Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:15.759
Good<00:00:14.060><c> afternoon,</c><00:00:14.699><c> brethren</c><00:00:14.820><c> and</c><00:00:15.099><c> sisters</c><00:00:15.279><c> and</c><00:00:15.460><c> friends.</c>

00:00:16.019 --> 00:00:18.839
It's<00:00:16.339><c> indeed</c><00:00:16.600><c> a</c><00:00:16.960><c> pleasure</c><00:00:17.219><c> to</c><00:00:17.440><c> be</c><00:00:17.600><c> here</c><00:00:17.859><c> and</c><00:00:18.199><c> to</c><00:00:18.539><c> bring</c><00:00:18.640><c> with</c>

00:00:18.839 --> 00:00:20.780
me<00:00:19.120><c> the</c><00:00:19.460><c> love</c><00:00:19.640><c> and</c><00:00:19.859><c> affection</c><00:00:20.179><c> of</c><00:00:20.460><c> all</c><00:00:20.640><c> the</c>

00:00:20.780 --> 00:00:23.780
brethren<00:00:21.000><c> and</c><00:00:21.239><c> sisters</c><00:00:21.399><c> in</c><00:00:21.879><c> the</c><00:00:22.079><c> Ann</c><00:00:22.359><c> Arbor</c><00:00:22.579><c> area.</c>

00:00:24.579 --> 00:00:29.100
You<00:00:25.019><c> have</c><00:00:25.359><c> kind</c><00:00:25.600><c> of</c><00:00:25.739><c> beaten</c><00:00:25.899><c> us</c><00:00:26.140><c> a</c><00:00:26.239><c> little</c><00:00:26.379><c> bit</c><00:00:26.519><c> to</c><00:00:26.660><c> getting</c><00:00:26.820><c> your</c><00:00:27.140><c> hall</c><00:00:27.260><c> finished</c><00:00:27.879><c> and</c><00:00:28.760><c> up</c>

00:00:29.100 --> 00:00:29.719
to<00:00:29.399><c> speed,</c>

00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:32.579
but<00:00:30.039><c> hopefully</c><00:00:30.519><c> in</c><00:00:30.780><c> about</c><00:00:31.179><c> five</c><00:00:31.359><c> or</c><00:00:31.460><c> six</c><00:00:31.739><c> weeks</c><00:00:31.960><c> when</c><00:00:32.119><c> Mary</c><00:00:32.340><c> and</c><00:00:32.460><c> I</c>

00:00:32.579 --> 00:00:33.679
are<00:00:32.659><c> out</c><00:00:32.780><c> of</c><00:00:32.880><c> the</c><00:00:33.020><c> country</c><00:00:33.299><c> they</c><00:00:33.460><c> will</c>

00:00:34.179 --> 00:00:36.719
get<00:00:34.619><c> the</c><00:00:34.880><c> hall</c><00:00:35.020><c> finished</c><00:00:35.399><c> in</c><00:00:35.640><c> Ann</c><00:00:35.840><c> Arbor</c><00:00:36.060><c> and</c><00:00:36.200><c> we</c><00:00:36.439><c> certainly</c>

00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:38.939
hope<00:00:36.880><c> you</c><00:00:37.020><c> will</c><00:00:37.159><c> come</c><00:00:37.340><c> and</c><00:00:37.579><c> visit</c><00:00:37.719><c> us</c>

00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:44.700
someday<00:00:39.420><c> even</c><00:00:40.799><c> though</c><00:00:41.420><c> people</c><00:00:42.560><c> on</c><00:00:42.759><c> the</c><00:00:42.880><c> East</c><00:00:43.100><c> Coast</c><00:00:43.320><c> don't</c><00:00:43.579><c> always</c><00:00:43.840><c> realize</c><00:00:44.259><c> there</c><00:00:44.439><c> is</c>

00:00:44.700 --> 00:00:45.859
life<00:00:45.179><c> west</c><00:00:45.619><c> of</c>

00:00:45.859 --> 00:00:46.700
here.

00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:49.159
So<00:00:47.939><c> please</c><00:00:48.380><c> keep</c><00:00:48.600><c> us</c><00:00:48.820><c> in</c><00:00:49.020><c> mind.</c>

00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:53.320
Now<00:00:49.359><c> what</c><00:00:49.479><c> I</c><00:00:49.640><c> want</c><00:00:49.780><c> to</c><00:00:50.020><c> talk</c><00:00:50.200><c> to</c><00:00:50.320><c> you</c><00:00:50.600><c> today</c><00:00:50.820><c> about</c><00:00:51.280><c> is</c><00:00:52.200><c> Ephesus</c>

00:00:53.320 --> 00:00:55.659
and<00:00:53.979><c> the</c><00:00:54.100><c> Ephesian</c><00:00:54.560><c> Ecclesia</c><00:00:55.179><c> is</c><00:00:55.479><c> a</c>

00:00:55.659 --> 00:01:00.979
very<00:00:55.899><c> interesting</c><00:00:57.100><c> study</c><00:00:57.560><c> because</c><00:00:57.960><c> we</c><00:00:58.140><c> know</c><00:00:58.439><c> more</c><00:00:58.859><c> about</c><00:00:59.240><c> Ephesus</c><00:00:59.939><c> than</c><00:01:00.539><c> any</c>

00:01:00.979 --> 00:01:02.340
other<00:01:01.560><c> first</c><00:01:01.920><c> century</c>

00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:03.359
Ecclesia.

00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:07.780
We<00:01:04.099><c> have</c><00:01:04.319><c> the</c><00:01:04.540><c> record</c><00:01:04.819><c> of</c><00:01:05.060><c> it</c><00:01:05.239><c> and</c><00:01:05.439><c> I</c><00:01:05.579><c> will</c><00:01:06.159><c> reiterate</c><00:01:06.560><c> this</c><00:01:06.939><c> later</c><00:01:07.420><c> in</c>

00:01:07.780 --> 00:01:08.819
more<00:01:07.900><c> detail,</c><00:01:08.359><c> but</c><00:01:08.459><c> we</c><00:01:08.560><c> have</c><00:01:08.700><c> the</c>

00:01:08.819 --> 00:01:11.000
record<00:01:09.060><c> of</c><00:01:09.200><c> it</c><00:01:09.379><c> in</c><00:01:09.480><c> Acts,</c><00:01:09.680><c> how</c><00:01:09.840><c> it</c><00:01:09.939><c> was</c><00:01:10.140><c> founded.</c>

00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.579
We<00:01:11.700><c> have</c><00:01:12.159><c> the</c><00:01:12.379><c> book</c><00:01:12.579><c> of</c><00:01:13.060><c> Ephesians,</c><00:01:14.019><c> well</c><00:01:14.219><c> Paul</c><00:01:14.439><c> wrote</c><00:01:14.780><c> to</c><00:01:14.900><c> them</c><00:01:15.219><c> in</c>

00:01:15.579 --> 00:01:18.060
quite<00:01:15.719><c> some</c><00:01:15.980><c> detail</c><00:01:16.379><c> about</c><00:01:16.799><c> their</c><00:01:17.560><c> problems</c>

00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:19.480
and<00:01:18.519><c> issues.</c>

00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:24.219
We<00:01:19.879><c> have</c><00:01:20.099><c> the</c><00:01:20.260><c> two</c><00:01:20.400><c> books</c><00:01:20.640><c> of</c><00:01:20.819><c> Timothy,</c><00:01:21.519><c> Timothy</c><00:01:21.959><c> was</c><00:01:22.159><c> the</c><00:01:22.379><c> first</c><00:01:22.620><c> elder</c><00:01:23.180><c> of</c>

00:01:24.219 --> 00:01:25.640
Ephesus<00:01:24.799><c> and</c><00:01:25.299><c> there</c><00:01:25.579><c> is</c>

00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:29.019
a<00:01:25.879><c> great</c><00:01:26.000><c> deal</c><00:01:26.239><c> of</c><00:01:26.500><c> information</c><00:01:27.099><c> in</c><00:01:27.900><c> those</c><00:01:28.219><c> two</c><00:01:28.400><c> books</c><00:01:28.680><c> about</c>

00:01:29.019 --> 00:01:30.219
that<00:01:29.319><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:35.140
And<00:01:30.459><c> finally</c><00:01:30.739><c> we</c><00:01:30.900><c> have</c><00:01:31.200><c> a</c><00:01:31.319><c> record</c><00:01:31.599><c> of</c><00:01:31.939><c> their</c><00:01:33.599><c> declining</c><00:01:34.299><c> years</c>

00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:37.400
in<00:01:35.480><c> effect</c><00:01:35.719><c> in</c><00:01:36.359><c> Revelation,</c><00:01:37.040><c> they</c><00:01:37.099><c> were</c><00:01:37.219><c> one</c>

00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:39.959
of<00:01:37.540><c> the</c><00:01:37.799><c> Ecclesias</c><00:01:38.239><c> in</c><00:01:38.400><c> which</c><00:01:38.579><c> we</c><00:01:38.780><c> have</c><00:01:38.920><c> a</c><00:01:39.140><c> message.</c>

00:01:40.099 --> 00:01:42.640
No<00:01:40.319><c> other</c><00:01:40.620><c> Ecclesia</c><00:01:40.980><c> in</c><00:01:41.159><c> the</c><00:01:41.239><c> first</c><00:01:41.420><c> century</c><00:01:41.760><c> do</c><00:01:41.939><c> we</c><00:01:42.060><c> have</c><00:01:42.200><c> such</c><00:01:42.379><c> a</c>

00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:43.359
detailed<00:01:42.959><c> picture.</c>

00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:45.939
So<00:01:43.859><c> I</c><00:01:43.959><c> thought</c><00:01:44.140><c> it</c><00:01:44.260><c> would</c><00:01:44.400><c> be</c><00:01:44.560><c> a</c><00:01:44.620><c> very</c><00:01:45.000><c> interesting</c><00:01:45.540><c> study.</c>

00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:52.040
Now<00:01:46.859><c> for</c><00:01:47.379><c> a</c><00:01:47.480><c> study</c><00:01:47.659><c> weekend</c><00:01:48.140><c> of</c><00:01:49.200><c> necessity,</c><00:01:49.739><c> a</c><00:01:49.879><c> little</c><00:01:50.019><c> bit</c><00:01:50.260><c> abbreviated,</c><00:01:51.620><c> even</c><00:01:51.900><c> a</c>

00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:52.840
Bible<00:01:52.340><c> school,</c><00:01:52.640><c> five</c>

00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:57.040
or<00:01:52.959><c> six</c><00:01:53.739><c> classes</c><00:01:54.519><c> could</c><00:01:54.840><c> take</c><00:01:55.120><c> any</c><00:01:55.459><c> one</c><00:01:55.620><c> of</c><00:01:55.760><c> these</c><00:01:56.000><c> books,</c><00:01:56.420><c> Ephesians</c><00:01:56.819><c> or</c>

00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.760
Ephesus,<00:01:59.260><c> the</c><00:01:59.400><c> Ephesian</c>

00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.900
book<00:02:00.000><c> or</c><00:02:00.200><c> Timothy</c><00:02:00.719><c> or</c><00:02:01.400><c> even</c><00:02:01.879><c> the</c><00:02:02.219><c> early</c><00:02:02.480><c> first</c><00:02:02.840><c> three</c><00:02:03.060><c> chapters</c><00:02:03.459><c> of</c><00:02:04.340><c> Revelation</c><00:02:04.719><c> and</c>

00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:05.560
do<00:02:05.040><c> a</c><00:02:05.079><c> whole</c><00:02:05.319><c> study</c>

00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:06.760
on<00:02:05.780><c> it.</c>

00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:10.979
So<00:02:07.219><c> please</c><00:02:08.500><c> forgive</c><00:02:08.800><c> me</c><00:02:09.060><c> if</c><00:02:09.520><c> it</c><00:02:09.819><c> seems</c><00:02:10.060><c> a</c><00:02:10.159><c> little</c><00:02:10.379><c> abbreviated</c>

00:02:10.979 --> 00:02:12.180
here<00:02:11.240><c> and</c><00:02:11.379><c> there</c><00:02:11.520><c> and</c><00:02:11.620><c> you</c><00:02:11.780><c> want</c><00:02:11.919><c> more</c>

00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:13.060
depth.

00:02:13.240 --> 00:02:17.800
I<00:02:13.259><c> also</c><00:02:14.400><c> want</c><00:02:15.020><c> to</c><00:02:15.240><c> apologize</c><00:02:15.719><c> in</c><00:02:15.919><c> advance</c><00:02:16.219><c> for</c><00:02:16.419><c> anyone</c><00:02:16.639><c> who</c><00:02:16.860><c> thinks</c><00:02:17.000><c> this</c><00:02:17.280><c> is</c>

00:02:17.800 --> 00:02:19.580
too<00:02:18.319><c> high</c><00:02:18.719><c> level</c><00:02:18.979><c> for</c><00:02:19.219><c> them</c>

00:02:19.580 --> 00:02:22.219
or<00:02:20.139><c> anyone</c><00:02:20.400><c> who</c><00:02:20.560><c> thinks</c><00:02:20.699><c> it's</c><00:02:20.919><c> too</c><00:02:21.139><c> low</c><00:02:21.340><c> level.</c>

00:02:22.500 --> 00:02:25.599
Hopefully<00:02:23.000><c> I</c><00:02:23.180><c> will</c><00:02:23.400><c> get</c><00:02:23.580><c> both</c><00:02:24.379><c> types</c><00:02:24.759><c> of</c><00:02:25.039><c> comments</c><00:02:25.300><c> and</c><00:02:25.419><c> that</c>

00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:27.240
will<00:02:25.819><c> mean</c><00:02:25.939><c> I</c><00:02:26.120><c> have</c><00:02:26.280><c> aimed</c><00:02:26.439><c> this</c><00:02:26.800><c> just</c>

00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:28.939
exactly<00:02:27.819><c> properly.</c>

00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.319
But<00:02:29.460><c> I'm</c><00:02:30.340><c> trying</c><00:02:30.639><c> to</c><00:02:30.879><c> spread</c><00:02:31.180><c> this</c><00:02:31.400><c> so</c><00:02:31.500><c> that</c><00:02:31.719><c> everyone</c><00:02:31.979><c> in</c><00:02:32.139><c> the</c>

00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:34.939
audience<00:02:32.599><c> from</c><00:02:33.500><c> roughly</c><00:02:33.939><c> about</c><00:02:34.379><c> 12</c><00:02:34.639><c> years</c>

00:02:34.939 --> 00:02:39.539
old<00:02:35.139><c> to</c><00:02:35.379><c> about</c><00:02:35.919><c> 94</c><00:02:36.539><c> or</c><00:02:36.740><c> 95</c><00:02:37.419><c> can</c><00:02:38.120><c> appreciate</c><00:02:38.719><c> that.</c>

00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:43.520
I've<00:02:40.000><c> upped</c><00:02:40.139><c> that</c><00:02:40.419><c> upper</c><00:02:40.659><c> limit</c><00:02:41.060><c> as</c><00:02:41.960><c> I've</c><00:02:42.180><c> gotten</c><00:02:42.360><c> older</c><00:02:42.639><c> myself,</c><00:02:43.139><c> as</c>

00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:45.379
you<00:02:43.719><c> know</c><00:02:43.919><c> my</c><00:02:44.080><c> dad</c><00:02:44.319><c> is</c><00:02:44.500><c> 93</c><00:02:45.000><c> years</c>

00:02:45.379 --> 00:02:48.819
old<00:02:45.560><c> and</c><00:02:45.699><c> I</c><00:02:45.860><c> have</c><00:02:46.020><c> to</c><00:02:46.139><c> make</c><00:02:46.319><c> sure</c><00:02:46.479><c> that</c><00:02:46.680><c> he</c><00:02:47.319><c> understands</c><00:02:47.979><c> things</c><00:02:48.360><c> and</c><00:02:48.599><c> I</c>

00:02:48.819 --> 00:02:50.560
find<00:02:49.060><c> that</c><00:02:49.259><c> 93</c><00:02:49.620><c> year</c><00:02:49.900><c> olds</c><00:02:50.039><c> have</c><00:02:50.300><c> about</c>

00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:53.479
the<00:02:50.819><c> same</c><00:02:50.900><c> attention</c><00:02:51.439><c> span</c><00:02:51.699><c> as</c><00:02:51.900><c> 12</c><00:02:52.159><c> year</c><00:02:52.360><c> olds,</c><00:02:52.919><c> so</c><00:02:53.120><c> it</c><00:02:53.199><c> does</c>

00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:56.379
take<00:02:53.740><c> some</c><00:02:54.639><c> doing</c><00:02:54.960><c> to</c><00:02:55.180><c> get</c><00:02:55.319><c> this</c><00:02:55.580><c> done.</c>

00:02:58.599 --> 00:03:02.340
Let's<00:02:59.120><c> realize</c><00:02:59.639><c> a</c><00:03:00.000><c> few</c><00:03:00.639><c> basic</c><00:03:01.259><c> principles</c><00:03:01.699><c> to</c><00:03:01.939><c> begin</c><00:03:02.180><c> with.</c>

00:03:02.419 --> 00:03:06.039
First<00:03:02.639><c> of</c><00:03:02.879><c> all,</c><00:03:04.439><c> why</c><00:03:04.639><c> are</c><00:03:04.800><c> there</c><00:03:04.979><c> Ecclesias?</c>

00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:11.199
This<00:03:07.379><c> is</c><00:03:07.639><c> not</c><00:03:07.900><c> an</c><00:03:08.240><c> arbitrary</c><00:03:09.580><c> set</c><00:03:10.080><c> up.</c>

00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.979
God<00:03:12.639><c> did</c><00:03:12.900><c> not</c><00:03:13.120><c> mean</c><00:03:14.340><c> for</c><00:03:14.680><c> man</c><00:03:14.900><c> to</c><00:03:15.080><c> worship</c><00:03:15.400><c> alone</c><00:03:15.740><c> and</c><00:03:16.000><c> the</c><00:03:16.400><c> structure</c><00:03:16.759><c> of</c>

00:03:16.979 --> 00:03:17.979
the<00:03:17.099><c> first</c><00:03:17.259><c> century</c><00:03:17.639><c> church</c>

00:03:17.979 --> 00:03:21.159
was<00:03:18.259><c> different</c><00:03:18.719><c> from</c><00:03:19.620><c> how</c><00:03:19.900><c> it</c><00:03:20.000><c> had</c><00:03:20.180><c> been</c><00:03:20.340><c> under</c><00:03:20.659><c> Judaism.</c>

00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:23.780
Under<00:03:21.479><c> Judaism</c><00:03:22.000><c> it</c><00:03:22.060><c> was</c><00:03:22.240><c> very</c><00:03:22.620><c> centralized.</c>

00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.340
The<00:03:24.039><c> temple</c><00:03:24.300><c> in</c><00:03:24.439><c> Jerusalem</c><00:03:24.879><c> was</c><00:03:25.159><c> the</c><00:03:25.400><c> center</c><00:03:25.699><c> of</c><00:03:25.939><c> worship</c><00:03:26.379><c> and</c>

00:03:27.340 --> 00:03:28.879
that<00:03:27.500><c> was</c><00:03:27.639><c> the</c><00:03:27.819><c> only</c><00:03:28.120><c> true</c><00:03:28.340><c> place</c><00:03:28.620><c> of</c>

00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:29.159
worship.

00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.039
There<00:03:29.419><c> was</c><00:03:29.740><c> one</c><00:03:30.039><c> priesthood,</c><00:03:30.900><c> everything</c><00:03:31.199><c> was</c><00:03:31.479><c> focused</c><00:03:31.840><c> on</c>

00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:35.819
that<00:03:32.280><c> one</c><00:03:32.520><c> place</c><00:03:33.000><c> and</c><00:03:34.240><c> there</c><00:03:34.580><c> was</c><00:03:34.819><c> one</c><00:03:35.060><c> law</c><00:03:35.479><c> which</c>

00:03:35.819 --> 00:03:40.300
had<00:03:36.039><c> to</c><00:03:36.259><c> be</c><00:03:36.520><c> done</c><00:03:36.699><c> in</c><00:03:37.060><c> great</c><00:03:37.360><c> detail</c><00:03:37.919><c> and</c><00:03:38.419><c> there</c><00:03:38.639><c> was</c><00:03:38.960><c> a</c><00:03:39.199><c> tremendous</c><00:03:39.680><c> amount</c>

00:03:40.300 --> 00:03:42.620
of<00:03:40.939><c> information</c><00:03:41.560><c> and</c><00:03:42.120><c> iteration</c>

00:03:42.620 --> 00:03:45.539
and<00:03:43.680><c> commentary</c><00:03:44.219><c> on</c><00:03:44.479><c> that</c><00:03:44.680><c> law.</c>

00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:47.960
The<00:03:46.020><c> first</c><00:03:46.479><c> century</c><00:03:46.800><c> church</c><00:03:47.099><c> was</c><00:03:47.300><c> set</c><00:03:47.439><c> up</c><00:03:47.560><c> in</c><00:03:47.740><c> somewhat</c>

00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:49.319
different<00:03:48.340><c> manner.</c>

00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.319
The<00:03:49.800><c> key</c><00:03:50.520><c> passage,</c><00:03:51.340><c> which</c><00:03:51.400><c> is</c><00:03:51.520><c> one</c><00:03:51.620><c> has</c><00:03:51.819><c> been</c><00:03:52.060><c> cited</c><00:03:52.259><c> by</c><00:03:52.699><c> other</c>

00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:55.479
religions<00:03:53.719><c> obviously,</c><00:03:54.400><c> but</c><00:03:54.759><c> it</c><00:03:55.120><c> is</c><00:03:55.400><c> in</c>

00:03:55.479 --> 00:03:59.419
Matthew<00:03:55.939><c> 16</c><00:03:57.219><c> and</c><00:03:57.439><c> it's</c><00:03:57.680><c> one</c><00:03:57.919><c> to</c><00:03:58.219><c> pay</c><00:03:58.400><c> attention</c><00:03:58.840><c> to</c><00:03:59.080><c> because</c>

00:03:59.419 --> 00:04:01.979
sometimes<00:03:59.879><c> we</c><00:04:00.680><c> ignore</c><00:04:01.060><c> it</c><00:04:01.259><c> as</c><00:04:01.360><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:05.500
because<00:04:02.340><c> it</c><00:04:02.520><c> has</c><00:04:02.740><c> been</c><00:04:02.919><c> misused</c><00:04:03.439><c> elsewhere,</c><00:04:04.699><c> but</c><00:04:04.879><c> it</c><00:04:05.020><c> is</c><00:04:05.199><c> the</c>

00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:08.800
key<00:04:05.759><c> foundation</c><00:04:06.639><c> of</c><00:04:07.879><c> ecclesial</c><00:04:08.400><c> life</c>

00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:14.219
and<00:04:09.180><c> that</c><00:04:09.340><c> is</c><00:04:09.560><c> the</c><00:04:09.740><c> confession</c><00:04:10.340><c> that</c><00:04:11.240><c> the</c><00:04:12.120><c> disciple</c><00:04:13.080><c> of</c><00:04:14.139><c> Peter</c>

00:04:14.219 --> 00:04:18.300
made<00:04:14.680><c> when</c><00:04:15.039><c> Jesus</c><00:04:15.659><c> asked</c><00:04:16.579><c> them</c><00:04:16.939><c> the</c><00:04:17.220><c> question</c>

00:04:18.699 --> 00:04:22.399
and<00:04:19.220><c> we</c><00:04:19.439><c> can</c><00:04:19.639><c> read</c><00:04:19.839><c> it</c><00:04:20.500><c> in</c><00:04:21.220><c> the</c><00:04:21.639><c> Gospel</c><00:04:21.980><c> of</c><00:04:22.180><c> Matthew.</c>

00:04:22.459 --> 00:04:25.420
I'm<00:04:22.560><c> reading</c><00:04:22.819><c> from</c><00:04:23.040><c> the</c><00:04:23.240><c> authorized</c><00:04:23.720><c> version.</c>

00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:28.920
Verse<00:04:26.180><c> 15</c><00:04:26.660><c> for</c><00:04:27.139><c> connection,</c><00:04:27.939><c> we</c><00:04:28.000><c> can</c><00:04:28.199><c> start</c><00:04:28.459><c> there,</c><00:04:28.699><c> we</c><00:04:28.759><c> don't</c>

00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:30.019
have<00:04:29.079><c> to</c><00:04:29.139><c> start</c><00:04:29.259><c> at</c><00:04:29.360><c> verse</c><00:04:29.519><c> 13.</c>

00:04:30.459 --> 00:04:34.519
And<00:04:30.459><c> Jesus,</c><00:04:30.959><c> or</c><00:04:31.040><c> he</c><00:04:31.259><c> saith</c><00:04:31.459><c> unto</c><00:04:31.660><c> them,</c><00:04:31.959><c> Whom</c><00:04:32.319><c> say</c><00:04:32.639><c> ye</c><00:04:32.839><c> that</c><00:04:33.079><c> I</c><00:04:33.459><c> am?</c>

00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:39.040
And<00:04:35.379><c> Simon</c><00:04:35.819><c> Peter</c><00:04:36.040><c> answered</c><00:04:36.379><c> and</c><00:04:36.540><c> said,</c><00:04:37.000><c> Thou</c><00:04:37.079><c> art</c><00:04:37.480><c> the</c><00:04:37.920><c> Christ,</c><00:04:38.819><c> the</c>

00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:40.259
Son<00:04:39.240><c> of</c><00:04:39.379><c> the</c><00:04:39.519><c> living</c><00:04:39.759><c> God.</c>

00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:43.519
And<00:04:40.819><c> Jesus</c><00:04:41.220><c> answered</c><00:04:41.500><c> and</c><00:04:41.759><c> said,</c><00:04:42.120><c> Blessed</c><00:04:42.360><c> art</c><00:04:42.740><c> thou,</c><00:04:43.120><c> Simon</c>

00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:45.439
Bar<00:04:43.779><c>-Jonah,</c><00:04:44.040><c> for</c><00:04:44.259><c> flesh</c><00:04:44.500><c> and</c><00:04:44.699><c> blood</c><00:04:45.060><c> hath</c>

00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:49.019
not<00:04:45.720><c> revealed</c><00:04:46.079><c> it</c><00:04:46.259><c> unto</c><00:04:46.360><c> thee,</c><00:04:46.660><c> but</c><00:04:46.720><c> my</c><00:04:47.060><c> Father</c><00:04:47.660><c> which</c><00:04:48.459><c> is</c><00:04:48.660><c> in</c><00:04:48.819><c> heaven.</c>

00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.839
And<00:04:49.199><c> I</c><00:04:49.439><c> say</c><00:04:49.560><c> unto</c><00:04:49.819><c> thee</c><00:04:50.079><c> that</c><00:04:50.220><c> thou</c><00:04:50.459><c> art</c><00:04:50.699><c> Peter,</c><00:04:51.600><c> and</c><00:04:51.839><c> upon</c><00:04:52.139><c> this</c><00:04:52.399><c> rock</c><00:04:52.660><c> I</c>

00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:54.399
will<00:04:53.060><c> build</c><00:04:53.319><c> my</c><00:04:53.639><c> church,</c><00:04:54.259><c> the</c>

00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:57.639
word<00:04:54.620><c> there</c><00:04:54.839><c> of</c><00:04:54.980><c> course</c><00:04:55.120><c> is</c><00:04:55.399><c> ecclesia,</c><00:04:56.399><c> and</c><00:04:56.639><c> the</c><00:04:56.819><c> gates</c><00:04:57.040><c> of</c><00:04:57.300><c> hell</c><00:04:57.480><c> or</c>

00:04:57.639 --> 00:04:59.379
the<00:04:57.879><c> grave</c><00:04:58.319><c> shall</c><00:04:58.759><c> not</c><00:04:59.060><c> prevail</c>

00:04:59.379 --> 00:05:00.540
against<00:04:59.860><c> it.</c>

00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:04.939
Now,<00:05:01.339><c> skipping</c><00:05:02.439><c> the</c><00:05:02.759><c> play</c><00:05:02.899><c> on</c><00:05:03.120><c> words</c><00:05:03.360><c> between</c><00:05:03.740><c> Peter</c><00:05:04.079><c> and</c><00:05:04.519><c> rock,</c><00:05:04.939><c> I</c>

00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:05.860
mean,<00:05:05.199><c> if</c><00:05:05.300><c> you're</c><00:05:05.459><c> familiar</c><00:05:05.699><c> with</c>

00:05:05.860 --> 00:05:06.420
that,<00:05:06.420><c> fine.</c>

00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:09.000
If<00:05:06.720><c> you're</c><00:05:06.899><c> not,</c><00:05:07.180><c> it</c><00:05:07.180><c> doesn't</c><00:05:07.459><c> make</c><00:05:07.680><c> much</c><00:05:07.920><c> difference,</c><00:05:08.860><c> but</c>

00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:13.339
the<00:05:09.180><c> key</c><00:05:09.399><c> here</c><00:05:09.759><c> is</c><00:05:10.620><c> that</c><00:05:11.160><c> the</c><00:05:12.019><c> ecclesia</c><00:05:12.480><c> is</c><00:05:12.899><c> built</c>

00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:19.420
on<00:05:13.720><c> the</c><00:05:13.860><c> confession</c><00:05:14.500><c> that</c><00:05:15.220><c> Jesus</c><00:05:15.839><c> was</c><00:05:16.500><c> the</c><00:05:16.980><c> Christ,</c><00:05:19.139><c> which</c>

00:05:19.420 --> 00:05:22.160
means<00:05:20.060><c> that</c><00:05:20.660><c> Jesus</c><00:05:21.100><c> was</c><00:05:21.339><c> the</c><00:05:21.540><c> fulfillment</c>

00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:25.259
of<00:05:22.500><c> all</c><00:05:22.779><c> the</c><00:05:23.079><c> promises,</c><00:05:23.540><c> that</c><00:05:23.660><c> he</c><00:05:23.800><c> was</c><00:05:24.040><c> to</c><00:05:24.240><c> be</c><00:05:24.399><c> the</c><00:05:24.720><c> anointed</c>

00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:27.600
that<00:05:26.019><c> was</c><00:05:26.360><c> promised</c><00:05:26.800><c> through</c><00:05:27.079><c> the</c><00:05:27.279><c> lines</c>

00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:29.600
of<00:05:27.879><c> Solomon</c><00:05:28.319><c> and</c><00:05:28.579><c> David.</c>

00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:33.360
He<00:05:29.720><c> was</c><00:05:30.000><c> the</c><00:05:30.240><c> anointed</c><00:05:30.600><c> of</c><00:05:30.879><c> God</c><00:05:31.279><c> that</c><00:05:31.720><c> was</c><00:05:32.079><c> going</c><00:05:32.379><c> to</c><00:05:32.879><c> conquer</c>

00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:35.339
the<00:05:33.800><c> gates</c><00:05:34.040><c> of</c><00:05:34.300><c> the</c><00:05:34.480><c> grave.</c>

00:05:36.139 --> 00:05:38.660
So<00:05:36.279><c> he</c><00:05:36.399><c> was</c><00:05:36.600><c> going</c><00:05:36.779><c> to</c><00:05:36.939><c> provide</c><00:05:37.220><c> a</c><00:05:37.420><c> way</c><00:05:37.579><c> through</c><00:05:37.819><c> his</c><00:05:38.100><c> church</c>

00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:41.779
to<00:05:39.439><c> fulfill</c><00:05:39.879><c> God's</c><00:05:40.439><c> promises</c><00:05:40.779><c> and</c><00:05:41.079><c> to</c><00:05:41.360><c> conquer</c>

00:05:41.779 --> 00:05:42.519
the<00:05:42.160><c> grave.</c>

00:05:43.019 --> 00:05:48.060
Now,<00:05:43.160><c> that</c><00:05:43.379><c> is,</c><00:05:43.839><c> I</c><00:05:44.319><c> believe,</c><00:05:44.899><c> the</c><00:05:44.959><c> main</c><00:05:45.240><c> reason</c><00:05:45.620><c> all</c><00:05:45.959><c> of</c><00:05:46.060><c> us</c><00:05:46.220><c> are</c><00:05:46.339><c> here</c><00:05:46.480><c> today,</c><00:05:47.740><c> to</c>

00:05:48.060 --> 00:05:49.379
hear<00:05:48.420><c> things</c><00:05:48.839><c> concerning</c>

00:05:49.379 --> 00:05:50.600
this<00:05:49.920><c> and</c><00:05:50.199><c> our</c><00:05:50.379><c> hope.</c>

00:05:50.699 --> 00:05:55.220
You're<00:05:50.860><c> not</c><00:05:51.019><c> here</c><00:05:51.220><c> to</c><00:05:51.339><c> hear</c><00:05:51.459><c> me</c><00:05:51.699><c> because</c><00:05:52.300><c> almost</c><00:05:52.860><c> any</c><00:05:53.339><c> good</c><00:05:53.699><c> speaker</c><00:05:54.180><c> should</c><00:05:54.980><c> be</c>

00:05:55.220 --> 00:05:56.000
able<00:05:55.399><c> to</c><00:05:55.620><c> hold</c><00:05:55.740><c> our</c>

00:05:56.000 --> 00:05:57.819
attention<00:05:56.339><c> on</c><00:05:56.560><c> such</c><00:05:56.740><c> a</c><00:05:56.860><c> tremendous</c><00:05:57.300><c> topic.</c>

00:05:57.819 --> 00:06:01.660
And<00:05:58.579><c> the</c><00:05:58.860><c> one</c><00:05:59.060><c> thing</c><00:05:59.319><c> about</c><00:05:59.540><c> being</c><00:05:59.839><c> a</c><00:05:59.959><c> Bible</c><00:06:00.379><c> speaker</c><00:06:00.779><c> is</c><00:06:01.379><c> you've</c><00:06:01.579><c> got</c>

00:06:01.660 --> 00:06:03.180
a<00:06:01.819><c> very</c><00:06:02.079><c> good</c><00:06:02.399><c> textbook,</c><00:06:03.019><c> which</c>

00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:05.379
you<00:06:03.319><c> don't</c><00:06:03.519><c> always</c><00:06:03.779><c> get</c><00:06:04.180><c> at</c><00:06:04.720><c> university.</c>

00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:09.279
The<00:06:05.839><c> textbook</c><00:06:06.220><c> is</c><00:06:06.500><c> superb,</c><00:06:07.560><c> it</c><00:06:07.600><c> is</c><00:06:07.740><c> very</c><00:06:08.060><c> detailed,</c><00:06:08.899><c> it's</c><00:06:09.139><c> got</c>

