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Verse<00:15:32.879><c> 13</c><00:15:34.679><c> and</c><00:15:34.779><c> 3</c><00:15:35.139><c> goes</c><00:15:35.379><c> on.</c>

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Wilt<00:15:42.019><c> thou</c><00:15:42.340><c> then</c><00:15:42.620><c> not</c><00:15:42.860><c> be</c><00:15:43.159><c> afraid</c><00:15:43.419><c> of</c><00:15:43.559><c> the</c><00:15:43.799><c> power?</c><00:15:44.720><c> Do</c><00:15:44.879><c> that</c><00:15:45.159><c> which</c><00:15:45.340><c> is</c>

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good,<00:15:45.899><c> and</c><00:15:46.080><c> thou</c><00:15:46.259><c> shalt</c><00:15:46.519><c> have</c>

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praise<00:15:47.480><c> of</c><00:15:48.159><c> the</c><00:15:48.440><c> same.</c><00:15:49.379><c> Rulers</c><00:15:49.659><c> are</c><00:15:50.039><c> not</c><00:15:50.259><c> a</c><00:15:50.519><c> terror</c><00:15:50.980><c> to</c><00:15:51.600><c> good</c>

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works,<00:15:52.240><c> he</c><00:15:52.500><c> says.</c>

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He<00:15:56.580><c> states</c><00:15:56.799><c> that</c><00:15:57.179><c> normally</c>

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rulers<00:15:58.940><c> are</c><00:15:59.799><c> not</c><00:16:00.100><c> a</c><00:16:00.519><c> terror</c><00:16:00.899><c> to</c><00:16:01.220><c> good</c><00:16:01.500><c> works.</c>

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Rulers<00:16:03.019><c> normally</c><00:16:03.639><c> of</c><00:16:03.899><c> most</c><00:16:04.240><c> countries</c><00:16:04.779><c> are</c><00:16:05.139><c> in</c><00:16:05.379><c> the</c><00:16:05.500><c> position</c>

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of<00:16:06.759><c> desiring</c><00:16:07.620><c> their</c><00:16:08.039><c> subjects</c>

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to<00:16:08.940><c> do</c><00:16:09.440><c> good</c><00:16:10.000><c> works.</c><00:16:10.700><c> That's</c><00:16:11.059><c> the</c><00:16:11.200><c> normal</c><00:16:11.440><c> situation.</c>

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To<00:16:12.580><c> eliminate</c><00:16:13.320><c> wickedness</c><00:16:14.019><c> in</c><00:16:14.220><c> their</c><00:16:14.659><c> societies.</c>

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As<00:16:16.240><c> a</c><00:16:16.440><c> rule,</c><00:16:16.779><c> Paul</c><00:16:16.980><c> states,</c><00:16:17.820><c> rulers</c><00:16:18.100><c> are</c><00:16:18.500><c> not</c><00:16:18.639><c> against</c><00:16:19.100><c> good</c>

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works.<00:16:19.779><c> They're</c><00:16:20.039><c> for</c><00:16:20.379><c> good</c><00:16:20.720><c> works.</c>

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They<00:16:21.779><c> desire</c><00:16:22.340><c> obedient</c><00:16:22.980><c> citizens.</c><00:16:23.679><c> They</c><00:16:23.899><c> desire</c><00:16:24.379><c> people</c><00:16:24.679><c> that</c><00:16:24.980><c> follow</c><00:16:25.200><c> the</c>

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laws<00:16:25.820><c> in</c><00:16:25.980><c> their</c><00:16:26.139><c> society</c>

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and<00:16:27.279><c> submit</c><00:16:27.659><c> to</c><00:16:27.840><c> their</c><00:16:28.039><c> control</c><00:16:28.440><c> because</c><00:16:28.679><c> that</c><00:16:28.899><c> makes</c><00:16:29.080><c> everything</c><00:16:29.399><c> run</c><00:16:29.620><c> smoothly.</c>

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Their<00:16:31.100><c> authority</c><00:16:31.659><c> is</c><00:16:31.860><c> more</c><00:16:32.960><c> easily</c><00:16:33.700><c> to</c><00:16:33.919><c> come</c><00:16:34.080><c> out</c><00:16:34.299><c> and</c><00:16:34.519><c> their</c>

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authority<00:16:35.240><c> is</c><00:16:35.379><c> not</c><00:16:35.580><c> questioned.</c>

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So<00:16:36.679><c> if</c><00:16:36.940><c> we</c><00:16:37.480><c> continue</c><00:16:37.919><c> on</c><00:16:38.120><c> being</c><00:16:38.340><c> Christ</c><00:16:38.740><c>-like,</c><00:16:39.580><c> doing</c><00:16:39.659><c> our</c>

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good<00:16:40.379><c> works,</c>

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then<00:16:41.440><c> normally</c><00:16:41.820><c> we'll</c><00:16:42.179><c> receive</c><00:16:42.559><c> the</c><00:16:42.960><c> praise</c><00:16:43.340><c> of</c><00:16:43.600><c> these</c><00:16:43.919><c> rulers,</c><00:16:44.379><c> in</c><00:16:44.519><c> a</c>

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very<00:16:44.919><c> general</c><00:16:45.220><c> sense</c><00:16:45.480><c> we're</c><00:16:45.639><c> talking</c><00:16:45.919><c> about,</c><00:16:46.100><c> of</c><00:16:46.259><c> course.</c>

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So<00:16:47.279><c> if</c><00:16:47.500><c> Christ</c><00:16:47.759><c>-Adelphians</c><00:16:48.320><c> then</c><00:16:48.539><c> are</c><00:16:48.740><c> a</c><00:16:48.860><c> group</c><00:16:49.019><c> of</c><00:16:49.299><c> people,</c><00:16:50.139><c> as</c><00:16:50.360><c> a</c><00:16:50.519><c> group,</c>

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a<00:16:51.120><c> community,</c><00:16:51.980><c> is</c><00:16:52.100><c> a</c><00:16:52.240><c> group</c><00:16:52.419><c> that</c><00:16:52.700><c> stays</c><00:16:52.919><c> out</c><00:16:53.159><c> of</c><00:16:53.360><c> trouble,</c><00:16:54.379><c> is</c>

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a<00:16:54.620><c> group</c><00:16:54.740><c> of</c><00:16:54.919><c> people</c><00:16:55.039><c> that</c><00:16:55.220><c> is</c><00:16:55.460><c> law</c><00:16:55.759><c>-abiding,</c>

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is<00:16:56.840><c> a</c><00:16:56.919><c> group</c><00:16:56.980><c> of</c><00:16:57.200><c> people</c><00:16:57.460><c> that</c><00:16:57.779><c> pays</c><00:16:58.100><c> our</c><00:16:58.379><c> taxes,</c><00:16:59.179><c> is</c><00:16:59.419><c> kind</c><00:16:59.679><c> to</c>

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our<00:17:00.059><c> fellow</c><00:17:00.340><c> man,</c>

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and<00:17:01.340><c> are</c><00:17:01.860><c> generally</c><00:17:02.159><c> going</c><00:17:02.460><c> along</c><00:17:02.720><c> in</c><00:17:02.899><c> a</c><00:17:03.000><c> Christ</c><00:17:03.299><c>-like</c><00:17:03.620><c> manner,</c><00:17:04.299><c> then</c>

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our<00:17:04.819><c> rulers</c><00:17:05.059><c> are</c><00:17:05.279><c> going</c><00:17:05.380><c> to</c><00:17:05.500><c> be</c><00:17:05.740><c> pleased</c><00:17:06.000><c> with</c><00:17:06.220><c> our</c><00:17:06.440><c> behavior.</c>

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We're<00:17:07.420><c> going</c><00:17:07.500><c> to</c><00:17:07.839><c> be</c><00:17:07.980><c> seen</c><00:17:08.200><c> to</c><00:17:08.420><c> them,</c><00:17:08.640><c> in</c><00:17:08.740><c> most</c><00:17:08.940><c> cases,</c><00:17:09.359><c> as</c>

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model<00:17:09.720><c> citizens.</c>

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So<00:17:11.019><c> then</c><00:17:11.220><c> we</c><00:17:11.380><c> normally</c><00:17:11.740><c> shouldn't</c><00:17:12.119><c> fear</c><00:17:12.539><c> the</c><00:17:12.819><c> rulers</c><00:17:13.160><c> of</c><00:17:13.400><c> the</c>

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land,<00:17:14.200><c> these</c><00:17:14.519><c> rulers</c><00:17:14.799><c> that</c><00:17:14.980><c> God</c><00:17:15.220><c> has</c><00:17:15.460><c> set</c><00:17:15.619><c> up</c>

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for<00:17:16.160><c> the</c><00:17:16.299><c> realization</c><00:17:16.680><c> of</c><00:17:16.839><c> His</c><00:17:17.059><c> plan,</c><00:17:17.279><c> because</c><00:17:17.480><c> they'll</c><00:17:17.720><c> look</c>

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upon<00:17:18.059><c> us</c><00:17:18.619><c> favorably.</c>

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Verse<00:17:20.339><c> 4,</c><00:17:22.019><c> the</c><00:17:22.259><c> ruler,</c><00:17:22.859><c> he,</c><00:17:23.299><c> the</c><00:17:23.420><c> ruler,</c><00:17:23.920><c> is</c><00:17:24.059><c> the</c><00:17:24.339><c> minister</c><00:17:24.859><c> of</c>

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God<00:17:25.579><c> to</c><00:17:25.859><c> thee</c><00:17:26.140><c> for</c><00:17:26.539><c> good.</c>

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But<00:17:27.859><c> if</c><00:17:28.420><c> thou</c><00:17:28.799><c> do</c><00:17:29.160><c> which</c><00:17:29.480><c> is</c><00:17:29.759><c> evil,</c><00:17:30.680><c> be</c><00:17:30.740><c> afraid.</c>

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For<00:17:32.380><c> he</c><00:17:32.740><c> beareth</c><00:17:32.980><c> not</c><00:17:33.380><c> the</c><00:17:33.599><c> sword</c><00:17:33.759><c> in</c><00:17:34.059><c> vain,</c><00:17:34.440><c> he's</c><00:17:34.880><c> the</c><00:17:35.019><c> minister</c><00:17:35.339><c> of</c><00:17:35.579><c> God,</c>

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a<00:17:36.619><c> revenger</c><00:17:37.140><c> to</c><00:17:37.400><c> execute</c><00:17:37.839><c> wrath</c><00:17:38.359><c> upon</c><00:17:39.059><c> him</c><00:17:39.700><c> that</c><00:17:40.140><c> doeth</c><00:17:40.440><c> evil.</c>

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So<00:17:42.799><c> what</c><00:17:42.940><c> he's</c><00:17:43.119><c> saying</c><00:17:43.380><c> is</c><00:17:43.599><c> that</c><00:17:43.819><c> these</c><00:17:44.119><c> rulers</c><00:17:44.559><c> then,</c><00:17:45.440><c> they're</c><00:17:45.660><c> there</c>

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doing<00:17:46.299><c> God's</c><00:17:46.900><c> will,</c>

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and<00:17:48.420><c> therefore</c><00:17:48.759><c> they're</c><00:17:49.119><c> the</c><00:17:49.460><c> ministers</c><00:17:49.940><c> of</c><00:17:50.299><c> God,</c>

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ministering<00:17:52.099><c> the</c><00:17:52.240><c> things</c><00:17:52.480><c> that</c><00:17:52.640><c> God</c><00:17:52.839><c> would</c><00:17:53.059><c> have</c><00:17:53.299><c> them</c><00:17:53.500><c> to</c><00:17:53.720><c> do.</c>

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God<00:17:54.440><c> uses</c><00:17:54.900><c> these</c><00:17:55.299><c> rulers</c><00:17:55.619><c> to</c><00:17:55.900><c> punish</c><00:17:56.259><c> evil</c><00:17:56.880><c> and</c><00:17:58.099><c> reward</c><00:17:58.579><c> righteousness</c><00:17:59.180><c> in</c><00:17:59.660><c> the</c><00:17:59.900><c> overall,</c><00:18:00.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:18:00.799><c> long</c><00:18:01.140><c> range,</c>

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sometimes<00:18:01.759><c> not</c><00:18:02.039><c> at</c><00:18:02.200><c> the</c><00:18:02.380><c> very</c><00:18:02.859><c> instant,</c><00:18:03.759><c> but</c><00:18:03.779><c> in</c><00:18:04.039><c> the</c><00:18:04.279><c> overall,</c><00:18:04.619><c> this</c><00:18:04.799><c> is</c>

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the<00:18:05.099><c> perspective.</c>

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And<00:18:06.359><c> we</c><00:18:06.680><c> must</c><00:18:06.960><c> realize</c><00:18:07.420><c> that</c><00:18:07.680><c> God</c><00:18:07.940><c> is</c><00:18:08.160><c> in</c><00:18:08.400><c> control,</c><00:18:09.359><c> that</c><00:18:09.559><c> these</c><00:18:09.900><c> rulers</c><00:18:10.220><c> are</c><00:18:10.519><c> there</c>

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fulfilling<00:18:11.420><c> their</c><00:18:12.019><c> roles</c><00:18:12.680><c> in</c><00:18:13.140><c> the</c><00:18:13.380><c> overall</c><00:18:13.640><c> purpose</c><00:18:13.940><c> and</c><00:18:14.180><c> plan</c><00:18:14.299><c> of</c><00:18:14.440><c> God.</c>

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We're<00:18:15.180><c> not</c><00:18:15.359><c> to</c><00:18:15.539><c> fear</c><00:18:15.740><c> them,</c><00:18:17.380><c> because</c><00:18:17.579><c> God</c><00:18:17.920><c> is</c><00:18:18.119><c> in</c><00:18:18.319><c> control</c><00:18:18.680><c> of</c><00:18:18.839><c> them,</c>

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and<00:18:19.140><c> God</c><00:18:19.440><c> will</c><00:18:19.680><c> protect</c><00:18:19.980><c> His</c><00:18:20.279><c> people</c><00:18:20.720><c> and</c><00:18:21.160><c> watches</c><00:18:21.460><c> over</c><00:18:21.819><c> His</c>

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people,<00:18:22.799><c> as</c><00:18:23.000><c> He</c><00:18:23.200><c> does</c><00:18:23.339><c> to</c><00:18:23.579><c> all</c><00:18:23.740><c> of</c><00:18:23.880><c> those</c><00:18:24.039><c> that</c><00:18:24.259><c> love</c><00:18:24.420><c> Him.</c>

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But<00:18:25.359><c> there</c><00:18:25.640><c> is</c><00:18:26.000><c> a</c><00:18:26.180><c> time,</c><00:18:26.500><c> this</c><00:18:26.740><c> verse</c><00:18:26.960><c> says,</c><00:18:27.279><c> when</c><00:18:27.480><c> we</c><00:18:27.680><c> ought</c>

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to<00:18:28.240><c> fear</c><00:18:28.619><c> those</c><00:18:29.039><c> rulers</c>

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that<00:18:29.960><c> are</c><00:18:30.140><c> in</c><00:18:30.339><c> control</c><00:18:30.720><c> over</c><00:18:31.880><c> us,</c><00:18:32.339><c> and</c><00:18:32.640><c> that's</c><00:18:32.940><c> when</c><00:18:33.180><c> we</c><00:18:33.559><c> don't</c>

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follow<00:18:34.119><c> God's</c><00:18:34.559><c> commands.</c>

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He<00:18:36.059><c> says</c><00:18:36.220><c> if</c><00:18:36.400><c> we</c><00:18:36.740><c> don't</c><00:18:37.059><c> do</c><00:18:37.299><c> what</c><00:18:37.460><c> God</c><00:18:37.819><c> commands</c><00:18:38.220><c> us,</c><00:18:38.500><c> and</c>

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we're<00:18:39.039><c> doing</c><00:18:39.380><c> evil,</c>

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we're<00:18:40.500><c> going</c><00:18:40.779><c> against</c><00:18:41.140><c> the</c><00:18:41.299><c> laws</c><00:18:41.539><c> of</c><00:18:41.720><c> God.</c><00:18:42.519><c> Paul</c><00:18:42.640><c> said</c><00:18:43.000><c> we</c><00:18:43.339><c> better</c><00:18:43.619><c> then</c><00:18:43.920><c> be</c>

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afraid<00:18:44.420><c> of</c><00:18:44.579><c> these</c><00:18:44.759><c> rulers,</c>

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because<00:18:46.220><c> God</c><00:18:46.599><c> has</c><00:18:46.940><c> set</c><00:18:47.119><c> these</c><00:18:47.440><c> men</c><00:18:47.640><c> up</c><00:18:47.900><c> to</c><00:18:48.019><c> be</c><00:18:48.380><c> His</c><00:18:48.920><c> ministers.</c>

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And<00:18:50.480><c> if</c><00:18:50.640><c> we're</c><00:18:50.900><c> evil,</c><00:18:51.480><c> not</c><00:18:51.720><c> following</c><00:18:52.000><c> the</c><00:18:52.240><c> commands</c><00:18:52.539><c> of</c><00:18:52.759><c> God,</c>

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not<00:18:53.240><c> following</c><00:18:53.519><c> His</c><00:18:53.819><c> ways,</c>

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then<00:18:54.660><c> God</c><00:18:54.940><c> has</c><00:18:55.200><c> really</c><00:18:55.519><c> directed</c><00:18:56.000><c> these</c><00:18:57.019><c> ministers</c><00:18:57.500><c> to</c><00:18:57.980><c> punish</c><00:18:58.259><c> us.</c>

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then<00:19:04.539><c> we're</c><00:19:04.680><c> in</c><00:19:04.819><c> trouble.</c>

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We're<00:19:06.279><c> in</c><00:19:06.339><c> the</c><00:19:06.440><c> worst</c><00:19:06.619><c> position</c><00:19:07.000><c> we</c><00:19:07.099><c> could</c><00:19:07.319><c> possibly</c><00:19:07.660><c> be</c><00:19:07.900><c> in.</c>

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So<00:19:08.579><c> brothers</c><00:19:08.799><c> and</c><00:19:09.079><c> sisters,</c><00:19:09.339><c> if</c><00:19:09.539><c> we</c><00:19:09.779><c> are</c><00:19:10.000><c> not</c><00:19:10.200><c> law</c><00:19:10.500><c>-abiding</c><00:19:10.960><c> citizens,</c><00:19:11.920><c> if</c>

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we're<00:19:12.279><c> not</c><00:19:12.500><c> those</c><00:19:12.740><c> people</c><00:19:13.059><c> out</c><00:19:13.400><c> there</c><00:19:13.559><c> that</c><00:19:13.720><c> are</c><00:19:13.859><c> the</c>

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exemplary<00:19:14.859><c> citizens</c><00:19:15.339><c> in</c><00:19:15.519><c> our</c><00:19:15.700><c> communities,</c><00:19:16.619><c> if</c><00:19:16.779><c> we're</c><00:19:16.980><c> the</c><00:19:17.160><c> ones</c><00:19:17.359><c> that</c><00:19:17.720><c> fudge</c><00:19:17.920><c> a</c>

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little<00:19:18.180><c> on</c><00:19:18.359><c> our</c><00:19:18.619><c> income</c><00:19:18.859><c> taxes,</c>

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if<00:19:19.880><c> we're</c><00:19:20.039><c> the</c><00:19:20.180><c> ones</c><00:19:20.279><c> that</c><00:19:20.559><c> cheat</c><00:19:20.720><c> a</c><00:19:20.799><c> little</c><00:19:21.019><c> bit</c><00:19:21.119><c> on</c><00:19:21.259><c> the</c>

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highway<00:19:21.799><c> speed</c><00:19:22.160><c> limit</c><00:19:22.400><c> rules,</c>

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if<00:19:23.299><c> we're</c><00:19:23.480><c> the</c><00:19:23.579><c> ones</c><00:19:23.700><c> that</c><00:19:23.880><c> don't</c><00:19:24.059><c> follow</c><00:19:24.319><c> the</c><00:19:24.539><c> building</c><00:19:24.839><c> codes</c><00:19:25.119><c> exactly</c><00:19:25.599><c> because</c><00:19:25.740><c> the</c>

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fellow's<00:19:26.160><c> not</c><00:19:26.359><c> probably</c><00:19:26.539><c> going</c><00:19:26.680><c> to</c><00:19:26.779><c> come</c><00:19:26.940><c> around,</c>

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then<00:19:28.740><c> brothers</c><00:19:29.059><c> and</c><00:19:29.299><c> sisters,</c><00:19:29.759><c> we're</c><00:19:29.779><c> opening</c><00:19:30.039><c> ourselves</c><00:19:30.579><c> right</c><00:19:30.960><c> up</c>

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for<00:19:31.640><c> this</c><00:19:31.880><c> punishment</c><00:19:32.279><c> from</c><00:19:32.500><c> God.</c>

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And<00:19:34.039><c> we</c><00:19:34.180><c> will</c><00:19:34.480><c> eventually</c><00:19:35.099><c> feel</c><00:19:35.579><c> this</c><00:19:35.940><c> wrath,</c>

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because<00:19:37.680><c> our</c><00:19:37.960><c> governmental</c><00:19:38.359><c> authorities</c><00:19:38.859><c> will</c><00:19:39.200><c> find</c><00:19:39.500><c> out</c><00:19:39.759><c> that</c><00:19:39.900><c> we've</c><00:19:40.220><c> cheated</c><00:19:40.420><c> on</c>

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them<00:19:40.920><c> and</c><00:19:41.059><c> so</c><00:19:41.259><c> on,</c>

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and<00:19:41.980><c> this</c><00:19:42.160><c> wrath</c><00:19:42.359><c> of</c><00:19:42.460><c> God</c><00:19:42.700><c> will</c><00:19:42.859><c> come</c><00:19:43.359><c> through</c><00:19:43.900><c> these</c><00:19:44.259><c> people</c>

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to<00:19:44.839><c> ourselves.</c>

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If<00:19:46.579><c> we</c><00:19:46.779><c> want</c><00:19:46.920><c> God's</c><00:19:47.380><c> protection,</c><00:19:48.740><c> if</c><00:19:48.880><c> we</c><00:19:49.059><c> want</c><00:19:49.240><c> protection</c>

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from<00:19:49.900><c> these</c><00:19:50.220><c> rulers</c><00:19:50.539><c> around</c><00:19:51.019><c> us,</c>

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and<00:19:51.599><c> not</c><00:19:51.880><c> to</c><00:19:52.099><c> fear</c><00:19:52.220><c> these</c><00:19:52.500><c> rulers,</c><00:19:53.339><c> then</c><00:19:53.440><c> we</c><00:19:53.559><c> have</c><00:19:53.740><c> to</c><00:19:53.940><c> live</c><00:19:54.319><c> the</c><00:19:54.859><c> commandments</c><00:19:55.220><c> of</c><00:19:55.480><c> Christ.</c>

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Make<00:19:56.460><c> certain</c><00:19:56.779><c> that</c><00:19:56.960><c> we're</c><00:19:57.059><c> the</c><00:19:57.299><c> model</c><00:19:57.660><c> citizens</c><00:19:58.200><c> in</c><00:19:58.420><c> our</c><00:19:58.619><c> communities</c><00:19:59.220><c> and</c>

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that<00:19:59.980><c> the</c><00:20:00.180><c> world</c><00:20:00.339><c> has</c><00:20:00.700><c> no</c><00:20:01.259><c> cause</c>

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to<00:20:01.920><c> point</c><00:20:02.160><c> the</c><00:20:02.460><c> finger</c><00:20:02.920><c> at</c><00:20:03.319><c> our</c><00:20:03.660><c> community</c><00:20:04.279><c> for</c><00:20:04.759><c> anything</c><00:20:05.339><c> that</c><00:20:05.880><c> is</c>

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in<00:20:06.200><c> violation</c><00:20:06.700><c> of</c><00:20:06.920><c> their</c><00:20:07.079><c> laws.</c>

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It<00:20:14.519><c> goes</c><00:20:14.720><c> on</c><00:20:14.900><c> in</c><00:20:15.039><c> the</c><00:20:15.160><c> fifth</c><00:20:15.339><c> verse,</c><00:20:17.359><c> and</c><00:20:17.619><c> he</c><00:20:17.799><c> states,</c>

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Wherefore<00:20:18.720><c> ye</c><00:20:18.980><c> must</c><00:20:19.299><c> needs</c><00:20:19.619><c> be</c><00:20:20.000><c> subject</c><00:20:20.519><c> not</c><00:20:21.039><c> only</c><00:20:21.299><c> for</c><00:20:21.579><c> wrath,</c><00:20:22.700><c> but</c>

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also<00:20:23.220><c> for</c><00:20:23.579><c> conscience</c><00:20:24.019><c> sake.</c>

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just<00:20:29.039><c> to</c><00:20:29.279><c> keep</c><00:20:29.440><c> the</c><00:20:29.839><c> punishment</c><00:20:30.160><c> of</c><00:20:30.339><c> the</c><00:20:30.559><c> governments</c><00:20:30.799><c> off</c>

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our<00:20:31.359><c> back</c><00:20:31.740><c> and</c><00:20:32.200><c> away</c><00:20:32.359><c> from</c><00:20:32.579><c> our</c><00:20:32.779><c> lives,</c>

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but<00:20:33.940><c> we</c><00:20:34.099><c> should</c><00:20:34.180><c> do</c><00:20:34.319><c> this</c><00:20:34.460><c> because</c><00:20:34.539><c> it's</c><00:20:34.700><c> the</c><00:20:34.799><c> right</c><00:20:34.900><c> thing</c><00:20:35.079><c> to</c>

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do.<00:20:36.039><c> It's</c><00:20:36.240><c> the</c><00:20:36.319><c> Christ</c><00:20:36.559><c>-like</c><00:20:36.700><c> thing</c><00:20:36.920><c> to</c><00:20:37.140><c> do.</c>

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It's<00:20:37.859><c> what</c><00:20:38.019><c> brothers</c><00:20:38.279><c> and</c><00:20:38.519><c> sisters</c><00:20:38.720><c> of</c><00:20:38.960><c> Christ</c><00:20:39.279><c> are</c><00:20:39.740><c> expected</c>

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to<00:20:40.480><c> do,</c><00:20:40.900><c> the</c><00:20:41.119><c> right</c><00:20:41.460><c> thing</c><00:20:41.700><c> to</c><00:20:41.819><c> be</c><00:20:42.180><c> perfectly</c><00:20:42.539><c> honest</c>

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and<00:20:43.240><c> upright</c><00:20:43.539><c> in</c><00:20:43.619><c> everything</c><00:20:43.900><c> that</c><00:20:44.119><c> we</c><00:20:44.220><c> do.</c>

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eyes<00:20:51.779><c> of</c><00:20:51.960><c> our</c><00:20:52.160><c> rulers,</c>

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and<00:20:53.059><c> of</c><00:20:53.119><c> course</c><00:20:53.220><c> in</c><00:20:53.359><c> the</c><00:20:53.480><c> eyes</c><00:20:53.619><c> of</c><00:20:53.779><c> our</c><00:20:53.980><c> God.</c><00:20:54.960><c> They</c><00:20:55.160><c> should</c><00:20:55.339><c> be</c>

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able<00:20:55.619><c> to</c><00:20:55.720><c> look</c><00:20:55.920><c> on</c><00:20:56.119><c> the</c><00:20:56.240><c> Christadelphian</c><00:20:56.940><c> community</c>

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and<00:20:57.559><c> they</c><00:20:57.700><c> should</c><00:20:57.819><c> be</c><00:20:57.980><c> able</c><00:20:58.119><c> to</c><00:20:58.279><c> see</c><00:20:58.380><c> a</c><00:20:58.579><c> people</c><00:20:58.880><c> that</c><00:20:59.299><c> have</c><00:20:59.480><c> a</c>

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completely<00:21:00.200><c> clean</c><00:21:00.759><c> record</c>

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when<00:21:02.200><c> it</c><00:21:02.200><c> comes</c><00:21:02.480><c> to</c><00:21:02.680><c> offenses</c><00:21:02.980><c> against</c><00:21:03.359><c> the</c><00:21:03.579><c> state,</c><00:21:04.299><c> find</c><00:21:04.500><c> a</c>

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people<00:21:04.859><c> that</c><00:21:05.059><c> are</c><00:21:05.599><c> completely</c><00:21:06.299><c> honest,</c>

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completely<00:21:07.859><c> upright.</c><00:21:09.220><c> And</c><00:21:09.380><c> it's</c><00:21:09.700><c> our</c><00:21:10.059><c> individual</c><00:21:11.500><c> responsibility,</c>

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brothers<00:21:12.680><c> and</c><00:21:12.920><c> sisters,</c><00:21:13.500><c> to</c><00:21:13.700><c> make</c><00:21:14.000><c> sure</c><00:21:14.299><c> that</c><00:21:14.599><c> we</c><00:21:14.980><c> each</c><00:21:15.380><c> uphold</c><00:21:15.880><c> our</c><00:21:16.359><c> part</c>

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of<00:21:17.319><c> this</c><00:21:17.559><c> view</c><00:21:17.700><c> of</c><00:21:17.839><c> the</c><00:21:18.059><c> community,</c><00:21:19.339><c> that</c><00:21:19.559><c> we</c><00:21:19.819><c> keep</c><00:21:20.220><c> this</c><00:21:20.720><c> reputation</c><00:21:21.299><c> of</c>

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God's<00:21:21.880><c> community</c>

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intact.<00:21:23.720><c> And</c><00:21:23.880><c> if</c><00:21:23.980><c> we</c><00:21:24.220><c> conduct</c><00:21:24.559><c> ourselves</c><00:21:25.160><c> in</c><00:21:25.380><c> a</c><00:21:25.579><c> manner</c><00:21:25.740><c> that's</c><00:21:26.119><c> un</c>

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-Christ<00:21:26.460><c>-like,</c>

