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I<00:10:04.600><c> didn't</c><00:10:04.799><c> mention</c><00:10:05.100><c> them</c><00:10:05.340><c> before</c>

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busy<00:10:09.259><c> trying</c><00:10:09.539><c> to</c><00:10:09.820><c> scribble</c><00:10:10.100><c> down</c><00:10:10.340><c> whatever</c><00:10:10.620><c> was</c><00:10:10.799><c> on</c><00:10:11.000><c> the</c><00:10:11.240><c> screen.</c>

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he<00:10:30.340><c> urged</c><00:10:30.600><c> us</c><00:10:30.860><c> to</c><00:10:31.159><c> patient</c><00:10:31.820><c> continuance</c><00:10:32.779><c> in</c><00:10:33.159><c> well</c><00:10:33.419><c>-doing.</c>

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he<00:10:36.779><c> made</c><00:10:36.980><c> it</c><00:10:37.220><c> perfectly</c><00:10:37.480><c> clear</c>

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but<00:10:47.600><c> he</c><00:10:47.820><c> hasn't</c><00:10:48.120><c> majored</c><00:10:48.620><c> upon</c><00:10:48.860><c> it.</c>

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when<00:10:54.879><c> he</c><00:10:54.960><c> was</c><00:10:55.139><c> talking</c><00:10:55.360><c> about</c><00:10:55.840><c> Abram's</c><00:10:56.539><c> faith,</c>

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he<00:11:01.440><c> made</c><00:11:01.620><c> it</c><00:11:01.840><c> perfectly</c><00:11:02.120><c> clear</c><00:11:02.360><c> that</c><00:11:02.679><c> Abram</c><00:11:03.179><c> believed</c>

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so<00:11:04.080><c> that</c><00:11:04.240><c> we</c><00:11:04.440><c> might</c><00:11:04.740><c> follow</c><00:11:05.059><c> his</c><00:11:05.340><c> footsteps.</c>

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he<00:11:14.899><c> was</c><00:11:15.120><c> more</c><00:11:15.419><c> specific</c><00:11:16.019><c> when</c><00:11:16.460><c> he</c><00:11:16.679><c> talked</c><00:11:16.860><c> there</c>

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you'll<00:12:03.200><c> see</c><00:12:03.299><c> that</c><00:12:03.480><c> the</c><00:12:03.620><c> apostle</c><00:12:03.899><c> was</c><00:12:04.139><c> talking</c>

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about<00:12:05.019><c> a</c><00:12:05.360><c> particular</c><00:12:05.860><c> situation.</c>

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would<00:12:16.840><c> never</c><00:12:17.200><c> fail</c><00:12:17.799><c> on</c><00:12:18.120><c> his</c><00:12:18.399><c> bargain.</c>

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our<00:12:23.419><c> situation</c><00:12:24.000><c> was</c><00:12:24.259><c> altered.</c>

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he<00:12:27.419><c> said,</c><00:12:27.919><c> let</c><00:12:27.919><c> not</c><00:12:28.340><c> sin</c><00:12:28.580><c> therefore</c><00:12:29.320><c> reign</c><00:12:29.720><c> in</c><00:12:29.879><c> your</c><00:12:30.120><c> mortal</c><00:12:30.460><c> bodies,</c>

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but<00:12:40.580><c> yield</c><00:12:41.200><c> yourselves</c><00:12:42.179><c> unto</c><00:12:42.639><c> God.</c>

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there<00:13:10.059><c> has</c><00:13:10.220><c> been</c><00:13:10.419><c> a</c><00:13:10.600><c> doxology,</c>

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He's<00:13:15.620><c> been</c><00:13:16.019><c> pondering</c><00:13:16.600><c> the</c><00:13:16.779><c> purpose</c><00:13:17.139><c> of</c><00:13:17.399><c> God</c>

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And<00:13:28.759><c> the</c><00:13:28.879><c> apostle</c><00:13:29.179><c> there</c><00:13:29.399><c> at</c><00:13:29.539><c> verse</c><00:13:29.740><c> 33</c><00:13:30.299><c> of</c><00:13:30.480><c> Romans</c><00:13:30.779><c> 11</c>

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Oh,<00:13:35.639><c> the</c><00:13:35.919><c> depth,</c><00:13:36.379><c> he</c><00:13:36.639><c> says,</c><00:13:37.200><c> of</c><00:13:37.419><c> the</c><00:13:37.700><c> riches,</c>

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How<00:13:42.419><c> unsearchable</c><00:13:43.639><c> are</c><00:13:43.860><c> his</c><00:13:44.080><c> judgments</c>

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and<00:13:45.220><c> his</c><00:13:45.480><c> ways</c><00:13:45.759><c> past</c><00:13:46.419><c> finding</c><00:13:46.820><c> out.</c>

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Or<00:13:53.740><c> who</c><00:13:53.960><c> hath</c><00:13:54.159><c> first</c><00:13:54.580><c> given</c><00:13:54.820><c> to</c><00:13:55.059><c> him</c>

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and<00:13:55.840><c> it</c><00:13:56.080><c> shall</c><00:13:56.200><c> be</c><00:13:56.539><c> recompensed</c><00:13:57.080><c> unto</c><00:13:57.320><c> him</c><00:13:57.519><c> again?</c>

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For<00:13:58.700><c> of</c><00:13:59.019><c> him</c><00:13:59.200><c> and</c><00:13:59.519><c> through</c><00:13:59.860><c> him</c><00:14:00.080><c> and</c><00:14:00.299><c> to</c><00:14:00.580><c> him</c>

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are<00:14:01.320><c> all</c><00:14:01.700><c> things</c><00:14:02.259><c> to</c><00:14:02.879><c> whom</c><00:14:03.080><c> be</c><00:14:03.379><c> glory</c><00:14:03.879><c> forever.</c>

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Amen.

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I<00:14:07.440><c> beseech</c><00:14:07.919><c> you</c><00:14:08.200><c> therefore,</c><00:14:08.879><c> brethren,</c>

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notice<00:14:10.279><c> in</c><00:14:10.600><c> awe</c><00:14:11.139><c> and</c><00:14:11.500><c> wonder,</c>

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he<00:14:12.419><c> pauses</c><00:14:12.919><c> to</c><00:14:13.320><c> reflect</c><00:14:13.860><c> on</c><00:14:14.080><c> the</c><00:14:14.299><c> wonder</c>

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And<00:14:17.220><c> you</c><00:14:17.340><c> notice</c><00:14:17.720><c> the</c><00:14:18.299><c> insights</c><00:14:18.879><c> that</c><00:14:19.120><c> he</c><00:14:19.259><c> has</c><00:14:19.559><c> received</c>

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Remember<00:14:22.440><c> what</c><00:14:22.600><c> I</c><00:14:22.740><c> said</c><00:14:22.860><c> yesterday</c><00:14:23.279><c> about</c><00:14:23.519><c> it</c><00:14:23.700><c> being</c>

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all<00:14:24.600><c> in</c><00:14:24.860><c> the</c><00:14:25.120><c> mind</c><00:14:25.559><c> as</c><00:14:25.840><c> far</c><00:14:26.059><c> as</c><00:14:26.220><c> the</c><00:14:26.440><c> believer</c><00:14:26.700><c> is</c><00:14:26.980><c> concerned.</c>

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He<00:14:28.379><c> is</c><00:14:28.559><c> telling</c><00:14:28.659><c> us</c><00:14:28.940><c> there</c><00:14:29.120><c> that</c>

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it's<00:14:29.799><c> all</c><00:14:30.120><c> in</c><00:14:30.379><c> the</c><00:14:30.639><c> mind</c><00:14:30.980><c> of</c><00:14:31.240><c> God</c><00:14:31.500><c> first.</c>

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and<00:14:35.639><c> God</c><00:14:36.080><c> determines</c><00:14:36.759><c> and</c><00:14:37.320><c> God</c><00:14:37.720><c> speaks</c><00:14:38.320><c> and</c><00:14:38.679><c> God</c><00:14:39.100><c> does</c>

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is<00:14:40.460><c> the</c><00:14:40.700><c> beginning</c><00:14:41.200><c> of</c><00:14:41.679><c> everything.</c>

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He<00:14:44.679><c> is</c><00:14:44.940><c> the</c><00:14:45.279><c> initiator</c><00:14:45.940><c> of</c><00:14:46.440><c> our</c><00:14:46.740><c> salvation.</c>

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because<00:14:59.159><c> of</c><00:14:59.580><c> all</c><00:14:59.879><c> the</c><00:15:00.279><c> explanations</c><00:15:00.820><c> that</c><00:15:01.039><c> he</c><00:15:01.139><c> has</c><00:15:01.299><c> made</c>

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about<00:15:01.799><c> the</c><00:15:02.080><c> grand</c><00:15:02.399><c> purpose</c><00:15:02.779><c> of</c><00:15:03.000><c> God.</c>

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Now,<00:15:03.559><c> that</c><00:15:03.740><c> is</c><00:15:03.919><c> not</c><00:15:04.080><c> to</c><00:15:04.279><c> say,</c><00:15:04.419><c> of</c><00:15:04.600><c> course,</c>

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Yield<00:15:16.179><c> yourselves</c><00:15:16.620><c> to</c><00:15:16.840><c> God,</c><00:15:17.039><c> he</c><00:15:17.259><c> says.</c>

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Now,<00:15:18.279><c> when</c><00:15:18.440><c> I</c><00:15:18.600><c> was</c><00:15:18.740><c> talking</c><00:15:19.019><c> about</c><00:15:19.299><c> yielding</c><00:15:19.820><c> to</c><00:15:19.960><c> God,</c>

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Well,<00:15:23.179><c> they're</c><00:15:23.480><c> vitally</c><00:15:23.960><c> important</c><00:15:24.440><c> chapters.</c>

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He's<00:15:26.759><c> been</c><00:15:26.960><c> talking</c><00:15:27.279><c> to</c><00:15:27.539><c> us</c><00:15:27.740><c> about</c><00:15:29.059><c> death</c><00:15:29.840><c> to</c><00:15:30.240><c> sin</c>

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he<00:15:46.419><c> was</c><00:15:46.600><c> talking</c><00:15:46.860><c> about</c><00:15:47.139><c> death</c><00:15:47.539><c> to</c><00:15:47.879><c> self.</c>

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Notice<00:15:49.259><c> the</c><00:15:49.460><c> careful</c><00:15:49.740><c> distinction.</c>

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then<00:15:52.940><c> you</c><00:15:53.279><c> die</c><00:15:53.600><c> to</c><00:15:53.899><c> self</c><00:15:54.139><c> in</c><00:15:54.460><c> practice.</c>

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A<00:15:55.820><c> continual</c><00:15:56.639><c> dying,</c><00:15:57.580><c> a</c><00:15:57.899><c> dying</c><00:15:58.320><c> daily</c>

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and<00:16:01.940><c> follow</c><00:16:01.940><c> in</c><00:16:02.519><c> the</c><00:16:02.840><c> steps</c><00:16:03.120><c> or</c><00:16:03.379><c> follow</c><00:16:03.659><c> the</c><00:16:03.899><c> steps</c>

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he<00:16:08.039><c> talked</c><00:16:08.279><c> about</c><00:16:08.779><c> spiritual</c><00:16:09.620><c> mindedness,</c><00:16:10.500><c> didn't</c><00:16:10.580><c> he?</c>

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about<00:16:12.820><c> the</c><00:16:13.100><c> cultivation</c><00:16:13.620><c> and</c><00:16:14.019><c> development</c><00:16:14.519><c> of</c><00:16:14.820><c> that</c><00:16:15.179><c> mind</c>

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which<00:16:16.240><c> is</c><00:16:16.600><c> attuned</c><00:16:17.139><c> to</c><00:16:17.480><c> the</c><00:16:17.740><c> mind</c><00:16:18.059><c> of</c><00:16:18.360><c> God</c>

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and<00:16:19.200><c> had</c><00:16:19.320><c> that</c><00:16:19.700><c> entire</c><00:16:20.159><c> range</c><00:16:20.779><c> of</c><00:16:21.519><c> words.</c>

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And<00:16:22.740><c> incidentally,</c><00:16:23.139><c> in</c><00:16:23.279><c> the</c><00:16:23.419><c> middle</c><00:16:23.620><c> of</c><00:16:23.820><c> Romans</c><00:16:24.080><c> chapter</c><00:16:24.480><c> eight,</c>

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there<00:16:24.899><c> are</c><00:16:25.039><c> a</c><00:16:25.179><c> few</c><00:16:25.240><c> verses</c><00:16:25.559><c> we</c><00:16:25.799><c> didn't</c><00:16:26.080><c> look</c><00:16:26.360><c> at.</c>

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There<00:16:27.179><c> at</c><00:16:27.360><c> verse</c><00:16:27.700><c> 26,</c><00:16:29.019><c> he</c><00:16:29.139><c> talks</c><00:16:29.419><c> about</c><00:16:29.720><c> the</c><00:16:29.940><c> fact</c>

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that<00:16:30.360><c> the</c><00:16:30.500><c> Lord</c><00:16:30.820><c> Jesus</c><00:16:31.259><c> Christ</c><00:16:31.580><c> is</c><00:16:31.820><c> there</c><00:16:32.120><c> with</c><00:16:32.320><c> us.</c>

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Nobody's<00:16:33.120><c> walking</c><00:16:33.399><c> alone.</c>

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I<00:16:34.700><c> think</c><00:16:34.860><c> it's</c><00:16:35.120><c> the</c><00:16:35.240><c> Liverpool</c><00:16:35.580><c> football</c><00:16:36.440><c> team</c>

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that<00:16:37.279><c> usually</c><00:16:37.700><c> cheers</c><00:16:37.960><c> up</c><00:16:38.200><c> its</c><00:16:38.539><c> side</c>

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by<00:16:39.019><c> singing,</c><00:16:39.779><c> you'll</c><00:16:39.960><c> never</c><00:16:40.299><c> walk</c><00:16:40.919><c> alone.</c>

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I<00:16:41.759><c> think</c><00:16:41.919><c> the</c><00:16:42.120><c> marriage</c><00:16:42.360><c> could</c><00:16:42.600><c> have</c><00:16:42.740><c> done</c>

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with<00:16:43.159><c> such</c><00:16:43.580><c> cheerleaders</c><00:16:44.399><c> last</c><00:16:44.960><c> night</c>

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when<00:16:45.460><c> the</c><00:16:46.320><c> hockey</c><00:16:46.539><c> was</c><00:16:46.799><c> taking</c><00:16:47.139><c> place.</c>

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But<00:16:47.960><c> too</c><00:16:48.200><c> late</c><00:16:48.379><c> now,</c><00:16:48.639><c> you'll</c><00:16:48.899><c> have</c><00:16:49.059><c> to</c><00:16:49.279><c> factor</c><00:16:49.480><c> that</c><00:16:49.720><c> in,</c>

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Russ,<00:16:50.620><c> for</c><00:16:50.860><c> next</c><00:16:51.200><c> year</c><00:16:51.419><c> when</c><00:16:51.580><c> I'm</c><00:16:51.759><c> sure</c><00:16:51.940><c> you</c><00:16:52.159><c> will.</c>

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But<00:16:53.580><c> this</c><00:16:54.000><c> is</c><00:16:54.200><c> the</c><00:16:54.360><c> truth</c><00:16:54.580><c> that</c><00:16:54.879><c> now</c><00:16:55.080><c> the</c><00:16:55.240><c> apostle</c>

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is<00:16:55.659><c> talking</c><00:16:55.980><c> about.</c>

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We<00:16:57.480><c> never</c><00:16:57.879><c> walk</c><00:16:58.299><c> alone</c><00:16:58.620><c> in</c><00:16:58.799><c> this</c><00:16:59.059><c> new</c><00:16:59.259><c> life.</c>

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The<00:17:00.320><c> Lord</c><00:17:00.659><c> Jesus</c><00:17:01.120><c> Christ</c><00:17:01.460><c> is</c><00:17:01.620><c> there</c><00:17:01.919><c> with</c><00:17:02.120><c> us.</c>

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For<00:17:03.379><c> at</c><00:17:03.559><c> verse</c><00:17:03.759><c> 26,</c><00:17:04.460><c> the</c><00:17:04.559><c> apostle</c><00:17:04.859><c> says,</c>

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likewise<00:17:05.559><c> the</c><00:17:05.920><c> spirit</c><00:17:06.299><c> also</c><00:17:07.119><c> helpeth</c><00:17:07.700><c> our</c><00:17:08.220><c> infirmities.</c>

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For<00:17:09.799><c> we</c><00:17:09.980><c> know</c><00:17:10.259><c> not</c><00:17:10.920><c> what</c><00:17:11.339><c> we</c><00:17:11.579><c> should</c><00:17:11.759><c> pray</c><00:17:12.099><c> for</c><00:17:12.359><c> as</c><00:17:12.640><c> we</c><00:17:12.839><c> ought,</c>

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but<00:17:13.819><c> the</c><00:17:14.180><c> spirit</c><00:17:14.480><c> itself</c><00:17:15.160><c> maketh</c><00:17:15.599><c> intercession</c><00:17:16.240><c> for</c><00:17:16.579><c> us</c>

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with<00:17:17.500><c> groanings</c><00:17:18.140><c> which</c><00:17:18.400><c> cannot</c><00:17:18.660><c> be</c><00:17:18.960><c> uttered.</c>

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And<00:17:20.059><c> he</c><00:17:20.259><c> that</c><00:17:20.579><c> searcheth</c><00:17:20.960><c> the</c><00:17:21.240><c> hearts</c>

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knoweth<00:17:22.460><c> what</c><00:17:22.799><c> is</c><00:17:23.059><c> the</c><00:17:23.220><c> mind</c><00:17:23.460><c> of</c><00:17:23.619><c> the</c><00:17:23.839><c> spirit,</c>

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because<00:17:25.039><c> he</c><00:17:25.420><c> maketh</c><00:17:25.859><c> intercession</c><00:17:26.460><c> for</c><00:17:26.680><c> the</c><00:17:26.920><c> saints</c>

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according<00:17:27.960><c> to</c><00:17:28.180><c> the</c><00:17:28.279><c> will</c><00:17:28.380><c> of</c><00:17:28.640><c> God.</c>

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And<00:17:29.440><c> we</c><00:17:29.579><c> know</c><00:17:29.759><c> that</c><00:17:29.960><c> all</c><00:17:30.319><c> things</c><00:17:30.660><c> work</c><00:17:31.000><c> together</c><00:17:31.380><c> for</c><00:17:31.680><c> good,</c>

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to<00:17:32.339><c> them</c><00:17:32.539><c> that</c><00:17:32.839><c> love</c><00:17:33.019><c> God,</c><00:17:33.440><c> to</c><00:17:33.500><c> them</c><00:17:33.720><c> who</c><00:17:33.920><c> are</c><00:17:34.039><c> the</c><00:17:34.279><c> called</c>

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according<00:17:34.940><c> to</c><00:17:35.119><c> his</c><00:17:35.259><c> purpose.</c>

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It's<00:17:36.599><c> fair</c><00:17:36.680><c> to</c><00:17:36.839><c> say</c><00:17:36.940><c> there</c><00:17:37.039><c> are</c><00:17:37.220><c> two</c><00:17:37.420><c> schools</c><00:17:37.700><c> of</c><00:17:38.000><c> thought</c><00:17:38.200><c> on</c><00:17:38.400><c> this.</c>

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There<00:17:39.119><c> is</c><00:17:39.319><c> one</c><00:17:39.539><c> school</c><00:17:39.799><c> of</c><00:17:39.960><c> thought</c><00:17:40.119><c> that</c><00:17:40.420><c> says</c>

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this<00:17:40.819><c> is</c><00:17:41.119><c> the</c><00:17:41.440><c> inner</c><00:17:41.740><c> man,</c><00:17:42.039><c> the</c><00:17:42.240><c> new</c><00:17:42.519><c> man,</c>

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the<00:17:43.460><c> developing</c><00:17:43.900><c> man</c><00:17:44.160><c> of</c><00:17:44.319><c> the</c><00:17:44.579><c> spirit</c>

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that<00:17:45.579><c> groaning</c><00:17:46.059><c> inarticulately</c><00:17:47.180><c> somehow</c><00:17:47.859><c> or</c><00:17:48.119><c> other</c>

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is<00:17:48.500><c> reaching</c><00:17:48.839><c> out</c><00:17:49.099><c> to</c><00:17:49.299><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:17:50.400><c> one</c><00:17:50.579><c> possibility.</c>

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The<00:17:52.119><c> other</c><00:17:52.259><c> is</c><00:17:52.460><c> to</c><00:17:52.619><c> say</c><00:17:52.759><c> here</c><00:17:52.920><c> that</c><00:17:53.039><c> we</c><00:17:53.220><c> are</c><00:17:53.460><c> talking</c>

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about<00:17:54.079><c> the</c><00:17:54.240><c> Lord</c><00:17:54.519><c> Jesus</c><00:17:55.000><c> Christ,</c><00:17:55.299><c> the</c><00:17:55.440><c> Lord</c><00:17:55.680><c> the</c><00:17:55.960><c> spirit,</c>

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as<00:17:56.460><c> the</c><00:17:56.599><c> apostle</c><00:17:56.920><c> elsewhere</c><00:17:57.660><c> describes</c><00:17:58.240><c> him.</c>

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And<00:17:58.940><c> that</c><00:17:59.079><c> what</c><00:17:59.220><c> the</c><00:17:59.420><c> apostle</c><00:17:59.700><c> is</c><00:17:59.920><c> here</c><00:18:00.160><c> saying</c><00:18:00.440><c> is</c><00:18:00.759><c> that</c>

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not<00:18:01.640><c> only</c><00:18:01.900><c> were</c><00:18:02.099><c> we</c><00:18:02.299><c> saved</c><00:18:02.519><c> by</c><00:18:02.779><c> his</c><00:18:03.099><c> death,</c>

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but<00:18:04.359><c> we</c><00:18:04.619><c> were</c><00:18:04.900><c> saved</c><00:18:05.299><c> by</c><00:18:05.619><c> his</c><00:18:05.940><c> life.</c>

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Remember<00:18:07.079><c> that</c><00:18:07.319><c> expression</c><00:18:07.759><c> back</c><00:18:08.019><c> in</c><00:18:08.220><c> Romans</c><00:18:08.519><c> chapter</c><00:18:08.920><c> five</c>

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where<00:18:10.460><c> we</c><00:18:10.940><c> are</c><00:18:11.140><c> told</c><00:18:11.440><c> there</c><00:18:12.079><c> that,</c><00:18:12.880><c> verse</c><00:18:13.240><c> 10</c><00:18:13.519><c> it</c><00:18:13.680><c> is,</c>

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when<00:18:14.500><c> we</c><00:18:14.680><c> were</c><00:18:14.859><c> enemies,</c><00:18:15.359><c> we</c><00:18:15.460><c> were</c><00:18:15.759><c> reconciled</c><00:18:16.180><c> to</c><00:18:16.339><c> God</c>

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by<00:18:16.799><c> the</c><00:18:16.980><c> death</c><00:18:17.140><c> of</c><00:18:17.319><c> his</c><00:18:17.500><c> son.</c>

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Much<00:18:18.619><c> more</c><00:18:18.920><c> being</c><00:18:19.359><c> reconciled,</c>

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we<00:18:20.960><c> shall</c><00:18:21.299><c> be</c><00:18:21.680><c> saved</c><00:18:22.240><c> by</c><00:18:22.759><c> his</c><00:18:23.119><c> life.</c>

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In<00:18:24.119><c> other</c><00:18:24.319><c> words,</c><00:18:24.619><c> that</c><00:18:24.660><c> the</c><00:18:24.759><c> Lord</c><00:18:24.940><c> Jesus</c>

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still<00:18:25.539><c> has</c><00:18:25.759><c> a</c><00:18:25.980><c> work</c><00:18:26.200><c> to</c><00:18:26.559><c> play.</c>

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He<00:18:27.680><c> still</c><00:18:28.099><c> has</c><00:18:28.599><c> assistance</c><00:18:29.200><c> to</c><00:18:29.519><c> give.</c>

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He<00:18:30.420><c> is</c><00:18:30.779><c> the</c><00:18:31.019><c> paraclete,</c><00:18:31.759><c> the</c><00:18:32.180><c> other</c><00:18:32.519><c> comforter.</c>

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We<00:18:33.599><c> have</c><00:18:33.779><c> an</c><00:18:34.039><c> advocate,</c><00:18:34.519><c> a</c><00:18:34.680><c> paraclete</c><00:18:35.079><c> with</c><00:18:35.279><c> the</c><00:18:35.480><c> Father,</c>

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Jesus<00:18:36.440><c> Christ</c><00:18:36.779><c> the</c><00:18:36.980><c> righteous,</c>

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who<00:18:38.220><c> stands</c><00:18:38.519><c> at</c><00:18:38.680><c> the</c><00:18:38.900><c> Father's</c><00:18:39.279><c> right</c><00:18:39.579><c> hand,</c><00:18:39.859><c> who</c><00:18:40.160><c> pleads</c><00:18:40.660><c> for</c><00:18:40.960><c> us.</c>

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Of<00:18:42.480><c> course,</c><00:18:42.599><c> I</c><00:18:42.700><c> think</c><00:18:42.859><c> what</c><00:18:43.039><c> people</c><00:18:43.279><c> find</c><00:18:43.519><c> difficult</c><00:18:43.900><c> there</c>

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is<00:18:44.400><c> the</c><00:18:44.900><c> idea</c><00:18:45.180><c> that</c><00:18:45.400><c> the</c><00:18:45.539><c> Lord</c><00:18:45.720><c> Jesus</c><00:18:46.059><c> might</c><00:18:46.299><c> be</c><00:18:46.700><c> groaning</c>

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because<00:18:48.400><c> only</c><00:18:48.900><c> earlier,</c><00:18:50.000><c> back</c><00:18:50.240><c> in</c><00:18:50.380><c> verses</c><00:18:50.700><c> 22</c><00:18:51.339><c> and</c><00:18:51.740><c> verse</c><00:18:52.099><c> 23,</c>

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it<00:18:53.319><c> was</c><00:18:53.500><c> the</c><00:18:53.700><c> whole</c><00:18:53.980><c> creation</c><00:18:54.599><c> that</c><00:18:54.759><c> was</c><00:18:55.079><c> groaning.</c>

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And<00:18:56.359><c> how</c><00:18:56.579><c> could</c><00:18:56.819><c> the</c><00:18:56.980><c> Lord</c><00:18:57.240><c> Jesus</c>

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sitting<00:18:57.900><c> at</c><00:18:58.099><c> the</c><00:18:58.299><c> Father's</c><00:18:58.680><c> right</c><00:18:58.980><c> hand</c><00:18:59.339><c> be</c><00:18:59.839><c> groaning?</c>

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But<00:19:01.400><c> you'll</c><00:19:01.660><c> notice</c><00:19:01.859><c> that</c><00:19:02.160><c> now</c><00:19:02.460><c> at</c><00:19:02.720><c> verse</c><00:19:03.559><c> 34</c>

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of<00:19:04.859><c> Romans</c><00:19:05.220><c> chapter</c><00:19:05.599><c> eight,</c>

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the<00:19:06.940><c> apostle</c><00:19:07.220><c> is</c><00:19:07.440><c> perfectly</c><00:19:07.940><c> clear</c><00:19:08.299><c> in</c><00:19:08.480><c> the</c><00:19:08.700><c> fact</c>

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that<00:19:09.140><c> it</c><00:19:09.259><c> is</c><00:19:09.539><c> Christ</c><00:19:09.980><c> that</c><00:19:10.400><c> died,</c>

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yea<00:19:11.900><c> rather</c><00:19:12.200><c> that</c><00:19:12.440><c> is</c><00:19:12.680><c> risen</c><00:19:12.940><c> again,</c>