00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:11.620
all<00:06:09.540><c> the</c><00:06:09.720><c> key</c><00:06:09.920><c> information,</c><00:06:10.839><c> and</c><00:06:11.040><c> if</c><00:06:11.220><c> you</c>

00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:14.339
learn<00:06:11.819><c> what's</c><00:06:12.079><c> in</c><00:06:12.339><c> here,</c><00:06:12.680><c> you</c><00:06:12.740><c> have</c><00:06:13.079><c> hope</c><00:06:13.360><c> of</c><00:06:13.660><c> eternal</c><00:06:13.980><c> life.</c>

00:06:14.459 --> 00:06:16.220
Now,<00:06:14.560><c> that's</c><00:06:14.800><c> a</c><00:06:14.879><c> pretty</c><00:06:15.079><c> good</c><00:06:15.319><c> textbook.</c>

00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:19.819
And<00:06:16.740><c> so</c><00:06:17.019><c> this</c><00:06:17.360><c> confession</c><00:06:17.819><c> is</c><00:06:18.160><c> the</c><00:06:18.399><c> root</c><00:06:18.560><c> of</c><00:06:18.819><c> the</c><00:06:19.000><c> church.</c>

00:06:19.939 --> 00:06:26.980
And<00:06:20.240><c> this</c><00:06:20.959><c> doctrine</c><00:06:21.439><c> is</c><00:06:21.779><c> repeated</c><00:06:22.240><c> in</c><00:06:23.600><c> the</c><00:06:24.519><c> letters</c><00:06:24.879><c> of</c><00:06:26.560><c> John</c>

00:06:26.980 --> 00:06:29.360
and<00:06:27.420><c> has</c><00:06:27.639><c> actually</c><00:06:27.939><c> expanded</c><00:06:28.500><c> a</c><00:06:28.720><c> little</c>

00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:32.519
bit,<00:06:29.639><c> and</c><00:06:29.779><c> it's</c><00:06:30.000><c> worth</c><00:06:30.100><c> taking</c><00:06:30.459><c> a</c><00:06:30.600><c> look</c><00:06:30.720><c> at</c><00:06:30.879><c> those</c><00:06:31.079><c> two</c><00:06:31.379><c> passages.</c>

00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:36.139
I'll<00:06:33.040><c> just</c><00:06:33.259><c> put</c><00:06:33.399><c> this</c><00:06:33.639><c> up</c><00:06:33.800><c> a</c><00:06:33.879><c> little</c><00:06:34.060><c> higher,</c><00:06:35.639><c> so.</c>

00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:44.079
First<00:06:38.459><c> letter</c><00:06:38.680><c> of</c><00:06:38.800><c> John,</c><00:06:39.100><c> chapter</c><00:06:39.519><c> 2,</c><00:06:42.160><c> and</c><00:06:42.579><c> verse</c><00:06:42.879><c> 21</c><00:06:43.379><c> to</c><00:06:43.600><c> 23.</c>

00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:45.339
He<00:06:44.279><c> says,</c>

00:06:45.860 --> 00:06:49.779
I<00:06:45.860><c> have</c><00:06:46.139><c> not</c><00:06:46.439><c> written</c><00:06:46.699><c> unto</c><00:06:47.000><c> you,</c><00:06:48.180><c> because</c><00:06:48.519><c> ye</c><00:06:48.860><c> know</c><00:06:49.120><c> not</c><00:06:49.480><c> the</c>

00:06:49.779 --> 00:06:53.360
truth,<00:06:51.120><c> but</c><00:06:51.319><c> because</c><00:06:51.759><c> ye</c><00:06:52.040><c> know</c><00:06:52.240><c> it,</c><00:06:53.160><c> and</c>

00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:55.680
that<00:06:53.560><c> no</c><00:06:53.819><c> lie</c><00:06:54.079><c> is</c><00:06:54.319><c> of</c><00:06:54.500><c> the</c><00:06:54.740><c> truth.</c>

00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:01.300
Who<00:06:56.379><c> is</c><00:06:56.660><c> a</c><00:06:56.879><c> liar</c><00:06:57.100><c> but</c><00:06:57.360><c> he</c><00:06:57.699><c> that</c><00:06:58.060><c> denyeth</c><00:06:58.899><c> that</c><00:06:59.240><c> Jesus</c><00:06:59.759><c> is</c><00:07:00.360><c> the</c><00:07:00.759><c> Christ?</c>

00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:07.240
Now,<00:07:02.019><c> I</c><00:07:02.259><c> point</c><00:07:02.420><c> this</c><00:07:02.680><c> out</c><00:07:02.839><c> because</c><00:07:03.120><c> so</c><00:07:03.420><c> much</c><00:07:03.899><c> of</c><00:07:04.120><c> Orthodox</c><00:07:05.800><c> Christianity</c><00:07:06.600><c> says</c><00:07:07.040><c> all</c>

00:07:07.240 --> 00:07:08.079
you<00:07:07.240><c> have</c><00:07:07.420><c> to</c><00:07:07.560><c> do</c><00:07:07.620><c> is</c><00:07:07.819><c> believe</c>

00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.399
in<00:07:08.300><c> Jesus</c><00:07:08.740><c> Christ</c><00:07:09.199><c> to</c><00:07:09.500><c> be</c><00:07:09.759><c> saved,</c><00:07:10.379><c> but</c><00:07:10.620><c> that's</c><00:07:10.860><c> not</c><00:07:11.139><c> really</c>

00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:12.459
what<00:07:11.579><c> the</c><00:07:11.779><c> Bible</c><00:07:12.019><c> says.</c>

00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:14.959
What<00:07:12.879><c> the</c><00:07:13.079><c> Bible</c><00:07:13.300><c> says</c><00:07:13.600><c> is</c><00:07:13.699><c> you</c><00:07:13.720><c> have</c><00:07:13.939><c> to</c><00:07:14.100><c> believe</c><00:07:14.339><c> that</c><00:07:14.540><c> Jesus</c>

00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:16.920
is<00:07:15.439><c> the</c><00:07:15.740><c> Christ.</c>

00:07:17.579 --> 00:07:20.139
Not<00:07:17.779><c> just</c><00:07:18.040><c> believe</c><00:07:18.300><c> in</c><00:07:18.399><c> his</c><00:07:18.639><c> name</c><00:07:18.920><c> or</c><00:07:19.100><c> that</c><00:07:19.180><c> he</c><00:07:19.420><c> existed</c><00:07:19.759><c> or</c><00:07:19.959><c> that</c><00:07:20.079><c> he</c>

00:07:20.139 --> 00:07:22.100
was<00:07:20.379><c> a</c><00:07:20.540><c> person,</c><00:07:21.180><c> but</c><00:07:21.319><c> that</c><00:07:21.459><c> he</c><00:07:21.639><c> was</c><00:07:21.899><c> the</c>

00:07:22.100 --> 00:07:25.680
fulfillment<00:07:22.620><c> of</c><00:07:22.899><c> the</c><00:07:23.079><c> mission</c><00:07:23.500><c> of</c><00:07:24.319><c> the</c><00:07:24.500><c> Old</c><00:07:24.740><c> Testament</c><00:07:25.180><c> promises.</c>

00:07:25.860 --> 00:07:28.480
He<00:07:25.939><c> was</c><00:07:26.220><c> the</c><00:07:26.480><c> anointed</c><00:07:26.779><c> of</c><00:07:27.019><c> God</c><00:07:27.240><c> promised</c><00:07:27.639><c> to</c><00:07:27.860><c> redeem</c><00:07:28.220><c> from</c>

00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:29.480
the<00:07:28.699><c> grave.</c>

00:07:29.899 --> 00:07:32.939
He<00:07:30.019><c> is</c><00:07:30.199><c> an</c><00:07:30.420><c> antichrist</c><00:07:30.860><c> that</c><00:07:31.139><c> denyeth</c><00:07:31.600><c> the</c><00:07:31.819><c> Father</c><00:07:32.139><c> and</c><00:07:32.399><c> the</c><00:07:32.639><c> Son.</c>

00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:36.639
Whosoever<00:07:33.860><c> denyeth</c><00:07:34.399><c> the</c><00:07:34.579><c> Son,</c><00:07:35.180><c> the</c><00:07:35.319><c> same</c><00:07:35.500><c> hath</c><00:07:35.720><c> not</c><00:07:36.040><c> the</c><00:07:36.199><c> Father.</c>

00:07:36.939 --> 00:07:40.319
He<00:07:37.120><c> that</c><00:07:37.300><c> acknowledgeeth</c><00:07:37.920><c> the</c><00:07:38.060><c> Son</c><00:07:38.420><c> hath</c><00:07:38.740><c> the</c><00:07:38.939><c> Father</c><00:07:39.300><c> also.</c>

00:07:40.139 --> 00:07:44.060
And<00:07:40.500><c> notice</c><00:07:40.939><c> the</c><00:07:41.360><c> careful</c><00:07:41.800><c> separation</c><00:07:42.600><c> between</c><00:07:43.500><c> the</c><00:07:43.819><c> Father</c>

00:07:44.060 --> 00:07:44.660
and<00:07:44.259><c> Son.</c>

00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:50.160
And<00:07:45.120><c> then</c><00:07:45.259><c> in</c><00:07:45.459><c> the</c><00:07:45.579><c> next</c><00:07:46.019><c> epistle</c><00:07:46.699><c> of</c><00:07:47.040><c> John,</c><00:07:48.180><c> he</c><00:07:48.480><c> actually</c><00:07:48.920><c> points</c><00:07:49.240><c> out</c>

00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:52.620
the<00:07:50.600><c> falseness</c><00:07:51.220><c> of</c><00:07:51.759><c> not</c><00:07:52.019><c> understanding</c>

00:07:52.620 --> 00:07:54.500
the<00:07:52.839><c> true</c><00:07:53.040><c> nature</c><00:07:53.399><c> of</c><00:07:53.620><c> Jesus</c><00:07:53.980><c> Christ.</c>

00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.139
And<00:07:55.079><c> that's</c><00:07:55.480><c> in</c><00:07:55.980><c> just</c><00:07:56.120><c> a</c><00:07:56.259><c> page</c><00:07:56.439><c> or</c><00:07:56.579><c> so</c><00:07:56.759><c> ahead.</c>

00:07:57.459 --> 00:08:00.920
He<00:07:57.579><c> says</c><00:07:57.800><c> many</c><00:07:58.279><c> deceivers</c><00:07:59.160><c> are</c><00:07:59.699><c> entered</c><00:07:59.959><c> into</c><00:08:00.220><c> the</c><00:08:00.439><c> world</c><00:08:00.639><c> who</c>

00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.540
confess<00:08:01.319><c> not</c><00:08:01.660><c> that</c><00:08:01.959><c> Jesus</c><00:08:02.560><c> Christ</c><00:08:03.040><c> is</c>

00:08:03.540 --> 00:08:05.360
come<00:08:03.839><c> in</c><00:08:04.139><c> the</c><00:08:04.459><c> flesh.</c>

00:08:05.779 --> 00:08:09.240
This<00:08:06.019><c> is</c><00:08:06.279><c> the</c><00:08:06.560><c> deceiver</c><00:08:07.500><c> and</c><00:08:08.160><c> an</c><00:08:08.600><c> antichrist.</c>

00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:12.399
And<00:08:09.759><c> this</c><00:08:09.959><c> is</c><00:08:10.199><c> an</c><00:08:10.459><c> important</c><00:08:10.779><c> foundation</c><00:08:11.399><c> principle</c><00:08:11.879><c> of</c><00:08:12.060><c> the</c><00:08:12.199><c> church.</c>

00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:16.720
Because<00:08:12.720><c> if</c><00:08:12.959><c> we</c><00:08:13.180><c> don't</c><00:08:13.480><c> believe</c><00:08:14.139><c> in</c><00:08:14.819><c> Jesus</c><00:08:15.259><c> Christ</c><00:08:15.639><c> having</c><00:08:15.939><c> been</c><00:08:16.220><c> here</c><00:08:16.519><c> in</c>

00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:17.980
the<00:08:16.920><c> flesh</c><00:08:17.079><c> as</c><00:08:17.399><c> a</c><00:08:17.579><c> man,</c><00:08:17.899><c> having</c>

00:08:17.980 --> 00:08:21.860
the<00:08:18.220><c> same</c><00:08:18.420><c> nature</c><00:08:18.720><c> and</c><00:08:19.040><c> character</c><00:08:19.319><c> as</c><00:08:19.720><c> we</c><00:08:20.060><c> have,</c><00:08:20.959><c> then</c><00:08:21.120><c> we</c><00:08:21.399><c> sort</c><00:08:21.560><c> of</c>

00:08:21.860 --> 00:08:23.480
throw<00:08:22.120><c> out</c><00:08:22.399><c> the</c><00:08:22.680><c> entire</c><00:08:23.040><c> atonement</c>

00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:25.120
purpose<00:08:23.879><c> of</c><00:08:24.060><c> his</c><00:08:24.259><c> mission.</c>

00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:29.660
Because<00:08:25.639><c> if</c><00:08:25.860><c> Jesus</c><00:08:26.240><c> was</c><00:08:26.579><c> God</c><00:08:26.879><c> on</c><00:08:27.199><c> earth,</c><00:08:27.779><c> he</c><00:08:27.920><c> could</c><00:08:28.199><c> never</c><00:08:28.579><c> have</c><00:08:28.800><c> been</c><00:08:28.959><c> subject</c><00:08:29.339><c> to</c>

00:08:29.660 --> 00:08:32.899
the<00:08:29.839><c> same</c><00:08:31.040><c> exact</c>

00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:38.379
traumas,<00:08:35.179><c> temptations,</c><00:08:36.100><c> trials</c><00:08:36.500><c> that</c><00:08:36.779><c> we</c><00:08:37.059><c> are</c><00:08:37.240><c> as</c><00:08:37.419><c> human</c><00:08:37.639><c> beings.</c>

00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.620
His<00:08:38.559><c> sacrifice</c><00:08:39.179><c> would</c><00:08:39.360><c> be</c><00:08:39.639><c> meaningless</c><00:08:39.919><c> because</c><00:08:40.259><c> he</c><00:08:40.399><c> would</c>

00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:43.519
not<00:08:40.759><c> have</c><00:08:41.100><c> conquered</c><00:08:41.500><c> sin</c><00:08:41.960><c> in</c><00:08:42.980><c> any</c><00:08:43.299><c> way</c>

00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:44.620
meaningful.

00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:48.940
How<00:08:44.779><c> could</c><00:08:45.039><c> God</c><00:08:45.639><c> as</c><00:08:46.500><c> a</c><00:08:46.840><c> God</c><00:08:47.059><c> even</c><00:08:47.340><c> be</c><00:08:47.580><c> tempted</c><00:08:47.860><c> by</c><00:08:48.259><c> sin?</c>

00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:54.740
And<00:08:49.360><c> so</c><00:08:49.500><c> the</c><00:08:49.679><c> whole</c><00:08:49.980><c> idea</c><00:08:50.460><c> of</c><00:08:50.679><c> Jesus</c><00:08:51.279><c> as</c><00:08:51.919><c> a</c><00:08:53.019><c> savior,</c><00:08:53.639><c> as</c><00:08:53.820><c> the</c><00:08:54.120><c> Christ</c><00:08:54.480><c> is</c>

00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:56.480
wrapped<00:08:55.059><c> up</c><00:08:55.299><c> in</c><00:08:55.440><c> him</c><00:08:55.639><c> being</c><00:08:55.940><c> here</c>

00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.720
in<00:08:56.899><c> the</c><00:08:57.139><c> flesh</c><00:08:57.340><c> in</c><00:08:57.500><c> the</c><00:08:57.679><c> same</c><00:08:58.139><c> nature,</c><00:08:58.820><c> character</c><00:08:59.179><c> and</c><00:08:59.460><c> form</c>

00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:01.240
as<00:09:00.320><c> we</c><00:09:00.500><c> are</c><00:09:00.700><c> as</c><00:09:00.860><c> human</c><00:09:01.059><c> beings.</c>

00:09:01.299 --> 00:09:03.820
And<00:09:01.419><c> that's</c><00:09:01.679><c> the</c><00:09:01.820><c> foundation</c><00:09:02.399><c> of</c><00:09:03.000><c> the</c><00:09:03.200><c> true</c><00:09:03.360><c> church.</c>

00:09:03.820 --> 00:09:08.480
And<00:09:04.320><c> he</c><00:09:04.460><c> says</c><00:09:04.620><c> whoever</c><00:09:04.940><c> doesn't</c><00:09:05.360><c> believe</c><00:09:05.820><c> in</c><00:09:06.080><c> that</c><00:09:06.279><c> is</c><00:09:06.539><c> the</c><00:09:06.759><c> antichrist.</c>

00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.279
It's<00:09:09.360><c> also</c><00:09:09.720><c> clear</c><00:09:10.019><c> that</c><00:09:10.679><c> Jesus</c><00:09:11.120><c> Christ</c><00:09:11.460><c> intended</c><00:09:11.860><c> from</c><00:09:12.139><c> the</c>

00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:14.080
very<00:09:12.519><c> beginning</c><00:09:12.980><c> for</c><00:09:13.279><c> there</c><00:09:13.399><c> to</c><00:09:13.700><c> be</c><00:09:13.899><c> an</c>

00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:15.100
ecclesia.

00:09:16.259 --> 00:09:18.940
It<00:09:16.519><c> wasn't</c><00:09:16.840><c> an</c><00:09:17.100><c> accidental</c><00:09:17.639><c> circumstance.</c>

00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:21.580
It<00:09:19.159><c> wasn't</c><00:09:19.480><c> something</c><00:09:19.840><c> that</c><00:09:20.120><c> happened</c><00:09:20.340><c> because</c><00:09:20.820><c> he</c><00:09:21.139><c> died.</c>

00:09:21.799 --> 00:09:22.740
He<00:09:22.000><c> had</c><00:09:22.320><c> planned</c><00:09:22.559><c> this.</c>

00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:25.340
He<00:09:22.919><c> knew</c><00:09:23.200><c> that</c><00:09:23.340><c> there</c><00:09:23.519><c> would</c><00:09:23.700><c> be</c><00:09:23.940><c> this</c><00:09:24.320><c> whole</c><00:09:24.700><c> age.</c>

00:09:25.820 --> 00:09:30.000
And<00:09:26.080><c> it's</c><00:09:26.399><c> very</c><00:09:26.759><c> clear</c><00:09:27.100><c> that</c><00:09:27.460><c> he</c><00:09:27.620><c> even</c><00:09:27.860><c> established</c><00:09:28.259><c> some</c><00:09:28.639><c> policies</c><00:09:29.139><c> which</c><00:09:29.740><c> I</c>

00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.679
think<00:09:30.200><c> Christadelphians</c>

00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.860
very<00:09:34.000><c> importantly</c><00:09:34.519><c> acknowledge</c><00:09:35.659><c> and</c><00:09:35.980><c> follow.</c>

00:09:36.940 --> 00:09:41.299
And<00:09:37.059><c> that's</c><00:09:37.259><c> in</c><00:09:37.460><c> the</c><00:09:37.580><c> 18th</c><00:09:39.019><c> chapter</c><00:09:39.399><c> of</c><00:09:39.620><c> the</c><00:09:39.740><c> book</c><00:09:39.940><c> of</c><00:09:40.279><c> Matthew.</c>

00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:45.500
And<00:09:41.500><c> in</c><00:09:41.639><c> this</c><00:09:41.840><c> gospel</c><00:09:42.220><c> record</c><00:09:42.580><c> we</c><00:09:43.500><c> have</c><00:09:43.720><c> Jesus</c><00:09:44.639><c> giving</c><00:09:45.000><c> us</c><00:09:45.279><c> a</c>

00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:48.120
small<00:09:46.039><c> lesson</c><00:09:46.419><c> here</c><00:09:46.679><c> on</c><00:09:46.840><c> how</c><00:09:47.059><c> to</c><00:09:47.200><c> handle</c><00:09:47.580><c> disputes</c>

00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.080
within<00:09:48.519><c> the</c><00:09:48.799><c> ecclesia,</c><00:09:49.259><c> within</c><00:09:49.519><c> the</c><00:09:49.779><c> church.</c>

00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:55.100
Verse<00:09:50.679><c> 15,</c><00:09:51.240><c> he</c><00:09:51.259><c> says,</c><00:09:51.519><c> moreover,</c><00:09:52.580><c> if</c><00:09:52.700><c> thy</c><00:09:52.919><c> brother</c><00:09:53.240><c> shall</c><00:09:53.679><c> trespass</c><00:09:54.320><c> against</c><00:09:54.679><c> thee,</c><00:09:54.899><c> go</c>

00:09:55.100 --> 00:09:55.519
and<00:09:55.279><c> tell</c><00:09:55.379><c> him</c>

00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.000
his<00:09:55.820><c> fault</c><00:09:56.019><c> between</c><00:09:56.500><c> thee</c><00:09:56.779><c> and</c><00:09:56.860><c> him</c><00:09:57.100><c> alone.</c>

00:09:58.179 --> 00:10:00.799
If<00:09:58.399><c> he</c><00:09:58.600><c> shall</c><00:09:58.740><c> hear</c><00:09:58.960><c> thee,</c><00:09:59.179><c> thou</c><00:09:59.340><c> has</c><00:09:59.519><c> gained</c><00:09:59.700><c> thy</c><00:09:59.980><c> brother.</c>

00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:03.200
So<00:10:01.100><c> a</c><00:10:01.279><c> very</c><00:10:01.539><c> good</c><00:10:01.879><c> policy</c><00:10:02.340><c> set</c><00:10:02.559><c> from</c><00:10:02.759><c> the</c><00:10:02.899><c> beginning.</c>

00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:06.399
Of<00:10:03.539><c> course,</c><00:10:04.120><c> sometimes</c><00:10:04.559><c> this</c><00:10:04.759><c> gets</c><00:10:05.000><c> applied</c><00:10:05.360><c> like</c><00:10:05.700><c> if</c><00:10:05.940><c> you</c><00:10:06.120><c> have</c><00:10:06.259><c> a</c>

00:10:06.399 --> 00:10:07.460
problem<00:10:06.700><c> with</c><00:10:06.860><c> your</c><00:10:07.019><c> brother,</c><00:10:07.320><c> tell</c>

00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:10.460
five<00:10:07.740><c> other</c><00:10:07.980><c> people,</c><00:10:08.960><c> you</c><00:10:09.100><c> know,</c><00:10:09.259><c> but</c><00:10:09.440><c> that's</c><00:10:09.820><c> not</c><00:10:10.120><c> what</c><00:10:10.279><c> it</c>

00:10:10.460 --> 00:10:10.879
said<00:10:10.559><c> here.</c>

00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:15.000
It<00:10:11.159><c> said</c><00:10:11.360><c> that</c><00:10:11.559><c> you</c><00:10:11.659><c> should</c><00:10:11.820><c> be</c><00:10:12.100><c> straightforward</c><00:10:12.659><c> and</c><00:10:13.279><c> to</c><00:10:13.500><c> solve</c><00:10:13.679><c> your</c><00:10:13.919><c> problems</c><00:10:14.200><c> first</c><00:10:14.500><c> by</c><00:10:14.720><c> being</c>

00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:16.059
honest<00:10:15.299><c> with</c><00:10:15.460><c> each</c><00:10:15.740><c> other.</c>

00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:19.759
Good<00:10:16.659><c> idea</c><00:10:17.080><c> in</c><00:10:17.700><c> the</c><00:10:17.879><c> ecclesia,</c><00:10:18.179><c> good</c><00:10:18.480><c> idea</c><00:10:18.820><c> in</c><00:10:19.019><c> a</c><00:10:19.179><c> marriage,</c><00:10:19.639><c> a</c>

00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:21.740
good<00:10:19.899><c> idea</c><00:10:20.580><c> for</c><00:10:20.960><c> the</c><00:10:21.080><c> way</c><00:10:21.240><c> for</c><00:10:21.519><c> parents</c>

00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:22.919
to<00:10:22.000><c> handle</c><00:10:22.279><c> their</c><00:10:22.539><c> children.</c>

00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:27.440
And<00:10:23.360><c> if</c><00:10:23.480><c> he</c><00:10:23.620><c> will</c><00:10:23.840><c> not</c><00:10:24.080><c> hear</c><00:10:24.340><c> thee,</c><00:10:24.960><c> then</c><00:10:25.220><c> take</c><00:10:25.519><c> with</c><00:10:25.740><c> thee</c><00:10:26.019><c> one</c>

00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:29.279
or<00:10:27.720><c> two</c><00:10:28.059><c> more,</c><00:10:28.460><c> and</c><00:10:28.639><c> in</c><00:10:28.799><c> the</c><00:10:28.940><c> mouth</c><00:10:29.120><c> of</c>

00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.980
two<00:10:29.440><c> or</c><00:10:29.580><c> three</c><00:10:29.799><c> witnesses</c><00:10:30.179><c> every</c><00:10:30.519><c> word</c><00:10:30.860><c> may</c><00:10:31.240><c> be</c><00:10:31.480><c> established</c>

00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:34.559
using<00:10:32.600><c> the</c><00:10:33.039><c> principle</c><00:10:33.620><c> of</c><00:10:34.019><c> Deuteronomy</c>

00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:40.360
17<00:10:35.139><c> and</c><00:10:35.460><c> 6</c><00:10:36.179><c> of</c><00:10:36.480><c> two</c><00:10:36.700><c> or</c><00:10:36.860><c> three</c><00:10:37.039><c> witnesses</c><00:10:37.460><c> to</c><00:10:37.879><c> establish</c><00:10:38.799><c> a</c><00:10:39.480><c> precedent.</c>

00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:45.379
And<00:10:40.399><c> if</c><00:10:40.620><c> he</c><00:10:40.840><c> shall</c><00:10:41.120><c> neglect</c><00:10:41.740><c> to</c><00:10:42.019><c> hear</c><00:10:42.259><c> them,</c><00:10:42.840><c> tell</c><00:10:43.039><c> it</c><00:10:43.240><c> unto</c><00:10:43.379><c> the</c><00:10:43.679><c> church,</c><00:10:44.360><c> the</c><00:10:44.480><c> word</c><00:10:44.679><c> there</c><00:10:45.000><c> in</c><00:10:45.200><c> the</c>

00:10:45.379 --> 00:10:46.840
Greek<00:10:45.519><c> is</c><00:10:45.759><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:50.139
But<00:10:47.120><c> if</c><00:10:47.299><c> he</c><00:10:47.480><c> neglect</c><00:10:47.840><c> to</c><00:10:48.019><c> hear</c><00:10:48.200><c> the</c><00:10:48.419><c> ecclesia,</c><00:10:49.000><c> let</c><00:10:49.139><c> him</c><00:10:49.320><c> be</c><00:10:49.519><c> unto</c><00:10:49.720><c> thee</c><00:10:49.919><c> as</c>

00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:52.320
a<00:10:50.220><c> heathen</c><00:10:50.879><c> man</c><00:10:51.279><c> and</c><00:10:51.600><c> a</c><00:10:51.799><c> publican.</c>

00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.460
So<00:10:52.539><c> it's</c><00:10:52.879><c> obvious</c><00:10:53.200><c> that</c><00:10:53.440><c> even</c><00:10:54.080><c> before</c><00:10:54.460><c> Jesus</c><00:10:54.820><c> was</c><00:10:55.340><c> crucified,</c>

00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.559
even<00:10:56.980><c> before</c><00:10:57.940><c> any</c><00:10:58.559><c> church</c><00:10:58.820><c> was</c><00:10:59.100><c> established,</c>

00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:03.820
Jesus<00:10:59.980><c> knew</c><00:11:00.159><c> there</c><00:11:00.340><c> would</c><00:11:00.519><c> be</c><00:11:00.740><c> a</c><00:11:00.860><c> church</c><00:11:01.340><c> and</c><00:11:02.120><c> he</c><00:11:02.379><c> intended</c><00:11:02.679><c> for</c><00:11:02.980><c> that</c><00:11:03.200><c> ecclesia</c><00:11:03.659><c> or</c>

00:11:03.820 --> 00:11:04.440
that<00:11:04.080><c> church</c>

00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:10.179
to<00:11:05.159><c> be</c><00:11:05.440><c> the</c><00:11:05.720><c> final</c><00:11:05.940><c> authority</c><00:11:06.600><c> in</c><00:11:07.500><c> handling</c><00:11:08.039><c> the</c><00:11:08.779><c> problems</c><00:11:09.279><c> that</c><00:11:09.700><c> we</c>

00:11:10.179 --> 00:11:12.100
share<00:11:10.500><c> among</c><00:11:10.919><c> each</c><00:11:11.259><c> other.</c>

00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.539
So<00:11:12.480><c> the</c><00:11:12.700><c> ecclesia</c><00:11:13.000><c> is</c><00:11:13.220><c> a</c><00:11:13.440><c> place</c><00:11:13.799><c> in</c><00:11:14.320><c> where</c><00:11:14.480><c> we</c><00:11:14.879><c> deal</c><00:11:15.120><c> with</c><00:11:15.299><c> each</c>

00:11:15.539 --> 00:11:16.799
other's<00:11:15.940><c> lives</c><00:11:16.139><c> and</c><00:11:16.340><c> where</c><00:11:16.460><c> we</c><00:11:16.620><c> deal</c>

00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:19.960
with<00:11:17.080><c> problems</c><00:11:17.379><c> and</c><00:11:17.559><c> we</c><00:11:17.759><c> try</c><00:11:18.080><c> to</c><00:11:18.659><c> sort</c><00:11:18.799><c> them</c><00:11:19.059><c> out</c><00:11:19.360><c> and</c><00:11:19.580><c> work</c><00:11:19.759><c> it</c>

00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:21.440
out<00:11:20.159><c> and</c><00:11:20.279><c> it's</c><00:11:20.580><c> worked</c><00:11:20.759><c> out</c><00:11:21.120><c> through</c>

00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:24.659
the<00:11:22.080><c> authority</c><00:11:22.080><c> of</c><00:11:22.320><c> the</c><00:11:22.559><c> ecclesia</c><00:11:22.919><c> as</c><00:11:23.220><c> a</c><00:11:23.360><c> whole,</c><00:11:23.700><c> not</c><00:11:23.799><c> through</c>

00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:27.220
the<00:11:25.000><c> high</c><00:11:25.259><c> priest</c><00:11:25.659><c> as</c><00:11:26.299><c> it</c><00:11:26.500><c> was</c><00:11:26.639><c> in</c><00:11:26.820><c> Judaism</c>

00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:30.399
or<00:11:27.659><c> through</c><00:11:27.980><c> some</c><00:11:28.320><c> special</c><00:11:28.679><c> Levitical</c><00:11:29.440><c> priesthood.</c>

00:11:30.700 --> 00:11:34.559
And<00:11:30.799><c> notice</c><00:11:31.000><c> here</c><00:11:31.200><c> Jesus</c><00:11:31.519><c> is</c><00:11:31.740><c> actually</c><00:11:32.080><c> changing</c><00:11:32.580><c> the</c><00:11:32.960><c> structure</c><00:11:33.399><c> of</c><00:11:34.340><c> how</c>

00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:35.799
the<00:11:34.720><c> church</c><00:11:34.960><c> had</c><00:11:35.299><c> worked</c>

00:11:35.799 --> 00:11:38.059
for<00:11:36.279><c> 1500</c><00:11:36.759><c> years</c><00:11:37.059><c> under</c><00:11:37.340><c> the</c><00:11:37.399><c> law</c><00:11:37.539><c> of</c><00:11:37.639><c> Moses.</c>

00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:42.600
He's<00:11:38.740><c> now</c><00:11:38.980><c> saying</c><00:11:39.240><c> that</c><00:11:39.460><c> the</c><00:11:39.639><c> final</c><00:11:39.899><c> authority</c><00:11:40.360><c> is</c><00:11:40.559><c> the</c><00:11:40.799><c> collective</c><00:11:41.179><c> congregation,</c><00:11:41.940><c> the</c><00:11:42.100><c> membership</c>

00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.580
of<00:11:43.240><c> the</c><00:11:43.399><c> church.</c>

00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.200
And<00:11:43.759><c> we</c><00:11:44.500><c> should</c><00:11:44.779><c> not</c><00:11:45.539><c> slight</c><00:11:45.779><c> that</c><00:11:46.039><c> over</c><00:11:46.299><c> or</c><00:11:46.480><c> give</c><00:11:46.659><c> it</c><00:11:47.279><c> a</c><00:11:47.980><c> quick</c>

00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:49.460
reading<00:11:48.480><c> and</c><00:11:48.679><c> then</c><00:11:48.840><c> forget</c><00:11:49.059><c> about</c><00:11:49.340><c> it.</c>

00:11:49.460 --> 00:11:53.000
Something<00:11:50.460><c> here</c><00:11:50.720><c> very</c><00:11:50.919><c> dramatic,</c><00:11:51.379><c> very</c><00:11:51.659><c> different</c><00:11:52.100><c> from</c><00:11:52.840><c> the</c>

00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.500
way<00:11:53.259><c> the</c><00:11:53.460><c> church</c><00:11:53.679><c> was</c><00:11:53.980><c> run</c><00:11:54.419><c> under</c><00:11:55.179><c> the</c>

00:11:55.500 --> 00:11:56.200
law<00:11:55.600><c> of</c><00:11:55.779><c> Moses.</c>

00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:59.480
And<00:11:56.620><c> there</c><00:11:56.679><c> was</c><00:11:56.820><c> a</c><00:11:56.919><c> whole</c><00:11:57.139><c> structure</c><00:11:57.519><c> of</c><00:11:58.360><c> the</c><00:11:58.379><c> Levitical</c><00:11:58.879><c> priesthood</c><00:11:59.320><c> and</c>

00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:01.120
of<00:11:59.679><c> judges</c><00:12:00.000><c> and</c><00:12:00.500><c> of</c><00:12:00.639><c> people</c><00:12:00.840><c> who</c>

00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:04.000
officially<00:12:01.500><c> handled</c><00:12:01.879><c> these</c><00:12:02.100><c> problems</c><00:12:02.480><c> and</c><00:12:02.639><c> he's</c><00:12:02.879><c> now</c><00:12:03.139><c> changing</c><00:12:03.539><c> that</c>

00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.759
to<00:12:04.259><c> say</c><00:12:04.500><c> it</c><00:12:04.720><c> is</c><00:12:04.980><c> the</c><00:12:05.259><c> congregation</c>

00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.139
or<00:12:06.000><c> the</c><00:12:06.179><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:12.419
Some<00:12:09.259><c> features</c><00:12:09.679><c> of</c><00:12:09.879><c> the</c><00:12:10.039><c> first</c><00:12:10.179><c> century</c><00:12:10.559><c> church</c><00:12:11.220><c> became</c><00:12:11.820><c> very</c>

