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under<00:15:32.299><c> the</c><00:15:32.519><c> earth,</c><00:15:33.820><c> and</c><00:15:34.100><c> that</c><00:15:34.340><c> every</c><00:15:34.700><c> tongue</c>

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should<00:15:35.120><c> confess</c><00:15:35.580><c> that</c><00:15:35.799><c> Jesus</c><00:15:36.179><c> Christ</c><00:15:36.480><c> is</c><00:15:36.740><c> Lord</c><00:15:37.299><c> to</c><00:15:37.879><c> the</c><00:15:38.139><c> glory</c>

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of<00:15:38.779><c> God</c><00:15:39.159><c> the</c><00:15:39.799><c> Father.</c>

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Incidentally,<00:15:43.620><c> when</c><00:15:43.779><c> you</c><00:15:44.000><c> read</c><00:15:44.220><c> those</c><00:15:44.519><c> verses</c><00:15:44.840><c> carefully,</c>

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Christ<00:15:49.759><c> is</c><00:15:50.179><c> completely</c><00:15:50.659><c> ruled</c><00:15:51.100><c> out</c><00:15:51.879><c> in</c><00:15:52.600><c> these</c><00:15:52.879><c> verses.</c>

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And<00:15:54.600><c> the</c><00:15:54.820><c> key</c><00:15:55.139><c> word</c><00:15:55.720><c> is</c><00:15:56.240><c> the</c><00:15:56.419><c> opening</c><00:15:56.740><c> word</c><00:15:57.059><c> of</c><00:15:57.279><c> verse</c><00:15:57.539><c> 9,</c><00:15:58.860><c> wherefore</c><00:15:59.919><c> because</c><00:16:01.480><c> of</c>

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this<00:16:02.759><c> God</c><00:16:03.460><c> has</c><00:16:03.759><c> highly</c>

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exalted<00:16:04.500><c> him.</c>

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Well,<00:16:06.899><c> because</c><00:16:07.159><c> of</c><00:16:07.320><c> what</c><00:16:07.379><c> he's</c><00:16:07.559><c> just</c><00:16:07.759><c> spoken</c><00:16:08.059><c> about.</c>

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The<00:16:09.700><c> fact</c><00:16:09.960><c> that</c><00:16:10.179><c> the</c><00:16:10.340><c> Lord,</c><00:16:10.879><c> verse</c><00:16:11.240><c> 8,</c><00:16:11.879><c> became</c><00:16:12.159><c> obedient</c><00:16:12.980><c> unto</c>

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death,<00:16:14.500><c> even</c><00:16:14.779><c> the</c><00:16:14.960><c> death</c><00:16:15.139><c> of</c><00:16:15.279><c> the</c><00:16:15.519><c> cross.</c>

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That<00:16:16.460><c> is</c><00:16:16.700><c> why</c><00:16:17.019><c> God</c><00:16:17.820><c> highly</c><00:16:18.440><c> exalted</c><00:16:18.919><c> him.</c>

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So<00:16:20.639><c> you</c><00:16:20.799><c> see</c><00:16:20.919><c> that</c><00:16:21.080><c> the</c><00:16:21.200><c> idea</c><00:16:21.500><c> of</c><00:16:21.700><c> pre</c><00:16:21.860><c>-existence</c><00:16:22.200><c> is</c><00:16:22.360><c> impossible</c><00:16:22.840><c> there.</c>

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What<00:16:24.600><c> the</c><00:16:24.879><c> Father</c><00:16:25.120><c> gave</c><00:16:25.519><c> for</c><00:16:25.919><c> obedience</c><00:16:26.919><c> would</c><00:16:27.519><c> otherwise</c><00:16:27.980><c> have</c><00:16:28.200><c> been</c><00:16:28.419><c> Christ</c><00:16:28.840><c> by</c>

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immemorial<00:16:29.960><c> right</c><00:16:30.440><c> and</c><00:16:31.320><c> nature.</c>

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But<00:16:32.039><c> that's</c><00:16:32.159><c> not</c><00:16:32.299><c> what</c><00:16:32.419><c> it</c><00:16:32.600><c> says.</c>

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He<00:16:33.299><c> was</c><00:16:33.580><c> exalted</c><00:16:34.600><c> because</c><00:16:35.740><c> of</c><00:16:35.980><c> his</c><00:16:36.340><c> obedience.</c>

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And<00:16:38.600><c> the</c><00:16:38.700><c> words</c><00:16:38.980><c> of</c><00:16:39.220><c> verse</c><00:16:39.480><c> 9</c><00:16:40.139><c> again</c><00:16:40.820><c> echo</c><00:16:41.320><c> the</c><00:16:41.679><c> servant</c><00:16:41.960><c> passages</c><00:16:42.419><c> of</c><00:16:42.659><c> Isaiah.</c>

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We<00:16:43.860><c> have</c><00:16:44.179><c> here</c><00:16:44.419><c> Isaiah</c><00:16:44.799><c> 52,</c><00:16:45.580><c> verse</c><00:16:45.840><c> 13,</c><00:16:47.320><c> Behold,</c><00:16:47.759><c> my</c><00:16:48.159><c> servant</c>

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shall<00:16:48.879><c> deal</c><00:16:49.240><c> prudently,</c><00:16:50.240><c> wisely.</c>

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He<00:16:51.179><c> shall</c><00:16:51.399><c> be</c><00:16:51.720><c> exalted</c><00:16:52.460><c> and</c><00:16:52.899><c> extolled</c><00:16:54.039><c> and</c><00:16:54.299><c> be</c><00:16:54.700><c> very</c><00:16:55.240><c> high.</c>

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So<00:16:56.860><c> there</c><00:16:57.019><c> in</c><00:16:57.159><c> verse</c><00:16:57.379><c> 9,</c><00:16:58.320><c> wherefore</c><00:16:58.799><c> God</c><00:16:59.019><c> hath</c><00:16:59.259><c> highly</c><00:16:59.639><c> exalted</c><00:17:00.039><c> him,</c>

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it's<00:17:00.539><c> again</c><00:17:00.820><c> echoing</c><00:17:01.200><c> the</c><00:17:01.419><c> servant</c>

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passages,<00:17:03.000><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:03.299><c> 52,</c><00:17:04.039><c> verse</c><00:17:04.259><c> 13.</c>

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Isaiah<00:17:06.339><c> said</c><00:17:06.619><c> he</c><00:17:06.720><c> would</c><00:17:06.920><c> be</c><00:17:07.240><c> exalted</c><00:17:07.880><c> and</c><00:17:08.700><c> made</c><00:17:09.099><c> very</c><00:17:09.680><c> high.</c>

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No<00:17:10.839><c> man</c><00:17:11.059><c> ever</c><00:17:11.359><c> humbled</c><00:17:11.660><c> himself</c><00:17:12.259><c> like</c><00:17:12.619><c> the</c><00:17:12.819><c> Lord,</c><00:17:13.819><c> so</c><00:17:13.920><c> the</c><00:17:14.200><c> degree</c><00:17:14.420><c> of</c>

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his<00:17:14.980><c> exaltation</c><00:17:15.880><c> is</c><00:17:16.680><c> unique.</c>

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And<00:17:18.680><c> of</c><00:17:18.819><c> course,</c><00:17:19.420><c> this</c><00:17:19.619><c> passage</c><00:17:20.059><c> in</c><00:17:20.380><c> turn</c><00:17:20.619><c> reminds</c><00:17:21.059><c> us</c><00:17:21.259><c> of</c><00:17:21.380><c> an</c>

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earlier<00:17:21.980><c> one</c><00:17:22.380><c> in</c><00:17:22.759><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:23.180><c> chapter</c><00:17:23.519><c> 6.</c>

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Do<00:17:24.039><c> you</c><00:17:24.039><c> remember?</c>

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One<00:17:25.319><c> of</c><00:17:25.380><c> those</c><00:17:25.579><c> early</c><00:17:25.859><c> chapters</c><00:17:26.220><c> of</c><00:17:26.460><c> Isaiah,</c><00:17:27.799><c> the</c><00:17:27.900><c> year</c><00:17:28.160><c> when</c>

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the<00:17:28.579><c> leper</c><00:17:28.880><c> king</c><00:17:29.180><c> died,</c><00:17:29.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:30.220><c> died,</c>

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the<00:17:31.180><c> prophet</c><00:17:31.500><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:32.059><c> was</c><00:17:32.339><c> privileged</c><00:17:32.720><c> to</c><00:17:33.019><c> see</c><00:17:33.200><c> the</c><00:17:33.500><c> king</c><00:17:34.180><c> sitting</c><00:17:34.700><c> upon</c><00:17:35.039><c> his</c>

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throne,<00:17:36.259><c> high</c><00:17:36.539><c> and</c><00:17:36.779><c> lifted</c>

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up,<00:17:37.920><c> and</c><00:17:38.220><c> his</c><00:17:38.539><c> priestly</c><00:17:39.019><c> robes</c><00:17:39.940><c> fill</c><00:17:40.359><c> the</c><00:17:40.660><c> temple.</c>

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So<00:17:43.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:44.380><c> began</c><00:17:45.079><c> by</c><00:17:45.460><c> seeing</c><00:17:45.700><c> a</c><00:17:45.900><c> vision</c><00:17:46.079><c> of</c><00:17:46.339><c> Christ</c><00:17:46.920><c> enthroned</c><00:17:47.539><c> in</c><00:17:47.859><c> glory.</c>

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tell<00:17:52.779><c> us</c><00:17:53.299><c> he</c><00:17:53.660><c> had</c><00:17:53.900><c> to</c><00:17:54.059><c> be</c><00:17:54.319><c> high</c><00:17:54.539><c> and</c><00:17:54.799><c> lifted</c>

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up<00:17:55.279><c> in</c><00:17:55.559><c> crucifixion.</c>

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fact<00:18:02.299><c> the</c><00:18:02.539><c> prophet</c><00:18:02.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:18:03.339><c> saw</c><00:18:03.579><c> it</c><00:18:03.759><c> in</c><00:18:03.920><c> reverse</c>

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order.

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He<00:18:05.259><c> was</c><00:18:05.619><c> first</c><00:18:05.920><c> shown</c><00:18:06.140><c> the</c><00:18:06.460><c> glory</c><00:18:07.119><c> and</c><00:18:07.859><c> then</c><00:18:08.259><c> later</c><00:18:08.720><c> he</c><00:18:08.940><c> was</c>

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told<00:18:09.680><c> about</c><00:18:10.500><c> the</c><00:18:11.000><c> suffering</c><00:18:11.619><c> servant.</c>

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So<00:18:14.420><c> here</c><00:18:14.619><c> then</c><00:18:14.819><c> our</c><00:18:15.140><c> Lord</c><00:18:15.720><c> was</c><00:18:16.339><c> lifted</c><00:18:16.680><c> up</c><00:18:16.900><c> in</c><00:18:17.140><c> crucifixion</c><00:18:18.599><c> and</c><00:18:19.440><c> there</c><00:18:19.779><c> is</c>

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then<00:18:20.279><c> this</c><00:18:20.640><c> prospect</c><00:18:21.240><c> of</c><00:18:21.440><c> being</c><00:18:21.700><c> high</c>

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and<00:18:22.460><c> lifted</c><00:18:22.759><c> up</c><00:18:23.279><c> on</c><00:18:23.720><c> his</c><00:18:24.079><c> throne.</c>

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His<00:18:24.640><c> priestly</c><00:18:25.220><c> robes</c><00:18:25.579><c> will</c><00:18:25.880><c> fill</c><00:18:26.200><c> the</c><00:18:26.400><c> temple</c><00:18:26.960><c> and</c><00:18:27.599><c> we're</c><00:18:27.940><c> taken</c><00:18:28.720><c> into</c><00:18:29.700><c> a</c>

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beautiful<00:18:30.339><c> picture</c><00:18:30.900><c> of</c><00:18:31.579><c> the</c>

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kingdom.

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And<00:18:33.980><c> Isaiah,</c><00:18:34.819><c> the</c><00:18:34.980><c> apostle</c><00:18:35.279><c> Paul</c><00:18:35.559><c> here</c><00:18:35.779><c> in</c><00:18:35.960><c> Philippians</c><00:18:36.359><c> 2</c><00:18:36.700><c> says,</c><00:18:37.440><c> that</c><00:18:37.539><c> at</c>

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the<00:18:37.819><c> name</c><00:18:38.039><c> of</c><00:18:38.220><c> Jesus</c><00:18:38.579><c> every</c><00:18:39.039><c> knee</c>

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should<00:18:39.539><c> bow</c><00:18:40.079><c> of</c><00:18:40.579><c> things</c><00:18:40.839><c> in</c><00:18:41.059><c> heaven</c><00:18:41.259><c> and</c><00:18:41.460><c> things</c><00:18:41.740><c> in</c><00:18:41.940><c> earth</c>

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and<00:18:42.259><c> things</c><00:18:42.539><c> under</c><00:18:42.819><c> the</c><00:18:43.039><c> earth,</c><00:18:43.259><c> that</c>

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every<00:18:43.880><c> tongue</c><00:18:44.039><c> should</c><00:18:44.259><c> confess</c><00:18:44.720><c> that</c><00:18:44.940><c> Jesus</c><00:18:45.279><c> Christ</c><00:18:45.519><c> is</c><00:18:45.759><c> Lord</c>

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Now<00:18:50.140><c> every</c><00:18:50.559><c> tongue</c><00:18:50.779><c> hasn't</c><00:18:51.180><c> confessed</c><00:18:51.660><c> him</c><00:18:51.859><c> yet,</c><00:18:52.640><c> but</c><00:18:52.779><c> they</c>

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will<00:18:53.440><c> in</c><00:18:54.059><c> the</c><00:18:54.200><c> age</c><00:18:54.420><c> to</c><00:18:54.680><c> come.</c>

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So<00:18:55.900><c> let</c><00:18:56.039><c> us</c><00:18:56.259><c> brothers</c><00:18:56.480><c> and</c><00:18:56.779><c> sisters</c><00:18:57.079><c> endeavor</c><00:18:57.579><c> now</c><00:18:58.440><c> to</c><00:18:59.720><c> serve</c>

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our<00:19:00.400><c> Lord</c><00:19:00.920><c> that</c><00:19:01.380><c> when</c><00:19:01.539><c> he</c><00:19:01.720><c> does</c><00:19:02.019><c> come</c><00:19:02.240><c> in</c>

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his<00:19:02.619><c> kingdom</c><00:19:03.019><c> we</c><00:19:03.359><c> might</c><00:19:03.660><c> then</c><00:19:03.859><c> be</c><00:19:04.059><c> invited</c><00:19:04.440><c> to</c><00:19:04.819><c> serve</c><00:19:05.059><c> him</c><00:19:05.779><c> throughout</c><00:19:06.200><c> the</c>

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age<00:19:06.779><c> to</c><00:19:07.079><c> come.</c>

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Let<00:19:08.259><c> us</c><00:19:08.440><c> be</c><00:19:08.599><c> of</c><00:19:08.859><c> one</c><00:19:09.140><c> mind</c><00:19:09.880><c> with</c><00:19:10.500><c> the</c><00:19:10.720><c> Lord,</c><00:19:11.460><c> humbly</c><00:19:11.900><c> counting</c>

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others<00:19:12.599><c> better</c><00:19:12.940><c> than</c><00:19:13.119><c> ourselves,</c><00:19:14.279><c> not</c>

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simply<00:19:14.880><c> looking</c><00:19:15.140><c> to</c><00:19:15.339><c> our</c><00:19:15.559><c> own</c><00:19:15.779><c> interests,</c><00:19:16.880><c> but</c><00:19:16.960><c> the</c><00:19:17.200><c> interests</c><00:19:17.420><c> of</c><00:19:17.640><c> others.</c>

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also<00:19:23.700><c> in</c><00:19:23.980><c> Christ</c><00:19:24.519><c> Jesus.</c>

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is<00:19:33.119><c> setting</c><00:19:33.400><c> before</c><00:19:33.900><c> the</c><00:19:34.200><c> Philippians</c>

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the<00:19:35.279><c> example</c><00:19:35.740><c> of</c><00:19:35.960><c> Christ.</c>

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His<00:19:37.940><c> pattern</c><00:19:38.359><c> of</c><00:19:38.839><c> devotion</c><00:19:39.440><c> and</c><00:19:40.579><c> humility,</c><00:19:42.220><c> his</c><00:19:42.480><c> service</c><00:19:42.960><c> to</c>

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his<00:19:43.400><c> Father,</c><00:19:44.579><c> he</c><00:19:44.880><c> reminds</c><00:19:45.440><c> them</c><00:19:45.720><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:19:46.259><c> has</c><00:19:46.440><c> a</c><00:19:46.619><c> divine</c><00:19:47.039><c> status</c><00:19:47.619><c> but</c><00:19:47.920><c> also</c><00:19:48.400><c> the</c><00:19:48.660><c> status</c><00:19:48.920><c> of</c><00:19:49.160><c> a</c><00:19:49.339><c> servant.</c>

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The<00:19:50.339><c> suffering</c><00:19:50.740><c> servant</c><00:19:51.200><c> foretold</c><00:19:51.660><c> by</c><00:19:51.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:52.339><c> who</c><00:19:52.500><c> had</c><00:19:52.680><c> to</c>

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be<00:19:53.019><c> obedient</c><00:19:53.319><c> to</c><00:19:53.579><c> death,</c><00:19:54.019><c> even</c><00:19:54.240><c> the</c><00:19:54.380><c> death</c>

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of<00:19:54.640><c> the</c><00:19:54.839><c> cross.</c>

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The<00:19:55.640><c> cross</c><00:19:55.819><c> had</c><00:19:56.039><c> to</c><00:19:56.180><c> come</c><00:19:56.319><c> before</c><00:19:56.619><c> the</c><00:19:56.839><c> crown.</c>

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He<00:19:57.660><c> had</c><00:19:57.900><c> to</c><00:19:58.059><c> be</c><00:19:58.180><c> lifted</c><00:19:58.359><c> up</c><00:19:58.819><c> in</c><00:19:59.079><c> crucifixion</c><00:19:59.779><c> before</c><00:20:00.140><c> he</c><00:20:00.299><c> could</c>

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be<00:20:00.700><c> lifted</c><00:20:00.920><c> up</c><00:20:01.559><c> in</c><00:20:01.880><c> glory.</c>

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He's<00:20:03.420><c> exhorting</c><00:20:03.859><c> the</c><00:20:04.079><c> Philippians</c><00:20:04.579><c> and</c><00:20:04.740><c> by</c><00:20:04.980><c> extension</c><00:20:05.539><c> he's</c>

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exhorting<00:20:06.440><c> us</c><00:20:06.880><c> to</c><00:20:07.539><c> cultivate</c><00:20:08.220><c> the</c><00:20:08.599><c> mind</c><00:20:08.900><c> of</c>

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Christ,<00:20:10.220><c> his</c><00:20:10.519><c> teaching</c><00:20:11.079><c> and</c><00:20:11.900><c> his</c><00:20:12.180><c> example.</c>

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And<00:20:14.220><c> if</c><00:20:14.619><c> it</c><00:20:14.839><c> seems,</c><00:20:15.380><c> brothers</c><00:20:15.500><c> and</c><00:20:15.680><c> sisters,</c><00:20:15.940><c> as</c><00:20:16.160><c> we</c><00:20:16.339><c> go</c><00:20:16.619><c> through</c><00:20:16.920><c> this,</c>

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that<00:20:17.819><c> we're</c><00:20:17.960><c> not</c><00:20:18.279><c> really</c>

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saying<00:20:18.980><c> very</c><00:20:19.339><c> much</c><00:20:19.539><c> about</c><00:20:19.799><c> the</c><00:20:20.119><c> doctrine</c><00:20:20.559><c> involved,</c><00:20:22.079><c> well</c><00:20:22.180><c> we're</c><00:20:22.279><c> not</c><00:20:22.460><c> ignoring</c><00:20:22.940><c> the</c><00:20:23.279><c> importance</c><00:20:23.619><c> of</c>

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that.

