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So<00:10:13.000><c> we</c><00:10:13.159><c> cannot</c><00:10:13.460><c> earn</c><00:10:13.740><c> our</c><00:10:13.940><c> righteousness,</c><00:10:15.000><c> but</c><00:10:15.179><c> we</c><00:10:15.379><c> can</c><00:10:15.659><c> prepare</c><00:10:16.320><c> by</c><00:10:17.299><c> developing</c><00:10:17.899><c> faith</c><00:10:18.220><c> in</c><00:10:18.399><c> ourselves,</c>

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it<00:10:21.940><c> is</c><00:10:22.340><c> granted</c><00:10:22.720><c> to</c><00:10:22.960><c> us</c><00:10:23.139><c> to</c><00:10:23.320><c> be</c><00:10:23.539><c> arrayed</c><00:10:24.120><c> in</c><00:10:24.399><c> white</c><00:10:24.659><c> linen,</c><00:10:25.179><c> pure</c><00:10:25.340><c> and</c><00:10:25.679><c> white.</c>

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husbands<00:10:51.340><c> love</c><00:10:51.980><c> your</c><00:10:52.279><c> wives,</c><00:10:53.299><c> even</c><00:10:53.480><c> as</c><00:10:53.879><c> Christ</c><00:10:54.279><c> loved</c><00:10:54.779><c> the</c>

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flowing<00:11:13.539><c> of</c><00:11:14.159><c> the</c><00:11:14.480><c> word</c><00:11:14.759><c> through</c><00:11:15.039><c> the</c><00:11:15.240><c> minds</c><00:11:15.460><c> of</c><00:11:15.700><c> each</c><00:11:15.960><c> and</c><00:11:16.120><c> every</c><00:11:16.320><c> one</c>

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We<00:11:29.519><c> want</c><00:11:29.740><c> to</c><00:11:29.940><c> put</c><00:11:30.159><c> away</c><00:11:30.519><c> those</c><00:11:30.799><c> things</c><00:11:31.399><c> and</c><00:11:32.320><c> desire</c><00:11:32.919><c> the</c><00:11:33.179><c> kingdom,</c><00:11:33.940><c> have</c>

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this<00:12:02.440><c> process</c><00:12:02.980><c> of</c><00:12:03.320><c> purification</c><00:12:04.279><c> for</c><00:12:04.679><c> the</c><00:12:04.899><c> marriage</c><00:12:05.179><c> supper</c>

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that<00:12:18.000><c> we</c><00:12:18.200><c> may</c><00:12:18.399><c> be</c><00:12:18.720><c> granted</c><00:12:19.059><c> to</c><00:12:19.320><c> be</c><00:12:19.539><c> arrayed</c><00:12:19.899><c> in</c><00:12:20.080><c> righteous</c><00:12:20.480><c> robes.</c><00:12:21.779><c> If</c>

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we<00:12:22.419><c> lose</c><00:12:22.960><c> elements</c><00:12:23.460><c> of</c><00:12:23.679><c> the</c><00:12:23.940><c> truth,</c><00:12:24.860><c> we</c><00:12:25.039><c> lose</c><00:12:25.419><c> the</c><00:12:25.720><c> power</c><00:12:26.080><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:26.659><c> truth</c><00:12:27.080><c> to</c><00:12:27.860><c> sanctify</c><00:12:28.539><c> ourselves.</c>

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We<00:12:29.940><c> no</c><00:12:30.200><c> longer</c><00:12:30.500><c> become</c><00:12:30.980><c> saints</c><00:12:31.539><c> set</c><00:12:32.159><c> aside</c><00:12:32.580><c> for</c><00:12:32.940><c> a</c><00:12:33.120><c> purpose,</c>

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but<00:12:34.080><c> we</c><00:12:34.299><c> drift</c><00:12:34.500><c> back</c><00:12:34.860><c> into</c><00:12:35.080><c> what</c><00:12:35.240><c> our</c><00:12:35.399><c> brother</c><00:12:35.559><c> Thomas</c><00:12:35.940><c> called</c>

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miserable<00:12:36.919><c> sinners</c><00:12:37.480><c> without</c><00:12:38.320><c> hope</c><00:12:38.840><c> and</c><00:12:39.340><c> without</c><00:12:39.639><c> vision.</c>

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describes<00:12:45.440><c> the</c><00:12:45.860><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:12:46.919><c> He</c><00:12:47.080><c> says,</c>

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word.<00:12:59.639><c> It</c><00:13:00.179><c> purifies</c><00:13:00.820><c> us</c><00:13:01.039><c> by</c><00:13:01.240><c> its</c><00:13:01.559><c> doctrines</c><00:13:02.500><c> so</c><00:13:02.840><c> that</c><00:13:03.000><c> the</c><00:13:03.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:13:03.779><c> bride</c><00:13:04.419><c> remains</c><00:13:05.019><c> chaste,</c><00:13:06.600><c> remains</c><00:13:06.879><c> pure,</c><00:13:07.980><c> awaiting</c><00:13:08.299><c> the</c>

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Now,<00:13:11.500><c> if</c><00:13:11.679><c> we</c><00:13:12.019><c> lose</c><00:13:12.259><c> that</c><00:13:12.519><c> purity,</c><00:13:13.539><c> if</c><00:13:13.799><c> we</c><00:13:14.100><c> lose</c><00:13:14.340><c> that</c><00:13:14.759><c> sanctifying</c><00:13:15.419><c> power,</c><00:13:16.519><c> then</c><00:13:16.799><c> we</c><00:13:17.019><c> will</c><00:13:17.220><c> no</c><00:13:17.440><c> longer</c><00:13:17.639><c> be</c><00:13:17.899><c> a</c>

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chaste<00:13:18.379><c> virgin,</c><00:13:18.799><c> will</c><00:13:18.899><c> we?</c>

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then<00:13:31.899><c> we</c><00:13:32.139><c> no</c><00:13:32.440><c> longer</c><00:13:32.860><c> belong</c><00:13:33.279><c> to</c><00:13:33.440><c> that</c><00:13:33.659><c> bride,</c><00:13:34.039><c> do</c><00:13:34.159><c> we?</c><00:13:34.759><c> We</c><00:13:34.919><c> no</c>

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longer<00:13:35.480><c> have</c><00:13:36.720><c> granted</c><00:13:37.100><c> to</c><00:13:37.379><c> us</c><00:13:37.559><c> those</c><00:13:37.899><c> robes</c><00:13:38.580><c> of</c><00:13:38.820><c> imputed</c><00:13:39.200><c> righteousness.</c>

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in<00:13:44.980><c> the</c><00:13:45.220><c> snapshot</c><00:13:45.639><c> visions</c><00:13:46.019><c> through</c><00:13:46.279><c> the</c><00:13:46.399><c> book</c><00:13:46.519><c> of</c><00:13:46.740><c> Revelation,</c>

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we<00:13:47.980><c> find</c><00:13:48.340><c> there</c><00:13:48.879><c> the</c><00:13:49.299><c> lamb</c><00:13:49.580><c> who</c><00:13:49.840><c> stands</c><00:13:50.120><c> on</c><00:13:50.320><c> the</c><00:13:50.440><c> Mount</c><00:13:50.639><c> Zion</c>

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and<00:13:51.039><c> with</c><00:13:51.259><c> him</c><00:13:51.419><c> there</c><00:13:51.600><c> are</c><00:13:51.840><c> 144</c><00:13:52.580><c>,000</c><00:13:53.159><c> having</c><00:13:53.419><c> his</c><00:13:53.679><c> father's</c><00:13:54.259><c> name</c><00:13:54.500><c> written</c><00:13:54.759><c> on</c>

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their<00:13:55.259><c> foreheads,</c><00:13:55.960><c> the</c><00:13:56.259><c> character</c><00:13:56.639><c> of</c><00:13:56.820><c> their</c><00:13:57.059><c> God</c><00:13:57.259><c> in</c><00:13:57.419><c> their</c>

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minds<00:13:57.980><c> and</c><00:13:58.139><c> in</c><00:13:58.220><c> their</c><00:13:58.360><c> hearts,</c><00:13:58.720><c> God</c><00:13:59.019><c> manifestation.</c>

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And<00:14:00.100><c> we</c><00:14:00.700><c> find</c><00:14:01.080><c> that</c><00:14:01.559><c> these</c><00:14:01.919><c> are</c><00:14:02.259><c> they</c><00:14:02.779><c> which</c><00:14:03.179><c> are</c><00:14:03.480><c> not</c><00:14:03.779><c> defiled.</c><00:14:04.799><c> The</c><00:14:04.940><c> original</c><00:14:05.279><c> word</c><00:14:05.600><c> is</c>

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among<00:14:06.460><c> women,</c><00:14:07.500><c> for</c><00:14:07.600><c> they</c><00:14:07.799><c> are</c><00:14:08.039><c> virgins.</c>

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These<00:14:09.759><c> are</c><00:14:10.000><c> they</c><00:14:10.159><c> which</c><00:14:10.460><c> follow</c><00:14:10.700><c> the</c><00:14:10.960><c> Lamb</c><00:14:11.139><c> whithersoever</c><00:14:11.799><c> he</c><00:14:12.039><c> goeth.</c>

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These<00:14:13.700><c> were</c><00:14:13.980><c> redeemed,</c><00:14:15.120><c> purchased</c><00:14:15.740><c> from</c><00:14:16.000><c> among</c><00:14:16.200><c> men,</c><00:14:16.580><c> being</c>

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the<00:14:17.120><c> firstfruits</c><00:14:17.639><c> unto</c><00:14:17.840><c> God</c><00:14:18.139><c> and</c><00:14:18.279><c> to</c><00:14:18.419><c> the</c><00:14:18.559><c> Lamb.</c>

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are<00:14:22.539><c> without</c><00:14:22.980><c> fault</c><00:14:23.340><c> before</c><00:14:23.940><c> the</c><00:14:24.179><c> throne</c><00:14:24.360><c> of</c><00:14:24.580><c> God.</c>

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That<00:14:25.679><c> vision</c><00:14:26.059><c> of</c><00:14:26.320><c> Revelation</c><00:14:26.980><c> describes</c><00:14:28.100><c> that</c><00:14:28.539><c> virgin</c><00:14:29.019><c> who</c>

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has<00:14:30.200><c> been</c><00:14:30.820><c> sanctified</c><00:14:31.679><c> by</c><00:14:31.940><c> the</c><00:14:32.139><c> word,</c>

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and<00:14:33.100><c> the</c><00:14:33.399><c> effect</c><00:14:33.639><c> of</c><00:14:33.799><c> that</c><00:14:34.080><c> is</c><00:14:34.220><c> she</c><00:14:34.360><c> is</c><00:14:34.620><c> not</c><00:14:34.899><c> defiled</c><00:14:35.759><c> among</c><00:14:36.220><c> the</c><00:14:36.539><c> other</c><00:14:36.779><c> women</c><00:14:37.120><c> of</c>

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imputed<00:14:43.559><c> or</c><00:14:43.940><c> sorry</c><00:14:44.200><c> manifestly</c><00:14:45.440><c> put</c><00:14:45.639><c> onto</c><00:14:45.940><c> her</c><00:14:46.240><c> mind</c><00:14:46.440><c> through</c>

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They<00:14:48.480><c> have</c><00:14:48.740><c> not</c><00:14:48.980><c> defiled</c><00:14:49.440><c> themselves</c><00:14:49.980><c> amongst</c><00:14:50.419><c> those</c><00:14:51.000><c> described</c><00:14:51.500><c> to</c><00:14:51.679><c> us</c>

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in<00:14:51.879><c> the</c><00:14:51.960><c> book</c><00:14:52.100><c> of</c><00:14:52.360><c> Revelation.</c>

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And<00:14:53.899><c> so</c><00:14:54.320><c> as</c><00:14:54.720><c> we</c><00:14:55.039><c> follow</c><00:14:55.320><c> the</c><00:14:55.700><c> character,</c><00:14:56.419><c> the</c><00:14:56.639><c> theme</c><00:14:56.879><c> of</c><00:14:57.019><c> this</c>

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book<00:14:57.379><c> all</c><00:14:57.679><c> the</c><00:14:57.799><c> way</c><00:14:57.980><c> through,</c>

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we<00:14:58.980><c> find</c><00:14:59.320><c> that</c><00:14:59.480><c> it</c><00:14:59.620><c> is</c><00:14:59.759><c> the</c><00:14:59.980><c> seed</c><00:15:00.100><c> of</c><00:15:00.259><c> the</c><00:15:00.419><c> woman</c><00:15:00.860><c> versus</c><00:15:01.799><c> the</c>

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seed<00:15:02.559><c> of</c><00:15:02.740><c> the</c><00:15:02.919><c> serpent.</c>

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the<00:15:11.379><c> serpent</c><00:15:11.720><c> that</c><00:15:11.919><c> would</c><00:15:12.240><c> be</c><00:15:12.700><c> bruised</c><00:15:13.019><c> in</c><00:15:13.240><c> the</c><00:15:13.360><c> head,</c><00:15:14.080><c> although</c><00:15:14.340><c> it</c><00:15:14.480><c> would</c><00:15:14.659><c> inflict</c><00:15:14.960><c> that</c><00:15:15.320><c> temporary</c><00:15:15.799><c> wound</c><00:15:16.240><c> upon</c><00:15:17.000><c> the</c>

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heel<00:15:17.779><c> of</c><00:15:17.960><c> the</c><00:15:18.100><c> woman.</c>

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It's<00:15:23.440><c> a</c><00:15:23.639><c> plot</c><00:15:23.820><c> line</c><00:15:24.120><c> that</c><00:15:24.279><c> is</c><00:15:24.620><c> alive,</c><00:15:25.419><c> because</c><00:15:25.720><c> the</c><00:15:25.840><c> book</c><00:15:26.019><c> of</c><00:15:26.259><c> Revelation</c><00:15:26.600><c> isn't</c><00:15:27.039><c> a</c>

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story<00:15:27.879><c> about</c><00:15:28.440><c> things</c><00:15:28.779><c> that</c><00:15:28.960><c> just</c><00:15:29.240><c> happened</c><00:15:29.480><c> in</c><00:15:29.639><c> the</c><00:15:29.840><c> past.</c>

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It's<00:15:30.860><c> not</c><00:15:31.019><c> something</c><00:15:31.320><c> merely</c><00:15:31.720><c> historical</c><00:15:32.399><c> and</c><00:15:32.779><c> factual</c><00:15:33.120><c> that's</c><00:15:33.559><c> interesting</c><00:15:33.960><c> and</c>

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this<00:15:52.259><c> chaste</c><00:15:52.580><c> virgin</c><00:15:52.879><c> unto</c><00:15:53.100><c> Christ,</c><00:15:54.200><c> was</c><00:15:54.480><c> concerned</c><00:15:55.259><c> for</c><00:15:55.700><c> her.</c>

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He<00:15:57.139><c> says</c><00:15:57.340><c> that</c><00:15:57.820><c> he</c><00:15:58.179><c> feared,</c><00:15:58.480><c> in</c><00:15:58.700><c> verse</c><00:15:58.919><c> 3,</c><00:16:00.080><c> lest</c><00:16:00.360><c> that</c><00:16:00.679><c> by</c><00:16:01.019><c> any</c>

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means,<00:16:02.159><c> as</c><00:16:02.539><c> the</c><00:16:02.840><c> serpent</c><00:16:03.340><c> beguiled</c><00:16:04.019><c> Eve</c><00:16:04.460><c> through</c><00:16:04.940><c> his</c><00:16:05.240><c> subtlety,</c>

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so<00:16:06.759><c> your</c><00:16:07.360><c> minds</c><00:16:07.820><c> should</c><00:16:08.120><c> be</c><00:16:08.440><c> corrupted</c><00:16:08.860><c> from</c><00:16:09.220><c> simplicity</c><00:16:09.779><c> that</c><00:16:10.019><c> is</c>

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in<00:16:10.340><c> Christ.</c>

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have<00:16:14.559><c> not</c><00:16:14.820><c> received,</c><00:16:15.659><c> or</c><00:16:15.759><c> whom</c><00:16:15.820><c> we</c><00:16:15.960><c> have</c><00:16:16.100><c> not</c><00:16:16.340><c> preached,</c>

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or<00:16:17.059><c> if</c><00:16:17.200><c> ye</c><00:16:17.360><c> receive</c><00:16:17.700><c> another</c><00:16:18.039><c> spirit</c><00:16:18.460><c> which</c><00:16:18.639><c> ye</c><00:16:18.799><c> have</c><00:16:18.919><c> not</c><00:16:19.159><c> received,</c><00:16:19.840><c> or</c>

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he's<00:16:23.220><c> afraid</c><00:16:23.700><c> that</c><00:16:23.840><c> they</c><00:16:24.019><c> would</c><00:16:24.220><c> bear</c><00:16:24.440><c> with</c><00:16:24.720><c> him.</c><00:16:25.019><c> They</c><00:16:25.200><c> would</c>

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go<00:16:25.659><c> along</c><00:16:25.899><c> with</c><00:16:26.080><c> him.</c>

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that<00:16:35.100><c> would</c><00:16:35.299><c> make</c><00:16:35.500><c> them</c><00:16:35.879><c> unfit</c><00:16:36.600><c> to</c><00:16:36.860><c> wear</c><00:16:37.019><c> those</c><00:16:37.379><c> robes</c><00:16:37.820><c> of</c>

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imputed<00:16:38.379><c> righteousness,</c>

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that<00:16:39.700><c> would</c><00:16:40.039><c> stop</c><00:16:40.559><c> the</c><00:16:41.059><c> preparation</c><00:16:41.740><c> process</c><00:16:42.379><c> that's</c><00:16:42.779><c> described</c><00:16:43.080><c> for</c><00:16:43.379><c> us</c>

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in<00:16:43.639><c> Revelation</c><00:16:44.019><c> chapter</c><00:16:44.379><c> 19.</c>

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And<00:16:45.659><c> in</c><00:16:45.779><c> the</c><00:16:45.919><c> most</c><00:16:46.220><c> severe</c><00:16:46.559><c> cases,</c><00:16:47.860><c> that</c><00:16:48.019><c> the</c><00:16:48.259><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:48.580><c> would</c>

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be<00:16:49.100><c> robbed</c><00:16:49.440><c> of</c><00:16:49.860><c> its</c><00:16:50.159><c> faith,</c><00:16:51.120><c> robbed</c><00:16:51.279><c> of</c><00:16:51.480><c> its</c><00:16:51.679><c> vision,</c>

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and<00:16:52.679><c> as</c><00:16:52.960><c> Proverbs</c><00:16:53.399><c> puts</c><00:16:53.740><c> it</c><00:16:53.940><c> to</c><00:16:54.120><c> us,</c><00:16:54.399><c> therefore</c><00:16:54.679><c> robbed</c><00:16:55.100><c> of</c>

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its<00:16:55.480><c> covering.</c>

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Now<00:16:56.980><c> the</c><00:16:57.120><c> Apostle</c><00:16:57.620><c> Paul</c><00:16:58.399><c> expected</c><00:16:59.000><c> a</c><00:16:59.600><c> specific</c><00:17:00.259><c> system.</c>

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There<00:17:01.639><c> was</c><00:17:01.840><c> something</c><00:17:02.259><c> coming</c><00:17:02.700><c> that</c><00:17:03.019><c> he</c><00:17:03.200><c> knew</c><00:17:03.379><c> about,</c><00:17:04.000><c> and</c><00:17:04.160><c> he</c>

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tells<00:17:04.559><c> us</c><00:17:04.759><c> about</c><00:17:04.940><c> in</c><00:17:05.140><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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that<00:17:06.200><c> would</c><00:17:06.400><c> be</c><00:17:06.619><c> responsible</c><00:17:07.299><c> for</c><00:17:07.519><c> such</c><00:17:07.759><c> a</c><00:17:07.980><c> tragedy.</c>

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The<00:17:09.460><c> antidote</c><00:17:10.039><c> for</c><00:17:10.299><c> this</c><00:17:10.619><c> is</c><00:17:11.099><c> given</c><00:17:11.319><c> to</c><00:17:11.579><c> us</c><00:17:12.180><c> as</c><00:17:12.640><c> personal</c>

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Bible<00:17:14.000><c> study.</c>

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Because<00:17:15.519><c> if</c><00:17:16.299><c> this</c><00:17:17.740><c> beguiling</c><00:17:18.440><c> system</c><00:17:18.839><c> came</c><00:17:19.180><c> along,</c>

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and<00:17:20.200><c> the</c><00:17:20.380><c> brethren</c><00:17:20.619><c> and</c><00:17:20.819><c> sisters</c><00:17:21.220><c> had</c><00:17:21.460><c> their</c><00:17:21.680><c> Bibles</c><00:17:21.980><c> open</c><00:17:22.500><c> and</c><00:17:22.980><c> were</c><00:17:23.220><c> aware</c><00:17:23.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:24.119><c> truth</c><00:17:24.339><c> as</c><00:17:24.480><c> it</c><00:17:24.640><c> is</c><00:17:24.779><c> in</c><00:17:24.960><c> Christ</c><00:17:25.220><c> Jesus,</c>

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the<00:17:25.859><c> gospel,</c><00:17:26.700><c> the</c><00:17:26.880><c> things</c><00:17:27.140><c> concerning</c><00:17:27.539><c> the</c><00:17:27.759><c> kingdom</c><00:17:28.000><c> of</c><00:17:28.220><c> God</c>

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and<00:17:28.619><c> the</c><00:17:28.720><c> name</c><00:17:28.880><c> of</c><00:17:29.039><c> Jesus</c><00:17:29.299><c> Christ,</c>

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then<00:17:30.339><c> they</c><00:17:30.500><c> would</c><00:17:30.720><c> not</c><00:17:30.920><c> be</c><00:17:31.140><c> able</c><00:17:31.380><c> to</c><00:17:31.599><c> be</c><00:17:31.799><c> deceived</c><00:17:32.200><c> because</c><00:17:32.500><c> they</c><00:17:32.720><c> would</c><00:17:32.900><c> be</c>

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in<00:17:33.299><c> light.</c>

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But<00:17:34.839><c> as</c><00:17:35.079><c> they</c><00:17:35.359><c> moved</c><00:17:35.640><c> slowly</c><00:17:36.119><c> throughout</c><00:17:36.460><c> the</c><00:17:36.680><c> first</c><00:17:36.920><c> century</c>

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and<00:17:37.559><c> into</c><00:17:37.720><c> the</c><00:17:37.920><c> second,</c>

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the<00:17:39.059><c> light</c><00:17:39.240><c> of</c><00:17:39.420><c> the</c><00:17:39.579><c> gospel</c><00:17:39.859><c> began</c><00:17:40.220><c> to</c><00:17:40.519><c> fade.</c>

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They<00:17:41.960><c> began</c><00:17:42.240><c> to</c><00:17:42.519><c> become</c><00:17:42.759><c> complacent.</c>

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A<00:17:44.799><c> clergy</c><00:17:45.119><c>-type</c><00:17:45.740><c> atmosphere</c><00:17:46.460><c> developed</c><00:17:47.000><c> where</c><00:17:47.339><c> there</c><00:17:47.539><c> was</c>

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clergy<00:17:48.759><c> and</c><00:17:49.039><c> laity</c><00:17:49.420><c> within</c><00:17:49.880><c> the</c><00:17:50.119><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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There<00:17:50.799><c> was</c><00:17:50.980><c> the</c><00:17:51.220><c> ruling</c><00:17:51.460><c> brethren,</c><00:17:52.019><c> and</c><00:17:52.240><c> then</c><00:17:52.299><c> there</c><00:17:52.400><c> was</c><00:17:52.579><c> the</c>

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general<00:17:53.119><c> populace.</c>

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And<00:17:55.339><c> in</c><00:17:55.519><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:55.799><c> chapter</c><00:17:56.140><c> 9</c><00:17:56.420><c> and</c><00:17:56.559><c> verse</c><00:17:56.740><c> 16,</c><00:17:57.200><c> we</c><00:17:57.420><c> have</c><00:17:57.599><c> a</c><00:17:57.799><c> great</c>

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warning<00:17:58.319><c> to</c><00:17:58.599><c> us.</c>

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It's<00:18:00.119><c> the</c><00:18:00.279><c> leaders</c><00:18:00.779><c> of</c><00:18:01.099><c> the</c><00:18:01.299><c> people</c><00:18:01.640><c> that</c><00:18:01.920><c> cause</c><00:18:02.200><c> them</c><00:18:02.400><c> to</c><00:18:02.680><c> err,</c><00:18:03.039><c> said</c><00:18:03.140><c> God</c>

