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That's<00:12:06.179><c> the</c><00:12:06.320><c> message.</c> 00:12:08.039 --> 00:12:09.759 x There's<00:12:08.220><c> three</c><00:12:08.460><c> points</c><00:12:08.899><c> that</c><00:12:09.240><c> I</c><00:12:09.360><c> was</c><00:12:09.559><c> making.</c> 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:16.820 x The<00:12:10.019><c> first</c><00:12:10.519><c> is</c><00:12:11.500><c> that</c><00:12:12.940><c> it's</c><00:12:13.340><c> not</c><00:12:14.200><c> our</c><00:12:14.779><c> fold</c><00:12:15.259><c> that</c><00:12:15.879><c> we're</c><00:12:16.179><c> shepherds</c><00:12:16.460><c> of.</c> 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:19.139 x It's<00:12:17.679><c> the</c><00:12:17.860><c> Lord's</c><00:12:18.299><c> fold.</c> 00:12:19.460 --> 00:12:21.000 x Not<00:12:19.759><c> ours,</c><00:12:20.519><c> his.</c> 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:25.980 x When<00:12:22.059><c> Jesus</c><00:12:22.360><c> speaks</c><00:12:22.620><c> to</c><00:12:22.860><c> Peter,</c><00:12:23.039><c> he</c><00:12:23.159><c> doesn't</c><00:12:23.399><c> say,</c><00:12:24.179><c> Peter,</c><00:12:24.480><c> feed</c><00:12:24.679><c> your</c><00:12:24.940><c> sheep,</c><00:12:25.820><c> or</c> 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.940 x Peter,<00:12:26.279><c> feed</c><00:12:26.379><c> the</c><00:12:26.620><c> sheep.</c> 00:12:26.940 --> 00:12:30.039 x He<00:12:27.779><c> says,</c><00:12:28.419><c> Peter,</c><00:12:28.559><c> feed</c><00:12:28.899><c> my</c><00:12:29.240><c> sheep.</c> 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.039 x They're<00:12:30.419><c> Jesus's</c><00:12:31.679><c> sheep.</c> 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:34.519 x We<00:12:32.740><c> are</c><00:12:32.919><c> shepherds</c><00:12:33.440><c> in</c><00:12:33.659><c> Jesus's</c><00:12:34.379><c> fold.</c> 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:38.519 x The<00:12:34.820><c> second</c><00:12:35.000><c> point</c><00:12:35.259><c> is</c><00:12:35.639><c> we</c><00:12:36.039><c> need</c><00:12:36.240><c> the</c><00:12:36.519><c> shepherd</c><00:12:36.759><c> as</c><00:12:37.220><c> much</c><00:12:37.360><c> as</c><00:12:37.600><c> anybody.</c> 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.039 x So<00:12:39.440><c> we're</c><00:12:39.679><c> not</c><00:12:39.980><c> separate</c><00:12:40.340><c> from</c><00:12:40.620><c> the</c><00:12:40.879><c> sheep.</c> 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:44.080 x We're<00:12:41.299><c> all</c><00:12:41.659><c> part</c><00:12:41.919><c> of</c><00:12:42.539><c> the</c><00:12:42.759><c> sheep</c><00:12:42.899><c> of</c><00:12:43.100><c> that</c><00:12:43.360><c> same</c><00:12:43.659><c> fold.</c> 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:47.340 x Yes,<00:12:44.759><c> Peter</c><00:12:45.000><c> is</c><00:12:45.360><c> called</c><00:12:45.740><c> to</c><00:12:46.279><c> play</c><00:12:46.500><c> the</c><00:12:46.679><c> role</c><00:12:46.779><c> of</c><00:12:46.940><c> a</c><00:12:47.120><c> shepherd,</c> 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:48.919 x feed<00:12:47.700><c> my</c><00:12:48.000><c> sheep.</c> 00:12:49.659 --> 00:12:51.639 x But<00:12:49.960><c> Peter</c><00:12:50.220><c> needs</c><00:12:50.440><c> the</c><00:12:50.679><c> shepherd</c><00:12:50.860><c> as</c><00:12:51.080><c> much</c><00:12:51.200><c> as</c><00:12:51.399><c> anybody.</c> 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:55.360 x We're<00:12:51.840><c> going</c><00:12:51.919><c> to</c><00:12:51.960><c> look</c><00:12:52.120><c> at</c><00:12:52.559><c> an</c><00:12:52.639><c> example</c><00:12:52.960><c> of</c><00:12:53.200><c> that</c><00:12:53.620><c> in</c><00:12:53.879><c> just</c><00:12:54.100><c> a</c><00:12:54.299><c> second.</c> 00:12:57.980 --> 00:13:01.779 x And<00:12:58.120><c> the</c><00:12:58.159><c> third</c><00:12:58.379><c> is</c><00:12:58.799><c> that</c><00:12:58.980><c> our</c><00:12:59.259><c> role</c><00:12:59.480><c> is</c><00:12:59.740><c> to</c><00:13:00.019><c> point</c><00:13:00.580><c> the</c><00:13:01.139><c> sheep</c> 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:05.919 x toward<00:13:02.860><c> the</c><00:13:03.120><c> shepherd,</c><00:13:04.460><c> and</c><00:13:04.679><c> not</c><00:13:04.919><c> towards</c><00:13:05.240><c> ourselves.</c> 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:07.840 x We're<00:13:06.259><c> going</c><00:13:06.279><c> to</c><00:13:06.360><c> see</c><00:13:06.480><c> an</c><00:13:06.620><c> example</c><00:13:06.899><c> of</c><00:13:07.059><c> that</c><00:13:07.179><c> this</c><00:13:07.419><c> morning</c><00:13:07.580><c> as</c> 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:11.080 x well,<00:13:07.980><c> as</c><00:13:08.139><c> we</c><00:13:08.299><c> consider</c><00:13:09.159><c> Paul's</c><00:13:09.860><c> use</c><00:13:09.960><c> of</c><00:13:10.220><c> Timothy.</c> 00:13:11.700 --> 00:13:15.679 x So<00:13:11.940><c> the</c><00:13:12.039><c> first</c><00:13:12.220><c> example</c><00:13:12.480><c> I</c><00:13:12.580><c> want</c><00:13:12.720><c> to</c><00:13:12.820><c> talk</c><00:13:13.000><c> about</c><00:13:13.179><c> is</c><00:13:13.399><c> the</c><00:13:13.500><c> example</c><00:13:13.779><c> of</c><00:13:14.039><c> Peter,</c><00:13:14.320><c> how</c><00:13:14.519><c> Peter</c><00:13:14.860><c> becomes</c><00:13:15.340><c> a</c> 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.259 x true<00:13:15.940><c> sheep,</c> 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:19.240 x and<00:13:16.659><c> then</c><00:13:16.860><c> shows</c><00:13:17.159><c> it</c><00:13:17.460><c> as</c><00:13:17.759><c> the</c><00:13:18.019><c> role</c><00:13:18.139><c> of</c><00:13:18.320><c> a</c><00:13:18.480><c> shepherd.</c> 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:20.940 x And<00:13:19.679><c> I</c><00:13:19.799><c> want</c><00:13:19.860><c> to</c><00:13:19.980><c> remind</c><00:13:20.139><c> you</c><00:13:20.240><c> of</c><00:13:20.340><c> a</c><00:13:20.480><c> couple</c><00:13:20.639><c> things.</c> 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:26.179 x So<00:13:21.279><c> in</c><00:13:21.620><c> John</c><00:13:21.960><c> 10,</c><00:13:22.320><c> verse</c><00:13:22.440><c> 1</c><00:13:22.720><c> through</c><00:13:22.840><c> 5,</c><00:13:23.220><c> Jesus</c><00:13:23.480><c> talks</c><00:13:23.899><c> about</c><00:13:24.360><c> the</c><00:13:24.879><c> role</c><00:13:25.080><c> of</c><00:13:25.220><c> a</c><00:13:25.399><c> shepherd.</c> 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.679 x That's<00:13:28.240><c> the</c><00:13:28.299><c> one</c><00:13:28.399><c> where</c><00:13:28.480><c> he</c><00:13:28.519><c> talks</c><00:13:28.759><c> about</c><00:13:28.940><c> the</c><00:13:29.139><c> sheep</c><00:13:29.379><c> gate.</c> 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:35.639 x And<00:13:30.179><c> he</c><00:13:30.259><c> says,</c><00:13:32.940><c> the</c><00:13:32.940><c> porter</c><00:13:33.299><c> opens</c><00:13:33.740><c> up</c><00:13:34.000><c> the</c><00:13:34.179><c> gate,</c><00:13:34.519><c> and</c><00:13:34.600><c> the</c><00:13:34.740><c> sheep</c><00:13:34.899><c> hear</c><00:13:35.139><c> the</c><00:13:35.320><c> voice</c><00:13:35.480><c> of</c> 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.059 x the<00:13:35.799><c> shepherd,</c> 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:37.120 x and<00:13:36.240><c> they</c><00:13:36.440><c> follow</c><00:13:36.620><c> the</c><00:13:36.879><c> shepherd.</c> 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stranger</c><00:13:49.440><c> if</c><00:13:50.240><c> they</c><00:13:50.480><c> are</c><00:13:50.600><c> sheep</c><00:13:50.799><c> in</c> 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:52.539 x Jesus'<00:13:52.179><c> fold.</c> 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:56.179 x And<00:13:52.879><c> that's</c><00:13:53.100><c> the</c><00:13:53.240><c> point</c><00:13:53.340><c> Jesus</c><00:13:53.639><c> makes</c><00:13:53.960><c> in</c><00:13:54.159><c> John</c><00:13:54.419><c> chapter</c><00:13:54.799><c> 10.</c> 00:13:56.500 --> 00:13:59.940 x Now,<00:13:57.179><c> we</c><00:13:57.500><c> need</c><00:13:57.679><c> to</c><00:13:57.820><c> be</c><00:13:58.039><c> sheep,</c><00:13:58.299><c> and</c><00:13:58.419><c> we</c><00:13:58.480><c> need</c><00:13:58.659><c> to</c><00:13:58.860><c> recognize</c><00:13:59.259><c> Jesus</c><00:13:59.639><c> as</c> 00:13:59.940 --> 00:14:00.379 x the<00:14:00.139><c> shepherd.</c> 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:03.159 x He's<00:14:00.820><c> the</c><00:14:00.980><c> guide.</c><00:14:01.740><c> But</c><00:14:01.960><c> Peter</c><00:14:02.179><c> struggled</c><00:14:02.620><c> with</c><00:14:02.840><c> that.</c> 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.179 x And<00:14:03.539><c> you</c><00:14:03.639><c> can</c><00:14:03.779><c> think</c><00:14:03.879><c> of</c><00:14:04.000><c> a</c><00:14:04.139><c> couple</c><00:14:04.299><c> examples</c><00:14:04.700><c> of</c><00:14:04.879><c> where</c><00:14:05.000><c> he</c> 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:05.720 x struggled<00:14:05.399><c> with</c><00:14:05.600><c> that.</c> 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:08.679 x Remember<00:14:06.100><c> when</c><00:14:06.799><c> Jesus</c><00:14:07.340><c> went</c><00:14:07.519><c> to</c><00:14:07.740><c> wash</c><00:14:08.000><c> their</c><00:14:08.259><c> feet</c><00:14:08.379><c> at</c><00:14:08.539><c> the</c> 00:14:08.679 --> 00:14:09.860 x Last<00:14:08.960><c> Supper,</c><00:14:09.440><c> and</c><00:14:09.600><c> Peter</c><00:14:09.720><c> said,</c> 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:11.460 x you're<00:14:10.019><c> not</c><00:14:10.080><c> going</c><00:14:10.179><c> to</c><00:14:10.240><c> wash</c><00:14:10.320><c> my</c><00:14:10.639><c> feet.</c> 00:14:12.339 --> 00:14:14.879 x And<00:14:12.659><c> Jesus</c><00:14:12.919><c> says,</c><00:14:13.360><c> unless</c><00:14:13.399><c> I</c><00:14:13.559><c> wash</c><00:14:13.799><c> your</c><00:14:13.940><c> sheep</c><00:14:14.080><c> with</c><00:14:14.159><c> your</c><00:14:14.320><c> feet,</c><00:14:14.460><c> I'm</c><00:14:14.600><c> not</c><00:14:14.759><c> a</c> 00:14:14.879 --> 00:14:15.259 x part<00:14:15.059><c> of</c><00:14:15.139><c> you.</c> 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:16.580 x And<00:14:15.440><c> of</c><00:14:15.600><c> course,</c><00:14:15.600><c> Peter</c><00:14:15.740><c> then</c><00:14:15.899><c> says,</c><00:14:16.059><c> wash</c><00:14:16.240><c> everything.</c> 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:18.159 x And<00:14:16.759><c> Jesus</c><00:14:16.919><c> says,</c><00:14:17.139><c> no,</c><00:14:17.299><c> I</c><00:14:17.360><c> just</c><00:14:17.519><c> wash</c><00:14:17.720><c> your</c><00:14:18.000><c> feet.</c> 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:21.720 x But<00:14:18.720><c> remember</c><00:14:19.019><c> later</c><00:14:19.299><c> when</c><00:14:19.440><c> they</c><00:14:19.580><c> were</c><00:14:19.620><c> in</c><00:14:19.720><c> the</c><00:14:19.940><c> garden,</c><00:14:21.399><c> and</c> 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:23.340 x Jesus<00:14:21.980><c> says,</c> 00:14:24.639 --> 00:14:28.320 x you<00:14:24.960><c> are</c><00:14:25.159><c> all</c><00:14:25.360><c> going</c><00:14:25.480><c> to</c><00:14:25.620><c> be</c><00:14:25.840><c> offended</c><00:14:26.179><c> of</c><00:14:26.440><c> me</c><00:14:27.240><c> tonight,</c> 00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:31.679 x because<00:14:29.519><c> the</c><00:14:29.840><c> prophecy</c><00:14:30.179><c> says</c><00:14:30.720><c> they're</c><00:14:31.159><c> going</c><00:14:31.259><c> to</c><00:14:31.379><c> take</c><00:14:31.519><c> the</c> 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:33.360 x shepherd<00:14:31.879><c> and</c><00:14:32.019><c> the</c><00:14:32.159><c> sheep</c><00:14:32.259><c> are</c><00:14:32.500><c> scattered.</c> 00:14:34.059 --> 00:14:41.080 x And<00:14:34.500><c> Peter</c><00:14:34.779><c> says,</c><00:14:36.299><c> if</c><00:14:36.519><c> everybody</c><00:14:37.120><c> else</c><00:14:37.679><c> is</c><00:14:38.179><c> offended,</c><00:14:39.179><c> I</c><00:14:39.500><c> won't</c><00:14:39.740><c> be</c><00:14:40.039><c> offended.</c> 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:45.899 x How's<00:14:42.480><c> that</c><00:14:42.639><c> as</c><00:14:42.820><c> a</c><00:14:43.000><c> sheep?</c><00:14:44.299><c> That's</c><00:14:44.659><c> not</c><00:14:44.779><c> a</c><00:14:44.879><c> good</c><00:14:45.019><c> sheep.</c> 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:48.159 x And<00:14:46.779><c> of</c><00:14:46.899><c> course,</c><00:14:47.000><c> Jesus</c><00:14:47.279><c> tells</c><00:14:47.519><c> him,</c><00:14:47.679><c> you're</c><00:14:47.840><c> going</c><00:14:47.899><c> to</c><00:14:48.019><c> deny</c> 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:48.919 x me<00:14:48.360><c> three</c><00:14:48.580><c> times.</c> 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:52.419 x And<00:14:49.139><c> Peter</c><00:14:49.320><c> does</c><00:14:50.179><c> deny</c><00:14:50.919><c> him</c><00:14:51.100><c> three</c><00:14:51.320><c> times.</c> 00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:57.679 x And<00:14:54.379><c> so</c><00:14:54.519><c> Peter</c><00:14:54.679><c> has</c><00:14:54.899><c> to</c><00:14:55.159><c> learn</c><00:14:55.860><c> how</c><00:14:56.360><c> to</c><00:14:56.500><c> become</c><00:14:56.700><c> a</c><00:14:56.919><c> sheep.</c> 00:14:58.379 --> 00:15:00.460 x And<00:14:58.659><c> of</c><00:14:58.779><c> course,</c><00:14:58.899><c> we</c><00:14:59.000><c> know</c><00:14:59.100><c> he</c><00:14:59.200><c> does</c><00:14:59.440><c> learn</c><00:14:59.580><c> it.</c><00:14:59.700><c> Turn</c><00:14:59.899><c> over</c><00:15:00.100><c> to</c> 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:02.419 x John<00:15:00.779><c> chapter</c><00:15:01.100><c> 20.</c> 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:15.159 x And<00:15:12.620><c> we</c><00:15:12.779><c> know</c><00:15:12.919><c> in</c><00:15:13.059><c> John</c><00:15:13.360><c> chapter</c><00:15:13.659><c> 20</c><00:15:14.019><c> that</c><00:15:14.200><c> Jesus</c><00:15:14.519><c> speaks</c><00:15:14.899><c> to</c> 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:18.000 x Peter<00:15:15.320><c> by</c><00:15:16.340><c> the</c><00:15:17.200><c> Sea</c><00:15:17.399><c> of</c><00:15:17.539><c> Galilee.</c> 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:21.159 x He's<00:15:18.279><c> cooking</c><00:15:18.460><c> breakfast</c><00:15:18.879><c> after</c><00:15:19.179><c> he's</c><00:15:20.179><c> been</c><00:15:20.360><c> raised</c><00:15:20.779><c> from</c> 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:22.279 x the<00:15:21.360><c> dead.</c> 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:26.220 x I'm<00:15:24.600><c> sorry,</c><00:15:24.759><c> it's</c><00:15:24.860><c> John</c><00:15:24.980><c> chapter</c><00:15:25.220><c> 21.</c> 00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:30.259 x 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do</c><00:15:47.580><c> you</c><00:15:47.840><c> agape</c><00:15:48.120><c> love</c><00:15:48.379><c> me?</c> 00:15:49.179 --> 00:15:52.559 x And<00:15:49.340><c> we</c><00:15:49.419><c> know</c><00:15:49.580><c> agape</c><00:15:50.019><c> love</c><00:15:50.299><c> means</c><00:15:50.759><c> sacrificial</c><00:15:51.460><c> love.</c> 00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:57.220 x Do<00:15:53.779><c> you</c><00:15:54.100><c> offer</c><00:15:54.379><c> to</c><00:15:54.620><c> me</c><00:15:54.980><c> your</c><00:15:55.500><c> sacrificial</c><00:15:56.220><c> love?</c> 00:15:57.599 --> 00:16:03.080 x And<00:15:58.039><c> of</c><00:15:58.240><c> course,</c><00:15:58.539><c> Peter</c><00:15:58.639><c> can't</c><00:15:59.159><c> say</c><00:15:59.659><c> yes,</c><00:16:00.179><c> Lord,</c><00:16:00.539><c> because</c><00:16:00.899><c> he's</c><00:16:01.159><c> already</c><00:16:01.500><c> proven</c><00:16:01.919><c> that</c><00:16:02.419><c> he</c><00:16:02.600><c> cannot.</c> 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:05.360 x He<00:16:03.580><c> proved</c><00:16:03.759><c> it</c><00:16:03.940><c> by</c><00:16:04.100><c> denying</c><00:16:04.440><c> him</c><00:16:04.679><c> three</c><00:16:04.899><c> times.</c> 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.240 x In<00:16:05.539><c> order</c><00:16:05.720><c> to</c><00:16:05.840><c> do</c><00:16:06.000><c> that,</c><00:16:06.120><c> he</c><00:16:06.220><c> would</c><00:16:06.379><c> have</c><00:16:06.460><c> had</c><00:16:06.559><c> to</c><00:16:06.779><c> sacrifice</c> 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:08.639 x himself,<00:16:07.580><c> and</c><00:16:07.700><c> he</c><00:16:07.919><c> couldn't</c><00:16:08.120><c> do</c><00:16:08.360><c> it.