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who<00:19:14.380><c> is</c><00:19:14.859><c> even</c><00:19:15.240><c> at</c><00:19:15.539><c> the</c><00:19:15.700><c> right</c><00:19:16.000><c> hand</c><00:19:16.160><c> of</c><00:19:16.420><c> God,</c>

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who<00:19:17.579><c> also</c><00:19:18.579><c> maketh</c><00:19:19.539><c> intercession</c><00:19:20.420><c> for</c><00:19:21.200><c> us.</c>

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So<00:19:22.779><c> it</c><00:19:22.880><c> looks</c><00:19:23.119><c> as</c><00:19:23.259><c> though</c><00:19:23.400><c> the</c><00:19:23.559><c> scripture</c><00:19:23.819><c> is</c><00:19:24.059><c> clearly</c><00:19:24.420><c> saying</c>

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that<00:19:25.000><c> this</c><00:19:25.519><c> spirit</c><00:19:26.119><c> that</c><00:19:26.700><c> sits</c><00:19:26.940><c> at</c><00:19:27.119><c> the</c><00:19:27.319><c> Father's</c><00:19:27.720><c> right</c><00:19:27.980><c> hand,</c>

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this<00:19:28.400><c> Lord</c><00:19:28.680><c> the</c><00:19:29.000><c> Spirit</c><00:19:29.480><c> who</c><00:19:29.960><c> intercedes</c><00:19:30.619><c> for</c><00:19:31.000><c> us,</c>

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who<00:19:31.579><c> is</c><00:19:31.740><c> there</c><00:19:31.940><c> with</c><00:19:32.119><c> his</c><00:19:32.400><c> saints,</c>

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helping<00:19:33.599><c> them</c><00:19:34.119><c> in</c><00:19:34.519><c> all</c><00:19:34.759><c> the</c><00:19:35.099><c> circumstances</c><00:19:35.619><c> of</c><00:19:35.859><c> their</c><00:19:36.039><c> lives,</c>

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groans<00:19:37.500><c> with</c><00:19:38.079><c> them.</c>

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Just<00:19:40.019><c> think</c><00:19:40.259><c> about</c><00:19:40.440><c> what</c><00:19:40.619><c> that</c><00:19:40.920><c> means</c><00:19:41.099><c> for</c><00:19:41.339><c> a</c><00:19:41.500><c> moment.</c>

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We<00:19:43.279><c> have</c><00:19:44.119><c> identified</c><00:19:45.059><c> ourselves</c><00:19:45.940><c> with</c><00:19:46.339><c> Christ</c>

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in<00:19:47.920><c> the</c><00:19:48.099><c> waters</c><00:19:48.339><c> of</c><00:19:48.579><c> baptism</c>

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and<00:19:49.859><c> in</c><00:19:50.039><c> the</c><00:19:50.220><c> life</c><00:19:50.400><c> that</c><00:19:50.619><c> we</c><00:19:50.819><c> seek</c><00:19:51.039><c> to</c><00:19:51.319><c> live.</c>

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We<00:19:52.339><c> seek</c><00:19:52.720><c> to</c><00:19:53.059><c> live</c><00:19:53.319><c> as</c><00:19:53.640><c> he</c><00:19:53.960><c> lived.</c>

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And<00:19:55.339><c> now</c><00:19:55.660><c> he,</c><00:19:56.559><c> the</c><00:19:56.720><c> risen,</c><00:19:57.180><c> glorious,</c><00:19:57.920><c> exalted</c><00:19:58.319><c> Lord</c>

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identifies<00:20:00.119><c> himself</c><00:20:01.160><c> with</c><00:20:01.619><c> us,</c>

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empathizes<00:20:03.900><c> with</c><00:20:04.200><c> us.</c>

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Our<00:20:05.380><c> suffering</c><00:20:05.799><c> is</c><00:20:06.140><c> part</c><00:20:06.559><c> of</c><00:20:06.980><c> the</c><00:20:07.200><c> suffering</c><00:20:07.460><c> that</c><00:20:07.740><c> he</c><00:20:08.039><c> feels</c><00:20:08.539><c> too.</c>

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Well,<00:20:09.799><c> it</c><00:20:09.920><c> was</c><00:20:10.099><c> the</c><00:20:10.200><c> very</c><00:20:10.480><c> echo</c><00:20:10.700><c> on</c><00:20:11.079><c> the</c><00:20:11.259><c> Damascus</c><00:20:11.720><c> road,</c><00:20:12.039><c> wasn't</c><00:20:12.220><c> it?</c>

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Saul,<00:20:13.180><c> Saul,</c><00:20:13.960><c> why</c><00:20:14.019><c> persecutest</c><00:20:14.839><c> thou</c><00:20:15.059><c> me?</c>

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So<00:20:16.339><c> that</c><00:20:16.579><c> the</c><00:20:16.720><c> Lord</c><00:20:17.019><c> Jesus</c><00:20:17.440><c> Christ</c><00:20:17.819><c> is</c><00:20:18.099><c> involved</c>

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in<00:20:18.700><c> all</c><00:20:19.059><c> our</c><00:20:19.359><c> situation</c><00:20:19.960><c> and</c><00:20:20.359><c> circumstance</c>

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and<00:20:21.619><c> he</c><00:20:22.079><c> pleads</c><00:20:22.640><c> for</c><00:20:22.960><c> us.</c>

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Of<00:20:24.140><c> course</c><00:20:24.299><c> these</c><00:20:24.519><c> were</c><00:20:24.920><c> vital</c><00:20:25.339><c> truths.</c>

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Just<00:20:26.880><c> as</c><00:20:27.140><c> when</c><00:20:27.319><c> the</c><00:20:27.480><c> apostle</c><00:20:27.720><c> goes</c><00:20:27.960><c> on</c><00:20:28.180><c> to</c><00:20:28.380><c> say</c>

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that<00:20:29.039><c> God's</c><00:20:29.460><c> purpose</c><00:20:29.720><c> is</c><00:20:29.940><c> not</c><00:20:30.180><c> finished</c><00:20:30.579><c> with</c><00:20:30.920><c> the</c><00:20:31.079><c> Gentiles,</c>

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with<00:20:32.400><c> the</c><00:20:32.599><c> Jews</c><00:20:32.799><c> rather,</c>

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but<00:20:33.420><c> that</c><00:20:33.759><c> it</c><00:20:34.200><c> gave</c><00:20:34.440><c> an</c><00:20:34.660><c> opportunity</c><00:20:35.240><c> for</c><00:20:35.539><c> the</c><00:20:35.759><c> Gentiles,</c>

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well<00:20:37.259><c> that</c><00:20:37.440><c> matters</c><00:20:37.740><c> for</c><00:20:37.960><c> every</c><00:20:38.259><c> one</c><00:20:38.460><c> of</c><00:20:38.579><c> us</c>

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that's<00:20:39.099><c> here</c><00:20:39.339><c> present,</c>

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unless<00:20:40.460><c> there</c><00:20:40.680><c> are</c><00:20:40.920><c> also</c><00:20:41.119><c> some</c><00:20:41.339><c> Jewish</c><00:20:41.700><c> believers</c><00:20:42.160><c> present.</c>

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We<00:20:43.240><c> are</c><00:20:43.480><c> all</c><00:20:43.759><c> entirely</c><00:20:44.400><c> dependent,</c>

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both<00:20:45.980><c> upon</c><00:20:46.220><c> the</c><00:20:46.420><c> fact</c><00:20:46.599><c> that</c><00:20:46.819><c> through</c><00:20:47.099><c> their</c><00:20:47.480><c> fall,</c>

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salvation<00:20:48.700><c> came</c><00:20:49.000><c> to</c><00:20:49.220><c> us.</c>

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They've<00:20:50.640><c> not</c><00:20:50.880><c> stumbled</c><00:20:51.160><c> to</c><00:20:51.599><c> fall,</c>

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but<00:20:52.740><c> nevertheless</c><00:20:53.079><c> their</c><00:20:53.599><c> stumbling</c><00:20:54.240><c> brought</c><00:20:54.640><c> us</c><00:20:54.980><c> the</c><00:20:55.220><c> opportunity.</c>

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And<00:20:57.039><c> their</c><00:20:57.299><c> recovery,</c>

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well,<00:20:59.400><c> if</c><00:20:59.579><c> the</c><00:20:59.740><c> casting</c><00:21:00.019><c> away</c><00:21:00.339><c> of</c><00:21:00.519><c> them</c><00:21:00.880><c> was</c><00:21:01.460><c> our</c><00:21:01.779><c> opportunity,</c>

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what<00:21:02.640><c> shall</c><00:21:02.880><c> the</c><00:21:03.180><c> recovery</c><00:21:03.480><c> of</c><00:21:03.619><c> them</c><00:21:03.779><c> be</c><00:21:03.960><c> but</c><00:21:04.220><c> life</c><00:21:04.720><c> from</c><00:21:05.059><c> the</c><00:21:05.339><c> dead.</c>

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At<00:21:06.279><c> the</c><00:21:06.420><c> very</c><00:21:06.759><c> time</c><00:21:07.019><c> of</c><00:21:07.220><c> the</c><00:21:07.480><c> recovery</c><00:21:07.839><c> of</c><00:21:08.059><c> the</c><00:21:08.119><c> nation</c><00:21:08.400><c> of</c><00:21:08.599><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:21:09.119><c> their</c><00:21:09.720><c> restitution</c><00:21:10.500><c> to</c><00:21:10.920><c> favor</c>

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at<00:21:11.920><c> the</c><00:21:12.079><c> head</c><00:21:12.240><c> of</c><00:21:12.460><c> the</c><00:21:12.579><c> nations</c><00:21:12.920><c> and</c><00:21:13.140><c> not</c><00:21:13.279><c> at</c><00:21:13.519><c> its</c><00:21:13.779><c> tail,</c>

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when<00:21:14.559><c> a</c><00:21:14.740><c> man</c><00:21:14.900><c> reaches</c><00:21:15.279><c> out</c><00:21:15.539><c> to</c><00:21:15.740><c> grasp</c><00:21:16.039><c> the</c><00:21:16.359><c> sleeve</c><00:21:16.519><c> of</c><00:21:16.700><c> him</c>

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that<00:21:17.000><c> is</c><00:21:17.180><c> a</c><00:21:17.420><c> Jew</c><00:21:17.559><c> and</c><00:21:17.779><c> says,</c>

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we<00:21:18.359><c> will</c><00:21:18.539><c> go</c><00:21:18.740><c> with</c><00:21:18.960><c> you</c><00:21:19.180><c> for</c><00:21:19.339><c> we</c><00:21:19.539><c> have</c><00:21:19.680><c> heard</c><00:21:19.799><c> that</c><00:21:20.039><c> God</c><00:21:20.299><c> is</c>

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with<00:21:20.759><c> you.</c>

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At<00:21:21.420><c> that</c><00:21:21.660><c> very</c><00:21:22.019><c> time</c><00:21:22.259><c> that</c><00:21:22.460><c> will</c><00:21:22.640><c> be</c><00:21:22.859><c> the</c><00:21:23.099><c> fullness</c><00:21:23.359><c> of</c><00:21:23.700><c> blessing.</c>

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The<00:21:24.740><c> recovery</c><00:21:25.200><c> of</c><00:21:25.500><c> the</c><00:21:25.700><c> Jews</c><00:21:26.019><c> will</c><00:21:26.539><c> mean</c><00:21:26.779><c> the</c><00:21:27.099><c> salvation</c><00:21:27.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:27.980><c> world.</c>

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And<00:21:29.579><c> of</c><00:21:29.740><c> course</c><00:21:29.980><c> also</c><00:21:30.460><c> included</c><00:21:31.019><c> in</c><00:21:31.960><c> that</c><00:21:32.259><c> set</c><00:21:32.720><c> of</c><00:21:33.000><c> chapters</c>

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that<00:21:33.680><c> separates</c><00:21:34.279><c> those</c><00:21:34.880><c> two</c><00:21:35.579><c> uses</c><00:21:35.980><c> of</c><00:21:36.220><c> the</c><00:21:36.359><c> word</c><00:21:36.599><c> yield</c>

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is<00:21:37.700><c> the</c><00:21:37.920><c> great</c><00:21:38.279><c> manifesto</c><00:21:39.240><c> of</c><00:21:39.619><c> evangelism.</c>

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But<00:21:40.900><c> the</c><00:21:41.019><c> Bob</c><00:21:41.160><c> has</c><00:21:41.259><c> been</c><00:21:41.480><c> talking</c><00:21:41.779><c> about</c><00:21:42.099><c> that</c>

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and<00:21:42.500><c> so</c><00:21:42.779><c> we</c><00:21:43.099><c> didn't</c><00:21:43.400><c> spend</c><00:21:43.960><c> much</c><00:21:44.339><c> time</c>

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looking<00:21:45.299><c> at</c><00:21:45.519><c> the</c><00:21:45.640><c> verses</c><00:21:45.900><c> in</c><00:21:46.180><c> question,</c>

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but<00:21:46.579><c> they</c><00:21:46.819><c> are</c><00:21:46.960><c> inescapable.</c>

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They're<00:21:48.640><c> in</c><00:21:48.779><c> Romans</c><00:21:49.099><c> chapter</c><00:21:49.480><c> 10.</c>

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How<00:21:50.579><c> beautiful</c><00:21:51.140><c> are</c><00:21:51.480><c> the</c><00:21:51.680><c> feet</c><00:21:51.900><c> of</c><00:21:52.420><c> them</c>

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that<00:21:53.019><c> preach</c><00:21:53.220><c> the</c><00:21:53.420><c> gospel</c><00:21:53.779><c> of</c><00:21:54.039><c> peace,</c><00:21:54.900><c> verse</c><00:21:55.059><c> 15,</c>

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and<00:21:56.200><c> bring</c><00:21:56.640><c> glad</c><00:21:57.099><c> tidings</c><00:21:57.660><c> of</c><00:21:58.119><c> good</c><00:21:58.420><c> things.</c>

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What<00:21:59.339><c> a</c><00:21:59.539><c> great</c><00:21:59.859><c> blessing</c><00:22:00.259><c> it</c><00:22:00.440><c> is</c><00:22:00.700><c> then</c>

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to<00:22:01.039><c> be</c><00:22:01.220><c> carrying</c><00:22:01.579><c> the</c><00:22:01.880><c> glad</c><00:22:02.140><c> tidings</c><00:22:02.519><c> around</c><00:22:02.880><c> with</c><00:22:03.079><c> you</c>

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is<00:22:03.740><c> exactly</c><00:22:04.099><c> what</c><00:22:04.319><c> the</c><00:22:04.500><c> apostle</c><00:22:04.839><c> is</c><00:22:05.039><c> saying.</c>

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So<00:22:06.460><c> it's</c><00:22:07.059><c> vitally</c><00:22:07.440><c> important</c>

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that<00:22:08.339><c> all</c><00:22:08.640><c> those</c><00:22:08.880><c> things</c><00:22:09.140><c> that</c><00:22:09.380><c> come</c><00:22:09.539><c> between.</c>

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But<00:22:11.940><c> why</c><00:22:12.200><c> is</c><00:22:12.420><c> it</c><00:22:12.539><c> that</c><00:22:12.680><c> the</c><00:22:12.839><c> apostle</c><00:22:13.160><c> is</c><00:22:14.119><c> using</c><00:22:14.740><c> the</c><00:22:15.019><c> same</c><00:22:15.279><c> idea</c>

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having<00:22:17.059><c> sandwiched</c><00:22:18.680><c> all</c><00:22:18.920><c> these</c><00:22:19.099><c> other</c><00:22:19.359><c> things</c><00:22:19.619><c> in</c><00:22:19.900><c> between?</c>

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Why<00:22:21.319><c> did</c><00:22:21.460><c> he</c><00:22:21.700><c> talk</c><00:22:21.940><c> about</c><00:22:22.359><c> yielding</c><00:22:23.220><c> back</c><00:22:23.460><c> in</c><00:22:23.700><c> Romans</c><00:22:23.980><c> six</c>

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and<00:22:24.920><c> now</c><00:22:25.220><c> about</c><00:22:25.599><c> yielding</c><00:22:26.279><c> in</c><00:22:26.440><c> Romans</c><00:22:26.819><c> chapter</c><00:22:27.279><c> 12?</c>

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Well,<00:22:29.359><c> notice</c><00:22:29.700><c> that</c><00:22:30.000><c> although</c><00:22:30.180><c> he's</c><00:22:30.359><c> using</c><00:22:30.680><c> exactly</c><00:22:31.099><c> the</c>

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same<00:22:31.559><c> word,</c>

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he's<00:22:32.119><c> using</c><00:22:32.400><c> a</c><00:22:32.599><c> quite</c><00:22:32.759><c> different</c><00:22:33.140><c> figure</c>

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and<00:22:33.720><c> the</c><00:22:34.220><c> Greek</c><00:22:34.480><c> word</c><00:22:34.720><c> itself,</c><00:22:35.940><c> paris</c><00:22:36.259><c> temi,</c>

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has<00:22:37.059><c> exactly</c><00:22:37.500><c> that</c><00:22:37.740><c> range</c><00:22:38.000><c> of</c><00:22:38.259><c> meaning.</c>

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It<00:22:39.160><c> means</c><00:22:39.420><c> to</c><00:22:39.700><c> stand</c><00:22:39.960><c> alongside</c><00:22:40.720><c> in</c><00:22:41.519><c> service.</c>

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And<00:22:43.099><c> that's</c><00:22:43.319><c> how</c><00:22:43.500><c> the</c><00:22:43.599><c> apostle</c><00:22:43.859><c> was</c><00:22:44.079><c> talking</c><00:22:44.359><c> about</c><00:22:44.660><c> it</c>

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when<00:22:44.900><c> he</c><00:22:45.019><c> was</c><00:22:45.259><c> describing</c><00:22:45.940><c> a</c><00:22:46.359><c> new</c><00:22:46.599><c> situation</c><00:22:47.200><c> in</c><00:22:47.380><c> Romans</c><00:22:47.660><c> chapter</c><00:22:47.960><c> six.</c>

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The<00:22:48.599><c> great</c><00:22:48.900><c> privilege</c><00:22:49.420><c> that</c><00:22:49.619><c> is</c><00:22:49.859><c> ours,</c><00:22:50.079><c> brothers</c><00:22:50.319><c> and</c><00:22:50.519><c> sisters,</c>

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of<00:22:51.279><c> being</c><00:22:51.519><c> able</c><00:22:51.720><c> to</c><00:22:52.039><c> serve</c><00:22:52.480><c> Almighty</c><00:22:52.920><c> God.</c>

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We<00:22:53.799><c> too</c><00:22:54.019><c> can</c><00:22:54.200><c> be</c><00:22:54.400><c> called</c><00:22:54.680><c> servants.</c>

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We<00:22:55.980><c> too</c><00:22:56.259><c> can</c><00:22:56.420><c> be</c><00:22:56.619><c> called</c><00:22:56.779><c> the</c><00:22:57.140><c> slaves</c><00:22:57.420><c> of</c><00:22:57.619><c> God</c>

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and<00:22:58.359><c> of</c><00:22:58.519><c> the</c><00:22:58.619><c> Lord</c><00:22:58.920><c> Jesus</c><00:22:59.359><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:00.359><c> he</c><00:23:00.480><c> was</c><00:23:00.579><c> thinking,</c><00:23:00.960><c> wasn't</c><00:23:01.140><c> he,</c><00:23:01.400><c> of</c><00:23:01.579><c> burden</c><00:23:01.920><c> bearing</c>

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and<00:23:03.279><c> of</c><00:23:03.460><c> all</c><00:23:03.700><c> the</c><00:23:03.900><c> things</c><00:23:04.039><c> that</c><00:23:04.279><c> need</c><00:23:04.519><c> to</c><00:23:04.700><c> be</c><00:23:04.880><c> done,</c>

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menial<00:23:05.599><c> or</c><00:23:05.960><c> otherwise,</c>

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all<00:23:07.839><c> the</c><00:23:08.019><c> things</c><00:23:08.160><c> that</c><00:23:08.380><c> have</c><00:23:08.539><c> been</c><00:23:08.819><c> done</c>

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during<00:23:09.339><c> the</c><00:23:09.519><c> course</c><00:23:09.700><c> of</c><00:23:09.880><c> the</c><00:23:10.000><c> week.</c>

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Many<00:23:11.579><c> of</c><00:23:11.680><c> us</c><00:23:11.779><c> have</c><00:23:11.859><c> just</c><00:23:12.039><c> been</c><00:23:12.220><c> sitting</c><00:23:12.480><c> here</c>

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and<00:23:13.380><c> eating</c><00:23:13.759><c> and</c><00:23:14.339><c> resting</c><00:23:14.859><c> and</c><00:23:15.460><c> playing,</c>

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but<00:23:16.460><c> a</c><00:23:16.599><c> lot</c><00:23:16.700><c> of</c><00:23:16.839><c> other</c><00:23:16.980><c> people</c><00:23:17.180><c> have</c><00:23:17.339><c> been</c><00:23:17.480><c> working</c><00:23:17.859><c> really</c><00:23:18.480><c> hard</c>

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to<00:23:18.940><c> make</c><00:23:19.059><c> this</c><00:23:19.339><c> Bible</c><00:23:19.660><c> school</c><00:23:19.839><c> what</c><00:23:20.059><c> it</c><00:23:20.259><c> is.</c>

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And<00:23:21.099><c> that's</c><00:23:21.380><c> the</c><00:23:21.539><c> crucial</c><00:23:21.839><c> thing.</c>

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There<00:23:23.380><c> are</c><00:23:23.640><c> burden</c><00:23:24.059><c> bearers</c><00:23:24.480><c> that</c><00:23:24.619><c> we</c><00:23:24.759><c> don't</c><00:23:24.980><c> see</c>

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behind<00:23:25.720><c> the</c><00:23:26.039><c> scenes,</c><00:23:26.440><c> what</c><00:23:26.519><c> Brother</c><00:23:26.740><c> Don</c><00:23:26.859><c> was</c><00:23:27.000><c> talking</c><00:23:27.299><c> about,</c>

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the<00:23:27.759><c> stones</c><00:23:28.160><c> behind</c><00:23:29.079><c> the</c><00:23:29.500><c> fabric.</c>

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We<00:23:30.359><c> don't</c><00:23:30.640><c> see</c><00:23:30.859><c> the</c><00:23:31.059><c> half</c><00:23:31.279><c> of</c><00:23:31.440><c> what</c><00:23:31.640><c> goes</c><00:23:31.920><c> on</c>

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in<00:23:32.799><c> the</c><00:23:32.980><c> ecclesia</c><00:23:33.259><c> of</c><00:23:33.480><c> Christ</c><00:23:33.819><c> and</c><00:23:34.019><c> in</c><00:23:34.180><c> the</c><00:23:34.339><c> brotherhood.</c>

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But<00:23:36.960><c> now</c><00:23:37.339><c> the</c><00:23:37.559><c> apostle</c><00:23:37.900><c> uses</c><00:23:38.339><c> the</c><00:23:38.480><c> very</c><00:23:38.779><c> same</c><00:23:39.059><c> word</c>

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in<00:23:39.559><c> a</c><00:23:39.779><c> slightly</c><00:23:40.240><c> different</c><00:23:40.859><c> sense.</c>

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That<00:23:42.299><c> word</c><00:23:42.480><c> can</c><00:23:42.700><c> also</c><00:23:42.940><c> mean</c><00:23:43.099><c> to</c><00:23:43.359><c> stand</c><00:23:43.700><c> for</c><00:23:44.079><c> service</c>

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in<00:23:44.619><c> a</c><00:23:44.799><c> religious</c><00:23:45.240><c> sense,</c><00:23:46.059><c> to</c><00:23:46.420><c> make</c><00:23:46.680><c> an</c><00:23:47.059><c> offering.</c>

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And<00:23:48.319><c> in</c><00:23:48.519><c> Romans</c><00:23:48.779><c> chapter</c><00:23:49.140><c> 12,</c><00:23:49.500><c> that's</c><00:23:49.839><c> how</c><00:23:49.960><c> he</c><00:23:50.180><c> has</c><00:23:50.480><c> changed</c>

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his<00:23:51.640><c> usage</c><00:23:52.660><c> and</c><00:23:53.759><c> his</c><00:23:54.140><c> deployment</c><00:23:54.420><c> of</c><00:23:54.640><c> that</c><00:23:54.799><c> particular</c><00:23:55.299><c> term.</c>

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And<00:23:56.559><c> have</c><00:23:56.660><c> a</c><00:23:56.680><c> look</c><00:23:56.819><c> again</c><00:23:57.140><c> at</c><00:23:57.400><c> Romans</c><00:23:57.700><c> chapter</c><00:23:58.039><c> 12.</c>

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I<00:23:58.579><c> beseech</c><00:23:58.960><c> you</c><00:23:59.140><c> therefore,</c><00:23:59.539><c> brethren,</c>

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by<00:24:00.720><c> the</c><00:24:01.000><c> mercies</c><00:24:01.440><c> of</c><00:24:01.660><c> God,</c>

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not<00:24:03.059><c> because</c><00:24:03.380><c> you're</c><00:24:03.599><c> afraid</c><00:24:04.079><c> of</c><00:24:04.279><c> him,</c>

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not<00:24:05.259><c> because</c><00:24:05.559><c> you're</c><00:24:05.859><c> in</c><00:24:06.059><c> awe</c><00:24:06.279><c> of</c><00:24:06.519><c> him,</c>

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but<00:24:06.980><c> because</c><00:24:07.420><c> God</c><00:24:07.700><c> is</c><00:24:07.960><c> so</c><00:24:08.359><c> merciful</c><00:24:08.759><c> to</c><00:24:09.019><c> us,</c>

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I<00:24:10.059><c> beseech</c><00:24:10.460><c> you</c><00:24:10.619><c> by</c><00:24:10.839><c> the</c><00:24:11.119><c> mercies</c><00:24:11.539><c> of</c><00:24:11.759><c> God</c>

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that<00:24:12.700><c> ye</c><00:24:13.339><c> yield,</c><00:24:14.079><c> that</c><00:24:14.160><c> ye</c><00:24:14.440><c> present</c><00:24:14.940><c> to</c><00:24:15.140><c> your</c><00:24:15.279><c> bodies</c>

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a<00:24:16.759><c> living</c><00:24:17.180><c> sacrifice,</c><00:24:18.740><c> holy,</c><00:24:20.240><c> acceptable</c><00:24:20.579><c> unto</c><00:24:20.880><c> God,</c>

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which<00:24:21.759><c> is</c><00:24:22.000><c> your</c><00:24:22.279><c> reasonable</c><00:24:23.000><c> service.</c>

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So<00:24:24.500><c> that</c><00:24:24.660><c> now,</c><00:24:24.819><c> in</c><00:24:24.940><c> fact,</c><00:24:25.259><c> the</c><00:24:25.400><c> figure</c><00:24:25.640><c> that</c><00:24:26.000><c> is</c><00:24:26.220><c> there</c>

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in<00:24:26.539><c> the</c><00:24:26.700><c> apostle's</c><00:24:27.220><c> mind</c><00:24:27.440><c> is</c><00:24:27.799><c> that</c><00:24:28.079><c> of</c><00:24:28.640><c> the</c><00:24:29.099><c> priesthood.</c>

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Of<00:24:30.500><c> course,</c><00:24:30.599><c> they</c><00:24:30.720><c> were</c><00:24:30.920><c> servants.</c>

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We<00:24:32.440><c> think</c><00:24:32.579><c> of</c><00:24:32.720><c> the</c><00:24:32.880><c> Levites,</c><00:24:33.240><c> for</c><00:24:33.440><c> example.</c>

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The<00:24:34.920><c> Levites</c><00:24:35.220><c> were</c><00:24:35.420><c> a</c><00:24:35.559><c> tribe</c><00:24:35.759><c> of</c><00:24:35.960><c> Israel,</c>

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wholly<00:24:37.079><c> dedicated</c><00:24:37.700><c> to</c><00:24:37.859><c> God.</c>

