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Now<00:12:44.500><c> the</c><00:12:44.659><c> word</c><00:12:44.899><c> nurture</c><00:12:45.220><c> there</c><00:12:45.460><c> in</c><00:12:45.740><c> verse</c><00:12:46.139><c> four</c><00:12:46.639><c> is</c><00:12:46.879><c> the</c><00:12:47.059><c> Greek</c>

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word<00:12:47.480><c> paideia</c><00:12:48.279><c> and</c><00:12:48.539><c> it</c><00:12:48.759><c> means</c><00:12:49.039><c> education</c><00:12:50.179><c> or</c><00:12:50.919><c> training.</c>

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It<00:12:56.519><c> occurs</c><00:12:56.740><c> six</c><00:12:57.159><c> times</c><00:12:57.639><c> four</c><00:12:58.000><c> times</c><00:12:58.480><c> it's</c><00:12:58.840><c> rendered</c><00:12:59.179><c> chastening</c><00:12:59.879><c> or</c><00:13:00.779><c> chastisement</c><00:13:01.379><c> in</c>

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Now<00:13:04.340><c> Proverbs</c><00:13:04.659><c> three</c><00:13:04.899><c> verse</c><00:13:05.120><c> one</c><00:13:05.399><c> says</c><00:13:05.899><c> my</c><00:13:06.740><c> son</c><00:13:07.039><c> despise</c><00:13:07.639><c> not</c>

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the<00:13:08.179><c> chastening</c><00:13:08.580><c> of</c><00:13:08.840><c> Yahweh.</c>

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And<00:13:10.019><c> when</c><00:13:10.220><c> the</c><00:13:10.440><c> apostle</c><00:13:10.799><c> quotes</c><00:13:11.299><c> that</c><00:13:12.100><c> in</c><00:13:12.899><c> Hebrews</c><00:13:13.299><c> 12</c><00:13:13.879><c> verse</c>

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five<00:13:14.940><c> he</c><00:13:15.519><c> uses</c><00:13:16.000><c> this</c><00:13:16.399><c> word</c><00:13:16.639><c> paideia</c><00:13:17.440><c> to</c><00:13:17.919><c> translate</c><00:13:18.580><c> that</c><00:13:19.220><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:13:19.879><c> word</c><00:13:20.480><c> for</c><00:13:21.019><c> chastening.</c>

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So<00:13:22.940><c> the</c><00:13:23.759><c> meaning</c><00:13:24.200><c> of</c><00:13:24.700><c> the</c><00:13:24.860><c> verse</c><00:13:25.100><c> is</c><00:13:25.360><c> borne</c><00:13:25.659><c> out</c><00:13:25.799><c> by</c><00:13:26.080><c> the</c><00:13:26.360><c> RV.</c>

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Nurture<00:13:28.080><c> them</c><00:13:28.679><c> in</c><00:13:29.580><c> the</c><00:13:29.879><c> chastening</c><00:13:30.519><c> and</c><00:13:31.720><c> admonition</c><00:13:32.899><c> of</c><00:13:33.320><c> the</c><00:13:33.519><c> Lord.</c>

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to<00:13:40.299><c> discipline.</c>

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Hence<00:13:41.740><c> what</c><00:13:41.940><c> the</c><00:13:42.120><c> apostle</c><00:13:42.440><c> is</c><00:13:42.720><c> saying</c><00:13:42.919><c> is</c><00:13:43.159><c> this</c><00:13:43.679><c> provoke</c><00:13:44.279><c> not</c>

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your<00:13:44.799><c> children</c><00:13:45.120><c> to</c><00:13:45.460><c> wrath</c><00:13:45.779><c> but</c><00:13:46.879><c> bring</c><00:13:47.220><c> them</c><00:13:47.460><c> up</c><00:13:47.799><c> in</c><00:13:48.120><c> the</c><00:13:48.519><c> discipline</c><00:13:49.299><c> of</c>

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the<00:13:50.159><c> Lord.</c>

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So<00:13:53.179><c> we</c><00:13:53.580><c> do</c><00:13:53.799><c> well</c><00:13:54.000><c> to</c><00:13:54.240><c> ask</c><00:13:54.440><c> then</c><00:13:55.299><c> brethren</c><00:13:55.799><c> fathers</c><00:13:56.559><c> what</c><00:13:58.320><c> does</c>

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discipline<00:13:59.000><c> look</c><00:13:59.299><c> like</c><00:14:00.120><c> that</c><00:14:00.600><c> is</c><00:14:00.820><c> not</c><00:14:00.940><c> of</c><00:14:01.100><c> the</c><00:14:01.259><c> Lord</c><00:14:01.600><c> and</c><00:14:02.740><c> may</c>

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provoke<00:14:03.460><c> our</c><00:14:03.879><c> children</c><00:14:04.179><c> to</c><00:14:04.519><c> wrath</c><00:14:04.860><c> or</c><00:14:05.860><c> be</c><00:14:06.240><c> discouraged.</c>

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Well<00:14:08.679><c> I've</c><00:14:09.360><c> listed</c><00:14:09.559><c> a</c><00:14:09.779><c> few</c><00:14:09.879><c> things</c><00:14:10.220><c> here</c><00:14:10.919><c> brethren</c><00:14:11.379><c> and</c><00:14:11.580><c> you</c><00:14:11.700><c> may</c><00:14:11.899><c> be</c><00:14:12.019><c> able</c><00:14:12.159><c> to</c><00:14:12.299><c> think</c><00:14:12.440><c> of</c><00:14:12.580><c> some</c><00:14:12.799><c> others</c><00:14:13.019><c> but</c><00:14:14.100><c> here's</c><00:14:14.580><c> perhaps</c><00:14:14.860><c> a</c><00:14:15.120><c> few.</c>

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Discipline<00:14:17.480><c> disciplining</c><00:14:18.299><c> our</c><00:14:18.899><c> children</c><00:14:19.460><c> with</c><00:14:20.519><c> the</c><00:14:20.860><c> wrong</c>

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motive<00:14:22.259><c> for</c><00:14:23.980><c> public</c><00:14:24.440><c> show</c><00:14:25.000><c> or</c><00:14:26.639><c> to</c><00:14:26.840><c> make</c><00:14:27.019><c> them</c><00:14:27.519><c> human</c><00:14:27.899><c> trophies.</c>

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Disciplining<00:14:30.940><c> our</c><00:14:31.299><c> children</c><00:14:31.899><c> for</c><00:14:32.480><c> the</c><00:14:32.720><c> wrong</c><00:14:33.159><c> reason</c><00:14:33.799><c> because</c><00:14:35.299><c> a</c>

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child<00:14:35.700><c> accidentally</c><00:14:36.340><c> damaged</c><00:14:36.759><c> something</c><00:14:37.179><c> valuable.</c>

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And<00:14:38.919><c> so</c><00:14:39.299><c> you</c><00:14:39.840><c> discipline</c><00:14:40.159><c> the</c><00:14:40.419><c> children</c><00:14:40.879><c> because</c><00:14:42.139><c> they've</c><00:14:43.019><c> broken</c><00:14:43.200><c> something</c><00:14:43.539><c> that's</c><00:14:43.840><c> valuable</c><00:14:44.100><c> when</c><00:14:44.279><c> it</c>

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Being<00:14:49.360><c> unclear</c><00:14:50.080><c> being</c><00:14:51.120><c> hypocritical</c><00:14:52.419><c> when</c><00:14:55.320><c> a</c><00:14:55.519><c> child</c><00:14:56.019><c> when</c><00:14:56.840><c> children</c><00:14:57.159><c> go</c>

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astray<00:14:58.039><c> it's</c><00:14:58.620><c> often</c><00:14:58.960><c> not</c><00:14:59.279><c> always</c><00:14:59.720><c> but</c><00:14:59.980><c> it's</c><00:15:00.279><c> often</c><00:15:00.899><c> because</c>

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When<00:15:06.620><c> the</c><00:15:06.879><c> parents</c><00:15:07.059><c> say</c><00:15:07.299><c> at</c><00:15:07.440><c> the</c><00:15:07.580><c> meeting</c><00:15:08.039><c> that</c><00:15:09.580><c> we</c><00:15:09.720><c> need</c><00:15:09.860><c> to</c>

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flee<00:15:10.200><c> temptation</c><00:15:10.960><c> and</c><00:15:12.320><c> they</c><00:15:12.440><c> go</c><00:15:12.659><c> home</c><00:15:13.279><c> and</c><00:15:14.220><c> they</c><00:15:14.360><c> watch</c><00:15:14.519><c> television.</c>

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We<00:15:30.679><c> can</c><00:15:30.960><c> discourage</c><00:15:31.519><c> our</c><00:15:31.759><c> children</c><00:15:31.980><c> by</c><00:15:33.059><c> intimidating</c><00:15:33.779><c> them</c>

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And<00:15:50.340><c> you</c><00:15:50.500><c> know</c><00:15:50.940><c> dads</c><00:15:51.440><c> if</c><00:15:52.679><c> that's</c><00:15:53.179><c> our</c><00:15:53.399><c> objective</c><00:15:53.879><c> if</c><00:15:54.120><c> that's</c><00:15:54.460><c> our</c><00:15:54.639><c> motive</c><00:15:55.080><c> then</c><00:15:56.019><c> we</c><00:15:56.200><c> will</c><00:15:56.460><c> engender</c><00:15:56.860><c> the</c><00:15:57.200><c> right</c><00:15:57.759><c> positive</c><00:15:58.279><c> response</c><00:15:58.779><c> from</c><00:15:58.980><c> our</c><00:15:59.220><c> children</c><00:15:59.799><c> and</c><00:16:00.480><c> not</c><00:16:00.659><c> a</c>

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wrathful<00:16:01.120><c> response.</c>

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is<00:16:22.600><c> the</c><00:16:23.000><c> word</c><00:16:23.299><c> doulos</c><00:16:23.700><c> which</c><00:16:23.940><c> means</c><00:16:24.440><c> slaves.</c>

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He<00:16:25.659><c> addresses</c><00:16:26.019><c> slaves</c><00:16:26.879><c> and</c><00:16:27.600><c> masters.</c>

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You<00:16:29.240><c> know</c><00:16:29.379><c> it's</c><00:16:29.679><c> estimated</c><00:16:30.179><c> that</c><00:16:31.159><c> one</c><00:16:32.059><c> out</c><00:16:32.620><c> of</c><00:16:32.820><c> five</c><00:16:33.240><c> residents</c><00:16:33.740><c> of</c><00:16:34.080><c> Rome</c>

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was<00:16:35.639><c> a</c><00:16:36.100><c> doulos</c><00:16:36.480><c> a</c><00:16:36.879><c> slave.</c>

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So<00:16:38.679><c> it's</c><00:16:39.360><c> possible</c><00:16:39.799><c> that</c><00:16:40.059><c> if</c><00:16:40.179><c> there</c><00:16:40.379><c> were</c><00:16:40.639><c> a</c><00:16:40.659><c> hundred</c><00:16:41.100><c> say</c><00:16:41.399><c> in</c>

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the<00:16:41.720><c> Ecclesia</c><00:16:42.019><c> at</c><00:16:42.179><c> Ephesus</c><00:16:42.879><c> that</c><00:16:43.299><c> there</c><00:16:43.480><c> would</c><00:16:43.659><c> have</c><00:16:43.820><c> been</c><00:16:43.940><c> around</c><00:16:44.299><c> 20</c><00:16:44.600><c> slaves.</c>

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So<00:16:46.480><c> why</c><00:16:46.759><c> does</c><00:16:47.000><c> the</c><00:16:48.100><c> apostle</c><00:16:48.659><c> address</c><00:16:49.659><c> slaves</c><00:16:50.500><c> and</c><00:16:50.840><c> masters</c>

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rather<00:16:52.120><c> than</c><00:16:52.919><c> non</c><00:16:53.279><c>-slaves</c><00:16:53.639><c> and</c><00:16:53.919><c> masters?</c>

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Well<00:16:55.440><c> let's</c><00:16:55.759><c> ask</c><00:16:56.080><c> ourselves</c><00:16:56.419><c> this</c><00:16:56.659><c> question.</c>

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Who<00:16:58.799><c> would</c><00:16:59.240><c> have</c><00:16:59.440><c> been</c><00:16:59.639><c> more</c><00:17:00.000><c> likely</c><00:17:00.440><c> to</c><00:17:00.679><c> be</c><00:17:00.899><c> mistreated?</c>

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A<00:17:03.000><c> slave</c><00:17:03.500><c> or</c><00:17:04.519><c> a</c><00:17:04.700><c> non</c><00:17:04.900><c>-slave?</c>

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The<00:17:06.640><c> answer</c><00:17:06.940><c> I</c><00:17:07.019><c> think</c><00:17:07.400><c> is</c><00:17:08.019><c> a</c><00:17:08.259><c> slave.</c>

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You<00:17:09.980><c> see</c><00:17:10.859><c> slaves</c><00:17:11.500><c> were</c><00:17:11.759><c> at</c><00:17:11.900><c> the</c><00:17:12.079><c> mercy</c><00:17:12.339><c> of</c><00:17:12.539><c> their</c><00:17:12.759><c> owners.</c>

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They<00:17:14.140><c> had</c><00:17:14.740><c> no</c><00:17:15.500><c> rights.</c>

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And<00:17:17.019><c> when</c><00:17:17.160><c> you</c><00:17:17.400><c> read</c><00:17:17.720><c> some</c><00:17:17.940><c> of</c><00:17:18.039><c> the</c><00:17:18.240><c> history</c><00:17:18.460><c> books</c><00:17:18.720><c> about</c><00:17:18.960><c> what</c><00:17:19.140><c> it</c>

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was<00:17:19.440><c> like</c><00:17:19.619><c> to</c><00:17:19.799><c> be</c><00:17:19.940><c> a</c><00:17:20.160><c> slave</c><00:17:20.319><c> in</c><00:17:20.500><c> the</c><00:17:20.640><c> first</c><00:17:20.799><c> century</c><00:17:21.299><c> you</c><00:17:22.079><c> come</c>

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to<00:17:22.500><c> realize</c><00:17:23.259><c> that</c><00:17:24.019><c> slaves</c><00:17:24.720><c> weren't</c><00:17:25.019><c> seen</c><00:17:25.319><c> as</c><00:17:25.599><c> people.</c>

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They<00:17:27.039><c> were</c><00:17:27.420><c> seen</c><00:17:27.779><c> as</c><00:17:28.279><c> living</c><00:17:28.619><c> tools</c><00:17:29.059><c> that</c><00:17:29.279><c> you'd</c><00:17:29.539><c> put</c><00:17:29.619><c> in</c><00:17:29.779><c> your</c>

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tool<00:17:30.240><c> shed.</c>

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From<00:17:31.819><c> a</c><00:17:32.019><c> natural</c><00:17:32.259><c> point</c><00:17:32.519><c> of</c><00:17:32.640><c> view</c><00:17:32.740><c> we</c><00:17:32.859><c> might</c><00:17:33.079><c> expect</c><00:17:33.460><c> Paul</c><00:17:33.700><c> to</c>

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champion<00:17:34.339><c> their</c><00:17:34.680><c> entitlements</c><00:17:35.160><c> for</c><00:17:35.420><c> human</c><00:17:35.660><c> rights.</c>

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But<00:17:37.319><c> Paul</c><00:17:37.480><c> doesn't</c><00:17:37.720><c> do</c><00:17:37.960><c> that.</c>

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Why?

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Because<00:17:41.519><c> you</c><00:17:41.759><c> see</c><00:17:42.519><c> we</c><00:17:43.140><c> are</c><00:17:43.420><c> all</c><00:17:43.740><c> slaves.</c>

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We<00:17:45.819><c> are</c><00:17:46.079><c> all</c><00:17:46.380><c> slaves</c><00:17:46.740><c> to</c><00:17:47.059><c> our</c><00:17:47.200><c> heavenly</c><00:17:47.559><c> master.</c>

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And<00:17:49.759><c> we</c><00:17:50.039><c> are</c><00:17:50.400><c> to</c><00:17:50.799><c> have</c><00:17:51.339><c> just</c><00:17:52.000><c> one</c><00:17:52.660><c> work</c><00:17:52.900><c> ethic.</c>

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Irrespective<00:17:54.819><c> of</c><00:17:54.940><c> whether</c><00:17:55.140><c> we</c><00:17:55.359><c> are</c><00:17:55.640><c> serving</c><00:17:55.920><c> our</c><00:17:56.259><c> benevolent</c>

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heavenly<00:17:57.140><c> master</c><00:17:57.720><c> or</c><00:17:58.619><c> an</c><00:17:58.960><c> ungrateful</c><00:17:59.619><c> earthly</c><00:18:00.019><c> master.</c>

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So<00:18:26.559><c> servants</c><00:18:27.359><c> are</c><00:18:27.940><c> to</c><00:18:28.200><c> serve</c><00:18:28.779><c> with</c><00:18:29.980><c> fear</c><00:18:30.700><c> and</c><00:18:31.579><c> trembling</c><00:18:31.819><c> he</c>

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says<00:18:32.220><c> in</c><00:18:32.400><c> verse</c><00:18:32.619><c> 5.</c>

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In<00:18:33.220><c> other</c><00:18:33.400><c> words</c><00:18:34.200><c> with</c><00:18:34.900><c> reverence.</c>

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They're<00:18:37.259><c> to</c><00:18:37.460><c> serve</c><00:18:37.700><c> with</c><00:18:38.380><c> singleness</c><00:18:38.859><c> of</c><00:18:39.299><c> heart.</c>

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That<00:18:41.279><c> is</c><00:18:41.480><c> loyalty.</c>

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And<00:18:44.119><c> not</c><00:18:44.500><c> with</c><00:18:44.720><c> eye</c><00:18:45.019><c> service.</c>

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In<00:18:46.099><c> other</c><00:18:46.319><c> words</c><00:18:46.579><c> with</c><00:18:46.900><c> sincerity.</c>

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When<00:18:49.880><c> verse</c><00:18:50.180><c> 5</c><00:18:50.500><c> says</c><00:18:51.079><c> with</c><00:18:51.880><c> fear</c><00:18:52.700><c> and</c><00:18:53.359><c> trembling</c><00:18:53.640><c> how</c><00:18:53.940><c> are</c><00:18:54.160><c> we</c>

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to<00:18:54.559><c> understand</c><00:18:55.000><c> that?</c>

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Well<00:18:56.420><c> I</c><00:18:56.480><c> think</c><00:18:57.099><c> Colossians</c><00:18:57.759><c> shine</c><00:18:58.119><c> some</c><00:18:58.380><c> light</c><00:18:58.559><c> on</c><00:18:58.740><c> that</c><00:18:58.960><c> for</c><00:18:59.160><c> us.</c>

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Where<00:19:00.400><c> the</c><00:19:00.539><c> apostle</c><00:19:00.880><c> says</c><00:19:01.480><c> servants</c><00:19:02.519><c> obey</c><00:19:03.579><c> in</c><00:19:03.880><c> all</c><00:19:04.099><c> things</c><00:19:04.359><c> your</c><00:19:04.619><c> masters</c><00:19:05.059><c> according</c><00:19:05.480><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:05.920><c> flesh.</c>

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Not<00:19:07.740><c> with</c><00:19:08.079><c> eye</c><00:19:08.440><c> service</c><00:19:08.720><c> as</c><00:19:08.980><c> men</c><00:19:09.240><c> pleases.</c>

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But<00:19:10.559><c> in</c><00:19:11.019><c> singleness</c><00:19:11.359><c> of</c><00:19:11.759><c> heart</c><00:19:12.299><c> fearing</c><00:19:13.799><c> God.</c>

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Hence<00:19:16.299><c> our</c><00:19:16.859><c> attitude</c><00:19:17.339><c> to</c><00:19:17.579><c> our</c><00:19:17.779><c> earthly</c><00:19:18.059><c> master</c><00:19:18.579><c> is</c><00:19:19.279><c> not</c><00:19:19.500><c> based</c>

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on<00:19:20.059><c> their</c><00:19:20.400><c> worthiness.</c>

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But<00:19:21.920><c> on</c><00:19:22.099><c> our</c><00:19:22.339><c> fear</c><00:19:22.480><c> of</c><00:19:22.740><c> God.</c>

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Where<00:19:24.759><c> would</c><00:19:24.940><c> we</c><00:19:25.160><c> go</c><00:19:25.359><c> to</c><00:19:25.619><c> find</c><00:19:25.799><c> an</c><00:19:25.980><c> illustration</c><00:19:26.500><c> of</c><00:19:26.700><c> that</c><00:19:26.859><c> principle?</c>

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Well<00:19:29.059><c> how</c><00:19:29.380><c> about</c><00:19:29.740><c> Joseph?</c>

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He<00:19:31.960><c> was</c><00:19:32.220><c> sold</c><00:19:32.440><c> into</c><00:19:32.700><c> Egypt</c><00:19:32.980><c> we</c><00:19:33.220><c> know</c><00:19:33.359><c> as</c><00:19:33.559><c> a</c><00:19:33.779><c> slave.</c>

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He<00:19:35.440><c> was</c><00:19:35.660><c> humble,</c><00:19:37.019><c> loyal,</c><00:19:38.140><c> sincere.</c>

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Consequently<00:19:40.220><c> his</c><00:19:40.599><c> master</c><00:19:40.920><c> committed</c><00:19:41.440><c> all</c><00:19:42.059><c> that</c><00:19:42.180><c> he</c><00:19:42.400><c> had</c><00:19:42.619><c> to</c>

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his<00:19:43.099><c> hand.</c>

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And<00:19:44.980><c> when</c><00:19:45.160><c> the</c><00:19:45.359><c> opportunity</c><00:19:45.940><c> arose</c><00:19:46.660><c> to</c><00:19:47.619><c> be</c><00:19:47.920><c> unfaithful</c><00:19:48.599><c> to</c>

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his<00:19:48.960><c> master.</c>

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On<00:19:50.680><c> what</c><00:19:50.900><c> grounds</c><00:19:51.220><c> did</c><00:19:51.400><c> he</c><00:19:51.640><c> refuse?</c>

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He<00:19:54.720><c> said</c><00:19:55.039><c> how</c><00:19:56.079><c> can</c><00:19:56.319><c> I</c><00:19:56.619><c> do</c><00:19:56.920><c> this</c><00:19:57.440><c> great</c><00:19:58.000><c> wickedness</c><00:19:58.839><c> and</c><00:19:59.660><c> sin</c>

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against<00:20:00.980><c> God?</c>

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Servants<00:20:04.559><c> obey</c><00:20:05.200><c> in</c><00:20:05.380><c> all</c><00:20:05.539><c> things</c><00:20:05.740><c> your</c><00:20:05.940><c> masters</c><00:20:06.279><c> according</c><00:20:06.619><c> to</c>

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the<00:20:07.039><c> flesh.</c>

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Not<00:20:07.460><c> with</c><00:20:07.660><c> eye</c><00:20:07.920><c> service</c><00:20:08.319><c> as</c><00:20:08.759><c> men</c><00:20:09.000><c> pleases.</c>

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But<00:20:09.619><c> in</c><00:20:09.859><c> singleness</c><00:20:10.119><c> of</c><00:20:10.440><c> heart</c><00:20:10.940><c> fearing</c><00:20:12.640><c> God.</c>

