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you<00:14:51.779><c> know,</c><00:14:52.759><c> 90</c><00:14:53.019><c> years</c><00:14:53.440><c> ago.</c>

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He's<00:14:55.379><c> been</c><00:14:55.600><c> dead</c><00:14:55.720><c> since</c><00:14:55.960><c> 1964,</c><00:14:56.720><c> so</c><00:14:57.000><c> it's</c><00:14:57.139><c> a</c><00:14:57.279><c> long</c><00:14:57.500><c> time,</c>

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Prophecy.

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talked<00:16:18.419><c> about</c><00:16:18.659><c> the</c><00:16:18.899><c> Soviet</c><00:16:19.279><c> Union</c><00:16:19.820><c> invading</c><00:16:20.840><c> the</c><00:16:21.120><c> Middle</c><00:16:21.360><c> East.</c>

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Now,<00:16:23.460><c> that</c><00:16:24.100><c> could</c><00:16:24.379><c> happen</c><00:16:24.720><c> again.</c>

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The<00:16:25.259><c> Soviet</c><00:16:25.539><c> Union</c><00:16:25.759><c> might</c><00:16:26.179><c> be</c><00:16:26.659><c> resurrected</c><00:16:27.080><c> and</c><00:16:27.259><c> all</c><00:16:27.440><c> that,</c>

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but<00:16:28.379><c> the</c><00:16:28.740><c> Bible</c><00:16:29.019><c> never</c><00:16:29.360><c> says</c><00:16:29.700><c> the</c><00:16:29.919><c> Soviet</c><00:16:30.320><c> Union</c><00:16:30.639><c> does</c><00:16:30.879><c> it.</c>

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It<00:16:31.159><c> just</c><00:16:31.480><c> identifies</c><00:16:32.059><c> the</c><00:16:32.399><c> people</c><00:16:32.659><c> and</c><00:16:32.840><c> their</c><00:16:33.059><c> territory,</c>

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and<00:16:34.460><c> by</c><00:16:34.980><c> over</c><00:16:35.340><c>-extrapolating</c><00:16:36.179><c> it</c>

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to<00:16:37.220><c> one</c><00:16:37.419><c> period</c><00:16:37.759><c> of</c><00:16:37.960><c> time</c><00:16:38.159><c> in</c><00:16:38.320><c> history,</c>

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we<00:16:39.220><c> might</c><00:16:39.399><c> have</c><00:16:39.539><c> gotten</c><00:16:39.759><c> a</c><00:16:39.799><c> little</c><00:16:40.000><c> bit</c><00:16:40.240><c> carried</c><00:16:40.399><c> away.</c>

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It's<00:16:40.940><c> kind</c><00:16:41.100><c> of</c><00:16:41.259><c> interesting</c><00:16:41.799><c> that</c><00:16:42.419><c> I</c><00:16:42.960><c> do</c><00:16:43.159><c> a</c><00:16:43.299><c> radio</c><00:16:43.659><c> program</c>

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every<00:16:45.259><c> Sunday</c><00:16:45.580><c> for</c><00:16:45.779><c> 15</c><00:16:46.100><c> minutes,</c>

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and<00:16:47.519><c> I</c><00:16:47.759><c> found</c><00:16:48.000><c> like</c><00:16:48.299><c> about</c><00:16:48.799><c> two</c><00:16:49.100><c> years</c><00:16:49.360><c> ago</c>

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that<00:16:49.779><c> almost</c><00:16:50.019><c> everything</c><00:16:50.539><c> that</c><00:16:50.879><c> I</c><00:16:51.000><c> had</c><00:16:51.100><c> been</c><00:16:51.340><c> saying</c>

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for<00:16:51.740><c> the</c><00:16:51.899><c> previous</c><00:16:52.259><c> two</c><00:16:52.519><c> years</c><00:16:52.740><c> was</c><00:16:52.980><c> totally</c><00:16:53.340><c> out</c><00:16:53.519><c> of</c><00:16:53.679><c> date</c>

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with<00:16:55.059><c> regard</c><00:16:55.320><c> to</c><00:16:55.580><c> prophecy.</c>

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The<00:16:56.559><c> names</c><00:16:56.759><c> of</c><00:16:56.919><c> the</c><00:16:57.059><c> countries</c><00:16:57.379><c> had</c><00:16:57.679><c> changed.</c>

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The<00:16:59.879><c> concepts</c><00:17:00.379><c> had</c><00:17:00.700><c> changed.</c>

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Many<00:17:02.139><c> of</c><00:17:02.379><c> the</c><00:17:03.519><c> things</c><00:17:03.659><c> that</c><00:17:03.820><c> were</c><00:17:03.919><c> driving</c><00:17:04.440><c> the</c><00:17:04.880><c> world</c><00:17:05.240><c> power,</c>

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as<00:17:05.559><c> I</c><00:17:05.640><c> go</c><00:17:05.900><c> to</c><00:17:06.039><c> our</c><00:17:06.200><c> literature,</c>

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we<00:17:07.079><c> have</c><00:17:07.240><c> had</c><00:17:07.440><c> problems</c><00:17:07.839><c> finding</c><00:17:08.220><c> literature</c>

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that<00:17:10.119><c> is</c><00:17:10.460><c> consistent</c><00:17:10.980><c> and</c><00:17:11.319><c> doesn't</c><00:17:11.920><c> mention</c><00:17:12.339><c> names</c>

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like<00:17:12.940><c> Yugoslavia.</c>

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That's<00:17:14.359><c> ancient</c><00:17:14.579><c> history</c><00:17:15.019><c> now,</c><00:17:15.279><c> Yugoslavia.</c>

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So<00:17:16.980><c> prophecy</c><00:17:17.380><c> is</c><00:17:17.799><c> something</c><00:17:18.119><c> nice</c><00:17:18.480><c> to</c><00:17:18.720><c> know.</c>

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It's<00:17:19.539><c> nice</c><00:17:19.779><c> to</c><00:17:20.000><c> have</c><00:17:20.200><c> one</c><00:17:20.440><c> mind</c><00:17:20.660><c> of</c><00:17:21.599><c> the</c><00:17:21.740><c> same</c><00:17:21.980><c> concept,</c>

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but<00:17:23.000><c> if</c><00:17:23.319><c> someone</c><00:17:23.519><c> has</c><00:17:23.740><c> a</c><00:17:23.940><c> slightly</c><00:17:24.160><c> different</c><00:17:24.960><c> view</c>

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on<00:17:25.500><c> certain</c><00:17:25.740><c> verses,</c><00:17:26.039><c> we</c><00:17:26.160><c> don't,</c>

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at<00:17:27.440><c> least</c><00:17:27.619><c> I</c><00:17:27.759><c> hope</c><00:17:27.960><c> we</c><00:17:28.119><c> don't,</c>

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throw<00:17:28.900><c> them</c><00:17:29.079><c> out</c><00:17:29.200><c> of</c><00:17:29.319><c> the</c><00:17:29.440><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:17:29.900><c> right?</c>

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On<00:17:30.859><c> the</c><00:17:31.000><c> other</c><00:17:31.180><c> hand,</c><00:17:31.700><c> if</c><00:17:31.839><c> someone</c><00:17:32.160><c> suddenly</c><00:17:32.579><c> said</c><00:17:32.839><c> to</c><00:17:33.019><c> you,</c>

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I<00:17:33.440><c> don't</c><00:17:33.900><c> no</c><00:17:34.259><c> longer</c><00:17:34.559><c> believe</c><00:17:35.099><c> that</c><00:17:35.460><c> there</c><00:17:35.619><c> is</c><00:17:35.740><c> one</c><00:17:35.960><c> God,</c>

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that<00:17:36.359><c> there's</c><00:17:36.599><c> really</c><00:17:36.960><c> three,</c>

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would<00:17:37.980><c> anyone</c><00:17:38.279><c> doubt</c><00:17:38.619><c> what</c><00:17:38.779><c> we</c><00:17:38.960><c> have</c><00:17:39.140><c> to</c><00:17:39.359><c> do</c>

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in<00:17:39.920><c> handling</c><00:17:40.180><c> that</c><00:17:40.480><c> situation,</c><00:17:41.720><c> right?</c>

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I<00:17:42.140><c> mean,</c><00:17:42.279><c> we'd</c><00:17:42.460><c> know</c><00:17:42.559><c> immediately</c>

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that<00:17:43.519><c> this</c><00:17:43.779><c> is</c><00:17:43.980><c> not</c><00:17:44.319><c> sound</c><00:17:44.700><c> teaching,</c>

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that<00:17:45.640><c> a</c><00:17:45.779><c> person</c><00:17:46.079><c> saying</c><00:17:46.480><c> that</c><00:17:46.900><c> the</c><00:17:47.039><c> Trinity</c>

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was<00:17:47.599><c> a</c><00:17:48.180><c> correct</c><00:17:48.460><c> concept</c>

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is<00:17:49.460><c> not</c><00:17:49.680><c> really</c><00:17:49.900><c> based</c><00:17:50.180><c> on</c><00:17:50.440><c> biblical</c><00:17:50.779><c> teaching.</c>

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So<00:17:52.019><c> it</c><00:17:52.240><c> has</c><00:17:52.480><c> to</c><00:17:52.640><c> be</c><00:17:52.880><c> unambiguous.</c>

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I<00:17:56.799><c> think</c><00:17:57.000><c> this</c><00:17:57.259><c> is</c><00:17:57.539><c> also</c><00:17:57.880><c> important.</c>

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In<00:17:59.960><c> our</c><00:18:00.240><c> community,</c><00:18:00.920><c> you</c><00:18:01.039><c> get</c><00:18:01.259><c> from</c><00:18:01.500><c> time</c><00:18:01.759><c> to</c><00:18:01.940><c> time</c>

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this<00:18:02.980><c> tremendous,</c><00:18:03.740><c> what</c><00:18:05.839><c> I</c><00:18:06.099><c> call,</c>

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dictionary<00:18:08.140><c> scholarship.</c>

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You<00:18:09.319><c> know,</c><00:18:09.319><c> you</c><00:18:09.400><c> look</c><00:18:09.579><c> up</c><00:18:09.779><c> a</c><00:18:09.920><c> word,</c>

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and<00:18:10.359><c> in</c><00:18:10.480><c> the</c><00:18:10.640><c> Greek</c><00:18:10.799><c> it</c><00:18:10.940><c> says</c><00:18:11.180><c> this,</c>

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and<00:18:11.900><c> in</c><00:18:11.920><c> the</c><00:18:11.960><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:12.220><c> it</c><00:18:12.420><c> says</c><00:18:12.599><c> that.</c>

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I<00:18:14.240><c> never</c><00:18:14.579><c> studied</c><00:18:14.859><c> Greek</c><00:18:15.140><c> or</c><00:18:15.279><c> Hebrew,</c>

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but<00:18:15.759><c> I</c><00:18:15.920><c> have</c><00:18:16.119><c> studied</c><00:18:16.380><c> French,</c><00:18:16.759><c> German,</c><00:18:17.079><c> and</c><00:18:17.259><c> Italian,</c>

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and<00:18:17.779><c> I</c><00:18:17.839><c> can</c><00:18:18.059><c> tell</c><00:18:18.200><c> you</c><00:18:18.299><c> you</c><00:18:18.420><c> can't</c><00:18:18.700><c> learn</c>

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any<00:18:19.099><c> of</c><00:18:19.140><c> those</c><00:18:19.359><c> languages</c><00:18:19.779><c> from</c><00:18:20.039><c> a</c><00:18:20.180><c> dictionary.</c>

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In<00:18:21.680><c> fact,</c><00:18:21.960><c> you</c><00:18:22.019><c> can't</c><00:18:22.220><c> even</c><00:18:22.420><c> do</c><00:18:22.539><c> English</c><00:18:22.859><c> that</c><00:18:23.180><c> way.</c>

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Case<00:18:26.319><c> in</c><00:18:26.559><c> point,</c><00:18:26.900><c> language</c><00:18:27.279><c> depends</c><00:18:27.779><c> on</c><00:18:28.039><c> culture,</c>

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time,<00:18:29.759><c> understanding</c><00:18:30.119><c> the</c><00:18:30.400><c> setting,</c>

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and<00:18:30.740><c> everything</c><00:18:30.980><c> else.</c>

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And<00:18:32.200><c> if</c><00:18:32.480><c> I</c><00:18:32.700><c> said</c><00:18:32.900><c> to</c><00:18:33.079><c> you,</c><00:18:33.299><c> can</c><00:18:33.339><c> I</c><00:18:33.480><c> have</c><00:18:33.619><c> a</c><00:18:33.859><c> pop?</c>

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Would<00:18:34.859><c> you</c><00:18:34.940><c> know</c><00:18:35.019><c> what</c><00:18:35.119><c> I'm</c><00:18:35.279><c> talking</c><00:18:35.539><c> about?</c>

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Would<00:18:37.240><c> you</c><00:18:37.380><c> Easterners</c><00:18:37.759><c> know</c><00:18:37.920><c> what</c><00:18:38.019><c> I'm</c><00:18:38.160><c> talking</c><00:18:38.480><c> about?</c>

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It's<00:18:40.480><c> really</c><00:18:40.779><c> a</c><00:18:41.079><c> soda,</c><00:18:41.700><c> right?</c>

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In<00:18:42.160><c> the</c><00:18:42.259><c> Midwest</c><00:18:42.539><c> they</c><00:18:42.799><c> call</c><00:18:43.000><c> it</c><00:18:43.220><c> pop,</c>

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because<00:18:44.339><c> not</c><00:18:44.599><c> Mary</c><00:18:44.799><c> and</c><00:18:44.980><c> I.</c>

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We<00:18:45.299><c> refuse</c><00:18:45.559><c> to</c><00:18:45.779><c> do</c><00:18:45.940><c> that.</c>

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But<00:18:46.720><c> there</c><00:18:46.940><c> are</c><00:18:47.019><c> lots</c><00:18:47.259><c> of</c><00:18:47.440><c> words</c><00:18:47.640><c> that</c><00:18:47.799><c> depend</c><00:18:48.019><c> on</c><00:18:48.259><c> culture.</c>

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Now,<00:18:48.740><c> this</c><00:18:48.920><c> is</c><00:18:49.160><c> America,</c>

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and<00:18:50.619><c> you</c><00:18:50.740><c> would</c><00:18:50.920><c> say,</c><00:18:51.160><c> well,</c><00:18:51.319><c> we've</c><00:18:51.539><c> grown</c><00:18:51.720><c> up</c>

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in<00:18:52.039><c> the</c><00:18:52.140><c> age</c><00:18:52.299><c> of</c><00:18:52.400><c> mass</c><00:18:52.599><c> communication.</c>

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We<00:18:53.359><c> don't</c><00:18:53.519><c> have</c><00:18:53.680><c> a</c><00:18:53.779><c> lot</c><00:18:54.019><c> of</c><00:18:54.240><c> things</c>

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that<00:18:55.039><c> are</c><00:18:55.299><c> culturally</c><00:18:56.200><c> sort</c><00:18:57.200><c> of</c><00:18:58.180><c> ambiguous.</c>

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But<00:18:59.799><c> if</c><00:19:00.579><c> you</c><00:19:00.759><c> try</c><00:19:00.940><c> to</c><00:19:01.059><c> understand</c>

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the<00:19:01.640><c> language</c><00:19:02.099><c> 2</c><00:19:02.720><c>,000,</c><00:19:03.160><c> 3</c><00:19:03.319><c>,000</c><00:19:03.599><c> years</c><00:19:03.960><c> old,</c>

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you're<00:19:05.859><c> going</c><00:19:05.960><c> to</c><00:19:06.180><c> run</c><00:19:06.299><c> into</c><00:19:06.599><c> number</c><00:19:06.960><c> words</c>

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which<00:19:07.440><c> might</c><00:19:07.700><c> be</c><00:19:07.960><c> used</c><00:19:08.200><c> idiomatically.</c>

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You<00:19:09.019><c> might</c><00:19:09.220><c> not</c><00:19:09.440><c> understand.</c>

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And<00:19:10.339><c> you'll</c><00:19:10.660><c> find</c><00:19:10.940><c> that</c><00:19:11.420><c> the</c><00:19:11.700><c> main</c><00:19:12.440><c> principles</c><00:19:12.900><c> of</c><00:19:13.160><c> Scripture</c>

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are<00:19:13.759><c> not</c><00:19:13.940><c> mentioned</c><00:19:14.299><c> once,</c>

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or<00:19:16.500><c> twice,</c>

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or<00:19:18.019><c> three</c><00:19:18.339><c> times.</c>

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They<00:19:18.799><c> are</c><00:19:19.059><c> mentioned</c><00:19:19.359><c> literally</c><00:19:19.880><c> dozens</c>

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and<00:19:20.539><c> dozens</c><00:19:20.900><c> of</c><00:19:21.160><c> times.</c>

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God,<00:19:23.180><c> I</c><00:19:23.740><c> believe,</c><00:19:24.180><c> did</c><00:19:24.339><c> this</c><00:19:24.559><c> deliberately</c>

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so<00:19:25.500><c> that</c><00:19:25.640><c> it</c><00:19:25.720><c> would</c><00:19:25.920><c> be</c><00:19:26.160><c> independent</c>

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of<00:19:27.519><c> culture,</c><00:19:28.599><c> history,</c>

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translation,<00:19:30.160><c> and</c><00:19:30.299><c> language.</c>

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So<00:19:31.559><c> it</c><00:19:31.599><c> didn't</c><00:19:31.819><c> matter</c><00:19:32.119><c> whether</c>

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who<00:19:35.180><c> never,</c><00:19:35.599><c> my</c><00:19:35.819><c> grandfather,</c><00:19:36.220><c> I</c><00:19:36.259><c> don't</c><00:19:36.480><c> think,</c>

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read<00:19:36.759><c> the</c><00:19:36.940><c> Bible</c><00:19:37.180><c> in</c><00:19:37.920><c> English</c><00:19:38.240><c> until</c><00:19:38.519><c> he</c><00:19:38.640><c> was</c><00:19:38.859><c> in</c><00:19:39.019><c> his</c><00:19:39.119><c> 60s.</c>

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he<00:19:40.859><c> baptized</c><00:19:41.180><c> the</c><00:19:41.339><c> Christadelphian</c><00:19:41.920><c> in</c><00:19:42.140><c> Italian,</c>

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he<00:19:43.180><c> did</c><00:19:43.319><c> his</c><00:19:43.480><c> Bible</c><00:19:43.779><c> classes</c><00:19:44.119><c> in</c><00:19:44.380><c> Italian,</c>

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he<00:19:44.920><c> sung</c><00:19:45.160><c> in</c><00:19:45.460><c> Italian,</c>

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which<00:19:46.599><c> of</c><00:19:46.779><c> course</c><00:19:46.880><c> was</c><00:19:47.119><c> a</c><00:19:47.180><c> much</c><00:19:47.380><c> better</c><00:19:47.599><c> way</c><00:19:47.720><c> to</c><00:19:47.900><c> sing</c><00:19:48.039><c> anyway.</c>

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But<00:19:50.000><c> he</c><00:19:50.220><c> knew</c><00:19:50.460><c> everything</c><00:19:50.900><c> in</c><00:19:51.119><c> that</c><00:19:51.299><c> language.</c>

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And<00:19:52.160><c> there</c><00:19:53.119><c> was</c><00:19:53.299><c> no</c><00:19:53.519><c> question</c><00:19:53.799><c> at</c><00:19:53.980><c> all</c>

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that<00:19:54.200><c> he</c><00:19:54.359><c> understood</c><00:19:54.720><c> the</c><00:19:54.980><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:19:55.799><c> it</c><00:19:55.960><c> shouldn't</c><00:19:56.319><c> depend</c><00:19:56.839><c> on</c><00:19:57.059><c> a</c><00:19:57.240><c> nuance</c>

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of<00:19:58.279><c> a</c><00:19:58.420><c> particular</c><00:19:58.799><c> verse.</c>

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And<00:20:00.039><c> again,</c><00:20:00.440><c> when</c><00:20:00.480><c> you</c><00:20:00.759><c> compare</c><00:20:01.079><c> with</c>

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orthodox<00:20:01.859><c> theology,</c>

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and<00:20:03.180><c> you</c><00:20:03.519><c> ask</c><00:20:03.759><c> them</c><00:20:03.940><c> how</c><00:20:04.119><c> they</c><00:20:04.319><c> believe</c><00:20:04.559><c> in</c><00:20:04.700><c> this</c><00:20:04.859><c> or</c><00:20:05.019><c> that,</c>

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the<00:20:05.900><c> devil,</c><00:20:06.319><c> case</c><00:20:06.519><c> in</c><00:20:06.759><c> point,</c>

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they'll<00:20:07.140><c> take</c><00:20:07.339><c> you</c><00:20:07.460><c> to</c><00:20:07.539><c> Lucifer</c><00:20:08.099><c> in</c><00:20:08.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:08.819><c> 14,</c>

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it's<00:20:10.000><c> about</c><00:20:10.180><c> the</c><00:20:10.400><c> only</c><00:20:10.720><c> verse</c><00:20:11.039><c> at</c><00:20:11.240><c> all,</c>

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and<00:20:11.519><c> all</c><00:20:11.640><c> you</c><00:20:11.680><c> have</c><00:20:11.839><c> to</c><00:20:11.980><c> do</c><00:20:12.079><c> is</c><00:20:12.240><c> read</c><00:20:12.440><c> three</c><00:20:12.619><c> or</c><00:20:12.759><c> four</c><00:20:12.920><c> more</c><00:20:13.119><c> verses,</c>

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and<00:20:14.099><c> you</c><00:20:14.279><c> know</c><00:20:14.519><c> that</c><00:20:14.700><c> it's</c><00:20:14.900><c> not</c><00:20:15.039><c> even</c>

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talking<00:20:15.680><c> about</c><00:20:16.000><c> anything</c><00:20:16.420><c> to</c><00:20:16.740><c> do</c>

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with<00:20:17.559><c> an</c><00:20:17.900><c> immortal</c><00:20:18.279><c> angel</c><00:20:18.579><c> or</c><00:20:18.700><c> anything</c><00:20:18.900><c> else,</c>

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it's<00:20:19.400><c> talking</c><00:20:19.599><c> about</c><00:20:19.920><c> Babylon</c>

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and<00:20:21.180><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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So<00:20:22.500><c> that's</c><00:20:23.119><c> a</c><00:20:23.220><c> very</c><00:20:23.440><c> important</c><00:20:23.940><c> principle.</c>

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Another<00:20:28.500><c> thing,</c><00:20:29.180><c> it</c><00:20:29.519><c> should</c><00:20:29.740><c> be</c><00:20:29.980><c> consistent.</c>

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taught<00:20:32.559><c> in</c><00:20:32.740><c> both</c><00:20:32.920><c> the</c><00:20:33.119><c> Old</c><00:20:33.420><c> and</c><00:20:33.440><c> New</c><00:20:33.740><c> Testament.</c>

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And<00:20:35.539><c> the</c><00:20:35.740><c> New</c><00:20:35.980><c> Testament</c>

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of<00:20:36.500><c> course</c><00:20:36.920><c> would</c><00:20:37.319><c> take</c><00:20:37.559><c> primacy,</c>

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because<00:20:38.380><c> we're</c><00:20:39.180><c> going</c><00:20:39.279><c> to</c><00:20:39.400><c> say</c><00:20:39.539><c> that</c><00:20:39.680><c> if</c><00:20:39.720><c> you</c><00:20:39.839><c> have</c>

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something<00:20:40.160><c> like</c><00:20:40.380><c> the</c><00:20:40.579><c> Sabbath</c><00:20:40.839><c> law,</c>

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it's<00:20:41.720><c> in</c><00:20:41.839><c> the</c><00:20:41.960><c> Old</c><00:20:42.140><c> Testament,</c><00:20:42.920><c> the</c><00:20:43.039><c> New</c><00:20:43.259><c> Testament</c>

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clearly<00:20:44.140><c> establishes</c><00:20:44.839><c> that</c><00:20:44.920><c> that's</c><00:20:45.200><c> no</c><00:20:45.420><c> longer</c><00:20:45.640><c> necessary.</c>

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And<00:20:47.039><c> there</c><00:20:47.140><c> should</c><00:20:47.380><c> not</c><00:20:47.539><c> be</c><00:20:47.740><c> any</c>

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internal<00:20:48.619><c> conflict</c><00:20:49.240><c> in</c><00:20:49.420><c> our</c><00:20:49.660><c> mind</c><00:20:49.900><c> at</c><00:20:50.140><c> all.</c>

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It<00:20:50.420><c> has</c><00:20:50.599><c> to</c><00:20:50.799><c> be</c><00:20:50.960><c> consistent.</c>

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When<00:20:51.940><c> we</c><00:20:52.140><c> talk</c><00:20:52.319><c> of</c><00:20:52.460><c> the</c><00:20:52.700><c> covenants</c><00:20:53.039><c> of</c><00:20:53.339><c> promise,</c>

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most<00:20:55.799><c> Christians</c>

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don't<00:20:56.980><c> believe</c><00:20:57.359><c> in</c><00:20:57.519><c> it.</c>

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Or<00:20:58.799><c> they</c><00:20:59.000><c> believe</c><00:20:59.259><c> someone</c><00:20:59.579><c> else</c><00:20:59.859><c> has</c>

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replaced<00:21:00.960><c> the</c><00:21:01.380><c> Jews.</c>

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grafted<00:21:04.539><c> in</c><00:21:04.940><c> to</c><00:21:05.339><c> the</c><00:21:05.539><c> olive</c><00:21:05.740><c> branch</c><00:21:06.039><c> of</c><00:21:06.259><c> Israel.</c>

