to</c><00:19:48.700><c> another</c><00:19:48.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:49.220><c> that</c><00:19:49.480><c> suits</c><00:19:49.799><c> me.</c> 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.740 No,<00:19:50.839><c> no,</c><00:19:51.000><c> no,</c><00:19:51.220><c> no,</c><00:19:51.440><c> no,</c><00:19:51.559><c> no.</c> 00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:56.200 It<00:19:52.000><c> says</c><00:19:52.180><c> here,</c><00:19:53.240><c> God</c><00:19:53.240><c> hath</c><00:19:53.700><c> set</c><00:19:54.079><c> the</c><00:19:54.480><c> members</c><00:19:54.819><c> in</c><00:19:55.299><c> the</c><00:19:55.519><c> body</c><00:19:55.779><c> as</c> 00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:57.200 it<00:19:56.440><c> hath</c><00:19:56.619><c> pleased</c><00:19:56.920><c> him.</c> 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:01.200 You<00:19:57.900><c> are</c><00:19:58.279><c> in</c><00:19:58.559><c> the</c><00:19:58.799><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:59.200><c> you</c><00:19:59.420><c> are</c><00:20:00.079><c> by</c><00:20:00.400><c> the</c><00:20:00.619><c> providence</c><00:20:00.819><c> of</c><00:20:01.019><c> God.</c> 00:20:01.440 --> 00:20:02.740 Is<00:20:01.559><c> that</c><00:20:01.700><c> a</c><00:20:02.059><c> finger</c><00:20:02.180><c> being</c><00:20:02.420><c> raised?</c> 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.579 Sorry,<00:20:03.859><c> it</c><00:20:04.099><c> was</c><00:20:04.160><c> just</c><00:20:04.160><c> it</c><00:20:04.160><c> was</c><00:20:04.240><c> going</c><00:20:04.319><c> like</c><00:20:04.500><c> that.</c> 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:06.240 I<00:20:04.680><c> wasn't</c><00:20:04.880><c> sure</c><00:20:05.039><c> whether</c><00:20:05.180><c> you</c><00:20:05.319><c> were</c><00:20:05.359><c> making</c><00:20:05.619><c> a</c><00:20:05.799><c> bid</c><00:20:05.900><c> adoption</c> 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.000 or<00:20:06.440><c> whether</c><00:20:06.559><c> you</c><00:20:06.740><c> were</c><00:20:06.759><c> saying,</c> 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:08.460 can<00:20:07.240><c> I</c><00:20:07.400><c> please</c><00:20:07.619><c> speak,</c><00:20:07.779><c> can</c><00:20:07.940><c> I</c><00:20:08.079><c> please</c><00:20:08.259><c> speak?</c> 00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:11.839 OK,<00:20:09.740><c> so</c><00:20:09.880><c> I</c><00:20:10.140><c> believe</c><00:20:10.319><c> that</c><00:20:10.480><c> we're</c><00:20:10.619><c> in</c><00:20:10.740><c> the</c><00:20:10.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:20:11.339><c> where</c><00:20:11.559><c> we</c> 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:14.299 are<00:20:12.160><c> because</c><00:20:12.700><c> God</c><00:20:12.920><c> put</c><00:20:13.099><c> us</c><00:20:13.299><c> there.</c> 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:17.819 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right</c><00:20:31.299><c> there.</c> 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:33.000 That's<00:20:31.960><c> where</c><00:20:32.119><c> the</c><00:20:32.299><c> Father</c><00:20:32.460><c> put</c><00:20:32.660><c> us.</c> 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:35.200 Now,<00:20:33.599><c> I</c><00:20:34.019><c> have</c><00:20:34.240><c> shifted</c><00:20:34.579><c> ecclesias.</c> 00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:39.099 I've<00:20:35.880><c> changed</c><00:20:36.160><c> ecclesias</c><00:20:36.740><c> and</c><00:20:36.980><c> we</c><00:20:37.160><c> did</c><00:20:37.359><c> so</c><00:20:37.779><c> completely</c><00:20:38.359><c> unexpectedly.</c> 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:41.880 What<00:20:39.319><c> happened</c><00:20:39.640><c> is</c><00:20:40.059><c> a</c><00:20:40.299><c> problem</c><00:20:40.500><c> arose</c><00:20:40.799><c> in</c><00:20:41.000><c> another</c><00:20:41.319><c> ecclesia</c> 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:43.220 in<00:20:42.099><c> another</c><00:20:42.380><c> part</c><00:20:42.559><c> of</c><00:20:42.700><c> 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my</c><00:20:55.619><c> wife</c><00:20:55.859><c> and</c><00:20:56.059><c> I,</c><00:20:56.400><c> and</c><00:20:56.619><c> another</c> 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:59.599 couple<00:20:57.299><c> from</c><00:20:57.799><c> both</c><00:20:58.319><c> from</c><00:20:58.599><c> the</c><00:20:58.740><c> same</c><00:20:58.920><c> ecclesia</c> 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:03.299 transferred<00:21:00.319><c> to</c><00:21:00.599><c> another</c><00:21:00.880><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:01.380><c> and</c><00:21:01.700><c> into</c><00:21:02.059><c> another</c><00:21:02.400><c> island</c><00:21:02.940><c> in</c> 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:05.019 order<00:21:03.460><c> to</c><00:21:03.599><c> go</c><00:21:03.759><c> to</c><00:21:03.900><c> that</c><00:21:04.039><c> ecclesia</c><00:21:04.380><c> to</c><00:21:04.559><c> help</c><00:21:04.740><c> out.</c> 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:07.539 And<00:21:05.339><c> we</c><00:21:05.480><c> didn't</c><00:21:05.680><c> expect</c><00:21:06.140><c> to</c><00:21:06.339><c> do,</c><00:21:06.720><c> but</c><00:21:06.839><c> there</c><00:21:06.980><c> was</c><00:21:07.099><c> a</c><00:21:07.200><c> whole</c><00:21:07.380><c> set</c> 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.799 of<00:21:07.819><c> circumstances</c><00:21:08.319><c> where</c><00:21:08.519><c> we</c><00:21:08.720><c> thought,</c> 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:11.019 you<00:21:08.960><c> know</c><00:21:09.079><c> what,</c><00:21:09.279><c> I</c><00:21:09.279><c> think</c><00:21:09.480><c> God's</c><00:21:10.039><c> asking</c><00:21:10.240><c> us</c><00:21:10.500><c> to</c><00:21:10.680><c> do</c><00:21:10.819><c> this.</c> 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.680 Otherwise,<00:21:11.480><c> I</c><00:21:11.579><c> never</c><00:21:11.640><c> would</c><00:21:11.759><c> have</c><00:21:11.859><c> gone.</c> 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:15.359 Because<00:21:13.559><c> I</c><00:21:13.819><c> firmly</c><00:21:14.079><c> believe</c><00:21:14.500><c> that</c><00:21:14.680><c> we're</c><00:21:14.779><c> in</c><00:21:14.920><c> the</c><00:21:15.099><c> ecclesia</c> 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.220 that<00:21:15.500><c> God</c><00:21:15.720><c> put</c><00:21:15.940><c> us.</c> 00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:19.119 On<00:21:16.519><c> this</c><00:21:16.680><c> occasion,</c><00:21:17.400><c> I</c><00:21:17.559><c> felt</c><00:21:17.759><c> there</c><00:21:17.920><c> was</c><00:21:18.079><c> enough</c><00:21:18.299><c> evidence</c><00:21:18.619><c> to</c><00:21:18.859><c> say,</c> 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:21.240 God's<00:21:19.920><c> asked</c><00:21:20.039><c> me</c><00:21:20.259><c> to</c><00:21:20.359><c> go</c><00:21:20.500><c> to</c><00:21:20.680><c> this</c><00:21:20.880><c> meeting.</c> 00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:24.140 And<00:21:21.920><c> I</c><00:21:22.099><c> went,</c><00:21:22.460><c> and</c><00:21:22.640><c> that</c><00:21:22.740><c> was</c><00:21:22.920><c> 30</c><00:21:23.099><c> years</c><00:21:23.339><c> ago,</c><00:21:23.619><c> and</c><00:21:23.859><c> I've</c><00:21:23.960><c> never</c> 00:21:24.140 --> 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young</c><00:21:36.819><c> couple,</c><00:21:37.380><c> don't</c><00:21:37.599><c> even</c><00:21:37.740><c> know</c><00:21:37.859><c> where</c><00:21:38.019><c> they're</c><00:21:38.119><c> from.</c> 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.140 Actually,<00:21:38.859><c> I</c><00:21:39.039><c> do.</c> 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.140 I<00:21:39.220><c> think</c><00:21:39.359><c> they're</c><00:21:39.480><c> from</c><00:21:39.680><c> the</c><00:21:39.839><c> UK.</c> 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:42.599 So<00:21:40.440><c> all</c><00:21:40.579><c> the</c><00:21:40.759><c> Americans</c><00:21:41.059><c> and</c><00:21:41.559><c> Canadians</c><00:21:41.839><c> can</c><00:21:42.099><c> breathe</c><00:21:42.259><c> a</c><00:21:42.460><c> sigh</c> 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:42.940 of<00:21:42.759><c> relief.</c> 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.519 But<00:21:43.480><c> they</c><00:21:43.660><c> were</c><00:21:43.900><c> on</c><00:21:44.220><c> holiday.</c> 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:46.480 They<00:21:44.839><c> got</c><00:21:45.059><c> married</c><00:21:45.359><c> and</c><00:21:45.460><c> they</c><00:21:45.660><c> were</c><00:21:45.799><c> on</c><00:21:46.079><c> holiday.</c> 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.720 And<00:21:47.359><c> when</c><00:21:47.559><c> I</c><00:21:47.940><c> asked,</c><00:21:48.319><c> what</c><00:21:48.359><c> are</c><00:21:48.460><c> you</c><00:21:48.559><c> doing?</c> 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:50.440 They<00:21:48.900><c> say,</c><00:21:49.000><c> oh,</c><00:21:49.119><c> we're</c><00:21:49.220><c> just</c><00:21:49.380><c> on</c><00:21:49.599><c> holiday.</c> 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:52.039 How<00:21:50.960><c> long</c><00:21:51.119><c> are</c><00:21:51.220><c> you</c><00:21:51.299><c> going</c><00:21:51.380><c> on</c><00:21:51.579><c> holiday</c><00:21:51.779><c> for?</c> 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.319 About<00:21:52.599><c> two</c><00:21:52.880><c> years.</c> 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:55.279 Two<00:21:54.140><c> years?</c> 00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:57.079 On<00:21:56.140><c> holiday?</c> 00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:00.779 So<00:21:58.839><c> what</c><00:21:59.019><c> are</c><00:21:59.099><c> you</c><00:21:59.180><c> actually</c><00:21:59.460><c> doing</c><00:21:59.759><c> for</c><00:21:59.960><c> the</c><00:22:00.099><c> body</c><00:22:00.279><c> of</c><00:22:00.480><c> Christ</c> 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.339 while<00:22:01.039><c> you're</c><00:22:01.259><c> on</c><00:22:01.420><c> holiday?</c> 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:03.859 Well,<00:22:03.519><c> nothing.</c> 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.319 We're<00:22:04.400><c> on</c><00:22:04.539><c> holiday.</c> 00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:05.839 No,<00:22:05.559><c> no,</c><00:22:05.660><c> no.</c> 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:08.119 You're<00:22:06.539><c> a</c><00:22:06.640><c> brother</c><00:22:06.819><c> and</c><00:22:07.059><c> sister</c><00:22:07.339><c> in</c><00:22:07.579><c> the</c><00:22:07.859><c> truth.</c> 00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:10.980 How<00:22:08.859><c> are</c><00:22:09.220><c> you</c><00:22:09.480><c> contributing</c><00:22:10.039><c> to</c><00:22:10.299><c> the</c><00:22:10.519><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:12.059 And<00:22:11.319><c> the</c><00:22:11.420><c> answer</c><00:22:11.640><c> is</c><00:22:11.720><c> they</c><00:22:11.940><c> weren't.</c> 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:15.140 They<00:22:12.240><c> were</c><00:22:12.400><c> simply</c><00:22:12.740><c> swanning</c><00:22:13.140><c> around</c><00:22:13.420><c> the</c><00:22:13.640><c> world</c><00:22:13.839><c> doing</c><00:22:14.160><c> nothing.</c> 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:18.759 That's<00:22:16.559><c> not</c><00:22:17.059><c> what</c><00:22:17.319><c> the</c><00:22:17.599><c> truth's</c><00:22:17.940><c> about.</c> 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:23.279 That's<00:22:20.140><c> not</c><00:22:20.700><c> what</c><00:22:21.019><c> God</c><00:22:21.299><c> manifestation</c><00:22:22.059><c> is</c><00:22:22.319><c> about.</c> 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:27.319 The<00:22:24.920><c> truth</c><00:22:25.140><c> is</c><00:22:25.359><c> about</c><00:22:25.619><c> growing</c><00:22:25.900><c> up,</c><00:22:26.359><c> being</c><00:22:26.700><c> baptized,</c> 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:30.019 making<00:22:27.839><c> a</c><00:22:28.079><c> commitment</c><00:22:28.359><c> to</c><00:22:28.599><c> serve</c><00:22:28.839><c> God</c><00:22:29.059><c> with</c><00:22:29.359><c> all</c><00:22:29.599><c> our</c><00:22:29.839><c> heart</c> 00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:31.019 and<00:22:30.279><c> all</c><00:22:30.500><c> our</c><00:22:30.779><c> soul</c> 00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:33.339 and<00:22:31.279><c> all</c><00:22:31.519><c> our</c><00:22:31.759><c> strength</c><00:22:32.019><c> and</c><00:22:32.220><c> grabbing</c><00:22:32.500><c> hold</c><00:22:32.819><c> of</c><00:22:33.019><c> the</c><00:22:33.200><c> truth</c> 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:34.000 with<00:22:33.579><c> both</c><00:22:33.779><c> hands</c> 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:35.720 and<00:22:34.180><c> saying,</c><00:22:34.640><c> right,</c><00:22:34.859><c> I'm</c><00:22:35.019><c> in</c><00:22:35.160><c> the</c><00:22:35.359><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.819 What<00:22:36.220><c> can</c><00:22:36.400><c> I</c><00:22:36.599><c> do?