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Listen<00:11:43.539><c> to</c><00:11:43.679><c> how</c><00:11:43.820><c> Paul</c><00:11:44.019><c> describes</c><00:11:44.519><c> him.</c>

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I<00:11:46.039><c> supposed</c><00:11:46.519><c> it</c><00:11:46.779><c> necessary</c><00:11:47.159><c> to</c><00:11:47.460><c> send</c><00:11:47.620><c> to</c><00:11:47.799><c> you</c><00:11:48.000><c> Epaphroditus,</c>

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my<00:11:49.720><c> brother</c><00:11:50.220><c> and</c><00:11:50.740><c> companion</c><00:11:51.120><c> in</c><00:11:51.360><c> labor,</c><00:11:52.320><c> and</c><00:11:52.460><c> fellow</c><00:11:52.679><c> soldier,</c>

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but<00:11:54.039><c> your</c><00:11:54.220><c> messenger</c><00:11:54.639><c> and</c><00:11:54.899><c> he</c><00:11:55.039><c> that</c><00:11:55.299><c> ministered</c><00:11:56.120><c> to</c><00:11:56.320><c> my</c><00:11:56.539><c> needs.</c>

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Well<00:12:00.279><c> verse</c><00:12:00.500><c> 26</c><00:12:00.980><c> tells</c><00:12:01.179><c> us,</c><00:12:01.539><c> he</c><00:12:01.899><c> longed</c><00:12:02.419><c> after</c><00:12:02.940><c> you</c><00:12:03.320><c> all.</c>

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He<00:12:04.960><c> was</c><00:12:05.259><c> full</c><00:12:05.580><c> of</c><00:12:05.799><c> heaviness</c><00:12:06.600><c> because</c><00:12:07.580><c> that</c><00:12:07.919><c> ye</c><00:12:08.080><c> had</c><00:12:08.299><c> heard</c><00:12:08.600><c> that</c><00:12:08.779><c> he</c>

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had<00:12:09.059><c> been</c><00:12:09.320><c> sick.</c>

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For<00:12:10.700><c> indeed</c><00:12:10.919><c> he</c><00:12:11.019><c> was</c><00:12:11.399><c> sick,</c><00:12:12.740><c> nigh</c><00:12:12.940><c> unto</c><00:12:13.200><c> death,</c><00:12:14.759><c> but</c><00:12:14.940><c> God</c><00:12:15.299><c> had</c>

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mercy<00:12:15.980><c> on</c><00:12:16.259><c> him,</c>

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and<00:12:16.940><c> not</c><00:12:17.139><c> on</c><00:12:17.279><c> him</c><00:12:17.500><c> only,</c><00:12:17.779><c> but</c><00:12:17.879><c> on</c><00:12:18.000><c> me</c><00:12:18.240><c> also,</c><00:12:18.700><c> lest</c><00:12:18.820><c> I</c><00:12:19.039><c> should</c>

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have<00:12:19.399><c> sorrow</c><00:12:19.740><c> upon</c><00:12:20.100><c> sorrow.</c>

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I<00:12:21.320><c> sent</c><00:12:21.500><c> him</c><00:12:21.679><c> therefore</c><00:12:21.960><c> the</c><00:12:22.100><c> more</c><00:12:22.299><c> carefully,</c><00:12:22.820><c> that</c><00:12:22.899><c> when</c><00:12:23.120><c> ye</c>

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see<00:12:23.460><c> him</c><00:12:23.639><c> again</c><00:12:23.860><c> he</c><00:12:23.960><c> may</c><00:12:24.139><c> rejoice,</c>

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and<00:12:25.500><c> that</c><00:12:25.639><c> I</c><00:12:25.840><c> may</c><00:12:26.000><c> be</c><00:12:26.179><c> the</c><00:12:26.340><c> less</c><00:12:26.620><c> sorrowful.</c>

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Receive<00:12:28.080><c> him</c><00:12:28.320><c> therefore</c><00:12:28.879><c> in</c><00:12:29.120><c> the</c><00:12:29.299><c> Lord</c><00:12:29.500><c> with</c><00:12:29.720><c> all</c><00:12:29.980><c> gladness,</c>

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and<00:12:31.100><c> hold</c><00:12:31.659><c> such</c><00:12:32.120><c> in</c><00:12:32.639><c> reputation.</c>

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Because<00:12:34.500><c> for</c><00:12:34.740><c> the</c><00:12:34.940><c> work</c><00:12:35.120><c> of</c><00:12:35.360><c> Christ</c><00:12:35.679><c> he</c><00:12:35.779><c> was</c><00:12:35.980><c> nigh</c><00:12:36.279><c> unto</c><00:12:36.480><c> death,</c>

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not<00:12:37.700><c> regarding</c><00:12:38.200><c> his</c><00:12:38.600><c> life</c><00:12:39.200><c> to</c><00:12:39.919><c> supply</c><00:12:40.259><c> your</c><00:12:40.440><c> lack</c><00:12:40.639><c> of</c><00:12:40.919><c> service</c>

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toward<00:12:41.460><c> me.</c>

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I<00:12:43.240><c> love</c><00:12:43.460><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:12:44.200><c> because</c><00:12:44.820><c> of</c><00:12:45.299><c> the</c><00:12:45.500><c> willingness</c><00:12:45.779><c> he</c><00:12:46.139><c> had</c>

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to<00:12:47.539><c> risk</c><00:12:47.820><c> everything</c><00:12:48.480><c> to</c><00:12:49.139><c> go</c><00:12:49.259><c> to</c><00:12:49.500><c> Paul.</c>

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But<00:12:51.919><c> there's</c><00:12:52.120><c> something</c><00:12:52.419><c> else</c><00:12:52.639><c> that</c><00:12:52.820><c> I</c><00:12:52.960><c> love</c><00:12:53.120><c> about</c><00:12:53.320><c> him.</c>

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It's<00:12:56.279><c> this</c><00:12:56.559><c> verse</c><00:12:56.679><c> I</c><00:12:56.820><c> have</c><00:12:56.940><c> up</c><00:12:57.100><c> on</c><00:12:57.240><c> the</c><00:12:57.399><c> screen</c><00:12:57.600><c> here.</c>

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He<00:12:58.799><c> longed</c><00:12:59.559><c> after</c><00:12:59.740><c> you</c><00:12:59.919><c> all</c><00:13:00.039><c> and</c><00:13:00.100><c> was</c><00:13:00.159><c> full</c><00:13:00.440><c> of</c><00:13:00.539><c> heaviness</c><00:13:00.799><c> because</c><00:13:01.080><c> that</c><00:13:01.340><c> ye</c>

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had<00:13:01.639><c> heard</c><00:13:01.840><c> that</c><00:13:02.039><c> he</c><00:13:02.200><c> was</c><00:13:02.419><c> sick.</c>

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He<00:13:03.840><c> was</c><00:13:04.100><c> such</c><00:13:04.399><c> a</c><00:13:04.820><c> considerate</c><00:13:05.299><c> person</c><00:13:05.820><c> that</c><00:13:07.080><c> he</c><00:13:07.259><c> didn't</c><00:13:07.519><c> want</c>

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people<00:13:08.259><c> worrying</c><00:13:08.779><c> about</c><00:13:09.139><c> him.</c>

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It<00:13:10.980><c> mattered</c><00:13:11.240><c> more</c><00:13:11.500><c> to</c><00:13:11.700><c> him</c><00:13:12.279><c> than</c><00:13:12.700><c> others</c><00:13:12.980><c> might</c><00:13:13.259><c> be</c><00:13:14.019><c> consumed</c>

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with<00:13:14.759><c> concern</c>

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than<00:13:16.620><c> about</c><00:13:16.840><c> his</c><00:13:17.059><c> own</c><00:13:17.200><c> health</c><00:13:17.519><c> and</c><00:13:17.779><c> well</c><00:13:17.960><c>-being.</c>

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We<00:13:19.139><c> don't</c><00:13:19.320><c> know</c><00:13:19.460><c> much</c><00:13:19.700><c> about</c><00:13:20.000><c> Epaphroditus,</c><00:13:21.179><c> but</c><00:13:21.240><c> we</c><00:13:21.480><c> have</c>

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this<00:13:21.980><c> testimony.</c>

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What<00:13:22.620><c> a</c><00:13:22.899><c> remarkable</c><00:13:23.379><c> thing</c><00:13:24.299><c> to</c><00:13:24.679><c> be</c><00:13:24.980><c> remembered</c><00:13:25.399><c> by.</c>

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So<00:13:27.340><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:13:28.019><c> was</c><00:13:28.220><c> one</c><00:13:28.399><c> of</c><00:13:28.559><c> their</c><00:13:28.720><c> number.</c>

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He<00:13:29.340><c> must</c><00:13:29.600><c> have</c><00:13:30.139><c> been</c><00:13:30.379><c> part</c><00:13:30.720><c> of</c><00:13:30.860><c> the</c><00:13:31.080><c> source</c><00:13:31.340><c> of</c><00:13:31.539><c> Paul's</c><00:13:31.879><c> great</c><00:13:32.080><c> joy.</c>

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Another<00:13:36.559><c> one</c><00:13:36.779><c> in</c><00:13:36.940><c> the</c><00:13:37.100><c> Philippian</c><00:13:37.460><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:13:38.419><c> whose</c><00:13:38.620><c> memory</c>

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no<00:13:39.200><c> doubt</c><00:13:39.460><c> brought</c><00:13:39.840><c> joy</c><00:13:40.259><c> to</c><00:13:40.500><c> Paul,</c>

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must<00:13:41.600><c> have</c><00:13:41.820><c> been</c><00:13:42.019><c> the</c><00:13:42.279><c> Philippian</c><00:13:42.799><c> jailer</c><00:13:43.440><c> we</c><00:13:43.740><c> read</c><00:13:43.919><c> about</c><00:13:44.159><c> in</c>

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Acts<00:13:44.600><c> 16.</c>

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He's<00:13:47.580><c> not</c><00:13:47.779><c> mentioned</c><00:13:48.059><c> by</c><00:13:48.360><c> name</c><00:13:48.720><c> in</c><00:13:49.000><c> Philippians,</c>

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when<00:13:56.019><c> Paul</c><00:13:56.500><c> says</c><00:13:57.019><c> that</c><00:13:57.639><c> he's</c><00:13:57.899><c> addressing</c><00:13:58.259><c> his</c><00:13:58.639><c> letter</c><00:13:59.080><c> to</c><00:13:59.940><c> the</c>

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saints<00:14:00.740><c> and</c><00:14:01.820><c> the</c><00:14:02.039><c> bishops</c><00:14:02.480><c> and</c><00:14:03.220><c> deacons.</c>

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I<00:14:07.259><c> looked</c><00:14:07.399><c> up</c><00:14:07.919><c> the</c><00:14:08.179><c> word</c><00:14:08.360><c> bishop</c><00:14:08.700><c> in</c><00:14:09.399><c> the</c><00:14:09.720><c> modern</c><00:14:10.019><c> dictionary.</c>

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Here's<00:14:11.279><c> what</c><00:14:11.360><c> it</c><00:14:11.440><c> says</c><00:14:11.639><c> about</c><00:14:11.860><c> a</c><00:14:12.279><c> bishop.</c>

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It<00:14:13.379><c> says</c><00:14:13.500><c> it's</c><00:14:13.740><c> a</c><00:14:13.899><c> clergyman</c><00:14:14.440><c> of</c><00:14:14.740><c> high</c><00:14:15.100><c> rank</c><00:14:15.559><c> who</c><00:14:16.360><c> has</c><00:14:16.600><c> the</c><00:14:16.840><c> power</c><00:14:17.080><c> to</c><00:14:17.399><c> ordain</c>

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and<00:14:18.320><c> who</c><00:14:18.480><c> is</c><00:14:18.639><c> the</c><00:14:18.899><c> chief</c><00:14:19.159><c> pastor</c><00:14:19.620><c> and</c><00:14:19.980><c> administrator</c><00:14:20.460><c> of</c><00:14:20.679><c> a</c><00:14:20.879><c> church</c><00:14:21.159><c> district</c><00:14:21.679><c> or</c><00:14:22.179><c> diocese.</c>

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Words<00:14:24.700><c> have</c><00:14:24.919><c> changed</c><00:14:25.279><c> their</c><00:14:25.559><c> meaning</c><00:14:25.899><c> because</c><00:14:27.399><c> this</c><00:14:27.779><c> was</c><00:14:28.220><c> Philippi</c>

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and<00:14:29.580><c> there</c><00:14:30.019><c> were</c><00:14:31.059><c> bishops,</c><00:14:31.759><c> plural,</c><00:14:32.899><c> and</c><00:14:33.299><c> deacons.</c>

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He<00:14:34.840><c> was</c><00:14:35.360><c> really</c><00:14:35.860><c> the</c><00:14:36.039><c> words</c><00:14:36.240><c> just</c><00:14:36.539><c> an</c><00:14:36.700><c> overseer.</c>

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He<00:14:37.899><c> was</c><00:14:38.080><c> somebody</c><00:14:38.379><c> who</c><00:14:39.120><c> had</c><00:14:40.039><c> his</c><00:14:40.279><c> eye</c><00:14:40.519><c> out</c><00:14:40.659><c> over</c><00:14:40.919><c> the</c><00:14:41.080><c> things</c>

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of<00:14:41.460><c> the</c><00:14:41.580><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Probably<00:14:42.200><c> that's</c><00:14:42.480><c> what</c><00:14:42.960><c> the</c><00:14:43.120><c> Philippian</c><00:14:43.519><c> jailer,</c><00:14:43.919><c> the</c><00:14:44.039><c> kind</c>

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of<00:14:44.399><c> man</c><00:14:44.519><c> he</c><00:14:44.700><c> turned</c><00:14:44.980><c> into.</c>

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The<00:14:47.440><c> complications</c><00:14:47.940><c> in</c><00:14:48.179><c> understanding</c><00:14:48.580><c> these</c><00:14:48.840><c> words</c><00:14:48.960><c> like</c>

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bishops<00:14:49.519><c> and</c><00:14:49.779><c> deacons,</c>

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they're<00:14:51.779><c> done</c><00:14:52.000><c> away</c><00:14:52.299><c> with</c><00:14:52.539><c> just</c><00:14:52.720><c> by</c><00:14:52.940><c> noting</c><00:14:53.139><c> the</c><00:14:53.460><c> simple</c>