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I<00:21:06.720><c> mean,</c><00:21:06.960><c> the</c><00:21:07.099><c> Mormons</c><00:21:07.480><c> believe</c><00:21:07.859><c> that</c>

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they<00:21:08.259><c> are</c><00:21:08.420><c> now</c><00:21:08.619><c> the</c><00:21:08.859><c> Jews.</c>

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They<00:21:09.700><c> believe</c><00:21:10.160><c> Salt</c><00:21:10.519><c> Lake</c><00:21:10.680><c> City</c><00:21:11.079><c> is</c><00:21:11.640><c> now</c>

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the<00:21:12.059><c> New</c><00:21:12.279><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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They<00:21:13.400><c> believe</c><00:21:13.740><c> the</c><00:21:14.480><c> temple</c>

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in<00:21:17.099><c> Salt</c><00:21:17.380><c> Lake</c><00:21:17.559><c> City</c><00:21:17.799><c> is</c><00:21:17.960><c> the</c>

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replacement<00:21:18.619><c> for</c><00:21:18.799><c> the</c><00:21:18.940><c> temple</c><00:21:19.200><c> in</c><00:21:19.380><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Jehovah<00:21:21.740><c> Witnesses,</c>

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similar,<00:21:22.779><c> they</c><00:21:22.880><c> even</c><00:21:23.099><c> named</c><00:21:23.299><c> themselves</c><00:21:23.819><c> after</c>

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a<00:21:25.119><c> famous</c><00:21:25.440><c> passage</c><00:21:25.880><c> in</c><00:21:26.059><c> the</c><00:21:26.160><c> Old</c>

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Testament<00:21:26.720><c> about</c><00:21:27.039><c> the</c><00:21:27.279><c> Jews.</c>

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Many,<00:21:28.259><c> many</c><00:21:28.539><c> religions</c><00:21:29.039><c> have</c><00:21:29.420><c> either</c><00:21:29.759><c> thought</c>

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they<00:21:30.079><c> have</c><00:21:30.319><c> replaced</c><00:21:30.680><c> the</c><00:21:30.960><c> Jews,</c><00:21:31.680><c> or</c>

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that<00:21:32.180><c> the</c><00:21:32.339><c> Jews</c><00:21:32.500><c> are</c><00:21:32.819><c> no</c><00:21:33.019><c> longer</c><00:21:33.319><c> relevant</c><00:21:33.720><c> and</c><00:21:33.880><c> God</c>

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has<00:21:34.640><c> no</c><00:21:34.900><c> further</c><00:21:35.240><c> purpose</c><00:21:35.680><c> with</c><00:21:35.900><c> them.</c>

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So,<00:21:37.259><c> there</c><00:21:37.500><c> has</c><00:21:37.700><c> to</c><00:21:37.799><c> be</c><00:21:38.039><c> consistency.</c>

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spoken<00:21:40.400><c> of</c><00:21:40.539><c> in</c><00:21:40.640><c> the</c><00:21:40.740><c> Old</c><00:21:40.940><c> Testament,</c><00:21:41.380><c> and</c><00:21:41.519><c> we</c><00:21:41.599><c> go</c><00:21:41.700><c> to</c><00:21:41.859><c> Galatians,</c>

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we<00:21:42.839><c> know</c><00:21:42.980><c> right</c><00:21:43.240><c> away</c>

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this<00:21:44.779><c> is</c><00:21:44.980><c> still</c><00:21:45.259><c> here.</c>

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And<00:21:47.119><c> when</c><00:21:47.339><c> Paul</c><00:21:47.519><c> says,</c><00:21:48.039><c> God</c><00:21:48.039><c> forbid</c>

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that<00:21:48.900><c> God</c><00:21:49.160><c> would</c><00:21:49.819><c> forget</c>

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those<00:21:50.460><c> promises.</c><00:21:51.460><c> And</c><00:21:51.599><c> Jeremiah</c>

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says<00:21:52.200><c> the</c><00:21:52.420><c> same</c><00:21:52.640><c> thing.</c><00:21:52.900><c> He</c><00:21:52.960><c> says</c><00:21:53.140><c> if</c><00:21:53.259><c> he</c><00:21:53.400><c> would</c><00:21:53.619><c> change</c>

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his<00:21:54.119><c> ordinances</c><00:21:54.480><c> of</c><00:21:54.740><c> night</c><00:21:54.920><c> and</c><00:21:55.160><c> day,</c>

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then<00:21:56.299><c> would</c><00:21:56.539><c> he</c><00:21:57.039><c> forget</c><00:21:57.259><c> the</c><00:21:57.579><c> promises</c>

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he<00:21:58.099><c> made</c><00:21:58.240><c> to</c><00:21:58.460><c> Israel.</c><00:21:59.299><c> So,</c><00:21:59.539><c> God</c>

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is<00:21:59.940><c> totally</c><00:22:00.319><c> consistent</c><00:22:00.920><c> in</c><00:22:01.119><c> this,</c><00:22:01.700><c> and</c>

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a<00:22:02.299><c> line</c><00:22:02.480><c> of</c><00:22:02.819><c> consistency</c><00:22:03.220><c> has</c><00:22:03.480><c> to</c><00:22:03.640><c> be</c>

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established.<00:22:04.799><c> So,</c><00:22:04.940><c> that's</c><00:22:05.180><c> another</c><00:22:05.480><c> important</c>

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principle.

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And<00:22:08.900><c> here</c><00:22:09.220><c> is,</c><00:22:09.480><c> I</c><00:22:09.640><c> think,</c>

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the<00:22:10.180><c> crux</c><00:22:10.440><c> of</c><00:22:10.559><c> it.</c><00:22:10.980><c> We</c><00:22:11.200><c> have</c><00:22:11.359><c> to</c><00:22:11.500><c> be</c>

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absolutely<00:22:12.259><c> sure</c><00:22:12.640><c> that</c><00:22:12.819><c> what</c><00:22:12.960><c> we</c><00:22:13.180><c> make</c><00:22:13.319><c> a</c><00:22:13.519><c> first</c>

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principle,<00:22:14.240><c> a</c><00:22:14.400><c> fellowship,</c><00:22:15.240><c> is</c><00:22:15.359><c> a</c><00:22:15.579><c> vital</c>

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point<00:22:16.279><c> for</c><00:22:16.539><c> salvation.</c><00:22:17.279><c> In</c><00:22:17.400><c> other</c><00:22:17.539><c> words,</c>

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if<00:22:17.819><c> you</c><00:22:18.099><c> don't</c><00:22:18.539><c> believe</c><00:22:18.920><c> it,</c>

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it<00:22:20.000><c> is</c><00:22:20.200><c> so</c><00:22:20.539><c> serious</c><00:22:21.079><c> that</c><00:22:21.680><c> you</c>

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to<00:22:23.980><c> be</c><00:22:24.200><c> found</c><00:22:24.799><c> unworthy</c><00:22:25.380><c> of</c><00:22:25.539><c> being</c>

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in<00:22:25.900><c> the</c><00:22:26.019><c> kingdom</c><00:22:26.259><c> of</c><00:22:26.480><c> God.</c>

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to<00:22:32.019><c> really</c><00:22:32.519><c> decide</c><00:22:33.240><c> when</c><00:22:33.640><c> you</c>

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look<00:22:33.960><c> through</c><00:22:34.220><c> the</c><00:22:34.440><c> guide</c><00:22:34.880><c> or</c><00:22:35.259><c> the</c><00:22:35.519><c> Constitution</c>

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if<00:22:37.039><c> it</c><00:22:37.319><c> meets</c><00:22:37.579><c> that</c>

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test.<00:22:38.960><c> And</c><00:22:39.200><c> you'll</c><00:22:39.460><c> see</c><00:22:39.660><c> that</c>

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commandments<00:22:42.299><c> of</c><00:22:42.519><c> Christ,</c><00:22:43.539><c> which</c><00:22:43.700><c> is</c><00:22:43.859><c> where</c>

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I'm<00:22:44.099><c> going</c><00:22:44.220><c> to</c><00:22:44.380><c> focus</c><00:22:44.660><c> a</c><00:22:44.779><c> lot</c><00:22:44.960><c> of</c><00:22:45.099><c> our</c><00:22:45.259><c> attention,</c>

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in<00:22:46.539><c> fact,</c><00:22:46.799><c> most</c><00:22:47.039><c> of</c><00:22:47.200><c> it,</c><00:22:47.440><c> because</c>

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show<00:22:50.160><c> you</c><00:22:50.339><c> today</c><00:22:50.900><c> and</c><00:22:51.339><c> tomorrow</c>

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that<00:22:52.779><c> every</c><00:22:53.180><c> point</c><00:22:53.400><c> I'm</c><00:22:53.599><c> going</c><00:22:53.779><c> to</c>

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be<00:22:54.140><c> raised,</c><00:22:54.380><c> I'm</c><00:22:54.519><c> going</c><00:22:54.619><c> to</c><00:22:54.799><c> show</c><00:22:54.940><c> you</c><00:22:55.180><c> through</c><00:22:55.400><c> the</c><00:22:55.619><c> Scriptures</c>

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that<00:22:57.259><c> it</c><00:22:57.660><c> absolutely</c>

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says,<00:22:58.980><c> not</c><00:22:59.079><c> only</c><00:22:59.359><c> that</c>

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absolutely<00:23:02.279><c> says</c><00:23:02.519><c> if</c><00:23:02.660><c> you</c><00:23:02.900><c> don't</c><00:23:03.180><c> do</c><00:23:03.400><c> it,</c>

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you're<00:23:04.079><c> not</c><00:23:04.279><c> going</c><00:23:04.400><c> to</c><00:23:04.480><c> be</c><00:23:04.599><c> in</c><00:23:04.700><c> the</c><00:23:04.859><c> kingdom.</c>

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And<00:23:06.440><c> on</c><00:23:06.819><c> many</c><00:23:07.059><c> of</c><00:23:07.240><c> these</c><00:23:07.440><c> issues,</c>

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I've<00:23:08.160><c> seen</c><00:23:08.339><c> brethren</c>

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have<00:23:10.420><c> terrible</c><00:23:11.259><c> arguments</c>

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about<00:23:12.079><c> minutiae</c><00:23:13.140><c> and</c><00:23:13.259><c> violate</c>

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20<00:23:14.099><c> other</c><00:23:14.400><c> commandments</c><00:23:14.779><c> of</c><00:23:15.000><c> Christ.</c>

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And<00:23:16.559><c> that's</c><00:23:16.819><c> not</c>

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the<00:23:18.299><c> way</c><00:23:18.500><c> to</c><00:23:18.720><c> go.</c>

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And<00:23:19.720><c> that's</c><00:23:19.900><c> not</c><00:23:20.119><c> the</c><00:23:20.200><c> way</c><00:23:20.380><c> that</c><00:23:20.480><c> we're</c><00:23:20.640><c> going</c><00:23:20.839><c> to</c>

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find<00:23:21.720><c> ourselves</c><00:23:22.200><c> pleasing</c><00:23:22.619><c> God</c>

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and<00:23:23.660><c> being</c><00:23:23.819><c> in</c><00:23:23.960><c> his</c><00:23:24.180><c> kingdom.</c>

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These<00:23:26.119><c> are</c><00:23:26.299><c> the</c><00:23:26.460><c> five</c><00:23:26.859><c> main</c>

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points,<00:23:28.339><c> and</c><00:23:28.700><c> I</c>

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welcome<00:23:30.019><c> any</c><00:23:30.400><c> suggestions</c>

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to<00:23:32.220><c> this</c><00:23:33.039><c> list</c><00:23:33.319><c> or</c>

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any<00:23:33.779><c> comments</c><00:23:34.160><c> if</c><00:23:34.440><c> you</c><00:23:34.619><c> don't</c><00:23:34.900><c> agree</c><00:23:35.180><c> with</c>

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something<00:23:35.700><c> here.</c>

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What's<00:23:44.559><c> minutiae?</c>

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Something<00:23:45.240><c> this</c><00:23:45.480><c> small.</c>

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Do<00:23:50.859><c> we</c><00:23:51.039><c> suspect</c><00:23:51.579><c> that</c><00:23:51.960><c> some</c>

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doctors<00:23:52.940><c> taught</c><00:23:53.240><c> in</c><00:23:53.400><c> the</c><00:23:53.480><c> New</c><00:23:53.740><c> Testament</c>

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are<00:23:54.839><c> not</c><00:23:55.180><c> born</c><00:23:55.400><c> out</c><00:23:55.740><c> in</c><00:23:55.980><c> the</c><00:23:56.140><c> Old?</c>

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Oh,<00:23:57.440><c> yeah.</c>

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That's<00:23:57.900><c> why</c><00:23:58.039><c> there's</c><00:23:58.200><c> this</c><00:23:58.440><c> little</c><00:23:58.759><c> star.</c>

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The<00:23:59.680><c> New</c><00:23:59.900><c> Testament</c><00:24:00.380><c> is</c>

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the<00:24:02.079><c> final</c><00:24:02.460><c> word.</c>

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When<00:24:04.000><c> you</c><00:24:04.279><c> read</c><00:24:04.500><c> a</c><00:24:04.720><c> textbook,</c>

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you<00:24:05.880><c> can't</c><00:24:06.880><c> just</c><00:24:07.240><c> read</c>

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the<00:24:07.619><c> first</c><00:24:07.700><c> five</c><00:24:08.019><c> chapters</c><00:24:08.400><c> if</c><00:24:08.539><c> you</c><00:24:08.680><c> want</c><00:24:08.819><c> to</c><00:24:08.920><c> know</c><00:24:09.039><c> the</c><00:24:09.160><c> whole</c><00:24:09.400><c> subject.</c>

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You've<00:24:09.960><c> got</c><00:24:10.000><c> to</c><00:24:10.099><c> go</c><00:24:10.200><c> all</c><00:24:10.400><c> the</c><00:24:10.440><c> way</c><00:24:10.559><c> to</c><00:24:10.680><c> the</c><00:24:10.799><c> end.</c>

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So<00:24:11.079><c> I</c><00:24:11.200><c> put</c><00:24:11.339><c> a</c><00:24:11.480><c> little</c><00:24:11.660><c> star</c><00:24:11.839><c> here</c><00:24:12.019><c> to</c><00:24:12.160><c> emphasize</c><00:24:12.599><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:24:13.400><c> consistently,</c><00:24:14.000><c> but</c><00:24:14.299><c> there</c><00:24:14.440><c> must</c><00:24:14.660><c> be</c>

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nothing<00:24:16.799><c> inconsistent</c><00:24:17.200><c> about</c><00:24:17.619><c> it.</c>

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And<00:24:18.240><c> you'll</c><00:24:18.900><c> notice</c><00:24:19.099><c> when</c><00:24:19.259><c> I</c>

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talked<00:24:19.680><c> about</c><00:24:19.920><c> the</c><00:24:20.140><c> Sabbath,</c>

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it's<00:24:21.200><c> very</c><00:24:21.539><c> careful</c><00:24:21.839><c> that</c><00:24:21.980><c> that</c><00:24:22.160><c> was</c><00:24:22.400><c> worked</c><00:24:22.619><c> out.</c>

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When<00:24:24.299><c> they</c><00:24:24.480><c> had</c><00:24:24.559><c> the</c><00:24:24.819><c> problem</c><00:24:24.940><c> with</c><00:24:25.119><c> the</c>

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circumcision,<00:24:26.539><c> it</c><00:24:26.640><c> was</c><00:24:26.859><c> a</c><00:24:26.940><c> lot</c><00:24:27.119><c> of</c>

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controversy<00:24:27.859><c> and</c><00:24:28.099><c> argument,</c><00:24:28.339><c> and</c><00:24:28.460><c> it</c><00:24:28.599><c> was</c><00:24:28.799><c> worked</c><00:24:29.039><c> out.</c>

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So<00:24:30.000><c> it's</c><00:24:30.380><c> not</c><00:24:30.519><c> something</c><00:24:30.779><c> that</c><00:24:31.059><c> just</c>

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dropped<00:24:31.619><c> in</c><00:24:31.880><c> there.</c>

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So<00:24:33.039><c> that's</c><00:24:33.299><c> a</c><00:24:33.339><c> good</c><00:24:33.519><c> point,</c><00:24:33.779><c> thank</c><00:24:34.059><c> you.</c>

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But<00:24:34.240><c> I</c><00:24:34.900><c> did</c><00:24:35.140><c> put</c><00:24:35.319><c> this</c><00:24:35.559><c> little</c><00:24:35.819><c> star</c>

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just<00:24:36.900><c> for</c><00:24:37.180><c> that</c><00:24:37.440><c> reason.</c>

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There's<00:24:39.380><c> some</c><00:24:39.660><c> risk</c><00:24:39.900><c> in</c><00:24:40.079><c> the</c><00:24:40.220><c> last</c><00:24:40.519><c> one.</c>

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Yeah,<00:24:41.559><c> this</c><00:24:41.960><c> is</c><00:24:42.180><c> the</c><00:24:42.279><c> one</c>

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that's<00:24:42.740><c> almost</c><00:24:42.980><c> the</c><00:24:43.180><c> hardest</c><00:24:43.380><c> to</c><00:24:43.599><c> define,</c><00:24:43.940><c> isn't</c><00:24:44.160><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:24:44.859><c> you</c><00:24:45.460><c> could</c>

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be<00:24:46.400><c> tempted</c><00:24:46.759><c> to</c><00:24:46.980><c> put</c><00:24:47.079><c> yourself</c>

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to<00:24:48.480><c> take</c><00:24:48.619><c> price</c><00:24:49.000><c> role</c><00:24:49.220><c> at</c><00:24:49.440><c> the</c><00:24:49.619><c> judgment</c><00:24:49.839><c> seat</c>

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and<00:24:50.480><c> decide</c><00:24:51.000><c> you're</c><00:24:52.059><c> in,</c>

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you're<00:24:52.640><c> out,</c><00:24:52.920><c> you're</c><00:24:53.079><c> in,</c><00:24:53.480><c> you're</c><00:24:53.579><c> out.</c>

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Unless<00:24:55.980><c> you</c><00:24:56.180><c> have</c><00:24:56.579><c> a</c>

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clear<00:24:57.059><c>-cut</c><00:24:57.400><c> scriptural</c><00:24:58.119><c> evidence</c>

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for<00:24:59.539><c> its</c><00:25:00.059><c> vitalness.</c>

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Well,<00:25:02.259><c> this</c><00:25:02.640><c> here,</c>

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right<00:25:03.299><c> here,</c>

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is<00:25:05.200><c> the</c><00:25:05.440><c> cause</c><00:25:05.640><c> of</c><00:25:05.859><c> almost</c><00:25:06.119><c> all</c><00:25:06.380><c> the</c>

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doctrines<00:25:06.839><c> to</c><00:25:07.039><c> be</c><00:25:07.220><c> rejected.</c>

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Okay?

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But<00:25:11.220><c> by</c><00:25:11.420><c> the</c><00:25:11.539><c> very</c><00:25:11.779><c> word</c><00:25:11.940><c> that</c><00:25:12.059><c> it's</c><00:25:12.299><c> a</c>

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doctrine,<00:25:13.380><c> that</c><00:25:14.259><c> means</c>

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that<00:25:14.660><c> some</c><00:25:14.920><c> believed</c><00:25:15.480><c> it</c><00:25:15.880><c> was</c>

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essential<00:25:16.859><c> to</c><00:25:17.079><c> salvation.</c>

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And<00:25:18.319><c> so</c><00:25:18.440><c> you</c><00:25:18.559><c> have</c><00:25:18.740><c> a</c><00:25:18.819><c> list</c><00:25:18.980><c> of</c><00:25:19.240><c> 35</c><00:25:19.720><c> things</c>

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on<00:25:20.920><c> which</c><00:25:21.079><c> the</c><00:25:21.319><c> community</c><00:25:21.680><c> has</c><00:25:22.000><c> had</c>

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questioning<00:25:22.539><c> over</c><00:25:22.839><c> the</c><00:25:23.039><c> last</c><00:25:23.259><c> 150</c><00:25:23.680><c> years.</c>

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And<00:25:24.640><c> your</c><00:25:24.880><c> point</c><00:25:25.059><c> is</c><00:25:25.460><c> absolutely</c><00:25:26.019><c> correct.</c>

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This<00:25:27.640><c> is</c><00:25:28.039><c> the</c><00:25:28.339><c> crux</c>

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of<00:25:29.220><c> the</c><00:25:30.859><c> issue</c>

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and<00:25:31.859><c> what</c><00:25:32.099><c> leads</c><00:25:32.359><c> us</c><00:25:32.599><c> sometimes</c><00:25:33.039><c> to</c><00:25:33.299><c> problems.</c>

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So<00:25:34.380><c> in</c><00:25:34.480><c> your</c><00:25:35.180><c> attempt</c>

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to<00:25:35.660><c> define</c><00:25:35.980><c> first</c><00:25:36.299><c> principles,</c>

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if<00:25:37.500><c> you've</c><00:25:37.759><c> got</c><00:25:38.259><c> too</c><00:25:38.779><c> many</c><00:25:38.940><c> on</c><00:25:39.140><c> your</c><00:25:39.319><c> list,</c>

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you<00:25:41.180><c> would</c><00:25:41.460><c> be</c>

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limiting<00:25:44.720><c> in</c><00:25:45.319><c> your</c><00:25:45.619><c> speech</c>

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God's<00:25:47.519><c> ability</c>

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to<00:25:47.920><c> be</c><00:25:48.140><c> gracious</c><00:25:48.420><c> in</c><00:25:48.700><c> the</c><00:25:48.819><c> day</c><00:25:48.900><c> to</c><00:25:49.259><c> go.</c>

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Absolutely.

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We<00:25:52.140><c> could</c><00:25:52.779><c> go</c><00:25:53.059><c> the</c><00:25:53.220><c> route</c>

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of<00:25:53.660><c> the</c><00:25:53.940><c> Jews</c><00:25:54.140><c> who</c><00:25:54.319><c> have</c><00:25:54.420><c> the</c><00:25:54.660><c> Talmud.</c>

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I<00:25:55.799><c> recently</c><00:25:56.259><c> bought</c><00:25:56.640><c> a</c><00:25:56.940><c> Talmud.</c>

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At<00:25:58.259><c> least</c><00:25:58.519><c> I</c><00:25:58.720><c> thought</c><00:25:58.940><c> I'd</c><00:25:59.299><c> bought</c><00:25:59.440><c> a</c><00:25:59.960><c> Talmud.</c>

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There<00:26:00.319><c> was</c><00:26:01.900><c> a</c>

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sale.

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Ann<00:26:03.480><c> Arbor</c><00:26:03.640><c> is</c><00:26:03.839><c> a</c><00:26:04.000><c> college</c><00:26:04.259><c> town</c><00:26:04.539><c> of</c><00:26:04.740><c> about</c><00:26:04.900><c> 100</c><00:26:05.140><c>,000</c>

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:07.319
people,<00:26:05.880><c> and</c><00:26:06.019><c> there</c><00:26:06.160><c> are</c><00:26:06.480><c> just</c><00:26:06.839><c> wonderful</c>

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bookstores,<00:26:08.299><c> loads</c><00:26:08.559><c> of</c><00:26:08.759><c> bookstores,</c>

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because<00:26:09.400><c> they</c><00:26:09.599><c> know</c><00:26:09.720><c> there</c><00:26:09.839><c> are</c><00:26:09.920><c> a</c><00:26:09.920><c> lot</c><00:26:10.119><c> of</c><00:26:10.259><c> phony</c><00:26:10.480><c> intellectuals</c><00:26:11.140><c> in</c><00:26:11.299><c> town</c>

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:13.440
and<00:26:12.079><c> they</c><00:26:12.240><c> can</c><00:26:12.480><c> sell</c><00:26:12.660><c> books</c><00:26:12.920><c> easily.</c>

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So<00:26:14.059><c> there</c><00:26:14.220><c> are</c><00:26:14.259><c> used</c><00:26:14.500><c> bookstores,</c>

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advanced<00:26:15.539><c> bookstores,</c><00:26:16.359><c> out</c><00:26:16.480><c>-of</c><00:26:16.599><c>-date</c><00:26:16.759><c> bookstores.</c>

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Ann<00:26:18.839><c> Arbor</c><00:26:19.019><c> has</c>

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more<00:26:19.579><c> bookstores</c><00:26:20.039><c> per</c><00:26:20.339><c> capita</c>

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than<00:26:21.359><c> any</c><00:26:21.640><c> place</c><00:26:22.039><c> in</c><00:26:22.299><c> the</c><00:26:22.440><c> United</c><00:26:22.619><c> States.</c>

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And<00:26:24.299><c> I</c><00:26:24.720><c> saw</c>

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:28.779
a<00:26:25.460><c> set,</c><00:26:26.200><c> advertised</c><00:26:26.839><c> a</c><00:26:27.039><c> set</c><00:26:27.220><c> of</c>

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for<00:26:29.519><c> 60</c><00:26:29.960><c> bucks</c><00:26:30.200><c> I</c><00:26:30.339><c> could</c><00:26:30.539><c> buy</c><00:26:30.799><c> the</c><00:26:31.039><c> entire</c>

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Talmud.