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But<00:20:15.359><c> of</c><00:20:15.500><c> course</c><00:20:15.660><c> brothers</c><00:20:15.920><c> and</c><00:20:16.200><c> sisters</c><00:20:16.400><c> and</c><00:20:16.619><c> young</c><00:20:16.759><c> people.</c>

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The<00:20:18.440><c> ultimate</c><00:20:18.759><c> example</c><00:20:19.259><c> is</c><00:20:19.440><c> seen</c><00:20:19.599><c> in</c><00:20:19.880><c> Christ</c><00:20:20.119><c> isn't</c><00:20:20.359><c> it?</c>

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He<00:20:21.059><c> was</c><00:20:21.480><c> the</c><00:20:21.960><c> preeminent</c><00:20:22.599><c> suffering</c><00:20:23.099><c> servant.</c>

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He<00:20:24.799><c> did</c><00:20:24.980><c> not</c><00:20:25.220><c> cry</c><00:20:25.519><c> nor</c><00:20:25.700><c> lift</c><00:20:25.880><c> up</c><00:20:26.059><c> his</c><00:20:26.299><c> voice</c><00:20:26.519><c> in</c><00:20:26.680><c> the</c><00:20:26.900><c> streets.</c>

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He<00:20:29.539><c> was</c><00:20:29.799><c> no</c><00:20:30.119><c> popular</c><00:20:30.660><c> agitator</c><00:20:31.480><c> or</c><00:20:31.740><c> revolutionary.</c>

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He<00:20:33.440><c> unobtrusively</c><00:20:34.579><c> went</c><00:20:34.819><c> about</c><00:20:35.079><c> his</c><00:20:35.359><c> work</c><00:20:35.740><c> not</c><00:20:36.299><c> campaigning</c>

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for<00:20:37.519><c> rights.</c>

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But<00:20:39.619><c> accepting</c><00:20:40.220><c> injustice</c><00:20:41.140><c> through</c><00:20:42.539><c> though</c><00:20:42.740><c> undeserving.</c>

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He<00:20:44.839><c> too</c><00:20:45.119><c> learned</c><00:20:45.339><c> obedience</c><00:20:45.880><c> by</c><00:20:46.160><c> the</c><00:20:46.339><c> things</c><00:20:46.700><c> that</c><00:20:46.960><c> he</c><00:20:47.200><c> suffered.</c>

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Well<00:20:49.799><c> you</c><00:20:49.960><c> know</c><00:20:50.380><c> you</c><00:20:51.200><c> could</c><00:20:51.480><c> become</c><00:20:51.920><c> a</c><00:20:52.599><c> slave</c><00:20:53.019><c> a</c><00:20:54.440><c> number</c><00:20:54.640><c> of</c><00:20:54.880><c> ways.</c>

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By<00:20:55.539><c> conviction</c><00:20:55.920><c> of</c><00:20:56.119><c> a</c><00:20:56.279><c> crime.</c>

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Birth<00:20:57.839><c> to</c><00:20:58.079><c> a</c><00:20:58.200><c> slave</c><00:20:58.460><c> mother.</c>

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Being<00:20:59.940><c> caught</c><00:21:00.160><c> as</c><00:21:00.380><c> a</c><00:21:00.460><c> prisoner</c><00:21:00.680><c> of</c><00:21:00.920><c> war.</c>

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Being<00:21:01.700><c> sold</c><00:21:02.039><c> as</c><00:21:02.259><c> a</c><00:21:02.460><c> child.</c>

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And<00:21:06.539><c> the</c><00:21:06.740><c> selling</c><00:21:06.900><c> of</c><00:21:07.119><c> oneself</c><00:21:07.640><c> to</c><00:21:08.339><c> pay</c><00:21:08.619><c> off</c><00:21:08.900><c> debt.</c>

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So<00:21:11.480><c> slaves</c><00:21:11.720><c> you</c><00:21:11.940><c> see</c><00:21:12.099><c> were</c><00:21:12.359><c> generally</c><00:21:12.920><c> despised.</c>

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They<00:21:14.619><c> were</c><00:21:14.900><c> despised</c><00:21:15.480><c> by</c><00:21:15.759><c> virtue</c><00:21:16.079><c> of</c><00:21:16.240><c> how</c><00:21:16.380><c> they</c><00:21:16.640><c> became</c><00:21:16.940><c> a</c><00:21:17.180><c> slave.</c>

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And<00:21:18.740><c> so</c><00:21:19.079><c> they</c><00:21:19.559><c> could</c><00:21:19.819><c> be</c><00:21:20.200><c> exploited</c><00:21:20.900><c> by</c><00:21:21.819><c> unscrupulous</c><00:21:22.640><c> masters.</c>

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And<00:21:23.740><c> they</c><00:21:23.940><c> had</c><00:21:24.299><c> no</c><00:21:24.920><c> recourse</c><00:21:25.420><c> to</c><00:21:25.660><c> justice</c><00:21:26.039><c> whatsoever.</c>

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If<00:21:28.240><c> you</c><00:21:28.559><c> had</c><00:21:28.799><c> a</c><00:21:29.059><c> slave</c><00:21:29.539><c> you</c><00:21:30.460><c> could</c><00:21:30.700><c> literally</c><00:21:31.140><c> get</c><00:21:31.380><c> away</c><00:21:31.799><c> with</c><00:21:32.180><c> murder.</c>

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So<00:21:33.680><c> how</c><00:21:33.859><c> were</c><00:21:34.039><c> masters</c><00:21:34.440><c> to</c><00:21:34.700><c> treat</c><00:21:34.859><c> their</c><00:21:35.119><c> slaves?</c>

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Verse<00:21:36.160><c> 9.</c>

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And<00:21:38.099><c> ye</c><00:21:38.319><c> masters</c><00:21:39.079><c> do</c><00:21:39.819><c> the</c><00:21:40.160><c> same</c><00:21:40.500><c> things</c><00:21:40.900><c> unto</c><00:21:41.200><c> them.</c>

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Forbearing,<00:21:43.559><c> threatening,</c><00:21:44.660><c> knowing</c><00:21:44.960><c> that</c><00:21:45.680><c> your</c><00:21:46.059><c> master</c><00:21:46.519><c> also</c><00:21:47.000><c> is</c>

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in<00:21:47.440><c> heaven.</c>

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Neither<00:21:49.000><c> is</c><00:21:49.319><c> there</c><00:21:49.579><c> any</c><00:21:49.940><c> respecter</c><00:21:50.660><c> of</c><00:21:50.799><c> persons</c><00:21:51.240><c> with</c><00:21:51.500><c> him.</c>

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So<00:21:54.539><c> when</c><00:21:55.299><c> you</c><00:21:55.460><c> think</c><00:21:55.640><c> about</c><00:21:55.880><c> it</c><00:21:56.039><c> although</c><00:21:56.880><c> verse</c><00:21:57.420><c> 9</c><00:21:57.859><c> is</c><00:21:58.460><c> about</c><00:21:58.920><c> masters.</c>

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It's<00:22:01.359><c> really</c><00:22:01.839><c> about</c><00:22:03.559><c> anyone</c><00:22:05.440><c> who</c><00:22:05.799><c> is</c><00:22:06.000><c> in</c><00:22:06.140><c> a</c><00:22:06.220><c> position</c><00:22:06.640><c> of</c><00:22:07.079><c> power</c><00:22:07.519><c> or</c><00:22:08.119><c> authority.</c>

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That<00:22:09.740><c> can</c><00:22:09.980><c> be</c><00:22:10.319><c> abused</c><00:22:10.839><c> to</c><00:22:11.319><c> the</c><00:22:11.460><c> detriment</c><00:22:11.839><c> of</c><00:22:12.099><c> others.</c>

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Masters<00:22:14.519><c> were</c><00:22:14.720><c> to</c><00:22:14.839><c> do</c><00:22:14.980><c> the</c><00:22:15.220><c> same</c><00:22:15.460><c> things</c><00:22:15.900><c> unto</c><00:22:16.160><c> their</c><00:22:16.460><c> servants.</c>

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In<00:22:16.920><c> other</c><00:22:17.160><c> words</c><00:22:17.660><c> their</c><00:22:18.819><c> attitude</c><00:22:19.400><c> to</c><00:22:19.740><c> Christ</c><00:22:20.420><c> was</c><00:22:21.740><c> to</c><00:22:22.000><c> govern</c>

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their<00:22:22.500><c> attitude</c><00:22:22.920><c> to</c><00:22:23.140><c> their</c><00:22:23.380><c> servant.</c>

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As<00:22:25.019><c> they</c><00:22:25.400><c> desired</c><00:22:25.799><c> to</c><00:22:26.000><c> be</c><00:22:26.200><c> treated</c><00:22:26.859><c> so</c><00:22:28.039><c> were</c><00:22:28.200><c> they</c><00:22:28.480><c> to</c><00:22:28.740><c> do.</c>

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Because<00:22:30.680><c> you</c><00:22:30.900><c> see</c><00:22:31.700><c> they</c><00:22:32.720><c> were</c><00:22:32.940><c> going</c><00:22:33.099><c> to</c><00:22:33.319><c> be</c><00:22:33.460><c> on</c><00:22:33.619><c> the</c><00:22:33.880><c> receiving</c><00:22:34.180><c> end</c><00:22:35.000><c> of</c>

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how<00:22:35.940><c> they</c><00:22:36.200><c> treated</c><00:22:36.380><c> their</c><00:22:36.680><c> slaves.</c>

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Because<00:22:38.740><c> they</c><00:22:39.160><c> too</c><00:22:40.140><c> had</c><00:22:40.700><c> a</c><00:22:41.119><c> heavenly</c><00:22:41.420><c> master</c><00:22:41.759><c> who</c><00:22:41.940><c> is</c><00:22:42.119><c> watching.</c>

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So<00:22:43.680><c> no</c><00:22:43.940><c> matter</c><00:22:44.299><c> how</c><00:22:44.940><c> great</c><00:22:45.259><c> that</c><00:22:45.500><c> master</c><00:22:45.779><c> might</c><00:22:46.059><c> be.</c>

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He<00:22:47.400><c> was</c><00:22:47.599><c> to</c><00:22:47.819><c> remember</c><00:22:48.180><c> that</c><00:22:48.480><c> his</c><00:22:48.720><c> master</c><00:22:49.319><c> was</c><00:22:50.279><c> no</c><00:22:50.599><c> respecter</c>

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of<00:22:51.400><c> persons.</c>

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And<00:22:53.400><c> you</c><00:22:53.500><c> know</c><00:22:53.579><c> it's</c><00:22:53.759><c> a</c><00:22:53.880><c> wonderful</c><00:22:54.180><c> thing</c><00:22:54.500><c> I</c><00:22:54.980><c> believe</c><00:22:55.420><c> that</c><00:22:56.519><c> right</c><00:22:57.380><c> at</c>

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the<00:22:57.720><c> beginning</c><00:22:58.019><c> when</c><00:22:58.359><c> God</c><00:22:58.779><c> provided</c><00:22:59.220><c> the</c><00:22:59.440><c> law</c><00:22:59.579><c> to</c><00:22:59.799><c> Israel.</c>

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That<00:23:00.440><c> he</c><00:23:00.680><c> made</c><00:23:00.960><c> special</c><00:23:01.440><c> provision</c><00:23:02.000><c> to</c><00:23:02.640><c> ensure</c><00:23:03.180><c> that</c><00:23:03.680><c> slaves</c>

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were<00:23:04.559><c> cared</c><00:23:04.819><c> for.</c>

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Thou<00:23:06.859><c> shalt</c><00:23:07.200><c> not</c><00:23:07.480><c> oppress</c><00:23:07.859><c> and</c><00:23:08.079><c> hide</c><00:23:08.400><c> servant</c><00:23:08.839><c> that</c><00:23:09.059><c> is</c><00:23:09.279><c> poor</c>

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and<00:23:09.900><c> needy.</c>

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Whether<00:23:11.099><c> he</c><00:23:11.359><c> be</c><00:23:11.480><c> of</c><00:23:11.680><c> thy</c><00:23:11.880><c> brethren</c><00:23:12.380><c> or</c><00:23:13.259><c> of</c><00:23:13.980><c> thy</c><00:23:14.200><c> strangers</c><00:23:14.619><c> that</c><00:23:14.839><c> are</c>

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in<00:23:15.200><c> thy</c><00:23:15.380><c> land</c><00:23:15.700><c> within</c><00:23:16.000><c> thy</c><00:23:16.279><c> gates.</c>

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At<00:23:19.480><c> his</c><00:23:19.720><c> days</c><00:23:20.079><c> thou</c><00:23:20.299><c> shalt</c><00:23:20.559><c> give</c><00:23:20.779><c> him</c><00:23:20.980><c> his</c><00:23:21.279><c> hire.</c>

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Neither<00:23:22.740><c> shall</c><00:23:22.980><c> the</c><00:23:23.240><c> sun</c><00:23:23.380><c> go</c><00:23:23.599><c> down</c><00:23:23.859><c> upon</c><00:23:24.140><c> it</c><00:23:24.319><c> for</c><00:23:24.539><c> he</c><00:23:24.839><c> is</c><00:23:25.119><c> poor</c>

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and<00:23:26.119><c> setteth</c><00:23:26.380><c> his</c><00:23:26.619><c> heart</c><00:23:26.799><c> upon</c><00:23:27.079><c> it.</c>

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Lest<00:23:28.180><c> he</c><00:23:28.380><c> cry</c><00:23:28.720><c> against</c><00:23:29.140><c> thee</c><00:23:29.380><c> unto</c><00:23:29.640><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:30.700><c> and</c><00:23:31.279><c> it</c><00:23:31.440><c> be</c><00:23:31.680><c> sin</c>

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unto<00:23:32.579><c> thee.</c>

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In<00:23:37.000><c> the</c><00:23:37.180><c> last</c><00:23:37.519><c> section</c><00:23:37.980><c> of</c><00:23:38.700><c> the</c><00:23:38.960><c> chapter</c><00:23:39.240><c> the</c><00:23:39.420><c> apostle</c><00:23:39.880><c> now</c><00:23:40.299><c> turns</c><00:23:40.619><c> his</c><00:23:40.859><c> attention</c><00:23:41.400><c> to</c>

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us<00:23:43.980><c> personally.</c>

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To<00:23:45.980><c> our</c><00:23:46.299><c> new</c><00:23:46.599><c> life</c><00:23:47.279><c> in</c><00:23:48.259><c> personal</c><00:23:48.720><c> warfare.</c>

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The<00:23:51.380><c> apostle</c><00:23:51.859><c> also</c><00:23:53.480><c> in</c><00:23:53.619><c> this</c><00:23:53.880><c> last</c><00:23:54.160><c> section</c><00:23:54.480><c> brings</c><00:23:54.779><c> together</c>

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some<00:23:55.400><c> of</c><00:23:55.700><c> the</c><00:23:55.779><c> themes</c><00:23:56.039><c> that</c><00:23:56.599><c> have</c><00:23:56.779><c> occurred</c><00:23:57.039><c> right</c><00:23:57.400><c> throughout</c><00:23:57.700><c> the</c><00:23:57.940><c> epistle.</c>

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We're<00:24:00.099><c> told</c><00:24:00.480><c> to</c><00:24:01.180><c> put</c><00:24:01.420><c> on</c><00:24:01.900><c> armour.</c>

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And<00:24:03.559><c> you</c><00:24:03.740><c> know</c><00:24:03.980><c> for</c><00:24:05.500><c> me</c><00:24:05.700><c> at</c><00:24:05.839><c> least</c><00:24:06.059><c> and</c><00:24:06.619><c> perhaps</c><00:24:06.880><c> for</c><00:24:07.099><c> you</c><00:24:07.240><c> the</c>

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idea<00:24:07.880><c> of</c><00:24:08.380><c> putting</c><00:24:08.700><c> on</c><00:24:09.359><c> armour</c><00:24:09.579><c> or</c><00:24:10.339><c> emulating</c><00:24:11.259><c> a</c><00:24:11.740><c> soldier</c><00:24:12.160><c> is</c>

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difficult<00:24:13.460><c> to</c><00:24:13.759><c> relate</c><00:24:14.079><c> to.</c>

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And<00:24:15.160><c> I</c><00:24:15.299><c> suspect</c><00:24:15.660><c> especially</c><00:24:16.200><c> if</c><00:24:16.420><c> you're</c><00:24:16.660><c> a</c><00:24:16.819><c> sister.</c>

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When<00:24:18.099><c> we</c><00:24:18.400><c> think</c><00:24:18.559><c> of</c><00:24:18.740><c> a</c><00:24:18.940><c> soldier</c><00:24:19.319><c> we</c><00:24:20.200><c> tend</c><00:24:20.440><c> to</c><00:24:20.640><c> think</c><00:24:20.839><c> of</c><00:24:21.460><c> violence</c><00:24:22.259><c> and</c><00:24:22.900><c> cruelty.</c>

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We<00:24:24.279><c> think</c><00:24:24.559><c> of</c><00:24:25.140><c> degraded</c><00:24:25.940><c> behaviour.</c>

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So<00:24:28.220><c> why</c><00:24:28.660><c> did</c><00:24:29.000><c> the</c><00:24:29.279><c> apostle</c><00:24:29.680><c> use</c><00:24:30.180><c> this</c><00:24:30.500><c> figure?</c>

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Well<00:24:32.380><c> as</c><00:24:32.880><c> we're</c><00:24:33.119><c> going</c><00:24:33.180><c> to</c><00:24:33.480><c> see</c><00:24:33.980><c> the</c><00:24:34.920><c> apostle</c><00:24:35.359><c> has</c><00:24:35.660><c> not</c><00:24:35.859><c> only</c>

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taken<00:24:36.559><c> his</c><00:24:37.519><c> imagery</c><00:24:38.200><c> from</c><00:24:39.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:39.799><c> 59</c><00:24:40.400><c> but</c><00:24:41.119><c> the</c><00:24:41.579><c> context</c><00:24:42.119><c> as</c><00:24:42.420><c> well.</c>

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So<00:24:43.680><c> before</c><00:24:44.059><c> we</c><00:24:44.200><c> go</c><00:24:44.400><c> to</c><00:24:44.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:44.940><c> 59</c><00:24:45.759><c> I</c><00:24:46.240><c> just</c><00:24:46.420><c> want</c><00:24:46.500><c> you</c><00:24:46.619><c> to</c><00:24:46.759><c> make</c>

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a<00:24:47.019><c> couple</c><00:24:47.240><c> of</c><00:24:47.519><c> observations.</c>

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In<00:24:49.019><c> verse</c><00:24:49.259><c> 14</c><00:24:49.720><c> we</c><00:24:50.019><c> read</c><00:24:50.339><c> that</c><00:24:51.279><c> this</c><00:24:52.380><c> soldier</c><00:24:52.900><c> is</c><00:24:53.279><c> to</c><00:24:53.619><c> be</c><00:24:53.920><c> or</c><00:24:54.200><c> is</c>

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to<00:24:54.519><c> have</c><00:24:54.720><c> on</c><00:24:55.200><c> the</c><00:24:55.839><c> breastplate</c><00:24:56.579><c> of</c><00:24:56.960><c> righteousness.</c>

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And<00:24:58.859><c> in</c><00:24:59.019><c> verse</c><00:24:59.259><c> 17</c><00:25:00.099><c> he</c><00:25:00.700><c> is</c><00:25:00.980><c> to</c><00:25:01.200><c> take</c><00:25:01.660><c> the</c><00:25:02.299><c> helmet</c><00:25:02.799><c> of</c><00:25:03.559><c> salvation.</c>

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So<00:25:05.119><c> let's</c><00:25:05.319><c> then</c><00:25:05.539><c> go</c><00:25:05.839><c> to</c><00:25:06.299><c> briefly</c><00:25:06.559><c> to</c><00:25:06.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:07.400><c> 59.</c>

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Isaiah<00:25:25.339><c> 59</c><00:25:25.900><c> verses</c><00:25:26.240><c> 1</c><00:25:26.500><c> and</c><00:25:26.700><c> 2</c><00:25:26.819><c> give</c><00:25:26.960><c> us</c><00:25:27.200><c> the</c><00:25:27.380><c> context.</c>

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Behold<00:25:29.400><c> Yahweh's</c><00:25:29.960><c> hand</c><00:25:30.259><c> is</c><00:25:30.519><c> not</c><00:25:30.819><c> shortened</c><00:25:31.099><c> that</c><00:25:31.259><c> it</c><00:25:31.480><c> cannot</c>

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save,<00:25:33.180><c> neither</c><00:25:33.400><c> his</c><00:25:33.700><c> ear</c><00:25:34.039><c> heavy</c><00:25:34.279><c> that</c><00:25:34.440><c> it</c><00:25:34.640><c> cannot</c><00:25:34.859><c> hear.</c>

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But<00:25:37.420><c> your</c><00:25:37.880><c> iniquities</c><00:25:38.680><c> have</c><00:25:39.559><c> separated</c><00:25:40.059><c> between</c><00:25:40.599><c> you</c><00:25:41.000><c> and</c><00:25:41.220><c> your</c><00:25:41.480><c> God</c><00:25:41.940><c> and</c><00:25:42.859><c> your</c><00:25:43.259><c> sins</c><00:25:43.839><c> have</c><00:25:44.599><c> hid</c><00:25:44.799><c> his</c><00:25:45.200><c> face</c><00:25:45.559><c> from</c><00:25:45.920><c> you</c><00:25:46.619><c> that</c><00:25:47.380><c> he</c>

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will<00:25:48.079><c> not</c><00:25:48.559><c> hear.</c>

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And<00:25:50.400><c> so</c><00:25:50.500><c> what</c><00:25:50.680><c> we</c><00:25:50.960><c> find</c><00:25:51.200><c> is</c><00:25:51.500><c> that</c><00:25:51.740><c> verses</c><00:25:52.220><c> 1</c><00:25:52.779><c> to</c><00:25:52.960><c> 8</c><00:25:53.339><c> are</c><00:25:54.039><c> a</c><00:25:54.400><c> catalogue</c><00:25:55.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:55.779><c> people's</c><00:25:56.380><c> sins.</c>

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In<00:25:57.640><c> verses</c><00:25:57.960><c> 7</c><00:25:58.339><c> to</c><00:25:58.480><c> 8</c><00:25:58.680><c> they</c><00:25:58.920><c> are</c><00:25:59.240><c> cited</c><00:25:59.500><c> by</c><00:25:59.740><c> the</c><00:25:59.900><c> apostle</c><00:26:00.220><c> in</c><00:26:00.460><c> Romans</c><00:26:00.720><c> 3</c>

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to<00:26:01.799><c> show</c><00:26:02.099><c> that</c><00:26:02.500><c> Jews</c><00:26:03.039><c> and</c><00:26:04.019><c> Gentiles</c><00:26:04.640><c> are</c><00:26:05.059><c> all</c><00:26:05.740><c> under</c><00:26:06.599><c> sin.</c>