</c> 00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:11.440 x He<00:16:09.100><c> couldn't</c><00:16:09.620><c> do</c><00:16:09.899><c> it.</c> 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:15.419 x So<00:16:13.059><c> Peter</c><00:16:13.299><c> says,</c><00:16:14.100><c> you</c><00:16:14.139><c> know</c><00:16:14.379><c> that</c><00:16:14.539><c> I</c><00:16:14.720><c> love</c><00:16:14.980><c> you,</c><00:16:15.299><c> Lord.</c> 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:18.840 x And<00:16:15.639><c> he</c><00:16:15.759><c> says,</c><00:16:16.899><c> filial</c><00:16:17.299><c> love.</c><00:16:17.620><c> He</c><00:16:17.879><c> says,</c><00:16:18.360><c> brotherly</c><00:16:18.740><c> love.</c> 00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:21.860 x You<00:16:19.059><c> know</c><00:16:19.259><c> I</c><00:16:19.440><c> have</c><00:16:19.779><c> brotherly</c><00:16:20.340><c> love</c><00:16:20.559><c> for</c><00:16:20.820><c> you,</c><00:16:21.139><c> Lord.</c> 00:16:22.279 --> 00:16:25.139 x And<00:16:22.480><c> Jesus</c><00:16:22.720><c> says,</c><00:16:23.100><c> feed</c><00:16:23.179><c> my</c><00:16:24.240><c> lambs</c><00:16:24.620><c> or</c><00:16:24.799><c> sheep.</c> 00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:27.820 x And<00:16:25.679><c> then</c><00:16:25.840><c> Jesus</c><00:16:26.000><c> says</c><00:16:26.259><c> to</c><00:16:26.379><c> him</c><00:16:26.460><c> again,</c><00:16:26.820><c> do</c><00:16:26.820><c> you</c><00:16:27.080><c> agape</c><00:16:27.340><c> love</c><00:16:27.600><c> me?</c> 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:31.399 x And<00:16:28.120><c> Peter</c><00:16:28.240><c> says,</c><00:16:29.419><c> I</c><00:16:29.740><c> filial</c><00:16:30.159><c> love</c><00:16:30.419><c> you,</c><00:16:30.700><c> Lord.</c> 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:35.139 x And<00:16:32.179><c> so</c><00:16:32.299><c> then</c><00:16:32.460><c> Jesus</c><00:16:32.720><c> says,</c><00:16:33.639><c> do</c><00:16:33.899><c> you</c><00:16:34.200><c> filial</c><00:16:34.539><c> love</c><00:16:34.779><c> me?</c> 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:38.539 x And<00:16:35.679><c> Peter</c><00:16:35.860><c> says,</c><00:16:36.100><c> you</c><00:16:36.120><c> know</c><00:16:36.340><c> everything,</c><00:16:36.820><c> Lord.</c><00:16:36.899><c> You</c><00:16:37.080><c> know</c><00:16:37.240><c> that</c><00:16:37.419><c> I</c><00:16:37.580><c> do.</c> 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:39.779 x And<00:16:38.759><c> he</c><00:16:38.840><c> says,</c><00:16:39.159><c> feed</c><00:16:39.279><c> my</c><00:16:39.559><c> sheep.</c> 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:41.700 x And<00:16:39.940><c> he's</c><00:16:40.100><c> saying</c><00:16:40.139><c> to</c><00:16:40.299><c> Peter,</c><00:16:40.460><c> that's</c><00:16:40.679><c> good</c><00:16:40.879><c> enough.</c> 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:44.879 x But<00:16:42.200><c> he</c><00:16:42.340><c> says</c><00:16:42.440><c> more</c><00:16:42.740><c> than</c><00:16:43.019><c> that</c><00:16:43.639><c> to</c><00:16:43.960><c> him.</c> 00:16:45.100 --> 00:16:48.559 x Because<00:16:45.419><c> he</c><00:16:45.720><c> tells</c><00:16:46.039><c> him,</c><00:16:46.860><c> you</c><00:16:47.139><c> will</c><00:16:47.519><c> agape</c><00:16:48.039><c> love</c><00:16:48.320><c> me.</c> 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.600 x That's<00:16:49.059><c> what</c><00:16:49.100><c> he's</c><00:16:49.320><c> saying.</c> 00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:51.700 x Look<00:16:50.039><c> at</c><00:16:50.179><c> verse</c><00:16:50.440><c> 18.</c> 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:55.919 x And<00:16:52.320><c> we've,</c><00:16:52.779><c> you</c><00:16:52.899><c> know,</c><00:16:53.139><c> whenever</c><00:16:53.379><c> I've</c><00:16:53.620><c> heard</c><00:16:53.820><c> an</c><00:16:54.740><c> understanding</c><00:16:55.139><c> of</c><00:16:55.320><c> this</c><00:16:55.480><c> passage</c> 00:16:55.919 --> 00:17:00.480 x from<00:16:56.759><c> our</c><00:16:57.539><c> family,</c><00:16:57.940><c> our</c><00:16:58.120><c> community,</c><00:16:58.600><c> I</c><00:16:58.919><c> don't</c><00:16:59.159><c> think</c><00:16:59.279><c> they</c><00:16:59.460><c> have</c><00:16:59.559><c> it</c><00:16:59.720><c> right.</c> 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.460 x It<00:17:00.639><c> says,</c><00:17:01.039><c> verily,</c><00:17:01.200><c> verily,</c><00:17:01.559><c> in</c><00:17:01.700><c> fact</c><00:17:01.820><c> I'm</c><00:17:01.940><c> sure</c><00:17:02.179><c> they</c><00:17:02.320><c> don't</c> 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:02.919 x 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to</c><00:17:35.920><c> glorify</c><00:17:36.299><c> God</c><00:17:37.019><c> by</c><00:17:37.519><c> that</c><00:17:38.599><c> way</c><00:17:38.779><c> of</c><00:17:39.000><c> dying.</c> 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:41.279 x And<00:17:39.420><c> that's</c><00:17:39.619><c> what's</c><00:17:39.759><c> being</c><00:17:40.019><c> talked</c><00:17:40.279><c> here</c><00:17:40.460><c> about,</c><00:17:41.019><c> you</c><00:17:41.019><c> know,</c> 00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:43.380 x that<00:17:41.380><c> somebody's</c><00:17:41.539><c> going</c><00:17:41.700><c> to</c><00:17:41.900><c> carry</c><00:17:42.099><c> you</c><00:17:42.259><c> where</c><00:17:42.359><c> you</c><00:17:42.480><c> don't</c><00:17:42.740><c> want</c><00:17:42.880><c> to</c><00:17:43.039><c> go.</c> 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:46.440 x And<00:17:43.779><c> they're</c><00:17:43.880><c> talking</c><00:17:44.119><c> about</c><00:17:44.440><c> his</c><00:17:45.400><c> martyrdom.</c> 00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.119 x I<00:17:47.319><c> don't</c><00:17:47.519><c> think</c><00:17:47.640><c> that's</c><00:17:47.920><c> right.</c> 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.680 x In<00:17:48.119><c> fact,</c><00:17:48.299><c> I'm</c><00:17:48.420><c> sure</c><00:17:48.619><c> it's</c><00:17:48.859><c> not,</c><00:17:49.019><c> and</c><00:17:49.079><c> here's</c><00:17:49.299><c> why.</c> 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:50.940 x Well,<00:17:50.019><c> there's</c><00:17:50.099><c> a</c><00:17:50.180><c> couple</c><00:17:50.319><c> of</c><00:17:50.420><c> reasons</c><00:17:50.539><c> why,</c><00:17:50.700><c> but</c><00:17:50.819><c> I'll</c><00:17:50.880><c> give</c> 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:52.119 x you<00:17:51.059><c> the</c><00:17:51.099><c> first</c><00:17:51.339><c> one.</c> 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:54.680 x The<00:17:52.339><c> first</c><00:17:52.480><c> one</c><00:17:52.680><c> is</c><00:17:53.180><c> that</c><00:17:53.500><c> Peter's</c><00:17:53.779><c> crucifixion</c><00:17:54.319><c> isn't</c><00:17:54.519><c> in</c> 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.680 x the<00:17:54.799><c> Bible.</c> 00:17:57.079 --> 00:17:59.400 x So<00:17:57.259><c> we</c><00:17:57.460><c> believe</c><00:17:57.740><c> that</c><00:17:57.920><c> the</c><00:17:58.079><c> Bible</c><00:17:58.359><c> is</c><00:17:58.740><c> complete,</c> 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.079 x and<00:17:59.960><c> yet</c><00:18:00.099><c> we</c><00:18:00.359><c> say</c><00:18:00.700><c> that</c><00:18:01.039><c> in</c><00:18:01.240><c> this</c><00:18:01.539><c> verse</c><00:18:01.819><c> God</c><00:18:02.059><c> is</c><00:18:02.319><c> glorified</c><00:18:02.839><c> by</c> 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.519 x Peter's<00:18:03.519><c> martyrdom.</c> 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:06.380 x But<00:18:05.039><c> Peter's</c><00:18:05.319><c> martyrdom</c><00:18:05.579><c> is</c><00:18:05.660><c> not</c><00:18:05.880><c> in</c><00:18:06.119><c> here.</c> 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:08.019 x We<00:18:06.839><c> only</c><00:18:07.059><c> know</c><00:18:07.180><c> that</c><00:18:07.359><c> by</c><00:18:07.539><c> tradition.</c> 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.519 x We<00:18:08.680><c> don't</c><00:18:08.839><c> know</c><00:18:09.019><c> that</c><00:18:09.180><c> as</c><00:18:09.400><c> fact,</c><00:18:09.920><c> that</c><00:18:10.059><c> that</c><00:18:10.279><c> happened.</c> 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:12.259 x We<00:18:10.660><c> know</c><00:18:10.839><c> it</c><00:18:10.900><c> from</c><00:18:11.039><c> the</c><00:18:11.259><c> stories.</c> 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:15.559 x But<00:18:13.619><c> here's</c><00:18:13.839><c> the</c><00:18:13.960><c> second</c><00:18:14.119><c> reason,</c><00:18:14.380><c> because</c><00:18:14.660><c> that's</c><00:18:15.099><c> not</c><00:18:15.380><c> what</c> 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.599 x this<00:18:15.799><c> is</c><00:18:15.960><c> talking</c><00:18:16.259><c> about.</c> 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:19.339 x Now<00:18:17.599><c> look</c><00:18:17.819><c> at</c><00:18:17.940><c> it</c><00:18:18.079><c> just</c><00:18:18.240><c> in</c><00:18:18.460><c> general.</c> 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:23.160 x There's<00:18:19.579><c> no</c><00:18:20.460><c> specific</c><00:18:21.140><c> persecution</c><00:18:21.819><c> going</c><00:18:22.160><c> on</c><00:18:22.400><c> here</c><00:18:22.599><c> at</c><00:18:22.799><c> all.</c> 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:27.099 x Like<00:18:23.839><c> you</c><00:18:23.920><c> have</c><00:18:24.119><c> to</c><00:18:24.400><c> interpret</c><00:18:24.940><c> persecution</c><00:18:25.660><c> into</c><00:18:25.980><c> the</c><00:18:26.259><c> story.</c> 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.779 x So<00:18:27.559><c> what</c><00:18:27.819><c> is</c><00:18:28.059><c> he</c><00:18:28.220><c> talking</c><00:18:28.519><c> about?</c> 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:31.079 x Well,<00:18:29.119><c> consider</c><00:18:29.500><c> what</c><00:18:29.720><c> it</c><00:18:29.980><c> says.</c> 00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:31.940 x It<00:18:31.599><c> says,</c> 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:35.440 x When<00:18:32.259><c> thou</c><00:18:32.500><c> was</c><00:18:32.799><c> youngest,</c><00:18:33.799><c> thou</c><00:18:34.059><c> girdest</c><00:18:34.519><c> thyself,</c><00:18:35.220><c> and</c> 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:37.299 x walkest<00:18:36.160><c> whither</c><00:18:36.460><c> thou</c><00:18:36.880><c> wouldest.</c> 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:41.240 x What<00:18:37.720><c> he's</c><00:18:37.980><c> saying</c><00:18:38.079><c> to</c><00:18:38.339><c> Peter</c><00:18:38.519><c> was,</c><00:18:39.259><c> you</c><00:18:39.480><c> followed</c><00:18:39.880><c> your</c><00:18:40.140><c> own</c><00:18:40.380><c> will.</c> 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.819 x That's<00:18:42.140><c> what</c><00:18:42.279><c> you</c><00:18:42.539><c> did.</c> 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:45.400 x When<00:18:43.279><c> you</c><00:18:43.500><c> were</c><00:18:43.700><c> young,</c><00:18:44.039><c> you</c><00:18:44.359><c> followed</c><00:18:44.640><c> your</c><00:18:44.920><c> own</c><00:18:45.160><c> will.</c> 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.279 x That's<00:18:45.740><c> what</c><00:18:45.960><c> Peter</c><00:18:46.140><c> did</c><00:18:46.380><c> when</c><00:18:46.519><c> he</c><00:18:46.720><c> denied</c><00:18:46.980><c> the</c><00:18:47.160><c> Lord</c><00:18:47.339><c> Jesus</c><00:18:47.700><c> Christ.</c> 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:52.279 x He<00:18:48.900><c> wanted</c><00:18:49.299><c> to</c><00:18:49.660><c> follow</c><00:18:50.039><c> his</c><00:18:50.799><c> will</c><00:18:51.160><c> to</c><00:18:51.559><c> be</c><00:18:51.839><c> sacrificial</c> 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.880 x towards<00:18:52.599><c> Christ,</c> 00:18:52.900 --> 00:18:54.960 x but<00:18:53.039><c> he</c><00:18:53.319><c> couldn't</c><00:18:53.539><c> do</c><00:18:53.799><c> it</c><00:18:54.000><c> because</c><00:18:54.220><c> he</c><00:18:54.359><c> was</c><00:18:54.539><c> a</c><00:18:54.759><c> sinner.</c> 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:57.579 x He<00:18:55.599><c> didn't</c><00:18:55.839><c> have</c><00:18:56.019><c> the</c><00:18:56.279><c> strength</c><00:18:56.680><c> to</c><00:18:56.920><c> do</c><00:18:57.079><c> it.</c> 00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.420 x And<00:18:58.019><c> he</c><00:18:58.140><c> says,</c> 00:18:58.859 --> 00:19:01.059 x What<00:18:58.859><c> you</c><00:18:59.079><c> did</c><00:18:59.220><c> when</c><00:18:59.420><c> you</c><00:18:59.640><c> were</c><00:18:59.640><c> young</c><00:18:59.900><c> is</c><00:19:00.279><c> you</c><00:19:00.559><c> trusted</c><00:19:00.839><c> in</c> 00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.380 x your<00:19:01.240><c> will.</c> 00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:03.099 x And<00:19:01.539><c> that's</c><00:19:01.700><c> just</c><00:19:01.960><c> the</c><00:19:02.059><c> kind</c><00:19:02.180><c> of</c><00:19:02.279><c> guy</c><00:19:02.420><c> that</c><00:19:02.599><c> Peter</c><00:19:02.740><c> was.</c> 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.400 x And<00:19:03.339><c> that's</c><00:19:03.500><c> just</c><00:19:03.660><c> what</c><00:19:03.819><c> Peter</c><00:19:04.039><c> did.</c> 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:07.099 x But<00:19:05.039><c> when</c><00:19:05.240><c> thou</c><00:19:05.440><c> shalt</c><00:19:05.720><c> be</c><00:19:06.059><c> old,</c> 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:07.500 x he<00:19:07.319><c> says,</c> 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:10.460 x Thou<00:19:07.740><c> shalt</c><00:19:08.039><c> stretch</c><00:19:08.440><c> forth</c><00:19:08.740><c> thy</c><00:19:09.079><c> hands,</c> 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:14.640 x and<00:19:11.039><c> another</c><00:19:11.400><c> shall</c><00:19:11.720><c> gird</c><00:19:11.960><c> thee</c><00:19:12.220><c> and</c><00:19:13.319><c> carry</c><00:19:13.819><c> thee</c><00:19:14.160><c> with</c><00:19:14.380><c> her.</c> 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:16.960 x We'll<00:19:15.220><c> get</c><00:19:15.359><c> to</c><00:19:15.500><c> the</c><00:19:15.619><c> last</c><00:19:15.740><c> part</c><00:19:15.920><c> in</c><00:19:16.160><c> a</c><00:19:16.180><c> second.</c> 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:18.700 x So<00:19:17.660><c> what</c><00:19:17.759><c> he's</c><00:19:18.059><c> saying</c><00:19:18.259><c> is,</c> 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:24.019 x You<00:19:19.079><c> are</c><00:19:19.319><c> going</c><00:19:19.460><c> to</c><00:19:19.700><c> allow</c><00:19:20.019><c> yourself</c><00:19:20.900><c> to</c><00:19:22.440><c> be</c><00:19:22.720><c> cared</c><00:19:22.960><c> for</c><00:19:23.619><c> when</c> 00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:25.599 x you<00:19:24.200><c> get</c><00:19:24.380><c> old.</c> 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:28.440 x That's<00:19:27.440><c> a</c><00:19:27.619><c> sheep.</c> 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:30.160 x That's<00:19:29.180><c> what</c><00:19:29.299><c> a</c><00:19:29.519><c> sheep</c><00:19:29.660><c> does.</c> 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:34.660 x A<00:19:30.799><c> sheep</c><00:19:31.140><c> follows</c><00:19:31.759><c> the</c><00:19:32.019><c> shepherd</c><00:19:32.559><c> wherever</c><00:19:33.240><c> the</c><00:19:33.559><c> shepherd</c><00:19:33.779><c> takes</c><00:19:34.059><c> him</c><00:19:34.200><c> to</c><00:19:34.400><c> go.</c> 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:36.839 x No<00:19:35.259><c> sheep</c><00:19:35.559><c> stops</c><00:19:35.920><c> and</c><00:19:36.079><c> says</c><00:19:36.220><c> to</c><00:19:36.400><c> the</c><00:19:36.559><c> shepherd,</c> 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:40.119 x I<00:19:37.240><c> think</c><00:19:37.480><c> that</c><00:19:37.799><c> field</c><00:19:38.000><c> over</c><00:19:38.240><c> there</c><00:19:38.420><c> is</c><00:19:38.579><c> better</c><00:19:38.759><c> than</c><00:19:38.960><c> that</c><00:19:39.160><c> one.