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So<00:26:34.119><c> I</c><00:26:34.180><c> said,</c><00:26:34.400><c> gee,</c><00:26:34.480><c> that's</c><00:26:34.740><c> a</c><00:26:34.819><c> good</c><00:26:35.000><c> buy</c>

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because<00:26:35.579><c> I've</c><00:26:35.960><c> seen</c><00:26:36.140><c> it</c><00:26:36.339><c> three,</c><00:26:36.839><c> four</c><00:26:36.980><c> hundred</c><00:26:37.119><c> dollars</c>

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in<00:26:37.700><c> magazines.</c><00:26:38.039><c> So</c><00:26:38.220><c> I</c><00:26:38.259><c> go</c><00:26:38.440><c> down</c>

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and<00:26:39.599><c> I</c><00:26:39.779><c> buy</c><00:26:39.940><c> this</c><00:26:40.160><c> thing</c><00:26:40.299><c> and</c><00:26:40.440><c> I</c><00:26:40.579><c> had</c><00:26:40.680><c> trouble</c><00:26:40.980><c> carrying</c>

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it<00:26:41.559><c> home.</c><00:26:42.220><c> I</c><00:26:42.339><c> mean,</c><00:26:42.640><c> it's</c>

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a<00:26:43.519><c> big</c><00:26:43.720><c> set</c><00:26:43.920><c> of</c><00:26:44.180><c> volumes.</c>

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It's<00:26:45.079><c> like</c><00:26:45.259><c> the</c><00:26:45.460><c> Encyclopedia</c><00:26:46.099><c> Britannica.</c>

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And<00:26:47.440><c> this</c><00:26:47.680><c> is</c><00:26:48.000><c> the</c><00:26:48.859><c> wisdom</c>

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of<00:26:49.660><c> many,</c><00:26:49.900><c> many</c>

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centuries<00:26:51.819><c> of</c><00:26:52.559><c> Jewish</c><00:26:52.839><c> thought</c>

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and<00:26:53.579><c> commentary.</c><00:26:54.980><c> And</c>

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:57.160
you<00:26:55.420><c> know,</c><00:26:55.900><c> we</c><00:26:56.000><c> could</c><00:26:56.259><c> get</c><00:26:56.420><c> into</c><00:26:56.680><c> that</c><00:26:56.940><c> habit</c>

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ourselves.<00:26:58.980><c> Basically</c>

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we<00:27:01.160><c> like</c><00:27:01.380><c> to</c><00:27:01.599><c> keep</c><00:27:01.779><c> things</c><00:27:02.079><c> simple.</c><00:27:02.700><c> And</c><00:27:02.859><c> we</c><00:27:02.940><c> have</c>

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to<00:27:03.240><c> remember</c><00:27:03.680><c> that</c><00:27:04.000><c> if</c>

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God<00:27:06.220><c> wanted</c><00:27:06.660><c> us</c><00:27:06.980><c> to</c>

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have<00:27:07.460><c> a</c><00:27:08.019><c> detailed</c><00:27:08.619><c> manual</c>

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:11.259
that<00:27:10.339><c> was</c><00:27:10.640><c> a</c><00:27:10.779><c> statement</c><00:27:11.000><c> of</c>

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:13.099
faith,<00:27:11.500><c> he</c><00:27:11.599><c> would</c><00:27:11.759><c> have</c><00:27:11.859><c> given</c><00:27:12.000><c> us</c><00:27:12.319><c> one.</c><00:27:12.839><c> Paul</c>

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:15.220
would<00:27:13.299><c> have</c><00:27:13.380><c> written,</c><00:27:13.700><c> you</c><00:27:14.480><c> know,</c><00:27:14.660><c> a</c><00:27:14.920><c> general</c>

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:17.180
letter<00:27:15.420><c> to</c><00:27:15.660><c> the</c><00:27:15.799><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:27:16.880><c> and</c>

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:19.019
it<00:27:17.240><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:17.420><c> be</c><00:27:17.700><c> the</c><00:27:17.859><c> Birmingham</c><00:27:18.279><c> Amendment</c><00:27:18.619><c> statement</c><00:27:18.839><c> of</c>

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:21.259
faith,<00:27:19.180><c> it</c><00:27:19.240><c> would</c><00:27:19.400><c> be</c><00:27:19.599><c> the</c><00:27:19.819><c> first</c><00:27:20.019><c> century</c><00:27:20.480><c> statement</c><00:27:21.000><c> of</c>

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:23.319
faith.<00:27:21.720><c> And</c><00:27:21.880><c> he</c><00:27:22.019><c> said,</c><00:27:22.359><c> here</c><00:27:22.440><c> are</c><00:27:22.660><c> all</c><00:27:22.920><c> the</c><00:27:23.059><c> issues</c>

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:25.319
that<00:27:23.460><c> you</c><00:27:23.539><c> have</c><00:27:23.779><c> to</c><00:27:23.940><c> believe.</c><00:27:24.759><c> Here's</c><00:27:25.119><c> number</c>

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one,<00:27:25.559><c> number</c><00:27:25.859><c> two,</c><00:27:26.119><c> number</c><00:27:26.359><c> three.</c>

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There's<00:27:27.240><c> only</c><00:27:27.559><c> one</c><00:27:27.880><c> passage</c><00:27:28.299><c> and,</c><00:27:28.720><c> you</c><00:27:28.859><c> know,</c><00:27:29.039><c> one</c>

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set<00:27:29.799><c> of</c><00:27:29.960><c> verses</c><00:27:30.180><c> in</c><00:27:30.339><c> the</c><00:27:30.420><c> whole</c><00:27:30.599><c> Bible</c><00:27:30.839><c> that</c><00:27:31.000><c> comes</c>

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.339
even<00:27:31.500><c> close</c><00:27:32.000><c> to</c><00:27:32.500><c> being</c><00:27:32.680><c> a</c><00:27:32.920><c> statement</c><00:27:33.099><c> of</c>

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faith<00:27:33.559><c> in</c><00:27:33.859><c> Ephesians.</c>

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But<00:27:36.119><c> other</c><00:27:36.380><c> than</c><00:27:36.619><c> that,</c>

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God,<00:27:38.480><c> I</c><00:27:38.960><c> believe,</c>

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deliberately<00:27:39.839><c> didn't</c><00:27:40.180><c> do</c><00:27:40.420><c> that</c><00:27:40.700><c> because</c>

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it's<00:27:41.519><c> for</c><00:27:41.740><c> us</c><00:27:42.000><c> to</c><00:27:42.259><c> work</c><00:27:42.480><c> out</c><00:27:42.660><c> our</c><00:27:42.880><c> salvation</c>

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with<00:27:43.539><c> fear</c><00:27:43.779><c> and</c><00:27:44.019><c> trembling.</c><00:27:44.700><c> There</c><00:27:44.839><c> has</c><00:27:45.059><c> to</c><00:27:45.200><c> be</c>

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some<00:27:45.599><c> judgment</c><00:27:45.960><c> and</c><00:27:46.200><c> development</c><00:27:46.519><c> of</c><00:27:46.839><c> character</c>

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:49.420
on<00:27:47.359><c> our</c><00:27:47.680><c> part.</c><00:27:48.259><c> Otherwise</c><00:27:48.640><c> it's,</c><00:27:49.079><c> you</c><00:27:49.420><c> know,</c>

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:52.240
he<00:27:49.779><c> might</c><00:27:49.900><c> as</c><00:27:50.019><c> well</c><00:27:50.079><c> have</c><00:27:50.240><c> Xeroxed</c><00:27:50.720><c> a</c><00:27:50.740><c> bunch</c><00:27:50.980><c> of</c><00:27:51.180><c> people.</c>

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But<00:27:53.279><c> your</c><00:27:53.539><c> point,</c>

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I<00:27:54.140><c> think,</c><00:27:54.799><c> will</c><00:27:54.980><c> be</c><00:27:55.220><c> emphasized</c>

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again<00:27:55.960><c> and</c><00:27:56.160><c> again</c><00:27:56.339><c> this</c><00:27:56.539><c> weekend.</c>

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Because<00:27:57.599><c> that</c><00:27:57.799><c> is</c><00:27:57.980><c> a</c><00:27:58.019><c> very</c><00:27:58.339><c> important</c><00:27:58.740><c> test.</c>

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And<00:27:59.799><c> it's</c><00:28:00.019><c> one</c><00:28:00.220><c> that</c><00:28:00.380><c> when</c><00:28:00.559><c> we</c><00:28:00.759><c> are</c><00:28:00.940><c> not</c>

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totally<00:28:02.380><c> sure</c><00:28:02.880><c> something</c>

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:05.380
meets<00:28:03.700><c> that,</c><00:28:04.299><c> we</c><00:28:04.440><c> ought</c><00:28:04.579><c> to</c><00:28:04.960><c> approach</c>

00:28:05.380 --> 00:28:07.440
that<00:28:05.660><c> subject</c><00:28:05.960><c> with</c><00:28:06.259><c> a</c><00:28:06.599><c> lot</c><00:28:06.779><c> more</c><00:28:07.220><c> of</c>

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humility<00:28:07.920><c> and</c><00:28:08.640><c> a</c><00:28:08.740><c> lot</c><00:28:08.960><c> more</c>

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of<00:28:09.720><c> consideration.</c>

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There<00:28:11.660><c> are</c><00:28:11.819><c> ways</c><00:28:12.039><c> to</c><00:28:12.299><c> decide,</c><00:28:12.980><c> though,</c>

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even<00:28:13.559><c> in</c><00:28:13.759><c> these</c><00:28:13.940><c> issues,</c><00:28:14.740><c> I</c><00:28:14.880><c> think</c>

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we<00:28:15.500><c> are</c><00:28:15.599><c> given</c><00:28:15.920><c> scriptural</c><00:28:16.480><c> guidance</c><00:28:16.940><c> on</c><00:28:17.140><c> how</c><00:28:17.259><c> to</c>

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decide.<00:28:18.059><c> For</c><00:28:18.319><c> example,</c>

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at<00:28:19.579><c> one</c><00:28:19.819><c> time</c><00:28:20.140><c> in</c>

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some<00:28:21.579><c> Ecclesias,</c><00:28:22.839><c> it</c><00:28:22.960><c> was</c><00:28:23.259><c> a</c>

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rule,<00:28:24.279><c> and</c><00:28:24.480><c> I</c><00:28:24.599><c> believe</c><00:28:24.880><c> it</c><00:28:25.200><c> still</c><00:28:25.380><c> is</c>

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in<00:28:25.740><c> certain</c><00:28:26.099><c> areas</c><00:28:26.539><c> of</c><00:28:26.720><c> our</c><00:28:26.920><c> community,</c>

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that<00:28:28.359><c> you</c>

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cannot<00:28:29.980><c> wear</c><00:28:30.619><c> a</c><00:28:30.779><c> beard.</c>

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Now,<00:28:32.660><c> as</c><00:28:32.920><c> you</c><00:28:33.039><c> can</c><00:28:33.279><c> guess,</c>

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this<00:28:34.640><c> is</c><00:28:35.079><c> not</c><00:28:35.240><c> a</c><00:28:35.359><c> good</c>

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rule.<00:28:36.839><c> I</c><00:28:37.140><c> think</c><00:28:37.359><c> it's</c>

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kind<00:28:37.799><c> of</c><00:28:37.940><c> a</c><00:28:38.039><c> silly</c><00:28:38.240><c> rule.</c><00:28:39.740><c> I</c>

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didn't<00:28:40.519><c> realize</c><00:28:40.900><c> until</c><00:28:41.140><c> I</c><00:28:41.380><c> traveled</c>

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to<00:28:41.779><c> another</c><00:28:41.940><c> part</c><00:28:42.220><c> of</c><00:28:42.339><c> the</c><00:28:42.500><c> world</c><00:28:42.880><c> that</c><00:28:43.299><c> a</c><00:28:43.440><c> brother</c>

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came<00:28:43.839><c> up</c><00:28:44.039><c> to</c><00:28:44.160><c> me</c><00:28:44.279><c> and</c><00:28:44.400><c> told</c><00:28:44.680><c> me</c><00:28:44.900><c> that</c><00:28:45.200><c> if</c><00:28:45.339><c> you</c>

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had<00:28:45.559><c> a</c><00:28:45.740><c> beard,</c><00:28:46.039><c> you</c><00:28:46.099><c> probably</c><00:28:46.460><c> wouldn't</c><00:28:46.599><c> be</c><00:28:46.779><c> in</c><00:28:46.900><c> the</c><00:28:46.960><c> kingdom</c>

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of<00:28:47.400><c> God.</c>

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And<00:28:49.099><c> I</c><00:28:49.200><c> said</c><00:28:49.359><c> to</c><00:28:49.440><c> him,</c>

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well,<00:28:49.720><c> I</c><00:28:49.759><c> guess</c><00:28:49.980><c> I</c><00:28:50.059><c> won't</c><00:28:50.200><c> see</c><00:28:50.380><c> John</c><00:28:50.660><c> Thomas</c><00:28:51.039><c> then</c><00:28:51.180><c> either.</c>

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And<00:28:52.839><c> he</c><00:28:52.960><c> got</c>

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taken<00:28:54.240><c> back</c><00:28:54.579><c> a</c><00:28:54.759><c> bit.</c>

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And<00:28:55.680><c> I</c><00:28:55.859><c> said,</c><00:28:55.980><c> where</c><00:28:56.200><c> did</c><00:28:56.339><c> you</c><00:28:56.480><c> get</c><00:28:56.660><c> this?</c><00:28:56.859><c> He</c><00:28:57.000><c> says,</c><00:28:57.140><c> well,</c><00:28:57.359><c> that</c>

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:59.759
shows<00:28:57.779><c> an</c><00:28:58.119><c> over</c><00:28:58.960><c>-identification</c>

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with<00:29:00.019><c> the</c><00:29:00.240><c> things</c><00:29:00.400><c> of</c><00:29:00.579><c> the</c><00:29:00.799><c> world</c><00:29:01.000><c> and</c><00:29:01.259><c> worldliness.</c>

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.559
And<00:29:02.819><c> I</c><00:29:03.039><c> thought</c><00:29:03.240><c> I</c>

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:05.460
had<00:29:03.779><c> a</c><00:29:03.940><c> beard</c><00:29:04.079><c> so</c><00:29:04.240><c> I</c><00:29:04.339><c> didn't</c><00:29:04.480><c> have</c><00:29:04.680><c> to</c><00:29:04.779><c> have</c><00:29:04.900><c> little</c><00:29:05.200><c> pieces</c>

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:07.400
of<00:29:05.700><c> paper</c><00:29:05.900><c> tissue</c><00:29:06.200><c> on</c><00:29:06.400><c> my</c><00:29:07.019><c> face</c>

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:09.859
every<00:29:07.700><c> Sunday</c><00:29:08.019><c> after</c><00:29:08.380><c> I</c><00:29:08.660><c> shaved</c><00:29:08.880><c> because</c><00:29:09.200><c> I</c><00:29:09.380><c> got</c>

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:11.480
sort<00:29:10.079><c> of</c><00:29:10.279><c> tender</c><00:29:10.460><c> skin</c><00:29:10.779><c> and</c><00:29:10.960><c> I</c><00:29:11.259><c> bleed</c>

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:13.559
easily.<00:29:12.160><c> And</c><00:29:12.380><c> I</c><00:29:12.480><c> got</c><00:29:12.680><c> sort</c><00:29:12.920><c> of</c><00:29:13.160><c> tired</c><00:29:13.359><c> of</c>

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.400
this<00:29:14.140><c> and</c><00:29:14.140><c> I</c><00:29:14.339><c> just</c><00:29:14.559><c> sort</c><00:29:14.720><c> of</c><00:29:14.880><c> grew</c><00:29:15.039><c> a</c><00:29:15.200><c> beard</c>

00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.759
in<00:29:16.279><c> the</c><00:29:16.480><c> face</c><00:29:16.720><c> of</c><00:29:17.059><c> tremendous</c>

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.400
spousal<00:29:18.339><c> opposition,</c>

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which<00:29:20.380><c> has</c><00:29:20.900><c> ameliorated</c>

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with<00:29:21.720><c> time,</c><00:29:23.140><c> right?</c>

00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:25.500
So<00:29:24.839><c> we</c><00:29:25.000><c> can</c><00:29:25.220><c> raise</c>

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:27.500
things<00:29:25.779><c> to</c><00:29:25.980><c> first</c><00:29:26.200><c> principles</c><00:29:26.579><c> that</c><00:29:26.799><c> are</c><00:29:26.920><c> actually</c><00:29:27.099><c> almost</c>

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kind<00:29:27.859><c> of</c><00:29:28.180><c> silly</c><00:29:28.460><c> things</c><00:29:28.759><c> in</c><00:29:28.920><c> a</c><00:29:29.079><c> sense.</c><00:29:29.400><c> I</c><00:29:29.400><c> think</c>

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if<00:29:31.359><c> you</c>

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:33.599
heard<00:29:32.059><c> something</c><00:29:32.339><c> like</c><00:29:32.599><c> that</c><00:29:32.819><c> today,</c><00:29:33.140><c> you'd</c><00:29:33.319><c> sort</c><00:29:33.440><c> of</c>

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say,<00:29:34.500><c> well,</c><00:29:34.740><c> what</c><00:29:34.940><c> difference</c><00:29:35.200><c> does</c><00:29:35.400><c> it</c><00:29:35.539><c> make</c>

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.339
whether<00:29:35.819><c> you</c><00:29:35.920><c> have</c><00:29:36.039><c> a</c><00:29:36.200><c> beard</c><00:29:36.339><c> or</c><00:29:36.539><c> not?</c>

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Well,<00:29:38.200><c> the</c><00:29:38.440><c> next</c><00:29:38.619><c> question</c><00:29:38.880><c> I'd</c><00:29:39.119><c> like</c><00:29:39.200><c> to</c><00:29:39.460><c> ask</c>

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:41.460
is,<00:29:39.920><c> are</c><00:29:40.099><c> all</c><00:29:40.460><c> the</c><00:29:40.680><c> first</c><00:29:40.900><c> principles</c>

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:43.660
needed<00:29:42.220><c> for</c><00:29:42.500><c> salvation</c><00:29:43.000><c> in</c><00:29:43.299><c> the</c><00:29:43.440><c> statement</c>

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:45.680
of<00:29:43.859><c> faith?</c><00:29:44.019><c> And</c><00:29:44.160><c> I</c><00:29:44.200><c> think</c><00:29:44.339><c> we've</c><00:29:44.559><c> already</c><00:29:44.859><c> thought</c><00:29:45.220><c> about</c><00:29:45.440><c> that</c>

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:47.599
a<00:29:45.839><c> minute</c><00:29:46.160><c> or</c><00:29:46.680><c> two</c><00:29:46.779><c> when</c><00:29:46.900><c> we</c><00:29:47.000><c> looked</c><00:29:47.140><c> at</c><00:29:47.299><c> this.</c>

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:49.559
And<00:29:48.000><c> I</c><00:29:48.119><c> think,</c><00:29:48.420><c> to</c><00:29:48.599><c> my</c><00:29:48.799><c> mind,</c><00:29:49.000><c> the</c><00:29:49.059><c> answer</c><00:29:49.299><c> is</c>

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:51.660
of<00:29:49.759><c> course</c><00:29:50.079><c> not.</c><00:29:50.720><c> No.</c>

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:53.700
Robert<00:29:51.900><c> Roberts</c><00:29:52.140><c> never</c><00:29:52.460><c> wrote</c><00:29:52.779><c> the</c><00:29:53.059><c> statement</c><00:29:53.279><c> of</c><00:29:53.539><c> faith</c>

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to<00:29:53.960><c> encompass</c><00:29:54.400><c> every</c><00:29:54.960><c> first</c><00:29:55.259><c> principle</c>

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in<00:29:55.759><c> the</c><00:29:55.880><c> Bible.</c><00:29:57.380><c> Thank</c>

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:59.519
goodness<00:29:57.779><c> he</c><00:29:57.960><c> didn't.</c><00:29:58.900><c> It</c><00:29:58.900><c> would</c><00:29:59.039><c> be</c><00:29:59.180><c> bad</c><00:29:59.319><c> enough</c>

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:01.240
as<00:29:59.779><c> is</c><00:30:00.339><c> that</c>

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:03.720
you<00:30:01.920><c> could</c><00:30:02.119><c> have</c><00:30:02.380><c> this</c><00:30:03.000><c> kind</c><00:30:03.299><c> of</c><00:30:03.539><c> issue.</c>

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If<00:30:04.200><c> you</c><00:30:04.400><c> did</c><00:30:04.599><c> write</c><00:30:05.059><c> a</c><00:30:05.400><c> statement</c>

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:07.779
of<00:30:05.859><c> faith</c><00:30:05.980><c> that</c><00:30:06.140><c> had</c><00:30:06.240><c> every</c><00:30:06.519><c> first</c><00:30:06.839><c> principle</c><00:30:07.200><c> in</c><00:30:07.359><c> it,</c>

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:09.579
we<00:30:08.259><c> would</c><00:30:08.460><c> be</c><00:30:08.700><c> carrying</c><00:30:08.900><c> around</c><00:30:09.160><c> a</c><00:30:09.279><c> fairly</c>

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.759
basic<00:30:09.759><c> book.</c>

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So<00:30:12.579><c> we</c><00:30:12.680><c> have</c><00:30:12.859><c> to</c><00:30:13.160><c> know</c><00:30:13.319><c> that.</c>

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.779
And<00:30:14.720><c> that's</c><00:30:15.000><c> not</c><00:30:15.200><c> to</c><00:30:15.400><c> put</c><00:30:15.559><c> down</c>

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:17.500
the<00:30:15.940><c> statement</c><00:30:16.099><c> of</c><00:30:16.319><c> faith.</c><00:30:16.619><c> Let</c><00:30:16.779><c> me</c><00:30:16.859><c> make</c><00:30:16.980><c> it</c><00:30:17.200><c> absolutely</c>

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:20.140
clear.<00:30:17.859><c> The</c><00:30:18.039><c> statement</c><00:30:18.220><c> of</c><00:30:18.380><c> faith</c><00:30:18.460><c> is</c><00:30:18.619><c> a</c><00:30:18.779><c> wonderful</c><00:30:19.180><c> document.</c>

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.819
It<00:30:20.299><c> has</c><00:30:20.539><c> been</c><00:30:20.859><c> the</c><00:30:21.559><c> strongest</c>

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thing<00:30:22.039><c> that</c><00:30:22.160><c> has</c><00:30:22.319><c> kept</c><00:30:22.460><c> our</c><00:30:22.759><c> community</c><00:30:23.200><c> together</c>

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for<00:30:24.460><c> over</c><00:30:24.720><c> a</c><00:30:24.880><c> century.</c>

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No<00:30:25.799><c> other</c><00:30:26.079><c> religion</c><00:30:26.480><c> has</c><00:30:27.220><c> lasted</c>

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as<00:30:28.539><c> long</c><00:30:28.759><c> as</c><00:30:28.940><c> we</c><00:30:29.240><c> have</c><00:30:29.420><c> with</c>

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these<00:30:29.859><c> principles</c><00:30:30.339><c> intact.</c>

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When<00:30:31.819><c> you</c><00:30:31.940><c> think</c><00:30:32.140><c> about</c><00:30:32.440><c> it,</c><00:30:33.160><c> we</c><00:30:33.460><c> owe</c>

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a<00:30:33.819><c> great</c><00:30:34.019><c> deal</c><00:30:34.640><c> to</c>

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three<00:30:36.400><c> things</c><00:30:36.660><c> that</c><00:30:36.880><c> Robert</c><00:30:37.140><c> Roberts</c><00:30:37.420><c> did.</c>

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One,<00:30:39.599><c> what</c><00:30:39.759><c> was</c><00:30:39.920><c> the</c><00:30:40.059><c> first</c><00:30:40.279><c> thing</c>

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.220
that<00:30:40.619><c> he</c><00:30:40.660><c> did</c><00:30:40.839><c> as</c><00:30:41.019><c> a</c><00:30:41.140><c> young</c><00:30:41.279><c> man?</c>

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The<00:30:44.319><c> daily</c><00:30:44.680><c> reading</c><00:30:45.059><c> chart.</c>

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If<00:30:46.119><c> there's</c><00:30:46.440><c> anything</c><00:30:46.759><c> that</c><00:30:46.980><c> has</c><00:30:47.180><c> encouraged</c>

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:49.819
Christadelphians<00:30:48.500><c> to</c><00:30:48.720><c> be</c><00:30:48.920><c> Bible</c><00:30:49.339><c> students,</c>

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it's<00:30:50.279><c> been</c><00:30:50.460><c> the</c><00:30:50.539><c> daily</c><00:30:50.880><c> reading</c><00:30:51.240><c> chart.</c>

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.960
And<00:30:52.960><c> that's</c><00:30:53.180><c> the</c><00:30:53.279><c> best</c><00:30:53.579><c> selling</c>

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book.<00:30:54.920><c> It's</c><00:30:55.059><c> the</c><00:30:55.119><c> best</c><00:30:55.339><c> selling</c><00:30:55.599><c> pamphlet</c>

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in<00:30:56.819><c> our</c><00:30:57.019><c> community.</c>

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Literally<00:30:57.980><c> millions</c><00:30:58.400><c> have</c><00:30:58.579><c> been</c><00:30:58.819><c> printed.</c>

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What<00:30:59.740><c> was</c><00:30:59.920><c> the</c><00:31:00.119><c> second</c><00:31:00.299><c> thing</c><00:31:00.480><c> he</c><00:31:00.680><c> did?</c>

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For<00:31:08.500><c> operation</c><00:31:08.940><c> as</c><00:31:09.160><c> a</c><00:31:09.319><c> community.</c>

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.960
It<00:31:11.420><c> was</c><00:31:11.579><c> the</c><00:31:11.740><c> statement</c>

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of<00:31:12.160><c> faith</c><00:31:12.299><c> in</c><00:31:12.480><c> 1883.</c>