00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:14.240
evident<00:12:12.779><c> very</c><00:12:13.360><c> quickly.</c>

00:12:14.340 --> 00:12:19.259
And<00:12:14.940><c> these</c><00:12:15.259><c> features</c><00:12:15.679><c> we</c><00:12:16.500><c> can</c><00:12:16.659><c> look</c><00:12:16.899><c> at</c><00:12:17.039><c> in</c><00:12:17.279><c> Acts</c><00:12:17.480><c> 2</c><00:12:18.279><c> and</c><00:12:19.019><c> we'll</c>

00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:22.600
notice<00:12:19.720><c> how</c><00:12:20.519><c> Ephesus</c><00:12:21.039><c> fit</c><00:12:21.360><c> this</c><00:12:21.740><c> pattern.</c>

00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:27.879
In<00:12:23.559><c> Acts</c><00:12:23.840><c> 2</c><00:12:24.059><c> we</c><00:12:24.279><c> notice</c><00:12:24.600><c> very</c><00:12:25.039><c> quickly</c><00:12:25.419><c> that</c><00:12:26.139><c> one</c><00:12:26.340><c> of</c><00:12:26.480><c> the</c><00:12:26.720><c> major</c><00:12:27.100><c> functions</c><00:12:27.600><c> of</c>

00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:29.679
the<00:12:28.059><c> church</c><00:12:28.279><c> was</c><00:12:28.580><c> outreach.</c>

00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:33.639
And<00:12:30.340><c> from</c><00:12:30.600><c> the</c><00:12:30.639><c> very</c><00:12:30.879><c> beginning</c><00:12:31.440><c> the</c><00:12:32.059><c> apostles</c><00:12:32.440><c> are</c><00:12:32.639><c> given</c><00:12:32.799><c> great</c><00:12:33.120><c> power</c><00:12:33.419><c> to</c>

00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:35.059
do<00:12:33.779><c> so</c><00:12:34.259><c> through</c><00:12:34.539><c> the</c><00:12:34.779><c> speaking</c>

00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:35.679
in<00:12:35.419><c> tongues.</c>

00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:39.159
They<00:12:36.000><c> were</c><00:12:36.240><c> able</c><00:12:36.500><c> to</c><00:12:36.799><c> communicate</c><00:12:37.419><c> with</c><00:12:38.379><c> people</c><00:12:38.700><c> of</c><00:12:38.960><c> all</c>

00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.240
different<00:12:39.480><c> languages</c><00:12:40.019><c> instantly.</c>

00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:45.259
A<00:12:42.059><c> very</c><00:12:42.779><c> essential</c><00:12:43.200><c> thing</c><00:12:43.419><c> to</c><00:12:43.559><c> be</c><00:12:43.679><c> able</c><00:12:43.879><c> to</c><00:12:44.080><c> do</c><00:12:44.340><c> if</c><00:12:44.820><c> you're</c><00:12:45.000><c> going</c><00:12:45.120><c> to</c>

00:12:45.259 --> 00:12:46.940
build<00:12:45.419><c> a</c><00:12:45.559><c> new</c><00:12:45.759><c> organization.</c>

00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.940
There<00:12:47.000><c> was</c><00:12:47.220><c> no</c><00:12:47.500><c> time</c><00:12:47.700><c> to</c><00:12:47.899><c> send</c><00:12:48.080><c> anyone</c><00:12:48.379><c> away</c><00:12:48.659><c> to</c><00:12:48.899><c> Berlitz.</c>

00:12:50.580 --> 00:12:53.379
Today<00:12:50.740><c> if</c><00:12:50.899><c> we</c><00:12:51.139><c> want</c><00:12:51.320><c> to</c><00:12:51.559><c> expand</c><00:12:51.860><c> or</c><00:12:52.019><c> do</c><00:12:52.220><c> work</c><00:12:52.399><c> with</c><00:12:52.840><c> the</c><00:12:53.159><c> truth,</c>

00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:54.779
the<00:12:53.799><c> means</c><00:12:54.000><c> are</c><00:12:54.240><c> here</c><00:12:54.399><c> for</c><00:12:54.600><c> us.</c>

00:12:54.820 --> 00:12:58.639
We<00:12:54.899><c> don't</c><00:12:55.120><c> really</c><00:12:55.500><c> need</c><00:12:55.960><c> to</c><00:12:56.299><c> be</c><00:12:56.559><c> speaking</c><00:12:56.820><c> in</c><00:12:57.139><c> tongues</c><00:12:57.440><c> as</c><00:12:58.019><c> they</c><00:12:58.399><c> were</c><00:12:58.480><c> in</c>

00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:01.320
the<00:12:58.759><c> first</c><00:12:58.960><c> century,</c><00:13:00.120><c> mostly</c>

00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:05.220
illiterate<00:13:01.919><c> fishermen</c><00:13:02.360><c> and</c><00:13:03.179><c> tax</c><00:13:03.480><c> collectors</c><00:13:03.860><c> and</c><00:13:04.080><c> so</c><00:13:04.320><c> on</c><00:13:04.539><c> who</c>

00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:07.139
may<00:13:05.460><c> have</c><00:13:05.639><c> known</c><00:13:05.799><c> Greek</c><00:13:06.179><c> perhaps</c><00:13:06.639><c> besides</c>

00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:09.779
their<00:13:07.340><c> local</c><00:13:07.779><c> Aramaic</c><00:13:08.279><c> language</c><00:13:08.759><c> but</c><00:13:09.100><c> who</c><00:13:09.299><c> certainly</c><00:13:09.559><c> were</c>

00:13:09.779 --> 00:13:11.559
not<00:13:09.940><c> equipped</c><00:13:10.179><c> to</c><00:13:10.460><c> deal</c><00:13:10.639><c> with</c><00:13:10.820><c> the</c><00:13:11.000><c> Parthenians,</c>

00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:14.799
the<00:13:11.860><c> Medes,</c><00:13:12.139><c> the</c><00:13:12.279><c> Elamites,</c><00:13:13.419><c> the</c><00:13:13.519><c> dwellers</c><00:13:13.879><c> of</c><00:13:14.019><c> Mesopotamia</c>

00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:18.220
and<00:13:15.000><c> Judea,</c><00:13:15.379><c> Cappadocia,</c><00:13:16.299><c> Pontius,</c><00:13:16.759><c> Asia,</c><00:13:17.820><c> Phrygia,</c>

00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:21.259
Pamphylia<00:13:18.919><c> and</c><00:13:19.139><c> in</c><00:13:19.279><c> Egypt</c><00:13:19.580><c> and</c><00:13:19.799><c> parts</c><00:13:19.980><c> of</c><00:13:20.200><c> Libya,</c><00:13:20.679><c> Cyrene</c><00:13:21.000><c> and</c>

00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:21.840
so<00:13:21.539><c> on.</c>

00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.539
All<00:13:22.220><c> mentioned</c><00:13:22.600><c> in</c><00:13:22.919><c> verses</c><00:13:23.240><c> 9</c><00:13:23.539><c> and</c><00:13:23.720><c> 10.</c>

00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.940
So<00:13:25.240><c> the</c><00:13:25.799><c> outreach</c><00:13:26.120><c> was</c><00:13:26.460><c> essential.</c>

00:13:27.059 --> 00:13:28.940
That's<00:13:27.279><c> why</c><00:13:27.519><c> the</c><00:13:27.659><c> Holy</c><00:13:27.879><c> Spirit</c><00:13:28.139><c> was</c><00:13:28.399><c> given</c><00:13:28.600><c> to</c><00:13:28.799><c> them.</c>

00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:31.679
The<00:13:29.200><c> major</c><00:13:29.500><c> function</c><00:13:29.840><c> of</c><00:13:30.039><c> the</c><00:13:30.200><c> church</c><00:13:30.440><c> was</c><00:13:30.779><c> to</c><00:13:31.080><c> bring</c><00:13:31.279><c> people</c>

00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.019
to<00:13:31.919><c> God</c><00:13:32.340><c> and</c><00:13:33.000><c> that's</c><00:13:33.240><c> still</c><00:13:34.059><c> one</c><00:13:34.659><c> of</c><00:13:34.799><c> our</c>

00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:39.039
most<00:13:35.120><c> important</c><00:13:35.840><c> tasks</c><00:13:36.440><c> to</c><00:13:37.159><c> bring</c><00:13:37.360><c> people</c><00:13:37.740><c> to</c><00:13:37.960><c> God</c><00:13:38.559><c> through</c>

00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:41.799
the<00:13:39.259><c> public</c><00:13:39.620><c> proclamation</c><00:13:40.580><c> of</c><00:13:40.840><c> the</c><00:13:41.019><c> word.</c>

00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.639
And<00:13:42.200><c> so</c><00:13:42.360><c> we</c><00:13:42.639><c> get</c><00:13:42.840><c> an</c><00:13:43.019><c> example</c><00:13:43.340><c> right</c><00:13:43.600><c> away</c><00:13:43.840><c> in</c><00:13:44.039><c> Acts</c><00:13:44.279><c> 2</c><00:13:44.519><c> of</c><00:13:44.740><c> public</c><00:13:45.039><c> preaching</c><00:13:45.360><c> by</c>

00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.700
the<00:13:45.820><c> Apostle</c><00:13:46.259><c> Peter</c>

00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:50.779
who<00:13:47.259><c> gets</c><00:13:47.500><c> up</c><00:13:47.840><c> in</c><00:13:48.220><c> verse</c><00:13:48.500><c> 14</c><00:13:49.080><c> and</c><00:13:49.700><c> says,</c><00:13:50.200><c> Peter</c><00:13:50.200><c> standing</c><00:13:50.559><c> up</c>

00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:52.440
with<00:13:50.899><c> the</c><00:13:51.039><c> eleven</c><00:13:51.259><c> lifted</c><00:13:51.580><c> up</c><00:13:51.779><c> his</c><00:13:51.960><c> voice</c><00:13:52.220><c> and</c>

00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:55.019
said<00:13:52.539><c> unto</c><00:13:52.759><c> them,</c><00:13:53.100><c> Ye</c><00:13:53.100><c> men</c><00:13:53.320><c> of</c><00:13:53.480><c> Judea</c><00:13:53.840><c> and</c><00:13:54.000><c> all</c><00:13:54.220><c> ye</c><00:13:54.679><c> that</c><00:13:54.860><c> dwell</c>

00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:57.059
in<00:13:55.220><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:13:56.259><c> be</c><00:13:56.379><c> this</c><00:13:56.639><c> known</c><00:13:56.820><c> unto</c>

00:13:57.059 --> 00:14:00.100
you<00:13:57.259><c> and</c><00:13:57.500><c> hearken</c><00:13:57.759><c> to</c><00:13:57.960><c> my</c><00:13:58.240><c> words</c><00:13:58.559><c> and</c><00:13:58.700><c> so</c><00:13:58.940><c> on</c><00:13:59.179><c> and</c><00:13:59.259><c> he</c><00:13:59.440><c> gives</c><00:13:59.659><c> a</c>

00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:03.220
fantastic<00:14:00.940><c> example</c><00:14:01.639><c> of</c><00:14:01.879><c> a</c><00:14:02.080><c> public</c><00:14:02.460><c> lecture</c>

00:14:03.220 --> 00:14:07.259
identifying<00:14:04.240><c> Jesus</c><00:14:05.200><c> as</c><00:14:05.539><c> the</c><00:14:05.860><c> Christ.</c>

00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:11.480
Verse<00:14:08.360><c> 29,</c><00:14:09.240><c> men</c><00:14:09.639><c> and</c><00:14:09.879><c> brethren</c><00:14:10.039><c> let</c><00:14:10.240><c> me</c><00:14:10.460><c> freely</c><00:14:10.799><c> speak</c><00:14:11.259><c> unto</c>

00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.759
you<00:14:11.659><c> of</c><00:14:11.779><c> the</c><00:14:12.000><c> Patriarch</c><00:14:12.580><c> David,</c><00:14:13.100><c> so</c><00:14:13.299><c> he</c><00:14:13.419><c> connects</c>

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:16.679
him<00:14:13.980><c> immediately</c><00:14:14.500><c> with</c><00:14:14.779><c> the</c><00:14:14.980><c> promises</c><00:14:15.279><c> made</c><00:14:15.559><c> to</c><00:14:15.840><c> David</c><00:14:16.159><c> and</c>

00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:17.419
so<00:14:16.980><c> on.</c>

00:14:17.799 --> 00:14:22.279
And<00:14:17.960><c> so</c><00:14:18.100><c> this</c><00:14:19.740><c> whole</c><00:14:20.179><c> idea</c><00:14:20.600><c> is</c><00:14:20.879><c> important</c><00:14:21.399><c> and</c><00:14:21.860><c> then</c><00:14:21.980><c> in</c><00:14:22.100><c> verse</c>

00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:24.019
34<00:14:22.759><c> he</c><00:14:22.980><c> connects</c><00:14:23.220><c> him</c><00:14:23.379><c> immediately</c><00:14:23.779><c> with</c>

00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:28.340
the<00:14:24.100><c> hope</c><00:14:24.240><c> of</c><00:14:24.399><c> the</c><00:14:24.559><c> resurrection</c><00:14:25.000><c> and</c><00:14:26.279><c> for</c><00:14:26.480><c> David</c><00:14:26.779><c> is</c><00:14:27.000><c> not</c><00:14:27.159><c> ascended</c><00:14:27.500><c> into</c><00:14:27.779><c> heavens</c><00:14:28.120><c> but</c>

00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:28.820
he<00:14:28.580><c> sayeth</c>

00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:33.159
to<00:14:28.820><c> him,</c><00:14:29.220><c> the</c><00:14:29.279><c> Lord</c><00:14:29.559><c> said</c><00:14:29.740><c> unto</c><00:14:29.919><c> my</c><00:14:30.220><c> Lord,</c><00:14:30.919><c> sit</c><00:14:31.080><c> thou</c><00:14:31.519><c> on</c><00:14:31.659><c> my</c><00:14:31.919><c> right</c><00:14:32.220><c> hand</c><00:14:32.539><c> until</c><00:14:32.820><c> I</c>

00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:34.980
make<00:14:33.399><c> thy</c><00:14:33.720><c> foes</c><00:14:34.659><c> thy</c>

00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.700
footstool.

00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:39.860
Therefore,<00:14:36.679><c> let</c><00:14:36.940><c> all</c><00:14:37.320><c> the</c><00:14:37.399><c> house</c><00:14:37.679><c> of</c><00:14:37.879><c> Israel</c><00:14:38.539><c> know</c><00:14:39.000><c> assuredly</c>

00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:41.919
that<00:14:40.080><c> God</c><00:14:40.320><c> had</c><00:14:40.539><c> made</c><00:14:40.740><c> that</c><00:14:41.120><c> same</c><00:14:41.460><c> Jesus</c>

00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:48.080
whom<00:14:42.100><c> ye</c><00:14:42.299><c> have</c><00:14:42.460><c> crucified</c><00:14:43.179><c> both</c><00:14:43.779><c> Lord</c><00:14:44.279><c> and</c><00:14:45.139><c> Christ,</c><00:14:45.700><c> both</c><00:14:46.279><c> master</c><00:14:46.919><c> and</c><00:14:47.679><c> anointed.</c>

00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:51.419
So<00:14:48.460><c> he</c><00:14:48.600><c> connects</c><00:14:48.919><c> that</c><00:14:49.240><c> immediately</c><00:14:49.860><c> with</c><00:14:50.759><c> these</c><00:14:51.039><c> issues.</c>

00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.000
That's<00:14:51.879><c> a</c><00:14:52.059><c> very</c><00:14:52.360><c> powerful</c><00:14:53.399><c> speech</c><00:14:53.960><c> and</c><00:14:54.320><c> we'll</c><00:14:54.580><c> notice</c><00:14:54.740><c> some</c>

00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:55.700
other<00:14:55.220><c> issues.</c>

00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:59.179
They<00:14:56.240><c> had</c><00:14:56.799><c> property</c><00:14:57.240><c> communally,</c><00:14:57.899><c> the</c><00:14:58.019><c> church</c><00:14:58.299><c> was</c><00:14:58.519><c> to</c><00:14:58.679><c> look</c>

00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:01.019
after<00:14:59.740><c> each</c><00:15:00.019><c> other</c><00:15:00.200><c> and</c><00:15:00.419><c> care</c><00:15:00.620><c> for</c><00:15:00.820><c> one</c>

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:03.740
another<00:15:01.360><c> and</c><00:15:01.919><c> they</c><00:15:02.159><c> sold</c><00:15:02.399><c> their</c><00:15:02.700><c> possessions,</c><00:15:03.200><c> he</c><00:15:03.379><c> says</c><00:15:03.559><c> in</c>

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:06.080
verse<00:15:03.940><c> 45,</c><00:15:04.679><c> and</c><00:15:05.179><c> goods</c><00:15:05.419><c> and</c><00:15:05.679><c> parted</c><00:15:05.919><c> them</c>

00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:09.120
to<00:15:06.279><c> all</c><00:15:06.519><c> men</c><00:15:06.620><c> and</c><00:15:06.759><c> every</c><00:15:07.019><c> man</c><00:15:07.240><c> had</c><00:15:07.559><c> need</c><00:15:07.960><c> and</c><00:15:08.500><c> the</c><00:15:08.679><c> key</c><00:15:08.860><c> there</c>

00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:10.399
is<00:15:09.419><c> as</c><00:15:09.659><c> they</c><00:15:09.860><c> had</c><00:15:10.080><c> need.</c>

00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:14.399
So<00:15:10.879><c> there</c><00:15:11.039><c> was</c><00:15:11.200><c> this</c><00:15:12.340><c> need</c><00:15:12.779><c> for</c><00:15:13.179><c> caring</c><00:15:13.460><c> for</c><00:15:13.700><c> one</c><00:15:13.879><c> another</c><00:15:14.139><c> and</c>

00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:16.539
seeing<00:15:14.620><c> that</c><00:15:15.159><c> no</c><00:15:15.440><c> one</c><00:15:15.860><c> was</c><00:15:16.240><c> hungry</c>

00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:20.980
and<00:15:16.679><c> that</c><00:15:16.940><c> everyone</c><00:15:17.539><c> had</c><00:15:18.480><c> appropriate</c><00:15:19.179><c> shelter</c><00:15:19.600><c> and</c><00:15:19.820><c> so</c><00:15:20.100><c> on</c><00:15:20.519><c> in</c><00:15:20.799><c> a</c>

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.980
time,<00:15:21.139><c> by</c><00:15:21.320><c> the</c><00:15:21.480><c> way,</c><00:15:21.740><c> when</c><00:15:21.860><c> there</c>

00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:24.279
was<00:15:22.080><c> great</c><00:15:22.440><c> poverty</c><00:15:22.960><c> actually</c><00:15:23.340><c> in</c><00:15:23.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:23.820><c> because</c><00:15:24.080><c> the</c>

00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:26.419
Romans<00:15:24.500><c> had</c><00:15:24.720><c> put</c><00:15:24.860><c> some</c><00:15:25.059><c> very</c><00:15:25.440><c> harsh</c><00:15:25.659><c> conditions</c>

00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:31.919
upon<00:15:27.259><c> the</c><00:15:27.539><c> Jews</c><00:15:27.860><c> and</c><00:15:29.039><c> this</c><00:15:30.460><c> was</c><00:15:30.840><c> absolutely</c><00:15:31.559><c> essential.</c>

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:35.600
We<00:15:32.120><c> find</c><00:15:32.440><c> later</c><00:15:32.659><c> that</c><00:15:32.899><c> the</c><00:15:33.059><c> apostle</c><00:15:33.340><c> Paul</c><00:15:33.679><c> actually</c><00:15:34.059><c> raises</c><00:15:34.419><c> money</c><00:15:34.980><c> as</c><00:15:35.340><c> a</c>

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.740
general<00:15:35.899><c> collection</c><00:15:36.320><c> to</c><00:15:36.519><c> send</c>

00:15:36.740 --> 00:15:42.120
back<00:15:37.019><c> to</c><00:15:37.259><c> Jerusalem</c><00:15:37.720><c> to</c><00:15:38.299><c> care</c><00:15:38.820><c> for</c><00:15:39.559><c> the</c><00:15:40.340><c> disciples</c><00:15:40.820><c> in</c><00:15:41.039><c> that</c><00:15:41.259><c> place.</c>

00:15:42.220 --> 00:15:45.460
And<00:15:42.379><c> then</c><00:15:42.580><c> there</c><00:15:42.820><c> is</c><00:15:43.059><c> this</c><00:15:43.279><c> issue</c><00:15:43.720><c> of</c><00:15:44.259><c> breaking</c><00:15:44.600><c> bread</c><00:15:44.860><c> frequently.</c>

00:15:45.460 --> 00:15:50.220
It<00:15:46.460><c> is</c><00:15:46.879><c> a</c><00:15:47.360><c> commandment</c><00:15:47.860><c> to</c><00:15:48.120><c> break</c><00:15:48.340><c> bread</c><00:15:48.679><c> and</c><00:15:49.500><c> they</c><00:15:49.759><c> did</c><00:15:49.960><c> so,</c>

00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:52.779
it<00:15:50.360><c> says,</c><00:15:51.840><c> continually,</c><00:15:52.179><c> continuing</c><00:15:52.500><c> daily</c>

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:56.000
with<00:15:53.059><c> one</c><00:15:53.360><c> accord</c><00:15:53.759><c> and</c><00:15:54.120><c> that's</c><00:15:54.379><c> the</c><00:15:54.559><c> principle</c><00:15:55.159><c> of</c><00:15:55.539><c> unity</c><00:15:55.820><c> of</c>

00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:58.220
the<00:15:56.159><c> brotherhood</c><00:15:56.919><c> mentioned</c><00:15:57.500><c> very</c><00:15:57.980><c> early,</c>

00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:02.080
very<00:15:58.559><c> important</c><00:15:59.139><c> that</c><00:15:59.600><c> they</c><00:15:59.860><c> were</c><00:15:59.960><c> to</c><00:16:00.179><c> be</c><00:16:00.320><c> of</c><00:16:00.659><c> one</c><00:16:01.000><c> accord</c><00:16:01.440><c> and</c>

00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.200
they<00:16:02.340><c> were</c><00:16:02.519><c> to</c><00:16:02.740><c> break</c><00:16:02.960><c> bread.</c>

00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:06.120
These<00:16:03.740><c> were</c><00:16:03.980><c> not</c><00:16:04.200><c> issues</c><00:16:04.580><c> that</c><00:16:04.860><c> came</c><00:16:05.039><c> up</c><00:16:05.299><c> later,</c><00:16:05.620><c> they</c><00:16:05.700><c> were</c>

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:07.740
the<00:16:06.299><c> very</c><00:16:06.559><c> founding</c><00:16:06.980><c> principles</c><00:16:07.460><c> of</c>

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:12.220
the<00:16:07.940><c> ecclesial</c><00:16:08.320><c> life</c><00:16:08.799><c> and</c><00:16:09.320><c> things</c><00:16:09.559><c> that</c><00:16:09.720><c> they</c><00:16:09.980><c> had</c><00:16:10.240><c> to</c><00:16:10.580><c> understand</c><00:16:11.000><c> and</c><00:16:11.340><c> do.</c>

00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:18.440
So<00:16:14.460><c> we</c><00:16:14.799><c> see</c><00:16:15.019><c> wrapped</c><00:16:15.259><c> up</c><00:16:15.460><c> very</c><00:16:15.799><c> quickly</c><00:16:16.080><c> lots</c><00:16:16.659><c> of</c><00:16:16.879><c> first</c><00:16:17.080><c> issues,</c><00:16:17.659><c> principles</c><00:16:17.799><c> issues</c><00:16:18.200><c> in</c>

00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:19.279
the<00:16:19.279><c> first</c>

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:23.059
few<00:16:19.639><c> chapters</c><00:16:20.019><c> of</c><00:16:20.340><c> Acts,</c><00:16:20.840><c> the</c><00:16:20.960><c> atoning</c><00:16:21.279><c> work</c><00:16:21.600><c> of</c><00:16:21.879><c> Jesus</c><00:16:22.240><c> Christ,</c><00:16:22.980><c> the</c>

00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:24.559
hope<00:16:23.179><c> of</c><00:16:23.340><c> the</c><00:16:23.519><c> resurrection,</c>

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:27.740
the<00:16:24.820><c> breaking</c><00:16:25.100><c> of</c><00:16:25.399><c> bread,</c><00:16:26.059><c> the</c><00:16:26.220><c> unity</c><00:16:26.480><c> of</c><00:16:26.679><c> the</c><00:16:26.860><c> brethren,</c><00:16:27.500><c> the</c>

00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:29.860
sharing<00:16:27.960><c> and</c><00:16:28.240><c> caring</c><00:16:28.460><c> for</c><00:16:28.679><c> one</c><00:16:28.860><c> another</c><00:16:29.200><c> and</c>

00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:31.639
this<00:16:30.580><c> issue</c><00:16:30.879><c> of</c><00:16:31.200><c> joyfulness.</c>

00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:37.580
I<00:16:31.960><c> think</c><00:16:32.159><c> sometimes</c><00:16:32.960><c> we're</c><00:16:33.200><c> not</c><00:16:33.440><c> very</c><00:16:34.039><c> joyful,</c><00:16:34.379><c> we</c><00:16:34.539><c> don't</c><00:16:34.820><c> appreciate</c><00:16:35.580><c> what</c><00:16:36.340><c> we</c><00:16:36.639><c> have.</c>

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:41.139
We<00:16:38.019><c> should</c><00:16:38.299><c> never</c><00:16:38.600><c> get</c><00:16:38.879><c> together</c><00:16:39.700><c> on</c><00:16:39.980><c> a</c><00:16:40.080><c> Sunday</c><00:16:40.340><c> morning</c><00:16:40.720><c> or</c><00:16:40.899><c> at</c><00:16:41.019><c> a</c>

00:16:41.139 --> 00:16:44.980
Bible<00:16:41.419><c> class,</c><00:16:42.440><c> you</c><00:16:42.440><c> know,</c><00:16:44.460><c> downcast</c><00:16:44.759><c> and</c>

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.279
gloomy.

00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:49.940
Of<00:16:45.659><c> all</c><00:16:45.960><c> people</c><00:16:46.259><c> on</c><00:16:46.500><c> this</c><00:16:46.720><c> planet</c><00:16:47.039><c> we</c><00:16:47.340><c> have</c><00:16:47.879><c> the</c><00:16:48.139><c> most</c><00:16:48.460><c> precious</c><00:16:48.820><c> possession</c><00:16:49.340><c> of</c><00:16:49.639><c> all,</c>

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.259
we<00:16:50.500><c> have</c><00:16:50.740><c> a</c><00:16:51.019><c> hope</c>

00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:53.000
in<00:16:51.720><c> eternal</c><00:16:52.080><c> things.</c>

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:55.539
It<00:16:53.139><c> doesn't</c><00:16:53.379><c> really</c><00:16:53.639><c> matter</c><00:16:53.919><c> if</c><00:16:54.120><c> tomorrow</c><00:16:54.419><c> isn't</c><00:16:54.639><c> looking</c><00:16:54.919><c> too</c><00:16:55.179><c> good</c><00:16:55.320><c> or</c>

00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:57.820
today<00:16:55.899><c> or</c><00:16:56.120><c> yesterday,</c><00:16:57.100><c> but</c>

00:16:57.820 --> 00:17:01.200
I<00:16:58.379><c> think</c><00:16:58.659><c> that</c><00:16:58.860><c> all</c><00:16:59.039><c> of</c><00:16:59.179><c> that</c><00:16:59.299><c> will</c><00:16:59.600><c> pale</c><00:16:59.799><c> in</c><00:17:00.100><c> comparison</c><00:17:00.620><c> to</c>

00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.220
the<00:17:01.500><c> eternal</c><00:17:01.799><c> things</c><00:17:02.100><c> that</c><00:17:02.320><c> God</c><00:17:02.539><c> has</c><00:17:02.799><c> promised</c>

00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:04.000
those<00:17:03.480><c> that</c><00:17:03.720><c> love</c><00:17:03.840><c> him.</c>

00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:06.440
If<00:17:04.140><c> we</c><00:17:04.279><c> really</c><00:17:04.640><c> believe,</c><00:17:05.539><c> because</c><00:17:05.759><c> sometimes</c><00:17:06.079><c> the</c><00:17:06.220><c> problem</c>

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.319
is<00:17:06.640><c> we</c><00:17:06.740><c> are</c><00:17:07.000><c> so</c><00:17:07.279><c> wrapped</c><00:17:07.539><c> up</c><00:17:07.799><c> in</c><00:17:07.980><c> everyday</c>

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:13.400
life<00:17:08.880><c> that</c><00:17:09.279><c> we</c><00:17:09.559><c> don't</c><00:17:10.079><c> focus</c><00:17:10.619><c> and</c><00:17:11.880><c> hope</c><00:17:12.380><c> on</c><00:17:12.799><c> the</c><00:17:12.940><c> hope</c><00:17:13.099><c> that</c><00:17:13.259><c> is</c>

00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:16.480
before<00:17:13.660><c> us,</c><00:17:14.000><c> it's</c><00:17:15.299><c> out</c><00:17:15.680><c> there</c><00:17:15.980><c> and</c><00:17:16.220><c> everything</c>

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:18.119
else<00:17:16.779><c> is</c><00:17:16.920><c> in</c><00:17:17.019><c> our</c><00:17:17.240><c> face.</c>

00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.940
And<00:17:18.339><c> that</c><00:17:18.599><c> joy</c><00:17:19.000><c> is</c><00:17:19.200><c> something</c><00:17:19.680><c> that</c><00:17:21.039><c> is</c><00:17:21.619><c> really</c><00:17:22.079><c> important,</c>

00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:25.420
he<00:17:23.099><c> says</c><00:17:23.240><c> they</c><00:17:23.400><c> did</c><00:17:23.599><c> eat</c><00:17:23.920><c> meat,</c><00:17:24.480><c> and</c><00:17:24.579><c> this</c><00:17:24.779><c> is</c><00:17:25.079><c> important</c>

00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:28.339
because<00:17:25.779><c> he's</c><00:17:25.980><c> talking</c><00:17:26.359><c> about</c><00:17:26.700><c> the</c><00:17:26.920><c> breaking</c><00:17:27.160><c> of</c><00:17:27.440><c> bread,</c><00:17:27.920><c> they</c><00:17:28.119><c> did</c>

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:30.599
eat<00:17:28.619><c> meat</c><00:17:28.799><c> with</c><00:17:29.220><c> gladness</c><00:17:30.180><c> and</c>

00:17:30.599 --> 00:17:35.660
signalness<00:17:31.220><c> of</c><00:17:31.440><c> heart,</c><00:17:31.920><c> that's</c><00:17:32.359><c> a</c><00:17:32.579><c> good</c><00:17:32.720><c> way</c><00:17:33.180><c> to</c><00:17:33.920><c> approach</c><00:17:34.240><c> it,</c><00:17:35.140><c> unity</c><00:17:35.460><c> of</c>

00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.519
the<00:17:35.839><c> brethren</c><00:17:36.119><c> and</c><00:17:36.380><c> with</c>

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:39.579
a<00:17:36.779><c> joy</c><00:17:36.960><c> of</c><00:17:37.140><c> the</c><00:17:37.359><c> spirit,</c><00:17:38.059><c> praising</c><00:17:38.460><c> God</c><00:17:38.799><c> and</c><00:17:39.000><c> having</c><00:17:39.240><c> favor</c>

00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:41.640
with<00:17:39.819><c> all</c><00:17:40.059><c> the</c><00:17:40.240><c> people,</c><00:17:40.940><c> and</c><00:17:41.079><c> the</c><00:17:41.200><c> Lord</c><00:17:41.380><c> added</c>

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:44.980
to<00:17:41.900><c> the</c><00:17:42.099><c> Ecclesia</c><00:17:42.460><c> daily,</c><00:17:43.180><c> such</c><00:17:43.400><c> as</c><00:17:43.799><c> should</c><00:17:43.980><c> be</c><00:17:44.259><c> saved,</c><00:17:44.880><c> and</c>

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:47.660
that<00:17:45.160><c> little</c><00:17:45.460><c> qualifying</c><00:17:45.960><c> clause</c><00:17:46.359><c> is</c><00:17:46.640><c> interesting.</c>

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:51.940
Salvation<00:17:48.240><c> was</c><00:17:48.500><c> not</c><00:17:48.680><c> meant</c><00:17:48.839><c> to</c><00:17:49.039><c> be</c><00:17:49.240><c> universal,</c><00:17:50.400><c> ever,</c><00:17:51.700><c> such</c>

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:53.799
as<00:17:52.500><c> should</c><00:17:52.680><c> be</c><00:17:52.960><c> saved.</c>

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:58.099
The<00:17:54.380><c> appeal</c><00:17:54.579><c> of</c><00:17:54.740><c> the</c><00:17:54.920><c> Gospel</c><00:17:55.279><c> is</c><00:17:55.579><c> an</c><00:17:55.839><c> individual</c><00:17:56.279><c> matter,</c><00:17:57.500><c> it's</c><00:17:57.920><c> an</c>

00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:59.460
individual<00:17:58.559><c> matter</c><00:17:58.920><c> to</c><00:17:59.200><c> every</c>

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:03.119
man<00:17:59.640><c> and</c><00:17:59.700><c> woman</c><00:18:00.079><c> on</c><00:18:00.319><c> this</c><00:18:00.519><c> planet</c><00:18:00.859><c> who</c><00:18:01.039><c> can</c><00:18:01.240><c> be</c><00:18:01.440><c> touched</c><00:18:01.619><c> by</c><00:18:01.839><c> God's</c><00:18:02.240><c> word,</c><00:18:02.880><c> and</c><00:18:02.940><c> no</c>

00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.059
one<00:18:03.220><c> can</c><00:18:03.440><c> save</c><00:18:03.660><c> anybody</c>

00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:06.880
else,<00:18:04.420><c> we</c><00:18:04.519><c> can't</c><00:18:05.000><c> save</c><00:18:05.240><c> our</c><00:18:05.460><c> children,</c><00:18:05.839><c> let</c><00:18:06.000><c> alone</c><00:18:06.259><c> our</c><00:18:06.440><c> neighbor</c><00:18:06.720><c> or</c>

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:07.279
anyone<00:18:07.059><c> else.</c>