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If<00:24:38.160><c> you</c><00:24:38.279><c> were</c><00:24:38.440><c> born</c><00:24:38.599><c> as</c><00:24:38.839><c> a</c><00:24:38.940><c> Levite,</c>

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you<00:24:39.640><c> were</c><00:24:39.839><c> born</c><00:24:39.980><c> as</c><00:24:40.200><c> a</c><00:24:40.339><c> full</c><00:24:40.579><c>-time</c><00:24:40.799><c> minister</c><00:24:41.220><c> at</c><00:24:41.400><c> the</c><00:24:41.599><c> sanctuary</c>

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or<00:24:42.500><c> in</c><00:24:42.660><c> the</c><00:24:42.839><c> temple.</c>

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And<00:24:43.720><c> a</c><00:24:43.940><c> wonderful</c><00:24:44.440><c> privilege</c><00:24:44.839><c> it</c><00:24:45.099><c> was.</c>

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Of<00:24:46.200><c> course,</c><00:24:46.259><c> if</c><00:24:46.380><c> you</c><00:24:46.460><c> didn't</c><00:24:46.680><c> want</c><00:24:46.920><c> to</c><00:24:47.099><c> be</c><00:24:47.319><c> a</c><00:24:47.460><c> servant</c><00:24:47.700><c> of</c><00:24:47.920><c> God,</c>

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if<00:24:48.480><c> you</c><00:24:48.539><c> didn't</c><00:24:48.759><c> want</c><00:24:49.019><c> to</c><00:24:49.140><c> go</c><00:24:49.319><c> to</c><00:24:49.480><c> the</c><00:24:49.640><c> temple</c><00:24:49.839><c> or</c><00:24:50.019><c> the</c><00:24:50.180><c> tabernacle,</c>

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it<00:24:50.619><c> was</c><00:24:50.740><c> a</c><00:24:50.839><c> bit</c><00:24:51.000><c> tough.</c>

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But<00:24:51.900><c> if</c><00:24:52.119><c> you</c><00:24:52.339><c> did,</c><00:24:52.759><c> what</c><00:24:53.000><c> a</c><00:24:53.319><c> life</c><00:24:53.579><c> you</c><00:24:53.839><c> had</c><00:24:54.019><c> before</c><00:24:54.480><c> you.</c>

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No<00:24:55.460><c> inheritance</c><00:24:56.000><c> in</c><00:24:56.240><c> the</c><00:24:56.400><c> land,</c><00:24:56.859><c> no</c><00:24:57.059><c> material</c><00:24:57.700><c> possessions,</c>

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but<00:24:58.759><c> the</c><00:24:59.180><c> wonder</c><00:24:59.619><c> of</c><00:24:59.839><c> being</c><00:25:00.059><c> able</c><00:25:00.299><c> to</c><00:25:00.660><c> come</c><00:25:00.940><c> near</c><00:25:01.099><c> to</c><00:25:01.319><c> God.</c>

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If<00:25:02.240><c> you</c><00:25:02.240><c> come</c><00:25:02.359><c> back</c><00:25:02.519><c> for</c><00:25:02.680><c> a</c><00:25:02.779><c> moment</c><00:25:02.960><c> to</c><00:25:03.160><c> Numbers</c><00:25:03.420><c> chapter</c><00:25:03.779><c> eight,</c>

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keep<00:25:04.299><c> your</c><00:25:04.460><c> hand</c><00:25:04.539><c> in</c><00:25:04.720><c> Romans</c><00:25:04.980><c> 12,</c>

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but<00:25:06.039><c> come</c><00:25:06.240><c> back</c><00:25:06.440><c> to</c><00:25:06.619><c> Numbers</c><00:25:06.859><c> eight,</c>

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you'll<00:25:07.400><c> remember</c><00:25:07.640><c> there</c><00:25:07.900><c> that</c><00:25:08.420><c> God</c><00:25:08.779><c> accepted</c><00:25:09.819><c> the</c><00:25:10.359><c> Levites</c>

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as<00:25:11.900><c> people</c><00:25:12.259><c> who</c><00:25:12.539><c> would</c><00:25:13.640><c> yield</c><00:25:14.279><c> a</c><00:25:14.660><c> life</c><00:25:14.960><c> of</c><00:25:15.440><c> living</c><00:25:15.779><c> sacrifice.</c>

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And<00:25:17.440><c> that</c><00:25:17.559><c> must</c><00:25:17.759><c> be</c><00:25:17.920><c> the</c><00:25:18.099><c> figure</c>

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that<00:25:18.500><c> the</c><00:25:18.640><c> apostle</c><00:25:18.880><c> was</c><00:25:19.099><c> thinking</c><00:25:19.380><c> about.</c>

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It's<00:25:21.079><c> back</c><00:25:21.259><c> in</c><00:25:21.339><c> Numbers</c><00:25:21.599><c> eight</c><00:25:21.880><c> and</c><00:25:22.160><c> there</c><00:25:22.539><c> at</c><00:25:22.740><c> verse</c><00:25:23.759><c> six</c>

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that<00:25:24.940><c> the</c><00:25:25.059><c> Lord</c><00:25:25.299><c> said</c><00:25:25.519><c> to</c><00:25:25.700><c> Moses,</c>

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take<00:25:26.319><c> the</c><00:25:26.599><c> Levites</c><00:25:27.039><c> from</c><00:25:27.259><c> among</c><00:25:27.559><c> the</c><00:25:27.759><c> children</c><00:25:27.980><c> of</c><00:25:28.140><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:25:28.700><c> cleanse</c><00:25:29.019><c> them.</c>

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And<00:25:30.380><c> thus</c><00:25:30.539><c> shalt</c><00:25:30.799><c> thou</c><00:25:31.000><c> do</c><00:25:31.160><c> unto</c><00:25:31.380><c> them</c><00:25:31.559><c> to</c><00:25:31.799><c> cleanse</c><00:25:32.180><c> them.</c>

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Sprinkle<00:25:33.059><c> water</c><00:25:33.500><c> of</c><00:25:33.799><c> purifying</c><00:25:34.359><c> upon</c><00:25:34.640><c> them.</c>

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Let<00:25:35.599><c> them</c><00:25:35.819><c> shave</c><00:25:36.079><c> all</c><00:25:36.339><c> their</c><00:25:36.640><c> flesh</c>

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and<00:25:37.420><c> let</c><00:25:37.519><c> them</c><00:25:37.700><c> wash</c><00:25:37.980><c> their</c><00:25:38.319><c> clothes</c>

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and<00:25:38.960><c> so</c><00:25:39.500><c> make</c><00:25:39.839><c> themselves</c><00:25:40.400><c> clean.</c>

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Then<00:25:41.579><c> let</c><00:25:41.759><c> them</c><00:25:41.940><c> take</c><00:25:42.180><c> a</c><00:25:42.440><c> young</c><00:25:42.680><c> bullock</c><00:25:43.000><c> with</c><00:25:43.200><c> his</c><00:25:43.380><c> meat</c><00:25:43.660><c> offering,</c>

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:46.619
even<00:25:45.119><c> fine</c><00:25:45.500><c> flour</c><00:25:45.799><c> mingled</c><00:25:46.200><c> with</c><00:25:46.400><c> oil</c>

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:49.200
and<00:25:46.779><c> another</c><00:25:47.079><c> young</c><00:25:47.339><c> bullock</c><00:25:47.700><c> shalt</c><00:25:47.900><c> thou</c><00:25:48.079><c> take</c><00:25:48.319><c> for</c><00:25:48.500><c> a</c><00:25:48.680><c> sin</c><00:25:48.799><c> offering</c>

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.799
and<00:25:49.579><c> thou</c><00:25:49.700><c> shalt</c><00:25:49.880><c> bring</c><00:25:50.160><c> the</c><00:25:50.380><c> Levites</c>

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before<00:25:51.180><c> the</c><00:25:51.420><c> tabernacle</c><00:25:51.779><c> of</c><00:25:51.940><c> the</c><00:25:52.119><c> congregation</c>

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:54.619
and<00:25:53.079><c> thou</c><00:25:53.240><c> shalt</c><00:25:53.440><c> gather</c><00:25:53.720><c> the</c><00:25:53.920><c> whole</c><00:25:54.099><c> assembly</c>

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:56.019
of<00:25:54.819><c> the</c><00:25:54.940><c> children</c><00:25:55.160><c> of</c><00:25:55.299><c> Israel</c><00:25:55.559><c> together</c>

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:58.839
and<00:25:56.440><c> thou</c><00:25:56.660><c> shalt</c><00:25:56.900><c> bring</c><00:25:57.259><c> the</c><00:25:57.460><c> Levites</c><00:25:57.920><c> before</c><00:25:58.279><c> the</c><00:25:58.539><c> Lord</c>

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.259
and<00:25:59.299><c> the</c><00:25:59.460><c> children</c><00:25:59.740><c> of</c><00:26:00.039><c> Israel</c>

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shall<00:26:00.480><c> put</c><00:26:00.779><c> their</c><00:26:01.059><c> hands</c><00:26:01.480><c> upon</c><00:26:01.740><c> the</c><00:26:01.960><c> Levites.</c>

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Remember<00:26:03.339><c> that's</c><00:26:03.500><c> what</c><00:26:03.619><c> you</c><00:26:03.779><c> normally</c><00:26:04.079><c> did</c>

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:07.799
when<00:26:04.500><c> you</c><00:26:04.700><c> brought</c><00:26:04.880><c> a</c><00:26:05.119><c> sacrifice</c><00:26:05.680><c> to</c><00:26:06.539><c> the</c><00:26:06.779><c> door</c><00:26:06.940><c> of</c><00:26:07.119><c> the</c><00:26:07.259><c> tabernacle.</c>

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:11.000
You<00:26:08.240><c> identified</c><00:26:09.059><c> yourself</c><00:26:09.720><c> with</c><00:26:10.259><c> the</c><00:26:10.539><c> sacrifice</c>

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.359
that<00:26:11.160><c> was</c><00:26:11.339><c> about</c><00:26:11.619><c> to</c><00:26:11.779><c> be</c><00:26:12.019><c> offered.</c>

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And<00:26:13.000><c> now</c><00:26:13.220><c> you</c><00:26:13.460><c> can</c><00:26:13.640><c> imagine,</c><00:26:14.039><c> can't</c><00:26:14.200><c> you,</c>

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.579
the<00:26:14.500><c> situation</c><00:26:14.940><c> where</c><00:26:15.079><c> you</c><00:26:15.220><c> come</c><00:26:15.380><c> up</c>

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:17.859
and<00:26:15.700><c> you're</c><00:26:15.920><c> putting</c><00:26:16.160><c> your</c><00:26:16.480><c> hands</c><00:26:16.759><c> on</c><00:26:17.220><c> the</c><00:26:17.400><c> Levites</c>

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:19.819
and<00:26:18.119><c> some</c><00:26:18.319><c> of</c><00:26:18.420><c> them</c><00:26:18.500><c> are</c><00:26:18.619><c> saying,</c><00:26:18.859><c> get</c><00:26:18.940><c> your</c><00:26:19.140><c> hands</c><00:26:19.299><c> off</c><00:26:19.519><c> me.</c>

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:23.000
But<00:26:20.420><c> the</c><00:26:20.579><c> rest</c><00:26:20.799><c> of</c><00:26:20.920><c> them</c><00:26:21.019><c> are</c><00:26:21.099><c> saying,</c><00:26:21.539><c> yes,</c><00:26:22.019><c> okay.</c>

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Because<00:26:23.440><c> they</c><00:26:23.819><c> were</c><00:26:24.079><c> about</c><00:26:24.339><c> to</c><00:26:24.579><c> be</c><00:26:24.839><c> living</c><00:26:25.180><c> sacrifices</c>

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and<00:26:26.839><c> there</c><00:26:26.980><c> at</c><00:26:27.119><c> verse</c><00:26:27.339><c> 11,</c>

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:31.960
and<00:26:28.099><c> Aaron</c><00:26:28.579><c> shall</c><00:26:29.140><c> offer</c><00:26:29.779><c> the</c><00:26:30.079><c> Levites</c><00:26:30.619><c> before</c><00:26:31.200><c> the</c><00:26:31.500><c> Lord</c>

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:34.480
for<00:26:32.420><c> an</c><00:26:32.859><c> offering</c><00:26:33.160><c> of</c><00:26:33.460><c> the</c><00:26:33.680><c> children</c><00:26:33.900><c> of</c><00:26:34.079><c> Israel</c>

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:38.740
that<00:26:34.940><c> they</c><00:26:35.180><c> may</c><00:26:35.539><c> execute</c><00:26:36.160><c> the</c><00:26:36.500><c> service</c><00:26:37.059><c> of</c><00:26:37.539><c> the</c><00:26:37.759><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:26:39.380><c> that</c><00:26:39.559><c> that's</c><00:26:39.819><c> the</c><00:26:40.019><c> figure</c>

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:42.200
that<00:26:40.460><c> the</c><00:26:40.640><c> apostle</c><00:26:40.900><c> has</c><00:26:41.140><c> in</c><00:26:41.259><c> his</c><00:26:41.559><c> mind's</c><00:26:41.940><c> eye</c>

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:45.640
when<00:26:42.519><c> he</c><00:26:42.700><c> talks</c><00:26:42.980><c> about</c><00:26:43.559><c> living</c><00:26:44.200><c> sacrifices.</c>

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People<00:26:46.140><c> who</c><00:26:47.059><c> live</c><00:26:47.819><c> sacrificially,</c>

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:53.240
who<00:26:49.720><c> have</c><00:26:49.819><c> yielded</c><00:26:50.539><c> their</c><00:26:50.900><c> time,</c><00:26:51.539><c> their</c><00:26:51.720><c> effort,</c><00:26:52.019><c> their</c><00:26:52.200><c> energy,</c>

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:55.180
all<00:26:53.920><c> that</c><00:26:54.059><c> God</c><00:26:54.259><c> has</c><00:26:54.500><c> given</c><00:26:54.680><c> to</c><00:26:55.000><c> them,</c>

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:57.599
they<00:26:55.660><c> too</c><00:26:55.920><c> have</c><00:26:56.160><c> given</c><00:26:56.460><c> in</c><00:26:56.740><c> his</c><00:26:57.000><c> service</c>

00:26:57.599 --> 00:27:00.059
and<00:26:58.380><c> who</c><00:26:58.579><c> have</c><00:26:58.859><c> given</c><00:26:59.180><c> their</c><00:26:59.579><c> minds,</c>

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:02.140
their<00:27:00.500><c> will</c><00:27:00.940><c> and</c><00:27:01.259><c> their</c><00:27:01.579><c> desire</c>

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:04.859
in<00:27:02.559><c> the</c><00:27:02.799><c> service</c><00:27:03.160><c> of</c><00:27:03.380><c> Almighty</c><00:27:03.740><c> God.</c>

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.839
But<00:27:05.819><c> what</c><00:27:06.000><c> does</c><00:27:06.160><c> the</c><00:27:06.299><c> apostle</c><00:27:06.579><c> mean</c>

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:08.220
when<00:27:07.079><c> he</c><00:27:07.380><c> talks</c><00:27:07.640><c> about</c><00:27:07.880><c> the</c><00:27:08.059><c> fact</c>

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:11.680
that<00:27:08.380><c> this</c><00:27:08.579><c> is</c><00:27:08.859><c> our</c><00:27:09.519><c> reasonable</c><00:27:10.259><c> service?</c>

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.460
You<00:27:12.019><c> notice</c><00:27:12.279><c> that</c><00:27:12.519><c> there,</c><00:27:12.759><c> he</c><00:27:12.799><c> uses</c><00:27:13.099><c> a</c><00:27:13.299><c> word</c>

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:15.980
from<00:27:13.680><c> which</c><00:27:13.819><c> we</c><00:27:13.940><c> get</c><00:27:14.140><c> our</c><00:27:14.279><c> word</c><00:27:14.559><c> logical.</c>

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Yield<00:27:18.240><c> or</c><00:27:18.559><c> present</c><00:27:18.920><c> your</c><00:27:19.160><c> bodies</c><00:27:19.460><c> a</c><00:27:19.799><c> living</c><00:27:20.099><c> sacrifice,</c>

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wholly<00:27:21.380><c> acceptable</c><00:27:22.019><c> unto</c><00:27:22.319><c> God,</c>

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which<00:27:23.180><c> is</c><00:27:23.440><c> your</c><00:27:23.740><c> reasonable</c><00:27:24.380><c> service.</c>

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Does<00:27:25.859><c> that</c><00:27:26.059><c> mean</c><00:27:26.180><c> that</c><00:27:26.339><c> there</c><00:27:26.500><c> is</c><00:27:26.759><c> nothing</c><00:27:27.079><c> more</c><00:27:27.460><c> to</c><00:27:27.619><c> it</c>

00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:30.519
than<00:27:27.940><c> the</c><00:27:28.240><c> exercise</c><00:27:28.599><c> of</c><00:27:28.880><c> the</c><00:27:29.140><c> mind,</c><00:27:29.700><c> you</c><00:27:29.720><c> know,</c><00:27:30.140><c> logic?</c>

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Well,<00:27:31.599><c> I</c><00:27:31.640><c> suppose</c><00:27:31.960><c> I</c><00:27:32.079><c> am</c><00:27:32.319><c> forced</c><00:27:32.720><c> to</c><00:27:33.240><c> declare</c>

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as<00:27:34.359><c> a</c><00:27:34.579><c> result</c><00:27:34.819><c> of</c><00:27:35.019><c> the</c><00:27:35.160><c> fact</c><00:27:35.319><c> that</c><00:27:35.480><c> I've</c><00:27:35.680><c> thought</c>

00:27:35.880 --> 00:27:39.140
about<00:27:36.140><c> all</c><00:27:36.400><c> these</c><00:27:36.619><c> things</c><00:27:36.880><c> that</c><00:27:37.180><c> I</c><00:27:37.480><c> had</c><00:27:37.619><c> better</c><00:27:37.819><c> do</c><00:27:38.079><c> it.</c>

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.319
Is<00:27:39.380><c> that</c><00:27:39.599><c> the</c><00:27:39.720><c> gist</c><00:27:39.960><c> of</c><00:27:40.099><c> it?</c>

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:43.599
That<00:27:40.839><c> it's</c><00:27:41.920><c> an</c><00:27:42.200><c> inevitable</c><00:27:42.680><c> logical</c><00:27:43.180><c> outcome,</c>

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:45.619
but<00:27:43.900><c> well,</c><00:27:44.240><c> I</c><00:27:44.400><c> never</c><00:27:44.559><c> did</c><00:27:44.740><c> like</c><00:27:44.920><c> logic</c><00:27:45.200><c> very</c><00:27:45.480><c> much,</c>

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:47.799
but<00:27:45.819><c> I</c><00:27:45.980><c> suppose</c><00:27:46.259><c> I</c><00:27:46.420><c> can't</c><00:27:46.640><c> get</c><00:27:46.799><c> out</c><00:27:47.000><c> of</c><00:27:47.099><c> it.</c>

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:50.400
It's<00:27:48.440><c> hardly</c><00:27:48.579><c> what</c><00:27:48.759><c> the</c><00:27:48.900><c> apostle</c><00:27:49.180><c> is</c><00:27:49.400><c> really</c><00:27:49.759><c> talking</c><00:27:50.119><c> about,</c>

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.720
is<00:27:50.599><c> it?</c>

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He's<00:27:51.579><c> talking</c><00:27:51.920><c> about</c><00:27:52.220><c> the</c><00:27:52.420><c> fact</c>

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:56.599
that<00:27:53.319><c> we</c><00:27:53.839><c> should</c><00:27:55.140><c> endeavor</c><00:27:55.720><c> to</c><00:27:56.039><c> offer</c><00:27:56.180><c> to</c><00:27:56.420><c> God</c>

00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:58.359
what<00:27:56.799><c> is</c><00:27:57.240><c> acceptable</c><00:27:57.599><c> in</c><00:27:57.819><c> the</c><00:27:57.980><c> sight</c><00:27:58.079><c> of</c><00:27:58.259><c> God.</c>

00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:01.160
It's<00:27:58.519><c> interesting</c><00:27:58.859><c> that</c><00:27:59.460><c> the</c><00:27:59.900><c> New</c><00:28:00.099><c> International</c><00:28:00.740><c> Version,</c>

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:03.519
when<00:28:01.359><c> it</c><00:28:01.539><c> renders</c><00:28:01.839><c> the</c><00:28:01.940><c> very</c><00:28:02.200><c> same</c><00:28:02.480><c> word,</c>

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:06.700
uses<00:28:04.460><c> the</c><00:28:04.700><c> word</c><00:28:05.299><c> logikos,</c>

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:09.339
and<00:28:07.039><c> instead</c><00:28:07.440><c> of</c><00:28:07.960><c> translating</c><00:28:08.440><c> it</c><00:28:08.799><c> reasonable,</c>

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:14.339
translates<00:28:10.079><c> it</c><00:28:10.880><c> your</c><00:28:11.259><c> spiritual</c><00:28:12.339><c> act</c><00:28:12.980><c> of</c><00:28:13.319><c> worship.</c>

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:17.460
When<00:28:14.700><c> you</c><00:28:14.859><c> think</c><00:28:15.019><c> about</c><00:28:15.240><c> it,</c><00:28:15.359><c> that</c><00:28:15.559><c> is</c><00:28:15.900><c> a</c><00:28:16.420><c> development.</c>

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:20.200
The<00:28:17.660><c> same</c><00:28:17.900><c> word</c><00:28:18.200><c> having</c><00:28:18.480><c> the</c><00:28:18.740><c> same</c><00:28:19.180><c> range</c><00:28:19.619><c> of</c><00:28:19.960><c> meanings,</c>

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:22.819
it<00:28:20.720><c> is</c><00:28:20.980><c> a</c><00:28:21.220><c> development</c><00:28:21.660><c> through</c><00:28:22.019><c> which</c><00:28:22.240><c> all</c><00:28:22.539><c> of</c><00:28:22.660><c> us</c>

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.740
are<00:28:22.960><c> being</c><00:28:23.220><c> encouraged</c><00:28:23.619><c> to</c><00:28:23.920><c> go.</c>

00:28:24.980 --> 00:28:27.000
That's<00:28:25.299><c> why</c><00:28:25.460><c> the</c><00:28:25.619><c> gospel</c><00:28:25.940><c> is</c><00:28:26.240><c> presented</c><00:28:26.619><c> to</c><00:28:26.839><c> us</c>

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.940
in<00:28:27.160><c> the</c><00:28:27.240><c> way</c><00:28:27.380><c> that</c><00:28:27.539><c> it</c><00:28:27.660><c> is.</c>

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.880
In<00:28:28.380><c> the</c><00:28:28.460><c> word</c><00:28:28.680><c> of</c><00:28:28.900><c> God,</c>

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:32.299
as<00:28:30.200><c> an</c><00:28:30.480><c> explanation</c><00:28:30.980><c> of</c><00:28:31.099><c> what</c><00:28:31.299><c> God</c><00:28:31.559><c> has</c><00:28:31.920><c> done</c>

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:34.339
in<00:28:32.759><c> times</c><00:28:33.099><c> past</c><00:28:33.539><c> and</c><00:28:33.759><c> in</c><00:28:33.940><c> the</c><00:28:34.099><c> present</c>

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:36.099
and<00:28:34.539><c> will</c><00:28:34.799><c> do</c><00:28:34.900><c> in</c><00:28:35.059><c> the</c><00:28:35.220><c> future,</c>

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.299
so<00:28:36.259><c> that</c><00:28:36.400><c> we</c><00:28:36.519><c> read</c><00:28:36.740><c> it</c><00:28:36.900><c> and</c><00:28:37.000><c> we</c><00:28:37.160><c> think,</c>

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:39.299
yes,<00:28:37.579><c> this</c><00:28:37.819><c> makes</c><00:28:38.099><c> sense.</c>

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They<00:28:40.279><c> reasoned</c><00:28:40.740><c> out</c><00:28:40.859><c> of</c><00:28:40.980><c> the</c><00:28:41.160><c> scriptures</c><00:28:41.420><c> in</c><00:28:41.700><c> apostolic</c><00:28:42.180><c> days</c>

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:45.140
so<00:28:42.720><c> that</c><00:28:42.900><c> people</c><00:28:43.079><c> went</c><00:28:43.319><c> home</c><00:28:43.559><c> and</c><00:28:44.019><c> looked</c><00:28:44.220><c> through</c><00:28:44.519><c> their</c><00:28:44.779><c> scriptures</c>

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:47.480
and<00:28:45.420><c> checked</c><00:28:45.599><c> that</c><00:28:45.799><c> these</c><00:28:46.039><c> things</c><00:28:46.319><c> were</c><00:28:46.640><c> so.</c>

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:51.259
And<00:28:48.299><c> all</c><00:28:48.680><c> of</c><00:28:48.819><c> us</c><00:28:49.000><c> have</c><00:28:49.140><c> come</c><00:28:49.500><c> through</c><00:28:50.000><c> that</c><00:28:50.299><c> same</c><00:28:50.579><c> process</c>

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:54.180
to<00:28:52.059><c> a</c><00:28:52.339><c> process</c><00:28:52.720><c> of</c><00:28:53.059><c> conviction,</c>

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.759
mental<00:28:54.599><c> conviction.</c>

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:58.720
But<00:28:56.579><c> the</c><00:28:56.779><c> moment</c><00:28:57.000><c> we</c><00:28:57.200><c> are</c><00:28:57.480><c> convicted,</c>

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:01.000
then<00:28:59.160><c> something</c><00:28:59.480><c> begins</c><00:28:59.859><c> to</c><00:29:00.200><c> change,</c><00:29:00.660><c> doesn't</c><00:29:00.779><c> it?</c>

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:04.160
Just<00:29:01.299><c> as</c><00:29:01.480><c> the</c><00:29:01.619><c> apostle</c><00:29:01.920><c> couldn't</c><00:29:02.599><c> simply</c><00:29:03.279><c> write</c><00:29:03.839><c> and</c><00:29:04.039><c> say,</c>

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:06.400
well,<00:29:04.420><c> yes,</c><00:29:04.640><c> God's</c><00:29:04.940><c> got</c><00:29:05.079><c> a</c><00:29:05.240><c> purpose</c><00:29:05.480><c> with</c><00:29:05.700><c> the</c><00:29:05.819><c> nation</c><00:29:06.039><c> of</c><00:29:06.240><c> Israel.</c>

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:08.779
I<00:29:06.579><c> know</c><00:29:06.700><c> it's</c><00:29:06.900><c> taking</c><00:29:07.099><c> time,</c><00:29:07.380><c> but</c><00:29:07.640><c> this</c><00:29:07.920><c> is</c><00:29:08.019><c> what</c><00:29:08.140><c> the</c><00:29:08.339><c> prophet</c><00:29:08.539><c> said.</c>

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.240
He<00:29:09.180><c> then</c><00:29:09.480><c> pauses</c><00:29:09.819><c> and</c><00:29:10.059><c> said,</c>

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:13.220
oh,<00:29:10.720><c> what</c><00:29:10.779><c> a</c><00:29:11.019><c> wonderful</c><00:29:11.420><c> God</c><00:29:11.680><c> it</c><00:29:11.880><c> is</c><00:29:12.000><c> who's</c><00:29:12.220><c> doing</c><00:29:12.380><c> all</c><00:29:12.660><c> these</c><00:29:12.940><c> things.</c>

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:16.779
Oh,<00:29:13.920><c> the</c><00:29:14.119><c> depth</c><00:29:14.460><c> of</c><00:29:14.660><c> the</c><00:29:14.859><c> knowledge</c><00:29:15.119><c> and</c><00:29:15.319><c> the</c><00:29:15.500><c> riches</c><00:29:15.720><c> of</c><00:29:16.019><c> God.</c>

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.380
He's<00:29:17.440><c> just</c><00:29:17.779><c> swept</c><00:29:17.980><c> off</c><00:29:18.180><c> his</c><00:29:18.400><c> feet</c><00:29:18.519><c> for</c><00:29:18.759><c> a</c><00:29:18.940><c> moment</c><00:29:19.140><c> there,</c>