</c> 00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:42.059 x Or<00:19:40.440><c> says</c><00:19:40.640><c> to</c><00:19:40.839><c> a</c><00:19:40.920><c> few</c><00:19:41.059><c> other</c><00:19:41.259><c> sheep</c><00:19:41.460><c> in</c><00:19:41.619><c> the</c><00:19:41.799><c> fold,</c> 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:44.559 x You<00:19:42.640><c> know,</c><00:19:42.740><c> they're</c><00:19:42.900><c> going</c><00:19:43.059><c> that</c><00:19:43.319><c> way,</c><00:19:43.460><c> but</c><00:19:43.579><c> let's</c><00:19:43.779><c> go</c><00:19:43.960><c> this</c><00:19:44.220><c> way.</c> 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:46.059 x They<00:19:45.000><c> might</c><00:19:45.180><c> get</c><00:19:45.400><c> lost,</c> 00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:48.119 x but<00:19:46.880><c> they're</c><00:19:47.160><c> sheep.</c> 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.619 x And<00:19:48.619><c> Jesus</c><00:19:48.839><c> is</c><00:19:49.059><c> the</c><00:19:49.200><c> shepherd.</c> 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.319 x And<00:19:50.240><c> what</c><00:19:50.440><c> this</c><00:19:50.660><c> is</c><00:19:50.859><c> saying</c><00:19:51.039><c> is,</c> 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:53.160 x Peter,<00:19:51.559><c> when</c><00:19:51.759><c> you're</c><00:19:52.099><c> old,</c> 00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:57.079 x you<00:19:53.519><c> are</c><00:19:53.740><c> going</c><00:19:53.880><c> to</c><00:19:54.180><c> allow</c><00:19:54.460><c> yourself</c><00:19:55.000><c> to</c><00:19:55.180><c> be</c><00:19:56.559><c> cared</c><00:19:56.740><c> for.</c> 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:59.539 x You<00:19:57.480><c> are</c><00:19:57.720><c> going</c><00:19:57.839><c> to</c><00:19:58.200><c> follow</c><00:19:58.480><c> me</c><00:19:59.119><c> willingly.</c> 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:02.039 x And<00:19:59.880><c> you</c><00:20:00.220><c> are</c><00:20:00.400><c> going</c><00:20:00.500><c> to</c><00:20:00.779><c> stretch</c><00:20:01.019><c> forth</c><00:20:01.279><c> your</c><00:20:01.579><c> hands,</c> 00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:04.480 x and<00:20:02.539><c> someone</c><00:20:02.819><c> is</c><00:20:03.059><c> going</c><00:20:03.220><c> to</c><00:20:03.640><c> carry</c><00:20:04.079><c> you.</c> 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:06.759 x Well,<00:20:04.839><c> who's</c><00:20:05.160><c> going</c><00:20:05.299><c> to</c><00:20:05.579><c> carry</c><00:20:05.839><c> him?</c> 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.299 x Well,<00:20:07.559><c> God</c><00:20:07.720><c> is</c><00:20:08.259><c> going</c><00:20:08.420><c> to</c><00:20:08.720><c> carry</c><00:20:08.920><c> him.</c> 00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.279 x And<00:20:09.559><c> it</c><00:20:09.720><c> says</c><00:20:09.980><c> there,</c> 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:12.420 x Wither<00:20:10.500><c> thou</c><00:20:10.880><c> wouldest</c><00:20:11.420><c> not?</c> 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:15.480 x That<00:20:12.940><c> word</c><00:20:13.259><c> wouldest</c><00:20:13.920><c> means</c><00:20:14.460><c> will.</c> 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:17.200 x In<00:20:16.259><c> other</c><00:20:16.420><c> words,</c><00:20:16.660><c> what</c><00:20:16.740><c> it's</c><00:20:16.880><c> saying,</c> 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:20.359 x You<00:20:17.640><c> are</c><00:20:17.779><c> going</c><00:20:17.880><c> to</c><00:20:18.019><c> be</c><00:20:18.200><c> carried</c><00:20:18.460><c> where</c><00:20:18.700><c> you</c><00:20:19.140><c> would</c><00:20:19.500><c> not</c><00:20:19.960><c> have</c> 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:22.420 x been<00:20:20.740><c> able</c><00:20:21.039><c> to</c><00:20:21.240><c> go</c><00:20:21.440><c> before.</c> 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:24.500 x Your<00:20:23.099><c> 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just</c><00:20:47.200><c> what</c><00:20:47.400><c> Peter</c><00:20:47.579><c> does.</c> 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:50.619 x And<00:20:48.799><c> we</c><00:20:48.900><c> would</c><00:20:49.099><c> expect</c><00:20:49.299><c> to</c><00:20:49.500><c> find</c><00:20:49.660><c> somewhere</c><00:20:50.000><c> in</c><00:20:50.279><c> Peter</c> 00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:53.519 x where<00:20:51.140><c> these</c><00:20:51.460><c> very</c><00:20:51.759><c> principles</c><00:20:52.299><c> are</c><00:20:52.880><c> held</c><00:20:53.099><c> forth,</c> 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:57.420 x and<00:20:53.940><c> you</c><00:20:54.140><c> find</c><00:20:54.339><c> it</c><00:20:54.960><c> in</c><00:20:55.180><c> 1</c><00:20:55.500><c> Peter,</c><00:20:55.740><c> Chapter</c><00:20:56.180><c> 5.</c> 00:20:57.980 --> 00:21:01.619 x So<00:20:58.220><c> turn</c><00:20:58.380><c> over</c><00:20:58.539><c> to</c><00:20:58.720><c> 1</c><00:20:58.940><c> Peter,</c><00:20:59.240><c> Chapter</c><00:20:59.579><c> 5.</c> 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glory</c><00:21:16.599><c> that</c><00:21:16.880><c> should</c><00:21:17.160><c> be</c><00:21:17.500><c> revealed.</c> 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:20.220 x You<00:21:18.079><c> heard</c><00:21:18.200><c> about</c><00:21:18.400><c> the</c><00:21:18.700><c> partakers</c><00:21:19.019><c> of</c><00:21:19.220><c> the</c><00:21:19.339><c> divine</c><00:21:19.519><c> nature</c><00:21:19.799><c> just</c><00:21:20.059><c> a</c> 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:20.960 x couple<00:21:20.400><c> minutes</c><00:21:20.640><c> ago.</c> 00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:24.700 x That<00:21:21.480><c> word</c><00:21:21.720><c> elder</c><00:21:22.720><c> means</c><00:21:23.759><c> old.</c> 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.980 x And<00:21:25.380><c> you</c><00:21:25.400><c> don't</c><00:21:25.539><c> have</c><00:21:25.660><c> to</c><00:21:25.700><c> be</c><00:21:25.759><c> old</c><00:21:25.880><c> to</c><00:21:25.960><c> be</c><00:21:26.059><c> an</c><00:21:26.180><c> elder,</c> 00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:28.859 x but<00:21:27.660><c> 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the</c><00:23:21.980><c> sheep</c><00:23:22.140><c> to</c><00:23:22.359><c> Christ.</c> 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:25.680 x And<00:23:23.039><c> then</c><00:23:23.140><c> look</c><00:23:23.200><c> what</c><00:23:23.319><c> it</c><00:23:23.460><c> says</c><00:23:23.599><c> in</c><00:23:23.819><c> the</c><00:23:23.859><c> last</c><00:23:24.079><c> verse,</c><00:23:24.279><c> verse</c><00:23:24.519><c> 14.</c> 00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:30.200 x Greet<00:23:26.039><c> one</c><00:23:26.319><c> another</c><00:23:26.579><c> with</c><00:23:26.799><c> a</c><00:23:27.000><c> kiss</c><00:23:27.299><c> of</c><00:23:28.819><c> agape</c><00:23:29.299><c> love.</c> 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.819 x There's<00:23:31.420><c> the</c><00:23:31.660><c> transformation.</c> 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:37.000 x I<00:23:34.039><c> can</c><00:23:34.160><c> be</c><00:23:34.480><c> transformed</c><00:23:35.240><c> by</c><00:23:35.900><c> the</c><00:23:36.119><c> power</c><00:23:36.359><c> of</c><00:23:36.619><c> God</c> 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chapter</c><00:23:51.900><c> 20.</c> 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:54.740 x So<00:23:52.400><c> go</c><00:23:52.559><c> to</c><00:23:52.720><c> Acts</c><00:23:52.920><c> chapter</c><00:23:53.259><c> 20</c><00:23:53.740><c> first.</c> 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:02.599 x And<00:23:57.740><c> this</c><00:23:57.920><c> is</c><00:23:58.119><c> the</c><00:23:58.359><c> story</c><00:23:58.819><c> of</c><00:23:59.440><c> Paul</c><00:23:59.740><c> speaking</c><00:24:00.480><c> at</c><00:24:01.480><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:06.279 x He<00:24:05.240><c> preached</c><00:24:05.619><c> in</c><00:24:05.859><c> Ephesus,</c> 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:08.380 x and<00:24:06.480><c> he's</c><00:24:06.740><c> about</c><00:24:07.019><c> to</c><00:24:07.299><c> leave</c><00:24:07.720><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:12.039 x And<00:24:08.799><c> he</c><00:24:08.960><c> says</c><00:24:09.140><c> in</c><00:24:09.259><c> Acts</c><00:24:09.500><c> chapter</c><00:24:09.740><c> 20,</c><00:24:10.259><c> verse</c><00:24:10.460><c> 29.</c> 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.819 x He<00:24:14.420><c> says,</c> 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:18.799 x For<00:24:15.140><c> I</c><00:24:15.519><c> know</c><00:24:15.940><c> this,</c><00:24:17.519><c> that</c><00:24:17.640><c> after</c><00:24:17.940><c> my</c><00:24:18.200><c> departing,</c> 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.819 x grievous<00:24:19.259><c> wolves</c><00:24:19.559><c> shall</c><00:24:19.839><c> enter</c><00:24:20.200><c> in</c><00:24:20.400><c> among</c><00:24:20.579><c> you,</c> 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.160 x not<00:24:21.220><c> sparing</c><00:24:21.640><c> the</c><00:24:21.940><c> flock.</c> 00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:24.599 x So<00:24:22.740><c> he's</c><00:24:23.000><c> leaving</c><00:24:23.380><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:24:24.660 --> 00:24:25.460 x And<00:24:24.900><c> he</c><00:24:25.019><c> says</c><00:24:25.200><c> to</c><00:24:25.339><c> him,</c> 00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:29.160 x I<00:24:25.740><c> know</c><00:24:26.000><c> when</c><00:24:26.160><c> I</c><00:24:26.400><c> leave</c><00:24:26.900><c> that</c><00:24:27.440><c> wolves</c><00:24:27.759><c> are</c><00:24:27.960><c> going</c><00:24:28.079><c> to</c><00:24:28.220><c> come</c><00:24:28.380><c> in,</c> 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:31.640 x not<00:24:29.940><c> sparing</c><00:24:30.319><c> your</c><00:24:30.700><c> flock</c><00:24:30.980><c> in</c><00:24:31.240><c> Ephesus</c> 00:24:31.640 --> 00:24:33.160 x or<00:24:31.839><c> the</c><00:24:32.119><c> Lord's</c><00:24:32.539><c> flock</c><00:24:32.700><c> in</c><00:24:32.920><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.859 x Now<00:24:33.380><c> how</c><00:24:33.500><c> does</c><00:24:33.640><c> he</c><00:24:33.839><c> know</c><00:24:34.000><c> that?</c> 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:37.099 x How<00:24:35.720><c> can</c><00:24:35.940><c> he,</c><00:24:36.200><c> among</c><00:24:36.400><c> all</c><00:24:36.640><c> the</c><00:24:36.779><c> Ecclesiastes,</c> 00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:39.720 x know<00:24:37.380><c> in</c><00:24:37.680><c> Ephesus</c><00:24:38.220><c> that</c><00:24:38.700><c> this</c><00:24:38.940><c> is</c><00:24:39.099><c> going</c><00:24:39.220><c> to</c><00:24:39.440><c> happen?</c> 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:42.640 x And<00:24:40.220><c> the</c><00:24:40.359><c> answer</c><00:24:40.619><c> is</c><00:24:40.859><c> found</c><00:24:41.119><c> in</c><00:24:41.299><c> verse</c><00:24:41.559><c> 38.</c> 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:45.640 x So<00:24:43.160><c> look</c><00:24:43.319><c> at</c><00:24:43.440><c> verse</c><00:24:43.599><c> 38</c><00:24:43.960><c> of</c><00:24:44.140><c> Acts</c><00:24:44.339><c> chapter</c><00:24:44.579><c> 20.</c> 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.200 x He<00:24:46.880><c> says,</c> 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:50.259 x Sorrowing,<00:24:48.079><c> most</c><00:24:48.259><c> of</c><00:24:48.500><c> all,</c><00:24:48.700><c> for</c><00:24:48.859><c> the</c><00:24:49.079><c> words</c><00:24:49.359><c> which</c><00:24:49.619><c> he</c><00:24:49.920><c> spake.</c> 00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:52.019 x Now<00:24:51.099><c> Paul</c><00:24:51.619><c> is</c><00:24:51.880><c> leaving.</c> 00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.819 x I<00:24:52.200><c> hope</c><00:24:52.279><c> I</c><00:24:52.299><c> didn't</c><00:24:52.480><c> say</c><00:24:52.599><c> Peter.</c> 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.359 x Paul<00:24:53.200><c> is</c><00:24:53.440><c> leaving.</c> 00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.480 x And<00:24:55.220><c> it</c><00:24:55.380><c> says,</c> 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:57.700 x They<00:24:55.779><c> sorrowed</c><00:24:56.099><c> for</c><00:24:56.220><c> the</c><00:24:56.440><c> words</c><00:24:56.660><c> that</c><00:24:56.779><c> he</c><00:24:56.960><c> spake,</c> 00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:01.799 x that<00:24:58.880><c> they</c><00:24:59.140><c> should</c><00:24:59.380><c> see</c><00:24:59.740><c> his</c><00:25:00.160><c> face</c><00:25:00.559><c> no</c><00:25:00.880><c> more.</c> 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:04.160 x And<00:25:02.519><c> they</c><00:25:02.700><c> accompanied</c><00:25:03.039><c> him</c><00:25:03.539><c> onto</c><00:25:03.779><c> the</c><00:25:04.019><c> ship.</c> 00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.720 x Do<00:25:04.359><c> you</c><00:25:04.480><c> see</c><00:25:04.660><c> it?</c> 00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:08.059 x What<00:25:06.200><c> they</c><00:25:06.539><c> sorrowed</c><00:25:07.019><c> about</c> 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:10.380 x was<00:25:08.880><c> the</c><00:25:09.119><c> fact</c><00:25:09.279><c> that</c><00:25:09.480><c> Paul</c><00:25:09.759><c> had</c><00:25:10.000><c> said</c><00:25:10.099><c> to</c><00:25:10.220><c> them,</c> 00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:13.159 x You<00:25:10.559><c> won't</c><00:25:10.900><c> see</c><00:25:11.259><c> me</c><00:25:12.359><c> anymore.</c> 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:15.619 x Those<00:25:13.440><c> are</c><00:25:13.599><c> the</c><00:25:13.799><c> words</c><00:25:14.119><c> they</c><00:25:14.460><c> sorrowed</c><00:25:14.859><c> about.</c> 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:18.619 x They<00:25:16.259><c> didn't</c><00:25:16.559><c> sorrow</c><00:25:16.839><c> about</c><00:25:17.059><c> the</c><00:25:17.259><c> fact</c><00:25:17.440><c> that</c><00:25:17.660><c> the</c><00:25:17.859><c> Gospel</c><00:25:18.220><c> was</c> 00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:19.660 x with<00:25:19.259><c> Paul</c> 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.619 x and<00:25:19.779><c> Paul</c><00:25:20.059><c> was</c><00:25:20.380><c> leaving.</c> 00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:24.420 x It<00:25:21.140><c> wasn't</c><00:25:21.440><c> about</c><00:25:21.859><c> the</c><00:25:22.119><c> Gospel</c><00:25:22.759><c> that</c><00:25:23.359><c> they</c><00:25:23.559><c> were</c><00:25:23.799><c> sorrowful.</c> 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:26.660 x It<00:25:24.960><c> was</c><00:25:25.180><c> about</c><00:25:25.480><c> Paul.</c> 00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:29.299 x And<00:25:27.700><c> that's</c><00:25:27.960><c> what</c><00:25:28.180><c> Paul</c><00:25:28.500><c> recognized.</c> 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:31.680 x He<00:25:30.160><c> recognized</c><00:25:30.720><c> to</c><00:25:30.940><c> the</c><00:25:31.119><c> Ephesian,</c> 00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:35.640 x the<00:25:32.460><c> personality</c><00:25:33.099><c> was</c><00:25:33.700><c> more</c><00:25:33.980><c> important</c><00:25:34.400><c> than</c><00:25:34.559><c> the</c><00:25:34.759><c> message.</c> 00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:39.640 x And<00:25:36.880><c> so</c><00:25:37.079><c> he</c><00:25:37.279><c> knows</c><00:25:37.980><c> that</c><00:25:38.500><c> as</c><00:25:38.740><c> soon</c><00:25:38.900><c> as</c><00:25:39.059><c> he</c><00:25:39.279><c> leaves</c> 00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:41.920 x and<00:25:39.839><c> the</c><00:25:39.980><c> next</c><00:25:40.299><c> personality</c><00:25:40.900><c> comes</c><00:25:41.259><c> in,</c> 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:45.460 x they<00:25:42.460><c> are</c><00:25:42.579><c> going</c><00:25:42.700><c> to</c><00:25:42.859><c> be</c><00:25:43.079><c> immediately</c><00:25:44.359><c> fooled.</c> 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.599 x And<00:25:45.880><c> that</c><00:25:46.099><c> personality</c><00:25:46.619><c> is</c><00:25:46.920><c> going</c><00:25:47.059><c> to</c><00:25:47.200><c> be</c><00:25:47.519><c> ravenous</c><00:25:48.059><c> wolves.