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biblical<00:14:54.320><c> usage.</c>

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It's<00:14:55.779><c> not</c><00:14:56.139><c> sort</c><00:14:56.340><c> of</c><00:14:56.440><c> an</c><00:14:56.659><c> ecclesiastical</c><00:14:57.500><c> grand</c><00:14:57.879><c> pouba</c><00:14:58.320><c> with</c>

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large<00:14:59.460><c> regional</c><00:14:59.879><c> influence.</c>

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In<00:15:02.039><c> fact,</c><00:15:02.179><c> it's</c><00:15:02.440><c> interesting</c><00:15:02.700><c> to</c><00:15:02.919><c> notice</c><00:15:03.080><c> in</c><00:15:03.320><c> scripture</c><00:15:03.580><c> that</c>

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there's<00:15:04.059><c> an</c><00:15:04.320><c> equivalence</c>

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between<00:15:05.059><c> the</c><00:15:05.220><c> word</c><00:15:05.419><c> elder</c><00:15:05.860><c> and</c><00:15:06.419><c> bishop</c><00:15:06.840><c> in</c><00:15:08.379><c> Acts</c><00:15:08.879><c> chapter</c><00:15:09.220><c> 20,</c>

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but<00:15:09.779><c> we</c><00:15:09.960><c> won't</c><00:15:10.059><c> look</c><00:15:10.279><c> at</c><00:15:10.379><c> that</c><00:15:10.580><c> now.</c>

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But<00:15:11.600><c> in</c><00:15:11.740><c> that</c><00:15:11.940><c> context,</c><00:15:12.440><c> Paul</c><00:15:12.600><c> describes</c><00:15:13.220><c> the</c><00:15:13.720><c> elders</c><00:15:14.159><c> as</c>

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overseers,<00:15:16.860><c> bishops.</c>

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So<00:15:19.000><c> there</c><00:15:19.200><c> is</c><00:15:19.440><c> the</c><00:15:19.639><c> Philippian</c><00:15:20.080><c> jailer.</c>

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Now,<00:15:21.620><c> remember</c><00:15:22.080><c> his</c><00:15:22.799><c> story.</c>

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Paul<00:15:25.240><c> had</c><00:15:25.460><c> been</c><00:15:25.600><c> in</c><00:15:25.860><c> Philippi.</c>

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Let's<00:15:26.340><c> go</c><00:15:26.519><c> back</c><00:15:26.700><c> to</c><00:15:26.779><c> Acts</c><00:15:26.899><c> 16.</c>

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Paul<00:15:28.299><c> was</c><00:15:28.519><c> in</c><00:15:28.759><c> Philippi</c><00:15:29.799><c> and</c><00:15:30.519><c> daily</c><00:15:30.820><c> some</c><00:15:31.240><c> poor,</c><00:15:33.399><c> demented</c><00:15:34.360><c> girl,</c>

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a<00:15:37.480><c> slave</c><00:15:38.080><c> whose</c><00:15:40.340><c> rantings</c><00:15:40.980><c> entertained</c><00:15:41.620><c> the</c><00:15:41.899><c> superstitious</c><00:15:42.480><c> populace</c>

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to<00:15:44.620><c> the</c><00:15:44.799><c> enrichment</c><00:15:45.120><c> of</c><00:15:45.320><c> her</c><00:15:45.559><c> handlers.</c>

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Human<00:15:47.500><c> nature</c><00:15:47.860><c> being</c><00:15:48.100><c> just</c><00:15:48.399><c> as</c><00:15:48.659><c> ugly</c><00:15:48.919><c> then</c><00:15:49.220><c> as</c><00:15:49.360><c> it</c><00:15:49.460><c> is</c><00:15:49.679><c> now</c>

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that<00:15:50.820><c> they'd</c><00:15:51.179><c> take</c><00:15:51.299><c> advantage</c><00:15:51.700><c> of</c><00:15:51.899><c> this</c><00:15:52.080><c> poor</c><00:15:52.320><c> girl.</c>

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Acts<00:15:54.840><c> chapter</c><00:15:55.159><c> 16</c><00:15:55.600><c> says,</c>

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It<00:15:55.960><c> came</c><00:15:56.159><c> to</c><00:15:56.379><c> pass</c><00:15:56.519><c> as</c><00:15:56.679><c> we</c><00:15:56.820><c> went</c><00:15:56.960><c> to</c><00:15:57.200><c> prayer,</c>

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a<00:15:57.600><c> certain</c><00:15:57.899><c> damsel</c><00:15:58.299><c> possessed</c><00:15:58.679><c> with</c><00:15:58.879><c> a</c><00:15:59.080><c> spirit</c><00:15:59.279><c> of</c><00:15:59.460><c> divination</c><00:16:00.019><c> met</c><00:16:00.720><c> us,</c>

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which<00:16:02.259><c> brought</c><00:16:02.480><c> her</c><00:16:02.700><c> master's</c><00:16:03.220><c> much</c><00:16:03.460><c> gain</c><00:16:04.320><c> by</c><00:16:05.080><c> soothsaying.</c>

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The<00:16:06.940><c> same</c><00:16:07.139><c> followed</c><00:16:07.559><c> Paul</c><00:16:07.899><c> and</c><00:16:08.059><c> us</c><00:16:08.279><c> and</c><00:16:08.500><c> cried,</c><00:16:09.000><c> saying,</c>

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These<00:16:09.820><c> men</c><00:16:10.080><c> are</c><00:16:10.259><c> the</c><00:16:10.460><c> servants</c><00:16:10.759><c> of</c><00:16:10.960><c> the</c><00:16:11.039><c> Most</c><00:16:11.340><c> High</c><00:16:11.580><c> God,</c>

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which<00:16:12.620><c> show</c><00:16:12.820><c> unto</c><00:16:13.059><c> us</c><00:16:13.399><c> the</c><00:16:13.519><c> way</c><00:16:13.720><c> of</c><00:16:13.960><c> salvation.</c>

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I<00:16:17.500><c> think</c><00:16:17.679><c> like</c><00:16:18.919><c> a</c><00:16:19.179><c> lot</c><00:16:19.419><c> of</c><00:16:19.919><c> people</c><00:16:20.200><c> who've</c><00:16:20.620><c> suffered</c><00:16:21.019><c> with</c>

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mental<00:16:22.679><c> illness,</c>

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sometimes<00:16:24.460><c> there's</c><00:16:24.779><c> a</c><00:16:24.960><c> special</c><00:16:25.259><c> sensitivity</c>

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about<00:16:27.080><c> people</c><00:16:27.419><c> who've</c><00:16:27.740><c> suffered</c><00:16:27.940><c> that</c><00:16:28.220><c> way.</c>

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And<00:16:30.000><c> she</c><00:16:30.299><c> could</c><00:16:30.600><c> see</c><00:16:31.480><c> that</c><00:16:32.039><c> what</c><00:16:32.320><c> Paul</c><00:16:32.740><c> was</c><00:16:33.100><c> speaking</c>

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was<00:16:34.899><c> something</c><00:16:35.139><c> to</c><00:16:35.340><c> be</c><00:16:35.480><c> paid</c><00:16:35.620><c> attention</c><00:16:36.000><c> to.</c>

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These<00:16:36.679><c> men</c><00:16:36.899><c> are</c><00:16:37.080><c> the</c><00:16:37.299><c> servants</c><00:16:37.500><c> of</c><00:16:37.659><c> the</c><00:16:37.700><c> Most</c><00:16:37.980><c> High</c><00:16:38.200><c> God,</c>

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which<00:16:40.080><c> show</c><00:16:40.360><c> unto</c><00:16:40.539><c> us</c><00:16:40.820><c> the</c><00:16:40.940><c> way</c><00:16:41.080><c> of</c><00:16:41.299><c> salvation.</c>

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She<00:16:41.860><c> did</c><00:16:42.019><c> this</c><00:16:42.220><c> many</c><00:16:42.559><c> days.</c>

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Paul<00:16:44.860><c> being</c><00:16:45.240><c> grieved,</c><00:16:45.919><c> turned</c><00:16:46.259><c> and</c><00:16:46.480><c> said</c><00:16:46.600><c> to</c><00:16:46.779><c> the</c><00:16:47.000><c> Spirit,</c>

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I<00:16:47.360><c> command</c><00:16:47.700><c> thee</c><00:16:47.840><c> in</c><00:16:47.940><c> the</c><00:16:48.080><c> name</c><00:16:48.259><c> of</c><00:16:48.440><c> Jesus</c><00:16:48.740><c> Christ</c><00:16:49.059><c> to</c><00:16:49.200><c> come</c><00:16:49.379><c> out</c><00:16:49.580><c> of</c><00:16:49.740><c> her.</c>

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And<00:16:50.360><c> he</c><00:16:50.480><c> came</c><00:16:50.700><c> out</c><00:16:50.960><c> that</c><00:16:51.179><c> same</c><00:16:51.500><c> hour.</c>

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Of<00:16:56.600><c> course,</c><00:16:57.000><c> religion's</c><00:16:57.659><c> fine</c><00:16:57.799><c> as</c><00:16:58.039><c> long</c><00:16:58.179><c> as</c><00:16:58.320><c> it</c><00:16:58.460><c> doesn't</c><00:16:58.620><c> interfere</c><00:16:59.000><c> with</c><00:16:59.279><c> commerce.</c>

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And<00:17:00.679><c> in</c><00:17:00.799><c> this</c><00:17:01.019><c> case,</c><00:17:01.279><c> it</c><00:17:01.440><c> was</c><00:17:01.759><c> interfering</c><00:17:02.240><c> with</c><00:17:02.600><c> commerce.</c>

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And<00:17:03.700><c> so</c><00:17:03.980><c> they</c><00:17:04.240><c> took</c><00:17:04.779><c> Paul</c><00:17:06.259><c> and</c><00:17:06.819><c> Silas,</c><00:17:07.819><c> verse</c><00:17:08.180><c> 23,</c>

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when<00:17:08.819><c> they</c><00:17:08.940><c> had</c><00:17:09.180><c> laid</c><00:17:09.400><c> many</c><00:17:10.019><c> stripes</c><00:17:10.480><c> upon</c><00:17:10.920><c> them.</c>

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They<00:17:12.680><c> cast</c><00:17:13.019><c> them</c><00:17:13.220><c> into</c><00:17:13.480><c> prison.</c>

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It<00:17:15.759><c> wasn't</c><00:17:16.079><c> like</c><00:17:17.759><c> the</c><00:17:17.940><c> Jews</c><00:17:18.180><c> did</c><00:17:18.559><c> with</c><00:17:18.720><c> their</c><00:17:20.099><c> 40</c><00:17:20.440><c> minus</c><00:17:20.900><c> one.</c>

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They<00:17:22.440><c> were</c><00:17:22.640><c> afraid</c><00:17:22.859><c> they</c><00:17:22.980><c> might</c><00:17:23.220><c> miscount.</c>

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The<00:17:24.680><c> limit</c><00:17:25.099><c> that</c><00:17:25.380><c> they'd</c><00:17:25.700><c> set</c><00:17:25.799><c> was</c><00:17:26.059><c> 40.</c>

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And<00:17:27.680><c> just</c><00:17:28.059><c> in</c><00:17:28.220><c> case</c><00:17:28.319><c> you</c><00:17:28.480><c> miscount,</c><00:17:28.859><c> we</c><00:17:28.940><c> first</c><00:17:29.160><c> stop</c><00:17:29.299><c> at</c><00:17:29.519><c> 39.</c>

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There<00:17:31.579><c> wasn't</c><00:17:31.900><c> any</c><00:17:32.220><c> limit,</c><00:17:32.680><c> though,</c><00:17:32.779><c> this</c><00:17:34.079><c> being</c><00:17:34.539><c> a</c><00:17:34.740><c> Roman</c><00:17:35.079><c> city.</c>

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They<00:17:36.839><c> laid</c><00:17:37.160><c> many</c><00:17:37.599><c> stripes</c><00:17:38.000><c> on</c><00:17:38.400><c> them.</c>

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In<00:17:44.799><c> fact,</c><00:17:45.960><c> when</c><00:17:46.099><c> you</c><00:17:46.240><c> go</c><00:17:46.380><c> to</c><00:17:46.559><c> the</c><00:17:47.200><c> first</c><00:17:47.460><c> letter</c><00:17:47.700><c> to</c><00:17:47.960><c> the</c><00:17:48.119><c> Thessalonians,</c>

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Paul<00:17:51.059><c> writes</c><00:17:51.359><c> to</c><00:17:51.440><c> them</c><00:17:51.559><c> and</c><00:17:51.660><c> says,</c>

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you<00:17:51.859><c> remember</c><00:17:52.279><c> when</c><00:17:52.460><c> we</c><00:17:52.740><c> came</c><00:17:52.920><c> to</c><00:17:53.180><c> Thessalonica,</c>

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what<00:17:54.940><c> sort</c><00:17:55.099><c> of</c><00:17:55.220><c> condition</c><00:17:55.519><c> we</c><00:17:55.740><c> were</c><00:17:55.839><c> in,</c>

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because<00:17:56.180><c> we</c><00:17:56.380><c> had</c><00:17:56.480><c> been</c><00:17:56.740><c> shamefully</c><00:17:57.400><c> entreated</c><00:17:57.920><c> in</c><00:17:58.319><c> Philippi.</c>

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We'd<00:18:00.119><c> been</c><00:18:00.160><c> terribly</c><00:18:00.680><c> treated.</c>

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They'd<00:18:03.160><c> been</c><00:18:03.299><c> beaten</c><00:18:03.559><c> severely,</c><00:18:04.460><c> put</c><00:18:04.619><c> into</c><00:18:04.839><c> the</c><00:18:05.079><c> innermost</c><00:18:05.440><c> prison,</c>

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verse<00:18:06.059><c> 24</c><00:18:06.539><c> of</c><00:18:06.740><c> Acts</c><00:18:06.839><c> 16,</c>

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that<00:18:08.680><c> the</c><00:18:08.880><c> jailers</c><00:18:09.240><c> received</c><00:18:09.680><c> their</c><00:18:10.019><c> charge</c><00:18:10.240><c> and</c><00:18:10.460><c> thrust</c><00:18:10.740><c> them</c><00:18:10.920><c> into</c><00:18:11.099><c> the</c>

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inner<00:18:11.519><c> prison</c>