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:22.519
the<00:29:19.720><c> doxology</c><00:29:20.319><c> we</c><00:29:20.500><c> were</c><00:29:20.660><c> reading</c><00:29:20.900><c> at</c><00:29:21.099><c> the</c><00:29:21.200><c> end</c><00:29:21.380><c> of</c><00:29:21.819><c> Romans</c><00:29:22.140><c> 11.</c>

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:26.680
And<00:29:22.859><c> of</c><00:29:23.140><c> course,</c><00:29:23.660><c> it</c><00:29:23.799><c> should</c><00:29:24.000><c> be</c><00:29:24.259><c> the</c><00:29:24.359><c> case</c><00:29:24.539><c> for</c><00:29:24.779><c> every</c><00:29:25.019><c> one</c><00:29:25.220><c> of</c><00:29:25.359><c> us.</c>

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:29.380
It<00:29:26.960><c> was</c><00:29:27.539><c> Epictus,</c><00:29:28.160><c> a</c><00:29:28.440><c> Stoic</c><00:29:28.819><c> philosopher</c>

00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:31.299
who<00:29:29.680><c> was</c><00:29:29.940><c> using</c><00:29:30.200><c> that</c><00:29:30.420><c> very</c><00:29:30.700><c> same</c><00:29:30.940><c> word</c>

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:33.059
when<00:29:31.799><c> he</c><00:29:31.920><c> was</c><00:29:32.099><c> writing</c><00:29:32.599><c> words</c>

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:34.740
that<00:29:33.220><c> we</c><00:29:33.380><c> wouldn't</c><00:29:33.539><c> be</c><00:29:33.799><c> terribly</c><00:29:34.079><c> taken</c><00:29:34.480><c> by.</c>

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:36.500
But<00:29:35.200><c> he</c><00:29:35.380><c> used</c><00:29:35.740><c> that</c><00:29:36.099><c> word</c>

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:38.940
and<00:29:36.900><c> he</c><00:29:37.079><c> said</c><00:29:37.220><c> something</c><00:29:37.500><c> rather</c><00:29:37.779><c> interesting</c><00:29:38.359><c> about</c><00:29:38.680><c> it.</c>

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.660
If<00:29:39.220><c> I</c><00:29:39.359><c> were</c><00:29:39.440><c> in</c><00:29:39.599><c> a</c><00:29:39.779><c> nightingale,</c><00:29:40.240><c> he</c><00:29:40.400><c> said,</c>

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:43.000
I<00:29:41.079><c> would</c><00:29:41.259><c> do</c><00:29:41.359><c> what</c><00:29:41.480><c> is</c><00:29:41.740><c> proper</c><00:29:41.900><c> to</c><00:29:42.079><c> a</c><00:29:42.299><c> nightingale.</c>

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:46.240
And<00:29:43.660><c> if</c><00:29:43.759><c> I</c><00:29:43.859><c> were</c><00:29:44.000><c> a</c><00:29:44.299><c> swan,</c><00:29:44.660><c> what</c><00:29:44.779><c> is</c><00:29:45.039><c> proper</c><00:29:45.200><c> to</c><00:29:45.400><c> a</c><00:29:45.700><c> swan?</c>

00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:49.579
In<00:29:46.859><c> fact,</c><00:29:47.240><c> I</c><00:29:47.319><c> am</c><00:29:47.500><c> logikos,</c><00:29:48.240><c> a</c><00:29:48.500><c> rational</c><00:29:49.000><c> being.</c>

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:52.740
So<00:29:50.259><c> I</c><00:29:50.619><c> must</c><00:29:51.039><c> praise</c><00:29:51.579><c> God.</c>

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:56.299
He<00:29:53.160><c> saw</c><00:29:53.480><c> himself</c><00:29:54.200><c> as</c><00:29:54.579><c> a</c><00:29:54.799><c> rational</c><00:29:55.259><c> being</c>

00:29:56.250 --> 00:29:58.920
and<00:29:56.660><c> he</c><00:29:56.880><c> understood</c><00:29:57.299><c> that</c><00:29:57.740><c> rational</c><00:29:58.319><c> beings</c>

00:29:58.920 --> 00:30:02.380
must<00:29:59.700><c> draw</c><00:30:00.299><c> obvious</c><00:30:00.980><c> conclusions.</c>

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:05.019
The<00:30:02.759><c> God</c><00:30:03.079><c> who</c><00:30:03.299><c> made</c><00:30:03.680><c> the</c><00:30:04.019><c> world,</c>

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:08.720
the<00:30:05.619><c> God</c><00:30:05.859><c> who</c><00:30:06.099><c> is</c><00:30:06.500><c> remaking</c><00:30:07.380><c> the</c><00:30:07.740><c> world,</c>

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:13.559
the<00:30:09.200><c> God</c><00:30:09.420><c> who</c><00:30:09.700><c> created,</c><00:30:10.619><c> who</c><00:30:10.799><c> is</c><00:30:11.099><c> effecting</c><00:30:11.640><c> the</c><00:30:11.859><c> new</c><00:30:12.279><c> creation,</c>

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:17.220
the<00:30:13.940><c> God</c><00:30:14.160><c> who</c><00:30:14.380><c> gave</c><00:30:14.740><c> of</c><00:30:14.940><c> himself</c><00:30:15.460><c> to</c><00:30:15.740><c> bring</c><00:30:15.940><c> creation</c><00:30:16.400><c> into</c><00:30:16.700><c> existence</c>

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:19.400
and<00:30:17.539><c> gave</c><00:30:18.119><c> of</c><00:30:18.380><c> the</c><00:30:18.539><c> son</c><00:30:18.720><c> of</c><00:30:18.839><c> his</c><00:30:19.059><c> love</c>

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:22.339
in<00:30:19.779><c> order</c><00:30:20.000><c> to</c><00:30:20.259><c> bring</c><00:30:20.400><c> a</c><00:30:20.660><c> new</c><00:30:20.940><c> creation</c><00:30:21.440><c> into</c><00:30:21.740><c> existence</c>

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:26.299
is<00:30:22.920><c> a</c><00:30:23.059><c> God</c><00:30:23.259><c> who</c><00:30:23.599><c> clearly</c><00:30:24.119><c> demands</c><00:30:24.779><c> of</c><00:30:25.140><c> us,</c>

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:28.740
of<00:30:26.680><c> course,</c><00:30:26.920><c> the</c><00:30:27.140><c> exercise</c><00:30:27.500><c> of</c><00:30:27.700><c> the</c><00:30:27.839><c> rational</c><00:30:28.240><c> mind,</c>

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:32.680
but<00:30:29.220><c> also</c><00:30:29.680><c> the</c><00:30:29.980><c> development</c><00:30:30.359><c> of</c><00:30:30.599><c> the</c><00:30:30.980><c> spiritual</c><00:30:31.480><c> mind.</c>

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:36.279
So<00:30:33.619><c> the</c><00:30:33.759><c> apostle</c><00:30:34.059><c> is</c><00:30:34.259><c> saying</c><00:30:34.440><c> to</c><00:30:34.599><c> us</c><00:30:34.759><c> then</c><00:30:34.940><c> that</c><00:30:35.059><c> all</c><00:30:35.339><c> these</c><00:30:35.640><c> things,</c>

00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:39.420
well,<00:30:36.859><c> they</c><00:30:37.039><c> are</c><00:30:37.279><c> a</c><00:30:37.740><c> thought</c><00:30:38.240><c> process.</c>

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.960
Did<00:30:40.099><c> you</c><00:30:40.240><c> notice</c><00:30:40.519><c> how</c><00:30:41.299><c> one</c><00:30:41.579><c> word,</c>

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:44.640
as<00:30:42.380><c> Brother</c><00:30:42.599><c> Les</c><00:30:42.720><c> was</c><00:30:42.859><c> reading</c><00:30:43.339><c> Romans</c><00:30:43.700><c> chapter</c><00:30:44.019><c> 12</c><00:30:44.339><c> for</c><00:30:44.539><c> us,</c>

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:48.259
one<00:30:45.140><c> word</c><00:30:45.559><c> began</c><00:30:45.960><c> to</c><00:30:46.519><c> come</c><00:30:46.900><c> and</c><00:30:47.259><c> come</c><00:30:47.519><c> and</c><00:30:47.640><c> come</c><00:30:47.900><c> again.</c>

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:50.079
It<00:30:48.460><c> begins</c><00:30:48.779><c> there</c><00:30:49.039><c> at</c><00:30:49.220><c> verse</c><00:30:49.440><c> two.</c>

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:53.119
And<00:30:50.480><c> be</c><00:30:50.599><c> not,</c><00:30:50.759><c> he</c><00:30:50.920><c> says,</c><00:30:51.440><c> conformed</c><00:30:52.180><c> to</c><00:30:52.359><c> this</c><00:30:52.680><c> world,</c>

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:58.059
but<00:30:53.660><c> be</c><00:30:53.940><c> ye</c><00:30:54.319><c> transformed</c><00:30:55.240><c> by</c><00:30:55.799><c> the</c><00:30:56.039><c> renewing</c><00:30:56.519><c> of</c><00:30:56.720><c> your</c><00:30:56.980><c> mind.</c>

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.859
And<00:30:58.420><c> time</c><00:30:58.519><c> and</c><00:30:58.680><c> again</c><00:30:58.819><c> now,</c><00:30:58.980><c> you</c><00:30:59.099><c> will</c><00:30:59.279><c> talk</c><00:30:59.500><c> about</c>

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:01.500
the<00:31:00.299><c> exercise</c><00:31:00.700><c> of</c><00:31:00.900><c> the</c><00:31:01.160><c> mind</c>

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:04.339
and<00:31:01.759><c> the</c><00:31:02.000><c> development</c><00:31:02.319><c> of</c><00:31:02.640><c> spiritual</c><00:31:03.140><c> thought.</c>

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:07.619
Not<00:31:05.779><c> that</c><00:31:05.880><c> we're</c><00:31:06.000><c> to</c><00:31:06.119><c> become</c><00:31:06.440><c> swans</c><00:31:06.799><c> and</c><00:31:07.079><c> nightingales,</c>

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:10.579
but<00:31:08.039><c> we</c><00:31:08.339><c> are</c><00:31:08.720><c> to</c><00:31:09.259><c> come</c><00:31:09.619><c> to</c><00:31:09.839><c> a</c><00:31:10.019><c> situation</c>

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:13.660
where<00:31:10.819><c> the</c><00:31:11.140><c> mind</c><00:31:11.519><c> is</c><00:31:11.880><c> being</c><00:31:12.299><c> changed.</c>

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:16.759
It's<00:31:14.099><c> interesting</c><00:31:14.500><c> that</c><00:31:14.779><c> the</c><00:31:14.900><c> very</c><00:31:15.160><c> language</c><00:31:15.619><c> that</c><00:31:15.799><c> he</c><00:31:16.019><c> uses</c><00:31:16.279><c> here,</c>

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:19.680
be<00:31:17.460><c> ye</c><00:31:18.099><c> transformed,</c>

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:22.640
is<00:31:20.500><c> the</c><00:31:20.660><c> language</c><00:31:20.960><c> of</c><00:31:21.299><c> transfiguration.</c>

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:24.220
Elsewhere<00:31:23.440><c> in</c><00:31:23.559><c> the</c><00:31:23.619><c> New</c><00:31:23.799><c> Testament,</c>

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:27.420
it<00:31:24.400><c> is</c><00:31:24.740><c> the</c><00:31:24.880><c> word</c><00:31:25.279><c> that</c><00:31:25.940><c> describes</c><00:31:26.480><c> the</c><00:31:26.940><c> change</c>

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:29.279
that<00:31:27.740><c> occurred</c><00:31:27.980><c> to</c><00:31:28.200><c> the</c><00:31:28.339><c> Lord</c><00:31:28.539><c> Jesus</c><00:31:28.940><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:32.220
Do<00:31:29.480><c> you</c><00:31:29.480><c> remember</c><00:31:29.660><c> when</c><00:31:30.220><c> his</c><00:31:30.559><c> garments</c><00:31:30.960><c> became</c><00:31:31.400><c> exceeding</c><00:31:31.940><c> white</c>

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:34.380
so<00:31:32.380><c> that</c><00:31:32.519><c> no</c><00:31:32.779><c> fuller</c><00:31:33.059><c> on</c><00:31:33.240><c> earth</c><00:31:33.400><c> could</c><00:31:33.680><c> whiten</c><00:31:34.059><c> them?</c>

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:38.420
And<00:31:34.940><c> before</c><00:31:35.420><c> their</c><00:31:35.660><c> very</c><00:31:36.000><c> gaze,</c><00:31:36.960><c> the</c><00:31:37.079><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.339><c> was</c><00:31:37.819><c> transformed.</c>

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:40.440
There<00:31:38.779><c> was</c><00:31:39.019><c> a</c><00:31:39.119><c> touch</c><00:31:39.240><c> of</c><00:31:39.480><c> heaven</c><00:31:39.680><c> upon</c><00:31:39.980><c> the</c><00:31:40.200><c> earth</c>

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:43.599
when<00:31:40.619><c> they</c><00:31:41.099><c> looked</c><00:31:41.420><c> upon</c><00:31:41.779><c> the</c><00:31:42.059><c> glory</c><00:31:42.400><c> of</c><00:31:42.599><c> the</c><00:31:42.700><c> Lord</c><00:31:42.900><c> Jesus</c><00:31:43.319><c> Christ.</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:46.579
His<00:31:43.779><c> inside</c><00:31:44.420><c> was</c><00:31:44.819><c> for</c><00:31:45.039><c> a</c><00:31:45.160><c> moment</c><00:31:45.500><c> seen</c><00:31:45.799><c> outside.</c>

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:49.359
He<00:31:47.039><c> was</c><00:31:47.319><c> seen</c><00:31:47.500><c> to</c><00:31:47.660><c> be</c><00:31:47.839><c> holy,</c><00:31:48.480><c> harmless,</c>

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:51.839
undefiled<00:31:49.940><c> and</c><00:31:50.240><c> separate</c><00:31:50.599><c> from</c><00:31:50.859><c> sinners.</c>

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:54.299
The<00:31:52.059><c> apostle</c><00:31:52.380><c> is</c><00:31:52.480><c> saying</c><00:31:52.619><c> that's</c><00:31:52.819><c> what</c><00:31:52.980><c> we're</c><00:31:53.200><c> working</c><00:31:53.539><c> to</c><00:31:53.880><c> too,</c>

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.720
but<00:31:54.779><c> you'll</c><00:31:55.059><c> notice</c><00:31:55.240><c> he</c><00:31:55.480><c> says</c>

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:59.720
that<00:31:56.079><c> we</c><00:31:56.180><c> are</c><00:31:56.339><c> not</c><00:31:56.539><c> to</c><00:31:56.740><c> be</c><00:31:57.019><c> conformed</c><00:31:58.200><c> to</c><00:31:58.519><c> the</c><00:31:58.819><c> world.</c>

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:03.519
There<00:32:00.160><c> has</c><00:32:00.420><c> to</c><00:32:00.559><c> be</c><00:32:00.680><c> a</c><00:32:01.019><c> change</c><00:32:01.579><c> in</c><00:32:02.059><c> the</c><00:32:02.259><c> process</c><00:32:02.640><c> of</c><00:32:02.940><c> our</c><00:32:03.180><c> worship.</c>

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:06.480
When<00:32:03.720><c> we</c><00:32:04.000><c> present</c><00:32:04.359><c> our</c><00:32:04.660><c> bodies</c><00:32:05.039><c> a</c><00:32:05.599><c> living</c><00:32:05.839><c> sacrifice,</c>

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:08.599
holy,<00:32:07.720><c> acceptable</c><00:32:08.059><c> unto</c><00:32:08.279><c> God,</c>

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:11.579
and<00:32:08.759><c> we</c><00:32:09.000><c> see</c><00:32:09.460><c> that</c><00:32:09.799><c> to</c><00:32:10.000><c> be</c><00:32:10.299><c> our</c><00:32:10.619><c> reasonable</c><00:32:11.119><c> service,</c>

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:14.519
that<00:32:12.079><c> should</c><00:32:12.599><c> affect</c><00:32:13.140><c> a</c><00:32:13.420><c> separation.</c>

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:18.079
All<00:32:14.839><c> of</c><00:32:14.960><c> a</c><00:32:14.960><c> sudden</c><00:32:15.119><c> it</c><00:32:15.420><c> sets</c><00:32:15.740><c> us</c><00:32:16.119><c> apart</c><00:32:16.759><c> from</c><00:32:17.220><c> other</c><00:32:17.440><c> men</c><00:32:17.640><c> and</c><00:32:17.799><c> women</c>

00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:21.200
and<00:32:18.380><c> their</c><00:32:18.700><c> views,</c><00:32:19.640><c> their</c><00:32:19.940><c> desires,</c><00:32:20.380><c> their</c><00:32:20.539><c> aspiration,</c>

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:25.539
and<00:32:21.619><c> the</c><00:32:21.799><c> way</c><00:32:22.039><c> their</c><00:32:22.400><c> mind</c><00:32:22.819><c> and</c><00:32:23.339><c> heart</c><00:32:23.799><c> think</c><00:32:24.299><c> and</c><00:32:24.700><c> work.</c>

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:29.099
It<00:32:25.839><c> is</c><00:32:26.180><c> bound</c><00:32:26.539><c> to</c><00:32:26.900><c> make</c><00:32:27.099><c> us</c><00:32:27.460><c> different</c><00:32:27.960><c> people.</c>

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.720
And<00:32:29.420><c> the</c><00:32:29.579><c> scripture</c><00:32:29.859><c> is</c><00:32:30.119><c> telling</c><00:32:30.279><c> us</c><00:32:30.559><c> then</c>

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:34.079
that<00:32:30.859><c> we</c><00:32:31.039><c> should</c><00:32:31.500><c> expect</c><00:32:32.140><c> to</c><00:32:32.440><c> live</c><00:32:32.799><c> differently,</c>

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.240
not<00:32:34.599><c> conformity.</c>

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:39.359
It's<00:32:36.539><c> J</c><00:32:36.779><c>.B.</c><00:32:37.079><c> Phillips</c><00:32:37.279><c> in</c><00:32:37.480><c> his</c><00:32:38.059><c> New</c><00:32:38.319><c> Testament</c><00:32:38.720><c> translation</c>

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:41.779
who<00:32:40.019><c> catches</c><00:32:40.480><c> the</c><00:32:41.039><c> flavor</c><00:32:41.380><c> of</c><00:32:41.619><c> that</c>

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:44.000
with<00:32:42.200><c> a</c><00:32:42.420><c> real</c><00:32:42.640><c> echo</c><00:32:42.920><c> back</c><00:32:43.180><c> to</c><00:32:43.359><c> the</c><00:32:43.599><c> Exodus.</c>

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.660
Don't<00:32:44.440><c> let</c><00:32:44.599><c> the</c><00:32:44.839><c> world</c><00:32:45.039><c> around</c><00:32:45.359><c> you</c>

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:48.900
squeeze<00:32:46.299><c> you</c><00:32:46.880><c> into</c><00:32:47.200><c> its</c><00:32:47.539><c> own</c><00:32:47.779><c> mold,</c>

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:52.339
but<00:32:49.200><c> let</c><00:32:49.420><c> God</c><00:32:49.859><c> remold</c><00:32:50.819><c> your</c><00:32:51.160><c> minds</c><00:32:51.579><c> from</c><00:32:51.900><c> within</c>

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:54.859
so<00:32:53.000><c> that</c><00:32:53.119><c> you</c><00:32:53.240><c> may</c><00:32:53.519><c> prove</c><00:32:53.920><c> in</c><00:32:54.319><c> practice</c>

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:57.539
that<00:32:55.359><c> the</c><00:32:55.559><c> plan</c><00:32:55.740><c> of</c><00:32:55.880><c> God</c><00:32:56.039><c> for</c><00:32:56.200><c> you</c><00:32:56.359><c> is</c><00:32:56.559><c> good,</c>

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.880
meets<00:32:57.759><c> all</c><00:32:58.059><c> his</c><00:32:58.279><c> demands,</c>

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.940
and<00:32:59.480><c> moves</c><00:32:59.859><c> towards</c><00:33:00.319><c> the</c><00:33:00.559><c> goal</c><00:33:00.880><c> of</c><00:33:01.200><c> true</c><00:33:01.359><c> maturity.</c>

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:04.400
It's<00:33:02.839><c> a</c><00:33:03.059><c> catching</c><00:33:03.440><c> translation,</c><00:33:04.160><c> isn't</c><00:33:04.299><c> it?</c>

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.839
Because<00:33:04.859><c> the</c><00:33:05.119><c> fact</c><00:33:05.299><c> of</c><00:33:05.440><c> the</c><00:33:05.519><c> matter</c><00:33:05.680><c> is</c>

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:08.420
the<00:33:05.920><c> world</c><00:33:06.160><c> wants</c><00:33:06.500><c> everybody</c><00:33:06.960><c> to</c><00:33:07.160><c> be</c><00:33:07.299><c> the</c><00:33:07.579><c> same.</c>

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:10.099
That's<00:33:08.940><c> where</c><00:33:09.039><c> we</c><00:33:09.140><c> have</c><00:33:09.319><c> difficulty</c><00:33:09.680><c> sometimes</c>

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.900
with<00:33:10.279><c> our</c><00:33:10.400><c> young</c><00:33:10.579><c> people.</c>

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:12.460
I'm<00:33:11.400><c> different,</c><00:33:11.920><c> that's</c><00:33:12.240><c> the</c><00:33:12.339><c> trouble.</c>

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.440
That's<00:33:12.640><c> why</c><00:33:12.779><c> they're</c><00:33:12.940><c> picking</c><00:33:13.099><c> on</c><00:33:13.259><c> me</c>

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.859
because<00:33:13.660><c> I'm</c><00:33:13.819><c> not</c><00:33:14.039><c> the</c><00:33:14.220><c> same</c><00:33:14.400><c> as</c><00:33:14.599><c> them.</c>

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:17.579
The<00:33:15.440><c> world</c><00:33:15.599><c> wants</c><00:33:15.920><c> everybody</c><00:33:16.579><c> to</c><00:33:16.779><c> be</c><00:33:16.920><c> the</c><00:33:17.200><c> same</c>

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:20.759
so<00:33:18.059><c> that</c><00:33:18.359><c> nobody</c><00:33:18.880><c> is</c><00:33:19.440><c> seen</c><00:33:19.599><c> to</c><00:33:19.779><c> be</c><00:33:20.079><c> challenging</c>

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:24.259
or<00:33:21.400><c> difficult</c><00:33:22.000><c> or</c><00:33:22.359><c> different</c><00:33:22.900><c> in</c><00:33:23.319><c> the</c><00:33:23.440><c> way</c><00:33:23.559><c> that</c><00:33:23.720><c> they</c><00:33:23.960><c> live.</c>

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:26.279
There's<00:33:24.960><c> this</c><00:33:25.240><c> huge</c><00:33:25.740><c> press,</c>

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.900
it's<00:33:26.940><c> a</c><00:33:27.099><c> multinational</c><00:33:27.940><c> press</c><00:33:28.319><c> as</c><00:33:28.599><c> well,</c>

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.900
that<00:33:29.319><c> tries</c><00:33:29.559><c> to</c><00:33:29.779><c> make</c><00:33:29.960><c> everything</c><00:33:30.539><c> the</c><00:33:30.779><c> same.</c>

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:32.420
There<00:33:31.059><c> used</c><00:33:31.240><c> to</c><00:33:31.359><c> be</c><00:33:31.680><c> a</c><00:33:31.839><c> time,</c><00:33:32.400><c> remember,</c>

00:33:32.420 --> 00:33:34.799
when<00:33:32.579><c> you</c><00:33:32.740><c> could</c><00:33:32.980><c> wander</c><00:33:33.240><c> around</c><00:33:33.460><c> different</c><00:33:33.839><c> shopping</c><00:33:34.220><c> areas</c>

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.440
in<00:33:35.480><c> different</c><00:33:35.839><c> countries,</c>

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.660
and<00:33:36.920><c> everything</c><00:33:37.200><c> looked</c><00:33:37.440><c> remarkably</c><00:33:38.039><c> different,</c>

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:40.599
and<00:33:39.180><c> now</c><00:33:39.440><c> there's</c><00:33:39.819><c> a</c><00:33:40.039><c> sameness</c>

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:43.019
that's<00:33:41.000><c> gradually</c><00:33:41.599><c> creeping</c><00:33:42.180><c> over</c><00:33:42.579><c> the</c><00:33:42.799><c> world.</c>

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:46.160
It's<00:33:43.500><c> conformity,</c><00:33:44.680><c> it's</c><00:33:44.920><c> the</c><00:33:45.140><c> pressure</c><00:33:45.420><c> of</c><00:33:45.599><c> the</c><00:33:45.880><c> big,</c>

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:48.440
and<00:33:46.640><c> the</c><00:33:46.819><c> little</c><00:33:46.960><c> is</c><00:33:47.140><c> being</c><00:33:47.519><c> squeezed</c><00:33:48.059><c> out</c>

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:51.700
as<00:33:48.839><c> the</c><00:33:49.140><c> huge</c><00:33:49.480><c> multinational</c><00:33:50.420><c> gets</c><00:33:50.859><c> its</c><00:33:51.380><c> way.</c>

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.539
Microsoft<00:33:52.619><c> is</c><00:33:53.039><c> everywhere,</c>

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:56.480
and<00:33:54.140><c> Apple</c><00:33:54.440><c> is</c><00:33:54.680><c> being</c><00:33:55.039><c> steadily</c><00:33:55.460><c> eaten</c><00:33:55.900><c> through</c>

00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:00.079
so<00:33:56.980><c> that</c><00:33:57.180><c> perhaps</c><00:33:57.400><c> eventually</c><00:33:57.900><c> it</c><00:33:58.099><c> will</c><00:33:58.279><c> disappear</c><00:33:58.779><c> from</c><00:33:59.000><c> the</c><00:33:59.339><c> tree.</c>

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:02.079
And<00:34:00.619><c> by</c><00:34:00.980><c> comparison,</c><00:34:01.619><c> of</c><00:34:01.759><c> course,</c>

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:04.220
God<00:34:02.640><c> wants</c><00:34:03.019><c> us</c><00:34:03.259><c> to</c><00:34:03.380><c> be</c><00:34:03.660><c> different.</c>

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:06.579
He's<00:34:04.779><c> not</c><00:34:04.960><c> a</c><00:34:05.440><c> brick</c><00:34:05.740><c> maker,</c><00:34:06.259><c> is</c><00:34:06.359><c> he?</c>

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.839
He's<00:34:07.039><c> not</c><00:34:07.200><c> got</c><00:34:07.319><c> a</c><00:34:07.599><c> press</c>

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.639
into<00:34:08.039><c> which</c><00:34:08.239><c> every</c><00:34:08.500><c> one</c><00:34:08.639><c> of</c><00:34:08.719><c> us</c><00:34:08.860><c> is</c><00:34:09.039><c> the</c><00:34:09.280><c> same.</c>

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:12.000
Could<00:34:10.159><c> we</c><00:34:10.360><c> find</c><00:34:10.519><c> anybody</c><00:34:10.960><c> apart</c><00:34:11.239><c> from</c><00:34:11.420><c> the</c><00:34:11.599><c> baldness</c>

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:14.199
that<00:34:12.280><c> Brother</c><00:34:12.480><c> Les</c><00:34:12.719><c> was</c><00:34:13.179><c> referring</c><00:34:13.880><c> to,</c>

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.719
where<00:34:14.440><c> there's</c><00:34:14.760><c> a</c><00:34:14.920><c> certain</c><00:34:15.139><c> similarity,</c>

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.039
I<00:34:15.880><c> can</c><00:34:16.099><c> see</c><00:34:16.199><c> just</c><00:34:16.400><c> looking</c><00:34:16.679><c> around,</c>