</c> 00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:51.140 x And<00:25:49.160><c> they</c><00:25:49.319><c> are</c><00:25:49.599><c> not</c><00:25:49.900><c> going</c><00:25:50.220><c> to</c><00:25:50.539><c> spare</c><00:25:50.779><c> you.</c> 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:53.200 x And<00:25:51.460><c> they're</c><00:25:51.640><c> going</c><00:25:51.779><c> to</c><00:25:52.039><c> come</c><00:25:52.200><c> in</c><00:25:52.420><c> sheep's</c><00:25:52.880><c> clothing,</c> 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.799 x and<00:25:53.599><c> you</c><00:25:53.779><c> won't</c><00:25:54.079><c> recognize</c><00:25:54.640><c> them</c> 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:57.500 x because<00:25:55.019><c> you'll</c><00:25:55.279><c> be</c><00:25:55.500><c> overwhelmed</c><00:25:56.019><c> by</c><00:25:56.259><c> the</c><00:25:56.519><c> personality.</c> 00:25:58.720 --> 00:26:00.660 x 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Timothy</c><00:26:31.140><c> up</c> 00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.559 x against<00:26:32.559><c> the</c><00:26:32.799><c> ravenous</c><00:26:33.220><c> wolves.</c> 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:36.500 x The<00:26:34.180><c> question</c><00:26:34.460><c> I</c><00:26:34.720><c> asked</c><00:26:34.859><c> as</c><00:26:35.019><c> I</c><00:26:35.220><c> started</c><00:26:35.400><c> to</c><00:26:35.660><c> read</c><00:26:36.180><c> the</c><00:26:36.339><c> letter</c> 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.779 x to<00:26:36.700><c> Timothy,</c> 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.619 x when<00:26:38.759><c> you</c><00:26:38.960><c> read</c><00:26:39.160><c> these</c><00:26:39.420><c> letters,</c> 00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:42.400 x now<00:26:39.859><c> we're</c><00:26:40.140><c> reading</c><00:26:40.500><c> Paul's</c><00:26:40.920><c> letter</c><00:26:41.099><c> to</c><00:26:41.339><c> Timothy,</c> 00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:48.099 x which<00:26:44.359><c> means</c><00:26:44.799><c> that</c><00:26:45.980><c> the</c><00:26:46.200><c> Ecclesiast</c><00:26:46.539><c> in</c><00:26:46.680><c> Ephesus</c> 00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:49.299 x was<00:26:48.619><c> going</c><00:26:48.819><c> to</c><00:26:49.140><c> hear,</c> 00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.319 x because<00:26:49.579><c> when</c><00:26:49.740><c> you</c><00:26:49.839><c> look</c><00:26:49.960><c> at</c><00:26:50.079><c> the</c><00:26:50.180><c> letter,</c> 00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:52.099 x you<00:26:50.420><c> can</c><00:26:50.660><c> see</c><00:26:50.779><c> he's</c><00:26:51.039><c> really</c><00:26:51.339><c> writing</c><00:26:51.579><c> to</c><00:26:51.819><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:53.019 x He's<00:26:52.359><c> writing</c><00:26:52.460><c> to</c><00:26:52.619><c> Timothy</c> 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.700 x and<00:26:53.220><c> telling</c><00:26:53.339><c> Timothy</c><00:26:53.720><c> how</c><00:26:53.900><c> to</c><00:26:54.039><c> lead</c><00:26:54.180><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:56.759 x But<00:26:55.220><c> it's</c><00:26:55.579><c> in</c><00:26:55.720><c> the</c><00:26:55.940><c> complete</c><00:26:56.099><c> expectation</c> 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:01.539 x that<00:26:56.980><c> Ephesus</c><00:26:57.319><c> is</c><00:26:57.519><c> going</c><00:26:57.680><c> to</c><00:26:58.079><c> hear</c><00:26:58.819><c> what</c><00:26:59.819><c> Paul</c><00:27:00.099><c> writes</c><00:27:00.339><c> to</c><00:27:00.559><c> Timothy.</c> 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:05.579 x And<00:27:03.299><c> Paul</c><00:27:03.480><c> says</c><00:27:03.680><c> some</c><00:27:03.920><c> things</c><00:27:04.059><c> about</c><00:27:04.299><c> Timothy</c> 00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:08.140 x and<00:27:06.460><c> about</c><00:27:06.740><c> the</c><00:27:07.160><c> ravenous</c><00:27:07.519><c> wolves</c> 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:11.319 x that<00:27:09.079><c> you</c><00:27:09.279><c> think,</c><00:27:09.460><c> well,</c><00:27:09.599><c> he's</c><00:27:09.859><c> just</c><00:27:10.240><c> setting</c><00:27:10.400><c> Timothy</c><00:27:10.819><c> up</c> 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for</c><00:27:24.500><c> a</c><00:27:24.579><c> minute.</c> 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:28.380 x And<00:27:25.019><c> then</c><00:27:25.480><c> we'll</c><00:27:25.619><c> consider</c><00:27:25.920><c> why</c><00:27:26.539><c> he</c><00:27:26.960><c> does</c><00:27:27.220><c> it.</c> 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:31.400 x So<00:27:28.779><c> turn</c><00:27:28.900><c> over</c><00:27:29.099><c> to</c><00:27:29.339><c> Timothy</c><00:27:29.660><c> chapter</c><00:27:30.140><c> 1</c> 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:34.400 x and<00:27:31.920><c> we'll</c><00:27:32.099><c> pick</c><00:27:32.240><c> it</c><00:27:32.339><c> up</c><00:27:32.460><c> in</c><00:27:32.680><c> verse</c><00:27:32.940><c> 3.</c> 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.400 x And<00:27:36.640><c> at</c><00:27:37.079><c> least</c><00:27:37.259><c> to</c><00:27:37.460><c> me,</c><00:27:37.720><c> it</c><00:27:37.839><c> seems</c><00:27:38.119><c> to</c><00:27:38.279><c> me,</c> 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:39.900 x and<00:27:38.519><c> I</c><00:27:38.579><c> think</c><00:27:39.019><c> it's</c><00:27:39.240><c> pretty</c><00:27:39.519><c> strong,</c> 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.839 x that<00:27:40.220><c> Timothy</c><00:27:40.460><c> wasn't</c><00:27:40.799><c> at</c><00:27:41.000><c> Ephesus</c><00:27:41.279><c> very</c><00:27:41.619><c> long</c> 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:43.220 x before<00:27:42.079><c> this</c><00:27:42.279><c> letter</c><00:27:42.460><c> got</c><00:27:42.680><c> here,</c> 00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:45.619 x because<00:27:43.740><c> it's</c><00:27:43.940><c> all</c><00:27:44.160><c> about</c><00:27:44.400><c> how</c><00:27:44.839><c> to</c><00:27:45.099><c> address</c> 00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:47.759 x the<00:27:46.279><c> problems</c><00:27:46.579><c> in</c><00:27:46.799><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.319 x He<00:27:48.519><c> says</c><00:27:48.759><c> in</c><00:27:48.859><c> verse</c><00:27:49.059><c> 3,</c> 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:51.480 x I<00:27:49.440><c> besought</c><00:27:49.859><c> thee</c><00:27:50.059><c> to</c><00:27:50.220><c> abide</c><00:27:50.599><c> still</c><00:27:50.900><c> at</c><00:27:51.059><c> Ephesus</c> 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.799 x when<00:27:51.660><c> I</c><00:27:51.819><c> went</c><00:27:51.920><c> into</c><00:27:52.160><c> Macedonia,</c> 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:54.460 x that<00:27:53.079><c> thou</c><00:27:53.220><c> mightest</c><00:27:53.660><c> charge</c><00:27:54.019><c> some,</c> 00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:56.960 x that<00:27:54.839><c> they</c><00:27:55.059><c> teach</c><00:27:55.339><c> no</c><00:27:55.660><c> other</c><00:27:55.940><c> doctrine.</c> 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:59.240 x So<00:27:58.180><c> as</c><00:27:58.579><c> we</c><00:27:58.859><c> look</c><00:27:58.980><c> at</c><00:27:59.119><c> this,</c> 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:03.259 x we're<00:27:59.359><c> going</c><00:27:59.500><c> to</c><00:27:59.619><c> see</c><00:27:59.759><c> that</c><00:28:00.640><c> the</c><00:28:00.940><c> wolves</c><00:28:01.160><c> are</c><00:28:02.000><c> there,</c> 00:28:03.640 --> 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he</c><00:28:32.940><c> says</c><00:28:33.099><c> in</c><00:28:33.240><c> verse</c><00:28:33.619><c> 7,</c> 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:37.400 x desiring<00:28:36.200><c> to</c><00:28:36.319><c> be</c><00:28:36.460><c> teachers</c><00:28:36.740><c> of</c><00:28:36.940><c> the</c><00:28:37.119><c> law,</c> 00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:39.740 x understanding<00:28:38.000><c> neither</c><00:28:38.339><c> what</c><00:28:38.700><c> they</c><00:28:39.039><c> say,</c> 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:41.980 x nowhere<00:28:40.339><c> of</c><00:28:40.640><c> they</c><00:28:40.940><c> affirm.</c> 00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.819 x Knowing<00:28:42.920><c> this</c><00:28:43.160><c> in</c><00:28:43.299><c> verse</c><00:28:43.539><c> 9,</c> 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:47.460 x that<00:28:43.980><c> the</c><00:28:44.160><c> law</c><00:28:44.339><c> is</c><00:28:44.839><c> not</c><00:28:45.299><c> made</c><00:28:45.779><c> for</c><00:28:46.099><c> a</c><00:28:46.180><c> righteous</c><00:28:46.460><c> man,</c> 00:28:47.599 --> 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with</c><00:28:59.579><c> mankind,</c> 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.180 x for<00:29:00.420><c> men</c><00:29:00.799><c> stealers,</c> 00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.839 x for<00:29:01.480><c> liars,</c> 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.519 x for<00:29:02.140><c> purges</c><00:29:02.500><c> persons,</c> 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:06.359 x for<00:29:03.720><c> there</c><00:29:03.960><c> be</c><00:29:04.119><c> any</c><00:29:04.440><c> other</c><00:29:04.799><c> thing</c><00:29:05.000><c> that</c><00:29:05.119><c> is</c><00:29:05.440><c> contrary</c><00:29:05.900><c> to</c> 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.940 x sound<00:29:06.819><c> doctrine.</c> 00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:15.160 x Now,<00:29:10.920><c> there</c><00:29:11.240><c> are</c><00:29:11.500><c> wolves</c><00:29:12.220><c> in</c><00:29:13.559><c> the</c><00:29:13.740><c> Ephesus</c><00:29:14.099><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:17.019 x They're<00:29:16.160><c> hidden.</c> 00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:18.960 x They're<00:29:17.440><c> there</c><00:29:17.559><c> in</c><00:29:17.720><c> sheep's</c><00:29:18.059><c> clothing.</c> 00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:21.200 x And<00:29:19.539><c> Paul</c><00:29:19.680><c> doesn't</c><00:29:20.019><c> expose</c><00:29:20.460><c> them</c><00:29:20.660><c> directly.</c> 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:23.619 x He<00:29:22.059><c> talks</c><00:29:22.299><c> about</c><00:29:22.500><c> people</c><00:29:22.740><c> that</c><00:29:22.880><c> want</c><00:29:22.960><c> to</c><00:29:23.059><c> be</c><00:29:23.200><c> teachers</c><00:29:23.440><c> that</c> 00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.480 x don't<00:29:23.839><c> know</c><00:29:24.019><c> the</c><00:29:24.220><c> word.</c> 00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:29.440 x And<00:29:24.940><c> then</c><00:29:25.259><c> he</c><00:29:25.859><c> says</c><00:29:26.319><c> the</c><00:29:26.619><c> worst</c><00:29:26.940><c> possible</c><00:29:27.579><c> things</c><00:29:28.119><c> about</c><00:29:28.859><c> that</c> 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.140 x type<00:29:29.680><c> of</c><00:29:29.940><c> person.</c> 00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:32.980 x He<00:29:30.279><c> calls</c><00:29:30.519><c> them</c><00:29:30.819><c> everything</c><00:29:31.640><c> terrible</c><00:29:32.200><c> under</c><00:29:32.460><c> the</c><00:29:32.759><c> sun.</c> 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.880 x Now,<00:29:33.500><c> consider</c><00:29:33.759><c> yourself</c><00:29:34.359><c> Timothy,</c> 00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:38.180 x this<00:29:35.579><c> young</c><00:29:35.920><c> man</c><00:29:36.220><c> who</c><00:29:36.420><c> comes</c><00:29:36.700><c> to</c><00:29:37.440><c> this</c><00:29:37.660><c> Ecclesia,</c> 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.839 x and<00:29:38.519><c> he's</c><00:29:38.720><c> got</c><00:29:38.819><c> this</c><00:29:39.059><c> letter</c><00:29:39.279><c> from</c><00:29:39.500><c> Paul,</c> 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:41.960 x and<00:29:40.000><c> he</c><00:29:40.160><c> starts</c><00:29:40.339><c> to</c><00:29:40.619><c> read</c><00:29:40.740><c> it.</c> 00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:45.099 x And<00:29:43.619><c> he</c><00:29:43.700><c> reads</c><00:29:43.900><c> all</c><00:29:44.279><c> these</c><00:29:44.660><c> things,</c> 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:49.079 x and<00:29:45.619><c> Timothy</c><00:29:46.000><c> is</c><00:29:46.279><c> there</c><00:29:46.740><c> to</c><00:29:47.339><c> correct</c><00:29:47.599><c> all</c><00:29:47.859><c> those</c><00:29:48.180><c> things.</c> 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.640 x Now,<00:29:49.940><c> they</c><00:29:50.059><c> might</c><00:29:50.240><c> say</c><00:29:50.380><c> to</c><00:29:50.400><c> themselves,</c> 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:52.660 x well,<00:29:51.019><c> it's</c><00:29:51.200><c> not</c><00:29:52.000><c> talking</c><00:29:52.299><c> about</c><00:29:52.480><c> me.</c> 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:56.019 x Nobody<00:29:53.019><c> considers</c><00:29:53.539><c> themselves</c><00:29:54.400><c> murderers</c><00:29:55.579><c> of</c><00:29:55.759><c> mothers,</c> 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.920 x and<00:29:56.319><c> manslayers,</c> 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.640 x and<00:29:57.140><c> whoremongers,</c> 00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.799 x and<00:29:57.819><c> all</c><00:29:57.960><c> that</c><00:29:58.160><c> kind</c><00:29:58.380><c> of</c><00:29:58.539><c> stuff.</c> 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:01.599 x But<00:29:59.440><c> they</c><00:29:59.599><c> are</c><00:29:59.960><c> coming</c><00:30:00.319><c> to</c><00:30:00.920><c> teach</c><00:30:01.180><c> law,</c> 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.680 x to<00:30:01.859><c> teach</c><00:30:02.140><c> doctrine,</c> 00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:05.619 x and<00:30:03.579><c> they</c><00:30:03.759><c> don't</c><00:30:03.960><c> know</c><00:30:04.059><c> what</c><00:30:04.200><c> they're</c><00:30:04.359><c> talking</c><00:30:04.720><c> about.</c> 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:10.539 x So<00:30:06.940><c> consider</c><00:30:07.099><c> some</c><00:30:07.299><c> of</c><00:30:07.440><c> the</c><00:30:07.559><c> things</c><00:30:07.740><c> that</c><00:30:07.980><c> Paul</c><00:30:08.279><c> says</c><00:30:09.279><c> about</c><00:30:10.000><c> Timothy.</c> 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:15.259 x Look<00:30:10.839><c> at</c><00:30:11.519><c> 1</c><00:30:11.759><c> Timothy</c><00:30:12.059><c> 4,</c><00:30:13.039><c> verse</c><00:30:13.240><c> 12.</c> 00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:22.059 x He<00:30:21.779><c> says,</c> 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:24.500 x Let<00:30:22.359><c> no</c><00:30:22.640><c> man</c><00:30:22.819><c> despise</c><00:30:23.240><c> thy</c><00:30:23.420><c> youth.</c> 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:30.420 x So<00:30:26.560><c> Paul</c><00:30:26.920><c> exposes</c><00:30:27.660><c> to</c><00:30:28.000><c> everybody</c><00:30:28.500><c> that</c><00:30:29.640><c> Timothy</c><00:30:29.960><c> is</c><00:30:30.119><c> just</c><00:30:30.299><c> a</c> 00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.460 x young<00:30:30.599><c> guy.</c> 00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:34.299 x And<00:30:32.900><c> think</c><00:30:33.019><c> of</c><00:30:33.140><c> the</c><00:30:33.339><c> wolves.</c> 00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.539 x Now,<00:30:34.660><c> the</c><00:30:34.759><c> wolves</c><00:30:34.880><c> know</c><00:30:35.059><c> he's</c><00:30:35.200><c> a</c><00:30:35.200><c> young</c><00:30:35.380><c> guy,</c> 00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.220 x but<00:30:35.660><c> the</c><00:30:35.799><c> wolves</c><00:30:35.920><c> can</c><00:30:36.119><c> say,</c> 00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:38.339 x see,<00:30:36.440><c> even</c><00:30:36.680><c> Paul</c><00:30:36.960><c> pointed</c><00:30:37.259><c> out</c><00:30:37.460><c> that</c><00:30:37.559><c> he's</c><00:30:37.720><c> a</c><00:30:37.819><c> young</c><00:30:37.980><c> guy.</c> 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.660 x You<00:30:38.900><c> know,</c><00:30:39.000><c> well,</c><00:30:39.140><c> listen</c><00:30:39.279><c> to</c><00:30:39.400><c> this</c><00:30:39.559><c> guy.