</c> 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:39.220 Let's<00:22:37.240><c> start</c><00:22:37.519><c> with</c><00:22:37.779><c> saying,</c><00:22:38.220><c> what</c><00:22:38.440><c> can</c><00:22:38.740><c> I</c><00:22:38.980><c> do?</c> 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:42.180 What<00:22:39.599><c> are</c><00:22:39.759><c> the</c><00:22:40.059><c> skills</c><00:22:40.279><c> that</c><00:22:40.519><c> I</c><00:22:40.740><c> could</c><00:22:40.900><c> do</c><00:22:41.059><c> to</c><00:22:41.339><c> bring</c><00:22:41.680><c> in</c> 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.000 loving<00:22:42.480><c> service</c> 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.299 to<00:22:43.400><c> the</c><00:22:43.619><c> community</c><00:22:43.839><c> of</c><00:22:44.099><c> Christ?</c> 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.200 Let's<00:22:44.759><c> get</c><00:22:44.940><c> cracking.</c> 00:22:45.440 --> 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body</c><00:23:07.900><c> and</c><00:23:08.059><c> it</c><00:23:08.220><c> needs</c><00:23:08.460><c> nourishment.</c> 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.619 So<00:23:10.220><c> can</c><00:23:10.380><c> I</c><00:23:10.440><c> just</c><00:23:10.680><c> leave</c><00:23:10.799><c> you</c><00:23:10.920><c> with</c><00:23:11.079><c> that</c><00:23:11.259><c> question?</c> 00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:15.519 Have<00:23:12.140><c> you</c><00:23:12.259><c> ever</c><00:23:12.440><c> thought</c><00:23:12.640><c> about</c><00:23:13.140><c> what</c><00:23:13.740><c> your</c><00:23:14.200><c> real</c><00:23:14.599><c> skills</c><00:23:15.279><c> are</c> 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:19.000 that<00:23:16.279><c> you</c><00:23:16.480><c> could</c><00:23:16.700><c> offer</c><00:23:17.059><c> in</c><00:23:17.339><c> the</c><00:23:17.480><c> Lord's</c><00:23:17.960><c> service?</c> 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:22.980 It's<00:23:19.900><c> part</c><00:23:20.099><c> of</c><00:23:20.440><c> what</c><00:23:20.599><c> you</c><00:23:20.779><c> need</c><00:23:20.920><c> to</c><00:23:21.079><c> do</c><00:23:21.380><c> and</c><00:23:21.720><c> to</c><00:23:21.839><c> be</c><00:23:22.000><c> honest</c><00:23:22.240><c> about</c><00:23:22.519><c> it.</c> 00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:25.559 And<00:23:23.480><c> notice,</c><00:23:23.799><c> by</c><00:23:23.940><c> the</c><00:23:24.059><c> way,</c><00:23:24.160><c> just</c><00:23:24.299><c> before</c><00:23:24.539><c> we</c><00:23:24.680><c> go</c><00:23:24.839><c> off</c><00:23:25.059><c> Corinthians,</c> 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:28.180 he<00:23:26.180><c> goes</c><00:23:26.380><c> on</c><00:23:26.599><c> to</c><00:23:26.819><c> say</c><00:23:26.940><c> in</c><00:23:27.119><c> verse</c><00:23:27.440><c> 21,</c> 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:31.259 and<00:23:28.420><c> the</c><00:23:28.519><c> eye</c><00:23:28.859><c> cannot</c><00:23:29.180><c> say</c><00:23:29.500><c> to</c><00:23:29.660><c> the</c><00:23:29.940><c> hand,</c><00:23:30.599><c> now</c><00:23:30.759><c> this</c><00:23:30.900><c> is</c><00:23:31.099><c> a</c> 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.880 different<00:23:31.480><c> idea,</c> 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:36.640 the<00:23:32.440><c> eye</c><00:23:32.680><c> cannot</c><00:23:32.980><c> say</c><00:23:33.220><c> to</c><00:23:33.400><c> the</c><00:23:33.599><c> hand,</c><00:23:34.440><c> I</c><00:23:34.680><c> have</c><00:23:34.940><c> no</c><00:23:35.259><c> need</c><00:23:35.440><c> of</c><00:23:35.759><c> thee,</c> 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:41.160 nor<00:23:37.160><c> again</c><00:23:37.460><c> the</c><00:23:37.680><c> head</c><00:23:37.819><c> to</c><00:23:38.039><c> the</c><00:23:38.200><c> feet,</c><00:23:38.720><c> I</c><00:23:39.079><c> have</c><00:23:39.599><c> no</c><00:23:40.000><c> need</c><00:23:40.319><c> of</c><00:23:40.720><c> you.</c> 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:43.059 Nay,<00:23:41.599><c> much</c><00:23:41.900><c> more</c><00:23:42.079><c> those</c><00:23:42.339><c> members</c><00:23:42.660><c> of</c><00:23:42.799><c> 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abundant</c><00:23:56.200><c> comeliness,</c> 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:59.299 for<00:23:57.299><c> our</c><00:23:57.440><c> comely</c><00:23:57.700><c> parts</c><00:23:58.000><c> have</c><00:23:58.180><c> no</c><00:23:58.460><c> need.</c> 00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:01.359 But<00:24:00.000><c> God</c><00:24:00.119><c> hath</c><00:24:00.279><c> tempered</c><00:24:00.599><c> the</c><00:24:00.660><c> body</c><00:24:00.880><c> together,</c> 00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:04.559 having<00:24:01.720><c> given</c><00:24:01.940><c> more</c><00:24:02.400><c> abundant</c><00:24:02.859><c> honour</c><00:24:03.059><c> to</c><00:24:03.240><c> that</c><00:24:03.519><c> part</c><00:24:03.700><c> which</c><00:24:04.200><c> lacked</c> 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:07.440 that<00:24:04.980><c> there</c><00:24:05.180><c> should</c><00:24:05.339><c> be</c><00:24:05.599><c> no</c><00:24:06.279><c> schism</c><00:24:06.680><c> in</c><00:24:07.000><c> the</c><00:24:07.180><c> body,</c> 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:11.640 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actually</c><00:24:18.220><c> self</c><00:24:18.519><c>-centred</c><00:24:18.859><c> really,</c> 00:24:19.619 --> 00:24:22.519 but<00:24:19.819><c> also</c><00:24:20.180><c> says</c><00:24:20.359><c> the</c><00:24:20.559><c> apostle,</c><00:24:21.119><c> it's</c><00:24:21.400><c> no</c><00:24:21.640><c> good</c><00:24:21.859><c> you</c><00:24:22.099><c> saying,</c> 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.180 to<00:24:22.980><c> use</c><00:24:23.160><c> his</c><00:24:23.380><c> particular</c><00:24:23.799><c> analogy,</c> 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:28.359 it's<00:24:24.799><c> no</c><00:24:25.019><c> good</c><00:24:25.200><c> you</c><00:24:25.380><c> saying,</c><00:24:26.900><c> I</c><00:24:27.019><c> am</c><00:24:27.240><c> an</c><00:24:27.420><c> eye,</c> 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:32.000 and<00:24:29.019><c> so</c><00:24:29.519><c> I</c><00:24:30.400><c> don't</c><00:24:30.579><c> have</c><00:24:30.720><c> any</c><00:24:30.900><c> need</c><00:24:30.980><c> of</c><00:24:31.119><c> the</c><00:24:31.259><c> hand.</c> 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:36.440 Actually,<00:24:34.779><c> that's</c><00:24:35.059><c> not</c><00:24:35.200><c> a</c><00:24:35.299><c> very</c><00:24:35.420><c> good</c><00:24:35.579><c> idea.</c> 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:40.039 So<00:24:37.140><c> if</c><00:24:37.339><c> the</c><00:24:37.599><c> first</c><00:24:37.880><c> person</c><00:24:38.579><c> believes</c><00:24:38.980><c> they're</c><00:24:39.240><c> not</c><00:24:39.420><c> good</c><00:24:39.640><c> enough,</c> 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:43.339 what's<00:24:40.700><c> the</c><00:24:40.940><c> second</c><00:24:41.099><c> person</c><00:24:41.400><c> like</c><00:24:41.660><c> here?</c> 00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:49.059 Yeah,<00:24:46.559><c> they</c><00:24:46.740><c> think</c><00:24:46.880><c> they're</c><00:24:47.660><c> superior</c><00:24:48.000><c> to</c><00:24:48.259><c> everyone.</c> 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:52.099 I'm<00:24:49.640><c> so</c><00:24:50.039><c> good,</c><00:24:50.539><c> I</c><00:24:51.019><c> don't</c><00:24:51.220><c> need</c><00:24:51.400><c> anybody</c><00:24:51.759><c> else.</c> 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.920 Oh<00:24:52.559><c> yes</c><00:24:52.740><c> you</c><00:24:52.960><c> do.</c> 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:56.500 You<00:24:54.900><c> need</c><00:24:55.059><c> your</c><00:24:55.200><c> brothers</c><00:24:55.359><c> and</c><00:24:55.599><c> sisters.</c> 00:24:57.140 --> 00:25:00.160 And<00:24:57.440><c> the</c><00:24:57.559><c> people</c><00:24:57.720><c> that</c><00:24:57.920><c> are</c><00:24:58.259><c> too</c><00:24:58.599><c> confident</c><00:24:59.039><c> about</c><00:24:59.339><c> their</c><00:24:59.619><c> own</c><00:24:59.799><c> abilities</c> 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:02.099 or<00:25:00.420><c> the</c><00:25:00.700><c> importance</c><00:25:00.940><c> of</c><00:25:01.119><c> their</c><00:25:01.279><c> own</c><00:25:01.539><c> contribution,</c> 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:05.440 have<00:25:02.660><c> not</c><00:25:02.920><c> appreciated</c><00:25:03.559><c> that</c><00:25:03.880><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:04.279><c> life</c><00:25:04.759><c> demands</c> 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:08.779 all<00:25:06.279><c> sorts</c><00:25:06.619><c> of</c><00:25:06.859><c> different</c><00:25:07.099><c> types</c><00:25:07.400><c> of</c><00:25:07.599><c> people</c><00:25:07.819><c> who</c><00:25:08.200><c> contribute</c> 00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:12.380 some<00:25:09.240><c> very</c><00:25:09.700><c> public</c><00:25:10.099><c> things</c><00:25:10.440><c> and</c><00:25:10.619><c> some</c><00:25:10.920><c> in</c><00:25:11.180><c> a</c><00:25:11.279><c> very</c><00:25:11.539><c> private</c><00:25:11.880><c> way</c> 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.079 to<00:25:12.599><c> ecclesial</c><00:25:12.980><c> life.</c> 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:19.160 So<00:25:16.140><c> seeing</c><00:25:16.599><c> the</c><00:25:16.900><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:17.200><c> as</c><00:25:17.400><c> a</c><00:25:17.500><c> body</c><00:25:17.680><c> is</c><00:25:18.220><c> a</c><00:25:18.460><c> helpful</c><00:25:18.779><c> idea</c> 00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.640 towards<00:25:19.599><c> that.</c> 00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.660 Here's<00:25:21.579><c> the</c><00:25:21.839><c> second</c><00:25:22.140><c> idea,</c> 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:25.700 is<00:25:23.380><c> that</c><00:25:23.880><c> a</c><00:25:24.039><c> number</c><00:25:24.240><c> of</c><00:25:24.440><c> other</c><00:25:24.599><c> New</c><00:25:24.799><c> Testament</c><00:25:25.240><c> passages</c> 00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:29.660 describe<00:25:26.359><c> the</c><00:25:26.640><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:27.440><c> as</c><00:25:28.200><c> a</c><00:25:28.740><c> house.</c> 00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:32.160 Now<00:25:30.299><c> come</c><00:25:30.460><c> and</c><00:25:30.559><c> have</c><00:25:30.660><c> a</c><00:25:30.720><c> look</c><00:25:30.799><c> at</c><00:25:30.900><c> that</c><00:25:31.200><c> middle</c><00:25:31.400><c> one,</c> 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:35.000 the<00:25:33.019><c> first</c><00:25:33.220><c> of</c><00:25:33.460><c> Timothy</c><00:25:33.839><c> chapter</c><00:25:34.240><c> three,</c> 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:37.740 and<00:25:35.539><c> just</c><00:25:35.839><c> see</c><00:25:35.980><c> what</c><00:25:36.180><c> the</c><00:25:36.380><c> apostle</c><00:25:36.839><c> says</c> 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:40.839 in<00:25:38.099><c> the</c><00:25:38.339><c> context</c><00:25:38.740><c> of</c><00:25:39.019><c> describing</c><00:25:39.519><c> the</c><00:25:39.839><c> ecclesia</c><00:25:40.240><c> as</c><00:25:40.500><c> a</c><00:25:40.660><c> house,</c> 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.980 because<00:25:41.160><c> it's</c><00:25:41.420><c> a</c><00:25:41.599><c> different</c><00:25:41.859><c> analogy,</c><00:25:42.380><c> isn't</c><00:25:42.619><c> it?</c> 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:46.720 The<00:25:43.980><c> idea</c><00:25:44.200><c> of</c><00:25:44.400><c> a</c><00:25:44.519><c> house</c><00:25:44.980><c> conveys</c><00:25:45.660><c> different</c><00:25:46.059><c> principles</c> 00:25:46.720 --> 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verse</c><00:26:00.400><c> two,</c> 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:07.420 and<00:26:03.700><c> deacons,</c><00:26:05.019><c> chapter</c><00:26:05.140><c> three,</c><00:26:05.720><c> verse</c><00:26:06.240><c> eight.