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and<00:18:12.460><c> made</c><00:18:12.559><c> their</c><00:18:12.819><c> feet</c><00:18:13.039><c> fast</c><00:18:13.420><c> in</c><00:18:13.619><c> the</c><00:18:13.799><c> stocks.</c>

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And<00:18:15.480><c> at</c><00:18:15.680><c> midnight,</c><00:18:16.059><c> a</c><00:18:16.079><c> most</c><00:18:16.339><c> peculiar</c><00:18:16.819><c> thing</c><00:18:17.079><c> happened.</c>

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Paul<00:18:19.319><c> and</c><00:18:19.599><c> Silas</c><00:18:19.880><c> prayed</c><00:18:20.380><c> and</c><00:18:21.299><c> sang</c><00:18:21.779><c> praises</c><00:18:22.359><c> unto</c><00:18:22.640><c> God.</c>

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And<00:18:24.240><c> we</c><00:18:24.359><c> can</c><00:18:24.559><c> imagine</c><00:18:25.019><c> these</c><00:18:25.299><c> jailers,</c>

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these<00:18:26.460><c> are</c><00:18:26.660><c> the</c><00:18:26.779><c> men</c><00:18:26.940><c> we've</c><00:18:27.180><c> just</c><00:18:27.380><c> given</c><00:18:27.579><c> such</c><00:18:27.839><c> a</c><00:18:28.059><c> severe</c><00:18:28.519><c> beating</c><00:18:28.819><c> to.</c>

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They're<00:18:31.980><c> praying</c><00:18:32.380><c> and</c><00:18:32.579><c> singing</c><00:18:32.920><c> praises</c><00:18:33.259><c> to</c><00:18:33.519><c> God,</c>

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and<00:18:34.119><c> prisoners</c><00:18:34.460><c> heard</c><00:18:34.700><c> them.</c>

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And<00:18:36.480><c> suddenly</c><00:18:36.759><c> there</c><00:18:36.920><c> was</c><00:18:37.119><c> a</c><00:18:37.299><c> great</c><00:18:37.420><c> earthquake.</c>

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That's<00:18:41.359><c> a</c><00:18:41.500><c> scary</c><00:18:41.660><c> thing</c><00:18:41.859><c> for</c><00:18:42.039><c> those</c><00:18:42.259><c> of</c><00:18:42.380><c> us</c><00:18:42.460><c> from</c><00:18:42.640><c> the</c><00:18:42.779><c> East</c><00:18:42.960><c> Coast.</c>

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I<00:18:43.440><c> know</c><00:18:43.559><c> it's</c><00:18:43.819><c> routine</c><00:18:44.079><c> out</c><00:18:44.339><c> here,</c><00:18:44.559><c> but</c><00:18:44.859><c> there</c><00:18:45.019><c> was</c><00:18:45.160><c> this</c>

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great<00:18:45.779><c> earthquake.</c>

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The<00:18:48.319><c> foundations</c><00:18:48.839><c> of</c><00:18:49.059><c> the</c><00:18:49.220><c> prison</c><00:18:49.440><c> were</c><00:18:49.700><c> shaken,</c>

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and<00:18:51.220><c> immediately</c><00:18:51.579><c> all</c><00:18:51.819><c> the</c><00:18:52.000><c> doors</c><00:18:52.180><c> were</c><00:18:52.440><c> opened</c><00:18:52.700><c> and</c><00:18:52.960><c> everyone's</c><00:18:53.440><c> bands</c>

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were<00:18:53.839><c> loosed.</c>

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And<00:18:55.920><c> the</c><00:18:56.059><c> keeper</c><00:18:56.299><c> of</c><00:18:56.460><c> the</c><00:18:56.599><c> prison,</c>

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awaking<00:18:57.180><c> out</c><00:18:57.359><c> of</c><00:18:57.460><c> the</c><00:18:57.680><c> sleep</c><00:18:57.819><c> and</c><00:18:58.039><c> seeing</c><00:18:58.279><c> the</c><00:18:58.500><c> prison</c><00:18:58.640><c> doors</c><00:18:58.859><c> open,</c>

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he<00:18:59.359><c> drew</c><00:18:59.519><c> out</c><00:18:59.740><c> his</c><00:18:59.960><c> sword</c><00:19:00.079><c> and</c><00:19:00.380><c> would</c><00:19:00.539><c> have</c><00:19:00.700><c> killed</c><00:19:00.940><c> himself,</c>

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supposing<00:19:01.819><c> that</c><00:19:02.079><c> the</c><00:19:02.299><c> prisoners</c><00:19:02.519><c> had</c><00:19:02.839><c> fled.</c>

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But<00:19:03.839><c> Paul</c><00:19:03.980><c> cried</c><00:19:04.279><c> with</c><00:19:04.519><c> a</c><00:19:04.599><c> loud</c><00:19:04.779><c> voice,</c><00:19:05.140><c> saying,</c>

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Do<00:19:05.480><c> thyself</c><00:19:05.900><c> no</c><00:19:06.099><c> harm,</c><00:19:06.720><c> for</c><00:19:06.799><c> we</c><00:19:06.980><c> are</c><00:19:07.099><c> all</c><00:19:07.359><c> here.</c>

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Then<00:19:09.460><c> the</c><00:19:09.779><c> jailer</c><00:19:10.039><c> calls</c><00:19:10.319><c> for</c><00:19:10.559><c> a</c><00:19:10.680><c> light,</c>

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springs<00:19:11.339><c> in,</c><00:19:11.660><c> comes</c><00:19:11.839><c> trembling,</c><00:19:12.279><c> and</c><00:19:12.400><c> falls</c><00:19:12.559><c> down</c><00:19:12.720><c> before</c>

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Paul<00:19:13.160><c> and</c><00:19:13.259><c> Silas.</c>

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He<00:19:14.240><c> and</c><00:19:16.119><c> all</c><00:19:16.500><c> his</c><00:19:16.880><c> straightway.</c>

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It's<00:19:17.839><c> as</c><00:19:18.039><c> if</c><00:19:18.480><c> by</c><00:19:19.339><c> Paul's</c><00:19:20.079><c> stripes,</c>

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the<00:19:22.079><c> Philippian</c><00:19:22.519><c> jailer</c><00:19:22.920><c> was</c><00:19:23.160><c> healed.</c>

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When<00:19:26.700><c> he</c><00:19:26.880><c> had</c><00:19:27.140><c> brought</c><00:19:27.279><c> them</c><00:19:27.440><c> into</c><00:19:27.660><c> the</c><00:19:27.819><c> house,</c><00:19:28.019><c> verse</c><00:19:28.220><c> 34,</c>

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he<00:19:29.000><c> set</c><00:19:29.200><c> meet</c><00:19:29.359><c> before</c><00:19:29.740><c> them</c><00:19:30.319><c> and</c><00:19:30.799><c> rejoiced.</c>

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So<00:19:37.039><c> we</c><00:19:37.240><c> see</c><00:19:37.440><c> Paul's</c><00:19:38.019><c> remarkable</c><00:19:38.559><c> witness</c><00:19:39.019><c> by</c><00:19:39.480><c> joy</c>

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had<00:19:41.559><c> been</c><00:19:41.799><c> part</c><00:19:42.359><c> of</c><00:19:42.680><c> the</c><00:19:42.980><c> conversion</c><00:19:43.460><c> of</c><00:19:43.660><c> the</c><00:19:43.799><c> Philippian</c><00:19:44.259><c> jailer.</c>

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There's<00:19:47.359><c> relatively</c><00:19:47.920><c> few</c><00:19:48.339><c> biographical</c><00:19:49.059><c> details</c><00:19:49.599><c> for</c><00:19:49.880><c> Paul,</c>

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but<00:19:50.859><c> this</c><00:19:51.140><c> one</c><00:19:51.339><c> speaks</c><00:19:51.740><c> volumes.</c>

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What's<00:19:54.240><c> our</c><00:19:54.480><c> attitude</c><00:19:55.000><c> towards</c><00:19:56.039><c> life</c><00:19:56.299><c> and</c><00:19:56.460><c> the</c><00:19:56.660><c> truth</c>

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and<00:19:57.779><c> towards</c><00:19:58.079><c> difficulties?</c>

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Are<00:20:00.259><c> we</c><00:20:00.480><c> known</c><00:20:00.660><c> by</c><00:20:01.119><c> our</c><00:20:01.380><c> neighbors</c><00:20:01.740><c> and</c><00:20:02.799><c> acquaintances?</c>

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Are<00:20:03.619><c> we</c><00:20:03.779><c> known</c><00:20:03.920><c> as</c><00:20:04.180><c> dour</c><00:20:04.579><c> people?</c>

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Are<00:20:07.079><c> we</c><00:20:07.259><c> known</c><00:20:07.400><c> as</c><00:20:07.539><c> people</c><00:20:07.779><c> who,</c><00:20:08.599><c> because</c><00:20:08.859><c> of</c><00:20:09.180><c> their</c><00:20:09.759><c> sober</c><00:20:10.099><c> sides,</c>

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they're<00:20:11.539><c> unhappy</c><00:20:12.460><c> people?</c>

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Or<00:20:13.779><c> are</c><00:20:13.900><c> we</c><00:20:14.039><c> known</c><00:20:14.180><c> as</c><00:20:14.380><c> people</c><00:20:14.559><c> with</c><00:20:14.759><c> an</c><00:20:15.079><c> inner</c><00:20:15.319><c> joy</c>

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because<00:20:18.299><c> of</c><00:20:18.519><c> conviction?</c>

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That<00:20:21.240><c> inner</c><00:20:21.640><c> joy</c><00:20:21.880><c> that</c><00:20:22.099><c> Paul</c><00:20:22.500><c> stresses</c><00:20:23.059><c> through</c><00:20:23.480><c> Philippians</c>

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and<00:20:24.099><c> that</c><00:20:24.220><c> we</c><00:20:24.440><c> see</c><00:20:24.660><c> in</c><00:20:24.980><c> himself</c><00:20:25.599><c> is</c><00:20:26.579><c> a</c><00:20:26.940><c> remarkable</c><00:20:27.460><c> witness.</c>

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There<00:20:29.799><c> was</c><00:20:30.000><c> one</c><00:20:30.240><c> other</c><00:20:30.420><c> in</c><00:20:30.619><c> the</c><00:20:30.779><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:31.119><c> in</c><00:20:32.019><c> Philippi.</c>

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While<00:20:33.940><c> we're</c><00:20:34.160><c> still</c><00:20:34.400><c> in</c><00:20:34.640><c> Acts,</c><00:20:34.859><c> we'll</c><00:20:34.960><c> have</c><00:20:35.119><c> a</c><00:20:35.259><c> look</c><00:20:35.359><c> at</c><00:20:35.480><c> her</c><00:20:35.660><c> story.</c>

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There's<00:20:36.160><c> not</c><00:20:36.259><c> much</c><00:20:36.500><c> about</c><00:20:36.759><c> it.</c><00:20:37.240><c> Acts</c><00:20:37.720><c> 16.</c>

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It<00:20:43.000><c> was</c><00:20:43.259><c> the</c><00:20:43.440><c> lady</c><00:20:43.859><c> Lydia.</c>

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Verses<00:20:46.859><c> 13</c><00:20:47.259><c> and</c><00:20:47.440><c> 14.</c>

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She<00:20:49.039><c> tells</c><00:20:49.180><c> us</c><00:20:49.400><c> that</c><00:20:50.319><c> prayer</c><00:20:50.519><c> was</c><00:20:51.099><c> going</c><00:20:51.380><c> on</c><00:20:51.660><c> down</c><00:20:51.880><c> by</c><00:20:52.099><c> the</c><00:20:52.259><c> river.</c>

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Strange<00:20:54.180><c> that</c><00:20:54.359><c> there</c><00:20:54.539><c> shouldn't</c><00:20:54.759><c> have</c><00:20:55.019><c> been</c><00:20:56.720><c> a</c><00:20:57.460><c> synagogue,</c>

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a<00:20:58.779><c> place</c><00:20:59.079><c> for</c><00:20:59.359><c> formal</c><00:20:59.799><c> worship.</c>

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Could<00:21:01.960><c> be</c><00:21:02.180><c> that</c><00:21:02.359><c> it</c><00:21:02.380><c> was</c><00:21:02.579><c> about</c><00:21:02.880><c> this</c><00:21:03.119><c> time</c><00:21:03.660><c> that</c><00:21:04.859><c> persecutions</c><00:21:05.420><c> in</c><00:21:05.740><c> Rome</c>

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that<00:21:06.420><c> led</c><00:21:06.579><c> to</c><00:21:06.880><c> Aquila</c><00:21:07.140><c> and</c><00:21:07.339><c> Priscilla's</c><00:21:08.200><c> being</c><00:21:08.359><c> driven</c><00:21:08.599><c> out,</c>

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that<00:21:09.579><c> they</c><00:21:09.740><c> were</c><00:21:09.880><c> being</c><00:21:10.059><c> copied</c><00:21:10.400><c> in</c><00:21:10.680><c> Philippi,</c>

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which<00:21:11.259><c> was</c><00:21:12.299><c> a</c><00:21:12.420><c> very</c><00:21:12.640><c> Roman</c><00:21:12.940><c> city.</c>

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Maybe<00:21:15.039><c> there</c><00:21:15.220><c> weren't</c><00:21:15.319><c> enough</c><00:21:15.559><c> men</c><00:21:15.779><c> there</c><00:21:16.039><c> to</c><00:21:16.640><c> form</c><00:21:16.839><c> a</c><00:21:17.059><c> minion.</c>

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But<00:21:19.039><c> for</c><00:21:19.220><c> one</c><00:21:19.460><c> reason</c><00:21:19.660><c> or</c><00:21:19.900><c> another,</c><00:21:20.740><c> Lydia</c><00:21:20.779><c> and</c><00:21:20.960><c> these</c><00:21:21.140><c> women</c>

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are<00:21:22.779><c> at</c><00:21:22.960><c> the</c><00:21:23.380><c> riverside</c><00:21:24.680><c> making</c><00:21:25.500><c> prayer.</c>

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Verse<00:21:27.960><c> 14.</c>

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And<00:21:28.980><c> a</c><00:21:29.180><c> certain</c><00:21:29.400><c> woman</c><00:21:29.720><c> named</c><00:21:29.980><c> Lydia,</c><00:21:30.500><c> a</c><00:21:30.619><c> seller</c><00:21:30.799><c> of</c><00:21:31.079><c> purple,</c>