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And<00:31:13.299><c> then</c><00:31:13.440><c> he</c><00:31:13.579><c> followed</c><00:31:13.779><c> it</c><00:31:13.940><c> with</c><00:31:14.079><c> the</c><00:31:14.240><c> guide</c>

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:16.579
on<00:31:14.680><c> how</c><00:31:14.779><c> to</c><00:31:14.920><c> apply</c><00:31:15.259><c> the</c><00:31:15.460><c> statement</c><00:31:15.720><c> of</c><00:31:15.920><c> faith.</c>

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.559
So<00:31:16.900><c> if</c><00:31:17.240><c> John</c><00:31:17.559><c> Thomas</c><00:31:17.960><c> can</c><00:31:18.200><c> be</c><00:31:18.420><c> said</c>

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to<00:31:18.779><c> have</c><00:31:19.000><c> revived</c><00:31:19.460><c> the</c><00:31:19.759><c> truth,</c>

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.180
the<00:31:20.279><c> principles</c><00:31:20.599><c> of</c><00:31:20.799><c> the</c><00:31:20.980><c> truth,</c>

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:22.920
I<00:31:21.779><c> would</c><00:31:21.960><c> say</c><00:31:22.140><c> Robert</c><00:31:22.500><c> Roberts</c>

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.839
tried<00:31:23.440><c> to</c><00:31:23.700><c> revive</c><00:31:23.980><c> the</c><00:31:24.160><c> principles</c><00:31:24.579><c> of</c>

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:27.039
operating<00:31:25.279><c> the</c><00:31:25.539><c> truth</c><00:31:25.700><c> within</c><00:31:25.920><c> a</c><00:31:26.180><c> community.</c>

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.160
And<00:31:28.500><c> it's</c><00:31:28.940><c> been</c>

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:30.500
pretty<00:31:29.420><c> successful.</c>

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.380
When<00:31:30.779><c> you</c><00:31:30.880><c> think</c><00:31:30.880><c> about</c><00:31:30.880><c> it,</c>

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:34.460
no<00:31:32.460><c> religion</c><00:31:32.980><c> having</c><00:31:33.700><c> these</c><00:31:34.019><c> principles,</c>

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.220
and<00:31:34.680><c> there</c><00:31:34.759><c> have</c><00:31:34.839><c> been</c><00:31:34.960><c> others</c>

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.660
that<00:31:35.359><c> have</c><00:31:35.519><c> had</c><00:31:35.640><c> very</c><00:31:36.000><c> close</c><00:31:36.240><c> to</c><00:31:36.359><c> us,</c>

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they've<00:31:37.119><c> all</c><00:31:37.400><c> faded</c><00:31:37.640><c> away,</c>

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and<00:31:39.259><c> we</c><00:31:39.500><c> are</c><00:31:39.680><c> still</c><00:31:39.900><c> around.</c>

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:42.819
And<00:31:41.079><c> let's</c><00:31:41.599><c> pray</c><00:31:41.799><c> that</c><00:31:42.000><c> we</c><00:31:42.259><c> stay</c><00:31:42.480><c> around</c>

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.900
until<00:31:43.079><c> the</c><00:31:43.220><c> coming</c><00:31:43.400><c> of</c><00:31:43.599><c> our</c><00:31:43.700><c> Lord,</c>

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:46.759
which<00:31:44.180><c> might</c><00:31:44.440><c> not</c><00:31:44.660><c> be</c><00:31:44.859><c> too</c><00:31:45.420><c> distant</c><00:31:46.079><c> future</c>

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given

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the<00:31:49.779><c> remarkable</c><00:31:50.200><c> current</c><00:31:50.519><c> events</c>

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:53.240
of<00:31:51.000><c> the</c><00:31:51.099><c> last</c><00:31:51.559><c> few</c><00:31:52.920><c> weeks,</c>

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:55.279
let<00:31:53.440><c> alone</c><00:31:53.640><c> the</c><00:31:53.700><c> last</c><00:31:54.000><c> few</c><00:31:54.400><c> years.</c>

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.819
So<00:31:55.859><c> the</c><00:31:56.359><c> idea</c>

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of<00:31:57.359><c> a</c><00:31:57.680><c> statement</c><00:31:57.900><c> of</c><00:31:58.140><c> faith,</c>

00:31:58.240 --> 00:32:00.819
he<00:31:58.400><c> actually</c><00:31:58.779><c> tried</c><00:31:59.000><c> to</c><00:31:59.240><c> keep</c><00:31:59.339><c> it</c><00:31:59.559><c> very</c><00:31:59.819><c> simple.</c>

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.480
He<00:32:01.859><c> knew</c><00:32:02.059><c> he</c><00:32:02.200><c> wasn't</c>

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.119
writing<00:32:02.740><c> something</c><00:32:03.059><c> that</c><00:32:03.200><c> would</c><00:32:03.420><c> encompass</c><00:32:03.779><c> everything.</c>

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:06.119
He<00:32:04.319><c> knew</c><00:32:04.460><c> he</c><00:32:04.640><c> wasn't</c><00:32:04.859><c> replacing</c><00:32:05.359><c> all</c><00:32:05.660><c> the</c><00:32:05.819><c> commandments</c>

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:08.180
of<00:32:06.400><c> Christ.</c><00:32:07.039><c> And</c><00:32:07.140><c> almost</c><00:32:07.420><c> every</c><00:32:07.799><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:10.220
has<00:32:08.880><c> the</c><00:32:09.299><c> belief</c>

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.759
Los<00:32:10.619><c> Angeles</c><00:32:11.000><c> had</c><00:32:11.220><c> in</c><00:32:11.319><c> its</c><00:32:11.500><c> heading</c>

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:14.740
the<00:32:12.740><c> statement</c><00:32:13.019><c> of</c><00:32:13.279><c> faith</c><00:32:13.519><c> and</c>

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.059
and

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:18.119
the<00:32:16.640><c> commandments</c><00:32:17.000><c> of</c><00:32:17.299><c> Christ.</c>

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.240
So<00:32:19.279><c> that's</c><00:32:19.619><c> important</c><00:32:19.980><c> to</c>

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.539
notice<00:32:20.539><c> that.</c>

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:25.500
And<00:32:24.400><c> then</c>

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.500
the<00:32:26.200><c> doctrines</c>

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:28.019
to<00:32:26.660><c> be</c><00:32:26.819><c> rejected,</c>

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.400
they<00:32:29.059><c> don't</c><00:32:29.299><c> encompass</c><00:32:29.720><c> everything</c><00:32:30.119><c> either.</c>

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.559
The<00:32:30.740><c> doctrines</c><00:32:31.000><c> to</c><00:32:31.240><c> be</c><00:32:31.440><c> rejected</c><00:32:31.859><c> sort</c><00:32:32.099><c> of</c>

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:34.299
grew<00:32:32.980><c> up</c><00:32:33.240><c> with</c><00:32:33.460><c> our</c><00:32:33.720><c> history</c>

00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:36.420
as<00:32:34.980><c> some</c><00:32:35.259><c> controversy</c>

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:38.720
rose<00:32:36.759><c> in</c><00:32:36.920><c> the</c><00:32:37.119><c> community</c><00:32:37.740><c> or</c>

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.359
perceived<00:32:39.299><c> in</c><00:32:39.480><c> the</c><00:32:39.640><c> world</c><00:32:39.859><c> around</c><00:32:40.240><c> us.</c>

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.420
And<00:32:41.960><c> rather</c><00:32:42.180><c> than</c>

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:44.400
revise<00:32:42.819><c> the</c><00:32:43.079><c> statement</c><00:32:43.319><c> of</c><00:32:43.619><c> faith,</c>

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.640
this<00:32:45.079><c> particular</c><00:32:45.559><c> doctrine</c><00:32:46.099><c> was</c><00:32:46.339><c> put</c>

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.579
down.<00:32:47.440><c> And</c><00:32:47.579><c> I</c><00:32:48.119><c> think</c><00:32:48.299><c> that's</c>

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:50.079
a<00:32:48.680><c> very</c><00:32:48.920><c> wise</c><00:32:49.180><c> thing.</c>

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:52.640
Because<00:32:50.599><c> the</c><00:32:50.960><c> Christadelphians</c><00:32:51.640><c> have</c><00:32:51.940><c> avoided</c>

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:54.839
the<00:32:53.279><c> controversy</c><00:32:53.920><c> of</c>

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.460
doing<00:32:55.279><c> and</c><00:32:55.500><c> redoing</c><00:32:55.880><c> and</c><00:32:55.960><c> redoing.</c>

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.680
And<00:32:56.920><c> the</c><00:32:57.019><c> one</c><00:32:57.140><c> or</c><00:32:57.240><c> two</c><00:32:57.440><c> times</c><00:32:57.700><c> that</c><00:32:57.900><c> we</c><00:32:58.059><c> have</c><00:32:58.299><c> redone</c>

00:32:58.680 --> 00:33:01.640
it's<00:32:59.099><c> actually,</c><00:32:59.440><c> as</c><00:32:59.640><c> we</c><00:32:59.779><c> know,</c><00:32:59.980><c> led</c><00:33:00.140><c> to</c><00:33:00.339><c> lots</c><00:33:00.539><c> of</c><00:33:00.759><c> problems.</c>

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.039
The<00:33:02.339><c> doctrines</c><00:33:02.640><c> to</c><00:33:02.819><c> be</c>

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.500
rejected<00:33:03.440><c> is</c><00:33:03.720><c> probably</c>

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:06.940
the<00:33:05.200><c> way</c><00:33:05.339><c> we</c><00:33:05.559><c> ought</c><00:33:05.660><c> to</c><00:33:05.759><c> go</c><00:33:05.980><c> in</c><00:33:06.259><c> future</c>

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:08.819
times<00:33:07.619><c> when</c><00:33:08.039><c> we</c><00:33:08.279><c> have</c><00:33:08.440><c> an</c><00:33:08.619><c> issue</c>

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:11.119
that<00:33:09.019><c> rises</c><00:33:09.299><c> up.</c><00:33:09.940><c> And</c><00:33:10.220><c> some</c><00:33:10.400><c> of</c><00:33:10.500><c> these</c><00:33:10.700><c> issues</c>

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:13.200
for<00:33:11.960><c> example</c>

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:18.940
this<00:33:17.740><c> one,</c><00:33:18.380><c> that</c><00:33:18.539><c> there</c><00:33:18.779><c> is</c>

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:21.759
no<00:33:19.220><c> sin</c><00:33:19.380><c> in</c><00:33:19.539><c> the</c><00:33:19.779><c> flesh,</c><00:33:20.380><c> number</c><00:33:20.539><c> 27.</c>

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:23.019
I<00:33:21.920><c> think</c><00:33:22.460><c> most</c><00:33:22.720><c> people</c>

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.880
would<00:33:23.180><c> not</c><00:33:23.420><c> know</c><00:33:23.640><c> what</c><00:33:23.779><c> that</c><00:33:23.980><c> even</c><00:33:24.200><c> means</c><00:33:24.460><c> today.</c>

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:27.200
This<00:33:25.460><c> grew</c><00:33:25.680><c> up</c><00:33:25.940><c> on</c><00:33:26.680><c> the</c><00:33:26.880><c> whole</c>

00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:29.759
controversy<00:33:27.819><c> of</c><00:33:28.220><c> clean</c><00:33:28.539><c> flesh</c><00:33:28.859><c> theory.</c>

00:33:29.819 --> 00:33:31.380
And<00:33:29.920><c> thank</c><00:33:30.059><c> goodness</c><00:33:30.319><c> none</c><00:33:30.559><c> of</c><00:33:30.640><c> us</c><00:33:30.779><c> know</c><00:33:30.920><c> what</c><00:33:31.079><c> it</c><00:33:31.180><c> is</c>

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:33.359
because<00:33:31.619><c> it</c><00:33:31.720><c> was</c><00:33:31.880><c> pretty</c><00:33:32.160><c> complicated.</c>

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:35.200
And<00:33:34.019><c> having</c><00:33:34.240><c> once</c><00:33:34.660><c> looked</c><00:33:34.859><c> into</c>

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:37.779
it,<00:33:35.759><c> I</c><00:33:35.980><c> promptly</c><00:33:36.319><c> forgot</c><00:33:36.720><c> it.</c>

00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:39.039
Marriage,

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:41.160
issues<00:33:39.460><c> on</c><00:33:39.660><c> marriage,</c><00:33:40.079><c> that</c><00:33:40.180><c> some</c><00:33:40.420><c> meats</c><00:33:40.640><c> had</c><00:33:40.779><c> to</c><00:33:40.920><c> be</c>

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:43.359
refused<00:33:41.440><c> on</c><00:33:41.599><c> the</c><00:33:41.819><c> score</c><00:33:41.940><c> of</c><00:33:42.160><c> uncleanliness.</c>

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:45.299
And<00:33:43.619><c> that</c><00:33:43.799><c> came</c><00:33:44.000><c> up</c><00:33:44.539><c> quite</c><00:33:44.799><c> a</c><00:33:44.940><c> bit</c>

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:47.240
with<00:33:45.680><c> some</c><00:33:45.880><c> issues</c><00:33:46.180><c> that</c><00:33:46.420><c> arose</c>

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:49.099
from<00:33:47.799><c> groups</c><00:33:48.119><c> like</c><00:33:48.440><c> the</c><00:33:48.660><c> Seventh</c><00:33:48.880><c> Day</c>

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:51.059
Adventists.<00:33:49.700><c> That</c><00:33:49.880><c> the</c><00:33:50.039><c> English</c><00:33:50.220><c> are</c><00:33:50.400><c> the</c><00:33:50.579><c> ten</c><00:33:50.759><c> tribes</c>

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:53.099
of<00:33:51.240><c> Israel.</c><00:33:51.819><c> I</c><00:33:51.940><c> always</c><00:33:52.160><c> liked</c><00:33:52.359><c> that</c><00:33:52.579><c> one,</c><00:33:52.720><c> the</c><00:33:52.859><c> British</c>

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:55.140
Israelites.<00:33:53.920><c> That's</c><00:33:54.200><c> another</c><00:33:54.440><c> one</c><00:33:54.579><c> that</c><00:33:54.680><c> most</c><00:33:54.900><c> people</c>

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:57.619
don't<00:33:55.619><c> pay</c><00:33:55.880><c> too</c><00:33:56.079><c> much</c><00:33:56.240><c> attention</c><00:33:56.640><c> to</c><00:33:56.880><c> today.</c>

00:33:59.059 --> 00:34:01.019
So<00:33:59.519><c> these</c><00:33:59.980><c> issues</c>

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:03.119
are<00:34:01.619><c> something</c><00:34:01.920><c> to</c><00:34:02.119><c> bear</c><00:34:02.259><c> in</c><00:34:02.460><c> mind</c><00:34:02.680><c> that</c>

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:05.059
may<00:34:03.460><c> be</c><00:34:03.680><c> a</c><00:34:03.819><c> way</c><00:34:04.180><c> to</c>

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:07.519
reject<00:34:05.619><c> a</c><00:34:06.099><c> false</c><00:34:06.380><c> doctrine</c><00:34:06.859><c> without</c>

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:09.500
getting<00:34:08.039><c> into</c><00:34:08.340><c> the</c><00:34:08.559><c> issues</c><00:34:08.760><c> of</c>

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:11.179
changing<00:34:09.860><c> the</c><00:34:10.119><c> statement</c><00:34:10.340><c> of</c><00:34:10.559><c> faith.</c><00:34:10.760><c> And</c><00:34:10.860><c> if</c><00:34:10.900><c> we</c><00:34:11.059><c> can</c>

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:13.159
do<00:34:11.400><c> that,</c><00:34:12.119><c> then</c><00:34:12.260><c> maybe</c><00:34:12.500><c> we</c><00:34:12.619><c> can</c><00:34:12.840><c> all</c><00:34:13.039><c> live</c>

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:15.079
with<00:34:13.380><c> one</c><00:34:13.659><c> statement</c><00:34:13.960><c> of</c><00:34:14.159><c> faith</c><00:34:14.340><c> and</c><00:34:14.500><c> have</c><00:34:14.800><c> a</c>

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.360
unified<00:34:15.519><c> community</c><00:34:16.039><c> that</c><00:34:16.219><c> doesn't</c><00:34:16.519><c> have</c>

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:19.039
any<00:34:17.739><c> differences</c><00:34:18.159><c> anywhere</c><00:34:18.579><c> in</c><00:34:18.719><c> the</c><00:34:18.860><c> world</c>

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:21.679
other<00:34:19.139><c> than</c><00:34:19.139><c> the</c><00:34:19.380><c> main</c><00:34:19.639><c> frame</c><00:34:19.880><c> of</c><00:34:20.079><c> what</c><00:34:20.599><c> it's</c><00:34:20.780><c> doing.</c>

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.699
And<00:34:23.000><c> if</c><00:34:23.159><c> we</c><00:34:23.380><c> add</c><00:34:23.539><c> the</c><00:34:23.760><c> commandments</c><00:34:24.119><c> of</c><00:34:24.340><c> Christ</c>

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:26.519
that<00:34:25.079><c> are</c><00:34:25.159><c> at</c><00:34:25.280><c> the</c><00:34:25.380><c> back</c><00:34:25.539><c> of</c><00:34:25.699><c> the</c><00:34:25.820><c> book,</c><00:34:26.019><c> it</c><00:34:26.239><c> kind</c><00:34:26.360><c> of</c>

00:34:26.519 --> 00:34:28.380
surprised<00:34:26.880><c> me</c><00:34:27.099><c> that</c><00:34:27.300><c> not</c><00:34:27.579><c> all</c><00:34:27.860><c> the</c><00:34:28.039><c> commandments,</c>

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:30.320
I<00:34:28.559><c> read</c><00:34:28.699><c> this</c><00:34:28.940><c> very</c><00:34:29.420><c> carefully,</c>

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:32.900
not<00:34:30.639><c> all</c><00:34:30.940><c> the</c><00:34:31.139><c> commandments</c><00:34:31.460><c> of</c><00:34:31.639><c> Christ</c><00:34:32.019><c> are</c><00:34:32.400><c> in</c>

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:35.139
the<00:34:33.079><c> back</c><00:34:33.400><c> of</c><00:34:33.639><c> this</c><00:34:33.800><c> particular</c><00:34:34.239><c> one.</c>

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:38.800
Or<00:34:35.619><c> some</c><00:34:35.860><c> are</c><00:34:36.079><c> given</c><00:34:36.320><c> in</c><00:34:38.400><c> a</c><00:34:38.539><c> very</c>

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:40.460
cursory<00:34:39.480><c> fashion.</c>

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:43.539
And<00:34:41.280><c> I</c><00:34:41.420><c> think</c><00:34:41.639><c> the</c><00:34:41.880><c> reason</c><00:34:42.219><c> for</c><00:34:42.480><c> that</c><00:34:42.800><c> is</c>

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.019
that

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.940
one<00:34:47.679><c> is</c><00:34:48.000><c> going</c><00:34:48.099><c> to</c><00:34:48.159><c> have</c><00:34:48.280><c> enough</c><00:34:48.460><c> trouble</c>

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:51.400
doing<00:34:49.280><c> the</c><00:34:49.500><c> 53</c><00:34:49.980><c> that</c><00:34:50.219><c> are</c><00:34:50.400><c> here</c>

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.860
and<00:34:51.960><c> they</c><00:34:52.360><c> didn't</c><00:34:52.559><c> want</c><00:34:52.760><c> to</c>

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:54.840
end<00:34:53.000><c> up</c><00:34:53.179><c> with</c><00:34:53.380><c> a</c><00:34:53.579><c> Talmud.</c>

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.619
Some<00:34:56.400><c> of</c><00:34:56.500><c> these</c>

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:58.420
are<00:34:56.760><c> very</c><00:34:57.079><c> difficult.</c>

00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:01.139
Confess<00:34:59.300><c> your</c><00:34:59.599><c> faults</c><00:34:59.860><c> to</c><00:35:00.099><c> one</c><00:35:00.260><c> another.</c>

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.699
Well,<00:35:02.340><c> I</c>

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:05.340
do<00:35:03.000><c> that,</c><00:35:03.280><c> but</c><00:35:03.480><c> first</c><00:35:03.960><c> you've</c><00:35:04.099><c> got</c><00:35:04.159><c> to</c><00:35:04.260><c> have</c><00:35:04.400><c> a</c><00:35:04.619><c> fault.</c>

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.340
I<00:35:05.920><c> mean,</c><00:35:06.119><c> you</c><00:35:06.239><c> see,</c>

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:08.559
people<00:35:07.159><c> will</c><00:35:07.500><c> look</c><00:35:07.679><c> at</c><00:35:07.800><c> some</c><00:35:07.980><c> of</c><00:35:08.079><c> these</c><00:35:08.280><c> things</c><00:35:08.440><c> and</c>

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:10.559
say,<00:35:08.739><c> oh,</c><00:35:08.920><c> I</c><00:35:09.019><c> always</c><00:35:09.300><c> do</c><00:35:09.500><c> that.</c><00:35:10.159><c> Or</c>

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.420
one<00:35:10.800><c> of</c><00:35:10.900><c> my</c><00:35:11.059><c> favorite</c><00:35:11.400><c> ones</c><00:35:11.699><c> is,</c><00:35:12.340><c> given</c>

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:14.639
exaltation,<00:35:13.119><c> someone</c><00:35:13.360><c> comes</c><00:35:13.599><c> up</c><00:35:13.800><c> to</c><00:35:13.860><c> you</c><00:35:13.940><c> and</c><00:35:14.000><c> says,</c><00:35:14.059><c> I</c><00:35:14.239><c> agree</c><00:35:14.440><c> with</c>

00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:16.519
everything<00:35:14.719><c> you</c><00:35:15.000><c> said,</c><00:35:15.320><c> it</c><00:35:15.320><c> was</c><00:35:15.480><c> wonderful.</c>

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:19.219
Well,<00:35:18.239><c> of</c><00:35:18.380><c> course</c><00:35:18.539><c> it</c><00:35:18.599><c> was</c><00:35:18.800><c> wonderful</c>

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:20.300
if<00:35:19.400><c> you</c><00:35:19.519><c> agree</c><00:35:19.699><c> with</c><00:35:19.840><c> everything</c><00:35:20.059><c> I</c><00:35:20.260><c> say.</c>

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:22.400
I'm<00:35:20.719><c> much</c><00:35:20.980><c> more</c><00:35:21.199><c> impressed</c><00:35:21.400><c> when</c><00:35:21.539><c> someone</c><00:35:21.760><c> comes</c><00:35:21.960><c> up</c><00:35:22.179><c> to</c><00:35:22.239><c> me</c>

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.739
and<00:35:22.460><c> says,</c>

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.639
well,<00:35:23.340><c> I</c><00:35:23.539><c> didn't</c><00:35:23.820><c> like</c><00:35:24.039><c> you</c><00:35:24.219><c> said</c><00:35:24.400><c> that</c>

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:26.739
and<00:35:24.719><c> I</c><00:35:25.019><c> didn't</c><00:35:25.300><c> agree</c><00:35:25.460><c> with</c><00:35:25.639><c> some</c><00:35:25.760><c> of</c><00:35:25.840><c> that,</c><00:35:25.920><c> but</c><00:35:26.019><c> it</c><00:35:26.139><c> was</c><00:35:26.260><c> still</c><00:35:26.519><c> not</c>

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.619
a<00:35:26.820><c> bad</c><00:35:27.000><c> exaltation.</c><00:35:27.739><c> Actually,</c><00:35:28.039><c> I'm</c><00:35:28.179><c> more</c><00:35:28.400><c> impressed</c>

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:30.860
when<00:35:28.739><c> they</c><00:35:28.920><c> say</c><00:35:29.079><c> that.</c><00:35:29.900><c> And</c><00:35:30.019><c> the</c><00:35:30.119><c> ones</c><00:35:30.260><c> I</c><00:35:30.440><c> really</c>

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:32.579
like<00:35:31.059><c> is</c><00:35:31.179><c> when</c><00:35:31.320><c> someone</c><00:35:31.539><c> comes</c><00:35:31.739><c> up</c><00:35:31.920><c> and</c><00:35:32.000><c> says,</c><00:35:32.119><c> you're</c><00:35:32.360><c> totally</c>

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:34.440
wrong,<00:35:32.820><c> you</c><00:35:32.860><c> don't</c><00:35:32.980><c> know</c><00:35:33.039><c> what</c><00:35:33.159><c> you're</c><00:35:33.380><c> talking</c><00:35:33.659><c> about.</c>

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:36.940
Of<00:35:35.019><c> course,</c><00:35:35.139><c> those</c><00:35:35.340><c> I</c><00:35:35.579><c> dismiss</c><00:35:35.860><c> immediately</c><00:35:36.360><c> because</c>

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:38.559
these<00:35:37.420><c> are</c><00:35:37.639><c> extreme</c><00:35:37.920><c> people</c><00:35:38.239><c> anyway</c>

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:40.639
and<00:35:38.679><c> you</c><00:35:38.780><c> don't</c><00:35:38.880><c> pay</c><00:35:39.039><c> too</c><00:35:39.239><c> much</c><00:35:39.400><c> attention</c><00:35:39.780><c> to</c><00:35:39.960><c> them.</c>

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:42.719
But<00:35:41.039><c> the</c><00:35:41.320><c> fact</c><00:35:41.500><c> of</c><00:35:41.639><c> the</c><00:35:41.699><c> matter</c><00:35:41.920><c> is</c><00:35:42.099><c> you</c><00:35:42.239><c> learn</c><00:35:42.440><c> a</c><00:35:42.619><c> lot</c>