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There<00:20:24.720><c> has</c><00:20:25.019><c> to</c><00:20:25.160><c> be</c><00:20:25.319><c> unity</c><00:20:25.619><c> of</c><00:20:25.940><c> belief</c><00:20:26.380><c> before</c><00:20:27.160><c> there</c><00:20:27.339><c> can</c><00:20:27.539><c> be</c>

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any<00:20:28.099><c> real</c><00:20:28.460><c> unity</c><00:20:28.980><c> in</c><00:20:29.279><c> the</c><00:20:29.480><c> Ecclesia.</c>

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And<00:20:30.559><c> we</c><00:20:30.700><c> have</c><00:20:30.859><c> our</c><00:20:31.099><c> statement</c><00:20:31.359><c> of</c><00:20:31.660><c> faith</c><00:20:32.059><c> as</c><00:20:32.420><c> a</c><00:20:32.660><c> community</c><00:20:33.200><c> to</c>

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ensure<00:20:34.420><c> that.</c>

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But<00:20:35.960><c> remember,</c><00:20:36.779><c> doctrine</c><00:20:37.180><c> wasn't</c><00:20:37.799><c> the</c><00:20:38.180><c> issue</c><00:20:38.460><c> here</c><00:20:39.019><c> in</c><00:20:39.640><c> Philippi.</c>

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This<00:20:41.019><c> was</c><00:20:41.240><c> an</c><00:20:41.420><c> Ecclesia</c><00:20:41.720><c> that</c><00:20:41.980><c> Paul</c><00:20:42.160><c> loved.</c>

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They<00:20:43.259><c> were</c><00:20:43.559><c> fully</c><00:20:43.900><c> behind</c><00:20:44.400><c> him,</c><00:20:44.799><c> doctrinally.</c>

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The<00:20:46.079><c> problem</c><00:20:46.660><c> was</c><00:20:47.420><c> the</c><00:20:47.599><c> matter</c><00:20:47.839><c> of</c><00:20:48.200><c> example.</c>

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They<00:20:49.200><c> were</c><00:20:49.519><c> failing</c><00:20:49.859><c> in</c><00:20:50.140><c> that.</c>

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There<00:20:51.400><c> was</c><00:20:51.599><c> a</c><00:20:51.799><c> lack</c><00:20:52.000><c> of</c><00:20:52.319><c> loneliness</c><00:20:52.599><c> of</c><00:20:52.960><c> mind.</c>

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Human<00:20:54.099><c> pride</c><00:20:54.720><c> was</c><00:20:54.960><c> getting</c><00:20:55.220><c> the</c><00:20:55.480><c> better</c><00:20:55.819><c> of</c><00:20:56.099><c> some</c><00:20:56.339><c> of</c><00:20:56.519><c> them</c><00:20:56.819><c> and</c><00:20:57.420><c> that</c><00:20:57.619><c> is</c>

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why<00:20:58.019><c> Paul</c><00:20:58.359><c> lays</c><00:20:58.740><c> the</c><00:20:59.039><c> emphasis</c>

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where<00:20:59.660><c> he</c><00:20:59.880><c> does</c><00:21:00.319><c> on</c><00:21:01.079><c> the</c><00:21:01.339><c> suffering</c><00:21:01.759><c> servant.</c>

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You<00:21:03.460><c> know,</c><00:21:03.539><c> if</c><00:21:03.660><c> we</c><00:21:03.900><c> seek</c><00:21:04.039><c> to</c><00:21:04.319><c> cultivate</c><00:21:04.700><c> the</c><00:21:04.940><c> mind</c><00:21:05.079><c> of</c><00:21:05.339><c> Christ,</c>

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then<00:21:06.779><c> there</c><00:21:07.000><c> should</c><00:21:07.180><c> be</c><00:21:07.380><c> no</c><00:21:07.740><c> strife</c>

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As<00:21:08.920><c> he</c><00:21:09.200><c> says</c><00:21:09.420><c> back</c><00:21:09.700><c> in</c><00:21:09.819><c> chapter</c><00:21:10.099><c> 2</c><00:21:10.339><c> verse</c><00:21:10.640><c> 3,</c><00:21:11.380><c> there</c><00:21:11.440><c> should</c><00:21:11.640><c> be</c>

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no<00:21:11.920><c> rivalry,</c><00:21:12.619><c> no</c><00:21:12.799><c> contention,</c><00:21:13.500><c> no</c><00:21:13.819><c> faction</c>

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in<00:21:14.779><c> the</c><00:21:14.960><c> Ecclesia,</c><00:21:16.000><c> no</c><00:21:16.440><c> vain</c><00:21:16.920><c> glory,</c><00:21:18.059><c> empty</c><00:21:18.420><c> glory,</c><00:21:19.059><c> pride,</c>

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conceit,<00:21:20.079><c> just</c><00:21:20.259><c> shouldn't</c><00:21:20.480><c> be</c><00:21:20.700><c> there.</c>

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It<00:21:21.559><c> can</c><00:21:21.720><c> be</c><00:21:21.859><c> the</c><00:21:22.019><c> basis</c><00:21:22.279><c> of</c><00:21:22.579><c> so</c><00:21:22.859><c> much</c><00:21:23.220><c> disharmony.</c>

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In<00:21:24.940><c> its</c><00:21:25.220><c> place,</c><00:21:26.039><c> there</c><00:21:26.240><c> should</c><00:21:26.480><c> be</c><00:21:26.960><c> humility.</c>

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And<00:21:29.579><c> so</c><00:21:29.720><c> he</c><00:21:29.880><c> says,</c><00:21:31.240><c> let</c><00:21:31.380><c> this</c><00:21:31.799><c> mind</c><00:21:32.099><c> be</c><00:21:32.380><c> in</c><00:21:32.539><c> you,</c><00:21:33.380><c> which</c><00:21:33.579><c> is</c><00:21:33.759><c> also</c><00:21:34.039><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:21:34.640><c> Jesus.</c>

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What<00:21:35.880><c> an</c><00:21:36.259><c> exacting</c><00:21:36.859><c> standard</c><00:21:37.380><c> it</c><00:21:37.980><c> really</c><00:21:38.440><c> is.</c>

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It's<00:21:38.980><c> not</c><00:21:39.160><c> easy.</c>

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It's<00:21:40.519><c> a</c><00:21:40.619><c> matter</c><00:21:40.819><c> of</c><00:21:41.240><c> cultivating</c><00:21:41.900><c> the</c><00:21:42.220><c> mind</c><00:21:42.519><c> that</c><00:21:42.660><c> is</c><00:21:42.880><c> able</c><00:21:43.099><c> to</c>

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say,<00:21:44.440><c> not</c><00:21:44.460><c> my</c><00:21:44.940><c> will,</c><00:21:45.980><c> but</c><00:21:46.180><c> thine</c><00:21:46.579><c> bedone.</c>

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Just<00:21:49.099><c> come</c><00:21:49.380><c> back</c><00:21:49.640><c> for</c><00:21:49.819><c> a</c><00:21:49.900><c> moment,</c><00:21:50.099><c> if</c><00:21:50.259><c> you</c><00:21:50.440><c> will,</c><00:21:50.599><c> to</c><00:21:50.740><c> Matthew's</c><00:21:51.339><c> Gospel</c>

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in<00:21:51.880><c> chapter</c><00:21:52.240><c> 16.</c>

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Matthew<00:21:55.559><c> chapter</c><00:21:55.940><c> 16.</c>

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I<00:22:01.440><c> just</c><00:22:01.680><c> want</c><00:22:01.779><c> to</c><00:22:01.940><c> pick</c><00:22:02.059><c> up</c><00:22:02.200><c> a</c><00:22:02.380><c> marginal</c><00:22:02.819><c> note.</c>

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Now<00:22:05.660><c> you'll</c><00:22:05.859><c> know</c><00:22:06.000><c> the</c><00:22:06.200><c> passage</c><00:22:06.480><c> well,</c><00:22:06.880><c> it's</c><00:22:07.019><c> when</c><00:22:07.220><c> Jesus</c><00:22:07.579><c> and</c>

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his<00:22:07.960><c> disciples</c><00:22:08.500><c> come</c><00:22:08.960><c> to</c><00:22:09.700><c> Caesarea</c>

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of<00:22:10.299><c> Philippi,</c><00:22:11.839><c> right</c><00:22:12.000><c> in</c><00:22:12.200><c> the</c><00:22:12.339><c> north</c><00:22:12.539><c> of</c><00:22:12.740><c> the</c><00:22:12.900><c> land,</c><00:22:13.819><c> and</c><00:22:13.960><c> he</c>

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asks<00:22:14.440><c> his</c><00:22:14.680><c> disciples,</c><00:22:15.519><c> whom</c><00:22:15.640><c> do</c><00:22:15.799><c> men</c><00:22:15.980><c> say</c>

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that<00:22:16.480><c> I</c><00:22:16.619><c> the</c><00:22:16.740><c> Son</c><00:22:16.920><c> of</c><00:22:17.119><c> Man</c><00:22:17.400><c> am,</c><00:22:17.700><c> and</c><00:22:17.859><c> there</c><00:22:17.920><c> were</c><00:22:18.059><c> various</c><00:22:18.319><c> answers</c><00:22:18.700><c> to</c><00:22:18.920><c> that.</c>

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And<00:22:19.619><c> then</c><00:22:19.759><c> in</c><00:22:19.900><c> verse</c><00:22:20.059><c> 16,</c><00:22:20.880><c> Peter</c><00:22:21.019><c> gives</c><00:22:21.259><c> this</c><00:22:21.480><c> wonderful</c><00:22:22.019><c> confession</c><00:22:22.460><c> of</c>

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faith,<00:22:23.299><c> thou</c><00:22:23.539><c> art</c><00:22:23.799><c> the</c><00:22:24.019><c> Christ,</c>

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the<00:22:24.500><c> Son</c><00:22:24.619><c> of</c><00:22:24.779><c> the</c><00:22:24.859><c> living</c><00:22:25.079><c> God.</c>

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And<00:22:26.920><c> Jesus</c><00:22:27.240><c> then</c><00:22:27.539><c> comments</c><00:22:28.079><c> on</c><00:22:28.420><c> that.</c>

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But<00:22:30.519><c> then</c><00:22:30.779><c> in</c><00:22:30.940><c> verse</c><00:22:31.200><c> 21,</c><00:22:32.559><c> from</c><00:22:32.740><c> that</c><00:22:33.059><c> time</c><00:22:33.359><c> forth</c><00:22:33.859><c> began</c><00:22:34.299><c> Jesus</c><00:22:34.680><c> to</c>

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show<00:22:35.019><c> unto</c><00:22:35.180><c> his</c><00:22:35.359><c> disciples</c><00:22:35.859><c> how</c>

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that<00:22:36.220><c> he</c><00:22:36.279><c> must</c><00:22:36.480><c> go</c><00:22:36.680><c> to</c><00:22:36.940><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:37.539><c> and</c><00:22:38.539><c> suffer</c><00:22:38.680><c> many</c><00:22:39.000><c> things</c>

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of<00:22:39.380><c> the</c><00:22:39.579><c> elders</c><00:22:39.799><c> and</c><00:22:40.019><c> chief</c><00:22:40.240><c> priests</c><00:22:40.559><c> and</c>

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scribes,<00:22:42.400><c> and</c><00:22:42.619><c> be</c><00:22:42.839><c> killed</c><00:22:43.079><c> and</c><00:22:43.240><c> be</c><00:22:43.440><c> raised</c><00:22:43.640><c> again</c><00:22:43.900><c> the</c><00:22:44.099><c> third</c><00:22:44.400><c> day.</c>

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Then<00:22:45.579><c> Peter</c><00:22:45.920><c> took</c><00:22:46.220><c> him</c><00:22:46.400><c> and</c><00:22:46.539><c> began</c><00:22:46.759><c> to</c><00:22:47.059><c> rebuke</c><00:22:47.299><c> him,</c><00:22:47.640><c> saying,</c>

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be<00:22:48.539><c> it</c><00:22:48.839><c> far</c><00:22:49.039><c> from</c><00:22:49.339><c> thee,</c><00:22:49.480><c> Lord,</c><00:22:49.680><c> this</c><00:22:49.940><c> shall</c>

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not<00:22:50.319><c> be</c><00:22:50.460><c> unto</c><00:22:50.680><c> thee.</c>

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But<00:22:52.180><c> he</c><00:22:52.339><c> turned</c><00:22:52.660><c> and</c><00:22:52.799><c> said</c><00:22:52.940><c> unto</c><00:22:53.119><c> Peter,</c><00:22:54.519><c> get</c><00:22:54.700><c> thee</c><00:22:54.960><c> behind</c>

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me,<00:22:56.519><c> adversary.</c>

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Thou<00:22:57.980><c> art</c><00:22:58.200><c> an</c><00:22:58.380><c> offence</c><00:22:58.819><c> unto</c><00:22:59.039><c> me,</c><00:22:59.279><c> for</c><00:22:59.400><c> thou</c><00:22:59.660><c> sayest</c><00:22:59.920><c> not</c><00:23:00.160><c> the</c>

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things<00:23:00.500><c> that</c><00:23:00.680><c> be</c><00:23:00.759><c> of</c><00:23:01.000><c> God,</c><00:23:01.940><c> but</c><00:23:02.140><c> those</c><00:23:02.559><c> that</c>

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be<00:23:03.680><c> of</c><00:23:04.079><c> men.</c>

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So<00:23:06.259><c> Peter</c><00:23:06.539><c> then</c><00:23:06.799><c> has</c><00:23:07.019><c> made</c><00:23:07.200><c> this</c><00:23:07.420><c> magnificent</c><00:23:08.140><c> confession</c><00:23:08.619><c> of</c>

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faith,<00:23:09.900><c> thou</c><00:23:10.140><c> art</c><00:23:10.400><c> the</c><00:23:10.660><c> Christ,</c><00:23:10.980><c> the</c><00:23:11.019><c> Son</c><00:23:11.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:23:11.359><c> living</c><00:23:11.559><c> God,</c><00:23:11.920><c> but</c><00:23:12.180><c> then</c><00:23:12.859><c> almost</c><00:23:13.420><c> immediately</c><00:23:13.859><c> afterwards,</c><00:23:14.720><c> when</c><00:23:15.440><c> faced</c><00:23:15.779><c> with</c>

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the<00:23:16.200><c> prospect</c><00:23:16.579><c> that</c>

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Christ<00:23:17.119><c> was</c><00:23:17.220><c> going</c><00:23:17.440><c> to</c><00:23:17.599><c> go</c><00:23:17.680><c> up</c><00:23:17.779><c> to</c><00:23:17.960><c> Jerusalem</c><00:23:18.359><c> and</c><00:23:18.480><c> he</c><00:23:18.599><c> was</c><00:23:18.779><c> going</c><00:23:18.920><c> to</c>

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be<00:23:19.200><c> put</c><00:23:19.339><c> to</c><00:23:19.539><c> death,</c><00:23:21.460><c> he</c><00:23:21.660><c> ignored</c>

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the<00:23:22.099><c> fact</c><00:23:22.240><c> that</c><00:23:22.400><c> the</c><00:23:22.519><c> Lord</c><00:23:22.640><c> said</c><00:23:22.819><c> he</c><00:23:22.880><c> was</c><00:23:23.079><c> going</c><00:23:23.180><c> to</c><00:23:23.279><c> be</c><00:23:23.420><c> raised</c>

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the<00:23:24.119><c> third</c><00:23:24.359><c> day.</c>

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They<00:23:25.539><c> just</c><00:23:25.720><c> didn't</c><00:23:25.900><c> seem</c><00:23:26.099><c> to</c><00:23:26.279><c> register</c><00:23:26.640><c> that.</c>

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Just<00:23:27.960><c> the</c><00:23:28.160><c> fact</c><00:23:28.259><c> he</c><00:23:28.359><c> said</c><00:23:28.480><c> he</c><00:23:28.579><c> was</c><00:23:28.740><c> going</c><00:23:28.859><c> to</c><00:23:29.079><c> die,</c><00:23:29.779><c> and</c><00:23:29.960><c> Peter</c>

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protests,<00:23:31.220><c> this</c><00:23:31.319><c> shall</c><00:23:31.579><c> not</c><00:23:31.759><c> be</c><00:23:31.859><c> unto</c>

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thee,<00:23:32.799><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:23:34.160><c> the</c><00:23:34.279><c> Lord</c><00:23:34.680><c> seeks</c><00:23:35.039><c> to</c><00:23:35.279><c> put</c><00:23:35.400><c> him</c><00:23:35.599><c> in</c><00:23:35.680><c> his</c><00:23:35.940><c> place.</c>

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He'd<00:23:37.440><c> been</c><00:23:37.619><c> called</c><00:23:37.859><c> to</c><00:23:38.200><c> follow</c><00:23:38.619><c> as</c><00:23:38.880><c> a</c><00:23:39.099><c> disciple.</c>

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Follow<00:23:40.160><c> me.</c>

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Come<00:23:41.059><c> ye</c><00:23:41.359><c> after</c><00:23:41.640><c> me.</c>

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Come<00:23:42.140><c> behind,</c><00:23:43.200><c> it</c><00:23:43.440><c> means.</c>

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And<00:23:44.619><c> here</c><00:23:44.880><c> he</c><00:23:45.099><c> was</c><00:23:45.299><c> standing</c><00:23:45.680><c> in</c><00:23:45.980><c> front</c><00:23:46.160><c> of</c><00:23:46.319><c> his</c><00:23:46.500><c> Lord,</c><00:23:46.720><c> blocking</c><00:23:47.059><c> his</c><00:23:47.460><c> path,</c><00:23:48.819><c> trying</c><00:23:49.059><c> to</c>

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persuade<00:23:49.500><c> him</c>

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not<00:23:49.900><c> to</c><00:23:50.079><c> do</c><00:23:50.240><c> something</c><00:23:50.539><c> he</c><00:23:50.740><c> knew</c><00:23:50.980><c> had</c><00:23:51.299><c> to</c><00:23:51.500><c> be</c><00:23:51.700><c> done.</c>

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So<00:23:53.579><c> the</c><00:23:53.799><c> Lord</c><00:23:54.240><c> seeks</c><00:23:54.599><c> to</c><00:23:54.839><c> put</c><00:23:55.039><c> Peter</c><00:23:55.359><c> in</c><00:23:55.619><c> his</c><00:23:55.980><c> place.</c>

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Get<00:23:57.480><c> behind</c><00:23:58.079><c> me.</c>

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That's<00:23:58.440><c> where</c><00:23:58.559><c> he</c><00:23:58.700><c> should</c><00:23:58.900><c> have</c><00:23:59.099><c> been,</c><00:23:59.680><c> as</c><00:23:59.900><c> a</c><00:24:00.019><c> disciple.</c>

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But<00:24:02.400><c> just</c><00:24:02.660><c> notice</c><00:24:02.920><c> what</c><00:24:03.140><c> Peter</c><00:24:03.480><c> says.</c>

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And<00:24:05.160><c> I</c><00:24:05.400><c> rather</c><00:24:05.640><c> think</c><00:24:05.940><c> that</c><00:24:06.140><c> we're</c><00:24:06.480><c> all</c><00:24:06.960><c> apt</c><00:24:07.420><c> to</c><00:24:07.799><c> take</c><00:24:08.039><c> Peter's</c>

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advice,<00:24:09.640><c> and</c><00:24:09.980><c> we</c><00:24:10.160><c> should</c><00:24:10.299><c> be</c><00:24:10.539><c> glad</c><00:24:10.720><c> that</c>

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the<00:24:11.099><c> Lord</c><00:24:11.720><c> didn't.</c>

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What<00:24:13.519><c> he</c><00:24:13.720><c> says</c><00:24:13.940><c> in</c><00:24:14.140><c> verse</c><00:24:14.359><c> 22</c><00:24:14.859><c> is</c><00:24:15.140><c> this.</c>

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Be<00:24:17.180><c> it</c><00:24:17.640><c> far</c><00:24:18.000><c> from</c><00:24:18.460><c> thee,</c><00:24:19.240><c> Lord.</c>

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This<00:24:21.220><c> shall</c><00:24:21.539><c> not</c><00:24:21.859><c> be</c><00:24:22.099><c> unto</c><00:24:22.460><c> thee.</c>

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Now<00:24:24.380><c> if</c><00:24:24.500><c> you've</c><00:24:24.759><c> got</c><00:24:24.900><c> a</c><00:24:25.099><c> King</c><00:24:25.259><c> James</c><00:24:25.660><c> version</c><00:24:26.079><c> with</c><00:24:26.299><c> a</c><00:24:26.500><c> margin,</c>

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against<00:24:28.160><c> be</c><00:24:28.460><c> it</c><00:24:28.700><c> far</c><00:24:28.940><c> from</c><00:24:29.299><c> thee,</c><00:24:29.640><c> it</c>

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will<00:24:29.799><c> tell</c><00:24:30.000><c> you</c><00:24:30.119><c> that</c><00:24:30.299><c> the</c><00:24:30.539><c> Greek</c><00:24:30.720><c> literally</c><00:24:31.180><c> means</c><00:24:31.700><c> pity</c><00:24:32.220><c> thyself.</c>

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Pity<00:24:35.680><c> thyself,</c><00:24:36.440><c> Lord.</c>

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Or<00:24:37.599><c> as</c><00:24:37.859><c> Young's</c><00:24:38.200><c> literal</c><00:24:38.539><c> translation</c><00:24:39.240><c> has</c><00:24:39.559><c> it,</c><00:24:40.160><c> be</c><00:24:40.400><c> kind</c><00:24:41.019><c> to</c><00:24:41.380><c> thyself.</c>

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Well,<00:24:44.339><c> I</c><00:24:44.500><c> think</c><00:24:44.819><c> we</c><00:24:45.319><c> tend</c><00:24:45.559><c> to</c><00:24:45.740><c> take</c><00:24:45.859><c> that</c><00:24:46.119><c> advice</c><00:24:46.519><c> to</c><00:24:46.839><c> heart</c>

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quite<00:24:47.480><c> often,</c><00:24:47.779><c> don't</c><00:24:47.960><c> we?</c>

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Pity<00:24:50.140><c> thyself.</c>

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You<00:24:51.819><c> know,</c><00:24:52.079><c> there's</c><00:24:52.299><c> a</c><00:24:52.400><c> lot</c><00:24:52.519><c> of</c><00:24:52.680><c> work</c><00:24:52.880><c> to</c><00:24:53.079><c> be</c><00:24:53.259><c> done</c><00:24:53.819><c> in</c><00:24:54.799><c> the</c><00:24:54.980><c> ecclesia.</c>

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So<00:24:57.220><c> we</c><00:24:57.299><c> get</c><00:24:57.500><c> home</c><00:24:57.720><c> from</c><00:24:58.000><c> work,</c><00:24:59.119><c> and</c><00:24:59.380><c> we're</c><00:24:59.619><c> tired,</c><00:25:00.859><c> and</c><00:25:01.059><c> there's</c><00:25:01.259><c> an</c><00:25:01.420><c> elderly</c><00:25:01.660><c> sister</c><00:25:02.099><c> in</c><00:25:02.319><c> hospital</c>

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who<00:25:02.920><c> needs</c><00:25:03.160><c> to</c><00:25:03.319><c> be</c><00:25:03.500><c> visited.</c>

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What<00:25:04.099><c> do</c><00:25:04.339><c> we</c><00:25:04.400><c> do?</c>

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Do<00:25:05.859><c> we</c><00:25:06.079><c> pity</c><00:25:06.380><c> ourselves,</c><00:25:07.240><c> put</c><00:25:07.460><c> our</c><00:25:07.680><c> feet</c><00:25:07.880><c> up,</c><00:25:08.579><c> relax,</c><00:25:09.880><c> or</c><00:25:10.119><c> do</c>

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we<00:25:10.440><c> make</c><00:25:10.640><c> the</c><00:25:10.799><c> effort</c><00:25:10.960><c> to</c><00:25:11.140><c> go</c><00:25:11.279><c> and</c><00:25:11.480><c> see</c><00:25:11.619><c> her?</c>

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Bible<00:25:14.779><c> class</c><00:25:15.160><c> night,</c><00:25:16.460><c> we're</c><00:25:16.819><c> tired.</c>

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Do<00:25:19.099><c> we</c><00:25:19.319><c> go,</c><00:25:20.700><c> or</c><00:25:20.819><c> are</c><00:25:21.059><c> we</c><00:25:21.279><c> kind</c><00:25:21.799><c> to</c><00:25:22.119><c> ourselves</c><00:25:22.619><c> in</c><00:25:22.859><c> that</c><00:25:23.160><c> sense,</c>

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and<00:25:24.559><c> just</c><00:25:24.779><c> stay</c><00:25:24.920><c> at</c><00:25:25.099><c> home?</c>

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See,<00:25:26.640><c> these</c><00:25:26.920><c> are</c><00:25:27.059><c> real</c><00:25:27.380><c> practical</c><00:25:27.940><c> challenges,</c><00:25:28.900><c> and</c><00:25:29.500><c> that's</c>

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what<00:25:30.460><c> Peter</c><00:25:30.900><c> was</c><00:25:31.160><c> setting</c><00:25:31.440><c> before</c><00:25:31.859><c> the</c>

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Lord.