00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:10.819
All<00:18:07.500><c> we</c><00:18:07.680><c> can</c><00:18:07.920><c> do</c><00:18:08.240><c> is</c><00:18:08.660><c> present</c><00:18:09.119><c> that</c><00:18:09.480><c> hope</c><00:18:09.680><c> and</c><00:18:09.859><c> that</c><00:18:10.160><c> word</c><00:18:10.440><c> and</c>

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:12.359
do<00:18:10.980><c> the</c><00:18:11.140><c> best</c><00:18:11.339><c> we</c><00:18:11.519><c> can</c><00:18:11.779><c> through</c><00:18:12.039><c> the</c><00:18:12.200><c> way</c>

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:16.400
we<00:18:12.660><c> live</c><00:18:12.880><c> and</c><00:18:13.039><c> the</c><00:18:13.099><c> way</c><00:18:13.400><c> we</c><00:18:13.720><c> preach</c><00:18:14.160><c> to</c><00:18:15.160><c> see</c><00:18:15.640><c> that</c><00:18:15.779><c> they</c><00:18:16.200><c> might</c>

00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:17.819
see<00:18:16.680><c> God</c><00:18:16.940><c> in</c><00:18:17.079><c> it</c><00:18:17.220><c> and</c><00:18:17.339><c> do</c><00:18:17.539><c> something</c>

00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:18.599
about<00:18:18.099><c> it</c><00:18:18.259><c> themselves.</c>

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:22.259
But<00:18:18.839><c> we</c><00:18:18.920><c> can't</c><00:18:19.140><c> make</c><00:18:19.339><c> anyone</c><00:18:19.680><c> else</c><00:18:20.059><c> do</c><00:18:20.380><c> it,</c><00:18:21.200><c> in</c><00:18:21.400><c> the</c><00:18:21.599><c> end</c><00:18:21.819><c> it</c><00:18:21.960><c> is</c>

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:25.000
a<00:18:22.380><c> matter</c><00:18:22.700><c> of</c><00:18:23.140><c> individual</c><00:18:23.619><c> responsibility.</c>

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:28.519
The<00:18:25.380><c> Lord</c><00:18:25.640><c> can't</c><00:18:25.940><c> even</c><00:18:26.259><c> force</c><00:18:26.500><c> you</c><00:18:26.660><c> to</c><00:18:26.759><c> be</c><00:18:27.000><c> saved,</c><00:18:27.200><c> that's</c><00:18:27.400><c> what</c><00:18:27.519><c> he's</c><00:18:27.640><c> saying</c><00:18:27.940><c> here,</c><00:18:28.400><c> the</c>

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:28.940
Lord<00:18:28.700><c> added</c>

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:31.640
to<00:18:29.119><c> the</c><00:18:29.319><c> church,</c><00:18:29.740><c> such</c><00:18:30.099><c> as</c><00:18:30.359><c> should</c><00:18:30.500><c> be</c><00:18:30.759><c> saved.</c>

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:34.279
Okay,<00:18:32.440><c> so</c><00:18:32.619><c> these</c><00:18:32.799><c> are</c><00:18:32.920><c> sort</c><00:18:33.099><c> of</c><00:18:33.420><c> the</c><00:18:33.539><c> features</c><00:18:33.779><c> of</c><00:18:33.980><c> the</c><00:18:34.140><c> first</c>

00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:37.519
century<00:18:34.740><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:18:36.819><c> and</c><00:18:36.940><c> now</c><00:18:37.220><c> I'd</c><00:18:37.519><c> like</c>

00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:41.440
to<00:18:37.680><c> point</c><00:18:37.859><c> out</c><00:18:38.059><c> that</c><00:18:38.259><c> Ephesus,</c><00:18:39.619><c> the</c><00:18:39.779><c> Ephesian</c><00:18:40.160><c> Ecclesia</c><00:18:40.779><c> was</c>

00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:45.220
one<00:18:41.740><c> in</c><00:18:41.920><c> which</c><00:18:42.539><c> they</c><00:18:42.940><c> had</c><00:18:43.400><c> many,</c><00:18:44.140><c> many,</c><00:18:44.400><c> many</c>

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:47.500
things<00:18:45.539><c> written</c><00:18:45.799><c> about</c><00:18:46.140><c> them,</c><00:18:46.359><c> and</c><00:18:46.599><c> we're</c><00:18:46.799><c> going</c><00:18:47.000><c> to</c><00:18:47.220><c> look</c><00:18:47.400><c> at</c>

00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:49.319
some<00:18:47.720><c> of</c><00:18:47.799><c> these</c><00:18:47.940><c> to</c><00:18:48.119><c> see</c><00:18:48.400><c> how</c><00:18:48.599><c> that</c><00:18:48.880><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:50.980
sort<00:18:49.519><c> of</c><00:18:49.740><c> led</c><00:18:49.880><c> the</c><00:18:50.119><c> way.</c>

00:18:51.700 --> 00:18:55.279
Ephesus<00:18:52.099><c> was</c><00:18:52.539><c> the</c><00:18:52.980><c> important</c><00:18:53.480><c> place</c><00:18:53.940><c> in</c><00:18:54.519><c> the</c><00:18:54.680><c> first</c><00:18:54.859><c> century,</c>

00:18:55.400 --> 00:18:58.839
much<00:18:55.680><c> more</c><00:18:56.019><c> important</c><00:18:56.640><c> than</c><00:18:57.140><c> Rome,</c><00:18:58.539><c> or</c>

00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:02.200
Athens,<00:18:59.559><c> or</c><00:18:59.819><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:19:00.420><c> or</c><00:19:00.640><c> Alexandria,</c><00:19:01.339><c> and</c><00:19:01.500><c> I</c><00:19:01.599><c> don't</c><00:19:01.819><c> think</c><00:19:01.920><c> it's</c>

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.220
often<00:19:02.500><c> appreciated</c><00:19:02.960><c> and</c><00:19:03.119><c> that's</c>

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:04.519
why<00:19:03.359><c> a</c><00:19:03.500><c> lot</c><00:19:03.559><c> was</c><00:19:03.740><c> written</c><00:19:03.920><c> about</c><00:19:04.200><c> it.</c>

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:11.200
In<00:19:04.759><c> fact,</c><00:19:05.140><c> until</c><00:19:05.380><c> the</c><00:19:05.680><c> council</c><00:19:05.960><c> at</c><00:19:06.200><c> Ephesus</c><00:19:06.680><c> in</c><00:19:06.940><c> 431</c><00:19:07.619><c> A</c><00:19:07.920><c>.D.,</c><00:19:08.619><c> Ephesus</c><00:19:09.059><c> was</c><00:19:09.259><c> the</c><00:19:09.460><c> leading</c><00:19:09.720><c> center</c><00:19:10.279><c> of</c><00:19:10.980><c> the</c>

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:16.599
Christianity<00:19:11.940><c> for</c><00:19:12.680><c> over</c><00:19:12.980><c> four</c><00:19:13.220><c> centuries,</c><00:19:14.700><c> and</c><00:19:14.819><c> then</c><00:19:15.519><c> after</c>

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:19.200
that<00:19:16.900><c> council</c><00:19:17.359><c> it</c><00:19:18.440><c> faded</c><00:19:18.680><c> away</c><00:19:19.019><c> and</c>

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.700
disappeared.

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:25.839
I've<00:19:20.380><c> pulled</c><00:19:20.539><c> some</c><00:19:21.460><c> things</c><00:19:21.940><c> out</c><00:19:22.400><c> of</c><00:19:24.599><c> websites</c><00:19:25.099><c> that</c><00:19:25.420><c> I</c><00:19:25.579><c> think</c>

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:27.259
might<00:19:26.079><c> be</c><00:19:26.279><c> interesting.</c>

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:33.640
First<00:19:27.440><c> to</c><00:19:27.880><c> remember,</c><00:19:29.799><c> Paul</c><00:19:30.440><c> went</c><00:19:31.599><c> to</c><00:19:31.859><c> Ephesus</c><00:19:32.279><c> twice.</c><00:19:32.839><c> The</c><00:19:33.039><c> first</c><00:19:33.180><c> time</c><00:19:33.440><c> he</c>

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:35.839
stopped<00:19:33.880><c> by</c><00:19:34.180><c> for</c><00:19:34.400><c> a</c><00:19:34.539><c> short</c><00:19:34.720><c> visit,</c>

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:39.660
and<00:19:36.319><c> then</c><00:19:36.700><c> the</c><00:19:36.859><c> second</c><00:19:37.140><c> time</c><00:19:37.440><c> he</c><00:19:37.779><c> stayed</c><00:19:38.240><c> for</c><00:19:38.960><c> almost</c><00:19:39.359><c> three</c>

00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:43.220
years,<00:19:39.960><c> it</c><00:19:40.079><c> is</c><00:19:40.339><c> thought.</c><00:19:42.000><c> So</c><00:19:42.519><c> he</c><00:19:42.720><c> didn't</c><00:19:42.940><c> just</c>

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:47.039
go<00:19:43.700><c> and</c><00:19:44.099><c> do</c><00:19:44.180><c> a</c><00:19:44.359><c> small</c><00:19:44.559><c> preaching</c><00:19:44.880><c> campaign</c><00:19:45.400><c> and</c><00:19:45.640><c> then</c><00:19:46.420><c> move</c><00:19:46.799><c> on</c>

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:48.200
somewhere<00:19:47.259><c> else</c><00:19:47.480><c> and</c><00:19:47.599><c> let</c><00:19:47.700><c> someone</c><00:19:47.940><c> else</c>

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:51.440
clean<00:19:48.359><c> it</c><00:19:48.539><c> up</c><00:19:48.680><c> for</c><00:19:48.900><c> him.</c><00:19:49.079><c> It</c><00:19:49.339><c> takes</c><00:19:49.539><c> some</c><00:19:49.799><c> effort</c><00:19:50.059><c> and</c><00:19:50.380><c> time</c><00:19:50.779><c> to</c>

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:54.799
plant<00:19:51.940><c> water</c><00:19:52.619><c> and</c><00:19:53.160><c> nurture</c><00:19:53.619><c> a</c><00:19:54.559><c> new</c>

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:56.440
enterprise<00:19:55.259><c> like</c><00:19:55.539><c> this.</c>

00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:01.859
He<00:19:56.859><c> went</c><00:19:57.140><c> from,</c><00:19:58.119><c> I</c><00:19:58.279><c> don't</c><00:19:58.500><c> have</c><00:19:58.740><c> a</c><00:19:58.920><c> pointer,</c><00:20:00.200><c> but</c><00:20:00.339><c> I</c><00:20:00.420><c> will</c><00:20:00.680><c> use</c>

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:04.740
something<00:20:02.180><c> digital</c><00:20:02.660><c> here.</c><00:20:04.460><c> He</c><00:20:04.500><c> was</c>

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:08.559
up<00:20:05.019><c> in</c><00:20:05.920><c> Macedonia,</c><00:20:06.839><c> came</c><00:20:06.920><c> down</c><00:20:07.299><c> through,</c><00:20:07.740><c> made</c><00:20:07.880><c> that</c><00:20:08.279><c> great</c>

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:11.019
speech<00:20:08.839><c> at</c><00:20:09.119><c> Athens</c><00:20:09.460><c> on</c><00:20:09.700><c> Mars</c><00:20:10.000><c> Hill</c><00:20:10.319><c> and</c><00:20:10.799><c> then</c>

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:14.259
crossed<00:20:11.400><c> and</c><00:20:11.880><c> went</c><00:20:12.079><c> to</c><00:20:12.319><c> Ephesus.</c><00:20:12.660><c> He</c><00:20:12.859><c> actually</c><00:20:13.160><c> landed</c><00:20:13.480><c> at</c><00:20:13.700><c> the</c><00:20:13.859><c> harbor</c><00:20:14.099><c> of</c>

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:16.079
Miletus<00:20:14.640><c> which</c><00:20:14.839><c> was</c><00:20:15.099><c> about</c><00:20:15.619><c> eight</c>

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:20.700
to<00:20:16.259><c> ten</c><00:20:16.440><c> miles</c><00:20:16.859><c> downstream</c><00:20:17.559><c> and</c><00:20:18.599><c> spent</c><00:20:19.119><c> a</c><00:20:20.000><c> brief</c><00:20:20.180><c> visit</c><00:20:20.480><c> here</c>

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:22.339
and<00:20:21.079><c> then</c><00:20:21.359><c> later</c><00:20:21.559><c> went</c><00:20:21.759><c> back</c><00:20:22.059><c> on</c><00:20:22.220><c> the</c>

00:20:22.339 --> 00:20:25.640
next<00:20:22.539><c> journey</c><00:20:22.900><c> and</c><00:20:23.220><c> spent</c><00:20:23.839><c> several</c><00:20:24.420><c> years.</c>

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:29.039
The<00:20:26.880><c> write</c><00:20:27.039><c>-up</c><00:20:27.180><c> on</c><00:20:27.279><c> this</c><00:20:27.480><c> is</c><00:20:27.740><c> interesting,</c><00:20:28.400><c> but</c><00:20:28.440><c> let's</c><00:20:28.799><c> take</c><00:20:29.000><c> a</c>

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:33.619
little<00:20:29.240><c> bit</c><00:20:29.539><c> more</c><00:20:29.839><c> look</c><00:20:30.059><c> at</c><00:20:31.440><c> Ephesus.</c><00:20:33.339><c> I</c>

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:37.759
was<00:20:33.880><c> a</c><00:20:34.000><c> little</c><00:20:34.140><c> amazed</c><00:20:34.500><c> myself</c><00:20:35.420><c> in</c><00:20:35.920><c> studying</c><00:20:36.220><c> into</c><00:20:36.519><c> this.</c><00:20:37.440><c> I</c>

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:40.960
had<00:20:38.359><c> some</c><00:20:38.799><c> feeling</c><00:20:39.160><c> for</c><00:20:39.400><c> it,</c><00:20:39.539><c> but</c><00:20:40.299><c> the</c><00:20:40.660><c> best</c>

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:44.640
part<00:20:41.259><c> about</c><00:20:41.480><c> being</c><00:20:41.779><c> a</c><00:20:42.000><c> teacher</c><00:20:42.279><c> is</c><00:20:42.500><c> not</c><00:20:42.759><c> what</c><00:20:42.920><c> you</c><00:20:43.220><c> teach.</c><00:20:43.960><c> It's</c><00:20:44.180><c> what</c><00:20:44.339><c> you</c>

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:49.000
learn<00:20:45.059><c> yourself.</c><00:20:47.900><c> Sometimes</c>

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:51.579
you<00:20:49.420><c> learn</c><00:20:49.680><c> a</c><00:20:49.819><c> lot</c><00:20:49.980><c> more</c><00:20:50.220><c> and</c><00:20:50.299><c> you</c><00:20:50.440><c> get</c><00:20:50.599><c> surprised</c><00:20:51.119><c> and</c><00:20:51.279><c> that's</c>

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.920
what's<00:20:51.779><c> really</c><00:20:52.180><c> fun.</c>

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:58.140
I<00:20:53.259><c> didn't</c><00:20:53.500><c> know</c><00:20:53.799><c> that</c><00:20:54.200><c> Ephesus</c><00:20:54.539><c> was</c><00:20:54.740><c> the</c><00:20:54.940><c> third</c><00:20:55.119><c> largest</c><00:20:55.460><c> city.</c><00:20:55.839><c> I</c><00:20:55.980><c> would</c><00:20:56.160><c> have</c><00:20:56.279><c> guessed</c><00:20:56.559><c> fifth</c><00:20:56.920><c> or</c><00:20:57.160><c> sixth.</c>

00:20:58.480 --> 00:21:01.180
Rome<00:20:58.859><c> and</c><00:20:59.140><c> Alexandria</c><00:20:59.799><c> are</c><00:21:00.140><c> generally</c><00:21:00.380><c> thought</c><00:21:00.660><c> to</c><00:21:00.819><c> be</c><00:21:00.980><c> the</c>

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:02.980
first<00:21:01.420><c> two.</c><00:21:02.019><c> There's</c><00:21:02.279><c> some</c><00:21:02.539><c> dispute</c>

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:06.180
about<00:21:03.259><c> who</c><00:21:03.440><c> was</c><00:21:03.680><c> second.</c><00:21:04.880><c> Some</c><00:21:05.079><c> have</c><00:21:05.319><c> said</c><00:21:05.440><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:21:06.000><c> some</c>

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:10.740
have<00:21:06.400><c> said</c><00:21:06.539><c> Athens.</c><00:21:09.039><c> Excavations</c><00:21:09.559><c> at</c><00:21:10.420><c> that</c>

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:13.700
site<00:21:10.980><c> have</c><00:21:11.240><c> revealed</c><00:21:11.579><c> that</c><00:21:11.759><c> the</c><00:21:11.920><c> city</c><00:21:12.079><c> must</c><00:21:12.359><c> have</c><00:21:12.539><c> held</c><00:21:12.700><c> between</c><00:21:13.099><c> 250</c>

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:17.759
,000<00:21:13.720><c> and</c><00:21:13.859><c> 500</c><00:21:14.279><c>,000</c><00:21:14.700><c> people.</c><00:21:17.440><c> For</c>

00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:20.700
physicists,<00:21:18.400><c> an</c><00:21:18.559><c> error</c><00:21:18.759><c> of</c><00:21:19.019><c> a</c><00:21:19.079><c> factor</c><00:21:19.319><c> of</c><00:21:19.500><c> two</c><00:21:19.579><c> is</c><00:21:19.779><c> nothing,</c>

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:23.440
but<00:21:21.019><c> the</c><00:21:21.180><c> reason</c><00:21:21.500><c> it's</c><00:21:22.259><c> so</c><00:21:22.579><c> large</c><00:21:22.759><c> is</c><00:21:22.980><c> because</c>

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:26.200
as<00:21:23.799><c> you</c><00:21:24.039><c> excavate,</c><00:21:24.599><c> you're</c><00:21:24.700><c> not</c><00:21:24.940><c> always</c><00:21:25.319><c> sure</c><00:21:25.559><c> that</c><00:21:25.819><c> all</c><00:21:25.980><c> your</c>

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:29.180
levels<00:21:26.480><c> are</c><00:21:26.799><c> contiguous.</c><00:21:27.940><c> You</c><00:21:28.079><c> may</c><00:21:28.400><c> think</c>

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:32.160
that's<00:21:30.000><c> first</c><00:21:30.279><c> century,</c><00:21:30.740><c> but</c><00:21:30.779><c> you</c><00:21:30.900><c> may</c><00:21:31.119><c> have</c><00:21:31.220><c> dug</c><00:21:31.400><c> up</c><00:21:31.740><c> something</c><00:21:32.019><c> that</c>

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:34.279
was<00:21:33.000><c> sixth</c><00:21:33.259><c> century.</c><00:21:34.119><c> There's</c>

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:37.819
some<00:21:34.599><c> doubt</c><00:21:34.819><c> at</c><00:21:35.039><c> the</c><00:21:35.200><c> fringes,</c><00:21:36.000><c> but</c><00:21:36.539><c> I</c><00:21:36.640><c> think</c><00:21:36.900><c> overall,</c><00:21:37.640><c> even</c>

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.700
if<00:21:37.940><c> it's</c><00:21:38.140><c> 250</c><00:21:38.619><c>,000,</c><00:21:39.079><c> that's</c><00:21:39.299><c> a</c><00:21:39.359><c> pretty</c><00:21:39.519><c> large</c>

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:39.880
city.

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:43.240
Rome<00:21:40.180><c> was</c><00:21:40.359><c> the</c><00:21:40.460><c> only</c><00:21:40.700><c> city</c><00:21:40.960><c> in</c><00:21:41.099><c> the</c><00:21:41.240><c> world</c><00:21:41.559><c> until</c><00:21:42.539><c> relatively</c>

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:45.680
modern<00:21:43.579><c> times,</c><00:21:43.920><c> until</c><00:21:44.099><c> the</c><00:21:44.279><c> 19th</c><00:21:44.819><c> century.</c>

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:48.339
Rome<00:21:45.759><c> is</c><00:21:45.880><c> the</c><00:21:46.039><c> only</c><00:21:46.279><c> city</c><00:21:46.480><c> in</c><00:21:46.619><c> the</c><00:21:46.640><c> world</c><00:21:46.759><c> that</c><00:21:46.900><c> had</c><00:21:47.019><c> a</c><00:21:47.200><c> population</c><00:21:47.660><c> well</c><00:21:47.980><c> over</c><00:21:48.220><c> a</c>

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.819
million.<00:21:49.500><c> If</c><00:21:49.640><c> you've</c>

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:53.740
ever<00:21:50.000><c> been</c><00:21:50.160><c> to</c><00:21:50.400><c> Rome,</c><00:21:51.640><c> you</c><00:21:51.700><c> can</c><00:21:52.059><c> see</c><00:21:52.220><c> a</c><00:21:52.319><c> lot</c><00:21:52.519><c> of</c><00:21:52.660><c> it</c><00:21:52.779><c> is</c><00:21:52.859><c> still</c><00:21:53.099><c> there,</c><00:21:53.720><c> a</c>

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:55.319
lot<00:21:53.920><c> of</c><00:21:54.099><c> the</c><00:21:54.259><c> ruins</c><00:21:54.500><c> and</c><00:21:54.900><c> the</c>

00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:59.500
works,<00:21:56.259><c> the</c><00:21:56.599><c> aqueducts,</c><00:21:57.160><c> the</c><00:21:57.319><c> water</c><00:21:57.539><c> supplies.</c><00:21:58.160><c> A</c><00:21:58.319><c> large</c><00:21:58.579><c> infrastructure</c><00:21:59.299><c> had</c>

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:00.460
to<00:21:59.640><c> be</c><00:21:59.799><c> built</c><00:22:00.019><c> up</c>

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:03.960
and<00:22:00.859><c> Ephesus</c><00:22:01.299><c> had</c><00:22:01.619><c> a</c><00:22:01.799><c> lot</c><00:22:02.000><c> of</c><00:22:02.039><c> infrastructure.</c><00:22:03.259><c> The</c><00:22:03.500><c> theater</c>

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.920
at<00:22:04.299><c> Ephesus</c><00:22:04.779><c> held</c><00:22:05.000><c> 25</c><00:22:05.500><c>,000</c><00:22:05.920><c> people,</c><00:22:07.660><c> slightly</c>

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:12.279
bigger<00:22:08.339><c> than</c><00:22:08.579><c> the</c><00:22:08.700><c> one</c><00:22:08.839><c> at</c><00:22:09.019><c> Verona</c><00:22:09.980><c> in</c><00:22:10.359><c> Italy,</c><00:22:11.220><c> which</c><00:22:11.380><c> held</c><00:22:11.519><c> about</c><00:22:11.920><c> 20</c>

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.940
,000,<00:22:12.279><c> 22</c><00:22:12.640><c>,000,</c><00:22:13.140><c> and</c><00:22:13.319><c> of</c><00:22:13.500><c> course</c><00:22:13.680><c> the</c>

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:18.019
Colosseum<00:22:14.420><c> in</c><00:22:14.539><c> Rome</c><00:22:14.720><c> holds</c><00:22:15.200><c> about</c><00:22:15.539><c> 75</c><00:22:16.079><c>,000.</c><00:22:16.920><c> This</c><00:22:17.299><c> was</c><00:22:17.539><c> a</c><00:22:17.640><c> very</c>

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:20.660
large<00:22:19.200><c> amphitheater,</c><00:22:20.099><c> and</c><00:22:20.180><c> this</c><00:22:20.420><c> is</c>

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:24.259
where<00:22:21.039><c> they</c><00:22:21.640><c> were</c><00:22:21.960><c> dragged</c><00:22:22.279><c> into</c><00:22:22.519><c> that</c><00:22:22.839><c> amphitheater</c><00:22:23.539><c> when</c>

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:26.960
Demetrius<00:22:25.019><c> and</c><00:22:25.319><c> the</c><00:22:25.740><c> guild</c><00:22:26.019><c> makers</c><00:22:26.339><c> were</c><00:22:26.660><c> screaming</c>

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:29.779
about<00:22:27.279><c> Diana</c><00:22:27.619><c> or</c><00:22:27.799><c> the</c><00:22:28.000><c> Ephesians.</c><00:22:29.079><c> When</c><00:22:29.220><c> they</c><00:22:29.400><c> were</c><00:22:29.579><c> dragged</c>

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:31.079
in<00:22:29.940><c> there,</c><00:22:30.000><c> I</c><00:22:30.099><c> never</c><00:22:30.279><c> realized</c><00:22:30.700><c> what</c><00:22:30.859><c> a</c>

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:34.500
large<00:22:31.319><c> crowd</c><00:22:31.559><c> it</c><00:22:31.720><c> was.</c><00:22:32.839><c> Some</c><00:22:33.079><c> have</c><00:22:33.279><c> said,</c><00:22:33.700><c> well,</c><00:22:33.700><c> it</c><00:22:33.839><c> was</c><00:22:33.960><c> 25</c>

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.980
,000<00:22:34.980><c> by</c><00:22:35.240><c> modern</c><00:22:35.680><c> standards</c><00:22:36.200><c> for</c><00:22:36.660><c> fire</c>

00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:41.339
safety,<00:22:37.460><c> but</c><00:22:37.539><c> you</c><00:22:37.660><c> could</c><00:22:37.859><c> have</c><00:22:38.000><c> fit</c><00:22:38.119><c> 50</c><00:22:38.519><c>,000</c><00:22:38.900><c> in</c><00:22:39.079><c> there</c><00:22:39.319><c> in</c><00:22:39.740><c> those</c><00:22:39.960><c> days</c><00:22:40.220><c> because</c><00:22:40.500><c> there</c><00:22:41.119><c> was</c>

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.960
no<00:22:41.559><c> OSHA</c><00:22:41.819><c> and</c>

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:44.079
no<00:22:42.059><c> other</c><00:22:42.339><c> standards.</c><00:22:42.640><c> They</c><00:22:42.799><c> just</c><00:22:43.119><c> jammed</c><00:22:43.359><c> in</c><00:22:43.480><c> when</c><00:22:43.579><c> they</c><00:22:43.700><c> wanted</c><00:22:43.920><c> to</c>

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:46.140
go<00:22:44.279><c> in,</c><00:22:45.079><c> and</c><00:22:45.200><c> so</c><00:22:45.299><c> this</c><00:22:45.460><c> was</c><00:22:45.660><c> a</c><00:22:45.740><c> very</c>

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:51.200
large<00:22:46.460><c> place,</c><00:22:47.240><c> and</c><00:22:47.640><c> this</c><00:22:48.079><c> is</c><00:22:48.240><c> one</c><00:22:48.400><c> of</c><00:22:48.519><c> the</c><00:22:48.619><c> reasons</c><00:22:49.220><c> Paul</c><00:22:49.880><c> spent</c><00:22:50.220><c> three</c><00:22:50.460><c> years</c><00:22:50.759><c> there.</c><00:22:51.039><c> Here</c>

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.759
was<00:22:51.420><c> a</c><00:22:51.599><c> place</c>

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:54.019
where<00:22:51.980><c> the</c><00:22:52.180><c> work</c><00:22:52.339><c> could</c><00:22:52.559><c> really</c><00:22:52.819><c> be</c><00:22:53.079><c> planted,</c><00:22:53.640><c> where</c><00:22:53.740><c> there</c><00:22:53.799><c> were</c><00:22:53.960><c> a</c>

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.720
lot<00:22:54.200><c> of</c><00:22:54.319><c> people</c><00:22:54.539><c> to</c><00:22:54.740><c> talk</c><00:22:54.980><c> to,</c><00:22:55.619><c> which</c>

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:58.819
there<00:22:55.900><c> were</c><00:22:56.059><c> plenty</c><00:22:56.319><c> of</c><00:22:56.579><c> opportunity.</c><00:22:57.039><c> There</c><00:22:57.140><c> were</c><00:22:57.319><c> many</c><00:22:57.700><c> schools</c><00:22:58.339><c> of</c>

00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:01.240
the<00:22:59.039><c> Greeks</c><00:22:59.319><c> around</c><00:23:00.319><c> teaching</c>

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:04.859
Greek<00:23:01.579><c> philosophy,</c><00:23:02.279><c> and</c><00:23:03.259><c> the</c><00:23:03.700><c> aristocratic</c><00:23:04.259><c> families</c><00:23:04.680><c> were</c>

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:12.299
very<00:23:05.200><c> powerful</c><00:23:05.599><c> in</c><00:23:05.799><c> this</c><00:23:06.000><c> city.</c><00:23:08.740><c> Some</c><00:23:08.940><c> of</c><00:23:11.640><c> the</c>

00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:16.039
places<00:23:13.359><c> were</c><00:23:13.440><c> interesting.</c><00:23:13.940><c> Ephesus</c><00:23:14.200><c> was</c><00:23:14.440><c> the</c><00:23:14.720><c> center</c><00:23:15.019><c> of</c><00:23:15.299><c> the</c><00:23:15.460><c> cult</c><00:23:15.720><c> of</c>

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:19.119
Diana.<00:23:17.259><c> Diana</c><00:23:17.720><c> was</c><00:23:18.700><c> the</c><00:23:18.900><c> goddess</c>

00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:27.160
of<00:23:19.400><c> the</c><00:23:19.680><c> hunt,</c><00:23:21.240><c> or</c><00:23:21.359><c> alternately</c><00:23:21.940><c> also</c><00:23:22.339><c> considered</c><00:23:22.700><c> the</c><00:23:22.900><c> goddess</c><00:23:23.140><c> of</c><00:23:23.400><c> love.</c><00:23:25.640><c> The</c><00:23:26.059><c> Roman</c><00:23:26.380><c> name</c><00:23:26.619><c> is</c><00:23:26.819><c> Diana.</c>

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:33.319
The<00:23:27.339><c> Greek</c><00:23:27.579><c> name</c><00:23:27.839><c> was</c><00:23:28.099><c> Artemis.</c><00:23:29.500><c> The</c><00:23:29.640><c> Canaanites</c><00:23:30.059><c> had</c><00:23:30.240><c> an</c><00:23:30.500><c> equivalent</c><00:23:30.859><c> goddess,</c><00:23:31.859><c> which</c><00:23:32.660><c> is</c><00:23:33.059><c> called</c>

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:38.000
Astaroth.<00:23:34.400><c> They</c><00:23:34.579><c> were</c><00:23:34.680><c> all</c><00:23:34.880><c> the</c><00:23:35.059><c> same.</c><00:23:35.380><c> They</c><00:23:35.480><c> were</c><00:23:35.579><c> all</c><00:23:35.779><c> mother</c><00:23:36.039><c> goddesses,</c><00:23:37.380><c> and</c>

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:40.240
this<00:23:38.740><c> center</c><00:23:39.259><c> of</c><00:23:39.660><c> Ephesus</c>

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:44.940
was<00:23:40.740><c> very</c><00:23:41.319><c> equivalent</c><00:23:41.740><c> to,</c><00:23:42.079><c> let's</c><00:23:42.240><c> say,</c><00:23:42.460><c> the</c><00:23:42.619><c> Vatican.</c><00:23:43.880><c> It</c><00:23:44.039><c> was</c><00:23:44.299><c> the</c><00:23:44.500><c> center</c><00:23:44.759><c> of</c>

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.779
this<00:23:45.140><c> worship</c><00:23:45.420><c> for</c><00:23:45.640><c> the</c>

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:49.599
whole<00:23:46.059><c> Asian</c><00:23:46.380><c> world.</c><00:23:46.720><c> People</c><00:23:47.019><c> came</c><00:23:47.299><c> from</c><00:23:47.579><c> all</c><00:23:47.900><c> over</c><00:23:48.160><c> there</c><00:23:48.779><c> to</c>

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:53.579
do<00:23:50.059><c> homage</c><00:23:50.579><c> to</c><00:23:50.880><c> Diana,</c><00:23:52.200><c> and</c><00:23:52.660><c> many</c><00:23:53.259><c> of</c><00:23:53.440><c> the</c>

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:57.359
other<00:23:53.799><c> oriental</c><00:23:54.319><c> cults</c><00:23:55.059><c> were</c><00:23:55.240><c> gaining</c><00:23:55.519><c> influence,</c><00:23:56.200><c> but</c><00:23:56.259><c> Diana</c><00:23:56.640><c> was</c>

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:59.539
considered<00:23:57.880><c> today</c><00:23:58.839><c> by</c><00:23:59.119><c> archaeologists</c>

00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:02.460
to<00:23:59.759><c> be</c><00:23:59.920><c> about</c><00:24:00.359><c> the</c><00:24:00.619><c> biggest.</c><00:24:01.339><c> Now,</c><00:24:01.720><c> there</c><00:24:01.799><c> was</c><00:24:01.980><c> a</c><00:24:02.019><c> good</c><00:24:02.220><c> reason</c>

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:04.579
for<00:24:02.640><c> it.</c><00:24:02.720><c> It</c><00:24:02.779><c> was</c><00:24:03.019><c> a</c><00:24:03.119><c> fun</c><00:24:03.319><c> cult.</c><00:24:04.519><c> It</c>

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:07.640
was<00:24:05.119><c> basically</c><00:24:05.660><c> one</c><00:24:05.839><c> of</c><00:24:05.940><c> these</c><00:24:06.099><c> cults</c><00:24:06.440><c> where</c><00:24:07.039><c> you</c><00:24:07.299><c> went</c><00:24:07.500><c> to</c>

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:09.480
the<00:24:07.819><c> temple</c><00:24:08.180><c> and</c><00:24:08.680><c> there</c><00:24:08.819><c> were</c><00:24:08.940><c> all</c><00:24:09.200><c> kinds</c>

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:12.359
of<00:24:09.940><c> sexual</c><00:24:09.940><c> flavors</c><00:24:10.359><c> were</c><00:24:10.640><c> granted</c><00:24:10.960><c> and</c><00:24:11.220><c> so</c><00:24:11.440><c> on.</c><00:24:11.819><c> I</c><00:24:11.859><c> don't</c><00:24:12.039><c> have</c><00:24:12.259><c> to</c>

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.339
go<00:24:12.460><c> into</c><00:24:12.619><c> the</c><00:24:12.819><c> details.</c><00:24:13.119><c> It</c><00:24:13.200><c> was</c>

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:17.460
a<00:24:13.460><c> fun</c><00:24:13.579><c> place</c><00:24:13.799><c> to</c><00:24:14.000><c> go.</c><00:24:14.779><c> It</c><00:24:14.880><c> was</c><00:24:15.099><c> sort</c><00:24:15.220><c> of</c><00:24:15.380><c> like</c><00:24:15.700><c> Las</c><00:24:16.019><c> Vegas</c><00:24:16.460><c> or</c>

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.779
something<00:24:17.740><c> like</c><00:24:18.019><c> that,</c><00:24:18.140><c> Atlantic</c><00:24:18.480><c> City</c>