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in<00:21:27.539><c> a</c><00:21:27.660><c> manner</c><00:21:27.779><c> that</c><00:21:27.940><c> might</c><00:21:28.099><c> be</c><00:21:28.339><c> unlawful</c><00:21:28.920><c> in</c><00:21:29.079><c> the</c><00:21:29.240><c> society</c><00:21:29.579><c> that</c><00:21:29.759><c> we</c>

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live<00:21:30.119><c> in,</c><00:21:30.779><c> then</c><00:21:30.940><c> the</c><00:21:31.119><c> world</c><00:21:31.480><c> looks</c><00:21:31.799><c> around</c>

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and<00:21:32.359><c> looks</c><00:21:32.619><c> at</c><00:21:32.880><c> us</c><00:21:33.500><c> and</c><00:21:34.079><c> will</c><00:21:34.339><c> judge</c><00:21:34.539><c> the</c><00:21:34.920><c> entire</c><00:21:35.380><c> community</c>

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on<00:21:36.099><c> our</c><00:21:36.279><c> actions.</c>

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And<00:21:38.220><c> many</c><00:21:38.460><c> times</c><00:21:38.779><c> they'll</c><00:21:39.079><c> assume</c><00:21:39.359><c> that</c><00:21:39.559><c> the</c><00:21:39.740><c> whole</c><00:21:39.960><c> community</c><00:21:40.400><c> then</c><00:21:40.940><c> is</c>

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exactly<00:21:41.779><c> like</c><00:21:42.079><c> us.</c>

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That's<00:21:42.839><c> only</c><00:21:43.000><c> natural.</c><00:21:44.519><c> It's</c><00:21:44.660><c> a</c><00:21:44.740><c> big</c><00:21:44.900><c> responsibility</c><00:21:45.579><c> we</c><00:21:45.859><c> have,</c><00:21:46.119><c> isn't</c><00:21:46.299><c> it,</c>

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to<00:21:47.200><c> the</c><00:21:47.359><c> community</c><00:21:47.880><c> of</c><00:21:48.460><c> our</c><00:21:48.660><c> God,</c><00:21:49.279><c> not</c><00:21:49.480><c> just</c><00:21:49.680><c> our</c><00:21:49.839><c> brothers</c><00:21:50.039><c> and</c><00:21:50.279><c> sisters,</c><00:21:50.799><c> but</c><00:21:50.920><c> the</c><00:21:51.099><c> community</c><00:21:51.380><c> of</c>

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our<00:21:51.720><c> God</c>

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and<00:21:52.460><c> our</c><00:21:52.579><c> Lord</c><00:21:52.680><c> Jesus</c><00:21:52.980><c> Christ.</c><00:21:54.680><c> In</c><00:21:54.880><c> verse</c><00:21:55.119><c> 6</c><00:21:55.380><c> he</c><00:21:55.519><c> says,</c>

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and<00:22:08.700><c> he's</c><00:22:09.200><c> speaking</c><00:22:09.460><c> about</c><00:22:09.660><c> being</c><00:22:09.819><c> the</c><00:22:09.980><c> right</c><00:22:10.240><c> thing</c><00:22:10.460><c> to</c><00:22:10.660><c> do,</c>

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that's<00:22:11.000><c> the</c><00:22:11.200><c> cause</c><00:22:11.400><c> he's</c><00:22:11.579><c> speaking</c><00:22:11.920><c> about,</c>

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government<00:22:37.000><c> when</c><00:22:37.339><c> it</c><00:22:37.420><c> comes</c><00:22:37.640><c> to</c><00:22:37.880><c> taxes.</c>

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God's<00:22:42.460><c> bidding</c><00:22:42.640><c> among</c><00:22:42.960><c> the</c><00:22:43.180><c> nations.</c>

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They're<00:22:44.180><c> working</c><00:22:44.579><c> towards</c><00:22:45.240><c> God's</c><00:22:46.200><c> end,</c><00:22:46.579><c> eventually,</c><00:22:48.000><c> and</c><00:22:48.380><c> continually.</c>

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They're<00:22:49.640><c> constantly</c><00:22:50.200><c> fighting</c><00:22:50.539><c> against</c><00:22:50.980><c> evil,</c><00:22:51.740><c> and</c><00:22:51.940><c> God</c><00:22:52.279><c> guides</c><00:22:52.599><c> them</c><00:22:52.819><c> to</c><00:22:53.039><c> His</c>

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desired<00:22:54.140><c> ends.</c><00:22:55.480><c> So</c><00:22:55.720><c> Paul's</c><00:22:56.119><c> telling</c><00:22:56.299><c> us</c><00:22:56.519><c> that</c><00:22:56.700><c> we</c><00:22:56.880><c> must</c><00:22:57.259><c> pay</c>

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what's<00:22:59.460><c> their</c><00:22:59.640><c> due.</c><00:23:00.299><c> He's</c><00:23:00.680><c> re</c><00:23:01.000><c>-emphasizing,</c><00:23:01.799><c> isn't</c><00:23:01.960><c> he,</c><00:23:02.119><c> in</c><00:23:02.279><c> a</c>

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way,<00:23:02.920><c> the</c><00:23:03.059><c> words</c><00:23:03.220><c> of</c><00:23:03.420><c> our</c><00:23:03.559><c> Master</c>

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Render<00:23:12.940><c> therefore</c><00:23:13.660><c> to</c><00:23:15.240><c> all</c><00:23:15.599><c> their</c><00:23:15.940><c> dues,</c>

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tribute<00:23:17.339><c> to</c><00:23:17.579><c> whom</c><00:23:17.779><c> tribute</c><00:23:18.140><c> is</c><00:23:18.420><c> due,</c><00:23:19.099><c> custom</c><00:23:19.400><c> to</c><00:23:19.599><c> whom</c><00:23:19.740><c> custom,</c><00:23:20.720><c> fear</c>

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to<00:23:21.099><c> whom</c><00:23:21.279><c> fear,</c>

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honor<00:23:22.640><c> to</c><00:23:22.920><c> whom</c><00:23:23.119><c> honor.</c><00:23:23.779><c> Now</c><00:23:24.220><c> tribute</c><00:23:24.579><c> here,</c><00:23:24.779><c> the</c><00:23:24.920><c> difference</c>

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between<00:23:25.519><c> tribute</c><00:23:25.920><c> and</c><00:23:26.180><c> custom,</c>

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tribute<00:23:27.220><c> here</c><00:23:27.460><c> is</c><00:23:27.940><c> direct</c><00:23:28.420><c> taxation,</c><00:23:30.259><c> things</c><00:23:30.400><c> like</c><00:23:30.680><c> income</c>

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taxes,<00:23:31.480><c> whereas</c><00:23:31.779><c> custom</c>

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is<00:23:32.759><c> something</c><00:23:33.000><c> like</c><00:23:33.220><c> an</c><00:23:33.460><c> indirect</c><00:23:33.759><c> taxation,</c><00:23:34.960><c> like</c><00:23:35.200><c> duties</c>

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That<00:23:37.819><c> seems</c><00:23:38.079><c> to</c><00:23:38.220><c> be</c><00:23:38.279><c> the</c><00:23:38.420><c> differentiation</c><00:23:38.940><c> between</c><00:23:39.259><c> the</c><00:23:39.420><c> two</c>

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Greek<00:23:39.859><c> words.</c>

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Fear<00:23:42.680><c> here</c><00:23:43.359><c> is</c><00:23:43.700><c> the</c><00:23:43.880><c> Greek</c><00:23:44.079><c> word</c><00:23:44.299><c> for</c><00:23:44.619><c> phobos,</c><00:23:45.160><c> which</c><00:23:45.240><c> would</c>

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refer<00:23:45.779><c> to</c><00:23:45.940><c> the</c><00:23:46.039><c> idea</c><00:23:46.539><c> of</c><00:23:46.759><c> giving</c><00:23:47.039><c> the</c><00:23:47.420><c> proper</c>

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Now<00:23:52.240><c> while</c><00:23:52.519><c> honor,</c><00:23:53.299><c> of</c><00:23:53.359><c> course,</c><00:23:53.980><c> we</c><00:23:55.099><c> would</c><00:23:55.299><c> prefer</c><00:23:55.579><c> to</c><00:23:55.880><c> have</c><00:23:56.039><c> respect</c>

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ministers<00:24:03.259><c> of</c><00:24:03.500><c> God.</c><00:24:04.240><c> Not</c><00:24:04.539><c> necessarily</c><00:24:05.160><c> do</c><00:24:05.380><c> we</c><00:24:05.619><c> have</c><00:24:05.819><c> honor</c>

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but<00:24:07.460><c> we</c><00:24:07.579><c> need</c><00:24:07.779><c> to</c><00:24:08.059><c> honor</c><00:24:08.220><c> the</c><00:24:08.480><c> position</c><00:24:09.099><c> in</c><00:24:09.579><c> the</c><00:24:09.720><c> fact</c><00:24:09.859><c> that</c><00:24:09.980><c> they're</c><00:24:10.259><c> sitting</c><00:24:10.640><c> in</c>

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seats<00:24:11.339><c> of</c><00:24:11.839><c> authority</c>

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established<00:24:12.940><c> by</c><00:24:13.299><c> God.</c><00:24:14.660><c> So</c><00:24:14.779><c> for</c><00:24:14.940><c> that</c><00:24:15.220><c> fact,</c><00:24:15.759><c> for</c><00:24:15.940><c> that</c><00:24:16.160><c> perspective,</c><00:24:17.059><c> we</c><00:24:17.279><c> honor</c>

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minister<00:24:21.599><c> of</c><00:24:21.819><c> God.</c>

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So<00:24:23.019><c> the</c><00:24:23.180><c> lesson</c><00:24:23.440><c> then,</c><00:24:23.680><c> we</c><00:24:23.839><c> believe,</c><00:24:24.400><c> is</c><00:24:25.119><c> clear</c><00:24:25.500><c> from</c><00:24:25.680><c> the</c><00:24:25.920><c> opening</c><00:24:26.140><c> verses</c><00:24:26.460><c> of</c>

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this<00:24:26.839><c> 13th</c><00:24:27.259><c> chapter,</c>

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and<00:24:28.140><c> that</c><00:24:28.319><c> is</c><00:24:28.539><c> that</c><00:24:28.680><c> we</c><00:24:29.079><c> as</c><00:24:29.400><c> the</c><00:24:29.599><c> brethren</c><00:24:29.799><c> and</c><00:24:30.059><c> sisters</c><00:24:30.240><c> of</c><00:24:30.380><c> the</c><00:24:30.440><c> Lord</c><00:24:30.619><c> Jesus</c><00:24:31.000><c> Christ</c><00:24:31.339><c> have</c><00:24:31.740><c> a</c>

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great<00:24:32.400><c> responsibility</c>

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We<00:24:37.740><c> have</c><00:24:38.000><c> a</c><00:24:38.059><c> tremendous</c><00:24:38.579><c> responsibility</c><00:24:39.440><c> to</c><00:24:39.660><c> be</c><00:24:39.819><c> those</c><00:24:40.180><c> model</c>

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citizens<00:24:41.420><c> and</c><00:24:42.019><c> be</c><00:24:42.200><c> the</c><00:24:42.480><c> best</c>

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example<00:24:43.279><c> that</c><00:24:43.440><c> we</c><00:24:43.680><c> possibly</c><00:24:44.099><c> can</c><00:24:44.500><c> in</c><00:24:44.940><c> the</c><00:24:45.099><c> eyes</c><00:24:45.279><c> of</c><00:24:45.460><c> our</c><00:24:45.720><c> authorities.</c><00:24:46.859><c> It</c>

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not<00:24:47.119><c> only</c><00:24:47.339><c> makes</c><00:24:47.559><c> things</c>

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easier<00:24:48.519><c> for</c><00:24:48.740><c> us,</c><00:24:49.680><c> it</c><00:24:49.839><c> makes</c><00:24:49.920><c> things</c><00:24:50.180><c> easier</c><00:24:50.440><c> for</c><00:24:50.640><c> our</c><00:24:50.819><c> brothers</c><00:24:51.000><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:24:51.740><c> when</c><00:24:52.140><c> we're</c><00:24:52.440><c> liked</c>

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by<00:24:53.059><c> those</c><00:24:53.680><c> that</c><00:24:54.039><c> are</c><00:24:54.160><c> in</c><00:24:54.359><c> power.</c><00:24:55.880><c> But</c><00:24:55.980><c> according</c><00:24:56.559><c> to</c><00:24:56.759><c> these</c><00:24:56.900><c> words</c><00:24:57.200><c> of</c><00:24:57.759><c> Paul</c>

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right<00:24:58.160><c> here,</c><00:24:58.500><c> which</c><00:24:58.500><c> are</c><00:24:58.720><c> of</c><00:24:58.740><c> course</c><00:24:59.359><c> words</c><00:24:59.859><c> of</c><00:25:00.039><c> our</c><00:25:00.119><c> Heavenly</c>

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Father,<00:25:02.039><c> we</c><00:25:02.259><c> can't</c><00:25:02.539><c> forget</c>

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the<00:25:02.960><c> other</c><00:25:03.160><c> side</c><00:25:03.339><c> of</c><00:25:03.480><c> the</c><00:25:03.660><c> coin.</c><00:25:04.599><c> We</c><00:25:04.619><c> must</c><00:25:04.900><c> realize</c><00:25:05.400><c> that</c><00:25:05.599><c> this</c>

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position<00:25:06.160><c> has</c><00:25:06.420><c> its</c><00:25:06.680><c> limits,</c>

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that<00:25:07.779><c> we</c><00:25:07.900><c> must</c><00:25:08.299><c> indeed</c><00:25:08.779><c> render</c><00:25:09.119><c> to</c><00:25:09.420><c> Caesar</c><00:25:09.660><c> only</c><00:25:10.220><c> the</c><00:25:10.480><c> things</c>

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that<00:25:11.519><c> belong</c><00:25:11.740><c> to</c><00:25:12.079><c> Caesar,</c>

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only<00:25:13.140><c> to</c><00:25:13.359><c> the</c><00:25:13.559><c> point</c><00:25:13.759><c> then</c><00:25:14.079><c> that</c><00:25:14.279><c> these</c><00:25:15.140><c> laws</c><00:25:15.740><c> and</c><00:25:16.319><c> such</c><00:25:16.559><c> don't</c>

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conflict<00:25:17.660><c> with</c><00:25:17.900><c> the</c>

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defense<00:25:23.180><c> of</c><00:25:23.519><c> their</c><00:25:23.720><c> man</c><00:25:23.980><c>-made</c><00:25:24.160><c> nations,</c><00:25:25.119><c> we</c><00:25:25.180><c> cannot</c><00:25:25.480><c> take</c><00:25:25.779><c> part</c><00:25:25.940><c> in</c>

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their<00:25:26.259><c> social</c><00:25:26.640><c> programs,</c><00:25:27.140><c> and</c><00:25:27.359><c> so</c><00:25:27.640><c> on.</c>

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This<00:25:28.779><c> is</c><00:25:29.039><c> where</c><00:25:29.259><c> our</c><00:25:29.539><c> allegiance</c><00:25:29.819><c> will</c><00:25:30.119><c> begin</c><00:25:30.319><c> to</c><00:25:30.619><c> clearly</c>

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conflict,<00:25:31.619><c> isn't</c><00:25:31.779><c> it?</c>

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There's<00:25:32.680><c> no</c><00:25:32.960><c> doubt</c><00:25:33.279><c> as</c><00:25:33.599><c> to</c><00:25:33.799><c> what</c><00:25:33.960><c> course</c><00:25:34.240><c> of</c><00:25:34.460><c> action</c><00:25:34.680><c> we</c><00:25:34.940><c> take</c>

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conflict.<00:25:39.000><c> We</c><00:25:39.140><c> must</c><00:25:39.420><c> render</c><00:25:39.660><c> to</c><00:25:39.859><c> God</c><00:25:40.099><c> the</c><00:25:40.380><c> things</c><00:25:40.579><c> that</c><00:25:40.720><c> be</c>

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God's<00:25:41.380><c> first,</c><00:25:42.359><c> and</c><00:25:42.579><c> then</c><00:25:42.740><c> unto</c><00:25:42.940><c> Caesar</c>

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referring<00:25:47.220><c> to</c><00:25:47.440><c> here</c><00:25:47.660><c> is</c><00:25:47.779><c> that</c>

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governments<00:25:51.160><c> in</c><00:25:51.359><c> the</c><00:25:51.559><c> positions</c><00:25:51.779><c> that</c><00:25:51.980><c> they</c><00:25:52.240><c> are</c><00:25:52.500><c> in</c>

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today,<00:25:54.480><c> and</c><00:25:54.579><c> that</c><00:25:54.640><c> they're</c><00:25:54.799><c> God's</c><00:25:55.259><c> servants</c><00:25:55.480><c> doing</c><00:25:55.859><c> God's</c><00:25:56.480><c> will.</c><00:25:57.119><c> And</c><00:25:57.240><c> we've</c><00:25:57.539><c> got</c><00:25:57.759><c> a</c><00:25:58.099><c> responsibility</c>

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then<00:25:59.099><c> to</c><00:25:59.660><c> obey</c><00:26:00.019><c> them</c><00:26:00.220><c> the</c><00:26:00.460><c> best</c><00:26:00.839><c> we</c><00:26:01.160><c> can,</c><00:26:02.160><c> always</c><00:26:02.579><c> remaining</c>

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the<00:26:03.299><c> main</c>

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lesson<00:26:03.980><c> that</c><00:26:04.259><c> God</c><00:26:04.559><c> is</c><00:26:04.779><c> in</c><00:26:05.000><c> control.</c><00:26:05.819><c> He's</c><00:26:06.359><c> the</c><00:26:06.619><c> ruler.</c><00:26:07.180><c> He</c><00:26:07.559><c> must</c><00:26:07.799><c> be</c>

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obeyed<00:26:08.420><c> first</c>

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and<00:26:08.940><c> foremost.</c><00:26:09.599><c> He's</c><00:26:10.119><c> the</c><00:26:10.400><c> supreme</c><00:26:10.880><c> commander,</c><00:26:11.839><c> and</c><00:26:12.099><c> if</c><00:26:12.259><c> his</c>

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commands<00:26:12.819><c> differ</c><00:26:13.119><c> from</c><00:26:13.319><c> those</c>

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of<00:26:13.660><c> the</c><00:26:13.819><c> rulers</c><00:26:14.079><c> of</c><00:26:14.279><c> the</c><00:26:14.460><c> governments</c><00:26:14.720><c> around,</c><00:26:15.579><c> then</c><00:26:15.680><c> we</c><00:26:15.779><c> have</c>

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no<00:26:16.119><c> choice</c><00:26:16.359><c> but</c><00:26:16.559><c> to</c><00:26:16.680><c> obey</c><00:26:16.779><c> our</c><00:26:17.039><c> God.</c>

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God's<00:26:21.539><c> will</c><00:26:21.839><c> and</c><00:26:22.380><c> obey</c><00:26:22.880><c> those</c><00:26:23.359><c> government</c>

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rulers,<00:26:24.460><c> and</c><00:26:24.559><c> this</c><00:26:24.700><c> is</c><00:26:24.819><c> where</c><00:26:25.160><c> faith</c><00:26:25.519><c> in</c><00:26:25.740><c> action</c><00:26:26.019><c> comes</c><00:26:26.299><c> into</c>

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being,<00:26:27.019><c> doesn't</c><00:26:27.200><c> it?</c><00:26:27.599><c> We</c><00:26:27.839><c> have</c><00:26:28.079><c> the</c><00:26:28.299><c> faith</c><00:26:28.480><c> that</c>

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if<00:26:28.759><c> we</c><00:26:28.940><c> do</c><00:26:29.160><c> what's</c><00:26:29.500><c> right,</c><00:26:30.039><c> we</c><00:26:30.180><c> obey</c><00:26:30.539><c> the</c><00:26:30.779><c> things</c><00:26:30.940><c> that</c><00:26:31.099><c> God</c><00:26:31.240><c> tells</c><00:26:31.480><c> us</c>

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to<00:26:31.859><c> do,</c><00:26:32.200><c> we</c><00:26:32.359><c> obey</c><00:26:32.740><c> those</c><00:26:33.059><c> rulers</c><00:26:33.259><c> in</c><00:26:33.440><c> the</c><00:26:33.640><c> lands</c>

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that<00:26:34.339><c> he'll</c><00:26:34.619><c> watch</c><00:26:34.880><c> over</c><00:26:35.099><c> us</c><00:26:35.220><c> and</c><00:26:35.339><c> protect</c><00:26:35.660><c> us</c><00:26:36.119><c> and</c><00:26:36.440><c> bring</c><00:26:36.680><c> us</c>

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to<00:26:37.000><c> that</c><00:26:37.200><c> kingdom</c><00:26:37.640><c> because</c><00:26:38.279><c> of</c><00:26:43.099><c> our</c>

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governments<00:26:43.700><c> of</c><00:26:44.299><c> our</c><00:26:44.579><c> land.</c><00:26:46.519><c> Because</c><00:26:46.660><c> many</c><00:26:46.940><c> times,</c><00:26:47.200><c> of</c><00:26:47.380><c> course,</c><00:26:47.519><c> we</c>

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realize<00:26:48.200><c> that</c>

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they<00:26:48.500><c> go</c><00:26:48.660><c> in</c><00:26:48.799><c> opposition</c><00:26:49.180><c> to</c><00:26:49.359><c> the</c><00:26:49.480><c> things</c><00:26:49.660><c> of</c><00:26:49.900><c> God.</c><00:26:50.339><c> Even</c><00:26:50.619><c> today,</c><00:26:51.220><c> our</c>

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brethren<00:26:51.559><c> in</c><00:26:51.759><c> South</c><00:26:52.039><c> Africa</c>

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experience<00:26:53.500><c> long</c><00:26:53.900><c> prison</c><00:26:54.220><c> terms</c><00:26:54.779><c> because</c><00:26:55.339><c> they</c><00:26:55.519><c> don't</c><00:26:55.680><c> obey</c>

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the<00:26:56.240><c> laws</c><00:26:56.480><c> of</c><00:26:56.859><c> the</c><00:26:57.059><c> land</c><00:26:57.299><c> when</c><00:26:57.480><c> they</c><00:26:57.599><c> come</c><00:26:57.720><c> in</c><00:26:57.900><c> conflict</c>

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with<00:26:58.400><c> the</c><00:26:58.519><c> laws</c><00:26:58.740><c> of</c><00:26:58.980><c> God</c><00:26:59.519><c> in</c><00:26:59.900><c> serving</c><00:27:00.099><c> in</c><00:27:00.279><c> the</c><00:27:00.380><c> armed</c><00:27:00.539><c> forces</c>

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of<00:27:00.900><c> that</c><00:27:01.119><c> nation.</c><00:27:02.059><c> But</c><00:27:02.200><c> we've</c><00:27:02.420><c> got</c><00:27:02.559><c> to</c><00:27:02.740><c> have</c><00:27:02.920><c> the</c>

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faith,<00:27:03.539><c> don't</c><00:27:03.559><c> we,</c><00:27:03.839><c> brothers</c><00:27:03.920><c> and</c><00:27:04.140><c> sisters,</c><00:27:04.339><c> that</c><00:27:04.460><c> when</c><00:27:04.640><c> we</c>

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put<00:27:05.240><c> this</c><00:27:05.500><c> faith</c><00:27:05.740><c> in</c><00:27:06.000><c> action</c><00:27:06.500><c> that</c><00:27:06.980><c> God</c><00:27:07.259><c> will</c><00:27:07.400><c> be</c><00:27:07.579><c> there</c><00:27:07.779><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:08.140><c> long</c>

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run,<00:27:08.839><c> it'll</c><00:27:09.079><c> lead</c><00:27:09.200><c> us</c><00:27:09.380><c> to</c><00:27:09.539><c> righteousness</c><00:27:09.960><c> and</c><00:27:10.539><c> lead</c><00:27:10.660><c> us</c><00:27:10.839><c> to</c>

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those<00:27:11.759><c> well</c><00:27:12.980><c>-wanted</c>

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and<00:27:13.680><c> desired</c><00:27:14.079><c> places</c><00:27:14.400><c> in</c><00:27:14.579><c> the</c><00:27:14.720><c> kingdom.</c>

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Now,<00:27:20.160><c> in</c><00:27:20.339><c> verses</c><00:27:20.740><c> 8</c><00:27:21.460><c> to</c><00:27:21.599><c> 10,</c><00:27:22.880><c> he</c><00:27:23.079><c> turns</c><00:27:23.339><c> to</c>

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a<00:27:23.799><c> discussion</c><00:27:24.119><c> of</c><00:27:24.319><c> how</c><00:27:24.720><c> our</c><00:27:25.099><c> relationship</c><00:27:25.720><c> to</c><00:27:26.019><c> all</c><00:27:26.319><c> people</c><00:27:26.980><c> is</c>

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based<00:27:27.720><c> on</c><00:27:27.980><c> the</c>

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position<00:27:29.440><c> of,</c><00:27:30.740><c> on</c><00:27:31.140><c> the</c><00:27:31.740><c> overall</c><00:27:32.039><c> position</c><00:27:32.480><c> of</c><00:27:32.680><c> the</c>

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Christian<00:27:34.000><c> love</c><00:27:34.299><c> of</c><00:27:34.539><c> agape</c><00:27:34.859><c> love.</c><00:27:36.420><c> And</c><00:27:36.480><c> we've</c><00:27:36.740><c> kind</c><00:27:36.859><c> of</c><00:27:36.940><c> given</c>

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this<00:27:37.599><c> section,</c><00:27:38.039><c> as</c><00:27:38.160><c> you</c><00:27:38.279><c> can</c><00:27:38.440><c> see,</c>

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on<00:27:38.640><c> the</c><00:27:38.819><c> handout</c><00:27:39.059><c> from</c><00:27:39.299><c> verses</c><00:27:39.500><c> 8</c><00:27:40.200><c> to</c><00:27:40.279><c> 10,</c><00:27:40.920><c> to</c><00:27:41.220><c> agape</c><00:27:42.240><c> thy</c><00:27:42.440><c> neighbor</c><00:27:42.839><c> as</c>

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thyself.<00:27:44.980><c> Reading</c><00:27:45.220><c> verses</c><00:27:45.539><c> 8</c><00:27:45.839><c> through</c><00:27:45.980><c> 10</c><00:27:46.240><c> of</c><00:27:46.400><c> Romans</c><00:27:46.660><c> 13,</c><00:27:47.339><c> we</c>

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read,<00:27:48.299><c> he</c><00:27:48.299><c> says,</c>

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Oh,<00:27:49.119><c> no</c><00:27:49.259><c> man</c><00:27:49.539><c> anything</c><00:27:50.059><c> but</c><00:27:50.559><c> to</c><00:27:50.779><c> love</c><00:27:50.920><c> one</c><00:27:51.140><c> another.</c><00:27:51.980><c> For</c><00:27:52.099><c> he</c>

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that<00:27:52.539><c> loveth</c><00:27:53.180><c> another</c>

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hath<00:27:53.980><c> fulfilled</c><00:27:54.440><c> the</c><00:27:54.700><c> law.</c><00:27:55.420><c> For</c><00:27:55.720><c> this,</c><00:27:56.299><c> thou</c><00:27:56.420><c> shalt</c><00:27:56.640><c> not</c><00:27:56.880><c> commit</c><00:27:57.140><c> adultery,</c><00:27:57.940><c> thou</c>

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shalt<00:27:58.380><c> not</c>

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kill,<00:27:58.980><c> thou</c><00:27:59.180><c> shalt</c><00:27:59.400><c> not</c><00:27:59.700><c> steal,</c><00:28:00.380><c> thou</c><00:28:00.539><c> shalt</c><00:28:00.799><c> not</c><00:28:01.019><c> bear</c><00:28:01.160><c> false</c>

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witness,<00:28:01.839><c> thou</c><00:28:01.980><c> shalt</c><00:28:02.220><c> not</c><00:28:02.500><c> covet.</c>

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If<00:28:03.359><c> there</c><00:28:03.500><c> be</c><00:28:03.660><c> any</c><00:28:03.940><c> other</c><00:28:04.180><c> commandment,</c><00:28:04.660><c> it's</c><00:28:04.740><c> briefly</c><00:28:05.079><c> comprehended</c><00:28:05.579><c> in</c><00:28:05.779><c> this</c><00:28:06.000><c> saying,</c><00:28:06.319><c> namely,</c><00:28:06.920><c> thou</c><00:28:07.099><c> shalt</c><00:28:07.319><c> love</c><00:28:07.519><c> thy</c><00:28:07.680><c> neighbor</c><00:28:07.940><c> as</c><00:28:08.180><c> thyself.</c>

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:12.599
Love<00:28:09.579><c> worketh</c><00:28:10.000><c> no</c><00:28:10.299><c> ill</c><00:28:10.480><c> to</c><00:28:10.619><c> his</c><00:28:10.819><c> neighbor,</c><00:28:11.579><c> therefore</c><00:28:11.960><c> love</c>

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is<00:28:13.059><c> the</c>

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fulfilling<00:28:13.660><c> of</c><00:28:14.339><c> the</c><00:28:14.519><c> law.</c>

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So<00:28:25.599><c> he</c>

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starts<00:28:25.920><c> out</c><00:28:26.220><c> there</c><00:28:26.359><c> in</c><00:28:26.420><c> that</c><00:28:26.559><c> eighth</c><00:28:26.740><c> verse</c><00:28:27.119><c> with</c><00:28:27.380><c> a</c><00:28:27.599><c> discussion</c><00:28:27.940><c> on</c><00:28:28.740><c> love.</c>

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Love<00:28:30.200><c> thy</c><00:28:30.559><c> neighbor</c>

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as<00:28:31.319><c> thyself.</c><00:28:32.799><c> He</c><00:28:33.000><c> mentions</c><00:28:33.559><c> that</c><00:28:33.920><c> all</c><00:28:34.099><c> of</c><00:28:34.220><c> these</c><00:28:34.480><c> aspects</c><00:28:34.759><c> of</c>

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the<00:28:35.019><c> Ten</c><00:28:35.180><c> Commandments</c><00:28:35.599><c> are</c><00:28:35.839><c> all</c>

