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was,</c><00:13:47.799><c> but</c><00:13:47.980><c> I</c><00:13:48.039><c> was</c><00:13:48.320><c> speaking</c> 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:53.559 in<00:13:48.860><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:13:51.000><c> some</c><00:13:51.259><c> 3</c><00:13:51.460><c>,000</c><00:13:51.740><c> miles</c><00:13:52.000><c> from</c><00:13:52.159><c> my</c><00:13:52.399><c> home,</c> 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:57.539 and<00:13:54.539><c> a</c><00:13:54.620><c> sister</c><00:13:54.779><c> came</c><00:13:54.960><c> up</c><00:13:55.159><c> to</c><00:13:55.299><c> me</c><00:13:55.480><c> and</c><00:13:55.620><c> she</c><00:13:55.860><c> said,</c><00:13:57.080><c> You're</c> 00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:58.679 Brother<00:13:57.820><c> Lloyd?</c> 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:00.600 And<00:13:59.720><c> I</c><00:13:59.820><c> said,</c><00:14:00.220><c> Yes.</c> 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:04.360 She<00:14:01.379><c> said,</c><00:14:01.519><c> I've</c><00:14:01.940><c> never</c><00:14:02.259><c> met</c><00:14:02.799><c> you</c><00:14:03.019><c> before.</c> 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:07.320 She<00:14:04.879><c> said,</c><00:14:04.980><c> I've</c><00:14:05.460><c> listened</c><00:14:05.679><c> to</c><00:14:05.860><c> you</c><00:14:06.039><c> on</c><00:14:06.360><c> tape.</c> 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:10.419 And<00:14:08.200><c> she</c><00:14:08.279><c> said,</c><00:14:08.419><c> I</c><00:14:08.779><c> pictured</c><00:14:09.240><c> in</c><00:14:09.399><c> my</c><00:14:09.700><c> mind</c><00:14:09.879><c> what</c><00:14:10.080><c> you</c><00:14:10.220><c> would</c> 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:11.879 look<00:14:10.639><c> like.</c> 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:17.019 She<00:14:12.480><c> said,</c><00:14:12.600><c> I</c><00:14:12.779><c> thought</c><00:14:13.059><c> you</c><00:14:13.259><c> would</c><00:14:13.419><c> be</c><00:14:13.679><c> tall</c><00:14:14.460><c> and</c><00:14:15.860><c> handsome.</c> 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:23.039 And<00:14:21.259><c> she</c><00:14:21.419><c> said,</c><00:14:21.559><c> But</c><00:14:21.740><c> you're</c><00:14:22.000><c> not.</c> 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:28.120 And<00:14:26.700><c> she's</c><00:14:27.179><c> right.</c> 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:34.779 But<00:14:31.120><c> for</c><00:14:31.399><c> some</c><00:14:31.639><c> reason,</c><00:14:32.419><c> God</c><00:14:32.779><c> called</c><00:14:33.539><c> us.</c> 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:40.919 And<00:14:35.679><c> we're</c><00:14:35.960><c> so</c><00:14:36.679><c> thankful</c><00:14:37.139><c> for</c><00:14:37.440><c> that,</c><00:14:39.960><c> that</c><00:14:40.120><c> we</c><00:14:40.320><c> ought</c><00:14:40.500><c> to</c><00:14:40.659><c> show</c> 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:44.899 our<00:14:41.240><c> gratitude</c><00:14:41.899><c> by</c><00:14:43.539><c> the</c><00:14:43.620><c> way</c><00:14:43.779><c> we</c><00:14:44.000><c> live.</c> 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:47.220 Not<00:14:45.840><c> that</c><00:14:46.019><c> we're</c><00:14:46.220><c> proud</c><00:14:46.620><c> of</c><00:14:46.799><c> being</c><00:14:47.139><c> Christian.</c> 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--> 00:15:19.559 God<00:15:18.120><c> says,</c><00:15:18.620><c> You</c><00:15:18.620><c> know</c><00:15:18.720><c> what</c><00:15:18.820><c> you're</c><00:15:18.980><c> talking</c><00:15:19.200><c> about.</c> 00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:21.220 There's<00:15:20.019><c> 7</c><00:15:20.259><c>,000.</c><00:15:20.639><c> I</c><00:15:20.799><c> know</c><00:15:20.980><c> about</c><00:15:21.139><c> them.</c> 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:23.159 You<00:15:21.299><c> don't</c><00:15:21.480><c> know</c><00:15:21.620><c> about</c><00:15:21.779><c> them.</c> 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:26.320 So<00:15:23.919><c> Elijah</c><00:15:24.240><c> should</c><00:15:24.600><c> not</c><00:15:24.779><c> have</c><00:15:24.919><c> been</c><00:15:25.059><c> so</c><00:15:25.299><c> presumptuous</c><00:15:25.720><c> to</c><00:15:25.899><c> tell</c><00:15:26.019><c> her,</c><00:15:26.120><c> You</c> 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.379 know,<00:15:26.320><c> I'm</c><00:15:26.519><c> the</c><00:15:26.720><c> only</c><00:15:27.120><c> one.</c> 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:29.620 No,<00:15:28.340><c> you're</c><00:15:28.580><c> not,</c><00:15:29.019><c> Elijah.</c> 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:33.179 Now,<00:15:30.120><c> we</c><00:15:30.340><c> don't</c><00:15:30.679><c> know</c><00:15:31.080><c> who</c><00:15:31.360><c> else</c><00:15:31.720><c> there</c><00:15:32.039><c> is.</c> 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:38.600 So<00:15:35.080><c> let's</c><00:15:35.480><c> don't</c><00:15:35.740><c> say</c><00:15:35.940><c> we're</c><00:15:36.200><c> the</c><00:15:36.360><c> only</c><00:15:36.840><c> ones</c><00:15:37.159><c> that</c><00:15:37.360><c> are</c><00:15:37.580><c> right.</c> 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:41.799 We<00:15:39.679><c> may</c><00:15:39.840><c> be</c><00:15:39.940><c> the</c><00:15:40.059><c> only</c><00:15:40.240><c> ones</c><00:15:40.399><c> I</c><00:15:40.639><c> know</c><00:15:40.960><c> about</c><00:15:41.379><c> that</c><00:15:41.559><c> are</c><00:15:41.700><c> right.</c> 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:44.360 But<00:15:41.960><c> I</c><00:15:43.100><c> sure</c><00:15:43.399><c> don't</c><00:15:43.720><c> know</c><00:15:43.960><c> everything.</c> 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:49.080 As<00:15:44.659><c> soon</c><00:15:44.799><c> as</c><00:15:44.980><c> I</c><00:15:45.059><c> say</c><00:15:45.200><c> I</c><00:15:45.360><c> know</c><00:15:45.620><c> everything,</c><00:15:46.179><c> I'm</c><00:15:46.279><c> acting</c><00:15:46.559><c> proud,</c><00:15:47.759><c> prideful.</c> 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:52.899 And<00:15:49.659><c> I'm</c><00:15:49.860><c> wrong</c><00:15:50.220><c> to</c><00:15:50.419><c> say</c><00:15:50.580><c> that</c><00:15:50.799><c> I</c><00:15:50.940><c> know</c><00:15:51.200><c> everything</c><00:15:51.500><c> when</c><00:15:51.659><c> I</c><00:15:51.840><c> don't.</c> 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:56.419 God<00:15:53.759><c> does</c><00:15:54.059><c> the</c><00:15:54.299><c> calling,</c><00:15:55.080><c> and</c><00:15:55.200><c> God</c><00:15:55.460><c> could</c><00:15:55.700><c> have</c><00:15:55.879><c> 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say,</c><00:16:06.419><c> Well,</c><00:16:07.039><c> why</c><00:16:07.259><c> should</c> 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:09.539 I<00:16:07.539><c> be</c><00:16:07.759><c> baptized</c><00:16:08.179><c> a</c><00:16:08.399><c> Christadelphian?</c> 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:13.159 What<00:16:10.039><c> if</c><00:16:10.200><c> there's</c><00:16:10.480><c> somebody</c><00:16:10.919><c> out</c><00:16:11.279><c> there</c><00:16:11.539><c> that</c><00:16:11.740><c> knows</c><00:16:12.220><c> the</c><00:16:12.879><c> truth</c><00:16:13.019><c> and</c> 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:17.100 has<00:16:13.419><c> a</c><00:16:13.519><c> pure</c><00:16:14.899><c> understanding</c><00:16:15.799><c> of</c><00:16:15.980><c> Scripture</c><00:16:16.279><c> than</c><00:16:16.539><c> the</c><00:16:16.779><c> Christadelphians?</c> 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:18.820 I<00:16:17.320><c> say,</c><00:16:17.440><c> You</c><00:16:17.539><c> know,</c><00:16:17.679><c> I</c><00:16:17.759><c> don't</c><00:16:17.960><c> know.</c><00:16:18.059><c> There</c><00:16:18.159><c> may</c><00:16:18.340><c> be,</c><00:16:18.600><c> but</c><00:16:18.659><c> I</c> 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:20.399 haven't<00:16:18.980><c> found</c><00:16:19.200><c> them</c><00:16:19.320><c> yet.</c><00:16:19.440><c> Are</c><00:16:19.580><c> you?</c> 00:16:21.879 --> 00:16:24.980 And<00:16:22.320><c> if</c><00:16:22.759><c> you</c><00:16:23.019><c> find</c><00:16:23.279><c> someone</c><00:16:23.620><c> who</c><00:16:23.779><c> has</c><00:16:23.919><c> more</c><00:16:24.320><c> of</c><00:16:24.539><c> the</c><00:16:24.759><c> truth</c> 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:26.700 than<00:16:25.139><c> Christadelphians,</c> 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.879 would<00:16:27.279><c> you</c><00:16:27.600><c> please</c><00:16:28.120><c> be</c><00:16:28.360><c> so</c><00:16:28.639><c> kind</c><00:16:28.879><c> as</c><00:16:29.059><c> to</c><00:16:29.220><c> share</c><00:16:29.379><c> that</c><00:16:29.519><c> with</c><00:16:29.659><c> me</c> 00:16:29.879 --> 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for</c><00:16:58.620><c> us.</c><00:16:58.940><c> And</c><00:16:59.039><c> through</c><00:16:59.200><c> his</c><00:16:59.480><c> mercy</c><00:16:59.960><c> and</c><00:17:00.500><c> his</c><00:17:00.720><c> sacrifice,</c><00:17:01.159><c> we</c> 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.480 have<00:17:01.720><c> an</c><00:17:01.879><c> opportunity.</c> 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.619 I<00:17:03.120><c> don't</c><00:17:03.340><c> like</c><00:17:03.480><c> to</c><00:17:03.639><c> say,</c><00:17:03.840><c> use</c><00:17:04.059><c> the</c><00:17:04.099><c> word</c><00:17:04.380><c> chance.</c><00:17:05.099><c> You</c><00:17:05.140><c> have</c><00:17:05.359><c> a</c> 00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.119 chance<00:17:05.740><c> for</c><00:17:05.940><c> eternal.</c> 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:08.980 Chance<00:17:06.579><c> sounds</c><00:17:06.839><c> like</c><00:17:07.079><c> something</c><00:17:07.339><c> that</c><00:17:07.539><c> comes</c><00:17:07.700><c> from</c><00:17:07.900><c> Las</c><00:17:08.180><c> Vegas</c><00:17:08.440><c> or</c> 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:12.220 what's<00:17:09.259><c> the</c><00:17:09.299><c> place</c><00:17:09.440><c> you</c><00:17:09.559><c> have</c><00:17:09.660><c> back</c><00:17:09.900><c> here,</c><00:17:11.160><c> Atlantic</c><00:17:11.480><c> City.