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of<00:18:03.519><c> Israel</c><00:18:03.799><c> at</c><00:18:03.940><c> this</c><00:18:04.099><c> point</c><00:18:04.319><c> in</c><00:18:04.539><c> time,</c>

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and<00:18:05.740><c> they</c><00:18:05.960><c> that</c><00:18:06.119><c> are</c><00:18:06.359><c> led</c><00:18:06.480><c> of</c><00:18:06.680><c> them</c><00:18:07.119><c> are</c><00:18:07.859><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:18:09.599><c> so,</c><00:18:09.839><c> brethren</c><00:18:10.000><c> and</c><00:18:10.200><c> sisters,</c><00:18:10.880><c> there's</c><00:18:11.220><c> a</c><00:18:11.319><c> real</c><00:18:11.559><c> danger.</c>

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It<00:18:12.339><c> was</c><00:18:12.519><c> there</c><00:18:12.720><c> for</c><00:18:12.900><c> Israel,</c><00:18:14.000><c> it's</c><00:18:14.380><c> there</c><00:18:14.680><c> in</c><00:18:14.900><c> the</c><00:18:15.119><c> first</c><00:18:15.319><c> century,</c><00:18:15.900><c> and</c>

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certainly<00:18:16.480><c> it's</c><00:18:16.720><c> there</c><00:18:16.819><c> for</c><00:18:16.960><c> us</c><00:18:17.200><c> today.</c>

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That<00:18:18.480><c> if</c><00:18:18.680><c> we</c><00:18:19.000><c> become</c><00:18:19.299><c> complacent</c><00:18:20.279><c> and</c><00:18:20.819><c> put</c><00:18:21.019><c> the</c><00:18:21.359><c> sole</c><00:18:21.619><c> responsibility</c><00:18:22.460><c> of</c><00:18:22.779><c> the</c>

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faith<00:18:23.400><c>-developing</c><00:18:24.099><c> diet</c>

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upon<00:18:25.380><c> the</c><00:18:25.660><c> leaders</c><00:18:25.900><c> of</c><00:18:26.099><c> the</c><00:18:26.279><c> Ecclesia,</c>

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there's<00:18:28.119><c> a</c><00:18:28.259><c> possibility</c><00:18:28.920><c> that</c><00:18:29.160><c> there</c><00:18:29.339><c> may</c><00:18:29.559><c> be</c><00:18:29.779><c> corruption</c>

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and<00:18:31.220><c> that</c><00:18:31.400><c> the</c><00:18:31.660><c> flock</c><00:18:31.859><c> will</c><00:18:32.140><c> follow</c><00:18:32.400><c> them.</c>

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And<00:18:33.720><c> the</c><00:18:33.940><c> Christadelphians</c><00:18:34.539><c> as</c><00:18:34.779><c> a</c><00:18:34.920><c> body</c><00:18:35.460><c> have,</c><00:18:36.180><c> throughout</c>

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their<00:18:36.900><c> existence,</c>

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resisted<00:18:38.519><c> this</c><00:18:39.039><c> by</c><00:18:39.539><c> having</c><00:18:39.839><c> the</c><00:18:40.119><c> Bible</c><00:18:40.420><c> readings,</c>

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by<00:18:41.460><c> having</c><00:18:41.759><c> personal</c><00:18:42.319><c> Bible</c><00:18:42.720><c> study</c><00:18:43.039><c> in</c><00:18:43.339><c> every</c><00:18:43.720><c> household</c><00:18:44.180><c> from</c><00:18:44.380><c> a</c>

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day<00:18:44.779><c>-to</c><00:18:44.900><c>-day</c><00:18:45.039><c> basis</c>

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as<00:18:46.160><c> something</c><00:18:46.539><c> that</c><00:18:46.960><c> works</c><00:18:47.279><c> as</c><00:18:47.579><c> an</c><00:18:47.920><c> antiseptic</c><00:18:48.579><c> to</c><00:18:48.859><c> this.</c>

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Study<00:18:50.200><c> to</c><00:18:50.519><c> show</c><00:18:50.819><c> thyself</c><00:18:51.380><c> approved</c><00:18:51.920><c> unto</c><00:18:52.180><c> God,</c><00:18:52.599><c> writes</c><00:18:52.740><c> Paul</c>

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to<00:18:53.119><c> Timothy,</c>

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a<00:18:54.160><c> work</c><00:18:54.339><c> that</c><00:18:54.619><c> needeth</c><00:18:55.099><c> not</c><00:18:55.319><c> be</c><00:18:55.539><c> ashamed.</c>

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The<00:18:56.940><c> problem</c><00:18:57.059><c> in</c><00:18:57.259><c> the</c><00:18:57.359><c> first</c><00:18:57.559><c> century</c><00:18:58.039><c> is</c><00:18:58.720><c> that</c><00:18:59.299><c> there</c><00:18:59.359><c> was</c>

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the<00:18:59.920><c> Laodicean</c><00:19:00.559><c> attitude</c>

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that's<00:19:01.279><c> described</c><00:19:01.640><c> in</c><00:19:01.799><c> the</c><00:19:01.900><c> letters</c><00:19:02.099><c> to</c><00:19:02.299><c> the</c><00:19:02.460><c> Ecclesia</c>

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that<00:19:03.539><c> bred</c><00:19:03.960><c> laziness</c><00:19:04.839><c> and</c><00:19:05.180><c> complacency,</c>

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leaving<00:19:07.039><c> the</c><00:19:07.380><c> spiritual</c><00:19:07.740><c> discernment</c><00:19:08.960><c> purely</c><00:19:09.299><c> to</c><00:19:09.519><c> the</c><00:19:09.680><c> shepherds,</c>

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so<00:19:10.720><c> that</c><00:19:10.859><c> when</c><00:19:11.480><c> different</c><00:19:11.900><c> doctrinal</c><00:19:12.380><c> points</c><00:19:12.660><c> of</c><00:19:12.819><c> view</c><00:19:12.900><c> came</c>

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in,<00:19:13.359><c> they</c><00:19:13.460><c> were</c><00:19:13.720><c> not</c><00:19:14.000><c> sufficiently</c><00:19:14.480><c> contested.</c>

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All<00:19:17.019><c> of</c><00:19:17.160><c> us</c><00:19:17.279><c> are</c><00:19:17.579><c> instructed</c><00:19:18.019><c> in</c><00:19:18.400><c> 1</c><00:19:18.640><c> Peter</c><00:19:18.900><c> chapter</c><00:19:19.359><c> 5,</c>

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specifically<00:19:21.000><c> the</c><00:19:21.599><c> overseers</c><00:19:22.099><c> of</c><00:19:22.259><c> the</c><00:19:22.460><c> flock,</c><00:19:22.640><c> as</c><00:19:22.819><c> they</c><00:19:23.019><c> were</c>

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back<00:19:23.400><c> in</c><00:19:23.539><c> the</c><00:19:23.640><c> first</c><00:19:23.880><c> century,</c>

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the<00:19:25.019><c> job</c><00:19:25.339><c> of</c><00:19:25.539><c> the</c><00:19:25.759><c> overseers,</c><00:19:26.319><c> the</c><00:19:26.539><c> elders,</c><00:19:26.960><c> was</c><00:19:27.119><c> to</c><00:19:27.700><c> feed</c><00:19:28.000><c> the</c>

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flock<00:19:28.380><c> of</c><00:19:28.619><c> God,</c><00:19:28.900><c> which</c><00:19:28.980><c> is</c><00:19:29.160><c> among</c><00:19:29.359><c> you,</c>

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by<00:19:30.079><c> taking</c><00:19:30.380><c> the</c><00:19:30.779><c> oversight</c><00:19:31.160><c> thereof,</c><00:19:31.960><c> not</c><00:19:32.160><c> of</c><00:19:32.440><c> constraint,</c>

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but<00:19:33.920><c> willingly,</c>

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not<00:19:35.019><c> for</c><00:19:35.339><c> filthy</c><00:19:35.720><c> lucre,</c><00:19:36.680><c> but</c><00:19:36.819><c> of</c><00:19:37.000><c> a</c><00:19:37.140><c> ready</c><00:19:37.359><c> mind.</c>

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Neither<00:19:38.680><c> is</c><00:19:38.920><c> being</c><00:19:39.240><c> lords</c><00:19:39.660><c> over</c><00:19:39.900><c> God's</c><00:19:40.359><c> heritage,</c><00:19:40.740><c> and</c><00:19:40.880><c> there</c>

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is<00:19:41.099><c> the</c><00:19:41.279><c> idea</c><00:19:41.420><c> of</c><00:19:41.579><c> that</c><00:19:41.799><c> clergy,</c>

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but<00:19:43.160><c> has</c><00:19:43.460><c> being</c><00:19:43.819><c> examples</c><00:19:44.599><c> or</c><00:19:44.839><c> in</c><00:19:45.079><c> samples</c><00:19:45.400><c> to</c><00:19:45.599><c> the</c><00:19:45.819><c> flock.</c>

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And<00:19:46.539><c> when</c><00:19:46.720><c> the</c><00:19:46.900><c> chief</c><00:19:47.099><c> shepherd</c><00:19:47.400><c> shall</c><00:19:47.660><c> appear,</c><00:19:48.079><c> ye</c><00:19:48.200><c> shall</c><00:19:48.380><c> receive</c><00:19:48.779><c> a</c>

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crown<00:19:49.259><c> of</c><00:19:49.500><c> glory</c><00:19:50.259><c> that</c><00:19:50.839><c> fadeth</c><00:19:51.099><c> not</c><00:19:51.339><c> away.</c>

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The<00:19:52.579><c> eldership</c><00:19:53.059><c> of</c><00:19:53.220><c> the</c><00:19:53.359><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:19:54.640><c> the</c><00:19:55.079><c> prime</c><00:19:55.440><c> directive</c><00:19:55.980><c> to</c><00:19:56.539><c> them,</c>

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was<00:19:57.339><c> to</c><00:19:57.960><c> feed</c><00:19:58.519><c> the</c><00:19:59.160><c> flock</c><00:19:59.420><c> of</c><00:19:59.839><c> God,</c><00:20:00.779><c> and</c><00:20:00.839><c> we</c><00:20:00.980><c> need</c><00:20:01.180><c> to</c><00:20:01.380><c> remember</c><00:20:01.640><c> that.</c>

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Provide<00:20:02.799><c> meat</c><00:20:03.220><c> for</c><00:20:03.539><c> my</c><00:20:03.759><c> household,</c><00:20:04.240><c> as</c><00:20:04.339><c> the</c><00:20:04.480><c> Lord</c><00:20:04.599><c> Jesus</c><00:20:04.920><c> Christ</c><00:20:05.160><c> tells</c><00:20:05.400><c> us.</c>

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And<00:20:06.200><c> that</c><00:20:06.359><c> takes</c><00:20:06.640><c> place</c><00:20:07.039><c> by</c><00:20:07.240><c> the</c><00:20:07.500><c> diet</c><00:20:07.759><c> that</c><00:20:07.940><c> is</c><00:20:08.140><c> prepared</c><00:20:08.619><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:09.299><c> Sunday</c><00:20:09.640><c> school,</c>

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in<00:20:10.440><c> the</c><00:20:10.700><c> Bible</c><00:20:11.019><c> class,</c><00:20:11.440><c> in</c><00:20:11.559><c> the</c><00:20:11.779><c> lectures,</c><00:20:12.559><c> in</c><00:20:12.740><c> the</c><00:20:12.980><c> speaking</c><00:20:13.279><c> brethren,</c>

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in<00:20:14.000><c> what</c><00:20:14.180><c> is</c><00:20:14.400><c> put</c><00:20:14.740><c> forward</c><00:20:15.119><c> by</c><00:20:15.599><c> the</c><00:20:15.900><c> sisters</c><00:20:16.240><c> to</c><00:20:16.440><c> the</c><00:20:16.660><c> children</c>

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in<00:20:17.579><c> the</c><00:20:17.799><c> Sunday</c><00:20:18.059><c> school,</c>

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but<00:20:18.440><c> all</c><00:20:18.680><c> these</c><00:20:18.900><c> things</c><00:20:19.140><c> working</c><00:20:19.440><c> together</c><00:20:19.799><c> in</c><00:20:20.019><c> the</c><00:20:20.339><c> home,</c>

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feeding<00:20:21.480><c> the</c><00:20:21.859><c> flock,</c>

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that<00:20:22.339><c> is</c><00:20:22.640><c> the</c><00:20:22.960><c> prime</c><00:20:23.200><c> directive,</c><00:20:24.079><c> because</c><00:20:24.420><c> that</c><00:20:24.779><c> is</c><00:20:24.940><c> what</c><00:20:25.380><c> sanctifies</c><00:20:26.019><c> us</c>

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from<00:20:26.579><c> the</c><00:20:26.819><c> world.</c>

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Now,<00:20:29.279><c> it's</c><00:20:29.559><c> the</c><00:20:29.799><c> scripture</c><00:20:30.279><c> that's</c><00:20:30.859><c> able</c><00:20:31.039><c> to</c><00:20:31.259><c> make</c><00:20:31.400><c> us</c><00:20:31.940><c> wise</c>

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unto<00:20:32.619><c> salvation,</c>

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and<00:20:34.259><c> we</c><00:20:34.460><c> never</c><00:20:34.660><c> want</c><00:20:34.859><c> to</c><00:20:35.039><c> let</c><00:20:35.160><c> our</c><00:20:35.380><c> arranging</c><00:20:35.779><c> boards</c><00:20:36.099><c> become</c>

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so<00:20:37.079><c> crippled</c>

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with<00:20:37.799><c> trivial</c><00:20:38.519><c> and</c><00:20:39.019><c> temporal</c><00:20:39.400><c> concerns</c><00:20:40.140><c> of</c><00:20:40.420><c> the</c><00:20:40.660><c> halls</c><00:20:41.059><c> and</c>

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the<00:20:41.480><c> trimmings</c><00:20:41.779><c> and</c><00:20:41.920><c> all</c><00:20:42.059><c> that</c><00:20:42.220><c> type</c><00:20:42.380><c> of</c><00:20:42.559><c> thing,</c>

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that<00:20:43.359><c> they</c><00:20:43.619><c> become,</c><00:20:44.900><c> lose</c><00:20:45.039><c> their</c><00:20:45.319><c> focus</c><00:20:45.640><c> as</c><00:20:45.799><c> to</c><00:20:45.900><c> what</c><00:20:45.980><c> we're</c>

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really<00:20:46.539><c> supposed</c><00:20:46.880><c> to</c><00:20:47.000><c> be</c><00:20:47.180><c> about.</c>

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We<00:20:48.019><c> all</c><00:20:48.480><c> have</c><00:20:48.720><c> to</c><00:20:48.900><c> keep</c><00:20:49.059><c> this</c><00:20:49.299><c> as</c><00:20:49.480><c> the</c><00:20:49.819><c> paramount</c><00:20:50.299><c> prime</c><00:20:50.539><c> directive</c><00:20:50.960><c> of</c>

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our<00:20:51.339><c> community.</c>

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As<00:20:52.619><c> soon</c><00:20:52.859><c> as</c><00:20:53.019><c> we</c><00:20:53.539><c> become</c><00:20:53.819><c> more</c><00:20:54.099><c> of</c><00:20:54.380><c> a</c><00:20:54.519><c> social</c><00:20:54.839><c> ship</c><00:20:55.200><c> and</c><00:20:55.599><c> less</c><00:20:55.799><c> of</c><00:20:56.019><c> a</c>

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fellowship<00:20:56.640><c> around</c><00:20:57.059><c> God's</c><00:20:57.519><c> word,</c>

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the<00:20:58.460><c> sooner</c><00:20:58.819><c> we</c><00:20:59.279><c> lose</c><00:20:59.779><c> those</c><00:21:00.220><c> roads</c><00:21:00.460><c> of</c><00:21:00.720><c> righteousness.</c>

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In<00:21:03.759><c> 2</c><00:21:04.059><c> Peter</c><00:21:04.380><c> chapter</c><00:21:04.759><c> 2,</c><00:21:05.460><c> in</c><00:21:05.619><c> the</c><00:21:05.799><c> first</c><00:21:05.980><c> three</c><00:21:06.240><c> verses</c><00:21:06.519><c> there,</c>

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the<00:21:07.059><c> apostle</c><00:21:07.420><c> tells</c><00:21:07.720><c> them</c><00:21:07.900><c> quite</c><00:21:08.220><c> clearly</c><00:21:08.619><c> that</c><00:21:09.200><c> there</c><00:21:09.559><c> is</c><00:21:09.740><c> a</c>

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warning<00:21:10.259><c> given.</c>

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There<00:21:11.460><c> were,</c><00:21:11.799><c> he</c><00:21:12.039><c> says,</c><00:21:12.480><c> false</c><00:21:12.859><c> prophets</c><00:21:13.380><c> among</c><00:21:13.960><c> the</c><00:21:14.259><c> people</c>

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of<00:21:14.640><c> Israel</c><00:21:15.000><c> back</c><00:21:15.240><c> in</c><00:21:15.380><c> the</c><00:21:15.460><c> Old</c><00:21:15.619><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:21:17.119><c> so</c><00:21:17.359><c> he</c><00:21:17.500><c> says,</c><00:21:18.079><c> Why</c><00:21:18.200><c> should</c><00:21:18.420><c> you</c><00:21:18.579><c> be</c><00:21:18.720><c> any</c><00:21:18.940><c> different,</c><00:21:19.839><c> even</c>

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as<00:21:20.559><c> there</c><00:21:20.920><c> shall</c><00:21:21.200><c> be</c><00:21:21.579><c> false</c><00:21:21.880><c> teachers</c><00:21:22.259><c> among</c><00:21:22.559><c> you,</c>

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who<00:21:23.900><c> privily</c><00:21:24.380><c> shall</c><00:21:24.640><c> bring</c><00:21:24.980><c> in</c><00:21:25.559><c> damnable</c><00:21:26.059><c> heresies,</c><00:21:26.720><c> even</c>

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denying<00:21:27.359><c> the</c><00:21:27.599><c> Lord</c><00:21:27.759><c> that</c><00:21:28.059><c> bought</c><00:21:28.299><c> them,</c>

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and<00:21:29.059><c> bring</c><00:21:29.279><c> upon</c><00:21:29.539><c> themselves</c><00:21:29.980><c> swift</c><00:21:30.220><c> destruction?</c>

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And<00:21:31.059><c> many,</c><00:21:31.579><c> he</c><00:21:32.099><c> says,</c><00:21:32.299><c> shall</c><00:21:32.579><c> follow</c><00:21:32.960><c> their</c><00:21:33.200><c> pernicious</c><00:21:33.539><c> ways,</c>

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by<00:21:34.579><c> reason</c><00:21:34.880><c> of</c><00:21:35.140><c> whom</c><00:21:35.259><c> the</c><00:21:35.440><c> way</c><00:21:35.640><c> of</c><00:21:35.799><c> the</c><00:21:35.940><c> truth</c><00:21:36.059><c> shall</c><00:21:36.240><c> be</c><00:21:36.539><c> evil</c>

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spoken<00:21:37.180><c> of.</c>

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Their<00:21:38.259><c> motivation</c><00:21:38.960><c> is</c><00:21:39.319><c> covetousness,</c><00:21:40.319><c> and</c><00:21:40.680><c> through</c><00:21:41.000><c> covetousness</c>

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they<00:21:42.019><c> shall</c><00:21:42.220><c> with</c><00:21:42.480><c> feigned</c><00:21:42.799><c> words</c><00:21:43.319><c> make</c><00:21:43.799><c> merchandise</c><00:21:44.420><c> of</c><00:21:44.680><c> you.</c>

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Now,<00:21:46.099><c> brothers</c><00:21:46.259><c> and</c><00:21:46.420><c> sisters,</c><00:21:46.740><c> we</c><00:21:46.940><c> must</c><00:21:47.259><c> not</c><00:21:47.680><c> be</c><00:21:48.000><c> naive</c><00:21:48.559><c> to</c>

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the<00:21:49.240><c> realities</c><00:21:49.720><c> that</c><00:21:50.019><c> face</c><00:21:50.180><c> us.</c>

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Just<00:21:51.319><c> as</c><00:21:51.579><c> the</c><00:21:51.779><c> Ecclesia</c><00:21:52.180><c> in</c><00:21:52.440><c> the</c><00:21:52.619><c> first</c><00:21:52.859><c> century</c><00:21:53.099><c> was</c><00:21:53.339><c> told</c><00:21:53.579><c> not</c><00:21:53.839><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:54.180><c> naive</c><00:21:54.599><c> as</c><00:21:55.140><c> to</c><00:21:55.339><c> the</c><00:21:55.640><c> realities</c><00:21:56.059><c> that</c><00:21:56.400><c> face</c><00:21:56.599><c> them,</c>

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there<00:21:57.759><c> would</c><00:21:58.000><c> be</c><00:21:58.259><c> false</c><00:21:58.559><c> teachers</c><00:21:58.940><c> and</c><00:21:59.200><c> shepherds</c><00:21:59.539><c> among</c><00:21:59.759><c> them.</c>

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Why<00:22:01.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:22:01.180><c> there</c><00:22:01.359><c> be</c><00:22:01.500><c> amongst</c><00:22:01.740><c> us?</c><00:22:02.180><c> That's</c><00:22:02.380><c> what</c><00:22:02.519><c> the</c>

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apostle<00:22:02.960><c> Peter</c><00:22:03.299><c> says.</c>

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And<00:22:04.579><c> what</c><00:22:04.680><c> we</c><00:22:04.900><c> have</c><00:22:05.079><c> to</c><00:22:05.240><c> do</c><00:22:05.339><c> is</c><00:22:05.519><c> keep</c><00:22:05.759><c> our</c><00:22:06.059><c> minds</c><00:22:06.319><c> and</c><00:22:06.559><c> our</c><00:22:06.779><c> hearts</c><00:22:07.180><c> spiritually</c><00:22:07.799><c> aware</c><00:22:08.279><c> and</c><00:22:08.599><c> perceptive.</c>

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In<00:22:10.359><c> the</c><00:22:10.579><c> first</c><00:22:10.859><c> century</c><00:22:11.160><c> they</c><00:22:11.339><c> were</c><00:22:11.539><c> to</c><00:22:11.680><c> be</c><00:22:11.880><c> successful.</c>

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and<00:22:16.019><c> they</c><00:22:16.180><c> would</c><00:22:16.420><c> jeopardize</c><00:22:17.359><c> the</c><00:22:17.839><c> preparation</c><00:22:18.380><c> of</c><00:22:18.579><c> the</c><00:22:18.759><c> bride,</c>

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destroying<00:22:20.059><c> the</c><00:22:20.380><c> vision,</c><00:22:21.200><c> becoming</c><00:22:21.500><c> the</c><00:22:22.000><c> conquerors</c><00:22:22.519><c> or</c><00:22:22.660><c> the</c>

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vanquishers<00:22:23.380><c> of</c><00:22:23.519><c> the</c><00:22:23.720><c> people</c>

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that<00:22:24.440><c> we</c><00:22:24.680><c> read</c><00:22:24.880><c> about</c><00:22:25.099><c> in</c><00:22:25.299><c> the</c><00:22:25.420><c> letters</c><00:22:25.640><c> to</c><00:22:25.859><c> the</c><00:22:25.980><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:26.420><c> as</c>

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the<00:22:27.880><c> Nicolaitans.</c>

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Ezekiel<00:22:31.099><c> talks</c><00:22:31.380><c> of</c><00:22:31.539><c> Israel</c><00:22:31.900><c> in</c><00:22:32.079><c> the</c><00:22:32.220><c> same</c><00:22:32.420><c> way.</c>

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Thus<00:22:33.559><c> saith</c><00:22:33.799><c> the</c><00:22:34.000><c> Lord</c><00:22:34.220><c> God</c><00:22:34.460><c> unto</c><00:22:34.640><c> the</c><00:22:34.920><c> shepherds,</c>

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Woe<00:22:36.019><c> to</c><00:22:36.180><c> the</c><00:22:36.380><c> shepherds</c><00:22:36.680><c> of</c><00:22:36.819><c> Israel</c><00:22:37.180><c> that</c><00:22:37.660><c> feed</c><00:22:38.059><c> themselves,</c>

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should<00:22:40.119><c> not</c><00:22:40.559><c> the</c><00:22:42.160><c> shepherds</c><00:22:42.579><c> feed</c><00:22:42.799><c> the</c><00:22:43.079><c> flocks?</c>