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In<00:26:08.539><c> verses</c><00:26:08.960><c> 9</c><00:26:09.420><c> to</c><00:26:09.500><c> 15</c><00:26:10.259><c> the</c><00:26:10.920><c> prophet</c><00:26:11.339><c> laments</c><00:26:12.259><c> and</c><00:26:12.759><c> he</c><00:26:13.119><c> acknowledges</c><00:26:13.680><c> the</c><00:26:14.059><c> true</c>

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reason<00:26:15.079><c> for</c><00:26:15.319><c> the</c><00:26:15.519><c> prevailing</c><00:26:16.440><c> obscurity</c><00:26:17.519><c> and</c><00:26:18.680><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:26:20.779><c> in</c><00:26:20.980><c> verses</c><00:26:21.500><c> 14</c><00:26:22.359><c> and</c><00:26:23.440><c> 15</c><00:26:24.319><c> they</c><00:26:25.480><c> depict</c><00:26:26.059><c> a</c><00:26:27.039><c> scene</c><00:26:27.539><c> that</c><00:26:28.180><c> is</c><00:26:28.440><c> akin</c><00:26:28.759><c> to</c><00:26:29.000><c> a</c>

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battlefield<00:26:29.720><c> where</c><00:26:30.900><c> sin</c><00:26:31.279><c> has</c><00:26:31.619><c> gained</c><00:26:31.819><c> the</c><00:26:32.000><c> victory</c><00:26:32.519><c> and</c><00:26:33.339><c> the</c>

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casualties<00:26:34.259><c> are</c><00:26:35.180><c> judgement,</c><00:26:36.619><c> justice,</c><00:26:38.160><c> truth</c><00:26:38.619><c> and</c><00:26:39.579><c> equity.</c>

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And<00:26:41.440><c> then</c><00:26:41.619><c> in</c><00:26:41.880><c> verses</c><00:26:42.119><c> 16</c><00:26:42.559><c> and</c><00:26:42.720><c> 17</c><00:26:43.400><c> God</c><00:26:44.000><c> intervenes</c><00:26:44.700><c> in</c><00:26:44.859><c> the</c><00:26:45.019><c> battle</c><00:26:45.619><c> by</c>

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sending<00:26:46.759><c> his</c><00:26:47.079><c> son.</c>

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He<00:26:47.920><c> is</c><00:26:48.460><c> Yahweh's</c><00:26:49.460><c> arm</c><00:26:49.759><c> that</c><00:26:50.000><c> brought</c><00:26:50.220><c> salvation.</c>

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He<00:26:51.920><c> is</c><00:26:52.099><c> the</c><00:26:52.299><c> intercessor,</c><00:26:53.420><c> the</c><00:26:53.700><c> redeemer</c><00:26:54.079><c> and</c><00:26:54.299><c> avenger.</c>

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And<00:26:56.140><c> it's</c><00:26:56.259><c> from</c><00:26:56.440><c> these</c><00:26:56.680><c> verses</c><00:26:57.039><c> brothers</c><00:26:57.319><c> and</c><00:26:57.579><c> sisters</c><00:26:57.900><c> from</c>

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verses<00:26:58.500><c> 16</c><00:26:58.940><c> and</c><00:26:59.079><c> 17</c><00:26:59.900><c> that</c><00:27:02.480><c> the</c><00:27:02.960><c> apostle</c><00:27:03.440><c> takes</c><00:27:04.220><c> his</c><00:27:04.700><c> imagery</c>

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in<00:27:07.680><c> Ephesians.</c>

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Let's<00:27:08.700><c> read</c><00:27:08.920><c> from</c><00:27:09.160><c> verse</c><00:27:09.420><c> 15</c><00:27:09.880><c> to</c><00:27:10.059><c> 17.</c>

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Yea,<00:27:12.400><c> truth</c><00:27:12.400><c> faileth,</c><00:27:13.900><c> and</c><00:27:14.160><c> he</c><00:27:14.279><c> that</c><00:27:14.460><c> departeth</c><00:27:15.039><c> from</c><00:27:15.319><c> evil</c><00:27:15.700><c> maketh</c><00:27:16.039><c> himself</c><00:27:16.480><c> a</c><00:27:16.759><c> prey.</c>

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:22.140
And<00:27:18.420><c> Yahweh</c><00:27:18.799><c> saw</c><00:27:19.119><c> it,</c><00:27:19.940><c> and</c><00:27:20.240><c> it</c><00:27:20.599><c> displeased</c><00:27:20.960><c> him</c><00:27:21.619><c> that</c><00:27:21.940><c> there</c>

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was<00:27:22.319><c> no</c><00:27:22.579><c> judgement.</c>

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And<00:27:25.500><c> he</c><00:27:25.660><c> saw</c><00:27:25.900><c> that</c><00:27:26.039><c> there</c><00:27:26.220><c> was</c><00:27:26.440><c> no</c><00:27:26.660><c> man</c><00:27:26.980><c> and</c><00:27:27.200><c> wondered</c><00:27:27.500><c> that</c><00:27:27.700><c> there</c><00:27:27.880><c> was</c><00:27:28.059><c> no</c><00:27:28.240><c> intercessor.</c>

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Therefore<00:27:29.900><c> his</c><00:27:30.740><c> arm</c><00:27:30.940><c> brought</c><00:27:31.220><c> salvation</c><00:27:31.819><c> unto</c><00:27:32.079><c> him,</c><00:27:32.640><c> and</c><00:27:32.940><c> his</c>

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righteousness<00:27:33.920><c> it</c><00:27:34.960><c> sustained</c><00:27:35.579><c> him.</c>

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For<00:27:36.900><c> he</c><00:27:37.079><c> put</c><00:27:37.339><c> on</c><00:27:37.700><c> righteousness</c><00:27:38.279><c> as</c><00:27:38.700><c> a</c><00:27:38.920><c> breastplate</c><00:27:39.500><c> and</c><00:27:40.180><c> a</c><00:27:40.500><c> helmet</c><00:27:40.720><c> of</c>

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salvation<00:27:41.579><c> upon</c><00:27:41.819><c> his</c><00:27:42.099><c> head.</c>

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And<00:27:43.480><c> he</c><00:27:43.640><c> put</c><00:27:43.799><c> on</c><00:27:44.539><c> the</c><00:27:44.819><c> garments</c><00:27:45.099><c> of</c><00:27:45.400><c> vengeance</c><00:27:45.839><c> for</c><00:27:46.180><c> clothing</c>

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and<00:27:47.720><c> was</c><00:27:47.980><c> clad</c><00:27:48.180><c> with</c><00:27:48.460><c> zeal</c><00:27:48.779><c> as</c><00:27:49.019><c> a</c><00:27:49.200><c> cloak.</c>

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:57.220
So<00:27:52.200><c> what's</c><00:27:52.539><c> the</c><00:27:52.740><c> point?</c><00:27:53.740><c> Why</c><00:27:54.000><c> did</c><00:27:54.180><c> the</c><00:27:54.460><c> apostle</c><00:27:54.920><c> draw</c><00:27:55.680><c> his</c><00:27:55.960><c> imagery</c><00:27:56.420><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:59.160><c> righteousness</c><00:27:59.500><c> as</c><00:27:59.859><c> a</c><00:27:59.980><c> breastplate</c><00:28:00.519><c> and</c><00:28:01.259><c> a</c><00:28:01.440><c> helmet</c><00:28:01.579><c> of</c>

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salvation<00:28:02.259><c> from</c><00:28:02.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:03.019><c> 59?</c>

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Well<00:28:05.519><c> firstly</c><00:28:05.920><c> you</c><00:28:06.319><c> see</c><00:28:06.759><c> the</c><00:28:07.500><c> battlefield</c><00:28:08.259><c> that</c><00:28:08.859><c> was</c><00:28:09.119><c> described</c><00:28:09.799><c> in</c><00:28:10.079><c> verse</c><00:28:11.559><c> 14</c>

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and<00:28:12.980><c> 15</c><00:28:13.619><c> was</c><00:28:14.839><c> the</c><00:28:15.160><c> world</c><00:28:15.640><c> of</c><00:28:15.940><c> the</c><00:28:16.099><c> first</c><00:28:16.299><c> century.</c>

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And<00:28:18.680><c> it</c><00:28:19.299><c> is</c><00:28:19.579><c> our</c><00:28:19.819><c> world</c><00:28:19.960><c> today</c><00:28:20.359><c> brothers</c><00:28:20.680><c> and</c><00:28:20.940><c> sisters</c><00:28:21.140><c> and</c>

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young<00:28:21.539><c> people.</c>

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Jesus<00:28:24.259><c> was</c><00:28:24.619><c> victorious</c><00:28:25.380><c> over</c><00:28:25.880><c> it</c><00:28:26.160><c> because</c><00:28:26.880><c> he</c><00:28:28.019><c> put</c><00:28:28.240><c> on</c><00:28:29.099><c> the</c><00:28:29.480><c> breastplate</c><00:28:29.900><c> of</c>

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righteousness<00:28:30.599><c> and</c><00:28:31.640><c> the</c><00:28:32.039><c> helmet</c><00:28:32.380><c> of</c><00:28:32.720><c> salvation.</c>

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Hence<00:28:34.430><c> he</c><00:28:34.589><c> was</c><00:28:34.789><c> able</c><00:28:35.009><c> to</c><00:28:35.289><c> say,</c><00:28:36.789><c> be</c><00:28:36.869><c> of</c><00:28:37.089><c> good</c><00:28:37.329><c> cheer,</c><00:28:38.569><c> I</c><00:28:38.769><c> have</c>

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overcome<00:28:39.470><c> the</c><00:28:39.750><c> world.</c>

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So<00:28:41.609><c> one</c><00:28:41.809><c> thing's</c><00:28:42.230><c> for</c><00:28:42.450><c> certain,</c><00:28:44.430><c> that</c><00:28:44.529><c> if</c><00:28:44.750><c> the</c><00:28:45.130><c> son</c><00:28:45.309><c> of</c><00:28:45.630><c> God</c><00:28:46.390><c> had</c><00:28:47.369><c> to</c>

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put<00:28:47.789><c> on</c><00:28:48.250><c> this</c><00:28:48.670><c> armour</c><00:28:49.089><c> to</c><00:28:50.069><c> overcome</c><00:28:50.589><c> the</c><00:28:50.910><c> world,</c><00:28:52.849><c> then</c><00:28:52.990><c> so</c><00:28:53.289><c> do</c><00:28:53.509><c> we.</c>

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And<00:28:55.069><c> that's</c><00:28:55.329><c> the</c><00:28:55.509><c> point</c><00:28:56.009><c> that</c><00:28:56.349><c> the</c><00:28:56.509><c> apostle</c><00:28:56.809><c> is</c><00:28:57.069><c> making.</c>

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An<00:28:59.069><c> ecclesial</c><00:29:00.690><c> life</c><00:29:01.250><c> brothers</c><00:29:01.549><c> and</c><00:29:01.849><c> sisters</c><00:29:02.150><c> is</c><00:29:02.450><c> littered</c>

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unfortunately<00:29:03.470><c> with</c><00:29:05.329><c> young</c><00:29:05.869><c> and</c><00:29:06.170><c> old</c><00:29:06.430><c> who</c><00:29:06.789><c> have</c><00:29:07.109><c> fallen</c><00:29:07.630><c> because</c><00:29:09.130><c> they</c>

00:29:09.410 --> 00:29:12.130
went<00:29:09.549><c> into</c><00:29:09.829><c> battle</c><00:29:10.509><c> with</c><00:29:11.009><c> our</c><00:29:11.250><c> armour.</c>

00:29:13.210 --> 00:29:19.410
So<00:29:13.369><c> returning</c><00:29:13.650><c> then</c><00:29:14.009><c> to</c><00:29:14.490><c> Ephesians</c><00:29:15.470><c> chapter</c><00:29:16.789><c> 6</c><00:29:17.569><c> in</c><00:29:18.049><c> verse</c><00:29:18.289><c> 11.</c>

00:29:19.769 --> 00:29:24.849
The<00:29:20.450><c> apostle</c><00:29:20.869><c> says,</c><00:29:22.750><c> put</c><00:29:22.789><c> on</c><00:29:23.069><c> the</c><00:29:23.309><c> whole</c><00:29:23.549><c> armour</c><00:29:23.789><c> of</c><00:29:23.990><c> God</c><00:29:24.369><c> that</c>

00:29:24.849 --> 00:29:28.970
you<00:29:25.049><c> may</c><00:29:25.230><c> be</c><00:29:25.410><c> able</c><00:29:25.549><c> to</c><00:29:25.829><c> stand</c><00:29:26.089><c> against</c><00:29:26.450><c> the</c><00:29:26.769><c> wiles</c><00:29:27.329><c> of</c><00:29:27.950><c> the</c><00:29:28.130><c> devil.</c>

00:29:30.170 --> 00:29:36.130
So<00:29:30.329><c> you</c><00:29:30.589><c> see,</c><00:29:31.869><c> winner</c><00:29:32.069><c> soldiers</c><00:29:32.569><c> by</c><00:29:32.970><c> choice,</c><00:29:34.589><c> it's</c><00:29:34.809><c> do</c><00:29:34.930><c> or</c><00:29:35.190><c> die.</c>

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Let's<00:29:40.849><c> think</c><00:29:41.069><c> for</c><00:29:41.250><c> a</c><00:29:41.349><c> moment</c><00:29:41.509><c> about</c><00:29:41.970><c> the</c><00:29:42.490><c> necessity</c><00:29:43.210><c> of</c>

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personal<00:29:44.930><c> warfare.</c>

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And<00:29:46.630><c> you'll</c><00:29:46.930><c> notice</c><00:29:47.269><c> there's</c><00:29:47.609><c> something</c><00:29:47.809><c> in</c><00:29:48.109><c> common</c><00:29:48.269><c> about</c>

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all<00:29:48.890><c> of</c><00:29:49.069><c> these</c><00:29:49.430><c> passages.</c>

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They're<00:29:50.289><c> all</c><00:29:51.009><c> from</c><00:29:51.410><c> the</c><00:29:51.650><c> apostle</c><00:29:51.950><c> Paul</c><00:29:52.269><c> to</c><00:29:52.450><c> Timothy</c><00:29:52.950><c> when</c><00:29:53.390><c> he</c>

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was<00:29:53.750><c> in</c><00:29:53.930><c> Ephesus.</c>

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Thou<00:29:55.150><c> therefore</c><00:29:55.630><c> endure</c><00:29:56.029><c> hardness</c><00:29:56.450><c> as</c><00:29:56.829><c> a</c><00:29:57.250><c> good</c><00:29:57.789><c> soldier</c><00:29:58.230><c> of</c>

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Jesus<00:29:58.809><c> Christ.</c>

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This<00:30:00.009><c> charge</c><00:30:00.309><c> I</c><00:30:00.529><c> commit</c><00:30:00.730><c> unto</c><00:30:01.009><c> thee,</c><00:30:02.349><c> son</c><00:30:02.549><c> Timothy,</c><00:30:03.289><c> according</c><00:30:03.529><c> to</c><00:30:03.750><c> the</c><00:30:03.950><c> prophecies</c><00:30:04.329><c> which</c><00:30:04.549><c> went</c><00:30:05.210><c> before</c><00:30:06.009><c> on</c><00:30:06.349><c> thee,</c><00:30:11.369><c> that</c><00:30:11.509><c> thou</c><00:30:11.789><c> by</c><00:30:12.190><c> them</c><00:30:12.450><c> mightest</c><00:30:13.069><c> war</c><00:30:13.369><c> a</c>

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good<00:30:14.190><c> warfare.</c>

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Fight<00:30:16.410><c> the</c><00:30:16.869><c> good</c><00:30:17.170><c> fight</c><00:30:17.549><c> of</c><00:30:17.950><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:30:19.650><c> finally</c><00:30:19.950><c> the</c><00:30:20.190><c> apostle</c><00:30:20.509><c> was</c><00:30:20.730><c> able</c><00:30:20.910><c> to</c><00:30:21.190><c> say,</c><00:30:23.430><c> I</c><00:30:23.470><c> have</c><00:30:23.809><c> fought</c><00:30:24.029><c> a</c>

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good<00:30:24.450><c> fight.</c>

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I<00:30:25.950><c> have</c><00:30:26.170><c> finished</c><00:30:26.529><c> my</c><00:30:26.930><c> course.</c>

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I<00:30:28.410><c> have</c><00:30:28.670><c> kept</c><00:30:28.970><c> the</c><00:30:29.269><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:30:31.910><c> know,</c><00:30:32.210><c> one</c><00:30:32.369><c> of</c><00:30:32.490><c> the</c><00:30:32.630><c> most</c><00:30:32.809><c> fundamental</c><00:30:33.349><c> things</c><00:30:33.650><c> about</c><00:30:33.930><c> warfare</c><00:30:34.349><c> is</c>

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knowing<00:30:35.089><c> your</c><00:30:35.549><c> enemy.</c>

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If<00:30:37.269><c> you're</c><00:30:37.549><c> in</c><00:30:37.710><c> commerce</c><00:30:38.250><c> or</c><00:30:38.509><c> retail,</c><00:30:39.390><c> you</c><00:30:39.529><c> have</c><00:30:39.710><c> to</c><00:30:39.910><c> know</c><00:30:40.029><c> your</c><00:30:40.349><c> product</c><00:30:40.569><c> or</c>

00:30:40.750 --> 00:30:41.750
your<00:30:40.930><c> market.</c>

00:30:42.349 --> 00:30:44.829
Being<00:30:42.910><c> a</c><00:30:43.170><c> soldier</c><00:30:43.450><c> is</c><00:30:43.670><c> a</c><00:30:43.789><c> profession</c><00:30:44.170><c> too.</c>

00:30:45.309 --> 00:30:49.390
In<00:30:45.509><c> war,</c><00:30:46.950><c> you</c><00:30:46.950><c> need</c><00:30:47.170><c> to</c><00:30:47.309><c> know</c><00:30:47.450><c> your</c><00:30:47.690><c> enemy</c><00:30:47.930><c> like</c><00:30:48.250><c> yourself.</c>

00:30:49.529 --> 00:30:52.109
Hence<00:30:49.710><c> the</c><00:30:49.890><c> apostle</c><00:30:50.230><c> describes</c><00:30:50.869><c> the</c><00:30:51.170><c> enemy</c><00:30:51.369><c> and</c><00:30:51.529><c> his</c><00:30:51.769><c> tactics</c>

00:30:52.109 --> 00:30:56.670
in<00:30:52.349><c> verses</c><00:30:52.650><c> 10</c><00:30:53.210><c> to</c><00:30:53.509><c> 13</c><00:30:54.170><c> before</c><00:30:55.009><c> he</c><00:30:55.289><c> describes</c><00:30:55.670><c> the</c><00:30:55.950><c> armour.</c>

00:30:57.430 --> 00:31:00.769
In<00:30:57.549><c> verse</c><00:30:57.789><c> 11</c><00:30:57.990><c> he</c><00:30:58.150><c> says</c><00:30:58.369><c> that</c><00:30:58.569><c> the</c><00:30:58.750><c> armour</c><00:30:58.890><c> was</c><00:30:59.150><c> required</c><00:30:59.950><c> to</c>

00:31:00.769 --> 00:31:04.309
withstand<00:31:01.430><c> the</c><00:31:01.990><c> wiles</c><00:31:02.589><c> of</c><00:31:03.329><c> the</c><00:31:03.509><c> devil.</c>

00:31:05.130 --> 00:31:08.349
The<00:31:05.289><c> word</c><00:31:05.569><c> wiles</c><00:31:06.130><c> is</c><00:31:07.049><c> the</c><00:31:07.390><c> word</c><00:31:07.730><c> methodia.</c>

00:31:08.390 --> 00:31:10.250
And<00:31:08.569><c> from</c><00:31:08.730><c> that,</c><00:31:08.970><c> it's</c><00:31:09.109><c> not</c><00:31:09.269><c> hard</c><00:31:09.490><c> to</c><00:31:09.650><c> work</c><00:31:09.849><c> out.</c>

00:31:10.250 --> 00:31:12.250
We<00:31:10.369><c> get</c><00:31:10.849><c> the</c><00:31:10.950><c> word</c><00:31:11.210><c> method</c><00:31:11.529><c> from</c><00:31:11.809><c> it.</c>

00:31:12.690 --> 00:31:16.410
It<00:31:12.690><c> means</c><00:31:13.190><c> method</c><00:31:13.829><c> or</c><00:31:14.269><c> travelling</c><00:31:14.650><c> over</c><00:31:15.230><c> or</c><00:31:15.630><c> travesty.</c>

00:31:16.710 --> 00:31:20.890
In<00:31:16.829><c> other</c><00:31:17.049><c> words,</c><00:31:18.549><c> any</c><00:31:18.829><c> treatment</c><00:31:19.470><c> that</c><00:31:19.789><c> makes</c><00:31:20.049><c> a</c><00:31:20.430><c> serious</c>

00:31:20.890 --> 00:31:23.309
thing<00:31:21.650><c> seem</c><00:31:22.130><c> ridiculous.</c>

00:31:23.650 --> 00:31:26.150
And<00:31:23.829><c> the</c><00:31:23.970><c> only</c><00:31:24.150><c> other</c><00:31:24.490><c> New</c><00:31:24.789><c> Testament</c><00:31:25.130><c> occurrence</c><00:31:25.490><c> of</c><00:31:25.670><c> the</c><00:31:25.829><c> word</c><00:31:25.950><c> is</c>

00:31:26.150 --> 00:31:32.089
in<00:31:26.309><c> chapter</c><00:31:26.609><c> 4</c><00:31:27.230><c> and</c><00:31:27.690><c> verse</c><00:31:28.009><c> 14</c><00:31:28.890><c> of</c><00:31:29.450><c> Ephesians</c><00:31:29.930><c> where</c><00:31:30.289><c> it's</c><00:31:30.690><c> rendered</c><00:31:31.089><c> lie</c>

00:31:32.089 --> 00:31:33.869
in<00:31:32.609><c> wait</c><00:31:32.930><c> to</c><00:31:33.490><c> deceive.</c>

00:31:34.049 --> 00:31:38.089
That's<00:31:34.390><c> all</c><00:31:34.569><c> one</c><00:31:35.190><c> word,</c><00:31:35.470><c> the</c><00:31:35.650><c> same</c><00:31:35.869><c> Greek</c><00:31:36.109><c> word,</c><00:31:36.990><c> methodia.</c>

00:31:38.430 --> 00:31:45.509
So<00:31:39.089><c> one</c><00:31:39.269><c> of</c><00:31:39.390><c> the</c><00:31:39.490><c> methods</c><00:31:39.829><c> of</c><00:31:40.130><c> the</c><00:31:40.670><c> devil</c><00:31:40.930><c> or</c><00:31:41.150><c> the</c><00:31:41.390><c> diabolos</c><00:31:42.410><c> is</c><00:31:43.549><c> deceit.</c>

00:31:45.970 --> 00:31:48.339
So<00:31:46.230><c> who</c><00:31:46.410><c> is</c><00:31:46.670><c> the</c><00:31:46.869><c> devil</c><00:31:47.089><c> in</c><00:31:47.309><c> this</c><00:31:47.509><c> context?</c>