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:21.960
or<00:24:18.980><c> whatever</c><00:24:19.180><c> it</c><00:24:19.339><c> is.</c><00:24:19.839><c> I've</c><00:24:20.079><c> never</c><00:24:20.279><c> been</c><00:24:20.480><c> to</c><00:24:20.579><c> Atlantic</c><00:24:20.940><c> City</c><00:24:21.359><c> since</c><00:24:21.779><c> I</c>

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:25.140
was<00:24:22.160><c> about</c><00:24:23.019><c> 10</c><00:24:23.319><c> years</c><00:24:23.599><c> old,</c><00:24:23.940><c> so</c><00:24:23.940><c> it's</c>

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:28.640
not<00:24:25.380><c> a</c><00:24:25.640><c> place</c><00:24:25.880><c> that</c><00:24:26.059><c> I'm</c><00:24:26.259><c> dying</c><00:24:26.519><c> to</c><00:24:26.720><c> go</c><00:24:26.900><c> to.</c><00:24:27.319><c> But</c><00:24:27.559><c> what</c><00:24:27.859><c> they</c><00:24:28.160><c> say</c><00:24:28.359><c> is</c>

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:30.140
that<00:24:28.799><c> this</c><00:24:28.980><c> was</c><00:24:29.200><c> a</c><00:24:29.359><c> place</c><00:24:29.519><c> where</c><00:24:29.779><c> people</c>

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:33.140
made<00:24:30.420><c> the</c><00:24:30.660><c> pilgrimage.</c><00:24:31.400><c> So</c><00:24:31.640><c> another</c><00:24:31.980><c> opportunity,</c><00:24:32.839><c> people</c>

00:24:33.140 --> 00:24:35.259
coming<00:24:33.420><c> in</c><00:24:33.700><c> and</c><00:24:33.839><c> out</c><00:24:33.940><c> of</c><00:24:34.079><c> this</c><00:24:34.240><c> city</c><00:24:34.680><c> created</c>

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:39.200
a<00:24:35.519><c> great</c><00:24:35.660><c> opportunity</c><00:24:36.279><c> to</c><00:24:36.519><c> spread</c><00:24:36.759><c> the</c><00:24:36.900><c> word</c><00:24:37.079><c> of</c><00:24:37.240><c> God.</c><00:24:39.000><c> Some</c>

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:41.500
of<00:24:39.359><c> us</c><00:24:39.660><c> who</c><00:24:40.019><c> live</c><00:24:40.619><c> in</c><00:24:40.819><c> places</c><00:24:41.160><c> where</c><00:24:41.420><c> there</c>

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:43.960
is<00:24:41.759><c> this</c><00:24:41.940><c> kind</c><00:24:42.160><c> of</c><00:24:42.339><c> traffic,</c><00:24:42.680><c> I'm</c><00:24:43.039><c> sure</c><00:24:43.220><c> this</c><00:24:43.440><c> is</c><00:24:43.579><c> true</c><00:24:43.740><c> in</c><00:24:43.880><c> the</c>

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:45.920
Baltimore,<00:24:44.319><c> Washington</c><00:24:44.819><c> area,</c><00:24:45.440><c> it</c>

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:48.519
should<00:24:46.099><c> be</c><00:24:46.400><c> a</c><00:24:46.500><c> great</c><00:24:46.680><c> place.</c><00:24:47.380><c> It</c><00:24:47.500><c> also</c><00:24:47.799><c> means</c><00:24:48.000><c> it's</c><00:24:48.220><c> a</c><00:24:48.359><c> tough</c>

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:50.019
place.<00:24:49.299><c> It</c><00:24:49.400><c> doesn't</c><00:24:49.420><c> mean</c><00:24:49.539><c> it's</c><00:24:49.700><c> easy.</c>

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:54.059
It<00:24:50.119><c> means</c><00:24:50.599><c> there's</c><00:24:50.900><c> opportunity.</c><00:24:51.920><c> Ann</c><00:24:52.140><c> Arbor</c><00:24:52.259><c> is</c><00:24:52.400><c> an</c><00:24:52.559><c> interesting</c><00:24:52.920><c> place</c><00:24:53.180><c> because</c><00:24:53.359><c> it's</c><00:24:53.579><c> a</c><00:24:53.819><c> college</c>

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:57.380
town<00:24:54.380><c> and</c><00:24:54.859><c> the</c><00:24:55.099><c> population</c><00:24:55.599><c> changes</c><00:24:56.079><c> by</c><00:24:56.359><c> 20</c><00:24:56.680><c> percent</c><00:24:57.059><c> almost</c>

00:24:57.380 --> 00:25:00.039
every<00:24:57.740><c> year</c><00:24:58.240><c> because</c><00:24:58.839><c> 20</c><00:24:59.259><c>,000</c><00:24:59.660><c> students</c>

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:03.019
move<00:25:00.359><c> out</c><00:25:00.599><c> and</c><00:25:00.740><c> 20</c><00:25:01.059><c>,000</c><00:25:01.380><c> new</c><00:25:01.539><c> ones</c><00:25:01.779><c> move</c><00:25:02.019><c> in.</c><00:25:02.579><c> But</c><00:25:02.759><c> it's</c><00:25:02.839><c> not</c>

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:05.099
just<00:25:03.220><c> students</c><00:25:03.559><c> because</c><00:25:04.339><c> there</c><00:25:04.619><c> are</c><00:25:04.740><c> new</c>

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:08.640
stocks<00:25:05.640><c> and</c><00:25:06.240><c> faculty</c><00:25:06.559><c> don't</c><00:25:06.819><c> get</c><00:25:07.079><c> tenure.</c><00:25:07.640><c> It's</c><00:25:08.079><c> kind</c><00:25:08.339><c> of</c><00:25:08.519><c> a</c>

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:10.420
turnover<00:25:09.099><c> community</c><00:25:09.720><c> and</c><00:25:10.180><c> there's</c>

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:14.720
lots<00:25:10.660><c> of</c><00:25:10.859><c> opportunity.</c><00:25:12.140><c> So</c><00:25:12.460><c> this</c><00:25:13.079><c> is</c><00:25:13.279><c> an</c><00:25:13.559><c> interesting</c><00:25:14.440><c> fact.</c>

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:17.299
I<00:25:14.880><c> only</c><00:25:15.140><c> was</c><00:25:15.319><c> able</c><00:25:15.579><c> to</c><00:25:15.779><c> drag</c><00:25:15.960><c> up</c><00:25:16.180><c> one</c><00:25:16.400><c> picture</c>

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:25.700
of<00:25:18.140><c> Diana,</c><00:25:19.400><c> which</c><00:25:19.619><c> was</c><00:25:19.859><c> not</c><00:25:20.059><c> of</c><00:25:20.160><c> course</c><00:25:20.400><c> taken</c><00:25:20.779><c> from</c><00:25:23.480><c> Ephesus,</c>

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:27.980
but<00:25:26.180><c> Diana</c><00:25:26.980><c> doesn't</c><00:25:27.339><c> look</c><00:25:27.599><c> particularly</c>

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:36.539
to<00:25:28.299><c> me.</c><00:25:30.160><c> You</c><00:25:30.519><c> can't</c><00:25:30.859><c> see</c><00:25:31.039><c> the</c><00:25:31.259><c> details,</c><00:25:32.579><c> but</c><00:25:32.819><c> Diana</c><00:25:33.119><c> as</c><00:25:34.599><c> a</c><00:25:34.740><c> mother</c><00:25:34.940><c> goddess</c><00:25:35.259><c> is</c>

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.440
presented<00:25:36.960><c> with</c><00:25:37.200><c> many,</c>

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:42.680
many<00:25:37.759><c> breasts,</c><00:25:38.619><c> which</c><00:25:38.819><c> is</c><00:25:39.079><c> not</c><00:25:39.460><c> exactly</c><00:25:40.339><c> too</c><00:25:40.940><c> charming.</c><00:25:42.480><c> One</c>

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:45.920
of<00:25:42.799><c> the</c><00:25:42.960><c> things</c><00:25:43.180><c> about</c><00:25:44.119><c> the</c><00:25:44.420><c> cult</c><00:25:44.700><c> of</c><00:25:44.940><c> Diana</c>

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:48.400
is<00:25:46.259><c> it</c><00:25:46.359><c> was</c><00:25:46.660><c> thought</c><00:25:46.920><c> that</c><00:25:47.119><c> Diana</c><00:25:47.440><c> came</c><00:25:47.700><c> down</c><00:25:47.940><c> straight</c><00:25:48.200><c> from</c>

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:53.440
heaven.<00:25:50.599><c> This</c><00:25:50.779><c> was</c><00:25:52.380><c> part</c><00:25:52.799><c> of</c><00:25:52.980><c> the</c><00:25:53.140><c> mystery</c>

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:57.640
cult.<00:25:53.839><c> Diana</c><00:25:54.240><c> came</c><00:25:54.500><c> down</c><00:25:54.779><c> straight</c><00:25:55.099><c> from</c><00:25:55.259><c> heaven</c><00:25:55.619><c> and</c><00:25:56.380><c> it</c><00:25:57.359><c> is</c>

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.720
known<00:25:58.059><c> that</c><00:25:58.559><c> a</c><00:25:58.700><c> meteorite</c><00:25:59.119><c> hit</c><00:25:59.319><c> on</c><00:25:59.539><c> the</c>

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:04.519
spot<00:25:59.920><c> of</c><00:26:00.180><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:00.740><c> about</c><00:26:01.279><c> the</c><00:26:01.460><c> fourth</c><00:26:01.640><c> century</c><00:26:02.019><c> B</c><00:26:02.359><c>.C.</c><00:26:02.980><c> and</c><00:26:03.119><c> this</c><00:26:03.359><c> meteorite</c><00:26:03.920><c> landed</c><00:26:04.259><c> on</c>

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.140
that<00:26:04.759><c> site</c><00:26:04.960><c> where</c>

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:10.680
they<00:26:05.319><c> built</c><00:26:05.539><c> the</c><00:26:05.759><c> temple.</c><00:26:07.200><c> So</c><00:26:07.200><c> this</c><00:26:07.920><c> is</c><00:26:08.140><c> probably</c><00:26:08.660><c> what</c><00:26:09.259><c> happened.</c><00:26:10.420><c> Now,</c>

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:13.519
Paul,<00:26:12.400><c> please</c><00:26:12.980><c> bear</c><00:26:13.299><c> with</c>

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:17.420
these<00:26:13.819><c> dates</c><00:26:14.039><c> because</c><00:26:14.579><c> as</c><00:26:15.079><c> I've</c><00:26:15.319><c> looked</c><00:26:15.460><c> this</c><00:26:15.740><c> up,</c><00:26:16.980><c> there's</c>

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:19.119
always<00:26:17.680><c> some</c><00:26:17.920><c> arguments</c><00:26:18.380><c> about</c><00:26:18.759><c> dates.</c>

00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:21.359
Some<00:26:19.500><c> have</c><00:26:19.819><c> moved</c><00:26:19.960><c> this</c><00:26:20.160><c> a</c><00:26:20.240><c> little</c><00:26:20.400><c> later</c><00:26:20.680><c> in</c><00:26:20.819><c> his</c><00:26:21.019><c> life,</c><00:26:21.180><c> some</c>

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.420
a<00:26:21.460><c> little</c><00:26:21.700><c> earlier,</c><00:26:22.619><c> but</c><00:26:22.819><c> the</c><00:26:23.019><c> key</c><00:26:23.180><c> thing</c>

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:27.319
is<00:26:23.839><c> he</c><00:26:24.059><c> visited</c><00:26:24.460><c> on</c><00:26:24.819><c> the</c><00:26:25.000><c> first</c><00:26:25.240><c> journey</c><00:26:25.660><c> about</c><00:26:26.039><c> 48</c><00:26:26.519><c> A</c><00:26:26.799><c>.D.</c><00:26:27.160><c> Some</c>

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:30.019
have<00:26:27.500><c> said</c><00:26:27.680><c> 52,</c><00:26:28.279><c> but</c><00:26:28.779><c> it</c><00:26:29.059><c> doesn't</c><00:26:29.140><c> matter.</c>

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:32.359
It's<00:26:30.380><c> the</c><00:26:30.559><c> sequence</c><00:26:30.940><c> that</c><00:26:31.200><c> matters</c><00:26:31.440><c> here.</c><00:26:31.940><c> Then</c><00:26:32.079><c> he</c><00:26:32.160><c> went</c>

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:34.720
back<00:26:33.079><c> approximately</c><00:26:33.740><c> four</c><00:26:34.019><c> years</c><00:26:34.299><c> later</c>

00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:37.880
and<00:26:35.220><c> he</c><00:26:35.420><c> spent</c><00:26:35.559><c> several</c><00:26:35.920><c> years</c><00:26:36.180><c> there,</c><00:26:36.460><c> probably</c><00:26:36.880><c> through</c><00:26:37.359><c> to</c>

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:39.200
the<00:26:38.019><c> time</c><00:26:38.160><c> he</c><00:26:38.259><c> went</c><00:26:38.400><c> back</c><00:26:38.680><c> to</c><00:26:38.859><c> Jerusalem</c>

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:44.099
and<00:26:39.420><c> then</c><00:26:40.019><c> was</c><00:26:40.279><c> put</c><00:26:40.500><c> in</c><00:26:41.160><c> prison</c><00:26:41.400><c> and</c><00:26:41.599><c> under</c><00:26:41.799><c> house</c><00:26:42.119><c> arrest.</c><00:26:43.579><c> He</c>

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:47.140
wrote<00:26:44.640><c> some</c><00:26:44.980><c> letters</c><00:26:45.240><c> to</c><00:26:45.440><c> them,</c><00:26:46.839><c> to</c>

00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:50.259
Corinth<00:26:47.460><c> and</c><00:26:47.839><c> probably</c><00:26:48.319><c> to</c><00:26:48.579><c> Timothy,</c><00:26:49.099><c> definitely</c><00:26:49.460><c> to</c><00:26:49.700><c> Timothy</c><00:26:50.019><c> while</c>

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.460
he<00:26:50.339><c> was</c><00:26:50.539><c> under</c><00:26:50.799><c> house</c><00:26:51.099><c> arrest.</c>

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:54.980
So<00:26:52.019><c> he</c><00:26:52.119><c> had</c><00:26:52.279><c> a</c><00:26:52.339><c> lot</c><00:26:52.539><c> of</c><00:26:52.759><c> concern.</c><00:26:53.640><c> I</c><00:26:53.680><c> have</c><00:26:53.880><c> a</c><00:26:54.079><c> picture</c><00:26:54.339><c> of</c><00:26:54.619><c> the</c>

00:26:54.980 --> 00:27:00.839
excavation<00:26:55.539><c> of</c><00:26:56.859><c> the</c><00:26:58.400><c> Colosseum</c><00:26:59.319><c> where</c><00:26:59.700><c> he</c>

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:03.420
wasn't<00:27:01.240><c> dragged,</c><00:27:01.519><c> but</c><00:27:01.660><c> he</c><00:27:01.720><c> was</c><00:27:02.019><c> probably</c><00:27:02.259><c> right</c><00:27:02.559><c> outside</c><00:27:03.079><c> at</c>

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.640
these<00:27:03.640><c> points</c><00:27:03.920><c> right</c><00:27:04.180><c> here</c><00:27:04.400><c> leading</c>

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:06.720
into<00:27:04.960><c> it</c><00:27:05.140><c> when</c><00:27:05.299><c> the</c><00:27:05.480><c> brethren</c><00:27:05.680><c> were</c><00:27:05.859><c> trying</c><00:27:06.099><c> to</c><00:27:06.259><c> keep</c><00:27:06.380><c> him</c><00:27:06.539><c> out</c>

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:09.640
of<00:27:06.839><c> it.</c><00:27:08.039><c> The</c><00:27:08.559><c> Colosseum</c><00:27:08.940><c> is</c><00:27:09.140><c> built</c><00:27:09.339><c> into</c>

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:13.779
a<00:27:09.740><c> hillside.</c><00:27:11.680><c> They</c><00:27:11.799><c> say</c><00:27:12.160><c> even</c><00:27:12.460><c> today,</c><00:27:12.819><c> if</c><00:27:12.920><c> you</c><00:27:13.180><c> stand</c><00:27:13.440><c> in</c><00:27:13.619><c> the</c>

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:16.480
center<00:27:14.220><c> and</c><00:27:14.900><c> you</c><00:27:15.140><c> raise</c><00:27:15.279><c> your</c><00:27:15.500><c> voice,</c><00:27:16.240><c> it</c>

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:20.019
just<00:27:16.819><c> booms</c><00:27:17.119><c> out</c><00:27:17.440><c> because</c><00:27:17.720><c> it's</c><00:27:17.900><c> just</c><00:27:18.119><c> a</c><00:27:18.460><c> natural</c><00:27:19.440><c> chamber</c>

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.819
for<00:27:20.420><c> projecting</c><00:27:20.900><c> the</c><00:27:21.160><c> voice.</c><00:27:21.420><c> You</c><00:27:21.559><c> can</c>

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:24.339
see<00:27:21.940><c> with</c><00:27:22.140><c> the</c><00:27:22.279><c> hills</c><00:27:22.500><c> and</c><00:27:22.680><c> everything</c><00:27:22.960><c> all</c><00:27:23.259><c> around</c><00:27:23.519><c> it</c><00:27:23.920><c> that</c>

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:26.119
they<00:27:24.599><c> took</c><00:27:24.819><c> advantage</c><00:27:25.380><c> of</c><00:27:25.579><c> the</c><00:27:25.779><c> acoustic</c>

00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:30.579
effect<00:27:26.619><c> to</c><00:27:27.079><c> get</c><00:27:27.240><c> this</c><00:27:27.700><c> very</c><00:27:28.039><c> dramatic</c><00:27:29.160><c> circumstance.</c><00:27:30.019><c> A</c><00:27:30.180><c> little</c><00:27:30.319><c> bit</c>

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:34.400
closer<00:27:30.880><c> up,</c><00:27:31.940><c> a</c><00:27:32.079><c> very</c><00:27:33.480><c> well</c><00:27:34.180><c>-built</c>

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:39.740
structure<00:27:34.920><c> with</c><00:27:36.319><c> layer</c><00:27:36.559><c> after</c><00:27:36.859><c> layer</c><00:27:37.180><c> of</c><00:27:37.440><c> steps.</c><00:27:39.079><c> They</c><00:27:39.299><c> say</c>

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:42.200
anywhere<00:27:40.299><c> from</c><00:27:40.680><c> 25</c><00:27:41.059><c>,000</c><00:27:41.579><c> upwards</c><00:27:41.900><c> could</c>

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:49.619
sit<00:27:42.319><c> in</c><00:27:42.460><c> it.</c><00:27:43.440><c> So</c><00:27:43.619><c> that</c><00:27:43.759><c> is</c><00:27:44.599><c> the</c><00:27:45.539><c> place</c><00:27:46.299><c> at</c><00:27:48.359><c> Ephesus.</c><00:27:49.019><c> If</c><00:27:49.160><c> I</c><00:27:49.299><c> could</c><00:27:49.460><c> have</c>

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.900
the<00:27:49.819><c> lights,</c><00:27:50.240><c> I</c><00:27:50.319><c> could</c><00:27:50.519><c> see</c><00:27:50.660><c> my</c>

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:54.740
notes<00:27:51.099><c> a</c><00:27:51.240><c> little</c><00:27:51.420><c> bit</c><00:27:51.619><c> better.</c><00:27:52.480><c> I'd</c><00:27:52.900><c> appreciate</c><00:27:53.259><c> it.</c><00:27:54.460><c> Thank</c>

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:57.500
you.<00:27:56.259><c> We'll</c><00:27:56.460><c> use</c><00:27:56.660><c> this</c><00:27:56.920><c> again</c><00:27:57.180><c> later,</c>

00:27:57.519 --> 00:28:00.819
but<00:27:57.759><c> for</c><00:27:58.019><c> now,</c><00:27:59.000><c> it's</c><00:27:59.440><c> a</c><00:27:59.539><c> chance</c><00:27:59.700><c> for</c><00:27:59.819><c> me</c><00:27:59.900><c> to</c><00:27:59.940><c> see</c><00:28:00.099><c> my</c><00:28:00.319><c> notes</c><00:28:00.579><c> and</c>

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:02.579
make<00:28:01.000><c> sure</c><00:28:01.160><c> everybody's</c><00:28:01.460><c> staying</c><00:28:01.720><c> awake.</c>

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:05.619
The<00:28:03.480><c> most</c><00:28:03.799><c> fearful</c><00:28:04.059><c> thing</c><00:28:04.339><c> for</c><00:28:04.579><c> a</c><00:28:04.640><c> teacher</c><00:28:04.839><c> to</c><00:28:05.019><c> do</c><00:28:05.099><c> is</c><00:28:05.279><c> to</c><00:28:05.440><c> show</c>

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:07.769
a<00:28:05.819><c> film,</c><00:28:06.759><c> and</c><00:28:06.980><c> then</c><00:28:07.119><c> when</c><00:28:07.319><c> the</c><00:28:07.559><c> film's</c>

00:28:07.769 --> 00:28:10.829
over,<00:28:08.190><c> you</c><00:28:08.190><c> look</c><00:28:08.369><c> and</c><00:28:08.589><c> half</c><00:28:08.750><c> the</c><00:28:08.970><c> class</c><00:28:09.150><c> has</c><00:28:09.369><c> nodded</c><00:28:09.690><c> off.</c><00:28:10.509><c> So</c>

00:28:10.829 --> 00:28:12.430
I'm<00:28:11.210><c> glad</c><00:28:11.390><c> you're</c><00:28:11.630><c> all</c><00:28:11.829><c> with</c><00:28:12.009><c> me.</c>

00:28:12.930 --> 00:28:15.490
So<00:28:13.089><c> this</c><00:28:13.269><c> was</c><00:28:13.589><c> a</c><00:28:13.910><c> wonderful</c><00:28:14.269><c> place</c><00:28:14.569><c> to</c><00:28:14.809><c> preach</c><00:28:14.950><c> the</c><00:28:15.150><c> Gospel.</c>

00:28:15.930 --> 00:28:18.170
Paul's<00:28:16.269><c> work</c><00:28:16.450><c> there</c><00:28:16.609><c> was</c><00:28:16.809><c> very</c><00:28:17.190><c> effective,</c>

00:28:18.410 --> 00:28:20.890
and<00:28:18.670><c> I</c><00:28:18.849><c> think</c><00:28:18.990><c> we</c><00:28:19.130><c> can</c><00:28:19.369><c> learn</c><00:28:19.730><c> several</c><00:28:20.289><c> things</c><00:28:20.529><c> that</c><00:28:20.670><c> I</c><00:28:20.809><c> want</c>

00:28:20.890 --> 00:28:22.329
to<00:28:21.109><c> point</c><00:28:21.269><c> out</c><00:28:21.490><c> in</c><00:28:21.690><c> the</c><00:28:21.809><c> course</c><00:28:21.970><c> of</c><00:28:22.250><c> this</c>

00:28:22.329 --> 00:28:25.589
study.<00:28:23.309><c> There</c><00:28:23.630><c> are</c><00:28:23.789><c> stages</c><00:28:24.190><c> that</c><00:28:24.450><c> ecclesias</c><00:28:24.809><c> go</c><00:28:25.049><c> through.</c><00:28:25.509><c> A</c>

00:28:25.589 --> 00:28:27.750
new<00:28:25.750><c> ecclesia</c><00:28:26.210><c> is</c><00:28:26.470><c> filled</c><00:28:26.769><c> with</c><00:28:27.049><c> zeal</c>

00:28:27.750 --> 00:28:33.509
and<00:28:28.230><c> filled</c><00:28:28.490><c> with</c><00:28:28.829><c> the</c><00:28:29.529><c> idea</c><00:28:29.869><c> of</c><00:28:30.329><c> being</c><00:28:31.029><c> outward</c><00:28:31.509><c>-looking.</c><00:28:32.809><c> Sometimes</c><00:28:33.250><c> as</c>

00:28:33.509 --> 00:28:35.670
ecclesias<00:28:33.890><c> get</c><00:28:34.130><c> older,</c><00:28:34.930><c> and</c><00:28:35.269><c> we</c><00:28:35.470><c> could</c>

00:28:35.670 --> 00:28:39.450
call<00:28:35.849><c> this</c><00:28:36.049><c> maturity,</c><00:28:37.789><c> what</c><00:28:38.049><c> happens</c><00:28:38.430><c> is</c><00:28:38.710><c> you</c><00:28:38.910><c> turn</c><00:28:39.109><c> to</c><00:28:39.289><c> look</c>

00:28:39.450 --> 00:28:40.589
more<00:28:39.730><c> and</c><00:28:39.730><c> more</c><00:28:39.930><c> inward,</c><00:28:40.289><c> because</c><00:28:40.390><c> as</c>

00:28:40.589 --> 00:28:43.630
you<00:28:40.730><c> grow,</c><00:28:41.609><c> your</c><00:28:41.730><c> problems</c><00:28:42.069><c> grow</c><00:28:42.329><c> with</c><00:28:42.569><c> you,</c><00:28:43.089><c> and</c><00:28:43.289><c> then</c><00:28:43.450><c> you</c>

00:28:43.630 --> 00:28:45.430
start<00:28:43.930><c> to</c><00:28:44.670><c> have</c><00:28:44.670><c> to</c><00:28:44.970><c> concentrate</c><00:28:45.210><c> more</c>

00:28:45.430 --> 00:28:48.869
on<00:28:45.529><c> the</c><00:28:45.710><c> care</c><00:28:45.869><c> of</c><00:28:45.990><c> your</c><00:28:46.150><c> members.</c><00:28:47.029><c> Then</c><00:28:47.329><c> if</c><00:28:47.529><c> you</c><00:28:47.829><c> grow</c><00:28:48.069><c> up</c><00:28:48.569><c> and</c>

00:28:48.869 --> 00:28:50.869
don't<00:28:49.029><c> go</c><00:28:49.210><c> into</c><00:28:49.450><c> senility,</c><00:28:50.269><c> you</c><00:28:50.410><c> reach</c><00:28:50.589><c> some</c>

00:28:50.869 --> 00:28:53.869
kind<00:28:51.069><c> of</c><00:28:51.269><c> equilibrium</c><00:28:51.769><c> where</c><00:28:52.430><c> you</c><00:28:52.789><c> develop</c><00:28:53.170><c> structures</c><00:28:53.609><c> to</c>

00:28:53.869 --> 00:28:56.369
care<00:28:54.089><c> for</c><00:28:54.230><c> your</c><00:28:54.430><c> members</c><00:28:54.809><c> and</c><00:28:55.549><c> you</c><00:28:55.809><c> still</c><00:28:56.109><c> keep</c>

00:28:56.369 --> 00:29:01.130
a<00:28:56.589><c> balance</c><00:28:56.849><c> in</c><00:28:57.069><c> your</c><00:28:57.289><c> outward</c><00:28:57.569><c> work.</c><00:28:58.309><c> If</c><00:28:58.450><c> you</c><00:28:58.650><c> don't,</c><00:28:59.289><c> you</c><00:28:59.529><c> start</c><00:28:59.750><c> declining,</c><00:29:00.430><c> because</c><00:29:00.589><c> any</c><00:29:00.829><c> ecclesia</c>

00:29:01.130 --> 00:29:03.910
that<00:29:01.230><c> doesn't</c><00:29:01.549><c> have</c><00:29:01.789><c> this</c><00:29:02.029><c> balance</c><00:29:02.450><c> loses</c><00:29:03.029><c> its</c><00:29:03.349><c> own</c><00:29:03.509><c> members</c>

00:29:03.910 --> 00:29:06.470
and<00:29:04.529><c> doesn't</c><00:29:05.609><c> continue</c><00:29:05.950><c> its</c><00:29:06.170><c> preaching</c>

00:29:06.470 --> 00:29:11.829
work<00:29:06.710><c> to</c><00:29:06.970><c> grow,</c><00:29:07.630><c> and</c><00:29:07.930><c> you</c><00:29:08.309><c> go</c><00:29:08.529><c> down</c><00:29:08.849><c> on</c><00:29:09.029><c> the</c><00:29:09.230><c> curve.</c><00:29:10.210><c> That's</c><00:29:10.809><c> sadly</c><00:29:10.990><c> what</c><00:29:11.210><c> happens</c><00:29:11.569><c> to</c>

00:29:11.829 --> 00:29:12.569
Ephesus<00:29:12.190><c> over</c>

00:29:12.569 --> 00:29:18.589
a<00:29:12.609><c> period</c><00:29:12.990><c> of</c><00:29:13.309><c> time.</c><00:29:14.390><c> This</c><00:29:14.670><c> idea</c><00:29:15.089><c> of</c><00:29:15.529><c> persuasion</c><00:29:16.170><c> and</c><00:29:16.470><c> discovery</c><00:29:17.049><c> is</c><00:29:18.049><c> very</c>

00:29:18.589 --> 00:29:19.829
evident<00:29:18.829><c> in</c><00:29:18.970><c> our</c><00:29:19.190><c> own</c><00:29:19.410><c> community,</c>

00:29:19.990 --> 00:29:22.869
and<00:29:20.109><c> I</c><00:29:20.210><c> will</c><00:29:20.410><c> point</c><00:29:20.630><c> that</c><00:29:20.930><c> back,</c><00:29:21.670><c> go</c><00:29:21.930><c> back</c><00:29:22.130><c> and</c><00:29:22.289><c> forth</c><00:29:22.470><c> a</c><00:29:22.470><c> little</c><00:29:22.710><c> bit,</c>

00:29:22.930 --> 00:29:24.789
because<00:29:23.269><c> it's</c><00:29:23.950><c> very</c><00:29:24.309><c> obvious</c><00:29:24.630><c> when</c>

00:29:24.789 --> 00:29:27.210
you<00:29:24.990><c> look</c><00:29:25.170><c> through</c><00:29:25.470><c> the</c><00:29:25.650><c> Christadelphian</c><00:29:26.329><c> magazine,</c><00:29:26.890><c> which</c>

00:29:27.210 --> 00:29:30.609
started<00:29:27.609><c> first</c><00:29:28.009><c> in</c><00:29:28.269><c> 1864</c><00:29:29.069><c> as</c><00:29:29.309><c> the</c><00:29:29.549><c> ambassador,</c>

00:29:30.549 --> 00:29:37.029
and<00:29:30.829><c> you</c><00:29:30.990><c> read</c><00:29:31.349><c> through,</c><00:29:32.309><c> as</c><00:29:32.369><c> I've</c><00:29:32.710><c> done,</c><00:29:33.150><c> from</c><00:29:33.289><c> 1864</c><00:29:34.730><c> to</c><00:29:34.990><c> about</c><00:29:35.309><c> 1900.</c><00:29:36.769><c> If</c>

00:29:37.029 --> 00:29:38.250
you<00:29:37.190><c> haven't</c><00:29:37.549><c> ever</c><00:29:37.829><c> done</c><00:29:37.990><c> that,</c>

00:29:38.410 --> 00:29:40.910
it's<00:29:38.569><c> really</c><00:29:38.910><c> interesting</c><00:29:39.450><c> reading,</c><00:29:40.069><c> but</c><00:29:40.190><c> when</c><00:29:40.309><c> you</c><00:29:40.450><c> do</c><00:29:40.650><c> that,</c><00:29:40.829><c> you</c>

00:29:40.910 --> 00:29:43.049
find<00:29:41.289><c> out</c><00:29:41.769><c> that</c><00:29:42.390><c> many</c><00:29:42.750><c> of</c><00:29:42.910><c> the</c>

00:29:43.049 --> 00:29:45.410
things<00:29:43.269><c> that</c><00:29:43.490><c> the</c><00:29:43.670><c> Brethren</c><00:29:43.950><c> did</c><00:29:44.230><c> in</c><00:29:44.349><c> those</c><00:29:44.430><c> days,</c><00:29:44.910><c> they</c><00:29:45.130><c> were</c>

00:29:45.410 --> 00:29:47.309
trying<00:29:45.829><c> to</c><00:29:46.190><c> emulate</c><00:29:46.569><c> the</c><00:29:46.950><c> structures</c>

00:29:47.309 --> 00:29:51.849
of<00:29:47.730><c> Ephesus.</c><00:29:48.589><c> They</c><00:29:48.730><c> were</c><00:29:48.950><c> trying</c><00:29:49.190><c> to</c><00:29:49.490><c> emulate</c><00:29:49.829><c> the</c><00:29:50.190><c> first</c><00:29:50.369><c> century</c><00:29:50.809><c> ecclesia,</c><00:29:51.609><c> and</c>

00:29:51.849 --> 00:29:53.190
they<00:29:52.130><c> did</c><00:29:52.450><c> a</c><00:29:52.750><c> very</c>

00:29:53.190 --> 00:29:58.109
good<00:29:53.450><c> job,</c><00:29:54.630><c> and</c><00:29:54.930><c> our</c><00:29:55.210><c> heritage</c><00:29:55.549><c> is</c><00:29:55.869><c> based</c><00:29:56.170><c> on</c><00:29:56.390><c> that</c><00:29:56.589><c> foundation.</c><00:29:57.750><c> One</c><00:29:57.970><c> of</c>

00:29:58.109 --> 00:29:59.069
the<00:29:58.190><c> things</c><00:29:58.410><c> that</c><00:29:58.690><c> Robert</c>

00:29:59.069 --> 00:30:03.789
says<00:29:59.349><c> in</c><00:29:59.869><c> the</c><00:30:00.910><c> first</c><00:30:01.230><c> editor</c><00:30:01.609><c> of</c><00:30:01.789><c> that</c><00:30:01.950><c> magazine,</c><00:30:02.490><c> of</c><00:30:02.650><c> the</c><00:30:02.829><c> ambassador,</c><00:30:03.349><c> later</c><00:30:03.549><c> to</c>

00:30:03.789 --> 00:30:04.910
be<00:30:03.930><c> the</c><00:30:04.109><c> Christadelphian,</c>

00:30:05.329 --> 00:30:08.390
he<00:30:05.450><c> says,</c><00:30:05.690><c> there</c><00:30:05.690><c> is</c><00:30:06.029><c> a</c><00:30:06.190><c> tendency</c><00:30:06.609><c> in</c><00:30:06.970><c> young</c><00:30:07.230><c> ecclesias</c><00:30:07.910><c> to</c>

00:30:08.390 --> 00:30:10.970
give<00:30:08.609><c> public</c><00:30:09.009><c> testimony</c><00:30:09.630><c> the</c><00:30:09.990><c> prominent</c><00:30:10.369><c> place,</c>