</c> 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:15.000 That's<00:17:12.759><c> what</c><00:17:12.920><c> I</c><00:17:13.079><c> call</c><00:17:13.240><c> chance.</c><00:17:13.700><c> There's</c><00:17:13.779><c> no</c><00:17:14.099><c> chance</c><00:17:14.380><c> involved</c> 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:18.900 in<00:17:15.519><c> our</c><00:17:15.779><c> hope.</c><00:17:16.660><c> It's</c><00:17:16.980><c> not</c><00:17:17.200><c> a</c><00:17:17.460><c> roll</c><00:17:17.619><c> of</c><00:17:17.779><c> the</c><00:17:17.940><c> dice.</c> 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:23.740 And<00:17:20.519><c> God</c><00:17:20.859><c> didn't</c><00:17:21.200><c> roll</c><00:17:21.440><c> the</c><00:17:21.680><c> dice</c><00:17:21.880><c> to</c><00:17:22.160><c> call</c><00:17:22.359><c> us.</c><00:17:22.759><c> He</c><00:17:23.119><c> picked</c><00:17:23.400><c> us.</c><00:17:23.619><c> We</c> 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.519 were<00:17:23.859><c> hand</c><00:17:24.279><c>-picked.</c> 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.079 And<00:17:25.000><c> we</c><00:17:25.079><c> ought</c><00:17:25.180><c> to</c><00:17:25.240><c> be</c><00:17:25.559><c> thankful</c><00:17:25.859><c> for</c><00:17:26.140><c> that,</c><00:17:27.579><c> but</c><00:17:27.579><c> not</c><00:17:27.859><c> puffed</c> 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.799 up<00:17:28.180><c> about</c><00:17:28.460><c> it.</c> 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:32.519 And<00:17:29.140><c> we</c><00:17:29.240><c> ought</c><00:17:29.400><c> not</c><00:17:29.519><c> to</c><00:17:29.619><c> go</c><00:17:29.700><c> around</c><00:17:29.839><c> telling</c><00:17:30.019><c> other</c><00:17:30.240><c> people</c><00:17:30.299><c> we're</c><00:17:30.519><c> the</c><00:17:30.559><c> only</c><00:17:30.759><c> ones</c><00:17:30.900><c> that</c><00:17:31.059><c> are</c><00:17:31.220><c> right,</c><00:17:32.079><c> because</c><00:17:32.319><c> we</c> 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:34.160 may<00:17:32.740><c> not</c><00:17:32.900><c> know</c><00:17:33.099><c> everything.</c> 00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:36.140 And<00:17:34.480><c> there</c><00:17:34.599><c> may</c><00:17:34.680><c> be</c><00:17:34.819><c> somebody</c><00:17:35.019><c> we've</c><00:17:35.259><c> never</c><00:17:35.500><c> met,</c><00:17:35.880><c> somewhere</c> 00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:38.200 in<00:17:36.299><c> this</c><00:17:36.500><c> world,</c><00:17:37.339><c> 7</c><00:17:37.660><c>,000.</c> 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:42.160 Imagine<00:17:38.619><c> if</c><00:17:38.759><c> we</c><00:17:38.839><c> could</c><00:17:39.059><c> find</c><00:17:39.259><c> 7</c><00:17:39.700><c>,000</c><00:17:40.900><c> Christadelphians</c><00:17:41.839><c> that</c> 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:44.240 didn't<00:17:42.359><c> know</c><00:17:42.660><c> about</c><00:17:42.960><c> Christadelphians.</c> 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:48.640 They<00:17:45.759><c> might</c><00:17:46.059><c> not</c><00:17:46.640><c> have</c><00:17:46.819><c> adopted</c><00:17:47.140><c> that</c><00:17:47.460><c> name.</c><00:17:47.900><c> They</c><00:17:48.000><c> might</c><00:17:48.180><c> have</c><00:17:48.299><c> used</c><00:17:48.460><c> a</c> 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:49.700 different<00:17:48.819><c> name.</c> 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:52.519 But<00:17:50.140><c> they</c><00:17:50.259><c> can</c><00:17:50.359><c> get</c><00:17:50.539><c> into</c><00:17:50.700><c> the</c><00:17:50.920><c> kingdom</c><00:17:51.220><c> using</c><00:17:51.619><c> another</c><00:17:51.960><c> name</c> 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.900 so<00:17:52.779><c> long</c><00:17:53.000><c> as</c><00:17:53.140><c> they</c><00:17:53.380><c> believe</c><00:17:53.599><c> the</c><00:17:53.819><c> truth.</c> 00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:57.140 So<00:17:54.079><c> I</c><00:17:54.079><c> always</c><00:17:54.299><c> say</c><00:17:54.440><c> to</c><00:17:54.539><c> young</c><00:17:54.740><c> people</c><00:17:55.039><c> who</c><00:17:55.839><c> say,</c><00:17:56.299><c> well,</c><00:17:56.759><c> there</c> 00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:59.400 may<00:17:57.200><c> be</c><00:17:57.319><c> somebody</c><00:17:57.579><c> that</c><00:17:57.859><c> has</c><00:17:58.000><c> more</c><00:17:58.259><c> truth</c><00:17:58.519><c> than</c><00:17:58.940><c> a</c><00:17:59.119><c> Christadelphian.</c> 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:03.380 I<00:17:59.519><c> say,</c><00:18:00.460><c> if</c><00:18:01.220><c> I</c><00:18:01.480><c> find</c><00:18:01.680><c> him,</c><00:18:01.799><c> I'm</c><00:18:01.940><c> going</c><00:18:02.079><c> to</c><00:18:02.319><c> join</c><00:18:02.539><c> him.</c> 00:18:03.779 --> 00:18:08.660 But<00:18:03.900><c> in</c><00:18:04.019><c> the</c><00:18:04.099><c> meantime,</c><00:18:04.519><c> since</c><00:18:04.720><c> I've</c><00:18:04.880><c> only</c><00:18:05.119><c> found</c><00:18:05.440><c> Christadelphians</c><00:18:06.079><c> that</c><00:18:06.380><c> understand</c><00:18:07.000><c> the</c><00:18:07.660><c> Bible</c><00:18:07.920><c> as</c><00:18:08.180><c> I</c> 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:12.140 read<00:18:08.799><c> it</c><00:18:09.900><c> and</c><00:18:10.279><c> believe</c><00:18:10.839><c> it</c><00:18:11.200><c> teaches,</c> 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:17.380 I'm<00:18:12.559><c> going</c><00:18:12.660><c> to</c><00:18:12.759><c> be</c><00:18:12.880><c> a</c><00:18:13.039><c> Christadelphian.</c><00:18:14.240><c> And</c><00:18:14.400><c> I'll</c><00:18:14.599><c> be</c><00:18:14.680><c> a</c><00:18:14.839><c> Christadelphian</c><00:18:15.259><c> until</c><00:18:15.920><c> someone</c><00:18:16.339><c> comes</c><00:18:16.619><c> along</c><00:18:17.000><c> that</c> 00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:18.339 has<00:18:17.579><c> more</c><00:18:17.880><c> of</c><00:18:17.980><c> the</c><00:18:18.160><c> truth.</c> 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:21.920 But<00:18:18.440><c> they've</c><00:18:18.680><c> got</c><00:18:18.700><c> to</c><00:18:18.880><c> take</c><00:18:19.259><c> it</c><00:18:19.640><c> short</c><00:18:19.740><c> to</c><00:18:19.880><c> me</c><00:18:19.960><c> from</c><00:18:20.119><c> the</c><00:18:20.319><c> Scriptures.</c><00:18:21.779><c> And</c> 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:24.160 then<00:18:22.039><c> I'll</c><00:18:22.279><c> become</c><00:18:22.480><c> whatever</c><00:18:22.779><c> that</c><00:18:23.019><c> is,</c><00:18:23.660><c> too.</c> 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:27.920 But<00:18:24.599><c> to</c><00:18:24.960><c> be</c><00:18:25.680><c> nothing</c><00:18:26.180><c> until</c><00:18:26.539><c> you</c><00:18:26.700><c> can</c><00:18:26.900><c> find</c><00:18:27.019><c> something</c><00:18:27.299><c> perfect</c><00:18:27.740><c> that</c> 00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:30.099 you<00:18:28.099><c> haven't</c><00:18:28.279><c> even</c><00:18:28.559><c> found</c><00:18:29.000><c> is</c><00:18:29.460><c> foolishness.</c> 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:34.559 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and</c><00:18:43.519><c> in</c><00:18:43.680><c> love</c><00:18:43.920><c> with</c><00:18:44.119><c> the</c><00:18:44.200><c> name</c><00:18:44.339><c> Christadelphian</c><00:18:44.920><c> as</c><00:18:45.099><c> a</c> 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.140 thing<00:18:45.440><c> of</c><00:18:45.900><c> saving.</c> 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:49.819 I'm<00:18:46.720><c> thankful</c><00:18:47.079><c> that</c><00:18:47.299><c> Dr.</c><00:18:47.779><c> Thomas</c><00:18:48.039><c> provided</c><00:18:48.819><c> us</c><00:18:49.059><c> a</c><00:18:49.160><c> name.</c> 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:52.099 The<00:18:50.160><c> fact</c><00:18:50.279><c> is,</c><00:18:50.480><c> now</c><00:18:50.680><c> and</c><00:18:50.779><c> then,</c><00:18:50.920><c> we</c><00:18:51.059><c> work</c><00:18:51.259><c> at</c><00:18:51.380><c> the</c><00:18:51.539><c> county</c><00:18:51.799><c> fair</c> 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:54.180 and<00:18:52.640><c> there's</c><00:18:53.000><c> some</c><00:18:53.279><c> other</c><00:18:53.599><c> groups</c><00:18:53.900><c> have.</c> 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:56.720 And<00:18:54.539><c> one</c><00:18:54.680><c> of</c><00:18:54.799><c> the</c><00:18:54.960><c> groups</c><00:18:55.240><c> at</c><00:18:55.420><c> the</c><00:18:55.500><c> county</c><00:18:55.720><c> fair</c><00:18:55.839><c> is</c><00:18:56.019><c> a</c><00:18:56.140><c> no</c><00:18:56.319><c>-name</c> 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.519 Christian<00:18:57.319><c> church.</c> 00:18:57.740 --> 00:19:02.380 What's<00:18:58.059><c> your</c><00:18:58.220><c> name?</c><00:18:58.759><c> They</c><00:18:59.079><c> have</c><00:18:59.240><c> a</c><00:18:59.380><c> booth</c><00:18:59.539><c> there.</c><00:19:00.660><c> And</c><00:19:00.819><c> they</c><00:19:00.900><c> say,</c><00:19:01.000><c> we</c><00:19:01.079><c> don't</c><00:19:01.319><c> have</c><00:19:01.460><c> a</c><00:19:01.599><c> name.</c> 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:06.259 Well,<00:19:03.380><c> that's</c><00:19:03.700><c> very</c><00:19:03.960><c> 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but</c><00:19:44.519><c> not</c><00:19:44.960><c> proud.</c> 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:50.500 Whatever<00:19:48.059><c> we</c><00:19:48.279><c> have,</c><00:19:48.519><c> God</c><00:19:48.779><c> gave</c><00:19:49.079><c> us.</c> 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:58.119 And<00:19:51.440><c> He</c><00:19:51.599><c> loved</c><00:19:51.819><c> us</c><00:19:51.960><c> so</c><00:19:52.279><c> much</c><00:19:53.079><c> that</c><00:19:54.619><c> He</c><00:19:54.700><c> gave</c><00:19:54.920><c> His</c><00:19:55.140><c> Son</c><00:19:55.839><c> to</c><00:19:57.519><c> die</c> 00:19:58.119 --> 00:20:00.119 for<00:19:59.140><c> us.