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summed<00:28:36.299><c> up</c><00:28:36.519><c> in</c><00:28:36.640><c> this</c><00:28:36.859><c> one</c><00:28:37.059><c> saying,</c><00:28:37.900><c> love</c><00:28:38.039><c> thy</c><00:28:38.279><c> neighbor</c><00:28:38.579><c> as</c><00:28:38.839><c> thyself.</c>

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Except<00:28:40.480><c> for</c><00:28:40.619><c> the</c><00:28:40.740><c> love</c><00:28:40.859><c> of</c><00:28:40.920><c> the</c><00:28:40.960><c> Lord</c><00:28:41.059><c> thy</c><00:28:41.160><c> God</c><00:28:41.359><c> with</c><00:28:41.440><c> all</c><00:28:41.539><c> thy</c>

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heart,<00:28:41.880><c> soul,</c><00:28:42.000><c> and</c><00:28:42.099><c> mind,</c><00:28:42.279><c> and</c><00:28:42.279><c> strength.</c><00:28:43.000><c> But</c><00:28:43.079><c> the</c><00:28:43.220><c> part</c><00:28:43.420><c> about</c><00:28:43.720><c> our</c>

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neighbor<00:28:44.279><c> all</c><00:28:44.920><c> summed</c><00:28:45.180><c> up</c><00:28:45.400><c> in</c><00:28:45.539><c> love</c><00:28:45.740><c> thy</c>

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neighbor<00:28:46.160><c> as</c><00:28:46.400><c> thyself.</c><00:28:47.440><c> And</c><00:28:47.660><c> note</c><00:28:47.880><c> again</c><00:28:48.279><c> how</c><00:28:48.519><c> Paul</c><00:28:48.880><c> is</c><00:28:49.279><c> quoting</c><00:28:49.539><c> from</c>

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the<00:28:50.019><c> main</c><00:28:50.200><c> authority</c>

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this<00:28:50.819><c> Old</c><00:28:51.099><c> Testament</c><00:28:51.420><c> Scriptures</c><00:28:51.980><c> to</c><00:28:52.500><c> lend</c><00:28:52.759><c> that</c><00:28:53.059><c> authority</c>

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and<00:28:53.680><c> verification</c><00:28:54.160><c> for</c><00:28:54.420><c> his</c><00:28:54.640><c> statements</c><00:28:55.039><c> and</c><00:28:55.559><c> to</c><00:28:55.700><c> help</c>

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make<00:28:56.000><c> the</c><00:28:56.200><c> point</c><00:28:56.359><c> that</c><00:28:56.480><c> he's</c><00:28:56.619><c> making.</c><00:28:57.299><c> He</c><00:28:57.500><c> ties</c><00:28:57.940><c> in</c><00:28:58.259><c> now</c><00:28:58.539><c> this</c>

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agape<00:28:59.339><c> love</c><00:28:59.839><c> in</c><00:29:00.279><c> verse</c>

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:06.019
ten<00:29:01.019><c> with</c><00:29:01.460><c> the</c><00:29:01.700><c> law</c><00:29:01.960><c> by</c><00:29:02.299><c> saying</c><00:29:02.500><c> that</c><00:29:02.839><c> love</c><00:29:03.200><c> is</c><00:29:03.680><c> the</c><00:29:04.000><c> fulfilling</c><00:29:04.500><c> of</c><00:29:04.880><c> the</c><00:29:05.099><c> law.</c>

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:10.259
The<00:29:06.299><c> end</c><00:29:06.619><c> objective</c><00:29:07.460><c> sought</c><00:29:07.839><c> for</c><00:29:08.099><c> under</c><00:29:08.299><c> the</c><00:29:08.539><c> law</c><00:29:08.819><c> is</c><00:29:09.180><c> the</c><00:29:09.359><c> kingdom</c><00:29:09.579><c> of</c><00:29:09.819><c> God.</c>

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:14.400
And<00:29:10.940><c> if</c><00:29:11.599><c> love</c><00:29:11.940><c> is</c><00:29:12.200><c> adhered</c><00:29:12.660><c> to,</c><00:29:13.259><c> the</c><00:29:13.400><c> kingdom</c><00:29:13.640><c> will</c><00:29:13.859><c> be</c><00:29:14.119><c> ours.</c>

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It's<00:29:14.700><c> that</c><00:29:14.940><c> simple,</c><00:29:15.319><c> isn't</c><00:29:15.460><c> it?</c>

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That<00:29:16.140><c> in</c><00:29:16.359><c> the</c><00:29:16.640><c> end,</c><00:29:16.920><c> the</c><00:29:17.019><c> kingdom</c><00:29:17.259><c> on</c><00:29:17.480><c> the</c><00:29:17.660><c> earth</c><00:29:17.980><c> will</c><00:29:18.299><c> be</c><00:29:18.519><c> filled</c><00:29:18.880><c> with</c><00:29:19.259><c> and</c>

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based<00:29:19.900><c> on</c>

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God's<00:29:25.319><c> love</c><00:29:25.519><c> toward</c>

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:29.940
man<00:29:26.359><c> in</c><00:29:26.700><c> that</c><00:29:26.779><c> he's</c><00:29:27.119><c> sharing</c><00:29:27.480><c> his</c><00:29:27.980><c> immortality</c><00:29:28.779><c> with</c><00:29:29.000><c> us.</c>

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But<00:29:30.819><c> as</c><00:29:31.099><c> he</c><00:29:31.359><c> introduces</c><00:29:31.700><c> in</c><00:29:31.900><c> this</c><00:29:32.180><c> short</c><00:29:32.359><c> discussion</c><00:29:32.920><c> on</c><00:29:33.220><c> love,</c><00:29:34.380><c> and</c>

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every<00:29:35.140><c> word</c>

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mentions<00:29:40.319><c> in</c><00:29:40.579><c> passing</c>

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00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.779
almost<00:29:44.180><c> seems</c><00:29:44.319><c> like</c><00:29:44.480><c> he</c><00:29:44.660><c> threw</c><00:29:44.740><c> that</c><00:29:44.980><c> in</c>

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on<00:29:46.099><c> the</c><00:29:46.259><c> side.</c><00:29:46.400><c> We</c><00:29:46.519><c> ought</c><00:29:46.680><c> not</c><00:29:46.880><c> to</c><00:29:47.019><c> owe</c><00:29:47.200><c> any</c><00:29:47.519><c> man</c><00:29:47.700><c> anything.</c>

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The<00:29:49.960><c> Greek</c><00:29:50.240><c> word</c><00:29:50.500><c> for</c>

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owe<00:29:51.019><c> here</c><00:29:51.440><c> is,</c><00:29:51.819><c> as</c><00:29:51.920><c> it's</c><00:29:52.000><c> on</c><00:29:52.079><c> the</c><00:29:52.319><c> screen,</c><00:29:53.400><c> O</c><00:29:53.519><c>-P</c><00:29:53.779><c>-H</c><00:29:54.039><c>-E</c><00:29:54.299><c>-I</c><00:29:54.539><c>-L</c><00:29:54.839><c>-E,</c><00:29:55.480><c> and</c><00:29:55.599><c> it</c><00:29:55.799><c> means</c>

00:29:56.140 --> 00:30:00.799
a<00:29:56.500><c> debtor.</c><00:29:57.740><c> It's</c><00:29:57.920><c> the</c><00:29:58.099><c> same</c><00:29:58.339><c> word</c><00:29:58.579><c> used</c><00:29:58.880><c> earlier</c><00:29:59.160><c> back</c><00:29:59.460><c> in</c><00:29:59.619><c> verse</c><00:29:59.819><c> seven</c><00:30:00.119><c> when</c><00:30:00.240><c> we</c><00:30:00.460><c> saw</c>

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:05.480
it<00:30:01.339><c> was</c><00:30:01.559><c> used</c><00:30:01.740><c> as</c><00:30:02.140><c> dues.</c><00:30:03.440><c> And</c><00:30:03.640><c> there</c><00:30:03.740><c> he</c><00:30:03.940><c> said,</c><00:30:04.160><c> render</c><00:30:04.380><c> therefore</c><00:30:04.859><c> to</c><00:30:05.160><c> all</c>

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their<00:30:05.759><c> dues</c>

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what<00:30:06.299><c> was</c><00:30:06.680><c> owed</c><00:30:06.920><c> to</c><00:30:07.140><c> them,</c><00:30:07.339><c> what</c><00:30:07.380><c> was</c><00:30:07.680><c> due</c><00:30:07.839><c> to</c><00:30:08.079><c> them,</c><00:30:08.500><c> what</c><00:30:08.640><c> we</c>

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were<00:30:09.059><c> indebted</c><00:30:09.339><c> to</c><00:30:09.539><c> them</c><00:30:09.799><c> as.</c>

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There<00:30:11.079><c> he</c><00:30:11.319><c> said,</c><00:30:12.440><c> and</c><00:30:12.519><c> again</c><00:30:13.180><c> he</c><00:30:13.420><c> introduces</c><00:30:14.460><c> this</c>

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:19.740
section<00:30:17.019><c> on</c><00:30:17.640><c> love</c><00:30:17.819><c> with</c><00:30:18.000><c> his</c><00:30:18.160><c> perspective.</c><00:30:18.960><c> He's</c><00:30:19.259><c> putting</c><00:30:19.480><c> it</c>

00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:21.119
in<00:30:19.880><c> the</c><00:30:20.119><c> negative</c><00:30:20.559><c> here</c>

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:23.920
rather<00:30:21.500><c> than</c><00:30:21.660><c> in</c><00:30:21.759><c> the</c><00:30:21.880><c> positive</c><00:30:22.339><c> notice.</c><00:30:22.660><c> He</c><00:30:22.880><c> states</c><00:30:23.140><c> that</c><00:30:23.640><c> we</c>

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:26.880
ought<00:30:24.180><c> not</c><00:30:24.539><c> to</c><00:30:24.799><c> be</c><00:30:25.019><c> in</c><00:30:25.339><c> anyone's</c><00:30:26.019><c> debt</c>

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:30.160
or<00:30:27.519><c> render</c><00:30:27.779><c> to</c><00:30:28.000><c> everyone</c><00:30:28.319><c> their</c><00:30:28.619><c> dues</c><00:30:28.920><c> in</c><00:30:29.079><c> the</c><00:30:29.259><c> positive.</c><00:30:29.920><c> So</c>

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.220
I<00:30:30.259><c> believe</c><00:30:30.619><c> that</c><00:30:30.859><c> what</c><00:30:30.960><c> he's</c>

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:34.740
doing<00:30:31.380><c> here</c><00:30:31.660><c> is</c><00:30:31.980><c> stating</c><00:30:32.259><c> as</c><00:30:32.660><c> a</c><00:30:32.839><c> matter</c><00:30:33.039><c> of</c><00:30:33.359><c> principle</c><00:30:34.099><c> that</c>

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:36.359
brother<00:30:35.200><c> and</c>

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:41.619
sisters<00:30:36.680><c> ought</c><00:30:36.859><c> to</c><00:30:36.920><c> be</c><00:30:37.140><c> very</c><00:30:37.599><c> much</c><00:30:37.900><c> aware</c><00:30:38.380><c> of</c><00:30:39.079><c> this</c><00:30:39.500><c> perspective.</c><00:30:40.940><c> It's</c><00:30:41.180><c> a</c><00:30:41.319><c> very</c>

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:44.880
important<00:30:42.160><c> principle</c><00:30:42.539><c> that</c><00:30:42.740><c> we</c><00:30:43.059><c> ought</c><00:30:43.440><c> to</c><00:30:43.599><c> be</c><00:30:43.880><c> very</c><00:30:44.420><c> keenly</c>

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:46.539
aware<00:30:45.119><c> of,</c><00:30:45.640><c> and</c><00:30:45.799><c> he</c><00:30:45.980><c> brings</c><00:30:46.160><c> it</c><00:30:46.380><c> in</c>

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:50.160
here<00:30:46.640><c> of</c><00:30:46.839><c> course</c><00:30:47.019><c> in</c><00:30:47.259><c> this</c><00:30:47.559><c> discussion</c><00:30:48.240><c> concerning</c><00:30:49.500><c> taxation</c>

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.299
and<00:30:50.460><c> customs</c><00:30:50.839><c> due</c><00:30:51.079><c> and</c>

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:54.019
governments<00:30:51.660><c> and</c><00:30:51.900><c> so</c><00:30:52.079><c> on,</c><00:30:52.579><c> but</c><00:30:52.819><c> nevertheless</c><00:30:53.299><c> I</c><00:30:53.519><c> believe</c><00:30:53.759><c> he</c>

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:56.279
states<00:30:54.220><c> it</c><00:30:54.440><c> here</c><00:30:54.880><c> as</c><00:30:55.279><c> a</c><00:30:55.539><c> matter</c><00:30:55.819><c> of</c>

00:30:56.279 --> 00:31:01.339
all<00:30:56.599><c> principle,</c><00:30:57.480><c> brothers</c><00:30:57.599><c> and</c><00:30:57.880><c> sisters,</c><00:30:58.559><c> that</c><00:30:58.700><c> we</c><00:30:59.119><c> make</c><00:30:59.440><c> certain</c><00:30:59.799><c> that</c><00:31:00.059><c> we're</c><00:31:00.480><c> not</c><00:31:00.819><c> indebted</c>

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:07.359
to<00:31:01.720><c> anyone.</c><00:31:04.539><c> Brothers</c><00:31:04.619><c> and</c><00:31:04.940><c> sisters,</c><00:31:05.200><c> in</c><00:31:05.420><c> this</c><00:31:05.819><c> day</c><00:31:06.059><c> of</c><00:31:06.480><c> materialism</c>

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:11.740
where<00:31:07.680><c> the</c><00:31:07.880><c> world</c><00:31:08.140><c> is</c><00:31:08.539><c> constantly</c><00:31:09.200><c> pleading</c><00:31:09.799><c> with</c><00:31:10.039><c> us</c><00:31:10.400><c> to</c><00:31:10.779><c> buy</c><00:31:11.200><c> more,</c>

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:15.779
to<00:31:12.240><c> have</c><00:31:12.640><c> more,</c><00:31:13.460><c> to</c><00:31:13.680><c> keep</c><00:31:13.940><c> up</c><00:31:14.160><c> with</c><00:31:14.380><c> the</c><00:31:14.579><c> neighbors</c><00:31:15.180><c> when</c><00:31:15.599><c> the</c>

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.539
old<00:31:15.940><c> things</c><00:31:16.140><c> will</c><00:31:16.339><c> do</c>

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:20.460
fine,<00:31:17.900><c> this</c><00:31:18.099><c> is</c><00:31:18.319><c> a</c><00:31:18.500><c> principle</c><00:31:18.779><c> that</c><00:31:19.019><c> we</c><00:31:19.500><c> need</c><00:31:19.660><c> to</c><00:31:19.940><c> very</c><00:31:20.240><c> much</c>

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.279
keep<00:31:20.700><c> in</c><00:31:20.940><c> mind.</c>

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:25.039
We<00:31:21.859><c> ought</c><00:31:22.160><c> surely,</c><00:31:23.019><c> brothers</c><00:31:23.119><c> and</c><00:31:23.440><c> sisters,</c><00:31:24.140><c> to</c><00:31:24.400><c> put</c><00:31:24.640><c> off</c>

00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:26.400
purchasing<00:31:25.539><c> until</c>

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:31.000
we<00:31:26.599><c> can</c><00:31:26.900><c> pay</c><00:31:27.400><c> for</c><00:31:27.660><c> the</c><00:31:27.900><c> things</c><00:31:28.319><c> that</c><00:31:28.759><c> we</c><00:31:28.980><c> desire.</c><00:31:30.460><c> Sometimes</c>

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.500
the<00:31:31.259><c> money</c>

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:35.160
problems<00:31:32.119><c> that</c><00:31:32.539><c> are</c><00:31:32.920><c> in</c><00:31:33.099><c> our</c><00:31:33.480><c> society,</c><00:31:34.099><c> in</c><00:31:34.319><c> our</c><00:31:34.619><c> community,</c>

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.279
the<00:31:35.740><c> situations</c>

00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:41.099
our<00:31:36.599><c> brothers</c><00:31:36.880><c> and</c><00:31:37.140><c> sisters</c><00:31:37.319><c> get</c><00:31:37.539><c> them</c><00:31:37.740><c> into</c><00:31:38.079><c> are</c><00:31:38.579><c> totally</c><00:31:39.099><c> appalling.</c>

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:44.220
Brothers<00:31:41.599><c> and</c><00:31:41.920><c> sisters</c><00:31:42.259><c> of</c><00:31:42.480><c> Christ</c><00:31:42.819><c> should</c><00:31:43.160><c> never</c><00:31:43.559><c> be</c><00:31:43.960><c> in</c><00:31:44.099><c> a</c>

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:46.279
position<00:31:44.779><c> of</c><00:31:45.319><c> having</c><00:31:45.740><c> creditors</c>

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:50.920
knock<00:31:46.579><c> on</c><00:31:46.880><c> their</c><00:31:47.160><c> door</c><00:31:47.680><c> for</c><00:31:48.259><c> money's</c><00:31:48.740><c> owed.</c><00:31:49.500><c> This</c><00:31:49.759><c> is</c><00:31:50.180><c> not</c>

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.279
Christ<00:31:51.319><c>-like.</c>

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:56.660
And<00:31:52.980><c> if</c><00:31:53.160><c> we</c><00:31:53.460><c> would</c><00:31:53.680><c> as</c><00:31:54.000><c> a</c><00:31:54.220><c> community</c><00:31:54.579><c> adopt</c><00:31:55.079><c> the</c><00:31:55.319><c> policy</c><00:31:55.859><c> of</c><00:31:56.299><c> paying</c>

00:31:56.660 --> 00:32:01.400
cash<00:31:57.279><c> for</c><00:31:58.140><c> all</c><00:31:58.460><c> those</c><00:31:58.720><c> things</c><00:31:58.980><c> we</c><00:31:59.299><c> can,</c><00:32:00.180><c> maybe</c><00:32:00.480><c> houses</c><00:32:00.779><c> and</c><00:32:01.059><c> automobiles</c>

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:06.720
accepted,<00:32:02.380><c> but</c><00:32:02.559><c> paying</c><00:32:02.819><c> for</c><00:32:03.000><c> those</c><00:32:03.299><c> things</c><00:32:03.480><c> that</c><00:32:03.759><c> we</c><00:32:04.019><c> can</c><00:32:04.359><c> cash,</c><00:32:06.019><c> what</c><00:32:06.319><c> a</c>

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:10.099
difference<00:32:07.039><c> our</c><00:32:07.539><c> society,</c><00:32:08.259><c> our</c><00:32:08.500><c> community</c><00:32:09.099><c> would</c><00:32:09.380><c> be</c><00:32:09.660><c> when</c>

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:11.539
it<00:32:10.279><c> comes</c><00:32:10.500><c> to</c><00:32:10.759><c> this</c><00:32:10.980><c> perspective.</c>

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:15.119
We<00:32:12.059><c> wouldn't</c><00:32:12.519><c> find</c><00:32:12.859><c> ourselves</c><00:32:13.400><c> in</c><00:32:13.599><c> these</c><00:32:13.940><c> binds.</c><00:32:14.839><c> I</c><00:32:14.839><c> speak</c>

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:16.059
from<00:32:15.339><c> experience</c>

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this<00:32:21.180><c> is</c><00:32:21.380><c> a</c><00:32:21.539><c> problem</c><00:32:21.779><c> that</c><00:32:22.039><c> crops</c><00:32:22.220><c> up</c><00:32:22.740><c> time</c><00:32:23.119><c> and</c><00:32:23.279><c> time</c><00:32:23.579><c> again</c>

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get<00:32:26.240><c> in</c><00:32:26.440><c> over</c><00:32:26.779><c> their</c><00:32:27.059><c> heads.</c><00:32:27.539><c> This</c><00:32:27.759><c> is</c><00:32:28.039><c> not</c><00:32:28.339><c> a</c><00:32:28.559><c> Christ</c><00:32:28.839><c>-like</c><00:32:29.099><c> perspective.</c><00:32:30.519><c> We</c><00:32:30.660><c> should</c>

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and<00:32:35.200><c> sisters</c><00:32:35.460><c> of</c><00:32:35.619><c> Christ</c><00:32:35.880><c> should</c><00:32:36.099><c> not</c><00:32:36.359><c> be</c>

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indebted<00:32:37.059><c> to</c><00:32:37.359><c> anyone.</c><00:32:37.640><c> They</c><00:32:37.740><c> should</c><00:32:37.900><c> be</c><00:32:38.079><c> those</c><00:32:38.299><c> that</c><00:32:38.500><c> are</c><00:32:38.819><c> above</c><00:32:39.220><c> reproach</c><00:32:40.460><c> when</c><00:32:40.700><c> it</c>

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comes<00:32:41.019><c> to</c><00:32:41.200><c> this</c><00:32:41.359><c> type</c><00:32:41.519><c> of</c>

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situation<00:32:42.240><c> that</c><00:32:42.779><c> their</c><00:32:43.079><c> word</c><00:32:43.579><c> should</c><00:32:43.819><c> be</c><00:32:44.059><c> as</c><00:32:44.319><c> good</c><00:32:44.559><c> as</c><00:32:44.880><c> gold.</c>

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If<00:32:45.980><c> you're</c><00:32:46.039><c> going</c><00:32:46.099><c> to</c><00:32:46.180><c> make</c><00:32:46.279><c> a</c><00:32:46.440><c> payment</c>

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head.<00:32:54.660><c> A</c><00:32:54.940><c> very</c><00:32:55.519><c> important</c><00:32:56.299><c> part</c>

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in<00:32:57.099><c> our</c><00:32:57.299><c> walk</c><00:32:57.500><c> to</c><00:32:57.720><c> the</c><00:32:57.880><c> kingdom</c><00:32:58.140><c> this</c><00:32:58.460><c> day</c><00:32:58.660><c> and</c><00:32:58.779><c> age,</c><00:32:59.059><c> I</c><00:32:59.140><c> believe.</c><00:33:00.559><c> And</c><00:33:00.819><c> what</c><00:33:00.980><c> he's</c><00:33:01.160><c> leading</c><00:33:01.420><c> to</c>

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here<00:33:01.859><c> in</c><00:33:01.980><c> this</c><00:33:02.220><c> first</c><00:33:02.500><c> phrase</c><00:33:02.799><c> of</c><00:33:02.980><c> verse</c><00:33:03.180><c> 8</c><00:33:03.559><c> is</c><00:33:03.980><c> that</c><00:33:04.079><c> there's</c>

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only<00:33:04.599><c> one</c><00:33:05.059><c> thing</c><00:33:05.380><c> that</c><00:33:05.579><c> we</c><00:33:05.720><c> should</c>

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owe.<00:33:07.059><c> He</c><00:33:07.119><c> allows</c><00:33:07.440><c> for</c><00:33:07.680><c> us</c><00:33:07.819><c> to</c><00:33:07.940><c> be</c><00:33:08.160><c> indebted</c><00:33:08.660><c> in</c><00:33:09.059><c> one</c><00:33:09.299><c> thing,</c><00:33:09.500><c> he</c>

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says,<00:33:11.000><c> and</c><00:33:11.160><c> that's</c><00:33:11.440><c> our</c><00:33:11.640><c> love</c>

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to<00:33:12.940><c> our</c><00:33:13.119><c> brethren</c><00:33:13.339><c> and</c><00:33:13.579><c> sisters,</c><00:33:13.880><c> for</c><00:33:14.039><c> one</c><00:33:14.220><c> another.</c><00:33:15.240><c> Here's</c>

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the<00:33:15.799><c> bottom</c><00:33:16.000><c> line,</c><00:33:16.279><c> he</c><00:33:16.420><c> says.</c>

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Here's<00:33:17.660><c> what</c><00:33:17.819><c> the</c><00:33:17.980><c> law</c><00:33:18.160><c> is</c><00:33:18.259><c> all</c><00:33:18.500><c> about,</c><00:33:18.779><c> and</c><00:33:18.940><c> that</c><00:33:19.140><c> is</c><00:33:19.440><c> loving</c>

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one<00:33:20.059><c> another.</c><00:33:21.140><c> If</c><00:33:21.319><c> you</c><00:33:21.579><c> manage</c>

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:24.940
to<00:33:22.059><c> do</c><00:33:22.200><c> this,</c><00:33:22.460><c> then</c><00:33:22.579><c> you've</c><00:33:22.759><c> fulfilled</c><00:33:23.140><c> the</c><00:33:23.380><c> law.</c><00:33:23.740><c> You've</c><00:33:24.039><c> done</c><00:33:24.440><c> what</c><00:33:24.700><c> was</c>

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:26.819
asked<00:33:25.279><c> under</c><00:33:25.599><c> God's</c><00:33:26.039><c> law,</c><00:33:26.279><c> he</c><00:33:26.480><c> says.</c>

00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:30.140
And<00:33:27.440><c> I'm</c><00:33:27.619><c> sure</c><00:33:27.839><c> that</c><00:33:28.160><c> nearly</c><00:33:28.420><c> all</c><00:33:28.740><c> of</c><00:33:28.920><c> us</c><00:33:29.160><c> have</c><00:33:29.380><c> had</c><00:33:29.619><c> classes</c>

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on<00:33:30.779><c> agape</c><00:33:31.160><c> love</c><00:33:31.420><c> in</c><00:33:31.579><c> the</c><00:33:31.740><c> past.</c>

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Nearly<00:33:32.359><c> all</c><00:33:32.619><c> of</c><00:33:32.759><c> us.</c><00:33:33.460><c> And</c><00:33:33.740><c> we</c><00:33:34.059><c> don't</c><00:33:34.279><c> want</c><00:33:34.420><c> to</c><00:33:34.559><c> spend</c><00:33:34.680><c> a</c><00:33:34.799><c> whole</c>

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lot<00:33:35.059><c> of</c><00:33:35.140><c> time</c><00:33:35.339><c> on</c><00:33:35.480><c> it</c><00:33:35.680><c> here.</c><00:33:36.160><c> But</c><00:33:36.279><c> since</c><00:33:36.660><c> it</c>

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:40.480
is<00:33:37.240><c> the</c><00:33:37.519><c> basis,</c><00:33:38.220><c> brothers</c><00:33:38.319><c> and</c><00:33:38.599><c> sisters,</c><00:33:39.240><c> for</c><00:33:39.440><c> being</c><00:33:40.000><c> Christ</c>

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-like,<00:33:41.480><c> love</c><00:33:41.740><c> thy</c>

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is.<00:33:46.200><c> It's</c><00:33:46.480><c> the</c><00:33:46.700><c> scriptural</c>

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term<00:33:47.619><c> for</c><00:33:48.079><c> love,</c><00:33:48.500><c> isn't</c><00:33:48.680><c> it?</c><00:33:49.220><c> We</c><00:33:49.440><c> realize</c><00:33:49.880><c> most</c><00:33:50.200><c> of</c><00:33:50.319><c> it</c><00:33:50.440><c> that</c>

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it's<00:33:50.940><c> barely</c><00:33:51.299><c> found</c>

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outside<00:33:52.660><c> the</c><00:33:52.920><c> scriptures</c><00:33:53.380><c> in</c><00:33:53.859><c> other</c><00:33:54.079><c> Greek</c><00:33:54.339><c> literature</c><00:33:54.720><c> at</c><00:33:55.039><c> all.</c><00:33:55.980><c> It's</c><00:33:56.319><c> a</c><00:33:56.599><c> scriptural</c>

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perspective.<00:33:58.559><c> It</c><00:33:58.720><c> can</c><00:33:58.940><c> only</c><00:33:59.200><c> be</c><00:33:59.539><c> seen</c><00:33:59.819><c> through</c><00:34:00.059><c> the</c><00:34:00.299><c> eyes</c><00:34:00.720><c> of</c>

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.940
the<00:34:01.440><c> scriptures</c><00:34:01.700><c> of</c><00:34:02.059><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:34:03.640><c> since</c><00:34:03.900><c> it's</c><00:34:04.200><c> the</c><00:34:04.420><c> key</c><00:34:04.799><c> to</c><00:34:05.039><c> obtaining</c><00:34:05.400><c> the</c><00:34:05.680><c> kingdom,</c><00:34:06.579><c> having</c><00:34:06.680><c> that</c>

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.820
agape<00:34:07.519><c> love</c><00:34:08.179><c> toward</c><00:34:08.699><c> our</c><00:34:08.920><c> neighbor</c><00:34:09.179><c> and</c><00:34:09.519><c> toward</c><00:34:09.639><c> our</c><00:34:09.920><c> God,</c><00:34:10.639><c> it</c>

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behooves<00:34:11.260><c> us</c><00:34:11.519><c> to</c><00:34:11.920><c> really</c>

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:16.380
know<00:34:12.980><c> what</c><00:34:13.420><c> this</c><00:34:13.739><c> term</c><00:34:14.000><c> means</c><00:34:14.619><c> and</c><00:34:15.139><c> how</c><00:34:15.420><c> it</c><00:34:15.599><c> means</c><00:34:15.820><c> for</c><00:34:15.980><c> us</c><00:34:16.159><c> to</c>

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apply<00:34:16.619><c> it</c>

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in<00:34:17.239><c> our</c><00:34:17.480><c> lives.</c><00:34:20.380><c> I</c><00:34:20.440><c> have</c><00:34:20.679><c> my</c><00:34:20.900><c> own</c><00:34:21.139><c> definition</c><00:34:21.579><c> of</c><00:34:21.760><c> the</c><00:34:21.920><c> word</c>

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you've<00:34:22.300><c> heard</c><00:34:22.400><c> many</c>

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:27.420
before.<00:34:24.119><c> Basically,</c><00:34:24.539><c> it's</c><00:34:24.800><c> the</c><00:34:24.980><c> definition</c><00:34:25.440><c> of</c><00:34:25.900><c> self</c><00:34:26.380><c>-sacrificing</c><00:34:27.179><c> love.</c>

