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prejudiced</c><00:15:44.659><c> instead</c><00:15:45.100><c> of</c><00:15:45.379><c> objective.</c> 00:15:46.740 --> 00:15:49.259 They<00:15:47.019><c> focused</c><00:15:47.460><c> on</c><00:15:47.700><c> the</c><00:15:48.000><c> visible</c><00:15:48.299><c> rather</c><00:15:48.659><c> than</c><00:15:48.879><c> the</c><00:15:48.940><c> invisible.</c> 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:51.899 They<00:15:49.580><c> relied</c><00:15:49.820><c> on</c><00:15:50.019><c> human</c><00:15:50.340><c> strength,</c><00:15:50.840><c> not</c><00:15:51.059><c> divine</c><00:15:51.440><c> power.</c> 00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:55.299 They<00:15:52.360><c> listened</c><00:15:52.679><c> to</c><00:15:52.879><c> men</c><00:15:53.100><c> instead</c><00:15:53.419><c> of</c><00:15:53.639><c> God</c><00:15:53.980><c> and</c><00:15:54.419><c> they</c><00:15:54.679><c> perceived</c><00:15:54.980><c> things</c> 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:57.779 superficially<00:15:55.980><c> rather</c><00:15:56.360><c> than</c><00:15:56.600><c> 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girl,</c><00:17:56.819><c> three</c><00:17:56.920><c> years</c><00:17:57.200><c> old,</c><00:17:57.500><c> was</c><00:17:57.619><c> sitting</c><00:17:57.799><c> back</c> 00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.599 with<00:17:58.180><c> her</c><00:17:58.400><c> parents</c><00:17:58.619><c> coloring.</c> 00:17:59.700 --> 00:18:01.380 And<00:18:00.000><c> she</c><00:18:00.160><c> said,</c><00:18:00.460><c> nobody!</c> 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.660 And<00:18:03.359><c> her</c><00:18:03.799><c> parents</c><00:18:04.099><c> didn't</c><00:18:04.339><c> even</c><00:18:04.599><c> think</c><00:18:04.720><c> she</c><00:18:04.880><c> was</c><00:18:05.160><c> listening</c> 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:07.019 because<00:18:06.319><c> she</c><00:18:06.500><c> had</c><00:18:06.680><c> her</c><00:18:06.880><c> coloring.</c> 00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:10.119 But<00:18:07.579><c> when</c><00:18:08.000><c> I</c><00:18:08.140><c> asked</c><00:18:08.299><c> that</c><00:18:08.559><c> question,</c><00:18:08.940><c> she</c><00:18:09.200><c> gave</c><00:18:09.559><c> the</c><00:18:09.900><c> answer</c> 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:13.000 and<00:18:10.500><c> the</c><00:18:10.759><c> answer</c><00:18:10.900><c> she</c><00:18:11.180><c> gave</c><00:18:11.400><c> was</c><00:18:11.599><c> the</c><00:18:11.799><c> right</c><00:18:12.019><c> answer.</c> 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:16.960 If<00:18:14.039><c> we</c><00:18:14.359><c> don't,</c><00:18:14.859><c> these</c><00:18:15.180><c> people</c><00:18:15.519><c> are</c><00:18:15.940><c> perishing.</c> 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:18.720 And<00:18:17.559><c> we're</c><00:18:17.880><c> the</c><00:18:18.140><c> watchman.</c> 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:20.539 Now,<00:18:19.660><c> you</c><00:18:19.759><c> lead</c><00:18:19.940><c> a</c><00:18:20.079><c> horse</c><00:18:20.220><c> to</c><00:18:20.400><c> water.</c> 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:22.039 You<00:18:20.700><c> can't</c><00:18:20.940><c> make</c><00:18:21.059><c> them</c><00:18:21.180><c> drink.</c> 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:25.500 It's<00:18:22.759><c> our</c><00:18:22.940><c> responsibility</c><00:18:23.660><c> to</c><00:18:24.220><c> tell</c><00:18:24.539><c> them</c><00:18:24.759><c> about</c><00:18:25.019><c> the</c><00:18:25.259><c> truth</c> 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.420 and<00:18:25.640><c> they</c><00:18:25.819><c> turn</c><00:18:25.980><c> it</c><00:18:26.200><c> down.</c> 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:28.200 It's<00:18:26.940><c> their</c><00:18:27.220><c> problem.</c> 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:31.200 We<00:18:29.299><c> don't</c><00:18:29.660><c> tell</c><00:18:29.900><c> them</c><00:18:30.099><c> about</c><00:18:30.380><c> it.</c> 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:33.200 It's<00:18:31.920><c> our</c><00:18:32.200><c> problem.</c> 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:38.039 So<00:18:35.559><c> the</c><00:18:35.700><c> weapons</c><00:18:35.960><c> of</c><00:18:36.180><c> our</c><00:18:36.339><c> warfare</c><00:18:36.680><c> are</c><00:18:36.900><c> not</c><00:18:37.200><c> carnal</c><00:18:37.460><c> but</c><00:18:37.740><c> mighty.</c> 00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:45.099 So<00:18:38.740><c> we</c><00:18:39.019><c> need</c><00:18:39.359><c> to</c><00:18:39.700><c> find</c><00:18:40.099><c> out</c><00:18:41.319><c> how</c><00:18:41.940><c> to</c><00:18:42.460><c> battle</c><00:18:42.880><c> this</c><00:18:43.640><c> problem</c><00:18:44.359><c> of</c> 00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:46.559 pulling<00:18:45.279><c> down</c><00:18:45.599><c> these</c><00:18:45.980><c> strongholds.</c> 00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:49.339 The<00:18:46.819><c> strongholds</c><00:18:47.279><c> of</c><00:18:47.359><c> our</c><00:18:47.519><c> mind,</c><00:18:47.819><c> the</c><00:18:47.980><c> worldly</c><00:18:48.279><c> thinking</c><00:18:48.759><c> that</c><00:18:48.980><c> we</c><00:18:49.180><c> think.</c> 00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:51.339 We've<00:18:49.579><c> got</c><00:18:50.500><c> to</c><00:18:50.640><c> pull</c><00:18:50.819><c> it</c><00:18:51.059><c> down.</c> 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.779 We've<00:18:51.779><c> got</c><00:18:51.920><c> to</c><00:18:52.119><c> push</c><00:18:52.319><c> out</c><00:18:52.539><c> the</c><00:18:52.759><c> thoughts</c><00:18:52.920><c> that</c><00:18:53.119><c> we</c><00:18:53.259><c> don't</c><00:18:53.619><c> want</c> 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.200 to<00:18:53.960><c> think.</c> 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:59.640 The<00:18:54.920><c> high</c><00:18:55.220><c> towers</c><00:18:55.700><c> of</c><00:18:56.940><c> worldly</c><00:18:57.259><c> thinking</c><00:18:57.680><c> and</c><00:18:58.480><c> pull</c><00:18:58.819><c> them</c><00:18:59.019><c> down</c> 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:05.400 and<00:19:00.480><c> bring</c><00:19:00.900><c> the</c><00:19:01.259><c> Lord</c><00:19:01.660><c> God's</c><00:19:03.259><c> message</c><00:19:03.559><c> into</c><00:19:04.059><c> our</c><00:19:04.460><c> minds.</c> 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:07.920 And<00:19:05.619><c> you</c><00:19:05.720><c> can't</c><00:19:06.160><c> share</c><00:19:06.319><c> something</c><00:19:06.559><c> with</c><00:19:06.740><c> somebody</c><00:19:07.240><c> that</c><00:19:07.740><c> you</c> 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:09.259 don't<00:19:08.259><c> have.</c> 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:12.480 I<00:19:09.839><c> hope</c><00:19:10.099><c> I</c><00:19:10.279><c> haven't</c><00:19:10.460><c> given</c><00:19:10.759><c> what</c><00:19:11.019><c> I've</c><00:19:11.279><c> got</c><00:19:11.400><c> to</c><00:19:11.619><c> anybody.</c> 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:16.279 Few<00:19:13.960><c> people</c><00:19:14.279><c> I've</c><00:19:14.440><c> been</c><00:19:14.599><c> around</c><00:19:14.940><c> have</c><00:19:15.099><c> come</c><00:19:15.319><c> down</c><00:19:15.539><c> with</c><00:19:15.740><c> it.</c> 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:19.099 Pat<00:19:16.700><c> Wade</c><00:19:17.000><c> and</c><00:19:17.240><c> I</c><00:19:17.339><c> were</c><00:19:17.619><c> on</c><00:19:17.880><c> an</c><00:19:18.059><c> island</c><00:19:18.240><c> together.</c> 00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:24.420 And<00:19:21.259><c> little</c><00:19:21.420><c> Gabrielle</c><00:19:22.240><c> brought</c><00:19:22.500><c> me</c><00:19:22.700><c> down</c><00:19:23.019><c> to</c><00:19:23.460><c> the</c><00:19:23.640><c> Bible</c><00:19:23.819><c> school</c><00:19:24.099><c> with</c><00:19:24.279><c> her</c> 00:19:24.420 --> 00:19:26.019 mother<00:19:24.619><c> helping</c><00:19:24.960><c> drive.</c> 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:28.099 And<00:19:26.500><c> they've</c><00:19:27.079><c> both</c><00:19:27.200><c> been</c><00:19:27.460><c> sick</c><00:19:27.779><c> since.</c> 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:31.799 But<00:19:28.579><c> you</c><00:19:28.799><c> see,</c><00:19:28.960><c> you</c><00:19:29.119><c> can't</c><00:19:29.619><c> share</c><00:19:29.880><c> something</c><00:19:30.160><c> you</c><00:19:30.400><c> don't</c><00:19:30.799><c> have.</c> 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:35.579 And<00:19:33.519><c> if</c><00:19:33.680><c> you</c><00:19:33.819><c> don't</c><00:19:33.960><c> have</c><00:19:34.140><c> a</c><00:19:34.339><c> cold,</c><00:19:34.680><c> you</c><00:19:34.740><c> can't</c><00:19:35.059><c> give</c><00:19:35.180><c> anybody</c> 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.819 a<00:19:35.880><c> cold.</c> 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:39.339 And<00:19:37.319><c> if</c><00:19:37.440><c> you</c><00:19:37.539><c> don't</c><00:19:37.680><c> have</c><00:19:37.799><c> the</c><00:19:38.039><c> truth</c><00:19:38.220><c> inside</c><00:19:38.640><c> you,</c><00:19:38.839><c> you</c><00:19:39.019><c> can't</c> 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.759 give<00:19:39.519><c> it</c><00:19:39.680><c> to</c><00:19:39.819><c> anybody</c><00:19:40.220><c> else.</c> 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:44.700 So<00:19:41.460><c> we</c><00:19:41.579><c> have</c><00:19:41.759><c> to</c><00:19:41.940><c> go</c><00:19:42.079><c> out</c><00:19:42.180><c> and</c><00:19:42.539><c> influence</c><00:19:43.279><c> the</c><00:19:43.619><c> world.</c> 00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:53.140 And<00:19:48.619><c> with</c><00:19:48.619><c> the</c><00:19:48.880><c> truth,</c><00:19:51.019><c> we</c><00:19:51.180><c> have</c><00:19:51.400><c> to</c><00:19:51.519><c> be</c><00:19:51.680><c> willing</c><00:19:52.059><c> to</c><00:19:52.500><c> share</c> 00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:55.140 the<00:19:53.480><c> good</c><00:19:53.680><c> news</c><00:19:53.980><c> with</c><00:19:54.319><c> others.</c> 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.819 Some<00:19:55.940><c> people</c><00:19:56.119><c> don't</c><00:19:56.259><c> want</c><00:19:56.440><c> to</c><00:19:56.619><c> share.</c> 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:00.799 This<00:19:57.559><c> little</c><00:19:58.240><c> story</c><00:19:58.480><c> has</c><00:19:58.779><c> a</c><00:19:59.039><c> setting</c><00:19:59.299><c> in</c><00:19:59.799><c> England.</c> 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:03.680 And<00:20:01.039><c> in</c><00:20:01.160><c> England,</c><00:20:01.559><c> there's</c><00:20:01.799><c> pubs</c><00:20:02.140><c> all</c><00:20:02.440><c> over</c><00:20:02.660><c> the</c><00:20:02.859><c> place.</c> 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.859 Everywhere<00:20:04.259><c> you</c><00:20:04.539><c> go</c><00:20:04.700><c> in</c><00:20:04.799><c> England,</c><00:20:05.099><c> there's</c><00:20:05.200><c> those</c><00:20:05.500><c> pubs.</c> 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:07.559 They<00:20:06.279><c> all</c><00:20:06.539><c> have</c><00:20:06.839><c> quaint</c><00:20:07.180><c> names.</c> 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:12.880 And<00:20:07.759><c> this</c><00:20:07.960><c> pub's</c><00:20:08.339><c> name</c><00:20:08.500><c> was</c><00:20:08.900><c> the</c><00:20:09.299><c> Inn</c><00:20:09.519><c> of</c><00:20:09.759><c> St.</c><00:20:10.259><c> George</c><00:20:10.779><c> and</c><00:20:11.680><c> the</c><00:20:11.920><c> Dragon.</c> 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:17.519 And<00:20:14.640><c> this</c><00:20:14.960><c> tramp</c><00:20:15.240><c> was</c><00:20:15.460><c> going</c><00:20:15.680><c> along</c><00:20:16.019><c> the</c><00:20:16.559><c> road.</c> 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:18.960 And<00:20:17.599><c> he</c><00:20:17.660><c> came</c><00:20:17.920><c> to</c><00:20:18.160><c> this</c><00:20:18.759><c> sign.</c> 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.759 Often<00:20:19.460><c> the</c><00:20:19.720><c> signs</c><00:20:19.839><c> are</c><00:20:20.019><c> in</c><00:20:20.220><c> gold</c><00:20:20.559><c> leaf.</c> 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.859 They<00:20:20.960><c> look</c><00:20:21.160><c> like</c><00:20:21.339><c> gold</c><00:20:21.559><c> leaf.