</c> 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:09.160 And<00:20:01.279><c> I</c><00:20:01.400><c> have</c><00:20:01.519><c> a</c><00:20:01.660><c> little</c><00:20:01.900><c> story,</c><00:20:04.819><c> a</c><00:20:05.039><c> true</c><00:20:05.240><c> story,</c><00:20:07.200><c> which</c><00:20:07.380><c> I</c><00:20:07.500><c> think</c><00:20:07.660><c> illustrates</c><00:20:08.140><c> this</c> 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this</c><00:21:42.460><c> girl.</c> 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:45.839 There<00:21:42.839><c> were</c><00:21:42.980><c> several</c><00:21:43.319><c> bidding,</c><00:21:44.259><c> but</c><00:21:44.519><c> this</c><00:21:45.119><c> man</c><00:21:45.319><c> was</c><00:21:45.599><c> among</c> 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:46.460 the<00:21:46.099><c> bidders.</c> 00:21:46.460 --> 00:21:54.019 And<00:21:47.039><c> Abraham</c><00:21:47.460><c> Lincoln</c><00:21:47.660><c> was</c><00:21:48.019><c> moved</c><00:21:48.380><c> with</c><00:21:51.539><c> compassion</c><00:21:52.059><c> towards</c> 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.579 this<00:21:54.380><c> young</c><00:21:54.619><c> girl.</c> 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:58.200 So<00:21:56.039><c> he</c><00:21:56.140><c> went</c><00:21:56.319><c> over</c><00:21:56.599><c> and</c><00:21:56.740><c> he</c><00:21:56.980><c> entered</c><00:21:57.079><c> into</c><00:21:57.400><c> the</c><00:21:57.640><c> bidding</c><00:21:57.859><c> for</c> 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:00.740 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away?</c> 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:07.920 Lovell<00:27:03.980><c> Peter</c><00:27:04.279><c> says,</c><00:27:05.779><c> Lord</c><00:27:06.039><c> to</c><00:27:06.299><c> whom</c><00:27:06.460><c> shall</c><00:27:06.700><c> we</c><00:27:06.960><c> go?</c> 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:11.380 You<00:27:08.779><c> have</c><00:27:08.960><c> the</c><00:27:09.220><c> words</c><00:27:09.519><c> of</c><00:27:09.759><c> eternal</c><00:27:10.119><c> life.</c> 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:17.799 This<00:27:14.279><c> little</c><00:27:14.539><c> girl</c><00:27:14.779><c> could</c><00:27:14.980><c> have</c><00:27:15.079><c> gone</c><00:27:15.279><c> away</c><00:27:15.980><c> from</c><00:27:17.420><c> the</c><00:27:17.599><c> man</c> 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:21.460 who<00:27:18.279><c> freed</c><00:27:18.480><c> her,</c><00:27:19.599><c> but</c><00:27:19.779><c> she</c><00:27:19.960><c> was</c><00:27:20.259><c> smart,</c> 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:28.799 and<00:27:23.240><c> she</c><00:27:23.359><c> was</c><00:27:23.740><c> grateful,</c><00:27:25.579><c> and</c><00:27:26.539><c> she</c><00:27:26.779><c> chose</c><00:27:27.480><c> to</c><00:27:27.799><c> follow</c><00:27:28.119><c> the</c><00:27:28.440><c> one</c> 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:30.400 who<00:27:29.140><c> bought</c><00:27:29.339><c> her</c><00:27:29.599><c> freedom.</c> 00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:32.880 And<00:27:31.480><c> what</c><00:27:31.640><c> about</c><00:27:31.880><c> us?</c> 00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:36.380 Are<00:27:34.200><c> we</c><00:27:34.319><c> going</c><00:27:34.460><c> to</c><00:27:34.539><c> let</c><00:27:34.660><c> the</c><00:27:34.900><c> dangers</c><00:27:35.259><c> of</c><00:27:35.400><c> this</c><00:27:35.720><c> world</c><00:27:36.079><c> crowd</c> 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:40.140 God<00:27:36.680><c> out</c><00:27:36.900><c> of</c><00:27:37.019><c> our</c><00:27:37.240><c> lives,</c><00:27:39.180><c> so</c><00:27:39.259><c> that</c><00:27:39.480><c> we</c><00:27:39.839><c> do</c> 00:27:40.140 --> 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the</c><00:28:09.279><c> Lord</c><00:28:09.400><c> Jesus</c><00:28:09.779><c> Christ,</c><00:28:11.680><c> who</c><00:28:11.819><c> died</c><00:28:12.400><c> so</c> 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:15.420 that<00:28:14.039><c> we</c><00:28:14.160><c> might</c><00:28:14.400><c> live?</c> 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:19.859 Those<00:28:17.000><c> in</c><00:28:17.220><c> the</c><00:28:17.420><c> world,</c><00:28:17.819><c> Paul</c><00:28:18.240><c> talks</c><00:28:18.660><c> about,</c><00:28:19.279><c> are</c><00:28:19.319><c> without</c> 00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:23.599 excuse,<00:28:22.039><c> because</c><00:28:22.420><c> when</c><00:28:22.660><c> they</c><00:28:22.900><c> knew</c><00:28:23.160><c> God,</c> 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:28.579 they<00:28:24.339><c> glorified</c><00:28:25.079><c> him</c><00:28:25.319><c> not</c><00:28:25.559><c> as</c><00:28:25.720><c> God,</c><00:28:26.279><c> and</c><00:28:26.519><c> neither</c><00:28:26.779><c> were</c><00:28:27.140><c> thankful.</c> 00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:35.240 Question,<00:28:32.420><c> are</c><00:28:32.660><c> we</c><00:28:33.880><c> thankful?</c> 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:43.400 Do<00:28:36.079><c> we</c><00:28:36.400><c> show</c><00:28:37.119><c> our</c><00:28:38.519><c> gratitude</c><00:28:39.160><c> for</c><00:28:39.539><c> Jesus</c><00:28:40.259><c> by</c><00:28:41.640><c> following</c><00:28:42.180><c> him,</c> 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:47.460 just<00:28:44.559><c> like</c><00:28:45.579><c> the</c><00:28:45.980><c> young</c><00:28:46.460><c> slave</c><00:28:46.759><c> girl,</c> 00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:53.440 no<00:28:48.160><c> longer</c><00:28:48.519><c> a</c><00:28:48.799><c> slave,</c><00:28:50.299><c> chose</c><00:28:50.599><c> to</c><00:28:50.920><c> follow</c><00:28:51.140><c> the</c><00:28:51.400><c> man</c><00:28:52.079><c> who</c><00:28:53.279><c> set</c> 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:54.579 her<00:28:53.680><c> free?</c> 00:28:56.539 --> 00:29:00.759 You<00:28:56.819><c> see,</c><00:28:58.319><c> us</c><00:28:58.460><c> becoming</c><00:28:58.740><c> Christi</c><00:28:59.059><c> Delphins</c><00:28:59.299><c> was</c><00:28:59.519><c> not</c><00:28:59.720><c> our</c><00:28:59.920><c> idea.</c> 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:08.480 Jesus<00:29:02.480><c> says,</c><00:29:03.240><c> no</c><00:29:03.380><c> man,</c><00:29:04.019><c> and</c><00:29:04.119><c> it</c><00:29:04.119><c> includes</c><00:29:04.259><c> women,</c><00:29:06.339><c> no</c><00:29:06.660><c> one</c><00:29:07.299><c> can</c> 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.599 come<00:29:08.759><c> to</c><00:29:09.000><c> me,</c><00:29:09.339><c> said</c><00:29:09.440><c> Jesus,</c> 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:14.000 except<00:29:11.920><c> the</c><00:29:12.099><c> Father</c><00:29:12.380><c> which</c><00:29:12.640><c> has</c><00:29:12.880><c> sent</c><00:29:13.019><c> me</c><00:29:13.259><c> draw</c><00:29:13.480><c> him.</c> 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:17.099 Which<00:29:14.880><c> means</c><00:29:15.180><c> that</c><00:29:15.519><c> you're</c><00:29:15.900><c> hand</c><00:29:16.259><c> picked.</c> 00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:19.900 You've<00:29:17.839><c> been</c><00:29:18.059><c> drawn,</c><00:29:18.519><c> you've</c><00:29:18.680><c> been</c><00:29:18.880><c> called.</c> 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:26.339 God<00:29:20.660><c> wants</c><00:29:21.099><c> you</c><00:29:21.339><c> to</c><00:29:21.440><c> be</c><00:29:21.559><c> in</c><00:29:21.619><c> his</c><00:29:21.799><c> kingdom,</c><00:29:23.740><c> but</c><00:29:24.180><c> will</c><00:29:25.160><c> you?</c> 00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:36.339 Will<00:29:29.240><c> you</c><00:29:29.460><c> use</c><00:29:29.799><c> what</c><00:29:30.019><c> you</c><00:29:30.339><c> have,</c><00:29:32.839><c> where</c><00:29:33.019><c> you</c><00:29:33.259><c> are,</c><00:29:34.700><c> to</c><00:29:34.920><c> do</c><00:29:35.180><c> his</c><00:29:35.500><c> will?</c> 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:40.660 We're<00:29:36.940><c> always</c><00:29:37.539><c> saying,</c><00:29:38.099><c> get</c><00:29:38.220><c> somebody</c><00:29:38.599><c> else</c><00:29:38.920><c> to</c><00:29:39.140><c> do</c><00:29:39.279><c> it.</c> 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:52.339 None<00:29:42.359><c> of</c><00:29:42.539><c> us</c><00:29:42.880><c> have</c><00:29:43.180><c> all</c><00:29:43.539><c> the</c><00:29:44.059><c> qualities</c><00:29:44.480><c> we</c><00:29:44.759><c> would</c><00:29:45.019><c> like</c><00:29:45.240><c> to</c><00:29:45.500><c> have,</c><00:29:47.599><c> but</c><00:29:47.960><c> God</c><00:29:49.119><c> gave</c><00:29:50.359><c> you</c><00:29:50.559><c> what</c><00:29:50.819><c> you</c><00:29:51.039><c> do</c><00:29:51.259><c> have.</c> 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:56.099 Moses<00:29:52.859><c> wanted</c><00:29:53.220><c> to</c><00:29:53.799><c> not</c><00:29:54.019><c> do</c><00:29:54.599><c> what</c><00:29:54.819><c> God</c><00:29:55.079><c> wanted,</c><00:29:55.359><c> he</c><00:29:55.500><c> said,</c><00:29:55.599><c> I</c><00:29:55.720><c> can't,</c><00:29:55.980><c> I</c> 00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.660 don't<00:29:56.420><c> talk</c><00:29:56.779><c> good.</c> 00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:01.099 And<00:29:58.559><c> God</c><00:29:58.740><c> says,</c><00:29:58.920><c> I</c><00:29:59.059><c> made</c><00:29:59.299><c> your</c><00:29:59.559><c> mouth,</c><00:30:00.019><c> now</c><00:30:00.259><c> go.</c> 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.759 He<00:30:02.400><c> made</c><00:30:02.660><c> your</c><00:30:02.900><c> mouth,</c><00:30:03.720><c> now</c><00:30:04.000><c> go.