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And<00:22:44.660><c> he</c><00:22:44.779><c> admonishes</c><00:22:45.240><c> them.</c>

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You<00:22:45.920><c> eat</c><00:22:46.180><c> the</c><00:22:46.480><c> fat,</c><00:22:46.680><c> you</c><00:22:46.880><c> clothe</c><00:22:47.220><c> you</c><00:22:47.380><c> with</c><00:22:47.559><c> the</c><00:22:47.759><c> wool,</c><00:22:47.880><c> you</c>

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kill<00:22:48.420><c> them</c><00:22:48.640><c> that</c><00:22:48.799><c> are</c><00:22:49.019><c> fed,</c>

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but<00:22:49.759><c> you</c><00:22:50.059><c> feed</c><00:22:50.240><c> not</c><00:22:50.460><c> the</c><00:22:50.680><c> flock.</c>

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The<00:22:51.220><c> deceased</c><00:22:51.579><c> have</c><00:22:51.759><c> you</c><00:22:51.920><c> not</c><00:22:52.180><c> strengthened,</c><00:22:52.700><c> neither</c><00:22:52.839><c> have</c>

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you<00:22:53.200><c> healed</c><00:22:53.380><c> that</c><00:22:53.619><c> which</c><00:22:53.759><c> was</c><00:22:54.019><c> sick,</c>

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neither<00:22:54.839><c> have</c><00:22:55.039><c> you</c><00:22:55.240><c> bound</c><00:22:55.460><c> up</c><00:22:55.660><c> that</c><00:22:55.819><c> which</c><00:22:55.980><c> was</c><00:22:56.240><c> broken,</c>

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neither<00:22:57.059><c> have</c><00:22:57.319><c> you</c><00:22:57.500><c> brought</c><00:22:57.740><c> again</c><00:22:58.059><c> that</c><00:22:58.240><c> which</c><00:22:58.400><c> was</c><00:22:58.599><c> driven</c><00:22:58.819><c> away,</c>

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neither<00:22:59.740><c> have</c><00:22:59.940><c> you</c><00:23:00.200><c> sought</c><00:23:00.339><c> that</c><00:23:00.539><c> which</c><00:23:00.700><c> was</c><00:23:00.940><c> lost,</c>

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but<00:23:01.279><c> with</c><00:23:01.599><c> force</c><00:23:01.940><c> and</c><00:23:02.400><c> cruelty</c><00:23:02.859><c> have</c><00:23:03.460><c> you</c><00:23:03.700><c> ruled</c><00:23:03.880><c> them.</c>

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And,<00:23:05.480><c> brothers</c><00:23:05.619><c> and</c><00:23:05.819><c> sisters,</c><00:23:06.559><c> that's</c><00:23:07.059><c> a</c><00:23:07.240><c> warning</c><00:23:07.480><c> to</c><00:23:07.720><c> us.</c>

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To<00:23:09.019><c> be</c><00:23:09.319><c> aware</c><00:23:09.839><c> that</c><00:23:10.220><c> these</c><00:23:10.619><c> things</c><00:23:10.940><c> happened</c><00:23:11.440><c> in</c><00:23:11.619><c> the</c><00:23:11.839><c> past</c><00:23:12.160><c> as</c><00:23:12.619><c> examples.</c>

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Let<00:23:14.759><c> him</c><00:23:15.019><c> that</c><00:23:15.299><c> thinketh</c><00:23:15.680><c> he</c><00:23:15.980><c> standeth</c><00:23:16.460><c> take</c><00:23:16.920><c> heed</c><00:23:17.299><c> lest</c><00:23:17.599><c> he</c><00:23:17.900><c> fall.</c>

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The<00:23:19.259><c> corruption</c><00:23:19.619><c> of</c><00:23:19.920><c> doctrine</c><00:23:20.500><c> can</c><00:23:21.420><c> defile</c><00:23:22.079><c> individual</c><00:23:22.839><c> members</c><00:23:23.259><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:23.619><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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In<00:23:25.220><c> the</c><00:23:25.380><c> most</c><00:23:25.579><c> severe</c><00:23:25.900><c> cases,</c><00:23:26.779><c> as</c><00:23:27.039><c> we</c><00:23:27.180><c> have</c><00:23:27.359><c> mentioned,</c><00:23:27.880><c> it</c><00:23:28.180><c> robs</c><00:23:28.480><c> us</c>

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of<00:23:28.779><c> our</c><00:23:29.000><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:23:30.180><c> the</c><00:23:30.380><c> problem</c><00:23:30.619><c> in</c><00:23:30.819><c> the</c><00:23:30.940><c> first</c><00:23:31.180><c> century</c><00:23:31.519><c> was</c><00:23:31.680><c> the</c><00:23:31.900><c> same</c><00:23:32.099><c> problem</c><00:23:32.500><c> back</c><00:23:32.740><c> in</c>

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the<00:23:33.019><c> time</c><00:23:33.200><c> of</c><00:23:33.400><c> Ezekiel,</c>

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that<00:23:34.480><c> the</c><00:23:34.880><c> elders</c><00:23:35.720><c> fed</c><00:23:36.539><c> themselves</c><00:23:37.339><c> and</c><00:23:37.779><c> not</c><00:23:37.980><c> the</c><00:23:38.240><c> flock.</c>

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It<00:23:39.240><c> became</c><00:23:39.599><c> a</c><00:23:39.880><c> situation</c><00:23:40.480><c> of</c><00:23:41.019><c> clergy</c><00:23:41.400><c> and</c><00:23:41.660><c> laity,</c>

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whereby,<00:23:43.359><c> just</c><00:23:43.619><c> like</c><00:23:43.839><c> it</c><00:23:44.079><c> began</c><00:23:44.420><c> really</c><00:23:44.839><c> around</c><00:23:45.440><c> the</c><00:23:45.940><c> Lord's</c><00:23:46.400><c> table,</c>

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the<00:23:46.920><c> Last</c><00:23:47.240><c> Supper,</c><00:23:47.599><c> where</c><00:23:47.720><c> there</c><00:23:47.859><c> was</c><00:23:48.000><c> a</c><00:23:48.259><c> discussion</c><00:23:48.559><c> as</c><00:23:48.759><c> to</c>

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who<00:23:49.140><c> would</c><00:23:49.319><c> be</c><00:23:49.480><c> the</c><00:23:49.740><c> greatest</c><00:23:50.079><c> in</c><00:23:50.220><c> the</c><00:23:50.359><c> Kingdom</c><00:23:50.579><c> of</c><00:23:50.759><c> Heaven.</c>

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In<00:23:51.839><c> the</c><00:23:52.059><c> first</c><00:23:52.279><c> century</c><00:23:52.640><c> that</c><00:23:52.900><c> developed.</c>

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That<00:23:54.200><c> developed</c><00:23:54.519><c> into</c><00:23:54.779><c> a</c><00:23:55.079><c> clergy</c><00:23:55.400><c> and</c><00:23:55.599><c> a</c><00:23:55.740><c> laity</c><00:23:56.079><c> mentality,</c>

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because<00:23:56.980><c> it's</c><00:23:57.400><c> human</c><00:23:57.579><c> nature</c><00:23:58.039><c> that</c><00:23:58.599><c> we</c><00:23:58.779><c> want</c><00:23:58.940><c> to</c><00:23:59.079><c> be</c><00:23:59.299><c> better</c>

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than<00:23:59.799><c> each</c><00:24:00.039><c> other.</c>

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And<00:24:01.759><c> so</c><00:24:01.980><c> the</c><00:24:02.160><c> Apostle</c><00:24:02.559><c> warns</c><00:24:02.980><c> us</c><00:24:03.160><c> in</c><00:24:03.380><c> Acts</c><00:24:03.619><c> chapter</c><00:24:03.940><c> 20</c><00:24:04.680><c> and</c><00:24:05.119><c> at</c>

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verse<00:24:05.519><c> 28.</c>

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I<00:24:06.319><c> don't</c><00:24:06.539><c> know,</c><00:24:06.599><c> perhaps</c><00:24:06.740><c> we</c><00:24:06.900><c> could</c><00:24:07.059><c> just</c><00:24:07.259><c> lose</c><00:24:07.400><c> the</c><00:24:07.619><c> lights</c>

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here<00:24:08.000><c> in</c><00:24:08.119><c> the</c><00:24:08.299><c> front.</c>

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We're<00:24:08.740><c> sort</c><00:24:08.920><c> of</c><00:24:09.960><c> losing</c><00:24:10.359><c> a</c><00:24:10.460><c> bit</c><00:24:10.579><c> of</c><00:24:10.680><c> the</c><00:24:10.900><c> overhead.</c>

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In<00:24:13.279><c> the</c><00:24:13.539><c> first</c><00:24:13.759><c> century</c><00:24:14.119><c> there</c><00:24:14.319><c> was</c><00:24:14.660><c> a</c><00:24:14.839><c> real</c><00:24:15.099><c> danger</c><00:24:15.700><c> of</c><00:24:16.380><c> spiritual</c><00:24:16.900><c> wolves</c><00:24:17.319><c> entering</c><00:24:17.740><c> in</c>

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and<00:24:18.339><c> devouring</c><00:24:19.079><c> the</c><00:24:19.799><c> flock.</c>

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We<00:24:20.920><c> read</c><00:24:21.099><c> there</c><00:24:21.259><c> in</c><00:24:21.380><c> Acts</c><00:24:21.539><c> chapter</c><00:24:21.799><c> 20</c><00:24:22.240><c> and</c><00:24:22.359><c> at</c><00:24:22.500><c> verse</c><00:24:22.700><c> 28.</c>

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Take<00:24:23.660><c> heed</c><00:24:24.180><c> unto</c><00:24:24.720><c> all</c><00:24:25.140><c> the</c><00:24:25.400><c> flock,</c><00:24:26.220><c> over</c><00:24:26.380><c> which</c><00:24:26.619><c> the</c><00:24:26.900><c> Holy</c><00:24:27.140><c> Spirit</c><00:24:27.500><c> hath</c><00:24:27.740><c> made</c><00:24:27.980><c> you</c><00:24:28.319><c> overseers,</c>

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to<00:24:29.000><c> feed</c><00:24:29.400><c> the</c><00:24:29.680><c> ecclesia</c><00:24:30.079><c> of</c><00:24:30.299><c> God,</c><00:24:30.960><c> which</c><00:24:31.140><c> he</c><00:24:31.380><c> hath</c><00:24:31.579><c> purchased</c>

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with<00:24:32.200><c> his</c><00:24:32.359><c> own</c><00:24:32.539><c> blood.</c>

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For<00:24:33.779><c> I</c><00:24:33.960><c> know</c><00:24:34.220><c> this,</c><00:24:34.519><c> says</c><00:24:34.640><c> the</c><00:24:34.880><c> Apostle,</c><00:24:36.420><c> I</c><00:24:36.779><c> know</c><00:24:37.319><c> this.</c>

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Not<00:24:38.099><c> it</c><00:24:38.420><c> might</c><00:24:38.819><c> happen</c><00:24:39.180><c> or</c><00:24:39.339><c> it's</c><00:24:39.660><c> possible.</c>

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He<00:24:40.839><c> says,</c><00:24:41.440><c> I</c><00:24:41.440><c> know</c><00:24:41.859><c> this,</c><00:24:42.660><c> that</c><00:24:42.799><c> after</c><00:24:43.140><c> my</c><00:24:43.400><c> departing</c><00:24:43.940><c> shall</c>

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grievous<00:24:44.819><c> wolves</c><00:24:45.279><c> enter</c><00:24:45.700><c> in</c><00:24:46.220><c> among</c><00:24:46.559><c> you,</c>

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not<00:24:47.480><c> sparing</c><00:24:47.900><c> the</c><00:24:48.140><c> flock.</c>

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Also<00:24:49.440><c> of</c><00:24:49.839><c> your</c><00:24:50.140><c> own</c><00:24:50.599><c> selves</c><00:24:50.859><c> shall</c><00:24:51.119><c> men</c><00:24:51.359><c> arise,</c><00:24:52.240><c> speaking</c>

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perverse<00:24:53.099><c> things.</c>

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Why?<00:24:54.740><c> To</c><00:24:55.000><c> draw</c><00:24:55.299><c> away</c><00:24:55.480><c> disciples</c><00:24:55.960><c> after</c><00:24:56.299><c> them.</c>

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This<00:24:57.200><c> is</c><00:24:57.400><c> the</c><00:24:57.700><c> first</c><00:24:58.000><c> century</c><00:24:58.559><c> ecclesia.</c>

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We<00:24:59.660><c> often</c><00:24:59.960><c> apply</c><00:25:00.319><c> these</c><00:25:00.579><c> verses</c><00:25:00.880><c> to</c><00:25:01.079><c> the</c><00:25:01.220><c> world</c><00:25:01.400><c> around</c><00:25:01.720><c> us.</c>

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All<00:25:02.019><c> these</c><00:25:02.180><c> grievous</c><00:25:02.519><c> wolves</c><00:25:02.839><c> and</c><00:25:03.039><c> there's</c><00:25:03.160><c> all</c><00:25:03.339><c> these</c><00:25:03.500><c> types</c>

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of<00:25:03.900><c> things.</c>

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But<00:25:04.359><c> this</c><00:25:04.660><c> is</c><00:25:04.940><c> talking</c><00:25:05.220><c> about</c><00:25:05.539><c> within</c><00:25:06.000><c> the</c><00:25:06.259><c> ecclesia,</c><00:25:07.059><c> as</c><00:25:07.319><c> all</c>

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these<00:25:07.880><c> verses</c><00:25:08.259><c> are.</c>

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The<00:25:09.980><c> violent</c><00:25:10.400><c> wolves</c><00:25:10.779><c> that</c><00:25:10.940><c> would</c><00:25:11.160><c> come</c><00:25:11.359><c> in</c><00:25:11.700><c> and</c><00:25:11.960><c> devour</c><00:25:12.359><c> the</c>

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flock<00:25:12.819><c> for</c><00:25:13.019><c> their</c><00:25:13.400><c> own</c><00:25:14.059><c> purposes.</c>

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Not<00:25:15.799><c> to</c><00:25:16.039><c> further</c><00:25:16.200><c> the</c><00:25:16.400><c> purpose</c><00:25:16.740><c> of</c><00:25:17.019><c> God</c><00:25:17.359><c> in</c><00:25:18.039><c> calling</c><00:25:18.440><c> out</c><00:25:18.740><c> the</c><00:25:19.000><c> saints.</c>

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Also,<00:25:21.180><c> they</c><00:25:21.339><c> would</c><00:25:21.559><c> arise</c><00:25:22.059><c> from</c><00:25:22.420><c> within.</c>

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Perverting<00:25:24.279><c> the</c><00:25:24.559><c> truth.</c>

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Motivated<00:25:26.000><c> by</c><00:25:26.279><c> the</c><00:25:26.500><c> lust</c><00:25:26.799><c> of</c><00:25:27.200><c> pride.</c>

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The<00:25:28.319><c> pride</c><00:25:28.579><c> of</c><00:25:28.799><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:29.680><c> it</c><00:25:29.759><c> was</c><00:25:29.859><c> once</c><00:25:30.039><c> put</c><00:25:30.240><c> to</c><00:25:30.359><c> me</c><00:25:30.480><c> that</c><00:25:30.579><c> there's</c><00:25:30.819><c> three</c><00:25:31.220><c> reasons</c>

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for<00:25:31.920><c> false</c><00:25:32.200><c> doctrine.</c>

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The<00:25:33.160><c> lust</c><00:25:33.319><c> of</c><00:25:33.500><c> the</c><00:25:33.700><c> flesh,</c><00:25:34.380><c> the</c><00:25:34.480><c> lust</c><00:25:34.680><c> of</c><00:25:34.880><c> the</c><00:25:35.059><c> eyes,</c><00:25:35.720><c> and</c><00:25:35.859><c> the</c>

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pride<00:25:36.259><c> of</c><00:25:36.460><c> life.</c>

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And<00:25:36.880><c> that's</c><00:25:37.119><c> exactly</c><00:25:37.460><c> what</c><00:25:37.599><c> we</c><00:25:37.819><c> see</c><00:25:37.940><c> here.</c>

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He<00:25:38.940><c> warns</c><00:25:39.339><c> that</c><00:25:39.440><c> there</c><00:25:39.599><c> would</c><00:25:39.799><c> be</c><00:25:40.000><c> perverse</c><00:25:40.460><c> doctrines</c><00:25:41.119><c> that</c>

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are<00:25:41.779><c> based</c><00:25:42.279><c> upon</c><00:25:42.839><c> the</c><00:25:43.119><c> idea</c><00:25:43.500><c> of</c><00:25:43.700><c> the</c><00:25:43.920><c> pride</c><00:25:44.119><c> of</c><00:25:44.400><c> life.</c>

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That<00:25:45.519><c> was</c><00:25:45.740><c> what</c><00:25:45.920><c> was</c><00:25:46.079><c> to</c><00:25:46.259><c> face</c><00:25:46.480><c> the</c><00:25:46.700><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:25:47.960><c> what</c><00:25:48.039><c> we're</c><00:25:48.200><c> trying</c><00:25:48.400><c> to</c><00:25:48.559><c> do</c><00:25:48.660><c> is</c><00:25:48.839><c> look</c><00:25:49.119><c> at</c><00:25:49.960><c> Revelation</c><00:25:50.599><c> paints</c><00:25:51.079><c> for</c>

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us<00:25:51.279><c> this</c><00:25:51.420><c> picture</c><00:25:51.680><c> of</c><00:25:51.859><c> this</c><00:25:52.099><c> bride.</c>

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This<00:25:53.299><c> lamb's</c><00:25:53.880><c> wife</c><00:25:54.240><c> that</c><00:25:54.720><c> was</c><00:25:54.880><c> to</c><00:25:55.059><c> be</c><00:25:55.339><c> a</c><00:25:55.559><c> chaste</c><00:25:55.960><c> virgin.</c>

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And<00:25:57.099><c> yet</c><00:25:57.160><c> as</c><00:25:57.319><c> we</c><00:25:57.539><c> begin</c><00:25:57.720><c> to</c><00:25:58.119><c> follow</c><00:25:58.400><c> through</c><00:25:58.940><c> and</c><00:25:59.420><c> see</c><00:25:59.619><c> what</c><00:25:59.920><c> happened</c><00:26:00.180><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:00.519><c> first</c><00:26:00.740><c> century,</c>

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we<00:26:01.960><c> begin</c><00:26:02.160><c> to</c><00:26:02.420><c> see</c><00:26:02.519><c> that</c><00:26:02.660><c> this</c><00:26:02.859><c> was</c><00:26:03.000><c> to</c><00:26:03.259><c> change</c><00:26:03.500><c> and</c><00:26:03.599><c> this</c><00:26:03.779><c> was</c>

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to<00:26:04.160><c> alter.</c>

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The<00:26:05.920><c> Lord</c><00:26:06.099><c> Jesus</c><00:26:06.440><c> Christ</c><00:26:06.700><c> himself</c><00:26:07.160><c> tells</c><00:26:07.460><c> us</c><00:26:07.680><c> in</c><00:26:07.799><c> Matthew</c><00:26:08.099><c> chapter</c><00:26:08.420><c> 7</c>

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and<00:26:08.880><c> the</c><00:26:09.059><c> 15th</c><00:26:09.579><c> verse,</c>

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Beware<00:26:10.700><c> of</c><00:26:11.019><c> false</c><00:26:11.380><c> prophets,</c><00:26:12.259><c> which</c><00:26:12.460><c> shall</c><00:26:12.720><c> come</c><00:26:13.000><c> unto</c><00:26:13.240><c> you</c>

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in<00:26:13.839><c> sheep's</c><00:26:14.339><c> clothing.</c>

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But<00:26:15.599><c> inwardly</c><00:26:16.079><c> they</c><00:26:16.180><c> are</c><00:26:16.480><c> ravening</c><00:26:16.859><c> wolves.</c>

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Now<00:26:18.220><c> this</c><00:26:18.420><c> describes</c><00:26:19.039><c> to</c><00:26:19.319><c> us</c><00:26:19.480><c> those</c><00:26:19.880><c> who</c><00:26:20.160><c> had</c><00:26:20.519><c> a</c><00:26:21.059><c> religiously</c>

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pious<00:26:22.480><c> exterior.</c>

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They<00:26:23.619><c> looked</c><00:26:23.980><c> the</c><00:26:24.299><c> part.</c>

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On<00:26:25.579><c> the</c><00:26:25.799><c> outside</c><00:26:26.460><c> they</c><00:26:26.799><c> looked</c><00:26:27.079><c> the</c><00:26:27.380><c> part</c><00:26:27.619><c> of</c><00:26:27.880><c> the</c><00:26:28.140><c> sheep,</c><00:26:28.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:29.279><c> shepherds.</c>

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But<00:26:30.339><c> from</c><00:26:30.700><c> within,</c><00:26:31.819><c> out</c><00:26:32.039><c> of</c><00:26:32.180><c> the</c><00:26:32.400><c> heart</c><00:26:32.559><c> of</c><00:26:32.819><c> men,</c><00:26:33.599><c> proceed</c>

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evil<00:26:34.359><c> thoughts,</c><00:26:35.099><c> facts,</c><00:26:35.619><c> murders,</c><00:26:36.059><c> adulteries.</c>

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And<00:26:37.019><c> that's</c><00:26:37.359><c> the</c><00:26:37.559><c> same</c><00:26:37.819><c> thing</c><00:26:38.039><c> that</c><00:26:38.160><c> they</c><00:26:38.299><c> were</c><00:26:38.480><c> faced</c><00:26:38.779><c> with.</c>

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These<00:26:39.839><c> things</c><00:26:40.059><c> were</c><00:26:40.299><c> to</c><00:26:40.500><c> come</c><00:26:40.700><c> from</c><00:26:40.980><c> within</c><00:26:41.400><c> and</c><00:26:42.019><c> defile</c><00:26:42.799><c> the</c><00:26:43.099><c> ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:26:45.319><c> now,</c><00:26:45.460><c> brethren</c><00:26:45.579><c> and</c><00:26:45.700><c> sisters,</c><00:26:45.980><c> when</c><00:26:46.099><c> we</c><00:26:46.720><c> think</c><00:26:46.940><c> of</c><00:26:47.440><c> 2</c><00:26:47.700><c> Peter</c><00:26:48.019><c> chapter</c><00:26:48.480><c> 2,</c>

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we<00:26:50.319><c> are</c><00:26:50.519><c> given</c><00:26:50.740><c> the</c><00:26:51.059><c> description</c><00:26:51.559><c> of</c><00:26:52.220><c> this</c><00:26:52.980><c> type</c><00:26:53.420><c> of</c><00:26:53.680><c> apostasy</c>

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that<00:26:54.299><c> would</c><00:26:54.420><c> develop.</c>

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He<00:26:55.720><c> says,</c><00:26:55.960><c> When</c><00:26:56.039><c> they</c><00:26:56.359><c> speak,</c><00:26:57.420><c> it's</c><00:26:57.579><c> great</c><00:26:58.099><c> swelling</c><00:26:58.619><c> words</c>

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of<00:26:59.539><c> vanity.</c>

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They're<00:27:00.599><c> done</c><00:27:00.799><c> with</c><00:27:01.079><c> great</c><00:27:01.440><c> gusto,</c><00:27:02.000><c> great</c><00:27:02.299><c> charisma,</c><00:27:03.180><c> but</c>

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they<00:27:03.640><c> are</c><00:27:03.980><c> empty.</c>

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They<00:27:05.339><c> allure</c><00:27:05.940><c> through</c><00:27:06.380><c> the</c><00:27:06.599><c> lust</c><00:27:06.779><c> of</c><00:27:06.980><c> the</c><00:27:07.160><c> flesh.</c>

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And<00:27:07.299><c> that's</c><00:27:07.359><c> the</c><00:27:07.539><c> doctrine.</c>

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The<00:27:08.619><c> message</c><00:27:09.059><c> is</c><00:27:09.539><c> pleasing.</c>

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It<00:27:11.900><c> tantalates</c><00:27:12.400><c> our</c><00:27:12.720><c> flesh.</c>

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It's<00:27:13.359><c> something</c><00:27:13.519><c> that</c><00:27:13.700><c> we</c><00:27:13.799><c> could</c><00:27:14.019><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:27:14.700><c> not</c><00:27:14.900><c> hard</c><00:27:15.279><c> and</c><00:27:15.700><c> maybe</c><00:27:16.019><c> perhaps</c><00:27:16.319><c> requires</c><00:27:16.779><c> change</c><00:27:17.180><c> of</c><00:27:17.279><c> us,</c><00:27:17.380><c> but</c><00:27:17.460><c> we</c>