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of<00:21:31.799><c> the</c><00:21:31.940><c> city</c><00:21:32.180><c> of</c><00:21:32.400><c> Thyatira,</c><00:21:32.980><c> which</c><00:21:33.279><c> worshiped</c><00:21:33.839><c> God,</c><00:21:34.740><c> heard</c><00:21:34.740><c> us,</c>

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whose<00:21:36.359><c> heart</c><00:21:36.759><c> the</c><00:21:36.960><c> Lord</c><00:21:37.180><c> opened,</c>

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that<00:21:38.539><c> she</c><00:21:38.759><c> attended</c><00:21:39.019><c> unto</c><00:21:39.279><c> the</c><00:21:39.500><c> things</c><00:21:39.680><c> which</c><00:21:39.900><c> were</c><00:21:40.140><c> spoken</c>

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of<00:21:40.660><c> Paul.</c>

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And<00:21:42.559><c> when</c><00:21:42.740><c> she</c><00:21:42.940><c> was</c><00:21:43.180><c> baptized</c><00:21:43.799><c> and</c><00:21:44.140><c> her</c><00:21:44.359><c> household,</c>

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she<00:21:45.220><c> besought</c><00:21:45.559><c> us,</c><00:21:45.819><c> saying,</c>

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If<00:21:46.579><c> you've</c><00:21:46.859><c> judged</c><00:21:47.160><c> me</c><00:21:47.440><c> to</c><00:21:47.559><c> be</c><00:21:47.779><c> faithful</c><00:21:48.119><c> to</c><00:21:48.319><c> the</c><00:21:48.460><c> Lord,</c>

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come<00:21:49.299><c> into</c><00:21:49.500><c> my</c><00:21:49.720><c> house</c><00:21:50.099><c> and</c><00:21:50.539><c> abide</c><00:21:50.880><c> there.</c>

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And<00:21:51.900><c> she</c><00:21:52.200><c> constrained</c><00:21:52.920><c> us.</c>

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She<00:21:54.680><c> wouldn't</c><00:21:55.099><c> hear</c><00:21:55.640><c> no.</c>

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There<00:21:56.619><c> was</c><00:21:56.799><c> no</c><00:21:57.000><c> way</c><00:21:57.240><c> she</c><00:21:57.380><c> was</c><00:21:57.519><c> going</c><00:21:57.619><c> to</c><00:21:57.740><c> take</c><00:21:57.900><c> no</c><00:21:58.119><c> for</c><00:21:58.299><c> an</c><00:21:58.519><c> answer.</c>

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These<00:21:59.420><c> men</c><00:21:59.660><c> were</c><00:21:59.900><c> coming</c><00:22:00.119><c> with</c><00:22:00.400><c> her.</c>

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And<00:22:01.240><c> it</c><00:22:01.380><c> seems</c><00:22:01.680><c> as</c><00:22:01.859><c> if</c><00:22:02.039><c> later</c><00:22:02.339><c> on</c><00:22:02.839><c> that</c><00:22:03.400><c> her</c><00:22:03.599><c> house</c>

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might<00:22:04.160><c> have</c><00:22:04.319><c> been</c><00:22:04.440><c> the</c><00:22:04.640><c> meeting</c><00:22:04.799><c> place</c><00:22:05.099><c> of</c><00:22:05.339><c> the</c><00:22:05.539><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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Well,<00:22:07.200><c> there's</c><00:22:07.480><c> others</c><00:22:07.740><c> in</c><00:22:08.000><c> the</c><00:22:08.140><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:08.539><c> there.</c>

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Some<00:22:10.680><c> of</c><00:22:10.799><c> them</c><00:22:10.940><c> mentioned</c><00:22:11.279><c> in</c><00:22:11.500><c> chapter</c><00:22:11.839><c> four</c>

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and<00:22:12.299><c> we'll</c><00:22:12.660><c> take</c><00:22:12.940><c> special</c><00:22:13.359><c> time</c><00:22:13.880><c> with</c><00:22:14.400><c> these</c><00:22:14.759><c> people</c>

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in<00:22:15.839><c> the</c><00:22:16.319><c> last</c><00:22:17.000><c> class</c><00:22:17.519><c> of</c><00:22:17.839><c> this</c><00:22:18.099><c> study.</c>

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I<00:22:19.359><c> think</c><00:22:19.720><c> that</c><00:22:20.059><c> Euodia</c><00:22:20.480><c> and</c><00:22:20.900><c> Syntyche,</c>

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these<00:22:21.940><c> two</c><00:22:22.160><c> wonderful</c><00:22:22.559><c> ladies</c><00:22:22.880><c> who</c><00:22:23.059><c> we'll</c><00:22:23.240><c> meet</c><00:22:23.359><c> later</c><00:22:23.680><c> on,</c>

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that<00:22:24.500><c> the</c><00:22:24.779><c> whole</c><00:22:25.039><c> book</c><00:22:25.440><c> is</c><00:22:26.299><c> written</c><00:22:26.559><c> with</c><00:22:26.819><c> them</c><00:22:26.980><c> in</c><00:22:27.259><c> mind.</c>

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But<00:22:29.279><c> we'll</c><00:22:29.420><c> tell</c><00:22:29.599><c> you</c><00:22:29.700><c> more</c><00:22:29.880><c> about</c><00:22:30.099><c> them</c><00:22:30.339><c> later</c><00:22:30.660><c> on.</c>

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There's<00:22:31.420><c> a</c><00:22:31.539><c> few</c><00:22:31.700><c> more</c><00:22:31.920><c> people</c><00:22:32.220><c> that</c><00:22:32.380><c> we</c><00:22:32.519><c> don't</c><00:22:32.700><c> know</c><00:22:32.880><c> about.</c>

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The<00:22:34.759><c> point</c><00:22:35.000><c> I</c><00:22:35.160><c> want</c><00:22:35.279><c> to</c><00:22:35.420><c> make</c><00:22:35.579><c> about</c><00:22:35.799><c> these</c><00:22:36.140><c> people</c><00:22:36.420><c> is</c><00:22:36.680><c> this.</c>

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For<00:22:38.359><c> Paul,</c><00:22:38.799><c> the</c><00:22:39.000><c> Ecclesia</c><00:22:39.279><c> was</c><00:22:39.519><c> a</c><00:22:39.680><c> source</c><00:22:39.900><c> of</c><00:22:40.180><c> joy.</c>

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How<00:22:42.460><c> about</c><00:22:42.559><c> for</c><00:22:42.839><c> us?</c>

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Do<00:22:44.779><c> we</c><00:22:44.960><c> take</c><00:22:45.220><c> joy</c><00:22:45.819><c> in</c><00:22:47.019><c> seeing</c><00:22:47.200><c> the</c><00:22:47.460><c> progress</c>

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of<00:22:47.880><c> our</c><00:22:48.019><c> brothers</c><00:22:48.220><c> and</c><00:22:48.480><c> sisters?</c>

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Do<00:22:50.839><c> we</c><00:22:51.180><c> make</c><00:22:51.759><c> our</c><00:22:52.220><c> best</c><00:22:52.500><c> efforts</c>

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to<00:22:53.559><c> speak</c><00:22:53.859><c> what's</c><00:22:54.680><c> good</c><00:22:54.940><c> about</c><00:22:55.359><c> them?</c>

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I<00:22:57.680><c> really</c><00:22:58.299><c> was</c><00:22:59.920><c> impressed</c><00:23:00.460><c> with</c><00:23:00.660><c> Brother</c><00:23:00.900><c> Lane's</c><00:23:01.720><c> comment</c>

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in<00:23:03.519><c> Romans</c><00:23:04.160><c> where</c><00:23:05.460><c> it</c><00:23:05.700><c> says</c><00:23:05.900><c> that</c>

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who<00:23:07.079><c> can</c><00:23:07.279><c> speak</c><00:23:07.579><c> a</c><00:23:07.759><c> word</c><00:23:07.920><c> against</c><00:23:08.259><c> the</c><00:23:08.440><c> things</c><00:23:08.640><c> of</c><00:23:09.700><c> God's</c><00:23:10.140><c> people?</c>

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Because<00:23:11.359><c> it's</c><00:23:11.920><c> God</c><00:23:12.200><c> that</c><00:23:12.480><c> justifies.</c>

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What<00:23:14.339><c> right</c><00:23:14.559><c> would</c><00:23:14.740><c> we</c><00:23:14.980><c> ever</c><00:23:15.339><c> have</c>

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to<00:23:16.200><c> speak</c><00:23:16.519><c> ill</c><00:23:16.740><c> of</c><00:23:16.880><c> our</c><00:23:17.059><c> brothers</c><00:23:17.259><c> and</c><00:23:17.539><c> sisters?</c>

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Rather,<00:23:18.480><c> instead,</c><00:23:19.500><c> they</c><00:23:19.640><c> should</c><00:23:19.799><c> be</c><00:23:20.019><c> a</c><00:23:20.140><c> source</c><00:23:20.380><c> of</c><00:23:20.539><c> joy</c><00:23:20.740><c> for</c><00:23:21.019><c> us.</c>

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Paul's<00:23:23.500><c> personality</c><00:23:24.079><c> is</c><00:23:25.059><c> just</c><00:23:25.279><c> a</c><00:23:25.440><c> great</c><00:23:25.660><c> exhortation</c><00:23:26.220><c> in</c><00:23:26.420><c> itself.</c>

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Now<00:23:28.200><c> let's</c><00:23:28.359><c> return</c><00:23:28.720><c> to</c><00:23:28.920><c> Philippians</c><00:23:29.359><c> chapter</c><00:23:29.740><c> one.</c>

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Let's<00:23:31.380><c> look</c><00:23:31.700><c> at</c><00:23:31.940><c> what</c><00:23:32.039><c> is</c><00:23:32.359><c> Paul's</c><00:23:32.940><c> first</c><00:23:33.480><c> exhortation</c>

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to<00:23:35.119><c> the</c><00:23:35.319><c> Philippian</c><00:23:35.799><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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I<00:23:37.079><c> want</c><00:23:37.299><c> to</c><00:23:37.460><c> talk</c><00:23:37.700><c> specifically</c><00:23:38.420><c> about</c><00:23:39.400><c> verse</c><00:23:39.759><c> six</c><00:23:40.359><c> of</c><00:23:40.660><c> chapter</c><00:23:41.019><c> one.</c>

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Paul<00:23:51.079><c> says,</c><00:23:51.460><c> I</c><00:23:51.460><c> am</c><00:23:51.759><c> confident</c><00:23:52.079><c> of</c><00:23:52.319><c> this</c><00:23:52.619><c> very</c><00:23:52.940><c> thing,</c>

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that<00:23:54.619><c> he</c><00:23:54.880><c> which</c><00:23:55.059><c> hath</c><00:23:55.279><c> begun</c><00:23:55.559><c> a</c><00:23:55.859><c> good</c><00:23:56.079><c> work</c><00:23:56.400><c> in</c><00:23:56.759><c> you</c>

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will<00:23:59.019><c> perform</c><00:23:59.500><c> it</c><00:23:59.740><c> until</c><00:23:59.980><c> the</c><00:24:00.160><c> day</c><00:24:00.480><c> of</c><00:24:00.640><c> Jesus</c><00:24:01.019><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:24:04.099><c> what</c><00:24:04.220><c> is</c><00:24:04.460><c> the</c><00:24:04.640><c> good</c><00:24:04.819><c> work?</c>

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That<00:24:07.480><c> God</c><00:24:07.839><c> had</c><00:24:08.119><c> begun</c><00:24:08.420><c> in</c><00:24:08.799><c> them?</c>

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I<00:24:10.839><c> think</c><00:24:10.940><c> the</c><00:24:11.140><c> answer</c><00:24:11.400><c> to</c><00:24:11.579><c> this</c><00:24:11.740><c> question</c><00:24:12.099><c> is</c><00:24:12.740><c> found</c>

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by<00:24:13.299><c> considering</c><00:24:13.819><c> the</c><00:24:14.140><c> two</c><00:24:14.339><c> petitions</c>

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Paul<00:24:15.660><c> makes</c><00:24:16.039><c> for</c><00:24:16.299><c> the</c><00:24:16.480><c> Philippians</c>

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in<00:24:17.640><c> the</c><00:24:18.019><c> introductory</c><00:24:18.480><c> verses</c><00:24:18.980><c> of</c><00:24:19.500><c> this</c><00:24:19.779><c> chapter.</c>

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The<00:24:21.480><c> first</c><00:24:21.859><c> is</c><00:24:22.279><c> grace</c><00:24:22.660><c> and</c><00:24:22.960><c> peace,</c><00:24:24.279><c> chapter</c><00:24:24.440><c> one,</c><00:24:24.900><c> verse</c><00:24:25.160><c> two.</c>

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These<00:24:28.160><c> words</c><00:24:28.759><c> begin</c><00:24:29.220><c> every</c><00:24:29.660><c> epistle</c><00:24:30.039><c> of</c><00:24:30.259><c> Paul,</c>

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almost<00:24:32.160><c> the</c><00:24:32.480><c> exact</c><00:24:32.759><c> same</c><00:24:33.079><c> words</c><00:24:33.420><c> every</c><00:24:33.799><c> time,</c>

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and<00:24:34.859><c> also</c><00:24:35.180><c> Peter,</c><00:24:36.380><c> Peter's</c><00:24:36.859><c> epistles,</c>

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and<00:24:37.799><c> John,</c><00:24:38.220><c> and</c><00:24:38.380><c> 2</c><00:24:38.500><c> John,</c><00:24:39.119><c> and</c><00:24:39.240><c> the</c><00:24:39.460><c> Revelation.</c>

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The<00:24:42.220><c> other</c><00:24:43.019><c> petition</c><00:24:43.599><c> that</c><00:24:44.779><c> Paul</c><00:24:45.059><c> makes</c><00:24:45.559><c> for</c><00:24:45.880><c> them</c>

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is<00:24:46.660><c> in</c><00:24:46.819><c> verse</c><00:24:47.079><c> nine.</c>

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This,<00:24:48.839><c> I</c><00:24:48.839><c> pray,</c><00:24:49.319><c> that</c><00:24:49.559><c> your</c><00:24:49.839><c> love</c><00:24:50.359><c> may</c><00:24:50.740><c> abound</c>