</c> 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.680 And<00:20:22.380><c> they're</c><00:20:22.619><c> all</c><00:20:22.779><c> quaint</c><00:20:22.980><c> little</c><00:20:23.460><c> things.</c> 00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:24.980 And<00:20:23.980><c> it</c><00:20:24.039><c> was</c><00:20:24.579><c> early.</c> 00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:27.160 The<00:20:25.579><c> pub</c><00:20:25.700><c> was</c><00:20:25.900><c> not</c><00:20:26.059><c> open</c><00:20:26.259><c> for</c><00:20:26.500><c> business</c><00:20:26.839><c> yet.</c> 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:29.059 But<00:20:27.680><c> he</c><00:20:27.839><c> was</c><00:20:28.099><c> hungry.</c> 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.779 So<00:20:29.740><c> he</c><00:20:29.839><c> went</c><00:20:29.940><c> around</c><00:20:30.140><c> to</c><00:20:30.299><c> the</c><00:20:30.460><c> back</c><00:20:30.660><c> door.</c> 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:32.519 And<00:20:30.960><c> he</c><00:20:31.039><c> knocked</c><00:20:31.259><c> on</c><00:20:31.440><c> the</c><00:20:31.660><c> door.</c> 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.700 And<00:20:32.880><c> a</c><00:20:32.980><c> lady</c><00:20:33.160><c> came</c><00:20:33.400><c> to</c><00:20:33.559><c> the</c><00:20:33.599><c> door.</c> 00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:35.660 And<00:20:33.779><c> he</c><00:20:33.839><c> said,</c><00:20:34.180><c> pardon</c><00:20:34.380><c> me,</c><00:20:34.720><c> madam,</c><00:20:34.859><c> but</c><00:20:35.059><c> I'm</c><00:20:35.359><c> hungry.</c> 00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:38.339 Could<00:20:36.380><c> you</c><00:20:36.619><c> give</c><00:20:36.759><c> me</c><00:20:37.019><c> something</c><00:20:37.299><c> to</c><00:20:37.599><c> eat?</c> 00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:40.059 She<00:20:39.160><c> says,</c><00:20:39.579><c> give</c><00:20:39.720><c> us.</c> 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:40.559 Smugly. 00:20:40.619 --> 00:20:41.539 No<00:20:40.920><c> good</c><00:20:41.200><c> tramp.</c> 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.440 Something<00:20:41.980><c> to</c><00:20:42.180><c> eat.</c> 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.240 Get<00:20:42.799><c> out</c><00:20:42.980><c> of</c><00:20:43.119><c> here.</c> 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.900 And<00:20:43.380><c> she</c><00:20:43.539><c> slammed</c><00:20:43.799><c> the</c><00:20:43.960><c> door.</c> 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:48.740 Well,<00:20:46.799><c> he</c><00:20:46.960><c> walked</c><00:20:47.200><c> away</c><00:20:47.400><c> kind</c><00:20:47.640><c> of</c><00:20:47.799><c> dejected.</c> 00:20:48.779 --> 00:20:52.279 And<00:20:49.039><c> he</c><00:20:49.099><c> looked</c><00:20:49.240><c> back</c><00:20:49.519><c> at</c><00:20:49.680><c> the</c><00:20:49.859><c> sign,</c><00:20:50.099><c> St.</c><00:20:50.579><c> George</c><00:20:50.859><c> and</c><00:20:51.119><c> the</c><00:20:51.339><c> Dragon.</c> 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.500 He<00:20:56.599><c> looked</c><00:20:56.799><c> back</c><00:20:57.079><c> to</c><00:20:57.220><c> the</c><00:20:57.380><c> door.</c> 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.380 And<00:20:57.619><c> he</c><00:20:57.720><c> knocked</c><00:20:57.980><c> again.</c> 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.960 She<00:20:58.920><c> says,</c><00:20:59.160><c> now</c><00:20:59.339><c> what</c><00:20:59.519><c> do</c><00:20:59.720><c> you</c><00:20:59.839><c> want?</c> 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:02.819 He<00:21:00.220><c> says,</c><00:21:00.640><c> could</c><00:21:00.799><c> I</c><00:21:01.000><c> please</c><00:21:01.220><c> speak</c><00:21:01.420><c> to</c><00:21:01.619><c> St.</c><00:21:02.019><c> George?</c> 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:15.039 But<00:21:12.579><c> she</c><00:21:13.140><c> wasn't</c><00:21:13.480><c> willing</c><00:21:13.759><c> to</c><00:21:14.119><c> share.</c> 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:17.799 And<00:21:15.619><c> so</c><00:21:15.759><c> he</c><00:21:15.880><c> thought</c><00:21:16.160><c> she</c><00:21:16.359><c> was</c><00:21:16.619><c> a</c><00:21:16.819><c> dragon.</c> 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:23.440 A<00:21:20.259><c> man's</c><00:21:20.819><c> home</c><00:21:21.180><c> is</c><00:21:21.460><c> his</c><00:21:21.720><c> castle,</c><00:21:22.240><c> is</c><00:21:22.359><c> the</c><00:21:22.519><c> saying</c><00:21:22.740><c> we</c><00:21:23.000><c> all</c><00:21:23.279><c> hear.</c> 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:29.400 Well,<00:21:23.700><c> we</c><00:21:23.839><c> might</c><00:21:24.079><c> change</c><00:21:24.420><c> it</c><00:21:24.660><c> to</c><00:21:25.279><c> a</c><00:21:25.440><c> man's</c><00:21:26.059><c> mind</c><00:21:26.700><c> is</c><00:21:28.079><c> his</c><00:21:28.400><c> castle.</c> 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:34.079 We<00:21:29.940><c> need</c><00:21:30.099><c> to</c><00:21:30.339><c> realize</c><00:21:30.660><c> that</c><00:21:30.799><c> we</c><00:21:30.920><c> have</c><00:21:31.180><c> strongholds</c><00:21:32.500><c> in</c><00:21:32.700><c> our</c><00:21:33.000><c> minds.</c> 00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:38.160 With<00:21:34.640><c> God's</c><00:21:35.240><c> help,</c><00:21:35.740><c> the</c><00:21:35.920><c> weapons</c><00:21:36.200><c> of</c><00:21:36.460><c> our</c><00:21:36.720><c> warfare</c><00:21:37.079><c> are</c><00:21:37.420><c> not</c><00:21:37.740><c> carnal,</c> 00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:39.799 but<00:21:38.559><c> mighty</c><00:21:39.000><c> in</c><00:21:39.339><c> God.</c> 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:44.480 And<00:21:40.259><c> they</c><00:21:40.380><c> can</c><00:21:40.700><c> pull</c><00:21:41.160><c> down</c><00:21:41.700><c> the</c><00:21:42.079><c> strongholds</c><00:21:43.660><c> that</c><00:21:43.920><c> resist</c> 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.740 spiritual<00:21:45.460><c> thinking.</c> 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:51.700 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00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:06.039 would<00:22:04.259><c> deny</c><00:22:04.500><c> the</c><00:22:04.720><c> knowledge</c><00:22:04.940><c> of</c><00:22:05.200><c> God.</c> 00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:09.319 What<00:22:06.400><c> comes</c><00:22:06.680><c> to</c><00:22:06.920><c> mind</c><00:22:07.099><c> is</c><00:22:07.380><c> that</c><00:22:08.259><c> things</c><00:22:08.420><c> that</c><00:22:08.779><c> cause</c><00:22:08.960><c> people</c> 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.920 not<00:22:09.859><c> to</c><00:22:10.259><c> bend</c><00:22:10.480><c> to</c><00:22:10.720><c> God,</c> 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:16.079 pride,<00:22:12.240><c> puffed</c><00:22:12.519><c> up,</c><00:22:13.380><c> feeling</c><00:22:13.460><c> of</c><00:22:13.759><c> superiority,</c><00:22:15.299><c> fullness</c><00:22:15.539><c> of</c><00:22:15.880><c> bread,</c> 00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:18.259 as<00:22:16.380><c> we</c><00:22:16.839><c> read</c><00:22:16.960><c> it</c><00:22:17.019><c> in</c><00:22:17.180><c> the</c><00:22:17.359><c> scriptures.</c> 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:23.519 One<00:22:20.240><c> day</c><00:22:20.460><c> some</c><00:22:20.720><c> comes</c><00:22:21.460><c> along</c><00:22:21.980><c> and</c><00:22:22.279><c> says</c><00:22:22.579><c> to</c><00:22:22.779><c> us,</c> 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:26.480 oh,<00:22:24.319><c> this</c><00:22:24.519><c> is</c><00:22:24.660><c> a</c><00:22:24.660><c> little</c><00:22:24.759><c> story</c><00:22:25.000><c> I</c><00:22:25.079><c> want</c><00:22:25.259><c> to</c><00:22:25.380><c> share</c><00:22:25.500><c> with</c><00:22:25.740><c> you.</c> 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:34.240 The<00:22:30.559><c> carnal</c><00:22:30.740><c> mind</c><00:22:30.920><c> is</c><00:22:31.180><c> enmity</c><00:22:31.400><c> with</c><00:22:31.619><c> God</c><00:22:32.200><c> and</c><00:22:33.400><c> cannot</c><00:22:33.640><c> be</c><00:22:33.819><c> subject</c><00:22:34.059><c> to</c> 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.079 the<00:22:34.319><c> law</c><00:22:34.480><c> of</c><00:22:34.680><c> God.</c> 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.299 Neither<00:22:35.599><c> can</c><00:22:35.960><c> it</c><00:22:36.180><c> be.</c> 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:40.319 So<00:22:36.680><c> if</c><00:22:36.819><c> you're</c><00:22:37.180><c> carnal</c><00:22:37.319><c> minded,</c><00:22:38.619><c> we're</c><00:22:38.900><c> told</c><00:22:39.059><c> that</c><00:22:39.220><c> we'll</c><00:22:39.440><c> die.</c> 00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:44.099 So<00:22:40.740><c> we</c><00:22:40.880><c> have</c><00:22:41.059><c> to</c><00:22:41.380><c> change</c><00:22:42.000><c> being</c><00:22:42.880><c> carnal</c><00:22:43.279><c> minded</c><00:22:43.599><c> to</c><00:22:43.839><c> spiritual.</c> 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.619 So<00:22:44.500><c> here's</c><00:22:44.759><c> a</c><00:22:44.859><c> little</c><00:22:45.079><c> story.</c> 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:50.380 It's<00:22:46.160><c> a</c><00:22:46.259><c> fictitious</c><00:22:46.740><c> story,</c><00:22:47.079><c> but</c><00:22:47.240><c> it</c><00:22:47.440><c> has</c><00:22:47.660><c> a</c><00:22:47.799><c> lesson</c><00:22:48.099><c> for</c><00:22:48.599><c> us</c><00:22:48.859><c> to</c><00:22:49.480><c> remember,</c><00:22:49.940><c> I</c><00:22:50.200><c> hope.</c> 00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:55.559 Picture<00:22:50.839><c> yourself</c><00:22:51.380><c> as</c><00:22:51.640><c> you're</c><00:22:52.400><c> a</c><00:22:52.480><c> tenant</c><00:22:52.740><c> in</c><00:22:53.460><c> a</c><00:22:53.599><c> large</c><00:22:53.839><c> apartment</c><00:22:54.220><c> house</c><00:22:54.519><c> complex.</c> 00:22:55.680 --> 00:23:00.839 You<00:22:56.200><c> have</c><00:22:56.359><c> a</c><00:22:56.539><c> very</c><00:22:56.859><c> mean</c><00:22:57.279><c> landlord</c><00:22:57.980><c> that</c><00:22:59.259><c> makes</c><00:22:59.400><c> your</c><00:22:59.680><c> life</c><00:22:59.920><c> miserable.</c> 00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.880 He<00:23:01.660><c> charges</c><00:23:01.859><c> you</c><00:23:02.119><c> exorbitant</c><00:23:02.559><c> rent.</c> 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:05.740 He<00:23:03.720><c> loads</c><00:23:03.920><c> you</c><00:23:04.140><c> money</c><00:23:04.299><c> at</c><00:23:04.460><c> a</c><00:23:04.599><c> fearful</c><00:23:04.819><c> rate</c><00:23:05.059><c> of</c><00:23:05.259><c> interest</c><00:23:05.579><c> in</c> 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.539 order<00:23:05.900><c> to</c><00:23:06.059><c> pay</c><00:23:06.200><c> the</c><00:23:06.400><c> rent</c> 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.940 when<00:23:06.700><c> you</c><00:23:06.839><c> don't</c><00:23:07.039><c> have</c><00:23:07.220><c> the</c><00:23:07.420><c> rent</c><00:23:07.559><c> money.</c> 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:10.880 And<00:23:08.440><c> then</c><00:23:08.599><c> you</c><00:23:09.559><c> get</c><00:23:09.819><c> further</c><00:23:10.099><c> and</c><00:23:10.259><c> further</c><00:23:10.440><c> into</c><00:23:10.680><c> debt,</c> 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:12.980 and<00:23:11.039><c> he</c><00:23:11.160><c> demands</c><00:23:11.480><c> you</c><00:23:11.660><c> pay</c><00:23:11.779><c> it</c><00:23:11.980><c> back</c><00:23:12.119><c> when</c><00:23:12.240><c> you</c><00:23:12.359><c> don't</c><00:23:12.500><c> have</c><00:23:12.640><c> the</c><00:23:12.720><c> money</c><00:23:12.819><c> to</c> 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.420 pay<00:23:13.059><c> it</c><00:23:13.279><c> back.</c> 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.819 And<00:23:13.559><c> he</c><00:23:13.599><c> begins</c><00:23:13.920><c> to</c><00:23:14.119><c> harangue</c><00:23:14.460><c> you.</c> 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:16.160 He<00:23:15.079><c> says</c><00:23:15.180><c> he</c><00:23:15.259><c> has</c><00:23:15.460><c> a</c><00:23:15.559><c> key</c><00:23:15.720><c> to</c><00:23:15.799><c> your</c><00:23:15.920><c> apartment.