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Pity<00:25:32.779><c> thyself,</c><00:25:33.579><c> Lord.</c>

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This<00:25:34.000><c> shall</c><00:25:34.180><c> not</c><00:25:34.420><c> be</c><00:25:34.599><c> unto</c><00:25:34.819><c> thee.</c>

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And<00:25:36.119><c> just</c><00:25:36.319><c> think,</c><00:25:36.640><c> brothers</c><00:25:36.759><c> and</c><00:25:37.039><c> sisters,</c><00:25:38.079><c> if</c><00:25:38.420><c> the</c><00:25:38.680><c> Lord</c><00:25:39.039><c> had</c>

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taken<00:25:39.680><c> Peter's</c><00:25:40.279><c> advice,</c><00:25:41.599><c> where</c><00:25:42.000><c> would</c>

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we<00:25:42.519><c> be?</c>

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Well,<00:25:43.819><c> we</c><00:25:43.960><c> certainly</c><00:25:44.220><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:44.420><c> be</c><00:25:44.599><c> here</c><00:25:44.740><c> this</c><00:25:44.940><c> weekend.</c>

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He<00:25:47.279><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:47.480><c> have</c><00:25:47.599><c> gone</c><00:25:47.720><c> up</c><00:25:47.900><c> to</c><00:25:48.059><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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He<00:25:49.140><c> wouldn't</c><00:25:49.359><c> have</c><00:25:49.559><c> offered</c><00:25:49.700><c> himself.</c>

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There<00:25:51.380><c> would</c><00:25:51.539><c> have</c><00:25:51.640><c> been</c><00:25:51.819><c> no</c><00:25:52.279><c> hope</c><00:25:52.519><c> of</c><00:25:52.819><c> salvation</c><00:25:53.400><c> for</c><00:25:53.900><c> anyone.</c>

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And<00:25:55.460><c> how</c><00:25:55.880><c> thankful</c><00:25:56.240><c> we</c><00:25:56.500><c> should</c><00:25:56.640><c> be</c><00:25:56.859><c> that</c><00:25:57.039><c> the</c><00:25:57.259><c> Lord</c><00:25:57.579><c> sought</c><00:25:57.900><c> to</c>

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put<00:25:58.380><c> Peter,</c><00:25:59.180><c> the</c><00:25:59.380><c> source</c><00:25:59.539><c> of</c><00:25:59.759><c> temptation,</c>

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out<00:26:00.539><c> of</c><00:26:00.680><c> the</c><00:26:00.839><c> way,</c><00:26:01.980><c> and</c><00:26:02.099><c> he</c><00:26:02.420><c> set</c><00:26:02.559><c> his</c><00:26:02.839><c> face</c><00:26:03.000><c> like</c><00:26:03.240><c> a</c><00:26:03.660><c> flint,</c><00:26:04.779><c> knowing</c><00:26:04.900><c> exactly</c><00:26:05.420><c> what</c><00:26:05.700><c> lay</c>

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ahead<00:26:06.180><c> of</c><00:26:06.279><c> him</c>

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when<00:26:07.240><c> he</c><00:26:07.380><c> went</c><00:26:07.579><c> up</c><00:26:07.900><c> to</c><00:26:08.099><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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Let<00:26:10.839><c> this</c><00:26:11.220><c> mind</c><00:26:11.559><c> be</c><00:26:11.880><c> in</c><00:26:12.099><c> you,</c><00:26:13.099><c> which</c><00:26:13.319><c> was</c><00:26:13.519><c> also</c><00:26:13.920><c> in</c><00:26:14.279><c> Christ</c><00:26:14.799><c> Jesus.</c>

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Now<00:26:17.200><c> come</c><00:26:17.380><c> back</c><00:26:17.559><c> to</c><00:26:17.740><c> Philippians</c><00:26:18.099><c> chapter</c><00:26:18.539><c> 2,</c><00:26:19.019><c> because</c><00:26:19.420><c> as</c><00:26:19.640><c> we</c>

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move<00:26:20.079><c> on,</c><00:26:20.839><c> we</c><00:26:20.960><c> find</c><00:26:21.180><c> that</c><00:26:21.380><c> the</c><00:26:21.559><c> apostle</c><00:26:21.900><c> develops</c>

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his<00:26:23.200><c> exhortation.</c>

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Philippians<00:26:26.180><c> chapter</c><00:26:26.640><c> 2</c><00:26:27.279><c> and</c><00:26:27.700><c> verse</c><00:26:28.079><c> 12.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:26:30.799><c> my</c><00:26:31.119><c> beloved,</c><00:26:32.339><c> as</c><00:26:32.559><c> ye</c><00:26:32.700><c> have</c><00:26:32.859><c> always</c><00:26:33.140><c> obeyed,</c><00:26:33.779><c> not</c>

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in<00:26:34.200><c> my</c><00:26:34.480><c> presence</c><00:26:34.740><c> only,</c><00:26:35.140><c> but</c><00:26:35.319><c> now</c><00:26:35.539><c> much</c><00:26:35.819><c> more</c>

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in<00:26:36.099><c> my</c><00:26:36.299><c> absence,</c><00:26:37.619><c> work</c><00:26:37.920><c> out</c><00:26:38.660><c> your</c><00:26:39.240><c> salvation</c><00:26:39.980><c> with</c><00:26:40.319><c> fear</c><00:26:40.799><c> and</c><00:26:41.900><c> trembling.</c>

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And<00:26:43.319><c> you</c><00:26:43.380><c> notice</c><00:26:43.619><c> this</c><00:26:43.880><c> next</c><00:26:44.180><c> section</c><00:26:44.599><c> begins</c><00:26:45.019><c> with</c><00:26:45.259><c> the</c><00:26:45.440><c> word</c>

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wherefore,<00:26:46.480><c> which</c><00:26:46.640><c> is</c><00:26:46.980><c> a</c><00:26:47.279><c> connecting</c>

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word.

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It<00:26:48.819><c> links</c><00:26:49.220><c> us</c><00:26:49.660><c> with</c><00:26:50.160><c> what</c><00:26:50.380><c> has</c><00:26:50.680><c> gone</c><00:26:51.200><c> before.</c>

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As<00:26:53.440><c> ye</c><00:26:53.740><c> have</c><00:26:54.039><c> always</c><00:26:54.700><c> obeyed,</c><00:26:55.440><c> he</c><00:26:55.599><c> says</c><00:26:55.779><c> in</c><00:26:55.980><c> verse</c><00:26:56.279><c> 12,</c><00:26:57.079><c> well</c>

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he's<00:26:57.559><c> referring</c><00:26:57.980><c> back</c><00:26:58.519><c> to</c><00:26:58.700><c> the</c><00:26:58.940><c> example</c>

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of<00:26:59.460><c> Christ</c><00:26:59.859><c> in</c><00:27:00.099><c> those</c><00:27:00.400><c> previous</c><00:27:00.900><c> verses,</c><00:27:01.700><c> the</c><00:27:01.940><c> obedience</c><00:27:02.460><c> spoken</c><00:27:02.880><c> about</c><00:27:03.240><c> in</c>

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verse<00:27:03.720><c> 8.</c>

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He<00:27:04.599><c> was</c><00:27:04.839><c> obedient</c><00:27:05.519><c> to</c><00:27:05.819><c> his</c><00:27:06.019><c> father,</c><00:27:06.559><c> obedient</c><00:27:06.880><c> unto</c><00:27:07.140><c> death.</c>

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So<00:27:08.099><c> now</c><00:27:08.259><c> he</c><00:27:08.519><c> echoes</c><00:27:08.819><c> that</c><00:27:09.119><c> when</c><00:27:09.240><c> he</c><00:27:09.420><c> writes</c><00:27:09.640><c> to</c><00:27:09.839><c> the</c><00:27:09.940><c> Philippians</c><00:27:10.279><c> in</c><00:27:10.460><c> verse</c>

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12<00:27:10.960><c> and</c><00:27:11.079><c> he</c><00:27:11.299><c> says,</c><00:27:12.140><c> as</c><00:27:12.339><c> ye</c>

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have<00:27:12.720><c> always</c><00:27:12.940><c> obeyed,</c><00:27:14.920><c> not</c><00:27:15.119><c> as</c><00:27:15.259><c> in</c><00:27:15.380><c> my</c><00:27:15.640><c> presence</c><00:27:15.859><c> only,</c><00:27:16.180><c> but</c>

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now<00:27:16.500><c> much</c><00:27:16.680><c> more</c><00:27:16.839><c> in</c><00:27:16.980><c> my</c><00:27:17.119><c> absence,</c><00:27:17.759><c> work</c>

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out<00:27:18.240><c> your</c><00:27:18.500><c> own</c><00:27:18.759><c> salvation</c><00:27:19.559><c> with</c><00:27:20.160><c> fear</c><00:27:20.539><c> and</c><00:27:20.859><c> trembling.</c>

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The<00:27:22.859><c> Lord</c><00:27:23.220><c> obeyed</c><00:27:23.680><c> his</c><00:27:23.960><c> father,</c><00:27:25.220><c> and</c><00:27:25.460><c> that</c><00:27:25.660><c> is</c><00:27:25.900><c> the</c><00:27:26.180><c> example</c>

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for<00:27:27.000><c> all</c><00:27:27.480><c> those</c><00:27:28.160><c> who</c><00:27:28.599><c> would</c><00:27:28.799><c> be</c><00:27:28.980><c> his</c><00:27:29.299><c> disciples.</c>

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And<00:27:31.500><c> this</c><00:27:31.819><c> theme</c><00:27:32.180><c> then</c><00:27:32.640><c> continues</c><00:27:33.279><c> in</c><00:27:33.539><c> the</c><00:27:33.680><c> next</c><00:27:33.960><c> few</c><00:27:34.180><c> verses.</c>

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You<00:27:35.799><c> notice</c><00:27:36.079><c> in</c><00:27:36.259><c> verse</c><00:27:36.500><c> 12,</c><00:27:37.180><c> he</c><00:27:37.579><c> calls</c><00:27:38.220><c> the</c><00:27:38.539><c> brothers</c><00:27:39.160><c> and</c><00:27:39.440><c> sisters</c><00:27:40.059><c> his</c><00:27:41.420><c> beloved.</c>

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Now<00:27:43.519><c> this</c><00:27:43.880><c> Greek</c><00:27:44.259><c> term</c><00:27:44.799><c> is</c><00:27:45.099><c> often</c><00:27:45.460><c> used</c><00:27:46.019><c> in</c><00:27:46.279><c> the</c><00:27:46.359><c> New</c><00:27:46.539><c> Testament.</c>

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There<00:27:47.119><c> are</c><00:27:47.259><c> just</c><00:27:47.480><c> a</c><00:27:47.579><c> few</c><00:27:47.740><c> points</c><00:27:48.059><c> there</c><00:27:48.220><c> on</c><00:27:48.339><c> the</c><00:27:48.579><c> screen</c><00:27:48.759><c> if</c><00:27:48.900><c> you</c><00:27:49.119><c> want</c><00:27:49.440><c> some</c><00:27:50.339><c> of</c>

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the<00:27:50.660><c> details.</c>

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My<00:27:51.960><c> beloved,</c><00:27:52.740><c> beloved,</c><00:27:53.660><c> is</c><00:27:53.920><c> a</c><00:27:54.140><c> term</c><00:27:54.279><c> that</c><00:27:54.420><c> you</c><00:27:54.559><c> often</c><00:27:54.759><c> find</c><00:27:55.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:27:55.279><c> New</c><00:27:55.440><c> Testament.</c>

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The<00:27:57.059><c> Gospels</c><00:27:57.480><c> use</c><00:27:57.740><c> it</c><00:27:57.859><c> of</c><00:27:58.000><c> the</c><00:27:58.119><c> Lord</c><00:27:58.339><c> Jesus</c><00:27:58.960><c> himself</c><00:27:59.900><c> on</c><00:28:00.079><c> a</c><00:28:00.200><c> number</c><00:28:00.359><c> of</c>

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occasions,<00:28:01.559><c> the</c><00:28:01.799><c> beloved.</c>

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In<00:28:03.019><c> the</c><00:28:03.180><c> epistles</c><00:28:03.619><c> it's</c><00:28:03.940><c> used</c><00:28:04.319><c> of</c><00:28:04.619><c> his</c><00:28:04.940><c> followers.</c>

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The<00:28:06.779><c> Apostle</c><00:28:07.160><c> Paul</c><00:28:07.380><c> is</c><00:28:07.660><c> described</c><00:28:08.099><c> using</c><00:28:08.420><c> this</c><00:28:08.740><c> term</c><00:28:08.900><c> in</c><00:28:09.059><c> Acts</c>

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:13.880
chapter<00:28:09.500><c> 15</c><00:28:09.920><c> verse</c><00:28:10.200><c> 25,</c><00:28:11.539><c> our</c><00:28:11.920><c> beloved</c><00:28:12.619><c> Paul.</c>

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So<00:28:14.680><c> it's</c><00:28:15.059><c> a</c><00:28:15.259><c> common</c><00:28:15.880><c> term.</c>

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But<00:28:17.579><c> just</c><00:28:17.720><c> come</c><00:28:17.859><c> back</c><00:28:18.059><c> now</c><00:28:18.279><c> to</c><00:28:18.380><c> verse</c><00:28:18.680><c> 12.</c>

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Is<00:28:20.619><c> the</c><00:28:20.880><c> Apostle</c><00:28:21.319><c> addressing</c><00:28:22.099><c> the</c><00:28:22.579><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:23.039><c> members</c><00:28:23.420><c> individually,</c><00:28:24.079><c> do</c><00:28:24.319><c> you</c><00:28:24.400><c> think</c><00:28:24.579><c> here,</c><00:28:25.380><c> or</c><00:28:25.720><c> collectively?</c>

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His<00:28:28.079><c> words,</c><00:28:28.380><c> I</c><00:28:28.599><c> think,</c><00:28:28.960><c> apply</c><00:28:29.140><c> in</c><00:28:29.299><c> both</c><00:28:29.519><c> cases.</c>

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First<00:28:31.119><c> of</c><00:28:31.259><c> all,</c><00:28:31.380><c> he</c><00:28:31.539><c> seems</c><00:28:31.779><c> to</c><00:28:31.960><c> be</c><00:28:32.160><c> addressing</c><00:28:32.500><c> them</c><00:28:33.000><c> as</c><00:28:33.380><c> an</c><00:28:33.640><c> ecclesia,</c><00:28:34.779><c> when</c><00:28:34.960><c> he</c>

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calls<00:28:35.359><c> them</c><00:28:35.519><c> his</c><00:28:35.819><c> beloved,</c>

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one<00:28:37.220><c> that</c><00:28:37.400><c> was</c><00:28:37.740><c> disturbed</c><00:28:38.660><c> by</c><00:28:39.180><c> a</c><00:28:39.380><c> lack</c><00:28:39.519><c> of</c><00:28:39.839><c> harmony</c><00:28:40.140><c> amongst</c>

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the<00:28:40.680><c> members,</c><00:28:41.039><c> there</c><00:28:41.079><c> was</c><00:28:41.339><c> discord.</c>

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The<00:28:42.960><c> ecclesial</c><00:28:43.440><c> members</c><00:28:43.839><c> here</c><00:28:44.059><c> are</c><00:28:44.180><c> being</c><00:28:44.359><c> encouraged</c><00:28:44.900><c> by</c><00:28:45.140><c> the</c><00:28:45.319><c> Apostle</c><00:28:45.640><c> to</c>

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reform,<00:28:46.900><c> to</c><00:28:47.200><c> refresh</c><00:28:47.559><c> their</c>

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spiritual<00:28:48.420><c> health</c><00:28:48.880><c> and</c><00:28:49.240><c> put</c><00:28:49.440><c> away</c><00:28:49.779><c> strife,</c><00:28:51.259><c> to</c><00:28:51.420><c> let</c><00:28:51.640><c> the</c><00:28:51.980><c> spirit</c><00:28:52.200><c> of</c>

00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:56.240
the<00:28:52.599><c> suffering</c><00:28:53.039><c> servant</c><00:28:53.759><c> pervade</c><00:28:54.759><c> the</c><00:28:55.240><c> ecclesia.</c>

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They<00:28:57.160><c> were</c><00:28:57.380><c> obedient</c><00:28:57.740><c> when</c><00:28:58.039><c> Paul</c><00:28:58.339><c> first</c><00:28:58.599><c> came</c><00:28:58.859><c> amongst</c><00:28:59.220><c> them.</c>

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:03.799
In<00:29:00.279><c> fact,</c><00:29:00.740><c> their</c><00:29:00.900><c> obedience</c><00:29:01.319><c> to</c><00:29:01.519><c> the</c><00:29:01.680><c> Gospel</c><00:29:02.059><c> brought</c><00:29:02.339><c> the</c><00:29:02.619><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:02.920><c> into</c><00:29:03.220><c> being</c><00:29:03.579><c> in</c>

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Acts<00:29:03.960><c> chapter</c><00:29:04.259><c> 16.</c>

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So<00:29:06.140><c> he</c><00:29:06.319><c> says,</c><00:29:07.299><c> work</c><00:29:07.359><c> out</c><00:29:08.000><c> your</c><00:29:08.539><c> own</c><00:29:08.960><c> salvation</c><00:29:09.839><c> with</c><00:29:10.700><c> fear</c><00:29:11.000><c> and</c><00:29:11.279><c> trembling.</c>

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:16.880
Now<00:29:12.799><c> that</c><00:29:12.920><c> is</c><00:29:13.119><c> not</c><00:29:13.380><c> to</c><00:29:13.740><c> say</c><00:29:14.279><c> that</c><00:29:14.619><c> we</c><00:29:14.759><c> can</c><00:29:15.039><c> earn</c><00:29:15.440><c> salvation</c><00:29:16.420><c> by</c>

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our<00:29:17.160><c> works.</c>

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As<00:29:18.940><c> Paul</c><00:29:19.200><c> writes</c><00:29:19.539><c> to</c><00:29:19.720><c> the</c><00:29:19.920><c> Romans,</c><00:29:20.839><c> the</c><00:29:20.940><c> wage</c><00:29:21.259><c> of</c><00:29:21.539><c> sin</c><00:29:21.680><c> is</c><00:29:22.019><c> death,</c><00:29:22.980><c> but</c>

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:25.799
the<00:29:23.640><c> gift</c><00:29:24.019><c> of</c><00:29:24.339><c> God</c><00:29:24.819><c> is</c><00:29:25.339><c> eternal</c>

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:28.920
life<00:29:26.400><c> through</c><00:29:26.859><c> Jesus</c><00:29:27.259><c> Christ</c><00:29:27.700><c> our</c><00:29:28.000><c> Lord.</c>