00:31:48.589 --> 00:31:52.690
Well,<00:31:48.710><c> he</c><00:31:48.890><c> tells</c><00:31:49.109><c> us</c><00:31:49.390><c> in</c><00:31:49.509><c> verse</c><00:31:49.750><c> 12,</c><00:31:50.690><c> for</c><00:31:50.829><c> we</c><00:31:51.069><c> wrestle</c><00:31:51.410><c> not</c><00:31:51.750><c> against</c><00:31:52.130><c> flesh</c><00:31:52.490><c> and</c>

00:31:52.690 --> 00:31:56.119
blood,<00:31:54.730><c> but</c><00:31:54.890><c> against</c><00:31:55.289><c> principalities,</c>

00:31:56.349 --> 00:32:00.630
against<00:31:56.730><c> powers,</c><00:31:58.009><c> against</c><00:31:58.309><c> the</c><00:31:58.730><c> rulers</c><00:31:59.190><c> of</c><00:31:59.769><c> the</c><00:32:00.069><c> darkness</c><00:32:00.430><c> of</c>

00:32:00.630 --> 00:32:06.430
this<00:32:00.950><c> world,</c><00:32:01.910><c> against</c><00:32:02.450><c> spiritual</c><00:32:03.710><c> wickedness</c><00:32:04.509><c> in</c><00:32:05.170><c> high</c><00:32:05.430><c> places.</c>

00:32:10.930 --> 00:32:17.390
Principalities<00:32:11.589><c> and</c><00:32:11.849><c> powers,</c><00:32:12.150><c> quite</c><00:32:12.410><c> simply,</c><00:32:14.009><c> are</c><00:32:14.710><c> the</c><00:32:14.930><c> civil</c><00:32:16.630><c> rulers</c><00:32:17.089><c> and</c>

00:32:17.390 --> 00:32:20.269
the<00:32:17.630><c> spiritual</c><00:32:18.569><c> wickedness</c><00:32:19.150><c> in</c><00:32:19.349><c> high</c><00:32:19.569><c> places</c><00:32:19.869><c> are</c><00:32:20.089><c> the</c>

00:32:20.269 --> 00:32:21.950
religious<00:32:20.930><c> rulers.</c>

00:32:22.769 --> 00:32:26.509
So<00:32:23.349><c> the</c><00:32:23.970><c> brothers</c><00:32:24.190><c> and</c><00:32:24.470><c> sisters</c><00:32:24.789><c> were</c><00:32:25.130><c> opposed</c><00:32:25.730><c> by,</c><00:32:26.109><c> we</c><00:32:26.269><c> might</c>

00:32:26.509 --> 00:32:29.809
say,<00:32:27.369><c> the</c><00:32:27.589><c> state</c><00:32:28.069><c> and</c><00:32:28.710><c> the</c><00:32:28.950><c> church.</c>

00:32:30.549 --> 00:32:32.809
What<00:32:30.849><c> was</c><00:32:31.049><c> the</c><00:32:31.230><c> position</c><00:32:31.569><c> of</c><00:32:31.769><c> the</c><00:32:31.970><c> civil</c><00:32:32.170><c> authorities?</c>

00:32:32.809 --> 00:32:36.789
Well,<00:32:33.849><c> we</c><00:32:33.849><c> only</c><00:32:34.130><c> need</c><00:32:34.329><c> to</c><00:32:34.549><c> acknowledge</c><00:32:34.950><c> this</c><00:32:35.329><c> fact</c><00:32:35.589><c> that</c><00:32:35.829><c> they</c>

00:32:36.789 --> 00:32:41.170
funded<00:32:37.329><c> the</c><00:32:38.089><c> building</c><00:32:38.369><c> of</c><00:32:39.190><c> the</c><00:32:39.349><c> Temple</c><00:32:39.569><c> of</c><00:32:39.849><c> Diana</c><00:32:40.210><c> using</c>

00:32:41.170 --> 00:32:42.269
taxpayers'<00:32:42.029><c> money.</c>

00:32:42.750 --> 00:32:47.750
So<00:32:42.970><c> the</c><00:32:43.309><c> state</c><00:32:43.990><c> provided</c><00:32:44.769><c> the</c><00:32:45.009><c> venue</c><00:32:45.549><c> for</c><00:32:46.230><c> idolatrous</c><00:32:46.789><c> worship.</c>

00:32:48.569 --> 00:32:53.130
We<00:32:48.789><c> said</c><00:32:49.029><c> that</c><00:32:49.930><c> deceit</c><00:32:50.869><c> was</c><00:32:51.230><c> one</c><00:32:51.450><c> of</c><00:32:51.569><c> the</c><00:32:51.750><c> wiles</c><00:32:52.009><c> of</c><00:32:52.190><c> the</c><00:32:52.329><c> devil.</c>

00:32:53.789 --> 00:32:55.769
But<00:32:53.970><c> it</c><00:32:54.190><c> seems</c><00:32:54.549><c> that</c><00:32:54.710><c> it</c><00:32:54.789><c> wasn't</c><00:32:55.009><c> the</c><00:32:55.210><c> only</c><00:32:55.410><c> one,</c><00:32:55.630><c> brothers</c>

00:32:55.769 --> 00:32:56.410
and<00:32:56.009><c> sisters.</c>

00:32:56.410 --> 00:33:00.190
We<00:32:56.670><c> find</c><00:32:57.109><c> that</c><00:32:57.369><c> in</c><00:32:57.549><c> verse</c><00:32:57.809><c> 13,</c><00:32:58.450><c> the</c><00:32:58.569><c> apostle</c><00:32:58.890><c> says</c><00:32:59.450><c> that</c><00:33:00.029><c> you</c>

00:33:00.190 --> 00:33:04.950
may<00:33:00.569><c> be</c><00:33:00.789><c> able</c><00:33:01.009><c> to</c><00:33:01.410><c> stand</c><00:33:01.890><c> in</c><00:33:02.690><c> the</c><00:33:03.069><c> evil</c><00:33:03.750><c> day.</c>

00:33:05.690 --> 00:33:07.789
And<00:33:05.809><c> that</c><00:33:06.009><c> evil</c><00:33:06.230><c> day</c><00:33:06.490><c> can</c><00:33:06.690><c> be</c><00:33:06.890><c> a</c><00:33:07.009><c> period</c><00:33:07.269><c> of</c><00:33:07.569><c> time.</c>

00:33:07.829 --> 00:33:11.569
So<00:33:07.990><c> it</c><00:33:08.190><c> suggests</c><00:33:08.670><c> that</c><00:33:09.369><c> there</c><00:33:09.569><c> was</c><00:33:09.750><c> a</c><00:33:09.910><c> coming</c><00:33:10.109><c> time</c><00:33:10.490><c> when</c><00:33:11.190><c> the</c>

00:33:11.569 --> 00:33:14.470
saints<00:33:11.789><c> were</c><00:33:12.089><c> going</c><00:33:12.210><c> to</c><00:33:12.369><c> be</c><00:33:12.549><c> subject</c><00:33:12.990><c> to</c><00:33:13.490><c> duress.</c>

00:33:15.250 --> 00:33:19.829
So<00:33:15.430><c> the</c><00:33:15.589><c> ways</c><00:33:15.849><c> of</c><00:33:16.069><c> the</c><00:33:16.170><c> devil</c><00:33:16.390><c> were</c><00:33:16.670><c> both</c><00:33:17.049><c> deceit</c><00:33:18.170><c> and</c><00:33:18.670><c> duress.</c>

00:33:21.029 --> 00:33:26.430
Just<00:33:21.630><c> as</c><00:33:21.890><c> a</c><00:33:22.069><c> digression</c><00:33:22.490><c> for</c><00:33:22.869><c> a</c><00:33:23.029><c> moment,</c><00:33:23.430><c> brothers</c><00:33:23.509><c> and</c><00:33:23.769><c> sisters,</c><00:33:25.829><c> the</c>

00:33:26.430 --> 00:33:30.130
apostle<00:33:26.849><c> speaks</c><00:33:27.269><c> about</c><00:33:27.710><c> the</c><00:33:28.029><c> rulers</c><00:33:28.309><c> of</c><00:33:28.609><c> the</c><00:33:28.910><c> darkness</c><00:33:29.509><c> of</c>

00:33:30.130 --> 00:33:31.529
this<00:33:30.470><c> world.</c>

00:33:32.910 --> 00:33:39.470
And<00:33:33.130><c> the</c><00:33:33.269><c> arranging</c><00:33:33.549><c> brethren</c><00:33:33.829><c> thought</c><00:33:34.109><c> it</c><00:33:34.210><c> would</c><00:33:34.410><c> be</c><00:33:34.609><c> opportune</c><00:33:35.849><c> when</c><00:33:36.670><c> we're</c><00:33:36.930><c> talking</c><00:33:37.170><c> about</c><00:33:37.529><c> this</c><00:33:37.710><c> to</c><00:33:38.210><c> just</c><00:33:38.609><c> consider</c><00:33:38.910><c> for</c><00:33:39.150><c> a</c><00:33:39.309><c> moment</c>

00:33:39.470 --> 00:33:45.769
how<00:33:39.690><c> we</c><00:33:40.089><c> as</c><00:33:40.309><c> a</c><00:33:40.569><c> community</c><00:33:41.890><c> will</c><00:33:43.650><c> be</c><00:33:44.029><c> confronted</c><00:33:44.349><c> with</c><00:33:44.609><c> the</c><00:33:44.750><c> possibility</c><00:33:45.349><c> of</c>

00:33:45.769 --> 00:33:51.009
participating<00:33:46.390><c> in</c><00:33:47.049><c> a</c><00:33:47.309><c> postal</c><00:33:47.730><c> vote</c><00:33:48.450><c> regarding</c><00:33:49.269><c> same</c><00:33:49.730><c>-sex</c><00:33:49.970><c> marriage.</c>

00:33:51.069 --> 00:33:55.910
And<00:33:51.250><c> the</c><00:33:51.349><c> question</c><00:33:51.609><c> has</c><00:33:51.789><c> been</c><00:33:52.009><c> asked</c><00:33:52.309><c> whether</c><00:33:52.509><c> we</c><00:33:52.789><c> as</c><00:33:52.990><c> a</c><00:33:53.250><c> community</c><00:33:53.890><c> should</c><00:33:54.369><c> participate</c><00:33:55.049><c> in</c><00:33:55.289><c> that</c><00:33:55.490><c> vote</c><00:33:55.710><c> in</c>

00:33:55.910 --> 00:33:59.329
order<00:33:56.109><c> to</c><00:33:56.910><c> signal</c><00:33:57.349><c> our</c><00:33:57.869><c> disapproval.</c>

00:34:00.430 --> 00:34:03.990
We<00:34:00.970><c> believe,</c><00:34:01.450><c> brothers</c><00:34:01.549><c> and</c><00:34:01.809><c> sisters,</c><00:34:02.069><c> that</c><00:34:02.289><c> we</c><00:34:02.490><c> ought</c><00:34:02.690><c> not</c><00:34:03.029><c> to.</c>

00:34:04.150 --> 00:34:09.170
Because,<00:34:04.970><c> you</c><00:34:04.970><c> see,</c><00:34:05.170><c> that</c><00:34:05.369><c> would</c><00:34:05.609><c> be</c><00:34:05.970><c> compromising</c><00:34:07.250><c> our</c><00:34:07.750><c> position</c><00:34:08.469><c> as</c>

00:34:09.170 --> 00:34:11.969
strangers<00:34:09.769><c> and</c><00:34:10.610><c> pilgrims.</c>

00:34:12.050 --> 00:34:16.829
So<00:34:12.170><c> on</c><00:34:12.309><c> the</c><00:34:12.429><c> one</c><00:34:12.650><c> hand,</c><00:34:13.010><c> yes,</c><00:34:13.210><c> while</c><00:34:13.489><c> we</c><00:34:13.710><c> abhor</c><00:34:14.349><c> what</c><00:34:15.110><c> is</c><00:34:15.289><c> being</c><00:34:15.550><c> proposed,</c>

00:34:17.130 --> 00:34:23.369
it<00:34:17.130><c> would</c><00:34:17.309><c> actually</c><00:34:18.429><c> undo</c><00:34:19.190><c> and</c><00:34:20.050><c> undermine</c><00:34:20.489><c> our</c><00:34:20.849><c> position</c><00:34:21.510><c> before</c><00:34:22.210><c> the</c><00:34:22.489><c> government.</c>

00:34:24.130 --> 00:34:25.869
So<00:34:24.309><c> just</c><00:34:24.530><c> a</c><00:34:24.730><c> slight</c><00:34:24.889><c> digression.</c>

00:34:27.849 --> 00:34:30.030
What<00:34:28.070><c> does</c><00:34:28.230><c> the</c><00:34:28.349><c> apostle</c><00:34:28.590><c> tell</c><00:34:28.829><c> us</c><00:34:29.070><c> about</c><00:34:29.329><c> this</c><00:34:29.789><c> armour?</c>

00:34:30.030 --> 00:34:34.570
Well,<00:34:30.550><c> he</c><00:34:30.750><c> tells</c><00:34:31.050><c> us</c><00:34:31.349><c> that</c><00:34:31.530><c> there</c><00:34:31.750><c> are</c><00:34:32.429><c> seven</c><00:34:32.849><c> things</c><00:34:33.230><c> that</c><00:34:33.449><c> the</c><00:34:33.670><c> armour</c><00:34:33.869><c> is</c>

00:34:34.570 --> 00:34:39.510
comprised<00:34:35.170><c> of</c><00:34:35.710><c> and</c><00:34:36.590><c> which</c><00:34:36.750><c> we</c><00:34:36.969><c> have</c><00:34:37.210><c> to</c><00:34:38.070><c> take</c><00:34:38.369><c> up,</c>

00:34:39.769 --> 00:34:42.869
which<00:34:39.909><c> is</c><00:34:40.110><c> a</c><00:34:40.190><c> better</c><00:34:40.369><c> rendering</c><00:34:40.730><c> of</c><00:34:41.010><c> the</c><00:34:41.210><c> word</c><00:34:41.469><c> take</c><00:34:41.789><c> unto</c><00:34:42.210><c> in</c>

00:34:42.869 --> 00:34:44.389
verse<00:34:43.150><c> 13.</c>

00:34:45.269 --> 00:34:49.989
We<00:34:45.409><c> have</c><00:34:45.449><c> to</c><00:34:45.590><c> take</c><00:34:45.849><c> up</c><00:34:46.230><c> truth,</c><00:34:47.510><c> righteousness,</c><00:34:48.849><c> the</c><00:34:49.050><c> gospel,</c>

00:34:50.030 --> 00:34:53.929
faith,<00:34:50.710><c> salvation,</c><00:34:51.869><c> the</c><00:34:52.030><c> word</c><00:34:52.190><c> of</c><00:34:52.449><c> God,</c><00:34:53.289><c> and</c><00:34:53.550><c> prayer.</c>

00:34:53.929 --> 00:35:02.469
And<00:34:54.829><c> in</c><00:34:55.010><c> a</c><00:34:55.150><c> figure,</c><00:34:55.429><c> the</c><00:34:55.469><c> apostle</c><00:34:55.809><c> relates</c><00:34:56.309><c> these</c><00:34:56.670><c> to</c><00:34:57.329><c> a</c><00:34:57.570><c> girdle,</c><00:34:58.369><c> a</c><00:34:58.530><c> breastplate,</c><00:34:59.590><c> shoes,</c><00:35:01.190><c> shield,</c><00:35:01.650><c> helmet,</c><00:35:01.969><c> and</c><00:35:02.210><c> sword.</c>

00:35:02.969 --> 00:35:07.469
These<00:35:03.250><c> comprise</c><00:35:04.670><c> the</c><00:35:05.110><c> whole</c><00:35:05.989><c> armour</c><00:35:06.409><c> of</c><00:35:06.610><c> God.</c>

00:35:07.750 --> 00:35:10.849
And<00:35:07.869><c> those</c><00:35:08.909><c> two</c><00:35:09.150><c> words,</c><00:35:09.429><c> whole</c><00:35:09.650><c> armour,</c><00:35:09.889><c> is</c><00:35:10.070><c> actually</c><00:35:10.369><c> one</c><00:35:10.570><c> word</c><00:35:10.710><c> in</c>

00:35:10.849 --> 00:35:12.809
the<00:35:11.050><c> Greek,</c><00:35:11.690><c> panoplia.</c>

00:35:13.170 --> 00:35:17.590
It<00:35:13.369><c> means</c><00:35:13.730><c> full</c><00:35:14.329><c> armour,</c><00:35:15.269><c> and</c><00:35:15.429><c> it's</c><00:35:15.590><c> of</c><00:35:15.809><c> God</c><00:35:16.590><c> because</c><00:35:17.329><c> they're</c>

00:35:17.590 --> 00:35:19.090
all<00:35:17.809><c> moral</c><00:35:18.070><c> qualities.</c>

00:35:19.510 --> 00:35:24.090
So<00:35:20.090><c> putting</c><00:35:20.349><c> on</c><00:35:20.630><c> this</c><00:35:20.909><c> armour,</c><00:35:21.070><c> we</c><00:35:21.230><c> might</c><00:35:21.449><c> say,</c><00:35:22.070><c> is</c><00:35:22.429><c> synonymous</c><00:35:22.949><c> with</c><00:35:23.190><c> putting</c><00:35:23.469><c> on</c>

00:35:24.090 --> 00:35:24.869
the<00:35:24.269><c> new</c><00:35:24.489><c> man.</c>

00:35:25.170 --> 00:35:29.429
You<00:35:25.309><c> can't</c><00:35:25.630><c> put</c><00:35:25.809><c> on</c><00:35:26.010><c> this</c><00:35:26.289><c> armour</c><00:35:26.610><c> unless</c><00:35:27.809><c> you</c><00:35:28.110><c> first</c><00:35:28.750><c> put</c><00:35:29.250><c> on</c>

00:35:29.429 --> 00:35:30.789
the<00:35:29.590><c> new</c><00:35:29.769><c> man.</c>

00:35:32.730 --> 00:35:37.230
You<00:35:32.750><c> know,</c><00:35:33.130><c> David,</c><00:35:34.530><c> when</c><00:35:34.710><c> he</c><00:35:34.869><c> went</c><00:35:35.010><c> before</c><00:35:35.369><c> Goliath,</c><00:35:36.849><c> he</c><00:35:37.030><c> had</c>

00:35:37.230 --> 00:35:42.210
on<00:35:38.130><c> the</c><00:35:38.530><c> full</c><00:35:39.389><c> armour</c><00:35:39.730><c> of</c><00:35:39.989><c> God,</c><00:35:40.929><c> even</c><00:35:41.190><c> though</c><00:35:41.389><c> he</c><00:35:41.570><c> refused</c>

00:35:42.210 --> 00:35:43.969
Saul's<00:35:42.909><c> physical</c><00:35:43.110><c> armour.</c>

00:35:44.110 --> 00:35:47.610
The<00:35:44.630><c> word</c><00:35:44.969><c> standing</c><00:35:45.349><c> occurs</c><00:35:45.829><c> a</c><00:35:45.909><c> number</c><00:35:46.130><c> of</c><00:35:46.349><c> times</c><00:35:46.530><c> in</c><00:35:46.650><c> this</c><00:35:46.849><c> small</c><00:35:47.110><c> section</c><00:35:47.389><c> in</c>

00:35:47.610 --> 00:35:49.929
verse<00:35:47.869><c> 11,</c><00:35:48.789><c> 13,</c><00:35:49.409><c> and</c><00:35:49.469><c> 14.</c>

00:35:50.030 --> 00:35:51.690
What's<00:35:50.309><c> it</c><00:35:50.510><c> talking</c><00:35:50.710><c> about?</c>

00:35:52.210 --> 00:35:57.730
Well,<00:35:52.369><c> it's</c><00:35:52.610><c> talking,</c><00:35:53.110><c> brothers</c><00:35:53.389><c> and</c><00:35:53.690><c> sisters</c><00:35:54.070><c> and</c><00:35:54.329><c> young</c><00:35:54.530><c> people,</c><00:35:55.929><c> about</c><00:35:56.429><c> being</c><00:35:57.130><c> able</c><00:35:57.329><c> to</c>

00:35:57.730 --> 00:36:02.170
stand<00:35:58.449><c> accepted</c><00:35:59.469><c> in</c><00:36:00.710><c> the</c><00:36:00.869><c> Day</c><00:36:01.050><c> of</c><00:36:01.190><c> Judgment.</c>

00:36:02.489 --> 00:36:06.230
And<00:36:02.630><c> that's</c><00:36:02.869><c> borne</c><00:36:03.090><c> out,</c><00:36:03.210><c> by</c><00:36:03.429><c> the</c><00:36:03.570><c> way,</c><00:36:03.730><c> the</c><00:36:03.889><c> same</c><00:36:04.150><c> word</c><00:36:04.389><c> is</c><00:36:04.670><c> used</c><00:36:04.869><c> in</c><00:36:05.150><c> Corinthians.</c>

00:36:07.369 --> 00:36:10.730
So<00:36:08.130><c> having</c><00:36:08.889><c> told</c><00:36:09.130><c> us</c><00:36:09.269><c> something</c><00:36:09.510><c> about</c><00:36:09.769><c> the</c><00:36:09.989><c> enemy,</c><00:36:10.269><c> he</c><00:36:10.449><c> now</c>

00:36:10.730 --> 00:36:16.210
goes<00:36:10.949><c> on</c><00:36:11.170><c> to</c><00:36:11.349><c> tell</c><00:36:11.469><c> us</c><00:36:12.170><c> about</c><00:36:12.949><c> the</c><00:36:13.530><c> armour</c><00:36:13.909><c> in</c><00:36:14.530><c> verse</c><00:36:14.889><c> 14.</c>

00:36:26.650 --> 00:36:33.590
So<00:36:27.409><c> let's</c><00:36:28.170><c> think</c><00:36:28.429><c> about</c><00:36:29.309><c> having</c><00:36:29.789><c> our</c><00:36:30.130><c> loins</c><00:36:30.650><c> girt</c><00:36:31.010><c> about</c><00:36:31.630><c> with</c><00:36:32.510><c> truth.</c>

00:36:36.110 --> 00:36:39.329
As<00:36:36.829><c> it</c><00:36:37.070><c> says</c><00:36:37.150><c> on</c><00:36:37.329><c> the</c><00:36:37.489><c> slide</c><00:36:37.730><c> here,</c><00:36:38.070><c> in</c><00:36:38.070><c> the</c><00:36:38.190><c> Old</c><00:36:38.329><c> Testament,</c>

00:36:39.449 --> 00:36:43.090
times<00:36:39.449><c> loose</c><00:36:40.210><c> fitting</c><00:36:40.510><c> clothes</c><00:36:40.929><c> were</c><00:36:41.170><c> restrictive</c><00:36:41.809><c> of</c><00:36:42.150><c> movement.</c>

00:36:43.130 --> 00:36:48.230
And<00:36:43.250><c> the</c><00:36:43.389><c> purpose</c><00:36:43.730><c> of</c><00:36:44.690><c> girding</c><00:36:45.050><c> up</c><00:36:45.230><c> the</c><00:36:45.449><c> loins</c><00:36:46.969><c> with</c><00:36:47.590><c> a</c><00:36:48.050><c> belt</c>