</c> 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:11.160 And<00:26:08.240><c> then</c><00:26:08.339><c> at</c><00:26:08.519><c> the</c><00:26:08.599><c> end</c><00:26:08.819><c> of</c><00:26:08.980><c> that</c><00:26:09.119><c> he</c><00:26:09.259><c> says,</c><00:26:09.660><c> verse</c><00:26:09.940><c> 14,</c> 00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:14.440 These<00:26:11.839><c> things</c><00:26:12.220><c> write</c><00:26:12.519><c> I</c><00:26:12.700><c> unto</c><00:26:13.160><c> thee,</c><00:26:13.559><c> hoping</c><00:26:13.859><c> to</c><00:26:14.079><c> come</c><00:26:14.220><c> unto</c> 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.299 thee<00:26:14.619><c> shortly.</c> 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:20.460 But<00:26:15.940><c> if</c><00:26:16.140><c> I</c><00:26:16.400><c> tarry</c><00:26:16.759><c> long,</c><00:26:17.779><c> that</c><00:26:17.920><c> thou</c><00:26:18.740><c> mayest</c><00:26:19.819><c> know</c> 00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:25.319 how<00:26:20.960><c> thou</c><00:26:21.339><c> oughtest</c><00:26:21.799><c> to</c><00:26:22.099><c> behave</c><00:26:22.440><c> thyself</c><00:26:23.220><c> in</c><00:26:23.740><c> the</c><00:26:24.440><c> house</c><00:26:24.740><c> of</c><00:26:25.019><c> God,</c> 00:26:25.319 --> 00:26:30.259 which<00:26:25.799><c> is</c><00:26:26.259><c> the</c><00:26:26.799><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:27.619><c> of</c><00:26:28.559><c> living</c><00:26:29.200><c> God,</c> 00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:33.480 the<00:26:30.579><c> pillar</c><00:26:30.859><c> and</c><00:26:31.640><c> ground</c><00:26:32.000><c> of</c><00:26:32.400><c> the</c><00:26:32.680><c> truth.</c> 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:36.599 So<00:26:34.700><c> what</c><00:26:34.880><c> we're</c><00:26:35.059><c> being</c><00:26:35.359><c> told</c><00:26:35.640><c> here</c><00:26:35.880><c> is</c><00:26:36.039><c> that</c> 00:26:36.599 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ecclesial</c><00:26:46.400><c> life.</c> 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:48.140 And<00:26:46.940><c> then</c><00:26:47.059><c> at</c><00:26:47.220><c> the</c><00:26:47.279><c> end</c><00:26:47.420><c> of</c><00:26:47.539><c> all</c><00:26:47.700><c> that</c><00:26:47.779><c> he</c><00:26:47.940><c> said,</c> 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:51.799 this<00:26:48.519><c> is</c><00:26:48.759><c> all</c><00:26:48.940><c> about</c><00:26:49.299><c> learning</c><00:26:49.900><c> how</c><00:26:50.299><c> to</c><00:26:50.640><c> behave</c><00:26:51.079><c> thyself</c> 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:55.759 in<00:26:52.259><c> the</c><00:26:52.640><c> house</c><00:26:52.940><c> of</c><00:26:53.140><c> God,</c><00:26:53.400><c> which</c><00:26:53.539><c> is</c><00:26:53.759><c> the</c><00:26:53.960><c> ecclesia</c><00:26:54.819><c> of</c><00:26:55.180><c> living</c><00:26:55.400><c> God.</c> 00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:57.920 So<00:26:56.079><c> how</c><00:26:56.220><c> do</c><00:26:56.359><c> you</c><00:26:56.359><c> know</c><00:26:56.480><c> that</c><00:26:56.660><c> God's</c><00:26:56.960><c> alive</c><00:26:57.180><c> in</c><00:26:57.319><c> the</c><00:26:57.460><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:01.640 How<00:26:58.480><c> do</c><00:26:58.640><c> we</c><00:26:58.779><c> know</c><00:26:58.900><c> that</c><00:26:59.079><c> God</c><00:26:59.279><c> is</c><00:26:59.619><c> living</c><00:26:59.900><c> in</c><00:27:00.200><c> the</c><00:27:00.440><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:04.259 That<00:27:01.940><c> it</c><00:27:02.079><c> is</c><00:27:02.240><c> the</c><00:27:02.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:02.940><c> of</c><00:27:03.519><c> living</c><00:27:03.819><c> God?</c> 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:06.640 Well,<00:27:04.799><c> you</c><00:27:04.960><c> see</c><00:27:05.000><c> what</c><00:27:05.160><c> verse</c><00:27:05.359><c> 16</c><00:27:05.819><c> says?</c> 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:09.099 Without<00:27:06.680><c> controversy,</c><00:27:07.700><c> great</c><00:27:07.779><c> is</c><00:27:07.980><c> the</c><00:27:08.140><c> mystery</c><00:27:08.440><c> of</c><00:27:08.759><c> godliness,</c> 00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:11.240 or<00:27:09.500><c> we</c><00:27:09.680><c> might</c><00:27:09.880><c> say</c><00:27:10.099><c> God</c><00:27:10.380><c>-manifestation.</c> 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:15.140 God<00:27:11.859><c> was</c><00:27:12.519><c> manifest</c><00:27:13.319><c> in</c><00:27:13.500><c> the</c><00:27:13.700><c> flesh</c><00:27:13.980><c> in</c><00:27:14.319><c> the</c><00:27:14.480><c> form</c><00:27:14.599><c> of</c><00:27:14.819><c> his</c><00:27:14.940><c> son,</c> 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:19.220 justified<00:27:16.079><c> in</c><00:27:16.259><c> the</c><00:27:16.460><c> spirit,</c><00:27:16.980><c> seen</c><00:27:17.140><c> of</c><00:27:17.359><c> angels,</c><00:27:17.920><c> preached</c><00:27:18.119><c> unto</c><00:27:18.380><c> the</c><00:27:18.559><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:21.660 believed<00:27:19.720><c> on</c><00:27:19.940><c> in</c><00:27:20.079><c> the</c><00:27:20.240><c> world</c><00:27:20.420><c> and</c><00:27:20.660><c> received</c><00:27:20.920><c> up</c><00:27:21.140><c> into</c><00:27:21.339><c> glory.</c> 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:23.980 And<00:27:22.119><c> I</c><00:27:22.299><c> think</c><00:27:22.460><c> that</c><00:27:22.640><c> what</c><00:27:22.799><c> Timothy</c><00:27:23.059><c> is</c><00:27:23.240><c> really</c><00:27:23.500><c> saying</c><00:27:23.720><c> is,</c> 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.880 do<00:27:24.180><c> you</c><00:27:24.240><c> want</c><00:27:24.339><c> to</c><00:27:24.460><c> see</c><00:27:24.559><c> God</c><00:27:24.779><c>-manifestation</c><00:27:25.460><c> at</c><00:27:25.660><c> work?</c> 00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:28.380 Do<00:27:26.339><c> you</c><00:27:26.380><c> want</c><00:27:26.539><c> to</c><00:27:26.700><c> see</c><00:27:26.839><c> God</c><00:27:27.059><c>-manifestation?</c> 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:30.240 Go<00:27:28.839><c> look</c><00:27:29.039><c> inside</c><00:27:29.480><c> the</c><00:27:29.759><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:32.960 because<00:27:30.640><c> that's</c><00:27:31.259><c> where</c><00:27:31.519><c> God</c><00:27:31.819><c>-manifestation</c><00:27:32.599><c> is.</c> 00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:36.500 This<00:27:33.559><c> is</c><00:27:33.819><c> the</c><00:27:34.059><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:34.680><c> of</c><00:27:34.980><c> the</c><00:27:35.279><c> God</c><00:27:35.559><c> that</c><00:27:35.720><c> is</c><00:27:36.019><c> alive.</c> 00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:38.440 And<00:27:36.940><c> how</c><00:27:37.119><c> does</c><00:27:37.299><c> God</c><00:27:37.519><c> live</c><00:27:37.700><c> in</c><00:27:37.859><c> the</c><00:27:38.000><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:40.980 He<00:27:38.859><c> lives</c><00:27:39.380><c> in</c><00:27:39.799><c> the</c><00:27:39.980><c> people.</c> 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:45.019 And<00:27:42.559><c> when</c><00:27:42.680><c> you</c><00:27:42.839><c> go</c><00:27:42.960><c> to</c><00:27:43.119><c> an</c><00:27:43.259><c> ecclesia</c><00:27:43.779><c> and</c><00:27:43.980><c> there's</c><00:27:44.200><c> a</c><00:27:44.319><c> Sunday</c><00:27:44.599><c> school</c> 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:48.460 and<00:27:45.259><c> a</c><00:27:45.539><c> thriving</c><00:27:45.940><c> CYC</c><00:27:46.759><c> and</c><00:27:47.140><c> strong</c><00:27:47.480><c> gospel</c><00:27:47.819><c> proclamation</c> 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:51.740 and<00:27:48.839><c> fantastic</c><00:27:49.559><c> Bible</c><00:27:49.960><c> classes</c><00:27:50.480><c> and</c><00:27:50.779><c> wonderful</c><00:27:51.240><c> prophecy</c> 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.539 study<00:27:52.099><c> days</c> 00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:56.279 and<00:27:53.480><c> there's</c><00:27:54.359><c> special</c><00:27:54.819><c> singing</c><00:27:55.200><c> nights</c><00:27:55.480><c> and</c><00:27:55.660><c> music</c><00:27:55.980><c> nights</c> 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:58.819 and<00:27:56.480><c> family</c><00:27:56.839><c> nights</c><00:27:57.160><c> and</c><00:27:57.299><c> Israel</c><00:27:57.740><c> nights,</c> 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:02.700 and<00:27:59.440><c> the</c><00:27:59.599><c> whole</c><00:27:59.660><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:00.160><c> is</c><00:28:00.920><c> bursting</c><00:28:01.299><c> with</c><00:28:01.660><c> joy</c><00:28:01.859><c> and</c><00:28:02.180><c> excitement</c><00:28:02.519><c> for</c> 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.119 the<00:28:02.920><c> truth</c> 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:05.160 and<00:28:03.380><c> everyone's</c><00:28:03.859><c> flat</c><00:28:04.019><c> out</c><00:28:04.240><c> doing</c><00:28:04.519><c> their</c><00:28:04.900><c> part</c> 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:07.099 because<00:28:05.359><c> they've</c><00:28:05.740><c> figured</c><00:28:05.819><c> out</c><00:28:06.039><c> whether</c><00:28:06.160><c> they</c><00:28:06.460><c> were</c><00:28:06.680><c> an</c><00:28:06.960><c> eye</c> 00:28:07.099 --> 00:28:07.480 or<00:28:07.200><c> a</c><00:28:07.359><c> nose</c> 00:28:07.480 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the</c><00:28:21.519><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:24.900 So<00:28:22.680><c> question,</c><00:28:23.180><c> is</c><00:28:23.339><c> your</c><00:28:23.500><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:23.720><c> like</c><00:28:23.900><c> that?</c> 00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:26.200 Do<00:28:25.140><c> you</c><00:28:25.240><c> walk</c><00:28:25.420><c> into</c><00:28:25.680><c> your</c><00:28:25.920><c> ecclesia</c> 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:28.279 and<00:28:26.299><c> feel</c><00:28:26.440><c> a</c><00:28:26.539><c> little</c><00:28:26.660><c> bit</c><00:28:26.880><c> of</c><00:28:26.900><c> a</c><00:28:26.980><c> tingle</c><00:28:27.160><c> of</c><00:28:27.420><c> excitement</c> 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.740 the<00:28:28.680><c> night</c><00:28:28.759><c> of</c><00:28:28.880><c> the</c><00:28:28.920><c> meeting?</c> 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:32.420 Well,<00:28:30.940><c> if</c><00:28:31.039><c> you</c><00:28:31.200><c> do,</c><00:28:32.099><c> great.</c> 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:34.720 How<00:28:32.819><c> are</c><00:28:32.940><c> you</c><00:28:33.039><c> going</c><00:28:33.119><c> to</c><00:28:33.259><c> keep</c><00:28:33.359><c> that</c><00:28:33.619><c> tingle</c><00:28:33.940><c> going?</c> 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:38.420 And<00:28:35.160><c> if</c><00:28:35.240><c> you</c><00:28:35.400><c> don't</c><00:28:35.640><c> feel</c><00:28:35.839><c> that</c><00:28:36.140><c> excitement</c><00:28:36.599><c> in</c><00:28:36.940><c> your</c><00:28:37.160><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:41.059 what<00:28:39.400><c> could</c><00:28:39.539><c> you</c><00:28:39.700><c> do</c><00:28:39.799><c> to</c><00:28:39.980><c> bring</c><00:28:40.059><c> it?</c> 00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:43.980 What<00:28:42.400><c> could</c><00:28:42.579><c> you</c><00:28:42.680><c> do</c><00:28:42.759><c> to</c><00:28:42.859><c> make</c><00:28:42.920><c> that</c><00:28:43.160><c> happen?</c> 00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:48.720 What<00:28:45.480><c> could</c><00:28:45.700><c> you</c><00:28:45.920><c> do</c><00:28:46.059><c> to</c><00:28:46.319><c> care</c><00:28:46.740><c> in</c><00:28:47.720><c> loving</c><00:28:47.940><c> for</c><00:28:48.220><c> your</c><00:28:48.380><c> neighbour</c> 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:51.240 so<00:28:49.220><c> that</c><00:28:49.359><c> your</c><00:28:49.579><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:49.880><c> does</c><00:28:50.140><c> feel</c><00:28:50.339><c> like</c><00:28:50.599><c> that</c><00:28:50.759><c> one</c><00:28:50.940><c> day?</c> 00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:53.259 What's<00:28:51.940><c> needed?</c><00:28:52.279><c> Have</c><00:28:52.400><c> you</c><00:28:52.420><c> thought</c><00:28:52.539><c> about</c><00:28:52.720><c> what's</c><00:28:53.039><c> needed?