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:19.300
but<00:34:17.559><c> it's</c><00:34:17.820><c> not</c><00:34:18.059><c> universal.</c>

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:21.800
But<00:34:19.780><c> in</c><00:34:19.980><c> fact,</c><00:34:20.300><c> we're</c><00:34:20.460><c> all</c><00:34:20.719><c> different,</c>

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:24.519
and<00:34:22.320><c> that's</c><00:34:22.699><c> the</c><00:34:22.860><c> wonder</c><00:34:23.099><c> of</c><00:34:23.340><c> our</c><00:34:23.559><c> fellowship.</c>

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:28.179
We<00:34:24.920><c> are</c><00:34:25.139><c> able</c><00:34:25.340><c> to</c><00:34:25.679><c> work</c><00:34:26.000><c> together</c><00:34:26.440><c> and</c><00:34:26.739><c> to</c><00:34:26.940><c> enrich</c><00:34:27.460><c> one</c><00:34:27.760><c> another</c>

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:32.800
because<00:34:29.159><c> we</c><00:34:29.519><c> are</c><00:34:29.880><c> called</c><00:34:30.380><c> one</c><00:34:31.139><c> by</c><00:34:31.820><c> one.</c>

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.780
And<00:34:33.280><c> therefore,</c><00:34:33.500><c> God</c><00:34:33.739><c> invites</c><00:34:34.260><c> us</c>

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:38.300
to<00:34:35.659><c> respond</c><00:34:36.400><c> to</c><00:34:36.719><c> the</c><00:34:36.960><c> opportunities</c><00:34:37.519><c> and</c><00:34:37.820><c> challenges</c>

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:42.780
that<00:34:38.920><c> come</c><00:34:39.139><c> to</c><00:34:39.500><c> us</c><00:34:40.039><c> in</c><00:34:40.380><c> a</c><00:34:40.599><c> way</c><00:34:40.780><c> that</c><00:34:40.980><c> is</c><00:34:41.260><c> right</c><00:34:41.559><c> for</c><00:34:41.840><c> us.</c>

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:45.139
It's<00:34:42.900><c> why</c><00:34:43.059><c> the</c><00:34:43.239><c> scripture</c><00:34:43.500><c> is</c><00:34:43.679><c> not</c><00:34:43.940><c> prescriptive,</c>

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:47.780
why<00:34:45.460><c> there</c><00:34:45.719><c> aren't</c><00:34:46.019><c> answers</c><00:34:46.699><c> to</c><00:34:47.400><c> questions</c>

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.940
that<00:34:47.940><c> we</c><00:34:48.099><c> sometimes</c><00:34:48.500><c> ask,</c>

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.800
like,<00:34:49.280><c> you</c><00:34:49.360><c> know,</c><00:34:49.480><c> should</c><00:34:49.639><c> we</c><00:34:49.780><c> have</c><00:34:49.960><c> radios</c><00:34:50.260><c> and</c><00:34:50.500><c> television?</c>

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.280
Should<00:34:51.039><c> we</c><00:34:51.260><c> read</c><00:34:51.699><c> newspapers?</c>

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:54.039
What<00:34:52.559><c> should</c><00:34:52.719><c> we</c><00:34:53.019><c> wear?</c><00:34:53.360><c> And</c><00:34:53.579><c> so</c><00:34:53.840><c> on.</c>

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:55.880
We<00:34:54.340><c> have</c><00:34:54.519><c> to</c><00:34:54.679><c> make</c><00:34:54.840><c> up</c><00:34:55.019><c> our</c><00:34:55.219><c> own</c><00:34:55.440><c> minds.</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:58.320
We<00:34:56.300><c> have</c><00:34:56.559><c> to</c><00:34:56.699><c> develop</c><00:34:57.139><c> our</c><00:34:57.460><c> own</c><00:34:57.800><c> conscience.</c>

00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:00.900
We<00:34:58.800><c> have</c><00:34:58.960><c> to</c><00:34:59.219><c> find</c><00:34:59.480><c> the</c><00:34:59.739><c> things</c><00:34:59.880><c> that</c><00:35:00.079><c> are</c><00:35:00.260><c> right</c><00:35:00.440><c> for</c><00:35:00.659><c> us</c>

00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.519
in<00:35:01.320><c> our</c><00:35:01.539><c> own</c><00:35:01.840><c> circumstance.</c>

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.320
And<00:35:02.760><c> all</c><00:35:02.920><c> the</c><00:35:03.099><c> time,</c>

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:06.280
we<00:35:03.679><c> are</c><00:35:03.820><c> moving</c><00:35:04.159><c> towards</c><00:35:04.599><c> the</c><00:35:04.820><c> goal</c><00:35:05.079><c> of</c><00:35:05.420><c> true</c><00:35:05.639><c> maturity.</c>

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:10.179
The<00:35:07.019><c> cogs</c><00:35:07.380><c> in</c><00:35:07.639><c> our</c><00:35:07.900><c> brain</c><00:35:08.260><c> have</c><00:35:08.659><c> got</c><00:35:09.000><c> to</c><00:35:09.679><c> turn,</c>

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:12.840
sometimes<00:35:11.079><c> slowly,</c><00:35:11.579><c> but</c><00:35:11.840><c> the</c><00:35:12.099><c> intention</c><00:35:12.480><c> is</c>

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:16.239
that<00:35:13.139><c> there</c><00:35:13.380><c> should</c><00:35:13.739><c> be</c><00:35:14.159><c> a</c><00:35:14.480><c> change</c><00:35:14.840><c> of</c><00:35:15.280><c> mind</c>

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:19.920
and<00:35:16.659><c> a</c><00:35:16.880><c> change</c><00:35:17.059><c> of</c><00:35:17.320><c> heart</c><00:35:17.760><c> and</c><00:35:18.739><c> a</c><00:35:19.000><c> change</c><00:35:19.199><c> of</c><00:35:19.460><c> life.</c>

00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:23.659
But<00:35:20.599><c> it's</c><00:35:20.860><c> in</c><00:35:21.039><c> that</c><00:35:21.920><c> scriptural</c><00:35:22.599><c> order,</c>

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:27.360
the<00:35:24.099><c> renewing</c><00:35:24.719><c> of</c><00:35:24.920><c> our</c><00:35:25.239><c> mind</c><00:35:26.099><c> leads</c><00:35:26.539><c> us</c><00:35:26.800><c> to</c><00:35:27.119><c> prove</c>

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:29.320
what<00:35:27.559><c> is</c><00:35:27.800><c> that</c><00:35:28.119><c> good</c><00:35:28.360><c> and</c><00:35:28.800><c> acceptable</c>

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:31.360
and<00:35:30.000><c> perfect</c><00:35:30.420><c> will</c><00:35:30.639><c> of</c><00:35:30.880><c> God.</c>

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:33.480
For<00:35:31.800><c> I</c><00:35:32.000><c> say</c><00:35:32.179><c> through</c><00:35:32.380><c> the</c><00:35:32.579><c> grace</c><00:35:32.860><c> given</c><00:35:33.099><c> unto</c><00:35:33.340><c> me</c>

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.980
to<00:35:33.699><c> every</c><00:35:33.920><c> man</c><00:35:34.099><c> that</c><00:35:34.239><c> is</c><00:35:34.380><c> among</c><00:35:34.559><c> you,</c>

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:38.179
not<00:35:35.380><c> to</c><00:35:35.840><c> think</c><00:35:36.159><c> of</c><00:35:36.400><c> himself</c><00:35:37.079><c> more</c><00:35:37.860><c> highly</c>

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:42.159
than<00:35:38.400><c> he</c><00:35:38.559><c> ought</c><00:35:38.820><c> to</c><00:35:39.159><c> think,</c><00:35:39.900><c> but</c><00:35:40.159><c> to</c><00:35:40.559><c> think</c><00:35:41.079><c> soberly,</c>

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:44.780
according<00:35:42.579><c> as</c><00:35:42.780><c> God</c><00:35:43.340><c> hath</c><00:35:43.639><c> dealt</c><00:35:43.920><c> to</c><00:35:44.239><c> every</c><00:35:44.500><c> man</c>

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:46.159
the<00:35:45.199><c> measure</c><00:35:45.480><c> of</c><00:35:45.820><c> faith.</c>

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:49.099
Of<00:35:46.719><c> course,</c><00:35:46.920><c> thought</c><00:35:47.159><c> is</c><00:35:47.360><c> the</c><00:35:47.460><c> most</c><00:35:47.780><c> difficult</c><00:35:48.179><c> thing.</c>

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:50.840
It's<00:35:49.539><c> very</c><00:35:49.920><c> hard</c><00:35:50.159><c> to</c><00:35:50.440><c> think.</c>

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:53.420
It's<00:35:51.360><c> much</c><00:35:51.559><c> easier</c><00:35:51.880><c> just</c><00:35:52.199><c> to</c><00:35:52.539><c> follow</c><00:35:52.880><c> along.</c>

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:56.760
But<00:35:54.099><c> the</c><00:35:54.260><c> scripture</c><00:35:54.519><c> is</c><00:35:54.820><c> inviting</c><00:35:55.179><c> us</c><00:35:55.400><c> to</c><00:35:55.599><c> engage,</c>

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:59.440
to<00:35:57.019><c> actually</c><00:35:57.500><c> exercise</c><00:35:58.099><c> our</c><00:35:58.559><c> own</c><00:35:58.960><c> minds</c>

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:01.760
in<00:35:59.920><c> the</c><00:36:00.159><c> things</c><00:36:00.360><c> of</c><00:36:00.599><c> God.</c>

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:04.239
According<00:36:02.579><c> as</c><00:36:02.820><c> God</c><00:36:03.119><c> hath</c><00:36:03.300><c> dealt</c><00:36:03.579><c> to</c><00:36:03.880><c> every</c><00:36:04.079><c> man</c>

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:05.940
the<00:36:04.420><c> measure</c><00:36:04.679><c> of</c><00:36:04.960><c> faith,</c>

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:08.900
nothing<00:36:06.400><c> that</c><00:36:06.619><c> we</c><00:36:06.760><c> do</c><00:36:07.099><c> or</c><00:36:07.519><c> that</c><00:36:07.639><c> we</c><00:36:07.780><c> are</c><00:36:07.940><c> able</c><00:36:08.119><c> to</c><00:36:08.460><c> achieve</c>

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:12.579
is<00:36:09.860><c> that</c><00:36:10.340><c> in</c><00:36:10.619><c> which</c><00:36:10.820><c> we</c><00:36:11.099><c> should</c><00:36:11.280><c> be</c><00:36:11.639><c> proud</c>

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:14.820
or<00:36:12.840><c> should</c><00:36:13.079><c> take</c><00:36:13.360><c> any</c><00:36:13.639><c> satisfaction.</c>

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:17.079
Everything<00:36:15.480><c> that</c><00:36:15.719><c> we</c><00:36:16.019><c> have,</c><00:36:16.440><c> says</c><00:36:16.519><c> the</c><00:36:16.719><c> apostle,</c>

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:20.139
is<00:36:17.760><c> that</c><00:36:18.099><c> which</c><00:36:18.420><c> God</c><00:36:18.800><c> hath</c><00:36:19.179><c> given.</c>

00:36:20.179 --> 00:36:22.159
And<00:36:20.400><c> he</c><00:36:20.659><c> immediately</c><00:36:21.059><c> goes</c><00:36:21.260><c> on</c><00:36:21.480><c> to</c><00:36:21.679><c> talk</c><00:36:21.880><c> then</c>

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:25.400
about<00:36:22.420><c> the</c><00:36:22.599><c> fact</c><00:36:22.800><c> that</c><00:36:23.920><c> the</c><00:36:24.280><c> ecclesia</c><00:36:24.699><c> of</c><00:36:24.940><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:27.480
the<00:36:25.800><c> brotherhood</c><00:36:26.179><c> of</c><00:36:26.360><c> the</c><00:36:26.480><c> Lord</c><00:36:26.679><c> Jesus</c><00:36:27.099><c> Christ,</c>

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:30.099
is<00:36:28.059><c> multifaceted.</c>

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:31.980
When<00:36:30.400><c> you</c><00:36:30.519><c> look</c><00:36:30.719><c> at</c><00:36:31.139><c> all</c><00:36:31.519><c> of</c><00:36:31.699><c> us,</c>

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:33.800
well,<00:36:32.539><c> look</c><00:36:32.699><c> at</c><00:36:32.880><c> the</c><00:36:33.280><c> various</c><00:36:33.559><c> things</c>

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:35.480
that<00:36:33.940><c> have</c><00:36:34.119><c> taken</c><00:36:34.360><c> place</c><00:36:34.719><c> here</c>

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:37.739
during<00:36:36.179><c> the</c><00:36:36.400><c> course</c><00:36:36.539><c> of</c><00:36:36.760><c> the</c><00:36:36.880><c> evening,</c><00:36:37.179><c> for</c><00:36:37.420><c> example,</c>

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:40.159
and<00:36:37.900><c> the</c><00:36:38.079><c> different</c><00:36:38.239><c> people</c><00:36:38.539><c> who</c><00:36:38.679><c> have</c><00:36:38.860><c> entertained</c><00:36:39.320><c> us.</c>

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:42.679
How<00:36:40.539><c> many</c><00:36:40.719><c> of</c><00:36:40.840><c> us</c><00:36:40.960><c> can</c><00:36:41.219><c> speak</c><00:36:41.420><c> with</c><00:36:41.639><c> the</c><00:36:41.900><c> Italian</c><00:36:42.280><c> accent,</c>

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:45.380
for<00:36:42.940><c> example,</c><00:36:43.280><c> that</c><00:36:43.440><c> Brother</c><00:36:43.639><c> Mick</c><00:36:43.800><c> was</c><00:36:43.980><c> able</c><00:36:44.260><c> to</c><00:36:44.840><c> wrestle</c><00:36:45.179><c> up,</c>

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:46.960
or<00:36:45.619><c> indeed</c><00:36:45.780><c> to</c><00:36:45.940><c> be</c><00:36:46.019><c> able</c><00:36:46.139><c> to</c><00:36:46.300><c> write</c><00:36:46.400><c> with</c><00:36:46.619><c> a</c><00:36:46.760><c> quill</c>

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:49.500
with<00:36:47.199><c> such</c><00:36:47.440><c> speed</c><00:36:47.780><c> that</c><00:36:47.940><c> he</c><00:36:48.079><c> was</c><00:36:48.480><c> able</c><00:36:48.739><c> to</c><00:36:49.039><c> scribble</c><00:36:49.280><c> out</c>

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:51.960
his<00:36:49.960><c> letter</c><00:36:50.340><c> to</c><00:36:50.579><c> mama</c><00:36:50.780><c> and</c><00:36:51.039><c> papa?</c>

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:54.260
Or<00:36:52.500><c> think</c><00:36:52.719><c> of</c><00:36:53.000><c> the</c><00:36:53.539><c> young</c><00:36:53.760><c> people</c>

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:56.360
and<00:36:54.900><c> the</c><00:36:55.099><c> talents</c><00:36:55.340><c> that</c><00:36:55.579><c> they</c><00:36:55.800><c> brought</c><00:36:56.059><c> to</c><00:36:56.239><c> bear,</c>

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.880
all<00:36:56.599><c> of</c><00:36:56.719><c> them</c><00:36:56.820><c> God</c><00:36:57.099><c>-given</c><00:36:57.360><c> and</c><00:36:57.539><c> all</c><00:36:57.719><c> of</c><00:36:57.840><c> them</c><00:36:57.980><c> being</c><00:36:58.340><c> developed,</c>

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:00.960
and<00:36:59.260><c> the</c><00:36:59.420><c> music</c><00:36:59.639><c> that</c><00:36:59.800><c> we</c><00:36:59.940><c> listen</c><00:37:00.179><c> to,</c><00:37:00.380><c> for</c><00:37:00.599><c> example,</c>

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:02.619
and<00:37:01.539><c> the</c><00:37:01.739><c> songs</c><00:37:02.059><c> that</c><00:37:02.239><c> were</c><00:37:02.420><c> sung,</c>

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:05.500
and<00:37:03.039><c> the</c><00:37:03.280><c> hymns</c><00:37:03.699><c> and</c><00:37:03.960><c> the</c><00:37:04.199><c> praise</c><00:37:04.420><c> that</c><00:37:04.559><c> was</c><00:37:04.699><c> offered.</c>

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:08.000
Tremendous<00:37:06.320><c> variety</c><00:37:06.800><c> of</c><00:37:07.079><c> ability.</c>

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:10.719
And<00:37:08.300><c> God</c><00:37:08.500><c> has</c><00:37:08.880><c> shared</c><00:37:09.320><c> that</c><00:37:09.780><c> out.</c>

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:13.039
And<00:37:11.400><c> God</c><00:37:11.599><c> has</c><00:37:11.920><c> deliberately</c><00:37:12.440><c> done</c><00:37:12.739><c> that</c>

00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:15.840
so<00:37:13.260><c> that</c><00:37:13.440><c> we</c><00:37:13.539><c> might</c><00:37:13.920><c> have</c><00:37:14.440><c> those</c><00:37:14.860><c> different</c><00:37:15.320><c> abilities</c>

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:18.300
so<00:37:16.460><c> that</c><00:37:16.619><c> the</c><00:37:16.699><c> body</c><00:37:16.980><c> of</c><00:37:17.179><c> Christ</c><00:37:17.480><c> might</c><00:37:17.760><c> work.</c>

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:20.139
You<00:37:18.739><c> know</c><00:37:18.960><c> full</c><00:37:19.219><c> well</c><00:37:19.380><c> how</c><00:37:19.619><c> time</c><00:37:19.800><c> and</c><00:37:19.960><c> again</c>

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:22.380
the<00:37:20.260><c> New</c><00:37:20.460><c> Testament</c><00:37:20.960><c> talks</c><00:37:21.460><c> about</c><00:37:21.760><c> the</c><00:37:21.960><c> fact</c><00:37:22.119><c> then</c>

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:24.920
that<00:37:22.800><c> Christ</c><00:37:23.139><c> has</c><00:37:23.380><c> no</c><00:37:23.619><c> hands</c><00:37:24.039><c> on</c><00:37:24.260><c> the</c><00:37:24.420><c> earth</c><00:37:24.619><c> now</c>

00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:27.739
except<00:37:25.460><c> our</c><00:37:25.860><c> hands,</c><00:37:26.260><c> no</c><00:37:26.380><c> feet</c><00:37:26.639><c> except</c><00:37:27.000><c> ours,</c>

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:30.320
no<00:37:28.019><c> lips</c><00:37:28.760><c> except</c><00:37:29.559><c> our</c><00:37:29.980><c> lips</c>

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:32.059
to<00:37:30.579><c> speak</c><00:37:30.860><c> the</c><00:37:31.019><c> gospel</c><00:37:31.420><c> of</c><00:37:31.599><c> salvation,</c>

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:36.380
no<00:37:32.360><c> ears</c><00:37:32.719><c> to</c><00:37:33.280><c> hear</c><00:37:33.599><c> what</c><00:37:33.920><c> is</c><00:37:34.739><c> necessary</c><00:37:35.340><c> to</c><00:37:35.579><c> be</c><00:37:35.820><c> heard</c>

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:39.619
except<00:37:36.980><c> our</c><00:37:37.420><c> ears,</c><00:37:38.059><c> no</c><00:37:38.260><c> eyes</c><00:37:38.599><c> to</c><00:37:38.880><c> see</c><00:37:39.000><c> and</c><00:37:39.179><c> so</c><00:37:39.420><c> on.</c>

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:42.820
All<00:37:40.199><c> those</c><00:37:40.420><c> things</c><00:37:40.699><c> are</c><00:37:41.239><c> time</c><00:37:41.519><c> and</c><00:37:41.699><c> again</c><00:37:41.980><c> referred</c><00:37:42.519><c> to</c>

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:44.099
in<00:37:43.039><c> the</c><00:37:43.239><c> Scriptures</c><00:37:43.539><c> of</c><00:37:43.840><c> truth.</c>

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:46.059
We<00:37:44.599><c> are</c><00:37:45.039><c> the</c><00:37:45.159><c> body</c><00:37:45.460><c> of</c><00:37:45.679><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:49.260
the<00:37:46.679><c> living</c><00:37:47.079><c> representatives</c><00:37:47.860><c> of</c><00:37:48.139><c> the</c><00:37:48.239><c> Lord</c><00:37:48.480><c> Jesus</c><00:37:48.900><c> Christ</c>

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.960
upon<00:37:49.500><c> the</c><00:37:49.719><c> earth.</c>

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:53.219
And<00:37:50.420><c> all</c><00:37:50.659><c> those</c><00:37:50.880><c> talents</c><00:37:51.380><c> are</c><00:37:51.840><c> not</c><00:37:52.119><c> ours.</c>

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:56.199
We<00:37:54.079><c> being</c><00:37:54.420><c> many</c><00:37:54.760><c> are</c><00:37:54.980><c> one</c><00:37:55.260><c> body</c><00:37:55.559><c> in</c><00:37:55.860><c> Christ</c>

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:59.179
and<00:37:56.559><c> every</c><00:37:57.000><c> one</c><00:37:57.280><c> members</c><00:37:57.719><c> one</c><00:37:58.000><c> of</c><00:37:58.239><c> another,</c>

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:03.219
having<00:37:59.719><c> then</c><00:38:00.280><c> gifts</c><00:38:01.059><c> differing</c><00:38:02.079><c> according</c><00:38:02.440><c> to</c><00:38:02.699><c> the</c><00:38:02.940><c> grace</c>

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:04.500
that<00:38:03.400><c> is</c><00:38:03.619><c> given</c><00:38:03.820><c> to</c><00:38:04.119><c> us.</c>

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:07.099
Well,<00:38:05.280><c> you</c><00:38:05.440><c> remember</c><00:38:05.599><c> how</c><00:38:05.760><c> that</c><00:38:05.960><c> goes</c><00:38:06.199><c> on.</c>

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:11.940
Let<00:38:08.000><c> us</c><00:38:08.659><c> prophesy</c><00:38:09.599><c> according</c><00:38:10.280><c> to</c><00:38:10.539><c> the</c><00:38:10.719><c> proportion</c><00:38:11.119><c> of</c><00:38:11.400><c> faith</c>

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.719
or<00:38:12.619><c> ministry.</c>

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:15.579
Let<00:38:13.880><c> us</c><00:38:14.099><c> wait</c><00:38:14.360><c> in</c><00:38:14.539><c> our</c><00:38:14.800><c> ministering</c>

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:17.679
or<00:38:16.039><c> he</c><00:38:16.199><c> that</c><00:38:16.500><c> teacheth</c><00:38:16.980><c> on</c><00:38:17.219><c> teaching</c>

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:20.679
or<00:38:18.260><c> he</c><00:38:18.440><c> that</c><00:38:18.820><c> exhorteth</c><00:38:19.380><c> on</c><00:38:19.719><c> exhortation.</c>

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:24.659
He<00:38:21.239><c> that</c><00:38:21.579><c> giveth,</c><00:38:22.559><c> let</c><00:38:22.639><c> him</c><00:38:22.760><c> do</c><00:38:22.920><c> it</c><00:38:23.099><c> with</c><00:38:23.519><c> simplicity.</c>

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:26.599
He<00:38:24.880><c> that</c><00:38:25.159><c> ruleth</c><00:38:25.659><c> with</c><00:38:25.980><c> diligence.</c>

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:30.159
He<00:38:27.260><c> that</c><00:38:27.559><c> showeth</c><00:38:27.880><c> mercy</c><00:38:28.440><c> with</c><00:38:28.980><c> cheerfulness.</c>

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:34.159
Then<00:38:30.519><c> the</c><00:38:31.000><c> apostle</c><00:38:31.320><c> adds</c><00:38:31.579><c> a</c><00:38:31.719><c> sort</c><00:38:31.880><c> of</c><00:38:32.360><c> summary</c><00:38:32.940><c> expression.</c>

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:37.639
Let<00:38:34.559><c> love</c><00:38:35.340><c> be</c><00:38:36.079><c> without</c><00:38:36.699><c> dissimulation.</c>

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:39.280
Don't<00:38:38.239><c> fool</c><00:38:38.539><c> around,</c><00:38:38.880><c> he</c><00:38:39.079><c> says.</c>

00:38:39.380 --> 00:38:41.019
Don't<00:38:39.639><c> be</c><00:38:39.860><c> hypocritical</c><00:38:40.380><c> about</c><00:38:40.639><c> all</c><00:38:40.880><c> this.</c>

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:43.840
Let<00:38:41.619><c> love</c><00:38:42.099><c> be</c><00:38:42.559><c> without</c><00:38:42.900><c> dissimulation.</c>

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.699
And<00:38:44.320><c> he</c><00:38:44.440><c> uses</c><00:38:44.840><c> now</c><00:38:45.360><c> the</c><00:38:45.679><c> word</c><00:38:45.980><c> agape,</c>

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:50.460
or<00:38:47.159><c> agape,</c><00:38:48.360><c> which</c><00:38:48.539><c> he</c><00:38:48.980><c> uses</c><00:38:49.320><c> 17</c><00:38:49.940><c> times</c>

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:52.380
throughout<00:38:50.820><c> the</c><00:38:51.460><c> letter</c><00:38:51.719><c> to</c><00:38:51.940><c> the</c><00:38:52.079><c> Romans.</c>

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.820
And<00:38:52.599><c> he's</c><00:38:52.820><c> come</c><00:38:52.960><c> to</c><00:38:53.079><c> that</c><00:38:53.300><c> point</c><00:38:53.480><c> then</c>

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:56.519
in<00:38:54.119><c> which</c><00:38:54.300><c> we</c><00:38:54.500><c> should</c><00:38:54.639><c> be</c><00:38:55.039><c> giving</c><00:38:55.460><c> of</c><00:38:55.980><c> ourselves.</c>

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:58.380
Again,<00:38:57.159><c> we</c><00:38:57.320><c> often</c><00:38:57.559><c> make</c><00:38:57.719><c> the</c><00:38:57.920><c> point,</c><00:38:58.260><c> don't</c><00:38:58.260><c> we,</c>

00:38:58.679 --> 00:39:00.360
that<00:38:58.860><c> that</c><00:38:59.179><c> sort</c><00:38:59.420><c> of</c><00:38:59.659><c> love</c><00:38:59.820><c> is</c><00:39:00.079><c> love</c>

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:02.400
which<00:39:00.619><c> is</c><00:39:00.900><c> the</c><00:39:01.139><c> exercise</c><00:39:01.539><c> of</c><00:39:01.760><c> the</c><00:39:01.960><c> mind.</c>

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:06.380
It's<00:39:02.940><c> not</c><00:39:03.159><c> purely</c><00:39:03.579><c> the</c><00:39:04.519><c> motion</c><00:39:05.139><c> of</c><00:39:05.980><c> passions</c>

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:07.860
or<00:39:06.699><c> feelings</c><00:39:07.139><c> within</c><00:39:07.480><c> us.</c>

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:10.019
It's<00:39:08.239><c> not</c><00:39:08.500><c> just</c><00:39:09.139><c> brotherly</c><00:39:09.639><c> kindness,</c>

00:39:10.179 --> 00:39:11.500
there's<00:39:10.340><c> a</c><00:39:10.539><c> different</c><00:39:10.780><c> word</c><00:39:11.000><c> for</c><00:39:11.239><c> that.</c>

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:13.460
It's<00:39:12.000><c> certainly</c><00:39:12.199><c> not</c><00:39:12.559><c> sensual</c><00:39:13.179><c> love.</c>

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:15.780
There's<00:39:13.880><c> a</c><00:39:14.019><c> quite</c><00:39:14.199><c> different</c><00:39:14.559><c> word</c><00:39:14.800><c> for</c><00:39:15.039><c> that</c><00:39:15.360><c> too.</c>