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could<00:27:17.759><c> do</c><00:27:17.920><c> this.</c>

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We<00:27:18.240><c> could</c><00:27:18.400><c> go</c><00:27:18.640><c> along</c><00:27:18.819><c> with</c><00:27:19.039><c> this.</c>

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And<00:27:20.720><c> he</c><00:27:20.779><c> says,</c><00:27:21.160><c> Through</c><00:27:21.160><c> much</c><00:27:21.579><c> wantonness,</c><00:27:22.140><c> those</c><00:27:22.500><c> that</c><00:27:22.700><c> were</c>

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clean<00:27:23.160><c> escaped</c><00:27:23.720><c> from</c><00:27:25.099><c> them</c><00:27:25.400><c> who</c><00:27:25.680><c> live</c><00:27:25.880><c> in</c><00:27:26.220><c> error,</c>

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while<00:27:27.440><c> they</c><00:27:27.920><c> promise</c><00:27:28.440><c> liberty,</c><00:27:29.839><c> they</c><00:27:30.039><c> themselves</c><00:27:30.660><c> are</c><00:27:30.839><c> the</c>

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servants<00:27:31.380><c> of</c><00:27:31.700><c> corruption,</c>

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for<00:27:32.980><c> of</c><00:27:33.119><c> whom</c><00:27:33.240><c> a</c><00:27:33.380><c> man</c><00:27:33.480><c> is</c><00:27:33.720><c> overcome</c><00:27:34.240><c> of</c><00:27:34.700><c> the</c><00:27:34.960><c> same</c><00:27:35.119><c> as</c><00:27:35.240><c> he</c><00:27:35.460><c> brought</c><00:27:35.720><c> in</c><00:27:36.059><c> bondage.</c>

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:39.680
Now,<00:27:37.420><c> brethren</c><00:27:37.420><c> and</c><00:27:37.640><c> sisters,</c><00:27:38.140><c> is</c><00:27:38.259><c> the</c><00:27:38.539><c> seed</c><00:27:38.700><c> of</c><00:27:38.839><c> the</c><00:27:39.000><c> woman</c>

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versus<00:27:40.220><c> the</c><00:27:40.480><c> seed</c><00:27:40.619><c> of</c><00:27:40.779><c> the</c><00:27:40.920><c> serpent.</c>

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:44.059
What<00:27:41.940><c> did</c><00:27:42.220><c> the</c><00:27:42.480><c> serpent</c><00:27:42.799><c> promise</c><00:27:43.220><c> Eve?</c>

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He<00:27:44.619><c> promised</c><00:27:44.900><c> her</c><00:27:45.200><c> liberty.</c>

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.640
He<00:27:46.619><c> promised</c><00:27:46.960><c> her</c><00:27:47.339><c> freedom.</c>

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.680
He<00:27:47.940><c> promised</c><00:27:48.180><c> her</c><00:27:48.440><c> knowledge.</c>

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He<00:27:48.859><c> promised</c><00:27:49.160><c> her</c><00:27:49.380><c> life,</c><00:27:50.140><c> all</c><00:27:50.460><c> those</c><00:27:50.660><c> things.</c>

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That's<00:27:51.240><c> exactly</c><00:27:51.640><c> what</c><00:27:51.859><c> Peter's</c><00:27:52.220><c> talking</c><00:27:52.460><c> about</c><00:27:52.660><c> here.</c>

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:58.420
They<00:27:53.880><c> speak</c><00:27:54.299><c> great</c><00:27:55.220><c> swelling</c><00:27:55.819><c> words</c><00:27:56.160><c> of</c><00:27:56.460><c> vanity,</c><00:27:56.940><c> and</c><00:27:58.019><c> they</c>

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appeal<00:27:58.819><c> to</c><00:27:59.039><c> the</c><00:27:59.200><c> lust</c><00:27:59.380><c> of</c><00:27:59.579><c> the</c><00:27:59.779><c> flesh.</c>

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:05.440
But<00:28:01.119><c> the</c><00:28:01.380><c> message,</c><00:28:02.339><c> the</c><00:28:02.579><c> doctrine</c><00:28:02.839><c> that's</c><00:28:03.099><c> put</c><00:28:03.339><c> forward,</c><00:28:04.700><c> is</c><00:28:05.019><c> empty.</c>

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:10.140
They<00:28:06.240><c> promise</c><00:28:06.759><c> liberty,</c><00:28:07.900><c> and</c><00:28:07.960><c> they</c><00:28:08.180><c> become</c><00:28:08.480><c> the</c><00:28:08.720><c> servants</c><00:28:08.940><c> of</c><00:28:09.220><c> corruption.</c>

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:12.859
That's<00:28:10.700><c> exactly</c><00:28:11.099><c> what</c><00:28:11.319><c> the</c><00:28:11.539><c> serpent</c><00:28:11.700><c> promised</c><00:28:12.119><c> Eve.</c>

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And<00:28:13.240><c> what</c><00:28:13.359><c> she</c><00:28:13.579><c> became</c><00:28:13.880><c> was</c><00:28:14.079><c> a</c><00:28:14.299><c> servant</c><00:28:14.500><c> of</c><00:28:14.740><c> corruption.</c>

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And<00:28:16.140><c> just</c><00:28:16.380><c> like</c><00:28:16.500><c> the</c><00:28:16.720><c> apostle</c><00:28:17.039><c> Paul</c><00:28:17.380><c> says,</c><00:28:17.960><c> he</c><00:28:17.980><c> feared</c><00:28:18.740><c> less</c>

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:21.700
just<00:28:19.660><c> as</c><00:28:19.900><c> the</c><00:28:20.140><c> serpent</c><00:28:20.440><c> beguiled</c><00:28:20.960><c> Eve,</c>

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so<00:28:22.299><c> the</c><00:28:22.519><c> first</c><00:28:22.779><c> century</c><00:28:23.180><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:27.859
And<00:28:24.259><c> so</c><00:28:24.500><c> you</c><00:28:24.720><c> and</c><00:28:24.940><c> I</c><00:28:25.619><c> would</c><00:28:25.960><c> be</c><00:28:26.279><c> corrupted</c><00:28:26.660><c> by</c><00:28:26.920><c> these</c><00:28:27.140><c> doctrines.</c>

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:31.019
And<00:28:28.519><c> that's</c><00:28:28.859><c> why</c><00:28:29.259><c> we</c><00:28:29.740><c> have</c><00:28:29.960><c> a</c><00:28:30.160><c> statement</c><00:28:30.380><c> of</c><00:28:30.680><c> faith.</c>

00:28:31.019 --> 00:28:36.299
That's<00:28:32.079><c> why</c><00:28:32.460><c> we</c><00:28:33.019><c> have</c><00:28:33.579><c> a</c><00:28:34.000><c> clearly</c><00:28:34.279><c> defined</c><00:28:35.220><c> catalog</c><00:28:35.859><c> of</c><00:28:36.059><c> what</c>

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we<00:28:36.579><c> believe.</c>

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It's<00:28:38.200><c> to</c><00:28:38.539><c> separate</c><00:28:39.079><c> us</c><00:28:39.440><c> from</c><00:28:39.700><c> the</c><00:28:39.960><c> world.</c>

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.099
That's<00:28:41.880><c> the</c><00:28:42.000><c> whole</c><00:28:42.279><c> idea</c><00:28:42.660><c> from</c><00:28:42.900><c> it.</c>

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Sanctify<00:28:44.119><c> them</c><00:28:44.579><c> through</c><00:28:45.180><c> thy</c><00:28:45.480><c> truth.</c>

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Come<00:28:46.720><c> out</c><00:28:47.000><c> from</c><00:28:47.240><c> among</c><00:28:47.519><c> her,</c><00:28:47.759><c> and</c><00:28:47.920><c> be</c><00:28:48.019><c> ye</c><00:28:48.359><c> separate.</c>

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Touch<00:28:49.000><c> not</c><00:28:49.259><c> the</c><00:28:49.500><c> unclean</c><00:28:50.000><c> thing.</c>

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It's<00:28:51.240><c> to</c><00:28:51.440><c> take</c><00:28:51.619><c> the</c><00:28:51.880><c> world</c><00:28:52.059><c> and</c><00:28:52.220><c> its</c><00:28:52.519><c> doctrines,</c><00:28:53.099><c> and</c><00:28:53.220><c> to</c><00:28:53.460><c> put</c>

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a<00:28:54.000><c> division.</c>

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And<00:28:54.480><c> as</c><00:28:54.640><c> you</c><00:28:54.779><c> go</c><00:28:55.000><c> through</c><00:28:55.299><c> the</c><00:28:55.460><c> Old</c><00:28:55.640><c> Testament,</c><00:28:56.380><c> and</c><00:28:56.559><c> you</c><00:28:56.759><c> see</c>

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:58.880
what<00:28:57.220><c> God</c><00:28:57.559><c> tried</c><00:28:57.839><c> to</c><00:28:58.059><c> do</c><00:28:58.119><c> with</c><00:28:58.339><c> Israel,</c>

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through<00:28:59.559><c> the</c><00:28:59.740><c> wilderness,</c><00:29:00.240><c> through</c><00:29:00.440><c> the</c><00:29:00.740><c> tabernacle,</c><00:29:01.299><c> through</c><00:29:01.480><c> the</c><00:29:01.720><c> law,</c>

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:06.680
it<00:29:02.579><c> was</c><00:29:02.859><c> to</c><00:29:03.259><c> separate,</c><00:29:04.319><c> to</c><00:29:04.380><c> put</c><00:29:04.539><c> a</c><00:29:04.799><c> difference</c><00:29:05.079><c> between</c><00:29:05.579><c> Israel</c><00:29:06.220><c> and</c>

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the<00:29:06.839><c> world</c><00:29:07.019><c> around</c><00:29:07.319><c> them,</c><00:29:07.460><c> and</c><00:29:07.559><c> the</c><00:29:07.759><c> nations.</c>

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:11.940
And<00:29:09.099><c> what</c><00:29:09.299><c> the</c><00:29:09.539><c> apostle</c><00:29:09.900><c> Peter</c><00:29:10.220><c> was</c><00:29:10.480><c> worried</c><00:29:10.740><c> about</c><00:29:11.160><c> was</c><00:29:11.779><c> that</c>

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:13.599
the<00:29:12.140><c> message</c><00:29:12.440><c> that</c><00:29:12.619><c> would</c><00:29:12.839><c> be</c><00:29:13.079><c> portrayed</c>

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by<00:29:14.099><c> those</c><00:29:14.359><c> that</c><00:29:14.539><c> would</c><00:29:14.720><c> arise</c><00:29:15.000><c> in</c><00:29:15.180><c> the</c><00:29:15.380><c> Ecclesia</c><00:29:16.079><c> would</c><00:29:16.400><c> be</c><00:29:16.619><c> one</c><00:29:16.779><c> of</c>

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thou<00:29:17.099><c> shalt</c><00:29:17.480><c> not</c><00:29:17.859><c> surely</c><00:29:18.140><c> die.</c>

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And<00:29:19.059><c> that's</c><00:29:22.960><c> why</c><00:29:23.039><c> we're</c><00:29:23.039><c> going</c><00:29:24.420><c> on</c><00:29:24.579><c> up</c><00:29:24.779><c> to</c><00:29:24.980><c> the</c><00:29:25.099><c> Spirit</c><00:29:25.420><c> in</c><00:29:25.599><c> the</c><00:29:25.819><c> sky.</c>

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That's<00:29:26.240><c> where</c><00:29:26.339><c> we're</c><00:29:26.539><c> going</c><00:29:26.799><c> when</c><00:29:26.960><c> we're</c><00:29:27.220><c> dying.</c>

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It's<00:29:28.880><c> not</c><00:29:28.880><c> what</c><00:29:28.940><c> they</c><00:29:29.160><c> teach,</c><00:29:29.920><c> but</c><00:29:30.079><c> it's</c><00:29:30.380><c> all</c><00:29:30.720><c> empty</c><00:29:31.160><c> words</c><00:29:31.480><c> of</c><00:29:31.819><c> vanity.</c>

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And<00:29:33.279><c> so,</c><00:29:33.559><c> brethren</c><00:29:33.700><c> and</c><00:29:33.980><c> sisters,</c><00:29:34.839><c> in</c><00:29:34.980><c> the</c><00:29:35.259><c> first</c><00:29:35.460><c> century,</c>

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:41.279
there<00:29:36.000><c> were</c><00:29:36.200><c> those</c><00:29:36.519><c> teachers</c><00:29:36.940><c> that</c><00:29:37.559><c> stole</c><00:29:38.099><c> the</c><00:29:38.640><c> vision</c><00:29:38.960><c> of</c><00:29:39.339><c> the</c><00:29:39.559><c> kingdom</c><00:29:39.839><c> that</c><00:29:40.019><c> was</c><00:29:40.220><c> to</c><00:29:40.480><c> come.</c>

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:44.319
They<00:29:42.000><c> stole</c><00:29:42.339><c> the</c><00:29:42.619><c> vision</c><00:29:42.920><c> from</c><00:29:43.160><c> the</c><00:29:43.359><c> brethren</c><00:29:43.579><c> and</c><00:29:43.819><c> sisters,</c>

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:47.940
who<00:29:45.160><c> stopped</c><00:29:45.599><c> looking</c><00:29:46.039><c> forward</c><00:29:46.559><c> to</c><00:29:46.720><c> the</c><00:29:46.880><c> kingdom</c><00:29:47.079><c> of</c><00:29:47.259><c> God</c><00:29:47.380><c> on</c><00:29:47.619><c> earth,</c>

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:50.440
and<00:29:48.460><c> were</c><00:29:48.700><c> taught</c><00:29:48.900><c> things</c><00:29:49.200><c> that</c><00:29:49.319><c> the</c><00:29:49.519><c> kingdom</c><00:29:49.819><c> of</c><00:29:50.000><c> God</c><00:29:50.180><c> is</c>

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among<00:29:50.759><c> you.</c>

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It's<00:29:51.680><c> now.</c><00:29:52.259><c> Don't</c><00:29:52.460><c> look</c><00:29:52.680><c> for</c><00:29:52.859><c> a</c><00:29:52.900><c> political</c><00:29:53.480><c> kingdom</c><00:29:53.799><c> in</c><00:29:53.980><c> the</c><00:29:54.140><c> future,</c>

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or<00:29:54.539><c> something</c><00:29:54.819><c> yet</c><00:29:55.740><c> to</c><00:29:56.039><c> come,</c><00:29:56.400><c> but</c><00:29:56.720><c> concentrate</c><00:29:57.240><c> on</c><00:29:57.440><c> the</c><00:29:57.640><c> here</c>

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and<00:29:58.000><c> now.</c>

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So<00:29:59.039><c> instead</c><00:29:59.380><c> of</c><00:29:59.500><c> looking</c><00:29:59.779><c> at</c><00:29:59.960><c> the</c><00:30:00.160><c> joy</c><00:30:00.440><c> set</c><00:30:00.619><c> before</c><00:30:01.039><c> them,</c>

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:04.579
they<00:30:02.079><c> became</c><00:30:02.539><c> people</c><00:30:02.980><c> who</c><00:30:03.220><c> looked</c><00:30:03.400><c> at</c><00:30:03.740><c> the</c><00:30:03.920><c> tribulation</c><00:30:04.400><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:04.700><c> moment.</c>

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And<00:30:05.619><c> that's</c><00:30:05.920><c> a</c><00:30:06.039><c> recipe</c><00:30:06.380><c> for</c><00:30:06.619><c> the</c><00:30:06.859><c> disaster</c><00:30:07.220><c> of</c><00:30:07.579><c> the</c><00:30:07.779><c> saints.</c>

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:13.480
They<00:30:09.220><c> began</c><00:30:09.480><c> to</c><00:30:09.880><c> believe</c><00:30:10.460><c> that</c><00:30:10.960><c> the</c><00:30:11.180><c> kingdom</c><00:30:11.400><c> of</c><00:30:11.599><c> God</c><00:30:12.160><c> was</c><00:30:12.500><c> something</c><00:30:12.859><c> that</c><00:30:13.079><c> was</c>

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the<00:30:13.759><c> here</c><00:30:13.940><c> and</c><00:30:14.099><c> now.</c>

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:17.099
The<00:30:14.940><c> blessings</c><00:30:15.279><c> of</c><00:30:15.619><c> this</c><00:30:15.880><c> life</c><00:30:16.140><c> was</c><00:30:16.319><c> what</c><00:30:16.480><c> was</c><00:30:16.700><c> to</c><00:30:16.799><c> be</c><00:30:16.900><c> looked</c>

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forward<00:30:17.339><c> to.</c>

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.759
Now<00:30:18.079><c> that</c><00:30:18.180><c> is</c><00:30:18.420><c> the</c><00:30:18.559><c> message</c><00:30:18.819><c> of</c><00:30:19.140><c> popular</c><00:30:19.420><c> Christianity,</c><00:30:20.140><c> isn't</c><00:30:20.279><c> it?</c>

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:22.339
That<00:30:21.099><c> the</c><00:30:21.319><c> kingdom</c><00:30:21.519><c> is</c><00:30:21.720><c> among</c><00:30:21.920><c> you.</c>

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:25.720
That<00:30:23.000><c> we</c><00:30:23.119><c> can</c><00:30:23.299><c> have</c><00:30:23.480><c> the</c><00:30:23.700><c> Holy</c><00:30:23.920><c> Spirit</c><00:30:24.259><c> now</c><00:30:24.539><c> and</c><00:30:24.720><c> all</c><00:30:25.019><c> the</c><00:30:25.279><c> benefits.</c>

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:28.359
And<00:30:26.240><c> they</c><00:30:26.460><c> think</c><00:30:26.619><c> that</c><00:30:26.839><c> the</c><00:30:27.039><c> wealth</c><00:30:27.339><c> that</c><00:30:27.539><c> we</c><00:30:27.799><c> accumulate</c><00:30:28.220><c> in</c>

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:30.480
this<00:30:28.619><c> life</c><00:30:28.839><c> is</c><00:30:29.240><c> the</c><00:30:29.519><c> blessing</c><00:30:29.960><c> from</c><00:30:30.200><c> God,</c>

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purely<00:30:30.880><c> because</c><00:30:31.200><c> we're</c><00:30:31.400><c> Christians,</c>

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:34.440
and<00:30:32.059><c> you</c><00:30:32.160><c> have</c><00:30:32.299><c> these</c><00:30:32.759><c> Christian</c><00:30:33.220><c> businessman</c><00:30:33.759><c> associations</c>

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and<00:30:34.640><c> whatever</c><00:30:34.839><c> else.</c>

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That's<00:30:35.400><c> the</c><00:30:35.500><c> way</c><00:30:35.680><c> the</c><00:30:35.960><c> thinking</c><00:30:36.160><c> of</c><00:30:36.339><c> the</c><00:30:36.500><c> world</c><00:30:36.680><c> goes.</c>

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Supposing<00:30:38.059><c> that</c><00:30:38.500><c> gain</c><00:30:38.799><c> is</c><00:30:39.180><c> godliness.</c>

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:42.440
And<00:30:40.740><c> brethren</c><00:30:40.920><c> and</c><00:30:41.140><c> sisters,</c><00:30:41.319><c> we've</c><00:30:41.559><c> got</c><00:30:41.640><c> to</c><00:30:41.819><c> keep</c><00:30:41.960><c> ourselves</c>

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.920
separate<00:30:42.799><c> from</c><00:30:43.160><c> that.</c>

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The<00:30:44.700><c> Apostle</c><00:30:45.519><c> Paul</c><00:30:45.940><c> talks</c><00:30:46.299><c> about</c><00:30:47.079><c> the</c><00:30:48.420><c> development</c><00:30:49.079><c> of</c><00:30:49.519><c> this</c>

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apostasy<00:30:50.480><c> into</c><00:30:51.059><c> a</c><00:30:51.500><c> formal</c><00:30:51.960><c> system.</c>

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2<00:30:54.000><c> Thessalonians</c><00:30:54.579><c> chapter</c><00:30:55.000><c> 2,</c>

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Let<00:30:55.480><c> no</c><00:30:55.779><c> man</c><00:30:55.960><c> deceive</c><00:30:56.259><c> you</c><00:30:56.420><c> by</c><00:30:56.740><c> any</c><00:30:57.000><c> means,</c><00:30:57.359><c> for</c><00:30:57.440><c> that</c><00:30:57.660><c> day</c><00:30:57.819><c> shall</c><00:30:58.099><c> not</c><00:30:58.420><c> come,</c>

00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:03.059
except<00:30:59.319><c> there</c><00:30:59.759><c> come</c><00:31:00.180><c> a</c><00:31:01.140><c> falling</c><00:31:01.480><c> away</c><00:31:02.099><c> first.</c>

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:07.400
And<00:31:03.819><c> the</c><00:31:04.440><c> man</c><00:31:04.700><c> of</c><00:31:04.980><c> sin</c><00:31:05.200><c> be</c><00:31:05.460><c> revealed,</c><00:31:05.859><c> the</c><00:31:05.960><c> man</c><00:31:06.140><c> of</c><00:31:06.380><c> lawlessness.</c>

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:09.900
He<00:31:07.819><c> will</c><00:31:08.220><c> be</c><00:31:08.599><c> revealed,</c><00:31:08.980><c> says</c><00:31:09.039><c> the</c><00:31:09.220><c> Apostle</c><00:31:09.579><c> Paul,</c>

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the<00:31:10.539><c> son</c><00:31:10.920><c> of</c><00:31:11.240><c> perdition,</c><00:31:11.740><c> or</c><00:31:11.900><c> lawlessness</c><00:31:12.359><c> as</c><00:31:12.519><c> it</c><00:31:12.680><c> is,</c>

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:17.799
who<00:31:13.519><c> opposeth</c><00:31:14.359><c> and</c><00:31:15.039><c> exalts</c><00:31:15.480><c> himself</c><00:31:16.119><c> above</c><00:31:16.640><c> all</c><00:31:16.940><c> that</c><00:31:17.079><c> is</c><00:31:17.279><c> called</c><00:31:17.519><c> God</c>

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or<00:31:17.980><c> that</c><00:31:18.119><c> is</c><00:31:18.259><c> worshiped,</c>

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:22.359
so<00:31:18.819><c> that</c><00:31:19.000><c> he</c><00:31:19.400><c> as</c><00:31:19.700><c> God</c><00:31:20.160><c> sits</c><00:31:20.599><c> in</c><00:31:20.859><c> the</c><00:31:21.099><c> temple</c><00:31:21.420><c> of</c><00:31:21.579><c> God,</c><00:31:22.160><c> showing</c>

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:24.359
himself<00:31:22.759><c> that</c><00:31:23.000><c> he</c><00:31:23.240><c> is</c><00:31:23.440><c> God.</c>

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:27.740
This<00:31:24.920><c> was</c><00:31:25.119><c> what</c><00:31:25.299><c> was</c><00:31:25.500><c> to</c><00:31:25.720><c> arise</c><00:31:26.119><c> in</c><00:31:26.400><c> the</c><00:31:26.539><c> first</c><00:31:26.740><c> century,</c>

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:30.819
and<00:31:27.839><c> to</c><00:31:28.099><c> develop</c><00:31:28.420><c> from</c><00:31:28.700><c> there</c><00:31:29.099><c> and</c><00:31:29.519><c> would</c><00:31:29.759><c> last</c><00:31:30.119><c> all</c><00:31:30.480><c> the</c><00:31:30.579><c> way</c>

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.460
through<00:31:31.059><c> to</c><00:31:31.200><c> the</c><00:31:31.319><c> Lord</c><00:31:31.500><c> Jesus</c><00:31:31.839><c> Christ</c><00:31:32.160><c> comes,</c>

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:36.380
as<00:31:32.740><c> Thessalonians</c><00:31:33.400><c> continues,</c><00:31:34.519><c> whom</c><00:31:34.740><c> the</c><00:31:35.000><c> Lord</c><00:31:35.240><c> shall</c><00:31:35.500><c> destroy</c><00:31:36.180><c> with</c>

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the<00:31:36.599><c> brightness</c><00:31:36.839><c> of</c><00:31:37.059><c> his</c><00:31:37.240><c> coming.</c>

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It<00:31:38.259><c> was</c><00:31:38.480><c> to</c><00:31:38.700><c> be</c><00:31:38.880><c> there</c><00:31:39.099><c> from</c><00:31:39.339><c> that</c><00:31:39.680><c> point</c><00:31:39.880><c> in</c><00:31:40.180><c> time</c><00:31:40.460><c> right</c><00:31:41.000><c> the</c>