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:32.519
And<00:29:29.420><c> there</c><00:29:29.660><c> sin</c><00:29:29.859><c> is</c><00:29:30.119><c> personified,</c><00:29:31.319><c> spoken</c><00:29:31.579><c> of</c><00:29:31.740><c> as</c><00:29:31.900><c> a</c><00:29:32.119><c> master</c>

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who<00:29:32.740><c> pays</c><00:29:33.019><c> his</c><00:29:33.339><c> servant's</c><00:29:33.819><c> wages.</c>

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:38.619
Those<00:29:34.859><c> who</c><00:29:35.319><c> serve</c><00:29:35.680><c> sin</c><00:29:36.059><c> receive</c><00:29:36.500><c> the</c><00:29:36.700><c> wages,</c><00:29:37.700><c> death.</c>

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:42.859
But<00:29:38.819><c> by</c><00:29:39.140><c> contrast,</c><00:29:39.720><c> says</c><00:29:39.799><c> Paul,</c><00:29:40.059><c> the</c><00:29:40.200><c> gift</c><00:29:40.460><c> of</c><00:29:40.700><c> God</c><00:29:41.099><c> is</c><00:29:41.480><c> eternal</c><00:29:41.839><c> life.</c>

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:47.480
It<00:29:43.099><c> comes</c><00:29:43.440><c> by</c><00:29:43.839><c> faith,</c><00:29:45.140><c> as</c><00:29:45.339><c> Paul</c><00:29:45.559><c> wrote</c><00:29:45.839><c> to</c><00:29:46.079><c> the</c><00:29:46.259><c> Ephesians,</c><00:29:47.220><c> by</c>

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grace<00:29:48.259><c> are</c><00:29:48.539><c> ye</c><00:29:48.819><c> saved</c><00:29:49.500><c> through</c><00:29:50.099><c> faith.</c>

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:57.599
But<00:29:51.880><c> as</c><00:29:52.119><c> James</c><00:29:52.500><c> tells</c><00:29:52.880><c> us,</c><00:29:53.940><c> faith</c><00:29:54.380><c> without</c><00:29:55.059><c> works</c><00:29:55.759><c> is</c><00:29:56.559><c> dead.</c>

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So<00:29:58.180><c> works</c><00:29:58.599><c> do</c><00:29:58.880><c> have</c><00:29:59.059><c> their</c><00:29:59.400><c> importance,</c><00:30:00.559><c> and</c><00:30:00.740><c> the</c><00:30:00.940><c> true</c><00:30:01.140><c> relationship</c><00:30:01.740><c> between</c><00:30:02.119><c> the</c>

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two<00:30:02.920><c> is</c><00:30:03.700><c> set</c><00:30:04.079><c> out</c>

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for<00:30:04.440><c> us</c><00:30:04.579><c> in</c><00:30:04.799><c> various</c><00:30:05.059><c> passages</c><00:30:05.420><c> of</c><00:30:05.759><c> Scripture.</c>

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Just<00:30:06.559><c> keep</c><00:30:06.740><c> your</c><00:30:06.900><c> finger</c><00:30:07.119><c> here</c><00:30:07.500><c> in</c><00:30:07.799><c> Philippians,</c><00:30:08.220><c> if</c><00:30:08.380><c> you</c><00:30:08.579><c> will,</c><00:30:08.700><c> and</c>

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come<00:30:09.019><c> on</c><00:30:09.200><c> to</c><00:30:09.400><c> James</c><00:30:10.079><c> chapter</c><00:30:10.579><c> 2.</c>

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Now<00:30:16.119><c> this</c><00:30:16.220><c> was</c><00:30:16.440><c> a</c><00:30:16.579><c> concept</c><00:30:17.039><c> that</c><00:30:17.400><c> the</c><00:30:18.140><c> reformer</c><00:30:18.599><c> Martin</c><00:30:19.119><c> Luther,</c><00:30:20.339><c> back</c>

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in<00:30:20.720><c> the</c><00:30:20.859><c> 16th</c><00:30:21.359><c> century,</c><00:30:21.720><c> had</c><00:30:21.859><c> a</c><00:30:22.019><c> great</c>

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he<00:30:23.200><c> propounded</c><00:30:24.380><c> the</c><00:30:24.599><c> doctrine</c><00:30:24.920><c> of</c><00:30:25.180><c> salvation</c><00:30:25.680><c> by</c><00:30:25.940><c> faith</c><00:30:26.240><c> alone,</c><00:30:27.799><c> when</c>

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he<00:30:27.960><c> was</c><00:30:28.160><c> combating</c><00:30:28.740><c> the</c><00:30:29.220><c> Catholic</c>

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Church's<00:30:30.099><c> emphasis</c><00:30:30.460><c> on</c><00:30:30.799><c> work,</c><00:30:31.200><c> salvation</c><00:30:31.619><c> by</c><00:30:31.859><c> faith</c><00:30:32.119><c> alone.</c>

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But<00:30:32.960><c> when</c><00:30:33.079><c> he</c><00:30:33.200><c> got</c><00:30:33.420><c> to</c><00:30:33.680><c> James,</c><00:30:35.200><c> and</c><00:30:35.559><c> James'</c><00:30:36.059><c> comment</c><00:30:36.259><c> about</c><00:30:36.660><c> works,</c><00:30:37.220><c> well</c><00:30:37.339><c> he</c>

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was<00:30:37.920><c> stuck.</c>

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And<00:30:39.279><c> so</c><00:30:39.359><c> he</c><00:30:39.660><c> described</c><00:30:39.960><c> the</c><00:30:40.099><c> Epistle</c><00:30:40.380><c> of</c><00:30:40.519><c> James</c><00:30:40.859><c> as</c><00:30:41.039><c> an</c><00:30:41.220><c> epistle</c><00:30:41.539><c> of</c><00:30:41.900><c> straw,</c><00:30:42.940><c> because</c><00:30:43.099><c> it</c>

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didn't<00:30:43.460><c> fit</c>

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in<00:30:43.839><c> with</c><00:30:43.980><c> his</c><00:30:44.220><c> theology.</c>

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Of<00:30:45.740><c> course</c><00:30:45.839><c> that's</c><00:30:46.119><c> a</c><00:30:46.240><c> fatal</c><00:30:46.440><c> mistake,</c><00:30:47.019><c> isn't</c><00:30:47.180><c> it?</c>

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You<00:30:48.119><c> know,</c><00:30:48.900><c> if</c><00:30:49.059><c> words</c><00:30:49.319><c> of</c><00:30:49.599><c> Scripture</c><00:30:49.799><c> don't</c><00:30:50.140><c> fit</c><00:30:50.460><c> in</c><00:30:50.799><c> with</c><00:30:50.960><c> what</c><00:30:51.180><c> we</c>

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believe,<00:30:51.880><c> then</c><00:30:51.980><c> we</c><00:30:52.099><c> need</c><00:30:52.299><c> to</c><00:30:52.380><c> look</c>

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again<00:30:52.799><c> at</c><00:30:52.960><c> our</c><00:30:53.160><c> beliefs.</c>

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So<00:30:54.779><c> here</c><00:30:55.220><c> in</c><00:30:55.559><c> James,</c><00:30:56.279><c> then,</c><00:30:56.420><c> James</c><00:30:56.799><c> chapter</c><00:30:57.119><c> 2</c><00:30:57.519><c> verse</c><00:30:57.880><c> 21,</c>

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Was<00:31:00.480><c> not</c><00:31:00.779><c> Abraham</c><00:31:01.119><c> our</c><00:31:01.400><c> father</c><00:31:01.680><c> justified</c><00:31:02.279><c> by</c><00:31:02.720><c> works,</c><00:31:03.579><c> when</c>

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he<00:31:03.839><c> had</c><00:31:04.000><c> offered</c><00:31:04.180><c> of</c><00:31:04.400><c> Isaac</c><00:31:04.720><c> his</c><00:31:04.880><c> son</c><00:31:05.079><c> upon</c>

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the<00:31:05.579><c> altar?</c>

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Seest<00:31:06.880><c> thou</c><00:31:07.059><c> how</c><00:31:07.359><c> faith</c><00:31:07.759><c> wrought</c><00:31:08.039><c> with</c><00:31:08.220><c> his</c><00:31:08.500><c> works,</c><00:31:08.779><c> and</c><00:31:08.960><c> by</c>

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works<00:31:09.619><c> was</c><00:31:09.940><c> faith</c><00:31:10.240><c> made</c><00:31:10.559><c> perfect?</c>

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And<00:31:11.880><c> the</c><00:31:12.099><c> Scripture</c><00:31:12.359><c> was</c><00:31:12.640><c> fulfilled</c><00:31:13.220><c> which</c><00:31:13.579><c> saith,</c><00:31:14.480><c> Abraham</c>

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believed<00:31:15.480><c> God,</c><00:31:15.779><c> and</c><00:31:15.920><c> it</c><00:31:16.019><c> was</c><00:31:16.319><c> counted</c><00:31:16.559><c> to</c>

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him<00:31:16.980><c> for</c><00:31:17.339><c> righteousness,</c><00:31:18.599><c> and</c><00:31:18.700><c> he</c><00:31:18.779><c> was</c><00:31:19.039><c> called</c><00:31:19.220><c> the</c><00:31:19.400><c> friend</c>

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of<00:31:19.880><c> God.</c>

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Ye<00:31:21.220><c> see</c><00:31:21.380><c> then</c><00:31:21.579><c> how</c><00:31:21.839><c> that</c><00:31:22.059><c> by</c><00:31:22.380><c> works</c><00:31:22.839><c> a</c><00:31:23.019><c> man</c><00:31:23.180><c> is</c><00:31:23.500><c> justified,</c><00:31:24.740><c> and</c>

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not<00:31:25.420><c> by</c><00:31:25.900><c> faith</c><00:31:26.380><c> only.</c>

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So<00:31:29.079><c> in</c><00:31:29.279><c> the</c><00:31:29.440><c> offering</c><00:31:29.720><c> of</c><00:31:30.039><c> Isaac,</c><00:31:31.160><c> then,</c><00:31:31.559><c> Abraham's</c><00:31:32.160><c> faith</c><00:31:32.519><c> expressed</c><00:31:33.119><c> itself</c><00:31:33.579><c> in</c><00:31:33.799><c> action.</c>

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This<00:31:35.099><c> was</c><00:31:35.319><c> a</c><00:31:35.579><c> work</c><00:31:35.799><c> which</c><00:31:36.079><c> couldn't</c><00:31:36.359><c> possibly</c><00:31:36.920><c> have</c><00:31:37.160><c> been</c><00:31:37.319><c> performed</c><00:31:37.700><c> at</c>

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all,<00:31:38.759><c> had</c><00:31:38.940><c> Abraham</c><00:31:39.299><c> not</c><00:31:39.619><c> relied</c>

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totally<00:31:40.539><c> on</c><00:31:40.859><c> God,</c><00:31:41.539><c> and</c><00:31:41.839><c> believed</c><00:31:42.180><c> firmly</c><00:31:42.880><c> in</c><00:31:43.500><c> the</c><00:31:43.779><c> promises</c>

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that<00:31:44.400><c> he</c><00:31:44.640><c> had</c><00:31:44.980><c> made.</c>

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And<00:31:46.619><c> so</c><00:31:46.920><c> it's</c><00:31:47.240><c> with</c><00:31:47.480><c> that,</c><00:31:47.839><c> then,</c><00:31:47.900><c> in</c><00:31:48.099><c> mind</c><00:31:48.440><c> that</c><00:31:48.680><c> Paul</c><00:31:49.099><c> exhorts</c><00:31:49.660><c> the</c><00:31:49.980><c> Philippians,</c><00:31:50.720><c> back</c><00:31:50.839><c> in</c><00:31:50.980><c> chapter</c>

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2<00:31:51.500><c> verse</c><00:31:51.819><c> 12,</c><00:31:53.000><c> to</c><00:31:53.119><c> work</c><00:31:53.640><c> out</c><00:31:53.940><c> your</c><00:31:54.279><c> own</c><00:31:55.140><c> salvation,</c><00:31:56.220><c> and</c><00:31:56.900><c> he's</c>

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already<00:31:57.420><c> told</c><00:31:57.680><c> them</c><00:31:57.880><c> how</c><00:31:58.200><c> to</c><00:31:58.420><c> do</c><00:31:58.579><c> it.</c>

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How<00:31:59.980><c> do</c><00:32:00.099><c> they</c><00:32:00.319><c> work</c><00:32:00.660><c> out</c><00:32:00.859><c> their</c><00:32:01.079><c> own</c><00:32:01.359><c> salvation?</c>

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Well<00:32:03.059><c> it's</c><00:32:03.299><c> back</c><00:32:03.579><c> in</c><00:32:03.819><c> the</c><00:32:04.059><c> key</c><00:32:04.460><c> verse,</c><00:32:05.019><c> isn't</c><00:32:05.180><c> it?</c>

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Verse<00:32:05.839><c> 5</c><00:32:06.640><c> of</c><00:32:07.079><c> chapter</c><00:32:07.420><c> 2,</c><00:32:08.940><c> Let</c><00:32:09.200><c> this</c><00:32:09.640><c> mind</c><00:32:10.019><c> be</c><00:32:10.299><c> in</c><00:32:10.519><c> you,</c><00:32:11.240><c> which</c>

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was<00:32:11.720><c> also</c><00:32:12.000><c> in</c><00:32:12.279><c> Christ</c><00:32:12.579><c> Jesus.</c>

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So<00:32:14.079><c> when</c><00:32:14.220><c> he</c><00:32:14.359><c> says</c><00:32:14.500><c> to</c><00:32:14.720><c> work</c><00:32:14.980><c> out</c><00:32:15.140><c> your</c><00:32:15.319><c> own</c><00:32:15.559><c> salvation,</c><00:32:16.099><c> he</c><00:32:16.259><c> has</c><00:32:16.579><c> the</c><00:32:16.819><c> example</c><00:32:17.240><c> of</c>

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Christ<00:32:18.039><c> in</c><00:32:18.700><c> mind.</c>

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They<00:32:20.059><c> have</c><00:32:20.259><c> to</c><00:32:20.500><c> work</c><00:32:20.819><c> out</c><00:32:21.180><c> their</c><00:32:21.440><c> salvation</c><00:32:22.019><c> with</c><00:32:22.339><c> fear</c><00:32:22.779><c> and</c>

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trembling,<00:32:24.700><c> and</c><00:32:24.859><c> that</c><00:32:25.079><c> of</c><00:32:25.339><c> course</c><00:32:25.680><c> was</c>

00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:31.819
the<00:32:26.119><c> way</c><00:32:26.599><c> that</c><00:32:27.079><c> Christ</c><00:32:27.660><c> triumphed</c><00:32:28.700><c> in</c><00:32:28.839><c> the</c><00:32:29.000><c> Garden</c><00:32:29.259><c> of</c><00:32:29.460><c> Gethsemane,</c><00:32:30.740><c> and</c><00:32:30.799><c> was</c><00:32:30.980><c> able</c><00:32:31.200><c> to</c>

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become<00:32:32.059><c> obedient</c>

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to<00:32:32.759><c> the</c><00:32:32.900><c> death</c><00:32:33.039><c> of</c><00:32:33.200><c> the</c><00:32:33.420><c> cross.</c>

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And<00:32:34.400><c> again,</c><00:32:34.599><c> remember</c><00:32:34.940><c> those</c><00:32:35.200><c> words</c><00:32:35.460><c> that</c><00:32:35.599><c> we</c><00:32:35.799><c> quoted</c><00:32:36.000><c> before</c>

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from<00:32:36.599><c> Hebrews</c><00:32:36.920><c> chapter</c><00:32:37.259><c> 5,</c><00:32:38.339><c> In</c><00:32:38.539><c> the</c><00:32:38.700><c> days</c>

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of<00:32:39.039><c> his</c><00:32:39.180><c> flesh</c><00:32:39.660><c> he</c><00:32:39.960><c> offered</c><00:32:40.160><c> up</c><00:32:40.440><c> prayers</c><00:32:40.819><c> and</c><00:32:41.099><c> supplications</c>

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with<00:32:42.380><c> strong</c><00:32:42.779><c> crying</c><00:32:43.099><c> and</c><00:32:43.460><c> tears</c><00:32:43.640><c> unto</c><00:32:43.839><c> him</c><00:32:44.000><c> that</c>

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was<00:32:44.240><c> able</c><00:32:44.400><c> to</c><00:32:44.680><c> save</c><00:32:44.839><c> him</c><00:32:45.000><c> out</c><00:32:45.220><c> of</c><00:32:45.440><c> death,</c><00:32:46.339><c> and</c><00:32:46.599><c> was</c><00:32:46.859><c> heard</c><00:32:47.099><c> in</c>

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that<00:32:47.339><c> he</c><00:32:47.660><c> feared.</c>

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He<00:32:48.420><c> was</c><00:32:48.700><c> heard</c><00:32:48.940><c> for</c><00:32:49.180><c> his</c><00:32:49.500><c> godly</c><00:32:50.039><c> fear,</c><00:32:51.279><c> though</c><00:32:51.460><c> he</c><00:32:51.599><c> were</c><00:32:51.880><c> a</c><00:32:52.039><c> son,</c><00:32:52.460><c> yet</c>

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learned<00:32:52.880><c> he</c><00:32:53.099><c> obedience</c><00:32:53.759><c> by</c><00:32:54.440><c> the</c>

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things<00:32:54.859><c> which</c><00:32:55.099><c> he</c><00:32:55.400><c> suffered.</c>

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Furthermore,<00:32:58.839><c> as</c><00:32:59.079><c> Paul</c><00:32:59.299><c> makes</c><00:32:59.680><c> clear</c><00:33:00.019><c> here</c><00:33:00.339><c> in</c><00:33:00.619><c> Philippians</c>

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2<00:33:01.420><c> verse</c><00:33:01.799><c> 12,</c><00:33:03.099><c> his</c><00:33:03.400><c> personal</c><00:33:04.160><c> presence</c><00:33:04.779><c> or</c><00:33:05.279><c> absence</c>

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should<00:33:06.799><c> make</c><00:33:07.200><c> no</c><00:33:07.599><c> difference</c><00:33:08.059><c> to</c><00:33:08.299><c> their</c><00:33:08.640><c> conduct.</c>

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And<00:33:10.599><c> that's</c><00:33:11.000><c> a</c><00:33:11.079><c> point</c><00:33:11.200><c> that</c><00:33:11.380><c> he'd</c><00:33:11.599><c> made</c><00:33:11.740><c> before.</c>

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If<00:33:12.759><c> you</c><00:33:12.920><c> come</c><00:33:13.099><c> back</c><00:33:13.319><c> to</c><00:33:13.460><c> chapter</c><00:33:13.740><c> 1</c><00:33:13.960><c> verse</c><00:33:14.240><c> 27,</c><00:33:14.900><c> he</c><00:33:15.039><c> says</c><00:33:15.220><c> the</c>

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same<00:33:15.660><c> thing</c><00:33:16.019><c> essentially</c><00:33:16.579><c> there.</c>

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Chapter<00:33:17.759><c> 1</c><00:33:18.000><c> verse</c><00:33:18.200><c> 27</c><00:33:18.720><c> of</c><00:33:18.940><c> Philippians,</c><00:33:20.720><c> he</c><00:33:20.880><c> says,</c><00:33:21.319><c> Let</c><00:33:21.319><c> your</c>

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manner<00:33:21.880><c> of</c><00:33:22.180><c> life</c><00:33:22.440><c> be</c><00:33:22.660><c> as</c><00:33:22.839><c> it</c><00:33:23.039><c> becometh</c>

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the<00:33:23.460><c> gospel</c><00:33:23.759><c> of</c><00:33:24.000><c> Christ,</c><00:33:24.839><c> that</c><00:33:24.980><c> whether</c><00:33:25.220><c> I</c><00:33:25.460><c> come</c><00:33:25.700><c> and</c><00:33:26.019><c> see</c><00:33:26.259><c> you,</c><00:33:26.880><c> or</c>

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else<00:33:27.380><c> be</c><00:33:27.660><c> absent,</c><00:33:28.640><c> it</c><00:33:28.720><c> doesn't</c>

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matter,<00:33:29.200><c> he</c><00:33:29.460><c> says,</c><00:33:30.339><c> I</c><00:33:30.680><c> may</c><00:33:30.880><c> hear</c><00:33:31.099><c> of</c><00:33:31.259><c> your</c><00:33:31.539><c> affairs,</c><00:33:32.539><c> that</c><00:33:32.680><c> ye</c>

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stand<00:33:33.319><c> fast</c><00:33:33.680><c> in</c><00:33:33.900><c> one</c><00:33:34.160><c> spirit,</c><00:33:35.119><c> with</c><00:33:35.359><c> one</c>

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mind<00:33:35.940><c> striving</c><00:33:36.400><c> together</c><00:33:36.859><c> for</c><00:33:37.059><c> the</c><00:33:37.220><c> faith</c><00:33:37.380><c> of</c><00:33:37.519><c> the</c><00:33:37.619><c> gospel.</c>

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So<00:33:38.859><c> whether</c><00:33:39.099><c> Paul</c><00:33:39.380><c> was</c><00:33:39.559><c> actually</c><00:33:40.160><c> with</c><00:33:40.500><c> them,</c><00:33:40.720><c> or</c><00:33:40.880><c> whether</c><00:33:41.019><c> he</c>