</c> 00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:41.200 x He's<00:30:39.819><c> just</c><00:30:40.019><c> a</c><00:30:40.240><c> kid.</c> 00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.059 x He's<00:30:41.779><c> nobody.</c> 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.940 x He's<00:30:42.279><c> just</c><00:30:42.480><c> a</c><00:30:42.640><c> kid.</c> 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:46.460 x Even<00:30:43.920><c> Paul</c><00:30:44.279><c> said</c><00:30:44.539><c> it.</c> 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:51.000 x So<00:30:46.940><c> he</c><00:30:47.319><c> brings</c><00:30:47.759><c> out</c><00:30:48.059><c> to</c><00:30:48.240><c> everybody</c><00:30:49.180><c> Timothy's</c><00:30:50.859><c> youth.</c> 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:56.019 x Look<00:30:51.240><c> what</c><00:30:51.339><c> he</c><00:30:51.460><c> says</c><00:30:51.720><c> in</c><00:30:51.940><c> chapter</c><00:30:52.200><c> 5,</c><00:30:54.299><c> verse</c><00:30:54.539><c> 23.</c> 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.259 x He<00:30:59.019><c> says,</c> 00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:00.619 x Drink<00:30:59.619><c> no</c><00:30:59.859><c> longer</c><00:31:00.220><c> water,</c> 00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:03.779 x but<00:31:00.880><c> use</c><00:31:01.079><c> little</c><00:31:01.380><c> wine</c><00:31:02.019><c> for</c><00:31:02.539><c> thy</c><00:31:02.779><c> stomach's</c><00:31:03.779><c> sake,</c> 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:05.640 x and<00:31:04.279><c> thine</c><00:31:04.460><c> often</c><00:31:04.839><c> infirmities.</c> 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:08.220 x He's<00:31:06.599><c> a</c><00:31:06.759><c> sickly</c><00:31:07.119><c> guy.</c> 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.460 x He's<00:31:09.079><c> a</c><00:31:09.200><c> timid</c><00:31:09.480><c> guy.</c> 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.359 x He<00:31:11.240><c> says,</c> 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.559 x Just<00:31:11.359><c> don't</c><00:31:11.599><c> drink</c><00:31:11.819><c> water</c><00:31:12.180><c> anymore,</c> 00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.900 x because<00:31:12.859><c> it's</c><00:31:13.099><c> upsetting</c><00:31:13.359><c> your</c><00:31:13.640><c> stomach.</c> 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.259 x Why? 00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:17.200 x Because<00:31:14.559><c> he's</c><00:31:15.480><c> that</c><00:31:15.759><c> kind</c><00:31:16.019><c> of</c><00:31:16.140><c> a</c><00:31:16.339><c> guy.</c> 00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:22.359 x Why<00:31:18.180><c> would</c><00:31:18.700><c> you</c><00:31:18.960><c> give</c><00:31:19.720><c> the</c><00:31:20.660><c> wolves</c><00:31:21.000><c> that</c><00:31:21.339><c> ammunition?</c> 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:26.500 x And<00:31:24.700><c> it's</c><00:31:24.819><c> because</c><00:31:25.059><c> of</c><00:31:25.200><c> two</c><00:31:25.440><c> things.</c> 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:31.420 x The<00:31:27.380><c> first</c><00:31:27.599><c> is</c><00:31:27.839><c> that</c><00:31:27.960><c> something</c><00:31:28.460><c> Paul</c><00:31:28.880><c> learned</c><00:31:29.500><c> about</c><00:31:30.359><c> his</c><00:31:30.720><c> infirmities</c> 00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:34.539 x that<00:31:31.859><c> he</c><00:31:32.059><c> mentions</c><00:31:32.319><c> in</c><00:31:32.519><c> 1</c><00:31:32.720><c> Corinthians</c><00:31:33.140><c> 12.</c> 00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:37.099 x And<00:31:34.839><c> he</c><00:31:35.019><c> asked</c><00:31:35.240><c> God</c><00:31:35.440><c> to</c><00:31:35.779><c> take</c><00:31:35.980><c> away</c><00:31:36.200><c> his</c><00:31:36.519><c> infirmities,</c> 00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:39.000 x and<00:31:37.559><c> the</c><00:31:37.640><c> Lord</c><00:31:37.920><c> says,</c> 00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:43.619 x My<00:31:39.519><c> strength</c><00:31:40.039><c> is</c><00:31:40.359><c> made</c><00:31:40.740><c> perfect</c><00:31:41.359><c> in</c><00:31:42.619><c> weakness.</c> 00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:47.380 x And<00:31:44.799><c> that's</c><00:31:45.000><c> just</c><00:31:45.359><c> what</c><00:31:45.539><c> Paul's</c><00:31:45.980><c> going</c><00:31:46.079><c> to</c><00:31:46.180><c> do</c><00:31:46.259><c> with</c><00:31:46.480><c> Timothy.</c> 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:52.940 x He's<00:31:48.440><c> going</c><00:31:48.599><c> to</c><00:31:48.700><c> allow</c><00:31:49.160><c> the</c><00:31:49.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:49.980><c> to</c><00:31:50.940><c> see</c><00:31:51.200><c> Timothy's</c><00:31:51.980><c> weaknesses,</c> 00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:56.380 x and<00:31:54.319><c> God</c><00:31:54.779><c> is</c><00:31:55.000><c> going</c><00:31:55.099><c> to</c><00:31:55.200><c> be</c><00:31:55.480><c> glorified,</c> 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:59.339 x because<00:31:57.180><c> despite</c><00:31:57.740><c> those</c><00:31:58.220><c> weaknesses,</c> 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:02.720 x Timothy<00:31:59.980><c> is</c><00:32:00.599><c> going</c><00:32:00.759><c> to</c><00:32:00.900><c> be</c><00:32:01.019><c> the</c><00:32:01.180><c> example</c><00:32:01.579><c> of</c><00:32:01.779><c> Christ.</c> 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:06.319 x And<00:32:04.079><c> the</c><00:32:04.279><c> second</c><00:32:04.460><c> thing</c><00:32:04.839><c> is</c><00:32:05.119><c> right</c><00:32:05.339><c> there</c><00:32:05.559><c> back</c><00:32:05.819><c> in</c><00:32:06.019><c> chapter</c> 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.140 x 1,<00:32:06.680><c> verse</c><00:32:06.960><c> 5.</c> 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:15.779 x Now<00:32:11.500><c> the</c><00:32:11.700><c> end</c><00:32:11.940><c> of</c><00:32:12.140><c> the</c><00:32:12.359><c> commandment</c><00:32:13.240><c> is</c><00:32:14.680><c> charity.</c> 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:18.400 x That<00:32:16.400><c> is</c><00:32:16.660><c> sacrificial</c><00:32:17.380><c> love.</c> 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:21.339 x Out<00:32:18.940><c> of</c><00:32:19.099><c> a</c><00:32:19.339><c> pure</c><00:32:19.599><c> heart,</c><00:32:20.160><c> and</c><00:32:20.259><c> of</c><00:32:20.400><c> a</c><00:32:20.619><c> good</c><00:32:20.819><c> conscience,</c> 00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:23.619 x and<00:32:21.579><c> of</c><00:32:21.819><c> faith</c><00:32:22.440><c> unfeigned.</c> 00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:26.339 x That<00:32:24.160><c> word</c><00:32:24.480><c> unfeigned</c><00:32:25.220><c> means</c><00:32:25.619><c> unhidden.</c> 00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:29.940 x It's<00:32:26.839><c> a</c><00:32:26.980><c> sincere</c><00:32:27.579><c> faith</c><00:32:28.000><c> that</c><00:32:28.500><c> is</c><00:32:28.799><c> not</c><00:32:29.039><c> hidden.</c> 00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:33.799 x Timothy's<00:32:30.640><c> faith</c><00:32:31.039><c> is</c><00:32:31.500><c> going</c><00:32:31.680><c> to</c><00:32:31.819><c> be</c><00:32:32.099><c> exposed</c><00:32:32.539><c> to</c><00:32:32.740><c> the</c><00:32:32.940><c> Ephesians.</c> 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:37.400 x It's<00:32:34.539><c> going</c><00:32:34.680><c> to</c><00:32:34.940><c> be</c><00:32:35.880><c> a</c><00:32:36.319><c> sacrificial</c><00:32:37.000><c> faith,</c> 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.720 x because<00:32:37.839><c> Timothy</c><00:32:38.539><c> was</c><00:32:38.859><c> the</c><00:32:39.059><c> kind</c><00:32:39.339><c> of</c><00:32:39.460><c> guy</c> 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:43.700 x who<00:32:39.920><c> was</c><00:32:40.119><c> willing</c><00:32:40.339><c> to</c><00:32:40.559><c> give</c><00:32:40.880><c> everything</c><00:32:41.660><c> for</c><00:32:43.279><c> the</c><00:32:43.500><c> sheep.</c> 00:32:43.859 --> 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the</c><00:32:54.579><c> wolves</c><00:32:54.819><c> would</c><00:32:55.099><c> feed</c><00:32:55.259><c> on</c><00:32:55.519><c> it,</c> 00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:57.599 x and<00:32:56.019><c> he</c><00:32:56.140><c> knew</c><00:32:56.279><c> the</c><00:32:56.559><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:56.880><c> would</c><00:32:57.079><c> see</c><00:32:57.319><c> it,</c> 00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:00.920 x and<00:32:57.900><c> he</c><00:32:58.140><c> trusted</c><00:32:58.500><c> God</c><00:32:58.859><c> that</c><00:32:58.980><c> when</c><00:32:59.180><c> the</c><00:32:59.380><c> Ecclesia</c><00:32:59.680><c> saw</c><00:32:59.940><c> the</c><00:33:00.200><c> faith</c><00:33:00.400><c> of</c><00:33:00.640><c> Timothy</c> 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:03.980 x despite<00:33:01.500><c> his</c><00:33:01.740><c> weakness,</c><00:33:02.480><c> and</c><00:33:02.700><c> the</c><00:33:02.880><c> actions</c><00:33:03.220><c> of</c><00:33:03.460><c> the</c><00:33:03.640><c> wolves,</c> 00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.759 x that<00:33:04.460><c> they</c><00:33:04.619><c> would</c><00:33:04.819><c> go,</c> 00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:12.440 x wait<00:33:06.640><c> a</c><00:33:06.900><c> minute,</c><00:33:08.619><c> who</c><00:33:09.059><c> really</c><00:33:09.640><c> is</c><00:33:10.799><c> following</c><00:33:11.380><c> God?</c> 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:15.160 x Paul<00:33:13.480><c> was</c><00:33:13.740><c> the</c><00:33:13.920><c> big</c><00:33:14.180><c> speaker.</c> 00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:18.099 x Timothy<00:33:16.420><c> is</c><00:33:16.640><c> the</c><00:33:16.759><c> living</c><00:33:17.039><c> example.</c> 00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:22.099 x And<00:33:18.799><c> so</c><00:33:18.920><c> look</c><00:33:19.039><c> what</c><00:33:19.200><c> it</c><00:33:19.420><c> says</c><00:33:19.779><c> when</c><00:33:20.160><c> we</c><00:33:20.339><c> come</c><00:33:20.500><c> to</c><00:33:20.680><c> chapter</c><00:33:20.980><c> 4.</c> 00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:28.140 x 1<00:33:25.500><c> Timothy</c><00:33:25.859><c> chapter</c><00:33:26.359><c> 4.</c> 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.700 x It<00:33:29.480><c> says,</c> 00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:32.380 x Now<00:33:29.900><c> the</c><00:33:30.180><c> Spirit</c><00:33:31.140><c> speaketh</c><00:33:31.779><c> expressly,</c> 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:35.500 x that<00:33:32.559><c> in</c><00:33:32.779><c> the</c><00:33:32.940><c> latter</c><00:33:33.099><c> times</c><00:33:33.680><c> some</c><00:33:34.240><c> shall</c><00:33:34.480><c> depart</c><00:33:34.900><c> from</c><00:33:35.099><c> the</c><00:33:35.299><c> faith,</c> 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:40.180 x giving<00:33:35.819><c> heed</c><00:33:36.119><c> to</c><00:33:36.460><c> seducing</c><00:33:37.740><c> spirits</c><00:33:38.160><c> and</c><00:33:38.960><c> doctrines</c><00:33:39.460><c> of</c><00:33:39.799><c> devils.</c> 00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.980 x So<00:33:40.660><c> what</c><00:33:40.819><c> are</c><00:33:40.940><c> the</c><00:33:41.140><c> latter</c><00:33:41.400><c> times?</c> 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:43.960 x And<00:33:42.259><c> we</c><00:33:42.400><c> often</c><00:33:42.680><c> think</c><00:33:42.880><c> that</c><00:33:43.039><c> the</c><00:33:43.200><c> latter</c><00:33:43.319><c> times</c><00:33:43.539><c> is</c><00:33:43.720><c> talking</c> 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:45.200 x about<00:33:44.200><c> the</c><00:33:44.619><c> end</c><00:33:44.880><c> times,</c> 00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:47.720 x because<00:33:45.500><c> it</c><00:33:45.680><c> talks</c><00:33:45.839><c> in</c><00:33:45.960><c> verse</c><00:33:46.099><c> 3</c><00:33:46.319><c> about</c><00:33:46.579><c> forgiving</c><00:33:47.039><c> to</c><00:33:47.339><c> marry,</c> 00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:49.779 x and<00:33:48.319><c> commanding</c><00:33:48.799><c> to</c><00:33:48.980><c> abstain</c><00:33:49.339><c> from</c><00:33:49.619><c> meat.</c> 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.579 x So<00:33:49.940><c> we</c><00:33:50.019><c> go</c><00:33:50.220><c> back</c><00:33:50.500><c> to</c><00:33:51.259><c> our</c><00:33:51.500><c> Catholic</c><00:33:51.920><c> heritage</c><00:33:52.299><c> and</c><00:33:52.440><c> say,</c> 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.119 x oh,<00:33:52.740><c> that's</c><00:33:52.980><c> talking</c><00:33:53.119><c> about</c><00:33:53.279><c> the</c><00:33:53.500><c> Catholic</c><00:33:53.779><c> Church.</c> 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:56.740 x It<00:33:55.059><c> is,</c><00:33:55.400><c> but</c><00:33:55.539><c> it's</c><00:33:55.779><c> not.</c> 00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:58.819 x And<00:33:56.980><c> the</c><00:33:57.079><c> reason</c><00:33:57.259><c> is</c><00:33:57.480><c> because</c><00:33:57.720><c> what</c><00:33:57.960><c> the</c><00:33:58.160><c> latter</c><00:33:58.299><c> times</c><00:33:58.599><c> are</c> 00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.440 x talking<00:33:59.119><c> about</c> 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:01.900 x is<00:33:59.660><c> not</c><00:33:59.900><c> just</c><00:34:00.240><c> the</c><00:34:00.599><c> end</c><00:34:00.920><c> times.</c> 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:04.579 x It's<00:34:02.619><c> talking</c><00:34:02.759><c> about</c><00:34:03.059><c> the</c><00:34:03.319><c> period</c><00:34:03.599><c> of</c><00:34:03.799><c> the</c><00:34:03.920><c> Gentiles.</c> 00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:06.619 x That's<00:34:05.039><c> the</c><00:34:05.259><c> latter</c><00:34:05.500><c> times.</c> 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:08.760 x And<00:34:06.980><c> Paul</c><00:34:07.380><c> here</c><00:34:07.700><c> is</c><00:34:07.900><c> in</c><00:34:08.039><c> the</c><00:34:08.199><c> latter</c><00:34:08.380><c> times,</c> 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:11.579 x Paul<00:34:09.099><c> and</c><00:34:09.199><c> Timothy,</c><00:34:09.559><c> and</c><00:34:09.820><c> we're</c><00:34:09.980><c> in</c><00:34:10.099><c> the</c><00:34:10.260><c> latter</c><00:34:10.440><c> times.</c> 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:16.760 x And<00:34:12.480><c> in</c><00:34:12.659><c> the</c><00:34:12.840><c> latter</c><00:34:13.019><c> times</c><00:34:13.559><c> there</c><00:34:13.880><c> are</c><00:34:14.260><c> seducing</c><00:34:14.920><c> spirits</c><00:34:15.300><c> and</c><00:34:15.780><c> doctrines</c><00:34:16.219><c> of</c><00:34:16.480><c> devils.</c> 00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:18.099 x Well,<00:34:17.059><c> why?</c> 00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:23.320 x Well,<00:34:19.039><c> because</c><00:34:19.380><c> there</c><00:34:19.619><c> is</c><00:34:19.940><c> freedom</c><00:34:20.519><c> in</c><00:34:21.460><c> the</c><00:34:21.619><c> Lord</c><00:34:21.800><c> Jesus</c><00:34:22.159><c> Christ.</c> 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:27.099 x And<00:34:23.940><c> we</c><00:34:24.099><c> are</c><00:34:24.400><c> called</c><00:34:24.579><c> to</c><00:34:24.780><c> a</c><00:34:25.000><c> transformation</c><00:34:25.500><c> of</c><00:34:25.719><c> the</c><00:34:26.000><c> heart,</c> 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:29.420 x and<00:34:27.500><c> not</c><00:34:27.880><c> acts</c><00:34:28.239><c> of</c><00:34:28.519><c> worship.</c> 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:33.480 x But<00:34:30.400><c> that's</c><00:34:30.780><c> what</c><00:34:31.260><c> the</c><00:34:31.559><c> doctrines</c><00:34:31.960><c> of</c><00:34:32.179><c> devils</c><00:34:32.400><c> are</c><00:34:32.679><c> about.