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.760
more<00:35:42.920><c> from</c><00:35:43.039><c> people</c><00:35:43.340><c> who</c><00:35:43.559><c> disagree</c><00:35:43.900><c> with</c><00:35:44.059><c> me.</c><00:35:44.460><c> And</c><00:35:44.659><c> one</c>

00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:47.079
of<00:35:44.880><c> my</c><00:35:45.019><c> biggest</c><00:35:45.260><c> jobs</c><00:35:45.599><c> as</c><00:35:46.460><c> a</c><00:35:46.639><c> professor</c>

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.679
is<00:35:47.280><c> to</c><00:35:47.420><c> get</c><00:35:47.539><c> my</c><00:35:47.780><c> own</c><00:35:48.000><c> graduate</c><00:35:48.300><c> students</c>

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:50.840
not<00:35:48.980><c> to</c><00:35:49.199><c> just</c><00:35:49.320><c> say</c><00:35:49.500><c> yes</c><00:35:49.780><c> sir,</c><00:35:49.960><c> yes</c><00:35:50.179><c> sir,</c><00:35:50.340><c> yes</c><00:35:50.599><c> sir,</c>

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:52.780
because<00:35:51.420><c> I</c><00:35:51.920><c> don't</c><00:35:52.239><c> know</c><00:35:52.460><c> everything</c>

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:55.099
about<00:35:53.159><c> physics</c><00:35:53.619><c> and</c><00:35:54.019><c> it's</c><00:35:54.139><c> not</c><00:35:54.420><c> that</c>

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:56.699
if<00:35:55.579><c> I</c><00:35:56.019><c> did,</c><00:35:56.139><c> I</c><00:35:56.260><c> wouldn't</c><00:35:56.480><c> need</c>

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:59.179
graduate<00:35:57.079><c> students.</c><00:35:57.800><c> And</c><00:35:58.000><c> we</c><00:35:58.119><c> don't</c><00:35:58.320><c> know</c><00:35:58.539><c> everything</c>

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.800
in<00:35:59.840><c> the</c><00:36:00.019><c> scripture.</c><00:36:00.300><c> We</c><00:36:00.539><c> learn</c>

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:02.599
from<00:36:00.980><c> each</c><00:36:01.239><c> other.</c><00:36:01.739><c> It</c><00:36:01.860><c> is</c><00:36:02.099><c> amazing</c>

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:04.659
how<00:36:02.820><c> much</c><00:36:03.159><c> stronger</c><00:36:03.360><c> we</c><00:36:03.619><c> are</c><00:36:03.739><c> as</c><00:36:03.940><c> a</c><00:36:04.139><c> community</c>

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:06.639
through<00:36:05.239><c> community</c><00:36:05.760><c> study.</c>

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.659
When<00:36:07.420><c> you</c><00:36:07.599><c> go</c><00:36:07.760><c> to</c><00:36:07.980><c> Bible</c><00:36:08.340><c> class,</c>

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:11.320
if<00:36:08.840><c> you</c><00:36:08.980><c> go</c><00:36:09.119><c> to</c><00:36:09.239><c> Bible</c><00:36:09.659><c> class</c><00:36:10.019><c> prepared,</c>

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:13.760
and<00:36:13.280><c> you've</c>

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:15.139
looked<00:36:14.119><c> into</c><00:36:14.340><c> the</c><00:36:14.559><c> subject</c><00:36:14.880><c> and</c><00:36:15.059><c> you're</c>

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:16.920
ready<00:36:15.260><c> to</c><00:36:15.480><c> think</c><00:36:15.639><c> about</c><00:36:15.900><c> it</c><00:36:16.019><c> and</c><00:36:16.059><c> you're</c><00:36:16.059><c> ready</c><00:36:16.239><c> to</c><00:36:16.480><c> put</c><00:36:16.579><c> in</c><00:36:16.699><c> your</c>

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:19.239
input,<00:36:18.300><c> a</c><00:36:18.460><c> class</c><00:36:18.699><c> that</c><00:36:18.940><c> has</c>

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:21.019
most<00:36:19.539><c> of</c><00:36:19.659><c> the</c><00:36:19.780><c> people</c><00:36:20.000><c> doing</c><00:36:20.239><c> that</c><00:36:20.480><c> is</c><00:36:20.719><c> so</c>

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:22.860
much<00:36:21.539><c> different</c><00:36:21.980><c> from</c><00:36:22.440><c> a</c><00:36:22.659><c> class</c>

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:25.800
where<00:36:23.039><c> everybody</c><00:36:23.300><c> sort</c><00:36:23.440><c> of</c><00:36:23.559><c> sits</c><00:36:23.760><c> there</c><00:36:24.099><c> and</c><00:36:24.340><c> expects</c><00:36:24.599><c> to</c><00:36:25.480><c> be</c>

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:27.039
poured<00:36:26.119><c> into.</c>

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:31.440
Hey,<00:36:29.719><c> there</c><00:36:29.860><c> is</c><00:36:30.000><c> an</c><00:36:30.219><c> intelligent</c><00:36:30.559><c> man.</c>

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:32.980
I<00:36:32.659><c> mean</c>

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:35.019
there's<00:36:33.440><c> no</c><00:36:33.659><c> question</c><00:36:34.000><c> about</c><00:36:34.360><c> it</c><00:36:34.559><c> that</c>

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.980
sometimes<00:36:35.480><c> people</c><00:36:35.760><c> complain,</c><00:36:36.199><c> well</c><00:36:36.300><c> the</c><00:36:36.400><c> Bible</c><00:36:36.719><c> class</c>

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:39.539
was<00:36:37.260><c> dull.</c><00:36:37.420><c> What</c><00:36:37.599><c> did</c><00:36:37.719><c> you</c><00:36:37.900><c> do?</c><00:36:38.119><c> Oh,</c><00:36:38.300><c> I</c><00:36:38.360><c> didn't</c><00:36:38.579><c> say</c><00:36:38.719><c> anything.</c>

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:41.619
It<00:36:40.280><c> was</c><00:36:40.599><c> a</c><00:36:40.619><c> very</c><00:36:40.880><c> dull</c><00:36:41.019><c> Bible</c><00:36:41.320><c> class.</c>

00:36:41.860 --> 00:36:43.000
Or<00:36:41.960><c> I</c><00:36:42.000><c> didn't</c><00:36:42.219><c> like</c><00:36:42.380><c> that</c><00:36:42.619><c> topic.</c>

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.719
Where<00:36:43.539><c> were</c><00:36:43.719><c> you</c><00:36:43.820><c> when</c><00:36:43.920><c> we</c><00:36:44.119><c> voted</c><00:36:44.320><c> on</c><00:36:44.579><c> it?</c>

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:47.039
It's<00:36:45.599><c> so</c><00:36:45.840><c> dull</c><00:36:45.960><c> I</c><00:36:46.019><c> didn't</c><00:36:46.239><c> go.</c>

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:49.119
No,<00:36:47.260><c> there's</c><00:36:47.420><c> no</c><00:36:47.599><c> question</c><00:36:47.920><c> about</c><00:36:48.199><c> it</c><00:36:48.360><c> that</c><00:36:48.599><c> we're</c>

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:51.659
much<00:36:49.440><c> stronger</c><00:36:49.760><c> as</c><00:36:49.960><c> a</c><00:36:50.099><c> community</c><00:36:50.440><c> when</c><00:36:50.739><c> everyone</c>

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:53.079
participates.<00:36:52.519><c> And</c><00:36:52.639><c> we</c><00:36:52.860><c> all</c>

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.900
learn<00:36:53.300><c> from</c><00:36:53.579><c> some.</c><00:36:54.000><c> You</c><00:36:54.139><c> know,</c>

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.079
you<00:36:55.940><c> can</c><00:36:56.400><c> do</c><00:36:56.619><c> some</c><00:36:56.800><c> of</c><00:36:56.880><c> your</c>

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:59.059
best<00:36:57.360><c> learning</c><00:36:57.900><c> from</c><00:36:58.880><c> some</c>

00:36:59.059 --> 00:37:01.360
of<00:36:59.159><c> the</c><00:36:59.320><c> people</c><00:36:59.480><c> who</c><00:36:59.659><c> ask</c><00:36:59.840><c> the</c><00:37:00.000><c> dumbest</c><00:37:00.340><c> questions.</c>

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:03.300
Because<00:37:01.599><c> they</c><00:37:01.820><c> make</c><00:37:02.019><c> you</c><00:37:02.380><c> think.</c>

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:05.219
So<00:37:04.219><c> a</c><00:37:04.679><c> good</c><00:37:04.920><c> Bible</c>

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:07.159
class<00:37:05.440><c> should</c><00:37:05.639><c> encourage</c><00:37:06.179><c> everyone</c><00:37:06.820><c> to</c>

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:09.320
participate.<00:37:08.219><c> Not</c><00:37:08.440><c> put</c><00:37:08.679><c> someone</c><00:37:09.000><c> down</c>

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:11.039
if<00:37:09.440><c> they</c><00:37:09.659><c> say</c><00:37:09.840><c> something</c><00:37:10.199><c> that's</c><00:37:10.440><c> really</c><00:37:10.760><c> stupid.</c>

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:13.000
I<00:37:11.139><c> mean</c><00:37:11.260><c> there's</c><00:37:11.460><c> nothing</c><00:37:11.739><c> worse</c><00:37:12.260><c> than</c><00:37:12.719><c> someone</c>

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:15.300
saying<00:37:13.239><c> something,</c><00:37:13.519><c> oh</c><00:37:13.679><c> that's</c><00:37:13.980><c> a</c><00:37:14.079><c> dumb</c><00:37:14.260><c> question.</c>

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:17.460
Or<00:37:15.659><c> everybody</c><00:37:16.000><c> knows</c><00:37:16.300><c> that.</c>

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:21.019
Obviously<00:37:19.900><c> everyone</c><00:37:20.380><c> didn't</c><00:37:20.679><c> know</c><00:37:20.900><c> it</c>

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:23.280
or<00:37:21.099><c> that</c><00:37:21.340><c> person</c><00:37:21.659><c> wouldn't</c><00:37:21.880><c> have</c><00:37:22.019><c> asked</c><00:37:22.260><c> the</c><00:37:22.420><c> question.</c>

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.280
So<00:37:24.800><c> there's</c>

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:27.079
simply<00:37:25.639><c> no</c><00:37:26.099><c> such</c><00:37:26.360><c> thing</c><00:37:26.599><c> as</c><00:37:26.760><c> a</c><00:37:26.920><c> dumb</c>

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:28.920
question.<00:37:28.079><c> There's</c><00:37:28.300><c> plenty</c><00:37:28.539><c> of</c><00:37:28.780><c> dumb</c>

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:31.059
answers.<00:37:30.500><c> But</c><00:37:30.719><c> if</c>

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:33.219
anyone<00:37:31.500><c> needs</c><00:37:32.059><c> something</c><00:37:32.480><c> to</c><00:37:32.699><c> be</c><00:37:32.960><c> learned</c>

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:35.159
and<00:37:33.400><c> they</c><00:37:33.619><c> raise</c><00:37:33.820><c> that</c><00:37:34.099><c> point,</c><00:37:34.340><c> we</c><00:37:34.500><c> should</c><00:37:34.679><c> encourage</c>

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:37.619
the<00:37:35.400><c> learning</c><00:37:35.639><c> process.</c><00:37:36.739><c> And</c><00:37:36.739><c> we</c><00:37:36.980><c> learn.</c>

00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:39.780
I<00:37:37.860><c> tell</c><00:37:38.000><c> you</c><00:37:38.179><c> the</c><00:37:38.219><c> truth,</c><00:37:38.300><c> I</c><00:37:38.519><c> got</c><00:37:38.760><c> through</c><00:37:39.019><c> college</c>

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.199
by

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really<00:37:41.920><c> doing</c><00:37:42.440><c> very</c><00:37:42.900><c> well</c>

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:45.139
by<00:37:43.920><c> tutoring</c><00:37:44.280><c> a</c><00:37:44.500><c> couple</c><00:37:44.599><c> other</c><00:37:44.820><c> people</c>

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:47.440
who<00:37:45.300><c> weren't</c><00:37:45.559><c> that</c><00:37:45.900><c> good.</c><00:37:46.719><c> They</c><00:37:47.059><c> forced</c>

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:48.980
me<00:37:47.739><c> to</c><00:37:47.880><c> get</c><00:37:48.039><c> better.</c>

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:51.239
They<00:37:49.579><c> made</c><00:37:49.780><c> me</c><00:37:50.000><c> think</c><00:37:50.239><c> deeper.</c>

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.280
And<00:37:52.719><c> they</c><00:37:52.880><c> ran</c><00:37:53.000><c> a</c><00:37:53.059><c> lot</c>

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:55.420
of<00:37:53.440><c> errands</c><00:37:53.699><c> for</c><00:37:53.719><c> me</c><00:37:53.960><c> too.</c><00:37:54.239><c> So</c><00:37:54.320><c> it's</c><00:37:54.559><c> kind</c><00:37:55.320><c> of</c>

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:57.440
a<00:37:55.519><c> two</c><00:37:55.739><c> way</c><00:37:55.900><c> street.</c><00:37:56.460><c> But</c><00:37:56.679><c> it</c><00:37:56.800><c> was</c><00:37:57.039><c> really</c>

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:59.420
really<00:37:57.719><c> good</c><00:37:58.019><c> to</c><00:37:58.760><c> have</c><00:37:58.880><c> that</c><00:37:59.179><c> kind</c>

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:01.500
of<00:37:59.800><c> input</c><00:38:00.139><c> and</c><00:38:00.639><c> growth.</c>

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So<00:38:02.039><c> this</c><00:38:02.480><c> idea</c><00:38:02.960><c> of</c>

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:06.039
these<00:38:04.099><c> three</c><00:38:04.360><c> things,</c><00:38:04.679><c> we</c><00:38:05.019><c> have</c><00:38:05.239><c> to</c><00:38:05.400><c> be</c><00:38:05.639><c> sure</c>

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:07.519
that<00:38:06.639><c> we</c><00:38:06.840><c> are</c><00:38:07.199><c> learning</c>

00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:09.639
what's<00:38:07.940><c> important.</c><00:38:08.579><c> And</c><00:38:08.840><c> what</c><00:38:08.920><c> we're</c><00:38:09.119><c> going</c><00:38:09.219><c> to</c><00:38:09.300><c> look</c><00:38:09.480><c> at</c>

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:11.960
this<00:38:09.860><c> afternoon</c><00:38:10.480><c> is</c><00:38:11.179><c> some</c>

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:14.320
specific<00:38:13.300><c> issues</c>

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where

00:38:15.260 --> 00:38:17.719
in<00:38:15.780><c> my</c><00:38:16.139><c> mind,</c><00:38:17.139><c> there</c><00:38:17.280><c> can</c><00:38:17.500><c> be</c>

00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:19.659
no<00:38:18.000><c> doubt</c><00:38:18.260><c> whatsoever</c><00:38:18.800><c> their</c><00:38:19.099><c> first</c><00:38:19.340><c> principles.</c>

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:21.599
They're<00:38:20.159><c> the</c><00:38:20.400><c> clearest</c><00:38:20.780><c> ones</c><00:38:21.000><c> I</c><00:38:21.139><c> could</c><00:38:21.380><c> find</c>

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.679
in<00:38:21.800><c> scripture.</c>

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:25.699
Second<00:38:24.079><c> thing</c><00:38:24.239><c> we're</c><00:38:24.420><c> going</c><00:38:24.480><c> to</c><00:38:24.599><c> do</c><00:38:24.699><c> with</c><00:38:24.860><c> them</c><00:38:25.000><c> is</c><00:38:25.219><c> find</c><00:38:25.420><c> out</c>

00:38:25.699 --> 00:38:27.940
what<00:38:26.320><c> do</c><00:38:26.500><c> they</c><00:38:26.679><c> imply</c><00:38:27.039><c> in</c><00:38:27.400><c> practical</c>

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life.

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:31.980
Now<00:38:30.500><c> we</c><00:38:30.559><c> have</c><00:38:30.699><c> to</c><00:38:30.880><c> remember</c><00:38:31.219><c> that</c><00:38:31.480><c> commandments</c>

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:33.840
are<00:38:32.340><c> not</c><00:38:32.760><c> given</c>

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:36.159
to<00:38:34.880><c> restrict</c><00:38:35.360><c> us</c><00:38:35.659><c> and</c><00:38:35.880><c> punish</c>

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:38.139
us.<00:38:36.840><c> Sometimes</c><00:38:37.039><c> people</c><00:38:37.360><c> take</c><00:38:37.659><c> a</c><00:38:37.760><c> view</c><00:38:37.900><c> of</c><00:38:38.000><c> this</c>

00:38:38.139 --> 00:38:40.139
oh<00:38:38.400><c> it's</c><00:38:38.619><c> so</c><00:38:38.960><c> hard,</c><00:38:39.780><c> so</c><00:38:39.920><c> hard</c>

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:42.659
to<00:38:40.360><c> do</c><00:38:40.519><c> this</c><00:38:40.679><c> and</c><00:38:40.880><c> so</c><00:38:41.039><c> hard</c><00:38:41.179><c> to</c><00:38:41.420><c> do</c><00:38:41.599><c> that.</c>

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.139
Well,<00:38:43.400><c> God</c><00:38:43.460><c> doesn't</c><00:38:43.739><c> give</c><00:38:43.880><c> us</c>

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:46.420
commandments<00:38:44.559><c> to</c><00:38:44.820><c> make</c><00:38:44.960><c> our</c><00:38:45.219><c> life</c><00:38:45.420><c> hard.</c>

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:48.219
He<00:38:46.820><c> gives</c><00:38:47.019><c> us</c><00:38:47.260><c> commandments</c><00:38:47.639><c> to</c><00:38:47.860><c> make</c><00:38:48.000><c> our</c>

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.420
life<00:38:48.420><c> easy.</c>

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:52.119
Do<00:38:50.380><c> you</c><00:38:50.519><c> think</c><00:38:50.760><c> that</c><00:38:50.960><c> we</c><00:38:51.099><c> would</c><00:38:51.260><c> be</c><00:38:51.440><c> a</c><00:38:51.559><c> lot</c><00:38:51.739><c> better</c>

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:53.880
off<00:38:52.579><c> if</c><00:38:53.219><c> we</c>

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:55.780
didn't<00:38:54.119><c> believe</c><00:38:54.400><c> in</c><00:38:54.539><c> the</c><00:38:54.659><c> things</c><00:38:54.800><c> of</c><00:38:55.000><c> God?</c>

00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.440
Really?

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I<00:38:58.159><c> mean</c><00:38:58.159><c> I</c><00:38:58.460><c> see</c><00:38:58.719><c> a</c><00:38:58.840><c> lot</c><00:38:58.940><c> of</c><00:38:59.059><c> people</c><00:38:59.199><c> have</c><00:38:59.420><c> absolutely</c><00:38:59.760><c> no</c>

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:02.179
peace<00:39:00.159><c> of</c><00:39:00.400><c> mind.</c><00:39:01.000><c> They</c><00:39:01.179><c> worry</c><00:39:01.500><c> about</c><00:39:01.800><c> everything</c>

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:04.179
in<00:39:02.300><c> life.</c><00:39:02.840><c> They</c><00:39:02.940><c> worry</c><00:39:03.139><c> about</c><00:39:03.300><c> everything</c><00:39:03.599><c> that's</c><00:39:03.800><c> going</c><00:39:04.000><c> on</c>

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:06.019
in<00:39:04.300><c> the</c><00:39:04.440><c> world.</c><00:39:05.099><c> You</c><00:39:05.099><c> know,</c><00:39:05.300><c> years</c><00:39:05.500><c> back</c><00:39:05.760><c> they</c><00:39:05.860><c> were</c>

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:07.559
building<00:39:06.360><c> bomb</c><00:39:06.659><c> shelters.</c>

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You<00:39:08.420><c> know,</c><00:39:09.280><c> I</c><00:39:09.539><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:09.719><c> waste</c>

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.880
ten<00:39:10.239><c> cents</c><00:39:10.460><c> on</c><00:39:10.619><c> a</c><00:39:10.800><c> bomb</c><00:39:11.000><c> shelter,</c><00:39:11.360><c> would</c><00:39:11.519><c> you?</c>

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:14.179
I<00:39:12.300><c> mean</c><00:39:12.380><c> I</c><00:39:12.440><c> never</c><00:39:12.659><c> heard</c><00:39:12.860><c> of</c><00:39:12.980><c> a</c><00:39:13.079><c> Christadelphian</c><00:39:13.659><c> building</c><00:39:13.940><c> a</c>

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:15.960
bomb<00:39:14.380><c> shelter.</c><00:39:15.400><c> And</c><00:39:15.559><c> yet</c><00:39:15.679><c> I</c><00:39:15.800><c> know</c>

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:18.460
several<00:39:16.340><c> Nobel</c><00:39:16.619><c> Prize</c><00:39:17.039><c> winners</c><00:39:17.280><c> who</c><00:39:17.559><c> did.</c>

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:22.000
Because<00:39:20.199><c> they</c><00:39:20.280><c> had</c><00:39:20.380><c> no</c><00:39:20.619><c> faith.</c><00:39:21.179><c> They</c><00:39:21.320><c> had</c><00:39:21.380><c> no</c><00:39:21.559><c> faith</c><00:39:21.739><c> in</c><00:39:21.840><c> God</c>

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.539
and<00:39:22.059><c> no</c><00:39:22.219><c> faith</c><00:39:22.420><c> in</c><00:39:22.559><c> the</c><00:39:22.699><c> future.</c>

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:25.820
And<00:39:25.420><c> that's</c>

00:39:25.820 --> 00:39:27.920
very<00:39:26.119><c> important</c><00:39:26.639><c> to</c><00:39:26.960><c> have</c><00:39:27.159><c> a</c><00:39:27.320><c> positive</c>

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:30.320
outlook<00:39:28.360><c> towards</c><00:39:28.639><c> life.</c><00:39:29.400><c> When</c><00:39:29.599><c> God</c><00:39:29.860><c> gives</c><00:39:30.099><c> us</c>

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:31.900
a<00:39:30.519><c> commandment,</c>

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invariably<00:39:32.559><c> it</c><00:39:32.760><c> protects</c><00:39:33.079><c> us.</c>

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:36.699
If<00:39:34.320><c> we</c><00:39:34.440><c> have</c><00:39:34.579><c> the</c><00:39:34.800><c> moral</c><00:39:35.039><c> standards</c><00:39:35.400><c> of</c><00:39:35.599><c> the</c><00:39:35.760><c> world,</c>

00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.719
you<00:39:37.280><c> know</c>

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:40.000
all<00:39:38.159><c> the</c><00:39:38.400><c> diseases</c><00:39:38.719><c> and</c><00:39:38.960><c> other</c><00:39:39.219><c> problems</c><00:39:39.519><c> that</c><00:39:39.820><c> come</c>

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:42.139
in<00:39:40.219><c> from</c><00:39:40.380><c> those</c><00:39:40.659><c> kind</c><00:39:40.800><c> of</c><00:39:40.980><c> moral</c><00:39:41.159><c> standards.</c>

00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:44.179
God<00:39:42.820><c> doesn't</c><00:39:43.059><c> give</c><00:39:43.199><c> us</c><00:39:43.440><c> these</c><00:39:43.699><c> restrictions</c>

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:46.039
and<00:39:44.400><c> say</c><00:39:44.500><c> don't</c><00:39:44.820><c> be</c><00:39:45.079><c> promiscuous</c><00:39:45.539><c> because</c>

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:48.139
he<00:39:46.340><c> doesn't</c><00:39:46.679><c> want</c><00:39:46.860><c> us</c><00:39:47.099><c> to</c><00:39:47.260><c> share</c><00:39:47.820><c> human</c>

00:39:48.139 --> 00:39:50.039
relationships.<00:39:49.320><c> He</c><00:39:49.519><c> gives</c><00:39:49.719><c> it</c><00:39:49.880><c> to</c><00:39:49.940><c> us</c>

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.000
to<00:39:50.280><c> protect</c><00:39:50.579><c> us.</c><00:39:51.820><c> And</c><00:39:51.920><c> boy</c>

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:54.039
that's<00:39:52.260><c> a</c><00:39:52.360><c> hard</c><00:39:52.480><c> thing</c><00:39:52.659><c> to</c><00:39:52.840><c> tell</c><00:39:52.960><c> young</c><00:39:53.199><c> people</c><00:39:53.519><c> sometimes,</c>

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:55.760
right?<00:39:54.380><c> Because</c><00:39:54.619><c> they're</c><00:39:55.440><c> immortal.</c>

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:57.960
But<00:39:56.719><c> God</c><00:39:57.000><c> gives</c><00:39:57.219><c> us</c><00:39:57.519><c> every</c>

00:39:57.960 --> 00:39:59.039
principle

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:01.860
for<00:40:00.239><c> our</c><00:40:00.420><c> own</c><00:40:00.599><c> benefit.</c><00:40:01.159><c> And</c><00:40:01.400><c> not</c><00:40:01.579><c> only</c>

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:04.019
in<00:40:02.000><c> the</c><00:40:02.159><c> kingdom.</c><00:40:02.659><c> I</c><00:40:02.760><c> mean</c><00:40:03.019><c> we</c><00:40:03.280><c> all</c><00:40:03.519><c> know</c><00:40:03.719><c> that</c>

00:40:04.019 --> 00:40:06.019
in<00:40:04.159><c> the</c><00:40:04.320><c> kingdom.</c><00:40:05.059><c> But</c><00:40:05.360><c> by</c><00:40:05.679><c> and</c>