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.099
way<00:31:41.339><c> through</c><00:31:41.519><c> to</c><00:31:41.720><c> our</c><00:31:41.920><c> point</c><00:31:42.099><c> in</c><00:31:42.359><c> time.</c>

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And<00:31:43.759><c> that</c><00:31:44.019><c> falling</c><00:31:44.359><c> away</c><00:31:44.960><c> that</c><00:31:45.359><c> was</c><00:31:45.500><c> to</c><00:31:45.839><c> exalt</c><00:31:46.099><c> itself</c>

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:48.980
was<00:31:47.200><c> to</c><00:31:47.440><c> come</c><00:31:47.619><c> because</c><00:31:47.920><c> of</c><00:31:48.079><c> a</c><00:31:48.259><c> loss</c><00:31:48.440><c> of</c><00:31:48.660><c> vision,</c>

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because<00:31:49.799><c> the</c><00:31:50.039><c> brethren</c><00:31:50.279><c> and</c><00:31:50.539><c> sisters</c><00:31:50.759><c> became</c><00:31:51.200><c> totally</c><00:31:51.700><c> engrossed</c><00:31:52.240><c> in</c>

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this<00:31:52.799><c> life.</c>

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And<00:31:55.079><c> so,</c><00:31:55.660><c> as</c><00:31:55.819><c> we</c><00:31:56.059><c> sort</c><00:31:56.160><c> of</c><00:31:56.420><c> summarize</c><00:31:56.799><c> what</c><00:31:56.960><c> we've</c><00:31:57.200><c> talked</c><00:31:57.440><c> about,</c>

00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:01.259
the<00:31:58.700><c> main</c><00:31:58.960><c> duty</c><00:31:59.279><c> of</c><00:31:59.480><c> the</c><00:31:59.640><c> ecclesial</c><00:32:00.079><c> presbyters</c><00:32:00.640><c> back</c><00:32:00.960><c> in</c><00:32:01.140><c> the</c>

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.700
first<00:32:01.460><c> century</c><00:32:01.759><c> as</c><00:32:01.880><c> it</c><00:32:02.079><c> should</c><00:32:02.180><c> be</c><00:32:02.359><c> today,</c>

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:06.180
is<00:32:03.339><c> to</c><00:32:03.720><c> feed</c><00:32:03.940><c> the</c><00:32:04.240><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:04.599><c> with</c><00:32:04.799><c> the</c><00:32:05.000><c> word</c><00:32:05.140><c> of</c><00:32:05.380><c> God.</c>

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:09.640
The<00:32:06.500><c> Apostle</c><00:32:06.819><c> says</c><00:32:06.980><c> it's</c><00:32:07.140><c> not</c><00:32:07.400><c> fit</c><00:32:07.579><c> that</c><00:32:07.759><c> we</c><00:32:07.900><c> should</c><00:32:08.119><c> leave</c><00:32:08.500><c> the</c><00:32:08.859><c> true</c><00:32:09.180><c> service</c><00:32:09.480><c> of</c>

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.319
the<00:32:09.779><c> Lord</c><00:32:09.920><c> to</c><00:32:10.119><c> wait</c><00:32:10.259><c> on</c><00:32:10.579><c> tables,</c>

00:32:11.380 --> 00:32:12.779
and<00:32:11.559><c> when</c><00:32:11.640><c> they</c><00:32:11.940><c> chose</c><00:32:12.220><c> at</c><00:32:12.380><c> the</c><00:32:12.559><c> decents.</c>

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:14.839
It's<00:32:12.839><c> not</c><00:32:13.019><c> that</c><00:32:13.200><c> that's</c><00:32:13.400><c> not</c><00:32:13.519><c> a</c><00:32:13.740><c> work</c><00:32:13.900><c> that</c><00:32:14.039><c> needs</c><00:32:14.240><c> to</c><00:32:14.400><c> be</c><00:32:14.559><c> done,</c>

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:17.819
but<00:32:15.160><c> the</c><00:32:15.460><c> focus</c><00:32:15.740><c> of</c><00:32:15.940><c> the</c><00:32:16.079><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:16.339><c> has</c><00:32:16.539><c> to</c><00:32:16.700><c> be</c><00:32:16.779><c> on</c><00:32:16.880><c> the</c><00:32:17.039><c> word.</c>

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:20.720
There<00:32:18.240><c> was</c><00:32:18.460><c> warnings</c><00:32:18.819><c> that</c><00:32:19.099><c> false</c><00:32:19.440><c> leaders</c><00:32:19.740><c> would</c><00:32:20.000><c> arise</c><00:32:20.460><c> who</c>

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.720
would<00:32:20.980><c> abuse</c><00:32:21.359><c> their</c><00:32:21.680><c> office,</c>

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:27.880
neglect<00:32:23.119><c> their</c><00:32:23.480><c> duty</c><00:32:23.839><c> for</c><00:32:24.079><c> the</c><00:32:24.279><c> lust</c><00:32:24.539><c> of</c><00:32:24.920><c> power,</c><00:32:26.059><c> of</c><00:32:26.220><c> a</c><00:32:26.539><c> following,</c><00:32:27.420><c> and</c><00:32:27.619><c> of</c>

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:29.059
filthy<00:32:28.119><c> lucre.</c>

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:33.539
These<00:32:29.819><c> false</c><00:32:30.400><c> apostles</c><00:32:30.920><c> would</c><00:32:31.180><c> arise</c><00:32:31.579><c> both</c><00:32:31.900><c> from</c><00:32:32.240><c> within</c><00:32:32.680><c> and</c>

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.859
from<00:32:33.799><c> without</c><00:32:34.059><c> of</c><00:32:34.279><c> the</c><00:32:34.420><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:37.640
Some<00:32:35.680><c> interested</c><00:32:36.240><c> friends</c><00:32:36.539><c> coming</c><00:32:36.839><c> in,</c><00:32:37.119><c> perhaps</c><00:32:37.380><c> you</c><00:32:37.500><c> could</c>

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.279
call<00:32:37.799><c> it</c><00:32:37.940><c> that,</c>

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.819
and<00:32:38.480><c> others,</c><00:32:38.839><c> brethren</c><00:32:38.960><c> and</c><00:32:39.200><c> sisters,</c><00:32:39.799><c> arising.</c>

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:42.799
And<00:32:40.359><c> they</c><00:32:40.500><c> would</c><00:32:40.740><c> bring</c><00:32:41.019><c> with</c><00:32:41.279><c> them</c><00:32:41.400><c> or</c><00:32:41.579><c> develop</c><00:32:42.119><c> that</c><00:32:42.500><c> type</c>

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:44.220
of<00:32:43.099><c> situation.</c>

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:47.400
They<00:32:44.920><c> would</c><00:32:45.160><c> lead</c><00:32:45.440><c> the</c><00:32:45.720><c> ecclesia</c><00:32:46.039><c> astray</c><00:32:46.539><c> by</c><00:32:46.799><c> teaching</c><00:32:47.119><c> these</c>

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.779
false<00:32:47.660><c> doctrines,</c>

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:51.940
and<00:32:48.859><c> this</c><00:32:49.220><c> falling</c><00:32:49.500><c> away</c><00:32:50.000><c> would</c><00:32:50.339><c> climax</c><00:32:50.960><c> in</c><00:32:51.259><c> the</c><00:32:51.599><c> revealing</c>

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:55.279
of<00:32:52.240><c> the</c><00:32:52.500><c> Son,</c><00:32:52.819><c> or</c><00:32:53.059><c> the</c><00:32:53.299><c> Man</c><00:32:53.519><c> of</c><00:32:53.700><c> Sin,</c><00:32:53.920><c> the</c><00:32:54.000><c> Son</c><00:32:54.220><c> of</c><00:32:54.359><c> Perdition.</c>

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:57.980
And<00:32:55.680><c> that,</c><00:32:56.180><c> brethren</c><00:32:56.200><c> and</c><00:32:56.519><c> sisters,</c><00:32:56.819><c> stands</c><00:32:57.220><c> as</c><00:32:57.559><c> a</c><00:32:57.740><c> warning</c>

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.220
to<00:32:58.279><c> us.</c>

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:03.359
Stands<00:33:00.119><c> as</c><00:33:00.339><c> a</c><00:33:00.480><c> warning</c><00:33:00.640><c> to</c><00:33:00.880><c> us</c><00:33:01.160><c> not</c><00:33:01.559><c> to</c><00:33:02.000><c> follow</c><00:33:02.240><c> the</c><00:33:02.539><c> same</c><00:33:02.799><c> path</c>

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:06.079
that<00:33:03.880><c> that</c><00:33:04.200><c> first</c><00:33:04.400><c> and</c><00:33:04.599><c> second</c><00:33:04.920><c> century</c><00:33:05.259><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:05.680><c> took.</c>

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:09.380
As<00:33:06.960><c> Corinthians</c><00:33:07.440><c> tells</c><00:33:07.779><c> us</c><00:33:07.980><c> in</c><00:33:08.099><c> chapter</c><00:33:08.359><c> 10</c><00:33:08.640><c> and</c><00:33:08.799><c> verse</c><00:33:09.000><c> 12,</c>

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:13.259
Let<00:33:09.579><c> him</c><00:33:09.819><c> that</c><00:33:10.039><c> thinketh</c><00:33:10.500><c> he</c><00:33:10.759><c> standeth,</c><00:33:11.660><c> take</c><00:33:11.980><c> heed</c><00:33:12.380><c> lest</c><00:33:12.640><c> he</c><00:33:12.920><c> fall.</c>

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:16.779
And<00:33:13.900><c> we</c><00:33:14.019><c> have</c><00:33:14.240><c> to</c><00:33:14.480><c> protect</c><00:33:15.119><c> the</c><00:33:15.759><c> inheritance</c><00:33:16.220><c> that</c><00:33:16.500><c> we</c><00:33:16.660><c> have</c>

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.359
been<00:33:16.980><c> given.</c>

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:21.680
And<00:33:17.900><c> that</c><00:33:18.140><c> begins</c><00:33:18.420><c> in</c><00:33:18.680><c> our</c><00:33:18.920><c> own</c><00:33:19.160><c> homes</c><00:33:19.599><c> and</c><00:33:20.099><c> with</c><00:33:20.279><c> our</c><00:33:20.480><c> own</c><00:33:20.740><c> families.</c>

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:27.400
This<00:33:24.220><c> verse</c><00:33:24.900><c> stands</c><00:33:25.359><c> as</c><00:33:25.559><c> a</c><00:33:25.700><c> testimony</c><00:33:26.059><c> to</c><00:33:26.279><c> our</c><00:33:26.420><c> community.</c>

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:30.839
It<00:33:28.019><c> stood</c><00:33:28.180><c> as</c><00:33:28.380><c> a</c><00:33:28.519><c> testimony</c><00:33:28.819><c> to</c><00:33:29.000><c> Israel.</c><00:33:29.940><c> It</c><00:33:30.039><c> stood</c><00:33:30.079><c> as</c><00:33:30.299><c> a</c><00:33:30.420><c> testimony</c><00:33:30.680><c> to</c>

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.980
the<00:33:30.980><c> first</c><00:33:31.180><c> century</c><00:33:31.440><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:35.519
My<00:33:32.779><c> people</c><00:33:33.240><c> are</c><00:33:33.480><c> destroyed</c><00:33:34.180><c> for</c><00:33:34.720><c> lack</c><00:33:34.960><c> of</c><00:33:35.220><c> knowledge.</c>

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:40.880
Hosea<00:33:36.099><c> 4</c><00:33:36.359><c> verse</c><00:33:36.559><c> 6.</c><00:33:37.480><c> Because</c><00:33:37.759><c> thou</c><00:33:38.039><c> has</c><00:33:38.380><c> rejected</c><00:33:39.259><c> knowledge,</c>

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:43.759
that<00:33:41.119><c> is</c><00:33:41.359><c> the</c><00:33:41.579><c> knowledge</c><00:33:41.920><c> of</c><00:33:42.140><c> God,</c><00:33:42.640><c> the</c><00:33:42.759><c> yadah,</c><00:33:43.359><c> the</c><00:33:43.559><c> knowing</c>

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.940
him<00:33:44.000><c> by</c><00:33:44.299><c> experience,</c>

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:50.579
I<00:33:45.579><c> will</c><00:33:45.799><c> also</c><00:33:46.119><c> reject</c><00:33:46.539><c> thee,</c><00:33:48.940><c> that</c><00:33:49.059><c> thou</c><00:33:49.279><c> shall</c><00:33:49.480><c> be</c><00:33:49.759><c> no</c><00:33:50.059><c> priest</c>

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:52.039
to<00:33:51.059><c> me.</c>

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:55.240
Well,<00:33:52.859><c> then</c><00:33:52.960><c> we</c><00:33:53.079><c> do</c><00:33:53.259><c> not</c><00:33:53.380><c> belong</c><00:33:53.660><c> to</c><00:33:53.839><c> the</c><00:33:54.000><c> kingdom,</c><00:33:54.460><c> do</c><00:33:54.460><c> we?</c>

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:58.019
Kings<00:33:56.019><c> and</c><00:33:56.339><c> priests</c><00:33:56.740><c> is</c><00:33:56.900><c> what</c><00:33:57.019><c> we're</c><00:33:57.180><c> looking</c><00:33:57.420><c> forward</c><00:33:57.779><c> to.</c>

00:33:58.420 --> 00:34:00.740
But<00:33:58.559><c> if</c><00:33:58.740><c> we</c><00:33:59.019><c> reject</c><00:33:59.339><c> the</c><00:33:59.559><c> knowledge</c><00:33:59.759><c> of</c><00:34:00.000><c> God,</c><00:34:00.339><c> then</c><00:34:00.440><c> we</c><00:34:00.579><c> have</c>

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.599
no<00:34:01.019><c> place</c><00:34:01.200><c> in</c><00:34:01.380><c> it.</c>

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:07.660
Seeing<00:34:02.240><c> thou</c><00:34:02.460><c> hast</c><00:34:02.740><c> forgotten</c><00:34:03.119><c> the</c><00:34:03.259><c> law</c><00:34:03.440><c> of</c><00:34:03.680><c> God,</c><00:34:04.900><c> I</c><00:34:05.140><c> will</c><00:34:05.400><c> forget</c><00:34:06.079><c> thy</c><00:34:06.619><c> children.</c>

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:11.599
That's<00:34:08.380><c> a</c><00:34:08.539><c> severe</c><00:34:08.900><c> warning</c><00:34:09.280><c> to</c><00:34:09.559><c> us</c><00:34:09.860><c> as</c><00:34:10.199><c> more</c><00:34:10.519><c> and</c><00:34:10.719><c> more</c><00:34:11.300><c> the</c>

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.960
Bible<00:34:11.960><c> readings</c>

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:16.099
become<00:34:13.079><c> a</c><00:34:13.320><c> thing</c><00:34:13.460><c> that</c><00:34:13.639><c> we</c><00:34:13.840><c> just</c><00:34:14.320><c> are</c><00:34:14.619><c> too</c><00:34:14.860><c> busy</c><00:34:15.099><c> to</c><00:34:15.340><c> do.</c>

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:19.340
With<00:34:16.320><c> all</c><00:34:16.599><c> the</c><00:34:16.840><c> events</c><00:34:17.119><c> of</c><00:34:17.340><c> this</c><00:34:17.579><c> life</c><00:34:17.920><c> and</c><00:34:18.320><c> hustle</c><00:34:18.639><c> and</c><00:34:18.860><c> bustle</c><00:34:19.099><c> here</c>

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:20.400
and<00:34:19.519><c> there,</c>

00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:23.880
as<00:34:20.760><c> you</c><00:34:20.900><c> take</c><00:34:21.079><c> a</c><00:34:21.300><c> poll</c><00:34:21.480><c> perhaps,</c><00:34:21.900><c> you</c><00:34:22.039><c> find</c><00:34:22.260><c> that</c><00:34:22.519><c> more</c><00:34:22.719><c> and</c><00:34:22.860><c> more</c><00:34:22.960><c> people</c><00:34:23.239><c> don't</c><00:34:23.460><c> do</c><00:34:23.679><c> them.</c>

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:26.760
You<00:34:24.260><c> may</c><00:34:24.460><c> have</c><00:34:24.659><c> noticed</c><00:34:24.920><c> yourselves</c><00:34:25.380><c> and</c><00:34:25.539><c> your</c><00:34:25.739><c> family</c><00:34:26.239><c> that</c>

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:28.139
that's<00:34:27.059><c> the</c><00:34:27.159><c> way</c><00:34:27.260><c> sometimes</c><00:34:27.699><c> it</c><00:34:27.940><c> gets.</c>

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:30.920
But<00:34:28.360><c> we've</c><00:34:28.599><c> got</c><00:34:28.659><c> to</c><00:34:28.820><c> say,</c><00:34:29.340><c> if</c><00:34:29.619><c> we</c><00:34:29.860><c> are</c><00:34:30.079><c> there,</c><00:34:30.360><c> then</c><00:34:30.519><c> let's</c><00:34:30.739><c> put</c>

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.820
a<00:34:31.199><c> stop</c><00:34:31.360><c> to</c><00:34:31.579><c> that.</c>

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:36.440
And<00:34:32.260><c> protect</c><00:34:32.900><c> our</c><00:34:33.440><c> inheritance</c><00:34:33.980><c> that</c><00:34:34.420><c> we</c><00:34:34.699><c> pass</c><00:34:34.940><c> on</c><00:34:35.159><c> to</c><00:34:35.300><c> our</c><00:34:35.480><c> children.</c>

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:40.000
If<00:34:36.739><c> we're</c><00:34:36.940><c> becoming</c><00:34:37.320><c> too</c><00:34:37.699><c> busy</c><00:34:38.000><c> in</c><00:34:38.199><c> the</c><00:34:38.420><c> activities</c><00:34:38.760><c> of</c><00:34:39.519><c> our</c><00:34:39.639><c> lives,</c>

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:42.699
to<00:34:40.199><c> attend</c><00:34:40.500><c> the</c><00:34:40.699><c> Bible</c><00:34:41.000><c> class</c><00:34:41.320><c> or</c><00:34:41.539><c> the</c><00:34:41.760><c> ecclesial</c><00:34:42.159><c> functions,</c>

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:45.519
then<00:34:43.199><c> we</c><00:34:43.420><c> have</c><00:34:43.679><c> to</c><00:34:43.940><c> change</c><00:34:44.260><c> our</c><00:34:44.460><c> perspectives.</c>

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:49.440
Death<00:34:46.539><c> of</c><00:34:46.900><c> the</c><00:34:47.059><c> Bible</c><00:34:47.380><c> readings</c><00:34:47.860><c> will</c><00:34:48.199><c> result</c><00:34:48.579><c> in</c><00:34:48.820><c> death</c><00:34:49.159><c> of</c>

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.519
the<00:34:49.599><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:54.059
God<00:34:51.099><c> will</c><00:34:51.340><c> reject</c><00:34:51.679><c> us</c><00:34:52.579><c> and</c><00:34:53.320><c> their</c><00:34:53.519><c> children.</c>

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:56.780
And<00:34:54.719><c> who</c><00:34:54.920><c> wants</c><00:34:55.139><c> that</c><00:34:55.500><c> for</c><00:34:55.679><c> your</c><00:34:55.900><c> children?</c>

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:58.579
You<00:34:57.079><c> look</c><00:34:57.219><c> at</c><00:34:57.320><c> the</c><00:34:57.460><c> world</c><00:34:57.619><c> out</c><00:34:57.860><c> there</c><00:34:57.980><c> and</c><00:34:58.079><c> you</c><00:34:58.239><c> see</c><00:34:58.320><c> what</c><00:34:58.440><c> it</c>

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.340
has<00:34:58.800><c> to</c><00:34:59.099><c> offer.</c>

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:02.500
If<00:34:59.920><c> we</c><00:35:00.159><c> don't</c><00:35:00.420><c> take</c><00:35:00.679><c> the</c><00:35:00.940><c> steps</c><00:35:01.159><c> to</c><00:35:01.400><c> instill</c><00:35:01.820><c> the</c><00:35:01.980><c> word</c><00:35:02.159><c> of</c><00:35:02.340><c> God</c>

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.679
in<00:35:02.659><c> them</c><00:35:02.860><c> and</c><00:35:02.980><c> in</c><00:35:03.119><c> our</c><00:35:03.340><c> families,</c>

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:05.840
then<00:35:03.900><c> God</c><00:35:04.119><c> will</c><00:35:04.320><c> reject</c><00:35:04.679><c> them.</c>

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:09.380
So,<00:35:06.860><c> brothers</c><00:35:06.960><c> and</c><00:35:07.199><c> sisters,</c><00:35:07.340><c> we</c><00:35:07.559><c> really</c><00:35:07.840><c> need</c><00:35:08.000><c> to</c><00:35:08.239><c> consider</c><00:35:08.519><c> this.</c>

00:35:09.699 --> 00:35:12.099
In<00:35:09.860><c> the</c><00:35:09.980><c> New</c><00:35:10.139><c> Testament,</c><00:35:10.639><c> it's</c><00:35:10.840><c> full</c><00:35:11.039><c> of</c><00:35:11.260><c> evidence</c><00:35:11.559><c> of</c><00:35:11.860><c> this</c>

00:35:12.099 --> 00:35:13.280
type<00:35:12.280><c> of</c><00:35:12.400><c> thing</c><00:35:12.519><c> taking</c><00:35:12.780><c> place.</c>

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:16.840
And<00:35:13.780><c> we</c><00:35:13.860><c> don't</c><00:35:14.000><c> look</c><00:35:14.199><c> at</c><00:35:14.300><c> this</c><00:35:14.480><c> to</c><00:35:14.679><c> sort</c><00:35:14.780><c> of</c><00:35:15.019><c> depress</c><00:35:15.280><c> everybody</c><00:35:15.739><c> by</c><00:35:16.260><c> no</c><00:35:16.579><c> means.</c>

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:19.699
What<00:35:17.300><c> we</c><00:35:17.480><c> want</c><00:35:17.559><c> to</c><00:35:17.780><c> do</c><00:35:17.900><c> is</c><00:35:18.159><c> draw</c><00:35:18.440><c> the</c><00:35:18.760><c> comparison</c><00:35:19.239><c> that</c><00:35:19.440><c> there</c>

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:21.239
is<00:35:19.880><c> a</c><00:35:20.219><c> struggle</c><00:35:20.480><c> going</c><00:35:20.780><c> on.</c>

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.900
There<00:35:21.639><c> was</c><00:35:21.900><c> in</c><00:35:22.099><c> the</c><00:35:22.199><c> first</c><00:35:22.420><c> century.</c>

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:25.139
And<00:35:23.219><c> we're</c><00:35:23.340><c> going</c><00:35:23.440><c> to</c><00:35:23.559><c> watch</c><00:35:23.760><c> it</c><00:35:23.920><c> go</c><00:35:24.079><c> through</c><00:35:24.260><c> the</c><00:35:24.380><c> book</c><00:35:24.500><c> of</c><00:35:24.719><c> Revelation.</c>

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:29.360
But<00:35:25.559><c> it's</c><00:35:25.840><c> also</c><00:35:26.239><c> going</c><00:35:26.500><c> on</c><00:35:26.820><c> in</c><00:35:27.099><c> our</c><00:35:27.300><c> lives,</c><00:35:27.920><c> in</c><00:35:28.059><c> our</c><00:35:28.300><c> ecclesias,</c><00:35:28.820><c> in</c><00:35:29.079><c> our</c>

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:31.119
personal<00:35:29.860><c> homes</c><00:35:30.199><c> today.</c>

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:35.659
There's<00:35:32.199><c> evidence</c><00:35:32.679><c> of</c><00:35:33.239><c> the</c><00:35:33.480><c> apostasy</c><00:35:34.019><c> as</c><00:35:34.179><c> it</c><00:35:34.400><c> grew</c><00:35:34.579><c> up</c><00:35:34.840><c> in</c><00:35:35.000><c> the</c><00:35:35.179><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:38.719
Galatians<00:35:36.599><c> chapter</c><00:35:36.920><c> 2</c><00:35:37.219><c> and</c><00:35:37.380><c> verse</c><00:35:37.599><c> 4,</c><00:35:37.980><c> Paul</c><00:35:38.260><c> had</c><00:35:38.440><c> already</c>

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:40.460
dealt<00:35:38.980><c> with</c><00:35:39.239><c> false</c><00:35:39.579><c> brethren.</c>