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:56.119
yet<00:24:51.519><c> more</c><00:24:52.160><c> and</c><00:24:52.660><c> more</c><00:24:53.160><c> in</c><00:24:53.839><c> knowledge</c><00:24:54.359><c> and</c><00:24:55.140><c> in</c><00:24:55.380><c> all</c><00:24:55.660><c> judgment.</c>

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And<00:24:56.900><c> so</c><00:24:57.039><c> it</c><00:24:57.119><c> was</c><00:24:57.359><c> abounding</c><00:24:57.839><c> love</c><00:24:58.420><c> and</c><00:24:59.079><c> grace</c><00:24:59.420><c> and</c><00:24:59.720><c> peace</c>

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that<00:25:00.839><c> was</c><00:25:01.039><c> the</c><00:25:01.339><c> good</c><00:25:01.579><c> work</c><00:25:01.900><c> that</c><00:25:02.119><c> God</c><00:25:02.420><c> had</c><00:25:02.700><c> begun</c><00:25:03.079><c> in</c><00:25:03.339><c> the</c><00:25:03.500><c> Philippians</c>

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and<00:25:04.900><c> that</c><00:25:05.119><c> Paul</c><00:25:05.460><c> was</c><00:25:05.740><c> confident</c><00:25:06.119><c> would</c><00:25:06.359><c> be</c><00:25:06.619><c> carried</c><00:25:06.859><c> through</c>

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to<00:25:07.259><c> the</c><00:25:07.440><c> end.</c>

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Now<00:25:08.099><c> I</c><00:25:08.119><c> want</c><00:25:08.279><c> to</c><00:25:08.400><c> say</c><00:25:08.519><c> something</c><00:25:08.740><c> about</c><00:25:09.140><c> the</c><00:25:09.480><c> word</c><00:25:09.759><c> grace.</c>

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I<00:25:16.259><c> think</c><00:25:16.420><c> for</c><00:25:16.619><c> many</c><00:25:16.759><c> years</c><00:25:16.960><c> if</c><00:25:17.299><c> I</c><00:25:17.480><c> had</c><00:25:17.579><c> been</c><00:25:17.740><c> asked</c>

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how<00:25:18.619><c> do</c><00:25:18.779><c> you</c><00:25:18.900><c> define</c><00:25:19.200><c> the</c><00:25:19.380><c> word</c><00:25:19.599><c> grace,</c>

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I'd<00:25:21.180><c> have</c><00:25:21.279><c> said</c><00:25:21.460><c> unmerited</c><00:25:22.099><c> favor.</c>

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It's<00:25:23.680><c> sort</c><00:25:23.839><c> of</c><00:25:23.920><c> an</c><00:25:24.059><c> automatic</c><00:25:24.519><c> response.</c>

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And<00:25:26.539><c> it's</c><00:25:26.779><c> too</c><00:25:27.079><c> simple</c><00:25:27.359><c> a</c><00:25:27.599><c> response.</c>

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There<00:25:29.019><c> is</c><00:25:29.299><c> more</c><00:25:29.599><c> to</c><00:25:29.940><c> grace</c><00:25:30.539><c> than</c><00:25:31.380><c> simply</c><00:25:32.000><c> unmerited</c><00:25:32.740><c> favor.</c>

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Luke<00:25:35.779><c> chapter</c><00:25:36.519><c> two,</c><00:25:37.059><c> verse</c><00:25:37.319><c> 40,</c><00:25:38.960><c> describes</c><00:25:39.299><c> Jesus</c><00:25:39.779><c> as</c><00:25:40.019><c> a</c><00:25:40.180><c> young</c><00:25:40.359><c> man,</c>

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and<00:25:41.359><c> it</c><00:25:41.619><c> says</c><00:25:41.779><c> the</c><00:25:42.019><c> grace</c><00:25:42.380><c> of</c><00:25:42.599><c> God</c><00:25:43.400><c> was</c><00:25:43.680><c> upon</c><00:25:44.019><c> him,</c>

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that<00:25:45.079><c> he</c><00:25:45.440><c> increased</c><00:25:45.900><c> in</c><00:25:46.380><c> favor,</c><00:25:46.920><c> grace,</c><00:25:48.339><c> with</c><00:25:48.599><c> God</c><00:25:48.900><c> in</c><00:25:49.099><c> man.</c>

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Luke<00:25:51.299><c> 422</c><00:25:52.180><c> says</c><00:25:52.680><c> that</c><00:25:52.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:53.420><c> spoke</c><00:25:53.940><c> gracious</c><00:25:54.759><c> words.</c>

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Have<00:25:57.180><c> a</c><00:25:57.299><c> look</c><00:25:57.440><c> at</c><00:25:57.599><c> John</c><00:25:58.099><c> chapter</c><00:25:58.640><c> one.</c>

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Interesting<00:26:09.339><c> that</c><00:26:09.640><c> in</c><00:26:09.759><c> the</c><00:26:09.960><c> other</c><00:26:10.160><c> gospels</c>

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:14.559
we<00:26:10.619><c> have</c><00:26:10.779><c> the</c><00:26:12.259><c> birth</c><00:26:12.500><c> of</c><00:26:12.740><c> Christ</c><00:26:13.259><c> recorded,</c>

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:19.460
and<00:26:14.920><c> in</c><00:26:15.000><c> John</c><00:26:15.240><c> chapter</c><00:26:15.539><c> one</c><00:26:15.700><c> it</c><00:26:15.819><c> says</c><00:26:15.920><c> if</c><00:26:16.160><c> we</c><00:26:16.400><c> have</c><00:26:17.019><c> a</c><00:26:17.259><c> description</c><00:26:17.559><c> of</c><00:26:18.079><c> our</c><00:26:18.400><c> birth</c>

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that<00:26:21.180><c> it</c><00:26:21.319><c> is</c><00:26:21.599><c> a</c><00:26:21.740><c> birth</c><00:26:22.160><c> to</c><00:26:22.680><c> being</c><00:26:22.980><c> filled</c><00:26:23.500><c> with</c><00:26:23.839><c> grace</c>

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:30.559
and<00:26:25.940><c> of</c><00:26:26.160><c> having</c><00:26:26.420><c> the</c><00:26:26.700><c> same</c><00:26:27.019><c> sort</c><00:26:27.339><c> of</c><00:26:27.660><c> character</c><00:26:28.079><c> that</c><00:26:29.059><c> Jesus</c><00:26:29.440><c> had.</c>

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And<00:26:31.960><c> so</c><00:26:32.079><c> we</c><00:26:32.259><c> read</c><00:26:32.440><c> in</c><00:26:32.599><c> verse</c><00:26:32.839><c> 14</c><00:26:33.539><c> that</c><00:26:34.420><c> he</c><00:26:34.619><c> was</c><00:26:34.960><c> full</c><00:26:35.460><c> of</c><00:26:35.940><c> grace</c>

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and<00:26:37.059><c> truth.</c>

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And<00:26:39.599><c> you</c><00:26:39.680><c> see</c><00:26:39.740><c> what</c><00:26:39.859><c> I</c><00:26:39.960><c> mean</c><00:26:40.019><c> when</c><00:26:40.160><c> I</c><00:26:40.339><c> say</c><00:26:40.460><c> that</c><00:26:40.740><c> grace</c><00:26:41.099><c> can't</c>

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simply<00:26:42.119><c> mean</c><00:26:42.539><c> unmerited</c><00:26:43.259><c> favor.</c>

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Jesus<00:26:44.740><c> was</c><00:26:45.039><c> not</c><00:26:45.319><c> filled</c><00:26:45.579><c> with</c><00:26:45.900><c> unmerited</c><00:26:46.460><c> favor.</c>

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In<00:26:49.059><c> fact,</c><00:26:49.200><c> I</c><00:26:49.299><c> think</c><00:26:49.519><c> the</c><00:26:49.640><c> word</c><00:26:49.880><c> grace,</c><00:26:50.500><c> properly</c><00:26:50.880><c> understood,</c>

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is<00:26:52.720><c> very</c><00:26:52.920><c> much</c><00:26:53.079><c> like</c><00:26:53.240><c> we</c><00:26:53.480><c> use</c><00:26:53.640><c> it</c><00:26:53.779><c> when</c><00:26:53.920><c> we</c><00:26:54.059><c> say</c><00:26:54.220><c> that</c><00:26:54.420><c> somebody</c>

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is<00:26:54.940><c> a</c><00:26:55.119><c> gracious</c><00:26:55.420><c> person.</c>

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They<00:26:57.380><c> exhibit</c><00:26:57.839><c> the</c><00:26:58.200><c> character</c><00:26:58.519><c> of</c><00:26:58.779><c> God</c><00:26:59.160><c> even</c><00:26:59.619><c> in</c><00:27:00.019><c> small</c><00:27:00.359><c> things.</c>

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John<00:27:06.180><c> chapter</c><00:27:06.519><c> one</c><00:27:06.859><c> says</c><00:27:07.160><c> of</c><00:27:07.359><c> us</c><00:27:08.059><c> that</c><00:27:08.720><c> we're</c><00:27:08.980><c> to</c><00:27:09.220><c> grow</c><00:27:09.400><c> in</c><00:27:09.740><c> grace.</c>

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Let's<00:27:10.779><c> read</c><00:27:10.960><c> from</c><00:27:11.160><c> verse</c><00:27:11.420><c> 12</c><00:27:11.759><c> to</c><00:27:11.880><c> 17.</c>

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As<00:27:14.500><c> many</c><00:27:14.799><c> as</c><00:27:15.039><c> received</c><00:27:15.519><c> him,</c><00:27:16.859><c> to</c><00:27:17.119><c> them</c><00:27:17.500><c> gave</c><00:27:17.859><c> he</c><00:27:18.180><c> power</c><00:27:18.619><c> to</c><00:27:18.880><c> become</c><00:27:19.180><c> the</c>

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sons<00:27:19.680><c> of</c><00:27:19.920><c> God,</c>

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even<00:27:21.299><c> to</c><00:27:21.579><c> them</c><00:27:22.099><c> that</c><00:27:22.559><c> believe</c><00:27:22.759><c> on</c><00:27:22.940><c> his</c><00:27:23.200><c> name,</c>

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which<00:27:24.960><c> were</c><00:27:25.220><c> born</c><00:27:25.539><c> not</c><00:27:25.900><c> of</c><00:27:26.079><c> blood,</c><00:27:27.420><c> nor</c><00:27:27.559><c> of</c><00:27:27.700><c> the</c><00:27:27.819><c> will</c><00:27:27.940><c> of</c><00:27:28.140><c> the</c><00:27:28.359><c> flesh,</c>

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nor<00:27:29.519><c> of</c><00:27:29.680><c> the</c><00:27:29.740><c> will</c><00:27:29.880><c> of</c><00:27:30.099><c> man,</c><00:27:31.319><c> but</c><00:27:31.460><c> of</c><00:27:31.680><c> God.</c>

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:37.819
And<00:27:34.539><c> the</c><00:27:34.759><c> word</c><00:27:35.359><c> was</c><00:27:36.079><c> made</c><00:27:36.460><c> flesh</c><00:27:36.779><c> and</c><00:27:37.000><c> dwelt</c><00:27:37.240><c> among</c><00:27:37.480><c> us,</c><00:27:37.700><c> and</c>

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we<00:27:38.019><c> beheld</c><00:27:38.339><c> his</c><00:27:38.680><c> glory,</c>

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the<00:27:40.099><c> glory</c><00:27:40.480><c> as</c><00:27:40.700><c> of</c><00:27:40.839><c> the</c><00:27:40.980><c> only</c><00:27:41.180><c> begotten</c><00:27:41.660><c> of</c><00:27:41.779><c> the</c><00:27:41.960><c> Father,</c><00:27:42.740><c> full</c>

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of<00:27:43.220><c> grace</c><00:27:43.740><c> and</c><00:27:44.339><c> truth.</c>

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John<00:27:46.980><c> bare</c><00:27:47.240><c> witness</c><00:27:47.599><c> of</c><00:27:47.779><c> him</c><00:27:48.160><c> and</c><00:27:48.480><c> cried,</c><00:27:49.039><c> saying,</c>

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This<00:27:49.660><c> was</c><00:27:49.980><c> he</c><00:27:50.359><c> of</c><00:27:50.599><c> whom</c><00:27:50.759><c> I</c><00:27:51.019><c> spake,</c><00:27:51.339><c> that</c><00:27:51.480><c> he</c><00:27:52.079><c> that</c><00:27:52.240><c> cometh</c><00:27:52.420><c> after</c><00:27:52.759><c> me</c>

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is<00:27:53.660><c> preferred</c><00:27:54.099><c> before</c><00:27:54.460><c> me,</c>

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for<00:27:55.579><c> he</c><00:27:55.799><c> was</c><00:27:56.099><c> before</c><00:27:56.460><c> me.</c>

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And<00:27:57.819><c> of</c><00:27:58.119><c> his</c><00:27:58.819><c> fullness,</c><00:28:00.180><c> reference</c><00:28:00.700><c> back</c><00:28:00.960><c> to</c><00:28:01.079><c> verse</c><00:28:01.259><c> 14,</c><00:28:01.859><c> full</c>

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of<00:28:02.240><c> grace</c><00:28:02.440><c> and</c><00:28:02.660><c> truth,</c>

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of<00:28:03.380><c> his</c><00:28:03.859><c> fullness</c><00:28:04.460><c> have</c><00:28:05.339><c> all</c><00:28:05.819><c> we</c><00:28:06.180><c> received,</c><00:28:07.799><c> and</c><00:28:07.940><c> grace</c><00:28:08.500><c> for</c><00:28:09.240><c> grace.</c>

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For<00:28:11.700><c> the</c><00:28:11.920><c> law</c><00:28:12.079><c> was</c><00:28:12.319><c> given</c><00:28:12.559><c> by</c><00:28:12.839><c> Moses,</c><00:28:14.019><c> but</c><00:28:14.299><c> grace</c><00:28:14.900><c> and</c><00:28:15.460><c> truth</c>

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came<00:28:17.099><c> by</c><00:28:17.339><c> Jesus</c><00:28:17.779><c> Christ.</c>

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If<00:28:25.259><c> we</c><00:28:25.579><c> are</c><00:28:25.700><c> to</c><00:28:25.819><c> be</c><00:28:26.039><c> among</c><00:28:26.339><c> those</c><00:28:26.980><c> who</c><00:28:27.400><c> have</c><00:28:27.599><c> received</c><00:28:27.940><c> authority</c><00:28:28.799><c> to</c><00:28:29.180><c> be</c>