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:31.260
That's<00:34:28.019><c> what</c><00:34:28.139><c> we</c><00:34:28.320><c> hear</c><00:34:28.420><c> all</c><00:34:28.639><c> the</c><00:34:28.820><c> time.</c><00:34:29.599><c> Self</c><00:34:30.079><c>-sacrificing</c><00:34:30.860><c> love</c><00:34:31.059><c> as</c>

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opposed<00:34:31.679><c> to</c>

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emotional<00:34:33.019><c> love,</c><00:34:33.340><c> phileo,</c><00:34:33.800><c> the</c><00:34:34.000><c> other</c><00:34:34.239><c> word</c><00:34:34.559><c> in</c><00:34:34.940><c> the</c><00:34:35.119><c> Greek</c>

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:37.519
that<00:34:35.440><c> appears</c><00:34:35.659><c> in</c><00:34:35.860><c> the</c><00:34:36.019><c> scriptures</c><00:34:36.320><c> for</c><00:34:36.579><c> love.</c>

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:41.460
And<00:34:37.980><c> this</c><00:34:38.119><c> is</c><00:34:38.360><c> basically</c><00:34:38.800><c> a</c><00:34:39.219><c> generally</c><00:34:39.559><c> sound</c><00:34:40.019><c> definition</c><00:34:40.960><c> of</c>

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:46.599
agape<00:34:41.780><c> love.</c><00:34:42.019><c> But</c><00:34:42.159><c> my</c><00:34:46.579><c> own</c>

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:49.980
thing<00:34:46.760><c> for</c><00:34:47.019><c> sure</c><00:34:47.500><c> is</c><00:34:48.119><c> that</c><00:34:48.579><c> the</c><00:34:48.780><c> only</c><00:34:49.079><c> definition</c><00:34:49.639><c> that</c><00:34:49.780><c> can</c>

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:51.539
be<00:34:50.239><c> used</c><00:34:50.440><c> is</c><00:34:50.659><c> the</c><00:34:50.780><c> one</c><00:34:50.860><c> that's</c><00:34:51.099><c> found</c><00:34:51.219><c> in</c><00:34:51.360><c> the</c>

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:54.340
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word<00:34:54.500><c> is</c><00:34:54.820><c> used</c><00:34:55.420><c> throughout</c><00:34:55.920><c> the</c>

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scriptures.<00:34:57.139><c> All</c><00:34:57.219><c> of</c><00:34:57.400><c> these</c><00:34:57.659><c> experts</c><00:34:58.039><c> on</c><00:34:58.239><c> the</c><00:34:58.400><c> Greek</c><00:34:58.579><c> language</c><00:34:59.019><c> cannot</c>

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tell<00:34:59.579><c> us</c><00:34:59.699><c> what</c><00:34:59.840><c> the</c><00:35:00.019><c> word</c><00:35:00.159><c> means</c><00:35:00.460><c> because</c><00:35:00.780><c> it</c><00:35:00.940><c> was</c><00:35:01.079><c> not</c><00:35:01.199><c> in</c><00:35:01.300><c> the</c>

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:06.179
Greek<00:35:01.579><c> language.</c><00:35:02.360><c> Only</c><00:35:02.760><c> the</c><00:35:03.019><c> usage</c><00:35:03.340><c> in</c><00:35:03.619><c> scriptures</c><00:35:03.920><c> determines</c><00:35:04.739><c> the</c><00:35:05.460><c> definition</c><00:35:05.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:35:06.260><c> word</c>

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agape<00:35:06.800><c> in</c><00:35:06.980><c> our</c><00:35:07.219><c> lives.</c><00:35:08.239><c> So</c><00:35:08.420><c> here's</c><00:35:08.639><c> my</c><00:35:08.900><c> rendition.</c>

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That<00:35:12.519><c> agape</c><00:35:13.159><c> love</c><00:35:13.460><c> is</c><00:35:13.800><c> that</c><00:35:14.280><c> concern</c><00:35:15.219><c> we</c><00:35:15.820><c> have</c><00:35:16.139><c> for</c><00:35:16.500><c> others</c>

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that<00:35:17.340><c> puts</c><00:35:17.659><c> their</c><00:35:18.340><c> salvation</c><00:35:19.219><c> above</c><00:35:20.139><c> our</c><00:35:20.480><c> own</c><00:35:20.800><c> comfort</c><00:35:21.179><c> and</c><00:35:21.539><c> needs.</c>

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The<00:35:23.079><c> key</c><00:35:23.380><c> word</c><00:35:23.739><c> in</c><00:35:23.960><c> this</c><00:35:24.219><c> definition</c><00:35:24.840><c> is</c><00:35:25.579><c> salvation.</c>

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It's<00:35:27.840><c> that</c><00:35:28.199><c> concern</c><00:35:28.699><c> we</c><00:35:29.000><c> have</c><00:35:29.219><c> for</c><00:35:29.559><c> others</c><00:35:29.780><c> that</c><00:35:30.039><c> puts</c><00:35:30.500><c> their</c><00:35:31.179><c> salvation</c>

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:36.719
above<00:35:32.699><c> our</c><00:35:33.079><c> own</c><00:35:33.440><c> comfort</c><00:35:33.900><c> and</c><00:35:34.699><c> needs.</c><00:35:35.820><c> Many</c><00:35:36.139><c> times</c>

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:41.260
agape<00:35:37.300><c> love</c><00:35:37.619><c> is</c><00:35:37.880><c> confused</c><00:35:38.400><c> with</c><00:35:38.780><c> phileo</c><00:35:39.340><c> love,</c><00:35:39.599><c> with</c><00:35:39.860><c> brotherly</c><00:35:40.380><c> love.</c>

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:44.559
Now<00:35:41.820><c> there's</c><00:35:42.079><c> nothing</c><00:35:42.400><c> wrong</c><00:35:43.039><c> with</c><00:35:43.340><c> phileo</c><00:35:43.940><c> love.</c><00:35:44.199><c> There's</c>

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.340
nothing<00:35:44.780><c> wrong</c><00:35:45.139><c> with</c><00:35:45.380><c> emotional</c><00:35:45.920><c> love.</c>

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:50.139
In<00:35:46.860><c> matter</c><00:35:47.059><c> of</c><00:35:47.280><c> fact,</c><00:35:47.619><c> many</c><00:35:47.780><c> times</c><00:35:48.380><c> agape</c><00:35:49.059><c> love</c><00:35:49.340><c> demands</c>

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.179
emotional<00:35:50.840><c> love.</c>

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:55.159
But<00:35:51.659><c> the</c><00:35:51.940><c> bottom</c><00:35:52.280><c> line,</c><00:35:52.820><c> brothers</c><00:35:52.980><c> and</c><00:35:53.280><c> sisters,</c><00:35:54.079><c> unless</c><00:35:54.699><c> our</c>

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.900
efforts<00:35:55.599><c> towards</c><00:35:56.119><c> one</c><00:35:56.420><c> another</c>

00:35:56.900 --> 00:36:02.400
have<00:35:57.679><c> as</c><00:35:58.219><c> a</c><00:35:58.539><c> motive</c><00:35:58.940><c> the</c><00:35:59.219><c> kingdom</c><00:35:59.599><c> of</c><00:35:59.860><c> God,</c><00:36:01.239><c> then</c><00:36:01.360><c> they</c><00:36:01.699><c> cannot</c><00:36:01.940><c> be</c>

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:07.340
considered<00:36:02.760><c> agape</c><00:36:03.380><c> love.</c><00:36:04.639><c> Salvation</c><00:36:05.360><c> is</c><00:36:05.619><c> the</c><00:36:05.780><c> bottom</c><00:36:06.139><c> line</c>

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:11.300
to<00:36:07.420><c> loving</c><00:36:07.780><c> our</c><00:36:08.219><c> neighbor</c><00:36:08.719><c> as</c><00:36:09.260><c> ourself.</c><00:36:10.840><c> True</c>

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:14.880
scriptural<00:36:12.159><c> love</c><00:36:12.559><c> that</c><00:36:12.780><c> we're</c><00:36:12.920><c> to</c><00:36:13.179><c> love</c><00:36:13.559><c> our</c><00:36:13.960><c> brethren.</c>

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:19.300
Now<00:36:16.019><c> I</c><00:36:16.239><c> want</c><00:36:16.320><c> to</c><00:36:16.460><c> take</c><00:36:16.639><c> a</c><00:36:16.760><c> look</c><00:36:16.980><c> for</c><00:36:17.239><c> a</c><00:36:17.320><c> moment</c><00:36:17.500><c> in</c><00:36:17.739><c> 1</c><00:36:17.940><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:18.320><c> 13</c><00:36:19.000><c> where</c>

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:21.019
the<00:36:19.579><c> discussion</c><00:36:20.039><c> we</c><00:36:20.280><c> all</c><00:36:20.599><c> realize</c>

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:26.639
of<00:36:21.280><c> agape</c><00:36:21.619><c> love</c><00:36:22.019><c> is</c><00:36:23.159><c> most</c><00:36:23.860><c> vividly</c><00:36:25.219><c> set</c><00:36:25.380><c> out</c><00:36:25.539><c> before</c><00:36:25.920><c> us.</c>

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:32.139
And<00:36:27.179><c> we</c><00:36:27.440><c> realize</c><00:36:27.860><c> of</c><00:36:28.059><c> course</c><00:36:28.280><c> that</c><00:36:28.460><c> in</c><00:36:28.619><c> this</c><00:36:28.860><c> chapter</c><00:36:29.380><c> that</c><00:36:30.940><c> this</c>

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:36.340
word<00:36:33.239><c> agape</c><00:36:33.739><c> in</c><00:36:34.000><c> this</c><00:36:34.239><c> particular</c><00:36:34.780><c> instance</c><00:36:35.260><c> is</c><00:36:35.800><c> translated</c>

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:39.880
charity<00:36:37.059><c> by,</c><00:36:38.199><c> I</c><00:36:38.380><c> call</c><00:36:38.500><c> them</c><00:36:38.639><c> the</c><00:36:38.780><c> James</c><00:36:39.079><c> boys,</c><00:36:39.460><c> the</c><00:36:39.539><c> ones</c><00:36:39.639><c> that</c>

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.159
translated<00:36:40.199><c> the</c><00:36:40.400><c> King's</c><00:36:40.699><c> James</c><00:36:40.860><c> Court</c>

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:43.599
that<00:36:41.840><c> translated</c><00:36:42.219><c> the</c><00:36:42.440><c> scriptures</c><00:36:42.699><c> for</c><00:36:42.960><c> us,</c><00:36:43.159><c> the</c><00:36:43.300><c> authorized</c>

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:46.079
version.<00:36:44.860><c> It's</c><00:36:45.239><c> translated</c><00:36:45.480><c> as</c><00:36:45.820><c> charity.</c>

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:49.760
So<00:36:46.280><c> every</c><00:36:46.380><c> time</c><00:36:46.460><c> we</c><00:36:46.579><c> see</c><00:36:46.659><c> the</c><00:36:46.800><c> word</c><00:36:46.960><c> charity</c><00:36:47.579><c> in</c><00:36:48.099><c> this</c><00:36:49.460><c> first</c>

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:51.280
seven<00:36:50.639><c> verses</c>

00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:55.039
or<00:36:51.460><c> the</c><00:36:51.619><c> whole</c><00:36:51.760><c> chapter</c><00:36:52.099><c> actually</c><00:36:52.440><c> is</c><00:36:52.619><c> talking</c><00:36:52.900><c> about</c><00:36:53.619><c> the</c><00:36:54.059><c> actual</c><00:36:54.320><c> word</c><00:36:54.480><c> is</c><00:36:54.699><c> agape.</c>

00:36:55.360 --> 00:37:00.340
I'm<00:36:55.480><c> going</c><00:36:55.480><c> to</c><00:36:55.579><c> read</c><00:36:55.719><c> verses</c><00:36:55.980><c> one</c><00:36:56.179><c> through</c><00:36:56.380><c> seven,</c><00:36:58.579><c> 1</c><00:36:58.719><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:59.019><c> 13.</c><00:37:00.119><c> He</c><00:37:00.219><c> says,</c>

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:02.940
Though<00:37:00.519><c> I</c><00:37:00.719><c> speak</c><00:37:00.920><c> with</c><00:37:01.119><c> the</c><00:37:01.260><c> tongues</c><00:37:01.500><c> of</c><00:37:01.800><c> men</c><00:37:02.059><c> and</c><00:37:02.300><c> angels</c><00:37:02.699><c> and</c>

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:05.760
have<00:37:03.119><c> not</c><00:37:03.360><c> charity,</c><00:37:04.320><c> I</c><00:37:04.559><c> become</c><00:37:04.880><c> a</c><00:37:05.079><c> sounding</c><00:37:05.360><c> brass</c>

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:08.659
or<00:37:05.980><c> a</c><00:37:06.099><c> tinkling</c><00:37:06.360><c> cymbal.</c><00:37:07.480><c> And</c><00:37:07.639><c> though</c><00:37:07.780><c> I</c><00:37:07.920><c> have</c><00:37:08.039><c> the</c><00:37:08.179><c> gift</c><00:37:08.340><c> of</c>

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:10.380
prophecy<00:37:09.039><c> and</c><00:37:09.260><c> understand</c><00:37:09.639><c> all</c><00:37:10.019><c> mysteries</c>

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:13.260
and<00:37:10.579><c> all</c><00:37:10.820><c> knowledge,</c><00:37:11.559><c> and</c><00:37:11.679><c> though</c><00:37:11.800><c> I</c><00:37:11.960><c> have</c><00:37:12.099><c> all</c><00:37:12.559><c> faith</c><00:37:12.840><c> so</c><00:37:13.039><c> that</c><00:37:13.159><c> I</c>

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:15.699
could<00:37:13.400><c> remove</c><00:37:13.719><c> mountains</c><00:37:14.260><c> and</c><00:37:14.900><c> have</c><00:37:15.139><c> not</c>

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:19.159
agape,<00:37:16.139><c> I</c><00:37:16.300><c> am</c><00:37:16.519><c> nothing.</c><00:37:17.760><c> And</c><00:37:17.840><c> though</c><00:37:17.980><c> I</c><00:37:18.159><c> bestow</c><00:37:18.440><c> my</c><00:37:18.739><c> goods</c><00:37:18.920><c> to</c>

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:20.880
feed<00:37:19.340><c> the</c><00:37:19.599><c> poor</c><00:37:19.860><c> and</c><00:37:20.039><c> though</c><00:37:20.219><c> I</c><00:37:20.360><c> give</c><00:37:20.440><c> my</c><00:37:20.639><c> body</c>

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:25.900
to<00:37:21.059><c> be</c><00:37:21.260><c> burned</c><00:37:21.579><c> and</c><00:37:22.099><c> have</c><00:37:22.239><c> not</c><00:37:22.440><c> agape,</c><00:37:23.179><c> it</c><00:37:23.360><c> profits</c><00:37:23.659><c> me</c><00:37:23.960><c> nothing.</c><00:37:24.980><c> Agape</c><00:37:25.400><c> suffereth</c>

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:29.800
long<00:37:26.440><c> and</c><00:37:26.679><c> is</c><00:37:26.880><c> kind.</c><00:37:27.559><c> Agape</c><00:37:27.980><c> envyeth</c><00:37:28.500><c> not,</c><00:37:28.940><c> agape</c><00:37:29.300><c> vonetheth</c>

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.099
not<00:37:30.039><c> itself</c><00:37:30.300><c> up,</c>

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:35.820
not<00:37:31.380><c> itself,</c><00:37:32.059><c> is</c><00:37:32.260><c> not</c><00:37:32.480><c> puffed</c><00:37:32.820><c> up,</c><00:37:33.659><c> doth</c><00:37:33.760><c> not</c><00:37:34.019><c> behave</c><00:37:34.340><c> itself</c><00:37:34.739><c> unseemly,</c>

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:38.920
seeketh<00:37:36.400><c> not</c><00:37:36.599><c> her</c><00:37:36.840><c> own,</c><00:37:37.199><c> is</c><00:37:37.300><c> not</c><00:37:37.480><c> easily</c><00:37:37.800><c> provoked,</c><00:37:38.639><c> thinketh</c>

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:41.400
no<00:37:39.159><c> evil,</c><00:37:39.920><c> rejoiceth</c><00:37:40.340><c> not</c><00:37:40.619><c> in</c><00:37:40.900><c> iniquity,</c>

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:44.840
but<00:37:41.760><c> rejoiceth</c><00:37:42.340><c> in</c><00:37:42.639><c> truth.</c><00:37:43.400><c> Beareth</c><00:37:43.780><c> all</c><00:37:44.019><c> things,</c><00:37:44.539><c> believeth</c>

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:46.780
all<00:37:45.099><c> things,</c><00:37:45.760><c> hopeeth</c><00:37:46.059><c> all</c><00:37:46.280><c> things,</c>

00:37:47.219 --> 00:37:51.900
endureth<00:37:47.579><c> all</c><00:37:47.820><c> things.</c><00:37:49.079><c> Notice</c><00:37:49.599><c> that</c><00:37:49.880><c> obviously</c><00:37:50.260><c> that</c><00:37:50.500><c> the</c><00:37:50.760><c> world</c>

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:56.179
feels<00:37:52.639><c> that</c><00:37:52.840><c> the</c><00:37:52.980><c> word</c><00:37:53.219><c> charity</c><00:37:53.719><c> best</c><00:37:54.139><c> explains</c><00:37:54.800><c> agape</c><00:37:55.280><c> love.</c>

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:59.380
They've<00:37:56.599><c> used</c><00:37:56.800><c> the</c><00:37:56.940><c> word</c><00:37:57.059><c> charity</c><00:37:57.440><c> all</c><00:37:57.719><c> the</c><00:37:57.780><c> way</c><00:37:57.920><c> through</c><00:37:58.119><c> here.</c><00:37:58.820><c> That</c><00:37:58.960><c> when</c><00:37:59.079><c> you</c>

00:37:59.380 --> 00:38:01.460
give<00:37:59.619><c> of</c><00:37:59.860><c> something</c><00:38:00.139><c> of</c><00:38:00.480><c> value</c><00:38:00.840><c> to</c><00:38:01.119><c> someone</c>

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:04.360
else,<00:38:02.360><c> something</c><00:38:02.559><c> of</c><00:38:02.920><c> a</c><00:38:03.159><c> material</c><00:38:03.460><c> possession</c><00:38:03.920><c> or</c><00:38:04.079><c> whatever</c>

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:06.400
it<00:38:04.539><c> might</c><00:38:04.679><c> be,</c><00:38:05.480><c> that</c><00:38:05.639><c> that's</c>

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:10.719
charity,<00:38:07.059><c> that's</c><00:38:07.440><c> agape</c><00:38:07.780><c> love,</c><00:38:08.539><c> giving</c><00:38:08.880><c> something</c><00:38:09.199><c> to</c><00:38:09.460><c> someone</c><00:38:09.699><c> else.</c>

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.679
But<00:38:11.119><c> that's</c>

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:15.139
not<00:38:12.099><c> really</c><00:38:12.380><c> the</c><00:38:12.599><c> definition.</c><00:38:13.579><c> That's</c><00:38:13.960><c> not</c><00:38:14.260><c> the</c><00:38:14.519><c> definition</c>

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.420
of<00:38:15.739><c> agape</c><00:38:16.079><c> love.</c>

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:20.800
Verse<00:38:17.000><c> 3</c><00:38:17.440><c> tells</c><00:38:17.780><c> us</c><00:38:18.079><c> that.</c><00:38:19.579><c> Verse</c><00:38:19.880><c> 3</c><00:38:20.340><c> says,</c>

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:24.719
if<00:38:21.300><c> I</c><00:38:21.599><c> give</c><00:38:21.800><c> all</c><00:38:22.239><c> my</c><00:38:22.519><c> goods</c><00:38:22.679><c> to</c><00:38:23.000><c> feed</c><00:38:23.159><c> the</c><00:38:23.440><c> poor</c><00:38:23.699><c> and</c><00:38:24.139><c> I</c><00:38:24.340><c> give</c><00:38:24.460><c> my</c>

00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:26.239
body<00:38:24.980><c> to</c><00:38:25.199><c> be</c><00:38:25.400><c> burned,</c>

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:30.480
that's<00:38:27.099><c> not</c><00:38:27.320><c> agape</c><00:38:27.639><c> love.</c><00:38:28.699><c> Because</c><00:38:28.960><c> he</c><00:38:29.139><c> says,</c><00:38:29.880><c> and</c><00:38:29.920><c> have</c><00:38:30.179><c> not</c>

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.300
agape<00:38:30.820><c> love,</c>

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:35.739
it<00:38:31.920><c> profiteth</c><00:38:32.360><c> me</c><00:38:32.539><c> nothing.</c><00:38:33.780><c> Feeding</c><00:38:34.199><c> our</c><00:38:34.539><c> neighbors,</c><00:38:35.119><c> helping</c><00:38:35.480><c> in</c>

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.300
that<00:38:35.940><c> way,</c>

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:40.840
is<00:38:36.699><c> not</c><00:38:37.099><c> agape</c><00:38:37.480><c> love.</c><00:38:38.300><c> That's</c><00:38:38.780><c> brotherly</c><00:38:39.340><c> love.</c><00:38:40.300><c> We</c><00:38:40.519><c> have</c><00:38:40.719><c> to</c>

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.679
have<00:38:40.920><c> that</c><00:38:41.139><c> as</c><00:38:41.400><c> well.</c>

00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:47.239
But<00:38:42.019><c> it's</c><00:38:42.280><c> not</c><00:38:42.639><c> agape</c><00:38:43.019><c> love</c><00:38:43.480><c> unless</c><00:38:44.300><c> it</c><00:38:44.840><c> helps</c><00:38:45.139><c> them</c><00:38:45.599><c> to</c><00:38:45.920><c> the</c><00:38:46.260><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:50.960
Salvation<00:38:48.320><c> is</c><00:38:48.559><c> the</c><00:38:48.820><c> bottom</c><00:38:49.099><c> line</c><00:38:49.760><c> in</c><00:38:50.039><c> the</c><00:38:50.280><c> definition</c><00:38:50.699><c> of</c>

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:52.119
agape<00:38:51.280><c> love.</c>

00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.739
That<00:38:56.219><c> should</c><00:38:56.480><c> be</c>

00:38:56.739 --> 00:38:59.380
charity.<00:38:57.480><c> That</c><00:38:57.659><c> is</c><00:38:57.960><c> charity</c><00:38:58.400><c> from</c><00:38:58.699><c> the</c><00:38:58.780><c> way</c><00:38:58.880><c> the</c><00:38:58.960><c> world</c><00:38:59.119><c> looks</c>

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:01.099
at<00:38:59.539><c> it,</c><00:38:59.940><c> but</c><00:39:00.079><c> it's</c><00:39:00.300><c> not</c><00:39:00.519><c> agape</c><00:39:00.840><c> love.</c>

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Christ<00:39:01.940><c> was</c><00:39:02.199><c> the</c><00:39:02.340><c> perfect</c><00:39:02.760><c> example</c><00:39:03.360><c> of</c><00:39:03.940><c> agape</c><00:39:04.320><c> love,</c><00:39:04.639><c> wasn't</c>

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:06.539
he?<00:39:05.420><c> And</c><00:39:05.599><c> the</c><00:39:05.679><c> most</c><00:39:05.980><c> explicit</c>

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:09.559
example<00:39:07.019><c> is</c><00:39:07.139><c> when</c><00:39:07.239><c> he</c><00:39:07.300><c> gave</c><00:39:07.519><c> his</c><00:39:07.739><c> life</c><00:39:07.980><c> for</c><00:39:08.199><c> us.</c><00:39:08.880><c> This</c><00:39:09.219><c> giving</c>

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:11.739
of<00:39:09.760><c> his</c><00:39:10.000><c> life</c><00:39:10.239><c> for</c><00:39:10.420><c> us</c><00:39:10.880><c> was</c><00:39:11.320><c> not</c>

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to<00:39:12.079><c> benefit</c><00:39:12.519><c> us</c><00:39:12.980><c> particularly</c><00:39:13.719><c> in</c><00:39:14.039><c> this</c><00:39:14.239><c> life</c><00:39:14.480><c> at</c><00:39:14.760><c> all.</c><00:39:15.780><c> It</c><00:39:16.019><c> was</c><00:39:16.280><c> to</c><00:39:16.519><c> benefit</c>

00:39:16.840 --> 00:39:21.219
us<00:39:17.059><c> so</c><00:39:17.340><c> that</c><00:39:17.480><c> we</c><00:39:17.599><c> could</c><00:39:17.820><c> obtain</c><00:39:18.400><c> eternal</c><00:39:19.119><c> life.</c><00:39:20.559><c> And</c><00:39:20.920><c> that's</c>

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the<00:39:21.400><c> same</c>

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perspective<00:39:22.139><c> we</c><00:39:22.480><c> should</c><00:39:22.719><c> have.</c><00:39:23.400><c> When</c><00:39:23.559><c> we</c><00:39:23.840><c> give</c><00:39:24.099><c> agape</c><00:39:24.559><c> love,</c>

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it's<00:39:25.139><c> to</c><00:39:25.320><c> help</c><00:39:25.480><c> with</c><00:39:25.760><c> eternal</c><00:39:26.280><c> life.</c>

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:31.719
This<00:39:27.559><c> life</c><00:39:27.860><c> means</c><00:39:28.219><c> nothing</c><00:39:28.659><c> on</c><00:39:29.079><c> the</c><00:39:29.260><c> short</c><00:39:29.480><c> run.</c><00:39:30.460><c> We</c><00:39:30.559><c> must</c><00:39:30.760><c> make</c><00:39:31.099><c> certain</c><00:39:31.300><c> that</c><00:39:31.500><c> our</c>

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:36.340
goals<00:39:32.059><c> and</c><00:39:32.320><c> objectives</c><00:39:32.739><c> keep</c><00:39:33.119><c> this</c><00:39:33.460><c> in</c><00:39:33.699><c> mind</c><00:39:34.179><c> as</c><00:39:34.659><c> we</c><00:39:35.000><c> love</c><00:39:35.360><c> our</c><00:39:35.840><c> neighbor</c>

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as<00:39:36.960><c> ourself.</c><00:39:39.000><c> So</c><00:39:39.199><c> if</c><00:39:39.300><c> it</c><00:39:39.480><c> means,</c><00:39:40.219><c> brethren</c><00:39:40.280><c> and</c><00:39:40.559><c> sisters,</c><00:39:40.860><c> that</c><00:39:41.039><c> our</c><00:39:41.219><c> arranging</c>

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:46.460
brethren<00:39:42.119><c> must</c><00:39:42.400><c> from</c><00:39:42.659><c> time</c><00:39:43.000><c> to</c><00:39:43.280><c> time</c><00:39:43.840><c> as</c><00:39:44.380><c> they</c><00:39:44.820><c> last</c><00:39:45.500><c> absolute</c>

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:51.360
final<00:39:47.199><c> resort</c><00:39:48.119><c> disfellowship</c><00:39:49.539><c> someone</c><00:39:50.039><c> because</c><00:39:50.539><c> of</c><00:39:50.860><c> actions</c>

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:54.420
and<00:39:51.920><c> activities</c><00:39:52.440><c> and</c><00:39:52.739><c> actions</c><00:39:53.099><c> that</c><00:39:53.280><c> are</c><00:39:53.739><c> against</c><00:39:54.039><c> the</c><00:39:54.239><c> ways</c>

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of<00:39:54.659><c> Christ,</c><00:39:55.880><c> then</c><00:39:56.099><c> it's</c>

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done<00:39:56.860><c> in</c><00:39:57.400><c> agape</c><00:39:57.980><c> love</c><00:39:58.780><c> so</c><00:39:59.820><c> that</c><00:40:00.059><c> their</c><00:40:00.280><c> salvation</c>

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might<00:40:01.840><c> be</c><00:40:02.139><c> won.</c><00:40:03.239><c> So</c><00:40:03.440><c> they</c><00:40:03.699><c> might</c><00:40:04.019><c> see</c><00:40:04.320><c> the</c><00:40:04.579><c> errors</c><00:40:04.840><c> of</c><00:40:05.039><c> their</c>

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:06.579
ways<00:40:05.440><c> and</c><00:40:05.760><c> turn</c><00:40:05.920><c> and</c><00:40:06.059><c> come</c><00:40:06.280><c> back</c>

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:11.320
to<00:40:07.019><c> the</c><00:40:07.159><c> fellowship</c><00:40:07.500><c> of</c><00:40:07.760><c> Christ.</c><00:40:08.880><c> It's</c><00:40:09.400><c> not</c><00:40:09.840><c> done</c><00:40:10.320><c> to</c><00:40:10.739><c> punish</c>

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:15.380
someone<00:40:12.139><c> for</c><00:40:12.440><c> a</c><00:40:12.679><c> crime</c><00:40:12.960><c> against</c><00:40:13.380><c> God</c><00:40:13.619><c> in</c><00:40:13.780><c> this</c><00:40:13.980><c> life.</c><00:40:15.039><c> We</c><00:40:15.139><c> have</c>

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:16.500
no<00:40:15.639><c> right</c><00:40:15.840><c> to</c><00:40:16.119><c> punish</c>

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:20.659
anyone<00:40:17.179><c> for</c><00:40:17.760><c> crimes</c><00:40:18.059><c> against</c><00:40:18.400><c> God.</c><00:40:18.820><c> God</c><00:40:19.159><c> will</c><00:40:19.380><c> handle</c><00:40:19.679><c> that.</c>

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We<00:40:21.219><c> have</c>

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the<00:40:21.900><c> responsibility</c><00:40:22.920><c> to</c><00:40:23.400><c> love</c><00:40:24.480><c> agape,</c><00:40:25.619><c> our</c><00:40:25.840><c> brethren</c><00:40:26.119><c> and</c><00:40:26.380><c> sisters,</c>