</c> 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:54.539 And<00:28:53.559><c> what</c><00:28:53.759><c> can</c><00:28:53.880><c> you</c><00:28:54.119><c> contribute?</c> 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:58.539 So<00:28:55.400><c> the</c><00:28:55.759><c> house</c><00:28:56.299><c> of</c><00:28:56.640><c> God,</c><00:28:57.240><c> says</c><00:28:57.559><c> Paul</c><00:28:58.039><c> and</c><00:28:58.240><c> Timothy,</c> 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:02.960 is<00:28:59.240><c> the</c><00:28:59.440><c> place,</c><00:28:59.920><c> in</c><00:29:00.240><c> fact,</c><00:29:00.640><c> where</c><00:29:01.019><c> God</c><00:29:01.660><c>-manifestation</c><00:29:02.519><c> is</c><00:29:02.799><c> seen</c> 00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:05.720 in<00:29:03.299><c> the</c><00:29:03.579><c> very</c><00:29:04.019><c> activities</c><00:29:04.640><c> of</c><00:29:04.920><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:05.359><c> life</c> 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:09.500 in<00:29:06.220><c> the</c><00:29:06.440><c> midst</c><00:29:06.779><c> of</c><00:29:07.220><c> the</c><00:29:07.779><c> community</c><00:29:08.200><c> of</c><00:29:08.400><c> the</c><00:29:08.619><c> saints.</c> 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:12.319 I<00:29:10.480><c> feel</c><00:29:10.660><c> that's</c><00:29:10.920><c> a</c><00:29:11.039><c> really,</c><00:29:11.400><c> really</c><00:29:11.680><c> wonderful</c><00:29:12.019><c> thought</c> 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:15.700 to<00:29:12.619><c> contemplate,</c><00:29:13.740><c> that</c><00:29:14.000><c> it's</c><00:29:14.759><c> in</c><00:29:14.940><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:15.299><c> life</c> 00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:18.180 that,<00:29:16.380><c> in</c><00:29:16.579><c> fact,</c><00:29:17.079><c> God</c><00:29:17.240><c>-manifestation</c><00:29:17.940><c> is</c><00:29:18.119><c> seen.</c> 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.140 Because<00:29:18.380><c> otherwise</c><00:29:18.660><c> what</c><00:29:18.859><c> we</c><00:29:18.980><c> do</c><00:29:19.059><c> is</c><00:29:19.160><c> we</c><00:29:19.259><c> come</c><00:29:19.400><c> to</c><00:29:19.559><c> a</c><00:29:19.660><c> Bible</c><00:29:19.880><c> school</c> 00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:22.079 and<00:29:20.519><c> some</c><00:29:20.819><c> brother</c><00:29:21.099><c> from</c><00:29:21.319><c> the</c><00:29:21.480><c> other</c><00:29:21.660><c> side</c><00:29:21.779><c> of</c><00:29:21.859><c> the</c><00:29:21.960><c> world</c> 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inside</c><00:29:32.940><c> your</c><00:29:33.180><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:36.140 week<00:29:33.839><c> in,</c><00:29:33.980><c> week</c><00:29:34.180><c> out,</c><00:29:34.500><c> and</c><00:29:34.759><c> inside</c><00:29:35.039><c> your</c><00:29:35.259><c> family,</c><00:29:35.880><c> week</c><00:29:35.980><c> in,</c> 00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:36.480 week<00:29:36.299><c> out.</c> 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:39.599 Do<00:29:36.759><c> that,</c><00:29:37.119><c> and</c><00:29:37.460><c> God</c><00:29:37.619><c>-manifestation</c><00:29:38.400><c> is</c><00:29:38.799><c> at</c><00:29:38.940><c> work</c><00:29:39.039><c> in</c><00:29:39.200><c> your</c><00:29:39.380><c> life.</c> 00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.980 That's<00:29:39.900><c> all</c><00:29:39.980><c> you've</c><00:29:40.119><c> got</c><00:29:40.140><c> to</c><00:29:40.259><c> do.</c> 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.980 But<00:29:42.019><c> you</c><00:29:42.140><c> do</c><00:29:42.259><c> have</c><00:29:42.420><c> to</c><00:29:42.519><c> do</c><00:29:42.700><c> it.</c> 00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:45.299 Otherwise,<00:29:43.940><c> we're</c><00:29:44.160><c> not</c><00:29:44.380><c> manifesting</c><00:29:44.880><c> the</c><00:29:45.119><c> Father.</c> 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:48.640 We're<00:29:45.519><c> simply</c><00:29:45.920><c> talking</c><00:29:46.400><c> about</c><00:29:46.900><c> manifesting</c><00:29:47.480><c> the</c><00:29:47.740><c> Father.</c> 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:53.039 Now,<00:29:49.940><c> here's</c><00:29:50.240><c> the</c><00:29:50.559><c> third</c><00:29:51.119><c> way</c><00:29:51.519><c> in</c><00:29:51.720><c> which</c><00:29:52.180><c> the</c><00:29:52.500><c> New</c><00:29:52.700><c> Testament</c> 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:54.279 talks<00:29:53.380><c> about</c><00:29:53.680><c> the</c><00:29:53.880><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:57.119 It<00:29:54.700><c> talks</c><00:29:54.920><c> about</c><00:29:55.200><c> the</c><00:29:55.440><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:55.759><c> as</c><00:29:56.000><c> a</c><00:29:56.240><c> city.</c> 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.519 And<00:29:57.859><c> so</c><00:29:58.000><c> you</c><00:29:58.039><c> might</c><00:29:58.259><c> remember</c><00:29:58.640><c> Revelation</c><00:29:59.079><c> 21</c> 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:01.400 talks<00:29:59.759><c> about</c><00:30:00.019><c> the</c><00:30:00.240><c> holy</c><00:30:00.559><c> city</c><00:30:00.839><c> of</c><00:30:01.079><c> God,</c> 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:03.019 which<00:30:01.740><c> is</c><00:30:01.920><c> really</c><00:30:02.200><c> the</c><00:30:02.460><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:06.460 Just<00:30:03.680><c> come</c><00:30:03.839><c> to</c><00:30:03.980><c> that</c><00:30:04.279><c> first</c><00:30:04.559><c> reference,</c><00:30:05.200><c> Psalm</c><00:30:05.299><c> 87,</c> 00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:08.220 and<00:30:07.160><c> see</c><00:30:07.660><c> what</c><00:30:07.819><c> it</c><00:30:08.039><c> says,</c> 00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.900 because<00:30:08.380><c> there's</c><00:30:08.579><c> one</c><00:30:08.799><c> just</c><00:30:09.019><c> little</c><00:30:09.200><c> interesting</c><00:30:09.559><c> idea</c> 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:14.400 I<00:30:09.980><c> wanted</c><00:30:10.160><c> to</c><00:30:11.000><c> share</c><00:30:11.220><c> there</c><00:30:11.700><c> out</c><00:30:12.039><c> of</c><00:30:12.200><c> that</c><00:30:12.660><c> 87th</c><00:30:13.579><c> Psalm.</c> 00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:19.799 In<00:30:16.000><c> Psalm</c><00:30:16.279><c> 87,</c><00:30:18.380><c> it</c><00:30:18.420><c> says,</c> 00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.079 verse<00:30:22.980><c> 1,</c> 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:27.480 His<00:30:24.839><c> foundation</c><00:30:25.480><c> is</c><00:30:25.680><c> in</c><00:30:25.819><c> the</c><00:30:25.940><c> holy</c><00:30:26.119><c> mountains.</c> 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:30.819 Yahweh<00:30:28.880><c> loveth</c><00:30:29.160><c> the</c><00:30:29.339><c> gates</c><00:30:29.599><c> of</c><00:30:29.880><c> Zion</c> 00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:34.660 more<00:30:31.500><c> than</c><00:30:31.640><c> all</c><00:30:31.900><c> the</c><00:30:32.079><c> dwellings</c><00:30:32.380><c> of</c><00:30:34.160><c> Jacob.</c> 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:40.220 Glorious<00:30:37.380><c> things</c><00:30:37.660><c> are</c><00:30:37.900><c> spoken</c><00:30:38.279><c> of</c><00:30:38.759><c> thee,</c> 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:42.200 O<00:30:40.940><c> city</c><00:30:41.140><c> of</c><00:30:41.359><c> God.</c> 00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:47.779 Now,<00:30:44.099><c> just</c><00:30:44.359><c> think</c><00:30:44.559><c> about</c><00:30:45.180><c> verse</c><00:30:45.960><c> 2</c><00:30:46.380><c> for</c><00:30:46.599><c> a</c><00:30:46.740><c> minute,</c> 00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:51.460 and<00:30:49.220><c> tell</c><00:30:49.559><c> me</c><00:30:49.700><c> what</c><00:30:49.900><c> you</c><00:30:50.119><c> think</c><00:30:50.240><c> it</c><00:30:50.480><c> means.</c> 00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:56.200 Just<00:30:55.660><c> read</c><00:30:55.880><c> it.</c> 00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:58.539 So<00:30:56.420><c> remember,</c><00:30:56.700><c> good</c><00:30:56.779><c> Bible</c><00:30:57.079><c> studies</c><00:30:57.359><c> based</c><00:30:57.660><c> on</c><00:30:57.880><c> good</c><00:30:58.039><c> Bible</c><00:30:58.299><c> reading.</c> 00:30:58.539 --> 00:31:01.140 You<00:30:58.799><c> won't</c><00:30:59.059><c> need</c><00:30:59.240><c> any</c><00:30:59.859><c> Hebrew</c><00:31:00.180><c> word.</c> 00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.539 So<00:31:02.079><c> just</c><00:31:02.299><c> read</c><00:31:02.500><c> verse</c><00:31:02.819><c> 2</c><00:31:03.079><c> and</c><00:31:03.220><c> just</c><00:31:03.400><c> say,</c> 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:07.200 what<00:31:03.700><c> do</c><00:31:03.819><c> you</c><00:31:04.700><c> think</c><00:31:05.059><c> the</c><00:31:05.779><c> Psalmist</c><00:31:06.259><c> is</c><00:31:06.500><c> saying?</c> 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:11.619 Yahweh<00:31:08.819><c> loveth</c><00:31:09.380><c> the</c><00:31:09.920><c> gates</c><00:31:10.539><c> of</c><00:31:11.000><c> Zion</c> 00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:15.660 more<00:31:12.700><c> than</c><00:31:14.579><c> any</c><00:31:14.880><c> dwellings</c><00:31:15.180><c> in</c><00:31:15.420><c> Jacob.</c> 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:17.500 Now,<00:31:16.099><c> what</c><00:31:16.160><c> does</c><00:31:16.279><c> that</c><00:31:16.519><c> mean?</c> 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:21.440 Tell<00:31:19.720><c> me</c><00:31:19.799><c> what</c><00:31:19.920><c> you</c><00:31:20.099><c> think</c><00:31:20.220><c> that</c><00:31:20.519><c> means.</c> 00:31:34.299 --> 00:31:35.259 Yep. 00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:40.039 Okay,<00:31:38.579><c> I</c><00:31:38.740><c> think</c><00:31:38.940><c> that</c><00:31:39.319><c> was</c><00:31:39.519><c> well</c><00:31:39.759><c> said.</c> 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:43.460 Can<00:31:40.519><c> you</c><00:31:40.680><c> just</c><00:31:41.279><c> speak</c><00:31:41.799><c> that</c><00:31:42.000><c> up</c><00:31:42.160><c> a</c><00:31:42.240><c> bit</c><00:31:42.700><c> louder?</c> 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:52.759 Yahweh<00:31:49.779><c> loves</c><00:31:50.019><c> the</c><00:31:50.220><c> gates</c><00:31:50.440><c> of</c><00:31:50.680><c> Zion</c><00:31:50.920><c> as</c><00:31:51.119><c> a</c><00:31:51.240><c> symbol</c><00:31:51.400><c> for</c><00:31:51.619><c> the</c><00:31:51.799><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:56.380 more<00:31:53.519><c> than</c><00:31:55.019><c> all</c><00:31:55.480><c> the</c><00:31:55.700><c> dwellings</c><00:31:55.880><c> in</c><00:31:56.099><c> Jacob</c> 00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:57.680 or<00:31:56.619><c> than</c><00:31:56.839><c> any</c><00:31:57.039><c> dwelling</c><00:31:57.240><c> in</c><00:31:57.480><c> Jacob,</c> 00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:00.559 meaning<00:31:58.099><c> any</c><00:31:58.700><c> individual</c><00:31:59.259><c> family.</c> 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:02.440 Obviously,<00:32:01.259><c> the</c><00:32:01.400><c> Father</c><00:32:01.640><c> loves</c><00:32:01.880><c> us</c><00:32:02.140><c> all.</c> 00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:04.559 But<00:32:02.920><c> I</c><00:32:03.000><c> think</c><00:32:03.160><c> what</c><00:32:03.380><c> the</c><00:32:03.559><c> Psalmist</c><00:32:03.799><c> is</c><00:32:03.799><c> saying</c><00:32:04.039><c> is</c><00:32:04.240><c> that</c><00:32:04.400><c> God</c> 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:06.299 loves<00:32:04.859><c> the</c><00:32:05.160><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.640 the<00:32:07.460><c> community</c><00:32:07.920><c> of</c><00:32:08.119><c> the</c><00:32:08.299><c> saints,</c> 00:32:09.140 --> 00:32:12.460 more<00:32:09.380><c> than</c><00:32:09.500><c> any</c><00:32:09.799><c> one</c><00:32:10.019><c> particular</c><00:32:10.660><c> dwelling</c><00:32:11.099><c> of</c><00:32:11.940><c> the</c><00:32:12.160><c> families</c> 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.799 of<00:32:12.680><c> the</c><00:32:12.839><c> saints.</c> 00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.400 So<00:32:16.460><c> the</c><00:32:16.619><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:16.880><c> is</c><00:32:17.140><c> important.