00:36:48.230 --> 00:36:52.610
or<00:36:48.469><c> such</c><00:36:48.690><c> like</c><00:36:48.929><c> was</c><00:36:49.130><c> to</c><00:36:49.489><c> ready</c><00:36:49.730><c> oneself</c><00:36:50.349><c> for</c><00:36:50.869><c> work</c><00:36:51.250><c> or</c><00:36:51.670><c> action.</c>

00:36:53.409 --> 00:36:59.750
So<00:36:53.650><c> girding</c><00:36:54.329><c> the</c><00:36:54.550><c> loins,</c><00:36:55.809><c> therefore,</c><00:36:56.469><c> is</c><00:36:56.670><c> a</c><00:36:56.949><c> metaphor</c><00:36:57.309><c> for</c><00:36:58.090><c> being</c><00:36:58.769><c> fit</c><00:36:59.309><c> to</c>

00:36:59.750 --> 00:37:01.130
perform<00:37:00.170><c> God's</c><00:37:00.690><c> work.</c>

00:37:01.130 --> 00:37:05.550
And<00:37:02.050><c> some</c><00:37:02.269><c> of</c><00:37:02.429><c> those</c><00:37:03.389><c> verses</c><00:37:03.909><c> bear</c><00:37:04.230><c> that</c><00:37:04.610><c> out.</c>

00:37:05.769 --> 00:37:11.590
So<00:37:06.010><c> how</c><00:37:06.409><c> does</c><00:37:07.050><c> truth</c><00:37:07.769><c> fit</c><00:37:08.650><c> us</c><00:37:09.369><c> to</c><00:37:09.989><c> perform</c><00:37:10.289><c> God's</c><00:37:10.769><c> work?</c>

00:37:11.849 --> 00:37:19.309
Well,<00:37:12.030><c> in</c><00:37:12.190><c> Ephesus</c><00:37:12.809><c> and</c><00:37:13.429><c> today,</c><00:37:14.809><c> to</c><00:37:15.090><c> effectively</c><00:37:16.469><c> stand</c><00:37:17.789><c> against</c><00:37:18.210><c> moral</c><00:37:18.590><c> corruption</c><00:37:19.030><c> and</c>

00:37:19.309 --> 00:37:24.230
doctrinal<00:37:19.789><c> error,</c><00:37:20.829><c> we</c><00:37:20.929><c> must</c><00:37:21.170><c> not</c><00:37:21.369><c> only</c><00:37:21.789><c> know</c><00:37:22.389><c> the</c><00:37:22.710><c> truth,</c><00:37:23.849><c> but</c>

00:37:24.230 --> 00:37:25.050
manifest<00:37:24.809><c> it.</c>

00:37:25.050 --> 00:37:30.289
Let's<00:37:25.469><c> look</c><00:37:25.690><c> up</c><00:37:26.150><c> 2</c><00:37:26.429><c> Corinthians</c><00:37:26.949><c> chapter</c><00:37:27.449><c> 4</c><00:37:27.750><c> and</c><00:37:27.929><c> verse</c><00:37:28.210><c> 2,</c>

00:37:31.809 --> 00:37:33.860
where<00:37:31.969><c> the</c><00:37:32.090><c> apostle</c><00:37:32.429><c> bears</c><00:37:32.730><c> that</c><00:37:33.030><c> out.</c>

00:37:34.190 --> 00:37:46.630
2<00:37:34.469><c> Corinthians</c><00:37:35.010><c> 4</c><00:37:35.369><c> verse</c><00:37:35.690><c> 2,</c><00:37:44.530><c> perhaps</c><00:37:44.809><c> first</c><00:37:45.130><c> one</c><00:37:45.349><c> for</c><00:37:45.630><c> context.</c>

00:37:47.170 --> 00:37:52.070
Therefore,<00:37:48.289><c> seeing</c><00:37:48.630><c> we</c><00:37:48.989><c> have</c><00:37:49.130><c> this</c><00:37:49.469><c> ministry,</c><00:37:51.309><c> as</c><00:37:51.590><c> we</c><00:37:51.829><c> have</c>

00:37:52.070 --> 00:37:56.610
received<00:37:52.590><c> mercy,</c><00:37:53.690><c> we</c><00:37:53.989><c> faint</c><00:37:54.250><c> not,</c><00:37:55.250><c> but</c><00:37:55.469><c> have</c><00:37:55.730><c> renounced</c><00:37:56.349><c> the</c>

00:37:56.610 --> 00:37:58.750
hidden<00:37:56.829><c> things</c><00:37:57.150><c> of</c><00:37:57.389><c> dishonesty,</c>

00:37:58.869 --> 00:38:02.610
not<00:37:59.230><c> walking</c><00:37:59.610><c> in</c><00:38:00.090><c> craftiness,</c><00:38:01.510><c> nor</c><00:38:01.670><c> handling</c><00:38:02.070><c> the</c><00:38:02.289><c> word</c><00:38:02.409><c> of</c>

00:38:02.610 --> 00:38:08.489
God<00:38:02.809><c> deceitfully,</c><00:38:04.269><c> but</c><00:38:04.670><c> by</c><00:38:05.369><c> manifestation</c><00:38:06.449><c> of</c><00:38:07.369><c> the</c><00:38:07.750><c> truth,</c>

00:38:08.489 --> 00:38:13.630
commending<00:38:09.869><c> ourselves</c><00:38:10.590><c> to</c><00:38:11.070><c> every</c><00:38:11.449><c> man's</c><00:38:11.929><c> conscience</c><00:38:12.550><c> in</c><00:38:13.309><c> the</c>

00:38:13.630 --> 00:38:15.469
sight<00:38:14.130><c> of</c><00:38:14.489><c> God.</c>

00:38:16.429 --> 00:38:19.190
And<00:38:16.590><c> as</c><00:38:16.710><c> it</c><00:38:16.909><c> says</c><00:38:17.030><c> on</c><00:38:17.230><c> the</c><00:38:17.389><c> bottom</c><00:38:17.570><c> of</c><00:38:17.769><c> the</c><00:38:17.949><c> slide</c><00:38:18.210><c> there,</c><00:38:18.690><c> there</c><00:38:18.690><c> are</c>

00:38:19.190 --> 00:38:23.869
many<00:38:19.610><c> references</c><00:38:20.090><c> to</c><00:38:20.570><c> truth</c><00:38:21.090><c> in</c><00:38:22.090><c> Paul's</c><00:38:22.469><c> epistles</c><00:38:22.769><c> to</c><00:38:22.969><c> Timothy.</c>

00:38:24.070 --> 00:38:27.809
So<00:38:24.250><c> we</c><00:38:24.389><c> might</c><00:38:24.570><c> summarize</c><00:38:25.010><c> it</c><00:38:25.170><c> this</c><00:38:25.389><c> way.</c><00:38:26.210><c> What</c><00:38:26.329><c> is</c><00:38:26.530><c> the</c><00:38:26.750><c> significance</c><00:38:27.090><c> of</c>

00:38:27.809 --> 00:38:30.070
being<00:38:28.369><c> girt</c><00:38:28.630><c> about</c><00:38:28.909><c> with</c><00:38:29.210><c> truth?</c>

00:38:30.489 --> 00:38:36.030
Manifest<00:38:31.110><c> the</c><00:38:31.489><c> truth</c><00:38:31.949><c> to</c><00:38:32.670><c> commend</c><00:38:33.130><c> yourself</c><00:38:33.949><c> to</c><00:38:34.710><c> every</c><00:38:35.010><c> man's</c><00:38:35.510><c> conscience.</c>

00:38:36.030 --> 00:38:42.630
Be<00:38:37.090><c> honest</c><00:38:37.389><c> with</c><00:38:37.889><c> ourselves.</c><00:38:40.710><c> We</c><00:38:40.769><c> don't</c><00:38:40.989><c> want</c><00:38:41.210><c> to</c><00:38:41.329><c> have</c><00:38:41.530><c> divided</c><00:38:41.989><c> loyalty</c><00:38:42.409><c> to</c>

00:38:42.630 --> 00:38:43.670
our<00:38:42.829><c> captain.</c>

00:38:43.789 --> 00:38:47.610
Speak<00:38:44.090><c> every</c><00:38:44.550><c> man</c><00:38:44.809><c> truth</c><00:38:45.050><c> with</c><00:38:45.230><c> his</c><00:38:45.510><c> neighbour,</c><00:38:46.829><c> as</c><00:38:46.969><c> the</c><00:38:47.090><c> apostle</c><00:38:47.329><c> says</c>

00:38:47.610 --> 00:38:50.070
in<00:38:47.769><c> chapter</c><00:38:48.050><c> 4</c><00:38:48.489><c> and</c><00:38:48.710><c> verse</c><00:38:48.909><c> 25.</c>

00:38:50.269 --> 00:38:54.769
And<00:38:50.510><c> to</c><00:38:50.690><c> be</c><00:38:50.889><c> honest</c><00:38:51.409><c> to</c><00:38:51.829><c> those</c><00:38:52.369><c> that</c><00:38:52.989><c> are</c><00:38:53.230><c> without.</c><00:38:54.429><c> In</c><00:38:54.610><c> other</c>

00:38:54.769 --> 00:38:57.289
words,<00:38:55.090><c> to</c><00:38:55.190><c> give</c><00:38:55.309><c> not</c><00:38:55.489><c> occasion</c><00:38:55.949><c> to</c><00:38:56.150><c> the</c><00:38:56.349><c> adversary.</c>

00:38:58.090 --> 00:39:00.610
So<00:38:58.289><c> what</c><00:38:58.449><c> about</c><00:38:58.989><c> the</c><00:38:59.469><c> breastplate</c><00:38:59.909><c> of</c><00:39:00.170><c> righteousness?</c>

00:39:00.610 --> 00:39:06.230
Well,<00:39:01.409><c> this</c><00:39:01.590><c> is</c><00:39:01.769><c> where</c><00:39:01.889><c> I</c><00:39:02.010><c> think</c><00:39:02.250><c> it's</c><00:39:03.289><c> useful</c><00:39:03.929><c> to</c><00:39:05.349><c> look</c><00:39:05.710><c> at.</c>

00:39:06.429 --> 00:39:11.670
Remember<00:39:06.730><c> when</c><00:39:06.889><c> we</c><00:39:09.329><c> started</c><00:39:09.630><c> this</c><00:39:09.949><c> section</c><00:39:10.150><c> we</c><00:39:10.269><c> went</c><00:39:10.489><c> to</c><00:39:10.750><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:11.130><c> 59</c>

00:39:11.670 --> 00:39:16.349
and<00:39:11.849><c> we</c><00:39:11.969><c> saw</c><00:39:12.150><c> how</c><00:39:12.809><c> Christ</c><00:39:13.409><c> took</c><00:39:13.909><c> on</c><00:39:14.250><c> the</c><00:39:14.469><c> breastplate</c><00:39:14.889><c> of</c><00:39:15.130><c> righteousness</c><00:39:15.630><c> and</c>

00:39:16.349 --> 00:39:18.150
put<00:39:16.510><c> on</c><00:39:16.670><c> the</c><00:39:16.829><c> helmet</c><00:39:17.010><c> of</c><00:39:17.250><c> salvation.</c>

00:39:18.329 --> 00:39:20.710
So<00:39:18.510><c> we're</c><00:39:18.769><c> prompted,</c><00:39:19.289><c> aren't</c><00:39:19.289><c> we,</c><00:39:19.409><c> to</c><00:39:19.550><c> think</c><00:39:19.730><c> about</c><00:39:20.170><c> how</c><00:39:20.489><c> this</c>

00:39:20.710 --> 00:39:21.889
applies<00:39:21.110><c> to</c><00:39:21.389><c> Christ.</c>

00:39:21.889 --> 00:39:29.510
To<00:39:23.110><c> conquer</c><00:39:23.570><c> sin,</c><00:39:25.070><c> Christ</c><00:39:25.289><c> put</c><00:39:26.050><c> on</c><00:39:26.389><c> righteousness</c><00:39:26.909><c> as</c><00:39:27.909><c> a</c><00:39:28.050><c> breastplate.</c><00:39:29.289><c> We're</c><00:39:29.309><c> told</c>

00:39:29.510 --> 00:39:31.610
in<00:39:29.590><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:29.949><c> 59</c><00:39:30.449><c> verse</c><00:39:30.690><c> 17.</c>

00:39:33.289 --> 00:39:36.210
We're<00:39:33.530><c> told</c><00:39:33.730><c> in</c><00:39:33.949><c> Colossians</c><00:39:34.550><c> chapter</c><00:39:34.889><c> 2</c><00:39:35.130><c> and</c><00:39:35.269><c> verse</c><00:39:35.489><c> 15</c><00:39:35.909><c> that</c>

00:39:36.210 --> 00:39:42.489
by<00:39:36.909><c> that</c><00:39:37.329><c> means</c><00:39:37.829><c> he</c><00:39:39.110><c> spoiled</c><00:39:39.889><c> principalities</c><00:39:41.289><c> and</c><00:39:41.590><c> powers.</c>

00:39:42.989 --> 00:39:47.550
He<00:39:43.090><c> made</c><00:39:43.389><c> a</c><00:39:43.650><c> show</c><00:39:43.849><c> of</c><00:39:44.010><c> them</c><00:39:44.389><c> openly,</c><00:39:45.769><c> triumphing</c><00:39:46.769><c> over</c><00:39:47.309><c> them</c>

00:39:47.550 --> 00:39:48.250
in<00:39:47.829><c> himself.</c>

00:39:48.250 --> 00:39:51.530
So<00:39:49.429><c> that's</c><00:39:49.829><c> what</c><00:39:50.090><c> the</c><00:39:50.210><c> apostle's</c><00:39:50.570><c> talking</c><00:39:50.809><c> about</c><00:39:51.070><c> here,</c><00:39:51.309><c> isn't</c><00:39:51.429><c> it?</c>

00:39:51.590 --> 00:39:56.250
Remember<00:39:51.869><c> in</c><00:39:52.010><c> verse</c><00:39:52.190><c> 12</c><00:39:52.449><c> he's</c><00:39:52.730><c> talking</c><00:39:52.869><c> about</c><00:39:53.349><c> wrestling</c><00:39:53.969><c> against</c><00:39:54.530><c> principalities</c><00:39:55.210><c> and</c><00:39:55.469><c> powers.</c>

00:39:56.269 --> 00:40:03.070
Well,<00:39:56.389><c> here's</c><00:39:56.650><c> a</c><00:39:56.909><c> classic</c><00:39:57.250><c> example</c><00:39:57.809><c> of</c><00:39:58.030><c> what</c><00:39:58.630><c> it</c><00:39:58.969><c> means</c><00:39:59.449><c> to</c><00:40:00.469><c> wrestle</c><00:40:00.829><c> against</c><00:40:01.250><c> principalities</c><00:40:01.989><c> and</c><00:40:02.250><c> powers</c><00:40:02.469><c> by</c>

00:40:03.070 --> 00:40:05.969
having<00:40:03.969><c> on</c><00:40:04.269><c> a</c><00:40:04.409><c> breastplate</c><00:40:04.789><c> of</c><00:40:05.050><c> righteousness.</c>

00:40:07.130 --> 00:40:12.369
So<00:40:07.369><c> how</c><00:40:07.630><c> did</c><00:40:08.289><c> Christ</c><00:40:08.929><c> triumph</c><00:40:09.730><c> over</c><00:40:10.750><c> those</c><00:40:11.130><c> who</c><00:40:11.389><c> crucified</c><00:40:11.889><c> him?</c>

00:40:12.369 --> 00:40:19.829
Well,<00:40:13.409><c> you</c><00:40:13.610><c> see,</c><00:40:14.530><c> in</c><00:40:14.710><c> this</c><00:40:14.949><c> sense</c><00:40:15.630><c> that</c><00:40:16.849><c> all</c><00:40:17.429><c> their</c><00:40:18.489><c> cursing</c>

00:40:19.829 --> 00:40:27.099
and<00:40:20.530><c> hatred</c><00:40:21.190><c> and</c><00:40:22.150><c> bitterness</c><00:40:22.750><c> was</c><00:40:23.829><c> in</c><00:40:24.150><c> him</c><00:40:24.969><c> under</c><00:40:26.190><c> control.</c>

00:40:28.050 --> 00:40:31.369
And<00:40:28.250><c> so</c><00:40:28.369><c> he</c><00:40:28.489><c> was</c><00:40:28.710><c> able</c><00:40:28.849><c> to</c><00:40:29.130><c> say</c><00:40:29.570><c> in</c><00:40:30.230><c> John</c><00:40:30.469><c> chapter</c><00:40:30.750><c> 8</c><00:40:31.030><c> and</c><00:40:31.190><c> verse</c>

00:40:31.369 --> 00:40:35.869
46,<00:40:33.530><c> which</c><00:40:33.550><c> of</c><00:40:33.769><c> you</c><00:40:33.949><c> convinces</c><00:40:34.449><c> me</c><00:40:34.710><c> of</c><00:40:34.989><c> sin?</c>

00:40:36.889 --> 00:40:41.150
So<00:40:37.570><c> we</c><00:40:37.730><c> might</c><00:40:37.969><c> summarize</c><00:40:38.510><c> the</c><00:40:38.829><c> breastplate</c><00:40:39.269><c> of</c><00:40:39.510><c> righteousness</c><00:40:39.909><c> this</c><00:40:40.309><c> way.</c>

00:40:41.789 --> 00:40:46.809
Gain<00:40:42.170><c> the</c><00:40:42.429><c> victory</c><00:40:42.769><c> over</c><00:40:43.170><c> yourself</c><00:40:44.090><c> in</c><00:40:45.309><c> order</c><00:40:45.530><c> to</c><00:40:45.730><c> withstand</c>

00:40:46.809 --> 00:40:49.550
evil<00:40:47.570><c> from</c><00:40:48.570><c> others.</c>

00:40:51.210 --> 00:40:53.369
And<00:40:51.550><c> what</c><00:40:51.630><c> does</c><00:40:51.750><c> that</c><00:40:51.949><c> mean</c><00:40:52.110><c> for</c><00:40:52.349><c> us?</c>

00:40:53.869 --> 00:40:58.929
He<00:40:54.070><c> that</c><00:40:54.250><c> is</c><00:40:54.510><c> slow</c><00:40:54.630><c> to</c><00:40:54.889><c> anger</c><00:40:55.269><c> is</c><00:40:56.429><c> better</c><00:40:56.650><c> than</c><00:40:56.789><c> the</c><00:40:57.010><c> mighty</c><00:40:57.550><c> and</c><00:40:58.670><c> he</c>

00:40:58.929 --> 00:41:03.949
that<00:40:59.150><c> ruleeth</c><00:40:59.409><c> his</c><00:40:59.769><c> spirit</c><00:41:00.650><c> than</c><00:41:02.010><c> he</c><00:41:02.329><c> that</c><00:41:02.590><c> taketh</c><00:41:02.829><c> a</c><00:41:03.030><c> city.</c>

00:41:05.329 --> 00:41:10.829
The<00:41:06.010><c> next</c><00:41:06.289><c> figure</c><00:41:06.469><c> that</c><00:41:06.670><c> we're</c><00:41:06.909><c> given</c><00:41:07.110><c> is</c><00:41:08.090><c> of</c><00:41:08.489><c> feet</c><00:41:09.090><c> shod</c><00:41:10.530><c> with</c>

00:41:10.829 --> 00:41:13.710
the<00:41:11.110><c> preparation</c><00:41:11.690><c> of</c><00:41:12.630><c> the</c><00:41:12.789><c> gospel.</c>

00:41:13.809 --> 00:41:20.010
And<00:41:14.030><c> I</c><00:41:14.150><c> really</c><00:41:14.309><c> love</c><00:41:14.469><c> this</c><00:41:14.769><c> one.</c><00:41:15.210><c> The</c><00:41:15.369><c> apostle</c><00:41:15.750><c> takes</c><00:41:16.130><c> this</c><00:41:16.570><c> figure</c><00:41:16.809><c> from</c><00:41:17.750><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:18.590><c> chapter</c><00:41:19.309><c> 52</c>

00:41:20.010 --> 00:41:21.050
and<00:41:20.570><c> verse</c><00:41:20.809><c> 7.</c>

00:41:21.090 --> 00:41:26.269
Let's<00:41:21.329><c> go</c><00:41:21.550><c> there</c><00:41:21.750><c> together.</c><00:41:22.690><c> Isaiah</c><00:41:23.090><c> chapter</c><00:41:23.429><c> 52</c><00:41:24.130><c> and</c><00:41:25.130><c> verse</c><00:41:25.429><c> 7.</c>

00:41:42.610 --> 00:41:45.010
Isaiah<00:41:43.710><c> 52</c><00:41:44.250><c> verse</c><00:41:44.530><c> 7.</c>

00:41:45.429 --> 00:41:50.590
How<00:41:45.670><c> beautiful</c><00:41:46.610><c> upon</c><00:41:47.190><c> the</c><00:41:47.469><c> mountains</c><00:41:47.989><c> are</c><00:41:48.630><c> the</c><00:41:48.969><c> feet</c><00:41:49.550><c> of</c><00:41:50.349><c> him</c>

00:41:50.590 --> 00:41:55.170
that<00:41:50.969><c> bringeth</c><00:41:51.690><c> good</c><00:41:52.210><c> tidings,</c><00:41:53.510><c> that</c><00:41:53.829><c> publisheth</c><00:41:54.550><c> peace,</c>

00:41:55.170 --> 00:41:59.349
that<00:41:56.130><c> bringeth</c><00:41:56.809><c> good</c><00:41:57.230><c> tidings</c><00:41:57.670><c> of</c><00:41:58.050><c> good,</c><00:41:58.630><c> that</c><00:41:58.929><c> publisheth</c>

00:41:59.349 --> 00:42:05.070
salvation,<00:42:00.590><c> that</c><00:42:00.849><c> seth</c><00:42:01.369><c> unto</c><00:42:01.570><c> Zion</c><00:42:02.170><c> thy</c><00:42:03.170><c> God</c><00:42:03.909><c> reigneth.</c>

00:42:05.929 --> 00:42:09.849
You<00:42:06.030><c> know,</c><00:42:06.210><c> the</c><00:42:06.449><c> context</c><00:42:06.969><c> of</c><00:42:07.190><c> this</c><00:42:07.449><c> verse</c><00:42:07.849><c> is</c><00:42:08.610><c> really</c><00:42:08.929><c> relevant.</c>

00:42:10.550 --> 00:42:15.389
The<00:42:10.909><c> good</c><00:42:11.230><c> news</c><00:42:11.650><c> was</c><00:42:12.349><c> that</c><00:42:13.630><c> God</c><00:42:13.969><c> had</c><00:42:14.369><c> saved.</c>

00:42:16.010 --> 00:42:20.630
God<00:42:16.489><c> had</c><00:42:16.949><c> saved</c><00:42:17.329><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:17.969><c> by</c><00:42:19.010><c> destroying</c><00:42:19.789><c> the</c><00:42:20.190><c> Assyrian</c>