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wasn't,<00:33:42.079><c> should</c><00:33:42.299><c> make</c><00:33:42.599><c> no</c><00:33:43.000><c> difference</c>

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at<00:33:43.680><c> all</c><00:33:44.180><c> to</c><00:33:44.640><c> their</c><00:33:44.980><c> conduct,</c><00:33:45.839><c> he</c><00:33:46.140><c> says.</c>

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:53.240
For<00:33:48.359><c> verse</c><00:33:48.759><c> 13,</c><00:33:50.079><c> it</c><00:33:50.140><c> is</c><00:33:50.380><c> God</c><00:33:50.799><c> which</c><00:33:51.299><c> worketh</c><00:33:51.579><c> in</c><00:33:51.900><c> you,</c><00:33:52.680><c> both</c><00:33:52.940><c> to</c>

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will<00:33:53.519><c> and</c><00:33:53.839><c> to</c><00:33:54.140><c> do</c><00:33:54.779><c> of</c><00:33:55.299><c> his</c><00:33:55.619><c> good</c><00:33:56.099><c> pleasure.</c>

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Now<00:33:58.180><c> let's</c><00:33:58.240><c> just</c><00:33:58.440><c> think</c><00:33:58.619><c> about</c><00:33:58.839><c> that</c><00:33:59.140><c> verse</c><00:33:59.519><c> for</c><00:34:00.079><c> a</c><00:34:00.259><c> few</c><00:34:00.380><c> moments.</c>

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It<00:34:02.119><c> is</c><00:34:02.440><c> God</c><00:34:02.900><c> which</c><00:34:03.319><c> worketh</c><00:34:03.680><c> in</c><00:34:03.900><c> you,</c><00:34:04.220><c> both</c><00:34:04.420><c> to</c><00:34:04.720><c> will</c><00:34:05.019><c> and</c><00:34:05.380><c> to</c>

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do<00:34:06.200><c> of</c><00:34:06.740><c> his</c><00:34:07.019><c> good</c><00:34:07.640><c> pleasure.</c>

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Now<00:34:09.539><c> the</c><00:34:09.840><c> revised</c><00:34:10.260><c> version</c><00:34:10.719><c> there</c><00:34:11.159><c> says,</c><00:34:12.000><c> It</c><00:34:12.039><c> is</c><00:34:12.219><c> God</c><00:34:12.480><c> which</c>

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worketh<00:34:13.139><c> in</c><00:34:13.320><c> you,</c><00:34:13.639><c> both</c><00:34:13.820><c> to</c><00:34:14.159><c> will</c><00:34:14.519><c> and</c><00:34:14.820><c> to</c><00:34:15.300><c> work</c>

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for<00:34:16.920><c> his</c><00:34:17.139><c> good</c><00:34:17.360><c> pleasure.</c>

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:23.300
So<00:34:18.920><c> if</c><00:34:19.079><c> you've</c><00:34:19.300><c> got</c><00:34:19.360><c> a</c><00:34:19.519><c> King</c><00:34:19.679><c> James</c><00:34:19.980><c> in</c><00:34:20.239><c> front</c><00:34:20.400><c> of</c><00:34:20.599><c> you,</c><00:34:20.760><c> the</c><00:34:20.840><c> word</c><00:34:21.239><c> worketh</c><00:34:21.940><c> and</c><00:34:22.099><c> the</c><00:34:22.199><c> word</c><00:34:22.559><c> do</c><00:34:23.039><c> are</c>

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the<00:34:23.480><c> same</c><00:34:23.719><c> Greek</c><00:34:24.039><c> terms.</c>

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:29.360
It<00:34:25.960><c> is</c><00:34:26.159><c> God</c><00:34:26.500><c> which</c><00:34:26.920><c> worketh</c><00:34:27.300><c> in</c><00:34:27.519><c> you,</c><00:34:27.900><c> both</c><00:34:28.119><c> to</c><00:34:28.420><c> will</c><00:34:28.619><c> and</c><00:34:28.900><c> to</c>

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:32.099
work<00:34:29.960><c> for</c><00:34:30.960><c> his</c><00:34:31.420><c> good</c><00:34:31.800><c> pleasure.</c>

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:35.300
He<00:34:32.320><c> repeats</c><00:34:33.159><c> that</c><00:34:33.760><c> same</c><00:34:34.179><c> Greek</c><00:34:34.639><c> word.</c>

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It<00:34:35.900><c> means</c><00:34:36.079><c> to</c><00:34:36.360><c> work,</c><00:34:36.679><c> to</c><00:34:36.820><c> be</c><00:34:37.039><c> active.</c>

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As<00:34:37.960><c> a</c><00:34:38.000><c> matter</c><00:34:38.139><c> of</c><00:34:38.320><c> fact,</c><00:34:39.320><c> our</c><00:34:39.480><c> word</c><00:34:39.980><c> energy</c><00:34:40.960><c> comes</c><00:34:41.760><c> from</c><00:34:42.039><c> the</c>

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Greek<00:34:42.539><c> word,</c><00:34:43.199><c> there</c><00:34:43.380><c> it</c><00:34:43.519><c> is</c><00:34:43.639><c> on</c><00:34:43.820><c> the</c><00:34:44.059><c> screen,</c>

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:48.019
our<00:34:44.980><c> word</c><00:34:45.119><c> energy</c><00:34:45.539><c> comes</c><00:34:45.800><c> from</c><00:34:46.000><c> the</c><00:34:46.199><c> Greek</c><00:34:46.400><c> word</c><00:34:46.739><c> that's</c><00:34:46.980><c> actually</c><00:34:47.320><c> used</c><00:34:47.659><c> here.</c>

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Rotherham's<00:34:49.019><c> translation</c><00:34:49.559><c> puts</c><00:34:49.880><c> it</c><00:34:50.119><c> like</c><00:34:50.480><c> this,</c><00:34:51.340><c> It</c><00:34:51.460><c> is</c><00:34:51.679><c> God</c>

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who<00:34:52.760><c> energiseth</c><00:34:53.880><c> within</c><00:34:54.360><c> you,</c>

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both<00:34:55.539><c> the</c><00:34:55.900><c> desiring</c><00:34:56.340><c> and</c><00:34:56.679><c> the</c><00:34:57.079><c> energising</c><00:34:57.860><c> in</c><00:34:58.559><c> behalf</c><00:34:58.960><c> of</c><00:34:59.139><c> his</c>

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good<00:34:59.800><c> pleasure.</c>

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So<00:35:01.579><c> God</c><00:35:01.760><c> was</c><00:35:02.039><c> working</c><00:35:02.599><c> amongst</c><00:35:03.139><c> them,</c><00:35:03.820><c> says</c><00:35:03.960><c> Paul.</c>

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:07.300
The<00:35:04.920><c> energy,</c><00:35:05.179><c> as</c><00:35:05.380><c> it</c><00:35:05.579><c> were,</c><00:35:05.980><c> comes</c><00:35:06.260><c> from</c><00:35:06.780><c> him.</c>

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:10.159
He<00:35:07.760><c> was</c><00:35:08.099><c> active</c><00:35:08.900><c> in</c><00:35:09.500><c> the</c><00:35:09.719><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:15.179
He<00:35:10.719><c> was</c><00:35:10.900><c> in</c><00:35:11.019><c> the</c><00:35:11.239><c> midst</c><00:35:11.500><c> of</c><00:35:11.699><c> the</c><00:35:11.840><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:12.519><c> and</c><00:35:13.260><c> also,</c><00:35:13.619><c> of</c><00:35:13.860><c> course,</c><00:35:14.960><c> he</c>

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was<00:35:15.360><c> in</c><00:35:15.519><c> their</c><00:35:15.860><c> lives</c><00:35:16.460><c> as</c><00:35:17.219><c> individual.</c>

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How?

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Well,<00:35:21.119><c> of</c><00:35:21.340><c> course,</c><00:35:21.539><c> there's</c><00:35:21.719><c> the</c><00:35:21.920><c> ministry</c><00:35:22.179><c> of</c><00:35:22.440><c> angels.</c>

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:27.360
But<00:35:23.659><c> in</c><00:35:23.980><c> particular,</c><00:35:24.739><c> Paul</c><00:35:25.139><c> here</c><00:35:25.460><c> has</c><00:35:25.719><c> in</c><00:35:25.960><c> mind</c><00:35:26.579><c> the</c><00:35:26.980><c> ministry</c>

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.659
of<00:35:27.539><c> the</c><00:35:27.760><c> word.</c>

00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:32.460
God<00:35:29.179><c> was</c><00:35:29.500><c> in</c><00:35:29.699><c> their</c><00:35:30.059><c> lives</c><00:35:30.440><c> working</c><00:35:31.219><c> through</c><00:35:31.699><c> the</c><00:35:32.000><c> word</c><00:35:32.239><c> they</c>

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had<00:35:32.780><c> received.</c>

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And<00:35:34.440><c> that's</c><00:35:34.639><c> the</c><00:35:34.800><c> point</c><00:35:34.900><c> he's</c><00:35:35.139><c> making.</c>

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:38.900
He<00:35:36.280><c> makes</c><00:35:36.480><c> a</c><00:35:36.699><c> similar</c><00:35:36.960><c> point,</c><00:35:37.280><c> in</c><00:35:37.480><c> fact,</c><00:35:37.699><c> to</c><00:35:37.880><c> the</c><00:35:38.059><c> Thessalonians.</c>

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Just<00:35:39.400><c> have</c><00:35:39.559><c> a</c><00:35:39.639><c> look</c><00:35:39.800><c> across</c><00:35:40.119><c> for</c><00:35:40.360><c> a</c><00:35:40.500><c> moment</c><00:35:40.880><c> at</c><00:35:41.760><c> 1</c><00:35:42.099><c> Thessalonians</c><00:35:43.139><c> chapter</c><00:35:43.760><c> 2</c>

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in<00:35:44.400><c> verse</c><00:35:44.760><c> 13.</c>

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:56.519
1<00:35:48.139><c> Thessalonians</c><00:35:48.980><c> 2</c><00:35:49.579><c> verse</c><00:35:49.980><c> 13,</c><00:35:55.059><c> which</c><00:35:55.059><c> says</c><00:35:55.320><c> this,</c>

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For<00:36:00.780><c> this</c><00:36:01.179><c> cause</c><00:36:01.800><c> also</c><00:36:02.699><c> thank</c><00:36:03.119><c> we</c><00:36:03.300><c> God</c><00:36:03.539><c> without</c><00:36:04.019><c> ceasing,</c>

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:09.099
because<00:36:05.719><c> when</c><00:36:06.139><c> ye</c><00:36:06.360><c> received</c><00:36:06.900><c> the</c><00:36:07.099><c> word</c><00:36:07.400><c> of</c><00:36:07.639><c> God</c><00:36:08.139><c> which</c><00:36:08.559><c> ye</c><00:36:08.780><c> heard</c><00:36:09.000><c> of</c>

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:12.579
us,<00:36:10.219><c> ye</c><00:36:10.480><c> received</c><00:36:11.059><c> it</c><00:36:11.539><c> not</c><00:36:11.800><c> as</c><00:36:12.000><c> the</c><00:36:12.099><c> word</c><00:36:12.320><c> of</c>

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:21.179
men,<00:36:13.619><c> but</c><00:36:13.860><c> as</c><00:36:14.099><c> it</c><00:36:14.219><c> is</c><00:36:14.400><c> in</c><00:36:14.699><c> truth</c><00:36:15.039><c> the</c><00:36:15.400><c> word</c><00:36:15.639><c> of</c><00:36:15.940><c> God,</c><00:36:17.000><c> which</c><00:36:17.480><c> effectually</c><00:36:18.599><c> worketh</c><00:36:19.480><c> also</c><00:36:20.320><c> in</c>

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:23.300
you<00:36:21.480><c> that</c><00:36:22.119><c> believe.</c>

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:25.699
Now<00:36:23.780><c> we've</c><00:36:23.940><c> got</c><00:36:24.039><c> exactly</c><00:36:24.420><c> the</c><00:36:24.639><c> same</c><00:36:24.880><c> idea,</c><00:36:25.420><c> haven't</c><00:36:25.519><c> we?</c>

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:29.400
God<00:36:26.199><c> working,</c><00:36:26.760><c> he</c><00:36:26.980><c> says</c><00:36:27.139><c> in</c><00:36:27.360><c> Philippians,</c><00:36:28.480><c> to</c><00:36:28.699><c> will</c><00:36:28.880><c> and</c><00:36:29.099><c> to</c>

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.679
work<00:36:29.659><c> for</c><00:36:29.840><c> his</c><00:36:30.019><c> good</c><00:36:30.280><c> pleasure.</c>

00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:34.800
And<00:36:31.119><c> here</c><00:36:31.219><c> it</c><00:36:31.360><c> is</c><00:36:31.599><c> in</c><00:36:31.960><c> 1</c><00:36:32.159><c> Thessalonians</c><00:36:32.780><c> 2</c><00:36:33.159><c> verse</c><00:36:33.500><c> 13.</c>

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:40.599
When<00:36:35.659><c> ye</c><00:36:35.900><c> received</c><00:36:36.260><c> the</c><00:36:36.420><c> word</c><00:36:36.659><c> of</c><00:36:36.800><c> God</c><00:36:37.000><c> which</c><00:36:37.179><c> ye</c><00:36:37.340><c> heard</c><00:36:37.539><c> of</c><00:36:37.699><c> us,</c><00:36:39.039><c> the</c><00:36:39.199><c> revised</c><00:36:39.480><c> version</c><00:36:39.820><c> says</c><00:36:40.139><c> ye</c>

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:42.420
accepted<00:36:41.440><c> it.</c>

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:47.039
So<00:36:43.159><c> they</c><00:36:43.360><c> received</c><00:36:43.900><c> the</c><00:36:44.139><c> word</c><00:36:44.679><c> and</c><00:36:45.179><c> they</c><00:36:45.820><c> accepted</c><00:36:46.260><c> it</c><00:36:46.619><c> not</c><00:36:46.820><c> as</c>

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.679
the<00:36:47.199><c> word</c><00:36:47.320><c> of</c><00:36:47.639><c> men,</c>

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:53.059
but<00:36:48.860><c> as</c><00:36:49.059><c> it</c><00:36:49.179><c> is</c><00:36:49.360><c> in</c><00:36:49.579><c> truth</c><00:36:49.760><c> the</c><00:36:49.880><c> word</c><00:36:50.099><c> of</c><00:36:50.280><c> God,</c><00:36:50.699><c> which</c><00:36:51.019><c> works</c><00:36:51.940><c> in</c>

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:55.539
you<00:36:53.500><c> who</c><00:36:54.280><c> believe.</c>

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:59.719
And<00:36:56.059><c> Paul's</c><00:36:56.440><c> appeal</c><00:36:56.699><c> to</c><00:36:56.960><c> the</c><00:36:57.179><c> Philippians</c><00:36:58.039><c> is</c><00:36:58.679><c> that</c><00:36:58.840><c> they</c><00:36:59.079><c> should</c><00:36:59.420><c> not</c>

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:03.619
frustrate<00:37:00.780><c> God's</c><00:37:01.519><c> work</c><00:37:02.179><c> in</c><00:37:02.599><c> them,</c>

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:08.519
because<00:37:04.940><c> it's</c><00:37:05.199><c> God</c><00:37:05.440><c> who</c><00:37:05.599><c> is</c><00:37:05.840><c> working</c><00:37:06.320><c> both</c><00:37:07.420><c> to</c><00:37:07.760><c> will</c><00:37:07.960><c> and</c><00:37:08.199><c> to</c>

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:11.860
work<00:37:09.059><c> for</c><00:37:10.019><c> his</c><00:37:10.360><c> good</c><00:37:10.880><c> pleasure.</c>

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:17.460
God<00:37:12.280><c> works</c><00:37:12.940><c> for</c><00:37:13.280><c> his</c><00:37:13.739><c> own</c><00:37:14.300><c> delight,</c><00:37:15.679><c> his</c><00:37:16.019><c> good</c><00:37:16.579><c> pleasure.</c>

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:21.179
And<00:37:17.880><c> that's</c><00:37:18.159><c> quite</c><00:37:18.360><c> an</c><00:37:18.619><c> interesting</c><00:37:19.039><c> concept,</c><00:37:20.360><c> the</c><00:37:20.559><c> idea</c><00:37:20.960><c> of</c>

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:23.099
God's<00:37:21.900><c> good</c><00:37:22.440><c> pleasure.</c>

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:26.639
It's<00:37:23.739><c> the</c><00:37:23.880><c> same</c><00:37:24.099><c> word</c><00:37:24.400><c> that</c><00:37:24.639><c> Paul</c><00:37:24.900><c> uses</c><00:37:25.260><c> in</c><00:37:25.559><c> Philippians</c><00:37:26.039><c> chapter</c><00:37:26.400><c> 1</c>

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.739
verse<00:37:26.940><c> 15,</c>

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:33.739
where<00:37:28.139><c> it's</c><00:37:28.519><c> translated</c><00:37:28.880><c> as</c><00:37:29.440><c> good</c><00:37:30.119><c> will,</c><00:37:31.760><c> God's</c><00:37:32.699><c> delight.</c>

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:36.840
And<00:37:34.079><c> the</c><00:37:34.239><c> same</c><00:37:34.460><c> idea</c><00:37:34.760><c> occurs</c><00:37:35.059><c> a</c><00:37:35.239><c> number</c><00:37:35.420><c> of</c><00:37:35.679><c> times</c><00:37:35.860><c> in</c><00:37:36.019><c> the</c><00:37:36.059><c> New</c><00:37:36.260><c> Testament.</c>

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:39.960
Perhaps<00:37:37.639><c> we</c><00:37:37.860><c> might</c><00:37:38.000><c> particularly</c><00:37:38.659><c> think</c><00:37:39.199><c> of</c><00:37:39.360><c> the</c><00:37:39.599><c> assurance</c>

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:42.360
the<00:37:40.199><c> Lord</c><00:37:40.440><c> gave</c><00:37:40.739><c> to</c><00:37:40.940><c> his</c><00:37:41.079><c> disciples.</c>

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:46.519
Fear<00:37:42.880><c> not</c><00:37:43.260><c> little</c><00:37:43.619><c> flock,</c><00:37:44.480><c> for</c><00:37:44.599><c> it</c><00:37:44.739><c> is</c><00:37:44.900><c> your</c><00:37:45.179><c> father's</c><00:37:46.119><c> good</c>

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:50.219
pleasure<00:37:47.300><c> to</c><00:37:48.260><c> give</c><00:37:48.460><c> you</c><00:37:49.159><c> the</c><00:37:49.340><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:55.159
It's<00:37:50.719><c> his</c><00:37:50.780><c> delight</c><00:37:51.519><c> to</c><00:37:52.619><c> give</c><00:37:52.760><c> his</c><00:37:53.139><c> servants</c><00:37:53.679><c> the</c><00:37:54.239><c> kingdom.</c>

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:59.480
But<00:37:56.340><c> again</c><00:37:56.559><c> there's</c><00:37:56.820><c> an</c><00:37:57.059><c> echo</c><00:37:57.300><c> isn't</c><00:37:57.539><c> there</c><00:37:57.719><c> of</c><00:37:57.840><c> the</c><00:37:58.079><c> suffering</c><00:37:58.400><c> servant</c><00:37:58.880><c> here,</c>

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:03.019
because<00:38:00.139><c> we</c><00:38:00.340><c> also</c><00:38:00.679><c> find</c><00:38:00.960><c> this</c><00:38:01.280><c> term</c><00:38:01.500><c> used</c><00:38:02.000><c> of</c><00:38:02.420><c> Christ</c><00:38:02.820><c> in</c>

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.920
Matthew's<00:38:03.599><c> quotation</c>

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:08.039
from<00:38:05.260><c> the</c><00:38:05.440><c> beginning</c><00:38:05.739><c> of</c><00:38:06.159><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:06.519><c> 42.</c>

00:38:08.380 --> 00:38:15.599
My<00:38:08.719><c> beloved,</c><00:38:10.559><c> in</c><00:38:10.780><c> whom</c><00:38:11.059><c> my</c><00:38:11.539><c> soul</c><00:38:12.079><c> delighteth,</c><00:38:14.099><c> in</c><00:38:14.320><c> whom</c><00:38:14.500><c> my</c><00:38:14.880><c> soul</c><00:38:15.199><c> is</c>

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:17.579
well<00:38:16.280><c> pleased.</c>

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:20.840
Now<00:38:18.340><c> just</c><00:38:18.519><c> think</c><00:38:18.739><c> about</c><00:38:19.019><c> that</c><00:38:19.280><c> brothers</c><00:38:19.500><c> and</c><00:38:19.760><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:26.199
we're<00:38:21.159><c> being</c><00:38:21.460><c> told</c><00:38:21.800><c> that</c><00:38:22.019><c> the</c><00:38:22.300><c> father</c><00:38:22.820><c> delighted</c><00:38:23.599><c> in</c><00:38:23.900><c> his</c><00:38:24.280><c> son,</c><00:38:26.000><c> he</c>

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:28.539
was<00:38:26.460><c> well</c><00:38:26.840><c> pleased</c><00:38:27.179><c> with</c><00:38:27.400><c> his</c><00:38:27.699><c> son.</c>