</c> 00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:22.900 And<00:32:19.819><c> the</c><00:32:20.400><c> next</c><00:32:20.720><c> verse,</c><00:32:21.519><c> Psalm</c><00:32:21.660><c> 87</c><00:32:22.019><c> verse</c><00:32:22.299><c> 3</c><00:32:22.579><c> says,</c> 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.920 what<00:32:23.140><c> is</c><00:32:23.319><c> the</c><00:32:23.519><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:26.500 It's<00:32:24.880><c> the</c><00:32:24.980><c> city</c><00:32:25.220><c> of</c><00:32:25.440><c> God.</c> 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:29.240 It's<00:32:27.519><c> God's</c><00:32:27.940><c> special</c><00:32:28.200><c> city.</c> 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:33.920 Now,<00:32:30.740><c> with</c><00:32:30.920><c> a</c><00:32:31.099><c> city,</c><00:32:32.440><c> what</c><00:32:32.619><c> do</c><00:32:32.740><c> you</c><00:32:32.759><c> need</c><00:32:32.880><c> to</c><00:32:33.059><c> guard</c><00:32:33.220><c> most</c><00:32:33.519><c> of</c><00:32:33.700><c> all?</c> 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:35.240 Any<00:32:34.200><c> thoughts?</c> 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:38.400 What<00:32:36.619><c> do</c><00:32:36.720><c> you</c><00:32:36.720><c> need</c><00:32:36.859><c> to</c><00:32:37.019><c> guard</c><00:32:37.160><c> with</c><00:32:37.319><c> a</c><00:32:37.480><c> city?</c> 00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:44.279 Yes,<00:32:43.339><c> burglars.</c> 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:47.819 So<00:32:44.960><c> how</c><00:32:45.119><c> do</c><00:32:45.200><c> you</c><00:32:45.380><c> stop</c><00:32:45.579><c> burglars</c><00:32:46.279><c> in</c><00:32:46.539><c> a</c><00:32:46.700><c> Bible</c><00:32:46.920><c> city?</c> 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:50.440 You<00:32:49.759><c> use</c><00:32:49.960><c> gates.</c> 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:52.319 You've<00:32:51.000><c> got</c><00:32:51.019><c> to</c><00:32:51.140><c> guard</c><00:32:51.259><c> the</c><00:32:51.460><c> gates.</c> 00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:54.380 The<00:32:53.119><c> gates</c><00:32:53.500><c> of</c><00:32:53.839><c> the</c><00:32:54.000><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:57.980 Now,<00:32:55.220><c> in</c><00:32:55.400><c> today,</c><00:32:56.539><c> what</c><00:32:56.640><c> are</c><00:32:56.720><c> the</c><00:32:56.900><c> burglars</c><00:32:57.319><c> that</c><00:32:57.640><c> come</c><00:32:57.799><c> into</c> 00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.480 an<00:32:58.160><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:00.380 and<00:32:58.720><c> might</c><00:32:59.000><c> burgle</c><00:32:59.299><c> the</c><00:32:59.480><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:04.079 What's<00:33:01.539><c> the</c><00:33:01.700><c> modern</c><00:33:01.900><c>-day</c><00:33:02.059><c> equivalent</c><00:33:02.319><c> of</c><00:33:02.559><c> burglars</c><00:33:02.900><c> in</c><00:33:03.019><c> an</c><00:33:03.160><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:06.400 And<00:33:04.440><c> what's</c><00:33:04.720><c> the</c><00:33:04.839><c> modern</c><00:33:05.000><c>-day</c><00:33:05.160><c> equivalent</c><00:33:05.420><c> of</c><00:33:05.640><c> gates?</c> 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:08.220 Any<00:33:06.880><c> thoughts</c><00:33:07.079><c> on</c><00:33:07.279><c> that?</c> 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:12.500 How<00:33:09.599><c> would</c><00:33:09.680><c> you</c><00:33:11.059><c> describe</c><00:33:11.359><c> what</c><00:33:11.559><c> a</c><00:33:11.740><c> burglar</c><00:33:11.980><c> is</c><00:33:12.099><c> in</c><00:33:12.259><c> Ecclesia</c> 00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.720 life<00:33:12.759><c> today?</c> 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:15.960 And<00:33:14.460><c> what</c><00:33:14.640><c> a</c><00:33:14.759><c> gate</c><00:33:14.859><c> might</c><00:33:15.079><c> be?</c> 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:17.839 Yeah. 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:23.920 The<00:33:21.319><c> world</c><00:33:21.640><c> could</c><00:33:21.859><c> be</c><00:33:22.059><c> a</c><00:33:22.240><c> burglar</c><00:33:22.420><c> because</c><00:33:22.559><c> it</c><00:33:22.740><c> takes</c><00:33:23.000><c> the</c><00:33:23.259><c> truth</c><00:33:23.380><c> from</c><00:33:23.579><c> us.</c> 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:27.279 So<00:33:23.920><c> how</c><00:33:24.759><c> does</c><00:33:24.920><c> the</c><00:33:25.180><c> world</c><00:33:25.440><c> tiptoe</c><00:33:26.119><c> through</c><00:33:26.380><c> the</c><00:33:26.619><c> gate</c><00:33:26.900><c> into</c> 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.339 the<00:33:27.480><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.920 How<00:33:29.240><c> does</c><00:33:29.420><c> it</c><00:33:29.519><c> do</c><00:33:29.680><c> that?</c> 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:34.039 In<00:33:30.140><c> what</c><00:33:30.319><c> ways</c><00:33:30.640><c> might</c><00:33:31.200><c> we</c><00:33:31.680><c> see</c><00:33:31.900><c> that</c><00:33:32.240><c> burglar</c><00:33:32.539><c> inside</c><00:33:32.940><c> the</c><00:33:33.140><c> Ecclesia?</c> 00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.480 Any<00:33:34.559><c> thoughts?</c> 00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:41.000 To<00:33:38.559><c> be</c><00:33:38.619><c> honest,</c><00:33:39.039><c> we</c><00:33:39.160><c> kind</c><00:33:39.339><c> of</c><00:33:39.559><c> let</c><00:33:39.680><c> it</c><00:33:39.940><c> in.</c> 00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.420 Yeah,<00:33:41.460><c> we</c><00:33:41.539><c> let</c><00:33:41.700><c> it</c><00:33:41.839><c> in.</c> 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.940 And<00:33:46.240><c> because,</c><00:33:46.740><c> remember,</c><00:33:46.960><c> as</c><00:33:47.059><c> we</c><00:33:47.220><c> said</c><00:33:47.319><c> right</c><00:33:47.539><c> at</c><00:33:47.680><c> the</c><00:33:47.819><c> start</c> 00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.339 of<00:33:48.059><c> these</c><00:33:48.180><c> studies,</c> 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:52.119 because<00:33:49.019><c> how</c><00:33:49.359><c> we</c><00:33:49.599><c> think</c><00:33:49.740><c> is</c><00:33:50.059><c> much</c><00:33:50.460><c> more</c><00:33:50.799><c> affected</c><00:33:51.160><c> by</c><00:33:51.460><c> the</c><00:33:51.660><c> world</c><00:33:51.819><c> that</c><00:33:51.980><c> we</c> 00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.319 live<00:33:52.220><c> in</c> 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:54.980 than<00:33:52.440><c> we</c><00:33:52.539><c> realise,</c><00:33:53.279><c> we</c><00:33:53.440><c> walk</c><00:33:53.640><c> back</c><00:33:53.839><c> into</c><00:33:54.059><c> the</c><00:33:54.200><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:54.400><c> ourselves</c> 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:58.059 and<00:33:55.420><c> we</c><00:33:55.619><c> bring</c><00:33:55.720><c> the</c><00:33:55.980><c> thinking</c><00:33:56.200><c> of</c><00:33:56.759><c> the</c><00:33:56.839><c> world</c><00:33:57.140><c> into</c><00:33:57.500><c> the</c><00:33:57.720><c> Ecclesia</c><00:33:57.940><c> and</c> 00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.740 how<00:33:58.200><c> we</c><00:33:58.400><c> behave.</c> 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:01.700 So<00:33:59.539><c> I</c><00:34:00.059><c> remember,</c><00:34:00.359><c> by</c><00:34:00.579><c> the</c><00:34:00.720><c> way,</c><00:34:01.019><c> and</c><00:34:01.160><c> we've</c><00:34:01.339><c> talked</c><00:34:01.500><c> about</c> 00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.160 this<00:34:01.880><c> before,</c> 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:04.559 I<00:34:02.460><c> remember</c><00:34:02.779><c> being</c><00:34:03.119><c> in</c><00:34:03.619><c> an</c><00:34:03.779><c> Ecclesial</c><00:34:04.119><c> meeting</c> 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:07.319 and<00:34:05.259><c> there</c><00:34:05.440><c> was</c><00:34:05.579><c> a</c><00:34:05.799><c> difficulty</c><00:34:06.119><c> with</c><00:34:06.339><c> some</c><00:34:06.700><c> children</c><00:34:07.140><c> that</c> 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.940 were<00:34:07.460><c> making,</c> 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:12.420 let's<00:34:09.519><c> say,</c><00:34:09.820><c> perhaps</c><00:34:09.980><c> too</c><00:34:10.199><c> much</c><00:34:10.420><c> noise</c><00:34:10.820><c> in</c><00:34:11.139><c> the</c><00:34:11.300><c> memorial</c><00:34:11.559><c> meeting.</c> 00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:17.019 In<00:34:13.820><c> fact,</c><00:34:15.079><c> when</c><00:34:15.239><c> you</c><00:34:15.380><c> get</c><00:34:15.480><c> to</c><00:34:15.659><c> the</c><00:34:15.780><c> stage</c><00:34:15.960><c> where</c><00:34:16.119><c> you've</c><00:34:16.219><c> got</c><00:34:16.360><c> a</c><00:34:16.519><c> child</c> 00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:20.079 running<00:34:17.440><c> up</c><00:34:17.699><c> and</c><00:34:17.880><c> down</c><00:34:18.039><c> the</c><00:34:18.260><c> central</c><00:34:18.639><c> aisle</c><00:34:18.980><c> of</c><00:34:19.460><c> the</c><00:34:19.619><c> memorial</c><00:34:19.840><c> meeting</c> 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:24.599 in<00:34:20.260><c> the</c><00:34:20.360><c> middle</c><00:34:20.719><c> of</c><00:34:21.119><c> the</c><00:34:21.960><c> emblems,</c><00:34:22.599><c> would</c><00:34:22.719><c> you</c><00:34:22.900><c> say</c><00:34:23.019><c> that's</c><00:34:23.579><c> maybe</c><00:34:24.000><c> a</c> 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.780 little<00:34:24.780><c> bit</c><00:34:24.940><c> too</c><00:34:25.059><c> noisy?</c> 00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.800 Yes. 00:34:27.219 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it</c><00:34:38.559><c> wasn't</c><00:34:38.800><c> noticed</c><00:34:39.179><c> because</c><00:34:39.579><c> the</c><00:34:39.820><c> child</c><00:34:39.940><c> was</c><00:34:40.400><c> left</c><00:34:40.599><c> to</c><00:34:40.800><c> run.</c> 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:45.860 So<00:34:41.699><c> at</c><00:34:42.059><c> a</c><00:34:42.159><c> business</c><00:34:42.539><c> meeting,</c><00:34:44.840><c> an</c><00:34:44.940><c> older</c><00:34:45.139><c> brother</c><00:34:45.380><c> said</c><00:34:45.659><c> that</c> 00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.820 he<00:34:45.980><c> was</c><00:34:46.239><c> concerned</c> 00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:49.780 about<00:34:47.559><c> some</c><00:34:47.860><c> of</c><00:34:48.000><c> the</c><00:34:48.179><c> children</c><00:34:48.480><c> not</c><00:34:48.719><c> being</c><00:34:48.940><c> properly</c><00:34:49.340><c> controlled</c> 00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:52.159 and<00:34:49.940><c> that</c><00:34:50.039><c> that</c><00:34:50.179><c> was</c><00:34:50.380><c> affecting</c><00:34:50.760><c> the</c><00:34:51.380><c> spirit</c><00:34:51.780><c> of</c><00:34:51.980><c> the</c> 00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.860 memorial<00:34:52.480><c> meeting.</c> 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:55.199 And<00:34:53.539><c> then</c><00:34:53.679><c> people</c><00:34:53.860><c> were</c><00:34:54.119><c> going</c><00:34:54.239><c> to</c><00:34:54.400><c> make</c><00:34:54.599><c> comments</c><00:34:54.840><c> on</c><00:34:54.980><c> it</c><00:34:55.079><c> in</c> 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.780 the<00:34:55.320><c> business</c><00:34:55.579><c> meeting.</c> 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.159 Now<00:34:55.980><c> what</c><00:34:56.059><c> was</c><00:34:56.260><c> interesting</c><00:34:56.559><c> is</c><00:34:56.920><c> that</c><00:34:57.179><c> about</c><00:34:57.440><c> seven</c><00:34:57.699><c> people</c><00:34:57.960><c> in</c><00:34:58.099><c> a</c> 00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.960 row<00:34:58.260><c> made</c><00:34:58.539><c> comments.</c> 00:34:59.219 --> 00:35:01.400 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says.</c> 00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:43.039 It<00:35:40.559><c> was</c><00:35:40.800><c> I</c><00:35:40.980><c> think</c><00:35:41.199><c> I</c><00:35:41.320><c> feel,</c><00:35:41.559><c> I</c><00:35:41.639><c> think</c><00:35:41.820><c> I</c><00:35:41.960><c> feel,</c><00:35:42.099><c> I</c><00:35:42.219><c> think</c><00:35:42.360><c> I</c><00:35:42.500><c> feel,</c><00:35:42.659><c> I</c><00:35:42.800><c> think</c><00:35:42.900><c> I</c> 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.639 feel,<00:35:43.139><c> I</c><00:35:43.239><c> think</c><00:35:43.320><c> I</c><00:35:43.480><c> feel.