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:29.599
and<00:40:26.800><c> do</c><00:40:26.940><c> what</c><00:40:27.099><c> we</c><00:40:27.400><c> must</c><00:40:27.679><c> do</c><00:40:28.179><c> to</c><00:40:28.559><c> help</c><00:40:28.719><c> them</c><00:40:28.900><c> to</c><00:40:29.000><c> the</c><00:40:29.099><c> kingdom</c><00:40:29.380><c> of</c>

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:31.380
God,<00:40:29.820><c> even</c><00:40:30.119><c> if</c><00:40:30.260><c> it's</c><00:40:30.480><c> not</c><00:40:30.860><c> popular</c>

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:36.320
to<00:40:31.800><c> them</c><00:40:32.239><c> and</c><00:40:32.860><c> to</c><00:40:33.079><c> everyone</c><00:40:33.300><c> else.</c><00:40:35.119><c> Strong</c><00:40:35.599><c> exhortation</c>

00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:40.579
and<00:40:36.480><c> understanding</c><00:40:37.059><c> of</c><00:40:37.340><c> that</c><00:40:37.440><c> word</c><00:40:37.980><c> agape</c><00:40:38.460><c> love</c><00:40:39.099><c> leading</c><00:40:40.260><c> our</c>

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brethren<00:40:40.860><c> and</c><00:40:41.099><c> sisters</c>

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:46.059
to<00:40:41.480><c> the</c><00:40:41.539><c> kingdom</c><00:40:41.820><c> of</c><00:40:41.960><c> God.</c><00:40:44.119><c> Paul</c><00:40:44.440><c> sums</c><00:40:44.960><c> up</c><00:40:45.260><c> the</c><00:40:45.539><c> exact</c><00:40:45.800><c> point</c>

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.420
of<00:40:46.199><c> his</c>

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exhortation<00:40:46.940><c> by</c><00:40:47.159><c> quoting</c><00:40:47.360><c> the</c><00:40:47.599><c> principle</c><00:40:48.159><c> set</c><00:40:48.699><c> down</c><00:40:48.960><c> in</c><00:40:49.159><c> scriptures</c><00:40:49.500><c> in</c><00:40:49.699><c> verse</c><00:40:50.159><c> 9</c>

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:56.460
of<00:40:51.500><c> Romans</c><00:40:51.760><c> 13.</c><00:40:52.320><c> He</c><00:40:52.460><c> says,</c><00:40:53.320><c> for</c><00:40:53.519><c> this,</c><00:40:54.719><c> thou</c><00:40:54.840><c> shalt</c><00:40:55.079><c> not</c><00:40:55.360><c> commit</c><00:40:55.599><c> adultery,</c><00:40:56.099><c> thou</c><00:40:56.239><c> shalt</c>

00:40:56.460 --> 00:40:59.719
not<00:40:56.800><c> kill,</c><00:40:57.500><c> thou</c><00:40:57.679><c> shalt</c><00:40:57.900><c> not</c><00:40:58.179><c> steal,</c><00:40:58.980><c> thou</c><00:40:59.079><c> shalt</c><00:40:59.320><c> not</c><00:40:59.539><c> bear</c>

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false<00:41:00.039><c> witness,</c><00:41:00.480><c> thou</c><00:41:00.599><c> shalt</c><00:41:00.840><c> not</c>

00:41:01.320 --> 00:41:04.099
commit<00:41:01.320><c> adultery.</c><00:41:01.800><c> And</c><00:41:01.840><c> if</c><00:41:01.940><c> there</c><00:41:02.079><c> be</c><00:41:02.179><c> any</c><00:41:02.420><c> other</c><00:41:02.639><c> commandment,</c><00:41:03.260><c> it</c><00:41:03.260><c> is</c><00:41:03.539><c> briefly</c>

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:07.139
comprehended<00:41:04.559><c> in</c><00:41:04.719><c> this</c><00:41:04.940><c> saying,</c><00:41:05.199><c> namely,</c><00:41:05.960><c> thou</c><00:41:06.219><c> shalt</c><00:41:06.519><c> love</c>

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thy<00:41:07.500><c> neighbor</c><00:41:07.920><c> as</c><00:41:08.599><c> thyself.</c>

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:12.900
And<00:41:10.019><c> of</c><00:41:10.199><c> course,</c><00:41:10.719><c> this</c><00:41:11.139><c> last</c><00:41:11.619><c> phrase</c><00:41:11.920><c> is</c><00:41:12.179><c> a</c><00:41:12.320><c> direct</c><00:41:12.500><c> quote</c>

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:14.539
from<00:41:13.400><c> Leviticus</c>

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:18.320
19<00:41:15.119><c> and</c><00:41:15.300><c> 18.</c><00:41:16.079><c> We</c><00:41:16.340><c> have</c><00:41:16.500><c> any</c><00:41:16.780><c> doubt</c><00:41:17.059><c> of</c><00:41:17.300><c> what</c><00:41:17.460><c> the</c><00:41:17.699><c> major</c><00:41:17.980><c> point</c>

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:19.559
Paul<00:41:18.460><c> is</c><00:41:18.619><c> trying</c><00:41:18.880><c> to</c><00:41:19.039><c> make</c><00:41:19.139><c> with</c><00:41:19.340><c> this</c>

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:22.420
section,<00:41:20.480><c> we</c><00:41:20.639><c> look</c><00:41:20.900><c> to</c><00:41:21.119><c> the</c><00:41:21.260><c> verse</c><00:41:21.480><c> that</c><00:41:21.599><c> he's</c><00:41:21.840><c> quoted</c><00:41:22.039><c> from,</c>

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:24.260
Leviticus<00:41:23.039><c> 19</c><00:41:23.659><c> and</c><00:41:23.800><c> 18,</c>

00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:28.739
love<00:41:25.039><c> thy</c><00:41:25.340><c> neighbor</c><00:41:25.820><c> as</c><00:41:26.320><c> thyself.</c><00:41:27.340><c> And</c><00:41:27.599><c> this</c><00:41:27.900><c> act</c><00:41:28.239><c> of</c><00:41:28.460><c> loving</c>

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.280
our<00:41:29.000><c> neighbor</c>

00:41:29.280 --> 00:41:34.280
as<00:41:29.519><c> ourself</c><00:41:29.960><c> explains</c><00:41:30.480><c> it</c><00:41:30.699><c> all</c><00:41:31.239><c> when</c><00:41:32.599><c> we</c><00:41:32.780><c> think</c><00:41:32.920><c> it</c><00:41:33.099><c> through</c><00:41:33.320><c> clearly.</c>

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:37.599
When<00:41:34.480><c> we're</c><00:41:34.760><c> baptized</c><00:41:35.260><c> into</c><00:41:35.519><c> Christ,</c><00:41:36.699><c> we've</c><00:41:37.119><c> admitted</c><00:41:37.420><c> that</c>

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:39.280
there's<00:41:37.920><c> nothing</c><00:41:38.300><c> in</c><00:41:38.659><c> this</c><00:41:38.940><c> life</c>

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:42.480
that<00:41:39.539><c> matters</c><00:41:39.800><c> at</c><00:41:40.039><c> all,</c><00:41:41.099><c> that</c><00:41:41.280><c> all</c><00:41:41.519><c> that</c><00:41:41.739><c> matters</c><00:41:42.000><c> is</c><00:41:42.199><c> seeking</c>

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.659
first<00:41:42.780><c> the</c><00:41:42.940><c> kingdom</c><00:41:43.159><c> of</c><00:41:43.440><c> God.</c>

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:46.679
That's<00:41:44.280><c> what</c><00:41:44.280><c> we've</c><00:41:44.519><c> admitted</c><00:41:44.840><c> to</c><00:41:45.179><c> the</c><00:41:45.400><c> world</c><00:41:45.760><c> by</c><00:41:46.179><c> our</c><00:41:46.360><c> public</c>

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:49.099
baptism,<00:41:47.539><c> that</c><00:41:47.760><c> we're</c><00:41:48.059><c> willing</c><00:41:48.360><c> to</c><00:41:48.780><c> completely</c>

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:52.280
sacrifice<00:41:49.840><c> every</c><00:41:50.400><c> single</c><00:41:50.880><c> thing</c><00:41:51.039><c> that</c><00:41:51.199><c> this</c><00:41:51.400><c> life</c><00:41:51.619><c> can</c><00:41:51.920><c> offer</c>

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:54.420
for<00:41:53.039><c> want</c><00:41:53.239><c> of</c><00:41:53.420><c> the</c><00:41:53.539><c> kingdom</c><00:41:53.780><c> of</c><00:41:54.039><c> God.</c>

00:41:54.900 --> 00:41:57.380
And<00:41:55.039><c> that</c><00:41:55.119><c> we've</c><00:41:55.340><c> declared</c><00:41:55.719><c> that</c><00:41:55.900><c> this</c><00:41:56.079><c> is</c><00:41:56.360><c> what</c><00:41:56.639><c> we</c><00:41:56.920><c> want</c><00:41:57.119><c> for</c>

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.800
ourselves<00:41:57.840><c> and</c><00:41:57.980><c> this</c><00:41:58.179><c> is</c><00:41:58.360><c> the</c><00:41:58.380><c> direction</c>

00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:01.539
that<00:41:59.179><c> we're</c><00:41:59.360><c> going</c><00:41:59.519><c> to</c><00:41:59.739><c> go.</c><00:42:00.199><c> We</c><00:42:00.460><c> want</c><00:42:00.739><c> to</c><00:42:00.900><c> be</c><00:42:01.019><c> in</c><00:42:01.159><c> the</c><00:42:01.300><c> kingdom</c>

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:04.159
of<00:42:01.800><c> God,</c><00:42:02.340><c> we</c><00:42:02.539><c> want</c><00:42:02.800><c> eternal</c><00:42:03.119><c> life,</c><00:42:03.780><c> we</c><00:42:03.920><c> want</c>

00:42:04.159 --> 00:42:08.260
to<00:42:04.300><c> live</c><00:42:04.380><c> with</c><00:42:04.579><c> our</c><00:42:04.760><c> God</c><00:42:04.940><c> and</c><00:42:05.119><c> our</c><00:42:05.260><c> Christ</c><00:42:05.519><c> forever.</c><00:42:07.159><c> If</c><00:42:07.360><c> we</c><00:42:07.659><c> really</c><00:42:07.980><c> do</c>

00:42:08.260 --> 00:42:09.360
then<00:42:08.559><c> love</c><00:42:08.820><c> our</c><00:42:09.079><c> neighbor</c>

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:13.940
as<00:42:09.719><c> ourselves,</c><00:42:10.840><c> then</c><00:42:10.940><c> this</c><00:42:11.119><c> is</c><00:42:11.360><c> all</c><00:42:11.760><c> that</c><00:42:12.000><c> matters</c><00:42:12.260><c> in</c><00:42:12.519><c> our</c><00:42:12.699><c> relationship</c><00:42:13.179><c> with</c><00:42:13.360><c> them</c><00:42:13.539><c> as</c><00:42:13.800><c> well.</c>

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All<00:42:14.460><c> we</c><00:42:14.699><c> really</c><00:42:15.420><c> want</c><00:42:15.760><c> for</c><00:42:16.179><c> all</c><00:42:16.539><c> our</c><00:42:16.820><c> brethren</c><00:42:17.079><c> and</c><00:42:17.340><c> sisters</c>

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is<00:42:18.139><c> to</c><00:42:18.420><c> lead</c><00:42:18.780><c> them</c>

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to<00:42:19.639><c> the</c><00:42:19.760><c> kingdom</c><00:42:20.059><c> of</c><00:42:20.280><c> God</c><00:42:20.719><c> and</c><00:42:21.519><c> eternal</c><00:42:21.860><c> life.</c><00:42:23.219><c> It</c><00:42:23.280><c> doesn't</c>

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matter<00:42:23.860><c> how</c>

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their<00:42:24.340><c> car</c><00:42:24.659><c> looks</c><00:42:24.940><c> this</c><00:42:25.280><c> year,</c><00:42:26.159><c> it</c><00:42:26.400><c> doesn't</c><00:42:26.539><c> matter</c><00:42:26.840><c> how</c><00:42:27.019><c> their</c><00:42:27.260><c> clothes</c><00:42:27.579><c> look</c>

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this<00:42:28.219><c> year,</c><00:42:28.400><c> it</c><00:42:28.579><c> doesn't</c><00:42:28.820><c> matter</c>

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how<00:42:29.420><c> comfortable</c><00:42:29.780><c> we</c><00:42:29.960><c> can</c><00:42:30.119><c> make</c><00:42:30.300><c> them</c><00:42:30.460><c> in</c><00:42:30.659><c> this</c><00:42:30.940><c> life.</c><00:42:31.960><c> That's</c>

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not<00:42:32.679><c> the</c><00:42:32.900><c> point.</c><00:42:33.420><c> It</c><00:42:33.619><c> doesn't</c>

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matter<00:42:34.300><c> in</c><00:42:34.519><c> the</c><00:42:34.719><c> end.</c><00:42:35.440><c> If</c><00:42:35.559><c> this</c><00:42:35.760><c> is</c><00:42:35.960><c> all</c><00:42:36.179><c> that</c><00:42:36.320><c> we're</c><00:42:36.480><c> doing</c><00:42:36.719><c> for</c><00:42:36.980><c> our</c><00:42:37.300><c> neighbors</c><00:42:37.820><c> is</c>

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making<00:42:38.400><c> things</c><00:42:38.679><c> more</c>

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comfortable<00:42:39.460><c> in</c><00:42:39.679><c> this</c><00:42:39.960><c> life,</c><00:42:40.579><c> then</c><00:42:40.739><c> we've</c><00:42:40.940><c> missed</c><00:42:41.099><c> the</c><00:42:41.260><c> whole</c>

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point.<00:42:42.760><c> We're</c><00:42:42.900><c> wasting</c><00:42:43.219><c> our</c><00:42:43.559><c> time,</c>

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we're<00:42:44.300><c> wasting</c><00:42:44.559><c> those</c><00:42:44.920><c> gifts</c><00:42:45.239><c> that</c><00:42:45.460><c> God's</c><00:42:45.900><c> given</c><00:42:46.059><c> us</c><00:42:46.480><c> to</c><00:42:46.820><c> help</c>

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:49.059
our<00:42:47.260><c> brothers</c><00:42:47.519><c> and</c><00:42:47.760><c> sisters.</c><00:42:48.360><c> Now</c><00:42:48.659><c> naturally</c>

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we<00:42:49.219><c> must</c><00:42:49.460><c> be</c><00:42:49.760><c> kind,</c><00:42:51.219><c> we</c><00:42:51.320><c> must</c><00:42:51.539><c> be</c><00:42:51.800><c> generous,</c><00:42:52.659><c> we</c><00:42:52.719><c> must</c><00:42:52.940><c> be</c><00:42:53.239><c> courteous,</c><00:42:53.619><c> we</c>

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must<00:42:53.860><c> be</c><00:42:54.099><c> helpful</c>

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and<00:42:54.539><c> so</c><00:42:54.840><c> on.</c><00:42:55.360><c> But</c><00:42:55.559><c> unless</c><00:42:55.900><c> these</c><00:42:56.179><c> actions</c><00:42:56.619><c> of</c><00:42:56.940><c> kindness</c><00:42:57.380><c> are</c>

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done<00:42:58.400><c> with</c><00:42:58.619><c> the</c><00:42:58.800><c> motive</c>

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of<00:42:59.219><c> being</c><00:42:59.460><c> able</c><00:42:59.659><c> to</c><00:42:59.980><c> help</c><00:43:00.179><c> to</c><00:43:00.400><c> the</c><00:43:00.579><c> kingdom,</c><00:43:02.559><c> then</c><00:43:02.659><c> they're</c>

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filial<00:43:03.280><c> love.</c>

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They're<00:43:04.820><c> emotional</c><00:43:05.320><c> love</c><00:43:05.860><c> and</c><00:43:06.519><c> they're</c><00:43:06.719><c> not</c><00:43:06.920><c> agape</c><00:43:07.260><c> love</c><00:43:07.579><c> because</c><00:43:07.760><c> they're</c><00:43:08.099><c> not</c><00:43:08.500><c> helping</c>

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with<00:43:09.099><c> salvation.</c><00:43:10.860><c> And</c><00:43:11.139><c> this</c><00:43:11.360><c> is</c><00:43:11.559><c> what</c><00:43:11.659><c> we</c><00:43:11.900><c> believe</c><00:43:12.119><c> Paul</c><00:43:12.440><c> is</c>

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emphasizing<00:43:13.139><c> here</c><00:43:13.420><c> in</c><00:43:13.599><c> Romans.</c>

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That<00:43:14.440><c> we</c><00:43:14.679><c> not</c><00:43:14.980><c> only</c><00:43:15.519><c> be</c><00:43:15.780><c> in</c><00:43:15.900><c> a</c><00:43:16.099><c> position</c><00:43:16.420><c> that</c><00:43:16.639><c> we</c><00:43:17.179><c> owe</c><00:43:17.480><c> our</c><00:43:17.840><c> fellow</c><00:43:18.159><c> men</c><00:43:18.480><c> one</c>

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:21.579
thing<00:43:19.139><c> at</c><00:43:19.300><c> all</c><00:43:19.420><c> in</c><00:43:19.579><c> this</c><00:43:19.780><c> life</c><00:43:20.159><c> and</c><00:43:20.559><c> that</c><00:43:20.780><c> is</c><00:43:21.019><c> the</c><00:43:21.219><c> one</c><00:43:21.420><c> thing</c>

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:23.780
that<00:43:21.699><c> we</c><00:43:21.880><c> should</c><00:43:22.079><c> owe</c><00:43:22.519><c> is</c><00:43:23.179><c> our</c><00:43:23.400><c> earnest</c>

00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:27.460
and<00:43:24.320><c> dedicated</c><00:43:24.760><c> attempt</c><00:43:25.239><c> to</c><00:43:25.619><c> love</c><00:43:25.840><c> them,</c><00:43:26.760><c> to</c><00:43:27.059><c> lead</c><00:43:27.219><c> them</c><00:43:27.320><c> to</c>

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:28.659
the<00:43:27.619><c> kingdom.</c>

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Perhaps<00:43:31.340><c> now</c><00:43:31.679><c> we're</c><00:43:31.840><c> beginning</c><00:43:32.199><c> to</c><00:43:32.619><c> see</c><00:43:32.880><c> how</c>

00:43:34.119 --> 00:43:37.460
Paul<00:43:34.519><c> is</c><00:43:34.860><c> using</c><00:43:35.179><c> this</c><00:43:35.480><c> strategy</c><00:43:35.920><c> as</c><00:43:36.159><c> he</c><00:43:36.380><c> writes</c><00:43:36.739><c> this</c><00:43:37.159><c> part</c><00:43:37.340><c> of</c>

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.340
his<00:43:37.579><c> letter</c><00:43:37.719><c> to</c><00:43:37.900><c> the</c><00:43:38.019><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:42.059
at<00:43:38.519><c> Rome.</c><00:43:39.179><c> He</c><00:43:39.320><c> wants</c><00:43:39.579><c> to</c><00:43:39.820><c> teach</c><00:43:39.960><c> them</c><00:43:40.219><c> some</c><00:43:40.619><c> specifics</c><00:43:41.219><c> on</c><00:43:41.860><c> how</c>

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:43.320
they<00:43:42.199><c> should</c><00:43:42.380><c> conduct</c><00:43:42.739><c> themselves</c>

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in<00:43:43.539><c> this</c><00:43:43.739><c> life.</c><00:43:44.480><c> He</c><00:43:44.619><c> wants</c><00:43:44.900><c> them</c><00:43:45.099><c> to</c><00:43:45.340><c> accept</c><00:43:45.820><c> what</c><00:43:46.199><c> he</c><00:43:46.480><c> says</c><00:43:46.960><c> because</c><00:43:48.039><c> he</c>

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:52.820
knows<00:43:48.539><c> that</c><00:43:48.820><c> what</c><00:43:48.960><c> he's</c><00:43:49.320><c> telling</c><00:43:49.519><c> them</c><00:43:49.880><c> is</c><00:43:50.320><c> essential</c><00:43:50.920><c> for</c><00:43:51.239><c> salvation.</c><00:43:52.559><c> So</c>

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he<00:43:52.920><c> believes</c>

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it's<00:43:53.340><c> important</c><00:43:53.940><c> that</c><00:43:54.139><c> they</c><00:43:54.300><c> understand</c><00:43:54.960><c> what</c><00:43:55.119><c> he</c><00:43:55.320><c> says.</c><00:43:55.960><c> It's</c><00:43:56.059><c> important</c><00:43:56.400><c> that</c><00:43:56.539><c> they</c><00:43:56.719><c> take</c><00:43:57.000><c> to</c>

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heart<00:43:57.659><c> these</c>

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messages<00:43:58.619><c> that</c><00:43:58.860><c> he's</c><00:43:59.179><c> giving.</c><00:43:59.739><c> So</c><00:43:59.980><c> what</c><00:44:00.139><c> does</c><00:44:00.340><c> he</c><00:44:00.420><c> do?</c><00:44:00.639><c> He</c><00:44:00.860><c> uses</c><00:44:01.239><c> the</c>

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:02.699
Old<00:44:01.760><c> Testament</c><00:44:02.199><c> proof</c>

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to<00:44:03.360><c> help</c><00:44:03.699><c> get</c><00:44:03.980><c> this</c><00:44:04.239><c> across</c><00:44:04.599><c> to</c><00:44:04.820><c> him.</c><00:44:05.119><c> He</c><00:44:05.300><c> believes</c><00:44:05.579><c> it's</c><00:44:05.840><c> important</c><00:44:06.320><c> that</c>

00:44:06.460 --> 00:44:07.880
they<00:44:06.719><c> understand</c><00:44:07.179><c> these</c><00:44:07.400><c> principles</c>

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because<00:44:08.480><c> it's</c><00:44:08.739><c> their</c><00:44:09.000><c> salvation.</c><00:44:10.019><c> It's</c><00:44:10.420><c> Paul's</c><00:44:11.300><c> expression</c>

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of<00:44:12.480><c> agape</c><00:44:12.860><c> love</c>

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to<00:44:13.380><c> his</c><00:44:13.639><c> brethren</c><00:44:14.059><c> to</c><00:44:14.579><c> do</c><00:44:14.800><c> all</c><00:44:15.079><c> he</c><00:44:15.340><c> can</c><00:44:15.880><c> to</c><00:44:16.539><c> help</c><00:44:16.719><c> his</c><00:44:16.960><c> brothers</c>

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:19.099
and<00:44:17.340><c> sisters</c><00:44:17.579><c> to</c><00:44:17.800><c> the</c><00:44:17.940><c> kingdom.</c>

00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:23.619
And<00:44:22.519><c> what</c><00:44:22.760><c> we</c><00:44:23.019><c> should</c><00:44:23.219><c> do</c>

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:28.420
and<00:44:23.940><c> be</c><00:44:24.139><c> able</c><00:44:24.340><c> to</c><00:44:24.599><c> see</c><00:44:24.960><c> is</c><00:44:25.519><c> that</c><00:44:25.800><c> since</c><00:44:27.159><c> he</c><00:44:27.440><c> bases</c><00:44:27.800><c> his</c><00:44:28.119><c> point</c>

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:32.659
on<00:44:29.000><c> a</c><00:44:29.219><c> particular</c><00:44:29.639><c> point</c><00:44:30.139><c> or</c><00:44:30.420><c> on</c><00:44:30.599><c> a</c><00:44:30.679><c> verse,</c><00:44:31.599><c> we</c><00:44:31.739><c> can</c><00:44:32.019><c> better</c>

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.800
understand<00:44:33.179><c> then</c><00:44:33.400><c> what</c><00:44:33.519><c> his</c>

00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:36.840
main<00:44:34.019><c> point</c><00:44:34.280><c> is</c><00:44:34.739><c> by</c><00:44:35.199><c> studying</c><00:44:35.599><c> closely</c><00:44:36.059><c> the</c><00:44:36.320><c> verse</c><00:44:36.500><c> that</c><00:44:36.679><c> he</c>

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quotes.<00:44:37.920><c> And</c><00:44:38.019><c> this</c><00:44:38.300><c> concept,</c>

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the<00:44:39.639><c> one</c><00:44:39.760><c> we</c><00:44:39.940><c> really</c><00:44:40.260><c> hope</c><00:44:40.420><c> that</c><00:44:40.559><c> you</c><00:44:40.699><c> take</c><00:44:40.900><c> home</c><00:44:41.079><c> with</c><00:44:41.300><c> you,</c>

00:44:41.739 --> 00:44:43.599
this<00:44:42.059><c> concept</c><00:44:42.519><c> of</c><00:44:42.699><c> the</c><00:44:42.920><c> Old</c><00:44:43.119><c> Testament</c>

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:47.239
verse<00:44:44.039><c> being</c><00:44:44.440><c> so</c><00:44:44.880><c> important</c><00:44:45.320><c> in</c><00:44:45.440><c> understanding</c><00:44:46.019><c> the</c><00:44:46.239><c> New</c><00:44:46.480><c> Testament</c>

00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:50.619
perspective,<00:44:48.800><c> really</c><00:44:49.099><c> we</c><00:44:49.300><c> believe</c><00:44:49.519><c> comes</c><00:44:49.780><c> out</c><00:44:50.039><c> in</c><00:44:50.159><c> this</c><00:44:50.360><c> next</c>

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:53.699
section,<00:44:51.480><c> verses</c><00:44:51.800><c> 11</c><00:44:52.219><c> through</c><00:44:52.440><c> 14.</c>

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:57.179
Starting<00:44:54.380><c> in</c><00:44:54.579><c> verse</c><00:44:54.800><c> 11</c><00:44:55.219><c> of</c><00:44:55.380><c> Romans</c><00:44:55.679><c> 13,</c><00:44:56.260><c> we</c><00:44:56.340><c> read</c><00:44:56.619><c> that,</c>

00:44:57.260 --> 00:45:01.340
and<00:44:57.460><c> that</c><00:44:57.840><c> knowing</c><00:44:58.079><c> the</c><00:44:58.460><c> time</c><00:44:58.780><c> that</c><00:44:58.940><c> now</c><00:44:59.219><c> is</c><00:44:59.460><c> high</c><00:44:59.739><c> time</c><00:45:00.139><c> to</c><00:45:00.599><c> awake</c><00:45:00.860><c> out</c><00:45:01.099><c> of</c>

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sleep,<00:45:01.980><c> for</c><00:45:02.099><c> now</c><00:45:02.360><c> is</c><00:45:02.559><c> our</c>

00:45:02.780 --> 00:45:05.900
salvation<00:45:03.340><c> nearer</c><00:45:03.860><c> than</c><00:45:03.960><c> when</c><00:45:04.159><c> we</c><00:45:04.380><c> believe.</c><00:45:05.219><c> The</c><00:45:05.440><c> night</c><00:45:05.679><c> is</c>

00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:07.599
far<00:45:06.119><c> spent,</c><00:45:06.579><c> the</c><00:45:06.780><c> day</c><00:45:06.960><c> is</c><00:45:07.119><c> at</c><00:45:07.320><c> hand,</c>

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:11.320
let<00:45:08.139><c> us</c><00:45:08.360><c> therefore</c><00:45:08.719><c> cast</c><00:45:09.079><c> off</c><00:45:09.760><c> the</c><00:45:10.079><c> works</c><00:45:10.239><c> of</c><00:45:10.480><c> darkness,</c><00:45:11.179><c> let</c>

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us<00:45:11.460><c> put</c><00:45:11.599><c> on</c><00:45:11.760><c> the</c><00:45:11.920><c> armor</c><00:45:12.119><c> of</c><00:45:12.340><c> light.</c>

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Let<00:45:13.000><c> us</c><00:45:13.179><c> walk</c><00:45:13.460><c> honestly</c><00:45:13.920><c> as</c><00:45:14.219><c> in</c><00:45:14.360><c> the</c><00:45:14.539><c> day,</c><00:45:14.900><c> not</c><00:45:15.039><c> in</c><00:45:15.280><c> rioting</c><00:45:15.659><c> and</c><00:45:15.860><c> drunkenness,</c><00:45:16.599><c> not</c><00:45:16.800><c> in</c><00:45:17.059><c> chambering</c>

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and<00:45:17.639><c> wantonness,</c><00:45:18.280><c> not</c><00:45:18.500><c> in</c><00:45:18.780><c> strife</c><00:45:19.079><c> and</c><00:45:19.239><c> envying,</c><00:45:19.920><c> but</c><00:45:20.199><c> put</c><00:45:20.440><c> ye</c>

00:45:20.579 --> 00:45:22.239
on<00:45:20.719><c> the</c><00:45:20.860><c> Lord</c><00:45:21.039><c> Jesus</c><00:45:21.440><c> Christ</c>

00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:25.300
and<00:45:22.539><c> make</c><00:45:22.780><c> not</c><00:45:23.059><c> provision</c><00:45:23.420><c> for</c><00:45:23.659><c> the</c><00:45:23.880><c> flesh</c><00:45:24.260><c> to</c><00:45:24.699><c> fulfill</c><00:45:25.079><c> the</c>

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:27.420
lusts<00:45:25.719><c> thereof.</c><00:45:26.400><c> Now</c><00:45:26.800><c> the</c><00:45:27.000><c> question</c>

00:45:27.420 --> 00:45:31.039
comes<00:45:27.780><c> is</c><00:45:27.900><c> what</c><00:45:28.019><c> is</c><00:45:28.119><c> he</c><00:45:28.320><c> saying</c><00:45:28.480><c> here?</c><00:45:30.099><c> And</c><00:45:30.400><c> again,</c><00:45:30.699><c> looking</c>

00:45:31.039 --> 00:45:32.639
at<00:45:31.239><c> many</c><00:45:31.539><c> Christadelphian</c><00:45:32.260><c> writers,</c>

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:36.119
they're<00:45:33.179><c> not</c><00:45:33.340><c> really</c><00:45:33.599><c> all</c><00:45:33.820><c> too</c><00:45:34.059><c> sure</c><00:45:34.260><c> what</c><00:45:34.380><c> he's</c><00:45:34.659><c> saying</c><00:45:34.840><c> here.</c><00:45:35.760><c> Very</c>