00:30:11.289 --> 00:30:14.730
and<00:30:11.529><c> in</c><00:30:11.750><c> older</c><00:30:11.950><c> bodies,</c><00:30:12.430><c> perhaps</c><00:30:12.789><c> the</c><00:30:13.069><c> tendency</c><00:30:13.410><c> is</c><00:30:13.589><c> to</c><00:30:13.769><c> prefer</c><00:30:14.210><c> that</c>

00:30:14.730 --> 00:30:16.529
which<00:30:14.950><c> is</c><00:30:15.269><c> individually</c><00:30:15.750><c> profitable</c>

00:30:16.529 --> 00:30:21.329
to<00:30:17.049><c> that</c><00:30:17.289><c> which</c><00:30:17.509><c> may</c><00:30:17.829><c> seem</c><00:30:18.150><c> a</c><00:30:18.450><c> ruthless</c><00:30:19.130><c> exhibition</c><00:30:19.890><c> of</c><00:30:20.190><c> divine</c><00:30:20.529><c> matters</c><00:30:20.930><c> to</c><00:30:21.190><c> a</c>

00:30:21.329 --> 00:30:25.869
heedless<00:30:21.710><c> public.</c><00:30:25.250><c> That's</c>

00:30:25.869 --> 00:30:31.630
a<00:30:26.569><c> great</c><00:30:26.569><c> statement,</c><00:30:27.549><c> and</c><00:30:27.950><c> I</c><00:30:28.289><c> want</c><00:30:28.509><c> to</c><00:30:28.670><c> point</c><00:30:28.829><c> out</c><00:30:29.009><c> just</c><00:30:29.190><c> a</c><00:30:29.349><c> little</c><00:30:29.609><c> personal</c><00:30:30.049><c> reflection</c><00:30:30.750><c> on</c><00:30:31.210><c> that,</c>

00:30:32.009 --> 00:30:35.210
because<00:30:32.329><c> I</c><00:30:32.750><c> once</c><00:30:33.009><c> belonged</c><00:30:33.430><c> to</c><00:30:33.690><c> an</c><00:30:33.869><c> ecclesia,</c><00:30:34.609><c> which</c><00:30:34.829><c> none</c><00:30:35.069><c> of</c>

00:30:35.210 --> 00:30:36.509
you<00:30:35.289><c> will</c><00:30:35.549><c> know</c><00:30:35.710><c> the</c><00:30:35.829><c> name</c><00:30:35.990><c> of,</c><00:30:36.230><c> because</c>

00:30:36.509 --> 00:30:39.190
I'm<00:30:37.029><c> not</c><00:30:37.250><c> going</c><00:30:37.450><c> to</c><00:30:37.650><c> tell</c><00:30:37.769><c> you,</c><00:30:37.910><c> and</c><00:30:38.009><c> since</c><00:30:38.210><c> Mary</c><00:30:38.450><c> and</c><00:30:38.589><c> I</c><00:30:38.730><c> belong</c><00:30:38.930><c> with</c>

00:30:39.190 --> 00:30:41.049
so<00:30:39.430><c> many</c><00:30:39.670><c> ecclesias,</c><00:30:40.549><c> you</c><00:30:40.849><c> won't</c>

00:30:41.049 --> 00:30:44.009
be<00:30:41.289><c> able</c><00:30:41.450><c> to</c><00:30:41.650><c> guess,</c><00:30:42.289><c> but</c><00:30:42.490><c> when</c><00:30:42.690><c> I</c><00:30:42.849><c> belonged</c><00:30:43.009><c> with</c><00:30:43.210><c> that</c><00:30:43.369><c> ecclesia,</c><00:30:43.829><c> this</c>

00:30:44.009 --> 00:30:47.569
brother,<00:30:45.650><c> I</c><00:30:46.130><c> told</c><00:30:46.470><c> him,</c><00:30:47.349><c> the</c>

00:30:47.569 --> 00:30:50.569
Serving<00:30:47.869><c> Brethren,</c><00:30:48.230><c> I</c><00:30:48.410><c> was</c><00:30:48.569><c> on</c><00:30:48.750><c> the</c><00:30:48.890><c> Serving</c><00:30:49.150><c> Brethren,</c><00:30:49.450><c> I</c><00:30:49.609><c> told</c><00:30:49.849><c> him,</c><00:30:50.210><c> you</c><00:30:50.349><c> know,</c><00:30:50.410><c> we</c>

00:30:50.569 --> 00:30:51.190
really<00:30:50.849><c> ought</c><00:30:50.950><c> to</c><00:30:51.029><c> do</c>

00:30:51.190 --> 00:30:54.029
more<00:30:51.410><c> preaching,</c><00:30:52.750><c> and</c><00:30:52.829><c> he</c><00:30:53.029><c> said,</c><00:30:53.289><c> well,</c><00:30:53.450><c> I</c><00:30:53.569><c> don't</c><00:30:53.789><c> know,</c><00:30:53.970><c> you</c>

00:30:54.029 --> 00:30:55.829
know,<00:30:54.210><c> we</c><00:30:54.549><c> tried</c><00:30:54.769><c> that</c><00:30:54.950><c> about</c><00:30:55.190><c> 20</c><00:30:55.490><c> years</c>

00:30:55.829 --> 00:30:59.210
ago,<00:30:56.769><c> and</c><00:30:56.930><c> we</c><00:30:57.130><c> had</c><00:30:57.289><c> a</c><00:30:57.349><c> whole</c><00:30:57.569><c> set</c><00:30:57.750><c> of</c><00:30:58.009><c> lectures,</c><00:30:58.369><c> and</c><00:30:58.569><c> only</c><00:30:58.910><c> one</c>

00:30:59.210 --> 00:31:02.049
person<00:30:59.869><c> responded</c><00:31:00.970><c> from</c><00:31:01.210><c> that,</c><00:31:01.609><c> and</c><00:31:01.769><c> eventually</c>

00:31:02.049 --> 00:31:09.769
got<00:31:02.390><c> baptized,</c><00:31:02.950><c> and</c><00:31:03.130><c> no</c><00:31:03.309><c> one</c><00:31:03.509><c> else</c><00:31:03.890><c> ever</c><00:31:04.210><c> came</c><00:31:04.450><c> in</c><00:31:04.609><c> as</c><00:31:04.849><c> a</c><00:31:04.950><c> result</c><00:31:05.390><c> of</c><00:31:05.650><c> that</c><00:31:06.950><c> issue.</c><00:31:09.210><c> Well,</c><00:31:09.390><c> I</c><00:31:09.509><c> started</c>

00:31:09.769 --> 00:31:13.089
thinking<00:31:10.109><c> about</c><00:31:10.470><c> it,</c><00:31:10.710><c> and</c><00:31:10.869><c> being</c><00:31:11.089><c> sort</c><00:31:11.329><c> of</c><00:31:11.549><c> a</c><00:31:11.849><c> slightly</c><00:31:12.230><c> scientific</c><00:31:12.809><c> mind,</c>

00:31:13.130 --> 00:31:14.349
I<00:31:13.269><c> decided</c><00:31:13.589><c> I'm</c><00:31:13.849><c> going</c><00:31:13.930><c> to</c><00:31:14.130><c> get</c>

00:31:14.349 --> 00:31:18.150
some<00:31:14.690><c> facts</c><00:31:14.950><c> and</c><00:31:15.190><c> numbers</c><00:31:15.529><c> here,</c><00:31:15.769><c> so</c><00:31:16.029><c> I</c><00:31:16.150><c> went</c><00:31:16.369><c> back,</c><00:31:17.170><c> and</c><00:31:17.390><c> I</c><00:31:17.710><c> talked</c><00:31:17.950><c> to</c>

00:31:18.150 --> 00:31:19.289
some<00:31:18.369><c> of</c><00:31:18.589><c> the</c><00:31:18.670><c> descendants</c><00:31:19.049><c> of</c>

00:31:19.289 --> 00:31:22.069
this<00:31:19.730><c> person</c><00:31:19.730><c> who</c><00:31:19.869><c> was</c><00:31:20.049><c> no</c><00:31:20.190><c> longer</c><00:31:20.490><c> alive,</c><00:31:21.390><c> and</c><00:31:21.549><c> I</c><00:31:21.769><c> talked</c><00:31:21.950><c> to</c>

00:31:22.069 --> 00:31:23.609
some<00:31:22.289><c> other</c><00:31:22.509><c> people</c><00:31:22.789><c> who</c><00:31:22.930><c> had</c><00:31:23.069><c> been</c><00:31:23.250><c> influenced</c>

00:31:23.609 --> 00:31:26.390
by<00:31:23.930><c> him,</c><00:31:24.230><c> and</c><00:31:24.349><c> people</c><00:31:24.529><c> that</c><00:31:24.670><c> were</c><00:31:24.869><c> married</c><00:31:25.150><c> to</c><00:31:25.390><c> people</c><00:31:25.630><c> who</c><00:31:25.809><c> were</c><00:31:25.970><c> influenced</c><00:31:26.230><c> by</c>

00:31:26.390 --> 00:31:27.450
him,<00:31:26.710><c> and</c><00:31:26.890><c> by</c><00:31:27.109><c> the</c><00:31:27.269><c> time</c>

00:31:27.450 --> 00:31:30.390
I<00:31:27.609><c> was</c><00:31:27.849><c> finished</c><00:31:28.109><c> in</c><00:31:28.309><c> a</c><00:31:28.430><c> few</c><00:31:28.529><c> weeks,</c><00:31:28.829><c> I</c><00:31:28.890><c> was</c><00:31:29.109><c> able</c><00:31:29.349><c> to</c><00:31:29.529><c> trace</c><00:31:29.710><c> 68</c>

00:31:30.390 --> 00:31:33.069
people<00:31:31.130><c> who</c><00:31:31.750><c> had</c><00:31:31.930><c> come</c><00:31:32.150><c> into</c><00:31:32.410><c> the</c><00:31:32.670><c> ecclesia</c>

00:31:33.069 --> 00:31:36.630
over<00:31:33.430><c> the</c><00:31:33.650><c> years</c><00:31:33.829><c> as</c><00:31:34.049><c> a</c><00:31:34.329><c> result</c><00:31:34.589><c> of</c><00:31:34.789><c> this</c><00:31:35.049><c> one</c><00:31:35.329><c> person,</c><00:31:36.329><c> but</c><00:31:36.509><c> it</c>

00:31:36.630 --> 00:31:39.869
took<00:31:36.809><c> almost</c><00:31:38.690><c> 40</c><00:31:39.069><c> years</c><00:31:39.349><c> from</c><00:31:39.529><c> the</c><00:31:39.690><c> time</c>

00:31:39.869 --> 00:31:43.690
he<00:31:39.990><c> came</c><00:31:40.289><c> in,</c><00:31:41.150><c> interested,</c><00:31:42.369><c> to</c><00:31:42.509><c> the</c><00:31:42.710><c> time</c><00:31:42.890><c> I</c><00:31:43.069><c> was</c><00:31:43.289><c> doing</c><00:31:43.490><c> all</c>

00:31:43.690 --> 00:31:45.509
this<00:31:43.930><c> checking,</c><00:31:44.509><c> and</c><00:31:44.789><c> so</c><00:31:44.970><c> we</c><00:31:45.109><c> don't</c><00:31:45.289><c> always</c>

00:31:45.509 --> 00:31:48.930
see<00:31:45.809><c> the</c><00:31:45.809><c> future.</c><00:31:47.230><c> We</c><00:31:47.329><c> don't</c><00:31:47.549><c> know</c><00:31:47.710><c> the</c><00:31:47.869><c> effect</c><00:31:48.170><c> of</c><00:31:48.410><c> what</c><00:31:48.670><c> one</c>

00:31:48.930 --> 00:31:50.690
person,<00:31:49.490><c> hearing</c><00:31:49.710><c> the</c><00:31:49.970><c> word,</c><00:31:50.450><c> might</c><00:31:50.450><c> be,</c>

00:31:50.890 --> 00:31:53.109
and<00:31:51.150><c> you</c><00:31:51.269><c> know,</c><00:31:51.529><c> we</c><00:31:51.529><c> should,</c><00:31:51.990><c> you</c><00:31:52.029><c> know,</c><00:31:52.250><c> when</c><00:31:52.390><c> you</c><00:31:52.549><c> think</c><00:31:52.750><c> about</c><00:31:52.990><c> it,</c>

00:31:53.130 --> 00:31:53.990
boy,<00:31:53.250><c> that's</c><00:31:53.430><c> pretty</c><00:31:53.670><c> stupid,</c>

00:31:54.210 --> 00:32:00.369
because<00:31:54.410><c> look</c><00:31:54.789><c> at</c><00:31:54.869><c> what</c><00:31:55.089><c> one</c><00:31:55.369><c> person</c><00:31:55.690><c> did</c><00:31:55.890><c> to</c><00:31:56.150><c> change</c><00:31:56.470><c> the</c><00:31:56.690><c> world,</c><00:31:57.369><c> Jesus</c><00:31:57.750><c> Christ.</c><00:32:00.069><c> I</c>

00:32:00.369 --> 00:32:00.990
mean,<00:32:00.369><c> can</c><00:32:00.490><c> you</c><00:32:00.609><c> imagine</c>

00:32:00.990 --> 00:32:04.369
the<00:32:01.150><c> world</c><00:32:01.390><c> today</c><00:32:01.769><c> if</c><00:32:01.970><c> Jesus</c><00:32:02.410><c> Christ</c><00:32:02.710><c> had</c><00:32:02.910><c> not</c><00:32:03.170><c> been</c><00:32:03.410><c> here?</c><00:32:04.109><c> He</c>

00:32:04.369 --> 00:32:05.950
only<00:32:04.609><c> preached</c><00:32:04.910><c> for</c><00:32:05.210><c> three</c><00:32:05.490><c> and</c><00:32:05.670><c> a</c><00:32:05.769><c> half</c>

00:32:05.950 --> 00:32:10.769
years,<00:32:06.269><c> and</c><00:32:06.470><c> he</c><00:32:06.650><c> had</c><00:32:06.809><c> completely</c><00:32:07.549><c> changed</c><00:32:08.069><c> history.</c><00:32:09.829><c> So</c><00:32:10.109><c> don't</c><00:32:10.390><c> ever</c>

00:32:10.769 --> 00:32:12.130
get<00:32:11.150><c> discouraged,</c><00:32:11.650><c> and</c><00:32:11.769><c> don't</c><00:32:11.869><c> ever</c>

00:32:12.130 --> 00:32:15.109
give<00:32:12.329><c> up,</c><00:32:13.089><c> because</c><00:32:13.289><c> we</c><00:32:13.509><c> don't</c><00:32:13.730><c> know</c><00:32:13.910><c> the</c><00:32:14.069><c> effect</c><00:32:14.410><c> of</c><00:32:14.609><c> what</c><00:32:14.849><c> one</c>

00:32:15.109 --> 00:32:17.549
change<00:32:15.509><c> might</c><00:32:16.029><c> occur.</c><00:32:16.990><c> Now</c><00:32:17.150><c> in</c><00:32:17.309><c> physics</c>

00:32:17.549 --> 00:32:21.210
you<00:32:17.730><c> call</c><00:32:17.950><c> this</c><00:32:18.210><c> chaos</c><00:32:18.549><c> theory,</c><00:32:19.029><c> where</c><00:32:19.150><c> if</c><00:32:19.230><c> a</c><00:32:20.089><c> butterfly</c><00:32:20.509><c> flippin'</c><00:32:21.049><c> its</c>

00:32:21.210 --> 00:32:22.890
wings<00:32:21.509><c> in</c><00:32:21.750><c> South</c><00:32:22.109><c> Africa</c><00:32:22.410><c> can</c><00:32:22.670><c> change</c>

00:32:22.890 --> 00:32:25.390
the<00:32:23.029><c> whole</c><00:32:23.170><c> weather</c><00:32:23.390><c> of</c><00:32:23.549><c> the</c><00:32:23.750><c> planet.</c><00:32:24.470><c> Well,</c><00:32:24.690><c> I</c><00:32:24.789><c> think</c><00:32:24.970><c> there's</c><00:32:25.170><c> some</c>

00:32:25.390 --> 00:32:26.970
truth<00:32:25.650><c> to</c><00:32:25.869><c> this,</c><00:32:26.130><c> that</c><00:32:26.369><c> one</c><00:32:26.589><c> person</c>

00:32:26.970 --> 00:32:29.990
can<00:32:27.269><c> change</c><00:32:27.690><c> the</c><00:32:27.910><c> whole</c><00:32:28.130><c> world.</c><00:32:28.710><c> One</c><00:32:28.950><c> person</c><00:32:29.349><c> can</c><00:32:29.589><c> change</c><00:32:29.829><c> a</c>

00:32:29.990 --> 00:32:32.170
whole<00:32:30.150><c> ecclesia.</c><00:32:31.150><c> One</c><00:32:31.369><c> person</c><00:32:31.670><c> can</c><00:32:31.930><c> change</c>

00:32:32.170 --> 00:32:35.049
your<00:32:32.390><c> whole</c><00:32:32.529><c> life,</c><00:32:34.089><c> okay?</c>

00:32:36.230 --> 00:32:39.789
Maturity<00:32:36.789><c> is</c><00:32:37.349><c> the</c><00:32:37.529><c> next</c><00:32:37.769><c> phase,</c><00:32:38.210><c> and</c><00:32:38.289><c> hopefully</c><00:32:38.630><c> you</c><00:32:38.849><c> go</c><00:32:39.109><c> to</c><00:32:39.410><c> a</c>

00:32:39.789 --> 00:32:42.789
level<00:32:40.190><c> where</c><00:32:41.190><c> that</c><00:32:41.950><c> occurs</c><00:32:42.430><c> in</c><00:32:42.650><c> the</c>

00:32:42.789 --> 00:32:46.589
ecclesia,<00:32:43.250><c> and</c><00:32:43.410><c> you</c><00:32:43.529><c> have</c><00:32:43.690><c> a</c><00:32:43.930><c> balance</c><00:32:44.269><c> between</c><00:32:44.650><c> these</c><00:32:44.930><c> things.</c><00:32:45.170><c> And</c><00:32:45.410><c> finally,</c><00:32:46.049><c> there</c><00:32:46.190><c> should</c><00:32:46.349><c> be</c>

00:32:46.589 --> 00:32:47.069
a<00:32:46.849><c> phase</c>

00:32:47.069 --> 00:32:49.730
of<00:32:47.369><c> steadfastness,</c><00:32:48.230><c> where</c><00:32:48.390><c> you</c><00:32:48.609><c> balance</c><00:32:48.890><c> these</c><00:32:49.130><c> things</c><00:32:49.349><c> out,</c>

00:32:50.029 --> 00:32:52.970
and<00:32:50.430><c> as</c><00:32:51.089><c> we</c><00:32:51.309><c> read</c><00:32:51.470><c> in</c><00:32:51.869><c> Ephesians,</c><00:32:52.529><c> Chapter</c>

00:32:52.970 --> 00:32:58.750
4,<00:32:53.490><c> the</c><00:32:53.630><c> main</c><00:32:53.849><c> reason</c><00:32:54.130><c> I</c><00:32:54.269><c> wanted</c><00:32:54.549><c> that</c><00:32:54.849><c> reading,</c><00:32:56.289><c> he</c><00:32:56.470><c> says</c><00:32:56.849><c> that</c><00:32:57.970><c> whole</c><00:32:58.269><c> chapter</c><00:32:58.569><c> is</c>

00:32:58.750 --> 00:32:59.309
a<00:32:58.849><c> wonderful</c>

00:32:59.309 --> 00:33:04.210
chapter<00:32:59.809><c> on</c><00:33:00.730><c> developing</c><00:33:01.470><c> a</c><00:33:02.210><c> code</c><00:33:02.490><c> for</c><00:33:02.910><c> steadfastness</c><00:33:03.869><c> in</c><00:33:04.009><c> the</c>

00:33:04.210 --> 00:33:06.910
ecclesia,<00:33:04.970><c> but</c><00:33:05.109><c> he</c><00:33:05.230><c> says</c><00:33:05.450><c> in</c><00:33:05.609><c> verse</c><00:33:05.849><c> 14,</c>

00:33:06.930 --> 00:33:10.890
that<00:33:06.990><c> we</c><00:33:07.190><c> henceforth</c><00:33:07.710><c> be</c><00:33:07.970><c> no</c><00:33:08.269><c> more</c><00:33:08.569><c> children,</c><00:33:09.349><c> so</c><00:33:09.509><c> he's</c><00:33:09.670><c> talking</c><00:33:10.009><c> about,</c><00:33:10.650><c> grow</c>

00:33:10.890 --> 00:33:12.029
up,<00:33:11.529><c> it's</c><00:33:11.690><c> time</c><00:33:11.890><c> to</c>

00:33:12.029 --> 00:33:17.089
grow<00:33:12.190><c> up,</c><00:33:13.670><c> tossed</c><00:33:14.009><c> to</c><00:33:14.289><c> and</c><00:33:14.569><c> fro</c><00:33:14.730><c> and</c><00:33:14.970><c> carried</c><00:33:15.230><c> about</c><00:33:15.569><c> with</c><00:33:15.970><c> every</c><00:33:16.470><c> wind</c><00:33:16.710><c> of</c>

00:33:17.089 --> 00:33:18.890
doctrine<00:33:17.529><c> by</c><00:33:18.170><c> the</c><00:33:18.730><c> slight</c>

00:33:18.890 --> 00:33:22.170
of<00:33:19.130><c> men</c><00:33:19.470><c> and</c><00:33:19.690><c> cunning</c><00:33:19.970><c> craftiness</c><00:33:20.509><c> whereby</c><00:33:20.890><c> they</c><00:33:21.250><c> lie</c><00:33:21.509><c> in</c><00:33:21.769><c> wait</c><00:33:21.910><c> to</c>

00:33:22.170 --> 00:33:24.289
deceive,<00:33:22.910><c> but</c><00:33:23.210><c> speaking</c><00:33:23.690><c> the</c><00:33:24.029><c> truth</c>

00:33:24.289 --> 00:33:28.710
in<00:33:24.529><c> love</c><00:33:25.130><c> may</c><00:33:25.730><c> grow</c><00:33:26.130><c> up</c><00:33:26.589><c> into</c><00:33:27.250><c> him</c><00:33:27.569><c> in</c><00:33:27.769><c> all</c><00:33:28.009><c> things</c><00:33:28.250><c> which</c><00:33:28.470><c> is</c>

00:33:28.710 --> 00:33:31.089
the<00:33:28.849><c> head</c><00:33:29.089><c> even</c><00:33:29.529><c> Christ.</c><00:33:30.549><c> So</c><00:33:30.710><c> he</c><00:33:30.869><c> makes</c>

00:33:31.089 --> 00:33:35.029
a<00:33:31.329><c> specific</c><00:33:31.970><c> plea</c><00:33:32.309><c> here</c><00:33:32.769><c> for</c><00:33:33.190><c> the</c><00:33:33.309><c> ephesian</c><00:33:33.630><c> ecclesia</c><00:33:34.029><c> to</c><00:33:34.210><c> grow</c><00:33:34.490><c> up.</c>

00:33:35.230 --> 00:33:37.210
Stop<00:33:35.529><c> arguing</c><00:33:36.009><c> endlessly</c><00:33:36.509><c> about</c><00:33:36.930><c> doctrine.</c>

00:33:37.329 --> 00:33:39.549
You<00:33:37.369><c> should</c><00:33:37.609><c> know</c><00:33:37.869><c> that</c><00:33:38.150><c> stuff.</c><00:33:38.369><c> You</c><00:33:38.390><c> should</c><00:33:38.670><c> be</c><00:33:38.890><c> of</c><00:33:39.049><c> one</c><00:33:39.210><c> accord</c><00:33:39.450><c> and</c>

00:33:39.549 --> 00:33:41.569
get<00:33:39.730><c> on</c><00:33:39.950><c> with</c><00:33:40.109><c> it.</c><00:33:41.289><c> And</c><00:33:41.430><c> then</c>

00:33:41.569 --> 00:33:45.849
he<00:33:41.609><c> says,</c><00:33:41.809><c> grow</c><00:33:42.150><c> up.</c><00:33:43.750><c> Do</c><00:33:43.930><c> it</c><00:33:44.410><c> in</c><00:33:44.690><c> love.</c><00:33:45.130><c> By</c><00:33:45.269><c> the</c><00:33:45.390><c> way,</c><00:33:45.569><c> speaking</c>

00:33:45.849 --> 00:33:47.390
the<00:33:46.130><c> truth</c><00:33:46.269><c> in</c><00:33:46.470><c> love</c><00:33:46.670><c> is</c><00:33:46.849><c> an</c><00:33:47.089><c> important</c>

00:33:47.390 --> 00:33:52.670
issue.<00:33:47.789><c> It's</c><00:33:47.930><c> not</c><00:33:48.150><c> speaking</c><00:33:48.430><c> the</c><00:33:48.690><c> truth</c><00:33:48.829><c> with</c><00:33:49.349><c> a</c><00:33:49.450><c> baseball</c><00:33:49.829><c> bat</c><00:33:50.109><c> hitting</c><00:33:50.289><c> you</c><00:33:50.470><c> over</c><00:33:50.650><c> the</c><00:33:50.829><c> head.</c><00:33:52.190><c> I</c>

00:33:52.670 --> 00:33:54.509
will<00:33:52.809><c> think</c><00:33:52.990><c> that</c><00:33:53.170><c> the</c><00:33:53.230><c> way</c><00:33:53.390><c> to</c><00:33:53.549><c> persuade</c><00:33:53.829><c> other</c><00:33:54.089><c> people</c><00:33:54.349><c> is</c>

00:33:54.509 --> 00:33:56.509
to<00:33:54.690><c> beat</c><00:33:54.809><c> them</c><00:33:54.990><c> to</c><00:33:55.190><c> death.</c><00:33:56.029><c> That's</c><00:33:56.309><c> not</c>

00:33:56.509 --> 00:34:00.630
the<00:33:56.609><c> way</c><00:33:56.750><c> to</c><00:33:56.950><c> do</c><00:33:57.069><c> it.</c><00:33:57.769><c> And</c><00:33:57.890><c> he</c><00:33:57.970><c> says</c><00:33:58.289><c> here,</c><00:33:58.809><c> grow</c><00:33:59.250><c> up.</c><00:33:59.769><c> Look</c><00:34:00.109><c> at</c>

00:34:00.630 --> 00:34:02.289
the<00:34:00.789><c> phrase.</c><00:34:01.390><c> He</c><00:34:01.609><c> calls</c><00:34:01.750><c> them</c><00:34:01.910><c> children</c>

00:34:02.289 --> 00:34:05.210
and<00:34:02.450><c> he</c><00:34:02.589><c> says,</c><00:34:02.869><c> grow</c><00:34:03.230><c> up.</c><00:34:03.789><c> So</c><00:34:03.950><c> the</c><00:34:04.130><c> ephesian</c><00:34:04.529><c> ecclesia,</c><00:34:05.029><c> now</c>

00:34:05.210 --> 00:34:07.269
when<00:34:05.309><c> he</c><00:34:05.569><c> wrote</c><00:34:05.789><c> this,</c><00:34:06.730><c> it's</c><00:34:06.930><c> thought</c><00:34:07.009><c> it</c><00:34:07.130><c> was</c>

00:34:07.269 --> 00:34:12.010
about<00:34:07.609><c> maybe</c><00:34:08.329><c> about,</c><00:34:09.750><c> at</c><00:34:10.630><c> most</c><00:34:10.909><c> 10</c><00:34:11.150><c> years</c><00:34:11.449><c> later.</c><00:34:11.869><c> It</c><00:34:11.929><c> might</c>

00:34:12.010 --> 00:34:13.389
not<00:34:12.230><c> have</c><00:34:12.369><c> even</c><00:34:12.610><c> been,</c><00:34:12.849><c> he</c><00:34:12.969><c> may</c><00:34:13.150><c> not</c><00:34:13.269><c> have</c>

00:34:13.389 --> 00:34:16.210
even<00:34:13.590><c> had</c><00:34:13.730><c> that</c><00:34:13.889><c> much</c><00:34:14.070><c> time,</c><00:34:14.269><c> but</c><00:34:14.429><c> from</c><00:34:14.750><c> 54</c><00:34:15.250><c> AD</c><00:34:15.590><c> when</c><00:34:15.769><c> he</c><00:34:15.949><c> left</c>

00:34:16.210 --> 00:34:19.570
there,<00:34:17.110><c> it</c><00:34:17.110><c> was</c><00:34:17.349><c> early</c><00:34:17.829><c> in</c><00:34:18.250><c> 61,</c><00:34:18.809><c> 62</c><00:34:19.269><c> AD,</c>

00:34:19.570 --> 00:34:24.230
around<00:34:19.889><c> then</c><00:34:20.150><c> that</c><00:34:20.309><c> he</c><00:34:20.489><c> was</c><00:34:21.210><c> incarcerated.</c><00:34:23.210><c> So</c><00:34:23.349><c> between</c><00:34:23.650><c> 6</c><00:34:23.909><c> and</c><00:34:24.030><c> 10</c>

00:34:24.230 --> 00:34:26.789
years<00:34:24.570><c> later,</c><00:34:25.389><c> they</c><00:34:25.570><c> had</c><00:34:25.829><c> still</c><00:34:26.190><c> not</c><00:34:26.429><c> reached</c>

00:34:26.789 --> 00:34:30.230
a<00:34:27.130><c> level</c><00:34:27.269><c> of</c><00:34:27.530><c> maturity</c><00:34:27.929><c> where</c><00:34:28.550><c> they</c><00:34:28.690><c> were</c><00:34:29.090><c> building</c><00:34:29.489><c> the</c><00:34:29.730><c> ecclesia</c><00:34:30.070><c> and</c>

00:34:30.230 --> 00:34:31.550
taking<00:34:30.550><c> care</c><00:34:30.829><c> of</c><00:34:31.010><c> their</c><00:34:31.170><c> membership.</c>

00:34:31.869 --> 00:34:35.329
And<00:34:31.929><c> of</c><00:34:32.070><c> course</c><00:34:32.090><c> he</c><00:34:32.210><c> gives</c><00:34:32.429><c> this</c><00:34:33.269><c> tremendous</c><00:34:33.889><c> speech</c><00:34:34.269><c> near</c><00:34:34.489><c> the</c><00:34:34.730><c> end</c><00:34:34.989><c> of</c>

00:34:35.329 --> 00:34:38.269
this<00:34:35.590><c> chapter</c><00:34:36.090><c> where</c><00:34:37.170><c> he</c><00:34:37.329><c> says,</c>

00:34:40.030 --> 00:34:44.750
be<00:34:40.409><c> ye</c><00:34:40.829><c> angry</c><00:34:41.190><c> and</c><00:34:41.469><c> sin</c><00:34:41.690><c> not.</c><00:34:42.469><c> Let</c><00:34:42.809><c> not</c><00:34:43.210><c> the</c><00:34:43.590><c> sun</c><00:34:43.829><c> go</c><00:34:44.110><c> down</c><00:34:44.389><c> upon</c>

00:34:44.750 --> 00:34:47.789
thy<00:34:45.110><c> wrath.</c><00:34:46.429><c> Now</c><00:34:47.070><c> obviously</c><00:34:47.429><c> if</c><00:34:47.670><c> you</c>

00:34:47.789 --> 00:34:49.829
have<00:34:47.949><c> a</c><00:34:47.969><c> bunch</c><00:34:48.110><c> of</c><00:34:48.349><c> people</c><00:34:48.429><c> always</c><00:34:48.829><c> carrying</c><00:34:49.130><c> grudges,</c><00:34:49.610><c> you're</c><00:34:49.730><c> going</c>

00:34:49.829 --> 00:34:52.030
to<00:34:49.929><c> have</c><00:34:50.070><c> a</c><00:34:50.170><c> very</c><00:34:50.449><c> unhappy</c><00:34:50.929><c> ecclesia.</c>

00:34:52.469 --> 00:34:56.289
Now<00:34:52.670><c> as</c><00:34:52.789><c> I've</c><00:34:53.150><c> sometimes</c><00:34:53.550><c> said</c><00:34:53.849><c> this</c><00:34:54.869><c> in</c><00:34:55.550><c> some</c><00:34:55.829><c> truth,</c><00:34:56.150><c> I</c><00:34:56.150><c> said</c>

00:34:56.289 --> 00:34:59.230
that<00:34:56.769><c> in</c><00:34:56.949><c> my</c><00:34:57.230><c> marriage</c><00:34:57.570><c> with</c><00:34:58.250><c> Mary,</c><00:34:58.730><c> we</c><00:34:58.989><c> have</c>

00:34:59.230 --> 00:35:02.590
never<00:34:59.510><c> gone</c><00:34:59.809><c> to</c><00:35:00.030><c> bed</c><00:35:00.170><c> angry.</c><00:35:01.769><c> Of</c><00:35:01.949><c> course</c><00:35:02.010><c> sometimes</c><00:35:02.369><c> we</c><00:35:02.489><c> went</c>

00:35:02.590 --> 00:35:05.170
to<00:35:02.809><c> sleep</c><00:35:02.929><c> very,</c><00:35:03.269><c> very</c><00:35:03.550><c> late,</c><00:35:04.590><c> but</c><00:35:04.789><c> we've</c>

00:35:05.170 --> 00:35:08.190
never<00:35:05.449><c> gone</c><00:35:05.710><c> to</c><00:35:05.909><c> bed</c><00:35:06.030><c> and</c><00:35:06.170><c> woke</c><00:35:06.329><c> up</c><00:35:06.510><c> the</c><00:35:06.650><c> next</c><00:35:06.869><c> morning</c><00:35:07.210><c> and</c><00:35:07.449><c> still</c><00:35:07.670><c> been</c><00:35:07.889><c> mad</c><00:35:08.110><c> at</c>

00:35:08.190 --> 00:35:09.949
each<00:35:08.469><c> other.</c><00:35:09.289><c> This</c><00:35:09.730><c> is</c>

00:35:09.949 --> 00:35:13.550
not<00:35:10.130><c> the</c><00:35:10.250><c> way</c><00:35:10.409><c> to</c><00:35:10.590><c> live.</c><00:35:11.530><c> It's</c><00:35:11.969><c> a</c><00:35:12.070><c> very</c><00:35:12.469><c> painful,</c><00:35:13.110><c> stupid</c><00:35:13.309><c> way</c>

00:35:13.550 --> 00:35:15.110
to<00:35:13.710><c> live.</c><00:35:14.170><c> And</c><00:35:14.329><c> I</c><00:35:14.389><c> think</c><00:35:14.510><c> the</c><00:35:14.710><c> same</c><00:35:14.889><c> is</c>