</c> 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:36.400 x The<00:34:34.019><c> doctrines</c><00:34:34.380><c> of</c><00:34:34.619><c> devils</c><00:34:34.920><c> are</c><00:34:35.159><c> doctrines</c><00:34:35.760><c> that</c><00:34:36.119><c> say,</c> 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:42.719 x you<00:34:36.820><c> can</c><00:34:37.340><c> validate</c><00:34:37.940><c> your</c><00:34:38.380><c> faith</c><00:34:38.940><c> by</c><00:34:40.539><c> doing</c><00:34:40.940><c> these</c><00:34:41.500><c> things,</c> 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:50.780 x by<00:34:43.440><c> doing</c><00:34:43.739><c> things</c><00:34:44.079><c> like</c><00:34:44.860><c> abstaining</c><00:34:45.920><c> from</c><00:34:46.260><c> meats</c><00:34:46.840><c> and</c><00:34:48.780><c> forbidding</c><00:34:49.340><c> to</c><00:34:49.579><c> marry.</c> 00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:55.260 x And<00:34:51.360><c> those</c><00:34:51.739><c> things</c><00:34:52.219><c> will</c><00:34:52.619><c> justify</c><00:34:53.420><c> your</c><00:34:54.239><c> faith.</c> 00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:58.980 x And<00:34:56.500><c> it's</c><00:34:56.739><c> not</c><00:34:57.380><c> your</c><00:34:58.019><c> faith.</c> 00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:02.239 x It's<00:34:59.739><c> the</c><00:34:59.960><c> Lord's</c><00:35:00.480><c> faith</c><00:35:00.820><c> in</c><00:35:01.179><c> you.</c> 00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:09.260 x And<00:35:03.760><c> they're</c><00:35:04.199><c> seducing</c><00:35:05.820><c> because</c><00:35:06.360><c> everybody</c><00:35:07.099><c> wants</c><00:35:07.420><c> to</c><00:35:07.820><c> justify</c><00:35:08.400><c> their</c><00:35:08.980><c> faith.</c> 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:11.380 x That's<00:35:09.699><c> the</c><00:35:10.019><c> natural</c><00:35:10.559><c> inclination.</c> 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:14.960 x When<00:35:12.179><c> you</c><00:35:12.400><c> look</c><00:35:12.619><c> at</c><00:35:12.780><c> the</c><00:35:13.019><c> law,</c><00:35:13.900><c> and</c><00:35:14.019><c> we</c><00:35:14.199><c> look</c><00:35:14.340><c> at</c><00:35:14.480><c> the</c><00:35:14.719><c> stories</c> 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.519 x of<00:35:15.179><c> the</c><00:35:15.340><c> law,</c> 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:19.159 x and<00:35:15.679><c> we</c><00:35:15.860><c> say,</c><00:35:16.179><c> why</c><00:35:16.300><c> would</c><00:35:16.679><c> anybody</c><00:35:17.179><c> want</c><00:35:17.440><c> to</c><00:35:17.519><c> go</c><00:35:17.780><c> back</c><00:35:18.019><c> and</c><00:35:18.280><c> follow</c><00:35:18.579><c> the</c><00:35:18.800><c> law?</c> 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:22.199 x Why<00:35:19.860><c> was</c><00:35:20.079><c> there</c><00:35:20.219><c> even</c><00:35:20.440><c> a</c><00:35:20.639><c> debate</c><00:35:20.900><c> about</c><00:35:21.239><c> this?</c> 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:25.300 x It's<00:35:22.739><c> because</c><00:35:23.039><c> when</c><00:35:23.280><c> you</c><00:35:23.519><c> look</c><00:35:23.699><c> at</c><00:35:23.860><c> the</c><00:35:24.079><c> law,</c><00:35:24.920><c> you</c><00:35:25.119><c> say,</c> 00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:28.780 x if<00:35:25.659><c> I</c><00:35:26.019><c> just</c><00:35:26.260><c> do</c><00:35:26.539><c> these</c><00:35:26.960><c> things,</c><00:35:27.380><c> then</c><00:35:27.639><c> I</c><00:35:27.880><c> will</c><00:35:28.019><c> be</c><00:35:28.280><c> justified.</c> 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:30.500 x Think<00:35:29.400><c> of</c><00:35:29.639><c> Naaman</c><00:35:29.900><c> the</c><00:35:30.159><c> Syrian.</c> 00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:32.739 x Naaman<00:35:31.039><c> the</c><00:35:31.300><c> Syrian's</c><00:35:31.880><c> got</c><00:35:32.199><c> leprosy.</c> 00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:34.099 x That's<00:35:33.320><c> sin.</c> 00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:37.340 x And<00:35:34.940><c> he</c><00:35:35.039><c> comes</c><00:35:35.300><c> to</c><00:35:35.679><c> Elijah</c><00:35:36.039><c> or</c><00:35:36.179><c> Elisha,</c><00:35:36.599><c> I</c><00:35:36.619><c> can't</c><00:35:36.719><c> remember</c><00:35:36.820><c> which</c><00:35:36.980><c> one</c><00:35:37.079><c> it</c><00:35:37.199><c> was,</c> 00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:40.300 x and<00:35:38.019><c> they</c><00:35:38.199><c> say,</c><00:35:38.440><c> well,</c><00:35:38.719><c> wash</c><00:35:38.760><c> yourself</c><00:35:39.039><c> in</c><00:35:39.119><c> the</c><00:35:39.280><c> Jordan</c><00:35:39.440><c> seven</c><00:35:39.800><c> times.</c> 00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:42.880 x And<00:35:40.840><c> Naaman</c><00:35:41.000><c> is</c><00:35:41.260><c> furious.</c><00:35:41.900><c> Why?</c> 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:46.420 x He<00:35:43.159><c> wanted</c><00:35:43.420><c> to</c><00:35:43.659><c> do</c><00:35:43.780><c> some</c><00:35:44.079><c> great</c><00:35:44.500><c> thing</c><00:35:44.940><c> to</c><00:35:45.199><c> justify</c><00:35:45.840><c> his</c><00:35:46.260><c> faith,</c> 00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:49.400 x to<00:35:46.780><c> justify</c><00:35:47.260><c> his</c><00:35:47.519><c> repentance,</c><00:35:48.139><c> to</c><00:35:48.219><c> justify</c><00:35:48.719><c> all</c><00:35:48.960><c> these</c><00:35:49.179><c> things.</c> 00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:53.059 x Let<00:35:49.900><c> me</c><00:35:50.059><c> do</c><00:35:50.239><c> something</c><00:35:50.599><c> spectacular</c><00:35:51.280><c> that</c><00:35:51.599><c> proves</c><00:35:52.260><c> I'm</c><00:35:52.800><c> a</c><00:35:52.900><c> man</c> 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.360 x of<00:35:53.280><c> God.</c> 00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:59.420 x And<00:35:56.800><c> Elijah</c><00:35:57.039><c> says,</c><00:35:57.500><c> just</c><00:35:57.980><c> wash</c><00:35:58.320><c> yourself</c><00:35:58.659><c> seven</c><00:35:58.960><c> times</c><00:35:59.260><c> in</c> 00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.300 x the<00:35:59.579><c> water.</c> 00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:04.320 x And<00:36:00.900><c> he</c><00:36:00.960><c> doesn't</c><00:36:01.179><c> want</c><00:36:01.380><c> to</c><00:36:01.500><c> do</c><00:36:01.659><c> it,</c><00:36:02.980><c> but</c><00:36:03.340><c> he</c><00:36:03.480><c> does</c><00:36:03.719><c> it.</c> 00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:07.239 x And<00:36:04.880><c> each</c><00:36:05.139><c> time</c><00:36:05.280><c> he</c><00:36:05.500><c> washes</c><00:36:05.739><c> himself</c><00:36:06.139><c> in</c><00:36:06.300><c> the</c><00:36:06.440><c> water,</c><00:36:06.719><c> each</c><00:36:06.960><c> time</c><00:36:07.159><c> he</c> 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:07.679 x comes<00:36:07.440><c> out,</c> 00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:09.780 x he<00:36:07.860><c> realizes</c><00:36:08.340><c> more</c><00:36:08.900><c> and</c><00:36:09.119><c> more</c><00:36:09.340><c> and</c><00:36:09.500><c> more.</c> 00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:12.000 x It's<00:36:10.079><c> not</c><00:36:10.280><c> about</c><00:36:10.679><c> his</c><00:36:11.139><c> sin.</c> 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:14.780 x It's<00:36:13.179><c> about</c><00:36:13.460><c> glorifying</c><00:36:14.139><c> God.</c> 00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:17.159 x So<00:36:15.280><c> that</c><00:36:15.460><c> by</c><00:36:15.679><c> that</c><00:36:15.860><c> last</c><00:36:16.079><c> time</c><00:36:16.300><c> he</c><00:36:16.420><c> comes</c><00:36:16.599><c> out</c><00:36:16.780><c> of</c><00:36:16.860><c> the</c><00:36:17.019><c> water,</c> 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:19.539 x he's<00:36:17.519><c> not</c><00:36:17.699><c> just</c><00:36:17.980><c> clean</c><00:36:18.079><c> from</c><00:36:18.340><c> leprosy.</c> 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:22.280 x He's<00:36:20.159><c> clean</c><00:36:20.260><c> from</c><00:36:20.420><c> that</c><00:36:20.679><c> entire</c><00:36:21.179><c> mindset.</c> 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:26.059 x And<00:36:22.920><c> that's</c><00:36:23.099><c> just</c><00:36:23.360><c> what</c><00:36:23.519><c> Timothy</c><00:36:23.880><c> is</c><00:36:24.159><c> trying</c><00:36:24.320><c> to</c><00:36:24.579><c> do</c><00:36:25.260><c> in</c><00:36:25.699><c> Ephesus.</c> 00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:29.579 x So<00:36:26.340><c> that's</c><00:36:26.619><c> what</c><00:36:26.800><c> this</c><00:36:27.360><c> seducing</c><00:36:28.179><c> spirits</c><00:36:28.579><c> and</c><00:36:28.900><c> doctrines</c><00:36:29.320><c> of</c> 00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.739 x devils<00:36:29.960><c> is</c><00:36:30.199><c> talking</c><00:36:30.460><c> about.</c> 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:33.280 x Then<00:36:31.179><c> it</c><00:36:31.340><c> says,</c><00:36:31.900><c> speaking</c><00:36:31.900><c> lies</c><00:36:32.260><c> and</c><00:36:32.480><c> hypocrisies,</c> 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:36.239 x having<00:36:33.800><c> their</c><00:36:34.079><c> conscience</c><00:36:34.619><c> seared</c><00:36:35.139><c> with</c><00:36:35.360><c> a</c><00:36:35.619><c> hot</c><00:36:35.880><c> iron.</c> 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:38.099 x Well,<00:36:36.739><c> what's</c><00:36:37.039><c> that</c><00:36:37.280><c> mean?</c> 00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:40.980 x Well,<00:36:39.159><c> the</c><00:36:39.280><c> only</c><00:36:39.420><c> thing</c><00:36:39.579><c> I</c><00:36:39.800><c> know</c><00:36:39.940><c> that</c><00:36:40.159><c> gets</c><00:36:40.519><c> seared</c><00:36:40.739><c> with</c><00:36:40.900><c> a</c> 00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:43.159 x hot<00:36:41.139><c> iron</c><00:36:41.360><c> is</c><00:36:41.500><c> when</c><00:36:41.639><c> something</c><00:36:41.900><c> is</c><00:36:42.179><c> branded.</c> 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:46.440 x And<00:36:44.340><c> that's</c><00:36:44.500><c> just</c><00:36:44.780><c> what</c><00:36:44.960><c> happens</c><00:36:45.239><c> to</c><00:36:45.460><c> a</c><00:36:45.619><c> hard</c><00:36:45.900><c> conscience.</c> 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:50.320 x We<00:36:46.760><c> were</c><00:36:46.880><c> talking</c><00:36:47.119><c> about</c><00:36:47.320><c> this</c><00:36:47.639><c> last</c><00:36:48.039><c> weekend</c><00:36:48.380><c> with</c><00:36:48.739><c> a</c><00:36:48.960><c> brother</c><00:36:49.099><c> up</c><00:36:49.260><c> in</c><00:36:49.500><c> Canada,</c> 00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:56.300 x about<00:36:51.059><c> that</c><00:36:51.440><c> hard</c><00:36:51.820><c> mentality</c><00:36:52.599><c> that</c><00:36:53.760><c> is</c><00:36:54.039><c> so</c><00:36:54.559><c> focused</c><00:36:55.039><c> on</c><00:36:55.760><c> sin</c> 00:36:56.300 --> 00:37:04.280 x and<00:36:57.159><c> so</c><00:36:57.659><c> trapped</c><00:36:58.380><c> in</c><00:36:59.320><c> its</c><00:37:01.780><c> following</c><00:37:02.199><c> of</c><00:37:02.400><c> the</c><00:37:02.639><c> law</c><00:37:02.940><c> and</c><00:37:03.119><c> its</c><00:37:03.500><c> following</c><00:37:03.820><c> of</c><00:37:04.099><c> things</c> 00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:07.519 x that<00:37:04.579><c> it</c><00:37:04.860><c> can't</c><00:37:05.300><c> move.</c><00:37:06.119><c> It's</c><00:37:06.719><c> stuck.</c> 00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:12.000 x I<00:37:08.519><c> cannot</c><00:37:09.260><c> bend</c><00:37:09.980><c> because</c><00:37:10.800><c> of</c><00:37:11.039><c> my</c><00:37:11.300><c> fear</c><00:37:11.480><c> of</c><00:37:11.780><c> God</c> 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:15.280 x and<00:37:12.199><c> because</c><00:37:12.460><c> of</c><00:37:12.679><c> my</c><00:37:12.940><c> recognition</c><00:37:13.420><c> of</c><00:37:13.679><c> the</c><00:37:14.000><c> depth</c><00:37:14.300><c> of</c><00:37:14.539><c> my</c><00:37:14.840><c> sinfulness</c> 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:20.360 x and<00:37:15.820><c> the</c><00:37:16.099><c> depth,</c><00:37:16.360><c> by</c><00:37:16.639><c> the</c><00:37:16.820><c> way,</c><00:37:17.179><c> of</c><00:37:17.340><c> your</c><00:37:17.800><c> sinfulness</c><00:37:19.219><c> as</c><00:37:19.500><c> well.</c> 00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:23.599 x And<00:37:21.500><c> that</c><00:37:21.679><c> kind</c><00:37:21.880><c> of</c><00:37:22.039><c> faith</c><00:37:22.179><c> is</c><00:37:22.559><c> literally</c><00:37:23.119><c> seared.</c> 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:26.480 x It's<00:37:24.360><c> stuck.</c><00:37:24.699><c> I</c><00:37:25.099><c> can't</c><00:37:25.579><c> move.</c> 00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:28.619 x There's<00:37:27.159><c> no</c><00:37:27.559><c> freedom.</c> 00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:32.400 x But<00:37:30.420><c> in</c><00:37:30.760><c> sacrificial</c><00:37:31.219><c> love,</c> 00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:34.980 x there<00:37:33.239><c> is</c><00:37:33.559><c> only</c><00:37:34.019><c> freedom.</c> 00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:41.639 x I<00:37:35.840><c> can</c><00:37:36.039><c> do</c><00:37:36.480><c> all</c><00:37:37.039><c> things</c><00:37:37.699><c> through</c><00:37:38.519><c> Christ</c><00:37:39.059><c> who</c><00:37:39.960><c> strengthens</c><00:37:40.440><c> me.</c> 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:44.639 x That's<00:37:42.659><c> the</c><00:37:42.820><c> kind</c><00:37:43.019><c> of</c><00:37:43.219><c> love</c><00:37:43.400><c> that</c><00:37:43.659><c> Timothy</c><00:37:43.960><c> had</c> 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:49.300 x that<00:37:45.480><c> stood</c><00:37:45.719><c> in</c><00:37:46.059><c> sharp</c><00:37:46.360><c> contrast</c><00:37:46.820><c> to</c><00:37:47.539><c> those</c><00:37:47.840><c> pushers</c><00:37:48.420><c> of</c><00:37:48.659><c> rules</c><00:37:48.980><c> and</c> 00:37:49.300 --> 00:37:50.659 x regulations<00:37:49.760><c> that</c><00:37:50.039><c> were</c><00:37:50.239><c> going</c><00:37:50.380><c> to</c><00:37:50.539><c> come,</c> 00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:53.340 x those<00:37:51.400><c> ravenous</c><00:37:52.039><c> wolves</c><00:37:52.380><c> in</c><00:37:52.619><c> sheep's</c><00:37:53.059><c> clothing.</c> 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:56.260 x They're<00:37:53.860><c> going</c><00:37:53.980><c> to</c><00:37:54.099><c> give</c><00:37:54.280><c> wonderful</c><00:37:54.860><c> and</c><00:37:55.099><c> high,</c><00:37:55.460><c> lofty</c><00:37:55.820><c> prayers,</c> 00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:59.480 x and<00:37:56.420><c> they're</c><00:37:56.599><c> going</c><00:37:56.699><c> to</c><00:37:56.920><c> shake</c><00:37:57.519><c> hearty</c><00:37:58.119><c> hands</c><00:37:58.420><c> every</c><00:37:58.760><c> Sunday</c><00:37:59.059><c> morning,</c> 00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:01.960 x and<00:37:59.760><c> they're</c><00:37:59.900><c> going</c><00:37:59.980><c> to</c><00:38:00.079><c> be</c><00:38:00.300><c> filled</c><00:38:00.559><c> with</c><00:38:00.980><c> all</c><00:38:01.260><c> these</c><00:38:01.619><c> things,</c> 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:05.219 x and<00:38:02.440><c> underneath</c><00:38:02.960><c> are</c><00:38:03.539><c> all</c><00:38:03.780><c> these</c><00:38:04.139><c> condemnations</c><00:38:04.780><c> and</c><00:38:04.980><c> all</c> 00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.860 x these<00:38:05.519><c> rules</c> 00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:07.400 x and<00:38:06.039><c> all</c><00:38:06.199><c> these</c><00:38:06.460><c> hard</c><00:38:06.820><c> things</c><00:38:07.099><c> that</c><00:38:07.280><c> say,</c> 00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:10.699 x if<00:38:07.659><c> you</c><00:38:07.940><c> don't</c><00:38:08.119><c> do</c><00:38:08.380><c> this,</c><00:38:08.960><c> you</c><00:38:09.239><c> will</c><00:38:09.579><c> burn.