</c> 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:18.960 He<00:23:16.339><c> goes</c><00:23:16.559><c> in</c><00:23:16.660><c> when</c><00:23:16.779><c> you're</c><00:23:16.940><c> not</c><00:23:17.140><c> there</c><00:23:17.420><c> and</c><00:23:17.640><c> takes</c><00:23:17.859><c> things</c><00:23:18.099><c> that</c><00:23:18.359><c> belong</c><00:23:18.519><c> to</c><00:23:18.700><c> you</c> 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:20.819 in<00:23:19.099><c> order</c><00:23:19.259><c> to</c><00:23:19.559><c> repay</c><00:23:19.880><c> himself</c><00:23:20.279><c> for</c><00:23:20.460><c> the</c><00:23:20.619><c> rent.</c> 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:23.539 And<00:23:21.220><c> he</c><00:23:21.400><c> torments</c><00:23:21.660><c> you</c><00:23:21.880><c> and</c><00:23:21.980><c> makes</c><00:23:22.119><c> your</c><00:23:22.339><c> life</c><00:23:22.519><c> miserable.</c> 00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:29.240 Then<00:23:26.440><c> one</c><00:23:26.700><c> day</c><00:23:27.420><c> someone</c><00:23:27.980><c> comes</c><00:23:28.259><c> along</c><00:23:28.539><c> and</c><00:23:28.700><c> says</c><00:23:28.880><c> to</c><00:23:29.059><c> you,</c> 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:31.000 I've<00:23:29.539><c> taken</c><00:23:29.700><c> over</c><00:23:29.920><c> this</c><00:23:30.079><c> apartment.</c> 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:33.680 I've<00:23:32.259><c> purchased</c><00:23:32.500><c> it.</c> 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:36.119 You<00:23:33.920><c> can</c><00:23:34.119><c> live</c><00:23:34.279><c> here</c><00:23:34.460><c> as</c><00:23:34.700><c> long</c><00:23:34.859><c> as</c><00:23:35.039><c> you</c><00:23:35.259><c> want.</c> 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:39.880 What's<00:23:36.799><c> more,</c><00:23:36.960><c> I'm</c><00:23:37.160><c> going</c><00:23:37.380><c> to</c><00:23:37.579><c> live</c><00:23:37.700><c> here</c><00:23:37.980><c> with</c><00:23:38.220><c> you</c><00:23:39.160><c> in</c><00:23:39.599><c> the</c> 00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:41.259 manager's<00:23:40.359><c> apartment.</c> 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:43.660 You<00:23:42.099><c> are</c><00:23:42.420><c> so</c><00:23:42.680><c> relieved.</c> 00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:46.779 You<00:23:44.380><c> are</c><00:23:44.720><c> delivered</c><00:23:45.039><c> out</c><00:23:45.299><c> of</c><00:23:45.440><c> the</c><00:23:45.599><c> clutches</c><00:23:45.819><c> of</c><00:23:46.019><c> that</c><00:23:46.279><c> mean</c> 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:49.460 and<00:23:47.960><c> wicked</c><00:23:48.359><c> landlord.</c> 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:51.700 But<00:23:50.339><c> what</c><00:23:50.599><c> happens?</c> 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:56.500 You<00:23:53.279><c> just</c><00:23:53.799><c> begin</c><00:23:54.259><c> to</c><00:23:54.539><c> rejoice</c><00:23:54.920><c> in</c><00:23:55.079><c> your</c><00:23:55.240><c> newfound</c><00:23:55.680><c> freedom</c><00:23:56.039><c> when</c><00:23:56.220><c> there's</c><00:23:56.420><c> a</c> 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:58.019 knock<00:23:56.660><c> on</c><00:23:56.859><c> the</c><00:23:57.000><c> door.</c> 00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:00.480 And<00:23:58.359><c> you</c><00:23:58.440><c> open</c><00:23:58.619><c> the</c><00:23:58.680><c> door,</c><00:23:58.779><c> and</c><00:23:58.920><c> that's</c><00:23:59.160><c> the</c><00:23:59.299><c> old</c><00:23:59.559><c> landlord</c><00:23:59.940><c> again.</c> 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:03.339 And<00:24:01.019><c> he's</c><00:24:01.220><c> mean,</c><00:24:01.660><c> and</c><00:24:01.660><c> he's</c><00:24:01.900><c> glowering,</c><00:24:02.660><c> and</c><00:24:02.660><c> he's</c><00:24:02.960><c> demanding</c> 00:24:03.339 --> 00:24:05.299 that<00:24:03.619><c> you</c><00:24:03.779><c> pay</c><00:24:03.940><c> him</c><00:24:04.099><c> the</c><00:24:04.220><c> rent</c><00:24:04.359><c> money.</c> 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:07.039 And<00:24:05.799><c> he</c><00:24:05.920><c> waves</c><00:24:06.039><c> some</c><00:24:06.279><c> legal</c><00:24:06.480><c> papers</c><00:24:06.819><c> in</c><00:24:06.960><c> front</c><00:24:07.000><c> of</c><00:24:07.019><c> him.</c> 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:09.500 He<00:24:07.099><c> says,</c><00:24:07.259><c> you've</c><00:24:07.559><c> got</c><00:24:07.579><c> to</c><00:24:07.720><c> pay</c><00:24:07.839><c> me</c><00:24:08.000><c> or</c><00:24:08.059><c> I'll</c><00:24:08.240><c> throw</c><00:24:08.420><c> you</c><00:24:08.700><c> out.</c> 00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:11.160 And<00:24:10.339><c> you</c><00:24:10.460><c> say,</c><00:24:10.619><c> wait</c><00:24:10.799><c> a</c><00:24:10.980><c> minute.</c> 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:13.700 You're<00:24:11.660><c> not</c><00:24:12.019><c> the</c><00:24:12.380><c> landlord</c><00:24:12.660><c> anymore.</c> 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:17.440 We<00:24:14.220><c> have</c><00:24:14.400><c> a</c><00:24:14.539><c> new</c><00:24:14.759><c> landlord,</c><00:24:15.880><c> and</c><00:24:16.019><c> he</c><00:24:16.140><c> doesn't</c><00:24:16.400><c> treat</c><00:24:16.640><c> me</c><00:24:16.859><c> that</c><00:24:17.140><c> way.</c> 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.660 You<00:24:18.019><c> pay</c><00:24:18.279><c> me</c><00:24:18.599><c> or</c><00:24:18.799><c> else.</c> 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:21.220 What<00:24:20.119><c> do</c><00:24:20.200><c> you</c><00:24:20.359><c> say?</c> 00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:24.140 Go<00:24:22.299><c> see</c><00:24:22.880><c> the</c><00:24:23.200><c> new</c><00:24:23.559><c> landlord.</c> 00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:34.400 Send<00:24:26.680><c> the</c><00:24:27.200><c> old</c><00:24:28.920><c> landlord</c><00:24:29.799><c> to</c><00:24:30.640><c> see</c><00:24:30.880><c> the</c><00:24:31.059><c> new</c><00:24:31.859><c> good</c><00:24:33.160><c> landlord.</c> 00:24:35.660 --> 00:24:39.859 You<00:24:36.359><c> have</c><00:24:36.980><c> a</c><00:24:37.279><c> new</c><00:24:38.599><c> landlord.</c> 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:46.059 And<00:24:40.700><c> the</c><00:24:40.819><c> old</c><00:24:41.180><c> landlord</c><00:24:41.839><c> was</c><00:24:42.960><c> terrible,</c><00:24:44.880><c> and</c><00:24:44.980><c> he</c><00:24:45.059><c> was</c><00:24:45.359><c> mean</c> 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:48.640 and<00:24:47.440><c> cruel.</c> 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:54.079 Romans<00:24:50.200><c> 6,</c><00:24:51.180><c> the</c><00:24:51.319><c> chapter</c><00:24:51.640><c> which</c><00:24:51.839><c> we</c><00:24:52.140><c> read</c><00:24:52.299><c> so</c><00:24:52.660><c> often</c><00:24:52.799><c> at</c><00:24:53.079><c> baptisms.</c> 00:24:55.059 --> 00:25:00.559 Know<00:24:55.359><c> you</c><00:24:55.619><c> not,</c><00:24:56.220><c> verse</c><00:24:56.680><c> 16,</c><00:24:58.740><c> know</c><00:24:58.940><c> you</c><00:24:59.180><c> not</c><00:24:59.400><c> that</c><00:24:59.759><c> to</c><00:25:00.039><c> whom</c><00:25:00.240><c> you</c> 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:02.819 yield<00:25:00.799><c> yourself</c><00:25:01.400><c> servants</c><00:25:01.700><c> to</c><00:25:02.039><c> obey</c> 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:07.660 his<00:25:03.380><c> servants</c><00:25:03.700><c> you</c><00:25:03.940><c> are,</c><00:25:04.180><c> to</c><00:25:04.359><c> whom</c><00:25:04.539><c> you</c><00:25:04.740><c> obey,</c><00:25:06.119><c> whether</c><00:25:06.400><c> of</c><00:25:06.640><c> sin</c><00:25:06.819><c> under</c><00:25:07.079><c> death</c><00:25:07.400><c> or</c> 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.140 of<00:25:07.859><c> obedience</c> 00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:09.519 under<00:25:08.400><c> righteousness.</c> 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:14.460 But<00:25:10.859><c> God</c><00:25:11.180><c> be</c><00:25:11.519><c> thanked</c><00:25:11.859><c> that</c><00:25:12.299><c> you</c><00:25:12.579><c> were</c><00:25:12.779><c> the</c><00:25:13.039><c> servants</c><00:25:13.279><c> of</c><00:25:13.539><c> sin,</c> 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.839 but<00:25:14.700><c> you</c><00:25:14.839><c> have</c><00:25:15.019><c> obeyed</c><00:25:15.279><c> from</c><00:25:15.480><c> the</c><00:25:15.660><c> heart</c> 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:18.720 that<00:25:16.039><c> form</c><00:25:16.279><c> of</c><00:25:16.559><c> doctrine</c><00:25:16.819><c> which</c><00:25:17.099><c> has</c><00:25:17.279><c> delivered</c><00:25:17.619><c> you.</c> 00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:21.339 We<00:25:19.059><c> have</c><00:25:19.319><c> changed</c><00:25:20.079><c> landlords.</c> 00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:24.839 We<00:25:22.599><c> no</c><00:25:22.880><c> longer</c><00:25:23.160><c> serve</c><00:25:23.759><c> sin.</c> 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:27.900 Sin<00:25:25.680><c> is</c><00:25:25.960><c> no</c><00:25:26.200><c> longer</c><00:25:26.440><c> our</c><00:25:26.779><c> boss.</c> 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:32.660 We<00:25:28.420><c> can</c><00:25:28.759><c> take</c><00:25:29.259><c> sin</c><00:25:29.539><c> and</c><00:25:29.859><c> send</c><00:25:30.119><c> it</c><00:25:30.279><c> to</c><00:25:30.619><c> the</c><00:25:31.099><c> new</c><00:25:31.539><c> landlord.</c> 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:38.660 We<00:25:33.539><c> can</c><00:25:33.940><c> send</c><00:25:34.400><c> away</c><00:25:34.880><c> sin</c><00:25:35.680><c> from</c><00:25:37.099><c> us</c><00:25:37.339><c> and</c><00:25:37.500><c> say,</c><00:25:37.900><c> go</c><00:25:37.900><c> see</c><00:25:38.299><c> the</c><00:25:38.500><c> Lord</c> 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.039 Jesus<00:25:39.000><c> Christ.</c> 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you</c><00:26:05.039><c> don't</c><00:26:05.299><c> use</c><00:26:05.539><c> the</c><00:26:05.740><c> weapons</c> 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:08.519 of<00:26:07.079><c> the</c><00:26:07.279><c> world.</c> 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:13.259 We<00:26:09.299><c> now</c><00:26:09.700><c> know</c><00:26:10.059><c> the</c><00:26:10.400><c> weapons</c><00:26:10.720><c> of</c><00:26:10.920><c> the</c><00:26:11.099><c> world</c><00:26:11.319><c> are</c><00:26:12.059><c> terrible.</c> 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:16.160 Many<00:26:13.839><c> people</c><00:26:14.299><c> now</c><00:26:14.819><c> have</c><00:26:15.140><c> guns</c><00:26:15.480><c> in</c><00:26:15.660><c> their</c><00:26:15.839><c> homes.</c> 00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:18.740 Over<00:26:16.519><c> our</c><00:26:16.799><c> way,</c><00:26:17.079><c> that's</c><00:26:17.380><c> a</c><00:26:17.460><c> big</c><00:26:17.680><c> problem.</c> 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:22.680 And<00:26:19.019><c> a</c><00:26:19.099><c> lot</c><00:26:19.259><c> of</c><00:26:19.460><c> innocent</c><00:26:19.680><c> people</c><00:26:20.000><c> are</c><00:26:20.319><c> being</c><00:26:20.700><c> killed</c><00:26:21.140><c> by</c><00:26:22.099><c> the</c> 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:27.799 weapons<00:26:23.259><c> of</c><00:26:24.720><c> war,</c><00:26:27.019><c> where</c><00:26:27.140><c> the</c><00:26:27.299><c> weapons</c><00:26:27.559><c> of</c> 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:30.079 our<00:26:28.079><c> warfare</c><00:26:28.480><c> are</c><00:26:28.799><c> not</c><00:26:29.160><c> worldly.</c> 00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:36.579 We<00:26:33.779><c> don't</c><00:26:33.960><c> have</c><00:26:34.140><c> to</c><00:26:34.319><c> rely</c><00:26:34.779><c> on</c><00:26:35.279><c> ourselves.</c> 00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.599 We<00:26:38.500><c> rely</c><00:26:38.799><c> on</c><00:26:39.140><c> God.