00:45:36.119 --> 00:45:37.219
good<00:45:36.380><c> exposition</c><00:45:36.920><c> out</c><00:45:37.099><c> there,</c>

00:45:37.239 --> 00:45:41.860
some<00:45:37.440><c> wonderful</c><00:45:37.920><c> understandings</c><00:45:38.539><c> of</c><00:45:38.699><c> it,</c><00:45:39.280><c> but</c><00:45:39.880><c> a</c><00:45:40.179><c> lot</c><00:45:40.340><c> of</c><00:45:40.539><c> difference</c><00:45:40.719><c> of</c><00:45:40.940><c> opinions.</c>

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:48.219
Just<00:45:42.579><c> what</c><00:45:43.000><c> sleep</c><00:45:43.500><c> is</c><00:45:43.699><c> he</c><00:45:43.900><c> referring</c><00:45:44.219><c> to</c><00:45:44.480><c> here?</c><00:45:45.599><c> Now</c><00:45:45.840><c> some</c><00:45:46.059><c> would</c><00:45:46.460><c> equate</c><00:45:46.699><c> this</c><00:45:46.900><c> with</c><00:45:47.039><c> our</c><00:45:47.219><c> baptism,</c>

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:51.639
coming<00:45:48.539><c> out</c><00:45:48.739><c> of</c><00:45:48.880><c> darkness,</c><00:45:49.380><c> of</c><00:45:49.460><c> sin</c><00:45:49.639><c> and</c><00:45:49.820><c> delight.</c><00:45:50.800><c> Some</c><00:45:51.059><c> would</c><00:45:51.239><c> refer</c><00:45:51.460><c> this</c>

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:52.579
to<00:45:51.780><c> the</c><00:45:51.960><c> Gentile</c><00:45:52.420><c> night</c>

00:45:52.579 --> 00:45:55.000
that<00:45:52.699><c> we</c><00:45:52.840><c> all</c><00:45:53.039><c> live</c><00:45:53.179><c> in</c><00:45:53.340><c> now,</c><00:45:54.400><c> awaiting</c><00:45:54.420><c> the</c><00:45:54.599><c> establishment</c>

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:57.000
of<00:45:55.159><c> the</c><00:45:55.300><c> Kingdom</c><00:45:55.539><c> and</c><00:45:55.679><c> the</c><00:45:55.920><c> thousand</c><00:45:56.059><c> year</c><00:45:56.280><c> reign</c><00:45:56.360><c> of</c><00:45:56.519><c> Christ.</c>

00:45:57.000 --> 00:46:00.440
But<00:45:58.099><c> we</c><00:45:58.340><c> feel</c><00:45:58.460><c> with</c><00:45:58.619><c> a</c><00:45:58.719><c> little</c><00:45:58.840><c> investigation</c><00:45:59.699><c> that</c><00:46:00.039><c> we</c><00:46:00.179><c> can</c>

00:46:00.440 --> 00:46:02.820
point<00:46:01.059><c> directly</c><00:46:02.019><c> to</c><00:46:02.320><c> what</c><00:46:02.539><c> message</c>

00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:07.139
Paul<00:46:03.079><c> is</c><00:46:03.340><c> trying</c><00:46:03.519><c> to</c><00:46:03.820><c> say</c><00:46:04.159><c> and</c><00:46:05.820><c> determine</c><00:46:06.340><c> exactly</c><00:46:06.820><c> what</c><00:46:06.960><c> he's</c>

00:46:07.139 --> 00:46:08.019
referring<00:46:07.519><c> to,</c>

00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:11.699
especially<00:46:08.980><c> if</c><00:46:09.380><c> we</c><00:46:09.519><c> can</c><00:46:09.760><c> find</c><00:46:10.039><c> the</c><00:46:10.380><c> Old</c><00:46:10.639><c> Testament</c><00:46:11.139><c> reference</c>

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:12.500
that<00:46:11.880><c> he's</c><00:46:12.059><c> making</c>

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:17.039
and<00:46:13.039><c> go</c><00:46:13.280><c> back</c><00:46:13.579><c> and</c><00:46:13.820><c> see</c><00:46:13.940><c> what</c><00:46:14.280><c> context</c><00:46:14.860><c> it</c><00:46:15.079><c> is</c><00:46:15.320><c> making</c><00:46:15.579><c> here</c><00:46:16.000><c> to</c><00:46:16.440><c> determine</c>

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:20.980
what<00:46:17.739><c> his</c><00:46:17.960><c> point</c><00:46:18.179><c> really</c><00:46:18.619><c> is.</c><00:46:19.739><c> In</c><00:46:19.900><c> this</c><00:46:20.139><c> particular</c><00:46:20.579><c> case,</c>

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:22.179
you'll<00:46:21.300><c> read</c><00:46:21.460><c> through</c><00:46:21.619><c> your</c><00:46:21.860><c> margins,</c>

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:25.320
you'll<00:46:22.420><c> notice</c><00:46:22.800><c> in</c><00:46:23.139><c> the</c><00:46:23.679><c> center</c><00:46:23.860><c> columns,</c><00:46:24.900><c> they</c><00:46:24.960><c> don't</c><00:46:25.159><c> have</c>

00:46:25.320 --> 00:46:27.719
any<00:46:25.539><c> verses</c><00:46:25.800><c> from</c><00:46:25.960><c> the</c><00:46:26.099><c> Old</c><00:46:26.280><c> Testament</c><00:46:26.559><c> in</c><00:46:26.739><c> this</c><00:46:26.940><c> one.</c>

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:30.139
They<00:46:27.960><c> have</c><00:46:28.159><c> not</c><00:46:28.300><c> been</c><00:46:28.420><c> able</c><00:46:28.619><c> to</c><00:46:28.840><c> determine</c><00:46:29.119><c> exactly</c><00:46:29.719><c> if</c><00:46:29.900><c> there</c>

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:32.300
are<00:46:30.360><c> any.</c><00:46:30.619><c> They</c><00:46:30.800><c> don't</c><00:46:31.019><c> stick</c><00:46:31.280><c> out</c><00:46:31.480><c> if</c><00:46:31.579><c> they</c><00:46:31.820><c> do</c>

00:46:32.300 --> 00:46:35.460
any<00:46:32.539><c> references</c><00:46:32.880><c> to</c><00:46:33.099><c> the</c><00:46:33.239><c> Old</c><00:46:33.440><c> Testament.</c><00:46:34.840><c> But</c><00:46:35.000><c> it's</c><00:46:35.199><c> there,</c>

00:46:35.659 --> 00:46:37.239
brothers<00:46:35.760><c> and</c><00:46:36.019><c> sisters,</c><00:46:36.340><c> and</c><00:46:36.480><c> it</c><00:46:36.639><c> takes</c><00:46:36.820><c> a</c><00:46:37.079><c> few</c>

00:46:37.239 --> 00:46:39.880
steps<00:46:37.579><c> for</c><00:46:37.760><c> us</c><00:46:37.960><c> to</c><00:46:38.099><c> see</c><00:46:38.260><c> the</c><00:46:38.539><c> obvious</c><00:46:38.800><c> connection.</c>

00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:46.039
Now<00:46:43.699><c> looking</c><00:46:43.920><c> at</c><00:46:44.099><c> the</c><00:46:44.300><c> major</c><00:46:44.579><c> points</c><00:46:44.980><c> that</c><00:46:45.219><c> come</c><00:46:45.380><c> across</c><00:46:45.780><c> in</c>

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:47.679
verses<00:46:46.300><c> 11</c><00:46:46.699><c> through</c><00:46:46.960><c> 13,</c>

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:51.760
14,<00:46:49.199><c> we</c><00:46:49.699><c> see</c><00:46:49.920><c> the</c><00:46:50.139><c> following.</c><00:46:51.440><c> He</c><00:46:51.500><c> says,</c>

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:55.820
Now<00:46:52.159><c> is</c><00:46:52.800><c> high</c><00:46:53.159><c> time.</c><00:46:53.800><c> He</c><00:46:53.860><c> says,</c><00:46:54.139><c> Awake</c><00:46:54.360><c> out</c><00:46:54.559><c> of</c><00:46:54.739><c> sleep.</c><00:46:55.400><c> Now</c><00:46:55.579><c> is</c>

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:56.920
salvation<00:46:56.300><c> nearer.</c>

00:46:56.980 --> 00:47:00.300
Night<00:46:57.219><c> is</c><00:46:57.460><c> far</c><00:46:57.639><c> spent.</c><00:46:58.260><c> Day</c><00:46:58.500><c> is</c><00:46:58.719><c> at</c><00:46:58.940><c> hand.</c><00:46:59.579><c> Put</c><00:46:59.699><c> on</c><00:46:59.920><c> the</c><00:47:00.119><c> armor</c>

00:47:00.300 --> 00:47:01.780
of<00:47:00.539><c> light.</c><00:47:01.019><c> Walk</c><00:47:01.320><c> in</c><00:47:01.519><c> the</c><00:47:01.659><c> day.</c>

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:05.440
Those<00:47:02.000><c> are</c><00:47:02.139><c> the</c><00:47:02.280><c> major</c><00:47:02.519><c> points</c><00:47:03.039><c> that</c><00:47:03.780><c> he's</c><00:47:03.920><c> making</c><00:47:04.179><c> in</c><00:47:04.400><c> this</c><00:47:04.599><c> verse.</c>

00:47:06.760 --> 00:47:10.659
Note<00:47:07.260><c> the</c><00:47:07.679><c> obvious</c><00:47:08.340><c> connection</c><00:47:09.039><c> between</c><00:47:09.400><c> that</c><00:47:09.780><c> verse</c><00:47:10.079><c> and</c><00:47:10.400><c> 2</c>

00:47:10.659 --> 00:47:13.699
Corinthians<00:47:11.320><c> 6</c><00:47:12.400><c> and</c><00:47:12.860><c> 2.</c>

00:47:13.699 --> 00:47:15.980
Of<00:47:13.699><c> course,</c><00:47:14.380><c> 2</c><00:47:14.400><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:14.780><c> is</c><00:47:15.000><c> not</c><00:47:15.159><c> in</c><00:47:15.300><c> the</c><00:47:15.400><c> Old</c><00:47:15.579><c> Testament,</c>

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:17.599
so<00:47:16.179><c> we</c><00:47:16.280><c> haven't</c><00:47:16.480><c> got</c><00:47:16.679><c> to</c><00:47:16.760><c> where</c><00:47:16.840><c> we</c><00:47:17.000><c> want</c><00:47:17.179><c> to</c><00:47:17.340><c> yet.</c>

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:22.219
But<00:47:18.219><c> notice</c><00:47:18.420><c> the</c><00:47:18.679><c> similar</c><00:47:18.980><c> words</c><00:47:19.519><c> through</c><00:47:20.159><c> 2</c><00:47:20.440><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:21.119><c> 6</c>

00:47:22.219 --> 00:47:23.840
and<00:47:22.800><c> 2.</c>

00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:28.300
There<00:47:24.199><c> he</c><00:47:24.440><c> says,</c><00:47:25.719><c> For</c><00:47:25.739><c> he</c><00:47:26.139><c> saith,</c><00:47:26.719><c> I</c><00:47:26.760><c> have</c><00:47:27.039><c> heard</c><00:47:27.320><c> thee</c><00:47:27.559><c> in</c><00:47:27.880><c> a</c>

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:29.559
time<00:47:28.760><c> accepted</c>

00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:33.260
in<00:47:30.039><c> the</c><00:47:30.280><c> day</c><00:47:30.639><c> of</c><00:47:30.960><c> salvation.</c><00:47:32.099><c> Have</c><00:47:32.239><c> I</c><00:47:32.579><c> suckered</c><00:47:32.960><c> thee?</c>

00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:37.159
Behold,<00:47:34.039><c> now</c><00:47:34.440><c> is</c><00:47:34.659><c> the</c><00:47:34.920><c> accepted</c><00:47:35.360><c> time.</c><00:47:36.019><c> Behold,</c><00:47:36.440><c> now</c><00:47:36.880><c> is</c><00:47:37.079><c> the</c>

00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:38.639
day<00:47:37.360><c> of</c><00:47:37.579><c> salvation.</c>

00:47:38.920 --> 00:47:43.920
Obviously,<00:47:40.320><c> the</c><00:47:40.380><c> same</c><00:47:41.039><c> concept</c><00:47:41.699><c> and</c><00:47:42.119><c> idea</c><00:47:42.559><c> and</c><00:47:43.239><c> perspective</c>

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:46.980
that<00:47:44.440><c> Paul</c><00:47:44.619><c> is</c><00:47:44.860><c> presenting</c><00:47:45.260><c> in</c><00:47:45.920><c> the</c><00:47:46.059><c> book</c><00:47:46.199><c> of</c><00:47:46.380><c> Romans</c><00:47:46.619><c> that</c><00:47:46.760><c> he</c>

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:48.139
presented<00:47:47.280><c> in</c><00:47:47.460><c> the</c><00:47:47.599><c> letter</c><00:47:47.760><c> to</c><00:47:47.980><c> the</c>

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:53.300
Ecclesia.<00:47:49.900><c> Now,</c><00:47:50.780><c> we'll</c><00:47:51.159><c> notice</c><00:47:51.760><c> that</c><00:47:52.599><c> the</c><00:47:52.940><c> connection</c>

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:58.260
can<00:47:53.639><c> clearly</c><00:47:53.900><c> be</c><00:47:54.199><c> seen</c><00:47:54.380><c> now</c><00:47:54.739><c> from</c><00:47:55.260><c> the</c><00:47:55.659><c> margin</c><00:47:56.239><c> of</c><00:47:56.619><c> 2</c><00:47:56.800><c> Corinthians</c><00:47:57.219><c> 6</c><00:47:57.619><c> and</c><00:47:57.800><c> 2</c>

00:47:58.260 --> 00:48:03.659
that<00:47:58.659><c> it</c><00:47:58.900><c> is</c><00:47:59.059><c> a</c><00:47:59.260><c> direct</c><00:47:59.780><c> quote</c><00:48:00.300><c> from</c><00:48:01.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:01.679><c> 49</c><00:48:02.539><c> and</c><00:48:02.739><c> 8.</c>

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:07.099
This,<00:48:04.659><c> of</c><00:48:04.719><c> course,</c><00:48:05.000><c> links</c><00:48:05.300><c> all</c><00:48:05.800><c> three</c><00:48:06.000><c> of</c><00:48:06.099><c> these</c><00:48:06.300><c> verses</c><00:48:06.519><c> together</c><00:48:06.960><c> as</c>

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:08.139
having<00:48:07.280><c> the</c><00:48:07.480><c> same</c><00:48:07.719><c> subject.</c>

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:10.599
And<00:48:08.679><c> when</c><00:48:08.800><c> we</c><00:48:08.880><c> look</c><00:48:09.079><c> closely</c><00:48:09.440><c> at</c><00:48:09.579><c> these</c><00:48:09.739><c> verses,</c><00:48:10.039><c> we</c><00:48:10.179><c> begin</c><00:48:10.340><c> to</c>

00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:13.099
see<00:48:10.880><c> the</c><00:48:11.300><c> major</c><00:48:11.579><c> emphasis</c><00:48:12.139><c> that</c><00:48:12.840><c> Paul</c>

00:48:13.099 --> 00:48:18.219
is<00:48:13.360><c> making.</c><00:48:15.699><c> 49</c><00:48:16.179><c> and</c><00:48:16.599><c> 6</c><00:48:17.000><c> of</c><00:48:17.159><c> Isaiah.</c><00:48:17.760><c> We're</c><00:48:17.960><c> going</c><00:48:18.000><c> to</c><00:48:18.099><c> read</c>

00:48:18.219 --> 00:48:23.300
6,<00:48:18.619><c> 8,</c><00:48:18.980><c> and</c><00:48:19.079><c> 9.</c><00:48:20.280><c> And</c><00:48:20.480><c> he</c><00:48:20.659><c> said,</c><00:48:20.920><c> It</c><00:48:20.980><c> is</c><00:48:21.239><c> a</c><00:48:21.400><c> light</c><00:48:21.619><c> thing</c><00:48:22.119><c> that</c><00:48:22.340><c> thou</c><00:48:22.519><c> shouldest</c><00:48:22.840><c> be</c><00:48:23.000><c> my</c>

00:48:23.300 --> 00:48:28.059
servant<00:48:23.559><c> to</c><00:48:23.739><c> rise</c><00:48:24.039><c> up</c><00:48:24.380><c> the</c><00:48:24.659><c> tribes</c><00:48:25.000><c> of</c><00:48:25.260><c> Jacob,</c><00:48:25.940><c> to</c><00:48:26.159><c> restore</c><00:48:26.719><c> the</c><00:48:27.019><c> preserved</c><00:48:27.460><c> of</c><00:48:27.639><c> Israel.</c>

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I<00:48:28.139><c> will</c><00:48:28.800><c> also</c><00:48:29.239><c> give</c><00:48:29.539><c> thee</c><00:48:29.719><c> for</c><00:48:30.000><c> a</c><00:48:30.340><c> light</c><00:48:30.579><c> to</c><00:48:30.900><c> the</c><00:48:31.119><c> Gentiles,</c><00:48:32.380><c> that</c><00:48:32.500><c> thou</c><00:48:32.639><c> mayest</c><00:48:32.960><c> be</c>

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my<00:48:33.679><c> salvation</c><00:48:34.679><c> unto</c><00:48:35.199><c> the</c><00:48:35.320><c> end</c><00:48:35.460><c> of</c><00:48:35.599><c> the</c><00:48:35.760><c> earth.</c><00:48:36.639><c> 8th</c><00:48:37.099><c> verse.</c>

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Thus<00:48:37.960><c> saith</c>

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the<00:48:38.500><c> Lord,</c><00:48:38.860><c> In</c><00:48:38.940><c> an</c><00:48:39.340><c> acceptable</c><00:48:39.760><c> time</c><00:48:40.519><c> I</c><00:48:41.139><c> have</c><00:48:41.340><c> heard</c><00:48:41.639><c> thee.</c><00:48:42.239><c> In</c>

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a<00:48:42.579><c> day</c><00:48:42.780><c> of</c><00:48:43.019><c> salvation</c>

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I<00:48:44.119><c> have</c><00:48:44.320><c> helped</c><00:48:44.539><c> thee,</c><00:48:45.019><c> and</c><00:48:45.219><c> I</c><00:48:45.340><c> will</c><00:48:45.519><c> preserve</c><00:48:45.960><c> thee</c><00:48:46.239><c> and</c><00:48:46.400><c> give</c>

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thee<00:48:46.719><c> for</c><00:48:46.960><c> a</c><00:48:47.079><c> covenant</c><00:48:47.239><c> of</c><00:48:47.420><c> the</c><00:48:47.579><c> people</c>

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to<00:48:48.360><c> establish</c><00:48:48.820><c> the</c><00:48:49.079><c> earth</c><00:48:49.340><c> and</c><00:48:49.739><c> to</c><00:48:50.039><c> cause</c><00:48:50.219><c> to</c><00:48:50.460><c> inherit</c><00:48:50.739><c> the</c>

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desolate<00:48:51.280><c> heritages.</c>

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9th<00:48:53.340><c> verse.</c><00:48:53.460><c> That</c><00:48:53.460><c> thou</c><00:48:53.739><c> might</c><00:48:54.000><c> say</c><00:48:54.280><c> to</c><00:48:54.460><c> the</c><00:48:54.639><c> prisoners,</c><00:48:55.519><c> Go</c>

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forth<00:48:55.860><c> to</c><00:48:55.980><c> them</c><00:48:56.179><c> that</c><00:48:56.340><c> are</c><00:48:56.480><c> in</c><00:48:56.719><c> darkness.</c>

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Show<00:48:58.000><c> yourselves.</c><00:48:59.079><c> They</c><00:48:59.320><c> shall</c><00:48:59.539><c> feed</c><00:48:59.780><c> in</c><00:48:59.960><c> the</c><00:49:00.119><c> ways,</c><00:49:00.400><c> and</c><00:49:00.480><c> their</c><00:49:00.699><c> pastors</c><00:49:01.039><c> shall</c><00:49:01.300><c> be</c><00:49:01.860><c> in</c>

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high<00:49:02.599><c> places.</c><00:49:03.719><c> Now</c><00:49:04.000><c> notice</c><00:49:04.300><c> we've</c><00:49:04.639><c> color</c><00:49:04.920><c> coded</c><00:49:05.159><c> now</c><00:49:05.539><c> in</c>

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these<00:49:06.099><c> three</c><00:49:06.360><c> verses,</c><00:49:06.719><c> three</c>

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sections,<00:49:08.039><c> the</c><00:49:08.179><c> ones</c><00:49:08.360><c> that</c><00:49:08.599><c> correspond</c><00:49:08.960><c> with</c><00:49:09.179><c> each</c><00:49:09.420><c> other.</c>

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Now<00:49:10.340><c> is</c><00:49:10.519><c> the</c><00:49:10.679><c> high</c><00:49:10.960><c> time</c><00:49:11.519><c> with</c>

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the<00:49:13.280><c> Romans</c><00:49:13.539><c> account.</c><00:49:14.320><c> Now</c><00:49:14.559><c> is</c><00:49:14.760><c> the</c><00:49:14.940><c> accepted</c><00:49:15.199><c> time</c><00:49:15.460><c> with</c><00:49:15.639><c> the</c>

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Corinthians<00:49:16.099><c> account.</c><00:49:21.420><c> The</c>

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darkness<00:49:22.539><c> in</c><00:49:22.820><c> the</c><00:49:22.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:49:23.320><c> account.</c><00:49:24.320><c> Now</c><00:49:24.320><c> is</c><00:49:24.519><c> our</c><00:49:24.679><c> salvation</c>

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nearer,<00:49:26.300><c> the</c><00:49:26.440><c> day</c><00:49:26.619><c> of</c><00:49:26.880><c> salvation</c>

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and<00:49:27.860><c> my</c><00:49:28.199><c> salvation.</c><00:49:29.260><c> The</c><00:49:29.400><c> night</c><00:49:29.599><c> is</c><00:49:29.820><c> far</c><00:49:30.000><c> spent,</c><00:49:30.320><c> that</c><00:49:30.500><c> goes</c>

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back<00:49:30.900><c> with</c><00:49:31.019><c> the</c><00:49:31.139><c> awake</c><00:49:31.300><c> out</c><00:49:31.460><c> of</c><00:49:31.639><c> sleep.</c>

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The<00:49:32.260><c> day</c><00:49:32.440><c> is</c><00:49:32.539><c> at</c><00:49:32.639><c> hand,</c><00:49:33.280><c> now</c><00:49:33.539><c> is</c><00:49:33.739><c> the</c><00:49:33.820><c> day</c><00:49:33.980><c> of</c><00:49:34.199><c> salvation,</c><00:49:34.840><c> the</c>

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day<00:49:35.099><c> of</c><00:49:35.340><c> salvation.</c><00:49:36.139><c> Put</c><00:49:36.340><c> on</c><00:49:36.519><c> the</c><00:49:36.659><c> armor</c><00:49:36.860><c> of</c>

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light,<00:49:37.579><c> light</c><00:49:37.800><c> to</c><00:49:38.019><c> the</c><00:49:38.159><c> Gentiles.</c><00:49:38.820><c> Walk</c><00:49:39.099><c> in</c><00:49:39.280><c> the</c><00:49:39.460><c> day,</c><00:49:39.880><c> now</c><00:49:40.139><c> is</c>

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the<00:49:40.460><c> day</c><00:49:40.639><c> of</c><00:49:40.940><c> salvation,</c><00:49:41.559><c> the</c><00:49:41.699><c> day</c><00:49:41.900><c> of</c>

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salvation.<00:49:43.159><c> These</c><00:49:43.539><c> three</c><00:49:43.800><c> verses</c><00:49:44.139><c> obviously</c><00:49:44.719><c> brothers</c><00:49:45.019><c> and</c>

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sisters<00:49:45.480><c> have</c><00:49:45.659><c> the</c><00:49:45.960><c> same</c><00:49:46.420><c> idea,</c>

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the<00:49:47.400><c> same</c><00:49:47.760><c> context,</c><00:49:48.659><c> and</c><00:49:48.739><c> the</c><00:49:48.940><c> same</c><00:49:49.260><c> timing</c><00:49:49.639><c> purpose</c><00:49:50.139><c> in</c><00:49:50.639><c> mind.</c><00:49:51.420><c> No</c>

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doubt<00:49:51.940><c> the</c><00:49:52.159><c> Apostle</c><00:49:52.500><c> Paul</c>

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had<00:49:52.860><c> this</c><00:49:53.159><c> in</c><00:49:53.340><c> mind</c><00:49:53.500><c> as</c><00:49:53.679><c> he</c><00:49:53.920><c> wrote.</c><00:49:54.539><c> And</c><00:49:54.679><c> perhaps</c><00:49:55.000><c> it's</c><00:49:55.179><c> only</c>

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because<00:49:55.800><c> of</c><00:49:55.980><c> the</c><00:49:56.539><c> transferring</c><00:49:56.920><c> of</c>

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the<00:49:57.320><c> languages</c><00:49:57.639><c> from</c><00:49:57.960><c> Hebrew</c><00:49:58.320><c> to</c><00:49:58.539><c> Greek</c><00:49:58.820><c> to</c><00:49:59.019><c> English</c><00:49:59.320><c> and</c><00:49:59.519><c> so</c>

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on<00:50:00.000><c> that</c><00:50:00.440><c> the</c><00:50:01.639><c> obvious</c>

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connection<00:50:02.599><c> is</c><00:50:02.820><c> not</c><00:50:03.099><c> there.</c><00:50:03.219><c> But</c><00:50:03.340><c> it's</c><00:50:03.679><c> obvious</c><00:50:03.940><c> I</c><00:50:04.139><c> think</c><00:50:04.260><c> to</c>

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us<00:50:04.599><c> as</c><00:50:04.760><c> we</c><00:50:04.960><c> begin</c><00:50:05.119><c> to</c><00:50:05.440><c> compare</c><00:50:05.559><c> these</c><00:50:05.820><c> verses</c><00:50:06.139><c> together</c>

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that<00:50:07.000><c> this</c><00:50:07.199><c> is</c><00:50:07.320><c> what</c><00:50:07.420><c> he's</c><00:50:07.599><c> talking</c><00:50:07.920><c> about.</c><00:50:08.360><c> So</c><00:50:08.599><c> now</c><00:50:08.820><c> what</c><00:50:08.980><c> have</c><00:50:09.099><c> we</c>

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learned?<00:50:10.059><c> We've</c><00:50:10.380><c> learned</c><00:50:10.579><c> then</c><00:50:11.039><c> that</c><00:50:11.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:50:11.699><c> 49</c>

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verses<00:50:12.559><c> 6</c><00:50:12.880><c> through</c><00:50:13.019><c> 9</c><00:50:13.260><c> in</c><00:50:13.380><c> that</c><00:50:13.639><c> section</c><00:50:14.099><c> tell</c><00:50:14.739><c> us</c><00:50:14.920><c> what</c><00:50:15.199><c> really</c><00:50:15.480><c> he's</c>

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talking<00:50:16.039><c> about</c><00:50:16.360><c> here</c><00:50:16.840><c> in</c><00:50:17.239><c> Romans</c>

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chapter<00:50:18.360><c> 13</c><00:50:18.960><c> at</c><00:50:19.320><c> these</c><00:50:19.480><c> verses</c><00:50:19.800><c> at</c><00:50:20.039><c> the</c><00:50:20.099><c> end</c><00:50:20.239><c> of</c><00:50:20.380><c> the</c><00:50:20.519><c> chapter.</c>

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The<00:50:21.880><c> subject</c><00:50:22.260><c> matter</c>

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he<00:50:22.760><c> has</c><00:50:22.980><c> in</c><00:50:23.239><c> mind</c><00:50:23.579><c> is</c><00:50:24.139><c> preaching</c><00:50:24.739><c> of</c><00:50:25.079><c> the</c><00:50:25.380><c> truth</c><00:50:25.699><c> to</c><00:50:26.300><c> the</c><00:50:26.619><c> Gentiles</c>

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as<00:50:27.940><c> well</c><00:50:28.260><c> as</c><00:50:28.440><c> to</c><00:50:28.599><c> the</c><00:50:28.820><c> Jews.</c><00:50:29.820><c> He's</c><00:50:30.239><c> pointing</c><00:50:30.480><c> out</c><00:50:30.699><c> to</c><00:50:30.800><c> them</c><00:50:30.960><c> that</c><00:50:31.179><c> this</c><00:50:31.500><c> is</c>

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the<00:50:32.139><c> time</c>

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that<00:50:32.880><c> was</c><00:50:33.219><c> prophesied</c><00:50:33.760><c> by</c><00:50:33.980><c> the</c><00:50:34.199><c> prophet</c><00:50:34.420><c> Isaiah,</c><00:50:35.679><c> that</c><00:50:35.840><c> the</c>

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time<00:50:36.320><c> has</c><00:50:36.639><c> arrived</c><00:50:37.079><c> for</c><00:50:37.260><c> the</c>

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truth<00:50:37.619><c> to</c><00:50:37.800><c> be</c><00:50:38.059><c> spread</c><00:50:38.480><c> outside</c><00:50:39.280><c> the</c><00:50:39.519><c> Jewish</c><00:50:39.780><c> community</c><00:50:40.400><c> and</c>

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include<00:50:41.219><c> those</c><00:50:41.480><c> of</c><00:50:41.659><c> the</c><00:50:41.780><c> Gentile</c><00:50:42.219><c> world</c>

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to<00:50:43.059><c> those</c><00:50:43.420><c> that</c><00:50:43.719><c> are</c><00:50:43.900><c> in</c><00:50:44.159><c> darkness</c><00:50:44.679><c> and</c><00:50:45.219><c> without</c><00:50:45.599><c> the</c><00:50:45.880><c> light</c>