</c> 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:08.160 Just<00:30:05.220><c> recently,</c><00:30:05.880><c> Brother</c><00:30:06.039><c> Frank</c><00:30:06.380><c> Abel</c><00:30:06.599><c> had</c><00:30:06.819><c> a</c><00:30:07.000><c> group</c><00:30:07.140><c> of</c><00:30:07.420><c> us</c> 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.920 flying<00:30:08.539><c> into</c><00:30:08.759><c> Toronto</c><00:30:09.339><c> to</c><00:30:10.180><c> make</c><00:30:10.440><c> tapes.</c> 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:15.900 He<00:30:11.259><c> made,</c><00:30:11.960><c> how</c><00:30:12.299><c> many</c><00:30:12.460><c> did</c><00:30:12.640><c> he</c><00:30:12.799><c> make?</c><00:30:13.519><c> 30</c><00:30:13.960><c> or</c><00:30:14.079><c> 40</c><00:30:14.440><c> of</c><00:30:14.660><c> them.</c> 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.079 And<00:30:18.680><c> we</c><00:30:19.059><c> flew</c><00:30:19.279><c> in</c><00:30:19.579><c> and</c><00:30:19.759><c> we</c><00:30:19.880><c> picked</c><00:30:20.039><c> up</c><00:30:20.200><c> at</c><00:30:20.380><c> night</c><00:30:20.559><c> and</c><00:30:20.859><c> went</c><00:30:20.940><c> out</c> 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:22.740 the<00:30:21.200><c> next</c><00:30:21.440><c> morning</c><00:30:21.619><c> and</c><00:30:21.740><c> made</c><00:30:21.819><c> our</c><00:30:22.059><c> tape</c><00:30:22.140><c> at</c><00:30:22.299><c> 9am</c> 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:25.640 because<00:30:22.920><c> we</c><00:30:23.079><c> were</c><00:30:23.220><c> flying</c><00:30:23.420><c> to</c><00:30:23.559><c> South</c><00:30:23.880><c> Africa</c><00:30:24.160><c> that</c><00:30:24.380><c> same</c><00:30:24.640><c> day.</c> 00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:30.099 But<00:30:28.079><c> Brother</c><00:30:28.519><c> Gordon</c><00:30:28.900><c> Dangerfield,</c><00:30:29.559><c> I</c><00:30:29.680><c> don't</c><00:30:29.819><c> know</c><00:30:29.920><c> if</c><00:30:29.980><c> you</c> 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:31.220 know<00:30:30.279><c> Brother</c><00:30:30.480><c> Gordon</c><00:30:30.819><c> or</c><00:30:31.039><c> not,</c> 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:35.000 but<00:30:31.359><c> he's</c><00:30:31.559><c> a</c><00:30:31.680><c> brother</c><00:30:31.839><c> originally</c><00:30:32.279><c> from</c><00:30:34.019><c> Adelaide,</c><00:30:34.720><c> but</c><00:30:34.859><c> he</c> 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:36.740 now<00:30:35.180><c> lives</c><00:30:35.400><c> in</c><00:30:35.599><c> Victoria.</c> 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:39.180 And<00:30:37.259><c> he</c><00:30:37.359><c> had</c><00:30:37.460><c> made</c><00:30:37.640><c> a</c><00:30:37.839><c> tape</c><00:30:37.980><c> the</c><00:30:38.220><c> previous</c><00:30:38.500><c> day</c><00:30:38.720><c> and</c><00:30:38.779><c> he</c><00:30:38.900><c> had</c><00:30:39.059><c> a</c> 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.920 few<00:30:39.319><c> days,</c><00:30:39.579><c> so</c><00:30:39.819><c> he</c><00:30:40.160><c> was</c><00:30:40.339><c> helping</c><00:30:40.680><c> Frank.</c> 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:43.140 Frank<00:30:41.200><c> needed</c><00:30:41.460><c> a</c><00:30:41.480><c> lot</c><00:30:41.680><c> of</c><00:30:41.900><c> helpers.</c> 00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:45.859 And<00:30:43.960><c> they</c><00:30:44.200><c> even</c><00:30:44.819><c> make</c><00:30:45.079><c> you</c><00:30:45.140><c> up</c><00:30:45.259><c> a</c><00:30:45.319><c> little</c><00:30:45.500><c> bit,</c><00:30:45.660><c> you</c><00:30:45.759><c> know,</c> 00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:47.039 they<00:30:45.920><c> were</c><00:30:46.039><c> putting</c><00:30:46.200><c> powder.</c> 00:30:47.119 --> 00:30:49.319 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as</c><00:30:55.480><c> anything.</c> 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:59.819 And<00:30:56.920><c> Brother</c><00:30:57.200><c> Frank</c><00:30:57.579><c> Abel</c><00:30:57.819><c> says,</c><00:30:58.279><c> Bob,</c><00:30:58.660><c> is</c><00:30:58.740><c> there</c><00:30:58.900><c> anything</c><00:30:59.079><c> else?</c> 00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:04.099 I<00:31:01.759><c> had</c><00:31:01.900><c> to</c><00:31:02.099><c> bring</c><00:31:02.240><c> the</c><00:31:02.440><c> voice</c><00:31:02.700><c> God</c><00:31:03.019><c> gave</c><00:31:03.440><c> me.</c> 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:06.579 And<00:31:04.740><c> it</c><00:31:04.779><c> may</c><00:31:05.019><c> not</c><00:31:05.160><c> be</c><00:31:05.339><c> the</c><00:31:05.519><c> one</c><00:31:05.619><c> I</c><00:31:05.859><c> want,</c><00:31:06.079><c> but</c><00:31:06.180><c> it's</c><00:31:06.380><c> the</c><00:31:06.480><c> one</c> 00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.700 I've<00:31:06.900><c> got.</c> 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:12.859 And<00:31:08.200><c> so</c><00:31:08.279><c> we</c><00:31:08.400><c> put</c><00:31:08.519><c> up</c><00:31:08.720><c> with</c><00:31:08.880><c> our</c><00:31:09.920><c> limitations,</c><00:31:10.539><c> but</c><00:31:10.740><c> we</c><00:31:11.019><c> use</c><00:31:11.339><c> what</c><00:31:11.519><c> we</c><00:31:11.880><c> have.</c> 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:14.900 Brother<00:31:13.079><c> Gordon</c><00:31:13.400><c> Dangerfield</c><00:31:13.839><c> is</c><00:31:14.039><c> not</c><00:31:14.160><c> at</c><00:31:14.240><c> all</c><00:31:14.480><c> puffed</c><00:31:14.740><c> up</c> 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.140 about<00:31:15.160><c> his</c><00:31:15.400><c> beautiful</c><00:31:15.799><c> voice.</c> 00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:18.400 He's<00:31:16.720><c> very</c><00:31:17.039><c> Christ</c><00:31:17.339><c>-like</c><00:31:17.539><c> brother</c><00:31:17.900><c> about</c><00:31:18.200><c> it.</c> 00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:23.839 But<00:31:18.839><c> the</c><00:31:19.000><c> point</c><00:31:19.099><c> is</c><00:31:19.279><c> he</c><00:31:19.460><c> also</c><00:31:19.880><c> is</c><00:31:20.200><c> using</c><00:31:20.500><c> what</c><00:31:20.819><c> he</c><00:31:21.160><c> has</c><00:31:21.980><c> to</c><00:31:23.160><c> serve</c><00:31:23.500><c> God.</c> 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:27.740 And<00:31:24.160><c> so</c><00:31:24.380><c> often</c><00:31:24.720><c> we</c><00:31:25.779><c> don't.</c> 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:33.779 We<00:31:28.619><c> always</c><00:31:29.140><c> ask</c><00:31:29.720><c> somebody</c><00:31:30.140><c> else</c><00:31:30.839><c> to</c><00:31:31.940><c> do</c><00:31:32.119><c> it</c><00:31:32.339><c> for</c><00:31:32.640><c> us.</c> 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:36.720 So<00:31:34.420><c> there</c><00:31:34.779><c> must</c><00:31:34.960><c> be</c><00:31:35.160><c> a</c><00:31:35.339><c> willing</c><00:31:35.559><c> mind.</c> 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:41.000 It<00:31:38.259><c> is</c><00:31:38.519><c> accepted</c><00:31:38.880><c> according</c><00:31:39.240><c> to</c><00:31:39.380><c> the</c><00:31:39.599><c> man</c><00:31:39.900><c> hath,</c><00:31:40.299><c> and</c><00:31:40.420><c> not</c><00:31:40.640><c> according</c><00:31:40.900><c> to</c> 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.680 the<00:31:41.059><c> he</c><00:31:41.240><c> hath</c><00:31:41.460><c> not.</c> 00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:45.359 Paul<00:31:42.440><c> says,</c><00:31:42.839><c> you</c><00:31:42.880><c> can't</c><00:31:43.160><c> give</c><00:31:43.380><c> away</c><00:31:43.640><c> what</c><00:31:43.839><c> you</c><00:31:44.039><c> don't</c><00:31:44.460><c> have.</c> 00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:48.059 It<00:31:45.680><c> can</c><00:31:45.819><c> be</c><00:31:45.980><c> your</c><00:31:46.259><c> money,</c><00:31:46.640><c> you</c><00:31:46.799><c> can't</c><00:31:47.140><c> give</c><00:31:47.339><c> away</c><00:31:47.559><c> your</c><00:31:47.779><c> money</c> 00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.680 if<00:31:48.480><c> you</c><00:31:48.660><c> don't</c><00:31:48.900><c> have</c><00:31:49.099><c> any</c><00:31:49.339><c> money.</c> 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:55.359 But<00:31:50.119><c> if</c><00:31:50.259><c> you</c><00:31:50.359><c> have</c><00:31:50.559><c> money,</c><00:31:53.140><c> are</c><00:31:53.279><c> you</c><00:31:53.720><c> putting</c><00:31:54.000><c> God</c><00:31:54.339><c> first</c><00:31:55.099><c> in</c> 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.359 your<00:31:55.559><c> giving?</c> 00:31:57.380 --> 00:32:01.519 You<00:31:57.940><c> see,</c><00:31:58.359><c> God</c><00:31:58.579><c> could</c><00:31:58.759><c> take</c><00:31:58.980><c> away</c><00:31:59.220><c> however</c><00:31:59.500><c> much</c><00:31:59.759><c> money</c><00:31:59.960><c> you</c><00:32:00.220><c> have</c><00:32:00.380><c> in</c><00:32:00.539><c> a</c><00:32:00.740><c> moment.</c> 00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:08.940 I<00:32:02.420><c> mean,</c><00:32:04.579><c> we</c><00:32:04.960><c> sometimes</c><00:32:05.420><c> think</c><00:32:05.640><c> we</c><00:32:05.799><c> have</c><00:32:06.119><c> to</c><00:32:07.680><c> take</c><00:32:08.180><c> care</c><00:32:08.500><c> of</c> 00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:12.240 number<00:32:09.220><c> one</c><00:32:09.619><c> and</c><00:32:10.440><c> use</c><00:32:10.700><c> the</c><00:32:10.859><c> wrong</c><00:32:11.000><c> number</c><00:32:11.319><c> system.</c> 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:16.859 But<00:32:12.839><c> Jesus</c><00:32:14.799><c> wants</c><00:32:15.180><c> us</c><00:32:15.539><c> to</c><00:32:15.839><c> put</c><00:32:16.019><c> him</c><00:32:16.400><c> first.</c> 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:19.319 God<00:32:17.619><c> wants</c><00:32:17.920><c> us</c><00:32:18.180><c> to</c><00:32:18.359><c> put</c><00:32:18.460><c> him</c><00:32:18.680><c> first.</c> 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:22.220 Jesus,<00:32:20.440><c> I'll</c><00:32:20.500><c> tell</c><00:32:20.660><c> you</c><00:32:20.720><c> what</c><00:32:20.900><c> I'll</c><00:32:21.180><c> do.