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:33.920
It<00:38:29.239><c> is</c><00:38:29.420><c> his</c><00:38:29.780><c> delight</c><00:38:30.039><c> also</c><00:38:30.920><c> to</c><00:38:31.460><c> give</c><00:38:31.599><c> his</c><00:38:31.880><c> little</c><00:38:32.199><c> flock</c><00:38:32.519><c> the</c><00:38:32.920><c> kingdom.</c>

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:39.639
And<00:38:34.360><c> he</c><00:38:34.579><c> delights</c><00:38:35.059><c> to</c><00:38:35.440><c> work</c><00:38:36.000><c> both</c><00:38:36.500><c> in</c><00:38:36.679><c> the</c><00:38:36.800><c> lives</c><00:38:37.019><c> of</c><00:38:37.320><c> individuals</c><00:38:38.000><c> and</c><00:38:38.440><c> ecclesias</c><00:38:39.280><c> to</c>

00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.860
that<00:38:39.900><c> end.</c>

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:46.920
And<00:38:41.519><c> all</c><00:38:41.739><c> of</c><00:38:41.980><c> that</c><00:38:42.340><c> is</c><00:38:43.539><c> built</c><00:38:43.980><c> into</c><00:38:44.500><c> these</c><00:38:45.440><c> concise</c><00:38:46.260><c> words</c><00:38:46.739><c> of</c>

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:48.159
the<00:38:47.079><c> apostle</c><00:38:47.400><c> Paul</c>

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:53.340
in<00:38:48.719><c> Philippians</c><00:38:49.219><c> chapter</c><00:38:49.599><c> 2</c><00:38:50.480><c> verses</c><00:38:51.000><c> 12</c><00:38:51.659><c> and</c><00:38:52.079><c> 13.</c>

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:57.400
So<00:38:53.760><c> we</c><00:38:54.039><c> work</c><00:38:54.360><c> out</c><00:38:54.619><c> our</c><00:38:54.880><c> salvation</c><00:38:55.440><c> with</c><00:38:55.800><c> fear</c><00:38:56.159><c> and</c><00:38:56.480><c> trembling,</c>

00:38:58.039 --> 00:39:01.500
and<00:38:58.159><c> yet</c><00:38:58.500><c> the</c><00:38:58.639><c> Lord</c><00:38:58.860><c> tells</c><00:38:59.179><c> us</c><00:38:59.920><c> to</c><00:39:00.199><c> fear</c><00:39:00.500><c> not.</c>

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:06.860
We<00:39:01.880><c> don't</c><00:39:02.260><c> fear</c><00:39:02.760><c> what</c><00:39:03.139><c> man</c><00:39:03.500><c> can</c><00:39:03.840><c> do,</c><00:39:04.980><c> but</c><00:39:05.139><c> we</c><00:39:05.340><c> should</c><00:39:05.559><c> have</c><00:39:06.460><c> a</c>

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:08.119
fear<00:39:07.000><c> of</c><00:39:07.219><c> God.</c>

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:14.039
And<00:39:08.820><c> fear</c><00:39:08.980><c> in</c><00:39:09.199><c> relation</c><00:39:09.539><c> to</c><00:39:09.739><c> God</c><00:39:10.019><c> includes</c><00:39:10.460><c> reverence</c><00:39:11.400><c> and</c><00:39:11.800><c> the</c><00:39:12.059><c> desire</c><00:39:12.500><c> to</c><00:39:13.000><c> please.</c>

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:16.860
And<00:39:15.179><c> then</c><00:39:15.320><c> he</c><00:39:15.420><c> says</c><00:39:15.559><c> in</c><00:39:15.719><c> verse</c><00:39:16.000><c> 14,</c>

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:22.019
do<00:39:17.480><c> all</c><00:39:17.860><c> things</c><00:39:18.219><c> without</c><00:39:18.760><c> murmurings</c><00:39:19.820><c> and</c><00:39:20.679><c> disputings.</c>

00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:25.639
And<00:39:22.960><c> here</c><00:39:23.179><c> he</c><00:39:23.320><c> is</c><00:39:23.659><c> describing</c><00:39:24.099><c> for</c><00:39:24.400><c> us</c><00:39:24.559><c> the</c><00:39:24.900><c> characteristics</c>

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:28.260
of<00:39:26.400><c> Israel</c><00:39:27.039><c> of</c><00:39:27.300><c> old.</c>

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:30.980
Murmuring<00:39:29.079><c> and</c><00:39:30.179><c> disputing.</c>

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:34.219
Very<00:39:31.719><c> often</c><00:39:32.179><c> you</c><00:39:32.360><c> see</c><00:39:32.599><c> these</c><00:39:33.039><c> characteristics</c><00:39:33.599><c> displayed</c>

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:36.420
during<00:39:34.579><c> their</c><00:39:34.880><c> wilderness</c><00:39:35.380><c> wanderings.</c>

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:39.139
And<00:39:37.000><c> God</c><00:39:37.159><c> willing</c><00:39:37.360><c> we'll</c><00:39:37.599><c> have</c><00:39:38.039><c> a</c><00:39:38.239><c> little</c><00:39:38.380><c> more</c><00:39:38.559><c> to</c><00:39:38.719><c> say</c><00:39:38.900><c> about</c>

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:40.980
that<00:39:39.679><c> tomorrow.</c>

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:43.980
So<00:39:41.460><c> do</c><00:39:41.579><c> all</c><00:39:41.900><c> without</c><00:39:42.340><c> murmurings</c><00:39:42.840><c> and</c><00:39:43.219><c> disputings,</c><00:39:43.739><c> that</c><00:39:43.840><c> ye</c>

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:46.199
may<00:39:44.199><c> be</c><00:39:44.519><c> blameless</c><00:39:45.079><c> and</c><00:39:45.679><c> harmless.</c>

00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:50.000
The<00:39:46.900><c> sons</c><00:39:47.179><c> of</c><00:39:47.400><c> God</c><00:39:47.639><c> without</c><00:39:48.019><c> rebuke</c><00:39:48.519><c> in</c><00:39:48.679><c> the</c><00:39:48.760><c> midst</c><00:39:48.920><c> of</c><00:39:49.179><c> a</c><00:39:49.340><c> crooked</c><00:39:49.659><c> and</c>

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:51.059
perverse<00:39:50.400><c> nation,</c>

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:55.920
amongst<00:39:51.739><c> whom</c><00:39:51.980><c> ye</c><00:39:52.199><c> shine</c><00:39:52.480><c> as</c><00:39:52.840><c> lights</c><00:39:53.360><c> in</c><00:39:54.519><c> the</c><00:39:54.820><c> world.</c>

00:39:56.380 --> 00:40:02.500
So<00:39:56.940><c> we</c><00:39:57.380><c> have</c><00:39:57.659><c> to</c><00:39:57.840><c> be,</c><00:39:57.960><c> he</c><00:39:58.199><c> says,</c><00:39:58.820><c> blameless</c><00:39:59.719><c> and</c><00:40:01.179><c> harmless.</c>

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:08.719
As<00:40:03.960><c> little</c><00:40:04.519><c> children,</c><00:40:06.920><c> the</c><00:40:07.119><c> sons</c><00:40:07.420><c> of</c><00:40:07.659><c> God,</c><00:40:07.960><c> the</c><00:40:08.139><c> children</c><00:40:08.460><c> of</c>

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:10.559
God,<00:40:09.039><c> he</c><00:40:09.199><c> says</c><00:40:09.420><c> in</c><00:40:09.619><c> verse</c><00:40:09.920><c> 15.</c>

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:14.320
Remember<00:40:11.059><c> Jesus</c><00:40:11.440><c> said,</c><00:40:12.159><c> except</c><00:40:12.280><c> ye</c><00:40:12.440><c> be</c><00:40:12.639><c> converted</c><00:40:13.340><c> and</c><00:40:13.860><c> become</c><00:40:14.119><c> as</c>

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:15.820
little<00:40:14.599><c> children,</c>

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:18.619
ye<00:40:16.179><c> shall</c><00:40:16.320><c> not</c><00:40:16.619><c> enter</c><00:40:16.940><c> into</c><00:40:17.099><c> the</c><00:40:17.239><c> kingdom</c><00:40:17.519><c> of</c><00:40:17.739><c> heaven.</c>

00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:21.360
I<00:40:19.619><c> think</c><00:40:19.760><c> what</c><00:40:19.880><c> he's</c><00:40:20.059><c> saying</c><00:40:20.300><c> there</c><00:40:20.659><c> is,</c><00:40:20.840><c> you</c><00:40:20.960><c> know,</c><00:40:21.000><c> we</c><00:40:21.159><c> have</c>

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:22.579
to<00:40:21.519><c> be</c><00:40:21.840><c> teachable.</c>

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:26.679
We<00:40:23.260><c> have</c><00:40:23.519><c> to</c><00:40:23.659><c> be</c><00:40:24.000><c> receptive</c><00:40:24.619><c> to</c><00:40:24.920><c> what</c><00:40:25.179><c> God</c><00:40:25.440><c> is</c><00:40:25.679><c> revealing</c><00:40:25.980><c> to</c><00:40:26.280><c> us,</c>

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:30.940
in<00:40:27.059><c> the</c><00:40:27.219><c> same</c><00:40:27.340><c> way</c><00:40:27.539><c> that</c><00:40:27.719><c> children</c><00:40:28.099><c> just</c><00:40:28.539><c> soak</c><00:40:28.800><c> up</c><00:40:29.440><c> what</c><00:40:29.800><c> they're</c><00:40:30.219><c> taught</c><00:40:30.619><c> when</c>

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:32.039
they're<00:40:31.179><c> young.</c>

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:33.380
We<00:40:32.360><c> have</c><00:40:32.539><c> to</c><00:40:32.659><c> be</c><00:40:32.880><c> teachable.</c>

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:38.260
We<00:40:33.519><c> have</c><00:40:33.679><c> to</c><00:40:33.800><c> be</c><00:40:34.059><c> receptive</c><00:40:34.679><c> to</c><00:40:34.880><c> what</c><00:40:35.139><c> God</c><00:40:35.800><c> wants</c><00:40:36.320><c> to</c><00:40:36.840><c> say</c><00:40:37.019><c> to</c><00:40:37.300><c> us.</c>

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:44.679
We<00:40:38.800><c> have</c><00:40:39.059><c> to</c><00:40:39.280><c> be,</c><00:40:39.440><c> he</c><00:40:39.659><c> says,</c><00:40:40.780><c> blameless</c><00:40:41.619><c> and</c><00:40:43.380><c> harmless.</c>

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:49.559
This<00:40:46.159><c> word</c><00:40:46.460><c> harmless</c><00:40:47.059><c> is</c><00:40:47.300><c> quite</c><00:40:47.519><c> an</c><00:40:47.800><c> interesting</c><00:40:48.199><c> term</c><00:40:48.659><c> really.</c>

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:54.800
It's<00:40:52.300><c> sometimes</c><00:40:52.599><c> translated</c><00:40:53.280><c> as</c><00:40:53.780><c> innocent.</c>

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:58.119
This<00:40:55.159><c> particular</c><00:40:55.659><c> Greek</c><00:40:55.940><c> word</c><00:40:56.239><c> that's</c><00:40:56.599><c> translated</c><00:40:56.940><c> harmless</c><00:40:57.400><c> here</c>

00:40:58.119 --> 00:41:01.679
only<00:40:58.739><c> occurs</c><00:40:59.119><c> twice</c><00:40:59.539><c> more</c><00:40:59.860><c> in</c><00:41:00.059><c> the</c><00:41:00.159><c> New</c><00:41:00.360><c> Testament,</c><00:41:01.280><c> and</c><00:41:01.280><c> they're</c><00:41:01.480><c> on</c>

00:41:01.679 --> 00:41:02.239
the<00:41:01.940><c> screen,</c>

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:04.719
that<00:41:02.559><c> the</c><00:41:02.719><c> two</c><00:41:02.940><c> references</c><00:41:03.199><c> are</c><00:41:03.440><c> on</c><00:41:03.539><c> the</c><00:41:03.800><c> screen.</c>

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:07.380
First<00:41:05.199><c> of</c><00:41:05.360><c> all,</c><00:41:05.519><c> there's</c><00:41:05.639><c> Matthew</c><00:41:05.980><c> 10</c><00:41:06.320><c> verse</c><00:41:06.579><c> 16.</c>

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:10.179
Behold,<00:41:07.980><c> I</c><00:41:08.219><c> send</c><00:41:08.380><c> you</c><00:41:08.639><c> forth</c><00:41:08.840><c> a</c><00:41:09.119><c> sheep</c><00:41:09.280><c> in</c><00:41:09.460><c> the</c><00:41:09.559><c> midst</c><00:41:09.719><c> of</c><00:41:09.980><c> wolves.</c>

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:15.280
Be<00:41:10.500><c> therefore</c><00:41:11.000><c> wiser</c><00:41:11.519><c> serpents</c><00:41:12.699><c> and</c><00:41:13.340><c> harmless</c><00:41:13.840><c> as</c><00:41:14.199><c> doves.</c>

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:17.960
We<00:41:16.280><c> have</c><00:41:16.420><c> to</c><00:41:16.539><c> be</c><00:41:16.800><c> harmless.</c>

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:21.500
Or<00:41:18.480><c> again,</c><00:41:18.860><c> Romans</c><00:41:19.199><c> 16</c><00:41:19.699><c> verse</c><00:41:20.039><c> 19.</c>

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:23.840
Your<00:41:21.639><c> obedience</c><00:41:22.199><c> is</c><00:41:22.420><c> come</c><00:41:22.599><c> abroad</c><00:41:22.960><c> unto</c><00:41:23.199><c> all</c><00:41:23.559><c> men.</c>

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:29.800
I'm<00:41:24.500><c> glad</c><00:41:24.780><c> therefore</c><00:41:25.219><c> on</c><00:41:25.500><c> your</c><00:41:25.739><c> behalf,</c><00:41:26.940><c> but</c><00:41:27.139><c> yet</c><00:41:27.320><c> I</c><00:41:27.500><c> would</c><00:41:27.719><c> have</c><00:41:27.920><c> you</c><00:41:28.239><c> wise</c><00:41:28.579><c> unto</c><00:41:28.820><c> that</c><00:41:29.099><c> which</c><00:41:29.260><c> is</c><00:41:29.559><c> good</c>

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and<00:41:30.380><c> simple,</c><00:41:32.139><c> harmless,</c><00:41:33.639><c> concerning</c><00:41:34.099><c> evil.</c>

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:39.139
So<00:41:36.139><c> the</c><00:41:36.280><c> brothers</c><00:41:36.480><c> and</c><00:41:36.760><c> sisters</c><00:41:37.019><c> then</c><00:41:37.280><c> had</c><00:41:37.420><c> to</c><00:41:37.619><c> humble</c><00:41:37.820><c> themselves</c><00:41:38.380><c> as</c>

00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:40.139
little<00:41:39.579><c> children.</c>

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:43.960
They<00:41:40.739><c> had</c><00:41:40.920><c> to</c><00:41:41.039><c> be</c><00:41:41.340><c> prepared</c><00:41:41.619><c> to</c><00:41:41.860><c> be</c><00:41:42.219><c> taught</c><00:41:42.579><c> of</c><00:41:43.019><c> God.</c>

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:50.059
They<00:41:44.420><c> had</c><00:41:44.820><c> to</c><00:41:45.099><c> be</c><00:41:45.559><c> blameless</c><00:41:46.460><c> and</c><00:41:47.860><c> innocent,</c><00:41:49.599><c> harmless,</c>

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:53.920
and<00:41:51.139><c> these</c><00:41:51.500><c> qualities</c><00:41:52.059><c> would</c><00:41:52.340><c> only</c><00:41:52.579><c> be</c><00:41:52.880><c> found</c><00:41:53.159><c> in</c><00:41:53.320><c> an</c><00:41:53.539><c> ecclesia</c>

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:59.739
that<00:41:54.019><c> was</c><00:41:54.340><c> free</c><00:41:54.679><c> from</c><00:41:55.099><c> factions,</c><00:41:56.639><c> murmurings,</c><00:41:57.960><c> and</c><00:41:58.280><c> disputings.</c>

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:04.280
Without<00:42:01.820><c> rebuke,</c><00:42:02.340><c> he</c><00:42:02.579><c> says,</c><00:42:02.860><c> in</c><00:42:03.019><c> the</c><00:42:03.139><c> midst</c><00:42:03.340><c> of</c><00:42:03.619><c> a</c><00:42:03.800><c> crooked</c>

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:07.000
and<00:42:05.000><c> perverse</c><00:42:05.880><c> nation.</c>

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:10.219
Now,<00:42:08.139><c> I</c><00:42:08.260><c> know</c><00:42:08.400><c> I'm</c><00:42:08.500><c> just</c><00:42:08.739><c> pausing</c><00:42:09.059><c> for</c><00:42:09.239><c> a</c><00:42:09.340><c> little</c><00:42:09.460><c> bit</c><00:42:09.579><c> on</c><00:42:09.760><c> this</c><00:42:10.059><c> verse,</c>

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:14.820
but<00:42:10.480><c> there's</c><00:42:11.360><c> so</c><00:42:11.699><c> much</c><00:42:12.099><c> packed</c><00:42:12.559><c> into</c><00:42:12.940><c> these</c><00:42:13.300><c> words</c><00:42:13.559><c> of</c><00:42:13.739><c> the</c><00:42:13.880><c> apostle.</c>

00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:18.039
In<00:42:15.719><c> the</c><00:42:15.900><c> midst</c><00:42:16.099><c> of</c><00:42:16.340><c> a</c><00:42:16.559><c> crooked</c><00:42:16.900><c> and</c><00:42:17.360><c> perverse</c><00:42:17.780><c> nation.</c>

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:19.760
Well,<00:42:18.159><c> that's</c><00:42:18.460><c> a</c><00:42:18.599><c> quotation,</c><00:42:19.340><c> isn't</c><00:42:19.519><c> it?</c>

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:25.380
It<00:42:20.400><c> comes</c><00:42:20.920><c> from</c><00:42:21.300><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:21.840><c> 32,</c><00:42:23.099><c> Moses'</c><00:42:23.880><c> last</c><00:42:24.079><c> words</c><00:42:24.599><c> to</c><00:42:24.960><c> Israel.</c>

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:28.239
So<00:42:25.920><c> keep</c><00:42:26.079><c> your</c><00:42:26.280><c> finger</c><00:42:26.519><c> here</c><00:42:26.800><c> in</c><00:42:27.059><c> Philippians,</c>

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:32.659
and<00:42:28.780><c> let's</c><00:42:28.900><c> just</c><00:42:29.139><c> come</c><00:42:29.420><c> back</c><00:42:30.059><c> to</c><00:42:30.880><c> the</c><00:42:31.000><c> book</c><00:42:31.119><c> of</c><00:42:31.340><c> Deuteronomy.</c>

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:35.340
First<00:42:33.079><c> of</c><00:42:33.280><c> all,</c><00:42:33.699><c> chapter</c><00:42:33.880><c> 31.</c>

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:40.440
Why<00:42:37.260><c> does</c><00:42:37.519><c> Paul</c><00:42:37.860><c> quote</c><00:42:38.260><c> these</c><00:42:38.579><c> particular</c><00:42:39.179><c> words?</c>

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:51.199
Well,<00:42:44.500><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:44.980><c> and</c><00:42:45.639><c> chapter</c><00:42:46.059><c> 31,</c><00:42:49.239><c> verse</c><00:42:49.860><c> 29.</c>

00:42:52.980 --> 00:42:55.320
Moses<00:42:53.340><c> warned</c><00:42:53.920><c> to</c><00:42:54.119><c> the</c><00:42:54.219><c> children</c><00:42:54.519><c> of</c><00:42:54.699><c> Israel,</c>

00:42:55.820 --> 00:43:00.159
I<00:42:55.820><c> know</c><00:42:56.059><c> that</c><00:42:56.260><c> after</c><00:42:56.500><c> my</c><00:42:56.840><c> death</c><00:42:57.019><c> you</c><00:42:57.159><c> will</c><00:42:57.400><c> utterly</c><00:42:57.920><c> corrupt</c><00:42:58.599><c> yourselves,</c>

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:02.820
and<00:43:00.599><c> turn</c><00:43:00.860><c> aside</c><00:43:01.260><c> from</c><00:43:01.440><c> the</c><00:43:01.599><c> way</c><00:43:01.719><c> which</c><00:43:01.940><c> I</c><00:43:02.099><c> have</c><00:43:02.199><c> commanded</c><00:43:02.579><c> you,</c>

00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:05.619
and<00:43:03.019><c> evil</c><00:43:03.239><c> will</c><00:43:03.480><c> befall</c><00:43:03.820><c> you</c><00:43:04.179><c> in</c><00:43:04.539><c> the</c><00:43:04.719><c> latter</c><00:43:05.000><c> days.</c>

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:07.559
They<00:43:06.420><c> were</c><00:43:06.539><c> going</c><00:43:06.679><c> to</c><00:43:06.900><c> corrupt</c><00:43:07.079><c> themselves.</c>