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of<00:50:46.420><c> truth.</c>

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So<00:50:50.559><c> now</c><00:50:50.800><c> we</c><00:50:50.920><c> can</c><00:50:51.099><c> better</c><00:50:51.340><c> understand,</c><00:50:51.820><c> I</c><00:50:52.039><c> believe,</c>

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the<00:50:52.960><c> point</c><00:50:53.099><c> that</c><00:50:53.239><c> he's</c><00:50:53.400><c> getting</c><00:50:53.599><c> at</c><00:50:53.900><c> here</c><00:50:54.239><c> in</c><00:50:54.659><c> the</c><00:50:54.920><c> closing</c><00:50:55.260><c> verses</c><00:50:55.699><c> of</c>

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Romans<00:50:56.579><c> chapter</c><00:50:56.980><c> 13.</c>

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He's<00:50:58.599><c> telling</c><00:50:58.820><c> the</c><00:50:59.079><c> Romans</c><00:50:59.320><c> that</c><00:50:59.780><c> now</c><00:51:00.400><c> is</c><00:51:00.699><c> the</c><00:51:01.039><c> time,</c><00:51:01.400><c> and</c><00:51:01.619><c> these</c><00:51:01.860><c> two</c>

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words<00:51:02.340><c> for</c>

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time<00:51:03.139><c> in</c><00:51:03.480><c> this</c><00:51:03.780><c> verse</c><00:51:03.940><c> are</c><00:51:04.139><c> different</c><00:51:04.480><c> words</c><00:51:04.719><c> in</c><00:51:04.860><c> the</c><00:51:05.019><c> Greek,</c>

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the<00:51:06.079><c> first</c><00:51:06.360><c> referring</c><00:51:06.840><c> to</c><00:51:07.179><c> a</c>

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season<00:51:08.000><c> or</c><00:51:08.219><c> a</c><00:51:08.420><c> period,</c><00:51:09.179><c> the</c><00:51:09.400><c> second</c><00:51:09.699><c> to</c><00:51:10.019><c> the</c><00:51:10.340><c> hour.</c><00:51:11.159><c> So</c><00:51:11.320><c> he's</c>

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saying<00:51:11.780><c> that</c><00:51:12.280><c> now</c><00:51:12.559><c> is</c><00:51:12.820><c> the</c>

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time,<00:51:13.280><c> now</c><00:51:13.539><c> is</c><00:51:13.719><c> the</c><00:51:13.880><c> season,</c><00:51:14.139><c> now</c><00:51:14.380><c> is</c><00:51:14.539><c> the</c><00:51:14.739><c> proper</c><00:51:15.039><c> time,</c><00:51:15.800><c> the</c>

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time<00:51:16.239><c> that's</c><00:51:16.440><c> been</c><00:51:16.679><c> appointed</c><00:51:16.960><c> by</c><00:51:17.280><c> God</c>

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for<00:51:18.219><c> the</c><00:51:18.420><c> Gentiles</c><00:51:18.920><c> to</c><00:51:19.400><c> awake</c><00:51:19.780><c> out</c><00:51:20.019><c> of</c><00:51:20.159><c> their</c><00:51:20.340><c> sleep</c><00:51:20.639><c> and</c><00:51:21.019><c> come</c>

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forth<00:51:21.480><c> in</c><00:51:21.679><c> delight.</c><00:51:22.300><c> And</c><00:51:22.539><c> he's</c>

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stating<00:51:22.940><c> that</c><00:51:23.119><c> they</c><00:51:23.360><c> were</c><00:51:23.579><c> now</c><00:51:23.880><c> living</c><00:51:24.119><c> at</c><00:51:24.559><c> that</c><00:51:24.820><c> time,</c><00:51:25.099><c> at</c><00:51:25.320><c> that</c><00:51:25.639><c> hour.</c><00:51:27.219><c> Now</c><00:51:27.559><c> is</c><00:51:27.820><c> that</c>

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hour.<00:51:28.840><c> It's</c><00:51:29.340><c> the</c><00:51:29.500><c> season</c><00:51:29.780><c> prophesied</c><00:51:30.460><c> and</c><00:51:30.599><c> we're</c><00:51:30.800><c> now</c><00:51:31.019><c> at</c>

00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:32.340
that<00:51:31.460><c> hour.</c>

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The<00:51:34.219><c> key</c><00:51:34.500><c> here,</c><00:51:35.000><c> of</c><00:51:35.260><c> course,</c><00:51:35.480><c> is</c><00:51:35.659><c> the</c><00:51:35.860><c> fulfillment</c><00:51:36.440><c> of</c><00:51:36.800><c> Bible</c><00:51:37.139><c> prophecy.</c>

00:51:38.380 --> 00:51:40.960
And<00:51:38.639><c> since</c><00:51:38.880><c> they</c><00:51:39.039><c> were</c><00:51:39.300><c> witnessing</c><00:51:39.760><c> this</c><00:51:40.099><c> before</c><00:51:40.360><c> their</c><00:51:40.639><c> very</c>

00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:43.039
eyes,<00:51:41.800><c> he's</c><00:51:42.199><c> saying</c><00:51:42.300><c> that</c><00:51:42.460><c> they</c><00:51:42.619><c> should</c><00:51:42.820><c> now</c>

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:46.739
be<00:51:43.340><c> motivated</c><00:51:44.179><c> to</c><00:51:45.000><c> get</c><00:51:45.159><c> up</c><00:51:45.380><c> and</c><00:51:45.559><c> get</c><00:51:45.780><c> moving</c><00:51:46.039><c> and</c><00:51:46.199><c> get</c><00:51:46.380><c> to</c><00:51:46.599><c> work</c>

00:51:46.739 --> 00:51:48.119
for<00:51:46.960><c> the</c><00:51:47.199><c> truth.</c>

00:51:50.780 --> 00:51:53.260
The<00:51:51.300><c> same</c><00:51:51.820><c> idea</c><00:51:52.340><c> comes</c><00:51:52.639><c> on</c><00:51:52.920><c> in</c><00:51:53.059><c> this</c>

00:51:53.260 --> 00:51:58.760
idea<00:51:53.519><c> that</c><00:51:53.719><c> says</c><00:51:53.940><c> that</c><00:51:56.980><c> the</c><00:51:57.159><c> night</c><00:51:57.400><c> is</c><00:51:57.880><c> far</c><00:51:58.260><c> spent</c>

00:51:58.760 --> 00:52:03.980
or<00:51:59.300><c> far</c><00:51:59.659><c> gone,</c><00:52:00.659><c> for</c><00:52:00.820><c> light</c><00:52:01.179><c> indeed</c><00:52:01.619><c> had</c><00:52:01.840><c> come</c><00:52:02.059><c> to</c><00:52:02.239><c> the</c><00:52:02.360><c> Gentiles</c><00:52:02.780><c> at</c><00:52:02.940><c> this</c><00:52:03.179><c> time.</c>

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:08.179
The<00:52:04.179><c> light</c><00:52:04.340><c> was</c><00:52:04.539><c> coming</c><00:52:04.800><c> out.</c><00:52:05.360><c> The</c><00:52:05.360><c> Gentile</c><00:52:06.500><c> night,</c><00:52:07.079><c> according</c><00:52:07.320><c> to</c><00:52:07.500><c> the</c><00:52:07.739><c> Gentiles</c>

00:52:08.179 --> 00:52:11.840
as<00:52:08.619><c> the</c><00:52:08.800><c> people,</c><00:52:09.099><c> was</c><00:52:09.300><c> gone.</c><00:52:09.980><c> Light</c><00:52:10.260><c> was</c><00:52:10.519><c> coming</c><00:52:10.760><c> to</c><00:52:10.960><c> them.</c>

00:52:12.099 --> 00:52:13.139
That<00:52:12.340><c> had</c><00:52:12.519><c> been</c><00:52:12.679><c> the</c><00:52:12.900><c> time</c>

00:52:13.139 --> 00:52:15.539
prophesied,<00:52:13.880><c> that</c><00:52:14.099><c> time</c><00:52:14.300><c> when</c><00:52:14.440><c> they</c><00:52:14.579><c> were</c><00:52:14.780><c> now</c><00:52:15.099><c> experiencing</c>

00:52:15.539 --> 00:52:18.380
when<00:52:15.800><c> the</c><00:52:16.019><c> Gentiles,</c><00:52:17.059><c> along</c><00:52:17.380><c> with</c><00:52:17.659><c> the</c><00:52:17.880><c> Jews,</c>

00:52:18.380 --> 00:52:21.219
would<00:52:18.940><c> be</c><00:52:19.219><c> preached</c><00:52:19.519><c> the</c><00:52:19.739><c> way</c><00:52:19.960><c> of</c><00:52:20.239><c> salvation.</c><00:52:20.760><c> And</c><00:52:20.880><c> it</c><00:52:20.920><c> was</c>

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:23.739
nearer<00:52:21.840><c> when</c><00:52:21.940><c> they</c><00:52:22.500><c> first</c><00:52:22.880><c> learned</c><00:52:23.159><c> about</c><00:52:23.420><c> all</c><00:52:23.619><c> this</c>

00:52:23.739 --> 00:52:27.159
the<00:52:23.860><c> day</c><00:52:24.039><c> of</c><00:52:24.219><c> Pentecost.</c><00:52:25.280><c> The</c><00:52:25.500><c> night's</c><00:52:25.880><c> far</c><00:52:26.059><c> gone.</c><00:52:26.699><c> And</c><00:52:26.880><c> that</c>

00:52:27.159 --> 00:52:28.199
light<00:52:27.400><c> had,</c><00:52:27.840><c> in</c><00:52:27.960><c> fact,</c>

00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:31.659
come<00:52:28.800><c> to</c><00:52:28.960><c> the</c><00:52:29.099><c> Gentiles.</c><00:52:29.739><c> The</c><00:52:29.960><c> day</c><00:52:30.159><c> was</c><00:52:30.360><c> at</c><00:52:30.599><c> hand.</c><00:52:31.099><c> And</c><00:52:31.219><c> as</c><00:52:31.460><c> the</c>

00:52:31.659 --> 00:52:33.059
Revised<00:52:32.000><c> Standard</c><00:52:32.300><c> Version</c><00:52:32.619><c> says,</c>

00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:37.679
the<00:52:33.480><c> day</c><00:52:33.760><c> has</c><00:52:34.039><c> approached.</c><00:52:35.019><c> Now,</c><00:52:35.420><c> brothers</c><00:52:35.480><c> and</c><00:52:35.719><c> sisters,</c><00:52:35.960><c> this</c><00:52:36.159><c> cannot</c><00:52:36.619><c> refer</c><00:52:37.219><c> to</c>

00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:38.199
the<00:52:37.840><c> coming</c><00:52:38.000><c> of</c><00:52:38.179><c> the</c>

00:52:38.199 --> 00:52:41.539
Lord<00:52:38.360><c> Jesus</c><00:52:38.699><c> Christ.</c><00:52:39.219><c> That</c><00:52:39.579><c> day</c><00:52:39.780><c> was</c><00:52:40.119><c> not</c><00:52:40.320><c> at</c><00:52:40.539><c> hand</c><00:52:40.719><c> when</c><00:52:40.860><c> these</c><00:52:41.059><c> words</c><00:52:41.260><c> were</c>

00:52:41.539 --> 00:52:43.619
penned.<00:52:42.380><c> It</c><00:52:42.559><c> had</c><00:52:42.800><c> not</c><00:52:43.079><c> approached.</c>

00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:47.159
He<00:52:44.219><c> was</c><00:52:44.480><c> talking</c><00:52:44.860><c> of</c><00:52:45.039><c> the</c><00:52:45.179><c> day</c><00:52:45.320><c> of</c><00:52:45.460><c> the</c><00:52:45.619><c> fulfillment</c><00:52:45.940><c> of</c><00:52:46.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:52:46.400><c> 49.</c>

00:52:47.659 --> 00:52:48.420
Now<00:52:47.760><c> the</c><00:52:47.880><c> key</c>

00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:51.199
in<00:52:48.719><c> this</c><00:52:49.000><c> section</c><00:52:49.260><c> lies</c><00:52:49.539><c> in</c><00:52:49.719><c> the</c><00:52:49.800><c> next</c><00:52:50.000><c> phrase</c><00:52:50.320><c> there</c><00:52:50.739><c> in</c><00:52:51.019><c> that</c>

00:52:51.199 --> 00:52:52.880
twelfth<00:52:51.579><c> verse</c><00:52:51.739><c> where</c><00:52:51.900><c> he</c><00:52:52.139><c> states,</c>

00:52:53.059 --> 00:52:56.980
Let<00:52:53.079><c> us</c><00:52:53.539><c> therefore.</c><00:52:55.280><c> The</c><00:52:55.539><c> comments</c><00:52:55.820><c> he's</c><00:52:56.199><c> previously</c><00:52:56.679><c> made</c>

00:52:56.980 --> 00:52:58.199
in<00:52:57.179><c> verses</c><00:52:57.420><c> 11</c><00:52:57.719><c> and</c><00:52:57.840><c> 12</c>

00:52:58.199 --> 00:53:00.500
have<00:52:58.539><c> all</c><00:52:58.760><c> been</c><00:52:58.900><c> leading</c><00:52:59.059><c> up</c><00:52:59.260><c> to</c><00:52:59.420><c> this</c><00:52:59.619><c> phrase.</c><00:53:00.039><c> Therefore,</c>

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because<00:53:00.840><c> of</c><00:53:01.019><c> all</c><00:53:01.239><c> this,</c><00:53:01.900><c> he</c><00:53:02.099><c> says,</c>

00:53:02.320 --> 00:53:05.780
since<00:53:02.739><c> the</c><00:53:02.960><c> day</c><00:53:03.179><c> is</c><00:53:03.480><c> now</c><00:53:04.000><c> upon</c><00:53:04.420><c> us</c><00:53:04.539><c> that's</c><00:53:04.679><c> been</c><00:53:04.940><c> prophesied,</c>

00:53:06.139 --> 00:53:07.840
that<00:53:06.699><c> should</c><00:53:06.980><c> give</c><00:53:07.219><c> us</c><00:53:07.539><c> much</c>

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:13.559
conviction<00:53:08.360><c> of</c><00:53:08.559><c> our</c><00:53:08.880><c> faith</c><00:53:09.139><c> as</c><00:53:09.559><c> we</c><00:53:09.780><c> see</c><00:53:10.199><c> the</c><00:53:10.460><c> hand</c><00:53:10.760><c> of</c><00:53:10.980><c> God</c><00:53:11.239><c> working</c><00:53:11.780><c> amongst</c><00:53:12.260><c> us.</c>

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:17.780
And<00:53:13.960><c> it's</c><00:53:14.300><c> evidence</c><00:53:14.659><c> of</c><00:53:15.199><c> Paul's</c><00:53:16.119><c> opening</c><00:53:16.380><c> verses</c><00:53:16.760><c> of</c>

00:53:17.780 --> 00:53:21.539
opening<00:53:17.780><c> words</c><00:53:18.099><c> of</c><00:53:18.940><c> comments</c><00:53:19.260><c> of</c><00:53:19.500><c> chapter</c><00:53:19.739><c> 13</c><00:53:20.340><c> that</c><00:53:20.980><c> our</c><00:53:21.280><c> God</c>

00:53:21.539 --> 00:53:23.119
would<00:53:21.840><c> do</c><00:53:22.159><c> as</c><00:53:22.500><c> he</c><00:53:22.940><c> said</c>

00:53:23.119 --> 00:53:28.139
he<00:53:23.400><c> was.</c><00:53:23.579><c> That</c><00:53:23.760><c> he's</c><00:53:24.119><c> in</c><00:53:24.460><c> control.</c><00:53:25.380><c> Our</c><00:53:25.760><c> God</c><00:53:25.980><c> is</c><00:53:26.199><c> the</c><00:53:26.579><c> power</c><00:53:27.159><c> in</c><00:53:27.800><c> the</c>

00:53:28.139 --> 00:53:31.679
control<00:53:28.280><c> of</c><00:53:28.440><c> the</c><00:53:28.619><c> governments</c><00:53:28.860><c> of</c><00:53:29.099><c> the</c><00:53:29.260><c> earth.</c><00:53:30.320><c> So</c><00:53:30.500><c> Paul</c><00:53:30.800><c> says,</c><00:53:31.679><c> Let</c>

00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:33.179
us<00:53:31.880><c> therefore.</c>

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Excuse<00:53:34.340><c> me</c><00:53:34.539><c> there.</c><00:53:36.320><c> Let</c><00:53:36.320><c> us</c><00:53:36.519><c> therefore,</c><00:53:37.019><c> because</c><00:53:37.320><c> of</c><00:53:37.519><c> this</c><00:53:37.699><c> witness</c>

00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:40.320
of<00:53:38.239><c> our</c><00:53:38.519><c> faith</c><00:53:38.659><c> right</c><00:53:38.900><c> before</c><00:53:39.280><c> our</c><00:53:39.500><c> eyes,</c><00:53:39.739><c> this</c><00:53:39.920><c> fulfilled</c>

00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:42.840
Bible<00:53:40.679><c> prophecy,</c><00:53:41.760><c> cast</c><00:53:42.079><c> off</c><00:53:42.360><c> darkness,</c>

00:53:43.260 --> 00:53:46.619
put<00:53:43.440><c> on</c><00:53:43.780><c> light,</c><00:53:44.480><c> walk</c><00:53:44.739><c> honestly</c><00:53:45.159><c> or</c><00:53:45.460><c> decently</c><00:53:45.900><c> or</c><00:53:46.179><c> honorably</c>

00:53:46.619 --> 00:53:48.159
or<00:53:46.860><c> Christ</c><00:53:47.199><c>-like,</c>

00:53:48.320 --> 00:53:51.420
and<00:53:48.500><c> note</c><00:53:48.679><c> that</c><00:53:49.219><c> both</c><00:53:49.659><c> of</c><00:53:49.940><c> these</c><00:53:50.320><c> actions</c><00:53:50.760><c> are</c><00:53:51.000><c> necessary.</c>

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:52.659
The<00:53:51.599><c> positive</c><00:53:51.980><c> and</c><00:53:52.139><c> the</c><00:53:52.380><c> negative.</c>

00:53:53.099 --> 00:53:55.760
The<00:53:53.440><c> casting</c><00:53:53.719><c> off</c><00:53:54.059><c> of</c><00:53:54.300><c> darkness,</c><00:53:54.960><c> the</c><00:53:55.079><c> ways</c><00:53:55.199><c> of</c><00:53:55.380><c> the</c><00:53:55.579><c> flesh,</c>

00:53:56.199 --> 00:53:57.659
the<00:53:56.360><c> putting</c><00:53:56.579><c> on</c><00:53:56.820><c> the</c><00:53:56.940><c> way</c><00:53:57.159><c> on</c><00:53:57.440><c> light,</c>

00:53:57.659 --> 00:54:01.559
the<00:53:57.980><c> ways</c><00:53:58.119><c> of</c><00:53:58.340><c> the</c><00:53:58.480><c> Spirit.</c><00:53:59.119><c> The</c><00:53:59.159><c> same</c><00:54:00.039><c> subject</c><00:54:00.820><c> and</c><00:54:01.119><c> principle</c><00:54:01.400><c> that's</c>

00:54:01.559 --> 00:54:02.860
been<00:54:01.760><c> put</c><00:54:01.920><c> forth</c><00:54:02.099><c> by</c><00:54:02.280><c> all</c><00:54:02.440><c> our</c><00:54:02.599><c> speakers</c>

00:54:02.860 --> 00:54:07.739
all<00:54:03.099><c> week</c><00:54:03.320><c> long.</c><00:54:03.639><c> And</c><00:54:03.719><c> note</c><00:54:03.900><c> the</c><00:54:04.179><c> order.</c><00:54:04.760><c> This</c><00:54:04.960><c> is</c><00:54:05.159><c> not</c><00:54:05.320><c> accidental</c><00:54:05.800><c> either.</c><00:54:06.440><c> We</c><00:54:06.519><c> must</c><00:54:06.760><c> first</c><00:54:07.199><c> put</c><00:54:07.480><c> the</c>

00:54:07.739 --> 00:54:11.159
old<00:54:08.059><c> man</c><00:54:08.239><c> of</c><00:54:08.380><c> the</c><00:54:08.619><c> flesh</c><00:54:08.840><c> to</c><00:54:09.159><c> death</c><00:54:09.679><c> and</c><00:54:10.159><c> then</c><00:54:10.480><c> we</c><00:54:10.639><c> can</c><00:54:10.780><c> put</c><00:54:10.980><c> on</c>

00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:12.940
the<00:54:11.340><c> armor</c><00:54:11.519><c> of</c><00:54:11.659><c> the</c><00:54:11.760><c> light</c><00:54:11.880><c> of</c><00:54:12.079><c> Christ.</c>

00:54:13.039 --> 00:54:16.340
It<00:54:13.300><c> cannot</c><00:54:13.539><c> be</c><00:54:13.800><c> done</c><00:54:13.920><c> in</c><00:54:14.099><c> the</c><00:54:14.239><c> other</c><00:54:14.440><c> order.</c><00:54:15.539><c> We</c><00:54:15.739><c> cannot</c><00:54:16.059><c> hold</c>

00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:17.920
onto<00:54:16.579><c> the</c><00:54:16.860><c> darkness</c><00:54:17.199><c> of</c><00:54:17.420><c> the</c><00:54:17.619><c> world</c>

00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:20.019
and<00:54:18.300><c> expect</c><00:54:18.579><c> to</c><00:54:18.719><c> be</c><00:54:18.860><c> filled</c><00:54:19.119><c> with</c><00:54:19.260><c> the</c><00:54:19.440><c> light</c><00:54:19.559><c> of</c><00:54:19.719><c> the</c><00:54:19.920><c> Spirit.</c>

00:54:20.099 --> 00:54:22.960
It<00:54:20.159><c> won't</c><00:54:20.260><c> work</c><00:54:20.480><c> that</c><00:54:20.760><c> way.</c><00:54:21.800><c> This</c><00:54:22.079><c> speaks</c><00:54:22.360><c> to</c><00:54:22.639><c> us</c>

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of<00:54:23.139><c> the</c><00:54:23.480><c> many</c><00:54:23.699><c> that</c><00:54:24.019><c> take</c><00:54:24.199><c> on</c><00:54:24.699><c> Christ</c><00:54:25.199><c> but</c><00:54:25.739><c> have</c><00:54:26.079><c> not</c><00:54:26.659><c> really</c>

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cut<00:54:27.320><c> off</c><00:54:27.659><c> the</c><00:54:27.860><c> man</c><00:54:27.980><c> of</c>

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the<00:54:28.360><c> flesh.</c><00:54:29.420><c> This</c><00:54:29.659><c> is</c><00:54:29.920><c> Paul's</c><00:54:30.320><c> exhortation.</c><00:54:30.940><c> To</c><00:54:31.099><c> walk</c><00:54:31.559><c> as</c><00:54:32.079><c> in</c>

00:54:32.280 --> 00:54:33.000
the<00:54:32.539><c> day,</c>

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as<00:54:33.619><c> to</c><00:54:33.820><c> pose</c><00:54:34.000><c> to</c><00:54:34.179><c> our</c><00:54:34.360><c> previous</c><00:54:34.820><c> walking</c><00:54:35.280><c> in</c><00:54:35.460><c> the</c><00:54:35.639><c> darkness.</c>

00:54:38.139 --> 00:54:41.099
Now<00:54:38.280><c> he</c><00:54:38.360><c> goes</c><00:54:38.539><c> on</c><00:54:38.760><c> in</c><00:54:38.860><c> verses</c><00:54:39.099><c> 13</c><00:54:39.519><c> and</c><00:54:39.679><c> 14</c><00:54:40.159><c> to</c><00:54:40.480><c> mention</c><00:54:40.820><c> some</c>

00:54:41.099 --> 00:54:43.059
particular<00:54:41.739><c> sins</c><00:54:42.219><c> that</c><00:54:42.820><c> were</c>

00:54:43.059 --> 00:54:47.079
very<00:54:43.440><c> definitely</c><00:54:43.980><c> descriptive</c><00:54:44.599><c> of</c><00:54:44.800><c> the</c><00:54:44.980><c> day</c><00:54:45.139><c> and</c><00:54:45.260><c> age</c><00:54:45.559><c> in</c><00:54:46.000><c> which</c><00:54:46.239><c> the</c>

00:54:47.079 --> 00:54:47.960
Roman<00:54:47.360><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:54:47.960 --> 00:54:51.480
existed.<00:54:48.840><c> And</c><00:54:49.039><c> perhaps</c><00:54:49.380><c> we're</c><00:54:49.599><c> even</c><00:54:49.980><c> at</c><00:54:50.360><c> that</c><00:54:50.659><c> time</c><00:54:51.119><c> creeping</c>

00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:53.320
into<00:54:51.760><c> the</c><00:54:51.960><c> Ecclesia</c><00:54:52.260><c> itself.</c>

00:54:53.400 --> 00:54:56.139
We<00:54:53.599><c> believe</c><00:54:53.739><c> this</c><00:54:53.940><c> is</c><00:54:54.179><c> probably</c><00:54:54.480><c> the</c><00:54:54.719><c> case</c><00:54:54.940><c> because</c><00:54:55.380><c> he</c><00:54:55.800><c> seems</c>

00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:57.960
to<00:54:57.000><c> especially</c><00:54:57.239><c> emphasize</c><00:54:57.739><c> this</c>

00:54:57.960 --> 00:55:01.460
perspective.<00:54:58.880><c> He</c><00:54:59.079><c> points</c><00:54:59.340><c> out</c><00:55:00.119><c> rioting</c><00:55:00.719><c> and</c><00:55:00.920><c> drunkenness,</c>

00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:03.219
which<00:55:01.639><c> gives</c><00:55:01.840><c> us</c><00:55:02.059><c> the</c><00:55:02.260><c> idea</c><00:55:02.599><c> of</c>

00:55:03.219 --> 00:55:07.860
drunken<00:55:03.639><c> wildness</c><00:55:04.239><c> or</c><00:55:04.440><c> loudness.</c><00:55:05.320><c> He</c><00:55:05.500><c> points</c><00:55:05.699><c> out</c><00:55:06.199><c> chambering,</c><00:55:06.900><c> which</c><00:55:07.019><c> is</c><00:55:07.380><c> sexual</c>

00:55:07.860 --> 00:55:12.099
promiscuity.<00:55:09.019><c> He</c><00:55:09.159><c> points</c><00:55:09.400><c> out</c><00:55:09.800><c> wantonness,</c><00:55:10.920><c> which</c><00:55:11.599><c> points</c>

00:55:12.099 --> 00:55:13.039
to<00:55:12.360><c> indecency.</c>

00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:17.940
He<00:55:13.440><c> points</c><00:55:13.719><c> out</c><00:55:14.079><c> strife</c><00:55:14.579><c> and</c><00:55:14.840><c> envying,</c><00:55:15.420><c> which</c><00:55:15.420><c> speaks</c><00:55:15.699><c> of</c><00:55:16.159><c> contention</c><00:55:16.800><c> and</c><00:55:17.059><c> hatred</c>

00:55:18.099 --> 00:55:20.719
and<00:55:18.619><c> heated</c><00:55:18.840><c> argument</c><00:55:19.159><c> among</c><00:55:19.280><c> the</c><00:55:19.460><c> brethren.</c><00:55:20.380><c> And</c><00:55:20.519><c> then</c><00:55:20.619><c> the</c>

00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:22.840
next<00:55:21.039><c> verse,</c><00:55:21.400><c> he</c><00:55:21.400><c> sums</c><00:55:21.639><c> it</c><00:55:21.860><c> all</c><00:55:21.980><c> up</c><00:55:22.159><c> again</c><00:55:22.380><c> and</c><00:55:22.500><c> says</c>

00:55:22.840 --> 00:55:27.179
for<00:55:23.280><c> them</c><00:55:23.500><c> not</c><00:55:23.820><c> to</c><00:55:24.019><c> make</c><00:55:24.219><c> any</c><00:55:24.800><c> provision</c><00:55:25.380><c> for</c><00:55:25.679><c> the</c><00:55:25.940><c> flesh.</c><00:55:26.980><c> And</c>

00:55:27.179 --> 00:55:28.159
that<00:55:27.480><c> means</c><00:55:27.659><c> that</c><00:55:27.820><c> they</c><00:55:28.000><c> make</c>

00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:33.260
no<00:55:28.599><c> excuses</c><00:55:29.360><c> for</c><00:55:30.460><c> their</c><00:55:30.739><c> behavior.</c><00:55:32.300><c> And</c><00:55:32.519><c> they</c><00:55:32.599><c> were</c><00:55:32.780><c> arguing</c>

00:55:33.260 --> 00:55:36.260
here<00:55:33.579><c> that</c><00:55:33.719><c> it's</c><00:55:33.960><c> not</c><00:55:34.199><c> really</c><00:55:34.460><c> all</c><00:55:34.659><c> their</c><00:55:34.960><c> fault</c><00:55:35.260><c> because</c><00:55:35.840><c> of</c>

00:55:36.260 --> 00:55:38.179
the<00:55:36.480><c> pull</c><00:55:36.699><c> of</c><00:55:36.900><c> the</c><00:55:37.139><c> flesh.</c><00:55:37.300><c> This</c><00:55:37.519><c> is</c><00:55:37.719><c> the</c><00:55:37.920><c> natural</c>

00:55:38.179 --> 00:55:41.099
that<00:55:38.300><c> comes</c><00:55:38.559><c> along.</c><00:55:39.579><c> When</c><00:55:39.719><c> as</c><00:55:39.940><c> we</c><00:55:40.099><c> hear</c><00:55:40.199><c> in</c><00:55:40.320><c> our</c><00:55:40.539><c> classes</c><00:55:40.800><c> this</c>

00:55:41.099 --> 00:55:43.420
week<00:55:41.320><c> that,</c><00:55:41.880><c> oh,</c><00:55:42.219><c> the</c><00:55:42.440><c> flesh</c><00:55:42.639><c> pulls</c><00:55:42.860><c> us</c><00:55:43.039><c> so</c>