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:20.519
It<00:39:16.400><c> is</c><00:39:16.739><c> instead</c><00:39:17.360><c> a</c><00:39:17.699><c> love</c><00:39:18.119><c> which</c><00:39:18.679><c> is</c><00:39:19.039><c> focused</c><00:39:19.599><c> upon</c>

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:23.900
responding<00:39:21.320><c> to</c><00:39:21.619><c> the</c><00:39:21.860><c> things</c><00:39:22.079><c> that</c><00:39:22.300><c> we</c><00:39:22.460><c> have</c><00:39:22.719><c> understood.</c>

00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:26.239
Of<00:39:24.139><c> course</c><00:39:24.320><c> it</c><00:39:24.420><c> has</c><00:39:24.639><c> a</c><00:39:24.840><c> depth</c><00:39:25.219><c> and</c><00:39:25.679><c> a</c><00:39:25.900><c> passion</c>

00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:28.739
and<00:39:26.480><c> a</c><00:39:26.760><c> fire</c><00:39:27.199><c> associated</c><00:39:28.039><c> with</c><00:39:28.340><c> it.</c>

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:30.840
And<00:39:29.119><c> the</c><00:39:29.239><c> apostle</c><00:39:29.519><c> is</c><00:39:29.719><c> about</c><00:39:29.940><c> to</c><00:39:30.300><c> demonstrate</c>

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:34.739
and<00:39:31.099><c> to</c><00:39:31.579><c> explain</c><00:39:32.300><c> then</c><00:39:32.619><c> just</c><00:39:32.900><c> what</c><00:39:33.159><c> that</c><00:39:33.420><c> love</c><00:39:33.699><c> means.</c>

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.780
And<00:39:35.659><c> you</c><00:39:35.880><c> perhaps</c><00:39:36.239><c> have</c><00:39:36.460><c> noticed</c>

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:41.000
as<00:39:36.980><c> we</c><00:39:37.139><c> were</c><00:39:37.239><c> reading</c><00:39:37.559><c> from</c><00:39:37.840><c> verse</c><00:39:38.099><c> 9</c><00:39:38.860><c> through</c><00:39:39.719><c> verse</c><00:39:40.360><c> 16</c>

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:44.179
how<00:39:41.420><c> many</c><00:39:41.800><c> different</c><00:39:42.159><c> things</c><00:39:42.460><c> the</c><00:39:42.679><c> apostle</c><00:39:43.000><c> crams</c><00:39:43.579><c> in</c>

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:46.360
when<00:39:44.440><c> he</c><00:39:44.599><c> is</c><00:39:44.760><c> giving</c><00:39:44.920><c> us</c><00:39:45.159><c> a</c><00:39:45.380><c> brief</c><00:39:45.639><c> exposition</c>

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:49.119
of<00:39:46.760><c> what</c><00:39:47.059><c> love</c><00:39:47.340><c> means</c><00:39:47.800><c> in</c><00:39:48.159><c> action.</c>

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:52.260
We<00:39:49.800><c> are</c><00:39:50.019><c> told,</c><00:39:50.179><c> for</c><00:39:50.340><c> example,</c><00:39:50.760><c> to</c><00:39:50.800><c> hate</c><00:39:51.139><c> that</c><00:39:51.400><c> which</c><00:39:51.559><c> is</c><00:39:51.820><c> evil</c>

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:56.079
there<00:39:52.860><c> at</c><00:39:53.039><c> verse</c><00:39:53.280><c> 9</c><00:39:53.880><c> and</c><00:39:54.360><c> to</c><00:39:54.739><c> cleave</c><00:39:55.260><c> to</c><00:39:55.400><c> that</c><00:39:55.539><c> which</c><00:39:55.719><c> is</c><00:39:55.940><c> good.</c>

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:58.039
Incidentally,<00:39:56.579><c> the</c><00:39:56.679><c> apostle</c><00:39:57.000><c> uses</c><00:39:57.539><c> a</c><00:39:57.719><c> word</c><00:39:57.840><c> there</c>

00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:00.719
which<00:39:58.199><c> in</c><00:39:58.340><c> the</c><00:39:58.500><c> Greek</c><00:39:58.619><c> is</c><00:39:58.820><c> almost</c><00:39:59.039><c> akin</c><00:39:59.280><c> to</c><00:39:59.679><c> the</c><00:39:59.880><c> word</c><00:40:00.079><c> for</c><00:40:00.380><c> glue.</c>

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:02.880
He<00:40:01.179><c> means</c><00:40:01.440><c> get</c><00:40:02.019><c> stuck</c><00:40:02.340><c> in.</c>

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:05.679
That's<00:40:03.639><c> the</c><00:40:03.900><c> force</c><00:40:04.219><c> of</c><00:40:04.400><c> it,</c><00:40:04.659><c> to</c><00:40:04.820><c> that</c><00:40:05.000><c> which</c><00:40:05.199><c> is</c><00:40:05.440><c> good.</c>

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:07.519
Don't<00:40:06.500><c> leave</c><00:40:07.019><c> it.</c>

00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:10.760
Stay<00:40:08.320><c> with</c><00:40:08.659><c> the</c><00:40:08.980><c> things</c><00:40:09.280><c> that</c><00:40:09.559><c> are</c><00:40:09.900><c> good.</c>

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:13.000
And<00:40:11.000><c> very,</c><00:40:11.420><c> very</c><00:40:11.900><c> tightly</c><00:40:12.219><c> packed</c><00:40:12.639><c> now.</c>

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:16.800
The<00:40:13.380><c> apostle</c><00:40:13.780><c> is</c><00:40:14.440><c> encouraging</c><00:40:14.980><c> and</c><00:40:15.519><c> urging</c><00:40:15.940><c> us</c>

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:18.679
where<00:40:17.219><c> he</c><00:40:17.400><c> uses</c><00:40:17.579><c> in</c><00:40:17.800><c> verse</c><00:40:18.079><c> 10</c>

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:21.519
the<00:40:19.059><c> fact</c><00:40:19.219><c> that</c><00:40:19.380><c> we</c><00:40:19.440><c> should</c><00:40:19.639><c> be</c><00:40:19.940><c> kindly</c><00:40:20.280><c> affectioned</c>

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:23.159
one<00:40:21.739><c> to</c><00:40:21.920><c> another</c><00:40:22.119><c> with</c><00:40:22.539><c> brotherly</c><00:40:23.019><c> love.</c>

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:25.099
He<00:40:23.340><c> uses</c><00:40:23.679><c> the</c><00:40:23.719><c> word</c><00:40:24.239><c> Philadelphia.</c>

00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:27.440
He's<00:40:25.920><c> reminding</c><00:40:26.260><c> us</c><00:40:26.519><c> there</c><00:40:26.699><c> that</c><00:40:26.820><c> it's</c><00:40:26.980><c> a</c><00:40:27.079><c> good</c><00:40:27.280><c> thing</c>

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:29.019
to<00:40:27.599><c> be</c><00:40:27.760><c> a</c><00:40:27.940><c> soft</c><00:40:28.159><c> cheese</c><00:40:28.460><c> sometimes</c>

00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:31.000
and<00:40:29.500><c> not</c><00:40:29.719><c> always</c><00:40:29.900><c> to</c><00:40:30.099><c> be</c><00:40:30.239><c> too</c><00:40:30.639><c> hard.</c>

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:33.239
But<00:40:31.579><c> we</c><00:40:31.760><c> should</c><00:40:31.940><c> be</c><00:40:32.239><c> devoted</c><00:40:32.579><c> to</c><00:40:32.820><c> one</c><00:40:33.019><c> another</c>

00:40:33.239 --> 00:40:36.340
with<00:40:33.639><c> brotherly</c><00:40:34.159><c> love</c><00:40:34.420><c> and</c><00:40:34.960><c> we</c><00:40:35.179><c> should</c><00:40:35.360><c> be</c><00:40:35.559><c> so</c><00:40:35.860><c> careful</c>

00:40:36.340 --> 00:40:38.900
and<00:40:36.900><c> considerate</c><00:40:37.539><c> one</c><00:40:37.800><c> for</c><00:40:38.039><c> another.</c>

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:41.760
The<00:40:39.519><c> Bible</c><00:40:39.860><c> School</c><00:40:40.059><c> Committee</c><00:40:40.340><c> has</c><00:40:40.500><c> been</c><00:40:40.679><c> so</c><00:40:41.320><c> careful</c>

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:44.079
for<00:40:42.019><c> all</c><00:40:42.280><c> our</c><00:40:42.559><c> needs,</c><00:40:42.960><c> hasn't</c><00:40:43.159><c> it,</c><00:40:43.380><c> during</c><00:40:43.539><c> the</c><00:40:43.699><c> course</c><00:40:43.880><c> of</c>

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:44.380
the<00:40:44.139><c> week?</c>

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:46.780
You<00:40:44.860><c> only</c><00:40:44.960><c> have</c><00:40:45.099><c> to</c><00:40:45.260><c> mention</c><00:40:45.559><c> one</c><00:40:45.760><c> or</c><00:40:45.880><c> two</c><00:40:46.000><c> people</c><00:40:46.340><c> have</c><00:40:46.539><c> said</c>

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:49.239
they<00:40:47.159><c> would</c><00:40:47.420><c> like</c><00:40:47.639><c> handouts</c><00:40:48.219><c> and</c><00:40:48.739><c> before</c><00:40:49.039><c> you,</c>

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.639
you<00:40:49.440><c> see</c><00:40:49.559><c> an</c><00:40:49.940><c> entire</c><00:40:50.300><c> pile.</c>

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:54.300
Somebody<00:40:51.260><c> has</c><00:40:51.480><c> spent</c><00:40:51.619><c> a</c><00:40:51.840><c> lot</c><00:40:52.039><c> of</c><00:40:52.320><c> time</c><00:40:53.239><c> photocopying</c>

00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:56.739
and<00:40:54.900><c> compiling</c><00:40:55.400><c> and</c><00:40:55.760><c> stapling</c><00:40:56.079><c> those</c><00:40:56.400><c> together</c>

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:58.980
and<00:40:57.420><c> all</c><00:40:57.760><c> of</c><00:40:57.840><c> us</c><00:40:57.960><c> were</c><00:40:58.139><c> sleeping,</c><00:40:58.440><c> I</c><00:40:58.639><c> suspect,</c>

00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:01.179
when<00:40:59.460><c> that</c><00:40:59.719><c> work</c><00:40:59.900><c> was</c><00:41:00.019><c> being</c><00:41:00.320><c> done.</c>

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:03.800
It<00:41:01.440><c> is</c><00:41:01.659><c> the</c><00:41:01.840><c> fact</c><00:41:01.980><c> then</c><00:41:02.199><c> that</c><00:41:02.960><c> our</c><00:41:03.320><c> care</c>

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:05.940
and<00:41:04.280><c> our</c><00:41:04.679><c> consideration</c><00:41:05.300><c> for</c><00:41:05.500><c> one</c><00:41:05.699><c> another,</c>

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:08.699
whether<00:41:06.139><c> in</c><00:41:06.360><c> the</c><00:41:06.519><c> Bible</c><00:41:06.800><c> School</c><00:41:07.119><c> or</c><00:41:07.699><c> in</c><00:41:07.960><c> the</c><00:41:08.159><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:12.119
or<00:41:09.199><c> in</c><00:41:09.659><c> the</c><00:41:10.440><c> wider</c><00:41:10.980><c> brotherly</c><00:41:11.699><c> world,</c>

00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:14.099
is<00:41:12.739><c> something</c><00:41:13.059><c> that</c><00:41:13.260><c> the</c><00:41:13.420><c> apostle</c><00:41:13.679><c> is</c><00:41:13.920><c> saying</c>

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:17.500
ought<00:41:14.440><c> to</c><00:41:14.619><c> be</c><00:41:15.139><c> a</c><00:41:15.420><c> natural</c><00:41:16.079><c> consequence</c><00:41:16.780><c> to</c><00:41:17.059><c> us.</c>

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:20.719
And<00:41:18.099><c> we</c><00:41:18.199><c> should</c><00:41:18.340><c> never</c><00:41:18.599><c> be</c><00:41:19.019><c> lacking</c><00:41:19.360><c> in</c><00:41:19.739><c> zeal.</c>

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:23.880
The<00:41:21.000><c> very</c><00:41:21.639><c> fervour</c><00:41:22.199><c> that</c><00:41:22.320><c> was</c><00:41:22.579><c> evident</c><00:41:22.940><c> there</c><00:41:23.280><c> last</c><00:41:23.599><c> night</c>

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:25.420
when<00:41:24.159><c> with</c><00:41:24.460><c> some</c><00:41:24.659><c> enthusiasm,</c>

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:28.460
a<00:41:25.980><c> ball</c><00:41:26.099><c> was</c><00:41:26.440><c> hurtling</c><00:41:26.960><c> from</c><00:41:27.179><c> one</c><00:41:27.460><c> end</c><00:41:27.920><c> to</c><00:41:28.099><c> the</c><00:41:28.260><c> other</c>

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:32.179
and<00:41:28.579><c> people</c><00:41:28.880><c> were</c><00:41:29.219><c> chasing</c><00:41:29.579><c> it</c><00:41:29.880><c> with</c><00:41:30.420><c> such</c><00:41:30.880><c> evident</c><00:41:31.400><c> satisfaction</c>

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:34.659
should<00:41:32.659><c> be</c><00:41:32.820><c> a</c><00:41:32.900><c> little</c><00:41:33.119><c> parable</c><00:41:33.579><c> in</c><00:41:33.820><c> our</c><00:41:34.019><c> minds</c><00:41:34.239><c> really</c>

00:41:34.659 --> 00:41:36.880
of<00:41:35.019><c> the</c><00:41:35.139><c> way</c><00:41:35.280><c> that</c><00:41:35.500><c> we</c><00:41:35.900><c> hurtle</c><00:41:36.519><c> around</c>

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:38.900
in<00:41:37.079><c> the</c><00:41:37.280><c> service</c><00:41:37.840><c> of</c><00:41:38.139><c> Almighty</c><00:41:38.500><c> God</c>

00:41:38.900 --> 00:41:42.760
with<00:41:39.320><c> such</c><00:41:39.760><c> zeal</c><00:41:40.380><c> and</c><00:41:40.659><c> vigour</c><00:41:41.119><c> and</c><00:41:41.440><c> enthusiasm</c>

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:46.400
because<00:41:43.440><c> we</c><00:41:43.880><c> have</c><00:41:44.039><c> the</c><00:41:44.159><c> opportunity</c><00:41:44.679><c> to</c><00:41:44.920><c> serve</c><00:41:45.239><c> the</c><00:41:45.480><c> Lord.</c>

00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:50.219
And<00:41:47.079><c> then</c><00:41:47.219><c> the</c><00:41:47.360><c> apostle</c><00:41:47.599><c> adds</c><00:41:47.860><c> a</c><00:41:48.019><c> really</c><00:41:48.639><c> interesting</c><00:41:49.199><c> thought.</c>

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:52.659
He's<00:41:50.480><c> come</c><00:41:50.599><c> now</c><00:41:50.760><c> to</c><00:41:50.880><c> the</c><00:41:51.000><c> end</c><00:41:51.219><c> of</c><00:41:51.559><c> Romans</c><00:41:51.880><c> chapter</c><00:41:52.260><c> 12</c>

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:54.380
where<00:41:52.840><c> he</c><00:41:53.019><c> says</c><00:41:53.400><c> at</c><00:41:53.820><c> verse</c><00:41:54.039><c> 20,</c>

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:59.139
therefore,<00:41:55.780><c> if</c><00:41:55.800><c> thine</c><00:41:56.179><c> enemy</c><00:41:56.699><c> hunger</c><00:41:57.320><c> feed</c><00:41:58.000><c> him,</c>

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:02.400
if<00:41:59.460><c> he</c><00:41:59.780><c> thirst,</c><00:42:00.780><c> give</c><00:42:00.900><c> him</c><00:42:01.119><c> to</c><00:42:01.400><c> drink,</c>

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:04.719
which<00:42:02.679><c> causes</c><00:42:03.039><c> us</c><00:42:03.280><c> no</c><00:42:03.539><c> problems</c><00:42:03.940><c> at</c><00:42:04.239><c> all.</c>

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:07.000
But<00:42:05.099><c> then</c><00:42:05.300><c> he</c><00:42:05.400><c> adds</c><00:42:05.679><c> and</c><00:42:05.880><c> he's</c><00:42:06.300><c> citing</c><00:42:06.559><c> of</c><00:42:06.739><c> course</c>

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:10.659
Proverbs<00:42:07.440><c> chapter</c><00:42:07.800><c> 25</c><00:42:08.599><c> and</c><00:42:09.239><c> verses</c><00:42:09.500><c> 21</c><00:42:10.039><c> and</c><00:42:10.260><c> 22,</c>

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:15.619
for<00:42:10.860><c> in</c><00:42:11.119><c> so</c><00:42:11.340><c> doing</c><00:42:11.699><c> thou</c><00:42:12.159><c> shalt</c><00:42:12.400><c> heap</c><00:42:12.739><c> coals</c><00:42:13.280><c> of</c><00:42:13.699><c> fire</c><00:42:14.079><c> on</c><00:42:14.360><c> his</c><00:42:14.679><c> head.</c>

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:18.440
And<00:42:16.519><c> everybody</c><00:42:16.800><c> pauses</c><00:42:17.300><c> at</c><00:42:17.480><c> that</c><00:42:17.659><c> moment</c><00:42:17.960><c> and</c><00:42:18.159><c> says,</c>

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:21.000
now,<00:42:18.880><c> what</c><00:42:19.119><c> exactly</c><00:42:19.599><c> does</c><00:42:19.820><c> that</c><00:42:20.119><c> mean?</c>

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:24.500
And<00:42:21.860><c> comb</c><00:42:22.139><c> through</c><00:42:22.699><c> commentary</c><00:42:23.119><c> after</c><00:42:23.440><c> commentary</c><00:42:23.900><c> as</c><00:42:24.099><c> you</c><00:42:24.320><c> will.</c>

00:42:24.739 --> 00:42:26.059
You<00:42:24.920><c> have</c><00:42:25.059><c> difficulty</c><00:42:25.579><c> in</c><00:42:25.860><c> finding</c>

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:28.840
a<00:42:26.320><c> really</c><00:42:26.679><c> satisfactory</c><00:42:27.519><c> explanation</c><00:42:28.400><c> to</c><00:42:28.679><c> that.</c>

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:31.880
I<00:42:29.400><c> once</c><00:42:29.760><c> did</c><00:42:29.960><c> hear</c><00:42:30.159><c> a</c><00:42:30.539><c> really</c><00:42:30.980><c> interesting</c><00:42:31.599><c> one</c>

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:34.900
which<00:42:32.059><c> I</c><00:42:32.219><c> think</c><00:42:32.400><c> was</c><00:42:32.639><c> just</c><00:42:33.000><c> a</c><00:42:33.119><c> brother</c><00:42:33.699><c> surmising</c>

00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:36.099
what<00:42:35.079><c> it</c><00:42:35.280><c> might</c><00:42:35.460><c> possibly</c><00:42:35.860><c> mean.</c>

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:38.539
What<00:42:36.260><c> he</c><00:42:36.460><c> said</c><00:42:36.639><c> was,</c><00:42:37.280><c> I</c><00:42:37.380><c> want</c><00:42:37.519><c> you</c><00:42:37.639><c> to</c><00:42:37.780><c> imagine</c><00:42:38.059><c> for</c><00:42:38.280><c> a</c><00:42:38.380><c> moment</c>

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:41.280
that<00:42:38.800><c> you're</c><00:42:39.159><c> out</c><00:42:39.360><c> in</c><00:42:39.460><c> the</c><00:42:39.639><c> open,</c><00:42:39.880><c> you're</c><00:42:40.019><c> having</c><00:42:40.239><c> a</c><00:42:40.559><c> campfire</c>

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:44.400
and<00:42:41.860><c> you've</c><00:42:42.199><c> been</c><00:42:42.380><c> baking</c><00:42:42.840><c> your</c><00:42:44.039><c> dinner</c>

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:47.860
and<00:42:44.980><c> at</c><00:42:45.280><c> the</c><00:42:45.420><c> end</c><00:42:45.579><c> of</c><00:42:45.739><c> it,</c><00:42:46.079><c> you</c><00:42:46.679><c> could</c><00:42:46.900><c> just</c><00:42:47.260><c> sort</c><00:42:47.420><c> of</c>

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:50.940
put<00:42:48.039><c> the</c><00:42:48.239><c> dust</c><00:42:48.460><c> over</c><00:42:48.760><c> the</c><00:42:49.079><c> embers</c><00:42:49.460><c> and</c><00:42:49.860><c> let</c><00:42:50.059><c> the</c><00:42:50.320><c> fire</c><00:42:50.500><c> go</c><00:42:50.719><c> out.</c>

00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:54.380
Or<00:42:51.119><c> you</c><00:42:51.219><c> see</c><00:42:51.420><c> this</c><00:42:51.619><c> elderly</c><00:42:51.960><c> man</c><00:42:52.460><c> coming</c><00:42:52.760><c> along</c><00:42:53.219><c> from</c><00:42:53.699><c> the</c><00:42:53.940><c> market.</c>

00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:58.159
He's<00:42:54.800><c> obviously</c><00:42:55.260><c> poor</c><00:42:55.659><c> and</c><00:42:56.460><c> you</c><00:42:57.360><c> get</c><00:42:57.599><c> a</c><00:42:57.940><c> tray</c>

00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:59.539
or<00:42:58.420><c> perhaps</c><00:42:58.659><c> he's</c><00:42:58.920><c> carrying</c><00:42:59.159><c> a</c><00:42:59.420><c> tray</c>

00:42:59.539 --> 00:43:01.920
and<00:42:59.659><c> then</c><00:42:59.659><c> you</c><00:42:59.840><c> rake</c><00:43:00.119><c> the</c><00:43:00.400><c> embers</c><00:43:00.760><c> onto</c><00:43:01.099><c> the</c><00:43:01.460><c> tray</c>

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:04.360
and<00:43:02.539><c> you</c><00:43:02.760><c> give</c><00:43:02.860><c> him</c><00:43:03.079><c> the</c><00:43:03.320><c> embers</c><00:43:03.619><c> of</c><00:43:03.800><c> your</c><00:43:04.099><c> fire</c>

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:06.239
so<00:43:04.579><c> that</c><00:43:04.639><c> when</c><00:43:04.760><c> he</c><00:43:04.900><c> gets</c><00:43:05.099><c> home,</c><00:43:05.320><c> he</c><00:43:05.360><c> can</c><00:43:05.599><c> start</c><00:43:05.880><c> a</c><00:43:06.059><c> fire</c>

00:43:06.239 --> 00:43:08.019
without<00:43:06.519><c> any</c><00:43:06.780><c> trouble</c><00:43:07.039><c> at</c><00:43:07.300><c> all.</c>

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:09.980
Rather<00:43:08.320><c> nice</c><00:43:08.599><c> idea,</c><00:43:08.980><c> isn't</c><00:43:09.059><c> it,</c><00:43:09.119><c> as</c><00:43:09.260><c> he</c><00:43:09.300><c> goes</c><00:43:09.559><c> home</c>

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:12.420
with<00:43:10.260><c> it</c><00:43:10.420><c> on</c><00:43:10.519><c> his</c><00:43:10.780><c> head,</c><00:43:11.239><c> would</c><00:43:11.400><c> also</c><00:43:11.719><c> warm</c><00:43:12.000><c> his</c><00:43:12.260><c> head,</c>

00:43:12.539 --> 00:43:13.880
especially,<00:43:12.980><c> Brother</c><00:43:13.139><c> Les,</c><00:43:13.320><c> if</c><00:43:13.460><c> you</c><00:43:13.579><c> and</c><00:43:13.699><c> I</c>

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:16.239
were<00:43:14.159><c> the</c><00:43:14.840><c> people</c><00:43:15.179><c> in</c><00:43:15.400><c> question.</c>

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:21.059
And<00:43:17.059><c> walking</c><00:43:17.320><c> along</c><00:43:17.619><c> then,</c><00:43:18.079><c> he's</c><00:43:19.219><c> thinking</c><00:43:19.639><c> well</c><00:43:20.039><c> of</c><00:43:20.260><c> you.</c>

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:24.840
That's<00:43:21.840><c> a</c><00:43:21.940><c> sort</c><00:43:22.159><c> of</c><00:43:22.159><c> very</c><00:43:22.519><c> nice</c><00:43:23.239><c> possible</c><00:43:24.079><c> explanation</c>

00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:27.960
but<00:43:25.000><c> I</c><00:43:25.219><c> suspect</c><00:43:25.639><c> it's</c><00:43:26.300><c> not</c><00:43:26.659><c> what</c><00:43:26.860><c> the</c><00:43:27.059><c> writer</c><00:43:27.239><c> of</c><00:43:27.480><c> the</c><00:43:27.659><c> Proverbs</c>

00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:30.179
nor<00:43:28.159><c> the</c><00:43:28.340><c> apostle</c><00:43:28.639><c> actually</c><00:43:29.360><c> had</c><00:43:29.539><c> in</c><00:43:29.780><c> mind.</c>

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:32.159
And<00:43:30.679><c> I've</c><00:43:30.800><c> never</c><00:43:31.019><c> been</c><00:43:31.199><c> able</c><00:43:31.420><c> to</c><00:43:31.579><c> find</c><00:43:31.719><c> anybody</c>

00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:34.559
who<00:43:32.400><c> thinks</c><00:43:32.639><c> that</c><00:43:33.280><c> that</c><00:43:33.579><c> might</c><00:43:33.780><c> actually</c><00:43:34.199><c> be</c><00:43:34.360><c> it</c>

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:36.800
except<00:43:34.940><c> I</c><00:43:35.199><c> could</c><00:43:35.460><c> tell</c><00:43:35.619><c> you</c><00:43:35.780><c> the</c><00:43:35.840><c> issue</c><00:43:36.099><c> of</c><00:43:36.300><c> Glad</c><00:43:36.440><c> Tidings</c>

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:38.679
if<00:43:36.960><c> you</c><00:43:37.119><c> were</c><00:43:37.260><c> really</c><00:43:37.519><c> interested</c><00:43:37.920><c> in</c><00:43:38.440><c> which</c>

00:43:38.679 --> 00:43:40.500
that<00:43:38.940><c> particular</c><00:43:39.420><c> article</c><00:43:39.840><c> was</c><00:43:40.119><c> published.</c>

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:44.940
But<00:43:41.400><c> I</c><00:43:42.460><c> think</c><00:43:42.659><c> what</c><00:43:42.860><c> the</c><00:43:43.079><c> apostle</c><00:43:43.340><c> is</c><00:43:43.639><c> saying</c><00:43:43.840><c> is</c>

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:48.380
that<00:43:45.139><c> when</c><00:43:45.340><c> we</c><00:43:45.699><c> do</c><00:43:46.059><c> things</c><00:43:46.519><c> that</c><00:43:46.699><c> are</c><00:43:47.019><c> so</c><00:43:47.579><c> opposite</c>

00:43:48.380 --> 00:43:50.659
to<00:43:48.719><c> what</c><00:43:48.920><c> has</c><00:43:49.159><c> been</c><00:43:49.360><c> done</c><00:43:49.500><c> to</c><00:43:49.760><c> us,</c>

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:55.099
when<00:43:51.139><c> we</c><00:43:51.420><c> are</c><00:43:51.840><c> kind</c><00:43:52.380><c> to</c><00:43:52.679><c> those</c><00:43:52.980><c> who</c><00:43:53.300><c> are</c><00:43:53.840><c> unkind,</c>

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:58.199
when<00:43:55.239><c> we</c><00:43:55.440><c> are</c><00:43:55.699><c> courteous</c><00:43:56.159><c> to</c><00:43:56.320><c> those</c><00:43:56.559><c> who</c><00:43:56.880><c> are</c><00:43:56.960><c> discourteous,</c>