00:42:20.630 --> 00:42:22.110
that<00:42:20.769><c> was</c><00:42:21.030><c> camped</c><00:42:21.329><c> around</c><00:42:21.550><c> about</c><00:42:21.869><c> her.</c>

00:42:22.110 --> 00:42:25.349
Remember<00:42:22.710><c> how</c><00:42:23.469><c> in</c><00:42:23.630><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:42:24.230><c> day</c><00:42:24.389><c> how</c><00:42:24.630><c> the</c><00:42:24.849><c> Assyrians</c>

00:42:25.349 --> 00:42:27.150
encamped<00:42:25.809><c> around</c><00:42:26.130><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:42:27.530 --> 00:42:31.409
And<00:42:27.670><c> finally</c><00:42:28.050><c> when</c><00:42:28.349><c> the</c><00:42:28.650><c> angel,</c><00:42:29.550><c> that</c><00:42:29.829><c> one</c><00:42:30.150><c> angel,</c><00:42:31.110><c> destroyed</c>

00:42:31.409 --> 00:42:34.010
185<00:42:32.449><c>,000</c><00:42:32.769><c> Assyrians,</c>

00:42:35.030 --> 00:42:38.969
that<00:42:35.170><c> the</c><00:42:35.389><c> message</c><00:42:36.070><c> went</c><00:42:36.630><c> out</c><00:42:36.889><c> from</c><00:42:37.130><c> Jerusalem</c><00:42:37.869><c> across</c><00:42:38.710><c> the</c>

00:42:38.969 --> 00:42:40.250
hilltops<00:42:39.389><c> of</c><00:42:39.650><c> Judea.</c>

00:42:40.570 --> 00:42:43.570
People<00:42:40.829><c> set</c><00:42:41.070><c> out</c><00:42:41.309><c> on</c><00:42:41.610><c> foot</c><00:42:41.789><c> and</c><00:42:41.949><c> on</c><00:42:42.130><c> horseback</c><00:42:42.670><c> to</c><00:42:43.090><c> spread</c><00:42:43.309><c> the</c>

00:42:43.570 --> 00:42:49.170
message,<00:42:44.190><c> the</c><00:42:44.489><c> good</c><00:42:44.750><c> news,</c><00:42:45.610><c> that</c><00:42:46.050><c> God</c><00:42:46.570><c> had</c><00:42:47.210><c> saved</c><00:42:47.789><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:42:50.269 --> 00:42:54.369
And<00:42:50.789><c> if</c><00:42:51.309><c> you</c><00:42:51.489><c> were</c><00:42:51.610><c> one</c><00:42:51.730><c> of</c><00:42:51.869><c> those</c><00:42:52.130><c> people</c><00:42:52.429><c> that</c><00:42:52.829><c> was</c><00:42:53.190><c> given</c><00:42:53.369><c> the</c><00:42:53.670><c> task</c><00:42:53.949><c> of</c>

00:42:54.369 --> 00:42:56.809
bearing<00:42:54.630><c> that</c><00:42:55.070><c> message,</c><00:42:55.409><c> how</c><00:42:55.650><c> would</c><00:42:55.769><c> you</c><00:42:56.010><c> feel?</c>

00:42:57.190 --> 00:43:01.610
I<00:42:57.409><c> don't</c><00:42:57.510><c> know</c><00:42:57.650><c> about</c><00:42:57.889><c> you,</c><00:42:58.429><c> but</c><00:42:58.630><c> I</c><00:42:58.829><c> would</c><00:42:59.070><c> feel</c><00:42:59.369><c> enthusiastic.</c><00:43:00.349><c> I</c><00:43:00.530><c> would</c><00:43:00.670><c> be</c><00:43:00.969><c> excited.</c>

00:43:01.949 --> 00:43:06.489
You<00:43:02.190><c> couldn't</c><00:43:02.389><c> wait</c><00:43:02.610><c> to</c><00:43:02.769><c> go</c><00:43:02.849><c> and</c><00:43:03.170><c> tell</c><00:43:03.389><c> people</c><00:43:03.909><c> that</c><00:43:04.530><c> God</c><00:43:04.989><c> had</c><00:43:05.510><c> saved.</c>

00:43:08.250 --> 00:43:13.269
Well,<00:43:08.469><c> you</c><00:43:08.469><c> know,</c><00:43:09.409><c> brothers</c><00:43:09.570><c> and</c><00:43:09.789><c> sisters</c><00:43:10.010><c> and</c><00:43:10.190><c> young</c><00:43:10.349><c> people,</c><00:43:12.030><c> the</c><00:43:12.289><c> point</c><00:43:12.409><c> that</c><00:43:12.570><c> the</c><00:43:12.710><c> apostle</c><00:43:13.010><c> is</c>

00:43:13.269 --> 00:43:14.409
making<00:43:13.550><c> is</c><00:43:13.889><c> that</c>

00:43:14.409 --> 00:43:20.030
it's<00:43:14.889><c> with</c><00:43:15.170><c> that</c><00:43:15.710><c> same</c><00:43:16.690><c> enthusiasm</c><00:43:17.730><c> that</c><00:43:19.170><c> we</c><00:43:19.489><c> should</c><00:43:19.690><c> publish</c>

00:43:20.030 --> 00:43:21.110
the<00:43:20.250><c> gospel.</c>

00:43:22.190 --> 00:43:26.050
How<00:43:22.510><c> do</c><00:43:22.650><c> we</c><00:43:22.730><c> know</c><00:43:22.929><c> that?</c><00:43:23.289><c> Well,</c><00:43:23.349><c> you</c><00:43:23.510><c> see,</c><00:43:24.429><c> because</c><00:43:25.130><c> in</c><00:43:25.750><c> Romans</c>

00:43:26.050 --> 00:43:28.789
chapter<00:43:26.369><c> 10</c><00:43:26.650><c> and</c><00:43:26.829><c> verses</c><00:43:27.150><c> 14</c><00:43:27.510><c> and</c><00:43:27.650><c> 15,</c>

00:43:28.809 --> 00:43:34.230
the<00:43:29.010><c> apostle</c><00:43:29.510><c> quotes</c><00:43:30.030><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:30.730><c> 52</c><00:43:31.730><c> and</c><00:43:32.250><c> verse</c><00:43:32.550><c> 7</c><00:43:33.250><c> and</c><00:43:33.969><c> applies</c>

00:43:34.230 --> 00:43:35.449
it<00:43:34.409><c> to</c><00:43:34.610><c> preaching</c><00:43:34.829><c> the</c><00:43:35.070><c> gospel.</c>

00:43:35.449 --> 00:43:41.570
How<00:43:36.590><c> beautiful</c><00:43:37.349><c> are</c><00:43:37.750><c> the</c><00:43:38.150><c> feet</c><00:43:38.530><c> of</c><00:43:39.690><c> them</c><00:43:40.010><c> that</c><00:43:40.289><c> publish</c><00:43:40.769><c> the</c>

00:43:41.570 --> 00:43:46.789
gospel<00:43:42.090><c> of</c><00:43:42.570><c> peace</c><00:43:43.190><c> and</c><00:43:44.369><c> bring</c><00:43:44.630><c> glad</c><00:43:44.969><c> tidings</c><00:43:45.309><c> of</c><00:43:45.469><c> good</c><00:43:45.730><c> things.</c>

00:43:48.110 --> 00:43:49.829
And<00:43:48.269><c> there's</c><00:43:48.429><c> another</c><00:43:48.690><c> principle,</c><00:43:49.110><c> you</c><00:43:49.309><c> know,</c><00:43:49.469><c> that</c><00:43:49.630><c> comes</c>

00:43:49.829 --> 00:43:51.250
out<00:43:50.030><c> of</c><00:43:50.190><c> this.</c>

00:43:52.309 --> 00:43:56.650
Why<00:43:52.550><c> does</c><00:43:52.710><c> it</c><00:43:52.989><c> mention</c><00:43:53.469><c> feet?</c><00:43:55.630><c> Well,</c><00:43:55.809><c> quite</c><00:43:55.989><c> simply</c><00:43:56.269><c> because,</c>

00:43:56.789 --> 00:44:01.710
you<00:43:56.889><c> see,</c><00:43:58.190><c> we</c><00:43:58.429><c> must</c><00:43:58.949><c> take</c><00:43:59.789><c> the</c><00:44:00.210><c> gospel</c><00:44:00.670><c> to</c><00:44:01.289><c> others.</c>

00:44:01.710 --> 00:44:06.409
Just<00:44:02.530><c> as</c><00:44:02.829><c> those</c><00:44:03.230><c> messengers</c><00:44:04.329><c> took</c><00:44:04.630><c> the</c><00:44:04.849><c> gospel</c><00:44:05.329><c> to</c><00:44:06.010><c> all</c><00:44:06.230><c> the</c>

00:44:06.409 --> 00:44:09.309
cities<00:44:06.989><c> of</c><00:44:07.590><c> Judea.</c>

00:44:09.949 --> 00:44:13.250
So<00:44:10.030><c> we</c><00:44:10.130><c> need</c><00:44:10.250><c> to</c><00:44:10.389><c> remember,</c><00:44:10.909><c> brothers</c><00:44:10.989><c> and</c><00:44:11.250><c> sisters</c><00:44:11.469><c> and</c><00:44:11.650><c> young</c><00:44:11.809><c> people,</c><00:44:13.170><c> that</c>

00:44:13.250 --> 00:44:16.210
sitting<00:44:13.489><c> in</c><00:44:13.650><c> a</c><00:44:13.789><c> lecture</c><00:44:14.610><c> each</c><00:44:15.389><c> week</c>

00:44:16.630 --> 00:44:21.210
or<00:44:17.269><c> in</c><00:44:17.429><c> a</c><00:44:17.590><c> seminar</c><00:44:18.170><c> does</c><00:44:19.130><c> not</c><00:44:19.409><c> discharge</c><00:44:20.050><c> our</c><00:44:20.489><c> responsibility</c>

00:44:21.210 --> 00:44:26.829
to<00:44:22.570><c> carry</c><00:44:23.230><c> the</c><00:44:23.710><c> good</c><00:44:23.929><c> news</c><00:44:24.469><c> with</c><00:44:24.789><c> our</c><00:44:25.090><c> feet</c><00:44:25.789><c> across</c><00:44:26.409><c> the</c><00:44:26.650><c> hills</c>

00:44:26.829 --> 00:44:28.789
of<00:44:27.030><c> Judea</c><00:44:27.690><c> to</c><00:44:27.949><c> others.</c>

00:44:29.909 --> 00:44:34.130
So<00:44:30.630><c> in</c><00:44:30.849><c> Ephesians</c><00:44:31.269><c> chapter</c><00:44:31.550><c> 6</c><00:44:31.909><c> and</c><00:44:32.090><c> verse</c><00:44:32.250><c> 15,</c><00:44:32.730><c> the</c><00:44:32.829><c> apostle</c><00:44:33.170><c> says,</c>

00:44:34.269 --> 00:44:39.070
our<00:44:34.309><c> feet</c><00:44:34.570><c> should</c><00:44:36.769><c> be</c><00:44:37.030><c> shod</c><00:44:37.309><c> with</c><00:44:37.849><c> the</c><00:44:38.170><c> preparation</c><00:44:38.630><c> of</c><00:44:38.829><c> the</c>

00:44:39.070 --> 00:44:40.550
gospel<00:44:39.389><c> of</c><00:44:39.670><c> peace.</c>

00:44:40.949 --> 00:44:45.409
He's<00:44:41.250><c> referring</c><00:44:41.710><c> to</c><00:44:42.070><c> preaching</c><00:44:42.849><c> enthusiastically,</c><00:44:44.869><c> taking</c>

00:44:45.409 --> 00:44:47.210
the<00:44:45.730><c> gospel</c><00:44:46.050><c> to</c><00:44:46.349><c> others,</c>

00:44:47.449 --> 00:44:51.510
bind<00:44:47.650><c> the</c><00:44:47.869><c> gospel</c><00:44:48.250><c> to</c><00:44:48.630><c> our</c><00:44:49.610><c> feet</c><00:44:49.949><c> so</c><00:44:50.449><c> that</c><00:44:50.610><c> it</c><00:44:50.809><c> goes</c><00:44:51.090><c> wherever</c>

00:44:51.510 --> 00:44:53.130
we<00:44:51.889><c> go.</c>

00:44:57.590 --> 00:45:00.050
So<00:44:58.230><c> let's</c><00:44:58.489><c> just</c><00:44:58.769><c> consider</c><00:44:59.090><c> some</c><00:44:59.289><c> of</c><00:44:59.429><c> the</c><00:44:59.550><c> points</c><00:44:59.710><c> that</c><00:44:59.849><c> are</c><00:44:59.949><c> on</c>

00:45:00.050 --> 00:45:01.349
the<00:45:00.309><c> slide</c><00:45:00.530><c> then.</c>

00:45:02.050 --> 00:45:06.210
Feet<00:45:02.369><c> shod</c><00:45:02.550><c> with</c><00:45:02.769><c> the</c><00:45:03.010><c> preparation</c><00:45:03.409><c> of</c><00:45:03.590><c> the</c><00:45:03.710><c> gospel</c><00:45:04.170><c> of</c><00:45:05.730><c> peace</c>

00:45:06.210 --> 00:45:11.469
refers<00:45:06.969><c> to</c><00:45:07.630><c> enthusiastically</c><00:45:08.849><c> taking</c><00:45:09.690><c> the</c><00:45:10.110><c> gospel</c><00:45:10.590><c> of</c><00:45:11.010><c> peace</c>

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to<00:45:12.010><c> others.</c>

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How<00:45:13.389><c> does</c><00:45:13.590><c> preaching</c><00:45:13.969><c> help</c><00:45:14.210><c> to</c><00:45:14.429><c> defend</c><00:45:14.690><c> us?</c>

00:45:15.190 --> 00:45:22.469
In<00:45:16.050><c> preaching</c><00:45:16.590><c> enthusiastically</c><00:45:17.630><c> by</c><00:45:18.130><c> word</c><00:45:18.570><c> and</c><00:45:18.949><c> example,</c><00:45:20.309><c> Paul</c><00:45:20.670><c> turns</c><00:45:21.150><c> some</c><00:45:21.789><c> in</c>

00:45:22.469 --> 00:45:25.730
Caesar's<00:45:23.070><c> household</c><00:45:23.610><c> from</c><00:45:24.489><c> foes</c><00:45:25.150><c> to</c><00:45:25.449><c> friends.</c>

00:45:25.809 --> 00:45:34.190
Think<00:45:26.030><c> about</c><00:45:26.449><c> that.</c><00:45:28.150><c> And</c><00:45:28.289><c> as</c><00:45:28.550><c> our</c><00:45:29.309><c> hymn</c><00:45:30.070><c> 344</c><00:45:31.530><c> says,</c><00:45:32.889><c> brave</c><00:45:33.210><c> the</c><00:45:33.510><c> foe,</c>

00:45:34.190 --> 00:45:40.309
proclaim<00:45:35.590><c> the</c><00:45:35.869><c> word,</c><00:45:36.989><c> sons</c><00:45:37.289><c> and</c><00:45:37.570><c> daughters</c><00:45:37.849><c> of</c><00:45:38.230><c> the</c><00:45:38.409><c> Lord,</c><00:45:39.510><c> work</c><00:45:39.849><c> ye</c>

00:45:40.309 --> 00:45:46.090
for<00:45:40.550><c> the</c><00:45:40.829><c> Lord</c><00:45:41.050><c> of</c><00:45:41.289><c> heaven,</c><00:45:42.409><c> give</c><00:45:42.769><c> as</c><00:45:43.610><c> he</c><00:45:44.289><c> has</c><00:45:44.789><c> freely</c><00:45:45.190><c> given.</c>

00:45:46.610 --> 00:45:53.190
And<00:45:46.889><c> so</c><00:45:47.010><c> we</c><00:45:47.170><c> might</c><00:45:47.409><c> summarize</c><00:45:48.369><c> that</c><00:45:49.449><c> this</c><00:45:49.949><c> way,</c><00:45:51.190><c> overcome</c><00:45:51.510><c> evil</c><00:45:52.070><c> with</c><00:45:52.929><c> the</c>

00:45:53.190 --> 00:45:55.449
gospel<00:45:53.690><c> of</c><00:45:54.489><c> peace.</c>

00:45:56.389 --> 00:46:00.489
So<00:45:56.670><c> the</c><00:45:56.829><c> best</c><00:45:56.989><c> way</c><00:45:57.190><c> to</c><00:45:57.389><c> overcome</c><00:45:57.690><c> our</c><00:45:57.949><c> enemy</c><00:45:58.309><c> is</c><00:45:59.349><c> to</c><00:45:59.610><c> convert</c><00:45:59.929><c> him.</c>

00:46:00.489 --> 00:46:06.929
As<00:46:01.409><c> followers</c><00:46:01.809><c> of</c><00:46:02.050><c> Christ,</c><00:46:02.670><c> we</c><00:46:02.670><c> are</c><00:46:03.050><c> both</c><00:46:03.929><c> soldiers</c><00:46:04.570><c> and</c><00:46:05.690><c> ambassadors.</c>

00:46:08.909 --> 00:46:11.650
The<00:46:09.090><c> shield</c><00:46:09.650><c> of</c><00:46:10.449><c> faith.</c>

00:46:17.269 --> 00:46:22.389
Let's<00:46:17.650><c> just</c><00:46:17.969><c> read,</c><00:46:18.429><c> go</c><00:46:18.650><c> back</c><00:46:18.909><c> to</c><00:46:20.309><c> Ephesians</c><00:46:20.769><c> chapter</c><00:46:21.050><c> 6.</c>

00:46:24.309 --> 00:46:28.969
The<00:46:25.030><c> apostle</c><00:46:25.309><c> says</c><00:46:25.590><c> in</c><00:46:25.750><c> verse</c><00:46:25.969><c> 16,</c><00:46:26.969><c> above</c><00:46:27.329><c> all,</c><00:46:28.349><c> taking</c><00:46:28.650><c> the</c>

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shield<00:46:29.269><c> of</c><00:46:29.610><c> faith,</c>

00:46:30.670 --> 00:46:35.750
wherewith<00:46:31.130><c> ye</c><00:46:31.849><c> shall</c><00:46:31.969><c> be</c><00:46:32.250><c> able</c><00:46:32.469><c> to</c><00:46:32.809><c> quench</c><00:46:33.409><c> all</c><00:46:33.869><c> the</c><00:46:34.250><c> fiery</c><00:46:34.570><c> darts</c><00:46:35.030><c> of</c>

00:46:35.750 --> 00:46:36.789
the<00:46:35.949><c> wicked.</c>

00:46:38.750 --> 00:46:42.949
As<00:46:39.190><c> we've</c><00:46:39.369><c> got</c><00:46:39.429><c> on</c><00:46:39.650><c> the</c><00:46:40.230><c> slide</c><00:46:40.530><c> here,</c><00:46:41.769><c> fiery</c><00:46:41.969><c> darts</c><00:46:42.349><c> were</c><00:46:42.630><c> used</c>

00:46:42.949 --> 00:46:47.550
in<00:46:43.269><c> warfare</c><00:46:43.789><c> to</c><00:46:44.530><c> destroy</c><00:46:45.030><c> the</c><00:46:45.369><c> enemy's</c><00:46:45.969><c> property</c><00:46:46.329><c> and</c><00:46:47.110><c> defenses.</c>

00:46:47.550 --> 00:46:55.869
You<00:46:48.070><c> might</c><00:46:48.329><c> remember</c><00:46:49.349><c> the</c><00:46:50.710><c> first</c><00:46:51.110><c> song</c><00:46:51.750><c> of</c><00:46:52.269><c> degrees,</c><00:46:53.510><c> Psalm</c><00:46:53.630><c> 120.</c>

00:46:56.469 --> 00:47:00.409
The<00:46:56.889><c> Psalmist</c><00:46:57.349><c> talks</c><00:46:57.670><c> about</c><00:46:58.349><c> the</c><00:46:58.750><c> arrows</c><00:46:59.150><c> of</c><00:46:59.369><c> the</c><00:46:59.590><c> mighty</c><00:46:59.949><c> and</c>

00:47:00.409 --> 00:47:01.789
coals<00:47:00.690><c> of</c><00:47:00.929><c> Juniper.</c>

00:47:02.050 --> 00:47:06.389
Arrows<00:47:02.510><c> that</c><00:47:02.730><c> were</c><00:47:03.670><c> potentially</c><00:47:04.329><c> to</c><00:47:04.570><c> be</c><00:47:04.829><c> fired</c><00:47:05.090><c> into</c><00:47:05.349><c> Jerusalem.</c>

00:47:07.150 --> 00:47:15.349
So<00:47:07.230><c> these</c><00:47:07.849><c> fiery</c><00:47:08.170><c> darts</c><00:47:08.610><c> are</c><00:47:09.070><c> a</c><00:47:09.250><c> metaphor</c><00:47:09.710><c> for</c><00:47:10.369><c> any</c><00:47:10.750><c> attack</c><00:47:11.070><c> from</c><00:47:11.289><c> the</c><00:47:11.469><c> wicked</c><00:47:11.809><c> that</c><00:47:12.550><c> could</c><00:47:12.769><c> destroy</c><00:47:13.730><c> our</c><00:47:14.289><c> walk</c><00:47:14.530><c> in</c><00:47:14.889><c> Christ.</c>

00:47:15.349 --> 00:47:19.710
So<00:47:16.650><c> how</c><00:47:17.250><c> does</c><00:47:17.789><c> faith</c><00:47:18.130><c> defend</c><00:47:18.670><c> us?</c>

00:47:20.090 --> 00:47:24.349
Well,<00:47:20.429><c> it</c><00:47:20.570><c> enables</c><00:47:20.949><c> us</c><00:47:21.469><c> to</c><00:47:21.710><c> do</c><00:47:22.369><c> at</c><00:47:22.789><c> least</c><00:47:22.949><c> two</c><00:47:23.210><c> things.</c>

00:47:24.730 --> 00:47:29.570
To<00:47:24.769><c> endure,</c><00:47:25.530><c> firstly,</c><00:47:27.369><c> persecution</c><00:47:27.989><c> and</c><00:47:28.690><c> afflictions</c><00:47:29.289><c> from</c>

00:47:29.570 --> 00:47:34.210
without,<00:47:30.730><c> as</c><00:47:31.690><c> Peter</c><00:47:31.989><c> speaks</c><00:47:32.349><c> about</c><00:47:32.590><c> in</c><00:47:32.789><c> his</c><00:47:33.030><c> first</c><00:47:33.269><c> epistle.</c>

00:47:34.590 --> 00:47:38.909
And<00:47:34.829><c> to</c><00:47:35.030><c> endure</c><00:47:35.929><c> temptation</c><00:47:36.949><c> from</c><00:47:37.929><c> within.</c>

00:47:40.210 --> 00:47:43.929
So<00:47:40.849><c> we</c><00:47:41.010><c> might</c><00:47:41.230><c> summarize</c><00:47:41.750><c> the</c><00:47:41.969><c> shield</c><00:47:42.170><c> of</c><00:47:42.429><c> faith</c><00:47:42.610><c> this</c><00:47:42.929><c> way.</c>