</c> 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:43.839 And<00:26:40.180><c> when</c><00:26:40.359><c> you</c><00:26:40.579><c> take</c><00:26:40.819><c> matters</c><00:26:41.099><c> into</c><00:26:41.279><c> your</c><00:26:41.539><c> own</c><00:26:41.819><c> hands</c><00:26:42.319><c> and</c><00:26:42.579><c> think</c><00:26:42.799><c> that</c><00:26:43.279><c> you</c> 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:46.339 have<00:26:44.140><c> to</c><00:26:45.099><c> defend</c><00:26:45.559><c> yourself</c> 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:51.519 physically<00:26:47.140><c> or</c><00:26:47.519><c> verbally,</c><00:26:48.819><c> then</c><00:26:49.059><c> you</c><00:26:49.339><c> are</c><00:26:49.559><c> saying,</c><00:26:49.900><c> God,</c><00:26:51.359><c> I</c> 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.920 know<00:26:51.680><c> you're</c><00:26:52.039><c> supposed</c><00:26:52.059><c> to</c><00:26:52.180><c> be</c><00:26:52.279><c> all</c><00:26:52.539><c>-powerful,</c> 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:55.279 but<00:26:53.079><c> this</c><00:26:53.380><c> is</c><00:26:53.599><c> really</c><00:26:53.940><c> bigger</c><00:26:54.160><c> than</c><00:26:54.339><c> you</c><00:26:54.619><c> are,</c><00:26:54.779><c> so</c><00:26:55.000><c> I'm</c><00:26:55.180><c> going</c> 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.559 to<00:26:55.339><c> have</c><00:26:55.440><c> to</c><00:26:55.599><c> take</c><00:26:55.900><c> matters</c><00:26:56.140><c> into</c><00:26:56.359><c> my</c> 00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.140 own<00:26:56.759><c> hands.</c> 00:26:57.559 --> 00:27:00.640 I<00:26:57.720><c> was</c><00:26:57.859><c> just</c><00:26:58.119><c> in</c><00:26:58.240><c> England</c><00:26:58.519><c> not</c><00:26:58.819><c> too</c><00:26:58.960><c> long</c><00:26:59.180><c> ago,</c><00:26:59.960><c> and</c><00:26:59.960><c> a</c><00:27:00.279><c> brother</c> 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:03.880 was<00:27:01.279><c> telling</c><00:27:01.400><c> me</c><00:27:01.640><c> the</c><00:27:01.859><c> story</c><00:27:02.299><c> in</c><00:27:03.559><c> his</c> 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.160 home. 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:09.119 They<00:27:04.519><c> woke</c><00:27:04.900><c> up</c><00:27:05.119><c> one</c><00:27:05.400><c> night</c><00:27:05.559><c> and</c><00:27:05.640><c> there</c><00:27:05.720><c> was</c><00:27:05.920><c> a</c><00:27:06.079><c> burglar</c><00:27:06.859><c> downstairs,</c><00:27:09.059><c> and</c> 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:10.980 they<00:27:09.259><c> were</c><00:27:09.680><c> petrified.</c> 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:13.579 So<00:27:11.700><c> he's</c><00:27:12.000><c> got</c><00:27:12.279><c> cricket</c><00:27:12.619><c> bats.</c> 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:18.019 They<00:27:15.420><c> play</c><00:27:15.640><c> cricket</c><00:27:15.980><c> in</c><00:27:16.140><c> that</c><00:27:16.339><c> country,</c><00:27:17.319><c> and</c><00:27:17.460><c> so</c><00:27:17.619><c> they've</c><00:27:17.920><c> got</c> 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.339 a<00:27:18.180><c> cricket</c><00:27:18.359><c> bat</c><00:27:18.579><c> in</c><00:27:18.759><c> every</c><00:27:18.960><c> bedroom</c> 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.559 now. 00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:31.619 Now,<00:27:25.740><c> you</c><00:27:26.339><c> don't</c><00:27:26.640><c> need</c><00:27:27.460><c> a</c><00:27:28.440><c> cricket</c><00:27:28.740><c> bat</c><00:27:29.299><c> to</c><00:27:30.200><c> fight</c><00:27:30.400><c> your</c><00:27:30.660><c> warfare.</c> 00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:37.319 The<00:27:32.299><c> Lord</c><00:27:32.599><c> Jesus</c><00:27:33.019><c> is</c><00:27:33.339><c> more</c><00:27:33.640><c> powerful</c><00:27:34.119><c> than</c><00:27:34.339><c> any</c><00:27:34.660><c> weapon</c><00:27:35.039><c> of</c><00:27:35.500><c> any</c><00:27:36.420><c> criminal</c><00:27:36.940><c> or</c> 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:39.740 thief<00:27:37.539><c> or</c><00:27:38.180><c> robber</c><00:27:38.599><c> or</c><00:27:39.339><c> soldier</c> 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:41.240 that's<00:27:40.119><c> ever</c><00:27:40.400><c> lived.</c> 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:46.339 And<00:27:41.740><c> when</c><00:27:42.000><c> you</c><00:27:42.279><c> think</c><00:27:42.480><c> you</c><00:27:42.720><c> need</c><00:27:42.880><c> to</c><00:27:43.640><c> defend</c><00:27:44.099><c> yourself,</c><00:27:45.740><c> you're</c><00:27:46.059><c> not</c> 00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:48.079 thinking<00:27:46.759><c> godly.</c> 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:52.779 I<00:27:49.420><c> was</c><00:27:49.640><c> amazed</c><00:27:50.140><c> how</c><00:27:50.339><c> this</c><00:27:50.640><c> man</c><00:27:50.839><c> explained</c><00:27:51.319><c> to</c><00:27:51.460><c> me</c><00:27:51.660><c> quite</c><00:27:51.940><c> seriously</c><00:27:52.380><c> how</c> 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:54.160 he<00:27:52.940><c> would</c><00:27:53.180><c> not</c><00:27:53.740><c> hesitate</c> 00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:57.059 to<00:27:54.400><c> use</c><00:27:54.559><c> that</c><00:27:54.799><c> cricket</c><00:27:55.039><c> bat</c><00:27:55.339><c> if</c><00:27:55.619><c> it</c><00:27:55.839><c> came</c><00:27:56.039><c> to</c><00:27:56.259><c> them.</c> 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.279 I'll<00:27:57.859><c> tell</c><00:27:57.900><c> you</c><00:27:58.079><c> a</c><00:27:58.160><c> story.</c> 00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:00.920 This<00:27:58.640><c> happened</c><00:27:58.960><c> in</c><00:27:59.099><c> England,</c><00:27:59.579><c> too,</c><00:27:59.680><c> many,</c><00:28:00.240><c> many,</c><00:28:00.480><c> many</c><00:28:00.680><c> years</c> 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.960 ago,<00:28:01.619><c> and</c><00:28:01.759><c> I</c><00:28:01.980><c> heard</c><00:28:02.119><c> it</c><00:28:02.299><c> from</c><00:28:02.460><c> Peggy's</c> 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:05.079 father,<00:28:03.480><c> who</c><00:28:03.920><c> lived</c><00:28:04.160><c> to</c><00:28:04.319><c> be</c><00:28:04.480><c> 102.</c> 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:08.099 He<00:28:05.460><c> knew</c><00:28:05.660><c> Robert</c><00:28:05.980><c> Roberts</c><00:28:06.299><c> personally,</c><00:28:07.400><c> and</c><00:28:07.480><c> he</c><00:28:07.680><c> told</c><00:28:07.859><c> this</c> 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:10.000 story<00:28:08.240><c> because</c><00:28:08.420><c> he</c><00:28:08.619><c> knew</c><00:28:08.779><c> the</c><00:28:09.039><c> sister.</c> 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:14.160 And<00:28:10.380><c> back</c><00:28:10.579><c> in</c><00:28:10.720><c> those</c><00:28:10.900><c> days,</c><00:28:11.680><c> very</c><00:28:11.880><c> rich</c><00:28:12.140><c> people</c><00:28:12.440><c> used</c><00:28:12.680><c> to</c><00:28:14.160><c> hire</c> 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:18.420 practical<00:28:16.880><c> nurses</c><00:28:17.400><c> to</c><00:28:17.900><c> sit</c><00:28:18.099><c> with</c><00:28:18.279><c> them</c> 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:21.740 when<00:28:18.559><c> they</c><00:28:18.920><c> were</c><00:28:19.059><c> ill,</c><00:28:19.640><c> and</c><00:28:19.859><c> she</c><00:28:20.019><c> was</c><00:28:20.180><c> a</c><00:28:20.279><c> practical</c><00:28:20.660><c> nurse,</c><00:28:20.920><c> and</c><00:28:21.079><c> she</c><00:28:21.160><c> was</c><00:28:21.400><c> sitting</c><00:28:21.599><c> in</c> 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.980 this<00:28:22.119><c> big</c><00:28:22.460><c> mansion</c> 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:26.059 with<00:28:23.519><c> this</c><00:28:23.740><c> elderly</c><00:28:24.140><c> lady</c><00:28:24.720><c> who</c><00:28:25.200><c> was</c><00:28:25.440><c> quite</c><00:28:25.680><c> ill.</c> 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:29.380 And<00:28:26.400><c> she's</c><00:28:26.720><c> sitting</c><00:28:26.980><c> there</c><00:28:27.279><c> in</c><00:28:27.839><c> the</c><00:28:28.059><c> bedroom</c><00:28:28.420><c> at</c><00:28:28.779><c> night,</c><00:28:29.359><c> and</c> 00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.779 it<00:28:29.380><c> was</c><00:28:29.579><c> a</c><00:28:29.700><c> hot</c><00:28:29.839><c> night</c><00:28:30.160><c> long</c><00:28:30.500><c> before</c> 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:33.940 air<00:28:31.019><c> conditioning,</c><00:28:31.480><c> so</c><00:28:31.700><c> the</c><00:28:32.039><c> window</c><00:28:32.339><c> was</c><00:28:32.559><c> open,</c><00:28:33.160><c> and</c><00:28:33.299><c> the</c><00:28:33.440><c> breeze</c><00:28:33.680><c> was</c> 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.660 coming<00:28:34.099><c> in</c><00:28:34.319><c> and</c><00:28:34.420><c> out,</c><00:28:34.559><c> and</c> 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:36.000 the<00:28:34.759><c> curtains</c><00:28:34.940><c> were</c><00:28:35.180><c> blowing</c><00:28:35.380><c> in</c><00:28:35.539><c> the</c><00:28:35.680><c> breeze.</c> 00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:39.359 And<00:28:36.420><c> the</c><00:28:36.500><c> lady</c><00:28:36.740><c> is</c><00:28:37.220><c> asleep</c><00:28:37.420><c> in</c><00:28:37.660><c> bed,</c><00:28:38.240><c> and</c><00:28:38.400><c> all</c><00:28:38.559><c> of</c><00:28:38.680><c> a</c><00:28:38.680><c> sudden,</c><00:28:38.839><c> she</c><00:28:38.960><c> hears</c><00:28:39.119><c> a</c> 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.420 ladder<00:28:39.559><c> go</c><00:28:39.759><c> up</c><00:28:39.960><c> against</c> 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:43.880 the<00:28:40.680><c> door,</c><00:28:41.059><c> the</c><00:28:41.240><c> window,</c><00:28:42.259><c> and</c><00:28:42.500><c> she</c><00:28:42.700><c> sees</c><00:28:42.900><c> the</c><00:28:43.039><c> top</c><00:28:43.240><c> of</c><00:28:43.420><c> the</c><00:28:43.539><c> ladder</c><00:28:43.680><c> on</c> 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:45.200 both<00:28:44.079><c> sides.</c> 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.880 And<00:28:45.779><c> so</c><00:28:45.900><c> she</c><00:28:46.079><c> just</c><00:28:46.299><c> sits</c><00:28:46.400><c> there</c><00:28:46.619><c> and</c><00:28:46.720><c> waits,</c><00:28:47.460><c> and</c><00:28:47.619><c> then</c><00:28:47.740><c> she</c><00:28:47.819><c> hears</c><00:28:48.019><c> footsteps</c><00:28:48.480><c> coming</c><00:28:48.720><c> up</c> 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.880 the<00:28:49.079><c> ladder.</c> 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:54.799 And<00:28:50.019><c> of</c><00:28:50.099><c> course,</c><00:28:50.220><c> the</c><00:28:50.319><c> room</c><00:28:50.460><c> is</c><00:28:50.680><c> dark,</c><00:28:51.140><c> so</c><00:28:51.200><c> the</c><00:28:52.680><c> thief</c><00:28:52.980><c> does</c><00:28:53.220><c> not</c><00:28:53.380><c> see</c><00:28:53.579><c> her,</c><00:28:54.140><c> and</c><00:28:54.460><c> he</c> 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.759 gets<00:28:55.000><c> up</c><00:28:55.220><c> to</c><00:28:55.359><c> the</c><00:28:55.500><c> window,</c> 00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:59.119 and<00:28:55.980><c> she</c><00:28:56.079><c> can</c><00:28:56.299><c> see</c><00:28:56.500><c> him</c><00:28:56.700><c> because</c><00:28:57.039><c> the</c><00:28:57.660><c> moonlight's</c><00:28:58.039><c> behind</c><00:28:58.259><c> him,</c><00:28:58.400><c> but</c><00:28:58.559><c> she's</c><00:28:58.940><c> in</c> 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.059 the<00:28:59.279><c> dark,</c><00:28:59.759><c> and</c><00:28:59.920><c> he</c> 00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:01.680 climbs<00:29:00.380><c> through</c><00:29:00.660><c> the</c><00:29:00.819><c> window.</c> 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:06.460 Now,<00:29:03.299><c> if</c><00:29:03.480><c> you</c><00:29:03.619><c> had</c><00:29:03.759><c> your</c><00:29:03.960><c> cricket</c><00:29:04.200><c> bat,</c><00:29:05.140><c> you</c><00:29:05.339><c> could</c><00:29:05.500><c> have</c><00:29:05.599><c> been</c><00:29:05.720><c> waiting.</c> 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:12.579 And<00:29:09.880><c> she</c><00:29:10.099><c> just</c><00:29:10.400><c> sat</c><00:29:10.559><c> there,</c><00:29:11.619><c> and</c><00:29:11.779><c> she</c><00:29:11.980><c> waited</c><00:29:12.140><c> until</c><00:29:12.279><c> he</c><00:29:12.359><c> was</c> 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.960 completely<00:29:13.680><c> in</c><00:29:13.799><c> the</c><00:29:13.900><c> room.