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:43.800
He<00:35:40.960><c> says</c><00:35:41.119><c> that</c><00:35:41.300><c> there</c><00:35:41.420><c> were</c><00:35:41.639><c> false</c><00:35:41.980><c> brethren,</c><00:35:42.579><c> unawares,</c><00:35:43.159><c> brought</c><00:35:43.500><c> in,</c>

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:47.639
who<00:35:44.019><c> came</c><00:35:44.320><c> in</c><00:35:44.760><c> privately</c><00:35:45.099><c> or</c><00:35:45.420><c> privately,</c><00:35:46.219><c> secretly</c><00:35:46.659><c> to</c><00:35:47.360><c> spy</c>

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.760
out<00:35:47.980><c> our</c><00:35:48.159><c> liberty,</c>

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:51.719
which<00:35:49.460><c> we</c><00:35:49.780><c> have</c><00:35:49.940><c> in</c><00:35:50.199><c> Christ</c><00:35:50.480><c> Jesus,</c><00:35:50.820><c> that</c><00:35:50.980><c> they</c><00:35:51.179><c> might</c><00:35:51.440><c> bring</c>

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.659
us<00:35:51.980><c> into</c><00:35:52.260><c> bondage.</c>

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:57.380
Now,<00:35:52.820><c> isn't</c><00:35:53.019><c> that</c><00:35:53.199><c> an</c><00:35:53.460><c> echo</c><00:35:53.679><c> back</c><00:35:53.880><c> to</c><00:35:54.039><c> what</c><00:35:54.239><c> Paul</c><00:35:54.539><c> says</c><00:35:55.059><c> in</c><00:35:56.679><c> Corinthians</c>

00:35:57.380 --> 00:36:01.599
about<00:35:57.880><c> being</c><00:35:58.420><c> brought</c><00:35:58.760><c> under</c><00:35:59.139><c> subjection</c><00:35:59.840><c> of</c><00:36:00.019><c> this</c><00:36:00.260><c> serpent</c><00:36:00.579><c> system,</c>

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:05.519
to<00:36:01.760><c> whom</c><00:36:01.920><c> we</c><00:36:02.159><c> gave</c><00:36:02.780><c> place</c><00:36:03.519><c> by</c><00:36:03.820><c> subjection,</c><00:36:04.519><c> says</c><00:36:04.559><c> the</c><00:36:04.780><c> apostle</c><00:36:05.059><c> Paul.</c>

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:08.500
No,<00:36:06.780><c> not</c><00:36:07.119><c> for</c><00:36:07.400><c> an</c><00:36:07.699><c> hour.</c>

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:11.820
That<00:36:09.219><c> the</c><00:36:09.539><c> truth</c><00:36:09.699><c> of</c><00:36:09.900><c> the</c><00:36:10.059><c> Gospel</c><00:36:10.559><c> might</c><00:36:10.920><c> continue</c><00:36:11.380><c> with</c><00:36:11.639><c> you.</c>

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.559
Now,<00:36:12.440><c> think</c><00:36:12.619><c> about</c><00:36:12.780><c> that,</c><00:36:13.139><c> brothers</c><00:36:13.199><c> and</c><00:36:13.360><c> sisters.</c>

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:15.679
This<00:36:13.840><c> is</c><00:36:13.960><c> how</c><00:36:14.119><c> the</c><00:36:14.320><c> apostle</c><00:36:14.639><c> Paul</c><00:36:14.980><c> dealt</c><00:36:15.260><c> with</c><00:36:15.460><c> it.</c>

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:17.320
He<00:36:16.300><c> didn't</c><00:36:16.619><c> give</c><00:36:17.000><c> place.</c>

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:21.239
He<00:36:17.500><c> didn't</c><00:36:17.719><c> allow</c><00:36:18.000><c> them</c><00:36:18.260><c> one</c><00:36:18.539><c> Bible</c><00:36:18.940><c> class,</c><00:36:19.760><c> not</c><00:36:20.079><c> one</c><00:36:20.360><c> hour</c><00:36:20.719><c> class,</c>

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:24.860
to<00:36:21.719><c> get</c><00:36:21.840><c> up</c><00:36:22.079><c> there</c><00:36:22.519><c> and</c><00:36:22.880><c> give</c><00:36:23.019><c> their</c><00:36:23.340><c> fanciful</c><00:36:23.920><c> ideas</c><00:36:24.420><c> of</c><00:36:24.599><c> things</c>

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:28.699
that<00:36:25.039><c> were</c><00:36:25.340><c> great</c><00:36:25.579><c> empty</c><00:36:26.000><c> words</c><00:36:26.300><c> of</c><00:36:26.579><c> speculations</c><00:36:27.280><c> and</c><00:36:27.480><c> whatever</c><00:36:27.739><c> else.</c>

00:36:28.760 --> 00:36:30.360
And<00:36:29.000><c> there</c><00:36:29.119><c> was</c><00:36:29.239><c> a</c><00:36:29.440><c> reason</c><00:36:29.780><c> for</c><00:36:30.039><c> that.</c>

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:33.219
Not<00:36:30.900><c> because</c><00:36:31.239><c> he</c><00:36:31.380><c> was</c><00:36:31.599><c> a</c><00:36:31.840><c> hard</c><00:36:32.039><c> and</c><00:36:32.260><c> austere</c><00:36:32.659><c> man,</c>

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:36.619
but<00:36:33.739><c> because,</c><00:36:34.280><c> brothers</c><00:36:34.440><c> and</c><00:36:34.639><c> sisters,</c><00:36:34.920><c> he</c><00:36:35.159><c> wanted</c><00:36:35.440><c> the</c><00:36:35.900><c> truth</c><00:36:36.199><c> to</c>

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.619
continue<00:36:36.960><c> with</c><00:36:37.300><c> them.</c>

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:41.079
Because<00:36:38.360><c> he</c><00:36:38.599><c> realized</c><00:36:39.059><c> it's</c><00:36:39.380><c> the</c><00:36:39.679><c> truth</c><00:36:39.940><c> that</c><00:36:40.320><c> sanctifies</c>

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:44.199
and<00:36:41.579><c> that</c><00:36:41.980><c> prepares</c><00:36:42.280><c> us</c><00:36:42.599><c> for</c><00:36:42.820><c> a</c><00:36:42.900><c> place</c><00:36:43.059><c> in</c><00:36:43.239><c> the</c><00:36:43.380><c> kingdom.</c>

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:47.500
Would<00:36:45.659><c> we</c><00:36:46.179><c> do</c><00:36:46.340><c> the</c><00:36:46.539><c> same,</c><00:36:46.679><c> brothers</c><00:36:46.960><c> and</c><00:36:47.159><c> sisters?</c>

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:53.880
Do<00:36:48.639><c> we</c><00:36:48.980><c> stand</c><00:36:49.340><c> up</c><00:36:49.679><c> to</c><00:36:50.340><c> different</c><00:36:50.719><c> ideas</c><00:36:51.260><c> that</c><00:36:51.860><c> challenge</c><00:36:52.360><c> our</c><00:36:52.739><c> foundations?</c>

00:36:54.440 --> 00:36:57.199
Or<00:36:54.679><c> are</c><00:36:54.860><c> we</c><00:36:55.019><c> more</c><00:36:55.199><c> like</c><00:36:55.800><c> the</c><00:36:56.119><c> Thyatira</c><00:36:56.659><c> and</c><00:36:56.780><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:59.780
who<00:36:58.139><c> suffer</c><00:36:58.699><c> the</c><00:36:58.940><c> woman</c><00:36:59.199><c> Jezebel,</c>

00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:01.619
which<00:37:00.380><c> calleth</c><00:37:00.780><c> herself</c><00:37:01.119><c> a</c><00:37:01.460><c> prophet,</c>

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:05.539
as<00:37:01.800><c> to</c><00:37:02.039><c> teach</c><00:37:02.360><c> and</c><00:37:02.800><c> to</c><00:37:03.039><c> seduce</c><00:37:03.539><c> my</c><00:37:03.820><c> servants</c><00:37:04.159><c> to</c><00:37:04.440><c> commit</c><00:37:04.760><c> fornication</c>

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:08.679
and<00:37:05.719><c> to</c><00:37:05.880><c> eat</c><00:37:06.059><c> things</c><00:37:06.639><c> sacrificed</c><00:37:07.440><c> unto</c><00:37:07.719><c> idols?</c>

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:14.179
Do<00:37:09.239><c> we</c><00:37:09.599><c> allow</c><00:37:10.380><c> the</c><00:37:11.460><c> post</c><00:37:11.980><c>-French</c><00:37:12.539><c> revolution</c><00:37:13.300><c> humanism</c>

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:16.800
to<00:37:14.820><c> infect</c><00:37:15.579><c> our</c><00:37:16.119><c> Ecclesias,</c>

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:19.079
whereby<00:37:17.579><c> everybody</c><00:37:18.380><c> gets</c><00:37:18.739><c> a</c><00:37:18.900><c> turn?</c>

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:20.940
No<00:37:19.260><c> matter</c><00:37:19.400><c> what</c><00:37:19.699><c> people</c><00:37:20.039><c> have</c><00:37:20.320><c> to</c><00:37:20.579><c> say,</c>

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:23.699
whether<00:37:21.420><c> it's</c><00:37:21.719><c> the</c><00:37:21.860><c> word</c><00:37:22.019><c> of</c><00:37:22.219><c> God</c><00:37:22.360><c> or</c><00:37:22.559><c> not,</c><00:37:22.920><c> it's</c><00:37:23.159><c> democracy.</c>

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.619
So<00:37:24.000><c> everybody</c><00:37:24.300><c> should</c><00:37:24.519><c> have</c><00:37:24.739><c> a</c><00:37:24.820><c> turn</c><00:37:24.940><c> to</c><00:37:25.079><c> get</c><00:37:25.199><c> up</c><00:37:25.360><c> there</c><00:37:25.500><c> and</c>

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:27.019
say<00:37:25.800><c> their</c><00:37:26.000><c> own</c><00:37:26.239><c> thing.</c>

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:30.420
Do<00:37:27.500><c> we</c><00:37:27.920><c> stand</c><00:37:28.320><c> against</c><00:37:29.159><c> these</c><00:37:29.559><c> false</c><00:37:29.860><c> ideas?</c>

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:33.579
Because<00:37:31.079><c> that's</c><00:37:31.420><c> what</c><00:37:31.579><c> the</c><00:37:31.880><c> class</c><00:37:32.119><c> in</c><00:37:32.420><c> the</c><00:37:32.559><c> Letters</c><00:37:32.860><c> to</c><00:37:33.019><c> the</c><00:37:33.159><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:36.539
and<00:37:34.079><c> to</c><00:37:34.300><c> pass,</c><00:37:34.900><c> those</c><00:37:35.320><c> who</c><00:37:35.679><c> stand</c><00:37:36.039><c> against,</c>

00:37:36.860 --> 00:37:38.079
they<00:37:37.139><c> stood</c><00:37:37.360><c> up</c><00:37:37.619><c> against</c><00:37:37.940><c> these,</c>

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:42.739
and<00:37:38.260><c> the</c><00:37:38.360><c> Lord</c><00:37:38.519><c> Jesus</c><00:37:38.840><c> Christ</c><00:37:39.199><c> was</c><00:37:40.659><c> commending</c><00:37:41.519><c> of</c><00:37:41.820><c> them.</c>

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:45.579
Or<00:37:43.280><c> would</c><00:37:43.460><c> we</c><00:37:43.739><c> allow</c><00:37:44.119><c> just</c><00:37:44.480><c> anything</c><00:37:44.820><c> to</c><00:37:45.079><c> take</c><00:37:45.260><c> place?</c>

00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:47.900
We've<00:37:46.139><c> got</c><00:37:46.300><c> to</c><00:37:46.440><c> look</c><00:37:46.539><c> at</c><00:37:46.699><c> the</c><00:37:46.900><c> issue</c><00:37:47.099><c> for</c><00:37:47.260><c> what</c><00:37:47.420><c> it</c><00:37:47.579><c> is.</c>

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:51.260
It's<00:37:48.699><c> not</c><00:37:48.940><c> just</c><00:37:49.199><c> a</c><00:37:49.340><c> case</c><00:37:49.599><c> of</c><00:37:49.960><c> entertaining</c><00:37:50.480><c> one</c><00:37:50.760><c> another</c><00:37:51.000><c> with</c>

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:52.380
our<00:37:51.460><c> words.</c>

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:56.659
The<00:37:53.019><c> truth</c><00:37:53.539><c> is</c><00:37:54.039><c> what</c><00:37:54.300><c> will</c><00:37:54.719><c> separate</c><00:37:55.219><c> us</c><00:37:55.539><c> and</c><00:37:55.800><c> prepare</c><00:37:56.260><c> us</c><00:37:56.500><c> for</c>

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.659
the<00:37:56.840><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:57.900 --> 00:38:01.500
It's<00:37:58.480><c> what</c><00:37:58.659><c> builds</c><00:37:59.119><c> in</c><00:37:59.300><c> us</c><00:37:59.599><c> faith</c><00:38:00.019><c> and</c><00:38:00.539><c> life.</c>

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:04.860
And<00:38:01.960><c> the</c><00:38:02.139><c> Lord</c><00:38:02.340><c> Jesus</c><00:38:02.760><c> Christ,</c><00:38:03.420><c> we</c><00:38:03.539><c> read</c><00:38:03.860><c> in</c><00:38:04.199><c> Corinthians,</c>

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:07.940
gave<00:38:05.880><c> his</c><00:38:06.480><c> life</c><00:38:06.820><c> for</c><00:38:07.059><c> the</c><00:38:07.300><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:12.460
sanctifying<00:38:09.099><c> it</c><00:38:09.360><c> by</c><00:38:09.559><c> the</c><00:38:09.860><c> washing</c><00:38:10.159><c> of</c><00:38:10.440><c> the</c><00:38:10.719><c> water</c><00:38:11.059><c> of</c><00:38:11.440><c> the</c><00:38:11.639><c> word.</c>

00:38:12.659 --> 00:38:15.139
How<00:38:13.119><c> much</c><00:38:13.420><c> do</c><00:38:13.639><c> we</c><00:38:13.860><c> value</c><00:38:14.260><c> that?</c>

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:19.559
What<00:38:15.579><c> is</c><00:38:15.579><c> he</c><00:38:15.659><c> willing</c><00:38:15.960><c> to</c><00:38:16.260><c> give</c><00:38:16.659><c> to</c><00:38:17.000><c> preserve</c><00:38:17.980><c> the</c><00:38:19.019><c> sanctity</c>

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.420
and<00:38:19.800><c> the</c><00:38:20.079><c> separateness,</c><00:38:20.539><c> the</c><00:38:20.800><c> chastity</c><00:38:21.280><c> of</c><00:38:21.440><c> the</c><00:38:21.599><c> Ecclesia?</c>

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:25.619
We<00:38:23.380><c> read</c><00:38:23.679><c> in</c><00:38:24.340><c> the</c><00:38:24.760><c> Letters</c><00:38:25.039><c> of</c><00:38:25.239><c> John</c>

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:27.900
of<00:38:26.099><c> the</c><00:38:26.300><c> apostasy</c><00:38:26.780><c> that</c><00:38:26.940><c> had</c><00:38:27.079><c> already</c><00:38:27.420><c> developed.</c>

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:30.980
He<00:38:28.179><c> tells</c><00:38:28.440><c> us</c><00:38:28.679><c> that</c><00:38:28.980><c> little</c><00:38:29.400><c> children,</c><00:38:29.840><c> it</c><00:38:29.980><c> is</c><00:38:30.199><c> the</c><00:38:30.440><c> last</c><00:38:30.760><c> time.</c>

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:32.980
He<00:38:31.260><c> saw</c><00:38:31.619><c> the</c><00:38:31.840><c> day</c><00:38:32.000><c> that</c><00:38:32.139><c> he</c><00:38:32.280><c> was</c><00:38:32.460><c> living</c><00:38:32.699><c> in.</c>

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:35.820
And<00:38:33.360><c> as</c><00:38:33.579><c> you</c><00:38:33.719><c> have</c><00:38:33.880><c> heard</c><00:38:34.119><c> that</c><00:38:34.360><c> Antichrist</c><00:38:34.860><c> should</c><00:38:35.079><c> come,</c><00:38:35.539><c> he</c><00:38:35.539><c> says,</c>

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:38.719
now<00:38:36.480><c> he</c><00:38:36.699><c> says</c><00:38:36.800><c> there</c><00:38:37.059><c> are</c><00:38:37.420><c> many</c><00:38:37.820><c> Antichrists,</c>

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:41.260
many<00:38:39.320><c> who</c><00:38:39.519><c> would</c><00:38:39.739><c> put</c><00:38:39.900><c> themselves</c><00:38:40.360><c> in</c><00:38:40.539><c> the</c><00:38:40.739><c> place</c><00:38:40.940><c> of</c><00:38:41.099><c> the</c>

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:42.400
true<00:38:41.420><c> Gospel,</c>

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:45.519
whereby<00:38:42.840><c> we</c><00:38:43.099><c> know,</c><00:38:43.340><c> he</c><00:38:43.579><c> says,</c><00:38:43.760><c> that</c><00:38:43.920><c> it</c><00:38:44.039><c> is</c><00:38:44.219><c> the</c><00:38:44.360><c> last</c><00:38:44.639><c> time.</c>

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:48.280
And<00:38:46.000><c> he</c><00:38:46.119><c> describes</c><00:38:46.699><c> the</c><00:38:46.980><c> character</c><00:38:47.380><c> of</c><00:38:47.559><c> this</c><00:38:47.760><c> Antichrist.</c>

00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.639
They<00:38:48.519><c> went</c><00:38:48.920><c> out</c><00:38:49.380><c> from</c><00:38:49.760><c> us.</c>

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:53.360
For<00:38:50.820><c> if</c><00:38:50.940><c> they</c><00:38:51.139><c> would</c><00:38:51.219><c> have</c><00:38:51.380><c> been,</c><00:38:52.000><c> if</c><00:38:52.400><c> they</c><00:38:52.639><c> had</c><00:38:52.760><c> have</c><00:38:52.900><c> been</c><00:38:53.059><c> of</c><00:38:53.219><c> us,</c>

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:55.780
they<00:38:53.519><c> would</c><00:38:53.760><c> no</c><00:38:53.960><c> doubt</c><00:38:54.179><c> have</c><00:38:54.480><c> continued</c><00:38:55.139><c> with</c><00:38:55.440><c> us.</c>

00:38:56.159 --> 00:39:00.019
But<00:38:56.340><c> they</c><00:38:56.679><c> were</c><00:38:56.900><c> not</c><00:38:57.099><c> of</c><00:38:57.260><c> us,</c><00:38:58.139><c> and</c><00:38:58.480><c> so</c><00:38:58.619><c> they</c><00:38:58.820><c> went</c><00:38:59.039><c> out,</c>

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:02.079
that<00:39:00.239><c> they</c><00:39:00.460><c> might</c><00:39:00.679><c> be</c><00:39:00.840><c> made</c><00:39:01.039><c> manifest.</c>

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:05.380
And<00:39:02.679><c> so,</c><00:39:03.019><c> brethren</c><00:39:03.079><c> and</c><00:39:03.320><c> sisters,</c><00:39:03.960><c> in</c><00:39:04.119><c> the</c><00:39:04.280><c> Apostle</c><00:39:04.619><c> John's</c><00:39:05.079><c> time,</c>

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:07.519
there<00:39:05.980><c> was</c><00:39:06.199><c> an</c><00:39:06.380><c> adequate</c><00:39:06.599><c> witness.</c>

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:09.980
They<00:39:08.320><c> contended</c><00:39:08.800><c> earnestly</c><00:39:09.300><c> for</c><00:39:09.539><c> the</c><00:39:09.719><c> faith,</c>

00:39:10.099 --> 00:39:12.420
so<00:39:10.360><c> much</c><00:39:10.619><c> so</c><00:39:11.019><c> that</c><00:39:11.360><c> this</c><00:39:11.719><c> group</c><00:39:11.940><c> decided,</c>

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:14.079
not<00:39:12.760><c> for</c><00:39:12.940><c> this,</c><00:39:13.460><c> we're</c><00:39:13.639><c> going</c><00:39:13.780><c> to</c><00:39:13.920><c> leave.</c>

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:16.340
It<00:39:14.239><c> separated</c><00:39:15.019><c> the</c><00:39:15.300><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:18.900
And<00:39:16.480><c> that's</c><00:39:16.659><c> what</c><00:39:16.920><c> Jude</c><00:39:17.139><c> tells</c><00:39:17.480><c> us</c><00:39:17.960><c> in</c><00:39:18.300><c> verse</c><00:39:18.539><c> 3.</c>

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:21.780
Beloved,<00:39:19.420><c> I</c><00:39:19.420><c> gave</c><00:39:19.780><c> all</c><00:39:20.440><c> diligence</c><00:39:20.840><c> to</c><00:39:21.099><c> write</c><00:39:21.300><c> unto</c><00:39:21.559><c> you</c>

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:23.179
of<00:39:21.940><c> the</c><00:39:22.239><c> common</c><00:39:22.500><c> salvation.</c>

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:26.760
It<00:39:23.739><c> was</c><00:39:24.019><c> needful</c><00:39:24.579><c> for</c><00:39:24.719><c> me</c><00:39:24.860><c> to</c><00:39:25.059><c> write</c><00:39:25.260><c> unto</c><00:39:25.480><c> you</c><00:39:25.679><c> and</c><00:39:25.920><c> exhort</c><00:39:26.320><c> you</c>

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:29.679
that<00:39:27.139><c> you</c><00:39:27.500><c> should</c><00:39:27.880><c> earnestly</c><00:39:28.599><c> contend</c><00:39:29.079><c> for</c><00:39:29.280><c> the</c><00:39:29.500><c> faith</c>

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:31.579
that<00:39:29.820><c> was</c><00:39:30.119><c> once</c><00:39:30.400><c> delivered</c><00:39:30.900><c> to</c><00:39:31.119><c> the</c><00:39:31.320><c> saints.</c>

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:34.920
And<00:39:32.239><c> so</c><00:39:32.559><c> should</c><00:39:32.699><c> we,</c><00:39:33.119><c> brethren,</c><00:39:33.400><c> because</c><00:39:33.579><c> tied</c><00:39:33.880><c> into</c><00:39:34.099><c> that</c><00:39:34.519><c> faith</c>

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:38.000
is<00:39:35.900><c> our</c><00:39:36.219><c> eternal</c><00:39:36.860><c> life.</c>

00:39:38.300 --> 00:39:40.400
The<00:39:38.679><c> robes</c><00:39:39.139><c> of</c><00:39:39.380><c> imputed</c><00:39:39.840><c> righteousness</c>

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:43.980
that<00:39:40.699><c> are</c><00:39:41.019><c> granted</c><00:39:41.420><c> to</c><00:39:41.659><c> the</c><00:39:41.880><c> bride,</c><00:39:42.219><c> the</c><00:39:42.400><c> lamb's</c><00:39:42.800><c> wife</c><00:39:42.940><c> to</c><00:39:43.219><c> wear,</c>

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:47.099
are<00:39:44.079><c> tied</c><00:39:44.360><c> into</c><00:39:44.820><c> her</c><00:39:45.179><c> faith,</c><00:39:45.860><c> which</c><00:39:46.059><c> comes</c><00:39:46.340><c> from</c><00:39:46.639><c> hearing</c>

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:49.500
and<00:39:47.579><c> hearing</c><00:39:47.900><c> from</c><00:39:48.119><c> the</c><00:39:48.280><c> word</c><00:39:48.400><c> of</c><00:39:48.619><c> God.</c>

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:54.440
He<00:39:50.820><c> was</c><00:39:51.099><c> trying</c><00:39:51.340><c> to</c><00:39:51.639><c> preserve</c><00:39:52.280><c> the</c><00:39:52.780><c> gospel</c><00:39:53.360><c> of</c><00:39:53.739><c> salvation,</c>

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:56.059
which<00:39:54.900><c> had</c><00:39:55.079><c> been</c><00:39:55.280><c> delivered</c><00:39:55.519><c> to</c><00:39:55.699><c> them,</c>

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:59.760
because<00:39:56.500><c> he</c><00:39:56.699><c> wanted</c><00:39:57.019><c> the</c><00:39:57.260><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:57.599><c> to</c><00:39:57.760><c> be</c><00:39:57.920><c> a</c><00:39:58.039><c> part</c><00:39:58.179><c> of</c><00:39:58.320><c> the</c><00:39:58.500><c> bride</c><00:39:58.639><c> of</c><00:39:58.820><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:02.840
He<00:40:00.099><c> preserved</c><00:40:00.739><c> the</c><00:40:01.219><c> vision</c><00:40:01.539><c> of</c><00:40:01.920><c> faith</c>