</c> 00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:46.460 That's<00:35:44.480><c> actually</c><00:35:44.780><c> the</c><00:35:44.980><c> world</c><00:35:45.139><c> walking</c><00:35:45.400><c> in</c><00:35:45.619><c> through</c><00:35:45.739><c> the</c><00:35:45.880><c> gate,</c><00:35:46.119><c> isn't</c><00:35:46.219><c> it?</c> 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:48.400 That's<00:35:46.960><c> humanistic</c><00:35:47.320><c> thinking</c><00:35:47.599><c> 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once</c><00:35:59.300><c> everyone</c><00:35:59.519><c> had</c><00:35:59.739><c> said</c><00:35:59.800><c> what</c><00:35:59.940><c> they</c><00:36:00.199><c> thought</c><00:36:00.320><c> and</c> 00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.659 what<00:36:00.539><c> they</c><00:36:00.739><c> felt,</c> 00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:06.019 then<00:36:03.679><c> the</c><00:36:03.840><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:04.019><c> says,</c><00:36:04.260><c> well</c><00:36:04.340><c> that's</c><00:36:05.199><c> terribly</c><00:36:05.500><c> interesting</c><00:36:05.820><c> now.</c> 00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.940 Shall<00:36:06.159><c> we</c><00:36:06.260><c> open</c><00:36:06.400><c> our</c><00:36:06.599><c> Bibles</c><00:36:06.760><c> and</c><00:36:06.880><c> see</c><00:36:07.019><c> what</c><00:36:07.159><c> actually</c><00:36:07.360><c> God</c><00:36:07.539><c> requires?</c> 00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:10.340 Let's<00:36:08.539><c> see</c><00:36:08.639><c> if</c><00:36:08.699><c> we</c><00:36:08.780><c> can</c><00:36:08.880><c> get</c><00:36:09.000><c> a</c><00:36:09.059><c> Bible</c><00:36:09.300><c> solution</c><00:36:09.699><c> to</c><00:36:09.880><c> this</c><00:36:10.019><c> problem</c> 00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:13.320 and<00:36:10.659><c> decide</c><00:36:11.039><c> there</c><00:36:11.280><c> what</c><00:36:11.400><c> we</c><00:36:11.800><c> ought</c><00:36:11.920><c> to</c><00:36:12.039><c> do</c><00:36:12.119><c> about</c><00:36:12.280><c> the</c><00:36:12.480><c> children.</c> 00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:16.699 So<00:36:14.400><c> yes,</c><00:36:14.559><c> there's</c><00:36:14.699><c> lots</c><00:36:14.940><c> of</c><00:36:15.099><c> ways</c><00:36:15.400><c> that</c><00:36:15.719><c> the</c><00:36:15.920><c> ecclesia,</c><00:36:16.539><c> the</c> 00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:18.039 city<00:36:16.900><c> of</c><00:36:17.119><c> God,</c><00:36:17.280><c> could</c><00:36:17.460><c> be</c><00:36:17.699><c> burgled.</c> 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:19.440 So<00:36:18.340><c> the</c><00:36:18.519><c> gates</c><00:36:18.699><c> have</c><00:36:18.900><c> to</c><00:36:19.039><c> be</c><00:36:19.219><c> guarded.</c> 00:36:19.679 --> 00:36:23.559 And<00:36:19.880><c> incidentally,</c><00:36:20.639><c> the</c><00:36:20.760><c> gates</c><00:36:20.960><c> have</c><00:36:21.139><c> to</c><00:36:21.280><c> be</c><00:36:21.440><c> guarded</c><00:36:21.579><c> against</c><00:36:21.940><c> two</c><00:36:22.239><c> things.</c> 00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:28.500 Wrong<00:36:25.119><c> doctrine</c><00:36:25.619><c> and</c><00:36:27.159><c> wrong</c><00:36:27.500><c> practice.</c> 00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:31.679 That's<00:36:29.579><c> what</c><00:36:30.079><c> the</c><00:36:30.280><c> gates</c><00:36:30.519><c> are</c><00:36:30.699><c> being</c><00:36:30.940><c> guarded</c><00:36:31.280><c> for.</c> 00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:34.239 That<00:36:32.000><c> if</c><00:36:32.099><c> this</c><00:36:32.300><c> is</c><00:36:32.460><c> the</c><00:36:32.519><c> city</c><00:36:32.760><c> of</c><00:36:33.000><c> God,</c><00:36:33.420><c> we</c><00:36:33.539><c> don't</c><00:36:33.780><c> want</c><00:36:33.920><c> wrong</c> 00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:35.920 doctrine<00:36:34.800><c> coming</c><00:36:35.119><c> into</c><00:36:35.380><c> the</c><00:36:35.539><c> ecclesia</c> 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:39.579 and<00:36:36.219><c> we</c><00:36:36.320><c> don't</c><00:36:37.280><c> want</c><00:36:37.539><c> wrong</c><00:36:38.019><c> practice</c><00:36:38.619><c> coming</c><00:36:38.920><c> into</c><00:36:39.099><c> the</c><00:36:39.260><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:41.840 So<00:36:39.900><c> we're</c><00:36:40.320><c> guarding</c><00:36:40.420><c> about</c><00:36:40.739><c> those</c><00:36:41.000><c> two</c><00:36:41.219><c> particular</c><00:36:41.599><c> things</c> 00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:44.480 and<00:36:41.940><c> that's</c><00:36:42.380><c> what</c><00:36:42.599><c> arranging</c><00:36:42.920><c> brethren</c><00:36:43.139><c> looking</c><00:36:43.420><c> to</c><00:36:43.679><c> do.</c> 00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:48.599 Is<00:36:44.840><c> the</c><00:36:45.059><c> doctrine</c><00:36:45.400><c> sound</c><00:36:46.000><c> and</c><00:36:46.739><c> is</c><00:36:46.920><c> the</c><00:36:47.119><c> conduct</c><00:36:47.579><c> wholesome?</c> 00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:51.219 And<00:36:49.260><c> those</c><00:36:49.539><c> two</c><00:36:49.800><c> things</c><00:36:50.099><c> are</c><00:36:50.260><c> what</c><00:36:50.460><c> ecclesias</c><00:36:50.800><c> are</c><00:36:50.940><c> guarding.</c> 00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:54.780 But<00:36:51.579><c> guess</c><00:36:51.840><c> what?</c><00:36:52.320><c> If</c><00:36:52.500><c> we</c><00:36:52.840><c> say,</c><00:36:53.239><c> oh</c><00:36:53.420><c> well</c><00:36:53.539><c> that's</c><00:36:53.800><c> the</c><00:36:53.940><c> arranging</c><00:36:54.219><c> brethren's</c><00:36:54.659><c> job,</c> 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:56.360 no,<00:36:55.179><c> no,</c><00:36:55.500><c> no,</c><00:36:55.820><c> no,</c><00:36:56.099><c> no.</c> 00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:59.719 Every<00:36:56.900><c> single</c><00:36:57.420><c> member</c><00:36:57.880><c> of</c><00:36:58.119><c> an</c><00:36:58.340><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:58.880><c> should</c><00:36:59.219><c> be</c><00:36:59.500><c> guarding</c> 00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.860 the<00:36:59.960><c> gates.</c> 00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:06.059 So<00:37:02.539><c> if</c><00:37:02.739><c> any</c><00:37:02.960><c> one</c><00:37:03.099><c> of</c><00:37:03.260><c> us</c><00:37:03.639><c> see</c><00:37:03.980><c> something</c><00:37:04.440><c> that</c><00:37:04.780><c> is</c><00:37:05.019><c> actually</c><00:37:05.480><c> wrong</c> 00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:08.440 in<00:37:06.320><c> terms</c><00:37:06.559><c> of</c><00:37:06.739><c> the</c><00:37:06.900><c> doctrine</c><00:37:07.199><c> or</c><00:37:07.480><c> teaching</c><00:37:07.780><c> of</c><00:37:07.960><c> the</c><00:37:08.099><c> scripture</c> 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:12.139 or<00:37:08.920><c> wrong</c><00:37:09.360><c> in</c><00:37:09.719><c> terms</c><00:37:09.940><c> of</c><00:37:10.119><c> the</c><00:37:10.320><c> conduct</c><00:37:10.739><c> and</c><00:37:11.079><c> behaviour</c><00:37:11.619><c> of</c><00:37:12.000><c> the</c> 00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.840 Spirit<00:37:12.320><c> of</c><00:37:12.519><c> Christ,</c> 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:14.860 then<00:37:13.159><c> we've</c><00:37:13.360><c> got</c><00:37:13.500><c> a</c><00:37:13.639><c> duty</c><00:37:13.820><c> to</c><00:37:14.039><c> say</c><00:37:14.239><c> something</c><00:37:14.480><c> about</c><00:37:14.719><c> it</c> 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:17.159 because<00:37:15.039><c> we're</c><00:37:15.360><c> guarding</c><00:37:15.659><c> the</c><00:37:15.920><c> city</c><00:37:16.139><c> of</c><00:37:16.360><c> God.</c> 00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:19.480 This<00:37:17.940><c> is</c><00:37:18.099><c> God's</c><00:37:18.539><c> city.</c> 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:22.280 And<00:37:19.900><c> God</c><00:37:20.079><c> loves</c><00:37:20.400><c> that</c><00:37:20.639><c> city</c><00:37:20.940><c> more</c><00:37:21.340><c> than</c><00:37:21.519><c> any</c><00:37:21.760><c> one</c><00:37:21.880><c> of</c><00:37:22.019><c> our</c> 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:23.159 individual<00:37:22.699><c> families,</c> 00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:24.860 which<00:37:23.519><c> by</c><00:37:23.719><c> the</c><00:37:23.840><c> way</c><00:37:23.940><c> means</c><00:37:24.179><c> this</c><00:37:24.420><c> also,</c> 00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:27.880 if<00:37:25.239><c> God</c><00:37:25.440><c> loves</c><00:37:25.699><c> the</c><00:37:25.960><c> gates</c><00:37:26.179><c> of</c><00:37:26.420><c> Zion</c><00:37:26.599><c> more</c><00:37:26.860><c> than</c><00:37:27.000><c> the</c><00:37:27.159><c> dwellings</c><00:37:27.380><c> of</c><00:37:27.619><c> Jacob,</c> 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:30.280 what<00:37:28.260><c> you</c><00:37:28.480><c> can't</c><00:37:28.760><c> say</c><00:37:28.880><c> is,</c><00:37:29.260><c> well</c><00:37:29.320><c> I</c><00:37:29.360><c> love</c><00:37:29.579><c> the</c><00:37:29.800><c> truth</c><00:37:29.940><c> and</c><00:37:30.039><c> I'm</c> 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.820 interested<00:37:30.400><c> in</c><00:37:30.559><c> the</c><00:37:30.659><c> truth,</c> 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:32.739 but<00:37:31.119><c> I</c><00:37:31.360><c> actually</c><00:37:31.539><c> get</c><00:37:31.699><c> more</c><00:37:31.900><c> by</c><00:37:32.079><c> being</c><00:37:32.300><c> at</c><00:37:32.559><c> home.</c> 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:35.900 I<00:37:33.199><c> won't</c><00:37:33.380><c> go</c><00:37:33.599><c> to</c><00:37:33.739><c> Bible</c><00:37:33.980><c> class</c><00:37:34.260><c> tonight</c><00:37:34.679><c> because</c><00:37:35.179><c> Bible</c><00:37:35.599><c> class</c> 00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:38.079 tonight<00:37:36.260><c> is</c><00:37:36.719><c> Brother</c><00:37:37.019><c> X.</c> 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:41.719 I<00:37:38.920><c> would</c><00:37:39.400><c> get</c><00:37:39.579><c> a</c><00:37:39.960><c> lot</c><00:37:40.119><c> more</c><00:37:40.440><c> out</c><00:37:40.639><c> of</c><00:37:40.739><c> the</c><00:37:40.880><c> Bible</c><00:37:41.019><c> if</c><00:37:41.219><c> I</c><00:37:41.519><c> stayed</c> 00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:45.019 at<00:37:42.000><c> home</c><00:37:42.280><c> and</c><00:37:42.639><c> read</c><00:37:42.820><c> my</c><00:37:43.079><c> Bible</c><00:37:43.400><c> at</c><00:37:43.840><c> home.</c> 00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:50.519 Yes,<00:37:45.519><c> but</c><00:37:45.820><c> God</c><00:37:46.059><c> loves</c><00:37:46.400><c> the</c><00:37:46.659><c> city</c><00:37:47.099><c> of</c><00:37:47.400><c> Zion,</c><00:37:48.400><c> not</c><00:37:48.800><c> your</c><00:37:49.139><c> dwelling</c><00:37:49.360><c> in</c><00:37:49.639><c> Jacob.</c> 00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:54.980 And<00:37:51.739><c> we</c><00:37:51.900><c> don't</c><00:37:52.139><c> go</c><00:37:52.599><c> to</c><00:37:52.739><c> the</c><00:37:52.900><c> Bible</c><00:37:53.099><c> class</c><00:37:53.380><c> simply</c><00:37:53.719><c> to</c><00:37:53.960><c> get</c><00:37:54.159><c> something</c><00:37:54.559><c> out</c> 00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.800 of<00:37:55.159><c> Brother</c><00:37:55.380><c> X,</c> 00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:58.480 we<00:37:56.300><c> go</c><00:37:56.539><c> to</c><00:37:56.820><c> contribute</c><00:37:57.440><c> something</c><00:37:57.800><c> to</c><00:37:58.019><c> the</c><00:37:58.179><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:37:58.659 --> 00:38:01.719 It's<00:37:58.960><c> about</c><00:37:59.199><c> making</c><00:37:59.519><c> a</c><00:37:59.800><c> positive</c><00:38:00.280><c> contribution,</c><00:38:01.280><c> remember.</c> 00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.539 And<00:38:02.139><c> if</c><00:38:02.280><c> all</c><00:38:02.420><c> we</c><00:38:02.559><c> do</c><00:38:02.659><c> when</c><00:38:02.760><c> we</c><00:38:02.860><c> go</c><00:38:02.920><c> to</c><00:38:03.019><c> the</c><00:38:03.139><c> meeting</c><00:38:03.280><c> is</c><00:38:03.440><c> say,</c> 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:07.059 well<00:38:03.920><c> I</c><00:38:04.139><c> don't</c><00:38:04.400><c> get</c><00:38:04.579><c> anything</c><00:38:04.860><c> out</c><00:38:05.280><c> of</c><00:38:05.420><c> it,</c><00:38:06.019><c> again</c><00:38:06.239><c> our</c><00:38:06.460><c> spirit's</c><00:38:06.860><c> wrong.