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the<00:28:29.660><c> sons</c><00:28:29.940><c> of</c><00:28:30.220><c> God,</c>

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we<00:28:32.440><c> have</c><00:28:32.740><c> to</c><00:28:33.079><c> be</c><00:28:33.599><c> born,</c><00:28:35.480><c> reborn,</c><00:28:37.460><c> to</c><00:28:37.900><c> be</c><00:28:38.119><c> full</c><00:28:38.400><c> of</c><00:28:38.700><c> grace,</c><00:28:40.720><c> as</c>

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was<00:28:41.299><c> our</c><00:28:41.500><c> master.</c>

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And<00:28:44.059><c> so</c><00:28:44.220><c> we</c><00:28:44.440><c> are</c><00:28:44.700><c> filled</c><00:28:45.059><c> with</c><00:28:45.359><c> all</c><00:28:45.759><c> the</c><00:28:46.059><c> fullness</c><00:28:46.339><c> of</c><00:28:46.680><c> God.</c>

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It's<00:28:47.680><c> God's</c><00:28:48.299><c> workmanship</c><00:28:49.019><c> being</c><00:28:49.960><c> seen</c><00:28:50.440><c> in</c><00:28:50.880><c> our</c><00:28:51.140><c> character.</c>

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And<00:28:53.019><c> so</c><00:28:53.140><c> in</c><00:28:53.299><c> all</c><00:28:53.539><c> of</c><00:28:53.619><c> these,</c><00:28:53.900><c> I</c><00:28:53.900><c> believe,</c><00:28:54.339><c> unmerited</c><00:28:54.720><c> favor</c><00:28:55.000><c> is</c>

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a<00:28:55.579><c> little</c><00:28:55.799><c> bit</c><00:28:56.039><c> inadequate</c><00:28:56.440><c> as</c><00:28:56.740><c> a</c><00:28:57.200><c> description</c><00:28:57.599><c> of</c><00:28:57.880><c> grace.</c>

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Verses<00:29:05.180><c> 9</c><00:29:05.519><c> to</c><00:29:05.680><c> 11</c><00:29:06.019><c> of</c><00:29:06.279><c> Philippians</c><00:29:06.700><c> chapter</c><00:29:07.119><c> 1,</c><00:29:07.619><c> the</c><00:29:07.859><c> other</c><00:29:08.079><c> part</c><00:29:08.359><c> of</c>

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Paul's<00:29:09.099><c> petition,</c>

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the<00:29:10.019><c> other</c><00:29:10.400><c> part</c><00:29:10.839><c> of</c><00:29:12.019><c> the</c><00:29:12.240><c> good</c><00:29:12.519><c> work</c><00:29:12.799><c> that</c><00:29:13.039><c> God</c><00:29:13.339><c> had</c><00:29:13.619><c> begun</c><00:29:14.279><c> in</c>

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the<00:29:16.220><c> Philippians.</c>

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This<00:29:20.660><c> I</c><00:29:20.940><c> pray,</c><00:29:21.279><c> he</c><00:29:21.619><c> says,</c><00:29:22.779><c> that</c><00:29:23.039><c> your</c><00:29:23.400><c> love</c><00:29:23.759><c> may</c><00:29:24.059><c> abound</c><00:29:24.460><c> yet</c>

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more<00:29:25.519><c> and</c><00:29:26.000><c> more</c><00:29:26.700><c> in</c><00:29:27.319><c> knowledge</c><00:29:27.720><c> and</c><00:29:27.940><c> in</c><00:29:28.160><c> all</c><00:29:28.400><c> judgment.</c>

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That<00:29:30.700><c> you</c><00:29:30.839><c> may</c><00:29:31.099><c> approve</c><00:29:31.500><c> things</c><00:29:31.980><c> that</c><00:29:32.180><c> are</c><00:29:32.460><c> excellent,</c><00:29:34.220><c> that</c>

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you<00:29:34.500><c> may</c><00:29:34.700><c> be</c><00:29:34.920><c> sincere</c><00:29:35.559><c> and</c><00:29:36.359><c> without</c><00:29:36.660><c> offense</c><00:29:37.359><c> till</c><00:29:38.059><c> the</c><00:29:38.180><c> day</c>

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of<00:29:38.539><c> Christ,</c>

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being<00:29:40.200><c> filled</c><00:29:40.599><c> with</c><00:29:40.839><c> the</c><00:29:41.039><c> fruits</c><00:29:41.240><c> of</c><00:29:41.759><c> righteousness,</c><00:29:43.160><c> which</c>

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are<00:29:43.519><c> by</c><00:29:43.720><c> Jesus</c><00:29:44.099><c> Christ,</c><00:29:45.099><c> unto</c><00:29:45.220><c> the</c><00:29:45.599><c> glory</c><00:29:45.900><c> and</c><00:29:46.180><c> praise</c><00:29:46.440><c> of</c><00:29:46.700><c> God.</c>

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The<00:29:51.259><c> word</c><00:29:51.619><c> abound</c><00:29:52.539><c> there</c><00:29:54.099><c> in</c><00:29:54.299><c> verse</c><00:29:54.559><c> 9.</c>

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It<00:29:57.259><c> often</c><00:29:57.519><c> means</c><00:29:58.220><c> overflowing.</c>

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At<00:30:01.640><c> the</c><00:30:01.819><c> feeding</c><00:30:01.960><c> of</c><00:30:02.180><c> the</c><00:30:02.400><c> 5</c><00:30:02.640><c>,000,</c><00:30:04.259><c> when</c><00:30:04.460><c> they</c><00:30:04.759><c> collected</c><00:30:05.119><c> the</c>

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12<00:30:05.799><c> baskets</c><00:30:06.400><c> of</c><00:30:07.420><c> leftovers,</c><00:30:09.279><c> the</c><00:30:09.420><c> baskets</c><00:30:09.740><c> were</c><00:30:10.240><c> overflowing.</c>

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The<00:30:13.859><c> Septuagint</c><00:30:14.400><c> uses</c><00:30:14.819><c> this</c><00:30:15.119><c> word</c><00:30:15.400><c> abound</c><00:30:16.200><c> for</c><00:30:17.259><c> the</c><00:30:17.859><c> passage</c>

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in<00:30:18.440><c> Ecclesiastes,</c>

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where<00:30:20.119><c> it</c><00:30:20.380><c> says</c><00:30:20.579><c> that</c><00:30:20.839><c> wisdom</c><00:30:21.299><c> exceleth</c><00:30:22.140><c> folly</c><00:30:22.819><c> as</c><00:30:23.359><c> light</c>

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exceleth<00:30:24.579><c> darkness.</c>

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That's<00:30:25.700><c> Ecclesiastes</c><00:30:26.380><c> 1</c><00:30:27.059><c> verse</c><00:30:27.460><c> 13</c><00:30:28.339><c> in</c><00:30:29.140><c> the</c><00:30:29.319><c> Septuagint.</c>

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Wisdom<00:30:33.240><c> excels</c><00:30:34.000><c> folly</c><00:30:34.680><c> as</c><00:30:34.980><c> far</c><00:30:35.220><c> as</c><00:30:35.400><c> light</c><00:30:36.220><c> overwhelms,</c><00:30:37.259><c> abounds</c><00:30:37.640><c> over</c><00:30:37.980><c> darkness.</c>

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And<00:30:41.539><c> Paul</c><00:30:41.700><c> tells</c><00:30:41.960><c> us</c><00:30:42.579><c> that</c><00:30:42.980><c> that's</c><00:30:43.220><c> how</c><00:30:43.539><c> our</c><00:30:43.880><c> love</c><00:30:44.140><c> for</c><00:30:44.380><c> the</c><00:30:44.579><c> brethren</c><00:30:44.859><c> ought</c><00:30:45.119><c> to</c>

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be,<00:30:46.380><c> that</c><00:30:46.559><c> our</c><00:30:46.859><c> love</c><00:30:47.220><c> must</c><00:30:47.599><c> overflow.</c>

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It's<00:30:48.740><c> the</c><00:30:48.900><c> same</c><00:30:49.099><c> word</c><00:30:49.339><c> in</c><00:30:49.680><c> Corinthians</c><00:30:50.079><c> when</c><00:30:50.259><c> it</c><00:30:50.420><c> says,</c><00:30:51.339><c> always</c><00:30:51.359><c> abounding</c><00:30:52.079><c> in</c><00:30:52.299><c> the</c><00:30:52.460><c> work</c><00:30:52.599><c> of</c>

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the<00:30:52.980><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:30:55.299><c> though</c><00:30:55.380><c> it's</c><00:30:55.599><c> a</c><00:30:55.779><c> different</c><00:30:55.940><c> word</c><00:30:56.240><c> in</c><00:30:56.640><c> 2</c><00:30:56.900><c> Peter,</c><00:30:57.279><c> it's</c><00:30:57.539><c> the</c>

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same<00:30:58.000><c> idea</c><00:30:58.559><c> as</c><00:30:59.119><c> expressed</c><00:30:59.839><c> when</c><00:31:00.579><c> he</c><00:31:00.819><c> says</c><00:31:01.240><c> that</c><00:31:02.119><c> we</c><00:31:02.200><c> should</c>

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give<00:31:02.559><c> all</c><00:31:02.880><c> diligence</c>

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and<00:31:03.559><c> add</c><00:31:03.759><c> to</c><00:31:03.940><c> our</c><00:31:04.160><c> faith</c><00:31:04.400><c> virtue</c><00:31:04.779><c> and</c><00:31:05.059><c> virtue</c><00:31:05.380><c> knowledge</c><00:31:05.920><c> and</c>

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to<00:31:06.319><c> knowledge</c><00:31:06.700><c> temperance</c><00:31:07.759><c> and</c><00:31:08.119><c> to</c><00:31:08.359><c> temperance</c><00:31:09.200><c> patience</c><00:31:09.680><c> and</c><00:31:10.619><c> to</c>

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patience<00:31:11.319><c> godliness.</c>

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To<00:31:12.920><c> godliness</c><00:31:13.500><c> brotherly</c><00:31:14.079><c> kindness</c><00:31:14.539><c> and</c><00:31:15.259><c> to</c><00:31:15.480><c> brotherly</c>

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kindness<00:31:16.680><c> love.</c>

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For<00:31:18.140><c> if</c><00:31:18.440><c> these</c><00:31:18.779><c> things</c><00:31:19.099><c> be</c><00:31:19.460><c> in</c><00:31:19.660><c> us</c><00:31:20.000><c> and</c><00:31:20.440><c> abound,</c><00:31:23.279><c> they</c><00:31:23.400><c> make</c><00:31:23.880><c> that</c><00:31:24.359><c> we</c>

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will<00:31:24.839><c> not</c><00:31:25.059><c> be</c><00:31:25.339><c> barren</c><00:31:25.740><c> and</c><00:31:26.000><c> unfruitful</c><00:31:27.019><c> in</c><00:31:27.819><c> the</c><00:31:28.019><c> knowledge</c><00:31:28.240><c> of</c>

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our<00:31:28.519><c> Lord</c><00:31:28.720><c> Jesus</c><00:31:29.079><c> Christ.</c>

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We've<00:31:31.019><c> got</c><00:31:31.059><c> to</c><00:31:31.259><c> abound</c><00:31:32.039><c> more</c><00:31:32.519><c> and</c><00:31:32.900><c> more.</c>

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Paul<00:31:34.980><c> uses</c><00:31:35.339><c> the</c><00:31:35.599><c> same</c><00:31:35.839><c> phrase</c><00:31:36.160><c> in</c><00:31:36.319><c> his</c><00:31:36.480><c> letter</c><00:31:36.700><c> to</c><00:31:36.960><c> the</c><00:31:37.079><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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Have<00:31:38.420><c> a</c><00:31:38.559><c> look</c><00:31:38.680><c> with</c><00:31:38.839><c> me</c><00:31:39.059><c> please</c><00:31:39.299><c> at</c><00:31:39.500><c> chapter</c><00:31:39.759><c> 4</c><00:31:40.759><c> verse</c><00:31:41.180><c> 1.</c>

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First<00:31:54.519><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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Verse<00:32:02.119><c> 1.</c>

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It's<00:32:04.779><c> the</c><00:32:04.960><c> same</c><00:32:05.220><c> exhortation.</c>

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Furthermore<00:32:09.079><c> then,</c><00:32:09.920><c> we</c><00:32:09.920><c> beseech</c><00:32:10.359><c> you</c><00:32:10.539><c> brethren,</c><00:32:12.019><c> and</c><00:32:12.240><c> exhort</c>

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you<00:32:12.680><c> by</c><00:32:12.859><c> the</c><00:32:13.000><c> Lord</c><00:32:13.180><c> Jesus,</c><00:32:14.779><c> that</c><00:32:14.880><c> as</c><00:32:15.099><c> ye</c><00:32:15.240><c> have</c><00:32:15.400><c> received</c><00:32:15.799><c> of</c><00:32:15.940><c> us</c>

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:20.779
how<00:32:16.839><c> ye</c><00:32:17.079><c> ought</c><00:32:17.240><c> to</c><00:32:17.420><c> walk</c><00:32:17.900><c> and</c><00:32:18.319><c> to</c><00:32:18.500><c> please</c><00:32:18.680><c> God,</c><00:32:20.059><c> so</c><00:32:20.259><c> ye</c><00:32:20.519><c> would</c>

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abound<00:32:21.460><c> more</c><00:32:21.980><c> and</c><00:32:22.299><c> more.</c>

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He<00:32:24.359><c> says</c><00:32:24.559><c> in</c><00:32:24.660><c> verse</c><00:32:24.880><c> 10,</c><00:32:25.220><c> indeed</c><00:32:25.559><c> ye</c><00:32:26.079><c> do</c><00:32:26.299><c> it</c><00:32:26.619><c> toward</c><00:32:26.940><c> all</c><00:32:27.240><c> the</c>

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brethren<00:32:27.660><c> which</c><00:32:27.940><c> are</c><00:32:28.460><c> in</c><00:32:28.819><c> all</c><00:32:28.980><c> Macedonia,</c><00:32:30.220><c> but</c><00:32:30.420><c> we</c><00:32:30.660><c> beseech</c>