</c> 00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:13.840 x It's<00:38:11.940><c> a</c><00:38:12.239><c> hard</c><00:38:12.619><c> conscience,</c> 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:19.019 x and<00:38:14.260><c> Timothy</c><00:38:15.219><c> is</c><00:38:15.519><c> going</c><00:38:15.639><c> to</c><00:38:15.900><c> stand</c><00:38:16.219><c> in</c><00:38:16.639><c> opposition</c><00:38:17.260><c> to</c><00:38:17.559><c> all</c><00:38:17.780><c> of</c><00:38:17.940><c> that,</c> 00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:21.960 x so<00:38:19.679><c> much</c><00:38:19.880><c> so</c><00:38:20.119><c> that</c><00:38:20.219><c> they're</c><00:38:20.440><c> going</c><00:38:20.599><c> to</c><00:38:20.900><c> recognize</c><00:38:21.500><c> what</c><00:38:21.760><c> it's</c> 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.579 x all<00:38:22.239><c> about,</c> 00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:25.159 x and<00:38:22.900><c> they're</c><00:38:23.119><c> going</c><00:38:23.199><c> to</c><00:38:23.500><c> turn</c><00:38:23.980><c> to</c><00:38:24.599><c> Timothy,</c> 00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:26.539 x and<00:38:25.880><c> they're</c><00:38:26.099><c> going</c><00:38:26.199><c> to</c><00:38:26.300><c> say,</c> 00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:32.460 x wow,<00:38:27.480><c> this</c><00:38:28.079><c> diminutive</c><00:38:29.039><c> sickly</c><00:38:30.360><c> nothing</c><00:38:30.960><c> of</c><00:38:31.199><c> a</c><00:38:31.380><c> man</c> 00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:36.340 x is<00:38:33.980><c> a</c><00:38:34.320><c> true</c><00:38:34.559><c> reflection</c><00:38:35.099><c> of</c><00:38:35.320><c> the</c><00:38:35.519><c> shepherd.</c> 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:38.940 x Look<00:38:36.599><c> what</c><00:38:36.719><c> it</c><00:38:36.960><c> says</c><00:38:37.099><c> in</c><00:38:37.280><c> verse</c><00:38:38.079><c> 4,</c> 00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.619 x and<00:38:39.420><c> how</c><00:38:39.599><c> does</c><00:38:39.699><c> he</c><00:38:39.760><c> do</c><00:38:39.920><c> it?</c> 00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:43.260 x Forbidding<00:38:41.280><c> to</c><00:38:41.460><c> marry</c><00:38:41.659><c> and</c><00:38:41.880><c> commanding</c><00:38:42.239><c> to</c><00:38:42.400><c> exchange</c><00:38:42.679><c> from</c><00:38:43.000><c> God</c> 00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:48.340 x from<00:38:44.119><c> meats</c><00:38:44.519><c> which</c><00:38:45.000><c> God</c><00:38:45.800><c> hath</c><00:38:46.139><c> created</c><00:38:46.559><c> to</c><00:38:46.760><c> be</c><00:38:47.000><c> received</c> 00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:51.219 x with<00:38:50.619><c> thanksgiving</c> 00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:53.920 x of<00:38:52.159><c> them</c><00:38:52.420><c> which</c><00:38:52.639><c> believe</c><00:38:53.059><c> and</c><00:38:53.280><c> know</c><00:38:53.460><c> the</c><00:38:53.719><c> truth,</c> 00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:55.920 x for<00:38:54.239><c> every</c><00:38:54.699><c> creature</c><00:38:55.019><c> of</c><00:38:55.260><c> God</c><00:38:55.420><c> is</c><00:38:55.679><c> good,</c> 00:38:55.940 --> 00:39:00.920 x and<00:38:56.320><c> nothing</c><00:38:56.559><c> to</c><00:38:56.760><c> be</c><00:38:56.960><c> refused</c><00:38:57.360><c> if</c><00:38:57.559><c> it</c><00:38:57.659><c> be</c><00:38:57.840><c> received</c><00:38:58.420><c> with</c><00:38:59.460><c> thanksgiving.</c> 00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:04.380 x That<00:39:01.440><c> word</c><00:39:01.639><c> every</c><00:39:01.960><c> creature</c><00:39:02.340><c> is</c><00:39:02.679><c> a</c><00:39:02.920><c> terrible</c><00:39:03.739><c> translation.</c> 00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:09.519 x What<00:39:05.079><c> it</c><00:39:05.280><c> means</c><00:39:05.539><c> is</c><00:39:06.059><c> everything</c><00:39:06.559><c> God</c><00:39:07.059><c> creates</c><00:39:07.719><c> is</c><00:39:09.079><c> good,</c> 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:15.460 x and<00:39:10.639><c> that</c><00:39:10.860><c> runs</c><00:39:11.320><c> in</c><00:39:12.239><c> absolute</c><00:39:12.760><c> stark</c><00:39:13.380><c> contrast</c><00:39:14.159><c> to</c><00:39:15.199><c> the</c> 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I</c><00:39:26.420><c> do?</c> 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:32.639 x Everything<00:39:31.059><c> God</c><00:39:31.340><c> has</c><00:39:31.559><c> created</c><00:39:31.980><c> is</c><00:39:32.300><c> good,</c> 00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:38.880 x and<00:39:33.260><c> nothing</c><00:39:33.579><c> to</c><00:39:33.800><c> be</c><00:39:33.980><c> refused</c><00:39:34.820><c> if</c><00:39:36.340><c> it</c><00:39:36.460><c> be</c><00:39:36.659><c> received</c><00:39:37.099><c> with</c><00:39:37.539><c> thanksgiving.</c> 00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:41.980 x That's<00:39:40.760><c> what's</c><00:39:41.139><c> missing.</c> 00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:45.880 x What's<00:39:44.099><c> missing</c><00:39:44.260><c> is</c><00:39:44.599><c> thanksgiving.</c> 00:39:46.780 --> 00:39:48.619 x What's<00:39:47.219><c> missing</c><00:39:47.420><c> is</c><00:39:47.719><c> an</c><00:39:47.960><c> understanding</c> 00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:52.079 x that<00:39:49.420><c> whatever</c><00:39:50.079><c> you</c><00:39:50.480><c> go</c><00:39:50.860><c> through,</c> 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:56.199 x God<00:39:53.260><c> is</c><00:39:53.500><c> the</c><00:39:53.679><c> shepherd,</c><00:39:54.320><c> Jesus</c><00:39:54.760><c> is</c><00:39:55.019><c> the</c><00:39:55.199><c> shepherd.</c> 00:39:57.260 --> 00:40:00.840 x That<00:39:57.579><c> I</c><00:39:57.820><c> will</c><00:39:58.199><c> allow</c><00:39:58.619><c> myself</c><00:39:59.239><c> to</c><00:39:59.519><c> be</c><00:39:59.739><c> guided</c><00:40:00.139><c> by</c><00:40:00.460><c> God</c> 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:04.219 x because<00:40:01.239><c> he</c><00:40:01.500><c> has</c><00:40:01.800><c> given</c><00:40:02.019><c> me</c><00:40:02.559><c> everything</c><00:40:03.059><c> I</c><00:40:03.440><c> need.</c> 00:40:06.179 --> 00:40:08.519 x And<00:40:06.440><c> when</c><00:40:06.559><c> we</c><00:40:06.800><c> want</c><00:40:06.940><c> to</c><00:40:07.079><c> talk</c><00:40:07.199><c> about</c><00:40:07.420><c> being</c><00:40:07.800><c> shepherds,</c> 00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:13.980 x we<00:40:09.019><c> want</c><00:40:09.239><c> to</c><00:40:09.579><c> consider</c><00:40:09.880><c> ourselves</c><00:40:10.699><c> as</c><00:40:11.659><c> the</c><00:40:11.900><c> neediest</c><00:40:12.360><c> of</c><00:40:12.619><c> all</c><00:40:12.900><c> sheep,</c> 00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:19.559 x and<00:40:15.400><c> as</c><00:40:15.599><c> a</c><00:40:15.840><c> reflection</c><00:40:16.260><c> of</c><00:40:16.739><c> giving</c><00:40:17.079><c> thanks</c><00:40:17.539><c> for</c><00:40:17.960><c> all</c><00:40:18.500><c> things.</c> 00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:22.920 x This<00:40:19.800><c> is</c><00:40:20.059><c> a</c><00:40:20.300><c> great</c><00:40:20.559><c> week,</c><00:40:21.880><c> this</c><00:40:22.039><c> week</c><00:40:22.239><c> of</c><00:40:22.500><c> thanksgiving,</c> 00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:26.500 x because<00:40:23.420><c> people</c><00:40:23.820><c> stop</c><00:40:24.260><c> and</c><00:40:24.480><c> think,</c><00:40:25.179><c> I</c><00:40:25.440><c> should</c><00:40:25.679><c> give</c><00:40:25.980><c> thanks.</c> 00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:30.420 x Our<00:40:27.320><c> life</c><00:40:27.900><c> should</c><00:40:28.500><c> be</c><00:40:28.699><c> a</c><00:40:28.840><c> life</c><00:40:29.000><c> of</c><00:40:29.239><c> thanksgiving.</c> 00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:35.099 x We<00:40:32.239><c> should</c><00:40:32.400><c> be</c><00:40:32.699><c> thankful</c><00:40:33.099><c> for</c><00:40:33.780><c> this</c><00:40:34.199><c> family</c><00:40:34.579><c> and</c><00:40:34.880><c> faith.</c> 00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:37.559 x We<00:40:35.280><c> should</c><00:40:35.460><c> be</c><00:40:35.780><c> thankful</c><00:40:36.039><c> for</c><00:40:36.300><c> the</c><00:40:36.539><c> homes</c><00:40:36.800><c> that</c><00:40:37.000><c> we</c><00:40:37.280><c> have,</c> 00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:40.800 x and<00:40:37.739><c> the</c><00:40:37.860><c> jobs</c><00:40:38.159><c> that</c><00:40:38.340><c> we</c><00:40:38.559><c> have</c><00:40:38.699><c> are</c><00:40:38.840><c> the</c><00:40:38.960><c> jobs</c><00:40:39.199><c> that</c><00:40:39.380><c> we</c><00:40:39.539><c> don't</c><00:40:39.900><c> have.</c> 00:40:41.220 --> 00:40:44.159 x We<00:40:41.840><c> should</c><00:40:42.019><c> be</c><00:40:42.280><c> thankful</c><00:40:42.599><c> for</c><00:40:42.820><c> the</c><00:40:43.119><c> trials</c><00:40:43.400><c> that</c><00:40:43.579><c> we</c><00:40:43.719><c> go</c><00:40:44.019><c> through,</c> 00:40:44.219 --> 00:40:47.559 x because<00:40:44.519><c> in</c><00:40:44.860><c> every</c><00:40:45.320><c> case</c><00:40:45.780><c> it</c><00:40:46.519><c> points</c><00:40:46.920><c> towards</c><00:40:47.239><c> the</c><00:40:47.400><c> Lord</c> 00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.320 x Jesus<00:40:47.900><c> Christ.</c> 00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:52.000 x That's<00:40:48.940><c> that</c><00:40:49.219><c> unique</c><00:40:49.960><c> perspective</c><00:40:50.679><c> that</c><00:40:51.079><c> Peter</c><00:40:51.300><c> talks</c><00:40:51.659><c> about,</c> 00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:54.420 x when<00:40:52.320><c> you</c><00:40:52.480><c> can</c><00:40:52.679><c> be</c><00:40:52.920><c> partakers</c><00:40:53.420><c> of</c><00:40:53.659><c> the</c><00:40:53.840><c> divine</c><00:40:54.079><c> nature</c> 00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:58.380 x because<00:40:54.820><c> you</c><00:40:55.340><c> understand</c><00:40:56.360><c> that</c><00:40:56.840><c> this</c><00:40:57.059><c> is</c><00:40:57.320><c> about</c><00:40:57.559><c> God's</c><00:40:58.139><c> glory</c> 00:40:58.380 --> 00:41:03.980 x and<00:40:58.539><c> that</c><00:40:58.780><c> God</c><00:40:59.059><c> has</c><00:40:59.480><c> called</c><00:40:59.860><c> you</c><00:41:00.940><c> to</c><00:41:02.039><c> understand</c><00:41:02.559><c> those</c><00:41:02.880><c> things.</c> 00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:09.119 x He<00:41:05.119><c> has</c><00:41:05.380><c> called</c><00:41:05.579><c> you</c><00:41:06.300><c> to</c><00:41:06.860><c> be</c><00:41:07.119><c> ministers</c><00:41:07.440><c> to</c><00:41:07.719><c> the</c><00:41:07.880><c> true</c><00:41:08.079><c> gospel.</c> 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:11.199 x You<00:41:10.019><c> and</c><00:41:10.219><c> I.</c><00:41:10.380><c> Well,</c><00:41:10.539><c> did</c><00:41:10.679><c> it</c><00:41:10.900><c> work?</c> 00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:12.619 x Well,<00:41:11.820><c> it</c><00:41:11.980><c> worked</c><00:41:12.159><c> partially.</c> 00:41:12.659 --> 00:41:15.699 x I<00:41:12.739><c> want</c><00:41:12.860><c> you</c><00:41:13.019><c> to</c><00:41:13.019><c> turn</c><00:41:13.219><c> over</c><00:41:13.360><c> to</c><00:41:13.559><c> Revelation</c><00:41:13.900><c> chapter</c><00:41:14.360><c> 2,</c> 00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:20.840 x and<00:41:16.679><c> we're</c><00:41:16.840><c> going</c><00:41:16.940><c> to</c><00:41:17.099><c> see</c><00:41:17.920><c> that</c><00:41:18.940><c> it</c><00:41:19.139><c> worked</c><00:41:19.300><c> in</c><00:41:19.519><c> one</c><00:41:19.780><c> respect,</c> 00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:24.340 x and<00:41:21.360><c> it</c><00:41:21.679><c> failed</c><00:41:21.900><c> in</c><00:41:22.119><c> another,</c><00:41:22.440><c> that</c><00:41:22.559><c> they</c><00:41:22.699><c> had</c><00:41:22.880><c> to</c><00:41:23.000><c> be</c><00:41:23.199><c> reminded.</c> 00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:29.219 x Revelation<00:41:26.699><c> chapter</c><00:41:27.079><c> 2,</c><00:41:27.420><c> verse</c><00:41:27.679><c> 1.</c> 00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:32.639 x Onto<00:41:30.940><c> the</c><00:41:31.179><c> angel</c><00:41:31.400><c> of</c><00:41:31.559><c> the</c><00:41:31.659><c> church</c><00:41:31.860><c> of</c><00:41:32.079><c> Ephesus</c><00:41:32.380><c> write,</c> 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:35.920 x These<00:41:32.960><c> things</c><00:41:33.300><c> saith</c><00:41:33.679><c> he</c><00:41:34.300><c> that</c><00:41:34.639><c> holdeth</c><00:41:34.940><c> the</c><00:41:35.139><c> seven</c><00:41:35.400><c> stars</c><00:41:35.760><c> in</c> 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.380 x his<00:41:36.159><c> hand,</c> 00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:39.820 x and<00:41:36.539><c> who</c><00:41:36.539><c> walketh</c><00:41:37.039><c> in</c><00:41:37.159><c> the</c><00:41:37.280><c> midst</c><00:41:37.420><c> of</c><00:41:37.599><c> the</c><00:41:37.800><c> seven</c><00:41:38.059><c> golden</c><00:41:38.460><c> candlesticks.</c> 00:41:39.840 --> 00:41:43.000 x I<00:41:40.099><c> know</c><00:41:40.320><c> thy</c><00:41:40.500><c> works</c><00:41:40.840><c> and</c><00:41:41.000><c> thy</c><00:41:41.119><c> labor</c><00:41:41.400><c> and</c><00:41:41.539><c> thy</c><00:41:41.800><c> patience,</c> 00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:47.099 x and<00:41:43.599><c> thou</c><00:41:44.039><c> canst</c><00:41:44.719><c> not</c><00:41:45.179><c> bear</c><00:41:45.599><c> them</c><00:41:46.000><c> which</c><00:41:46.300><c> are</c><00:41:46.800><c> evil.</c> 00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:51.199 x And<00:41:47.380><c> thou</c><00:41:47.579><c> hast</c><00:41:48.019><c> tried</c><00:41:48.400><c> them</c><00:41:49.159><c> which</c><00:41:49.719><c> say</c><00:41:50.219><c> they</c><00:41:50.480><c> are</c><00:41:50.679><c> apostles</c> 00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:52.780 x and<00:41:51.840><c> are</c><00:41:52.380><c> not,</c> 00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:55.940 x and<00:41:53.420><c> hast</c><00:41:53.719><c> found</c><00:41:54.119><c> them</c><00:41:54.639><c> liars.</c> 00:41:56.539 --> 00:42:00.340 x That's<00:41:57.199><c> exactly</c><00:41:57.599><c> what</c><00:41:57.920><c> the</c><00:41:58.380><c> example</c><00:41:58.679><c> of</c><00:41:58.900><c> Timothy</c><00:41:59.179><c> was</c><00:41:59.440><c> supposed</c><00:41:59.719><c> to</c><00:41:59.980><c> teach.</c> 00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:06.260 x And<00:42:01.440><c> has</c><00:42:01.639><c> borne</c><00:42:03.300><c> and</c><00:42:03.519><c> has</c><00:42:03.860><c> patience,</c><00:42:04.460><c> and</c><00:42:04.719><c> for</c><00:42:05.159><c> my</c><00:42:05.539><c> name's</c><00:42:05.860><c> sake</c><00:42:05.940><c> has</c> 00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:08.500 x labored<00:42:06.579><c> and</c><00:42:06.719><c> has</c><00:42:07.039><c> not</c><00:42:07.320><c> fanned</c><00:42:07.539><c> it.</c> 00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:12.039 x Nevertheless,<00:42:09.420><c> I</c><00:42:09.599><c> have</c><00:42:09.920><c> somewhat</c><00:42:10.320><c> against</c><00:42:10.960><c> thee,</c><00:42:11.739><c> because</c> 00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:14.940 x thou<00:42:12.340><c> hast</c><00:42:12.960><c> left</c><00:42:13.579><c> thy</c><00:42:14.139><c> first</c><00:42:14.659><c> love.</c> 00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:16.880 x What's<00:42:15.460><c> the</c><00:42:15.699><c> first</c><00:42:16.000><c> love?</c> 00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:21.559 x The<00:42:17.960><c> first</c><00:42:18.239><c> love</c><00:42:18.460><c> is</c><00:42:18.659><c> that</c><00:42:18.800><c> we</c><00:42:19.079><c> all</c><00:42:19.659><c> need</c><00:42:20.340><c> salvation.</c> 00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:24.559 x And<00:42:22.699><c> sometimes</c><00:42:22.980><c> we</c><00:42:23.139><c> can</c><00:42:23.340><c> spend</c><00:42:23.480><c> so</c><00:42:23.719><c> much</c><00:42:23.920><c> time</c><00:42:24.179><c> considering</c> 00:42:24.559 --> 00:42:26.219 x the<00:42:24.780><c> glory</c><00:42:24.980><c> of</c><00:42:25.099><c> God</c><00:42:25.219><c> that</c><00:42:25.360><c> we</c><00:42:25.579><c> forget</c> 00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:28.980 x that<00:42:27.239><c> the</c><00:42:27.340><c> very</c><00:42:27.579><c> first</c><00:42:27.840><c> thing</c><00:42:27.980><c> we</c><00:42:28.119><c> had</c><00:42:28.280><c> to</c><00:42:28.420><c> do</c><00:42:28.519><c> was</c><00:42:28.639><c> go</c><00:42:28.800><c> through</c> 00:42:28.980 --> 00:42:30.960 x a<00:42:29.099><c> baptism</c><00:42:29.420><c> of</c><00:42:29.719><c> repentance.