</c> 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.640 He<00:29:14.140><c> still</c><00:29:14.319><c> hadn't</c><00:29:14.480><c> seen</c><00:29:14.660><c> her,</c><00:29:14.779><c> and</c><00:29:14.920><c> she</c><00:29:15.079><c> said,</c><00:29:15.279><c> young</c><00:29:15.460><c> man,</c> 00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.299 sit<00:29:15.819><c> down.</c> 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.839 And<00:29:17.079><c> he</c><00:29:17.339><c> started</c><00:29:17.500><c> to</c><00:29:17.619><c> go</c><00:29:17.700><c> for</c><00:29:17.799><c> it.</c> 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:20.559 She<00:29:18.000><c> says,</c><00:29:18.240><c> I</c><00:29:18.539><c> said,</c><00:29:19.160><c> sit</c><00:29:19.359><c> down.</c> 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:23.380 And<00:29:22.099><c> he</c><00:29:22.299><c> did.</c> 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:27.019 And<00:29:25.380><c> she</c><00:29:25.619><c> taught</c><00:29:25.819><c> him</c><00:29:25.980><c> the</c><00:29:26.160><c> truth.</c> 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:31.000 He<00:29:29.079><c> wasn't</c><00:29:29.359><c> baptized</c><00:29:29.819><c> that</c><00:29:30.119><c> night.</c> 00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:37.759 But<00:29:32.380><c> that</c><00:29:32.920><c> burglar</c><00:29:33.640><c> was</c><00:29:34.960><c> taught</c><00:29:35.220><c> the</c><00:29:35.500><c> truth</c><00:29:36.079><c> by</c><00:29:37.119><c> the</c><00:29:37.359><c> one</c><00:29:37.519><c> who</c> 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:40.599 came<00:29:38.839><c> to</c><00:29:39.519><c> harm.</c> 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:49.380 You<00:29:41.539><c> see,</c><00:29:42.400><c> if</c><00:29:42.740><c> God</c><00:29:43.019><c> is</c><00:29:43.400><c> for</c><00:29:43.680><c> us,</c><00:29:46.680><c> be</c><00:29:47.940><c> against</c><00:29:48.319><c> us.</c> 00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:52.619 And<00:29:49.920><c> so</c><00:29:50.039><c> our</c><00:29:50.359><c> warfare</c><00:29:50.720><c> is</c><00:29:50.960><c> not</c><00:29:51.259><c> carnal,</c><00:29:51.700><c> but</c><00:29:52.000><c> mighty.</c> 00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:57.759 Through<00:29:53.740><c> the</c><00:29:53.839><c> pulling</c><00:29:54.019><c> down</c><00:29:54.299><c> of</c><00:29:54.579><c> strongholds,</c><00:29:57.259><c> we</c><00:29:57.299><c> destroy</c> 00:29:57.759 --> 00:30:00.319 arguments<00:29:58.339><c> and</c><00:29:58.579><c> every</c><00:29:58.920><c> proud</c><00:29:59.119><c> obstacle</c> 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:03.880 to<00:30:01.240><c> the</c><00:30:01.380><c> knowledge</c><00:30:01.700><c> of</c><00:30:01.920><c> God</c><00:30:02.180><c> and</c><00:30:02.400><c> take</c><00:30:02.599><c> every</c><00:30:02.900><c> thought</c><00:30:03.160><c> captive</c><00:30:03.640><c> to</c> 00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:05.519 Jesus<00:30:04.240><c> Christ.</c> 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:13.940 We<00:30:07.940><c> really</c><00:30:08.519><c> have</c><00:30:08.900><c> to</c><00:30:09.519><c> live</c><00:30:10.099><c> what</c><00:30:10.900><c> we</c><00:30:11.299><c> believe</c><00:30:11.720><c> and</c><00:30:12.900><c> believe</c><00:30:13.240><c> that</c><00:30:13.460><c> God</c><00:30:13.680><c> is</c> 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:15.440 bigger<00:30:14.279><c> than</c><00:30:14.680><c> any</c><00:30:15.019><c> problem</c> 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:16.980 you'll<00:30:15.720><c> ever</c><00:30:15.960><c> face.</c> 00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:23.059 Some<00:30:17.680><c> people</c><00:30:17.960><c> believe</c><00:30:18.319><c> in</c><00:30:19.339><c> big</c><00:30:20.680><c> giants</c><00:30:21.220><c> and</c><00:30:21.640><c> a</c><00:30:21.720><c> little</c><00:30:21.880><c> God,</c> 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:25.619 certain<00:30:23.900><c> King</c><00:30:24.380><c> Saul</c><00:30:24.759><c> did.</c> 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:30.440 And<00:30:26.119><c> the</c><00:30:26.200><c> whole</c><00:30:26.380><c> army</c><00:30:26.660><c> believed</c><00:30:26.960><c> in</c><00:30:27.180><c> a</c><00:30:27.460><c> big</c><00:30:27.680><c> giant</c><00:30:28.220><c> and</c><00:30:29.220><c> a</c><00:30:29.279><c> little</c><00:30:29.480><c> God.</c> 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:34.460 And<00:30:30.799><c> David</c><00:30:30.960><c> believed</c><00:30:31.240><c> in</c><00:30:31.400><c> a</c><00:30:31.539><c> big</c><00:30:31.700><c> God</c><00:30:32.299><c> and</c><00:30:33.259><c> a</c><00:30:33.420><c> little</c><00:30:33.579><c> giant.</c> 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:38.000 How<00:30:34.779><c> big</c><00:30:34.960><c> are</c><00:30:35.119><c> your</c><00:30:36.019><c> giants</c><00:30:36.460><c> in</c><00:30:37.519><c> your</c><00:30:37.759><c> life?</c> 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.700 How<00:30:38.299><c> big</c><00:30:38.500><c> is</c><00:30:38.680><c> your</c><00:30:38.880><c> God?</c> 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:43.140 Your<00:30:40.279><c> God</c><00:30:40.460><c> is</c><00:30:40.640><c> bigger</c><00:30:40.819><c> than</c><00:30:41.039><c> anything</c><00:30:41.400><c> you'll</c><00:30:41.680><c> ever</c><00:30:41.960><c> face.</c> 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:45.380 1<00:30:43.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:44.119><c> 6</c><00:30:44.519><c> and</c><00:30:44.680><c> 11.</c> 00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.259 Such<00:30:48.220><c> were</c><00:30:48.420><c> some</c><00:30:48.640><c> of</c><00:30:48.799><c> you.</c> 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:51.859 I<00:30:49.700><c> mean,</c><00:30:49.980><c> he</c><00:30:50.099><c> was</c><00:30:50.259><c> talking</c><00:30:50.460><c> to</c><00:30:50.579><c> people</c><00:30:50.900><c> who</c><00:30:51.079><c> had</c><00:30:51.380><c> done</c><00:30:51.559><c> some</c> 00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:53.700 very<00:30:52.259><c> bad</c><00:30:52.539><c> things.</c> 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:57.119 But<00:30:54.400><c> it's</c><00:30:54.599><c> OK,</c><00:30:55.599><c> so</c><00:30:55.759><c> long</c><00:30:55.940><c> as</c><00:30:56.059><c> you</c><00:30:56.160><c> don't</c><00:30:56.279><c> keep</c><00:30:56.460><c> on</c><00:30:56.700><c> doing</c><00:30:56.839><c> them.</c> 00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:59.240 Every<00:30:57.599><c> sin</c><00:30:57.779><c> is</c><00:30:57.980><c> against</c><00:30:58.359><c> God,</c><00:30:58.740><c> really.</c> 00:30:59.640 --> 00:31:01.579 And<00:30:59.779><c> they</c><00:30:59.900><c> had</c><00:31:00.059><c> done</c><00:31:00.180><c> some</c><00:31:00.359><c> terrible</c><00:31:00.700><c> sins</c><00:31:00.940><c> against</c><00:31:01.240><c> God.</c> 00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.539 And<00:31:01.799><c> 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stop</c><00:31:29.579><c> comparing</c><00:31:30.140><c> ourselves</c><00:31:30.799><c> to</c><00:31:31.980><c> worldly</c><00:31:32.220><c> things.</c> 00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:35.380 Everything<00:31:33.059><c> in</c><00:31:33.259><c> the</c><00:31:33.400><c> world,</c><00:31:33.599><c> they</c><00:31:33.799><c> say,</c><00:31:33.960><c> is</c><00:31:34.059><c> by</c><00:31:34.299><c> comparison.</c> 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:37.880 And<00:31:36.420><c> the</c><00:31:36.559><c> Bible</c><00:31:36.759><c> says,</c><00:31:37.160><c> don't</c><00:31:37.240><c> do</c><00:31:37.460><c> that.</c> 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:41.319 2<00:31:38.680><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:39.160><c> chapter</c><00:31:39.599><c> 10,</c><00:31:40.400><c> verse</c><00:31:40.519><c> 12.</c> 00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:45.160 Paul<00:31:41.680><c> says,</c><00:31:42.359><c> for</c><00:31:42.359><c> we</c><00:31:42.740><c> dare</c><00:31:42.880><c> not</c><00:31:43.119><c> class</c><00:31:43.420><c> ourselves</c><00:31:44.099><c> or</c><00:31:44.819><c> compare</c> 00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:48.039 ourselves<00:31:45.779><c> with</c><00:31:46.019><c> those</c><00:31:46.299><c> who</c><00:31:46.579><c> commend</c><00:31:46.799><c> themselves.</c> 00:31:48.180 --> 00:31:53.180 But<00:31:48.299><c> they</c><00:31:48.599><c> measuring</c><00:31:49.019><c> themselves</c><00:31:49.759><c> by</c><00:31:50.240><c> themselves</c><00:31:50.900><c> and</c><00:31:51.259><c> comparing</c><00:31:51.579><c> themselves</c><00:31:52.539><c> among</c> 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:56.799 themselves<00:31:53.960><c> are</c><00:31:55.180><c> not</c><00:31:55.680><c> wise.</c> 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.460 Philip<00:31:57.680><c> says</c><00:31:57.839><c> it</c><00:31:58.019><c> like</c><00:31:58.259><c> this.</c> 00:31:58.480 --> 00:32:01.059 Of<00:31:58.640><c> course,</c><00:31:58.960><c> we</c><00:31:58.980><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:59.279><c> dare</c><00:31:59.720><c> include</c><00:32:00.240><c> ourselves</c><00:32:00.700><c> in</c><00:32:00.900><c> the</c> 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:02.720 same<00:32:01.299><c> class</c><00:32:01.579><c> as</c><00:32:01.779><c> those</c><00:32:01.980><c> who</c><00:32:02.200><c> write</c><00:32:02.339><c> their</c><00:32:02.460><c> own</c> 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:06.220 testimonials<00:32:03.480><c> or</c><00:32:04.059><c> even</c><00:32:04.359><c> to</c><00:32:04.720><c> compare</c><00:32:04.900><c> ourselves</c><00:32:05.500><c> with</c><00:32:05.779><c> them.</c> 00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:09.180 All<00:32:06.839><c> they</c><00:32:07.039><c> are</c><00:32:07.200><c> doing,</c><00:32:07.460><c> of</c><00:32:07.619><c> course,</c><00:32:07.819><c> is</c><00:32:07.920><c> to</c><00:32:08.099><c> measure</c><00:32:08.299><c> themselves</c><00:32:08.720><c> by</c><00:32:08.940><c> their</c> 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.880 own<00:32:09.440><c> standards</c> 00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:12.599 or<00:32:10.359><c> by</c><00:32:10.680><c> 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don't</c><00:33:16.039><c> do</c><00:33:16.680><c> what</c><00:33:16.880><c> I</c><00:33:17.000><c> ought</c><00:33:17.099><c> to</c><00:33:17.180><c> do.</c> 00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:19.920 But<00:33:17.480><c> compared</c><00:33:17.799><c> to</c><00:33:18.059><c> him,</c><00:33:18.200><c> I'm</c><00:33:18.460><c> not</c><00:33:18.680><c> so</c><00:33:18.940><c> bad.</c> 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:27.799 And<00:33:21.500><c> we</c><00:33:21.740><c> get</c><00:33:21.920><c> a</c><00:33:22.140><c> feeling</c><00:33:22.500><c> of</c><00:33:24.279><c> superiority</c><00:33:24.980><c> by</c><00:33:25.720><c> comparing</c><00:33:26.059><c> ourselves</c><00:33:26.500><c> to</c><00:33:26.720><c> someone</c> 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.599 who<00:33:28.259><c> we</c><00:33:28.500><c> think</c><00:33:28.640><c> is</c><00:33:28.960><c> beneath</c><00:33:29.259><c> us.</c> 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:33.240 Then<00:33:30.279><c> we</c><00:33:30.380><c> look</c><00:33:30.579><c> at</c><00:33:30.680><c> somebody</c><00:33:31.000><c> else</c><00:33:31.240><c> and</c><00:33:31.319><c> go,</c><00:33:32.119><c> oh,</c><00:33:32.519><c> I</c><00:33:32.779><c> can't</c><00:33:33.079><c> do</c> 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.920 what<00:33:33.420><c> she</c><00:33:33.680><c> does.</c> 00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:36.180 I<00:33:34.759><c> can't</c><00:33:35.019><c> even,</c><00:33:35.220><c> I</c><00:33:35.460><c> shouldn't</c><00:33:35.619><c> even</c><00:33:35.920><c> try.</c> 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.519 I<00:33:36.619><c> just</c><00:33:36.880><c> can't</c><00:33:37.059><c> be</c><00:33:37.279><c> her.</c> 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:39.680 You<00:33:37.859><c> know</c><00:33:38.079><c> you</c><00:33:38.259><c> can't</c><00:33:38.519><c> be</c><00:33:38.740><c> her.