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.880
large<00:40:06.219><c> a</c><00:40:06.420><c> person</c><00:40:06.840><c> who</c><00:40:07.179><c> lives</c><00:40:07.380><c> a</c><00:40:07.599><c> God</c>

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:10.539
fearing<00:40:08.099><c> life</c><00:40:08.440><c> today</c><00:40:08.800><c> will</c><00:40:09.039><c> lead</c><00:40:09.219><c> a</c><00:40:09.400><c> better</c><00:40:09.559><c> life.</c>

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:15.739
There's<00:40:14.500><c> no</c><00:40:14.679><c> question</c><00:40:15.119><c> about</c>

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anxiety<00:40:16.420><c> being,</c><00:40:16.920><c> for</c><00:40:17.239><c> example,</c>

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a<00:40:18.219><c> major</c><00:40:19.360><c> problem</c>

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with<00:40:20.340><c> heart</c><00:40:20.519><c> disease.</c>

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.880
And<00:40:22.719><c> one</c><00:40:22.800><c> of</c><00:40:22.940><c> the</c><00:40:23.019><c> things</c>

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.780
that<00:40:24.760><c> we</c><00:40:25.000><c> have</c><00:40:25.199><c> to</c><00:40:25.440><c> learn</c>

00:40:25.780 --> 00:40:27.420
is<00:40:26.280><c> that</c><00:40:26.960><c> the</c><00:40:27.179><c> Bible</c>

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says<00:40:27.579><c> be</c><00:40:27.800><c> anxious</c><00:40:28.119><c> for</c><00:40:28.360><c> nothing.</c>

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It's<00:40:29.559><c> a</c><00:40:29.619><c> very</c><00:40:29.880><c> simple</c><00:40:30.239><c> statement.</c>

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.500
So<00:40:32.880><c> when</c><00:40:33.320><c> we</c>

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:35.440
look<00:40:33.619><c> at</c><00:40:33.760><c> these</c><00:40:33.980><c> three</c><00:40:34.199><c> things,</c><00:40:34.960><c> I'm</c><00:40:35.239><c> going</c><00:40:35.360><c> to</c>

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:37.400
want<00:40:35.579><c> your</c><00:40:35.860><c> help</c><00:40:36.239><c> to</c><00:40:36.639><c> add</c><00:40:36.880><c> to</c><00:40:37.079><c> this</c>

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:39.460
list<00:40:38.039><c> of</c><00:40:39.000><c> what</c><00:40:39.159><c> things</c>

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:41.059
are<00:40:40.559><c> essential</c>

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that<00:40:41.699><c> we</c><00:40:42.699><c> not</c><00:40:43.039><c> have</c><00:40:43.300><c> overlooked</c>

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but<00:40:44.139><c> haven't</c><00:40:44.559><c> emphasized</c><00:40:45.179><c> enough.</c>

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.739
One<00:40:47.079><c> of</c><00:40:47.179><c> the</c><00:40:47.380><c> problems</c>

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:49.800
we<00:40:48.219><c> have</c><00:40:48.539><c> found</c><00:40:48.960><c> in</c><00:40:49.320><c> the</c><00:40:49.420><c> Detroit</c>

00:40:49.800 --> 00:40:51.599
area<00:40:50.320><c> is</c><00:40:50.739><c> we</c><00:40:50.840><c> have</c><00:40:50.980><c> a</c><00:40:51.179><c> very</c>

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:53.119
large<00:40:51.840><c> number</c><00:40:52.199><c> of</c><00:40:52.380><c> young</c><00:40:52.539><c> people.</c>

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:55.340
In<00:40:53.719><c> our</c><00:40:53.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:40:54.219><c> we</c><00:40:54.360><c> have</c><00:40:54.519><c> 85</c><00:40:54.900><c> members</c>

00:40:55.340 --> 00:40:57.539
and<00:40:55.820><c> 70</c><00:40:56.400><c> children</c><00:40:56.980><c> in</c><00:40:57.159><c> the</c><00:40:57.320><c> Sunday</c>

00:40:57.539 --> 00:40:59.500
School.<00:40:59.019><c> In</c><00:40:59.199><c> the</c>

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entire<00:40:59.920><c> Detroit</c><00:41:00.300><c> area,</c><00:41:00.699><c> just</c><00:41:00.820><c> to</c><00:41:00.940><c> give</c><00:41:01.059><c> you</c><00:41:01.179><c> a</c><00:41:01.199><c> little</c><00:41:01.440><c> bit</c>

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:03.519
of<00:41:01.679><c> bad,</c><00:41:01.800><c> there's</c><00:41:01.980><c> three</c><00:41:02.239><c> Ecclesias</c><00:41:02.699><c> in</c><00:41:02.880><c> the</c><00:41:03.059><c> Detroit</c><00:41:03.260><c> area.</c>

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:05.659
There's<00:41:03.900><c> the</c><00:41:03.940><c> Detroit</c><00:41:04.320><c> Livonia</c><00:41:04.699><c> which</c><00:41:04.900><c> is</c><00:41:05.099><c> the</c><00:41:05.340><c> original</c>

00:41:05.659 --> 00:41:07.539
one.<00:41:06.920><c> And</c><00:41:07.179><c> that</c><00:41:07.320><c> has</c>

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:09.599
85<00:41:07.920><c> members,</c><00:41:08.280><c> about</c><00:41:08.559><c> 70</c><00:41:08.900><c> in</c><00:41:09.019><c> the</c><00:41:09.179><c> Sunday</c><00:41:09.360><c> School.</c>

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.639
There's<00:41:10.480><c> a</c><00:41:10.739><c> Royal</c><00:41:10.940><c> Oak</c>

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which<00:41:12.519><c> is</c><00:41:12.900><c> north</c><00:41:13.099><c> of</c><00:41:13.239><c> Detroit.</c>

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:15.519
Livonia<00:41:14.119><c> is</c><00:41:14.539><c> west.</c>

00:41:15.719 --> 00:41:17.519
Royal<00:41:16.019><c> Oak</c><00:41:16.179><c> is</c><00:41:16.420><c> north</c><00:41:16.699><c> about</c>

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35<00:41:18.079><c> miles,</c><00:41:18.920><c> something</c><00:41:19.179><c> like</c><00:41:19.460><c> that.</c>

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They<00:41:20.440><c> have</c><00:41:20.760><c> about</c><00:41:21.059><c> 45</c><00:41:21.559><c> members</c>

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and<00:41:22.099><c> they</c><00:41:22.139><c> have</c><00:41:22.280><c> a</c><00:41:22.360><c> Sunday</c><00:41:22.559><c> School</c><00:41:22.780><c> of</c><00:41:22.980><c> about</c><00:41:23.199><c> 40.</c>

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And<00:41:24.480><c> then</c><00:41:24.639><c> there's</c><00:41:24.900><c> a</c><00:41:25.039><c> new</c><00:41:25.159><c> Ecclesia</c><00:41:25.579><c> that's</c>

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between<00:41:26.219><c> the</c><00:41:26.460><c> two</c><00:41:26.719><c> in</c><00:41:27.320><c> the</c>

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northwest<00:41:28.519><c> direction.</c>

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And<00:41:30.260><c> they</c><00:41:30.519><c> have</c><00:41:30.780><c> about</c><00:41:31.280><c> 30</c>

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members<00:41:32.300><c> and</c><00:41:32.500><c> a</c><00:41:32.579><c> Sunday</c><00:41:32.760><c> School</c><00:41:33.059><c> of</c><00:41:33.300><c> about</c>

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35,<00:41:34.219><c> 36.</c><00:41:35.239><c> So</c><00:41:35.639><c> overall</c>

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there's<00:41:36.460><c> an</c><00:41:36.679><c> overall</c><00:41:37.039><c> CYC</c>

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with<00:41:37.900><c> 140</c><00:41:38.699><c> children</c><00:41:39.199><c> in</c><00:41:39.360><c> it.</c>

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50<00:41:40.699><c> of</c><00:41:40.920><c> them</c><00:41:41.260><c> above</c><00:41:41.539><c> the</c>

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between<00:41:42.260><c> 13</c><00:41:42.960><c> and</c><00:41:43.599><c> 21.</c>

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50<00:41:45.159><c> children.</c>

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And<00:41:46.820><c> I</c><00:41:47.420><c> had</c><00:41:47.599><c> the</c>

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:50.380
privilege<00:41:48.099><c> of</c><00:41:48.260><c> giving</c><00:41:48.480><c> a</c><00:41:48.739><c> class</c><00:41:48.920><c> to</c><00:41:49.099><c> some</c><00:41:49.300><c> of</c><00:41:49.420><c> these</c><00:41:49.599><c> kids</c><00:41:49.780><c> about</c>

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morality.

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And<00:41:52.739><c> I'll</c><00:41:52.940><c> tell</c><00:41:52.980><c> you,</c><00:41:53.139><c> it</c><00:41:53.159><c> was</c><00:41:53.280><c> an</c><00:41:53.400><c> experience</c><00:41:53.820><c> to</c>

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answer<00:41:54.599><c> some</c><00:41:54.860><c> of</c><00:41:54.940><c> their</c><00:41:55.059><c> questions,</c><00:41:55.480><c> which</c>

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I<00:41:57.000><c> don't</c>

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I<00:41:58.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:41:58.239><c> even</c><00:41:58.539><c> do</c><00:41:58.659><c> in</c><00:41:58.780><c> this</c><00:41:58.980><c> company</c><00:41:59.280><c> because</c><00:41:59.639><c> it</c>

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has<00:42:00.019><c> to</c><00:42:00.179><c> be</c><00:42:00.320><c> a</c><00:42:00.400><c> much</c><00:42:00.559><c> more</c><00:42:00.800><c> informal</c><00:42:01.179><c> setting.</c><00:42:01.599><c> I</c><00:42:01.599><c> don't</c><00:42:01.760><c> want</c>

00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:04.460
you<00:42:02.119><c> all</c><00:42:02.300><c> to</c>

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Children<00:42:13.539><c> know</c><00:42:13.940><c> things</c>

00:42:14.320 --> 00:42:16.400
which<00:42:14.519><c> they</c><00:42:14.719><c> know</c><00:42:14.860><c> nothing</c><00:42:15.139><c> about</c><00:42:15.480><c> and</c><00:42:15.679><c> which</c><00:42:15.820><c> there</c><00:42:16.000><c> is</c>

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plain,<00:42:17.380><c> sound,</c><00:42:17.940><c> Bible</c><00:42:18.320><c> teaching</c>

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to<00:42:18.980><c> give</c><00:42:19.179><c> them.</c>

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So<00:42:21.460><c> I</c><00:42:21.940><c> want</c><00:42:22.159><c> to</c><00:42:22.219><c> leave</c>

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this<00:42:22.599><c> at</c><00:42:22.760><c> this</c><00:42:23.000><c> point.</c><00:42:23.380><c> We've</c><00:42:23.599><c> got</c><00:42:23.780><c> about</c>

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seven<00:42:24.440><c> or</c><00:42:24.599><c> eight</c><00:42:24.780><c> minutes.</c>

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I'll<00:42:26.900><c> entertain</c><00:42:27.320><c> comments</c><00:42:27.780><c> or</c><00:42:28.000><c> questions.</c>

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One<00:42:29.099><c> rule</c><00:42:29.579><c> about</c><00:42:29.940><c> the</c><00:42:30.119><c> way</c><00:42:30.280><c> I</c>

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run<00:42:30.619><c> a</c><00:42:30.840><c> classroom</c><00:42:31.159><c> so</c><00:42:31.400><c> you</c><00:42:31.559><c> don't</c><00:42:31.800><c> get</c><00:42:32.000><c> offended.</c>

00:42:32.920 --> 00:42:34.340
If<00:42:33.079><c> I</c><00:42:33.260><c> don't</c><00:42:33.480><c> like</c><00:42:33.659><c> your</c><00:42:33.900><c> question</c>

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I<00:42:34.760><c> might</c><00:42:34.980><c> not</c><00:42:35.219><c> answer</c><00:42:35.519><c> it.</c><00:42:35.940><c> Don't</c><00:42:36.320><c> take</c>

00:42:36.519 --> 00:42:38.619
it<00:42:36.760><c> personal.</c><00:42:37.639><c> Or</c><00:42:37.860><c> if</c><00:42:38.039><c> I</c><00:42:38.280><c> think</c>

00:42:38.619 --> 00:42:40.500
that<00:42:38.880><c> somebody</c><00:42:39.119><c> else</c><00:42:39.400><c> had</c><00:42:39.559><c> probably</c><00:42:39.860><c> put</c><00:42:40.079><c> in</c><00:42:40.219><c> I</c><00:42:40.280><c> might</c>

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ask<00:42:40.639><c> somebody</c><00:42:40.940><c> else</c><00:42:41.239><c> to</c><00:42:41.400><c> answer</c><00:42:41.659><c> it.</c><00:42:42.179><c> Just</c>

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.820
because<00:42:42.599><c> I</c><00:42:42.719><c> don't</c><00:42:42.940><c> think</c><00:42:43.059><c> I</c><00:42:43.199><c> know</c><00:42:43.360><c> everything.</c>

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And<00:42:44.719><c> thirdly,</c><00:42:45.239><c> if</c><00:42:45.320><c> you</c><00:42:45.500><c> have</c><00:42:45.719><c> a</c><00:42:46.179><c> comment</c>

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to<00:42:46.699><c> make,</c><00:42:47.920><c> please</c>

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don't<00:42:48.500><c> make</c><00:42:48.659><c> a</c><00:42:48.860><c> long</c><00:42:49.039><c> speech.</c>

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:52.159
Okay?<00:42:51.000><c> Just</c><00:42:51.519><c> keep</c><00:42:51.820><c> it</c>

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brief<00:42:52.300><c> so</c><00:42:52.539><c> that</c><00:42:52.719><c> everybody</c><00:42:53.000><c> can</c><00:42:53.219><c> get</c><00:42:53.380><c> a</c><00:42:53.440><c> chance</c><00:42:53.639><c> to</c><00:42:53.820><c> say</c>

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:55.820
something.<00:42:54.800><c> Now,</c><00:42:55.099><c> assuming</c><00:42:55.260><c> I</c><00:42:55.360><c> haven't</c><00:42:55.579><c> scared</c>

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:58.519
everyone<00:42:56.159><c> off,</c><00:42:56.480><c> has</c><00:42:56.539><c> someone</c><00:42:56.739><c> got</c><00:42:56.940><c> a</c><00:42:57.179><c> comment</c><00:42:57.400><c> or</c><00:42:57.579><c> a</c><00:42:57.760><c> question?</c>

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.239
Tim?

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:05.480
You<00:43:03.539><c> just</c><00:43:03.880><c> said</c><00:43:04.139><c> that</c>

00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:08.139
for<00:43:06.079><c> every</c><00:43:06.559><c> truth</c>

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:10.219
first<00:43:09.699><c> principle</c>

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:12.400
there<00:43:11.219><c> must</c><00:43:11.480><c> be</c><00:43:12.059><c> a</c>

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practical<00:43:12.699><c> out</c><00:43:13.199><c> working</c><00:43:13.539><c> of</c><00:43:13.880><c> that.</c>

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:16.440
Why<00:43:15.340><c> not</c><00:43:15.679><c> include</c><00:43:16.000><c> that</c>

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in<00:43:16.619><c> your</c><00:43:16.960><c> initial</c>

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five<00:43:18.500><c> or</c><00:43:18.639><c> six</c><00:43:19.000><c> items</c>

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that<00:43:20.300><c> would</c><00:43:20.900><c> qualify</c>

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to<00:43:22.300><c> be</c><00:43:22.500><c> your</c><00:43:22.619><c> first</c><00:43:22.900><c> principle?</c><00:43:23.840><c> Good</c><00:43:24.039><c> idea.</c>

00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:29.059
Good<00:43:28.159><c> idea.</c>

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When<00:43:31.480><c> I</c><00:43:31.860><c> read</c><00:43:32.039><c> that</c><00:43:32.280><c> passage</c>

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in<00:43:33.380><c> Matthew</c><00:43:33.719><c> 23</c>

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I<00:43:34.460><c> think</c><00:43:34.960><c> that</c><00:43:35.619><c> should</c><00:43:35.800><c> have</c><00:43:36.179><c> actually</c>

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occurred<00:43:36.760><c> to</c><00:43:36.940><c> me</c><00:43:37.119><c> that</c><00:43:37.719><c> the</c><00:43:38.039><c> doctrines</c>

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:40.480
and<00:43:38.659><c> principles</c><00:43:38.980><c> are</c><00:43:39.300><c> meant</c><00:43:39.539><c> for</c><00:43:40.000><c> a</c><00:43:40.159><c> life.</c>

00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:42.840
And<00:43:41.360><c> I'll</c><00:43:42.179><c> try</c><00:43:42.360><c> to</c><00:43:42.519><c> do</c><00:43:42.619><c> that</c>

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:44.900
and<00:43:43.119><c> correct</c><00:43:43.420><c> that</c><00:43:43.659><c> slide.</c><00:43:43.840><c> One</c><00:43:43.940><c> nice</c><00:43:44.159><c> thing</c><00:43:44.260><c> with</c><00:43:44.400><c> computers</c>

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:46.699
is<00:43:45.159><c> the</c><00:43:45.460><c> suggestions</c><00:43:45.739><c> like</c><00:43:45.960><c> this</c><00:43:46.139><c> are</c><00:43:46.380><c> great</c>

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because<00:43:47.340><c> I</c><00:43:47.519><c> just</c><00:43:47.679><c> go</c><00:43:47.820><c> home</c><00:43:48.079><c> and</c><00:43:48.380><c> in</c><00:43:48.420><c> five</c>

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seconds<00:43:48.960><c> I</c><00:43:49.159><c> will</c><00:43:49.599><c> have</c><00:43:49.840><c> improved</c><00:43:50.159><c> it.</c>

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Thanks.

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Let<00:43:55.539><c> me</c><00:43:55.659><c> ask</c><00:43:55.880><c> you</c><00:43:56.039><c> a</c><00:43:56.099><c> question.</c>

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:58.760
There<00:43:57.119><c> are</c><00:43:57.300><c> 53</c><00:43:57.780><c> commandments</c><00:43:58.260><c> of</c><00:43:58.500><c> Christ</c>

00:43:58.760 --> 00:44:00.960
that<00:43:58.940><c> are</c><00:43:59.139><c> actually</c><00:43:59.400><c> mentioned</c><00:43:59.780><c> in</c><00:44:00.539><c> the</c>

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Birmingham<00:44:01.420><c> Constitution.</c>

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Does<00:44:02.659><c> your</c><00:44:02.940><c> ecclesia</c><00:44:03.380><c> or</c><00:44:03.760><c> any</c><00:44:04.019><c> of</c><00:44:04.099><c> the</c><00:44:04.239><c> ecclesias</c>

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:06.719
here,<00:44:04.659><c> do</c><00:44:04.800><c> you</c><00:44:04.960><c> all</c><00:44:05.099><c> pick</c><00:44:05.280><c> that</c><00:44:05.519><c> up</c><00:44:05.679><c> in</c><00:44:05.780><c> your</c><00:44:06.039><c> own</c>

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constitutions?<00:44:07.340><c> Do</c><00:44:07.460><c> you</c><00:44:07.639><c> put</c><00:44:07.820><c> in</c>

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this<00:44:09.099><c> section</c><00:44:09.440><c> at</c><00:44:09.679><c> the</c><00:44:09.880><c> end</c><00:44:10.099><c> on</c><00:44:10.320><c> the</c><00:44:10.460><c> commandments</c>

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of<00:44:11.019><c> Christ</c><00:44:11.260><c> with</c><00:44:11.500><c> all</c><00:44:11.760><c> the</c><00:44:16.340><c> quotes?</c>

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Commandments<00:44:18.500><c> of</c><00:44:18.699><c> Christ</c>

00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:21.099
and<00:44:19.239><c> you</c><00:44:19.360><c> have</c><00:44:19.460><c> all</c><00:44:19.699><c> the</c><00:44:19.860><c> quotes.</c><00:44:20.199><c> Do</c><00:44:20.239><c> you</c><00:44:20.300><c> have</c><00:44:20.360><c> that</c>

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appended<00:44:21.699><c> to</c><00:44:21.880><c> your</c><00:44:22.019><c> own</c><00:44:22.320><c> constitution?</c>

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Well,<00:44:28.679><c> we</c>

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have<00:44:29.039><c> often</c><00:44:29.280><c> been</c><00:44:29.559><c> called</c><00:44:29.860><c> a</c><00:44:30.099><c> disorganized</c>

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:32.760
religion.<00:44:31.460><c> Now</c><00:44:31.460><c> I...</c>

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As<00:44:33.820><c> opposed</c><00:44:34.199><c> to</c><00:44:34.340><c> all</c><00:44:34.460><c> those</c><00:44:34.659><c> organized</c>

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guys<00:44:35.360><c> out</c><00:44:35.559><c> there.</c><00:44:35.639><c> You</c><00:44:35.760><c> have</c><00:44:35.880><c> no</c><00:44:36.179><c> constitution</c>

00:44:36.760 --> 00:44:37.760
at<00:44:36.760><c> all?</c>

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Okay.<00:44:42.159><c> And</c><00:44:42.280><c> what</c><00:44:42.400><c> about</c>

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do<00:44:43.079><c> you</c><00:44:43.179><c> append</c><00:44:43.380><c> it</c><00:44:43.599><c> to</c><00:44:43.780><c> a</c><00:44:43.880><c> statement</c><00:44:44.059><c> of</c><00:44:44.300><c> faith</c>

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give<00:44:44.940><c> it</c><00:44:45.099><c> to</c><00:44:45.179><c> anyone?</c>

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Do<00:44:48.880><c> you</c><00:44:49.320><c> have</c><00:44:50.139><c> anything</c><00:44:50.420><c> at</c><00:44:50.739><c> all</c>

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that<00:44:51.559><c> you</c><00:44:51.679><c> would</c><00:44:51.840><c> give</c><00:44:52.019><c> someone</c><00:44:52.440><c> on</c><00:44:52.760><c> the</c><00:44:52.820><c> way</c>

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to<00:44:53.079><c> baptism</c><00:44:53.460><c> to</c><00:44:54.539><c> sort</c><00:44:54.679><c> of</c>

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refresh<00:44:55.179><c> their</c><00:44:55.340><c> memories</c><00:44:55.739><c> and</c><00:44:55.940><c> focus</c><00:44:56.280><c> them</c><00:44:56.440><c> in</c><00:44:56.579><c> on</c>

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the<00:44:56.880><c> commandments</c><00:44:57.159><c> of</c><00:44:57.340><c> Christ?</c>

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You<00:45:00.239><c> have</c><00:45:00.320><c> the</c><00:45:00.460><c> little</c><00:45:00.679><c> epitome</c><00:45:01.039><c> book.</c>

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Okay.

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Does<00:45:05.739><c> anyone</c><00:45:06.019><c> think</c><00:45:06.280><c> that</c><00:45:06.440><c> there</c><00:45:06.599><c> are</c><00:45:06.619><c> only</c><00:45:06.920><c> 53?</c>

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I<00:45:08.059><c> mean,</c><00:45:08.639><c> why</c><00:45:09.260><c> are</c><00:45:09.420><c> there</c>

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53<00:45:10.099><c> here?</c>

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Yeah.

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There's<00:45:15.519><c> probably</c><00:45:16.039><c> hundreds.</c>

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These<00:45:18.760><c> were</c><00:45:19.059><c> picked.</c>

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Does<00:45:19.500><c> anyone</c><00:45:19.699><c> know</c><00:45:19.900><c> why</c><00:45:20.059><c> they</c><00:45:20.179><c> were</c><00:45:20.360><c> picked?</c>

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I<00:45:21.300><c> just</c><00:45:21.619><c> thought</c><00:45:21.719><c> there</c><00:45:21.860><c> was</c><00:45:22.059><c> 53</c>

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:25.079
so<00:45:22.800><c> there</c><00:45:22.940><c> could</c><00:45:23.159><c> be</c><00:45:23.340><c> 53</c><00:45:23.840><c> here.</c>

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That's<00:45:30.780><c> not</c><00:45:30.900><c> what</c><00:45:31.039><c> I</c><00:45:31.300><c> heard.</c>

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That's<00:45:32.340><c> not</c><00:45:32.599><c> what</c><00:45:32.739><c> I</c><00:45:33.000><c> heard.</c>

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It<00:45:34.820><c> just</c><00:45:35.300><c> ended</c><00:45:35.679><c> up</c>

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arbitrary<00:45:36.719><c> that</c><00:45:36.920><c> there</c><00:45:37.119><c> was</c><00:45:37.460><c> an</c>

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attempt<00:45:38.840><c> to</c><00:45:39.079><c> sort</c><00:45:39.260><c> of</c><00:45:39.260><c> put</c><00:45:39.440><c> down</c><00:45:39.699><c> the</c><00:45:39.820><c> most</c>

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important<00:45:40.639><c> ones.</c>

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Yeah.<00:45:43.860><c> But</c><00:45:44.059><c> that's</c><00:45:44.280><c> good.</c>

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See,<00:45:45.739><c> in</c><00:45:45.900><c> any</c><00:45:46.079><c> kind</c><00:45:46.360><c> of</c>

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mystical<00:45:47.300><c> framework,</c><00:45:48.159><c> a</c><00:45:48.300><c> number</c>

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always<00:45:48.800><c> has</c><00:45:49.099><c> to</c><00:45:49.380><c> attach</c><00:45:49.719><c> to</c><00:45:49.960><c> something</c><00:45:50.280><c> like</c>

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right?