00:47:44.550 --> 00:47:47.210
Let<00:47:44.670><c> faith</c><00:47:45.250><c> cast</c><00:47:45.730><c> out</c><00:47:46.090><c> your</c><00:47:46.369><c> fear.</c>

00:47:48.329 --> 00:47:58.110
And<00:47:48.449><c> you</c><00:47:48.570><c> know,</c><00:47:48.730><c> we</c><00:47:48.829><c> can</c><00:47:49.010><c> only</c><00:47:49.230><c> do</c><00:47:49.469><c> that</c><00:47:49.710><c> when</c><00:47:49.969><c> we,</c><00:47:50.769><c> like</c><00:47:50.889><c> Joshua,</c><00:47:53.769><c> in</c><00:47:54.030><c> faith</c><00:47:54.389><c> believe</c><00:47:55.050><c> that</c><00:47:55.730><c> the</c><00:47:56.010><c> battle</c><00:47:56.650><c> is</c><00:47:57.289><c> Yahweh's.</c>

00:47:59.750 --> 00:48:01.429
What<00:48:00.050><c> about</c><00:48:00.349><c> the</c><00:48:00.610><c> helmet?</c>

00:48:02.090 --> 00:48:04.010
The<00:48:02.409><c> helmet</c><00:48:02.809><c> of</c><00:48:03.449><c> salvation.</c>

00:48:04.010 --> 00:48:06.650
We<00:48:04.889><c> read</c><00:48:05.110><c> of</c><00:48:05.230><c> that</c><00:48:05.369><c> in</c><00:48:05.489><c> verse</c><00:48:05.670><c> 17.</c>

00:48:12.909 --> 00:48:20.289
Once<00:48:13.869><c> again,</c><00:48:15.530><c> we</c><00:48:15.590><c> recall</c><00:48:16.110><c> that</c><00:48:16.590><c> in</c><00:48:16.769><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:17.329><c> 59,</c><00:48:18.949><c> Christ</c><00:48:18.969><c> put</c><00:48:19.230><c> on</c><00:48:19.969><c> a</c>

00:48:20.289 --> 00:48:22.369
helmet<00:48:20.710><c> of</c><00:48:21.329><c> salvation.</c>

00:48:22.769 --> 00:48:29.989
Paul<00:48:23.010><c> elsewhere</c><00:48:23.949><c> speaks</c><00:48:24.710><c> of</c><00:48:24.949><c> putting</c><00:48:25.230><c> on,</c><00:48:25.710><c> for</c><00:48:25.949><c> a</c><00:48:26.130><c> helmet,</c><00:48:27.030><c> the</c><00:48:27.429><c> hope</c><00:48:27.989><c> of</c><00:48:28.969><c> salvation.</c>

00:48:30.489 --> 00:48:33.789
So<00:48:31.130><c> how</c><00:48:31.329><c> did</c><00:48:31.489><c> Christ</c><00:48:31.829><c> put</c><00:48:32.050><c> on</c><00:48:32.250><c> that</c><00:48:32.449><c> helmet</c><00:48:32.650><c> of</c><00:48:32.869><c> salvation?</c>

00:48:34.289 --> 00:48:37.170
Well,<00:48:34.510><c> I</c><00:48:34.630><c> think</c><00:48:34.789><c> in</c><00:48:34.969><c> this</c><00:48:35.230><c> way,</c><00:48:35.929><c> or</c><00:48:36.210><c> it's</c><00:48:36.469><c> illustrated</c><00:48:36.889><c> by</c>

00:48:37.170 --> 00:48:38.369
this<00:48:37.449><c> verse.</c>

00:48:38.630 --> 00:48:44.610
For<00:48:38.630><c> the</c><00:48:39.010><c> joy</c><00:48:39.590><c> that</c><00:48:40.130><c> was</c><00:48:40.409><c> set</c><00:48:40.650><c> before</c><00:48:41.110><c> him,</c><00:48:42.510><c> he</c><00:48:42.690><c> endured</c><00:48:43.190><c> the</c><00:48:43.730><c> cross.</c>

00:48:45.769 --> 00:48:51.250
So<00:48:45.929><c> we</c><00:48:46.070><c> might</c><00:48:46.309><c> say,</c><00:48:47.969><c> salvation</c><00:48:48.489><c> protects</c><00:48:49.050><c> the</c><00:48:49.369><c> mind</c><00:48:49.889><c> when</c><00:48:50.949><c> the</c>

00:48:51.250 --> 00:48:54.190
mind<00:48:51.909><c> is</c><00:48:52.469><c> occupied</c><00:48:52.969><c> with</c><00:48:53.250><c> it.</c>

00:48:54.769 --> 00:48:57.929
So<00:48:55.090><c> we</c><00:48:55.210><c> could</c><00:48:55.429><c> summarize</c><00:48:56.030><c> the</c><00:48:56.309><c> helmet</c><00:48:56.449><c> of</c><00:48:56.650><c> salvation</c><00:48:57.110><c> this</c><00:48:57.429><c> way.</c>

00:48:57.929 --> 00:49:02.510
Hope<00:48:58.690><c> to</c><00:48:58.969><c> the</c><00:48:59.190><c> end,</c><00:49:00.309><c> for</c><00:49:00.409><c> the</c><00:49:00.650><c> grace</c><00:49:01.309><c> that</c><00:49:01.750><c> is</c><00:49:01.949><c> to</c><00:49:02.050><c> be</c><00:49:02.269><c> brought</c>

00:49:02.510 --> 00:49:04.949
unto<00:49:02.849><c> you.</c>

00:49:06.050 --> 00:49:09.869
Rejoicing<00:49:06.650><c> hope</c><00:49:07.190><c> and</c><00:49:08.150><c> the</c><00:49:08.309><c> joy</c><00:49:08.469><c> of</c><00:49:08.730><c> salvation.</c>

00:49:10.730 --> 00:49:13.650
Father,<00:49:11.010><c> we</c><00:49:11.289><c> thank</c><00:49:11.469><c> thee</c><00:49:11.650><c> the</c><00:49:11.829><c> morning</c><00:49:12.110><c> draws</c><00:49:12.409><c> near.</c>

00:49:14.050 --> 00:49:18.030
Shadows<00:49:14.309><c> of</c><00:49:14.610><c> dread</c><00:49:15.050><c> brood</c><00:49:15.730><c> above</c><00:49:16.489><c> every</c><00:49:16.949><c> nation.</c>

00:49:18.610 --> 00:49:22.769
Dark<00:49:18.849><c> is</c><00:49:19.090><c> the</c><00:49:19.329><c> night,</c><00:49:20.050><c> but</c><00:49:20.250><c> the</c><00:49:20.510><c> vision</c><00:49:21.010><c> is</c><00:49:21.889><c> clear.</c>

00:49:24.730 --> 00:49:30.170
And<00:49:25.289><c> we</c><00:49:25.590><c> have</c><00:49:25.789><c> then</c><00:49:26.449><c> the</c><00:49:27.570><c> sword</c><00:49:28.170><c> of</c><00:49:28.849><c> the</c><00:49:29.090><c> spirit.</c>

00:49:33.389 --> 00:49:41.949
It's<00:49:33.670><c> a</c><00:49:33.769><c> Greek</c><00:49:33.949><c> word,</c><00:49:35.610><c> Makaria,</c><00:49:40.309><c> which</c><00:49:40.309><c> was</c><00:49:40.710><c> a,</c><00:49:41.530><c> there</c><00:49:41.710><c> was</c><00:49:41.829><c> a</c>

00:49:41.949 --> 00:49:44.329
number<00:49:42.150><c> of</c><00:49:42.449><c> swords</c><00:49:42.670><c> that</c><00:49:43.050><c> a</c><00:49:43.289><c> Roman</c><00:49:43.550><c> soldier</c><00:49:43.889><c> may</c><00:49:44.110><c> have</c><00:49:44.230><c> had.</c>

00:49:44.369 --> 00:49:47.429
This<00:49:44.550><c> one</c><00:49:44.690><c> was</c><00:49:44.909><c> the</c><00:49:45.050><c> one</c><00:49:45.389><c> that</c><00:49:45.570><c> was</c><00:49:45.690><c> about</c><00:49:46.010><c> 70</c><00:49:46.409><c> centimeters</c><00:49:46.849><c> long,</c>

00:49:47.909 --> 00:49:51.690
as<00:49:48.130><c> opposed</c><00:49:48.409><c> to</c><00:49:48.590><c> the</c><00:49:48.829><c> larger</c><00:49:49.190><c> broadsword,</c><00:49:50.070><c> which</c><00:49:50.070><c> was</c><00:49:50.449><c> the</c><00:49:51.010><c> Rumfaria.</c>

00:49:51.690 --> 00:49:56.190
It's<00:49:52.849><c> used</c><00:49:53.070><c> in</c><00:49:53.389><c> close</c><00:49:53.949><c> hand</c><00:49:54.630><c>-to</c><00:49:54.849><c>-hand</c><00:49:55.130><c> combat.</c>

00:49:56.909 --> 00:50:00.929
And<00:49:56.949><c> the</c><00:49:57.230><c> sword</c><00:49:57.389><c> derives</c><00:49:57.889><c> its</c><00:49:58.190><c> power</c><00:49:58.789><c> from</c><00:49:59.449><c> the</c><00:49:59.710><c> word</c><00:49:59.889><c> of</c><00:50:00.170><c> God.</c>

00:50:01.070 --> 00:50:03.929
Let's<00:50:01.369><c> just</c><00:50:01.630><c> pause</c><00:50:01.869><c> there</c><00:50:02.110><c> and</c><00:50:02.309><c> consider</c><00:50:02.630><c> this,</c><00:50:03.090><c> that</c><00:50:03.469><c> it's</c>

00:50:03.929 --> 00:50:06.849
the<00:50:04.170><c> same</c><00:50:04.690><c> word</c><00:50:04.989><c> that's</c><00:50:05.309><c> used</c><00:50:05.429><c> to</c><00:50:05.730><c> describe</c><00:50:06.030><c> the</c><00:50:06.309><c> sword</c><00:50:06.530><c> that</c>

00:50:06.849 --> 00:50:07.849
Peter<00:50:07.050><c> had.</c>

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Are<00:50:08.250><c> we</c><00:50:08.409><c> talking</c><00:50:08.610><c> here</c><00:50:08.909><c> about</c><00:50:09.269><c> an</c><00:50:09.510><c> offensive</c><00:50:10.429><c> weapon?</c>

00:50:11.389 --> 00:50:12.989
Well,<00:50:11.570><c> think</c><00:50:11.710><c> about</c><00:50:11.989><c> this.</c>

00:50:13.530 --> 00:50:18.590
It's<00:50:14.090><c> the</c><00:50:14.349><c> same</c><00:50:15.630><c> sword</c><00:50:15.969><c> that</c><00:50:16.289><c> Peter</c><00:50:16.469><c> used</c><00:50:17.070><c> to</c><00:50:17.489><c> cut</c><00:50:17.730><c> off</c><00:50:17.989><c> the</c><00:50:18.210><c> ear</c><00:50:18.389><c> of</c>

00:50:18.590 --> 00:50:23.210
the<00:50:18.730><c> high</c><00:50:19.010><c> priest,</c><00:50:20.150><c> the</c><00:50:20.789><c> right</c><00:50:21.210><c> ear</c><00:50:21.409><c> of</c><00:50:21.570><c> the</c><00:50:21.750><c> high</c><00:50:21.969><c> priest's</c><00:50:22.369><c> servant.</c>

00:50:23.429 --> 00:50:25.389
And<00:50:23.710><c> we</c><00:50:23.789><c> know</c><00:50:23.929><c> what</c><00:50:24.130><c> Christ</c><00:50:24.409><c> did,</c><00:50:24.690><c> didn't</c><00:50:24.909><c> he?</c>

00:50:25.889 --> 00:50:28.690
He<00:50:26.309><c> healed</c><00:50:26.550><c> the</c><00:50:26.789><c> man</c><00:50:27.349><c> there</c><00:50:28.110><c> on</c><00:50:28.289><c> the</c><00:50:28.530><c> spot.</c>

00:50:28.710 --> 00:50:31.789
So<00:50:28.849><c> we're</c><00:50:29.010><c> not</c><00:50:29.210><c> talking</c><00:50:29.469><c> here</c><00:50:29.769><c> about</c><00:50:30.510><c> something</c><00:50:30.889><c> offensive,</c>

00:50:31.789 --> 00:50:37.409
offensive<00:50:32.510><c> in</c><00:50:33.389><c> the</c><00:50:33.530><c> sense</c><00:50:33.710><c> of</c><00:50:33.989><c> being</c><00:50:34.610><c> used</c><00:50:35.590><c> as</c><00:50:36.389><c> an</c><00:50:36.530><c> aggression.</c>

00:50:37.909 --> 00:50:42.710
The<00:50:38.349><c> sword</c><00:50:38.789><c> derives</c><00:50:39.369><c> its</c><00:50:39.630><c> power</c><00:50:39.909><c> from</c><00:50:40.650><c> the</c><00:50:41.030><c> word</c><00:50:41.230><c> of</c><00:50:41.449><c> God,</c><00:50:41.710><c> we're</c><00:50:41.869><c> told</c><00:50:42.349><c> in</c>

00:50:42.710 --> 00:50:44.050
verse<00:50:42.949><c> 17.</c>

00:50:44.449 --> 00:50:45.989
What<00:50:44.610><c> is</c><00:50:44.849><c> that</c><00:50:45.090><c> power?</c>

00:50:46.429 --> 00:50:49.230
Well,<00:50:47.210><c> it's</c><00:50:47.449><c> the</c><00:50:47.630><c> ability</c><00:50:48.110><c> to</c><00:50:48.530><c> do</c><00:50:48.690><c> two</c><00:50:48.949><c> things,</c>

00:50:49.269 --> 00:50:54.869
to<00:50:49.530><c> destroy</c><00:50:50.809><c> arguments</c><00:50:51.849><c> and</c><00:50:52.210><c> every</c><00:50:52.690><c> lofty</c><00:50:53.269><c> opinion</c><00:50:53.889><c> raised</c>

00:50:54.869 --> 00:50:57.329
against<00:50:55.230><c> the</c><00:50:55.590><c> knowledge</c><00:50:55.949><c> of</c><00:50:56.309><c> God,</c>

00:50:57.630 --> 00:51:00.429
2<00:50:57.849><c> Corinthians</c><00:50:58.329><c> 10</c><00:50:58.730><c> and</c><00:50:58.929><c> verse</c><00:50:59.190><c> 5,</c>

00:51:00.789 --> 00:51:05.570
and<00:51:01.289><c> to</c><00:51:01.550><c> expose</c><00:51:02.190><c> the</c><00:51:02.570><c> thoughts</c><00:51:02.989><c> and</c><00:51:03.769><c> intents</c><00:51:04.210><c> of</c><00:51:04.409><c> the</c><00:51:04.610><c> heart.</c>

00:51:06.070 --> 00:51:10.909
And<00:51:06.670><c> that</c><00:51:06.829><c> was</c><00:51:07.030><c> important,</c><00:51:07.889><c> both</c><00:51:08.550><c> in</c><00:51:09.530><c> the</c><00:51:09.710><c> first</c><00:51:09.869><c> century</c><00:51:10.230><c> and</c><00:51:10.429><c> now,</c>

00:51:11.309 --> 00:51:17.409
to<00:51:11.929><c> make</c><00:51:12.210><c> a</c><00:51:12.489><c> stand</c><00:51:12.789><c> against</c><00:51:13.949><c> the</c><00:51:15.829><c> various</c><00:51:16.570><c> winds</c><00:51:16.869><c> of</c><00:51:17.130><c> doctrine</c>

00:51:17.409 --> 00:51:20.750
that<00:51:17.610><c> were</c><00:51:17.750><c> blowing</c><00:51:17.969><c> over</c><00:51:19.070><c> the</c><00:51:19.489><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:19.789><c> world</c><00:51:19.989><c> at</c><00:51:20.190><c> that</c><00:51:20.409><c> time.</c>

00:51:21.190 --> 00:51:24.150
So<00:51:21.389><c> we</c><00:51:21.510><c> might</c><00:51:21.670><c> summarize</c><00:51:22.110><c> the</c><00:51:22.369><c> sword</c><00:51:22.469><c> of</c><00:51:22.610><c> the</c><00:51:22.809><c> spirit</c><00:51:22.949><c> this</c><00:51:23.250><c> way.</c>

00:51:24.570 --> 00:51:28.750
Take<00:51:24.789><c> heed</c><00:51:25.010><c> unto</c><00:51:25.329><c> thyself</c><00:51:26.269><c> and</c><00:51:27.429><c> unto</c><00:51:28.050><c> the</c><00:51:28.289><c> doctrine.</c>

00:51:28.750 --> 00:51:32.349
Once<00:51:29.530><c> again,</c><00:51:29.829><c> words</c><00:51:30.269><c> that</c><00:51:30.550><c> come</c><00:51:30.710><c> from</c><00:51:31.510><c> the</c><00:51:31.789><c> apostle's</c><00:51:32.210><c> letter</c>

00:51:32.349 --> 00:51:34.010
to<00:51:32.590><c> Paul</c><00:51:32.730><c> in</c><00:51:32.909><c> Timothy.</c>

00:51:37.070 --> 00:51:43.590
That<00:51:37.309><c> brings</c><00:51:37.550><c> us</c><00:51:37.789><c> to</c><00:51:37.929><c> the</c><00:51:38.190><c> final</c><00:51:39.449><c> seventh</c><00:51:41.869><c> element</c><00:51:42.590><c> that</c><00:51:42.949><c> forms</c><00:51:43.210><c> part</c>

00:51:43.590 --> 00:51:47.909
of<00:51:45.409><c> a</c><00:51:46.030><c> disciple's</c><00:51:47.070><c> armor.</c>

00:51:48.030 --> 00:51:52.550
Verse<00:51:48.349><c> 18,</c><00:51:48.949><c> praying</c><00:51:49.210><c> always</c><00:51:49.889><c> with</c><00:51:50.170><c> all</c><00:51:50.349><c> prayer</c><00:51:50.730><c> and</c><00:51:51.050><c> supplication</c><00:51:51.690><c> in</c><00:51:51.869><c> the</c><00:51:52.110><c> spirit</c>

00:51:52.550 --> 00:51:58.670
and<00:51:53.510><c> watching</c><00:51:53.849><c> thereunto</c><00:51:54.510><c> with</c><00:51:54.849><c> all</c><00:51:55.050><c> perseverance</c><00:51:55.809><c> and</c><00:51:56.989><c> supplication</c><00:51:58.130><c> for</c>

00:51:58.670 --> 00:52:00.309
all<00:51:59.050><c> the</c><00:51:59.289><c> saints.</c>

00:52:01.670 --> 00:52:05.750
A<00:52:01.849><c> good</c><00:52:02.090><c> soldier</c><00:52:03.050><c> ought</c><00:52:03.449><c> always</c><00:52:04.030><c> to</c><00:52:04.250><c> maintain</c><00:52:04.389><c> contact</c><00:52:05.349><c> with</c>

00:52:05.750 --> 00:52:09.809
his<00:52:05.949><c> master</c><00:52:06.489><c> and</c><00:52:08.130><c> so</c><00:52:08.389><c> too</c><00:52:08.550><c> with</c><00:52:08.809><c> us.</c>

00:52:12.530 --> 00:52:16.489
We're<00:52:12.849><c> told</c><00:52:13.210><c> to</c><00:52:13.909><c> pray</c><00:52:14.150><c> without</c><00:52:14.610><c> ceasing.</c>

00:52:16.530 --> 00:52:20.670
Men<00:52:16.530><c> ought</c><00:52:16.869><c> always</c><00:52:17.610><c> to</c><00:52:17.909><c> pray</c><00:52:18.449><c> and</c><00:52:19.329><c> not</c><00:52:19.610><c> to</c><00:52:19.869><c> faint</c>

00:52:20.809 --> 00:52:25.590
and<00:52:21.409><c> to</c><00:52:21.670><c> offer</c><00:52:22.230><c> the</c><00:52:22.789><c> sacrifice</c><00:52:23.349><c> of</c><00:52:23.610><c> praise</c><00:52:23.789><c> to</c><00:52:24.030><c> God</c><00:52:24.269><c> continually.</c>

00:52:27.110 --> 00:52:30.730
So<00:52:27.250><c> quite</c><00:52:27.449><c> simply,</c><00:52:27.909><c> we</c><00:52:27.949><c> might</c><00:52:28.969><c> summarize</c><00:52:29.869><c> that</c><00:52:30.289><c> element</c><00:52:30.510><c> of</c>

00:52:30.730 --> 00:52:32.469
our<00:52:30.989><c> armor</c><00:52:31.130><c> this</c><00:52:31.449><c> way.</c>

00:52:32.869 --> 00:52:36.789
Watch<00:52:33.010><c> ye</c><00:52:33.349><c> and</c><00:52:33.670><c> pray,</c><00:52:35.010><c> lest</c><00:52:35.150><c> ye</c><00:52:35.369><c> enter</c><00:52:35.650><c> into</c><00:52:35.989><c> temptation.</c>

00:52:38.210 --> 00:52:40.349
And<00:52:38.510><c> we</c><00:52:38.650><c> couldn't</c><00:52:38.769><c> go</c><00:52:38.969><c> any</c><00:52:39.190><c> further,</c><00:52:39.550><c> could</c><00:52:39.670><c> we,</c>

00:52:40.550 --> 00:52:46.010
than<00:52:40.670><c> to</c><00:52:40.889><c> bring</c><00:52:41.010><c> to</c><00:52:41.289><c> mind</c><00:52:41.590><c> the</c><00:52:42.769><c> wonderful</c><00:52:43.769><c> examples</c><00:52:44.690><c> of</c><00:52:45.429><c> Christ</c><00:52:45.829><c> in</c>

00:52:46.010 --> 00:52:46.710
that<00:52:46.190><c> respect.</c>

00:52:46.710 --> 00:52:51.230
In<00:52:47.730><c> the</c><00:52:47.929><c> gospel</c><00:52:48.210><c> records</c><00:52:48.650><c> we</c><00:52:48.869><c> see</c><00:52:49.090><c> him</c><00:52:50.190><c> going</c><00:52:50.630><c> out</c><00:52:50.829><c> a</c><00:52:50.989><c> great</c>

00:52:51.230 --> 00:52:53.030
while<00:52:51.429><c> before</c><00:52:51.829><c> day.</c>

00:52:54.030 --> 00:52:58.050
And<00:52:54.190><c> whether</c><00:52:54.550><c> he</c><00:52:55.230><c> was</c><00:52:55.530><c> tired</c><00:52:55.789><c> or</c><00:52:56.070><c> not,</c><00:52:57.110><c> he</c><00:52:57.369><c> made</c><00:52:57.550><c> the</c><00:52:57.809><c> effort</c>

00:52:58.050 --> 00:53:00.630
to<00:52:59.090><c> go</c><00:52:59.409><c> down</c><00:52:59.670><c> the</c><00:52:59.949><c> Kidron</c><00:53:00.250><c> Valley</c>