00:35:15.110 --> 00:35:18.750
true<00:35:15.349><c> in</c><00:35:15.489><c> ecclesial</c><00:35:15.889><c> life.</c><00:35:16.869><c> You</c><00:35:17.349><c> should</c><00:35:17.610><c> work</c><00:35:17.949><c> out</c><00:35:18.110><c> the</c><00:35:18.309><c> problems,</c><00:35:18.590><c> get</c>

00:35:18.750 --> 00:35:20.889
on<00:35:19.010><c> with</c><00:35:19.190><c> it,</c><00:35:19.769><c> and</c><00:35:20.409><c> not</c><00:35:20.670><c> hold</c>

00:35:20.889 --> 00:35:24.030
grudges<00:35:21.349><c> and</c><00:35:21.469><c> be</c><00:35:21.750><c> angry</c><00:35:22.050><c> about</c><00:35:22.309><c> something</c><00:35:22.630><c> forever</c><00:35:23.070><c> and</c><00:35:23.250><c> ever.</c><00:35:23.789><c> But</c>

00:35:24.030 --> 00:35:25.710
they<00:35:24.309><c> had</c><00:35:24.469><c> even</c><00:35:24.750><c> more</c><00:35:24.949><c> severe</c><00:35:25.269><c> problems</c>

00:35:25.710 --> 00:35:28.469
here.<00:35:26.010><c> Let</c><00:35:26.110><c> him</c><00:35:26.250><c> that</c><00:35:26.489><c> stole</c><00:35:26.789><c> steal</c><00:35:27.070><c> no</c><00:35:27.389><c> more.</c><00:35:28.010><c> This</c><00:35:28.210><c> is</c><00:35:28.349><c> kind</c>

00:35:28.469 --> 00:35:29.869
of<00:35:28.510><c> something</c><00:35:28.750><c> we</c><00:35:28.929><c> take</c><00:35:29.170><c> for</c><00:35:29.469><c> granted,</c>

00:35:30.250 --> 00:35:33.090
but<00:35:30.349><c> in</c><00:35:30.530><c> the</c><00:35:30.610><c> first</c><00:35:30.789><c> century</c><00:35:31.329><c> in</c><00:35:31.889><c> a</c><00:35:32.070><c> Greek</c><00:35:32.230><c> city</c><00:35:32.610><c> where</c><00:35:32.889><c> they</c>

00:35:33.090 --> 00:35:34.570
weren't<00:35:33.269><c> living</c><00:35:33.550><c> under</c><00:35:33.809><c> the</c><00:35:33.989><c> law</c><00:35:34.090><c> of</c><00:35:34.309><c> Moses,</c>

00:35:34.650 --> 00:35:37.050
there<00:35:34.789><c> were</c><00:35:34.909><c> some</c><00:35:35.150><c> really</c><00:35:35.550><c> serious</c><00:35:35.849><c> problems</c><00:35:36.269><c> in</c><00:35:36.409><c> that</c><00:35:36.530><c> ecclesia,</c><00:35:36.809><c> much</c>

00:35:37.050 --> 00:35:38.409
more<00:35:37.369><c> serious</c><00:35:37.670><c> I</c><00:35:38.110><c> think</c><00:35:38.309><c> than</c>

00:35:38.409 --> 00:35:41.469
I've<00:35:38.650><c> ever</c><00:35:38.889><c> even</c><00:35:39.090><c> seen</c><00:35:39.289><c> today.</c><00:35:40.030><c> So</c><00:35:40.210><c> you</c><00:35:40.329><c> got</c><00:35:40.550><c> to</c><00:35:40.829><c> see</c><00:35:41.070><c> that</c><00:35:41.409><c> the</c>

00:35:41.469 --> 00:35:44.550
Ephesians<00:35:41.849><c> had</c><00:35:42.610><c> a</c><00:35:43.190><c> tough</c><00:35:43.489><c> job</c><00:35:43.929><c> to</c><00:35:44.210><c> grapple</c>

00:35:44.550 --> 00:35:50.230
with.<00:35:45.530><c> Let</c><00:35:45.969><c> him</c><00:35:46.650><c> labor,</c><00:35:47.269><c> working</c><00:35:47.610><c> with</c><00:35:47.829><c> his</c><00:35:48.090><c> hands,</c><00:35:49.369><c> the</c><00:35:49.570><c> thing</c><00:35:49.809><c> which</c><00:35:50.030><c> is</c>

00:35:50.230 --> 00:35:51.590
good,<00:35:50.610><c> but</c><00:35:50.789><c> that</c><00:35:51.010><c> he</c><00:35:51.130><c> may</c><00:35:51.369><c> give</c>

00:35:51.590 --> 00:35:56.110
to<00:35:51.789><c> him</c><00:35:51.969><c> that</c><00:35:52.150><c> had</c><00:35:52.489><c> need.</c><00:35:53.889><c> Let</c><00:35:54.110><c> no</c><00:35:54.409><c> corrupt</c><00:35:54.670><c> communication</c><00:35:55.389><c> proceed</c><00:35:55.789><c> out</c><00:35:56.010><c> of</c>

00:35:56.110 --> 00:35:57.010
your<00:35:56.269><c> mouth.</c><00:35:56.489><c> Well,</c><00:35:56.630><c> how</c><00:35:56.809><c> do</c><00:35:56.909><c> you</c>

00:35:57.010 --> 00:35:59.269
tell<00:35:57.170><c> people</c><00:35:57.550><c> who</c><00:35:57.630><c> came</c><00:35:57.829><c> in</c><00:35:57.989><c> from</c><00:35:58.130><c> the</c><00:35:58.289><c> Greek</c><00:35:58.429><c> world</c><00:35:58.650><c> never</c><00:35:58.829><c> even</c><00:35:59.050><c> heard</c><00:35:59.170><c> of</c>

00:35:59.269 --> 00:36:01.130
a<00:35:59.489><c> curse</c><00:35:59.730><c> word?</c><00:36:00.849><c> I</c><00:36:00.969><c> mean,</c>

00:36:01.230 --> 00:36:06.010
these<00:36:01.409><c> people</c><00:36:01.610><c> had</c><00:36:01.789><c> all</c><00:36:02.070><c> kinds</c><00:36:02.349><c> of</c><00:36:02.690><c> epithets</c><00:36:03.090><c> that</c><00:36:03.210><c> were</c><00:36:03.489><c> attached</c><00:36:03.829><c> to</c><00:36:04.050><c> their</c><00:36:04.269><c> gods.</c><00:36:05.309><c> So</c><00:36:05.469><c> this</c><00:36:05.670><c> was</c><00:36:05.909><c> a</c>

00:36:06.010 --> 00:36:09.789
difficult<00:36:06.429><c> problem</c><00:36:06.889><c> in</c><00:36:07.090><c> Ephesus.</c><00:36:08.349><c> But</c><00:36:08.510><c> that</c><00:36:09.269><c> which</c><00:36:09.429><c> is</c><00:36:09.670><c> good</c>

00:36:09.789 --> 00:36:11.570
to<00:36:09.969><c> the</c><00:36:10.130><c> use</c><00:36:10.349><c> of</c><00:36:10.570><c> edifying,</c><00:36:11.210><c> that</c><00:36:11.210><c> it</c><00:36:11.349><c> may</c>

00:36:11.570 --> 00:36:14.550
minister<00:36:11.869><c> grace</c><00:36:12.449><c> unto</c><00:36:12.750><c> the</c><00:36:13.010><c> hearers</c><00:36:13.489><c> and</c><00:36:13.909><c> grieve</c><00:36:14.130><c> not</c><00:36:14.329><c> the</c>

00:36:14.550 --> 00:36:16.409
Holy<00:36:14.849><c> Spirit</c><00:36:15.250><c> whereby</c><00:36:15.670><c> you</c><00:36:15.949><c> are</c><00:36:16.090><c> sealed</c>

00:36:16.409 --> 00:36:20.030
unto<00:36:16.650><c> the</c><00:36:16.849><c> day</c><00:36:17.090><c> of</c><00:36:17.269><c> redemption.</c><00:36:18.429><c> Let</c><00:36:18.630><c> all</c><00:36:19.010><c> bitterness</c><00:36:19.329><c> and</c>

00:36:20.030 --> 00:36:23.210
wrath<00:36:20.510><c> and</c><00:36:20.889><c> anger</c><00:36:21.409><c> and</c><00:36:21.869><c> clamor</c><00:36:22.269><c> and</c><00:36:22.550><c> evil</c><00:36:22.869><c> speaking</c>

00:36:23.210 --> 00:36:28.170
be<00:36:23.530><c> put</c><00:36:23.750><c> away</c><00:36:24.010><c> from</c><00:36:24.230><c> you</c><00:36:24.769><c> with</c><00:36:25.170><c> all</c><00:36:25.769><c> malice.</c><00:36:27.110><c> Now,</c><00:36:27.869><c> while</c><00:36:28.030><c> we</c>

00:36:28.170 --> 00:36:30.269
may<00:36:28.409><c> not</c><00:36:28.670><c> have</c><00:36:28.969><c> as</c><00:36:29.210><c> severe</c><00:36:29.610><c> issues</c><00:36:30.050><c> as</c>

00:36:30.269 --> 00:36:34.030
this,<00:36:30.849><c> the</c><00:36:31.210><c> basic</c><00:36:31.610><c> lesson</c><00:36:32.030><c> is</c><00:36:32.269><c> still</c><00:36:32.530><c> the</c><00:36:32.750><c> same.</c><00:36:33.590><c> We've</c><00:36:33.929><c> got</c>

00:36:34.030 --> 00:36:37.050
to<00:36:34.190><c> put</c><00:36:34.349><c> aside</c><00:36:34.750><c> bitterness</c><00:36:35.329><c> and</c><00:36:36.030><c> anger</c>

00:36:37.230 --> 00:36:40.289
and<00:36:37.489><c> evil</c><00:36:37.829><c> speaking.</c><00:36:38.449><c> Evil</c><00:36:38.630><c> speaking</c><00:36:39.010><c> here,</c><00:36:39.309><c> by</c><00:36:39.389><c> the</c><00:36:39.570><c> way,</c><00:36:40.210><c> a</c>

00:36:40.289 --> 00:36:41.269
literal<00:36:40.409><c> translation</c><00:36:40.989><c> here</c><00:36:41.190><c> would</c>

00:36:41.269 --> 00:36:45.889
be<00:36:41.489><c> gossiping.</c><00:36:42.849><c> Now,</c><00:36:43.050><c> that</c><00:36:43.250><c> may,</c><00:36:43.789><c> I've</c><00:36:44.489><c> heard</c><00:36:44.670><c> it's</c><00:36:44.969><c> sometimes</c><00:36:45.230><c> a</c><00:36:45.409><c> problem</c><00:36:45.690><c> with</c>

00:36:45.889 --> 00:36:46.489
Crystal<00:36:46.170><c> Dolphins.</c>

00:36:46.590 --> 00:36:48.989
I<00:36:46.650><c> don't</c><00:36:46.750><c> know</c><00:36:46.789><c> if</c><00:36:46.889><c> that's</c><00:36:47.130><c> true.</c><00:36:47.909><c> But</c><00:36:48.110><c> it's</c><00:36:48.489><c> something</c><00:36:48.769><c> that</c>

00:36:48.989 --> 00:36:51.530
we<00:36:49.130><c> really</c><00:36:49.389><c> have</c><00:36:49.570><c> to</c><00:36:49.750><c> pay</c><00:36:49.889><c> attention</c><00:36:50.349><c> to.</c><00:36:51.409><c> And</c>

00:36:51.530 --> 00:36:59.550
he<00:36:51.590><c> says,</c><00:36:52.289><c> and</c><00:36:52.369><c> be</c><00:36:52.690><c> kind</c><00:36:53.389><c> one</c><00:36:53.869><c> to</c><00:36:54.110><c> another,</c><00:36:54.610><c> tenderhearted,</c><00:36:56.469><c> forgiving</c><00:36:56.929><c> one</c><00:36:57.550><c> another.</c><00:36:58.269><c> Now,</c><00:36:58.630><c> that's</c><00:36:59.030><c> a</c><00:36:59.130><c> wonderful</c>

00:36:59.550 --> 00:37:02.210
clue<00:36:59.909><c> here</c><00:37:00.289><c> because</c><00:37:00.650><c> then</c><00:37:00.989><c> it</c><00:37:01.110><c> doesn't</c><00:37:01.369><c> matter</c><00:37:01.730><c> what</c><00:37:01.909><c> we're</c>

00:37:02.210 --> 00:37:04.630
talking<00:37:02.590><c> about.</c><00:37:03.369><c> We</c><00:37:03.590><c> will</c><00:37:03.849><c> never</c><00:37:04.090><c> have</c><00:37:04.329><c> bad</c>

00:37:04.630 --> 00:37:09.329
feelings<00:37:04.949><c> towards</c><00:37:05.230><c> another</c><00:37:05.550><c> person</c><00:37:05.929><c> if</c><00:37:06.130><c> we're</c><00:37:06.590><c> tenderhearted,</c><00:37:08.210><c> if</c><00:37:08.530><c> we</c><00:37:08.789><c> go</c><00:37:09.050><c> out</c>

00:37:09.329 --> 00:37:11.710
of<00:37:09.469><c> our</c><00:37:09.809><c> way</c><00:37:10.289><c> to</c><00:37:10.710><c> understand</c><00:37:11.269><c> their</c>

00:37:11.710 --> 00:37:16.030
side<00:37:11.969><c> of</c><00:37:12.130><c> an</c><00:37:12.309><c> issue</c><00:37:12.710><c> and</c><00:37:13.429><c> if</c><00:37:13.650><c> we're</c><00:37:13.949><c> forgiving.</c><00:37:14.929><c> So</c><00:37:15.150><c> these</c><00:37:15.389><c> were</c><00:37:15.670><c> all</c>

00:37:16.030 --> 00:37:17.250
principles<00:37:16.429><c> that</c><00:37:16.650><c> had</c><00:37:16.789><c> to</c><00:37:16.909><c> be</c><00:37:17.110><c> put</c>

00:37:17.250 --> 00:37:24.070
upon.<00:37:19.530><c> And</c><00:37:19.530><c> when</c><00:37:20.010><c> the</c><00:37:20.530><c> Ephesian</c><00:37:20.869><c> Ecclesia</c><00:37:21.309><c> started</c><00:37:21.989><c> a</c><00:37:22.829><c> few</c><00:37:22.989><c> years</c><00:37:23.449><c> earlier,</c><00:37:23.909><c> if</c>

00:37:24.070 --> 00:37:24.969
we<00:37:24.090><c> go</c><00:37:24.269><c> back</c><00:37:24.510><c> to</c><00:37:24.650><c> Acts</c>

00:37:24.969 --> 00:37:31.829
Chapter<00:37:25.269><c> 18,</c><00:37:26.090><c> it</c><00:37:26.389><c> started</c><00:37:26.610><c> with</c><00:37:26.869><c> a</c><00:37:27.010><c> great</c><00:37:27.170><c> deal</c><00:37:27.389><c> of</c><00:37:27.750><c> promise</c><00:37:28.130><c> and</c><00:37:28.449><c> hope.</c><00:37:29.969><c> And</c><00:37:30.309><c> it</c><00:37:30.550><c> appears</c><00:37:30.730><c> to</c><00:37:30.909><c> me</c><00:37:31.110><c> a</c><00:37:31.309><c> wonderful</c>

00:37:31.829 --> 00:37:34.809
opportunity<00:37:32.530><c> for</c><00:37:32.829><c> preaching</c><00:37:33.150><c> the</c><00:37:33.369><c> Gospel.</c><00:37:34.070><c> So</c><00:37:34.150><c> go</c><00:37:34.329><c> back</c><00:37:34.610><c> to</c>

00:37:34.809 --> 00:37:39.590
Acts<00:37:35.369><c> Chapter</c><00:37:36.070><c> 18,</c><00:37:37.530><c> verse</c><00:37:37.750><c> 19,</c><00:37:39.449><c> and</c>

00:37:39.590 --> 00:37:45.170
you<00:37:39.710><c> get</c><00:37:39.829><c> some</c><00:37:40.030><c> really</c><00:37:40.489><c> stunning</c><00:37:41.710><c> introduction</c><00:37:43.349><c> to</c><00:37:43.690><c> this</c><00:37:44.110><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:37:45.130><c> And</c>

00:37:45.170 --> 00:37:46.489
he<00:37:45.250><c> came</c><00:37:45.570><c> to</c><00:37:45.829><c> Ephesus</c><00:37:46.269><c> and</c>

00:37:46.489 --> 00:37:50.210
left<00:37:46.750><c> them</c><00:37:46.989><c> there,</c><00:37:48.030><c> but</c><00:37:48.210><c> he</c><00:37:48.409><c> himself</c><00:37:48.769><c> entered</c><00:37:49.070><c> into</c><00:37:49.349><c> the</c><00:37:49.550><c> synagogue</c><00:37:49.909><c> and</c>

00:37:50.210 --> 00:37:51.329
reasoned<00:37:50.530><c> with</c><00:37:50.789><c> the</c><00:37:51.030><c> Jews.</c>

00:37:51.809 --> 00:37:54.690
So<00:37:52.030><c> this</c><00:37:52.210><c> was</c><00:37:52.429><c> Paul's</c><00:37:52.889><c> practice.</c><00:37:53.570><c> Any</c><00:37:53.710><c> city</c><00:37:53.929><c> he</c><00:37:54.110><c> went</c><00:37:54.369><c> to,</c><00:37:54.570><c> he</c>

00:37:54.690 --> 00:37:56.570
would<00:37:54.929><c> first</c><00:37:55.150><c> go</c><00:37:55.389><c> to</c><00:37:55.510><c> the</c><00:37:55.650><c> synagogue</c><00:37:56.050><c> because</c>

00:37:56.570 --> 00:38:00.309
he<00:37:56.869><c> knew</c><00:37:57.190><c> that</c><00:37:57.349><c> they</c><00:37:57.610><c> knew</c><00:37:57.809><c> the</c><00:37:58.030><c> Scriptures.</c><00:37:59.329><c> They</c><00:37:59.730><c> had</c><00:38:00.030><c> known</c>

00:38:00.309 --> 00:38:01.550
the<00:38:00.469><c> Old</c><00:38:00.670><c> Testament.</c><00:38:01.030><c> They</c><00:38:01.190><c> knew</c><00:38:01.369><c> the</c>

00:38:01.550 --> 00:38:04.349
law<00:38:01.710><c> of</c><00:38:01.829><c> Moses.</c><00:38:02.190><c> He</c><00:38:02.289><c> had</c><00:38:02.510><c> people</c><00:38:03.070><c> instantly</c><00:38:03.750><c> that</c><00:38:03.969><c> he</c><00:38:04.130><c> could</c>

00:38:04.349 --> 00:38:07.530
relate<00:38:04.710><c> to.</c><00:38:05.670><c> There</c><00:38:05.769><c> was</c><00:38:06.010><c> also</c><00:38:06.329><c> many,</c><00:38:06.670><c> many</c>

00:38:08.110 --> 00:38:13.369
Gentiles<00:38:08.610><c> who</c><00:38:09.110><c> were</c><00:38:09.349><c> interested</c><00:38:09.849><c> in</c><00:38:10.110><c> the</c><00:38:10.289><c> things</c><00:38:10.449><c> of</c><00:38:10.690><c> God</c><00:38:11.010><c> were</c><00:38:11.530><c> actually</c><00:38:11.909><c> attached</c><00:38:12.349><c> to</c><00:38:12.909><c> synagogues.</c>

00:38:13.469 --> 00:38:17.190
They<00:38:13.530><c> called</c><00:38:13.750><c> them</c><00:38:13.929><c> proselytes</c><00:38:14.510><c> of</c><00:38:14.670><c> the</c><00:38:14.849><c> gate.</c><00:38:15.610><c> These</c><00:38:15.949><c> Gentiles</c><00:38:16.829><c> would</c>

00:38:17.190 --> 00:38:19.250
come<00:38:17.710><c> to</c><00:38:18.429><c> the</c><00:38:18.630><c> synagogue.</c><00:38:19.070><c> They</c>

00:38:19.250 --> 00:38:22.469
weren't<00:38:19.510><c> allowed</c><00:38:19.889><c> to</c><00:38:20.070><c> come</c><00:38:20.230><c> in</c><00:38:20.409><c> and</c><00:38:20.510><c> participate</c><00:38:20.969><c> in</c><00:38:21.510><c> the</c><00:38:21.690><c> service.</c><00:38:22.329><c> And</c>

00:38:22.469 --> 00:38:23.590
in<00:38:22.570><c> fact,</c><00:38:22.730><c> many</c><00:38:23.010><c> synagogues,</c>

00:38:23.590 --> 00:38:26.750
they<00:38:23.750><c> had</c><00:38:23.889><c> to</c><00:38:24.130><c> stand</c><00:38:24.449><c> at</c><00:38:24.750><c> the</c><00:38:24.909><c> door.</c><00:38:25.670><c> So</c><00:38:25.889><c> they</c><00:38:26.070><c> stood</c><00:38:26.309><c> outside.</c>

00:38:26.789 --> 00:38:28.230
They<00:38:26.949><c> could</c><00:38:27.230><c> listen</c><00:38:27.550><c> to</c><00:38:27.769><c> the</c><00:38:27.949><c> service,</c>

00:38:28.230 --> 00:38:32.369
the<00:38:28.530><c> reading</c><00:38:28.690><c> of</c><00:38:28.869><c> the</c><00:38:28.989><c> Word,</c><00:38:29.409><c> but</c><00:38:29.570><c> they</c><00:38:29.730><c> were</c><00:38:30.030><c> attracted</c><00:38:30.550><c> to</c><00:38:30.869><c> Judaism</c><00:38:31.210><c> because</c><00:38:31.610><c> it</c><00:38:31.769><c> was</c><00:38:32.070><c> a</c>

00:38:32.369 --> 00:38:35.769
logical,<00:38:34.610><c> God</c><00:38:34.909><c>-fearing</c>

00:38:37.190 --> 00:38:41.369
religion<00:38:37.750><c> that</c><00:38:38.010><c> made</c><00:38:38.449><c> sense,</c><00:38:39.909><c> whereas</c><00:38:40.130><c> paganism</c><00:38:40.769><c> was</c><00:38:41.050><c> filled</c>

00:38:41.369 --> 00:38:44.769
with<00:38:41.710><c> all</c><00:38:42.150><c> kinds</c><00:38:42.909><c> of</c><00:38:43.769><c> issues</c><00:38:44.170><c> that</c><00:38:44.630><c> an</c>

00:38:44.769 --> 00:38:46.929
intelligent<00:38:45.329><c> person</c><00:38:45.690><c> in</c><00:38:45.849><c> the</c><00:38:45.889><c> first</c><00:38:46.070><c> century</c><00:38:46.389><c> wasn't</c><00:38:46.670><c> going</c>

00:38:46.929 --> 00:38:48.429
to<00:38:47.210><c> accept</c><00:38:47.409><c> or</c><00:38:47.590><c> they</c><00:38:47.650><c> were</c><00:38:47.829><c> drifting</c><00:38:48.090><c> away</c>

00:38:48.429 --> 00:38:50.909
from.<00:38:48.949><c> That's</c><00:38:49.230><c> why</c><00:38:49.409><c> you</c><00:38:49.449><c> have</c><00:38:49.610><c> people</c><00:38:49.889><c> like</c><00:38:50.150><c> Cornelius,</c><00:38:50.789><c> who</c>

00:38:50.909 --> 00:38:53.250
was<00:38:51.130><c> a</c><00:38:51.289><c> centurion.</c><00:38:52.050><c> He</c><00:38:52.230><c> was</c><00:38:52.489><c> a</c><00:38:52.670><c> proselyte</c><00:38:53.110><c> of</c>

00:38:53.250 --> 00:38:58.349
the<00:38:53.670><c> gate.</c><00:38:54.190><c> He</c><00:38:54.349><c> stood</c><00:38:54.590><c> outside</c><00:38:55.190><c> and</c><00:38:55.409><c> he</c><00:38:55.670><c> listened</c><00:38:55.869><c> to</c><00:38:56.050><c> the</c><00:38:56.190><c> Word.</c><00:38:56.590><c> Now,</c><00:38:56.909><c> what</c><00:38:56.969><c> prevented</c><00:38:57.610><c> many</c><00:38:57.989><c> of</c><00:38:58.110><c> these</c>

00:38:58.349 --> 00:39:02.369
Gentiles<00:38:59.250><c> from</c><00:38:59.809><c> fully</c><00:39:00.110><c> participating</c><00:39:00.789><c> was</c><00:39:01.030><c> not</c><00:39:01.269><c> the</c><00:39:01.510><c> Jews.</c>

00:39:02.429 --> 00:39:03.909
It<00:39:02.590><c> was</c><00:39:02.809><c> the</c><00:39:02.969><c> fact</c><00:39:03.269><c> that</c><00:39:03.449><c> the</c><00:39:03.590><c> Gentile</c>

00:39:03.909 --> 00:39:08.929
didn't<00:39:04.070><c> want</c><00:39:04.230><c> to</c><00:39:04.329><c> be</c><00:39:04.570><c> circumcised.</c><00:39:06.650><c> And</c><00:39:07.130><c> that's</c><00:39:07.429><c> not</c><00:39:07.710><c> a</c><00:39:07.849><c> fun</c><00:39:07.989><c> thing</c><00:39:08.210><c> to</c><00:39:08.449><c> do</c><00:39:08.570><c> for</c><00:39:08.809><c> a</c>

00:39:08.929 --> 00:39:09.690
baby,<00:39:09.269><c> let</c><00:39:09.449><c> alone</c>

00:39:09.690 --> 00:39:13.110
for<00:39:09.909><c> an</c><00:39:10.110><c> adult.</c><00:39:11.030><c> So</c><00:39:11.309><c> that</c><00:39:11.570><c> was</c><00:39:11.829><c> the</c><00:39:12.010><c> barrier.</c><00:39:12.369><c> They</c><00:39:12.510><c> didn't</c><00:39:12.730><c> want</c><00:39:12.949><c> to</c>

00:39:13.110 --> 00:39:15.349
take<00:39:13.269><c> that</c><00:39:13.590><c> step.</c><00:39:14.769><c> And</c><00:39:14.929><c> sometimes</c>

00:39:15.349 --> 00:39:19.469
we<00:39:15.530><c> have</c><00:39:15.710><c> the</c><00:39:15.909><c> same</c><00:39:16.510><c> issue</c><00:39:16.849><c> today</c><00:39:17.190><c> that</c><00:39:17.329><c> someone</c><00:39:18.070><c> has</c><00:39:18.469><c> come</c><00:39:18.650><c> and</c><00:39:18.869><c> attracted</c><00:39:19.230><c> to</c>

00:39:19.469 --> 00:39:20.409
the<00:39:19.610><c> Word</c><00:39:19.769><c> of</c><00:39:19.949><c> God</c>

00:39:20.409 --> 00:39:24.690
and<00:39:20.949><c> they</c><00:39:21.190><c> don't</c><00:39:21.449><c> want</c><00:39:21.670><c> to</c><00:39:22.630><c> actually</c><00:39:22.989><c> join</c><00:39:23.230><c> because</c><00:39:23.469><c> they</c><00:39:23.610><c> have</c><00:39:23.769><c> some</c><00:39:24.050><c> connection</c><00:39:24.449><c> to</c>

00:39:24.690 --> 00:39:25.750
their<00:39:24.909><c> past</c><00:39:25.329><c> and</c>

00:39:25.750 --> 00:39:30.389
they<00:39:25.949><c> couldn't</c><00:39:26.429><c> break</c><00:39:26.889><c> that</c><00:39:27.449><c> connection.</c><00:39:29.210><c> And</c><00:39:29.329><c> so</c><00:39:29.469><c> he</c><00:39:29.630><c> says,</c>

00:39:30.550 --> 00:39:31.849
he<00:39:30.769><c> stayed</c><00:39:31.050><c> there</c><00:39:31.250><c> and</c><00:39:31.309><c> they</c><00:39:31.570><c> desired</c>

00:39:31.849 --> 00:39:36.530
him<00:39:32.090><c> to</c><00:39:32.250><c> tarry</c><00:39:32.570><c> longer</c><00:39:32.989><c> and</c><00:39:33.510><c> he</c><00:39:33.769><c> consented</c><00:39:34.110><c> not.</c><00:39:35.050><c> So</c><00:39:35.269><c> on</c><00:39:36.250><c> this</c>

00:39:36.530 --> 00:39:41.210
first<00:39:37.230><c> foray</c><00:39:38.090><c> to</c><00:39:38.710><c> Ephesus,</c><00:39:40.110><c> he</c><00:39:40.789><c> preached</c>

00:39:41.210 --> 00:39:45.329
for<00:39:41.469><c> a</c><00:39:41.550><c> while</c><00:39:41.849><c> and</c><00:39:42.050><c> then</c><00:39:42.929><c> he</c><00:39:43.289><c> had</c><00:39:43.449><c> to</c><00:39:43.590><c> move</c><00:39:43.769><c> on.</c><00:39:44.730><c> Okay,</c><00:39:45.130><c> let's</c>

00:39:45.329 --> 00:39:47.969
go<00:39:45.530><c> to</c><00:39:45.670><c> the</c><00:39:45.769><c> next</c><00:39:45.969><c> chapter,</c><00:39:46.389><c> chapter</c><00:39:46.789><c> 19.</c>

00:39:54.269 --> 00:40:02.010
And<00:39:54.769><c> we</c><00:39:55.170><c> get</c><00:39:55.369><c> to</c><00:39:55.489><c> his</c><00:39:55.710><c> second</c><00:39:56.030><c> visit.</c><00:40:01.409><c> Actually</c><00:40:01.449><c> we</c><00:40:01.590><c> should</c><00:40:01.769><c> go</c>

00:40:02.010 --> 00:40:04.949
back<00:40:02.250><c> a</c><00:40:02.829><c> few</c><00:40:03.250><c> verses</c><00:40:03.690><c> to</c><00:40:04.110><c> chapter</c><00:40:04.489><c> 18,</c>

00:40:05.070 --> 00:40:10.050
verse<00:40:05.230><c> 24,</c><00:40:06.150><c> because</c><00:40:06.309><c> someone</c><00:40:06.610><c> else</c><00:40:06.849><c> goes</c><00:40:07.250><c> to</c><00:40:09.190><c> Ephesus.</c><00:40:09.789><c> And</c><00:40:09.849><c> a</c>

00:40:10.050 --> 00:40:13.570
certain<00:40:10.349><c> Jew</c><00:40:10.570><c> named</c><00:40:11.010><c> Apollos,</c><00:40:12.389><c> born</c><00:40:12.650><c> at</c><00:40:12.929><c> Alexandria</c>

00:40:13.570 --> 00:40:16.630
and<00:40:13.789><c> an</c><00:40:13.929><c> eloquent</c><00:40:14.250><c> man</c><00:40:14.769><c> and</c><00:40:15.289><c> mighty</c><00:40:15.489><c> in</c><00:40:15.670><c> the</c><00:40:15.869><c> scriptures,</c><00:40:16.210><c> came</c><00:40:16.429><c> to</c>

00:40:16.630 --> 00:40:18.889
Ephesus.<00:40:17.130><c> Now</c><00:40:17.309><c> this</c><00:40:17.409><c> is</c><00:40:18.030><c> between</c><00:40:18.489><c> the</c><00:40:18.730><c> time</c>

00:40:18.889 --> 00:40:21.670
Paul<00:40:19.210><c> made</c><00:40:19.409><c> his</c><00:40:19.650><c> first</c><00:40:19.929><c> brief</c><00:40:20.150><c> stop</c><00:40:20.550><c> and</c><00:40:20.949><c> when</c><00:40:21.010><c> he</c><00:40:21.210><c> comes</c><00:40:21.409><c> and</c>

00:40:21.670 --> 00:40:24.050
spends<00:40:21.909><c> several</c><00:40:22.369><c> years</c><00:40:22.650><c> there.</c><00:40:23.789><c> Notice</c>

00:40:24.050 --> 00:40:28.289
this<00:40:24.550><c> man</c><00:40:25.050><c> was</c><00:40:25.449><c> a</c><00:40:25.690><c> Jew,</c><00:40:26.150><c> but</c><00:40:26.230><c> he</c><00:40:26.289><c> had</c><00:40:26.469><c> a</c><00:40:26.550><c> very</c><00:40:26.849><c> Greek</c><00:40:27.030><c> name.</c><00:40:27.909><c> Apollos</c><00:40:28.070><c> was</c>

00:40:28.289 --> 00:40:30.309
the<00:40:28.530><c> chief</c><00:40:28.809><c> god</c><00:40:29.269><c> of</c><00:40:29.969><c> the</c><00:40:30.150><c> Greeks.</c>

00:40:30.389 --> 00:40:33.949
He<00:40:30.489><c> was</c><00:40:30.809><c> the</c><00:40:31.590><c> equivalent</c><00:40:31.909><c> of</c><00:40:32.130><c> Zeus,</c><00:40:32.550><c> right?</c><00:40:32.750><c> He</c><00:40:32.809><c> was</c><00:40:33.369><c> a</c><00:40:33.630><c> number</c>

00:40:33.949 --> 00:40:35.809
one<00:40:34.170><c> big</c><00:40:34.389><c> god.</c><00:40:35.090><c> But</c><00:40:35.269><c> he</c><00:40:35.329><c> didn't</c><00:40:35.510><c> change</c>

00:40:35.809 --> 00:40:39.989
his<00:40:36.050><c> name,</c><00:40:36.269><c> kept</c><00:40:36.449><c> his</c><00:40:36.710><c> name.</c><00:40:37.530><c> So</c><00:40:37.670><c> he</c><00:40:37.929><c> probably</c><00:40:38.510><c> had,</c><00:40:39.409><c> I</c><00:40:39.710><c> would</c>

00:40:39.989 --> 00:40:41.909
guess,<00:40:40.670><c> similar</c><00:40:40.949><c> to</c><00:40:41.150><c> Timothy,</c><00:40:41.590><c> probably</c>

00:40:41.909 --> 00:40:45.329
had<00:40:42.150><c> a</c><00:40:42.349><c> Gentile</c><00:40:42.849><c> father</c><00:40:43.170><c> and</c><00:40:43.389><c> a</c><00:40:43.530><c> Jewish</c><00:40:43.769><c> mother</c><00:40:44.190><c> to</c><00:40:44.949><c> have</c><00:40:45.090><c> such</c>