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:34.740
you<00:32:31.259><c> brethren</c><00:32:31.660><c> that</c><00:32:32.079><c> ye</c><00:32:32.339><c> increase</c><00:32:33.059><c> more</c><00:32:33.859><c> and</c><00:32:34.240><c> more.</c>

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The<00:32:35.500><c> idea</c><00:32:35.839><c> is</c><00:32:36.039><c> of</c><00:32:36.140><c> setting</c><00:32:36.380><c> the</c><00:32:36.640><c> standard</c><00:32:36.980><c> ever</c><00:32:37.400><c> higher,</c><00:32:38.660><c> of</c>

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never<00:32:39.019><c> being</c><00:32:39.380><c> complacent.</c>

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These<00:32:45.079><c> things</c><00:32:45.400><c> have</c><00:32:45.619><c> to</c><00:32:45.799><c> do</c><00:32:45.859><c> with</c><00:32:46.059><c> our</c><00:32:46.259><c> love</c><00:32:46.380><c> of</c><00:32:46.619><c> our</c><00:32:46.779><c> brethren,</c><00:32:48.140><c> as</c><00:32:48.299><c> in</c><00:32:48.519><c> Philippians.</c>

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:54.599
Let's<00:32:51.059><c> return</c><00:32:51.299><c> back</c><00:32:51.579><c> to</c><00:32:51.759><c> Philippians</c><00:32:52.160><c> chapter</c><00:32:52.500><c> 1</c><00:32:52.799><c> verse</c><00:32:53.099><c> 9.</c>

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There's<00:32:57.019><c> a</c><00:32:57.119><c> bit</c><00:32:57.200><c> of</c><00:32:57.420><c> a</c><00:32:57.519><c> strange</c><00:32:57.700><c> one</c><00:32:57.859><c> there</c><00:32:58.019><c> in</c><00:32:58.140><c> verse</c><00:32:58.359><c> 9,</c>

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isn't<00:32:58.779><c> there?</c>

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:04.500
He<00:33:00.160><c> says,</c><00:33:00.880><c> this</c><00:33:01.000><c> I</c><00:33:01.299><c> pray</c><00:33:01.500><c> that</c><00:33:01.700><c> your</c><00:33:01.920><c> love</c><00:33:02.079><c> may</c><00:33:02.279><c> abound</c><00:33:02.619><c> yet</c><00:33:02.799><c> more</c><00:33:03.059><c> and</c><00:33:03.279><c> more</c><00:33:03.920><c> in</c>

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knowledge<00:33:05.119><c> and</c><00:33:06.339><c> in</c><00:33:06.500><c> all</c><00:33:06.680><c> judgment.</c>

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:11.480
And<00:33:09.220><c> you</c><00:33:09.299><c> can't</c><00:33:09.519><c> help</c><00:33:09.640><c> but</c><00:33:09.740><c> ask</c><00:33:09.980><c> yourself,</c><00:33:10.299><c> how</c><00:33:10.519><c> is</c><00:33:10.880><c> judgment</c>

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an<00:33:13.700><c> example</c><00:33:14.160><c> of</c><00:33:14.500><c> love?</c>

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:21.339
The<00:33:18.099><c> sense</c><00:33:18.359><c> of</c><00:33:18.599><c> the</c><00:33:18.819><c> word</c><00:33:19.200><c> is</c><00:33:19.960><c> discernment.</c>

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:27.640
The<00:33:22.980><c> Greek</c><00:33:23.299><c> word</c><00:33:23.819><c> only</c><00:33:24.359><c> occurs</c><00:33:24.799><c> here</c><00:33:25.319><c> and</c><00:33:26.099><c> as</c><00:33:26.440><c> a</c><00:33:26.599><c> verb</c><00:33:26.839><c> once</c><00:33:27.220><c> else</c><00:33:27.440><c> in</c>

00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:30.180
the<00:33:27.720><c> New</c><00:33:27.920><c> Testament,</c><00:33:28.400><c> which</c><00:33:28.559><c> we'll</c><00:33:28.740><c> see</c><00:33:28.920><c> in</c><00:33:29.039><c> a</c><00:33:29.200><c> moment.</c>

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:33.160
And<00:33:31.099><c> sometimes</c><00:33:31.380><c> in</c><00:33:31.599><c> such</c><00:33:31.740><c> cases</c><00:33:32.160><c> it's</c><00:33:32.359><c> helpful</c><00:33:32.660><c> to</c><00:33:32.839><c> look</c><00:33:33.000><c> at</c>

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the<00:33:33.319><c> usage</c><00:33:33.759><c> of</c><00:33:34.359><c> the</c><00:33:34.559><c> term</c><00:33:34.779><c> in</c><00:33:34.980><c> the</c><00:33:35.140><c> Septuagint.</c>

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Proverbs<00:33:36.960><c> 1</c><00:33:37.299><c> verses</c><00:33:37.599><c> 4</c><00:33:37.900><c> and</c><00:33:38.079><c> 7</c><00:33:38.400><c> say</c><00:33:38.920><c> that</c><00:33:40.039><c> he</c><00:33:40.119><c> might</c><00:33:40.359><c> give</c><00:33:40.640><c> subtlety</c><00:33:41.859><c> to</c>

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:46.920
the<00:33:42.259><c> simple</c><00:33:42.720><c> and</c><00:33:43.279><c> to</c><00:33:43.420><c> the</c><00:33:43.559><c> young</c><00:33:43.740><c> man</c><00:33:44.059><c> discernment,</c><00:33:45.039><c> same</c><00:33:45.200><c> word,</c><00:33:45.619><c> discernment</c><00:33:46.140><c> and</c><00:33:46.359><c> understanding.</c>

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:50.640
The<00:33:47.700><c> fear</c><00:33:48.019><c> of</c><00:33:48.220><c> the</c><00:33:48.400><c> Lord</c><00:33:48.559><c> is</c><00:33:48.779><c> the</c><00:33:48.940><c> beginning</c><00:33:49.319><c> of</c><00:33:49.619><c> wisdom</c><00:33:50.039><c> and</c>

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:53.480
there<00:33:50.839><c> is</c><00:33:51.019><c> good</c><00:33:51.319><c> understanding</c><00:33:51.920><c> to</c><00:33:52.220><c> all</c><00:33:52.460><c> that</c><00:33:52.720><c> practice</c><00:33:53.059><c> it.</c>

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:57.660
And<00:33:54.000><c> piety</c><00:33:54.339><c> toward</c><00:33:54.680><c> God</c><00:33:55.180><c> is</c><00:33:55.779><c> the</c><00:33:55.980><c> beginning</c><00:33:56.359><c> of</c><00:33:56.880><c> discernment.</c>

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:05.500
But<00:33:59.799><c> we</c><00:33:59.900><c> have</c><00:34:00.059><c> to</c><00:34:00.160><c> ask</c><00:34:00.339><c> ourselves,</c><00:34:00.740><c> well</c><00:34:00.819><c> how</c><00:34:01.059><c> then</c><00:34:01.440><c> is</c><00:34:02.279><c> discernment</c><00:34:03.880><c> an</c><00:34:04.380><c> evidence</c><00:34:04.819><c> of</c>

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agape<00:34:05.920><c> love?</c>

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And<00:34:08.440><c> I</c><00:34:08.539><c> think</c><00:34:08.679><c> we</c><00:34:08.860><c> might</c><00:34:08.980><c> get</c><00:34:09.159><c> an</c><00:34:09.280><c> answer</c><00:34:09.519><c> by</c><00:34:09.739><c> looking</c><00:34:09.940><c> at</c><00:34:10.099><c> the</c>

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:13.460
only<00:34:10.460><c> other</c><00:34:10.679><c> New</c><00:34:10.920><c> Testament</c><00:34:11.300><c> occurrence</c><00:34:11.880><c> of</c><00:34:12.679><c> the</c><00:34:12.880><c> word</c><00:34:13.159><c> here</c>

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translated<00:34:14.059><c> judgment.</c>

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Which<00:34:14.860><c> is</c><00:34:15.760><c> in</c><00:34:15.920><c> Luke</c><00:34:16.199><c> chapter</c><00:34:16.579><c> 9</c><00:34:17.619><c> verses</c><00:34:18.139><c> 44</c><00:34:18.760><c> and</c><00:34:18.980><c> 45.</c>

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It's<00:34:27.559><c> just</c><00:34:27.800><c> after</c><00:34:28.019><c> the</c><00:34:28.280><c> transfiguration</c><00:34:29.380><c> and</c><00:34:32.800><c> the</c><00:34:33.019><c> healing</c>

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of<00:34:33.460><c> the</c><00:34:33.539><c> epileptic</c><00:34:34.039><c> child.</c>

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:44.179
And<00:34:38.460><c> Jesus</c><00:34:38.840><c> says</c><00:34:39.440><c> that</c><00:34:42.360><c> the</c><00:34:42.480><c> son</c><00:34:42.719><c> of</c><00:34:42.920><c> man</c><00:34:43.340><c> shall</c><00:34:43.619><c> be</c><00:34:43.840><c> delivered</c>

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into<00:34:44.480><c> the</c><00:34:44.760><c> hands</c><00:34:45.019><c> of</c><00:34:45.360><c> men.</c>

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:52.619
But<00:34:48.719><c> they</c><00:34:49.039><c> understood</c><00:34:49.519><c> not</c><00:34:49.940><c> the</c><00:34:50.199><c> same</c><00:34:50.599><c> and</c><00:34:51.699><c> it</c><00:34:51.860><c> was</c><00:34:52.059><c> hid</c><00:34:52.280><c> from</c>

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:56.320
them<00:34:53.059><c> and</c><00:34:53.780><c> they</c><00:34:54.179><c> perceived</c><00:34:54.820><c> it</c><00:34:55.139><c> not.</c>

00:34:57.179 --> 00:35:00.360
Given<00:34:57.400><c> the</c><00:34:57.780><c> excitement</c><00:34:58.059><c> of</c><00:34:58.280><c> the</c><00:34:58.460><c> moment,</c><00:34:59.340><c> Peter,</c><00:34:59.960><c> James</c><00:35:00.179><c> and</c>

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:02.260
John<00:35:00.679><c> had</c><00:35:00.960><c> seen</c><00:35:01.239><c> Jesus'</c><00:35:02.159><c> glory.</c>

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:07.280
They'd<00:35:03.059><c> all</c><00:35:03.260><c> witnessed</c><00:35:03.639><c> a</c><00:35:04.340><c> most</c><00:35:04.599><c> remarkable</c><00:35:05.320><c> healing</c><00:35:05.840><c> and</c><00:35:07.139><c> it</c>

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:11.780
was<00:35:07.579><c> difficult</c><00:35:08.179><c> to</c><00:35:08.519><c> have</c><00:35:08.719><c> the</c><00:35:09.059><c> discernment</c><00:35:09.960><c> to</c><00:35:10.400><c> look</c><00:35:10.639><c> beyond.</c>

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:17.400
So<00:35:12.920><c> in</c><00:35:13.199><c> their</c><00:35:13.460><c> excitement</c><00:35:14.099><c> in</c><00:35:15.840><c> the</c><00:35:16.000><c> next</c><00:35:16.239><c> few</c><00:35:16.460><c> verses</c><00:35:16.820><c> we</c><00:35:17.079><c> find</c>

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:20.820
the<00:35:17.679><c> disciples</c><00:35:18.059><c> arguing</c><00:35:18.679><c> over</c><00:35:19.219><c> who</c><00:35:19.860><c> would</c><00:35:20.039><c> be</c><00:35:20.239><c> the</c><00:35:20.460><c> greatest</c>

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:22.619
in<00:35:21.039><c> the</c><00:35:21.199><c> kingdom</c><00:35:21.460><c> of</c><00:35:21.739><c> God.</c>

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:27.039
They<00:35:23.179><c> were</c><00:35:23.500><c> oblivious</c><00:35:24.260><c> to</c><00:35:24.780><c> the</c><00:35:25.079><c> struggle</c><00:35:25.559><c> that</c><00:35:26.559><c> their</c><00:35:26.679><c> master</c>

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.480
was<00:35:27.340><c> going</c><00:35:27.619><c> through.</c>

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:33.440
They<00:35:29.300><c> lacked</c><00:35:29.659><c> discernment</c><00:35:31.139><c> even</c><00:35:31.719><c> in</c><00:35:31.900><c> their</c><00:35:32.139><c> enthusiasm.</c>

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:39.739
The<00:35:35.059><c> love</c><00:35:35.340><c> that</c><00:35:35.579><c> is</c><00:35:35.800><c> God's</c><00:35:36.400><c> workmanship</c><00:35:37.019><c> in</c><00:35:37.440><c> us</c><00:35:38.400><c> looks</c><00:35:39.159><c> beyond</c>

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:44.440
the<00:35:40.119><c> obvious</c><00:35:40.639><c> and</c><00:35:42.079><c> it</c><00:35:42.300><c> has</c><00:35:42.579><c> spiritual</c><00:35:43.280><c> insight.</c>

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.420
This<00:35:45.199><c> is</c><00:35:45.340><c> what</c><00:35:45.440><c> we've</c><00:35:45.699><c> got</c><00:35:45.780><c> to</c><00:35:45.960><c> do</c><00:35:46.119><c> in</c><00:35:46.360><c> looking</c><00:35:46.639><c> beyond</c><00:35:47.059><c> the</c>

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.599
obvious<00:35:47.559><c> with</c><00:35:47.780><c> our</c><00:35:47.960><c> brothers</c><00:35:48.179><c> and</c><00:35:48.400><c> sisters.</c>

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:55.320
So<00:35:49.260><c> often</c><00:35:49.599><c> it's</c><00:35:50.280><c> so</c><00:35:50.800><c> easy</c><00:35:51.380><c> to</c><00:35:52.599><c> reach</c><00:35:53.039><c> a</c><00:35:53.719><c> wrong</c><00:35:53.980><c> conclusion.</c>

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:59.659
What<00:35:56.920><c> an</c><00:35:57.159><c> exhortation</c><00:35:57.719><c> for</c><00:35:58.019><c> us.</c>

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:09.659
Paul<00:36:01.460><c> says</c><00:36:02.159><c> that</c><00:36:03.260><c> this</c><00:36:03.599><c> growing</c><00:36:03.940><c> in</c><00:36:04.280><c> discernment,</c><00:36:05.079><c> growing</c><00:36:05.420><c> in</c><00:36:05.760><c> love,</c><00:36:06.760><c> growing</c><00:36:07.079><c> in</c><00:36:07.460><c> grace</c><00:36:07.960><c> is</c><00:36:09.360><c> a</c>