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:09.820
He<00:43:07.820><c> warns</c><00:43:08.199><c> them</c><00:43:08.300><c> what</c><00:43:08.400><c> was</c><00:43:08.619><c> going</c><00:43:08.739><c> to</c><00:43:08.900><c> happen.</c>

00:43:09.900 --> 00:43:14.440
And<00:43:10.179><c> then</c><00:43:10.440><c> when</c><00:43:10.679><c> you</c><00:43:10.900><c> come</c><00:43:11.079><c> into</c><00:43:11.300><c> chapter</c><00:43:11.659><c> 32</c><00:43:12.760><c> and</c><00:43:13.719><c> verse</c><00:43:14.039><c> 1,</c>

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:17.159
he's<00:43:14.719><c> speaking</c><00:43:15.019><c> to</c><00:43:15.239><c> Israel,</c><00:43:16.219><c> rulers</c><00:43:16.460><c> and</c><00:43:16.800><c> people,</c>

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:21.039
give<00:43:17.500><c> ear,</c><00:43:17.840><c> O</c><00:43:17.960><c> heavens,</c><00:43:18.619><c> and</c><00:43:19.199><c> hear,</c><00:43:19.579><c> O</c><00:43:19.800><c> earth.</c>

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:22.980
And<00:43:21.400><c> then</c><00:43:21.539><c> you</c><00:43:21.699><c> see</c><00:43:21.820><c> what</c><00:43:21.960><c> he</c><00:43:22.119><c> says</c><00:43:22.300><c> at</c><00:43:22.500><c> verse</c><00:43:22.699><c> 5.</c>

00:43:22.980 --> 00:43:25.940
These<00:43:23.179><c> are</c><00:43:23.340><c> the</c><00:43:23.420><c> words</c><00:43:23.619><c> that</c><00:43:23.880><c> Paul</c><00:43:24.179><c> quotes</c><00:43:24.840><c> in</c><00:43:25.400><c> Philippians</c>

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:27.599
chapter<00:43:26.360><c> 2.</c>

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:30.380
They<00:43:28.219><c> have</c><00:43:28.519><c> corrupted</c><00:43:29.039><c> themselves.</c>

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:34.440
Their<00:43:31.360><c> spot</c><00:43:31.820><c> is</c><00:43:32.159><c> not</c><00:43:32.440><c> the</c><00:43:32.619><c> spot</c><00:43:32.840><c> of</c><00:43:33.019><c> his</c><00:43:33.320><c> children.</c>

00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:40.480
They<00:43:35.079><c> are</c><00:43:35.380><c> a</c><00:43:35.619><c> perverse</c><00:43:36.639><c> and</c><00:43:37.900><c> crooked</c><00:43:38.579><c> generation.</c>

00:43:41.460 --> 00:43:45.559
These<00:43:41.719><c> were</c><00:43:41.960><c> the</c><00:43:42.059><c> words</c><00:43:42.440><c> that</c><00:43:42.739><c> Moses</c><00:43:43.099><c> spoke</c><00:43:43.639><c> of</c><00:43:44.219><c> Israel.</c>

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:49.860
They,<00:43:46.300><c> Israel,</c><00:43:47.099><c> have</c><00:43:47.380><c> dealt</c><00:43:47.760><c> corruptly</c><00:43:48.840><c> with</c><00:43:49.099><c> him,</c><00:43:49.559><c> that</c><00:43:49.739><c> is</c>

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.440
with<00:43:50.079><c> God.</c>

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:55.280
They're<00:43:50.960><c> no</c><00:43:51.280><c> longer</c><00:43:51.539><c> his</c><00:43:51.980><c> children</c><00:43:52.559><c> because</c><00:43:53.019><c> of</c><00:43:53.199><c> their</c><00:43:53.500><c> blemish,</c><00:43:54.639><c> says</c><00:43:54.739><c> Moses.</c>

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:59.519
They're<00:43:56.039><c> a</c><00:43:56.199><c> perverse</c><00:43:56.920><c> and</c><00:43:57.280><c> a</c><00:43:57.760><c> crooked</c><00:43:58.119><c> generation.</c>

00:44:00.039 --> 00:44:03.440
Peter<00:44:00.599><c> later</c><00:44:01.019><c> echoes</c><00:44:01.420><c> these</c><00:44:01.860><c> very</c><00:44:02.139><c> words,</c><00:44:02.559><c> you</c><00:44:02.739><c> know,</c><00:44:03.159><c> on</c><00:44:03.340><c> the</c>

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:04.340
day<00:44:03.599><c> of</c><00:44:03.800><c> Pentecost,</c>

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:07.599
when<00:44:04.599><c> he</c><00:44:05.360><c> warns</c><00:44:06.360><c> the</c><00:44:06.599><c> Jews,</c>

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:12.880
save<00:44:07.920><c> yourselves</c><00:44:08.900><c> from</c><00:44:09.260><c> this</c><00:44:09.619><c> untoward,</c><00:44:10.780><c> this</c><00:44:11.260><c> crooked</c><00:44:11.579><c> generation.</c>

00:44:13.039 --> 00:44:15.559
And<00:44:13.300><c> Peter</c><00:44:13.539><c> on</c><00:44:13.679><c> the</c><00:44:13.739><c> day</c><00:44:13.960><c> of</c><00:44:14.159><c> Pentecost</c><00:44:14.639><c> is</c><00:44:14.840><c> warning</c><00:44:15.059><c> the</c><00:44:15.320><c> Jews</c>

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:17.000
of<00:44:15.960><c> imminent</c><00:44:16.360><c> judgment</c>

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:19.059
that<00:44:17.400><c> was</c><00:44:17.420><c> going</c><00:44:17.579><c> to</c><00:44:17.739><c> come</c><00:44:17.860><c> upon</c><00:44:18.119><c> them.</c>

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:23.440
But<00:44:20.019><c> you</c><00:44:20.119><c> see,</c><00:44:20.179><c> these</c><00:44:20.440><c> words</c><00:44:21.099><c> are</c><00:44:21.559><c> addressed</c><00:44:21.940><c> to</c><00:44:22.360><c> Israel.</c>

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:27.360
They<00:44:23.760><c> were</c><00:44:24.000><c> addressed</c><00:44:24.239><c> to</c><00:44:24.440><c> the</c><00:44:24.679><c> Jews</c><00:44:25.019><c> by</c><00:44:25.300><c> Moses</c><00:44:25.840><c> here</c><00:44:26.139><c> in</c><00:44:26.300><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:44:26.699><c> 32.</c>

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:30.300
They<00:44:27.800><c> were</c><00:44:28.099><c> addressed</c><00:44:28.380><c> to</c><00:44:28.599><c> the</c><00:44:28.780><c> Jews</c><00:44:29.059><c> by</c><00:44:29.420><c> Peter</c><00:44:29.780><c> on</c><00:44:30.000><c> the</c><00:44:30.099><c> day</c>

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:31.699
of<00:44:30.480><c> Pentecost.</c>

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:34.699
But<00:44:32.780><c> Paul</c><00:44:33.119><c> is</c><00:44:33.360><c> not</c><00:44:33.559><c> using</c><00:44:33.800><c> them</c><00:44:33.980><c> in</c><00:44:34.119><c> that</c><00:44:34.320><c> way.</c>

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:38.420
Come<00:44:35.300><c> back</c><00:44:35.719><c> to</c><00:44:35.960><c> Philippians</c><00:44:36.480><c> chapter</c><00:44:36.880><c> 2</c><00:44:37.239><c> and</c><00:44:37.400><c> verse</c><00:44:37.659><c> 15</c>

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:41.019
and<00:44:38.860><c> look</c><00:44:39.079><c> again</c><00:44:39.340><c> at</c><00:44:39.460><c> what</c><00:44:39.659><c> he</c><00:44:39.880><c> is</c><00:44:40.159><c> saying.</c>

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:44.940
He<00:44:42.119><c> is</c><00:44:42.440><c> saying,</c><00:44:43.340><c> you</c><00:44:43.460><c> know,</c><00:44:43.539><c> he's</c><00:44:43.719><c> holding</c><00:44:44.019><c> up</c><00:44:44.219><c> the</c><00:44:44.440><c> example</c>

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:46.199
of<00:44:45.260><c> faithless</c><00:44:45.719><c> Israel</c>

00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:47.659
as<00:44:46.400><c> a</c><00:44:46.559><c> warning</c><00:44:46.760><c> to</c><00:44:46.960><c> the</c><00:44:47.139><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:50.880
He's<00:44:48.320><c> saying</c><00:44:48.519><c> that</c><00:44:48.739><c> Israel</c><00:44:49.179><c> of</c><00:44:49.360><c> old,</c><00:44:49.619><c> through</c><00:44:49.880><c> their</c><00:44:50.239><c> waywardness,</c>

00:44:51.139 --> 00:44:53.860
lost<00:44:51.480><c> their</c><00:44:51.800><c> position</c><00:44:52.159><c> as</c><00:44:52.380><c> God's</c><00:44:52.840><c> children.</c>

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:57.500
Moses<00:44:54.539><c> describes</c><00:44:55.179><c> them</c><00:44:55.360><c> as</c><00:44:55.519><c> a</c><00:44:55.760><c> perverse</c><00:44:56.179><c> and</c><00:44:56.380><c> crooked</c><00:44:56.619><c> generation.</c>

00:44:57.940 --> 00:45:01.800
And<00:44:58.019><c> the</c><00:44:58.159><c> apostle</c><00:44:58.480><c> takes</c><00:44:58.820><c> that</c><00:44:59.239><c> very</c><00:44:59.719><c> expression</c><00:45:00.599><c> addressed</c>

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.679
to<00:45:02.019><c> Israel.</c>

00:45:03.139 --> 00:45:06.739
And<00:45:03.260><c> here</c><00:45:03.420><c> in</c><00:45:03.619><c> Philippians</c><00:45:04.039><c> 2</c><00:45:04.360><c> verse</c><00:45:04.639><c> 15,</c><00:45:05.179><c> he</c><00:45:05.440><c> applies</c><00:45:05.840><c> it</c><00:45:06.460><c> to</c>

00:45:06.739 --> 00:45:08.940
the<00:45:07.000><c> Gentile</c><00:45:07.920><c> world.</c>

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:14.320
He<00:45:10.780><c> says,</c><00:45:11.340><c> you</c><00:45:11.340><c> must</c><00:45:11.719><c> be</c><00:45:12.119><c> blameless</c><00:45:12.800><c> and</c><00:45:13.320><c> harmless,</c><00:45:13.860><c> innocent,</c>

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:17.500
the<00:45:14.679><c> sons</c><00:45:14.900><c> of</c><00:45:15.059><c> God,</c><00:45:15.260><c> the</c><00:45:15.420><c> children</c><00:45:15.639><c> of</c><00:45:15.860><c> God,</c><00:45:16.760><c> without</c><00:45:17.079><c> rebuke,</c>

00:45:17.619 --> 00:45:18.820
without<00:45:17.940><c> blemish</c>

00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.800
in<00:45:19.400><c> the</c><00:45:19.619><c> midst</c><00:45:19.840><c> of</c><00:45:20.039><c> a</c><00:45:20.239><c> crooked</c><00:45:20.559><c> and</c><00:45:20.960><c> perverse</c><00:45:21.760><c> nation.</c>

00:45:22.940 --> 00:45:25.440
He's<00:45:23.380><c> addressing,</c><00:45:23.880><c> he's</c><00:45:24.179><c> actually</c><00:45:24.480><c> applying</c><00:45:24.860><c> these</c><00:45:25.179><c> words</c>

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:27.639
now<00:45:25.960><c> to</c><00:45:26.659><c> the</c><00:45:26.960><c> Gentile</c><00:45:27.440><c> world.</c>

00:45:28.059 --> 00:45:31.199
And<00:45:28.159><c> the</c><00:45:28.380><c> point</c><00:45:28.539><c> that's</c><00:45:28.699><c> being</c><00:45:28.940><c> made</c><00:45:29.360><c> is</c><00:45:29.699><c> that</c><00:45:30.019><c> Israel</c><00:45:30.780><c> had</c>

00:45:31.199 --> 00:45:34.519
become<00:45:31.579><c> just</c><00:45:32.039><c> like</c><00:45:32.260><c> the</c><00:45:32.539><c> world</c><00:45:32.960><c> around</c><00:45:33.579><c> them.</c>

00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:38.880
And<00:45:35.239><c> isn't</c><00:45:35.360><c> there</c><00:45:35.719><c> a</c><00:45:35.900><c> telling</c><00:45:36.139><c> lesson</c><00:45:36.539><c> for</c><00:45:36.760><c> all</c><00:45:37.039><c> of</c><00:45:37.179><c> us</c><00:45:37.699><c> in</c><00:45:38.039><c> that?</c>

00:45:39.000 --> 00:45:41.760
When<00:45:39.219><c> we</c><00:45:39.599><c> stray</c><00:45:39.860><c> from</c><00:45:40.219><c> God,</c><00:45:40.719><c> brothers</c><00:45:41.000><c> and</c><00:45:41.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:45.980
very<00:45:42.340><c> quickly</c><00:45:42.900><c> we</c><00:45:43.440><c> find</c><00:45:43.760><c> ourselves</c><00:45:44.280><c> back</c><00:45:44.639><c> in</c><00:45:44.820><c> the</c><00:45:45.099><c> world.</c>

00:45:46.280 --> 00:45:49.679
The<00:45:46.579><c> Philippians</c><00:45:47.039><c> are</c><00:45:47.260><c> being</c><00:45:47.539><c> earnestly</c><00:45:48.300><c> exhorted</c><00:45:49.019><c> by</c><00:45:49.340><c> Paul</c>

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:51.360
to<00:45:49.940><c> avoid</c><00:45:50.340><c> that</c><00:45:50.719><c> pitfall.</c>

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:54.980
The<00:45:52.000><c> world</c><00:45:52.360><c> is</c><00:45:52.539><c> a</c><00:45:52.699><c> place</c><00:45:52.860><c> of</c><00:45:53.179><c> spiritual</c><00:45:53.679><c> darkness.</c>

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:58.239
And<00:45:55.159><c> brethren</c><00:45:55.380><c> and</c><00:45:55.619><c> sisters</c><00:45:55.920><c> must</c><00:45:56.300><c> shine</c><00:45:56.840><c> as</c><00:45:57.179><c> lights</c><00:45:57.440><c> in</c><00:45:57.639><c> the</c><00:45:57.840><c> world,</c>

00:45:58.719 --> 00:46:04.059
holding<00:45:59.059><c> forth,</c><00:45:59.860><c> he</c><00:46:00.099><c> says</c><00:46:00.500><c> in</c><00:46:00.699><c> verse</c><00:46:01.000><c> 16,</c><00:46:02.239><c> the</c><00:46:02.440><c> word</c><00:46:02.760><c> of</c><00:46:03.079><c> life.</c>

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:06.679
Shining<00:46:04.980><c> as</c><00:46:05.400><c> lights</c><00:46:05.840><c> in</c><00:46:06.159><c> the</c><00:46:06.400><c> world.</c>

00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:10.079
Well,<00:46:07.239><c> you</c><00:46:07.400><c> know,</c><00:46:07.639><c> the</c><00:46:07.739><c> idea</c><00:46:08.099><c> of</c><00:46:08.360><c> shining</c><00:46:08.639><c> as</c><00:46:08.980><c> light</c><00:46:09.219><c> is</c><00:46:09.400><c> a</c><00:46:09.619><c> theme</c><00:46:09.760><c> that</c><00:46:09.940><c> we</c>

00:46:10.079 --> 00:46:11.699
can<00:46:10.300><c> trace</c><00:46:10.519><c> through</c><00:46:10.760><c> the</c><00:46:10.900><c> Old</c><00:46:11.119><c> Testament</c>

00:46:11.699 --> 00:46:14.440
and<00:46:12.360><c> of</c><00:46:12.639><c> course</c><00:46:12.940><c> into</c><00:46:13.280><c> the</c><00:46:13.599><c> New.</c>

00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:16.980
And<00:46:15.079><c> perhaps</c><00:46:15.260><c> just</c><00:46:15.579><c> because</c><00:46:15.820><c> our</c><00:46:16.079><c> time</c><00:46:16.260><c> is</c><00:46:16.519><c> going</c><00:46:16.739><c> now,</c>

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:20.159
we<00:46:17.139><c> might</c><00:46:17.340><c> just</c><00:46:17.579><c> remind</c><00:46:17.920><c> ourselves</c><00:46:18.440><c> of</c><00:46:18.619><c> the</c><00:46:18.800><c> words</c><00:46:18.980><c> of</c><00:46:19.159><c> the</c><00:46:19.280><c> Lord</c><00:46:19.460><c> Jesus</c><00:46:19.940><c> to</c>

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:21.239
his<00:46:20.440><c> disciples.</c>

00:46:21.360 --> 00:46:25.260
When<00:46:21.940><c> he</c><00:46:22.159><c> said</c><00:46:22.340><c> in</c><00:46:22.460><c> Matthew</c><00:46:22.800><c> chapter</c><00:46:23.239><c> 5,</c><00:46:24.559><c> ye</c><00:46:24.559><c> are</c><00:46:24.739><c> the</c><00:46:25.000><c> light</c>

00:46:25.260 --> 00:46:26.619
of<00:46:25.460><c> the</c><00:46:25.619><c> world.</c>

00:46:28.320 --> 00:46:32.320
That's<00:46:28.579><c> the</c><00:46:28.699><c> role</c><00:46:28.820><c> of</c><00:46:29.059><c> disciples,</c><00:46:30.219><c> to</c><00:46:30.500><c> be</c><00:46:30.659><c> the</c><00:46:31.019><c> light</c><00:46:31.420><c> of</c><00:46:31.980><c> the</c><00:46:32.159><c> world.</c>

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:34.659
It's<00:46:32.559><c> a</c><00:46:32.679><c> very</c><00:46:33.000><c> privileged</c><00:46:33.440><c> position.</c>

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:38.260
But<00:46:35.239><c> doesn't</c><00:46:35.460><c> it</c><00:46:35.699><c> also</c><00:46:36.219><c> provide</c><00:46:36.679><c> a</c><00:46:37.019><c> responsibility?</c>

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:42.139
It<00:46:38.599><c> is</c><00:46:38.820><c> the</c><00:46:39.119><c> duty</c><00:46:39.619><c> of</c><00:46:40.159><c> the</c><00:46:40.380><c> disciple</c><00:46:40.800><c> to</c><00:46:41.119><c> shine.</c>

00:46:42.260 --> 00:46:45.039
And<00:46:42.400><c> if</c><00:46:42.519><c> the</c><00:46:42.699><c> light</c><00:46:42.880><c> of</c><00:46:43.059><c> God's</c><00:46:43.539><c> truth</c><00:46:43.699><c> is</c><00:46:43.920><c> not</c><00:46:44.239><c> radiating</c><00:46:44.840><c> from</c>

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:47.679
us,<00:46:45.739><c> then</c><00:46:45.920><c> we're</c><00:46:46.139><c> failing</c><00:46:46.420><c> in</c><00:46:46.619><c> that</c><00:46:46.820><c> duty.</c>

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:53.920
Now,<00:46:48.780><c> I</c><00:46:49.039><c> vividly</c><00:46:49.539><c> remember</c><00:46:49.800><c> years</c><00:46:50.099><c> ago</c><00:46:50.780><c> a</c><00:46:51.460><c> very</c><00:46:51.840><c> large</c><00:46:52.239><c> gathering</c><00:46:52.679><c> in</c><00:46:52.940><c> Birmingham</c>

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:58.820
when<00:46:55.400><c> the</c><00:46:56.000><c> speaker</c><00:46:56.460><c> was</c><00:46:56.820><c> talking</c><00:46:57.099><c> on</c><00:46:57.340><c> the</c><00:46:57.460><c> subject</c><00:46:57.619><c> of</c><00:46:57.880><c> light.</c>

00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:03.059
And<00:46:59.659><c> he</c><00:47:00.320><c> had</c><00:47:00.519><c> all</c><00:47:00.820><c> the</c><00:47:01.059><c> lights</c><00:47:01.360><c> put</c><00:47:01.739><c> out</c><00:47:01.960><c> in</c><00:47:02.119><c> the</c><00:47:02.320><c> auditorium.</c>

00:47:03.280 --> 00:47:05.860
It<00:47:03.400><c> was</c><00:47:03.619><c> so</c><00:47:04.000><c> dark,</c><00:47:04.539><c> you</c><00:47:04.619><c> couldn't</c><00:47:04.840><c> see</c><00:47:05.000><c> anything.</c>

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:07.760
Completely<00:47:06.480><c> pitch</c><00:47:06.880><c> black.</c>

00:47:07.900 --> 00:47:10.820
And<00:47:08.079><c> on</c><00:47:08.300><c> the</c><00:47:08.579><c> table</c><00:47:08.900><c> here,</c><00:47:09.159><c> he</c><00:47:09.300><c> just</c><00:47:09.579><c> lit</c><00:47:09.679><c> a</c><00:47:09.920><c> candle.</c>

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:15.739
And<00:47:11.679><c> it</c><00:47:11.739><c> didn't</c><00:47:11.960><c> matter</c><00:47:12.300><c> where</c><00:47:12.699><c> you</c><00:47:13.059><c> were</c><00:47:13.639><c> in</c><00:47:13.900><c> that</c><00:47:14.280><c> vast</c><00:47:14.760><c> auditorium,</c>