</c> 00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.720 Don't<00:33:40.019><c> try</c><00:33:40.299><c> to</c><00:33:40.420><c> be</c><00:33:40.559><c> her.</c> 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:43.960 Just<00:33:40.960><c> be</c><00:33:41.140><c> the</c><00:33:41.359><c> 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ourselves</c><00:33:56.180><c> to</c><00:33:56.740><c> anyone</c> 00:33:57.039 --> 00:34:00.380 other<00:33:57.460><c> than</c><00:33:58.059><c> the</c><00:33:58.339><c> Lord</c><00:33:58.700><c> Jesus</c><00:33:59.279><c> Christ.</c> 00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:05.079 We<00:34:01.440><c> need</c><00:34:01.799><c> to</c><00:34:02.000><c> realize</c><00:34:02.420><c> that</c><00:34:02.660><c> each</c><00:34:02.900><c> of</c><00:34:03.059><c> us</c><00:34:03.319><c> have</c><00:34:03.539><c> a</c><00:34:03.700><c> work</c><00:34:03.839><c> to</c><00:34:04.119><c> do.</c> 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:08.319 You<00:34:05.599><c> all</c><00:34:06.079><c> have</c><00:34:07.200><c> a</c><00:34:07.460><c> talent.</c> 00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:10.599 I've<00:34:09.179><c> heard</c><00:34:09.260><c> people</c><00:34:09.460><c> say,</c><00:34:09.719><c> well,</c><00:34:09.880><c> you</c><00:34:10.000><c> know,</c><00:34:10.119><c> I</c><00:34:10.179><c> don't</c><00:34:10.400><c> have</c> 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.639 any<00:34:10.860><c> talent.</c> 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:14.360 Well,<00:34:12.199><c> God</c><00:34:12.380><c> sure</c><00:34:12.659><c> made</c><00:34:12.860><c> a</c><00:34:12.980><c> mistake,</c><00:34:13.539><c> didn't</c><00:34:13.659><c> he?</c> 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.820 He<00:34:14.679><c> called</c><00:34:14.900><c> a</c><00:34:15.079><c> no</c><00:34:15.340><c> talent</c><00:34:15.599><c> Christ</c><00:34:15.840><c> of</c><00:34:15.980><c> Delphi.</c> 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:21.679 There's<00:34:18.679><c> no</c><00:34:18.920><c> such</c><00:34:19.139><c> thing</c><00:34:19.480><c> as</c><00:34:19.699><c> a</c><00:34:19.840><c> no</c><00:34:20.139><c> talent</c><00:34:20.440><c> Christ</c><00:34:20.739><c> of</c><00:34:20.860><c> Delphi.</c> 00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:24.599 You<00:34:22.559><c> all</c><00:34:23.079><c> have</c><00:34:23.539><c> talent.</c> 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.860 And<00:34:25.519><c> what</c><00:34:25.739><c> are</c><00:34:25.820><c> you</c><00:34:25.980><c> doing</c><00:34:26.199><c> with</c><00:34:26.480><c> it?</c> 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:28.460 That's<00:34:27.519><c> the</c><00:34:27.599><c> question.</c> 00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:31.579 And<00:34:29.099><c> are</c><00:34:29.260><c> you</c><00:34:29.440><c> refusing</c><00:34:29.860><c> to</c><00:34:30.179><c> do</c><00:34:30.420><c> what</c><00:34:30.679><c> you</c><00:34:30.900><c> could</c><00:34:31.139><c> do</c> 00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:35.719 because<00:34:32.079><c> somebody</c><00:34:32.559><c> else</c><00:34:33.400><c> could</c><00:34:33.699><c> do</c><00:34:33.860><c> it</c><00:34:34.019><c> better</c><00:34:34.239><c> than</c><00:34:34.460><c> you</c><00:34:34.659><c> can</c><00:34:34.920><c> do?</c> 00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:39.760 I<00:34:36.219><c> don't</c><00:34:36.440><c> care</c><00:34:36.599><c> what</c><00:34:36.900><c> it</c><00:34:37.239><c> is</c><00:34:37.639><c> that</c><00:34:37.920><c> you're</c><00:34:38.179><c> asked</c><00:34:38.500><c> to</c><00:34:38.780><c> do.</c> 00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:43.059 There's<00:34:40.539><c> somebody</c><00:34:40.940><c> that</c><00:34:41.699><c> can</c><00:34:41.820><c> do</c><00:34:41.980><c> it</c><00:34:42.179><c> better.</c> 00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:47.019 And<00:34:43.960><c> so</c><00:34:44.099><c> therefore</c><00:34:44.340><c> you</c><00:34:44.500><c> say,</c><00:34:44.659><c> well,</c><00:34:44.880><c> no,</c><00:34:45.139><c> no,</c><00:34:45.420><c> would</c><00:34:46.480><c> you</c><00:34:46.699><c> give</c><00:34:46.820><c> the</c> 00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.380 closing<00:34:47.219><c> prayer?</c> 00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.780 No,<00:34:47.639><c> no,</c><00:34:47.800><c> get</c><00:34:47.940><c> somebody</c><00:34:48.360><c> else.</c> 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.199 I<00:34:49.260><c> would</c><00:34:49.420><c> like</c><00:34:49.539><c> you</c><00:34:49.659><c> to</c><00:34:49.820><c> read</c><00:34:49.940><c> this</c><00:34:50.119><c> morning.</c> 00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:51.019 Oh,<00:34:50.519><c> no,</c><00:34:50.840><c> no.</c> 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.039 Would<00:34:51.739><c> you</c><00:34:51.920><c> play</c><00:34:52.079><c> the</c><00:34:52.260><c> piano</c><00:34:52.500><c> for</c><00:34:52.760><c> us,</c><00:34:52.980><c> sister?</c> 00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:54.260 Oh,<00:34:53.360><c> no,</c><00:34:53.699><c> get</c><00:34:53.800><c> somebody</c><00:34:54.059><c> else.</c> 00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.579 There's<00:34:54.579><c> nobody</c><00:34:54.719><c> else</c><00:34:54.920><c> plays</c><00:34:55.119><c> better</c><00:34:55.380><c> than</c><00:34:55.500><c> me.</c> 00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:57.500 I<00:34:55.739><c> didn't</c><00:34:55.900><c> ask</c><00:34:56.059><c> somebody</c><00:34:56.460><c> else.</c> 00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:00.250 I<00:34:59.260><c> ask</c><00:34:59.519><c> you.</c> 00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:03.559 And<00:35:01.260><c> if</c><00:35:01.480><c> you</c><00:35:01.639><c> can</c><00:35:01.820><c> play</c><00:35:01.920><c> it,</c><00:35:02.380><c> nobody</c><00:35:02.679><c> ever</c><00:35:02.960><c> asked</c><00:35:03.139><c> me</c><00:35:03.320><c> to</c><00:35:03.440><c> play</c> 00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.539 the<00:35:03.719><c> piano.</c> 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:07.679 But<00:35:06.219><c> I</c><00:35:06.380><c> know</c><00:35:06.619><c> why.</c> 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:15.300 But<00:35:09.880><c> if</c><00:35:10.139><c> I'm</c><00:35:10.360><c> asked</c><00:35:10.619><c> to</c><00:35:10.860><c> do</c><00:35:11.079><c> something,</c><00:35:13.000><c> it's</c><00:35:13.260><c> my</c><00:35:13.519><c> duty</c><00:35:14.079><c> to</c><00:35:15.059><c> do</c> 00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:17.519 it<00:35:15.960><c> with</c><00:35:16.179><c> all</c><00:35:16.440><c> my</c><00:35:16.699><c> might.</c> 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:21.000 And<00:35:18.820><c> so</c><00:35:19.159><c> I</c><00:35:19.280><c> hope</c><00:35:19.460><c> you</c><00:35:19.599><c> can</c><00:35:19.800><c> remember,</c><00:35:20.280><c> and</c><00:35:20.500><c> you've</c><00:35:20.719><c> heard</c><00:35:20.800><c> this</c> 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.900 before,<00:35:21.559><c> I</c><00:35:21.559><c> know,</c> 00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.679 but<00:35:22.159><c> I</c><00:35:22.280><c> want</c><00:35:22.400><c> to</c><00:35:22.500><c> hear</c><00:35:22.579><c> it</c><00:35:22.760><c> again.</c> 00:35:23.889 --> 00:35:26.570 The<00:35:24.199><c> D</c><00:35:24.880><c> and</c><00:35:25.400><c> four</c><00:35:25.760><c> B's.</c> 00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:31.840 Doing<00:35:28.079><c> your</c><00:35:28.480><c> best</c><00:35:29.039><c> is</c><00:35:30.300><c> better</c><00:35:30.659><c> than</c><00:35:30.900><c> being</c><00:35:31.280><c> the</c><00:35:31.559><c> best.</c> 00:35:32.179 --> 00:35:34.480 And<00:35:32.219><c> Betty</c><00:35:32.360><c> Lewis</c><00:35:32.639><c> reciting</c><00:35:33.139><c> it,</c><00:35:33.360><c> as</c><00:35:33.500><c> I</c><00:35:33.780><c> say.</c> 00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:37.239 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the</c><00:35:54.849><c> best.</c> 00:35:56.469 --> 00:36:00.070 And<00:35:56.650><c> so</c><00:35:56.789><c> please</c><00:35:56.969><c> don't</c><00:35:57.150><c> turn</c><00:35:57.449><c> God</c><00:35:57.650><c> down</c><00:35:58.050><c> when</c><00:35:58.289><c> you</c><00:35:58.489><c> have</c><00:35:58.630><c> an</c><00:35:58.769><c> opportunity</c><00:35:59.369><c> to</c><00:35:59.730><c> serve,</c> 00:36:00.449 --> 00:36:01.809 however<00:36:00.630><c> it</c><00:36:00.750><c> might</c><00:36:01.050><c> be.</c> 00:36:01.889 --> 00:36:03.750 Don't<00:36:02.070><c> be</c><00:36:02.289><c> too</c><00:36:02.550><c> proud</c><00:36:02.730><c> to</c><00:36:02.889><c> do</c><00:36:03.090><c> menial</c><00:36:03.389><c> things,</c> 00:36:03.909 --> 00:36:07.769 and<00:36:04.070><c> don't</c><00:36:04.289><c> refuse</c><00:36:04.710><c> to</c><00:36:04.929><c> do</c><00:36:05.389><c> something</c><00:36:05.710><c> which</c><00:36:05.969><c> you</c><00:36:06.150><c> have</c><00:36:06.309><c> to</c><00:36:06.570><c> stretch</c><00:36:06.809><c> to</c><00:36:07.050><c> do.</c> 00:36:07.929 --> 00:36:10.849 I<00:36:08.110><c> think</c><00:36:08.389><c> we</c><00:36:08.869><c> learn</c><00:36:09.090><c> most</c><00:36:09.409><c> when</c><00:36:09.590><c> we're</c><00:36:10.010><c> stretched.</c> 00:36:11.070 --> 00:36:13.510 We<00:36:11.269><c> oftentimes</c><00:36:11.710><c> do</c><00:36:11.929><c> more</c><00:36:12.170><c> than</c><00:36:12.269><c> we</c><00:36:12.489><c> thought</c><00:36:12.630><c> we</c><00:36:12.829><c> could</c><00:36:13.050><c> do.</c> 00:36:13.909 --> 00:36:17.230 Certainly<00:36:14.210><c> there</c><00:36:14.349><c> are</c><00:36:14.469><c> examples</c><00:36:14.929><c> of</c><00:36:15.190><c> people</c><00:36:15.530><c> using</c><00:36:15.989><c> extreme</c><00:36:16.789><c> strength</c> 00:36:17.230 --> 00:36:20.929 to<00:36:17.349><c> pick</c><00:36:17.489><c> a</c><00:36:17.710><c> car</c><00:36:17.889><c> off</c><00:36:18.170><c> of</c><00:36:18.929><c> an</c><00:36:19.150><c> overturned</c><00:36:19.710><c> child</c><00:36:19.989><c> or</c><00:36:20.150><c> something.</c> 00:36:20.969 --> 00:36:23.309 But<00:36:21.130><c> if</c><00:36:21.250><c> you</c><00:36:21.329><c> thought</c><00:36:21.530><c> about</c><00:36:21.789><c> it,</c><00:36:21.949><c> oh,</c><00:36:22.130><c> I</c><00:36:22.210><c> could</c><00:36:22.409><c> never</c><00:36:22.610><c> do</c><00:36:22.849><c> that,</c> 00:36:23.630 --> 00:36:25.050 well,<00:36:23.829><c> of</c><00:36:23.949><c> course</c><00:36:24.090><c> you</c><00:36:24.210><c> can.</c> 00:36:25.130 --> 00:36:28.329 Henry<00:36:25.530><c> Ford</c><00:36:25.750><c> says,</c><00:36:26.030><c> if</c><00:36:26.070><c> you</c><00:36:26.309><c> think</c><00:36:26.469><c> you</c><00:36:26.710><c> can</c><00:36:27.110><c> or</c><00:36:27.829><c> think</c><00:36:28.090><c> you</c> 00:36:28.329 --> 00:36:30.150 can't,<00:36:28.869><c> you're</c><00:36:29.230><c> right.</c> 00:36:30.929 --> 00:36:34.130 And<00:36:31.150><c> so</c><00:36:31.389><c> we</c><00:36:31.889><c> defeat</c><00:36:32.250><c> ourselves</c><00:36:32.829><c> by</c><00:36:33.110><c> thinking</c><00:36:33.369><c> that</c><00:36:33.610><c> we</c><00:36:33.789><c> can't</c> 00:36:34.130 --> 00:36:35.809 do<00:36:34.349><c> what</c><00:36:34.630><c> God</c><00:36:34.969><c> asks</c><00:36:35.309><c> us</c><00:36:35.550><c> to</c><00:36:35.690><c> do.</c> 00:36:35.949 --> 00:36:39.230 You<00:36:36.050><c> see,</c><00:36:36.210><c> God</c><00:36:36.449><c> didn't</c><00:36:36.710><c> make</c><00:36:36.949><c> a</c><00:36:37.090><c> mistake</c><00:36:37.550><c> when</c><00:36:37.849><c> he</c><00:36:37.989><c> made</c><00:36:38.250><c> you.</c> 00:36:39.969 --> 00:36:43.170 You<00:36:40.449><c> are</c><00:36:40.929><c> a</c><00:36:40.929><c> chosen</c><00:36:41.869><c> vessel.</c> 00:36:43.690 --> 00:36:47.929 Now,<00:36:44.190><c> you</c><00:36:44.210><c> have</c><00:36:44.510><c> to</c><00:36:45.269><c> believe</c><00:36:45.590><c> it,</c><00:36:46.429><c> not</c><00:36:46.710><c> to</c><00:36:46.909><c> be</c><00:36:47.130><c> puffed</c><00:36:47.309><c> up</c><00:36:47.510><c> about</c><00:36:47.750><c> it,</c> 00:36:47.929 --> 00:36:49.530 and<00:36:48.050><c> not</c><00:36:48.210><c> to</c><00:36:48.409><c> compare</c><00:36:48.570><c> yourself</c><00:36:48.969><c> to</c><00:36:49.110><c> someone</c><00:36:49.269><c> else,</c> 00:36:49.710 --> 00:36:55.210 but<00:36:49.869><c> to</c><00:36:50.050><c> simply</c><00:36:50.590><c> say,</c><00:36:51.329><c> as</c><00:36:51.449><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:51.710><c> said,</c><00:36:52.050><c> here</c><00:36:52.170><c> am</c><00:36:52.389><c> I,</c><00:36:53.849><c> send</c><00:36:54.110><c> me.