</c> 00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:34.840 x Remember<00:42:31.380><c> therefore</c><00:42:31.840><c> from</c><00:42:32.280><c> whence</c><00:42:32.659><c> thou</c><00:42:32.820><c> art</c><00:42:33.179><c> fallen</c><00:42:33.539><c> and</c><00:42:33.780><c> repent,</c><00:42:34.599><c> there</c><00:42:34.719><c> it</c> 00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.139 x is<00:42:34.900><c> again,</c> 00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:38.840 x and<00:42:35.300><c> do</c><00:42:35.380><c> the</c><00:42:35.699><c> first</c><00:42:36.019><c> works,</c><00:42:37.039><c> or</c><00:42:37.320><c> else</c><00:42:37.500><c> I</c><00:42:37.659><c> will</c><00:42:37.860><c> come</c><00:42:38.059><c> unto</c><00:42:38.300><c> thee</c><00:42:38.460><c> quickly,</c> 00:42:38.880 --> 00:42:41.920 x and<00:42:39.039><c> will</c><00:42:39.199><c> remove</c><00:42:39.420><c> the</c><00:42:39.619><c> candlesticks</c><00:42:40.059><c> from</c><00:42:40.280><c> out</c><00:42:40.400><c> of</c><00:42:40.519><c> its</c><00:42:40.639><c> place,</c><00:42:40.980><c> except</c><00:42:41.320><c> thou</c><00:42:41.519><c> repent.</c> 00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:47.539 x But<00:42:42.860><c> this</c><00:42:43.820><c> thou</c><00:42:44.179><c> hast</c><00:42:44.639><c> that</c><00:42:44.880><c> thou</c><00:42:45.360><c> hatest</c><00:42:46.039><c> the</c><00:42:46.679><c> deeds</c><00:42:47.079><c> of</c><00:42:47.340><c> the</c> 00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:51.159 x Nicolaitans<00:42:48.300><c> which</c><00:42:48.960><c> I</c><00:42:49.579><c> also</c><00:42:50.219><c> hate.</c> 00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:55.300 x So<00:42:52.079><c> they</c><00:42:52.300><c> learned</c><00:42:52.980><c> the</c><00:42:53.639><c> lesson</c><00:42:54.139><c> of</c><00:42:54.820><c> Timothy.</c> 00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:59.420 x They<00:42:56.019><c> recognized</c><00:42:56.739><c> the</c><00:42:56.920><c> difference</c><00:42:57.280><c> between</c><00:42:57.719><c> Timothy's</c><00:42:58.380><c> faith</c><00:42:58.679><c> and</c> 00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:02.280 x between<00:42:59.780><c> the</c><00:43:00.179><c> ravenous</c><00:43:00.659><c> wolves</c><00:43:00.980><c> that</c><00:43:01.159><c> were</c><00:43:01.380><c> there.</c> 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:05.099 x But<00:43:03.400><c> they</c><00:43:03.559><c> forgot</c><00:43:03.739><c> their</c><00:43:03.920><c> first</c><00:43:04.199><c> love.</c> 00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:08.440 x This<00:43:06.579><c> past</c><00:43:06.960><c> weekend</c><00:43:07.280><c> I</c><00:43:07.420><c> was</c><00:43:07.599><c> talking</c><00:43:07.900><c> about</c><00:43:08.099><c> the</c><00:43:08.280><c> difference</c> 00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:12.219 x between<00:43:08.719><c> a</c><00:43:08.940><c> sincere</c><00:43:09.260><c> faith</c><00:43:09.679><c> and</c><00:43:11.099><c> an</c><00:43:11.500><c> enlightened</c><00:43:11.840><c> faith.</c> 00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:15.199 x Again,<00:43:12.840><c> a</c><00:43:13.000><c> sincere</c><00:43:13.320><c> faith</c><00:43:13.579><c> is</c><00:43:13.780><c> one</c><00:43:13.940><c> that</c><00:43:14.099><c> looks</c><00:43:14.340><c> down</c><00:43:14.639><c> to</c><00:43:14.800><c> see</c><00:43:15.019><c> up.</c> 00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:19.980 x It's<00:43:15.400><c> one</c><00:43:15.559><c> that's</c><00:43:16.559><c> just</c><00:43:16.760><c> stuck</c><00:43:17.159><c> on</c><00:43:18.199><c> the</c><00:43:18.539><c> fact</c><00:43:18.719><c> that</c><00:43:18.840><c> they're</c><00:43:19.119><c> a</c><00:43:19.219><c> sinner.</c> 00:43:20.019 --> 00:43:22.539 x An<00:43:20.219><c> enlightened</c><00:43:20.519><c> faith</c><00:43:20.780><c> is</c><00:43:20.940><c> one</c><00:43:21.099><c> that</c><00:43:21.239><c> looks</c><00:43:21.440><c> up</c><00:43:21.659><c> to</c><00:43:21.760><c> see</c><00:43:22.000><c> down,</c><00:43:22.380><c> one</c> 00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.739 x that<00:43:22.599><c> looks</c><00:43:22.719><c> to</c><00:43:22.880><c> the</c><00:43:22.980><c> glory</c><00:43:23.219><c> of</c><00:43:23.519><c> God.</c> 00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:26.460 x And<00:43:24.280><c> when</c><00:43:24.539><c> they</c><00:43:24.699><c> had</c><00:43:24.840><c> the</c><00:43:25.119><c> discussion</c><00:43:25.400><c> period,</c><00:43:25.840><c> I</c><00:43:25.840><c> had</c><00:43:26.099><c> in</c><00:43:26.320><c> two</c> 00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:28.099 x different<00:43:26.719><c> discussions</c><00:43:27.059><c> period,</c><00:43:27.340><c> people</c><00:43:27.519><c> say</c><00:43:27.739><c> to</c><00:43:27.900><c> me,</c> 00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:30.420 x so<00:43:28.559><c> are</c><00:43:28.780><c> you</c><00:43:29.000><c> saying</c><00:43:29.139><c> that</c><00:43:29.360><c> those</c><00:43:29.539><c> two</c><00:43:29.739><c> things</c><00:43:29.940><c> are</c><00:43:30.179><c> separate?</c> 00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:33.639 x And<00:43:30.599><c> I</c><00:43:30.659><c> went,</c><00:43:30.800><c> oh,</c><00:43:31.000><c> I</c><00:43:31.119><c> should</c><00:43:31.320><c> have</c><00:43:31.460><c> made</c><00:43:31.579><c> that</c><00:43:31.880><c> clear.</c><00:43:32.039><c> They're</c><00:43:32.300><c> not</c><00:43:32.639><c> separate.</c> 00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:37.880 x An<00:43:35.119><c> enlightened</c><00:43:35.440><c> faith</c><00:43:35.820><c> builds</c><00:43:36.400><c> upon</c><00:43:36.780><c> a</c><00:43:36.940><c> sincere</c><00:43:37.340><c> faith,</c><00:43:37.739><c> but</c> 00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:39.400 x you<00:43:38.059><c> can't</c><00:43:38.300><c> forget</c><00:43:38.519><c> your</c><00:43:38.739><c> sincere</c><00:43:39.139><c> faith.</c> 00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:43.420 x You<00:43:39.579><c> can't</c><00:43:39.880><c> forget</c><00:43:40.320><c> what</c><00:43:40.880><c> this</c><00:43:41.199><c> bread</c><00:43:41.480><c> and</c><00:43:41.679><c> what</c><00:43:41.840><c> this</c><00:43:42.119><c> cup</c><00:43:42.239><c> is</c><00:43:42.539><c> for.</c> 00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:47.619 x But<00:43:44.699><c> if</c><00:43:44.860><c> we</c><00:43:45.039><c> are</c><00:43:45.219><c> partakers</c><00:43:45.619><c> of</c><00:43:45.880><c> this</c><00:43:46.139><c> bread</c><00:43:46.340><c> and</c><00:43:46.500><c> of</c><00:43:46.659><c> this</c><00:43:46.960><c> cup,</c><00:43:47.340><c> it</c> 00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:49.260 x says,<00:43:47.980><c> let</c><00:43:48.280><c> a</c><00:43:48.420><c> man</c><00:43:48.579><c> examine</c><00:43:48.920><c> himself.</c> 00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:51.320 x What<00:43:49.579><c> do</c><00:43:49.739><c> you</c><00:43:49.980><c> see?</c><00:43:50.340><c> Well,</c><00:43:50.460><c> you</c><00:43:50.659><c> see</c><00:43:50.840><c> a</c><00:43:51.079><c> sinner.</c> 00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:55.000 x And<00:43:52.219><c> it</c><00:43:52.360><c> says,</c><00:43:52.840><c> if</c><00:43:52.840><c> you</c><00:43:53.059><c> see</c><00:43:53.199><c> a</c><00:43:53.380><c> sinner,</c><00:43:53.579><c> then</c><00:43:53.800><c> you</c><00:43:53.920><c> can</c><00:43:54.139><c> partake</c><00:43:54.420><c> of</c><00:43:54.500><c> this</c><00:43:54.639><c> bread</c><00:43:54.820><c> and</c> 00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.659 x cup.<00:43:55.159><c> Why?</c> 00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:58.340 x Because<00:43:56.420><c> this</c><00:43:56.820><c> glorifies</c><00:43:57.380><c> God.</c> 00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:01.739 x Because<00:43:59.199><c> this</c><00:43:59.480><c> is</c><00:43:59.699><c> about</c><00:43:59.960><c> the</c><00:44:00.400><c> sacrificial</c><00:44:01.039><c> love</c><00:44:01.260><c> of</c><00:44:01.420><c> Christ</c> 00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:03.179 x on<00:44:01.940><c> your</c><00:44:02.119><c> behalf.</c> 00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:07.380 x And<00:44:03.539><c> that</c><00:44:03.760><c> becomes</c><00:44:04.099><c> a</c><00:44:04.579><c> greater</c><00:44:04.900><c> truth</c><00:44:05.480><c> than</c><00:44:06.199><c> your</c><00:44:06.539><c> sin.</c> 00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:09.739 x But<00:44:07.739><c> it</c><00:44:07.840><c> doesn't</c><00:44:08.059><c> negate</c><00:44:08.559><c> your</c><00:44:08.880><c> sin.</c> 00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:13.960 x We're<00:44:11.019><c> all</c><00:44:11.320><c> dealing</c><00:44:11.739><c> with</c><00:44:12.780><c> a</c><00:44:13.159><c> sinful</c><00:44:13.420><c> flesh.</c> 00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:18.800 x But<00:44:14.960><c> we</c><00:44:15.179><c> all</c><00:44:15.659><c> know</c><00:44:16.019><c> and</c><00:44:16.239><c> are</c><00:44:16.539><c> confident</c><00:44:16.940><c> and</c><00:44:17.199><c> are</c><00:44:17.440><c> secure</c><00:44:18.219><c> that</c> 00:44:18.800 --> 00:44:20.619 x if<00:44:19.159><c> we</c><00:44:19.559><c> remain</c><00:44:19.840><c> in</c><00:44:20.260><c> Christ,</c> 00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:24.039 x that<00:44:21.199><c> that</c><00:44:21.579><c> sacrifice</c><00:44:22.119><c> will</c><00:44:22.340><c> save</c><00:44:22.500><c> us</c><00:44:22.659><c> from</c><00:44:22.880><c> our</c><00:44:23.059><c> sins.</c> 00:44:24.780 --> 00:44:28.179 x And<00:44:25.280><c> that</c><00:44:25.559><c> that</c><00:44:25.900><c> sacrifice,</c><00:44:26.719><c> more</c><00:44:27.079><c> than</c><00:44:27.380><c> saving</c><00:44:27.559><c> us</c><00:44:27.760><c> from</c><00:44:27.980><c> our</c> 00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:31.159 x sins,<00:44:28.940><c> brings</c><00:44:29.280><c> glory</c><00:44:29.820><c> and</c><00:44:30.000><c> honor</c><00:44:30.099><c> to</c><00:44:30.320><c> God.</c> 00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:34.039 x And<00:44:32.119><c> that's</c><00:44:32.380><c> above</c><00:44:32.679><c> all</c><00:44:33.059><c> things.</c> 00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:37.980 x And<00:44:34.800><c> that</c><00:44:34.940><c> was</c><00:44:35.119><c> what</c><00:44:35.360><c> Paul</c><00:44:35.699><c> was</c><00:44:36.000><c> trying</c><00:44:36.159><c> to</c><00:44:36.440><c> show</c><00:44:36.599><c> them</c><00:44:36.800><c> from</c><00:44:37.000><c> Timothy.</c> 00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:41.360 x That<00:44:38.900><c> this</c><00:44:39.179><c> is</c><00:44:39.360><c> what</c><00:44:39.539><c> a</c><00:44:39.880><c> sacrificial</c><00:44:40.340><c> faith</c><00:44:40.639><c> is</c><00:44:40.860><c> all</c><00:44:41.079><c> about.</c> 00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:44.820 x It's<00:44:41.659><c> not</c><00:44:41.860><c> about</c><00:44:42.219><c> being</c><00:44:42.500><c> the</c><00:44:42.719><c> best</c><00:44:43.139><c> speaker</c><00:44:43.619><c> or</c><00:44:43.880><c> about</c><00:44:44.440><c> being</c> 00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:48.280 x the<00:44:45.099><c> strongest</c><00:44:45.480><c> personality</c><00:44:46.159><c> or</c><00:44:46.440><c> any</c><00:44:46.760><c> of</c><00:44:46.940><c> those</c><00:44:47.239><c> things.</c> 00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:51.800 x It's<00:44:48.940><c> about</c><00:44:49.159><c> a</c><00:44:49.400><c> love</c><00:44:49.599><c> that</c><00:44:49.880><c> encompasses</c><00:44:50.480><c> all</c><00:44:51.320><c> things.</c> 00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:55.000 x I<00:44:52.260><c> can</c><00:44:52.440><c> do</c><00:44:52.820><c> all</c><00:44:53.320><c> things</c><00:44:53.699><c> through</c><00:44:53.940><c> Christ.</c> 00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:57.800 x And<00:44:56.179><c> that's</c><00:44:56.420><c> what</c><00:44:56.579><c> brings</c><00:44:56.860><c> glory</c><00:44:57.159><c> to</c><00:44:57.400><c> God.</c> 00:44:58.119 --> 00:45:03.920 x And<00:44:58.360><c> that's</c><00:44:58.559><c> what</c><00:44:58.739><c> makes</c><00:44:59.000><c> our</c><00:44:59.519><c> faith</c><00:45:00.159><c> so</c><00:45:01.300><c> special</c><00:45:01.940><c> and</c><00:45:02.440><c> so</c><00:45:02.880><c> unique.</c> 00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:07.440 x And<00:45:04.320><c> it</c><00:45:04.500><c> should</c><00:45:04.659><c> reflect</c><00:45:05.360><c> everything</c><00:45:06.119><c> in</c><00:45:06.659><c> our</c><00:45:06.920><c> lives.</c> 00:45:07.440 --> 00:45:11.119 x So<00:45:08.159><c> that</c><00:45:08.400><c> if</c><00:45:08.539><c> there</c><00:45:08.719><c> was</c><00:45:08.880><c> a</c><00:45:09.159><c> tragedy</c><00:45:09.559><c> in</c><00:45:09.880><c> Paris,</c><00:45:10.639><c> we</c><00:45:10.820><c> should</c> 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:13.039 x feel<00:45:11.699><c> that</c><00:45:12.119><c> pain.</c> 00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:17.079 x And<00:45:13.420><c> we</c><00:45:13.579><c> should</c><00:45:13.820><c> pray</c><00:45:14.199><c> for</c><00:45:14.420><c> them</c><00:45:14.659><c> knowing</c><00:45:15.039><c> that</c><00:45:15.659><c> not</c><00:45:16.400><c> that</c><00:45:16.820><c> God</c> 00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:17.519 x is<00:45:17.239><c> going</c><00:45:17.320><c> to</c><00:45:17.380><c> say,</c> 00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:19.860 x Oh,<00:45:18.119><c> Jim</c><00:45:18.260><c> Sullivan</c><00:45:18.619><c> prayed</c><00:45:18.920><c> for</c><00:45:19.099><c> the</c><00:45:19.300><c> people</c><00:45:19.420><c> in</c><00:45:19.659><c> Paris.</c> 00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:22.179 x That<00:45:19.980><c> will</c><00:45:20.119><c> change</c><00:45:20.380><c> everything.</c><00:45:20.719><c> Of</c><00:45:21.039><c> course</c><00:45:21.340><c> not.</c> 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:24.300 x But<00:45:22.400><c> that's</c><00:45:22.900><c> the</c><00:45:23.099><c> ministry</c><00:45:23.380><c> we're</c><00:45:23.739><c> called</c><00:45:23.920><c> to.</c> 00:45:24.639 --> 00:45:27.679 x We're<00:45:25.059><c> called</c><00:45:25.179><c> to</c><00:45:25.480><c> reflect</c><00:45:25.880><c> the</c><00:45:26.099><c> light</c><00:45:26.260><c> of</c><00:45:26.460><c> God</c><00:45:27.099><c> through</c> 00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:28.760 x Jesus<00:45:28.159><c> Christ.</c> 00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:32.219 x That<00:45:29.260><c> people</c><00:45:29.579><c> might</c><00:45:30.019><c> see</c><00:45:30.320><c> that</c><00:45:30.619><c> light</c><00:45:30.900><c> and</c><00:45:31.460><c> they</c><00:45:31.719><c> might</c><00:45:31.980><c> turn</c> 00:45:32.219 --> 00:45:32.900 x to<00:45:32.420><c> God.</c> 00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:36.039 x And<00:45:33.400><c> they</c><00:45:33.599><c> might</c><00:45:33.820><c> come</c><00:45:34.079><c> to</c><00:45:34.260><c> know</c><00:45:34.400><c> Jesus</c><00:45:34.760><c> Christ</c><00:45:35.019><c> as</c><00:45:35.239><c> he</c><00:45:35.400><c> truly</c><00:45:35.639><c> is.</c> 00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:39.239 x And<00:45:36.340><c> they</c><00:45:36.519><c> might</c><00:45:36.760><c> be</c><00:45:37.099><c> transformed</c><00:45:37.659><c> and</c><00:45:37.900><c> be</c><00:45:38.139><c> baptized</c><00:45:38.559><c> and</c><00:45:38.960><c> see</c> 00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:39.780 x the<00:45:39.500><c> glory.</c> 00:45:39.820 --> 00:45:43.679 x So<00:45:40.059><c> that</c><00:45:40.300><c> when</c><00:45:40.579><c> that</c><00:45:40.880><c> time</c><00:45:41.099><c> comes</c><00:45:41.400><c> that</c><00:45:41.599><c> Jesus</c><00:45:41.960><c> Christ</c><00:45:42.239><c> does</c><00:45:42.599><c> return,</c> 00:45:44.260 --> 00:45:47.840 x that<00:45:44.500><c> we</c><00:45:44.840><c> and</c><00:45:45.260><c> they</c><00:45:45.500><c> will</c><00:45:45.719><c> be</c><00:45:45.960><c> called</c><00:45:46.099><c> to</c><00:45:46.280><c> that</c><00:45:46.519><c> glorious</c><00:45:46.820><c> kingdom</c><00:45:47.159><c> 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