</c> 00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:27.380 This<00:32:23.059><c> young</c><00:32:23.319><c> man</c><00:32:23.660><c> in</c><00:32:23.799><c> Mark</c><00:32:24.140><c> chapter</c><00:32:24.480><c> 10</c><00:32:25.720><c> who</c><00:32:26.799><c> went</c><00:32:27.000><c> away</c><00:32:27.220><c> from</c> 00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:29.359 Jesus,<00:32:27.759><c> he</c><00:32:27.859><c> went</c><00:32:28.019><c> away</c><00:32:28.299><c> sad.</c> 00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:31.480 You<00:32:29.599><c> see,</c><00:32:30.400><c> money</c><00:32:30.460><c> doesn't</c><00:32:30.799><c> bring</c><00:32:31.019><c> happiness.</c> 00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:33.539 Well,<00:32:31.740><c> he</c><00:32:31.779><c> had</c><00:32:31.900><c> a</c><00:32:31.940><c> lot</c><00:32:32.099><c> of</c><00:32:32.259><c> money</c><00:32:32.440><c> and</c><00:32:32.559><c> he</c><00:32:32.680><c> was</c><00:32:32.839><c> still</c><00:32:33.099><c> sad.</c> 00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:40.539 In<00:32:34.059><c> Mark</c><00:32:34.299><c> chapter</c><00:32:34.599><c> 10</c><00:32:34.920><c> in</c><00:32:35.099><c> verse</c><00:32:35.339><c> 22,</c><00:32:36.920><c> he</c><00:32:37.680><c> was</c><00:32:38.380><c> sad</c><00:32:38.680><c> at</c><00:32:38.900><c> that</c><00:32:39.200><c> saying</c><00:32:39.359><c> and</c><00:32:39.500><c> went</c><00:32:39.660><c> away</c><00:32:39.960><c> grieved</c><00:32:40.319><c> for</c><00:32:40.480><c> he</c> 00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.380 had<00:32:40.680><c> great</c><00:32:40.880><c> possessions.</c> 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:43.799 If<00:32:41.859><c> you</c><00:32:42.019><c> have</c><00:32:42.200><c> anything</c><00:32:42.460><c> you</c><00:32:42.640><c> can't</c><00:32:42.920><c> give</c><00:32:43.099><c> away,</c><00:32:43.420><c> you</c><00:32:43.579><c> don't</c> 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.740 own<00:32:43.960><c> it,</c><00:32:44.140><c> it</c><00:32:44.339><c> owns</c><00:32:44.500><c> you.</c> 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.279 Remember<00:32:45.059><c> Albert</c><00:32:45.339><c> Schweitzer</c><00:32:45.660><c> saying</c><00:32:45.920><c> that?</c> 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:49.039 Well,<00:32:46.880><c> this</c><00:32:47.019><c> young</c><00:32:47.279><c> man</c><00:32:47.559><c> had</c><00:32:47.839><c> great</c><00:32:48.200><c> possessions</c><00:32:48.680><c> and</c><00:32:48.880><c> they</c> 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.440 owned<00:32:49.220><c> him.</c> 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:53.940 Now,<00:32:50.259><c> in</c><00:32:50.460><c> defense</c><00:32:50.799><c> of</c><00:32:50.960><c> this</c><00:32:51.099><c> young</c><00:32:51.319><c> man,</c><00:32:53.039><c> young</c><00:32:53.200><c> people</c><00:32:53.599><c> in</c> 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.380 the<00:32:54.079><c> audience,</c> 00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:58.660 I<00:32:54.539><c> want</c><00:32:54.720><c> you</c><00:32:54.859><c> just</c><00:32:55.079><c> to</c><00:32:55.460><c> listen</c><00:32:56.160><c> to</c><00:32:56.319><c> these</c><00:32:56.559><c> words</c><00:32:57.059><c> that</c><00:32:58.299><c> Jesus</c> 00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:02.359 says<00:32:58.920><c> in</c><00:32:59.079><c> Mark</c><00:32:59.299><c> chapter</c><00:32:59.660><c> 10,</c><00:33:01.400><c> verse</c><00:33:01.619><c> 19.</c> 00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:06.019 First<00:33:02.640><c> of</c><00:33:02.779><c> all,</c><00:33:02.880><c> in</c><00:33:02.980><c> verse</c><00:33:03.140><c> 18,</c><00:33:03.960><c> Jesus</c><00:33:04.460><c> reprimands</c><00:33:05.119><c> him</c><00:33:05.599><c> for</c> 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:07.099 calling<00:33:06.279><c> Jesus</c><00:33:06.759><c> good.</c> 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:11.039 So<00:33:07.480><c> you</c><00:33:07.640><c> see,</c><00:33:07.960><c> Jesus,</c><00:33:08.880><c> who</c><00:33:09.220><c> never</c><00:33:09.559><c> sinned,</c><00:33:10.220><c> still</c><00:33:10.519><c> was</c><00:33:10.779><c> not</c> 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.440 puffed<00:33:11.319><c> up.</c> 00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.480 He<00:33:11.599><c> was</c><00:33:11.839><c> not</c><00:33:12.140><c> proud.</c> 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.799 He<00:33:12.920><c> says,</c><00:33:13.140><c> don't</c><00:33:13.220><c> call</c><00:33:13.420><c> me</c><00:33:13.640><c> good.</c> 00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:15.400 There's<00:33:14.140><c> none</c><00:33:14.299><c> good</c><00:33:14.420><c> but</c><00:33:14.619><c> one,</c><00:33:14.859><c> that's</c><00:33:15.140><c> God.</c> 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:19.119 So<00:33:16.019><c> none</c><00:33:16.200><c> of</c><00:33:16.359><c> us</c><00:33:16.480><c> can</c><00:33:16.599><c> go</c><00:33:16.700><c> around</c><00:33:16.859><c> and</c><00:33:16.980><c> say</c><00:33:17.059><c> what</c><00:33:17.220><c> a</c><00:33:17.460><c> good</c><00:33:17.839><c> boy</c><00:33:18.140><c> I</c><00:33:18.380><c> am.</c> 00:33:19.599 --> 00:33:22.859 Thou<00:33:19.700><c> knowest</c><00:33:19.960><c> the</c><00:33:20.140><c> commandments,</c><00:33:20.740><c> do</c><00:33:20.980><c> not</c><00:33:21.380><c> commit</c><00:33:21.759><c> adultery.</c> 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:26.059 That<00:33:23.420><c> would</c><00:33:23.619><c> eliminate</c><00:33:23.960><c> a</c><00:33:24.180><c> lot</c><00:33:24.400><c> of</c><00:33:24.559><c> young</c><00:33:24.680><c> people</c><00:33:25.000><c> today.</c> 00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:28.059 Do<00:33:26.799><c> not</c><00:33:27.059><c> kill.</c> 00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.839 Do<00:33:28.400><c> not</c><00:33:28.740><c> steal.</c> 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:33.660 Do<00:33:30.880><c> not</c><00:33:31.359><c> tell</c><00:33:31.720><c> lies,</c><00:33:32.380><c> false</c><00:33:32.640><c> witnesses.</c> 00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:36.279 Defraud<00:33:34.599><c> not,</c><00:33:34.859><c> don't</c><00:33:35.259><c> cheat.</c> 00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:38.220 Honor<00:33:37.140><c> thy</c><00:33:37.359><c> father</c><00:33:37.680><c> and</c><00:33:37.839><c> thy</c><00:33:37.980><c> mother.</c> 00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:42.140 And<00:33:38.440><c> this</c><00:33:38.619><c> young</c><00:33:38.900><c> man</c><00:33:39.160><c> says,</c><00:33:39.480><c> oh,</c><00:33:39.900><c> Master,</c><00:33:40.339><c> all</c><00:33:41.559><c> these</c><00:33:41.920><c> things</c> 00:33:42.140 --> 00:33:43.519 have<00:33:42.339><c> I</c><00:33:42.539><c> observed</c><00:33:42.779><c> from</c><00:33:43.039><c> my</c><00:33:43.299><c> youth.</c> 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.460 Now,<00:33:43.920><c> this</c><00:33:44.200><c> man</c><00:33:44.500><c> wasn't</c><00:33:44.920><c> lying.</c> 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:48.960 He<00:33:46.099><c> really</c><00:33:46.559><c> was</c><00:33:46.819><c> leading</c><00:33:47.180><c> a</c><00:33:47.519><c> pure</c><00:33:47.880><c> life.</c> 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:51.400 Not<00:33:49.420><c> many</c><00:33:49.720><c> young</c><00:33:49.960><c> people</c><00:33:50.240><c> today</c><00:33:50.599><c> can</c><00:33:50.859><c> say</c><00:33:51.019><c> that</c><00:33:51.180><c> they've</c> 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:53.240 never<00:33:51.839><c> cheated,</c><00:33:52.339><c> they've</c><00:33:52.519><c> never</c><00:33:52.799><c> lied,</c> 00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:57.180 they've<00:33:54.119><c> never</c><00:33:54.440><c> committed</c><00:33:54.759><c> adultery,</c><00:33:55.259><c> they</c><00:33:55.339><c> don't</c><00:33:55.440><c> even</c><00:33:55.680><c> think</c><00:33:55.880><c> those</c><00:33:56.119><c> kind</c><00:33:56.299><c> of</c><00:33:56.420><c> thoughts.</c> 00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:59.980 This<00:33:57.500><c> young</c><00:33:57.819><c> man</c><00:33:58.140><c> said,</c><00:33:58.619><c> I</c><00:33:58.720><c> have</c><00:33:59.000><c> done</c><00:33:59.200><c> all</c><00:33:59.420><c> this,</c><00:33:59.599><c> and</c><00:33:59.720><c> Jesus,</c> 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.359 I<00:34:00.180><c> love</c><00:34:00.480><c> you.</c> 00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:05.019 Jesus,<00:34:02.500><c> beholding</c><00:34:02.940><c> him,</c><00:34:03.240><c> loved</c><00:34:03.539><c> him,</c><00:34:03.799><c> verse</c><00:34:04.039><c> 21.</c> 00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:06.559 He<00:34:05.319><c> says,</c><00:34:05.460><c> but</c><00:34:05.579><c> you</c><00:34:05.740><c> just</c><00:34:05.920><c> lack</c><00:34:06.059><c> one</c><00:34:06.359><c> thing.</c> 00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:09.519 You're<00:34:06.779><c> putting</c><00:34:07.000><c> too</c><00:34:07.319><c> much</c><00:34:07.599><c> trust</c><00:34:07.940><c> in</c><00:34:08.119><c> your</c><00:34:08.360><c> possessions.</c> 00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:12.679 Get<00:34:10.679><c> rid</c><00:34:10.880><c> of</c><00:34:11.019><c> them</c><00:34:11.119><c> and</c><00:34:11.260><c> follow</c><00:34:11.539><c> me.</c> 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:14.460 And<00:34:13.119><c> I'll</c><00:34:13.340><c> take</c><00:34:13.559><c> care</c><00:34:13.800><c> of</c><00:34:13.940><c> you.</c> 00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:16.280 If<00:34:14.940><c> you</c><00:34:15.079><c> have</c><00:34:15.280><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:15.639><c> you</c><00:34:15.760><c> have</c><00:34:15.920><c> everything.