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:13.059
good<00:36:09.860><c> work</c><00:36:10.159><c> that</c><00:36:10.380><c> God</c><00:36:10.639><c> has</c><00:36:10.900><c> begun</c><00:36:11.340><c> in</c><00:36:12.019><c> the</c><00:36:12.199><c> Philippian</c><00:36:12.559><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:18.440
And<00:36:13.579><c> it's</c><00:36:13.840><c> a</c><00:36:14.019><c> good</c><00:36:14.239><c> work</c><00:36:14.719><c> that</c><00:36:15.159><c> he's</c><00:36:15.639><c> confident</c><00:36:16.420><c> God</c><00:36:17.159><c> will</c><00:36:17.420><c> continue.</c>

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:23.300
God<00:36:19.860><c> does</c><00:36:20.139><c> not</c><00:36:20.340><c> do</c><00:36:20.639><c> things</c><00:36:21.780><c> by</c><00:36:22.380><c> halves.</c>

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:30.539
Sometimes<00:36:27.300><c> we</c><00:36:27.780><c> look</c><00:36:28.000><c> at</c><00:36:28.159><c> ourselves</c><00:36:28.440><c> and</c><00:36:28.619><c> we</c><00:36:28.800><c> say,</c><00:36:30.179><c> I've</c><00:36:30.420><c> got</c>

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.559
so<00:36:30.900><c> far</c><00:36:31.059><c> to</c><00:36:31.300><c> go.</c>

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:34.239
There's<00:36:31.960><c> so</c><00:36:32.260><c> much</c><00:36:32.519><c> work</c><00:36:32.719><c> for</c><00:36:32.960><c> God</c><00:36:33.139><c> to</c><00:36:33.360><c> do</c><00:36:33.460><c> with</c><00:36:33.699><c> me.</c>

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:36.920
I'm<00:36:35.000><c> so</c><00:36:35.420><c> far</c><00:36:35.760><c> incomplete.</c>

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:39.039
I'm<00:36:37.880><c> so</c><00:36:38.099><c> worthless.</c>

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:44.840
But<00:36:41.019><c> Paul's</c><00:36:41.500><c> confidence</c><00:36:41.980><c> is</c><00:36:42.880><c> that</c><00:36:43.519><c> God</c><00:36:43.940><c> who's</c><00:36:44.280><c> begun</c><00:36:44.500><c> a</c><00:36:44.679><c> good</c>

00:36:44.840 --> 00:36:48.619
work<00:36:45.039><c> in</c><00:36:45.139><c> us,</c><00:36:46.199><c> he</c><00:36:46.539><c> won't</c><00:36:47.199><c> leave</c><00:36:47.599><c> it</c><00:36:47.880><c> undone.</c>

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:53.039
Our<00:36:49.619><c> self</c><00:36:49.860><c> doubts</c><00:36:50.300><c> can</c><00:36:51.420><c> almost</c><00:36:51.699><c> sometimes</c><00:36:52.179><c> turn</c><00:36:52.500><c> into</c><00:36:52.739><c> doubts</c>

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.239
of<00:36:53.260><c> God.</c>

00:36:55.619 --> 00:36:58.119
But<00:36:55.820><c> look</c><00:36:55.960><c> at</c><00:36:56.039><c> the</c><00:36:56.199><c> exhortation</c><00:36:56.699><c> of</c><00:36:56.840><c> the</c><00:36:57.039><c> Psalm</c><00:36:57.239><c> 138.</c>

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:03.579
Though<00:36:59.880><c> the</c><00:37:00.139><c> Lord</c><00:37:00.380><c> be</c><00:37:00.739><c> high,</c><00:37:01.920><c> yet</c><00:37:02.099><c> hath</c><00:37:02.340><c> he</c><00:37:02.539><c> respect</c><00:37:03.059><c> unto</c><00:37:03.340><c> the</c>

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:07.079
lowly,<00:37:04.719><c> but</c><00:37:04.840><c> the</c><00:37:05.059><c> proud</c><00:37:05.280><c> he</c><00:37:05.480><c> knoweth</c><00:37:05.679><c> afar</c><00:37:06.039><c> off.</c>

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:10.940
Though<00:37:07.599><c> I</c><00:37:07.800><c> walk</c><00:37:07.980><c> in</c><00:37:08.199><c> the</c><00:37:08.239><c> midst</c><00:37:08.420><c> of</c><00:37:08.679><c> trouble,</c><00:37:09.659><c> thou</c><00:37:09.800><c> wilt</c><00:37:09.960><c> revive</c><00:37:10.340><c> me.</c>

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:13.599
Thou<00:37:11.460><c> shalt</c><00:37:11.659><c> stretch</c><00:37:12.039><c> forth</c><00:37:12.360><c> thine</c><00:37:12.559><c> hand</c><00:37:12.920><c> against</c><00:37:13.239><c> the</c><00:37:13.460><c> wrath</c>

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:18.280
of<00:37:13.840><c> mine</c><00:37:13.980><c> enemies,</c><00:37:15.139><c> and</c><00:37:15.340><c> thy</c><00:37:15.599><c> right</c><00:37:15.960><c> hand</c><00:37:16.579><c> shall</c><00:37:16.920><c> save</c><00:37:17.260><c> me.</c>

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:24.139
The<00:37:19.320><c> Lord</c><00:37:19.659><c> will</c><00:37:20.239><c> perfect</c><00:37:20.880><c> that</c><00:37:21.860><c> which</c><00:37:22.199><c> concerneth</c><00:37:22.940><c> me.</c>

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:27.199
The<00:37:25.139><c> faith,</c><00:37:25.420><c> hope,</c><00:37:25.719><c> and</c><00:37:25.940><c> love</c><00:37:26.280><c> that</c><00:37:26.659><c> we've</c><00:37:26.820><c> heard</c><00:37:26.920><c> about</c><00:37:27.079><c> in</c>

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.619
our<00:37:27.380><c> last</c><00:37:27.639><c> class.</c>

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:31.420
The<00:37:28.920><c> Lord</c><00:37:29.199><c> will</c><00:37:29.619><c> perfect</c><00:37:29.960><c> that</c><00:37:30.219><c> which</c><00:37:30.559><c> concerneth</c><00:37:30.900><c> me.</c>

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:34.500
Thy<00:37:31.920><c> mercy,</c><00:37:32.420><c> O</c><00:37:32.519><c> Lord,</c><00:37:33.059><c> endureth</c><00:37:33.340><c> forever.</c>

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:38.179
Forsake<00:37:35.320><c> not</c><00:37:35.760><c> the</c><00:37:36.320><c> works</c><00:37:36.579><c> of</c><00:37:36.860><c> thine</c><00:37:37.039><c> own</c><00:37:37.239><c> hands.</c>

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:43.440
This<00:37:40.239><c> ties</c><00:37:40.519><c> in</c><00:37:40.800><c> beautifully</c><00:37:41.159><c> with</c><00:37:41.579><c> Paul's</c><00:37:42.239><c> expression</c><00:37:42.559><c> of</c><00:37:42.920><c> confidence.</c>

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:49.099
That<00:37:44.260><c> God</c><00:37:44.659><c> who's</c><00:37:44.980><c> begun</c><00:37:45.260><c> a</c><00:37:45.500><c> good</c><00:37:45.699><c> work</c><00:37:45.940><c> in</c><00:37:46.139><c> us</c><00:37:46.760><c> will</c><00:37:47.400><c> see</c><00:37:47.599><c> it</c><00:37:47.880><c> through</c><00:37:48.099><c> to</c><00:37:48.300><c> completion.</c>

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:55.639
So<00:37:52.599><c> then</c><00:37:52.820><c> let's</c><00:37:53.059><c> summarize</c><00:37:53.500><c> what</c><00:37:53.679><c> we've</c><00:37:53.980><c> seen</c><00:37:54.280><c> in</c><00:37:54.860><c> this</c><00:37:55.320><c> first</c>

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:59.099
class<00:37:55.940><c> on</c><00:37:57.199><c> Paul's</c><00:37:57.619><c> letter</c><00:37:57.760><c> to</c><00:37:57.980><c> the</c><00:37:58.139><c> Philippians.</c>

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:02.440
We've<00:38:00.260><c> seen</c><00:38:00.420><c> Paul's</c><00:38:01.059><c> joy</c><00:38:01.260><c> and</c><00:38:01.539><c> adversity.</c>

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:05.780
And<00:38:03.440><c> we</c><00:38:03.599><c> will</c><00:38:03.840><c> have</c><00:38:04.139><c> occasion</c><00:38:04.559><c> as</c><00:38:04.760><c> we</c><00:38:04.920><c> go</c><00:38:05.079><c> through</c><00:38:05.340><c> the</c><00:38:05.500><c> book</c>

00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:10.480
to<00:38:06.480><c> see</c><00:38:06.679><c> this</c><00:38:07.460><c> repeated</c><00:38:08.199><c> emphasis</c><00:38:09.599><c> on</c><00:38:10.019><c> joy.</c>

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:13.539
That<00:38:11.239><c> there's</c><00:38:11.539><c> a</c><00:38:11.820><c> constancy,</c><00:38:12.699><c> a</c><00:38:12.760><c> steadfastness.</c>

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:18.239
It's<00:38:13.880><c> not</c><00:38:14.079><c> a</c><00:38:14.260><c> giddy</c><00:38:14.539><c> happiness,</c><00:38:15.039><c> but</c><00:38:15.219><c> it's</c><00:38:16.039><c> a</c><00:38:16.380><c> steadfast</c><00:38:17.300><c> confidence</c><00:38:17.940><c> and</c>

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:21.139
gladness<00:38:19.119><c> in</c><00:38:19.820><c> the</c><00:38:19.940><c> work</c><00:38:20.099><c> of</c><00:38:20.340><c> God.</c>

00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:23.599
We've<00:38:21.579><c> seen</c><00:38:21.739><c> Paul's</c><00:38:22.300><c> joy</c><00:38:22.460><c> and</c><00:38:22.639><c> adversity.</c>

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:27.539
We've<00:38:24.559><c> seen</c><00:38:25.199><c> some</c><00:38:25.679><c> things</c><00:38:25.880><c> that</c><00:38:26.059><c> might</c><00:38:26.239><c> have</c><00:38:26.400><c> been</c><00:38:26.539><c> the</c><00:38:26.739><c> reasons</c><00:38:27.139><c> for</c>

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.960
his<00:38:27.860><c> joy.</c>

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:31.860
We've<00:38:29.400><c> seen</c><00:38:29.480><c> the</c><00:38:29.739><c> generosity</c><00:38:30.320><c> of</c><00:38:30.579><c> Lydia,</c><00:38:31.039><c> who</c><00:38:31.219><c> constrained</c>

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:34.320
them,<00:38:32.619><c> come</c><00:38:32.940><c> into</c><00:38:33.119><c> my</c><00:38:33.400><c> house.</c>

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:38.619
We've<00:38:35.559><c> seen</c><00:38:35.679><c> the</c><00:38:35.940><c> self</c><00:38:36.179><c>-sacrificing</c><00:38:36.920><c> devotion</c><00:38:37.340><c> of</c><00:38:37.519><c> Timothy,</c>

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willing<00:38:38.960><c> to</c><00:38:39.380><c> endure</c><00:38:39.699><c> circumcision.</c>

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:43.920
That<00:38:41.420><c> the</c><00:38:41.599><c> Gospel</c><00:38:41.920><c> would</c><00:38:42.159><c> not</c><00:38:42.300><c> be</c><00:38:42.480><c> hindered.</c>

00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:45.980
We've<00:38:44.420><c> seen</c><00:38:44.539><c> lovely</c><00:38:44.960><c> Epaphroditus.</c>

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:48.840
Wouldn't<00:38:46.880><c> it</c><00:38:47.000><c> be</c><00:38:47.139><c> great</c><00:38:47.300><c> to</c><00:38:47.500><c> meet</c><00:38:47.599><c> Epaphroditus</c><00:38:48.300><c> someday</c><00:38:48.679><c> in</c>

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:52.099
the<00:38:49.000><c> Kingdom,</c><00:38:50.179><c> by</c><00:38:50.300><c> God's</c><00:38:50.719><c> grace</c><00:38:50.940><c> we're</c><00:38:51.159><c> there?</c>

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:54.960
Wouldn't<00:38:52.440><c> it</c><00:38:52.579><c> be</c><00:38:52.699><c> wonderful</c><00:38:53.159><c> to</c><00:38:53.780><c> meet</c><00:38:53.920><c> this</c><00:38:54.199><c> man</c><00:38:54.440><c> who</c><00:38:54.699><c> cared</c>

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:57.440
so<00:38:55.380><c> much</c><00:38:56.019><c> about</c><00:38:56.559><c> the</c><00:38:56.760><c> brothers</c><00:38:56.980><c> and</c><00:38:57.239><c> sisters</c>

00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:00.380
that<00:38:57.559><c> he</c><00:38:57.659><c> couldn't</c><00:38:57.960><c> stand</c><00:38:58.340><c> the</c><00:38:58.619><c> thought</c><00:38:59.179><c> that</c><00:38:59.880><c> they'd</c><00:39:00.159><c> be</c>

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.820
worrying<00:39:00.539><c> about</c><00:39:00.860><c> him?</c>

00:39:03.780 --> 00:39:06.739
We<00:39:04.119><c> can</c><00:39:04.280><c> be</c><00:39:04.559><c> confident</c><00:39:04.900><c> of</c><00:39:05.119><c> this</c><00:39:05.400><c> very</c><00:39:05.780><c> thing.</c>

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:14.079
That<00:39:07.699><c> he</c><00:39:07.980><c> which</c><00:39:08.199><c> hath</c><00:39:08.420><c> begun</c><00:39:08.679><c> a</c><00:39:08.940><c> good</c><00:39:09.139><c> work</c><00:39:09.440><c> in</c><00:39:09.699><c> us</c><00:39:10.360><c> will</c><00:39:11.320><c> perform</c><00:39:11.840><c> it</c><00:39:12.619><c> until</c><00:39:13.579><c> the</c><00:39:13.739><c> day</c><00:39:13.920><c> of</c>

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:15.699
our<00:39:14.179><c> Lord</c><00:39:14.360><c> Jesus</c><00:39:14.739><c> Christ.</c>