00:43:58.380 --> 00:44:02.239
when<00:43:58.440><c> we</c><00:43:58.579><c> are</c><00:43:58.760><c> loving</c><00:43:58.980><c> to</c><00:43:59.159><c> those</c><00:43:59.380><c> who</c><00:43:59.579><c> are</c><00:43:59.940><c> unlovely</c><00:44:00.480><c> and</c><00:44:00.820><c> unloving,</c>

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:06.599
then<00:44:02.980><c> something</c><00:44:03.460><c> does</c><00:44:03.900><c> happen</c><00:44:04.500><c> at</c><00:44:04.960><c> the</c><00:44:05.119><c> top</c><00:44:05.280><c> of</c><00:44:05.440><c> their</c><00:44:05.639><c> heads.</c>

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:08.820
They<00:44:06.900><c> do</c><00:44:07.320><c> feel</c><00:44:07.559><c> a</c><00:44:07.780><c> burning</c><00:44:08.159><c> sensation.</c>

00:44:08.960 --> 00:44:10.780
I<00:44:08.980><c> mean,</c><00:44:09.380><c> have</c><00:44:09.659><c> you</c><00:44:09.760><c> ever</c><00:44:09.960><c> tried</c><00:44:10.179><c> that</c><00:44:10.380><c> yourself?</c>

00:44:10.900 --> 00:44:14.219
You<00:44:10.900><c> know,</c><00:44:11.840><c> where</c><00:44:12.079><c> somebody</c><00:44:12.340><c> at</c><00:44:12.559><c> a</c><00:44:12.619><c> supermarket</c><00:44:13.239><c> counter</c>

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:18.739
is<00:44:14.820><c> off</c><00:44:15.239><c> with</c><00:44:15.480><c> you</c><00:44:15.820><c> and</c><00:44:16.139><c> you're</c><00:44:16.599><c> exceedingly</c><00:44:17.219><c> nice</c><00:44:17.599><c> to</c><00:44:17.840><c> them</c>

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:21.119
and<00:44:19.139><c> they</c><00:44:19.380><c> sort</c><00:44:19.539><c> of</c><00:44:19.679><c> look</c><00:44:19.820><c> at</c><00:44:19.940><c> you</c><00:44:20.079><c> a</c><00:44:20.139><c> little</c><00:44:20.440><c> curious</c>

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:24.239
but<00:44:21.639><c> the</c><00:44:21.980><c> nastier</c><00:44:22.500><c> they</c><00:44:22.699><c> are,</c><00:44:22.880><c> the</c><00:44:23.119><c> nicer</c><00:44:23.519><c> you</c><00:44:23.820><c> become.</c>

00:44:24.239 --> 00:44:26.780
It's<00:44:24.739><c> worth</c><00:44:24.920><c> an</c><00:44:25.219><c> experiment</c><00:44:25.699><c> just</c><00:44:26.159><c> to</c><00:44:26.420><c> try</c><00:44:26.579><c> that</c>

00:44:26.780 --> 00:44:31.320
because<00:44:27.880><c> their</c><00:44:28.420><c> embarrassment</c><00:44:29.199><c> will</c><00:44:29.619><c> eventually</c><00:44:30.199><c> become</c><00:44:30.760><c> evident.</c>

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:34.420
And<00:44:32.000><c> I</c><00:44:32.179><c> think</c><00:44:32.400><c> that's</c><00:44:32.639><c> what</c><00:44:32.840><c> the</c><00:44:33.039><c> apostle</c><00:44:33.300><c> is</c><00:44:33.559><c> saying.</c>

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:36.920
That<00:44:34.719><c> the</c><00:44:34.980><c> nicer,</c><00:44:35.619><c> the</c><00:44:35.960><c> kinder,</c>

00:44:37.099 --> 00:44:39.800
the<00:44:37.219><c> more</c><00:44:37.559><c> patient</c><00:44:37.960><c> we</c><00:44:38.199><c> are</c><00:44:38.340><c> with</c><00:44:38.480><c> the</c><00:44:38.699><c> impatient,</c>

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:45.699
then<00:44:40.519><c> they</c><00:44:41.139><c> will</c><00:44:41.699><c> feel</c><00:44:42.280><c> in</c><00:44:42.639><c> the</c><00:44:42.920><c> end</c><00:44:43.280><c> some</c><00:44:43.920><c> element</c><00:44:44.420><c> of</c><00:44:44.780><c> shame</c>

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:49.619
and<00:44:46.019><c> it</c><00:44:46.280><c> will</c><00:44:46.800><c> burn</c><00:44:47.340><c> into</c><00:44:47.719><c> their</c><00:44:48.039><c> minds</c><00:44:48.420><c> and</c><00:44:48.699><c> into</c><00:44:48.880><c> their</c><00:44:49.119><c> hearts</c>

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:51.659
and<00:44:50.119><c> it</c><00:44:50.420><c> will</c><00:44:50.760><c> make</c><00:44:51.079><c> them</c><00:44:51.420><c> think.</c>

00:44:51.659 --> 00:44:54.659
And<00:44:51.780><c> after</c><00:44:52.059><c> all,</c><00:44:52.360><c> that's</c><00:44:52.400><c> what</c><00:44:52.599><c> the</c><00:44:52.780><c> apostle</c><00:44:53.000><c> is</c><00:44:53.280><c> concerned</c><00:44:53.659><c> about,</c>

00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:57.880
that<00:44:54.820><c> we</c><00:44:55.000><c> should</c><00:44:55.260><c> turn</c><00:44:55.860><c> evil</c><00:44:56.420><c> into</c><00:44:57.260><c> good</c>

00:44:57.880 --> 00:45:01.519
and<00:44:58.420><c> seek</c><00:44:58.699><c> to</c><00:44:59.119><c> overcome</c><00:44:59.460><c> it</c><00:45:00.000><c> at</c><00:45:00.179><c> all</c><00:45:00.420><c> times.</c>

00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:04.300
And<00:45:02.000><c> the</c><00:45:02.139><c> apostle</c><00:45:02.400><c> is</c><00:45:02.579><c> dealing</c><00:45:02.780><c> with</c><00:45:03.000><c> a</c><00:45:03.199><c> lot</c><00:45:03.380><c> of</c><00:45:03.639><c> different</c><00:45:03.900><c> issues.</c>

00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:07.039
We've<00:45:04.900><c> really</c><00:45:05.099><c> only</c><00:45:05.300><c> looked</c><00:45:05.500><c> at</c><00:45:05.960><c> Romans</c><00:45:06.260><c> chapter</c><00:45:06.639><c> 12</c>

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:11.260
but<00:45:07.239><c> he's</c><00:45:07.900><c> still</c><00:45:08.380><c> now</c><00:45:09.039><c> persuading</c><00:45:09.780><c> us</c><00:45:10.500><c> to,</c>

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:15.679
well,<00:45:11.920><c> to</c><00:45:12.099><c> be</c><00:45:12.300><c> good</c><00:45:12.599><c> citizens,</c><00:45:13.760><c> right,</c><00:45:13.980><c> through</c><00:45:14.199><c> Romans</c><00:45:14.559><c> chapter</c><00:45:14.900><c> 13,</c>

00:45:16.159 --> 00:45:19.739
that<00:45:16.239><c> every</c><00:45:16.599><c> soul,</c><00:45:16.900><c> he</c><00:45:17.119><c> says,</c><00:45:17.380><c> be</c><00:45:17.519><c> subject</c><00:45:17.920><c> unto</c><00:45:18.139><c> the</c><00:45:18.420><c> higher</c><00:45:18.780><c> powers.</c>

00:45:19.659 --> 00:45:21.940
There<00:45:19.920><c> is</c><00:45:20.099><c> no</c><00:45:20.260><c> power</c><00:45:20.659><c> but</c><00:45:20.820><c> of</c><00:45:21.039><c> God.</c>

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:24.159
The<00:45:22.159><c> powers</c><00:45:22.420><c> that</c><00:45:22.659><c> be</c><00:45:22.739><c> are</c><00:45:22.960><c> ordained</c><00:45:23.460><c> of</c><00:45:23.619><c> God.</c>

00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:26.900
Whosoever<00:45:25.079><c> therefore</c><00:45:25.480><c> resisteth</c><00:45:26.019><c> the</c><00:45:26.300><c> power,</c>

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:29.079
resisteth<00:45:27.860><c> the</c><00:45:28.119><c> ordinance</c><00:45:28.559><c> of</c><00:45:28.820><c> God.</c>

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:31.900
He's<00:45:29.500><c> telling</c><00:45:29.719><c> us,</c><00:45:29.940><c> isn't</c><00:45:30.099><c> he,</c><00:45:30.179><c> not</c><00:45:30.380><c> to</c><00:45:30.519><c> be</c><00:45:30.800><c> protesters,</c>

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:35.119
not<00:45:32.239><c> to</c><00:45:32.460><c> be</c><00:45:32.579><c> people</c><00:45:32.900><c> who</c><00:45:33.260><c> stand</c><00:45:33.619><c> against</c><00:45:34.380><c> society</c>

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:36.579
and<00:45:35.380><c> its</c><00:45:35.639><c> particular</c><00:45:36.099><c> ways.</c>

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:39.079
It's<00:45:37.019><c> not</c><00:45:37.119><c> for</c><00:45:37.219><c> us</c><00:45:37.440><c> to</c><00:45:37.619><c> walk</c><00:45:37.800><c> the</c><00:45:38.099><c> streets</c><00:45:38.320><c> with</c><00:45:38.659><c> banners,</c>

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:41.079
placarding<00:45:39.960><c> the</c><00:45:40.099><c> fact</c><00:45:40.239><c> that</c><00:45:40.380><c> we</c><00:45:40.460><c> don't</c><00:45:40.699><c> agree</c>

00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:43.099
with<00:45:41.440><c> what</c><00:45:41.739><c> the</c><00:45:42.019><c> president</c><00:45:42.300><c> has</c><00:45:42.519><c> done</c><00:45:42.659><c> about</c><00:45:42.900><c> this</c>

00:45:43.099 --> 00:45:45.519
or<00:45:43.500><c> the</c><00:45:43.739><c> prime</c><00:45:43.980><c> minister</c><00:45:44.360><c> has</c><00:45:44.539><c> done</c><00:45:44.760><c> about</c><00:45:45.179><c> that.</c>

00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:47.900
He<00:45:46.019><c> is</c><00:45:46.119><c> saying</c><00:45:46.380><c> that</c><00:45:46.559><c> we</c><00:45:46.699><c> should</c><00:45:46.840><c> be</c><00:45:47.139><c> submissive.</c>

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:50.039
We<00:45:48.219><c> are,</c><00:45:48.440><c> I</c><00:45:48.480><c> remember</c><00:45:48.679><c> Philippians</c><00:45:49.199><c> chapter</c><00:45:49.539><c> 3,</c>

00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.119
citizens<00:45:50.760><c> of</c><00:45:51.099><c> the</c><00:45:51.300><c> kingdom</c><00:45:51.619><c> that</c><00:45:51.820><c> is</c><00:45:52.019><c> to</c><00:45:52.280><c> come.</c>

00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:56.579
And<00:45:53.340><c> as</c><00:45:53.559><c> such,</c><00:45:53.800><c> we</c><00:45:53.820><c> are</c><00:45:53.960><c> to</c><00:45:54.079><c> live</c><00:45:54.320><c> quietly</c><00:45:55.000><c> and</c><00:45:55.760><c> soberly</c>

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:58.739
and<00:45:57.019><c> responsibly</c><00:45:57.800><c> in</c><00:45:58.159><c> this</c><00:45:58.480><c> world.</c>

00:45:59.099 --> 00:46:00.480
And<00:45:59.099><c> of</c><00:45:59.360><c> course,</c><00:45:59.480><c> it's</c><00:45:59.659><c> one</c><00:45:59.900><c> thing</c><00:46:00.019><c> for</c><00:46:00.219><c> us</c>

00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:01.920
with<00:46:00.739><c> the</c><00:46:01.099><c> Human</c><00:46:01.320><c> Rights</c><00:46:01.599><c> Act</c>

00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:03.760
and<00:46:02.420><c> all</c><00:46:02.699><c> sorts</c><00:46:02.920><c> of</c><00:46:03.099><c> other</c><00:46:03.300><c> legislation,</c>

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:05.860
Amnesty<00:46:04.320><c> International</c><00:46:04.960><c> waiting</c><00:46:05.239><c> in</c><00:46:05.440><c> the</c><00:46:05.599><c> wings</c>

00:46:05.860 --> 00:46:10.699
and<00:46:06.300><c> all</c><00:46:06.699><c> the</c><00:46:06.940><c> possibility</c><00:46:07.440><c> of</c><00:46:09.000><c> lobbies</c><00:46:09.659><c> and</c><00:46:09.960><c> minorities</c>

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:14.400
clamoring<00:46:11.480><c> to</c><00:46:11.760><c> assist</c><00:46:12.059><c> us</c><00:46:12.280><c> if</c><00:46:12.440><c> anybody</c><00:46:12.800><c> tried</c><00:46:13.079><c> to</c><00:46:13.639><c> jump</c><00:46:13.960><c> on</c><00:46:14.159><c> us</c>

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:16.840
as<00:46:14.619><c> individuals</c><00:46:15.239><c> or</c><00:46:15.519><c> as</c><00:46:15.699><c> a</c><00:46:15.900><c> community.</c>

00:46:16.960 --> 00:46:19.099
But<00:46:17.260><c> the</c><00:46:17.420><c> apostle</c><00:46:17.679><c> was</c><00:46:17.880><c> writing</c><00:46:18.260><c> at</c><00:46:18.699><c> a</c><00:46:18.880><c> time</c>

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:22.719
when<00:46:20.280><c> Nero</c><00:46:20.780><c> was</c><00:46:21.139><c> standing</c><00:46:21.420><c> in</c><00:46:21.599><c> the</c><00:46:21.780><c> wings,</c>

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:27.360
when<00:46:23.300><c> persecution</c><00:46:24.179><c> was</c><00:46:25.039><c> about</c><00:46:25.500><c> to</c><00:46:25.800><c> be</c><00:46:26.420><c> experienced,</c>

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:30.500
particularly<00:46:28.480><c> by</c><00:46:28.820><c> the</c><00:46:29.000><c> believers</c><00:46:29.300><c> in</c><00:46:29.559><c> Rome.</c>

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:31.900
He<00:46:30.719><c> was</c><00:46:30.960><c> writing</c><00:46:31.199><c> to</c><00:46:31.440><c> say</c><00:46:31.579><c> to</c><00:46:31.679><c> them,</c>

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:35.059
look,<00:46:32.619><c> this</c><00:46:32.960><c> life</c><00:46:33.320><c> is</c><00:46:33.659><c> not</c><00:46:33.900><c> all</c><00:46:34.260><c> that</c><00:46:34.400><c> there</c><00:46:34.619><c> is.</c>

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:38.940
And<00:46:35.699><c> these</c><00:46:36.000><c> experiences</c><00:46:36.820><c> are</c><00:46:37.420><c> merely</c><00:46:37.860><c> stepping</c><00:46:38.260><c> stones</c>

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:41.199
to<00:46:39.360><c> the</c><00:46:39.539><c> life</c><00:46:39.739><c> that</c><00:46:39.980><c> is</c><00:46:40.119><c> to</c><00:46:40.340><c> come.</c>

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:42.780
And<00:46:41.460><c> so</c><00:46:41.599><c> he</c><00:46:41.699><c> was</c><00:46:41.940><c> encouraging</c><00:46:42.400><c> them,</c>

00:46:42.820 --> 00:46:44.820
as<00:46:43.079><c> indeed</c><00:46:43.340><c> we</c><00:46:43.599><c> are</c><00:46:43.739><c> now</c><00:46:43.900><c> being</c><00:46:44.219><c> encouraged</c>

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:49.780
through<00:46:45.260><c> the</c><00:46:45.460><c> word</c><00:46:45.599><c> of</c><00:46:45.840><c> God</c><00:46:46.099><c> to</c><00:46:46.960><c> be</c><00:46:47.219><c> responsible</c><00:46:48.019><c> and</c><00:46:48.739><c> careful.</c>

00:46:50.239 --> 00:46:51.780
And<00:46:50.320><c> the</c><00:46:50.440><c> apostle</c><00:46:50.679><c> goes</c><00:46:50.880><c> on</c><00:46:51.099><c> to</c><00:46:51.280><c> say</c><00:46:51.440><c> then,</c>

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:55.079
now<00:46:52.139><c> verse</c><00:46:52.420><c> seven,</c><00:46:53.400><c> and</c><00:46:53.480><c> this</c><00:46:53.639><c> will</c><00:46:53.960><c> doubtless</c><00:46:54.320><c> touch</c><00:46:54.559><c> all</c><00:46:54.820><c> of</c><00:46:54.920><c> us</c>

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:57.260
because<00:46:55.280><c> it</c><00:46:55.500><c> touches</c><00:46:55.739><c> us</c><00:46:56.019><c> in</c><00:46:56.420><c> our</c><00:46:56.659><c> pocketbook,</c>

00:46:57.719 --> 00:47:00.440
render<00:46:58.039><c> therefore</c><00:46:58.500><c> to</c><00:46:58.800><c> all</c><00:46:59.139><c> their</c><00:46:59.460><c> dues.</c>

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:02.519
So<00:47:00.719><c> all</c><00:47:00.900><c> of</c><00:47:01.079><c> a</c><00:47:01.119><c> sudden</c><00:47:01.300><c> he</c><00:47:01.539><c> is</c><00:47:01.860><c> reminding</c><00:47:02.239><c> us</c>

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:05.960
that<00:47:03.159><c> even</c><00:47:03.719><c> when</c><00:47:03.920><c> it</c><00:47:04.099><c> comes</c><00:47:04.340><c> to</c><00:47:04.559><c> the</c><00:47:04.739><c> dreaded</c><00:47:05.159><c> tax</c><00:47:05.599><c> man,</c>

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:08.940
we<00:47:06.739><c> should</c><00:47:07.079><c> fill</c><00:47:07.440><c> in</c><00:47:07.679><c> those</c><00:47:08.119><c> IR</c><00:47:08.559><c> forms</c>

00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:11.559
with<00:47:09.420><c> such</c><00:47:09.800><c> joy</c><00:47:10.280><c> and</c><00:47:10.599><c> happiness.</c>

00:47:12.460 --> 00:47:15.440
I<00:47:13.000><c> worked</c><00:47:13.239><c> for</c><00:47:13.420><c> the</c><00:47:13.559><c> Inland</c><00:47:13.780><c> Revenue</c><00:47:14.039><c> back</c><00:47:14.340><c> home</c><00:47:14.480><c> for</c><00:47:14.699><c> 36</c><00:47:15.079><c> years,</c>

00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:16.800
so<00:47:15.619><c> I</c><00:47:15.739><c> have</c><00:47:15.920><c> a</c><00:47:16.039><c> vested</c><00:47:16.280><c> interest</c>

00:47:16.800 --> 00:47:18.719
as<00:47:16.940><c> they're</c><00:47:17.400><c> paying</c><00:47:17.639><c> my</c><00:47:17.900><c> pension</c><00:47:18.320><c> still</c>

00:47:18.719 --> 00:47:23.239
to<00:47:19.360><c> encourage</c><00:47:19.940><c> you</c><00:47:20.239><c> to</c><00:47:20.460><c> be</c><00:47:20.760><c> dutiful</c><00:47:21.300><c> and</c><00:47:21.760><c> responsible</c><00:47:22.420><c> as</c><00:47:22.739><c> citizens.</c>

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:25.969
But<00:47:23.699><c> of</c><00:47:23.840><c> course,</c><00:47:23.920><c> I'm</c><00:47:24.099><c> not</c><00:47:24.280><c> doing</c><00:47:24.440><c> it,</c><00:47:24.579><c> it's</c><00:47:24.800><c> the</c><00:47:24.940><c> apostle</c><00:47:25.199><c> Paul.</c>

00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:27.940
He's<00:47:26.460><c> saying</c><00:47:26.619><c> that</c><00:47:26.780><c> there</c><00:47:26.940><c> ought</c><00:47:27.099><c> to</c><00:47:27.219><c> be</c><00:47:27.460><c> nothing</c>

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:33.019
in<00:47:28.480><c> the</c><00:47:28.619><c> way</c><00:47:28.739><c> that</c><00:47:28.920><c> we</c><00:47:29.159><c> respond</c><00:47:29.840><c> to</c><00:47:30.639><c> the</c><00:47:31.420><c> laws</c><00:47:31.920><c> of</c><00:47:32.260><c> this</c><00:47:32.539><c> land</c>

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:35.519
that<00:47:33.599><c> causes</c><00:47:33.960><c> people</c><00:47:34.280><c> to</c><00:47:34.619><c> find</c><00:47:34.920><c> offense</c>

00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:37.679
in<00:47:36.039><c> the</c><00:47:36.179><c> way</c><00:47:36.460><c> we</c><00:47:36.719><c> actually</c><00:47:37.179><c> deal.</c>

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:40.099
That<00:47:38.380><c> they're</c><00:47:38.679><c> all</c><00:47:39.059><c> opportunities</c><00:47:39.739><c> for</c><00:47:39.960><c> us</c>

00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:42.539
to<00:47:40.360><c> be</c><00:47:40.360><c> so</c><00:47:40.679><c> open,</c><00:47:41.579><c> so</c><00:47:41.920><c> forthright,</c>

00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:45.179
so<00:47:43.179><c> honest</c><00:47:43.599><c> in</c><00:47:43.860><c> our</c><00:47:44.079><c> dealings</c><00:47:44.380><c> with</c><00:47:44.639><c> authorities</c>

00:47:45.179 --> 00:47:48.099
so<00:47:45.820><c> that</c><00:47:45.960><c> they</c><00:47:46.079><c> can</c><00:47:46.280><c> get</c><00:47:46.440><c> the</c><00:47:46.599><c> most</c><00:47:46.800><c> out</c><00:47:47.059><c> of</c><00:47:47.159><c> us,</c><00:47:47.539><c> not</c><00:47:47.699><c> at</c><00:47:47.860><c> all.</c>

00:47:48.500 --> 00:47:49.760
He's<00:47:48.860><c> really</c><00:47:49.199><c> saying,</c><00:47:49.519><c> isn't</c><00:47:49.699><c> he,</c>

00:47:49.800 --> 00:47:52.519
that<00:47:49.900><c> we</c><00:47:50.039><c> should</c><00:47:50.199><c> give</c><00:47:50.440><c> custom</c><00:47:51.000><c> to</c><00:47:51.500><c> whom</c><00:47:51.739><c> custom</c><00:47:52.139><c> is</c><00:47:52.420><c> due.</c>

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:55.199
You<00:47:52.679><c> can</c><00:47:52.900><c> hear</c><00:47:53.019><c> the</c><00:47:53.300><c> echoes</c><00:47:53.519><c> there</c><00:47:53.840><c> of</c><00:47:54.280><c> the</c><00:47:54.519><c> tribute</c><00:47:54.820><c> money</c>

00:47:55.199 --> 00:47:56.860
and<00:47:55.599><c> the</c><00:47:55.820><c> question</c><00:47:56.099><c> that</c><00:47:56.219><c> was</c><00:47:56.340><c> being</c><00:47:56.599><c> paid,</c>

00:47:56.960 --> 00:48:01.179
render<00:47:57.460><c> therefore</c><00:47:58.059><c> to</c><00:47:58.420><c> Caesar</c><00:47:58.739><c> the</c><00:47:59.340><c> things</c><00:47:59.579><c> that</c><00:47:59.940><c> are</c><00:48:00.320><c> Caesar's,</c>

00:48:01.219 --> 00:48:04.760
but<00:48:01.519><c> to</c><00:48:01.940><c> God</c><00:48:02.400><c> the</c><00:48:02.900><c> things</c><00:48:03.199><c> that</c><00:48:03.559><c> are</c><00:48:03.880><c> God.</c>

00:48:05.239 --> 00:48:06.539
And<00:48:05.619><c> then</c><00:48:05.739><c> he</c><00:48:05.880><c> adds</c><00:48:06.039><c> the</c><00:48:06.260><c> words,</c>

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:12.300
Oh,<00:48:07.119><c> no</c><00:48:07.239><c> man</c><00:48:07.539><c> anything</c><00:48:08.440><c> but</c><00:48:09.820><c> to</c><00:48:10.460><c> love</c><00:48:10.900><c> one</c><00:48:11.380><c> another.</c>

00:48:12.880 --> 00:48:14.460
And<00:48:13.179><c> I've</c><00:48:13.579><c> known</c><00:48:13.780><c> brothers</c><00:48:14.039><c> and</c><00:48:14.239><c> sisters</c>

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:18.039
who've<00:48:15.059><c> taken</c><00:48:15.360><c> those</c><00:48:15.639><c> words</c><00:48:16.119><c> absolutely</c><00:48:16.800><c> literally,</c>

00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:20.980
and<00:48:18.500><c> for</c><00:48:18.699><c> example,</c><00:48:19.039><c> have</c><00:48:19.139><c> never</c><00:48:19.300><c> taken</c><00:48:19.579><c> out</c><00:48:19.800><c> a</c><00:48:19.940><c> mortgage</c><00:48:20.380><c> on</c><00:48:20.699><c> property</c>

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:24.139
because<00:48:21.440><c> they</c><00:48:22.280><c> believe</c><00:48:22.500><c> that</c><00:48:22.699><c> to</c><00:48:22.880><c> be</c><00:48:23.360><c> a</c><00:48:23.679><c> contravention</c>

00:48:24.139 --> 00:48:26.019
of<00:48:24.320><c> verse</c><00:48:24.579><c> eight</c><00:48:24.840><c> of</c><00:48:25.019><c> Romans</c><00:48:25.320><c> 13.</c>

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:27.739
That<00:48:26.639><c> we</c><00:48:26.760><c> should</c><00:48:26.920><c> never</c><00:48:27.179><c> get</c><00:48:27.360><c> ourselves</c>

00:48:27.739 --> 00:48:29.079
into<00:48:28.059><c> a</c><00:48:28.239><c> situation</c><00:48:28.719><c> of</c><00:48:28.940><c> debt</c>

00:48:29.079 --> 00:48:31.559
that<00:48:29.260><c> presumably</c><00:48:29.679><c> means</c><00:48:30.000><c> they</c><00:48:30.400><c> would</c><00:48:30.579><c> never</c><00:48:30.780><c> use</c><00:48:31.059><c> plastic,</c>

00:48:31.780 --> 00:48:33.079
they<00:48:32.019><c> would</c><00:48:32.159><c> always</c><00:48:32.420><c> use</c><00:48:32.719><c> switch,</c>

00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:35.639
and<00:48:33.780><c> they</c><00:48:33.940><c> would</c><00:48:34.159><c> never</c><00:48:34.360><c> find</c><00:48:34.619><c> themselves</c><00:48:34.980><c> in</c><00:48:35.179><c> a</c><00:48:35.219><c> situation</c>

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:37.139
where<00:48:35.800><c> anybody</c><00:48:36.159><c> owes</c><00:48:36.639><c> them</c><00:48:36.880><c> anything.</c>

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:39.320
But<00:48:37.679><c> that's</c><00:48:37.940><c> not</c><00:48:38.139><c> what</c><00:48:38.320><c> the</c><00:48:38.440><c> apostle</c><00:48:38.659><c> is</c><00:48:38.860><c> talking</c><00:48:39.139><c> about.</c>

00:48:39.360 --> 00:48:42.139
He<00:48:39.460><c> wasn't</c><00:48:39.739><c> talking</c><00:48:40.079><c> about</c><00:48:40.420><c> mortgages</c><00:48:41.039><c> and</c><00:48:41.619><c> plastic</c>

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:43.599
and<00:48:42.519><c> all</c><00:48:42.739><c> sorts</c><00:48:42.960><c> of</c><00:48:43.119><c> other</c><00:48:43.260><c> things.</c>