</c> 00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:09.559 It's<00:38:07.340><c> not</c><00:38:07.460><c> about</c><00:38:07.719><c> getting</c><00:38:07.960><c> out,</c><00:38:08.159><c> it's</c><00:38:08.340><c> about</c><00:38:08.519><c> putting</c><00:38:08.760><c> in.</c> 00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:16.820 So<00:38:12.199><c> our</c><00:38:12.719><c> focus</c><00:38:13.139><c> has</c><00:38:13.460><c> to</c><00:38:13.719><c> be</c><00:38:14.280><c> that</c><00:38:14.659><c> we're</c><00:38:15.000><c> committed</c><00:38:15.320><c> to</c><00:38:15.920><c> the</c><00:38:16.239><c> ecclesia</c> 00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:19.559 and<00:38:17.260><c> to</c><00:38:17.539><c> the</c><00:38:18.019><c> guardianship</c><00:38:18.679><c> of</c><00:38:18.860><c> the</c><00:38:19.039><c> ecclesia</c> 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:23.719 and<00:38:19.940><c> recognising</c><00:38:20.579><c> that</c><00:38:20.780><c> there</c><00:38:20.940><c> is</c><00:38:21.260><c> joy</c><00:38:21.699><c> in</c><00:38:22.079><c> assembling</c><00:38:22.480><c> together</c><00:38:23.380><c> with</c> 00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.579 our<00:38:23.920><c> brothers</c><00:38:24.099><c> and</c><00:38:24.280><c> sisters</c> 00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:28.219 because<00:38:24.960><c> that's</c><00:38:25.659><c> where</c><00:38:26.079><c> the</c><00:38:26.380><c> rub</c><00:38:26.460><c> and</c><00:38:26.639><c> smooth</c><00:38:26.880><c> of</c><00:38:27.099><c> life</c><00:38:27.280><c> happens.</c> 00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:31.679 You<00:38:28.460><c> know,</c><00:38:28.559><c> if</c><00:38:28.679><c> we</c><00:38:28.880><c> simply</c><00:38:29.119><c> had</c><00:38:29.260><c> to</c><00:38:29.420><c> live</c><00:38:29.519><c> the</c><00:38:29.760><c> truth</c><00:38:29.980><c> in</c><00:38:30.420><c> isolation</c><00:38:30.860><c> by</c><00:38:31.159><c> ourselves,</c> 00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:33.840 we'd<00:38:32.179><c> have</c><00:38:32.219><c> a</c><00:38:32.300><c> pretty</c><00:38:32.460><c> good</c><00:38:32.599><c> time</c><00:38:32.840><c> of</c><00:38:32.940><c> it</c><00:38:33.079><c> because</c><00:38:33.300><c> we</c><00:38:33.679><c> think</c> 00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.980 we're<00:38:34.059><c> great.</c> 00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:40.940 You<00:38:37.800><c> know</c><00:38:37.940><c> where</c><00:38:38.039><c> we</c><00:38:38.219><c> really</c><00:38:38.500><c> tested</c><00:38:38.800><c> on</c><00:38:38.960><c> what</c><00:38:39.099><c> we</c><00:38:39.360><c> believe</c><00:38:39.519><c> and</c><00:38:39.659><c> how</c><00:38:39.820><c> we</c><00:38:40.019><c> behave?</c> 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:46.219 Coming<00:38:42.340><c> up</c><00:38:42.519><c> against</c><00:38:42.800><c> people</c><00:38:43.019><c> in</c><00:38:43.119><c> the</c><00:38:43.219><c> meeting</c><00:38:43.579><c> who</c><00:38:44.159><c> aren't</c><00:38:44.340><c> quite</c><00:38:44.559><c> the</c><00:38:44.699><c> same</c><00:38:44.800><c> as</c><00:38:44.940><c> us.</c> 00:38:47.420 --> 00:38:50.219 Learning<00:38:47.679><c> to</c><00:38:47.880><c> figure</c><00:38:48.000><c> it</c><00:38:48.179><c> out,</c><00:38:48.340><c> learning</c><00:38:48.559><c> to</c><00:38:48.739><c> work</c><00:38:48.840><c> that</c><00:38:49.099><c> through,</c><00:38:49.539><c> debating</c><00:38:49.880><c> with</c> 00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.639 the<00:38:50.280><c> brothers</c><00:38:50.400><c> and</c><00:38:50.500><c> sisters.</c> 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:53.340 You<00:38:51.000><c> know,</c><00:38:51.079><c> one</c><00:38:51.139><c> of</c><00:38:51.280><c> the</c><00:38:51.480><c> amazing</c><00:38:51.960><c> things</c><00:38:52.199><c> about</c><00:38:52.400><c> the</c><00:38:52.619><c> truth,</c> 00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:55.840 and<00:38:53.860><c> you</c><00:38:54.219><c> might</c><00:38:54.420><c> know</c><00:38:54.579><c> this</c><00:38:54.780><c> within</c><00:38:54.940><c> your</c><00:38:55.239><c> ecclesia,</c><00:38:55.519><c> I</c><00:38:55.679><c> know</c> 00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.360 it<00:38:55.980><c> in</c><00:38:56.159><c> mine,</c> 00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:59.400 do<00:38:56.820><c> you</c><00:38:56.900><c> know</c><00:38:57.059><c> that</c><00:38:57.199><c> if</c><00:38:57.340><c> you</c><00:38:57.480><c> look</c><00:38:57.559><c> at</c><00:38:57.659><c> an</c><00:38:57.780><c> ecclesia,</c><00:38:58.599><c> most</c><00:38:58.840><c> ecclesias,</c> 00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:01.460 if<00:38:59.860><c> you</c><00:39:00.059><c> really</c><00:39:00.280><c> looked</c><00:39:00.440><c> at</c><00:39:00.579><c> the</c><00:39:00.699><c> people</c><00:39:00.880><c> in</c><00:39:01.000><c> that</c><00:39:01.099><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:03.519 you'd<00:39:01.780><c> say</c><00:39:01.920><c> that</c><00:39:02.139><c> outside</c><00:39:02.500><c> of</c><00:39:02.639><c> the</c><00:39:02.800><c> truth</c><00:39:02.880><c> there's</c><00:39:03.179><c> no</c><00:39:03.400><c> way</c> 00:39:03.519 --> 00:39:05.699 these<00:39:03.760><c> people</c><00:39:04.039><c> would</c><00:39:04.460><c> ever</c><00:39:04.920><c> get</c><00:39:05.119><c> together.</c> 00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:10.039 True?<00:39:07.440><c> Chalk</c><00:39:07.719><c> and</c><00:39:07.980><c> cheese?</c><00:39:09.159><c> Woof!</c> 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:14.239 In<00:39:10.460><c> most</c><00:39:10.780><c> ecclesias</c><00:39:11.079><c> there</c><00:39:11.239><c> are</c><00:39:11.239><c> people</c><00:39:11.440><c> that</c><00:39:11.599><c> are</c><00:39:11.920><c> so</c><00:39:12.380><c> different</c><00:39:12.699><c> in</c><00:39:13.000><c> personality</c><00:39:13.539><c> and</c><00:39:13.800><c> background</c> 00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:16.059 and<00:39:14.480><c> culture</c><00:39:14.900><c> and</c><00:39:15.199><c> style</c><00:39:15.539><c> and</c><00:39:15.800><c> thinking,</c> 00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:20.280 but<00:39:16.539><c> what</c><00:39:16.960><c> binds</c><00:39:17.320><c> them</c><00:39:17.559><c> together</c><00:39:17.900><c> is</c><00:39:18.199><c> the</c><00:39:18.639><c> power</c><00:39:19.000><c> of</c><00:39:19.300><c> the</c><00:39:19.460><c> book.</c> 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:23.420 And<00:39:20.579><c> without</c><00:39:20.820><c> the</c><00:39:21.119><c> power</c><00:39:21.380><c> of</c><00:39:21.579><c> the</c><00:39:21.719><c> book</c><00:39:21.960><c> and</c><00:39:22.280><c> without</c><00:39:22.519><c> the</c><00:39:22.780><c> desire</c><00:39:22.980><c> to</c> 00:39:23.420 --> 00:39:24.880 manifest<00:39:23.840><c> God</c><00:39:24.260><c> in</c><00:39:24.539><c> our</c><00:39:24.719><c> lives,</c> 00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:26.739 we'd<00:39:25.179><c> never</c><00:39:25.420><c> be</c><00:39:25.679><c> together.</c> 00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.940 But<00:39:27.760><c> that's</c><00:39:27.920><c> what</c><00:39:28.099><c> ecclesial</c><00:39:28.400><c> life's</c><00:39:28.739><c> about,</c> 00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:33.440 learning<00:39:29.480><c> to</c><00:39:29.699><c> work</c><00:39:29.920><c> together</c><00:39:30.260><c> with</c><00:39:30.400><c> people</c><00:39:30.659><c> who</c><00:39:30.840><c> are</c><00:39:31.260><c> sometimes</c><00:39:31.719><c> 100</c><00:39:32.340><c>%</c><00:39:32.659><c> different</c><00:39:32.940><c> to</c><00:39:33.159><c> us.</c> 00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.820 But<00:39:33.679><c> that's</c><00:39:34.000><c> good.</c> 00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:38.960 That's<00:39:35.460><c> exactly</c><00:39:35.900><c> how</c><00:39:36.340><c> we</c><00:39:36.500><c> develop</c><00:39:37.039><c> the</c><00:39:37.579><c> qualities</c><00:39:38.039><c> of</c><00:39:38.679><c> Christ</c> 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.519 in<00:39:39.139><c> our</c><00:39:39.300><c> life.</c> 00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:41.880 That's<00:39:39.980><c> why</c><00:39:40.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:39:40.880><c> loves</c><00:39:41.219><c> the</c><00:39:41.480><c> ecclesia,</c> 00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:46.239 because<00:39:42.199><c> he</c><00:39:42.420><c> knows</c><00:39:42.639><c> that</c><00:39:42.860><c> in</c><00:39:43.099><c> that</c><00:39:43.460><c> place</c><00:39:43.860><c> you</c><00:39:44.519><c> will</c><00:39:45.000><c> learn</c><00:39:45.340><c> the</c><00:39:45.579><c> principles</c><00:39:46.000><c> of</c> 00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:47.159 God<00:39:46.440><c> manifestation.</c> 00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:49.360 You<00:39:47.519><c> don't</c><00:39:47.719><c> live</c><00:39:47.920><c> it</c><00:39:48.059><c> out</c><00:39:48.500><c> in</c><00:39:48.860><c> isolation.</c> 00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.300 You<00:39:49.699><c> don't</c><00:39:49.880><c> go</c><00:39:50.019><c> into</c><00:39:50.179><c> a</c><00:39:50.380><c> monastery.</c> 00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:55.440 You<00:39:52.179><c> live</c><00:39:52.280><c> in</c><00:39:52.420><c> the</c><00:39:52.619><c> ecclesia</c><00:39:53.139><c> and</c><00:39:53.480><c> you</c><00:39:53.679><c> make</c><00:39:53.820><c> your</c><00:39:54.099><c> contribution</c><00:39:54.539><c> in</c><00:39:54.739><c> that</c><00:39:54.940><c> place,</c> 00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:57.119 and<00:39:56.119><c> we</c><00:39:56.360><c> guard</c><00:39:56.559><c> that</c><00:39:56.880><c> place.</c> 00:39:57.420 --> 00:40:01.500 And<00:39:57.619><c> lastly,</c><00:39:58.440><c> the</c><00:39:58.559><c> Bible</c><00:39:58.880><c> says</c><00:39:59.280><c> that</c><00:39:59.880><c> the</c><00:40:00.099><c> ecclesias</c><00:40:00.440><c> are</c><00:40:00.619><c> bride.</c> 00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:06.679 So<00:40:02.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:03.179><c> 62</c><00:40:03.739><c> and</c><00:40:03.940><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:04.300><c> 5</c><00:40:04.639><c> and</c><00:40:04.800><c> Revelation</c><00:40:05.159><c> 19</c><00:40:05.559><c> describe</c><00:40:06.019><c> the</c><00:40:06.239><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:06.480><c> as</c> 00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:06.960 a<00:40:06.780><c> bride.</c> 00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.920 Come<00:40:07.300><c> and</c><00:40:07.400><c> have</c><00:40:07.460><c> a</c><00:40:07.460><c> look</c><00:40:07.559><c> at</c><00:40:07.659><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:08.059><c> chapter</c><00:40:08.460><c> 5,</c> 00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:11.579 because<00:40:09.300><c> perhaps</c><00:40:09.539><c> it's</c><00:40:09.760><c> the</c><00:40:09.860><c> most</c><00:40:10.159><c> famous</c><00:40:10.460><c> one</c><00:40:10.659><c> of</c><00:40:10.840><c> those</c><00:40:11.119><c> passages.</c> 00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:14.699 And<00:40:12.260><c> do</c><00:40:12.380><c> you</c><00:40:12.380><c> remember</c><00:40:12.559><c> what</c><00:40:12.840><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:13.340><c> 5</c><00:40:13.739><c> says?</c> 00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:20.460 Just<00:40:17.000><c> a</c><00:40:17.239><c> couple</c><00:40:17.400><c> of</c><00:40:17.659><c> thoughts</c><00:40:17.860><c> about</c><00:40:18.500><c> what</c><00:40:19.559><c> the</c><00:40:19.840><c> Apostle</c><00:40:20.239><c> Paul</c> 00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.880 says<00:40:20.739><c> here,</c> 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:24.900 considering<00:40:22.159><c> the</c><00:40:22.460><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:22.900><c> as</c><00:40:23.480><c> a</c><00:40:23.880><c> bride.