</c> 00:36:56.969 --> 00:36:59.550 So<00:36:57.329><c> many</c><00:36:57.570><c> examples</c><00:36:58.070><c> of</c><00:36:58.590><c> prophets</c><00:36:58.929><c> in</c><00:36:59.150><c> the</c><00:36:59.269><c> Old</c><00:36:59.429><c> Testament.</c> 00:36:59.730 --> 00:37:00.769 Moses<00:36:59.929><c> didn't</c><00:37:00.230><c> want</c><00:37:00.429><c> to</c><00:37:00.610><c> go.</c> 00:37:00.829 --> 00:37:02.349 He<00:37:00.989><c> said,</c><00:37:01.130><c> oh,</c><00:37:01.389><c> I</c><00:37:01.469><c> can't</c><00:37:01.769><c> talk</c><00:37:02.090><c> good.</c> 00:37:02.449 --> 00:37:05.449 You<00:37:02.449><c> know,</c><00:37:02.789><c> I</c><00:37:02.989><c> have</c><00:37:03.030><c> a,</c><00:37:03.550><c> I</c><00:37:03.690><c> don't,</c><00:37:04.030><c> I</c><00:37:04.349><c> can't</c><00:37:04.650><c> do</c><00:37:04.889><c> this,</c><00:37:05.369><c> God.</c> 00:37:05.550 --> 00:37:06.510 Who<00:37:05.769><c> made</c><00:37:05.929><c> your</c><00:37:06.190><c> mouth?</c> 00:37:06.670 --> 00:37:07.530 Go. 00:37:08.650 --> 00:37:10.449 Jeremiah<00:37:09.050><c> says,</c><00:37:09.389><c> oh,</c><00:37:09.630><c> I'm</c><00:37:09.789><c> but</c><00:37:09.869><c> a</c><00:37:10.010><c> little</c><00:37:10.190><c> child.</c> 00:37:10.590 --> 00:37:10.889 I<00:37:10.590><c> can't</c><00:37:10.829><c> do</c><00:37:10.889><c> it.</c> 00:37:10.889 --> 00:37:11.969 Don't<00:37:11.170><c> say</c><00:37:11.309><c> you're</c><00:37:11.489><c> a</c><00:37:11.530><c> little</c><00:37:11.710><c> child.</c> 00:37:11.969 --> 00:37:12.969 Go. 00:37:14.550 --> 00:37:21.849 And<00:37:14.670><c> so</c><00:37:15.010><c> anytime</c><00:37:15.369><c> we</c><00:37:15.750><c> turn</c><00:37:16.050><c> God</c><00:37:16.349><c> down,</c><00:37:18.849><c> we</c><00:37:19.230><c> are</c><00:37:19.809><c> refusing</c><00:37:20.449><c> to</c> 00:37:21.849 --> 00:37:23.730 serve<00:37:22.289><c> the</c><00:37:22.829><c> Lord</c> 00:37:23.809 --> 00:37:26.889 that<00:37:24.250><c> called</c><00:37:24.449><c> us</c><00:37:25.170><c> to</c><00:37:26.369><c> do</c><00:37:26.489><c> his</c><00:37:26.750><c> work.</c> 00:37:26.929 --> 00:37:31.550 And<00:37:27.090><c> if</c><00:37:27.250><c> you</c><00:37:27.409><c> don't</c><00:37:27.590><c> do</c><00:37:27.809><c> it,</c><00:37:28.769><c> who's</c><00:37:29.269><c> going</c><00:37:29.389><c> to</c><00:37:29.550><c> do</c><00:37:29.670><c> it?</c> 00:37:31.590 --> 00:37:33.510 The<00:37:31.750><c> little</c><00:37:31.889><c> girl</c><00:37:32.050><c> said,</c><00:37:32.449><c> nobody.</c> 00:37:33.869 --> 00:37:36.869 Which<00:37:34.329><c> means</c><00:37:34.590><c> that</c><00:37:34.909><c> you</c><00:37:35.130><c> and</c><00:37:35.309><c> I</c><00:37:35.489><c> have</c><00:37:35.670><c> a</c><00:37:35.969><c> big</c><00:37:36.210><c> responsibility</c> 00:37:36.869 --> 00:37:39.500 of<00:37:37.269><c> doing</c><00:37:37.769><c> what</c><00:37:38.650><c> we</c><00:37:38.929><c> can</c><00:37:39.170><c> do.</c> 00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:42.059 And<00:37:40.420><c> we</c><00:37:40.559><c> don't</c><00:37:40.840><c> compare</c><00:37:41.179><c> ourselves</c><00:37:41.519><c> to</c><00:37:41.679><c> each</c><00:37:41.880><c> other.</c> 00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.940 We<00:37:42.199><c> do</c><00:37:42.440><c> what</c><00:37:42.719><c> we</c><00:37:42.960><c> can</c><00:37:43.199><c> do.</c> 00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:46.340 And<00:37:44.500><c> so</c><00:37:44.639><c> I</c><00:37:44.920><c> want</c><00:37:45.119><c> to</c><00:37:45.360><c> close</c><00:37:45.500><c> with</c><00:37:45.679><c> a</c><00:37:45.780><c> little</c><00:37:45.940><c> story,</c> 00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:49.980 which<00:37:46.760><c> you</c><00:37:46.940><c> may</c><00:37:47.099><c> have</c><00:37:47.239><c> heard</c><00:37:47.340><c> it</c><00:37:47.559><c> also</c><00:37:47.739><c> before,</c><00:37:48.119><c> but</c><00:37:48.480><c> it's</c><00:37:49.880><c> a</c> 00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.300 good<00:37:50.119><c> story.</c> 00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:51.219 It's<00:37:50.480><c> a</c><00:37:50.619><c> true</c><00:37:50.760><c> story.</c> 00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:55.000 It<00:37:51.679><c> has</c><00:37:51.880><c> to</c><00:37:52.079><c> do</c><00:37:52.159><c> with</c><00:37:52.360><c> a</c><00:37:52.599><c> young</c><00:37:53.099><c> man</c><00:37:53.719><c> who</c><00:37:53.920><c> just</c><00:37:54.179><c> graduated</c><00:37:54.619><c> from</c> 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:56.000 the<00:37:55.199><c> Naval</c><00:37:55.480><c> Academy,</c> 00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:59.619 and<00:37:56.260><c> he,</c><00:37:56.880><c> he</c><00:37:57.199><c> wanted</c><00:37:57.340><c> to</c><00:37:57.599><c> become</c><00:37:57.719><c> a</c><00:37:58.039><c> commander</c><00:37:58.280><c> of</c><00:37:58.480><c> a</c><00:37:58.679><c> submarine.</c> 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:04.119 In<00:38:00.780><c> order</c><00:38:00.920><c> to</c><00:38:01.119><c> be</c><00:38:01.840><c> qualified</c><00:38:02.360><c> to</c><00:38:02.739><c> get</c><00:38:02.940><c> into</c><00:38:03.099><c> the</c><00:38:03.320><c> submarine</c><00:38:03.639><c> program,</c> 00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:09.139 he<00:38:04.360><c> had</c><00:38:05.940><c> to</c><00:38:06.420><c> go</c><00:38:06.639><c> to</c><00:38:06.900><c> an</c><00:38:07.119><c> interview</c><00:38:07.400><c> with</c><00:38:07.679><c> Admiral</c><00:38:08.000><c> Rickover.</c> 00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:13.519 And<00:38:10.260><c> Admiral</c><00:38:10.519><c> Rickover</c><00:38:10.980><c> questioned</c><00:38:11.519><c> him</c><00:38:11.800><c> for</c><00:38:12.019><c> four</c><00:38:12.280><c> hours.</c> 00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:16.340 We<00:38:13.920><c> have</c><00:38:14.159><c> a</c><00:38:14.320><c> baptismal</c><00:38:14.900><c> interview,</c><00:38:15.340><c> don't</c><00:38:15.559><c> we,</c><00:38:15.800><c> before</c><00:38:16.079><c> we</c> 00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.159 baptize<00:38:16.820><c> people.</c> 00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:21.400 And<00:38:17.679><c> I</c><00:38:17.780><c> know</c><00:38:18.000><c> many</c><00:38:18.340><c> times</c><00:38:18.699><c> the</c><00:38:19.280><c> person,</c><00:38:19.679><c> the</c><00:38:19.940><c> candidate</c><00:38:20.199><c> is</c><00:38:20.599><c> frightened</c><00:38:20.880><c> to</c><00:38:21.139><c> death</c> 00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.840 at<00:38:22.300><c> the</c><00:38:22.519><c> interview.</c> 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:26.300 Sometimes<00:38:23.360><c> people</c><00:38:23.619><c> don't</c><00:38:23.840><c> even</c><00:38:24.119><c> get</c><00:38:24.440><c> baptized</c><00:38:24.920><c> for</c><00:38:25.860><c> worrying</c> 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.059 about<00:38:26.579><c> that</c><00:38:26.840><c> interview.</c> 00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:31.280 Well,<00:38:27.360><c> again,</c><00:38:28.059><c> God</c><00:38:28.300><c> is</c><00:38:28.519><c> able</c><00:38:28.920><c> to</c><00:38:29.619><c> help</c><00:38:29.820><c> you</c><00:38:30.099><c> if</c><00:38:30.260><c> you</c><00:38:30.420><c> just</c><00:38:30.659><c> believe</c><00:38:31.079><c> in</c> 00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.139 him<00:38:31.440><c> and</c><00:38:31.559><c> rely</c><00:38:31.860><c> on</c><00:38:31.980><c> him.</c> 00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:35.079 You<00:38:32.420><c> do</c><00:38:32.579><c> your</c><00:38:32.840><c> homework,</c><00:38:33.659><c> but</c><00:38:33.880><c> of</c><00:38:34.039><c> course</c><00:38:34.159><c> you</c><00:38:34.300><c> can</c><00:38:34.539><c> do</c><00:38:34.800><c> it.</c> 00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:37.679 And<00:38:35.679><c> so</c><00:38:35.800><c> this</c><00:38:35.980><c> young</c><00:38:36.159><c> man</c><00:38:36.420><c> went</c><00:38:36.599><c> in</c><00:38:36.739><c> to</c><00:38:36.860><c> see</c><00:38:37.000><c> Admiral</c><00:38:37.300><c> Rickover,</c> 00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:43.280 Admiral<00:38:38.079><c> Rickover</c><00:38:38.480><c> asking</c><00:38:39.079><c> questions</c><00:38:39.639><c> about</c><00:38:40.340><c> naval</c><00:38:40.800><c> artillery</c><00:38:41.659><c> and</c><00:38:42.059><c> navigation</c><00:38:42.619><c> and</c> 00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.360 sports<00:38:43.699><c> and</c><00:38:44.019><c> music.</c> 00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:46.039 He<00:38:44.539><c> had</c><00:38:44.639><c> all</c><00:38:44.880><c> kinds</c><00:38:45.119><c> of</c><00:38:45.300><c> questions.</c> 00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:49.619 And<00:38:46.199><c> as</c><00:38:46.360><c> he</c><00:38:46.539><c> asked</c><00:38:46.760><c> him</c><00:38:46.960><c> these</c><00:38:47.139><c> questions,</c><00:38:48.099><c> the</c><00:38:48.179><c> young</c><00:38:48.420><c> man</c><00:38:48.699><c> wasn't</c><00:38:48.980><c> doing</c><00:38:49.239><c> so</c><00:38:49.500><c> well,</c> 00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:52.179 and<00:38:49.760><c> he</c><00:38:49.860><c> began</c><00:38:50.059><c> to</c><00:38:50.360><c> sort</c><00:38:50.360><c> of</c><00:38:50.559><c> sink</c><00:38:50.699><c> down</c><00:38:51.019><c> into</c><00:38:51.260><c> his</c><00:38:51.539><c> seat.</c> 00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:57.179 Because<00:38:53.019><c> a</c><00:38:53.500><c> candidate</c><00:38:53.900><c> for</c><00:38:54.420><c> baptism</c><00:38:54.860><c> can</c><00:38:55.639><c> miss</c><00:38:55.880><c> a</c><00:38:56.239><c> question.</c> 00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:01.599 It's<00:38:57.780><c> okay</c><00:38:58.059><c> to</c><00:38:58.260><c> miss</c><00:38:58.440><c> a</c><00:38:58.639><c> question</c><00:38:59.039><c> so</c><00:38:59.599><c> long</c><00:38:59.820><c> as</c><00:39:00.380><c> we</c><00:39:00.699><c> then</c><00:39:00.880><c> explain</c><00:39:01.179><c> the</c><00:39:01.420><c> answer.</c> 00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:03.960 And<00:39:01.780><c> I</c><00:39:01.920><c> always</c><00:39:02.119><c> go</c><00:39:02.340><c> back</c><00:39:02.539><c> and</c><00:39:02.699><c> double</c><00:39:02.980><c> back</c><00:39:03.239><c> again</c><00:39:03.500><c> and</c><00:39:03.639><c> ask</c><00:39:03.820><c> it</c> 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.599 a<00:39:04.079><c> different</c><00:39:04.260><c> way.</c> 00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.780 And<00:39:04.900><c> they</c><00:39:05.099><c> picked</c><00:39:05.340><c> it</c><00:39:05.559><c> up.</c> 00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:09.900 It's<00:39:06.320><c> not</c><00:39:06.539><c> like</c><00:39:06.880><c> the</c><00:39:07.340><c> questions</c><00:39:07.679><c> and</c><00:39:07.900><c> exams</c><00:39:08.260><c> of</c><00:39:08.440><c> the</c><00:39:08.579><c> world</c><00:39:08.800><c> where</c><00:39:09.000><c> if</c> 00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:11.119 you<00:39:10.119><c> get</c><00:39:10.320><c> a</c><00:39:10.619><c> failing</c><00:39:10.840><c> grade,</c> 00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:12.099 you're<00:39:11.380><c> out.</c> 00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.519 We<00:39:13.260><c> work</c><00:39:13.559><c> with</c><00:39:13.900><c> it.</c> 00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:16.800 Theoretically,<00:39:15.400><c> if</c><00:39:15.519><c> you</c><00:39:15.659><c> were</c><00:39:15.860><c> bright</c><00:39:16.059><c> enough,</c><00:39:16.440><c> and</c><00:39:16.539><c> I've</c> 00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.860 never<00:39:17.000><c> met</c><00:39:17.159><c> anybody</c><00:39:17.360><c> this</c><00:39:17.619><c> bright,</c> 00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.860 but<00:39:18.199><c> you</c><00:39:18.420><c> could</c><00:39:18.619><c> come</c><00:39:18.800><c> into</c><00:39:18.980><c> the</c><00:39:19.139><c> interview</c><00:39:19.440><c> with</c><00:39:19.679><c> not</c> 00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.460 knowing<00:39:20.119><c> anything.