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When<00:45:53.400><c> we</c><00:45:53.920><c> decide</c><00:45:54.179><c> to</c><00:45:54.320><c> pick</c><00:45:54.440><c> a</c>

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:56.300
tidings<00:45:54.940><c> committee,</c><00:45:55.320><c> it</c><00:45:55.400><c> had</c><00:45:55.460><c> to</c><00:45:55.579><c> be</c><00:45:55.800><c> 12.</c>

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It<00:45:56.760><c> couldn't</c><00:45:56.860><c> be</c><00:45:57.099><c> 10.</c><00:45:57.880><c> It</c><00:45:57.920><c> couldn't</c><00:45:58.099><c> be</c><00:45:58.300><c> 13.</c>

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It<00:45:59.000><c> had</c><00:45:59.059><c> to</c><00:45:59.159><c> be</c><00:45:59.340><c> 12.</c>

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Because<00:46:00.559><c> everybody</c><00:46:00.880><c> knows</c><00:46:01.099><c> why</c><00:46:01.360><c> it</c><00:46:01.360><c> had</c><00:46:01.500><c> to</c><00:46:01.619><c> be</c><00:46:01.719><c> 12,</c><00:46:02.079><c> right?</c>

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Let<00:46:05.119><c> me</c><00:46:05.340><c> ask</c><00:46:05.599><c> another</c><00:46:06.079><c> question.</c>

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When<00:46:07.360><c> you</c>

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have<00:46:10.739><c> the</c>

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statement<00:46:11.559><c> of</c><00:46:11.840><c> faith,</c>

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if<00:46:16.420><c> I</c>

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picked<00:46:17.139><c> on</c><00:46:17.360><c> some</c><00:46:17.559><c> of</c><00:46:17.679><c> these</c><00:46:17.880><c> passages,</c>

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:21.219
do<00:46:19.300><c> you</c><00:46:19.460><c> think</c><00:46:19.739><c> that</c><00:46:20.159><c> everyone</c><00:46:20.500><c> would</c><00:46:20.800><c> agree</c>

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:23.019
in<00:46:21.940><c> the</c><00:46:22.119><c> statement</c><00:46:22.340><c> of</c><00:46:22.579><c> faith</c><00:46:22.760><c> that</c>

00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:24.699
every<00:46:23.300><c> single</c>

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clause<00:46:25.179><c> in</c><00:46:25.400><c> it</c><00:46:25.860><c> was</c><00:46:26.360><c> a</c><00:46:26.599><c> first</c>

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principle<00:46:27.260><c> according</c><00:46:27.900><c> to</c><00:46:28.840><c> the</c>

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five

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different<00:46:31.840><c> criteria</c><00:46:32.360><c> that</c><00:46:32.719><c> I</c><00:46:32.900><c> put</c>

00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:35.380
here?<00:46:33.420><c> And</c><00:46:33.579><c> this</c><00:46:33.659><c> is</c><00:46:33.780><c> a</c><00:46:33.860><c> more</c><00:46:34.039><c> loaded</c><00:46:34.300><c> question.</c>

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Be<00:46:35.699><c> careful</c><00:46:35.980><c> how</c><00:46:36.119><c> you</c><00:46:36.320><c> answer.</c>

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:39.019
I<00:46:38.280><c> may</c><00:46:38.480><c> have</c><00:46:38.679><c> to</c>

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:40.579
take<00:46:39.380><c> the</c><00:46:39.579><c> laser</c><00:46:39.900><c> on</c><00:46:40.159><c> you.</c>

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Mike?

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I<00:46:41.360><c> was</c><00:46:41.519><c> just</c><00:46:41.860><c> thinking</c>

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:43.300
about<00:46:42.380><c> the</c>

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paragraph.

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I'll<00:46:47.219><c> put</c><00:46:47.340><c> it</c><00:46:47.519><c> back</c><00:46:47.699><c> up.</c>

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The<00:46:48.639><c> list</c>

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probably,<00:46:50.539><c> if</c><00:46:50.699><c> we</c>

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judge<00:46:51.659><c> this</c><00:46:52.039><c> by</c><00:46:52.280><c> that,</c>

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the<00:46:54.480><c> list</c><00:46:54.699><c> of</c><00:46:54.840><c> first</c><00:46:55.079><c> principles</c>

00:46:55.559 --> 00:46:59.019
probably<00:46:56.239><c> doesn't</c><00:46:56.679><c> seem</c><00:46:56.900><c> that</c><00:46:57.239><c> long.</c>

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It<00:47:03.199><c> might</c><00:47:03.920><c> change.</c>

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I<00:47:11.139><c> was</c><00:47:12.059><c> basically</c>

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talking<00:47:14.219><c> about</c>

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the<00:47:15.260><c> fact</c><00:47:15.539><c> that</c>

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based<00:47:17.079><c> on</c>

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those<00:47:18.800><c> 50</c><00:47:19.119><c> cells,</c>

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like

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know<00:47:22.500><c> what</c><00:47:22.820><c> happens</c>

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in<00:47:24.199><c> a</c><00:47:24.699><c> reasonable</c><00:47:25.079><c> manner.</c>

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We<00:47:29.920><c> don't</c><00:47:30.119><c> know</c>

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what<00:47:30.619><c> happens.</c>

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We're<00:47:32.920><c> basically</c><00:47:33.380><c> talking</c><00:47:33.739><c> about</c>

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not<00:47:35.739><c> allowing</c>

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actually

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to<00:47:38.960><c> list</c><00:47:39.739><c> what's</c><00:47:40.320><c> in</c><00:47:40.440><c> the</c>

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constitution.

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All<00:47:50.780><c> the</c><00:47:51.760><c> unique</c><00:47:52.300><c> things</c>

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as<00:47:53.539><c> a</c><00:47:53.679><c> community</c><00:47:54.099><c> that</c><00:47:54.380><c> we</c><00:47:54.659><c> have</c>

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accepted<00:47:55.579><c> as</c><00:47:55.880><c> being</c><00:47:56.300><c> essentially</c>

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essential<00:47:58.260><c> for</c><00:47:58.559><c> salvation.</c>

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Well,<00:48:12.300><c> it's</c><00:48:12.480><c> not</c><00:48:12.639><c> a</c><00:48:12.800><c> question</c>

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of<00:48:13.360><c> changing</c><00:48:13.780><c> what</c><00:48:14.000><c> the</c><00:48:14.179><c> scripture</c><00:48:14.420><c> says.</c>

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It's<00:48:14.960><c> a</c><00:48:15.059><c> question</c><00:48:15.320><c> of</c><00:48:15.599><c> deciding</c>

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what<00:48:18.079><c> is</c><00:48:18.579><c> a</c><00:48:18.820><c> first</c>

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principle<00:48:19.380><c> from</c><00:48:19.760><c> the</c><00:48:19.960><c> Bible.</c>

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We<00:48:22.099><c> are</c><00:48:22.280><c> not</c><00:48:22.460><c> given</c>

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a<00:48:23.820><c> statement</c><00:48:24.019><c> of</c><00:48:24.260><c> faith</c><00:48:24.460><c> in</c><00:48:24.739><c> the</c>

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Bible,<00:48:25.219><c> are</c><00:48:25.480><c> we?</c>

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We<00:48:27.320><c> could</c>

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do<00:48:29.900><c> this.</c><00:48:30.239><c> We</c><00:48:30.340><c> could</c><00:48:30.519><c> say</c>

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no<00:48:31.679><c> statement</c><00:48:32.059><c> of</c><00:48:32.260><c> faith</c><00:48:32.380><c> at</c><00:48:32.559><c> all.</c>

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Everyone<00:48:34.119><c> must</c><00:48:34.400><c> believe</c><00:48:34.760><c> this</c>

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completely

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and<00:48:37.579><c> this</c><00:48:38.000><c> is</c><00:48:38.219><c> the</c><00:48:38.300><c> only</c>

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statement<00:48:38.760><c> of</c><00:48:38.980><c> faith.</c><00:48:39.199><c> And</c><00:48:39.320><c> then</c><00:48:39.420><c> what</c><00:48:39.559><c> we</c><00:48:39.800><c> know</c><00:48:40.000><c> is</c>

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that<00:48:40.639><c> a</c><00:48:40.659><c> lot</c><00:48:40.820><c> of</c><00:48:40.880><c> people</c><00:48:41.039><c> would</c><00:48:41.280><c> disagree</c><00:48:41.699><c> with</c><00:48:42.000><c> what</c>

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the<00:48:42.320><c> book</c><00:48:42.480><c> says,</c><00:48:42.820><c> right?</c><00:48:43.539><c> So</c><00:48:43.719><c> the</c><00:48:43.880><c> statement</c><00:48:44.119><c> of</c>

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faith<00:48:44.480><c> came</c><00:48:44.800><c> out.</c><00:48:45.500><c> In</c><00:48:45.679><c> fact,</c>

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what<00:48:46.920><c> you've</c><00:48:47.119><c> raised</c><00:48:47.300><c> is</c><00:48:47.420><c> an</c><00:48:47.500><c> important</c><00:48:47.820><c> point.</c>

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For<00:48:48.639><c> the</c><00:48:48.900><c> first</c><00:48:49.260><c> 40</c><00:48:49.599><c> or</c><00:48:49.880><c> 50</c>

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years<00:48:50.360><c> of</c><00:48:50.519><c> our</c><00:48:50.699><c> community,</c><00:48:51.119><c> there</c><00:48:51.300><c> was</c><00:48:51.599><c> no</c><00:48:51.840><c> statement</c>

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of<00:48:52.380><c> faith.</c>

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We<00:48:55.019><c> all</c><00:48:55.199><c> know</c><00:48:55.360><c> that.</c>

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From<00:48:56.440><c> around</c><00:48:56.679><c> 1840,</c><00:48:57.539><c> depending</c><00:48:57.860><c> on</c><00:48:58.059><c> when</c>

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you<00:48:58.960><c> want</c><00:48:59.119><c> to</c><00:48:59.300><c> accept</c><00:48:59.460><c> that</c><00:48:59.659><c> John</c><00:48:59.840><c> Thomas</c>

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totally<00:49:00.619><c> broke</c><00:49:00.940><c> away</c><00:49:01.179><c> from</c><00:49:01.340><c> the</c><00:49:01.539><c> Campbellite.</c>

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And<00:49:02.440><c> for</c><00:49:02.659><c> almost</c><00:49:02.940><c> the</c><00:49:03.199><c> entire</c><00:49:03.579><c> first</c><00:49:03.860><c> generation</c>

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as<00:49:04.360><c> a</c><00:49:04.559><c> community,</c><00:49:05.579><c> John</c><00:49:05.800><c> Thomas</c><00:49:06.079><c> actually</c>

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kept<00:49:06.579><c> associating</c><00:49:07.139><c> with</c><00:49:07.320><c> the</c><00:49:07.460><c> Campbellites.</c><00:49:07.820><c> He</c><00:49:07.900><c> would</c><00:49:08.019><c> go</c><00:49:08.159><c> to</c><00:49:08.260><c> a</c>

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Campbellite<00:49:08.699><c> church</c><00:49:08.780><c> and</c><00:49:08.900><c> he'd</c><00:49:09.139><c> speak.</c>

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He'd<00:49:11.019><c> even</c><00:49:11.159><c> break</c><00:49:11.280><c> bread.</c>

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It<00:49:15.619><c> came</c><00:49:15.900><c> about</c>

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13<00:49:16.960><c> years</c><00:49:17.199><c> after</c><00:49:17.519><c> he</c><00:49:17.739><c> died</c><00:49:18.119><c> because</c>

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of<00:49:18.760><c> a</c><00:49:19.079><c> controversy</c><00:49:19.500><c> that</c><00:49:19.739><c> arose</c><00:49:20.019><c> in</c><00:49:20.260><c> Birmingham</c>

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over<00:49:21.099><c> the</c><00:49:21.340><c> inspiration</c><00:49:21.760><c> of</c><00:49:21.880><c> the</c><00:49:22.019><c> Bible.</c>

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And<00:49:23.239><c> then</c><00:49:23.340><c> it</c><00:49:23.380><c> was</c><00:49:23.599><c> decided</c><00:49:24.019><c> that</c><00:49:24.199><c> we</c>

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have<00:49:24.559><c> to</c><00:49:24.780><c> have</c><00:49:24.940><c> a</c><00:49:25.119><c> document</c><00:49:25.760><c> that</c>

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defines<00:49:26.840><c> our</c><00:49:27.159><c> community.</c><00:49:29.199><c> So</c>

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absolutely<00:49:31.480><c> everything</c><00:49:31.920><c> is</c><00:49:32.119><c> in</c><00:49:32.239><c> the</c>

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:34.699
Bible,<00:49:32.659><c> but</c><00:49:32.800><c> you</c><00:49:32.880><c> have</c><00:49:33.039><c> to</c><00:49:33.179><c> decide</c><00:49:33.639><c> how</c><00:49:34.400><c> far</c>

00:49:34.699 --> 00:49:37.000
to<00:49:34.960><c> go</c><00:49:35.719><c> and</c><00:49:36.139><c> which</c>

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issues<00:49:37.579><c> are</c><00:49:37.900><c> absolutely</c>

00:49:38.460 --> 00:49:40.639
vital<00:49:39.099><c> meet</c><00:49:39.639><c> all</c><00:49:39.880><c> of</c><00:49:39.980><c> these</c><00:49:40.119><c> criteria.</c>

00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:43.039
Lots<00:49:41.159><c> of</c><00:49:41.360><c> things</c><00:49:41.519><c> may</c><00:49:41.739><c> be</c><00:49:42.000><c> true,</c>

00:49:43.820 --> 00:49:44.579
but<00:49:44.019><c> they</c><00:49:44.179><c> may</c><00:49:44.400><c> not</c>

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:46.340
be<00:49:44.760><c> vital</c><00:49:44.980><c> for</c><00:49:45.219><c> salvation.</c>

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So<00:49:48.599><c> truth</c><00:49:48.780><c> in</c><00:49:48.940><c> itself</c><00:49:49.280><c> is</c><00:49:49.500><c> not</c><00:49:49.699><c> the</c><00:49:49.860><c> only</c><00:49:50.079><c> criteria.</c>

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:52.579
I<00:49:51.800><c> could</c><00:49:51.940><c> say</c><00:49:52.099><c> in</c><00:49:52.260><c> Ezekiel</c>

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38,<00:49:53.000><c> you</c><00:49:53.119><c> absolutely</c><00:49:53.500><c> must</c><00:49:53.780><c> believe</c><00:49:54.340><c> that</c>

00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:56.599
Gog<00:49:54.780><c> is</c><00:49:54.940><c> the</c><00:49:55.119><c> Russian</c><00:49:55.440><c> host</c><00:49:55.820><c> and</c><00:49:56.239><c> the</c><00:49:56.380><c> Russian</c>

00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:58.340
people<00:49:56.900><c> invade</c><00:49:57.300><c> the</c><00:49:57.619><c> land</c><00:49:57.820><c> of</c><00:49:57.980><c> Israel.</c>

00:49:58.760 --> 00:50:00.780
It's<00:49:59.079><c> not</c><00:49:59.300><c> part</c><00:49:59.460><c> of</c><00:49:59.599><c> the</c><00:49:59.599><c> statement</c><00:49:59.800><c> of</c><00:50:00.019><c> faith.</c>

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Thank<00:50:13.599><c> goodness.</c>

00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:28.639
That's<00:50:25.880><c> a</c><00:50:26.880><c> very</c><00:50:27.440><c> good</c><00:50:27.659><c> question.</c>

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We<00:50:29.800><c> have</c><00:50:30.000><c> never</c><00:50:30.239><c> taken</c>

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:32.659
that<00:50:30.739><c> as</c><00:50:30.980><c> a</c><00:50:31.099><c> first</c><00:50:31.300><c> principle</c><00:50:31.699><c> because</c>

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there<00:50:33.320><c> is</c><00:50:33.519><c> no</c><00:50:34.039><c> corresponding</c>

00:50:34.659 --> 00:50:37.039
statement<00:50:35.159><c> which</c><00:50:35.420><c> says</c><00:50:35.619><c> if</c><00:50:35.800><c> you</c><00:50:35.960><c> don't</c><00:50:36.260><c> do</c><00:50:36.539><c> that</c>

00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:38.619
you<00:50:37.440><c> won't</c><00:50:37.659><c> be</c><00:50:37.880><c> in</c><00:50:38.000><c> the</c><00:50:38.119><c> kingdom</c><00:50:38.360><c> of</c>

00:50:38.619 --> 00:50:40.639
God.<00:50:40.099><c> So</c><00:50:40.159><c> a</c><00:50:40.460><c> lot</c>

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:42.599
of<00:50:40.780><c> people</c><00:50:41.000><c> take</c><00:50:41.300><c> it</c><00:50:42.000><c> as</c>

00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:44.619
it's<00:50:43.500><c> a</c><00:50:43.599><c> very</c><00:50:43.880><c> nice</c><00:50:44.099><c> thing.</c><00:50:44.360><c> We</c><00:50:44.460><c> should</c>

00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:46.820
do<00:50:44.840><c> it,</c><00:50:45.400><c> but</c><00:50:45.679><c> it's</c><00:50:46.019><c> not</c>

00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:48.199
a<00:50:47.039><c> first</c><00:50:47.300><c> principle.</c>

00:50:48.679 --> 00:50:50.539
I'm<00:50:48.920><c> telling</c><00:50:49.159><c> you</c><00:50:49.380><c> that's</c><00:50:49.820><c> the</c><00:50:49.940><c> way</c><00:50:50.139><c> it</c><00:50:50.320><c> is</c>

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interpreted.

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Go<00:50:52.739><c> ahead.</c>

00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:11.420
I<00:51:05.119><c> agree</c><00:51:05.519><c> with</c><00:51:10.739><c> you</c><00:51:10.940><c> completely.</c>

00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:12.639
But<00:51:11.900><c> again,</c><00:51:12.320><c> remember,</c>

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:15.900
nowhere<00:51:13.239><c> in</c><00:51:13.440><c> the</c><00:51:13.579><c> statement</c><00:51:13.840><c> of</c><00:51:14.099><c> faith</c><00:51:14.300><c> does</c><00:51:14.539><c> it</c><00:51:14.760><c> say</c>

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:17.820
what<00:51:17.179><c> you</c><00:51:17.480><c> both</c>

00:51:17.820 --> 00:51:19.079
just<00:51:18.280><c> raised.</c>

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:20.739
Maybe<00:51:19.559><c> it</c><00:51:19.860><c> should.</c>

00:51:22.059 --> 00:51:23.420
Maybe<00:51:22.340><c> it</c><00:51:22.599><c> should.</c>

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:26.780
And,<00:51:25.340><c> you</c><00:51:25.920><c> know,</c>

00:51:26.960 --> 00:51:28.380
the<00:51:27.239><c> issue</c><00:51:27.639><c> here</c>

00:51:28.380 --> 00:51:29.900
in<00:51:29.460><c> some</c><00:51:29.659><c> sense</c>

00:51:29.900 --> 00:51:30.519
might<00:51:30.139><c> be</c><00:51:30.400><c> very</c>

00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:32.739
vital<00:51:30.880><c> for</c><00:51:31.119><c> salvation</c><00:51:31.619><c> because</c><00:51:32.039><c> we</c><00:51:32.300><c> all</c><00:51:32.539><c> know</c>

00:51:32.739 --> 00:51:34.860
that<00:51:33.480><c> the</c><00:51:33.780><c> more</c><00:51:33.980><c> you</c><00:51:34.199><c> are</c><00:51:34.460><c> involved</c>

00:51:34.860 --> 00:51:36.800
the<00:51:35.260><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:35.800><c> community</c><00:51:36.239><c> was</c><00:51:36.480><c> set</c><00:51:36.659><c> up</c>

00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:38.739
by<00:51:37.059><c> God,</c><00:51:37.420><c> founded</c><00:51:37.619><c> by</c><00:51:37.840><c> God,</c><00:51:38.139><c> not</c><00:51:38.280><c> by</c><00:51:38.559><c> Christ</c>

00:51:38.739 --> 00:51:40.679
of<00:51:38.820><c> Delphi.</c><00:51:39.599><c> And</c><00:51:40.079><c> it</c><00:51:40.179><c> was</c><00:51:40.360><c> founded</c>

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:42.500
as<00:51:40.920><c> a</c><00:51:41.039><c> way</c><00:51:41.139><c> to</c><00:51:41.340><c> help</c><00:51:41.619><c> us</c><00:51:41.900><c> into</c><00:51:42.079><c> the</c><00:51:42.280><c> kingdom,</c>

00:51:42.639 --> 00:51:44.639
by<00:51:42.860><c> strengthening</c><00:51:43.219><c> each</c><00:51:43.599><c> other,</c><00:51:44.179><c> by</c><00:51:44.340><c> building</c>

00:51:44.639 --> 00:51:46.659
up<00:51:44.860><c> each</c><00:51:45.119><c> other,</c><00:51:45.659><c> by</c><00:51:45.820><c> having</c><00:51:46.079><c> a</c><00:51:46.260><c> community</c>

00:51:46.659 --> 00:51:48.639
of<00:51:46.960><c> help</c><00:51:47.340><c> and</c><00:51:47.860><c> association</c>

00:51:48.639 --> 00:51:50.199
to<00:51:49.360><c> take</c><00:51:49.519><c> us</c><00:51:49.760><c> along</c>

00:51:50.199 --> 00:51:52.780
through<00:51:50.699><c> this</c><00:51:51.039><c> life</c><00:51:51.539><c> as</c><00:51:52.199><c> sort</c><00:51:52.380><c> of</c>

00:51:52.780 --> 00:51:54.420
things<00:51:53.019><c> to</c><00:51:53.239><c> lean</c><00:51:53.420><c> on.</c><00:51:54.119><c> I</c><00:51:54.179><c> mean,</c>

00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:56.920
the<00:51:54.639><c> ecclesial</c><00:51:56.019><c> was</c><00:51:56.179><c> the</c>

00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:59.159
first<00:51:57.500><c> self</c><00:51:57.980><c>-help</c><00:51:58.199><c> group.</c>

00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:03.260
And<00:52:01.519><c> so</c><00:52:01.960><c> if</c><00:52:02.360><c> we</c><00:52:02.599><c> don't</c><00:52:02.840><c> partake</c>

00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:04.920
in<00:52:03.380><c> that</c><00:52:03.579><c> community,</c><00:52:03.940><c> you</c><00:52:04.079><c> know</c><00:52:04.300><c> that</c><00:52:04.480><c> a</c><00:52:04.639><c> person</c>

00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:06.860
who<00:52:05.219><c> doesn't</c><00:52:05.539><c> partake,</c><00:52:06.420><c> who</c><00:52:06.579><c> sort</c><00:52:06.739><c> of</c>

00:52:06.860 --> 00:52:08.920
comes<00:52:07.059><c> once</c><00:52:07.320><c> every</c><00:52:07.579><c> three</c><00:52:07.880><c> weeks</c><00:52:08.239><c> and</c>

00:52:09.300 --> 00:52:10.400
this<00:52:09.739><c> person's</c><00:52:10.179><c> weak.</c>

00:52:10.699 --> 00:52:12.599
And<00:52:11.000><c> they</c><00:52:11.280><c> sort</c><00:52:11.440><c> of</c><00:52:11.599><c> drift</c><00:52:11.840><c> further</c><00:52:12.199><c> and</c><00:52:12.380><c> further</c>

00:52:12.599 --> 00:52:14.679
away<00:52:12.940><c> because</c><00:52:13.179><c> they</c><00:52:13.340><c> don't</c><00:52:13.519><c> see</c><00:52:13.699><c> the</c><00:52:13.980><c> importance</c><00:52:14.260><c> of</c><00:52:14.380><c> what</c><00:52:14.500><c> you're</c>

00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:17.300
saying.<00:52:15.340><c> And</c><00:52:15.539><c> maybe</c><00:52:15.719><c> it</c><00:52:15.880><c> should</c><00:52:15.960><c> be</c><00:52:16.159><c> a</c><00:52:16.239><c> first</c><00:52:16.420><c> principle.</c>

00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:22.460
What<00:52:20.920><c> you're</c><00:52:21.179><c> saying</c><00:52:21.460><c> is</c><00:52:21.739><c> so</c><00:52:22.000><c> true</c><00:52:22.179><c> because</c>

00:52:22.460 --> 00:52:24.599
there<00:52:22.699><c> is</c><00:52:22.860><c> a</c><00:52:23.079><c> command</c><00:52:23.440><c> for</c><00:52:23.880><c> us</c><00:52:24.239><c> to</c><00:52:24.280><c> be</c><00:52:24.400><c> separate</c>

00:52:24.599 --> 00:52:26.659
from<00:52:24.880><c> the</c><00:52:25.139><c> world.</c><00:52:25.619><c> And</c><00:52:25.760><c> if</c><00:52:25.880><c> we</c><00:52:26.039><c> are</c><00:52:26.179><c> not</c><00:52:26.480><c> here</c>

00:52:26.659 --> 00:52:28.679
when<00:52:26.820><c> we</c><00:52:27.039><c> are</c><00:52:27.260><c> supposed</c><00:52:27.480><c> to</c><00:52:27.659><c> be</c><00:52:27.900><c> here,</c>

00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:31.039
then,<00:52:29.239><c> you</c><00:52:29.679><c> know,</c><00:52:30.260><c> firing</c><00:52:30.380><c> any</c><00:52:30.699><c> illness</c>

00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:32.760
when<00:52:31.420><c> we're</c><00:52:31.880><c> happy,</c>