00:55:43.420 --> 00:55:46.599
hard.<00:55:43.679><c> The</c><00:55:43.920><c> flesh</c><00:55:44.139><c> is</c><00:55:44.260><c> what</c><00:55:44.400><c> draws</c><00:55:44.760><c> us</c><00:55:45.000><c> away.</c><00:55:45.780><c> It's</c><00:55:46.179><c> what</c><00:55:46.380><c> we</c>

00:55:46.599 --> 00:55:48.519
have<00:55:46.780><c> to</c><00:55:46.980><c> work</c><00:55:47.159><c> on</c><00:55:47.380><c> because</c><00:55:47.639><c> it's</c><00:55:47.940><c> stronger.</c>

00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:51.679
It's<00:55:49.420><c> easier</c><00:55:49.820><c> to</c><00:55:50.019><c> go</c><00:55:50.179><c> that</c><00:55:50.500><c> way</c><00:55:50.659><c> than</c><00:55:50.780><c> it</c><00:55:50.940><c> is</c><00:55:51.059><c> the</c><00:55:51.159><c> way</c><00:55:51.300><c> of</c><00:55:51.480><c> the</c>

00:55:51.679 --> 00:55:53.280
spirit.<00:55:52.139><c> It's</c><00:55:52.460><c> natural</c><00:55:52.780><c> then</c><00:55:52.940><c> for</c><00:55:53.079><c> the</c>

00:55:53.280 --> 00:55:56.360
human<00:55:53.440><c> mind</c><00:55:53.699><c> to</c><00:55:53.880><c> say,</c><00:55:54.119><c> well,</c><00:55:54.280><c> how</c><00:55:54.500><c> can</c><00:55:54.639><c> I</c><00:55:54.780><c> do</c><00:55:54.960><c> this?</c><00:55:55.780><c> It's</c><00:55:56.000><c> almost</c><00:55:56.179><c> like</c>

00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:58.199
the<00:55:56.579><c> church's</c><00:55:56.940><c> idea</c><00:55:57.099><c> of</c><00:55:57.260><c> the</c><00:55:57.380><c> devil.</c><00:55:57.960><c> The</c>

00:55:58.199 --> 00:56:00.840
devil<00:55:58.360><c> is</c><00:55:58.519><c> supernatural.</c><00:55:59.079><c> How</c><00:55:59.219><c> can</c><00:55:59.380><c> I</c><00:55:59.559><c> win?</c><00:55:59.820><c> He's</c><00:56:00.139><c> stronger</c><00:56:00.420><c> than</c><00:56:00.659><c> I</c>

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:03.099
am.<00:56:01.679><c> It's</c><00:56:01.880><c> the</c><00:56:02.019><c> same</c><00:56:02.260><c> concept</c><00:56:02.719><c> in</c><00:56:02.940><c> a</c><00:56:03.000><c> way,</c>

00:56:03.099 --> 00:56:06.320
brothers<00:56:03.360><c> and</c><00:56:03.579><c> sisters,</c><00:56:04.659><c> where</c><00:56:04.659><c> making</c><00:56:05.340><c> provision</c><00:56:05.900><c> for</c><00:56:06.099><c> the</c>

00:56:06.320 --> 00:56:08.280
flesh<00:56:06.539><c> is</c><00:56:06.679><c> saying</c><00:56:07.019><c> that,</c><00:56:07.739><c> oh,</c><00:56:07.739><c> I'm</c><00:56:08.039><c> not</c>

00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:12.639
expected<00:56:08.539><c> to</c><00:56:08.679><c> be</c><00:56:08.880><c> perfect</c><00:56:09.159><c> anyway.</c><00:56:11.400><c> He</c><00:56:11.599><c> says</c><00:56:11.820><c> not</c><00:56:12.239><c> to</c><00:56:12.480><c> make</c>

00:56:12.639 --> 00:56:13.559
these<00:56:12.960><c> provisions</c>

00:56:13.559 --> 00:56:18.699
for<00:56:14.139><c> the</c><00:56:14.360><c> flesh.</c><00:56:15.840><c> He</c><00:56:16.019><c> says</c><00:56:16.340><c> rather</c><00:56:16.699><c> in</c><00:56:16.880><c> verse</c><00:56:17.219><c> 14,</c>

00:56:19.460 --> 00:56:23.440
no,<00:56:20.239><c> these</c><00:56:20.480><c> things</c><00:56:20.780><c> must</c><00:56:21.039><c> be</c><00:56:21.320><c> put</c><00:56:21.559><c> off</c><00:56:21.960><c> and</c><00:56:22.360><c> rather</c><00:56:22.659><c> the</c><00:56:22.820><c> Lord</c><00:56:23.059><c> Jesus</c>

00:56:23.440 --> 00:56:27.480
Christ<00:56:23.800><c> must</c><00:56:24.059><c> be</c><00:56:24.500><c> put</c><00:56:24.699><c> on.</c><00:56:25.960><c> And</c><00:56:26.159><c> a</c><00:56:26.380><c> further</c><00:56:26.599><c> consideration</c><00:56:27.260><c> of</c>

00:56:27.480 --> 00:56:28.280
Isaiah<00:56:27.739><c> 49</c>

00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:31.320
is<00:56:28.679><c> considered,</c><00:56:29.320><c> which</c><00:56:29.400><c> you</c><00:56:29.519><c> don't</c><00:56:29.679><c> have</c><00:56:29.900><c> time</c><00:56:30.119><c> for</c><00:56:30.320><c> now.</c><00:56:30.900><c> We'll</c><00:56:31.179><c> see</c>

00:56:31.320 --> 00:56:33.400
that<00:56:31.460><c> the</c><00:56:31.659><c> prophet</c><00:56:31.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:56:32.500><c> not</c><00:56:33.159><c> only</c>

00:56:33.400 --> 00:56:37.659
speaks<00:56:33.639><c> of</c><00:56:33.800><c> the</c><00:56:34.019><c> light</c><00:56:34.179><c> coming</c><00:56:34.380><c> to</c><00:56:34.579><c> the</c><00:56:34.760><c> Gentiles,</c><00:56:35.420><c> but</c><00:56:35.539><c> he</c><00:56:35.739><c> also</c><00:56:36.039><c> mentions</c><00:56:36.500><c> what's</c><00:56:37.380><c> in</c>

00:56:37.659 --> 00:56:38.420
store<00:56:37.920><c> for</c><00:56:38.139><c> those</c>

00:56:38.420 --> 00:56:41.699
that<00:56:38.920><c> heed</c><00:56:39.039><c> these</c><00:56:39.480><c> words,</c><00:56:39.739><c> that</c><00:56:40.039><c> heed</c><00:56:40.260><c> these</c><00:56:40.559><c> words</c><00:56:40.880><c> of</c><00:56:41.440><c> the</c>

00:56:41.699 --> 00:56:43.440
call<00:56:42.019><c> to</c><00:56:42.320><c> salvation.</c>

00:56:43.579 --> 00:56:47.880
In<00:56:43.760><c> Isaiah</c><00:56:44.079><c> 49</c><00:56:44.440><c> and</c><00:56:44.599><c> 13,</c><00:56:45.199><c> those</c><00:56:45.420><c> verses</c><00:56:46.519><c> that</c><00:56:46.739><c> come</c><00:56:46.840><c> right</c><00:56:47.039><c> after</c><00:56:47.260><c> the</c>

00:56:47.880 --> 00:56:48.400
section<00:56:48.199><c> that</c>

00:56:48.400 --> 00:56:52.000
Paul<00:56:48.920><c> so</c><00:56:49.400><c> vividly</c><00:56:49.860><c> refers</c><00:56:50.099><c> to</c><00:56:50.340><c> there</c><00:56:50.519><c> in</c><00:56:50.659><c> these</c><00:56:50.820><c> verses,</c><00:56:51.679><c> he</c>

00:56:52.000 --> 00:56:53.360
mentions,<00:56:52.539><c> he</c><00:56:52.539><c> says,</c><00:56:52.860><c> sing,</c><00:56:53.119><c> oh,</c>

00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:56.579
heavens,<00:56:53.920><c> be</c><00:56:54.099><c> joyful,</c><00:56:54.619><c> oh,</c><00:56:54.920><c> earth,</c><00:56:55.300><c> break</c><00:56:55.500><c> forth</c><00:56:55.840><c> into</c><00:56:56.099><c> singing,</c><00:56:56.579><c> oh,</c>

00:56:56.579 --> 00:56:58.019
mountains,<00:56:57.239><c> for</c><00:56:57.500><c> Yahweh</c>

00:56:58.019 --> 00:57:01.219
hath<00:56:58.340><c> comforted</c><00:56:58.820><c> his</c><00:56:59.019><c> people</c><00:56:59.400><c> and</c><00:56:59.800><c> will</c><00:57:00.059><c> have</c><00:57:00.360><c> mercy</c><00:57:00.760><c> on</c><00:57:01.019><c> his</c>

00:57:01.219 --> 00:57:03.159
afflicted.<00:57:02.380><c> Beautiful</c><00:57:02.900><c> words,</c>

00:57:03.300 --> 00:57:06.099
brothers<00:57:03.480><c> and</c><00:57:03.719><c> sisters,</c><00:57:04.519><c> the</c><00:57:04.760><c> beautiful</c><00:57:05.239><c> words</c><00:57:05.539><c> of</c><00:57:05.840><c> promise</c>

00:57:06.099 --> 00:57:08.099
that<00:57:06.360><c> await</c><00:57:06.639><c> those</c><00:57:06.960><c> that</c><00:57:07.280><c> follow</c><00:57:07.460><c> the</c><00:57:07.679><c> ways</c><00:57:07.820><c> of</c><00:57:07.980><c> the</c>

00:57:08.099 --> 00:57:12.380
God<00:57:08.239><c> of</c><00:57:08.480><c> Israel.</c><00:57:09.179><c> And</c><00:57:09.519><c> obviously</c><00:57:09.880><c> we</c><00:57:10.059><c> can</c><00:57:10.280><c> see</c><00:57:10.440><c> the</c><00:57:10.679><c> exhortation</c><00:57:11.099><c> to</c><00:57:11.280><c> us</c><00:57:11.460><c> today,</c><00:57:11.840><c> can't</c><00:57:12.039><c> we?</c>

00:57:12.800 --> 00:57:13.219
We<00:57:13.039><c> should</c>

00:57:13.219 --> 00:57:16.940
be<00:57:13.440><c> able</c><00:57:13.579><c> to</c><00:57:13.760><c> see</c><00:57:13.840><c> the</c><00:57:14.079><c> exhortation</c><00:57:14.519><c> that</c><00:57:14.679><c> comes</c><00:57:14.840><c> to</c><00:57:15.000><c> us</c><00:57:15.179><c> today.</c><00:57:16.059><c> We</c><00:57:16.579><c> of</c>

00:57:16.940 --> 00:57:18.320
all<00:57:17.559><c> generations</c>

00:57:18.320 --> 00:57:23.519
that<00:57:18.539><c> have</c><00:57:18.820><c> ever</c><00:57:19.300><c> passed</c><00:57:19.840><c> through</c><00:57:20.460><c> this</c><00:57:21.079><c> world</c><00:57:21.659><c> have</c><00:57:22.400><c> seen</c><00:57:22.840><c> more</c>

00:57:23.519 --> 00:57:27.079
Bible<00:57:24.139><c> prophecy</c><00:57:24.639><c> come</c><00:57:24.920><c> to</c><00:57:25.199><c> light</c><00:57:25.500><c> in</c><00:57:25.880><c> our</c><00:57:26.260><c> generation</c><00:57:26.820><c> than</c>

00:57:27.079 --> 00:57:28.780
all<00:57:27.380><c> of</c><00:57:27.480><c> them</c><00:57:27.559><c> put</c><00:57:27.780><c> together.</c>

00:57:29.079 --> 00:57:32.400
We<00:57:29.280><c> can</c><00:57:29.539><c> stand</c><00:57:29.840><c> right</c><00:57:30.179><c> now,</c><00:57:30.699><c> brothers</c><00:57:30.739><c> and</c><00:57:30.960><c> sisters,</c><00:57:31.239><c> and</c><00:57:31.440><c> just</c><00:57:31.960><c> take</c><00:57:32.179><c> out</c>

00:57:32.400 --> 00:57:33.380
a<00:57:32.579><c> map</c><00:57:32.719><c> of</c><00:57:32.900><c> the</c><00:57:33.099><c> world</c>

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and<00:57:33.780><c> open</c><00:57:34.019><c> up</c><00:57:34.260><c> Ezekiel</c><00:57:34.719><c> chapter</c><00:57:35.179><c> 38</c><00:57:35.760><c> and</c><00:57:36.559><c> John</c><00:57:36.980><c> Thomas</c><00:57:37.420><c> and</c>

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Robert<00:57:38.059><c> Roberts</c>

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would<00:57:38.760><c> be</c><00:57:39.059><c> out</c><00:57:39.500><c> screaming</c><00:57:39.880><c> in</c><00:57:40.139><c> the</c><00:57:40.380><c> streets</c><00:57:40.780><c> if</c><00:57:41.320><c> they</c><00:57:41.539><c> saw</c><00:57:41.840><c> what</c><00:57:42.059><c> had</c><00:57:42.340><c> transpired</c>

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since<00:57:43.500><c> they'd</c><00:57:43.940><c> left.</c><00:57:44.639><c> We</c><00:57:44.980><c> of</c><00:57:45.280><c> all</c><00:57:45.639><c> generations</c><00:57:46.280><c> have</c><00:57:46.639><c> the</c><00:57:46.940><c> witness</c><00:57:47.440><c> of</c>

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Bible<00:57:48.480><c> prophecy</c><00:57:49.099><c> right</c><00:57:49.739><c> before</c><00:57:50.280><c> our</c><00:57:50.599><c> eyes</c><00:57:51.019><c> and</c><00:57:51.460><c> we</c><00:57:51.739><c> need</c><00:57:51.960><c> to</c>

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heed<00:57:52.500><c> these</c><00:57:52.860><c> words</c>

00:57:53.239 --> 00:57:57.159
that<00:57:53.780><c> Paul</c><00:57:54.039><c> is</c><00:57:54.260><c> making</c><00:57:54.539><c> in</c><00:57:54.719><c> these</c><00:57:54.940><c> closing</c><00:57:55.239><c> verses</c><00:57:55.659><c> of</c><00:57:55.880><c> chapter</c><00:57:56.159><c> 13</c><00:57:56.699><c> and</c>

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that<00:57:57.280><c> is</c><00:57:57.460><c> to</c><00:57:57.679><c> awake</c>

00:57:58.179 --> 00:58:03.539
out<00:57:59.119><c> of</c><00:57:59.400><c> sleep</c><00:57:59.599><c> and</c><00:57:59.800><c> out</c><00:57:59.920><c> of</c><00:58:00.119><c> darkness</c><00:58:00.519><c> and</c><00:58:01.380><c> work</c><00:58:01.719><c> towards</c><00:58:02.380><c> our</c><00:58:02.980><c> salvation</c>

00:58:03.539 --> 00:58:08.260
and<00:58:03.780><c> that</c><00:58:03.880><c> of</c><00:58:04.059><c> our</c><00:58:04.179><c> brothers</c><00:58:04.400><c> and</c><00:58:04.679><c> sisters.</c><00:58:06.639><c> We</c><00:58:06.639><c> ask</c><00:58:07.019><c> our</c><00:58:07.280><c> question,</c><00:58:07.739><c> the</c><00:58:07.920><c> question</c>

00:58:08.260 --> 00:58:11.760
then<00:58:08.400><c> is,</c><00:58:08.780><c> what's</c><00:58:09.119><c> our</c><00:58:09.340><c> attitude?</c><00:58:10.340><c> Are</c><00:58:10.500><c> we</c><00:58:10.659><c> so</c><00:58:10.940><c> excited</c><00:58:11.519><c> about</c>

00:58:11.760 --> 00:58:12.800
the<00:58:12.079><c> coming</c><00:58:12.260><c> of</c><00:58:12.460><c> Christ?</c>

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About<00:58:13.179><c> the</c><00:58:13.400><c> nearness</c><00:58:13.659><c> of</c><00:58:13.820><c> these</c><00:58:14.019><c> events</c><00:58:14.320><c> that</c><00:58:14.780><c> we</c><00:58:15.139><c> do</c><00:58:15.440><c> these</c>

00:58:15.679 --> 00:58:17.699
things<00:58:15.900><c> that</c><00:58:16.039><c> we</c><00:58:16.179><c> know</c><00:58:16.320><c> we</c><00:58:16.500><c> ought</c><00:58:16.659><c> to</c><00:58:16.780><c> be</c><00:58:16.960><c> doing?</c>

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Are<00:58:18.039><c> we</c><00:58:18.420><c> earnestly</c><00:58:19.039><c> and</c><00:58:19.460><c> devotingly</c><00:58:20.079><c> following</c><00:58:20.639><c> the</c><00:58:20.840><c> ways</c><00:58:21.119><c> of</c>

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our<00:58:21.500><c> master?</c>

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Is<00:58:22.980><c> that</c><00:58:23.219><c> a</c><00:58:23.460><c> description</c><00:58:23.840><c> of</c><00:58:24.019><c> us,</c><00:58:24.380><c> brothers</c><00:58:24.460><c> and</c><00:58:24.679><c> sisters?</c><00:58:24.860><c> That's</c><00:58:25.059><c> what</c><00:58:25.280><c> Paul</c><00:58:25.579><c> is</c>

00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:27.059
pumping<00:58:26.139><c> up</c><00:58:26.460><c> the</c><00:58:26.639><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:58:27.059 --> 00:58:31.739
to<00:58:27.519><c> realize</c><00:58:28.099><c> there</c><00:58:28.340><c> in</c><00:58:28.559><c> Rome,</c><00:58:29.480><c> that</c><00:58:29.699><c> this</c><00:58:29.960><c> was</c><00:58:30.139><c> a</c><00:58:30.380><c> time</c><00:58:30.539><c> of</c><00:58:30.760><c> fulfilled</c><00:58:31.059><c> prophecy</c><00:58:31.559><c> in</c>

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their<00:58:31.960><c> lives.</c>

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Or<00:58:34.019><c> have</c><00:58:34.179><c> we</c><00:58:34.320><c> gone</c><00:58:34.460><c> the</c><00:58:34.639><c> other</c><00:58:34.860><c> way?</c><00:58:36.699><c> Have</c><00:58:36.840><c> we</c><00:58:37.400><c> seen</c><00:58:37.679><c> so</c><00:58:37.960><c> many</c>

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of<00:58:38.280><c> these</c><00:58:38.500><c> things</c>

00:58:38.820 --> 00:58:41.420
and<00:58:38.960><c> heard</c><00:58:39.099><c> so</c><00:58:39.360><c> many</c><00:58:39.519><c> Christadelphian</c><00:58:40.139><c> lectures</c><00:58:40.719><c> that</c><00:58:41.099><c> we've</c>

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become<00:58:41.539><c> calloused</c><00:58:42.280><c> to</c><00:58:42.500><c> these</c><00:58:42.820><c> beautiful</c>

00:58:43.400 --> 00:58:46.599
things<00:58:43.820><c> of</c><00:58:44.019><c> the</c><00:58:44.219><c> truth,</c><00:58:44.860><c> these</c><00:58:45.179><c> beautiful</c><00:58:45.739><c> examples,</c><00:58:46.360><c> these</c>

00:58:46.599 --> 00:58:48.539
beautiful<00:58:47.000><c> witnesses</c><00:58:47.519><c> of</c><00:58:48.179><c> God</c>

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at<00:58:48.820><c> work</c><00:58:48.980><c> in</c><00:58:49.159><c> the</c><00:58:49.320><c> world.</c><00:58:50.239><c> Let's</c><00:58:50.519><c> make</c><00:58:50.719><c> sure,</c><00:58:51.059><c> brothers</c><00:58:51.139><c> and</c>

00:58:51.320 --> 00:58:53.940
sisters,<00:58:51.519><c> that</c><00:58:51.719><c> we</c><00:58:52.460><c> heed</c><00:58:52.699><c> Paul's</c><00:58:53.159><c> exhortation</c>

00:58:53.940 --> 00:58:57.599
to<00:58:54.420><c> awake,</c><00:58:55.019><c> to</c><00:58:55.460><c> get</c><00:58:55.639><c> out</c><00:58:55.860><c> of</c><00:58:55.960><c> that</c><00:58:56.139><c> sleep,</c><00:58:56.760><c> to</c><00:58:56.960><c> cast</c><00:58:57.179><c> off</c><00:58:57.400><c> the</c>

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works<00:58:57.739><c> of</c><00:58:58.000><c> darkness,</c>

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to<00:58:58.360><c> put</c><00:58:58.820><c> on</c><00:58:59.039><c> the</c><00:58:59.219><c> armor</c><00:58:59.400><c> of</c><00:58:59.639><c> life.</c><00:59:00.320><c> Thank</c><00:59:00.400><c> you.</c>

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Brothers<00:59:01.559><c> and</c><00:59:01.780><c> sisters,</c><00:59:02.519><c> that</c><00:59:02.519><c> some</c><00:59:02.840><c> of</c><00:59:02.980><c> the</c><00:59:03.239><c> excellent</c><00:59:03.880><c> overheads</c><00:59:04.980><c> that</c>

00:59:05.079 --> 00:59:06.320
we<00:59:05.179><c> have,</c><00:59:05.380><c> we</c><00:59:05.400><c> have</c>

00:59:06.320 --> 00:59:08.559
photocopies<00:59:06.940><c> of</c><00:59:07.139><c> them.</c><00:59:07.480><c> You</c><00:59:07.639><c> can</c><00:59:07.820><c> avail</c><00:59:07.980><c> yourselves</c><00:59:08.360><c> of</c>

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those<00:59:08.760><c> notes.</c>

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We<00:59:16.940><c> will</c><00:59:17.099><c> bring</c><00:59:17.280><c> our</c><00:59:17.860><c> class</c><00:59:18.119><c> then</c><00:59:18.320><c> to</c><00:59:18.539><c> a</c><00:59:18.699><c> close</c><00:59:19.440><c> through</c><00:59:20.239><c> the</c>

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word<00:59:22.119><c> of</c><00:59:22.360><c> prayer</c><00:59:22.659><c> by</c><00:59:22.980><c> our</c><00:59:23.119><c> brother</c><00:59:23.440><c> Bob</c><00:59:23.840><c> Templeton.</c>

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We<00:59:28.760><c> humbly</c><00:59:29.099><c> bow</c><00:59:29.380><c> our</c><00:59:29.460><c> heads</c><00:59:29.699><c> before</c><00:59:30.139><c> thee</c><00:59:30.360><c> at</c><00:59:30.480><c> this</c><00:59:30.739><c> time,</c><00:59:32.280><c> desiring</c><00:59:32.739><c> to</c><00:59:32.940><c> approach</c>

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unto<00:59:33.699><c> thy</c><00:59:33.960><c> throne</c><00:59:34.199><c> of</c><00:59:34.500><c> grace.</c><00:59:36.500><c> Thankingly,</c><00:59:36.940><c> Heavenly</c><00:59:37.260><c> Father,</c>

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for<00:59:38.900><c> this</c><00:59:39.119><c> opportunity</c><00:59:39.880><c> we</c><00:59:40.340><c> have</c><00:59:41.219><c> of</c><00:59:41.639><c> gathering</c><00:59:41.880><c> together</c>

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around<00:59:43.000><c> thy</c>

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word<00:59:43.539><c> of</c><00:59:43.820><c> truth.</c><00:59:45.460><c> We</c><00:59:45.820><c> pray,</c><00:59:46.079><c> Heavenly</c><00:59:46.500><c> Father,</c><00:59:46.940><c> for</c><00:59:47.139><c> the</c><00:59:47.400><c> powers</c><00:59:47.699><c> that</c><00:59:48.039><c> be,</c>

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that<00:59:49.420><c> we</c><00:59:49.699><c> may</c><00:59:50.059><c> continue</c><00:59:50.800><c> in</c><00:59:51.820><c> peace</c><00:59:52.179><c> and</c><00:59:52.420><c> in</c><00:59:52.679><c> quietness</c>

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to<00:59:54.400><c> open</c><00:59:54.760><c> the</c><00:59:55.039><c> pages</c><00:59:55.420><c> of</c><00:59:55.699><c> thy</c><00:59:56.000><c> word</c><00:59:56.599><c> and</c><00:59:57.639><c> to</c><00:59:57.760><c> be</c><00:59:58.019><c> instructed</c>

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therefrom<00:59:59.559><c> that</c><01:00:00.760><c> we</c><01:00:00.960><c> may</c><01:00:01.519><c> gain</c><01:00:01.860><c> knowledge</c><01:00:02.400><c> and</c><01:00:02.699><c> gain</c><01:00:02.940><c> wisdom</c>

01:00:03.579 --> 01:00:08.630
that<01:00:04.800><c> will</c><01:00:05.179><c> prepare</c><01:00:06.019><c> ourselves</c><01:00:07.400><c> for</c><01:00:07.679><c> that</c><01:00:07.900><c> great</c><01:00:08.239><c> day</c>

01:00:09.059 --> 01:00:13.780
when<01:00:09.800><c> we</c><01:00:10.079><c> shall</c><01:00:10.320><c> appear</c><01:00:10.739><c> before</c><01:00:11.219><c> thy</c><01:00:11.579><c> Son,</c><01:00:13.139><c> when</c><01:00:13.320><c> we</c><01:00:13.579><c> shall</c>

01:00:13.780 --> 01:00:23.440
stand<01:00:14.199><c> before</c><01:00:14.599><c> thy</c><01:00:14.880><c> judgment</c><01:00:15.300><c> seat.</c><01:00:17.059><c> We</c><01:00:17.619><c> pray,</c><01:00:17.960><c> O</c><01:00:18.159><c> Lord,</c><01:00:22.340><c> that</c>

01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:27.920
there<01:00:23.820><c> be</c><01:00:23.860><c> no</c><01:00:23.860><c> more</c><01:00:23.860><c> many</c><01:00:23.920><c> sins</c><01:00:24.199><c> and</c><01:00:24.480><c> shortcomings,</c><01:00:26.840><c> for</c><01:00:27.079><c> we</c><01:00:27.320><c> realize</c>

01:00:27.920 --> 01:00:32.460
that<01:00:28.159><c> we</c><01:00:28.239><c> are</c><01:00:28.440><c> mortal</c><01:00:28.760><c> creatures</c><01:00:29.719><c> and</c><01:00:30.320><c> are</c><01:00:30.559><c> prone</c><01:00:30.760><c> to</c><01:00:30.980><c> do</c><01:00:31.139><c> those</c><01:00:31.519><c> things</c><01:00:31.920><c> that</c><01:00:32.119><c> are</c>

01:00:32.460 --> 01:00:37.719
displeasing<01:00:32.900><c> before</c><01:00:33.400><c> thee.</c><01:00:35.559><c> Now,</c><01:00:35.920><c> Heavenly</c><01:00:36.340><c> Father,</c>

01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:41.800
we<01:00:37.940><c> pray</c><01:00:38.219><c> that</c><01:00:38.400><c> thou</c><01:00:38.619><c> would</c><01:00:38.780><c> be</c><01:00:38.980><c> with</c><01:00:39.260><c> us,</c><01:00:39.719><c> strengthen</c><01:00:40.159><c> and</c><01:00:40.460><c> guide</c><01:00:40.780><c> us</c>

01:00:41.800 --> 01:00:42.320
as<01:00:42.099><c> we</c>

01:00:42.320 --> 01:00:47.559
separate,<01:00:43.860><c> as</c><01:00:43.980><c> we</c><01:00:44.679><c> journey</c><01:00:45.000><c> down</c><01:00:46.119><c> the</c><01:00:46.480><c> mountain</c>

01:00:48.039 --> 01:00:53.059
to<01:00:48.599><c> enjoy</c><01:00:49.159><c> the</c><01:00:49.579><c> pleasures</c><01:00:50.139><c> of</c><01:00:52.039><c> a</c><01:00:52.159><c> picnic.</c>

01:00:53.619 --> 01:00:57.460
We<01:00:54.059><c> pray</c><01:00:54.260><c> that</c><01:00:54.460><c> thou</c><01:00:54.619><c> would</c><01:00:54.780><c> be</c><01:00:55.019><c> with</c><01:00:55.280><c> us</c><01:00:55.480><c> to</c><01:00:55.699><c> guide</c><01:00:55.980><c> and</c><01:00:56.300><c> direct</c><01:00:56.519><c> us</c><01:00:56.739><c> and</c><01:00:57.000><c> grant</c><01:00:57.219><c> us</c>

01:00:57.460 --> 01:01:01.360
safety.<01:00:59.320><c> And</c><01:00:59.480><c> we</c><01:00:59.679><c> pray,</c><01:00:59.980><c> O</c><01:01:00.139><c> Lord,</c><01:01:00.440><c> that</c><01:01:00.519><c> thou</c><01:01:00.739><c> would</c><01:01:00.940><c> hasten</c>

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that<01:01:01.639><c> time</c>

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when<01:01:03.059><c> thy</c><01:01:03.280><c> Son</c><01:01:03.579><c> shall</c><01:01:03.900><c> return</c><01:01:04.519><c> to</c><01:01:05.199><c> establish</c><01:01:05.659><c> thy</c><01:01:05.960><c> kingdom</c>

01:01:07.059 --> 01:01:09.920
as<01:01:07.460><c> we</c><01:01:07.679><c> approach</c><01:01:08.039><c> thee</c><01:01:08.219><c> and</c><01:01:08.400><c> ask</c><01:01:08.679><c> all</c><01:01:08.920><c> things</c><01:01:09.340><c> through</c><01:01:09.599><c> Christ</c>

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Jesus<01:01:10.420><c> our</c><01:01:10.659><c> Lord.</c><01:01:11.639><c> Amen.</c>