</c> 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:18.300 And<00:34:16.519><c> if</c><00:34:16.559><c> you</c><00:34:16.679><c> don't</c><00:34:16.800><c> have</c><00:34:16.920><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:17.199><c> you</c><00:34:17.300><c> have</c><00:34:17.500><c> nothing,</c><00:34:17.760><c> no</c><00:34:17.880><c> matter</c><00:34:18.000><c> what</c><00:34:18.199><c> it</c> 00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:19.400 is<00:34:18.460><c> you</c><00:34:18.539><c> have.</c> 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.880 And<00:34:20.039><c> he</c><00:34:20.179><c> was</c><00:34:20.420><c> sad</c><00:34:20.739><c> and</c><00:34:21.280><c> went</c><00:34:21.579><c> away.</c> 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:25.079 See,<00:34:22.940><c> money</c><00:34:22.940><c> does</c><00:34:23.679><c> not</c><00:34:23.860><c> bring</c><00:34:24.059><c> happiness.</c> 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:28.920 There<00:34:25.980><c> are</c><00:34:26.380><c> a</c><00:34:26.480><c> lot</c><00:34:26.539><c> of</c><00:34:26.739><c> poor</c><00:34:26.980><c> people</c><00:34:27.260><c> that</c><00:34:27.420><c> are</c><00:34:27.539><c> miserable,</c><00:34:27.860><c> there</c><00:34:27.960><c> are</c><00:34:28.800><c> a</c> 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:30.099 lot<00:34:29.039><c> of</c><00:34:29.239><c> rich</c><00:34:29.360><c> people</c><00:34:29.619><c> that</c><00:34:29.739><c> are</c><00:34:29.840><c> miserable.</c> 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:33.760 But<00:34:30.500><c> money,</c><00:34:31.019><c> possessions,</c><00:34:31.639><c> do</c><00:34:31.840><c> not</c><00:34:32.159><c> bring</c><00:34:32.659><c> happiness.</c> 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:39.980 Faith<00:34:36.340><c> in</c><00:34:36.739><c> God,</c><00:34:38.179><c> trust</c><00:34:38.519><c> in</c><00:34:38.760><c> God</c><00:34:39.099><c> brings</c><00:34:39.500><c> happiness.</c> 00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:42.820 And<00:34:40.159><c> if</c><00:34:40.360><c> God</c><00:34:40.659><c> is</c><00:34:40.880><c> for</c><00:34:41.039><c> you,</c><00:34:41.519><c> you</c><00:34:41.579><c> don't</c><00:34:41.940><c> need</c><00:34:42.260><c> to</c><00:34:42.539><c> worry.</c> 00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:45.159 He<00:34:43.019><c> will</c><00:34:43.280><c> take</c><00:34:43.599><c> care</c><00:34:43.840><c> of</c><00:34:44.079><c> you.</c> 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:47.880 And<00:34:45.400><c> so</c><00:34:45.679><c> Jesus</c><00:34:45.960><c> looked</c><00:34:46.179><c> around</c><00:34:46.539><c> and</c><00:34:46.699><c> he</c><00:34:46.780><c> said,</c><00:34:47.219><c> how</c><00:34:47.219><c> hard</c><00:34:47.639><c> it</c> 00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:49.400 is,<00:34:48.099><c> verse</c><00:34:48.340><c> 24,</c><00:34:48.880><c> middle</c><00:34:49.059><c> of</c><00:34:49.199><c> the</c><00:34:49.219><c> verse,</c> 00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:53.440 for<00:34:49.940><c> them</c><00:34:50.159><c> that</c><00:34:50.480><c> trust</c><00:34:50.980><c> in</c><00:34:51.260><c> riches</c><00:34:51.659><c> to</c><00:34:52.559><c> enter</c><00:34:52.760><c> into</c><00:34:52.940><c> the</c><00:34:53.059><c> kingdom</c><00:34:53.199><c> of</c><00:34:53.360><c> God.</c> 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:55.820 So<00:34:53.860><c> you</c><00:34:54.079><c> see,</c><00:34:54.199><c> you</c><00:34:54.300><c> don't</c><00:34:54.519><c> have</c><00:34:54.719><c> to</c><00:34:54.920><c> have</c><00:34:55.099><c> it,</c><00:34:55.199><c> you</c><00:34:55.300><c> can</c><00:34:55.519><c> just</c> 00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:57.079 trust<00:34:56.119><c> in</c><00:34:56.300><c> it.</c> 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:59.780 And<00:34:57.699><c> Peter</c><00:34:57.920><c> says,</c><00:34:58.139><c> well,</c><00:34:58.300><c> look,</c><00:34:58.579><c> look,</c><00:34:58.840><c> Jesus,</c><00:34:59.199><c> what</c><00:34:59.420><c> are</c><00:34:59.619><c> we</c> 00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.099 going<00:34:59.880><c> to</c><00:35:00.019><c> get?</c> 00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:03.119 We've<00:35:00.739><c> left</c><00:35:00.920><c> everything</c><00:35:01.260><c> to</c><00:35:01.679><c> follow</c><00:35:01.960><c> you,</c><00:35:02.219><c> verse</c><00:35:02.420><c> 28.</c> 00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:06.739 Peter<00:35:03.739><c> says,</c><00:35:04.420><c> lo,</c><00:35:04.559><c> we</c><00:35:04.719><c> have</c><00:35:04.840><c> left</c><00:35:05.039><c> all</c><00:35:05.300><c> and</c><00:35:05.559><c> followed</c><00:35:05.760><c> you.</c> 00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:10.460 Jesus<00:35:07.460><c> says,</c><00:35:07.880><c> verily</c><00:35:07.940><c> I</c><00:35:08.139><c> say</c><00:35:08.280><c> unto</c><00:35:08.460><c> you,</c><00:35:09.840><c> there</c><00:35:10.000><c> is</c><00:35:10.039><c> no</c><00:35:10.280><c> man</c> 00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.739 that<00:35:10.619><c> hath</c><00:35:10.820><c> left</c><00:35:11.019><c> house,</c> 00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.980 or<00:35:12.659><c> brethren,</c><00:35:13.480><c> or</c><00:35:13.639><c> sisters,</c><00:35:14.280><c> or</c><00:35:14.440><c> father,</c><00:35:14.900><c> or</c><00:35:15.000><c> mother,</c><00:35:15.420><c> or</c><00:35:15.539><c> wife,</c><00:35:15.900><c> or</c> 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.679 children,<00:35:16.320><c> or</c><00:35:16.480><c> lands,</c><00:35:16.659><c> for</c><00:35:16.780><c> my</c><00:35:16.960><c> sake</c><00:35:17.119><c> and</c><00:35:17.239><c> the</c><00:35:17.360><c> God's.</c> 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.440 You've<00:35:18.199><c> got</c><00:35:18.460><c> to</c><00:35:18.760><c> put</c><00:35:18.960><c> me</c><00:35:19.400><c> first.</c> 00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:23.840 There's<00:35:20.920><c> a</c><00:35:21.000><c> young</c><00:35:21.239><c> man</c><00:35:21.559><c> in</c><00:35:21.780><c> Brisbane,</c><00:35:22.519><c> Australia,</c><00:35:23.579><c> his</c><00:35:23.659><c> name</c> 00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:25.780 is<00:35:24.280><c> Hung</c><00:35:24.679><c> Tran.</c> 00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:31.900 And<00:35:26.800><c> Hung</c><00:35:26.920><c> was</c><00:35:27.159><c> a</c><00:35:27.340><c> boatman</c><00:35:27.960><c> who</c><00:35:28.219><c> came</c><00:35:28.480><c> over</c><00:35:29.360><c> on</c><00:35:30.320><c> a</c><00:35:30.480><c> boat</c><00:35:30.599><c> from</c><00:35:30.820><c> Vietnam.</c> 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:34.280 And<00:35:32.800><c> he</c><00:35:32.960><c> had</c><00:35:33.079><c> never</c><00:35:33.320><c> heard</c><00:35:33.539><c> of</c><00:35:33.760><c> Christ</c><00:35:33.940><c> the</c><00:35:34.039><c> Delphian.</c> 00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.719 He<00:35:34.420><c> didn't</c><00:35:34.619><c> even</c><00:35:34.780><c> know</c><00:35:34.840><c> anything</c><00:35:34.960><c> about</c><00:35:35.239><c> Christ.</c> 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:38.219 The<00:35:35.900><c> whole</c><00:35:36.119><c> family</c><00:35:36.440><c> were</c><00:35:36.659><c> Buddhists.</c> 00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:42.340 And<00:35:38.400><c> he</c><00:35:38.519><c> met</c><00:35:38.920><c> some</c><00:35:39.320><c> Christ</c><00:35:39.500><c> the</c><00:35:39.599><c> Delphians</c><00:35:40.079><c> in</c><00:35:41.320><c> Brisbane</c><00:35:41.860><c> area</c> 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:45.840 and<00:35:42.739><c> became</c><00:35:43.599><c> interested</c><00:35:44.360><c> in</c><00:35:44.659><c> the</c><00:35:44.920><c> truth.</c> 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:50.300 And<00:35:46.619><c> he</c><00:35:46.780><c> decided</c><00:35:47.320><c> he</c><00:35:47.579><c> wanted</c><00:35:48.000><c> to</c><00:35:48.519><c> be</c><00:35:48.860><c> baptized.</c> 00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:55.539 And<00:35:51.239><c> his</c><00:35:51.480><c> uncle,</c><00:35:52.960><c> who</c><00:35:53.099><c> was</c><00:35:53.260><c> on</c><00:35:53.420><c> the</c><00:35:53.579><c> same</c><00:35:53.780><c> boat</c><00:35:54.079><c> from</c><00:35:54.320><c> Vietnam,</c> 00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:58.579 put<00:35:56.280><c> out</c><00:35:56.519><c> a</c><00:35:56.659><c> contract</c><00:35:57.179><c> on</c><00:35:57.360><c> his</c><00:35:57.639><c> life.</c> 00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:05.760 He<00:36:00.460><c> hired</c><00:36:01.219><c> a</c><00:36:01.360><c> bunch</c><00:36:01.739><c> of</c><00:36:02.099><c> known</c><00:36:02.920><c> thugs</c><00:36:03.699><c> who</c><00:36:03.920><c> were</c><00:36:04.179><c> killers</c><00:36:04.820><c> and</c> 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:10.639 said<00:36:06.179><c> the</c><00:36:06.739><c> first</c><00:36:07.119><c> one</c><00:36:07.699><c> that</c><00:36:08.219><c> killed</c><00:36:08.460><c> him</c><00:36:08.860><c> would</c><00:36:09.260><c> get</c><00:36:09.539><c> a</c><00:36:09.699><c> bounty.</c> 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:16.619 And<00:36:12.039><c> so</c><00:36:12.179><c> he</c><00:36:12.300><c> had</c><00:36:12.559><c> all</c><00:36:13.059><c> these</c><00:36:13.360><c> men</c><00:36:13.780><c> looking</c><00:36:14.340><c> for</c><00:36:14.719><c> Hung</c><00:36:15.039><c> Tran</c><00:36:15.739><c> to</c> 00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:19.639 kill<00:36:17.000><c> him</c><00:36:17.420><c> so</c><00:36:17.659><c> he</c><00:36:17.760><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:18.019><c> be</c><00:36:18.360><c> baptized.</c> 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:24.539 He<00:36:20.639><c> had</c><00:36:20.900><c> to</c><00:36:21.119><c> do</c><00:36:21.280><c> it</c><00:36:21.880><c> quietly</c><00:36:22.340><c> without</c><00:36:22.840><c> any</c><00:36:23.260><c> fans</c><00:36:23.500><c> there</c><00:36:23.960><c> in</c><00:36:24.380><c> a</c> 00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:26.699 place<00:36:24.780><c> where</c><00:36:24.980><c> they</c><00:36:25.139><c> did</c><00:36:25.400><c> not</c><00:36:25.599><c> know</c><00:36:25.800><c> where</c><00:36:25.980><c> he</c><00:36:26.059><c> would</c><00:36:26.320><c> be.