00:40:45.329 --> 00:40:47.909
a<00:40:45.570><c> Greek</c><00:40:45.730><c> name.</c><00:40:46.829><c> It</c><00:40:47.170><c> would</c><00:40:47.429><c> be</c><00:40:47.489><c> hard</c><00:40:47.730><c> for</c>

00:40:47.909 --> 00:40:52.989
me<00:40:48.130><c> to</c><00:40:48.130><c> imagine</c><00:40:48.550><c> that</c><00:40:48.829><c> someone</c><00:40:49.190><c> who</c><00:40:49.769><c> had</c><00:40:50.289><c> both</c><00:40:50.690><c> parents,</c><00:40:51.389><c> it</c><00:40:51.570><c> would</c><00:40:51.670><c> be</c><00:40:51.789><c> like</c><00:40:52.449><c> Mary</c><00:40:52.769><c> and</c><00:40:52.909><c> I</c>

00:40:52.989 --> 00:40:54.630
naming<00:40:53.429><c> our</c><00:40:54.329><c> child</c>

00:40:54.630 --> 00:41:00.469
some<00:40:55.190><c> ridiculous</c><00:40:56.110><c> non</c><00:40:56.389><c>-biblical</c><00:40:56.789><c> name.</c><00:40:58.929><c> Way,</c><00:40:59.289><c> way,</c><00:40:59.730><c> way</c><00:40:59.730><c> removed.</c><00:41:00.250><c> No</c>

00:41:00.469 --> 00:41:01.690
Christodelfian<00:41:01.150><c> would</c><00:41:01.349><c> do</c><00:41:01.469><c> that,</c>

00:41:02.090 --> 00:41:05.289
right?<00:41:02.989><c> I'll</c><00:41:03.429><c> try</c><00:41:03.590><c> to</c><00:41:03.690><c> think</c><00:41:03.909><c> of</c><00:41:04.050><c> a</c><00:41:04.150><c> ridiculous</c><00:41:04.710><c> name</c><00:41:04.989><c> later.</c>

00:41:05.630 --> 00:41:07.389
But<00:41:05.650><c> as</c><00:41:05.909><c> you</c><00:41:06.050><c> can</c><00:41:06.230><c> see,</c><00:41:06.429><c> it's</c><00:41:06.510><c> Andrew,</c><00:41:06.949><c> Peter</c>

00:41:07.389 --> 00:41:10.010
and<00:41:07.869><c> Matthew,</c><00:41:08.530><c> right?</c><00:41:08.769><c> That's</c><00:41:09.170><c> our</c><00:41:09.349><c> three</c><00:41:09.550><c> kids'</c><00:41:09.789><c> name.</c><00:41:09.869><c> Not</c>

00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:11.909
very<00:41:10.269><c> original,</c><00:41:10.630><c> but</c><00:41:10.789><c> very</c><00:41:11.050><c> biblical.</c>

00:41:13.869 --> 00:41:16.889
So<00:41:14.309><c> there's</c><00:41:14.750><c> others</c><00:41:14.969><c> in</c><00:41:15.150><c> the</c><00:41:15.269><c> room</c><00:41:15.409><c> right</c><00:41:15.630><c> now.</c><00:41:15.889><c> They're</c><00:41:16.110><c> biblical</c><00:41:16.489><c> names.</c><00:41:16.769><c> You</c>

00:41:16.889 --> 00:41:17.710
wouldn't<00:41:17.130><c> name</c><00:41:17.349><c> your</c><00:41:17.570><c> kid</c>

00:41:17.710 --> 00:41:21.150
Apollos<00:41:18.190><c> today.</c><00:41:18.690><c> I</c><00:41:18.750><c> don't</c><00:41:18.949><c> think</c><00:41:19.110><c> so,</c><00:41:19.329><c> right?</c><00:41:20.250><c> So</c><00:41:20.590><c> he</c><00:41:20.909><c> didn't</c>

00:41:21.150 --> 00:41:22.530
change<00:41:21.369><c> it.</c><00:41:21.489><c> He</c><00:41:21.550><c> probably</c><00:41:21.909><c> had,</c><00:41:22.170><c> as</c><00:41:22.349><c> they</c>

00:41:22.530 --> 00:41:25.769
say,<00:41:22.929><c> a</c><00:41:23.130><c> Greek</c><00:41:23.369><c> father.</c><00:41:24.269><c> This</c><00:41:24.449><c> man</c><00:41:24.690><c> was</c><00:41:24.969><c> instructed</c><00:41:25.449><c> in</c><00:41:25.630><c> the</c>

00:41:25.769 --> 00:41:27.429
way<00:41:25.869><c> of</c><00:41:26.010><c> the</c><00:41:26.130><c> Lord</c><00:41:26.309><c> and</c><00:41:26.489><c> being</c><00:41:26.849><c> fervent</c><00:41:27.269><c> in</c>

00:41:27.429 --> 00:41:29.809
his<00:41:27.630><c> spirit,</c><00:41:28.010><c> he</c><00:41:28.130><c> spake</c><00:41:28.369><c> and</c><00:41:28.550><c> taught</c><00:41:28.690><c> diligently</c><00:41:29.289><c> the</c><00:41:29.610><c> things</c>

00:41:29.809 --> 00:41:32.269
of<00:41:29.989><c> the</c><00:41:30.130><c> Lord,</c><00:41:30.769><c> knowing</c><00:41:30.949><c> only</c><00:41:31.429><c> the</c><00:41:31.710><c> baptism</c>

00:41:32.269 --> 00:41:35.530
of<00:41:32.909><c> John.</c><00:41:33.369><c> So</c><00:41:33.550><c> remember,</c><00:41:34.130><c> now</c><00:41:34.269><c> Paul</c><00:41:34.449><c> had</c><00:41:34.590><c> already</c><00:41:34.829><c> been</c><00:41:35.050><c> there.</c><00:41:35.349><c> He'd</c>

00:41:35.530 --> 00:41:37.449
done<00:41:35.710><c> some</c><00:41:35.909><c> preaching.</c><00:41:37.269><c> And</c>

00:41:37.449 --> 00:41:42.349
now<00:41:37.650><c> Apollos</c><00:41:37.949><c> comes</c><00:41:38.170><c> from</c><00:41:38.409><c> Alexandria.</c><00:41:39.090><c> Alexandria</c><00:41:39.530><c> was</c><00:41:39.769><c> this</c><00:41:40.190><c> huge</c><00:41:41.170><c> city,</c><00:41:41.710><c> probably</c><00:41:42.070><c> the</c>

00:41:42.349 --> 00:41:42.889
fourth<00:41:42.670><c> or</c>

00:41:42.889 --> 00:41:46.670
fifth<00:41:43.190><c> city</c><00:41:43.489><c> of</c><00:41:43.650><c> the</c><00:41:43.769><c> world</c><00:41:43.969><c> on</c><00:41:44.969><c> the</c><00:41:45.070><c> north</c><00:41:45.389><c> shore</c><00:41:45.730><c> of</c><00:41:46.110><c> Africa</c>

00:41:46.670 --> 00:41:49.369
near<00:41:47.309><c> the</c><00:41:47.670><c> mouth</c><00:41:47.869><c> of</c><00:41:48.670><c> the</c><00:41:48.769><c> Nile</c><00:41:48.989><c> River</c>

00:41:49.369 --> 00:41:53.030
that<00:41:49.769><c> had</c><00:41:50.010><c> been</c><00:41:50.289><c> planted</c><00:41:50.610><c> there</c><00:41:50.909><c> by</c><00:41:51.449><c> Alexander</c><00:41:52.030><c> the</c><00:41:52.269><c> Great.</c>

00:41:53.909 --> 00:41:56.989
And<00:41:54.050><c> he</c><00:41:54.429><c> was</c><00:41:55.449><c> baptized</c><00:41:56.030><c> under</c><00:41:56.329><c> the</c><00:41:56.610><c> baptism</c>

00:41:56.989 --> 00:42:00.329
of<00:41:57.230><c> John.</c><00:41:57.369><c> Now</c><00:41:57.550><c> what</c><00:41:57.610><c> was</c><00:41:57.789><c> the</c><00:41:57.989><c> baptism</c><00:41:58.329><c> of</c><00:41:58.530><c> John?</c><00:41:59.070><c> The</c><00:41:59.369><c> baptism</c><00:41:59.730><c> of</c><00:41:59.869><c> John</c><00:42:00.070><c> was</c>

00:42:00.329 --> 00:42:01.670
for<00:42:00.590><c> repentance,</c><00:42:01.510><c> for</c>

00:42:01.670 --> 00:42:05.869
remission<00:42:02.070><c> of</c><00:42:02.329><c> sins.</c><00:42:03.030><c> So</c><00:42:03.269><c> when</c><00:42:03.449><c> he</c><00:42:03.630><c> was</c><00:42:03.949><c> baptized</c><00:42:04.610><c> by</c><00:42:05.130><c> the</c><00:42:05.309><c> disciples</c><00:42:05.730><c> of</c>

00:42:05.869 --> 00:42:07.150
John,<00:42:06.250><c> he</c><00:42:06.369><c> knew</c><00:42:06.650><c> nothing</c>

00:42:07.150 --> 00:42:10.829
of<00:42:07.630><c> the</c><00:42:07.869><c> atoning</c><00:42:08.230><c> work</c><00:42:08.550><c> of</c><00:42:08.710><c> the</c><00:42:08.809><c> Lord</c><00:42:08.989><c> Jesus</c><00:42:09.389><c> Christ.</c><00:42:10.570><c> But</c><00:42:10.690><c> he</c>

00:42:10.829 --> 00:42:14.110
had<00:42:11.070><c> been</c><00:42:11.289><c> fully</c><00:42:11.670><c> immersed.</c><00:42:13.550><c> And</c><00:42:13.610><c> he</c><00:42:13.769><c> began</c>

00:42:14.110 --> 00:42:17.429
to<00:42:14.429><c> speak</c><00:42:14.630><c> boldly</c><00:42:15.130><c> in</c><00:42:15.269><c> the</c><00:42:15.449><c> synagogue,</c><00:42:16.550><c> whom</c><00:42:16.710><c> when</c><00:42:17.070><c> Aquila</c>

00:42:17.429 --> 00:42:19.670
and<00:42:17.630><c> Priscilla</c><00:42:17.909><c> had</c><00:42:18.210><c> heard,</c><00:42:18.849><c> they</c><00:42:19.010><c> took</c>

00:42:19.670 --> 00:42:25.210
him<00:42:20.369><c> unto</c><00:42:20.730><c> them.</c><00:42:21.010><c> Now</c><00:42:21.510><c> Aquila</c><00:42:21.829><c> and</c><00:42:21.909><c> Priscilla</c><00:42:22.510><c> were</c><00:42:23.510><c> disciples</c><00:42:23.989><c> of</c><00:42:24.250><c> Paul.</c>

00:42:25.989 --> 00:42:27.369
And<00:42:26.369><c> they</c><00:42:26.769><c> expounded</c><00:42:27.110><c> unto</c>

00:42:27.369 --> 00:42:33.409
him<00:42:27.590><c> the</c><00:42:27.849><c> way</c><00:42:28.210><c> of</c><00:42:28.489><c> God</c><00:42:28.889><c> more</c><00:42:29.510><c> perfectly.</c><00:42:31.510><c> And</c><00:42:32.150><c> when</c><00:42:32.289><c> he</c><00:42:32.469><c> was</c><00:42:32.690><c> disposed</c><00:42:33.150><c> to</c>

00:42:33.409 --> 00:42:34.769
pass<00:42:33.610><c> into</c><00:42:33.869><c> Achaia,</c><00:42:34.369><c> the</c><00:42:34.510><c> brethren</c>

00:42:34.769 --> 00:42:37.969
rode,<00:42:35.289><c> exhorting</c><00:42:35.650><c> the</c><00:42:35.829><c> disciples</c><00:42:36.210><c> to</c><00:42:36.449><c> receive</c><00:42:36.909><c> him.</c><00:42:37.630><c> And</c><00:42:37.750><c> when</c><00:42:37.849><c> he</c>

00:42:37.969 --> 00:42:39.590
was<00:42:38.150><c> come,</c><00:42:38.489><c> help</c><00:42:38.650><c> them,</c><00:42:39.369><c> which</c>

00:42:39.590 --> 00:42:42.469
had<00:42:39.809><c> believed</c><00:42:40.170><c> through</c><00:42:40.710><c> grace.</c><00:42:41.170><c> And</c><00:42:41.389><c> he</c><00:42:41.630><c> mightily</c><00:42:42.030><c> convinced</c>

00:42:42.469 --> 00:42:44.510
the<00:42:42.730><c> Jews</c><00:42:43.070><c> that</c><00:42:43.510><c> publicly</c><00:42:43.949><c> showing</c><00:42:44.250><c> by</c>

00:42:44.510 --> 00:42:48.889
the<00:42:44.750><c> Scriptures</c><00:42:45.130><c> that</c><00:42:45.789><c> Jesus</c><00:42:46.469><c> was</c><00:42:47.469><c> Christ.</c><00:42:48.329><c> So</c><00:42:48.570><c> notice</c><00:42:48.750><c> what</c>

00:42:48.889 --> 00:42:50.730
we<00:42:49.130><c> said</c><00:42:49.510><c> at</c><00:42:49.789><c> the</c><00:42:49.789><c> very</c><00:42:49.989><c> beginning</c><00:42:50.309><c> of</c><00:42:50.489><c> this.</c>

00:42:51.210 --> 00:42:55.630
He<00:42:51.429><c> now</c><00:42:51.829><c> understood,</c><00:42:53.530><c> not</c><00:42:53.690><c> just</c><00:42:54.010><c> accepting</c><00:42:54.469><c> Jesus</c><00:42:54.929><c> Christ</c><00:42:55.210><c> that</c><00:42:55.349><c> he</c>

00:42:55.630 --> 00:42:56.969
existed,<00:42:56.090><c> but</c><00:42:56.250><c> he</c><00:42:56.389><c> now</c><00:42:56.610><c> understood</c>

00:42:56.969 --> 00:42:59.969
that<00:42:57.170><c> Jesus</c><00:42:57.550><c> was</c><00:42:57.949><c> the</c><00:42:58.150><c> anointed.</c><00:42:58.889><c> He</c><00:42:59.110><c> was</c><00:42:59.389><c> the</c><00:42:59.570><c> fulfillment</c>

00:42:59.969 --> 00:43:02.409
of<00:43:00.230><c> all</c><00:43:00.389><c> the</c><00:43:00.610><c> promises.</c><00:43:00.889><c> And</c><00:43:01.090><c> he</c><00:43:01.170><c> was</c><00:43:01.389><c> now</c><00:43:01.690><c> baptized</c>

00:43:02.409 --> 00:43:06.630
unto<00:43:02.909><c> that</c><00:43:03.309><c> name.</c><00:43:04.429><c> So</c><00:43:04.849><c> it</c><00:43:05.090><c> wasn't</c><00:43:05.449><c> sufficient</c><00:43:05.949><c> to</c><00:43:06.190><c> know</c><00:43:06.329><c> only</c>

00:43:06.630 --> 00:43:08.829
part<00:43:06.909><c> of</c><00:43:07.050><c> the</c><00:43:07.250><c> truth.</c><00:43:08.349><c> I</c><00:43:08.489><c> mean,</c><00:43:08.570><c> I</c><00:43:08.710><c> think</c>

00:43:08.829 --> 00:43:12.230
that's<00:43:09.130><c> really</c><00:43:09.510><c> clear</c><00:43:09.750><c> from</c><00:43:09.989><c> this.</c><00:43:10.730><c> Because</c><00:43:10.929><c> certainly</c><00:43:11.210><c> if</c><00:43:11.389><c> somebody</c><00:43:11.730><c> was</c><00:43:11.989><c> a</c>

00:43:12.230 --> 00:43:13.889
disciple<00:43:12.630><c> of</c><00:43:12.809><c> John</c><00:43:13.070><c> the</c><00:43:13.329><c> Baptist</c>

00:43:13.889 --> 00:43:17.730
had<00:43:14.449><c> to</c><00:43:14.630><c> know</c><00:43:14.809><c> the</c><00:43:15.070><c> word</c><00:43:15.210><c> of</c><00:43:15.369><c> the</c><00:43:15.510><c> Lord</c><00:43:15.690><c> more</c><00:43:16.190><c> perfectly,</c><00:43:17.570><c> then</c>

00:43:17.730 --> 00:43:20.090
that<00:43:18.030><c> behooves</c><00:43:18.289><c> us</c><00:43:18.530><c> to</c><00:43:18.869><c> understand</c><00:43:19.269><c> this</c><00:43:19.530><c> also,</c>

00:43:20.250 --> 00:43:24.230
that<00:43:20.429><c> you</c><00:43:20.630><c> can't</c><00:43:21.230><c> know</c><00:43:21.630><c> only</c><00:43:22.110><c> part</c><00:43:22.409><c> of</c><00:43:22.570><c> the</c><00:43:22.730><c> truth.</c><00:43:23.789><c> One</c><00:43:23.969><c> has</c>

00:43:24.230 --> 00:43:26.570
to<00:43:24.730><c> know</c><00:43:24.929><c> all</c><00:43:25.230><c> of</c><00:43:25.329><c> it</c><00:43:25.449><c> and</c><00:43:25.530><c> be</c><00:43:25.750><c> fully</c><00:43:26.010><c> dedicated.</c>

00:43:26.730 --> 00:43:30.190
We<00:43:26.929><c> may</c><00:43:27.130><c> forget</c><00:43:27.469><c> it.</c><00:43:27.570><c> We</c><00:43:27.670><c> may</c><00:43:27.869><c> not</c><00:43:27.989><c> all</c><00:43:28.150><c> have</c><00:43:28.250><c> it</c><00:43:28.530><c> perfectly.</c><00:43:29.230><c> We</c><00:43:29.409><c> may</c><00:43:29.670><c> not</c><00:43:29.849><c> have</c><00:43:29.989><c> a</c>

00:43:30.190 --> 00:43:32.389
total<00:43:30.789><c> same</c><00:43:31.550><c> way</c><00:43:31.769><c> of</c><00:43:31.969><c> responding</c>

00:43:32.389 --> 00:43:35.030
to<00:43:32.550><c> it.</c><00:43:32.889><c> But</c><00:43:33.070><c> when</c><00:43:33.309><c> we</c><00:43:33.429><c> know</c><00:43:33.630><c> something</c><00:43:33.909><c> is</c><00:43:34.250><c> clearly</c><00:43:34.550><c> outside</c>

00:43:35.030 --> 00:43:36.710
the<00:43:35.329><c> realm</c><00:43:35.570><c> of</c><00:43:35.769><c> what</c><00:43:36.070><c> scriptural</c><00:43:36.489><c> truth</c>

00:43:36.710 --> 00:43:39.409
is<00:43:36.889><c> teaching,</c><00:43:37.230><c> we</c><00:43:37.389><c> have</c><00:43:37.590><c> to</c><00:43:37.730><c> do</c><00:43:37.929><c> something</c><00:43:38.230><c> about</c><00:43:38.550><c> it.</c><00:43:39.090><c> And</c><00:43:39.250><c> if</c>

00:43:39.409 --> 00:43:42.369
someone<00:43:39.769><c> who</c><00:43:40.269><c> was</c><00:43:40.570><c> taught</c><00:43:40.829><c> the</c><00:43:41.889><c> baptism</c>

00:43:42.369 --> 00:43:48.929
of<00:43:42.630><c> John,</c><00:43:44.070><c> who</c><00:43:44.210><c> was</c><00:43:44.570><c> certainly</c><00:43:44.949><c> next</c><00:43:45.230><c> to</c><00:43:45.409><c> Jesus</c><00:43:45.750><c> Christ</c><00:43:46.150><c> in</c><00:43:46.710><c> Jesus'</c><00:43:47.349><c> own</c><00:43:47.610><c> words,</c><00:43:48.570><c> next</c><00:43:48.769><c> to</c>

00:43:48.929 --> 00:43:49.489
Jesus<00:43:49.250><c> Christ,</c>

00:43:49.530 --> 00:43:52.090
one<00:43:49.670><c> of</c><00:43:49.750><c> the</c><00:43:49.869><c> greatest</c><00:43:50.070><c> men</c><00:43:50.269><c> that</c><00:43:50.429><c> ever</c><00:43:50.650><c> lived,</c><00:43:51.650><c> then</c><00:43:51.889><c> there</c>

00:43:52.090 --> 00:43:53.670
is<00:43:52.269><c> something</c><00:43:52.590><c> that</c><00:43:52.789><c> had</c><00:43:52.909><c> to</c><00:43:53.070><c> be</c><00:43:53.250><c> done</c><00:43:53.409><c> about</c>

00:43:53.670 --> 00:43:58.650
it.<00:43:54.050><c> And</c><00:43:54.210><c> so</c><00:43:54.449><c> Apollos</c><00:43:55.210><c> is</c><00:43:55.929><c> and</c><00:43:57.530><c> moves</c><00:43:57.769><c> on</c><00:43:58.050><c> ahead.</c><00:43:58.269><c> And</c><00:43:58.369><c> he</c><00:43:58.449><c> says,</c><00:43:58.650><c> it</c>

00:43:58.650 --> 00:43:59.989
came<00:43:58.889><c> to</c><00:43:59.150><c> pass</c><00:43:59.349><c> while</c><00:43:59.610><c> Apollos</c>

00:43:59.989 --> 00:44:02.789
was<00:44:00.190><c> at</c><00:44:00.409><c> Corinth,</c><00:44:01.409><c> Paul</c><00:44:01.670><c> having</c><00:44:01.949><c> passed</c><00:44:02.309><c> through</c><00:44:02.449><c> the</c><00:44:02.590><c> upper</c>

00:44:02.789 --> 00:44:04.409
coast<00:44:02.969><c> came</c><00:44:03.210><c> to</c><00:44:03.429><c> Ephesus</c><00:44:03.849><c> and</c><00:44:04.150><c> finding</c>

00:44:04.409 --> 00:44:08.510
certain<00:44:04.829><c> disciples.</c><00:44:07.030><c> And</c><00:44:07.070><c> he</c><00:44:07.190><c> said</c><00:44:07.349><c> unto</c><00:44:07.489><c> them,</c><00:44:07.789><c> have</c><00:44:07.809><c> ye</c><00:44:08.070><c> received</c><00:44:08.369><c> the</c>

00:44:08.510 --> 00:44:09.489
Holy<00:44:08.750><c> Spirit</c><00:44:09.070><c> since</c><00:44:09.269><c> ye</c>

00:44:09.489 --> 00:44:12.010
believe?<00:44:10.190><c> And</c><00:44:10.389><c> they</c><00:44:10.530><c> said</c><00:44:10.670><c> unto</c><00:44:10.809><c> them,</c><00:44:10.949><c> we</c><00:44:11.130><c> not</c><00:44:11.369><c> so</c><00:44:11.550><c> much</c><00:44:11.670><c> as</c>

00:44:12.010 --> 00:44:14.590
heard<00:44:12.570><c> whether</c><00:44:12.889><c> there</c><00:44:13.110><c> be</c><00:44:13.369><c> any</c><00:44:13.630><c> Holy</c><00:44:13.989><c> Spirit.</c>

00:44:14.969 --> 00:44:19.210
And<00:44:15.110><c> he</c><00:44:15.230><c> said</c><00:44:15.409><c> unto</c><00:44:16.269><c> them,</c><00:44:17.769><c> or</c><00:44:17.769><c> he</c><00:44:18.309><c> baptized.</c><00:44:18.829><c> And</c><00:44:18.949><c> they</c><00:44:19.070><c> said</c>

00:44:19.210 --> 00:44:22.369
unto<00:44:19.530><c> John's</c><00:44:20.269><c> baptism.</c><00:44:21.750><c> And</c><00:44:21.909><c> said</c><00:44:22.050><c> Paul,</c>

00:44:22.389 --> 00:44:26.230
John<00:44:22.710><c> verily</c><00:44:23.110><c> baptized</c><00:44:23.610><c> with</c><00:44:23.829><c> the</c><00:44:24.030><c> baptism</c><00:44:24.449><c> of</c><00:44:24.909><c> repentance,</c>

00:44:26.690 --> 00:44:28.730
saying<00:44:27.010><c> unto</c><00:44:27.250><c> the</c><00:44:27.489><c> people</c><00:44:27.710><c> that</c><00:44:27.849><c> they</c><00:44:28.090><c> should</c><00:44:28.269><c> believe</c>

00:44:28.730 --> 00:44:32.210
on<00:44:28.909><c> him</c><00:44:29.230><c> which</c><00:44:29.449><c> should</c><00:44:29.670><c> come</c><00:44:30.070><c> after</c><00:44:30.510><c> him,</c><00:44:31.289><c> and</c><00:44:31.329><c> that</c><00:44:31.610><c> is</c><00:44:31.909><c> on</c>

00:44:32.210 --> 00:44:35.090
Christ<00:44:32.630><c> Jesus.</c><00:44:33.889><c> When</c><00:44:34.070><c> they</c><00:44:34.369><c> heard</c><00:44:34.710><c> this,</c>

00:44:35.190 --> 00:44:38.389
they<00:44:35.289><c> were</c><00:44:35.730><c> baptized</c><00:44:36.349><c> in</c><00:44:36.550><c> the</c><00:44:36.650><c> name</c><00:44:36.849><c> of</c><00:44:37.030><c> the</c><00:44:37.130><c> Lord</c><00:44:37.329><c> Jesus.</c><00:44:37.989><c> So</c>

00:44:38.389 --> 00:44:41.010
they<00:44:39.230><c> had</c><00:44:39.530><c> to</c><00:44:39.730><c> submit</c><00:44:40.010><c> to</c><00:44:40.329><c> a</c><00:44:40.389><c> new</c><00:44:40.590><c> baptism</c>

00:44:41.010 --> 00:44:47.349
because<00:44:42.110><c> they</c><00:44:42.630><c> had</c><00:44:43.090><c> been</c><00:44:43.550><c> baptized</c><00:44:44.170><c> without</c><00:44:45.429><c> a</c><00:44:45.710><c> full</c><00:44:45.989><c> knowledge</c><00:44:46.530><c> of</c><00:44:47.190><c> the</c>

00:44:47.349 --> 00:44:49.809
things<00:44:47.570><c> concerning</c><00:44:48.610><c> the</c><00:44:49.409><c> Christ.</c>

00:44:50.230 --> 00:44:54.190
And<00:44:50.389><c> that's</c><00:44:50.590><c> a</c><00:44:50.849><c> very</c><00:44:51.190><c> important</c><00:44:52.269><c> lesson</c><00:44:52.750><c> to</c><00:44:53.150><c> receive.</c><00:44:53.429><c> And</c><00:44:53.610><c> it's</c><00:44:53.750><c> not</c><00:44:53.989><c> an</c>

00:44:54.190 --> 00:44:56.389
easy<00:44:54.429><c> one.</c><00:44:54.730><c> I</c><00:44:54.750><c> know</c><00:44:54.909><c> my</c><00:44:55.050><c> own</c><00:44:55.309><c> father</c>

00:44:56.590 --> 00:45:01.269
who<00:44:57.030><c> got</c><00:44:57.469><c> baptized</c><00:44:57.849><c> when</c><00:44:58.030><c> he</c><00:44:58.110><c> was</c><00:44:58.269><c> 76</c><00:44:58.769><c> years</c><00:44:59.130><c> old,</c><00:44:59.369><c> thought</c><00:44:59.489><c> for</c><00:44:59.769><c> many,</c><00:45:00.070><c> many</c><00:45:00.289><c> years</c><00:45:00.789><c> that</c><00:45:01.150><c> he</c>

00:45:01.269 --> 00:45:01.550
had<00:45:01.389><c> been</c>

00:45:01.550 --> 00:45:05.070
baptized<00:45:01.949><c> as</c><00:45:02.190><c> a</c><00:45:02.309><c> child</c><00:45:02.510><c> and</c><00:45:02.650><c> that</c><00:45:02.829><c> was</c><00:45:03.050><c> sufficient.</c><00:45:04.789><c> And</c><00:45:04.969><c> it</c>

00:45:05.070 --> 00:45:06.969
finally<00:45:05.429><c> dawned</c><00:45:05.730><c> on</c><00:45:05.869><c> him</c><00:45:06.090><c> one</c><00:45:06.329><c> day</c><00:45:06.510><c> it</c><00:45:06.610><c> wasn't</c>

00:45:06.969 --> 00:45:10.550
sufficient<00:45:07.429><c> because</c><00:45:07.650><c> he</c><00:45:07.829><c> really</c><00:45:08.170><c> didn't</c><00:45:08.369><c> understand</c><00:45:08.769><c> anything</c><00:45:09.190><c> when</c><00:45:09.369><c> he</c><00:45:09.510><c> was</c><00:45:09.730><c> baptized</c><00:45:10.150><c> as</c><00:45:10.389><c> a</c>

00:45:10.550 --> 00:45:11.809
child<00:45:10.889><c> in</c>

00:45:11.809 --> 00:45:16.030
the<00:45:12.010><c> Catholic</c><00:45:12.269><c> Church.</c><00:45:12.869><c> And</c><00:45:13.190><c> that</c><00:45:13.329><c> he</c><00:45:13.489><c> had</c><00:45:13.730><c> to</c><00:45:13.909><c> now</c><00:45:14.130><c> submit</c><00:45:14.510><c> even</c><00:45:14.829><c> after</c><00:45:15.329><c> coming</c><00:45:15.690><c> to</c>

00:45:16.030 --> 00:45:17.710
Ecclesia<00:45:16.289><c> for</c><00:45:16.630><c> 30</c>

00:45:17.710 --> 00:45:20.690
plus<00:45:18.050><c> years,</c><00:45:18.889><c> it</c><00:45:19.110><c> finally</c><00:45:19.469><c> dawned</c><00:45:19.789><c> on</c><00:45:19.929><c> him</c><00:45:20.090><c> that</c><00:45:20.210><c> he</c><00:45:20.349><c> had</c><00:45:20.510><c> to</c>

00:45:20.690 --> 00:45:22.349
do<00:45:20.889><c> something</c><00:45:21.090><c> about</c><00:45:21.369><c> it.</c><00:45:21.510><c> Now</c><00:45:21.630><c> let's</c>

00:45:22.329 --> 00:45:28.130
most<00:45:22.630><c> people,</c><00:45:23.190><c> don't</c><00:45:23.710><c> wait</c><00:45:23.889><c> until</c><00:45:24.070><c> they're</c><00:45:24.269><c> 76,</c><00:45:24.789><c> it's</c><00:45:24.969><c> a</c><00:45:25.050><c> little</c><00:45:25.210><c> risky.</c><00:45:26.849><c> Fortunately,</c><00:45:27.710><c> thank</c><00:45:27.929><c> God</c>

00:45:28.130 --> 00:45:31.329
he's<00:45:28.349><c> 93</c><00:45:28.849><c> and</c><00:45:29.090><c> still</c><00:45:29.349><c> going</c><00:45:29.650><c> stronger</c><00:45:30.010><c> than</c><00:45:30.170><c> his</c><00:45:30.389><c> children,</c>

00:45:31.389 --> 00:45:34.130
but<00:45:31.989><c> that</c><00:45:32.510><c> doesn't</c><00:45:32.730><c> happen</c><00:45:33.110><c> to</c><00:45:33.329><c> everybody.</c>

00:45:34.210 --> 00:45:36.849
So<00:45:34.389><c> it's</c><00:45:34.829><c> a</c><00:45:34.929><c> very</c><00:45:35.289><c> important</c><00:45:35.670><c> lesson</c><00:45:35.969><c> here</c><00:45:36.150><c> what</c><00:45:36.309><c> happened</c><00:45:36.610><c> at</c>

00:45:36.849 --> 00:45:39.389
Ephesus.<00:45:37.650><c> Very</c><00:45:38.010><c> important</c><00:45:38.469><c> lesson</c>

00:45:39.449 --> 00:45:43.449
that<00:45:40.010><c> one</c><00:45:40.590><c> has</c><00:45:41.090><c> to</c><00:45:41.389><c> do</c><00:45:41.730><c> something</c><00:45:42.150><c> about</c><00:45:42.650><c> the</c><00:45:42.969><c> truth</c><00:45:43.150><c> when</c><00:45:43.329><c> you</c>

00:45:43.449 --> 00:45:46.230
know<00:45:43.630><c> it.</c><00:45:44.710><c> That</c><00:45:44.889><c> anything</c><00:45:45.250><c> that</c><00:45:45.849><c> you</c><00:45:46.050><c> may</c>

00:45:46.230 --> 00:45:48.789
have<00:45:46.389><c> learned</c><00:45:46.530><c> in</c><00:45:46.710><c> the</c><00:45:46.889><c> past</c><00:45:47.130><c> or</c><00:45:47.449><c> how</c><00:45:47.789><c> perfect</c><00:45:48.090><c> or</c><00:45:48.389><c> imperfect</c>

00:45:48.789 --> 00:45:51.070
it<00:45:48.949><c> is</c><00:45:49.190><c> doesn't</c><00:45:49.550><c> count</c><00:45:49.909><c> once</c><00:45:50.250><c> you</c><00:45:50.550><c> understand</c>

00:45:51.070 --> 00:45:54.010
fully<00:45:51.409><c> you</c><00:45:51.590><c> have</c><00:45:51.829><c> to</c><00:45:52.030><c> do</c><00:45:52.289><c> something</c><00:45:52.630><c> about</c><00:45:52.969><c> it</c><00:45:53.309><c> and</c><00:45:53.710><c> you</c><00:45:53.829><c> have</c>

00:45:54.010 --> 00:45:56.590
to<00:45:54.150><c> do</c><00:45:54.309><c> it</c><00:45:54.590><c> right.</c><00:45:55.789><c> So</c><00:45:55.989><c> this</c><00:45:56.190><c> is</c><00:45:56.369><c> a</c><00:45:56.469><c> good</c>

00:45:56.590 --> 00:45:59.849
place<00:45:56.889><c> to</c><00:45:57.230><c> stop</c><00:45:57.590><c> and</c><00:45:58.170><c> I</c><00:45:58.289><c> will</c><00:45:58.469><c> continue</c><00:45:58.869><c> from</c><00:45:59.130><c> this</c><00:45:59.369><c> point</c><00:45:59.590><c> on</c>

00:45:59.849 --> 00:46:02.269
Ephesus.<00:46:00.550><c> Let's</c><00:46:00.909><c> take</c><00:46:01.150><c> a</c><00:46:01.309><c> little</c><00:46:01.889><c> break.</c>

00:46:02.570 --> 00:46:03.949
Thank<00:46:02.829><c> you.</c>