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:04.920
and<00:40:03.119><c> the</c><00:40:03.420><c> joy</c><00:40:03.619><c> that</c><00:40:03.760><c> was</c><00:40:03.940><c> set</c><00:40:04.099><c> before</c><00:40:04.460><c> them.</c>

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:07.000
And<00:40:05.420><c> we</c><00:40:05.659><c> have</c><00:40:05.900><c> to</c><00:40:06.079><c> do</c><00:40:06.219><c> that</c><00:40:06.460><c> ourselves.</c>

00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:10.139
And<00:40:07.579><c> it</c><00:40:07.760><c> begins</c><00:40:08.079><c> by</c><00:40:08.300><c> making</c><00:40:08.559><c> ourselves</c><00:40:09.119><c> fully</c><00:40:09.599><c> aware</c>

00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:12.659
of<00:40:10.579><c> what</c><00:40:10.800><c> our</c><00:40:11.019><c> God</c><00:40:11.219><c> has</c><00:40:11.519><c> promised</c><00:40:11.760><c> us.</c>

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:14.920
In<00:40:13.380><c> the</c><00:40:13.559><c> letters</c><00:40:13.780><c> to</c><00:40:14.019><c> the</c><00:40:14.219><c> Ecclesians,</c>

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:19.320
there<00:40:15.440><c> is</c><00:40:15.699><c> given</c><00:40:15.900><c> there</c><00:40:16.159><c> to</c><00:40:16.360><c> us</c><00:40:16.659><c> descriptions</c><00:40:17.420><c> of</c><00:40:18.159><c> the</c><00:40:18.440><c> time</c>

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.260
or<00:40:20.079><c> of</c><00:40:20.440><c> the</c><00:40:20.780><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:21.079><c> at</c><00:40:21.260><c> the</c><00:40:21.360><c> time</c><00:40:21.579><c> of</c><00:40:21.699><c> the</c><00:40:21.800><c> first</c><00:40:22.000><c> century</c>

00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:25.099
when<00:40:22.400><c> the</c><00:40:22.519><c> Lord</c><00:40:22.659><c> Jesus</c><00:40:22.980><c> Christ</c><00:40:23.320><c> looked</c><00:40:23.619><c> out</c><00:40:23.900><c> upon</c><00:40:24.239><c> it</c><00:40:24.480><c> and</c><00:40:24.719><c> said</c>

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:27.639
in<00:40:25.760><c> Revelation</c><00:40:26.159><c> 2</c><00:40:26.480><c> verse</c><00:40:26.739><c> 2,</c>

00:40:27.820 --> 00:40:31.599
thou<00:40:27.900><c> hast</c><00:40:28.380><c> tried</c><00:40:28.860><c> them</c><00:40:29.239><c> which</c><00:40:29.980><c> say</c><00:40:30.519><c> they</c><00:40:30.679><c> are</c><00:40:30.800><c> apostles</c><00:40:31.260><c> and</c>

00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:32.079
are<00:40:31.840><c> not</c>

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:33.139
and<00:40:32.219><c> has</c><00:40:32.440><c> found</c><00:40:32.559><c> them</c><00:40:32.800><c> liars.</c>

00:40:33.179 --> 00:40:35.559
In<00:40:33.500><c> the</c><00:40:33.760><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:34.139><c> where</c><00:40:34.260><c> they</c><00:40:34.420><c> were</c><00:40:34.539><c> those</c><00:40:34.860><c> who</c><00:40:35.199><c> said</c><00:40:35.360><c> that</c>

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.760
they<00:40:35.739><c> were</c><00:40:35.980><c> one</c><00:40:36.460><c> cent,</c>

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:39.960
they<00:40:37.280><c> were</c><00:40:37.559><c> there</c><00:40:37.800><c> with</c><00:40:38.019><c> a</c><00:40:38.159><c> mission</c><00:40:38.440><c> to</c><00:40:38.840><c> teach</c><00:40:39.139><c> the</c><00:40:39.320><c> word</c><00:40:39.440><c> of</c><00:40:39.679><c> God.</c>

00:40:39.960 --> 00:40:41.500
He<00:40:40.480><c> says,</c><00:40:40.820><c> but</c><00:40:40.820><c> you've</c><00:40:41.099><c> tried</c><00:40:41.340><c> them.</c>

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:43.639
They<00:40:41.780><c> followed</c><00:40:42.139><c> the</c><00:40:42.460><c> advice</c><00:40:42.699><c> of</c><00:40:42.860><c> the</c><00:40:43.000><c> apostle</c><00:40:43.320><c> John</c>

00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:46.519
to<00:40:43.920><c> try</c><00:40:44.280><c> the</c><00:40:44.599><c> spirits</c><00:40:44.980><c> whether</c><00:40:45.599><c> they</c><00:40:45.900><c> are</c><00:40:46.099><c> of</c><00:40:46.320><c> God</c>

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:49.019
because<00:40:46.840><c> many</c><00:40:47.159><c> false</c><00:40:47.480><c> prophets</c><00:40:47.800><c> are</c><00:40:48.000><c> gone</c><00:40:48.139><c> out</c><00:40:48.300><c> into</c><00:40:48.480><c> the</c><00:40:48.659><c> world.</c>

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:52.420
They<00:40:49.880><c> tried</c><00:40:50.260><c> them</c><00:40:51.039><c> that</c><00:40:51.539><c> said</c><00:40:51.679><c> they</c><00:40:51.840><c> were</c><00:40:52.039><c> apostles</c>

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:54.059
and<00:40:52.659><c> found</c><00:40:52.860><c> that</c><00:40:52.980><c> they</c><00:40:53.099><c> were</c><00:40:53.260><c> not.</c>

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:56.519
We<00:40:55.079><c> read</c><00:40:55.219><c> in</c><00:40:55.380><c> verse</c><00:40:55.559><c> 6</c><00:40:55.840><c> of</c><00:40:56.019><c> chapter</c><00:40:56.260><c> 2</c>

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:59.440
that<00:40:56.619><c> thou</c><00:40:56.940><c> hatest</c><00:40:57.579><c> the</c><00:40:57.739><c> deeds</c><00:40:57.920><c> of</c><00:40:58.119><c> the</c><00:40:58.260><c> Nicolaitans.</c>

00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.780
The<00:40:59.639><c> Nicolaitans</c><00:41:00.320><c> were</c><00:41:00.500><c> those</c><00:41:00.780><c> who</c><00:41:00.920><c> were</c><00:41:01.099><c> the</c><00:41:01.260><c> vanquishers</c>

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.239
of<00:41:01.920><c> the</c><00:41:02.099><c> people.</c>

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:04.199
They<00:41:02.519><c> destroyed</c><00:41:03.119><c> the</c><00:41:03.360><c> Ecclesia's</c><00:41:03.900><c> faith.</c>

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:07.119
And<00:41:05.159><c> there</c><00:41:05.320><c> were</c><00:41:05.420><c> those</c><00:41:05.679><c> in</c><00:41:05.840><c> the</c><00:41:06.019><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:06.239><c> who</c><00:41:06.500><c> hated</c><00:41:06.780><c> that.</c>

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:09.840
They<00:41:07.599><c> did</c><00:41:07.860><c> not</c><00:41:08.059><c> want</c><00:41:08.219><c> to</c><00:41:08.420><c> see</c><00:41:08.539><c> the</c><00:41:08.800><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:09.119><c> destroyed</c>

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:12.940
because<00:41:10.760><c> there</c><00:41:10.760><c> was</c><00:41:10.960><c> a</c><00:41:11.119><c> contention</c><00:41:11.860><c> between</c><00:41:12.340><c> the</c><00:41:12.659><c> seat</c><00:41:12.800><c> of</c>

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.360
the<00:41:13.019><c> woman</c>

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:14.800
and<00:41:13.880><c> the</c><00:41:14.079><c> seat</c><00:41:14.179><c> of</c><00:41:14.380><c> the</c><00:41:14.480><c> serpent.</c>

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:18.059
And<00:41:15.280><c> this</c><00:41:15.519><c> stands</c><00:41:15.880><c> as</c><00:41:16.219><c> a</c><00:41:16.519><c> sober</c><00:41:16.840><c> warning</c><00:41:17.260><c> to</c><00:41:17.559><c> us</c>

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:20.679
not<00:41:18.800><c> to</c><00:41:19.059><c> take</c><00:41:19.179><c> the</c><00:41:19.420><c> truth</c><00:41:19.559><c> for</c><00:41:19.840><c> granted.</c>

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:21.780
There<00:41:20.940><c> were</c><00:41:21.039><c> those</c><00:41:21.380><c> it</c><00:41:21.659><c> says,</c>

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:24.940
I<00:41:21.940><c> know</c><00:41:22.219><c> the</c><00:41:22.440><c> blasphemy</c><00:41:22.840><c> of</c><00:41:23.059><c> those</c><00:41:23.320><c> that</c><00:41:23.780><c> say</c><00:41:24.079><c> they</c><00:41:24.340><c> are</c><00:41:24.619><c> Jews</c>

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:26.920
and<00:41:25.139><c> that</c><00:41:25.260><c> is</c><00:41:25.460><c> spiritual</c><00:41:25.920><c> Jews</c>

00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:29.380
because<00:41:27.079><c> we</c><00:41:27.280><c> are</c><00:41:27.480><c> all</c><00:41:27.800><c> of</c><00:41:28.179><c> Israel,</c><00:41:28.639><c> spiritual</c><00:41:28.880><c> Israel.</c>

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:32.460
They<00:41:30.159><c> say</c><00:41:30.440><c> they</c><00:41:30.699><c> are</c><00:41:30.860><c> Christodolphians</c><00:41:31.639><c> but</c><00:41:31.780><c> they're</c><00:41:32.000><c> not.</c>

00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:35.219
But<00:41:32.940><c> they're</c><00:41:33.179><c> of</c><00:41:33.300><c> the</c><00:41:33.579><c> synagogue</c><00:41:33.920><c> of</c><00:41:34.099><c> the</c><00:41:34.320><c> adversary.</c>

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:36.260
Why?

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:39.860
Because<00:41:36.780><c> they</c><00:41:37.360><c> destroy</c><00:41:37.940><c> the</c><00:41:38.300><c> vision</c><00:41:38.599><c> of</c><00:41:38.860><c> the</c><00:41:39.079><c> people.</c>

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:41.980
They<00:41:39.960><c> destroy</c><00:41:40.199><c> the</c><00:41:40.440><c> hope</c><00:41:40.599><c> that</c><00:41:40.780><c> is</c><00:41:40.920><c> set</c><00:41:41.039><c> before.</c>

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:43.059
And<00:41:42.320><c> so,</c><00:41:42.599><c> brothers</c><00:41:42.719><c> and</c><00:41:42.960><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:45.559
we<00:41:43.260><c> have</c><00:41:43.460><c> to</c><00:41:43.719><c> arm</c><00:41:43.900><c> ourselves</c><00:41:44.340><c> in</c><00:41:44.519><c> the</c><00:41:44.679><c> world.</c>

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:47.460
Arm<00:41:46.059><c> ourselves</c><00:41:46.599><c> in</c><00:41:46.820><c> the</c><00:41:46.980><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:51.460
because<00:41:48.380><c> we</c><00:41:48.760><c> live</c><00:41:49.199><c> 150</c><00:41:50.280><c> plus</c><00:41:50.780><c> years</c>

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:55.599
after<00:41:52.099><c> the</c><00:41:52.280><c> days</c><00:41:52.639><c> when</c><00:41:53.199><c> the</c><00:41:53.659><c> truth</c><00:41:53.900><c> was</c><00:41:54.179><c> first</c><00:41:54.440><c> revived.</c>

00:41:56.059 --> 00:41:59.320
And<00:41:56.539><c> the</c><00:41:56.940><c> seat</c><00:41:57.059><c> of</c><00:41:57.219><c> the</c><00:41:57.380><c> woman</c><00:41:57.760><c> versus</c><00:41:58.159><c> the</c><00:41:58.400><c> seat</c><00:41:58.480><c> of</c><00:41:58.659><c> the</c><00:41:58.800><c> serpent</c>

00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:01.860
is<00:41:59.880><c> to</c><00:42:00.079><c> last</c><00:42:00.340><c> from</c><00:42:00.699><c> the</c><00:42:00.980><c> time</c><00:42:01.219><c> of</c><00:42:01.440><c> Genesis</c>

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:03.539
till<00:42:02.099><c> the</c><00:42:02.280><c> Lord</c><00:42:02.440><c> Jesus</c><00:42:02.820><c> Christ</c><00:42:03.079><c> returns.</c>

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:05.260
The<00:42:04.280><c> apostles</c><00:42:04.639><c> have</c><00:42:04.860><c> pointed</c><00:42:05.079><c> out</c>

00:42:05.260 --> 00:42:07.179
that<00:42:05.420><c> that's</c><00:42:05.679><c> a</c><00:42:05.820><c> fight</c><00:42:05.960><c> that</c><00:42:06.179><c> takes</c><00:42:06.360><c> place</c><00:42:06.699><c> within.</c>

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:09.880
And<00:42:07.840><c> we</c><00:42:08.000><c> have</c><00:42:08.320><c> to</c><00:42:08.579><c> guard</c><00:42:09.119><c> ourselves,</c>

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:14.000
constantly<00:42:10.920><c> remind</c><00:42:11.360><c> ourselves</c><00:42:11.840><c> of</c><00:42:12.039><c> the</c><00:42:12.340><c> facts</c><00:42:12.599><c> of</c><00:42:12.940><c> the</c><00:42:13.199><c> Bible.</c>

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:16.679
This<00:42:14.940><c> is</c><00:42:15.159><c> the</c><00:42:15.400><c> plot</c><00:42:15.559><c> line</c><00:42:15.739><c> of</c><00:42:15.880><c> the</c><00:42:16.019><c> book</c><00:42:16.159><c> of</c><00:42:16.380><c> Revelation</c>

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:18.920
that<00:42:16.840><c> we</c><00:42:16.960><c> hope</c><00:42:17.079><c> to</c><00:42:17.300><c> take</c><00:42:17.400><c> some</c><00:42:17.639><c> time</c><00:42:17.760><c> to</c><00:42:17.940><c> look</c><00:42:18.119><c> at.</c>

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:21.039
We'd<00:42:19.420><c> like</c><00:42:19.460><c> to</c><00:42:19.780><c> consider</c><00:42:19.960><c> though</c><00:42:20.179><c> just</c><00:42:20.380><c> in</c><00:42:20.519><c> the</c><00:42:20.659><c> last</c><00:42:20.820><c> couple</c>

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.019
of<00:42:21.199><c> minutes</c>

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:24.719
what<00:42:22.199><c> happened</c><00:42:22.820><c> to</c><00:42:23.679><c> the</c><00:42:23.840><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:28.199
In<00:42:25.280><c> history,</c><00:42:25.980><c> we</c><00:42:26.099><c> have</c><00:42:26.380><c> recorded</c><00:42:26.800><c> for</c><00:42:27.099><c> us</c><00:42:27.360><c> letters.</c>

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:32.159
Letters<00:42:29.059><c> that</c><00:42:29.440><c> were</c><00:42:29.619><c> sent</c><00:42:29.900><c> by</c><00:42:30.199><c> early</c><00:42:30.539><c> bishops</c><00:42:30.940><c> of</c><00:42:31.139><c> the</c><00:42:31.300><c> church.</c>

00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:33.760
And<00:42:32.480><c> one</c><00:42:32.659><c> of</c><00:42:32.780><c> them</c><00:42:32.880><c> was</c><00:42:33.199><c> polycarp.</c>

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:37.079
I<00:42:33.980><c> use</c><00:42:34.119><c> the</c><00:42:34.280><c> word</c><00:42:34.420><c> church</c><00:42:34.760><c> because</c><00:42:35.199><c> we'll</c><00:42:35.579><c> see</c><00:42:35.699><c> in</c><00:42:35.900><c> the</c><00:42:36.039><c> second</c><00:42:36.280><c> class</c>

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:38.179
how<00:42:37.639><c> it</c><00:42:37.639><c> was</c><00:42:37.639><c> apostatized.</c>

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:41.340
It<00:42:38.679><c> no</c><00:42:38.920><c> longer</c><00:42:39.159><c> was</c><00:42:39.420><c> the</c><00:42:39.639><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:40.099><c> called</c><00:42:40.500><c> out</c><00:42:40.760><c> in</c><00:42:40.920><c> that</c><00:42:41.119><c> sense</c>

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:45.340
but<00:42:41.539><c> began</c><00:42:41.940><c> to</c><00:42:42.199><c> be</c><00:42:42.860><c> infiltrated</c><00:42:43.420><c> with</c><00:42:43.619><c> all</c><00:42:43.800><c> these</c><00:42:44.039><c> different</c><00:42:44.300><c> doctrines.</c>

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:47.920
One<00:42:45.900><c> of</c><00:42:46.019><c> these</c><00:42:46.280><c> such</c><00:42:46.440><c> men</c><00:42:46.679><c> was</c><00:42:47.260><c> Irenaeus.</c>

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:52.019
He<00:42:48.119><c> was</c><00:42:48.400><c> overseer</c><00:42:48.900><c> or</c><00:42:49.099><c> bishop</c><00:42:49.400><c> of</c><00:42:49.599><c> the</c><00:42:49.760><c> Ecclesia</c><00:42:50.199><c> in</c><00:42:50.539><c> Lyon,</c><00:42:51.099><c> France,</c>

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:55.079
around<00:42:52.400><c> AD</c><00:42:53.300><c> 169</c><00:42:54.559><c> or</c><00:42:54.699><c> thereabouts.</c>

00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:56.599
You<00:42:55.260><c> probably</c><00:42:55.559><c> won't</c><00:42:55.699><c> be</c><00:42:55.800><c> able</c><00:42:55.900><c> to</c><00:42:56.000><c> read</c><00:42:56.179><c> this</c><00:42:56.460><c> quote,</c>

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:58.219
but<00:42:56.780><c> I'll</c><00:42:57.280><c> read</c><00:42:57.440><c> it</c><00:42:57.699><c> for</c><00:42:57.820><c> you.</c>

00:42:58.659 --> 00:43:02.639
The<00:42:58.920><c> doctrine</c><00:42:59.780><c> of</c><00:43:01.000><c> those</c><00:43:01.400><c> who</c><00:43:01.539><c> were</c><00:43:01.820><c> presbyters</c><00:43:02.280><c> before.</c>

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.659
So<00:43:02.880><c> what</c><00:43:02.920><c> he's</c><00:43:03.039><c> saying</c><00:43:03.219><c> is,</c><00:43:03.579><c> look,</c>

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:06.639
the<00:43:03.900><c> teachings</c><00:43:04.420><c> of</c><00:43:04.639><c> the</c><00:43:04.820><c> bishops</c><00:43:05.099><c> who</c><00:43:05.280><c> have</c><00:43:05.460><c> gone</c><00:43:05.559><c> before,</c>

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:08.400
those<00:43:07.199><c> who</c><00:43:07.460><c> walked</c><00:43:07.699><c> with</c><00:43:07.880><c> the</c><00:43:08.079><c> apostles,</c>

00:43:08.480 --> 00:43:10.099
because<00:43:08.579><c> he's</c><00:43:08.719><c> very</c><00:43:09.119><c> close</c><00:43:09.320><c> to</c><00:43:09.440><c> the</c><00:43:09.579><c> Apostle</c><00:43:09.920><c> John,</c>

00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:14.059
he<00:43:10.239><c> says,</c><00:43:11.320><c> these</c><00:43:11.699><c> are</c><00:43:12.119><c> not</c><00:43:12.400><c> what's</c><00:43:12.619><c> being</c><00:43:12.840><c> delivered</c><00:43:13.099><c> to</c><00:43:13.300><c> you.</c>

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:17.659
For,<00:43:14.539><c> he</c><00:43:14.699><c> says,</c><00:43:15.400><c> I</c><00:43:15.579><c> saw</c><00:43:15.940><c> when</c><00:43:16.119><c> I</c><00:43:16.300><c> was</c><00:43:16.480><c> a</c><00:43:16.639><c> boy</c><00:43:16.780><c> in</c><00:43:17.000><c> lower</c><00:43:17.199><c> Asia</c>

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:20.539
with<00:43:18.139><c> polycarp,</c><00:43:18.860><c> now</c><00:43:19.000><c> polycarp</c><00:43:19.639><c> who's</c><00:43:19.920><c> depicted</c><00:43:20.260><c> there,</c>

00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:23.679
obviously<00:43:20.880><c> nothing</c><00:43:21.559><c> like</c><00:43:21.880><c> them,</c><00:43:22.000><c> but</c><00:43:22.099><c> that's</c><00:43:22.500><c> church</c><00:43:22.699><c> history,</c>

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:27.380
polycarp<00:43:25.219><c> was</c><00:43:25.420><c> around</c><00:43:25.800><c> at</c><00:43:25.980><c> the</c><00:43:26.179><c> time</c><00:43:26.360><c> of</c><00:43:26.500><c> the</c><00:43:26.639><c> Apostle</c><00:43:27.039><c> John.</c>

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:29.519
And<00:43:28.099><c> he</c><00:43:28.320><c> knew</c><00:43:28.539><c> the</c><00:43:28.780><c> Apostle</c><00:43:29.199><c> John.</c>

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:31.820
And<00:43:30.139><c> he</c><00:43:30.239><c> goes</c><00:43:30.440><c> on</c><00:43:30.659><c> to</c><00:43:30.880><c> say</c><00:43:31.079><c> that,</c><00:43:31.559><c> look,</c><00:43:31.599><c> he</c><00:43:31.719><c> says,</c>

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:34.980
I<00:43:32.000><c> was</c><00:43:32.159><c> there</c><00:43:32.719><c> as</c><00:43:33.199><c> a</c><00:43:33.360><c> boy</c><00:43:33.559><c> in</c><00:43:33.760><c> lower</c><00:43:34.059><c> Asia.</c>

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:38.000
And<00:43:35.440><c> he</c><00:43:35.619><c> says,</c><00:43:36.000><c> I</c><00:43:36.000><c> heard</c><00:43:36.320><c> him</c><00:43:36.480><c> and</c><00:43:36.599><c> I</c><00:43:36.699><c> can</c><00:43:36.900><c> describe</c><00:43:37.380><c> the</c><00:43:37.719><c> sermons</c>

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.679
which<00:43:38.219><c> he</c><00:43:38.599><c> preached</c><00:43:38.840><c> to</c><00:43:39.039><c> the</c><00:43:39.159><c> multitude</c>

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:42.739
and<00:43:40.159><c> how</c><00:43:40.360><c> he</c><00:43:40.659><c> related</c><00:43:40.920><c> to</c><00:43:41.139><c> us</c><00:43:41.260><c> his</c><00:43:41.559><c> conversations</c><00:43:42.179><c> with</c><00:43:42.440><c> John</c>

00:43:42.739 --> 00:43:44.900
and<00:43:43.079><c> the</c><00:43:43.260><c> rest</c><00:43:43.440><c> of</c><00:43:43.659><c> those</c><00:43:43.840><c> who</c><00:43:44.000><c> had</c><00:43:44.099><c> been</c><00:43:44.260><c> with</c><00:43:44.500><c> the</c><00:43:44.679><c> Lord,</c>

00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:47.179
how<00:43:45.400><c> he</c><00:43:45.599><c> mentioned</c><00:43:45.860><c> their</c><00:43:46.039><c> particular</c><00:43:46.500><c> expressions,</c>

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:49.380
the<00:43:47.679><c> things</c><00:43:47.820><c> that</c><00:43:48.019><c> he</c><00:43:48.099><c> had</c><00:43:48.300><c> heard</c><00:43:48.500><c> of</c><00:43:48.579><c> them</c><00:43:48.739><c> from</c><00:43:48.900><c> the</c><00:43:49.119><c> Lord,</c>

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:52.059
and<00:43:50.039><c> of</c><00:43:50.239><c> his</c><00:43:50.460><c> miracles</c><00:43:50.820><c> in</c><00:43:51.019><c> his</c><00:43:51.239><c> doctrine.</c>

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:54.860
As<00:43:52.579><c> polycarp</c><00:43:53.019><c> had</c><00:43:53.219><c> received</c><00:43:53.579><c> from</c><00:43:53.820><c> the</c><00:43:54.119><c> eyewitnesses</c>