</c> 00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:30.119 And<00:36:27.239><c> he</c><00:36:27.360><c> had</c><00:36:27.559><c> to</c><00:36:27.760><c> hide</c><00:36:28.019><c> out</c><00:36:28.300><c> from</c><00:36:28.480><c> his</c><00:36:28.780><c> own</c><00:36:29.360><c> family.</c> 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:34.079 Not<00:36:30.659><c> only</c><00:36:30.840><c> was</c><00:36:31.000><c> he</c><00:36:31.239><c> cut</c><00:36:31.460><c> off</c><00:36:31.800><c> from</c><00:36:32.000><c> their</c><00:36:32.239><c> inheritance,</c><00:36:33.840><c> they</c> 00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:35.360 had<00:36:34.260><c> been</c><00:36:34.500><c> rich.</c> 00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:38.340 But<00:36:35.880><c> they</c><00:36:36.019><c> were</c><00:36:36.179><c> trying</c><00:36:36.380><c> to</c><00:36:36.480><c> cut</c><00:36:36.639><c> him</c><00:36:36.840><c> off</c><00:36:37.019><c> from</c><00:36:37.320><c> life.</c> 00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:41.639 And<00:36:39.119><c> Jesus</c><00:36:39.420><c> is</c><00:36:39.679><c> saying</c><00:36:39.940><c> you've</c><00:36:40.380><c> got</c><00:36:40.539><c> to</c><00:36:40.760><c> put</c><00:36:40.880><c> me</c><00:36:41.239><c> first.</c> 00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:43.880 You've<00:36:42.059><c> got</c><00:36:42.119><c> to</c><00:36:42.219><c> put</c><00:36:42.320><c> me</c><00:36:42.440><c> ahead</c><00:36:42.599><c> of</c><00:36:42.760><c> your</c><00:36:42.940><c> family.</c> 00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:45.860 You've<00:36:44.539><c> got</c><00:36:44.579><c> to</c><00:36:44.679><c> put</c><00:36:44.780><c> me</c><00:36:44.920><c> ahead</c><00:36:45.099><c> of</c><00:36:45.440><c> everybody.</c> 00:36:45.980 --> 00:36:46.980 But<00:36:46.099><c> I'll</c><00:36:46.300><c> tell</c><00:36:46.340><c> you</c><00:36:46.400><c> what</c><00:36:46.500><c> I'll</c><00:36:46.719><c> do.</c> 00:36:47.219 --> 00:36:50.099 I'll<00:36:47.400><c> tell</c><00:36:47.480><c> you</c><00:36:47.559><c> what</c><00:36:47.599><c> I'll</c><00:36:47.739><c> do</c><00:36:47.840><c> for</c><00:36:48.000><c> you,</c><00:36:48.119><c> says</c><00:36:48.239><c> Jesus,</c><00:36:49.039><c> verse</c><00:36:49.260><c> 30.</c> 00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:54.699 If<00:36:51.159><c> you</c><00:36:51.320><c> put</c><00:36:51.440><c> me</c><00:36:51.659><c> first</c><00:36:51.880><c> in</c><00:36:52.019><c> your</c><00:36:52.219><c> life</c><00:36:52.360><c> now,</c><00:36:53.179><c> I'll</c><00:36:54.420><c> bless</c><00:36:54.539><c> you</c> 00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.159 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bigger</c><00:37:09.300><c> family.</c> 00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:12.619 I've<00:37:11.380><c> been</c><00:37:11.579><c> to</c><00:37:11.719><c> several</c><00:37:11.940><c> Bible</c><00:37:12.219><c> schools</c><00:37:12.420><c> with</c><00:37:12.559><c> him.</c> 00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.659 We<00:37:12.800><c> all</c><00:37:13.119><c> love</c><00:37:13.320><c> him.</c> 00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.920 We've<00:37:14.099><c> been</c><00:37:14.239><c> to</c><00:37:14.400><c> Bible</c><00:37:14.599><c> schools</c><00:37:14.800><c> with</c><00:37:15.019><c> hundreds</c><00:37:15.280><c> of</c><00:37:15.500><c> people</c><00:37:15.699><c> there.</c> 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:21.820 He's<00:37:16.539><c> got</c><00:37:16.679><c> a</c><00:37:17.000><c> great</c><00:37:17.239><c> big</c><00:37:17.659><c> family,</c><00:37:18.739><c> far</c><00:37:19.239><c> more</c><00:37:19.840><c> family</c><00:37:20.360><c> than</c><00:37:20.599><c> he</c><00:37:20.860><c> lost.</c> 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:27.739 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a</c><00:39:17.500><c> lesson</c><00:39:17.860><c> for</c><00:39:18.260><c> you</c><00:39:18.480><c> young</c><00:39:18.659><c> people?</c> 00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:23.579 How<00:39:20.500><c> often</c><00:39:20.719><c> do</c><00:39:20.840><c> we</c><00:39:20.980><c> say</c><00:39:21.159><c> thank</c><00:39:21.619><c> you</c><00:39:22.000><c> to</c><00:39:22.179><c> someone</c><00:39:22.579><c> who</c><00:39:22.820><c> has</c><00:39:23.059><c> helped</c><00:39:23.239><c> us</c> 00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.380 along<00:39:23.800><c> the</c><00:39:24.000><c> way?</c> 00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:33.860 We<00:39:25.320><c> have</c><00:39:25.539><c> a</c><00:39:25.719><c> brother</c><00:39:25.880><c> in</c><00:39:26.099><c> our</c><00:39:26.300><c> Ecclesia</c><00:39:26.519><c> from</c><00:39:26.760><c> South</c><00:39:27.159><c> Africa</c><00:39:27.699><c> and</c><00:39:28.679><c> he</c><00:39:28.780><c> can't</c><00:39:29.059><c> get</c><00:39:29.260><c> over</c><00:39:29.559><c> 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We<00:39:49.500><c> need</c><00:39:49.679><c> to</c><00:39:49.780><c> be</c><00:39:50.059><c> doers</c><00:39:50.579><c> of</c><00:39:50.760><c> the</c><00:39:50.980><c> word</c><00:39:51.340><c> and</c><00:39:51.760><c> not</c><00:39:52.039><c> hearers</c><00:39:52.440><c> only.</c> 00:39:52.579 --> 00:40:00.079 We<00:39:52.719><c> need</c><00:39:52.960><c> to</c><00:39:54.199><c> live</c><00:39:54.460><c> this</c><00:39:54.760><c> life</c><00:39:55.039><c> by</c><00:39:55.360><c> being</c><00:39:57.199><c> lovers</c><00:39:57.820><c> of</c><00:39:58.039><c> God</c><00:39:58.559><c> more</c> 00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:02.659 than<00:40:00.280><c> lovers</c><00:40:00.699><c> of</c><00:40:00.940><c> the</c><00:40:01.199><c> pleasures</c><00:40:01.639><c> of</c><00:40:01.900><c> this</c><00:40:02.179><c> life.</c> 00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:06.579 We<00:40:03.239><c> need</c><00:40:03.500><c> to</c><00:40:03.639><c> make</c><00:40:03.760><c> sure</c><00:40:04.000><c> that</c><00:40:04.239><c> nothing</c><00:40:04.539><c> in</c><00:40:04.679><c> this</c><00:40:04.920><c> life</c><00:40:05.860><c> crowds</c> 00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.900 God<00:40:07.300><c> out</c><00:40:07.699><c> of</c><00:40:07.800><c> it.</c> 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:12.380 That<00:40:08.079><c> we</c><00:40:08.199><c> do</c><00:40:08.440><c> not</c><00:40:08.539><c> let</c><00:40:08.739><c> the</c><00:40:09.039><c> world</c><00:40:09.579><c> press</c><00:40:10.079><c> us</c><00:40:10.480><c> down</c><00:40:11.300><c> into</c><00:40:11.719><c> its</c><00:40:12.039><c> mold.</c> 00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:15.539 We<00:40:12.880><c> have</c><00:40:13.119><c> to</c><00:40:13.300><c> fight</c><00:40:13.619><c> back</c><00:40:13.980><c> because</c><00:40:14.179><c> if</c><00:40:14.320><c> we</c><00:40:14.460><c> don't</c><00:40:14.699><c> fight</c><00:40:15.039><c> back</c> 00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:19.739 we're<00:40:16.119><c> going</c><00:40:16.280><c> to</c><00:40:16.579><c> lose</c><00:40:17.599><c> the</c><00:40:18.900><c> battle.</c> 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:24.699 We're<00:40:20.960><c> not</c><00:40:21.159><c> going</c><00:40:21.380><c> to</c><00:40:21.539><c> win</c><00:40:21.780><c> the</c><00:40:22.000><c> race</c><00:40:22.219><c> for</c><00:40:22.460><c> eternal</c><00:40:22.699><c> life</c><00:40:23.380><c> unless</c><00:40:24.320><c> we</c> 00:40:24.699 --> 00:40:32.320 consciously<00:40:25.360><c> every</c><00:40:26.440><c> day</c><00:40:27.460><c> strive</c><00:40:28.119><c> to</c><00:40:28.519><c> be</c><00:40:29.460><c> transformed</c><00:40:30.579><c> by</c><00:40:31.960><c> the</c> 00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:34.679 renewing<00:40:33.039><c> of</c><00:40:33.239><c> our</c><00:40:33.500><c> minds.</c> 00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:42.920 Now<00:40:36.119><c> the</c><00:40:36.199><c> problem</c><00:40:36.460><c> is</c><00:40:36.619><c> you've</c><00:40:36.820><c> been</c><00:40:36.920><c> listening</c><00:40:37.179><c> to</c><00:40:37.360><c> me</c><00:40:37.539><c> for</c><00:40:38.260><c> now</c><00:40:38.699><c> under</c><00:40:38.940><c> three</c><00:40:39.159><c> hours</c><00:40:39.619><c> and</c><00:40:40.980><c> it's</c><00:40:41.519><c> very</c><00:40:41.739><c> hard</c><00:40:41.860><c> to</c><00:40:42.139><c> remember.</c> 00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:49.059 If<00:40:44.940><c> you</c><00:40:45.460><c> just</c><00:40:45.699><c> remember</c><00:40:46.000><c> two</c><00:40:46.280><c> or</c><00:40:46.340><c> three</c><00:40:46.579><c> things</c><00:40:47.000><c> you'll</c><00:40:48.380><c> be</c><00:40:48.460><c> remarkable.</c> 00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:52.539 So<00:40:49.699><c> I'm</c><00:40:49.900><c> working</c><00:40:50.139><c> at</c><00:40:50.360><c> trying</c><00:40:50.559><c> to</c><00:40:50.739><c> help</c><00:40:50.840><c> you</c><00:40:51.039><c> remember</c><00:40:51.320><c> three</c><00:40:51.599><c> things.</c> 00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:56.219 I<00:40:53.659><c> want</c><00:40:53.800><c> you</c><00:40:53.920><c> to</c><00:40:53.980><c> go</c><00:40:54.179><c> away</c><00:40:54.320><c> from</c><00:40:54.460><c> these</c><00:40:54.719><c> classes</c><00:40:54.980><c> with</c><00:40:55.539><c> remembering</c><00:40:55.840><c> three</c> 00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.820 things<00:40:56.460><c> at</c><00:40:56.719><c> least.</c> 00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:04.119 And<00:41:00.380><c> we're</c><00:41:00.900><c> going</c><00:41:01.000><c> to</c><00:41:01.159><c> use</c><00:41:01.380><c> an</c><00:41:01.599><c> acronym</c><00:41:01.920><c> to</c><00:41:02.179><c> try</c><00:41:02.300><c> to</c><00:41:02.579><c> help</c><00:41:02.719><c> us</c> 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:07.920 remember<00:41:04.900><c> these</c><00:41:06.519><c> three</c><00:41:06.900><c> things.