00:53:00.630 --> 00:53:04.889
and<00:53:00.789><c> up</c><00:53:00.909><c> the</c><00:53:01.050><c> other</c><00:53:01.349><c> side</c><00:53:02.389><c> to</c><00:53:03.190><c> the</c><00:53:03.929><c> Garden</c><00:53:04.230><c> of</c><00:53:04.409><c> Gethsemane,</c>

00:53:04.949 --> 00:53:08.510
and<00:53:05.190><c> there</c><00:53:05.849><c> he</c><00:53:06.650><c> prayed</c><00:53:06.869><c> to</c><00:53:07.070><c> his</c><00:53:07.210><c> Heavenly</c><00:53:07.489><c> Father.</c>

00:53:09.070 --> 00:53:12.590
And<00:53:09.269><c> we're</c><00:53:09.389><c> privileged</c><00:53:09.750><c> to</c><00:53:10.110><c> have</c><00:53:11.070><c> some</c><00:53:11.409><c> of</c><00:53:11.550><c> the</c><00:53:11.789><c> thoughts</c><00:53:12.210><c> of</c>

00:53:12.590 --> 00:53:14.309
those<00:53:12.829><c> prayers,</c><00:53:13.150><c> aren't</c><00:53:13.349><c> we,</c>

00:53:14.510 --> 00:53:16.510
recorded<00:53:14.730><c> in</c><00:53:14.949><c> the</c><00:53:15.230><c> Psalms.</c>

00:53:16.849 --> 00:53:21.429
He<00:53:17.210><c> was</c><00:53:17.570><c> indeed</c><00:53:18.949><c> a</c><00:53:19.969><c> man</c><00:53:20.210><c> of</c><00:53:20.489><c> prayer.</c>

00:53:22.809 --> 00:53:25.289
And<00:53:23.530><c> so</c><00:53:23.769><c> when</c><00:53:23.949><c> we</c><00:53:24.130><c> put</c><00:53:24.269><c> all</c><00:53:24.489><c> those</c><00:53:24.690><c> things</c><00:53:24.929><c> together,</c>

00:53:25.530 --> 00:53:32.510
we<00:53:25.530><c> have</c><00:53:26.090><c> the</c><00:53:27.250><c> full</c><00:53:28.170><c> armor</c><00:53:28.809><c> of</c><00:53:29.469><c> God,</c><00:53:30.190><c> as</c><00:53:30.329><c> the</c><00:53:30.530><c> apostle</c><00:53:30.789><c> calls</c><00:53:31.150><c> it,</c>

00:53:32.610 --> 00:53:34.849
with<00:53:32.809><c> all</c><00:53:33.130><c> its</c><00:53:33.429><c> various</c><00:53:33.789><c> elements.</c>

00:53:36.010 --> 00:53:38.590
We<00:53:36.289><c> are</c><00:53:36.510><c> to</c><00:53:36.670><c> manifest</c><00:53:37.170><c> the</c><00:53:37.530><c> truth.</c>

00:53:39.750 --> 00:53:43.130
We<00:53:40.110><c> are</c><00:53:40.369><c> to</c><00:53:40.570><c> gain</c><00:53:40.710><c> the</c><00:53:40.969><c> victory</c><00:53:41.789><c> over</c><00:53:42.349><c> ourself,</c>

00:53:43.130 --> 00:53:47.409
to<00:53:43.710><c> overcome</c><00:53:44.510><c> evil</c><00:53:45.289><c> with</c><00:53:45.710><c> the</c><00:53:45.909><c> gospel</c><00:53:46.210><c> of</c><00:53:46.489><c> peace,</c>

00:53:47.809 --> 00:53:50.510
to<00:53:47.889><c> let</c><00:53:48.090><c> faith</c><00:53:48.530><c> cast</c><00:53:48.929><c> out</c><00:53:49.190><c> all</c><00:53:49.449><c> fear,</c>

00:53:50.789 --> 00:53:52.809
hope<00:53:50.969><c> to</c><00:53:51.170><c> the</c><00:53:51.329><c> end</c><00:53:51.469><c> for</c><00:53:51.650><c> the</c><00:53:51.789><c> grace</c><00:53:52.010><c> that</c><00:53:52.190><c> is</c><00:53:52.309><c> to</c><00:53:52.449><c> be</c><00:53:52.650><c> brought</c>

00:53:52.809 --> 00:53:54.730
unto<00:53:53.190><c> us,</c>

00:53:54.929 --> 00:53:58.469
and<00:53:55.030><c> to</c><00:53:55.250><c> take</c><00:53:55.510><c> heed</c><00:53:55.809><c> unto</c><00:53:56.150><c> thyself</c><00:53:56.829><c> and</c><00:53:57.090><c> unto</c><00:53:57.269><c> the</c><00:53:57.489><c> doctrine,</c>

00:53:59.389 --> 00:54:02.929
and<00:53:59.650><c> to</c><00:53:59.889><c> pray</c><00:54:00.789><c> without</c><00:54:01.769><c> ceasing.</c>

00:54:04.929 --> 00:54:07.750
In<00:54:05.230><c> the</c><00:54:05.389><c> time</c><00:54:05.489><c> we've</c><00:54:05.730><c> got</c><00:54:05.829><c> remaining,</c><00:54:07.110><c> brothers</c><00:54:07.230><c> and</c><00:54:07.489><c> sisters</c>

00:54:07.750 --> 00:54:08.530
and<00:54:07.929><c> young</c><00:54:08.110><c> people,</c>

00:54:08.530 --> 00:54:13.389
I<00:54:08.969><c> thought</c><00:54:09.150><c> we</c><00:54:09.329><c> might</c><00:54:09.590><c> just</c><00:54:11.170><c> go</c><00:54:11.469><c> over</c><00:54:11.789><c> briefly</c><00:54:12.130><c> some</c><00:54:12.349><c> of</c><00:54:12.489><c> the</c><00:54:12.630><c> things</c>

00:54:13.570 --> 00:54:17.110
that<00:54:14.130><c> the</c><00:54:14.289><c> apostle</c><00:54:14.590><c> has</c><00:54:14.909><c> tried</c><00:54:15.090><c> to</c><00:54:15.329><c> present</c><00:54:15.510><c> to</c><00:54:15.690><c> us</c><00:54:15.849><c> in</c><00:54:15.989><c> this</c><00:54:16.210><c> epistle.</c>

00:54:18.210 --> 00:54:20.929
And<00:54:18.389><c> if</c><00:54:18.489><c> we've</c><00:54:20.130><c> taken</c><00:54:20.449><c> on</c><00:54:20.750><c> board,</c>

00:54:21.010 --> 00:54:27.210
if<00:54:21.130><c> we've</c><00:54:22.250><c> internalized</c><00:54:23.670><c> the</c><00:54:25.090><c> key</c><00:54:25.349><c> points</c><00:54:25.610><c> of</c><00:54:25.789><c> this</c><00:54:26.030><c> epistle,</c>

00:54:27.690 --> 00:54:34.769
then<00:54:28.250><c> we</c><00:54:28.809><c> will</c><00:54:28.989><c> have</c><00:54:29.170><c> come</c><00:54:29.349><c> to</c><00:54:29.730><c> realize</c><00:54:30.389><c> and</c><00:54:31.289><c> hopefully</c><00:54:32.030><c> appreciate</c><00:54:33.090><c> more</c><00:54:33.530><c> deeply</c>

00:54:35.070 --> 00:54:40.969
just<00:54:35.829><c> how</c><00:54:36.550><c> important</c><00:54:37.489><c> unity</c><00:54:38.130><c> is</c><00:54:39.050><c> to</c><00:54:39.449><c> our</c><00:54:39.590><c> Heavenly</c><00:54:39.909><c> Father.</c>

00:54:41.250 --> 00:54:44.769
Let's<00:54:41.469><c> just</c><00:54:42.090><c> turn</c><00:54:42.389><c> back</c><00:54:42.630><c> to</c><00:54:42.789><c> chapter</c><00:54:43.110><c> 1,</c>

00:54:49.309 --> 00:54:52.369
in<00:54:49.489><c> verse</c><00:54:49.730><c> 10,</c><00:54:50.949><c> where</c><00:54:51.110><c> we</c><00:54:51.309><c> read,</c>

00:54:52.550 --> 00:54:55.730
that<00:54:52.610><c> in</c><00:54:52.769><c> the</c><00:54:53.030><c> dispensation</c><00:54:53.690><c> of</c><00:54:53.889><c> the</c><00:54:54.150><c> fullness</c><00:54:54.429><c> of</c><00:54:54.750><c> times,</c>

00:54:56.070 --> 00:55:00.050
he<00:54:56.210><c> might</c><00:54:56.489><c> gather</c><00:54:56.809><c> together</c><00:54:57.230><c> in</c><00:54:57.610><c> one</c><00:54:57.889><c> all</c><00:54:58.730><c> things</c><00:54:59.110><c> in</c><00:54:59.409><c> Christ,</c>

00:55:00.050 --> 00:55:03.489
both<00:55:00.750><c> which</c><00:55:01.010><c> are</c><00:55:01.230><c> in</c><00:55:01.389><c> heaven</c><00:55:01.750><c> and</c><00:55:02.530><c> which</c><00:55:02.750><c> are</c><00:55:02.949><c> on</c><00:55:03.090><c> the</c><00:55:03.250><c> earth,</c>

00:55:03.570 --> 00:55:04.969
even<00:55:03.809><c> in</c><00:55:04.090><c> him.</c>

00:55:05.190 --> 00:55:09.570
Unity<00:55:05.590><c> is</c><00:55:06.110><c> central</c><00:55:06.710><c> to</c><00:55:07.690><c> God's</c><00:55:08.090><c> plan</c><00:55:08.289><c> and</c><00:55:08.550><c> purpose.</c>

00:55:10.510 --> 00:55:17.250
In<00:55:10.650><c> chapter</c><00:55:10.969><c> 2,</c><00:55:11.909><c> we</c><00:55:12.449><c> saw</c><00:55:12.730><c> how</c><00:55:13.469><c> Christ</c><00:55:14.409><c> was</c><00:55:16.250><c> intimately</c><00:55:16.690><c> involved</c>

00:55:17.250 --> 00:55:22.150
in<00:55:17.570><c> implementing</c><00:55:18.070><c> that</c><00:55:18.789><c> work</c><00:55:19.090><c> of</c><00:55:19.369><c> bringing</c><00:55:19.670><c> together</c><00:55:20.769><c> all</c><00:55:21.429><c> of</c><00:55:21.690><c> mankind</c>

00:55:22.150 --> 00:55:28.269
in<00:55:22.849><c> one</c><00:55:23.389><c> new</c><00:55:23.949><c> man,</c><00:55:25.190><c> as</c><00:55:25.289><c> it's</c><00:55:25.670><c> styled</c><00:55:25.869><c> in</c><00:55:26.050><c> chapter</c><00:55:26.309><c> 2</c><00:55:26.610><c> and</c><00:55:26.750><c> verse</c><00:55:27.010><c> 15.</c>

00:55:29.309 --> 00:55:35.130
We<00:55:29.989><c> saw</c><00:55:30.250><c> how</c><00:55:30.510><c> in</c><00:55:30.670><c> chapter</c><00:55:30.929><c> 3,</c><00:55:32.269><c> the</c><00:55:32.489><c> apostle</c><00:55:32.909><c> Paul</c><00:55:33.329><c> was</c><00:55:34.269><c> instrumental</c>

00:55:35.130 --> 00:55:41.190
in<00:55:35.530><c> taking</c><00:55:35.949><c> that</c><00:55:36.570><c> mystery</c><00:55:37.230><c> of</c><00:55:37.769><c> the</c><00:55:37.989><c> fellowship</c><00:55:38.530><c> of</c><00:55:39.909><c> the</c><00:55:40.190><c> Gentiles</c>

00:55:41.190 --> 00:55:43.590
throughout<00:55:41.829><c> the</c><00:55:42.090><c> Roman</c><00:55:42.389><c> world,</c>

00:55:44.429 --> 00:55:47.690
that<00:55:44.550><c> in</c><00:55:45.469><c> the</c><00:55:46.130><c> lead</c><00:55:46.349><c>-up</c><00:55:46.530><c> to</c><00:55:46.710><c> all</c><00:55:46.889><c> of</c><00:55:47.050><c> that,</c>

00:55:48.389 --> 00:55:50.949
God<00:55:48.389><c> ensured</c><00:55:49.190><c> that</c><00:55:49.429><c> there</c><00:55:49.510><c> was</c><00:55:49.730><c> a</c><00:55:50.010><c> common</c><00:55:50.210><c> language</c><00:55:50.730><c> through</c>

00:55:50.949 --> 00:55:52.309
all<00:55:51.130><c> of</c><00:55:51.269><c> those</c><00:55:51.469><c> people,</c>

00:55:52.329 --> 00:55:55.710
that<00:55:52.630><c> passage</c><00:55:53.210><c> throughout</c><00:55:53.670><c> all</c><00:55:54.030><c> of</c><00:55:54.150><c> the</c><00:55:54.289><c> Roman</c><00:55:54.570><c> Empire</c><00:55:54.969><c> was</c><00:55:55.230><c> possible,</c>

00:55:55.710 --> 00:56:00.309
that<00:55:56.750><c> people</c><00:55:57.090><c> like</c><00:55:57.289><c> the</c><00:55:57.550><c> apostles</c><00:55:58.090><c> might</c><00:55:59.130><c> have</c><00:55:59.269><c> been</c><00:55:59.449><c> able</c><00:55:59.690><c> to</c>

00:56:00.309 --> 00:56:01.670
go<00:56:01.110><c> forth</c>

00:56:01.670 --> 00:56:05.380
and<00:56:02.030><c> to</c><00:56:02.849><c> preach</c><00:56:03.130><c> that</c><00:56:03.550><c> gospel</c><00:56:04.050><c> of</c><00:56:04.550><c> peace.</c>

00:56:07.289 --> 00:56:10.349
The<00:56:07.429><c> apostle</c><00:56:07.750><c> brings</c><00:56:08.110><c> that</c><00:56:08.489><c> theme</c><00:56:08.730><c> of</c><00:56:08.989><c> unity</c><00:56:09.230><c> to</c><00:56:09.489><c> a</c><00:56:09.710><c> climax</c><00:56:10.070><c> in</c>

00:56:10.349 --> 00:56:10.909
chapter<00:56:10.630><c> 4,</c>

00:56:10.949 --> 00:56:15.510
where<00:56:11.130><c> he</c><00:56:11.889><c> exhorts</c><00:56:12.429><c> us</c><00:56:12.809><c> all,</c><00:56:13.590><c> in</c><00:56:13.829><c> chapter</c><00:56:14.170><c> 4</c><00:56:14.769><c> and</c><00:56:14.949><c> verse</c><00:56:15.210><c> 4,</c>

00:56:15.570 --> 00:56:22.389
to<00:56:15.750><c> endeavor</c><00:56:16.309><c> to</c><00:56:17.150><c> keep</c><00:56:17.369><c> the</c><00:56:17.650><c> unity</c><00:56:17.949><c> of</c><00:56:18.170><c> the</c><00:56:18.449><c> Spirit</c><00:56:19.010><c> in</c><00:56:19.650><c> the</c><00:56:19.909><c> bond</c><00:56:20.329><c> of</c><00:56:21.250><c> peace.</c>

00:56:23.210 --> 00:56:27.409
And<00:56:23.849><c> we</c><00:56:24.050><c> were</c><00:56:24.289><c> presented</c><00:56:24.710><c> with</c><00:56:25.690><c> that</c><00:56:26.070><c> challenge</c><00:56:26.590><c> that</c>

00:56:27.670 --> 00:56:33.550
we<00:56:28.309><c> ought</c><00:56:28.610><c> to</c><00:56:28.949><c> seek</c><00:56:29.190><c> for</c><00:56:29.630><c> peace</c><00:56:30.349><c> as</c><00:56:31.349><c> much</c><00:56:31.610><c> as</c><00:56:31.829><c> we</c><00:56:32.010><c> desire</c><00:56:32.489><c> grace.</c>

00:56:34.710 --> 00:56:37.530
And<00:56:34.789><c> in</c><00:56:34.909><c> these</c><00:56:35.070><c> last</c><00:56:35.369><c> chapters,</c><00:56:35.889><c> we've</c><00:56:36.050><c> seen,</c><00:56:37.250><c> haven't</c><00:56:37.369><c> we,</c>

00:56:37.550 --> 00:56:39.630
brothers<00:56:37.789><c> and</c><00:56:38.010><c> sisters</c><00:56:38.230><c> and</c><00:56:38.409><c> young</c><00:56:38.610><c> people,</c>

00:56:39.989 --> 00:56:42.610
how<00:56:40.150><c> we</c><00:56:40.349><c> ought</c><00:56:40.469><c> to</c><00:56:40.750><c> apply</c><00:56:41.070><c> those</c><00:56:41.469><c> principles</c><00:56:41.909><c> and</c><00:56:42.090><c> keep</c><00:56:42.289><c> those</c>

00:56:42.610 --> 00:56:43.429
principles<00:56:42.969><c> in</c><00:56:43.230><c> mind</c>

00:56:43.429 --> 00:56:48.690
in<00:56:43.750><c> all</c><00:56:44.130><c> facets</c><00:56:44.530><c> of</c><00:56:44.849><c> life,</c><00:56:45.969><c> in</c><00:56:46.250><c> marriage,</c><00:56:47.530><c> with</c><00:56:47.869><c> respect</c><00:56:48.409><c> to</c>

00:56:48.690 --> 00:56:49.469
the<00:56:48.969><c> world,</c>

00:56:49.469 --> 00:56:52.570
in<00:56:50.210><c> our</c><00:56:50.530><c> families</c><00:56:50.949><c> and</c><00:56:51.190><c> in</c><00:56:51.309><c> our</c><00:56:51.550><c> workplace,</c>

00:56:52.909 --> 00:56:57.150
so<00:56:53.050><c> that</c><00:56:53.289><c> we</c><00:56:53.429><c> can,</c><00:56:54.329><c> in</c><00:56:54.550><c> the</c><00:56:54.750><c> way</c><00:56:55.030><c> we</c><00:56:55.269><c> conduct</c><00:56:55.710><c> ourselves,</c>

00:56:57.469 --> 00:57:00.730
grow<00:56:57.889><c> into</c><00:56:59.050><c> our</c><00:56:59.710><c> head.</c>

00:57:01.949 --> 00:57:06.110
And<00:57:02.150><c> the</c><00:57:02.409><c> more</c><00:57:02.929><c> we</c><00:57:03.329><c> rise</c><00:57:03.929><c> in</c><00:57:04.969><c> spirituality,</c>

00:57:06.769 --> 00:57:13.050
the<00:57:06.969><c> closer</c><00:57:07.610><c> we</c><00:57:08.909><c> become</c><00:57:09.750><c> in</c><00:57:10.590><c> likeness</c><00:57:11.449><c> to</c><00:57:11.889><c> each</c><00:57:12.150><c> other.</c>

00:57:14.469 --> 00:57:16.210
So<00:57:14.650><c> might</c><00:57:14.809><c> it</c><00:57:14.949><c> be</c><00:57:15.190><c> then,</c><00:57:15.389><c> brothers</c><00:57:15.610><c> and</c><00:57:15.869><c> sisters,</c>

00:57:16.210 --> 00:57:21.269
that<00:57:16.929><c> we</c><00:57:18.289><c> might</c><00:57:18.550><c> take</c><00:57:18.869><c> away</c><00:57:19.130><c> some</c><00:57:19.349><c> of</c><00:57:19.510><c> these</c><00:57:19.710><c> wonderful</c><00:57:20.170><c> principles</c>

00:57:21.510 --> 00:57:23.929
that<00:57:22.050><c> the</c><00:57:22.250><c> apostle</c><00:57:22.570><c> has</c><00:57:22.869><c> shared</c><00:57:22.989><c> with</c><00:57:23.250><c> us,</c>

00:57:24.130 --> 00:57:27.130
and<00:57:24.369><c> that</c><00:57:24.489><c> we</c><00:57:24.610><c> might</c><00:57:24.949><c> really</c><00:57:25.530><c> internalize</c><00:57:26.210><c> them.</c>

00:57:27.309 --> 00:57:30.849
I'd<00:57:27.590><c> like</c><00:57:27.710><c> to</c><00:57:27.929><c> leave</c><00:57:28.050><c> you</c><00:57:28.250><c> with</c><00:57:28.570><c> a</c><00:57:29.369><c> thought</c><00:57:29.550><c> from</c><00:57:29.789><c> one</c><00:57:29.949><c> of</c><00:57:30.150><c> our</c>

00:57:30.849 --> 00:57:32.789
earlier<00:57:31.690><c> studies,</c>

00:57:33.989 --> 00:57:36.070
where<00:57:34.110><c> we</c><00:57:34.309><c> talked</c><00:57:34.429><c> about</c><00:57:34.710><c> keeping</c><00:57:35.010><c> the</c><00:57:35.289><c> unity</c><00:57:35.530><c> of</c><00:57:35.710><c> the</c><00:57:35.909><c> Spirit</c>

00:57:36.070 --> 00:57:37.590
in<00:57:36.210><c> the</c><00:57:36.349><c> bond</c><00:57:36.489><c> of</c><00:57:36.730><c> peace.</c>

00:57:38.449 --> 00:57:40.909
Unity<00:57:38.869><c> is</c><00:57:39.190><c> a</c><00:57:39.329><c> slow</c><00:57:39.610><c>-growing</c><00:57:39.949><c> plant.</c>

00:57:41.269 --> 00:57:47.989
It<00:57:41.590><c> thrives</c><00:57:42.090><c> in</c><00:57:42.349><c> soil</c><00:57:42.570><c> that</c><00:57:42.730><c> is</c><00:57:42.929><c> well</c><00:57:43.190><c>-drained</c><00:57:43.429><c> of</c><00:57:43.710><c> pride,</c><00:57:45.070><c> assertiveness</c><00:57:45.630><c> and</c><00:57:46.449><c> impatience.</c>

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It<00:57:48.630><c> needs</c><00:57:48.989><c> light,</c><00:57:50.730><c> but</c><00:57:51.030><c> withers</c><00:57:51.590><c> in</c><00:57:52.150><c> the</c><00:57:52.369><c> presence</c><00:57:52.710><c> of</c><00:57:52.989><c> heated</c><00:57:53.170><c> arguments.</c>

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Being<00:57:55.190><c> a</c><00:57:55.449><c> tender</c><00:57:55.610><c> plant,</c><00:57:56.989><c> it</c><00:57:57.050><c> requires</c><00:57:57.630><c> a</c><00:57:57.869><c> bond</c><00:57:58.070><c> of</c><00:57:58.389><c> peace</c><00:57:58.969><c> to</c>

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keep<00:57:59.969><c> it</c><00:58:00.190><c> in</c><00:58:00.369><c> place.</c>

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It's<00:58:02.170><c> being</c><00:58:02.429><c> planted</c><00:58:02.630><c> by</c><00:58:02.929><c> God.</c><00:58:04.449><c> He</c><00:58:04.750><c> expects</c><00:58:05.110><c> us</c><00:58:05.429><c> to</c><00:58:05.630><c> keep</c><00:58:05.750><c> it</c><00:58:05.969><c> alive.</c>