</c> 00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:32.739 So<00:40:29.760><c> in</c><00:40:30.059><c> Ephesians</c><00:40:30.500><c> 5</c><00:40:31.099><c> and</c><00:40:31.300><c> verse</c><00:40:31.559><c> 22</c><00:40:32.019><c> it</c><00:40:32.239><c> says,</c> 00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:35.760 Wives,<00:40:33.480><c> submit</c><00:40:33.780><c> yourselves</c><00:40:34.300><c> unto</c><00:40:34.559><c> your</c><00:40:34.820><c> own</c><00:40:35.119><c> husbands</c><00:40:35.539><c> as</c> 00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:37.579 unto<00:40:36.000><c> the</c><00:40:36.239><c> Lord.</c> 00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:39.480 For<00:40:38.159><c> the</c><00:40:38.320><c> husband</c><00:40:38.599><c> is</c><00:40:38.800><c> the</c><00:40:38.940><c> head</c><00:40:39.039><c> of</c><00:40:39.179><c> the</c><00:40:39.280><c> wife,</c> 00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:41.440 even<00:40:39.739><c> as</c><00:40:39.940><c> Christ</c><00:40:40.219><c> is</c><00:40:40.400><c> the</c><00:40:40.519><c> head</c><00:40:40.619><c> of</c><00:40:40.800><c> the</c><00:40:40.960><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:43.599 He's<00:40:42.199><c> the</c><00:40:42.480><c> Saviour</c><00:40:42.900><c> of</c><00:40:43.079><c> the</c><00:40:43.260><c> body.</c> 00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:46.320 Therefore,<00:40:44.239><c> as</c><00:40:44.380><c> the</c><00:40:44.599><c> ecclesia</c><00:40:44.960><c> is</c><00:40:45.219><c> subject</c><00:40:45.539><c> unto</c><00:40:45.840><c> Christ,</c> 00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:49.139 so<00:40:46.760><c> let</c><00:40:46.900><c> the</c><00:40:47.119><c> wives</c><00:40:47.360><c> be</c><00:40:47.559><c> to</c><00:40:47.679><c> their</c><00:40:47.860><c> own</c><00:40:48.079><c> husbands</c><00:40:48.539><c> in</c><00:40:48.900><c> everything.</c> 00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:52.440 So<00:40:50.079><c> if</c><00:40:50.440><c> we're</c><00:40:50.719><c> the</c><00:40:50.860><c> bride,</c><00:40:51.400><c> the</c><00:40:51.579><c> ecclesias</c><00:40:51.900><c> the</c><00:40:52.099><c> bride,</c> 00:40:52.699 --> 00:40:54.380 and<00:40:52.940><c> we're</c><00:40:53.239><c> asked</c><00:40:53.440><c> to</c><00:40:53.780><c> submit</c><00:40:54.260><c> ourselves</c><00:40:54.380><c> to</c><00:40:54.380><c> the</c><00:40:54.380><c> Lord,</c> 00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.960 to<00:40:54.380><c> submit</c><00:40:54.380><c> ourselves</c><00:40:54.659><c> to</c><00:40:55.179><c> our</c><00:40:55.480><c> husband,</c> 00:40:56.280 --> 00:40:58.820 to<00:40:56.360><c> be</c><00:40:56.559><c> in</c><00:40:56.820><c> subjection</c><00:40:57.519><c> to</c><00:40:57.719><c> our</c><00:40:58.000><c> own</c><00:40:58.300><c> husband,</c> 00:40:58.940 --> 00:41:02.679 and<00:40:59.179><c> to</c><00:40:59.460><c> recognise</c><00:40:59.860><c> him</c><00:41:00.039><c> as</c><00:41:00.260><c> the</c><00:41:00.599><c> Saviour</c><00:41:01.260><c> of</c><00:41:01.559><c> us,</c> 00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:05.000 then<00:41:03.099><c> what</c><00:41:03.239><c> does</c><00:41:03.360><c> that</c><00:41:03.579><c> mean</c><00:41:03.659><c> in</c><00:41:03.860><c> ecclesial</c><00:41:04.159><c> life?</c> 00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:09.019 That<00:41:05.300><c> we</c><00:41:05.440><c> want</c><00:41:05.559><c> to</c><00:41:05.679><c> be</c><00:41:06.019><c> guided</c><00:41:06.820><c> by</c><00:41:07.300><c> the</c><00:41:07.539><c> Spirit</c><00:41:07.800><c> and</c><00:41:07.960><c> the</c><00:41:08.139><c> teaching</c><00:41:08.559><c> of</c> 00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:10.179 our<00:41:09.239><c> Lord</c><00:41:09.440><c> Jesus</c><00:41:09.820><c> Christ.</c> 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:11.860 And<00:41:10.480><c> then</c><00:41:10.599><c> he</c><00:41:10.659><c> says</c><00:41:10.820><c> at</c><00:41:10.980><c> the</c><00:41:11.000><c> end</c><00:41:11.139><c> of</c><00:41:11.260><c> this</c><00:41:11.400><c> whole</c><00:41:11.659><c> story,</c> 00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:14.039 verse<00:41:12.139><c> 32,</c><00:41:12.780><c> this</c><00:41:12.940><c> is</c><00:41:13.199><c> a</c><00:41:13.300><c> great</c><00:41:13.519><c> mystery,</c> 00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:18.780 but<00:41:14.380><c> I</c><00:41:14.719><c> speak</c><00:41:14.920><c> concerning</c><00:41:15.659><c> not</c><00:41:17.099><c> wives</c><00:41:17.519><c> and</c><00:41:17.820><c> husbands,</c> 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:21.780 but<00:41:19.219><c> concerning</c><00:41:19.840><c> Christ</c><00:41:20.679><c> and</c><00:41:21.099><c> the</c><00:41:21.320><c> ecclesia.</c> 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:24.300 Nevertheless,<00:41:23.000><c> let</c><00:41:23.119><c> every</c><00:41:23.380><c> one</c><00:41:23.519><c> of</c><00:41:23.619><c> you</c><00:41:23.719><c> in</c><00:41:23.900><c> particular,</c> 00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:26.880 so<00:41:24.679><c> love</c><00:41:24.920><c> his</c><00:41:25.099><c> wife</c><00:41:25.320><c> even</c><00:41:25.559><c> as</c><00:41:25.739><c> himself</c><00:41:26.099><c> and</c><00:41:26.440><c> the</c><00:41:26.599><c> wife,</c> 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:28.519 see<00:41:27.179><c> that</c><00:41:27.320><c> she</c><00:41:27.599><c> reverents</c><00:41:27.940><c> her</c><00:41:28.119><c> husband.</c> 00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:31.239 So<00:41:29.099><c> we're</c><00:41:29.460><c> the</c><00:41:29.639><c> bride</c><00:41:29.820><c> of</c><00:41:30.039><c> Christ</c><00:41:30.280><c> and</c><00:41:30.400><c> we're</c><00:41:30.739><c> asked</c><00:41:30.920><c> to</c> 00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:31.940 reverence<00:41:31.619><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:34.860 to<00:41:32.199><c> submit</c><00:41:32.539><c> to</c><00:41:32.840><c> Christ,</c><00:41:33.159><c> to</c><00:41:33.400><c> obey</c><00:41:33.699><c> Christ.</c> 00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:38.380 So<00:41:35.480><c> question,</c><00:41:37.139><c> do</c><00:41:37.260><c> you</c><00:41:37.360><c> know</c><00:41:37.460><c> the</c><00:41:37.619><c> commandments</c><00:41:37.900><c> of</c><00:41:38.159><c> Christ</c> 00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.980 so<00:41:38.559><c> that</c><00:41:38.659><c> you</c><00:41:38.719><c> can</c><00:41:38.880><c> obey</c><00:41:39.099><c> them?</c> 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:42.559 Well,<00:41:40.920><c> if</c><00:41:41.000><c> you</c><00:41:41.119><c> don't</c><00:41:41.280><c> know</c><00:41:41.440><c> the</c><00:41:41.619><c> commandments</c><00:41:41.940><c> of</c><00:41:42.239><c> Christ,</c> 00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:44.699 how<00:41:43.139><c> would</c><00:41:43.219><c> you</c><00:41:43.320><c> know</c><00:41:43.400><c> to</c><00:41:43.599><c> obey</c><00:41:43.820><c> them?</c> 00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:48.239 Now,<00:41:46.059><c> incidentally,</c><00:41:46.800><c> in</c><00:41:47.019><c> 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being</c><00:45:05.619><c> the</c><00:45:05.920><c> ecclesia</c><00:45:06.219><c> as</c><00:45:06.579><c> a</c><00:45:06.780><c> bride.</c> 00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:12.159 We<00:45:07.760><c> reverence</c><00:45:08.280><c> Christ</c><00:45:08.900><c> by</c><00:45:09.619><c> in</c><00:45:09.840><c> fact</c><00:45:10.000><c> knowing</c><00:45:10.400><c> his</c><00:45:10.679><c> commandments</c><00:45:11.179><c> and</c><00:45:11.559><c> seeking</c><00:45:11.800><c> to</c> 00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:13.659 practice<00:45:12.559><c> them.</c> 00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:18.900 So<00:45:15.940><c> I've</c><00:45:16.480><c> run</c><00:45:16.579><c> out</c><00:45:16.760><c> of</c><00:45:16.960><c> time</c><00:45:17.199><c> to</c><00:45:17.480><c> say</c><00:45:17.739><c> this</c><00:45:18.059><c> really</c><00:45:18.320><c> in</c><00:45:18.599><c> detail,</c> 00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:21.219 but<00:45:19.079><c> I'll</c><00:45:19.280><c> just</c><00:45:19.440><c> show</c><00:45:19.579><c> 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of</c><00:48:17.360><c> decorum,</c> 00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:21.719 an<00:48:18.159><c> amount</c><00:48:18.360><c> of</c><00:48:18.659><c> decorum</c><00:48:19.199><c> and</c><00:48:19.880><c> order</c><00:48:20.179><c> and</c><00:48:20.579><c> process</c><00:48:20.980><c> in</c><00:48:21.159><c> the</c><00:48:21.320><c> ecclesia</c> 00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:24.659 in<00:48:22.119><c> order</c><00:48:22.320><c> for</c><00:48:22.579><c> everything</c><00:48:22.840><c> to</c><00:48:23.159><c> flourish</c><00:48:23.480><c> and</c><00:48:24.039><c> work</c><00:48:24.300><c> well.</c> 00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:27.920 So<00:48:25.239><c> that's</c><00:48:25.719><c> how</c><00:48:26.219><c> our</c><00:48:26.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:48:27.340><c> operates.</c> 00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:31.199 So<00:48:28.340><c> when</c><00:48:28.460><c> we</c><00:48:28.619><c> talk</c><00:48:28.739><c> about</c><00:48:29.119><c> making</c><00:48:29.619><c> a</c><00:48:29.920><c> contribution</c><00:48:30.380><c> 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the</c><00:48:40.659><c> Bible</c><00:48:41.000><c> or</c><00:48:41.460><c> teaching</c><00:48:41.860><c> Sunday</c><00:48:42.260><c> school?</c> 00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:44.760 Because<00:48:42.679><c> there's</c><00:48:42.880><c> lots</c><00:48:43.039><c> of</c><00:48:43.219><c> different</c><00:48:43.380><c> ways</c><00:48:43.619><c> in</c><00:48:43.780><c> which</c><00:48:44.239><c> matters</c><00:48:44.500><c> of</c> 00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:45.639 learning<00:48:45.039><c> can</c><00:48:45.280><c> happen.</c> 00:48:45.780 --> 00:48:48.960 And<00:48:46.179><c> lastly,</c><00:48:46.539><c> in</c><00:48:46.659><c> matters</c><00:48:46.840><c> of</c><00:48:47.099><c> worship,</c><00:48:47.519><c> we</c><00:48:47.800><c> all</c><00:48:48.199><c> participate</c> 00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:50.079 in<00:48:49.300><c> matters</c><00:48:49.519><c> of</c><00:48:49.780><c> worship,</c> 00:48:50.099 --> 00:48:51.800 but<00:48:50.400><c> could</c><00:48:50.579><c> I</c><00:48:50.739><c> do</c><00:48:50.900><c> more?</c> 00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:58.139 So<00:48:53.239><c> can</c><00:48:53.400><c> I</c><00:48:53.579><c> commend</c><00:48:53.820><c> to</c><00:48:53.980><c> your</c><00:48:54.179><c> attention</c><00:48:54.559><c> that</c><00:48:54.920><c> thought</c><00:48:55.199><c> in</c><00:48:56.699><c> terms</c><00:48:56.920><c> of</c><00:48:57.159><c> today?</c> 00:48:58.619 --> 00:49:06.179 Have<00:48:59.260><c> you</c><00:48:59.460><c> ever</c><00:48:59.760><c> thought</c><00:49:00.019><c> about</c><00:49:00.360><c> what</c><00:49:00.780><c> you</c><00:49:01.920><c> both</c><00:49:02.639><c> can</c><00:49:03.239><c> and</c><00:49:04.119><c> should</c><00:49:04.420><c> contribute</c><00:49:05.059><c> to</c> 00:49:06.179 --> 00:49:07.300 an<00:49:06.380><c> ecclesia?</c> 00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:11.340 If<00:49:08.139><c> you</c><00:49:08.380><c> haven't,</c><00:49:09.840><c> now's</c><00:49:10.139><c> a</c><00:49:10.239><c> good</c><00:49:10.400><c> time</c><00:49:10.659><c> to</c><00:49:10.880><c> start</c><00:49:11.079><c> thinking</c> 00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:12.099 about<00:49:11.659><c> that</c> 00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:15.739 and<00:49:12.619><c> thinking</c><00:49:12.800><c> about</c><00:49:13.280><c> what</c><00:49:13.619><c> talents</c><00:49:14.039><c> you</c><00:49:14.579><c> could</c><00:49:14.820><c> devote</c><00:49:15.199><c> to</c> 00:49:15.739 --> 00:49:17.139 the<00:49:16.000><c> service</c><00:49:16.239><c> of</c><00:49:16.440><c> ecclesial</c><00:49:16.820><c> life,</c> 00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:20.420 because<00:49:17.519><c> it's</c><00:49:17.800><c> in</c><00:49:17.980><c> the</c><00:49:18.239><c> ecclesia</c><00:49:18.860><c> that</c><00:49:19.400><c> God</c><00:49:19.719><c> manifestation</c> 00:49:20.420 --> 00:49:21.019 is<00:49:20.739><c> seen</c> 00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:26.480 and<00:49:21.579><c> we</c><00:49:21.820><c> prove</c><00:49:22.039><c> finally</c><00:49:22.519><c> by</c><00:49:22.900><c> loving</c><00:49:23.139><c> our</c><00:49:23.400><c> neighbour</c><00:49:23.780><c> that</c><00:49:24.820><c> we</c> 00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:28.340 have<00:49:26.920><c> loved</c><00:49:27.119><c> God</c><00:49:27.400><c> also.</c>