00:47:15.739 --> 00:47:19.019
you<00:47:16.280><c> could</c><00:47:16.519><c> see</c><00:47:16.679><c> the</c><00:47:16.960><c> light</c><00:47:17.179><c> that</c><00:47:17.440><c> came</c><00:47:17.639><c> from</c><00:47:17.820><c> that</c><00:47:18.099><c> candle.</c>

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:23.059
And<00:47:19.920><c> it</c><00:47:20.079><c> just</c><00:47:20.440><c> illustrates</c><00:47:20.940><c> the</c><00:47:21.280><c> point</c><00:47:21.480><c> that</c><00:47:21.760><c> light</c><00:47:22.139><c> is</c><00:47:22.519><c> powerful.</c>

00:47:23.380 --> 00:47:25.079
It<00:47:23.760><c> pierces</c><00:47:24.239><c> the</c><00:47:24.559><c> darkness.</c>

00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:27.400
We<00:47:25.599><c> might</c><00:47:25.940><c> think</c><00:47:26.260><c> that</c><00:47:26.420><c> we're</c><00:47:26.619><c> of</c><00:47:26.739><c> no</c><00:47:26.960><c> account.</c>

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:30.380
We<00:47:27.619><c> hold</c><00:47:27.880><c> our</c><00:47:28.139><c> public</c><00:47:28.420><c> addresses</c><00:47:28.860><c> and</c><00:47:29.039><c> people</c><00:47:29.280><c> don't</c><00:47:29.500><c> seem</c><00:47:29.699><c> to</c><00:47:30.019><c> come.</c>

00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:32.659
So<00:47:31.079><c> why</c><00:47:31.300><c> do</c><00:47:31.420><c> we</c><00:47:31.579><c> do</c><00:47:31.800><c> it?</c>

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:35.440
Well,<00:47:33.400><c> the</c><00:47:33.539><c> fact</c><00:47:33.760><c> is,</c><00:47:34.460><c> brothers</c><00:47:34.579><c> and</c><00:47:34.760><c> sisters,</c><00:47:35.039><c> there</c><00:47:35.179><c> are</c>

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:37.519
people<00:47:35.739><c> still</c><00:47:36.000><c> looking</c><00:47:36.219><c> for</c><00:47:36.420><c> the</c><00:47:36.659><c> truth.</c>

00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:40.679
The<00:47:37.980><c> light</c><00:47:38.219><c> of</c><00:47:38.380><c> the</c><00:47:38.639><c> truth</c><00:47:38.920><c> is</c><00:47:39.420><c> powerful.</c>

00:47:41.579 --> 00:47:46.639
And<00:47:42.099><c> so</c><00:47:42.559><c> the</c><00:47:42.800><c> Lord</c><00:47:43.079><c> says</c><00:47:43.340><c> to</c><00:47:43.539><c> his</c><00:47:43.860><c> disciples,</c><00:47:44.940><c> you</c><00:47:44.960><c> are</c><00:47:45.320><c> the</c><00:47:45.539><c> light</c><00:47:46.000><c> of</c>

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:47.340
the<00:47:46.900><c> world.</c>

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:50.460
And<00:47:47.780><c> if</c><00:47:47.920><c> the</c><00:47:48.179><c> light</c><00:47:48.380><c> of</c><00:47:48.579><c> God's</c><00:47:49.059><c> truth</c><00:47:49.219><c> is</c><00:47:49.500><c> not</c><00:47:49.719><c> radiating</c><00:47:50.260><c> from</c>

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.460
us,<00:47:50.619><c> as</c><00:47:50.739><c> we</c><00:47:51.019><c> say,</c>

00:47:51.900 --> 00:47:55.400
then<00:47:52.039><c> we're</c><00:47:52.219><c> actually</c><00:47:52.639><c> failing</c><00:47:53.179><c> in</c><00:47:53.880><c> that</c><00:47:54.380><c> duty.</c>

00:47:55.719 --> 00:47:59.559
We'll<00:47:55.860><c> just</c><00:47:56.059><c> come</c><00:47:56.219><c> back</c><00:47:56.360><c> then</c><00:47:56.579><c> quickly,</c><00:47:56.860><c> if</c><00:47:57.000><c> you</c><00:47:57.199><c> will,</c><00:47:57.440><c> to</c><00:47:57.639><c> Philippians</c><00:47:58.260><c> chapter</c><00:47:58.800><c> 2.</c>

00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:03.019
Verse<00:48:01.780><c> 16.</c>

00:48:03.159 --> 00:48:06.360
Holding<00:48:03.579><c> forth,</c><00:48:04.119><c> he</c><00:48:04.239><c> says</c><00:48:04.440><c> the</c><00:48:04.639><c> word</c><00:48:04.820><c> of</c><00:48:05.079><c> life,</c><00:48:05.920><c> that</c><00:48:06.019><c> I</c><00:48:06.159><c> may</c>

00:48:06.360 --> 00:48:08.079
rejoice<00:48:06.860><c> in</c><00:48:07.039><c> the</c><00:48:07.119><c> day</c><00:48:07.260><c> of</c><00:48:07.519><c> Christ,</c>

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:11.280
that<00:48:08.340><c> I</c><00:48:08.579><c> have</c><00:48:08.800><c> not</c><00:48:09.000><c> run</c><00:48:09.179><c> in</c><00:48:09.519><c> vain,</c><00:48:10.019><c> neither</c><00:48:10.159><c> labored</c><00:48:10.599><c> in</c><00:48:10.880><c> vain.</c>

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:14.880
Yea,<00:48:11.960><c> and</c><00:48:12.119><c> if</c><00:48:12.300><c> I</c><00:48:12.480><c> be</c><00:48:12.679><c> offered</c><00:48:12.920><c> upon</c><00:48:13.199><c> the</c><00:48:13.519><c> sacrifice</c><00:48:14.019><c> and</c><00:48:14.300><c> service</c><00:48:14.659><c> of</c>

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:15.699
your<00:48:15.260><c> faith,</c>

00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:19.139
I<00:48:16.360><c> joy</c><00:48:16.739><c> and</c><00:48:17.239><c> rejoice</c><00:48:17.699><c> with</c><00:48:17.940><c> you</c><00:48:18.219><c> all.</c>

00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:24.860
For<00:48:19.500><c> the</c><00:48:19.780><c> same</c><00:48:20.119><c> cause</c><00:48:20.500><c> also</c><00:48:21.059><c> do</c><00:48:21.380><c> ye</c><00:48:21.619><c> joy</c><00:48:22.099><c> and</c><00:48:22.559><c> rejoice</c><00:48:23.280><c> with</c><00:48:23.780><c> me.</c>

00:48:25.320 --> 00:48:28.599
Now,<00:48:25.719><c> I'd</c><00:48:25.840><c> just</c><00:48:25.980><c> like</c><00:48:26.099><c> to</c><00:48:26.320><c> spend</c><00:48:26.480><c> a</c><00:48:26.639><c> moment</c><00:48:26.920><c> or</c><00:48:27.219><c> two,</c><00:48:27.800><c> and</c><00:48:28.000><c> literally</c><00:48:28.239><c> just</c>

00:48:28.599 --> 00:48:30.679
that,<00:48:29.179><c> on</c><00:48:29.500><c> verse</c><00:48:30.039><c> 17.</c>

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:34.059
Because<00:48:31.059><c> when</c><00:48:31.219><c> you</c><00:48:31.300><c> look</c><00:48:31.460><c> at</c><00:48:31.579><c> verse</c><00:48:31.820><c> 17,</c><00:48:33.059><c> Paul</c><00:48:33.320><c> is</c><00:48:33.619><c> using</c><00:48:33.820><c> the</c>

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language<00:48:34.460><c> of</c><00:48:35.019><c> priesthood</c>

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and<00:48:38.719><c> sacrifice</c><00:48:39.420><c> and</c><00:48:40.320><c> service.</c>

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He<00:48:41.639><c> uses</c><00:48:41.980><c> this</c><00:48:42.480><c> expression,</c><00:48:43.880><c> if</c><00:48:44.019><c> I</c><00:48:44.519><c> be</c><00:48:45.239><c> offered.</c>

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Now,<00:48:47.179><c> the</c><00:48:47.380><c> margin</c><00:48:48.039><c> in</c><00:48:48.420><c> the</c><00:48:48.539><c> revised</c><00:48:49.000><c> version</c><00:48:49.579><c> there</c><00:48:50.019><c> says,</c><00:48:51.199><c> Greek</c><00:48:51.500><c> poured</c><00:48:52.500><c> out</c><00:48:52.980><c> as</c>

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a<00:48:53.500><c> drink</c><00:48:53.860><c> offering.</c>

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So<00:48:56.340><c> Paul</c><00:48:56.519><c> says,</c><00:48:57.280><c> if</c><00:48:57.519><c> I</c><00:48:57.900><c> be</c><00:48:58.679><c> poured</c><00:48:59.159><c> out</c><00:48:59.480><c> as</c><00:48:59.619><c> a</c><00:48:59.820><c> drink</c><00:49:00.059><c> offering.</c>

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You<00:49:01.539><c> know,</c><00:49:01.679><c> it's</c><00:49:01.860><c> the</c><00:49:02.000><c> language</c><00:49:02.179><c> of</c><00:49:02.460><c> priesthood,</c><00:49:02.900><c> isn't</c><00:49:03.039><c> it,</c>

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that<00:49:03.219><c> he's</c><00:49:03.500><c> using</c><00:49:03.780><c> here.</c>

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And<00:49:04.659><c> the</c><00:49:04.880><c> Philippians</c><00:49:05.280><c> here</c><00:49:05.500><c> are</c><00:49:05.659><c> being</c><00:49:05.860><c> reminded</c><00:49:06.460><c> that</c><00:49:06.719><c> they</c>

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exercise<00:49:08.119><c> a</c><00:49:08.559><c> priestly</c><00:49:09.039><c> ministry</c>

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in<00:49:10.599><c> the</c><00:49:10.860><c> service</c><00:49:11.139><c> of</c><00:49:11.320><c> God.</c>

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Their<00:49:12.800><c> faith,</c><00:49:13.480><c> as</c><00:49:13.659><c> shown</c><00:49:13.840><c> by</c><00:49:14.179><c> generous</c><00:49:14.559><c> gifts</c><00:49:14.940><c> to</c><00:49:15.159><c> the</c><00:49:15.380><c> apostle,</c><00:49:16.139><c> is</c><00:49:16.219><c> the</c><00:49:16.480><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Paul's<00:49:18.719><c> life</c><00:49:19.119><c> blood</c><00:49:19.619><c> to</c><00:49:19.920><c> be</c><00:49:20.260><c> shed,</c><00:49:20.599><c> he</c><00:49:20.980><c> fears,</c><00:49:22.340><c> is</c><00:49:22.579><c> the</c><00:49:22.780><c> libation.</c>

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The<00:49:24.619><c> possibility</c><00:49:25.400><c> that</c><00:49:26.039><c> he</c><00:49:26.179><c> was</c><00:49:26.340><c> to</c><00:49:26.460><c> be</c><00:49:26.639><c> put</c><00:49:26.780><c> to</c><00:49:26.980><c> death</c><00:49:27.179><c> was</c>

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clearly<00:49:27.980><c> before</c><00:49:28.380><c> his</c><00:49:28.699><c> mind,</c>

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but<00:49:29.860><c> he</c><00:49:29.960><c> was</c><00:49:30.219><c> prepared</c><00:49:30.579><c> for</c><00:49:30.820><c> it.</c>

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So<00:49:32.380><c> he</c><00:49:32.559><c> says,</c><00:49:33.559><c> if</c><00:49:33.760><c> I</c><00:49:34.199><c> be</c><00:49:34.500><c> offered,</c><00:49:34.900><c> literally</c><00:49:35.360><c> poured</c><00:49:35.800><c> out</c><00:49:36.019><c> as</c>

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a<00:49:36.340><c> drink</c><00:49:36.539><c> offering.</c>

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And<00:49:38.139><c> you</c><00:49:38.300><c> know</c><00:49:38.400><c> he</c><00:49:38.719><c> expresses</c><00:49:39.019><c> that</c><00:49:39.400><c> same</c><00:49:39.679><c> idea</c><00:49:40.059><c> again</c><00:49:40.500><c> in</c><00:49:40.739><c> his</c>

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last<00:49:41.400><c> letter,</c>

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his<00:49:42.360><c> second</c><00:49:42.659><c> letter</c><00:49:42.900><c> to</c><00:49:43.119><c> Timothy.</c>

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Just<00:49:43.960><c> have</c><00:49:44.079><c> a</c><00:49:44.199><c> quick</c><00:49:44.320><c> look</c><00:49:44.539><c> across</c><00:49:44.840><c> at</c><00:49:45.059><c> it.</c>

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It's<00:49:46.219><c> 2</c><00:49:46.539><c> Timothy</c><00:49:46.980><c> chapter</c><00:49:47.539><c> 4.</c>

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2<00:49:53.380><c> Timothy</c><00:49:53.800><c> chapter</c><00:49:54.239><c> 4</c>

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and<00:50:00.119><c> verse</c><00:50:00.460><c> 6.</c>

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I<00:50:02.380><c> am</c><00:50:02.559><c> now</c><00:50:02.840><c> ready</c><00:50:03.019><c> to</c><00:50:03.239><c> be</c><00:50:03.500><c> offered,</c><00:50:03.940><c> he</c><00:50:04.260><c> says,</c><00:50:04.940><c> and</c><00:50:05.139><c> the</c><00:50:05.340><c> time</c>

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of<00:50:05.679><c> my</c><00:50:05.940><c> departure</c><00:50:06.380><c> is</c><00:50:06.619><c> at</c><00:50:06.880><c> hand.</c>

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I<00:50:07.840><c> have</c><00:50:08.039><c> fought</c><00:50:08.199><c> a</c><00:50:08.380><c> good</c><00:50:08.619><c> fight,</c><00:50:08.940><c> I</c><00:50:09.059><c> have</c><00:50:09.239><c> finished</c><00:50:09.539><c> my</c><00:50:09.900><c> course,</c><00:50:10.139><c> I</c><00:50:10.300><c> have</c>

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kept<00:50:10.599><c> the</c><00:50:10.880><c> faith.</c>

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Henceforth,<00:50:12.059><c> there</c><00:50:12.199><c> is</c><00:50:12.400><c> laid</c><00:50:12.539><c> up</c><00:50:12.679><c> for</c><00:50:12.820><c> me</c><00:50:12.940><c> a</c><00:50:13.119><c> crown</c><00:50:13.280><c> of</c><00:50:13.599><c> righteousness,</c>

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which<00:50:14.800><c> the</c><00:50:15.039><c> Lord,</c><00:50:15.440><c> the</c><00:50:15.519><c> righteous</c><00:50:15.860><c> judge,</c><00:50:16.300><c> shall</c><00:50:16.340><c> give</c><00:50:16.519><c> me</c><00:50:16.719><c> at</c>

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that<00:50:17.099><c> day.</c>

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And<00:50:18.219><c> not</c><00:50:18.380><c> to</c><00:50:18.519><c> me</c><00:50:18.739><c> only,</c><00:50:19.739><c> but</c><00:50:19.920><c> unto</c><00:50:20.099><c> all</c><00:50:20.440><c> them</c><00:50:20.679><c> also,</c><00:50:22.079><c> that</c><00:50:22.280><c> love</c>

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is<00:50:23.099><c> appearing.</c>

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And<00:50:24.980><c> you'll</c><00:50:25.219><c> see</c><00:50:25.340><c> where</c><00:50:25.539><c> the</c><00:50:25.699><c> word</c><00:50:25.840><c> is,</c><00:50:26.119><c> it's</c><00:50:26.179><c> there</c><00:50:26.519><c> on</c><00:50:26.800><c> the</c>

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quotation<00:50:27.599><c> on</c><00:50:27.820><c> the</c><00:50:28.139><c> screen.</c>

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I<00:50:29.179><c> am</c><00:50:29.400><c> now</c><00:50:29.719><c> ready</c><00:50:29.940><c> to</c><00:50:30.179><c> be</c><00:50:30.400><c> offered,</c><00:50:31.300><c> same</c><00:50:31.500><c> word</c><00:50:31.820><c> as</c><00:50:32.019><c> in</c><00:50:32.219><c> Philippians</c><00:50:32.679><c> 2,</c>

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literally<00:50:33.920><c> poured</c><00:50:34.440><c> out</c><00:50:34.840><c> as</c><00:50:35.139><c> a</c><00:50:35.340><c> drink</c><00:50:35.599><c> offering,</c><00:50:36.079><c> he</c><00:50:36.300><c> says.</c>

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The<00:50:37.500><c> time</c><00:50:37.699><c> of</c><00:50:37.920><c> my</c><00:50:38.179><c> departure</c><00:50:38.820><c> is</c><00:50:39.539><c> at</c><00:50:39.780><c> hand.</c>

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He<00:50:40.280><c> knew</c><00:50:40.539><c> that</c><00:50:40.719><c> his</c><00:50:40.920><c> death</c><00:50:41.079><c> was</c><00:50:41.320><c> now</c><00:50:41.559><c> near</c><00:50:41.900><c> and</c><00:50:42.579><c> he</c><00:50:42.739><c> was</c><00:50:43.059><c> prepared</c><00:50:43.679><c> for</c><00:50:44.219><c> it.</c>

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Now<00:50:46.340><c> coming</c><00:50:46.619><c> back</c><00:50:47.099><c> to</c><00:50:47.460><c> Philippians</c><00:50:47.940><c> chapter</c><00:50:48.320><c> 2,</c>

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The<00:50:49.519><c> Philippians</c><00:50:50.099><c> are</c><00:50:50.480><c> urged</c><00:50:50.760><c> to</c><00:50:51.079><c> take</c><00:50:51.400><c> to</c><00:50:52.840><c> heart</c><00:50:53.360><c> Paul's</c><00:50:54.260><c> exhortation</c><00:50:54.960><c> to</c><00:50:55.260><c> them.</c>

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That<00:50:56.099><c> I</c><00:50:56.300><c> have</c><00:50:56.460><c> not</c><00:50:56.699><c> run</c><00:50:56.960><c> in</c><00:50:57.320><c> vain,</c><00:50:57.500><c> he</c><00:50:57.780><c> says,</c><00:50:58.239><c> neither</c><00:50:58.739><c> laboured</c><00:50:59.800><c> in</c><00:51:00.460><c> vain.</c>

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He<00:51:02.219><c> was</c><00:51:02.340><c> very</c><00:51:02.739><c> keen</c><00:51:03.119><c> that</c><00:51:03.340><c> they</c><00:51:03.659><c> should</c><00:51:03.960><c> be</c><00:51:04.400><c> found</c><00:51:04.820><c> with</c><00:51:05.300><c> him</c>

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in<00:51:06.199><c> the</c><00:51:06.400><c> kingdom,</c>

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when<00:51:07.400><c> that</c><00:51:07.780><c> crown</c><00:51:08.059><c> of</c><00:51:08.380><c> righteousness</c><00:51:08.820><c> will</c><00:51:09.860><c> be</c><00:51:10.019><c> given</c><00:51:10.199><c> to</c><00:51:10.460><c> them</c><00:51:11.159><c> as</c>

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well<00:51:12.059><c> as</c><00:51:12.579><c> to</c><00:51:12.840><c> Paul</c><00:51:13.039><c> himself.</c>

00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:18.599
So,<00:51:16.179><c> brothers</c><00:51:16.199><c> and</c><00:51:16.480><c> sisters,</c><00:51:16.960><c> there</c><00:51:17.159><c> is</c><00:51:17.260><c> much</c><00:51:17.679><c> to</c><00:51:18.119><c> exhort</c><00:51:18.340><c> all</c>

00:51:18.599 --> 00:51:19.360
of<00:51:18.699><c> us</c><00:51:18.840><c> in</c><00:51:18.960><c> this.</c>

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Let<00:51:19.940><c> us</c><00:51:20.360><c> seek</c><00:51:20.659><c> to</c><00:51:21.099><c> learn</c><00:51:21.360><c> from</c><00:51:21.559><c> the</c><00:51:21.820><c> example</c><00:51:22.079><c> of</c><00:51:22.239><c> the</c><00:51:22.400><c> apostle</c><00:51:22.699><c> Paul.</c>

00:51:23.739 --> 00:51:29.980
Let<00:51:23.920><c> us</c><00:51:24.179><c> seek</c><00:51:24.340><c> to</c><00:51:24.599><c> take</c><00:51:24.760><c> to</c><00:51:25.139><c> heart</c><00:51:25.719><c> his</c><00:51:26.380><c> words</c><00:51:26.860><c> to</c><00:51:27.239><c> the</c><00:51:27.800><c> brethren</c><00:51:28.019><c> and</c><00:51:28.219><c> sisters</c><00:51:28.440><c> at</c><00:51:28.719><c> Philippi.</c>

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And<00:51:30.460><c> truly,</c><00:51:31.679><c> let</c><00:51:31.880><c> this</c><00:51:32.219><c> mind</c><00:51:32.539><c> be</c><00:51:32.840><c> in</c><00:51:32.980><c> us,</c><00:51:34.019><c> which</c><00:51:34.300><c> was</c><00:51:34.480><c> also</c><00:51:34.719><c> in</c>

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Christ<00:51:35.219><c> Jesus.</c>