00:48:43.940 --> 00:48:46.599
He<00:48:44.059><c> was</c><00:48:44.260><c> talking</c><00:48:44.559><c> about</c><00:48:44.780><c> the</c><00:48:44.960><c> fact</c><00:48:45.139><c> that</c><00:48:45.340><c> there</c><00:48:45.500><c> is</c><00:48:45.800><c> one</c><00:48:46.199><c> debt</c>

00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:47.340
in<00:48:46.940><c> life</c>

00:48:47.340 --> 00:48:49.599
that<00:48:47.739><c> we</c><00:48:47.940><c> will</c><00:48:48.260><c> never</c><00:48:48.579><c> clear.</c>

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:51.199
Try<00:48:50.179><c> as</c><00:48:50.360><c> we</c><00:48:50.500><c> might,</c><00:48:50.780><c> you</c><00:48:50.780><c> know,</c>

00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:53.139
reach<00:48:51.599><c> deep</c><00:48:51.860><c> into</c><00:48:52.059><c> our</c><00:48:52.320><c> pockets</c><00:48:52.500><c> as</c><00:48:52.719><c> we</c><00:48:52.900><c> may.</c>

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:56.420
There<00:48:53.699><c> is</c><00:48:54.000><c> one</c><00:48:54.400><c> debt</c><00:48:54.659><c> we</c><00:48:54.960><c> cannot</c><00:48:55.380><c> clear,</c>

00:48:56.940 --> 00:48:59.059
and<00:48:57.219><c> that's</c><00:48:57.559><c> the</c><00:48:57.699><c> debt</c><00:48:57.840><c> of</c><00:48:58.039><c> love.</c>

00:49:00.300 --> 00:49:04.880
The<00:49:00.860><c> unspeakable</c><00:49:01.420><c> gift</c><00:49:01.980><c> of</c><00:49:02.320><c> God</c><00:49:02.920><c> given</c><00:49:04.000><c> to</c><00:49:04.300><c> us</c>

00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:07.139
in<00:49:05.059><c> the</c><00:49:05.199><c> Lord</c><00:49:05.539><c> Jesus</c><00:49:06.019><c> Christ</c>

00:49:07.340 --> 00:49:12.219
is<00:49:07.619><c> something</c><00:49:07.980><c> that</c><00:49:08.579><c> puts</c><00:49:08.960><c> us</c><00:49:09.719><c> in</c><00:49:09.980><c> debt</c><00:49:10.280><c> for</c><00:49:11.239><c> life.</c>

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:15.500
We<00:49:13.019><c> are</c><00:49:13.360><c> indebted</c><00:49:14.019><c> to</c><00:49:14.460><c> other</c><00:49:14.760><c> people,</c><00:49:15.199><c> aren't</c><00:49:15.320><c> we?</c>

00:49:15.780 --> 00:49:19.039
The<00:49:16.079><c> moment</c><00:49:16.480><c> we</c><00:49:16.980><c> hear</c><00:49:17.179><c> the</c><00:49:17.300><c> gospel</c><00:49:17.659><c> of</c><00:49:17.900><c> salvation,</c>

00:49:19.420 --> 00:49:21.940
when<00:49:19.659><c> we</c><00:49:19.960><c> receive</c><00:49:20.320><c> it</c><00:49:20.539><c> and</c><00:49:20.659><c> we</c><00:49:20.940><c> stand</c><00:49:21.159><c> in</c><00:49:21.360><c> awe</c><00:49:21.559><c> of</c><00:49:21.760><c> it</c>

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:25.440
and<00:49:22.179><c> we</c><00:49:23.099><c> accept</c><00:49:23.639><c> its</c><00:49:24.139><c> reasonableness</c>

00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:28.179
and<00:49:25.820><c> we</c><00:49:26.079><c> commit</c><00:49:26.320><c> ourselves</c><00:49:26.800><c> to</c><00:49:27.079><c> spiritual</c><00:49:27.559><c> service,</c>

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:30.199
as<00:49:28.739><c> Brother</c><00:49:28.940><c> Bob</c><00:49:29.079><c> has</c><00:49:29.199><c> been</c><00:49:29.400><c> saying</c><00:49:29.760><c> all</c><00:49:29.960><c> week,</c>

00:49:30.260 --> 00:49:31.320
although<00:49:30.420><c> I</c><00:49:30.539><c> haven't</c><00:49:30.780><c> heard</c><00:49:30.980><c> him,</c>

00:49:31.380 --> 00:49:32.960
I've<00:49:31.619><c> heard</c><00:49:31.820><c> reports</c><00:49:32.260><c> of</c><00:49:32.519><c> him,</c>

00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:37.880
he<00:49:33.480><c> has</c><00:49:34.059><c> been</c><00:49:34.300><c> urging</c><00:49:34.719><c> us</c><00:49:35.539><c> to</c><00:49:36.480><c> become</c><00:49:37.059><c> sharers</c>

00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:39.900
of<00:49:38.079><c> the</c><00:49:38.179><c> gospel</c><00:49:38.559><c> of</c><00:49:38.800><c> salvation.</c>

00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:42.340
And<00:49:40.619><c> in</c><00:49:40.840><c> everything</c><00:49:41.139><c> that</c><00:49:41.360><c> we</c><00:49:41.420><c> do,</c><00:49:41.780><c> brothers</c><00:49:41.880><c> and</c><00:49:42.079><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:47.039
the<00:49:42.699><c> love</c><00:49:42.920><c> of</c><00:49:43.260><c> Christ</c><00:49:43.699><c> is</c><00:49:44.219><c> the</c><00:49:44.360><c> love</c><00:49:44.559><c> that</c><00:49:44.820><c> must</c><00:49:45.280><c> constrain</c><00:49:46.059><c> us.</c>

00:49:47.780 --> 00:49:50.880
So<00:49:48.039><c> the</c><00:49:48.199><c> apostle</c><00:49:48.460><c> has</c><00:49:48.619><c> an</c><00:49:48.860><c> urgency</c><00:49:49.280><c> as</c><00:49:49.500><c> he</c><00:49:49.800><c> writes</c><00:49:50.159><c> these</c><00:49:50.519><c> letters</c>

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:53.840
and<00:49:51.199><c> he</c><00:49:51.780><c> sees</c><00:49:52.000><c> time</c><00:49:52.500><c> beginning</c><00:49:52.880><c> to</c><00:49:53.139><c> run</c><00:49:53.320><c> out</c>

00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:56.440
for<00:49:54.300><c> him</c><00:49:54.659><c> and</c><00:49:54.980><c> for</c><00:49:55.340><c> the</c><00:49:55.559><c> Roman</c><00:49:55.860><c> believers.</c>

00:49:56.900 --> 00:50:00.960
He<00:49:57.159><c> reminds</c><00:49:57.559><c> them</c><00:49:58.019><c> from</c><00:49:58.880><c> verse</c><00:49:59.239><c> 11</c><00:49:59.519><c> of</c><00:49:59.679><c> Romans</c><00:49:59.980><c> 13</c><00:50:00.460><c> and</c><00:50:00.679><c> onwards</c>

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:03.400
that<00:50:01.360><c> the</c><00:50:01.719><c> time</c><00:50:01.920><c> is</c><00:50:02.199><c> slipping</c><00:50:02.380><c> away</c><00:50:02.820><c> from</c><00:50:03.039><c> them</c>

00:50:03.400 --> 00:50:07.099
and<00:50:03.719><c> that</c><00:50:03.860><c> they</c><00:50:04.000><c> should</c><00:50:04.219><c> be</c><00:50:05.059><c> careful</c><00:50:05.739><c> about</c><00:50:06.099><c> every</c><00:50:06.460><c> opportunity.</c>

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Take<00:50:07.460><c> a</c><00:50:07.619><c> day</c><00:50:07.719><c> at</c><00:50:07.920><c> a</c><00:50:08.119><c> time</c><00:50:08.380><c> and</c><00:50:08.860><c> use</c><00:50:09.260><c> everything</c><00:50:09.820><c> that</c><00:50:10.119><c> comes.</c>

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Time<00:50:11.719><c> is</c><00:50:11.960><c> slipping</c><00:50:12.119><c> away</c><00:50:12.400><c> from</c><00:50:12.579><c> us.</c>

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:14.780
The<00:50:13.619><c> hours</c><00:50:13.860><c> are</c><00:50:14.199><c> ebbing</c><00:50:14.500><c> away.</c>

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There's<00:50:15.039><c> just</c><00:50:15.300><c> the</c><00:50:15.460><c> one</c><00:50:15.639><c> last</c><00:50:15.980><c> chance</c>

00:50:16.360 --> 00:50:19.019
to<00:50:16.820><c> see</c><00:50:16.980><c> if</c><00:50:17.139><c> we</c><00:50:17.280><c> can</c><00:50:17.539><c> pile</c><00:50:17.699><c> our</c><00:50:18.039><c> plates</c><00:50:18.260><c> even</c><00:50:18.699><c> higher</c>

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:20.780
than<00:50:19.400><c> we</c><00:50:19.559><c> have</c><00:50:19.739><c> been</c><00:50:19.980><c> doing</c><00:50:20.179><c> all</c><00:50:20.519><c> week.</c>

00:50:21.099 --> 00:50:22.940
The<00:50:21.440><c> opportunities</c><00:50:22.000><c> are</c><00:50:22.360><c> slipping</c><00:50:22.619><c> away.</c>

00:50:23.239 --> 00:50:26.599
But<00:50:23.400><c> in</c><00:50:23.599><c> the</c><00:50:23.820><c> wider</c><00:50:24.059><c> world,</c><00:50:24.400><c> the</c><00:50:24.599><c> opportunity</c><00:50:25.000><c> is</c><00:50:25.300><c> still</c><00:50:25.539><c> there.</c>

00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:30.920
Until<00:50:27.000><c> the</c><00:50:27.239><c> Lord</c><00:50:27.460><c> comes,</c><00:50:28.340><c> we</c><00:50:28.559><c> have</c><00:50:28.840><c> the</c><00:50:29.340><c> gracious</c><00:50:29.659><c> opportunity</c>

00:50:30.780 --> 00:50:34.079
to<00:50:31.039><c> prepare,</c><00:50:32.699><c> to</c><00:50:32.960><c> adorn</c><00:50:33.340><c> ourselves</c>

00:50:34.079 --> 00:50:38.300
with<00:50:34.460><c> what</c><00:50:34.820><c> the</c><00:50:35.019><c> apostle</c><00:50:35.300><c> here</c><00:50:35.539><c> describes</c><00:50:35.980><c> as</c><00:50:36.159><c> the</c><00:50:36.420><c> armor</c><00:50:36.659><c> of</c><00:50:37.380><c> light.</c>

00:50:38.460 --> 00:50:40.320
But<00:50:38.559><c> do</c><00:50:38.679><c> you</c><00:50:38.739><c> notice</c><00:50:38.940><c> what</c><00:50:39.059><c> he</c><00:50:39.159><c> says</c><00:50:39.380><c> in</c><00:50:39.539><c> verse</c><00:50:39.780><c> 14?</c>

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:44.559
He<00:50:40.500><c> says,</c><00:50:41.199><c> but</c><00:50:41.199><c> put</c><00:50:41.619><c> ye</c><00:50:41.820><c> on</c><00:50:42.260><c> the</c><00:50:42.519><c> Lord</c><00:50:42.960><c> Jesus</c><00:50:43.519><c> Christ</c>

00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:46.480
and<00:50:44.940><c> make</c><00:50:45.199><c> not</c><00:50:45.420><c> provision</c><00:50:45.780><c> for</c><00:50:46.000><c> the</c><00:50:46.260><c> flesh</c>

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to<00:50:46.659><c> fulfill</c><00:50:47.079><c> the</c><00:50:47.320><c> lusts</c><00:50:47.760><c> thereof.</c>

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There's<00:50:48.960><c> a</c><00:50:49.039><c> bit</c><00:50:49.139><c> of</c><00:50:49.340><c> a</c><00:50:49.480><c> fad</c><00:50:49.659><c> these</c><00:50:50.000><c> days,</c><00:50:50.199><c> isn't</c><00:50:50.280><c> there?</c>

00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:53.239
Particularly<00:50:50.820><c> when</c><00:50:51.039><c> people</c><00:50:51.280><c> are</c><00:50:51.539><c> making</c><00:50:51.679><c> a</c><00:50:51.980><c> political</c><00:50:52.659><c> protest</c>

00:50:53.239 --> 00:50:56.199
for<00:50:53.460><c> them</c><00:50:53.639><c> to</c><00:50:53.780><c> be</c><00:50:53.960><c> able</c><00:50:54.199><c> to</c><00:50:54.739><c> look</c><00:50:55.199><c> like</c><00:50:55.659><c> the</c><00:50:55.900><c> people</c>

00:50:56.199 --> 00:50:58.159
that<00:50:56.360><c> they</c><00:50:56.539><c> are</c><00:50:56.760><c> protesting</c><00:50:57.179><c> about.</c>

00:50:58.340 --> 00:51:00.380
We've<00:50:58.679><c> had</c><00:50:58.760><c> a</c><00:50:58.840><c> lot</c><00:50:58.920><c> of</c><00:50:59.000><c> people</c><00:50:59.280><c> walking</c><00:50:59.579><c> around</c><00:50:59.940><c> in</c><00:51:00.079><c> London,</c>

00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:03.719
for<00:51:00.579><c> example,</c><00:51:01.159><c> bearing</c><00:51:01.300><c> placards</c><00:51:01.820><c> saying,</c><00:51:02.639><c> not</c><00:51:02.699><c> in</c><00:51:02.980><c> our</c><00:51:03.239><c> name,</c>

00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:06.000
with<00:51:04.380><c> regard</c><00:51:04.719><c> to</c><00:51:04.920><c> the</c><00:51:05.119><c> war</c><00:51:05.340><c> in</c><00:51:05.619><c> Iraq.</c>

00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:07.960
And<00:51:06.340><c> very</c><00:51:06.579><c> often</c><00:51:06.840><c> when</c><00:51:07.019><c> you</c><00:51:07.139><c> look</c><00:51:07.360><c> around,</c>

00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:11.800
there<00:51:08.440><c> is</c><00:51:08.920><c> George</c><00:51:09.280><c> W.</c><00:51:09.699><c> Bush</c><00:51:09.820><c> has</c><00:51:10.019><c> made</c><00:51:10.179><c> an</c><00:51:10.500><c> unexpected</c><00:51:11.139><c> appearance</c>

00:51:11.800 --> 00:51:14.280
and<00:51:12.300><c> there's</c><00:51:12.659><c> Tony</c><00:51:12.980><c> Blair</c><00:51:13.199><c> out</c><00:51:13.480><c> on</c><00:51:13.679><c> the</c><00:51:13.940><c> streets.</c>

00:51:14.539 --> 00:51:16.199
Not<00:51:14.739><c> that</c><00:51:14.880><c> they're</c><00:51:15.079><c> actually</c><00:51:15.440><c> there,</c><00:51:15.699><c> of</c><00:51:15.960><c> course.</c>

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:19.019
They're<00:51:16.739><c> just</c><00:51:16.980><c> protesters</c><00:51:17.679><c> who</c><00:51:18.239><c> somehow</c><00:51:18.579><c> or</c><00:51:18.780><c> other</c>

00:51:19.019 --> 00:51:22.900
have<00:51:19.380><c> put</c><00:51:19.659><c> on</c><00:51:20.340><c> George</c><00:51:20.840><c> Bush</c><00:51:21.119><c> and</c><00:51:21.300><c> have</c><00:51:21.519><c> put</c><00:51:21.780><c> on</c><00:51:22.139><c> Tony</c><00:51:22.519><c> Blair</c>

00:51:22.900 --> 00:51:25.980
and<00:51:23.340><c> are</c><00:51:23.619><c> now</c><00:51:23.920><c> behaving</c><00:51:24.539><c> in</c><00:51:24.960><c> a</c><00:51:25.280><c> confrontational</c>

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:29.099
and<00:51:26.420><c> a</c><00:51:26.539><c> disruptive</c><00:51:27.179><c> manner,</c><00:51:27.800><c> which</c><00:51:27.880><c> is</c><00:51:28.260><c> anything</c><00:51:28.639><c> but</c>

00:51:29.099 --> 00:51:31.800
how<00:51:29.340><c> those</c><00:51:29.639><c> two</c><00:51:29.960><c> presidents</c><00:51:30.420><c> would</c><00:51:31.059><c> have</c><00:51:31.380><c> acted</c>

00:51:31.800 --> 00:51:33.579
had<00:51:32.219><c> they</c><00:51:32.440><c> been</c><00:51:32.699><c> there</c><00:51:33.079><c> in</c><00:51:33.340><c> person.</c>

00:51:33.619 --> 00:51:36.119
Of<00:51:33.719><c> course,</c><00:51:33.900><c> they'd</c><00:51:34.039><c> have</c><00:51:34.139><c> been</c><00:51:34.280><c> surrounded</c><00:51:34.699><c> by</c><00:51:35.539><c> bodyguards</c>

00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:37.840
and<00:51:36.300><c> we</c><00:51:36.639><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:36.840><c> have</c><00:51:36.900><c> got</c><00:51:37.059><c> anywhere</c><00:51:37.380><c> near</c><00:51:37.639><c> them,</c>

00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:40.139
but<00:51:38.300><c> they</c><00:51:38.480><c> would</c><00:51:38.639><c> have</c><00:51:38.780><c> walked</c><00:51:39.000><c> with</c><00:51:39.199><c> dignity,</c><00:51:39.820><c> wouldn't</c><00:51:39.920><c> they?</c>

00:51:40.519 --> 00:51:41.960
And<00:51:40.679><c> they</c><00:51:40.760><c> would</c><00:51:40.920><c> have</c><00:51:41.059><c> sought</c><00:51:41.260><c> to</c><00:51:41.579><c> reason</c>

00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:45.159
and<00:51:42.239><c> they</c><00:51:42.340><c> would</c><00:51:42.500><c> have</c><00:51:42.920><c> tried</c><00:51:43.219><c> to</c><00:51:43.719><c> explain</c><00:51:44.099><c> that,</c><00:51:44.719><c> you</c><00:51:44.900><c> know,</c>

00:51:45.199 --> 00:51:47.340
it's<00:51:45.460><c> been</c><00:51:45.820><c> difficult</c><00:51:46.280><c> for</c><00:51:46.599><c> them</c><00:51:46.739><c> and</c><00:51:46.920><c> they're</c><00:51:47.099><c> sorry</c>

00:51:47.340 --> 00:51:49.179
about<00:51:47.599><c> the</c><00:51:47.800><c> things</c><00:51:47.940><c> that</c><00:51:48.199><c> worked</c><00:51:48.380><c> out</c><00:51:48.659><c> and</c><00:51:48.820><c> so</c><00:51:49.019><c> on.</c>

00:51:49.380 --> 00:51:52.639
And<00:51:49.539><c> what</c><00:51:49.699><c> the</c><00:51:49.880><c> apostle</c><00:51:50.159><c> is</c><00:51:50.360><c> saying</c><00:51:50.599><c> here,</c><00:51:50.820><c> this</c><00:51:51.019><c> is</c><00:51:51.199><c> no</c><00:51:51.400><c> charade.</c>

00:51:52.800 --> 00:51:55.320
This<00:51:52.980><c> isn't</c><00:51:53.239><c> a</c><00:51:53.380><c> fancy</c><00:51:53.699><c> desk</c><00:51:54.079><c> contest.</c>

00:51:55.099 --> 00:51:58.860
When<00:51:55.519><c> he</c><00:51:55.699><c> urges</c><00:51:56.019><c> us</c><00:51:56.280><c> to</c><00:51:56.480><c> put</c><00:51:56.760><c> on</c><00:51:57.219><c> the</c><00:51:57.440><c> Lord</c><00:51:57.820><c> Jesus</c><00:51:58.320><c> Christ</c>

00:51:58.860 --> 00:52:01.900
and<00:51:59.420><c> to</c><00:51:59.619><c> make</c><00:51:59.800><c> no</c><00:52:00.119><c> provision</c><00:52:00.460><c> for</c><00:52:00.679><c> the</c><00:52:00.920><c> flesh,</c>

00:52:02.659 --> 00:52:09.460
he<00:52:02.780><c> is</c><00:52:03.019><c> asking</c><00:52:03.360><c> us</c><00:52:04.380><c> to</c><00:52:05.219><c> seek</c><00:52:05.619><c> to</c><00:52:06.340><c> live</c><00:52:06.960><c> like</c><00:52:08.019><c> the</c><00:52:08.539><c> Lord</c>

00:52:09.420 --> 00:52:14.559
who<00:52:09.840><c> has</c><00:52:10.300><c> redeemed</c><00:52:10.840><c> us</c><00:52:11.539><c> and</c><00:52:11.980><c> who</c><00:52:12.199><c> has</c><00:52:12.579><c> called</c><00:52:12.900><c> us</c><00:52:13.280><c> to</c><00:52:13.500><c> himself.</c>

00:52:14.900 --> 00:52:20.800
He<00:52:15.280><c> is</c><00:52:15.599><c> asking</c><00:52:15.780><c> us</c><00:52:16.619><c> to</c><00:52:17.280><c> accept</c><00:52:18.179><c> what</c><00:52:18.980><c> God</c><00:52:19.260><c> has</c><00:52:19.559><c> done</c><00:52:19.860><c> in</c><00:52:20.340><c> faith,</c>

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:23.320
to<00:52:21.559><c> believe</c><00:52:21.980><c> it.</c>

00:52:23.739 --> 00:52:25.659
And<00:52:24.219><c> just</c><00:52:24.440><c> as</c><00:52:24.579><c> a</c><00:52:24.800><c> final</c><00:52:25.059><c> thought</c><00:52:25.440><c> now,</c>

00:52:25.659 --> 00:52:27.639
if<00:52:25.820><c> you</c><00:52:25.960><c> come</c><00:52:26.179><c> right</c><00:52:26.400><c> to</c><00:52:26.579><c> the</c><00:52:26.760><c> end</c><00:52:26.980><c> of</c><00:52:27.199><c> the</c><00:52:27.320><c> letter</c>

00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:31.500
and<00:52:28.199><c> to</c><00:52:28.440><c> almost</c><00:52:28.800><c> his</c><00:52:29.440><c> closing</c><00:52:30.139><c> words,</c>

00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:33.460
I'd<00:52:32.039><c> like</c><00:52:32.039><c> you</c><00:52:32.099><c> to</c><00:52:32.159><c> look</c><00:52:32.340><c> there</c><00:52:32.539><c> at</c><00:52:32.679><c> verse</c><00:52:32.900><c> 25,</c>

00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:35.739
how<00:52:33.679><c> he</c><00:52:34.019><c> draws</c><00:52:34.300><c> this</c><00:52:34.619><c> epistle</c><00:52:34.940><c> to</c><00:52:35.159><c> an</c><00:52:35.340><c> end.</c>

00:52:36.179 --> 00:52:37.440
Now<00:52:36.460><c> he</c><00:52:36.619><c> says,</c>

00:52:38.179 --> 00:52:40.719
To<00:52:38.400><c> him</c><00:52:38.619><c> that</c><00:52:38.780><c> is</c><00:52:38.960><c> of</c><00:52:39.280><c> power</c><00:52:39.599><c> to</c><00:52:39.900><c> establish</c><00:52:40.320><c> you</c>

00:52:40.719 --> 00:52:44.480
according<00:52:41.119><c> to</c><00:52:41.360><c> my</c><00:52:41.519><c> gospel</c><00:52:42.239><c> and</c><00:52:42.980><c> the</c><00:52:43.179><c> preaching</c><00:52:43.400><c> of</c><00:52:43.599><c> Jesus</c><00:52:44.019><c> Christ</c>

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:47.219
according<00:52:44.880><c> to</c><00:52:45.119><c> the</c><00:52:45.300><c> revelation</c><00:52:45.719><c> of</c><00:52:45.900><c> the</c><00:52:46.079><c> mystery,</c>

00:52:47.260 --> 00:52:49.719
which<00:52:47.440><c> was</c><00:52:47.659><c> kept</c><00:52:47.920><c> secret</c><00:52:48.340><c> since</c><00:52:48.639><c> the</c><00:52:48.900><c> world</c><00:52:49.099><c> began,</c>

00:52:49.719 --> 00:52:52.860
but<00:52:50.300><c> now</c><00:52:50.760><c> is</c><00:52:51.239><c> made</c><00:52:51.639><c> manifest.</c>

00:52:53.079 --> 00:52:54.860
And<00:52:53.380><c> by</c><00:52:53.559><c> the</c><00:52:53.760><c> scriptures</c><00:52:54.079><c> of</c><00:52:54.280><c> the</c><00:52:54.519><c> prophets</c>

00:52:54.860 --> 00:52:57.539
according<00:52:55.300><c> to</c><00:52:55.519><c> the</c><00:52:55.739><c> commandment</c><00:52:56.159><c> of</c><00:52:56.320><c> the</c><00:52:56.460><c> everlasting</c><00:52:56.940><c> God</c>

00:52:57.539 --> 00:53:05.699
made<00:52:58.159><c> known</c><00:52:58.460><c> to</c><00:52:58.820><c> all</c><00:52:59.239><c> the</c><00:52:59.460><c> nations</c><00:53:00.219><c> for</c><00:53:02.179><c> the</c><00:53:02.980><c> obedience</c><00:53:03.940><c> of</c><00:53:04.719><c> faith.</c>

00:53:06.780 --> 00:53:08.920
The<00:53:06.940><c> very</c><00:53:07.300><c> same</c><00:53:07.659><c> thought</c><00:53:08.039><c> with</c><00:53:08.260><c> which</c><00:53:08.400><c> he</c><00:53:08.559><c> had</c><00:53:08.719><c> begun</c>

00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:11.019
back<00:53:09.179><c> in</c><00:53:09.340><c> chapter</c><00:53:09.559><c> one</c><00:53:09.880><c> and</c><00:53:10.039><c> at</c><00:53:10.199><c> verse</c><00:53:10.420><c> five</c>

00:53:11.019 --> 00:53:13.539
is<00:53:11.480><c> the</c><00:53:11.760><c> thought</c><00:53:11.980><c> with</c><00:53:12.219><c> which</c><00:53:12.360><c> he</c><00:53:12.579><c> ends.</c>

00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:16.679
The<00:53:14.760><c> start</c><00:53:15.139><c> and</c><00:53:15.460><c> the</c><00:53:15.679><c> finish</c>

00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:19.280
embrace<00:53:17.380><c> everything</c><00:53:18.079><c> to</c><00:53:18.320><c> which</c><00:53:18.480><c> we</c><00:53:18.780><c> are</c><00:53:19.039><c> called,</c>

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:20.119
brothers<00:53:19.559><c> and</c><00:53:19.800><c> sisters,</c>

00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:25.599
to<00:53:21.039><c> yield</c><00:53:21.619><c> ourselves</c><00:53:22.579><c> to</c><00:53:23.179><c> the</c><00:53:23.420><c> salvation</c><00:53:23.880><c> that</c><00:53:24.099><c> God</c><00:53:24.380><c> offers</c>

00:53:26.179 --> 00:53:32.159
to<00:53:26.739><c> believe</c><00:53:28.300><c> and</c><00:53:29.960><c> to</c><00:53:30.900><c> obey.</c>

00:53:33.480 --> 00:53:36.300
And<00:53:33.719><c> in</c><00:53:33.860><c> all</c><00:53:34.159><c> those</c><00:53:34.420><c> things,</c><00:53:35.559><c> he</c><00:53:35.719><c> adds,</c>

00:53:36.679 --> 00:53:44.139
to<00:53:36.900><c> God</c><00:53:37.420><c> only</c><00:53:38.000><c> wise</c><00:53:38.559><c> be</c><00:53:39.420><c> glory</c><00:53:40.239><c> through</c><00:53:41.320><c> Jesus</c><00:53:42.000><c> Christ</c><00:53:42.780><c> forever.</c>

00:53:45.019 --> 00:53:46.019
Amen.

00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:47.519
Amen.