</c> 00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:13.000 There's<00:41:09.460><c> a</c><00:41:09.820><c> big</c><00:41:10.039><c> college</c><00:41:10.420><c> down</c><00:41:10.659><c> in</c><00:41:10.920><c> Dallas</c><00:41:11.179><c> called</c><00:41:11.599><c> SMU.</c> 00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:15.400 It<00:41:13.539><c> stands</c><00:41:13.840><c> for</c><00:41:14.159><c> Southern</c><00:41:14.480><c> Methodist</c><00:41:14.900><c> University.</c> 00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:19.920 I<00:41:15.579><c> think</c><00:41:15.820><c> one</c><00:41:16.039><c> of</c><00:41:16.159><c> the</c><00:41:16.340><c> Davis</c><00:41:16.639><c> girls</c><00:41:17.719><c> graduated</c><00:41:18.639><c> from</c><00:41:19.079><c> SMU.</c> 00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:23.860 Nothing<00:41:21.119><c> wrong</c><00:41:21.320><c> with</c><00:41:21.500><c> the</c><00:41:21.739><c> college</c><00:41:22.199><c> and</c><00:41:23.000><c> I've</c><00:41:23.260><c> only</c><00:41:23.519><c> borrowed</c> 00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:26.820 their<00:41:24.360><c> initials,</c><00:41:25.579><c> SMU,</c> 00:41:27.139 --> 00:41:31.840 to<00:41:27.340><c> try</c><00:41:27.539><c> to</c><00:41:27.800><c> help</c><00:41:27.920><c> us</c><00:41:28.260><c> remember</c><00:41:29.079><c> three</c><00:41:30.039><c> important</c><00:41:31.340><c> things</c> 00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:33.800 that<00:41:32.000><c> we've</c><00:41:32.260><c> talked</c><00:41:32.440><c> about</c><00:41:32.719><c> today.</c> 00:41:35.460 --> 00:41:39.500 S.<00:41:38.820><c> Self.</c> 00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:42.139 Forget<00:41:40.739><c> about</c><00:41:41.099><c> yourself.</c> 00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:45.139 Don't<00:41:42.719><c> always</c><00:41:42.980><c> be</c><00:41:43.239><c> thinking</c><00:41:43.400><c> about</c><00:41:43.860><c> what</c><00:41:44.159><c> you</c><00:41:44.460><c> want.</c><00:41:44.719><c> Are</c><00:41:44.880><c> you</c> 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:46.000 well?<00:41:45.340><c> Are</c><00:41:45.460><c> you</c><00:41:45.679><c> comfortable?</c> 00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:48.500 Think<00:41:46.880><c> about</c><00:41:47.400><c> others.</c> 00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:50.880 God<00:41:48.840><c> is</c><00:41:49.199><c> first</c><00:41:49.539><c> in</c><00:41:49.679><c> your</c><00:41:49.960><c> life.</c> 00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:54.539 Your<00:41:51.800><c> brothers</c><00:41:52.039><c> and</c><00:41:52.260><c> sisters</c><00:41:52.519><c> are</c><00:41:52.880><c> second</c><00:41:53.260><c> in</c><00:41:53.400><c> your</c><00:41:53.659><c> life.</c> 00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:57.260 The<00:41:54.940><c> best</c><00:41:55.159><c> you</c><00:41:55.280><c> can</c><00:41:55.480><c> do</c><00:41:55.659><c> is</c><00:41:55.860><c> come</c><00:41:56.079><c> in</c><00:41:56.400><c> third.</c> 00:41:58.199 --> 00:42:00.460 S<00:41:58.639><c> stands</c><00:41:59.039><c> for</c><00:41:59.460><c> self.</c> 00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:03.019 Fight<00:42:02.000><c> self.</c> 00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:05.639 SMU. 00:42:05.699 --> 00:42:08.579 M.<00:42:07.760><c> Money.</c> 00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:12.440 Don't<00:42:11.280><c> love</c><00:42:11.800><c> money.</c> 00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:15.000 I'm<00:42:12.860><c> not</c><00:42:13.019><c> saying</c><00:42:13.139><c> don't</c><00:42:13.380><c> have</c><00:42:13.679><c> any.</c><00:42:14.019><c> Don't</c><00:42:14.360><c> love</c><00:42:14.679><c> it.</c><00:42:14.860><c> Don't</c> 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:17.039 put<00:42:15.239><c> your</c><00:42:15.559><c> trust</c><00:42:15.800><c> in</c><00:42:15.960><c> it.</c> 00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:20.300 Don't<00:42:18.460><c> think</c><00:42:18.980><c> about</c><00:42:19.280><c> it</c><00:42:19.480><c> as</c><00:42:19.719><c> much</c><00:42:19.920><c> as</c><00:42:20.079><c> you</c><00:42:20.179><c> do.</c> 00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:23.519 Give<00:42:20.559><c> it</c><00:42:20.820><c> away.</c><00:42:21.840><c> Use</c><00:42:22.159><c> it</c><00:42:22.400><c> for</c><00:42:22.659><c> good.</c> 00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:25.559 You<00:42:23.699><c> can't</c><00:42:24.260><c> give</c><00:42:24.500><c> it</c><00:42:24.619><c> away</c><00:42:24.760><c> if</c><00:42:24.920><c> you</c><00:42:25.039><c> don't</c><00:42:25.260><c> have</c><00:42:25.440><c> it.</c> 00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:30.460 But<00:42:26.000><c> remember</c><00:42:27.539><c> that</c><00:42:28.360><c> the</c><00:42:28.579><c> Lord</c><00:42:28.800><c> loves</c><00:42:29.179><c> a</c><00:42:29.460><c> cheerful</c><00:42:29.780><c> giver.</c> 00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:33.760 And<00:42:30.900><c> be</c><00:42:31.179><c> generous</c><00:42:31.539><c> in</c><00:42:31.719><c> your</c><00:42:32.000><c> time.</c><00:42:32.519><c> Be</c><00:42:32.800><c> generous</c><00:42:33.079><c> in</c><00:42:33.340><c> your</c><00:42:33.579><c> money.</c> 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:36.239 Be<00:42:34.280><c> generous</c><00:42:34.619><c> in</c><00:42:34.840><c> yourself.</c> 00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:40.000 SMU.<00:42:37.280><c> Self.</c><00:42:38.360><c> Forget</c><00:42:38.599><c> it.</c><00:42:39.079><c> Money.</c> 00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:42.099 Don't<00:42:40.500><c> love</c><00:42:40.800><c> it.</c> 00:42:42.179 --> 00:42:43.480 You. 00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.800 Ungrateful. 00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:52.280 Adopt<00:42:49.079><c> the</c><00:42:49.420><c> attitude</c><00:42:50.119><c> of</c><00:42:51.659><c> gratitude.</c> 00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:58.340 Do<00:42:54.199><c> not</c><00:42:54.780><c> be</c><00:42:55.159><c> ungrateful</c><00:42:55.920><c> for</c><00:42:56.199><c> all</c><00:42:56.500><c> the</c><00:42:56.699><c> blessings</c><00:42:57.179><c> that</c><00:42:57.880><c> God</c> 00:42:58.340 --> 00:43:00.880 has<00:42:58.920><c> given</c><00:42:59.139><c> to</c><00:42:59.440><c> you.</c> 00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:07.539 Never<00:43:03.300><c> forget</c><00:43:04.199><c> to</c><00:43:04.400><c> be</c><00:43:04.639><c> thankful,</c><00:43:05.159><c> said</c><00:43:05.400><c> Paul,</c><00:43:06.679><c> for</c><00:43:06.860><c> what</c><00:43:07.099><c> God</c> 00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:09.960 has<00:43:07.920><c> done</c><00:43:08.519><c> for</c><00:43:08.980><c> you.</c> 00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:18.820 Never<00:43:11.159><c> forget</c><00:43:11.860><c> to</c><00:43:12.139><c> be</c><00:43:12.440><c> thankful</c><00:43:12.920><c> for</c><00:43:14.340><c> what</c><00:43:14.619><c> God</c><00:43:15.400><c> has</c><00:43:16.840><c> done</c><00:43:17.320><c> for</c><00:43:17.880><c> you.</c> 00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:22.579 And<00:43:19.679><c> so</c><00:43:19.980><c> as</c><00:43:20.559><c> the</c><00:43:20.699><c> Phillies</c><00:43:21.059><c> will</c><00:43:21.300><c> be</c><00:43:21.599><c> playing</c><00:43:21.780><c> the</c><00:43:22.039><c> Blue</c><00:43:22.260><c> Jays</c> 00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:24.400 and<00:43:23.099><c> your</c><00:43:23.659><c> slogan</c><00:43:23.880><c> might</c><00:43:24.099><c> be,</c> 00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:27.860 Beat<00:43:25.099><c> Toronto.</c><00:43:26.019><c> Beat</c><00:43:26.460><c> the</c><00:43:27.340><c> Blue</c><00:43:27.599><c> Jays.</c> 00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:30.320 I<00:43:28.000><c> want</c><00:43:28.139><c> you</c><00:43:28.300><c> to</c><00:43:28.400><c> say,</c><00:43:28.800><c> beat</c><00:43:29.000><c> SMU.</c> 00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:34.860 As<00:43:31.039><c> if</c><00:43:31.199><c> we're</c><00:43:31.380><c> fighting</c><00:43:31.980><c> a</c><00:43:33.880><c> battle</c><00:43:34.159><c> for</c><00:43:34.440><c> life.</c> 00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:37.739 Not<00:43:35.539><c> for</c><00:43:36.480><c> a</c><00:43:36.880><c> World</c><00:43:37.079><c> Series</c><00:43:37.380><c> ring.</c> 00:43:38.219 --> 00:43:40.159 But<00:43:38.420><c> we</c><00:43:38.639><c> need</c><00:43:38.900><c> to</c><00:43:39.260><c> beat</c><00:43:39.420><c> SMU.</c> 00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.900 Beat<00:43:40.860><c> self.</c> 00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:43.219 Beat<00:43:42.380><c> the</c><00:43:42.599><c> love</c><00:43:42.719><c> of</c><00:43:42.940><c> money.</c> 00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.780 Beat<00:43:43.860><c> being</c><00:43:44.179><c> ungrateful.</c> 00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:49.139 Put<00:43:46.000><c> God</c><00:43:46.559><c> first</c><00:43:47.159><c> in</c><00:43:47.380><c> your</c><00:43:47.699><c> life.</c> 00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:53.820 God<00:43:51.420><c> resisteth</c><00:43:52.139><c> the</c><00:43:52.400><c> proud.</c> 00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:58.320 And<00:43:54.980><c> giveth</c><00:43:55.099><c> grace</c><00:43:55.940><c> to</c><00:43:56.980><c> the</c><00:43:57.159><c> humble.</c> 00:43:59.579 --> 00:44:03.559 Humble<00:43:59.800><c> yourselves</c><00:44:00.280><c> therefore</c><00:44:01.199><c> under</c><00:44:02.280><c> the</c><00:44:02.440><c> mighty</c><00:44:02.679><c> hand</c><00:44:02.800><c> of</c><00:44:02.960><c> God.</c> 00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:08.519 He<00:44:04.860><c> may</c><00:44:05.199><c> exalt</c><00:44:05.480><c> you</c><00:44:06.559><c> in</c><00:44:07.159><c> due</c><00:44:07.380><c> time.</c> 00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:34.539 Amen.