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:57.980
of<00:43:55.019><c> the</c><00:43:55.179><c> word</c><00:43:55.360><c> of</c><00:43:55.579><c> life,</c><00:43:55.980><c> he</c><00:43:56.280><c> told</c><00:43:56.500><c> us</c><00:43:56.760><c> all</c><00:43:57.079><c> things</c><00:43:57.360><c> agreeable</c>

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.679
to<00:43:58.119><c> the</c><00:43:58.320><c> scriptures.</c>

00:43:58.679 --> 00:44:01.199
So<00:43:59.260><c> he</c><00:43:59.360><c> says,</c><00:44:00.059><c> I</c><00:44:00.059><c> have</c><00:44:00.340><c> talked</c><00:44:00.519><c> to</c><00:44:00.780><c> somebody</c>

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:03.500
who<00:44:01.880><c> was</c><00:44:02.239><c> there</c><00:44:02.639><c> with</c><00:44:02.840><c> the</c><00:44:03.079><c> apostles,</c>

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.780
not<00:44:03.719><c> with</c><00:44:03.860><c> the</c><00:44:03.980><c> Lord</c><00:44:04.119><c> Jesus</c><00:44:04.420><c> Christ,</c>

00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:06.860
but<00:44:04.960><c> he</c><00:44:05.179><c> knew</c><00:44:05.320><c> the</c><00:44:05.500><c> apostles</c><00:44:05.860><c> personally.</c>

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:08.760
And<00:44:07.159><c> he</c><00:44:07.280><c> goes</c><00:44:07.440><c> on</c><00:44:07.659><c> to</c><00:44:07.880><c> say,</c><00:44:08.579><c> he</c><00:44:08.659><c> says,</c>

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:10.860
I<00:44:08.940><c> retain</c><00:44:09.400><c> remembrance</c><00:44:09.960><c> of</c><00:44:10.199><c> these</c><00:44:10.460><c> things.</c>

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:15.159
And<00:44:11.579><c> he</c><00:44:11.699><c> says,</c><00:44:11.920><c> if</c><00:44:12.199><c> that</c><00:44:12.599><c> blessed</c><00:44:12.900><c> apostolic</c><00:44:14.000><c> presbyter</c>

00:44:15.280 --> 00:44:18.460
had<00:44:15.800><c> heard</c><00:44:16.260><c> some</c><00:44:16.519><c> of</c><00:44:16.659><c> the</c><00:44:16.940><c> doctrines</c><00:44:17.280><c> that</c><00:44:17.480><c> are</c><00:44:17.699><c> now</c><00:44:17.920><c> maintained,</c>

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:21.099
he<00:44:18.920><c> would</c><00:44:19.099><c> have</c><00:44:19.340><c> cried</c><00:44:19.659><c> out</c><00:44:19.920><c> and</c><00:44:20.260><c> stopped</c><00:44:20.480><c> his</c><00:44:20.780><c> ears,</c>

00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:23.179
and<00:44:21.539><c> in</c><00:44:21.739><c> his</c><00:44:22.079><c> usual</c><00:44:22.360><c> manner</c><00:44:22.619><c> would</c><00:44:22.760><c> have</c><00:44:22.940><c> said,</c>

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:26.820
oh,<00:44:23.880><c> good</c><00:44:24.000><c> God,</c><00:44:24.840><c> to</c><00:44:25.099><c> what</c><00:44:25.420><c> times</c><00:44:25.739><c> has</c><00:44:25.940><c> that</c><00:44:26.139><c> reserved</c><00:44:26.539><c> me</c>

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:28.539
that<00:44:27.159><c> I</c><00:44:27.360><c> should</c><00:44:27.559><c> endure</c><00:44:27.900><c> these</c><00:44:28.260><c> things</c>

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:31.179
and<00:44:28.820><c> he</c><00:44:28.820><c> would</c><00:44:29.079><c> immediately</c><00:44:29.619><c> have</c><00:44:30.300><c> fled</c><00:44:30.500><c> from</c><00:44:30.719><c> the</c><00:44:30.920><c> place</c>

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:33.239
which<00:44:31.639><c> he</c><00:44:31.820><c> had</c><00:44:31.960><c> heard</c><00:44:32.159><c> such</c><00:44:32.440><c> doctrines.</c>

00:44:33.860 --> 00:44:36.260
And<00:44:33.940><c> so,</c><00:44:34.219><c> brethren</c><00:44:34.340><c> and</c><00:44:34.440><c> sisters,</c><00:44:34.800><c> that's</c><00:44:35.239><c> the</c><00:44:35.440><c> state,</c>

00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:41.619
not<00:44:37.360><c> 150</c><00:44:38.099><c> years,</c><00:44:39.300><c> but</c><00:44:39.460><c> only</c><00:44:40.300><c> 130</c><00:44:41.179><c> years,</c>

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:44.559
140<00:44:42.280><c> years</c><00:44:42.800><c> after</c><00:44:43.300><c> the</c><00:44:43.559><c> apostles</c><00:44:43.900><c> had</c><00:44:44.059><c> been</c><00:44:44.260><c> around.</c>

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:49.440
It's<00:44:45.320><c> about</c><00:44:45.659><c> 70</c><00:44:46.519><c> years</c><00:44:47.199><c> since</c><00:44:47.599><c> the</c><00:44:47.840><c> apostle</c><00:44:48.159><c> John</c><00:44:48.420><c> in</c><00:44:48.639><c> 1896,</c>

00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:52.679
and<00:44:50.079><c> that's</c><00:44:50.440><c> the</c><00:44:50.599><c> situation</c><00:44:50.960><c> the</c><00:44:51.179><c> Ecclesia</c><00:44:51.440><c> was</c><00:44:51.659><c> in</c><00:44:51.860><c> then.</c>

00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:56.460
Another<00:44:53.559><c> writer</c><00:44:53.920><c> is</c><00:44:54.219><c> Cyprian</c><00:44:54.739><c> of</c><00:44:55.280><c> the</c><00:44:55.519><c> Bishop</c><00:44:55.760><c> of</c><00:44:56.079><c> Carthage.</c>

00:44:56.460 --> 00:45:02.059
Now,<00:44:56.619><c> this</c><00:44:56.719><c> is</c><00:44:57.000><c> 248</c><00:44:58.199><c> A</c><00:44:58.500><c>.D.,</c><00:44:59.099><c> so</c><00:44:59.239><c> it's</c><00:44:59.500><c> 150</c><00:45:00.239><c> years</c><00:45:00.800><c> after</c><00:45:01.360><c> the</c><00:45:01.619><c> apostles,</c>

00:45:02.400 --> 00:45:04.719
kind<00:45:02.480><c> of</c><00:45:02.619><c> similar</c><00:45:02.940><c> to</c><00:45:03.179><c> our</c><00:45:03.440><c> age</c><00:45:03.679><c> and</c><00:45:04.079><c> time</c><00:45:04.420><c> span.</c>

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:06.300
This<00:45:05.239><c> was</c><00:45:05.440><c> what</c><00:45:05.579><c> was</c><00:45:05.800><c> going</c><00:45:06.039><c> on.</c>

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:08.579
They<00:45:06.679><c> were</c><00:45:06.860><c> under</c><00:45:07.159><c> persecutions</c><00:45:07.940><c> of</c><00:45:08.159><c> Decius</c>

00:45:08.579 --> 00:45:09.900
and<00:45:08.699><c> some</c><00:45:08.860><c> of</c><00:45:08.940><c> the</c><00:45:09.019><c> other</c><00:45:09.199><c> emperors.</c>

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:12.699
And<00:45:10.500><c> he</c><00:45:11.119><c> says,</c><00:45:11.360><c> if</c><00:45:11.360><c> the</c><00:45:11.659><c> cause</c><00:45:11.940><c> of</c><00:45:12.159><c> our</c><00:45:12.360><c> misery</c>

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:14.599
or<00:45:12.940><c> our</c><00:45:13.159><c> persecution</c><00:45:13.639><c> be</c><00:45:13.900><c> investigated,</c>

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:16.699
the<00:45:15.159><c> cure</c><00:45:15.400><c> of</c><00:45:15.619><c> the</c><00:45:15.780><c> wounds</c><00:45:16.019><c> may</c><00:45:16.280><c> be</c><00:45:16.480><c> found,</c>

00:45:16.820 --> 00:45:19.860
because<00:45:17.260><c> long</c><00:45:17.880><c> peace</c><00:45:18.780><c> has</c><00:45:19.280><c> corrupted</c>

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:23.000
the<00:45:20.280><c> discipline</c><00:45:20.760><c> divinely</c><00:45:21.440><c> revealed</c><00:45:21.900><c> to</c><00:45:22.179><c> us.</c>

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:25.119
And<00:45:23.280><c> we,</c><00:45:23.559><c> brethren</c><00:45:23.679><c> and</c><00:45:23.920><c> sisters,</c><00:45:24.179><c> have</c><00:45:24.320><c> had</c><00:45:24.519><c> long</c><00:45:24.820><c> peace</c>

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:26.179
in<00:45:25.239><c> our</c><00:45:25.460><c> Ecclesias.</c>

00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:28.880
Each<00:45:26.719><c> had</c><00:45:27.079><c> been</c><00:45:27.420><c> bent</c><00:45:27.619><c> on</c><00:45:27.820><c> improving</c><00:45:28.179><c> his</c><00:45:28.519><c> patrimony.</c>

00:45:28.880 --> 00:45:30.059
He's<00:45:29.079><c> talking</c><00:45:29.219><c> about</c><00:45:29.360><c> the</c><00:45:29.559><c> bishops</c><00:45:29.780><c> now,</c>

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:31.219
the<00:45:30.320><c> elders</c><00:45:30.599><c> in</c><00:45:30.780><c> the</c><00:45:30.900><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:45:31.460 --> 00:45:33.559
Go<00:45:31.659><c> back</c><00:45:31.880><c> to</c><00:45:32.099><c> the</c><00:45:32.320><c> verse</c><00:45:32.539><c> we</c><00:45:32.739><c> read</c><00:45:32.920><c> in</c><00:45:33.179><c> Ezekiel.</c>

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.739
It's<00:45:33.780><c> a</c><00:45:33.920><c> similar</c><00:45:34.139><c> type</c><00:45:34.380><c> of</c><00:45:34.579><c> thing.</c>

00:45:35.159 --> 00:45:38.059
And<00:45:35.440><c> had</c><00:45:35.659><c> forgotten</c><00:45:36.099><c> what</c><00:45:36.360><c> believers</c><00:45:36.780><c> had</c><00:45:37.079><c> done</c><00:45:37.280><c> under</c><00:45:37.480><c> the</c><00:45:37.719><c> apostles</c>

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:39.420
and<00:45:38.199><c> what</c><00:45:38.340><c> they</c><00:45:38.539><c> ought</c><00:45:38.679><c> always</c><00:45:38.960><c> to</c><00:45:39.199><c> do.</c>

00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:45.300
They<00:45:40.019><c> were</c><00:45:40.360><c> brooding</c><00:45:40.900><c> over</c><00:45:41.219><c> arts</c><00:45:43.039><c> and</c><00:45:43.440><c> the</c><00:45:43.659><c> amassing</c><00:45:44.079><c> of</c><00:45:44.460><c> wealth.</c>

00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:47.679
Or<00:45:45.559><c> certainly</c><00:45:45.820><c> we</c><00:45:45.980><c> could</c><00:45:46.139><c> be</c><00:45:46.360><c> guilty</c><00:45:46.679><c> over</c><00:45:47.340><c> brooding</c>

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:49.019
over<00:45:48.000><c> the</c><00:45:48.159><c> amassing</c><00:45:48.460><c> of</c><00:45:48.760><c> wealth.</c>

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:51.880
The<00:45:49.639><c> pastors</c><00:45:50.059><c> and</c><00:45:50.360><c> deacons</c><00:45:50.699><c> each</c><00:45:51.000><c> forgot</c><00:45:51.320><c> their</c><00:45:51.579><c> duty.</c>

00:45:52.300 --> 00:45:53.619
Works<00:45:52.559><c> of</c><00:45:52.800><c> mercy</c><00:45:53.059><c> were</c><00:45:53.219><c> neglected,</c>

00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:55.900
and<00:45:53.800><c> the</c><00:45:54.000><c> discipline</c><00:45:54.360><c> was</c><00:45:54.599><c> at</c><00:45:54.699><c> its</c><00:45:54.920><c> lowest</c><00:45:55.239><c> ebb.</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:59.360
Luxury<00:45:56.760><c> and</c><00:45:57.639><c> effeminacy</c><00:45:58.219><c> prevailed.</c>

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:01.360
And<00:45:59.659><c> he</c><00:45:59.760><c> goes</c><00:45:59.940><c> on</c><00:46:00.119><c> to</c><00:46:00.320><c> say</c><00:46:00.460><c> that</c><00:46:00.639><c> there</c><00:46:00.760><c> was</c><00:46:00.980><c> arts</c>

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.320
and<00:46:01.820><c> dress</c><00:46:02.119><c> that</c><00:46:02.300><c> were</c><00:46:02.559><c> cultivated.</c>

00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:05.480
Fraud<00:46:03.739><c> and</c><00:46:03.900><c> deceit</c><00:46:04.280><c> were</c><00:46:04.519><c> practiced</c><00:46:04.860><c> among</c><00:46:05.159><c> brethren.</c>

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:07.219
Christians<00:46:06.199><c> could</c><00:46:06.500><c> unite</c><00:46:06.760><c> themselves</c>

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:08.719
in<00:46:07.639><c> marriage</c><00:46:07.960><c> with</c><00:46:08.159><c> unbelievers.</c>

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:10.940
They<00:46:09.099><c> could</c><00:46:09.340><c> swear</c><00:46:09.579><c> not</c><00:46:09.780><c> only</c><00:46:10.139><c> without</c><00:46:10.460><c> reverence,</c>

00:46:11.059 --> 00:46:12.360
but<00:46:11.139><c> without</c><00:46:11.480><c> truth,</c><00:46:11.860><c> without</c><00:46:12.019><c> meaning,</c>

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:13.820
what<00:46:12.500><c> they</c><00:46:12.659><c> had</c><00:46:12.820><c> to</c><00:46:13.019><c> say.</c>

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:16.119
With<00:46:14.400><c> haughty</c><00:46:14.940><c> asperity,</c>

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:18.659
they<00:46:16.800><c> despised</c><00:46:17.460><c> the</c><00:46:17.679><c> ecclesial</c><00:46:18.139><c> superiors.</c>

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:20.119
They<00:46:19.139><c> railed</c><00:46:19.480><c> against</c><00:46:19.699><c> one</c><00:46:19.920><c> another</c>

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:21.860
with<00:46:20.340><c> outrageous</c><00:46:20.860><c> acrimony.</c>

00:46:23.619 --> 00:46:25.179
With<00:46:23.800><c> determined</c><00:46:24.400><c> malice.</c>

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:26.739
This<00:46:25.679><c> was</c><00:46:25.920><c> what</c><00:46:26.039><c> was</c><00:46:26.280><c> going</c><00:46:26.500><c> on</c>

00:46:26.739 --> 00:46:29.380
150<00:46:27.260><c> years</c><00:46:27.679><c> after</c><00:46:27.940><c> the</c><00:46:28.059><c> apostle</c><00:46:28.380><c> John.</c>

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:31.300
And<00:46:29.659><c> he</c><00:46:29.780><c> goes</c><00:46:29.940><c> on</c><00:46:30.139><c> to</c><00:46:30.400><c> say</c>

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:32.900
that<00:46:31.719><c> many</c><00:46:32.019><c> bishops</c>

00:46:32.900 --> 00:46:36.099
neglected<00:46:33.619><c> the</c><00:46:34.079><c> peculiar</c><00:46:34.659><c> duties</c><00:46:35.179><c> of</c><00:46:35.420><c> their</c><00:46:35.719><c> stations</c>

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:39.219
and<00:46:36.400><c> gave</c><00:46:36.599><c> themselves</c><00:46:37.039><c> up</c><00:46:37.320><c> to</c><00:46:37.599><c> secular</c><00:46:38.440><c> pursuits.</c>

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:42.159
They<00:46:39.619><c> became</c><00:46:39.900><c> involved</c><00:46:40.320><c> in</c><00:46:40.500><c> the</c><00:46:40.659><c> things</c><00:46:40.900><c> of</c><00:46:41.519><c> this</c><00:46:41.780><c> life.</c>

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:44.380
They<00:46:42.840><c> deserted</c><00:46:43.199><c> the</c><00:46:43.460><c> places</c><00:46:43.659><c> of</c><00:46:43.980><c> residence</c>

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:46.800
and<00:46:44.820><c> their</c><00:46:45.059><c> flots</c><00:46:45.340><c> and</c><00:46:45.579><c> traveled</c><00:46:45.860><c> through</c><00:46:46.079><c> distant</c><00:46:46.519><c> provinces</c>

00:46:47.219 --> 00:46:49.380
in<00:46:47.579><c> quest</c><00:46:47.780><c> of</c><00:46:48.039><c> pleasures</c><00:46:48.320><c> and</c><00:46:48.639><c> gain.</c>

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:51.440
And<00:46:49.940><c> so,</c><00:46:50.300><c> brethren</c><00:46:50.420><c> and</c><00:46:50.599><c> sisters,</c><00:46:50.900><c> he</c><00:46:51.139><c> says,</c>

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:53.039
have<00:46:52.079><c> we</c><00:46:52.360><c> not</c><00:46:52.619><c> deserved</c>

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:54.400
to<00:46:53.260><c> suffer</c><00:46:53.440><c> for</c><00:46:53.719><c> such</c><00:46:53.860><c> a</c><00:46:54.079><c> conduct</c>

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:56.579
for<00:46:54.599><c> even</c><00:46:54.880><c> the</c><00:46:55.159><c> divine</c><00:46:55.460><c> word</c><00:46:55.800><c> has</c><00:46:56.059><c> foretold</c><00:46:56.480><c> us</c>

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.719
that<00:46:56.699><c> we</c><00:46:56.780><c> might</c><00:46:56.980><c> expect</c><00:46:57.400><c> this?</c>

00:46:57.920 --> 00:46:59.300
Now,<00:46:58.139><c> I</c><00:46:58.199><c> don't</c><00:46:58.440><c> think</c><00:46:58.619><c> we're</c><00:46:58.920><c> there.</c>

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:01.659
I'm<00:47:00.039><c> quite</c><00:47:00.320><c> sure</c><00:47:00.579><c> we're</c><00:47:00.760><c> not</c><00:47:00.940><c> at</c><00:47:01.139><c> that</c><00:47:01.400><c> point.</c>

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:04.159
But<00:47:02.099><c> that's</c><00:47:02.500><c> the</c><00:47:02.639><c> danger</c><00:47:03.159><c> of</c><00:47:03.880><c> where</c>

00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:05.800
letting<00:47:04.380><c> the</c><00:47:04.659><c> truth</c><00:47:04.820><c> slip</c><00:47:05.099><c> leads</c><00:47:05.400><c> us.</c>

00:47:06.260 --> 00:47:07.440
And<00:47:06.480><c> so,</c><00:47:06.780><c> brethren</c><00:47:06.920><c> and</c><00:47:07.119><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:09.059
as<00:47:07.739><c> we</c><00:47:07.940><c> consider</c><00:47:08.360><c> these</c><00:47:08.639><c> things,</c>

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:11.420
as<00:47:09.619><c> we</c><00:47:10.019><c> see</c><00:47:10.599><c> the</c><00:47:10.960><c> ecclesia</c>

00:47:11.420 --> 00:47:12.860
as<00:47:11.659><c> it</c><00:47:11.980><c> should</c><00:47:12.099><c> have</c><00:47:12.300><c> been</c>

00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:14.360
and<00:47:13.260><c> as</c><00:47:13.579><c> it</c><00:47:13.820><c> became,</c>

00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:16.880
and<00:47:14.940><c> as</c><00:47:15.119><c> we</c><00:47:15.260><c> will</c><00:47:15.420><c> continue</c><00:47:15.860><c> to</c><00:47:16.219><c> follow</c><00:47:16.380><c> it</c><00:47:16.679><c> through</c>

00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:18.559
into<00:47:17.139><c> the</c><00:47:17.300><c> New</c><00:47:17.500><c> Testament,</c>

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:23.639
and<00:47:22.000><c> consider</c><00:47:22.000><c> the</c><00:47:22.260><c> things</c><00:47:22.500><c> that</c><00:47:22.619><c> will</c><00:47:22.820><c> take</c><00:47:23.099><c> place,</c>

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:25.219
let<00:47:24.059><c> us</c><00:47:24.280><c> keep</c><00:47:24.559><c> in</c><00:47:24.719><c> our</c><00:47:24.940><c> minds</c>

00:47:25.219 --> 00:47:27.320
that<00:47:25.400><c> what</c><00:47:25.579><c> we</c><00:47:25.760><c> are</c><00:47:25.920><c> supposed</c><00:47:26.340><c> to</c><00:47:26.539><c> be</c>

00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:28.559
is<00:47:27.480><c> an</c><00:47:27.800><c> ecclesia</c>

00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:32.039
that<00:47:28.920><c> is</c><00:47:29.320><c> described</c><00:47:29.739><c> as</c><00:47:29.940><c> a</c><00:47:30.199><c> chaste</c><00:47:30.599><c> virgin</c><00:47:31.059><c> unto</c><00:47:31.460><c> Christ.</c>

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:33.940
That's<00:47:32.880><c> what</c><00:47:33.039><c> we</c><00:47:33.219><c> want</c><00:47:33.360><c> to</c><00:47:33.579><c> do.</c>

00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:37.019
Ecclesia<00:47:34.800><c> that</c><00:47:35.099><c> has</c><00:47:35.739><c> remained</c><00:47:36.500><c> separate</c>

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:38.519
and<00:47:37.400><c> remained</c><00:47:37.739><c> sanctified.</c>

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And<00:47:39.059><c> let</c><00:47:39.159><c> us</c><00:47:39.400><c> resolve</c><00:47:39.880><c> to</c><00:47:40.099><c> preserve</c><00:47:40.500><c> the</c><00:47:40.820><c> truth</c>

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in<00:47:41.179><c> our</c><00:47:41.360><c> own</c><00:47:41.619><c> personal</c><00:47:42.000><c> lives,</c>

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in<00:47:43.019><c> our</c><00:47:43.320><c> families,</c><00:47:44.039><c> and</c><00:47:44.199><c> in</c><00:47:44.400><c> our</c><00:47:44.539><c> ecclesias</c>

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by<00:47:45.199><c> protecting</c><00:47:45.719><c> our</c><00:47:45.960><c> Bible</c><00:47:46.280><c> readings</c>

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and<00:47:47.119><c> our</c><00:47:47.320><c> Bible</c><00:47:47.679><c> studies</c>

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and<00:47:48.599><c> the</c><00:47:48.940><c> faith</c><00:47:49.219><c> that</c><00:47:49.420><c> was</c><00:47:49.699><c> once</c><00:47:49.940><c> delivered</c><00:47:50.239><c> to</c><00:47:50.440><c> the</c><00:47:50.619><c> saints.</c>

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Christ<00:47:51.900><c> gave</c><00:47:52.219><c> his</c><00:47:52.559><c> life</c><00:47:52.960><c> for</c><00:47:53.179><c> the</c><00:47:53.340><c> ecclesia</c>

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so<00:47:54.820><c> that</c><00:47:54.940><c> it</c><00:47:55.019><c> could</c><00:47:55.199><c> be</c><00:47:55.460><c> his</c><00:47:55.780><c> bride.</c>

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Let<00:47:56.760><c> us</c><00:47:56.940><c> give</c><00:47:57.079><c> our</c><00:47:57.340><c> lives</c><00:47:57.619><c> to</c><00:47:57.900><c> preserve</c><00:47:58.420><c> the</c><00:47:58.679><c> same</c><00:47:58.980><c> thing.</c>

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May<00:48:00.000><c> God</c><00:48:00.280><c> grant</c><00:48:00.579><c> us</c><00:48:00.880><c> to</c><00:48:01.059><c> be</c><00:48:01.260><c> arrayed</c><00:48:02.059><c> in</c><00:48:02.360><c> white</c><00:48:02.579><c> linen</c>

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the<00:48:04.199><c> robes</c><00:48:04.559><c> of</c><00:48:04.760><c> imputed</c><00:48:05.139><c> righteousness</c>

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when<00:48:06.280><c> his</c><00:48:06.559><c> son</c><00:48:06.719><c> returns</c><00:48:07.139><c> to</c><00:48:07.360><c> the</c><00:48:07.539><c> earth.</c>