</c> 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:22.800 And<00:39:21.059><c> if</c><00:39:21.260><c> the</c><00:39:21.420><c> interviewer</c><00:39:21.860><c> taught</c><00:39:22.059><c> you</c><00:39:22.239><c> enough,</c><00:39:22.559><c> you</c><00:39:22.639><c> could</c> 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:24.440 come<00:39:22.980><c> out</c><00:39:23.239><c> and</c><00:39:23.619><c> be</c><00:39:23.719><c> ready</c><00:39:23.940><c> for</c><00:39:24.179><c> baptism.</c> 00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:26.699 Now,<00:39:24.699><c> that's</c><00:39:25.400><c> extreme,</c><00:39:25.780><c> and</c><00:39:25.940><c> we</c><00:39:26.079><c> don't</c><00:39:26.280><c> do</c><00:39:26.519><c> that.</c> 00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:30.780 But<00:39:27.300><c> the</c><00:39:27.519><c> point</c><00:39:27.699><c> is,</c><00:39:29.000><c> if</c><00:39:29.280><c> you</c><00:39:29.460><c> don't</c><00:39:29.699><c> know,</c><00:39:30.000><c> we</c><00:39:30.239><c> can</c><00:39:30.380><c> help</c><00:39:30.639><c> you.</c> 00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:32.519 I<00:39:30.980><c> can</c><00:39:31.119><c> always</c><00:39:31.280><c> say</c><00:39:31.500><c> to</c><00:39:31.639><c> people</c><00:39:31.900><c> who</c><00:39:32.000><c> don't</c><00:39:32.139><c> want</c><00:39:32.260><c> to</c><00:39:32.340><c> get</c> 00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.760 baptized<00:39:32.860><c> because</c><00:39:33.159><c> they're</c><00:39:33.500><c> afraid,</c> 00:39:33.760 --> 00:39:37.219 well,<00:39:34.320><c> if</c><00:39:34.500><c> you</c><00:39:34.639><c> don't</c><00:39:34.840><c> know,</c><00:39:36.139><c> we</c><00:39:36.320><c> can</c><00:39:36.559><c> solve</c><00:39:36.800><c> that.</c> 00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:39.360 If<00:39:37.559><c> you</c><00:39:37.679><c> don't</c><00:39:37.920><c> want</c><00:39:38.079><c> to,</c><00:39:38.440><c> there's</c><00:39:38.519><c> nothing</c><00:39:38.659><c> I</c><00:39:38.800><c> can</c><00:39:38.900><c> do</c><00:39:39.000><c> about</c><00:39:39.219><c> it.</c> 00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:43.679 But<00:39:40.059><c> if</c><00:39:40.119><c> you</c><00:39:40.320><c> want</c><00:39:40.400><c> to</c><00:39:40.519><c> be</c><00:39:40.719><c> baptized</c><00:39:41.059><c> and</c><00:39:41.179><c> you</c><00:39:41.300><c> don't</c><00:39:41.420><c> know</c><00:39:41.639><c> enough,</c><00:39:42.239><c> we'll</c><00:39:42.559><c> fix</c><00:39:42.800><c> that.</c> 00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:45.360 We'll<00:39:43.940><c> come</c><00:39:44.079><c> to</c><00:39:44.179><c> your</c><00:39:44.320><c> house</c><00:39:44.480><c> once</c><00:39:44.679><c> a</c><00:39:44.800><c> week,</c><00:39:44.960><c> you</c><00:39:45.039><c> come</c><00:39:45.119><c> to</c><00:39:45.199><c> my</c> 00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:46.000 house<00:39:45.519><c> once</c><00:39:45.719><c> a</c><00:39:45.840><c> week,</c> 00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:47.500 and<00:39:46.320><c> you'll</c><00:39:46.539><c> be</c><00:39:46.719><c> ready.</c> 00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:49.739 And<00:39:47.780><c> everyone</c><00:39:48.000><c> I've</c><00:39:48.239><c> ever</c><00:39:48.440><c> said</c><00:39:48.639><c> that</c><00:39:48.920><c> to</c><00:39:49.059><c> that</c><00:39:49.260><c> wanted</c><00:39:49.400><c> to</c><00:39:49.559><c> be</c> 00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:51.260 baptized<00:39:50.219><c> was.</c> 00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:54.219 So<00:39:51.880><c> this</c><00:39:52.119><c> young</c><00:39:52.300><c> man,</c><00:39:52.679><c> he's</c><00:39:53.079><c> not</c><00:39:53.260><c> doing</c><00:39:53.400><c> quite</c><00:39:53.659><c> so</c><00:39:53.940><c> well.</c> 00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:57.239 And<00:39:54.699><c> finally,</c><00:39:55.239><c> the</c><00:39:55.400><c> admiral</c><00:39:55.659><c> looked</c><00:39:55.860><c> over</c><00:39:56.139><c> his</c><00:39:56.460><c> big</c><00:39:56.739><c> mahogany</c> 00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:57.719 desk<00:39:57.440><c> and</c><00:39:57.519><c> he</c><00:39:57.619><c> says,</c> 00:39:57.719 --> 00:40:01.480 Young<00:39:57.960><c> man,</c><00:40:00.039><c> steel</c><00:40:00.320><c> blue</c><00:40:00.579><c> eyes.</c> 00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:05.400 Where<00:40:02.239><c> did</c><00:40:02.360><c> you</c><00:40:02.559><c> finish</c><00:40:02.860><c> in</c><00:40:03.039><c> your</c><00:40:03.199><c> graduation</c><00:40:03.760><c> class</c><00:40:04.119><c> at</c><00:40:04.340><c> Annapolis?</c> 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:09.880 Oh,<00:40:06.659><c> boy,</c><00:40:07.320><c> I</c><00:40:07.440><c> had</c><00:40:07.539><c> a</c><00:40:07.539><c> chance</c><00:40:07.800><c> to</c><00:40:07.980><c> redeem</c><00:40:08.980><c> myself.</c> 00:40:10.420 --> 00:40:13.219 He<00:40:10.699><c> raised</c><00:40:10.920><c> up</c><00:40:11.159><c> in</c><00:40:11.360><c> his</c><00:40:11.500><c> seat</c><00:40:11.579><c> and</c><00:40:11.679><c> he</c><00:40:11.739><c> says,</c><00:40:11.880><c> Sir,</c><00:40:12.420><c> I</c><00:40:12.880><c> finished</c> 00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:17.800 59th<00:40:14.639><c> out</c><00:40:14.780><c> of</c><00:40:14.900><c> a</c><00:40:14.940><c> class</c><00:40:15.219><c> of</c><00:40:15.599><c> 975.</c> 00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:20.940 That's<00:40:19.900><c> pretty</c><00:40:20.179><c> good.</c> 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:24.139 He<00:40:21.519><c> thought</c><00:40:21.719><c> the</c><00:40:22.000><c> admiral</c><00:40:22.280><c> would</c><00:40:22.579><c> congratulate</c><00:40:23.179><c> him.</c> 00:40:24.679 --> 00:40:27.039 The<00:40:24.980><c> admiral</c><00:40:25.219><c> looked</c><00:40:25.460><c> at</c><00:40:25.659><c> him</c><00:40:25.780><c> and</c><00:40:25.820><c> he</c><00:40:26.039><c> said,</c> 00:40:27.719 --> 00:40:30.079 Did<00:40:28.059><c> you</c><00:40:28.260><c> always</c><00:40:28.599><c> do</c><00:40:28.780><c> your</c><00:40:29.019><c> very</c><00:40:29.300><c> best?</c> 00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:36.980 And<00:40:32.159><c> the</c><00:40:32.280><c> young</c><00:40:32.420><c> man</c><00:40:32.639><c> thought,</c><00:40:32.920><c> well,</c><00:40:33.639><c> 59</c><00:40:34.179><c> out</c><00:40:34.480><c> of</c><00:40:34.639><c> 975</c><00:40:35.539><c> ain't</c><00:40:35.840><c> bad.</c> 00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:38.139 Sure<00:40:37.519><c> I</c><00:40:37.780><c> did.</c> 00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:43.000 But<00:40:38.760><c> he</c><00:40:40.340><c> said,</c><00:40:40.639><c> No,</c><00:40:41.280><c> sir,</c><00:40:41.500><c> not</c><00:40:41.860><c> always.</c> 00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:47.380 And<00:40:45.059><c> the</c><00:40:45.179><c> admiral</c><00:40:45.380><c> said,</c><00:40:46.380><c> Why</c><00:40:46.559><c> not?</c> 00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:50.539 He<00:40:48.760><c> turned</c><00:40:49.039><c> around</c><00:40:49.420><c> and</c><00:40:49.559><c> he</c><00:40:49.719><c> started</c><00:40:49.860><c> working</c><00:40:50.119><c> at</c><00:40:50.260><c> another</c> 00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:52.000 desk<00:40:50.780><c> behind</c><00:40:51.159><c> him.</c> 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:58.199 And<00:40:53.219><c> the</c><00:40:53.420><c> young</c><00:40:54.380><c> naval</c><00:40:54.900><c> officer</c><00:40:55.960><c> says,</c><00:40:56.559><c> I</c><00:40:56.659><c> guess</c><00:40:56.880><c> the</c><00:40:57.079><c> interview</c><00:40:57.300><c> is</c><00:40:57.579><c> over.</c> 00:40:58.440 --> 00:41:03.380 He<00:40:58.739><c> got</c><00:40:58.980><c> out</c><00:40:59.280><c> and</c><00:41:00.139><c> got</c><00:41:00.179><c> up</c><00:41:00.480><c> and</c><00:41:00.699><c> scored</c><00:41:00.880><c> a</c><00:41:01.800><c> look</c><00:41:01.940><c> out</c><00:41:02.179><c> of</c><00:41:02.340><c> the</c><00:41:02.539><c> room.</c> 00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:05.940 That<00:41:03.900><c> young</c><00:41:04.059><c> man</c><00:41:04.260><c> was</c><00:41:04.780><c> Jimmy</c><00:41:05.039><c> Carter.</c> 00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.860 True<00:41:07.860><c> story.</c> 00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:14.199 But<00:41:09.960><c> he</c><00:41:10.059><c> did</c><00:41:10.539><c> become</c><00:41:11.300><c> a</c><00:41:11.780><c> captain,</c><00:41:12.119><c> a</c><00:41:12.400><c> commander</c><00:41:12.760><c> of</c><00:41:13.139><c> the</c><00:41:13.239><c> 7th</c><00:41:13.699><c> Army.</c> 00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:18.400 But<00:41:15.280><c> the</c><00:41:15.679><c> question</c><00:41:16.079><c> that</c><00:41:16.380><c> Admiral</c><00:41:16.760><c> Rickover</c><00:41:17.199><c> asked</c><00:41:17.599><c> him</c> 00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:22.960 is<00:41:19.800><c> the</c><00:41:20.000><c> kind</c><00:41:20.139><c> of</c><00:41:20.320><c> question</c><00:41:20.639><c> that</c><00:41:20.920><c> Jesus</c><00:41:21.199><c> is</c><00:41:21.440><c> going</c><00:41:21.579><c> to</c><00:41:21.780><c> ask</c><00:41:21.960><c> you.</c> 00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:25.400 Did<00:41:24.099><c> you</c><00:41:24.239><c> do</c><00:41:24.380><c> your</c><00:41:24.599><c> best?</c> 00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:29.699 If<00:41:26.800><c> not,</c><00:41:28.300><c> why</c><00:41:28.619><c> not?</c> 00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:32.179 You<00:41:30.039><c> see,</c><00:41:30.320><c> you</c><00:41:30.340><c> can't</c><00:41:30.519><c> say,</c><00:41:30.739><c> Oh,</c><00:41:30.920><c> well,</c><00:41:31.139><c> Jesus,</c><00:41:31.679><c> I</c><00:41:31.920><c> couldn't</c> 00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:33.699 play<00:41:32.440><c> the</c><00:41:32.599><c> piano</c><00:41:32.860><c> like</c><00:41:33.139><c> other</c><00:41:33.440><c> people.</c> 00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:35.500 I<00:41:34.019><c> couldn't</c><00:41:34.260><c> speak</c><00:41:34.539><c> like</c><00:41:34.739><c> someone.</c> 00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.980 I<00:41:36.019><c> have</c><00:41:36.219><c> a</c><00:41:36.380><c> funny</c><00:41:36.599><c> speech.</c> 00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:39.079 I<00:41:37.639><c> couldn't</c><00:41:37.900><c> do</c><00:41:38.199><c> that.</c> 00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.960 I<00:41:39.460><c> didn't</c><00:41:39.639><c> ask</c><00:41:39.860><c> you</c><00:41:40.000><c> to</c><00:41:40.139><c> do</c><00:41:40.300><c> somebody</c><00:41:40.599><c> else's</c><00:41:40.960><c> work.</c> 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.840 I<00:41:41.139><c> asked</c><00:41:41.239><c> you</c><00:41:41.360><c> to</c><00:41:41.460><c> do</c><00:41:41.539><c> your</c><00:41:41.739><c> work.</c> 00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:43.000 Did<00:41:42.099><c> you</c><00:41:42.239><c> do</c><00:41:42.420><c> your</c><00:41:42.619><c> best?</c> 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:46.860 Did<00:41:43.559><c> you</c><00:41:43.840><c> try</c><00:41:44.199><c> to</c><00:41:44.519><c> do</c><00:41:44.679><c> everything</c><00:41:45.000><c> you</c><00:41:45.239><c> could</c><00:41:45.420><c> do</c><00:41:45.760><c> for</c><00:41:46.099><c> the</c><00:41:46.280><c> Lord,</c><00:41:46.639><c> for</c> 00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:48.480 me,<00:41:47.659><c> while</c><00:41:47.800><c> you</c><00:41:47.980><c> were</c><00:41:48.119><c> immortal?</c> 00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:50.079 What<00:41:48.880><c> did</c><00:41:49.119><c> you?</c> 00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:56.800 If<00:41:53.179><c> not,</c><00:41:55.179><c> why</c><00:41:55.440><c> not?</c> 00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:12.820 Who's<00:42:11.360><c> in</c><00:42:11.360><c> charge</c><00:42:11.639><c> of</c><00:42:11.920><c> handouts?</c> 00:42:13.260 --> 00:42:14.420 Brother<00:42:13.500><c> Paul.</c>