00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:34.380
then<00:52:33.059><c> we</c><00:52:33.440><c> associate</c><00:52:34.159><c> ourselves</c>

00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:36.260
with<00:52:35.199><c> the</c><00:52:35.360><c> world.</c><00:52:36.000><c> I</c><00:52:36.039><c> mean,</c>

00:52:36.400 --> 00:52:38.420
as<00:52:36.719><c> a</c><00:52:36.900><c> boy</c><00:52:37.059><c> speaking,</c><00:52:37.800><c> there's</c><00:52:37.940><c> no</c><00:52:38.039><c> one</c><00:52:38.219><c> talking</c>

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:40.260
about<00:52:38.639><c> that</c><00:52:38.820><c> to</c><00:52:38.940><c> me</c><00:52:39.099><c> right</c><00:52:39.280><c> now,</c><00:52:39.579><c> but</c><00:52:39.800><c> when</c><00:52:40.019><c> it</c><00:52:40.079><c> comes</c>

00:52:40.260 --> 00:52:42.320
to<00:52:40.440><c> Sunday</c><00:52:40.920><c> meetings,</c>

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:44.019
it's<00:52:42.920><c> commanding</c><00:52:43.400><c> to,</c>

00:52:44.500 --> 00:52:46.179
you<00:52:44.619><c> know,</c><00:52:44.840><c> that</c><00:52:45.000><c> command</c><00:52:45.179><c> us</c><00:52:45.500><c> to</c><00:52:45.760><c> be</c><00:52:45.960><c> separate</c>

00:52:46.179 --> 00:52:48.280
from<00:52:46.380><c> the</c><00:52:46.500><c> world,</c><00:52:46.800><c> to</c><00:52:46.960><c> follow</c><00:52:47.199><c> through</c><00:52:47.519><c> with</c><00:52:47.739><c> our</c><00:52:47.940><c> life.</c>

00:52:48.699 --> 00:52:50.719
And<00:52:48.920><c> you</c><00:52:49.039><c> would</c><00:52:49.300><c> want</c><00:52:49.519><c> to</c><00:52:49.699><c> be</c><00:52:49.960><c> here.</c>

00:52:50.820 --> 00:52:52.440
You<00:52:50.820><c> want</c><00:52:51.039><c> to</c><00:52:51.199><c> be</c><00:52:51.320><c> here</c><00:52:51.480><c> when</c><00:52:51.659><c> you</c><00:52:51.719><c> start</c><00:52:51.900><c> to</c><00:52:52.159><c> follow</c>

00:52:52.440 --> 00:52:53.360
with<00:52:52.579><c> our</c><00:52:52.739><c> life.</c>

00:52:55.179 --> 00:52:56.320
Well,<00:52:55.619><c> you</c><00:52:55.820><c> know,</c><00:52:55.900><c> I</c><00:52:56.059><c> think</c>

00:52:56.320 --> 00:52:58.320
that<00:52:56.480><c> leads</c><00:52:56.800><c> to</c>

00:52:58.320 --> 00:52:59.940
the<00:52:58.659><c> criteria</c>

00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:02.480
of<00:53:01.119><c> those</c><00:53:01.639><c> first</c><00:53:01.940><c> principle</c>

00:53:02.480 --> 00:53:04.519
issues<00:53:03.139><c> that</c><00:53:03.460><c> have</c><00:53:03.579><c> been</c><00:53:03.639><c> on</c><00:53:03.880><c> there</c>

00:53:04.519 --> 00:53:06.099
as<00:53:04.840><c> a</c><00:53:05.159><c> meeting</c>

00:53:06.219 --> 00:53:08.659
each<00:53:06.739><c> Sunday</c><00:53:07.099><c> is</c><00:53:07.340><c> the</c><00:53:07.400><c> first</c><00:53:07.659><c> day</c><00:53:07.800><c> of</c><00:53:07.960><c> the</c><00:53:08.059><c> week.</c>

00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:10.219
But<00:53:09.079><c> often,</c><00:53:09.480><c> he</c><00:53:09.599><c> could</c><00:53:09.940><c> rather</c>

00:53:10.219 --> 00:53:12.219
think<00:53:10.480><c> of</c><00:53:10.739><c> it</c><00:53:10.960><c> as</c><00:53:11.000><c> a</c><00:53:11.000><c> cup</c>

00:53:12.139 --> 00:53:14.699
each<00:53:12.400><c> other</c><00:53:12.699><c> or</c><00:53:13.000><c> a</c><00:53:13.119><c> cup</c><00:53:13.300><c> every</c><00:53:13.679><c> time.</c>

00:53:15.199 --> 00:53:15.780
That's<00:53:15.260><c> how</c><00:53:15.340><c> he</c><00:53:15.480><c> sees</c><00:53:15.599><c> it.</c>

00:53:16.239 --> 00:53:17.579
I<00:53:16.239><c> mean,</c>

00:53:17.739 --> 00:53:19.019
for<00:53:17.820><c> me,</c><00:53:18.019><c> the</c><00:53:18.199><c> least</c><00:53:18.340><c> of</c><00:53:18.599><c> the</c><00:53:18.659><c> criteria</c>

00:53:19.019 --> 00:53:20.940
would<00:53:19.300><c> be</c>

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I<00:53:21.840><c> would</c><00:53:23.280><c> tend</c><00:53:23.519><c> to</c><00:53:23.699><c> agree</c><00:53:23.840><c> with</c><00:53:24.059><c> you.</c>

00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:26.519
We<00:53:24.539><c> have</c><00:53:25.159><c> never</c><00:53:25.719><c> so</c><00:53:26.019><c> defined</c><00:53:26.380><c> it</c>

00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:27.780
in<00:53:26.639><c> our</c><00:53:26.840><c> community.</c>

00:53:29.739 --> 00:53:30.420
If<00:53:29.860><c> you</c>

00:53:30.420 --> 00:53:32.420
be<00:53:30.639><c> aware</c><00:53:30.940><c> of</c><00:53:31.199><c> it,</c><00:53:32.340><c> that</c>

00:53:32.420 --> 00:53:34.360
in<00:53:32.719><c> Acts,</c><00:53:33.400><c> the</c><00:53:33.519><c> indication</c><00:53:33.960><c> is</c><00:53:34.179><c> that</c>

00:53:34.360 --> 00:53:36.760
they<00:53:34.579><c> met</c><00:53:34.780><c> almost</c><00:53:35.199><c> every</c><00:53:35.480><c> day.</c>

00:53:38.539 --> 00:53:40.119
Todd,<00:53:38.840><c> did</c><00:53:38.980><c> I</c><00:53:39.099><c> see</c><00:53:39.219><c> your</c><00:53:39.360><c> hand?</c>

00:53:40.300 --> 00:53:41.579
Oh,<00:53:40.579><c> Eden,</c><00:53:40.699><c> I'm</c><00:53:40.920><c> sorry.</c>

00:53:56.619 --> 00:54:01.239
Ah,<00:53:59.960><c> this</c><00:54:00.059><c> is</c><00:54:00.400><c> great.</c>

00:54:01.800 --> 00:54:03.099
You've<00:54:02.000><c> ruined</c><00:54:02.119><c> exactly</c><00:54:02.639><c> the</c><00:54:02.780><c> other</c><00:54:02.920><c> time.</c>

00:54:03.480 --> 00:54:05.219
Yes,<00:54:04.260><c> Tom?</c>

00:54:05.900 --> 00:54:08.000
I'm<00:54:06.659><c> going</c><00:54:06.760><c> to</c><00:54:06.780><c> cut</c><00:54:06.980><c> it</c><00:54:07.139><c> in</c><00:54:07.199><c> one</c><00:54:07.340><c> word.</c>

00:54:09.219 --> 00:54:11.599
If<00:54:09.219><c> you</c><00:54:10.119><c> consider</c><00:54:10.579><c> prayer,</c>

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:13.500
how<00:54:12.679><c> much</c><00:54:13.039><c> prayer</c>

00:54:13.500 --> 00:54:15.059
is<00:54:13.900><c> necessary?</c>

00:54:15.719 --> 00:54:17.159
Pray<00:54:15.840><c> constantly?</c>

00:54:19.940 --> 00:54:21.460
There<00:54:20.699><c> actually</c>

00:54:21.460 --> 00:54:22.139
is<00:54:21.800><c> such</c>

00:54:22.139 --> 00:54:22.880
a<00:54:22.880><c> version</c>

00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:24.039
there<00:54:22.880><c> is</c><00:54:23.199><c> actually</c><00:54:23.559><c> such</c>

00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:25.599
a<00:54:24.039><c> diverse,</c><00:54:24.619><c> isn't</c><00:54:24.739><c> there?</c>

00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:27.699
It's<00:54:26.800><c> the</c><00:54:26.940><c> first</c><00:54:27.239><c> principle.</c>

00:54:27.900 --> 00:54:29.300
You<00:54:28.000><c> must</c><00:54:28.280><c> pray,</c>

00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:31.480
but<00:54:29.980><c> how</c><00:54:30.219><c> many</c><00:54:30.500><c> times?</c>

00:54:35.980 --> 00:54:37.079
Well,<00:54:36.420><c> let</c><00:54:36.860><c> me</c>

00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:38.099
there<00:54:37.260><c> was</c><00:54:37.480><c> one</c><00:54:37.699><c> more</c><00:54:37.880><c> hand</c>

00:54:38.099 --> 00:54:40.159
and<00:54:38.239><c> then</c><00:54:38.400><c> I'll</c><00:54:38.780><c> sort</c><00:54:39.019><c> of</c><00:54:39.440><c> give</c><00:54:39.559><c> you</c><00:54:39.719><c> my</c><00:54:39.880><c> opinion.</c>

00:54:40.320 --> 00:54:41.139
You<00:54:40.380><c> can</c><00:54:40.639><c> shoot</c><00:54:40.820><c> it</c><00:54:40.980><c> up</c>

00:54:41.139 --> 00:54:42.880
or<00:54:42.000><c> ignore</c><00:54:42.340><c> it</c><00:54:42.519><c> or</c><00:54:42.559><c> whatever.</c>

00:54:43.360 --> 00:54:44.900
There<00:54:43.500><c> was</c><00:54:43.679><c> one</c><00:54:43.860><c> more</c><00:54:44.059><c> hand,</c><00:54:44.500><c> I</c><00:54:44.500><c> think.</c>

00:54:45.300 --> 00:54:46.320
Yeah,<00:54:45.460><c> Mike?</c>

00:54:46.880 --> 00:54:48.099
We<00:54:47.059><c> were</c><00:54:47.199><c> talking</c><00:54:47.559><c> about</c>

00:54:48.099 --> 00:54:49.599
coming<00:54:48.099><c> to</c><00:54:48.880><c> church</c><00:54:48.960><c> on</c><00:54:49.139><c> Sunday.</c>

00:54:50.099 --> 00:54:51.679
I<00:54:50.179><c> think</c><00:54:50.400><c> things</c><00:54:50.659><c> get</c><00:54:50.820><c> a</c><00:54:50.820><c> little</c><00:54:51.159><c> bit</c><00:54:51.440><c> hazy</c>

00:54:51.679 --> 00:54:53.900
because<00:54:52.059><c> we</c><00:54:52.880><c> are</c><00:54:53.079><c> supposed</c><00:54:53.360><c> to</c><00:54:53.579><c> remember</c>

00:54:53.900 --> 00:54:55.739
Christ<00:54:54.199><c> and</c><00:54:54.360><c> breaking</c><00:54:54.619><c> bread</c><00:54:54.920><c> and</c><00:54:55.039><c> drinking</c><00:54:55.400><c> wine.</c>

00:54:56.019 --> 00:54:58.679
Does<00:54:56.119><c> that</c><00:54:56.340><c> mean</c><00:54:56.599><c> that</c><00:54:56.739><c> I</c><00:54:56.920><c> have</c><00:54:57.039><c> to</c><00:54:57.099><c> come</c><00:54:57.340><c> to</c><00:54:57.500><c> Echo</c><00:54:57.719><c> Lake?</c>

00:54:58.920 --> 00:54:59.300
How<00:54:58.920><c> often?</c>

00:54:59.519 --> 00:55:01.179
Well,<00:55:00.079><c> we</c><00:55:00.199><c> agreed</c><00:55:00.420><c> that</c><00:55:00.699><c> it</c><00:55:00.800><c> would</c><00:55:00.800><c> be</c><00:55:00.900><c> Sunday,</c>

00:55:01.300 --> 00:55:02.900
but<00:55:01.420><c> does</c><00:55:01.559><c> that</c><00:55:01.739><c> mean</c><00:55:01.880><c> that</c><00:55:01.980><c> if</c><00:55:02.139><c> I</c><00:55:02.280><c> break</c><00:55:02.440><c> bread,</c>

00:55:03.139 --> 00:55:04.619
not<00:55:03.360><c> in</c><00:55:03.599><c> Echo</c><00:55:03.760><c> Lake,</c>

00:55:04.860 --> 00:55:07.920
I'm<00:55:05.019><c> then</c><00:55:06.800><c> going</c><00:55:07.079><c> to</c><00:55:07.179><c> be</c><00:55:07.320><c> not</c><00:55:07.559><c> a</c><00:55:07.760><c> kingdom?</c>

00:55:08.300 --> 00:55:10.719
And<00:55:08.440><c> that's</c><00:55:08.699><c> probably</c><00:55:09.000><c> where</c><00:55:09.239><c> things</c><00:55:09.460><c> get</c><00:55:09.679><c> really</c><00:55:09.980><c> hazy</c>

00:55:10.840 --> 00:55:12.260
because<00:55:11.320><c> coming</c><00:55:11.800><c> to</c><00:55:12.019><c> church</c>

00:55:12.739 --> 00:55:14.599
is<00:55:13.079><c> not</c><00:55:13.480><c> necessarily</c>

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:16.360
I<00:55:15.880><c> think</c>

00:55:16.360 --> 00:55:18.199
the<00:55:17.099><c> important</c><00:55:17.440><c> thing,</c><00:55:17.699><c> the</c><00:55:17.940><c> important</c><00:55:17.960><c> thing</c>

00:55:18.199 --> 00:55:20.199
is<00:55:18.360><c> to</c><00:55:18.460><c> remember</c><00:55:18.820><c> Christ,</c><00:55:19.280><c> and</c><00:55:19.420><c> we</c><00:55:19.599><c> do</c><00:55:19.760><c> that</c>

00:55:20.199 --> 00:55:23.099
as<00:55:20.699><c> a</c><00:55:20.719><c> form</c><00:55:21.139><c> of</c><00:55:21.460><c> unity</c><00:55:21.960><c> and</c><00:55:22.320><c> togetherness.</c>

00:55:24.079 --> 00:55:24.699
I<00:55:24.260><c> think</c><00:55:24.260><c> that's</c><00:55:24.519><c> something</c>

00:55:24.699 --> 00:55:27.300
we're<00:55:25.019><c> able</c><00:55:25.019><c> to</c><00:55:25.199><c> do</c><00:55:25.500><c> right</c><00:55:25.780><c> on</c><00:55:26.800><c> the</c><00:55:26.800><c> ground.</c>

00:55:29.599 --> 00:55:30.300
You<00:55:29.900><c> mentioned</c>

00:55:30.300 --> 00:55:31.960
the<00:55:30.699><c> road</c><00:55:30.900><c> to</c><00:55:31.219><c> clean,</c>

00:55:32.199 --> 00:55:34.159
it's<00:55:32.480><c> actually</c><00:55:32.500><c> probably</c><00:55:32.820><c> unique</c>

00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:36.099
in<00:55:35.039><c> America</c>

00:55:36.219 --> 00:55:39.099
because<00:55:36.780><c> of</c><00:55:37.019><c> so</c><00:55:37.159><c> many</c><00:55:37.340><c> children,</c><00:55:37.800><c> so</c><00:55:37.900><c> many</c><00:55:38.099><c> families.</c>

00:55:39.780 --> 00:55:40.579
You<00:55:39.980><c> chose</c><00:55:40.099><c> a</c><00:55:40.280><c> very</c>

00:55:40.579 --> 00:55:42.199
pragmatic<00:55:41.119><c> way,</c>

00:55:42.460 --> 00:55:44.360
sort<00:55:42.659><c> of</c>

00:55:44.360 --> 00:55:44.960
also

00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:50.079
so<00:55:45.940><c> the</c><00:55:49.139><c> essence</c><00:55:49.619><c> of</c>

00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:52.500
the<00:55:50.800><c> idea</c><00:55:51.219><c> of</c><00:55:51.500><c> meeting</c><00:55:51.719><c> together</c>

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:53.679
is,<00:55:52.940><c> as</c><00:55:53.280><c> you</c><00:55:53.500><c> said,</c>

00:55:54.019 --> 00:55:55.980
sharing<00:55:54.519><c> one</c><00:55:54.900><c> another's</c><00:55:55.500><c> fellowship</c>

00:55:55.980 --> 00:55:58.059
and<00:55:56.739><c> that's</c><00:55:57.139><c> critical</c><00:55:57.539><c> to</c><00:55:57.760><c> us</c>

00:55:58.059 --> 00:56:00.260
in<00:55:58.199><c> this</c><00:55:58.420><c> end.</c><00:55:59.179><c> You</c><00:55:59.539><c> don't</c><00:55:59.699><c> know</c><00:55:59.940><c> how</c>

00:56:00.260 --> 00:56:01.199
important<00:56:00.559><c> that</c><00:56:00.820><c> is.</c>

00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:04.119
I<00:56:01.860><c> lived</c><00:56:02.539><c> in</c><00:56:02.820><c> the</c><00:56:02.940><c> East</c><00:56:03.099><c> Coast</c><00:56:03.320><c> 45</c><00:56:03.760><c> years</c>

00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:06.019
before<00:56:04.460><c> I</c><00:56:04.679><c> moved</c><00:56:04.820><c> to</c><00:56:04.980><c> the</c><00:56:05.119><c> wilderness.</c>

00:56:06.699 --> 00:56:08.539
So<00:56:06.800><c> I'm</c><00:56:07.119><c> quite</c><00:56:07.340><c> familiar</c><00:56:07.699><c> with</c><00:56:07.880><c> New</c><00:56:08.119><c> Jersey</c>

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:10.480
and<00:56:09.340><c> New</c><00:56:09.619><c> York.</c>

00:56:10.760 --> 00:56:12.360
Also,<00:56:11.559><c> the</c><00:56:11.880><c> interesting</c>

00:56:12.360 --> 00:56:14.519
thing,<00:56:13.280><c> the</c><00:56:13.480><c> people</c><00:56:13.659><c> in</c><00:56:13.780><c> the</c><00:56:13.840><c> Midwest</c><00:56:14.039><c> don't</c><00:56:14.320><c> always</c>

00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:15.940
have<00:56:14.659><c> the</c><00:56:14.940><c> concept</c>

00:56:16.219 --> 00:56:17.800
of<00:56:16.659><c> space</c><00:56:17.099><c> and</c><00:56:17.500><c> time.</c>

00:56:18.119 --> 00:56:20.159
In<00:56:18.300><c> the</c><00:56:18.460><c> Midwest</c><00:56:18.780><c> you</c><00:56:18.960><c> say,</c><00:56:19.239><c> how</c><00:56:19.380><c> far</c><00:56:19.639><c> are</c><00:56:19.760><c> you</c><00:56:19.840><c> from</c><00:56:20.000><c> meeting?</c>

00:56:20.360 --> 00:56:22.260
It's<00:56:20.480><c> 30</c><00:56:20.699><c> miles.</c><00:56:21.539><c> In</c><00:56:21.780><c> the</c><00:56:21.980><c> New</c><00:56:22.099><c> York</c>

00:56:22.260 --> 00:56:24.420
area<00:56:22.519><c> you</c><00:56:22.719><c> say</c><00:56:23.039><c> two</c><00:56:23.480><c> hours.</c>

00:56:24.679 --> 00:56:26.239
We<00:56:25.119><c> talk</c><00:56:25.380><c> of</c><00:56:25.539><c> distance,</c><00:56:26.099><c> right?</c>

00:56:26.480 --> 00:56:28.320
Here<00:56:26.760><c> in</c><00:56:27.059><c> terms</c><00:56:27.219><c> of</c><00:56:27.500><c> time</c><00:56:27.679><c> because</c><00:56:27.940><c> of</c><00:56:28.099><c> the</c>

00:56:28.320 --> 00:56:31.000
traffic<00:56:28.699><c> and</c><00:56:29.500><c> the</c><00:56:29.719><c> distances.</c>

00:56:31.059 --> 00:56:32.360
I'm<00:56:31.500><c> quite</c><00:56:31.679><c> familiar</c><00:56:31.960><c> with</c><00:56:32.119><c> it.</c>

00:56:32.579 --> 00:56:34.179
I<00:56:32.679><c> think</c><00:56:33.400><c> you've</c><00:56:33.659><c> been</c><00:56:33.820><c> here</c>

00:56:34.179 --> 00:56:36.539
nearly<00:56:35.019><c> as</c><00:56:35.260><c> long</c><00:56:35.480><c> as</c><00:56:35.579><c> I've</c><00:56:35.920><c> been</c><00:56:36.000><c> here,</c><00:56:36.280><c> right?</c>

00:56:36.619 --> 00:56:38.860
A<00:56:36.679><c> year</c><00:56:36.880><c> or</c><00:56:36.980><c> two,</c><00:56:37.179><c> right?</c><00:56:37.860><c> Am</c><00:56:37.980><c> I</c><00:56:38.079><c> right?</c>

00:56:38.900 --> 00:56:40.119
I<00:56:39.079><c> think</c><00:56:39.320><c> you're</c>

00:56:40.119 --> 00:56:41.980
about<00:56:40.380><c> a</c><00:56:40.659><c> little</c><00:56:40.840><c> over</c><00:56:41.099><c> a</c><00:56:41.300><c> year.</c>

00:56:44.219 --> 00:56:44.739
There's<00:56:44.739><c> certainly</c>

00:56:44.739 --> 00:56:46.179
a<00:56:45.400><c> set</c><00:56:45.619><c> of</c>

00:56:46.179 --> 00:56:47.940
items<00:56:46.500><c> for</c><00:56:46.780><c> the</c><00:56:47.039><c> back</c><00:56:47.239><c> end</c><00:56:47.480><c> of</c><00:56:47.679><c> the</c><00:56:47.780><c> state</c>

00:56:47.940 --> 00:56:49.900
of<00:56:48.139><c> the</c><00:56:48.280><c> tape</c><00:56:48.480><c> where</c><00:56:48.820><c> I</c><00:56:49.039><c> have</c><00:56:49.219><c> a</c><00:56:49.659><c> big</c>

00:56:49.900 --> 00:56:51.900
problem<00:56:50.920><c> seeing</c>

00:56:51.900 --> 00:56:53.880
that<00:56:52.219><c> it's</c><00:56:52.420><c> vital</c><00:56:52.619><c> for</c><00:56:52.920><c> salvation.</c>

00:56:55.920 --> 00:56:58.260
I<00:56:56.440><c> won't</c><00:56:56.679><c> repeat</c><00:56:57.099><c> whose</c><00:56:57.579><c> name</c><00:56:57.840><c> on</c><00:56:58.059><c> the</c>

00:56:58.260 --> 00:57:00.059
tape<00:56:58.539><c> said</c><00:56:58.840><c> that,</c><00:56:59.139><c> right?</c>

00:57:01.199 --> 00:57:02.099
Okay.

00:57:02.820 --> 00:57:04.260
It's<00:57:03.340><c> five</c><00:57:03.639><c> after</c><00:57:03.920><c> twelve</c>

00:57:04.260 --> 00:57:05.840
and<00:57:04.440><c> a</c><00:57:04.539><c> little</c><00:57:04.659><c> bit</c><00:57:04.840><c> longer</c><00:57:05.000><c> than</c><00:57:05.139><c> I</c><00:57:05.300><c> want</c><00:57:05.400><c> to</c><00:57:05.519><c> go,</c><00:57:05.659><c> but</c>

00:57:05.840 --> 00:57:08.139
the<00:57:06.219><c> questions</c><00:57:06.599><c> and</c><00:57:07.019><c> comments</c><00:57:07.219><c> were</c><00:57:07.460><c> so</c><00:57:07.719><c> fascinating</c>

00:57:08.139 --> 00:57:10.159
that<00:57:08.380><c> I</c><00:57:08.719><c> thought</c><00:57:08.940><c> I'd</c><00:57:09.079><c> let</c><00:57:09.179><c> it</c><00:57:09.320><c> run</c><00:57:09.440><c> a</c><00:57:09.539><c> little</c><00:57:09.699><c> longer,</c><00:57:10.039><c> Jim,</c>

00:57:10.159 --> 00:57:11.400
if<00:57:10.280><c> you</c><00:57:10.400><c> don't</c><00:57:10.599><c> mind.</c>

00:57:11.800 --> 00:57:14.119
We'll<00:57:12.219><c> stop</c><00:57:12.440><c> now</c><00:57:12.679><c> and</c><00:57:12.780><c> we</c><00:57:12.860><c> can</c><00:57:13.159><c> continue</c>

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after<00:57:14.239><c> lunch</c><00:57:14.500><c> and</c><00:57:14.619><c> we'll</c><00:57:14.780><c> get</c><00:57:14.960><c> into</c><00:57:15.179><c> some</c><00:57:15.400><c> of</c><00:57:15.500><c> the</c><00:57:15.599><c> specific</c>

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topics,<00:57:16.519><c> okay?</c><00:57:16.800><c> Thank</c><00:57:17.039><c> you</c><00:57:17.139><c> very</c><00:57:17.340><c> much.</c>

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Thank<00:57:48.300><c> you.</c>