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of</c><00:42:43.909><c> chapter</c><00:42:44.230><c> 1,</c><00:42:49.650><c> Paul</c><00:42:49.650><c> deals</c><00:42:50.389><c> with,</c><00:42:50.989><c> in</c> 00:42:50.989 --> 00:42:57.849 Titus<00:42:51.530><c> 1,</c><00:42:52.750><c> deals</c><00:42:53.010><c> with</c><00:42:55.110><c> certain</c><00:42:56.010><c> kinds</c><00:42:56.750><c> of</c><00:42:57.630><c> wrong</c> 00:42:57.849 --> 00:43:04.929 doctrine.<00:43:00.909><c> These</c><00:43:01.130><c> are</c><00:43:01.389><c> particular</c><00:43:01.929><c> people</c><00:43:02.349><c> who</c><00:43:02.510><c> are</c><00:43:02.769><c> especially</c><00:43:03.510><c> troublesome.</c><00:43:04.769><c> These</c> 00:43:04.929 --> 00:43:05.409 were<00:43:05.090><c> those</c><00:43:05.250><c> who</c> 00:43:05.409 --> 00:43:11.190 were<00:43:05.769><c> living</c><00:43:05.769><c> on</c><00:43:06.030><c> other</c><00:43:06.190><c> people,</c><00:43:06.530><c> exploiting</c><00:43:07.590><c> the</c><00:43:07.929><c> Ecclesiastes.</c><00:43:10.789><c> And</c><00:43:10.929><c> Paul</c> 00:43:11.190 --> 00:43:13.150 says,<00:43:12.670><c> this</c><00:43:12.710><c> is</c><00:43:12.909><c> what</c><00:43:12.969><c> must</c> 00:43:13.150 --> 00:43:17.210 happen<00:43:13.409><c> to</c><00:43:13.570><c> them.</c><00:43:14.130><c> And</c><00:43:14.190><c> he</c><00:43:14.429><c> says,</c><00:43:15.869><c> verse</c><00:43:16.090><c> 13,</c><00:43:16.730><c> this</c><00:43:16.869><c> witness</c> 00:43:17.210 --> 00:43:20.010 is<00:43:17.590><c> true,</c><00:43:17.969><c> wherefore</c><00:43:18.409><c> rebuke</c><00:43:19.170><c> them</c><00:43:19.550><c> sharply.</c> 00:43:20.110 --> 00:43:22.869 There<00:43:20.250><c> were</c><00:43:20.429><c> some</c><00:43:20.630><c> people</c><00:43:20.809><c> that</c><00:43:20.969><c> were</c><00:43:21.329><c> not</c><00:43:21.750><c> to</c><00:43:21.969><c> be</c><00:43:22.130><c> tolerated</c> 00:43:22.869 --> 00:43:29.690 at<00:43:23.309><c> all.</c><00:43:26.929><c> 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situation<00:44:03.530><c> to</c><00:44:03.730><c> this</c><00:44:03.969><c> one.</c><00:44:04.530><c> These</c><00:44:04.730><c> people</c><00:44:05.250><c> were</c><00:44:05.730><c> creating</c><00:44:06.150><c> havoc,</c><00:44:06.650><c> mayhem</c><00:44:07.110><c> in</c> 00:44:07.269 --> 00:44:09.710 the<00:44:07.429><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:44:08.210><c> And</c><00:44:08.429><c> so</c><00:44:08.550><c> they</c><00:44:09.329><c> had</c><00:44:09.570><c> to</c> 00:44:09.710 --> 00:44:15.170 be<00:44:09.869><c> dealt</c><00:44:10.070><c> with.</c><00:44:10.349><c> And</c><00:44:10.429><c> the</c><00:44:10.510><c> apostle</c><00:44:10.750><c> Paul</c><00:44:11.329><c> sets</c><00:44:11.650><c> it</c><00:44:11.909><c> out</c><00:44:12.489><c> for</c><00:44:12.750><c> us.</c><00:44:14.389><c> And</c><00:44:14.690><c> consequently,</c><00:44:15.110><c> a</c> 00:44:15.170 --> 00:44:16.030 little<00:44:15.210><c> later</c><00:44:15.489><c> on,</c> 00:44:16.130 --> 00:44:20.230 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so</c><00:45:00.809><c> in</c><00:45:01.190><c> Ecclesial</c><00:45:01.489><c> life,</c><00:45:02.250><c> from</c><00:45:02.369><c> time</c><00:45:02.590><c> to</c><00:45:02.789><c> time,</c><00:45:02.969><c> and</c><00:45:03.070><c> not</c> 00:45:03.210 --> 00:45:04.489 very<00:45:03.489><c> often</c><00:45:03.809><c> these</c><00:45:04.190><c> days,</c> 00:45:04.809 --> 00:45:08.369 but<00:45:04.989><c> just</c><00:45:05.269><c> occasionally</c><00:45:05.769><c> with</c><00:45:06.269><c> Ecclesial</c><00:45:06.710><c> life,</c><00:45:07.289><c> such</c><00:45:07.510><c> things</c><00:45:07.750><c> we</c><00:45:07.989><c> have</c><00:45:08.150><c> to</c> 00:45:08.369 --> 00:45:10.150 do.<00:45:08.969><c> And</c><00:45:09.449><c> the</c><00:45:09.590><c> arranging</c><00:45:09.909><c> brethren</c> 00:45:10.150 --> 00:45:12.550 have<00:45:10.349><c> to</c><00:45:10.530><c> do</c><00:45:10.670><c> it.</c><00:45:11.010><c> And</c><00:45:11.190><c> it's</c><00:45:11.329><c> a</c><00:45:11.429><c> distasteful</c><00:45:12.110><c> task.</c><00:45:12.369><c> It's</c><00:45:12.449><c> one</c> 00:45:12.550 --> 00:45:15.250 that<00:45:12.690><c> I</c><00:45:12.929><c> don't</c><00:45:13.210><c> like</c><00:45:13.550><c> at</c><00:45:13.869><c> all.</c><00:45:14.469><c> But</c><00:45:14.670><c> it</c><00:45:14.769><c> has</c><00:45:14.929><c> to</c><00:45:15.070><c> be</c> 00:45:15.250 --> 00:45:19.929 done<00:45:15.409><c> when</c><00:45:15.550><c> the</c><00:45:15.789><c> time</c><00:45:16.269><c> arises.</c><00:45:17.309><c> Because</c><00:45:17.789><c> if</c><00:45:18.670><c> heresy</c><00:45:19.250><c> is</c><00:45:19.550><c> being</c> 00:45:19.929 --> 00:45:23.389 propounded<00:45:20.630><c> by</c><00:45:21.010><c> somebody</c><00:45:21.650><c> who</c><00:45:22.150><c> is</c><00:45:22.670><c> go</c><00:45:23.010><c>-getting</c> 00:45:23.389 --> 00:45:26.829 for<00:45:23.590><c> his</c><00:45:23.829><c> heresy,</c><00:45:24.809><c> as</c><00:45:24.929><c> 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Titus,</c><00:46:11.510><c> what</c><00:46:11.630><c> then</c><00:46:12.110><c> do</c><00:46:12.869><c> you</c><00:46:13.030><c> think</c><00:46:13.170><c> we</c><00:46:13.389><c> should</c><00:46:13.570><c> do?</c>